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[Independent Citizen’s Redistricting Commission]
INCORRECT NET.SO WE HAVE NINE OUT OF 14, 13 PRISONERS.
UH, IT'S 3:04 PM AND WE HAVE 10 OUT OF OUR 13 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT.
SO WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE CAN GET STARTED.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE INDEPENDENT CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16TH.
AND MATT, COULD YOU PLEASE DO ROLL CALL? YES.
UM, LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE HERE.
13 COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER HERE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE HEARING SOME KIND OF FEEDBACK, RIGHT? FOR OUR TECH, THE TECH.
I BELIEVE IT MIGHT'VE BEEN THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION COLOR.
AND, UM, MATT, WOULD YOU ALSO MIND TAKING US THROUGH TODAY'S AGENDA PLEASE? YOU BET.
UH, CAN YOU JUST SO I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN? OKAY.
I THOUGHT I MOVED OUT OF THE WAY.
SO THE GOAL OF THE MEETING, ESTABLISH WORKING GROUPS OR COMMITTEES SELECT THE 14TH COMMISSIONER IDENTIFIED DATES FOR STAFF CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS.
SO WE'VE GOT CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
THEN THE FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE 2ND MEETING, UM, TO OLD BUSINESS, UH, A SELECTION OF REMAINING COMMISSIONER B UPDATE FROM THE HIRING WORKING GROUP THREE NEW BUSINESS AS ICEBREAKER.
WHAT INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION TO APPLY FOR PLACEMENT ON THE ICRC B PRESENTATION ON ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER? SEE RECORDS MANAGEMENT D COMMISSIONED SKILLS, SURVEY RESULTS, UH, ONE ESTABLISH WORKING GROUPS TO ESTABLISH COMMITTEES AND THEN E UPDATES FROM CITY.
A BUDGET INCREASE TEMPLATE IS ONE, TWO AVAILABLE CITY FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THREE IS UTILIZING OTHER VIDEO CONFERENCING PLATFORMS AND FOR, UH, ICRC MESSAGE BOARD, UM, AND THEN AGENDA ITEM FOUR STAFF BRIEFINGS BRIEFING ON AUSTIN DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO STICK TO THE TWO HOUR TIMEFRAME WITH THIS PACKED AGENDA WE HAVE TODAY.
I GRACIOUSLY ASK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND COMMITMENT IS UNDERTAKING, AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE ALSO ALL HANGING IN THERE WITH OUR ENERGY CONSERVATION THIS WEEK AS REQUESTED PIPE OR CUT.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
EACH SPEAKER HAS THREE MINUTES AND PLEASE MUST CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND WHICH DISTRICT DO YOU RESIDE? AND IF COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE HOLD THEM TILL THE END.
AND MATT, WE DO HAVE, UM, WE HAVE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION TODAY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND I WILL HAVE, UH, IF THIS IS ALL RIGHT
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WITH Y'ALL, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, IN A SKULL, THEIR OWN KEEP TIME.UH, MR. YOUNG, ARE YOU THERE? OH, IT, HEY, YOU STILL MUTE PECK GRAHAM.
I'LL MAKE THIS BRIEF, UH, I REPRESENT THE NAACP AND HISPANIC COALITION.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS Y'ALL ARE MAKING, UH, AND IMPLEMENTING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, WE OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO HOLD YOUR MEETINGS, UH, UH, EITHER WHOLLY OR AS HYBRIDS, UH, IN, IN PERSON.
AND HOPEFULLY BY NO LATER THAN THE 1ST OF JULY, UH, WE REQUEST, UH, ON OF MY LEADERSHIP, UH, THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOUR BODY IN BERLIN, UH, BY THE FIRST OF THE 1ST OF JULY.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL IMPORTANT PIECES OF INFORMATION WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, UH, INCLUDING, UH, UH, DISTRICT LEVEL INFORMATION ON, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION, WHICH IS AN APPROXIMATION TO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.
UH, SOME CITY-WIDE DATA THAT WE WANT TO SHARE.
UM, THERE'S SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION, BUT IT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER FOR YOU.
THEY WILL HOPEFULLY GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROCESS.
UH, AND WHAT WE SEE IS YOUR OPTIONS IN CASE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY UNAVOIDABLY, UH, YOU HAVE TO RUN PAST NOVEMBER 1ST.
UH, FINALLY, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE STAND READY TO COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSION IN ANY WAY THAT YOU FIND HELPFUL, UH, INCLUDING PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS TO WORK WITH YOU IN YOUR WORKING GROUPS, IF THAT'S YOUR DESIRE.
UM, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, UH, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP, NOT IN ANY WAY, IMPEDE THE PROCESS.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE THEM, WE STAND READY TO CALL.
I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR MR. YOUNG.
WE'LL HAVE OUR NEXT CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
NO, THE SECOND CALLER DID NOT CALL IN TODAY WHO HAD SIGNED UP FOR IT.
WOULD YOU TELL ME AGAIN WHAT GROUP THAT INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTED MR. PECK YOUNG REPRESENTS THE NAACP.
OKAY, SO THANK YOU TO OUR SPEAKER TODAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS THAT IS AGENDA ITEM ONE, APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 2ND DIVERSITY MEETING.
UM, IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE MINUTES THAT WERE SENT TO YOUR EMAIL.
UH, WE'LL JUST TAKE ONE MINUTE FOR THAT.
AND THEN, UM, I'LL ASK FOR CORRECTIONS POINT IS YES.
IF THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS AND THEN IT'S OUR APPROVED.
OH, I WAS JUST SAYING I WOULD SECOND HIS MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
UM, ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER HURT.
AND CAN I ASK YOU, UM, SINCE I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THIS PROCEDURAL STUFF, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? OR CAN I JUST ASK IF THERE ARE NO, UM, CORRECTIONS SEND,
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THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.YES, WE SHOULD VOTE TO APPROVE.
SO SOMEONE WILL MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THEM APPROVED AS SUBMITTED OR WITH ANY AMENDMENTS THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AND AGREED UPON, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A SECOND AND THEN WE'LL VOTE.
WELL, LUCKILY IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE OUR, UM, IT, IT WAS MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, CHAIRMAN POINT IS JUST FOR PROCEDURAL POINT HERE.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOMEONE MAKES A MOTION, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF YOU ASK, IF THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THE MOTION AND THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO IT, ASCENT FROM THE BODY TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING TO RECORD EVERY VOTE ON EVERY NONCONTROVERSIAL ITEM.
IS THAT ANY, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLAKE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON ROBERT'S RULES TODAY.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL CLEAR ALL OF THAT UP.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS NUMBER THREE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP DOWN TO NEW BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.
AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO START WITH, UM, VICE-CHAIR GONZALEZ, UM, DOING THE ICEBREAKER AGAIN.
WE FEEL THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE AS A COMMISSION TO MAKE THIS CONCERTED EFFORT TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER SINCE WE'VE BEEN MEETING COMPLETELY REMOTELY.
UM, SO VICE CHAIR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TAKE IT AWAY, I'M JUST GONNA GO IN ORDER, UH, BY HOW I SEE ON MY GRID HERE.
I HOPE EVERYONE'S HAVING A GREAT WEDNESDAY HOPE YOU'RE ALL DOING WELL.
UM, IF YOU'RE CONSERVING ENERGY, I HOPE YOU'RE STAYING COOL.
UM, UH, CHECKS, UH, COMMISSIONER BLANK.
WHAT ENCOURAGED YOU TO SEEK PLACEMENT ON THE ICRC IN THE FIRST PLACE? THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR, GONZALES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY FOR ME, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I'M A STUDENT OF POLITICS.
I WORK IN NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL SPACES, UH, IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
AND I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A DECADE NOW, AND I REALLY LOVED THE CITY AND I'M NOT A, EVEN THOUGH I STUDY POLITICS, I'M NOT A POLITICAL PERSON REALLY.
AND SO FOR ME, THIS WAS SORT OF A REALLY GOOD WAY TO TAKE A LOT OF THE SKILLS THAT I'VE BEEN DEVELOPING AND SERVE A LOT OF THE INTERESTS I HAVE IN AUSTIN OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
AND HOPEFULLY GIVE BACK IN SOME MINOR, MINOR WAY, WHICH I'M HOPING IS THROUGH DOING THIS.
SO THAT'S WHAT GOT ME INTERESTED.
I SEE COMMISSIONER SNYDER'S HAND UP.
UM, MR. BLANK, YOU MENTIONED YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
I'M THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS POLITICS PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
SO I DO A LOT OF POLITICAL POLLING, DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, OTHER POLITICAL ANALYSIS, BUT FROM A PURELY NON-PARTISAN PERSPECTIVE.
SO I DON'T WORK FOR ANY PARTISAN POLITICAL ENTITIES, BUT I GENERALLY JUST DO POLITICAL RESEARCH AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, SO THE UNIVERSITY, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT COMMISSIONER BLINK AG COMMISSIONER, SCHNEIDER, COMMISSIONER SNYDER, UH, YOUR RESPONSE, UH, WHAT ENCOURAGED YOU TO SEEK PLACEMENT ON THE ICRC? WELL, AS THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE GROUP, I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE THAT, UM, ALL OF YOU YOUNGER ONES MIGHT NOT HAVE.
THAT'S BASICALLY IT I'M 80 YEARS OLD AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU WERE EVEN CLOSE TO THAT.
THAT SOMETIMES DO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE 80 YEARS OLD, SO I WILL.
UH, COMMISSIONER CANNON, UH, W WHAT ENCOURAGED YOU TO SEEK PLACEMENT ON THE ICRC? UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KIND OF RE WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE DO.
I THINK FOR ME, IT'S ALL ABOUT REPRESENTATION.
UH, I'VE BEEN A PARTICLE MINORITY FOR A LONG TIME.
I'VE TRAVELED ABROAD AND LIVED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
I GO, I'VE BEEN IN THE MINORITY WHERE I COME FROM.
AND EVEN WITHIN THERE, THERE IS SO MUCH DIVISION IN PEOPLE WHICH ARE THE SAME PEOPLE.
AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN AMERICA, THERE IS STILL DIVISION AND WE'RE THE SAME PEOPLE.
AND IT'S INTERESTING TO ME AND LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND SO TRYING TO BRING IN VARIED VOICES INTO THE PROCESS.
I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S EASY FOR US TO COME AND SAY, HEY, SOMEBODY SHOULD DO
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SOMETHING.AND AT SOME POINT MAYBE THAT SOMEONE IS ME, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEONE IS EACH OF US.
I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER MORRIS.
I REALLY THOUGHT THAT THE ICRC WAS PRETTY REVOLUTIONARY CON REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT.
AND, UM, TH JUST TAKING THE POLITICIANS OUT OF BEING ABLE TO DRAW DISTRICTING LINES WHERE IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY, UH, HELP PROVIDE EQUITY OF POSSIBLE TO VOTERS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT MADE ME WANT TO SIGN UP ALL GREAT REASON, SIR.
UH, SHAREPOINT DOES QUESTION TO YOU.
UM, YEARS AGO, OH, I, YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF COLLEGE, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT CORRUPTING INFLUENCES IN POLITICS AND POLITICAL PROCESS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS HOLDING US BACK AS A COUNTRY.
UM, AND THAT TAKES MANY FORMS, INCLUDING GERRYMANDERING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE COMMISSIONER MORRIS, I THOUGHT THAT THE ICRC CONCEPT IS REVOLUTIONARY, AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT HISTORY AND ENSURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATION FOR ALL GROUPS.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS OF COURSE IN SHINE, VOTING RIGHTS ACT, BUT IT OFTEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SEE POLITICIANS GETTING AWAY WITH IT IN TEXAS AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THROUGH GERRYMANDERING PRACTICES THAT THEY'RE STILL NOT EQUAL REPRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ANSWERS ALL OF THE EXPERTS SEEM TO, UH, AGREE AS I'VE LEARNED THROUGH MY STUDIES ON THIS SUBJECT.
SO YEAH, I'M JUST, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
WE SEE THAT PASSION EVERY DAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING AND LEADING THIS COMMISSION HERE.
UM, COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL, WHAT ENCOURAGED YOU TO SEEK PLACEMENT ON ICRC AND COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL? YOU MAY BE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IT DOESN'T SHOW THAT YOU'RE ON MUTE, BUT I CANNOT, I CAN SEE YOUR LIPS MOVING, BUT I CANNOT HEAR ANYTHING.
UM, CAN WE HAVE THE, IT MAYBE CONNECT WITH COMMISSIONER? KAMBO SEE IF IT MAY BE SOMETHING ON, ON HER END MAP.
COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO YOU.
UH, COMMISSIONER, ANYTHING THAT'S GOT THAT ON? WHAT ENCOURAGED YOU TO SEEK PLACEMENT? YEAH, SO I THINK LAST SUMMER, UM, I SAW THE, UH, SOMEONE'S SHARED IT IN LIKE MY INSTAGRAM FEED OR SOMETHING.
AND, UM, I'VE DONE A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN AUSTIN WITHIN, UM, CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK IT REALLY HAVE, SEEMED LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO IMPACT THE PEOPLE THAT I WAS WORKING WITH, WHO EITHER HAD, WERE FROM HERE OR WERE COMING TO LIVE HERE.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND, UH, YOU KNOW, A PLACE WITHIN, UH, THE CITY THAT YOU KNOW, WAS FOR THEM.
AND SO, UM, SO YEAH, SO I KIND OF THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION, UM, TO KIND OF DOVETAIL WITH OTHER EFFORTS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER HARDEN.
SO I'M A ENDANGERED SPECIES CALLED A NATIVE AUSTINITE.
SO BEEN HERE FOR 61, ALMOST 62 YEARS.
AND, UM, I'VE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND THE, UM, THE NEGLECT THAT BOSTON AND NORTH INSTALLS AND HAVE LONG EXPERIENCED AND ON THE WORKERS INTEGRATION.
AND I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE, ONE SHOULD BE AFFORDED TO CHANGE.
AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
AND SO THAT WAS MY PRIMARY MOTIVATION WAS TO BUILD MY GIFTS AND TALENTS TO THE TABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO A VERY IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR AND, UH, MANY TALENTS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PROVIDED COMMISSIONER HART.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON THE COMMISSION, UH, COMMISSIONER EME, SELENA.
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FOR GOING ON EIGHT YEARS NOW, AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY.UM, EXCUSE ME, LARGELY JUST KIND OF DOING SOME VOLUNTEER WORK.
AND WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THIS CITY WORKS ACADEMY IN 2019, I BECAME AWARE OF THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME UP, I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND HOPEFULLY IT CAN HELP.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER LEE.
UM, YEAH, I DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, UH, WANT A SHINE OF LIFE TO THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK, YOU KNOW, THAT I FEEL I CAN PROVIDE TO THE COMMISSION'S GROUP, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT, UH, I'VE LIVED IN MANY DIFFERENT ZIP CODES HERE IN AUSTIN AND I'VE CROSSED MANY DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, PATHS HERE WITH MY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING IN.
AND, UH, THE, THE OTHER FACT IS, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY THINK THIS IS A, UH, REALLY, UM, GREAT PROCESS AND I WANT TO BE PART OF THE CHANGE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, BE INVOLVED IN, OF COURSE GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE AUSTIN.
COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL.
CAN WE SPELL IT OUT? UM, TRY AGAIN.
WE, UM, WE TOOK YOU OFF MUTE, SO IT SHOULD WORK WHEN YOUR LINK IS GREEN IT'S I'M MUTED, SO IT'S NOT NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
UM, IS YOUR AUDIO WORKING? LET'S SEE, SEE, WHAT'S GOING ON? OR MAYBE I CAN ASK MAYBE TO S TO, WITHOUT THE HEADPHONES, MR. CAMPBELL, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE WELCOME TO TRY ANY NEW HEADPHONES.
THESE ARE THE ONES I'VE USED FOREVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UM, ANYWAY, UH, SO I I'M, I GUESS I WAS CHOSEN AS A STUDENT MEMBER.
UH, CHRISTINA IS ALSO A STUDENT, UM, BUT, UH, I THINK FOR ME, IT'S, IT DEFINITELY IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, UM, BEING EVERYBODY, UM, I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS WELL, WHO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND SO I ALSO AM A NATIVE AUSTINITE.
I'VE LIVED IN SOME OTHER PLACES, BUT, UM, I GUESS THERE IS STILL SO MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY.
I'M A GEOGRAPHY AND SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES MAJOR AT UT.
SO LEARNING ABOUT MAPS AND WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU LIVE AND THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU, THAT SORT OF THING IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, I DID STUDENT GOVERNMENT FOR A LITTLE BIT AT ACC BEFORE I TRANSFERRED TO UT.
UM, MR. PECK YOUNG WAS ACTUALLY THE SPONSOR.
UH, SO THAT WAS A VERY GOOD, UM, OPPORTUNITY THERE.
AND I'M HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO MEET HIM THERE AND I'M HAPPY THAT HE ALSO IS PART OF THE NAACP EFFORTS RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO JUST MEETING NEW PEOPLE, LEARNING MORE, AND HOPEFULLY I CAN JUST CONTRIBUTE WHATEVER I CAN.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING TO DO FOR THE CITY.
AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO BE ON THIS COMMISSION, WHAT COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL WE'RE THAT YOU'RE HERE.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE.
UH, MATT, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I'M GOING TO INCLUDE YOU IN THESE QUESTIONS TOO.
UM, AS OUR STAFF LIAISON TO THE CITY, UM, WHAT ENCOURAGED YOU? WHAT IS THAT? WHY DO YOU PUT UP WITH US? I THINK SO.
SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I GUESS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ASKED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO STAFF IT AND, UM, UH, SO WHEN IT CAME UP, I, I VOLUNTEERED TO WORK WITH IT.
UM, I'M THE MANAGER FOR THE LONG RANGE PLANNING DIVISION.
SO, UM, UH, LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DO SOME REALLY COOL ANALYSIS MAPPING, DEMOGRAPHICS WORK.
I GET TO WORK WITH THE CITY DEMOGRAPHER.
UM, UH, YEAH, I'M AN URBAN PLANNER BY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, BUT I LIVE IN THE SUBURBS.
UM, AND I LOVE, I LOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SUBURBS, SO I HAVE THIS INTERNAL CONFLICT.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS BOTH AS A RESIDENT AT A CITY STAFF, I, I'M A BIG FAN OF THE, OF THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND OF THE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.
UM, UH, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL THAT WE, AS A CITY HAVE THIS, UH, THIS INDEPENDENT PROCESS TO DO THIS, THIS, UH, DRAWING OF THESE BOUNDARIES.
UM, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO SHAREPOINT IS, UH, I FEEL LIKE I'M CHEATING A LITTLE BIT GOING AT THE END HERE.
SO I PROMISE I WILL GO FIRST THE NEXT
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TIME AND THIS ICEBREAKER, UM, I HEARD A LOT, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO POLITICS, BEING IN AUSTIN FOR THE LAST DECADE.UM, IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, THEN BE A PART OF THE PROCESS AND FIX IT.
I KNOW A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID THAT AS WELL.
I WAS PART OF THE HTA ACCELERATED PROGRAM, UM, IN 2020 KIND OF A COVID CLASS ABOUT WANTING TO MAYBE RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE AFTER THAT PROGRAM, I REALIZED THAT MAY NOT BE FOR ME.
UM, BUT I DID LEARN ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND HOW WE CAN BE A MODEL FOR SOME GREAT IMPORTANT SIMILAR WORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, SO APPLIED I'M S SUPER, IT, IT IT'S, IT'S AN, IT'S AN HONOR, YOU KNOW, THE HONOR TO BE NOMINATED, UH, AND HONORED TO BE ON THIS COMMISSION.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, DIFFICULT WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT I'M, I'M IN IT FOR THE LONG RUN.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, UM, FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR RESPONSES.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
I DID SEE COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER'S HAND UP.
JUST ANECDOTALLY, I LIVE ABOUT SEVEN HOUSES FROM MATT DOUGAN.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS A SUBURB.
I LIVE ABOUT SEVEN HOUSES FROM YOU, MATT, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE WE LIVED IN THE SUBURBS.
I THOUGHT WE LIVED IN THE CITY.
I'M IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT THAN YOU ARE, BUT WE LIVE IN THE CITY ONLY SEVEN HOUSES APART.
IT COULD BE, UM, MAYBE WE USED TO BE IN THE SUBURBS AND NOW WE'RE MORE CENTRAL, UH, SINCE AUSTIN'S GROWN SO MUCH.
I LIVED, I'M BEGINNING MY 14TH HERE, AND I THINK YOU'VE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN I HAVE.
NEVERTHELESS, I'M GLAD TO BE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
SO WE ARE GOING TO, UM, JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR SEVERAL STAFF BRIEFINGS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE SOME REALLY FANTASTIC GUESTS, UH, STARTING WITH, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA.
AND THAT IS THE BRIEFING ON AUSTIN DEMOGRAPHICS BY OUR CITY, DEMOGRAPHER, LAILA, VALENCIA.
UM, AND I WILL PASS IT OVER TO HER.
SHE IS ON THE CALL, RIGHT? YEAH, WE'LL BRING HER OVER.
NOW I DO SEE A TILE WITH HER NAME.
I WAS TRYING TO MULTITASK AND FAILED MISERABLY.
HOW IS EVERYBODY? IT'S SO GREAT.
IT'S, UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO, TO MEET ALL OF YOU.
AND I REALLY ENJOYED HEARING, UM, ALL OF YOUR BACKGROUNDS AND WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER EFFORT, UH, IN PARTICIPATING ON, ON THE COMMISSION.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK.
AND, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
UM, I HAVE PREPARED, UM, A SLIDE HERE OR A SET OF SLIDES FOR YOU THAT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PULL UP REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES, BUT FEEL FREE TO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
THE PRESENTATION IS BASICALLY JUST GOING TO INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE 2010 EFFORT BY THE, UH, PROCEEDING, UM, UH, COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION, AND THEN I'LL, UM, LET YOU KNOW A SORT OF, OF SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE, UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN, IF I AM SHARING NOW THAT WORKING, CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? WE DO NOT.
AND CAN YOU SEE, UM, JUST THE SLIDES, NO NOTES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IT'S BEEN PRESENTATION MODE, RIGHT.
SO I'VE PUT TOGETHER SOME, UM, SOME SLIDES HERE FOR YOU.
AND, UM, LIKE I WAS SAYING, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE PROCEEDING, UM, COMMISSION, AND THEN I'LL
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GO INTO POPULATION CHANGE THAT HAS TAKEN, TAKEN PLACE SINCE, UM, THE LAST CENSUS.UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL CENSUS NUMBERS YET.
SO THESE ARE JUST GOING TO BE ESTIMATES THAT I'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU.
AND I CAN DEFINITELY DESCRIBE, UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THESE DATA A LITTLE BIT MORE CAUTIOUSLY I'LL I'LL, UM, DESCRIBE SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE BECAUSE OF THIS POPULATION GROWTH.
AND THEN I'LL SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU ON THE RELEASE OF THE UPCOMING 20, 20 CENSUS COUNTS AND, UM, OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OR THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH, UH, 2010 REDISTRICTING, RIGHT? THIS, UM, HERE, UH, PICTURED HERE, YOU SEE THE, UM, THE WORK THAT WAS DONE FOLLOWING THE 2010, UM, CENSUS COUNT, THE, UH, INDEPENDENT CITIZENS REDISTRICTING, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, PUT TOGETHER THIS PLAN FOR THE 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UM, IN NOVEMBER OF 2013.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU A FEW OTHER SLIDES THAT BASICALLY GUIDED SOME OF THE WORK OF THE, UM, OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, RIGHT? MAJOR REDISTRICTING REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE THAT THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO HAVE PRETTY EQUAL, UH, POPULATIONS THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO, AND IN A WAY THAT NO GROUP RECEIVES SOME SORT OF ADVANTAGE OR IS DENIED, UM, THE RIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, OR LANGUAGE OF A PARTICULAR GROUP.
AND OF COURSE THESE, UM, REQUIREMENTS ARE ALL BASED ON THE 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION, UM, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
AND, UM, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND, UM, SHOW YOU SOME OF THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES, BUT, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE FIRST, THE FIRST SLIDE THAT I'LL SHOW YOU SHOWS THE PROPORTION OR THE TOTAL POPULATIONS IN EACH OF THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN 2010.
AND SO AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A POPULATION OF ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY PEOPLE.
AND IN TOTAL, SO THE IDEAL SIZE FOR EACH OF THESE DISTRICTS ATTENDED DISTRICTS WAS ABOUT 79,000 PEOPLE.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WORK OF THE, OF THE CONDITION, UM, BROUGHT THEM VERY CLOSE TO THOSE, UM, TO THOSE IDEAL DISTRICT SIZES WITH MAYBE THE LARGEST, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT BEING, UM, DISTRICT SIX AND THEN ANOTHER, UM, REQUIREMENT, UH, AS PART OF THE VOTING RIGHTS SOCKS.
AND, UM, THE, UM, REDISTRICTING PROCESS IS TO TRY TO CREATE, UH, OR, OR FIND THE POSSIBILITY FOR AN OPPORTUNITY DISTRICT FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS RIGHT.
AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SHARE OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION, UM, BY DISTRICTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DISTRICT ONE, UM, WAS, UH, AS AN OPPORTUNITY DISTRICT OR AFRICAN-AMERICANS WITH THE GREATEST SHARE, UH, BEING SEEN IN, IN DISTRICT ONE.
UM, NEXT YOU SORT OF IN ENGAGE IN A SIMILAR PROCESS FOR THE HISPANIC OR LATINO POPULATION WHERE YOU TRIED TO FIND OPPORTUNITY DISTRICTS FOR THE HISPANIC POPULATION, UM, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO AVOID, UM, WHAT'S CALLED PACKING, RIGHT? AND SO WE CAN SEE HERE THAT THE DISTRICTS, WHERE THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY FOR HISPANIC REPRESENTATION, UH, CAN BE SEEN IN, IN DISTRICT TWO, AS WELL AS, UM, DISTRICT FOUR, DISTRICT THREE.
AND THEN, UM, LASTLY DISTRICT ONE, THEN HERE IS THE SHARE OF THE, UM, ASIAN POPULATION BY DISTRICT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT NONE OF THE, UM, DISTRICTS AT THIS TIME COULD BE DRAWN TO REPRESENT A, AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, DISTRICT FOR THE ASIAN POPULATION.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UH, DISTRICT THAT HAD THE, UM, HIGHEST SHARE OF THE ASIAN POPULATION IS, IS DISTRICT SIX FOLLOWED BY DISTRICTS NINE AND SEVEN.
IS THERE A PERCENTAGE AT WHICH A DISTRICT BECOMES AN OPPORTUNITY DISTRICT? SO IT'S GENERALLY ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE MAJORITY, RIGHT.
SO AS SOON AS IT'S, UM, UM, A HIGHER PERCENTAGE, USUALLY OVER 33, 40%, THEN YOU CAN START TO, TO CONSIDER THAT MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY DISTRICT AS YOU SAW WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT WAS ABOVE 30% SURE.
UM, AND THEN HERE WE HAVE THE WHITE SHARE OF TOTAL POPULATION, UM, BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE HIGHEST SHARES OF THE NON-HISPANIC WHITE POPULATION CAN BE FOUND IN DISTRICTS 10, 8, 6,
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AND NINE AS WELL.AND SO NOW I'LL SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT AND SHOW YOU SORT OF HOW THE POPULATION HAS BEEN GROWING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN SINCE THE TEN ONE REDISTRICTING OF THOSE, UM, 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
UM, THIS FIRST SLIDE LOOKS WAY PAST THE LAST 10 YEARS, BUT IT LOOKS AT THE, AT THE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, SINCE ITS INCEPTION OR RIGHT AFTER ITS INCEPTION.
AND, UM, IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2020, WE HAVE A FIGURE HERE FOR 2020 BECAUSE THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS RELEASED POPULATION ESTIMATES.
UM, THESE ARE NOT THE POPULATION COUNTS, RIGHT, BUT THEY GIVE US A NICE PREVIEW OR AN INDICATION OF WHAT WE MAY EXPECT TO SEE THE POPULATION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO BE WHEN THOSE 2020 CENSUS COUNTS COME OUT.
UM, AND SO WE ARE JUST SHY OF THE 1 MILLION MARK WE'RE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 4,000 PEOPLE SHY OF THE 1 MILLION MILESTONE FOR THE CITY, BUT AT A POPULATION OF 995,000.
THAT WOULD MEAN IF WE HAD THOSE 10 DISTRICTS THAT EACH DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN IDEAL SIZE OF ABOUT 99,000 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT.
GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AUSTIN HAS BEEN GROWING REALLY RAPIDLY, AND IT IS THE 11TH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
WE WERE THINKING THAT MAYBE IN THIS YEAR, AUSTIN WOULD BE ABLE TO BREAK INTO THE TOP 10, BUT IT WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO.
UM, SAN JOSE DID NOT LOSE ENOUGH PEOPLE AND, UH, AUSTIN DID NOT GAIN SUFFICIENTLY ENOUGH PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT SWAP IN THE RANKINGS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, HAS ADDED OVER 200,000 PEOPLE IN THE LAST DECADE.
AND JUST IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE ADDED OVER 16,000 PEOPLE.
THIS EQUATES TO A DAILY INCREASE IN THE POPULATION OF ABOUT 46 PEOPLE.
NOW THE AUSTIN, UH, RATE OF GROWTH HAS SEEN AN UPTICK IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THE DECADE.
SO WHEN WE STARTED THE, UM, THE DECADE, WE, A LOT OF PLACES WERE COMING OUT OF THE RECESSION, RIGHT, BUT IN TEXAS, THE RECESSION DID NOT QUITE IMPACT US AS SEVERELY AS IN OTHER STATES.
AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WE WERE VERY, UH, WELL SPARED FROM A LOT OF THE IMPACT OF THE RECESSION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE BENEFITING FROM A LOT OF MIGRATION INTO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND DIRECTLY INTO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND IN FACT, THE RATE OF GROWTH FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS SURPASSING THAT OF THE STATE AS WELL AS THE, AS THE METRO AREA.
NOW, AS THE, AS WE CONTINUED INTO THE DECADE AND EMPLOYMENT, AND THE ECONOMY REALLY, UH, IMPROVED ACROSS THE NATION AND ACROSS THE STATE, WE STARTED TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWER GROWTH, UM, IN THE CITY GROWTH.
AND IN FACT, THE METRO GROWTH ACTUALLY OUTPACED THAT OF THE CITY.
SO WE WERE SEEING MORE GROWTH IN THE REGION AND A SLOWER GROWTH IN THE, IN THE CITY.
BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF, OF THE DECADE, WE'VE SEEN AN UPTAKE IN BOTH THE METRO GROWTH, AS WELL AS THE CITY GROWTH.
AND SO WE CAN SEE THAT, UM, IN 2020 AUSTIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE GROWN AT ABOUT 1.7% COMPARED TO ABOUT 3% FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE NOW, UM, AUSTIN, AND, UM, AS A METRO AREAS OF REGION, UM, HAS BEEN THE FASTEST GROWING METRO AREA IN THE COUNTRY, EVERY SINGLE YEAR OF THIS LAST DECADE.
UH, WE WERE GROWING ACROSS THE DECADE, UM, AT A RATE OF 33%.
UH, WE ADDED OVER HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.
AND, UM, WE, THIS IS IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE RAPID GROWTH OF MANY OF OUR CENTRAL TEXAS CITIES HERE, WE SEE A LIST OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT LEANDER LED IN, UM, BEING THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE NATION FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
AND THEN WE ALSO SEE OTHER CENTRAL TEXAS CITIES LIKE GEORGETOWN AND KYLE AND BRAUNFELS, AND THEN BROWN ROCK IS ABOUT THE 44TH FASTEST GROWING CITY.
AND SO WE CAN START TO SEE RIGHT, SOME OF THE DYNAMICS OF HOW SOME OF THESE REALLY FAST GROWING CITIES ARE REALLY PUSHING THE GROWTH AND DRIVING THE GROWTH FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE.
AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS, UM, GROWING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THAT IN THE LAST YEAR LEANDER, UH, WHICH ADDED THE MOST PEOPLE OUT OF, UM, THE OTHER CENTRAL TEXAS CITIES, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AUSTIN ADDED ABOUT 7,000 PEOPLE IN THE LAST YEAR, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE OVER HERE, UM, YOU CAN SEE, OR MAYBE IT'S NOT IN THIS SLIDE, BUT BASICALLY
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IN THE LAST YEAR, THE CITY OF AUSTIN ADDED OVER 16,000 PEOPLE.SO EVEN THOUGH THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS GROWING SLOWER, IT'S STILL ADDING 10,000 MORE PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, GROW, YOU KNOW, ADDING TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE, OR IF NOT MORE THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE METRO AREA.
SO THE GROWTH IN THE, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS NOT SOMETHING TO THINK, OH, WE'RE LOSING GROUND IN TERMS OF THE SHARE OF THE GROWTH, UH, IN THE METRO.
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THAT FOR SURE IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S STARTING TO THE GROWTH WAS A LOT, UM, GREATER IN THE BEGINNING OF THE DECADE.
AND IT HAS STARTED TO FLATTEN OUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE DECADE, BUT IT'S STILL ADDING THE LARGEST NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN, IN THE REGION AS A WHOLE.
NOW LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW AUSTIN IS GROWING AND WHAT IS DRIVING GROWTH IN, IN THE AUSTIN METRO AREA.
UNFORTUNATELY, THESE TYPES OF FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE CITY LEVEL, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DRIVERS OF GROWTH OR WHAT DEMOGRAPHERS CALL COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE, WE SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS DRIVING GROWTH HERE IN THE AUSTIN? METRO AREA IS DOMESTIC MIGRATION.
SO DOMESTIC MIGRATION LOOKS AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM OTHER COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS WELL AS FROM OTHER, UM, PLACES IN THE U S OTHER STATES.
AND SO WE CAN SEE THAT ABOUT 73% CLOSE TO THREE QUARTERS OF THE GROWTH LAST YEAR CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO NEWCOMERS INTO THE METRO AREA.
ABOUT 21% CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO NATURAL INCREASE.
NOW NATURAL INCREASE IS BIRTHS MINUS DEATHS.
AND SO THEN THIS REALLY, UM, CAPTURES SORT OF THE, THE NATIVE TEXANS, THE, UH, CENTRAL, UH, TEXANS THAT ARE BEING ADDED TO THE POPULATION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 21% OF THE, OF THE GROWTH.
AND THEN ABOUT 6% OF THAT GROWTH CAME FROM INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN AN INK, THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE SHARE OF DOMESTIC MIGRATION.
AND SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING GREATER NUMBERS OF DOMESTIC MIGRANTS, BUT THE OTHER PART IS ALSO BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING DECREASES IN INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS AND DECREASES AND NATURAL INCREASE ON THIS NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, OF A, OF A, YOU KNOW, DEEPER DIVE INTO NATURAL INCREASE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHEN, WHEN WE START TO SAY WE'VE SEEN LOWER NUMBERS IN NATURAL INCREASE, SOMETIMES WE START TO THINK THAT WE'RE HAVING LOWER BIRTH RATES AND BIRTH RATES HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN.
UM, BUT IN THE AUSTIN METRO AREA, YOU CAN SEE THAT ACROSS THE DECADE, WE ACTUALLY SAW AN INCREASE IN BIRTHS.
AND SO, UM, WHAT IS REALLY CAUSING THAT DECREASE IN NATURAL INCREASE IS A GREATER NUMBER OF DEATHS.
UM, YOU MAY THINK THAT THESE MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO, UM, THE COVID PANDEMIC, BUT I WANT TO CAUTION YOU BECAUSE THESE DATA ARE ACTUALLY, UM, THEY GO FROM JULY 1ST, 2019 TO, UM, UH, JUNE 30TH, 2020.
AND SO DON'T, THEY DON'T REALLY CAPTURE THE BULK OF THE PANDEMIC EFFECT THAT WE MAY SEE IN LATER RELEASES OF, OF ESTIMATES DATA.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT OUR, OUR BIRTHS HAVE REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE WITH US, AN ACTUAL, UM, YOU KNOW, SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE DECADE, BUT WHAT'S REALLY DRIVING THE, UM, LOWER NATURAL INCREASE IS IT INCREASE IN DEATHS.
AND THE INCREASE IN DEATHS IS RELATED TO, UM, THE BABY BOOM GENERATION GROWING INTO THE OLDER, UM, IN EACH OF THE OLDER AGE CATEGORIES.
AND THESE INCREASES IN DEATHS.
UM, WE FORESEE THAT WE WILL BE SEEING THIS PHENOMENON AT LEAST THROUGH 2030, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE ENTIRE BABY BOOM GENERATION WILL BE 65 YEARS AND OLDER.
SO NOW LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, DOMESTIC MIGRATION AND COMPONENTS OF CHANGE WITHIN THE METRO AREA.
WE CAN SEE THESE DATA AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
UH, AND SO THIS SHOULD GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT MAY BE HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHEN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR TRAVIS COUNTY, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT'S REALLY DRIVING, UM, GROWTH IN THE ENTIRE METRO AREA IS DOMESTIC MIGRATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S OVER 50% FOR MOST OF THE COUNTIES IN THE METRO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CALDWELL COUNTY.
AND SO IT'S MAKING UP MORE THAN HALF OF THE SHARE OF THE GROWTH.
AND IN, IN TRAVIS COUNTY, IT'S ABOUT 55%.
NOW, THE REASON THAT WE LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS
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SORT OF COMPONENTS OF CHANGE IS BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS A LOT, A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING.UM, AND THIS MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, UM, YOUR COMMISSION MAY, MAY NEED TO FOCUS ON A LOT ON, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THE TYPE OF GROWTH WHERE IT'S DRIVEN BY MIGRATION, THE, THE IMPACT ON DEMAND FOR SERVICES CAN BE PRETTY IMMEDIATE.
SO FOR INSTANCE, WHEN SOMEBODY MOVES INTO THE AREA, THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY LOOKING FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDING A NEW VEHICLE TO THE, TO THE HIGHWAY OR TAKING UP ANOTHER SEAT ON PUBLIC TRANSIT.
AND SO THE EFFECT THAT'S FELT ON THE DEMAND FOR SERVICES AND THE DEMAND ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS PRETTY IMMEDIATE, WHERE YOU HAVE GROWTH, THAT'S DRIVEN MORE BY NATURAL INCREASE.
YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LAG EFFECT BECAUSE NEW BIRTHS ARE BEING ADDED TO ALREADY EXISTING HOUSEHOLDS.
AND SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SHIFT FOR A WHILE UNTIL THOSE CHILDREN GO UP, OF COURSE, AND ARE OF SCHOOL AGE AND, YOU KNOW, GRADUATE AND ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB.
AND SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, OF A PLANNING, UM, TIME WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF GROWTH IN OUR REGION.
AND IN OUR COUNTY, WE HAVE PRETTY, UM, IMPORTANT AND IMMEDIATE NEED FOR PLANNING BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
SO WHERE ARE PEOPLE COMING FROM? OR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK THAT MUCH OF THE GROWTH IS COMING FROM PEOPLE MOVING HERE.
AND WHILE IT IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT MOVING, RIGHT.
IT'S ABOUT 22% OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AUSTIN AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, MOVED IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND WHEN THEY MOVED, THEY ACTUALLY MOVED WITHIN TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND THEN, UM, ABOUT ANOTHER 20% MOVED, UH, FROM ANOTHER COUNTY IN TEXAS, AND THEN A SMALLER SHARE ABOUT 14.4% MOVED FROM A DIFFERENT STATE.
AND SO I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE MOVING TO THE AREA AND THE, AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE, WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING OF THE OTHER AND THE OTHER STATES AND THE OTHER PLACES AND THE OTHER VALUES.
AND, YOU KNOW, BUT A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST PEOPLE KIND OF MOVING AROUND THE SAME COUNTY AND THEN MOVING FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE INTO, INTO THE METRO AREA HERE, WHAT WE CAN SEE IS SORT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN TRAVIS COUNTY.
SO THESE DATA ARE, UM, COUNTY TO COUNTY MIGRATION FLOWS.
AND, UM, I DO CAUTION YOU THAT THESE DATA, UM, CAN TEND TO HAVE PRETTY HIGH MARGINS OF ERROR.
AND SO REALLY THE WAY THAT I LIKE TO LOOK AT THESE DATA IN SORT OF DIRECTIONALLY, RIGHT, TO, TO UNDERSTAND THE FLOW AND TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF, THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE COMING THEN THAN GOING, BUT NOT SO MUCH THE EXACT NUMBER OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT NUMBER CAN BE A LITTLE BIT UNSTABLE.
BUT WHAT WE SEE IS THAT IN TRAVIS COUNTY, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY LOSING POPULATION TO SURROUNDING, UH, AUSTIN METRO AREA COUNTIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WILLIAMSON COUNTY IS RECEIVING AN EXCESS OF, UM, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON.
SO THE NET MIGRATION IS NEGATIVE.
SO TRAVIS IS SENDING MORE PEOPLE TO WILLIAMSON THAN WE ARE RECEIVING FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY, A SIMILAR THING WITH HAYES COUNTY.
WE ARE SENDING MORE PEOPLE TO KS THAN HAYES RESIDENTS MOVING HERE.
AND YOU SEE THE SAME FOR BRAZOS COUNTY, WHICH IS WHERE TEXAS A AND M IS LOCATED, UM, BRAZOS COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY, AND THEN BURNETT COUNTY, UH, ALL OF THOSE BEING, UM, SORT OF CENTRAL TEXAS HILL COUNTRY, UH, COUNTIES.
BUT WHAT WE CAN SEE IS THAT TRAVIS COUNTY IS GAINING, UH, FROM OTHER LARGE CITIES AND LARGE COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS WELL AS FROM OTHER STATES AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
SO WE SEE THAT HARRIS COUNTY WHERE HOUSTON IS LOCATED IS A BIG CENTER OF MIGRANTS TO THE AUSTIN METRO.
AND THEN WE SEE THE SAME OR TO TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND WE SEE THE SAME, UH, FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES IN PARTICULAR, UH, COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA AND INDIA THAT ARE SENDING, UH, IMMIGRANTS TO TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND THEN WE SEE BEAR COUNTY WHERE SAN ANTONIO IS LOCATED IN OF COURSE, DALLAS COUNTY, AS WELL AS, UH, CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTIES.
SO WE CAN SEE THAT WHILE, YOU KNOW, UM, TRAVIS COUNTY IS SHEDDING POPULATION TO OTHER PARTS OF THE METRO.
WE ARE GAINING LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER, OTHER STATES, OTHER PARTS OF TEXAS, AND, UH, OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
A LOT OF THE TIME PEOPLE, WELL ASK ME WHERE ARE AUSTINITES FROM IT? AND IF SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS WERE INTRODUCING THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY, UM, YOU KNOW, STAYED AT THEIR, YOU KNOW, SHOWED THEIR AUSTINITES NATIVE AUSTINITE BADGE.
AND, UM, THAT IS A NUMBER THAT I AM HOPING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, UM, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT,
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BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THOSE DATA.WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NATIVE AUSTINITES STILL LIVE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BECAUSE THE DATA JUST AREN'T CUT THAT WAY.
UM, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, ALMOST ABOUT HALF OF THE, OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WERE BORN IN TEXAS.
SO WE DON'T, WE CAN'T REALLY SAY IF THEY WERE BORN HERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY OR HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT WERE NO, WE KNOW THAT THEY WERE BORN HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND, UM, THIS HAS ACTUALLY DROPPED A LITTLE BIT, OKAY.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE DECADE, UH, FROM ABOUT 55% TO 49%.
NOW, THE SHARE OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE AT ABOUT 18% WHERE WE'VE SEEN SOME BIG INCREASES IN THE SHARE OF THE AUSTIN RESIDENTS THAT ARE FROM OTHER STATES.
AND SO WE SEE THAT AT-COST, THAT HAS GONE UP FROM 26% IN THE BEGINNING OF A DECADE TO ABOUT 31%.
UM, THIS YEAR, THIS MAP HERE, I AM SHOWING THE, THE, UH, POPULATION CHANGE ACROSS THE DECADE.
UM, ONE THING THAT I WANT TO NOTE IS THAT I WANT YOU TO SORT OF JUST TAKE US KIND OF AS, UM, A GENERAL SORT OF TREND, BECAUSE THE, THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE USING HERE ARE, ARE FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES.
SO WE'RE COMPARING 2010 DECENNIAL CENSUS FIGURES TO 2019 FIVE-YEAR ESTIMATES.
FIVE-YEAR, UM, ESTIMATES ARE WHAT WE CAN USE FOR THE MORE GRANULAR CENSUS DATA.
UM, HERE, WHAT WE SEE IS A SIN CITY COUNCIL, UM, DISTRICTS OVERLAID ONTO CENSUS TRACKS, WHICH IS KIND OF THE EQUIVALENT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, A GEOGRAPHY THAT THE CENSUS BUREAU USES.
AND SO WE'RE COMPARING A SINGLE POINT IN TIME WHERE THEY KIND OF PERIOD ESTIMATE FOR A RELATIVELY SMALL GEOGRAPHY.
AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KIND OF LOOK AT THIS MAP SO THAT YOU CAN SORT OF SEE WHERE THE GROWTH MAY, IT MAY BE HAPPENING, BUT DON'T EXACTLY TAKE THE NUMBER, YOU KNOW, ITSELF AS LIKE THE STATISTIC YOU WANT TO SHARE.
UM, SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THAT THE AREAS, THE CENSUS TRACKS THAT ARE IN, UM, TEAL AND DARKER BLUE, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE ADDING THE LARGER POPULATION NUMBERS SINCE 2010, AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE LIGHTER GREEN.
UM, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE ADDING FEWER PEOPLE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE OF COURSE THAT THE, UM, SORT OF, UH, PERIMETER OF THE, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN IS WHERE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ARE BEING ADDED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, SOME GROWTH TAKING PLACE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MUELLER DEVELOPMENT HERE.
THIS IS, UM, UH, NORTH CENTRAL AUSTIN.
SO THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE URBAN CORE, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING SOME SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS ADDED, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU SEE THE BULK OF THE GROWTH TAKING PLACE IN THE, UM, PERIMETERS OF THE, OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THEN HERE WE SHOW, THE PERCENT CHANGE WOULD GIVE, WHICH GIVES YOU AN IMPRESSION OF THE RATE OF GROWTH.
AND SO THE FASTER GROWING AREAS ARE GOING TO BE A DARKER GREEN AND TEAL COLOR, AGAIN, TAKING PLACE IN THE SORT OF OUTER EDGES OF THE CITY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF, UH, CENSUS TRACKS IN THE, IN THE CENTER.
AND THEN THE LIGHTER GRAY COLORS ARE GOING TO BE REPRESENTING SLOWER GROWING AREAS OF THE CITY.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'M GOING TO SHARE SOMETHING SIMILAR.
UM, BUT THIS IS NOT RELATING TO A RATE OF GROWTH OR POPULATION CHANGE, BUT JUST THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE SHARE OF, UM, AFRICAN AMERICANS FOR CENSUS TRACT.
SO THE CENSUS TRACKS THAT ARE IN THE DARKEST COLORS ARE GOING TO HAVE LARGER SHARES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION.
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT AGAIN, DISTRICT ONE STILL SEEMS TO HAVE A LARGER SHARE OF THE CENSUS OR MORE CENSUS TRACKS WITH A GREATER SHARE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, AS WELL AS PARTS OF DISTRICTS FOUR AND SEVEN.
AND THEN IN SOME AREAS OF DISTRICTS, UM, THREE AND TWO, AND THIS IS A SIMILAR MAP, BUT FOR THE SHARE OF HISPANIC POPULATION BY CENSUS TRACK.
AND WHAT WE CAN SEE AGAIN IS THAT WHILE WE HAVE HAD REAL SIGNIFICANT, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS, WE'RE NOT SEEING THOSE SHIFTS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION OF THE, OF THE CITY.
SO WE SEE, UH, AREAS IN THE SOUTHWEST AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL AUSTIN THAT ARE MORE HEAVILY HISPANIC, UH, RELATIVE TO OTHER CENSUS TRACKS.
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AND THEN THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THE SHARE OF, UH, ASIAN NATION AMERICANS IN, UM, THE DIFFERENT CENSUS TRACKS OF THE CITY.AND SO AGAIN, YOU SEE PARTS OF NORTH AUSTIN, NORTHWEST AUSTIN, AND WITH SOME IN SOUTHWEST, AND THEN THIS IS THE PERCENT THAT IS NON-HISPANIC WHITE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, WEST OF
WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE UNIQUE DIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND, UM, RELATIVE TO THE STATE AND TO OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, UM, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS OVER, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 87% OF THE POPULATION GROWTH.
ALL OF THE TOTAL POPULATION GROWTH IS BEING DRIVEN BY NON BY, UH, NON-WHITE POPULATIONS.
SO ABOUT, UM, 13% OF THE POPULATION GROWTH SINCE 2010 WAS DRIVEN BY NON-HISPANIC WHITE POPULATION, ABOUT 53% OF THAT POPULATION GROWTH ALONE WAS CONTRIBUTED BY THE LATINO POPULATION.
AND, UH, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A HISPANIC POPULATION THAT'S ABOUT 40% A NON-HISPANIC WHITE POPULATION.
WE HAVE AN ASIAN POPULATION THAT'S ABOUT 5% AND AN AFRICAN AMERICAN 11%.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RACE ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, RIGHT? SO IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 48 CLOSE TO 49% OF THE POPULATION IS, UM, IDENTIFIES AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE.
UM, SO RIGHT BELOW THAT, UM, MAJORITY MINORITY, UH, MARKER, RIGHT? AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 32% OF THE POPULATION IDENTIFY AS A HISPANIC.
WE HAVE ABOUT 8% IDENTIFY AS ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN, UM, THAN THE SHARE OF THE STATE POPULATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 7%, A LITTLE OVER 7% OF THE POPULATION IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHICH IS, UM, LOWER THAN THE SHARE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS A WHOLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, TWO CLOSE TO 3%.
I IDENTIFY WITH TWO OR MORE RACES AND THEN SMALLER SHARES IDENTIFYING AS AMERICAN, INDIAN, AND ALASKA NATIVE, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME OTHER RACE THAT IS NOT LISTED HERE ON THIS NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL SHOW YOU SORT OF, UM, SOME OF THESE SHIFTS, UH, BETWEEN 2010 AND 2019 BY RACE ETHNICITY CATEGORY.
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT FOR MOST OF THE RACE, ETHNICITY, UM, GROUPS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WERE INCREASES BETWEEN 2010 AND 2019 IN THE, IN THE POPULATION SIZES OF EACH OF THESE RACE, ETHNIC CATEGORIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOME OTHER RACE GROUP.
AND WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING WITH THE, SOME OTHER RACE GROUPS IS THAT, UH, MORE ARE, UM, IDENTIFYING WITH TWO OR MORE RACES, UM, WHICH WAS A NEW CATEGORY BACK IN 2010.
BUT, UM, PEOPLE MAY BE MORE, UM, USED TO SORT OF IDENTIFYING THAT WAY NOW AND, OR, UM, CHOOSING A SPECIFIC CATEGORY.
WE TEND TO SEE THAT THERE CAN BE SOME SHIFTS IN THE WAY THAT PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEIR RACE AND ETHNICITY, DEPENDING ON, ON WHERE THEY'RE LIVING OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR AGE AND, UM, JUST HOW, HOW THEY IDENTIFY.
UM, AND SO THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL, UM, WE SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SAW ON THE PRICE CHART BEFORE, RIGHT ABOUT 32% FOR HISPANICS OR LATINOS.
I HAVE THIS IN RED BECAUSE IN 2010, HISPANICS OR LATINOS MADE UP CLOSER TO 36% OF THE AUSTIN POPULATION.
AND SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A DECREASE IN THE SHARE OF THE HISPANIC POPULATION, EVEN THOUGH THEIR POPULATION INCREASED, THEIR SHARE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION HAS DROPPED, UM, FOR EVERY OTHER POPULATION, UH, OR FOR EVERY OTHER RACE ETHNICITY GROUP, THEIR SHARE HAS EITHER GROWN OR REMAIN THE SAME.
HERE IS THE NUMERICAL IS THE NUMERIC CHANGE, UH, OF THE, OF THE POPULATION FOR EACH RACE, ETHNICITY CATEGORY.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GREATEST NUMBERS ARE BEING ADDED BY THE NON-HISPANIC WHITE POPULATION WITH ABOUT 92,000, UH, ADDITIONAL NON HISPANIC WHITE, UH, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOLLOWED BY HISPANICS OR LATINOS ADDING 40,000 FOLLOWED BY, UH, ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDERS, ADDING 33,000 AND THEN FOLLOWED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND BLACKS ADDING ABOUT, UH, 11,000.
AND THEN, UM, SORRY, BEFORE THEN, OF COURSE IT'S THE TWO OR MORE RACES CATEGORY WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT 14,000.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PERCENT CHANGE, THIS
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IS THE RATE OF GROWTH.WE SEE THAT THE TWO OR MORE RACES AND THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ARE ABSOLUTELY THE FASTEST GROWING RACE, ETHNICITY GROUPS IN, IN THE CITY.
AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE, WITH THE TREND THAT WE SEE IN THE STATE.
UM, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTRIBUTION OF EACH OF THESE RACE, ETHNICITY GROUPS TO THE TOTAL CHANGE IN THE DECADE, WE SEE THAT THE MAIN DRIVER IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS BEEN THE NON-HISPANIC WHITE POPULATION.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE UNIQUELY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PARTS OF TEXAS AND THE STATE AS A WHOLE, UM, THE STATE AND THE STATE AS A WHOLE, AS I MENTIONED, UM, THE NON-HISPANIC WHITE POPULATION CONTRIBUTED ABOUT 13% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION CHANGE ACROSS THE DECADE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT IS FOLLOWED BY HISPANICS CONTRIBUTING ABOUT 20% OF THAT CHANGE.
UH, AND THEN, UH, ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, UH, WITH ABOUT 17%.
NOW I'LL WRAP UP BY JUST SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON THE 20, 20 CENSUS, WHAT WE KNOW TODAY, AND THEN SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THE UPCOMING RELEASE.
AND IF I'M GETTING CLOSE ON TIME, PLEASE DO GIVE ME A WARNING SO I CAN WRAP UP FASTER FOR YOU.
UM, BUT SO THIS IS, UH, INFORMATION ON THE RESPONSE, THE SELF RESPONSE RATE TO THE 2020 CENSUS.
UM, WHY WE LOOK AT SELF RESPONSE IS BECAUSE THOSE PROVIDE THE MOST ACCURATE, UH, TYPES OF DATA.
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE SELF IDENTIFY THEIR RACE AND ETHNICITY.
THEY KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE MOST, THE MOST ACCURATE DATA THAT WE CAN GET.
AND, UM, WHEN WE COMPARE OUR SELF RESPONSE RATES AT 2010, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO SEE IF WE MADE ANY HEADWAY AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET MORE HOUSING UNITS TO SELF RESPOND AND PROVIDE US THAT MORE ACCURATE DATA THAN IN THE LAST DECADE.
WE, UM, OBVIOUSLY HAD SOME MAJOR, UM, CHALLENGES, THIS CENSUS COUNT, STARTING WITH THE CITIZENSHIP QUESTION THAT REALLY INSTILLED A LOT OF FEAR AND, UM, DISTRUST, UH, IN PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CENSUS THEN OF FOLLOWED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC AND THEN, UH, FOLLOWED BY, YOU KNOW, A BACK AND FORTH SORT OF, UM, UNSURE ENDING OF WHEN THE CENSUS COUNT WOULD, WOULD, UM, WRAP UP.
AND SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES AND, UM, THIS, THE US AS A WHOLE ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO BEAT THEIR SELF RESPONSE RATE BY ABOUT A HALF PERCENTAGE POINT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SURPASS OUR, UM, 2010 SELF RESPONSE RATE AND, UH, IN MOST OTHER LARGE COUNTIES AND LARGE CITIES, UM, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT EITHER IN BEAR COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY, THEY WERE ABLE TO BEAT THEIR 2010, UM, SELF RESPONSE RATE, BUT THEIR PRINCIPAL CITIES DID NOT REACH THAT MILESTONE.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY PAIR UNIQUE AND, AND OUT AND STANDS OUT IS BECAUSE WE WERE THE ONLY LARGE TEXAS CITY COUNTY PAIR TO BEAT THE 2010 SELF RESPONSE RATE.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THAT EFFORT, BUT IF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THAT, UH, COUNTY CITY JOINT EFFORT, I WANT TO EXTEND, YOU KNOW, MY, MY GRATITUDE, BECAUSE I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE FOR OUR AREA ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING BECAUSE OF THOSE JOINT EFFORTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, WE WERE PROJECTED TO REACH THAT 30 MILLION MARK, AND WE WERE PROJECTED TO GAIN THREE CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.
WE FELL SHORT OF THE 30 MILLION AND WE ACTUALLY ONLY GAINED TWO CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.
IT WAS MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATE, BUT IT WAS STILL BELOW PROJECTION.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW IS THAT THE CITY, THE STATE OF TEXAS DID NOT, UH, INVEST IN OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR THE 20, 20 CENSUS COUNT.
AND SO I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT EVEN THOUGH WE GOT A LOWER THAN EXPECTED COUNT FOR THE STATE AUSTIN AND, UM, THE COUNTY WILL GET, UM, PRETTY ACCURATE NUMBERS.
SO WHEN DO YOU NEED TO TAKE JUST LIKE MAYBE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES TO WRAP UP THE PRESIDENT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO HERE, THIS NEXT SLIDE, I JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RELEASE OF THE APPORTIONMENT DATA.
SO WE NOW HAVE SOME COUNTS FOR THE STATES AND FOR THE COUNTRY UP NEXT IS GOING TO BE THE RELEASE OF THE REDISTRICTING DATA, WHICH OF COURSE IS GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK.
THOSE DATA ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED ON AUGUST 16.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE FTP SIDE.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE RAW DATA AS EARLY AS AUGUST 16, BUT ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, THEY, UH, THE CENSUS BUREAU WILL PROCESS
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AND, UM, PACKAGE THAT DATA IN AN EASIER TO USE FORMAT.AND THEY WILL POST THAT TO THEIR DATA.CENSUS.GOV DATA PORTAL.
SO IF, IF YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH MORE DATA CHALLENGES, UM, YOU MIGHT REFER THEM TO THAT SEPTEMBER 30TH DATE.
IF YOU ARE PRETTY DATA SAVVY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PULL THE DATA, UM, AUGUST 16TH AND MAYBE EVEN HELP IN, UM, PREPARING THAT DATA FOR OTHER USERS AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT WE WILL BE DOING SOME OF THAT WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE DATA OUT THERE, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THIS DATA FILE OF COURSE, INCLUDES BLOCK LEVEL, UH, TOTAL POPULATION VOTING, AGE POPULATION, UH, RACE, ETHNICITY, HOUSING, OCCUPANCY STATUS, AND THEN GROUP QUARTERS BY TYPE.
AND OF COURSE, GROUP QUARTERS INCLUDES NURSING HOMES, UH, PRISONS, UH, FACILITIES, UH, OF THAT NATURE.
AFTER THAT, WE WILL GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT ALLOWS US TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF THE DATA.
AND THEN THE MORE SPECIFIC, UH, MORE, UH, HYPER, UM, DETAILED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT SHOWS RELATIONSHIP TO HOUSEHOLDER HOUSEHOLD TYPE.
THOSE DATA WON'T BE RELEASED UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN I JUST HAVE SOME LINKS HERE FOR YOU THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ACCESS SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS ALREADY PUT OUT GEO GEOGRAPHIC FILES THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SORT OF HAVE TO JUST KIND OF DUMP THE DATA INTO ONCE THE DATA COME OUT SO THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, OFTEN RUNNING.
AND THEN, UM, THERE IS A 20, 20 CENSUS DATA PRODUCTS CROSSWALK THAT ACTUALLY LETS YOU SEE WHAT THE TABLE SHELL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
AND THEN LIKE I MENTIONED, THE DATA.CENSUS.GOV IS WHERE THE PACKAGE DATA WILL BE.
AND THEN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REDISTRICTING PAGE HAS INFORMATION LIKE A USEFUL GLOSSARY OF TERMS THAT COULD BE HELPFUL IN YOUR WORK.
BUT OF COURSE THEY TAKE MORE OF A, OF A STATE, UH, PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE CENSUS BUREAU, UM, THIS IS MY, MY LAST SLIDE, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE CENSUS BUREAU IS WORKING TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE DATA.
AND THIS MAY ACTUALLY AFFECT THE, THE, THE USABILITY OF THE DATA.
AND I CAN DEFINITELY TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THE HOUSING UNIT COUNTS OF THE, OF THE REDISTRICTING FILE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE WILL NOT BE TOUCHED BY THIS, UM, DIFFERENTIAL, PRIVACY, UM, DATA PROTECTION METHOD THAT THEY'RE USING, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER CHARACTERISTICS WILL BE AFFECTED.
SO IF YOU START TO SEE ANYTHING THAT LOOKS A LITTLE FUNNY, OR DOESN'T QUITE ADD UP, YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK FURTHER INTO DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY, AND I'VE PUT A LINK HERE WHERE YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION.
AND JUST A FINAL NOTE, THERE IS A CASE AGAINST, UH, FROM ALABAMA VERSUS THE, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE THAT IF FOR SOME REASON THEY'RE ASKING FOR A DELAY OF THE REDISTRICTING FILE AND OTHER 20, 20 CENSUS DATA, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY.
AND IF THERE, IF THAT CASE WERE TO, UM, BE SUCCESSFUL, THEN THAT COULD CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL DELAY ON THE RELEASE OF THE REDISTRICTING DATA FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
UM, SO WE WILL DEFINITELY, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THAT, UM, ON THAT LEGAL BATTLE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE RELEASE OF THE DATA.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND IF THERE IS TIME, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO JOT DOWN YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN SEND QUESTIONS.
I THINK THAT JUST, UM, GIVEN OUR TIME, UM, WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTER.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY URGENT PRESSING QUESTIONS FROM THE GROUP, MAYBE JUST ONE OR TWO.
UM, BUT IF NOT, PLEASE EMAIL MS. LAILA, VALENCIA WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
THAT WAS VERY DETAILED AND THOROUGH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
LET ME STOP SHARING REAL QUICK.
WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO NEW BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM THREE B THE PRESENTATION OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
UM, SO WE HAVE MR. KIRK OVERBY WITH US WHO KINDLY PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION ON THE RULES OF ORDER, AND HE IS A PROFESSIONAL REGISTERED PARLIAMENTARIAN,
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AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ABOUT A 30 MINUTE PRESENTATION AS WELL.UM, MR. OVERBY, ARE YOU WITH US? YES.
AND, UH, MATT, UM, HOW DID I GET CONTROL OF, UH, SO I CAN DO MY POWERPOINT HERE.
SO I'VE BEEN A PARLIAMENTARIAN KIND OF FOR A WHILE.
I JUST TELL EVERYBODY I'M A I'M SEMIRETIRED AS A FRIEND OF MINE SAYS, THAT MEANS I'M MOSTLY UNEMPLOYED AND GLAD TO BE THAT WAY.
UH, AND, UH, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE MY THIRD CAREER, REALLY.
UH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I DO BECAUSE I ENJOY IT.
I WORK FOR MOST OF THE PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS I WORKED FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS, BUT THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SO I LEARNED SOME THINGS ABOUT THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER THAT, UH, THAT TYPE OF, UH, UH, LAW AND, UH, A LOT OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY.
UH, AND THEN MOST OF MY CLIENTS THOUGH, I HAVE EVERYTHING FROM HOS TO, UH, PRIVATE STATE ASSOCIATIONS TO A FEW NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, GOT A COUPLE OF LABOR UNIONS GO.
SO I LITERALLY HAVE A MIX OF EVERYTHING.
AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE, UH, TWO CLIENTS THAT ARE, UH, UH, THAT ARE THE SAME.
UH, AND YOU ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, I THINK FROM ALL THE OTHERS.
HOW ABOUT THAT? SO WHAT DO I NEED TO DO NOW? I HIT, I HIT SHARE.
IS THAT RIGHT? LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THROUGH.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS IS I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOUR NEEDS ACTUALLY ARE, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY IS IN TERMS OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
I MEAN, ALL 14 OF YOU COULD BE VERY EXPERIENCED WITH THIS, OR YOU MIGHT NOT.
SO, UH, A LOT OF THIS MAY BE REVIEW FOR SOME OF YOU, UH, AND I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO GIVE WHAT I, I TYPICALLY DO IN A HALF HOUR WHEN I'M ASKED TO PRESENT TO GROUPS LIKE THIS, I GAVE YOU ALL A HANDOUT, WHICH, UH, IT SAYS COMMONLY AS MOTIONS FOR COMMITTEES, AND YOU'RE NOT REALLY A COMMITTEE.
ARE YOU, YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE A SUPER COMMITTEE IN A WAY, UH, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THE POWER TO ACT DON'T YOU, MOST COMMITTEES HAVE NO POWER WHATSOEVER TO ACT, BUT, UH, WHAT I HAVE ON THERE THE MOST COMMONLY USED MOTIONS BY BOARDS AND BY, UH, UH, BY COMMITTEES.
AND SO I THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE, UH, THAT QUITE A FEW OF THOSE MOTIONS WILL BE USEFUL FOR YOU.
SO MY EXPERTISE COMES FROM ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, NEWLY REVISED.
I'M JUST GOING TO HOLD MINE UP HERE, UH, AS KIND OF INTIMIDATING FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT IS A GUARANTEED CURE FOR INSOMNIA, EVEN FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS, BUT IT COVERS GI PROCEDURE IN GENERAL.
AND IT'S REALLY NOT THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO LOOK AT.
WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WELL, OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S ANY STATUTES THAT RELATE TO YOU, THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE PROCEEDINGS OVER ANYTHING IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, RIGHT? AND MAYBE EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU HAVE YOUR CITY OF AUSTIN CHARTER.
I HAVE ON THE SECTION ONE, BUT I LOOKED AT IT LATER AND I REALIZED THAT SECTION THREE REALLY HAS A WHOLE LOT MORE IN THERE.
AND THEN I PUT ON THERE, UH, STANDING RULES OR POLICIES, ANY, UH, YOU CAN ADOPT YOUR OWN SPECIAL RULES ON HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THINGS AND THE, ALL OF THAT TAKES PROCEEDINGS OVER ROBERTS.
SO REALLY IT'S AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF, UH, OF THE, UH, THE AUTHORITY IS THAT YOU WILL LOOK AT FOR PROCEDURE, BUT IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH MOTIONS, PROBABLY ROBERTS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO GO EVENTUALLY.
BUT I DO WANT TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW, ABOUT A BOOK THAT'S, I'LL HOLD MY COPY.
I, WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS THAT A LOT? IS THAT LESS INTIMIDATING? IT'S JUST A TINY BOOK COMPARED TO THE BIG ONE IT'S IN LARGER PRINT.
AND IT'S REALLY A, HOW TO BOOK AS WRITTEN BY THE SAME.
AND IT'S CALLED ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER NEWLY REVISED IN BRIEF.
AND SO IT'S A VERY, VERY HANDY BOOK.
AND, UH, YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY THE TYPE THAT HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR MORE THAN ONE THING, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU LIKED DOING THIS AND BEING INVOLVED AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.
SO IF YOU GET A COPY OF THAT, I CAN PROMISE YOU FOR THE NEXT IT'LL BE WHAT NINE YEARS BEFORE THEY CAME OUT WITH ANOTHER EDITION, IT WILL BE A GREAT HELP TO YOU.
THE THING ABOUT IT IS IT HAS PAGE REFERENCES TO THE BIG BOOK.
SO YOU CAN USE THE LITTLE BOOK TO KIND OF FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE YOU NEED, UH, IT'S WHAT I CALL THE WINDOW INTO THE BIG BOOK, AND IT WILL HELP YOU GET IN THERE.
SO PROBABLY MAYBE PROCEDURES IS NOT ALWAYS A FUNNY THING.
SO GEORGE, WILL'S A BASEBALL FAN, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT FOOTBALL.
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IT'S A MISTAKE BECAUSE IT COMBINES THE WORST ELEMENTS OF AMERICAN LIFE VIOLENCE AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.WELL, THAT SHOWS YOU KIND OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
RIGHT? THE GOOD THING IS, IS WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A WHOLE LOT IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT VIOLENCE, RIGHT? SO COMMITTEES RANK A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN VIOLENCE.
I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTBALL AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.
BUT WE ARE IN THAT KIND OF AN ELEMENT HERE WHERE COMMITTEES ARE NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD.
AND WHAT IS A COMMITTEE? WELL, THAT'S A ONE OR MORE PERSONS AND YOU HAVE 14 ON YOUR COMMISSION.
SOMEBODY ESTABLISHED YOU THOUGH, DIDN'T THEY? AND I SAW IN SECTION THREE, THERE THERE'S A LONG PROCESS ON GETTING YOU ALL ON TO THIS COMMISSION.
UH, I'M GLAD I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT BECAUSE IT LOOKS VERY COMPLICATED, BUT CERTAINLY THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO EXPECT YOU TO LIKE ANY COMMITTEE TO GIVE FEEDBACK AND POSSIBLY REPORTS FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU HAVE A LIMIT TO THE SCOPE OR SET OF DUTIES.
DON'T YOU SAY THE COUNCIL DOESN'T THEY DO WITH WATER QUALITY, ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BUT YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO BE DEALING WITH REDISTRICTING.
AND A TYPICAL COMMITTEE REALLY IS THERE JUST TO CONSIDER, INVESTIGATE, AND STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEY CANNOT TAKE ACTION UNLESS THEY'RE AUTHORIZED.
AND YOU ARE AUTHORIZED, YOU HAVE POWER IN PARTICULAR TO PUT TOGETHER, UH, UH, OF THE DISTRICTS, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE LIKE A COMMITTEE, BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU DO HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION.
AND I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE OF WHAT IT SAYS IN YOUR CHARTER.
UH, AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, SECTION THREE, THAT'S GOT A WHOLE LOT IN THERE, UH, ABOUT YOUR DUTIES AND YOUR POWERS.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE GOING TO EVER DO ANY BRAINS, MAYBE YOU WILL, BUT DON'T USE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
UH, IT ACTUALLY WOULD GET IN THE WAY OF THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FUN TECHNIQUES FOR DOING THAT.
BUT FOR DECISION-MAKING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A GROUP LIKE, UH, UH, THIS COMMISSION WHERE YOU'RE UNDER PROBABLY SOME PUBLIC SCRUTINY, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE CAN HELP YOU MAKE VERY CLEAN, CLEAR DECISIONS AND TO EFFICIENTLY WORK THROUGH AN AGENDA.
SO THIS, UH, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT DOING BRAINSTORMING, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO WORK WITH A LITTLE MORE HUMOR, NOT TOO MUCH HUMOR I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU.
BUT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, MATT DOUGAN KNOWS WHERE THIS BUTTON IS IN A LOT OF THE MEETING ROOMS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE, UH, EVERYBODY WISHES, WE'VE ALL BEEN IN THAT MEETING WHERE YOU REALLY WISH YOU COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HOPEFULLY YOUR MEETINGS WON'T BE DRAGGED OUT BY THAT.
AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE A PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, UH, IN A POSITIVE WAY.
SO, UH, MADAM CHAIR, GUESS WHAT? I PUT THIS LIGHT UP BECAUSE THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON TO MAKING THE MEETINGS WORK IS YOU GOSH, TO PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOU, RIGHT? AND IT'S REALLY NOT.
MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN MEETINGS, DON'T DRAG OUT BECAUSE OF THE MEMBERS.
SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CHAIR.
AND SO ROBERT SAYS THERE'S ACTUALLY EIGHT STEPS TO HANDLE A MOTION.
AND I PUT THIS UP HERE IN THIS WAY, BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT THE CHAIR HAS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO NOT ONLY DOES THE CHAIR NEED TO KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING, BUT THE REST OF IT, THE MEMBERS NEED TO BE THERE TO FACILITATE THE CHAIR AND HELP THE CHAIR ALONG THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT ONES THAT PROBABLY CHAIRS MESS UP THE MOST IS NUMBER FIVE.
AND NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER FIVE, BECAUSE YOU REALLY NEED TO REPEAT THE MOTION.
AND SOMETIMES, UH, AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND HAVE, IT'S KIND OF A LONG, YOU KNOW, RESOLUTION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ ALL THE WAREHOUSES, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON.
AND IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT MUCH TIME.
UH, AND IT ALWAYS BOTHERS ME WHEN I HEAR CHAIRS SAY, GOLLY, IT'S A REALLY LONG MOTION.
SHOULD I READ IT AGAIN? AND I'M THINKING KIND OF FACETIOUSLY WE'LL KNOW, WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT THE FIRST TIME WHILE I READ IT THE SECOND TIME.
OF COURSE, THE LONGER THE MOTION, PROBABLY THE MORE REASON TO GO AHEAD AND READ THAT AGAIN, AND THEN TAKING THE VOTE.
WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT IN A MINUTE.
SO THE MAGIC WORDS IN MY BOOK ARE I MOVE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE ABRACADABRA, RIGHT? THE, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF SPELLS IN MY BOOK AND THE WAY TO MAKE THEM WORK AS TO SAY I MOVE AND YOU'LL HEAR SOMEONE SAY IN DEBATE, I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD POSTPONE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING.
WELL, WHAT AN INTERESTING IDEA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, RIGHT? BUT UNLESS THE PERSON SAYS, I'M MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING AND THAT GETS SECONDED.
NO, THAT SUGGESTION REALLY HAS NO FORCE TO IT, BUT THE WORDS I MOVE ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY, UH, ARE IMPORTANT AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
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A PERSON TO SECOND THE MOTION, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO WRITE DOWN THE NAME OF THE SECONDARY.WE DON'T CONCERN OURSELVES WITH THAT BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? THE SECOND IS JUST A MIXTURE.
THERE'S AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BRING UP THE IDEA.
OKAY? NO ONE CARES, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WHO'S SECOND DID A PARTICULAR EMOTION.
AND WHEN THE CHAIR STATES THE QUESTION, THAT'S THE STANDARD WAY TO DO IT IS TO SAY IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED THAT AND REPEAT THE MOTION.
AND THEN THE REALLY FORMAL WAY TO, UH, TO BRING A FORWARD IS TO SAY, ARE YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT.
IT SOUNDS VERY FORMAL AND, UH, UH, KIND OF, UH, UH, RESTRICTIVE, BUT ALL IT REALLY MEANS IS ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEBATE, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, RIGHT.
BUT IF THE CHAIR SAYS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WHAT'S THE CHAIR DOING THE CHAIRS ACTUALLY PROMPTING EVERYBODY FOR DISCUSSION, RIGHT? AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT EITHER.
I MEAN, YOU ARE A DELIBERATIVE BODY AND TO SHOW A DUTY OF CARE, YOU REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THINGS.
BUT IF THE CHAIR SAYS, ARE YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? AND THERE'S DEAD SILENCE, MADAM CHAIR, GUESS WHAT? YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO A VOTE, OKAY.
SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO MAKE A HIGHER RANKING MOTION, THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK IN DEBATE, THEY CAN GET RECORD.
SO, UH, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MOVE THINGS THROUGH FORMALLY AND YOU HAVE A LOT TO DO ON A PARTICULAR MEETING, I RECOMMEND YOU USE THAT TERMINOLOGY.
AND AFTER YOU'VE USED IT A FEW TIMES, I THINK EVERYBODY WILL GET KIND OF THE LOGISTICS IT, WHEN THEY HEAR YOU SAY THAT THEY NEED TO PUT THEIR HAND UP AND TRY TO GET RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.
OKAY? SO A LOT OF TIMES WHAT I DO IS I'LL GET DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO KIND OF STAND UP.
AND ONE PERSON WILL BE THE CHAIR AND ONE OF THE MEMBER, BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH TIME, BUT TO BRING FORWARD EMOTION, HERE'S THE STEPS YOU WOULD USE, RIGHT? SOME OF THEM WOULD TURN ON THEIR MICROPHONE IN THIS CASE AND TRY TO GET RECOGNIZED AND SAY, MADAM CHAIR.
RIGHT? AND THEN SHE WOULD SAY, WELL, THE MEMBER IS RECOGNIZED.
AND OBVIOUSLY KNOWING THE NAME, SHE WOULD PROBABLY CALL OUT THE NAME.
AND NOW THAT PERSON HAS NO FLOOR.
AND SO THEY CAN USE IT FOR ANY LEGITIMATE PURPOSE.
AND SO AN EXAMPLE HERE, I TRIED TO COME UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF A MOTION.
YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY ADOPT, LIKE THE ADOPT, THE RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE.
MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD ADOPT.
SO A MEMBER WOULD SAY THAT, AND THEN ANOTHER WOULD SECOND IT, AND THEN THE CHAIR WOULD REPEAT.
IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE.
THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOUR PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER BY STAFF.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? WELL, THAT'S THE FIVE, FIVE OF THE EIGHT STEPS.
AND IT'S REALLY NOT THAT HARD TO DO.
YOU PRACTICE IT TWO OR THREE TIMES AND YOU GET IT DOWN AND THEN DEBATE.
BUT I SAY, IF DEBATABLE, YOU CAN DEBATE THE MOTION WILL A LOT EMOTIONS.
GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE NOT DEBATABLE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD REASONS FOR THAT EMOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE IS NOT DEBATABLE.
WHY, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO DEBATE WHETHER THE LIMIT DEBATED, IF IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE QUESTION, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A 10 RECESS.
WE CAN TAKE 10 MINUTES DEBATING WHETHER TO TAKE THE RECESS.
COULDN'T WE, IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF IT.
LET'S JUST TAKE THE REASON YOU DON'T TAKE THE RECESS.
W WE'LL DO IT, BUT LET'S NOT, UH, GO THROUGH A LONG, UH, DEBATABLE PROCESS ON THAT, RIGHT? SO MEMBERS MUST OBTAIN THE FLOOR STILL.
YOU ALWAYS NEED TO GET RECOGNIZED.
THE CHAIR HAS A TOUGH, TOUGH JOB.
SHE HAS TO MULTITASK THE REST OF YOU DON'T.
AND SO WE NEED TO HELP HER ALONG AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET RECOGNIZED BEFORE WE SPEAK.
NOW, IF YOU MAKE THE MOTION, GUESS WHAT? YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO SPEAK FIRST, RIGHT? BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK FIRST.
AND WE ADDRESS OUR MARKS THROUGH THE CHAIR, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN LIKE WITH BLINDERS ON, WE CAN ONLY TALK TO CHRISTINA, RIGHT? IT JUST MEANS THAT WHEN WE TALK, WE TALK THROUGH THE CHAIR AND NOT TO EACH OTHER, WE CAN CLOSE THE BAIT.
AND THE, UH, THE, UH, THE GENERAL RULE IS IT TAKES A TWO THIRDS VOTE TO CLOSE DEBATE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SIMPLE MAJORITY TAKE AWAY THE RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT NINE MEMBERS HERE, HERE, READY TO MOVE ON.
WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER MEMBERS.
NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
UH, IF THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND PRESENT THEIR CASE, THE MAJORITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE PATIENT.
ONCE THE MAJORITY HAS BEEN PATIENT WITH THAT AND A STRONG MINORITY GREATER THAN A THIRD IN THIS CASE WOULD, UH, HAS PRESENTED THEIR CASE.
THEN THE MAJORITY GETS TO MAKE THE DECISION, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE GENERAL IDEA BEHIND REQUIRING A TWO THIRDS VOTE TO CLOSE DEBATE.
AND THE, THE OLD PHRASE GOES WAY BACK.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, I CALL THE QUESTION AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CLOSE DEBATE.
BUT IF THIS, BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAYS THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO TELL EVERYBODY ELSE TO BE QUIET IN BOTH.
AND ACTUALLY, IF SOMEBODY OBJECTS TO THAT, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A TWO-THIRDS VOTE TO CLOSE DEBATE.
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SO, AND THAT OF COURSE CAN BE TAKEN CHRISTINA WITH A SHOW OF HANDS.THE KORAN AND MADAM CHAIR, YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.
THERE'S ALWAYS, THERE'S A FEW MOTIONS WHERE PEOPLE GET KIND OF EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT COULD EASILY HAPPEN WITH ANY GROUP.
AND I ALREADY HEARD FROM ALL OF YOU, YOU SPOKE, WHY YOU WERE INVOLVED ON THIS.
EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION HAS A REALLY GOOD REASON FOR BEING HERE.
YOU'VE HAD A LITTLE, UH, A LITTLE PASSIONATE INVOLVED WITH YOUR INVOLVEMENT SO WE COULD GET A LITTLE OVER PASSIONATE.
SO WE WANT TO CONFINE OUR REMARKS TO THE MERITS OF THE PENDING MOTION.
SOMETIMES WE SAY IT HAS TO BE GERMANE THE DEBATE.
AND SO, UH, CHRISTINA, IF THINGS GET OFF, UH, OFF TRACK, YOU CAN SIMPLY INTERRUPT THE PERSON.
YOU HAVE THE DUTY ACTUALLY TO INTERRUPT AND SAY, NOW, REMEMBER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS HERE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S OFF TOPIC, RIGHT? AND YOU CAN BRING PEOPLE BACK ON TRACK.
WE ALSO RESPECT THE MEMBERS, OKAY.
THIS IS WHY WE DON'T USE MEMBER NAMES.
AND WE AVOID THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
EVERYBODY'S GOT A REASON FOR BEING HERE AND BEING INVOLVED.
SO WE HAD, IF WE DON'T MENTION NAMES, PROBABLY IT'S NOT GOING TO GET PERSONAL.
BUT AS SOON AS, UH, CHRISTINA, YOU HEAR SOMETHING PERSONAL SAID TO STEP RIGHT IN.
BOOM, IT'S THAT? AND REMEMBER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUE HERE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS.
AND OF COURSE, THEN WE ALSO GOT TO RESPECT THE CHAIR.
CAUSE LIKE I SAID, SHE'S GOT MORE TO DO THAN CAN AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, CHRISTINA? WELL, MAYBE NOT.
MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT HARD, BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT THE CHAIR NEEDS TO BE, UH, KEEP TRACK OF.
AND SO, UH, IF THE CHAIR INTERRUPTS YOU, THERE'S GOING TO BE A GOOD REASON FOR IT AND BE PATIENT SHE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AGAIN.
ONCE THE ISSUE IS HANDLED AND I HAVE A COMMENT THERE.
THE CHAIR CAN INTERRUPT THE PERSON SPEAKING.
AND THESE ARE A LOT OF THE REASONS WHY.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY, JUST KIND OF TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO INTERRUPT ME BECAUSE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT I THINK YOU MIGHT NEED TO KNOW.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE, THE, UH, JUST COMMON PARLIAMENTARY LAW, IF YOU DIDN'T USE ROBERTS, WHAT WOULD THE, UH, LENGTH OF TIME FOR A SPEECH B ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEA? THERE IS NO LENGTH.
HOW LONG CAN YOU TALK ON THE ISSUE? RIGHT.
SO ROBERT SAYS NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.
AND YOU MIGHT FIND THAT COMFORTING AS OPPOSED TO TWO HOURS PER PERSON, MOST PEOPLE TODAY, 10 MINUTES IS A LONG TIME TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE.
RIGHT? BUT YOU CAN ALSO ADOPT A RULE TO LIMIT THAT.
SO LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR MEETING COMING UP, BOY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DEBATE.
LET'S SAY ITEMS FIVE AND SIX ON THE AGENDA ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DEBATE INVOLVEMENT.
SO CHRISTINA IS SOMETHING YOU COULD DO AT THE BEGINNING OF SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTING A RULE THAT WE HAVE THAT EACH SPEECH BE NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES IN LENGTH AND PROBABLY EVERYONE'S GOING TO AGREE TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
IT WOULD TAKE A TWO THIRDS VOTE, BUT YOU CAN DO THAT ONE BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
AND THEN ONCE YOU'VE ADOPTED THAT RULE, THEN YOU CAN KEEP IT THAT WAY, UH, STRICTLY FOR THAT MEETING.
AND YOU COULD EVEN ADOPT A RULE THAT'S IN PLACE FOR ALL OF YOUR MEETINGS, IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT.
BUT THE GENERAL RULE IS 10 MINUTES AND NO MEMBER MAY STATE MORE THAN TWICE, BUT YOU CAN'T SPEAK A SECOND TIME TILL EVERYONE GETS A FIRST CHANCE TO SPEAK.
RIGHT? AND WE HAVE THAT IN THERE.
WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GIVE A REBUTTAL, BUT HOW CAN YOU REBUT UNTIL YOU'VE HEARD EVERYONE SPEAK, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK A SECOND TIME UNTIL EVERYONE'S SPOKEN A FIRST TIME.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S HELPFUL TO ALTERNATE AND SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE A SITUATION.
LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAVE A MOTION PENDING.
AND THREE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ONE AFTER THE OTHER, AN OPPOSITION.
AND THEN THE CHAIR SAYS, WELL, IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? AND THERE'S DEAD SILENCE.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? THIS DOG WON'T HUNT, RIGHT? THIS HAS GONE.
SO HOPEFULLY AT THAT POINT, THERE'S NO REASON TO KEEP SPEAKING IN DEBATE AGAINST IT BECAUSE NO ONE'S EVEN IN FAVOR OF IT.
SO SOMETIMES MADAM CHAIR, YOU CAN USE THAT BY ASKING FOR THE PROS AND CONS TO KIND OF LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT.
AND IT WORKS ALSO IF YOU'VE HAD SEVERAL SPEAKING IN FAVOR AND YOU SAY, WAS THERE ANYBODY OPPOSED? AND NO ONE SPEAKS UP THAT TELLS EVERYBODY, OKAY, MAYBE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THERE'S REALLY NOT TOO MUCH OF A NEED TO KEEP SPEAKING AND DEBATE.
SO JUST A LITTLE STRATEGY THERE.
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WHEN WE GO INTO DEBATE, THE CHAIR WOULD SAY, THE QUESTION IS ON THE RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE.ARE YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? AND THEN AGAIN, YOU NEED TO GET RECOGNIZED, HELP THE CHAIR, RIGHT? AND THE CHAIR, OF COURSE, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY.
AND WHEN YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, I ALWAYS RECOMMEND YOU.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO WASTE, PEOPLE'S TIME TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING, TELL THEM WHY YOU'RE DOING IT.
I USED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RIGHT? OR I ARRIVED TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION.
AND THEN HELP THE CHAIR KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'VE STOPPED, STOP SPEAKING IN DEBATE THAT YOU'VE RELINQUISHED THE FLOOR.
YOU KNOW, SO THE CHAIR CAN THEN CALL ON SOMEONE ELSE.
WHO'S EAGER TO SPEAK, TAKING THE VOTE.
UH, THE IMPORTANT THING HERE, MADAM CHAIR IS IF YOU DO A VOICE VOTE AND IT'S VERY HARD TO DO THIS, UH, IN FACT, YOU REALLY CAN'T DO IT WHEN YOU'RE DOING A VIDEO CONFERENCE.
THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY OF I'LL LET YOU DO IT.
BUT TECHNOLOGY IS ONLY GOING TO HEAR ONE VOICE AT A TIME.
BUT, UH, IF YOU DO HAVE YOUR, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, WE MAY BE BACK TO WHERE YOU'RE HAVING YOUR COMMISSION MEETINGS AS A GROUP.
AND WHEN YOU TAKE A VOICE VOTE, ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU SAY THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
AND I HEAR ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SAME SIGN MEANS.
SO IF YOU SAY THAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU'RE REALLY CONFUSING.
THE NO VOTE YOU'RE KIND OF DISENFRANCHISING.
IF, IF YOU PROMPT THE, THOSE IN FAVOR, PROMPT THOSE IN OPPOSITION TO TELL THEM WHAT TO SAY, OKAY.
VOTING TERMS. AND MAJORITY MEANS MORE THAN HALF.
DON'T TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME OTHER KIND OF, UH, OF MATHEMATICAL FORMULA BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP YOU.
AND IT WILL GET YOU INTO TROUBLE ACTUALLY IN ROBERTS, MAJORITY VOTE MEANS MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE AND VOTING.
BUT IN ANY KIND OF OFFICIAL ACTION, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU NEED, ACCORDING TO THE CITY CHARTER, YOU NEED NINE VOTES.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME PROCEDURAL MOTIONS YOU COULD MAKE WHERE YOU COULD JUST SIMPLY USE A MAJORITY VOTE.
SO AS LONG AS YOU HAVE MORE IN FAVOR THAN AGAINST MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S A MAJORITY.
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT ABSTENTIONS.
SO ANYTHING WITH THE TWO THIRDS AND HERE'S THE SIMPLE RULE, YOU CAN TAKE THE NEGATIVE VOTE AND DOUBLE IT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A, LET'S SAY A VOTE OF SIX, FOUR, AND THREE AGAINST THAT IS A TWO THIRDS VOTE BECAUSE THREE TIMES TWO IS SIX.
AND AGAIN, ESPECIALLY CLOSING DEBATE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT EXTENSIONS FOR THAT AS THE PROCEDURE ROWBOAT AND A GREAT THING.
AND I SAW YOU USING THIS FOR YOUR APPROVING.
THE MINUTES WAS A UNANIMOUS CONSENT AND IT REALLY, FOR ROUTINE THINGS, THIS IS THE THING TO DO.
AND SO MADAM CHAIR, YOU WERE DOING THAT, RIGHT? UH, IN APPROVING THE MINUTES YOU ASKED FOR CORRECTIONS, RIGHT? AND THERE BEING NO CORRECTIONS, UH, WE DON'T NEED THE FORMAL, UH, MOTION AND SECOND AND A VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY IS IN FAVOR.
RIGHT? LIKE I SAID EARLIER, TAKING A RECESS WOULD BE ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
AND THEN FINALLY, ON A JOURNEY RIGHT AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND THE CHAIR SAYS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? HAVE I LEFT SOMETHING ELSE THERE? ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? AND THERE'S DEAD SILENCE.
DO WE NEED A FORM OF MOTION TO ADJOURN? ISN'T IT OBVIOUS TO EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE READY TO GO? AND SO THE CHAIR HAVING MADE SURE THAT THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR ANY THING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID, THE CHAIR CAN SAY, WELL, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, PAUSE THE MEETING AS A JENNER.
SO UNANIMOUS CONSENT COULD BE A GREAT WAY TO, TO EXPEDITE, UH, ROUTINE THINGS.
YOU PROBABLY WOULD BE USING THE ROLL CALL VOTE.
AND I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THAT MEANS IS EACH PERSON ANNOUNCES THEIR VOTE.
ALTHOUGH YOU COULD SAY YES, NO.
OR YOU CAN SAY PRESENT OR ABSTAIN.
AND THAT IS RECORDED IN THE MINUTES.
IT'S JUST LIKE WITH THE LEGISLATURE, WHEN YOU DO A ROLL CALL, IT GETS RECORDED IN THE MINUTES, BUT CAN YOU DO A BALLOT VOTE? MY UNDERSTANDING UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IS THAT WOULD NOT BE, UH, UH, A THING YOU COULD DO.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, TALK TO YOUR ATTORNEY ABOUT THAT.
BUT I THINK ABOUT VOTE IS ILLEGAL.
BUT AGAIN, TALK TO YOUR ATTORNEY.
AND OF COURSE, UH, HERE'S THAT STATEMENT FROM THE CITY CHARTER NINE OR MORE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR ANY OFFICIAL ACTION, INCLUDING, AND ESPECIALLY, I WOULD THINK THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAN ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO I THINK THAT EXAMPLE I GAVE BEFORE OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING YOUR PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE TO ME,
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THAT'S THE OFFICIAL ACTION.IF YOU, UH, UH, WANT TO POSTPONE THAT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING TO ME, THAT'S PROCEDURAL.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, I WOULD TALK TO YOUR, TO YOUR ATTORNEY ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, PROCEDURAL MOTIONS, UH, YOU CAN JUST USE A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT EXTENSIONS OBVIOUSLY, UH, IN THE CASE OF A OFFICIAL ACTION, IF YOU DON'T HAVE NINE VOTES, IT DOESN'T PASS.
NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, IF YOU HAVE NOT NINE PEOPLE PRESENT AND ONE PERSON VOTES NOW, GUESS WHAT? YOU DON'T HAVE IT.
LITTLE THING ABOUT TIE VOTES, CAUSE YOU COULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF VOTES, UH, IN VOTING A TIE LOSES WHY? BECAUSE THERE'S NO MAJORITY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
SO A SIX TO SIX VOTE WOULD LOSE ON ITS FACE.
SO WHEN CAN THE CHAIR VOTE? WELL, THE CHAIR CAN VOTE WHEN IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
RIGHT? REALLY I AND CHRISTINA, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE YOU'RE A VOTING MEMBER OF THE BODY, YOU CAN VOTE ANY TIME, BUT YOU PROBABLY SHOULD HOLD YOUR VOTE OUT TO THE VERY END, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE VOTING AND TRYING TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE.
YOU'RE TRYING TO BE, UH, TO ALLOW THEM TO MAKE THE, COME TO A DECISION AND AN IMPORTANT MATTERS.
YOU MAY WANT TO CAST YOUR VOTE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE IT RECORDED IN THE MINUTES THAT YOU WERE EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN FOUR OF, FOR THE MOTION.
BUT IN THE CASE OF THE SIX TO SIX VOTE, THE CHAIR COULD VOTE.
RIGHT? I MEAN THE VOTES ALREADY LOST, BUT THE CHAIR COULD VOTE YES.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE ADOPTED.
OR LET'S SAY THERE'S A SEVEN, SIX VOTES.
UH, THE CHAIR COULD ACTUALLY VOTE NO TO MAKE A TIE.
AND SOMETIMES THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE DIVIDED ON AND IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE DIVIDED.
AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK WE NEED TO COME BACK AND COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT PLAN ON THIS OR A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THIS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, UH, WE NEED A LOT MORE CONSENSUS ON AND SHE COULD USE THAT AS A REASON FOR VOTING NO AND CREATING A TIME, BUT AGAIN, 15 AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE IF YOU'RE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO LET A SIX, SIX VOTE LOSE, YOU CAN JUST LET IT LOOSE.
AND IT WOULD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TIES OR HOW THAT WORKS? YOU CAN MAKE A TIE OR YOU CAN BREAK A TIE.
SO PRACTICING VOTING, UH, AGAIN USING, UH, YOU KNOW, A, UH, UH, A VOICE VOTE CHAIRMAN, SAY THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, THE AYES HAVE IT.
AND THE RESOLUTION IS POSTPONED.
LET'S SAY WE'RE POSTPONING A PROCEDURAL MOTION TO THE NEXT MEETING.
RIGHT? AND THERE, WE COULD USE A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE, BUT ON AN OFFICIAL VOTE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU DON'T DO IT BY ROLL CALL THAT YOU DO IT BY RAISING YOUR HAND AND ACTUALLY TAKING ACCOUNT COUNT IS ON THE RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING, SCHEDULE THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND COUNT THOSE, THOSE OPPOSED.
THERE ARE 11 IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THREE IN THE NEGATIVE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE BEING AT LEAST NINE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
AND THE LITURGY WOULD SAY THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW THAT YOU WERE FOLLOWING THE CITY CHARTER, THE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED, OR YOU COULD SAY, WELL, THERE'S EIGHT IN THE AFFIRMATIVE SIX IN THE NEGATIVE THERE BEING LESS THAN NINE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES, THE RESOLUTION IS LOST OR IN A ROLL CALL VOTE.
AND I THINK YOU ALL KNOW HOW TO DO THIS, BUT, UH, YOU HAD ANNOUNCED, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE RESPOND BY SAYING YES, NO ARE PRESENT WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED AND THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLE AND THE CLERK SHOULD CALL ON THE CHAIR LAST FOR THE VERY REASONS I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PROCEDURE IS.
YOU MIGHT DO IT ALPHABETICALLY, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU HOLD CHRISTINA OUT AND CALL ON HER LAP.
AND THEN AGAIN, UH, YOU HAD ANNOUNCED THE BUS, I THINK IN THE SAME WAY.
AND I SHOWED HER AN EXAMPLE HERE AND I LOOKED AT YOUR MINUTES AND THE FIRST NAME I SAW WAS KANAAN.
SO I JUST THOUGHT, I BET THAT GETS MISSPELLED.
IT'S LIKE, MY NAME GETS MISSPELLED.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU WOULD USE UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
AND THE CHAIR WAS ACTUALLY DOING THIS AND DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.
I THINK IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? AND SOMEONE SAID, WELL, MY, MY NAME IS ACTUALLY MISSPELLED.
ARE WE GOING TO DEBATE THAT? OF COURSE NOT, THE CORRECTION WILL BE MADE.
AND USUALLY MOST OTHER MISTAKES ARE SIMPLY DONE BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
AND THE CHAIR TO SAY, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER CORRECTIONS HEARING? NONE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS CORRECTED IT'S ROUTINE.
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APPROVE THE MINUTES.AND THEN AGAIN, FOR LACK OF RECESS, I KNEW THAT THEY WOULD TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS.
DO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY EVEN ASK FOR A SECOND AND GO THROUGH THAT? UH, YOU COULD, BUT WHAT I WOULD DO IS JUST SAY, WELL, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO TAKING A 10 MINUTE RECESS? AND THE REASON IS, IS WHY THAT'S THE MOST POPULAR MOTION IN THE BOOK, RIGHT? AS A, A HUNDRED REASONS TO TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS, IF NOT, JUST TO STRETCH YOUR LEGS.
SO HEARING NAN ALWAYS ANNOUNCED WHEN YOU WOULD RECONVENE.
SO IT WOULD BE VERY CLEAR, NOT ONLY TO YOU ALL, BUT OBVIOUSLY TO THE PUBLIC, A LITTLE COMMENT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING.
I KNOW A LOT OF VIDEO CONFERENCES, SO YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH HOW TO DO THAT.
YOU ARE EXPERTS AGAIN, THE VOICE VOTES NOT POSSIBLE.
AND SO CHRISTINA, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, I JUST HAVE THEM RAISE THEIR HAND ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THE POSED, RAISE YOUR HAND.
NOW I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING, RIGHT.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO WORK.
IF YOU REALLY THINK CHRISTINA, THAT YOU CAN GET THAT.
UM, BUT THEN AGAIN, IF ANYBODY OBJECTS, FOR ANY REASON, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE A GOOD REASON TO OBJECT.
YOU CAN SET THE OBJECT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A MORE FORMAL BOAT TAKEN.
AND THAT WILL FORCE CHRISTINA TO HAVE TO GO TO, YOU KNOW, RAISED HANDS OR A ROLL CALL TO TAKE THAT VOTE.
MY LAST LITTLE HAMBURGER, IT WAS TOM THAT YOU SEE THE DOGS ARE THERE AND THE HEAD DOG SAYS, MOVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? AND YOU'RE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, FEELING THE WAY THAT SOME OF THE PUPS ARE THERE.
WHY? BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S ALREADY TAKING, UH, AN AFTERNOON NAP.
SO, UH, YOU SEE MY, IF YOU LOOK AT MY HANDOUT, I HAVE COMMONLY IS MOTIONS FOR COMMITTEES THAT WORKS FOR BOARDS AS WELL.
AGAIN, IF YOU NEED MORE DETAIL, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BOOK ROBERTSON BRIEF.
AND ONE THING I WANT TO WARN YOU ABOUT BE CAREFUL WITH THE MOTION TO TABLE.
IF YOU WANT TO JUST KILL, KILL, KILL WITH THE MOTION TO TABLE RUN FOR THE LEGISLATURE, BECAUSE THEY DO THAT ALL THE TIME.
AND THE REASON THEY DO IS THEY HAVE A SPECIAL RULE THAT SAYS TABLE MEANS KILL.
THE RE UH, THEY HAVE LIKE WHAT 6,000 BILLS THAT THEY HAVE TO PROCESS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU DON'T HAVE 6,000 THINGS TO PROCESS, RIGHT? SO TABLE IS, UH, A, UH, IT'S NOT A DEBATABLE MOTION AND IT CAN BE IN THIS TO YOU.
SO, UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF SOMEBODY REALLY WANTS TO POSTPONE IT, THEY SAY, I WANT TO TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING.
I WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY, THE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MEETING, RIGHT? IF THAT MOTION IS ACTUALLY DEBATABLE, BUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD POSTPONE IT.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO KILL SOMETHING WITH EMOTION, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED POSTPONED INDEFINITELY.
AND, UH, CITY COUNCILS WILL USE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN AUSTIN DOES, BUT SOMETIMES THAT YOU USE FOR A HOT POTATO ISSUE WHERE, UH, YOU REALLY WANT TO DISPOSE OF IT WITH AN INDIRECT BOAT.
AND SO PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT, UM, UH, CAN VERY SIMPLY, UH, UH, VOTE FOR POSTPONING INDEFINITELY.
UH, BUT THEN LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAVE AN INTERRUPTION THAT'S, UH, NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE AND YOU NEED TO SET SOMETHING ASIDE.
UH, YOU CAN USE LAY ON THE TABLE FOR THAT, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A MATTER OF URGENCY COMING UP.
SO, UH, LET'S SAY SUDDENLY THE MAYOR WANTS TO ADDRESS YOU FOR SOME REASON, RIGHT? NARROW WALKS INTO THE ROOM, YOU'VE GOT BUSINESS PENDING.
YOU DON'T WANT TO KEEP THE MAYOR SITTING THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, 45 MINUTES.
AND SO THE, THE, UH, CHRISTINA COULD SIMPLY SAY, UH, THE MAYOR'S HERE TO ADDRESS US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO LAYING THE PENDING BUSINESS ON THE TABLE TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR AND THEN NO INTERJECTS? AND YOU COULD JUST SIMPLY SET IT ASIDE TEMPORARILY.
ROBERTS ACTUALLY SAYS THE MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLES, NOT AN ORDER.
IF THE EVIDENCE ATTEMPT IS TO KILL OR AVOID DEALING WITH THE MEASURE.
WELL, THAT'S MY PRESENTATION AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT MORE, I COULD TALK ABOUT A WHOLE LOT MORE IN THE BOOK.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANY TIME LEFT, UH, MADAM CHAIR, UH, HAPPY TO LET THINGS GO AT THAT.
AND, UH, UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE MY EMAIL, BUT I'M HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO EVERYBODY.
LET ME TELL YOU, I, I DO A LOT OF THIS FOR FUN.
MATT ALREADY KNOWS I DON'T CHARGE MUCH FOR WHAT I DO, BUT MY GENERAL RULE IS THIS.
UH, IF IT TAKES LONGER TO FILL OUT THE INVOICE THAN TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, I DON'T WANT TO DO THE PAPERWORK.
SO IF YOU ALL HAVE SIMPLE QUESTIONS THAT COME UP, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WANT TO ASK ME ABOUT, UH, MATT CAN GIVE YOU MY EMAIL AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND USUALLY THE QUESTIONS YOU ASK WILL BE SOMETHING I CAN SIMPLY DO.
SO I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT BACK, UH, UH, TO YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, UH, CHAIR ON, SORRY FOR SAYING THAT I'M PRESIDENT, HOW DO I GET OFF STOP SHARING? LET ME DO THAT.
AND LET'S SEE IF I, MR. OVERBY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR EVERYBODY.
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UM, AND I AM BEING MINDFUL OF TIME.UM, BUT I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP TO, UH, TO THE MEMBERS TODAY IS, UM, PROPOSING THE APPOINTMENT OF A PARLIAMENTARIAN.
UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS REGARDING HAVING THAT APPOINTMENT? UM, W WELL, THIS IS, UH, SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BE PROBABLY NOT A MEMBER, IS THAT RIGHT, CHRISTINA? UM, I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING THAT ONE OF OUR MEMBERS WOULD SERVE AS IN, IN THAT ROLE.
I WOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW YOU DO THAT.
AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY, IF YOU JUST GO BY ROBERTS, UH, WHEN IT SAYS IN THERE ABOUT A PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR AN, UH, IF YOU'RE A MEMBER PARLIAMENTARIAN, YOU HAVE TO LITERALLY GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO SPEAK AND TO VOTE BY RAISING YOUR HAND AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN'T RELINQUISH BEING PARLIAMENTARIAN.
THE CHAIR CAN RELINQUISH THE CHAIR TO THE VICE CHAIR, RIGHT? SO IF A CHRISTINA GETS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING, SHE CAN TALK ON SOMETHING AND SHE CAN JUST TURN IT OVER.
UH, LOUIS, I THINK YOU'RE THE VICE CHAIR.
SO SHE COULD TURN THE CHAIR OVER AND THEN SHE COULD DEBATE AND DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND LOUISE COULD PRESIDE OVER THERE, RIGHT.
BUT IF YOU'RE A MEMBER AND YOU'RE THE PARLIAMENTARIAN, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
SO THE PERSON WHO SERVES AS PARLIAMENTARIAN MIGHT NOT WANT TO GIVE UP, UH, ALL THOSE RIGHTS.
SO IF YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD SET IT UP AND SAY THAT A CERTAIN PERSON WILL BE APPOINTED AS PARLIAMENTARIAN.
HOWEVER, THEY WILL, UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, BE ALLOWED OBVIOUSLY TO SPEAK IN DEBATE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE REASON IS THE PARLIAMENTARIAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, OBJECTIVE EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING FORWARD.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY OPINION, YOU KNOW, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT EXPRESS.
CAUSE WHEN YOU EXPRESS YOUR OPINION, WHAT HAPPENS? WELL, THEY THINK NOW THE PARLIAMENTARIAN IS IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
SO THEY MAY NOT ADVISE THAT YOU CARE, YOU KNOW, UH, IN A, UH, IN A VERY OBJECTIVE WAY.
UM, IF YOU DON'T FEEL THAT'S A PROBLEM, I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE KIND OF, WHEN YOU APPOINT THE PARLIAMENTARIAN, YOU SET IT UP THAT THE PARLIAMENT TRAINEE ACTUALLY CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, BE RECOGNIZED AND SPEAK OR SOMEHOW HAVE SOME KIND OF A PROCEDURE FOR THAT.
SORRY, I GAVE YOU A LOT TOO LONG OF AN ANSWER THERE, BUT, UH, UH, YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO STICK SOMEBODY AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE MADE PARLIAMENTARIANS TO KEEP THEM FROM SPEAKING.
I'VE SEEN ORGANIZATIONS DO THAT.
YOU HAVE A PERSON WHO JUST CAN'T STOP, DEBATING EVERYTHING, AND THEY APPOINTED HIM AS PARLIAMENTARIAN.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY CAN'T SPEAK.
I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO DO THAT WITH ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AND HOW YOU SET IT UP.
AND A MAN I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN OFF IF THAT'S OKAY.
IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU ALL TAKE CARE AND BEST OF LUCK WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM ONE MORE, UM, INDIVIDUAL TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE D AND UM, IS THAT THE ONE THAT I'M NO, HOLD ON.
THAT IS THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT WITH JEANETTE GOODALL, CITY CLERK, AND JEANETTE.
ARE YOU WITH US? I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
I WAS JUST LET ME FIX THIS REAL QUICK.
I WAS JUST TELLING MATT THAT IF YOU WOULD, LIKE, I COULD PUT MY, UH, INFORMATION INTO A MEMO TO YOU ALL SO THAT YOU COULD SAY SOME TIME TODAY, IF THAT WOULD WORK FOR YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT OPTION WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
UM, WOULD YOU MIND TELLING US JUST, UM, THE PITCH FOR, FOR WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SHARE WITH US TODAY SO WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT? SURE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO KIND OF BRIEFLY TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS ACT AND WHAT YOUR REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR PRESERVING THE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS THAT YOU PREPARE.
SO I CAN PUT THAT INTO A MEMO FORMAT FOR YOU, UH, AND SEND IT TO MATT TO DISTRIBUTE SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOME TIME BACK TODAY.
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AND I'M SORRY, YOU HAD TO WAIT ALMOST TWO HOURS TO TELL THAT TO US.I WAS ALSO GOING TO MENTION TO YOU THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING MR. OVERBY, UM, DO A PRESENTATION ON ROBERT'S RULES, UH, AN EXTENDED PRESENTATION FOR ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LISTENING TO IT AGAIN AND, OR A LONGER PRESENTATION, I WILL SEND THAT INFORMATION TO MATT AND YOU GUYS CAN JOIN THE OTHER BOARD COMMITTEE COMMISSION MEMBERS.
I THINK IT'S ON AUGUST 30TH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL STICK AROUND PAST FIVE.
UM, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN A QUORUM.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE STAYS ON UNTIL WE'RE FINISHED WITH WHAT IS ON OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? I THOUGHT I SAW YOUR HAND UP, SO SORRY, CHAIR.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM THREE D AND YES.
UM, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAY ON SINCE IT'S ACTUALLY MY WEDDING DATE TODAY.
WELL, LET, LET'S MAKE SURE ARE GOING TO STILL HAVE A QUORUM CONGRATULATIONS, UH, RIGHT BEFORE I'M ABOUT TO GET READY.
SO I'M GOING TO GO CHANGE PRETTY SOON, LIKE IN A, LIKE AN HOUR, BUT I'LL STAY AS LONG AS I CAN, BUT YEAH.
ARE THERE ANY, ANY ITEMS I CAN BOOK BEFOREHAND? DO YOU KNOW? WE, WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO DISCUSS COMMISSIONS SKILLS, SURVEY RESULTS AND ESTABLISHING THE WORKING GROUPS AND COMMITTEES.
UM, SO, UH, THERE, THERE MAY BE, UM, SOME STUFF THAT YOU WANT TO HEAR OR THIS, BUT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE STILL HAVE, IF YOU LEAVE, WE'LL STILL HAVE NINE PEOPLE.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WILL BE ALL RIGHT, CORRECT, MATT.
AND THEN JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADAM CHAIRS WILL NEED TO BE, UH, DONE BY FIVE 30 TO GET READY TO TURN OVER FOR THE NEXT MEETING COMING IN.
I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.
SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOUR INPUT FROM THAT SURVEY.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
UM, THAT WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN STREAMLINING THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUR WORKING GROUPS AND COMMITTEES IN ORDER.
SO, UM, I WANT TO ALSO THINK COMMISSIONER BLANK, COMMISSIONER NESTE CALEDON FOR COLLABORATING ON CREATING THAT SURVEY.
AND, UM, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO DISCUSS, ESTABLISHING WORKING GROUPS AND ESTABLISHING COMMITTEES.
SO I WILL SAY, UM, BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK, I HAVE, UM, APPOINTMENTS AND, AND, AND I HAVE NAMES READY TO GO IF YOU WILL, UM, ACCEPT THAT.
SO MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONER BLANK.
WELL, IN THAT CASE, UH, I'M MOVE TO MAKE THEM, LET'S SAY, I WANNA MAKE SURE TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'VE HAD OUR RULES.
I WOULD MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH TWO COMMITTEES FINANCE AND FINAL REPORTS, UH, AND TWO WORKING GROUPS, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH NO MORE THAN FIVE MEMBERS EACH APPOINTED BY THE CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
SO COMMISSIONER BLANK, UM, HAS MADE A MOTION TO CREATE IF I CAN REPEAT THIS BACK, UM, A WORKING GROUP FOR COMMUNICATIONS WORKING GROUP FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN A FINANCE COMMITTEE AND A FINAL REPORT COMMITTEE WITH NO MORE THAN FIVE MEMBERS IN EACH GROUP AND, AND APPOINTED BY THE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER IN ESCO THAT OWEN HAS SECONDED.
SO, UM, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
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GROUPS AND OUR COMMITTEES.AND SO IT SOUNDS THAT WE ARE IN AGREEMENT TO HAVE WORKING GROUPS FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS.
IN FACT, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ONE, I BELIEVE WE ALSO ALREADY TOOK CARE OF THAT LAST MEETING.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE COMMITTEES FOR FINANCE AND THE FINAL REPORT, WHICH WILL BE, UM, DRAFTED LATER ON, UM, ONCE THE MAPS HAVE BEEN FINISHED IN NOVEMBER.
SO, UM, THESE ARE THE NAMES THAT I HAVE PROPOSED AND I HAVE CHARGES FOR EACH GROUP.
UM, I CAN ALSO DEFINITELY SEND THIS TO INDIVIDUALS IN WRITING FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COMMISSIONER DEMPSEY, COMMISSIONER INES CALLED THAT ON COMMISSIONER, YE COMMISSIONER COMBO AND MYSELF COMMISSIONER
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER, COMMISSIONER COMBO, COMMISSIONER LANDS, AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMMISSIONER MORRIS, UM, HARDEN, SCHNEIDER LEE AND GONZALEZ, AND FINALLY FOR THE REPORT COMMITTEE, UM, COMMISSIONER HARDEN, BLANK CANNON AND MYSELF COMMISSIONER POINTLESS.
AND, UM, I WILL SHARE MORE, UM, AS TIME GOES ON, BUT JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THE, THE WORKING GROUP FOR COMMUNICATIONS, WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, WEBSITE MAINTENANCE AND, UM, MEDIA RELATIONS AS NECESSARY.
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS GROUP WILL IDENTIFY 10 PUBLIC HEARING DATES IN EACH OF THE 10 CITY DISTRICTS IDENTIFY LOCATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, AND MEETING PLANNING THAT MIGHT INVOLVE SETTING UP AND GETTING SUPPLIES.
AND SO ON THE FINANCE GROUP WILL ENSURE THAT THE ICRC HAS THE ADEQUATE FUNDS AND WORK WITH THE CITY TO INCREASE COMMISSION BUDGET AS NEEDED.
THEY'LL ALSO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIRE SOON, UM, PURCHASING NEEDS AND THE BUDGET.
AND THEN THE FINAL REPORT COMMITTEE WILL DRAFT AND SUBMIT THE FINAL REPORT, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S AN ONGOING DATA COLLECTION THAT IS HAPPENING AND RESEARCH THAT WILL BE INVOLVED.
UM, SO IF EVERYBODY IS FINE WITH THAT, THEN WE WILL GO ON.
AND I GAVE EVERYBODY THEIR FIRST AND SECOND CHOICES YOU WERE PLACED IN EITHER ONE OR TWO GROUPS.
UM, SO WE'RE SHARING THE WORKLOAD HERE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE E UPDATES FROM THE CITY REGARDING THE BUDGET INCREASED TEMPLATES.
UM, ME, YES, UH, AVAILABLE, UH, AVAILABLE CITY FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, UTILIZING OTHER VIDEO CONFERENCING PLATFORMS AND THE ICRC MESSAGE BOARD.
AND THEN THAT IS, UM, FOR MATT TO ANSWER.
MADAM CHAIR, UM, CSL, THE FIRST ONE BUDGET INCREASED TEMPLATE.
UH, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, THAT TEMPLATE FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, RIGHT NOW IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH RUNS FROM, UH, LAST OCTOBER 1ST TO THIS COMING UP SEPTEMBER 30TH, THERE'S $150,000 IN THE BUDGET THAT'S AVAILABLE NOW.
UM, AND THE NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL BUDGET, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $150,000, UM, IN THAT BUDGET, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS AND BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
AND THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE AVAILABLE STARTING OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 FIRST, 2021, AND RUN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
UM, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO COVER US BECAUSE OUR WORK IS GONNA CROSS TWO FISCAL YEARS, UH, AVAILABLE CITY FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
I SENT THAT, UM, JUST THIS MORNING TO, UH, THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UH, WE'VE GOT A LIST OF A BUNCH OF FACILITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR A HOST PUBLIC MEETINGS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE, UM, UH, REC CENTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, LIBRARIES, UH, SCHOOLS, UM, THAT USUALLY WORK WELL FOR, FOR HOSTING THOSE TYPE OF, OF EVENTS, UM, UTILIZING OTHER VIDEO CONFERENCING PLATFORMS. UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE CITY IS USING WEBEX AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS FOR SECURITY.
UM, UH, WE ARE PUSHING AND TRYING TO GET A IN-PERSON MEETING ON JULY 7TH, UM, HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 6:00 PM.
UM, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT.
UH, THERE ISN'T ACTUALLY A COMMITTEE WITHIN THE CITY THAT'S WORKING ON, ON, UH, BEING ABLE TO CONDUCT IN-PERSON MEETINGS.
UM, AND THEY DID REMIND ME THAT RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE STILL REMOTE.
UH, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, THE NEXT ONE ICRC MESSAGE BOARD.
UM, THAT ANSWER WAS NO, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE ONE MESSAGE BOARD, ONE ELECTRONIC ONLINE MESSAGE BOARD AND THAT'S, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL, THEY HAVE, UH, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE USING THAT.
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UH, HOWEVER WE DO HAVE OTHER CITY RESOURCES WE CAN USE.UM, AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN, UM, HEY I'M, CAN I SHARE MY SCREEN REAL QUICK? WE DO HAVE OTHER CITY RESOURCES WE CAN USE.
UM, I'LL PULL UP JUST A COUPLE OF REAL QUICK GO AWAY.
UH, WE'VE GOT THE REDISTRICTING WEBSITE, UH, THAT WAS CREATED FOR THE PROCESS, UM, THAT WE CAN USE.
THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD, UM, ONLINE WEBSITE RESOURCE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY HAS A SPEAK-UP AUSTIN WEBPAGE.
UM, UH, THE, WE USE THIS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES.
IS THAT A GOOD ONLINE PLATFORM? UM, RIGHT NOW THE TOP ONE IS A RESPONSE TO THE WINTER STORM.
I CAN JUMP INTO THAT ONE REAL QUICK AND SHOW YOU, BUT IT'S GOT SOME GRAPHICS WHO'S ON THAT TASK FORCE, UM, LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY, UM, PICTURE A DESCRIPTION OF IT, AND THEN WAYS FOR FOLKS TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER, UH, ELECTRONIC TOOLS AND WEBSITES WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE TO, UH, FOR, UH, FOR THE, TO BE ABLE TO USE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAD FOR THOSE, UH, THOSE FOUR ITEMS. THANK YOU, MATT.
AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US SOME ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TO THE MESSAGE BOARD.
THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ITEM TWO, UM, OLD BUSINESS, WHICH SIDE NOTE I THINK OF THE FUTURE.
I WANT TO CALL AN UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
SO WE NEED TO SELECT THE REMAINING COMMISSIONER AND THIS MUST BE DECIDED TODAY, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO RESIGNED DID SO ON JUNE 1ST AND TODAY IS JUNE 16TH.
AND THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRES THAT ANY VACANCY SHALL BE FILLED BY THE COMMISSION WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THE VACANCY OCCURS.
UM, SO NINE OF US MUST AGREE TO ANY APPOINTMENT.
AND, UM, AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR SENDING IN NAMES SO THAT WE CAN STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
UM, ACTUALLY, CAN I SHARE MY SCREEN TO SHOW THE NAMES THAT WERE SENT IN COMING UP?
THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING ON MY END ONE MOMENT.
Y'ALL, THERE'S A SHARE MENU AT THE TOP AND THERE IS MY SCREEN, BUT IT'S GRAYED OUT FOR ME, RIGHT.
SO ON MINE, I SEE A SHARE BUTTON, BUT IT'S GREAT OUT.
UM, IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD WORK FOR YOU.
I'LL SWITCH OVER AND SEE IF WE CAN, LET ME SEE THAT.
UM, WHILE WE'RE WAITING, I WILL SAY, UH, THERE ARE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 NAMES AND OUT OF THE FIVE NAMES, UM, ONE OF THEM WAS SENT IN BY FOUR INDIVIDUALS.
UH, I DID NOT HEAR FROM EVERY PERSON.
UM, THERE MIGHT BE A NAME PROPOSED NOW, BUT, UM, I WILL ASK THAT AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION TODAY, UM, THAT WE HONOR THE NAME THAT WAS SENT IN MOST, IF WE CAN ALL AGREE, GO LOOK AT THE PROFILE AND EVERYTHING, HONESTLY.
UM, I THINK THAT ALL OF THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE SENT IN WERE, UM, WERE REALLY STRONG, UH, CHAIRWOMAN POINT IS, UM, I HAVE, SO I WAS, I THINK I MIGHT'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.
I WAS TRYING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT DISTRICTS EVERYBODY WAS FROM.
AND I REMEMBER SOMEBODY SAYING THAT COMMISSIONER LEY MOVED FROM TWO TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, SO I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS.
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I BELIEVE THAT CONDITIONALLY MOVED FROM DISTRICT EIGHT TO DISTRICT THREE, THREE.SO PRESENTLY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN EACH OF THE 10 DISTRICTS.
WELL, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I CAN'T SHOW YOU.
UM, THEN I GUESS THE NEXT BEST THING I COULD DO IS LIST THE NAMES AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE DOES HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.
SO YOU CAN PULL IT UP ON YOUR OWN SCREEN.
I APOLOGIZE THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO MAKE THIS WORK TODAY.
UM, SO THE FIVE NAMES THAT I HAVE ARE, UH, RACHEL DRUG HAMMER DISTRICT ONE SHE'S, UM, FEMALE AND WHITE.
THE, UH, THE NEXT NAME IS CAMILLEA FALCON, DISTRICT SEVEN, HISPANIC OR LATINO AND FEMALE.
UH, THE THIRD NAME IS BARBARA GARZA, DISTRICT FIVE HISPANIC OR LATINO AND FEMALE.
UH, THEN WE HAVE CATHERINE MEAGHAN.
I HOPE I SAID THAT CORRECTLY, DISTRICT TWO WHITE FEMALE.
AND THEN WE FINALLY HAVE PATTY PRADO HISPANIC OR LATINO FEMALE AND DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, AND SO THOSE WERE THE FIVE NAMES, CAMILIA FOLK ON GOT FOUR NOMINATIONS.
UM, AND SO, UH, AGAIN, MY, MY PROPOSAL TO Y'ALL IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT NAME, JUST GIVEN THAT IT GOT THE MOST, UM, NOMINATIONS.
UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DEBATE ANY OTHER NAMES.
CAUSE I DID NOT HEAR FROM EVERYBODY.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO Y'ALL.
UM, I WAS ME HEN, UM, CATHERINE MEEHAN.
UM, BUT I ALSO HAD SAL COHEN AS, UH, THE RUNNER UP TO MY FAVORITE.
SO I HAVE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY BOTH STRONG CANDIDATES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, UH, I'LL GO WITH FALCO IF THAT MOVES THE PROCESS ALONG CAREPOINT DOES.
OH, PLEASE RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER SNYDER.
AND I'LL HAVE YOU COME NEXT COMMISSIONER CONSOLIDATE? YES.
AND JUST PLEASE UNMUTE, COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE PERSON'S NAME, WHO HAD THE FOUR VOTES AND WHAT DEMOGRAPHICS YOU PROVIDED PLEASE? YES, THAT WAS CAMILIA FELT GONE, DISTRICT SEVEN HISPANIC OR LATINO AND FEMALE.
UM, AND I ALSO LOOKED INTO HER, UM, PROFILE AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S IN THE AGE RANGE OF 35 TO 44 AS, UM, MOST OF THESE CANDIDATES ARE.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO VOTE FOR HER.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT FELT GONE RECEIVED FOUR VOTES.
COULD YOU ALSO SHARE HOW MANY VOTES THE OTHER CANDIDATES RECEIVED? ASSUMING THAT THEY WERE ONE A PIECE, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CERTAIN, EACH OTHER NOMINATION RECEIVED ONE COMMISSIONER
UM, IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT, UM, COMING CHAMELEON FELT GONE, BECOMES THE 14TH COMMISSION MEMBER SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
SO, UH, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND AND OKAY.
UM, I ALSO, UH, WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF, UM, OF THAT MOTION, ANY OPPOSED? NAY, THE AYES HAVE IT.
UH, CAMILLEA FALCON WILL BE OUR 14TH COMMISSION MEMBER.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT SIMPLE AND PICKING, UM, WHAT SEEMS TO BE, UM, A VERY STRONG CANDIDATE.
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GET INTO, UM, OH YES.WE HAVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND I BELIEVE THAT WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE HIRING WORKING GROUP WITH, UM, REPORTING ANY UPDATES THAT THEY HAVE, OR I'M SORRY.
THAT IS, I'M GOING TO AMEND THAT STATEMENT.
THAT IS ITEM TWO UNDER OLD BUSINESS TO BE UPDATE FROM A HIRING WORKING GROUP.
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAVE TO GO, BUT I'M GLAD I STUCK AROUND FOR THE 14TH COMMISSION RIVERBOAT.
SO UPDATE FROM THE HIRING WORKING GROUP, I BELIEVE THAT IS, UM, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, SCALED AT ON, AND YEAH, SO WE HAD A, WE HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION, UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE HIRING WORKING GROUP, UH, TAKES OUR CANDIDATE POOL, NARROWS IT DOWN TO THREE FINALISTS, PRESENTS THOSE FINALISTS TO THE COMMISSION IN ADDITION TO A SCORING RUBRIC AND SOME PROPOSED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS SO THAT WE MAY MOVE, UH, MORE EASILY THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOTION.
UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, LET ME SEE IF I GET THIS ONE.
YOUR QUESTION IS ON THE ADOPTION OF THE MOTION THAT THE HIRING WORKING GROUP, UM, NARROWS DOWN THE CANDIDATE LIST TO THREE, THE TOP THREE, UM, CREATES THE, UM, INTERVIEW RUBRIC AND QUESTIONS, CORRECT? YES MA'AM.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND.
UH, SO THE VI'S HAVEN'T AND THE MOTION IS ADOPTED.
UH, WE WILL HAVE THE HIRING WORKING GROUP SELECT THE TOP THREE CANDIDATES FOR EACH POSITION AND CREATE AN INTERVIEW RUBRIC AND THE QUESTIONS FOR THE INTERVIEW.
AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE WE GET KICKED OUT AT FIVE 30.
DO WE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? SCHNEIDER? I CAN NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS. I JUST WANT TO LET THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT I WILL BE AWAY FROM AUSTIN, JUNE 30TH THROUGH PROBABLY JULY 21ST.
I CANNOT TELL YOU WHERE I WILL BE ON ANY GIVEN DATE BECAUSE I DON'T YET KNOW, AND I DON'T EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, BUT IF I CAN DO IT BY CELL PHONE, I MIGHT.
AND I SAW COMMISSIONER INES CALLED IT OWNS HAND.
UM, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING AND I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS TO HAVE LIKE, UM, SOME FOLKS COME AND DO A PRESENTATION, ALTHOUGH I THINK A 10 MINUTES, 10 MINUTE PRESENTATION WOULD BE MORE INTERESTING.
UM, BUT ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE REDISTRICTING, UM, MAYBE SOME OF THE KIND OF REDISTRICTING AND CONTEXTUALLY, LIKE THE LAWSUITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
UM, I MENTIONED THAT SOME POINT, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN IN THE WORKING GROUP OR IN THIS MEETING THAT I KNOW SOME FOLKS.
AND SO, UM, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO AROUND THAT.
SHOULD I REACH OUT TO THAT PERSON AND BE LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR AVAILABILITY? AND THEN COME TO THE COMMISSION AND BE LIKE, YEAH, HERE ARE SOME AVAILABLE DATES FOR THIS PERSON.
OR DO WE WANT TO SAY, HEY, THESE ARE THREE THINGS WE'D LIKE ANSWERED IN A PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, COMMISSIONER HAS CALLED IT ON, YOU HAD SET THAT UP THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, HOW ABOUT WE PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR FOR
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JUNE 30TH? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? I HAVE A QUESTION.WHO SAID THAT? OH, COME AND CHECK IN ON.
UM, I'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR ENLIGHTENING SOMEONE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THAT TOPICS ARE.
AND INSTEAD OF ASKING SOMEONE WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE, I WOULD LOVE FOR COMMISSIONER CALDERON TO PRESENT WHAT THE KEY ITEMS ARE AND WHAT WE TAKE AWAY FROM THAT BEFORE WE GET PEOPLE AND TALK TO THEM, I WOULD APPRECIATE UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OFF SPENDING TIME OF THE COLLECTIVE GROUP.
I CAN WRITE SOMETHING UP AND SEND IT TO MATT IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, AND THEN, UH, BRING IT UP AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE CAN, I'M HAPPY FOR US TO DO IT VIA EMAIL AS WELL, YOU KNOW, TO, TO PRESERVE TIME.
BUT I JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE OBJECTIVES OF WHY WE'VE LISTENED TO SOMEONE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS, MADAM CHAIR QUICKLY? I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME INTEREST IN HAVING SOMEONE, UH, PRESENT SOME OF THE HISTORY OF AUSTIN, UH, AUSTIN STRATEGIES AND DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT.
AND SO, UH, I'D SAY THAT'S WHAT WORTH EXPLORING FOR A FUTURE AGENDA.
IF WE HAVE SOMEONE, UH, A LOCAL HISTORIAN WHO CAN PROVIDE, UH, INFORMATION, UH, TO THE, UH, MINISTER, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UH, COMMISSIONER HURTIN, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING TODAY, UH, MR. PECK YOUNG HAD SAID SOMETHING TO THE EXTENT OF THAT HE WAS PUTTING A PRESENTATION TOGETHER, UM, AND, AND LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO DO A PRESENTATION, UM, THAT IS ABOUT AUSTIN'S HISTORY.
SO, UM, WOULD THAT SATISFY YOUR, YOUR INTEREST? AND I KNOW THERE ARE THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS THAT EXPRESS THE INTEREST? YES, THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
UH, AND HAVING THAT NAACP COMING, PRESENTED, ASKING, UH, UH, TALKING TO US AND ADDRESSING THIS, UH, COMMISSION FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
AND I, I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FIRST, UM, SET UP FOLKS TO COME AND ADDRESS THIS.
AND I BELIEVE DID, DID HE SAY A DATE? DID MR. YOUNG SAY YOUR DATE IN PERSON? YES.
I BELIEVE HE SAID HE REQUESTED A PRESENTATION BY JULY 1ST IN-PERSON ON DISTRICT LEVEL VOTING DATA, CITYWIDE DATA, HISTORICAL INFORMATION, ET CETERA.
WELL, WE'LL BE MEETING ON JUNE 30TH VIRTUALLY, BUT, UM, THE, THE PLAN RIGHT NOW BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATION IS THAT WE WILL, UM, HAVE THE JULY 7TH MEETING IN PERSON.
SO IT SEEMS THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST DATE TO PUT ON THE CALENDAR FOR, UM, MR. PECK, YOUNG AND NAACP TO PRESENT.
UM, BEFORE WE GO, I WOULD LIKE TO, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, UM, HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WORKING GROUP REPORT BACK A SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST, UM, AT OUR JUNE 30TH MEETING.
UM, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKING GROUP REPORT BACK THEIR WORK TO PROMOTE THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE DRAFT A BUDGET FOR THE COMMISSION SO THAT WE KNOW THE AMOUNT OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET INCREASE, IF THAT, UM, IF IT DOES COME TO THAT, UM, AND ALSO HAVING THE HIRING WORKING GROUP, UM, I THINK WE, YEAH, SO WE'VE GOTTEN ALL OF THAT TAKEN CARE OF SCRATCH THAT LAST PART.
UM, SO THOSE THREE GROUPS, IF THEY COULD JUST HAVE THOSE ITEMS FOR US AT OUR NEXT, UM, PLANNED MEETING, UM, I WILL ALSO SAY BECAUSE WE HAVE 18TH AS THE, THE APPLICATION WINDOW CLOSED, UM, FOR ALL THE APPLICATIONS, UM, FOR THE THREE POSITIONS WE NEED TO POOL THE TOP THREE CANDIDATES, UM, EARLY NEXT WEEK AND INTERVIEW NEXT WEEK, SO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY, UM, WITH THEIR CONTRACT SIGNED AND READY TO GO ON JULY ONE.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO ASK Y'ALL, UH, MATT, WHAT DATES DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK? IS THERE SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS AND, UM, CAN AT LEAST NINE OF US
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COMMIT TO BEING PRESENT TO THAT MEETING SO THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM TO MAKE THIS HIRING POSSIBLE? SURE.SO WE DO HAVE AVAILABILITY ON THURSDAY, JUNE 24TH AT 6:00 PM.
IF THAT WORKS FOR, Y'ALL JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING, IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ID PEOPLE, WE CAN'T EVEN HAVE A MEETING.
I JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST FOR HIRING, SORRY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YES, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT.
UM, AND THERE ARE NOT ALL, NOT ALL OF US ARE PRESENT HERE TODAY, SO, UM, I WILL NEED TO REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND SEE IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, BUT, UH, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF NINE TO HAVE OUR QUORUM, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS.
SO, UM, I'M PUTTING THAT FORTH TO Y'ALL AND THEN MATT, YOU SAID THURSDAY, UH, THE 24TH AT 6:00 PM.
UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MATT'S DONE A REPORT HAD RESERVED THAT FOR US.
MA'AM UM, YES, PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS RESERVED FOR THE ICRC.
AND I'LL S I'LL SEND OUT THAT CALENDAR INVITATION THIS AFTERNOON.
WELL, IS THERE ANY, YEAH, SORRY, I JUST WANT TO SAY MATT, WHEN YOU SEND OUT THE INVITES, WOULD YOU MIND PUTTING INTO THE WEBEX LINK IN THERE PLEASE? UH, IF I HAVE IT, I CAN PUT IT IN THERE.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET IT TILL MONDAY.
AND SO THEN ONCE WE GET THAT, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL UPDATE THE INVITE WITH THAT INFORMATION.
SO EVERYBODY HAS THAT WITH, UH, WITH THE CALENDAR INVITE AND AN EMAIL.
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS, FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.