Mar 17, 2023 City Council Work Session

[CALL TO ORDER]

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OKAY WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WELCOME TO THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIZATION SESSION. WE'RE

[Discuss Prioritization of the City Council Strategic Goals]

ALTHOUGH WE DID IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHANGES WE DID THIS YEAR AND DISCUSSION WITH STAFF AS WELL. ALL. BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO TODAY IS KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH. WHERE WE LANDED AT THE END OF THE FIRST SESSION A MONTH AGO, AND SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF SOME TWEAKS AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE SUGGESTED THAT CAME OUT OF THE CONVERSATIONS, ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY AS RELATED TO THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PRIORITIES. AND YOU ACTUALLY ADDED A FEW PRIORITIES, SO I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF KIND OF CRAFTING THAT SHOOTING A DRAFT REPORT TO THE STAFF. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE BROUGHT THAT BACK FOR YOUR KIND OF BLESSING TODAY, SO THAT'S WHAT KIND OF WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN THIS YEAR LATTE WELL WILL MAKE YOU SAY LAST YEAR. WHAT WE DID IS ONCE YOU HAD ALL THE PRIORITIES NAILED DOWN, THEN YOU VOTED ON YOUR PRIORITIES AND PRIORITIZED PRIORITIES, SO TO SPEAK. AND SO THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WITH STAFF ABOUT AN INTEREST AND MAYBE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, AND SO WE WANT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A WRINKLE ON THAT. SO WE APOLOGIZE THAT THAT THAT RESULTED IN YOU HAVING TO DO A SURVEY TWICE, BUT THIS YEAR IT WAS LOOKING AT MORE STAFF WANTED TO GET A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR AND GETTING A FEEL FOR THE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE METRICS THAT THEY USE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO TRACK OR THE OBJECTIVES THAT THEY USE TO KIND OF TRACK YOUR PRIORITIES. SO WE'VE GOT THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY COMPLETED SURVEY ON THAT ONE TO GO THROUGH TODAY SO WE CAN TALK THROUGH THOSE AND THAT I THINK, HOPEFULLY WILL GENERATE SOME INTERESTING CONVERSATION AMONGST ALL OF YOU BECAUSE IN SOME CASES, IT'S VERY CLEAR WHERE YOU ARE AS A BODY. IN OTHER CASES, YOU'RE A LITTLE MORE KIND OF SPREAD OUT, AND SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THAT. AND THEN AT THE END OF TODAY, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS JUST TALK THROUGH ALL RIGHT, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR, UM HOW DO YOU WANT TO MAYBE LOOK AT IT NEXT YEAR? DO YOU WANT TO STILL DO THE SAME SORTS OF THINGS YOU WANT TO DO?

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WE WALKED AWAY, AS DID STAFF AND ALL BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR THAT I THINK I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MCKINNEY AND THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE MAYBE TALK ABOUT THE MAYBE A POTENTIAL OF A PREAMBLE IF YOU WILL, TO THE SIX GOALS. AND UH, MENTIONED THIS. CHARLIE HAS BEEN SOMEONE WHO WAS RAISED THIS EVERY YEAR AND WE'VE KIND OF WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THAT. AND SO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK I HAD GOTTEN LAST MONTH, I SUGGESTED THIS AS A POTENTIAL PREAMBLE TO THE SIX GOALS ONCE AGAIN, TYING IT BACK INTO YOUR TAGLINE OF UNIQUE BY NATURE. BUT ALSO KIND OF CAPTURING THE THOUGHTS AND IMPRESSIONS THAT WE HAD HEARD FROM ALL OF YOU WITH REGARDS TO MAYBE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE? IF YOU DECIDE TO DO A PREAMBLE, SO I'VE GOT THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY WHEN WORKING WITH TREVOR. WE ACTUALLY DID PUT A QUESTION OUT THERE AND THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF INTEREST AT THE END OF THE DAY. I'M DOING THE PREAMBLE. SO MY FIRST TASK FOR YOU THIS MORNING IS IN LIGHT OF WHERE YOU WHERE YOU LOOKED AT. THE POSSIBILITY OF A PREAMBLE WAS NOT RATED. VERY HIGHLY, UM DO YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT? AND SO IS THE LANGUAGE YOU'VE GOT TOGETHER KIND OF CAPTURE THAT, OR DOES IT DOES IT NEED TO BE CHANGED OR ADJUSTED THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND AS I SAID, THERE ARE SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT I WORK WITH THAT HAVE PREAMBLE EITHER TO THEIR PRIORITIES. ANOTHER GOLD AREAS. IN SOME CASES, THEY HAVE A PREAMBLE TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL VALUES. THAT KIND OF PROVIDES A ENCAPSULATES WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE. SO I KIND OF FIRST QUESTION OF THE DAY RIGHT OUT OF THE BLOCKS IS DO YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE A PREAMBLE? IT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE WERE DISCUSSED FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU AND HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED. SO CHARLIE, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE SHOPPING AT THE BEST TO SPEAK, SO WE'LL START THERE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK. I JUST WANTED TO SAY BUILDING AND BEING BETTER NEIGHBORS. BY B. Y. COLON PERIOD. RIGHT ABOVE THAT SIGN.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A LAWYER BUREAUCRAT WROTE ALL THIS STUFF . IT'S A PROCESS BY COMMITTEE.

YEAH, AND I CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OF BUILDING AND BEING BETTER NEIGHBORS. BECAUSE I WATCHED RAINY ROGERS WENT UP. FIRST CAME ON COUNCIL AND EVERY TIME SOMEONE COMES UP WITH THE PROJECT, AND WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT COLORS SHIRTS SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE, RAINY SENDS THEM HOME TO TALK TO THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND THEN I REALIZE WHERE DOING MORE THAN JUST FROM MCKINNEY AND THAT WE'RE BEING BETTER NEIGHBORS OUTSIDE. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. IT'S ONLY HERE FOR REMINDER TO THE FOLKS ON COUNCIL AND REMIND THE FOLKS WHO COME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS VARY. SIMPLE CONCEPT IS THAT WE WANT GOOD NEIGHBORS IN MCKINNEY, AND I THINK YOU GET THERE WITH THOSE VERY SIMPLE WORDS RIGHT ABOVE THAT. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO CHANGE THAT SIGN. THAT'S MY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. SO I'LL SAY SOMETHING. UM FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T LIKE THE PREAMBLE AND MOST ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS WHY I WOULDN'T LIKE IT. UM AND JUST JUST HERE BEGINNING KIND OF

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THAT WAS PARTLY THE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS TO TRY TO GET DOWN ON THAT EFFORT. WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT SIX GOALS IS A FAIRLY TYPICAL 5 TO 6 GOALS OR PILLARS, AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS CALL THEM OR FAIRLY COMPARABLE. AND FOR AN ORGANIZATION OF THIS SIZE SOMEWHERE AROUND 25 TO 30 PRIORITIES, I WOULD TELL YOU IS FAIRLY TYPICAL FOR AN ORGANIZATION OF THIS SIZE, SO THAT'S NOT AN UNMANAGEABLE NUMBER OF WHAT I WOULD NORMALLY SEE AS WE DO THESE TYPES OF RETREATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND WE INHERIT PLANS AT VARIOUS STEPS. WE KIND OF STEP IN WHEREVER THEY'RE AT. AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU, MAYBE ENHANCE THOSE PLANS GOING FORWARD. SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS GENERALLY YOU'RE IN THE IN THE MEDIA AND IF YOU WILL, WITH REGARDS TO ORGANIZATIONS, I WILL. I KNOW AS A FORMER CITY MANAGER WHEN WE DID OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MY FORMER COMMUNITY THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD NO PLAN AND I STAFF LIKE MOST STAFFS ARE ALL HIGH TYPE A PEOPLE AND WE ENDED UP WITH A GAZILLION OBJECTIVES AND IT BECAME UNWIELDY AND VERY QUICKLY . WE SAID, HEY, WE GOT TO SCALE BACK THE NUMBER OBJECTIVES. LET'S GET FOCUSED. AND THEN WE STARTED DOING PRIORITIZATION WITH OUR COUNCIL. SO WE KNEW WHICH ONES FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT GOALS, SO WE DID.

SCALE IT DOWN. SO I GUESS I WOULD DEFER TO PAUL AND THE TEAM ABOUT WHETHER THE TRACKING I MEAN MANY OF THE STUFF THAT THEY TRACK. I SUSPECT YOU'RE TRACKING REGARDLESS. AND SO IT JUST SUPPORTS WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND YOU CAN SHOW THAT IN A PORTAL THAT YOU HAVE, BUT I'LL DEFER TO THEM AS FAR AS IT IS 29. TOO MANY 158 TOO MANY, BECAUSE THANK YOU TEMPORARY COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE IT. STAFF LIKES THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS TELL US IT MAY BE TOO MUCH FOR STEP. THAT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE MINDFUL OF THAT. I WILL ASSURE YOU REASSURE YOU THE NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES. THESE ARE OBJECTIVES THAT OUR STAFF PUT TOGETHER. YOU MEASURE WHAT'S IMPORTANT. RIGHT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE IT, AND THE COUNCIL HAS A PRIORITY, AND THESE ARE THE BIG SIX. THESE ARE THE SIX PILLARS AND THEN WITH THAT, THEN YOU GO ONE LAYER DOWN AND YOU COME UP WITH YOUR SORT OF YOUR STRATEGIC GOALS. WHICH IS OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. THAT'S HOW WE SHAPE OUR BUDGET, ETCETERA. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO REPORT AND UNDERSTAND AND KNOW IF WE'RE ACTUALLY HELPING YOU ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. THOSE PRIORITIES SO WE COME UP WITH THE MEAT ON THE FRAMEWORK. RIGHT WE'RE YOU'RE HANDING US A SKELETON. WE GOT TO HANG THE MEAT ON IT, AND THAT'S WHERE STAFF GOES BACK AND SAYS, OKAY, THESE ARE OBJECTIVES THAT THAT IN OUR PROFESSIONAL ESTIMATION AND JUDGMENT, AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN OUR WORKSHOP. UM THESE ARE HOW WE CAN MEASURE IF WE'RE ACTUALLY HELPING MOVE THE BALL IN THAT DIRECTION. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRACK HIM? WE DO. BUT WE REPORT HIM TO YOU. AND WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU FOR IT. IF YOU CHOOSE TO LOOK AT AND REVIEW THOSE THINGS SOME FOLKS DON'T BECAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH DETAIL OTHER FOLKS DO AND THEY SAY, GEE , THESE ARE KIND OF IMPORTANT MEASURES TO KNOW IF WE'RE MOVING THAT POLE. SO THAT'S HOW THE RELATIONSHIP WORKS BETWEEN THE DETAIL AND THE PRIORITIES. AND THEN WHAT? YOUR YOUR MAJOR GOALS THAT YOU YOUR WORK PLAN FOR US THAT YOU WANT US TO DO, AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE THOSE IF WE DON'T, THEN WE'RE NOT VERY ACCOUNTABLE. WE'RE NOT AS ACCOUNTABLE AS WE SHOULD BE TO OUR ELECTED BODY, SO I CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S NOT TOO MUCH FOR US. WE ARE STAFF KNOWS WHAT WE PUT FORWARD. WE KNOW WHAT OBJECTIVES BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO CAME UP WITH HIM. UM

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I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S DETAIL AND WHATEVER, BUT IT IS VERY I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT EXERCISE AND PROCESS FOR THE COUNCIL TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US. YOU WANTED OUR WORK PLAN. THAT WE CAN TELL YOU. WE KNOW HOW TO MEASURE IT.

HERE'S HOW WE EXPECT THE TRACK. IT MEASURED AND REPORTED BACK TO YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING SHOW YOU WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE MOVING THAT BALL FORWARD. OKAY I WILL SAY THAT I DON'T COME FROM A CORPORATE BACKGROUND. THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE I, UM I HAVE MY OWN MY OWN COMPANY AND MY OWN LITTLE HANDFUL OF EMPLOYEES. AND SO THAT WOULD BE. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WAY OF TRACKING YOUR OWN. YEAH BUT IT'S PROBABLY MAYBE A SIMPLER WAY. BUT IT'S THE SAME THING. REALLY THANK YOU. WHAT THE OTHER THE OTHER COMMENT TO ADDRESS. WHAT PAUL IS SAYING IS THAT THERE ARE MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO WHAT ARE CALLED PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO VERY GREAT JOBS ON STRATEGIC PLANNING. AND THEN THEY DO THEIR BUDGET AND THE STRATEGIC PLANS ON ONE SIDE OF THE SHELL FROM THE BUDGETS ON THE OUTSIDE ITSELF. THEY DON'T RELATE. YOU'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS. THOSE THAT DO PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING LITERALLY TAKE THE STRATEGIC PLAN. BREAK IT DOWN BY CORE SERVICES DETERMINED HOW THOSE CORE SERVICES IMPACT YOUR GOALS AND PILLARS AND THOSE THAT IMPACT THEM TO A GREATER DEGREE . TYPICALLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUDGET REDUCING, OR YOU'RE TRYING TO ALLOCATE YOUR RESOURCES GET HIGHER DOLLARS THAN THOSE THAT HAVE A VERY MINOR IMPACT ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SO THAT WAY THEY BRING SOME FOCUS TO THEIR BUDGETING, BECAUSE HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU GO THROUGH A BUDGET PROCESS? WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE CUTTING SOMETHING, AND EVERY NO MATTER WHAT YOU CUT, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE SOME SUPPORT GROUP THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND SAY, DON'T CUT THIS BECAUSE THE SKY IS GOING TO FALL DOWN AND BECAUSE WE USE THESE SERVICES, AND THEY'RE ALL TRUE TO THE EXTENT BUT THE POINT OF HAVING A STRATEGIC PLAN GIVES YOU AS POLICYMAKERS SOME FOCUS ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT YOU TOLD STAFF IS IMPORTANT. SO WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, IF YOU'RE WEIGHING THESE ISSUES, THEY'VE GOT SOME DIRECTION ABOUT HOW TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES, BOTH CAPITAL AND HUMAN TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ESTABLISHED, SO I CAN'T SAY YOU'RE ENTIRELY IN A PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING PROCESS WITH THE CONCEPT OF LINKING YOUR PRIORITIES, AND YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN WITH YOUR BUDGET IS VERY MUCH AT PLAY HERE. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGHOUT. AND IT'S A BIG ORGANIZATION A LOT OF DIFFERENT TENTACLES, SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO TRACK. UM BUT, AS I SAID, I ALWAYS REFER TO THE STAFF. IS IT TOO MUCH TO TRACK BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THEM TRACKING INFORMATION THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, WHICH IS? I THINK PARTLY WHAT TREVOR AND THE TEAM WANTED TO DO THIS YEAR TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THE OBJECTIVES TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AND HOW WE MEASURE SOME OF THIS STUFF. THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD DOUG'S COMMENTS, UM AND DOUG DOESN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SITTING IN OUR BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WE DO WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ALL OF THE POWER IZATION INFORMATION, OBJECTIVE INFORMATION GOALS UP TO THE SIX PILLARS. IS A DEPARTMENT IS MAKING A REQUEST DURING THE BUDGET MAKING PROCESS . THEY HAVE TO TIE IT BACK TO A SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE GOAL OR PRIORITY. AND THEN IF YOU ALSO REMEMBER ON OUR AGENDAS THAT ARE CREATED ON A BIWEEKLY BASIS, EVERY AGENDA ITEM GENERALLY SPEAKING, IS TIED TO A SPECIFIC PILLAR AT THE VERY LEAST, SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT CONTEXT ABOUT THE BUDGET. AND THEN I KNEW THAT. YEAH, I GOT YOU. WHICH IS HOW IT SHOULD BE. YOU SHOULD BE. IF YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY, IT OUGHT TO BE IN THE AREAS THAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCESS HOPEFULLY BRINGS ABOUT. YEAH AND NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE ON THIS, UM BUT IT IS NOT UNMANAGEABLE AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL IF WE HAVE 15 OR MORE OPERATING DEPARTMENTS, 8 TO 10 ON AVERAGE, NO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MORE PUBLIC SAFETY, PROBABLY FEWER, BUT IT IS NOT UNMANAGEABLE IN THE PART OF THE STAFF. OKAY PIVOT. IF THAT'S OKAY AND GO BACK TO THE COMMENT ON THE PREAMBLE, THAT'S ALRIGHT. MY CONCERN WITH IT IS THAT IT SEEMS. I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WRONG WORD HERE, BUT THE NEIGHBORLY THING WHILE I THINK IT'S A GOOD GOAL COMES OFF AS A BIT PRETTY CHEAP. AND, UM I CAN SEE HOW WE MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT CANDIDLY MAKE SOME PEOPLE WINNERS AND MAYBE SOME LOSERS, AND THE LOSERS CAN SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT VERY NEIGHBORLY. LIKE YOU CANNOT SEE IT DESCENDING INTO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE OR LESS. WE GET BEAT ABOUT THE HEAD WITH BASED ON EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE, SO YOU KNOW WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC GOALS, IT'S THEY'RE NOT PREACHY. THEY'RE NOT SAYING DO IT THIS WAY, AND MY CONCERN IS INCORPORATED DESPITE IT GOOD INTENTIONS. I WOULDN'T HAVE GOOD

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WHICH CHILD DO YOU SAVE? YOUR PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON AND SO THE OTHER ASPECT IS FROM STAFFS. PERSPECTIVE IS, YOU KNOW WHICH ONES DO I FOCUS ON? WHERE DO I YOU KNOW, PUSH COMES TO SHOVE. HOW DO I MAKE SURE THAT I'M MEETING YOUR NEEDS COLLECTIVELY IN THAT REGARD, SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING AS I SAID LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAD YOU RANK YOUR PRIORITIES THIS YEAR AND TALKING WITH STAFF THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT. WELL, HOW DO WE GET OUR ARMS AROUND TRACKING THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY? SO THIS THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. IT REALLY IS TRACKING A SENSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS AND THEMES THAT CAME OUT. THAT MIGHT END UP AS OBJECTIVES . UM AND MANY OF MY STAFF FOR MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I DO THIS, THE COUNCIL'S PURVIEW IS ESTABLISHING THE PILLARS AND THE PRIORITIES AND THE STAFF'S PURVIEW IS ESTABLISHING THE OBJECTIVES. BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF COMMON GROUND THERE BECAUSE WE WERE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRACKING YOUR PRIORITIES. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE TRACKING MAKES SENSE TO YOU. AND THAT THAT LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF THIS KIND OF SHARED AREAS OF CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT'S WHAT STAFF WAS TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THROUGH THIS

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SO YOU YOU SAW YOUR OWN RESULTS. YOU SAW YOUR OWN RESULTS OR INPUT, BUT YOU DIDN'T SEE THOSE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL. WE DON'T KNOW WHO SAID WHAT WE ARE AND HOW AND THIS IS REALLY JUST THE ROD NUMBERS. SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE IN GREEN OFF TO THE FAR RIGHT REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF FOUR OR ABOVE AND SO THAT GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT OF THE OF THE COMMISSION, AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF TRACK WHAT I'VE DONE AS WELL.

IF I HAVE INCORPORATED THE THINGS IN GREEN FROM THE ACTUAL SCORES. THAT MEANS I THINK THERE'S A PRETTY STRONG TENDENCY. YOU'RE YOU'RE ALL KIND OF IN THE SAME SPOT, SO TO SPEAK . YOU MAY HAVE AN OUTLIER HERE OR THERE, BUT THE PREPONDERANCE OF DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION OR THE COUNCIL SEEMS TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. SO YOU KNOW A LOT OF HIGH PRIORITIES OR MEDIUM TO I'M OKAY WITH A SCORE OF THREE. SO FROM A KEY YOU'LL SEE THIS KIND OF METRIC GOING FORWARD AND ALL THE DIFFERENT SLIDES WHERE I THINK THERE IS SYMMETRY THERE, AND I THINK THAT GIVES STAFF

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IF THAT'S PRIORITY, BUT IF ONCE A YEAR IS ENOUGH, OR TWICE A YEAR THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW. UM I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL TO STAFF IN FAIRNESS TO THE STAFF BECAUSE HE EATS STAFF TAKING DIRECTION FROM THEIR BOARD. AND SO SOMETIMES THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT THERE. AMONG THE BOARDS THE POLICY MAKING SIDE. UM, BUT I MEAN, WE WORK ON A NUMBER OF THINGS IF YOU IF WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU THINK THERE ARE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF

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INDEED, T J DO EXACTLY ZONING THAT WE WANT. IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT THING THAT NEEDS TO BE LITIGATED THERE TO DETERMINE BECAUSE IT IS JUST HOLDING ONTO THE LAND AND I GET IT. I WAS PART OF IT, BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY RESONATE WITH ME WHEN I WAS ON THERE, THAT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART. BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE MM ROAD DEVELOPMENT SITUATION LAST YEAR I THOUGHT WAS RIFE WITH A LOT OF, UM PROBLEM, PERHAPS COULDN'T COULD HAVE. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. AND HAVING A JOINT MEETING MAY WELL BE A PART OF THAT. SO I THINK THAT. YOU KNOW , I'M BELIEVING HE'S ON THE CBC, AND IT SEEMS LIKE I DO A LOT OF TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT COUNCIL WANTS, BUT I'M JUST ME AND THE REST OF THE COUNSELOR TO GET A SHOT AT THAT. I THINK SO.

E. D. C SO LOOKING OVER GREAT CLOSE TO START THERE. YOU'RE SAYING LEAST ONCE A YEAR. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING ONCE A YEAR? SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO ME. ALRIGHT PAUL, ARE YOU CLEAR ON THAT ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT? I'M SORRY. LITTLE FEEDBACK. PROBABLY I'M CLEAR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? CHARLIE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT. RED. JUST IN THOSE MEETINGS. I WOULD LIKE, UM LESS OF A FORMAL AGENDA AND JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING. MORE DISCUSSION, THEN HAVING. THREE CHECK BLOCKS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, KIND OF LIKE TO SEE YOU. OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT PUBLICLY IF IT'S PUBLIC MEETING , UH SO THAT WE CAN FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM? YEAH I THINK SO. THE PUBLIC PART OF THE MEETING. ABSOLUTELY I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC TO SEE THAT DISCUSSION AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE. THERE WAS CERTAINLY ON A PROJECT SPECIFIC BASIS, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. FOR THOSE, BUT I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.

OKAY? I'M SORRY. BRICK JUMPING. NO. IMPORTS TO HAVING MORE. BECAUSE WE DO. YEAH. A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T SEE THE DEALS UNTIL THEY'RE ALMOST VARIED. AND SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE PROGRESSION HOW WE ARE IN EACH DEAL AND GET THAT INFORMATION. UM OF COURSE I'M THE LIAISON FOR THE DC SO I SEE THAT ANYWAY, BUT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS STAND AND SO I AGREE WITH HIM. COME.

ALRIGHT WELL CAPTURE THIS STUFF WITH STAFF, AND THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST FIGURE OUT THE WAY TO GET YOUR ARMS AROUND THAT THEN AS WELL. UM BYRON NELSON. PRETTY STRONG SENTIMENT. I THINK

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IT'S MORE CURIOSITY THAN A PRIORITY. ALL RIGHT. SOME OTHER RESPONSES AS RELATED TO DIRECTION FOR STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOUSING AND THE CITY HALL PROJECTS. UM SO, AS I SAID, A LITTLE BIT OF ON THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PROJECTS A LITTLE BIT OF DISPARITY ABOUT YOU KNOW WHERE YOU KNOW WHERE THAT KIND OF SHAKES OUT IN TERMS OF YOUR TARGETS ON YOUR GLOBAL HOUSING STRATEGY. AND THEN CLEARLY SOME PRETTY STRONG DIRECTION. ALTHOUGH A LITTLE BIT OF DISPARITY WITH REGARDS TO PROGRESS ON THE CITY HALL PROJECTS AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND, YOU KNOW THAT THAT TOPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM. SO I'LL GO TO STAFF ON THIS ONE ON THE YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHER HOUSING ISSUES. I THINK ON THIS ONE AND THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE LOWER SQUAD. I DIDN'T HAVE THE ANYTHING THAT WAS KIND OF BELOW. UH THREE. I THINK IT WAS 3.1 IN THIS CASE, 3.7 ANYTHING BELOW THAT I DIDN'T REALLY HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT REAL STRONG CONSENSUS ON THOSE ITEMS, BUT AS IT RELATES TO YOUR HOUSING, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT STAFF WANTS TO ADD OR RECEIVED DIRECTION ABOUT CLARITY AND HOW THEY WANT TO ADDRESS UM THE COUNCIL'S DISCUSSIONS ON THE GLOBAL HOUSING STRATEGY AND SPECIFIC TARGETS ABOUT HOW YOU'RE TRACKING THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, UM, ONLY HAVE THEN DOING KIND OF HOUSING PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL. UM SOMEHOW, YEAH, ONCE A YEAR, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK UNDERWAY WITH THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, WHICH HAS YET TO BE DEVELOPED, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION STUDY, WHICH WE ARE GETTING IN DRAFT FORM, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF SORT OF THINGS BUBBLING IF THERE IS SPECIFIC DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR IT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WITH YOUR PRIORITIES. SO ANYWAY, WE CAN FISSILE TATE THAT DISCUSSION. WE ARE HAPPY TO DO SO. I THINK THIS IS ALWAYS AN INTERESTING. ONE WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT HOUSING IS BECAUSE THE CITY DOESN'T BUILD HOUSES. UM WE DON'T REALLY CONTROL. UM AND I'M TALKING ABOUT OWNERSHIP HOUSES, NOT RENTAL HOUSES, BUT WE DON'T REALLY CONTROL WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. AND WHEN THE DIRT COST 101 $110,000 AN ACRE AND INSIDE THE CITY, YOU CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING. THAT'S AFFORDABLE THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW'S IT AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE WE BEEN 108 YEARS NOW AND NOTHING'S REALLY IMPROVED. HOUSING HAS JUST GOTTEN MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE CITY OF MAKENI FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, AND WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT UP THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW REALLY SEEN ANYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR EIGHT YEARS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE MEAN IS THERE REALLY TRULY ANYTHING WE CAN DO? UM WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING LIKE THAT. I WOULD. I WOULD RESPONDED, AND KIM EITHER WAY AND CAMERA BODY ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. I THINK IF YOU LOOK BACK, AND I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME BRAINY, BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT WE EITHER FINANCE CORPORATION PARTICIPATED IN UM OR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH WE WILL HELP FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE NCDC MONEY OR OR FORMAL HOUSING. UNITS THAT WERE REFURBISHED AND REHAB. I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN QUITE A BIT OF PROGRESS THERE, AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY, ALBEIT YOU KNOW, THESE AREN'T THE EASIEST PROJECTS TO SITE LOCATIONS. YOU JUST ADOPTED A NEW TOOL WITH THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, FOR EXAMPLE, MOVE THE NEEDLE IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE MIDDLE IS A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE ALSO MADE SOME CHANGES. TO MORE CHANGES TO HELP MAKE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PRODUCT MORE VIABLE. BUT ITS LAND USE. IT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REQUIRE. THAT THAT MAY BE MADE MISSING MIDDLE HARDER TO REACH, AND NOW WE'RE MAKING THEM MORE REACHABLE. SO IT'S GRADUAL TAKES

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IT'S BEEN THE FEDERAL TAX CREDITS. IT'S BEEN THE STATE WHAT WE ROLL. I WOULD BECOME PRETTY HELP FORWARD. ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST. I'M SICK. BOTH CAMP. FEEL LIKE CORPORATION.

WHAT KIND OF HEAD OF THE REGION NO LISTENING. I NEED TO CHECK. THAT MOVIE BOXES ON A IS DOING APART. WHEN I READ THIS. IT'S MORE ABOUT HOW NEW ABOUT THIS MISSING MILK PROJECT PRODUCT COULD BE. OWNERSHIP OWNERSHIP HAS CLEARLY BEEN IDENTIFIED IN MCKINNEY IS A CHALLENGE FOR YOUR ENTRY LEVEL. HOMES IN MIDDLE HOUSING CAN HELP THAT AND THAT COULD BE A TOWN HOME. IT COULD BE A DUPLEX WHERE YOU ON THE DUPLEX, AND YOU CAN RENT OUT THE SITE NEXT TO YOU. SO YOU'RE EARNING SOME INCOME AND THAT CAN ELEVATE YOU TO SORT OF THE NEXT LADDER IN THE HOUSING AREA. WE HAVE DONE A LOT IN OUR CODE TO MAKE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DEVELOP, AND I THINK NOW WE HAVE STARTED LOOKING AT. ARE THERE OTHER TOOLS THAT THE CITY CAN USE? AND IF THERE'S NOT ARE THERE PARTNERSHIPS WE CAN MAKE WITHOUT OUR ENTITIES AND AGENCIES. ONE THING THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE HELP OF CDC OVER THE LAST YEAR, CDC WE HAVE SORT OF A QUARTERLY HOUSING LUNCH, AND IT IS MHM REPRESENTATIVES. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. STAFF COUNCILMAN BELLER ATTENDS THE CHAMBER ATTENDS. IT'S A GROUP OF ABOUT 10 TO 15 OF US. THEY'VE BEEN SITTING DOWN AND AT LEAST MAKING UNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHAT ALL THE PARTNERS ARE DOING, AND THAT HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF CROSS CONNECTS THAT WE CAN MAKE TO FORWARD SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FULL CITY THING. WE CAN'T DO IT ALL. WE CAN LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIPS TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING DONE BECAUSE THE THING THAT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO ME, IS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DEVELOP A PRODUCT THAT'S LOW.

AND AFFORDABLE. HOW DO YOU KEEP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING IT FOR REBELS? IF I WANT TO COME IN AND BY TWO OR THREE OF THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE CHEAP, AND NOW I'M GOING TO RENT THEM OUT. AND SO AND THEN THAT JUST DOESN'T REALLY HELP. WHAT YOU YOU'RE RIGHT, I IT IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLORE WHAT TOOLS WE MIGHT HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX TO SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THAT SORT OF THING. MOST OF TIME. THOSE ARE DONE THROUGH DEED RESTRICTIONS IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM A GRANT OR SOME DOLLARS, THEN YOU THAT'S IN PERPETUITY OR FOR SOME DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME. THE OTHER ISSUE TO ADDRESS HERE AND YOU'VE GOT AN APPROPRIATELY IN THIS BOX.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE HOUSING IN DIFFERENT PILLARS, BUT, UM MOST OF THE TIME IN MY EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ONCE THEY'VE DECIDED WHERE THEY WANT TO BE IN THE MARKET, AND THEN IT'S A MATTER OF WHAT YOUR TAX AND YOUR UTILITIES AND WHATEVER ELSE THAT ALL LOOKS TO BE. UP IN THAT SAME BUCKET OF CONCERN IS LABOR AND WORKFORCE AND SO ESPECIALLY IN THE KIND OF POST COVID AND THE WORK FROM HOME AND YOU KNOW ALL THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT FINDING PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSE, THEY CAN FILL THE JOBS FOR YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

GOALS ARE PRETTY CRITICAL. SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF CITIES THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT THEIR PRIMARY ROLE, REALIZING THAT CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IF THEY DON'T DEAL WITH SOME SORT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PART OF THAT KIND OF HOLISTIC STRATEGY. AND I WILL TELL YOU RAINY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. NOBODY'S GOT THIS FIGURED OUT. IT IS. IT IS ALL OVER THE LOT. EVERYBODY'S THROWING A LOT AGAINST THE WALL AND TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND WHAT WORKS IN ONE COMMUNITY MAY NOT WORK IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY, SO IT'S A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A PART OF YOUR OVERALL ECONOMIC WELCOME STRATEGY. AND YOU ALL SAID THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WORK HERE AS WELL. SO I THINK IT'S LIKE IT'S IN THE RIGHT BUCKET REMARK ON THIS THAT YOU KNOW IN THE JUST COMPLETED, I GUESS MY 13TH MONTH ON COUNCIL, BUT IN THAT TIME WE STARTED THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, WHICH IS A COMPONENT FOR THE MISSING MIDDLE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR OWNERSHIP OF THE STRUCTURE, IF NOT THE LAND, WHICH WILL MITIGATE THE COST. WE DID THE PFC. WHICH WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST PROJECT GOING, SO FROM WHERE I SIT. I'VE SEEN THAT WE'VE MADE PROGRESS, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A

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BUT IF THEY ARE INDIVIDUALLY PLANTED FOR OWNERSHIP EVENTUALLY CAN SETTLE TO SOMEONE WHO IS OWNER OCCUPIED, AND I THINK IT'S BETTER THAN THE TRADITIONAL MULTI FAMILY HOUSING, SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'VE MADE PROGRESS ON. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FOCUS ON WHAT I HAVE TO FIND THE MISSING MIDDLE AND I THINK IS UNDERSTOOD. CHARLIE YOUR LIGHTS ON IS THAT FROM BEFORE WERE NOT YES, THAT'S FROM BEFORE HAPPY TO REPORT. I DIDN'T MISS YOU ALL RIGHT? UM I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY CLARITY ON THE CITY HALL AND SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. AND ANYTHING STAFF NEEDS ON THAT. I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE KNOWING THAT ONE EVEN THOUGH IT KIND OF THAT'S THAT WAS HIGHER, PROBABLY IN HIGH PRIORITIES IN THE PAST. NOW YOU'RE COMING OUT OF THE GROUND. SO NOW IT'S A MATTER OF MANAGING THE PROJECT.

SO ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS SHEET THAT I WANT TO TALK THROUGH. I KNOW YOU MADE ADJUSTMENTS. YOU KNOW THE PURSUIT OF THE CORPORATE CORPORATE CAMPUS THAT GETS BACK TO THE PRIMARY JOB COMPONENT. YOU KNOW, THAT SHOOK OUT. UM YOU KNOW, A LITTLE LOWER, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, ABOVE ABOVE THREE. AH, UM. SAME THING WITH FOOD DESERTS. UM AND THEN THE CONCERNS OF GENTRIFICATION. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT KIND OF WERE IDENTIFIED IN SOME OF MY COMMENTS WITH YOU. THEY COME UP DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS LAST MONTH. BUT ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS TO COMMENT ON THAT BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YES IF YOU NEED FOR YOUR REVIEW, THIS WAS SLIDING ONE. GOTCHA YEAH. GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SEE THAT. UM AND PAUL, DID YOU EXPLAIN TO THE MAYOR ABOUT KIND OF THE WAY THE COLOR SCHEMES ARE IDENTIFIED? NOT ALL RIGHT. SO MAYOR, THOSE IN GREEN ON THE FAR RIGHT WHERE FOUR AND ABOVE, OBVIOUSLY AND WHERE THEY'RE GREEN IN THE RANKINGS. THERE'S PRETTY MUCH SYMMETRY AMONGST THE COUNCIL VOTING. UM ANYTHING THAT DIDN'T THAT WAS BELOW FOUR, BUT ABOVE LIKE, 33.29, I THINK WAS THE HIGHEST I WENT WITH. I PUT AN ORANGE TO THE RIGHT, MEANING IT'S NOT AS HIGH RANKING AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE SHAKING, SHAKE OUT LIKE IN YELLOW. YOU CAN JUST SEE THE DISPARITY OF THE COUNCIL IS A LITTLE BIT BROADER. AND WE'RE KIND OF TALKING THROUGH. YOU KNOW WHERE WHAT THAT MEANS TO STAFF AND CLARITY. SO THE STAFF KIND OF KNOWS WHERE YOU'RE AT AS A GROUP. OKAY? YEP. ALRIGHT, SO THAT WAS SLIDE NUMBER ONE THAT WAS SLIDE NUMBER TWO. THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE HERE , NOT AS MUCH THERE BUT THE LAST PIECES THAT FIT UNDER THE ECONOMIC, STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC GROWTH WERE WORKFORCE HOUSING, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN THE GROWTH RATE OF MULTI FAMILY, WHICH WAS A COMMENT THAT WAS RAISED IN MY PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU , BUT THEN AGAIN THIS MORNING AS WELL, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SYMMETRY AND THOSE RESPONSES. SO UM, I'M NOT SURE FROM STAFFS PERSPECTIVE . THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A WHOLE LOT WITH THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT CLARITY. ANYBODY WANT TO REACT TO ANY OF THEIR EITHER STAFF OR FROM THE COUNCIL. OKAY? HEIGHT. SO THE BALANCE OF THIS FALL THAT MEETS YOUR NEEDS? YOU WANT TO STAMP YOUR OKAY? YEAH LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AS AND YOU'RE RIGHT AS FAR AS WE WERE, I THINK MCKINNEY DOES MORE IN THE WAY OF HOUSING THAN MOST ANY OTHER CITY. BUT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING WHEN YOU GO BACK THE PRIORITIES ALL OVER THE PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING. YEAH SO YOU DON'T HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THIS COUNCIL? THAT'S CLEAR. YEAH, THAT'S VERY CLEAR. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY WE NEED THIS IS A PRIORITY BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT GET MORE DIVERSE DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSES WIDER WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE IS LESS CONSENSUS, RIGHT, AND YOU KNOW THAT IS THERE IN LAY THE CHALLENGE FOR STAFF AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AND COALESCING AROUND CANDIES. THESE ARE WE KNOW THESE ARE DELEGATE PROJECTS AND DELICATE SUBJECTS.

THAT'S AWESOME ONES ARE ONE AND FIVE, AND I'LL TELL YOU RANDI FROM LIKE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL'S IN PREVIOUS YEARS, AND THIS YEAR I LOST SURPRISED WITH THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL OVER THE LOT AS A BOARD AND I WILL TELL YOU SO FORMER CITY MANAGER FALLSBURG IT'S LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS? SCOTT COUNCIL CAN'T FIND SYMMETRY IN WHERE IT'S AT AND IT'S MANIFEST ITSELF IN THESE RESPONSES. YEAH SO I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT HERE. THERE THERE. I DO WORK UP AND IN CONNECTICUT AND CONNECTICUT IS DEALING WITH THE COST OF HOUSING OF TAXES AND CONNECTICUT ARE JUST PHENOMENAL. AND SO WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE THEY'RE SAYING EVERY TOWN THEY HAVE MORE TOWNS AND CITIES. EVERY TOWN HAS A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR HOUSING

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TWO D GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. THE ONLY REMARK I'D MAKE IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CDC AND E. D. C AND WE TALKED ABOUT P AND C. BUT BEYOND THAT, I'M NOT CONFIDENT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE JOINT MEETINGS WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. THE ONLY ONE YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER ONLY BECAUSE IT AFFECTS SO MUCH THE LOOK OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS YOUR YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING AND PLANNING AND ZONING. OH I'M SORRY. I MISSED THAT. I HEARD THIS CITY. I THOUGHT IT WAS C D. C AND E D. C. I'M SORRY. YEP. SO DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S A BLANKET STATEMENT ON ALL YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. OKAY? SAID IT'S THE END OF THE DAY. THESE ARE YOUR STATEMENT, SO YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL

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PRIORITIES. YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF WORK THROUGH TO E AND TWO F. ONCE AGAIN THIS CAME THESE CAME FROM THE CONVERSATIONS LAST MONTH ABOUT WHAT YOU WANTED TO CONSIDER AS ADDITIONS. SO THAT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN THESE AND SOME YOU WORDING. I'M YEAH, I'M GONNA GET YES. SO IT'S TO TREVOR'S POINT. UM LET ME I'M GONNA GO BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT ON TWO E. THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IT GETS TO DIVERSITY AND CULTURE AND BOARDS. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET TO THE, UM THE TRAINING AND THE TYPE OF THINGS BUT THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF IT'S ABOUT 3.14. SO YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF IN THE MID PACK. UM BUT YOU WERE KIND OF ALL OVER THE LOT WITH REGARDS TO THAT. SO IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT'S ONE WHERE THERE WAS A SUGGESTION TO EAT TO ADD THIS AS A PRIORITY, AND THEN WE GOT SOME IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK ABOUT WHERE ARE YOU AS A BOARD ON THAT ISSUE? SO UM, TO TREVOR'S POINT, YOU KNOW I WAS GOING TO COME TO THAT. BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S THE LANGUAGE AS WE'VE SUGGESTED IT AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE RESPONSE ON THAT. SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF GOING BACK TO YOU. IF IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU'RE IT'S KIND OF STRAIGHT OUT. THREE OF YOU HAD INDICATED THE LOWER SCALE WITH, UM YOU KNOW, THREE OF YOU ARE FOUR OF YOU FROM MID PACK TO HIGHER SO THAT GIVES YOU SOME FEEDBACK OF WHERE YOU ARE AS A GROUP. SO GOING BACK TO THAT STATEMENT. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP IT CHANGE IT.

ELIMINATE IT. AS A PRIORITY BECAUSE IT WILL CERTAINLY BE AT THE END OF THE DAY OF SOMETHING THAT WILL EITHER BE IN YOUR PLAN OR NOT BEING YOUR IN YOUR PLAN AS A COUNCIL PRIORITY.

OKAY? MHM. GOTCHA. OKAY. I THINK WHEN YOU PUT IT ON A ON A PRIORITY LIKE THIS, THOUGH, YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THE DEFICIENCIES THAT ARE CREATED BY NOT HAVING THAT THAT DISTRIBUTION SO THAT WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT DOWNTOWN OR ABOUT. YEAH EAST SIDE REDEVELOPMENT, AND WE HAVE UM, NOBODY THAT LIVES EAST OF 75 ON THE BOARDS THAT ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS THEY'RE HARDER TO MAKE . AND SO IT'S NOT THAT WE NEED TO APPOINT THE ONE PERSON THAT APPLIES, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO FOSTER MORE APPLICATIONS ARE MORE INVOLVEMENT. AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE TAKING AWAY THE THAT. ACCEPTING THE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY IS HOW. MEANS THAT YOU NECESSARILY HAVE TO TAKE SOME LESSER LEVEL OF. CAPABILITY. BUT IT MAY IT MAY ANECDOTALLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL YEAR, BUT I THINK YOU

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LOCATION. THIS DOESN'T ASK THAT WE MAKE THE DECISION IT SAYS TO IMPLEMENT ENHANCED METRICS TO SUPPORT AN IMPROVEMENT TO THAT. AND SO THOSE ADVANCED METRICS CAN BE ENSURING THAT OUR APPLICATION PROCESS IS, UM MORE WIDELY SHARED. THAT THAT THAT PARTICIPATION, YOU KNOW? YEAH, UP ON IT. I'M JUST SAYING FOR MYSELF. THAT WAS THAT WAS ALWAYS SPEED. WHAT PART OF THIS.

SELECTION THIS FIRST IMPORTANT. PUSH. WOULD POINTING LANGUAGE SOMETHING LIKE ENHANCED METRICS.

UM. JUST SAY TO IMPROVE INSTEAD OF TO SUPPORT TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY, REPRESENTATION AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND EXPERIENCES THAT BECAUSE THAT GET EVERYBODY IN THE SAME BOX.

WITHOUT YOU KNOW, THE TO SUPPORT IMPROVED KIND OF IMPLIES THAT THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL AND A LITTLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THAN JUST BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE YOUR DIVERSITY REPRESENTATION. I'M JUST SEEING IF THERE'S A THERE'S A COMMENT IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE , DIFFERENT ADJECTIVES TO YOU KNOW THAT MIGHT GET YOU ALL THERE. I KNOW. I KNOW. IN THE CONVERSATIONS OF THE ADVANCED CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT REPRESENTATION AND WHAT THAT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE WHICH MANIFESTED ITSELF IN THE CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST MONTH THAT GOT TO THIS STATEMENT. BUT AT THE END, AS I SAID, THIS IS YOUR STATEMENT, NOT MINE, SO YOU HAVE TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT IT SAYS. OR DOESN'T SAY. EITHER I SEE WITH THIS IS THE ONLY GONE THROUGH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ONCE, BUT WE IDENTIFY PEOPLE BASED. WE SEE THE STREET NAME, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN MUCH TO US BECAUSE STREETS OF ST THEN WHERE IS IT, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT WE SEE A DISTRICT BUT THE NEW DISTRICT. YOU DON'T SHAPED DIFFERENTLY, AND I'LL JUST I'M JUST THINKING OF DISTRICT ONE. IT'S SHAPED LIKE A CRESCENT THAT WRAPS AROUND THE CITY, AND SO SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN AUBURN HILLS IN DISTRICT ONE MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT AGENDA THAN SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON THROCKMORTON AND YOU KNOW, SO I'M NOT. I DON'T KNOW. IN OTHER WORDS, HOW WE DO THIS. WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD SHOW THE MORE SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. SOMEONE LIVES IN BEYOND THE DISTRICT IN MY OPINION. WOULDN'T IT JUST BE SOMEONE. HAD ALREADY HAPPENED.

SOMEONE DIGITAL REPRESENTED. THERE NEEDS TO BE REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD. IN THAT A CERTAIN AREA RIGHT NOW OR HEARTBURN. NOTICE DISTRICT. THE OTHER QUALIFIED. SUBMIT APPLICATIONS AND ALL THAT ADVOCATE. I'M VERY HAPPY. BUT ANY DESTRUCTIVE APPLICATIONS WITH. THERE'S LIKE PROBABLES. FRANK DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE. BUT BUT THAT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THAT ADVOCATING A SUCCESSFUL WHEN I MEAN YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IT'S LIKE WE'RE WE'VE BEFORE YOU GOT HERE. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE E D C U M N C. D. C BUT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, I HAVE ZERO INPUT ON ANYTHING, NOT ONLY A ZON I'M NOT A AND SO DECISIONS GET MADE

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BUT IT WAS CLOSE. BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN GOOD. I MEAN, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU PUT A, UH YOU KNOW A COPPER EXTRUDING PLANT NEXT TO CITIZENS AND CONTINUE TO GROW THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD THING. WHEN WE MEASURED JUST BY DOLLAR AMOUNT. BUT BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS LIKE I DON'T GET TO ATTEND MEETINGS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE DIRECTION. UM, HAVE VERY LITTLE WAY TO AFFECT CHANGE IN THAT. OF COURSE, THAT'S THAT'S THE RESULT OF MATH, MR MR MURDERS IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TURNING YOUR MIC ON WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THANK YOU, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY JUST THE PRODUCT OF MATH. THERE'S TWO LIAISONS. TO A BOARD AND COMMISSION AND WE'VE GOT SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE REPRESENTATION OF FOUR. THAT WOULD BE OF COURSE, A QUORUM, SO THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. SO YOU KNOW I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL EVER CHANGE THERE WILL ALWAYS FOUR WILL ALWAYS BE A QUORUM AS LONG AS THERE'S SEVEN, SO IT'S FOUR DISTRICTS AND THEY WILL ALWAYS ALL BE ON ALL BOARDS. SO I'M JUST SAYING THE LIAISON SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. LIKE WHATEVER IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO. IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THOSE OF US THAT DON'T GET ANY INFLUENCE ON ON THOSE BOARDS. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT AND WE TRY TO RESPOND TO CONSTITUENT ISSUES. WE YOU KNOW A BIG THING IN DISTRICT ONE IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I PUT UP TO THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE PUT UP FOR ABC BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY BRING X STRONG AMOUNT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. BACKGROUND AND MINDSET. TO UM TO THAT BOARD, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS . BUT I HAVE NO WAY TO AFFECT THAT CHANGE WHEN THERE ARE SEVEN PEOPLE UP. AND I'M JUST KIND OF LEFT WITH YEAH, I DON'T YOU KNOW, I DON'T CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA GET INTO DON'T GET THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE APPLICANTS THAT WERE BEING GET INTO THE APPLICANTS THAT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, BUT THAT'S EXCITING. BUT THAT'S THAT'S MY POINT IS, IS WHEN WE SAY GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT DISTRICT ONE GETS HEARD. IN THESE IN THESE ISSUES BECAUSE WE HAVE NO OTHER WAY IN WHICH DISTRICT ONE GETS HURT.

ZERO LIAISON SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. LIKE IT. IT'S JUST SO. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION, WHETHER THAT IS BECAUSE SOMEONE LIVES IN A CERTAIN AREA BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CERTAIN EXPERIENCE. OR IF IT'S JUST IN RESPONDING TO THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ONE OF VOICE AND OPINION I THINK THAT IT CALL IT IMPROVED, LIKE YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THIS. BECAUSE THIS IS A GOOD IT'S NOT THE ONLY GOOD BUT IT IS A GOOD THAT WE CAN HAVE. I ADVOCATED FOR THAT ON OUR PARTS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I ALWAYS HERE FROM DISTRICT ONE CONSTITUENTS IS ABOUT PARKS. AND THERE'S NOBODY FROM DISTRICT ONE. THERE WASN'T ON PARKS THERE IS THERE IS NOW. BUT THERE WASN'T AND IT'S HARD TO SAY OKAY , HERE'S MY INSIDE TRACTOR PARTS. I'M NOT A PARK LIAISON. UM IT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO POINT TO, LIKE, GO TALK TO THIS PERSON BECAUSE THEY'RE IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE THE BEST PERSON TO TALK TO ABOUT THIS. JUST IT MAKES FOR A DISCUSSION JOINTED RESPONSE TO THOSE AREAS. AFTER THOSE DISTRICTS THAT THEY ELECT PEOPLE. UH MR REPRESENTATIVE, AND THEN THAT DISTRICT REPRESENTED IN FACT CHANGE IN WHICH THAT THEY EXPECTED TO BE DONE. SO I THINK THAT THAT THERE'S VALUE IN SAYING THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDER. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE ONLY THING I JUST WAS MAKING A POINT . YOU SAID IT WAS THE LOWEST THING YOU'D EVER CONSIDER. BUT THAT, LIKE I JUST SAID, WAS IN THE TWO EXAMPLES I GAVE FOR SKILL SET. RIGHT AND QUALIFICATIONS AND THAT SO I WILL PICK QUALIFICATION OVER. I'M NOT SAYING BUT I THINK THAT WHAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE IS IMPLEMENT ENHANCED METRICS TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A DEFICIENCY IN IT. AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS LOT OF TIME IS I REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE STATEMENT UP THERE. JUST I JUST

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I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EFFECTIVE CHANGE AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT , YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE IN THAT IN THAT BOARD MEETING OR IN THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE THEY, D C AND C D. C DO SO MUCH THAT ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TRANSACTIONAL. DEALS THAT IT'S HARD TO DO THAT WHEN I'M NOT ALLOWED TO BE IN THOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETINGS. YEAH, I WOULD DISAGREE. I DISAGREE. WHAT'S OKAY, JUST LET ME SUGGEST BRINGING US BACK TO THE END OF THE DAY. AS I SAY ONLY THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT A SERIES OF PRIORITIES. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THE CONVERSATION AND BY A PRIORITY, IT MEANS THIS IS YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD, THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH. IT SHOULD BE ASPIRATIONAL. UM SO THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME DIRECTION OF WHERE YOU'RE TAKING THE ORGANIZATION AND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING STAFF TO DO. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE NUMBER ONE. DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS AS IT RELATES TO TWO E. AND IF SO, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE WHAT I'VE HEARD YOU ALL SAY YOU WANT TO HAVE GREAT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN PERFECT WORLD.

THEY MAY REPRESENT ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR DISTRICTS AND THAT HAPPENS. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IT IN. IT IMPLIES YOU NECESSARILY APPOINT THAT BUT GETTING BACK TO WHAT PAUL SAID EARLIER. IF YOU DON'T TRACK IT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT. SO YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A SENSE OF WHERE WHERE YOUR REPRESENTATION LIES IN YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. SO YOU'RE AT LEAST TRACKING THAT.

UM I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING YOU ALL SAY AS YOU WANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, GETTING BACK TO CHARLIE'S POINT OF BEING NEIGHBORLY, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TOUCH THESE THINGS. SO THE QUESTION REALLY, TO YOU IS THAT SOMETHING THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO. AND IF SO, HAVE WE APPROPRIATELY CAPTURED IN TWO E AS IT'S WORDED TODAY, OR IS THERE SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE? CAN I WEIGH IN ON THIS? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO CONVERSATION, AND FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION. THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HEAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT'S GOOD FOR YOU TO HAVE THESE AT THIS POINT. UM WHAT I'M HEARING, THOUGH, IS THAT THE LANGUAGE AS PRESENTED IS MAYBE A LITTLE TOO CATEGORICAL. OR STRONG. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT'S THE CASE. AND IF THAT IS YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS LANGUAGE, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE THAT CAN MOVE US PAST THIS ISSUE. IT IS WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT UM, THE COUNCIL CERTAINLY WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER BROADER DIVERSITY ON THE ORIGIN COMMISSIONS AS POSSIBLE COURSE WITHOUT GIVING UP ON VACATIONS AND EXPERIENTIAL . YOU WANT PEOPLE SOME UNIQUE VARIANTS THAT THEY CAN BRING TO THE TABLE. AND CERTAINLY SOME GEOGRAPHIC, UM, CONSIDERATION AS WELL. YOU COULD SIMPLIFY THE LANGUAGE AND JUST LOVED CONSIDERED PROFESSIONAL AND EXPERIENTIAL DIVERSITY, ONSET BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. YOU'RE CONSIDERING. DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE COMMITTED TO IT IF YOU'RE NOT READY. MEASURES BUT IT ISN'T RIGHT NATURE BRINGING THAT FORWARD DOES SAY THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENTIAL, MEANING SOMEBODY'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCES BECAUSE THEY BRING THAT TO THE TABLE AS WELL AS THEIR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. YOU CONSIDER THOSE ITEMS. LIKE THAT? PUTTING CONSIDERING THERE IS SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT AND THAT'S ALL. I MEAN, WE CONSIDER ALL THOSE UP THERE ANYWAY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A STATEMENT HERE. IT'S MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY. UM IF AGAIN IF YOU THINK THAT'S TOO WATERED DOWN, THEN TELL ME SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE GET IT. WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH THIS LANGUAGE, MAYBE MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO IT, BUT IT IS IN A WAY TO MOVE. TO MOVE ON, PERHAPS WITH SOME LANGUAGE THAT IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY, AND IT'S BRINGING IT FORWARD AS A MR TEACHER GOAL THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE WORKS FOR

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THAT'S PROBABLY NOT SURPRISING GIVEN WHERE YOU ARE AND THAT THAT INITIATIVE JUST JUST KIND OF TAKING ROOT YET. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DIVERSITY AND CULTURE AND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. AND YOU'VE GOT THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT GOING ON. SOME SPREAD OUT ON CODE COMPLIANCE AND WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT. I WANT TO COME BACK AT THE END OF THE DAY ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, BECAUSE AT THE END WE DID SOMETHING LAST YEAR WE DID A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR. WE WANT TO KIND OF WHAT KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT THE NEXT STEPS, BUT THERE IS A SENSE OF YOU KNOW WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A VALUE TO YOU? BUT I KNOW I'M TALKING WITH ALL OF YOU. THERE WAS A SENSE THAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT FOR STAFF THAN IT WAS TO YOU SO WE CAN WE CAN REACT TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT ANYTHING THERE THAT YOU WANT TO REACT TO ON OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND THOSE COMMENTS. OKAY? THE SAME SORT OF THING.

THE OTHER GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ASSUMING WILL PROBABLY CREATE SOME NEW OBJECTIVES AS IT RELATES TO YOUR TWO NEW GOALS ARE TO NEW PRIORITIES THAT ARE ADDED THERE. UM, THE AIRPORT.

THOSE ARE YOUR EXISTING GOALS, AND THERE WERE NOT ANY PRIORITIES. THERE WERE NOT ANY CHANGES SUGGESTED. A LOT OF CONVERSATION, BECAUSE LARGELY WHAT YOU'VE GOT COMING UP IN YOUR UPCOMING ELECTION. UM AND YOU'RE ALL PRETTY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY PRETTY STRONG SEDIMENT OF THE COUNCIL THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT STEP IN TERMS OF TRYING TO PURSUE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT SERVICES AND WITH THAT OLD, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THE RESULT OF THAT. I SAID, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF LOT OF CHANGE IN THAT ONE. OKAY, UM UNDER FINANCIALLY SOUND GOVERNMENT.

THOSE WERE YOUR EXISTING PRIORITIES. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY. THERE WEREN'T ANY CHANGES, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. FIRST. AND UM. PRETTY STRONG SEDIMENT. UM GRADE FOUR AND PRETTY TIGHT NUMBERS FOR MOST OF YOU. IN TERMS OF INCREASING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX BASE. THAT'S WHEN CONSISTENT FROM YEAR TO YEAR. UM AND NOT SO MUCH AS RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE STILL ON A GROWTH MODE. SO ALL THAT MONEY AND ALL THOSE RESOURCES ARE ALL

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ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT I'VE USED IN THE PAST. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOU KNOW WHEN YOU THINK SUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IT'S BUILDING THINGS THAT CAN BE REUSED AS THE MARKET CHANGES. SO IF I GO THE EXAMPLE I'VE SEEN MANY TIMES IF I GO BUILD A 7 11 WITH, YOU KNOW, FOUR GAS PUMPS OUT IN FRONT OF IT IF THAT MODEL OF CONVENIENCE BUSINESS THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT I CAN DO WITH THE 7 11. THAT'S THAT'S VALUABLE. BUT IF I BUILD A STRUCTURE THAT REUSABLE FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES THAT STAY NABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.

SO IF THE MODEL OF WHAT'S IN IT TODAY, SEASON THREE OF THE MONTH. THE BUILDING ITSELF TO BE REUSED. DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. IT'S REGENERATED ITSELF MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE YEARS USED TO BE THEATERS AND HARDWARE HARDWARE STORES. AND UM, I THINK THERE WAS A SERIES OF PENNIES DOWN HERE AT ONE TIME THAT STOPPED BEING THE MODEL, BUT IT'S REJUVENATED INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY, WHICH IS VERY SUCCESSFUL WHERE THE 7 11 ENDS UP IN AN EMPTY BOX OR A YOU KNOW? PAYDAY LOAN OR SOMETHING. YEAH YOU KNOW, MY OFFICE IN THE OLD HOTEL, AND SO THAT'S A GREAT POINT. CERTAINLY I'M ALL FOR THAT. NO MORE CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLE. MAYBE FLOYD'S AND DUNCAN DONUTS FOR THE BLOCKBUSTER NOW YOU KNOW, SO AH, YOU'RE CERTAINLY THAT'S I THINK THE IDEA THAT HAS MARRIED GIVE YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE WHERE I'VE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH ON STRATEGIC PLANNING. THEY ARE LARGELY RESIDENTIAL. AND SO THEY'RE WORRIED, ALTHOUGH THEY'VE BEEN GROWING LEAPS AND BOUNDS AND RESIDENTIAL GROWTH THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT AT THE END. IS THAT GOING TO PAY FOR THINGS? YOU KNOW THE PLAN? IT WAS. IT WAS A PLANNED COMMUNITY, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT LAND USE CHANGES AND EFFORTS TO INCREASE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER TYPES OF COMMERCE.

THAT WOULD HAVE CREATED A MIX. SO YOU KNOW THAT SUSTAINABILITY CAN BE A BIG INITIATIVE CAN INCORPORATE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE ENVIRONMENTAL.

AND THERE, BUT AS I SAID, RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE BEEN YOU'VE BEEN ON A PRETTY UPWARD GROWTH PATTERN FOR A WHILE, AND YOU STILL GOT ROOM TO GROW. BUT AT SOME POINT THAT THAT WILL STOP AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE IT, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OUT THERE.

CAN LOOK AND FEEL DIFFERENTLY TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. OKAY? EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIS GOAL AREA. THE THING THE EXISTING SINCE THOSE HAVEN'T CHANGED, MOSTLY MOSTLY OBJECTIVES WILL REMAIN THE SAME. ATTRACTING THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE. YOUR EXISTING. AND I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY A MINOR CHANGE IN THIS LANGUAGE. IT WAS HAD TO DO WITH NUMBER ONE INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO DEVELOP CHANGE TO CONTINUE WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. YES I'M I'M NOT REALLY THAT FAMILIAR WITH THE COLLECTIVITY. PART OF IT ARE WHEN IT SAYS CONNECTIVITY. WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL WHEN YOU TAKE CONNECTIVITY THAT WAS IN THE THAT WAS THERE YOU GO THROUGH. WELL, NO, UH. FIVE F. YEAH. YEAH CONNECTIVITY IS TO PARKS THAT NOW I'VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT CONNECTIVITY AND I THINK THE GOAL WAS WHEN WE HAD A MAYOR WHO BIKE HAD A BICYCLE THAT HE WANTED EVERY HE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL YOU KNOW, TO RIDE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PART. AND SO NOW WE'RE NOT THE WORLD. WE'RE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN IN THE BACK TROLL HITTING ALL THE PARKS AS MUCH. UM SO WHAT? WHAT IS THE CONNECTIVITY PART THAT WE NEED TO BE SO STEVE'S NOT HERE TODAY, SO I'LL JUMP IN OUR PARK MASTER PLAN DOES STILL

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WHAT I WILL ADD TO. THAT IS IN OUR SURVEY COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY, WHICH WERE JUST NOW DOING BY THE WAY WE JUST FINISHED THE RANDOMLY SAMPLED SURVEY. NOW THAT'S JUST OPENED UP JUST SO YOU KNOW, FROM THE PUBLIC TO GO IN AND DO A SELF SELECTED SURVEY GO ONLINE AND DO THE SURVEY IF THEY WISH, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE IT LETS YOU ALL KNOW THE ONLY SCIENTIFIC SURVEY THAT WE DO. IN THE CITY, AND IT'S DONE EVERY OTHER YEAR. IT'S THROUGH A NATIONAL CITIZEN NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY. BY THE NCS IN THEIR PARTNER THEY REQUIRED BY POCO, SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY HAVE LOTS OF COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S REALLY GREAT INFORMATION, BUT ONE OF THE HIGHEST RESPONSES WE GET FROM RESIDENTS IS OPEN LANDS AND CONNECTIVITY, MAINTAINING THAT BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE THEY STILL LIKE TO IF THEY DON'T BIKE, THEY WALK OR JOG LOT OF JOGGERS. A LOT OF FOLKS DO THAT, AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR PARKS, AND THEY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT OFF STREET. OR NOT HAVE TO DO IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, CROSSING BUSY ROADWAYS, AND THEY REALLY, REALLY SITE CONNECTIVITY AS A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FEATURES, SO THAT'S WHAT WE GET IN THE SURVEYS, AND THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENT. THAT'S A THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING IN THE SURVEYS. I'LL BOYS SEEN IT INTERCONNECTED WITH BUSINESSES LOOKING TO RELOCATE TO THE CITY AND HAVING THE WALK ABILITY FEATURE OF THE CITY. AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PROPONENT OF TRYING TO MAKE IT INTERCONNECTED , TRIED TO FIND WAYS WHERE I COULD WALK AROUND MY BICYCLE DOWNTOWN AND MRS MANY STREETS AS POSSIBLE. SO. I THINK IT SERVES MORE THAN JUST AN ENTERTAINMENT FUNCTION. I THINK IT'S ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESSES. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WALKABLE CITIES AS WELL. OKAY? THANK YOU.

THE OTHER ISSUE THAT AS RIGHT NOW, AS YOU'RE GROWING, I DON'T KNOW YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS NUMBERS.

UM BUT THERE'S A GROUP CALLED WALKABLE COMMUNITIES. AND WHAT THEY FIND IS THAT AS YOU'RE DEVELOPING YOUR RESIDENTIAL YOUR COMMERCIAL, YOUR RECREATIONAL ASPECTS THAT MORE PEOPLE AND A NUMBER OF YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE ADVANCED INTERVIEWS ARE BEING LESS AUTO CENTRIC THAT BEING ABLE TO BE MULTI MODAL TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO GET ON A BIKE OR ELECTRIC SCOOTER OR TO WALK OR WHATEVER THE CASE WOULD BE, AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF WALKABLE COMMUNITIES LOOKS AT IS HOW HOW WELL YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THE VARIOUS CENTERS OF ACTIVITY, WHETHER THEY COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL OR CULTURAL. UM AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY THERE'S A STATE THERE'S DIFFERENT. LEVELS YOU CAN GET LIKE LIKABLE COMMUNITIES. BRIAN'S LEVELS AND YOU KNOW, GOLD LEVELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THAT AS PEOPLE BECOME LESS AUTO CENTRIC , AND THEY WANT TO GET BACK TO THIS LIVE WORK AND PLAY ANY DEATH. UM SOME CASES IT MAY BE THE ZONING WHERE YOU ALLOW YOUR RESIDENTIAL UNIT ABOVE YOUR COMMERCIAL UNIT, AND PEOPLE HAVE LIVED WORK COMBINATIONS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A CONDO OR WHATEVER ABOVE IT, AND THEN THEY GO DOWN. THAT MEAN OPPOSITES. RIGHT SO ALL THAT KIND OF GETS TO LIFESTYLE AND HOW HOW THE COMMUNITY IS PREPARING TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES SO CONNECTED IN THIS CASE CLEARLY IS QUALITY OF LIFE. I THINK IT IT TALKS MORE PART SPECIFIC FACILITIES AND EDUCATION CENTERS. UM AND YOU KNOW COMMERCIAL, IT'S REALLY TRYING TO GET HOW INTERCONNECTED ARE YOU SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO AVOID BEING A ROAD TO RAPE, THAT'S CHARLIE'S EXTENT YOU CAN DO THAT. UM. REALLY THE ONLY CHANGE ON THIS ONE. WAS AT THE BEGINNING. BECAUSE A NUMBER OF YOU SPOKE ABOUT HOW PLEASED YOU ARE WITH THE CURRENT DIRECTION OF YOUR PARK SYSTEM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRESERVATION . SO IT WASN'T IT WASN'T YOU KNOW, DEVELOP NOW IT'S A MATTER OF JUST BUILDING ON AND CONTINUE SO THAT THAT MAKES SENSE LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT FIVE B BECAUSE OF ME MENTIONS CULTURAL ARTS, AND I WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I LISTED WAS AN INCREASED BUDGET FOR OUR ARCH. COMMISSION AND I WAS AT THE ARTS MEETING LAST NIGHT. AND THERE WAS A

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ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I POSED MR HAUSER LAST NIGHT DURING THE MEETING WAS WHETHER OR NOT TURNS. FUNDING MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY OF THE ART. THAT IS BEING PLACED IN OR PERFORMED. AND EITHER OF THE TWO TOURS ZONES AND MARK WAS KIND ENOUGH TO RESPOND TO ME AFTER HOURS LAST NIGHT, AS LONG AS IT WAS COUNTLESS PROJECT, AND IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UM AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME TALK ABOUT SOME ARTWORK IN FRONT OF THE NEW CITY HALL. I OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET FOR IT RIGHT NOW. BUT UH AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE COULDN'T REACH INTO SOME CHARGE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, I I'M THE OTHER LIAISON TO THE ARTS. AND I'M ALSO THE LIAISON TO C D. C. SO I SEE THE APPLICANTS COME FREQUENTLY BEFORE BOTH COMMISSIONS AND ASKING FOR MONEY , AND I SUPPOSE IF I WERE ONE OF THOSE APPLICANTS, I DO THE SAME THING, BUT I THINK THAT, UM. THOSE APPLICANTS PERHAPS OUGHT TO DISCLOSE WHO THEY'RE

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DO YOU IN TEXAS? OKAY IN SOME STATES LIKE THEY ALLOCATED THOSE RESOURCES. TO THE ARTS PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL SERVICE THAT WAY, YOU'RE NOT JUST KIND OF SUPPORTING THE PD. YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE BETTERMENT OF YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SO SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE THAT WAY.

OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE SAID. FOR EVERY THOSE THAT ARE REALLY INTO THE PROGRAM. YOU MENTIONED MY ARTWORK IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE ADOPTED ORDINANCES THAT FOR EVERY PUBLIC FACILITY EXPENDITURE THAT THEY MAKE. IF IT'S A NEW FACILITY OR MAJOR RENOVATION, THEY TAKE A PERCENTAGE OF DOLLARS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE SLANT ON PUBLIC ART OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF WAYS TO DEAL WITH THAT OTHERS BECOME, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING OF AGENCIES AND APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS COME THROUGH TO TRY TO LEVERAGE DOLLARS ELSEWHERE. SO UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THE WAY THE WAY WORDING IS PRETTY BROAD RIGHT NOW. I THINK YOU'VE GOT KIND OF A BLANK SLATE AS TO HOW YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE. SO COME ALRIGHT, SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RESPONSES HERE. UM AND IN THIS BUCKET BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE AT FIVE.

C YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR DOWNTOWN SPECIFICALLY WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS A JEWEL OF YOUR OF YOUR COMMUNITY. SO NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE ITEMS THAT SHOOK OUT UNDER CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO THE STORK DOWNTOWN AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU OWN AS YOU MOVE INTO YOUR NEW CITY HALL COMPLEX. NOT SURPRISINGLY, ROSE TO THE TOP ON THIS CATEGORY AS WELL WITH PRETTY STRONG SUPPORT ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THOSE TOP TWO INITIATIVES. UM. AND TALKED ABOUT CONTINUING PRETTY STRONG SUPPORT AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH REGARDS TO THE WAY IN WHICH YOU'RE DEVELOPING PARKS AND THE PROCESS AND THE ACQUISITION OF GREEN SPACE AND PRESERVATION OF PROPERTIES. VERY STRONG. YOU KNOW, THERE'S TOP THREE IN GREEN ARE PRETTY STRONG. CONSISTENT WITH YOUR YOUR PRIORITIES. UM YEAH. AND THEN, UM, SMALL TOWN FEEL STRONG 3386 LITTLE LITTLE SPREAD OUT AMONGST TALENT LOOKS AND FEELS, AND THAT'S NOT SURPRISING GIVEN KIND OF THE NEBULOUS, NEBULOUS NATURE OR WHATEVER SMALL TOWN FEEL MIGHT LOOK AND FEEL DIFFERENTLY TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND THEN I KNOW RAINY. YOU HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT CONNECTIVITY. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ON PARK TO PARK CONNECTIONS. ALSO PRETTY GOOD 3.43, BUT A LITTLE MORE SPREAD OUT IN TERMS OF THE INTEREST THERE. STAFF PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU WANT ANY CLARIFICATION FROM THE COUNCIL ON THIS ONE. WHEN COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. EVERYBODY GOOD. YES, SIR. OKAY. UM. THERE ARE TWO OTHER COMMENTS THAT CAME THROUGH AND THE DISCUSSIONS AND YOU SEE YOUR SPREADING OUT THERE BELOW THREE'S YOUTH SPORTS BASED COMMUNITY PARK. AT THE PARK PROJECT, A SENSE OF WHEREVER WHERE HE'S AT ON THOSE AS WELL. COMMENTS ON THOSE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO SINCE THOSE HAVE NOT LARGELY CHANGED THOSE OBJECTIVES WILL BE AFFIRMED IN THAT CATEGORY AS WELL. UM YOUR LAST AREA SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITY. UM, THIS IS YOUR EXISTING PRIORITIES. AND THERE WERE NO SUGGESTED CHANGES THAT CAME OUT OF LAST MONTH'S MEETING ON THAT, SO THOSE WOULD CONTINUE ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE ALREADY TO RE BLESS THOSE AS YOU ARE. THE MISSION PRIORITIES AND THIS PILLAR. AND WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY METRICS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT. EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE PRETTY COMFORTABLE. THERE IS SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT CAME AT THE DISCUSSION LAST MONTH, BUT THERE

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REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUILDING AND OTHERS DOWNTOWN. THE REVENUE AND THE VALUE THAT YOU BRING IN TERMS OF YOUR TAX RATE ONCE AGAIN, NAVIGATING COVID CRISIS. HAVING GOOD STAFF. THAT YOU STARTED LOOKING AT HOW YOU CHANGE, MULTI FAMILY AND CAR DEALERSHIP PROJECTS AND APPROVAL THROUGH YOU. DID YOU LDCS AND YOUR COM PLANTS? AND I THINK THAT WAS IT. YEAH. SO THE GOAL HERE WAS TO, UM MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT YOU WANTED TO CHANGE KEEP THE SAME OR YOUR

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THEY HAVE SOME ISSUES IN MESA, ARIZONA, SO THEY MAY NOT BE THE PERSON WE PARTNER WITH. THEY MAY BE WE WERE GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PROVING THEIR QUALIFICATIONS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING UP JUMPING IN BECAUSE THE HILTON WAS HOME WITH A SICK CHILD TODAY, SO COMPETING LUCKY. UM BEFORE WE TURN OVER TO KIND OF HAVE PAUL TALKED ABOUT KIND OF WHERE THIS GOES FROM HERE AND THE STEPS I JUST WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR ON THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS. WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR IN THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND JUST HAVE A BIT OF A DIALOGUE IN THE EFFORT. SO TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE JUST KIND OF FINISHED. THE PLANET CAME BACK TO YOU AND IT WENT INTO YOUR BUDGET. AND THEN LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PRIORITIES AND KIND OF RANK YOUR PRIORITIES, WHICH WE DID. WE HAD A CONVERSATION LIKE WE HAD HERE TODAY ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKED AND FELT LIKE THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A DESIRE BY STAFF TO KIND OF GO A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR, AS OPPOSED TO THE HIGH LEVEL SINCE THE BOARD HADN'T CHANGED AND THE PRIORITIES HAVEN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH YET, BUT THIS MIGHT BE AN INTEREST TO AT LEAST GET SOME FEEDBACK ON SOME THINGS THAT THEY HAD, UM SO THAT WE GOT INTO THE WEEDS ON SOME OF THEIR OBJECTIVES THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY DO AT THESE MEETINGS, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT UM, DO WE WANT? DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE A PRIORITIZATION PROCESS? AND IF SO, IS IT LOOKS LIKE MOREOVER, WE DID THE FIRST YEAR DOES IT LOOK LIKE MORE OF WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR? OR DOES IT IS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO OR IS IT LOOK ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ALTOGETHER? SO UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF MEANT TO HELP YOU BUILD CONSENSUS AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, AND WE'VE KIND OF BROUGHT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO YOU. SO WE THOUGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET YOUR YOUR THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WORKS OR DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU AS IT RELATES TO YOUR PRIORITIZATION OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, SO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY THOUGHTS. I WILL ALSO SAY IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF YOU, THERE WAS SOME SENSE THAT WAS HELPFUL TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE YOU WERE AS A GROUP, BUT THERE WAS GENERALLY A SENSE THAT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO STAFF AND I HEARD THAT PAUL SAID THAT THE BEGINNING IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE YOU ARE, SO THEIR STANDPOINT, THAT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL. BUT WHAT THAT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE IT'S REALLY THE NATURE OF THE CONVERSATION. SO TURN IT OVER TO YOU IN TERMS OF THOUGHTS AND IMPRESSIONS ABOUT WHAT WORKS OR DOESN'T WORK OR HOW YOU MADE ME WANT TO PROCEED WITH REGARDS TO ANY PRIORITIZATION EFFORTS GOING FORWARD. I THINK YOU YOU KIND OF ANSWERED MY QUESTION AS TO WHY WE HAVE THESE EVERY YEAR AND THAT IS ALL. THINGS HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED. AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE THESE EVERY YEAR. I THINK IT'S ABOUT EVERY OTHER YEAR IS PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE LIKE AS YOU SAID, NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW , LITTLE COUPLE OF THE RED THINGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND IS IT WORTH THE MAN HOURS TO MAKE THOSE LITTLE TINY CHANGES AND. MY ANSWER WOULD BE NO. SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST THE WAY I FEEL. I TRULY ENJOYED THE CHANCE TO LOOK BACK AT ONCE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. SH YOU KNOW WE'RE SO BUSY PUTTING OUT THE DAILY FIRES AND ONE EVER IS ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA THAT YOU NEVER HAVE THE TIME TO LOOK BACK AND FOCUS. WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT DEAL , AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY DOUBT IN PARTICULAR FOR RAINY THAT YOU'VE LEFT THE CITY FAR BETTER THAN WHERE YOU FOUND IT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK OVER THE YEARS, BUT I DO

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AND YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, DOUG. PLEASURE THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT AND I'M SURE AS WE CONTINUE WHATEVER THAT SCHEDULE IS, IT WILL SURE BE YOU. YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, AND I THINK YOU'VE EARNED THE TRUST AND RESPECTIVE EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL AND CERTAINLY STAFF OR THEY WOULDN'T CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND. YOU BUT. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S FUN TO WORK WITH MULTIPLE YEARS TO KIND OF SEE THE EVOLUTION OF THINGS GOING AND YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT THE PERSONALITIES AND THE PROJECTS AS WELL, SO IT'S MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE PART OF AFFILIATED WITH YOUR PROCESS HERE, SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TRUST AND COMMITMENT, SO WE SHOULD THE BEST CONTINUED SUCCESS. MOTION TO ADJOURN, I GUESS.

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