* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] OH, THERE WE GO. OKAY. IT IS 6:02 PM [Independent Citizen's Redistricting Commission ] OF NINE OUT OF THE 14 COMMISSIONER WAS PRESENT. SO WE HAVE QUORUM. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE INDEPENDENT CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, JULY 28TH. YOU ARE MUTED. YOU CAN MUTE YOURSELF. OKAY, MATT, CAN YOU PLEASE DO ROLL CALL OUR COMMISSIONERS, CALL YOUR NAME, AND THEN IF YOU JUST STAY HERE AND RAISE YOUR HAND, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE VISUAL AND AUDIO OF YOUR ATTENDANCE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER CANNON HERE, MORRIS. PARDON YOUR STRIDER? DEMPSEY GONZALEZ HERE LANDS HERE. LEE CALLED THEIR OWN. YAY. FONTEZ BLANK HERE. I'LL COME HERE. ALL RIGHT. AND CAN YOU ALSO TAKE US THROUGH TODAY'S AGENDA PLEASE? YOU BET. UH, VICE CHAIR. COULD YOU GIVE ME PERMISSION TO SHARE MY SCREEN? OKAY. SO THE MEETING GO FOR TODAY, RECEIVE UPDATES FROM WORKING GROUPS, SUBCOMMITTEES FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. WE HAVE TWO FOLKS SIGNED UP MR. PECK, YOUNG AND MR. DAVID KING, UM, ITEM ONE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. ITEM TWO NEW BUSINESS. THE ICR STAFF MAY DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS, A UPDATE FROM PUBLIC FORUM, WORKING GROUP A ONE PUBLIC FORUM TO DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON CHANGE OF MEMBERSHIP TO BE UPDATE FROM COMMUNICATIONS WORKING GROUP, TO SEE UPDATE FROM HIRING WORKING GROUP TO D UPDATE FROM FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE TO A UPDATE FROM FINAL REPORT. SO COMMITTEE TO AF UPDATE ON EMPLOYEE CONTRACTS TO G UPDATES FROM CITY G UPDATE ON PUBLIC FORM LOGISTICS, G2 UPDATE ON EMAILS AND RESTORATIVE MANAGER AND ICRC COMMISSIONERS TO H HOUSEKEEPING AND THEN FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU, MATT. SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AND, UH, AS YOU HAD STATED, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK JUST TO REMINDER, EACH SPEAKER HAS THREE MINUTES. UM, MS. GRANADA WILL KEEP TIME AND PLEASE MUST CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND WHICH DISTRICTS YOU RESIDE. ADDITIONALLY. UM, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ANY OF OUR COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST HOLD THAT TILL THE END, I BELIEVE. UM, YOU SAID MR. PECK YOUNG AND THEN MR. DAVID KING LET'S, LET'S START WITH PECK YOUNG THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, I'M NOT SPEAKING TONIGHT ON, UH, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NAACP HISPANIC CAUCUS, BY THE WAY, I'M FROM DISTRICT FIVE. I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT AS SOMEONE WHO WAS A LEADER OF THE AUSTINITES FOR GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION, UH, AND WHO WORKED WITH THE TWO OUTSTANDING ATTORNEYS WHO DRAFTED, UH, THE PROPOSITION, WHICH EVENTUALLY OVER 60% OF THE VOTERS APPROVED SPECIFICALLY. UH, I'M SPEAKING, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN MISGUIDED, UH, AS TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ICRC AND THE CITY STAFF. ONE OF THE KEY PROVISIONS OF THE PROPOSITION THAT I BELIEVE ONE THAT HELPED PAY US WAS THAT THE CHARTER PROVISION, UH, UH, CREATED, UH, A TRULY INDEPENDENT CITIZENS [00:05:01] REDISTRICTING COMMISSION AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, YOUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR DOING AN ADMIRABLE JOB OF LAYING OUT, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE ICRC AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO WITH YOUR HEARINGS. OUR, WHAT I DO NOT THINK HAS BEEN MADE SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR TO THE SENIOR STAFF IS A MEANING OF THE TERM INDEPENDENT. I'M NOT REFERRING TO THE ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES OF YOUR SUPPORT STAFF, MATT AND LISA HAVE DONE A COMMENDABLE JOB ON BEHALF OF THIS BODY. UM, WE'RE SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THE LEGAL COMMUNITY AS DEPARTMENTS. YOU ARE ONE OF THE TWO SOVEREIGN BODIES UNDER THE CITY CHARTER BY EXPRESS INTENT OF THOSE OF US WHO WROTE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT. OUR PURPOSE WAS FOR THE ACIAR THAT THE ICRC SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT INFLUENCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THROUGH THEIR OWN ACTIONS OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY STAFF THAT THEY COULD EXERCISE DIRECT OR INDIRECT INFLUENCE OVER. IN OTHER WORDS, ONCE YOU HAD, ONCE YOU HAVE HIRED COMMON AND LEGAL COUNSEL AND SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU SHOULD NO LONGER BE IN A POSITION WHERE SENIOR CITY STAFF HAS RESPONSIBILITY OR AUTHORITY OVER THE ACTIONS OF THE ICRC. ALL LEGAL OPINIONS SHOULD COME FROM YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL. ALL PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD COME FROM YOUR ADMINISTRATOR WITHOUT ANY CENSORSHIP BY CITY COMMUNICATIONS. THE CITY PR APPARATUS CAN HELP SHOOTERS, BUT WE HAVE, WE NEVER ANTICIPATE ANY AUTHORITY TO EDIT OUR IMPACT, THE CONTENT OR THE PLACEMENT OF ANY ICRC COMMUNICATIONS. THE CITY STAFF MUST HAVE A ROLE IN SCHEDULING MEETINGS TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT IS USEFUL FURTHER. WE NEVER ANTICIPATED A ROLE IN MAKING YOUR MEETINGS AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC TO THE PUBLIC BY INTERNET OR TELEVISION. IF WE HAD, UH, WE WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THAT, BUT WE TOOK NO FORMAL POSITION ON THAT ISSUE. WHAT WE DID PROPOSE WITH THE ICRC WOULD ALWAYS BE FREE OF ANY CONTROL, MANIPULATION OR INTERFERENCE BY ANYONE JUST ABOUT ONE, ONE OTHER, ONE MORE SENTENCE AND INTERFERENCE BY ANYONE THAT WAS UNDER THE CONTROL, DIRECT, DIRECT, OR INDIRECT FROM, FROM THOSE ELECTED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, YOU WERE CHARGED WITH MODIFYING WITHOUT CONCERN ABOUT ANY INCUMBENT. UH, OUR POSITION IS THAT ADDITION COMMISSION SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT, NOT ONLY IN NAME, BUT IN FUNCTIONAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID KING. THANK YOU CHAIR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT COMMISSION. AND I CAN IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE AND, AND HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH, AND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH ON THIS. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CITY AND, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY'S VOICE COUNTS AND IT'S NOT OVERSHADOWED BY OTHER VOICES. AND SO THAT'S WHY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THIS JOB. UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU, UH, TO JUST START, LET ME JUST START ON. AUSTIN HAS RETURNED TO STAGE FOUR BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COVID-19 GUIDANCE DUE TO A DANGEROUS RESURGENCE OF COVID VARIANTS THAT ARE MORE DEADLY AND SPREAD MUCH FASTER THAN COVID-19. SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED ARE EXPERIENCING BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS FROM THE VARIANTS. MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT ATTEND IN-PERSON MEETINGS IN ORDER TO AVOID VIRAL INFECTION AND TO HELP REDUCE VIRAL. PLEASE ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY IN ALL UPCOMING PUBLIC FORUMS, BY THE ICRC, PLEASE SCHEDULE ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PUBLIC FORUMS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SUMMER VACATIONS THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF. SCHOOL'S ABOUT TO START AND THE RESURGENCE OF THE PANDEMIC. AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO THIS BY YOURSELF. YOU NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE CITY TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AND FUNDING TO ALLOW YOU TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY IN ALL UPCOMING I C R C PUBLIC FORUMS. THE CITY SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AND, AND FUNDING TO ALLOW THE ICRC TO SCHEDULE AND PUBLICIZE ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PUBLIC FORUMS TO HELP ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN HAVE EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARIES OF AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AND THE CITY SHOULD PROVIDE FUNDING TO ALLOW THE ICRC, TO HIRE ITS OWN REDISTRICTING CONSULTANTS. YOU SHOULD BE TRULY INDEPENDENT, BUT THE CITY SHOULDN'T LEAVE YOU HANGING WITHOUT THE RESOURCES [00:10:01] AND SUPPORT. YOU NEED TO DO THE BEST JOB THAT I KNOW YOU WANT TO DO FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KING, DID ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY. THANK YOU TO OUR SPEAKERS TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS AGENDA ITEM ONE, APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 21ST MEETING. TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE MINUTES, PLEASE. THOSE WERE SENT TO YOUR EMAILS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. UM, ADAM CHAIR, CAN I SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICKLY? UH, COMMISSIONER COMBO? IS IT ABOUT THE MINUTES? YEAH, I'M SO SORRY. I WAS PRESENT DURING THE ROLL CALL AND MY, I WAS CALLING VIA MY PHONE. I SEEM TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MY OUTLOOK. I DO NOT SEE SOME OF THESE EMAILS WITHIN MEETING MINUTES, ET CETERA. UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T SENT AND ENDED UP IN ANOTHER FOLDER THAT IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE IN. LET'S DISCUSS THAT ISSUE WITH, UH, HOUSEKEEPING. SO WE WILL GET BACK TO THAT. YOU CAN FIND THE MINUTES ON THE CITY SITE AS WELL. UH, THEY ARE POSTED AS A BACKUP IF YOU, UH, IF YOU NEED TO VIEW THEM RIGHT NOW AND YOU CAN'T. OKAY, THANK YOU SURE. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS, UH, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. I DO SEE COMMISSIONER CANNON, UH, USE THE, RAISE YOUR HAND FEATURE. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, STEVEN, I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE JUST COMES HERE AND IT GOES IN THE HOUSEKEEPING, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF MY ACCOUNT AND I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. I'VE RAISED A REQUEST WITH MATT TO SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. SO, UM, ACTUALLY WITH THAT IN MIND, AND I'D LIKE TO START THIS EVENING WITH SOME HOUSEKEEPING, BUT WE'LL RETURN TO THIS ITEM TWO H AT THE END OF, FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT COME UP FOR YOU, UM, THROUGH THIS MEETING. SO I WANT TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT BEFORE WE DELVE INTO DISCUSSING, UM, THE REST OF OUR UPDATES THIS EVENING TO RELAY TO YOU HOW WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THESE EMAILS THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING FROM THE PUBLIC IN THE EVENT THAT IT BECOMES RELEVANT TO DO. SO, UM, SO FIRST I WANT TO SAY WE SHOULD ANONYMIZE THE SENDER. YOU MAY WISH TO IDENTIFY THEM BY THE DISTRICT THEY RESIDE IN. IF THEY SAY THAT IN THEIR EMAIL OR, UM, YOU CAN JUST SAY THAT WE'VE RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT X, Y, AND Z. UM, SECOND, WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY STICK TO THE FACTS AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE EMAIL. WE DO NOT EVER WANT TO MISCHARACTERIZE WHAT SOMEONE HAS SAID OR ATTRIBUTE, UM, INTENTION OR STATE AN OPINION ABOUT THE SENDER. UH, SO IF AN EMAIL IS BROUGHT UP TO YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE A THOUGHT TO SHARE ABOUT IT IN THIS PUBLIC SPACE, THEN THE THOUGHT SHOULD BE, UH, PERTINENT TO JUST THE CONTENTS OF THE EMAIL. UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CLARIFY OUR D CORUM AND PROCEDURE IN PUBLIC FORUMS IS THAT DID COME UP. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ALL ALIGNED ON THIS. WE'RE CONSISTENT AND PROFESSIONAL IN OUR INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC. AND I THINK WE'VE LARGELY DONE A GREAT JOB OF THAT. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AT A FORUM, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME TO, I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MS. GRENADA'S HAD STATED IN AN EMAIL SENT TO THE COMMISSIONERS YESTERDAY. UM, SO PLEASE SIGN IN ON THE PUBLIC SIGNUP SHEET, YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME THREE MINUTES AS ANYONE ELSE, AND THEN KEEP YOUR COMMENTS PERTINENT TO THE MAPS AND THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS. THESE GUIDELINES ARE ALSO POSTED ON ALL OF THE FORUM AGENDAS FOR THE PUBLIC, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONVERSE WITH PARTICIPANTS DURING THE WORKSHEET ACTIVITY OR BEFORE OR AFTER THE FORUM, THAT IS ALSO FINE, BUT JUST PLEASE BE CONSCIENTIOUS OF HOW YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE COMMISSION AND OUR WORK THAT WE DO AND AVOID MAKING ANY PROMISES OR GUARANTEES THAT YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT. UM, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS TRADE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, CONTACT INFO WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL, AND THEN YOU CAN GET BACK TO THEM WITH AN ANSWER. UH, FINALLY, PLEASE DO NOT SPEAK OUT OF TURN IN THESE FORUMS, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK AND KIND OF REFER TO THE CHAIR, UH, HOWEVER, WE SHOULD NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY UNLESS IT BECOMES NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLARIFICATION. UM, SO THAT IS EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THAT. DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT DECOR FROM BEFORE [00:15:01] MOVING ON? OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. UH, UNDER NEW BUSINESS ITEM TWO A IS AN UPDATE FROM THE PUBLIC FORUM WORKING GROUP. UM, AND THIS IS INCLUDING A ONE PUBLIC FORUM, DATE UPDATES AND EIGHT TWO DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MEMBERSHIP. VICE CHAIR, GONZALEZ WILL PROVIDE THESE UPDATES, GET YOUR APPRENTICE BEFORE I BEGIN. I W I WANT TO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER BLINK DID HAVE HIS HAND UP IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION. SORRY. NO, NO PROBLEM. WE CAN TAKE A STEP BACK, COMMISSIONER BLANK. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CLARIFY THAT? I THINK FOR EVERYBODY, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL TRYING TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW WE WANT TO DO THIS. SO I THINK I JUST APPRECIATE THE CLARITY WITH WHAT YOU'VE LAID THAT OUT AND GOING FORWARD. SO JUST PRAISE, THANKS FOR SAYING THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO VICE CHAIR, GONZALEZ, YOU CAN PROVIDE THE UPDATES FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM WORKING GROUP. YEAH. I KNOW GIVEN SOME EMAILS THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS SEEN, UH, PEOPLE ARE ANTICIPATING SOME UPDATES FROM THE PUBLIC FORUM WORKING GROUP. I WANT TO SAY THAT THE PUBLIC WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING HARD AS WE ALWAYS HAVE TO FIND MEETING SPACES TO ENSURE THAT THESE PUBLIC FORUMS, UH, GO OFF SMOOTHLY. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ON THAT GROUP FOR THEIR WORK DONE SO FAR. UM, WITH IT'S ALREADY BEEN NOTED, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS RETURNED TO STAGE FOUR COVID RISK LEVELS WITH THAT. WE'VE HAD SOME CANCELLATIONS FOR, UH, CITY VENUES THAT WE BOOKED RESERVED AND PLAN THESE DATES AND TIMES AROUND. I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH A LIST OF UPDATES TO SO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION IS ALIGNED. UM, ONE THE D FOR THE DISTRICT FOR FORUM, WE'LL PROCEED AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. THAT IS AT THE GUS GARCIA RECREATION CENTER ON SATURDAY, JULY 31ST FROM TWO TO 4:00 PM. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE DISTRICT TWO FORUM WILL PROCEED AS ORIGINALLY AN INITIALLY PLANNED AT MENDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 10TH, FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM. THE DISTRICT ONE FORUM WILL PROCEED AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MUSEUM ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH, FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM. AGAIN, WITH THE CITY'S UNFORTUNATE RETURN TO STAGE FOUR COVID RISK LEVEL AND HAVING THREE CITY LIBRARIES CANCEL OUR RESERVATIONS LATE LAST WEEK, WE DO HAVE SOME UPDATES TO SOME OF THE UPCOMING PUBLIC FORUM DETAILS FOR DISTRICT SIX. OUR SPACE RESERVATION AT SPICEWOOD SPRINGS BRANCH LIBRARY HAS BEEN CANCELED BEING THAT THE FORUM REMAINS ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 3RD, THAT THIS COMMISSION IS UP A VERY, IS UP AGAINST A VERY TIGHT DEADLINE TO SCHEDULE AND HOST 10 FORUMS BEFORE SEPTEMBER ONE. AND WITH THIS LAST MINUTE FACILITY CANCELLATION, THE WORKING GROUP HAS MADE THE UNFORTUNATE DECISION TO GO FOR CHEWABLE. FOR DISTRICT SIX, WE WILL UTILIZE THE ZOOM PLATFORM FOR THIS FORUM. PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT VIA THEIR COMPUTER OR BY PHONE WITH US OR PROVIDED. I ASKED THAT YOU ANY RESIDENT WHO IS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THIS FORUM, MONITOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FOR UPDATES, AND REMEMBER THAT ALL THOSE WHO DO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE OF THE AUGUST 3RD FORUM. AGAIN, THE DATE OF THE DISTRICT SIX FORM REMAINS THE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED TUESDAY, AUGUST 3RD, THE TIME REMAINS THE SAME AS WELL, 8:00 PM FOR DISTRICT THREE. OUR SPACE RESERVATION AT BEVERLY'S BRANCH LIBRARY IS CURRENTLY TENTATIVE. OUR CITY PARTNER HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO REQUEST A SPECIAL DISPENSATION FOR THE ICRC. W IN ADDITION, THE WORKING GROUP IS RESEARCHING BACKUP LOCATIONS, AND WE WILL UPDATE ACCORDINGLY, BUT PLEASE NOTE THE BACKUP PLAN WILL BE TO SWITCH TO A VIRTUAL SPACE VIA ZOOM. SHOULD WE NOT BE SUCCESSFUL WITH FINDING AN IN-PERSON LOCATION? WE WELCOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM ANY OF THE COMMITTEES FOR LARGE ENOUGH COVID SAFE SPACE WITHIN DISTRICT THREE FOR DISTRICT FIVE SPACE RESERVATION AT THE MINNETONKA ROAD BRANCH LIBRARY HAS BEEN CANCELED WHILE OUR BLACK BACKUP PLAN AGAIN IS TO SWITCH TO A VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY VIA ZOOM. WE FEEL THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO KEEP SEARCHING FOR A LARGE ENOUGH COVID SAFE SPACE, UH, IN-PERSON LOCATION, AND WE WILL UPDATE THE PUBLIC, UH, IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL. AND AGAIN, WE WELCOME SUGGESTIONS FOR A LARGE ENOUGH SPACE WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE, AND EACH OF THESE COMPLETED FOR HIM SO FAR, WE HAVE STATED THAT ALL OF THE ICRC DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC IN MIND, THAT INCLUDES DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND THEIR EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION. IN ADDITION, THE ICRC, HIS PLAN WAS ALWAYS TO SCHEDULE VIRTUAL FORUMS AS OPPORTUNITIES [00:20:01] FOR THOSE CAUTIOUS OF THE PANDEMIC TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROCESS. THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE OPEN TO ANY MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC AND WILL NOT BE FOCUSED ON A PARTICULAR DISTRICT. TODAY. WE ARE NOW READY TO CONFIRM AN ADVERTISE TO VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR A TOTAL OF 12 PUBLIC FORUMS. OUR FIRST VIRTUAL WE HOPE WILL BE FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST. AND THE SECOND VIRTUAL FORUM OPPORTUNITY WILL BE FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 27TH. WE DO PLAN FOR THOSE TWO FORMS TO BE VIA ZOOM. FINALLY, AS STATED IN OUR CHARTER, OUR WORKING GROUP HAS ALSO BEGUN ON, UH, THE GUN WORK ON THE FOUR COUNTY PRECINCT FORUMS IN SEPTEMBER, WHILE WE FEEL RIGHT NOW, THESE FORMS WILL NEED TO BE VIRTUAL. WE ARE CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR AVAILABLE IN-PERSON VENUES. AGAIN, WE WILL UPDATE ACCORDINGLY SHAREPOINT TEST. THAT IS MY UPDATE FROM THE PUBLIC FORM WORKING GROUP. I SEE COMMISSIONER PLANK, UH, GONZALEZ. IS IT OKAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO GO TO ANY PUBLIC FORUM IN ANY DISTRICT? THANK YOU. UM, SHAREPOINT US, EXCUSE ME. YEAH, JUST TO ANSWER COMMISSIONER BRENT'S QUESTION. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UH, YES. SO WHILE THESE, WHILE THESE PUBLIC FORUMS MAY HAVE A FOCUS ON A PARTICULAR DISTRICT, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO ATTEND ANY OF THESE FORUMS. UM, IF YOU'VE ATTENDED A PREVIOUS ONE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THERE IS A MAP WORKSHEET FOR THE PARTICULAR DISTRICT THAT WE ARE IN, AS WELL AS AN ENTIRE CITY MAP THAT IS PROVIDED AT ALL OF THESE FORUMS. SO SHORT ANSWER, YES, THE PUBLIC CAN ATTEND ANY OF THESE FORMS THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLANK, MISSIONARY. UH, I JUST WANT TO ADD TO YOUR LAST, UH, COMMENT, UH, VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ ABOUT DIFFERENT, UH, CITIZENS ATTENDING DIFFERENT PUBLIC FORUMS. I KNOW THAT THE TEAM HAS ALSO BEEN POSTING THESE MAPS ONLINE FOR PEOPLE'S YOU DOWNLOAD AND PRINT. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT LET'S PRETEND THAT I'M A CITIZEN HAD MISSED THEIR DISTRICTS, PUBLIC FORUM. THEY CAN ALWAYS PRINT AND COMMENT ON AND SUBMIT AT ANOTHER FORUM OR SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS ONLINE. THANK YOU. I SEE CHRISTIAN OR SCHNEIDER AND THEN COMMISSIONER GONZALES. I'M SORRY. I MISSED WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE DISTRICT THREE LOCATIONS. WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT WOULD BE THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT, FOR DISTRICT. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A TENTATIVE SPACE RESERVATION AT THE DULUTH BRANCH LIBRARY. IT IS TENTATIVE. OUR PARTNER THERE IS ASKING, UH, THE QUOTE UNQUOTE HIGHER UPS FOR A SPECIAL DISPENSATION FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH THAT SPACE. UM, BUT WE ARE ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION. THE BACKUP PLAN THOUGH, SHOULD ALL THAT FOLLOW THROUGH IS TO GO VIRTUAL FOR DISTRICT THREE AS WELL. OKAY. AND ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION. YES, SIR. TWO AREA WIDE MEETINGS, 10 TO NOON ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER, UH, AUGUST 21ST. AND WHAT ARE THE TIMES FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 27TH. YES, SIR. THAT WOULD BE 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM. OKAY. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IF I, IF I MADE SHARE, I KNOW COMMISSIONER GONE, UH, HAD HER HAND UP, BUT IF I MAY, THE REASONING BEHIND THOSE TWO VIRTUAL FORUMS IS JUST TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT TIME, A DIFFERENT DAY THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO WE FELT AN EARLY MORNING TIME ON A SATURDAY. AND, UH, DURING THE LUNCHTIME, DURING A WEEKDAY, MAYBE FOR, UH, PEOPLE WHO WORK, PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THEIR LUNCH, WE THOUGHT THESE TWO DATES AND TIMES, UH, WOULD MEET, UM, WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT FELT GONE. YES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, TO COMMISSIONER GONZALES'S, UM, INVITATION, IF WE, IF YOU KNOW OF PLACES OR PERHAPS YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY ROOM, UM, THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO, WHAT'S REALLY HELPFUL IS IF YOU YOURSELF CAN RESERVE IT. UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY HELPFUL TIPS AND POINT BEEN POINTED TO SO MANY PLACES, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE CHECKED THEM ALL. SO JUST REALLY ASK THAT TO BE THE UTMOST AMOUNT OF HELPFUL IS NOT TO SAY NOT TO SUGGEST A PLACE YOU'VE HEARD OF, BUT INSTEAD SAY A PLACE THAT YOU WOULD YOURSELF BE ABLE TO BOOK. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION AS WE ARE REALLY SCRAMBLING, UM, ON A SHORT [00:25:01] TIMEFRAME TO FIND AN IN-PERSON PLACE FOR THESE LAST TWO. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. AND, UM, WAS COMMISSIONER FIRST BEFORE ME, I SAW YOUR HAND UP, BUT WASN'T SURE. SURE. OKAY. QUESTION. I HEARD HIM. THANK YOU. UH, IN LIGHT OF THE, UH, SEARCH THAT WE'RE IN REGARDING THAT WE'VE GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO MOVING THESE MEETINGS TO ALL VIRTUAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED IS THAT, UM, OUR ATTEMPT TO ALL SOCIAL DISTANCE, WE ARE NOT CONSISTENTLY HAVING, UH, PARTIES, UH, SIX FEET APART. AND THIS VARIANT IS REPORTED TO BE, UH, MORE EASILY TRANSMITTED SUCH THAT CDC IS INDICATING 10 TO 15 FEET APART. AND SO JUST AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO POSSIBLY GOING A HUNDRED PERCENT VIRTUAL. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, AND MAYBE IN A MOMENT HERE, UM, VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ CAN SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN SPEARHEADING EVERYTHING WITH THE, UH, PUBLIC FORUMS, BUT I'LL GO CAMPBELL FIRST. AND THEN I SEE MY SHARE MORRIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I HAD SENT LUIS AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT SEND, UNFORTUNATELY, SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, BUT REGARDING THIS DISCUSSION, WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY AND JUDGING BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A VIRTUAL MEETING NEXT WEEK. I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH EVERYBODY THAT IS ABLE TO DO IT. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A FACEBOOK LIVE OPTION? IS THAT A POSSIBLE OPTION? AND ALSO WILL WE CONSIDER PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLIC ANOTHER WAY TO GET, UM, STUFF TO FILL OUT LIKE THE MAPS? UM, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET OR THEY MAY NOT, UM, HAVE THE OTHER MEANS TO COME TO CITY HALL TO DROP IT OFF. SO I SUGGESTED THAT WE MAYBE LOOK INTO HAVING PUBLIC LIBRARIES, COLLECT THE FORMS, WHICH WE CAN THEN PICK UP OR FIND ANOTHER WAY TO DISTRIBUTE THAT AND, OR HAVE ENVELOPES AND STAMPS FOR PEOPLE TO MAIL IT IN. SO IT'S NOT PUTTING THE BURDEN ON THE PUBLIC TO FIGURE THAT OUT. UM, SO THE OTHER TWO CAN WAIT, BUT ARE WE GOING TO LOOK INTO OTHER WAYS SUCH AS FACEBOOK LIVE FOR NEXT WEEK, CONSIDERING THAT THAT'S COMING UP VERY SOON? THAT'S ALSO A GOOD QUESTION COMMISSIONER KAMBO, UM, I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. AND, UH, AND THAT MIGHT BE A DISCUSSION THAT IS ONGOING, UM, YOU KNOW, BEYOND THIS MEETING TODAY. UM, BUT, BUT REALLY GOOD POINTS. AND, UM, AND I'M, I'M SURE THAT, UH, VICE CHAIR GONZALES WAS NOTED THAT AS WELL. UH, COMMISSIONER MORRIS. OKAY. UH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK OFF THE COMMISSIONER HARDEN'S QUESTION. UM, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO MODIFY ALL EXISTING, UH, PUBLIC FORUMS TO A HYBRID, UH, FORUM. SO EITHER PEOPLE, ANY EXISTING LOCATIONS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE LOCKED IN, UH, PEOPLE CAN ATTEND IN PERSON IF THEY WANT OR ATTEND VIRTUALLY THANK YOU, CRUSHER MORRIS. UM, AND I KNOW, UH, MR. GONZALEZ, YOU MAY WISH TO RESPOND, UM, TO THESE VARIOUS REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND CONCERNS. YEAH. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TAKE FIRST, UH, COMMISSIONER CAMBOS, UH, FACEBOOK LIVE. IT WAS DISCUSSED. UM, I BELIEVE THAT IS, UM, AN ITEM FOR OUR HARDWORKING COMMUNICATIONS GROUP. UM, BUT I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA. AGAIN, I HAD NOTED THE, UM, POTENTIAL OF FOLKS COMMENTING VIA FACEBOOK LIVE AND NOTED THAT THOSE WOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS PUBLIC COMMENT JUST GIVEN THE CITY SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY. BUT, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US, UH, TO STREAM, UH, VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES ON FACEBOOK LIVE. SOME MORE FOLKS WOULD BE ABLE TO CAPTURE IT, UM, IN TERM OF COMMISSIONER, HARDIN AND COMMISSIONER MORRIS'S, UH, THOUGHTS. UM, THEY KIND OF, SO WE'RE HEARING TWO DIFFERENT, UM, KIND OF IDEAS ON COMPLETELY VIRTUAL AND HYBRID. WE UNDERSTAND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY, I HATE TO SAY GOING WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE FLOW, WE'VE HEARD FOLKS WANT TO, IN-PERSON, WE'VE HEARD SOME OF THE COMMUNITY WANTS VIRTUAL. UH, I THINK A HYBRID MODEL MAY BE THE BEST. [00:30:01] UM, BUT NOW IT IS WORKING WITH THE APPROPRIATE STAFF, THE APPROPRIATE OUR AAV STAFF, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL DO OUR BEST IN TERMS OF THE AUGUST 3RD EVENT. THAT IS THE FIRST ONE IS TUESDAY. THAT WILL BE A POTENTIAL HYBRID. UM, JUST WE IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. I WILL, I WILL AT LEAST SAY NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, UH, AND, AND WE WILL WORK TOWARDS IT AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO I APPRECIATE BOTH OF THOSE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS. SURE. I SEE. JUST A MOMENT AGO. DID YOU STILL WANT US OKAY. UM, YES. MR. LANDS AND THEN BLANK. UH, MADAM CHAIR. I, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT COME TO MIND. ONE IS THAT, UM, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE BEING IRRESPONSIBLE AS IT RELATES TO HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND IT HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH WHAT PEOPLE WANT. I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO, UH, IF I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND AND ALMOST READY TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD, UH, OPERATE ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AS IT RELATES TO THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. UM, THOSE WHO MAY BE COMING AND THOSE WHO ARE ON THIS COMMISSION, THE SECOND ITEM IS THAT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE PUT ON FACEBOOK OR ANYTHING ELSE. UM, WE DON'T REPORT TO THEM OTHER THAN IN THE FINAL REPORT, SO THEY DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF AUTHORITY OVER US. AND I, I THINK THAT WE GOT TO GET OUR MINDS WRAPPED AROUND, WE ARE SOLVING GROUP AND WE MUST DO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET THE JOB DONE. THANK YOU. THANKS. UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M MAKING A POTENTIAL SUGGESTION ON THIS AND I DON'T, I DON'T HOLD STRONG TO IT, BUT I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, THE PUBLIC WORKING PUBLIC FORUM WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER IT COULD BE, CAN WE DO BOTH BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY OF HAVING BOTH, YOU KNOW, W WE ALREADY HAVE THE AB SET UP AND THEN TRYING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME IN AND COMMUNICATE WITH US VIA ZOOM. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A LOT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR, GIVEN THE ATTENDANCE THAT WE HAVE NOW. I THINK THAT THERE'S AN ASPECT OF THIS, WHICH IS, I THINK, AS GOING INTO COMMUNITIES IS, IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW COMFORTABLE ON THIS COMMISSION, THEY FEEL ABOUT DOING THAT OR NOT. AND I SAID, I'D BE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, REDO A SURVEY WHERE WE COULD CONSIDER WHAT PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE, NOT COMFORTABLE DOING, BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM AT THESE FORUMS, COULD WE, ON THE NIGHT OF THESE FORUMS, DO BOTH, ULTIMATELY COULD HALF OF THE COMMISSION WHO'S WILLING TO BE THERE THAT NIGHT AND DO IT VIRTUALLY, COULD HAVE DO IT AT THE IN-PERSON LOCATION, COULD THE CHAIR, AND VICE-CHAIR DECIDE WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND LEAD EITHER, EITHER MEETING. AND THAT WAY WE'RE, WE'RE COVERING ALL OUR BASES BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING VERY, YOU KNOW, SPLIT AND VERY DIFFERENT VIEWS ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING FROM THE PUBLIC. I THINK THE COMMISSION SEEMS TO FEEL THAT WAY ALSO, I THINK THERE'S CLEARLY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMFORT HERE. UM, AND THEN JUST ON THIS, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THIS FACEBOOK LIVE THING, JUST HAVE A SEPARATE POST THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO SET THE POINT OF KEEPING A PUBLIC RECORD, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF IMPORTANT. AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC RECORD ASPECT OF THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT SUPERSEDES OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND IT HAS TO GUIDE AT LEAST SOME OF THESE DECISIONS. SO, AS I SAID, I'M NOT NECESSARILY, I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE AS AN OPTION TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLANK, BUT NSC FELT GONE TOO. YEAH, SURE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PERSPECTIVE. UM, I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS ONE THAT WE'RE HAVING ALMOST 24 HOURS A DAY ON THE PUBLIC FORUM GROUPS. SO PLEASE KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY OF THIS LIGHTLY. UM, BUT I THINK AS, UM, VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ SAID IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE ARE, I GUESS LED BY THE IDEA OF GETTING FEEDBACK. AND IF PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY WANT TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK IN PERSON, WE FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THAT A, AN OPTION FOR THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, I CAN MORE THAN UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY, UM, PURSUE ALL OF THESE OPTIONS AS I'M SURE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE ALLUDED TO. IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT THE LOGISTICS. SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE LIKE LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, WE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION AND WE HAVE, UM, BEEN DISCUSSING EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE ALSO COME UP. SO, UM, JUST TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US ARE ON [00:35:01] THE SAME PLACE OF TRYING THAT DELICATE BALANCE OF SAFETY VERSUS REPRESENTATION. AND, UM, JUST KNOW THAT, JUST TO ASK YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS AND, UM, WE ARE GOING WITH WHAT WE FEEL IS THE BEST WAY TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE AS THEY FEEL APPROPRIATE AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THEIR OWN, UM, PREFERENCES AND NOT OURS AND, UM, THAT WE WILL GO ACCORDINGLY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FALCON. UM, UH, I'LL ADDRESS, UH, VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ, AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER LANCE, IF YOU DON'T MIND SHAREPOINT US, UH, COULD COMMISSIONER LANDS GO FIRST? SURE, OF COURSE. THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, I I'D LIKE TO JUST CAUTION US ABOUT, UH, SEEING, UM, UH, THE PRIORITY OF HOW WE FEEL ABOUT SOMETHING WHEN WE'RE REALLY NOT DEALING WITH FEELINGS AS IT RELATES TO SAFETY HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A, SOMETHING THAT IS FACT, NOT A FEELING AND TO, UM, THE, THE WORKING GROUP IS BRINGING SOMETHING BACK TO THIS COMMISSION, BUT THE COMMISSION ULTIMATELY HAS THE FINAL SAY. SO JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT MAY JUST BE A GOOD, WARM FEELING. I HAVE A GREAT FEELING ABOUT IT ALSO, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD MEET IN PERSON, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT IT MIGHT PUT PEOPLE IN DANGER AND NONE OF US HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT IT WILL NOT. THANK YOU, SIR. VICE CHAIR. WE'VE DONE IT IF THERE'S NO OTHER HANDS. SO JUST WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE AND SAY, THANK YOU EVERYONE. UH, YOU KNOW, I ECHO COMMISSIONER , UH, COMMENTS JUST A WHILE AGO THAT WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION AS A WORKING GROUP. WE FEEL LIKE WHAT WE, WHAT WE AT LEAST I PROVIDED IN THE UPDATE TODAY IS THE BEST PATH FORWARD. I WOULD ALSO JUST SAY AGAIN WITH THE HYBRID MODEL, UH, IT IS, UH, I THINK IT IS THE BEST FOOT FORWARD, BUT IT DOESN'T RESOLVE, UH, FOR THE DISTRICTS THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE VENUES FOR. UM, SO I FEEL, AND COMMISSIONER BLANK MENTIONED THIS, THE FACT THAT ALL, ANYONE COULD ATTEND ANY OF THESE FORUMS, WE ALREADY SORT OF HAVE A HYBRID MODEL HERE THAT WE'VE PRESENTED. THERE ARE A FEW IN-PERSON LOCATIONS IN SOME OF THE DISTRICTS, THERE ARE VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS IN ADDITION TO THE TWO SOLELY, COMPLETELY VIRTUAL OPTIONS AT THE END. SO UNLESS WE FIND VENUES FOR THOSE THAT WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE VENUES FOR THAT BEING DISTRICT SIX, DISTRICT FIVE AND DISTRICT THREE, UM, THOSE WILL BE VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND WE DO SORT OF HAVE A HYBRID MODEL CURRENTLY, UM, THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE BAN CHAIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, I WILL ALSO ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CHARTER WAS WRITTEN FOR THIS COMMISSION, WE COULD NOT HAVE ANTICIPATED A PANDEMIC THAT WOULD AFFECT US FOR THIS LONG AND AT THIS LEVEL, RIGHT. TO THIS EXTENT. UM, AND IT DOES SAY THAT WE SHOULD HOLD A FORUM AND EVERY ONE OF THE 10 DISTRICTS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO TRUST THAT IN THESE IN-PERSON FORUMS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SO FAR AND THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE PLANNED TO COME, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO COME UNDERSTAND THE RISKS THAT THEY'RE TAKING WHEN THEY COME AND HOPEFULLY THEY'RE COMING VACCINATED, AND WE CAN SUGGEST, CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT THEY COME MAST. AND WE ARE ALL MODELING TO PEOPLE THAT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ALL WEARING OUR MASKS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT FROM EVERY ONE OF YOU. UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY OF WHAT THE LANGUAGE SAYS AND, UM, AND THAT, YES, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM AT ANY OF THESE FORUMS AS, AS EFFICIENT COMMISSIONER BLANK MENTIONED. SO IF, UM, ONLY THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE COMFORTABLE ATTENDING ATTEND, THEN, UM, THEN THAT IS FINE, YOU KNOW? UM, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL VIRTUAL OPTIONS, UH, I THINK FOR ANYONE WHO IS NOT COMFORTABLE DOING IT IN PERSON OPTIONS. SO, UM, I DO, UM, UH, WHY DON'T WE ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT VICE-CHAIR GONZALEZ SAID ABOUT HOW, IN A SENSE, WE DO HAVE A HYBRID MODEL WITH THERE BEING A MIXTURE OF IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL OPTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AND THE COMMISSIONERS TO ATTEND AS WELL. AND, UM, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT COMMISSIONER FOXCONN SAID ABOUT HOW WE'RE WORKING UNDER A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE AND, UM, EVERY TIME A DECISION CHANGES THAT IS HOURS OF LABOR ON OUR END TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE CHANGES. UM, AND, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION. UM, SO THAT IS EVERYTHING I HAVE TO SAY. UM, AND I SEE COMMISSIONER HARDEN'S HAND. YES, YES. I'M SPEAKING STRICTLY ONLY FROM [00:40:01] A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, NOT ABOUT MY WELFARE. AND SO I THINK IF WE HAVE PUBLIC FORMS, UH, AS SOME PROVISIONS WERE MADE LAST NIGHT TO DRIVE SOCIAL DISTANCING WITHIN EVERY OTHER ROW SEATING, WE NEED TO ALSO DO SIMILAR TO ENSURE WHERE ROLES ARE OCCUPIED. THAT THERE'S A POINT, UH, OF ROLES UNLESS YOU COME FROM THE SAME HOUSEHOLD OR THEY COME TOGETHER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, LET'S TRY TO KEEP OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION OR HARD. ARE WE COMFORTABLE MOVING ON FROM THIS CONVERSATION? THANK YOU, EVERYONE. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING FLEXIBLE AND UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT AND DELICATE CONVERSATION TO HAVE RIGHT NOW. UM, SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL OKAY. UM, SO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO BE THE UPDATE FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKING GROUP SINCE COMMISSIONER CALLED IT OWN IS OUT COMMISSIONER FALCO, AND WE'LL PROVIDE THESE UPDATES YEAH. RIGHT. TO A, UM, ANOTHER NON-CONTROVERSIAL OR TOPIC THAT NO ONE WILL HAVE OPINIONS ON. SO THANK YOU CHAIR, AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE OUR FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKING GROUP. SO FIRST, JUST TO THANK YOU, UM, THANKS TO EVERYBODY'S GREAT WORK. WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SHARING THE INFORMATION THAT COMMISSIONER IS SENDING OUT. UM, I BELIEVE IT GOES OUT ON TUESDAYS WAS SHARING THAT WITH YOUR PERSONAL NETWORKS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE FEATURED ON NEWSPAPERS, TV STATIONS, ONLINE OUTLETS, AND MORE SO, JUST A THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR DOING THAT AND TO PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS PAYING OFF. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, MADE THE EDITS OR COMPILED THE EDITS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE REFLECTED ON THEIR REDISTRICT ATX WEBSITE. AND WE'RE HANDING THOSE OFF TO OUR WEBSITE PERSON TO HAVE IMPLEMENTED HOPEFULLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR WEBSITE UP TO REFLECT OUR CURRENT SITUATION. ALSO THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER YE. SO SHE HAS, UH, STEPPED IN AND, UM, BEGUN TWEETING. SO YOU CAN FOLLOW HER, OR I'M SORRY, YOU CAN FOLLOW HER WORK, BUT REALLY FOLLOW THE DISTRICT AT AUSTIN REDISTRICT WITHOUT A T AT THE END. UM, AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU TO CHRISTINE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING, UM, WITH MANAGING THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT GOES OUT THROUGH THE CITY. SO THE CITY DOES DISTRIBUTE OUR PRESS RELEASES AND THOSE GO OUT TO VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS. WE ALSO DO ADDITIONAL OUTREACH AS, UM, ON OUR OWN, AND THEN THE OUTREACH THAT WE ASK YOU TO DO, BUT, UM, THAT IS IMPORTANT STUFF. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT WORK. UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING REALLY QUICKLY, UM, THAT IS CERTAINLY A HUGE JOB WE'RE WORKING ON RENEWING THE DOMAIN FOR THE WEBSITE. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH INSIGHT AS TO WHEN OUR DOMAIN WOULD EXPIRE OR WHO OWNS IT. SO WE ARE, I GUESS, NOT WHO OWNS IT, BUT WHO WOULD GET THE RENEWAL NOTICE? SO WE ARE WORKING ON RESEARCHING THAT AS WELL. AND THEN WE STARTED DRAFTING AN ONBOARDING CHECKLIST FOR FUTURE ICRCS TO BE INCLUDED AS AN APPENDICES IN THE FINAL REPORT. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF LEARNING AND THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE TO PASS THAT ALONG INSTEAD OF LEAVING OUR NEXT ICRC WITH HAVING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF START WHERE WE DID, IF YOU WILL, AND NOT, NOT SAYING THAT ANYONE LEFT US OUT, WE DID HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONTACTS AT THE LAST COMMISSION, BUT JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT THAT'S A LITTLE MORE ROBUST. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO CONSOLIDATED THE THREE SEPARATE MEDIA LISTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE CONTINUE TO SEND OUT PRESS RELEASES, UM, AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE FORUMS. AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY EFFECTIVE BECAUSE USUALLY IT'S A PERSON TO PERSON COMMUNICATION AND PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED BACK, UM, WITH THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION. SO THAT'S MY UPDATE. AND THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM BEFORE I MOVE ON BLANK? I KNOW THAT AT ONE OF OUR PRIOR BEADS THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE NOW, SOMEONE, YOU [00:45:01] KNOW, IN A WAY THAT WAS FAIR, BUT ALSO COMPLAINED THAT THEY HAD ONLY LEARNED ABOUT THIS FROM THE COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER. AND I WANT TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S GREAT. GOOD JOB. YOU GUYS. I MEAN THAT STUFF'S OUT THERE A LOT AND, UH, YEAH. I MEAN, THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE LEARNING ABOUT IT FROM THOSE OUTLETS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, KUDOS TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THAT'S APPRECIATED FOR A MOMENT. I COULDN'T TELL IF THAT WAS YOUR HAND OR THE CARTOON HANDS. THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME. MY HANDS ARE CARTOONISH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS. THIS IS JUST A BRIEF ONE TO SEE UPDATE FROM THE HIRING WORKING GROUP. YOU WILL GET THE UPDATE. OKAY. HELLO. UM, SO AS WE HAD MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, UM, OUR MAPPING NEEDS WILL BE MET BY MR. GEORGE KORBEL. AND JUST TO PROVIDE, I GUESS, UM, CLARIFICATION, WE ARE NO LONGER SEARCHING FOR A MAPPING SPECIALIST, SO THAT ROLE WILL BE FULFILLED. LIKE I SAID, BY MR. GEORGE KORBEL, AND THEN MR. DAVID RICHARDS WILL SERVE AS OUR LEGAL COUNSEL. UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AWESOME, GREAT. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. KORBEL, I WOULD LOVE IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK TO YOUR MAPPING EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE LESS FAMILIAR WITH YOUR WORK. UM, JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, UM, JUST THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF YOUR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WITH MAPPING. WELL, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, UH, GRASPING DISTRICTS, UM, IN WHICH ELECTIONS WERE HELD SINCE 70 71. AND I'VE APPEARED IN DOZENS AND DOZENS OF LAWSUITS OF WHICH I'VE, UM, I'VE DRAWN THE DISTRICTS. AND, UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN HIRED BY 60 JURISDICTIONS. MOST OF WHICH WE HAD INITIALLY SEWARD TO DRAW DISTRICTS FOR THEM. AND, UM, UH, ELECTIONS WERE HELD ON THOSE DISTRICTS. WE'VE NEVER, UH, SECTION FIVE WAS, UM, APPLIED. WE'VE NEVER HAD A DISTRICT THAT WE'VE DRAWN, UM, OBJECTED TO BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER SECTION FIVE. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN, SO I'VE DRAWN LOTS OF, LOTS OF DISTRICTS. THANK YOU, SIR. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WORKING ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN. SISTRIX THIS YEAR. VERY EXCITED FOR THAT. UM, OKAY. THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS. THIS IS TWO D THE UPDATE FROM THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE MORRIS WILL PROVIDE THE UPDATES. UH, YEAH, SO NOTHING MAJOR TO ANNOUNCE RIGHT NOW. UH, THE, UH, WE'VE ONLY HIT ABOUT 1% OF OUR BUDGET UTILIZATION OF THE $150,000. WE'VE BEEN ALLOTTED, UH, 1600 TO THE PUBLIC FORUM EXPENSES FOR DISTRICT ONE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, $150 FOR COMMUNICATION OUTREACH RELATED TO THE ZOOM THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW. AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES RELATED TO SUPPLIES AND SNACKS FOR THE FORUMS. UM, WE DO ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES FROM LEGAL COUNSELING AT OUR ADMIN MANAGER. EVENTUALLY ONCE WE GET THOSE BILLINGS, UH, AND THEN THE QUESTION MARK IS THE PLACEHOLDER THAT WE NOW HAVE FOR THE MAPPING CONSOLE. SO, UH, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL NEED TO DISCUSS AT SOME POINT IN TIME, HOW WE WANT TO USE THAT BUDGET. AND THAT'S THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR THE MAPPING CONSULTANT WAS 40 K. SO, UM, WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME LEEWAY IN HOW WE WANT TO USE THAT BUDGET. THANK YOU, FISHER BLANK. AND I KNOW THAT AGAIN, I KNOW THE WORKING GROUPS ARE WORKING ON ALL THESE THINGS, BUT SINCE THIS IS SORT OF A CROSS-POLLINATION, I MEAN, IS THERE ANY WAY TO THROW MONEY AT OUR PROBLEM OF LIBRARIES CANCELING? I'VE JUST, ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT FOR AGAIN, DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES SURE. FISHER FALL. AND DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? SURE. GO AHEAD. SURE. I THINK COMMISSIONER GONZALES AND I MIGHT RESPOND IN THE SAME WAY, WHICH IS THAT WE WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. AND, UM, WITH THE LIBRARIES CANCELING, UM, WE MAY NEED ADDITIONAL BUDGET, BUT UNFORTUNATELY EVEN NOW, LIKE JUST, WE CAN'T LIKE OFFER SOMEONE A BACK AS MONEY. THEY LET US USE THEIR SPACE. SO UNFORTUNATELY IT'S STILL REQUIRES, UM, A LOT OF LEG WORK TO FIND THAT SPACE, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, [00:50:01] ENTHUSIASM. WELL, I JUST ONLY BRING IT UP BECAUSE I THINK WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE SORT OF PLACES THAT I WOULD CONSIDER IN THESE DISTRICTS, I WAS THINKING ON THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD, WHICH IS MOSTLY WOMEN, WHICH IS MOSTLY GOING TO BE FOR EMPLOYMENT COSTS. AND SO I JUST, SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE BROADLY IN TERMS OF SPACES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AND SAFE GIVEN THE BUDGET OR NOT? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLANK BY SHEER GONZALEZ, JUST THINKING CHAIR, JUST A RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER BLANK AND COMMISSIONER BOGAN IS, UH, YEAH. SIMILAR, SIMILAR RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER, UH, AND JUST TO SHARE, UH, I HAVE TRIED TO THROW SOME OF THE BUDGET AT SOME, UH, ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS IN TERMS OF HOTEL MEETING ROOMS, UM, AND TO THE LIGHT, BUT NO BITES JUST YET. UM, BUT TRYING TO GET CREATIVE, I APPRECIATE IT. UH, COMMISSIONER FALCO, JUST TO SHARE SOMETHING HUMOROUS IS THAT I HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO LIKE KARATE DOJO, JOS, AND CAMPS, AND LIKE LITERALLY LOOKING AT A MAP AND CONTACTING ANY BUSINESS THAT MIGHT HAVE LIKE A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET. SO, UM, JUST, I WAS LAUGHING AT MYSELF WHEN I STARTED CONTACTING LIKE GYMS AND DODOS, SO I THOUGHT THE COMMISSIONERS MIGHT ALSO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS THE FINANCE UPDATE. UH, THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO E AN UPDATE FROM THE FINAL REPORT. SUBCOMMITTEE COMMISSIONER CANNON CAN GIVE THIS UPDATE. YEAH, THANKS CHAIR. UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, WE MET ONCE AS A COMMITTEE AND WE DISCUSSED, UM, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT WE WOULD DO. UH, I THINK, UM, TRUST ME, I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO MY EMAIL CAUSE I HAD ALL THE NOTES WRITTEN DOWN. I'VE BEEN LOCKED OUT. UH, HOWEVER, UH, WE DECIDED THAT I WOULD MOCK UP THE TEMPLATES FOR THE FINAL REPORT AND I CIRCULATED THAT WITH THE SUB COMMITTEE AND THEY'RE REVIEWING IT. UM, THE CHAIR WILL WRITE THE FINAL END AND COMMENTS FOR THE REPORT. UM, COMMISSIONER BLANK, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT ANY STATS OR GRAPHICS THAT WE NEED, AND IF WE CALL IT OUT AND COMMISSIONER HARDEN, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE, THE LANGUAGE AND THE FORMAT IN WHICH WE'RE WRITING NOTES AND PROVIDE INPUT. AND THE CHAIR WILL, WE'LL ALL DO SOME SECOND EDIT AND REVIEWS. WE HAVE A, UH, ONE OUTSTANDING ITEM OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND SYNTHESIZE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE INFORMATION WE'RE GATHERING FROM THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND TRYING TO PRESENT THAT AND INCORPORATE THAT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY INTO THE FINAL REPORT. AS SOON AS WE HAVE SOME INITIAL MOCK-UPS, WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND PRESENT IT, UH, TO THIS TEAM SHORTLY, JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP TO, THAT WOULD BE THAT THE FORMAT IN ITSELF WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE OLD REPORT. WE DON'T WANT TO VEER COMPLETELY OFF THE DEEP END FOR THIS ONE. SO WE FOLLOWED THIS, BUT I THINK WE THINK THAT ADDING A, HOW HAS THE RECENT CHANGES IMPACTED THIS REPORT WOULD BE A GOOD INSERT INTO THE LINE ITEMS. SO WE'RE ADDING A SECTION FOR HOW HAVE RECENT CHANGES IMPACTED OUR WORK. SO AS TO PUT IN CONTEXT, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE READING THIS REPORT MADE TO THE OVERALL LAYOUT TO MAKE IT MORE READER FRIENDLY IN COMMISSIONER HARTMAN HAD A GOOD POINT OF TRYING TO FOLLOW LIKE A NEWSPAPER FORMAT OF CATERING TO 83 READING LEVELS. SO THAT IS, THIS REPORT IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. SO WE PRESENT TO AN ABROAD AUDIENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UM, AND CHRISTINE GRENADA'S IS WORKING ON THOSE, UM, JUST BASICALLY CONDENSING, UM, ALL OF THE CONTENTS OF THE WORKSHEETS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THESE FORUMS, THE EMAILS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, UM, AND BREAKING THAT DOWN BY DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN INTEGRATE THAT INTO THE FINAL REPORT. UM, AND I, AGAIN, I THINK I SAID THIS LAST MEETING, BUT I'LL REITERATE, I WANT THAT, UM, INFORMATION TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE ON THIS COMMISSION. UM, SO IN THE EVENT THAT YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND A DISTRICT, UM, AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN IT AND, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT THAT'S ALL IN WRITING FOR YOU TO REVIEW, SO, OKAY. LET'S GO AHEAD. AND, UM, OH, I SEE, I SEE A COUPLE OF PENS. I KNOW, I THINK COMMISSIONER MORRIS HAD SOMETHING. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, YEAH, I WAS GONNA MAKE SUGGESTIONS. THE COMMISSION IS TO, UH, POSSIBLY KEEP NOTES [00:55:01] ON, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT ICRC, UH, TO INCLUDE IN THE FINAL REPORT. UM, JUST, JUST A SUGGESTION, BUT, UH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS A GREAT SUGGESTION. UM, AND ALL NODES ARE WELCOME. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER FALCONE REFERRED TO, UH, IN THE COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE IS THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKING GROUP IS CREATING A CHECKLIST OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHOULD DO. AND WHEN, UM, AND I ALSO HAVE AN AMBITION TO HAVE A PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIMELINE SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT COMMISSION UNDERSTANDS WHEN THINGS NEED TO BE DONE. UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT RUSHING AWAY THAT WE HAD SKILLCRUSH. UM, SO YES, UH, THOSE ARE ALL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS REPORT. ABSOLUTELY. UH, CHRISTIAN CANON, DID YOU STILL HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO F AND UPDATE ON EMPLOYEE CONTRACTS. UH, MR. NODOZ, WE'LL GIVE THESE UPDATES. OKAY. UM, SO FAR WE'VE FINALIZED LEGAL COUNSEL AND MAPPING SPECIALISTS CONTRACTS, AND, UM, WE CREATED A LETTER OF AGREEMENT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT OR ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER POSITION. AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL UNLESS MATT HAS ANYTHING TO ADD FROM THE CITY. HEY, GOOD EVENING. UM, NO, THAT'S, UH, UH, I'M STILL, UM, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THAT'S MOVING FORWARD. UM, THAT'S SENT THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND THE INFORMATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER POSITION TO THE CITY OF SPOT DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THEY COULD TAKE THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT THAT THEY CREATED FOR LEGAL COUNSEL AND CREATE A LETTER, A LETTER OF AGREEMENT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER, UM, AND HOPING TO GET THAT BACK ANY DAY NOW. THANK YOU. WELL, WE'LL SEE WHO GETS THERE FIRST. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. LET'S PRONOS THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TWO G UPDATES FROM THE CITY ON PUBLIC HEARING LOGISTICS AND, UH, AND THE EMAILS FOR, UM, I THINK A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS MIGHT BE HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH GETTING INTO THEIR EMAIL OR GETTING THEM SET UP. AND THEN ALSO THE EMAIL FOR OUR ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER IS GRANADA. YEAH. THANKS CHAIR. UM, SO FOR THE LOGISTICS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUMS WAS STILL LOOKING GOOD. UH, GOT THE MATERIALS PRINTED OUT, UM, THE AGENDAS, THE WORKSHEETS AS WELL. UM, SO HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF SNACKS AND, AND, UM, AND, UH, THEN THE WATER CONTAINER AS WELL. SO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. UM, FOR THE EMAILS, I'M NOT SURE WHY THOSE ARE HAVING ISSUES. I GOT AN EMAIL JUST RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING FROM DR. LANDES THAT HE WAS ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS, UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE SOLUTION IS THAT WHEN THERE'S YOU GET LOCKED OUT OF THAT EMAIL, THAT YOUR BC WARDEN PERMISSION EMAIL ADDRESS, YOU'VE GOT TO CONTACT THE CITY'S HELP DESK, UM, AND WORK WITH ONE OF THE FRONT OF THE TEXT, UH, TO UNLOCK THAT. UM, UM, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT THOSE, THOSE SEEM TO KEEP THEM KEEP HAPPENING. UM, UH, BUT YET, UNFORTUNATELY IT TAKES A PHONE CALL TO GET THAT TICKET THAT UNLOCKED. I SEE A COUPLE HANDS SO ON. LET ME JUST PAUSE IT. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER CANNON, AND THEN BY SERVICE, IF SOMEONE CAN JUST SHOOT US THE PHONE NUMBER, CAUSE I HAVE NO ACCESS TO ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. SO IF THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER OR SOMETHING, IF YOU CAN TEXT HER, SEND THAT TO ME, I'M HAPPY TO CALL THE, THE LINE. THANK YOU. YEAH. I JUST GOT LOCKED OUT OF THIS ACCOUNT. THIS AM IT. YOU SAID, SORRY. YOU HAVE TO CONTACT SOMEONE TO RESET YOUR ACCOUNT AND I'M NOT SURE WHY, OR I ACTUALLY DO HAVE THAT NUMBER HANDY CAUSE I HAD SENT IT TO DR. LANCE RECENTLY. IT IS. UM, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE THIS DOWN, IT'S 5 1 2 9 7, 4 43 57. ANYONE ELSE'S HAVING EMAIL ISSUES. CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF US. THAT'S THE HELP DESK NUMBER TO CALL. WERE THERE ANY OTHER UPDATES ABOUT, UM, ALONZO, SORRY, BRACE JERGENS ELLIS. NO, NO. AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOME FLAVOR TO THIS. I FEEL LIKE I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO RUN INTO MY ACCOUNT, BEING DISABLED, UH, GOING, UH, CONTACTING THE NUMBER THAT TRIPOD HAS PROVIDED. I LEARNED THAT MY EMAIL OR MY NAME WAS PUT ON A LIST TO BE DISABLED. UM, WHETHER THAT WAS A MISTAKE OR NOT, UM, WE COULDN'T, THEY COULD NOT VERIFY. UM, BUT THEY ULTIMATELY, AFTER THE CALL, [01:00:01] GREAT GENTLEMEN AT THE CITY, IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES FOR IT TO BE ON DISABLED. UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, APPARENTLY YOU COULD BE PUT ON A LIST THAT IS, UH, ON THE VERGE. LIKE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ON A LIST TO BE DISABLED, WHETHER THAT IS A MISTAKE OR NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY WANT TO ASK KANAAN ON. AND UH, I KNOW IF I'VE GONE AND HAD A ISSUE WITH HER EMAIL TOO, AND IT SEEMS LIKE DR. LANDS IS HAVING THAT SAME ISSUE. SO IT COULD BE A MISTAKE ON THE CITY'S END. YES. I KNOW. I KNOW CHRISTIAN OR HARDEN HAD AN ISSUE AT ONE POINT AS WELL. UM, SORRY. I REMEMBER THERE BEING, IS THERE ANY OTHER HANDS OTHER THAN A C CHRISTIAN OR HARDEN? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. UM, CAUSE YOU'RE HURTING. YEAH. WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY JOURNEY THROUGH THE CITY E-MAILS IS THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT BROWSER YOU'RE USING, IF YOU TELL IT TO SAVE YOUR EMAIL PASSWORD, UM, WHEN THE CITY'S EMAIL SYSTEM RUNS ITS PROTOCOL, IT MAY LOCK YOUR ACCOUNT. SO DON'T SAVE IT. UH, ALSO, UM, YOU CANNOT CHANGE YOUR SITTING PASSWORD YOURSELF, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOWS YOUR PASSWORD, BUT IF YOU CHANGE IT YOURSELF, IT'S GOING TO SEND YOU THROUGH A LOOP OF BEING LOCKED OUT OF THE SYSTEM. SO THOSE WERE MY DISCOVERIES AND I'M JUST, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. AND UM, I THINK THAT THEY THINK THAT THE TWO FACTOR PATIENT WHERE THEY SEND A CODE TO YOUR PHONE COUNTS AS YOUR PASSWORD, I GUESS. UM, I NOTICED THAT AS WELL, A LITTLE, A LITTLE LATER ON. UM, AND MATT, I DID WANT TO ASK AGAIN, SORRY IF I MISSED IT. WAS THERE AN UPDATE REGARDING CHRISTINE GRANADA CITY EMAIL ADDRESS? UH, YEAH, WITH JUST, UM, JUST TO CIRCLE BACK THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE, UM, THOSE LITTLE TIDBITS JUST THEN. UM, SO WHAT I CAN DO IS PUT ALL THOSE BASICALLY EMAIL ADDRESSES AND OF OVER TO MY CONTACT AT THE CITY'S COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO SAY, HEY, MAKE SURE THESE DON'T GET PUT ON A DISABLED LIST. UM, UM, AND I SAW, I SAW SOME, I SAW SOME FOLKS LAUGHING AND I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO NOT LAUGH AS WELL, BUT, UM, YEAH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE DIFFICULTIES. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S SO DIFFICULT. AND, UH, AND IT WAS APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S THEY'LL ASSUME HUMOR WITH THE, UH, WITH THAT ISSUE, UM, FOR CHRISTINE'S GRANITE DOSE, UM, SITTING EMAIL ADDRESS. YEAH, I GOT HER FORM BACK, SENT THAT OVER AND IT'S, UM, IT'S GETTING APPROVED. I'VE ASKED FOR THAT TO GET THAT APPROVED TODAY. UM, LOOKS LIKE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN BEFORE THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HAPPEN, UH, EITHER TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY. AND THEN SHE'LL HAVE THE, UM, HER OWN CITY EMAIL ADDRESS AS WELL. UM, AND THEN, THEN THAT WAS WHAT THE ICRC DOT COMMISSIONERS AND ALSO TEXAS.GOV EMAIL ADDRESS. UM, THE ONE THAT'S ON THE ICRC WEBPAGE, UM, THOSE EMAILS ARE COMING IN, UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE AUTOMATICALLY JUST GET TO ALL 14 ADDRESSES PLUS, UM, MR. RICHARDS, MR. CORBELL AND WAS GRANTED OUTS. UM, UH, I THINK, I THINK WE'LL GET THERE, BUT IN THE TIME BEING I'M JUST MANUALLY FORWARDING ALL THOSE WHEN THEY COME IN TO, UM, TO ALL 14 EMAIL ADDRESSES, PLUS YOUR THREE STAFF HIRES, UM, UH, THAT APPRECIATE THAT CONVERSATION. THE BEGINNING OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF OR HOW TO RESPOND OR REPLY TO THOSE, TO THOSE EMAILS WHEN THEY COME IN. UM, BECAUSE I'M GUESSING IT'LL BE A LOT MORE OF THOSE THAT COME IN AS WE, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. UM, WE MIGHT PUT THAT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. UM, OKAY. SO THAT IS EVERYTHING ABOUT CITY EMAILS AND MORE, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM THAT ITEM. I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK TO, UH, TWO H HOUSEKEEPING. WERE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, CONCERNS FROM ANYONE QUESTIONS WE TALKED ABOUT EMAILS ALREADY, BUT ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU CHAIR. JUST AFTER WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE PUBLIC FORUM UPDATE THIS EVENING, WE'LL UPDATE THE OUTLOOK CALENDAR INVITATIONS, UM, TO EITHER TBD OR THE VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 3RD. UM, SO I WILL KEEP THOSE AS UPDATED AS POSSIBLE. AND FOR, UM, AFTER THIS UPDATE, I WILL CHANGE THEM THIS EVENING. I WILL. THANK YOU, JERRY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. AND I WANT TO REITERATE, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY USING THAT RSVP FEATURE. IT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW IF WE HAVE A QUORUM IN ADVANCE, OKAY. THE FINAL ORDER OF BUSINESSES, FUTURE [01:05:01] AGENDA ITEMS. I WANT TO ADD A FEW THINGS AND THEN I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO EVERYONE ELSE. IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANY ITEMS TO OUR NEXT WEDNESDAY'S MEETING. SO FIRST, UH, WE ARE DISCUSSING, UM, INVITING A GUEST FROM TRAVIS COUNTY TO DISCUSS THE VOTING PRECINCT. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WILL GO THROUGH FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4TH. SO, UM, THAT IS THE FIRST THING WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO AUSTIN ISD. UM, AND WE WILL HAVE AN INVITED GUEST TO DISCUSS THAT OVERLAP WITH THEIR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. UM, BUT THAT'S TENTATIVELY, UH, EITHER, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE THIS WEDNESDAY. IT COULD BE THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY. UM, SO TBD ON THAT, UM, UPDATES FROM WORKING GROUPS AND SUBCOMMITTEES AS ALWAYS. AND, UH, I THINK THAT THAT IS IT FROM ME. OTHER THAN THAT. UM, I THINK JUST FROM THIS CONVERSATION WITH MATT, I WILL SAY, UH, WE SHOULD BRIEFLY DISCUSS HOW TO HANDLE THE EMAILS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM THE PUBLIC. SO I'LL ADD THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM AS WELL. DQ, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THE PUBLIC FORUMS WAS THE MAPS AND THE INFORMATION AND THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION WE'RE PROVIDING THEM. IT FELT LIKE THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FELT LIKE WE WERE INTENSE. I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT THAT THE SENTIMENT THAT WAS SHARED WAS THAT WE'RE INTENSELY TRYING TO GIVE THEM OUTDATED MAPS IN. SO I, I THOUGHT I SHOULD BRING IT UP AS A POINT FOR THE SPECIALIST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EITHER ABLE TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION OR THERE'S A BLOG, OR SEE IF WE CAN WORK TO FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT THAT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE MENTIONED THAT. SO I THOUGHT I'D BRING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MR. GONZALEZ, JUST IN A RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER CANNON, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE CONTENTIOUS AT OUR PREVIOUS, UH, PUBLIC FORUM, BUT AN UPDATE AS AT LEAST I SAW THROUGH EMAILS THAT ARE AWESOME MAPPING SPECIALIST. MR. CORBELL SEEMS TO BE ALREADY ON IT. UM, AND TRYING TO GET AN UPDATED MAP, UH, FROM THE CITY TO INCLUDE POTENTIALLY ANNEXED AREAS. THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE ISSUE, UM, AT OUR PREVIOUS FORUM WAS FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, UH, JUST AN AREA THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ANNEXED WAS NOT SHOWN ON THE MAPS THAT WE WERE PROVIDING ON THESE WORKSHEETS. UM, SO WE WERE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO GET THE MOST UPDATED VERSIONS OF THE CURRENT DISTRICT MAPS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER IN. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S OFF. CAUSE I THINK THE MAP OF CITY WAS LIKE FROM 2015. SO I THINK THAT ALSO CREATED LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE TO COME AND SAY, I'M GOING TO YELL AND WE'RE USED TO YELLING AND I'M LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL AT ANYTHING. WE'LL TRY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. THANK YOU, SIR. YES. AND, UM, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WANT TO FIND A MAP THAT IS PRINT FRIENDLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. I THINK THAT THE MAP THAT, UH, VICE-CHAIR GONZALEZ WAS REFERRING TO IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACTUALLY, UM, REDISTRICTING SO THAT MR. PORTAL HAS THE LATEST MAPS IN THAT PROCESS. BUT AS FAR AS THE MAPS THAT WE'RE PRINTING OUT FOR PUBLIC FORUMS, THAT THAT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST ACCURATE ONE AND UP-TO-DATE ONE FOR THAT PURPOSE. UM, SO MATT, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN TASK YOU WITH IS FINDING THAT LATEST, UH, POSSIBLE MAP, UH, FROM, FROM THE CITY. UM, IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU? OKAY, GREAT. ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FROM ANYONE HERE TONIGHT? IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS CUSHNER KANAAN ANY CLARIFICATION FOR? I WANTED TO TRY AND HELP FOR THE PUBLIC FORUMS TO FIND A VENUE, UH, FROM, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION AREN'T VENUES LIKE BARS OR RESTAURANTS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND IT. WE USED TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT OUTDOOR PRESENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, AT LEAST FROM MY DISTRICT, THERE ARE VENUES LIKE, UH ABGB OR OTHER VENUES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, PINE HOUSE PIZZAS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT OUTDOOR SPACES THAT WE CAN GO TALK TO. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THOSE THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION. I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO WASTE TIME. I JUST WANT HIM TO KNOW WHERE VICE CHAIR I WILL RESPOND. AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF MAYBE I'M PUSHING OUR PROTOCOL ON OR COMMISSIONER YE OR CAMPBELL HAS ANY ADDITIONAL FLAVOR HERE. UM, I WOULD SAY IF IT'S OUTDOORS, I WOULD ONLY CAUTION A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT YET SURE. IF THE SETUP THAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF RECORDING AND STREAMING, UH, CAN [01:10:01] BE DONE IN AN OUTDOOR SPACE JUST YET, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT. SO I WOULD JUST CAUTION THERE. UM, IN TERMS OF BARS AND RESTAURANTS, UM, I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, UH, JUST BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW HOW YOU'VE BEEN DIFFICULT. IT IS TO GET A RESERVATION AT A RESTAURANT THESE DAYS. UM, SO IF SOMEONE IS WILLING TO OFFER A LARGE INDOOR SPACE OR OUTDOOR SPACE AND IT COULD FIT SOCIAL DISTANCE WISE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD SIX FEET AND WE'VE ALSO HEARD 10 AND 15 FEET, UM, IT WOULD NEED TO BE A PRETTY BIG SPACE. UM, AND I JUST RIGHT NOW CAN ENVISION A BIG ENOUGH BAR RESTAURANT, BUT JUST KNOW WE ARE LOOKING INTO PLACES OF WORSHIP. WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR SPACES. WE ARE LOOKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT AISD, AGAIN, MENTIONING WE'RE LOOKING AT HOTEL SPACE, MEETING, MEETING ROOM SPACE. UM, WE CAN GET CREATIVE HERE, BUT WE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE LIKE MR. KHAN, UH, COMMISSIONER KANAAN IS OFFERING THAT SUPPORT THAT YOU GO OUT AND YOU LET US KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING CONFIRMED OR RESERVE, THAT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ANYONE WHO WAS GOING TO GO OUT AND DO THAT. UM, COMMISSIONER , UM, KAMBO IF ANYTHING, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THINK. UM, ASD HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC PARTNER TO US AND WE HAVE AN ASK OUT TO THEM FOR ALL, ALL THE GOALS IN THOSE DISTRICTS, SO THEY WILL CHECK ALL OF THEM FOR US. UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, PULLED KIND OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT TYPICALLY HOLD, UH, PUBLIC EVENTS. UM, SO WE KIND OF KNOW THE ONES THAT ARE KINDA KNOW THE DRILL OF DOING BUDGET HEARINGS OR OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO IN TALKS WITH PEOPLE FROM OUR, UM, PERSONAL NETWORKS WHO OWN, UM, ESTABLISHMENTS, LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED. SO, UM, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ANY ADDITIONAL OUTSET OR OUTREACH. UM, I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL HEAR, UM, IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO, SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF, IT ALSO JUST, UNFORTUNATELY IT TAKES TIME. UM, BUT THANK YOU ALSO FOR REMINDING ME COMMISSIONER GONZALES. SO IF, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ASK IF IT WOULD BE MATT OR CHRISTINE, BUT IF WE COULD KNOW IF THE CITY MEDIA PARTNERS CAN ACCOMMODATE OUTDOOR, THAT WOULD JUST BE GOOD TO KNOW TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, PINGED BOTH THOSE OPTIONS AT THIS POINT. UM, JUST AS A MATTER OF INFORMATION FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS I SPOKE WITH, UM, OUR VICE CHAIR, UH, GONZALEZ LAST NIGHT AFTER THE MEETING, SUGGESTING THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND THREE, A PLACE IN DISTRICT SIX, I CHECKED THREE DIFFERENT PLACES, WHICH ARE ALL VERY CLOSE TO DISTRICT SIX, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY IN DISTRICT SIX. SO NONE OF THOSE ARE APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. IN LIGHT OF, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, UH, CITY LIBRARIES, UH, COUNSELING US BASED ON THEIR COVID PROTOCOLS. I RECOMMEND THAT FOR ANY FUTURE HEARING THAT IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR A LIBRARY THAT WE LOOK FOR A BACKUP OR CONTINGENCY JUST IN CASE THEIR PROTOCOLS CONTINUE TO CLOSE THOSE TO US AND ALSO FOR US SO THAT WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND WE CAN HAVE A FORUM TO CONTINUE THE COMMISSION'S BUSINESS THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AS WELL. SO WE CAN BE BOLD AND BRAVE AND GO OUT AND PERFORMS. BUT IF WE GET ILL AND WE CAN'T FORM A QUORUM, IT KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE. SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL AS WE FORGE FORWARD. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. I MEAN, AT THIS POINT I CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, OF COURSE, UM, ON THIS, BUT I THINK, UM, I'M COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY UNNECESSARY GATHERINGS AT THIS POINT. UM, SO THE WAY THAT WE'RE RUNNING OUR GENERAL MEETINGS RIGHT NOW ON ZOOM, I THINK IS, IS FINE. UM, I THINK THAT IT IS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC THAN WEBEX. UM, AND, AND WE CAN GET ALL OF OUR WORK DONE FROM HOME, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAFETY OF OUR OWN HOMES. UM, SO, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, I THINK THAT WE'VE GONE BACK A LITTLE BIT ON JUST MINIMIZING EXPOSURE TO OTHERS WHEN IT'S NOT NECESSARY. YEAH. UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS? OKAY. SINCE THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.