[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on November 18, 2025.]
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WE CAN CALL THE SESSION TO ORDER AT 6:07 PM AND, UM, YOU JUST, THE NEXT ITEM IS WILL CALL, UH, ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER, ADD PRESENT? YEAH.
MR. WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON PRESENT.
MR. LEWIS IS ABSENT PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF.
UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
UH, CHRISTIE BARNES, COMMUNITY CULTURE OFFICER.
I WANTED TO VERBALLY IN INVITE YOU ALL TO OUR HOLIDAY BANQUET.
UM, YOU SHOULD ALSO BE RECEIVING AN OFFICIAL INVITE FROM THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE, BUT I WANTED TO GET IT ON YOUR CALENDARS.
UM, IN THE EVENT THAT YOU CAN ATTEND, IT WILL BE ON DECEMBER 12TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY AT 6:00 PM AND IT'LL BE IN THE GYM BUILDING, WHICH IS A SILVER BUILDING JUST ACROSS THE WAY HERE.
UM, WE HAD COMMISSIONERS BELL AND OTHERS FROM LAST YEAR ATTEND, AND IT'S AN EMPLOYEE EVENT, AND WE BRING OUR, YOU CAN BRING A SIGNIFICANT OTHER OR GUEST.
UM, IT IS AN ADULTS ONLY EVENT.
UM, WE WILL HAVE CHILDCARE AT CITY HALL FOR, I THINK, I THINK IT GOES AS YOUNG AS FROM FIVE TO 12.
I THINK IT'S THE CHILDRE TIME.
SO, UM, YOU CAN RSVP TO ME OR ONCE THAT OFFICIAL INVITE COMES OUT, YOU CAN REPLY BACK.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NETWORK WITH OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAN JUST ME AND KIND OF SEE SOME OTHER, UM, PEOPLE AROUND.
SO, UH, ALSO WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, ABBY
UM, AND SINCE COMMISSIONER ZEPEDA IS NOT HERE, AND SHE WAS GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON HER DISCUSSION WITH, UM, WITH ABBY, I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR ABBY TO GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF HOW THAT DISCUSSION WENT.
UM, AND ALSO, IF YOU'LL NOTICE, LOWER DOWN THE AGENDA, WE HAVE, LET'S SEE, 7.3 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOR COMMUNITY TO THE EP COMMUNITY SURVEY.
UM, I WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO BUMP THAT UP, UM, MAYBE RIGHT AFTER, UM, ITEM SIX, SO THAT WAY ABBY CAN GET, GET BACK DOWNSTAIRS.
SHE'S ACTUALLY ATTENDING HCU AS A PARTICIPANT, SO WANTING TO GIVE HER AS MUCH TIME THERE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE.
YEAH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
ABBY FENTON, UM, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO JOIN Y'ALL TODAY, FIRST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
UM, I'VE MET CORINA, BUT UM, I WANTED TO MEET YOU ALL, UM, AND GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE UPDATE ON SINCE SHE'S NOT HERE ON WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO I AM THE MANAGER FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
WE HANDLE THE SOCIAL MEDIA, THE WEBSITE, UM, BASICALLY ANYTHING YOU SEE FROM THE CITY OF HU COMES FROM OUR OFFICE.
SO, UM, THE BIG THING THAT WE ESTABLISHED WAS THE, UM, CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS, UH, WEBPAGE.
SO WE ESSENTIALLY CREATED A LANDING PAGE, UH, FOR THAT THAT EXPLAINS WHAT THE CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS ARE, UH, WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING.
AND IT HAS A FORM FOR, UH, RESIDENTS TO APPLY.
UM, AND THOSE APPLICATIONS WILL GO STRAIGHT TO CORINA AND I.
UM, AND SO YEAH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME TRACTION ON THAT.
WE JUST PUT OUT OUR FIRST SOCIAL PUSH FOR IT TODAY.
UM, AND WE'LL BE DOING A COUPLE MORE AS NEEDED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF TRACTION AND, AND HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WE GET.
SO THAT WAS THE REALLY BIG THING.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE DISCUSSED WAS A, UH, KIND OF AN INFORMAL COMMUNICATIONS PLAN GOING FORWARD FOR THE DIB COMMISSION.
UM, WE WANNA HELP YOU GUYS, UM, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT THERE IN ANY WAY.
WE HAVE A LARGE AUDIENCE AND, UM, SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE JUST HERE TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS.
SO, UM, DON'T BE AFRAID TO USE US.
UM, BUT WE DISCUSSED KIND OF A LARGE, UH, OVERVIEW
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PLAN, JUST ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP YOU, YOU GUYS, UM, YOU KNOW, MEET, MEET THINGS THAT ARE IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.SO, UM, JUST REMEMBER THAT WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU GUYS.
UM, AS FOR THE ETC SURVEY, SO THIS, YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, THE BIG COMMUNITY SURVEY, UM, I AM WORKING WITH ET C IS THE COMPANY THAT MY TEAM IS WORKING WITH TO GET THE SURVEY OUT THERE.
IT GOES OUT IN THE MAIL, IT ALSO GOES OUT ONLINE.
UM, AND THE BIG THING, THE BIG ASK, UH, FROM ETC IS THAT WE SHORTEN THE SURVEY THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'RE AT SEVEN PAGES, THAT'S WHAT THE LAST ONE WAS.
AND UH, THE WORRY IS THAT WE WON'T HAVE, WE'LL GET MORE, LESS PARTICIPATION THE LONGER THAN IT IS.
SO I ORIGINALLY HAD, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND BOARDS ADDING, UH, QUESTIONS AND THEN I GOT FEEDBACK THAT IT WAS TOO LONG BECAUSE I WAS AT 10 PAGES BY THAT TIME.
AND SO THEN I, NOW I'VE HAD TO GO BACK AND CUT OFF, CUT SOME OFF.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK TONIGHT THAT IF THERE'S A QUESTION THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT YOU WANNA ASK, UM, THAT YOU ALSO CHOOSE A QUESTION TO REPLACE IT WITH.
UM, SO, OR YOU CAN KEEP THEM THE SAME AS, UM, THE LAST SURVEY.
BUT, UH, IF THERE'S SOMETHING NEW YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, I JUST ASK THAT YOU ALSO CHOOSE ONE TO TAKE OFF FOR NOW AND ALSO KNOW THAT WE CAN, UM, JUST BECAUSE YOU TAKE IT OFF OF THIS SURVEY, IT'S NOT GONE FOREVER.
SO, UM, IF IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT CAN WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT SURVEY, THAT'S AN OPTION TOO.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, IF THERE IS ANY CHANGES, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THE SURVEY, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT TONIGHT.
YOU GUYS WOULD'VE TO VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT.
AND WE WOULD NEED, I WILL SEND THAT TO HER LIKE TONIGHT AS IF YOU GUYS VOTE ON IT.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF DOES THAT.
SO WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS OUT SO THAT, UM, WE CAN HAVE RESULTS BY FEBRUARY.
SO, UH, THEY ASKED THAT WE SEND IT THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER, SO I'M A LITTLE LATE ALREADY, SO I'D APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COULD TAKE ACTION ON IT TONIGHT.
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SO LIKE WITH THIS DOCUMENT, THIS REPRESENTING SOME OF THE, IS THIS ONE QUESTION OR ARE THESE ALL, THIS IS LIKE FIVE QUESTIONS WHERE THEY'RE ASKED TO RATE, BECAUSE I KNOW AFTER THAT THERE WAS A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
LIKE IF YES, THAT'S ONE QUESTION IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE QUESTION OR ADDING A QUESTION FOR THAT FIRST GROUP WHERE THERE'S KIND OF FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, THIS IS ONE QUESTION.
SO IF WE WANTED TO ON THAT QUESTION MM-HMM
ADD ADD LINES BECAUSE I THINK LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH WHEN WE TALKED, WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING SOMETHING, SOME TYPE OF LANGUAGE AROUND THE SENSE OF BELONGING IN THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF TIE IN THE FIXING MISSIONS RIGHT? GOALS.
SO COULD THAT BE AN AREA WHERE WE ADD THAT QUESTION OR IS IT GONNA HAVE TO BE A COMPLETELY NEW QUESTION AND WE REPLACE? I WOULD SAY IF IT IS, SO JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS HOW I SEE IT FROM MY SIDE.
SO THIS IS ALL THE DIFFERENT YOU PUBLISHING? YEAH.
UM, IF IT'S ADDING A LINE, YOU'RE SUGGESTING ADDING A LINE OR TWO HERE, YOU COULD DO THAT.
I JUST COULDN'T ADD AN ENTIRE SECTION.
WE HAVE TO DECIDE THE SPECIFIC QUESTION AS WELL.
BUT DOES IT HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, THE ETC APPROVAL? 'CAUSE WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE COULD BE A KIND OF LIKE
THEY HAVE LIKE A, A QUESTION BANK SPECIFICALLY AROUND, UM, SPECIFIC BELONGING.
NO, I DON'T, IT WOULDN'T GO THROUGH, UM, ET OKAY.
SO IF WE SAY, JUST GOES IN STRAIGHT UP YES.
AND THEY HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO REPLACE WHAT, WHICHEVER QUESTION THEN CORRECT.
DO WE HAVE A LIST OF WHAT QUESTIONS WERE PUT FORTH BY THE DEIB COMMISSION OR THESE ARE, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS.
SEE THAT'S A COPY OF THE RESULTS FROM TWO, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND I THINK I SHOULD, YEAH, I THINK IT, THERE'S THE
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UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ABBY WHILE SHE HERE? AS IT RELATES TO THE SURVEY? I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA POINT OF THE 400 NUMBER.ANY ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT THAT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WOULD HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT YEAH, I THINK WE WERE KIND OF QUESTION SAMPLE SIZE, BUT I THINK AS YOU THOUGHT, I THINK THEY ONLY, YOU KNOW, RECEIVED 400 BACK OR SOMETHING MM-HMM
BUT WE JUST WONDERED HOW MANY DID THEY ACTUALLY SEND OUT OR HOW MANY YOU GOT PLANNED ON SENDING OUT? YEAH, SO IT GOES TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN
SO THEY HAVE TO PHYSICALLY CHECK THEIR MAIL, TAKE IT OUT, FILL IT OUT, MAIL IT BACK TO E-C-C-E-T-C.
SO YOU EXPECT SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME NON-PARTICIPATION THAT WAY, BUT IT'S ALSO PUT ONLINE.
UM, AND WE'LL PROMOTE IT FROM OUR CITY SOCIALS AND IN OUR NEWSLETTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S, THERE'S NO THRESHOLD FOR, WE DON'T CLOSE IT AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, UM, PARTICIPANTS.
SO HOWEVER MANY RESPONSES THEY GET IN THAT TIME, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
UM, THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OR SOME KIND OF MAGIC NUMBER OF COURSE, AMSLER COULD SAY.
YEAH, I THOUGHT THERE WAS THAT MAGIC.
'CAUSE I THINK IT WAS 400, WE GOT LIKE FOUR 19 OR SOMETHING TO JUST MAKE IT YEAH.
UM, SO THAT MAY BE IT, BUT UM, IF IT 800 THEN EVEN BETTER.
BUT THAT WAS OUR QUESTION LAST TIME.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO ALL RECEIVED THE SURVEY OR HOW THEY DISTRIBUTED.
IT'S, IT'S MAILED TO EVERYONE AND IT'S PUT ONLINE AND PROMOTED.
SO, SO IT'S NOT ONLY OPEN TO HUDA CROPPER RESIDENTS, UM, IT'S ALSO OPEN TO THE SURROUNDING AREA BECAUSE THEY CAN ACCESS IT ONLINE, BUT THE PHYSICAL ONE IS ONLY MAILED TO FEDERAL RESIDENTS AND THROUGH THE WEBSITE.
SO WE CAN ALSO, UM, PUT THE WORD OUT, UM, THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK PAGES, LIKE FOR OUR SUBDIVISIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SMALL QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I'LL SEND YOU ANY UPDATE THAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY HAVEN.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK UP TO 7.1, UH, DISCUSSION IF POSSIBLE.
I THINK, SORRY, WE'RE ON, ON FIVE.
SO GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES? NONE.
AND THEN, UH, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, SO, UM, COMMISSIONER ZEPEDA ASKED THAT I PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA MM-HMM
UM, AND SHE'S NOT HERE, SO THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM.
UM, AND
NOW WE CAN MOVE TO OTHER BUSINESS
SO, UM, NEED THE MEETING MINUTES IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, THERE ANY EDITS OR QUESTIONS? YOU CAN DISCUSS THOSE NOW? IF NOT, UM, YOU JUST NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
AND A SECOND? I MOTION FOR THE, UM, NO, NO.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE FROM, UH, MS. KEILA? UH, KEILA COLEMAN? KYLA? YEAH, KYLA? UM, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF, WHAT DID WE SEND OUT? A, IN AGENDA? OKAY.
UM, I THINK FOR THE FIRST SCHEDULE, THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE SPECIFIC, I KIND OF OPEN THAT DOOR AND JUST SIT WITH ME ON, IF Y'ALL AT THE COMMISSION WANT HER TO COME ON A SPECIFIC DATE, WE CAN, Y'ALL CAN LET ME KNOW.
NO, I JUST WAS CURIOUS IF SHE RESPONDED TO THAT.
SHE, UM, UM, SHE DIDN'T MAKE ME A DATE OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT SO SHE DID RESPOND, IS THAT, UH, NO, I, I LET HER KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION
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HAD KIND OF OPENED THE DOOR FOR HER TO ATTEND ANY TIME SHE WOULD LIKE, SO SHE JUST SAID, OKAY.DID YOU DO THAT IN PERSON OR IT WAS AN EMAIL? IT WAS A VERBAL.
UM, AND ALSO JUST IF, AND I'M HAPPY TO TO CONTINUE DOING THAT, BUT AT ANY TIME IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT A STAFF MEMBER DOES THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE EXTRA PROPS OR PRAISE TO, YOU CAN EMAIL THEM DIRECTLY AND OKAY.
AND THAT MIGHT, THAT MIGHT MEAN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST COMING FROM, OKAY.
WE, A MOTION, A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER 20 GUARD, UH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES SECOND.
A AYE, I HAVE TO SAY THAT ALL.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM 7.2, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPOINTING THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND CORINNE OR CHAIR AS, UH, SHE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING, I MEAN, I WOULD RECOMMEND HER TOO, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS.
I DON'T WANNA PUT SOMEWHERE, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE.
UH, BUT I THINK SHE, SHE WANTED TO BE, SHE WANTED TO HAVE A FULL, AND IT'S KIND OF IRONIC SHE WANTED, UH, EVERYONE TO BE HERE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
UM, BUT I, SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND IF YOU WANNA REELECT, YOU CAN DO THAT TOO.
UM, AS, UM, CHAIR, JUST FOR CLARITY, UM, DOES THE, THE CHAIR'S TERM, IS THAT FOR THEIR TERM, IS IT PER YEAR? HOW DOES THAT USUALLY WORK? YEAH.
SO IT'S NOT CLEARLY DEFINED IN YOUR BYLAWS, BUT BASICALLY IF FOR THE TERM OR THE COMMISSION DECIDE THEY WANNA CHANGE IT, YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT, OR IF THE CHAIR AT THE TIME SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH.
I, I WANNA STILL BE A PART OF COMMISSION, BUT I WANNA STEP DOWN FROM THE CHAIR.
SO IF NOT, I MEAN, IT'S NOT STONED IN CONCRETE.
PEOPLE NEEDED TO CHANGE OR, SO YEAH.
OR SHE CAME AND BE LIKE, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE THE CHAIR.
SO THERE, IS THERE A MOTION? SO THERE WAS A, SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ONE.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER ZEPEDA AS THE CHAIR? YES.
WHO WAS THE MOTION? I, I MOTIONED.
AND THEN WHO WAS THE SECOND? DID YOU SECOND OKAY.
UM, MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO AND THEN CO-CHAIR ANY NOMINATIONS.
AND SO FOR THE CO-CHAIR, YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD, WOULD BE IF THE CHAIR IS NOT HERE TO RUN AND LEAVE THE MEETING.
UM, AND THOSE ARE THE, THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, IF THE CHAIR IS NOT HERE OR IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE CHAIR WAS TAKEN CARE OF, THAT PAUL, WE COVER THAT AND THE CHAIR IS NOT HERE.
WE, SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB TODAY ON RECOMMENDATION
HAS ANYBODY EXPRESSED INTEREST OUTSIDE OF, UH, CORINA? NOT OFFICIALLY.
I MEAN, UM, COMMISSIONER BELL AND LOUIS AREN'T HERE EITHER.
UM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN HERE, UH, I THINK COMMISSIONER BELL IS SENT EM TO HIS SECOND YEAR, SO, UM, BUT OKAY.
I MEAN, IS IT POSSIBLE TO TABLE THE CONVERSATION AS A GROUP? YEAH, LIKE, JUST FOR THE FIRST, I I THINK KIND OF ESTABLISHING THE CHAIR POSITION AND THEN VICE CHAIR HAVE THAT AS LIKE A MORE GROUP CONVERSATION.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY YES, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN TABLED THREE OR FOUR TIMES.
AND WE'RE IN A POSITION NOW WHERE THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO OFFICIALLY RUN THE MEETING, SO.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE, AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING YOU COULD, IF WHOEVER IS APPOINTED CO-CHAIR DOESN'T WANT THAT OR WHATEVER, Y'ALL CAN PUT THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM, THEN CHANGE IT.
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JUST WAITING FOR SOMEBODY.I ANYBODY INTO, I WAS JUST WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY SECOND AND, YOU KNOW.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, MR. HOLLINGSWORTH AND ANOTHER SECOND FROM, THAT'S EASY THOUGH.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? A MOTION PASSES FOR, OKAY.
SO SEEING AS THE OFFICIAL VOTE HAS PASSED, UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON IS FOR THE REST OF US MEETING, BEING CHAIR.
YOU CAN THROW CONFETTI AT ME NEXT, YOU KNOW.
UM, OKAY, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE ETC WELL, OR THIS IS, OR JUST IS THE ACTION.
SO YOU'LL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO READ THE ITEM AS IT'S WRITTEN.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION PERTAINING TO THE ETC COM COMMUNITY SURVEY.
AND THEN THIS IS WHERE Y'ALL WOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, REFLECT, CHANGE, ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T.
UM, AND THIS IS WHERE I WOULD JUST NEED THAT FINAL, HAVE A NEW QUESTION.
WHICH QUESTION YOU'RE REPLACING OR
SO IF WE'RE JUST KIND OF CREATING A QUESTION OUT OF THIN AIR MM-HMM
IT MAY NOT ACTUALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT WE WANTED.
SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF, KIND OF LOBBY IT BACK TO THE, UM, SURVEY, UH, COMPANY, KIND OF SEE WHAT QUESTIONS THEY HAD AROUND THAT.
I THINK BASED OFF OF THE TIMING AND LIKE THE NEED TO ACTUALLY GET THIS MM-HMM
I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD, AND WE'D HAVE TO REPLACE THE QUESTION.
LIKE, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S KIND OF A HEAVY DECISION TO MAKE, RIGHT? UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IF WE'RE GONNA ADD A LINE UNDERNEATH THIS LEVEL OF AGREEMENT MM-HMM
WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS, I FEEL LIKE BASED OFF OF WHAT THE, UM, THE COMMISSION'S VISION IS STATED ON OUR WEBSITE, THERE'S A LINE ABOUT FOSTERING A CULTURE OF BELONGING.
I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EASILY INSERT THAT AND THAT BE LIKE, I COMPLETELY AGREE OR I DISAGREE AND IT NOT BE MISLEADING ABOUT WHAT THE QUESTION IS.
SO, UM, I I I THINK KIND OF HOW THESE, THESE LINE ITEMS ARE DEFINED OR WORDED, UH, MAYBE PHRASING IT AS THE CITY, UM, THE CITY FOSTERS A CULTURE OF BELONGING AND THAT'S WHAT THE FIRST QUESTION YOU WANT TO, I JUST ADD THIS ONE, THIS QUESTION? WELL, I WOULD SAY, YEAH.
SO WE WOULD ADD IT ON HERE ON, SO WE WOULD GET AN NEXT, THE NEXT SURVEY WE WOULD GET AN EXTRA LINE GRAPH.
OR BAR GRAPH OR BAR COLUMN RATHER THAT SAID, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THIS THE RESPONDENTS AGREE WITH THAT OR DISAGREE.
SO CAN I, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SO ONCE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE DATA RIGHT THEN WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT? ARE WE GONNA TRY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR PEOPLE? AND OKAY.
YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL.
I MEAN I THINK THAT'S, UH, UH, I AGREE THAT WE CAN JUST KIND OF SLIP IN A SUB-QUESTION.
IT DOESN'T, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT ABBY SAID, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO ADD QUESTIONS AND REALLY WANNA TAKE THEM OFF.
SO I THINK THIS KIND OF FITS PERFECTLY.
WE JUST ADD A SMALL, TINY QUESTION IN THERE LIKE WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME.
UM, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS THERE A SPECIFIC WAY WE WANNA PHRASE IT? SO, LIKE YOU SAID, IN THE CITY WEBSITE, IT SAYS CITY FOSTERS A SENSE OF BELONGING.
IS THAT HOW WE WANNA PHRASE IT? A CULTURE OF BELONGING, A CULTURE OF, YEAH, I MEAN, I, I I WOULD THINK JUST FROM LIKE CONTINUITY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE POINTING PEOPLE BACK TO THE WEBSITE.
WE'RE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR SMALL GROUPS, WE'RE GONNA USE PHRASING THAT ALREADY APPROVED FOR CITY WEBSITES.
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THAT WE USE THAT STATEMENT FOR LIKE, IT IS YEAH.THAT WAY WE'RE NOT CONFUSING ANYONE OR IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THAT QUESTION OR THAT PHRASING AND JUST SAY, HEY, WE'RE EITHER MEETING OUR MISSION OR OUR VISION OR WE'RE NOT.
UM, I KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT.
JI SHE USE THE STATEMENT THAT WAY.
LIKE YOU SAID, IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BOOMERANGS BACK TO YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THE WEBSITE AND LIKE, OKAY, BUT WE KNOW THIS, THIS IS WHERE THIS FALLS.
SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADD A STATEMENT NOTE TO THIS QUESTION.
DO I NEED TO DESCRIBE THE QUESTION YOU DO FOR THE RECORD? UH, ALRIGHT.
SO, UH, TO ADD A STATEMENT, UM, UNDERNEATH THE QUESTION FROM THE, UH, ETC COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, UH, COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITY SURVEY, RATHER, UH, STATING THE LEVEL OF AGREEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS REGARDING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
UH, THE STATEMENT BEING THE CITY FOSTERS A CULTURE OF BELONGING.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DESCRIBE WHERE IT'S GONNA GO.
'CAUSE I'M SURE LIKE, IN THE FAR AS LIKE ORDER YEAH.
I SECOND DISCUSSION IS ALL IN FAVOR.
IT WAS OKAY TO ITEM 7.4, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION PERTAINING TO CITY COUNCIL ACTION TO PUBLISH EMPLOYEE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
SO THIS IS ALSO, UM, AN ITEM SENT IN BY MR. ZEPEDA.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE SHE WAS GOING TO SHARE AROUND IT, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S MORE OF AN AWARENESS FOR THE COMMISSION.
SECOND, LET ME, UM, SO THE ONLY, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF JUST A SHORT BLURB.
UM, SHE WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND THE RECENT, UH, CITY COUNCIL ACTION, WHICH, UH, THE, THE
EMPLOYEES CAN VOLUNTARILY OPT IN TO SHARE THEIR DATA.
ONLY AGGREGATED SUMMARIES ARE PUBLISHED TO ENSURE INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE SHE WAS GOING TO DISCUSS, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING SHE HAD ASKED ME TO PUT ON THE AGENDA.
IS IT AGGREGATED BY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OR IS IT JUST LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY? YEAH, IT'S SUPPOSED TO JUST BE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY THAT SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE SUPER SMALL.
UM, AND THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT IT'S A VOLUNTARY THING.
SO, UM, IT'S A POSSIBILITY YOU MAY NOT RIGHT.
SO, UH, AND THAT WENT THROUGH, UH, IT WAS A DIRECTOR FROM CITY COUNCIL AND THEY WENT THROUGH A LEGAL REVIEW AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ORIGINAL ASK WAS TO HAVE, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT DATA POSTED, UM, WHICH JUST DOESN'T, UH, IS NOT LAWFUL.
WHEN DID THIS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN? UM, UH, THE SURVEY WENT OUT RECENTLY.
UM, NOW AS FAR AS WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE POSTED AND PUBLISHED, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT DID, WHAT DID YOU SAY WAS NOT LAWFUL? UM, CERTAIN, CERTAIN INFORMATION BEING, BEING POSTED PUBLICLY.
SO THE INFORMATION THAT'S PUBLIC THAT'S BEING GONNA BE PUBLICLY ALREADY VETTED.
UM, I MEAN, I DON'T PERSONALLY DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
UM, AND I'M, I'M GUESSING WHEN, WHEN THEY SAY PUBLISHED, WHERE IS THAT GONNA BE LOCATED? IS IT THE THE CITY WEBSITE
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GONNA BE, YEAH.IF I THINK IT'S GONNA BE POSTED ON THE CITY, BUT LIKE HAVE LIKE A SMALL LANDING PAGE OF OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND IF IT ONLY FOR, UM, OKAY.
SO AM I, I WOULD, I WOULD THINK, OR I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT'LL PROBABLY FALL UNDERNEATH LIKE THE OVERALL CITY DEMOGRAPHICS AND THEN MAYBE LIKE A SUBSET OF LIKE CITY EMPLOYEES OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE LIKE A LANDING PAGE AS SAYS, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE, THIS IS WHO WE HAVE HIRED? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS CLEAR FROM THE COUNCIL DIRECTOR.
I THINK WHAT YOU MENTIONED WOULD MAKE SENSE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS DIRECTED OR NOT, BECAUSE I EVEN THINK ABOUT, LIKE WITH THE
SO WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE, WHAT'S THE ACTION THAT'S REQUIRED FROM US? I'M NOT SURE.
SHE ASKED THAT IT, UM, BE PUT ON THE AGENDA AND SO I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST AN AWARENESS PIECE.
I'M NOT SURE IF SHE HAD ANYTHING ELSE VERBALLY PREPARED BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IF IT'S A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE, I MEAN, IT'S NOT YEAH.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE, I DON'T THINK SHE WAS BRINGING IT TO Y'ALL TO SAY, HEY, SHOULD THIS HAPPEN OR NOT? IT'S MORE LIKE, THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND, UM, HERE'S THE INFORMATION BEHIND IT.
JUST MAYBE AN AWARENESS PIECE.
I DON'T AND WHAT WAS THE WHOLE THING? UH, WHAT'S THE, EVERYTHING BEHIND IT? UM, UH, THAT'S, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE, THERE'S A CITY COUNCIL RECORDING AND OR YOU CAN HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE MAYOR HIMSELF SPEAK TO IT.
SO I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA
OH, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT WAS THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE MORE TRANSPARENCY.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT IT WAS AND WHAT THEY'RE REALLY GOING LIKE TO SEE THE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC, LIKE ETHNICITY, ETHNIC, IT WAS GOING TO INCLUDE GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND THAT'S, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GONNA REALLY USE IT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE REQUESTED MM-HMM
I DON'T THINK, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL REQUEST AND SO ALL THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN KIND OF WEDDED AND, AND EVERYTHING'S BEEN DISCUSSED ON THE LEGAL SIDE.
COUNSEL KNOWS, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THIS IS, OR I GUESS IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
THE SURVEYS ALREADY, THE REPORT IS ALREADY DONE.
BUT AS FAR AS WHEN IT WILL BE PUBLISHED AND EXACTLY HOW IT WILL BE DISPLAYED, I'M NOT SURE THE, THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF THAT COULD COME FROM THAT, THAT MIGHT IMPACT WHAT WE DO OR OUR APPROACH WOULD BE IF, IF, IF FROM THAT SURVEY THERE'S A, A THOUGHT PROCESS CONCERN OR SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THAT REFLECTS OR, UH, MAYBE LIKE IT BUMPED UP AGAINST WHAT'S IN THE ACTUAL CITY.
SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE AN OVERWHELMING PERCENTAGE IN THE EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY THAT ISN'T REFLECTED IN LIKE THE CITY DEMOGRAPHICS MM-HMM
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT I, I WOULD IMAGINE FROM THE TRANS, THE ONLY NOT DOWNSIDE OF TRANSPARENCY.
YOU, IT'S KIND OF LIKE RESULT OF TRANSPARENCY IS LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT 90% OF EVERYONE WHO'S HIRED IS F IN THIS CATEGORY, EVEN THOUGH THE CITY IS MADE UP OF SIX DIFFERENT GROUPS.
YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, I, WHAT I'M THINKING THEY'RE USING AS FOR THAT AND PROBABLY COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES DRAWING LIKE WE ARE.
BUT I FEEL LIKE SINCE IT IS VOLUNTARY, I MEAN YOU CAN'T REALLY MAKE A STRAIGHT UP COMPARISON, BUT I THINK I, I, I YEAH.
UH, BUT IT IN THE END RESULTS IN MORE TRANSPARENCY.
I MEAN, THAT MIGHT JUST BE SOMETHING FOR US TO KEEP AN EYE ON, IS AS THE RESULTS COME OUT AND I THINK EVEN WHEN WE THINK ABOUT LIKE, THE SMALL GROUPS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE IF IN ANY WAY THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN GLEAN FROM THAT, THAT CAN TIE BACK INTO MAYBE A NEED FOR A CERTAIN SMALL GROUP OR RIGHT.
A WAY TO SUPPORT ANOTHER GROUP, LIKE IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, THEN PERHAPS.
BUT I, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY JUST HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT IT'S YEAH, NO, I, I AGREE.
I, I'M STILL A LITTLE UNSURE OF WHAT THAT ACTION IS, SO I THINK IT'S JUST DISCUSSION IMPOSSIBLE.
SO IF MAYBE SOMETHING, AND I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR COMMISSIONER THAT, UM, BUT PERHAPS SOMETHING CAME OUT OF A DISCUSSION THAT Y'ALL WANTED TO MAYBE TAKE TO COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION THAT THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL ACTION.
BUT YEAH, SHE'S NOT HERE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
I MEAN, THE ONLY THING THAT I FEEL HAS COME OUT OF THIS DISCUSSION IS TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE RESULT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH
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THE RESULT, OR IF ANYTHING SHOULD BE DONE.SO I'M NOT SURE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ANYTHING
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION.
IT IS JUST TO, FOR EVERYONE TO SEE LIKE WHAT, WHO'S BEING REPRESENTED IN THE COMMUNITY.
IS THAT WHY I'M, I'M SURE THAT'S A PART OF IT, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T, UM, THAT WAS THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVE, SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PUT ON AN AGENDA FOR THE, THEY COME OUT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON, UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO 7 45 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PROCLAMATION FOR DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY.
SO IN THE PAST, THE COMMISSION OF THE BODY WOULD, UM, TAKE ACTION AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE PROCLAMATION KIND OF ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
THAT WAY EVERYONE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE AND, UM, IT WAS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AND, UM, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE AGENDA SO THAT, UM, Y'ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE.
UM, IN THE PAST, THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS OF THE BODY, AGAIN, MOST OF EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT IS NEW.
UM, SO YOU CAN DECIDE HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
BUT, UM, THEY DID A ONCE A YEAR REVIEW OF ALL PROCLAMATIONS AND THE ONES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE MM-HMM
SO PERHAPS FOR THE DECEMBER OR JANUARY MEETING, IF Y'ALL WANTED TO DO, HEY, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL PROCLAMATION LIST AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THE YEAR.
OR IF YOU WANTED TO BREAK THAT DOWN INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, BI-ANNUALLY.
UM, BUT I AT AT LEAST WANTED TO ASK THE COMMISSION IF YOU WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR DECEMBER OR JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, UM, AND KIND OF GET THAT BALL ROLLING.
'CAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO START WORKING BACKWARDS ON WRITING THEM AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO DO WE HAVE LIKE A LIST OF WAS DONE LAST YEAR? UM, YES.
UM, THERE ARE LISTS OF THINGS THAT WERE DONE LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT WHAT I CAN RECOMMEND, SO LIKE FOR DECEMBER, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, THAT WAS ONE.
UM, WHICH IS DECEMBER 3RD, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ON WHATEVER LIST IT'S PROVIDED.
SO IF THERE'S, I THOUGHT WE HAD THE, THE, THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY.
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY.
WHEN DO I NEED TO HAVE THAT BY? SO WHAT I WOULD NEED THE FINAL, LET LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO ON FOURTH.
UM, AND I HAVE TO SEND TO THE MAYOR FOR APPROVAL.
SO I WOULD NEED IT BY NEXT, WELL, YEAH.
IS THAT THE ONLY ONE WE'RE DOING FOR? THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE SO FAR FINALIZED FOR DECEMBER.
AND THAT'S OKAY IF Y'ALL HAVE TIME FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT BACK UP.
SO EITHER MAYBE THE MEETING IN DECEMBER OR THE MEETING IN JANUARY AS A BOARD OR AS A COMMISSION, UM, Y'ALL WANTED TO JUST GO AHEAD AND ASSIGN FOR THE YEAR AND GIVE EVERYONE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, COMMIT TO ONE OR TWO PROCLAMATIONS PER THE YEAR.
IF, IF WE'RE DOING THE SAME, LIKE, IS IT A DIFFERENT ONE EVERY MONTH? LIKE PER, SO LIKE, I'M SURE THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT POSSIBLE PROCLAMATIONS IN ANY GIVEN MONTH.
SO IS IT THE SAME ONES THAT GET DONE? IF SO, ARE WE REWRITING A PROCLAMATION EVERY YEAR IS LIKE WHAT'S KIND OF HISTORICALLY HAPPENED? SO THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL.
UM, SO, SO THERE ARE CERTAIN PROCLAMATIONS THAT HAPPEN AS, AS A COMMISSION, Y'ALL CAN DIVIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO WRITE PROCLAMATIONS ABOUT.
UM, THERE ARE ONES THAT CONSISTENTLY HAVE BEEN THE SAME YEAR TO YEAR.
UM, LIKE FEBRUARY, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS AS AN EXAMPLE.
THAT'S EVER SINCE THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE, THAT ONE HAS YEAR TO YEAR, UM, CONTINUED.
AND THE COMMISSION WOULD STILL REVIEW IT AS A WHOLE AND SAY, YES, THIS WORKS.
UM, BUT THAT'S, Y'ALL GET TO DECIDE THAT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO OR IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE.
KEEPING IN MIND THE KIND OF, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY CAP ON PROCLAMATIONS IN THE PAST.
AND NOW, UM, CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO ONLY HAVE THREE, UM, PER MEETING.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY, IF, IF, UM, A COMMISSIONER BOARD SUBMITS A PROCLAMATION, IT JUST MAY NOT BE READ AT A COUNCIL MEETING.
MAYBE IT'S ON SITE AT AN EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MM-HMM
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UM, BUT AT COUNSELING THE ONLY DUE THROUGH, AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO SEND THEM TO THE MAYOR FOR APPROVAL.
SO THERE'S KIND OF A, AN EXTRA TIME.
AND I THINK IN THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WANTS TO STAY AWAY FROM RELIGIOUS RELIGIOUS MM-HMM
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT THE MARRIAGE, LIKE TWO OR THREE WEEKS WHENEVER YOU
SO WE HAVE TO BASE IT OFF THE AGENDA POSTING TIMELINE.
AND BECAUSE IT'S A PROCLAMATION, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WIGGLE ROOM.
UM, BUT LIKE I, I AM GIVING YOU THE DROP DEAD DATE FOR THAT ONE.
'CAUSE THANKSGIVING IS NEXT WEEK.
UM, BUT I, I WOULD TYPICALLY LIKE TO HAVE IT IN HAND 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
UM, BUT THAT ONE'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT, SO.
I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I HEARD YOU GIVE HIM A DATE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW.
UM, AND THAT WAY IT GIVES THE MAYOR TIME TO, TO, TO READ THROUGH.
AND SO I, I WILL JUST KIND OF FORWARD HIM THE PROCLAMATION IF HE HAS ANY EDITS OR REASONS AS TO WHY HE WOULDN'T.
I WOULD LET Y'ALL KNOW AS A BODY, BUT, SO COUNCIL WANTS TO DO THREE PER MEETING AND IT HAS ABOUT 24 MEETINGS A YEAR.
WE HAVE HOW MANY COMMISSIONS THAT, I MEAN, I GUESS WHO IS AUTHORIZED THE ACTIVE PROCLAMATION, BANKERS, UH, THIS COMMISSION, UM, THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, I WOULD SAY MAYBE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HAS LIKE MAYBE SIX OR SO.
UM, THE LIBRARY ITSELF MIGHT DO SOME, THE PARKS FOUNDATION DOES A LOT.
UM, SO, BUT I DON'T, I JUST, ME AS A STAFF MEMBER, I DON'T THINK IT'S A MATTER OF, UM, IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE A COMPETITION.
WHERE, UM, WHAT AS THE COMMISSION DO Y'ALL THINK IS IMPORTANT AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A PROCLAMATION AND SUBMITTING THAT THROUGH AND, AND GIVING MAYBE THAT REASON WHY.
UM, ALSO HAVING THE, THE GROUPS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROCLAMATION, BEING THERE IN PERSON AND ATTENDING.
AND THAT'S WHERE I CAN KIND OF HELP COORDINATE THOSE GROUPS THAT I'M ALREADY CONNECTED WITH.
BUT I MAY NOT BE CONNECTED WITH, LIKE, Y'ALL MIGHT KNOW PEOPLE OR GROUPS OR OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, THAT HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT AND THAT SERVE THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, AREAS.
SO, UM, DID Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION FOR JANUARY OR FEBRUARY? OR DO YOU WANNA BRING THAT BACK FOR THE DECEMBER TO TALK MORE? I'M SORRY.
I, I THINK DECEMBER JUST TO KIND OF GET A SENSE, UM, THE YEAR ENDING AND MAYBE TAKE A STOCK OF LIKE, WHAT DID WE ACTUALLY DO THIS YEAR? YEAH.
AND I THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF GOOD.
CAN I, UH, ASK CHRISTY YOU TO MAYBE NEXT TIME HAVE A LIST THAT WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT SO THAT I CERTAINLY CAN, I'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
UM, IT'S NOT COMPREHENSIVE, RIGHT? SO I, WHAT I DON'T WANNA DO IS LIKE SOMETHING AND THEN SOMEBODY COMES OUT WITH THE WHAT WORKS WELL, WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE THIS OR THAT.
SO YES, I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT IT.
JUST PLEASE KEEP IN MIND IT'S NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST MM-HMM
UM, IT WOULD BE, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KIND OF HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OR WHAT WE COULD, COULD DO.
MAYBE I CAN PULL TO LIKE WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN DONE, THE ONES THAT, THAT ARE DONE YEAR TO YEAR.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE A RECORD OF THAT.
EVEN IF IT'S NOT FROM OUR MISSION.
WELL, I'M, I'M THINKING MORE SO FROM LIKE, THE STANDPOINT OF LIKE CITY COUNCIL MM-HMM
SO LIKE, IS THERE ANY RISK OF US DOING ONE THAT ANOTHER COMMISSION THEY'RE DOING YEAH.
IN THEIR BANK OF THINGS TO DO, YOU KNOW, LIKE YEAH.
THEY MIGHT DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.
THEY, OKAY, THEN WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING TOO.
WE WOULD FIND OUT IN THE PROCESS OF, YEAH.
LIKE WITH THE VETERAN DAY, UM, YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT THE AMERICAN LEGION WOULD DO IT.
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WAS A THING THAT THEY COULD DO.
SO WE STARTED THAT CONVERSATION AND SAID, HEY, IF Y'ALL AREN'T DOING IT, NO PROBLEM.
AND SO I'M KIND OF THAT IN BETWEEN CONNECTOR TO NOT STEP ON TOES AND SAY, HEY, WE'LL DO IT THIS TIME.
DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT TIME? AND LIKE, OFFER IT THAT WAY.
BUT I CAN CERTAINLY HELP MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
SO IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT TAKING OVER
AND I GOT THE EMAIL WHILE I WAS ON A CRUISE SHIP YEAH.
I WAS, I I ACTUALLY ON A CRUISE SHIP RIGHT NOW.
I WAS LIKE, I
THAT'S WHY
'CAUSE YOU HAD TO LIKE, GET OFF OF YOUR PHONE.
LIKE, 'CAUSE YOU COULD ONLY GET ON ON AIRPLANE MODE.
SO I HAD, I, I WAS ON AIRPLANE MODE, GOT THE WIFI WENT, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT YOU, LIKE IF I HAD IT ON MY PHONE, I HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE SHIP'S WIFI IN ORDER TO GET ON THE TABLET.
FOR SOME REASON IT WASN'T DOING IT.
SO I TOLD HER I'LL JUST HAVE TO DO, I SAID, I WROTE THIS
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THROUGH MY EMAIL, SO YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ON WORD FOR ME.BECAUSE, UM, THE SHIP USED TO HAVE LIKE COMPUTERS THAT YOU CAN, THAT PEOPLE CAN GO AND USE MM-HMM
BUT THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, I GUESS IT GOT LIKE, PRIVACY OR SOMETHING.
AND SO IT WAS LIKE, SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, COOL, I'LL JUST DO THIS ON MY PHONE.
AND IT ACTUALLY WORKED OUT, IT TOOK ME ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO WRITE.
SO, 'CAUSE I WROTE IT FROM A, A STANDPOINT FROM HUDU, UM, TO MAKE IT MORE LIKE, UM, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF VETERANS THAN TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT WAS BROAD.
SO, YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
AND I GOT TO MEET, 'CAUSE I BELONGED TO THE AMERICAN LEGION AND LEANDER, UM, BECAUSE I USED TO LIVE IN ROUND ROCK, SO I JOINED THAT ONE
SO I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD AN AMERICAN LEGION HERE UNTIL ALL OF THIS CAME ABOUT MM-HMM
SO, UM, I MET TIM AND, UM, I WILL BE GOING TO GO CHECK HIM OUT AND SEE IF, UM, I SHOULD MOVE MY MEMBERSHIP
MY MEMBERSHIP IS ACTUALLY PAID UP TO 27, 20 27.
SO
BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY COOL.
IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT.
UM, SO WE GONNA PUSH IT TO NEXT MONTH AND GET SOME SORT A LIST SO WE CAN REVIEW.
WE MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT OR DO WE NO, YOU CAN JUST TABLE IT.
UM, BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
SO, UM, YOU HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS STAY PROCLAMATION FOR THAT, CORRECT? THE 10TH? YEAH.
SO I'LL GET THAT TO YOU THIS WEEK.
AND THEN I, I HAVE, UM, NOTE TO BRING BACK PROCLAMATIONS TO DATE FOR THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW AND THEN ALSO INCLUDE A LIST OF, UM, AN IDEA.
NON COMPREHENSIVE LIST, UH, MONTH TO MONTH TO BRING BACK NEXT TIME TOO.
DO WE, UH, LIKE HAVE A RECORD NEATLY, LIKE ORGANIZE THAT? THIS IS WHAT WE'VE UH, UH, THESE ARE THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE, UH, SENT OUT EVER SINCE THE COMMISSION STARTED.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SECRETARY OFFICE WAS TASKED WITH.
AND IT ONLY GOES BACK TO DATE, LIKE THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS.
SO IT DOESN'T GO BACK TO THE COMMISSION'S FOUNDING, WHICH WAS, UH, JULY 30TH, 2020.
UM, BUT I'M SURE I COULD SOMEHOW PULL ALL THAT TOGETHER.
UM, BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROCLAMATIONS THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS ADDED.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND, UH, 7.6 OPEN DISCUSSION ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2025.
HEY, I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH.
LAST MEETING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND I HEARD SHE SAY THEY LOST IT TODAY, THE GOOGLE FORM.
DID WE WE, DID WE FINALIZE THAT? I KNOW WE WERE GOING THERE.
YEAH, IT'S UM, IT'S ALL, I MEAN YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE DOING IN LIKE TRANSITIONAL FINALIZING.
I CAN PULL IT UP FOR YOU IF YOU WANT.
I'M JUST GOING, I JUST KNOW THAT WAS A DISCUSSION LAST TIME, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FINALIZING EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO BE ASKED AND HOW, YOU KNOW.
UH, DO WE NEED TO ADD ANYTHING, UH, THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER VEDA HAD PLANNED TO DISCUSS THIS? YEAH, SO WHAT I'LL DO IS, UM, SO I ALWAYS, FOR THE, TO THE CHAIR, I ALWAYS SEND OVER THE DRAFT AGENDA.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE SHE'LL ADD THINGS.
SO I'LL BRING BACK UP THE THINGS AND SEE IF SHE WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING, UM, ELSE AROUND THE ITEMS THAT SHE HAD REQUESTED.
BUT YEAH, I CAN CERTAINLY BRING THOSE BACK.
AND I DO KNOW THAT THAT ASKED, UM, WHEN THE, UM,
SHE ASKED, BUT I DID SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU AND I DID.
AND HER REQUEST TO EACH OF YOU IS ALSO SHARE THAT OUT IN YOUR NETWORK.
I MEAN, I HAD TO CHECK MY I'M WHERE ALL THE INFORMATION IN.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO, IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT FOR WHATEVER REASON, JUST LET ME KNOW.
I CAN, I CAN REFORWARD ALL OF THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WAS HER, THE BIGGEST ASK, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE A, A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE COMMISSION IS TO GET PEOPLE TO APPLY MM-HMM
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UM, COMMISSIONER BELL'S NOT HERE EITHER, BUT HE, HE HAD ALREADY RECEIVED TWO INTERESTED PEOPLE FOR HIS WORKING GROUP, WHICH I THINK IS SMALL BUSINESS, UM, AND YOUR VETERANS.AND THEN, SO I WILL BE PUTTING OUT, UM, IN ON DIFFERENT, UH, ON, ON THE, MY SUBDIVISION FACEBOOK.
UM, AND THAT ALSO, UH, PUTS PUT OUT SOMETHING FOR, UM, ON TIKTOK AS WELL AS INSTAGRAM.
AND THEN, UM, ONCE, ONCE THERE'S KIND OF A POOL OF THE APPLICANTS AND WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, JUST FOR A REMINDER THAT THERE'S TRAINING INCLUDED WITH THIS, AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR, WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WHO WILL PROVIDE THAT TRAINING, THAT ONBOARDING.
SO, UM, SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE A TELLING POINT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE.
RIGHT? IT'S A, IT'S PRETTY COOL ACTUALLY.
LIKE TO, TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT.
DO WE HAVE LIKE A SMALL WRITEUP OR A BLURB THAT JUST LIKE, HEY, WE CAN JUST KIND OF COPY PASTE AND PUT UP YEAH, IF YOU WANT, I CAN FILL OUT THE WEBPAGE AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT RIGHT THAT WAY BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER TO SEND IT OUT THAT, OKAY.
SO THE, THE AREAS OF FOCUS AS OF RIGHT NOW ARE VETERANS, SMALL BUSINESS AND SENIOR CITIZENS.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME DECIDED.
THOSE WERE THE GROUPS THAT THE COMMISSION DECIDED TO START WITH.
AND, UM, IF YOU GET QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ANSWER.
THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION DECIDED TO START WITH.
UM, THERE ARE OF COURSE OTHER GROUPS, BUT THIS IS THE ONES Y'ALL WILL START WITH.
UM, SO WHAT YOU'LL DO, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION HERE.
EXPECTATIONS TRAINING PROVIDED 90 MINUTES TO TWO HOURS KIND OF GIVES YOU THE COMMITMENT AND, YOU KNOW, REALISTIC TIME NEEDS.
'CAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT UP UPFRONT AND WHY.
AND THEN YOU COULD EVEN, UM, COPY THIS OR CHAT GPT AND SAY, HEY, SHORTEN THIS DOWN FOR FACEBOOK POST AND IT'LL DO IT FOR YOU.
UM, DID Y'ALL WANNA SEE THE INTEREST FORM? DID YOU WANNA SEE THE INTEREST FORM? NO, I LOOKED WELL.
OH, I LOOKED AT LOOKING AT MY PHONE.
SO IT'S JUST THIS, IT'S JUST THE VERY BASIC PERFECT.
WHAT, WHICH ONE ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? COOL.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SERVING AS A GROUP LEADER?
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ASKING VERY LOW BARRIER HERE JUST TO CHECK IN.
DID WE DECIDE OR TALK ABOUT ADDING AGE AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT A MINOR OR SOMETHING? UH, I FELT LIKE, UH, THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION I THINK AFTER TALKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND RECEIVING.
'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING HERE THAT I ASKED ABOUT AGE.
I KNOW, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
WE WASN'T FOR SURE EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, SOMETHING WE WERE DOING IN TRANSITION.
I THINK IT'S JUST FOR INFORMATION.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHY, BECAUSE, UM, ONCE THE INTEREST, SO THIS IS LIKE THE INTEREST FORM AND THEN IT'S UP TO, UM, WE KIND OF DISTRIBUTE IT.
SO LIKE COMMISSIONER BELL WILL GET ALL THE ONES THAT ARE FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND THEN HE WILL REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO THEM.
UM, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE SCREENING PROCESS.
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YES, CORRECT.BECAUSE EVENTUALLY DOWN THE LINE THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A YOUTH GROUP, BUT THEN THAT'S APPARENT SIGN AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS AND THAT
BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE AGE LISTED OR ANYTHING ELSE.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR DISCUSSION FOR NEXT TIME THAT ALL CAN THINK OF? UM, ONLY THING MAYBE IS WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UM, THIS GROUP DOES OR HAS DONE, UM, AROUND THAT OR PARTNERING, UM, THEN WITH THE DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND THAT.
SO MAYBE ON THAT, AT THAT MEETING, WE CAN TALK THROUGH THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UM, WHETHER IT'S ATTENDING, LIKE IF THERE ARE COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS OR YOU KNOW, SOME SMALL GROUPS DO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND MAYBE GETTING LIKE OUT THERE AS LIKE A GROUP, MAYBE ATTENDING THEM AS A, AS A GROUP, YOU KNOW.
UM, I KNOW THEY HAVE A, UM, THEY USUALLY HAVE A, UH, THERE'S A KWANA CELEBRATION THEY USUALLY DO AT THE CHURCH THAT'S OFF OF, YEAH.
UM, BUT IF THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS LIKE THAT, I THINK IT MIGHT BE NICE AS A COMMISSION TO TRY TO ATTEND THEM AND, YOU KNOW, SHOW FACE AND SUPPORT THOSE.
GOTTA DO THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF I JUST FEEL LIKE THOSE MIGHT BE GOOD EVENTS TO SHOW UP TO.
AND I HAVE A LIGHTING, WHEN IS THAT? WELL, THE LIGHTING'S NOVEMBER 29TH.
UM, OF COURSE EVERY LIKE, OH YEAH, THAT IS BEFORE DECEMBER.
BUT I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE, THE BIG, BIG ONES, BUT TO YOUR POINT, RIGHT, LIKE THE SMALLER GROUPS THAT MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? SUPER ATTENDED OR RIGHT.
UM, THE MICRO GROUPS THAT RIGHT.
IS IT EASIER? I THINK MAYBE, UM, IN MY FOLLOW UP EMAIL I WON'T HAVE TOO MUCH ACTUALLY AT ALL.
UM, I WOULD JUST ASK IF YOU, UM, I'LL JUST ASK YOU ALL TO R SO YOU CAN MEET TO ME DIRECTLY SO I CAN JUST SKIP THAT OVER.
OH, WHAT'S THE ATTIRE? SO, UM, IN THE PAST ACT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A HOLIDAY BANQUET, SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UM, FORMAL, A LITTLE NOT, NOT SUPER FORMAL.
NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THE CITY MANAGER WILL WEAR LIKE JEANS AND LIKE A BLAZER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I MEAN YOU CAN BE AS FORMAL AS YOU WANT.
HOWEVER, PRO TIP
IT IS NOT CENTRALLY AIR, UH, HEAT OR AIR.
UM, THEY DID A GOOD JOB LAST YEAR OF LIKE PUTTING UP SOME WALLS, BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COLD.
SO, UM, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
SO IT'S LIKE RIGHT IF BE COLD IT HOT, RIGHT? YOU AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT, BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COLD TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE PASSING OUT BLANKETS AND LIKE, UM, BACK.
SO I'LL JUST SEND THAT OUT AND YOU JUST REPLY BACK TO ME.
UM, I'LL, I HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHEN THAT, CAN I ASK WHY? IT'S, WHY THEY HAVE IT IN A BUILDING THAT'S, THAT'S COLD.
WELL, AS OPPOSED TO NOT IN A, UH, BUILDING THAT IS, IT DOESN'T COST US ANY MONEY.
AND UM, THAT WAS THE DIRECTOR FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY KIND OF TOOK AWAY SOME FUNDS FOR THAT.
SO IT DOESN'T COST US ANY MONEY.
DO THEY HAVE HEATERS? YEAH, SO WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN SOME OF THOSE, UM, HEATERS, WHICH IS GREAT.
IF YOU'RE NEXT TO THE, THE EARS.
YEAH, SO WE, WE WILL, YEAH, SO IT'S ADULT, UM, EVENTS AND IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, DINNER.
LAST YEAR IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY CASUAL.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE, UH, HOUSE FIVE CATERED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THE MUSIC, UBER WE PLAYED, LIKE WE PLAYED, UM, WE PLAYED SOME GAMES.
IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF FUNNY OR FUN LIKE BINGO OR SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS LIKE FESTIVE AND WE HAD LIKE A PHOTO BOOTH AND SO OH, UBER JUST IN CASE YOU WANNA HAVE MORE THAN TWO DRINKS.
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BACK TO ME.UM, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A, A TIME TO DO THAT.
UM, I THINK IT, EVEN IF YOU'RE ABLE TO JUST STOP BY, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE.
ARE YOU GONNA SEND OUT AN EMAIL? I'LL DO IT.
I'LL PUT OUT AN EMAIL AND I'LL TRY TO GATHER ANY OTHER INFORMATION.
WE DIDN'T EVEN RECEIVE THAT MUCH INFORMATION.
IT'S JUST LIKE, HEY, SAVE THE DATE THIS TIME, BE HERE, THERE.
SO I'M THINKING BACK TO LAST YEAR AND HOW IT WAS SO
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WANNA SAY MORE
SO DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING? OKAY.
UM, SO I ASSUME I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.