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GOOD EVENING. 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM A, VISITORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. 
          MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          WE ARE NOT IN RECEIPT OF ANY CARDS IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE, AND, UH, AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS EITHER. 
          [B. RECOGNITION OF MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK]
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL GO TO ITEM B, RECOGNITION OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK. 
          MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          WE ARE VERY EXCITED TONIGHT TO HAVE OUR, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT TEAM WITH US. 
          AND, UH, OUR COURT ADMINISTRATOR, KIM CURS, IS GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK. 
          AND THEN, UH, AFTER, UH, COUNSEL, YOU SAY A FEW WORDS IF YOU'D, UH, CHOOSE TO DO THAT. 
          WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE WHOLE TEAM. 
          AND, UH, KIM, I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST, UH, THAT, THAT WE HAVE HERE WITH US TONIGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT PRESIDING JUDGE, UH, THOMAS DAMOUR IS ALSO PRESENT WITH US TONIGHT. 
          AND, UM, SEVERAL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE PRESENT IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. 
           AS I WAS INTRODUCED. 
          MY NAME IS KIMBERLY CARE. 
          I'M THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. 
          UM, I AM PLEASED TO SAY I'VE BEEN WITH RICHARDSON SINCE 1999, AND IT HAS BEEN SOME OF THE BEST YEARS, UM, THAT I'VE SPENT, UM, WORKING ALONGSIDE, UH, THE CITY, UH, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGEMENT, AND MY STAFF AS WELL. 
          MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK IS RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE EVERY YEAR. 
          THEY RECOGNIZE A PARTICULAR WEEK, SPECIFICALLY THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF NOVEMBER AS MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK, AN EFFORT TO MAKE THIS RECOGNITION. 
          THEY DO, UM, MAKE THIS POSSIBLE TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE DEDICATED STAFF OF ALL COURT PERSONNEL AND ALSO TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT WE, UM, PLAY IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY. 
          AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MUNICIPAL COURTS HANDLE THE VOLUME OF THE CASES THAT ARE FILED IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. 
          WE HANDLE MORE DEFENDANTS THAN ALL THE OTHER COURTS COMBINED. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS TO REPRESENT THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND TO ALSO PROVIDE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          OUR JURISDICTION IS OVER CLASSY MIS MISDEMEANORS, WHICH ARE PUNISHMENT BY FINE ONLY. 
          THAT ALSO INCLUDES CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS. 
          SO CITY COUNCIL, WHEN YOU PASS ORDINANCES, THEY'RE ENFORCEABLE THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          OUR MISSION AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OF INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          AND OUR PERSONNEL, UM, MOST OF WHICH ARE PRESENT WITH US TONIGHT, INCLUDE A PRESIDING JUDGE, ASSISTANT JUDGES, COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COURT OPERATIONS MANAGER, COURT TECHNOLOGY MANAGER, SENIOR COURT CLERKS, DEPUTY COURT CLERKS, BAILIFFS IN CHARGE OF SECURITY AND PROSECUTORS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A WIDE ARRAY OF PERSONNEL THAT MAKE MUNICIPAL COURT HAPPEN FROM DAY TO DAY. 
          I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT STAFF, CURRENT STAFF OF 11, WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE EMPLOYMENT OF OVER 20 YEARS, THREE THAT HAVE OVER 16 YEARS OF SERVICE AND TOTAL CUMULATIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON IS 139 YEARS BASED ON THE HIGHLY EDUCATED AND WELL DEDICATED, WELL-TRAINED AND DEDICATED STAFF, PARTLY OF WHICH IS DUE TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, WHICH STARTED IN 1998. 
          THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, IT PROVIDES AD ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND GROWTH FOR COURT CLERK PERSONNEL. 
          THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF CERTIFICATION. 
          LEVEL ONE. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE CLERK AT THAT LEVEL. 
          WE HAVE FIVE CLERKS CERTIFIED AT LEVEL TWO AND THREE CLERKS CERTIFIED AT LEVEL THREE. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS EDUCATION CENTER, THE TEXAS COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION, AND THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS ASSOCIATION. 
          AND IT'S ALSO SPONSORED THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY BASED ON THE EDUCATION BY THE COURT OPERATIONS MANAGER AND SUPERVISORS OVER THE YEAR. 
          IN COORDINATION WITH THIS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, OUR COURT STAFF AND JUDGES ARE WELL TRAINED AND EQUIPPED TO HANDLE CLASS C MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS. 
          WHILE CLASS C MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS ARE CONSIDERED THE LEAST SERIOUS OFFENSES, THEY ARE NO WAY TO BE CONSIDERED, NOT IN NOT SIGNIFICANT. 
          THE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE DO THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL COURT IMPROVES THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          WE DETER BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF THE JUDGE ON THE BENCH AND ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THE COURT CLERK'S OFFICE, TO DETER BEHAVIOR IN THE AREAS OF SPEEDING IMPAIRED AND DISTRACTED DRIVING TRAFFIC SIGNAL VIOLATIONS, SAFETY SEAT VIOLATIONS. 
          WE ALSO ENFORCE CITY ORDINANCE 
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TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE AND CLEAN. 
          FOR THESE REASONS, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE SAW FIT TO DESIGNATE MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK. 
          AND I'M PLEASED TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND TO HAVE SO MANY COURT CLERK PER PERSONNEL PRESENT WITH US TONIGHT THROUGHOUT MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK THIS WEEK. 
          IN ADDITION TO THIS COUNCIL MEETING PRESENTATION, WE HAVE OTHER ACTIVITIES PLANNED TO RECOGNIZE COURT PERSONNEL. 
          WE HAVE BREAKFAST TACOS, WE HAVE GROUP LUNCHES, ICE CREAM, SOCIALS, AND SMALL APPRECIATION GIFTS AND GAMES TO REALLY SHOW OUR STAFF HOW APPRECIATED THEY ARE. 
          WE ARE HONORED TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT FOR MUNICIPAL COURT WEEKS TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, KIM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND Y'ALL DO AN AMAZING JOB. 
          BEFORE WE GO TO COUNSEL, MR. FILE, I THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY. 
          I DO. 
          UH, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT LAST WEEK KIM WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS COURT CLERK'S ASSOCIATION WITH THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, THE LAUREN NELSON ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. 
          UH, THIS IS THE HIGHEST AWARD THAT SOMEBODY IN KIM'S PROFESSION CAN RECEIVE. 
          UH, IT'S NOT AN AWARD THAT THEY GIVE EVERY YEAR. 
          IT'S REALLY BASED UPON KIND OF EARNING IT, YOU KNOW, THE RECOGNITION FOR SOMEONE WHO'S DESERVING OF THIS AND HER ASSOCIATION. 
          I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THEY MENTIONED, UM, THERE ARE NUMEROUS, BUT YOU KNOW, KIM HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE LOCAL CHAPTER. 
          SHE'S BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER. 
          SHE'S BEEN TREASURER AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          AND, UH, SHE'S CREATED KIND OF A FINANCIAL REPORTING PROCESS THAT EVERY CHAPTER THROUGHOUT THE STATE USES AS WELL AS THE STATE ITSELF USES. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          SO SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL AS BEING A MENTOR, UH, WAS ONE OF THE THINGS SHE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR. 
          BUT NOT ONLY ARC STAFF HERE, BUT ALSO STAFF AND, AND COURT CLERKS ACROSS THE STATE. 
          SO, AWESOME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          JUDGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR, WELL, IS THIS RIGHT? IS THAT BETTER? YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          I MENTIONED TO SOMEONE EARLIER WHEN THE STAFF AND KIM DO THEIR JOB AS WELL AS THEY DO, IT SURE MAKES MY JOB EASIER. 
          AND I CAN JUST SAY THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE AS AN ASSOCIATE AND PRESIDING JUDGE, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL FOR ME AND FOR THE COURT. 
          UH, THIS IS A LITTLE SILLY, BUT I ACTUALLY GET UP IN THE MORNING AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO WORK. 
          A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO, I DON'T HAVE MUCH LEFT IN MY PRIVATE PRACTICE, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          BUT , WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD. 
          WE REALLY PUT AN EFFORT INTO SERVING THE PUBLIC, SERVING THE CITY, AND SERVING WITH YOU. 
          AND WITHOUT THEIR HARD WORK, AND ESPECIALLY KIM, WHO KEEPS ME HONEST FOUR DAYS, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, UH, I COULDN'T BE HERE SAYING THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO KIM AND HER RECOGNITION, AND THANK YOU FOR YOU FOR HAVING US HERE AND RECOGNIZING US, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO KEEP THIS GOING AS LONG AS WE CAN. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. JUSTICE. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I FEEL LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE RESIDENT ATTORNEY ON COUNCIL TO SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, REALLY. 
          UH, I TRULY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AT THE COURTHOUSE. 
          UM, I WAS JOKING WITH JUDGE DAMOUR AHEAD OF TIME THAT I THINK IT WAS REALLY MY ASSISTANT WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE AN ATTORNEY. 
          UH, IT WAS BAILIFFS AND COURT AND KIND COURT CLERKS, UH, WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO, YOU KNOW, BEHAVE IN THE COURTROOM AND HOW TO SIGN IN AND ALL THE, THE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T TEACH YOU IN LAW SCHOOL. 
          UH, SO IT'S REALLY, TRULY KIND COURT PERSONNEL WHO SORT OF HELP RAISE UP GREAT ATTORNEYS, UH, PARTICULARLY LITIGATORS. 
          SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND I PERSONALLY REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JENNIFER. 
          MAYOR PRO, TIM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          WELL, FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, SECOND THAT THANK YOU, JUDGE AND EVERY, AND ALL THE STAFF, WHAT YOU DO FOR US. 
          UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          SO YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY DOING GREAT JOB. 
          AMAZING THING. 
          I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          I THINK AS A TEAM, WE ALL MAKE OUR CITY GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. HUTCHER, WRITER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          WOW, KIMBERLY, I THINK IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN YOU EMBARRASSED. 
          THAT WAS KIND OF FUN. 
          UM, THAT WAS WORTH, WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSIONS TONIGHT. 
          UM, I GOTTA KEEP MY SPEED DOWN. 
          I DO NOT WANNA SHOW UP NOW IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT THAT I CAN BE LIKE, OKAY, NOW YOU'RE IN MY WORLD. 
          COME ON IN. 
          NO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          UM, NO ONE, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU EVER GET A TICKET, WANTS TO COME TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR ANY REASON, BUT I HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN COMPLIMENTS. 
          UM, PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT Y'ALL ARE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL, YOU'RE EFFICIENT, UM, THAT IT WAS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A BAD DAY FOR THEM, IT WAS ACTUALLY A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. 
          SO, I, I MEAN, I THINK THAT BY FAR REALLY KIND OF SUMS IT UP AND SAYS IT ALL, THAT IF SOMEONE WHO'S HAVING, YOU KNOW, NOT SUCH A GOOD DAY, 'CAUSE THEY HAD TO SHOW UP AT MUNICIPAL COURT FOR SPEEDING OR WHATEVER ELSE. 
          THEY MIGHT'VE BEEN RUNNING A RED LIGHT. 
          UM, 
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BUT TO ACTUALLY HEAR THAT THEY WERE APPRECIATIVE FOR THE PROCESS, I THINK THAT'S HUGE. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, KIMBERLY, TO YOUR ENTIRE STAFF. 
          UM, AND I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE YOU WIN ANOTHER AWARD TO SEE YOU EMBARRASSED AGAIN, , THAT WAS FUN. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, KEN. 
          MR. DORIAN. 
          YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AND THANK YOU ALL. 
          WE'RE VERY, UH, FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU LOOKING AFTER THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AND I CAN'T BEGIN. 
          I'M, I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY THINK, WELL, THEY'RE NOT QUITE SURE IF THERE'S IT'S APPRECIATIVE OR NOT, BUT IF YOU KNOW THE BACKBONE OF ALL THIS, YOU CERTAINLY WILL, YOU KNOW, COULD ADMIRE THAT AND APPRECIATE IT. 
          SO I JUST THANK, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING RICHARDSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          JENNIFER. 
          YEAH, ONE MORE THING. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING INCREDIBLE HOSTS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO. 
          UH, YOU, YOU KNOW, WE, WE FINALLY OPENED UP OUR ANNEX THIS MORNING, AND YOU, UH, YOU'RE NOT QUITE AS CROWDED AS YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WITH OUR WATER AND OUR HEALTH AND ALL OF OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE FACING FOLKS. 
          SO THANK YOU REALLY FOR IMMEDIATELY JUMPING IN AND MAKING A HOME FOR ALL OF THEM AND, UH, FOR, FOR ALLOWING IT TO BE THEIR HOME FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. 
          UM, WE'VE HEARD THAT YOU WERE INCREDIBLY GRACIOUS HOSTS, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL WERE SORT OF STUFFED TO THE GUILDS FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO I'M GLAD YOU HAVE YOUR COURTHOUSE BACK. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU FOR REALLY, REALLY EVERYTHING YOU DID TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION SO SMOOTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE? LET ME ADD ONE THING. 
          MR. MAGNER AND HIS TEAM TALK ABOUT THE RICHARDSON WAY, AND A LOT GOES INTO THAT, BUT SURROUND YOURSELF WITH GREAT PEOPLE AND THE RICHARDSON WAY SHINES THROUGH. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU, VERY PROUD OF CALLING Y'ALL OUR PEOPLE, OUR PART OF OUR TEAM. 
          AND, UH, Y'ALL ARE DOING AMAZING WORK. 
          AND CONGRATULATIONS, YOU DESERVE A WHOLE MONTH NAMED AFTER YOU INSTEAD OF A WEEK . 
          SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          IF, IF, UH, YOU AND THE COUNCIL DON'T MIND, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK, UH, PHOTO OP WITH, UH, UH, UM, KIM AND, AND HER WHOLE TEAM. 
          SO EVERYBODY OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, COME ON UP. 
          ALRIGHT, TO PUT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT, UH, SIR, WE'LL HAVE YOU COME HERE. 
          AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS COUNSEL, I CAN GET YOU TO STAGGER A SPOT BETWEEN YOU. 
          COME AROUND AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR COURT MEMBERS TO FILL IN, FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS. 
          SO, DAN, COME OVER HERE. 
          JOE, COME OVER HERE PLEASE AND COME FORWARD. 
          COME OVER HERE. 
          ALRIGHT, BIG SMILES. 
          AND WE ALL SAY, JEEZ, THAT'S RIGHT. 
           GUESS IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU WANT, RIGHT? AND ONE MORE TIME, BIG SMILES. 
          NO BLINKING. 
          NO BLINKING. 
          SHOULD BE GOOD. 
          AT THIS TIME, 
          [C. REVIEW AND DISCUSS COUNCIL TACTICS FOR THE 2023-2025 COUNCIL TERM]
WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM C, REVIEW AND DISCUSS COUNCIL TACTICS FOR THE 23 THROUGH 25 COUNCIL TERM. 
          MR. MAGNER. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          TONIGHT'S A VERY IMPORTANT NIGHT AS WE BEGIN TO REALLY SET OUT THE WORK PLAN FOR THE REMAINDER OF YOUR, UH, CURRENT TERM. 
          AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW, BACK ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 16TH IN THIS VERY ROOM, YOU SPENT OVER FOUR HOURS, UH, BUILDING ON A NUMBER OF, UH, HOURS OF INDEPENDENT INTERVIEWS AND HOMEWORK, IF YOU WILL. 
          UH, AND, UH, WHICH YOU, UH, REALLY REVISITED 
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THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL, THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, THE VISION, UH, GOALS AND STRATEGIES, WHICH COLLECTIVELY YOU CALL YOUR STATEMENT OF GOALS. 
          UM, ON OCTOBER 23RD, RICK RAMSEY, UH, WHO FACILITATED THAT SATURDAY SESSION IN THE, UH, WORK IN ADVANCE, UH, CAME TO, UH, THIS MEETING AND PRESENTED THE FINAL PRODUCT, WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATIONALIZED INTO, UH, THE STATEMENT OF GOALS THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHICH IS, UH, RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, WHICH IS NOW ONLINE AND AVAILABLE TO, TO THE PUBLIC. 
          UH, THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT'LL BE DONE TONIGHT IS TO RECOMMEND, UM, A, A SERIES OF TACTICS BY STRATEGY THAT WILL, UH, HELP, UH, ENSURE THAT THE WORK PLAN THAT CITY STAFF UNDERTAKES, UH, OVER THE NEXT 18 TO 20 MONTHS WILL BE, UH, HELP ACHIEVE THE VISION AND THE GOALS THAT YOU OUTLINED. 
          A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT, UH, UM, I THINK NOTES WITH RESPECT TO THE TACTICS, UH, TACTICS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          ONE, OBVIOUSLY, UM, THE TACTICS WE'RE SHARING TONIGHT REALLY IS THE, UM, THE, TO THE TOTALITY OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE, NOT ONLY FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT FROM OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHICH, UH, YOU APPOINT EACH YEAR IN OUR IMPORTANT, UM, UM, UH, DOES IMPORTANT, DO IMPORTANT WORK ON YOUR BEHALF, UH, EACH MONTH, UH, IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT IMPORTANT AREAS. 
          OBVIOUSLY, OUR RESIDENTS INPUT AND IDEAS, UH, AGAIN, MONTHLY MEETING THIS VERY ROOM WITH THE HOA PRESIDENTS, BUT, UH, YOU, SO, UH, SO OFTEN OUT IN THE PUBLIC, 40 TO 50, UH, HOA MEETINGS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS A YEAR. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, OUR BUSINESS AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, UM, THAT WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF COLLECTING FEEDBACK. 
          AND SO IT WAS REALLY, UM, TRYING TO SYNTHESIZE AND BRING ALL THOSE, UH, SOURCES OF INPUT TOGETHER TO LEAD TO THE TACTICS DEVELOPED TONIGHT. 
          UM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT WHILE WE ASSIGN A TACTIC TO A PARTICULAR STRATEGY, OFTEN, AND MOST OF THE TIME ACTUALLY, A TACTIC WILL ACTUALLY HELP ACHIEVE MULTIPLE STRATEGIES. 
          AND, AND LIKEWISE, AS YOU ROLL IT UP TO YOUR GOALS, UM, LIKEWISE, THEY ALSO WILL, UM, REQUIRE MORE THAN ONE TERM TO COMPLETE. 
          UM, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME VERY LARGE PROJECTS, UM, OUTLINED IN THE COMING SLIDES. 
          UM, AND WHILE SOME OF THOSE WILL CONCLUDE, UH, WITH YOUR TERM, THEY WERE ACTUALLY BEGUN TWO TERMS AGO. 
          AND LIKEWISE, WHILE WE COMMENCE WITH SOME IMPORTANT WORK, UH, ON YOUR TERM, THEY'LL TAKE NUMBER OF TERMS TO, UH, TO COMPLETE. 
          UM, SOME TACTICS WILL NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION. 
          UM, MANY OF THESE WILL, WILL BE, UH, UH, IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE DONE BY CITY STAFF, UH, BUT WE WILL REPORT THOSE BACK TO YOU AS YOU WELL KNOW. 
          UM, WE COME BACK AT LEAST TWICE IN THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TERM WITH THE STATUS REPORT. 
          SO, UM, WHILE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE A KICKOFF BRIEFING OR ANY KIND OF, UM, UM, DIRECTION, UM, UM, BECAUSE AS MANY OF, AS MANY OF YOUR STRATEGIES ARE, THEY'RE ABOUT BUSINESS PROCESSES AND OPERATIONS, AND THAT'S REALLY THE WORK, THAT'S REALLY THE WORK OF THE STAFF. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE TACTICS PRESENTED TONIGHT WILL NOT BE THE TOTALITY OF THE TACTICS THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU IN OUR FINAL REPORT. 
          UH, THERE WILL BE THINGS AS THERE ALWAYS ARE, THAT COME UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 20 MONTHS, UM, THAT WILL, UM, REQUIRE OUR ATTENTION, THAT REQUIRE YOUR ATTENTION, UM, AND WE WILL ROLL THOSE INTO THE CURRENT LIST OF TACTICS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THOSE AND REPORT ON THOSE AS WELL. 
          AND SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU, I'M NOT GONNA READ THESE, UH, BUT THIS IS YOUR VISION STATEMENT THAT YOU WORKED ON WITH RICK. 
          THE FOUR, UH, GOALS, UM, THAT EACH OF THE 13 STRATEGIES THAT ARE PRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE, UM, ARE, ARE A SEAT TO MAKE SURE ARE IMPLEMENTED IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY. 
          SO WHAT WE'LL DO FROM HERE IS BY STRATEGY. 
          WE WILL GO THROUGH AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU, UH, A NUMBER OF TACTICS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE RESPONSIVE. 
          HOWEVER, BEFORE WE DO THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, UM, IDENTIFY THE ONGOING TACTICS. 
          UH, MANY OF THESE TACTICS, UM, AS YOU KNOW, YOUR STRATEGY'S EVOLVING SOMEWHAT, BUT MANY OF THESE TACTIC TACTICS ORIGINALLY, UM, UM, DEVELOPED AS, UH, IN RESPONSE TO, UH, THE STRATEGIES FROM THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL TERM, UH, AS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THAT WAS, UH, NOT ON THE ORIGINAL LIST OF TACTICS IN, IN, UH, IN 21, 23, UH, THE CITY HALL PROJECT, UH, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CITY HALL. 
          SO, OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE'RE REQUIRING A TON OF ATTENTION, AND I CAN'T GO. 
          UH, AND I THANK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE FOR MENTIONING THIS A HUGE DAY TODAY IN, IN, IN MY OPINION, OVER THE LAST 15 MONTHS, UM, OUR CITY HALL TEAM REALLY BEING DISPERSED OVER FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          AND TODAY, FINALLY, UM, AND VERY EXCITEDLY ALL, UH, OF OUR TEAM REUNITED UNDER ONE ROOF AS THE ANNEXED OPENED AND THE, AND THE LIBRARY CONTINUES TO OPERATE. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE A HUGE WORK AHEAD OF US, UH, IN TERMS OF THE CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY PROJECTS. 
          UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A SOLID, UH, THREE TO THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF, OF WORK PLAN ON THE CITY HALL, AND PROBABLY TWO YEARS TO 30 MONTHS ON THE LIBRARY. 
          UH, AND SO OUR MAIN TASK IS TO BRING THOSE, UH, PROJECTS, UH, TO FRUITION ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET. 
          UM, LIKEWISE, OUT OF THE 21 BOND PROGRAM, THE RENOVATION OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND FIRE STATION, UH, THOSE WILL, WILL BE COMPLETED ON YOUR, ON YOUR WATCH OVER THE NEXT, UM, UH, DURING, DURING THIS TERM. 
          AND THAT'LL INCLUDE, LIKEWISE, FOR THE CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY, THE PUBLIC ART SELECTION AND INSTALLATION PROCESSES. 
          WE HAVE YEARS THREE AND FOUR OF THE 
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BOND PROGRAM. 
          UH, ALMOST $80 MILLION OF, UH, OF, UH, BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS WILL BE, UH, LET IN THOSE TWO YEARS. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE APA STATION MASTER DEVELOPER, UH, RFP, THAT WILL BE, UH, REISSUING, UM, AFTER, UM, UH, LESSONS LEARNED IN SOME, UH, NEW PARTNERS TO, UH, WORK WITH, UH, BOTH, UH, UM, UM, RENEGOTIATING SOME OF THE KEY POINTS FROM DART, AS WELL AS BRINGING ON CBRE, UM, THE A 25 PRESSURE ZONE PROJECT, THE 60 PLUS MILLION DOLLAR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, UM, IN THE THROES OF THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT LET ME REMIND YOU, THAT'S STILL TWO YEARS FROM FULL COMPLETION AND A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK TO BE DONE THERE. 
          WE'VE GOT, UH, CONTINUED COORDINATION WITH DART THE COG, UH, AND, UH, A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY, UH, ON THE SILVER LINE RAIL, ON THE COTTON BELT TRAIL PROJECT. 
          SINCE OUR LAST COTTON BELT TRAIL PROJECT. 
          UM, WE HAD, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, UM, A NOTIFICATION, UH, FROM COG THAT AN ADDITIONAL $25 MILLION GRANT WAS APPROVED FOR THE COTTON BELT. 
          SO THEY NOW, THE COTTON BELT TRAIL FROM SHILOH ALL THE WAY THROUGH MEANDERING WAY IN DALLAS. 
          SO 100% OF THE RICHARDSON TRAIL NOW WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. 
          THAT'S A GREAT BLESSING, BUT IT, IT IS GOING TO, UH, REQUIRE ADDITIONAL ATTENTION AS WE, UH, BRING ON NOT ONLY THE, THE SILVER LINE RAIL ITSELF, BUT AS YOU KNOW, UH, AN AMAZING, UH, $40 MILLION AESTHETIC ARCH PROJECT, UH, UH, THAT WILL BE HA HAVING A HIGH LEVEL OF COORDINATION WITH DART AND DOT ON IN THE COMING YEAR. 
          UM, UH, KENT AND HIS TEAM, UH, HIS, HIS, UH, PORTFOLIO OF DEPARTMENTS REALLY WORKING TO FURTHER IMPLEMENT THE SEVEN YEARS, THREE AND FOUR OF THE SEVEN YEAR LEGACY, UM, A SOFTWARE SYSTEM TRANSITION. 
          UM, EARLIER TODAY IN OUR, OUR, OUR MEETING, UM, UH, OUR, UH, AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING, TALKING ABOUT THE, THE GREAT SUCCESS AND CELEBRATION, UH, BRINGING ON, UH, A NEW, UH, PAYROLL SYSTEM, BUT MORE TO DO IN TERMS OF NEXT BIG STEP IS UTILITY BILLING AND BRINGING THAT OVER. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THINGS LIKE THE INTER GOV AND THE BUILDING INSPECTION, UH, SOFTWARE. 
          UH, WE'LL BE LAUNCHING A FULL RENOVATION AND TRYING TO COMPLETE THAT IN ABOUT 11 MONTHS, OF COURSE, TOO, OUT AT CHERYL PARK. 
          AND THAT'LL KICK OFF EARLY THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN A $17 MILLION TRANSITION, UH, FROM OUR EXISTING, UH, CITYWIDE RADIO SYSTEM TO A NEW RADIO SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH, UH, ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROCESS FOR THE COMP PLAN AND THE ENVISION RICHARDSON UPDATE. 
          UM, AND LIKE, LIKE THAT, UM, COMING OUT OF YOUR SATURDAY, UH, SESSION THERE, UH, REALLY DOING THINGS LIKE EXPLORING POTENTIAL ZONING CHANGES THAT WILL ENCOURAGE DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, UH, I THINK OF THE AED, UH, AU DS, EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, AND, UM, THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND OTHER, UH, LAND USE KIND OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT WILL BE ROLLED UP INTO THAT. 
          SO THAT'S A BULLET, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY BIG BULLET. 
          AND THEN WE TALKED MANY TIMES AS WE BEGAN TO LAUNCH THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMP PLAN UPDATE ABOUT THE MAJOR PLANNING INITIATIVES. 
          I JUST TELL YOU, JUST KIND OF STARE AT THIS LIST FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE IT IS AN AWFUL, AWFUL LOT OF WORK THAT IS JUST UNDERWAY, OR WILL BE LAUNCHED IN, IN Q ONE OF 2024. 
          BUT WE'VE GOT A CITYWIDE FACILITY MASTER PLAN THAT'S UNDERWAY. 
          RECALL LAST YEAR WITH SOME OF THE, UH, YEAR END SAVINGS. 
          YOU AUTHORIZED $2 MILLION TO OUTFIT THE REMAINING CITY FACILITIES, UH, WITH FAC, UH, WITH GENERATORS. 
          SUCH IMPORTANT WORK. 
          UH, WE HAVE WASH A WATER MASTER PLAN THAT, UH, ERIC ROBESON, UM, LET ME JUST KIND OF RECOGNIZE THERE. 
          AND HE'S ERIC, HE'S RIGHT OUT THERE WITH SOME FELLOW LR FOLKS. 
          SO WELCOME LR. 
          UH, BUT ERIC ROBESON, UH, AND HIS TEAM WILL BE LEADING A, WAS A, UH, WATER MASTER PLAN. 
          UH, THIS WILL BE LOOKING AT, UH, ALL OF THE, UH, CURRENT, UH, UH, ENTITLEMENTS IN THE ZONING THAT'S IN PLACE, AND REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY. 
          UM, THINGS LIKE OUR PIPES DO NOT PIPES NEED TO BE UPSIDED TO, UH, BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT CAPACITY. 
          UH, AS WELL AS, UM, A CONDITION ASSESSMENT. 
          UH, THIS WILL REALLY HELP US POPULATE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN THE COMING YEARS. 
          UH, THAT LIKELY WILL TAKE DECADES TO KIND OF IMPLEMENT, UH, SOLID WASTE SERVICES STUDY. 
          AGAIN, A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, PIECE OF, UH, INFORMATION. 
          WE'VE TALKED MANY TIMES ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH STAFFING, UH, GIVEN THE CURRENT WAY THAT WE'RE APPROACHING, UH, SOLID WASTE. 
          BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE'S RECYCLING, UH, THERE'S BAIC, THERE'S ALTERNATE, UM, UM, UM, UM, UH, UH, COLLECTIONS SUCH AS FOOD, FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT COLLECTION. 
          AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS THOSE IN THE COMING FUTURE? UH, BOTH OF THOSE LAST BULLETS. 
          AS YOU RECALL, ONE OF YOUR TACTICS OUT OF THAT SATURDAY SESSION WAS TO FURTHER, UH, EVALUATE AND DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES. 
          THIS INFORMATION WILL BE CRITICAL IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, FIVE YEAR, EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          THE LIBRARY IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, UM, TO UPDATE ITS STRATEGIC PLAN, TO CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE FUNDING, UH, THAT'S UNDERWAY. 
          UH, UM, UM, UH, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED, UH, IN, IN, UH, IMPORTANCE ABOUT THE FIRE SERVICES MASTER PLAN. 
          AND, UH, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ON YOUR SATURDAY SESSION THAT, THAT, UH, CHIEF MOVIES, UH, PREPARED TO COMMENCE WITH THAT IN JANUARY. 
          UH, OUT OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, UH, THAT YOU ADOPTED, UH, BACK IN, UH, NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WAS THE DIRECTION FOR AN AQUATICS, UH, 
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MASTER PLAN STUDY. 
          AND YVONNE AND HER TEAM ARE PREPARING TO LAUNCH WITH THAT IN Q ONE. 
          UH, MIKAYLA'S TALKED TO YOU, UH, LAST TIME WE DID A CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN, UPDATED ABOUT, UH, THE NEED 10 YEARS NOW, UM, ALMOST 10 YEARS NOW, UH, SINCE THE CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN UPDATED, AND THE REFRESH OF THAT, AND HOW OFTEN, HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED IN, IN THAT REALM SINCE, UH, ORIGINALLY. 
          AND THEN TWO STRATEGIC PLANS, UH, AS OUR CONVENTION OF VISITORS, UH, BUREAU CONTINUES, UH, TO EVALUATE, UM, WHAT THAT MEANS TO BE A CONTEMPORARY, UM, GROUP IN, IN THIS DAY AND AGE. 
          UH, LIKEWISE COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, 15 YEARS SINCE THE LAST STRATEGIC PLAN HAS BEEN DONE. 
          AND I'M GONNA, AS I COME BACK TO A NUMBER OF YOUR TACTICS AS WELL AS OTHERS, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL KIND OF RETURN AND REFER TO THESE TWO. 
          'CAUSE THESE STRATEGIC PLANS WILL ACTUALLY HELP WITH THE ACTION ITEMS THAT'LL BE NEEDED TO KIND OF COME BACK. 
          SO, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST TO KIND OF, UM, LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS IN THE, UH, IN THE SHOOT ALREADY OR IN THE QUEUE ALREADY. 
          SO LET'S NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE, UH, UM, STRATEGIES. 
          SO YOUR FIRST IS TO ATTRACT, DEVELOP, AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY AND INNOVATIVE EMPLOYEES. 
          SOME OF THESE WILL LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU BECAUSE AS WE CONTINUE TO BE LOCATED IN ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST AND MOST COMPETITIVE, UM, MARKETS IN, IN, REALLY IN THE WORLD FOR TALENT, UH, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, UM, FOR, FOR MORE STAFF EVENTS TO FOCUS ON OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          AGAIN, COMING OUTTA YOUR SATURDAY WORK THERE, UH, DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF, UM, OF THE APPRECIATION LIKE YOU JUST DID, AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO, TO DO THAT. 
          BUT DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE APPRECIATION, UH, THAT, UM, UH, WE OFFER OUR EMPLOYEES AND HOW THAT HELPS WITH THE RETENTION. 
          AND I BELIEVE NOW, STARTING WITH RECRUITMENT, IN ADDITION, OF COURSE, THE COMP ANALYSIS THAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND REALLY LOOKING AT CORE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO OFFER THE BEST, UH, POSSIBLE MEDICAL BENEFITS, BENEFITS, WHILE BALANCING, UM, COMPETITIVENESS AND FINANCIAL STABILITY, UM, TO, TO ENSURE THAT THAT FUND SELF-FUND, UH, SELF-FUNDED, CONTINUES TO REMAIN, UM, A VERY, UH, SUSTAINABLE FOR, FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. 
          UH, CUSTOMIZED RECRUITMENT RETENTION STRATEGIES. 
          WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE SUMMER, STILL NEED TO KIND OF, UH, CANNOT LET UP ON THAT, PARTICULARLY IN THE HARDEST TO FILL POSITIONS LIKE THE FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF. 
          AND THEN, UM, BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL ON A PILOT PROGRAM LEVEL FOR, UH, EXPLORING CROSS TRAINING AND PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, I USE MARK NELSON AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS A GREAT EXAMPLE, BUT ERIC, AGAIN, IS WORKING ON SOME IN HIS DEPARTMENT AS WELL, WHERE WE'VE TAKEN SIGN TECHNICIANS AND WE'VE TAKEN SIGNAL TECHNICIANS, AND WE'VE GIVEN THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW IN THEIR POSITIONS, TO GROW BOTH PROFESSIONALLY IN TERMS OF THEIR SKILLS, THEIR EXPERIENCE, AND ALSO OFFER THEM, UM, COMPENSATION, UH, IN, IN ESSENCE, UH, CREATING, UM, A, UH, BACKUP, UH, PLAN AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR OWN OPERATIONS. 
          UH, AND THEN ONE THAT'S I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT UNDER THIS. 
          ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, UH, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF OUR OWN FACILITIES, AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE SHARE THE POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN PLANO WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER POLICING AGENCIES. 
          AND WE WILL NEED TO, UH, WITH THESE OTHER AGENCIES BE TAKING A LOOK AT A CAPITAL PROGRAM, UH, PROBABLY, UH, WITHIN, IN, IN, WITHIN THE, THE CONTEXT OF THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM, UH, TO UPDATE THAT BUILDING AND MODERNIZE IT AND MAKE IT A CONTEMPORARY FACILITY. 
          SO, MORE TO COME ON THAT IN TERMS OF YOUR SECOND DOCUMENT AND CONTINUOUSLY, UH, IMPROVE BUSINESS PROCESSES. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, EXPLORE THE CODIFICATION OF PROCESSES IN RELATION TO COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS, TRAINING, ET CETERA. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SHARE, AND I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN CORCORAN WILL, UM, DO SO, UH, EVEN IN MORE DEPTH LATER. 
          BUT WE BEGAN THAT PROCESS EARLIER WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, UH, WITH EXPLORING SOME, UH, GOVERNING, UH, PRINCIPLES, UH, FOR THAT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, SO MORE TO COME ON THAT EXPLORE POLICY RELATED TO VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE FOR COUNCIL. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON THAT, UH, DISCUSS A POTHOLE REPAIR POLICY, THE FIRST THREE COMING OUTTA YOUR SATURDAY WORK. 
          I'LL REMIND YOU, UH, THAT, UH, TO BE DONE LATER. 
          UH, THIS, UH, THIS, UH, UH, UM, DECEMBER, UH, BEFORE WE TAKE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE. 
          EVALUATE STANDARD CONSTRUCTION DETAILS AND DESIGN STANDARDS. 
          CONSIDER ENHANCEMENTS TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXTEND THE LIFE CYCLE. 
          UM, AGAIN, AS SO MANY DIFFERENT, UM, UH, SO MANY DIFFERENT REALMS NOW. 
          WE ARE INVESTING SO MUCH IN INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR, OUR STANDARD, UH, PLANS AND DETAILS ARE, UM, THE, ARE APPROPRIATE AND, UH, UPDATED, UH, FOR THE, UM, INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING NOW. 
          AND THEN DEVELOP A SIMPLIFIED, STREAMLINED APPROACH FOR SPECIAL EVENT AND ALCOHOL SALES PROGRAMS. UH, ONE OF THE AWESOME THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN TERMS OF THE IQ AND THE CORE AND OTHER AREAS, UM, AND MANY, MANY PRIVATE, UH, SEE LOCKWOOD DISTILLERY OUT THERE, UH, LOCKWOOD A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, UH, SO MANY DIFFERENT, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A EASY WAY FOR OUR CITIZENS AND OUR BUSINESSES TO COME IN AND REQUEST THAT PERMIT, BUT MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED TO PUT EYES ON IT ARE PUTTING EYES ON IT. 
          AND I THINK WE CAN ENHANCE THAT. 
          AND THEN, AMY, WITH ALCOHOL SALES PERMITTING, AS THAT HAS BECOME, UM, UM, UH, MORE INTRICATE, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH SOME OF THE LAWS THAT WERE PASSED DURING COVID, JUST STREAMLINING, STREAMLINING THOSE AND REALLY PROVIDING THAT, IMPROVING ACCESS, 
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ACCESS, USABILITY, AND USER EXPERIENCE. 
          AND HERE IT SAYS WITH POLICIES, PROCESSES, AND PROCEDURES. 
          BUT I THINK REALLY WHAT WE, WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT IS REALLY WITH ALL THINGS TO DO WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, AND SO HERE, UH, AGAIN, COMING OUTTA YOUR SATURDAY WORK DISCUSSION CREATION OF A GI IS MAP THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, TO SHOW ALL INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S PLANNED, UM, YOU WILL, THIS COUNCIL WILL APPOINT THAT, THE 2025 CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AND WE NEED TO BEGIN THINKING ABOUT THAT PROCESS THAT WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER OF OCTOBER OF, UH, 2024 IN ANTICIPATION OF THEIR WORK IN 2025. 
          UM, SO THAT'S A BIG ITEM. 
          UM, THIS IS, UH, THIS IDEA HERE IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CITY FEE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS, UH, FEES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICES, PROGRAMS, PERMITS, ALL THOSE THINGS, UH, IT'S A PRETTY BIG CHALLENGE. 
          AND SO, UH, AS A WAY TO MAKE IT, UH, MORE, UH, IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY, WE WANNA LOOK AT COMBINING THOSE ALL INTO ONE ORDINANCE OF ALSO MAKE OUR BUDGET PROCESS A LITTLE EASIER AS WELL. 
          UM, CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE CODE OF ETHICS. 
          THAT'S A BIANNUAL REVIEW, BUT AGAIN, UH, WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TAKE THAT, UM, AND, UH, DO A, A DEEPER DIVE ON THAT. 
          AND THEN, UH, IMPORTANTLY HERE, AGAIN, PARTICULARLY WITH THE USER EXPERIENCE, UM, LAUNCH A CORE.NET ENHANCEMENT. 
          IT'S BEEN, UH, GREG TOLD ME EARLIER, IT'S BEEN, UH, SINCE 2016, SINCE WE'VE UPDATED, UH, CORE.NET, THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF, UH, SUPPORTABLE, UH, LIFE ON A NUMBER OF THE FEATURES AND ONE OF THE, SOME OF THE CONTEMPORARY, UH, FEATURES AND, UM, INTERACT, INTERACTIVE KIND OF, UM, UM, UM, TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU SEE ON OTHER WEBSITES, LIKE PERHAPS POSSIBLY AN INTERACTIVE GI IS MAP AREN'T DOABLE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PLATFORM THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND SO, UH, LOOK AT ENHANCING, UH, CORE.NET. 
          UM, SUCH A VALUABLE RESOURCE. 
          SO YOUR NEXT STRATEGY IS TO PROMOTE AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO BUSINESS PROCESSES. 
          UH, HERE, UH, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, PHILANTHROPIC, UH, AND SPONSORSHIP GUIDE FOR CITY OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UH, SO WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING HERE IS, UH, ENHANCING, UH, THE WORK THAT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY AND REALLY HAVING ALMOST A ONE STOP SHOP ONLINE WHERE IT'S ALMOST A MENU APPROACH TO, UH, BOTH, UH, PHILANTHROPY AND, AND SPONSORSHIPS ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT REALMS. UH, IF YOU THINK OF THAT, I WANT A VOLUNTEER PAGE. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT KIND OF AN APPROACH, UH, TO PHILANTHROPY AND SPONSORSHIP. 
          UH, AGAIN, UH, YVONNE AND HER TEAM, AND, UH, REALLY LOOKING AT, UH, BUT AGAIN, BEYOND PERHAPS EVEN JUST EVENTS AND, AND PROGRAM SERVICES PER PARKS, BUT LOOKING AT TICKETED EVENTS AND THE PRICING OPTIONS, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS INCREASE, INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE EVENTS. 
          UH, WE WANNA INCREASE ATTENDANCE, BUT WE WANNA DO THAT BY ALSO BEING MINDFUL OF SECURITY, SAFETY AND THE, UH, SATISFACTION OF THOSE ATTENDING. 
          AND, UH, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES, AND I THINK, UH, IN JAN IN, UH, DECEMBER, ACTUALLY, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH A WILDFIRE BRIEF, UH, BRIEFING WITH SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THIS. 
          UH, WE WANNA REVIEW THE CURRENT FACILITY RENTAL PROCESS AND CONTRACTS, UM, UH, AGAIN, TO STREAMLINE THOSE PROCESSES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, AGAIN, ONE THAT ERIC IS GONNA BE LEADING IS EXPLORING, UH, OUTSOURCING OUR CI THE CITY'S BACKFLOW, UH, PREVENTION PROGRAM. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE'VE SEEN O EXAMPLES OF OTHER CITIES DOING THIS IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY THAT'S NOT ONLY, UH, MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE CITY, UH, MORE COST EFFECTIVE, BUT ACTUALLY MORE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOCUSED, UH, FOR, FOR THE RESIDENT. 
          YOUR NEXT STRATEGY IS TO ENSURE SYSTEMS ARE SAFE AND SECURE. 
          AND, UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD BY DAN STEGE, OUR IT DIRECTOR, THAT IF I GET INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, HE'S GONNA SOMEHOW TURN MY MIC OFF . 
          UM, SO JUST KNOW HERE THAT, UM, CYBERSECURITY IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO US. 
          UM, AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE HAVE STATE REQUIRED TRAINING THAT WE, UM, THAT WE GO THROUGH EVERY YEAR. 
          WE ARE CONSTANTLY, THIS IS ALWAYS ON OUR MIND, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEING REINFORCED WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, LOOKING AT AND ALSO ENHANCING THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING. 
          AND THEN REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS IS TO CONTINUOUSLY, UH, UPDATE, UM, THINGS LIKE, UH, OR, OR IMPLEMENT THE UPGRADES, THE PATCHES, THE REFRESHES, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE HAVE THE LATEST, UM, TECHNOLOGY FIGHTING, UM, THESE, THESE ATTACKS, BECAUSE THEY'RE HAPPENING EVERY DAY AND EVERY DAY THEY CHANGE. 
          AND SO, UH, IF WE GET BEHIND ON THOSE, BUT THEN ALSO FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT, MAKING SURE THAT WE COMPLETE THE SECURITY AND ACCESS UPGRADES AT ALL OF OUR CITY FACILITIES. 
          YOUR NEXT STRATEGY IS TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN RESIDENTS, UM, AND STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UH, HERE FROM YOUR SATURDAY, UH, WORK WAS TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE MULTICULTURAL EVENTS. 
          UM, WE, WE ARE SO SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, UH, BUILDING ON THINGS LIKE CULTURE AND THE CORE THIS PAST WEEK. 
          UH, EXPLORE NEW RESOURCES AND PROGRAMMING TO WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO THE CITY, AND TO FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO WE DID HAVE, WE HAD A, WE AT ONE TIME HAD A PAPER VERSION OF A NEW RESIDENT PACKET. 
          WE HAD AN ONLINE VERSION. 
          AND REALLY, UM, I THINK THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CORE NET REFRESH IS TO, UH, EXPAND AND ENHANCE ON THAT, UH, AND, AND THEN EVEN EXPAND IT OUT FOR BUSINESSES. 
          UM, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE OUR PLACEMAKING INITIATIVES. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN SOME GREAT STEPS WITH THINGS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS 
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LIKE OPEN SPACE. 
          THE NEXT PROBABLY, UH, LOGICAL STEP WOULD BE THE WAY FINDING AND PUBLIC ART TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THOSE AREAS. 
          UM, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS LATER, BUT, UH, TO COMPLETE THE ACTIVATION OF THE OPEN SPACE PROJECTS AT APOLLO AND PLANO, BELTLINE IN GLENVILLE, MAINE AND URBAN, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT, UH, JUST A, A REAL FUN PROJECT, UH, ADDING A DISC GOLF COURSE TO OUR OPEN SPACE OFFERINGS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT BENEFITS THE WHOLE CITY, WAS YOUR NEXT STRATEGY. 
          ALL FOUR OF THESE ARE FROM YOUR SATURDAY WORK TO, SO TO ENSURE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY AND CITY AMENITIES ACROSS THE CITY, TO DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR TO CREATE A PLAN TO TARGET BUSINESSES FOR RELOCATION IN THE RICHARDSON, AND TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND MAKING AN ECONOMIC DRIVER. 
          AND THAT CELEBRATING DIVERSITY AND THE, THE, UM, MULTICULTURALISM IN OUR CITY COMES THROUGH IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          PROMOTE AVENUES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND, AND INPUT, UM, BUILDING ON SOME REALLY GOOD WORK THAT I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE AS PART OF THE LAST TWO, UM, UM, TACTICS THAT WE'VE OFFERED UP. 
          BUT HERE TO EXPLORE THE CREATION OF A BOARD TO CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY, ET CETERA. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST LIKE THE REMOTE POLICY, WE DIDN'T WAIT TO PRESENT TONIGHT, WE ALREADY STARTED ON THAT, AND GREG'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, GREG'S GONNA PROVIDE YOU THE SECOND BRIEFING TO THAT END TONIGHT. 
          UH, CONDUCTING AN EVALUATION ON ALIGNMENT OF CURRENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          HERE WE'RE REALLY ENVISIONING FOR SOME STRATEGIC BOARDS, UM, UH, RECOMMENDING HOSTING JOINT MEETINGS, UH, TO TALK ABOUT WORK PLANS, AND, UH, TO ALLOW THE COUNCIL AND YOUR APPOINTED, UH, BOARD COMMISSION MEMBERS TO DISCUSS HOW THOSE WORK PLANS WILL BE APPROACHED. 
          UM, THE NEXT ONE IS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY AND CUSTOMER, UH, CUSTOMERS THROUGH UTILIZATION OF NEW LIBRARY OUTREACH VAN. 
          UM, ONE OF THE, UH, SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT WE, UH, AUTHORIZED, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, WITH SOME, UH, SOME OF THE, UM, YEAR END SAVINGS WAS THE PURCHASE AND ACTIVATION OF THIS VAN. 
          SO IMPORTANT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AS WE HAVE LIMITED SPACE HERE, UH, FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING TO TAKE THE LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ON THE ROAD, AND TO PARTNER WITH OUR DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, TO PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS, TO PARTNER WITH BUSINESSES, TO TAKE THE PROGRAMS TO THEM. 
          AND SO THIS WILL BE A HUGE WAY THAT WE ENGAGE IN THE COMING, UH, UM, UH, TWO YEARS. 
          UM, WE'RE PREPARED TO LAUNCH THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE RELOCATION OF MISS BELIZE TO HUFFINES PARK. 
          YOU RECALL THE COUNCIL IN THE LAST TERM, UH, CHALLENGE CITY STAFF, NOT TO JUST ASSUME THAT THIS WOULD BE A CITY PROJECT, BUT TO GO OUT AND DEVELOP A PLAN AROUND RAISING, UM, UM, FUNDS TO, UH, TO, TO, UH, REALLY OFFSET THE CITY PORTION OF THIS PROJECT. 
          AND WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH THAT SOON TO TALK. 
          AND THEN REALLY, AGAIN, ANOTHER GOOD SUGGESTION THAT CAME OUTTA THAT SATURDAY, UH, WAS TO DEVELOP STRATEGY FOR HOSTING OPEN HOUSES REGARDING THE BOND AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. SO WITH ALMOST A 500 MILLION, I'M SORRY, $400 MILLION, FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN NOW, UM, TO PROVIDE A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR, PERHAPS AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE WE DID FOR THE CITY HALL, LIKE WE DID FOR THE BOND PROGRAM, LIKE WE DID FOR THE, UH, ENVISION RICHARDSON, UH, RESIDENTS, JUST TO COME IN, VISIT WITH CITY STAFF ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT, AND THEN TIE THAT TO THE GIS PROGRAMMING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND HAVE THOSE TWO ALIGNED. 
          UM, NEXT STRATEGIES WORK TO MAINTAIN A BALANCE BETWEEN RESPONSIBLE NEIGHBOR INTEGRITY AND THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND HERE, MANY OF THESE INITIATIVES, I THINK WILL BE REALLY, UM, REFINED, UH, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. 
          AND SO HERE, THE FIRST IS TO CREATE A, A NEW EDUCATIONAL, UH, WORKSHOP SERIES, UM, AND NEIGHBORHOOD AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, PERHAPS SPECIFIC TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE FACING. 
          UM, THAT'LL FOCUS ON A FOCUS ON ENHANCING CURB APPEAL OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, AND REALLY STRETCHING THE IMPORTANCE OF BASIC MAINTENANCE, UH, THE NEXUS TO DEVELOP AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT ALLOWS STAKEHOLDERS TO TRACK THE STATUS OF THEIR CODE VIOLATIONS. 
          AGAIN, CORE NET BEING ENHANCE WILL PROVIDE US WITH THE KIND OF GIS TECHNOLOGY, UM, AND TRACKING THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT. 
          EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR EXPANDING THE STREET MEDIAN, UH, MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THIS IN A VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL AREAS, UH, AND SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          AND WE REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS AN ANOTHER IMPORTANT WAY THAT WE CAN INVEST IN NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, TO BEAUTIFY THEM AND COMPLIMENT THE WORK THAT'S DONE ON THE PRIVATE, UH, RESIDENT SIDE. 
          UH, WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU BY THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, YEAR ONE, UH, UPDATE, BLESS YOU ON, UH, SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROGRAM, AND THEN EVALUATING IF APPROPRIATE, UH, WAYS TO ENHANCE THAT. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HEALTH AND ANIMAL SERVICES CODES THAT'LL BE COMING ON AS WELL. 
          UH, THE NEXT IS TO, UH, LEVERAGE OUR REGIONAL LEADERSHIP POSITION TO POSITIVELY IMPACT COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL ISSUES HERE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, ID AGAIN, FROM YOUR SATURDAY WORK DISCUSS HOW, UH, TO IMPACT OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN LOCAL CONTROL, UM, AND ONGOING ISSUE FOR CERTAIN, UH, WORK WITH NORTEX ADMISSIBLE WATER DISTRICT AND OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND SEWER TREATMENT CAPACITY IN THE FUTURE. 
          WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, THE WATER, UH, UH, AND THE, UH, SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY. 
          UH, AND THEN TO FURTHER THE CUSTOMER CITY PREMIUM DISCUSSION, UH, COMING OUT OF OUR PUC WORK, ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS, AND ONE OF THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WAS TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE. 
          AND WE'RE BUSY AT WORK WITH THAT, UH, COORDINATING WITH DART, IN ADDITION TO THE SILVER LINE AND THE COTTON BELL TRAIL, UH, ON COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CLEARLY REPRESENTED AND ACCOUNTED FOR IN DART'S STRATEGIC PLAN. 
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AND THEN WE WANT, WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE, UH, COGS REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY. 
          WE'RE RECALL, THIS IS THE TRANSPORTATION STUDY THAT THEY'RE COORDINATING THAT WILL INCLUDE THE AREA SERVED BY THE DENTON, UH, TRANSIT, UH, AUTHORITY, UH, THE, UH, UM, UH, TRINITY, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UH, AS WELL AS DART. 
          SO REALLY, UH, UH, GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THOSE THREE AGENCIES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, ANOTHER REALLY BIG PROJECT FOR THE COURSE OF ABOUT 18 MONTHS OR SO IS COLLABORATE WITH TECH TDO ON THE TECH LANE PROJECTS, UH, AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE'LL NEED TO TAKE A, A VERY ACTIVE ROLE IN EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT, UM, MAINTAIN A FUND STRONG, UH, SORRY, MAINTAIN A STRONG FUND BALANCE AND BOND RATING HERE. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY PREPARING FOR ANNUAL BOND ISSUANCE, UM, YOU'RE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND THE, AND THE BOND RATING AGENCY MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE THE AAA, UH, FROM BOTH, UH, S AND P AND MOODY'S, UH, UH, KENT AND, AND ANITA AND THEIR TEAM REVIEWING ANNUALLY. 
          UH, WHILE IT MAY NOT BE AS, UH, POTENT A TOOL, BUT CONTINUING TO REVIEW OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT FOR REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AGAIN, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THOSE ARE MORE LIMITED, UH, ANNUALLY EVALUATING OUR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, UM, UH, YOUR, UH, YOUR PREPARATION FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS EACH YEAR, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          UM, UH, CONTINUING TO, TO LOOK CLOSELY AT WATER SEWER, UH, SOLID WASTE RATES AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE BEING MINDFUL OF THE, UM, RATES THAT ARE NEEDED TO, UH, BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE 90 DAY FUND BALANCES OR THE APPROPRIATE FUND BALANCE, AS WELL AS, UH, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES IN THE HIGH, UH, TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD THAT OUR CITIZENS EXPECT. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT PARTICULARLY LIKE ON THE SOLID WASTE STUDY, UM, UM, THAT WILL BE A FACTOR THAT WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING IT OR WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COST, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, SOME, SOME, SOME PROS AND CONS AND SOME CHOICES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND THEN, OF COURSE, I MENTIONED THE FIVE YEAR ROLLING IN CAPITAL PLAN THAT WE DID, WE FIRST ANNOUNCED BACK IN, UH, THE DECEMBER OF 2022. 
          UPDATING THAT ANNUALLY AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS TO, TO IMPLEMENT THAT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UH, TO VALUE, PROTECT AND CREATE A POSITIVE RETURN ON, ON, UH, CITY RESIDENT AND OTHER STAKEHOLDER INVESTMENT IN THE CITY. 
          UM, YOU HAD OUTTA YOUR SATURDAY WORK WAS TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THE NEXT BULLET, THE WATER MASTER PLAN, THE SOLID WASTE SERVICES STUDY. 
          UH, WE ARE GONNA BE, UM, REALLY, UH, VISITING ON TOPICS, BUT, UH, UH, ALL, ALL TO DO WITH THAT ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES. 
          UH, THE SECOND BULLET HERE IS TO RENEW THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLIST BIKE SICKLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY STATUS. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY WE POSTPONED THAT LAST YEAR AS WE, UH, FINISHED THE ATP AND THEN REALLY DISCUSSED THE PROCESS, BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET TO THAT SILVER LEVEL, UH, BIKE FRIENDLY DESIGNATION, INCLUDING, UH, PROBABLY FORMALIZING THE BPAC, UH, IMPLEMENT A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND REDUCE LITTER AND RICHARDSON PARK SPACES. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT. 
          NVO AND HER TEAM ARE ALREADY OFF TO THE, UH, TO, TO, UH, UM, UH, DEVELOPING, UH, GOOD POLICY, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AROUND THAT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, DEVELOP CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND POLICIES REGARDING TREE PLACEMENT AND PROTECTIONS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON EXISTING TREES. 
          JIM DOULA CAME TO YOU AND EXPLAINED SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH REBUILDING A CITY VERSUS CON, YOU KNOW, NEW BUILDING A CITY IN GREENFIELD. 
          BUT, UH, WE WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT. 
          AND WE WANT TO EXPLORE FURTHER HOW WE CAN, AGAIN, MITIGATE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE THE IMPACTS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, DISCUSS THE PROCESS OF POTENTIALLY ATTAINING THE TREE, UH, CITY CERTIFICATION. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I'M SORRY, FINALLY HERE, AGAIN, A SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT TACTIC, LEVERAGED COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES HERE. 
          UH, AGAIN, THE FIRST TWO COME IN INTO YOUR SATURDAY WORK, EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL AND STATE HOUSING GRANTS. 
          UH, DISCUSSING ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, UH, STRENGTHENING OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING. 
          YOU JUST THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL MULTICULTURAL, AND THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, AGAIN, COORDINATING WITH TXDOT, UM, UH, COG AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THAT, UH, US 75 TECH LANE PROJECT. 
          UM, UM, AND LEVERAGING, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE FROM, FROM THE FEDS IN PARTICULAR, UH, TO REALLY MAKE THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UH, BE PROUD OF HERE LOCALLY. 
          SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE VERY EAGER TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THESE RECOMMENDED TACTICS. 
          UM, ONCE WE, UH, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UH, GREG AND HIS TEAM WILL ADD THE TACTICS TO THE STATEMENT OF GOALS PAGE ONLINE SO THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY CAN REFERENCE THOSE. 
          UM, WE'LL BEGIN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE DOING THIS A FEW WEEKS AND, UH, AND, UH, EARLIER THAN NORMAL BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'LL ALLOW US TO USE THE TIME BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND THE, AND THE CHRISTMAS TO REALLY, UH, ASSIGN THESE TO DIFFERENT STAFF, PUT OUR PROJECT TEAMS TOGETHER, PUT IN PLACE, UM, UH, TIMELINES, SCHEDULES AND TIMELINES, EVEN EVEN IDENTIFY FUNDING. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE MOST IMMEDIATE TACTICS THAT I PROPOSE TO BRING BACK TO YOU, OBVIOUSLY, WE, THE FIRST TWO WE WERE WELL UNDER, UM, OR SORRY, THE FIRST THERE WERE, WELL, WELL UNDERWAY. 
          THE NEXT, UH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, I TALKED ABOUT HOW WE BEGIN THAT PROCESS TONIGHT 
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AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THE THIRD, UM, UH, WILL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER NEXT WEEK FOR ADOPTION, UH, THE POTHOLE POLICY COMING BACK, UH, NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST DISCUSSION ON THE, UM, RENEWING THE, UM, UH, BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY STATUS AND, AND WHAT OUTLINING A PATH FORWARD FOR SILVER BIKE FRIENDLY DESIGNATION. 
          AND THEN LATER THIS, UH, UH, UH, DECEMBER, EARLY JANUARY, WE'LL BE HITTING, UH, THE GOLF COURSE. 
          UH, THESE ARE THE ONES JUST IDENTIFY NOW, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BE GETTING, UH, BACK WITH OUR TEAM, UH, ONCE WE HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK AND, AND, UM, AND KIND OF ADDING ADDITIONAL, UH, ITEMS, UM, FOR, UH, A QUICK START TO, UH, JANUARY, UH, 2024. 
          SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY TO MY RIGHT HERE, UH, HALEY, FOR HELPING WITH, UH, ALL THE, PUTTING THE, THE POWERPOINT TOGETHER. 
          BUT EACH OF OUR ACMS SPEND A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL TIME, UM, WITH, UH, THEIR DEPARTMENT HEADS. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, FOR, UM, GIVING SOME CONSIDERATION TO HOW CAN WE HELP YOU AT THE END OF THIS TERM, FEEL LIKE YOU, UH, WERE, UH, SUCCESSFUL AND, UM, AND BRING IT TO FRUITION YOUR GOALS, UH, THROUGH YOUR STRATEGIES. 
          AND SO, MAYOR, I WILL, UH, STOP TALKING THERE AND LISTEN. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR MR. MAGNER? MR. CORCORAN? HEY, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          NO QUESTIONS. 
          JUST, UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND, UH, SPEAK FOR MYSELF, AND I'M SURE ALL MY COLLEAGUES, WHEN I SAY WE'RE READY TO HELP YOU, UM, PUT ALL THESE WONDERFUL TACTICS INTO, INTO PLACE. 
          IT'S GONNA BE A BUSY TERM FOR SURE. 
          MS. JUSTICE, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, MR. MAGNAR, I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED IN THESE PRESENTATIONS BY HOW WELL YOU LISTEN AND CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS SAID. 
          UM, BOTH THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, OR DURING THE CAMPAIGN EVEN, YOU LISTEN, UH, AND ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT. 
          YOU LISTEN REALLY WELL DURING OUR GOAL SETTING MEETING. 
          AND I'M, I'M JUST ALWAYS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THAT. 
          AND THIS IS, AS COUNCILMAN CORCORAN'S SAID, A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME OF IT TONIGHT, RIGHT AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. 
          AND SO, I, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL, UM, THAT YOU'VE REALLY SORT OF LISTENED AND TAKEN IN WHAT, WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS SAID IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND PRIORITIZED IT. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE, UH, HOW THE NEXT FEW YEARS GO. 
          MR. TRU RUDDER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          DITTO. 
          EVERYTHING THAT'S JUST BEEN SAID, I WOULD ASK, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT OVER THE WEEKEND, DON, IS, AS WE ENGAGE WITH TXDOT, I STILL THINK WE NEED TO PUSH HARDER ON THE INTERCHANGE BETWEEN GEORGE BUSH AND 75. 
          SO I'D ASK IF WE COULD JUST ALSO KIND OF ADD THAT AS A, AS A TRAIL ON THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE ONGOING TIME. 
          IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T PUSH THEM, THEY, WE'VE REALLY GOTTA COME UP WITH A, A, A, A MORE EXPANDED SOLUTION ON THAT. 
          SO IF I, IF I COULD JUST ADD THAT. 
          OTHERWISE, FANTASTIC JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND, AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE TEAM WORKING AND HEARING US AND, AND PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WE'LL, WE WILL ADD THAT BEFORE WE, UH, ADD IT TO THE WEBSITE. 
          MR. CHU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SINCERE EFFORT AND, UH, THIS, THIS SHOWS THAT YOU, AGAIN, I'M REPEATING, BUT I DON'T MIND REPEATING THESE THINGS THAT YOU DO HERE. 
          YOU DO LISTEN AND YOU DO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER THINGS THAT REALLY PAYS FOR THE CITY. 
          I THINK ALL OF US HERE, UH, ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE SAME INTENTION. 
          WHATEVER IS THE BEST FOR THE CITY, THAT'S WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          BUT, UH, HAVING THAT, YOU KNOW, OPEN HOUSE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TIMES, DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD ELIMINATE, UH, LOTS OF THINGS, BUT ALSO THAT WILL REQUIRE PARTICIPATION. 
          OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, 75, AND THEN OTHER ONE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN  JUST MENTIONED THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL YOU KNOW, THAT OPEN HOUSE THERE, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATION AND WHAT WAS THERE. 
          SO SOME OF THE SMALL THINGS COULD BE EASILY ELIMINATED BY THOSE, UM, CONVERSATION. 
          BUT I'M VERY EXCITED MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO DO, BUT MANY WILL SAY THAT OTHER OUTSIDE THAT OBSERVING THIS MEETING TODAY, THEY MIGHT SAY THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS MISSED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE'RE GONNA MISS SOMETHING. 
          AND, UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST, WHATEVER WE CAN DO. 
          AND AT LEAST I, I CAN SAY THAT I AM, I'M NOT A PERSON THAT WHO CAN DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY AND CAN DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AND FIND A NUMBER OF COMBINATION. 
          SO I HAVE A LIMITATION. 
          I'M HUMAN. 
          SO, UH, AND, UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN ACHIEVE ALL THIS. 
          I'LL BE VERY HAPPY AND SATISFIED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BARRIOS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, EXCUSE ME, DON, AND TO, UH, CITY STAFF, I JUST WANT ECHO WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID. 
          GREAT JOB ON THIS. 
          I THINK THAT NOT YOU, YOU'VE HEARD US, UM, NOT JUST THAT SATURDAY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND EVEN PRIOR TO THAT, UH, ON 
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CAMPAIGN TRAILS AND STUFF. 
          I THINK, UH, AND WHAT I, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT, WHAT I REALLY AM HAPPY ABOUT IS THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A ONE PRONG APPROACH. 
          I MEAN, IT REALLY TOUCHES EVERY ASPECT OF THE CITY IN SO MANY WAYS. 
          AND I, AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT, UM, WE CONTINUE TO, TO GROW IN MANY WAYS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ONE, ONE PART OR ONE GOAL. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AT THIS. 
          AND I KNOW, MAYOR, I'VE HEARD HIM SAY THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, I KNOW MANY OF US ON THIS DIOCESE HAVE SAID IT, THAT THAT'S THE STRENGTH, UM, OF A DIVERSE COUNCIL, IS YOU DO BRING THAT UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES, AND YOU HAVE THIS, THIS WIDE APPROACH. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF FOR, FOR LISTENING AND TOUCHING ON, UM, THIS, THIS BROAD APPROACH, MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO, UM, BETTER GOVERNMENT AND MOVING FORWARD, BUILDING UPON THE GREATNESS THAT, UH, PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE AND THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DORIAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I TOO WANT TO THANK DON AND AND STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          THIS IS REALLY REMARKABLE, ACTUALLY. 
          IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S A LOT TO DO, BUT IT IS NECESSARY. 
          AND I LIKE THE DIRECTION THAT THE, UH, PLAN PLANNING IS GOING. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS, AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, UM, THE MEDIUM MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT IN A GOOD AND EFFICIENT WAY, TO WHERE IT'S UNDERSTOOD BY ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT RICHARDSON. 
          UH, JUST I'M INTERESTED, UM, IN SEEING HOW THAT KIND OF PLAYS A ROLE. 
          SO YEAH, I JUST THANK YOU. 
          I WON'T TAKE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, COUNSEL. 
          ONE COMMENT I WOULD ADD, THE EXCITING THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO, DON AND HIS TEAM, THEY'VE WORKED SHORTHANDED THE WHOLE TIME. 
          WE, UH, WE'VE BEEN UNDERSTAFFED, UM, AND STILL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MANY GOALS, SO MANY TACTICS THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED. 
          THE THINGS EXCITING NOW FOR ME IS TO SEE THAT WE'RE CLOSE TO HAVING EVERYONE ON BOARD. 
          WE ARE BUILDING A TRUE TEAM. 
          EVERYONE KNOWS THEIR ROLES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEW, FRESH IDEAS THAT ARE GONNA HELP CONQUER AND OVERCOME SOME OF THE OBSTACLES THAT WE HAD IN PLACE BEFORE. 
          SO, HANG ONTO YOUR HAT, 'CAUSE HERE WE COME. 
          I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM, AND Y'ALL DOING AMAZING WORK. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THIS TIME WE'RE 
          [D. REVIEW AND DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT]
GONNA GO TO ITEM D, REVIEW AND DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT. 
          MR. MAGNER, IF YOU HAVE A VOICE LEFT, GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          UH, GREG SOUL IS GOING TO, UH, TAKE THE PODIUM HERE. 
          UH, AS YOU RECALL, UH, BACK ON OCTOBER 23RD, WE HAD THE, UH, INITIAL KICKOFF BRIEFING, UH, FOR THE TACTIC THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER. 
          AND, UH, SO WE, UH, WE, UH, GREAT DIALOGUE, UH, COUNCIL THAT NIGHT, REALLY APPRECIATED, UH, YOUR INTERACTION WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
          UM, WE DID, UH, SOME VERY GOOD LISTENING THAT NIGHT, AND I THINK WE'VE BROUGHT BACK A PLAN THAT, UH, IS RESPONSIVE TO WHAT WE HEARD. 
          AND SO GREG IS GONNA GO THROUGH SOME, UH, DETAILS ABOUT THAT PLAN. 
          AND THEN AS WE CONCLUDE, UM, WE WILL TALK THROUGH, UH, SOME POTENTIAL NAMING CONSIDERATIONS AND THEN SOME NEXT STEPS. 
          AND SO, GREG, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE ON THIS THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION TO, EXCUSE ME, START TOWARDS THE CREATION OF A COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS TACTIC. 
          EXPLORE THE CREATION OF A COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY, AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS. OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE WILL BE GOING OVER TONIGHT, UH, IS, UH, MR. MAGNAR HAD SAID, UH, WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF YOUR FEEDBACK AND STARTED TO DEVELOP THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THAT PLAN. 
          AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS REVIEW, UH, LOOK AT THE DRAFT FOR THE ESTABLISHED, UH, UH, PURPOSE AND CHARGE. 
          GO THROUGH THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FROM THERE. 
          UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, OPEN IT TO YOUR DISCUSSION. 
          GET THE FINAL ELEMENTS OF YOUR FEEDBACK AS WE GO FORWARD INTO LOOKING TO CREATE THE ORDINANCE TO CREATE THIS COMMISSION. 
          SO ON THE PROCESS REVIEW, AGAIN, WE'RE VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS. 
          WE'RE IN STEP ONE, ESTABLISHING TO CLEAR PURPOSE AND CHARGE, WHICH, UH, WE HAVE A DRAFT FOR YOU TO SEE TONIGHT. 
          THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE OTHER ELEMENTS. 
          UH, BUT REALLY WE ARE STILL VERY EARLY WITHIN THIS PROCESS. 
          SO WE DO HAVE, FROM THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GATHERED, A DRAFT PURPOSE AND CHARGE, BASICALLY DEFINING THE ROLE AND THE INITIAL GOALS FOR, UH, FOR THIS COMMISSION. 
          TAKING A LOOK AT THAT NOW, THE, UH, PURPOSE ROLE DRAFT, UH, FROM WHAT WE HAD HEARD DURING YOUR LAST DISCUSSION, WE DISCUSSION, 
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WE THINK THAT WE HAVE ENCAPSULATED THAT IN THIS. 
          OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE THE DISCUSSION LATER ON TO ANYTHING THAT WE MAY MISS. 
          WE CAN TWEAK FROM THERE. 
          BUT THE COMMISSION, WHICH SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY, SHALL ACT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ADVANCING HARMONY IN THE COMMUNITY, ENCOURAGING INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS, AND FURTHERING THE CITY'S ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH ON ISSUES SUCH AS DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, ENGAGEMENT, AND ACCESSIBILITY. 
          SO THEN WE GO, AND REALLY, IT'S A LOT LIKE YOUR STRATEGIES, GOALS, AND TACTICS. 
          AND SO THEN WE GO INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS, WHICH IS, WELL, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THIS COMMISSION'S GOALS? WHAT ARE ITS, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES? AND SO, UH, INITIAL SET OF GOALS, UH, OUTLINED AGAIN, BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK TO WORK, TO ADVANCE UNITY, UNDERSTANDING AND COLLABORATION WITH EVER-CHANGING DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS, PROMOTE INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. 
          ASSIST ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN GAINING A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY AS DIRECTED BY YOU. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          REVIEW PLANS, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND SERVICES, SUPPORT THE CITY'S EFFORTS AND SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. 
          AND ASSIST WITH DEVELOPING A DIVERSE GROUP OF ENGAGED LEADERS WHO ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND AGAIN, UH, THIS IS, UH, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'D RECEIVED AT THE LAST COMMISSION OR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS KIND OF COBBLED TOGETHER TOO, OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT WE HAD, WE HAD, UH, REVIEWED. 
          SO WE GO OVER, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ITS PURPOSE. 
          WE HAVE ITS ROLE, UH, AND, AND WE'VE CREATED THE DRAFT DESIGNS FOR THAT. 
          WE ALSO TOOK BACK AT YOUR LAST MEETING, HOW SHOULD THIS COMMISSION BE COMPRISED? HOW SHOULD IT BE MADE UP? AND SO, WE'LL LOOK OVER THESE NEXT FEW SI SLIDES AT IT'S REPRESENTATION. 
          UH, THIS LEVEL OF THE, THE SERVICE OF THE MEMBERS, THE ELIGIBILITY, ELIGIBILITY OF THE MEMBERS, AND SOME NAME CONSIDERATIONS. 
          'CAUSE YOU ALSO, UH, HAD SOME NAMING IDEAS AS WELL. 
          SO ON REPRESENTATION. 
          NOW, THIS REALLY COINCIDES A LOT WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          SO THERE'S, UH, NOTHING REALLY TERRIBLY NEW. 
          UH, THE COMMISSION SHALL BE. 
          AND WE HEARD LAST TIME THAT YOU WANT THIS TO BE COUNCIL APPOINTED MEMBERS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, UH, NINE COUNCIL APPOINTED MEMBERS, UH, FOR, FOR YOUR REVIEW, COMMISSION COMPOSITION WOULD BE ONE CHAIR, ONE VICE CHAIR, AND THEN SEVEN MEMBERS. 
          THE SOMETHING WE HADN'T HEARD FROM YOU DURING THE LAST DISCUSSION THOUGH, WAS, IS THERE A COUNCIL LIAISON WITH OTHER ADVISORY COMMISSIONS THAT YOU HAVE? THERE IS A, TYPICALLY A COUNCIL LIAISON. 
          AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE ANXIOUSLY LISTENING FOR THIS EVENING AS YOU HAVE YOUR DISCUSSION, IS, DO YOU WANT A CITY COUNCIL LIAISON AS PART OF THIS, THIS GROUP FOR SERVICE? THE MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED TO SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS, AND NO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED TO SERVE MORE THAN FOUR CONSECUTIVE TWO YEAR TERMS. AGAIN, THIS IS A COINCIDING WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ELIGIBILITY. 
          AGAIN, THE SAME HERE. 
          MUST BE A QUALIFIED VOTER, MUST HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TEXAS FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. 
          MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT. 
          MUST HOLD NO ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICE AND MUST NOT BE IN ARAR, UH, IN THE TECH, IN TAXES OR OTHER LIABILITY DUE TO THE CITY BEST PRACTICES. 
          SO IN YOUR LAST DISCUSSION, YOU HAD SOME IDEAS ON NAMES AND HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THEM? WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN A NAME, RIGHT? UH, AND SO, UH, IN, IN LOOKING AT SOME BEST PRACTICES FOR COMING UP WITH A NAME, WE FOUND SOME OF THESE TO GIVE YOU SOME GUIDELINES AS YOU START TO GO THROUGH THAT CONSIDERATION. 
          NOW, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT, AGAIN, THE OTHER CITIES AND WHAT THEY HAD NAMED THEIR GROUPS, UH, BUT ALSO HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT TO GET US STARTED WITH THAT DISCUSSION. 
          BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES OF FOR COMING UP FOR A NAME, UH, CLARITY, UH, AND, AND RELEVANCE IS, IS ONE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS THE PURPOSE OR THE MISSION OF THE GROUP. 
          SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO EXPLAIN WITHIN THE NAME. 
          UH, SHORT AND SIMPLE, EASIER TO REMEMBER AND MORE USER FRIENDLY. 
          THIS REALLY HELPS TOO A LOT WITH OUR MARKETING WHEN WE DO ANY ASSOCIATED, UH, PRINT DOCUMENTATION, MAYBE EVEN WEBSITES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT HELPS. 
          ACRONYMS CAN BE USEFUL, UH, BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE CONFUSING IF THEY'RE NOT WELL KNOWN OR RELEVANT TO THE GROUP'S PURPOSE. 
          SO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AS YOU LOOK INTO THE NAMING. 
          UH, FUTURE PROOFING IS ALSO SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER. 
          NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD, UH, CHANGES AS, AS THOSE GROUPS HAVE CHANGED IN, IN THEIR WORK. 
          UH, AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING, BUT WE DO TRY TO MAKE IT WHERE WE'RE NOT RENAMING THEM ALSO ALL THAT OFTEN. 
          SO, UH, IT STILL, UH, AS YOU SEE HERE, WILL IT STILL MAKE SENSE AND BE RELEVANT AS THE GROUP EVOLVES OVER TIME? SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE OTHER CITIES, THESE WERE SOME OF THE NAMES THAT THEY HAD OF THEIR GROUPS. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'VE GONE OVER THEM BEFORE. 
          UH, I'LL HAVE 'EM ON THE SCREEN. 
          DON'T NECESSARILY GO OVER ALL OF THEM EACH, BUT WE WERE TAKING THAT. 
          AND THEN LISTEN TO YOUR DISCUSSION. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE END UP THEN WITH SOME OPTIONS. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE IF YOU, UH, HAVE AN ACRONYM TO THEM. 
          UH, 
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AND THEN OTHERS ARE JUST BASICALLY GATHERING KEYWORDS THAT WE HEARD DURING YOUR DISCUSSION AND WHAT, UH, SHOULD BE CONVEYED THE MESSAGE YOU'RE TRYING TO CONVEY TO, UH, NOT JUST THE, THE MEMBERS WHO ARE PART OF THIS GROUP, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY WITH WHOM THEY ARE INTERACTING. 
          AND SO THERE'S THE ACCESSIBILITY, INCLUSION, UH, DIVERSITY AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION. 
          I'LL ALSO ADD, THIS IS ALSO FURTHER INPUT THAT'S ALSO COME FROM YOU AS A GROUP, UH, THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE. 
          UH, SO THAT'S AID ACCESSIBILITY AND DIVERSITY COMMISSION, UH, COMMUNITY DIVERSITY ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION, COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION, AND THE MULTICULTURAL ACCESSIBILITY, DIVERSITY AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION WERE MADE. 
          AND SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST SOME OPTIONS STARTING POINTS, UH, TO GET THE DISCUSSION ROLLING WITH ALL THAT. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS RELEASE, KICKED OFF IN SEPTEMBER, AND, UH, HAD YOUR FIRST BRIEFING IN OCTOBER. 
          UH, IF WE GO ALONG AND AN ORDINANCE IS CREATED TO CREATE THIS COMMISSION AND ADOPT IT IN NOVEMBER, THEN WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IN DECEMBER WE COULD START THE OUTREACH MARKETING TO REACH OUT TO THOSE MEMBERS THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN APPLYING IN JANUARY. 
          AGAIN, THAT APPLICATIONS, WE'D HAVE THOSE COME IN AND FEBRUARY, HAVE YOU GO THROUGH THE APPLICANTS AS YOU NORMALLY WOULD FOR ASSIGNING, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS. 
          AND THEN HAVING THE FIRST MEETING WITH THE GOAL OF, UH, THAT OCCURRING IN APRIL. 
          ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT WILL BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AGAIN, AS ALL YOUR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH THEIR APPROPRIATE, NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO ASSIST IN ITS ENDEAVORS AND EXERCISE ITS DUTIES. 
          AND THEN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ESSENTIALLY SERVE AS THE COMMISSION LIAISON DEPARTMENTALLY AS AGAIN, UH, SEVERAL OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, HAVE AS WELL. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREG, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? MR. BARRIOS? YOU'RE ON TWO. 
          YOU'RE COUNTING. 
          OKAY, MS. JUSTICE, YOU WANT TO, YOU, I, I DO NEED A ALL RIGHT, MS. JUSTICE, JUST ON THE, UH, THIS IS GREAT. 
          I THINK FROM A PURPOSE, UM, UM, AND SORT OF, UH, I DON'T KNOW, RESPONSIBILITY STANDPOINT, I THINK THAT YOU REALLY WELL CAPTURED, UM, WHAT THE COUNCIL SAID LAST TIME. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, ABUSE SERVES, UH, A GREAT DIRECTION FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO TAKE. 
          UH, IT'S, UH, TO COUNCILMAN CORCORAN'S, UH, POINT LAST TIME. 
          IT'S BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACING. 
          IT'S, UH, I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND YOU CAPTURED THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, FROM A NAMING STANDPOINT, UM, I WOULD LOVE IF WE COULD STEAL ARLINGTON'S UNITY COUNCIL. 
          I THINK THAT THAT SHORT, SWEET, AND REALLY GETS TO THE POINT. 
          I WISH WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT, UH, FOR NOW, I'M, I, I CAN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING BETTER, BUT THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD IS, SOMETHING SHORT AND SWEET LIKE THAT, THAT REALLY SORT OF COMMUNICATES THE MESSAGE. 
          SOME OF THESE, TO ME, I LIKE THE ACRONYMS, BUT FEEL LONG. 
          UM, AND , IT VIOLATES YOUR VERY FIRST PRINCIPLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CLARITY. 
          AND, UM, SO I THINK THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD THERE. 
          AND THAT FROM A COUNCIL LIAISON STANDPOINT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, NOT BECAUSE WE NEED COUNCIL TO BE PROVIDING THEIR OPINION, BUT REALLY SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN BE THERE TO, TO PROVIDE DIRECTION ABOUT WHAT THE COUNCIL MAY BE WORKING ON. 
          UM, AND JUST SORT OF BE A VOICE IN THE ROOM WHEN NEEDED. 
          UM, BUT NOT REALLY THERE TO TELL THE COMMITTEE WHAT TO DO. 
          SO A WELL-DEFINED COUNCIL LIAISON ROLE, , I THINK, UH, WOULD BE GOOD HERE. 
          MR. CHU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          WELL, I MEAN THIS, THIS, THIS BOARD OR COMMISSION, WHATEVER WE CALL VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          I THINK PRETTY MUCH WE ALL UNDERSTAND, UH, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE PURPOSE AND, UH, THE ROLE AND THE SCOPE, UH, QUITE A BIT. 
          AND YOU HAVE PRETTY MUCH ADDED, UH, EVERYTHING THAT INITIALLY THAT WE CAN THINK OF. 
          UH, THE NAMING THING, YOU KNOW, PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE DOING OR WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE DOING. 
          UH, HAVING A CLEAR PURPOSE AND CLEAR DIRECTION IS IMPORTANT. 
          UH, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT THIS COMMITTEE CONTINUES IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          SO SAME, SAME WAY. 
          I THINK I AGREE, NOT JUST AGREE THAT YOU ALREADY SAID THAT MANY TIMES, A FEW TIMES ON THE SLIDE, THAT THE NAME IS ALSO IMPORTANT, UH, AND, UH, HAVING A GOOD NAME, UH, THAT REFLECT THE PURPOSE AND THE SUB, THE, THE SCOPE IS, UH, IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND, UH, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, I SERVED ON ONE OF THE MULTICULTURAL COMMITTEE. 
          IT WAS FORMED BY ONE, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE NAME. 
          IT WAS FORMED BY ONE OF THE STATE REP. 
          AND, UH, I WAS VERY EXCITED JOINING THAT. 
          IT WAS OVER, OVER 10, 12 YEARS AGO. 
          BUT IT DID NOT HAVE THAT. 
          THE OTHER 
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THINGS, THE PURPOSE, ROLE, SCOPE, THOSE ARE NOT DEFINED. 
          SO AFTER SERVING A COUPLE YEARS, PROBABLY THEN I LEFT. 
          SO THAT'S ONE THING. 
          YOU KNOW, HAVING A GOOD NAME IS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, VERY CLEAR, YOU KNOW, NAME THAT WILL ACTUALLY REPRESENT WHAT THE BOARD COMMISSION WILL BE DOING. 
          SAME TIME IS OTHER WAY, YOU KNOW, JUST THE PURPOSE ITSELF WILL NOT TELL OUTSIDE WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BOARD. 
          UH, OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO ENGAGE, NOT ONE GROUP, NOT TWO GROUP CITYWIDE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, CITY IS DOING GREAT JOB SO FAR COMMUNICATING WITH COMMUNITIES, BUT THERE ARE SOMETHING MISSING, UH, THAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, THE CITY IS NOT THE COMMUNITY, IT'S NATURAL WAY, UH, BECAUSE LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, IMMIGRANTS ARE MOVING TO THIS AREA. 
          AND ALSO LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UH, CULTURAL BACKGROUND, INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS ARE COMING TO THE CITY. 
          SO COMMUNICATION BECOME A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING FOR BOTH SIDE. 
          SO WE ARE TRYING TO OPEN UP SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, THAT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY IN A SENSE THAT THAT WILL BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS ALSO, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONLY ONE SITE CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, GET THE BENEFIT OF ANYTHING THAT'S GOOD HAPPEN. 
          SO IT HAVE TO BE LIKE COMBINATION. 
          AND JUST RECENTLY ON THE CARE PROGRAM, THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL, I ADMIT THAT HE JUST CAME TO US A MAYBE, UH, NOT MAYBE LAST MAY. 
          AND WHEN HIS NEIGHBOR ASKED HIM TO JOIN THE PROGRAM, UH, AND THEN HE LOOKED AT THE NEWSPAPER RESEARCH TODAY, AND HE SAW SOME PICTURE THERE OF THE COUNCIL. 
          AND THEN HE SAW A PICTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT TOLD HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS CITY IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, EASY, FRIENDLY, WE CAN GET, I CAN GET INVOLVED. 
          AND IT'S WELCOMING. 
          SO HE JOINED THE CARE PROGRAM. 
          SO I WAS VERY EXCITED SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMETIMES SOMETHING HAPPENED JUST, UH, SHOWING THAT WHAT WE DO OUTSIDE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY HAVING A NAME, MEANINGFUL NAME, UH, IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND, UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REGION THAT I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT HAVING A DIVERSITY, UH, IN THE NAME IS IMPORTANT. 
          DIVERSITY, OR MAYBE MULTICULTURAL, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, A MULTICULTURAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LIMITED, IT SHOWS LIMITATION, BUT THE DIVERSITY CLEARLY SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMMISSION. 
          UH, BY LOOKING OUT, LOOKING AT ALL THE SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, AND HAVING A SHORT, SWEET NAME. 
          WONDERFUL, IF WE CAN HAVE THAT. 
          BUT SOME OF THE NAME HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN, LIKE THE KR. 
          IF WE SAY KR, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE, BUT I COULDN'T FIND OUT HOW TO NAME C. 
          YOU KNOW, MULTICULTURAL DOES NOT START WITH C, . 
          DIVERSITY DOESN'T START WITH C, SO I COULD NOT CHANGE IT . 
          SO, AND SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING EIGHT, IT'S GREAT. 
          IT, IT, IT'S ATTRACTS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. 
          BUT, UH, IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING SWEETER SMALLER, I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. 
          UH, UH, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, MOST OF THE NAMES ARE REALLY GREAT, BUT I WOULD BE STRONGLY SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT SHOWS DIVERSITY AND OR MULTICULTURAL IN THAT NAME THAT WOULD GIVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY THE FULL NAME, BUT IF PEOPLE HEAR BIG, LONG NAME, BUT THEY HEAR LIKE ONE OR TWO WORD IN IT, THEY'LL COME BACK AND READ THE NAME AGAIN. 
          AND I THINK THAT WILL OPEN UP A BIGGER DOOR, UH, FOR THE LARGER COMMUNITY TO GET ENGAGED MORE OPENLY, MORE ACTIVELY. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR PURPOSE OF DOING. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT AND LISTENING. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BARRIOS. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THERE ARE A COUPLE NOTES. 
          I WANT TO, ONE, UM, I ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE SAID. 
          UM, I AGREE THERE SHOULD BE A COUNCIL LIAISON, UM, THIS COMMISSION COMMITTEE, UM, NOT, AGAIN, LIKE SHE SAID, NOT TO STEER THE CONVERSATION, BUT SUPPORT AS NEEDED, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE STAFF WOULD BE THERE FOR, UM, BUT FROM THE COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE. 
          SO I, I ABSOLUTELY THINK COUNT THERE SHOULD BE A LIAISON TO, TO THIS, UM, UNDER GOALS, THE INITIAL GOALS SLIDE, THE FOURTH BULLET POINT DOWN AS DIRECTED BY CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S USED WITHIN THAT BULLET POINT, BUT ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, I WOULD, THAT WHEN 
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WE CREATE THEIR GOALS, WE ALSO EMPOWER THEM. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST AS ASSIGNED BY CITY COUNCIL OR AS CHARGED BY CITY COUNCIL, BUT THAT THEY FEEL EMPOWERED TO, UM, COME UP WITH THEIR OWN IDEAS AND TO, YOU KNOW, BE THE BIRTHPLACE OF IDEAS, BUT BIRTHPLACE OF, UM, SUGGESTIONS. 
          AND THAT THEY, THEY ARE EMPOWERED TO DO THAT, UH, TO, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR, UM, TO COME TO THE COUNCIL. 
          SO I, I THINK, I'M NOT SURE ON THE WORDING THAT, BUT I, I HOPE THAT, UM, GREG, I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE EMPOWERED TO, TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE ON THINGS VERSUS US NOT JUST DIRECTING THEM. 
          UM, DAN, COULD I INTERRUPT YOU JUST A SECOND? YES, SIR. 
          AND ASK, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GOALS, I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS SET THE GOALS. 
          I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, SO DON'T MISUNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT WOULDN'T THIS COMMITTEE BE WORKING ON THE TACTICS THAT'S GOING TO CARRY THOSE GOALS THAT WE'VE LAID OUT FOR THEM TO CARRY THEM FORWARD? HOW IT'S ACCOMPLISHED IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING THAT COMMITTEE TO DO. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M ASKING YOU? SAY THAT AGAIN, MAYOR. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD WANT THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION TO CHANGE THE GOALS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS SET FORTH, NOT TO CHANGE THE GOALS. 
          WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO IS IDENTIFY THE WAY WE CAN ABSOLUTELY CARRY THESE GOALS FORWARD WITH THEIR TACTICS. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA OVERRIDE THEM WITH THEIR TACTICS UNLESS IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE JUST COULDN'T ACCEPT. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT WE DON'T WANT THEM CHANGING THE GOALS, THE GOALS WILL BE SET, AND NOW THEY WILL HELP FIND A WAY CORRECT. 
          TO EXECUTE THOSE GOALS. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT THEY EMPOWERED US SAY, YOU KNOW, UM, TO, TO, UM, AND I, I LOOK AT THE WORD RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I WANT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EMPOWERED IN THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO COME TO US AND SAY, LOOK, BASED ON THE GOAL SET OF THIS COMMISSION, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO INTO THE TACTICS OF THAT, THAT THEY BE EMPOWERED TO, I GUESS, INITIATE TACTICS. 
          YES. 
          IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER EXPLANATION. 
          I WOULD FEEL BETTER ABOUT THAT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT LET, LET, AND IF I MAY, OKAY, SO INITIATING A TACTIC COULD HAVE A LOT OF, THEY COULD HAVE BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS, IT COULD HAVE STAFFING CONSIDER. 
          SO I JUST, I MEAN, WE'RE AT A REALLY GOOD POINT IN THIS PROCESS, BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY DEFINE WHAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT INITIATE TACTICS OR, UM, OR LAUNCH INTO THINGS. 
          THAT ALL HAS TO COME BACK TO A BUDGET PROCESS THAT HAS TO COME BACK TO FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS. 
          SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY HERE, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS BRINGING UP QUICKLY HERE, UM, WE MODELED THIS OFF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, THIS PARTICULAR, THIS PARTICULAR ORIG, UH, AND GUESS INITIAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I GUESS I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL, IS ANY POLICY OR PROCEDURE OF THE CITY OPEN TO THIS BOARD'S? BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT'S TRYING TO GET AT, IS TRYING TO SAY, YOU, YOU, YOU AS A COUNCIL, NOW THEY CAN, THEY CAN COME TO YOU AND SAY, WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS, BUT MAYBE FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING THEM LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE IDEA OF, UM, HAVING SOME COUNSEL KIND OF, UM, CONSENSUS AROUND, WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS POLICY, WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS PROCEDURE. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO JUST BE, I JUST, AGAIN, FOR, FOR US AS STAFF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'M BEING TOO LITERAL HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK I AM. 
          IF WE'RE SAYING THIS, THE PARKS BOARD CANNOT INITIATE A POLICY, A PROCEDURE, OR A PROGRAM. 
          'CAUSE THAT CAN LIGHT A BUNCH OF FUSES THAT THE PARKS BOARD CAN'T NECESSARILY FUND OR STAFF. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT HERE. 
          STRIKE THAT BALANCE. 
          I DO ALSO WANT TO, I DO ALSO WANNA JUST KIND OF SAY, UH, AND COUNCILMAN HURA, YOU MADE THIS VERY GOOD POINT. 
          AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE YOU DID AS WELL. 
          SO THESE ARE JUST THE INITIAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          WHAT I ENVISION HAPPENING HERE IS AFTER YOU APPOINT THIS COMMISSION AND THEY GET THE TRAINING THAT, YOU KNOW, BEST PRACTICES SAY WOULD BE A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR THEM TO GET TO KIND OF GO ON THIS JOURNEY, WE'LL, WE ARE GONNA HIRE A FACILITATOR TO HELP THEM FLUSH OUT, FLUSH OUT, IF YOU WILL, WHAT THESE SIX INITIAL RESPONSIBILITIES MEAN. 
          AND THEN THAT, THAT ASSIGNMENT COMES BACK TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SAY, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE MEANT. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, WE REALIZE THESE ARE JUST SIMPLY INITIAL KIND OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE'VE TAKEN FROM OTHER, OTHER EXAMPLES IN OTHER CITIES AND OTHER BOARDS HERE. 
          BUT, UM, SO I, I JUST, I, I WANNA JUST GET A, A, A TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF KIND OF AT WHAT LEVEL YOU WANT TO, PARTICULARLY AT AN INITIAL LEVEL LIKE THIS, YOU WANT TO KIND OF EMPOWER THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE WE JUST DON'T TIE THEIR HANDS. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE, WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO TAKE ALL THAT. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE A A HUNDRED LAUNDRY LIST POINTS FOR THE PARKS OR RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, AND THEN THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF THAT. 
          UM, SO, BUT HOWEVER 
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WE DO DECIDE THIS TO GO ABOUT THIS MM-HMM. 
          , I MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ALLOW THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE A BOARD HERE, KENT'S GONNA BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE BECAUSE OF HIS FINANCIAL BACKGROUND THAT I MAY NOT SEE. 
          AND IF HE IS PURELY ACTING SOLELY TO ACCOMPLISH GOAL 1, 2, 3, THEN THE PURPOSE OF HIM AND HIS BACKGROUND, I JUST DON'T WANNA ELIMINATE THAT IN THE PROCESS. 
          SO, SO WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, IS THE PURPOSE OF OUR DIVERSITY COUNCIL, OR WHATEVER WE CALL IT, IS TO BRING THOSE VOICES TO THE TABLE AND BRING THAT DIFFERENT ASPECT. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, SOMEBODY WHO MAY HAVE A PHYSICAL BARRIER IS GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN I AM. 
          SO I WANT TO ALLOW THEM ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT TO SPEAK UP AND TO BRING IT TO US. 
          AND AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, AND TO STAFF. 
          AND AT THAT POINT THEN, I GUESS WE JUST, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO WHAT DON JUST WHAT DON JUST DESCRIBED IS WHAT YOU ENVISIONED, OR YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HE JUST DESCRIBED. 
          I, I WAS CONCERNED ON THE WORDS, AND I'M NOT SURE, I DON'T HAVE A ENVISION AS FAR AS STEP 1, 2, 3, AND HOW IT'S GONNA WORK OUT, BUT I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ON THAT. 
          UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IN THAT WE SOMEHOW MAKE SURE THE WORDING IS IN THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THE AS DIRECTED PIECE THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU. 
          YES. 
          WOULD, YEAH. 
          AS DIRECTED, I MEAN, RAISE A RED FLAG, WOULD, WOULD, HOW WOULD SOMETHING LIKE MAYBE, UM, WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE COUNCIL, 'CAUSE I MEAN, THAT KIND OF IMPLIES THEY COULD PETITION YOU VERSUS ONLY SITTING BACK MAYBE, MAYBE DIRECTED IMPLIES THEY'RE SITTING BACK WAITING TO BE TOLD, GO LOOK AT THIS. 
          WHEREAS SOMETHING LIKE, AND WE CAN, WE CAN TWEAK THIS, BUT SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE COUNCIL SURE. 
          THAT WAY THEY, THAT IMPLIES YOU COULD ASK 'EM TO DO IT, OR THEY COULD COME TO YOU AND SAY, WE THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE STUDIED. 
          AND YOU CAN SAY, YEAH, WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT'S A LOT MORE INCLUSIVE AND EMPOWERING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING AT THAT POINT, OR CAN I I DO CONTINUE TO THAT POINT. 
          TO THAT SPECIFIC POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, YOU KNOW, PARKS COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE EVERY, EVERY TERM FOR COMING UP WITH THE STATE OF THE PARKS THAT THEY PRESENT TO US. 
          WOULD A, WOULD IT BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM TO, FOR THIS COMMISSION TO CREATE A WORK PLAN THAT THEY BRING TO US WITH SPECIFIC TACTICS? IS THAT, IS THAT TOO MUCH? IS THAT NO, I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU, SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT ARE YOU POINTING AT? STRATEGIC PLAN? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? OR SOMETHING ELSE? UM, SO, SO COUNCILMAN, I THINK THAT COULD BE, I THINK THAT ABSOLUTELY COULD BE OUT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE WOULD DEVELOP. 
          I THINK THAT COULD BE, AND YOU COULD TIE THAT BACK TO ALL SIX OF THE, THE INITIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO SAY, YEAH, MAYBE THIS, THIS, THIS GROUP COMES AND DOESN'T, I MEAN, YOU, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE PARKS LETTER, THE APRIL LETTER. 
          UM, IT COULD ABSOLUTELY BE THAT THE, THAT THE CULTURAL, I MEAN, UM, EXCUSE ME, THAT THE, WHATEVER THIS COMMITTEE'S CALLED WOULD PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH AN ANNUAL LETTER TO RECOMMEND. 
          THESE ARE THE THINGS, I MEAN, IT COULD BE THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO STUDY. 
          THESE ARE THE THINGS WE THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER AS FUNDING PRIORITIES. 
          THESE ARE THE KINDS OF ABSOLUTELY. 
          OR THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO TO IMPLEMENT. 
          YEP. 
          THESE STRATEGIES. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS FOR COUNCIL RIO'S POINT, HAVING THAT CODIFIED IS IMPORTANT. 
          SO THAT FIVE OR SIX YEARS LATER, IT DOESN'T BECOME LIKE OTHER COMMISSIONS WHERE, OKAY, THEY HAD THIS RESPONSIBILITY AT ONE POINT AND NOW IT'S KIND OF GOTTEN LOST. 
          AND THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF FIRM RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT SOMETHING BACK TO US WITH IDEAS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE INTENT I WAS TRYING TO DELIVER HERE. 
          I'M NEVER GONNA BE AGAINST CODIFICATION. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT ADDS TO TRANSPARENCY, WHICH I, SO ARE YOU, LET ME JUST, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 
          SO YOU, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT KIND OF UP, UM, KIND OF FORMALIZED NOW? OR WOULD YOU LIKE THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU APPOINT TO GO THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND THEN THAT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY SUGGEST THAT THEY DO? I MEAN, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OKAY. 
          IN, IN THE ITEM THAT WE PASS. 
          YES. 
          AND IF I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT WAY, THEN I DON'T, I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE. 
          COUNCILMAN MCC COR. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY BROAD WAY TO, TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND, AND HAVE IT SET IN STONE, SO TO SPEAK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, DO YOU, DO YOU AGREE THAT'S FINE? OR IS IT OKAY? OKAY. 
          DO ME, MY SON. 
          OKAY. 
          I KNOW, I'M SORRY. 
          I THINK THE ENGAGEMENT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING THEM IN AS HAVE THEM AS PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, I STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE POINTS, BUT KEEP GOING. 
          I SEE A COUPLE MICS ON, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD KEEP GOING. 
          ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT POINT? OKAY. 
          YOU WANNA TALK TO THAT ISSUE? NO, I THINK, NO. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          I THINK THAT CLARIFIES THINGS. 
          I THINK I'M, I THINK THAT THAT 
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PROBABLY WILL CLARIFY A LOT, LOTS OF THINGS DOWN THE ROAD. 
          SO, SO WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF I READ THE PARKS JUST AS AN EXAMPLE? SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WHAT IT SAYS IS, UM, EACH YEAR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR SHALL REQUEST THE PARKS COMMISSION TO REVIEW, STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DIRECTOR, UM, OF, OF PARKS FOR PRIORITIES OF PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED TO BE DESIRABLE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM. 
          THE COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER ARE TO BE INFORMED OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND REASONS, THEREFORE, SO SOMETHING ALONG WITH SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          B THAT'S GOOD. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST. 
          OKAY. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. 
          CONTINUE MA'AM. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE HAD BEEN SOME WORK, UH, DONE BY, I BELIEVE WHAT IT WAS CALLED, A BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE UNDER PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND IN PREVIOUS MAYOR. 
          AND AS WE BEGIN THIS WORK, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE CONSIDER SOME OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE. 
          UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE COULD, IS PART OF THEIR INITIAL FORMING OF THIS? I DON'T THINK THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW, ONE PROCESS. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE TO SHARE, UH, ALL THE, UM, THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND ABOUT THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE ONBOARDING OR ORIENTATION FOR THE, THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT YOU WOULD EVENTUALLY APPOINT. 
          JUST TO, TO YOUR POINT, THEY TRY TO GET 'EM UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAME OF IT. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK ABSOLUTELY WE, WE COULD INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE ORIENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAD A COUPLE THOUGHTS ON NAMES. 
          SO GIMME ONE SECOND. 
          LET ME GET TO, I'M NOT FOND OF MAID. 
          I'M NOT A FAN OF MAID. 
          I WILL SAY THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT, THAT ONE WAS A LITTLE PAID FROM MY EARS. 
          BUT, UM, THERE WERE, I LIKE THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT CON, AND I, I KNOW, UM, THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN JUSTICE. 
          I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU AND HAS BEEN, I'VE HEARD YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE IF THIS COMMUNITY INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT, ACCESSIBILITY COMMISSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THEN WE GET INTO THE LONG, I WILL ADMIT, I, UM, WAS CHATTY WITH A FRIEND OF MINE, UH, A WEEK OR SO AGO, AND WE, WE WERE PLAYING WITH CHAT GBT. 
          SO I, I CAME IN WITH FIVE, FIVE LITTLE SUGGESTIONS THAT AREN'T HERE. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF READ 'EM. 
          NOT THAT I NECESSARILY, UH, THINK ANY ONE OF THESE IN PARTICULAR IS ABOVE THE OTHER, JUST FIVE THAT KIND OF STOOD OUT. 
          COMMISSION ON NEIGHBORING AND BELONGING, UH, SIMILAR TO UNITY, BUT IT'S, UH, CONNECTION COMMISSION, UH, EMPOWERMENT COLLECTIVE. 
          THIS IS ONE THAT I, I KIND OF LIKE, IT'S THE CIVIC EMPOWERMENT COMMISSION. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT IN MY OPINION, INCLUSION, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCLUSION, ENGAGEMENT, ACCESSIBILITY, AND NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMPOWERING PEOPLE. 
          UH, SO, SO TO ME THAT ONE STOOD OUT A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, EMPOWERMENT COMMISSION, AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION, REPRESENTATION ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION, UM, THE MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION. 
          ANYWAYS, BUT, UH, THOSE WERE JUST SOME THAT STOOD OUT, THAT CHAT GBT SUGGESTED BASED ON THE PARAMETERS WE PUT IN THERE. 
          AND I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT, WE KIND OF GOOGLED DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE, UM, THEY, IT SPIT OUT A BUNCH. 
          AND I, I LOOKED LIKE Y'ALL DID YOUR OWN HOMEWORK AND WHAT OTHER CITIES AND STATES WERE DOING. 
          AND, UM, THOSE ARE SOME THAT JUST KIND OF LINED. 
          BUT I, I, I KIND OF, BASED ON WHAT YOU ALL PRES WHAT YOU PRESENTED TODAY, UH, I KIND OF LIKE ADDING THE WORD ACCESSIBILITY TO THAT FOURTH BULLET AND MAKE IT LIKE A COMMUNITY INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT AND ACCESSIBILITY COMMISSION IS KIND OF WHERE I'M LEANING, BUT I'M OPEN TO OTHER THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU MR. CORCORAN. 
          DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? OH, SURE. 
          MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, COUNCIL LIAISON, YES. 
          I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD SEND A REALLY BAD MESSAGE TO TREAT THIS COMMISSION DIFFERENT THAN OUR OTHER COMMISSIONS. 
          AND, UM, AS FAR AS NAMING CON CONSIDERATIONS, UH, COUNCIL RIOS, I, YOU KNOW, I LIKE, I LIKE ALL YOUR SUGGESTIONS. 
          UM, THE ONE THAT STUCK OUT TO ME ON HERE, ACCESSIBILITY AND DIVERSITY COMMISSION. 
          IT'S SUPER SHORT AND, AND SWEET. 
          BUT HONESTLY, UM, I THINK, I THINK EVERYONE WHO'S COME TO THE TABLE WITH, WITH IDEAS HAS COME WITH REALLY GOOD IDEAS THAT ARE KIND OF, UH, THAT SPEAK TO WHAT THE COMMISSION IS AND ARE NOT, NOT BLAND OR GENERIC. 
          AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, MR. HUTCH AND ROGER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO SLIGHTLY DIVERGENT FROM WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I THINK THE WORD ACCESSIBILITY, I KNOW HOW Y'ALL ARE 
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USING IT, BUT I THINK ACCESSIBILITY GETS OFF INTO THE WHOLE ADA AND A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL ARE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY FROM AN ACCESSIBILITY STANDPOINT. 
          THE WORDS THAT, THE WORDS THAT HAVE ALWAYS JUMPED OFF AT ME ON THE PAGE AS WE'VE TALKED THROUGH THIS, IS COMMUNITY INCLUSION. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO INCLUDE EVERYONE. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY PICKING GROUPS OR FACTIONS OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          WE WANT TO BE AN, AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF EVERYONE, AND THEN WE WANT TO ENGAGE. 
          SO FOR ME, IT'S ALL, WHEN I SAW THIS LIST THE FIRST TIME, I'VE ALWAYS SAID COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION. 
          I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH ACCESSIBILITY. 
          I JUST THINK IT TAKES ON A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT MEANINGS THAT COULD GET VERY, MY WORDS, GOBBLEDY, GOOPED AS IT AS WE TRIED TO, TO ROLL THIS OUT. 
          NUMBER TWO, I WORRY, AND THIS IS NOT DIRECTED AT ANYONE ON THIS COUNCIL. 
          I WORRY ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO FORM THIS, HAVING JUST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER AS A LIAISON. 
          I THINK, I, I DISAGREE WITH YOU AS FAR AS, I DON'T THINK IT SENDS A BAD MESSAGE. 
          WHAT I THINK IT SAYS IS THAT EACH OF US ON COUNCIL WANT TO BE INVOLVED, WANT TO BE, UM, HAVING INPUT INTO THIS. 
          UM, AND SO I GO BACK TO WHAT I TALKED ABOUT ORIGINALLY IS I THINK AS WE'RE, AS THIS IS BEING PUT TOGETHER, THERE OUGHT TO BE A STRATEGIC, UM, PLANNING SESSION, A DISCUSSION SESSION. 
          I, I THINK THE WORDING CAN BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH, WITH ALL OF US. 
          SO I WORRY AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF HAVING ONE PERSON, BECAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN LIAISONS, AND WE ALL KNOW HOW IN SOME CASES, THOSE COMMISSIONS DEFER TO WHOEVER THE COUNCIL PERSON IS. 
          I SAW IT WHEN I WAS ON CULTURAL ARTS. 
          I SAW IT ON, ON, ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          AND SO I WORRY THAT IF, IF, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO, TO SAY, WELL, ARE YOU SAYING ME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT IN GENERAL, THAT IN THE, IN THE FORMATION OF THIS, ONCE WE GET IT FORMED, ONCE WE'RE DOWN THE ROAD, THEN, THEN I THINK A, A, A COUNCIL LIAISON WOULD BE, WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE. 
          BUT IN THE BEGINNING STAGES, I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE JUST ONE OF US AND PUT THEM AS THE COUNCIL LIAISON, BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL FEEL THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND WE ALL WANT TO HAVE VOICE TOWARDS IT. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRY TO STRUCTURE IT, THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A, MY WORDS, A, A, A, A TENDENCY TO, TO HAVE A DEFERMENT TOWARDS WHOEVER THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON IS. 
          THAT'S THE LIAISON ON THERE. 
          SO, UM, THE, AND AGAIN, I, I DON'T, I THINK NAMING CONVENTION, I'M NOT SURE. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE ALL FEEL IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 
          WHY DO WE WANNA SHORTCHANGE IT BY TRYING TO CHOP DOWN WORDS OR GET CUTE OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          I THINK WE'VE SAID ALL ALONG FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT INCLUSION, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ENGAGEMENT. 
          THOSE ARE THE WORDS THAT WE'VE SAID. 
          AND EVEN MAYBE IF IT'S, IF IT'S, IF WE WANT TO HAVE THE WORD DIVERSITY IN THERE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT A LONGER NAME IS SUCH A BAD THING WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT WE FEEL THIS IS AND THE MESSAGE WE'RE TRYING TO SEND OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO I THINK IN, IN THE BEGINNING, ESPECIALLY, MORE WORDS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE BETTER THAN LESS WORDS. 
          SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AS WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT TO THIS, UM, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH IT. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE THOSE THREE, THOSE THREE POINTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          MAYOR, CAN I ASK A CLARIFICATION QUESTION? SURE. 
          COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER, UH, COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER, UM, YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE WORD ACCESSIBILITY, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION SAKE, IS IT BECAUSE OF, AND YOU MENTIONED ADA, JUST WE DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE PEOPLE ON MAYBE THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF AADA A IS THAT WHAT CORRECT. 
          I DON'T CONCERN. 
          I DON'T THINK WE, I DON'T THINK WE, AND AND UNLESS I MISSED THE BOAT COMPLETELY, I DON'T THINK WE ARE SAYING THAT WE'RE ASKING THIS COMMISSION, THIS COMMITTEE, WHATEVER, TO REVIEW, TO REVIEW THINGS IN REGARDS TO ACCESSIBILITY AS FAR AS ACCESSIBILITY INTO BUILDINGS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THAT ACCESSIBILITY WORD THAT IS A DEFINITION OF THAT. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE, MY OPINION, AGAIN, I'M ONE OF SEVEN WHEN WE ROLL THIS OUT, THE WHOLE IDEA WAS INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, ENGAGEMENT, THOSE ARE THE WORDS THAT, THAT I'VE ALWAYS, ANYTIME ANY OF US HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, ANYTIME WE, WHEN WE SINCE SPENT, SPENT SATURDAY TALKING ABOUT IT, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE FOCUSED ON. 
          ACCESSIBILITY JUST HAS ADDITIONAL MEETINGS. 
          I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S NOT, I MEAN, IF WE PULLED OUT OF THIS, UH, UH, PULLED OUT OF YOUR DICTIONARY, THESAURUS, CERTAINLY WHERE, WHERE Y'ALL ARE COMING FROM, THERE'S THAT MEANING IN THERE. 
          ACCESSIBILITY, THOUGH, WE JUST, IT JUST TAKES ON SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT, THAT WE TRULY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO DO. 
          SO I'D, I'D MUCH PREFER 
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TO HAVE WORDS, INCLUSION, ENGAGEMENT, DIVERSITY, THOSE BE THE, THE CORNERSTONE WORDS IN THE NAMING OPTIONS THAT WOULD, THAT'D BE WHERE I'M COMING FROM. 
          I KNOW I PERSONALLY DID NOT, UM, HOPE THAT, UH, THE ADA ASPECT OF THE WORD ACCESSIBILITY, UH, WOULD NONE. 
          MY, MY INTENTION IS DEFINITELY NOT TO PUT THAT UPON THEM. 
          I THINK, UM, SOME OF THE DIDN'T. 
          NO, NO. 
          AND I KNOW YOU WEREN'T SAYING THAT. 
          UH, BUT, UM, I, I THINK IN DIVERSITY, ACCESSIBILITY IS KIND OF COMES ALONG WITH DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE GAIN ACCESS WHEN YOU INCLUDE PEOPLE. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW. 
          I MEAN, I'M HOPING, I MEAN, I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT TO THE TABLE. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, I, I I, I GUESS I WOULD DISAGREE SLIGHTLY WITH COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER, JUST FROM A, NOT ON THE AADA A PIECE, SO THE ACCESSIBILITY PIECE. 
          BUT THE LONGER IT GETS, I THINK THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM COMES IN, RIGHT? BECAUSE I MEAN, NOW WE'RE GONNA SAY DIVERSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY, AND THEN IT'S A HUNDRED WORDS LONG. 
          AND INEVITABLY YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE SOMETHING OFF THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED. 
          AND SO, I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WE WANT THIS TO BE IS INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT INCLUSION IS INCLUDES DIVERSITY. 
          WHATEVER YOUR BACKGROUND IS, IT INCLUDES ACCESSIBILITY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, OF ALL THE ONES UP THERE, I, I AGREE. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT I LEAN TOWARD. 
          ALSO, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE TITLE, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, INEVITABLY YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE SOMETHING, LEAVE SOMETHING OFF. 
          UM, SO WHAT DO WE WANT THE COMMISSION TO BE? I AGREE THAT IT'S INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT AND THAT THAT ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING. 
          UM, I KIND OF LIKED, UH, CONNECTION COMMISSION TOO. 
          THAT WAS A FUN ONE I HADN'T HEARD BEFORE. 
          BUT I THINK FOR, FOR REALLY WHAT WE WANT THIS COMMISSION TO BE, UM, THAT'S THE ONE ALSO THAT STANDS OUT FOR ME. 
          COUNCILMAN HATCH RIDER, MR. CHU. 
          OH, WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          I DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, THE LIAISON THINGS I NEED, I, I REALIZED THAT I DID NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          I AGREE THAT, UH, HAVING JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE LIAISON INITIALLY, THAT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS THING INITIALLY THAT HOW IMPORTANT THIS THING FOR EACH OF US INITIAL DISCUSSION, EVEN MAYOR MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE MAYOR'S BOARD, MAYOR'S COMMISSION. 
          UH, THIS IS NOT A SPECIAL COMMISSION. 
          IT'S GONNA BE LEAD BY ONE PERSON. 
          SO OUR THOUGHT WAS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST INITIALLY IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD BE INVOLVED BECAUSE I DID NOT HEAR ANYBODY OPPOSE THESE THINGS. 
          UH, WE ARE ALL EXCITED. 
          SO UNLESS, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THIS IS FORMED TOTALLY, THAT I THINK THIS, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY SINGLE LIAISON AT THIS POINT. 
          THAT'S MY OPINION. 
          AND, UH, I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THE OTHER THING, THE ACCESSIBILITY THINGS. 
          I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CAN HAVE A DEEP POINT, JUST THINK CURRENTLY THAT WE ALWAYS GO WITH ADA REVIEW. 
          THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          WHENEVER WE HAVE SOME, UH, STRUCTURE SIDEWALK OR BUILDING OR ANYTHING YOU, AND IF, IF THAT THING IS OVER $50,000 COST CONSTRUCTION COST, YOU DO HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS THING FOR REVIEW AND THIS IS MANDATORY. 
          OTHERWISE, THE ENGINEER OR ENTITY WILL GET HUGE FINE. 
          SO THAT MIGHT REALLY CONFUSE SOME INDIVIDUAL SUB BUSINESS THAT THESE ARE THE COMMITTEE REVIEW THIS. 
          SO IT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          SO I AGREE THAT MAYBE THE FIRST NAME THAT WE HAVE, IT COULD BE DICE, WHICH IS DIVERSITY INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION, D-D-I-E-C ACRONYM. 
          I THINK I FOUND THAT SUDDENLY SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT WOULD BE MY OPINION. 
          OKAY. 
          HAD TO THINK THROUGH THAT. 
          I KNOW , I HAD TO DO THE LETTERS THERE FOR A MINUTE. 
          SORRY, IT TOOK ME A SECOND. 
          MR. DORIAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I JUST WANT TO, JUST FOR THE RECORD. 
          SO, UM, I REITERATED MY THOUGHTS, UM, PER COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER, UM, I DO ACTUALLY, UH, LIKE THE CO UH, COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION, I THINK THAT SAYS IT ALL AND INCLUDES ACCESSIBILITY. 
          AND OF COURSE, BEING IN THE INDUSTRY, I KNOW ACCESSIBILITY, UM, IMPLIES ADA COMPLIANCY AND TDRL REVIEWS AND, AND OPENS UP ANOTHER, UH, BILL PART LEANING TOWARD MORE OF A BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENT. 
          AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT LITERALLY COVER ALL OF THOSE AREAS. 
          NOT TO SAY THAT THAT'S THE ULTIMATE DECISION, AND I KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE KIND OF WORKED THROUGH, BUT I DO LIKE, UM, THAT, UH, THAT WORDING THERE, I THINK IT, UH, I THINK IT REPRESENTS WHAT THE CITY'S LOOKING FOR AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S LOOKING FOR. 
          AND THEN TWO, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMENT ON HAVING MORE THAN ONE LIAISON. 
          UM, DEPENDING ON HOW WE STRUCTURE THAT, I THINK HAVING 
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MORE THAN ONE LIAISON IS A GREAT IDEA. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD STRUCTURE THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ALT ALTERNATED, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVERY YEAR TO WHERE EVERYONE HAS SOME PARTICIPATION IN THERE TO GET EVERYONE'S OPINIONS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT KIND OF WILL PLAY OUT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AS A, UH, AS A TEAM AND TRY TO DEVELOP THAT. 
          BUT, UH, I THINK EVERYONE HERE INTEREST IS, UH, IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND I THINK ALL OF US HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND WE ARE A VERY DIVERSIFIED COUNCIL. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HOW WE QUO THAT. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          JUST, JUST IN TERMS OF THE LIAISON, UH, ROLE. 
          SO, UH, JUST A SUGGESTION. 
          UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND UM, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL, THE INITIAL FORMATION OF THE, OF THE BOARD. 
          UM, WHAT IF WE, WHAT IF WE TOOK AN APPROACH WHERE, SO, SO IF YOU PLAY THAT TIMELINE OUT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST MEETING WILL WOULD BE ABOUT APRIL. 
          THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A MONTH OR TWO OF TRAINING IF IT TAKES US 120 DAYS FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS PRETTY QUICK. 
          REALLY, WE'RE NOW IN AUGUST OR OCTOBER, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S LESS THAN A YEAR FROM THE NEXT COUNCIL TERM. 
          WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE WROTE IN THE, UH, ORDINANCE THAT CREATED THE COMMITTEE THAT A COUNCIL LIAISON WOULD BE APPOINTED WITH THE 25 27 TERM. 
          AND BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THE DIALOGUE EXPECTATION WOULD BE BETWEEN THE NEW COMMITTEE THAT'S FORMED IN THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR A GOOD, REALLY PROBABLY A, A SOLID, YOU KNOW, 16 OR 14 TO 16 MONTHS OF DIALOGUE. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT WOULD DO IS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COUNCIL LIAISON APPOINTMENT, UM, TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL THE OTHER APPOINTMENTS. 
          AND, UH, SO WE, WE, WE SIGNAL THAT A LIAISON IS COMING LIKE, LIKE WE DO FOR CULTURAL ARTS ANIMAL PARKS AND LIBRARY, BUT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FORM FORMATIVE STAGES OF THE COMMISSION, UM, THE WHOLE COUNCIL WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S JUST A REC AN OPTION, A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON WHAT I HEAR THAT MIGHT, MIGHT BE, UH, I THINK WE'RE SEE A LOT OF NODDING HEADS. 
          I THINK EVERYONE WILL GO ALONG WITH THAT. 
          IS THAT AGREED? YES, SIR. 
          YEAH, I WAS, MY COMMENT I WAS GONNA MAKE WAS THAT I WAS NOT A FAN OF MULTIPLE, UH, SO COUNCIL LIAISONS. 
          'CAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE AT THAT POINT, WE OBVIOUSLY ALL SUPPORT THIS. 
          WE OBVIOUSLY ALL WANT, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE ROLE OF MM-HMM. 
           THE COUNCIL TO BE THAT HYPER INVOLVED. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE DECIDE TO DO MULTIPLE APPOINTMENTS, THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A POLITICAL MOVE. 
          'CAUSE WE ALL WANT A PIECE OF THAT. 
          LET'S BE HONEST THAT IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT IS GOOD FOR OUR CITY AND IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL SUPPORT A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A POLITICAL MOVE THAT ADD MORE THAN ONE LAYS LIAISON TO THAT, TO THAT COMMISSION. 
          AND I DON'T LIKE DOING THINGS FOR THE SAKE OF PURELY POLITICAL. 
          AND, BUT I LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION, DONNA. 
          I THINK THAT'S A HAPPY MEDIUM. 
          AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND ALLOW THE NEXT COUNCIL TO BE A I 100% WOULD SUPPORT THAT. 
          YEAH, I THINK SO TOO, DON. 
          GREAT. 
          AND I, AND, AND HONESTLY, I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S LEANING TOWARD A, A POLITICAL ISSUE. 
          IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TRYING TO STRUCTURE THIS AND, AND, AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED. 
          'CAUSE EVERYBODY IS, IT IS IMPORTANT. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY A POLITICAL ISSUE, HONESTLY. 
          I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO DETERMINE HOW THAT'S GONNA PLAY OUT, MS. JUSTICE. 
          YEAH, I THINK IT'S AN EXCITEMENT FACTOR. 
          UH, YOU HAVE, UH, SEVEN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. 
          AND SO I THINK THIS GOES TO COUNCILMAN, UH, HUTCH WRITER'S POINT LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS, WHICH WAS TO, TO BRING THEM IN AND WE'RE MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS. 
          WE WOULD MEET WITH THIS COMMISSION AS A WHOLE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO I THINK THAT THAT HONORS, UH, HIS REQUEST FROM THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THAT WE WOULD ALL COME TOGETHER AND REALLY GET TO, UM, INTERACT WITH THIS COMMISSION, UM, ONCE WE GET THEM FORMED AND THEY HAVE THEIR STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND WE CAN REALLY GIVE THEM, UM, ALL OF US DIRECT FEEDBACK. 
          SO, AND THEN TO MY EARLY COMMENT ABOUT NEEDING TO HAVE A WELL-DEFINED COUNCIL LIAISON ROLE, UM, AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE THERE. 
          UH, AND IT'S NOT TO BE A VOICE. 
          UH, IT'S THERE TO JUST SORT OF, UH, SAY THIS IS, THE COUNCIL WILL BE DOING THESE THINGS AND YOU KNOW, YOU SERVE IN THE LIBRARY BOARD, YOU PROVIDE A COUNCIL UPDATE. 
          SOMETHING LIKE THAT I THINK WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE SORT OF A ROLE HERE. 
          UM, NOT REALLY SO MUCH TO TELL THE COMMISSION WHAT TO DO SO TO, SO I THINK IF WE CAN REALLY DEFINE WHAT WE WANT THAT PERSON TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO. 
          AND I, I ENVISION IT BEING SOMETHING CLOSER TO THE LIBRARY BOARD, UH, LIAISON WHERE YOU PROVIDE A COUNCIL UPDATE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STICKING TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THAT THEY COME UP WITH. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          I AGREE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I AGREE, MR. DORIAN. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I, I AGREE WITH THAT. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WE'RE GONNA DESIGN THIS, BASICALLY. 
          THANK YOU MR. CORCORAN. 
          JUST CLARIFICATION. 
          DO DIFFERENT COUNCIL LIAISON APPOINTMENTS TO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS? 'CAUSE I THOUGHT WE ALL KIND OF HAD THAT EXACT SAME ROLE ON EVERY SINGLE ONE, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK THAT YOU'VE HEARD THAT SOME TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE THAN OTHERS, 
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AND NOT NECESSARILY THIS COUNCIL. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE POINT BEING WE SHOULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AS A COUNCIL WHAT WE WANT THE LIAISON TO DO. 
          AND MAYBE TO THE EXTENT WE NEED TO CODIFY THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN, MARY, IF I CAN, UM, JUST, JUST LET ME, UH, MAY HOPEFULLY I CAN, I CAN RECAP. 
          SO I'M, I'M HEARING THAT, UM, THE TERMS THAT GREG WENT THROUGH ARE SUFFICIENT, PROVIDED WE ADD A SEVENTH, UH, INITIAL RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE LIKE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE, THE, THE, THE LANGUAGE. 
          I READ SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT WHERE THE, THE COMMISSION, ONCE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTIVE, THEY'LL PROVIDE AN ANNUAL KIND OF LETTER OR REPORT. 
          UM, SO, SO THAT, UM, I'M HEARING COMMUNITY INCLUSION, INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT, AND THAT THE STAFF LEA UH, THE COUNCIL LIAISON WILL BE A POSITION. 
          BUT THAT APPOINTMENT WILL FIRST BE MADE, UH, WITH THE 20, UH, FIVE, UH, UH, 25, 27 COUNSEL. 
          AND THEN, UM, SO, UH, COUNSEL, IF, IF THAT SOUNDS GOOD, WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UH, WE WILL PUT, UM, WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE THE ORDINANCE DRAFTED AND WE WILL HAVE THIS FOR YOUR ADOPTION ON, UM, NEXT WEEK, MONDAY THE 13TH. 
          AND THEN THAT'LL ALLOW US, DO YOU HAVE GREG, UH, HIT THAT, THAT, UH, SLIDE ONE MORE TIME ON THE TIMELINE THAT'LL ALLOW US TO LAUNCH INTO THAT, UH, SLIDE WITH THE FIRST, UH, INITIAL MEETING BEING IN APRIL OF THE, OF YOUR NEW BOARD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, MR. MAGNA. 
          GREAT JOB, GREG. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          UH, TRYING TO HERD THE CATS ON THIS ONE. 
          UM, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S GOOD, BUT COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE NAME ONE MORE TIME? AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL A HUNDRED PERCENT THUMBS UP, BUT I THINK WE KINDA LANDED COLLECTIVELY ON A COMMUNITY INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT, SOMETHING. 
          AND MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO ADD DIVERSITY TO THAT ONE STATEMENT, POSSIBLY LIKE A DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE, AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY OR COMMISSION. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I THINK IT'S ALL INCLUDED. 
          I, I THINK YOU JUST LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS OR ALL RIGHT. 
          MOST OF THE THUMBS UP RIGHT THERE, SO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL WE WILL MOVE ON. 
          MR. MAGNER. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT, I THINK WE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR WHAT EVERYBODY'S THINKING OVER THERE. 
          [E. REVIEW, DISCUSS, AND UPDATE ON THE 2021 BOND PROGRAM PARKS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROPOSED NAMES]
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM E REVIEW AND DISCUSS AND UPDATE ON THE 2021 BOND PROGRAM, PARKS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROPOSED NAMES. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR SEAN ROGERS, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND, UH, UH, PLANNING IS MAKING HIS WAY TO LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOODNIGHT. 
          GO AHEAD DON. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          MAKING HIS NO, NO WORRIES. 
          UH, MAKING HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM. 
          UM, UH, SEAN, SEAN HAS GOT AN UPDATE, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, NAMING RECOMMENDATIONS TO SHARE, UH, WITH YOU FROM THE, UH, PARKS COMMISSION. 
          UM, BUT ALSO IMPORTANTLY, UM, YOU'LL RECALL, UH, LAST SUMMER AS WE BEGAN TO LAUNCH IN THE 8 25, UH, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, THERE WAS SOME, UH, CONFUSION AROUND, UH, POINT NORTH PARK, UH, AND, UH, WHAT THE, UH, PROPERTY STATUS OF THE THREE PARCELS THAT COMPRISE THAT OPEN SPACE REALLY WERE. 
          AND SO SEAN'S GONNA TOUCH ON HERE, UH, AT THE START OF HIS BRIEFING, UM, UH, SOME VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS DONE AND VERY ELABORATE, VERY DETAILED WORK. 
          AND, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW RESOURCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, SO THAT, UH, THEY WILL REALLY BE ABLE TO GO AND UNDERSTAND THE TRUE LEGAL STATUS OF ALL OF THE PROPERTY THAT COMPRISES OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS FOR YEARS WE'VE DONE HERE IS WE'VE LEVERAGED OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, TDOT, WITH, UH, THE TOLLWAY WITH ENCORE. 
          AND WE HAVE UTILIZED AS MUCH AS DART UTILIZE THEIR SPACE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO ENHANCE OUR OPEN SPACE PARKS AND TRAIL SYSTEMS. UM, AND SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE ARRIVED AT A POINT OF CLARITY MOVING FORWARD AND WE HAVE A GOOD STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE ANY FURTHER CONFUSION, UM, AS WE, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR OFFERINGS. 
          SO SEAN, THANKS TO YOU AND YVONNE, OUR DIRECTOR OF, UH, PARKS AND, AND PAUL, OUR, OUR PARKS PLANNER. 
          I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY ON THE RESEARCH BEHIND THIS AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT IT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAGNER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO, UH, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THESE PROJECTS. 
          UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO DO SO 'CAUSE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND AS YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          SO, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF PARK NAMING AND HOW WE NAME PARKS AND THEN GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON THE APOLLO ROAD PROPERTY PROJECT, THE GLENVILLE DRIVE PROPERTY PROJECT, THE URBAN PROPERTY PROJECT, AND THEN SOME OF THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST YEAR AND GOING ON INTO THE FUTURE. 
          AND THESE THINGS ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE TACTIC THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING, TO COMPLETE AND ACTIVATE OPEN SPACE PROJECT AT APOLLO AND PLANO BELTLINE IN GLENVILLE AND MAINE IN URBAN. 
          SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON, ON THE PARK NAMING PROCESS, UM, ONE THING THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION IS TASKED TO DO IS TO RECOMMEND PARK NAMES TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
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OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY VOTE AND ADOPT THOSE NAMES FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. 
          WE'LL SUBMIT TO YOU THEIR SUGGESTED NAMES FOR ANY NEW PARKS COMING INTO THE INVENTORY. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THOSE ARE AS WE'LL GET INTO THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS IN A FEW MINUTES. 
          AND JUST TO NOTE, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY NAMED PARKS FOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S USUALLY WHAT MOST OF OUR PARKS ARE OUR NAMED FOR IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE OR THE, YOU KNOW, HOUSING CONDITION THAT'S LOCATED IN. 
          WE TEND NOT TO NAME PARKS AFTER INDIVIDUALS, BUT WE ARE OPEN TO NAMING AMENITIES WITHIN A PARK AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL, LIKE A PAVILION OR A BRIDGE OR SOMETHING INSIDE A PARK AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL. 
          AND SO THEN JUST TO, TO REITERATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT DON SAID, THE 8 25 PRESSURE ZONE PROJECT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THAT POTENTIAL INCONSISTENCY IN HOW WE'D BEEN NAMING PARKS. 
          AND SO THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS TASKED TO DO A, A REALLY HUGE RESEARCH PROJECT TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE PARK PROPERTY, RESEARCH THE DEEDS, RESEARCH THE PURCHASE RESOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, THE OWNERSHIP STATUS TO REALLY GIVE US AN IDEA SO WE UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY FOR EACH PARK WHO OWNS IT, HOW DO THEY OWN IT, ARE THERE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT DEEDED, WHAT CAN AND WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH THAT. 
          AND THAT FULL INVENTORY IS NOW ONLINE FOR CITIZENS TO ACCESS IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, WE WOULDN'T RECOMMEND RENAMING ANY PARKS, UM, BECAUSE THAT COULD CAUSE SOME CONFUSION. 
          BUT WE NOW KNOW THAT GOING FORWARD WE CAN REDUCE THAT POTENTIAL CONFUSION. 
          WE CAN BE STRATEGIC AND ANY PROPERTY THAT WE DON'T FULLY CONTROL, WE MIGHT AVOID CALLING THAT A PARK JUST TO TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO TO GET INTO THE THREE PROJECTS WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, FIRST IS THE APOLLO ROAD PROPERTY. 
          UH, THAT'S A 2021 BOND PROJECT, UH, BOND PROGRAM PROJECT ABOUT A $1.25 MILLION BUDGET. 
          AND THIS IS PHASE ONE OF ACTIVATING THAT PROPERTY, WHICH IN TOTAL IS ABOUT 25 ACRES. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE TAKING A VERY, VERY NARROW APPROACH. 
          IT'S GONNA BE THE SPEARHEAD I THINK, OF A REALLY EXCITING, UH, PROPERTY, A REALLY GREAT PARK FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT WE'RE KIND OF CRAWL, WALK, RUN, START AT SMALL RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S JUST GONNA BE SOME MULTI-USE FIELDS AND A PARKING LOT JUST TO GET SOME ACTIVITY GOING THERE ON THAT SITE. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE GRAPHIC, THAT'S THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. 
          UM, AND THE AREA THERE KIND OF IN THE CENTER AT THE, WHERE THAT TEES OFF WHERE IT SAYS MULTI-USE AREA AND THE PARKING LOT TO THE NORTH OF THAT. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ACTIVATING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND HERE'S SOME, SOME RECENT PICTURES. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE DRONE SHOT THERE, THAT WAS PRIOR TO SEATING HAPPENING. 
          YOU SEE THE PARKING LOT AND THE, THE DRONE IS KIND OF HOVERING OVER APOLLO ROAD IN THIS PICTURE. 
          AND THEN THAT SMALLER INSET IS THE CURRENT CONDITIONS THAT WAS TAKEN ON 10 17 THAT SHOWS SOME OF THE GRASS COMING UP, UH, THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. 
          WE'RE ABOUT 90% COMPLETE WITH THE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE ANTICIPATE OPENING FOR USE IN THE SPRING OF 24. 
          AND THE REASON IS WE SEEDED THAT WITH A MIXTURE OF RYE GRASS AND BERMUDA GRASS, KNOWING THAT AS WE GO INTO WINTER, THE BERMUDA GRASS MIGHT NOT REALLY GET ESTABLISHED. 
          WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME COVER THERE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE PLANTED THE RYE GRASS SO THAT IT'LL BE GREEN AND LUSH OVER THE WINTER. 
          BUT WE REALLY WANT THAT BERMUDA GRASS TO BE ROBUST AND IN PLACE BEFORE WE OPEN THAT UP FOR PLAY, JUST SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DURABLE. 
          WE THINK THAT'LL BE LATER ON IN THE SPRING, AFTER WE GET THROUGH WINTER, GO THROUGH THE TRANSITION PERIOD. 
          UH, SOIL TEMPERATURES WILL COME BACK UP AND THAT'S WHEN THE BERMUDA WILL START TO TAKE OFF. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR, FOR OPENING THERE. 
          BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE MOWING THAT PARK FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEK 'CAUSE THE GRAS IS DOING SO WELL. 
          SO THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY, UH, VERY ENCOURAGING. 
          SO WHEN WE GET TO NAMING, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MET ON OCTOBER 10TH AND, UH, AND TALKED ABOUT ALL THREE OF THESE PROPERTIES. 
          UM, AND AT THAT MEETING, THEY VOTED TO RECOMMEND THAT THIS PROPERTY BE NAMED APOLLO PARK. 
          AND THERE'LL BE A, AN ACTION TO FORMALLY NAME THAT PARK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA NEXT WEEK. 
          A RESOLUTION THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS HAS DRAFTED. 
          UM, TALKING NEXT ABOUT THE GLENVILLE DRIVE PROPERTY, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER 2021 BOND PROGRAM PROJECT ABOUT A $2.1 MILLION BUDGET FOR THIS. 
          UH, IT'S ABOUT A 5.5 ACRE SITE. 
          CONSTRUCTION BEGAN ON OCTOBER 2ND, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATED TO OPEN THE PARK NEXT FALL. 
          UM, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NICE LITTLE PARK PASSIVE USE, A WALKING TRAIL, A BRIDGE OVER THAT CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH IT, A PAVILION, AND THEN A NICE OPEN SPACE WHERE WE CAN PLANT A BUNCH OF WILDFLOWERS, UM, IN THE WINTER LIKE WE'D LIKE TO DO. 
          UM, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TWIN RIVERS ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY, WHICH IS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THAT. 
          UH, MIKE THOMPSON HAS BEEN A BIG DRIVER ON, ON GETTING THIS DONE. 
          UM, PAUL AND YVONNE AND OUR PARK PLANNER, RANDY BREEDING. 
          AND I MET WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AT TWIN RIVERS, UM, THAT'S BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I GUESS, TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT, SHOW 'EM THE PLANS, ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, AND THEY'RE ALL VERY, VERY EXCITED. 
          WE'RE ALSO REALLY PLEASED THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT A TRAIL CONNECTION THAT GOES UP TO THE GATES OF, OF TWIN RIVER, SO THEIR RESIDENTS CAN WALK OUTTA THE PARKING LOT AND RIDE INTO THE PARK WHENEVER THEY WANT TO, WHICH WILL BE PRETTY NICE. 
          UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE SOME, UH, SOME PICTURES OF THE, THE CURRENT SITE. 
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UH, LIKE I SAID, CONSTRUCTION JUST STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. 
          SO, UM, NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SEE A LOT OF GRADING GOING ON. 
          THE STORM WATER PROTECTION PLAN, UH, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE HAS GONE UP AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR VERY CLOSELY, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GONNA APPROACH THIS. 
          LIKE I MENTIONED, ONE ASPECT OF THIS PARK IS GONNA BE A BRIDGE OVER THE, UH, THE CREEK AND BRIDGES HAVE A SUPER LONG LEAD TIME RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT BRIDGE TO COME IN. 
          BUT THE CONTRACTOR'S IN A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB OF FIGURING OUT THE PHASING SO THEY CAN GET WORK DONE ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT CREEK BEFORE THE BRIDGE GETS THERE. 
          THEY ARE ALSO ENCOUNTERING A LOT OF BIG CHUNKS OF CONCRETE LEFTOVER FROM THE MINI GOLF COURSE THAT WAS THERE YEARS AGO. 
          SO, UH, A FUN THING TO DEAL WITH. 
          UH, WE TALK ABOUT NAMING, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MET IN OCTOBER AND, UH, VOTED TO RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE CALLED TWIN RIVERS PARK. 
          UH, ONCE AGAIN, THAT WILL BE ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA NEXT WEEK. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, AS FAR AS OUR THREE BIG PROJECTS, UH, THE INTERURBAN PROPERTY, UH, THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY EXCITING PROJECT. 
          UM, IT'S GONNA BE RICHARDSON'S FIRST REAL URBAN PARK. 
          AND, UH, AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY JAZZED TO SEE THIS COME INTO FRUITION. 
          IT'S ABOUT 2.5 ACRES. 
          UM, MOSTLY GONNA BE PLAZA SPACE, SEATING, LANDSCAPING, AND THEN SPACE FOR FOOD TRUCK. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A LONG INNER URBAN ROAD, UM, BECAUSE THE FOOD TRUCKS CAN'T OPERATE INSIDE THE PARK SPACE PER PER ORDINANCE. 
          UM, IT IS LOCATED ON DART PROPERTY. 
          WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO USE THAT, THAT PROPERTY TO KIND OF ACTIVATE THAT SPACE DOWNTOWN RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE, THE BELT AND MAIN DEVELOPMENTS THAT'S GOING IN THERE. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT A $5.4 MILLION BUDGET. 
          UM, AND WE SHOULD HAVE A CONTRACT, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OF NEXT WEEK TO AWARD THAT TO, UH, INTEGRITY CONSTRUCTION TO BUILD THAT PARK FOR US. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH. 
          UM, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          WE DID THAT AS A COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL 'CAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT REALLY THE BEST VALUE WE COULD, THE BEST CONTRACTOR WE COULD. 
          AND WE'VE GONE BACK WITH THEM AND TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET SOME OF THE PRICES DOWN, GET ALL THE AD ALTERNATES WE WANTED, AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY THAT'S GOING. 
          AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT, GREAT PROJECT. 
          SO, ONCE AGAIN, NOT MUCH TO SEE THERE. 
          RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, THIS IS SOME PICTURES OF THE GRADING WORK THAT'S GOING ON. 
          ACTUALLY, THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE BELT MAIN DEVELOPMENT IS DOING THE ROUGH GRADING OF THE SITE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN USING THAT AS A STAGING AREA FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          SO THEY AGREED TO KIND OF ROUGH GRADE THAT. 
          SO OUR CONTRACT CAN COME IN PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE THINGS ARE GONNA NEED TO BE TO GET THE CONSTRUCTION GOING. 
          UM, ONCE THAT CONSTRUCTION STARTS, AND THEN ONCE AGAIN ON, ON PARK NAMING, UH, THE PARKS FROM RECREATION COMMISSION HAS, UH, VOTED TO RECOMMEND THAT THAT BE NAMED INTERURBAN COMMON. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY WITH A SENSITIVITY TOWARD THE FACT THAT WE DON'T OWN THAT PROPERTY. 
          WE JUST HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH DART. 
          WE DON'T WANNA CALL THAT PARK. 
          AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF COMMON BECAUSE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, VERY INDICATIVE OF HOW WE WANT THAT, THAT PLAZA, THAT PARK SPACE TO BE USED AS A COMMON AREA FOR THE CITIZENS OF RICHARDSON. 
          AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, THERE WERE EIGHT PLAYGROUNDS, WELL, ACTUALLY NINE OR PART OF THE 2021 BOND PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING TWO OF THOSE A YEAR, BASICALLY AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THAT PROGRAM. 
          RECENTLY, WE COMPLETED PLAYGROUND RENOVATIONS AT NER PARK AND TERRACE PARK. 
          YOU CAN SEE PICTURES OF THOSE THERE. 
          UH, VERY EXCITED TO GET THOSE OFF THE GROUND AND OPEN TO ALL THE CHILDREN TO PLAY ON. 
          UM, AND THEN BRECKENRIDGE PARK, WE'RE BUILDING A BRAND NEW PLAYGROUND THERE THAT WILL BASICALLY BE A REPLACEMENT FOR THE, UH, B COMPLEX PLAYGROUND DOWN BY THE, UH, THE GAZEBO AND THE POND. 
          UH, BUT THIS IS GONNA BE A REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL, UM, PLAYGROUND. 
          UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN USUAL, BUT IT'S LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO KEPLER FIELDS, WHICH WE THINK IS A REALLY GREAT LOCATION FOR A PLAYGROUND. 
          HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THERE, A LOT OF BIG BROTHER SISTER PLAYING BALL, LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER NEEDING SOME PLACE TO GO. 
          THERE'S A PLAYGROUND RIGHT THERE FOR THEM TO USE. 
          BUT THAT'S GONNA BE ALL UNITARY, POURED IN PLACE, SAFETY SURFACING, IT'S GONNA MAKE IT A LOT MORE ACCESSIBLE. 
          UM, IT'S CUT INTO A HILL, SO THERE'S A SIDEWALK THAT GOES AROUND THE BACK OF IT AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER, YOU KNOW, AT A HIGHER GRADE THAN NORMAL JUST WALKING ON. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY NEAT AND WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THAT SHOULD BE DONE. 
          UM, THIS MONTH WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PUNCH WALK TOMORROW WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO GO THROUGH AND GET EVERYTHING, UM, TIDIED UP AND READY TO BE OPENED. 
          AND THEN ON, UH, ON THE DOCKET WE WILL BE PLAYGROUND RENOVATIONS AT WOODLAND PARK AND WOODS PARK. 
          UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS TO TALK TO THE CITIZENS ABOUT THOSE ON OCTOBER 18TH AND 19TH. 
          UH, WE TYPICALLY WILL ADVERTISE THOSE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS SO THEY CAN SEND PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN WHAT THAT PLAYGROUND'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          WE'RE GOT A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM, FROM PEOPLE IN BOTH OF THOSE. 
          AND JUST THINGS LIKE COLORS THEY LIKE OR DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, DO THEY WANT THIS TYPE OF SWING, THAT TYPE OF SWING, YOU KNOW, SHADE HERE, SHADE THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE TELLING US EXACTLY HOW THE SUN MOVES ACROSS THE SKY ON THAT SITE AND WHERE THE SWINGS ARE NOW. 
          IT'S NOT SHADED IN THE AFTERNOON. 
          IF WE CAN MOVE 'EM OVER HERE. 
          IT'S A REALLY GREAT THING TO DO BECAUSE WE GET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THOSE PLAYGROUNDS DAY TO DAY TO DAY AND REALLY HAVE THE MOST VESTED INTEREST IN IT. 
          SO WE LOVE GOING OUT AND HAVING THOSE, UH, THOSE MEETINGS. 
          UM, SO 
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WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE CONTRACTS, UM, READY TO BE APPROVED EARLY IN 2024, SO WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING TO GET THOSE DONE. 
          UM, PROBABLY IN THE SUMMER OF 24. 
          BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE AS WELL. 
          AND THAT IS IT FOR ME. 
          BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. 
          SEAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          SURE. 
          COUNCIL, THIS IS JUSTICE. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, I GREW UP IN THE MARK TWAIN NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I'M PARTICULARLY NOSTALGIC ABOUT THE TWIN RIVERS PARK NAME. 
          I GREW UP GOING THERE TO THE MINI GOLF THAT YOU MENTIONED. 
          UM, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY. 
          HE GREW UP IN COLLEGE PARK. 
          AND, UH, SO THAT ONE PARTICULARLY FOR ME IS, UH, NOSTALGIC. 
          SO I LOVE THAT THE PARKS COMMISSION CAME UP WITH THAT, THAT NAME. 
          AND I THINK INTERURBAN COMMON IS A REALLY INTERESTING NAME AS WELL. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOOD. 
          APOLLO PARK IS QUITE LITERAL, UM, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE IT TO 'EM , LIKE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE WOULD COME UP WITH, BUT I REALLY LOVE TWIN, TWIN RIVERS PARK AND INTERURBAN COMMON, AND I THINK THOSE, UM, ARE GREAT, GREAT NAMES. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE, THE SENIOR COMMUNITY THERE AS WELL AT THE TWIN RIVERS PARK. 
          I THINK THAT'S VERY GRATIFYING. 
          IT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOR THEM AND FOR, UH, GREENVILLE PARK, GLENVILLE PARK AND ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT THERE. 
          SO, ANYWAY, GOOD JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. DORIAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          YES, SEAN AND THE ENTIRE TEAM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. 
          I, I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BY THE WAY. 
          UM, IT IS JUST, IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE ARE GETTING TO A POINT OF DEVELOPING A GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, AND MORE NICER, ELEVATED AREA OF WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND, UH, GATHER AND BRING THEIR, YOU KNOW, BRING THEIR DOGGIES IF THEY WANT. 
          AND, UH, JUST, JUST HAVE A PLACE TO ENJOY. 
          AND I LOVE THAT WE'RE CREATING ALL THESE GREEN SPACES. 
          I LOVE THE NEW COMMONS AREA DOWN IN INNER URBAN. 
          I THINK THAT IS JUST INVALUABLE TO THAT AREA OF TOWN. 
          AND I LOVE THE NEW APOLLO, UH, DIRECTION TOO. 
          WHICH I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. 
          THE LITTLE BLUE DOT, IS THAT LIKE A WATER FEATURE OR IS IT LIKE A TRAILER? A DOG? UH, COS UM, IT SAYS WHERE IT SAYS CONCESSION TRAILER THAT LITTLE ROUND, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK THAT'S INTENDED TO BE A WATER FEATURE. 
          I THINK IT, THEY USED BLUE FOR THAT COLOR AS POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR CONCESSION TRAILERS. 
          UM, LIKE THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN. 
          SO NOTHING, NOTHING WRITTEN IN STONE YET, BUT I, I DON'T THINK THE BLUE INDICATES WATER. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, I DO LIKE THE WATER FEATURE THERE, BY THE WAY. 
          JUST FFY. 
          . 
          WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE . 
          NOT THAT I HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. 
          BUT ANYWAY. 
          UM, WILL THERE BE CONCESSION TRAILERS THOUGH, INSIDE THE PARK PERIODICALLY, LIKE FOOD TRUCKS OR NOT? NOT AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          LIKE I SAID, THE, THE PHASE ONE IS JUST A, A SMALL PARKING LOT AND SOME MULTI-USE FIELDS. 
          THERE'S REALLY NOT ROOM FOR THAT. 
          THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO, TO TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION AND, AND QUITE POSSIBLY USE A COUNCIL WOOD, BECAUSE CURRENTLY ORDINANCE PROHIBITS, YOU KNOW, THE SALE OF CONCESSIONS OR ANYTHING IN PARKS UNLESS WE'RE DOING IT. 
          SO WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WORKS. 
          UM, THAT WAS JUST KIND OF THE, THE CONCEPT IDEA FOR WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND IT MM-HMM,  IT'S, IT'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT WE'D HAVE TO TAKE A CAREFUL LOOK AT THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, UM, IT, IT, IT'S NICE. 
          UM, ALSO, I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON SOME OF THE PROPOSED, I KNOW THERE PROPOSED, UH, EQUIPMENT, BUT I WAS JUST ZOOMING IN AND OUT ON SOME OF THE IMAGES ON SOME OF THE PARKS. 
          AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME NEW DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, UH, EITHER FROM THAT SAME MANUFACTURER, UH, UNLESS THERE'S A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE IS A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS MM-HMM. 
          , UM, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ALL OF THE, THE BIG PLAYGROUND, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURERS ARE, HAVE LOCAL REPS WHO ARE REPRESENTED ON A PURCHASING COOPERATIVE. 
          SO IT'S RELATIVELY EASY FOR US FROM A PURCHASING STANDPOINT TO, TO SELECT SOMEONE TO WORK WITH. 
          'CAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING THE BEST PRICE ALREADY. 
          BUT WE LIKE TO SPREAD THAT OUT AND USE A MIX OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS BECAUSE THAT, THAT GIVES US A MORE DIVERSE AND, YOU KNOW, ENRICHED PLAYGROUND LANDSCAPE ACROSS THE CITY, IF YOU WILL. 
          AND THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME THAT WE LIKE TO WORK WITH AND, AND WE, WE GO BACK TO, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GET LOCKED INTO JUST ONE. 
          UM, SO ACTUALLY THESE FOR WOODS PARK AND WOODLAND PARK ARE A MANUFACTURER CALLED KAN THAT WE HAVEN'T WORKED WITH A WHOLE LOT IN THE PAST, BUT WE BUILT A PLAYGROUND WITH THEM AS PART OF THE 2015 BOND PROGRAM. 
          UM, JUST A SMALL PLAYGROUND AT DUCK CREEK LINEAR PARK, AND WE WANTED TO GIVE 'EM A TRY TO SEE HOW WE LIKED THE EQUIPMENT. 
          SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A SMALL SCOPE PROJECT, BUT WE LIKED IT, SO WE WANTED TO, TO WORK WITH THEM AGAIN. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, REACHED OUT TO 'EM AND THEY CAME UP WITH THESE PROPOSALS AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. 
          UM, IT WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          WELL, THAT'S GREAT. 
          AND YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, IT CREATES A MORE DIVERSIFIED APPROACH, NOT ONLY WITH JUST THE COLOR, THE SHAPES, THE TEXTURES. 
          I LIKE ALL OF THE, UH, LASER CUT METAL, AND I THINK IT JUST ADDS SOME FLAVOR TO THE SPACE. 
          SO THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT PLAYGROUND MANUFACTURERS IS THEY'RE ALL COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER. 
          SO THEY'RE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE NEXT THING, THE NEXT THING, THE NEXT THING. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF INNOVATION MM-HMM. 
           IN, UH, IN THAT SECTOR. 
          WELL, AND ALSO CREATING CELLS, YOU KNOW, HEARD SOME SOFT ELEMENTS OPPOSED TO JUST ALL HARDSCAPED. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I DO LIKE THE, THE COMBINATION. 
          SO 
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ANYWAY, I NOTICED IT. 
          I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU MR. CHU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, WELL, NO, THAT'S GREAT. 
          I THINK THE NAMES ARE ALL GREAT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKS GOOD. 
          UH, NOW QUESTION ABOUT THE APOLLO PARK. 
          UH, SINCE YOU PUT THE CONCEPT PLAN THERE, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING THERE. 
          UH, ALL THE TRAIL LOOP THAT YOU HAVE, IS THAT GONNA BE DONE THIS PHASE OR THIS THAT'S FOR THE FUTURE? THE TRAIL LOOP WILL NOT BE DONE WITH THIS PHASE. 
          THAT'LL BE IN THE FUTURE PHASE. 
          UH, BUT THE PLAN IS THERE TO BUILD A TRAIL THERE, RIGHT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THAT TREE DOESN'T GROW IN ONE YEAR, IT TAKES YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          SO IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW SOON THAT TRAIL LOOP BE, UH, BUILT AND WHAT'S THE BUDGET AND ALL THIS THAT'S COMING UP IN THE FUTURE, BUT, UH, MAYBE SOME OF THE TREE COULD BE PLANTED EARLIER THAN EVEN IF THE FUND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE TRAIL, SO THE TREE CAN START BUILDING. 
          I MEAN, UH, GROWING, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A TRAIL WITH A TREE ALREADY THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT AREA DOESN'T HAVE TREE. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING JUST, JUST, JUST FOR THOUGHT. 
          UH, JUST THINK ABOUT THIS. 
          YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE IS 10 YEARS AGO. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY PRECISE IN HOW THAT THAT PARK IS LAID OUT THERE. 
          A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANNA DO THERE. 
          A LOT OF ATHLETIC FIELDS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRAIL LOOP, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING IN THE WAY OF SOMETHING THAT COMES LATER. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE PUT A REAL SHARP PENCIL TO YET, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT PLAN. 
          AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH PHASES, IT GETS MORE DETAILED, MORE DETAILED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THESE, THESE MULTI-USE, YOU KNOW, FIELDS IN PLACE, AND WE DID PLANT, UM, 15 TREES THERE. 
          IS THAT RIGHT PAUL? UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE TAKING AN EYE TOWARD, WE'RE GETTING THAT, THAT CANOPY IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO LOCATE SOME AREAS WHERE WE THINK THERE'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING ELSE AND THEY GONNA MAYBE PLANT SOME TRAYS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IF SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT FOR SURE NOT GOING TO CHANGE, UH, OR EVEN IF IT CHANGE, YOU CAN TWEAK THE TRAIL BECAUSE TRAIL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DRIVING 25 MILES PER HOUR SAFETY VEHICLE OR ANYTHING THERE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE WALKING AND MAYBE SCOOTER, RIGHT. 
          OR BICYCLE. 
          SO, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, TRAIL COULD BE ZIGZAG. 
          THAT'S NOT ONE THING. 
          GOOD THING ABOUT IT. 
          CERTAINLY. 
          SO YEAH, DEFINITELY. 
          IF YOU JUST, UH, JUST TO THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING JUST, UH, CONSIDER PUTTING A PLA TREE, LARGE TREE BEFORE. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND I HAVE, UH, A QUESTION ABOUT THE INTER ONE CONE THAT YOU HAVE THAT PROPERTY BELONGS TO DART. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS THING. 
          I KNOW THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CITY COULD PURCHASE? THIS IS TECHNICAL QUESTION AND MM-HMM. 
          , SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND, ACCEPT SOMEONE. 
          NO, WE, WE, WE HAVE A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          TO, TO UTILIZE IT MUCH LIKE WE DO ON THE, UH, EAST SIDE FOR THE CENTRAL TRAIL. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON WE COULD NOT NAME IT AS A PARK, BECAUSE YEAH. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS OUR NEW STRATEGY OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T, UH, ASSIGN THE, THE PARK, UH, NAME TO ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T FULLY CONTROL. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW MY OTHER QUESTION, IS THAT AREA UNDER FLOOD PLANE, IS THAT SOMETHING OR THAT'S NOT UNDER FULL PLANE OR PORTION OF THE PLAN? I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO. 
          WE, I, UH, I DON'T, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW? YEAH. 
          THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T REALLY BUILD ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE, UH, YOU KNOW, BY ANY PARTY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, YEAH, WE ARE NOT FILLING THAT YET, RAISING THAT PLAN. 
          SO THERE, THERE WERE BUILDINGS ON IT BEFORE, BUT THOSE WERE PROBABLY FROM THE SIXTIES. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT COULD HAVE CHANGED. 
          WELL, WE'LL GET, WE'LL WE'LL FOLLOW UP. 
          I'LL, I'LL PUT A NOTE IN YOUR, IN, IN ON YOUR FOLLOW UP PACKET OR, OR SOMEHOW TO IDENTIFY IT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED, UH, PARK LIKE AREA FOR THAT AREA. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. 
          I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THAT CHANGE FOR SOMETHING ELSE, UM, WHAT KIND OF LEASE WE HAVE. 
          IS THAT YEARLY OR IT'S, IT'S A LICENSE AGREEMENT. 
          THEY, UM, ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO GIVE US TWO YEARS NOTICE IF THEY NEED TO, UM, RECLAIM IT FOR SOME REASON. 
          BUT, UM, THEY DART WAS VERY EAGER TO WORK WITH US. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, THEY HAD TO, IT WAS EXCESS LAND THAT THEY HAD TO PURCHASE TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE RED LINE. 
          THEY NEVER HAD A PURPOSE FOR IT. 
          THEY NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF PLAN FOR IT. 
          UM, BUT IT WAS THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD PURCHASE THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT THEY NEEDED. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. 
          GOOD TO UNDERSTAND. 
          NOW, FOR THE PLAYGROUND, I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NAMING AND OTHER THINGS, BUT SINCE YOU PUT THE PLAN HERE, I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTION. 
          UH, NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL PLAYGROUND, WE ARE UPGRADING ALL THIS, ALL GREAT. 
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UH, BUT AS A PARENT, I LIKE TO HAVE A SIT NEXT TO THE PLAYGROUND SO THAT I CAN WATCH THE KID PLAY. 
          AND, UH, AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A SITTING AREA FOR THE PARENTS, UH, AND THEN MAYBE A SHED, MAYBE I'M ASKING TOO MUCH, BUT THESE ARE PROBABLY WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE, UH, PARENTS. 
          THEY TAKE THEIR KIDS AND WATCH, UH, THEM PLAYING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UH, SO, AND OF COURSE YOU CAN SIT ON THE GROUND, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE A SEAT NEXT TO PLAYGROUND WITH SOME SHADE, MAYBE SOME TREES. 
          SO JUST THE THOUGHT FOR, AGAIN, FOR THE FUTURE , THAT'S, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T HEARD ALREADY. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, UM, AT WOODLAND PLAYGROUND, UH, THAT YOU SEE THERE, UM, BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WE'RE, WE'RE PLANTING THREE TREES ON THE, UH, WAS THAT THE WEST END OF THAT, TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE SHADE. 
          AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT A SOLUTION TO HAVE SOME, SOME INDIVIDUAL SHADE STRUCTURES OVER THE BENCHES THAT ARE GONNA BE AROUND THE PLAYGROUND. 
          'CAUSE WE ALWAYS DO TRY TO PUT BENCHES IN PLAYGROUNDS OR VERY NEAR THERE JUST FOR THAT REASON. 
          SO PARENTS HAVE A PLACE TO SIT, BUT THEY LIKE TO SIT IN THE SHADE AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A SOLUTION TO GET SOME SHADE STRUCTURES JUST TO COVER THOSE BENCHES AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, WE, WE'VE HEARD THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO IT. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GLAD THAT MY VOICE IS NOT ON YOUR VOICE. 
          . 
          IT, IT WORKS BETTER THAT WAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BARRIOS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR SEAN. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          UM, I THINK AS YOU'RE QUICKLY LEARNING, AND I THINK YVONNE KNOWS, UH, I, I'M ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARK'S, BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS. 
          AND ANYTIME WE TALK ABOUT PARKS, I GET EXCITED. 
          PARKS AND LIBRARIES. 
          IT'S, IT'S WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE LOVE. 
          IT'S WHAT THEY USE AND THEY, UM, IT'S WHAT PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT. 
          SO, UM, I HAVE, AND I'M GLAD COUNCILMAN DORIAN ASKED ABOUT THE CONCESSION TRAILER, UH, BLUE DOT, UH, PERHAPS. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY I NEED TO DO A LITTLE HOMEWORK HERE, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, UH, IS REVIEW WHAT OUR POLICY IS ON CONCESSION TRAILERS. 
          MAYBE WE COULD REVISIT THAT AS A COUNSELOR, OR AT LEAST, UH, MAYBE BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THAT CURRENT, I GUESS, APPROACH TO CONCESSIONS. 
          'CAUSE I THINK FALL FIELDS, I THINK LITTLE LEAGUE, I THINK SOCCER LEAGUES. 
          AND IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER RAISE FUNDS FOR NONPROFITS OR ALLOW AN ICE CREAM TRUCK OR SOMEBODY IN THERE TO MM-HMM. 
          , UM, TO RAISE SOME MONEY. 
          UM, I HAVE, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS TWIN, TWIN RIVERS PARK. 
          UM, I DID NOT KNOW THE AREA BACK WHEN IT WAS, AND ALTHOUGH I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT, I KNOW MAYOR WAS TELLING ME ABOUT IT ONE TIME. 
          UM, BUT, UH, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I LOVE THIS ARTISTIC RENDERING. 
          UM, TWO QUESTIONS. 
          I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROPERTY, SO EXCUSE ME. 
          IS THIS CURRENTLY GREENFIELD OR ARE THESE TREES THERE WE, IS THIS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD INVOLVED PLANTING TREES? OR IS IT KIND OF A WOOD AREA ALREADY? ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          WHAT'S SHOWN IN THAT CONCEPT THERE IS NOT, NOT EXACTLY WHAT'S ON, WHAT'S ON THE PLANS. 
          IT WAS JUST KIND OF A SURE, UM, A GENERAL THING. 
          BUT WE, WE HAD TO TAKE A FEW TREES OUT, UM, TO BUILD THE, TO GET THE BRIDGE IN TO, TO BUILD THE PARK. 
          BUT A LOT MORE TREES ARE GOING IN. 
          SO, UH, ABOUT 35 TREES WILL BE REMOVED. 
          AND A LOT OF THOSE WERE VOLUNTEERS AND TREES PLANTED BY BIRDS. 
          AT, AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, WE'RE GONNA BE PLANTING 50 TREES WOW. 
          ON THE SITE. 
          SO, UH, MORE THAN MAKING OUT FOR THAT. 
          WOW. 
          SECOND QUESTION ON THAT, AND YOU KIND OF QUICKLY MENTIONED IT WAS THERE WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH TWIN RIVERS, THE SENIOR HOME THERE, I BELIEVE IS WHAT, WHAT IT'S CALLED. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS A GATE. 
          SO WAS THAT THE PARTNERSHIP OR WAS THERE A BIGGER PARTNERSHIP THERE THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF? OR WHAT WAS EXACT CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE WORK YOU'VE DONE WITH THEM? THE, THE LAND WHERE WE'RE BUILDING THE PARK ACTUALLY WAS DEDICATED BY THE DEVELOPER THAT BUILT TWIN RIVERS, AND THAT'S BEEN, IT WAS BEFORE MY TIME WITH THE CITY. 
          SO IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR, FOR A WHILE. 
          AND THAT WAS ALWAYS THE IDEA THAT THE CITY WOULD DEVELOP A PARK THERE. 
          AND IT'S TAKEN US UNTIL NOW TO GET, GET THAT PLAN TOGETHER, UM, AND, AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WANNA BE, WANNA BE WALKING HAND IN HAND WITH THEM AS WE DO THIS BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO THEIR HEART. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE TRAIL THAT GOES UP TO THEIR, THEIR GATE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING WE CAN DO TO, TO HELP PROMOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, GOOD, GOOD FEELING BETWEEN US AND THEM AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE ACCESS BECAUSE THEY, THEY REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S THEIR PARK. 
          UM, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY WRONG FOR THEM, THEM TO DO SO. 
          ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC PARK, BUT THEY, THEY DEFINITELY HAD A PARK IN THIS BEING DEVELOPED THIS WAY. 
          WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT INSIGHT AND, AND, UH, FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME AS WELL. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE. 
          UH, DAN WHEN, WHEN THAT ZONING WAS APPROVED, WE, WE NEGOTIATED THAT, UH, DEDICATION. 
          THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DRAINAGE WAY. 
          UH, IT'S, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE, THE BRIDGE AND YOU SEE THE, THE, UH, CREEK RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER THERE. 
          THAT'S AN, IT'S AN IMPORTANT, UH, STORM WATER, UM, CONDUIT, IF YOU WILL, FROM EVERYTHING THAT'S KIND OF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THERE, ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH. 
          AND SO WE, UH, WE NEGOTIATED THAT WHEN THEY REZONED THE PROPERTY FROM THE, THE AMUSEMENT, UH, EVENT 
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CENTER TO THE MULTI TO SENIOR MULTIFAMILY. 
          WELL, KUDOS FOR THINKING AHEAD AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT, THAT'S GREAT BACKGROUND. 
          SO THANK YOU TO ANYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT. 
          UM, SIDE NOTE, YESTERDAY WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND I HAD, UH, THE PLEASURE OF, UH, AFTER CHURCH TAKING A LITTLE STROLL THROUGH COTTONWOOD PARK WITH MY WIFE AND ENJOYED THE DAY. 
          AND WE NOTICED SOME OF THE, UH, THE BENCHES AND THEN STOPPED AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE MARKERS. 
          UH, AND, UH, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND, AND TO THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE GIVEN AND PARTNERED WITH THE CITY AND SOME OF THOSE, UM, AND UH, THAT, THAT JUST MADE US HAPPY. 
          THE PLACEMENT OF THEM UNDER SOME NICE TREES. 
          I MEAN, I, I THINK IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW NECESSARILY NOTICE ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT CONTINUING PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY WHILE PROVIDING, UM, MORE AMENITIES TO OUR PARKS AND, UH, IN THE RIGHT PLACES TOO. 
          SO IT INVOLVES, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST SENT A GUY OUT THERE WITH SOME BAGS OF CEMENT. 
          IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PROCESS THAT GOES INTO IT. 
          SO, UM, I TIP MY HAT TO Y'ALL, SO THANK YOU. 
          'CAUSE WE REALLY ENJOYED THAT YESTERDAY. 
          GREAT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, SEAN. 
          GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, MY QUESTION, I GUESS WOULD BE MAYBE TO, MAYBE MR. MAGNER, MAYBE YOU, BOTH OF YOU, YVONNE. 
          SO YOU, IN THE PRESENTATION YOU SAID THAT PARKS MAY NOT BE NAMED AFTER INDIVIDUALS, AND WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, BUT THERE ARE FEATURES THAT CAN BE NAMED AFTER THEM. 
          SO AT THIS POINT, THAT'S BEEN TAKEN, I GUESS OUT OF THE PARKS COMMISSION HANDS, SO IT RESTS BACK ON THE COUNCIL THAT WE WANTED TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS AT THIS POINT. 
          AND IF SO, WHEN WOULD WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? UM, I'VE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD I WANT TO SAY, ENCOURAGEMENT TO NAME SOME THINGS AFTER SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY SIGNIFICANT NAMES WITHIN OUR CITY OVER THE COURSE OF TIME. 
          SO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND TIMING AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          PLEASE. 
          SO, SO WE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAME TO A CONSENSUS ON TONIGHT, OR IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A, A, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT NAMING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE PARK, ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT NAMING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PARK, WE COULD JUST SIMPLY, UH, POSTPONE KIND OF PUTTING THIS PARTICULAR PARK ON THE AGENDA NEXT WEEK. 
          AND, AND, UH, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD, YOU DON'T WANNA KIND OF OPERATIONALIZE THAT WITHIN THE SAME RESOLUTION OF NAMING THE PARK. 
          UM, BUT, UH, SO THIS WOULD BE THE TIME. 
          UM, NOW THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 
          UH, IF YOU DO MOVE FORWARD NEXT WEEK WITH THE NAMING OF THE PARK, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM COMING BACK AND UPDATING THAT RESOLUTION OR PASSING SOME KIND OF AN ADDENDUM OR A, AN AMENDMENT TO THAT RESOLUTION. 
          SO, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO TRY TO ADDRESS IT NOW, THAT WOULD BE FINE. 
          UM, BUT, UH, YOU COULD ALWAYS COME BACK TO IT AS WELL. 
          I, I THINK EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL AGREED THAT THE TWIN RIVERS PARK AND THE INNER INNER URBAN COMMON WERE A GO. 
          I THINK I HEARD THAT. 
          THUMBS UP. 
          UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, I'D LOVE TO GET THE COUNCIL'S COMMENTS ON SOME OF THESE. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BRIDGE. 
          I KNOW THE COMMUNITY OVER AT TWIN RIVERS. 
          I'VE HEARD FROM MANY, MANY PEOPLE THROUGH THE YEARS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BOB TOWNSEND RECOGNIZED AND THEY WANTED THAT TO BE HIS PARK. 
          UM, AND WE DON'T DO THAT, BUT MAYBE A BRIDGE, MAYBE A GAZEBO. 
          AND I'M THROWING THIS OUT, MAYBE A BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND POSSIBLY. 
          'CAUSE THEY WERE BOTH SO INSTRUMENTAL WITH THE WOMAN'S CLUB, HER AND MANY THINGS THROUGH THE YEARS. 
          UM, MAYBE A PARK, UM, OUT AT, UM, BRECKENRIDGE, MAYBE MARK SOLOMON. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER NAME THAT'S BEEN THROWN OUT. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM Y'ALL. 
          THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS. 
          SO, UM, I'D LOVE TO, CURTIS. 
          YES, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, WELL FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE NAME OF BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND. 
          UH, BOB AND LYNN, BOTH HAVE BEEN, UM, WELL, OBVIOUSLY INVALUABLE TO THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. 
          AND, UM, THEY WERE, THEY WERE GOOD PEOPLE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER, UH, CONSIDERING THEY LIVED IN THAT, UH, WELL, WELL, IN THE DISTRICT ONE AREA, HE WAS PLACE ONE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          HE WAS PLACE ONE YES. 
          AND, AND MAYOR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. 
          EXACTLY. 
          AND, UH, AND AND A GOOD MENTOR. 
          A GOOD MENTOR. 
          SO I REALLY LIKED WORKING WITH HIM. 
          I, I THINK, UH, POSSIBLY I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE BRIDGE OVER AT TWIN RIVERS, CONSIDERING THAT AS, AS AN OPTION, UM, THAT IT BE NAMED, IF 
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WE CAN NAME THAT BRIDGE AFTER THE TOWNSEND FAMILY, UM, HOWEVER WE STRUCTURE THAT. 
          UH, BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT IS IN THAT DISTRICT, UH, WHERE HE LIVED AND WHEN HE, WHERE HE IS PLACED ONE, UM, MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENT ON BOB AND LYNN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JENNIFER. 
          UH, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO, TO HONOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I WAS THINKING MAYBE THE CITY COULD COME BACK WITH THE, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE COULD COME BACK WITH IDEAS IN ALL OF THE PARKS. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M PREPARED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GONNA DISCUSS THAT, BUT I THINK THAT, YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HONOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY. 
          SO I WOULD LOVE FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO COME BACK WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME POTENTIAL IDEAS IN MAYBE ALL THREE OF THESE PARKS OR OTHER PARKS EVEN POTENTIALLY. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HONOR FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR CITY, MR. HU RUDDER MAYOR. 
          I, I WOULD FULLY ENDORSE, UM, THE BRIDGE BEING NAMED AFTER BOB TOWNSEND OR BOB AND, AND, AND LEN HOWER, WHATEVER'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. 
          AND THEN MARK SOLOMON WAS A, UH, PLACE TWO COUNCIL PERSON, MAYOR PRO TIM FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          SO I THINK, UM, BE VERY APPROPRIATE TO NAME SOMETHING, UM, FOR HIM OUT OF BRECKENRIDGE. 
          'CAUSE BRECKENRIDGE IS IN PLACE TOO, WHICH IS WHAT, WHERE MARK WAS AT. 
          AND SO, UM, WOULD LOVE TO SEE EITHER THE, THE PARK, UH, THE, I'M SORRY, THE PLAYGROUND OR THE, UM, UM, POSSIBLY EVEN THE, THE FRISBEE GOLF, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE OUT THERE BE TO BE, UM, NAMED AFTER HIM. 
          I'D, I'D LOVE TO, TO SUPPORT THAT AND SEE THAT HAPPEN AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE SAID. 
          UH, WHILE I ABSOLUTELY THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE HELPED BUILD RICHES INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. 
          I THINK THAT THROWING NAMES OUT BEFORE WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED POLICY, UM, IS A LITTLE KIND OF CART BEFORE THE HORSE. 
          UM, AND I'D REALLY LIKE, AS COUNCILMAN JUSTICE SAID, IT'S PUT IT BACK ON THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BRING US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WITHOUT MENTIONING ANY FURTHER NAMES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE I HAVE NO REASON TO OPPOSE ANY OF THE NAMES MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, UH, I MEAN, MARK, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I, I CONSIDER HIM A FRIEND. 
          I CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WORSHIP TOGETHER. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK BEFORE WE, WE START LOOKING AT NAMES, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO, I THINK AS A COUNCIL, DISCUSS WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          ARE WE GONNA HONOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LIVING? 'CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES DON'T, THERE ARE RULES ABOUT THEY MUST HAVE PASSED, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF STANDARDIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOTHING MORE THAN TO, TO HAVE THAT CODIFIED, TRANSPARENT. 
          UH, WE NEED TO DO THAT BEFORE WE START MENTIONING NAMES AS MY THOUGHTS. 
          AND, AND ONCE WE DO THAT, THAT'LL BE OPEN TO THEN LET JUST, LEMME JUST SAY, I, I DON'T, I DON'T, AND DON YOU CAN CORRECT ME. 
          I, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO IN A, IN A, IN A CELEBRATORY MANNER. 
          I WILL TELL YOU RAY NOAH IS STILL ALIVE AND WE HAVE THE, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT NAMED AFTER HIM, BILL KEFLER, UNLESS HE DIED OVER THE WEEKEND. 
          WHEN I SAW HIM LAST WEEK, HE IS MORE THAN ALIVE. 
          AND WE NAMED A STREET AFTER HIM. 
          AND WE ALSO NAMED A HALF FENCE, UH, A BALL, UH, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? BALL FIELD. 
          MM-HMM,  AFTER HIM AS WELL. 
          SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS PERSONALLY. 
          I DON'T WANNA SEE THIS GET CAUGHT UP IN SOME BIG POLICY, SOME BIG, I THINK AS WE IDENTIFY PEOPLE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION BECAUSE I THINK THIS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS IS GONNA GET VERY, IT'S GONNA GET WAY OFF THE RAILS. 
          AND I THINK WHEN WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WE IDENTIFY, I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING IT UP AND, AND BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. 
          SO, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BIG, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A BIG POLICY THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO PLACE AND WE'VE GOTTA HAVE 14. 
          I MEAN, I JUST DON'T, DON'T SEE THAT AT ALL. 
          IN ALL HONESTY. 
          I CAN'T DISAGREE. 
          MORE DISAGREE. 
          AND I AGREE. 
          I MEAN, I DO, I DO AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN JUSTICE THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL NAMES. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, BOB, YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU BROUGHT UP THESE KEY, UH, INDIVIDUALS TONIGHT. 
          YES. 
          THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE AS PART OF OUR CONVERSATION, BUT SINCE WE'RE REALLY NOT PREPARED TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DECISION ON ALL THAT, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THE, UH, UH, CITY, UM, BRINGS US SOME OPTIONS FOR US TO LOOK AT. 
          BUT THE, IT IS A GOOD POINT TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT JUST IN GENERAL CONVERSATION AT THE MOMENT. 
          AND, AND, AND I'M GONNA DISAGREE AGAIN, I DON'T THINK IT, THIS IS NOT A CITY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION. 
          THIS IS, WE AS COUNSEL, IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WE WANT TO CELEBRATE, WE WANT TO HONOR, I I, THAT'S NOT FOR CITY MANAGER TO SAY, OKAY, WELL HERE ARE THE 47 PEOPLE THAT, THAT HAVE DONE SOMETHING IN THE PAST, WHATEVER. 
          I THINK IF WE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED PEOPLE, WE SHOULD BRING IT FORWARD AND, AND GO THAT DIRECTION. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T, THIS 
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IS NOT A CITY MANAGER COME UP WITH A LIST, KIND OF A, KIND OF A PROPOSAL. 
          I SEE THAT MUCH MORE AS THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL WHO, WHO WANT TO HONOR AND, AND, AND, AND GIVE THANKS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND DONE THAT. 
          AND THAT'S NOT, I DON'T SEE THAT AS A CITY MANAGER OR, AND NO DISRESPECT DON, I JUST DON'T, DON'T SEE THAT AS YOU COMING BACK TO US AFTER DOING SOME KIND OF WHATEVER IT WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD DO. 
          I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THIS IS IN THE PURVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO I WILL, THAT WAS THAT MY RECOMMENDATION COUNCILMAN AT I I I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS YOURS. 
          I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS YOURS. 
          I, I UNDERSTAND. 
          I'M JUST, I WANNA CLARIFY WHAT MY COMMENTS WERE AND IT WAS THAT I WAS SUGGESTING THAT IT, I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF THAT. 
          SOMEBODY HAD MENTIONED, YOU'VE MENTIONED THE PLAYGROUND. 
          I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF THAT. 
          OR THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR PEOPLE. 
          AND I WAS SUGGESTING BRING US A LIST OF WHAT ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHO WE WANT TO HONOR. 
          IF IT, IS IT THE PLAYGROUND AT, AT A, AT AT HUFFINES? IS IT THE DISC GOLF, IS IT THE BRIDGE? IS IT THE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES HERE. 
          THAT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND I DO THINK THAT IS THE CITY MANAGER'S ROLE TO GO IDENTIFY WHERE THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO, TO NAME. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S TO CLARIFY. 
          THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS. 
          AND I DON'T THAT WHAT I'M SUGGESTING, AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT I HEARD, I HEARD OTHERS SAYING THAT THERE SHOULD BE A WHOLE LIST OF NAMES BROUGHT FORWARD BY, AND NOT EVERYONE'S GONNA KNOW ALL THE NAMES OF EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN AROUND. 
          'CAUSE SOME OF US, YOU KNOW, SOME HAVE NOT LIVED HERE LONG ENOUGH TO MAYBE RECOGNIZE OR REMEMBER SOME OF THE OLDER, YOU KNOW, GENERATION THAT SERVED IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT IT'S A COLLABORATION REALLY TO BOTH POINTS. 
          AND WE, WE'VE MADE SOME, WE'VE MADE SOME GOOD POINTS ON THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE KNOW JUST OFF TOP OF SUBJECT, BUT WE DO NEED TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT ELSE. 
          'CAUSE WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW THINGS TO NAME, DON'T WE? YES, POTENTIALLY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD BE NAMED. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A PRACTICE OR A POLICY IN PLACE, CORRECT. 
          SEAN? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FORMAL POLICY, BUT IT'S BEEN OUR PRACTICE THAT WE, WE DON'T NAME PARKS AFTER INDIVIDUALS. 
          THEY'RE ONLY A, THAT'S THE PRACTICE. 
          A VERY SMALL HANDFUL. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, MR. SCHU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          WELL, I THINK, UH, NUMBER ONE, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT BOB THOMPSON, UH, DEFINITELY HE WAS SOMEONE REALLY, YOU KNOW, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I DID PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD NOT BE ON THE BOARD IF HE WAS NOT FREE GIVING ME THE TIME AND ENCOURAGED ME TO, UH, JOIN THE BOARD. 
          NONE OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER REALLY CAME FORWARD THAT MUCH. 
          UH, SO HE CONVINCED ME TO BE ON THE ZONING BOARD ADJUSTMENT. 
          SO I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO REASON NOT TO SUPPORT THOSE THEM. 
          BUT SAME TIME, I THINK, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PARKS, OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD STILL, THAT EXISTING TODAY DOESN'T HAVE ANY NAME TODAY, RIGHT? SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY NAME, YOU KNOW, THOSE PLACE FOR OTHER, YOU KNOW, WITH OTHER NAMES. 
          SO DEDICATION FOR THEIR COMMUNITY WORKS. 
          UH, BUT I THINK, UH, PROBABLY IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO GET, NOT PROBABLY, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO WAIT, UH, TILL NEXT WEEK OR SO. 
          SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT THIS THING A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE MORE INDIVIDUAL. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME OTHER INDIVIDUAL PROBABLY HAS DONE SOME MORE WORK. 
          I THINK WE CAN NAME THEM SAME TIME. 
          UH, BUT NAMING SOMEONE THAT LIVING TODAY IS PROBABLY BETTER IS GOOD WAY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE DID IT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO GUESS THAT WHETHER THEY KNOW THAT OR NOT. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT HISTORY SAID THAT, UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE DEDICATE THEIR TIME SO MUCH FOR SO MANY YEARS, UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM. 
          AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE NOT GOING AFTER, YOU KNOW, USING THAT FOR THEIR POLITICAL PURPOSE OR AGAIN, THIS IS ALL, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL, AT LEAST HERE. 
          I KNOW THAT, UH, MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYORS, THEY DID SERVE THE CITY JUST TO SERVE THE CITY. 
          THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY DESIRE TO USE THAT. 
          ANOTHER STEPPING STONE FOR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          SO RECOGNIZING FOR THAT, I THINK THE GOOD THINGS FOR US, WE CAN DO AT LEAST. 
          SO, BUT SAME TIME, I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT MAYBE AT LEAST ONE WEEK TO COME BACK AND WE CAN AT LEAST PROCESS THE INFORMATION. 
          UH, AND THEN WE CAN PUT MAYBE A FEW MORE NAMES IF THERE IS, OR WE DON'T HAVE TO NAME ALL THE FACILITY THAT WE BUILT TODAY. 
          WE CAN KEEP IT, WE'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR A THOUSAND MORE YEARS AFTER LEAST, OR MAYBE A FEW THOUSAND YEARS. 
          SO THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY FOR A FUTURE NAMING. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE MY, MY MY CHOICE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CORCORAN. 
          MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, PARKS COMMISSION HAD A VERY SIMILAR DISCUSSION DURING THE ACTUAL NAMING OF THESE PARKS. 
          UM, AND BROADLY THEY AGREED THAT TRAILS, PAVILIONS AND BRIDGES IN THE PARKS WE WERE DISCUSSING ARE FAIR GAME FOR NAMES. 
          THE NAME BOB TOWNSEND WAS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED AND THE DECISION TO NAME THESE PARKS WAS BASED ON THAT UNDERSTANDING. 
          SO, UM, 
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I JUST WANT COUNSEL TO KNOW THAT PARKS COMMISSION IN CHOOSING TO RECOMMEND THE NAMES HAD THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL. 
          AND THE NAMES WERE RECOMMENDED WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE OTHER FEATURES WITHIN THE PARKS REPAIR GANG. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY ALL I WANNA SAY. 
          I MEAN, TO THAT POINT, SO, WELL, YES, AND, AND I THINK SEVERAL OF THE COMMENTS THROUGH THE, THIS DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN IN THE LAST MONTH OR WHATEVER, THIS HAS BEEN OVER A COURSE OF TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH TWIN RIVERS. 
          UM, SO THIS GOES BACK AT LEAST SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS WHERE THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING DESIRE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PLACE ONE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING IT UP TO FIND OUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEP IS OR HOW WOULD WE DO THAT. 
          MR. BARRIOS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS. 
          ONE, I'M, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ANY OF THE NAMES MENTIONED, UH, THAT WAS NOT, UH, TWO, I WAS NOT IMPLYING OR STATING THAT A CITY MANAGER OR ANYBODY AND HIS STAFF SHOULD COME UP WITH A LIST. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY. 
          I WHAT I WAS SAYING IN, UM, THROWING IT BACK TO, TO CITY MANAGER STATING, UH, MORE OF A POLICY. 
          I, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A STATED POLICY. 
          AND AT THAT POINT THEN, YES, IT IS UP TO THE COUNCIL TO, IT IS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, VOTE ON IT, TO, TO PASS OR DENY FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          UH, BUT I THINK THAT HAVING THAT POLICY IN PLACE IS PART OF WHAT THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY MANAGER IN HIS OFFICE, UM, TO US. 
          SO THAT WAS, I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, THAT WAS MY, MY POINT IN THAT. 
          AND NOT ASKING FOR A LIST OF NAME RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT ASKING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLICY ON HOW TO APPROACH THAT. 
          WE AS A COUNCIL CAN LOOK AT POLICY, APPROVE A POLICY, AND, UM, SO THAT CITIZENS KNOW IT'S NOT JUST, HEY, WE'RE COMING UP HERE AND THROWING NAMES OUT THERE, BUT THAT THERE'S SOMETHING IN SO THEY CAN HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT AS WELL. 
          YEP. 
          MAYOR, MAY I, MAY I PLEASE, SO, UH, JUST, JUST BASED ON WHAT COUNCILMAN CORCORAN SAID AND WHAT I HEAR, OTHERWISE, LET ME JUST AGAIN, UM, SEE IF I CAN KIND OF PULL TOGETHER, UH, ONE, ONE OPTION MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, GIVEN WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN SAID ABOUT THE PARKS COMMISSION IN THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THEY'RE RECOMMENDING TWIN RIVERS WOULD BE TO DO BOTH. 
          I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND NEXT WEEK IN THE RESOLUTION, IDENTIFY THE BRIDGE AS BOB TOWNSEND OR BOB TOWN, BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND BRIDGE, WE COULD DO THAT. 
          AND I COULD GO, WE COULD GO OFF AND WE COULD BRING BACK FOR CONSIDERATION A FULL LIST OF, OF OTHER, UH, PARKS AND BEYOND, I BELIEVE AMENITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE NAMED FOR SOMEONE. 
          UM, AND, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE TIME, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE NEXT WEEK, UM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE A, A GOOD LIST. 
          AND THEN COUNCIL VARS, TO YOUR POINT, WE COULD ALSO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, AMENITIES OUT THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE NAMED FOR SOMEONE ELSE, BUT MAYBE PUT SOME SCIENCE TO THAT, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          SO, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EITHER OR AGAIN, JUST A, JUST A POTENTIAL PATH FORWARD, PARTICULARLY, I I I, I THINK WHAT COUNCILMAN, UH, CORCORAN SAID IS WHY I'M SUGGESTING THIS, IF CONTEXTUALLY THE PARKS COMMISSION WAS MAKING THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND, AND DISCUSSING THAT THAT BRIDGE WOULD LIKELY BE NAMED AFTER BOB OR LYNN OR, OR BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND, THAT WHAT I'M DESCRIBING TO YOU IS JUST ONE PATH FORWARD. 
          BUT WE, THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT EITHER OR. 
          IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          AND DO, UH, COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE, WHAT YOU DESCRIBED, AND COUNCILMAN BARRIOS, WHAT YOU DESCRIBED AS PART, TRYING TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF SCIENCE TO THE INVENTORY OF REMAINING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I'M GOOD WITH THE INVENTORY AND I THINK THAT THAT IS WHERE THE EXPERTISE OF OUR PARK STAFF COMES INTO IT. 
          BUT I THINK THEY HAVE THE PRACTICE OF HOW TO NAME THINGS OR WHAT WE WILL OR WILL NOT DO CURRENTLY. 
          I, AND I CAN REFER BACK TO THE PROTOCOL FOR HAVING A BENCH NAMED AFTER SOMEONE IN A PARK. 
          WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH THAT'S PRETTY REGIMENTED AND THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. 
          I HATE TO TELL OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, THESE ARE THE POLICIES IN PLACE WHEN I THINK THAT THE PRACTICES IN PLACE ARE WORKING OUT PRETTY WELL. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE THAT ABILITY TO NAME WHATEVER THEY WANT TO. 
          WE'RE ALL LISTENING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND I HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR, KIND OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO SAY FOR MANY YEARS. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT WE ARE THE VOICE OF OUR CITIZENS, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GET IT TIED UP TOO MUCH IN MY PERSONAL OPINION. 
          SO, MR. HUTCHIN RIDER, UH, YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID, I HAVE, I HAVE NO DIFFICULTY 
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WITH COMING UP WITH THE LIST OF AN INVENTORY THAT'S VERY APPROPRIATE. 
          I MEAN, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A POLICY AND, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH ALL THIS CRITERIA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          NO, I, I'M DEAD SET AGAINST THAT. 
          UH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE LIST AND I AGREE WITH, WITH COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE THAT THAT'S VERY APPROPRIATE FOR CITY MANAGER. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK, I THINK THIS, THIS IS, THESE ARE HONORARY DESIGNATIONS THAT WE'RE GIVING ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE MEANT A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO A COMPO COM, TO A COMPONENT OF THE COMMUNITY, WHATEVER, HOWEVER YOU WANNA SAY THAT. 
          AND I THINK IT'S WITHIN OUR PURVIEW THAT IF WE SAY WE WANT TO NAME, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND OR BOB TOWNSEND, WHATEVER, I'M, I'M OKAY EITHER WAY PERSONALLY. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE, UH, I WILL DISAGREE STRONGLY. 
          WE DO DO NOT NEED A POLICY. 
          I THINK WE HAVE A, A STRONG PRACTICE IN THE PAST. 
          COUNCILS HAVE, HAVE COME UP. 
          I MEAN, THERE WASN'T A BIG LONG POLICY PUT TOGETHER TO NAME THE, THE BILL KEFFER PARK TO NAME THE STREET, ALL THE OTHER THINGS. 
          I'M, I'M DEAD SET AGAINST THAT. 
          I'M JUST GONNA, I MEAN, IT'S ONE TIME I'M, I'M MARKING MY MYSELF DOWN VERY STRONGLY THAT WE DON'T NEED A POLICY. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO GET OFF INTO THAT. 
          IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRANSPARENCY. 
          IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THAT. 
          WE'RE HONORING PEOPLE WHO HAVE MEANT A WORLD TO THIS COMMUNITY, OR AT LEAST TO A GOOD SUBSECTION OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. 
          AND WE DON'T NEED TO GET CAUGHT UP IN ALL THIS POLICY AND ALL THE REST OF THAT. 
          NO PROBLEM WITH THE INVENTORY, AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THE, THE COUNCILWOMAN, BUT I'M DEAD SET AGAINST THE POLICY. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT VERY STRONGLY STATED. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DORIA. 
          AND I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE THE SAME. 
          SO I, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN HUTCHMAN HUT, HUTCHIN WRITER THAT, UM, I, I DO AGREE THAT THE, THAT DON CAN GIVE US A A LIST. 
          THE STAFF CAN GIVE US A LIST AND MOVE FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME SUGGESTIONS. 
          BUT YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO LAUNCH INTO CREATING ANOTHER POLICY ON TOP OF ANOTHER POLICY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM. 
          I DO, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN MAKING THE LIST IS GOING TO TAKE LOTS OF TIME AND IT'S GONNA BE CONTINUOUS PROCESS, BUT IT COULD PROBABLY GIVE US JUST SOME THE LIST THAT'S LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS PART SO FAR, BUT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FUTURE OPPORTUNITY ON THE SAME PARK, BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS HAS NOT BEEN DONE ON THE, ESPECIALLY ON THE APOLLO PARK. 
          PHASE ONE IS NOW WE ARE ACTIVATING, WE HAVE PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE PROBABLY COMING UP. 
          SO THE LIST WOULD BE ONGOING, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE NEXT WEEK. 
          AND, UH, AND THE NAMING, EVEN THOUGH POLICY IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE, EVEN IF WE COME WITH, COME UP WITH A POLICY, IT'S, IT NEED TO BE LIKE THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEONE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY SELFLESSLY OVER THE YEARS FOR MANY YEARS. 
          THAT'S THE BASIC POLICY I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          I THINK IF YOU TRY TO WRITE DOWN SOME MORE THINGS AND THEN THEN CHECK MARK, CHECK MARK IS VERY DIFFICULT, UH, MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO, AND NOBODY'S NAMING SOMEONE WITH CONTROVERSY, UH, BUT THE CONTROVERSY NAME IS GONNA BE THERE FOREVER, EVEN THOUGH IF, IF YOU NAME IT OR NOT, PEOPLE WILL KNOW THE NAME. 
          UH, BUT THESE ARE THE DEDICATION, DEDICATION GIVEN TO, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVE, UH, THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT ANYTHING EXPECTING BACK. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S THE BASIC POLICY THAT IF, YOU KNOW, WE FOLLOW PRACTICE, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. 
          UH, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, I THINK EVEN IF WE COME NEXT WEEK JUST WITH THIS, I THINK WHAT, UH, DON MENTIONED, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL JUST ADD, I THINK THE, THE KEY POINT HERE IS THE FACT THAT BOTH OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE BRAND NEW. 
          SO WE'RE NOT GOING BACKWARDS, RETROACTIVE, TRYING TO FIT SOMETHING INTO A GLOVE ON THAT SIDE. 
          WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THESE ARE THE NEW THINGS. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THESE NEW THINGS, AND THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE WITH SOMETHING THAT'S FRESH AND NEW AND SAY THANK YOU. 
          AND IN BOTH CASES, THEY REPRESENTED THOSE TWO AREAS. 
          AND I THINK THOSE, THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT POINTS. 
          AND I THINK NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT MORE THAN THE COUNCIL. 
          AND EACH OF YOU HAVE YOUR PLACE AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THAT PLACE AND HOW POWERFUL THAT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE TURN TO YOU. 
          AND I CAN SAY THAT IN BOTH OF THOSE SCENARIOS, THE COMMUNITIES WENT TO BOTH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND ALWAYS GOT A REPLY AND ALWAYS FELT GOOD ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. 
          AND THEY WERE REPRESENTED VERY, VERY WELL. 
          SO I THINK THAT IT WASN'T JUST A FLY BY NIGHT WISH BY CONSTITUENTS. 
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THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT AND SAID, WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          SO I THINK AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY THE CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE SAYING, WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE PAST PEOPLE AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I THINK WE'RE DOING BY DOING THIS. 
          AND I, I STILL THINK I'D LIKE TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THOSE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS AND TRY TO COME UP WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          UM, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO IT. 
          THIS IS WHY PUSH IT OFF IF WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN THAT ROAD. 
          SO THAT'S MY THOUGHTS, MR. MAGNER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IF I COULD JUST, I MEAN, AGAIN, I, I HEAR WE WILL CREATE THE INVENTORY, UM, BOTH, UM, FOR, FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, AGAIN, GIVEN, GIVEN, UH, THE PARKS COMMISSION CONTEXT, DOES THE COUNCIL WANT TO CREATE THE RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK AND PUT IT ON THAT NAMES THE PARK, TWIN RIVERS AND THE BRIDGE, UH, BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND BRIDGE? YES. 
          YES. 
          I'M GOOD WITH IT. 
          MR. COWORKER, CORPORAL, I MEAN, ON BRIDGE SPECIFICALLY IS THAT, AND THEN FOR, UH, FORMER MAYOR PRO TIM SOLOMON, THAT'S STILL TBD I'M SORRY, I'M JUST, THIS IS STRICT. 
          THIS I'M, THE QUESTION IS STRICTLY BOB AND LIN TOWNSEND BRIDGE YES. 
          AND TWIN RIVERS PARK. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          YES. 
          FOR ME, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU, THAT THAT WAS THE CONTEXT YOU PROVIDED AROUND THE PARKS CONVERSATION, PARKS COMMISSION CONVERSATION. 
          YES. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ONE, TWO, MR. MORRIS LIGHTS ON. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M IN A MINORITY HERE. 
          UM, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UM, TOWNSEND OR HIS WIFE, UM, YEAH, I, I DIDN'T KNOW HIM LIKE OTHERS DID. 
          BUT I DID GET, I HAVE VISIT, DID VISIT WITH HIM A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS. 
          UM, AND I, AGAIN, IT'S NOT AGAINST NAMING ANYTHING TO HONOR HIM. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHERE I STAND. 
          IT'S, UH, BUT I, I, I'M JUST NOT A FAN. 
          THERE IS NO POLICY IN PLACE. 
          I'M JUST NOT A FAN OF, HEY, WE, WE THREW THIS OUT THERE AND WE DECIDED ON OUR OWN, UM, WITHOUT SOME KIND OF POLICY, EVEN IF IT'S THREE OR FOUR SAYING, HEY, THIS IS BASED ON THOSE THREE OR FIVE CRITERIA, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED GOING FORWARD. 
          I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE. 
          AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT AGAINST ANYTHING ABOUT NAMING BRIDGE IN HONOR OF TOWNSEND. 
          I I WOULD BE VERY OPEN TO THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          I AM, I HAVE NO REASON TO, TO DISAGREE WITH NAMING THE BRIDGE FOR HIM, EX WITH EXCEPTION OF, I'M NOT A FAN OF THE, THE PROCEDURAL PROCESS HERE. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL STAND BY. 
          I DO NOT AGREE WITH IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M A MINORITY. 
          CAN I ADD SOMETHING HERE, MR. ROMERO, PLEASE? UH, I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY WRITTEN POLICY ABOUT NAMING A PARK WITH SOMEONE'S NAME, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY, WE JUST HAVE A PRACTICE. 
          WE JUST DON'T DO IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          CAN WE MAKE IT LIKE SOMETHING FORMAL THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO NAME A PARK UNDER, UH, YOU KNOW SOMEONE'S NAME? UH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT WRITTEN. 
          WE CAN'T NAME NO, NO. 
          THAT'S THE PRACTICE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE POLICY. 
          I MEAN, WE CAN, BUT I, I, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S CONTRARY IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T WANT A POLICY TO NAME A BRIDGE AFTER SOMEBODY, I DON'T KNOW. 
          NO, NO. 
          I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          UH, I KNOW, BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING, MAYOR PROTE, IS IT, I THINK IT'S CONTRARY TO WHAT I'M HEARING, I THINK IS THE CONSENSUS, WHICH IS THE COUNCIL WANTS THE LATITUDE TO CONSIDER THESE AS INDIVIDUAL. 
          IF YOU MAKE THE POLICY UNILATERALLY THAT YOU'LL NEVER NAME A PARK AFTER SOMEBODY, THEN YOU'LL NEVER NAME A PARK AFTER SOMEBODY BUT WE CAN NAME THE FACILITY OR WE CAN'T RIGHT NOW. 
          YOU CAN NAME ANYTHING. 
          THE, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IS FROM THE PARKS COMMISSION BASED ON HISTORIC PRACTICE. 
          IF YOU DECIDED, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO NAME A PARK AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL, THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR DISCRETION. 
          WE CAN STILL DO IT. 
          THEN THESE ARE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE HISTORIC, UM, THE WAS DESCRIBED TO YOU AS JUST HISTORIC PRACTICE. 
          THERE'S NOTHING IN ANY CODE OR ORDINANCE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T NAME A PARK AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL. 
          TRUE. 
          I BELIEVE SO. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO WHAT, WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED TO YOU IS TRADITIONALLY HOW THE PARKS COMMISSION AND THE COUNCILS OF PAST HAVE APPROACHED NAMING PARKS. 
          I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS COULD YOU ADOPT A POLICY THAT SAYS THAT YOU DON'T DO THAT? YOU CAN ADOPT A POLICY THAT SAYS THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, I THINK IF MY POINT WAS, IF THE COUNCIL, WHAT I'M HEARING CONSENSUS IS YOU WANT THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE LATITUDE TO KIND OF DECIDE THOSE THINGS AS ONE-OFFS, UH, AN AMENITY. 
          YOU PROBABLY WANT THAT SAME LATITUDE FOR A PARK. 
          OKAY. 
          I GUESS, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT OPTION OPEN, THEN, RIGHT? THAT'S MY POINT IS THEN YEAH, THEN WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT POLICY. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, HOW ABOUT POLICY 
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HAVING IF, BUT AGAIN, UH, LIKE SAY SOME KIND OF POLICY SAYS THAT IF SOMEONE SERVED THE CITIES SELFLESSLY FOR YEARS, THIS KIND OF THING THAT, THAT WE NAMED SOME FACILITY. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN, AND WE CAN CREATE THAT POLICY. 
          WE CAN CREATE A POLICY STATING WE'RE NOT GONNA NAME PARKS AFTER PEOPLE, BUT WE WILL CREATE BRIDGES OR GAZEBOS OR, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THAT CREATION OF A POLICY. 
          SO DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT? YES, WE DO. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          UM, BUT AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NOTHING STATING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF MY POINT IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF REITERATING MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          WHAT I'M TRYING TO STATE IS THERE IS NOTHING, UM, THERE. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S KIND OF SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF IT SO THAT WE HAVE THOSE EVEN AS SIMPLE AS THEY MAY BE THREE OR FOUR POINTS, WE HAVE SOME KIND OF GUIDELINES MOVING FORWARD. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN THROW JOHN, ANY IDEA? I, AND I JUST, AGAIN, MR. HUTCHER RESTATE AND I WILL RESTATE AGAIN, THIS IS ONE WHERE I THINK WE NEED FULL BREADTH AND DEPTH OF FLEXIBILITY AND WE DON'T NEED A POLICY. 
          WHAT IF, I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING WHAT PAST PRACTICE HAS BEEN WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE HAVE A, IF IF SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WE SAID, IF WE START GETTING INTO IT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SERVICE TO COMMUNITY, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEFINE SERVICE TO COMMUNITY. 
          YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEFINE ALL THESE POINTS AND ALL THESE PIECES. 
          THE WHOLE POINT ON THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A CELEBRATION OF THEM. 
          IT'S A CELEBRATION OF THEIR SERVICE. 
          IT'S A CELEBRATION OF THEIR LIFE. 
          AND, AND, AND WE DON'T NEED TO PUT PARAMETERS AROUND THAT. 
          WE AS A CITY COUNCIL AND FUTURE CITY COUNCILS NEED TO HAVE FULL BREADTH AND DEPTH OF FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON, ON, ON WHATEVER IN THEIR COLLECTIVE MINDSET THEY WANT TO, TO BASE IT ON. 
          I MEAN, IT MAY BE THAT A FUTURE COUNSEL WANTS TO, TO, UM, HONOR, UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW THE WOMEN OF RICHARDSON, I'M, I'M JUST THINKING OF SOMETHING OUT NOW. 
          NOWHERE IN THE POLICY IS IT GONNA SAY, NO, I'M BEING REAL SERIOUS. 
          NOWHERE IN THAT POLICY. 
          I MEAN, IF WE PUT, IF WE WRITE A POLICY THAT SAYS WE HAD TO HAVE, HAVE TO SERVE THE CITY. 
          WELL, NOT EVERY WOMAN IN RICHARDSON HAS SERVED THE CITY. 
          OR MAYBE WE WANNA CELEBRATE THE WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING WE NEED IT. 
          IT IT, THIS IS AN HONORARY, HONORARY THING, AND IT'S, WE NEED TO HAVE, AS A CITY COUNCIL, I'M NOT SAYING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I'M SAYING AS THE CITY COUNCIL, WE NEED FULL BREADTH AND DEPTH. 
          WE DON'T NEED A POLICY. 
          TOBIN US TO CON, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT WE, WE DON'T WANT THE STATE AND OTHERS TO, TO, TO SHUT US DOWN FROM A LOCAL CONTROL STANDPOINT. 
          AND HERE WE ARE, WE'RE DOING IT TO OURSELVES. 
          DON'T DO IT TO OURSELVES. 
          LEAVE FULL BREADTH OF FLEXIBILITY. 
          PERSONALLY, I TRUST EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL. 
          I TRUST PAST COUNCILS. 
          I TRUST FUTURE COUNCILS THAT YOU'RE GONNA COME AND YOU'RE GONNA MAKE GOOD DECISIONS BASED ON NAMING SOME TYPE OF, WHETHER IT BE AN AMENITY. 
          AND SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, MAYBE SOMEONE WILL DO SOMETHING SO MAGNANIMOUS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE A PARK NAMED AFTER THEM. 
          I DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT FLEXIBILITY AWAY FROM EITHER CURRENT CITY COUNCILS, FUTURE CITY COUNCILS, LEAVE IT AS FULL BREADTH AND DEPTH AND FLEXIBILITY. 
          THAT'S AGAIN, I I'VE STATED AS BEST I CAN. 
          WE DON'T NEED A POLICY, PERIOD. 
          MAYOR, WE'RE SUBMITTING OUR WHEELS HERE A LITTLE BIT. 
          I THINK MR. MAGNER ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT COMPROMISE IN HIS ORIGINAL SUMMARY OF WHAT HE HEARD FROM EVERYONE UP HERE. 
          I DON'T SEE WHY HE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, DO EXACTLY WHAT HE SUGGESTED EARLIER. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL REPEATING OURSELVES AT THIS POINT. 
          SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING ANY NEW IDEAS AND WE'RE JUST HAVING THE SAME DEBATE OVER AND OVER. 
          SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS WE LET MR. MAGNER SORT OF TAKE BACK WHAT HE'S HEARD FROM EVERYONE HERE, AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE FROM THERE. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU NEXT WEEK. 
          I'M FINE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BRIDGE WITHOUT A POLICY IF, IF, BUT THEY CAN STILL EXPLORE A POLICY AND WE CAN ALL SAY YAY OR NAY, WHATEVER. 
          BUT WE'RE SPINNING OUR WHEELS AT THIS POINT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT AND I, I'M GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE THING. 
          IF WE PUT A POLICY THAT IS RESTRAIN OR HANDCUFFS US A LITTLE BIT HERE, IT WOULD ALSO BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE COULD DO. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE OF DAVID SHERRARD STREET. 
          MM-HMM  THAT DIDN'T COME IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL PER SE. 
          WE DID IT AND IT WAS A CITY MANAGERS THOUGHT, AND POLICE DEPARTMENT THOUGHT, HOW ABOUT WE DO THIS? AND OF COURSE WE WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, BUT IT WAS NOT A FORMAL VOTE. 
          AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HANDCUFF ANYONE IN THIS CITY, DON STAFF, THE PARK STAFF OR THE COUNCIL BY HAVING A POLICY. 
          SO I AGREE WITH MR. HUTCHIN RIDER. 
          I'M, I'M SORRY, DAN, THAT I'VE NOT, I THINK THAT OUR PRACTICES ARE SOLID 
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AND THEY'RE BASED ON GOOD THINGS. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON BY MISS JUSTICE'S REQUEST. 
          NO, THAT, THAT'S, I THINK, I THINK, UH, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A DEBATE. 
          SO CONVERSATION IS ALWAYS GOOD IDEA AND GOING AROUND THE CIRCLE IS NOT A BAD IDEA SOMETIMES IF WE DON'T GO UNLIMITED TIMES. 
          SO THIS CONVERSATION IS VERY HEALTHY. 
          AND I THINK TYING IS, I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE HAVING JUST STRICT IDEA THAT SERVING THE CITY LONG TIME IS NOT REALLY THAT ONE CRITERIA. 
          IT COULD HAPPEN MANY OTHER WAY. 
          IT COULD HAPPEN. 
          SOMEONE JUST DID SOMETHING ONE DAY, ONE TIME THAT WAS GREAT FOR THE CITY AND ALL THE CITY WOULD BE COMING FORWARD NAMING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT PERSON PROBABLY. 
          SO I TAKE MY WORD BACK. 
          UH, BUT, UH, BUT I, I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT THE CONVERSATION WAS GOOD AND I DO SUFFER, UH, DON MAGNER'S. 
          MR. DORIAN, I JUST, I, I'LL, I'LL ENCLOSE I DO AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN JUST, UH, JUSTICE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND TO HAVE THE CITY BRING BACK WHAT WE NEED TO DO SO WE DON'T KEEP REPEATING. 
          BUT I, AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO A CLOSE, I JUST WANNA SAY SOME TRADITIONS JUST NEED TO STAY A TRADITION AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          I THINK YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO OVERLAP THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, MR. MAGNER, YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTIONS, MR. BARRIO. 
          SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD CODE. 
          I QUICK, I WANNA, POLICIES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO TIE THE HAND IN THE EX IN THE EXAMPLE THAT COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN WRITER USED ABOUT, IF WE WANTED TO HONOR THE WOMEN OF RICHARDSON, A POLICY CAN BE LOOSE IN STATE. 
          WE WILL HONOR PEOPLE, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, AND CAN BE LOOSE AND ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY. 
          EVERY ORGANIZATION, EVERY BUSINESS, I WOULD JUST HAD A PROCEDURE DONE AT COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN WRITER'S HOSPITAL LAST WEEK. 
          I SIGNED OFF ON A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT ARE POLICIES THAT ARE SIGNING OFF. 
          AND THEY'RE INC, THEY'RE DONE TO PROTECT THE INSTITUTION IN THE CASE OF GOVERNMENT. 
          THEY'RE DONE TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHICH WE ARE HERE TO SERVE. 
          AND, UH, IT IS, IT IS DONE TO PROVIDE THE PEOPLE A VOICE AT THE TABLE AND TO PROTECT AND, UH, FROM GOVERNMENT, UH, AND PEOPLE WHO MAY TRY TO USE THAT IN FUTURE. 
          NOT THAT ANY OF THE SUGGESTIONS CURRENTLY OR IN THAT SPIRIT, UH, BUT I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT PART. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YOU GOT YOUR MARCHING ORDER, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, SEAN. 
          UM, PAUL, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          AT THIS TIME 
          [F. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM F REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO MS. JUSTICE, WE'LL CALL ON YOU FIRST, MA'AM. 
          THANKS. 
          I'M GONNA REPORT ON TWO FUTURE LOOKING, UH, EVENTS. 
          WE HAVE GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEKEND AT THE EISMAN CENTER ON FRIDAY NIGHT. 
          YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKETS FOR WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR, A JAZZ TRIBUTE TO A HUNDRED YEARS OF DISNEY. 
          TAKE YOUR KIDS, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. 
          UH, AND IT'LL BE GREAT FOR ADULTS TOO. 
          UH, AND THEN SATURDAY, GET HAPPY, MICHAEL FEINSTEIN CELEBRATES THE JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL. 
          SO TWO REALLY, REALLY AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE EISMAN, UH, THIS COMING WEEKEND. 
          DON'T MISS OUT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. DORIAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YES, I, UH, I HAVE TO ADD TO THE JULIE GARDEN, UH, UH, THAT, THAT IS, I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY ATTEND THAT EVENT, SO YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE FUN. 
          IT'S GONNA BE FUN. 
          UH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS. 
          UM, I ATTENDED WITH, UM, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, DON MANGER AND, UM, UM, . 
          AND THEN OF COURSE OUR, OUR MAYOR. 
          WE WENT TO THE, UH, BI UH, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE BUILDING, DEDICATION DOWNTOWN. 
          IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE. 
          THE, THE BUILDING ALONE, THE ARCHITECTURE, UH, WAS EMPOWERING. 
          THEY'VE CREATED SORT OF A COMMON AREA OUT THERE WHERE WE COULD GATHER, UH, THE WAY IT WAS STRUCTURED. 
          THE WIND WAS BLOWING PERFECTLY, SO BEING OUTSIDE, AND IT WAS NOT SUPER HOT, BUT IT, IT IS CREATED A NICE WIND FLOW. 
          SO VERY, VERY NICE, UH, DEDICATION. 
          UM, VERY NICE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, JUST WANNA SAY THAT WAS INVALUABLE FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND DALLAS. 
          SECOND THING IS, UH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A BUS, UH, TOUR FOR THE, UH, TRANSIT, UH, I'M SORRY, YEAH. 
          FOR THE TRANSIT COALITION OF NORTH TEXAS. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO EACH LOCATION AT THE DART RAIL AND GET KIND OF A, A LITTLE, UM, OVERVIEW OF HOW THE SILVER LINE IS COMING TO TOGETHER. 
          WE ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE CORRIDORS AND HOW IT WAS AFFECTING SOME OF THE, UH, TRANSIT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO THAT WAS ALSO A REAL FUN EVENT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BARRIOS. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          IT, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THIS PAST WEEK. 
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UH, LAST WEDNESDAY WE ATTENDED THE EISMAN CENTER ANNUAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DINNER. 
          UM, I THINK WE WERE ALL THERE. 
          UM, WE GOT TO HAVE DINNER ON STAGE WITH ALL THESE VOLUNTEERS, AND IT'S AMAZING HERE THE AMOUNT OF HOURS AND THE VALLEY THEY BRING TO OUR CITY. 
          UH, I THINK WE ALL, AND EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM PROBABLY AGREES THAT VOLUNTEERS REALLY MAKE THE WORLD HAPPEN. 
          AND, AND THERE'S NEVER A SHORTAGE OF VOLUNTEERS IN RICHARDSON. 
          SO THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS AT THE EISMAN CENTER THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. 
          UM, WE ALL ATTENDED THE CULTURE IN THE CORE, UM, IN WHAT WILL BE CALLED TO INTERURBAN COMMON, I GUESS IS, IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA CALL IT MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT. 
          SO HATS OFF TO ALL THOSE FROM THE CITY INVOLVED WITH THE ACTUAL HANDS-ON PLANNING OF THAT. 
          I KNOW, UM, LOTS OF TIME RESIDENTS DON'T SEE THE HOURS SPENT PLANNING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IT TAKES. 
          UM, AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. 
          THE, THE AMAZING FOOD. 
          I THINK MY WIFE AND I TASTED EVERYTHING THERE. 
          UH, THE, THE ENTERTAINMENT, THE PEOPLE, IT, IT WAS, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT CONTINUE TO GROW EVERY YEAR. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE COMMENTS I KNOW I MADE ON THE, ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WAS SOME OF THE CITIES, UM, ONE OF THE, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS GREAT. 
          ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES I THINK WE'VE HAD IS TO, IS TO, UM, I GUESS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF MAKING THAT DIVERSITY A CULTURAL DRIVE, UH, A ECONOMIC DRIVER. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS ON YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY, UH, MR. MAGNER. 
          BUT, UH, TO SEE THAT HAPPEN, THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVED IT. 
          AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CORCORAN. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET THIS AFTERNOON TO KICK OFF THE 2023 INDEPENDENT AUDIT. 
          SUPER EXCITING. 
          WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM CROW, OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, AS WELL AS AN UPDATE FROM CITY STAFF ON THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS THEY'RE MAKING, UH, IN ADDRESSING THE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, IDENTIFYING THE LAST AUDIT. 
          UM, FINALLY, UH, DAWN, TO THE POINT YOU MADE EARLIER TODAY, WE DID LOOK OVER AND RECOMMEND A GOVERNANCE DOCUMENT FOR THE COMMITTEE, AND THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE FULL COUNCIL, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JOE. 
          MR. HUTCHIN RIDER, TWO THINGS REAL QUICK. 
          WE HAD A GREAT RICHARDSON BUSINESS NETWORK NETWORK BREAKFAST WITH OUR VERY OWN MAYOR, BOB DOOBY. 
          UM, THAT WAS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S PUT ON BY OUR, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO GET, UM, BASICALLY WHAT IT MEANS, BUSINESS, BUSINESS NETWORKING HAPPENING. 
          AND THEN ON THURSDAY EVENING, UM, SEVERAL OF US HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUT AT THE RICHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING OUT AT RICHLAND ELEMENTARY. 
          AND, UM, OUR OWN, DON MAGNER DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING, UH, AN UPDATE TO THE, UM, ASSOCIATION. 
          AND I THOUGHT OVERALL IT WAS A, A GREAT EVENT. 
          AND KUDOS AGAIN ON THE, UM, ON THE, UH, CULTURE AND THE CORE THOUGHT IT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT. 
          I THINK EVERYONE HAD A WHOLE LOT OF FUN, UM, AND JUST REALLY, REALLY CELEBR, EXCUSE ME, CELEBRATED OUR INCLUSION OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, ARVIN. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, WELL, THE CULTURE AT THE CORE, THAT PRO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT EVENT THAT HAS GROWN MORE THIS YEAR. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS HEADING TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          I THINK WE ARE NOT DONE YET ON THAT EVENT. 
          SO NEXT YEAR IS GONNA BE, UH, MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD THIS YEAR. 
          UH, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ON THIS EVENT, UH, IS THE JJ PIERS, UH, MUST, WELL, FIRST I APOLOGIZE IF I COULDN'T TELL THE NAME CORRECTLY. 
          HELP ME OUT IF I MADE A MISTAKE THERE. 
          A JJ P MUST, MUSTANG STAMPEDED, STEAMED, STAMPED, UH, THESE ARE THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF, UH, ENTERTAINMENT THINGS IS THE LUXURY TO ME OR ETHNICITY WAS LUXURY IN THE PAST FOR ME BECAUSE MY TIME I SPENT MOSTLY WORKING AND FAMILY PERSONAL LUXURY WAS, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL ENTERTAINMENT, UH, WAS NOT REALLY ON MY SCHEDULE. 
          UH, WHEN I SAW THAT THINGS, I KNOW YOU GUYS PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THAT MANY TIMES, BUT WHEN I SAW IT MYSELF, I WAS TOTALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, AMAZED. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW TO SAY OR WHAT TO SAY ON THAT. 
          THIS HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GREAT. 
          AWESOME. 
          UH, SO I KNOW THAT, UH, RICHARD AND I, I ALSO HAS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. 
          I DID WATCH THEM IN THE PAST, BUT AGAIN, SINCE THIS IS LIKE A KIND OF LUXURY TO ME, I FORGOT WHAT I SAW BEFORE, BUT IT CAME BACK. 
          SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA SEE SIMILAR TO THAT THING ALSO. 
          UH, AND, UH, AND ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, THESE YEARLY EVENTS, UH, I THINK IT'LL LEAD TO US LIKE EVENTUALLY MONTHLY OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THAT 
          [02:55:01]
NOW. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS LARGE SCALE, BUT MORE FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          THEY CAN DO MANY THINGS, UH, SIMILAR TO THAT, UH, WITH THAT. 
          AND, UH, THE OTHER THING I LEARNED LAST WEEK, WE HAD, UH, I HAD A-D-R-M-C EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING LAST FRIDAY. 
          I THINK MAYOR ALSO ATTENDED THAT. 
          NOT, I THINK I, HE WAS THERE. 
          UH, ONE THING I LEARNED THERE FROM, YOU KNOW, SENATOR NATHAN JOHNSON GAVE US SOME UPDATE. 
          I DID GET BUNCH OF UPDATES, LOTS OF GOOD THINGS, UH, THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          GOOD THINGS. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT GOOD THINGS. 
          UH, AND ONE THING I LEARNED THAT, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES CANNOT INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE COVID VACCINE. 
          UH, SO THIS IS LIKE NOW STATE LAW THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS OWNER CANNOT SAY, UH, NO TO INDIVIDUAL IF HE'S NOT VACCINATED OR IF HE DOES NOT TAKE VACCINE. 
          SO THERE ARE FOUR THINGS I THINK SENATOR SAID THAT HE CANNOT, HE CANNOT SAY NO TO ANY POTENTIALLY EMPLOYEE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, AND COVID VACCINE. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I LEARNED SOMETHING AND SOMEHOW I MISSED THAT REPORT. 
          , THANK YOU, ARVIN. 
          I WILL ADD ONE THING. 
          IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT THING FOR OUR, FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON THIS PAST WEEK. 
          UM, I HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND MR. MAGNER AS WE DID A RIBBON CUTTING FOR OUR EMPHASIS WHO MERGED THEIR COMPANY WITH SPIRIT AERO SYSTEMS, TEXAS DESIGN CENTER. 
          AND THIS IS HUGE IN THE TWO OF THE LARGEST COMPANIES MERGING TOGETHER AND CALLING THEIR HOME BASE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS. 
          IT'S REALLY A BIG DEAL. 
          AND I HAD THE HONOR TO, UH, NOT ONLY GO AND BE THERE, BUT THEY ASKED ME TO BE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND WELCOME THEM TO THIS PARTNERSHIP AND TO OUR CITY. 
          SO, UM, BACK IN THE SUMMER, MAYOR PRO TEM AND I DID A, AN AWARD RECOGNITION FOR THEIR, UH, COMPANY WHERE IT WAS LIKE THE OSCARS OR SOMETHING. 
          IT, IT'S HUGE. 
          THEY, THEY DO AMAZING THINGS. 
          THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR PEOPLE. 
          AND THIS NEW COMPANY, I'LL TELL YOU THIS, THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE HIRED PEOPLE IS AGE 26. 
          IT'S THE MOST ENERGETIC, BRIGHTEST GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN YOU'VE EVER SEEN. 
          AND THEY, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING. 
          WE GOT TO WALK THROUGH AND SEE THE THINGS THAT WE'D HAVE TO, THEY'RE GONNA KILL US IF WE TELL YOU ABOUT IT, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 
          BUT IT WAS TOP SECRET. 
          IT WAS REALLY NEAT. 
          AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING, THE WAY THEY LAID OUT THEIR WHOLE BUILDING IS JUST AMAZING. 
          AND, UM, I WILL JUST TELL YOU, WE WERE REALLY HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT. 
          AND ALL OF US WALKED AWAY WITH LOTS OF IDEAS, LOTS OF CONCEPTUAL THOUGHTS ABOUT MAYBE WHAT OUR NEW CITY HALL MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE OR THINGS THAT WE COULD DO. 
          UM, ANYWAY, I WAS HONORED TO DO THAT. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE THING. 
          AND, UH, I WISH THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL COULD HAVE JOINED US, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY. 
          BUT WE APPRECIATE IT THEM AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EMPHASIS AS THEY ARE A KEY KEY COMPANY IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WITH THAT BEING 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SAID, COUNSEL WILL NOW CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE CLOSE SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 51 0.0711, AND TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY CONSIDERATION OF SETTLEMENT OF WALKER AT, AT AL VERSUS CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS AT AL UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. 
          CAUSE NUMBER 3 22 DASH CV DASH OH 1 1 64 DASH X. 
          AND WITH THAT, HAVING BEEN SAID, IT IS 8:59 PM I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND THIS RELAX A LITTLE BIT AND THEN COME BACK. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IT IS 10 58. 
          COUNSEL 
          [RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION]
WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION MAYOR PRO TIM SCHUL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, I MOVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN WALKER AT ALL VERSUS CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS ETAL CIVIL ACTION NON 3 22 DASH 
          [03:00:01]
CV DASH 1164 X PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT CODE, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, DALLAS DIVISION, AND ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED THERETO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION, MR. CORCORAN. 
          I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SHOW WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. 
          THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY E WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS. 
          THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10:59 PM THANK YOU.
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