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MAN.[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on May 19, 2026.]
6:01 PM ON MY PHONE.I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START WITH ROLL CALL.
UM, WE DON'T BRING PUBLIC COMMENT.
ITEM FOUR, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF.
ALRIGHT GUYS, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS FOR Y'ALL.
UM, FIRST AS A REMINDER ABOUT THE, UH, MR. CANARD CAME TO OUR LAST MEETING TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO THE, THE P AND Z MEETING.
THAT MEETING IS ON JUNE 2ND AT 7:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I CAN ALSO SEND THAT TO Y'ALL IN AN EMAIL SO YOU HAVE IT.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST GONNA BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT INCLUSIONARY PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT, THAT P AND Z MIGHT BE IMPLEMENTING IF THEY DECIDE TO, UM, LIKE REGARDING LAND DEVELOPMENT.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF, UM, THEY HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM THIS COMMISSION ATTEND AND UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A KIND OF AN OPEN DISCUSSION TYPE OF THING.
SO IT'LL BE NICE TO, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE YOU GUYS THERE AND, UM, SHARE SOME WHAT TIME POINT OF VIEWS IT'S AT SEVEN 7:00 PM IS THAT GONNA BE JOINT WITH, UM, THE LIBRARY REPORT AS WELL? I'M NOT SURE.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE A PART OF IT.
I THINK A FEW DIFFERENT KIND OF RELEVANT COMMISSIONS ARE INVITED.
SO, UM, SECOND THING IS THAT I REALIZED A LITTLE TOO LATE THAT I SHOULD HAVE HAD YOUR YOU BELONGING HU BANNER ORDERED FOR THE SUNSET BLOCK PARTY AFFAIR ON FRIDAY.
UM, SO I WENT AHEAD AND ORDERED IT.
I FIGURED YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE LOGO, SO IT WAS FINE.
I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE YOU VOTE ON IT ACTUALLY.
BUT, UM, SO I WENT AHEAD AND ORDERED IT.
SO IT'LL BE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FAIR.
SO THAT WAS MY NEXT ONE IS A REMINDER ABOUT THE SUNSET BLOCK PARTY AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FAIR THIS FRIDAY FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM IN THE GYM BUILDING AND, AND SURROUNDING.
IT'S JUST IN THE, KIND OF IN THIS WHOLE AREA.
UM, SO WE WILL HAVE A BOOTH SET UP.
AND AS MANY OF YOU, AS OF Y'ALL AS WE CAN GET OUT THERE, THE BETTER.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS THAT ME AND COMMISSIONER ZAPETA WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, THAT I'M GONNA TRY TO FIND SOME, I'M GONNA TRY TO FIGURE OUT, FIND OUT FROM FINANCE WHAT THE EASIEST PROCESS WOULD BE.
UH, IF YOUR WORKING GROUPS ARE TRYING TO PURCHASE SOMETHING.
I, MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ARE THAT IT WOULD BE EASIEST FOR THE ACTUAL COMMISSIONER TO BE MAKING THE PURCHASE.
AND THEN YOU TURN THAT RECEIPT INTO ME AND I CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH FINANCE, BUT THERE MAY BE A BETTER WAY, AND I'M NOT ALL THAT UP TO SNUFF ON FINANCE, FINANCES, PROCEDURES.
SO I'M GONNA FIND THAT OUT AND I WILL BRING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL.
SO, UH, DO WE NEED FINANCE BUY OFF ON THIS OR WE CAN MAKE THE PURCHASE, UH, UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND IT JUST NEEDS TO BE ADMINISTRATIVE OR THE, THE BUREAUCRACY HAS TO BE FULFILLED, RIGHT? SO, SO YOU CAN MAKE, I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY, UH, WORKING GROUPS MAKING PURCHASES ABOVE THE, THE PURCHASE ORDER THRESHOLD.
IT'S LIKE $25,000, YOU KNOW SOMETHING.
SO ANYTHING CAN BE PURCHASED AS YOU REGULARLY WOULD ON A CREDIT CARD ON AMAZON.
UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS EITHER.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET COMPETITIVE PRICING.
AS LONG AS IT'S UNDER, I'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE EXACT THRESHOLD IS, BUT IT'S, IT MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALREADY ALIGNED.
SO FOR THE, WE'RE ABOUT THE SAME CITIZENS.
YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT, RIGHT? YOU'VE BEEN HERE? I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.
WE PUT IN 1500 FOR, UM, THE SENIOR CITIZEN WORKING GROUP TO GET HELP, GET THINGS GOING WITH THEM AND WANTED THAT.
THEY ALREADY, THEY WANNA HAVE A RESOURCE THERE.
I DON'T THINK I WAS THERE FOR THAT LONG.
WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET LAST YEAR FOR THIS LAST YEAR, FOR THIS YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS WE PUT IN THERE WAS $1,500 FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS WORKING
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HERE.WE PLAN TO WORK WITH THE LIBRARY MM-HMM
AND HAVE SOME FUNDS THERE, UM, TO GET IT GOING BECAUSE INITIALLY, UM, THE DISCUSSION, THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER WAS TO CREATE THIS REALLY PRICEY LIKE PRINTED RESOURCE GUIDE AND THEN DISTRIBUTE IT.
AND SHE HAD A WHOLE REALLY WELL PUT TOGETHER EXPENDITURE PLANNED FOR IT, BUT IT WAS JUST A LOT.
AND WE DECIDED TO TABLE THAT TO THE FUTURE.
WELL NOW THE SENIOR CITIZEN WORK GROUP IS DOING IT FOR FREE.
LIKE THEY'RE PUTTING IT TOGETHER THEMSELVES.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST THE LATTER PART JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS, FIND OUT WHAT THE, THE PART I'M CONFUSED ABOUT IF, BUT TYPICALLY, LIKE IF I AS CITY STAFF SUBMIT FOR A REIMBURSEMENT, THEY JUST PAY ME THROUGH PAYROLL.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD NEED TO SPEAK ACTUALLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND, AND GET GOTCHA.
YOU KNOW, YOUR A CH INFORMATION, WHATEVER.
AND GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES BEING NONE PRESENT.
MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, SO IT'S, I'M JUST GONNA ECHO WITH THIS TIME WHAT ABBY SAID ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE FOR ME, THE IMPORTANCE THAT WE ARE AT THE RESOURCE FAIR LAST YEAR.
UM, MS. JACQUELINE, OUR FORMER CHAIR AND I, WE JUST HAD A TABLE AND WE DID, I HAD A, WHAT I DID LAST YEAR IS I HAD A BOARD, ONE OF THOSE THEY YOU KIDS PROBABLY USE FOR SCIENCE PROJECTS, THE TRIFOLD ONES.
AND UM, I TOOK A BUNCH OF LITTLE LIKE POST-ITS AND I WENT AROUND AND ASKED EVERYBODY TO SAY, TO PUT A WORD THAT WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG AND THAT GIVES 'EM A SENSE OF BELONGING.
SO WE HAVE AN ACTIVITY AND THEN I HAD 'EM POST IT SO THEN PEOPLE WOULD COME BY, THEY WERE TAKING PICTURES OF IT AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN THEIR OWN WORDS.
AND THEN THE IDEA WAS I WAS GONNA CREATE A WORD CLOUD WITH IT AND POST IT SOMEWHERE.
WELL I NEVER DID THAT 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO DO WITH IT, BUT I STILL HAVE THE TRIFOLD.
BUT NOW THAT WE'VE COME FULL CIRCLE, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE COOL IF WE REPEATED THAT ACTIVITY, UM, AND THEN SEEING IF ANYTHING HAD CHANGED.
AND THEN DO GO AHEAD AND CREATE A WORD CLOUD AND SEE IF WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR MIGHT BE PRETTY COOL.
OH, AND I'M A CRAFTING MODEL, SO I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I WOULD JUST NEED TO GET BOARD.
SO I DON'T MIND DONATING THAT.
BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF LITTLE LIKE, POST-ITS AND LIKE LITTLE SHOUT OUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT I WANNA DONATE IF, BUT AGAIN, I WON'T BE THERE AS A COMMISSIONER ON FRIDAY 'CAUSE I GET SWORN IN ON THURSDAY.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE UP TO MAYBE COMMISSIONER MUSA IF HE WANTS TO BE THERE.
IF THAT'S AN ACTIVITY YOU WANNA DO.
OR YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
YOU'RE GONNA BE SHARING SPACE WITH THESE SENIOR CITIZEN GROUP AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED TO RECRUIT PEOPLE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA TAKE UP AND THEY WANNA HAVE A PRIZE MEAL AND THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING THEIR THING TOO, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
SO IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE GOOD.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO ONLY 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S ON HERE, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS MY LAST MEETING AS A COMMISSIONER, UM, I WANT TO, I KNOW IT'S 7.5, DISCUSS THE COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO I'M ACTUALLY GLAD THAT WE DIDN'T SET THINGS HARD IN STONE BECAUSE ONCE THIS IS HANDED OVER, IT'S GONNA BE UP TO Y'ALL WHAT THINGS YOU WANNA FOCUS ON.
BUT I WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW WHAT COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON AND I DID WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, WHICH, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU STRONGLY TO WORK WITH STAN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY HOURS WE HAVE LEFT WITH HIM.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WITH CONFIDENCE THAT ANY KIND OF EXPENDITURE FOR HIS SERVICES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE NEXT YEAR.
UM, WHEN WOULD WE FIND THAT OUT? LIKE THE, THE BUDGET AND WE CAN ASK FOR IT.
HE GIVES US A GUIDE OF WHAT HE RECOMMENDS.
THEN AS A COMMISSION WE CAN DECIDE DO WE NEED TO SPEND THAT MUCH OF BUDGET ON SERVICES? NO, I'M SORRY.
WHEN, WHEN WOULD WE KNOW WHAT OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR IS? 'CAUSE I THINK, WELL WE SET IT AND THEN WE HAVE TO GET IT APPROVED.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEY COULD SAY YAY OR NAY.
AND WHEN LAST YEAR WE GOT IT APPROVED, WHEN IS THE, WHEN IS THE DUE DATE FOR THAT? FOR THAT FOR US TO ASK AND SUBMIT OUR BUDGET.
IF IT'S COMING UP, I'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT.
YEAH, I THINK WE GOT IT APPROVED BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY DONE ALL OF THEIR WORK.
BUT FOR US TO ASK FOR A PIECE OF IT LAST YEAR IT WAS AROUND THIS TIME THAT WE WERE REALLY HEADS DOWN WORKING ON IT.
WE HAD TO PRESENT IT, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER ANYMORE.
BUT NOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE CYCLE, I, I, THIS IS ME SPEAKING PERSONALLY, I REALIZED THAT WE OVERESTIMATED HOW MUCH WE WERE GONNA NEED.
SO MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE TRIM IT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
ONE, BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD RESPONSIBLE USE OF THE MONEY.
AND TWO, WE GET A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING THE, THE MUST HAVES APPROVED WHEN YOU CAN SHOW THE COUNCIL THAT YOU'VE DONE YOUR DUE THAT WE'VE DONE OR YOU'VE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE OF CUTTING DOWN MM-HMM
AND REALIZING WHAT WE NEED TO SPEND AND NOT SPEND ON.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR WANT NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
UH, AND MAKE SURE OF COURSE, UM, THAT IT ALIGNS WITH WHAT YOU WANNA ACCOMPLISH THIS COMING YEAR, WHICH IS WHY THE MUST HAVES AND LIKE THE THINGS WE WANNA CONTINUE IF WE DON'T WANNA CONTINUE FOR NEXT YEAR
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WAS A BIG PART OF THAT PRACTICE THAT COMMISSIONER BULLON AND I DID.AND THAT'S ONLY AS FAR AS WE GOT.
'CAUSE IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF US.
WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY HARD DECISIONS.
ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO WORK WITH STAN ON PUTTING TOGETHER THIS NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN AND THAT YOU HAVE THE FUNDING YOU NEED TO, ANYTHING YOU MIGHT NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON THAT COULD SUPPORT, UM, AB COULD YOU, UH, FIND OUT WHAT THE DUE DATE FOR THAT IS? YES, I WILL.
AND I'LL ALSO JUST PUT A GENERAL, UM, BUDGET DISCUSSION ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
'CAUSE IT'S COMING UP PRETTY FAST.
I CAN NEVER REMEMBER THE DATES EITHER.
I THINK WE SHOULD GET AT LEAST ONE GROUP, UM, UH, SESSION ON IT.
UH, KIND OF LIKE HAVE IT PREPARED BEFORE WE SUBMIT IT.
I'LL PUT IT TOGETHER AND AGREE TO IT AND MAKE SURE, UM, IT MAKES SENSE.
AND YOU CAN JUSTIFY JUST LIKE REALLY LIKE DIG IN AND MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT YOU ASK FOR, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MEASURE MM-HMM
UM, WHICH BRINGS US INTO ITEM 6.1 REVIEW AND UPDATE ON THE BUDGET PROGRESS TRACKER AS IT RELATES TO THE STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO SHOULD BE BRINGING ON SOMETHING.
UM, I WASN'T HERE FOR THE LAST MEETING, BUT THE MEETING BEFORE WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON, UM, WHAT WE WANT THE TRACKER TO LOOK LIKE.
ONE OF THEM WAS TO HAVE AN EXTRA COLUMN FOR LIKE, UH, MONEY THAT IS ALLOCATED OR RESERVED AND THEN ALSO ADDED A LITTLE DISCLAIMER.
YOU KNOW, JUST THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COMMISSION.
THIS THIS IS BEING LIVESTREAM IN PUBLIC.
I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET A INCORRECT IDEA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, OFFICIAL ACCOUNTING OR WHATEVER.
AND UH, UH, AND THEN I MOVED, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM 5.54 AND FIVE FIVE INTO 1.1.
UH, WHICH IS TO TAKE CARE OF THE GENERAL CONSULTING SERVICES.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS I BELIEVE THAT Y'ALL PROBABLY DISCUSSED LAST MEETING.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 7,500 REMAINING.
UM, 3000 SOMETHING IS BEING EARMARKED.
UH, AND THEN WHATEVER, AS AS YEAR GOES BY, I'LL YOU, I'LL KEEP UPDATING.
BUT IF, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW TO CHANGE THE PRESENTATION, DO WE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING MORE? DO WE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING LESS? LET ME KNOW.
I CAN WORK THROUGH THIS AND UH, KEEP IMPROVING IT.
I LIKE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT ADDING THE BURN RATE.
I LIKE THAT QUICK REFERENCE AT THE TOP TOO.
WE CAN KIND OF GAUGE WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND THEN THE RESERVE FOR GENERAL ITEMS AND ALL ITEMS GENERAL.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S STANDS, RIGHT? THE 1400.
WHAT IS ALL ITEMS GENERAL TRAVEL EXPENSE THAT WE HAVE ON RESERVE.
WE, WE RESERVED, UH, THAT TO BE SPENT, BUT IT'S NOT SPENT YET.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE TRAVEL.
HE'LL COME IN, HE'S COMING DOWN IN JUNE.
I HAD A COUPLE OF CALLS WITH HIM, UM, JUST TO CLEAN UP SOME THINGS, BUT ENCOURAGE THAT WE REACH OUT TO HIM VERY QUICKLY AND GET AHEAD OF WHAT YOU WANT HIM TO FOCUS ON IN HIS NEXT VISIT.
I MEAN HIS TIME IS LIKE GOAL, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT YOU WANNA GET OUT OF THAT TIME WITH HIM AND ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
SOMETIMES HE'LL SEND STUFF AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH IS GREAT.
'CAUSE THEN WHEN HE'S HERE YOU HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ALREADY COVERED.
UM, AND I, SO FOR THE RESERVE COLUMN, UM, 'CAUSE WHEN I SEE THAT COLUMN, I'M KIND OF THINKING IT'S LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S LIKE EARMARKED FOR SOMETHING.
SO VERSUS WHAT'S REMAINING IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO IN THE NOTES, COULD WE NOTATE WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS? SO LIKE THAT 1400 THAT'S REMAINING, YOU KNOW, IN THE NOTES, YOU KNOW, CONSULTANT PLAN FOR JUNE VISIT OR YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE SAY KIND OF LIKE WHAT YEAR MARK FOR MORE DETAIL MM-HMM
BECAUSE THEN THE RESERVE, THEN THE REMAINING KIND OF BECOME REDUNDANT IF WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY SAYING WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS IN THAT COLUMN.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE THAT 1400 SHOULD JUST GO IN THE REMAINING, WHICH MEANS LIKE, OH, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVE NO PLANS TO USE IT YET.
BUT IF WE HAVE PLANS TO USE IT, WE'RE KIND OF HOLDING IT OFF TO THE SIDE FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF ALLOCATED FOR.
I FEEL LIKE IN THE NOTES WE SHOULD SAY WHAT THAT IS SO THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING THAT IT'S KIND OF JUST SITTING
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OUT THERE.WHAT I'M THINKING IS MAYBE NOT IN THE NOTES, BUT I CAN HAVE JUST LIKE GENERAL LINES KIND OF POINTING TO WHAT IS RESERVED.
UM, BECAUSE MY, THE WAY I SEE IT, THE NOTES WOULD BE TO MORE TALK IN DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE ITEM NUMBER IS, BUT I DON'T WANNA KIND OF CLOG THAT UP A WHOLE LOT.
THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY THOUGHT PROCESS.
UH, WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, BLANK SPACE DOWN BOTTOM, WHICH I CAN KIND OF GET, UH, MORE DETAILED INTO.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO PUT LIKE 1.2 YEAH.
IS THIS YEAH, I, I THINK JUST SOMEWHERE ON THE TRACKER.
I THINK IF WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THAT RESERVE COLUMN GOTCHA.
WE SHOULD KIND OF CALL IT OUT.
AND THEN ONCE IT GETS SPENT, THEN THAT RESERVE COLUMN WOULD BE EMPTY AND WE WOULD THEN SEE WHAT OUR TRUE.
BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF SPLIT IT UP.
SO IF THE 1400 WAS SPLIT UP INTO TWO OR THREE SEPARATE LINE ITEMS RIGHT.
YOU CAN CALL 'EM IN THE KIND OF BE MORE DESCRIPTIVE.
AND WE, UH, WHO ELSE IS SAYING THIS TRACKER? JUST US.
WELL, NO, THIS IS JUST FOR OUR, THAT'S WHAT COMMISSIONER JOSHUA WAS SAYING.
IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE INTERPRETED AS THE CITY'S BUDGET TRACKER.
THIS IS JUST FOR US THIS FINE.
WHICH REMINDS ME, UM, STAN WAS GOING TO BE TURNING IN SOME INVOICES.
HAVE THOSE BEEN TURNED IN CHECK? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT.
I'LL CHECK WITH FINANCE ON THOSE.
I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH AND SEE MM-HMM
I HAVE ALSO SPENT $61 AND 28 CENTS OUT OF YOUR, YOUR BELONGING.
SO IT SHOULD, IT'S A GOOD PRICE FOR THOSE SLEEPER BINDERS.
UM, AND I'VE BOUGHT THAT EXACT ONE BEFORE, SO I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE GOOD QUALITY.
SO THAT SHOULD BE, I WILL GET Y'ALL A FINANCE REPORT, UM, TO COMPARE AGAINST, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON TRACK.
HOW EASY OR DIFFICULT IS IT TO GET A FINANCE REPORT FOR YOU, ABBY? NOT TOO TERRIBLY DIFFICULT.
CAN WE HAVE THAT RE CAN WE HAVE THAT KINDA LIKE A SUSTAINING PACKET TO COMPARE WITH THIS WHEN WE YEAH.
I MEAN, UH, WOULD EVERY MEETING BE AN OR HILL? NO.
ONCE IN HOUR, BECAUSE WE CAN DO LIKE EVERY MEETING OR EVERY QUARTERLY.
UH, JUST TO COMPARE TO WHAT WE HAVE, SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
GIVE US GOOD INSIGHT ON RIGHT.
I DID SEE, JUST FOR THE NOTES FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOING THROUGH THIS YEAR, WE HAD HERE FOR JULY 8TH COMMISSION MEETING FOR STAN.
BUT WE CAN CHANGE THOSE DATES.
WE JUST HAVE TO REACH OUT TO HIM.
WE WANT HIM TO, IT'S THAT ADDRESS IN JUNE.
THERE WERE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, EX THE EXECUTION PROCESS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE WE'RE SWITCHING OUT.
HE MAY WANNA MOVE THAT UP WITH HIM AND THAT WAS PART OF THE EXPENDITURE FOR HIS TRAVEL.
AND I'VE SEEN ON ITEM 1.2 ON NO EXPENSES BECAUSE THAT WAS HIM TRAVELING TO GET THE TRAINING FOR THE WORKING GROUPS UP AND RUNNING.
AND THEN ONE THREE WAS HAVE AT LEAST ONE COMMISSION MEMBER ATTEND EACH OF THE COUNSELOR.
SO THAT WAS PART OF THE TRAINING.
THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
SO I KNOW I JUST TALKED TO CHRISTIANA AND SAID THAT THE HR TEAM IS GOING THROUGH COMPLETING THE TRAINING THAT STAN GAVE.
BUT THERE WAS COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO DIDN'T ATTEND THE TRAINING.
SO WE MAY WANNA THINK ABOUT DO WE WANT TO EXPENSE THAT OUT AGAIN OR IS HE GONNA CHARGE THIS AGAIN? LIKE WHAT IS LIKE GET CLARIFICATION FROM HIM.
BECAUSE THEY DO NEED TO COMPLETE THAT TRAINING, BUT THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP.
I THINK IT WAS, WHAT WAS THE NOTE FROM LAST TIME? IT WAS NO SHOW, NO CALL LIST.
SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF, UM, MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, ARE THEY GONNA SHOW UP, RIGHT? DO WE WANNA PUT IN A BUDGET ITEM LY OR NOT TO PAY FOR THEM TO GET THAT TRAINING? OR CAN WE NEGOTIATE WITH SAM WHERE HE DOES IT FULLY REMOTE, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE A REALLY GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
WE'RE JUST PAYING FOR HIS TIME AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRAVEL.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HERE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE DOES FOR US.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN HE IS, BUT WE WANNA BE VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH THE BUDGET.
HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HIM ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT HIM IN PERSON OR NOT.
AND I DON'T REALLY, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY ENCOURAGE THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE TRAINING.
BUT I'LL GET WELL, I MEAN I I I JUST FEEL LIKE KIND OF WE TALKED LAST WEEK, I FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE, THE MISSION, RIGHT? YES.
SO IF WE'RE OFF, IF WE'RE OFFERING TRAINING THAT SPEAKS TO THE MISSION AND WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY GOING TO IT, IT KIND OF MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IT'S AN EMPTY MISSION.
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MATTER.SO I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS A TRAINING THAT ALL OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALSO TAKEN.
BECAUSE IF I'M WORKING FOR THE CITY, I KNOW THAT THE LEADERSHIP IS ALSO TAKING THIS.
LIKE, I THINK IT JUST MAKES MORE LIKE, UM, CONTINUITY.
UM, BUT FOR STAN, I THINK IF WE LOOK AT LIKE WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDS TO BE IN PERSON, BECAUSE LIKE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT NEW PEOPLE JOINING, EITHER FROM A WORK STANDPOINT, LIKE BEING EMPLOYED BY THE CITY, NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS RIGHT.
WE MAY NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, STAND ON THE BOOKS TO COME AND IT'S LIKE SIX MONTHS FROM WHEN THEY GOT INTO THEIR POSITION, NOW WE'RE OFFERING IT.
SO I THINK IF WE HAD THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE LIKE, HEY, EVERY QUARTER, AND MAYBE HE DOESN'T NEED TO COME DOWN PHYSICALLY EVERY QUARTER THERE'S, BUT THERE'S A VIRTUAL OR REMOTE OPTION.
SO HE DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T HAVE LIKE, 'CAUSE I KNOW WITH TEACHING WE HAVE CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, COURSES WE HAVE RECORDED YEAR, BUT IT'S ALREADY RECORDED.
WE HAVE TO DO DIVERSITY TRAINING EVERY YEAR.
HE DOESN'T HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALREADY.
YEAH, WE DID ASK HIM IF THERE WAS A WAY TO EITHER RECORD IT OR HAVE SOME TYPE OF LIKE COURSE THAT'S YEAH.
AND THAT'S ABOUT, AND WHEN PEOPLE COME ON, IT'S LIKE A CHECKLIST IS, IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FIVE HOURS EITHER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SOMETHING THEY CAN GO THROUGH AND MIGHT BE LITTLE FIVE SECOND SURVEY OR QUIZ THAT YOU TAKE AT THE END.
I KNOW HE LIKED THE PARTICIPATION ASPECT OF IT.
SO I'M SURE LIKE THAT'S WHY THE IN PERSON.
IF WE'RE GONNA TO ME LIKE THE NEXT STEP IN THAT, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OPERATIONALIZE YEAH.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT TO COORDINATE A VIRTUAL OPTION WITH HIM.
FIND A WEEKEND OR A DATE OR A TIME.
AND THEN MAYBE AT SOME POINT WE GET IT DOWN TO WHERE IT'S AN INTERACTIVE PRERECORDED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG STAN PLANS ON DOING IT.
LIKE THAT'S WHY I THINK SO BEING ABLE TO BRAND IT OR HAVE IT AS SOMETHING LIKE, AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE COME ABOARD, YOU KNOW, IS THIS PART OF YOUR TRAINING ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, DO THIS AND PART OF YOUR CHECKLIST LIKE YOU'RE FILLING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
AND HE DOES GIVE, HE DOES GIVE US THIS MATERIAL.
SO HE WAS HAVE IT ON HAND TO REVIEW IT, BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MAYBE WE COULD SPEAK THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, SO.
AND I THINK THIS LAST TIME WE CAME DOWN FORSA 'CAUSE THEY WERE DOING, UM, THE, THE LISTENING, THE CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS TRAINING AS WELL.
SO IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE THAT IN PERSON.
BUT I THINK IF WE'RE ONLY DOING, YOU KNOW, AGAIN TO STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL YEAH.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE COULDN'T INSIST OF IT WOULD BE HE DOESN'T HAVE YOUR CHILD.
AND IT'S SAD THAT TRAINING, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS SAME THING EVERY YEAR.
SO I MEAN, I ALREADY KNOW, I JUST CLICK CLICK.
BUT I MEAN, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT CAN PUT THING THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY ALREADY HAS SOME THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE FROM LIKE AN HR YES.
AND THEN THIS IS KIND OF LIKE SUPPLEMENTAL TO IT.
IF IT, IF IT FEELS OPTIONAL TO SOME DEGREE, UM, I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY NEED TO TRY TO PUSH TO MAKE IT LIKE, THIS IS LIKE A MANDATORY THING.
I THINK IT'S MORE SO OF A, HEY, THIS ISN'T SUPPORTIVE KIND OF THE STRATEGIC PLANS AND GOALS FOR THE CITY.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE TO START.
UH, SO I, I DO THINK THAT IF WE ASK STAN FROM A VIRTUAL STANDPOINT, DOES THAT CHANGE KIND OF LIKE THE PRICE? IS THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? WELL, THE TRAINING THAT THE STAFF DOES, IS IT, IS IT STAN MATERIAL OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S STAN ON ZOOM.
AND I WILL SAY IT'S, IT'S ENGAGING.
I MEAN, IS THAT A REQUIREMENT? UH, YES.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT IN, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN AS A REQUIREMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WHERE THE SEPARATION WAS.
IT WAS LIKE A NICE TO HAVE OR I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A REQUIREMENT.
I, IS IT THE COUNCIL? I DON'T THINK WE CAN EXACTLY.
SET REQUIREMENTS FOR THEM IN THAT WAY.
KNOW I THINK THAT PROBABLY LIKE MORE OF LIKE A A A CHARTER OR A CITY KIND OF, RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S BAKED IN THERE.
BUT, UM, BUT I WILL SAY THE VIRTUAL OPTION WAS ENGAGING AND, AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CITY STAFF WERE ASKING QUESTIONS AND, AND TALKING BACK AND FORTH WITH STANDS.
SO I DO THINK THE VIRTUAL IS A GOOD OPTION.
DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT EVERY YEAR OR? I, I BELIEVE SO.
IT'S A NEW THING FOR US TOO AS A COMMISSION TO HAVE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL WE'RE ESTABLISHING MM-HMM
WELL, I MEAN, AND I, I EVEN THINK JUST KIND OF THINKING TO FUTURE TOO, UM, JUST THINKING KIND OF LIKE PERPETUITY.
LIKE I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF EVEN IN SOMEWHAT OF A HANDOFF, THAT TYPE OF RESPONSIBILITY OR INTERACTION KIND OF SITS WITH THE COMMISSION.
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JUST HELPS KIND OF REINFORCE IT.SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE I THINK THAT WE TALKED TOSTAN ABOUT IS LIKE EITHER HOW DO WE KIND OF GET THE TRAINING TO FACILITATE MM-HMM
THAT TYPE OF, UH, TRAINING OR UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE LEADING MORE SO OFF OF THE, UH, DOCUMENTS AND THE MATERIAL, BUT WE'RE TRAINED ON HOW TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSATION.
UM, SO I, I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF YEAH.
SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGING FOR EVERYBODY'S.
ONE THING I WOULD OFFER THAT I NEVER, I DON'T THINK WE POSE IT TO HIM, IT'S HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT? WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT MEASURING THINGS THAT WE SPEND MONEY ON.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING FOR HIS TIME TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER THE TRAINING FOR STAFF AS A REQUIREMENT.
HOW DO WE MEASURE AND HERE, HOW IS IT MOVING THE NEEDLE? YEAH.
SOME KIND OF SURVEY OR SOME KIND OF YEAH.
SOMETHING REAL SIMPLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MEASURE A YEAR FROM HERE TO SEE THE GROWTH OR NOT EVEN SEE THE GROWTH TO SEE BASICALLY IS IT WORTH, RIGHT.
IT'D BE GOOD THINGS TO MEASURE, LIKE HIRING PRACTICES OR GENERAL CULTURE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING UNLESS WE ALREADY HAVE IT.
BUT SOMETHING I ALSO, WE WANNA PROBABLY WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ON.
SO WE ARE STILL ON BUDGET, UM, TRACKER.
'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA CUT OFF BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FIGURE OUT AS WE BUILD NEXT YEAR'S PLAN AND THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK MONEY FOR THAT WE START TO, THAT WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR US TO COME UP WITH? ABS GONNA FIND OUT, WELL I GONNA FIND OUT THAT THE STAFF'S ALREADY DONE, BUT IT'S US ASKING FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT YET.
AND THEY WOULD LET ME KNOW AS THE LIAISON.
SO THAT MAKES ME THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE FUN.
BUT IT PROBABLY IS COMING UP SOON.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR US? ITEM 6.1, MAYBE AN UPDATE BUDGET PROGRESS TRACKER AS IT RELATES TO THE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
I THINK IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE SEE AS OF LIKE RIGHT NOW ARE NOT WORKING AND, AND WE'RE SPENDING TIME AND MONEY ON, ON PRACTICES THAT ARE NOT PERFORMING AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED.
IT'S LIKE WE NEED TO MOCK IMMEDIATELY TRY AND REVISIT HOW WE EITHER THE, EITHER THE MISSION GOAL OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF YEAH.
I THINK THAT WE DID THAT SO THAT WE'RE NOT SPINNING WHEELS AND STILL TALKING ABOUT AND STILL TRYING TO GET THINGS FIGURED OUT.
AND THEN IT'S LIKE WE'VE, WE'VE MADE NO PROGRESS BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE STUCK IN FAST OF THINGS THAT WE KNOW WEREN'T WORKING.
ESPECIALLY IN CONSIDERATION OF TRYING TO COMPEL, UM, PEOPLE TO COME AND, AND DO THIS TRAINING AND THEY'RE NOT IF WE REALIZE THAT THEY'RE NOT.
AND, AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE NO SHOW, NO CALL.
WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S, THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA SHOW UP TO THE NEXT YEAH.
SO IT'S LIKE, LIKE MOVING IN A A A FORWARD DIRECTION.
WE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEEK AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT IDEA OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE DO THIS TRAINING AND UM, AND, AND, AND FOCUS THE ENERGY THERE BECAUSE WE CAN'T COMPEL ANYONE.
THEY CAN SAY THEY'RE GONNA SHOW UP LIKE THEY DID LAST TIME AND THEN KNOCKED.
AND FURTHERMORE, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE'RE DOING HERE AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT LIKE A, A STREAMING, UH, CLASS FROM STAN, WHAT IF THE PERSON COULDN'T COME IN 'CAUSE THEY HAD A DISABILITY THAT DID NOT ALLOW THEM.
SO IT'S LIKE WE WOULD MAKE THAT ACCOMMODATION.
SO IT'S LIKE ENGAGE THOSE MEMBERS WHO WE WANT TO HAVE THIS TRAINING BECAUSE IT'S A NECESSITY FOR SURE.
AND SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO, TO DO IT, UH, VIRTUALLY.
AND IF SO, THEN MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND THEN IT'S LIKE, IF NOT, IT'S LIKE CUT THAT FAT YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AROUND ITEM 6.1? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO OTHER BUSINESS.
SO ITEM, SO NUMBER SEVEN, ITEM NUMBER 7.1.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 21ST, 2026.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS OH, THANK YOU.
A LOT BETTER THAN MY SCRIBBLE.
UM, THERE WAS ACTUALLY WE HAVE IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE NEWER DAY.
UM, LET'S SEE, THAT'S JUST THE MINUTES.
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TO NOTATE ON ANYTHING.SO THERE WAS FROM LAST, FROM THE LAST MEETING, I KNOW IT'S IN, I SAID ITEM ABOUT THE, UM, NEURO DIVERGENCE STUDY AND THE WORK THAT'S COMING UP.
THERE WAS THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE, UH, VETERANS WORKING GROUP AND HAVING THEM ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
SO I THINK WE KIND OF COVERED THAT.
'CAUSE IT WAS ABOUT ASKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GET THE RESOURCES AND GET THIS SPENT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GO BACK THROUGH MY NOTES AND REMEMBER STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, WE TALKED ALREADY, I MADE A NOTE ABOUT STAN'S INVOICES, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST MEETING AND GETTING THAT UPDATED FOR THE TRACKER AND, UM, VETERANS WORKING GROUP FOR NICK COMMISSIONER INSTANCE.
I HAD HER ON HERE TO ADD AN AGENDA ITEM FOR LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING A LEADER, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TABLE THAT BECAUSE SHE'S NOT HERE.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY NOTES OR COMMENTS FROM, SO, UM, ON THE TABLE 21ST MEETING? YES MA'AM.
SO ON THE NEURODIVERGENCE, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE WAS ABLE TO SEE IT.
I DID POST IT ON, UH, MIGHT HAVE BEEN SATURDAY OR SUNDAY TO THE, UM, GOOGLE DRIVE.
JUST SOME EDUCATION ON OH, THANK YOU.
ON, UH, NEURODIVERGENCE, I, I TITLED IT A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND IT JUST BASICALLY, UM, DESCRIBES, UH, WHAT SOME OF THE NEURODIVERGENT, UH, NEURO TYPES ARE AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE PERSON.
SO THAT AS WE CONTINUE THIS PROCESS AND GOING ALONG, THERE'S NOT SO MUCH CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT IT IS AND WHO'S AFFECTED AND HOW'S AFFECTING PEOPLE AND WHAT IT IS WE COULD DO TO HELP PEOPLE.
SO IT'S LIKE IF WE UNDERSTAND HOW IT AFFECTS THE, THE PERSON, THEN WE UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN HELP, UH, BETTER THE ENVIRONMENT TO, YOU KNOW, LIMIT THE REACTION OF THE, THE DISABILITY.
BECAUSE THEN WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING IT TO THE DRIVE AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA COVER SOME MORE RESOURCES, UM, SOME INFORMATION OF ALL THOSE RESOURCES.
BUT LET'S HOLD ON THAT FOR A MINUTE FIRST BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE, UM, ITEM 0.7 0.2.
UM, SO BEFORE, AND I DON'T WANNA FORGET ABOUT THAT.
SO BEFORE WE GO TO 7.1, WE DID HAVE A NOTE, A FOLLOW UP NOTE FOR THE, SO THE BIANNUAL COMMUNITY CO COMMUNITY COMMITTEE SURVEY.
ARIS, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT ARIS ROOM IMPROVEMENT, A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON AND REVIEW HOW THE DATA IS PRESENTED AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM IT AS FAR AS LOOKING AT IT FROM THE LENS OF AGE, UM, RACIAL IDENTITY, MAYBE HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN HURO.
UM, WERE WE ABLE TO GET THAT? I REACHED OUT TO, UH, ROBERT WITH EPC? YES.
AND HE SAID HE WILL GET IT TO US, BUT HE HASN'T GOTTEN IT TO ME YET.
SO I'M HOPING I HAVE IT BY THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, BUT I ESSENTIALLY ASKED HIM FOR THE, THE SPLICING, THE SAME REPORT SPLICED BY DEMOGRAPHIC.
AND THEN, UM, OH, THERE WAS ONE, OH, I KEEP ASKING ONE FINAL USE, PROPER USE OF THE LOGO.
SOMEBODY WANTED TO DONATE STICKERS, LIKE A LOGO ON, JUST SAW ON THE FLYER.
WHAT'S THE PROPERTY USE OF THAT LOGO? DOES IT BELONG TO THE CITY? IS THERE A CERTAIN PROCESS FOR IT? I PUT IT ON A QUICK LITTLE FLYER.
SOMEBODY SAW THAT, OH, WE CAN MAKE STICKERS, YOU CAN EAT 'EM.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO DO THAT.
NO, I THINK IT BELONGS TO THE COMMISSION.
I THINK Y'ALL, Y'ALL CAN MAKE THAT CALL.
AND IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH IT, THEN I, OKAY.
SO COULD THE COMMISSION THEN SAY, SINCE IT BELONGS TO THE COMMISSION, DO Y'ALL WANNA THINK ABOUT THE GUIDELINES ABOUT HOW TO USE THE YOU BELONG IN HOW TO LOGO? I THINK IT WOULD BE SMART TO HAVE SOME GUIDELINES FOR THE COMMISSION TO SAY HOW PEOPLE CAN USE IT.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY CUTE.
I CAN IMAGINE YOU PUT IT ON A HAT AND THEN SELLING IT.
AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE'RE SELLING HATS WITH THE LOGO ON IT.
SO WITH ABBY'S GUIDANCE, UM, ESTABLISH, I WOULD SUGGEST ESTABLISH SOME GUIDELINES FOR HOW THAT LOGO IS USED.
I COULD BRING BACK KIND OF THE GUIDELINES THAT WE USE FOR OUR CITY LOGO.
I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS PROBABLY NEED TO BE AS STRICT AS WE ARE, BUT IT MIGHT WANNA EVEN THAT JUST LIKE A BASELINE.
SO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A REALLY CUTE LOGO.
YOU SEE, IT'S A REALLY CUTE LOGO.
I, I NOT DID YOU SHOW IT IN THE LAST YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I MISSED THE LAST ONE, BUT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS.
YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW WE CHANGED THE COLOR OF THE HIPPO.
SO IT'S, I THOUGHT THAT MAKES VERY HAPPY.
ARE WE GETTING ANY COMMISSION TEAM TATTOOS?
AND I, AND THAT WAS THE LAST NOTE I HAD FROM LAST MONTH'S OF MEETING.
ANY, UM, OTHER DISCUSSIONS OR ACTIONS ON 7.1 FROM THE LAST MEETING? MOVING ON TO 7.2, DISCUSSION OF A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMP.
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DO A VOTE.I ALWAYS WANNA JUST POWER THINGS.
SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE A MOTION.
7.2, DISCUSSION OF A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ON THE TOPIC OF NEURO DIVERGENCE.
GO AHEAD AND PICK UP WHERE YOU LOOKED AT.
I'M SORRY ABOUT ADDING THE RESOURCE TO THE SHARED DRIVE.
SO, UM, A, A HUGE PART OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, NEURODIVERGENCE IS, IS UNDERSTANDING HOW IT AFFECTS THEM AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEY, IF THEY'RE NONVERBAL OR WHATEVER MM-HMM
UM, UM, WHAT THEY MAY BE EXPERIENCING DURING THAT TIME OF, OF, UM, OF HEIGHTENED, UH, EXPERIENCE.
AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND, UH, OR, OR THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE ENVIRONMENT DICTATES THE LEVEL OF THAT, THAT EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'RE HAVING.
SO, UH, I SAY THIS FROM A, I AM NEURO DIVERSION AND, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT THAT I AM IN AFFECTS IF I'M HAVING HIGH ANXIETY, IF I'M NOT HAVING HIGH ANXIETY, IF I'M ABLE TO FOCUS, IF I'M NOT ABLE TO FOCUS.
SO THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO, UM, DON'T HAVE TO BE BIG, BUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UM, UH, MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE HAVING THOSE EXPERIENCES.
SO, CASE IN POINT, I, I GET LOST IN A HIGH GRASP SOMETIMES, BUT, UM, I'VE MISSED SOME, NOT ALL OF, UH, THE NEURO THE, THE NEURO TYPES.
UM, AND PUT IT IN, UM, A LITTLE BRIEF AND TO THE GOOGLE DRIVES THAT WE CAN SEE THEM, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE COMMON ACROSS THE BOARD, ALSO LISTED LIKE SOME COMMONALITIES BETWEEN THEM.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE COMMONALITIES ARE, IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, NEURODIVERGENT TEND TO HIDE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NEURODIVERGENT.
WHICH, UH, IT, IT TAKES A, A GREAT AMOUNT OF ENERGY TO PRETEND TO BE SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT, BECAUSE THIS WORLD'S NOT MEANT FOR PEOPLE WITH THOSE TYPES OF BRAINS.
SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, I, I THINK IT'S GOOD.
I THINK IT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, NOT IN A DEROGATORY TERM, BUT IGNORANCE IS BLISS, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMEONE'S GOING THROUGH, WE HAVE LESS COMPASSION FOR THEM.
WE, UM, ACT, UH, OFTEN IN A MATTER WHICH IS NOT, UH, PRODUCTIVE TO, TO DIFFUSING ANY SITUATION THAT MIGHT BE HEIGHTENED.
THEN WE MAKE ASSUMPTIONS THAT CAN, CAN, CAN MAKE, UH, A LIFE CHANGING, YOU KNOW, DECISIONS.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S, IT'S, I FEEL LIKE IT'S, UH, THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL TOPIC OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT'S ALSO SUPER IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE, UM, MANY PEOPLE GO UNDIAGNOSED AND THEY DON'T, UM, EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THEY'RE EXPERIENCING OR WHY, OR THE HOW.
AND SO AS BEST AS WE CAN AS A COMMISSION DO THINGS TO HELP, UH, UH, BOOST THAT VIBRATION OF, OF, OF HELPING PEOPLE AND LOVING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FOCUS, I MEAN, ACROSS THE BOARD OF COURSE.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE TOO PERSONAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT RESOURCE.
NO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD RESOURCE.
THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT TO THE DRIVE.
UM, SO WE WERE GONNA DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, VOTE TO MOVING FORWARD WITH LAUNCHING A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
AND COMMISSIONER
DENI AGREED TO SPONSOR, UH, THE CAMPAIGN.
SO WE WOULD VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEN WE FLESH IT OUT.
THERE'S SOME OTHER ITEMS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AS WELL.
BUT WE GO AHEAD AND WE'RE GO AHEAD AND TAKE AND MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING THIS AN OFFICIAL INITIATIVE OF THE, UH, DIB COMMISSION GOING INTO THIS NEXT SEASON, WHICH WOULD BE PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND PART OF OUR BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO NOW WE OFFICIALLY HAVE THIS INITIATIVE COMMISSIONER AND DENISE, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND TELL ANOTHER, YOU HAD SOME GREAT, UM, CONVERSATIONS AND RESOURCES NOW, AND ALSO COMMISSIONER NAI, YOU RECEIVED SOME ITEMS FROM MR. ARD? I RECEIVED A DOCUMENT FROM MR. BRIAN
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ARD AND MM-HMMUH, FORWARDED THAT TO ABBY, AND SHE, I BELIEVE HAS, HAS PUT IT UP ON THE DRIVE.
AND, UH, I KIND OF WENT THROUGH THE SKIM THROUGH THE DOCUMENT.
UH, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS ESSENTIALLY ABOUT 15 TO 25, 20% OF THE POPULATION IS NEAR DIVERGENT TO SOME DEGREE.
UM, OUR NORMAL, I GUESS CITIES ARE NOT PLANNED WITH THEM IN MIND, THE NEW NEAR DIVERGENT PEOPLE IN MIND.
SO, UM, THE, THE DOCUMENT ESSENTIALLY JUST TALKS MORE ABOUT HOW TO, UH, PLAN AROUND THAT POPULATION THAT MAY NOT BE, UH, UH, VISIBLE STAKEHOLDER, BUT IS, UH, A PART OF THE POPULATION.
AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO GETTING A SENSORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT DONE IS ONE, IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE DOCUMENT TALKS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HELPING COMMUNITY AND, UH, HELPING PLAN THE CITIES BETTER.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME, UH, DEDICATED TIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE LIKE 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM OR 9:00 AM TO 9:00 PM UH, LIKE LOUD HOURS AND THEN QUIET HOURS AFTER THAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU ALREADY SEE THAT IN ACTION IN SOME HOTELS, IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALL THAT.
SO SOMETHING, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES IS ONE OF THE WAYS WE COULD HELP.
UH, AND THEN IT, IT TALKS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT ELSE YOU COULD DO AND HOW ELSE WE CAN PLAN BETTER, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK, ROUGH IDEA OF WHAT DOCTOR TALKS ABOUT.
SO, UM, FIRST, UM, I'LL NEED SOMEONE TO RESEND ME THE DRIVE MY DRIVES.
ONE OF THE, WHAT COMMISSIONER
I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO AT LEAST KIND OF, KIND OF DO LIKE INITIAL BREAKING OF HU, RIGHT? LIKE THIS IS KIND OF WHERE HU RIGHT SITS, RIGHT? AND I THINK COMPARED TO OTHER, COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S CONSIDERED IDEAL OR, I KNOW STAN ALSO SENT A DOCUMENT, UM, AND UH, I'M NOT SURE IF HE LEFT IT OFF THAT EMAIL, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE IT ON THE EMAIL WHEN HE SENT IT, SO OH.
MAYBE I JUST FORGOT TO ATTACH.
SO IF YOU COULD SEND THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
BUT LIKE, EVEN LOOKING AT THAT, SO THE DOCUMENT THAT STAN HAD ORIGINALLY SENT KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT CITIES CAN DO TO SUPPORT NEURODIVERGENCE, UM, AND NEURODIVERGENT COMMUNITIES.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THAT ASSESSMENT AND THAT DOCUMENT, IT WILL KIND OF GIVE US LIKE A STARTING POINT AT LEAST.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, UH, TO WHAT COMMISSIONER FURY WAS SAYING, IT'S, IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE THIS THING WHERE YOU'RE OVERHAULING THE CITY, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING JUST COMPLETELY LIKE, WE'RE GONNA REMAKE HOW THE CITY OPERATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK MAYBE EVEN HIGHLIGHTING CERTAIN THINGS.
SO MOST CITIES ALWAYS ORDINANCES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE COULD CONSIDER.
UM, AND I THINK JUST KIND OF LETTING THE CITY KNOW WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING AND THEN INVITING INDIVIDUALS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT MAYBE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS RIGHT? WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE NEURODIVERGENCE, UM, SPECTRUM AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT NEEDS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF FIRST JUMPED OUT TO ME AS FAR AS LIKE IMPLEMENTATION OR TIMING, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A CHILD WHO'S NEURODIVERGENCE, SO I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT SCHOOL WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT NEURO DIVERT, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S, TO ME IS ALWAYS LIKE THE BIG RISK.
SO EVEN IF WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF TIME IT WITH KIND OF LIKE END OF SUMMER GOING INTO THAT SCHOOL SEASON, RIGHT, TO HELP SUPPORT YOU, YOU KNOW, THEIR, UH, PARENTS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS KIND OF GOING INTO THAT SPACE WHERE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IT'S WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF, UM, I WOULD SAY, UH, I WOULD SAY MISAPPROPRIATION OF THE NEURODIVERGENT OR OR INABILITY TO CONNECT WITH NEURO DIVERGENCE IS OFTENTIMES WITHIN SCHOOL SPACES, OR, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THE TIMING WOULD BE, YOU'D HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT TIMING, BUT I THINK THE FIRST STEPS WOULD BE LIKE, WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW? YEAH.
AND THEN SAYING, OKAY, WHAT'S THE NEEDLE WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? LIKE, WHAT'S THE FIRST LEVEL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO? RIGHT? AT THE VERY LEAST, CAN WE FIND SOMETHING THAT WE COMMIT TO? LIKE I KNOW THAT THE, UH, PARK THAT THEY'RE BUILDING OR THE, THE
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RENOVATIONS IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE AN ALL ABILITIES PARK, RIGHT? SO I THINK CALLING THAT OUT AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF THAT, OR HERE'S SOME THINGS, OR HERE'S SOME RESOURCES.UM, YOU JUST BUILDING LIKE A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, RIGHT? AS OPPOSED TO FOCUSING ON WHAT'S MISSING.
SAY LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD TOO.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK WE NEED MORE OF? AND THEN I THINK FOR OUR COMMISSION'S PURPOSE, BEING ABLE TO THEN GO TO, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SAY, HEY LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE THINK COULD BE MORE HELPFUL.
HOW DO WE GET THIS DONE? AND THEN PARTNER WITH, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL IN THAT, THAT FASHION.
SO, UM, SO WHAT I'M TRYING, I WAS RUNNING ON WHAT YOU WERE HEARING.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA BUILD, WE'RE GONNA BUILD A PUBLIC PUBLIC CAMPAIGN, A PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, THAT'S THE FIRST PLACE TO START, RIGHT? WE WANNA START.
SO THEN UNDER THOSE ITEMS WOULD BE LIKE THE ASSESSMENT PART, WHICH SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A GOOD AMOUNT OF, UM, LOOKING, WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC.
AND JEFF WHITE IS A GREAT PARKS DIRECTOR AND THEY MAY, THEY MAY ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THAT.
THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO, IS ASKING THAT QUESTION.
THERE WAS ALSO A STAFF PERSON WHO'S THE ADA, A COMPLIANCE.
HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HER? NO, I HAVE NOT.
SO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT INTRODUCTION AND ALL OF THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE ASSESSMENT PHASE.
YOU ARE GONNA PROBABLY WANNA SIT OUT, SET UP A TIMELINE FOR HOW LONG, WHEN DO WE START THE ASSESSMENT MM-HMM
WHEN DOES IT END FOR THIS FIRST ROLLOUT, RIGHT.
AND THEN LOOK AT TOOLS AND RESOURCES ALREADY AVAILABLE, LIKE WORKING WITH WHAT SPARK'S ALREADY DOING.
EVEN ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT GRANT MONEY IS STILL AVAILABLE OR THEY'RE COMING, WHAT DO THEY HAVE MONEY FOR? WHAT DOES THE, WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM OUR, FROM OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION, RIGHT? FROM HOW DO ISD THAT SOMETIMES I THINK SOMETIMES AS A PARENT WE HAVE LIKE THE ISD AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY MM-HMM
RIGHT? BUT SO MUCH GREAT STUFF IS BEING DONE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
BUT IT END WHEN THE THREE O'CLOCK, WHEN THE BELL RINGS, RIGHT? SO THE STUDENT MIGHT BE GETTING ALL OF THESE, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A SON ALL THESE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT AT SCHOOL, BUT IN THE REST OF THE CITY, THAT'S NOT AS EVIDENT.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A GREAT, UM, FRIEND HERE AND MR. HOLLINSWORTH WHO CAN HELP US GET US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO PUT THAT, TO BE SOURCING, TRYING TO GET THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS IN SCHOOL EITHER.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OH, YEAH.
MIGHT STRENGTHEN IT AS A COMMUNITY.
THAT THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I HAVE KIDS IN MY, IN MY CLASS THAT CERTAIN ACCOMMODATIONS I'M NOT AWARE OF UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS.
IT'S LIKE, YEAH, YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW, KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE OR WHAT TO ASK FOR.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IMMEDIATE IMPACT OR THINKING ABOUT LIKE WHAT ACTION CAN TAKE.
AT THE VERY LEAST COULD BE POINTING PEOPLE TOWARDS RESOURCES THAT'S IT'S AVAILABLE BECAUSE, AND THEN WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ADULTS? SO MR. ARDS POINT IS THAT HIS SON IS AN ADULT, HIS CHILD IS AN ADULT.
SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE JUST STOP THINKING ABOUT? RIGHT.
WHICH IS WHAT HE STILL WAS SAYING.
SO TOOLS AND RESOURCES, AND THEN AN IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS THAT PHASE FOR REASSESSING THE OUTCOMES, RIGHT? AND THEN WE, THEN IT'LL HELP US FORM WHAT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON, IF ANYTHING DURING THESE FIRST FEW PHASES.
THAT'LL BE A BIG IMPORTANT PART OF THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE ACCOMPLISH.
UM, DOES THAT SOUND PRETTY FAIR? HOW WOULD YOU, LIKE, SINCE YOU'RE SPONSORING THE MOVEMENT, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO STRUCTURE THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN? I THINK, UH, AGAIN, I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT ASSESSMENT RESOURCES WE HAVE OUT THERE.
I THINK ONCE I, YOU KNOW, I'LL GET IN CONTACT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE A DA, UH, COMPLIANCE, UH, STAFF.
UM, 'CAUSE OTHER THING TOO IS LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST THE CROSS-SECTIONAL WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH WHAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS TO DO FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT.
WE, WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME OF THIS STUFF ALREADY OUT THERE, OR AT LEAST IN THE PRO IN, IN, IN, IN PRODUCTION OR IN PROCESS.
UM, SO THAT TO ME IS GONNA BE THE FIRST STEP.
AND THEN I THINK ONCE WE IDENTIFY KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, WHAT ACTIONS ARE, ARE ACTIVELY BEING TAKEN, WHAT THE GAP IS, AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF KIND OF WHERE OUR EFFORTS ARE BEST GONNA BE SPENT.
UM, 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE MAY DO THE BEST BY SIMPLY PARTNERING RIGHT.
WITH AN ACTION AS OPPOSED TO FEELING LIKE WE HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH AND BUILD SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I'D RATHER US COME IN AS A COMMISSION IN FULL SUPPORT OF AN ACTIVITY OR AN INITIATIVE THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE AND BRINGING MORE AWARENESS TO IT THAN KIND OF COMPETING, COMPETING FOR, YOU KNOW, EYES OR COMPETING FOR RESOURCES.
YOU KNOW, ARE THERE RUNNING GROUPS DOING GOOD WORK? AND THERE'S ALREADY GROUPS THAT ARE DOING THAT AND, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT TO THE FOREFRONT.
SO I, I THINK ONCE WE GET THAT, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL BE WORKING ON THAT THIS WEEK.
SO ONCE I KIND OF GET A SENSE OF KIND OF THOSE THINGS, THEN, UM, AT LEAST THROUGH EMAIL I'LL COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYONE AND KIND OF SET UP THOSE, LETS CONNECT.
BECAUSE IF YOU NEED SUPPORT YEAH.
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I, I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE HERE TO ABSOLUTELY HELP.TO HELP WITH RESEARCH, TO MAKE CONNECTIONS, WHATEVER YOU NEED.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S TWO PIECES TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND REDIRECT WAY IF, UM, IF I'VE GOT IT WRONG, ONE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IS LIKE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT DOES NEURODIVERGENCE MEAN? LIKE, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC.
AND THE SECOND PIECE OF IT IS, UM, ONCE YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT, IT, HOW DO WE DO BETTER AS A CITY? AND THE SECOND ONE RELIES ON THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING APPROVED THROUGH COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS.
DOES THAT SOUND ACCURATE? YEAH.
SO THERE GOES THAT, UH, THAT DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE A FIRM UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, IN A WAY IT'S LIKE WE, WE MUST BECOME SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO SOME LEVEL TO SPEAK INTELLIGENTLY ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND ASKING FOR HELP WITH THE NEXT STEPS OR FIND OR FINDING THE EXPERTS, RIGHT? LIKE I, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THE NEXT BEST THING IS KNOWING YOU ASKED RESOURCE DO WE ALREADY HAVE IN TOWN AND WHERE THE GAPS ARE.
BECAUSE I, BECAUSE I, I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, THE NICE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS, UM, MR. KENARD WHO CAME IN AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, OR YOU KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER FUR, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEARNED EXPERIENCE, WHO I THINK ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THAT.
SO I THINK EVEN IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A PUBLIC FORUM THAT WE ORGANIZED TO GET, YOU KNOW, OR OR ORGANIZING PUBLIC COMMENT, INDIVIDUALS WHO WANNA OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO SPEAK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR DESIRES AND THEIR NEEDS AND THEN THEIR, YOU KNOW, AND IT'D BE COORDINATED, RIGHT? SO THAT YOU'RE HEARING AND GIVING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.
AND THEN WE'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH, AND WE HAVE THIS ACTION BECAUSE WE'VE JUST DEMONSTRATED WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE DEMONSTRATED THE NEED.
SO THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT SHOWS VISIBILITY, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK YOU SAID THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE STRUGGLE BUT NOT NECESSARILY COME OUT WITH THE RIGHT.
AND THEN WE THINK, WHAT'S THAT? IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
SO WHY SHOULD WE BE TALKING ABOUT IT? THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
SO I WANT, I WANT TO START WITH KIND OF LIKE THE, WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW? MM-HMM
AND THEN I THINK ONCE WE ORGANIZE AROUND THAT, I'M SURE THERE ARE GONNA BE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK ABOUT EITHER CHALLENGES OR THINGS THAT ARE DO, THAT ARE WORKING REALLY WELL TO ENCOURAGE.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANNA OPERATE FROM THE SPACE THAT THERE'S A BUNCH MISSING JUST YET, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT MAY JUST BE THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, UM, AND I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON ANYONE'S TOES AS ACTUALLY DOING WORK AND BE LIKE, WELL, N'S GETTING DONE.
LIKE, WELL, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS OVER HERE FOR YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WELL, LET'S SHINE A LIGHT ON THAT.
YOU KNOW? SO, UM, I THINK THAT'LL BE A GOOD APPROACH.
THAT'S A GREAT POINT TO BRING TO THE, THE, THE COMBINED MEETING IN JUNE.
THAT'S A GREAT PERSPECTIVE TO BRING, UM, TO THAT GROUP, TO THAT MEETING.
'CAUSE WE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE PNZ 'CAUSE THAT PART OF IT IS ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT OF THIS IS SOMETHING THE PUBLIC WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON, THEY'RE INFORMED, THEN WHAT ROLE DOES THE ZONING, UH, PART OF OUR CITY PLAY IN IT? RIGHT.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO, UM, ONE THING ON THAT, BETWEEN US UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS AND TALKING ABOUT THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE P AND Z IS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO, DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO? UH, DO SECOND THEY HAVE ITEMS THAT THEY WANTED TO PURSUE? BECAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA DISCUSS THIS MORNING AN EXPLORATORY PHASE.
THIS IS THE, UM, FROM HOWARD THAT IS THERE LIAISON IN OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
UM, HE SAYS THE AGENDA LANGUAGE IS AS FOLLOWS, DISCUSSION ONLY COMMISSION, DIALOGUE AND DELIBERATION ABOUT INCLUSIONARY MEASURES THE CITY OF HU CAN IMPLEMENT TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE THE CITIZENS OF ALL APTITUDES AND ABILITIES.
SUBJECT MAY INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO CODE AMENDMENTS AND ALTERATIONS, STAFF POLICY, BOARD AND COMMISSION, EMPOWERMENT AND TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNICATIONS OF THE EFFORTS OF TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S JUST KIND OF A STARTING DISCUSSION TO ME IN A, BUT WHAT BUDDY MENTIONED ALMOST KIND OF AN ASSESSMENT OF WHERE WE'RE AT IS OUR CURRENT.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO STEER THAT CONVERSATION.
FOR, FOR BOTH OF OUR COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THAT, BECAUSE THE PART OF EDUCATION IS GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN.
EVEN WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS IN THE WORLD, WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OR OUR NEIGHBORS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, WHERE WE'RE DOING IT AND WHY.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WE SHOULD ALL TRY TO BE, IF POSSIBLE, ATTEND THAT MEETING.
UM, THAT'D BE A, IF, IF NOT, IF, IF NOT TO CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING, BUT JUST AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO, TO, TO DO THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, JUNE 8TH, JUNE 2ND, OR Y MOUTH.
BUT THE GOOD THING IS YOU ALSO
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SAY, WE GOT PEOPLE IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR IAND I, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I TAKE A LOT OF STUFF FOR GRANTED 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH KIDS LIKE THAT
SO IT'S JUST SECOND NATURE TO ME.
BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSONALITY.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME EXPERTS THAT PROBABLY CAN OKAY.
TELL US DIFFERENT ACCOMMODATIONS, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COULD HELP US OUT TOO.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE RESOURCES IN OUR CITY.
IS THERE LIKE, UH, LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER HOLLINGSWORTH MENTIONED, IF THERE ARE EXPERTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE, UH, WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THEM TO MAYBE HAVE A DISCUSSION IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE? OR EVEN A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IS THERE A FORMALIZED WAY OR DO WE JUST LIKE SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU SHOW UP? I THINK WE CAN INVITE 'EM.
I THINK THE ONLY TIME PROBABLY HAS LIKE A, IS IT THERE'S LIKE A SPEAKER'S FEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? USUALLY WE CAN INVITE THEM TO THIS MEETING FOR SURE.
AND THEN I THINK ONCE AFTER THAT, I THINK THIS IS WHAT I'M HOPING ORGANICALLY WE'LL BE MAKING SOME TRACTION ON IT.
AND THEN THEY WILL BE INVITED OR THEY'LL TAKE INITIATIVE.
I SAY THEY, LIKE, THEY SAY WE HAVE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS GROUP IMAGINARY RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD SAY, THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE ADVOCATES.
MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE CITY IMPLEMENT.
THEN THEY CAN BE INVITED OR ENCOURAGED TO DO THEIR PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING YEAH.
AND THAT, THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS FOR THAT.
BUT INVITING THEM INITIALLY TO BE PART OF THE COMMISSION MEETING, YOU KNOW, JUST INVITE THEM, YOU KNOW, SET 'EM UP.
BUT DOES THAT NEED TO GO LIKE, UH, LIKE AS AN AGENDA ITEM? AND THEN, SO IF YOU GUYS JUST INVITE AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL HAVE SOME SORT OF CONFIRMATION THAT THEY'LL BE ATTENDING, THEN I CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AGENDA.
BUT EITHER WAY IT COULD BE GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC TOO, SO.
BUT WOULDN'T THAT BE LIMITED, UH, ON TIME IF IT'S GENERAL COMMENTS? NO, THAT'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THAT THE GENERAL COMMENTS? FAIR
WE'LL TAKE OVER THE WHOLE MEETING.
I, I, I WILL SAY, AND, UH, AND THEN, AND THEN I'LL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KEEP GOING OR WHATEVER, BUT, UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE SUCH A GROWING CITY BECAUSE WE'RE SURROUNDED BY CITIES WHO HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED NEW IDEAS AND, AND, UH, EXPERIENCE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS WHILE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS FOR CITIZENS.
AUSTIN HAS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS, UM, AS LIKE, UH, AN AUTISM FRIENDLY CITY WHO THEY MADE MAJOR, UH, CHANGES, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE PUBLIC SPACES, SPACES, MUSEUMS, THE Z THEATER ORDINANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS, UH, EXAMPLES, UM, OF WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE AND, AND IT'S WORKED.
I MEAN, THEY'RE LITERALLY NEXT DOOR.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF BEST PRACTICES, LIKE RIGHT NEAR.
AGAIN, I, I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK THAT ONCE WE KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'LL, WE HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES YES, SIR.
IT'LL BE A GOOD, GOOD KICKOFF.
IS THERE ANY OR OTHER WAY THAT THE COMMISSION CAN SUPPORT YOU AND SPEARHEAD SPEARHEADING THIS CAMPAIGN? NO.
I MEAN, I THINK I'LL GET KIND OF THE LAYOUT AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, I'LL SEND OUT AND, YOU KNOW, A ONE SEES FIT TO KIND OF INSERT THEMSELVES.
ANYBODY, ANY OF ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT ITEM 7.2? ALRIGHT, THAT'S GOOD.
WE KIND OF WENT INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PROPOSAL FROM TOTAL ENGAGEMENT CONSULTING BY KIMER.
HE WASN'T HERE FOR THE LAST MEETING.
UM, AND TALK COMMISSIONER HOWORTH WASN'T SO COULD WE YEAH.
PULL THAT UP AND REVIEW IT WITH HIM SOON AS, UM, COMMISSIONER JOSH, JOSH COMES IN.
AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, COMMISSIONER HOLLINSWORTH, THIS IS HIS PROPOSAL.
HE'S AS A CONSULTANT, HE'LL PROPOSE WHAT HE THINKS HE NEEDS TO COME IN AND THINK THAT THEN WE WOULD EITHER PUT IT INTO OUR BUDGET OR NOT PUT IT INTO A BUDGET.
LIKE WE CAN TALK OF EARLIER ABOUT HAVING HIM DO SOME OF THE TRAINING THAT IS IMPORTANT VIRTUALLY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR TRAVEL.
SO HE, HE SENT A PROPOSAL, EXCUSE ME, FOR US TO REVIEW.
HE WAS HERE LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO ALSO, RIGHT? YES.
AND IS THIS IN THE DRIVE ALREADY? YES, IT'S, SEE, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT.
I'M ASSUMING I ON IN THE DRIVE.
I, I SENT IT WITH THE AGENDA, BUT I WILL PUT IT IN THE TRIAL.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS GONNA BE, YEAH, WE ALWAYS WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE WORKING GROUPS.
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LET'S, LET'S TABLE THAT FOR A MINUTE.SO I WANNA KEEP THE MEETING GOING.
DISCUSSION OF CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS REGARDING RECRUITMENT, PURPOSE, SUPPORT, AND TRAINING.
SO, AGAIN, WE KIND OF WENT INTO A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE HAVE A LIAISON.
SO JAVI LEWIS IS THE LIAISON FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS GROUP WHO NEEDS TO REGROUP.
UM, CURRENTLY THE LIAISON FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO IS REALLY GOING STRONG.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED A NEW LIAISON, UM, TO SUPPORT THEM ONCE AF AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC AND THE COM AND THE GROUPS UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THEM IS TO BRING MORE DIVERSE VOICES TO THE TABLE, TO ADVISE THE CITY LEADERSHIP AND STAFF ON THINGS THAT IS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE GREAT WAY TO BRING MORE DIVERSE VOICES TO THE TABLE, UM, THAT ARE MORE INCLUSIVE.
UH, BUT THEY DO NEED GUIDANCE IN KEEPING THINGS GOING.
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE ASKED ME FOR IS, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY CAN USE THEIR BUDGET, HELPING THEM DEPENDING ON THE GROUP.
SO I HAVE A SENIOR CITIZEN GROUP HELPING THEM WITH LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA THINGS, UM, HELPING THEM WITH IDEAS FOR SUPPORT.
THEY WANNA DO A SENIOR CITIZEN RESOURCE FAIR.
THEY WANT ME TO HELP FIND VENDORS.
LIKE I, I'M WORKING FOR THEM FOR FREE, BUT IT'S SO EXCITING 'CAUSE THEY ARE SO MOTIVATED AND I HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK FOR THOSE THINGS FOR THEM.
SO I JUST WANNA GET A KINDA UNDERSTAND, AS A LIAISON, WE DON'T OWN THE WORKING GROUP.
WE REALLY WANT THEM TO COME UP WITH THEIR NEEDS, THEIR PURPOSE, WHAT ACTIONS THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING.
BUT AT LIAISON, THEY'RE WHERE THEY'RE TIED BACK TO THIS COMMISSION AND TO THE CITY.
AND THAT WHEN THEY START, ONCE, ONCE THEY'RE FORMED AND THEY'RE TAKING INITIATIVE ITEMS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE SENIOR CITIZEN WORKING GROUP, ONE OF THEIR BIG LONG-TERM PLANS IS TO HAVE A PERMANENT MEETING SPACE, WHICH INCLUDES THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND A SENIOR CENTER.
RIGHT? THAT'S A BIG CONVERSATION THAT THEY WANNA REALLY PUT TOGETHER, GET A LOT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT, AND THEY WANNA KICK IT BACK TO COUNCIL AS SOMETHING THAT THEY ASK FOR IN THE FUTURE.
RIGHT? AND THEN THE SHORT TERM ONE IS TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEY WORK THAT OUT ON THEIR OWN WITH THE, UM, WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION AND USING THE VAN.
SO NOW THEY'RE AT THE POINT WHERE THEY'VE HAD ADDITIONAL PEOPLE ADDED TO THEIR INSURANCE AT THE AMERICAN LEGION.
SO THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE IT.
AND NOW THEY'RE DISCUSSING HAVING A, A VOLUNTEER.
THEY DEMAND THE PHONES, LIKE SOME OF THESE GROUPS, LIKE THIS SENIOR CITIZEN GROUP IS GONNA BE GREAT AND REALLY MOVE FORWARD REALLY STRONG.
SOME ARE GONNA NEED LESS SUPPORT, I WOULD IMAGINE.
LIKE THE SMALL BUSINESS GROUP.
AND THEN THE VETERANS GROUP, THEY LOST THEIR LEADER, SO THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A STANDSTILL.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON IS STILL THE LIAISON FOR THAT, BUT CHECKING IN WITH HER AND SEE WHAT SUPPORT SHE NEEDS, UM, AND KEEPING THAT GROUP GOING AND GETTING REORGANIZED.
AND THEY DID HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, UM, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS RIGHT NOW, LIKE WHO'S GOT ACCESS.
BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AND IT JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THE WORKING GROUPS OR MAJOR INITIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT WE PUT IN LAST YEAR AND GETTING THEM GOING.
SO WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THEM TO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE.
UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, RECRUITING AT THE RESOURCE FAIR, UM, WITH A LOT OF ENERGY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, PUT THAT OUT THERE.
AND I WANTED TO SEE WITH THE CITIZEN WORKING GROUP, THE SUB PART OF IT WAS THE LISTENING POST.
IT'S NOT THE EXACTLY THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF WE WANT TO, I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON PUTTING THE, THE IDEA OF THE INITIATIVE OF THE LISTENING POST AS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T TRY TO PURSUE THIS YEAR.
IT IS, IT WASN'T IN THE LAST YEAR, BECAUSE I THINK THIS FAR INTO THE SEASON OF GETTING THE WORKING GROUPS GOING, IT IS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT, UM, TO GET PEOPLE ORGANIZED, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S ON THEIR TIME.
SO I WANTED TO SEE HOW THE COMMISSION FELT ABOUT THE LISTENING POSTS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE THIS COMING YEAR? IT'S LIKE A SUBSET OF THE WORKING GROUPS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANNA SCRATCH AND TELL, MAYBE WE SAY THIS DAN, OR TO OURSELVES, LIKE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANNA DO RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT GONNA BE IN THIS ROLE AFTER TODAY, BUT IT IS A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION OF BRINGING MORE VOICES TO THE TABLE TO ADVISE LEADERSHIP AND STAFF ON WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF, IF THE LISTENING POSTS ARE KIND OF DEPENDENT ON THE WORKING GROUPS KIND OF OPERATING, SORT OF, I MEAN, THEY CAN BE INDEPENDENT, BUT THE WAY HE EXPLAINED IT IS LIKE, THE WORKING GROUPS ARE FORMAL.
THE LISTENING POSTS ARE LESS FORMAL.
LIKE PEOPLE, LIKE, LET'S SAY LIKE THE ROTARY CLUB OR LIKE MY OLDER GROUP, THEY CAN BE A LISTENING POSTS, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY MEETING.
AND THEN WE JUST GO AND VISIT WITH THEM OR HAVE THEM COME IN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED OR HOW THEY FEEL THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THE CITY.
BUT AS FAR AS ORGANIZING THEM, HOW DO THE LISTENING POSTS GET ORGANIZED? WE DON'T LET, SEE THERE GROUPS THAT ALREADY EXIST THAT ARE ALREADY MEETING, BUT IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE INCORPORATE THEIR INPUT? IS THEY'RE MEETING FOR A REASON? LIKE IT, DOES IT IMPACT THE CITY? DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH SENSE OF BELONGING, WHICH IS OUR CHARGE, RIGHT.
SO, I MEAN, THEN WITH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK
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NOT KNOWING KIND OF WHICH GROUPS GET TARGETED FOR THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I ALMOST FEEL LIKE WE WOULD NEED KIND OF LIKE, WHAT ARE THE, LIKE WHAT ARE THE LISTENING POSTS? LIKE, WHERE ARE WE, WHERE WOULD WE BE GOING? RIGHT.HOW DO WE EVEN GET THE WORD OUT THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING OR LISTENING, IF WE'RE STILL KIND OF TRYING TO STAND UP THE WORKING GROUPS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF PULLING ON TWO ENDS OF, OF A ROPE AND WE'RE NOT REALLY MAKING ANY REAL PROGRESS.
SO MAYBE THE FOCUS FOR THIS STRATEGIC YEAR WOULD BE LET'S GET THE WORKING GROUPS STOOD UP AND FUNCTIONING SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF TAKE OUR HANDS OFF OF THOSE A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN PUT OUR EFFORT, UM, INTO THE LISTENING POST AS FAR AS LIKE THE MAKE MAKE REALLY STRONG.
BECAUSE I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE WORRY WILL ALWAYS BE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SPREAD REALLY THIN.
AND IT'LL BE A LOT OF MOVEMENT, BUT NO REAL DELIVERABLE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING, RIGHT.
LIKE, WE'RE JUST BUSY, BUT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING.
VERSUS BEING ABLE TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE GOT THESE FOUR WORKING GROUPS UP.
ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S GO AND KIND OF INSERT OURSELVES IN THIS LISTING FIELD SPACE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HOW I, I FEEL ABOUT IT.
TO ME THAT SOUNDS LIKE JUST THE EVOLVED VERSION OF, UH, UH, WHAT, WHAT A WORKING GROUP WILL EVOLVE INTO.
SO ONCE IT'S KIND OF SELF-SUFFICIENT, THAT BECOMES A SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR US.
AND THAT TO ME IS THE LISTING POST, WHERE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF GIVING US THE INFORMATION AND WE ARE TRYING TO LISTEN TO A DISTILLED VERSION OF WHAT THEY, UH, WANNA SAY TO ME.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
AND THEN COMM OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I WAS GONNA SAY, COMMISSIONER HOLLAND, AND I KIND OF ASKED YOU EARLIER, BUT ARE YOU STILL INTERESTED IN SPEARHEADING A YOUTH WORKING GROUP? YES, I AM.
AND DO YOU HAVE A TIMEFRAME IN MIND? OH, LIKE I SAID, AFTER THIS WEEK, I DON'T HAVE TIME.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FINISH THE, I'M REALLY HEAVY, JOHN.
I'VE BEEN DO IT THIS WEEK THOUGH.
DO YOU PREFER? I GOT A DAY AND A HALF.
I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA PULL ME FOR ADMIN DUTY TOMORROW, WATCH AND SEE.
UH, BUT YES, IT IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY GOING TO LOOK AT THIS SUMMER, STARTING NEXT WEEK.
REALLY? UM, IN JUNE, UM, SPEARHEADING, ACTUALLY, I'M TAKING IN A LOT OF STUFF WITH YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, I WANNA LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND HOW THEY'RE BASICALLY PARTNERING UP WITH LIKE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WITH THEIR YOUTH AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND WORKING GROUPS.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THAT TARGET AGE OF 13 THROUGH LIKE 17.
UM, SO I'M GONNA LOOK MORE IN DEPTH TO THAT.
UM, HOPEFULLY THE NEXT MEETING I'LL HAVE SOMETHING CONCRETE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BOUNCE OFF, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE PEOPLE'S, YOU KNOW, SKULLS.
'CAUSE I KNOW I WAS LISTEN TO HIM.
I WAS, YOU KNOW, EAR HUSTLING.
I KNOW HE WORKED WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I CAN EAR HUSTLE WITH HIM AND SEE WHAT PROGRAMS OUT THERE.
UM, THERE'S SOME STUFF THAT'S FEASIBLE, BUT THE NEXT I'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA PUT IN.
THE PLAN IS TO LAUNCH THE YOUTH GROUP AND THINK ABOUT IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY EXPENDITURES TIED TO IT THAT WE INCLUDED.
SO WE'VE GOT THE THREE GROUPS, THE YOUTH GROUP THAT'S INCOMING.
AND WE'VE GOT THIS, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION COMPLAINT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT BIG INITIATIVE FOR COMING INTO THIS YEAR.
SO ANY OTHER ITEMS OR QUESTIONS AROUND THE CITIZEN WORKING GROUPS REGARDING RECRUITMENT PURPOSE, SUPPORT, AND OR TRAINING? SO GOING BACK TO ITEM 7.3.
I WAS SKIPPED IT 'CAUSE YOU STEPPED OUT AND, UM, I'M JUST GONNA PULL IT UP AND I KNOW I JUST, BUT I NEED TO GO BACK.
THIS IS HIS, UM, PROPOSAL FOR THIS YEAR.
PROPOSAL FOR THIS YEAR, LET'S SAY 2025.
SO I SHOULD SAY 26, 27 OR, YEAH.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY THIS.
THIS IS, SO THIS IS YOUR BUDGET CURRENTLY.
AND HE'S JUST, HE'S PROPOSING THIS CHANGE TO IT.
OH, SO SAME BUDGET, BUT CHANGED UP A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK HE'S PROPOSING, THAT'S NOT HOW I READ IT.
I READ IT AS MORE THIS IS THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH HE'S, WHICH STAND AS SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING TO SPEND FROM APRIL THROUGH JULY.
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OH, SO IS IT BECAUSE OF THE, WHAT WE ALREADY HAD, WE HAD THIS YEAR ALLOCATED IN THE, THE RESOURCE YOU BELONG IN HUDDLE.HUDDLE INSTEAD OF HAVING, BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED COMPLETED MOVING THAT AMOUNT TO, IS IT COMPLETED? I DON'T THINK IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE AN ONGOING THING TO ME.
I, I, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE KIND OF HAD DECIDED AGAINST THE RESOURCE GUIDE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO YOU CITIZEN RESOURCE GUIDE.
SO CAN YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY, WE'RE CONFUSED.
OH, WHAT HAPPENED? UM, HE'S PROPOSING MOVING A THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE RESOURCE GUIDE AND THE, YOU BELONG IN HU LINE ITEMS TO FUND THIS TRIP FROM APRIL THROUGH JULY.
AND THEN THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE UPDATED TRACKER THAT I HAVE.
BUT IS THIS FOR NEXT, IS THIS FOR NEXT YEAR OR IS THIS FOR THIS YEAR? SO IT'S FOR, WE'VE MADE DECISIONS NOW GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD FOR THE NEXT BUDGET SEASON, WHICH WE, WE TURN IN IN LIKE THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
WE'RE GONNA GET THAT, UM, FROM ABBY.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, BECAUSE SEPTEMBER 30, SEPTEMBER 30TH OR OR MID-SEPTEMBER IS OUR, IS THE CUTOFF TO SPEND WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR THAT WE PLANNED IT LAST YEAR.
I WANNA SAY HE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS JULY NOW.
IS HE THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
THAT, THAT'S HOW I READ IT TOO.
BECAUSE HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT ELSE THAT WOULD GET HIM, GET US THROUGH JULY.
AND THEN, BUT THEN HE HAD 20, WE ALREADY HAD A BUDGET FOR HIS TRAVEL IN JULY, SUPPOSED TO BE JULY 8TH, AND HE PUSHED IT BACK TO THE 21ST.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WAS WORKING SESSION AT, SO THE RESOURCE GUY, WE HAD ALREADY PUT THAT TO BED AND MAYBE IT DIDN'T REFLECT IT ON THE UPDATED PRINTED OUT BUDGET.
BUT WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING INSTEAD OF THE RESOURCE GUIDE IS WE TURNED IT INTO THE 1500 SENIOR CITIZEN, UM, WHAT DO WE CALL IT? SENIOR CITIZEN WORKING GROUP BUDGET.
WHAT'S THE EXACT WORDING? DOES THAT REFLECT ON THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD? YEAH.
SO WHAT I DID IS I JUST TOOK 500 FROM 5 5 4 AND 500 FROM FIVE FIVE.
BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
IF IT HELPS, UM, I KNOW WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED ME COMING TO HUDDLE THE THIRD WEEK OF JULY, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR REGULAR DEIB MISSION TO PLAN FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT DIV STRATEGIC PLAN ITEMS, WE SHOULD PLAN TO EXECUTE BUDGET.
I KNOW WHY HE'S SAYING THAT BECAUSE FIVE FOUR RESOURCE GUIDE WAS STILL ON HERE.
UM, INITIAL WORK, STARTING THE RESOURCE GUIDE, SCOPING WORK AND COLLECTING REQUIREMENTS FROM WORKING GROUPS, SOLICITING POSTS.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHY THE CONFUSION HAPPENED, BUT THEN THAT IT WAS STILL ON.
BUT THAT, CAN YOU GO TO THIS SIDE? MM-HMM
SO THE RESOURCE GUY WAS 15 AND WE MOVED 500 FROM THAT INTO ONE ONE.
AND THEN WE TOOK 500 FROM THE YOU BELONGING HUDDLE TO MOVE THAT TO ONE.
SO THE RESOURCE GUIDE SHOULD REALLY ONLY HAVE A THOUSAND.
AND YOU BELONG IN HU SHALL ONLY HAVE A THOUSAND RIGHT.
AND WHAT HE'S PROPOSING IS THAT WE MOVE THE REMAINING 1000.
IT'S IN A RESOURCE THAT'S IN RESOURCE AND IN YOU BELONG AT, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY WHAT, 500 FROM EACH WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
IT'S 2000 AND 1000 TO FUND HIS TRIP FOR JULY.
I THINK WHAT HE'S SAYING IS TAKE THE, TAKE THE THOUSAND FROM FIVE FOUR AND FIVE FIVE AND ADD IT TO THE BASICALLY CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THIS YEAR.
AND WHEN HE COMES IN JUNE, WE WILL DISCUSS THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY MENTION OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET OUTSIDE OF WE WILL DISCUSS WELL WORKING WITH GOT IT.
BECAUSE ON THE, SO YEAH, IT'S TO DISCUSS 26, 27.
SO REALLY, I MEAN, BUT REALLY THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TECHNICALLY HAMSTRUNG BY WHERE THIS GETS SPENT THE FULL DOLLAR AMOUNT MM-HMM
SO THAT'S NOT REALLY AN ISSUE FOR US IF WE HAVE TO NO, THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE CLARITY.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO GET LIKE HOW APPROVAL ON HOW THAT GETS SPENT.
AND, UH, WHAT I'M PARTLY SEEING IS THAT IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SPEND MONEY, WE, WE DISCUSSED, UH, YOU KNOW, AT 6.1, WE SHOULD ALSO
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THINK ABOUT, UH, HOW DOES THAT KIND OF, UH, ROLL? LIKE DOES THAT ROLL OVER? DO WE HAVE TO OFFICIALLY GIVE IT BACK TO THE CITY OR AND REQUEST NEW, OR HOW DOES THAT KIND OF, SO DOES YOUR, YOU'RE ASKING DOES YOUR REMAINING BUDGET ROLL OVER TO EVERY 27? RIGHT? SO FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY WE, WE COME UP WITH A, UH, YOU KNOW, REQUEST OF 10,000, RIGHT? AND WE NEED TO SPEND, WE HAVEN'T SPENT 3000 FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? DO YOU, I MEAN, BASICALLY IS THERE A FORMAL CHANNEL OR IS IT KIND OF JUST WELL, THE MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
I THINK WHAT IT IS, IS THAT WHEN WE COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND WE TRY TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED 10,000 AGAIN, THE QUESTION IS LIKE, BUT YOU DIDN'T USE ALL 10,000 LAST YEAR.
WHY DO YOU, SO WHY DO NEED 10? WHY DON'T, WHY, WHY ISN'T SEVEN GOOD ENOUGH THIS YEAR? RIGHT.
SO I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEN IS IF WE HAVE THAT, WHAT WE'LL AMOUNT TO SPEND, WE NEED TO SPEND IT.
WELL, AS, AS IT SPENDS, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL HAVE ABOUT THOUSAND IF EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED, LEFT OVER, THAT SITS IN THAT RESOURCE GUIDE AND IN THAT YOU BELONG IN HUDDLE.
SO OUR QUESTION REALLY IS DO WE NEED IT, OR I THINK THE QUESTION AROUND LIKE THE LOGO USE, LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO WITH THAT THIS YEAR THAT WE FORESEE POSSIBLY NEXT YEAR MM-HMM
SO THAT WE'RE NOT, WE TAKE IT INTO NEXT.
IT'S JUST LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE JUST APPROVED FOR IT.
WE'RE GONNA SAY NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT MONEY INTO THIS OTHER PURPOSE.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE, YOU BELONG IN
IF YOU GUYS WANNA DO SOMETHING MORE NEXT YEAR, GET IT ON SOME MORE ITEMS. LIKE SOMEBODY VOLUNTEERED TO DONATE STICKERS AS LONG AS THEY YEARS' T-SHIRTS OR SOMETHING ON MEAN I DONATED.
AND FREE ITEMS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
I GUESS MAYBE THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE HAVE SOME REMAINING AND THAT WE COULD KIND OF STOCK UP ON SOME, UH, MERCHANDISE, LIKE IT COULD BE LIKE COASTERS, BEER, COOZIES, WHATEVER, WHAT'S THE CHEAPEST THING WE CAN, RIGHT? SO COOZIES MM-HMM
WHEN WE HAVE, UH, THIS, UH, ON MAY 22ND, WE HAVE A BOOTH, WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE AWAY.
I'M SAYING, BUT IT'S NOT JUST, JUST, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE, DON'T WE HAVE THE CITY'S ANNIVERSARY OR, OR OOH, THE ONE 50TH.
THERE WOULD BE THINGS THAT WOULD COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING STOCKED UP FOR BY, BY SEPTEMBER.
THE, WELL, THE BUDGET, THE TO TO USE THE MONEY IS SEPTEMBER.
SO, YEAH, BUT I MEAN, BUT TO YOUR POINT, I MEAN, IF WE NEEDED TO BUY $500 WORTH OF COOZIES AND T-SHIRTS YEAH.
WE COULD DO THAT AND JUST LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE THEM AWAY.
THAT'S WHAT I, WE COULD HAVE LOOK ON ACCOUNT.
THAT WAS ALREADY YEAH, YOU ABSOLUTELY COULD.
I MEAN, UH, HOW MANY, WE'VE ONLY SPENT WHAT, SIX? THE $60 THAT YOU SAID FOR THE BANNER, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I MEAN, YOU DON'T, AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE STAN, HE'S PROPOSING MM-HMM
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE THE MONEY.
YOU CAN KEEP IT IN THAT BUCKET OR THAT LINE ITEM AND SAY, WE INSTEAD WE'RE GONNA HANG ONTO THAT FUND WHERE IT IS NOW AND SPEND IN ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
I MEAN, I LIKE THAT IDEA WHERE WE JUST DO SOME GIVEAWAYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT LAUNCHES THE CAMPAIGN THAT KIND OF PUTS VISIBILITY ON IT.
BRINGS MORE AWARENESS TO THE YEAH.
PEOPLE LIKE, OH, WHAT'S THIS? AND YOU KNOW, HOW DO I GET ONE OF THOSE T-SHIRTS? I HAVE A FREE T-SHIRT FROM THE CITY OF PATO.
I WOULD DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE I BELONG.
MAKE A VIDEO, AN INFOMERCIAL WITH YOU SAYING THAT
UM, SO, OKAY, SO, SO FOR THIS ACTION ITEM THEN, DO WE NEED TO MOVE? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
THE THOUSAND, BECAUSE THE, THE, HIS TRIP IN JULY, ARE WE NOT COVERED WITH THAT? I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PRE PON THAT TO JUNE.
UH, BUT THAT SHOULD STILL HAVE COVERED HIS TRIP.
AND, UH, WE, WE HAVEN'T EXHAUSTED HIS TRAVEL.
NOW, SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO MOVE IT FOR? YEAH, SO THE AMOUNT OF THERE, THE ALL ITEMS GENERAL, SO 15 HOURS OF GENERAL CONSULTING TRAVEL EXPENSE FOR UP TO THREE TRIPS AND UPDATED THROUGH OUR DIV INTRODUCTION AND TRAINING FOR NEW CITY COUNCIL.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY BUDGET AND APPROVED FOR.
AND IT GOES THROUGH THIS TIME.
LIKE IT WOULD GO THROUGH MARK.
NOW WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OFF ON OUR TIME BECAUSE WE HAD A DISRUPTION WHEN, UM, OUR CHAIR LEFT.
WE HAD TO KIND OF RESTART SOME THINGS.
SO THE PROPOSAL BEING LIKE APRIL THROUGH JULY, WELL, JUNE, JULY, UM, IS WHAT HE'S SAYING THAT, SEE HOW HE'S MAKING THOSE AMENDMENTS ON THE, ON THE AMOUNT.
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BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT.THAT'S, SO I'M NOT GONNA, SO I GUESS THE ONE QUESTION IS, WE HAVE IT BUDGETED, BUT HAVE WE SPENT FOR THE CITIZENS WORKING GROUP, HAVE WE SPENT 1750? THE ONLY THING WE WOULD'VE SPENT ON THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE, IF IT CAME OUT OF THAT BUCKET, BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN OUT OF
SO FOR CONSULTING WE HAVE THE THOUSAND REMAINING, RIGHT? WELL, SO OR THAT 2200, THE REMAINING TRIP.
SO I ADDED THE 500, 500,000 TO THE BUDGET.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, IT'LL BE THREE 3000 FOR THE GOT IT.
HOW MANY HOURS DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE? DOES HE SEND US LIKE HOW MANY HOURS WE BURN THROUGH? HOW MANY CONSULTING HOURS WE HAVE? I DON'T THINK HE HAS, BUT I CAN REACH OUT AND WE FIND OUT.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE CAN ASK HIM.
KIND OF LIKE WHAT IT'S BEEN ABOUT HIS INVOICE.
'CAUSE WE PAID FOR FIFTH, WE, WE, WE PLANNED, YOU KNOW, WE PAID FOR, WE SET UP MONEY SET ASIDE ON THE BUDGET FOR 15 CONSULTING HOURS.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT GOES INTO LIKE, THINGS LIKE HE SENDS HIS RESOURCE, LIKE THE NEWER DIVERGENT MM-HMM
SO THAT GIVES SOME OF HIS HOURS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY HIM FOR THAT TIME.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL, IT'D BE GOOD TO FIND OUT WHAT MANY HOURS ARE STILL LEFT.
AND THEN THAT WOULD HELP Y'ALL FORTH THE GROUP ABOUT WHETHER WE WANNA SPEND EXTRA MONEY ON TO GET REALLY, IT'S MORE OF HIS TIME RIGHT HERE.
DO WE NEED, AND HOW WOULD WE USE, SO THE CITIZENS TO TWO ONE CITIZENS LISTENING POST, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE.
WE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SPENT ANYTHING ON THAT, HAVE WE, OR WE HAVE, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT.
SO, BECAUSE HE DID THE TRAINING FOR WARRIOR GROUPS AND AMBASSADORS, BUT HE DIDN'T, WHILE HE WAS HERE DOING MM-HMM
IT'S A SQUISHY, YOU KNOW, SO PICTURE THAT.
HE DID CREATE THE SCRIPT AND HE DID CREATE THE SCRIPTS AND HE GAVE THEM TO US.
SO I WOULD SAY, SO THAT IS SPENT, I WOULD, SO, SO CAN WE, CAN WE HAVE HIM INVOICES OR IS THIS HIS, THIS ISN'T HIS INVOICE, RIGHT? NO.
HE HAS SENT INVOICES, BUT THOSE WOULD GO TO CHRISTIE'S.
LIKE, I THINK IT, I, I THINK WE NEED TO GET LIKE A, BECAUSE EVEN FOR LIKE THE LISTENING POSTS, LIKE I KNOW WE DID THE THOUSAND, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE 15 HOURS OR I MEAN AGAIN, WITH THE LITANY POST, LIKE I'D, I'D BE INTERESTED IN JUST SEEING LIKE HOW THE INVOICE BREAKS DOWN TO SEE LIKE, HAVE WE BEEN CHARGED UP TO THOSE AMOUNTS YET? MM-HMM
UM, BECAUSE THAT COULD CHANGE.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE ASKED ABOUT THE NEURODIVERGENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS THAT A TWO HOUR BILL THAT HE SENT US? YOU KNOW, LIKE YEAH.
BEFORE WE START JUST KIND OF MOVING STUFF, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE AT.
IT'D BE NICE TO SEE IT KIND OF LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU CREATED THAT CRACKER MM-HMM.
WHERE SHARES A BURN THROUGH RATE OF HIS HOURS.
AND HE MAY ALREADY JUST HAVE THAT IF HE JUST WANTS TO SHARE IT, BUT IT'D BE A GOOD WAY TO BREAK IT DOWN.
AND SO, AND THEN FOR THREE, HAVE WE SPENT, SO BECAUSE IT SAYS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS, THE THREE TO FOUR ONE HOUR IN-DEPTH DIB TRAINING SESSIONS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ALSO GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S PAID OUT.
SO REALLY WE, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE SPENT THE TOTAL COMES OUT TO 16,850 AND WE WOULD'VE SPENT ABOUT 14, 8 50 BY THE END OF, UM, EVERYTHING.
BUT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, OR AT LEAST THE BUDGET YEAR.
AND SO THAT LEAVES US WITH 2001 IN THE RESOURCE GUIDE AND ONE IN, UH, YOU BELONG IN.
WELL, I MEAN, AND NOT TO NI NITPICK, BUT EVEN LIKE THE THREE HOUR TRAINING FOR NEW CITY COUNCIL, CONSIDERING THERE WAS NO NEW CITY COUNCIL, THAT WAS YOU AND I THAT WAS AT THAT TRAINING.
I DON'T, I I WOULD JUST BE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW ALL OF THOSE BREAKDOWN MM-HMM
TO SEE LIKE, IS THIS JUST KIND OF LIKE A ALL OR NOTHING INVOICE? YEAH.
BECAUSE WE MAY NOT NEED TO MOVE ANY MONEY IF WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO COVER HIS TRIP IF IT'S ALREADY DONE, RIGHT.
AND IF WE'RE UP AGAINST IT, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE MORE THAN A THOUSAND IF WE'RE SITTING ON IT.
SO, WELL, UH, WHEN STAN WAS HERE, HE DID MENTION THAT, UM, HE, FOR THE TRAVEL, HE WILL CHARGE UP TO SO AND SO.
WAS TALKING ABOUT LIKE, OTHER EXPENSES FOR HIMSELF.
BUT HE'LL, HE'LL BE, OR ABOUT HIM, LIKE HIS TRAVELING EXPENSES, LIKE HIS FLIGHT, HIS FLIGHT AND ALL THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER HIM SAYING.
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FOR HIS CONSULT.BUT THE TRAVEL, THE AIRLINE TICKETS ACTUALLY, OH, HE PASSED THE TRIP.
THE TICKETS AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
SO HE'LL DO THE BOOKING AND ALL THAT, BUT ANYTHING BEYOND THAT IS ON HIM.
THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER BE LIKE MEALS AND THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW THAT GOES.
I THINK IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE A TICKET.
LIKE HE'LL, HE'LL, HE'LL EXPENSE UP TO 500 FOR A TICKET.
ANYTHING OVER THE 500 COMES OUT OF HIS POCKET.
SO KIND OF LIKE A REASONABLE SO, SO TO GIVE US AN YEAH.
SO TO ME, WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE ANYTHING AT ALL.
UM, BUT I MEAN, WE CAN FOR THE EXTRA WORK THAT HE'S DONE ON THE NEURODIVERGENCE THING'S, UNLESS IT'S ALREADY INVOLVED.
I, I THAT'S PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE A VOTE OR ANY ACTION CAN REALLY BE TAKEN UNTIL WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TABLE.
SO ACTION IS TO TABLE THE QUESTION AROUND, AROUND STAN'S REQUESTING MOVE MONEY UNTIL WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE RUNTHROUGH RATE OF THE HOURS HE'S ALREADY CHARGED, CHARGED US FOR, AND KIND OF SEE WHAT WE LEFT IN THAT BUCKET.
ABBY RUDY REACHED OUT TO HIM LETTING HIM KNOW THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THAT INFORMATION.
UH, IS THAT A MOTION TO TABLE THAT? YES.
ALL IN SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION.
SHE'S TRYING TO PICK ALL THIS UP.
AND I MEAN, ITEM 7.5, DISCUSSION OF JB COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'VE WOVEN THAT THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATION, BUT 7.5 IS AN ITEM TO TAKE A BREATHER AND SAY WHAT ELSE? WHAT HAVE WE NOT THOUGHT OF THAT WE WANNA COVER THIS EVENING AROUND THE COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLAN, ONE OF THEM BEING LIKE DUE DATE, UM, WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE IT.
AND ALSO THE DUE DATE FOR ANY BUDGET ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ON ANYBODY'S MIND THAT WE WANNA TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW FOR THE DIV COMMISSION? STRATEGIC PLAN IS THE CITY'S COM UH, STRATEGIC PLAN FINALIZED ALREADY? IT IS, UH, HOPEFULLY COUNCIL WILLING BEING ADOPTED THIS THURSDAY.
SO I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN HAS TO PIGGYBACK THEIRS.
IT SHOULD ALWAYS FOLLOW THE CITY'S PILLARS.
BECAUSE I THINK WHATEVER, ONCE THAT'S ADOPTED, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT GETS PUBLISHED, UM, WE'LL PUBLISH IT IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS IT OKAY.
SO I THINK THAT PROBABLY SHOULD BE TABLED FOR NEXT TABLED UNTIL THAT ONE IS SET.
AND THEN I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, MAKE SURE IT STILL ALIGNS WITH THE CITIES.
BECAUSE IF WE HAVE ITEMS ON OURS THAT AREN'T CURRENT ANYMORE, THEN I THINK WE HAVE TO ADJUST.
SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND WITH THIS LAST YEAR IS AS A COMMISSION HAVING DRAFT PLAN MM-HMM
FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
UM, WE, WE ALSO WANNA LOOK AT WHAT I SAID EARLIER IS THE THINGS FROM LAST YEAR THAT WE, YOU KNOW, OVERSHOT OR DECIDED WE DIDN'T WANNA DO THE ITY POST KEEPS COMING UP IN MY MIND.
MAKE, TAKE A LOOK AT HOW IT, UM, WORKS WITH THE OVERALL CITIES STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND MAKE IT REALLY NICE AND TIGHT AND CONCISE.
UM, BUT DON'T START FROM SCRATCH AFTER THE CITY'S PLAN IS IS DONE BECAUSE IT IS A LOT.
OF, UM, WELL, NO, I MEAN, AND I, AND I THINK WE HAVE, WE ALREADY HAVE OURS, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE, BUT NOT WE GOING INTO THIS YEAR.
BUT I WOULD SAY LIKE, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR CURRENT ONE, THE STRUCTURE, YEAH.
WE WOULD JUST BE MODIFYING THAT.
UM, AND THEN I THINK WITH SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE SURVEY, 'CAUSE WE WERE LOOKING TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE DETAILED, I THINK THAT DATA WILL HELP DRIVE STRATEGIC PLAN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER SO WE CAN AFFECT IT.
UM, SO WE'RE KIND OF NOT LIKE FISHING IN THE DARK.
WHAT I CAN DO IS, UH, I'LL WORK ON GETTING A DRAFT PLAN FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND, UH, WE CAN KINDA WORK THROUGH THAT, UH, OR BASE IT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW BY NEXT MEETING.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IF YOU, YES.
IF YOU WANT TO GO, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE CURRENT.
IT'S, IT'S ALL THIS ONE, IT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
AND SO COUNCIL VOTES TO ADOPT OFFICIALLY, BUT, AND THIS IS THE TEMPLATE THAT'S THEN CREATED.
BUT JUST TO GET AN IDEA, YOU CAN LOOK, UM, IN THE AGENDA FOR THURSDAYS IN THE AGENDA PACKET FOR THURSDAY MEETING.
AND THAT'LL BE, IT'S ON THERE.
WE JUST WANNA GET AN IDEA OF WHAT, SO I'LL, I'LL CREATE A DRAFT PLAN, BASE IT ON WHAT WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR MM-HMM
UM, AND I'LL STRUCTURE IT SO THAT IT'S SUPER INPUT ORIENTED.
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SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, WE CAN TALK TO STAN AND THAT INFORMS WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION ON THE, THE COMMITTEE SURVEY AND THAT INFORMS IT.BUT WE HAVE A SKELETON AND WE CAN JUST KIND OF PUT THE MEAT ON IT.
ALSO TAKE A PHOTO OF THAT LIST.
WE WENT THROUGH, WE WENT THROUGH THE, WAS THE 10 POINTS, WHATEVER POINTS WE CAME UP WITH.
AND THEN ALSO I, I OWE SOME NOTES BECAUSE SOME OF, WE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ITEM ONE, FOUR, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT TO NEXT YEAR.
UM, SURVEY INCREASES, NOTING THINGS THAT CAME FROM THE SURVEY.
'CAUSE THIS IS ALL JUST MY MM-HMM
LIKE PRIORITY ITEM FOUR, FOCUS ON A FOCUS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPOWERMENT.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE DIDN'T END UP DOING THAT IN 2025.
SO CARRY OVER, FOR EXAMPLE MM-HMM
UM, HOLD INITIAL MEETING WITH CHANEY GA REVIEW, SUGGESTED PLAN.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY'S PLAN IS FOR THAT.
UM, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE BIG ONES BECAUSE THAT'S SO, IT'S SO HUGE.
LIKE WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC, UH, GROUP GONNA BE DOING? SO THAT'S THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I PUT A STAR SO I'LL, ANYWAY, THE POINT IS I'LL ADD THOSE NOTES TO YEAH.
HOW IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW AS I PREPARE THEM.
BUT I NEED TO PUT THOSE INTO DIGITAL FORMS FOR NOW.
ANY OTHER, AND I'LL PUT THAT AS AN ITEM FOR MYSELF.
ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR NOW ON THE D DISCUSSION OF DIV COMMISSION? STRATEGIC PLAN.
HOW WE'RE GONNA TACKLE THAT ON, UM, 7.6.
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE, SO I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT THAT ON THE REAPPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS.
BUT HAVE THEY HAVE Y'ALL COME TO TIME? I THINK SO.
YOU GUYS HAD GONE WITH US SO BRIEFLY.
NO, BUT WE WERE, I THINK OUR TERMS WERE, BECAUSE WE FILLED REPLACEMENTS.
WE TOOK SHORTEN TERMS BECAUSE WE STARTED AROUND THE SAME TIME.
I THINK WE WERE REPLACING PEOPLE.
SO BOTH OF YOUR, WELL LEMME SEE.
UM, OKAY, SO COMMISSIONER DEN.
BOTH OF YOUR TERMS. IAN HOLSWORTH AND ON JUNE 30TH, 2026.
UM, SO WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON A, WHETHER YOU'RE OPEN TO RE REAPPOINTMENT, YOU CAN LET US KNOW.
AND THEN, UM, YOU HAVE THE VOTE OF THE BOARD TO BE APPOINTED.
SO IF THEY GET REAPPOINTED, IF THEY DECIDE THEY GET REAPPOINTED, WHEN, HOW, WHEN'S THEIR, WHEN DOES THEIR TERM ACTUALLY END? 'CAUSE THEY STARTED IN A WEIRD TIME.
SO WOULD, SO IT WOULD BE, YEAH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A THREE YEAR TERM.
IT IS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE FILLING.
SO, SO THE REMAINING OF A THREE YEAR TERM WOULD BE THREE.
WELL, I THOUGHT WE WERE APPOINTED FOR TWO YEARS.
NO, WE'RE APPOINTED FOR TWO YEARS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THREE YEARS OLD.
BECAUSE JUST ON MINE IT SAYS 2028.
IF I, I ALWAYS THOUGHT EVERY TWO YEARS I HAD TO GET THE, REDO THE TRAINING.
EVERY TWO YEARS WE SHOULD BE REDOING THE TRAINING POINT.
ARE BOTH COMMISSIONERS, HOLLINGSWORTH AND ANDEE INTERESTED IN BEING REAPPOINTED TO THIS COMMISSION? YEAH.
WELL, STARTING YOUR, YOUR TERM EXPRESS.
SO THEY HAVE BOTH AGREED THEY WANNA BE REAPPOINTED.
SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS, BO AND, AND TERRANCE HOLLINSWORTH.
I HYPOTHETICALLY, IF IT WAS JUST TWO PEOPLE, THEY THIS WOULDN'T, OR MAYBE IT WOULDN'T MEAN QUORUM.
'CAUSE WE'D HAVE ONE OF THEM PART SUPPORT THE OTHER.
SO 7.70, WHICH NIKKI WAS HERE.
BUT 7.7 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPOINTING OR REAPPOINTING, WHICH NOT AN OPTION RIGHT NOW FOR THE CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR.
SO RIGHT NOW, COMMISSIONER NICKON IS THE CO-CHAIR.
UM, WE CAN DISCUSS REAPPOINTED HER, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE TO TELL US IF SHE WANTS TO BE THERE OR NOT.
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SO FIRST THING IS TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE CO-CHAIR FOR THE NEXT MEETING WHEN HOPEFULLY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON WILL BE HERE.DO I HEAR A MOTION? A MOTION? WAIT QUESTION.
ARE WE REAPPOINTING BECAUSE YOU'RE LEAVING OR BECAUSE HER TURN'S OVER.
UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T ASKED HER IF SHE'S GONNA, IS SHE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING OR MOVING INTO A CHAIR POSITION HER IT'S RIGHT.
BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HER INTEREST IS HERE BECAUSE SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY.
SO IS THAT RIGHT? BECAUSE I MISUNDERSTAND THAT.
ACTUALLY, I THINK THE QUESTION THERE WAS JUST THAT, SO IF YOU ARE OFF AS OF TONIGHT, SHE BEING THE CO-CHAIR WOULD AUTOMATICALLY MOVE INTO THE CHAIR POSITION, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTS THE ROLE.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTS THE ROLE.
UM, BUT WHETHER THAT KIND OF THE STIPULATION MEMBER, YOU KIND OF MM-HMM.
I SAID I DON'T, I WELL, WHAT HAPPENED WITH ME IS WE DIDN'T, WHERE WE DIDN'T EXPECT COMM, UH, COMMISSIONER COLEMAN TO STEP OFF.
AND SO, UH, CAME IN AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHAIR FOR ONE OR TWO MEETINGS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE WERE MAKING QUORUM, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS.
AND I WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAD MORE PEOPLE ADDED.
SO WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE VOICING, UM, WHETHER, UM, I'LL BE APPOINTED AS CHAIR.
SO SORT OF, I WAS LIKE, AUTOMATICALLY THAT ROLE, BUT I SAID, LET'S WAIT UNTIL MORE PEOPLE HERE.
BECAUSE THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE WILL COME IN THAT WANTS TO BE THE CHAIR.
AND THEY ENDED UP, AND THEN WE VOTE WAS I WASN'T HERE.
I WAS, BUT I HAD ALREADY SAID THAT I WOULD, THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN IT.
UM, BUT I DID WANNA WAIT UNTIL WE HAD MORE VOICES AT THE TABLE.
UM, BUT, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT LEAVES US AS FAR AS COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON.
WHAT WOULD BE PROPER PUT THAT ON HER.
SHE BE, I WOULD SAY IF WE TABLE IT, THAT'S GONNA MEAN THAT COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON BECOMES CHAIR.
THEN SHE WON'T BE HERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
SHE WON'T BE, SHE WON'T BE HERE ON VACATION.
THEN I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND THAT Y'ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, EITHER VOLUNTEER OR MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A DIFFERENT CHAIR.
OH, WE CAN, WE CAN EVEN DO LIKE A, IF SHE'S NOT GONNA BE THERE FOR A COUPLE MEETINGS, WE CAN JUST DO A TEMPORARY AND THEN CAN WE BRING THAT IN? LIKE THIS POINT, YOU'RE THE CHAIR FOR THE POINT OF RUNNING THE MEETING.
SHE, SO THAT, I MEAN, I GOD, I WISH SHE COULD ASK HER.
AND I TALKED TO HER EARLIER ABOUT THE WORKING GROUPS.
SHE SAYS SHE WOULD LET YOU, SHE WOULD, SHE WAS GONNA LET YOU KNOW SHE WAS GONNA BE OUT FOR SOME MEETINGS IN JUNE.
SHE DIDN'T WHICH ONE SHE WAS GONNA MISS.
BUT I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T, I HATE THAT.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M SPEAKING FOR HER.
SO SHE COMMUNICATED THAT TO ME.
UM, YEAH, I, I I WOULD SAY I WOULD GO AHEAD AND APPOINT A CHAIR TONIGHT.
THAT WAY WE HAVE SOMEONE TO RUN THE, THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS AND THEN I'LL FIND OUT IF WE CAN BRING IT BACK AT WILL.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO IT.
SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK AS AN ITEM, UM, AT COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON'S FIRST MEETING BACK.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL DO ANYTHING WITH THE CO-CHAIR ROLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMSON.
AND THEN, UM, APPOINTING OR REAPP APPOINTING OF A CHAIR.
SO WE'RE GONNA NOMINATE, I DO HAVE A NOMINATION FOR CHAIR, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER PUL.
YEAH, THAT'D BE, SO SAY THAT BECAUSE HE'S, HE'S BEEN HERE QUITE A BIT.
HE'S ALREADY DONE A COUPLE PSYCH ONE, AT LEAST ONE FULL CYCLE WITH US AS A COMMISSIONER OF COMING UP ON THAT.
AND, UM, I ALSO ADMIRE HIS INTEREST IN RUNNING THE BUDGET.
'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FOR ME, I WAS LIKE, I NEVER WANTED TO DO IT, BUT IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ITEM AND HE'S ALREADY TAKEN INITIATIVE ON THAT.
SO I NOMINATE COMMISSIONER NAI TO SERVE AS THE NEXT CHAIR AND WE TAKE A VOTE.
I MAKING A MOTION TO VOTE ON ACCEPTING COMMISSIONER NAI AS THE NEXT CHAIR.
SO OFFICIALLY HANDING THAT OVER TO COMMISSIONER NAOSHI AND I WILL LET YOU TAKE ITEMS 7.8.
WHAT ITEMS DO WE WANT TO INCLUDE ON THE JUNE 16TH MEETING? THAT WHAT THAT ABBY GO THROUGH WHAT SHE ALREADY HAS? YES.
SO I HAVE TO FIND OUT CLARIFICATION ON THE FINANCE PROCESS
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FOR WORKING GROUPS THAT'LL FALL UNDER OUR STANDING CITIZEN WORKING GROUP ITEM.UM, WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHEN YOU ALL NEED TO SUBMIT BUDGET.
AND SO I'LL PUT A, JUST A GENERAL BUDGET DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA, AN FY 27 DISCUSSION.
UM, AND THEN NEED TO GET BUDGET REPORT FOR THE NEXT MEETING FROM FINANCE.
THAT'LL FALL UNDER YOUR ITEM GOING OVER THE BUDGET CRACKER.
UM, GUIDELINES ME TO BRING BACK GUIDELINES OF FOR USE OF THE YOU BELONGING HU LOGO.
UM, THAT WILL PROBABLY JUST FALL UNDER PRESENTATIONS.
UM, CONNECT COMMISSIONER IDENY AND COMMISSIONER FURY TO MARISSA AND JEFF WHITE, WHO ARE KIND OF THE PEOPLE Y'ALL NEED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH FOR THE NEURODIVERGENCE CAMPAIGN.
DO Y'ALL WANT AN ITEM ON THAT OR? YEAH.
DO YOU JUST WANT THAT TO BE LIKE AN UPDATE MAYBE? YEAH.
'CAUSE IT'LL, THE MEETING IS JUNE 2ND AND ARM MEETING IS JUNE 16TH.
REACH OUT TO STAN AND CHRISTIE FOR THEIR INVOICES AND FIND OUT HOW MANY ITEMS DO WE HAVE ANY UPCOMING PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE? WE DIDN'T HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
I'M JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WELL, I KNOW THAT, UM, THE BLACK FARM OF HUDDLES GONNA DO A PROCLAMATION AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH COMING UP FOR YEAH.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE HAD ANY COMING OUT BECAUSE I, USING, WE DIDN'T PUT ONE ON, WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT, WE DIDN'T PUT ONE FOR THIS ONE.
DID YOU MENTION THAT? UH, I DIDN'T.
AND THEN, UH, DO WE, UH, COMMISSIONER NEY, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, NEURODIVERGENCE OR DO YOU WANT SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT SOMETHING NEXT? UH, MEETING? NO, I THINK WE'LL JUST HAVE IT AS AN UPDATE.
UM, YEAH, SO WE'LL HAVE JUNE 2ND AND THEN ON THE 16TH WILL BE PROBABLY AN UPDATE BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENED AT THE JUNE 2ND MEETING AND THEN YOUR MEETING JUST OUR REGULAR, THE TOUCH POINTS BETWEEN THEM AND THAT YOU SEE THERE BEING ANY, UM, CONSENT ITEMS ON THERE TO MAKE MOTIONS ON? OR IS IT GONNA BE JUST AN UPDATE? UM, NO, I MEAN, I THINK IF WE CAN MAKE A MOTION IN THE COURSE OF THE MEETING.
SO I THINK, I THINK IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON WHAT WE FIND.
I CAN ALWAYS, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, I THINK.
YOU CAN ALSO ALWAYS COMMUNICATE WITH, UM, THE CHAIR AND HE CAN, UH, 'CAUSE ABBY'S ALWAYS GONNA SEND THE AGENDA AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN YOU CAN ADD OR EDIT IT BEFORE THAT.
AND THEN, UH, YOU CAN ALSO ADD DISCUSSION ON DRAFT PLAN FOR DIV COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE POINT.
CAN WE, CAN WE ALSO ADD, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SUMMER MONTHS COMING IS IF THERE IS, IF THERE ARE ANY LIKE CITY, UM, EVENTS HAPPENING THAT MAYBE WE COULD BE TARGETING.
'CAUSE I DON'T LIKE THIS FRIDAY WE HAVE MM-HMM
THE RESOURCE FAIR, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SO WE CAN KIND OF START BUILDING THAT CALENDAR AND MM-HMM
START LOOKING AT WHAT OUR ATTENDANCE, BECAUSE I KNOW SUMMER GETS CRAZY FOR RIGHT.
SO THE SOONER WE HAVE AN IDEA OF KINDA LIKE WHERE WE'RE EXPECTED TO BE OR IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE, OR YEAH.
I KNOW THE, THE HUNDRED 50TH FOR SURE IS YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA BE HEADING OUT SWAG.
OH, ALSO, UM, ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT CITIZEN GROUPS.
AFTER THAT, WE WANNA MAYBE INVITE THEM FOR
MAYBE INVITE THEM FOR A PRESENTATION.
NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT MAYBE INVITE THE, MAYBE PUT ON AGENDA.
WE EXPECT THEM TO COME AND DO A PRESENTATION ON HOW THAT WENT FOR THEM, BECAUSE THAT'LL WE NEED TO, OR THIS IS PRESIDENT.
THEY CAN JUST COME IN AS GUESTS, INVITE THEM IN AND SEE HOW THAT WENT FOR.
BECAUSE THAT COULD INFORM WHAT THE COMMISSION DOES NEXT TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE GEARS.
MAYBE WE'RE NOT TACKLING IT THE RIGHT WAY, BUT THEY'LL, THEY'RE THE BEST ONES TO TELL US.
UM, SO I JUST WOULD HOPE WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT CI AND, OKAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, THE SENIOR CITIZENS GROUP AT THE EVENT.
UH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF A KIND OF BUILDING THE EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR AND WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHICH ONES WE CAN ATTEND TOGETHER AS A, UH, SPLIT RESPONSIBILITIES AND A 10.
OH, DO I NEED TO NO, THERE'S NO
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VOTE ON THAT.HOW WOULD I DO THAT? JUST, JUST SAY, WELL ADJOURN AT 7 46.
IT IS 7 46 AND MEETING'S SECURE.