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ARE WE REPORTING? WE ARE REPORTING.
UM, I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT AGAIN JUST FOR EVERYBODY.
[Independent Citizen's Redistricting Commission]
WE HAVE 10 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT.I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE INDEPENDENT CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH, ANDRE, THE BOWMAN DROPS.
UH, JOHN MCKIERNAN GONZALEZ ROLL HARDEN.
AARON, AARON DEMPSEY, LUIS GONZALEZ, DR.
SHANA CAMPBELL, SARAH AND JEZ CALDERON PRESENT SALINA HERE.
KRISTINA WEDNESDAY'S JOSHUA BLANK.
EMILIA FALCON HERE, NANCY PALMA.
UM, ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE SCREEN ANDRE? YEAH.
UM, AND WE'LL JUST QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA, EVERYONE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
SO NO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS EVENING.
UM, FIRST AGENDA ITEM, WE'LL HAVE OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM APRIL 6TH.
UH, THOSE WERE SENT TO OUR EMAILS.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND THEM ONLINE.
UM, IF YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, THEY'RE IN THE PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, THEN OUR SECOND ITEM IS NEW BUSINESS.
UH, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING, UM, JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW ICRC MEMBERS.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT ANNEXATIONS CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR LEGAL COUNSEL AND MAPPING.
UM, IDENTIFYING THE FUTURE MEETING DATES REGARDING ACTION ON FUTURE ANNEXATIONS.
UH, WE'LL HAVE ELECTIONS FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR POSITIONS AND, UH, FINISH UP WITH HOUSEKEEPING.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO RETURN TO SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS REGARDING THE WEBSITE UPDATE.
WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT, UM, FOR PUBLIC RECORD FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
UM, SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES THEY ARE APPROVED, WE WILL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
SO TO AID THE INTRODUCTION TO OUR NEW ICRC MEMBERS, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HEAR FROM JOHN MCKIERNAN GONZALEZ AND NANCY WOMAN WHO IS ONLINE.
UM, IF Y'ALL COULD JUST MAYBE SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, LIKE WHY YOU WANTED TO VOLUNTEER WITH THE ICRC, UM, MAYBE A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT OR ABOUT THE CITY THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT.
UM, AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT YOURSELF THAT YOU WANT US TO KNOW, JUST BRIEF, NOTHING FORMAL, UM, JUST SO THAT WE CAN ALL MEET YOU ALL BECAUSE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET EACH OTHER AGAIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE WITH US.
SO WHY DON'T WE START WITH JOHN HERE IN THE ROOM? UM, TWO LITTLE ODD TO ADDRESS PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND TRY LOOKING AT EVERYONE IN THEIR EYE AND IN THEIR, UM, ALL SEEN I, UM, I'M JOHN MCKINNEY GONSALVES.
UM, I WAS BORN IN NEW YORK, BUT I GREW UP IN COLUMBIA AND THEN MEXICO, I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN SINCE 2005, 2007.
UM, AND I BECAME INVOLVED IN CITY ISSUES THROUGH MY KIDS' SCHOOL.
UM, IT WAS THREATENED TO BE CLOSED.
AND THEN THE PROCESS KIND OF GOTTEN INVOLVED.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE NUTRITIONS THAT SHAPE AND AFFECT MY LIFE.
AND I FEEL THAT THIS KIND OF IS THE NEXT STEP.
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ABOUT A PLACE IS TO RUN FOR OFFICE.AND I LEARNED A LOT, UH, TO ADMIRE ABOUT AUSTIN AND THE PROCESS.
UM, I REALLY WAS, AND PEOPLE IMPRESSED WITH THE SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PART OF THAT.
SO, UM, I, THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS TO BE INVOLVED IN ELECTIONS, BUT THOSE IN GENERAL IS JUST TO KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
UM, ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CONNECT TO POWER AND ALSO BILINGUAL, UM, BUT JUST BY MY APPEAL, YOU'RE JOINING THE RANKS OF, OF THE WONDERFUL SETTING AND ASK ALL OUR OTHER BILINGUAL.
WOULD YOU MIND STOPPING THE SCREEN SHARE SO WE COULD SEE EVERYBODY ELSE? YEAH.
WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER IN THE WEBEX WAITING ROOM SHANA'S HERE, RIGHT? HI, SHAYNA.
SO NEXT WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM NANCY PALMA.
UM, AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU WANTED TO JOIN THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND MAYBE IF YOU HAVE ANY FUN FACTS ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT OR ABOUT THE CITY.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE PART OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I'VE OPENED TO GET, GET STARTED ON THE GROUND LEVEL, BUT I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT.
AND ON THE LAST, UM, SO I MOVED TO AUSTIN IN, UM, 2009.
UM, I WAS COMING FROM, I GREW UP IN, WELL, I WAS BORN IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT I GREW UP IN VIRGINIA, UM, WAS LIVING IN DC, UM, BEFORE I MOVED HERE.
AND, UM, I CAME HERE FOR GRAD SCHOOL, WENT TO UT, UM, GOT MY MBA FROM UT AND THEN WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO, TO GET TO STAY HERE.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN MY DISTRICT, UH, DISTRICT THREE SINCE 2013.
UM, I BOUGHT A HOME ON EAST SECOND STREET AND I'VE SEEN LOTS OF CHANGES HAPPEN.
UM, AND I'VE JUST REALLY SORT OF, I DON'T KNOW.
I LIKE, I LOVE MY HOME SO MUCH AND I LOVE THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I'VE JUST REALLY SORT OF LIKE IT'S, BUT MORE LIKE HOME THAN ANYWHERE IT'S EVER, LIKE I'VE EVER FELT AT HOME ANYWHERE.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE ONLY, THIS IS MY HOME NOW.
UM, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY LIKE THAT SORT OF, UM, I THINK I WAS EAGER TO SORT OF BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY LIKE WAS TIED TO THE COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY SUPPORTED, UM, THE COMMUNITY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M ALSO ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIKE JUST REALLY TAKES, UM, VOTING.
UM, IT'S LIKE, I HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE IN VOTING AND I PLACE A LOT OF IMPORTANCE ON IT AND I, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET ALL MY FRIENDS TO, TO VOTE AND EVEN LIKE THE TEENY TINY, SMALL ELECTIONS, CAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN PARTICULAR.
I, I WANTED TO, UH, I DON'T KNOW, WANT TO CONTRIBUTE MORE, UM, AND, AND, AND SEE TO IT THAT, UM, MY NEIGHBORS AND MY COMMUNITY WAS, WAS EQUALLY AND FAIRLY REPRESENTED.
UM, CAUSE I JUST IT'S MY HOME.
CAN YOU SO MUCH, NANCY? WE'RE REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
UM, SO JUST, THIS IS A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE, BUT ALSO FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS.
UM, JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE WE DO OUR BEST, WE'RE NOT PERFECT AT IT, BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO USE THE ROBERT'S RULES, PROCEDURES FOR DISCUSSION, JUST TO KEEP THINGS MOVING.
UM, I DEFINITELY HAD TO LEARN THAT AS WE WENT ALONG.
UM, BUT SO JUST A COUPLE TOP OF MIND THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE CANDIDATES IN THE ELECTION LATER, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, OR WHENEVER WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE ELSE TRYING TO SPEAK, GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE YOU COME BACK IN, UM, PLEASE TRY NOT TO SIGNAL THAT YOU'RE YOU WANT TO SPEAK WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS SPEAKING, UM, AND PLEASE ADDRESS THE CHAIR WHEN YOU WANT TO BE, WHEN YOU WANT TO SPEAK AND YOU WILL BE RECOGNIZED.
UM, SO OKAY WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO BE REGARDING ANNEXATIONS NOW.
UM, ANDRE, HERE'S GOING TO EXPLAIN THE LIST AGAIN, THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR EMAILS.
UM, IF YOU'RE IN PERSON, IT IS IN THE PACKET.
UM, AND SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, ANDRE, SINCE YOU WERE THE EXPERT
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IN THIS, UM, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS FOR HANDLING THESE AND FUTURE CASES MOVING FORWARD? SO LET ME, UM, I WOULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.YOU SHOULD HAVE TWO DOCUMENTS HERE.
THE FIRST IS, UH, A MEMO FROM, FROM ME UPON THE AESTHETICS OF ANNEXATIONS SITS A SHORT ONE PAGE MEMO.
THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS WHERE WE ARE AND GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, WHERE WE ARE, UM, IN OUR ANNEXATION PROGRAM FOR THE YEAR.
AND THEN THE SECOND DOCUMENT IS, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE ANNEXATIONS WE'VE HAD FOR 2022.
AND THAT KIND OF GOES INTO EACH ANNEXATION, OFFERING A MAP AND A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WHERE EACH ANNEXATION IS AND, UH, WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS FOR THAT.
UM, SO JUST THE ASSIST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, AND SO I WOULD OFFER JUST, UM, SHAREPOINT IS ASKED ME TO KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF ANNEXATION AND, UM, VOTING RIGHTS 1 0 1, UH, OVERVIEW.
AND SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST START WITH THAT, UM, AND MAKE THAT REAL QUICK BEFORE I GO INTO WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR ANNEXATIONS AND THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE.
UH, AND SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN SOME OTHER TEXAS CITIES.
AND THEN WE HAVE KIND OF THREE LEVELS OF JURISDICTIONS.
WE HAVE FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION, WE HAVE LIMITED PURPOSE JURISDICTION, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
AND SO THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE A LOT OF CITIES IN TEXAS DON'T HAVE LIMITED PURPOSE JURISDICTION.
UM, AND WE HAVE IT IN GREAT QUANTITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LIMITED PURPOSE JURISDICTION THAT WE STARTED ANNEXING BACK IN.
UM, WELL IT SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE EIGHTIES, WE WERE DOING A LOT OF LIMITED PURPOSE JURISDICTION, ANNEXATIONS.
AND SO WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS? UH, WELL, OUR FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION IS KIND OF OUR, UM, OUR TAXING JURISDICTION WITH OUR VOTING JURISDICTIONS.
SO YOU'RE FULLY WITHIN THE CITY.
YOU, YOU PAY TAXES TO THE CITY, YOU RECEIVE CITY SERVICES, UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, SEND YOU PAY SALES TAXES AND EVERYTHING.
UH, IN OUR LIMITED PURPOSE JURISDICTION, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO OUR ORDINANCES AND RULES.
UM, MOST OF OUR ORDINANCES AND RULES AND YOU'RE IN OUR KIND OF REGULATORY JURISDICTION THAT YOU'RE NOT IN OUR TAXING JURISDICTION, BUT IN BOTH CASES FOR FULL PURPOSE AND LIMITED PURPOSE, YOU ARE IN OUR VOTING JURISDICTION.
SO YOU ARE FULLY VESTED, UM, CONSTITUENT OF AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
YOU CAN VOTE FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, YOU HAVE KIND OF FULL RIGHTS AND THAT THAT GO ALONG WITH ANYONE WHO'S AN AUSTIN RESIDENT.
UM, HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE LIMITED, YOU DON'T RECEIVE CITY SERVICES, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OR PAY CITY TAXES.
UM, ANDRE, I HATE TO INTERRUPT.
WE JUST HAVE, I BELIEVE THIS IS MS. COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER IN THE LOBBY.
SO THEN IN OUR EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, YOU ARE, YOU, YOU HAVE, UM, SOME OF OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT APPLY TO YOU, BUT YOU'RE NOT INCLUDED IN OUR RISK AND YOU'RE NOT INCLUDED IN OUR VOTING JURISDICTION.
SO YOU DON'T VOTE FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
AND SO NOW THAT LEADS ME TO, UM, THE ANNEXATIONS LIST, WHICH GIVES YOU JUST THE OVERVIEW OF THE SEVEN ANNEXATIONS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED SO FAR.
AND SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A SCHEDULED ANNEXATION WHILE WE DO OWNER REQUESTED ANNEXATIONS NOW, SO THAT THIS ALL THESE SEVEN ANNEXATIONS HAVE BEEN FORMALLY REQUESTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND SO THEY ARE IN THE PRO THE ANNEXATION PROCESS, UM, IN WHICH MEANS WE WILL BRING THEM TO COUNCIL.
UH, SOON THERE IS KIND OF ONE, ONE EXCEPTION TO THAT NUMBER FOUR, BUT I'LL GET INTO THAT.
UM, SO JUST TO GET INTO THE ANNEXATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, THIS YEAR, NUMBER ONE, AND NUMBER TWO FROM THE DETAILED SHEET, THE CITY OF AUSTIN ANNEXATIONS 2022, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT HAVE, ARE ALREADY AFFECTED AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
UM, HOWEVER, THE, THE, THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE TO THIS BODY WAS THAT PORT BOTH OF THOSE ANNEXATIONS, THEY WERE ALREADY IN OUR LIMITED PURPOSE JURISDICTION.
AND THAT MEANS SINCE THEY WERE IN OUR LIMITED PURPOSE JURISDICTION, THAT MEANS THAT THE ICRC ALREADY TOOK AN ACTION TO ASSIGN THOSE AREAS TO DISTRICTS IN OCTOBER OF 20 20, 20 21.
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ALL RIGHT.MY YEARS JUMBLED UP IN OCTOBER OF 2021 TO ASSIGN THOSE AREAS TO DISTRICTS ALREADY.
AND SO THOSE ARE NOT ANNEXATIONS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION ON BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY INCLUDED IN, UH, IN THE FIRST CASE I BELIEVE IN, UM, IS THE FIRST ONE IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN DISTRICT 10.
AND THEN THE SECOND ANNEXATION IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN DISTRICT FIVE.
SO HOWEVER THAT LEAVES, UM, FOUR MORE, FIVE MORE ANNEXATIONS FOR THE YEAR.
UM, AND, AND THOSE ARE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE OF THEM SCHEDULED FOR COUNCIL ACTION ON JULY 28TH.
AND SO AS FAR AS KIND OF THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE ICRC, YOU COULD, IF YOU, IF YOU SO WISHED MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHERE THOSE AREAS SHOULD BE TO WHAT DISTRICT THOSE AREAS SHOULD BE, UM, ASSIGNED TO, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT ACTION LATER WHEN COUNCIL, IF, AND WHEN COUNCIL APPROVES THOSE ANNEXATION CASES AND ANNEXES THOSE AREAS TO THE CITY OR THE OTHER OPTION IS YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL YOUR NEXT MEETING WHEN THOSE ANNEXATIONS WILL ALREADY HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE.
AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE ACTION AT THAT, AT THAT POINT IN TIME FOR THE REMAINING FOUR CASES THAT I, THAT WE HAVE MOVING TO CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 28TH.
AND WHAT, WHAT DOES THE POPULATION LOOK LIKE FOR EACH OF THOSE CASES? YEAH, SO THESE ARE ALL, UH, UNDER STATE LAW.
UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE PROPERTY OWNER CONSENT TO ANNEX LAND, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ANNEX LAND THAT IS, UM, HABITED IT ALREADY BY SAY A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITHOUT THE PROPERTY OWNERS CONSENT IN A PETITION PROCESS, OR IN THE CASE THAT THERE'S, UH, OVER 200 RESIDENTS, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO CALL AN ELECTION AND HAVE THOSE AREAS ANNEX THROUGH AN ELECTION.
AND SO THESE ARE ALL GREENFIELD AREAS THAT ARE NON DEVELOPED UNDEVELOPED.
AND SO I INCLUDED, IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE DETAIL ON EACH ANNEXATION, I'VE INCLUDED THEM IN THE US, I'VE INCLUDED, UM, SATELLITE IMAGES.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT IS THERE IN THE DETAILED PRINTOUT AREAS.
THE SATELLITE IMAGES ARE FROM 2021, THEY'RE THE MOST RECENT WE HAD, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE OR SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON ANY OF THESE AREAS IN ANY OF THESE AREAS.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE, THERE WAS SOMETHING UNUSUAL ABOUT NUMBER FOUR.
SO, YEAH, AND IF YOU WANT, I, IF, IF, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE I CAN GO THROUGH EACH ANNEXATION AND KIND OF ONE BY ONE, OR I COULD LEAVE THAT TO THE THAT'S UP TO YOU, THE, UH, OH, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE SET US BACK IN THE WAITING.
UM, I WANT TO JUST OPEN THE FLOOR AND SEE IF ANY OF US HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANDRE ABOUT WHAT HE'S JUST EXPLAINED.
IS IT, UM, AM I CORRECT TO, TO, UH, SHOWN, WHICH IS ALWAYS A DANGEROUS WORD THAT, UH, THESE HAVE RECOMMENDED THESE, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO THAT MEANS IT'S ORIGIN EMBEDDED FROM THE BED, THE, EACH, EACH OF THE ANNEXATIONS.
SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY DEALING WITH THIS IS, IS DETERMINING WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? SO, SO WHAT I THINK THAT THE, UM, IS YOUR TIME OUT KIND OF ASSIGNING THESE TO THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
ALTHOUGH I, I DID NOT INCLUDE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE DISTRICTS.
I INCLUDED IT IN SORT OF THE OVERVIEW HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT DISTRICTS THEY ARE APPROXIMATE TO, BUT I HAVE NOT, I HAVE NOT MADE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION ON DISTRICTS SO THAT THAT'S NOW I MISSED NOW I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
SO SHOULD WE EXPECT ONE, OR SHOULD WE REQUEST ONE? BUT WHAT, UH, YEAH, IF, YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO ACT NOW, THEN I WOULD SAY I COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH ANNEXATION AS WE WENT THROUGH THEM.
AND IF YOU WANT IT TO ACT LATER, THEN I COULD BUILD
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RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE BACKUP MATERIALS THAT WE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.THAT'S WHAT I WAS REALLY GETTING AT WAS ABOUT WHETHER WE DO IT NOW, IT WAS, I WANTED TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE PROCESS WOULD WORK IF HE MAKES A RECOMMENDATION AND WE ASK WHAT THAT'S GREAT, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS.
IT'S UP TO YOU WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO IT, BUT I JUST STARTED.
UM, I, AND JUST FOR EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE, UM, MATT HAD REACHED OUT ABOUT THE PUSH AND THE DELAY, UM, FOR THOSE FOUR ANNEXATIONS TO, UM, JULY.
UM, AND HE SAID AT THE TIME THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AND I HAD REQUESTED THOSE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEM YET.
AND I THINK, I WONDER IF IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM US ABOUT WHETHER WE WANTED TO ACT NOW OR AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE NEXT SUMMER.
UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE BECAUSE THERE'S NO POPULATION HERE, IT'S NOT URGENT, BUT BEFORE WE GET ANY FURTHER INTO THAT, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, AND I SAW COMMISSIONER BLAKE'S HAND EARLIER ON, AND THEN COMMISSIONER CANNON.
SO COMMISSIONER BLINK THE CHAIR.
I JUST HAVE A REALLY QUICK QUESTION, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, SO, I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED THAT THESE, YOU KNOW, THAT IN THE SUMMARY DOCUMENT, IT, UH, INDICATES WHERE THESE ANNEXATIONS ARE APPROXIMATE TO IN THE DISTRICTS, I GUESS MORE JUST BRASS TACKS.
ARE ANY OF THESE ANNEXATIONS ADJACENT TO MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT? OR DO YOU KNOW THAT, I GUESS WOULD BE THE QUESTION? I, I DO NOT BELIEVE ANY.
SO LET ME, LET ME JUST GO THROUGH, UM, SO, AND I'LL, AND I'LL JUST, JUST FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, MAN, JUST A QUICK ASS, AND WHETHER WE DO THIS NOW, OR WHETHER WE DO THIS LATER, IF THESE ANNEXATIONS ARE ONLY ADJACENT TO A SINGLE DISTRICT, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO DECIDE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS BECOME KIND OF MOOT BECAUSE REALLY THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO PUT IT IN THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT CAN GO IN.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, RIGHT? YEAH.
NONE OF, NONE OF THESE ANNEXATIONS, UM, THAT ARE PRESENTED IN HERE ARE KIND OF SPLIT OR BETWEEN DISTRICTS OR, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD CONTIGUOUS TO TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL ADJACENT TO ONE, A SINGLE DISTRICT.
AND YOU HAVE SOLID KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHICH DISTRICT EACH ONE OF THEM IS ADJACENT TO.
IF YOU'VE LOOK IN THE, UH, IT'S A BACKUP, THE DETAILED BACKUP IT'S THE MAPS ARE MAYBE NOT THE MOST EASY TO READ, BUT I DID PUT THE COUNCIL DISTRICT MAP LABELING.
THAT'S WHY I'M TAKING YOUR WORD FOR IT, BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL FROM THE MAP AND I KNOW IT, CAMILLEA IS RAISING HER HAND NOW, WHICH I'M SURE IS RELATED.
THAT'S MY MAIN QUESTION, YOUR BLANK.
AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE A COMPUTER IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, IF YOU JUST GOOGLE AUSTIN'S, UH, LIKE CITY OF AUSTIN ANNEXATIONS, UM, IT'S, THERE'S LIKE A PARAGRAPH DESCRIPTION OF EACH CASE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IT SAYS THERE, UH, WHICH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THEY'RE ADJACENT TO.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE IT THERE IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO VIEW THIS STUFF THROUGH YOUR EMAIL.
UM, AND THEN MR. CANNON ALSO HAD A QUESTION.
I THINK MY QUESTION WAS AROUND, I THINK AT THE MOMENT, THESE ARE ALL VACANT LOTS OF GREENFIELD SITES, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE COMMERCIAL OR MOST OF THEM ARE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
AND THE RESIDENTIAL, THERE SHOULD BE A NOTE PUT IN TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD REVIEW IT OR COME BACK FOR REVIEW ONCE IT'S FULLY OCCUPIED.
SOME THAT COULD CHANGE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE DISTRICT AND CHANGE THE CALCULATIONS OF WHAT WE ARE.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT A PIN DROP FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FALCON.
I WAS JUST GONNA, UM, ASK IF WE WERE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CHARTER IS THAT IT HAD TO FOLLOW IT.
THE ONLY WAY THAT I COULD SEE THAT WORKING LEGALLY IS IF WE LIKE SAID, IF IT IS NX AS PER THIS, YOU KNOW, WE MOVED THAT IT GOES IN.
SO I GUESS MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE COULD NOT LEGALLY MAKE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION UNTIL CITY TOOK ACTION.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT.
SO COMMISSIONER FALCO, AND THAT'S A THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, I CALLED GEORGE KORBEL, UM, JUST THE OTHER DAY AND ASKED, UH, WHAT HE RECOMMENDS THAT WE DO, WHETHER WE ACT NOW AS, UM, MATT HAD SUGGESTED, WAS IT AN OPTION? UM, OR IF WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR AND HIS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE WAIT UNTIL CITY COUNCIL MAGNETS, UM, AND HE SAID, THIS ISN'T URGENT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO REASON THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS NOW.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT
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FORWARD TO Y'ALL AS WELL, SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT LEGAL QUESTION.UM, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY RECOMMENDATION BASED ON HIS, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF THE GROUP COLLECTIVELY WOULD PREFER TO DO THIS NOW.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE JUST COMFORTABLE WITH LIKE, MOVING ON TABLING THIS UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS YOU DID MENTION THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING NEXT YEAR.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT I UNDERSTOOD YOU.
UM, AND I'M, I'M WONDERING WHY THERE WERE JUST ONLY SUPPOSED TO MEET ONCE A YEAR, OR CAN WE JUST SAY, HEY, LET'S HAVE A MEETING IN AUGUST AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THIS OR SO WE COULD ABSOLUTELY CALL A MEETING LATER THIS YEAR.
UM, I THINK THAT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ABOUT ANNEXATIONS, WE HAD DISCUSSED JUST MEETING ONCE ANNUALLY FROM HERE ON OUT REGARDING ANNEXATIONS.
UM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY ALSO ASK ANDREA'S OPINION ON THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE DATE WE ACTUALLY SET FOR THIS ONE WAS KIND OF DETERMINED FROM, UM, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF WHEN CITY COUNCIL KIND OF USUALLY WRAPS UP THESE ANNEXATIONS BEFORE THEY GO ON LIKE SUMMER BREAK.
AND MR. BLANK ALSO AS HAND UP.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT I ABSOLUTELY, WE SET THIS MEETING GATE BECAUSE OF WHEN THE COUNCIL WAS GOING TO MEET, BUT I, I JUST DIDN'T.
I FELT LIKE WE WOULD MEET ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AND WE WOULD SET ONCE A YEAR.
SO I WOULD JUST EXPRESSING THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE MEET WHEN WE NEED TO.
UM, AND I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO, ONCE IT DOES PASS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE A MOTION ON THEM QUICKLY BECAUSE I JUST, I KNOW THAT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT DEVELOPED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, JUST GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC INTERESTS TO THIS, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT DISTRICT TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT OFFICIALLY IN A DISTRICT.
UM, SO WE, WE THOUGHT THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE ALREADY ACTED, BUT THEY DID NOT.
SO WHY ARE WE MEETING WELL? SO THIS, ALL OF THIS KIND OF CAME TOGETHER LATE LAST WEEK AND WE ALREADY HAD THIS MEETING SET.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS TODAY.
UM, AND I WANTED TO BRING TO THE COMMISSION, THE OPTION OF ACTING ON THESE NOW, OR IF WE ALL COLLECTIVELY AGREE TO ACT ON THESE LATER, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL, UM, APPROPRIATE COUNSELING.
IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER, UM, THAT WE TABLE THE, UH, INTRO, I'M SORRY, THE ADOPTION OF PANIC STATIONS TO OUR NEXT FEEDING.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DEBATE? YES, I, MY EMOTION WAS THAT WE WOULD TABLE IT UNTIL AFTER THE CONSTANTLY, UM, LET ME REVISE THAT WE WILL TABLE THE ADOPTION OF ANNEXATIONS UNTIL THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THEM.
OH, JUST FOR THE DISCUSSION PART.
I DON'T WHY I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE ACTION ON THE TWO THAT ARE COMPLETE.
IT'S JUST KIND OF A FORMALITY.
UM, AND SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DONE AND THEN WE CAN DO THE OTHER, I THINK THERE WERE FIVE, FOUR OR FIVE, UM, AT THAT TIME, THERE'S JUST NO REASON TO PUT OFF THE TWO THAT ARE COMPLETED.
SO REGARDING THE TWO THAT ARE COMPLETED, THEY'RE ALREADY IN DISTRICTS.
AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED FROM THE COMMISSION.
UM, SO I THINK WE DON'T NEED TO ACTUALLY, UM, TAKE ANY KIND OF EMOTION ON THOSE TOO.
UM, BUT, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE ACCORDING TO COMMISSIONER LANDS AND COMMISSIONER PAUL CONN AS WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF THIS FEELING OF, WE SHOULD MEET KIND OF IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY, UM, RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
SO IT, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DEBATE I'VE JUST APPOINTED CLARIFIED CHIPS IN FOR DR.
LYNN, UM, IN YOUR MOTION, DO YOU MEAN WE SHOULD SCHEDULE THE MEETING AFTER LIKE ONCE THE COUNCIL HAS VOTED, WE SHOULD SCHEDULE SOMETHING THAT IT'S ALL OUR SCHEDULES WITHIN NEXT MONTH.
DO YOU HAVE A TIMEFRAME? THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAN.
MY THOUGHT WAS THAT WE WOULD ONLY ACT ONCE THE CONSOLE HAS COMPLETED ITS ACTIONS.
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DID NOT STIPULATE ON THE WIND.WHAT ELSE YOU THOUGHTS? WELL, I, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER FALCOM, UH, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, SHOULD WE AMEND IT? IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT, UH, YOU WANT TO, UH, ASSIGN THESE AREAS TO SPECIFIC COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? I'M SORRY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE ASKING, IF YOU WANT TO AMEND THE MOTION TO BE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE NOT AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE THAT SOONER THE NEXT YEAR WAS WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY.
SO REALLY I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN MAKING AN AMENDMENT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT A TIME LIMIT TO IT.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, JUST FOLLOWING FROM THE ORIGINAL THINKING WE, THE COUNCIL MEETING WAS LAST SITE.
I MEAN, AND IT JUST WORKED OUT FOR OUR SCHEDULES.
IT WASN'T LIKE WE WERE LIKE, GOT TO GET BETWEEN 24 HOURS.
SO, UM, THE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE MATERIAL THAT WAS PROVIDED THE AMENDMENTS ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR THE JULY CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WHEN IS A GOOD MEETING TIME AFTER THAT JULY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO IF YOU, YEAH, I'M FINE WITH SAYING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A MONTH OF THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD WAIT FOR A WHOLE YEAR.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THE TWO, UM, THE FIRST TWO.
SO ANDRE HAD STATED THAT, UM, INITIALLY REGARDING THE ANNEXATIONS, BUT ANDREA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT THAT IS CORRECT? YES.
CONFIRM THESE, THESE WERE ALREADY FULLY ASSIGNED TO DISTRICTS AS PART OF THE, UM, OCTOBER ACTION THAT THE ICRC TOOK THE IN THE FINAL REPORT.
SO THE MAIN REASON I INCLUDED THEM IN THIS LIST, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONFUSING TO HAVE THEM IN THERE, BUT IT WAS JUST TIBET B HAVING FULL TRANSPARENCY AROUND ALL THE ANNEXATIONS WE'D DONE.
BUT THE KIND OF THE, THE LIMITED PURPOSE JURISDICTION MAKES THINGS A LITTLE COMPLICATED IN AUSTIN.
I JUST WROTE PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT.
I'M WONDERING WHETHER WE REALLY NEED TO AMEND TABLING THIS SINCE IT IS SINCE, UH, COMMISSIONER LAND'S MOTION IS SO BROAD.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN'T VOTE ON THIS TABLE IT, AND THEN WE'LL BE GET TO OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND TALK ABOUT AN ACTUAL ON ANNEXATION, WHETHER WE COULDN'T TALK ABOUT SETTING A DATE FOR A FUTURE MEETING AFTER THE KNOWN COUNCIL MEETING, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
AND JUST SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KIND OF DO THE WHOLE AMENDMENT VOTE.
I'M JUST THINKING THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE WAY TO KIND OF DO THIS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO EVERYBODY.
AND WE CAN DISCUSS ON THE FUTURE ANNEXATION PIECE AND ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, WHETHER WE WANT TO DO IT SORT OF IMMEDIATELY OR, OR PUT IT OFF FOR A YEAR AND I'M INDIFFERENT.
UH, CHRISTINE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DO JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION OF LAND'S MOTION TO TABLE, THE TABLING OF THE ADOPTION OF THE ANNEXATION TO, UNTIL THE COUNCIL HAS CERTIFIED ANNEXATION.
IS THAT CORRECT? IF THE CORRECT, GET THE TERM CERTIFIED AS APPROPRIATE? YES.
IF IT'S NOT, THEN I SAID UNTIL AFTER THEY HAD TAKEN THE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DEBATE? OKAY.
THE QUESTIONS ON THE ADOPTION OF THE MOTION TO TABLE, THE ADOPTION OF ANNEXATIONS UNTIL CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN THE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, AYE.
UH, THE I'S HAVE IT AND THE MOTION IS ADOPTED.
SO, UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS NOW, OR I THINK THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA TO IDENTIFY FUTURE MEETING DATES.
SO IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THIS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO, TO SEE IT'S JUST A QUICK, UM, KIND OF UPDATE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, THIS IS THE CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR LEGAL COUNSEL AND NAPPING.
UM, SO THIS IS FOR COURSE DAVID RICHARDS AND, UH, GEORGE KORBEL.
UM, I SPOKE WITH BOTH OF THEM JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND ASKED IF THEY SEE ANY NEED TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE COMMISSION.
THEY SAID THEY DON'T REALLY ANTICIPATE ANY SIGNIFICANT NEED, BUT THEY'RE HAPPY TO STAY ON.
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FOR THE MINUTES THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING FOR US.SO I THINK THAT THERE'S REALLY NO ISSUE AND JUST EXTENDING THEIR CONTRACT, UM, AND RENEWING IT ONCE ANNUALLY, PROBABLY AT THIS SUMMER MEETING, UM, AND THAT THEY BOTH AGREED TO THOSE TERMS. THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO INFORM EVERYONE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH? YES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I WILL SEND THEM THE, UH, THIS VERY SAME CONTRACT THAT WE HAD ALL AGREED ON EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
JUST THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WILL BE THE DATE IS 2023.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED ONE, BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL NODDED OUR HEADS IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS FINE.
UM, NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS TO D UH, IDENTIFYING FUTURE MEETING DATES REGARDING THESE ACTION ON THE ACCUSATIONS.
UM, NOW WHAT I'LL SAY QUICKLY IS, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT MEETING SHORTLY AFTER THE 28TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, HOWEVER, I WILL ALSO SAY THERE WILL BE ANNEXATIONS, YOU KNOW, TRANSITIONAL CASES BEING DECIDED ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HENCE WHY WE HAD AGREED ON A ONCE ANNUAL DATE.
UM, AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MEET AFTER JULY 28TH, THEN I WOULD THINK TO BE CONSISTENT MEET AFTER EACH CITY COUNCIL MEETING REGARDING ANY ANNEXATION.
UM, AND SO I WILL PROPOSE THAT WE JUST STICK WITH THE PLAN OF THE ONCE ANNUAL IN THE SUMMER.
UM, I, I KIND OF, I LIKED THE SEDIMENT THAT COMMISSIONER FALCON HAD VOICED EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT LIKELY THAT THESE UNINHABITED AREAS WILL SUDDENLY HAVE PEOPLE IN THEM VERY SOON TO VOTE, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAYBE MEET A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, ELECTIONS IN THE FALL IN CASE THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING THERE AND THEY WANT TO VOTE.
CAN YOU TELL US IF ANY OF THESE CASES WILL HAVE POPULATION ON THEM BEFORE NOVEMBER OR REALLY WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME FOR WHEN WE MIGHT EVEN SEE POPULATION ON THESE PARTICULAR? SO, YEAH, SO IN EACH CASE, UM, THERE THERE'S KIND OF GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT INFRASTRUCTURE YET.
SO REALLY THAT'S THIS ANNEXATION IS IN MANY TIMES, USUALLY THE FIRST STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, MANY CASES BEFORE SUBDIVISION AND BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE SITE PLAN AND BUILDING PERMITS.
SO I THINK WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AT LEAST TWO TO THREE YEARS BEFORE WE'D START TO SEE ANYONE MOVING IN.
WELL, ON THE OTHER THING, JUST TO COMMIT YOUR USE POINT, WHICH I THINK IS, AND COMMISSIONER FALCO'S POINT, WHICH IS GOOD, IS THAT BY FOLLOWING THIS SCHEDULE, AND MAYBE THE IDEA IS WE SHOULD BE CLOSER TO THE END OF THE SUMMER ANNUALLY, THEN WE'LL HAVE PUT EVERYBODY INTO DISTRICTS.
IF THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BEFORE THE FALL CAMPAIGNS BEGAN AND WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO STILL REGISTER TO VOTE, IF THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED AND, YOU KNOW, BIG, FULL USE OF THEIR CIVIC, YOU KNOW, ABILITIES IN THAT SPACE.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATES US PRETTY WELL.
IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE IT SHOULD BE MORE CLOSER TO THE END OF THE SUMMER THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT, IF NOT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE FALL.
CHRISTINE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION TOO? OH, OKAY.
I JUST SAW THE LITTLE HAND, UM, UM, ANDREA, AND I KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT MEETING REGARDING THE
SO IF THERE IS, UM, A CITY COUNCIL ELECTION THAT IS UPCOMING IN NOVEMBER, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY REACHES OUT TO THE COUNTIES, ALL COUNTIES REACH OUT THE TRAVIS WILLIAMSON HAYES, REACH OUT TO US IN SUMMER TO, UH, CONFIRM THE MAPS AND UPDATE THE MAPS THAT THEY USE THEM TO, TO SEND OUT THEIR, YOU KNOW, TO DO THEIR ELECTION REGISTRATION AND PROCESSING FOR THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTION.
SO, UM, I WAS SUGGESTING A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE SUMMER TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT ALL TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE THOSE COUNTIES REACHED OUT TO US OR UPDATED DATA
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ON AS A REMINDER, UM, THE, LIKE WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WAS THAT THE ANNEXATIONS TYPICALLY DO HAPPEN IN, UM, AND SO IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THESE FOUR GOT MOVED TO JULY, BUT RATHER THAN THINKING ABOUT LIKE THE ANNUAL MEETING DATE, I THINK THAT THE QUESTION WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS IF WE WANT TO MEET AGAIN IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OR IF WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT SUMMER.SO MAYBE WE COULD FOCUS ON THAT QUESTION FIRST AND THEN THINK ABOUT NEXT SUMMER.
I MEAN, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE MEET AUGUST 10TH.
IF THE MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 28TH, IT'S TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FACT, WE MIGHT SEE THAT THEY WERE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT THEY WERE VOTED ON IT.
AND THEN WE CAN QUICKLY TAKE ACTION ON THESE FOUR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
I STILL APPRECIATE THE IDEA OF, UH, END OF JUNE ANNUAL MEETING, UM, TO HANDLE ANNEXATIONS THROUGH THAT YEAR.
UM, BUT JUST TO TAKE CARE OF THESE FOR SOONER, RATHER THAN LATER, I HAD PROPOSED THAT WE GET TOGETHER AUGUST 10TH IS A WEDNESDAY, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR, UH, DAY OF THE WEEK AS WE HAVE BEEN MEETING, UM, A SECOND, NOT EMOTION.
I THOUGHT WE WERE IN DISCUSSION.
UM, I, I WOULD, I WOULD CHECK LIKE THE MOTION THAT THE ICRC NEXT MEETS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10TH AT 6:00 PM.
SO, UM, REALLY QUICK IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BLANK, UM, TO HAVE OUR NEXT ICRC MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2022, UH, COMMISSIONER CANNON.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS 20, 22 THERE'S SO MANY YEARS.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR THIS IS 22 COMMISSIONER FELT CON SORRY.
I JUST THOUGHT WE WERE JUST GETTING READY TO VOTE.
UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DEBATE? OKAY.
SO THE QUESTION IS ON THE ADOPTION OF THE MOTION THAT THE ICRC MEETS NEXT ON AUGUST WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2022, THAT THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION IS ADOPTED.
SO THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, AND I, I GUESS AT THAT POINT WE CAN DETERMINE THE MEETING DATE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ACTUAL DATE.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON OUR CALENDARS.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S AUGUST 10TH AND, UM, MR. GONZALEZ, WE'LL SEND OUT THOSE REMINDERS TO EVERYONE ON THE CITY AND PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESSES JUST AS A SAFETY.
UM, BUT, BUT PLEASE DO PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
HEY, SO NEXT STEP IS TO E THE ELECTIONS.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO TRY A VIRTUAL BALLOT SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY FOLKS, UM, ONLINE, VIRTUALLY TODAY.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO SEND THIS TO YOUR EMAILS AND EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WILL ALSO USE THESE BALLOTS FOR THE ELECTIONS.
BUT, UM, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DO THAT, I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE POSITIONS AND WHAT WILL BE EXPECTED OF YOU OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, NINE OR SO YEARS.
SO FIRST, LET ME JUST SAY, UM, SINCE I GRADUATED FROM THE LBJ SCHOOL, UM, AND I RECENTLY ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH THE US GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, UM, I'M PLANNING ON, EXCUSE ME, MOVING TO DC, UM, PROBABLY MY NEXT SUMMER.
UM, SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THE NEXT CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TO THE POSITIONS NOW AND OVER THE NEXT YEAR BEFORE, UM, I OFFICIALLY HAVE TO RESIGN FROM THE COMMISSION.
UM, BUT I, I DO PLAN ON BEING WITH THE COMMISSION ALL THE WAY TO THE END, UM, AND AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, WE COULD WE'RE WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, UM, I AM, YOU KNOW, RESIGNING AT THAT POINT.
WE CAN RE REVISIT THAT POOL OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS TO CHOOSE SOMEONE TO FILL MY SEAT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S TRULY BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU.
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UM, IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING THINGS THAT I'VE EVER DONE TO LEAD THIS FORMIDABLE GROUP OF COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE.UM, AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS LITTLE PIECE OF DEMOCRACY WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, AND JUST FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING AS I'M SURE THAT I'VE FUMBLED AND, YOU KNOW, PICK MYSELF BACK UP AS, AS THE LEADER OF THIS COMMISSION.
UM, AND WE GOT THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT THE PROCESS OF FINAL PRODUCT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
AND, UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH OUR NEXT CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR WHOMEVER WE CHOOSE.
UH, AND I COULD SHARE YOU AS THE BREAK.
SO OUR NEXT CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR WILL SERVE THE ICRC AS NEEDED, UM, REGARDING THESE ANNEXATION CASES, UM, AND JUST GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF THE COMMISSION.
ANYTIME SOMEONE HAS TO RESIGN, WE HAVE TO FILL THE SEAT, RIGHT.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO CALL A MEETING FOR THAT.
UM, AND SO, BECAUSE NO ONE TOLD US ALL OF US WHAT WAS GOING TO BE EXPECTED OF US WHEN WE JOINED THIS COMMISSION, I WANT TO RUN THROUGH THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE GETTING OURSELVES INTO.
SO THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UM, SHOULD PLAN TO REMAIN IN AUSTIN THROUGH 2030, UH, COLLABORATIVELY PLAN, EACH FUTURE MEETING, WHICH INVOLVES MEETING AHEAD OF TIME, UH, RELEVANT CITY STAFF AND THE ICRC LEGAL COUNSEL AND MAPPING AS NECESSARY.
UM, YOU DRAFT AND POST THE MEETING AGENDA AT LEAST 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE.
UM, YOU OVERSEE THE CONTRACTS FOR THE STAFF.
YOU ENSURE THAT INFORMATION IS DISTRIBUTED AMONG COMMISSIONERS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, UM, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE THESE MATERIALS AHEAD OF MEETINGS, WORK WITH THE CITY LIAISON TO SECURE THE IN-PERSON LOCATION AND THE VIRTUAL MEETING SPACE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU'RE RUNNING THE MEETINGS FIRST, UM, ACCORDING TO ROBERT'S RULES AND THE ICRC VALUES TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, UM, PREPARE UPDATES TO THE NEW ICRC MICRO-SITE ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER EAT, UH, RESPOND TO ANY MEDIA INQUIRIES, UM, OR ANY KIND OF SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND JUST AS A BONUS, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, AS THE CHAIR AND OR VICE CHAIR ASSIST THE CITY AS NEEDED WITH THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS IN 2030, WHEN THAT TIME COMES AND SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO THE NEXT IN 2031, UH, Y'ALL KNOW, WE REALLY COULD HAVE USED THAT SUPPORT WHEN WE WERE GETTING STARTED.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST START THAT TRADITION OF PASSING THE TORCH ON SO TO SPEAK.
UM, SO THAT'S, I THINK PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO I'M NOW GOING TO SHARE HOW THE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER ELECTION PROCESS IS GOING TO GO, UH, REGARDING THE SELECTION.
SO FIRST, UM, ANYONE CAN SIMPLY CALL OUT A NOMINATION, NO SECONDS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE NOMINATION.
UM, THE CHAIR WILL MAKE A LAST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS, AND IF NO ONE SPEAKS UP, THE NOMINATIONS ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED, IT IS PREFERRED THAT WHOEVER YOU NOMINATE HAS ALREADY EXPRESSED CONSENT FOR THAT NOMINATION, UM, AND BEFOREHAND, SO THAT HOPEFULLY YOU, YOU TALKED TO THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU'RE, YOU'RE CALLING THEIR NAME OUT.
UM, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THIS COMMISSIONER BLANK? DO WE MAKE SPECIFIC NOMINATIONS SEPARATELY FOR CHAIR AND THEN VICE-CHAIR YES.
SO, UM, MY FIRST CALL IS NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE OFFICE OF CHAIR.
SO WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING NOMINATIONS FOR THAT SEAT AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, AFTER ALL THOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN, UM, SHARED, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO VICE CHAIR, MR. BLANK.
I NOMINATED VICE-CHAIR LUIS GONZALEZ TO BE CHAIR OF THE ICRC.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR? OKAY.
WELL, I THINK YOU'RE GETTING READY TO, UH, TO DO IT, BUT TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL, YOU PROBABLY NEED ONE OF US.
AND DUDE, I MOVED UP HERE CLOSE TO NOMINATION.
CHAIR NOMINATIONS ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED.
UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE CANDIDATE, UM, WHICH IS WHO IS GONZALEZ.
UM, WE CAN TAKE A VOTE TO, TO FORMALLY BRING HIM INTO THE CHAIRSHIP.
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HOPING FOR A PUBLIC OR THE CANVAS, RIGHT? I'M WORKING.THEY HAVE A SECOND I'LL SECOND.
SO IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO MAKE, WE USED TO CONSOLE IS THE CHAIR OF THE ICRC.
UM, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY HI, OKAY.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE RUN BY THE LEAST CONSULTANTS.
SO NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE CHAIR.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONARY, UH, FOR VICE CHAIR.
SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO ACCEPT.
SO WE HAVE MISSIONARY D THE LISTENER COMBO RACER.
I WAS WRITING COMMISSIONER CANVA.
I, I WANTED TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONARY AS WELL.
UM, BUT I'M NOT CHECKING WITH YOU YEAR.
YOU A WILLING TO TAKE THAT POSITION BEFORE WE NOMINATE YOU, NOMINATE YOU RIGHT BACK.
I I'VE ALREADY BEEN, UH, ASKED IF I WOULD BE INTERESTED AND I DID SAY DUE TO MY SCHEDULE.
UM, I APPRECIATE IT, BUT NO, THANK YOU.
SO IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THE NOMINATION.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COONISH CENTER PALMA.
I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HER ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK SHE'D BE A GREAT VICE CHAIR.
AND I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO UTILIZE, UM, HAVING NEW INFOR, LIKE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FRESH EYES ON THE, UM, ON THE SITUATION AND JUST BRING SOME OF THAT NEW ENERGY.
I KNOW YOU EXPRESSED THAT YOU WANT US TO GET TO THE GROUND FLOOR SIGHTING.
THIS WOULD BE LIKE A GREAT WAY TO UTILIZE THAT ENTHUSIASM THAT YOU HAVE.
OH, IT'S UNEXPECTED, BUT YEAH.
NO, I'M I'M I WELCOME THE CHALLENGE FOR SURE.
UM, I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY NEW, UM, SO CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, I HAD TO, I TRY MY BEST FOR SURE.
SO WE HAVE SELENA, HE AND NANCY PALMA.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS, IF NOT, UH, NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED.
SO FOR THIS ONE, I AM GOING TO SEND THIS OUT TO Y'ALL.
UM, I SPENT AT LEAST AN HOUR LAST NIGHT TRYING TO GET THIS UP, WHICH I CANNOT.
ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND? OKAY.
UH, JUST CHECKING, MAYBE REFOCUS YOUR CAMERA.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE SHOWING US YOUR RINGS AND FINGERS AND A VERY WEIRD WAY.
MAYBE NOT THE MAID WE'RE GOING FOR IN A PUBLIC MEETING.
IT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME THE WORD SEDUCTIVE HAS BEEN USED IN A CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, SO I DID, Y'ALL HAPPEN TO GET AN EMAIL FROM ELECTION RUNNER OR FROM MYSELF YET WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
I'M COMFORTABLE WITH, I WAS GOING TO SAY COMMISSIONAL, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I HAVE MY IPAD AND THE CAMERA'S ON THIS SIDE.
SO THE OTHER OPTION IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE WANT TO JUST RAISE OUR HANDS TO, TO TAKE THIS VOTE, THAT'S FINE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE BALLOT READY AS AN OPTION.
FOLKS FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED MORE PRIVACY FOR A VOTE.
UM, ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH JUST DOING A HANDFUL OF, OKAY.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE SAYING, OH, SO, UM,
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GREAT.SO THE FIRST, UM, CANDIDATE IS SELENA YOU, UM, THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, SELENA, YOU BEING OUR VICE CHAIR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, AYE.
UM, JEAN, ARE YOU ON THE CALL? I AM.
AND WHAT IS YOUR VOTE OR COMMISSIONER OR COMMISSIONER YOU, IS THAT YES.
I WORKED FOR COMMISSIONER YE YES.
I BELIEVE THAT IS SEVEN VOTES THAT I COUNTED.
WE HAVE TO HAVE NINE VOTES, UM, IN ORDER FOR, FOR ANYONE TO BECOME THAT INTERRUPT, TO TAKE THAT SEAT.
UM, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO, UM, UH, THOSE IN FAVOR OF NANCY PALMA AS OUR VICE CHAIR.
SO WE HAVE FIVE VOTES FOR NANCY PALMA, UM, AND THAT MOTION FAILS AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'M SORRY IF I DIDN'T, IF I NEGLECTED TO SAY THAT UP FRONT, JUST AS ALL VOTES, GO WITH THE COMMISSION, WE HAVE TO HAVE NINE VOTES, UM, TO BRING SOMEBODY INTO THAT SEAT.
UM, SO WE CAN TRY AGAIN, IT CAN BE AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.
UM, SO THOSE IN FAVOR OF SELENA, YE AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, I, CAN I ASK A PROCEDURAL QUESTION? SURE.
LIKE ONE, IF, IF WE HAD USED THE SECRET BALLOT, WOULD WE HAVE THEN MADE A MOTION FOR WHOEVER HAD THE MAJORITY OR WOULD IT HAVE HAD TO BE NINE PEOPLE IF YOU HAD EMAILED OUT THE BALLOT, THEN WHAT I'M ASSUMING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WAS THAT WHOEVER HAD THE GREATEST NUMBER OF VOTES, YOU WOULD SAY SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, SORRY, A CALL POPPED UP THIS AND THE PERSON HAD THE RAISE OVER VOTES.
LIKE, DO YOU APPROVE THE ELECTION RESULTS? AND THEN WE WOULD MAKE A MOTION ON IT.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS THAT, UM, IF WE ARE GOING TO USE THE SECRET BALLOT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT PEOPLE WHO AREN'T HERE CAN VOTE? NO, JUST BE EVERYONE WHO'S PRESENT IN THIS MEETING.
UM, NOW, UH, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH SOMEBODY MAKING A MOTION TO, UM, YOU KNOW, APPROVE THE PERSON WHO GOT THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES, BUT, UM, UNLESS ANYONE ELSE SEES AN ISSUE WITH THAT COMMISSIONER BLANK.
I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THE COMMISSIONER FALCON WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION OR, OR I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION RIGHT NOW AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON IT.
AND IF, IF, IF THEY GET TO THAT POINT AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE, UH, THE NINE VOTES, THEN I THINK WE COULD FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO NEXT FROM HERE.
BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I'LL PASS IT BACK TO COMMISSIONER FALCON.
I ACTUALLY LIKE TO HEAR LIKE, FROM THE PEOPLE, JUST IN CASE IT'S WAYS, MY VOTE.
UM, ARE YOU BOTH COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER PALMA FOR LEVEL OF INTEREST IN DOING THIS.
CAUSE I I'D BE HAPPY TO, BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH COMMISSURE, FALCO AND SEDIMENT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL THAT YOU'RE SO INTERESTED IN THIS AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM.
IT MIGHT BE A GREAT ASSET FOR THE POSITION.
UM, YEAH, NO, I, UM, I GUESS IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW, AT LEAST GET A SENSE OF LIKE THE TIME COMMITMENT.
I'M JUST, I'M LIKE WALKING INTO THIS BLIND GUYS.
SO, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW LIKE, IS IT LIKE A 40 HOURS A MONTH PLAN A THING OR IS IT LIKE A FIVE HOURS A MONTH? WHAT WAS IT HELPFUL FOR ME TO KIND OF LAY OUT THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES? OH, SURE.
IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T SEEM TOO ONEROUS.
LIKE IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS, IT WAS SOMETHING I COULD, YOU KNOW, MANAGE, LIKE MY WORK SCHEDULE WOULD BE MANAGED, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T INTERRUPT MY WORK SCHEDULE AND UM, YEAH, I THINK TOO, LIKE GIVEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO A, LIKE A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE, LIKE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT,
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UM, CHAIR OUTLINED, LIKE IT'D BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE FOUR HOURS TWICE A YEAR.I'M YEAH, I'M TOTALLY DOWN WITH THAT.
LET'S JUST SPEAK THE LANGUAGE THAT I'M ASSUMING YOU SPEAK LIKE OURS AND YEAH, FOR SURE.
NO, CAUSE IT'S JUST, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YEAH.
I MEAN, MY WORK CAN BE NOW CHAIR GONZALES WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
UM, SO MOST OF THE, UH, COMMISSIONER PALMA, MOST OF THE WORK OF THE ICRC WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW MAP AND OCTOBER, 2021 THAT HAS BEEN DONE AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WITH PUBLIC FORUMS, WITH OUR MEETINGS AND DID FEEL LIKE A SECOND JOB AT SOMETIMES I'M SURE NOT JUST FOR ME OR THE CHAIR FOR ANY COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THERE WAS A LOT THAT WE DID AND A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, WE HAD A MEETING WE PLANNED FOR THIS MEETING AND I WOULD SAY A FEW HOURS A WEEK BETWEEN THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR, UH, COMMUNICATING, ORGANIZING, WORKING WITH THE CITY STAFF.
SO I WOULD SAY MORE THAN FOUR HOURS A WEEK.
UM, THERE IS A TIME COMMITMENT.
WE, THE CHAIR AND I, WE MEET DURING OUR FULL-TIME JOBS.
UH, WE MEET WHEN WE CAN, IF IT'S IN THE EVENINGS OR ON WEEKENDS, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL AS THE NEXT CHAIR OF EVERYONE'S WORK SCHEDULES, BUT THERE'VE BEEN TIMES, OR WE HAD TO TAKE CALLS AT TWO, THREE O'CLOCK DURING THE WORKDAY.
UM, AS COMMISSIONER THOUGHT ONE SIDE, NOW THAT WE'RE MOVING TO MAYBE A YEARLY SCHEDULE, THE WORK IS LESS, BUT I WOULD SAY THERE'S MORE OF IT LEADING UP TO THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
SO MAYBE THE TWO OR THREE WEEKS OR SO LEADING UP TO A MEETING THAT'S WHEN THE WORK HAPPENS.
AND I W I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX HOURS A WEEK LEADING UP TO IT IS WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT ON THESE MEETINGS.
UM, IF THAT'S A TIME COMMITMENT THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH AND COULD ACCOMMODATE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS THE NEXT VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M KIND OF LIKE VERY LIKE ONE SIDE.
UM, I GUESS MY INCLINATION IS LIKE, I, YEAH.
I, AGAIN, I'M, I'M LIKE, I KIND OF WISH I HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, EXPOSURE JUST BECAUSE I DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT I'M SIGNING UP FOR, BUT, UM, AND I'M NOT LIKE AN IMPULSIVE KIND OF PERSON, SO, UM, YEAH.
UM, MR. MCCANN AND GONZALEZ HAD RAISED HIS HANDS JUST A MOMENT AGO.
SO I'M GOING TO CALL ON HIM FIRST.
I SAID, QUESTION FOR A VICE CHAIR TO BE CHAIRED, AT LEAST CAN TELL US, UM, WHAT WAS THE LEARNING CURVE, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER AND HOW MUCH DID YOU LEARN THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW, YOU NEEDED TO KNOW IF YOU, YOU KNOW, I EXPEND IT WILL BE BETTER.
WHO CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LEARNING CURVE, COMMISSIONER, UH, CARRYING THE FELLOWS, IT WAS, YOU HAD TO LEARN EVERYTHING ON THE SPOT.
I MEAN, YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE CHAIR AND IN HER EYE, WE FEEL LIKE THERE WASN'T PASSING THE BATON THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO CREATE.
AND THIS COMMISSION WITH THE FINAL REPORT, I'M JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS DOCUMENTED.
OUR ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER DID A GREAT JOB IN ORGANIZING THE TIMELINE.
SO I THINK OUR COMMITMENT MOVING FORWARD WILL BE LESS HECTIC THAN WHAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH.
I MEAN, COMMISSIONER POM WAS MENTIONING THAT THERE ARE STILL ISSUES WITH, UH, CITY EMAILS AND THE, AND BE LOCKED OUT.
THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL STUFF, UH, HURDLES TO OVERCOME.
UM, AND JUST A LOT OF LEARNING HOW TO DO THINGS THAT, THAT MANY OF US HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING FOR THE CITY TO DO.
UH, IF, IF, IF COMMISSIONER PALMER AS A NEW COMMISSIONER CAME ON BOARD, THERE'D BE A SLIGHT LEARNING CURVE.
UM, I HOPE NOT WHAT WE HAD TO DO WITH, UH, HOW ABOUT, IS IT, WOULD IT BE COOL IF, UH, WE GAVE COMMISSIONER PALMA UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING ON AUGUST 10TH TO DECIDE, OR JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT? I'D HAVE A COUPLE PROBABLY DO IT.
IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE NICE IF YOU HAD SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT, THAT THE COMMISSION COULD PROBABLY OPERATE WITH JUST, UH, A CHAIR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TIME BEING, AND I CAN, UH, UM, COMMISSIONER CANNON AND THEN CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL.
I THINK I WAS JUST GOING TO, UH, ADD TO COMMISSIONER PALM IS CONCERNED MAYBE TO SAY THAT I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE IN BOTH LUIS AND CHRISTINE, AS SHE'S TRYING TO DO THE TRANSITION.
I THINK THEY'LL DO A GREAT JOB AND I NOT SURE THAT YOU SHOULD WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.
AND I'M SURE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TIME COMMITMENT REQUIRED AS A VICE CHAIR, BUT I, I THINK THE TRANSITION WILL BE SMOOTH AND YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT HANDS TO HELP YOU COME UP TO
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SPEED.SO I WOULD SAY IF THAT'S YOUR WORRY, I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
LIKE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO PROPOSE, UH, IS IT POSSIBLE YOU, UM, UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, BASED ON YOUR SCHEDULE, THIS COULD MAYBE BE BEST TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE VICE CHAIR ROLE, MAYBE COMMISSIONER, YOU CAN JUST HOVER PRO TEMPORE ROLE AND JUST, UM, SERVE IN THAT POSITION, UH, UNTIL WE HAVE A FINAL VOTE, UH, CONSIDERING THAT COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND MIGHT UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURE A LITTLE MORE AT THIS POINT.
I THINK THAT'S FINE TO HAVE AN INTERIM, UM, GO AHEAD.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UM, WE, UH, EXCEPT THE, THE PERSON WITH EYES NUMBER OF VOTES, AND IF THE MOTION PASSES, THEN WE MOVE ON WITH OUR BUSINESS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND? UM, IT HAS BEEN MOTIONED AND SECONDED TO, UM, AGREE ON THE PERSON WHO GOT THE MOST VOTES TO BE THE VICE CHAIR.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS COMMITTING ME SEVEN TO FIVE.
SO THE QUESTION IS ON THE ADOPTION OF THE MOTION THAT WE, UH, BRING INTO THE VICE CHAIR ROLE, THE PERSON WHO GOT THE MOST VOTES EARLIER, THAT BEING COMMISSIONER YOU SEVEN TO FIVE, UM, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, NO, NO.
SO THE NAYS HABIT AND EMOTION IS LOST.
I WAS THINKING, I KNOW THERE WAS NO COMMENT OR THERE WAS, IT WAS, UM, IT WAS FIVE AND FIVE SPLIT OKAY.
UM, I, I, I LIKED COMMISSIONER WHO CAMBOS SUGGESTIONS JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF MOVE ON FROM THIS, UH, TO HAVE AN INTERIM VICE CHAIR.
AND SINCE WE'RE MEETING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE CAN REVISIT THE VICE CHAIR ROLE AT THAT POINT.
MADAM CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MAKE A MOTION? I WASN'T SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE A MOTION FOR, IF COMMISSIONER YE ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION? SURE.
UM, LET THEM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ALLOW COMMISSIONER YE TO BE INTERIM VICE CHAIR UNTIL WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL, UH, VOTE ON AUGUST 10TH OR SECOND.
IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO MAKE COMMISSIONER YE THE INTERIM VICE CHAIR UNTIL THE COMMISSION NEEDS AGAIN ON AUGUST 10TH FLOOR IS OPEN USHER BLANK.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MAKES A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE I MEAN, I, MY IMPRESSION IS THAT NEITHER COMMISSIONER YOU NOR COMMISSIONER POLLEN NECESSARILY WANT TO DO THIS.
IT'S KIND OF THE VIBE I'M GETTING.
AND SO WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, IS LIKE, IS ANYBODY LIKE I'M WILLING TO DO IT SIMPLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND NOW AGAIN, I KNOW THAT I MIGHT NOT GET ENOUGH VOTES HERE VERY CLEARLY, BUT I MEAN LIKE, IS THIS JUST ABOUT LIKE, IF, IF, IF SOMEONE IS WILLING TO DO THIS AND WANTS TO, SHOULD LIKE, SHOULD WE MOVE TO THAT OR JUST, SHOULD WE JUST GO THROUGH THIS INTERIM THING AND THEN MOVE ON? AND I'M JUST SORT OF LIKE, WE'RE KIND OF KICKING THIS DOWN THE ROAD AND SORT OF SEEMS UNNECESSARY FOR A POSITION THAT'S GOING TO BEAT FOR ONE MEETING A YEAR FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
SO I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
OR MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE IS MORE WILLING TO JUST TAKE ON THIS ROLE, BUT AGAIN, I COULD BE MISREADING THE SITUATION, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN NO, YOU DO IT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PLAYING FOR THE, FOR THE OFFER, UH, COMMISSIONER CANNON AND THEN CONSOLE IS, AND THEN PHIL COHEN, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT.
I THINK THE REASON WE'RE HAVING AN INTERIM IS BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE THE NEW COMMISSIONER TIME TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE FOR HER AND IT'S ONLY FAIR TO
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GIVE HER TIME TO THINK THROUGH IT AND COME BACK.AND I THINK THERE IS SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT NINE YEARS OF THIS BEING HERE.
SO I WOULDN'T THINK IT'S TRIVIAL AND I THINK WE LET THE MOTION STAY AND RECONVENE AUGUST 10TH TO DO THE VOTE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOMEONE THAT SAYS SHE'S INTERESTED, BUT IT'S FAIR THAT SHE GETS SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT TRIVIAL.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SET THAT PRECEDENT TO TELL HER THAT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE.
AND I THINK IF THE NEW COMMISSIONER WANTS IT, SHE SHOULD HAVE IT, BUT WE SHOULD GO THROUGH THE WORK AND THAT'S MY TAPE.
YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT VICE CHAIR, UH, BEFORE THE AUGUST 10TH MEETING, UH, TO SUPPORT IT, TO SUPPORT WITH THE WORK.
UH, SO THE INTERIM, THE, I APPRECIATE THE INTERIM IDEA.
I WOULD ALSO KNOW, MAYBE IN AN AUGUST 10TH MEETING, WE COULD HAVE A FULL 14, UH, BODY COMMISSION, UH, THAT WE COULD HELP, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH THE VOTES HERE.
UM, SO THERE ARE TWO, UNFORTUNATELY TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE NOT JOINING US TODAY.
UH, AND AS THE CHAIR, I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE A PUSH TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A FULL 14 BODY AT THE NEXT TIME, SO WE CAN ALL VOTE ON THIS NEXT CRITICAL POSITION.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO THROW IN THERE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, UM, THE SAME THAT COMMISSIONER KANAAN SHARED, LIKE IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT ANYONE IS UNINTERESTED.
I THINK EVERYONE'S, UM, BEING VERY GRACIOUS AND VERY KIND IN THIS AND I COMPLETELY RESPECT THAT.
WE WOULD WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE THE TIME THEY NEED TO MAKE A DECISION OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK WE NEED A VICE CHAIR, BUT OKAY.
WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS VERY KIND, BUT, UM, YEAH, LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE BEATING FOR, AND THEN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS THAT, UM, MADAM CHAIR IS GOING TO STILL BE IN AN ADVISORY ROLE.
SO, UM, IT SEEMS THAT THIS WOULD JUST BE ADDING A THIRD PERSON TO THE QUOTE UNQUOTE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
AND AS YOU SAID EARLIER, THIS IS A LESSENED, UM, LOADS AND IT HAS BEEN THE PREVIOUS TIME.
AND IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO, THEN MAYBE WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT THAT TO TRIPLINK.
I MEAN, I'M, AGAIN, I'M PERFECTLY FINE GOING ALONG TO GET ALONG AND MOVING, KICKING THIS DOWN TO THE NEXT MEETING.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHAIR HAS WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT, AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO DO EVERYTHING ON THEIR OWN.
AND I'D ALSO SAY WITH NO DISRESPECT TO ANYBODY, INCLUDING COMMISSIONER ALMA, WHO I THINK IS VERY GRACIOUS AND EVEN ACCEPTING, I DON'T THINK SHE SHOWED UP TO THIS MEETING THINKING, OH, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE ME VICE CHAIR.
SO LIKE, THAT'S A PRETTY ODD THING, BUT I ALSO THINK LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF GOING IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS HERE.
IT'S BOTH THIS SORT OF LIKE BIG THING THAT SHE NEEDS TO TAKE A BUNCH OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT, BUT ALSO WE DON'T REALLY NEED A VICE CHAIR AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE MUCH TIME.
I'M JUST SORT OF LIKE, I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, I THINK PUTTING SOMEONE AND AGAIN, NO OFFENSE TO COMMISSIONER PAUL, I THINK PUTTING SOMEONE IN WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION AND HAS BEEN DOING THIS STUFF FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF IS PROBABLY HELPFUL TO THE CHAIR, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS ON AUGUST 10TH THEN, AND KIND OF DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A FULL QUORUM OR A FULL COMMITTEE AND WE CAN MOVE ON ON THIS.
I THINK WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO, TO MAKE THIS VOTE.
YO, UM, CHRISTIAN FALCO AND QUICKLY YOU'RE MUTED.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS I THOUGHT COMMISSIONER PALMA WOULD BE GOOD IS BECAUSE SHE DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ENTITIES.
SO LIKE SHE COULD QUICKLY STEP IN AND UNDERSTAND LIKE THE PROCEDURE THAT IT TAKES TO GET THINGS POSTED AND HOW TO WORK WITH, UM, THE GOVERNMENT.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S A BIG SKILL THAT IS NEEDED TO RUN THIS COMMISSION, UM, SMOOTHLY.
SO THAT I JUST WANTED TO, THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNTER TO LIKE, I THINK THE BIGGEST LEARNING CURVE WASN'T ABOUT THE COMMISSION, IT WAS ABOUT WORKING WITH THE CITY, UM, CHAIR.
I LIKE TO MAKE THE MOST, I MOVED THAT WE CLEAR THE SLATE AND START AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, WITH EVERYONE HAVING GIVEN SOME THOUGHT TO IT.
NOW WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE ALREADY, AND THAT IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE WANT TO HAVE COMMISSIONER YE AS THE INTERIM CHAIR.
UM, BUT WHY DON'T WE FINISH THIS OUT? LET'S TAKE OUR QUICK VOTE.
I KNOW WE ALL ARE READY TO GO HOME.
SO, UM, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DEBATE, THE, THE QUESTION IS ON THE ADOPTION OF THE MOTION THAT WE MAKE.
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THE INTERIM VICE CHAIR UNTIL THE COMMISSION MEETS AGAIN ON AUGUST 10TH.SO THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, AYE.
AND THE MOTION IS ADOPTED PARISHIONER.
UH, THAT THEN IT CLEAVES A SLATE.
SO WE WELCOME CHAIR GONZALEZ AND INTERIM VICE CHAIR.
I'LL BE, UM, SO WE ARE GOING TO FINISH UP HERE.
Y'ALL WITH HOUSEKEEPING TO F JUST QUICKLY.
LET'S ALL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CITY EMAILS UP AND WORKING FOR THE SAKE OF JUST BEING ABLE TO COMPLY WITH PUBLIC RECORDS, REQUESTS, PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS YOUR CITY EMAIL, YOU NEED TO CONTACT TECH SUPPORT.
UM, I CAN SUPPLY THE BEST CONTACT INFORMATION TO REACH THEM.
I KNOW THAT ANDRE HAD NAMED A PHONE NUMBER EARLIER IN THE CALL, BUT WE CAN SEND THAT OUT AGAIN IN AN EMAIL TO EVERYBODY, UM, TO YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE CITY ACCOUNTS, UM, ACCESSIBLE.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER HOUSEKEEPING BUSINESS? OKAY.
NEXT IS I'M FINISHED BUSINESS AND THIS IS JUST EXTREMELY QUICK.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THIS OUT THERE FOR PUBLIC RECORD.
WE HAVE A WEBSITE, IT TOOK MONTHS AND MONTHS OF HARD WORK.
WE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER E AND, AND CHRISTINE GRANADA'S AS WELL FOR, FOR PUTTING THAT WORK IN.
AND NOW WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE AS A RESOURCE TO THE CITY AND TO EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW THESE LOCAL REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS RUN.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT FOR THE NEXT DECADE.
UM, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU, DID YOU WANT TO, I'M SORRY.
UM, COMMISSIONER, YOU, DID YOU WANT TO JUMP IN AND SAY ANY FINAL WORDS? SURE.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, UM, IT'S AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/ICRC.
SO BASICALLY THE CONTENT, UH, THAT CHRISTINE HELPED AGGREGATE AND, UH, THAT ERROL SHAYNA, UH, CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR KIND OF REVIEWED, IT REALLY HAD TO BE, UH, ABBREVIATED BECAUSE OF LIMITATIONS OF THE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE DRUPAL TEMPLATES FOR THE CITY SITES.
UM, SO, UH, WE ARE, WE WILL TAKE TRAININGS SOON TO LEARN HOW TO EDIT AND UPDATE THE SITES OURSELVES.
UM, SO IF YOU ALL SEE ANY ERRORS, YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW, BUT IT MIGHT BE SOME TIME BEFORE I'M ALL TRAINED UP TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE ONE OF THE DESCRIPTIONS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED IN BEING CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR WAS TO ASSIST IN UPDATING THE WEBSITE.
UM, I JUST, WASN'T QUITE SURE IF YOU'D LOVE THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT BOTH THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR WOULD ALSO DO.
I GUESS I THINK I HAD LISTED THAT IN THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UM, DEFINITELY WOULD BE GETTING THEIR HANDS ON THAT SITE WHEN NECESSARY.
UM, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU SERIOUSLY.
YOU DID A SOLID, SO THANK YOU FOR MINISTRY.
YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY SHANA AND ERROL.
I GUESS I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYBODY WHO DO YOU CREDIT TO, TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE? UM, AND ALL THE CITY STAFF, THE WEBSITE FOLKS WERE PHENOMENAL.
SO THE LAST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. THE FLOOR IS OPEN TO OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE ON, UM, AUGUST 10TH AGENDA TO THOSE COVER THOSE FOUR ANNEXATIONS AND THEN THE VICE CHAIR ELECTION.
UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS? THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
NICE TO MEET NEW PEOPLE BY GOODNESS DR.