* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] UM, UM, [Independent Citizen’s Redistricting Commission] LET'S DO A TENANT'S REAL QUICK AND THEN I'LL PULL UP THE AGENDA FOR US. UM, BRIGHAM MORRIS HERE, DR. STARLING LANDS HERE. AARON DEMPSEY HERE, ERROL HARDENS, EUGENE SCHNEIDER HERE, LONGLY HERE, LOUIS GONZALEZ HERE, AND THEN PROBABLY KANAAN HERE. VERY GOOD. SO WE'VE GOT FOUR EIGHT MEMBERSHIP. UM, LET ME DO THIS REAL QUICK. OKAY. I'M GOING TO JUST WALK THROUGH THE AGENDA REAL QUICK FOR US AND THEN, UM, AND THEN WE'LL GET GOING. OKAY. SO TODAY IS MARCH 11TH, 2:37 PM. THE MEETING OF THE INDEPENDENT CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION MEETING TO, UM, AND THIS IS ALSO BEING TELEVISED ON ATX N TWO. UH, THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. UM, SO WE GOT TWO ITEMS VERSUS APPROVAL MINUTES. UM, AND THE SECOND IS THE NEW BUSINESS. UM, YOU GUYS CAN DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THESE FOLLOWING ITEMS, A SELECTION OF REMAINING SIX COMMISSIONERS, AND THEN BE SELECTION OF INTERIM CHAIR. UM, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT. SO FOR THE FIRST LINE OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES, DID Y'ALL GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES THAT WERE SENT OUT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING? YES. YES, YES. OKAY. UM, IF ANYBODY, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY EDITS TO THOSE CHANGES? OKAY. UM, THEN HOW IT WORKS. IF, IF THOSE LOOK GOOD, THEN SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION AND THEN SOMEBODY CAN SECOND IT AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON WHO WAS THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. AND THEN, OH, CAN WE GET A SHOW OF HANDS? UH, PROVING THOSE. HI. HI. HI. HI. OKAY, GOOD. SO I'LL PASS THIS EIGHT. OH, OKAY. SO NEW BUSINESS. UM, CAN WE GET A QUICK BEAD ON, WERE THERE ANY NAMES PLEASE? LISA? WERE THERE ANY NAYS? JUST WANT TO GET THAT FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. SO WITH HUMANITAS YES. SO, OKAY. SO, UM, ITEM TWO, A, THE ICRC MAY DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS, A SELECTION OF REMAINING SISTER COMMISSIONERS. UM, LET ME TURN THIS OFF AND GO BACK. LET'S SEE. OKAY. SO EVERYBODY HAS SENT IN THEIR, UM, THEIR SELECTIONS. UM, AND I JUST GOT DR. STERLING'S TRY NOW. I THINK I MISS THOSE THE FIRST TIME THEY CAME AROUND APOSTLE ABOUT THAT. UM, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND POPULATE HIS REAL QUICK AND, UH, IF I CAN DO THIS ON THE FLY AND THEN, UM, AND THEN JUST KIND OF TURN IT OVER TO Y'ALL TO START DISCUSSING THE, UH, UM, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SELECTION OF THOSE SIX. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL WANT TO, UM, HOW Y'ALL WANT TO WALK THROUGH IT. UM, LET ME SEE, SHARE YOUR SCREEN. WOULD THAT HELP FOR THEM TO ALL BE ABLE TO SEE AS YOU KIND OF SCROLL THROUGH OR IS THAT HELPFUL OR NO? UM, I THINK IT WERE, BUT I'M TRYING TO PULL UP, UM, DR. LAND'S SELECTION SO I CAN ADD THOSE TOO, ACTUALLY. UM, WHAT I DID WAS, UH, I LOOKED AT THE, UM, COMPILATION AND AGREED, AGREED WITH WHAT I SAW I'M IN CONCERT WITH THE MAJORITY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THEN I WILL PULL UP, I'LL PULL UP MY SCREEN AND SHOW THAT TO HELP. OKAY. OKAY. SO HERE'S HOW WE ARRANGE THIS. EVERYBODY'S SENDING THEIR TOP SIX, UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER AND MORRISON IN THE TOP SEVEN. SO THOSE WHO ARE DESIGNATED WITH THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED CELL SANTANA AND STUDENT APPLICATIONS, STUDENT NOMINATIONS, WAS THAT CONVICTION TO THE SIXTH EITHER WAY, UM, EITHER WAY. SO, YEAH, THEY JUST, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW. THAT'S WHY THERE WAS, THERE WAS ONE, ONE EXTRA SHOWING UP FOR, FOR A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS. UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE WE DO DO HAVE TO SELECT A STUDENT MEMBER FOR THE, FOR THE COMMISSION CSO. WHAT WE DID IS TOOK ALL THIS STUFF THAT Y'ALL SENT IN. UM, I DON'T KNOW, YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH AND KIND OF QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CHECK THIS CAUSE WE DID HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COPYING AND PASTING, NOT EVERY SEND IN THE SAME FORMAT, SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS LOOKING GOOD FOR WHAT YOU SENT. AND THEN WE TABULATED [00:05:01] ACROSS, UM, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE SELECTED EACH, EACH APPLICANT AND THEN, UM, SORTED THOSE BY THE, UH, BY THE ONES THAT GOT THE MOST. OKAY. IF I MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION TO THE COMMISSION HERE IS TO GO THROUGH THIS, DO WE WANT TO AT LEAST, UH, GO INTO MORE DEPTH REVIEW OF THOSE CANDIDATES MORE THAN ONE VOTE. AND THEN THERE IS AN, UH, UH, A CANDIDATE THAT HAS ONE VOTE THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A, UM, SOME NOTES ON. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PROCEED. THAT'S ANYONE ELSE? ANOTHER, OKAY. UH, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST MAYBE, UH, SIMILAR TO YOU, BUT I THINK, WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE SOME CLEAR MAJORITY FOR THE TOP, THE FIRST FIVE, MAYBE. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DECIDE THE SIX, I'D SAY WE DON'T DISCUSS EVERY ONE. MAYBE JUST PICK THE LAST ONE OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LAST VERSUS HOW WE PICK THAT PERSON. SO KEEP IT SIMPLE. I AGREE WITH THAT. I'M FINE WITH THAT TOO. AND WE COULD EVEN LIMIT IT TO THE TWOS UNLESS THERE'S A STRONG THING. AND FOR ONE, NO, I'M WITH YOU ON THAT. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S OKAY, TOO. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE US TO, AS, AS WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, UH, INSTEAD OF JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF FINAL GOALS, BUT ALSO, UH, KEEPING IN MIND THE DISPERSEMENT OF WHERE THESE DISTRICTS ARE AND HOW MANY REPRESENTATIVES WE HAVE OUT OF ANY ONE DISTRICT. AND I MADE A PURPOSEFUL EFFORT TO DO JUST THAT. YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FIRST MAJORITY WE'VE GOT THE DISTRICTS COVERED. I THINK WE DO. I THINK ALL OF US DID. SO, AND THEN THE STUDENT WAS GREAT. I DID UNANIMOUS STUDENTS DOES ISN'T THERE, SO THAT'S, WE'RE GOOD THERE. UM, SO THEN I GUESS EVERYBODY CAN REFER TO THE NAMES ON THE TOOTH. YEAH. IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, I WOULD MAKE A MOVE THAT WE ENDORSE THE FIRST FIVE, THE NUMBER SEVEN SUB TOTAL AND ALL OF THE THREES SUBTOTAL SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE THOSE FIVE PEOPLE VISUALLY. BUT I WOULD SECOND THAT ALL RIGHT. MY ONE, MY ONE QUESTION IS, I WONDER IF YOU SECONDED PLEASE? YEAH, I SECOND. OKAY. LET ME SEE YOUR LANDS. THANK YOU. UM, SAY SOMETHING, MAN. YEAH. SO, UM, JUST REAL QUICK. YEAH. SO I GUESS A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SPENT SECOND AT ON. UM, SO Y'ALL WANT TO, UH, AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY, COULD, UM, UH, JEAN, COULD YOU GO THROUGH AND JUST SAY THE LAST NAMES FOR EACH OF THOSE, THOSE, UM, THOSE ONES YOU MENTIONED, JUST SO WE HAVE THAT ON RECORD AS WELL. OKAY. TAMBO YEP. ALL THEIR OWN KESWANI TWENTIES AND, UM, IS THERE A GHOST? OKAY, VERY GOOD. UM, SO YEAH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT, ON THAT MOTION, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER STUDENT. ARE WE ALLOWED TO SLIP IT TO STUDENTS? THAT'S MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. YEAH, NO, NO, YOU'RE TOTALLY FINE. WHERE A LINE, I THINK WE WERE SUPPOSED TO USE THE ONE STUDENT MATT, CORRECT US IF WE'RE WRONG. AND QUINTUS IS ALSO A STUDENT. UH, YES. YOU NEED ONE STUDENT ON THE COMMISSION. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. CAN WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE? I BELIEVE YOU CAN. YEAH. YEAH, YOU CAN. YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE ONE. PERFECT. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION FROM MY POINT OF VIEW. IT'S TO HAVE TOO. I AGREE. SO THE MOTION MAY, AND SECOND IT IS THAT WE ACCEPT ALL OF THE THREES AND NUMBERS AND THE ONE WHO GOT SEVEN POINTS. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND LET'S GO THROUGH IT. UM, I WANNA JUST KINDA DO A QUICK ROLL CALL ON AND, UH, AND VOTE ON THAT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. ME STOP SHOWING THIS REAL QUICK SO WE CAN SEE SOME FACES. UM, YEAH. SO I'M GONNA CALL YOUR NAME, JUST SAY HI AND RAISE YOUR HANDS. WE CAN SEE IT. UM, JEAN. HI ERIN. HI LOUISE. HI, ERROL I ALONG STERLING AND THEN, UM, BJ ON THE PHONE. VERY GOOD. OKAY. SO I'LL PASS THIS EIGHT AND ZERO. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT AND, [00:10:01] UM, UH, LET'S SEE. OKAY. SO NOW DO Y'ALL WANT TO HAVE, UH, Y'ALL WANT TO DISCUSS ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT IT'S SIX CANDIDATE. IF I COULD SAY SOMETHING, CAN I KIND OF MAKE UP PITCH PERSONAL ONE PARTICULAR PERSON OR TODAY OR WHATEVER YOU DO DOES THAT, OF COURSE. YEAH. UM, I THINK, UM, MY PICTURES, COULD THEY BE, UH, FOR, UH, THE CANDIDATE IN LINE ITEM 27? UH, CAUSE I THINK WE HAVE DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF, UH, GENDER ON THE COMMITTEE, IN TERMS OF MALE, FEMALE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION. AND THIS WAS THE ONLY PAIN THAT I FOUND THAT WAS A NON BINARY, UM, IDENTIFICATION IN THERE. AND I FIGURED IT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE SOMEONE REPRESENT IN THE COMMITTEE FROM, FROM THAT STANDPOINT. AND IF THAT'S GOING TO BE MY ONLY, UH, CONSIDERATION TO SAY, WE SHOULD MAYBE POTENTIALLY CONSIDER, EVEN THOUGH THAT PERSON ONLY HAS ONE VOTE, THIS IS JEAN SCHNEIDER. ALL RIGHT, THIS IS JEAN SCHNEIDER. AND I AGREE THIS ADDS TO THE DIVERSITY OF THE GROUP AND WE CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH. THIS IS ARROW R UH, WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE, FOR WHAT WE HAVE SEATED AS FAR AS, UH, 13 THAT WE HAVE, UH, WHAT'S THE DISTRIBUTION BASED ON THE DISTRICTS AND WHERE THOSE DISTRICTS LARGER, UH, IN THE CITY. YEAH. SEE, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO LET ME, UM, LET ME PULL UP A MAP OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND THEN I'LL NEED TO PULL UP THE OTHER SPREADSHEET THAT HAS, UM, THAT HAS Y'ALL'S Y'ALL'S NAMES AND DISTRICT NUMBERS ON IT AS WELL. UM, SO MIKE, UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AND THEN Y'ALL CAN JUST CONTINUE YOUR DISCUSSION. YEAH. AND MY DAD IS, UH, PRIMARILY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S A FAIR REPRESENTATION IN AISLE AS BEST WE CAN IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY. YEAH. COMMISSION ALREADY. AND I KIND OF AGREE WITH YOU THERE. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO SEE THE, WHICH JUST KICKS OUR REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE NOW. UM, I JUST WANT REPRESENTATIVE NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO FROM DISTRICT NINE, TWO FROM DISTRICT SEVEN AND I BELIEVE TWO FROM DISTRICT 10. UM, SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE ELSE THAT FINAL CANDIDATE COULD COME FROM. ONE OF THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS, WHICH, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, PUT YOUR NAMES, APOLOGIES. UH, PROBLEM. HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME, PROBLEM? UH, SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING THERE WITH DISTRICT FOUR. MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT. THERE'S ONLY ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TEAM, SO THAT WOULD FALL IN LINE WITH MY SUGGESTION. I PERSONALLY, I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH WHITE HOPE ON THE OTHER COMMISSION AND JUST LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY. IT SEEMS TO BE OUT OF BALANCE TO ME. I AGREE WITH THAT. YEP. GREAT POINT COMMISSIONER LANDS THEN WOULD, COULD WE ASSUME THAT, UH, IN THE PEWS THAT, UH, APPLICANT FINCH WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THE COMMISSION? UH, IF, UM, I CA I DON'T SEE THE SPREADSHEET. UM, MATT, CAN YOU SHARE THAT, THAT THAT'S GREEN AGAIN? UH, YEAH, LET ME, UM, LET ME FINISH DOING THIS OTHER THIS ONE FIRST, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL BRING THAT BACK UP FOR Y'ALL JEAN SCHNEIDER. AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHOM I NOMINATED WAS THE LEAST NICA NICA, WHO IS WHITE AND FROM DISTRICT. I ALSO VOTED FOR THAT PERSON. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I, MY CANDIDATE IS JOSH PLANK AND I THINK HE'S KIND OF ONE. SO IF WE HAVE A TOO, [00:15:18] I LOOKED FOR LAST NAME FINCH TOO. SO ON MINE. YEAH. I RECOGNIZE THAT TOO SMELLS LIKE MAYBE WE SHOULD ADD THAT DIVERSITY, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S A HARD ONE TRYING TO FIND ALL THE RIGHT BALANCE. WHAT'S A STRUGGLE. IT APPEARS WE MIGHT HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT NOW FOR THIS POSITION TO BENEFIT ANYONE TO GO DEEPER. LIKE WHOEVER MAY HAVE NOMINATED THEM TO SHARE THEIR NOTES ON THE CAMERA. UH, LOUISE, CAN YOU TELL US AGAIN WHO THEY ARE? THOSE THREE? I BELIEVE WE'RE LOOKING AT FINCH, A NUMBER LINE NUMBER 27 QUANTOS TOES, REFIS AND LINE NUMBER 37 DACA COMMISSIONER SNYDER. IF I'M CORRECT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU MENTIONED. YES, I DID VOTE FOR HER. SO THIS DOES SEEM TO BE THE THREE THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT RIGHT NOW, THAT LINE ITEMS 1527 AND 37. AND SHE BRINGS TO THE GROUP, THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIBRARIAN, WHICH I'M NOT AWARE THAT WE HAVE IN ANY OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES WE MAY HAVE, AND I MISSED IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S UNIQUE TO HER AMONG THE CANDIDATES WE WERE TO CHOOSE FROM. UH, I LIKED THE FOCUS ON ADDING, UH, DIVERSITY. UM, I AM CURIOUS, DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM DISTRICT EIGHT? UH, WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE AND I THINK IT'S, YEAH, WE HAVE LIKE SOMEBODY WHO'S ALREADY SEATED ON THE BOARD OF THE CONDITION. YEAH. WE ALREADY HAVE ONE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THANKS, SIR. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I'M GOING TO PULL IT UP. SO YOU JUST CHOSE TODAY AND ALL OF US, YOU'VE GOT THE DISTRICT'S COVER. OKAY. SO JUST REAL QUICK, I'LL WALK YOU TO THE DISTRICT MAP AND THEN I'LL PULL UP THE, THE, WHAT THE SPREADSHEETS LOOKING LIKE SIESTA HERE'S THE EXISTING DISTRICTS TRY AGAIN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, WHEREAS DISTRICT FOUR, IT MUST BE IN THE CENTER. YEAH. FOUR IS YES. RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, I MAKE A POINT OR AT LEAST NICA. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE WITH, UM, THE EIGHTH OR RANDOMLY DRAWN BY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, WHICH IS Y'ALL'S NAME SAYING YELLOW. AND THEN, UM, THE ONES YOU JUST, HE JUST SELECTED IT IN WHITE. SO, UM, WE START WITH DISTRICT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, TWO, AND SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, NINE, AND TWO AND 10. OKAY. LOOKING, LOOKING AT MY, LOOKING AT MY NOTES. I DID HAVE A CANDIDATE OR APPLICANT FINCH AS MY POSSIBLE SEVENTH. UM, SHE DOES HAVE A PRETTY HIGH SCORE FROM THE PANEL AND I NOTED STRONG, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS. UM, SHE MOVED TO AUSTIN IN 2004. UM, I WOULD, I WOULD STRONGLY ALSO PUSH FOR FINCH AS A ADDITION TO THIS COMMISSION. SO YOU'VE HEARD FINCH AND WE'VE HEARD NACA FROM COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER, UM, BACK TO THE SO FINCH. AND, UM, WHAT WAS THE OTHER NAME? YOU MENTIONED NACA. N A C I THINK SHE'S A LITTLE LOWER ON THE LIST MAP. THERE WE GO. NUMBER 37. I STILL THINK WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION AT ALL FROM [00:20:02] NON BINARY OR SO WHERE IT GETS TOUGH. WHAT IS WE REMOVE ONE OF THE THREES AND PICK TWO FROM THE NEW LIST THAT WE HAVE. CAN WE JUST MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT HIM? I DON'T KNOW. HOW DOES THIS WORK CAN BE RE DO A MOTION? THAT SEEMS SO. I DON'T THINK WE CAN THAT, UM, LET'S SEE. GIVE ME ON MOTION. THE MOTION, JUST, I SUGGEST, UM, FLOATING A NEW MOTION, UM, THAT WILL AMEND THE FIRST MOTION ESSENTIALLY. UM, AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES. OKAY. BUT IF WE WORKED TO REMOVE ONE, I GUESS WE SHOULD TRY AND SEE WHO WE, IF WE CAN GET ALIGNMENT ON THAT PERSON THAT YOU WOULD REPLACE BEFORE, OR I DON'T KNOW, AARON, UH, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE SOCKS THAT WE'VE SELECTED JUST FOR LOOKING AT AGE, GENDER, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE DISTRICTS? UM, SURE. I'LL PULL THAT UP. OKAY. SO HERE IT IS. AND THIS WAS ONE, UM, THIS SHOWS YOU SORTED BY, UH, DISTRICTS AND THEN, UM, AND I CAN SORT THIS OTHERWISE AS WELL, IF THAT WOULD HELP. SURE. I'M SORRY FOR THE, THE EITHER OR, OR ETHNICITY, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? I GUESS? SURE. WHEREAS THIS ON THIS ONE, I GET THE SECOND DOWN. DID WE EVER GET NNEKA ON AND FINCH? UM, NO, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL AT 13. OKAY. BETWEEN, BETWEEN NACA AND FINCH, MY VOTE WOULD DEFINITELY BE FINISHED CAUSE NACA REPRESENTS DISTRICT SEVEN AND WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES FROM DISTRICT SEVEN THAT ALREADY, YEAH. I'M WITH YOU. I AGREE. AND THEN BETWEEN FINCH AND, UM, , THAT'S, I'M TORN BETWEEN REPRESENTATION OF, OF, UH, OF GENDER IDENTITY AND REPRESENTATION OF DISTRICT. BUT I ALSO DO NOT AGREE THAT I DO NOT SUGGEST THAT WE UNDO EMOTION. UM, GIVEN THE FACT THAT OUR FIRST CHOICES WERE REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICTS THAT WERE NOT ALREADY REPRESENTED ON THIS COMMISSION. AND IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S A POTENTIALLY BAD PRECEDENT. AND PARTICULARLY SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOME VERY SENSITIVE ISSUES, WE'LL LEAVE IT OPEN TO THAT. BRILLIANT. I WANT TO SAY MY MORNING, I ASKED HER TO SHOW HER, SHOW ME, UM, CHART THE THIRD ONE OVER A MAP. IT'LL GIVE YOU THE PIE CHART. THIS ONE I KNOW, JUST PICKED OUT ON THE FIRST ONE. AND THEN, UM, ONCE YOU PICK THAT, IT'S THE THIRD ONE OVER IN THE NEXT TO CHANGE COLORS. THERE'S THE THIRD, BUT WHERE YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE TOP. OKAY. WE'LL PUT THE PERSON'S. IN FACT, I LIKE THIS LITTLE BIGGER HERE. OKAY. THIS IS SHOWING. OKAY. SO LOOKS LIKE MICHELLE IS AT 16%. FEMALE HAS BEEN [00:25:03] 60% MALE ASIAN, 60% IS JUST SHOWING US ALL. I WANT TO SAY IF HE JUST, WHICH IS, WE KNOW WHERE IT WAS THAT, WELL, LET ME JUST, UM, JUST START THIS AGAIN. OKAY. SO ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, FEMALES, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, UM, SIX, SEVEN MILES. YEAH, I, I DID, UH, I DID A QUICK, UM, PIVOT ON MINE BASED ON THE STATS. UH, WE HAVE SIX FEMALES, SEVEN MALES. UM, WE HAVE ONE AMERICAN INDIAN MALE, UM, TWO ASIAN MALES, ONE ASIAN FEMALE, UM, BLACK OR AFRICAN, UM, ONE FEMALE ON TWO MALES. I DON'T KNOW. IS THERE A WAY I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN? I CAN JUST SHOW THE METRICS. YEAH, LET'S TRY THAT. UH, I'M GONNA STOP SHARING AND WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN GIVE YOU AUTHORITY TO, I KNOW IT WAS, UM, HOW LONG YOU SHOULD HAVE IT NOW. TRY IT. PERFECT. YEP. YEP. SO HERE'S, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE TABLE. UM, CAN YOU GUYS SEE IT? DO I NEED TO MAKE IT BIGGER? STILL LOOKS LIKE IT'S FLOATING ON MY END. STILL MOBILE. IT'S A LOVELY, DO WE, DO WE HAVE THE CURRENT REPRESENTATION OF WHO IS IN THE AUSTIN AREA FROM A POPULATION STANDPOINT OR SENSITIVE STANDPOINT? I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A, I CAN PULL THAT UP FOR Y'ALL. THANK YOU. YEAH, I SEE MY SCREEN NOW. OKAY. SO YEAH, YOU CAN, UM, BASICALLY THIS, THIS IS WHAT 17, THE MALE FEMALE GROUP. THIS IS THE DISTRICT. AND THEN THIS IS THE, UM, UH, ETHNICITY, UM, BASED ON MALE, FEMALE, I GUESS THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SAME. UH, WAS THERE ANY OTHER THING THAT WE WANTED TO PULL UP? UH, SO COMMISSIONER LEE, IS THIS THE EXISTING COMMITTEE OR IS THIS THE NEW MEMBERS? YEAH, THIS IS THE EXISTING PLUS THE NEW ONES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. UM, THE EXISTING AND THE NEW. OKAY. YES. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE SIX, THE SIX FEMALES HERE. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T MEAN JUST A BEAT ON THE DEAD HORSE, BUT I'M TELLING YOU GUYS, WE, WE NEED, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WHITE ON THIS LIST. RIGHT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WERE NOT MISSING IT'S IT JUST DOESN'T REPRESENT THE CITY. YEAH. UH, I COULD ALSO MAKE THE CASE THAT THERE'S NOBODY FROM, AT ALL IN THIS. SO THERE IS ZERO REPRESENTATION FOR MORE, FROM A NONBINARY STANDPOINT, REPRESENTATION HERE IS AT LEAST TWO WHITE. THERE ARE ZERO NON BINARY IN THIS. SO I, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M JUST, WE CAN ALWAYS SAY THERE'S ONE LESS OR ONE MORE, ONE MORE VOICE HERE. CHANGE THAT MUCH. OR WOULD ONE VOICE FROM A NON BINARY PERSON ADD MORE DIVERSITY AND THOUGHT TO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE NO REPRESENTATION FROM THERE. WE AT LEAST HAVE TWO IS MY POINT. I HEAR YOU. ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE UP YOUR SEAT FOR THE NON-BINARY PERSON? I'LL DO IT, MAKE THEM ALL, I'LL GO. I'LL DO IT. DO IT, MAKE THE MOSTLY I'LL TYPE THEM IN. I'M SERIOUS. IF, UH, OKAY. CAN I MAKE A MOTION? SOMEBODY I MAKE THE PERSON [00:30:01] TO REPLACE ME ON THE COMMISSION WEBSITES ON BINARY, UH, HENDRICK, UH, WHAT'S HER NAME? HOLD ON. OR ZARIF ANYBODY WANT A SECOND EMOTION? EMOTIONAL LANES? NO, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO SECOND THAT MOTION. I MEAN, I'M GOING TO BE UPSET ABOUT THIS. I, I JUST TRULY BELIEVE, BUT IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT. THAT'S ALL, SOME THINGS YOU FALL ON THE SWORD FOR AND SOME THINGS YOU DON'T. YEAH. YEAH. SO, I MEAN, I MEAN, OKAY. SO I, I KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE MADE A MOTION TO DO SELECT THE FIRST, UH, FIVE WE'RE READY. UM, I SHOULD'VE SPOKEN OUT. WE SHOULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FROM THE LESSON, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE SET THAT ASIDE AS A FINALIZED LIST BEFORE WE VOTED ON IT. RIGHT. UM, IN, IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD HAVE JUST SAID, OKAY, HERE, HERE ARE THE FIVE, SIX FINALISTS, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO THROUGH THESE AND THEN SEE THE MAKEUP OF THESE FIVE OR SIX. AND THEN THAT WAY WE WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE, UM, OUR, OUR MAKEUP. RIGHT. UM, AND, AND BASED ON OUR CONFLICTS FOR NOW, FOR ME, IT MAKES SENSE IF FOR THIS SITUATION, I KNOW, I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK ON IT TO KIND OF RE NEG THE PRIOR FIVE THAT WE DID. HEY, MY THOUGHTS IS THAT IF WE LOOK AT BOTH DISTRICT REPRESENTATION AND DIVERSITY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ARRIVE AT A PLACE. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATION, I THINK ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION, UH, WHERE THESE DISTRICTS LIE IN THE CITY, SO THAT THE SOUTHEAST OR THE NORTHEAST OR THE SOUTHWEST, THAT, THAT AREAS ARE NOT UNDERREPRESENTED. UM, I LIKED SEEING THAT, UH, THAT MAP OF THE DISTRICT. SO WE COULD LOOK AT AND SEE WHERE THESE DISTRICTS LIE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH DISTRICT FOUR BECAUSE IT DOES IS CENTRALIZED AND STRADDLES I 35 TO THE EAST AND THE WEST THAT THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A COMMISSIONER AT A DISTRICT FOR, UH, THAT, UM, MAYBE WHITE, UH, MAYBE FEMALE. I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE US A, UH, SEVEN TO SEVEN SPLIT, UH, ADD DIVERSITY, BUT ALSO ADD, UM, YOUR GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION. I MEAN, I'LL SAY THAT, I THINK MY SECOND CHOICE WAS THERE. I ALSO VOTED FOR FINCH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS DOES. SHE DOES THAT. SO MAYBE WE CAN TAKE IT IN THERE, UM, TO SEE, UH, WHAT DISTRICT SHE HAS THE DISTRICT IS DISTRICT, UH, TWO. AND LET'S SAY THAT WE DO GIVE FINCH THE BOAT THAT WOULD THEN MAKE THIS LOOK LIKE NOW. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE, I PUT IN THE ZIP CODE THERE, WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD REPRESENTATION WITH, UM, MOST OF THE, UM, SO THERE YOU GO. ONE THING UP THE FINCH WOULD BE THERE AND THERE. UM, SO YEAH, DISTRICT OR DISTRICT TWO, SORRY SHE SHE'S HERE. UM, ZIP CODE WISE, WE'RE PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH, UM, HAVE ONE FOR EACH ZIP CODE EXCEPT FOR SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN, FIVE NINE, WHICH HAS TWO. I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US. SO I'LL SAY THAT IF, IF WE COULD GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO RIAN FENCE, I'LL BE WILLING TO, FOR THE GREATER GOOD, UH, MOVE, MOVE WITH THAT IS THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE. [00:35:01] I WILL, I WILL, I WILL PUT MY VOTE FOR FINCH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT. WE ADD, UH, COMMISSIONER FINCH AS THE 14 MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION. I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. SO THERE'S A MOTION TO ADD A FRENCH TO THE COMMISSION BY HEART AND SECOND, AND BY CONSOLIDATE JOHN TO DISCUSS THAT WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S NOT, UH, NO. OH, OKAY. SO YOU HAVE, THERE'S NO, NO OTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN, UM, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT. UM, UH, HOW LONG WOULD YOU MIND, UH, BRING IT DOWN TO YOUR SCREEN AND WE'LL SO WE CAN GET EVERYBODY ON THAT IN THE VOTE. HEY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR DRIVING. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. SO FOR THAT, UH, A MOTION TO ADD FINCH TO THE COMMISSION ALUMS, GO THROUGH, UM, LUIS HELLO, GUESS HONG ERROL PRABHU. I'M AARON, WHAT COULD YOU DO LIKE WITH YOUR MIC ON YOU'RE ON MUTE ERIN. OH, HI. SORRY, JEAN. YOU'RE ALSO ON MUTE RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, STERLING AND THEN BJ. HI. OKAY. SO THAT PASSES EIGHT ZERO UNANIMOUS. OKAY. SO THAT IS, UM, UH, AN ADDITIONAL SIX, WHICH WOULD COMPLETE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION AND PUT IT AT A 14 MEMBER COMMISSION. UM, YES, WELL DONE. THAT WAS A GOOD JOB. I'M IMPRESSED. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING ON THE AGENDA, ONE IS HOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, IF Y'ALL WANT TO, UM, HAVE A INTERIM CHAIR, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE, IT'LL BE WITH ALL 14 MEMBERS AND, UM, AND WE CAN ALSO KINDA GET YOU ALL TO VOTE ON A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR FOR THAT AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARY AT THIS POINT, SINCE IT SEEMS LIKE THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE WITH ALL 14 COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD RATHER WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE ALL. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. YEP. AGREED. AGREED. OKAY. OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. UM, AND THEN LET ME JUST PULL THIS UP. UM, I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME, SOME MEETING DATES WITH Y'ALL TO SEE WHAT, WHAT MIGHT WORK, WHAT MIGHT NOT WORK FOR THE NEXT MEETING. UM, UH, ADAM, CAN YOU GIVE ME BACK THE ABILITY TO SHARE PLEASE? UM, YOU JUST KIND OF JUST GETTING, UH, UH, I GUESS, UH, UM, SEE WHAT WORKS FOR Y'ALL FOR THE NEXT MEETING DATE, AND THEN I'LL HAVE TO RUN IT BY THE, UM, THE NEW MEMBERSHIP AS WELL. WHERE DID THAT GO? HEY, MATT, CAN I ASK A QUICK CLARIFICATION AS WE'RE SETTING FOR CLOSE, IS THE GENERAL IDEA THAT WE WILL MEET WEEKLY? OR IS IT BI-WEEKLY, IS THERE A CADENCE? SO WE COULD JUST INSERT, TRYING TO CREATE INDIVIDUAL DATES. WE KIND OF PICK LIKE A DAY OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SO WE CAN JUST SET THOSE FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. CAUSE IT HELPS PLANNING. YEAH, DEFINITELY BLOCK THESE OFF. CAUSE I THINK DOING IT EVERY TIME, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE COMPLICATED, AT LEAST FOR ME, MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE INTERESTING FOR US JUST TO PICK A SPECIFIC DATE AND THEN KIND OF BLOCK IT OFF FOR WHATEVER CADENCE WOULD BE. YEAH, I AGREE. I THINK, I THINK I WAS JUST WAITING FOR THE FULL 14 MEMBER COMMISSIONER. UM, WE, I MEAN, WE COULD ALSO DO THIS OVER A DOODLE POLL AS WELL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS FOR ALL 14. AND I USED TO SAY THE TIME ON THAT, BUT YEAH, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A REGULAR CADENCE MOVING FORWARD. UM, YOU KNOW, THE MEETING FREQUENCY DATE AND TIME THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE ALL GONNA NEED TO DO, UM, INCLUDING HIRING YOUR OWN STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, UM, UH, AND THAT KIND OF, THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND THEN, UM, BUT THEN ONCE THEY SAY THE CENSUS DATA COMES IN AND WE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SCHEDULED TO GET THE RESULTS OF THE 20, 20 CENSUS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIT OF A WAYS OUT AND THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND, AND, AND, UH, START WORKING ON THOSE BOUNDARIES. UM, SO, SO TO BEGIN WITH, IT MIGHT WORK TO GO, UM, MONTHLY, IT MIGHT WORK TO GO, UM, EVERY TWO WEEKS, UM, [00:40:01] UH, UH, WE HAVE A LIST. I CAN DO THAT OVER EMAIL, OVER DOODLE POLL WITH ALL 14 MEMBERS. I THINK LISA WANTS A SPACEMAN. YEAH, JUST A POINT OF A PROCEDURE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT UNTIL, UM, WE'VE RETURNED TO NORMAL IN-PERSON MEETINGS, THEY WON'T GUARANTEE US A SET TIME SLOT. AND SO THERE ARE THREE WINDOWS AND THAT'S A MORNING, AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDOW. AND, UM, IT'S KIND OF NOT FIRST COME FIRST SERVE IT'S I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY DETERMINED THE PRIORITIES OF WHO GETS, WHICH SLOT WE CAN REQUEST A SLOT AND, AND NOTE OUR PREFERENCE, HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT GUARANTEED. SO, UH, THE LEAST POPULAR SLOTS ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO BECOME REGULAR SLOTS SUCH AS FRIDAY EVENING. BUT I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T USUALLY WANT TO MEET ON FRIDAY EVENINGS. SO I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, SORT OF AS A CAVEAT, IF YOU GUYS ARRIVE AT A COUPLE OF OPTIONS, THAT'LL MAKE YOUR LIVES EASIER IN SECURING SOMETHING, BUT YOU CAN'T COUNT ON THE SAME SLOT WEEK AFTER WEEK OR MONTH AFTER MONTH. IT'S A MONTH BY MONTH MEETING BY MEETING KIND OF SYSTEM RIGHT NOW WATCHING YOU'RE ON MUTE. OH, JEREMY. NOW, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. I AM TIRED AND RETIRED, SO ALL WINDOWS ARE OPEN FOR ME AND I DEFER TO WHATEVER HAPPENS. OKAY. UM, OKAY. SO WE'LL FIGURE OUT, UM, TIME SLOTS THAT ARE, UH, LOOKED LIKE THEY'RE OPEN. UM, I THINK WE'LL START WITH THE WEEK OF, UH, LET'S SEE, NEXT WEEK SPRING BREAK. SO MAYBE WE WILL ALL START LOOKING AT DATES FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 22ND AND MARCH 29TH. AND WE'LL FIGURE THAT OVER, OVER EMAIL WITH ALL 14 MEMBERS. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? YES. OKAY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. YES, LET'S SEE. OKAY. SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ALL WE HAD TODAY THAT WAS THE, YOU KNOW, PICKING THE, UM, ADDITIONAL SIX WAS THE BIG LIFT. SO WELL DONE ON THAT. UM, LET'S JUST GO AROUND THE, THE SCREEN BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE HOP OFF. UM, LET'S SEE, AARON, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO CHECK AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, UM, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, INSIGHTS, STUFF LIKE THAT. AND YOU'RE ON MUTE. IT'S GOING TO BE THE ONE ON THE AIR. AARON, YOU WERE ON MUTE AND IF YOU TAKE EVERYBODY OFF FROM HERE, AM I ON MUTE OR WAS I ON MUTE? WHAT DOES IT DO? THAT IT GOES ON ITS OWN. I DON'T WANT TO THE AB TECH GUYS, I'VE GOT TO MUTE PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING BECAUSE WE'RE ON A BROADCAST. SO IF I DIDN'T COMMUNICATE THAT BEFORE, I'M SORRY, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND YOU'RE NOT IN, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. IF YOU DIDN'T, WEREN'T AWARE OF, BUT YEAH, I HAVE TO MEET YOU IF IT'S CAUSING NOISE, JUST FYI. OKAY. NOW I KNOW THAT THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. I'LL ALWAYS CHECK THAT NOW. UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. UM, WHAT IF THE SIXTH UPON GETTING THE NOTIFICATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN CHOSEN FOR WHATEVER REASON DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT. YEAH. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE'LL, UM, GET BACK TOGETHER WITH THE REGROUP AND THEN ALL PICK A, ANOTHER ONE TO ADD. OKAY. OKAY. UM, ERROL, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, JUST TO COMMENT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THIS AFTERNOON. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT, JANE. WELL, YOU'RE ON MUTE NOW. YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. YOU CAN HEAR ME. OKAY. I HAVE NO COMMENTS. I AM READY TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN WHEN EVERYBODY HAS MADE THEIR COMMENTS. OKAY. GOING ALONG EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. LOUIS, NO QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR WORK TODAY. UM, UH, I SAW A LOT OF PASSION ALREADY IN JUST OUR SECOND MEETING. UM, AND THAT'S GREAT MOVING FORWARD. AND I'M STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS ENTIRE COMMISSION, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE SIX NEW MEMBERS IN THE BOARD. SO EVERYONE HAS A GREAT THURSDAY. RIGHT? GOOD. OKAY. PRABHU. UH, I'M GOING TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PATIENT. UH, I HAVE A LOT OF PASSION AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND, UH, NONE OF THIS IS PERSONAL. SO, [00:45:01] UM, PLEASE, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND STERLING. UM, I WAS WONDERING HOW, UM, W WITH 14, UM, HOW DO WE GET A CONSENSUS WITH 14 TO 770 OR A PARTICULAR IDEA? UM, YEAH, SO THAT, THAT, UH, I HAD THAT SAME QUESTION TOO, BUT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T WRITE THAT CHARTER LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY CLEVER. SO I GUESS Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT AMONGST. YEAH. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING. YEAH. BUT I'M GOOD. AND LISTEN, I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF THIS AUGUST GROUP. YEAH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND I'LL JUST SAY, YEAH, THANKS EVERYBODY. DOING THEIR HOMEWORK AND GETTING THEIR SELECTIONS IN. I MADE STUFF REALLY EASY FOR US TO DO. AND, UM, JUST APPRECIATE THAT. SO, OKAY. AND MATT, WE DID HAVE BJ ON THE PHONE. JUST A REMINDER. THANK YOU, BJ. NO QUESTIONS ON MY END. RIGHT. THANKS FOR THAT REMINDER. OKAY. AND I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO MATT AND LISA AND, UH, THE TECH TEAM AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. HE MADE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN AND YEAH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I'M PRETTY GOOD. I GUESS I MOVE TO ADJOURN IF IT HASN'T BEEN MADE ALREADY. WE'RE VERY GOOD. ARE WE ALL HAVE A GOOD THURSDAY? THANKS. Y'ALL BYE. I'M GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY. AND HOLD NOTHING BACK. I WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO DANCE. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.