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WE WILL CALL THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER ALL THOSE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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WE HAVE A QUORUM THIS TIME WE OPEN UP CITIZENS, COMMENT, CITIZENS AND OTHER VISITORS WISHING
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TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MUST COMPLETE THE FORM AND SIGN THEM BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS IN THE FOUR-YEAR OF THE CITY HALL.SPEAKERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING THE DESIGNATED TIME PERIODS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED RULES OF CITY COUNCIL.
ALL SPEAKERS MUST COMPLY WITH THE THREE MINUTES TIMED LIMITATIONS FOR SAID COMMENTS, AND WE'LL DIRECT ALL THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL THIS TIME, OUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE LANDON CAMPBELL.
COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP MR. MAYOR PRO TEM WHILE LANDON'S COMING UP, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE THAT'S HERE SINCE THIS IS EFFECTIVELY, THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE DONE THIS PROCESS, WE JUST ASKED FOR A LITTLE GRACE FROM EVERYONE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, I WOULD STATE THAT, UH, THE CANDIDATES WERE ENCOURAGED TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS, UH, IF THEY WANTED TO, UH, TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND TELL THEM WHY THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON A PARTICULAR BORDER COMMISSION.
SO I WOULDN'T BE EXPECTING YOU TO BE HEARING A LOT OF THAT TONIGHT.
AND THAT GRACE IS THE CANDIDATE SPEAKING.
SO GETTING NAMED BY CAMPBELL ON THE RESIDENT HAVE BEEN THREE YEARS.
UH, I'VE WORKED IN HAYES COUNTY FOR ABOUT THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH, UH, INTERFERENCE.
UH, I WORK AT THE HAYES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS A PROSECUTOR.
I, UH, HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR THREE YEARS NOW.
I'VE APPLIED TO BE ON THE, UH, KYLE LIBRARY BOARD.
UH, MAINLY I KNOW THAT IT SOUNDS KIND OF CHEESY, BUT I'VE SAT BACK THERE THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
AND IT'S MAINLY THE FACT THAT I GREW UP IN A LIBRARY.
AND SO FROM AN EARLY AGE, BEFORE I WENT TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING, I WAS HELPING RESTOCK BOOKS AND ACROSS MULTIPLE SUMMERS RESTOCKED, AN ENTIRE LIBRARY, YOU REALLY GET A, UH, APPRECIATION FOR, UH, WHAT GOES IN.
AND HONESTLY DON'T FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE WHERE I WAS WITHOUT THAT EARLY INFLUENCE AND HER WANTING ME TO READ FROM AN EXTREMELY EARLY AGE.
HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN DO IS TO ENCOURAGE READING IN THOSE, UH, YOUNG STUDENTS, UH, BOTH INSIDE SCHOOL AND OUTSIDE SCHOOL AND AN ENTITY LIKE THE KYLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
I WON'T TRY AND DIVULGE TOO MUCH, BUT PERSONALLY, WHEN I VIEW THE WORK THAT I DO EVERY DAY AT THE DA'S OFFICE, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO INTERACT WITH OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM COULD BE SERVED BETTER IF THEY WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND ENCOURAGED TO HAVE MORE LEARNING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, UH, FROM AN EXTREMELY EARLY AGE, THAT'S SOME OF MY PASSION FOR WHY I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT INTO RESOURCES AND TIME INTO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE COWL LIBRARY.
THIS IS THE PLACE THAT I FEEL LIKE I COULD MOST HELP THE COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY LOVED TO BE A PART OF.
UM, THAT'S WHY I'VE APPLIED TO BE ON THE BOARD.
NEXT ON IS MICHAEL MAROTTA, IS THAT RIGHT? THANK YOU.
I USUALLY SAY MAROTTA, BUT IF I SAY IT THAT WAY, IT GETS SPELLED IN SPANISH, NOT ITALIAN.
WE HAVEN'T SAID MAROTTA SINCE WE GOT OFF OF THE BOAT ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, UM, BEING A NEW HOMEOWNER HERE, I WAS LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SO AS A WRITER, UH, I GOT MY CITY LIBRARY CARD BEFORE I UPDATED MY DRIVER'S LICENSE.
THE LIBRARY UNIT, THE DESK TOLD ME ABOUT THE OPENINGS ON THE LIBRARY BOARD.
SO I APPLIED, I KNOW LIBRARIES FAIRLY WELL LIKE YOU.
I GOT MY FIRST LIBRARY CARD THROUGH MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUCH LATER IN LIFE.
I SERVED ON THE WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES.
THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT I TEND TO JUST FIND THE BOOKS I WANT.
I KNOW THE LIBRARY CATALOG SYSTEM LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
AND, UM, I JUST TEND TO GO FOR WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY I'M IN.
AND, UH, UH, MICHAEL TOBIAS RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE SOME TIME TO USE THE PARKING LOT INSTEAD OF PARKING OUT FRONT, WHICH I DID.
AND THEN, UH, I VISITED THE COMMUNITY ROOMS, PICKED UP THE CURRENT ISSUE OF THE NEWSLETTER TO GO WITH THE MARCH ISSUE THAT HE GAVE ME IN COMPLETING MY DEGREES IN CRIMINOLOGY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE IN 2008 AND 2010.
I HAD SEVERAL CLASSES IN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEN SERVING IN THE TEXAS STATE GUARD, 2014 TO 2019.
I COMPLETED THE TRAINING, UH, FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AS I WAS PROMOTED FROM, UH,
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KNOW THAT I'M NOT A STRONG LEADER.I TEND TO FOLLOW GOOD LEADERSHIP AND I TRY TO OFFER GOOD IDEAS IN SUPPORT OF THAT CONSENSUS.
I RESPOND WELL TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL FIND THAT MY SKILLS MEET THE NEEDS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD.
CERTAINLY, BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT, HAVING MET YOU, I FEEL MORE INVOLVED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN OUR CITY.
NEXT UP IS JACKIE TIMMINS IS JACK AND JACK JACKSON, SORRY, SORRY, BUT YOU'RE PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CENTRAL TEXAS.
I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 42 YEARS AND HAD BEEN IN KYLE FOR FOUR.
I'M HERE AS A, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, I'VE HAD PRIOR EXPERIENCE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF BEE CAVE.
UH, BUT WE MOVED HERE AND I'M LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
I HAVE BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE FOR 42 YEARS, WORKING FOR A CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, AND NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND I'M LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY THAT I, THAT WE NOW CALL HOME.
MY WIFE I'VE LIVED, I'VE LIVED IN THIS AREA.
WE'VE GOT THREE CHILDREN AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN THAT ARE ALL WITHIN FIVE MILES OF HERE.
SO WE PLAN ON STICKING AROUND AND, UH, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THIS COMMUNITY GROW FROM WHAT IT WAS WHEN WE CAME HERE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO TO WHERE IT IS NOW.
AND I, YEAH, I BELIEVE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, FOR LOOKING AT THAT.
AND, AND I FEEL THAT MY EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT AND ALSO INTERPRETING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY CAREER WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT CAPACITY.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
NEXT UP IS JESSIE JESSICA ROBINSON.
I'M JESSICA GRACE ROBINSON, AND I HOPE TO SERVE THE CITY OF KYLE IN A POSITION ON THE LIBRARY BOARD.
MY FAMILY MOVED TO KYLE IN THE SUMMER OF 2020.
AND AS YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE I'M JUST A FEW MONTHS INTO THIS PANDEMIC WAS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIME TO MAKE A CROSS-COUNTRY MOVE AND DID TRY TO INTEGRATE MY FAMILY INTO THIS NEW COMMUNITY.
THE LIBRARY HERE IN KYLE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES I WENT TO FIND WHAT I NEEDED TO TRY TO MAKE THIS NEW TOWN, MY HOME HAVING LIVED HERE NOW FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, THE LIBRARY REMAINS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR ME AND FOR MY FAMILY.
IT'S CRITICAL FOR MY SON'S EDUCATIONAL ENRICH VET AND FOR OUR FAMILY'S LEISURE ENJOYMENT.
I WANT TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY BECAUSE I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT IT'S A VITAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
I CURRENTLY WORK AS A LECTURER IN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY.
MY ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREER HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH LITERACY EDUCATION AND ACCESS.
THAT INCLUDES WORKING AS A HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER AS A LITERACY CONSULTANT, AND THREE YEARS WORK AS A YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN MY COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES HERE IN HAYES COUNTY, ALSO REVOLVE AROUND EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.
I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE HAYES, CISD GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL.
AND I VOLUNTEER AS AN ASSISTANT SOCCER COACH FOR THE HAZE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION REGARDING MY QUALIFICATIONS FOR A POSITION WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD.
I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SERVING ON A FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE ADVOCATING FOR LIBRARIES WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMBINE MY KNOWLEDGE AND MY PASSION FOR LIBRARIES, WITH MY DESIRE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS SPACE FOR ME TO SHARE MY REASONS FOR APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION.
UM, AND FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT, NEXT UP IS JOY DORIS I'M SMALL.
I AM ALSO AN APPLICANT FOR THE LIBRARY WHERE THE EVER POPULAR LIBRARY BOARD.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COMMENT.
UH, MY REASONS FOR APPLYING ARE THREEFOLD.
THE FIRST ONE IS I'M A RESIDENT OF KYLE HAVE BEEN.
SO FOR SIX YEARS, MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE FROM AUSTIN BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S AFFORDABILITY, IT'S FAMILY ORIENTED CULTURE.
AND THE CITY OF KYLE HAS AFFORDED US THE ABILITY TO GROW OUR FAMILY.
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AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE WERE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT.MY SECOND REASON IS REALLY MORE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE IN MY PAST.
SO I, UM, HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A CERTIFIED TEACHER OF ENGLISH, LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING, UH, EIGHT THROUGH 12, BUT WOOT.
UM, I ALSO HAVE, UH, A BACHELOR'S IN ENGLISH AND A MASTER'S IN STUDENT AFFAIRS FROM A UT AS WELL AS, UH, UCLA.
AND THEN I SPENT THE MAJORITY OF MY CAREER WORKING IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
SO WORKING WITH, UH, YOUNG ADULTS IN, UH, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE PUBLIC SECTOR AND HELPING KIND OF RAISE THE COMMUNITY IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
CURRENTLY, I WORK IN TECH, HELPING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES BE EVER MORE PRESENT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES WITHIN DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
UM, IT'S A PASSION AREA OF MINE.
SO THEN LAST YEAR AS I WAS KIND OF SOUL SEARCHING, I COMPLETED THE BOARD INTERNSHIP FOR, I LIVE HERE, GIVE HERE, AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT SERVING ON BOARDS AND THE MEANING OF ASHLEY SERVING FOR A NONPROFIT AND FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND I SAW THIS FEATURED IN THE CITY OF, UH, UH, THE, THE CITY OF KYLE NEWSLETTER AS WELL AS AT THE LIBRARY.
AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS SERENDIPITOUS.
THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT I WANT.
AND LASTLY, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT READING, OF COURSE, BUT REALLY FOR ME, WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT A LIBRARY.
IF I CAN BORROW A DESCRIPTION, IS THAT A LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES IN A COMMUNITY THAT YOU CAN GO TO WITH NO EXPECTATION OF BELIEVING ANYTHING OR BUYING ANYTHING.
AND THAT A LIBRARY IS A PLACE OF ACCESS.
YOU CAN JUST BE AND LEARN AND GROW AND CONNECT.
AND THAT IS THE ETHOS OF WHAT I DO PROFESSIONALLY AND WHAT I CARE ABOUT PERSONALLY.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION NOW NEXT UP, MS. VANESSA WESTBROOK GOODING, AND I'M VANESSA WESTBROOK.
UH, I AM A CITIZEN OF KYLE TEXAS FOR ABOUT 12, 13 YEARS NOW.
UM, YOU, YOU MAY KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, ET CETERA FOR THE CITY BEFORE, BUT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS THAT I AM ACTUALLY A VISUAL ARTIST AND HAVE BEEN SINCE I WAS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD.
UM, I AM ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR EITHER OUR LIBRARY BOARD OR THE ART COMMISSION THOUGH.
I PROBABLY A SWAYING TOWARDS THE ART COMMISSION.
NOW, THE REASON WHY I'M APPLYING FOR BOTH IS ORIGINALLY I WAS APPLYING FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE, UM, I'VE SERVED ON FOR LIBRARY BOARDS IN FOUR COUNTIES OVER MY LIFETIME.
TWO OF THOSE LIBRARIES IN TWO OF THOSE COUNTIES ACTUALLY HAD DUAL ROLES WHERE NOT ONLY DID THEY, UH, LOOK OVER AND OVERSEE PROGRAMS FOR THE LIBRARY, BUT THEY ALSO WERE INVOLVED IN THE FINE ARTS IN THAT PARTICULAR CITY.
SO WE HAD DUELED A JOB, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.
SO THE LIBRARIES THAT I WERE THAT I HAD TO EXPERIENCE, AND WE ACTUALLY PRODUCED ART SHOWS AND WE DID, UM, PERFORMANCES BRINGING THEM INTO THE CITY.
AND SO YOU COULD SEE WHY I COULD PROBABLY GO EITHER DIRECTION.
UM, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, IN ONE OF MY PAST JOBS AS THE, UM, THE SENIOR SCIENTIST AT THE DOOZY, I'M IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, THAT HOPEFULLY YOU'VE TAKEN YOUR CHILDREN TO, I ACTUALLY RECEIVED AN IMLS GRANT, WHICH IS A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL LIBRARY SCIENCES.
AND THAT 1.5 MILLION GROWLER GRANT WAS FOR SCIENCE PROGRAMS AS OPPOSED TO LIBRARY PROGRAMS. AND ALSO AT THE MUSEUM, WE OFTEN, UH, HAD VARIOUS ARTISTS TO COME IN AND DO ART GALLERY AND ART DISPLAYS FOR US THAT THE CHILDREN COULD ENGAGE IN FROM A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL AS FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE.
YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT ENGINEERING QUITE A BIT, BUT THAT LITTLE, UH, SECRET THAT I HAVE IS THAT AS A VISUAL ARTIST, I'VE DONE A SERIES OF, UM, ART EXHIBITS.
UH, I HAVE ONE COMING UP ACTUALLY.
AND THE REASON WHY YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS ME, CAUSE I HAVE A PEN NAME THAT I USE, UH, FOR THE MOST PART.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THE ART COUNCIL WILL BE SOMETHING GRAND FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.
UH, I'M LOOKING SO FORWARD TO THE IDEA THAT IT'S A NEW COMMISSION THAT WE'LL BE EXPLORING THE IDEAS AND THE THOUGHTS OF HOW WE CAN ENGAGE, UH, THE CITIZENS, NOT ONLY FROM A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE.
UM, I THINK THAT ALSO FROM THE LIBRARY'S PERSPECTIVE, OUR LIBRARY IS A LIVELIHOOD FOR THE MOST PART.
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IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE OUT, BECAUSE OF COVID, THE LIBRARY WAS THE SANCTUARY FOR MANY CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, GET INTERNET.AND YOU COULD LITERALLY GO SIT IN THE PARK ON A BENCH IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE LIBRARY AND RECEIVE SERVICES SO THAT YOU COULD GET TO SCHOOL TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON A COMPUTER, ON AN IPAD.
SO EITHER ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS I THINK IS GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL AS WE ENHANCE THE LIBRARY BOARD AND WE BEGIN THE NEW ART COMMISSION AND I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE SO MANY OF OUR CITIZENS OUT HERE THIS EVENING WHO ARE APPLYING FOR ONE OR THE OTHER POSITIONS.
AND SO I WOULD, UH, TAKE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR YOU TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE I WOULD SERVE IN BEST.
AND, UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S IT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND THANKS TO ALL THE CITIZENS WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT TO ASSIST US.
THANK YOU, MS. WHISPER, NEXT UP TARA MONROE.
UH, MY NAME IS TARA MONROE AND I HAVE APPLIED TO BE PART OF THE NEW ART COMMISSION THAT IS BEING STARTED HERE IN KYLE.
I'VE LIVED IN KYLE FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.
UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT KYLE IS THAT IT HAS THAT BEAUTIFUL SMALL TOWN FEEL, BUT IT'S GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY DAY.
SO IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE ALL THE CHANGES, BUT STILL HAVE THE CHARM OF DOWNTOWN KYLE, UM, WHICH IS VERY INSPIRING AS AN ARTIST.
UM, I HAVE TAUGHT ELEMENTARY ART FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AT HEMPHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER FOR LESS 20 YEARS.
I'M ALSO A PRIVATE ART CONTRACTOR.
I WORK FOR A COMPANY CALLED PAINTING WITH A TWIST.
SO I'M USED TO DEALING WITH CHILDREN FROM THE AGE OF THREE ALL THE WAY THROUGH GROWNUPS.
UM, I FEEL THAT ART IS JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF ANY COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO JUST SEE IT BLOSSOM AND HAVE SOME BIG PROJECTS START HEARING KYLE, UM, BEFORE COVID I WAS ABLE TO ARRANGE AT MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO HAVE, UM, A CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR.
HER NAME IS KAY HERRING, AND SHE WAS THE SISTER OF THE LATE KEITH HERRING, WHO WAS A POPULAR, UM, POP ARTIST IN THE 1980S.
AND SHE WAS ABLE TO COME TO OUR SCHOOL AND REALLY BRING A WHOLE NEW, UH, WORLD INTO OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES.
IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO SEE HER AND I LOVE REACHING OUT AND MAKING CONNECTIONS LIKE THAT AND BRINGING THE WORLD INTO SMALLER PLACES.
SO I'D LOVE TO BOOST KYLE'S ART SCENE OUT AND ALSO BRING MORE INTERESTING THINGS IN, UH, I ALSO, UM, FOUNDED AND, UH, ORGANIZED TWO FINE ARTS FESTIVALS AT OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES AS WELL, THAT INCLUDED, UM, GUEST ARTISTS AND THE CHILDREN ALSO, UM, BEING INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS DURING THAT, UH, FESTIVITY.
UM, I GUESS THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR ME.
I JUST AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, OFFERED TEENAGERS.
I'M KIND OF STUMBLING OVER MY WORDS, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
UM, AND JUST LIKE THAT PIE SIGN OUT THERE.
THAT'S SO ICONIC AND IT'S LIKE A GIANT SCULPTURE TO ME.
I WANT KYLE TO BE ICONIC WHEN PEOPLE COME THROUGH, I WANT THEM TO SEE AMAZING ART THAT REPRESENTS KYLE AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT WITH THEM.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME NEXT UP, MR. MARIO MOTO JR.
SO, UH, BUT UH, I GUESS LET ME START OVER MY NAME'S MARIO MOTHA JR.
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU'RE FROM AND ALL THAT.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A CITIZEN KYLE SINCE 2007.
UM, SO I JUST READ DOWN A LITTLE BIT OF ALL THE ONES THAT HAVE PRESENTED SO FAR.
UH, YEAH, IT'S UH, SO I'VE, I'VE SEEN THE, THE GROWTH IN THE, THE, THAT IS OCCURRED AND ALSO EXPERIENCE ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS OF MORE HOUSES, MORE BUSINESSES COMING, COMING TO, UM, TO KYLE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS GOOD AND THERE'S ALWAYS BAD.
SO, UM, I'M APPLYING FOR THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, I GUESS, SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT EARLIER.
SO I, MYSELF IN STUMBLING OVER MY WORDS, UH, I'VE APPLIED IN THE PAST, UH, BUT, UH, I'M VERY DETERMINED AND I GUESS STUBBORN AS WELL, KIND OF LIKE, NO, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP, KEEP TRYING AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE WORST IS THEY COULDN'T SAY NO, SO FIGURED KEEP TURNING.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, SEEING EXPERIENCE THE, THE UPS AND DOWNS OF WHAT THE GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRED IN SINCE 2007.
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I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS JUST PART OF THE HOSPITAL, IT WAS JUST THAT ONE HOUSE ON THE HILL AND IT'S LIKE, AND NOW WE HAVE A HOSPITAL, SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT.I DON'T PLAN ON LEAVING ANYTIME SOON.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, LIKE I SAID, BEEN HERE SINCE 2007.
UH, SO TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND F I C U MY OR 15 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, UH, WORKING FOR THE STATE, UH, STATE OF TEXAS, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, I HAVE A SOLID BACKGROUND IN, UM, THROUGH EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE IN, IN ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION.
SO, UM, I FEEL BEING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND YOU'LL CAN INCORPORATE MY WORK EXPERIENCE, UH, LESSEE, MY EDUCATION, AND, UH, TO HAVE A SOLID, YOU KNOW, JUST STAY, PUT, PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GOOD TEAM ON THE COMMISSION IN ORDER TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO EVERYBODY DOESN'T, EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE AN EDUCATION.
IT'S JUST A REGULAR FOLKS, YOU KNOW, EVERYDAY FOR BUSINESS FOLKS, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TEAM TO GET, UH, A, A SOLID TEAM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST TO COVER EVERYBODY'S VIEWS AND HAVE HAD ALL SORTS OF INPUT.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, YEAH, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD, UH, THROW MY HAT INTO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BOARD AND HOPE.
NEXT UP IS WILLIAM DANIEL HANCOCK GREETINGS, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I LIVE AT 1 24 FOREST MOON LANE HERE IN KYLE AND IN THE 1990S, I SPENT A LONG, A LOT OF LONG HOURS DOING LITIGATION SUPPORT, COMPUTERIZED LITIGATION SUPPORT, AND DALLAS MAKES IT EASIER FOR LARGE SCALE LITIGATION.
SO DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST ME.
I'M NOW RETIRED HERE AND I SUBSTITUTE FOR THE CA OR THE FURTHER HAYES CISD.
AND EVEN IF I'M IN A MATH CLASS, IF I SEE A STUDENT READING A BOOK, I WON'T TELL THEM TO STOP AND DO THEIR MATH.
I'LL JUST LET THEM DO IT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS READ.
USUALLY WHEN I MOVED TO A NEW CITY, THE FIRST THING I DO IS GET A LIBRARY CARD.
AND DURING COVID LIKE ANOTHER SPEAKER SAID, THE LIBRARY WAS VERY HELPFUL, NOT JUST WITH WIFI, BUT WITH DVDS, YOU COULD PICK UP BOOKS WHILE YOU WERE KIND OF HOLED UP IN YOUR HOUSE.
OTHER THINGS THAT LIBRARIES DO LIKE MOVIES HERE AT THE KYLE LIBRARY, LIVE PERFORMANCES.
AND I MOVED HERE TO BE CLOSER TO MY DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW AND GRANDCHILDREN AND MY PLAN TO LIVE HERE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
AND I WANT TO HELP THE LIBRARY TO SUCCEED IN THE CITY OF KYLE AND A GOOD LIBRARY AS PART OF THE CITY OF KYLE SUCCEEDING.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD.
THANK YOU, MR. HANCOCK, COULD YOU TELL US HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CO I MOVED HERE ON JANUARY 1ST, 20, 20, BEFORE I COULD START TO ENJOY THINGS COVID HIT.
NEXT NEXT UP IS, UH, COURTNEY GOES UP, GOES UP.
YOU'RE SAYING I DIDN'T WANT TO BUTCHER THAT.
I AM APPLYING FOR PLANNING AND ZONING.
IT WAS SORT OF A VERY NATURAL SEGUE.
UH, I AM A LOCAL REAL ESTATE AGENT.
I DEAL WITH COMMERCIAL RESIDENT COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE.
AND SO I REALLY HAVE MY PULSE KIND OF ON THE ECONOMY OF KYLE AND THE MARKET AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT BOTH.
AND I REALLY TRY TO STAY ABREAST OF WHAT'S IN THE MARKET.
AND PART OF THAT CARE AND CONSIDERATION OF BEING A REALTOR IS THAT WE TRY TO FIND THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE MOST APT USED FOR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.
AND SO BEING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE WOULD ALLOW ME TO DO THE THING THAT'S SO INVOLVED IN MY CRAFT AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I LIVED HERE BRIEFLY AS A CHILD IN 1987 AND HAVE LIVED IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA SINCE THAT IN MOST OF THAT TIME.
AND SO I MOVED BACK HERE IN 2017 WITH MY FAMILY.
I'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THE AREA, AND I FEEL THE STRUGGLES OF THE PEOPLE
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WHEN THEY SAY WE NEED SOME CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE HERE, CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.AND SO I'M REALLY COMPELLED TO THE NEWS, MY KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND AND SKILLS TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE AND HELP REALLY ESTABLISH THE THINGS IN THE PROPER AREA FOR THE COMMUNITY AND STRIVE FOR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.
I HAVE A BA IN BUSINESS FROM, FROM CORDIA UNIVERSITY, I WAS FORMALLY EMPLOYED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WITH A CERTIFIED CONTRACT MANAGER.
THAT MEANS I DO VERY WELL AT READING AND INTERPRETING STATUTE AND KNOWING, UM, ALL OF THE FACTS AND THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT JUST FROM MY TIME, SERVING AT THE, UM, STATE OF TEXAS AT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TOSS MY HAT INTO THAT RING AND REALLY DO WHAT I CAN FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.
UM, AND IT GOES ALONG WITH MY HISTORY OF SERVING MY COMMUNITY.
I'VE ALSO BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR, UM, HOA THAT I'VE BEEN PART OF, AND I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF AUSTIN SIAMESE RESCUE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO POTENTIALLY SERVING MY COMMUNITY IN ANOTHER AVENUE.
HOW LONG WERE YOU WITH THE AGS OFFICE? I WAS THERE FOUR YEARS.
NEXT UP, MR. ELLIS YETTA MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.
UM, I AM NOT APPLYING FOR A ROLE, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH IS LUCKY ON MY, FATHER'S A LOT OF GREAT APPLICANTS TODAY.
UM, UH, UM, OH MY NAME'S ALEX.
I LIVE IN POST OAK AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING AND ZONING.
UM, I AM HERE TODAY JUST TO ONE SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S APPLIED AND THERE'S SOME GREAT OFFENSE, AND IT'S A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE, TO HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO SERVE THE CITY.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST, UM, I FULLY SUPPORT, UH, TRACY SHE'LL AS SHE APPLIES TO SERVE ON PLANNING, ZONING.
SHE, UM, HER EXPERIENCE THAT SHE IS BRINGING WILL BE VERY VALUABLE TO US AS WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE THINGS AHEAD, UH, AHEAD OF US FOR THE CITY AND FOR PLANNING ZONING.
AND SO I JUST, HER FORMER EXPERIENCE AS SERVING OUR CITY WILL BE A GREAT ASSET TO US.
HE WAS GOOD, RIGHT? IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK WILL NOT CLOSE THE CITIZENS COMMENT PERIOD.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FILL OUT THE FORM.
SO, UM, MY NAME'S BROOKE TELEPHONE, AND OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT APPLYING FOR PLANNING AND ZONING OR I WOULD'VE KNOWN TO FILL OUT THE FORM I'M GOING FOR THE ART COUNCIL.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF KYLE'S ART COUNCIL.
UM, I HAVE WORKED AS AN ARTIST PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE LIFE.
UM, MY PARENTS GOT ME INTO ART BECAUSE I COULDN'T PLAY AN INSTRUMENT AND I CAN'T CARRY A TUNE.
SO, UM, CURRENTLY I WORK, UM, AS A CURRICULUM DESIGNER AND DEVELOPER, I'VE BEEN IN K THROUGH 12 AND IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
UM, WHEN I MOVED TO KYLE IN 2015, I FOUNDED A NONPROFIT HERE CALLED ROUGH DRAFT, AND WE FOCUS ON ART AND LITERACY FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ONLY PROGRAMS THAT RUNS OUT OF HAYES COUNTY JAIL.
CURRENTLY, WE ALSO RUN OUT OF, UM, TRAVIS COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY OUT OF FORT WORTH, AS WELL AS SERVE LOTS OF VETERANS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS.
UM, DIGITALLY, THANKS TO COVID.
SO, UM, SO I HAVE MY HAND IN DEVELOPING ART PROGRAMS FOR, UM, FOR ADULTS AS WELL.
CURRENTLY, I, UM, RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS.
UM, I'VE BEEN RECEIVING GRANTS FROM TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, UM, HUMANITIES, TEXAS, AS WELL AS THE SAN MARCOS ARTS COMMISSION, UM, TO RUN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT, UM, KYLE BUDA AND SAN MARCOS.
UM, SO I COME KIND OF WITH A VARIED BACKGROUND.
I'M A METAL SCULPTURE PERSON MYSELF.
UM, I THINK ART TAKES ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT IDEAS, EVERYTHING FROM FILM TO PAINTING TO METAL WORK TO PERFORMANCE ART.
UM, WE KIND OF HAVE TO EXPAND OUR CONCEPT OF WHAT THAT IS, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH ALL THE CITIZENS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR FORM OF ART.
UM, FROM THE VERY SMALL TO THE VERY TALL, TO THE VERY YOUNG, TO THE VERY OLD, I THINK EVERYONE TRULY HAS ART INSIDE OF THEM.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THE NEW COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THAT HERE IN OUR CITY.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND FILLING OUT A FORM TURNING INTO OUR SECRETARY, I APPRECIATE IT.
WE'LL HAVE THIS TRACY SHIELD MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, AND I WILL FILL OUT A FORM.
I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING, BUT, UM, I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SERVE THIS CITY SINCE THE DAY I MOVED HERE IN OCTOBER OF 2003.
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AS OUR HOA BOARD AND I'M NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THAT.UM, I HAVE SERVED ON THE, UM, THE PARKS BOARD AND THEN OF COURSE I WAS ON COUNCIL WITH SEVERAL OF YOU.
THE CITY HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH.
IT GAVE ME A HOME FOR A 35 YEAR OLD FEMALE.
LIVING ALONE WAS ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE ON HER OWN.
AND SO I AM VERY PROUD OF THAT.
AND I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT HERE IN KYLE.
SO I WANT TO GIVE BACK AND I DO WANT TO GIVE BACK TO PLANNING AND ZONING BECAUSE I'VE REALLY FEEL MY KNOWLEDGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL REALLY, UH, AFFORDS ME THE, UH, EXPERIENCE.
AND, UM, ESPECIALLY I WAS ALSO ON THE DOWNTOWN TASKFORCE.
GRANTED, WE DIDN'T GET TOO FAR OFF THE GROUND, BUT WE DID WORK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND Y'ALL HAVE A BLESSED DAY AND THANK YOU ALL.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL TO SEE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE? WE'LL NOW CLOSE CITIZENS COMMENT NEXT UP IN THE AGENDA IS, UH, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVE A RESOLUTION VIA KYLE, TEXAS AND MINDY RESOLUTION 1139, WHICH AUTHORIZED AND CREATED THE PLUM CREEK NORTH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PIT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION IN THE SAID RESOLUTION, VERY GREGORY MILLER ZERO ITEM.
I, I, UH, I CAN INTRODUCE IT SINCE A GREGORY IS TRAVELING AND I THOUGHT I COULD ASSIST A LITTLE BIT BY BEING A FACE TO THIS A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING THIS BRIEF INTERLUDE IN YOUR IMPORTANT MEETING TONIGHT, WE'LL BE BRIEF AND ALLOW YOU TO GET BACK TO YOUR AWESOME POOL OF TALENT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THIS ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION, CREATING THE, UM, THE PLUM CREEK NORTH PID TO CORRECT A PROPERTY DESCRIPTION THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THAT RESOLUTION.
UM, THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE, UM, PETITIONED AND REQUESTED THE PID BE CREATED, UH, FOR THE PLUM NORTH, UH, PLUM CREEK NORTH PID, UH, PROVIDED FOR A 389 ACRE DISTRICT AND THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ATTACHED TO THAT DOCUMENT.
DIDN'T QUITE ADD UP TO THAT AMOUNT.
THE, UH, ALL THE DOCUMENTS SUPPORT THE COUNCIL'S INTENTION TO CREATE A PID WITH 389 ACRES, AND THE ASSESSMENTS WERE LEVIED ON THEM.
THE SAP SUPPORTED THAT, UM, ACREAGE.
AND SO IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AGS OFFICE ON FRIDAY, THIS ITEM IS OFFERED TO YOU TO JUST, UM, CLEAN UP THAT TECHNICAL ERROR SO THAT THE, UH, BONDS CAN PROCEED TO BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY.
THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE FOR THIS PID ON MARCH 22ND.
AND SO THIS IS A CLEANUP ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND WE STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I'LL TAKE, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE YOUR DISCUSSION.
YES, WE CAN DO THE MOTION FIRST.
THERE'S MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RAQUEL.
ANY DISCUSSION? UM, YES, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS PLEASE.
UM, AND I RE I READ AND I KINDA WENT THROUGH THE LETTER RECEIVED FROM THE AGS OFFICE TO THE CITY.
UM, AND IN A TO B IT DISCUSSED INCORRECT OWNERSHIP.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THIS IS GREGORY MILLER AND A GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, IT, IF I COULD PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, IT ADDRESSED MS. UH, MISTAKEN OWNERSHIP BASED ON THE RUINED THE FIELD NOTES AND PROPERTY DESCRIPTION THAT WERE INCORRECTLY ATTACHED TO THE CREATION RESOLUTION.
SO THE FIELD NOTES AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION ATTACHED TO THE CREATION RESOLUTION, UM, INCLUDED FIVE ACRES MORE OR LESS, THAT WAS UNDER OWNERSHIP BY AN ENTITY CALLED MOUNTAIN PLUM, I BELIEVE WAS HIS NAME.
UM, AND SO THEY APPEARED TO SOME EXTENT TO BE AN OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND THE DISTRICT.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WAS THAT PROPERTY OWNED BY MOUNTAIN PLUM IS NOT ACTUALLY IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, IT'S IN IT'S NEXT TO THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT.
AND SO SINCE IT APPEARED AS IF MOUNTAIN PLUM WAS AN OWNER BASED
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ON THE FIELD NOTES, THAT IS WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS ASKING US TO CLARIFY.SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, MOUNTAIN PLUM WAS NOT AN OWNER.
UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE PROPERTY AT ALL RELEVANT TIMES WAS ALWAYS UNDER 100% OWNERSHIP OF THE DEVELOPER.
SO PAGE, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHO, WHO DRAFTS THAT DOCUMENT? THE CERTIFICATE, THE CERTIFICATE? UM, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? UH, I'M NUMBER TWO, REGARDING THE CREATION PROCEEDINGS LETTER B REGARDING THEIR CERTIFICATE FROM HAYES COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISE DISTRICT, THEIR CERTIFICATE IDENTIFIES A PETITIONER IN MOUNTAIN PINE CREEK, LTD IS OWNERS.
UM, AND SO IN THAT INSTANCE, WHO VERIFIES THE INFORMATION ON THAT CERTIFICATE, IF THIS IS GREGORY, WOULD YOU MIND IF I, UM, TRIED TO PROVIDE A QUICK ANSWER TO THAT? UM, THE, THE REASON THE COUNTY PROVIDES A CERTIFICATE AND THAT CERTIFICATE WAS BASED ON THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION.
SO THAT'S HOW COME THEY CAME UP WITH, WITH, WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNERSHIP.
UM, AS NOTED, THAT WAS THE FIELD NOTES ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION WERE INCORRECT.
THEY'RE MISSING SOME ACRES AND ADDING SOME OTHER ACRES.
UM, AND SO THAT IS HOW THE HAYES COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT PROVIDED THAT DESCRIPTION.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I WILL JUST MOVE ON.
UM, SO FOR LETTER C, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS AN OVERAGE OF $30,000.
UH, THE NOTICE OF THE CREATE CREATION HEARING PROVIDES THAT IN NO CASE SHALL THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS EXCEED $25,000.
HOWEVER, THE ENGINEER'S REPORT ATTACHED TO THE SAP PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENT AREAS WITH TOTAL QUALIFIED PID COSTS OR PID OF $55,630, PLEASE ADVISE.
SO WAS, IS THAT A, IS THAT A TRUE, LIKE DIFFERENCE OF 30,000? UH, YES, MA'AM ACTUALLY, IT WAS A DIFFERENCE OF 30 MILLION.
AND IF I COULD CLARIFY, UM, AND, AND JUST, JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE HAS REACHED OUT TO US AND LET US KNOW THAT, UM, VIRTUALLY ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN THIS P LETTER THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, UM, HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ITEM IS THIS RESOLUTION THAT THEY'RE WAITING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS RESOLVED TONIGHT, BUT, UM, THE, THE 30 MILLION DIFFERENT, UM, WHAT THAT COMES FROM IS WHEN THE PIT PETITION IS FILED AS A REQUIREMENT OF STATE LAW, YOU NEED TO STATE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OR MAXIMUM ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED WITH PITT DOLLARS.
UM, SO THAT 25 MILLION IN THE PETITION IS SAYING THAT THAT IS THE MOST THAT WILL BE RE PAID FOR WITH PITT DOLLARS, WHAT THE 50 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS REFERS TO AS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENT, UM, THAT WILL BE CHARACTERIZED AS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE BUILT IN THE DISTRICT.
NOT ALL OF THAT 50 MILLION IN PROJECTS CAN BE PAID FOR BY BIDS.
THE ONLY AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT CAN BE PAID FOR IS THAT 20, I THINK IT'S 25 MILLION.
SO THAT 25 MILLION IS THE HARD LIMIT ON WHAT IT CAN FUND.
THERE'S JUST $50 MILLION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THAT 30 MILLION WILL NOT BE IN A PIT.
IT WILL BE PAID BY THE DEVELOPER.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE PIT, BUT IT'S NOT PAID FOR BY PID DOLLARS.
AND YOU SAID YOU'VE ALREADY RESPONDED TO THIS LETTER AND YOU'VE SPOKEN TO THE AGS OFFICE.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN RECEIVE A COPY OF THAT? OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
UM, I'M NOT, YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT.
UM, IS THERE ANY, YEAH, WE CAN ALSO, UM, BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN IF IT'S AT ALL HELPFUL AND, AND, UM, DISCUSS OUR RESPONSES TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT IF THAT'S AT ALL HELPFUL.
I HAD A QUESTION ON NUMBER FOUR TO RICARDO REGARDING THE BOND ORDINANCE WITH RESPECT TO SECTION TWO LITTLE I LITTLE, I PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THE OPERATIONAL COSTS ARE LIMITED TO A PERIOD OF UP TO ONE YEAR AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CONFIRMED IN THE LETTER.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CONSTRAINT IMPOSED BY STATE LAW.
THAT'S ALSO BEEN RATIFIED AND, AND, UM, ALL BOND COUNCIL LETTERS, AND EVERYBODY HAS ENTERED INTO THIS TRANSACTION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CAPITALIZED INTEREST CANNOT BE DRAWN OUT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER, AFTER CONSTRUCTION.
AND I APPRECIATE IT, UM, FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, UM, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS GONE KIND OF, UM, I GUESS, MISUNDERSTOOD OR AWRY IN OUR PID OR TERS, UM, APPLICATIONS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF THAT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, UH, JUST TO VOTE TONIGHT, WHAT HAD JUST BEEN FORWARD, THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE.
UM, AND FOR ME, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE WHOLE STORY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, THAT'S DOABLE, IF I CAN, JUST ANYTIME THAT THERE'S A LETTER SENT FROM THE AGS OFFICE THAT CAN BE FORWARDED TO COUNCIL.
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YEAH.BUT OF COURSE, AND I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF IMPRESSION THIS LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LEFT ON COUNCIL.
AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, UM, THAT THE LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS A PRELIMINARY APPROVAL LETTER.
AND THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS IS NOTHING THAT IS PARTICULAR TO THIS BOND TRANSACTION.
UM, WHEN YOU HAVE A 2000 PAGE TRANSACTION, UM, THERE ARE INEVITABLY GOING TO BE CONCERNED, NOT CONCERNED WITH QUESTIONS FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
SO THIS IS PART OF THE CLARIFYING PROCESS.
UM, BUT THERE'S NOTHING, I JUST WANT TO ASSURE THE COUNCIL THAT THERE'S NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS P LETTER PROCESS.
UM, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY, IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S WISH WE CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE YOU WITH PRELIMINARY APPROVAL LETTERS, UM, WHATEVER WE DO, BOND TRANSACTIONS.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED IS YOUR PASSES FIVE TO NOTHING.
JEN ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDER AND DISCUSSION APPLICATIONS OF APPLICANTS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED INTENT TO SERVE ON ONE OR MORE CITY BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS BY COMPLETING A BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICATION FOR THE SPECIAL CALLED APPOINTMENT FOR MIDTERM VACANCIES AND OR NEWLY CREATED BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
START YOUR MIND MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, UH, AUDIENCE.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
SOME OF YOU HEARD MY VOICE ON THE PHONE.
UM, THE REST OF YOU GOT TO SPEAK TO THE, TO THE LOVELY PEOPLE WHO CALLED YOU INSTEAD OF ME.
SO, UH, BUT WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THIS.
THIS IS A NEW PROCESS, AND WE STARTED OUT, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WITH THAT PART.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE SECTIONS OF THE POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL THAT WILL BE GOVERNING TONIGHT'S ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND THIS IS ALSO FOR THE IDENTIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC IN CASE THEY'RE NOT AWARE.
AND ALL OF THE POLICY IS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PAGE.
SO YOU CAN ALWAYS REVIEW THAT THERE, IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO ITEMS SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT OF THE POLICY ARE THE MOST RELEVANT.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, THE PR THE PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURE FOR ACTUALLY MAKING NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS FOR THE POSITIONS.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT OUT LOUD FOR THE RECORD.
DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF EVALUATION, EACH BOARD COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION BE ADDRESSED INDEPENDENTLY.
EACH COUNCIL MEMBER MAY NOMINATE ANY NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FOR CONSIDERATION TO FILL ANY PARTICULAR VACANCY.
THESE APPLICANTS BECOME NOMINEES.
AND I WILL NOTE THAT IN THE SECOND COUNCIL ITEM, UH, THAT DEALS WITH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THE SEAT NUMBERS ARE LISTED FOR EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ARTS COMMISSION, BECAUSE IT'S NEW.
SO THAT MEANS ALL SEVEN OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE OPEN AND VACANT.
UH, STEP NUMBER SEVEN, BASED ON THE FIRST ROUND EVALUATION OF THE APPLICANTS OF VOTES WILL BE CALLED ON EACH NOMINEE.
THE NOMINEE THAT RECEIVES THE MOST VOTES WILL BE APPOINTED.
IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE NOMINEES TIED FOR MOST VOTES, A COUNCIL VOTE WILL BE CALLED TO TIE BREAK, REMOVING ANY NOMINEES THAT RECEIVE FEWER VOTES UNTIL THERE IS AN OBVIOUS NOMINEE.
LASTLY, THIS PROCESS WILL BE REPEATED FOR EVERY SEAT AVAILABLE FOR EVERY BOARD COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION UNTIL ALL SEATS ARE FILLED.
NO APPLICANT, NO APPLICANT CAN ACHIEVE A MAJORITY VOTE, OR THE APPLICANT POOL IS EXHAUSTED.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD.
SO WE ARE, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THROUGH EVERYBODY.
WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT EVERYBODY.
WE'RE GOING TO REPORT NOBODY OR HOWEVER THAT GOES.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, THE PROCESS JUST EFFECTIVELY REPEATS SO NOMINATIONS AND THEN MOVE INTO VOTING AND THEN VOTING GETS US DOWN TO AN A, TO AN, UH, AN OBVIOUS APPOINTEE.
AND THEN THAT PERSON BECOMES THE APPOINTED, UH, HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM STAFF BEFORE I STEP AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE.
YES, I CAN DO THAT REAL QUICK.
I'M GOING TO SEND YOU THE LINK TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION PAGE, AND THEN IT'S AT THE VERY BOTTOM I AM.
IF I CAN REMEMBER THE, THE DISTRIBUTION LIST, CAUSE I ALWAYS GET CONFUSED IF IT'S ALL COUNCIL OR WHATEVER IT IS.
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HAS IT COME ACROSS? OKAY, GOOD.IF NOT, IT'S JUST CITY OF CALL.COM FORWARD SLASH BC.
MAYBE THAT'D BE BEEN EASIER IF I JUST SAID THAT FOR ALL OF Y'ALL CDO CALL.COM FORWARD SLASH BC THIS TIME WE'LL, UH, THIS IS REALLY NEW A PROCESS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT HERE.
WHAT NUMBERS DID SHE SAY? IT WAS 60, UH, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO DENY ITS ACTIONS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT REAL QUICK.
UH, THIS TIME WE WILL START THE NOMINATIONS FOR, I GUESS, DISCUSSION FOR LIBRARY BOARD.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS I DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE ART COMMISSION APPLICATIONS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN GLITCHES IN IT.
SO I HAVE NOT EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT VERY MANY OF THEM, MAYBE TWO OR THREE.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS THAT ISSUE, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD POSTPONE THE ART COMMISSION, UM, UNTIL A LATER DATE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, UM, I KNOW WE'RE MISSING TWO MEMBERS WHO TONIGHT TO WEIGH IN, BUT I I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM ALL.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO WAIT ON THOSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULDN'T WAIT ALL THAT LONG, UH, WHICH HAS MEANS PUB AND OTHER SPECIAL CALLED MEETING HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO, BUT, UM, I I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT IF CERTAINLY, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO WAIT ON THAT, I WILL NOT.
I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD AS WELL.
COUNCILMAN TOBY'S EVEN MOVE FORWARD HERE.
AND THEN MY SECOND, JUST TO MAKE PEOPLE NOT WAIT, UH, IS MY CONCERN FOR P AND Z.
UM, I HAD SENT AN EMAIL TO STAFF REGARDING PAST, UM, APPLICATIONS AND WHY THEY WERE NOT IN, IN THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE WERE GOING TO REVIEW.
SO EVERYONE THAT, UM, THAT HAS APP THAT HAS ACCESS TO THE APPLICANT POOL HAS ACCESS TO THE OLD APPLICATIONS TOO.
THERE'S ANOTHER STEP THAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO TO BUILD A, SEE THOSE.
UM, I THINK TAYLOR HAD ANTICIPATED THAT AND INCLUDED THAT IN THE TRAINING, THIS WON'T BE THE FIRST OR LAST TIME THAT WE HAVE THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE WHAT I SUSPECT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE SITTING HERE, THEN YOU HAVE VACANT SEATS TO BE ABLE TO FILL.
SOME OF THEM ARE MORE THAN LIKELY INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN APPLICANT, AS AN APPLICANT.
SO WE OPEN UP APPLICATIONS AGAIN, WE'LL NEED TO BE ABLE TO PULL UP THE OLD APPLICATIONS AS WELL, WHENEVER YOU'RE DOING YOUR SEARCH FOR ANY OF THOSE OLD APPLICANTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSIDER.
SO THE LAST THING THAT WE DID TODAY, JUST TO MAKE IT VERY SIMPLE WAS WE WENT AHEAD FOR THIS TIME AND PUT THEM INTO A SHARED DRIVE.
SO THAT WAY THE PDF VERSION COULD BE QUICKLY ACCESSIBLE, BUT THERE THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN THE SYSTEM.
SO ARE THOSE PEOPLE, PART OF THE, THEY CALLED, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE DID CALL THEM.
SO, UH, FROM THE STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, WE WERE MOVING WITH THE NEW PROCESS, NEW APPLICATION.
SO, BUT I DO KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAD ASKED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE APPLICATIONS TOO.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS AT LEAST THE WAY THAT YOU COULD ACCESS THEM.
CAUSE I, I REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF APPLICANTS AND THEY WERE UNAWARE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF CONCERNING TO ME, UM, BECAUSE I WENT BACK JUST TO CONFIRM AND REWATCH THE VIDEO.
UM, AND EVERYBODY WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE OLD APPLICATIONS WERE NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS, I THINK THAT WAS A COUPLE OF THE TERMINOLOGIES.
LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE KILLED AND THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE, DIDN'T, THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
AND SO TED NOT HAVE CALLED AN INFORMED THE P THOSE PNZ APPLICANTS, UM, WAS KIND OF CONCERNING TO ME.
I MEAN, CERTAINLY AN OVERSIGHT, RIGHT.
AND NOT TO BELABOR THE FACT THAT IT'S A NEW PROCESS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE CONSUMED WITH THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAD
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AND DIVIDE THOSE UP TO GO CALL.WHENEVER WE LOOKED THE P AND Z APPLICATIONS, THERE WERE TWO, UH, THAT WERE BACK IN AUGUST AND THAT DID NOT REAPPLY.
AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR LIBRARY BOARD, THE APPLICATIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS VACANCY THAT DID NOT REAPPLY.
SO, SO I SEE THERE'S TWO ON OUR APPLICANT POOL.
UM, AND MAYBE I'M JUST NOT SEEING IT, BUT THERE'S A COURTNEY, DOZA HER APPLICATION.
I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SEE HER APPLICATION.
IS IT MAYBE I'M NOT SEEING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING AT IT.
I SEE TWO OF THEM, TRACY SCHEELS OR THERESA SHIELDS AND MARIO MADA.
SO YOU JUST HAVE TO CHANGE THE DATE, THE FILTER DATE, AND WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY BACK THROUGH.
I JUST CHANGED IT TO JANUARY 1ST, 2021.
SO COUNSELOR, IF I CAN JUMP IN.
SO JUST SO WE CAN ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE AND MAYBE GET THE BALL ROLLING HERE.
UH, SO I HAD, I WENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO SEPTEMBER 1ST TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND I HAVE 30 APPLICANTS THAT I'VE REVIEWED, UH, ACROSS THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT BOOKS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND I, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE, HOW FAR WE WENT BACK AND HOW MANY APPLICANTS, ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE 30, UH, I KNOW IT SAYS 36 WHEN YOU PUSHED BACK TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE MULTIPLE, UH, THE SAME PERSON MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO THERE ARE 30 APPLICANTS FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST UNTIL THE CUTOFF LAST FRIDAY.
I'M LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NUMBERS, BUT FRIDAY WAS THE CUTOFF.
AND SO, UH, YEAH, SEPTEMBER 1ST IS WHERE I WENT BACK TO AND I, I HAVE 30 APPLICANTS AMONGST THE VARIOUS BOARDS.
AND I GO HERE, SO I HAVE THIS DATE, THE DATE DID YOU WANT? AND THIS IS WHAT I MEANT BY GRACE, EVERYONE, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL LEARNING HOW TO DO THIS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME TOGETHER, THE WAY THAT WE USED TO DO THIS, IF YOU DON'T, I'M SORRY TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, BUT THE WAY THAT WE USED TO DO THIS, AS WE USED TO HAVE TO HAVE EVERYONE SUBMIT PAPER COPIES, AND THEN THOSE HAD TO BE SCANNED, AND THEN THOSE HAD TO BE SHARED OUT.
AND THEN ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE SHIFTED TO ONLINE APPLICATIONS, WHICH IS WHAT MOST OF YOU SHOULD HAVE INTERACTED WITH IF YOU DIDN'T.
THEN, UM, YOU'RE PROBABLY HERE AFTER HAVING TURNED IN A PAPER APPLICATION A LONG TIME AGO, THAT THEN IN TURN HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH THE NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THE NEW, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
SO, AND THEN COUNCIL NOW IS BEING GIVEN A LOGIN INFORMATION TO THE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE APPLICATIONS DIRECTLY THERE IN THE SYSTEM, RATHER THAN HAVING TO HAVE THEM TURN INTO PDFS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DUPLICATED AND ALL THAT.
SO, SO MAYOR PRO TEM, WHAT WE HAVE FIRST IS THE LIBRARY LIBRARY, BOARD SEATS ONE IN SIX.
SO WE CAN TAKE THIS IN ANY ORDER WE, WE CHOOSE.
UM, DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE A STRONG PREFERENCE? CAUSE I DO HAVE AN IDEA OF MAYBE HOW WE COULD NAVIGATE THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO DICTATE ANYTHING OR I'M GOOD WITH THE LISTENING TO YOUR IDEA.
SO IF WE ARE GOING TO APPOINT THE ARTS BOARD COMMISSION THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS THE MOST SEATS TO FILL, UM, I WOULD MAYBE SUGGEST STARTING THERE, UM, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL THE APPLICANTS THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR THAT, WHETHER THEY'RE SOLELY ARTS COMMISSION OR MULTIPLE BOARDS.
AND THEN WE WORK OUR WAY BACK FROM ARTS LIBRARY AND THEN END WITH P AND Z.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IS THAT WHAT COUNCILS WILL THIS? YES, I AGREE.
EXCEPT FOR, CAN WE, CAN WE CONFIRM HOW FAR BACK WE'RE GOING? CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IF I GO BACK TO AUGUST, THERE'S EVEN MORE APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAD BEEN A, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS JUST HOW FAR BACK ARE WE GOING TO GO? WELL, WE NEED TO DECIDE, SO TO BE FAIR, WE NEVER GAVE DEFINITIVE DIRECTION ON HOW FAR WE WANTED STAFF TO GO BACK AND READ THE REVIEW OF THESE APPLICATIONS.
SO WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT COUNCIL.
SO WHEREVER YOU ALL KIND OF WENT BACK, I KNOW, UM, I KNOW, I THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT WENT BACK TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, BUT WE NEED TO AT LEAST COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT AND, AND START ROCKING AND ROLLING.
UM, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO AUGUST.
I'LL JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH,
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I HAVEN'T REVIEWED ANY AUGUST APPLICATE APPLICANTS, SO DO WE KNOW HOW MANY THERE ARE NOT WE DO BY DATE AND THOSE, NONE OF THEM.WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT ONES THAT HAVE APPLIED AGAIN.
AND, UM, I SEE NINE THAT APPLY IN AUGUST AND HAVE THIS WHOLE SLIDE.
SO IT'S NOT EVEN DEALING WITH TONIGHT.
ONE THING IS ZONING COMMISSIONER APPLIED.
THERE'S ONE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER THAT APPLIED IN AUGUST.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT APPLIED IN AUGUST.
THAT'S THAT'S UP FOR TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER, UH, COL LIBRARY, BOARD APPLICATION STARTED.
AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND OTHER TYPE OF BOARDS THAT ARE SPRINKLED INTO THAT NUMBER OF CANDIDATES GOING FORWARD FROM AUGUST.
SO I THINK SEPTEMBER KINDA IS THE MONTH THAT WE REALLY STARTED SEEING A LOT OF THE APPLICANTS COME IN FOR THIS NEW WAVE.
SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF FEEL SEPTEMBER IS THE MONTH WE GO.
UH, JAMES JUST TOLD US, THERE'S ONLY ONE APPLICANT IN AUGUST.
THAT IS A BOARD THAT IS STILL OPEN.
SO WE COULD GO AND LOOK AT THAT ONE APPLICANT REAL QUICK, IF Y'ALL WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE OF THE AUGUST APPLICANT, BUT NONE OF THEM WERE FOR ARTS IN AUGUST.
SO WE COULD, WE COULD, WE COULD TACKLE THAT ONE COUNCIL IF Y'ALL WANTED TO DO ART.
THIS TIME WE'LL START THE ART COMMISSION APPLICATIONS.
I'M THE ONLY ONE I KNOW IS MRS. VANESSA WESTBROOK.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MRS. VANESSA WESTBROOK TO THE ART.
ARE WE GOING TO GO IN ANY SORT OF ORDER TO NOMINATE OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO START? HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE.
UM, I GUESS THIS IS A NEW PROCESS.
SO JAMES, WOULD WE, UM, DO IT LIKE A ROLL CALL VOTE OR HOW WE DO IT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT SOUNDS COOL.
I'D LIKE TO START AT THE, UH, YES SIR.
JUST A, JUST A REAL QUICK POINT.
THIS ART COMMISSION HAPPENS TO BE THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TONIGHT THAT DOES NOT ABIDE BY THE OTHER TYPICAL SEATS ONE THROUGH SEVEN.
SO THIS ONE HAS FOUR SEATS THAT ARE ONE CATEGORY, TWO SEATS THAT ARE ANOTHER CATEGORY AND ONE SEAT THAT IS A THIRD CATEGORY.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHENEVER YOU'RE NOMINATING, UM, THAT YOU'RE NOMINATING FOR THE RIGHT SET.
SO THE FOUR SEATS, I KNOW, I KNOW THIS.
IF YOU WANT TO MOUSE OVER THE NOTES, I'M SORRY TO CALL IT.
CAN I CALL OUT A SPECIFIC NAME? IS THAT OKAY? OKAY.
IF YOU, IF YOU MOUSE OVER THE NOTES SECTION FOR DIANE BRAY, THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ART COMMISSION SEATS ARE PUT INTO THE NOTES ON THAT PARTICULAR APPLICATION TO SHOW YOU.
BUT THE FOUR VOTING MEMBERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE A KNOWLEDGE.
AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS AND PROFESSIONAL FIELDS, LITERATURE, VISUAL ARTS, GRAPHIC ARTS, PLASTIC ARTS, DECORATIVE ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, URBAN PLANNING, AND PERFORMING ARTS.
THEN THE TWO WILL BE APPOINTED AS CITIZEN COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES.
SO I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE VERY ARTISTIC IN THAT CASE, OR MAYBE YOUR ART FALLS IN ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT'S NOT LISTED.
AND THEN LASTLY, ONE VOTING MEMBER CAN BE APPOINTED FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE RESIDENCY.
THE BUSINESS HAS TO BE LOCATED INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OR THE CITY'S ETJ.
BUT THE PERSON THAT IS APPOINTED DOES NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS OR THE ETJ, OUR COUNCIL LIAISON, IF WE WANT IT TONIGHT AS WELL, WHICH IS THE, THE EIGHTH PERSON ON THAT BOARD, THE EX-OFFICIO OKAY.
SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL, UH, START OFF WITH THE FORT ART ENTHUSIAST.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO WE'D START ON MY RIGHT SIDE HERE.
MR. ELLISON, WOULD YOU MIND STARTING THIS? CERTAINLY.
GIVE ME A MOMENT TO KIND THROUGH ALL THESE JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
DOES EVERYONE HAVE NINE APPLICANTS FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION? EVERYBODY HAS THAT.
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TO PEOPLE.WE APPRECIATE YOU, BUT THERE'S ONLY SEVEN POSITIONS.
SO MY NOMINEES WILL BE, UH, LET'S SEE, I HAVE TARA MONROE.
IF I PUT YOUR NAME, I HAVE VANESSA WESTBROOK POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
IS THAT ONLY FOR LIBRARY OR IF THAT PERSON'S HERE, COULD THEY ANSWER THAT REAL QUICK? HELLO, ALYSSA? YES.
YES, BECAUSE THAT PARKS AND LIBRARY ON THE APPLICATION, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT APPOINTING PARKS, SO IT'D BE ONLY BE LIBRARY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL.
AS ON HERE AS A LIBRARY BOARD, I'M GOING TO GO WITH ADDING ELIZABETH CHAVEZ AND I HAVE ONE MORE, HOLD ON.
THIS IS FOR THE FORT ARE THE MUSIC.
SO I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR AS THE CUT OFF ON THAT ONE, YOU CAN NOMINATE AS HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU WANT.
UM, THAT THAT'S WHERE I'LL STOP ON MY NOMINEES.
I TRIED TO TAKE AS MANY NOTES AS I COULD.
UM, THE LAST PERSON THAT CAME UP FOR THE ARTS, CAN I, CAN I PLEASE HAVE YOUR NAME? OKAY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE MY FIRST ONE.
AND THEN MS. VANESSA WILL, WESTBROOK WILL BE MY SECOND ONE.
UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HEAR THAT? OKAY.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME? PYRAMID ROW.
I LIKED EVERYBODY WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE.
IT MADE IT MADE IT EASIER SINCE I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM.
SO MINE ARE GOING TO BE TERRA MONROE, UM, BROOKE PILLOW FONT, AND THEN VANESSA WESTBROOK, PLEASE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW, PLEASE.
UH, BEFORE I START SHOUTING OUT THE NAMES, JAMES, CAN YOU CONFIRM THE, SO I KNOW WE HAVE THE FOREBODING.
WHAT ARE THE OTHER REMAINDER THREE CHAIRS.
SO THE FOUR WITH THE ARTS BACKGROUND TOO, DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE AN ARTS BACKGROUND.
THEY JUST HAVE TO BE CITIZENS.
AND THEN ONE IS A BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE, BUT THE BUSINESS ITSELF HAS TO BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OR IN THE CITY'S ETJ.
DO WE HAVE ANY, ALL THOSE QUALIFICATIONS HERE? I DO NOT KNOW.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A BUSINESS, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY APPOINT THE ONES THAT YOU CAN.
YEAH, YOU HAVE A NON-PROFIT YEAH, NUMBER TWO.
IT DOESN'T DEFINE IT BEYOND THAT.
THE NUMBER TWO APPLICANT, NUMBER TWO ON THERE, I THINK WOULD BE QUALIFIED BUSINESS.
AND BRI, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE A BROOKE PELLA FONT, TARA MONROE, MELANIE ATKINS, AND DIANE BRAY AS THE, FOR, UH, VOTING.
UM, AND THEN EITHER A BROOKE PELLA FONT AND, OR ACTUALLY WE'LL GO WITH THAT AS FAR AS THE BUSINESS.
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I DON'T RECALL DIANE BRACE, UH, BUSINESS BACKGROUND.UM, THOSE WILL BE MY NOMINEES FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION ZEALAND, BROOKE, TARA, MELANIE, DIANE.
UH, I ALSO HAVE MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL.
I HOPE I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY.
AND STEPHANIE MARIE AS THE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, JIM AND STEPHANIE.
UM, MS. DIANE BRAY LIVES IN THE ETJ, SO SHE WOULD HAVE TO BE APPOINTED AS A BUSINESS OWNER.
COUNCILMEMBER WS, RIGHT? FOR MY FOUR SEATS, CORRECT.
WOULD BE, UH, ELIZABETH CHAVEZ, WHO I'VE TALKED MANY TIMES BEFORE, UH, AS WESTBROOK LET'S MONROE, MS. SPELL PHONE, THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE MY LOOKING AT THEIR APPLICATIONS WOULD BE ATKINS FOR ANN MARIE AND BUSINESS WOULD BE BREE AS I HAD RECENTLY HAD UH, GIVE ME A RECOUNT ON YOUR FIRST ONES, YOU HAD A CHILD VIS WESTBROOK MONROE AND WHO ELSE? APPELLATE PILLOW FONT.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, ALL NINE ARE REMARKABLE APPLICATIONS AND A RESUME.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FOR PUTTING IN FOR THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION.
MINE WOULD BE BROOKE WESTBROOK.
AND JOANNE JOANNE LOWE, JOANNE LOW, LOW.
THAT WAS ONLY THREE MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, DID I MISS ONE? YEAH, IT WAS BROOKE WEST FOOT TARA AND JOANNE LOWE.
MONROE WESTBROOK LO TARA MONROE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY.
I JUST WROTE IT THAT WAY ON HERE.
SO TARA MONROE, I HAVE A VANESSA WESTBROOK I HAVE, AND JO ANN LOWE.
WHO'S THE FOURTH ONE, BROOKE BROOKE PILLOW FONT.
AND THEN FOR, UH, MY, UH, CON UH, BUSINESS, UH, B UH, DIANE BRAY, BRAY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BRADSHAW.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I, I, BECAUSE I DIDN'T OFFICIALLY STATE IT TO CHANGE THE, MY NOMINEE FOR THE BUSINESS SEAT TO DIANE BRAY.
SO HERE COMES THE PROCESS, I GUESS.
UM, WERE YOU ABLE TO TAKE NOTES ON THAT JAMES OR, UH, YOU KIND OF, UM, I WAS A LITTLE SLOW ON THE DRAW, SO, UM, I GOT A COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON'S FOR, I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL CONFIDENT THAT I GOT ALL OF A COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KILZ, SO LET LET'S GO BACK.
UM, LET ME FIND THEM BROOK THE FONT.
YEAH, I JUST HAD IT IN MY NOTES.
SORT OF YOUR COMPUTER HAS A CALCULATOR.
WELL, SO I SHOW, UH, EVERYONE RECEIVED AT LEAST A NOMINATION EXCEPT FOR FILL POT.
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YOU NOMINATED FILL POT.MAYBE I SHOULD HEAR YOURS AGAIN THEN TO MAKE SURE I GOT THEM RIGHT.
I HAVE BROOKE PILLA FONT, TARA MONROE, MELANIE ATKINS, AND THEN I HAD, THOSE WERE FOR VOTING SEATS.
AND THEN I ALSO HAD JIM FILL POT AND STEPHANIE MARAE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND, AND THEN BRAY FOR BUSINESS? YES.
SO EVERYONE'S NOMINATED, IT LOOKS LIKE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
SO FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE NOMINATIONS FOR MONTEREAU FOR NOMINATIONS, FOR WESTBROOK FIVE NOMINATIONS FOR PILLOW FONT, TWO NOMINATIONS FOR CHAVEZ, ONE NOMINATION FOR AKINS, ONE NOMINATION FOR LO.
SO THE WAY THAT THE, THAT THE RULES OF COUNCIL CALL IS THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY VOTE ON EACH OF THOSE INDEPENDENTLY AND COUNT THE NUMBER OF VOTES FOR EACH CANDIDATE, RIGHT? AS, AS A BOARD, YOU WOULD VOTE AS A, AS A WHOLE.
AND THEN THE PERSON THAT RECEIVES THE MOST VOTES WOULD FILL THAT FIRST SLOT.
AND THEN YOU WOULD REPEAT THAT PROCESS FOR SLOT TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.
COULD YOU GIVE ME THE NUMBER AFTER WESTBROOK THE PERSON AFTER WHISPER? UM, AFTER WESTBROOK WAS PILLOW FONT WITH FIVE NOMINATIONS AND THEN CHAVEZ WITH TWO.
AKINS WITH ONE AND LOWS AND LOW WITH ONE.
MONROE HAD FIVE AND WESTBROOK HAD FOUR.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE A VOTE FOR MONROE.
LET ME JUST READ OUT THE WHOLE NAME.
WHAT NUMBER IS THAT JAMES ON THERE? UM, UH, THE ACTION ITEM.
SO NOW I GUESS WE WOULD ALL TAKE A VOTE ON EACH INDEPENDENTLY, BASICALLY VOTE.
SO YOU VOTE ALL AGAINST ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOMINATED.
AND THEN WHOEVER RECEIVES THE MOST VOTES GETS THE FIRST SEAT.
AND THEN YOU JUST KEEP REPEATING IT SEAT TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.
AND, UH, OR YOU COULD CHANGE IT UP.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, WHAT'S THE CONFUSING PART OF IT.
CAUSE WE'RE VOTING ON SEAT ONE.
DO WE JUST, UH, DOES EVERYBODY DO ANOTHER NOMINATION FOR THAT? OR DO WE JUST CALL THAT NAME? WELL, I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THAT ARE OPEN, RIGHT.
WE'RE HAVING TO FILL IT FOR, I ASSUME THAT Y'ALL WERE JUST NOMINATING.
THESE ARE MY FOUR COMMUNITY PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE KIND OF DEALING WITH THEM ALL AT ONE TIME.
SO THE WAY I WOULD SEE IT IS YOU WOULD VOTE ON SEAT ONE.
YOU WOULD VOTE FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S NOMINATED SEAT ONE.
AND THE PERSON THAT RECEIVES THE MOST VOTES, ASSUMING THERE'S NO TIE GETS THAT SEAT.
AND THEN YOU MOVED TO SEAT TWO AND YOU VOTE ON EVERYBODY FOR SEAT TWO.
THAT'S NOT ALREADY APPOINTED AND YOU KEEP GOING UNTIL THIS FOUR SEATS ARE FULL.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE A VOTES ON SEAT ONE.
UM, I GUESS THESE WOULD BE ROLL CALL VOTES BECAUSE IT'D BE BEST.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO CLARIFY IT.
SO DEFINITELY THIS TIME, WE'LL START TO SEE ONE JENNIFER.
SO SEAT ONE FOR MONRO FOR TERRA MONROE.
I ELLISON TOBY SAYS HI, PARSLEY IS ABSENT FLORES.
THE NEXT APPLICANT IS, UH, VANESSA WESTBROOK FOR SEAT TWO.
JENNIFER ELLISON IS THIS MITCHELL IS ABSENT.
PARSLEY IS ABSENT RIZZO FOR IS KALE.
AND JUST REAL QUICK, THIS, THIS PROCESS RIGHT HERE.
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IT ALL THE APPLICANTS ARE GREAT.WE'RE GOING TO GO IN CIRCLES THAT WE GO HERE.
I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO PICK A SEAT AND EACH ONE OF US PICK A CANDIDATE THAT WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON YOUR CAUSE I I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT FIVE FOR MS. WESTBROOKE FIVE FOR MS. FROM MAURO.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE CONTINUING IT.
I THINK ONCE ONE SEAT IS FILLED, CAN WE JUST DO THE NEXT SEAT? NO.
SO I, I WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, FORESEE JUST YOUR THOUGHTS, JAMES, I'M SORRY.
UH, WELL, I MEAN, IT'S YOUR, IT'S YOUR PROCESS, YOU KNOW, AND I ALWAYS WANT TO DEFER TO THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY MATTERS ON LIKE HOW YOU THINK IT WORKS BEST.
SO LET ME PLAY, LET ME PLAY THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND SAY WHY THAT IDEA W WOULD BE, WOULD BE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE.
IF YOU HAVE MORE NOMINEES ALREADY THAN YOU HAVE SEATS.
AND ONE OF YOU GETS THE NOMINATION UP AND ANOTHER ONE DOESN'T I MEAN THE WHOLE POINT I THINK WAS, AND THIS GETS MORE COMPLICATED WHEN WE ONLY HAVE ONE SEAT TO FILL AND WE HAVE 10 APPLICANTS, RIGHT? THAT'S ONE OF THE NOMINATION PROCESS IS PUT THERE IN PLACE, THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO KIND OF TO VET IT OUT.
NOW THAT SAID, YOU COULD VOTE ON THESE FOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FOUR SEATS YOU COULD VOTE ON THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ALL OF THEM THAT WERE NOMINATED YOU COULD VOTE FOR, AND THEN TAKE THE FOUR THAT GET THE MOST VOTES THAT MIGHT WORK.
UM, BUT, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, THIS IS A DISCUSSION I THINK, AND I'M SORRY, Y'ALL GET TO SEE US MAKING SPAGHETTI, BUT THIS IS HOW SPAGHETTI GETS MADE.
SO I SEE THE PROBLEM OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IS THAT EVERYONE'S WANTS TO VOTE FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT WE HAVE FOUR SEATS THAT WE NEED TO FILL, SO.
UM, SO I GUESS WE'LL CONTINUE DOWN THE SAME PROCESS.
SO THE NEXT IS, UH, MS. MS. PILLOW FONT.
SO, SO MS. WESTBROOK OR I THINK IT WASN'T MADISON, VANESSA WESTBROOK WAS NOMINATED FOUR TIMES RECEIVED FIVE VOTES.
MS. PILLOW FONT, UH, IS NOMINATED FIVE TIMES.
MITCHELL IS ABSENT RIZZO ELLISON.
MS. CHAVEZ, UH, NOMINATED TWICE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON AND TOBIAS PARSLEY IS ABSENT RIZZO.
NEXT ONE IS AKINS WITH ONE NOMINATION.
HI, TOBY IS MITCHELL IS ABSENT FLORES.
FRIZZO, ELLISON AND PARSLEY IS ABSENT.
AND THEN LAST IS LOW WITH ONE NOMINATION FLORES KALE.
UH, ELLISON, NO NAME PARSLEY IS ABSENT BRADSHAW.
AFTER THE FIRST ROUND WE HAVE, UH, FIVE VOTES FOR CANDIDATES, MONROE, WESTBROOK AND PILLOW FONT.
SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE THAT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT RECEIVED FIVE VOTES.
JAVEZ RECEIVED FOUR VOTES AND LOW RECEIVED, THREE VOTES.
SO FROM HERE, YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
UH, TOTALLY COUNTS ON THIS ONE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO SAY, I THINK WE SHOULD GO AFTER A SEAT ONE AND DO NOMINATION, I GUESS, I GUESS JUST CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF VOTING NOW.
I THINK IT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO.
SO IF WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS THAT WE HAD ENVISIONED BEFORE, WE WOULD ELIMINATE EVERYONE THAT DID NOT RECEIVE FIVE VOTES, AND THEN WE WOULD PICK BETWEEN THOSE FOUR, CORRECT.
FOUR SEAT ONE, OR YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR PROCESS.
SO WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU AND BETTER.
SO, UM, AT THIS TIME, ALL THOSE WILL TAKE ENTERTAIN YOUR, UH, ENDORSEMENTS FOR SEAT ONE AND WE'LL START OFF COUNSEL MORELOS, OR, OR IS THAT WHAT HE'S SAYING?
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WE NEED TO JUST VOTE ON WHAT WE CAN DO.ONE OF TWO THINGS, COUNCIL, WE CAN EITHER AGREE THAT THREE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE STOOD OUT AND THEY AUTOMATICALLY GET THREE SEATS AND WE CAN SAVE OURSELVES A LITTLE TIME OR WE COULD GO ONE BY ONE AND VOTE JUST TO PUT PEOPLE IN A PLACE NUMBER OF A SEAT.
I ACTUALLY LIKED THAT IDEA AGAINST SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS A VOTE TO PUT THOSE THREE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE LEAD, IN A SEAT, ONE, TWO AND THREE.
SO THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE THAT CURRENTLY RECEIVED FIVE VOTES.
AND THAT WOULD TAKE UP FOUR SEATS.
WHAT SEAT HAS THE BUSINESS? WE'RE ONLY DEALING WITH THE FOUR WITH THE ARTS ABOUT GROUND.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND AS A WHISPER FORCE, A C1, BROOKE POLA FONT FOR SEAT TO TARA MONROE FOR SEAT THREE AND IT WAS ATKINS.
AND THEN, UM, MELANIE ATKINS FOR SEAT FOR, OKAY.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL.
MIRCALE SECOND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW.
ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FORMULATIONS.
WE'LL HAVE, I'M NOT GOING TO GET APPOINTED TONIGHT.
IT'S DEFINITELY A BRAND NEW PROCESS.
FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE HAVE THREE, THREE NOMINEES.
NOW I WILL GO BACK AND STATE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON AND COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES KILLED DID NOT NOMINATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS NOR A BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE.
SO IN ALL FAIRNESS, I WOULD SAY THAT THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IF THEY SO CHOOSE THIS TIME AROUND SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WELL, THE ONLY ONE IN NOMINATE FOR THE BUSINESS IS BRYCE.
SO I NOMINATE, UH, DIANE BRAY.
AND THEN LET'S SEE, LET ME GO THROUGH AND MARK OUT WHO, SO ATKINS IS ON MONRO IS ON THE TELEPHONE TELEPHONE IS ON.
GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT TO SCAN OVER THESE HERE.
RIGHT? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE UH, CHAVEZ ELIZABETH CHAVEZ.
SO ONE NOMINEE FOR THE BUSINESS AND WHAT NOMINEE.
UM, AS FAR AS FOR BUSINESS, I THINK I LIKED THIS, THIS PROCESS WAS ONLY OPEN FOR HOW LONG WAS THIS WEEK AND A HALF FOR THE, I THINK IT WAS OPENED MARCH 21ST OR 22ND.
SO AFTER WE RECEIVED THE GO AHEAD FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION, WE POSTED THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND OPENED UP THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN THEY CLOSED FRIDAY.
UM, I AM NOT, I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO DO A BUSINESS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND IN THE EVENT THAT ALL THESE DON'T GET FILLED, I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE.
SO DO I'M GOING TO PASS FOR NOW FOR ANY OF THOSE NOMINATIONS? OKAY.
EVEN FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, YEAH, KNOWING THAT THIS IS NOT OPEN VERY LONG.
I'M OKAY WITH LEAVING I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER ABLE APPLY AT A LATER DATE, IF POSSIBLE.
SO MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, MAYBE IT WOULD BE, LET ME SEE HER AT THE LIST.
IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE IS CURRENTLY, UM, THAT IS NOT APPOINTED IS EITHER GOING TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE BUSINESS, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY, UM, ONLY BRAY AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EVERYONE IS NOMINATED FOR THAT ISN'T CURRENTLY, UH, SEATED FOR COMMUNITY EXCEPT FOR LOW.
SO THE CANDIDATE LO DID NOT RECEIVE A NOMINATION FOR THE COMMUNITY SLOT.
SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE CHAVEZ FILL POT MARIE FOR TWO SLOTS,
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MARY.SO LET'S UH, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FIRST SEATS, UH, FIVE AND SIX, SO, OKAY.
SO
PARSLEY'S ABSENT ELLISON FOR CHAVEZ.
HI, MITCHELL IS ABSENT FLORES.
NEXT ONE IS FULL UPON FILL POT FOR THE POT.
THE NEXT MARIE MITCHELL IS ABSENT BRADSHAW.
HI RIZZO PARSLEY IS ABSENT ELLISON FLORES.
SECRETARY, CAN YOU CONFIRM THE NUMBER OF AFFIRMATIVE VOTES WERE FILL POT FELL APART, RECEIVED TWO AFFIRMATIVE THREE NAMES.
SO WE HAVE, UM, CHAVEZ WITH FOUR VOTES AND MURRAY WITH FIVE VOTES.
SO THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE YOUR TWO SEATS.
SO THEN YOU WOULD NEED A MOTION TO APPOINT THOSE, TO, UM, MY PRETEND MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UH, STEPHANIE MARIE AND ELIZABETH CHAVEZ TO THE TWO SEATS FOR THE COMMUNITY CITIZEN SECTION.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ELLISON TO POINT A CHAVEZ MURRAY, TWO SEATS, FIVE AND SIX, HAVE A SECOND BY MICHAEL TOBY COUNCIL MEMBER.
THIS, ALL THOSE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
AND THEN THE ONLY NOMINEE FOR THE CURRENTLY FOR THE BUSINESS IS, UH, MS. DIANE BRAY.
SO WE'LL KIND OF A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THAT.
WHAT'D YOU DO? ARE YOU GOING TO JUST WANT TO DO A MOTION JUST TO SEE IF I MAY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE OR IS THIS JUST TO GET IT? I'M JUST ASKING FOR CLARITY.
SINCE THERE'S ONLY ONE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, DIANE BRAY AS THE, UH, BUSINESS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ARTS COMMISSION.
WE'VE GOT A NOMINEE, UH, MOTION BY COUNCILOR ELLISON A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW AND, UM, ALL DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
THAT COMPLETES OUR COMMISSION.
UM, THIS TIME WE CAN TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK A COUNSELOR IN DEAUVILLE, NET, GREECE.
I'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD, RIGHT? THANK YOU SIR.
EARLIER WHEN WE GOT THE TOTALS AND INDECIDED WITHIN ONE OR TWO SEATS, BUT WE CAN CALL ONE SEAT RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT AS ONE OF THEM YEAR AND A HALF.
SO THIS WILL BE, UM, WE WILL NOW VOTE ON, UH, THE, UH, APPLICANTS FOR SEAT.
PLEASE HEAR HER FOR MORE HARPER.
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IS PARSLEY IS ABSENT FLOORS.I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION IF WE VOTE YES OR NO FOR A SPECIFIC SEAT.
CAN WE STILL BRING THEM BACK FROM, FOR A SEPARATE SEAT? DO THEY HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED? IF THEY FAILED TO BE APPOINTED, THEN THEY'RE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEAT.
NUMBER ONE, TOBY SAYS HI, PARSLEY IS ABSENT FLOORS KILLED.
BRADSHAW BRAZEAU MITCHELL IS ABSENT ELLISON.
MITCHELL IS ABSENT TO BE NAMED ELLISON FLORES KILLED.
PARSLEY IS ABSENT LEXIS ROBINSON FLORES.
NEXT UP IS OZUNA A REAL CALDWELL.
MITCHELL IS ABSENT ELLISON, NO FLORES KALE.
TOBY IS PARSLEY IS ABSENT RIZZO.
MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THE NUMBER OF VOTES FOR ROBINSON? IT'S THE NEXT, THE LAST, I THINK I HAVE FOUR.
SO WE, SO WE HAVE TWO APPARENT NOMINEES FOR SEAT.
IT WILL BE ROBINSON OR TORRES.
BOTH OF THOSE RECEIVED FOUR VOTES, UH, IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS.
THIS TIME WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD A TORTOISE IN ROBINSON AND WE WILL FORESEE ONE AND I GUESS WE'LL DO JUST ANOTHER VOTE FOR RIGHT, JAMES.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT I GUESS WOULD BE THE EASIEST TO SEE IF, IF THERE IS A CONSENSUS AND IF NOT, THEN YOU MAY JUST HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION AND LOOK IT UP OR DOWN.
IT SOUNDS GOOD AT THIS TIME, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
VOTE FOR TAURUS RIZZO BRADSHAW, ELLISON, TOBY.
HI PARSLEY IS ABSENT FLORES KILL.
PARSLEY IS ABSENT RIZZO FLORES.
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE NOMINEE FOR SEAT ONE SHALL BE ROBINSON.
DO YOU NEED ANY MORE DIRECTION FOR US ON THAT? IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? THEIR DRINKS? UH, THAT WOULD BE SEAT ONE.
SO THEN LET'S DO A C TWO, WHICH IS A FORD MONTH SEAT OR SIX, WHATEVER THE NEXT NUMBER WAS FIXED.
WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR SEAT NUMBER SIX, WHICH WILL BE A FOUR MONTH SEAT.
SIX IS A YEAR AND A HALF IN 2023.
UH, AND UH, ROBINSON IS NOW OUT OF THAT POOL, CORRECT? EVERYONE ELSE IS STILL ELIGIBLE.
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NO FLORES KALE.MITCHELL IS ABSENT RIZZO ELLISON.
PARSLEY IS ABSENT RIZZO TIBIAS.
I ELLISON PARSLEY IS ABSENT BRADSHAW.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE APPARENT NOMINEE CURRENTLY, UH, IS MURATA WITH THREE AFFIRMATIVES.
THE NEXT ONE WAS TORRES WITH TWO AFFIRMATIVES.
SO WE'VE GOT AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT SEAT.
UH, SO WE WOULD WANT THE MOTION NOW TO APPOINT, UH, ROBINSON TO SEAT ONE AND MURATA TO SEAT SIX OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OR 10 EMOTION.
MAY I APPROACH HIM? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT JESSICA ROBINSON TO SEAT ONE OF THE LIBRARY BOARD AND MICHAEL MAROTTA TO SEAT SIX OF THE LIBRARY BOARD.
I'LL SECOND, A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW SECOND BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
ALTHOUGH ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NOW, UH, FIVE MINUTES TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARDS SEATS.
CAN WE SAY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OPENINGS IN SEPTEMBER, SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
I JUST, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR APPLYING.
THIS WAS REALLY TOUGH, SOME GREAT CANDIDATES AND UH, I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL MADE IT TOUGH ON US.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR APPLYING Y'ALL ARE AMAZING CITIZENS.
AND I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER FLORES CALE WAS SAYING, UH, APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPENING UP IN JUNE FOR ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF THEM WILL HAVE SEATS THAT ARE EXPIRING THAT WILL NEED TO BE APPOINTED.
SO JUST BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT HAVE GOT APPOINTED TONIGHT, PLEASE LET THAT DISCOURAGING DISCOURAGE YOU FROM SERVING, YOU KNOW, REAPPLY, CHOOSE THE OTHER BOARDS THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BESIDES JUST THESE TWO OR THREE THAT WERE OPEN TONIGHT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE WILL BE DOING THIS ON A SATURDAY PROBABLY.
UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF FUN I ASSUME TO GO THROUGH ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR APPLYING.
RIGHT NEXT UP, UH, PLANNING, ZONING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SEATS.
NUMBER ONE IN TWO, WE WILL TAKE, UH, NOMINATIONS, UM, STARTING WITH, UH, RIZZO.
SO JUST BEFORE YOU DO, THIS IS THE ONE THAT SEAT TWO IS FOR FOUR MONTHS, CORRECT.
CAN WE, BEFORE WE START, CAN WE ALSO TALK ABOUT, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE CURRENTLY HAVE EXPERIENCE ON THE BOARD? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EITHER THE CHARTER OR, OR THE, UH, RULE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE.
THERE'S THERE CAN ONLY BE TWO PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE ON PLANNING AND ZONING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TIME.
UM, ALEX GOT, UH, CURRENT CHAIR PLANNING, ZONING.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE IT SAYS ONLY TWO COMMISSIONERS CAN HAVE A POSITION IN A CERTAIN FIELD
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AND, AND I BELIEVE, UM, MATTHEW CHASE, DOES WE HAVE ONE COMMISSIONER THAT DOES.SO IN THEORY, ONLY ONE OF THE, TO YOUR POINT TODAY CAN HAVE A PROFESSION.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT WORDING.
IT'S A, THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE SEVEN AND A MINIMUM OF FIVE OF THE MEMBERS SHALL BE CITIZENS, NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH REAL ESTATE AND LAND DEVELOPMENT.
RIGHT? SO, UH, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
WE HAVE ONE CURRENTLY, SO ONE OF THE TWO TONIGHT COULD BE AS WELL.
WILL'S ON THE LINE TOO, IF IT HAS ANY INSIGHT.
UM, I MAY HAVE TO, UH, SLIGHTLY DISAGREE WITH, UH, UM, WITH OUR CHAIRPERSON, UM, UH, MEGAN MCCALL.
SHE WORKS IN THE ARCHITECTURE FIELD.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE ARCHITECTURE FIELD.
I KNOW SHE TOOK A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME OFF DURING COVID AND WHAT HAD YOU, WHAT HAVE YOU, SO, SO KEN, OKAY, SO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE APPLICANTS, WHICH TWO WOULD QUALIFY WITH PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT.
I JUST WANT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD APPLICANTS AND DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM GO TO THE WAYSIDE, OBVIOUSLY, A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THAT FIGURED OUT THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS COUNCIL MEMBER.
CAN YOU DIRECT US TO THAT SPECIFIC SECTION OF THE CODE? SO WE CAN JUST LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE REAL QUICK.
IT'S IN THE, YEAH, IT'S IN THE CHARTER SECTION TWO DASH SIX EIGHT MEMBERSHIP.
SO IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT IT FOR ME SO I CAN READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
FIVE OF THE MEMBERS SHALL BE CITIZENS, NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH REAL ESTATE AND LAND DEVELOPMENT.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE ARCHITECTURE WOULD COUNT IN THAT QUALIFICATION.
I DON'T THINK ALL ENGINEERS WOULD COUNT IN THAT QUALIFICATION.
IT WOULD CERTAINLY MEAN REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
IT WOULD CERTAINLY MEAN LAND DEVELOPERS, RIGHT.
SO I THINK THE COUNCIL CERTAINLY CAN EXERCISE DISCRETION IF THEY CHOOSE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE JOB TITLE IS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT MAKE CLEAR.
THIS TIME I'LL MAKE MINE NOMINATIONS.
CAN WE JUST CLARIFY HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE'RE LOOKING AT? SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
GOING BACK TO WHAT DATE? COUNCIL MEMBER NINE.
THAT WAS, DID YOU GO BACK TO SEPTEMBER? YEAH.
SO NINE IS CORRECT NUMBER I'M I APOLOGIZE.
I MISSED A, SOMEBODY THAT WAS ALL, THERE WAS A MATTHEW.
CAUSE I'M GOING BACK TO AUGUST, THE END OF AUGUST.
OH, THE ONE THAT WAS IN AUGUST.
CAN I GET THAT NAME REAL QUICK? OH, OKAY.
SO MY NOT MY NOMINEES ARE MARIO MATA JR.
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UH, TIM MCCUTCHEONS AND REST SHIELD.AND, UH, WE'LL START OFF MY RIGHT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JACK TIMMINS, MORIAL, MATA AND TIM MCCUTCHEONS.
WHO ELSE IS, WHO ELSE HAS GONE RESONANT.
SO NOW YOUR COUNCIL MURALS SIMPLEX.
W WHAT WERE YOURS THOUGH? UH, OKAY, LET ME GO BACK, TIM.
MCCUTCHEONS UH, MARIO MARTINEZ, JR.
UH, I'M GOING TO GO WITH TRACY SHE'LL TIMMINS AND MCBRIDE COUNCIL.
I'M GOING TO GO WITH, UM, HARDY, MARTHA, JR.
COURTNEY GOES UP AND TIMMY CRUTCHES.
MY NAME, MY NOMINATIONS FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ARE TRACY SHIELD, JACK TIMMINS AND PAGE HOWARD.
YEAH, I'M JUST COUNTING TO BE AS GOOD.
MR. MATA, MS. GOZA AND MR. MCCUTCHEON, MARIE MATA, COURTNEY AND TIM.
UH MCCUTCHEONS AND MATA HAVE RECEIVED FOUR NOMINATIONS.
SHE'LL I'M SORRY ABOUT THE SH THAT WAS REALLY SHARP.
SHE'LL AND TIMMINS HAVE RECEIVED 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, AND THEN GOES, UH, HOWARD, PAIGE HOWARD, AND NOT JAMES HOWARD AND, UH, MCBRIDE RECEIVED ONE NOMINATION EACH.
IT'S EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR JAMES HOWARD.
MICK HUTCHINSON HAD FOUR TIMMINS AND SHE'LL HAD THREE AND P AND HOWARD ONE.
THIS TIME, WE'LL START A VOTES.
UH, LET'S START OFF WITH TIM MCCUTCHEONS RO CALDWELL.
OUR CITY IS ABSENT ELLISON BRADSHAW.
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NEXT UP TRACY.MARIO MATA ROQUE HOBO MITCHELL IS ABSENT BRADSHAW.
TOBI IS RIZZO PARSLEY, ABSENT ELLISON FLORES.
MITCHELL IS ABSENT BRADSHAW FRIZZO, AND THAT'S ONE WILL BE JACK TIMMINS.
NEXT ONE WOULD BE BRIAN MCBRIDE.
THEN LAST THIS PAGE HOWARD, CORRECT? FLORES KALE.
UH, THE APPARENT NOMINEE FOR THE FIRST SEAT IS TIMMINS WITH FOUR VOTES.
YOU HAVE THREE CANDIDATES THAT ARE TIED WITH THREE VOTES BELOW THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE TIM MCCUTCHEONS TO C2.
LET ME FINISH THE SEAT ONE REAL QUICK.
SO GOT, UH, A MAJORITY FOR 10 MINUTES.
UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MR. TIM HAS TO SEAT ONE ON PNC.
IT WAS, UH, IT WAS, UH, NOT I'M SORRY.
SO WHEN WE STARTED THESE ROUNDABOUTS, IT WASN'T CLEAR WHICH ONE WE WERE VOTING FOR AT THAT POINT.
WE HAVEN'T YET WHITTLED THAT DOWN AS TO WHICH SEAT.
I THOUGHT WE WERE STARTING HER COMMISSIONER.
I THOUGHT WE THOUGHT WE HAD, I KNOW THAT IT WAS SAID THAT SEAT ONE WAS FOUR MONTHS, BUT WE NEVER, NO ONE EVER STATED OR DECLARED THAT WE WERE VOTING FOR A SPECIFIC, BUT YEAH, I, I THOUGHT WE HAD SAID C TWO IS WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON, BUT WE CAN CLARIFY THAT NOW, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO CHANGE, UM, WE CAN MAKE A MOTION AND VOTE ON IT, BUT, UM, I'M PREPARED TO MOVE FOR THIS PERSON IN THIS SEAT.
SO SEE, ONE IS THE LONGER SEAT.
TWO IS THE ONE THAT'S FOUR MONTHS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR JACK TIMMINS TO SIT AND SEE TWO, ONE.
LET ME RETRACT MY EMOTION AND YOU ATTRACT YOUR SECOND EARLIER SECOND.
PROJECT TIMMINS OR TO NOMINATE JACK TIMMINS PER SEAT.
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SECOND AFFORDED, BUT CUSTOMER KALE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER IS A MAYOR PRO TEM RESULTS.ARE HE USED TO ALL, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
THIS TIME WE WILL NOW BE BRINGING FORWARDS.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR TIM MCCUTCHEONS TO FULFILL C2.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ONLY THERE'S THAT? WE'VE GOT TO GET A SECOND.
FIRST MOTION FAILS DUE TO LACK OF A SECOND.
UM, AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING UP SEAT NUMBER TWO AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON IT.
AND SO FOUR MONTHS, CORRECT JAMES THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, MR. MCCUTCHEONS A ROLL CALL VOTE.
I THINK MCCUTCHEONS WAS THE ONE WE JUST, I JUST VOTED ON THAT.
YOU GUYS SAID NO, WELL, NOT, NOT TO NOMINATE THEM, BUT NOW WE'RE YOU BASICALLY REDOING THE VOTES NOW ON THE REMAINING POOL TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT RISES TO THE TOP.
CAUSE THAT WILL JUST TO SKIP THE PROCESS OF VOTING EARLIER.
TOBY IS PARSLEY IS ABSENT RESUME.
UH, TRACY SHIELD ROLL CABO RIZZO BRADSHAW, ELLISON SHIELD.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHO TOBY? HIS NAME? PARSLEY IS ABSENT FLOORS KILL.
NOW NEXT UP, UH, MARIO MATA REAL CABO ELLISON.
PARSLEY IS ABSENT RIZZO FLORES.
THAT'S GOING TO BE COURTNEY GOZA ROLL CABO.
BRADSHAW, MITCHELL AND PARSLEY ARE ABSENT RIZZO ELLISON.
NEXT UP IS UH, MCBRIDE ROLL CALL VOTE.
EXCELLENT IS PAGE HOWARD BRADSHAW.
NATE MITCHELL IS ABSENT FLORES, KALE RIZZO, ELLISON
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DANIELLA.THIS TIME, I THINK WE'VE GOT TO TIE BETWEEN TIM MCCUTCHEON STRIKES HIS YIELD AND MARIO MOTTO.
THAT IS THE WAY I HAVE IT AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PLACE TRACY SHE'LL AND C2 OF PLANNING AND ZONING.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
SAY AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
YOU MAY HAVE TO CALL ROLL CALL VOTE.
LET'S GO AND DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
YEAH, THAT WAS KIND OF HARD TO FIGURE OUT.
TEVYE IS PARSLEY IS ABSENT BRADSHAW.
WE WOULD HOPE TO HAVE ALL SEVEN MOTION PASSES, UH, THREE, UH, POINT OF ORDER MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, IT TAKES FOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES OF COUNCIL, UH, IN ORDER TO PASS A MOTION JUST BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE MEMBERS, IT'S NOT JUST A NORMAL, UM, YOU KNOW, A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
YOU SLEPT FOR A FORMATIVE VOTES.
NO MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A LACK OF PORTLAND.
SO WE'LL GO BACK TO, UH, THE THREE CANDIDATES AND WE WILL, UH, I GUESS TO ANOTHER ROUND OF VOTES, CORRECT? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MARIO MOTO FOR C2.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RICK HILL.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION ROLL CALL, VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ROLL CALL VOTE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO DO A ROLL CALL WHERE YOU SAID ROLL CALL.
ALTHOUGH, UH, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, SORRY, MY BAD.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
JENNIFER PARSLEY IS ABSENT ELLISON.
WE'VE GOT FOUR, RIGHT JAMES? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE HAVE A MOTION WHERE COUNCIL WERE KILLED AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
WE ARE NOW GOING TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE.