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WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL MEDIA, THE ALCON
[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]
CITY COUNCIL.WE CONTINUE TO HOLD MEETINGS REMOTELY DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
AND I'D LIKE TO REMIND OUR CITIZENS.
THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS FOR ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE VOTE FOR THIS ITEM.
COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CITY OF EL COLLINS WEBSITE, WHICH IS WWW.CITYOFALCOHOL.US UNDER AGENDAS AND MINUTES.
JUST GO TO THE VIDEO STREAMING AND YOU'LL SEE A BUTTON TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS.
THE MEDIA IS CALLED THE ORDER, AND I LIKE TO ASK THE CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT WHEN I CALL IN YOUR NAME.
MAYOR PRO TEM KENDRICK COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL.
ALL RIGHT, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ONCE AGAIN, IF, UM, YOU HAVE A COMMENT, THOSE OF YOU IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS, UH, GO AT ANY TIME AND SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S COMMENT GETS ENTERED INTO THE RECORD.
[1. City Council Priority/Goal-Setting Workshop RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council conducts a Priority/Goal-Setting Workshop.]
RIGHT.WE'RE ADMINIS ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS.
SO WE CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO CONDUCT A PANTY GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER GRAHAM MITCHELL TO TELL US, POUR OUT THIS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO DO THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER YOU'RE, WHETHER THEY'RE PUBLIC ENTITIES OR THE PRIVATE SECTOR, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOALS AND PRIORITIES, UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER OR T SAID TO ME THE OTHER DAY, UH, IF EVERYTHING'S A PRIORITY, NOTHING'S A PRIORITY.
AND SO THERE'S SOME VALUE IN IDENTIFYING THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT THAT YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
NOT ONLY FROM A SORT OF BROAD POLICY PERSPECTIVE, BUT MAYBE SOME SPECIFIC GOALS FOR EACH OF THOSE, THOSE BROADER PRIORITIES.
I I'VE BEEN DOING THESE TYPES OF SESSIONS FOR YEARS NOW.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE IT VIRTUALLY, BUT THERE'S A, THERE IS BEEN A FORMAT THAT I'VE FOUND HAS WORKED THE MOST EFFECTIVE.
AND WHAT I'VE PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT IS TRYING TO DUPLICATE WHAT WE CAN DO IN AN OPEN ROOM.
AND BY THE WAY, I WOULD NEVER SUGGEST WE HAVE A GOAL SETTING SESSION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IF WE WERE TO DO THIS LIVE, I RECOMMEND WE USE THE REAGAN CENTER AND WE MOVE AROUND AND BREAK AROUND AND PUT DOTS ON, ON PIECE OF PAPER.
I THINK THERE'S SOME VALUE IN KIND OF DOING THAT, UM, GETTING AWAY FROM THE DIETS AND SORT OF BREAKING UP THE TRADITION AND IT HELPS BREAK UP THE SORT OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO DUPLICATE, UM, UH, A TRADITIONAL GOAL SETTING SESSION.
HOWEVER, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THE STAFF IS OKAY WITH THAT.
IF WE WANT TO JUST SORT OF HAVE A MORE TRADITIONAL CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF US, I THINK THAT WOULD WORK AS WELL.
UM, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE TRY THIS BREAKOUT SESSION AND IT COULD BE, UH, COULD WORK OUT REALLY COOL, OR IT COULD BE JUST A TOTAL FAILURE.
SO WHAT I RECOMMEND IS WE ACTUALLY BREAK INTO DIFFERENT GROUPS AND I ACTUALLY HAVE GROUPS ASSIGNED WHERE THERE'S TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN, UM, TWO GROUPS AND THEN ONE COUNCIL MEMBER BY HIMSELF IN ANOTHER GROUP.
AND THEN THOSE GROUPS WILL BE AUGMENTED WITH DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
AND THE INTENT IS TO SORT OF HAVE A SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION AROUND AS A VERY SPECIFIC TOPIC, UM, AND NOT FOR VERY LONG TIME, BUT GET SOME IDEAS ON A PIECE OF PAPER, IDENTIFY A SPOKESPERSON AND THEN COME BACK AND THEN PRESENT OUT TO THE REST OF THE GROUP.
I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMONALITY BETWEEN THE GROUPS AND IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP CREATE THIS, UM, COALESCENCE AROUND THINGS AND PRIORITIES THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO FOCUS ON.
I THINK THERE'S SOME VALUE IN HAVING GOALS AND HAVING, UM, PRIORITIES.
WHEN YOU HAVE A COUNCIL, I'LL JUST USE IT FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, A DYSFUNCTIONAL CITY COUNCIL, UH, WHEN COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, IT REALLY HELPS STAFF KNOW WHERE THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO GO, BUT IT ACTUALLY HAS EVEN MORE POWER WHEN YOU HAVE A UNIFIED CITY COUNCIL.
AND I'LL ALWAYS SAY, COUNCIL, YOU YOU'RE ONE OF THE MOST UNIFIED CITY COUNCILS I'VE EVER WORKED WITH.
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DIFFERENT OPINIONS, YOU'LL HAVE VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UM, YOUR MOTIVATIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR AND THAT'S YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE WANTING TO PULL IN THE SAME DIRECTION.SO I THINK BY DOING THIS EXERCISE, I THINK IT WILL MAKE YOUR ABILITY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE THAN YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, THE, THE ALTERNATIVE IS WE JUST HAVE A DIALOGUE AND, AND I'LL HELP FACILITATE THE CONVERSATION IF WE JUST WANT TO NOT DO THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND GO FROM THERE.
SO I THINK THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO KNOW FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IS WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO BREAKOUT SESSIONS TO HAVE THEM OR NOT.
UM, SO MR. MAYOR, I'M GONNA TURN THE TIME BACK TO YOU TO, TO FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO WEIGH IN ON PERSONALLY OPEN TO DOING IT THE WAY GRAHAM HAS DONE IT.
BUT ANY THOUGHTS I THINK BREAKING OUT INTO GROUPS IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT WE CAN SPEAK FREELY AND THEN BRING BACK OUR THOUGHTS TO THE GROUP.
AND, UM, YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
STEVE, STEVE GAVE A THUMBS UP, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO GO.
I'M GOING TO TURN SOME TIME OVER TO MORGAN REALLY QUICKLY.
WE DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, UM, WITH TECHNOLOGY AND EVEN JUST MEETING IN A GROUP, EVEN IN A, IN A FORMAT WORKSHOP FORMAT, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME RISK OF BROWN KNIFE VIOLATION.
SO MORGAN'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO LIKE, LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE'LL BE COLLECTING PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGHOUT AND AS PUBLIC COMMENTS COME IN, WHEN THERE'S NATURAL PLACES, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE STOP AND LISTEN TO COMMENT RATHER THAN WAIT TILL THE VERY END OR HEAR THEM AT THE BEGINNING.
I THINK THAT WOULD CREATE A MORE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT MEETING IF POSSIBLE.
SO ANGELA, OUR CITY CLERK IS NOT GOING TO JOIN ANY OF THE BREAKOUT GROUPS BECAUSE HER AND I AND NORMALIZE WE'LL BE MONITORING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ALL MAYOR, MR. MAYOR, I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE.
SO MORE NEW JAKE TO SPEND A MOMENT TALKING ABOUT, UM, MAKING SURE WE STAY ABOVE BOARD ABOVE BOARD.
THANK YOU, GRAHAM AND MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AS GRAHAM MENTIONED, WE HAVE AN ISSUE THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
WHEN WE HAVE THESE BREAKOUT SESSIONS, THESE SESSIONS WILL BE A RECESS FROM THE SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE WE WILL NOT HAVE A QUORUM IN ANY OF THESE GROUPS.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS CORRECTLY, UH, RELATED TO THE TOPIC FOR EACH ONE.
DON'T DON'T MIX THEM UP BECAUSE WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS YOU WILL BE GOING INTO DIFFERENT GROUPS, YOURSELVES AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A SERIAL MEETING AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
SO I'VE, I'VE TASKED EACH OF THE DIRECTORS UNDER PENALTY OF TURNING THEM OVER TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO KEEP YOU GUYS, UH, YOU KNOW, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT.
AND, UM, THEY WILL, THEY WILL DO THEIR BEST TO KEEP YOU REINED IN SO TO SPEAK.
UH, BUT JUST FOCUS ON THE ONE TOPIC.
WHEN YOU COME BACK OUT, YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT ONE TOPIC, BUT WHEN YOU GO BACK IN, PLEASE, DON'T TALK ABOUT THE FIRST TOPIC ONLY THE SECOND TOPIC.
IS THAT CLEAR? ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.
THE POLICE CHIEF DOES HAVE AUTHORITY TO, TO ARREST ANY ONE OF YOU FOR VIOLATING THAT TO WOW.
NOT, NOT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, JUST THE DIRECTORS, SO THEY COULD GO RIGHT TO MY OFFICE AND ARREST ANYBODY WHO'S IN MY OFFICE.
WELL, I'M GLAD I'M NOT IN A BREAKOUT ROOM TONIGHT, I GUESS.
HUH? SO, SO A COUPLE MORE LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. ONE IS MY, MY INTENTION FROM THIS IS ONCE WE GATHER ALL THIS INFORMATION AND CALC PROVIDES ALL THIS FEEDBACK, WE'LL DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL COME BACK AND PRESENT TO THE CITY.
IT WILL INCLUDE DEADLINES, KIND OF MAJOR MILESTONES, PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE, IF THERE'S RESOURCES THAT NEED TO BE ALLOCATED, UM, DISCUSSION OF ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.
AND THEN THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN CAN BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS ALMOST A REPORT CARD OR A DASHBOARD, RIGHT? SO WE WERE PRESENT PERIODICALLY AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I RECOMMEND, UM, NO MORE THAN ONCE A QUARTER.
UM, AND DEPENDING ON EARLY IN THE YEAR, MAYBE EVEN IT'LL, IT'LL TAKE US A WHILE TO GET GEARED UP, BUT ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE'LL COME BACK AND REPORT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
I'LL BE VERY CLEAR, CONCISE, SORT OF A MATRIX.
THAT'LL MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT ON THE BIG PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED.
THE OTHER ADVANTAGE THAT THIS DOES FOR A CITY COUNCIL IS LET'S SAY MID-YEAR ONE OF YOU HAS THIS AMAZING IDEA AND YOU PRESENT IT TO YOUR COLLEAGUES AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AGREE.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO AS STAFF.
WE NEED TO BE HONEST WITH YOU AND LET YOU KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
THERE'S THINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY BE TAPPING
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JUST THE RESOURCES WE HAVE.WE MAY NEED TO PULL SOMETHING OFF OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.
AND SO IT GIVES SOME COUNSEL, SOME, SOME TRADE-OFFS OF THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, AND IT KIND OF HELPS, UH, HONE YOUR FOCUS.
AND I SAY, WE ARE COLLECTIVELY NOT JUST GOING FROM ITEM TO ITEM TO ITEM, WHICH CAN BE REALLY EASY TO DO IN OUR BUSINESS, DEPENDING ON WHAT EMAIL YOU RECEIVED THE NIGHT BEFORE.
SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT HELPS HOLD, HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, STAFF PRESENTED A REPORT, THIS REPORT BY NO MEANS IS MEANT TO BE WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES.
BUT WE WENT THROUGH KIND OF A, A COMPREHENSIVE EXERCISE WITH OUR STAFF AT SORT OF TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS, ONE WITH OUR MORE MANAGEMENT STAFF.
AND THEN WE PUT OUT A SURVEY TO ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT.
WHAT, WHAT STAFF MAY THINK IS IMPORTANT MAY NOT BE WHAT THE PUBLIC, OUR, OUR TYPICAL AVERAGE RESIDENTS, THINKER IMPORTANCE, BUT IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE RESULTS, I THINK EMIRS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT.
I KNOW YOU INTERACT WITH RESIDENTS FAR MORE THAN I DO.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS REALLY, REALLY PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS MAYBE A STARTING POINT OR MAYBE A WAY TO JUST TO GET THE CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING.
BUT I DON'T WANT THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THIS LIST AND SAY, OH MAN, IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T INCLUDE FISCAL STABILITY.
GRANT'S GOING TO BE REALLY UPSET ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT THE INTENTION OF PROVIDING THAT LIST.
UM, AS WHAT I AM HOPING TO DO AS PART OF THIS, UM, BREAKOUT SESSION, NUMBER ONE IS JUST EACH OF YOU, EACH OF YOUR GROUPS JUST PUT ALL THE PRIORITIES ON A PIECE OF PAPER, JUST START WRITING DOWN WHAT YOU THINK ARE THE BIG PRIORITIES.
AND THEN COME BACK WITH THREE OR FOUR OF THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT YOU THINK THE CITY SHOULD FOCUS ON.
AGAIN, CAN'T FOCUS ON EVERYTHING.
SO WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT? AND JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING ISN'T THE MOST IMPORTANT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
IT'S JUST NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT.
SO I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GET IDEAS ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND THEN START GOING THROUGH AND IDENTIFYING THE TOP.
LIKE I SAID, THREE, MAYBE FOUR.
AND THEN, UM, ONCE YOU DO THAT, WE'LL BRING EVERYONE BACK SPOKESPERSON FROM EACH GROUP WILL REPORT OUT AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SHARED SCREEN, KIND OF A WHITEBOARD, AND I'LL JUST START TYPING THE DIFFERENT RESPONSES.
AND I'LL JUST PUT THOSE ON THE PIECE OF PAPER.
UM, IF YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE ARE AND THEN I'LL COPY AND PASTE THAT INTO THE CHAT, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GET BACK TO THE SCREEN.
SO YOU CAN SEE EACH OTHER WHILE YOU'RE TALKING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND THOSE PRIORITIES.
I DON'T DON'T THINK ABOUT PROJECTS.
DON'T THINK ABOUT SPECIFIC TASKS AT THIS POINT.
YOU WANT TO BE THINKING BROAD IN TERMS OF BIG PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I BREAK YOU INTO GROUPS? NO.
SO THE WHOLE STAFF BESIDES MORGAN'S, UH, UH, UH, SERGEANT OF ARMS WILL, WILL ALSO BE AS YOUR RESOURCE.
SO SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT X, Y, OR Z, AND STOP CAN HELP IDENTIFY WHETHER WE CAN EVEN LEGALLY DO X, Y, OR Z, OR MAYBE WE'VE EVEN DONE SOMETHING OR ARE DOING SOMETHING THROUGH HER TO BE A RESOURCE TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO GET MORE OF THEIR INPUT, I'M GOING TO LET, LET YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS DICTATE THAT, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE YOUR HELPERS AND NOT DOMINATE THE CONVERSATION.
THIS IS REALLY A AS A COUNCIL CONVERSATION, THIS FIRST GROUP WILL ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, THE MAYOR BY HIMSELF.
SO YOU CAN DOMINATE THE WHOLE CONVERSATION ON YOUR OWN.
UH, SO, UM, OR YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH THE DIRECTORS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE ROOMS. HAS, HAS ANYONE NOT DONE A BREAKOUT ROOM? OKAY.
SO, SO I HAVE, I CAN'T SHOW YOU MY SCREEN, BUT I HAVE THE GROOM SET UP.
I'M GOING TO HIT OPEN ALL ROOMS. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS ACCEPT, AND YOU'LL JUST ACCEPT.
AND IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY SEND YOU INTO THAT ROOM, UM, AS I'M GOING TO GIVE EACH OTHER AND GIVE OUR GROUPS ONLY 10 MINUTES FOR THIS PHASE OF THE MEETING.
SO IT, IT, THIS IS NOT A TIME TO TELL STORIES, RIGHT? THIS IS THE TIME TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS AND IDENTIFY PRIORITIES AND START HAVING A CONVERSATION QUICKLY ABOUT THESE THINGS.
UM, I'LL CHECK IN ON THE GROUPS AT ABOUT MINUTE EIGHT AND SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AS NEEDED.
THEN WE CAN GIVE SOME MORE TIME, BUT KIND OF BUDGET YOU'RE YOU'RE THINKING FOR 10
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MINUTES.UH, DON'T, DON'T TALK ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND, AND, UM, THE BIG PRIORITIES.
I'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN A LITTLE BIT, AND I'M GOING TO PUT UP ACTUALLY ON THE SCREEN, UH, NOTES.
SO PEOPLE THAT ARE ON FACEBOOK WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN A BREAKOUT SESSION AND YOU'LL BE COMING BACK SHORTLY.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE'S BACK.
SO, UM, HOW'D IT GO ENOUGH TIME.
SO I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
UM, AND THEN WHO, WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? WHICH GROUP WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? PHIL? YOU WANT TO GO FOR IT? OR ARE YOU JUST SUPPOSED TO? YEAH.
SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOUR TOP, TOP THREE OR FOUR? SO I'LL TALK TO YOU.
OUR TOP THREE ARE HOMELESSNESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND FISCAL.
DID D DO YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON ANY OF THAT AT ALL? OR NO, I MIGHT.
AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT'S SEEN FEEL FROZEN AND WE'RE JUST HAVING A SUPER BOWL EXPERIENCE? NO, THAT'S THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
REMEMBER HE PROBABLY FLIPPED A SWITCH AT HOME AND STOPPED PHIL FROM SPEAKING OR HE'S BETWEEN ME AND MORGAN.
I DON'T AS LIKE A, LIKE A BLACK HOLE BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.
ALL RIGHT, MICHELLE, YOU'RE THE NEW SPOKESPERSON.
ANY, DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT AT ALL? SO THE HOMELESSNESS, WE'RE WANTING TO FOCUS ON CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, NOT NECESSARILY THE SHELTER, HOMELESS, THE ONES IN THE CAR, BUT OUR MAIN FOCUS SHOULD BE THE ONES THAT ARE UNSHELTERED, LIKE THE ONES WHO GET AWAY, WALKED AWAY AND VARIOUS OTHER CVS.
UM, NUMBER TWO IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND BRINGING IN MORE BUSINESS, MORE REVENUE TAXES, AND THEN THAT KIND OF MORPHS INTO FISCAL STABILITY.
GROUP TWO, GARY AND STEVE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FOR YOUR GUYS? THAT'S ME.
STEVE WHAT'D YOU GUYS COME UP WITH, SO WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY RANK THEM.
WE JUST KIND OF ADDED MORE TO THE WHITEBOARD TO TALK ABOUT THAT'S GREAT.
UM, BECAUSE I, I DID LIKE STAFF'S SURVEY, BUT TO ADD TO THE THINGS WOULD BE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC.
UH, AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY PULLED UP PUBLIC SAFETY AS A SEPARATE ITEM, RATHER THAN A SUB ITEM UNDER PRESERVED AND PUBLIC SAFETY AS BOTH POLICE AND FIRE.
UH, THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAD WERE PART OF THE STAFF SURVEY, AND WE DISCUSSED A COUPLE OF THOSE.
WAS THERE ANY ONE OF THE, ONE OR TWO OF THOSE THAT, THAT POPPED UP THAT YOU WANT TO PUT ON THIS LIST THAT YOUR GROUP WANTED TO PUT ON THIS LIST WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE CATEGORY? OR WE TALKED ABOUT STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BROAD SENSE.
UH, UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, WE TALKED ABOUT ENHANCED TECHNOLOGIES UNDER, IS IT BECAUSE WE BUILT A BEAUTIFUL, A SEPARATE, THAT WAS A BROAD CATEGORY, WASN'T IT? YEAH.
UH, WE HAD, UM, UH, ENTRY POINTS IN, INTO THIS CITY HELPED DEFINE AN IMAGE OF THE CITY.
UM, BILL CRIPPLE ONE, I HAVE LOTS OF HELP STAFF.
SO YEAH, I WAS, UM, I CAME INTO THE SESSION WITH THREE THOUGHTS.
THERE WERE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST AND TWO OF THEM, AS I'M NOT SURPRISED, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUED INNOVATIONS ON ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, IF YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO THOSE SPECIFICALLY,
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I HAD SOME, MAYBE SOME SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF WHAT, UH, THE OTHER GROUPS TALKED ABOUT.WELL, LET'S, LET'S KEEP IT AT KIND OF A BIG POLICY LEVEL BEFORE WE GO TOO DEEP INTO THAT, BUT YEAH, YEAH.
ELABORATE WELL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S, EVEN THOUGH STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB AND I THINK THAT WAS A LOT OF STREAMLINED PROCESSES.
I THINK THERE'S ROOM TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN AND THE ZONING AND DO THE TUNE-UP AND REALLY LOOK AT IT FROM A, A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND INVEST MORE MONEY IN ALCOHOL.
AND THEN FROM A HOMELESSNESS POINT OF VIEW, UM, I LIKE SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, MOST HOMELESSNESS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FOCUSED ON PROVIDING PEOPLE OPTIONS TO GET OFF THE STREETS.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT I ALSO REALLY LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH WELLS PARK.
I THINK THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
IT WAS MOSTLY STAFF-DRIVEN AND THE STAFF CAME UP WITH A PLAN AND IT COST A LOT OF MONEY.
IT WAS, IT WAS A LITTLE NERVE WRACKING, BUT THE PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED AND IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WELLS PARK NOW AND A MONTH AGO IS TREMENDOUS.
SO I LIKE TO ENCOURAGE MORE OF THOSE KIND OF IDEAS IN, IN EXPANDING THAT, UH, PROCESS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO BEFORE WE GO, ANY FURTHER, ONE IS FILL BACK FILL, ARE YOU BACK? YES.
SO, UH, MR. MAYOR, WE, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO.
WHAT I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE DO IS WE KIND OF TAKE THIS LIST AND HONE IT DOWN TO FOUR OR FIVE.
AND THEN, UM, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I THINK THERE'S A VALUE IN TAKING SOME COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO GET MY LAST, UH, OH, I'M SORRY.
THE LAST ONE, THEN WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, THE OTHER THING I, I BROUGHT UP WAS, UH, TALKING ABOUT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ASSIST PUBLIC SAFETY, MEANING POLICE AND FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS, UM, TO BE HEALTHY, HAPPY, AND MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR JOBS.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, A LOT HAS BEE, UH, IS BEING DONE ALREADY AND MAYBE WE'RE ALREADY THERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS.
BUT I JUST, IT STRIKES ME THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS SO MUCH MORE HOSTILE AND, UH, STRESSFUL NOW THAN IT WAS EVEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FOR, UM, LOTS OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T BURN PEOPLE OUT AND, UH, LOSE GOOD EMPLOYEES ALONG THE WAY.
SO WITH THAT, YOU TAKE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, ANGELA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UM, I'M GOING TO STOP SHARING THE SCREEN FOR A SECOND AND THEN, UM, WE'LL COME BACK TO IN A MINUTE.
SO YES, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO COMMENTS.
THE FIRST ONE FROM, UH, SADIE SULLIVAN GREINER.
UH, IT WAS A VERY LENGTHY COMMENT.
AND WITH HER PERMISSION, I SENT IT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU GUYS RECEIVED IT THIS MORNING, BUT SHE TOUCHED ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS.
UM, UH, FISCAL STABILITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOMELESSNESS STRETTON, AND PRESERVE AND BEAUTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOODS, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND OTHER PRIORITIES.
AND AGAIN, THAT WENT OUT TO THE COUNCIL THIS MORNING.
THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM BARBARA JOHNSON AND MS. JOHNSON IS REPRESENTING A NONPROFIT GROUP CALLED INNOCENCE LOST.
AND THAT COMPANY BRINGS EDUCATION ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND SHE WROTE A RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING INDUSTRY HAS AN $810 MILLION UNDERGROUND ANNUAL ECONOMY.
TO ASSUME THAT ALCOHOL DOESN'T TAKE PART IN THIS MODERN DAY, SLAVERY WOULD BE WRONG.
WHEN A YOUNG PERSON IS RECRUITED AND ALCOHOL TRAFFICKING IN NATIONAL CITY AND ARRESTED IN LA JOLLA, WE CAN SEE THAT THIS IS A CITYWIDE PROBLEM.
WE ALL KNOW THAT ALCOHOL HAS A HOMELESS PROBLEM.
SO WHEN A YOUNG PERSON ON THE STREETS HAS NO WAY TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF OR HIMSELF FINANCIALLY, IT IS VERY EASY TO TURN TO PROSTITUTING THEMSELVES JUST TO LIVE.
ALSO TODAY, OUR CHILDREN FIND THEMSELVES IN THIS COVID COVID YEAR SPENDING SO MUCH MORE TIME ONLINE BETWEEN HAVING TO GO TO SCHOOL ONLINE AND BEING ASKED TO STAY INSIDE SO MUCH MORE.
THEY ARE, THEY ARE TURNING TO SOCIAL MEDIA
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FOR ENTERTAINMENT.MANY CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING UNSUPERVISED.
AND THIS MAKES THEM VULNERABLE TO THE TRAFFICKERS WHO ARE WAITING 24 SEVEN TO LEARN THEM INTO A LIFESTYLE THAT THEY COULD NEVER IMAGINE AND WOULD FOREVER CHANGE THEIR LIVES.
OUR SAN DIEGO ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMANDER TELLS ME THAT THE CALLS THAT ARE COMING IN FOR SUSPECTED TRAFFICKING OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE GONE UP 50% WITH SO MANY CHILDREN SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ONLINE, OR THOSE OF US IN THIS MINISTRY, WE CALL IT MODERN DAY SLAVERY, AND THIS NEEDS TO STOP.
UM, YOU KNOW, NO PARENT WANTS THAT FOR THEIR CHILD.
THERE IS AN URGENCY TO INCREASE TRAINING AVENUES OF AWARENESS AND EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE LIFE SAVING SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
I AM ASKING IT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN FROM OKLAHOMA TO TAKE A LOOK AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
AND, UM, SHE PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING SOLUTIONS, COMMUNITY FORUMS, SAFETY SESSIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY TRAFFICKING TRAINING VIDEOS FOR SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, BUSINESSES, AND SERVICE GROUPS.
UM, WE CAN SAVE THE CHILDREN OF ALCOHOL FROM THIS UNSUSPECTING PREDATOR, BUT WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM OURSELVES.
AND THAT WAS HER COMMENT AND WE HAVE NO OTHER PLANS.
SO, UH, COUNSEL, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LIST THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED? I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO SHARE THAT LIST AGAIN.
SO YOU HAVE THAT AND I HAVE PRIORITY SPELLED, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU STAFF FOR HELPING ME OUT.
UM, IF, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO FOCUS ON FOUR OR FIVE AND REMEMBER YOU PROBABLY WANT TO LEAVE KIND OF A, ALMOST A MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY, CAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY SOME THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS NEXT YEAR THAT MAY NOT FIT INTO ANY OF THESE, RIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, KEEPING, KEEPING THAT IN MIND, IDEALLY, AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST BE HONEST.
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR STAFF TO TACKLE MANY MORE THAN 15 PROJECTS.
SO IF YOU'RE HAVING FIVE PRIORITIES, YOU'RE DOWN TO REALLY A, ABOUT THREE PER THREE PROJECTS PER PRIORITY.
UH, GRANTED THERE MAY BE SOME REALLY LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO IT WOULD REALLY DEPEND, BUT, UM, THE LESS, THE LESS PRIORITIES YOU HAVE, THE MORE PROJECTS YOU CAN WORK ON, BUT THAT IT LIMITS YOUR ABILITY.
SO WITH THAT COUNSELOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU AS A, AS A BODY, IDENTIFY THE TOP, LIKE I SAID, FOUR OR FIVE THINGS THAT YOU PRIORITY-WISE, YOU REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
SO, AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET IT KICKED OFF.
I HEARD ALMOST EVERYONE TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEN SOME, SOME OTHER COMMONALITIES THROUGHOUT YOUR DISCUSSION.
BUT THOSE, THOSE ARE TWO THAT I HEARD.
SO I'M GOING TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I HEARD SAID BY ALMOST ALL THREE GROUPS.
SO WITH THAT COUNSELOR, I TURN THE TIME BACK OVER TO YOU FOR, TO, TO DISCUSS, WELL, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE LAST, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT TALKED ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY A, A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO BE WORKING ON, BUT I DON'T EVEN HAVE A SENSE OF HOW BIG THIS THING IS AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S REASONABLE TO MAKE THAT A PLAN, OR IS THAT ALREADY A PRIORITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON.
I THINK IT IS A PRIORITY OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN, IN WHERE WE S WE STAY ON TOP OF IT.
IN FACT, THE DA HAS PUT OUT A GREAT VIDEO ACTUALLY FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL KIND OF RECOGNIZING THE TRAFFICKING IN KIND OF THEIR EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS.
UM, BUT IF THAT'S IT, THIS IS WHERE THE NEXT PHASE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE ONE OF THE PRIORITIES YOU WEREN'T FOCUSED ON ONE OF THE PROJECTS, AND THIS WOULD BE A REALLY LOW HANGING FRUIT IS FOR US TO, AGENDIZE AN ITEM WHERE WE BRING IN SOME EXPERTS AND WE, WE EDUCATE THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING ISSUES THAT ARE OCCURRING REGION-WIDE AND IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT, WE CAN SHARE.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE LIKE, THAT WOULD BE AGAIN, A PRETTY LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR US TO WORK ON, RIGHT? LIKE SAFETY WOULD BE THE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLE, AND THEN WE BREAK IT INTO SMALLER BITES CORRECTLY.
I THINK PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO FOCUS ON.
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YEAH.I THINK IT, EACH OF THESE WE'RE LOOKING TO ADVANCE THE BALL RATHER THAN PLUG HOLES OR FILL GAPS.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT, I GUESS THAT'S THE SECOND PART OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR DREAM LIST.
UM, CERTAINLY IF YOU WERE TO ASK THE PUBLIC, THEY WOULD PROBABLY PUT HOMELESSNESS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CITY AS EITHER NOT THE NUMBER ONE OR THE NUMBER TWO THING.
UM, PERSONALLY FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHAT WOULD IT, WHAT WOULD, WHAT OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS SAY, MAN, IF WE HAD THIS, IT WOULD, IT WOULD CUT IN HALF THE TIME THAT WE DO THIS.
AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO MORE OF THIS.
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE THAT I'M LOOKING FOR IN PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, FROM BOTH POLICE AND FIRE, BUT I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT SAY, WELL, UH, WE, WE'RE NOT REALLY STRUCTURED TO HANDLE THE, AND KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAYBE WE WANT OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY, YEAH, LET'S KEEP THE CITY GROWING.
UH, IT'S KINDA LIKE THE, THE OLD, UH, UNIVERSITY IDIOT AND PUBLISH A PARISH.
YOU GOT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
SO I, I, I THINK WE'RE ON A GOOD TRACK SO FAR.
SO, UH, AGREE WITH EVERYTHING.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GOEBEL SAID, AND, UH, THE MAYOR HOMELESSNESS, UM, IS BY FAR THE MOST COMMUNICATION I GET FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, SO I THINK THAT IF WE DON'T MAKE THAT A PRIORITY, WHICH IT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY, AND I THINK PART OF THIS IS TO MAYBE RE-ESTABLISH AND PUT PEN TO PAPER OF WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR US AND WE NEED TO KEEP, KEEP IT THAT WAY.
UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I MEAN, MAIN STREET, EXTENDING MAIN STREET PARKWAY, PLAZA, EMPTY LOTS AROUND THE CITY, UM, WHICH ARE MAGNETS FOR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S ALL MAKING IT EASY FOR DEVELOPERS.
I MEAN, I THINK THOSE ARE HALLMARKS OF ELK, A HOME THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PUSH FOR IT.
I THINK WE NEED TO ESTABLISH IT ONCE AGAIN.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC.
I THINK WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO DO THAT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND TELL THE STORY TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, SO YEAH, ALONG WITH, AND BY FAR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, IF WE CAN MAKE OUR, OUR POLICE AND FIRE MORE EFFICIENT, UM, IT'S GOING TO NOT ONLY RELIEVE STRESS ON, ON THOSE MEN AND WOMEN.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MORE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO YEAH, THIS METAL OR MR. KENDRICK.
I AGREE WITH, UH, PHIL ON THIS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IS REALLY NUMBER ONE, CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET NEW BUSINESSES TO COME TO OKLAHOMA UNLESS THEY FEEL SAFE.
PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO WANT TO LIVE IN SHOPPING WITH HOME UNLESS THEY FEEL SAFE.
AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS, UH, ALSO IS, UH, IN MY MIND INCLUDES THE HOMELESSNESS, WHICH I GUESS WE'VE GOT A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF, UH, POLICE AND FIRE RIGHT NOW, RESPONDING TO THE HOMELESS AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE THING THAT HAS TO PAY FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND SO ALL THREE OF THOSE WORK HAND IN HAND, UH, IN MAKING ALCOHOL IN A BETTER PLACE IF WE ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
I THINK THAT IF YOU HAVE TO BREAK EVERYTHING DOWN INTO CIRCLES AND THE MAIN FOCUS WOULD BE IN THE CENTER, YOU'D HAVE HOMELESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE GOOD BUSINESSES IF YOU'VE GOT THE HOMELESS, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS.
SHE THOUGHT IT ADDRESSED MAKING MORE MONEY, BUT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THEIR MONEY.
IF THEY HAVE TO STEP OVER A HOMELESS PERSON TO GET TO THE STORE, PUBLIC SAFETY, AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME OUT OF THEIR HOUSES AT NIGHT AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE, SO I THINK THOSE THREE SHOULD BE THE TOP AND THEY'RE ALL SORT OF INTERMINGLED WITH ONE ANOTHER THERE'S ASPECTS OF EACH ONE THAT AFFECTS THE OTHER ONE.
IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING HOW THEY, THEY ALL DO CORRELATE WITH EACH OTHER.
SO LET'S SO IT SOUNDS LIKE I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE THREE, THE THREE
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PRIORITIES THAT I HIGHLIGHTED OR BOLDED, UM, JUST LET'S SEE IF WE CAN EXPAND THE LIST AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO THE REVERSE ORDER, UH, COUNSELOR, METRO, IF YOU WERE TO VOTE FOR TWO OTHER ONES, WHAT WOULD THE TWO? UM, I THINK THAT I WOULD DO FISCAL STABILITY AND, UM, CITY, UH, I GUESS, UH, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, GETTING A COMMUNITY EVOLVE BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO FORWARD BY OURSELVES.IT'S TO TAKE THAT'S THE CITY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL THE RESIDENTS IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.
HOW MANY TOGETHER IN JUST EVEN LITTLE SMALL MINUTE AMOUNTS TO MAKE IT BETTER TEACHING YOUR KIDS, NOT THE LITTER, HAVING THINGS PICKED UP, DON'T JUNK YOUR MATTRESSES ON THE SIDEWALKS.
THOSE ALL LITTLE THINGS CAN ADD UP TO THE BIG PRIORITIES.
WELL, FIRST OF ORDER, FROM WHAT WE JUST HEARD YOU GUYS, UH, I SEE ENHANCED TECHNOLOGIES OF IS KIND OF A SUBSET OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND ACTUALLY A, UH, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MR. KENDRICK, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A PASS OR GIVE YOU ONE EXTRA.
I REALLY SEE THE TECHNOLOGIES AS A TOOL TO HELP US ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS, NOT AS A PRIORITY IN AND OF ITSELF.
SO, SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO TAKE, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE ENHANCED TECHNOLOGIES OFF THE LIST BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL END UP BEING A TOOL, DEPENDING ON WHAT GOALS YOU COME UP WITH WORKING, GOING TO BE REALIZED.
I MEAN, IT'S EITHER WORK SMARTER OR HARDER.
UM, I THINK THE TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP US BE IN MORE INNOVATIVE IN THE SMARTER PART.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THAT OFF THE LIST BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOULDN'T BE A PRIORITY IN AND OF ITSELF.
THEN FACILITATOR'S PREROGATIVE THERE.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU, WELL, WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER TWO THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? I THINK COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC LOVE, THE I'M FINDING OUT THAT A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WHAT OTHER, ANY OTHER ONE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? AND, UH, I THINK, UH, THE IMAGE OF THE CITY AND ENTRY POINTS.
SO WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME DOWN TO DRIVE DOWN JOHNSON AVENUE TO TURN OFF AT PARKWAY PLAZA TO DO SOME SHOPPING, THAT YOU KNOW, IT ALL LOOKS GOOD THERE IT'S INVITING AND NOT SCARY.
UM, I BELIEVE MR. ORTIZ, YOU YOU'RE THE NEXT TO GO.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? UH, SO IF I HAD TO GO WITH TWO MORE, UM, FISCAL STABILITY, IT'S GOTTA BE ONE, UM, WE'RE STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.
UM, AND THEN, UH, IMAGE OF THE CITY, UH, BEAUTIFICATION, UM, ENHANCING THOSE ENTRY POINTS.
UM, I WISH I COULD CHOOSE ALL OF THEM, BUT I GOTTA GO WITH THOSE TWO.
MR. GOBLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M GOING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
I'M GOING TO SAY THE PUBLIC JUST EXPECTS US TO HAVE GOOD FISCAL STABILITY.
UH, OF COURSE IT'S A PRIORITY.
I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE DOING.
SO, SO I'M GOING TO WEASEL OUT OF THAT SO I CAN GET TWO MORE.
AND MR. GOOGLE, THE REALITY IS IF STAFF'S DOING HIS JOB, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP FIGURE OUT WAYS TO BE FISCALLY STABLE.
IN FACT, YOU NOTICE THAT THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE ITEM THAT WHEN WE SURVEYED STAFF AND YOU SAW THE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SORT OF EXECUTIVE THINKING, THIS IS FROM THE ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION UP TO ME.
I THINK WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON THAT.
CAUSE I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT MR. GLOBAL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF WE'RE NOT CREATING A FISCALLY STABLE CITY, THEN YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE US AROUND.
SO CAN I GET ONE BACK? MAYBE LET'S SEE WHAT MR. GOBLE SAYS FIRST.
ACTUALLY I'LL I'LL I'LL USE MR. ORTIZ.
I'LL LET YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S, IF I, IF FISCAL STABILITY IS ALREADY A PRINCIPAL, WHICH I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THERE, MY OTHER ONE WOULD BE INFRASTRUCTURE STREET IMPROVEMENT.
SO MY TWO WOULD BE IMAGE OF THE CITY ENTRY POINTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE STREET IMPROVEMENT.
YEAH, NO, BUT I'M GOING TO PLAY WITH THE WORDS.
ONE MORE TIME ON THE IMAGE OF THE CITY ENTRY POINTS AS A SUBSECTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, IS, IS HOW YOU UNIFY YOUR ENTRY POINTS.SO MY TWO ARE GOING TO BE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
YEAH, A LOT OF THESE CAN BE COMBINED.
I, I CAN SEE HOW INFRASTRUCTURE STREET, UM, UH, IMAGE OF THE CITY ENTRY POINTS CAN, UH, MERGE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BECAUSE IF YOU, IF YOU TAKE THE ENTRY POINTS AND YOU ARE ABLE TO BRING IN YOU INVESTORS TO THE BEAUTIFY, THAT THAT AREA YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE MORE IMPROVEMENTS THAN WE EVER COULD ON OUR OWN.
BUT, UH, HAVING SAID THAT I, I LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE OR, UM, I'M SORRY.
UM, I LIKED THE ENTRY POINTS AND I LIKE, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE STREET IMPROVEMENTS, SO, OKAY.
SO, SO COUNSEL, WHAT YOU'RE LEFT WITH RIGHT NOW IS HOMELESSNESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, KIND OF THIS BROAD INFRASTRUCTURE STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND ENTRY POINTS.
THAT'S FOR, IF YOU WANT TO ADD COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC SLASH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING YOU COULD, I THINK, I THINK STAFF HAS A CAPACITY TO TAKE THAT ON.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD, OR, OR MAYBE YOU WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON THESE FOUR ITEMS IN THE UPCOMING YEAR AND NOT AS MUCH ON THE SIDE, I'M LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON THAT.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO SORT OF ADDRESS THE HEALTH OF THE EMPLOYEES.
IF WE'VE GOT, UM, EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT HAPPY, WE'VE GOT A HIGH TURNOVER.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO, BUT IF THAT'S AN ISSUE, MAYBE WE NEED TO KIND OF LOOK INTO THAT.
THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE A PART OF.
LET ME, LET ME PREEMPT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THERE'S SOME VALUE IN HAVING A MISCELLANEOUS WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S JUST SORT OF SOME RANDOM THINGS THAT DON'T FIT INTO ANY CATEGORY.
AND I THINK IT'D BE, I WOULD LIKE IF YOU GUYS CAN ALL HAVE A MISCELLANEOUS THING THAT LIKE DONE IN THE NEXT YEAR, AND THEN YOU CAN ALL AGREE ON, RIGHT.
I MEAN, MICHELLE, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A ROCKET SHIP TO MARS, I'M, I'M HOPING YOUR FOUR OTHER COLLEAGUES WON'T GO ALONG WITH THAT.
CAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO AFFORD THAT.
BUT, BUT IF THE, I MEAN, THE MAYOR'S KIND OF PUT THAT OUT AS A MISCELLANEOUS THING.
UM, CAN WE HOLD THAT IN AN ADVANCE FOR THE TIME BEING AND COME BACK TO THAT? CAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME VALUE IN EACH OF YOU HAVING SORT OF JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO, THAT YOU WANT TO CHAMPION AND YOUR COLLEAGUES GET BEHIND IT.
SO THE, SO THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU, DO WE WANT TO INCLUDE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC SLASH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF THE LIST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXPLORE NEXT? OR DO WE WANT TO JUST KEEP IT OFF FOR RIGHT NOW? NO, I THINK WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC.
I MEAN, I KNOW MOST ALL OF THE COUNCIL.
I THINK ALL OF US ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT.
I KNOW I ENGAGE WITH CITIZENS ALL THE TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, AND I KNOW SOME OF THE OTHERS DO AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT 17 PEOPLE WATCHING THIS OUT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY THERE'S ONLY 17.
WHY? AND I DON'T MEAN THAT RUDELY, BUT I MEAN, WHAT MORE COULD WE HAVE DONE TO ADVERTISE THIS, THIS MEETING AND ADVERTISE OUR CITY COUNCIL AND GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY GET THE FACTS FROM US AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, OH, WHAT SOMEBODY POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY TRUE.
AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET THAT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT I MEAN, I FEEL INSIDE THAT I HAVE TO DEFEND ALCOHOL ALL THE TIME.
I FEEL LIKE I'M DEFENDING OUR CITY, I'M DEFENDING THE COUNCIL, I'M DEFENDING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND BECAUSE CITIZENS WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO EITHER NOT SEE WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW, JUST MY 2 CENTS.
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ON THAT? I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL.MAYBE IF THE, SOME OF THE STAFF COULD, AT LEAST FOR ME KIND OF TUTOR ME ON NEXT DOOR BASED WORK ON HOW TO REACH THE PUBLIC.
AND I THINK THAT HELPS US ALL ON, YOU KNOW, LEARNING THESE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY.
MR. GOBLE, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
I, UM, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MICHELLE, ABOUT, UH, THE 17.
I KNOW YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT THESE ARE THE RIGHT 17 PEOPLE, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE ENGAGED AND THEY'RE INTERESTED.
HOW DO WE GET YET ANOTHER 17 BEYOND THESE, THE RIGHT 17 THAT WE HAVE WITH US? UH, SOMETIMES I TURNED TO CLOSE FRIENDS, BAN WITH MEMBERS AND I SAY, DID YOU KNOW? AND THEY SING, OH, I DIDN'T THE FACT THAT THEY WANTED A COUNCIL MEMBER.
IN AMERICA ON MAIN STREET, IT WAS ONE HOT BEST IS THAT, THAT THIS, UH, ADULT DAY AT WELLS PARK.
AND SO THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, UM, REEVALUATING, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, IS IT A GOOD FIT? WE MUST RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.
THEY JUST WANT THE CITY TO DO ITS WORK, DO GOOD WORK.
AND THERE'S SOME VALUE IN THAT TOO.
YEAH, I THINK YOU HAVE TO ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIZENS WHO DON'T USE SOCIAL MEDIA.
I HAVE ENGINEERS AT WORK WHO DO NOT USE FACEBOOK.
UM, I FIND IT AMAZING, BUT, UM, THEY DON'T USE FACEBOOK.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OLDER CITIZENS THAT DON'T USE FACEBOOK OR TWITTER OR, UH, NEXT DOOR, SOME OF THESE OTHERS.
SO HOW ARE WE GETTING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT? UM, WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT COMES OUT.
I KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT TAKES TECHNOLOGY.
IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD THE TECHNOLOGY OR YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY, YOU'RE KIND OF LEFT IN THE DARK.
AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, MAYBE IN MY DISTRICT, THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE TECHNOLOGY TO GET ON.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK INTO HOW ARE OTHER CITIES OF OUR SIZE WITH SOME OF OUR SIMILAR ISSUES? HOW DID THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION OUT AND HOW WERE THEIR RESIDENTS KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON? I MEAN, THEY'RE FINDING OUT ABOUT HEART FEST AND THEY'RE FINDING OUT ABOUT, UM, AMERICA ON MAIN STREET WHEN WE HAVE WHAT, 40,000, 45,000 PEOPLE.
NOW GRANTED A LOT OF THOSE ARE KIDS, BUT HOW WERE THEY FINDING OUT? AND I KNOW YOU PUSH ON THAT.
WELL, I CAN TELL HIM FOR AMERICA ON MAIN STREET STARTING IN 2019, WE SENT A POSTCARD TO EVERY RESIDENT, RIGHT? SO SOMETHING WENT PHYSICALLY IN THE MAILBOX, BUT IF PEOPLE ARE LIKE ME, I DON'T LOOK AT THREE QUARTERS.
IF IT'S A BILL, I PULL IT ASIDE.
IF IT'S NOT, I, IT ALL GOES IN THE TRASH.
SO, AND WE DO POLISH ACTUALLY, HERE'S, HERE'S THE GATEWAY DRAFT FORUM, EDITING IT AND DOING A FINAL EDIT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT ONLY GOES OUT QUARTERLY.
RIGHT? SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOCAL NEWSPAPER THAT USED TO BE SORT OF THE, THE THING THAT WOULD GET THE NEWS OUT TO PEOPLE.
AND THE OPINIONS IS THAT, YES, WE, WE PUT UP THOSE POSTCARDS FOR AMERICA ON MAIN STREET, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR EVERY, THE COST WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROHIBITED FOR THE CITY TO BEAM THIS POLICE STABLE.
IF WE HAD TO SEND OUT A PIECE OF MAIL EVERY TIME WE WANTED TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING.
SO I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT WE WOULD GET SOME COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS SAYING, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? THIS TYPE OF METHOD WOULD WORK FOR ME.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
I'D STILL LIKE TO SEE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC ON THE LIST SO THAT AT LEAST GETS DISCUSSED.
I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL PRIORITIZE IMPLEMENT, BUT, UM,
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WE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT AGE WHEN WE GREW UP.IT WAS JUST KIND OF, UM, YEAH, NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS, BUT IN TODAY'S INSTANT ACCESS OF, OF MY MEMES, I THINK PEOPLE HOW, UH, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT NOW, AND THERE'S ALMOST THIS EXPECTATION THAT GOVERNMENT SOMEHOW MIGHT PROVIDE VALUE TO PEOPLE THAT IT WILL BE TRANSPARENT IF THERE'S A CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY, THAT MEANS PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, AND SO I GUESS THAT THAT'S KIND OF STILL A DISCUSSION, UH, ARE WE DOING IT CORRECTLY? IS IT ENOUGH? ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THING? BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT WORLD WHERE WE ALMOST HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR GOVERNMENT AS A CLAUSE I PRODUCT OR SERVICE TO SAY, WHAT VALUE ARE WE ADDING TO PEOPLE'S LIVES? AND I'LL TELL YOU, CITY STAFF ADDS VALUE EVERY DAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S WORTH TOOTING OUR HORN ONCE IN AWHILE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, UH, POLICE OFFICERS STOPPED, UH, A, A VEHICLE RECENTLY THAT RESULTED IN A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF DRUGS TAKEN OFF THE STREET.
AND THAT ADDS VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THAT, UM, THAT LIFTS UP THE EFFECTIVENESS AND THE IMAGE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS OUR PROTECTORS.
AND SO I GUESS MY I'D STILL LIKE TO KEEP THEM ON AS A DISCUSSION, ARE WE COMMUNICATING THE RIGHT THINGS? DO WE NEED TO, OKAY, SO LET ME JUST REAL QUICK.
I THINK THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE EMAIL AS A SOURCE OF COMMUNICATION, AND I KNOW THAT SOME SYSTEMS WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HOW ABOUT, UH, GETTING, UH, AN EMAIL FROM EVERYONE THAT THEY COULD SIGN UP FOR.
AND I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT AND KIND OF MAYBE DO A PUSH ON THAT.
SO ONCE A QUARTER SEND OUT, UH, A POSTCARD OR SOMETHING AND GET PEOPLE TO SAY HERE, GO ON HERE AND GIVE US YOUR EMAIL AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
UM, I THINK THAT AN EMAIL LIST WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S COMMUNICATING BY EMAIL RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE USED TO THAT FORM OF COMMUNICATION.
WHEREAS BEFORE WE PICKED UP THE PHONE OR RECEIVE THEM IN PERSON, NOW EMAIL IS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT.
AND SO I THINK CITIZENS MIGHT WANT TO USE EMAIL.
AND SO MAYBE WE NEED TO PUSH THAT A LITTLE BIT AGAIN.
I KNOW I GET THEM AND I THINK IT'S GREAT.
AND I, I ENJOYED GETTING THOSE EMAILS BEFORE I BECAME ON THE COUNCIL.
SO, SO, UM, I, I COUNT FIVE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES.
UM, I PUT THAT IN THE CHAT, UM, MAYBE STAFF, IF YOU CAN JOT THOSE DOWN OR TAKE A SCREENSHOT OF THAT OR A PICTURE, UM, WHEN WE BREAK INTO GROUPS, UM, THAT'LL BE SORT OF THE NEXT TOPIC IS, IS WHAT ARE TWO TO THREE, MAYBE FOUR DIFFERENT SPECIFIC GOALS OR PROJECTS OR TASKS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FOUR DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.
AND IN SOME OF IT MAY BE, WE DON'T KNOW, AND WE WANT SOME, YOU KNOW, STAFF TO COME BACK WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
SO, I MEAN, THAT COULD BE, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING, UM, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE GOALS THAT YOU COME BACK, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FULLY BIG PLAN BECAUSE, UM, THAT, THAT WILL HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AS WE GET SOME DIRECTION.
SO SOME, SOME IN SOME CASES IT MAY BE VERY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO, UH, I'LL JUST THROW OUT WE, WE WANT A HOMELESS SHELTER WITH 342 BEDS BUILT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC, RIGHT? AND SOME, SOME COULD BE, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
WE'D LIKE TO STUDY THAT MORE AND COME BACK WITH, UH, A DISCUSSION, A WORKSHOP WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC.
THAT COULD BE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT COULD BE WHAT THE TASK IS.
SO FOR THIS, THIS WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
UM, IF YOU WERE TO GIVE EACH OF THESE EIGHT MINUTES, THAT'S 40 MINUTES.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ALLOCATE 30 MINUTES AND THEN LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
I'LL KIND OF CHECK IN ON YOU GUYS AND SEE WHERE YOU'RE AT.
IT'D BE NICE TO WRAP UP WITH ABOUT, IN ABOUT TWO HOURS.
CAUSE I, I NOTICED HISTORICALLY PEOPLE'S ATTENTION SPAN, SPAN START WANING AFTER TWO HOURS ON THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LOT OF TIME TO SORT OF DIVE IN, BUT YOU CAN'T, UM,
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40 MINUTES OR 30 MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS.ISN'T A LOT OF TIME IN REALITY.
SO, SO AGAIN, NO STORYTELLING, NO.
UH, I THINK YOU GOT TO GET RIGHT TO THE, THE, UM, THE MEAT OF THE TOPIC.
WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM, IF COUNCIL'S READY, WE'RE READY TO JUMP IN.
I'M GOING TO BRING YOU GUYS IN THE ROOMS AGAIN, TWINKS.
UM, SO WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? THERE'S A LOT.
I MEAN, HERE'S, THE CHALLENGE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I THINK WAS SHARED.
AND SO, UH, AS YOUR SCRIBE, I'M GOING TO STRUGGLE, BUT I'M GOING TO, I'LL DO MY BEST TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.
SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN AGAIN AND THEN WHATEVER GROUP WANTS TO GO FIRST, WE'LL START WRITING OUT PRIORITIES FOR THOSE DIFFERENT, UH, CATEGORIES OR PROJECTS FOR THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO, UM, SO GROUP ONE, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? THAT WAS, UH, BILL AND PHIL'S GROUP.
WHO ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THAT? SO I'M GOING TO TACKLE HOMELESSNESS.
AND MY IDEA, UM, BASICALLY IS, UH, FOOT, LIKE WE SAID, FOCUSING ON THE, UH, CHRONIC HOMELESS, UM, AND MORE ALONG THE LINES OF STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT, UM, TO, TOWARDS THE DEALERS THAT DEAL, UM, THESE ADDICTIVE DRUGS TO OUR HOMELESS.
UM, EVERYONE ALWAYS ASKS, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY HOMELESS IN OKLAHOMA? WHY SO MANY HOMELESS IN OKLAHOMA? AND I'M NOT CONVINCED, BUT I HAVE A SUSPICION THAT IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DEALERS HERE IN THE CITY AND THE USERS DON'T MOVE FAR FROM THEIR DEALERS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IF WE BEGIN STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM PARTNERING WITH, YOU KNOW, A FEDERAL ORGANIZATION LIKE A DEA OR THE DA, UM, REPUTATION WILL GET OUT THAT IT'S HARDER TO DEAL AND OPERATE ALCOHOL.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S TIMELY, UM, BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS INTRODUCING ALL THESE DEREGULATIONS, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY JUST INTRODUCED A, A NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM, WHICH IS MAKES IT MEANS IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER TO DO DRUGS.
UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S TIMELY FOR US TO DO THIS.
I MEAN, WE HAD, I THINK RECENTLY, UH, AN 11 YEAR OLD WALK IN ON THEM, HIS MOTHER AND UNCLE, UM, DEAD FROM AN OVERDOSE.
UM, WE HAD JUST RECENTLY THE 87 POUNDS OF METH AND FENTANYL SEIZED.
AND SO, UM, I THINK IF WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE WORD SPREAD THROUGH THE DEALERS, UM, WE WOULD BE, IT WOULD MAKE IT HARDER, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO OPERATE IN OKLAHOMA, SIMILAR TO THE POT SHOP, WE'VE TAKEN A HARSH STANCE ON ILLEGAL POT SHOPS, MARIJUANA SHOPS, AND THEY DON'T OPEN UP IN OKLAHOMA ANYMORE.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE MY, AND THAT'S HOMELESSNESS AND PUBLIC SAFETY KIND OF A CONJUNCTION.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF BARRIERS AND, AND MAYBE SOME IDEAS THAT CAN BE TOSSED AROUND.
I KNOW WE NEED TO TALK WITH CHIEF AND, UH, CHIEF MOLTEN.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT IN ESSENCE IS, IS, UH, THE IDEA.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER IDEAS RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS THEY WANT TO, YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH? I THINK THAT WAS THE, THE CENTER POINT OF, UH, OF OUR DISCUSSION.
WELL, WE, WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP BRING MORE MENTAL HEALTH TYPE RESOURCES TO THE HOMELESS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY BY LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING OUR PORT PRESENCE HERE IN ALCOHOL.
AND WE FRANKLY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO PAYS FOR THAT.
I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY PAYS FOR THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD GO ABOUT GETTING THEM TO AGREE, TO GIVE US MORE RESOURCES.
UM, LET'S, LET'S STAY ON THE TOPIC OF HOMELESSNESS AND WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE GROUP TWO.
WHAT, WHAT DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT, UM, RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, REGROUP TO, I GUESS YOU ARE, SIR.
UM, I THINK NOW THAT LISA HAS STEPPED TO BE A HOMELESS RESOURCE STATE, IT MIGHT BE TIME TO START LOOKING AT COORDINATION WITH OTHER CITIES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT PLAYING A GAME OF, OKAY, NOW YOU GO TO THAT CITY.
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TO THAT CITY.NOW GO BACK TO THAT CITY THAT SOMEHOW THERE'S SOME COORDINATION THAT WE'RE NOT CANCELING EACH OTHER.
WE'RE ACTUALLY MULTIPLYING EACH OTHER.
WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WATCHING COUNTY PRIVATE PROGRAMS THAT WERE OCCURRING NOW.
AND I'LL PICK, I'LL LET THE CHIEF, UH, DECIDE IF HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THOSE.
AND ALSO JUST THE SENSITIVE TO MORALE AMONG ALL CITY STAFF AS THEY WORK ON THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE IT, IT IS A CONSTANT PRESENCE.
AND WHETHER YOU'RE IN HR OR FIRE OR POLICE OR PUBLIC WORKS OR FINANCE, UH, ISSUE HOMELESSNESS, THAT'S EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ITS IMPACT ON STAFF AS WELL.
AND MR. GOLD, I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO EDITORIALIZE JUST FOR A SECOND.
YOU SAW THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT CAME OVER EARLIER, AND THERE WAS A BIT OF A CRITIQUE OF SOME OF OUR STAFF'S PERCEPTION OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WE ARE IN LITERALLY IN THE TRENCHES, WE ARE IN THE SEWER DITCHES, WE ARE CLEANING UP, UM, PILES OF FECES ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO THEY MAY BE TAINTED A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND THE ART, THE, THE COMMENT WAS THAT WERE A LITTLE, UH, INSENSITIVE TO, UM, THE PLIGHT OF THOSE THAT ARE, ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEIR DAILY REALITY IS FOR MANY OF OUR STAFF.
AND THAT LET'S KIND OF COME BACK TO COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC SOMEHOW THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT.
NOW THE WHOLE STORY WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, WE'LL HELP YOU, MICHELLE, WHAT TRANSITIONAL STORAGE, TRANSITIONAL STORAGE OPTION.
UM, JUST, I THINK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE COUNTY PROGRAMS BURNT OUT PROGRAMS FOR OFFICERS, UM, WHO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS ALL THE TIME AND, UM, BREAKING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS FROM TRANSIENT VERSUS HOMELESS, WHICH I THINK WE KIND OF BROKE OUT AND THEN SHELTERS AND OTHER CITIES, WHAT YOU DID BRING UP.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT ALCOHOL SHOULD BEAR THE BURDEN OF, OF HANDLING THEM HOMELESS CRISIS IN EAST COUNTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, ECE TSP DOES A GREAT JOB, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE THE, THE ONLY PLACE IN TOWN.
ALTHOUGH I, I UNDERSTAND CITIZENS CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING IT ATTRACTIVE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HEAR SOMETIMES LIKE, OH, YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE.
BUT AGAIN, IF WE HAVE PUBLIC RESTROOMS, THEY WOULDN'T BE LEAVING THEY'RE FAR BELOW THE WAIST FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS OR PUBLIC STAFF TO CLEAN UP.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW, IT'S PUBLIC QUESTIONS, TRANSITIONAL STORAGE, AND THEN SHARING, SHARING THE WEALTH OF, OF, UH, SERVICES WITH OTHER CITIES AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT THE PLACE FOR THEM TO GO, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SHELTERS IN LAMESA OR SHELTERS IN CMT, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE COORDINATION FROM THOSE CITY COUNCILS AND THEIR STAFF.
WE DID TALK ABOUT THE, UM, FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS SOMETIMES AT A CITY LEVEL OF COUNTY AND STATE LAWS, SPECIFICALLY PROP 57 OR EARLY RELEASE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW THAT OUR HANDS ARE TIED IN THAT AREA.
EDUCATION CAN CERTAINLY SAY WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING HERE.
AND THEN, UH, MR. MAYOR, I THINK GARY, YOU WERE THE GROUP OF ONE YASMIN, YOU HAVE NOTES ON THIS.
IF YOU CLICK ON THE CHAT BUBBLE, THEY SHOULD POP UP.
SO YASMIN FOR ME, IT'S HARD TO KIND OF DO THE CHAT IN THIS.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU JUST READ DOWN WHAT THE ITEMS THAT YOU CAME UP WITH FOR HOMELESSNESS? DEFINITELY.
UH, WE HAD, UM, WORKING OUT WITH, UH, GROUPS SUCH AS ECE PLC AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO PLAY,
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TO GET HOMELESS AND AVAILABLE.UH, WE HAD BREAK UP HOMELESS CAMPS, UM, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC SPACES AND THE HAVING MORE EVENTS SIMILAR TO THE MAIN 20, 20 A DAY QUARTERLY, UM, WHERE WE HAVE A PUBLIC, UM, PARTICIPATE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC SPACES.
DID I MISS ANYTHING? SO SOME OF THIS IS THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY KIND OF OCCURRING, RIGHT.
BUT SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE NEW THINGS IN SOME, SOME VERY BOLD APPROACHES.
UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME VALUE IN KIND OF GOING THROUGH ALL THE LISTS BEFORE YOU IDENTIFY WHICH ONES, BUT START THINKING ABOUT IF THERE WERE TWO OR THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON, WHAT WOULD THOSE BE? SO LET'S, LET'S MOVE ON TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK YOU NEED TO SEE THE WHOLE LIST BEFORE YOU START WHITTLING THINGS DOWN OR, OR IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES.
SO WE'LL GO IN REVERSE ORDER THIS TIME.
WHAT DID YOU GUYS COME UP WITH IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? OKAY.
UH, YEAH, THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE THE LIST HERE.
SO WE HAD A MIXED-USE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL AND THE FIRST FLOOR AND RESIDENTIAL ON TOP, UH, FOUR AREAS.
WE HAD ENCOURAGED DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE TRANSIT CENTER, UH, UTILIZING THE TRANSIT DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN AND ALSO, UM, DEVELOPMENT AND DOWNTOWN FOR THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.
UM, OUR FRAME DEVELOPERS INCENTIVES, UM, HAVING, UH, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTED STREETSCAPE PLAN, UH, SIMILAR AND WORKING ON OUR SMART GROWTH PROJECTS FOR, AT THE HOME BOULEVARD AND MAIN STREET, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELEMENT AND GIVING A PRIORITY TO SENIOR LIVING AND ALSO BY SITE ACCESS.
UH, WHAT SCHOOL? UM, GROUP, GROUP ONE.
SO I GUESS, UH, BILL AND PHIL GROUP, WHAT DID YOU GUYS COME UP WITH IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? I THINK ABOUT, UH, ASKING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR ALCOHOL, A DOCUMENT THAT IDENTIFIES GOALS, HOSPITAL INCENTIVES, AREAS OF FOCUS AND AREAS OF DEFICIENCIES THAT WOULD HELP US CAPITALIZE ON OUR ASSETS.
AND I WAS SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT SEVERAL VACANT PROPERTIES THAT THE KEY INTERSECTIONS ARE A CITY I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY ZONING POLICIES THEY'RE INHIBITING DEVELOPMENT AT THESE SITES.
FOR EXAMPLE, PERHAPS THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK FOR AT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.
AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF IN ASKING FOR THIS SAY COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING A CONSULTANT IN THAT MIGHT HELP US TO, UM, SET UP AND HELP US GUIDE GUIDE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT PLAN WOULD KIND OF, I MEAN, WE HEARD GARY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPER INCENTIVES AND SOME OTHER AREAS, UH, SORT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR SPECIFIC PLANS THAT, THAT CAN BE ALMOST WRAPPED UP INTO THAT, THAT OVERALL PLAN, RIGHT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN, UM, MICHELLE AND STEVE WHAT'D, YOU GUYS COME UP WITH MICHELLE, YOU WANNA WEIGH IN ON THAT? WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, A SALES TAX BREAK OR NEW BUSINESSES.
SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE STAFF HERE.
I JUST SORT OF TOOK REAL QUICK NOTES.
UM, PUT THAT ONE AWAY AND HELP HELP WITH THAT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT? I COULD CHIME IN AT THIS POINT, I THINK HOW DO WE TELL PEOPLE ON THE OPPORTUNITIES AND ALCOHOL? OKAY.
SO WHAT ARE WE ATTRACTION, RIGHT? WHERE AN ATTRACTION EFFORT.
UH, WHEN I WAS IN MY WORKING CAREER, UH, FREQUENT MAN, WE WOULD GET FAXES AND EMAILS FROM DEVELOPER SAYING, HEY, I'VE GOT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE.
UH, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PUTTING ONE OF YOUR STORES IN THIS LOCATION, DEVELOPERS WERE CONTACTING US, TRYING TO DO THAT, IS, DO WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLAN
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OR SHOULD WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLAN DEALING WITH, HOW DO WE PROMOTE ALCOHOL AND TO THE RIGHT AUDIENCES? WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ON THE PLANNING SIDE, MAKING IT EASY TO DO THIS.UH, WE DO A GREAT JOB ALREADY, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH SPEED.
WE DO A GOOD JOB, BUT TIME IS MONEY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE REGULATIONS AND THE POLICIES RELATED TO, UH, SPEED GETTING WORSE IS, IS, UH, IS APPROPRIATE.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? NO, I THINK THAT'S IT.
STEVE, WE TALKED, WE TALKED ABOUT NEW BUSINESSES AND NEW, UH, ATTRACT NEW USERS AND, UH, UH, ALREADY, UH, EXISTING AREAS.
ONE THING THAT JUST CAME TO MIND, IT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL IF WE COULD, UH, GET AN AREA SORT OF LIKE THE AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HAVE BUSKERS AND MUSIC AND, AND IT'S KIND OF, SORT OF BECOME THIS MUSIC, LITTLE MECCA OR, UH, ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, YOU KNOW, ASHEVILLE'S A LITTLE TOWN AND THEY HAVE SOME GREAT MUSICIANS COMING IN AND JUST BUSKING AND, AND PEOPLE COME TO SEE THEM.
AND SO THEY GO OUT TO THE THEATERS.
THEY ARE THE, UH, RESTAURANTS IN THE STORES AROUND IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A PLAN AND, AND EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE NOT ALCOHOLIC ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALCOHOL, BUT WE'RE NOT JUST THIS LITTLE TOWN ANYMORE STARTED IN, YOU KNOW, THE FORTIES WE'RE, WE'RE NOW COMING UP WHERE WE'RE GETTING TO BE A BIG CITY NOW.
THAT'S ALL OF YOU GUYS ON THAT ONE.
LET'S, LET'S HIT PUBLIC SAFETY.
LET'S START WITH, UM, MICHELLE AND STEVE.
YOU GUYS HAVE NOT GONE FIRST YET.
UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT WHAT TECHNOLOGIES THAT AREN'T USED, COULD ASSIST FIREMAN POLICE, THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT LICENSE PLATE READERS, CCTV CAMERAS.
ANYTHING ELSE? WE KIND OF LISTEN TO A LOT LEARNED A LOT, BUT I THINK I COULD SUM IT UP IN THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT.
SO I LIKE THAT, UM, GEAR WHAT'D YOU COME UP WITH, UH, YASMIN YOU HAVE THE LIST.
IF THEY DO FAIL, WE HAVE, UH, ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, TRACKING REQUESTS, RESPONSE TIMES AND INNOVATION, AND THEN ALSO THE GREATER TO EVALUATE THE GREATER NEED FOR PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT AS WE GROW IN POPULATION.
UH, BILL AND PHIL, I THINK OURS WAS DISCUSSION WAS FOCUSED AROUND THE, UH, THE WHOLE, UH, ENFORCEMENT ON DEALERS AND PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY THE OVERLAP.
UM, COMMUNICATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, THAT REALM, UH, LET'S START WITH, UH, GARY, WHAT DO YOU GUYS HAVE? UH, YES, MA'AM UM, HAVING A CITY NEWSLETTER, UH, AND THAT BEING EMAILED TO REGISTERED HOUSEHOLDS AND, UM, MEMBERS AND, UH, THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID AND NINE 20, 20 DAY, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA AND POSTCARDS TO ALL THE HOUSEHOLDS.
STEVE AND MICHELLE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE REALITY THAT MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T ENGAGE IF THINGS ARE GOING WELL, THAT ONLY WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL, DO YOU ENGAGE? AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT, SO HOW DO WE TARGET THE RIGHT GROUP RATHER THAN THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES, A SPLASH, OR WHAT WE USED TO CALL A SPRAY AND PRAY IN THE OLD DAYS, JUST THROW IT ALL OUT THERE AND HOPE SOMEBODY GETS A HOLD OF IT VERSUS MORE OF A RIFLE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, A, A PINPOINT APPROACH TO THE, TO A TARGETED AUDIENCE.
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AND, UM, SO EVALUATION OF AUDIENCE WOULD PROBABLY BE, UH, TRYING TO SUM UP THERE, MICHELLE, ANYTHING TO ADD.WE TALKED ABOUT A BROAD PUBLIC COMMUNICATION PLAN.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO GET OUT AND THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THAT? UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 12 PEOPLE WATCHING THESE MEETINGS, 12 PEOPLE OUT OF 105,000, HE AND MICHELLE, AND HALF OF THOSE 12 ARE CITY STAFF.
SO HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED? AND THAT WAS THE BIGGER QUESTION WAS, UH, LIKE STEVE SAID, OKAY, THOSE ARE THE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME, AT THE TIME WE WERE TALKING WITH 17 PEOPLE, HE GOES, THOSE ARE THE RIGHT 17 PEOPLE NOW, HOW DO WE GET ANOTHER RIGHT.
17 PEOPLE? UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE ISSUE IS WHAT MORE CAN WE DO? OKAY.
BILL AND PHIL, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? YEAH, SO, UM, OURS WAS REALLY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY AND, UM, MAINLY, UH, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A POWERFUL TOOL AND, UM, IT TAKES A LITTLE LEFT OR OUR MINIMAL SIDE, NOT AS MUCH EFFORT TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT.
AND, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE KNOWS THIS, BUT ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICER DOGS WOULD VIRAL BECAUSE OF A LITTLE CLIP OF A BALL BOUNCED IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA THAT HIDDEN ZOOMING BY, UM, WE, WE WORKED WITH CHIEF BOLTON GRAHAM TO GET THE ASTRAEA MESSAGES THAT THE HELICOPTER IS SPEAKING FROM THEIR MEGAPHONE, FROM THE HELICOPTER ONTO OUR POLICE TWITTER.
AND SO, UM, OUR IDEAS WERE MORE ALONG THE LINES.
MARISOL HAD A GOOD EXAMPLE AS WELL, WHERE PEOPLE STAND IN LINE AND HOURS, UM, TO TAKE PICTURES IN FRONT OF A PAINTED WING, NOT SAYING WE, WE, UH, WE, WE PAINT, UH, WINGS ON ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS, BUT, UM, JUST TO CREATE A HASHTAG FOR OUR EVENTS WHERE PARENTS CAN, UM, UH, CAN POST THEIR KIDS DOING THIS OR A NEW PARK OR, OR OUR NEW HOTELS AND THE GREAT FOOD WE HAVE THERE.
AND SO, UH, WE, WE KIND OF MORPHED INTO HIRING SOME KIND OF A SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT TO HELP US TELL THE STORY OF THE GREAT THINGS IN OKLAHOMA.
UM, BRINGING IN CONSUMERS, UM, TO ALCOHOL, INTO OUR BUSINESSES, TELLING THE STORY TO OUR RESIDENTS OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING IN.
UM, AND IT COULD, IT COULD, IT COULD BE, UH, A POWERFUL THING TO EXPAND OUR ONLINE PRESENCE, GAIN FOLLOWERS, SO WE CAN TELL THAT STORY.
UM, LET'S, UH, LET'S START WITH, UM, STEVE AND MICHELLE ON INFRASTRUCTURE STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT KIND OF A BIG, BROAD CATEGORY THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO FOCUS ON.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR GROUP DISCUSSION? WELL, GO AHEAD AND SHOW.
OH, NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WE TALKED ABOUT MEETING, UH, RESOURCES FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, YOU KNOW, HE'S A LITTLE OVERWHELMED AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS, UH, SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, A POSSIBLE NEED FOR ANOTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
AND, UM, THEN WE HAD TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE CITIZENS WAS, UH, I GUESS FROM SABI, I GUESS WAS HER NAME ABOUT THE SHUTTLE.
I'M HAVING A SHUTTLE THAT WOULD TAKE THAT ROUTE AROUND ALCOHOL AND HIT DOWNTOWN FOR THE THEATER, FOR THE MAGNOLIA WHEN IT OPENS UP AND THEN MAYBE THEY CAN TAKE IT OVER TO, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE GET CROSS DRESS BUILT IN SOMEPLACE OVER BY THE CAR DEALERSHIP AND SOMEPLACE OVER, OR, YOU KNOW, JOB CENTERS, JUST HAVING THAT SHORT TERM, UH, YOU KNOW, SHORT BUS THAT JUST KIND OF GOES AROUND.
I HAPPEN TO LIKE THE TROLLEY LOOK OR THE CABLE CAR LOOK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE KITSCHY LIKE OLD TOWN, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, SOMETHING FUN THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO JUST MAYBE DRIVE AROUND ALCOHOL AND TAKE AND DRIVE AROUND THAT BIG CIRCULAR ROUTE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OKLAHOMA.
OF COURSE WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR THEM TO LOOK AT.
WHAT ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE WE TALKED ABOUT? THE DIFFICULTY CODE ENFORCEMENT CURRENTLY HAS WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE MORE REACTIVE AND PROACTIVE.
AND YET WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT FROM A SAFETY
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POINT OF VIEW, WHAT A PARTICULAR PART OF TOWN DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.IT IN FIGHTS, A BROKEN WINDOW THEORY, BLIGHT, AND CRIME TO COME IN WHEN THINGS DON'T LOOK GOOD, BUT WE WANT TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THE ENTRY POINTS FOR MORE PROACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, GARY, WHAT'S YOUR GROUP COME UP WITH, UH, JASMINE.
SO WE HAVE IN OUR LIST, A LANDSCAPE AND UNIFY ENTRY POINTS UTILIZING THE SAME STANDARDS OF THE TRANSIT DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN AND ALSO IMPROVEMENTS TO STORM DRAIN CHANNELS, EXTERNAL ACCESS TO PREVENT ILLEGAL ENTRY.
SEE THAT LAST ONE AGAIN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN STUMBLING CHANNELS, UM, EXTERNAL ACCESS TO PREVENT ILLEGAL ENTRY.
SO, SO POLLUTION ACTUALLY THAT'S, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE HOMELESS FROM HITTING.
AND THE, OUR FIRE CHIEF SAID THAT THAT MAY NOT WORK BECAUSE, UH, OF THE, THAT HE SEEN PEOPLE GET IN, WHEN YOU BRING, YOU HAVE THE, THE METAL BARS AND, AND IT MAKES IT TOUGH FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS TO GET IN.
CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMEONE IN THERE, IF THERE'S A FIRE.
SO MAYBE THERE'S SOME WAY WE CAN DO IT, BUT IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT THEY WOULD OVERCOME ALMOST ANYTHING WE DID.
SO HE WAS VERY HELPFUL AND HIS ADVICE AND THERE, OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT GROUP? KATE BILL AND PHIL WHAT'D YOU GUYS COME UP WITH A LOT OF OUR DISCUSSION.
I THINK, UH, STAFF, DO YOU WANT TO HELP ME OUT WAS OVERLAPPING WITH REGARD TO OUR, UH, PREVIOUS TOPIC, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, UM, VINCE IS, AM I CORRECT IN THAT DISCUSSION? IS IT KIND OF, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR ENHANCING THE ENTRY POINTS, BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, COMING UP WITH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, UM, REALIZING CERTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS WOULD BRING WITH IT IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, HOW A REEXAMINATION OF THE, UM, SPECIFIC PLAN MIGHT LEAD OUT INTO ENTRY POINTS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THING.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY STREET IMPROVEMENTS WOULD COME ALONG WITH GREATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APTLY PUT, THANK YOU, VINCE.
WE LIKE TO COMBINE THINGS AND KNOCK OUT TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EFFICIENT WITH HERE AT GROUP ONE.
I I'M A FEEL VINCE'S IN YOUR GROUP.
UM, THAT'S ALL THAT'S EVERYTHING.
WHAT ABOUT ANY MISCELLANEOUS THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHILE WE, WHILE WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW? A SPACESHIP TO MARS? WELL, MICHELLE'S IDEA.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN ELECTION INTEGRITY ORDINANCE WHERE, UH, PEOPLE HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY LIVE IN THE DISTRICT THAT THEY'RE RUNNING IN BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO PROVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY LIVE IN A CERTAIN, UH, AREA, UH, EVEN FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO TO, OR FOR LEGAL LITTLE LEAGUE.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST ELECTION.
UH, PHIL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY COVER MISCELLANEOUS IDEA? YEAH.
MINE WAS, IF THIS COULD GO UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UM, TO, TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF A PROCESS FOR WHEN BUSINESSES WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND, AND WE SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T DO IT, BUT IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO HAVE THAT GO UP THE CHAIN TO SEE IF WE CAN.
UM, IF THERE'S AN ORDINANCE THAT WE CAN ALTER, I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
UH, JIM WANTED TO, UH, RECENTLY EXPAND OUTDOORS
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PERMANENTLY IN A SPACE, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE TO ALLOW THAT.UM, BUT WE, THE CITY HAD HAVE OUTDOOR GYM EQUIPMENT AND, UM, SO SOME KIND OF A PROCESS TO PUT IN PLACE TO, UM, TO, TO CATALOG THOSE POTENTIAL, UH, THINGS THAT BUSINESSES COME TO US WITH, UM, AND CATALOG THEM AND CREATE A WORK GROUP.
I DON'T KNOW, ONCE A QUARTER OR ONCE, ONCE A ONCE A YEAR TO, TO SAY, OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, BUT CAN WE CHANGE SOMETHING TO, TO ALLOW TO ALLOW THIS? YEAH.
UH, MICHELLE, ANYTHING, ANY MISCELLANEOUS IDEAS, SOMETHING THAT COMES TO MIND IS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY ABOUT THE, UM, HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND I KNOW, BUT THAT'S KIND OF A HOT TOPIC, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT IT'S TOUGH TO KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH IN ALCOHOL AND IT IS CONCERNED FOR A LOT OF WOMEN, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST HUMAN TRAFFICKING SLASH UH, SAFETY FOR OUR WOMEN AND, YOU KNOW, UH, GIRLS OR WHATEVER.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, AND IT GOES ALONG WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT PROVIDE INSIGHT FOR KIDS TO KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR EVEN EDUCATING ADULTS, UM, SENIORS, EDUCATING THEM ON WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR AND HOW YOU CAN HELP AND YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF DEAL.
I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST ADDRESS IT.
STEVE, ANY THOUGHTS? UH, TWO THINGS.
I THINK WE, AS PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK GOOD.
AND SO SIGNAGE, UH, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF FLASHING SIGNS AT NIGHT IN THE CITY.
THE OTHER ONE IS WE SHOULD, UH, I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY POST COVID TO HELP THESE BUSINESSES LIKE GYMS AND RESTAURANTS EXTEND WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW.
AND THAT COULD BE MAYBE EVEN ON A SEASONAL OR A TEMPORARY BASIS TO SAY, UH, DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE AND THE MONTH OF JUNE, YOU CAN HAVE PARKING LOT OUTDOOR SEATING LIKE YOU DID DURING COVID.
UH, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK THEY'VE MADE SOME GREAT, THEY THEY'VE ALREADY BOUGHT EQUIPMENT FOR OUTDOOR STUFF, SO WHY NOT LET THEM CONTINUE TO USE IT POST COVID IN SOME SITUATIONS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THE END OF THE WORLD DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE STARTED DINING ON SIDEWALKS.
AND IT DOES EXTEND BOTH THEIR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FACILITIES ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, EVEN FURTHER TO HELP THEM RECOVER, MAKE UP SOME LOST GROUND.
UM, MR. MAYOR, ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU MENTIONED, UM, SORT OF THE MENTAL WELLNESS AND SOME PROGRAMS AROUND THERE? YEAH.
WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE BOTH HAD A PUBLIC SAFETY AND UNDER HOMELESSNESS.
I THINK THAT THEY BOTH HAVE A SYNERGY.
THE ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT HOMELESSNESS THAT WE DIDN'T MENTION WAS, WAS REALLY PROUD OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WELLS PARK AREA.
I THINK I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, AND I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, BRING SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY AND MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
SO, UM, I CAN'T COUNT THAT FAST UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE LIKE A THREE-MINUTE BREAK, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS UP HERE.
UM, ANGELS TOLD ME WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO, SO THIS WOULD BE A NATURAL PLACE TO HAVE THAT, BUT THERE ARE NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
UM, ON HOMELESSNESS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF, OF, UH, THINGS HERE.
SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY LOW HANGING,
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RIGHT? LIKE WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING ON A COUNTY COUNTY PILOT PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE KIND OF ALREADY DOING SOME OF THAT ALREADY.UM, ARE THERE A FEW THINGS THAT YOU GUYS REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR AND I'LL START.
UM, SO MAYBE MICHELLE, IF YOU WERE TO PICK TWO THINGS ON THIS ENTIRE LIST, W WHAT WOULD YOU PICK? I THINK, COORDINATION WITH OTHER CITIES.
AND I THINK I LOOKED POP ON IN PORTION OF DEALERS OF DRUGS.
UM, SO WHAT WOULD YOU PICK THE EXACT SAME STEP UP ON ENFORCEMENT OF DEALERS IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER CITIES AND REGIONAL APPROACH? OKAY.
STEVE, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD SAY TRASH CLEANUP, CLEANUP, HOMELESS CAMPS.
AND I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD PROBABLY SAY STEP UP ENFORCEMENT KIND OF GO TOGETHER, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY, UH, IF DEALERS ARE MORE PREVALENT THAN I THINK THEY ARE, THEN THAT WOULD CERTAINLY CUT OFF, UH, SOME OF THE ATTRACTION.
STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE AND THEN THE CLEAN UP TRASH.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE ME SAY.
I LIKE NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO.
SO NUMBER ONE, WHICH THE STEP UP ENFORCEMENT? YEAH.
USUALLY THE STRATEGIES WE USE THE WELLS PARK TO CLEAN UP OTHERS.
AND THEN GARRETT, I SKIPPED YOU, I'M SORRY.
UH, I'D SAY STEP UP AND FORCEMENT OF DEALERS AND TRASH CLEAN UP AND CLEAN UP OF HOMANS CAMPS.
SO IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT, UM, THE ENFORCEMENT, THE DRUG DEALER FORCEMENT IDEA, WHICH IS UNIQUE, RIGHT.
I'VE NEVER REALLY HEARD OF A CITY DOING THAT WITH THAT KIND OF A PRONOUNCED APPROACH.
SO THAT'S PRETTY, THAT'S AN INNOVATIVE IDEA.
AND THEN I KIND OF SEE COORDINATING WITH OTHER CITIES AND CLEANING UP TRASH ARE KIND OF THE NEXT TWO BIG ONES.
AND A LOT OF THEM, A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS KIND OF FIT INTO THAT.
SO WHY DON'T, IF, IF THERE'S CONSENSUS FROM THE COUNCIL, CAN WE FOCUS ON THESE THREE THINGS AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN? I'M GOOD WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK IF WE GET THOSE DONE, WE CAN, WE CAN SATISFY BILLS OUR LAST ONE, THE WELLS PARK STRATEGIES, IF WE CAN DO THE UPPER ONES, I THINK IT WILL FALL INTO, UM, BELL STRATEGIES DOWN BELOW.
I REALLY AM A STEP UP FROM ENFORCEMENT OF DRUG DEALERS, UH, HAS ITS COMPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YEAH.
WE ARREST THEM AND THEN LIKE, THEY GO GET BOOKED IN AND THEY'RE OUT THE NEXT DAY.
I REALIZED THERE'S SOME COMPLICATIONS THERE, BUT WE SHOULD AT LEAST, UH, AS A COUNCIL, MAKE THAT A POLICY EFFORT.
I THINK IT'S WORTH EXPLORING, UM, THE, THE CONSTRAINTS OF IT.
I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE SOMETHING THERE.
WE, WE MAY COME BACK AND, AND, UH, THE CHIEF AND, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY MAY SAY UNCONSTITUTIONAL GUYS.
AND SO, BUT, BUT WE, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE.
SO IN SOME CITIES WHERE THEY HAD A HIGH PROSTITUTION PROBLEM, THEY POSTED PICTURES OF THE JOHNS.
SO I THINK DEALERS, I THINK MICHELLE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WILL COME BACK AND EXPLORE ME WHEN YOU GET THIS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A, A PACKAGE WITH A BOW.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU GUYS DELVE INTO SOME OF THOSE POLICY QUESTIONS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO END WITH MICHELLE THIS TIME.
SO GARY, WE, WE ENDED WITH YOU LAST TIME.
WHAT, IF YOU WERE TO PICK TWO OF THESE, WHAT WOULD YOU PICK? I WOULD SAY OFFER A DEVELOPER INCENTIVES
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AND A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.BILL, YOUR THOUGHTS? UH, COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOP PLAN AND ZONING POLICIES.
UM, STEVE, I WOULD SAY, UM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ATTRACTION, AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE SECOND HALF OF THAT, UM, ACTION PLAN.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO THAT COULD BE A SUB BULLET UNDER COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
W CAN WE LOOK, LET'S MIX THOSE TOGETHER.
I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD GET OUT OF THAT PLAN, RIGHT? YEP.
ANYTHING ELSE? UM, CAN YOU SCROLL BACK UP? THERE YOU GO.
NO, ACTUALLY I'M JUST GOING TO DO THAT.
UH, PHIL, UH, COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE ZONING POLICIES THAT INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT.
MICHELLE LAST BUT NOT LEAST COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC AND ZONING POLICIES.
BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THESE OTHERS WOULD FALL UNDER THAT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WOULD COME UNDER COMPREHENSIVE.
SO, AND I REALLY THINK THAT, YEAH, I THINK THE DEVELOPER INCENTIVE ACTUALLY WILL COME UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE TOO, BECAUSE, UM, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.
WHAT WOULD THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT INCENTIVE BE? RIGHT.
WE NEED TO PROBABLY STUDY THAT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THAT GAP IS.
SO I, I THINK THOSE ARE KINDA THE TWO, THE TWO BIG, THE TWO BIG THINGS WITH INCENTIVES COMING UNDERNEATH THAT IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, STEVE, YOU'VE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE TWICE NOW, SO DO I GO FIRST? THERE'S NOT MUCH ON THIS LIST.
UH, I AM THE MIDDLE CHILD, SO I'M USED TO GOING IN THE MIDDLE, UH, MIDDLE CHILDREN ARE MORE COMPETITIVE.
WHAT'S THE, UM, PROBABLY IF I HAD TO PICK TWO, IT'D BE THE FIRST TWO.
UM, IS IT FAIR TO SAY WE'LL PROBABLY, THAT'LL PROBABLY BE EVERYONE'S.
SO STEVE, THAT WAS KIND OF A THROW AWAY.
SO WITHOUT THE COMMUNICATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, I THINK BROAD COMMUNICATION PLAN, WHAT TO SHARE AND HOW TO DO IT.
AND, UH, PROBABLY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY.
THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG IDEA KIND OF THINGS TO ME.
UM, PHIL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? UH, I CONCUR WITH STEVE, UH, A COMMUNICATION PLAN AND LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY.
BILL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? UH, I AGREE, UH, MICHELLE, I AGREE.
GARY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I AGREE TOO.
ACTUALLY, I, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGERS DON'T USUALLY TELL THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS PUBLICLY THAT THEY'RE AWESOME, BUT YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
IT'S CAUSE IT'S LATE AND WE'RE HUNGRY, GRANDMA.
THE LAST LAST, BEFORE IT GETS TO THE MISCELLANEOUS AND WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO LET'S, LET'S FINISH THESE, THIS LIST UP AND THEN WE SHOULD HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE YOU GUYS VOTE ON ANYTHING.
UM, UM, GARY, HOW ABOUT YOU, LET'S START WITH YOU FIRST.
UM, I'LL SAY, WELL, LET'S SEE, ATTRACTING BUSINESSES NEAR ENTRY POINTS AND LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFIED ENTRY POINTS, RELIANCE SPECIFIC PLANNING STANDARDS.
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I'M GOING TO SAY A LANDSCAPE.YOU FIND ENTRY POINTS AND PROACTIVE CODE AROUND ENTRY POINTS.
DO YOU THINK, UH, PHIL, UH, BY ATTRACTING BUSINESSES NEAR ENTRY POINTS AND THAT'S IT.
I'M JUST GOING TO STICK WITH ONE.
I THINK IF REPORTS IS THE MAIN GOAL, PROACTIVE CODE LANDSCAPING AND ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, THEY ALL KIND OF COMBINE INTO ONE.
AND THEN, UM, I REALLY LIKED THE SHUTTLE AROUND ALCOHOL.
MR. MAYOR, I WOULD SAY A LANDSCAPE AND ATTRACTING BUSINESSES.
SO YOU GUYS ARE COALESCING AROUND SORT OF THESE TWO MAIN POINTS.
I THINK IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH THE ENTRY POINTS.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT IT WHERE EVERYTHING IS KIND OF CENTERED AROUND THAT.
ON THE MISCELLANEOUS, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THIS LIST THAT YOU AS A COUNCIL JUST CANNOT GET BEHIND OR SUPPORTS FURTHER EXPLORATION? ANY OF THESE THINGS? NO.
SO CAN WE HEAR A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL? YEAH.
UH, IT IS FROM PATRICK RIO AND HE WRITES, I SUPPORT PRIORITIZING HOMELESSNESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS TOP GOALS THAT GO HAND-IN-HAND HELPING ONE WILL HELP THE OTHER.
I THINK THAT CONTINUE THE WORK IN TDSP AREA AND DOWNTOWN TO BEAUTIFY AND DEVELOP THOSE AREAS WILL HAVE A MULTIPLIER EFFECT AND BRINGING IN NOT JUST BUSINESS SPACE, BUT ALSO VITALITY AND A BETTER IMAGE TO ALCOHOL AND THE COMMENT AND NO MORE COMMENTS.
WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
SO THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT WE'RE GETTING SOME FEEDBACK.
SO COUNCIL, YOU HAVE A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
I THINK STAFF IS EXCITED TO DIVE INTO, I THINK IT'S, IT'S REASONABLE.
UM, IS THIS THE, IS THIS THE LIST THAT COUNCIL WANTS US TO FOCUS ON? AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PAGE.
I THINK IT REALLY HELPED CLARIFY IDEAS TO MORE USABLE THINGS.
SO, SO, UM, WE CAN THERE'S NO, WE CAN GET THE DRAFT PLAN TO YOU BY YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK, BUT WE WILL HAVE IT BY THE END OF MARCH.
WE'LL HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I CAN TELL THE TIME OVER TO YOU MAYOR TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
IF, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR HANGING IN THERE FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
THEY GOT A GREAT TEAM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION FROM THE STAFF.
THIS BRINGS US TO A GENTLEMAN, THE ADJOURN JOINT, SPECIAL MEDIA, THE ALCOHOL AND CITY COUNCIL AT ALCON HOUSING AUTHORITY HELD THIS FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 2021 IS ADJOURN UNTIL TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2020, 20, 2021 AT 3:00 PM.