[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on August 19, 2025.] [00:00:06] OH, YEAH? YEAH. GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. GO AHEAD AND DO OUR ROLL SIX. YEAH. ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER LOUIS. COMMISSIONER LANSON. PRESIDENT. COMMISSIONER PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. PRESENT. FORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHRISTY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR YOU COMING IN. I'VE BEEN THE ONE DOING THE PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING, SO I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE MORE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY COME IN AND GIVE ANY KIND OF COMMENT AND SHARE, BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF OUR OVERALL EFFORT TO GET MORE INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO, THEN LET HER DO HER FORM OR. YEAH, AND YOU CAN SPEAK FIRST AND THEN FILL OUT THE FORM AFTERWARDS. AND ALSO JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE COMMISSION THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES OF TIME AND IT'S NOT A BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION. IT'S HERE FOR HER TO SPEAK ON WHATEVER SHE WILL SPEAK TO. AND THEN LATER ON, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP IN WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT THERE'S NOT LIKE A BACK AND FORTH SESSION. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. WELL HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CATHERINE. I'M HERE REPRESENTING HONEY PRIDE. SO I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THAT BOARD. AND WE'VE HAD A BIT A BIT OF HISTORY WITH SOME OF THE EVENTS WE'VE BEEN DOING UP TO THIS POINT. BUT I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE, THIS YEAR IS ACTUALLY THE YEAR THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY REVAMPING PRIDE AND ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO MORE EVENTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST PRIDE FUNDRAISER THIS LAST SATURDAY AT ROCKABILLY BREWING, AND WE RAISED JUST JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO KICK START AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TO DO A PRIDE CELEBRATION THIS YEAR. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DATES IN EITHER SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER TO HOST SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THE EVENT ON SATURDAY WAS FAMILY FRIENDLY. WE HAD A LOT OF KIDS FAMILIES THERE, AND BASICALLY WHAT WE JUST DO IS RAISE, YOU KNOW, MONEY FOR THE FUNDS. WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO ALL THE LGBTQ PLUS INDIVIDUALS HERE IN UTAH, AS WELL AS FAMILY MEMBERS AND ALLIES. AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN UTAH AS WELL. SO ROCKABILLY BREWING IS ONE OF THOSE SPACES AND VENUES THAT HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY'RE SAFE, YOU KNOW, JUDGMENT FREE ZONE FOR US TO ACTUALLY GATHER AND JUST HAVE OUR ALLIES THERE AND AS A GROUP. AND SO WE WERE THERE SUPPORTING ROCKABILLY BREWING, AS WELL AS BELL'S BARBECUE, WHICH IS THE BARBECUE PLACE THAT IS LOCAL TO THEM. AND SO ONE OF THE GOALS AT HUDDLE PRIDE IS TO HIGHLIGHT AS MANY SMALL BUSINESSES AS WE CAN HERE IN THE VICINITY. I MYSELF FIND MYSELF TRYING TO GO TO AUSTIN AND ALL THE SURROUNDING CITIES TO JUST FEEL LIKE I BELONG. SO FOR ME, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT MYSELF INCLUDED WITH ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN, FEEL SAFE IN HUTTO TO COME AND ACTUALLY BE THEMSELVES. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS WE HAVE AS WELL AS A BOARD. AND SO WE'RE GROWING WE ARE UP TO FOUR BOARD MEMBERS RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE GROWING WITH VOLUNTEERS. TEARS. AND SO ONE OF THE GOALS WE HAVE AS WELL IS TO IDENTIFY MORE BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO SPONSOR OUR EVENTS. AND THAT CAN LOOK LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER THAT'S DONATING MONEY TO US OR IN-KIND DONATIONS FOR RAFFLES. WE DO SILENT AUCTIONS THAT KIND OF THING. SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH PFLUGERVILLE TO KIND OF JUST HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, YOU KNOW, JUST GET ADVICE FROM THEM AS WELL. AS WE JUST START OFF FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW JUST BECAUSE WE HAD SOME EVENTS HAPPEN LAST YEAR WHERE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SHOWING UP. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE DECIDED TO DO IS REVAMP OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE'RE REALLY ACTIVE RIGHT NOW ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. I RECOGNIZE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET EVENTS OUT IN THE OPEN THESE DAYS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WELL. AND WE HAVE AN EMAIL GMAIL.COM. SO IF THERE'S ANY CONVERSATIONS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS WELL ELECTRONICALLY OR IN PERSON. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE MAKING MYSELF KIND OF LIKE A POINT OF CONTACT FOR HOW TO. IF THERE'S EVER ANY CONVERSATIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, I'M OPEN TO HAVING ANY CONVERSATIONS, ANY IDEAS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS. LIKE I SAID, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, WE REALLY JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THE PRIDE CELEBRATION TO OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO ANY OF OUR EVENTS. BUT AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY CONVERSATIONS Y'ALL WOULD LIKE ABOUT COLLABORATIONS OR ANY KIND OF CONVERSATIONS, THAT PRIDE IS ALSO OPEN TO THAT AS WELL. WITH THAT, I WILL END MY PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF. WELL, GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS AND PUBLIC GUESTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND AS I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER ZEPEDA MENTIONED COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON HOPPED ON BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, AND HE MAY POP IN AND OUT. SO IF YOU SEE A FACE THAT'S I THINK YOU HAD ANOTHER MEETING OR SOMETHING. I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE TO THE COMMISSION. [00:05:01] JUST VERBALLY, IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER JACQUELINE COLEMAN HAS OR FORMER COMMISSIONER HAS STEPPED DOWN, HAS RESIGNED FROM THE COMMISSION. AND AS WELL AS COREY DENINA. SO WE ARE SITTING AT FOUR SEATS FILLED WHO ARE ALL HERE TONIGHT, AND WE DO HAVE THREE VACANCIES. I ALSO WILL ACTUALLY. NO, THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM ON THAT. SO THOSE THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION. NO, FROM COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES. I THINK WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT. LET'S GIVE DAN TIME TO REJOIN US. SO LET'S GO TO NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION MEMBERS. COMMISSIONERS, GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND. YOU. MR.. COMMISSIONER. I'M. NO AGAIN. SCHOOL IS IN. TRAFFIC IS BAD, I GUESS. EVERYONE HERE STAY HYDRATED. IT'S HOT OUT THERE. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. GO, COWBOYS! OH, NO! OH, NO! OH, NO. THE STAFF HAS TO HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. YEAH. IMMA IMMA BRING IT ON, Y'ALL. LET'S SEE. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S ALREADY ON THE AGENDA. THE ONLY THING I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY DOES THAT THERE'S A NEW A NEW THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE I THINK IT'S THREE NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW DOING THE INTERVIEWS. THERE WERE SOME LAST TIME WE MET, THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AROUND HOW CITY COUNCIL WAS GOING TO REVAMP, REVITALIZE, IMPROVE, CHANGE OR CONTINUE WITH THE STRUCTURE OF THEIR COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS. COMMISSION MEMBERS. APPLICANTS TO COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS. AND THEY'VE FIGURED THAT PIECE OUT, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CAN FORMALLY GO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS TO FILL OUR TO FILL OUR VACANCIES AND THE VACANCIES OF ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH THE CITY. SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD NEWS. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A PROCESS, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BECOME SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO STALL US BEING ABLE TO FILL SEATS. AND I DID LEARN THAT OUR COMMISSION HAS THE MOST APPLICANTS. SO YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST. SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY POSITIVE THE, THE, THE INTERVIEWERS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. YEAH. IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER PETER GORDON BRIAN THOMPSON AND JIM MORRIS, I WANT TO SAY MORRISON, JIM MORRIS. YEAH. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE MOVING AND INTERVIEWING. YEAH. BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY MORRISON THE COMMISSIONER. THAT'S GOOD. SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD HAD EXPRESSED A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN ABOUT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD A VACANCY LAST TIME WE MET, AND NOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO GET OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS ON, WHICH IS HOPEFULLY A GOOD, POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. I'VE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH IT, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S GETTING UNSTUCK AND MOVING FORWARD. YEAH. SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND THAT'S IT. SO MOVING ON TO OTHER BUSINESS, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO SHARE. WELL, SINCE WE HAVE A NEW WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER ON THE TABLE IS A 7.1, 7.1. I DON'T KNOW, WE GOT YOU COVERED, SIR. OKAY. YEAH. NO. IT'S GOOD. I'M GLAD THAT'S THAT'S THE VERY NEXT THING. SO OTHER BUSINESS. SO, ITEM 7.1, WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF OUR NEW DEIB COMMISSIONER, MISS. MISS MRS. NIKKI WILLIAMSON. THANK YOU. MISS MISS MISS MISS NIKKI WILLIAMSON I'M JUST GOING TO SAY NIKKI WELCOME. THANK YOU. INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. YES. I'M NIKKI. I'VE BEEN IN FOR FIVE YEARS. ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PANDEMIC WAS AT, YOU KNOW, AT ITS HEIGHT. SO, YEAH, IT WAS LIKE ONE ONE OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS I'VE EVER, YOU KNOW, WENT THROUGH. BUT I'M ORIGINALLY FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. I'M ALSO AN ARMY VETERAN. I DID TWO YEARS. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT. I DID TWO, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF NATIONAL GUARD WHEN I WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN I DID FOUR YEARS ACTIVE DUTY. YOU KNOW, THEY LIED ABOUT GOING TO SEE THE WORLD. I SAW SMALL TOWNS. OH, NO. BUT IT WAS GREAT. I, I LOVE MY COUNTRY. SO AND THEN I, I WORK IN HEALTHCARE, AND I LOVE I DO LOVE PEOPLE. AND I DO LOVE HELPING PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OUR VETERANS AND PART OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. IN LEANDER AND I GO UP TO THE LEANDER VFW. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE LIKE CHAD. OH. FOR PTSD. TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER ALONE AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS, LIKE IF YOU BARBECUE, WE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, [00:10:03] YOU KNOW I COULD GET YOU SOME INFORMATION IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, COOK UP BEANS OR MAKE BARBECUE SAUCE OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE THEY GOT GREAT PRIZES, TOO. AND AUCTIONS. SO YOU CAN TELL YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND STUFF IF YOU BARBECUE TOO. SO YEAH, WE HAVE BARBECUE COOK OFFS OVER THERE AS WELL. SO I, I'VE SEEN THE CITY GROW LIKE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE IN THE LATE 90S, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING HERE, JUST COWS AND LAND. AND SO IT'S GREAT THAT MOVING OUT HERE, IT'S YOU GET A LITTLE BIT FEEL OF THE COUNTRY, BUT LIKE A CITY VIBE TOO WELL FOR ME. SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS AND SEE IF I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR, AND OR HELP SO AND OH, AND ONE MORE THING I LOVE TO READ. SO IF YOU LIKE, IF YOU LIKE TO READ, I'VE GOT BOOKS ON BOOKS AT HOME AND I CAN, YOU KNOW, I ALSO HAVE BOOKS ON MY TABLET AND I THINK I WILL EVER BE ABLE TO READ LIKE THAT. BUT SO YEAH, I CAN HELP YOU WITH, YOU KNOW, FINDING NEW BOOKS AND STUFF. SO LOVE TO READ. ARE YOU IN ANY BOOK CLUBS? I WE DID HAVE ONE HOUSE HOUSEWIVES BOOK CLUB, BUT PEOPLE WEREN'T PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS OTHER THINGS WERE GETTING IN THE WAY. SO THAT'S NO LONGER A THING IN ANYMORE. YEAH. BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN FIND ANOTHER ONE HERE AND GO TO. BUT IT WAS IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED. IT WAS LIKE TWO YEARS. THAT'S AWESOME. I KNOW THAT THE LIBRARY IS TRYING TO DO THINGS LIKE MYSTERY DATE WITH THE BOOK AT THE AT THE WINE BAR. THEY DID LIKE OR MURDER MYSTERY ACTUALLY AT ROCKABILLY BREWING RECENTLY. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THAT GOING AGAIN. SO WE'LL LOOK INTO. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT OVER MY NEIGHBORHOOD. ROCKABILLY. I LOVE THAT PLACE. BUT YEAH. THAT'S COOL. I THINK THAT'S A LET'S TAKE IT BACK, GIRLS. TO READ MORE ON TIKTOK. THEY HAVE BLIND DATE WITH BOOK. BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK. THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY GOT IT FROM, BUT I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING AND I HAVEN'T GONE YET. BLIND DATE WITH THE BOOK? YEAH, AT THE WINE BAR. OH, THAT'S. THAT'S AWESOME. THAT'S REALLY COOL. AWESOME. WE CAN ALWAYS START A NEW BOOK CLUB. YEAH. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE I'M GOING TO ASK? I MEAN, NIKKI TOLD US ABOUT HER, BUT I KNOW SHE KNOWS NAMES, BUT KIND OF, LIKE, DO AN ELEVATOR SPEECH ABOUT US. JUST KIND OF A REALLY GOOD IDEA. YEAH, JUST KIND OF COMMISSIONER. OH, YOU WANT ME TO START? OKAY. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I TALK TO MOM? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? YES. NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME TO JOIN THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ERIC BELL. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF HUTTO. IT'LL BE 20 YEARS. COME. WHEN DID I HAVE MY HOUSE BUILT, LIKE SEPTEMBER? I'M ORIGINALLY FROM A SMALL TOWN CALLED EAST AUSTIN. FOURTH GENERATION AUSTINITE. I REMEMBER I TALK ABOUT HUTTO. I REMEMBER HUDDLE BECAUSE I WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ROUND ROCK. AND SO I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH HUTTO, GOING TO ROCKDALE WHEN HUBBARD HAD LIKE 250 PEOPLE. SO IT WAS JUST A DUST TOWN. SO I'VE SEEN THIS TOWN GROW UP. AND AND FOR ME, I GOT THREE KIDS AND A DOG. I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME I WORK FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF GOT A HEAVY COMMUTE HERE. AND OTHER THAN THAT MY BACKGROUND IS HUMAN RESOURCES, SO I DON'T READ BOOKS, I READ PEOPLE. SO. BUT OTHER HOBBIES, I DO KNOW HOW TO BARBECUE. AND I AS AS I EXPLAINED, PEOPLE, THAT'S ONE OF MY PASSIONS IS COOKING AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, I FOOTBALL SEASON I AM NOT A TAILGATER. I'M JUST A PERSON THAT SHOWS UP AT TAILGATES AND FRIENDS AND BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ME. I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? THAT YOU DON'T SET UP THE TAILGATE, YOU JUST SHOW UP TO OTHER PEOPLE'S PARTIES. YOU. EXACTLY. I'M WORKING ON MY CORNHOLE AND MY BEER PONG AND ALL THAT. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MY SKILLS IN THE SPRINGTIME, SO. YEAH, THAT'S. THAT'S WHAT I AM, A TAILGATE CRASHER BY NATURE AND GO COWBOY. SO I AM A COWBOY FAN. THANK YOU. I CAN'T STAND THAT, BUT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ERIC. SO MY NAME IS CORINA CEPEDA, AND I'VE BEEN IN SINCE 2017. I JOINED THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN GOING. I'M IN YEAR TWO. MY TIME WITH THE COMMISSION. I DID HONESTLY MISS A CHUNK OF IT WHEN I WAS [00:15:03] COMPLETING CITIZENS UNIVERSITY. BUT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO JUMP BACK IN PROFESSIONALLY. I WAS IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR A LONG TIME. MY PRIMARY FOCUS IN MY CAREER HAS BEEN WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I CURRENTLY HAVE A CONSULTING BUSINESS WHERE I CONSULT CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND COMPANIES ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TALENT ACQUISITION. I'M TAKING ON A NEW BIG CLIENT STARTING NEXT WEEK. I'M SUPER PROUD OF THAT. WITH ACC HELPING THEM WITH THEIR NEW MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE ACADEMY. WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. SO THAT'S I'M REALLY, REALLY SCARED BUT PROUD OF THAT WORK. IT'S GOING TO BE BIG. I HAVE TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN THE HUDDLE. ISD. AND THERE'S A FRESHMAN AND A FOURTH GRADER, AND WE LIVE WITH THE BROOKLYNS OVER ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN I LIVE. YOU'RE IN THE BROOKLYN. YOU'RE MY NEIGHBOR. YEAH. OKAY. WELL. HELLO, NEIGHBOR. ARE YOU ON? I'M ON ASHBY. OKAY, I'M ON EASTLAKE, BUT THAT'S ON THE. IS THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE? IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE. CLOSER TO RAY ELEMENTARY. YES. OKAY, WELL, THEN YOU PROBABLY SEEN US BIKE RIDING AROUND TOWN. AROUND THE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. COOL. SO THAT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I'M ANOTHER ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS IS CLOSE BY, SO I'M AT THE BORDER THERE IN 2023. I AM ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I WAS RECENTLY ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHAMBERS WITH TSTC, BUT I KIND OF WHITTLED IT BACK DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND YEAH, I'M JUST. I'VE BEEN SERVING AS THE CO-CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION. I THINK BY DEFAULT RIGHT NOW, I'M TECHNICALLY SERVING AS THE CHAIR UNTIL WE MAKE SOME DECISIONS. WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA? IT'S AN ITEM ON THERE. AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD, WHICH WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT LATER WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO. SO WELCOME EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM OUR PUBLIC PERSON AFTER WE INTRODUCE THE COMMISSIONERS, IF SHE WANTS TO TELL US ANYTHING ELSE? I MEAN, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT THERE IS AN OPEN DISCUSSION. ITEM SEVEN SIX. YOU CAN ALWAYS MOVE THAT ITEM UP IF YOU WANT. OKAY. LET'S GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP WITH OUR INTRODUCTIONS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M JAMIE LEWIS. I'VE BEEN IN HUDDLES NOW IT'S 2021. I'M ACTUALLY ON MY SECOND HOUSE HERE. AND I'M ORIGINALLY FROM LOUISIANA. SYSTEMS ANALYST FOR DPS. SO, YEAH, I WHAT ELSE DO I DO? YEAH, BARBECUE. I I'M ON. I WAS ON THE WILSON COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL, SO I LIKE HELPING PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO READ LIKE THAT. AND I'M ALSO ON THE GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF ADOPTION OF MINORITY CHILDREN. WE HAVE A TON OF KEYS AND TEXTS THAT NEED HOMES. SO IT'S IT'S STAGGERING THE NUMBERS. SO THAT'S MY ONE OF MY CAUSES THAT I CHAMPIONED IS FINDING A PERMANENT HOME, AND I HUDDLE'S HOME ON. I'LL BE HERE. SO THIS IS WHERE I'M AT, I ENJOY IT. I LOVE IT HERE. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CONCERNS? I'LL BE HERE. I LIKE TO LAUGH FOR JOY. I NEED TO LAUGH SOMETIMES. AWESOME. CHRISTY. OH, HELLO. WE HAD THE CHANCE AND OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU CAME IN EARLY AND GOT SWORN IN. BUT I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR NINE YEARS SO THAT HE KNOWS IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. I'VE BEEN THE STAFF LIAISON TO THE COMMISSION SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2020. SO I'VE SEEN AND BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS AND BEEN A PART OF A LOT OF THE WORK THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. AND IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE KIND OF COME TO FRUITION AND THE WAY IT'S BEEN BUILT UP WITH DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS, BUT REALLY ALL THE SAME, THE WORK AND THE MISSION. SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING US ORGANIZED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. LET'S GO AHEAD. AND THEN I THINK AT THE END, TO GIVE OUR GUESTS TIME TO KIND OF ABSORB WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE CAN LEAVE THAT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST UNLESS YOU NEED TO LEAVE BEFORE WE'RE DONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO ITEM 7.2 UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON THE JULY 17TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. WORK SESSION. SO THAT WORK SESSION WAS LED BY OUR FORMER CHAIR MISS COMMISSIONER COLEMAN, FORMER COMMISSIONER COLEMAN, AND IT WAS ATTENDED BY MYSELF AND BY MR. COMMISSIONER BELL. SO I'LL START THIS TIME. AND THEN YOU CHIME IN BECAUSE SO WE PRESENTED OUR SLIDES, WHICH COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON HAS THE SLIDES THAT WE PRESENTED IN YOUR PACKET, AND THEY'RE IN OUR PACKETS ELECTRONIC. I DIDN'T FIND THEIR ELECTRONIC PACKETS. ANYONE WANT ME TO PRINT ANYTHING FOR THEM? YOU SAID YOU EMAILED IT. I WAS JUST. NO, IT'S IN OUR EMAILS. YEAH. SECRETARY. OKAY. SO I HAD MINE YEAH, YEAH. [00:20:04] SO WHAT'S IN THE PACKET? ELECTRONICALLY IS WHAT WE PRESENTED. AND IT WAS VERY I OVERALL IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF THERE WAS NO REQUEST FOR ANY KIND OF EDITS OR UPDATES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID COME OUT OF THAT MEETING IS THAT WE DID THEY IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE WOULD NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION TO THE YOU BELONG AND HUDDLE COMMISSION. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IT TO ALLOW IT TO BE THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMISSION WITH OUR TAGLINE LEADING WITH THE TAGLINE THE YOU BELONG IN HUDL TAGLINE, WHICH I JUST. I LOVE THAT WE NEED THAT ON A SHIRT SOMEWHERE. ANYWAY, I DID ALSO FLOAT TO THEM. Y'ALL GOTTA BUY A SHIRT. SO THEY SAID THEY LIKED IT TOO, BUT WE'LL SEE. BUT YEAH, THEY BELONG IN TAGLINE JUST TO KEEP THAT SENSE OF BELONGING. FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE ASKED WAS ABOUT THE BIG THING WAS ABOUT THE BUDGET. IT WAS APPROVED, AND THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT WE PUT IN AS A COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT WE LISTED THAT HAD A DOLLAR SIGN TO IT WAS HAD A PURPOSE, AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO MEASURE THE OUTCOMES. THAT IS SHOWING THAT WE ARE BEING VERY GOOD STEWARDS AND WE'RE THINKING FORWARD, AND WE HAVE THAT FORESIGHT TO THINK, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING TO SPEND ANY TYPE OF DOLLARS ON THE BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO GET APPROVED THAT WE ARE HAVE ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE THAT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO REPORT BACK THE SUCCESS OF HOW WE SPENT THAT MONEY. SO THAT WAS ONE THING THAT THEY DID APPRECIATE THAT I WAS REALLY PROUD THAT WE DID TOOK THE TIME TO DO THAT, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AND THINGS THAT WE DECIDED WE NEEDED DIDN'T NEED TO BE INCLUDED OR NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED LATER ON IN THE FUTURE. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE TOOK THAT TIME TO REALLY ASSESS THAT MORE CAREFULLY, BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE LOST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANTED BECAUSE WE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT OF SORTS WITH THE BUDGET ITEMS. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE MY BIG OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE MEETING. SO I'LL LET COMMISSIONER BELL ADD IN HIS THOUGHTS AND NOTES FROM THAT COMMISSIONER MEETING FROM FROM THAT WORK SESSION. YEAH, THAT WORK SESSION WAS VERY IT WAS VERY IT WAS GREAT. JUST GETTING THE RESPONSES FROM THE KNEW WE HAD, WHAT, TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THERE. WE HAD TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THERE KIND OF EDUCATING THEM AS FAR AS THE WORK WE'VE ALREADY DONE. ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF OUR WORK, BUT ALSO JUST THE YOU KNOW, GETTING THE, I GUESS, THE PRAISE OF SAYING OUT OF ALL THE COMMISSIONS THAT THE CITY HAS, WE WERE MOST THOROUGH WHEN PRESENTING. AND SO WE SET THE BAR FOR THE OTHER COMMISSIONS TO KIND OF KIND OF GO BY VERY WELL RECEIVED. I THINK EVERYONE TO ME, WHAT I GATHER THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM WAS VERY POSITIVE. YES, IT WAS VERY UPLIFTING AS FAR AS THE ENERGY. SO WE WE HAVE DEFINITELY WITH THE TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE PRESENT, WE WE GAINED SOME ALLIES THERE. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH US AS WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I, I KIND OF GATHERED FROM THAT MEETING THAT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE DO AS A, AS A COMMISSION MOVING FORWARD, IS IT'S KIND OF PARTNERING WITH THOSE OTHER COMMISSIONS OUT THERE AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF I, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE THE LIKE THE TRAILBLAZERS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE TOTAL TRAILBLAZERS, YOU KNOW? IT'S JUST. I JUST GOT THAT AURA WITH ME WHEN I. WHEN I'M SITTING IN THERE, I'M LIKE, OH, MAN, THIS IS IT'S FAMILIAR. BEING A TRAILBLAZER. SO JUST KIND OF I TRY TO I TRY TO KEEP MY HEAD SMALL. IT'S TOO BAD. BUT BUT IT JUST IT WAS JUST A LOT OF GOOD ENERGY. A LOT OF BUDGET WAS WELL RECEIVED. IT WAS IT WAS APPROVED. AND YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY PROSPEROUS YEAR. SO ONE OTHER THING. THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT RECAP. COMMISSIONER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID NOTE WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH THEM, THAT WAS A QUESTION TO US FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WAS, HOW DO WE AS A COMMISSION? BECAUSE WE ARE DIVERSE, EQUITABLE INCLUSION AND BELONGING, MAKE SURE THAT AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE HEARING HOW WE'RE HEARING AND LISTENING AND GATHERING FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF THOSE VERY DIVERSE VOICES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND HOW DO WE OR HOW WOULD WE? I FORGOT EXACTLY HOW I BELIEVE IT WAS. THE MAYOR'S FRAMED IT AND I ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. I WANT TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE. WHAT I SAID IS THAT THE WAY THAT WE RESPOND TO THAT IS WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE AGAINST THE THINGS THAT THIS COMMISSION IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE, IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE BY ALLOWING ONE GROUP TO HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE THEN LOSING SOME TYPE OF VOICE ACCESS, YOU KNOW, RECOGNITION, AND THAT WE AS A COMMISSION HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE AND COGNIZANT OF THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO TRULY REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE GATHERING AND RECEIVING DATA AND FEEDBACK AND ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING WITH IT. SO I THINK AND THAT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AS WELL. THE WAY THAT WE THE WAY THAT I EXPLAINED IT, SPEAKING FOR ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION IS [00:25:03] THAT THAT'S HOW WE THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE CAN FRAME IT A LENS. IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION AND BE SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND IDEALS THAT ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK THAT THIS COMMISSION WAS FORMED TO DO. AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM ALL VOICES. BUT THE WORK IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT. WE'VE PROMISED THE CITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS A COMMISSION. SO THIS IS WHERE THE SAME WORKS, THE SAME INFORMATION WE PRESENTED AT THE WORK SESSION, WHICH IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL, IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED AT THE SEPTEMBER 4TH MEETING TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE PUBLIC. THE SECOND MEETING, SEPTEMBER 22ND. SEPTEMBER THE 18TH. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THAT WORK SESSION OR ANY OTHER ITEMS OR COMMENTS FROM THAT OR LOOKING OVER THE NOTES? COMMISSIONER WILSON OH, YOU'RE NEW, YOU JUST RECEIVED IT. BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED ALREADY TO CITY COUNCIL IN THAT WORK SESSION? NO. OKAY. SURE. MY CALENDAR STRAIGHT SEPTEMBER 4TH, SEPTEMBER 18TH OF THE UPCOMING MEETINGS. FOR THE COMMISSION. IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR THE 19 FOURTH AND 18TH? IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR ACTIONS? OR. I'M SORRY. UPDATES AND DISCUSSIONS FROM THE JULY 17TH CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. IF I COULD JUST ON THE BUDGET, JUST AS A REMINDER THAT THE BUDGET REQUEST WAS APPROVED TO PUT INTO THE BUDGET, BUT THE TOTAL BUDGET ISN'T APPROVED UNTIL. YES. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS APPROVED HERE. YEAH. UNTIL THE ENTIRE GENERAL FUND IS, IS PASSED AND APPROVED. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I'LL, I'LL UPDATE YOU ALL. I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THAT THE SEPTEMBER 4TH ONE? WELL, WE'LL SEE HOW. SO REALLY QUICKLY, I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DEVIATED OFF, BUT THIS THURSDAY. SO BASICALLY EVERY THURSDAY IN AUGUST, WE'VE HAD A BUDGET ITEM IN SOME FORM. SO THIS NEXT THURSDAY, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER BUDGET PRESENTATION. ALSO, THERE ARE TWO PROCLAMATIONS. ONE IS SENIOR CITIZENS DAY. SO IF Y'ALL CAN MAKE IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IT'S ALSO NATIONAL THOUGHTFULNESS DAY THAT'S SUBMITTED ON MY BEHALF, BUT I, OF COURSE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO BE THERE ANYWAY. SO THAT'S THERE'S A MEETING THIS THURSDAY AND THEN. YEAH, THE NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 4TH AND THEN SEPTEMBER 18TH, HOPING HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BE FINALIZED BY SEPTEMBER 4TH. BUT IT HAS TO, BY LAW, BE FINALIZED BY SEPTEMBER 8TH. YES. YEAH. BY LAW, IF NOT IF IT IF THE COUNCIL DOESN'T VOTE TO APPROVE A PARTICULAR BUDGET, THEN IT GOES BACK TO WHATEVER THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED. SO A BUDGET WILL BE APPROVED. AND WE HAD A I HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE I HAD MADE A NOTE ABOUT IT, BUT I DIDN'T FINISH MY NOTE BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPLANATION WAS. SO ONE OF THE ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED AND THEY WERE ASKING, I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ASKED. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED WHERE THAT BUDGET CAME FROM. THEY'RE ASKING, DID THEY COME FROM LIKE THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET? AND THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT THAT. WHAT WAS THE FINAL CLARIFICATION ON THAT? FROM HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT AND HOW IT'S BEEN. AGAIN, IT COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON HOW THE CONVERSATIONS GO, BUT IT COMES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL LINE ITEM, WHICH IS STILL ALL PART OF THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY, SAME BUCKET OF MONEY, JUST DIFFERENT LINES, RIGHT? SO YOU MADE A STATEMENT. THEY SAID THERE HAVE BEEN BUDGET MEETINGS LIKE ALMOST EVERY WEEK OR SO OR THERE HAVE BEEN. YES. SO LIKE LAST THURSDAY IT WAS JUST A BUDGET DISCUSSION. AND THEN THIS THURSDAY, IT'S A REGULAR MEETING AND THEN THERE'S AN ITEM TO DISCUSS. BUDGET. MONEY, MONEY MONEY. OH, YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. THE, THE CITY COUNCIL, I MEAN, WE WON'T GO INTO THE WEEDS ABOUT IT. ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON LINE? ITEM 7.2. THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION OR ANY OTHER CLARIFYING NEEDS FOR CLARIFICATION OR QUESTIONS? DO YOU MAKE A MOTION? NOT YET. WE GET OUR BUDGET. I MEAN, OUR PRESENTATION. YEAH. NEXT ONE, 7.3. AND THIS ONE, I I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE I, I SO THE DISCUSSION THE 7.3 ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON HOSTING A JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD DURING THE SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025 DIB COMMISSION MEETING. THIS IS PART OF WHAT COMMISSIONER BOWMAN WAS COMMENTING ON, IS THAT WE DO HAVE A DESIRE TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN ORDER TO BE, YOU KNOW, ONE, GET BETTER INPUT. THIS WOULD FIT VERY, VERY WELL WITH THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE LISTENING GROUPS AND CITIZEN [00:30:02] WORK GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT INPUT OF INFORMATION OF HOW WE ARE HOW WE ARE SHOWING UP OR HOW OUR CITY SHOWS UP FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS, WHETHER IT'S AN AFFINITY GROUP, WHICH WOULD BE THE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LISTENING POST SESSION AND ALSO OUR CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS, WHICH JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, OUR CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS, THE FIRST THREE THAT WE ARE GOING TO START WITH IS VETERANS, SENIOR CITIZENS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. AND AGAIN, THE REASON WE CHOSE THOSE THREE IS BECAUSE THERE'S A GOOD INTERSECTIONALITY OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE BEING REPRESENTED IN THOSE BIG THREE GROUPS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE FINAL GROUPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. BUT HAVING POSSIBLE ACTIONS OF HOSTING JOINT WORK SESSIONS WITH OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY FORMED, LIKE THE ADVISORY, IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ASKING TO DO WITH US. WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO WE HAVE? DO WE IS THERE IS THERE AN ACTION? DO WE NEED TO STILL APPROVE THAT? BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD APPROVED IT ALREADY THAT WE WANTED TO DO THAT. I MEAN, WE KNOW THE LIBRARY TO GET BACK WITH US TO SEE. SO I HAVE IT IN YOUR POCKET, BUT I I'LL READ OUT THE QUESTIONS. SO I WORK WITH KRISTEN, WHO'S THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, VERY CLOSELY ON A LOT OF THINGS. AND SO I ASKED HER AHEAD OF TIME, WHAT WOULD THIS OUTSIDE OF THE PURPOSES YOU JUST SPOKE ON, LIKE WE FUNNEL THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. YEAH. SO SOME OF THE THEIR LAST MEETING, THEY ONLY MEET QUARTERLY, SO. OKAY. THEY ARE CHANGING THEIR MEETING TO COME HERE AND MEET WITH YOU ALL. I GAVE HER A TIMELINE. I SAID, FOR, LIKE, THE FIRST HOUR IS DEDICATED TO THE JOINT SESSION. AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU CAN STILL MEET ON REGULAR BUSINESS. IF I REMEMBER THAT BEING SOMETHING FROM A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT Y'ALL SAID. OF COURSE, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THAT NOW, YOU CAN I'LL READ THE QUESTIONS TO YOU. NOT NECESSARILY TO BE ANSWERED TODAY, BUT KIND OF PART OF THE DISCUSSION, I THINK, FOR SEPTEMBER. AND WHAT THEY ARE ASKING IS HOW CAN WE HELP EACH OTHER? HOW CAN LABS, LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD SUPPORT THE DBS, NEW WORKING GROUPS. SO SOME OF YOU JUST BROUGHT UP AND THEN THEY HAVE AN ITEM ON HERE CALLED INCLUSION DAYS NIGHTS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. I THINK THEY'LL PROBABLY EXPOUND ON THAT PROCLAMATION, CALENDAR AND WAYS TO SUPPORT. SO THINGS MAYBE THAT Y'ALL ARE ALREADY DOING AS A COMMISSION, MAYBE LEVERAGING BOTH SIDES AND MAYBE THERE'S OTHER AREAS TO COLLABORATE ON. AND THEN THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO PROPOSE TWO ANNUAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DAYS, WITH THE SECOND MEETING BEING SPECIFICALLY FOR COLLABORATION AMONG BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THE QUESTIONS AND TOPICS THAT THEY WOULD BE WANTING TO MEET ABOUT, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH COVERED ALL OF THOSE. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT AGENDA. IS THE COMMISSION OKAY WITH KEEPING KIND OF A, AN HOUR TIME LIMIT SO THAT THEY CAN BE PREPARED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN MOVE ON TO YOUR WHATEVER, WHATEVER OTHER TIME YOU NEED AFTER THAT. OR DO YOU NOT WANT A TIME LIMIT? I THINK KEEPING TO AN HOUR WOULD BE WOULD STILL BE THE BEST APPROACH FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW. WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? I'M THINKING IT'S GOOD IF IT IF IT NEED MORE TIME OR. NO. CAN I ASK KRISTEN AS WELL FROM HER RECOMMENDATION? AND SHE SAID, YEAH, I THINK 45 MINUTES WOULD BE JUST FINE, BUT WE'LL HAVE A 15 MINUTE CUSHION ON EACH SIDE. YEAH. OH, THEY'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE AGAIN. I JUST GET ALL KINDS OF IDEAS. I WANT TO GIVE MYSELF TO PEOPLE. WITHIN THAT YOU HAVE AS MANY AS YOU WANT. WHAT ELSE? YOU KNOW, COULD I FOR THIS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I KNOW MORGAN, AND I KNOW SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HELP WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. BECAUSE THEY DID SEND ME SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS BECAUSE I, LIKE, ANSWERED SOME OF THEM KIND OF THE IDEAS. BUT THIS IS JUST ME. THIS IS NOT REPRESENTING, OBVIOUSLY, THE WHOLE COMMISSION IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THOSE. SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE THE MEETING, WE WILL KEEP IN TIME, BECAUSE I'M NOT JUST LIKE THROWING IT AT THEM DURING THAT TIME. IS THAT PERMISSIBLE OR I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR COMMISSION MEETING, DOES IT HAVE TO BE DONE AT THE TIME THAT WE'RE ALL MEETING? SO OF COURSE, YOU CAN AS AN INDIVIDUAL, SEND TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WHATEVER YOU WANT, LIKE IF THE CHAIR OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. YOU WANT TO JUST SEND THEM THINGS DIRECTLY? I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FINE. BUT I THINK THIS THE POINT OF THIS WORKING SESSION IS TO HAVE ALL MEMBERS THERE TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE. OKAY. BUT OF COURSE IF YOU WANT TO, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, SEND SOMETHING TO SOMEONE ELSE, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. IT'S JUST ALSO BECAUSE OF TIME. SURE. I KNOW MYSELF. AND THERE CAN ALWAYS BE YOU KNOW, I'LL TRY TO KEEP A PULSE ON THE CHECK, BUT LIKE, FOLLOW UPS OR IF THERE'S, LIKE, MAYBE A FOLLOW UP EMAIL THAT CAN BE SENT OUT OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ON THE STAFF LEVEL TO HELP KIND OF CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THAT TOO. SO. OKAY. DO WE NEED SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS IF YOU WANT TO, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THOSE OPTIONS. OKAY. SO FROM OUR COMMISSION, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THAT WE WANT AS [00:35:01] COMMISSIONERS FOR DIB TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT WORK SESSION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET TO INCLUDE WHILE WE HAVE THAT TIME WITH THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. FOR THE THINK TANK SAID WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM. YEAH. MORE PEOPLE COMING TO THE LIBRARY. AND PEOPLE WE CAN. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO COVER OR WE DON'T WANT TO DELVE INTO WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THE LIBRARY FOR ANY REASON AS A COMMISSION? SEPTEMBER. WILL THE BUDGET BE BACK? I DON'T KNOW. BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEPTEMBER 4TH, THAT'S THE 16TH, AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH. POTENTIALLY. POTENTIALLY, YEAH. CUZ YOU SAY THE DEADLINE IS POTENTIALLY. BUT. RIGHT. BUT MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO SHARE OUR BUDGET. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT. THAT'S WHAT I KNOW. WE DON'T WANT TO SHARE OUR BUDGET DOLLARS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. WILL IT BE PASSED FOR THAT OR NO MONEY? I DON'T KNOW. IT MIGHT BE. I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVISIT. WE'LL SEE. LET'S HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. WHAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE? TO SHARE A BUDGET WITH THEM? I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT I DON'T, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO ASK FOR. BUT I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT THEY SOUND LIKE. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS LIKE, HOW CAN THEY COLLABORATE IN PROCLAMATION DAYS? LIKE IF AND I'LL JUST THROW AN IDEA THAT I HAD ABOUT THAT IS THAT WE HAVE THAT MONTH, LET'S SAY WE HAVE LIKE NATIONAL THOUGHTFULNESS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT IT SOUNDS REALLY COOL. COULD THE LIBRARY HAVE A DISPLAY OR A INFO SHARE ABOUT WHAT THAT IS ON DISPLAY EVERY MONTH, AND WHAT WOULD THAT COST? AND COULD WE DO A COST SHARE WITH THEM TO HAVE THAT DISPLAY OR A BOARD OR SOMEWHERE SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST PART OF THE PROCLAMATION, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE ANYTIME THEY VISIT THE LIBRARY OR CITY COUNCIL, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS, IS THAT SOLELY DEEMED TO THE DEIB COMMISSION. SO THAT MEANS ANY COMMISSION CAN FEEL FREE TO DO SO. WE DON'T HAVE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T OWN THAT. LIKE, EXACTLY. WE'RE NOT TRADEMARKED. THAT'S US, THE MOST ACTIVE, RIGHT? YEAH. SO TRAILBLAZERS LIKE YOU SAID. YEAH. SO MAYBE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO READ, LIKE YOU SAID YOU WORK WITH OR ONE OF Y'ALL WORK WITH? NO, IT WAS YOU, RIGHT. WORKING WITH GETTING PEOPLE TO READ OR WAS IT YOU? FOR ME, IT WAS. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH YEAH YEAH, YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE ALWAYS TALK TO THE KIDS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO READ, BUT ADULTS DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS ALL ON THE INTERNET, RIGHT? BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH PICKING UP A BOOK AND ACTUALLY READING THE BOOK. SO HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THAT. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT SO MAYBE I MEAN I THINK THAT THERE ARE SPECIAL POPULATIONS AS WELL. WHAT WAS THE OTHER PROCLAMATION? SPECIAL POPULATIONS. SENIOR CITIZENS SPECIAL FROM Y'ALL. YEAH, THAT WAS OURS. I'LL BE THERE FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE ON THE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I, I WOULDN'T MIND WORKING WITH THEM TO YOU KNOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS AS A KID WAS WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, AND I LIKE THEM. SO. YEAH, I GOT IT. YEAH, I GOT IT FOR MY SON. BECAUSE HE JUST. YEAH, MY MY YOUNGEST SON, HE JUST. HE JUST REMINDED ME OF YOU KNOW, LIKE A CIVILIZED, WILD, LITTLE, WILD KID. AND SO AND, AND HE ALSO REMINDS ME OF THE CHARACTER FROM IRON GIANT. SO. OH, YEAH, I, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T MIND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH HIM BECAUSE I LOVE BOOKS. I LOVE TO READ. AND SO MAYBE WORKING WITH GETTING THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW REENGAGE WITH, YOU KNOW, LOOK, YOU KNOW READING AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH YOU TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET PEOPLE HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO READ WITH, YOU KNOW OR ARE YOU TEACHING THEM OR ARE YOU JUST ENCOURAGING THEM OR STUFF LIKE THAT? SO. WELL, WE HAD A LITTLE PROGRAM, BUT THE THE COUNCIL IS, IS GONE NOW. BUT WE HAD A FULL PROGRAM WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THEM THROUGH LITERACY CLASS. GED YOU KNOW, THEN THEY WENT ON TO THE PLUMBING TRADES. PEOPLE GOT JOBS THROUGH THE PROGRAM. BUT LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS I, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IF IF IT'S I LIVE IN, I LIVE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF HULL. I LIVE IN STAR RANCH. SO I DON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH UNLESS I'M GOING TO EAT. BUT LIKE I NOTICED, LIKE I KNOW IN AUSTIN, IT'S A REAL BIG THING WHERE YOU HAVE [00:40:02] NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE LIKE BOOK STOPS WHERE THEY HAVE COMMUNITY BOOK STOPS WHERE YOU YOU YOU BORROW A BOOK, YOU GET A LITTLE GLASS. I WONDER, DOES THE LIBRARY DO THAT? OR HAVE THEY EMPHASIZED DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I WOULD I'M GOING TO ASK HIM IF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU GET YOU KNOW, MORE FOLKS READING. HAVE Y'ALL DEVELOPED A ROUTE TO PUT IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD BOOK STOPS THAT, YOU KNOW, GET A BOOK, BORROW A BOOK, BRING A BOOK. LIBRARIES. WE JUST GOT ONE IN BROOKLYN. SO IT'S IN THE POCKET PARK OFF OF BROOKLYN DRIVE. AND I THINK THERE'S A NEIGHBOR DID THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE ANY NUMBER OF BOOKS IN THERE, AND IT'S JUST NEAT LITTLE POCKET PARK RIGHT OFF OF BROOKLYN'S THE THE LITTLE EMPTY SPACE THAT THEY PLAY VOLLEYBALL. YEAH, THEY JUST PUT ON THE SIDE WHERE THE MAILBOXES IS. THEY PUT A LITTLE I THINK THERE WAS JUST A NEIGHBOR WHO DID THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL, BUT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND US THAT ANYTHING THAT WE DO, AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF HOW DO WE HELP MORE PEOPLE READ? WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT HOW THAT SUPPORTS OR PROMOTES DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING. I THINK IN OUR MINDS, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOES, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE COME OUT OF THIS JOINT WORKING SESSION WITH THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR ON WHY WE WOULD SPEND ANY TIME, TALENT AND TREASURE ON THAT INITIATIVE. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR OUTLINE AND THEN WHO'S GOING TO OWN IT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE THE OUTCOMES? IF THERE'S I DON'T SEE HOW WE WOULD SPEND BUDGET. BUT IF WE DID, AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR ON REPORTING AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THE MONEY'S GOING TO BE SPENT, WHY, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE THE OUTCOMES, TO REPORT IT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S IT. BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS ABOUT THE WORK? JOINT WORKING SESSION WITH THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AND KEEPING IT TO AN HOUR. SCHOLZ. OKAY. I THINK IT'S GOOD. CLOSE THE LOOP WE'RE JUST TRUCKING ALONG. YEAH. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM 7.4. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF DIB COMMISSION CHAIR AND POSSIBLY CO-CHAIR. AND I'M GOING TO LOOK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL LIAISON LEADER TO WALK US THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT BEING THAT WE'RE SHORT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE. I MEAN, THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FULL COMMISSION. SURE. SO THE PREVIOUS CHAIR HAS RESIGNED. AND COMMISSIONER ZEPEDA WAS THE CO-CHAIR. SO BY DEFAULT, UNTIL A NEW CHAIR IS ELECTED, YOU ARE THE CHAIR. OKAY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND OFFICIALLY APPOINT A CHAIR SINCE YOU'RE ALL HERE, THE COMMISSION. AND SO LET'S JUST SAY IF YOU WERE APPOINTED AS CHAIR, THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO ALSO APPOINT A CO-CHAIR. BUT AN OFFICIAL VOTE DOES NEED TO HAPPEN FOR BOTH. SO SOMEONE COULD NOMINATE SOMEONE. NOMINATE YOURSELF. IT'S REALLY JUST UP TO THAT. AS LONG AS WE'RE NOMINATING FOR, YOU KNOW, SAY, CHAIR, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE AND THEN ASK THIS QUESTION, HOW MANY SEATS DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE? WE HAVE SEVEN. SO WE HAVE FOUR HERE WE'RE MINUS THREE THREE. SO THREE VACANCIES. SEE THAT WAS MY QUESTION. DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT TODAY OR CAN WE PUT THAT OFF UNTIL OUR COMMISSION IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TODAY. I BROUGHT IT UP JUST AS SOON AS WE CAME. BUT IN THE INTERIM, THEN YOU WOULD BE SERVING AS CHAIR. OKAY. AND I'M JUST. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL I WOULD RATHER I WOULD NEED. THIS IS ME PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I. WE HAVE THREE OPENINGS. IT COULD BE THREE MORE AMAZING PEOPLE TO SERVE ON OUR COMMISSION. AND WE DO WANT MORE. WE DO WANT A FULL COMMISSION. AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT, OKAY, NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE REPRESENTATION FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT APPOINTING A CHAIR OR CO-CHAIR. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YEAH. HOW COME YOU'RE. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING FROM ME. FROM ME IN THE CHAIR. I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I JUST I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A WAY FOR EVERYBODY. YEAH, I THINK SO. IT WOULD BE MORE FAIR AND. AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. I THINK IT JUST. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE. I, I COMMEND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. I REALLY COMMEND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY I SENSE IT AS WELL, SINCE THAT'S WHY I ASKED. WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES THAT THEY'RE INTERVIEWING NOW FOR TO APPOINT A CHAIR AND A CO-CHAIR. IT'LL BE IT'LL BE MORE YOU KNOW, JUST MORE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR SEATS FILLED SO WE CAN HAVE A, YOU KNOW, HAVE A FEASIBLE. AND I MEAN, TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT, I WOULD I WOULD THINK THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE A FULL A FULL COMMISSION AND WE HAVE OTHER PERSPECTIVES AND THINGS BEING SHARED, I WOULD PREFER TO STAY IN THE ROLE TO LEAD US THROUGH THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO I WOULD PROBABLY NOMINATE MYSELF OR BE ASKED TO BE NOMINATED TO BECAUSE I WAS WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR FORMER CHAIR ON GETTING THE WORK THAT WE HAD AND [00:45:02] ESTABLISHING THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE DISRUPTIVE TO HAND THAT OFF TO A DIFFERENT LEADER IMMEDIATELY RIGHT NOW. BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON BOARD. AND THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING AT HOW YOUR HOW YOUR LEADERSHIP RIGHT NOW IS. AND SO MY, MY THOUGHT IS TO KEEP YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED A TO HAVE A VOTE IN A CHAIR, THEN BUILD THE CO-CHAIR IN. AND THEN WHEN IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO STEP DOWN AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE BE CHERITON, YOU KNOW, THEN WE COULD TAKE A VOTE. BUT I THINK THAT RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW AND JUST WATCHING YOU, I THINK YOU'RE PERFECT. OH. THANK YOU. I FEEL A LOT OF PRESSURE, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT THOUGHT AND THAT IN MY SENTIMENTS. BUT YEAH, I THINK RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO. BEFORE WE MAKE ANYTHING FINAL, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE ADD IT TO OUR COMMISSION SO THEY CAN BRING IN THEIR IDEA. YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY? I WANT MORE PEOPLE AND I NOMINATE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE CHAIR OF THE EIB BOARD. SO YOU'RE MOTIONING FOR THAT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. I WOULD LIKE MORE PEOPLE. OKAY. SO. YEAH. SO ANY OPPOSED, CAN I SAY OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. I MEAN, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO STAY IN THE ROLE INTERIM, BUT I DO WANT TO. THAT'S INTERESTING. THAT'S WHY I SAID I'M GOING TO SAY MORE PEOPLE. YEAH I'M SAYING MAN, YOU NEED I MEAN I GET IT, BUT FOR NOW I'M HAPPY TO DO THE WORK. BUT I DO WANT TO FULL FILL OUR COMMISSION. IT'S MR. THORNTON, PART OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. DAN IS BACK. HE'S JUST A PRETTY FACE IN THE CAMERA. HE DOESN'T GET TO SAY ANYTHING. HE DOESN'T GET A VOTE. HE JUST GETS TO SAY POP BACK UP TO YES. BECAUSE. SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? THERE'LL BE CLOSE THE LOOP ON 7.4. IT'S A DRAW. IT'S A DRAW. SO WE HAVE TO TABLE IT THEN. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, I KNEW THAT, BUT I JUST I KNOW, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. COMMISSIONER LOUIS. THANK YOU. NO. TAKE IT. NO ACTION TAKEN TODAY. BUT MAYBE NEXT TIME WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON BOARD. OKAY. SO COMING TO, WE HAD SKIPPED OVER GENERAL COMMENTS FROM ITEM FIVE, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES. AND DAN IS BACK WITH US. SO DAN, WE WILL OPEN THAT UP TO YOU, SIR. OKAY. THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS THAT THE THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHANGED AT CITY COUNCIL LEVEL. IT'LL STILL BE THE SAME FORMAT, BUT THE MEMBERS CHANGED. I'M NOW ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, AND WE ARE AWARE. YES, WE ARE AWARE OF THE OPENINGS. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INTERVIEWED DURING TIMES WHEN WE HAD WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OPENINGS FOR EVERYONE. AND SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT WERE TRYING TO CHECK WITH AND SEE IF THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED. AND KARINA, SINCE YOU ARE NOW THE CHAIR WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, YOU SHOULD HEAR FROM EITHER COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS OR COUNCIL MEMBER GORDON TO TRY TO SET UP INTERVIEWS. HOPEFULLY SOON. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. I KNOW, SO IT'S SO, SO DAN, YOU HAVE IS YOURSELF. JIM MORRIS I KEEP WANTING TO SAY MORRISON, JIM MORRIS AND COUNCILMEMBER PETER GORDON. YES. OKAY. THOMPSON. ALRIGHT. AWESOME. DO YOU HAVE WE HAD DISCUSSED ON OUR AGENDA THE KIND OF A RECAP AND UPDATE FROM OUR JULY 17TH CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. SO I HAD ATTENDED OUR FORMER COMMISSION CHAIR. JACQUELINE GAVE THE PRESENTATION. COUNCIL MEMBER ERIC BELL WAS COMMISSIONER ERIC BELL WAS THERE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE BACK WITH US ON FEEDBACK OR NOTES THAT YOU TOOK DURING THAT WORK SESSION? I WILL SAY THAT I, I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SINCE THEN, MULTIPLE TIMES HOW IMPRESSED THEY WERE WITH THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE PRESENTATION AND THE BUDGET REQUESTS. AND COUNCIL, THE BUDGET IS NOT FINAL YET, BUT AT EVERY, EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE'VE HAD THAT THAT BUDGET REQUEST HAS BEEN APPROVED SO FAR AND I EXPECT IT TO BE IN THE FINAL BUDGET. SO OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL CAN CHANGE THEIR MIND AT ANY TIME, BUT I, I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THAT HAPPENED AT THIS POINT. I THINK EVERYBODY IS SUPPORTIVE OF IT. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE, I KNOW YOU HAD TO HOP OFF INTO THE MEETING, BUT WE HAVE A A A PERSON FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. HER NAME IS CATHERINE FROM HUDDLE PRIDE, WHO WAS WITH US TODAY. I WAS JUST EXCITED. WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE. YEAH I KNOW. [00:50:02] I'M GLAD. I'M GLAD YOU WERE THERE. I KNOW YOU HAD INVITED. YOU'VE HAD A COUPLE OF EVENTS RECENTLY. I HAD A I HAD A DIFFERENT BOARD MEETING DURING ONE OF THEM, AND AND WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO YOUR YOUR EVENT THIS PAST SATURDAY, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CHANGE SOON. WITH ONE OF YOUR. WHENEVER YOU HAVE MORE EVENTS COMING UP, I, I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET OUT TO TO SEE YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CITY COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER DAN THORNTON? I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. THE BUDGET WILL BE FINALIZED. HOPEFULLY THAT, WELL, HOPEFULLY EARLY SEPTEMBER. AND THAT'LL BE IT. SO. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE. I KNOW IT'S EARLY SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP SEPTEMBER 4TH. WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP ON THE 16TH WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME CLARITY ON THE BUDGET THEN. I DON'T I DON'T FORESEE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US FORESEE RIGHT NOW ANY CHANGES BEING MADE ON WHAT WE WHAT WE PROPOSE, UNLESS, YOU KNOW, COMES BACK THAT WE HAVE TO TRIM IT UP A LITTLE BIT. BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD MEETING. MEETING WITH THEM AND LOOKING AT A WAY TO COLLABORATE MORE. IT'S JUST AN EASY WAY TO GET MORE INPUT AND FEEDBACK THAT WE WANT AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ANYWAY, THAT WE PROMISE TO INCORPORATE MORE COMMUNITY INPUT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. DAN THORNTON ALRIGHT, NEXT THING ON OUR AND IT JUST STARTED POURING OVER HERE. SO ITEM 7.5 CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF THE JULY 8TH MEETING MINUTES. I I WOULD SAY MY MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE JULY 8TH MEETING MINUTES. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ITEM 7.6. OPEN DISCUSSION AND ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING BEFORE WE ADJOURN. THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE CAN JUST SHARE OPEN DISCUSSION INFORMATION. WHO HAS ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR MEETING FOR THE NEXT, EITHER AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE IN OUR NEXT MEETING OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OF THINGS THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T COVER TODAY OR THAT YOU THOUGHT OF AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ITEMS FOR SEPTEMBER 4TH, SEPTEMBER 1616. OH, THAT'S THE LIBRARY. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO COVER THAT WE WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT IN ONE OF OUR RECENT, OUR PAST MEETINGS ON DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WE GOING TO COME UP WITH THE BUDGET. I REMEMBER ONE COMMISSIONER WANTED TO DO LIKE A DIRECTORY OR A BOOK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THIS, AND I MADE A POINT IN THAT LAST MEETING. WHAT WE DO HERE IN THIS COMMISSION IS FOR THE CITY OF HUTTO, AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF HUTTO. SO I WANT TO JUST ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMISSION THAT WE CONTINUE TO LEAD TO BE THE TRAILBLAZERS THAT WE ARE, BUT ALSO AS WE WORK WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS FOR THE CITY OF HUTTO, THAT WE KEEP THE PEOPLE IN MIND AND THE WORK OF MIND THAT WE DO. THAT'S THE REASON WHY I SIGNED UP FOR THIS, AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, AND I WANT TO ALSO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN WHAT ANY IDEAS THAT WE HAVE, WHATEVER WE NEED TO PROMOTE AS FAR AS GROWING THIS, THIS COMMISSION AND IN OUR MISSION THAT IS FOR AND IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF HUDSON. AND I JUST I KNOW SOME OF US WAS IN THAT MEETING WHEN I MADE THAT STATEMENT. I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER IS NOT WITH I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS OR STILL WITH US. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF SHE'S STILL STILL PART OF THE COMMISSION. SHE RESIGNED. OKAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW GOING FORWARD THAT I JUST WANT I KNOW WE WAS IT WAS IT JUNE WE HAD THAT TALK OR WAS IT IN JULY. IT WAS JUNE. YEAH. YEAH. I JUST I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE JUST GOING FORWARD THAT WHAT WE DO FOR THE CITY OF HUDSON WHEN WE COME UP WITH IS FOR THE CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF. SO JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. FOR ME, AS FAR AS, LIKE, OPEN ITEMS DISCUSSION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS WE TALK A LOT ABOUT INPUT. AND BECAUSE ONE OF THINGS WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS WE DON'T WANT TO BECOME AN ECHO CHAMBER OF THE EVEN THE SEVEN OF US ADVISING, YOU KNOW, AUDITING, LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY FROM JUST OUR SEVEN PERSPECTIVES. NOW, THEY MIGHT BE DIVERSE, AND I'M GLAD FOR THE DIVERSITY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE REPRESENTED ON OUR COMMISSION WHEN WE WHEN WE HAD THE SEVEN OF US. BUT OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING, YOU KNOW, SO FAST. RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE, WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND WORKING [00:55:02] WITH OUR CITY STAFF AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND DO THINGS LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THAT THAT'S RARE WHEN THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. COULD I ASK OUR PUBLIC PERSON HERE, OUR NON COMMISSIONER, CAN I, I DON'T KNOW HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT OPEN COMMENT. AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM US OR THE CITY SO THAT MORE PEOPLE COME IN LIKE YOU HAVE TODAY? HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT IT? AND WHAT'S ONE FEEDBACK THAT WE THAT WE AS A CITY COULD BE DOING DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE COULD BE LED BY OUR COMMISSION AND MAYBE IT COULD LAND SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT THAT'S GOOD INPUT. YEAH. SO WE WERE HAVING A MEETING LAST MONDAY, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN THOMPSON AND PETER GORDON CAME AND JOINED OUR MEETING. JUST TO JOIN US, YOU KNOW, JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION. AND SO THEY WERE THE ONES THAT INVITED US TO THE BUDGET MEETING ON THURSDAY AND THEN TO TODAY'S MEETING. SO, HONESTLY, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT INVITED ME. AND I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S ADDED TO THE CALENDAR. SO YOU KNOW, THAT YOU COULD DO THAT. YOU COULD COME. AND DID YOU KNOW ABOUT IT BEFORE? YOU JUST KIND OF FELT LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. YEAH. SO THANKFULLY ON THURSDAY I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LIKE DOING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, LIKE IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO IT TOOK AWAY THE PRESSURE OF, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO. SO. OKAY. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I FEEL I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO COME TO THE MEETINGS MORE. I MEAN, EVEN FOR ALL THE BUDGET MEETINGS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS HAVING, I MEAN, IT'D BE AMAZING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO JUST SHOW UP AND KNOW THAT IT'S AN INTIMATE BUT ALSO THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TALK TO Y'ALL. AND NOW THAT I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE SO APPROACHABLE AND JUST DOING THE WORK. I MEAN, JUST Y'ALL IN YOUR PERSONAL LIVES, JUST SPREADING THE WORD. AND IF SOMETHING. MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT PRIDE CAN DO, LIKE, HEY, THIS IS OPEN TO ANYONE. Y'ALL CAN COME AND JOIN THE MEETINGS. I'D BE HAPPY TO POST ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. LIKE MY EXPERIENCE. AND REALLY, IT'S JUST WORD OF MOUTH HOW YOU GET THESE THINGS TO KIND OF JUST GAIN TRACTION AND INVITING PEOPLE PERSONALLY TO COME TO MEETINGS AND JUST KNOWING THAT THIS IS THE STUFF THAT AFFECTS THEM IN THEIR DAILY LIFE. AND Y'ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS ENTIRE TIME, BUT THIS REALLY IS DAY TO DAY. YOU KNOW WHAT THE CITY NEEDS. SO I THINK ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT'S EMPHASIZED WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW. AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT PERSPECTIVE. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PROMISED TO DO, AND THE REASON THAT WE PAID OUR WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WHO HELPS US PUT IDEAS TO PAPER AND FORMULATE NEXT STEPS AND KEEP IT AS ORGANIZED, BECAUSE YOU WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY PASSIONATE PEOPLE. BUT WHY WE'RE HERE, RIGHT? THIS IS WHY WE SERVE ON THIS SPECIFIC COMMISSION. AND SO ASKING FOR A BUDGET TO SPEND MONEY ON MEANS THAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO DOING THE THINGS THAT WE OUTLINED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND A BIG ONE COMING UP FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE LISTENING POST AND THE CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO ADD TO THE NEXT AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING IS THAT WE NEED TO REASSESS AS WE CONTINUE TO ADD MORE COMMISSIONERS, WE HAD TO APPOINT LIAISONS. SO ORIGINALLY I'M GOING TO BE LIAISON WITH THE CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS. AND THEN WE NEEDED TO SCHEDULE A TRAINING FOR WHO WAS GOING TO LEAD THE BIG THREE CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS FOR VETERANS. AND IT COULD BE NOT US, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR VETERANS, FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. RIGHT. IT COULD BE ANY OF THOSE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUNTERPART IN THE COMMUNITY LEADING THOSE CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO AND I WAS GOING TO BE THE LIAISON FOR THE CITIZEN WORKING GROUP EFFORT. RIGHT. AND SCHEDULING THE TRAINING WITH OUR CONSULTANT. THAT WAS ONE OF THINGS WE PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THEN THE LISTENING POST ARE MORE LIKE KIND OF WE DID. RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAD A LITTLE MINI LISTENING POST ALMOST BY HAVING KATHRYN FROM HUDDLE PRIDE JOIN US AND TELL US HOW SHE LEARNED ABOUT IT. THIS IS KIND OF HER IMPRESSION. IS THERE OTHER WAYS SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA WORD OF MOUTH IS A WAY TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHOW UP. THAT'S A REALLY KEY, IMPORTANT PART OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESOURCES AS A COMMISSION, AS A CITY ARE ACCESSIBLE TO MORE PEOPLE. SO THAT MODEL IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO SAY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STRUCTURE OUR LISTENING POSTS WITH AFFINITY GROUPS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF IT. I THINK I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T? RIGHT. DO WE THEN SAY WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THEN A HUDDLE MEETING, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY INVITE US AND SAY, WE'RE JUST HERE TO LISTEN, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG IN HUDDLE? DO YOU FEEL A SENSE OF THAT YOU HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A GROUP AND AS INDIVIDUALS, AS CITIZENS? AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THAT WITH OTHER GROUPS LIKE OLA AND THE BLACK FAMILIES OF HUDDLE WITH OUR ROTARIANS, WITH OUR. YOU TALKED ABOUT AN ERODED DOWN THE YEAR ON THE AMERICAN LEGION. ARE THOSE AFFINITY GROUPS? THOSE PEOPLE GATHER FOR A REASON? MAYBE IT'S EVEN A BOOK CLUB. DO THEY IN THEIR GROUPS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY MEETING. HOW DO WE APPROACH THEM? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE GATHERING INFORMATION FROM THEM THAT WE'RE MAKING USE OF IT? AND IT'S NOT JUST YOU KNOW. THEATER OR JUST, HEY, WE'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING USE OF THAT DATA AND FEEDBACK AND HOW WE INFORM OUR STRATEGY GOING FORWARD. SO I WANT TO INCLUDE THAT ON THE NEXT THAT WE REVISIT THAT. [01:00:04] BUT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I LIKE THAT APPROACH. I ALSO WAS THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WHEN WE MEET WITH THE LIBRARY COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF EVENTS DO THEY HOST ANNUALLY? MAYBE THEY MAY GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ATTEND ONE OF THEIR ONE OF THEIR THERE WE GO. SEE, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, BEING STRATEGIC OF WHAT WE DO. IT'S LIKE THAT MEETING WITH WITH THE LIBRARY I'M ALREADY THINKING ABOUT LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DO Y'ALL WHAT DO Y'ALL HAVE GOING ON WITH THE COMMUNITY? WHERE CAN WE COME IN AND AND, YOU KNOW, JUST ATTEND. IF NOT ATTEND, KIND OF HAVE A, A LISTENING POST OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO KIND OF EXPAND OUR REACH. SO JUST BEING STRATEGIC ON YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO, BUT ALSO COLLABORATIVE. THAT'S THE THING THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, MORE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS UPCOMING YEAR BEING MORE COLLABORATIVE WITH WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT WE HAVE AND ALSO WITH, WITH HUDDLE PRIDE AND OTHER GROUPS YOU KNOW, HEY, I HOPE YOU GIVE US A GOOD FIVE STARS. WHAT HAVE YOU. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE YELP THING OR WHATEVER, BUT ENCOURAGE MORE, ENCOURAGE MORE CITIZENS TO COME TO OUR TO OUR MEETINGS, TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE THE MORE CITIZENS ARE INVOLVED WITH CITY COUNCIL, THE MORE THE CITY WILL LEARN AND ALSO GROW. SO YEAH, COMING FROM THAT SMALL TOWN DOWN THE STREET AND CITY COUNCIL THERE. SO YEAH. HOW DO WE GET THE YOUNGER PEOPLE INVOLVED? BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES MOVING IN TO SUBDIVISIONS AND STUFF. AND SO, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PEOPLE, YOU HAVE LIKE YOUNG MEN, LIKE MY SON WAS IN BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS. BUT AFTER YOU AGE OUT, THEN WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR THEM? YEAH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF YOUNG MEN DON'T GO TO CHURCH, SO YOU CAN'T SAY, OH, THEY GOT THEY CAN GO TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, THEY MAY NOT GO TO CHURCH. SO DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY WITH OTHER MEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD LEAD THEM AND GUIDE THEM IN YOUR PURSE TO, YOU KNOW, TO HELP THEM TO FIGURE OUT LIFE, YOU KNOW. SO I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO, LIKE YOU SAID, LIKE THE THE ELDERLY, YOU KNOW. YES. THEY OFTEN GET, YOU KNOW OVERLOOKED. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, INCLUDING EVERYBODY, THERE'S DIFFERENT SO MANY DIFFERENT CLASSES AND SO MANY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PLACES THAT YOU CAN PUT PEOPLE THAT WILL FIT IN MAYBE 2 OR 3 OF THEM. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO ME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN. YES. AND THEY'RE NOT LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE AS WE GET OLDER, GOT THE YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THE CITY COMING UP AS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS. SO AND ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG MEN, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT A LOT OF THINGS. AND LIKE OUR YOUNG MEN, WE WANT THEM TO TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THAT THEY MATTER AND THAT THEY COULD BE PRODUCTIVE AND THEY COULD DO SOMETHING. SO. OKAY. I THINK WE BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT WAS THE APPROACH ABOUT SENIOR CITIZENS AND THEIR THEIR INABILITY TO ACCESS RESOURCES THAT ARE READILY AVAILABLE. AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE TRULY BEING EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY, WHAT'S OUR ROLE AND HOW DO WE ADVISE OUR CITY LEADERSHIP AND ENSURING THAT THAT HAPPENS, BUT ALSO COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING TOGETHER? HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS? AND THAT WAS WHAT OUR FORMER COMMISSIONER HAD REALLY TRIED TO PUSH. AND THE IDEA AND ALL OF THAT IS 100% ON POINT. THERE'S I THINK JUST WHAT WHERE WE DECIDE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD ON WAS LIKE LIKE THE DIRECTORY AT THAT POINT. RIGHT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION IS ALREADY AVAILABLE. BUT IT'S THE SAME THING FOR YOU. AND I STILL HAVE LIKE A BIG QUESTION MARK IN MY HEAD ABOUT WHAT'S HOW WE DECIDED TO NOT DO A YOUTH GROUP. AND THERE WAS A REASON FOR IT. AND I IN MY MEMORY, I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS ALREADY SOME DISCUSSION. MAYBE IT WAS WITH THE CITY. DAN, I'M NOT SURE. SOMEBODY ALREADY WANTING TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING FOR THE YOUTH. OR MAYBE YOU LET US KNOW ABOUT THAT OR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT. YES. SO THAT WAS A WHILE BACK. YEAH. IT WAS. AND THEN WE JUST DECIDED TO JUST NOT DO IT. YEAH. STAFF MEMBER AT THE TIME WAS GOING TO LEAD THAT INITIATIVE, I BELIEVE. AND IT WAS A CITY. AND IT WASN'T OUR COMMISSION. IT WASN'T IT WASN'T THE COMMISSION'S IDEA. BUT IT WAS RIGHT AT THE TIME THAT Y'ALL STARTED YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND STARTED BREAKING OUT GROUPS. AND THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A LEVERAGE. BUT THAT PERSON IS NO LONGER HERE. AND THEY'RE THEY'VE PIVOTED TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OKAY. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY STILL. [01:05:02] A WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER. SO OKAY. WE CAN STILL ADD IT IN. I MEAN, IT WASN'T IN OUR ORIGINAL STRATEGIC PLAN TO ADD IT ON AS A WORKING GROUP. AND IF WE DON'T DO THAT, IT CAN I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WOULD DO A LISTENING POST. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A FORMAL WORKING GROUP THAT'S FOCUSED ON THAT SPECIFIC POPULATION. WITH THAT SAID, WE'D HAVE TO JUST LIKE PROPOSE AND AMEND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. ALWAYS. Y'ALL CAN ALWAYS DO THAT. YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE POWER. BUT A POTENTIAL. JUST A THOUGHT WOULD BE TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TEAM WITH THE ISD COME AND AND SIT AND REPRESENT MAYBE THE VOICES OF SOME OF THE YOUTH ON THAT ANGLE INSTEAD OF AND I THINK WHAT STAN HAD MENTIONED, I'M JUST TRYING TO. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS. THAT YOU WANT TO START WITH JUST A COUPLE OF GROUPS FIRST AND REALLY KIND OF GET THOSE GOING AND THEN GO, OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING. YEAH. WHEN YOU FINISH. OH, OKAY. YEAH. SO, SO FAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THE WAY WE TRY TO TOUCH AS MANY AS WE CAN IS THROUGH THE PROCLAMATIONS. THEY'RE NATIONAL, FEDERAL, STATE. AND THEN ALSO THE FOUR GROUPS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETING WITH THE LIBRARY, THE YOUTH, SENIOR CITIZENS OUR VETERANS AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS. BUT WE DIDN'T DO THE YOUTH ONE. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING FOR. OH, YOU WANT TO ADD THAT FOR THE LIBRARY AND LIKE SHARE THE THOSE FOR MAJOR. NO. WE CAN GET STEPHEN ABOUT THE FILM FAMILY. SO STEPHEN IS A GOOD FRIEND. WE CAN ALWAYS ASK HIM TO COME AND KIND OF GET OFFER THAT PERSPECTIVE. SO WHEN WE SAY YOUTH, RIGHT, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL AGE KIDS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE 18 TO 25? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE TO ME, FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T SOME EVEN IF THEY'RE YOU JUST HAVE SOME OF THEM THAT JUST WORKING. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES, YOU KNOW. AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO THE MOST EASIEST JOBS. AND NOBODY IS, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THEM, PUSHING THEM AND LIKE, YEAH, WE CAN WE CAN CATCH THE SCHOOL AGE KIDS AND EVERYTHING. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT GRADUATE BUT NOT GOING TO COLLEGE AND I DON'T THINK HAS A TRADE SCHOOL HERE. SO TSK TSK. OH THERE IS. YEAH. THAT'S THE EAST WILLIAMSON COUNTY HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER. THAT'S A THAT'S A TRADE SCHOOL. AND THEN TEMPLE COLLEGE IS ALSO THERE. THE THE ACADEMIC SIDE OF IT, I WAS, I WAS THERE WAS THAT. YEAH. IT'S RIGHT HERE. WELL, YOU KNOW THAT BIG BUILDING, EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S LIKE A HOSPITAL. YEAH, BUT IT'S A COLLEGE CAMPUS AND THEY'RE EXPANDING. AND THEN TEMPLE COLLEGE IS BUILDING THE TIME CENTER. AND TAYLOR THAT'S ALSO GOING TO EXPAND LIKE MANUFACTURING TECHNICAL TRAINING. OKAY. AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, TEXAS STATE COLLEGE IN ROUND ROCK IS ALSO EXPANDING THEIR TRADES AND TECHNICAL TRAINING. AND ACC IS EXPANDING THEIR MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN ROUND ROCK. AND THE REASON I KNOW IS BECAUSE I'VE COME FROM HIGHER ED. I USED TO WORK WITH THEM AND HE IS ABOUT TO BUILD CAMPUS IN TAYLOR. I'LL SAY ABOUT TO GET MY HOPES UP. IT'S GOING TO BE 25 YEARS BEFORE THAT HAPPENS HERE, BUT WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ONE HERE? SO TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE. THAT'S THE BIGGEST TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOL IN THE STATE. TECHNICAL COLLEGE? YES. TSTC YOU KNOW, AND THE PUDDLE. YEAH, RIGHT HERE ON CAMPUS. AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO EXPAND IN 2027. THE NEW FACILITY THAT'S BREAKING GROUND IS GOING TO BE OPEN. THAT'S GOING TO EXPAND SPECIFICALLY IN MACHINE TRADES MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS AND SEMICONDUCTOR TRAINING. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BUILD A CLEAN SPACE, A CLEAN ROOM TO TRAIN PEOPLE DIRECTLY TO GO TO WORK FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LIKE SAMSUNG. OKAY. IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE. YEAH. LOOK INTO THEM FOR SURE. FOR TRADE SCHOOLS, MISSION HAS A LOT OF MONEY FOR KIDS. THEY WANT TO GET A TRADE. YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING FOR COUNTIES THEY WANT TO TRADE THOUGH. WELL WHAT I CAN BUT SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M WONDERING IF I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WOULD LIKE, KICK OFF, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I MEAN, YES, WE KNOW THAT FAST FOOD PLACES NEED PEOPLE TO WORK, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU HAVE YOUNG KIDS AGAIN, THEY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. AND SO HOW DO WE GET THEM INTERESTED? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT, LIKE THE, THE TRADE IS ALMOST LIKE A DYING THING. AND SO HOW DO WE GET, YOU KNOW, KIDS TO BE MORE INTERESTED AND STUFF LIKE THAT, OR YOUNG, YOUNGER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT I WOULD I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE COMMISSION, BUT WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IS TO LOOK AT WHAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS DOING. SO WE RECENTLY LAUNCHED A WORKFORCE AND TRAINING COMMITTEE, WORKFORCE AND TRAINING DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WITH THE WITH THE CHAMBER. AND OUT OF THAT, WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS. ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON EIGHTH GRADERS GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE CAN MAKE THEM AWARE OF CTE PROGRAMS, CAREER TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. THERE'S 17 THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS THAT WE'RE HAVING A BIG [01:10:04] IT'S CALLED PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES. FAIR. SO I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH THE CHAMBER. AND THEN IN THE SPRING IT'S GOING TO BE A HIRING EVENT. WE'RE LIKE A JOB FAIR BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, THE LAST TIME WE HAD A JOB FAIR AND HOW WE PARTICIPATE AS SCHOOLS AND CITIES AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT OTHER OFFERS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE HERE IN HUDDLE, PROBABLY AT TSTC. MAYBE AT KALAHARI. WE'RE NOT SURE YET, BUT I KNOW, BUT IT'S THEY HAVE NICE SPACE. IT IS OR BUT THE BUT THE THE EIGHTH GRADE CAREER QUEST IS GOING TO BE AT TYPHOON TEXAS, WHICH AGAIN IS NOT IN HUDDLE. BUT THAT'S JUST IT'S A CHALLENGE WE HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE BIG MEETING SPACES BESIDES THE COLLEGE. AND THAT IS OFTEN BOOKED OUT. THERE'S CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. SO THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS TO HAVE A SPACE. YES. COMMISSIONER I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU GOT THE NEW IMAX BOWLING ALLEY THAT JUST OPENED UP. HOW ABOUT THAT TOO. LIKE WHAT'S THAT SPACE LOOK LIKE. I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THERE YET. IT'S COOL. IT'S NOT. I WAS EXPECTING LIKE FLIX BREWHOUSE TO HAVE LIKE THE LEVELS, BUT THE CHAIRS ARE. SO I NEED TO GET ME A COUPLE OF THOSE CHAIRS. IT'S LIKE THE ONES IN THE BACK AGAINST THE WALL. THEY LIFT YOU UP AND LAY YOU BACK. AND THAT WAS EXCITING. AND THE WAY THAT YOU ORDER FOOD IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CLICK ON THE BARCODE AND EVERYTHING, AND THEN YOU ORDER AND PAY AND STUFF JUST COMES OUT AND YOU CAN. IT WAS IT WAS COOL. THE THE GAMES, THE BOWLING. YOU KNOW, THE BOWLING ALLEY IS PRETTY COOL AND EVERYTHING. SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE LIKE ONE OF THOSE MIDNIGHT BOWLING WITH THE, WITH THE LIGHTS AND STUFF, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE I COME FROM, THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YOU CAN LIKE BOWL WITH, YOU KNOW, DIM LIGHTS AND, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE AWESOME TO TRY AS WELL. SO LET ME SUGGEST SOMETHING. SO BECAUSE AND AND IT MAY CHANGE. BUT I WAS SLATED TO BE THE LIAISON TO WORK WITH KENNY GAMBOA, WHICH IS OUR DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ON HOW DO WE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE OF ACTUAL OPPORTUNITY THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WORK OPPORTUNITY, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, SO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT BUSINESS INVESTMENT HERE, RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE READY TO GO TO WORK THAT ARE GOING TO STAY. THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE THEIR KIDS HERE, ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT GETS DONE. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN ADD TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS WE CAN GIVE SOME THOUGHT, ESPECIALLY YOU COMMISSIONER WILHELMSEN, WILLIAMSON, BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT IT IN TO. YOU BROUGHT IT UP TO TODAY. HOW IF WE WERE TO THEN ADD ON A. ANOTHER WORKING GROUP SPECIFICALLY TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 25, SAY, AND THERE'S. YEAH. AND THAT'S A REALLY AND LOOKING AT FROM THE HIGHER ED AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT THEY SOMETIMES FALL INTO, WHAT WE CALL THE LOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY DON'T GO DIRECTLY TO HIGH TO COLLEGE, TRADE SCHOOL, MILITARY OR ENTER THE WORKFORCE, WE LOSE THEM. RIGHT. AND THERE ARE OUR NUMBERS ARE PRETTY ALARMING IN AUSTIN FOR A LONG TIME WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH ACC BEFORE IN PREVIOUS YEARS. BUT THE POINT IS THAT THAT IS A VERY, VERY INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, AGE FOR PEOPLE. SO IF WE WANT TO PUT SOME THOUGHT ABOUT IF WE WERE TO LAUNCH A WORKING GROUP BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S A LISTENING POST WORKING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GATHERING ANYBODY, WE COULDN'T GO IN AND MEET A GROUP OF THAT SPECIFIC AGE AND JUST LISTEN TO WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, RIGHT? SO IF WE WERE TO PUT TOGETHER A FOURTH CITIZENS WORKING GROUP BECAUSE WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THAT. WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO WE WANT TO COME GET OUT OF IT? HOW WOULD THAT BE STRUCTURED AND HOW WOULD WE. AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO APPOINT SOMEBODY TO BE A LIAISON AND GET THAT UP AND GOING. WE CAN STRETCH IT OVER THE SAME MODEL THAT WE DID FOR THE OTHER CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS. WE JUST WANT TO HAVE IT IN TIME TO WHEN WE DO FORMALLY LAUNCH THAT, WE ARE ALLOWING THAT PERSON TO COME TO THE TRAINING AS WELL. THIS IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED BY A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO BRING THAT TO BRING THAT TO KIND OF SOME THOUGHT AROUND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. WHAT ARE THE GOALS YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE FROM THAT? WHAT COULD WE BE DOING SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS IT AND SAY, OKAY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AND THAT SHOULD EXIST WITH THIS COMMISSION, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE WANT TO FLOAT THE IDEA ON TO ANOTHER BOARD COMMISSION, CITY EFFORT? COMMISSIONER I'M ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AGE GROUP OF 18 TO 25, I KNOW MY 25 IS AT 26. THEY GOTTA COME OFF YOUR INSURANCE. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT'S JUST TRUE FACTS. SO MY WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS DONE WITH THINGS LIKE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU PARTNER WITH YOUR LOCAL LIKE YOU GOT COVID FORD UP HERE. THAT'S MECHANICS. YOU GET WITH YOUR OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRADE BUSINESSES. AND I'M JUST I'M JUST THINKING WITH THE CITY OF HUTTO, HR WHOEVER, IF THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF PROGRAM LIKE THAT, BECAUSE, I MEAN, COMING FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, OF COURSE, CITY OF AUSTIN HAS PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF THE MINDSET THAT I COME FROM, OF OF WHERE THE COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM LIKE THAT AS WELL. BUT THOSE BEING PART OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY WHERE YOU HAVE THAT SPECIFIC AGE GROUP. AND I WANT TO SAY THEY PARTNERED WITH HCC AS FAR AS THE TRADES. YES. THERE IS A LOT OF TRUCK DRIVING. [01:15:03] YES. YEAH. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE SAMSUNG IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH THEIR AFTER YEAR APPRENTICESHIP AS WELL. THERE ARE A LOT OF APPRENTICESHIPS LIKE WHAT'S CALLED WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAMS HAPPENING WITH DIFFERENT TEACHING INSTITUTIONS AND DIFFERENT EMPLOYER PARTNERS. WE DO HAVE A LACK OF THAT HERE IN HUDDLE FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS. RIGHT. BUT AS MORE AND MORE COMPANIES COME IN TO SETTLE HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN PAY ATTENTION TO AS A DIBB COMMISSION IS WITH THOSE BIG OPPORTUNITIES COMING WITH THIS GOOD PAYING JOBS, WHO'S GETTING ACCESS TO THOSE JOBS, LIKE, FIRST OF ALL, ARE THEY CITIZENS OF HUDDLE BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING OUR RESOURCES, RIGHT. AND ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, WE HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME. CITY COUNCIL COMING IN CHEERING AND BEING MAD ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO ALL DAY. BECAUSE WITH YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THOSE DEALS WITH THOSE COMPANIES THAT ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA, THEY HAVE THAT INITIATIVE AND THEY'RE WRITING IN THE CONTRACT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPLY THIS MANY PERCENTAGE OF JOBS AND YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THIS AMOUNT OR. YEAH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF YOUR INNER WORKINGS OF YOUR CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OR WHOSEVER BRINGING IN THE COMPANIES FOR THE CITY OF HUDSON. YOU WORK THOSE DEALS OUT BEFORE THE COMPANY ACTUALLY BREAKS GROUND. SO YOU HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THAT CLAUSE IN THERE MOVING HERE. YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS TAX BREAK. BUT WE NEED YOU TO HIRE THIS MANY CITIZENS THAT ARE RESIDENTS HERE. AND YOU NEED TO PAY THIS AMOUNT THAT AND SO IT'S IT CREATES THAT ECONOMIC TURN FOR THE CITY WHEN COMPANIES MOVE IN. YES. I'M JUST SAYING THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE COULD BRING IN BESIDES, BESIDES ME IS, WOULD BE LIKE BILLY FROM OUR CHAMBER BECAUSE SHE CAN TALK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. NOW, I PROPOSE IT TO THEM, AND THEY ADOPTED IT, BUT I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF IT FOR THE FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. BUT WHAT? THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A HUB TO HOUSE ALL RESOURCES FOR EMPLOYERS AND TALENT IN THE CITY OF LUDLOW. SO THE POINT OF IT BEING THAT MORE CITIZENS OF PERU ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE GOOD PAYING JOBS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT SOME THOUGHT IN AS WE BUILD OUT, YOU KNOW, OUR HOW ARE WE REACHING PEOPLE? AND IF WE'RE REACHING THEM, WHAT ARE WE REACHING THEM WITH? ARE THEY GETTING ARE THEY GETTING EDUCATION. ARE THEY GETTING TRAINING. ARE THEY GETTING THEIR VOICES HEARD. DO THEY HAVE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN THROW A CELEBRATION FOR ANY, YOU KNOW, THINGS AND FEEL WELCOME AND INCLUDED. SO YES, THOSE ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT THAT'S A GOOD POINT TO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY MEET WITH BILLY TOMORROW AND ASK HER IF SHE'D BE WILLING TO KIND OF COME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT, WHAT THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS ON THE CHAMBER, AND THEN I'LL BRING IN ONCE I SEND MY MEETING WITH CHENEY FROM THE EDC, THAT'LL THAT'S ALREADY BEEN TASKED TO ME. I'LL BRING IN HER PERSPECTIVE AND HOW THEY DO THAT WORK. RIGHT. COME IN. CAN I CAN DO SOMETHING FUN AND COOL, LIKE HAVE A BIG WATER BALLOON FIGHT OR SOMETHING? FOR THE NEXT ONE. THAT WILL BE AWESOME, ESPECIALLY ON THE 101. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. LIKE IF THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW WHERE BRUSHY CREEK OR ADAM OR ANY PARK, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FUN AND HAVE FOOD TRUCKS OUT THERE. AND LIKE THE BIGGEST BECAUSE OF YOU, THE BIGGEST SUPER SOAKER, YOU KNOW WATER BALLOON FIGHT THE CITY HAS EVER SEEN. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE, MORE STUFF AT ADAM MORGAN PARK BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT THERE. RIGHT? IT'S IT'S A BIG SPACE. IT'S USUALLY EMPTY. YEAH, WE. WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, THERE WAS CONCERTS. I REMEMBER THE FIRST CONCERT THAT WAS SNOOP DOGG AND YOU'RE LIKE. AND BECAUSE THE SUBDIVISION WAS IT, IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY BUFFER. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS MY NEIGHBOR PLAYING, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PARTY. I COME OUT AND IT WAS NELLY AND I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I GET TO HEAR THE WHOLE CONCERT IN MY BACKYARD. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CUSS WORDS. AND I WOULD SAY, I'M SORRY. YOUR KIDS PROBABLY HEARD WORSE, PROBABLY WORSE. I COULD HEAR IT. I USED TO LIVE IN RIVERWALK AND I, WE HEARD WE SAT OUTSIDE IN OUR BACKYARD. WE COULD HEAR THE MUSIC FROM ADAM MORGAN PARK, FROM PEOPLE IN THE RIVERWALK, AND WE WE JUST SAT OUT THERE AND LOTS OF PEOPLE, THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIKED IT. BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE NEGATIVE, YOU HEAR THE NEGATIVE LOUDER AND POSITIVE. BUT I WAS LIKE, I GOT A FREE CONCERT. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ACTUALLY PAY TICKETS FOR WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE. DO YOU HAVE AN EXPLANATION WHY WE DON'T HAVE MORE CONCERTS AT THAT PARK? AND REX, I'LL BE PART OF THE PARK WITH THAT. DO WE HAVE TO GO AND HARASS JEFF? NO, NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT REALLY PARKS AND REC. THAT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE ALL NIGHT TO GO INTO THE HISTORY THERE, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES THERE. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER. YES. [01:20:02] THANK YOU. SORRY WE FOCUSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY WE LOVE CHRISTIE. WE'LL BE BACK IN ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO ADD TO THE NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE LIVE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LIBRARY COMING UP IN THE IN ON THE 16TH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PLEASE ATTEND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ON THURSDAY NIGHTS, THEN THAT WE ATTEND THIS RIGHT NOW, THE ONGOING CITY BUDGET MEETINGS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM, GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE CITY WEBSITE. CITY WEBSITE AND PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA. IT'S ALSO ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE. HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO ATTEND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY SOMETIMES GO TO 2 OR 4 IN THE MORNING TO YOU. I GET UP AT FOUR IN THE MORNING. NO, YOU CAN COME AND GO A LOT OF TIMES WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING WHEN WE GO AND HAVE OUR PROCLAMATIONS, IT. I'LL GO JUST FOR THAT PORTION. I'LL STAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL MAKE SOME NOTES. AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES THEN I MOVE ON BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A LOT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, I HAVE LITTLE ONES THAT DON'T GO TO BED IF I'M NOT THERE. SO YES, YOU COME AND GO, YOU KNOW UNFORTUNATELY FOR OUR STAFF, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEY'RE BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE TO DO. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS WE DID TALK ABOUT ADDING? REASSESSING AND WORKING ON OUR CITIZENS WORKING GROUPS, OUR LISTENING POSTS AND THE STRUCTURE. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON SUGGESTED WE REVISIT THE IDEA OF THE YOUNG, THE YOUTH VOICE. RIGHT. WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE FOCUSING ON THE AGES 18 TO 25. YOU'RE ABOUT TO. I'M SORRY. 18, 25. AND THEN THE SENIOR CITIZEN. OH, YEAH. BUT WE HAVE A CITIZEN WORK. WE HAVE ONE FOR OUR SENIORS. YEAH, FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, WE HAVE THAT ONE. SO WE JUST NEED WE JUST NEED TO REASSESS MAKING SURE THAT DOESN'T BECAUSE OUR COMMISSION IS CHANGING. AND WE'VE LOST SOME PEOPLE. WE'RE NOT THAT THAT WORK DOESN'T FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. WE'RE STILL GOING TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MOVED SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? YEAH. 730, 830. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.