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[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on September 16, 2025.]
GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING SESSION TO ORDERS.GO AHEAD AND GO DO OUR ROLL CALL.
MR.
I DO, BUT I DON'T HAVE MY LIST.
DAVE MELOW, HOW YOU WARD? I THINK THE ONLY PERSON THAT WE'RE MISSING IS MELISSA SALINAS.
UM, WE TAKE A MOMENT, JUST EVERYONE TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW LONG, JUST REALLY FIGURE YOUR NAME AND HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN ON THE LIBRARY BOARD.
UH, WHICH PEN? THERE'S AN ITEM FOR ON 6.10, THANK YOU.
UM, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF.
I WAS WONDERING WHO WE'RE NOT STAFF.
AND I JUST REMEMBER SOMEBODY WAS SITTING BEHIND ME.
UH, COMMISSIONER ZEPEDA, DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMISSION.
UM, LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, KRISTEN AND TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE.
UH, JUST WANTED TO, UM, LET EVERYONE KNOW OR REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE DO HAVE THE, UM, HUDDLE CONNECT, UH, EVENT CALENDAR IF, UH, WE'RE USING IT INTERNALLY QUITE A BIT.
UM, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A RESOURCE FOR EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL TO SUBMIT EVENTS THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND AS PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, UH, WORKING GROUPS COME UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE SUBMITTED.
UH, ALSO WANNA LET THE COMMISSION AND LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, UH, KNOW THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO LAUNCH BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH, KIND OF A, UM, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? IT, IT'S A, IT'S A VOLUNTEER HUB THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE EVENTS CALENDAR, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT.
ORGANIZATIONS CAN SUBMIT IF THEY NEED VOLUNTEERS, UM, JUST AS WE CAN KIND OF POST, UH, NEEDS FOR VOLUNTEERS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO HELP FUNNEL THOSE VOLUNTEERS TO HUDDLE RESOURCE CENTER OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU FOR, FOR FUTURE, UH, NEED.
AND THEY'LL BE KIND OF PRE-VETTED AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND PERHAPS THAT MIGHT HELP WITH SOME FURTHER DISCUSSIONS LATER ON.
THAT THOSE ARE THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAVE.
KRISTEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING.
JUST VERY QUICKLY, I WANTED TO WELCOME VERONICA MAXEY BECAUSE THIS IS HER FIRST MEETING I, WITH THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE OUR QUEUE WELCOME.
UM, REALLY QUICK ON THE HUB FOR VOLUNTEERS, IS THAT GOING TO BE JUST SHORT TERM VOLUNTEERS CAN KIND OF CREATE LIKE A POOL, SO TO POSSIBLY FIND FUTURE FOR CONDITIONS? YEAH, SO, SO IT ACTUALLY WORKS, UH, KIND OF IN BOTH WAYS.
SO, UM, YOU CAN SUBMIT AS, UM, AS A GROUP.
SO IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED PERHAPS IN SERVING ON WORKING GROUPS FOR THE COMMISSION ITSELF, YOU CAN POST A GROUP FORUM WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST SAY, HEY, I'M INTERESTED IN THIS MM-HMM
OR, UM, IF THERE'S SPECIFIC EVENT LIBRARY, EVENT PARKS AND REC EVENT, KIND OF A ONE-OFF OCCURRENCE, PEOPLE CAN ALSO, UM, SUBMIT AND BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
OR IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT, OR THEY CAN JUST SUBMIT A, A REGISTRATION FORM AND SAY, I'M INTERESTED IN OPPORTUNITIES THAT INVOLVE, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS AND HANDING OUT DISTRIBUTING FOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S, UM, IT'S A REALLY GREAT TOOL AND, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT OUT, I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT, SO LIKE MEALS ON WHEELS MIGHT MM-HMM
HAVE AN EVENT FOR THANKSGIVING COMING UP WHERE THEY NEED EXTRA DRIVERS.
AND PEOPLE CAN VOLUNTEER TO EITHER MAKE THE PLATES OR GO AND DELIVER.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE? OH, I, I THINK THAT'S IT.
AND GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES? I DON'T EVERYTHING FOR YOU TONIGHT.
UM, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION.
UM, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS, WHICH, OH, SORRY, I'M SKIPPING AHEAD.
SO, WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SESSION.
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UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO INTRODUCTIONS.WE'LL JUST START RIGHT HERE WITH MR. ME.
MY NAME IS, MY NAME IS JAMES MATT.
UM, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD NOW TWO YEARS, I BELIEVE, OR I'M STARTING MY SECOND YEAR.
JUST HAPPY TO, UH, TO BE HERE TO HOPEFULLY, UH, MOVE FORWARD THE CONVERSATION ON HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
KRISTEN PHILLIPS, LIBRARY DIRECTOR VERONICA MAXEY.
SO JUST RECENTLY, UM, WAS ELECTED TO THE FOURTH MORGAN HEBARD.
I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE CHAIR FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR TWO YEARS.
THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING WITH THE DUIB COMMISSION.
SO YOU VOLUNTEER AND I HAVE VOLUNTEER AT THE LIBRARY.
JIM MORRIS CITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN THE CHAIR FOR THE DEIV COMMISSION.
UH, DAN THORNTON, CITY COUNCIL.
TONY WARD LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD CO-CHAIR.
AND TWO YEARS, UH, PARKINSON LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO ITEM 6.2.
UM, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMISSION AS IT RELATES TO COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO, RECOMMENDING BODIES GET INTO IT.
UM, DO YOU MIND IF I START, CHRISTY? GO AHEAD.
UH, WE, WE, WHEN WE MET AND WE, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT DOING A JOINT MEETING WITH DEIB, UH, WE KIND OF THREW OUT IDEAS.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA TALK ABOUT? UM, MOSTLY WE, WE JUST WANNA FIND OUT HOW WE CAN HELP, UM, HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE.
UM, WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN INITIATIVE FOR SOME NEW WORK GROUPS WITH DEIB, SO WE WANTED TO SEE HOW WE COULD HELP SUPPORT THOSE.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, WROTE DOWN A COUPLE OF NOTES, UM, PROCLAMATION CALENDAR.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THAT THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT DEIB PROCLAMATIONS.
AND THEN WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS AS WELL.
SO WE'D LOVE TO, UM, SORT OF HAVE LIKE A CALENDAR WHERE WE COULD SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER DURING THOSE DIFFERENT PROCLAMATIONS.
UM, PROPOSING TWO ANNUAL BOARD AND COMMISSION DAYS, UH, WAS AN IDEA THAT WE HAD.
DO YOU REMEMBER BACK IN, I THINK IT WAS JANUARY? WAS IT IN JANUARY WHERE WE HAD THAT MEETING OVER AT, I BELIEVE IT WAS VETERANS HILL.
UM, AND WE LOVED HEARING FROM ALL OF THE OTHER BOARDS AND MEETING AND SEEING WHO'S, WHO'S WHERE.
AND, UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO MAYBE HAVE TWO OF THOSE A YEAR, UM, KIND OF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND A MIDYEAR SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE LIKE, CROSS-POLLINATION AMONG, UM, OUR DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.
UM, AND WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? OTHER ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS THAT I'M GETTING? I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE ALL KIND OF LEVERAGE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BOARDS JUST TO STRENGTHEN AND CREATE SOME SYNERGY SO THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF SWIMMING THE SAME DIRECTION.
BECAUSE I, I MEAN, THE LIBRARY IS A PLACE OF BELONGING, AND SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD NOT ONLY OVERLAP SUPPORT, BUT ALSO ENHANCE SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES.
UM, WHEN KRISTEN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, LIKE SUPPORTING THE PROCLAMATION AND HAVING THAT CALENDAR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IS, UM, LIKE, THEN HOW CAN WE CREATE LIBRARY PROGRAMMING THAT IS TIMELY AROUND THOSE PROCLAMATIONS? SO IT'S NOT JUST A PROCLAMATION IN A MEETING, BUT IT'S LIKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING AND HONORING HISPANIC CULTURE MONTH.
WHEN WE DID THE MIDS, LEGENDS AND FOLKLORES OF IRELAND AND SCOTLAND, TRYING TO PROMOTE INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WHERE WE ARE ENCOURAGING CULTURAL EXCHANGE.
IT'S JUST, WE WOULD LOVE TO INCLUDE YOU GUYS MORE IN THOSE MOMENTS.
HOW CAN WE PARTNER TOGETHER TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN THOSE FUNCTIONS? MM-HMM
DO YOU NEED SPACE FROM US? DO YOU NEED BOOKS FROM US? DO YOU NEED SUPPLIES FROM US THAT WOULD HELP YOU REACH THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR WHATEVER THE EVENT MIGHT BE? RATHER IT'S A PRIVATE AFFAIR OR A PUBLIC AFFAIR, OR HOW CAN WE LEND OUR KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS JUST WITH THE CURRENT, UM, UH, CURRENT EVENTS.
UM, I MEAN, NINE 11 JUST HAPPENING.
SO I KNOW ONE OF THE SUBPOPULATIONS THAT YOU GUYS REALLY FOCUS ON IS, UH, VETERANS.
SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AGAIN, AS THEY GO AROUND THE CITY, THEY SEE KIND OF A WRAPAROUND SERVICES OR WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND ALL THOSE SUB POPS.
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YES.ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HONORING THOSE FAMILIES? ARE WE PROVIDING SUPPORT WITH GRIEF FOR THOSE THAT ARE MOURNING STILL? ARE WE PROVIDING MEAL TRAINS? ARE WE PROVIDING RIDES TO DIFFERENT EVENTS? OR ARE WE JUST SITTING WITH IT? UM, SO I KNOW WE'RE WAITING FOR ANDY, BUT I DO WANNA SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR COMMISSION IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE, ARE REACHING.
AND MY MAIN FOCUS OF BEING ON THE COMMISSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL GROUPS ARE REPRESENTED IN HARO, THE AFFINITY GROUPS, ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, UM, RELIGIONS AND CULTURES ARE REPRESENTED.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
TO ME, THAT'S VERY KEY OF WHY I JOINED THE COMMISSION.
UM, WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE GET PUSHED BACK FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, BELONGING IS BECAUSE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE GIVING TO ONE GROUP NEEDS, LOSING ACCESS FOR ANOTHER.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE WITH.
AND WHAT IT TALKED ABOUT IN RELATION TO THE LIBRARY IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN OUR SMALL GROUP WORK IS, IT'S THE TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS FROM MEETING TO MEETING, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE NOT MEETING.
'CAUSE WE'RE JUST SEVEN RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'RE ALWAYS VERY SMALL GROUP.
WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPAND OUR REACH THROUGH OUR LISTENING POSTS, WHICH WILL BE ACTUALLY IN 2026.
WE'LL PUSH IT BACK TO JANUARY, WHICH WE'LL GET TO THAT.
UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST KICK OFF OUR WORKING GROUPS.
UM, WITH THE SHIFTING AROUND OF OUR MEMBERS.
THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DATE CHANGES, BUT WE ARE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORKING GROUPS.
WHICH ONE OF 'EM IS VETERANS, THE OTHER ONE IS SENIOR CITIZENS, AND THE OTHER ONE IS SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE GAVE A LOT OF THOUGHT AROUND THAT.
AND, AND THOSE ARE THE GROUPS THAT PROVIDE AND REPRESENT THE MOST INTERSECTIONALITY OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT WE CAN GATHER FROM THAT.
WE GET A LOT OF INPUT, A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
UM, YOU ARE GONNA SEE LATER ON, THERE'S GOING TO BE TRAINING AND ORIENTATION ON HOW TO DO THOSE WORKING GROUPS.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE INFORMATION ON LISTENING GROUPS, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT FORMAT, BUT IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY IS NOT REPRESENTED, BUT JUST THE SEVEN PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP TO MEET HERE, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND, YOU KNOW, TUESDAY OF THE MONTH OR WHATNOT.
UM, BUT THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING BETWEEN THE MEETINGS, ACTION ITEMS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT.
UM, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS AN IDEAL SPACE, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
WHERE, 'CAUSE IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY AND IT'S OPEN AND IT'S WELCOMING.
UM, SO IT'S A GREAT SPACE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WORK IS BEING CARRIED OUT FROM MONTH TO MONTH.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO, UM, HAVE A PLACE IF THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE FOR PEOPLE TO MEET.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE MEETING IN AFFINITY GROUPS WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A NEED, A PROPER MEETING SPACE, AND THE LIBRARY CAN OFFER THAT AS WELL.
SO I LOVE ALL OF THOSE IDEAS AND I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT, UM, WE CAN DO TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY.
AND A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET IS AROUND THAT OUTREACH.
THAT IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING WE CAN DO, IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE INTENTIONALLY GIVING PEOPLE A PLACE TO GATHER, TO EXCHANGE IDEAS, FEED IT UP TO US AND OUR JOBS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF THIS IS THE LENS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA SET POLICY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL JAMES'S TEAM OR THE CITY COUNCIL WHAT TO DO, WHERE JUST SAY, HEY, THIS IS HOW WE CAN PUT AN EQUITABLE, DIVERSE LENS ON WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.
HOW ARE WE, UM, MOVING? HOW IS THE CITY MAKING SURE THAT RESOURCES ARE ARE ACCESSIBLE, THAT WE ARE INTENTIONALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE NUMBERS AND PEOPLE'S VOICES SO EVERYBODY'S HEARD.
I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.
AND THE WORKING GROUP'S GONNA BE THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
ONE THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT IT, UM, AND SHE HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, THE, UH, LIBRARY IS ALL ABOUT BELONGING AND SUB POP THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, SENIOR CITIZEN.
UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE, YOU'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE WORKS THAT THE LIBRARY BOARD AND THE LIBRARY ITSELF HAS DONE WITH SENIOR CITIZENS.
AND SO THAT WAY MAYBE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, STEAL OUR IDEALS OR STILL OUR, OUR BEST PRACTICES WE WILL TO HELP OUT
THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE STRUGGLED WITH BECAUSE WE DID HAVE, UM, A COUPLE MEMBERS WHO VERY STRONGLY WANTED A SPECIFIC SOLUTION TO HOW WE REACH OUR SENIOR CITIZEN POPULATION, BUT IT WASN'T FEASIBLE FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE.
IT MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE FOR A COUPLE OF BUDGET CYCLES, HOWEVER, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANNA FORGET ABOUT.
AND THE FACT THAT THE LIBRARY IS ALREADY DOING SOME OF THAT WORK IS A GREAT WAY TO SPREAD THAT OUT AND MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUOUS AND MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE, WHATEVER.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, THIRD SPACES.
AND SO, UM, KIND OF WHAT WE'VE LEARNED WITH SENIOR CITIZENS IS KIND OF MEETING THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, AS WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE THOSE KIND OF STILL SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE, I AM CURIOUS, WHAT ARE THE, UM, THE, THE WAYS THAT YOU ALL WERE, I GUESS, THINKING ABOUT REACHING SENIORS THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE, THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWABLE IN THE BUDGET.
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BIG ONE WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO CREATE, THERE'S A, UM, A VERY WELL INTENTIONED RIGHT, GOOD IDEA.BUT THEY WANTED TO CREATE LIKE, UM, A RESOURCE GUIDE, LIKE A PRINTED RESOURCE GUIDE AND DISTRIBUTE IT.
AND THE PUSHBACK ON THAT IS ANYTIME THAT WE HAVE, THIS IS TRUE FOR ANYBODY YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS BEING ON THE BOARD, IS THAT ANYTIME YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SPEND MONEY ON ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC DOLLARS, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE THAT.
AND THERE IS NOT A GOOD WAY YET THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OR THE SUSTAINABILITY OR THE OUTCOMES OF GIVING A PRINTED RESOURCE GUIDE TO SENIOR CITIZENS OR MAKING IT READILY AVAILABLE.
AND SO THAT RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE, AND IT WAS ALL BACKWARDS.
THE PLAN IS GONNA MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DEVELOPED OVER TIME.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN.
BUT IF WE WERE TO GIVE A PRINTED RESOURCE GUIDE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT IS COMPLETE, THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S HOLISTIC, THAT IT'S MEETING EVERY, ALL THE NEEDS SO THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO THAT ARE THEY USING IT? WHO'S USING IT? HOW ARE THEY GETTING TO IT? UM, OR HOW DO WE MEASURE THE IMPACT OF HAVING SPENT THOSE DOLLARS? HEY, ANNIE.
UM, SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEEDED TO BE WORKED OUT.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE INITIALLY PUT IN OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS, UH, THE FIVE DASH FOUR, I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY HAS THAT, BUT I HAVE IT.
SO WHAT WE COM THE COMPROMISE WAS THAT WE START THE INITIAL WORK, LIKE SCOPING THE WORK.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS HOW DO YOU UTILIZE THE LIBRARY'S REACH TO START THAT INITIAL WORK.
ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS IN OUR OWN WAY.
UH, WE HAVE OUR PROGRAMS CALENDAR THAT OF COURSE IS EVERY AGE GROUP.
BUT WITH SENIORS, WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM.
SO WE WORK WITH HU RESOURCE CENTER, UM, WHEN THEY DO THEIR, UM, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? GOLDEN CONNECTIONS.
UM, AND WE HAVE AN INSERT THAT WE PUT, UM, IN THERE THAT JUST HAS THE LIBRARY SENIOR PROGRAMS ON IT.
UH, WE ALSO, UM, DO A LOT OF WORK WITH TRAILS OF CORNWELL CREEK.
WE MEET OVER THERE FOR A BOOK CLUB AND CRAFTING CLUB.
SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR VERSION OF IT.
UM, IN THE LAST MONTH, WE'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN TWO SPONSORS THAT ARE SPONSORING, UM, OUR, UM, FOOD REFRESHMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT FOR OUR SENIOR POPULATION, FOR THEIR SOCIAL HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEY, THEY HAPPILY DO THAT.
SO, UM, THAT'S GREAT FOR OUR, FOR OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO, UM, PUT THAT IN THERE.
UH, OTHER SEEN, WE HAVE MORE AND MORE AND MORE COMING.
SO WE DO MEASURE, OBVIOUSLY HOW MANY ARE COMING IN THE INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, UH, INSERT THAT WE'RE PUTTING WITH GOLDEN CONNECTIONS, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MEASURABLE WITH THAT.
I JUST KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S GOING OUT WITH EACH DELIVERY.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN, I, UM, WILL SAY, I GOT THIS, UM, WITH MY, WITH MY FOOD DELIVERY.
UM, AND TELL ME ABOUT THIS AVOIDING SCAMS, UM, WORKSHOP OR TELL ME ABOUT THIS SOCIAL HOUR, BINGO, OR WHATEVER IT IS.
UM, SO, SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING, UH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MEASURABLE JUST YET ON THOSE.
HOW LONG HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS BEEN GOING? UM, WELL WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HEAD RESOURCE CENTER FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.
UM, WE HAVE, WE'VE DONE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
AT FIRST, WE JUST PUT OUT A PROGRAM CALENDAR, RIGHT.
AND THEN ONCE WE STARTED TALKING WITH LIBRARY ADVISORY ABOUT REALLY FOCUSING ON SENIORS, WE'VE EVOLVED THAT INTO, UH, THE GOLDEN CONNECTIONS, UM, OF A SENIOR SPECIFIC SORT OF INSERT.
AND WE DO THE PROGRAMS CALENDAR FOR JUST THE GENERAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
AND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO IT'S, WE'RE NOT ONLY DOING SENIOR PROGRAMMING, BUT THIS IS ONE VEIN, ONE AVENUE THAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS AN AREA OF NEED FROM NOT THIS MOST RECENT COMMUNITY SURVEY, BUT THE ONE BEFORE.
AND SO OUR LAST STRATEGIC PLAN, WE IDENTIFIED THREE MAJOR AREAS TO IMPACT AND SENIORS WAS ONE OF THEM.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF CON A CONTINUATION OF THAT WORK THAT WE STARTED.
IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE LIKE, UM, A GOOD USE OF OUR TIME TODAY, BUT I WONDER, CORINA, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD HAVE LIKE, UM, A SMALL GROUP CONVERSATION.
I HAVE SOME MAYBE LOW TECH IDEAS ON HOW WE COULD INITIALLY GENERATE LIKE A VIABLE LIST OF WHO ACTUALLY WANTS A PRINTED, YOU KNOW, RESOURCE MM-HMM
AND THEN, UM, PART OF OUR EFFORTS THAT WAY.
BUT MAYBE WE CAN VISIT OFFLINE.
I COULD SHARE SOME, SOME THOUGHTS, AND MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY TALKED THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE.
MAYBE THERE'S AN EVEN SMALLER FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT WE COULD YEAH, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY, I NEED TO REVISIT THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA BE MEETING WITH Y'ALL.
AND I'LL LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT.
THE SENIOR WORK YOU GUYS WERE ALREADY DOING.
WE WERE FOR SENIOR POPULATIONS.
UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE ACCESS.
LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IT GETS INTO THEIR HAND BESIDES PUTTING AT THE LIBRARY MM-HMM
ONE THING WE DON'T WANNA DO IS JUST,
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UM, BE VERY PASSIVE ABOUT IT.WE PUT IT THERE AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM IF THEY COME TO THE LIBRARY.
RIGHT? OR WE PUT IT AT THE CLINIC, WE PUT IT WHERE WE THINK THEY'RE GONNA GATHER, AND THERE'S NO FOLLOW UP OR WAY TO REALLY TRACK THAT.
UM, THAT'S NOT A GOOD USE OF TAX DOLLARS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY, UM, STRATEGIC ABOUT IS IT GETTING, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GETTING BACK, RIGHT? MM-HMM
TO THE CITY, WHAT ARE THEY GETTING OUT OF THAT RESOURCE? SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I DO WANNA WELCOME COMMISSIONER MILK.
THIS IS OUR LIBRARY BOARD AND WE HAVE ONE MORE LADY THAT JOINED US YET TODAY LET'S GET OUR TWO NEW, UH, PARTICIPANTS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
YOU WAS WALKING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE CONVERSATION.
WELL, WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, BEING ON TIME.
I HAD, I HAD A, I HAD A TRACK FROM SOUTH BOSTON HERE, SO, UH, TRAFFIC IS STILL TRAFFIC, BUT, UH, MY NAME IS, UH, ERIC BELL.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE, UH, COMMISSION NOW OVER A YEAR NOW.
UH, AND UM, WHAT ELSE DO I SAY? HOW LONG I LIVED IN HOOD? THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
I HAVE ANOTHER COMMITMENT AFTER THIS.
THANKS FOR BEING, UM, YES, THE THIRD YOUTH VETERAN SENIORS AND OH, THE THREE WORKING GROUPS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS, RIGHT? SMALL BUSINESSES, SMALL ARE, UM, VETERANS.
THOSE ARE THE THREE 13 GROUPS.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE, I THINK EVERYBODY HERE IF WE WANNA TAKE ANY ACTION ITEMS. OKAY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE, AND I DON'T WANNA MOVE ON WITH THAT IS I THINK THAT YES, WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE MORGAN'S IDEA ABOUT HAVING A FOLLOW SMALL CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT PIECE.
THE WAY THAT WE FRAMED IT IS WE WANTED TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE WITH IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CLEAR FEATURE ON IT JUST YET.
SO, INITIAL WORK, STARTING IN THE RESOURCE GUIDE, SCOPING WORK, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING, STARTED AND COLLECTING REQUIREMENTS FROM WORKING GROUPS AND LISTENING GROUPS.
SO THE LISTENING POSTS, WE'RE GONNA IZE THAT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA MOVE TO JANUARY.
BUT FROM THE WORKING GROUPS, SO WE HAVE, WE SET ASIDE, WE'RE REQUESTING, IT HASN'T BEEN FINAL FINALIZED, BUT UH, WE DID SET ASIDE $1,500 FOR THAT WORK.
'CAUSE WE WERE THINKING, ARE WE GONNA NEED TO GET A SURVEY? DO WE NEED TO PRINT THINGS? SO THERE IS A BUDGET THERE THAT COULD BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT WORKED, COLLABORATE.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE A WORKING BUDGET AROUND THAT, WE CAN PROBABLY COUNT THAT.
SO I'M MEETING THOSE METRICS OF GATHERING THE FEEDBACK AND THAT IT WORKS TOWARDS THAT PURPOSE.
THEN THAT'D BE A GOOD, I THINK A GOOD WAY TO SPEND THAT MONEY THAT WE HADN'T SET A CLEAR FUTURE.
I JUST SAY THAT IT'S GONNA BE SCOPE OR, UM, WE JUST KEPT IT VERY GENERAL.
UM, COMMISSIONER BELL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEMBER COMMISSIONERS, THAT'S IDEA TO HAVE LIKE A PRINTED RESOURCE GUIDE.
SO WE START TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE AMAZING THINGS THE LIBRARY IS ALREADY DOING FOR OUTREACH.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO RECAP.
I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION 'CAUSE I, UH, IT WAS BACK IN OUR JUNE MEETING MM-HMM
OR MAY MEETING, PRINTING OUT LIKE A DIRECTORY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS VERY, TO ME, UM, I LOVE TREES.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FINDING A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SENIORS AND ALSO, UH, KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE AVENUES.
SO, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT I WAS ALREADY HEARING THAT THE LIBRARY ALREADY HAS SOME, SOME TYPE OF FOUNDATION MM-HMM
BUT WITH THE, UH, MONEY WE HAVE SET ASIDE THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED.
WE HAVE $1,500 TO SPEND ON THAT EFFORT.
'CAUSE WITH ALL THE SHIFTING AROUND AND LOSING JACQUELINE, I'M KIND OF, BUT, BUT DEFINITELY LOOKING AT A WAY, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT IS, IT WILL BE KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE OUTREACH YOU ALL ARE CURRENTLY DOING.
WHAT, HOW MANY PEOPLE IS IT ACTUALLY REACH, REACHING OUT TO THEN KIND OF BUILDING FROM THERE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THAT'S MORE STRATEGIC, TO REACH A BIGGER AUDIENCE SO WE CAN THEN HAVE THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE THE MONEY FOR.
SO KNOWING THAT WE DO HAVE THAT, UH, KIND OF SPEND THAT MONEY OR SPEND THAT WAYS OF BEING STRATEGIC AND GO SEE HOW, UH, AS FAR AS THE SENIOR GROUP, THIS SMALL BUSINESS GROUP AND THE VETERANS GROUP, WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF OUTREACH WITH THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT WE'RE GONNA OUTREACH WITH, HOW WE'RE GONNA BUILD THOSE RESOURCES.
SO I THINK WE'RE ON A GOOD TRACK.
'CAUSE I THINK WE HAVE IT ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO START DOING THAT.
LIKE IN JANUARY, WELL, LISTENING POST WE PUT OFF, BUT WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORKING GROUPS.
WE WANNA HAVE AN ORIENTATION PROBABLY IN OCTOBER.
WE WANNA, SO ON THAT NIGHT BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM SENIOR CITIZENS, WE, NO, WE DON'T HAVE A COMMISSIONER LIAISON FOR SENIOR, FOR SENIOR CITIZEN WORKING GROUP.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO BE THAT LIAISON.
AND ALL THAT MEANS IS SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO ATTEND THE ORIENTATION.
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TO HAVE LIKE THE BENCH WARMER OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO PERSON OR PERSONS THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP THE WORKING GROUP ORGANIZED RIGHT.AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, FEEDBACK IS BEING GATHERED, THAT, UM, INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED AND THAT'S BEING COMMUNICATED BACK TO THE CLINICIAN AND UM, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP ROLE IS FOR THOSE THREE GROUPS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY, WE DID HAVE SOMEBODY, BUT SHE'S NO LONGER WITH THE COMMISSION.
SO WE ARE GOING TO NEED, AND I KNOW THAT JA UH, TO FEW OF OUR COMMISSIONS ARE HERE TODAY, BUT WE WANTED SOMEBODY, UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE BOARD, BECAUSE PUT THE WORD OUT, UM, WOULD LIKE TO BE THE LIAISON.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FULL JOB, DESCRIP ROLE DESCRIPTION, NOT A JOB, A ROLE DESCRIPTION, UM, PUT OUT.
SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT THAT ENTAILS.
AND IT DOES COME WITH TRAINING, WHICH IS AWESOME.
AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE, I KNOW THAT WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT OUT.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM SENIORS, THIS IS MY LAST THING AND I SEE JAMES HAS SOMETHING TO SHARE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, NOT THAT WE'RE INTENTIONALLY DOING THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE INTENTIONALLY THINKING ABOUT THE SENIOR POPULATION NOT AS A MONOLITH.
THERE'S DIVERSITY EVEN WITH THAT.
SO YOU HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIMITED TRANSPORTATION, UM, OR THEY HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES MM-HMM
THERE'S, THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY A, A VERY EASY WORKABLE SOLUTION FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THAT SPACE.
YOU HAVE NEWLY RETIRED SENIORS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE NO MEDICAL CONDITIONS WHATSOEVER.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TRUE SOCIALIZATION.
THEN YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES ALSO LOOKING FOR SOCIALIZATION THAT LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR THEM.
AND SO JUST KIND OF CONSIDERING THAT BREADTH OF NEED.
SO YES, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT WORD, THAT'S WHAT THESE WORKING GROUPS ARE MEANT TO JUST GATHER THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AND BRING SOME SOLUTIONS FOR THAT COMES FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT IDENTIFY WITH THAT GROUP.
AND THAT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT WHAT THAT WORKING GROUP SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TO FORM A SMALLER WORKING GROUP? JUST AROUND THE QUESTION? AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE SAY SENIORS, I WANT TO GET IT AROUND THE TABLE.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DOES EVERYONE CONSIDER TO BE LIKE THAT SENIOR CITIZEN AGE SUCH A INDIVIDUAL? WELL, IT'S TO BE FAIR, THEY, THEY ALL DEAL WITH ME.
AND I, YOU CAN ASK MORGAN, WHO'S WORKED WITH ME FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS NOW.
I STILL AM A CHILD AND I TURNED 50 THIS YEAR.
THE REASON WHY I ASKING, I MEAN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A SENIOR CITIZEN AGE.
DENNY'S HAS A SENIOR CITIZEN AGE.
THAT'S WHY I KIND OF WANNA, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, BECAUSE I CONSIDER SENIOR CITIZENS 55 MORE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I WANTED TO ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE DEGREE IS BECAUSE EVERYONE, IT'S VALID WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY, YOU HAVE A DIVERSITY RIGHT THERE.
AND WHAT ALSO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF HU AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY IS ATTRACTED AS FAR AS THE NEW BUSINESSES THAT'S BRINGING TO THE CITY OF HUDDLE, WHO IS THAT BEING CATERED MORE TO MM-HMM
BECAUSE I COULD SEE HU AS BEING MORE OF A, BECAUSE YOU SAY HUDDLE IS MORE LIKE A RETIREMENT KIND OF TOWN, RIGHT? LIKE, LIKE A GEORGETOWN, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT GEORGETOWN WAS KIND OF KNOWN FOR.
AND KIND OF THAT'S KIND OF BUILT, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK PEOPLE THINK OF GEORGETOWN, THINK OF SUN CITY, THINK OF WOLF RANCH.
YOU THINK INTO WHAT THEY CATER THEIR, UH, ECONOMY TOWARDS.
AND IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY PROFITABLE FOR GEORGETOWN.
SO WHEN WE LOOKING AT HUDDLE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU GOT ROUND ROCK.
ROUND ROCK IS KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT 'CAUSE YOU GOT DALE DIAMOND, THE, THE WATER PARK, WHATEVER THEY GOT GOING ON THERE.
BUT YOU HAVE TAYLOR WITH THE, UH, SAMSUNG AND, AND, BUT YOU HAVE HUDDLE IN THE MIDDLE THERE.
SO IT'S KIND OF LOOKING AT US AS THE CITY OF HU OKAY, WHO ARE WE REALLY CATERING TO? WHAT ARE WE CATERING TO FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR, LOOKING AT THE LAST, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF WHAT OUR AUDIENCE IS GONNA BE IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE FORMED.
SO THAT'S WHY I THROW THAT QUESTION OUT THERE.
DEMOGRAPHER REPORTS WOULD HELP INFORM THAT.
LIKE I THINK WE ALL HAVE OUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS AND PROBABLY FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT IT IS, BUT LOOKING AT LIKE CENSUS DATA AND DEMOGRAPHER REPORTS WOULD TELL US LIKE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS AGE WISE.
YOU MEAN LIKE WHAT AGE THEY'RE CONSIDERED SENIORS? YEAH.
I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING THE LIBRARY IS REALLY GOOD AT SURVEYS.
REALLY
I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, YOU THING ONE TIME I LIKE TO PULL OUT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE IF I'M GETTING A DISCOUNT.
IF I COULD OFFER TO A THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SELF IDENTIFIER, I THINK THAT ALSO LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN.
INSTEAD OF MAYBE CLOSING A DOOR WHERE SOMEONE MIGHT, ACROSS THE BOARD WHAT WHATEVER GROUP YOU'RE WORKING WITH TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAYBE SELF-IDENTIFY MIGHT BE A AIR ON THE SUN.
AND THAT IT'S ALL AROUND GOOD INTENTIONS, RIGHT.
WE ALWAYS WANNA ASSUME GOOD INTENTIONS UNTIL THEY APPROVE US OTHERWISE.
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FIX IT.THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT BUSINESS BECAUSE, UH, COMMISSIONER BELL IS OUR SMALL BUSINESS LIAISON FOR THE COMMISSION.
AND UM, I'M GONNA HAVE SOMEONE WORK FOR YOU IN A MINUTE.
BECAUSE HOW DO ARE GONNA START? 'CAUSE SOME MY BC OF CITIZEN AGE, BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO OFFER SOMETHING IN THE EVENING AS OPPOSED TO DURING THE DAY SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY'S RETIRED.
AND HOW DO YOU GET PROGRAMMING THERE? TO MORGAN'S POINT, PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIMITED MOBILITY, LIKE ARE WE BEING INCLUSIVE IF THEY HAVE TO COME TO ANY EVENT RATHER THAN SOMETHING BEING, YOU KNOW, ACCESSIBLE WHEREVER THEY'RE AT.
AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE NEED PEOPLE THAT HAVE, THAT ARE FACING THOSE KIND OF CHALLENGES TO INFORM US AS A CITY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WHAT, HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THAT? LIKE TRANSPORTATION MM-HMM
DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO FORM A SMALL GROUP TO WORK WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD ON THAT SPECIFIC WORKING GROUP AND SPEND MONEY WITH YOU, UM, OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU HAVE, IF YOU WANTED TO LIKE ADD ON TO YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH MIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA DO THAT NOW OR IF YOU WANNA DO THAT YOU CAN DO THE LATER.
OTHER, UH, SO YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THIS.
I'M REALLY GLAD WE DOVE TO THAT.
AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD WE, WE MADE SOME HEADWAY ON THAT, THAT WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
WE SHOULD HAVE A SMALL WORKING GROUP JUST AROUND THAT, WHICH WOULD BE COMPRISED OF OUR SENIOR CITIZEN WORKING GROUP LIAISON.
AND WE WANNA LAUNCH THAT IN OCTOBER.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET PEOPLE SIGNING UP FOR IT SO WE CAN GET MOVING ON THAT ACTION ITEM.
AND THE PROCLAMATION WITH THE CALENDAR.
I LOVE THAT WE HAVE THIS, IS THIS GOING TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE CITY SITE? JUST OUR GENERAL, ONCE WE POST THEM, IS THERE A PLACE FOR THAT? IS THAT EVEN, WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? DO Y'ALL THINK FOR THE COMMUNITY? JUST, I NOTE THOSE ARE NOT ALL OF THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT'S UP FOR Y'ALL SET ASIDE FOR THE NEXT QUARTER.
BUT AS I, I THINK WHAT I MEANT IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE LIKE A DEDICATED SPACE ON THE, ON ANY CITY WEBSITE OR ON OUR PAGE OR ON THE LIBRARY PAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE PROCLAMATIONS WANT INFORMATION? WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY TO DO Y ALL THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
'CAUSE FINDING OUT ABOUT THE WEEK OF IS REALLY, REALLY HARD FOR WORK SCHEDULING PURPOSES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES KRISTEN'S BEEN LIKE, HEY, CAN YOU I, OH, LET ME LOOK.
SO I I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MAKE IT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE IN ADVANCE WHEN PROCLAMATIONS ARE HAPPENING, WHAT THEY ARE.
SO THAT BE ADDED ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND THEN SHARE, I MEAN, WHAT I MEAN IS LIKE, WHAT IS THE PRIMARY HOME FOR THAT? SHOULDN'T IT BE ON THE CITY SIDE? AND IT'S THAT, SO YOU'RE POSTED ON THE AGENDAS AND THE AGENDAS ARE POSTED WELL, BUT IF, IF THE COMMISSION, LIKE IF THE DEIB COMMISSION AND OR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD WANT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY THAT THAT IS, THAT THAT IS SHOWN, THEN WE CAN TRY TO LOOK AT THAT INTERNALLY AS STAFF.
KEEPING IN MIND OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER HAD RESIGNED AND WE HAVE A NEW ONE COMING ON BOARD.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP THERE.
BUT, UM, POSSIBLY THE CONNECT EVENTS CALENDAR MM-HMM
SO THAT, THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN SEE IN ADVANCE AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
HEY, I NEED TO MAKE SURE I'M, I READ THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.
DOES THE CITY HAVE LIKE, UM, LIKE A LIST OF, I'M, I'M CERTAIN IT'S NOT EVERY SINGLE THING.
'CAUSE OTHER THINGS WILL POP UP THAT WILL TRIGGER A, UM, A PROCLAMATION.
BUT IS THERE LIKE A STANDARD LIST THAT YOU, THAT IS BEING PULLED FROM OR, 'CAUSE IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE, LIKE, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE GENERALLY HAVE PROCLAMATIONS FOR IN THIS MONTH, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE DATE ON IT.
AND THEN WE USE LIKE, CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS TO SPECIFY THE ACTUAL DATE, BUT THEN THERE'S LIKE A ROLLING CALENDAR SO THAT STAFF CAN PLAN AN ADVANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR PROGRAMMING OR IF WE WANTED TO HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT SURROUNDED ABOUT IT.
IT'S LIKE IT'S, EVERYBODY KNOWS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS HAPPENS IN SEPTEMBER OR SO THE, THE CANDLELIGHT VISUAL THAT'S COMING UP THAT I'VE RECEIVED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT EMAILS FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES ON.
WOULD THAT BE LIKE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL LIKE A CALENDAR OF PROCLAMATIONS, RIGHT? YEAH.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE WAYS, UM, OUR COMMISSION, WHEN WE DECIDED ON WHAT PRO, UH, UH, PROCLAMATION, PROCLAMATIONS, I NEED WATER, UH, TO GO THROUGH EACH MONTH.
WE DID LOOK AT, WE DID A LIST OF ALL THE, UH, PROCLAMATIONS, DIFFERENT, UH, AWARENESS, DIFFERENT MUST DO THE CAL.
AND WE MADE A DECISION AS FAR AS A, UH, D UH, DEIB, UH, INITIATIVE TO POINT OUT CERTAIN ONES.
IS A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST OF THEM.
AND TO DO ONE, UH, LIKE THE ONES WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN OCTOBER, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ALL OF THEM, BUT WE'LL SIT UP THERE, WE'LL SELECT WHICH ONES
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THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ACTUALLY THE, UH, WE ASSIGN A COMMISSIONER TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CREATE IT MM-HMMAND PRESENT IT, UM, IN THE, IN THE NEXT, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE'RE OPEN TO, IF YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT YOUR COMMISSION HAS DONE FOR, DO Y'ALL EVEN DO THAT? OR ARE Y'ALL THINKING ABOUT DOING IT OR PARTNERING ON SOME OF THESE OR? YEAH, I MEAN, WE PARTNERED HAPPILY, LIKE HELP PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNITY CALENDAR FOR IT.
AND ALSO KNOWING THAT LIKE LAB AND DEIB ARE NOT THE ONLY TWO COMMISSIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BRING FORTH PROCLAMATIONS.
THAT'S THE OTHER THING, RIGHT? THIS LIST WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE ALL INCLUSIVE, BUT IF THINGS THAT, THAT ARE GOING TO BE ANNUAL REOCCURRING THINGS, NOT THE, I MEAN, AGAIN, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME SPECIAL EVENTS THAT POP UP THAT ARE EITHER ONCE IN LIFETIME SORT OF THING OR, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A NEW THING THAT POPS UP.
BUT IF WE HAD A GENERAL SENSE OF THESE THINGS, I WONDER IF WE WOULD HELP, YOU KNOW, BUILD SOME MORE SYNERGY AND, UH, ATTENTION AROUND THOSE THINGS ARE BEING RECOGNIZED.
SO, AND MAYBE THE ANSWER IS THERE'S JUST TOO MANY, THERE'S NO WAY TO DO IT.
BUT IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO BE PROACTIVE IN THAT COMMUNICATION, I WONDER WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND, AND, AND MAYBE ONE WAY TO DO IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE LIST OF THE PROCLAMATIONS IS IF WE HAVE IT ON IT, ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE CITY OF WILL'S WEBSITE MM-HMM
AND PEOPLE CAN GO THERE PERHAPS AND CLICK ON IT AND READ ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE FORMALLY PRESENTED AS A PROCLAMATION MM-HMM
BUT JUST HAVING THE, THE AWARENESS REALLY JUST HAVING THE COMMUNITY TO BE AWARE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THE CITY BEING THE VEHICLE THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN JUMP IN TO SAY, OH, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT.
CLICK ON IT AND EDUCATE THEMSELF ABOUT IT.
SO IT COULD BE A WAY OF DOING IT LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK TOO, UM, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CONNECT CALENDAR AND HAVING THE WORKING GROUPS THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH AND ENCOURAGE AND INVITE THEM TO SUBMIT THOSE AS ACTUAL EVENTS, RIGHT.
TO TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATION, IF THEY HAVE A, A FORMED ONE OR NOT.
WHAT THAT, WHAT, AND IT'S IN THEIR WORDS.
AND OF COURSE WE WOULD HAVE TO VET IT, BUT THAT KIND OF HELPS OPEN UP THAT DOOR AS WELL.
I, I NOTICED, UM, AND I COME, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO IT WAS THAT I CAME TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE CALENDAR, BUT A A LOT OF YOUR PROCLAMATIONS THAT YOU, UH, WERE PRESENTING, WE HAVE EVENTS ALREADY PLANNED FOR THAT MONTH MM-HMM
UH, SO, UM, IT CAN HELP US ALSO PLAN FOR EVENTS THAT DO, UM, GO ALONG WITH THOSE PROCLAMATIONS.
SO WHEN THE PROCLAMATION IS TALKED ABOUT, WE CAN SAY THE CELEBRATION IS GOING TO BE LIKE, UH, WHEN YOU, UH, WE'RE DOING THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND THAT THERE WAS A CEL, WE ALSO HAVE A CELEBRATION, YOU KNOW, IN THE LIBRARY TOO.
SO JUST KIND OF CONNECTING PEOPLE TO HERE IS THE PROCLAMATION, HERE'S THE CELEBRATION, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING, AND HERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CAN CELEBRATE.
UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE BECAUSE, AND THIS IS THE THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ANYBODY CAN, ANYBODY CAN BRING FORTH THEIR PROCLAMATION BE CONSIDERED, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UM, AND IF THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO ALREADY BE DOING SOME OF THAT ALREADY, BUT SO YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE THE MONTH TO MONTH VEHICLE.
LIKE WE'RE WHERE THAT IS ACTUALLY CELEBRATED, RECOGNIZED, PARTICIPATED IN THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, OUR PART JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE.
AND TO COMMISSIONER BELL'S POINT, WE JUST GO THROUGH THE LIST AND WE SELECT THE ONES THAT WE WANNA DO.
I MEAN, IT'S ONLY MY SECOND YEAR, BUT WE TRY TO DIVERSIFY WHAT WE DISCUSS EVERY MONTH.
UM, LIKE THIS YEAR I DID LIKE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND SOMEBODY ELSE, EVERYONE HAS TAKE TWO OR THREE.
UM, BUT THE LIBRARY WOULD NEED TO BE INFORMED.
Y'ALL WOULD NEED TO BE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING IN, HOW MUCH TIME AHEAD TO APPLY FOR YOUR PLANNING SO THAT YOU'RE LIKE THE RECEPTIVE WE'RE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO TWO MONTHS OUT SOUNDS GREAT.
SO WE'D LIKE THE OTHER BOARD, I DON'T KNOW, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, GROUPS.
THE LISTENING GROUPS ARE GOING TO BE MORE AFFINITY GROUPS THAT ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY MEETING.
WE'RE JUST GONNA HEAR FROM THEM.
WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH THEM RIGHT.
THEN HAVE THEY, WHY THEY MAY WANT TO START SUBMITTING THEIR OWN.
UM, EVENTUALLY, I THINK, AND I GUESS WE HAVE TO CITY COUNCIL THAT WE LIMIT HOW MANY WE DO PER MONTH AND JUST PEOPLE GOTTA GET 'EM IN ON TIME BECAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ONCE WE DO WHAT'S, I'M, I AM GOING TO BE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GONNA DO A REALLY GREAT JOB OF GETTING A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND IT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FOR TIME SAKE HOW MUCH TIME WE'RE GONNA BE, OR HOW MANY PROCLAMATIONS DO WE WANNA MAKE EVERY MONTH.
I DID WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT AS OF TWO MONTHS AGO, A MONTH AGO, UM, ALL PROCLAMATIONS, UH, NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE MAYOR FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AND I THINK THAT GOES TO YOUR POINT OF, AS FAR AS HOW MU HOW MANY THERE ARE, IF THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT, I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE.
I'M NOT SURE IF, UM, ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE CAN ANSWER TO THAT.
BUT, UM, THAT'S KIND OF A NEW STEP IN THE PROCESS, WHEREAS BEFORE IT WAS JUST KIND OF TAKEN,
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ADDED.AND THERE'S KIND OF ANOTHER STEP IN THAT AS WELL OF THE TIME WHERE YOU DON'T WANNA YEAH.
I MEAN, I WOULD, A CONVERSATION THREE GETS TO BE A LOT.
IF THEY CAN BE WRONG, PUSH IT, I THINK.
UM, SO THERE IS A LIMIT THAT WAY.
WE'VE ALL, HISTORICALLY, I THINK ONE TIME I WAS PRESENTED WITH A LIST AND IT WAS, HEY, ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY MISSING HERE? AND THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO ADD TO THE LIST? BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN PRESENTED WITH A LIST IN A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND THEY'VE JUST MAINTAINED IT AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CARRIED THROUGH.
SOMEBODY IS KEEPING TRACK, I'M SURE.
JUST GOING BACK TO, TO THE PREVIOUS YEARS, UH, AGENDA OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I'M SURE SOMEBODY'S GOT A LIST SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS IT, I'M SURE.
I'M SURE CITY SECRETARY PROBABLY IS INVOLVED AND, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUT TOGETHER THE AGENDAS AND ALL THAT.
SO, AND MAYBE THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER POINT, LIKE AS THE COMMUNITY GETS LARGER AND MORE DIVERSE AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS ARE HAPPENING, AND I WONDER IF THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FOR US TO DECIDE, BUT IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO CONSIDER.
LIKE WHAT OTHER WAYS CAN PROCLAMATIONS BE ISSUED? DO, DO THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO BE IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING? SO THERE COULD BE OTHER WAYS WHERE IT'S LIKE PRERECORDED WITH SOME MULTIMEDIA STUFF AROUND IT AND THAT'S LIKE A, A RELEASE AND THAT'S ANOTHER WAY A, A PROCLAMATION COULD BE DONE.
I DON'T KNOW THEN WOULD FALL IN THAT GROUP.
WHO WANTS TO SPONSOR IT? YEAH.
WHO WANTS TO CARRY THAT PROCLAMATION? MM-HMM
THAT COULD BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE OR YEAH.
EITHER EITHER INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS OR CITY SIDE.
I THINK IT MATTERS TO PEOPLE IF IT'S ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S ON THERE THAT THEY CAN CLICK ON IT IF IT'S THEIR PROCLAMATION WAS NOT, THAT'S NOT BEING PUBLICLY READ.
UM, SO THERE'S GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME MORE WORK AROUND THAT.
BUT I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE, THE IN BETWEEN THAT THE CITY THAT THE, THAT THE CITY LI THAT THE, SORRY, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS ALREADY SAY, HEY, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THINGS AROUND IT.
AND IT GIVES PEOPLE AWAY TO REALLY CELEBRATE AND GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHATEVER THEIR PROCLAMATION, UM, IS, IS ABOUT AND WHAT IT'S AROUND.
UM, SO DEFINITELY THAT'S ONE THING WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK ON TOGETHER.
AND THEN BRING IN THE, AND THEN OF COURSE WITH THE OTHER, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY, I THINK ANY OTHER BOARDS OF CATIONS HAVE THAT LEVEL OF INTEREST OR NOT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK THE REPRESENTING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
YEAH, LIKE THE HISTORIC H WHAT ABOUT PARK AND REC? MAYBE THEY WANNA HAVE, SAY THEY HAVE ONE TOO, RIGHT? YEAH.
THEY'RE UP THERE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR SOMETHING.
GETTING, LETTING THEM KNOW AS WELL.
CASE IN POINT, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE HOSPICE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER AND THE LIBRARY IS HOSTING AN EVENT ON HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE IN OCTOBER.
THESE ARE UP FOR YEAH, THESE ARE, WELL, YEAH.
THESE ARE NOT THE ONES WE SELECTED, RIGHT? THEY JUST HAPPEN TO CASE IN HAWAII.
IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE CAN SPEAK TO THIS AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WE STILL HAVE THEIR INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT A PROCLAMATION, IF IT'S ONE THAT YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE, WE CAN STILL, UM, THROUGH THE LIBRARY'S WEBSITE OR OUR SOCIAL SAY, IT'S ALSO THIS MONTH.
AND TO CELEBRATE, WE HAVE THIS, WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR ANY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE CURIOUS OR WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
WE CAN GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HOSTED THE EVENT BY COME, YOU KNOW, JUST BY DROPPING A COMMENT HERE.
WE CAN, WE CAN SEND YOU THE INFORMATION OR HAVE THEM REACH OUT TO YOU.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, GRANTED IT'S A MONTH APART, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE CAN, HEY, BY THE WAY, NOVEMBER IS HOSPICE AWARENESS MONTH.
WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF INFORMATION AND BOOKS AVAILABLE.
THAT ALSO GIVES US A BETTER WAY TO DIVERSIFY WHAT'S BEING PUBLICLY PROCLAMATION, BECAUSE IT DOES MATTER TO PEOPLE THAT TAKE THE TIME TO, IF IT REPRESENTS THEM, SOMEBODY THAT THEY LOVE, IT DOES MATTER WHAT ACTUALLY GETS READ BY THE CITY.
EVEN IF IT IS CELEBRATED IN OTHER WAYS, IT DOES HAVE, IT DOES CARRY SOME WAY TO HAVE OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY SPEAK ABOUT IT AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND DO, BUT BEING, HAVING OTHER WAYS TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT TOGETHER.
I'LL WORK WITH YOU ON SUBMITTING OURS.
OF COURSE, CHRISTIE, I SAY WE WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT CHRISTIE KNOWS AHEAD OF TIME DO A GOOD JOB, A TIMELY MANNER, AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING AS WELL.
DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I WOULDN'T WANT TO GET RID OF THE, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZING IT AND SPEAK.
THAT'S THE MOST PRIMARY THING.
BUT I LIKE THE VIDEO MULTIMEDIA TYPE OF THING.
UM, YOU MIGHT JUST FREE TIME UP TO ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE MORE THINGS THAT ARE ALSO VERY MEANINGFUL, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING, KIND OF MAYBE HAVING A HALL OF FAME PAGE TYPE THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE THAT LISTS ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS IN A CALENDAR OF KNOWN UPCOMING, BUT
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DEFINITELY PREVIOUS ONES WITHIN SIX TO 18 MONTHS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE 18 MONTH.I THINK ALL THE PAST PROCLAMATIONS, CHRISTIE, UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THEY ARE ALL POSTED IN ONE PLACE.
I FEEL LIKE I HAD HEARD THAT BE A SUGGESTION LAST YEAR.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE POSTED ALL IN ONE PLACE.
NOT LIKE THE LIST, BUT THE ACTUAL GRAPHIC OF THE PROCLAMATIONS THEMSELVES, RIGHT? OR NO? UH, I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK WHAT I'LL DO IS CIRCLE UP THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AFTER THIS MEETING AND KIND OF CONFIRM IF THAT EXISTS AND IF NOT, MAYBE HOW, UM, OR WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO KIND OF GET THAT, THOSE THE HIGHLIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO GO DIRECTLY TO DO LIKE A HIGHLIGHTS REAL, BECAUSE WE, THEY KEEP COPIES OF EVERYTHING.
THEY HAVE ARCHIVES OF THE ACTUAL PROCLAMATIONS THEMSELVES.
BUT LIKE IF AN OUTSIDE GROUP COMES IN, TRADITIONALLY, UM, IT'S HANDED OFF TO THAT GROUP SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO KEEP A COPY.
BUT IT'S, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE RECORDS OF ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO BEFORE I FORGET, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT USING YOUR IDEA PUT ON THE HOW TO CONNECT PAGE, WHICH IS AWESOME.
SO IT ALLOWS, IT DOESN'T FALL ON THE CITY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO DO IT.
LIKE THE PER THE GROUP WHO WANTS TO ADD IT TO HOW TO CONNECT IT'S REPUBLIC IS ANYBODY CAN POST IT THERE AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW AND THEN LET ON THAT.
IT'S A GOOD WAY TO ALSO COMMUNICATE TO LOOK, NOBODY READS THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS.
SO NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE, I SHOULD SAY, READ THEM.
SO THAT'LL ALSO GIVE ANOTHER INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO BE MORE ENGAGED IN CITY COUNCIL AFFAIRS.
SO THEY WILL SEE, OH, WELL MY GROUP WE'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BAKERS UNION OR WHATEVER, WHEREVER THEY'RE, WE LIKE TO, THEY COULD KEEP BAKERS.
UM, WE WANNA PROCLAMATION, YOU KNOW, SEEING THAT.
SO THEY'LL KNOW THEIR PROCLAMATION IS GETTING READ, IT'LL BE LISTED, THEN THEY'LL HAVE A REASON FOR IT TO GO AND LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND THEN SHOW UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, EVEN IF IT'S FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO IT DOES BREED INCLUSION AWARENESS, UM, DIVERSIFICATION OF REACHING PEOPLE AND HEARING DIFFERENT VOICES.
SO I LOVE THE IDEA AS FOR MY POINT TO HAVE IT ON THE HOW TO CONNECT AND THAT GROUP WHO IS SPONSORING THAT PROCLAMATION CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POSTING IT AND UM, MAKING SURE IT'S COMMUNICATED IN TIME TO MAKE IT ONTO THE AGENDA.
IT WOULD ALSO BE BENEFICIAL TO DO LIKE AN AFTER LINK AND GO, HEY, IN CASE YOU MISSED GETTING TO SEE THIS, YES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE HOW TO CONNECT.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE IT HERE AND THE HOW TO CONNECT.
UM, WE WORK WITH COMMS AND WE'VE HAD A WORKSHOP IN THE LIBRARY TO INVITE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OUT TO SEE HOW THEY CAN LEVERAGE.
YES, I LOVE HOW TO, UH, CONNECT CALENDAR, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE WORKSHOPS EVERY MONTH TO INVITE PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVERY ORGANIZATION, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY SEND OUT INVITATIONS, UM, AND HAVE AVAILABILITY EVERY MONTH FOR SOMEONE TO COME.
AND EVEN IF COMMS CAN'T DO IT, I DON'T MIND DOING IT MYSELF, BUT, UM, JUST SHOWING THEM HOW EASY IT IS TO GET ON, HOW TO CONNECT AND, AND UPLOAD, UM, AN EVENT THAT'D BE GREAT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES LISTENING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO USE IT AND TO ATTEND THE TRAININGS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING OFFERED.
UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT I START ONLINE.
OH, Y'ALL SAID Y'ALL HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.
WHAT ELSE DID WE WANNA DISCUSS FOR THIS WORKING SESSION COLLABORATIVE WORK? I THINK WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD START.
I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S INPUT.
UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE, WE'VE DONE REALLY WELL WITH OUR TIME.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK MORE INTO THE VETERANS AND SMALL BUSINESS ASPECT SO THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AS WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
JUST TO MAYBE LOOK AND GO, OKAY, WHAT RESOURCES CAN WE HELP WITH? 'CAUSE VETERANS, JUST LIKE SENIORS ALSO MIGHT HAVE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY ISSUES.
WELL, WE DO KNOW THAT, UM, THE, THERE'S A NEW SPACE FOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE ADDRESS.
IT'S THE PHYSICAL THERAPY BUILDING OUT 1616 SOUTH.
IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR, UM, POTENTIALLY MEETING HALL.
BUT A DATE AT AN ACTUAL DATE HASN'T BEEN DECIDED.
IT HASN'T BEEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S COMING HERE THAT I'M AWARE OF IS AN OFFICE FOR THE VETERANS COMMISSION TO HELP VETERANS UNDERSTAND THEIR BENEFITS AND ACCESS THEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE, THEY'RE STILL, I MEAN THEY'RE, THE FINAL CONVERSATIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF CHRISTINA HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON IT.
UM, BUT THEY, THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY, WITH JAMES'S TEAM TO BRING, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, AT LEAST ON A ROTATING BASIS, A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TO MEET WITH VETERANS, TO TALK THEM THROUGH USING THEIR, THEIR, THEIR BENEFITS FROM HEALTH AND FROM WITH THAT GROUP THAT HAS AN OFFICE IN GEORGETOWN OR IT'S THE, UM, IT'S THE STATE, STATE OFFICE IN TEXAS.
'CAUSE UM, MY FRIEND, UH, WHO'S A, SHE GOT THAT CONVERSATION GOING WITH THEM ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HAVING, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A DESERT HERE.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT'S COMING TO HURO
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AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA LAND.MORE THAN LIKELY IT'LL LAND IN THAT SAME BUILDING 'CAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE.
OR IT MAY LAND HERE IN CITY HALL.
I DON'T KNOW THE LOGISTICS OF IT.
UM, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND GETTING THE WORD OUT THROUGH THE LIBRARY, OF COURSE, IS GONNA BE IDEAL WAY TO CONTINUE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
UM, JUST LIKE THE, UM, RURAL CAPITAL AREAS, CAREER SERVICES, UH, PEOPLE ALSO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TOO, THAT PEOPLE HAVE JOB SERVICES AND ACCESS TO THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT ARE REALLY AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED WORK OR HELP FINDING WORK OR CHILDCARE OR WHATEVER.
HAVING A DEDICATED COMPUTER MAYBE THAT HAS THE, THE QUICK LINKS FOR THE VETERAN MM-HMM
DOING THAT NOW WITH THE WORKFORCE COMMISSION.
THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING IF WE HAD ONE THAT WAS, COULD ALSO BE MM-HMM
SO THAT IF A VETERAN CAME IN AND WAS LIKE, HEY, I NEED ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES.
OH, THEY'RE ALL BOOKMARKED RIGHT HERE FOR YOU.
THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK OUR COMMISSION WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT MODEL, LIKE HOW WELL IS THAT MODEL WORKING? AND THEN WHEN IT GETS TO CAPACITY, LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TO EXPAND ON THAT.
THAT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING.
BECAUSE THE REASON WE'RE PARKING THAT AT THE LIBRARY AND EXPANDING THAT TYPE OF SERVICE IS SO THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
SO WE WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN KEEPING UP WITH HOW THAT MODEL OF HAVING IT ON A ROTATING BASIS AT THE LIBRARY.
AND WHEN DO WE NEED TO EXPAND? WHEN DO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THOSE SERVICES BEYOND WHAT THE, OUR LIBRARY IS ABLE TO DO.
WE JUST STARTED THAT LAST THURSDAY.
AND IT'LL BE AVAILABLE EVERY THURSDAY, THE WORKFORCE COMMISSION, UM, OFFICE HOURS IS WHAT WE YEAH.
SO WE WILL COLLECT DATA ON THAT WHEN WE WILL REPORT THAT OUT.
UM, BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE CALLING, ASKING ABOUT IT.
WHEN DOES THAT START? OH, THAT'S GOOD.
DID SOMEBODY COME IN ON A DIFFERENT DAY? AND WE WERE LIKE, OH, IT'S ON THURSDAY.
BUT KIND OF GETTING DOWN THAT, THAT, UM, THAT SCHEDULE.
AND THEY'RE ALSO OPEN TO CHANGING THE DAY AND TIME.
IF THAT DOESN'T MEET THE NEED.
SO WE'RE KIND OF JUST IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES, BUT WE WILL COLLECT DATA.
AND I'M ALSO COMMUNICATING WITH SARAH ALREADY AT REAL CAP.
ON THE CHAMBER SIDE ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC EFFORT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING IT, BECAUSE I TOLD HER MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THE CHAMBER CAN ALSO COLLABORATE ON AND PROVIDE SPACE ON, BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM FOR US TO DO THAT AS OUR PART OF OUR WORKFORCE AND TRAINING, UM, DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
SO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER WAY THAT WE INSERT RESOURCES THERE.
UM, ANDY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THE SMALL BUSINESSES? I KNOW WE HAVEN'T LAUNCHED, BUT IT'LL BE OUR LIAISON THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WITH OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY REPORT.
NO, I WAS JUST LISTENING TO EVERYTHING SHE WAS SAYING AND I WROTE DOWN WORKSHOPS EVERY MONTH AND THURSDAY.
WHAT TIMEFRAME ON THURSDAY DOES THAT? IT'S FROM TWO TO FOUR.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE RENTED A STUDY ROOM, SO THERE'S A DESIGNATED PRIVATE SPACE MM-HMM
UM, THAT PEOPLE CAN COME AND WHETHER THEY NEED HELP WRITING A RESUME OR JOB SEARCHING OR ANY OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO RESERVED ONE OF OUR SIX COMPUTERS, UM, AS THE DESIGNATED COMPUTER THAT PEOPLE CAN USE THAT COME, UH, TO, UH, DO THE SERVICES, APPLY THEIR JOBS.
UM, DO SPECIFIC CAREER TRAINING POSSIBLY, OR AT LEAST GET SIGNED UP FOR THE SPECIFIC CAREER TRAINING.
SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE STABLE INTERNET AT THEIR HOUSE OR HAVE INTERNET AT THEIR HOUSE AT ALL, OR WHATEVER THE NEED MIGHT BE.
SO WITH THE, WITH THE HUDDLE CONNECT WORKSHOP, THE TRAIN, HOW, WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE? UM, I CAN, UH, CONTACT COMMS. WE KIND OF, UH, WE DID ONE AND IT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN WE HAD, AS CHRISTIE SAID, A SHIFT IN, UM, EMPLOYMENT IN THAT AREA.
SO WE'RE GONNA PICK BACK UP AS THEY STABILIZE.
UM, THEY DID IT ON A MONDAY NIGHT, UM, AND I WANNA SAY IT WAS LIKE A FIVE 30 TO SIX 30, UM, KIND OF THING.
AND THEY HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE, UH, COME.
BUT ALSO I THINK LIKE MAYBE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THAT, I HAD GONE TO A SMALL BUSINESS WOMEN'S MEETUP IN HU AND SO I, I, SOMEONE HAD BROUGHT UP, UM, WANTING TO, YOU KNOW, AWARENESS, BRING MORE AWARENESS TO EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO I HAD LET THEM KNOW, WHICH I THINK PROBABLY HELPED WITH THE, UM, WITH THE, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME.
BUT I'LL GET BACK WITH THEM AND SEE WHEN THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PICKING THOSE BACK UP AGAIN, BUT LIKELY ON MONDAY EVENING.
UM, BUT I'LL GET ALL THAT INFORMATION TO DEIV ONCE WE HAVE IT ON OUR CALENDAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE NEXT ONE.
SO NOT TOO MUCH OF A PIVOT, BUT IT'S KIND OF IN THE SAME LANE.
UH, WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT SMALL BUSINESSES AND MAYBE SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS.
UH, THEY'RE A SMALL BUSINESS AND SOMEONE LOVES TO MAKE TEDDY BEARS, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THE BOOKKEEPING.
WE HAVE THE, THE LINKEDIN LEARNING WHERE THEY CAN MAYBE HELP BRING THEM INTO THE LIBRARY TO TEACH 'EM, OKAY, THIS IS HOW YOU DO THE BOOKKEEPING OR HOW TO DO MARKETING FOR WITH ADOBE.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE,
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HOW TO FILE YOUR PAPERWORK TO BECOME A SMALL BUSINESS.IT IS ALL FREE AND IT'S ALL FREE, RIGHT? WELL, NOT, NOT, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, BUT
SO THAT'S WHY I KNOW HUDDLES HERE.
BUT OUR CLASSES IN OUR TRAINING ROOM IS IN SOUTH OFF OF EAST BEND WHITE.
AND WE ARE, WE'RE, WE HOST TRAININGS THESE THREE TIMES A WEEK ON DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF SMALL BUSINESS.
SO WHAT I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT, HEARING WHAT, YOU KNOW, HUDDLE IS DOING, KNOWING WHAT I ALREADY DO DAY IN, IN DAY OUT AND SEEING, 'CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I'M TRYING TO PITCH TO MY, UH, CONSTITUENTS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS LOOKING AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE, IN THE SIX COUNTIES THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN SERVES.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A MODEL TO BROADEN OUR, OUR REACH AND TO REACH HUDDLE TAYLOR GEORGETOWN AS FAR AS WHERE WE OFFER AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHEN IT COMES TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO LIKE REPLICATING THAT EFFORT, LIKE REPLICATING THAT MODEL.
WELL, IT IS KIND OF LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE A MODEL THAT'S, WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S JAMMING.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO SPREAD IT OUT.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU BEING IN CHARGE OF THE WORKING GROUP IS BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR FROM THEM YEAH.
WHAT DO THEY REALLY NEED? YEAH.
WHAT'S THE PRIORITY FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES? THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT TOO, BECAUSE WHEN I WANT TO, WHEN I WANT TO LISTEN TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES HERE, I WANT TO SEE, BECAUSE HAVING THE CONNECTIONS THAT I HAVE IN AUSTIN, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE BRING? WHAT CAN WE USE? OR HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE THAT SO YOU CAN BUILD A, YOU KNOW, BUILD A BETTER BRAND.
MAIN THING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES THAT I RUN INTO IS PRETTY MUCH HUMAN CAPITAL AND TAXES.
YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I KEEP MY OPERATION AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE HUMAN CAPITAL RUNNING MY BUSINESS.
THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR HUMAN CAPITAL AND YOU'RE BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS, HOW ARE YOU GONNA BE PROFITABLE TO MAKE SURE YOU PAY YOUR TAXES? YEAH.
SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SMALL BUSINESSES RUN INTO.
SO, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE TWO SMALL BUSINESSES IN HUDDLE AND KIND OF HAVING THAT DISCUSSION TOO.
DO WE HAVE, DO THEY HAVE COPIES OF THESE? I KNOW IT WAS, I SAID THAT TO VERY LAST MINUTE.
I, I GAVE IT TO THE DIB COMMISSION BECAUSE THAT'S
BUT AS FAR AS OFFICIAL VIV BUSINESS, THAT'S WHAT THAT YEAH, WELL WHAT IT IS, AND I MEAN, WE CAN JUST SEND IT OUT AFTER I'M, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO, FROM WHAT I HAVE HERE I'M TALKING TO IS THE ROLE DESCRIPTION FOR THE WORKING GROUPS AND KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF THEM.
SOMETHING I WENT OVER WITH OUR CONSULTANT ON THAT HE CREATED.
I'M GONNA WRITE, I'M GOING TO REDRAFT IT AS A NICE PRESENTABLE SUMMARY.
AND, UM, THAT IS GONNA BE WHAT'S GOING TO BE POSTED.
WE'RE GONNA OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THEM AT THE MEETING IN OCTOBER ONLY BECAUSE I CANNOT BE AT THE NEXT MEETING COMING UP.
UM, THE NEXT, THE THURSDAY MEETING, I CAN'T BE THERE, UM, TO DO THE PUBLIC READING OF OUR PLAN.
UM, SO IT'LL BE IN THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T GET THIS OUT TO INSTANCE LIBRARY.
SO I CAN START LOOKING AND DIGESTING WHAT IT IS.
WE WANNA START AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, PEOPLE GETTING TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND WE WANNA PUT IT WHEN IS THAT, UM, THE, THE APP AND, OR I DUNNO IF AN APP OR A SITE WHERE THEY'RE LIKE THE VOLUNTEERS.
WHEN IS THAT LAUNCHING? VOLUNTEER HUB.
UH, WE'RE AIMING TO OPEN IT UP NEXT WEEK AS LIKE A SOFT LAUNCH.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA, UH, TRY TO BUILD A CAMPAIGN AROUND IT, UM, IN EARLY FALL.
SO THIS WILL BE, THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I THINK IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE ROLE CREATED.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT A PURPOSE AROUND IT.
WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED AROUND IT, ALL THAT, SO THAT'LL BE ON THERE.
BUT, UM, IT'LL BE LESS WORDY, LESS INTIMIDATING LOOKING SO PEOPLE WON'T BE SCARED TO SIGN UP.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR OUR COLLABORATIVE WORKING SESSION? JUST THANK YOU FOR INVITING US AND BEING OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION.
I THINK THE MORE WE DO THIS, NOT JUST THESE TWO COMMISSIONS, BUT THE MORE ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS GET TOGETHER, I THINK WE ALL HAVE GREAT IDEAS.
AND IF WE'RE ALREADY DOING SIMILAR WORK, WHY NOT JUST LIKE, COMBINE EFFORTS AND DO IT REALLY, REALLY WELL? SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SMALL GROUP CONVERSATION AND, AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER AND FUTURE AND DIVERSITY.
I THINK WE SHOULD EVEN WRITE, I DON'T KNOW, EVEN I KNOW WHAT THAT, BUT THINK WRITE IT DOWN TO ENCOURAGE LIKE, OTHER, OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT SIT ON OTHER BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, OR GROUPS MAY NOT THINK TO COLLABORATE.
'CAUSE THEY THINK, WELL, HOW DO WE DO THAT? WHAT DO WE ASK FOR A LITTLE PREPARATION? AND THEY HAVE THE KIND OF A GUIDE, LIKE, PREPARE TWO OR THREE THINGS
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AND SEE HOW IT CROSS REFERENCES WITH THAT SPECIFIC GROUP THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE MORE CROSS COLLABORATION.I MEAN, THAT'S HONESTLY HOW WE IDENTIFIED WHICH GROUPS WE WANTED TO, TO CONNECT WITH.
WE LOOKED AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN FROM THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DAY AND ASKED OURSELVES LIKE, WHAT ARE THESE THINGS? MAYBE IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT WHICH OF THESE THINGS ARE PRETTY CLOSELY ALIGNED OR TOUCHING THE SAME, UM, DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPACT MM-HMM
AND, AND THAT'S HOW WE PRIORITIZE.
LIKE, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE SHOULD GET WITH FIRST.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK THERE'S, I KNOW THAT WE'RE AT TIME, HOWEVER I CAN PLUG THE, THOSE WORKDAYS TOGETHER.
I KNOW IT'S A BIG, UM, IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY FOR STAFF TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEEKENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT, IT IS SUCH MEANINGFUL TIME FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO HAVE TOGETHER.
AND KRISTEN ALSO FOR THE TIMES YOU GUYS SPEND SUPPORTING YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
IT'S APPRECIATED AND ALL THE TIME TEXT MESSAGES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WITH ME AS I GO.
JUST TO RECAP BEFORE WE FULLY LET YOU GUYS GO.
UM, MY ACTION ITEMS IS TO, I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH MORGAN DIRECTLY ABOUT FORMING THE SMALL GROUP AROUND CITIZENS WORKING GROUP.
AND THEN I ALSO HAVE TO PUT OUR ROLES, SEND IT OUT, YOU KNOW, TO Y'ALL DIRECTLY AND THEN ALSO TO CHRISTIE OR TO, WOULD IT BE TO YOU BE RECEIVING IT FOR THE VOLUNTEER HUB? UH, WHAT, WHAT WHAT YOU SAID, WHEN WE HAVE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, WHO WOULD IT GO TO? WILL WE BE ABLE TO JUST POST IT OURSELVES? WE'LL BE ABLE TO POST IT YOURSELVES.
AND THAT'S GOING TO HOPEFULLY ALL, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY SIMILAR TRAINING AS THE CONNECT.
IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PLATFORM, JUST A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE.
AND THEN, UM, THE PROCLAMATION CALENDAR.
I DON'T HAVE AN ACTION ITEM, BUT I PUT A CHECK MARK TO IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A DECISION WAS MADE, BUT I DIDN'T WRITE A NOTE AROUND WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION CALENDAR OTHER THAN IT'LL NOW BE ABLE TO BE POSTED ON THE HUDDLE CONNECT.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE AROUND THE PROCLAMATIONS CALENDAR? I'M GONNA CALL UP WITH THE CITY SECRETARY TO JUST SEE IF THOSE EXIST ALREADY SOMEWHERE.
AND, UM, SEE WHAT ELSE? AND WE ALSO WANNA, WANTED TO SEE WHETHER WE CAN KIND OF DO THE MULTIMEDIA PART OF IT CHEAPER.
HOW WOULD THAT LOOK? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO EXPLORE AT THIS POINT.
YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.
LIKE, DO, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU REALIZE YOUR TALENT GOOD COMMISSIONER ZEL.
SO SUBMIT, SAY YOU HAVE 15 PROCLAMATIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE READ IN THIS COURSE OF ONE MONTH.
AND YOU ONLY HAVE TWO MEETINGS TO SUBMIT THREE AT A MEETING.
SO YOU WOULD DO MICRO RECORDINGS OF SAY, ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH A REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT COMMUNITY AND DO A LITTLE TWO MINUTE RECORDING THAT COULD BE DONE HERE AT THE CITY HALL AS HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST POSTED.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT ANOTHER, HAVE ANOTHER MICRO CONVERSATION.
A SMALL GROUP AROUND THAT TOO.
BUT IT MIGHT BE OTHER, THE OTHER BOARDING COMMISSION LEADERS TOO.
HOW DO WE WANT THAT TO, TO LOOK? HOW DO WE WANT THAT TO FUNCTION? AND THEN ALSO ANYTHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE LIKE STAFF RESOURCES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO INCLUDE, UH, US OR THEM, LIKE THE NEW COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
JUST TO SET REALISTIC, UM, EXPECTATIONS.
WE CAN'T JUST MAKE STUFF UP COURSE ON OUR OWN.
WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S 15 MAJOR PEOPLE, 15 MAJOR GROUPS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE REPRESENTED IN THIS MONTH AND WE KNOW WE CAN'T FIT EVERYBODY.
SO WHO'S WILLING TO DO A PRIVATE PROCLAMATION READING THAT CAN GIVE US, SAY, FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR TIME FOR A TWO MINUTE RECORDING AND GET YOUR PROCLAMATION READ THAT WAY BY ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY.
AND THAT WAY IT COULD ROTATE BETWEEN ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING.
CAN WE JUST NOMINATE COMM UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS IN THINK WE NEED TO
I'M LISTENING TO WHERE THE IDEA, I LOVE THE IDEA, BUT I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M, I APOLOGIZE.
MY, MY OTHER BRAIN IS TAKING IT DOWN.
NO, IT NEEDS TO BE, IT NEEDS TO, IT'S KICKING IN.
LIKE, I THINK WE NEED TO VET THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT.
WRITE DOWN LIKE THE WHAT, LIKE THIS, LIKE WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WOULD BE THE STEPS? WE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GATHER THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AROUND.
WHAT DO WE WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE? AND THEN WE BRING IN A CITY STAFF LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
HOW FEASIBLE IS IT? AND CHRIS USED TO, WOULD IT BE TO START WITH CITY STAFF? BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SEEN BEST PRACTICES IN OTHER CITIES WHERE WOULD START AND THEY TELL US THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES OF WHAT Y'ALL SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE DOING.
MAYBE JUST TO MAKE, I THINK THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHT IS THAT PEOPLE WANT SEE IT ON THE AGENDAS.
LIKE, OH LOOK, HERE WAS OUR PROCLAMATION.
THESE PROCLAMATIONS WERE READ EARLIER AT AN EARLIER TIME.
AND THEN THERE'S STILL LISTED.
THEY'RE STILL BEING RECOGNIZED.
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ABSOLUTELY.YOU THINK, DAN, ANOTHER, ANOTHER PLACE THAT THEY COULD BE READ IS THAT BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS.
THAT WAY THOSE ARE STILL RECORDED TOO.
SO THEY'RE STILL THAT IS A REALLY GOOD POINT.
SO EVEN IF WE DON'T GET ONE READ, WE COULD STILL READ IT HERE.
'CAUSE IT IS STILL OFFICIAL RECORD.
WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE CREATED ENOUGH WORK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
I WANNA KEEP HAVING THESE KIND OF MEETING WITH OTHER GROUPS.
THAT WAS GRAB A, WE JUST NEED, JUST WAIT.
GOING AND WE CAN ACCOMPLISH MORE WITH ABLE TO.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AT SIX O'CLOCK THOSE YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF GIVING IT TO HIM BEFORE.
WE, BUT HE WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T EVEN ELSE WE GOT, GOT PEOPLE THAT WERE, I GOTTA PULL OUT MY, LIKE WHO IS ED SCHMIDT? YES.
BUT HE BE UNSUPERVISED AND I THINK HE WAS A MAYOR.
I THINK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE NO, YOU GOING UP TO SPEAK ABOUT FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND LIKE, UH, NO.
AND IF I WASN'T AT WORK, I'D BE THE SU WITH CENTENNIAL MEETING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT.
I WAS, I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY HERE AND I WAS TALKING TO GOING, I'M LIKE, NAH, I GOTTA, IT HURTS.
NO, I PRESENTED STUFF TO PETER.
UH, 'CAUSE I WON'T BE THERE BECAUSE I HAVE TO WORK.
AND SO I PRESENTED THIS TO PETER, BUT UH, HERE'S MY PAGE.
AND HE TOOK A PHOTO OF THE PAGE.
LEADING UP TO THE EVENT GENEALOGY, ARE YOU RELATED TO ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF HU A LOT OF, BECAUSE WE KNOW FOLLOWERS ABOUT THE AND THE LIBRARY'S ABOUT TO HAVE ABILITY.
WE'RE WORKING ON PROGRAMMING NOW, UM, WOODEN TOKENS WITH FACTS ABOUT HOW YOU COLLECT THEM BY GOING TO DIFFERENT STORES AND YOU LEARN FACTS ABOUT WILD WEST LIKE THAT.
AND THEN LIKE AT THE SANTARA WHERE YOU GET SO MANY OF 'EM AND YOU CAN TURN THEM IN FOR A DRIVE AND GET LOCAL BUSINESSES TO DO GIFT CARDS OR LITTLE GIFT BASKETS AND MEETING UP TO THE EVENT.
TURN YOUR TOKENS IN AT THE EVENT FOR THE POLL, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SOUTH AND SUBURB.
SO, ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA LET YOU HAVE THIS MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND KEEP GOING.
DID BUT CARDS, THE OF IT WITH THE OLD, I LIKE HAVING A BIGGER, IT'S LIKE A PARTY.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND REGO ON WITH THE REST OF THE, WITH THE REST OF THE AGENDA AND RUNNING AWAY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TODAY.
WE ARE AT A REALLY GOOD POINT HERE BECAUSE THE NEXT THING OF THE AGENDA IS, UH, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.
SO THEY HAVE A TERRIBLE SEASON.
UM, SO FOR ME, I JUST WANTED TO, I THINK
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WE, WE KNOW FROM THE NOTES IS THAT I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH, UH, WITH THEIR CONSULTANT WITH STAN.ONE WITH JACQUELINE, OUR FAST CHAIR MM-HMM
AND I'M JUST GONNA GET A REORIENT, REORIENTED WITH HER ON THE WORK THAT SHE HAD BEEN DOING IN HER ROLE AS A CHAIR SPECIFIC.
AND MOST OF US CENTERED AROUND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT TO GET A NEW PERSON, SO WE'LL PICK UP ON THAT.
I DID PUT THAT ON MY, ON MY NOTES, UM, TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE THAT MOMENTUM.
I'M GETTING, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR WEBSITE UPDATED.
MAKING SURE THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE SHOWED ME THE LIST EARLIER.
IT STILL NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AS FAR AS WHO THE COMMISSIONERS ARE.
UM, SO WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE DONE.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN I MET WITH OUR, WITH OUR CONSULTANT STAN.
WE HAD A CALL, LIKE IT'S A GUIDANCE CALL AS PART OF HIS SERVICE TO US TO UPDATE OUR SHORT TERM DEIV ACTION PLAN ITEMS THAT ARE NOT REPRESENTED IN THE PRINTOUTS.
AND ALSO TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY ON THE PRIORITY ITEMS, WHICH INCLUDES OUR CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS.
AND THEN, UH, TWO OTHER BUSINESS ITEM 8.1.
WELCOME AND REINTRODUCTION OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONER POOL KIT.
HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME? NA ZHI NA.
SO IMAGINE A Z INSTEAD OF A J JI OR I WROTE A THE OH, YOU DID? YES.
I SAW IT, BUT I WAS AFRAID TO READ IT.
I WAS LIKE, I'M GONNA SAY THAT WRONG.
TELL US A LITTLE, I KNOW WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR TIME IN HURO.
UM, YOU TOLD US HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH, YOU'VE, WITH THE LIBRARY.
AND ARE YOU HERE WITH US? WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? 'CAUSE WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE WE USE ALL OF OUR RESOURCES, INCLUDING OUR MEMBERS TALENTS.
WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN HURO AND WHY DID YOU WANNA JOIN THE DIV COMMISSION? RIGHT.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN HURO CLOSE TO ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW.
UH, FIRST MOVE HERE BECAUSE ME AND MY WIFE, WE BOUGHT A HOUSE.
AND THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE HAD A, UH, WELL WE FOUND, WE FOUND THAT WE WERE HAVING A BABY.
UH, SO FIRST BABY WAS BORN IN HURO.
UM, AND I AM A, UH, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER BASICALLY, BUT I SPECIALIZE IN WATER RESOURCES, SO MM-HMM
UH, BRIDGES GONNA NEED TO CLAIM HONEY.
I WAS GONNA SAY, THEY'RE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING.
WE HAVE SOME, SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND WATER HAPPENING IN
MAKE SURE YOU CHARGE THEM FOR YOUR TIME.
SO, UH, LIKE BRIDGES AND CROSSINGS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I REALLY, UH, OR YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE.
I WORK A LOT WITH TDOT ON MY, UH, ON MY PROJECTS.
UH, WELL, IT CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES REALLY RIGHT NOW, WORKING WITH GEORGIA FOR THAT MATTER.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I DO.
AND, UM, EVER SINCE I MOVED TO HU I'VE BEEN WANTING TO JUST LOOK OUT FOR AVENUES WHERE I CAN HELP OUT.
AND WHILE SHARING AT THE LIBRARY IS ONE OF MY WAYS TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I HAVE MAYBE A COUPLE HOURS A WEEK WHERE I CAN HAVE THAT INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE CITY.
I'VE BEEN IN LIBRARIES EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD, JUST READING BOOKS AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT WAS ONE WAY FOR ME TO CONTRIBUTE, I FEEL, UH, THAT I REALLY ENJOYED.
AND ANOTHER WAY IS BEING ON THIS COMMISSION, BEING ON THIS BOARD, UM, JUST, IT'S, UH, THE WAY I SEE IT IS HOW I CAN CONTRIBUTE IN TERMS OF JUST MY PERSPECTIVES TO, UH, THE CONVERSATION AROUND DIVERSITY IN THE CITY.
WELL, WELCOME, GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
AND YOU'LL MEET COMMISSIONER JAVI AND WILLSON HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, TO JOIN US.
AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE TWO MORE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA KIND OF CONFIRMING FROM THE WEBSITE.
I THINK THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT WE HAVEN'T INTERVIEWED.
UM, FACT ON MY PHONE, UM, FACT, DAN, YOU MAY, DO YOU KNOW OF MS. ADAMS HERE? IS IT JULY 2ND? GOT ONE MORE PERSON TO INTERVIEW.
THAT'S ANOTHER, THE REASON THAT SOMEONE, THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT WE INTERVIEWED LAST YEAR MM-HMM
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YOU CAME ON THE BOARD HAD MULTIPLE CANDIDATES AND WE SELECTED PEOPLE, BUT WE WERE HAPPY.EVERYBODY WHO INTERVIEWED WAS HAPPY WITH ALL THE CANDIDATES.
SO IF AS MR. FIT, I THINK WE NEED TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND, IF THAT PERSON'S STILL, CAN YOU REENGAGE THEM? YEAH.
AND THE REASON IT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 8.2, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT AND OR REAPPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
AND THE LAST TIME WE MET THERE WAS CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.
BUT I'M SITTING IN THE CHAIR RIGHT NOW, UH, 'CAUSE I WAS THE VICE CHAIR BEFORE AND I WOULD STILL LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A FULLER YEAH.
UM, I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND IT WOULD BE UP TO THE, THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, IS THAT, UM, I SAW THAT I'M SAYING NO, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS TO CONTINUE IN THIS SPACE, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TALENTS THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THE COMMISSION.
AND JUST TO BE FAIR, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO WAIT TILL WE HAVE MORE MEMBERS BEFORE WE APPOINT ANOTHER CHAIR ADVISOR.
AND IF I'M CORRECT, CHRISTIE, THERE'S NO TIME THEN FOR US TO OFFICIALLY APPOINT OR REAPPOINT MM-HMM
YOU WOULD JUST BE ACTING CHAIR UNTIL THAT HAPPENS.
I JUST, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE COMMISSION GET THROUGH THE, THIS KIND OF, UH, TRANSITIONAL TIME UNLESS WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO BE VICE CHAIR, BECAUSE THAT'S A TRAINING MM-HMM.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US HERE TODAY, SO IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION OFFICIALLY OF WE DON'T HAVE A MORE PEOPLE, YOU DO HAVE A QUORUM.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS CHANGED BY CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE OF WHAT THE, THE WIDE ISSUE OF LACK OF QUORUMS MM-HMM
ACROSS WHEN NOTHING WAS GETTING DONE.
SO THAT WAS THE, SO I'M REALLY GLAD YOU WERE PART OF THAT.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENED.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK, UM, THAT UNTIL WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TWO OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT ON THAT, ON THOSE, ON THOSE ITEMS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION.
DO WE NEED SECOND? SO ARE YOU TABLING THE ITEM? YES.
TRACKING RIDE ALONG TO ITEM 8 23.
UM, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE CURRENT TIME.
LET'S ASSOCIATE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SHORT TERM DIV ACTION PLAN.
ACTION ITEMS. THERE WAS A COUPLE, AND I DON'T HAVE THE OLD ONE DATE.
TO COMPARE IT TO, BUT JUST EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF GOT MOVED FORWARD ABOUT A MONTH, I MEAN, OUT A MONTH OF THE ORIGINAL DATE BECAUSE WE LOST OUR CHAIR AND TWO OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS DURING THE TIME THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN KICKING SOME OF THESE OFF.
UM, THAT WE, I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE NEW DATES.
AND OR IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO IT OR ANYTHING, ANY OTHER ACTION.
JUST AS IT AS, AS IT'S PRESENTED HERE.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT POP OUT TO YOU.
ALSO, YOU'RE
DID YOU HAVE ANY, UM, LIKE BURNING QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S NOT? JUST KNOW THAT A STRATEGIC PLAN IS MEANT AS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
SO AS OUR, AS THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY CHANGES AND EBBS AND FLOWS, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS OR STRATEGIC PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL MAKING GOOD ON STAYING IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S CORE VALUES AND THE CITY'S, UM, PILLARS OF MY, ALONG WITH THE CITY'S OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THAT'S WHY OUR PLAN IS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE DYNAMIC.
SO IT'LL CHANGE, UM, USUALLY THIS IS THE DATES THAT, UM, WE, SO THESE ARE THE NEW DATES, RIGHT? SOME ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN PUSHED OUT.
SO THE ONLY ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE, YOU LOOK AT ONE DASH SEVEN, THAT'S THE, THIS ONE, LET ME SEE.
IT'S ONE DASH SEVEN BECAUSE I JUST CANNOT BE, AND I DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE IN THE CHAIR RULE.
SO THE ONE DASH SEVEN, THE ONLY UPDATE THERE IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OCTOBER 2ND.
WAS THAT THE DATE THEY, YOU GAVE ME JIM, FOR THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING? YES.
IS THAT GONNA WORK FOR ME TO JUST DO IT THEN? THE PRO? SO I WOULD JUST NEED TO KNOW TODAY? YES.
SO THAT, BECAUSE WITH THE NEW STATE LAWS AND THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE POSTED, UM, IF IT'S GONNA BE JUST A PRESENTATION OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE AN UPDATE OR, UM, KIND OF THE FORMAT OF THAT.
SO I CAN LIKE TONIGHT GO AND ADD THAT AS AN AGENDA.
UM, WITH CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL JUST PUSH IT BACK TO THE OCTOBER 2ND MEETING.
SHE GOES, I CAN'T BE HERE FOR THE SEPTEMBER, SO SEPTEMBER MEETING, WHICH IS THIS THURSDAY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM 4.2 THAT HAS TO DO WITH THIS TIME, WHICH IS OCT AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
UM, FOR, TO BEING THE LIAISON WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I'M ALSO ON THE, UM, WORKFORCE AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
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YEAH, SO 5.1 GOES WITH THE OCTOBER 2ND DATE OF 1.7, ONE DASH SEVEN.SO MAKE A POINT FOR ALL OUR COMMISSIONERS TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.
AND THEN THE YOU BELONG AND HUDDLE CAMPAIGN, UM, PUSHING THAT IN AUGUST, IN OCTOBER.
AND THAT'S GOING TO MATTER BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALK, WHEN WE, BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING ON OUR NEW COMMUNICATIONS PERSON, NEW COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER MM-HMM
THAT HINGES THAT YOU BELONG IN HUDDLE CAMPAIGN REALLY DOES HINGE ON, UM, THE EXPERTISE, THE GUIDANCE AND THE UM, I GUESS PERMISSIONS OF WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THAT.
WE PROBABLY NEED TO PUSH THAT TO PROBABLY JANUARY.
IT'S GONNA RECOMMEND JUST BECAUSE WHEN ARE THEY STARTING? THEY WON'T START.
AND UM, LIKE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS I THINK.
AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, KIND OF THEIR ONBOARDING PROCESS.
I'M BACK IN JANUARY, START FRESH.
SO JANUARY IS A, I DUNNO IF THIS HAS TO BE A SHORT MONTH.
WHAT DID WE SAY THAT WE WORK ON IT IN JANUARY AND WE LONG, SO DO WE GET THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS AND WE WANNA SEE IS WE WORK ON THAT IN FEBRUARY.
SO LET'S UPDATE THAT TO FEBRUARY, WHICH IS ITEM FIVE DASH FIVE MM-HMM
HOW, AND IT ALSO, I THINK AT THAT POINT WITH THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WE'RE HAVING TO WORK WITH THE OTHER GROUPS.
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOWCASE THE, YOU BELONG IN HUDDLES BY HAVING THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH OTHER WORKING GROUPS, WITH OTHER, UM, OUR WORKING GROUPS WILL BE UP AND HAVE MET AT LEAST ONCE, MAYBE TWICE.
AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE LAB AND THE OTHER BOARD AND COMMISSIONS, UM, WOULD ALREADY AT LEAST HAVE, WOULD HAVE AT LEAST THAT INTENTION STATED AND MAYBE A PLAN FOR HOW DO WE WORK WITH THESE OTHER GROUPS SO THAT YOU BELONG IN HUDDLE TAGLINE, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.
WE CAN SAY, HEY, THIS IS HOW WE'VE ALREADY BEEN SHOWING UP.
IT'S HOW WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING IT.
THEN IN FEBRUARY WE LAUNCHED IT WITH THE COMMS TEAM.
SO CURRENT THOMAS STATE, ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS OR FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE? OKAY.
SO THE, UM, IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE NEW TIMELINE AS PRESENTED WITH THE UPDATE OF ITEM ONE DASH SEVEN AND FIVE DASH ONE TO HAVE A TARGET DATE OF OCTOBER 2ND, 2025 TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND ITEM FIVE DASH FIVE, PUSHING TO FEBRUARY, 2026.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM ONE DASH SEVEN AND ONE DASH FIVE TO MOVE TO OCTOBER 2ND.
AND ITEM FIVE DASH FIVE TO BE, UH, LAUNCHED ON FEBRUARY 26TH AS PRESENTED.
JUST TO CLARIFY, ONE DASH SEVEN AND FIVE DASH ONE OR ONE DASH FIVE, ONE DASH SEVEN AND FIVE DASH FIVE DASH ONE FIVE DASH ONE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT THOSE GO TOGETHER.
IT SAYS REVIEW INTERNET RESOURCES FOR RESIDENTS SPACE FOR COMPLETENESS AND EASE OF USE.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD WORK ON WITH COMMUNICATIONS MEMBERS COMMUNICATES AS MANAGER AS WELL.
SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, FIVE DASH THREE? YEAH.
SO WITH FIVE DASH THREE, DO WE WANT TO PUT THAT IN COMM WITH, UM, FIVE DASH FIVE MM-HMM
SO IT'S KIND OF ALL IN FEBRUARY.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT WAY WE WOULD MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE TIME WITH THE NEW COMMS MANAGER AND WE'LL HAVE IN JANUARY WE HAVE, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE WANT SO THEY CAN, OR EVEN, OR AS SOON AS WE HAVE IT, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA THAT'LL INCORPORATE THAT INTO THEIR WORK AND ORIENTATION.
WAS THERE, WAS THERE A SECOND? I GOT IT.
ANY OPPOSED? JUST A QUESTION FORMAT.
IF YOU NOW REMOVE THE CORE REQUIREMENT TO THREE, DO THEY HAVE TO BE UNANIMOUS? I THINK THAT'S A ROBERT.
UM, ITEM 8.4 CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON REASSESSING THE LISTENING POSTS AND WORKING GROUPS TO INCLUDE ADDING ANOTHER GROUP.
SO THIS, THE ADDING THE OTHER GROUP FOR 18, 25-YEAR-OLD THAT ACTUALLY BELONGS TO COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE SHE'S NOT, SHE WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY.
SO TABLE THAT 8.4, UM, I, ITEM 8.5 CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A JOINT WORKING SESSION WITH THE HUDDLE AREA CHAMBER, WHICH IS, I'M ON THERE.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, INVITE COMMISSIONER BELL.
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THAT.AND I ALSO WANT TO, UM, ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO, ON ITEM 4.1, DIB COMMISSIONER MEMBER GUO WITH CHENEY, WHO WAS OUR EDC DIRECTOR MM-HMM
UM, CO-SPONSOR THAT WITH ME BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WITH SMALL BUSINESS BUSINESSES AND THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT IS A MAJOR COURSE FOR FUNCTION OF OUR EDC, UM, WHICH CHENEY LEADS.
SO I'LL BE, I WORK WITH HER ON THE, ON THE CHAMBER AS WELL.
SHE LIVES ON THE SAME COMMITTEE I'M ON, SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH HER EITHER WAY.
JUST ENSURES, UM, MY FOCUS AS WELL AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M DOING MY FULL JOB.
WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL EYES AND EARS ON THAT.
DO YOU HAVE DATES IN OCTOBER, RIGHT? NO, I, SHE HASN'T GIVEN ANY, BUT IT'LL BE IN OCTOBER WE'RE GONNA MEET.
SO I'LL GIVE 'EM TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU, I GOT, I GOT SPECIAL DAYS.
I'LL REMIND HER, UM, TO GIMME SOME BASE IF YOU COME ALONG WITH ME.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY VALUABLE.
AS YOU LIAISON WITH THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES.
PLUS SHE KNOWS EVERYONE AND ANYONE, WE PROBABLY KNOW SOME OF THE SAME FOLKS.
SO, UM, I'LL JUST ADD YOU TO THAT CONVERSATION.
IT'S GONNA BE TOWARDS THE END OF THE OCTOBER.
I KNOW THAT 'CAUSE WE HAVE A
UM, WHAT IS THE HUDDLE AREA CHAMBER? I REALIZED THAT'S A POSSIBLY A STUPID QUESTION, BUT OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS THERE TO, UM, GIVE LOCAL, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT WAS JUST ALL BUSINESSES, A RESOURCE, UM, A WAY TO GET RESOURCES.
A LOT OF IT IS NETWORKING FOR LIKE CROSS BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, UH, SUPPORT ACROSS BUSINESS.
THEY GIVE THEM EDUCATION ON GOVERNANCE AND HOW POLICIES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE CHAIR OF AND TRADE POLICIES MAY AFFECT THEM.
THEY PUT TOGETHER INFO SESSIONS FOR BUSINESSES AS WELL AS, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY RECENTLY CROSS COLLABORATED WITH OTHER CHAMBERS TO HAVE A TEXAS KOREA BUSINESS EXCHANGE THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN IN TAYLOR, COULD BEEN, I ACTUALLY IT WAS AN AGENT.
CAME FULL AGENT COMMUNITY FROM OFFICE AND THEY HAD IT HERE IN HURO, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT FOR US.
SO THEY DO, AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST HU CHAMBER.COM YES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE JUST LAUNCHED IN WITH THE CHAMBER IN, UM, APRIL WAS THEIR FIRST COMMITTEE, WORK COMMITTEE.
SO IT'S THE TA, WORKFORCE AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S LIKE A SMALLER GROUP OF VERY SELECT CHAMBER MEMBERS.
AND OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM OF THAT COMMITTEE IS A COLLABORATION WITH THE ISD.
SO WE'RE PUTTING ON AN EIGHTH GRADE CTE CAREER, IT'S CALLED PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES EVENT AT TAMAN, TEXAS.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS TO HELP ON THE CHAMBER SAID THIS IS CONNECT WITH THE ISD IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND FOR THE ISD TO HAVE, UM, MORE STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT CTE PATHWAY.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON THAT.
UM, AND SO, AND THEN IN THE SPRING, THAT SAME COMMITTEE IS IN CHARGE OF ORGANIZING A JOB FAIR FOR HATO, WHICH HASN'T BEEN DONE IN A, I DON'T KNOW EVER, BUT IN A VERY LONG TIME.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING.
THERE'S, UM, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A LOT OF SIGN UP FOR BUSINESS THAT WOULDN'T BE REPRESENTED AT THAT JOB FAIR AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE CHAMBER IS DOING, UM, HERE AT HA.
SO CONNECTION TO JOINT WORKING
SO A JOINT WORKING SESSION WITH THEM WOULD BE, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD BE.
MAYBE IT WOULD BE LIKE THE NEXT, BECAUSE WE HAVE WITH THE CHAMBER, WE ARE VERY, VERY BUSY WITH THIS.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE NOVEMBER 5TH, WHICH IS A ISTIC CAREER 'CAUSE AND I'LL CHECK WITH BILLY, BUT BILL DE JUDAS IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER.
UM, SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE, OF THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.
UM, I'M THINKING NOW I'LL CHECK WITH HER.
BUT YES, WE SHOULD HAVE A JOINT WORKING SESSION WITH THEM.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE SPRING BEFORE OUR JOB FAIR.
YOU GOT NO WAY TO HAVE YOUR JOB FAIR? NO, JUST IN THE SPRING.
WHERE, WHERE PROBABLY AT TST C, THE EAST WILSON COUNTY.
WE SHOULD WHAT WE HAVE 'EM OR WE'RE GONNA FIND, THEY'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT MAYBE WE GOING, WE'RE HAVING OUR, OUR CAREER REQUEST THING.
THEY GO TO TECHNIC TEXAS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT SPRING IS A BIG TOWN FOR JOB FAIR.
SO YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS THAT MAJOR JOB FAIR MM-HMM
AND THE ONE, THE YOUTH JOB FAIR, THE YOUTH FEST THE RED WIDE AND WE'RE COORDINATING WITH RURAL CAPITAL AREA TO MAKE SURE, UM, IT MAKES SENSE AND THAT WE'RE REACHING, UM, BUSINESSES AND WE'RE IN POPULATION OF TALENT THAT ISN'T ALREADY BEING, THAT WE DON'T WANNA OVERSATURATE.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THERE'S, BUT THERE'S ALSO A GAP THERE BECAUSE A LOT OF CITIZENS OR PEOPLE THAT MAY WORK THAT LIVE IN HURO DON'T NECESSARILY GET THESE GOOD PAYING HU JOBS.
ALL THESE COMPANIES COME HERE.
AND THAT'S A BIG FOCUS OF HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CLOSE THAT GAP IN ACCESSING THOSE JOBS FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HURO FOR COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING TO HURO.
SO THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS WHEN YOU'RE WRITING AN AGREEMENT FOR
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A COMPANY TO MOVE INTO HU YOU PUT A WAGE LIMIT IN THERE AND THEY MIGHT, THAT IS PART OF IT.YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT WITH YOU.
YOU PUT A WAGE LIMIT OF THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE AND YOU HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF THEY HAVE TO BE A FEDERAL RESIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THOUGH? MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S HERE.
REAL THAT A LOT OF JUST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
THAT THESE GOOD PAYING JOBS ARE RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAVE A, A COLLEGE.
SO HAVING A, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN PROMPT FOR HAVING THE JOB FAIR.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE GONNA WANNA TALK ABOUT IS HAVING A JOB FAIR HERE FOR, AGAIN, EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
IS WHAT KIND OF DROVE THAT IDEA.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO BE SHAPED BY THE COMPANY THAT RESPOND, THAT WANNA BE A PART OF IT AND THEN SPACE AND CAPACITY.
BUT WE'VE COMMITTED TO IT SO THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
UM, SO I'M GONNA SAY, I WOULD SAY THAT WE, DO WE HAVE IT TAKE WE VOTE THAT WE, THAT WE DO WANT TO HAVE A JOINT WORKING SESSION WITH THEM.
I THINK IT'S JUST THAT'S THE, THE VOTE IF THE COMMISSIONER IS SAYING YES, WE WANNA HAVE A WORK SESSION, AND THEN IF YOU AND COMMISSIONER BROWN WANT TO WORK ON THE WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, YOU CAN BRING THAT BACK.
SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVE SCHEDULING A JOINT WORKING SESSION.
THIS WOULD BE GREAT FOR YOU TOO.
'CAUSE YOU GET TO MEET WITH THEM IN A MEANINGFUL WAGE.
AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, TO HAVE A JOINT WORKING SESSION IN THE SPRINGTIME OF 26 WITH THE HUDDLE CHAMBER OF COM, WITH THE HUDDLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, NEXT ITEM, 8.6 CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON UPCOMING PROCLAMATIONS FOR OCTOBER, DECEMBER.
SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE LIST.
SO BEFORE WE GO INTO THE PROCLAMATIONS, AND I HEARD THE STORIES AND EVERYTHING AS FAR AS THE LIBRARY WAS THE, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAVE LISTED AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WE KIND OF CHOOSE FROM.
I SEE WHERE THE LIBRARY FOLKS WERE GOING.
BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS TO BE CAREFUL WITH PROCLAMATIONS AND MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, HEY, ANYBODY, YOU CAN CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT.
IT MIGHT BE SOME PROCLAMATIONS IN THERE THAT WE MIGHT NOT AS A CITY WANT TO CELEBRATE.
SO I'M JUST, AND SO WE, I KNOW WE DIDN'T, I DIDN'T WANNA GET ALL INTO IT.
THAT'S WHY I SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO VET THAT OUT.
SO, UH, IF WE, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE KIND OF PARTNER WITH LIBRARY OR THEY CAN DO THEIR OWN OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT KIND OF HAVING SOME PARAMETERS AROUND.
I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE IDEA BEHIND, UM, HAVING THE MAYOR APPROVED PROCLAMATIONS TO IMPLEMENT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WAS GIVEN.
UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE, UM, TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FILTER ON THAT, ON ONE, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T, UM, IT MAY NOT FIT HERE.
PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT.
WE AIN'T COMING OUT PROCLAMATION.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS, DAVID REH.
OH, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WAS A THING.
NO, BUT YOU MAY NOT, YOU DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA BRING IT HERE.
YEAH, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE KNOW.
SO THAT'S WHY IM LIKE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SUGGEST WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROCLAMATIONS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE PROCLAMATIONS ARE SAYING WE AS HU EVEN THOUGH IT REPRESENTS CERTAIN POCKETS, WE AS A CITY ARE ACKNOWLEDGING, ACCEPTING, CELEBRATING, DOING.
NOT JUST THAT, BUT NOW DOING THIS IN BETWEEN, LIKE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING THAT WE SUPPORT THIS AND THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY TAKING SOME TYPE OF ACTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT POPULATION IS REPRESENTED OR PROTECTED OR PROMOTED OR WHATEVER THE CASE, WHATEVER THE REQUEST MIGHT BE, WHATEVER'S APPROPRIATE.
AND MAY, MAYBE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AS A COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT, UM, DATA, FOR EXAMPLE, MORE.
YOU MADE A GREAT POINT ABOUT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT REAL DATA TO SEE WHAT THE REPRESENTATION LOOKS LIKE NOW, THAT'LL BE A VERY DEEP DIVE WORK.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
SOMETHING WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADOPT AS A COMMISSION, AS SOMETHING THAT EVERY TIME WE MEET, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT SOME SHAPE OR FORM.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS YET OF THAT DATA OF, IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, LET'S SAY, A DHG AWARENESS MONTH, IS THAT ALREADY BEING DONE? DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS, MONTH DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH.
MAYBE THERE'S A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, GROUP OF FAMILIES WHO ARE SAYING, HEY, WITH THE LEGISLATION COMING DOWN AND BUDGETS BEING CUT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMS IN, IN OUR SCHOOLS, WE NEED SOME TYPE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE CITY.
SO THEREFORE WE'RE BEING HEARD AND SEEN.
AND MAYBE THE CITY HAS A WAY OF OFFERING SERVICES THAT MAYBE THE SCHOOLS CAN NO LONGER DO.
OR I MEAN, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
SO USING DATA TO GUIDE WHAT PROCLAMATIONS, AT LEAST OUR COMMISSION CHOOSES.
IS THERE ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD IDEA? I JUST DON'T KNOW.
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HOW DO WE GET THE DATA? WHAT, WHICH DATA WOULD WE USE? SO WE HAVE THAT, UM, COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WE TAKE, I FORGET EVERY OTHER YEAR ARE THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS BUILT INTO THAT.SO NOT AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT PROCLAMATION OR WHAT GROUPS, BUT THE, THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IS.
AND, UM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN THE QUESTION CREATION STARTS WE'RE COMING NEXT YEAR.
AND WHEN WE WENT THROUGH IT LAST TIME, UH, WE DID INCLUDE THE COMMISSION TO, UM, REVIEW OR, AND OR SUBMIT SOME QUESTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE OVERALL, UM, QUESTIONNAIRE.
UH, OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S A SURVEY AND CERTAIN THINGS HAVE TO BE WORDED A CERTAIN WAY, BUT IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR DATA POINT OR GROUP THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOLD IN AND USE THOSE DATA POINTS.
NOT JUST FOR YOUR PROCLAMATIONS, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE.
DO WE KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS WERE ADDED FROM THE COMMISSION LAST YEAR? IT WASN'T LAST YEAR WAS THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T, I CAN PULL IF IT IS THERE.
AND THEN ALSO I WANT, I KNOW, UM, MORRIS STEPPED OUT, BUT DAN, IN YOUR CAMPAIGNS, I'M SURE YOU'RE HEARING A LOT.
'CAUSE NOT EVERYTHING'S COLLECTED IN A SURVEY THAT MAY BE COMMUNICATED TO CITY LEADERSHIP.
SO, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT NOW, BUT AS YOU THINK THROUGH HOW WE, UM, DECIDE AT LEAST OUR COMMISSION, WHAT PROCLAMATION WE WANNA PROMOTE AND MAKE SURE, MAKE IT TO THE AGENDA, JUST HAVING TIMELY WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE DATA DRIVEN.
YOU'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE THAT EXPECT THINGS FROM THE CITY ALL THE TIME.
SO YOUR INPUT IS GONNA BE REALLY VALUABLE.
AND IF COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS IS GONNA CONTINUE TO COME OR JUST GATHER IT FROM THEM AND SAY, WHAT ARE Y'ALL HEARING? BECAUSE I'M GONNA GO TALK TO THESE DIV COMMISSION.
UM, SOMETIMES THE CONVERSATION MAY ONLY HAPPEN WITH Y'ALL AND NEVER MAKE IT ONTO A SURVEY.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, HAVE SOME TALK, SOME TYPE OF BASELINE FOR WHAT PROCLAMATIONS, UM, ARE MAKING OR THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, THAT WE'RE PUSHING AS A COMMISSION, EVERYBODY ELSE, AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN WAY OF FIGURING THAT OUT.
BUT HAVING THAT INPUT FROM JUST CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM, YOU'RE HEARING THIS A LOT AND THEN THE DATA POINTS FROM THE DEMOGRAPHIC, DATA FROM THE SURVEY, THE CITIES THAT CHRISTIE HAS, UM, MENTIONED TO US IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING ABOUT THE SURVEY.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S VALUE IN KEEPING THE SAME QUESTIONS BECAUSE PART OF THE VALUE OF THE SURVEY IS BEING ABLE TO SEE HOW THE ANSWERS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME.
SO YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE A QUESTION, IT MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME VALUE IN STILL KEEPING IT.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS YOU TRY TO NAVIGATE WHICH YOU WANT, ADD WHAT YOU THINK WE DON'T NEED, WHATEVER.
SO ADDING RATHER THAN TAKING, I MEAN WE COULD, WE IT'S NOT THE SAME DATA POINT CHANGE.
UNTIL IT BECOMES ZERO COUPLE OF TIMES THAT OKAY.
SO IT'S JUST, SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S ONE PLACE YOU MIGHT FIND PUSHBACK.
IF YOU SUGGEST THROWING SOMETHING OUT AND PUTTING SOMETHING ELSE IN ITS PLACE, IT GETS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF, WELL, MAYBE THAT'S BETTER, BUT IN THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COLLECT.
SO I GUESS WHAT TO KIND OF APPROACH IT A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY, AS FAR AS THE, UH, SURVEY QUESTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLAY RIGHT NOW.
HOW, HOW LONG HAS THOSE SURVEY QUESTIONS BEEN USED? HAS IT BEEN TWO YEARS? THREE YEARS? FOUR.
SO THERE'S ONLY, THIS WOULD ONLY BE THE SECOND ITERATION OF THE, OF THE SURVEY.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND ROUND.
AND WE HAVEN'T STARTED, UM, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER YET.
AND, AND, AND TYPICALLY THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION IS 'CAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE SURVEYS, QUESTIONNAIRES, WHEN YOU TRY TO CREATE BENCHMARKS, YOU KIND OF USE THE VALIDATION APPROACH OF THREE YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND SO FOR THE CITY IN GENERAL MM-HMM
THIS WILL BE I THINK THE THIRD TIME ON THIS SURVEY COMPANY MAYBE.
BUT IT'S JUST THE SECOND TIME THAT WE'VE, THE SECOND TIME WE'VE INCLUDED FROM THIS COMMISSION.
JUST TO KIND OF GET A VALID, THE VALIDATION OF THE BENCHMARK USING IT THE SAME QUESTIONS THREE YEARS YEAH.
TO KIND OF GET YOU, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU NEED TO TWEAK IT.
WHERE, WHERE THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY, YEAH.
AND, AND THIS, THIS SURVEY IS DONE IN A WAY TO MAKE IT STATISTICALLY VALID.
THEY DO ALL THE RESEARCH AND THEY SPREAD OUT THE INVITATIONS.
SO YOU SEE, WE DON'T HAVE DATES YET FOR WHEN THE NEW SURVEY.
SO WE'D WANNA PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
'CAUSE WE WOULD WANT TO, WE'D WANNA, WE WANNA TAKE A RESPONSIBILITY UPON OURSELVES AS A COMMISSION TO READ IT AND SEE WHERE ARE THE GAPS.
LIKE IT MAY BE COMPLETE AND BE LIKE, THIS IS PERFECT.
BUT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE TODAY IS NOT GONNA GATHER WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY TOMORROW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, I HAVEN'T READ IT, SO I WANT A BAD IDEA.
I READ THE ORIGINAL ONE, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA TO ADD ONE YEAH.
OR SOMETHING EVERY YEAR OR SLIGHTLY MODIFY ONE.
WELL, I'M JUST SAYING IS THAT IT'S THE WHATEVER THE NEW QUESTION IS, IT'S VETTED WELL, YES.
IT'S LOOKED AT AND EVEN ASSISTED ON FROM
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THE, THE THIRD PARTY GROUP IS, HOW DO YOU WORD THAT? 'CAUSE THE WORDING'S SO IMPORTANT.WHERE WOULD WE SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT? LIKE IF WE WANTED TO READ IT NEXT WEEK OR GIVE SOMEBODY, GIVE OURSELVES HOMEWORK.
I KNOW THAT IT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND I'LL WHERE EXACTLY WE HAVE TO DIG.
BUT I PUT A NOTE TO MYSELF TO GO BACK AND FIND IT.
SO I CAN SHARE ALL THAT WHEN I FOLLOW UP.
LET'S GIVE OURSELVES HOMEWORK AS A COMMISSION AND THEN WE'LL PUT IT IN THE NOTES TOO.
UM, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON AND THEN JAVI JAVI.
I'M JUST GONNA, I, I'M A NERD FOR THAT KIND.
LIKE, I READ THIS WHEN I FIRST CAME.
BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'D BE LOOKING AT IT WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF EYES NOW BECAUSE NOW WE NEED TO TAKE SOME ACTION ON IT, POSSIBLY RIGHT.
AS A COMMISSION AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STATE LEADERSHIP.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT IS GONNA BE REALLY INTERESTING AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW.
I JUST MAKING STUFF UP, I GUESS I STEPPED OUT, BUT IS THIS, THIS SURVEY IS TO ASSIST IN CREATING THE PROCLAMATIONS? NO, THIS IS ON, THAT'S WHAT HERE OKAY.
SO YEAH, COULD WE KIND OF MOVED ON THAT? THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT LED TO.
UM, SO ANYTHING ELSE ON ACTION? ITEM 8.6.
BUT BECAUSE YES, IT DID COME FROM THE CONVERSATION ON THE PROCLAMATION AND BE WELL, WELL, I, I WAS, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR SUBMITTING A PROCLAMATION FOR CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF? YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OFFICIAL PROCESS.
SO THERE KIND OF IS NOW, UM, BEFORE, UH, AT LEAST ON THE STAFF SIDE, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S FOR OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, THEY CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY, BUT BEFORE IT WOULD BE THE COMMISSION VOTED.
UH, THEY HAVE A PROCLAMATION DRAFT.
EVERYONE SAYS, OKAY, AS THE COMMISSION, THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
I ADD IT TO THE AGENDA AS THE DEIV COMMISSION.
NOW, UM, WHATEVER PROCLAMATIONS, AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY, WE'RE PRESENTING THIS ON BEHALF OF THE DIV COMMISSION.
THEN I SEND IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE WHO THEN SENDS IT TO THE MAYOR SO THAT HE CAN SAY, YES, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
AND THEN IT GOES ON TO THE AGENDA.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PROCESS.
NOW DO Y'ALL, DO Y'ALL HAVE THE SAY IN THAT TOO? OR IS IT JUST THE MAYOR WHO HAS THE FINAL STEM? THE MAYOR NORMALLY CREATES THE AGENDA, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN ADD THINGS TO AN AGENDA.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM.
SO IF YOU WANT, SO IF YOU RUN INTO A ROADBLOCK, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY REACH OUT TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT USED TO BE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER AND I'M, BUT THEN THEY, YEAH, WE'VE HAD, THEN IT WAS ALL MAYOR ONLY, BUT THEN THE MAYOR PUSHED BACK AND THEN WE CAN, MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN ADD IT, AND IF A COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO ADD IT, I WILL ALWAYS VOTE TO ADD IT.
YOU KNOW, UH, THEY'RE NEVER GONNA JUST BE ONE PERSON ADDING IT UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA THEORIZE, BUT YEAH.
I WAS SAY, I'M GOING ADD SOME CRAZY STUFF.
SO ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM EIGHT ONE EXHIBIT I, I WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHAT PROCLAMATION DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO? WE DID, WE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO THAT POINT.
WELL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE WANTING ONE FOR OCTOBER, BECAUSE I WOULD NEED TO KNOW THAT TODAY AND THEN BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER AND WRITE ONE AND, OR, I MEAN, I CAN TRY TO HELP WITH THAT, BUT I WOULD AT LEAST NEED TO KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, IF, IF Y'ALL WANT TO HAVE ONE, ONE TO TWO OF THEM FROM THE LIST PER MONTH, ONE TO TWO.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT EASY FOR US BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THERE.
AND THIS IS WHERE I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE DATA WOULD REALLY HELP.
LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY AFFECTED BY THAT? AND NOW WE CAN SAFELY ASSUME THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S ON YOU, THEY'RE PRETTY BROAD.
TOUCHED MANY, MANY DIFFERENT LIVES.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AS A COMMISSION FOR OCTOBER AND IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
WHAT DO WE WANNA FOCUS ON THIS YEAR? UM, AS A COMMISSION.
I'LL ALSO REALLY QUICKLY SAY, UM, THE VICTIM SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THEY, NOR THEY TRADITIONALLY, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF, THEY TRADITIONALLY DO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
LIKE THIS MONTH THEY'RE DOING FROM LAST YEAR, THEY TALKED ABOUT IT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, BUT JUST THEY NORMALLY DO.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE UP IT ON NO, A PD I WOULD, WOULD EXPECT SOMEONE DO BREAST CANCER OR WELLNESS MONTH.
I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A, I WONDER IF HW IS GONNA DO A FUNDRAISER FOR THAT AND ESCAPE.
BUT, UM, I JUST, I REALLY LIKE WORLD INCLUSION DAY BECAUSE INCLU, BECAUSE IT HAS INCLUSION IN THERE WHERE THE DIB COMMITTEE AND THAT IS LIKE OCTOBER 10TH.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO, SO ON, OH WAIT, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE SECOND? OCTOBER 2ND.
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THE SECOND MEETING FIRST.WHAT'S THE SECOND MEETING? THE 16TH.
SO YEAH, HE HAS DO OCTOBER 2ND.
I WOULD WONDER, I JUST, I HAVEN'T EVEN READ ABOUT IT, BUT IT, I GUESS IT JUST MEANS THAT IT SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE, WON'T BE INTACT.
SECOND, AND THAT'S OCTOBER 2ND IS ALSO THE PROPOSED DATE OF THE, OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, I THINK THAT I ASKED WHAT I'M GOING TO FAVOR, BUT I WOULD SEE WHAT, UM, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE.
YOU CAN STILL VOTE, BUT YOU'RE NOT
YOU CAN STILL SAY, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE FOR IT.
CITY OF CLEVELAND, CLEVELAND, KRP, AND IN CINCINNATI, I WOULD LIKE, IF WE DO SELECT EVEN THOSE THREE OF US WORLD INCLUSION DAY, I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONER TOOLKIT TO BE THE ONE THAT PRESENTS IT.
WHAT IS WORLD INCLUSION? WE BASICALLY STAND NEXT.
YOU CAN THAT NEXT TO MARY READS IT, YOU HOLD IT, SMILE, TAKE, PHOTO TAKEN.
'CAUSE I'M ALREADY GONNA BE TALKING A LOT, DOING THE, DOING THE, THE READING OF IT.
ARE WE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE WANNA DO WORLD INCLUSION DAY? AND THAT COMMISSIONER T WILL, I'M STILL SAY T NOT YOUR LAST NAME.
KNOW I'M GONNA CHOP, I'M GONNA BUTCHER IT.
COMMISSIONER T IS COMFORTABLE WITH BEING THE ONE WHO BRINGS IT FORTH.
AND ALSO WE, WE HAVE A DRAFT THAT WE USE, UM, A TEMPLATE THAT, THAT CHRISTIE CAN PROVIDE, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT SHOWS WHAT YOU WANT IT TO SAY.
BY, BY LOOKING AT WHAT IS WORLD INCLUSION DAY, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR HARO? AND YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT GENERAL, WE TRY TO JUST TAKE THAT GENERAL IDEA AND APPLY IT TO, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE HERE? COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, SO YOU'RE ALREADY GETTING JOBS TO DO
I JUST GO COUNCIL MEETING VOLUNTOLD.
YOU JUST, SO I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE IS COMMISSIONER SORA IS ASKING IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH WRITING THE PROCLAMATION MM-HMM
WITH THE DRAFT, WITH THE TEMPLATE, WHICH I CAN SEND YOU A TEMPLATE.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO HELP DRAFT OR EDIT OR MM-HMM
BUT I WANT MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION AND THAT YOU'RE GOOD WITH IT.
SO WE CAN GET OFFLINE AND MEET, UH, TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IF YOU'D LIKE MM-HMM
UM, BUT THAT'S, I WANTED TO CLEAR OUT THAT SHE'S ASKING YOU TO ALSO TO WRITE IT.
I'M JUST MAKING SUGGESTIONS, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO DO IT.
UM, I GUESS WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT MM-HMM
THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT, HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WITH PROCLAMATIONS AND, UH, COMMISSIONER
WE ALSO HAD THE HUNGER ACTION MONTH, WHERE WE INVITED SOME FOLKS, SO MM-HMM
THE, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN BRING IN THIS, THE GROUPS THAN WITH WORD INCLUSION DAY.
I'M, I'M LIKE, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN INVITE ANYONE EVER, BUT AS, AS COMMISSIONERS, WHENEVER YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE GROUPS TO INVITE THEM TO THE PROCLAMATIONS IS, IS, UM, A REALLY, IS A REALLY GOOD THING.
OF COURSE, HAVING A COMMISSIONER THERE, BUT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL IN OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S MORE THAN WELCOMING.
HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE I DID FOR, FOR WORLD HUNGER, FOR HUNGER AWARENESS, WE HAD ALREADY HAD HRC MM-HMM
WE ALREADY HAD, UM, LUTHER AND WE LUNCHBOX.
AND THEN WE, AND THEN THE LUNCHBOX CAME OUT OF THE ISD NEWSLETTER, THAT PARTNERSHIP MM-HMM
AND SO THAT'S WHEN, THEN I JUST CALLED THEM AND SAID, HEY, DO YOU GUYS, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THIS? AND THEY SHOWED UP AND I DIDN'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO SHE WAS OR IF THEY WERE GONNA SHOW UP.
AND THEY WERE REALLY HAPPY THAT SOMEBODY REACHED OUT TO THEM.
AND I JUST HAPPENED TO READ ABOUT IT IN THE, I IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY.
SO IT JUST GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT LENS OF LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I CALLED 'EM, I THINK IT WAS THE DAY OF, AND I WAS LIKE, CI INVITED THIS OTHER GROUP, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
SO YOU, AND IT, IT JUST, IT'S A GOOD WAY TO BRING MORE PEOPLE IN, ESPECIALLY IN OUR FAITH COMMUNITY, WHO MAY NOT ALWAYS BE INVITED.
EVERYONE JUST ASSUMES LIKE, OH, THEY'RE IN CHURCH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FINE.
LIKE, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO INCLUDE THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY LIKE THAT WITH MY PERSONAL OPINION.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION? DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND SET ONE FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AS WELL? AND YOU CAN MAKE ONE MOTION FOR ALL THREE.
WELL, WE'RE DEFINITELY DOING THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S A MASSIVE LIST.
SO OF COURSE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING NOT ON THE LIST THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF, I THINK VETERANS DAY, VETERAN DAY, IF THE LIBRARY WILL SAY THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO A POPULATION VETERANS DAY, I THINK THEY'RE NOT DOING A PROCLAMATION, BUT I DO THINK THEY DO PROGRAMMING AROUND PROGRAMMING.
SO WE WANT, I THINK THAT'S ON THE 11TH, FEBRUARY, REMEMBER? UM, YEAH.
I THINK WE, I WOULD SUGGEST, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE KEPT THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF OUR WORKING GROUPS.
SO FOR NOVEMBER WE DO VETERAN'S DAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT.
LET'S JUST DO ONE BECAUSE I DO WANNA LEAVE ROOM AND SPACE FOR OTHER BOARDS
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AND COMMISSIONS, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY THE, THE, THE TOP ONE FOR ME FOR VETERANS DAY BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE SENSE FOR US.AND NOW, UM, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE FOR YOU TO KNOW? CAN WE ASK YOU, HEY CHRISY, HAS ANYBODY ELSE SUBMITTED SOMETHING FOR VETERANS? YOU'RE LIKE, NO.
THEN WE CAN SAY, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND ALSO, DO YOU KNOW LUNG CANCER AWARENESS OR NATIONAL RUNAWAY PREVENTION? LIKE HOW MUCH TIME? YEAH.
BUT I LIKE, I CAN CHECK WITH PARKS BECAUSE THEY HAVE VETERANS MEMORIAL DEDICATION THAT THEY MAY BE DOING SOMETHING AROUND THAT'S GONNA BE NOVEMBER.
SO THEY MIGHT HAVE A PROCLAMATION AROUND THAT AS WELL.
SOMETIMES THE AMERICAN LEGION, UM, DOES THINGS SEPARATELY.
SO I CAN DEFINITELY TRY TO KEEP AN EAR OUT AND LET YOU KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING TO EACH OTHER, THE BIG GROUPS.
SO THEN, SO I CAN HAVE VETERANS DAY, BUT THEN THERE, THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH TIME BETWEEN, UM, Y'ALL CAN MEET AGAIN NEXT MONTH AND THEN I CAN HAVE AN UPDATE HOPEFULLY AT THAT POINT WHERE Y'ALL COULD SAY, OKAY, WE STILL WANNA DO VETERANS' DAY AND THIS OTHER THING, BUT AT LEAST FOR NOW YOU CAN KIND OF CONSOLIDATE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
'CAUSE THEN WE'D ALSO WANNA GET INPUT FROM OUR OTHER COMMISSIONERS OKAY.
SO LET'S, IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT, WE CAN PARK IT WITH VETERANS DAY.
UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES, THEN WE WANNA LET ANOTHER GROUP TAKE THE LEAD ON SPONSORING THAT AND WE DO A DIFFERENT ONE.
AND WE ARE, WE'RE A PRETTY DIVERSE GROUP.
AND THEN FOR DECEMBER TWO LAST YEAR, SEE, I'M LOOKING AT THIS LIST.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS, I HAVE TWO DIFFERENT, YEAH.
SO THOSE LISTS ARE SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT BECAUSE I THINK OF THAT ONE YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND PUSHED YOUR BELL IS I THINK DECEMBER WAS EITHER NON-EXISTENT OR Y'ALL DIDN'T VOTE ON ANY FROM DECEMBER.
THE, THE HIGHLIGHTED LIST THAT YOU, THE HIGHLIGHTED LIST.
AND THAT'S LIKE, THAT ONE'S FROM, I THINK RIGHT WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED, THAT WAS FROM OVER A YEAR AGO.
BUT I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS NEW, SO JUST REPRESENTING DIFFERENT INFORMATION SO THAT Y'ALL CAN DECIDE.
OR AGAIN, THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER, BUT, UM, I, WE HAD TRY TO DO THEM AT LEAST QUARTERLY SO PEOPLE COULD HAVE TIME TO, TO WRITE THEM AND THINK THE, I JUST NOTICED THAT THERE'S INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY AND NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MONTH.
COMMISSIONER COOK, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AROUND DECEMBER? HUMAN RIGHTS IS A PRETTY, UH, BIG UMBRELLA.
I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHETHER WE WANNA DO RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY OR THE NATIONAL WHEN IT'S MONTH.
I WOULD SAY IT'S JUST MONTH GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY.
SWITCHES IT OUT LONGER FOR THAT.
WHAT I WONDER WHAT DAY DOES IT FALL ON? BECAUSE WE CAN, WE CAN DECEMBER 10TH, THURSDAY.
SO WE COULD, IF WE CHOOSE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MONTH, TO YOUR POINT, WE CAN INCLUDE IN THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE ALSO WITHIN THAT RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY.
WE ARE A GLOBAL, WE, WE NEED, WE NEED TO THINK GLOBALLY.
'CAUSE YOU SAID DECEMBER 11TH, UH, 10TH.
UNIVERSAL MONTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND THEN AS WE MEET AGAIN, WE'LL SIGN IT OR IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY SPONSOR IT.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR PROCLAMATIONS? ITEM 8.6.
UM, CONSIDERING SPECIAL ACTION ITEM OF THE APPROVAL FROM THE AUGUST 19TH MEETING AND MINUTES WE WERE HERE.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ABOUT THE MEETING? NO, I'VE GONE THROUGH THOSE.
I, UM, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING.
I THINK THEN I MOTION TO, UH, MOTION TO CONSIDER.
THERE'S NO, NO POSSIBLE ACTION.
I, I MOTION TO APPROVE AUGUST 19TH, 2025.
AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM 8.8, OPEN DISCUSSION ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING.
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TO BRING OPEN MEANS THAT INCLUDES OUR CITY COUNCIL OR IS IT JUST, I MEAN, TECHNICALLY IT IS Y'ALL'S MEETING, SO YEAH, THEY'RE WELCOME YOU GUYS.I APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL ARE HERE.
WHY DON'T WE LOOKING TO HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING IN OCTOBER 3RD? ALWAYS.
BUT Y'ALL HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO MOVE IT, YOU CAN DO THAT NOW.
WAIT, YOU SAID YOU HAD THINGS COMING FROM OCTOBER 21ST WOULD BE THE NEXT EIGHT.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE DI VOLUME THAT GOOD.
WAIT, WHAT DID YOU SAY? SORRY.
UH, OCTOBER 21ST IS DIWALI, DO WE NEED TO MOVE IT? IT IS DIWALI MOST PROBABLY.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW IF, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA SHOOT DOWN FOR THAT, BUT, UH, WE CAN JOIN.
YEAH, SO YOU CAN ALWAYS WATCH IT, BUT AS VOTING, UH, PARTICIPANTS, YOU DO HAVE TO BE HERE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE ESTABLISH A QUORUM HERE, RIGHT? PHYSICALLY, YES.
WELL, I'M GONNA GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT FROM THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
SO, BUT PHYSICALLY
ATED FORUM HAS TO BE A STAFF, BUT A PHYSIC ROBERTS RULES.
UH, I, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE NEED TO WITNESS NECESSARILY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T MADE ANY PLANS AS OF YET.
SO, UH, I'M OKAY WITH MOVING IT TO A DIFFERENT DAY THAT WEEK.
I DON'T WANNA MOVE IT FROM THAT WEEK THOUGH, BECAUSE IT RUNS INTO ALL THE OTHER COMMITMENTS WE HAVE.
I KNOW I HAVEN'T HAD OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS HAVE, BUT IF WE WANTED TO, UM, MOVE THE DAY, BECAUSE IT'S ON A TUESDAY, THE 21ST, WE COULD HAVE IT ON A DIFFERENT DAY.
THURSDAY THE 23RD IS NOT A CITY COUNCIL WEEK.
AND THAT, SO THAT MAKES, THAT THURSDAY IS OPEN ON THE 23RD.
DOES IT, DO Y'ALL AND THEN AGAIN, WE ALSO WANNA HEAR, HAVE INPUT AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL WE'LL HAVE TIME.
WELL, ONE MORE MEETING BEFORE.
I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THE MEETING, UH, SCHEDULE.
I'LL JUST COME IN AND MISS EVERYONE.
UM, COMMISSIONER BELL, DID YOU WANNA, DID YOU HAVE A REQUEST TO MOVE IT? AND THIS IS A-D-E-I-B COMMISSIONER.
Y'ALL LET ME KNOW WHAT, LET THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS KNOW.
I FEEL BECAUSE I, I, I RESPECT.
SO DO WE WANNA MOVE IT IS Y'ALL WANNA UTILIZE THAT OPEN THURSDAY ON THE 23RD? YEAH.
UM, OH, I GUESS, UH, THE OTHER COMMISSIONER, THEY GET AN EMAIL WITH THE UPDATED, LET ME CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY YEAH.
WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? YEAH, WHAT ELSE? I MEAN, WHAT, THE ONLY THING NORMALLY IS CITY COUNCIL MEETING UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER ABUSE MM-HMM
THERE'S A COUNCIL MEETING ON THE SECOND AND THE 16TH.
THE CITY SUBSCRIPTION SHOWS THAT I'M, I'M NOT LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR.
I'M LOOKING AT THE CITY SUBSCRIPTION.
SO THERE'S BOTH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEETINGS ON THE SECOND AND 16TH.
UM, FAR AS THE SECOND IS, AS FAR AS THIS ROOM BEING OCCUPIED, IT IS NOT.
UM, IF Y'ALL WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION, THEN I CAN SEND THAT UPDATE OUT THE DAY FOR MOVING IT FROM THE 21ST TO THE 23RD.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE THE OCTOBER 21ST MEETING TO OCTOBER 23RD.
CAN I THROW SOMETHING ELSE IN THERE? NOT GO AHEAD.
SO NOT ABOUT YOUR MEETING, BUT DON'T WE NEED A D WALLY PROCLAMATION IN THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER ON THE 16TH, PROCLAMATIONS GROWING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY? YES.
FOR OCTOBER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORLD INCLUSION DAY.
'CAUSE THE 16TH IS BEFORE TOMORROW.
SO THEN ON THE, ON THE 16TH, WE CAN DO IT.
I DO BELIEVE, UM, THE LIBRARY HAS PROGRAMMING, UM, FROM THAT ALREADY IN, IN PLACE OCTOBER 16TH.
I HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORS WHO CELEBRATE AND I SEE WHEN THEY PUT THEIR DECORATIONS UP, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD COMES ALIVE COLOR.
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BROOKLYN.YOU JUST SEE IT AND I LOVE IT.
SO WE HAVE OUR TWO FOR OCTOBER.
SO WHO, UM, IS RUNNING THEM? SO I KNOW WE GAVE YOU WORLD INCLUSION DATE
YOU'RE LIKE, I'M GONNA FIGURE THIS OUT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR COMMISSION WORK.
IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I, I'M THAT KIND OF, WHICH DIRECT DO YOU WANNA POINT ME ON THE OCTOBER 2ND THEN? RIGHT.
SO ROAD INCLUSION DAYS, OCTOBER 2ND AND ALI PROCLAMATION WILL BE THE 16TH.
THE TWO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND THEN, WE'LL, SO WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH A PROCLAMATION OF THE SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE PROCLAMATION OF 16TH.
AND THEN WE'VE MOVED OUR, OUR COMMISSIONER'S MEETING TO THE 23RD.
IT'D BE GREAT, UM, TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT EXPERIENCE ON OUR, ON OUR MEETING ON THE 23RD.
LIKE CORINA DON'T GIMME ANYTHING ELSE TO DO.
ANYTHING ELSE IN THOSE PROCLAMATIONS OR, I'M SORRY.
OPEN DISCUSSION ITEM FOR NEXT MEETING.
BESIDES MOVING THE DATE, THAT WAS A BIG IMPORTANT ONE.
WE HAVE AN AGENDA FOR THE MEETING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA IS, UM, OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE NOTES FROM THIS MEETING, BUT THAT WE USE THAT TIME TO, UM, STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND THE SMALL WORKING GROUPS WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD SO THAT THE OTHER COMMISSION IS MAYBE ONE OF THEM WAS GONNA WANNA BE A PART OF THAT AS WELL.
THAT WE TAKE AN ACTION ON SELECTING HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK BESIDES ME MEETING WITH MORGAN AND WHO ELSE WANTS TO BE A PART OF THAT FOR THE SENIOR WORKING GROUP.
'CAUSE WE DO STILL NEED A LIAISON.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU WANNA INCLUDE IN OUR NEXT MEETING? THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA? HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT MEETING, UH, ATTEND SOME OF THE LIBRARIES, UM, THOSE WORKSHOPS.
SO YEAH, SO I WOULD LOVE TO GET ENGAGED TO THAT.
AND SINCE WE'RE MOVING TO THE 23RD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALREADY ANNOUNCED THE WORKING GROUPS ON THE OCTOBER 2ND MEETING.
SO ON THE 23RD? ON THE 20, YES.
WHAT DO WE MOVE IT TO? 23RD? IT THE 23RD.
ON THE 23RD WE WANT TO LEAVE TIME TO, UM, DISCUSS THE LAUNCH OF THE WORKING GROUP, WHICH MEANS THAT, UM, WE TOUCH BASE WITH COMMISSIONER BELL, WITH MYSELF AND, UM, OUR VETERANS EFFORT AND WHOEVER'S GONNA BE SENIOR CITIZEN, WE HAVE DEDICATED TIME DURING THAT MEETING TO CHECK IN WITH HOW THAT LAUNCH LOOKS, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT, NOBODY MAY HAVE MET YET.
AND THEN ALSO DISCUSS, UM, HOW WE'RE GONNA SOLICIT IT.
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE SURVEY THAT FROM, WAS IT LAST YEAR'S SURVEY? YEAH.
I'LL SEND ALL THAT STUFF OUT AHEAD OF TIME.
I'M GONNA CHECK IN WITH PEOPLE'S HOMEWORK.
DID EVERYBODY READ
ANYTHING ELSE? IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING.
UM, CHRISTIE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US? WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND TODAY.
WE HAD AJOUR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ALTHOUGH I NEVER HEARD ABOUT MOTIONS TO ADJOURN THE CHAIR.
THINK WE, IT WAS JUST, HEY, WE'RE DONE.