* 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. [00:00:01] OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SEPTEMBER MEETING [Trinity River Corridor Local Government Corporation Board on September 19, 2025.] OF THE LGC TO ORDER, UM, ANDREW QUICKS SAW, AND AS WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, MOVE IMMEDIATELY ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I MOTION TO APPROVE. UH, THANK YOU GARY, FOR THAT MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, DAN. THANKS FOR THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES AND THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. UH, OKAY. WELCOME. WE HAVE A BRIEF AGENDA, BUT ONE, UH, MAJOR SECTION THAT MIGHT, UH, TAKE A FEW MINUTES, KIND OF A, A WORKING LINE ITEM THAT I HOPE WE ALL GET TO WORK WITH. AND I DO SAY ALL, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE QUORUM, BUT DON'T LOOK NOW, WE HAVE SEVEN FULL MEMBERS SITTING ON THE LGC RIGHT NOW IN PERSON , WHICH IS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. LAST MONTH, UM, WE HAD A, A NEW MEMBER JOIN US AND MONTH IS BACK AGAIN. BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE A MOMENT OVER TO, UH, CHRIS BODI, OUR NEWEST, FULLY APPROVED MEMBER, UH, JOINING US FOR HIS FIRST FULL MEETING. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME. UM, CHAIRMAN AL, IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PLEASURE. AND TO THE MAYOR FOR, UH, HIS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN MY SERVICE HERE AND ALSO TO VICE CHAIR JACKSON. I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR HER, UH, CONVERSATION, UH, EXPRESSING THE IMPACT THAT WE CAN MAKE TOGETHER THROUGH THIS COMMISSION AND THROUGH SERVICE TO THE CITY. UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE, EXCITED TO SERVE, YOU KNOW, UH, I SAID THIS LAST TIME, BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M BORN AND RAISED HERE IN DALLAS. THE CITY HAS, UH, UM, CHANGED OVER MY 43 YEARS LIVING HERE SINCE, UM, I ENTERED THIS WORLD. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND I HOPE THAT THROUGH THE FEW YEARS OF, UH, SERVING, UM, ON THIS COMMISSION, WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD IN TERMS OF, UM, MAKING THIS CITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN HOW WE FOUND IT. THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS TO ME AND MY FAMILY, UH, HAS GIVEN US SOME INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE ALLOWED ME TO, UH, BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY. AND SO, UH, I'M EXCITED TO SERVE. SO EXCITED TO ALSO GET TO KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. I THINK WE HAVE A LUNCH AFTER THIS, UH, SO, WHICH I'M EXCITED THAT WE CAN BREAK BREAD TOGETHER AND, UM, AND, UH, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER PERSONALLY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR BEING WILLING TO SERVE. I, I APPRECIATE IT. LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU AS WELL. UH, OKAY. WITH THAT, UH, OUR FIRST, UM, AGENDA ITEM, UH, FOR CONTENT FOR THE DAY IS AN UPDATE ON A BANK ACCOUNT, UH, AND TO UPDATE THAT. UM, SARAH, WOULD YOU TELL THE L-G-L-G-C WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON? YES. NO, THANK YOU. SO, UH, AT THE FOUNDING, AS MENTIONED AT THE LAB BOARD MEETING, THERE WAS A BANK ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED FROM THIS ORGANIZATION, THE, UH, PNC BANK. UM, THERE WAS NO MONEY IN THE BANK, UM, BUT IT WAS STILL ACCRUING, UH, UH, OVERDRAFT FEES AND OTHER THINGS. LONG STORY SHORT, UH, WITH THE HELP OF OUR GREAT PARTNERS AND JUST A GREAT TEAM AT DNC BANK, WE WERE NOT ABLE, WE WERE, WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE THE ACCOUNT. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO WAIVE THE FEES THANKS TO THEM. UM, SO NONE OF US ARE FINANCIALLY ON THE HOOK FOR THAT. AND SO I JUST WONDERED WHAT, NO, WE DO NOT OWN A BANK ACCOUNT ANYMORE. AND SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY BRIGHT IDEA ABOUT STARTING ONE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TALK LONG AND HARD ABOUT THAT. SO THAT IS MY UPDATE, NO BANK ACCOUNT, NO MONEY, AND, AND JUST, UH, SO IT'S ON THE RECORD. AND, AND SO THE REST OF THE LGC IS AWARE. UM, PERHAPS A, A COMMENT ON HOW LONG THIS PROCESS TOOK , UH, LET'S SEE. UH, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE STARTED THIS IN THE SPRING, SO NO, A MINIMUM OF FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS, UH, BETWEEN HAVING TO COORDINATE AND TRACK BACK HISTORY OF THIS BOARD, THAT KIND OF THING. AND SO, UH, YES, IT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE, UH, BUT VERY HAPPY AND PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE NO MONEY AND HAVE NO BANK ACCOUNT. , UH, YES, DEFINITELY A NON-TRIVIAL ACTION, EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDS, UH, VERY SIMPLISTIC. AND THANKS TO, UH, PNC, SARAH, AND, UH, STAFF AT THE CITY, IT, IT TOOK ALL OF THOSE GROUPS COMING TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE. AND I DO WANNA SAY, UH, WELL, UM, UH, VICE CHAIR JACKSON WAS, WAS MAKING LIGHT OF, UH, THE DIFFICULTY OF HAVING A BANK ACCOUNT. IF THERE IS A DEMONSTRATED NEED IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE PERMITTED UPON THE DIFFICULTY HERE HAD TO DO WITH WHO THE SIGNATORIES WERE, SINCE THEY'RE NO LONGER ON THIS, ON THIS BOARD. SO IN THE FUTURE, IF WE COME UP WITH A REASON TO HAVE IT, WE ARE, WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT. UH, NOTHING TO VOTE ON THERE. THAT WAS JUST AN INFORMATION ITEM. UH, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HAS TO DO WITH OUR WORKING GROUPS. AND FOR MANY YEARS NOW, UM, WE HAVE HAD WORKING GROUPS OR SUBCOMMITTEES ON THIS BOARD, UH, ADDRESSING DIFFERENT CRITICAL ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFY. AND WE STILL HAVE STANDING WORKING GROUPS. [00:05:01] THEY ARE CARRY OVER FROM LAST YEAR. THEY WERE IN THE ANNUAL, UH, REPORT THAT WAS, THAT WAS FINISHED UP LAST MONTH. UM, BUT WE HAVE, UH, WE FINISHED THAT REPORT, AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE NEW MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD. AND SO IT'S A OPPORTUNE TIME TO TAKE A, A, A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THOSE WORKING GROUPS. AND I INTEND FOR THIS LINE ITEM TO REALLY BE A WORKING MEETING. UH, THIS IS A BRAINSTORMING SESSION. THIS IS SOLICITING EV EVERY MEMBER OF THE LGC FOR WHAT THEY WANT, UH, OUR SUBGROUP, UM, COMMITTEES TO LOOK LIKE. WHAT ARE THE NEW CRITICAL ISSUES? ARE THEY THE SAME? HAVE THEY CHANGED, UM, THE STATED MISSION OF EACH OF THE WORKING GROUPS? DO DO THOSE NEED TO CHANGE? AND THEN OF COURSE, SINCE WE HAVE NEW MEMBERSHIP, WHAT WILL THE COMPOSITION BE? AND, UH, TO KICK THAT OFF, IT PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO KIND OF BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE, THE HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CURRENT GROUP. AND YOU HAVE A HANDOUT IN YOUR PACKET THERE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF ONE MEMBER FROM EACH GROUP JUST GAVE A LITTLE, A LITTLE SYNOPSIS. YOU DON'T NEED TO READ WHAT'S HERE. MAYBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS, UH, HOW YOU VIEW WHAT THAT WORKING GROUP HAS DONE, OR, OR MAYBE SOME SPECIFICS OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF, FOR SOME OF YOU POTENTIALLY A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO, UH, AND I WOULD ADD ON REAL QUICK, SHERMAN AL, UM, AS WE GO TO DIANE BUTLER FOR THE FIRST KIND OF OVERVIEW, UM, ADDING ON WHERE YOU THINK THAT WORK GROUP IS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, CURRENT PRIORITIES AND ISSUES THAT THE WORK GROUP IS, UH, CONSIDERING RELATED TO THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PARK YEAH. AND THE RECREATION AREA. YEAH. THANK YOU, SARAH. THAT'S EXCELLENT. THAT WOULD LEAD INTO OUR, OUR PROPOSED CHANGES VERY, VERY WELL. SO, UM, DIANE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE CONTRACT REVISIONS FIRST? SURE. UM, I MEAN, AS AS STATED HERE, YOU KNOW, OUR INITIAL, UM, UH, TASK WERE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY, WITH TPC LIAISONS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, UM, REGARDING ANY MODIFICATIONS WITH THE MASTER AGREEMENT, UM, BETWEEN THE, THE CITY AND, UH, MANAGEMENT AND JUST DEVELOPED THE CONTRACT FOR THE TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY. AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS INVOLVED IN, UM, THE REVIEW PROCESS AND HIRING, I GUESS, OF THE FIRM THAT'S TAKING, UM, TAKING OVER THE, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WEST OVERLOOK. UM, GARY, I THINK YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE, THE NEW CHANGES AND OUR ROLE, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE RE-LOOKED AT. UM, SO JUST WONDERING KIND OF WHAT Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS ARE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO INTERACT. UM, IS THAT GONNA CHANGE GIVEN, UM, THE NEW CIRCUMSTANCES? SO I, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, JEREMY, QUICK. SURE. AND, AND IF I CAN JUST ADD TO THE, THE PURPOSE STATEMENT, NOT WRITTEN HERE, BUT WHAT HAS COME UP MORE RECENTLY, UM, THE CONTRACT REVISIONS WORKING GROUP WAS REALLY CENTERED, AS WAS STATED ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LGC AND THE TPC. BUT OF COURSE, THERE IS ANOTHER CONTRACT OF SORTS THAT WE OPERATE UNDER, AND THAT IS OUR MASTER PAYMENT WITH THE CITY. YEAH. AND WHAT I BELIEVE WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST, UH, NUMBER OF MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, IS THAT THOSE NEED TO BE LOOKED AT IN TANDEM. AND SO TO BE CLEAR, AS THIS MOVES FORWARD IN ITS NEW INCARNATION, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IN ADDITION TO THAT PURPOSE SHOULD BE BOTH THE REVIEW AND CHANGE OF, OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TPC, BUT ALSO OUR CHARTER, UH, EXACTLY. UM, NOW I, I, FOR EACH OF THESE, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE USEFUL TO HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION. UH, I HAD INTENDED TO MAYBE SUMMARIZE THEM EACH FIRST AND THEN MOVE INTO DISCUSSION. UM, SO LET'S, LET'S PAUSE ON ON FURTHER Q AND A, IF THAT'S OKAY. UH, DIANE. OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEP. OKAY. UH, INSTEAD FOR A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF PARK EXCELLENCE, GARY, YOU WANNA GIVE THAT A SHOT? SO, UH, PARK IS, UM, FOCUSING ON THE LONG-TERM, UH, OPERATIONS OF THE , SO THAT THAT INCLUDES, UH, DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, UH, SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S LONG-TERM, UH, LIABILITY AND THE, THE PART MAINTAINS ITS EXCELLENCE . SO. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS HEADED UP BY STEPHANIE KNIGHT, WHO'S ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO STEPPED OFF THE BOARD. UM, IS SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO COMMENT, UH, ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IF NOT, I'LL DO MY BEST TO SUMMARIZE. [00:10:01] OKAY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. SO IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE SELF-EXPLANATORY, UH, IS HERE, AND IT'S CERTAINLY SPECIFIC TASKS HAVE CERTAINLY EVOLVED OVER TIME, UM, IN COORDINATION WITH WHAT TPC HAS BEEN DOING. UM, BUT IT'S MEANT TO BE, UH, BOTH OVERSIGHT AND PARTNER WITH TPC IN THEIR APPROACH TO THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITY DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK. UM, UH, TPC HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ON THIS, AND THEY PRESENTED ON IT AS RECENTLY AS LAST MONTH. UH, THIS WORKING GROUP HAS STANDARD MEETINGS WITH FOLKS AT THE CBC. UM, YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? YEAH, NO, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TOO IS THAT I THINK OF, OF ALL THE KIND OF COMPONENTS, EXTERNAL COMPONENTS RELATED TO THE PARK, THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE HAS BEEN PROBABLY INTEGRAL SINCE THE BEGINNING, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE LAND, OBVIOUSLY AROUND THE RECREATION AREA. UM, BUT THE COMMUNITY, THE STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING, I MEAN, THE PUBLIC SECTOR STAKEHOLDER TO HAVE PROPERTIES KIND OF AROUND, UM, THIS PARK. AND SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. I THINK IT CONTINUES TO REMAIN. SO I KNOW THAT OVER TIME, TPC HAS HIRED PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON THIS. AND SO CURRENTLY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE TPC IS, UH, ENTERTAINING DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS, UM, TO GET TO, TO HELP 'EM UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PARK AS IT ENTERS, HOPEFULLY CLOSER TO A FINAL OR MORE, OR A NEW PHASE, I SHOULD SAY. SO, UM, I DO THINK THIS IS A MORE ACTIVE, UH, PIECE. I THINK THIS, UM, WILL CONTINUE TO BE RELATIVELY COMPLEX AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS GROUPS, PARTICULARLY IN WEST OUT. GREAT. THANKS, SIR. UH, WE HAVE A WORKING, WE'VE HAD A WORKING GROUP SINCE THE BEGINNING, UH, ON DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND BOTH GARY AND EDDIE HAVE WORKED ON THAT, UH, MOST RECENTLY. EDDIE, DO YOU WANNA CHIME IN ON THAT? UH, SURE. YEAH. SO BOTH, UH, ME AND GARY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. UH, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED PROBABLY FOUR YEARS, THREE YEARS NOW. I CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT TIMEFRAME. BUT, UH, I, I LOOK PERSONALLY AT THE ROLE THAT WE PLAY RELATIVE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AS REALLY ADVISORY. SO, UH, IT'S BEEN FUN TO ENGAGE WITH THE TT C YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE DESIGN THEMES, UH, CONSTRUCTION THEMES, UH, REALLY TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE VISION, BOTH INSPIRATIONALLY, ASPIRATIONALLY FOR WHAT, UH, IS TRYING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH ACTUALLY THE PHYSICAL BUILT ARC, WHAT THAT MEANS, THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE REGION. AND SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WE GET TO LISTEN TO WHAT THE VISION IS, BUT WHAT ALSO THE CHALLENGES ARE AND TO, TO BE BUDGET, BUDGETARY, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, YOU KNOW, PERMITTING, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. UM, SO BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO AT LEAST HAVE AN OPINION, UH, TO MAYBE HELP ADVISE OR GUIDE OR AT LEAST PROVIDE OUR INPUT THAT THEN THE TEAM CAN TAKE AND ACTUALLY STRIVE AND IMPLEMENT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY OUR INVOLVEMENT. EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. EDDIE. UH, OUR LAST WORKING GROUP, UH, HAS BEEN HEADED UP BY SARAH JACKSON. IT'S ON COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING. SARAH. YEAH, SO THIS HAS BEEN A FUN ONE. I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON A MEETING COMING UP, BUT I WOULD SAY THIS WORK WORKING GROUP IS COMPLIMENTARY TO OBVIOUSLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. A LOT OF WHAT WE FOCUS ON IS, AGAIN, TRYING TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES, WHETHER THEY BE BUSINESS, SHIP, MEDIA, UM, OTHERS TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE OBVIOUSLY WHAT IS HAPPENING AND GET UP THE FACTS. AND SO, UH, THIS ONE IS ONE THAT I THINK WILL BECOME MORE IMPORTANT. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY SAW THE NEWS STORY THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY ABOUT KIND OF THE NEW PHASE OF THE PARK AND SOME OF THE NEW IMAGES THAT, UM, I KNOW DALLAS HAS SHOWN SOME OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS COVERED. AND SO, UM, NEEDLESS TO SAY, UH, THIS ONE REMAINS AN ACTIVE COMMITTEE. UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE NECESSARILY, UM, TOP PRIORITIES THAT, UM, FOR DISCUSSION NOW. UH, BUT I DO KNOW IT'S DEFINITELY WE TRY TO MEET AND THINGS ARE HAPPENING, SO, UM, I THINK ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE MESSAGING AND THINKING SHOULD, UM, FEEL OPEN TO JOIN THIS COMMITTEE. BUT, UM, YEAH, IT'S, UM, DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO THE EFFORT. GREAT. THANK YOU, SARAH. UH, SO THOSE HAVE BEEN OUR HISTORICAL, AT LEAST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, CHANGED ONCE OR TWICE THROUGH THERE PRIOR TO THAT. [00:15:01] BUT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THESE FIVE HAVE BEEN OUR WORKING GROUP, UH, WORKING GROUPS. AND OUR GOAL HERE IS TO REALIGN THE MANY WAY WE SEE FIT. HAVE WE OUTGROWN SOME OF THESE AND PRIORITIES CHANGED? UH, SO MANY OF THESE NEED TO BE CANCELED. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO MERGE THESE, UH, ANY TWO OR THREE? ARE THERE AREAS WE'RE NOT COVERING TO PREVENT NEW WORKING GROUPS? AND THEN OF COURSE, ONCE WE FINALIZE THAT SLATE, WE NEED TO POPULATE THEM NUMBERS FROM, FROM THE BOARD TO LEAD INTO THAT. I THINK, UH, WHERE DIANE'S GOING, WHICH IS MAYBE SOME Q AND A AND, UM, AND JUST OVERALL DISCUSSION ABOUT ALL FIVE SHOULD, SHOULD TAKE PLACE NOW. AND SO TO KEEP THAT END GOAL IN MIND OF WHAT WILL OUR NEW SET BE BASED ON THIS AND OUR, OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, AND, AND OUR STRENGTHS ON WHO THEY'RE POPULATED. I'M GONNA OPEN THE FLOOR TO, UH, DISCUSSION Q AND A REGARDING ALL OF THE WORK. JUST KICK THAT OUT. DIANE, DO YOU WANNA CIRCLE BACK TO WHERE YOU WORK? SURE. UM, I GUESS ONE OF THE, UH, IN, IN CONSOLIDATING THINGS AS, AS THE PART COMES CLOSER TO ACTUALLY BEING HERE OPEN AND SO FORTH, I DON'T KNOW, DOES IT MAKE SENSE? I MEAN, UM, TO PERHAPS, UH, COMBINE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNICATIONS? I MEAN, DO WE, DO WE SEE, UM, A NEED FOR BOTH? I MEAN, THEY'RE KIND OF DOING THE SAME THINGS. THEY'RE REACHING THE SAME GROUPS. SARAH, YOU WORK IN THE COMMUNICATIONS AND I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF OVERLAP THERE. YEAH. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TPCS GOT THEIR STAFF FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HEAVILY, I BELIEVE. AND, AND SO I DON'T KNOW, JUST THAT ONE JUST SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER. YEAH. IF WE WANT TO CONSOLIDATE TOO THAT THOSE WOULD GO TOGETHER, DIANE, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND I THINK IF WE DID THAT, WE WOULD NEED AT LEAST TWO OR THREE PEOPLE SURE. UM, FROM OUR SIDE, JUST SO THAT WE HAVE COVERAGE. 'CAUSE I THINK, AND MARCUS, IF YOU WANNA COME TO MIKE, AND WE WERE EXCITED TO TALK TODAY, BUT I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE IS SEPARATE FROM COMMUNICATIONS INTERNALLY. AND, UM, AS YOU WALK, I JUST WANNA GET THAT CONFIRMATION FROM YOU AS WE THINK ABOUT STRUCTURE AND COMBINATION FROM OUR SIDE. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE, UH, COMMITTEE, THE LGC IS RECOGNIZING, UH, HARIS STRUCTURE FROM, UH, TPC WHO IS HERE AS, UH, OBSERVER AND GUEST . BUT, UH, BUT SINCE HE'S HERE, UH, HE CAN ANSWER MS. JACKSON'S QUESTION. SURE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. UH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THAT IS CORRECT, SARAH. UM, WE DO HAVE SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS, UH, AT THE CONSERVANCY, UH, COMMUNICATIONS HANDLED BY BRIAN LAP, WHO'S OUR CMO AND, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHO WAS, UH, HANDLED BY SAM ACOSTA, SO OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. BUT THEY DO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER THROUGHOUT ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND ALL, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, CONVERSATION. OKAY. OUR RAHAR, THANK YOU FOR THAT CONFIRMATION AND VERY, ALL THE COLOR, IT'S QUITE HELPFUL FOR DECISION MAKING. YOU ARE WELCOME . UM, SO YEAH, WITH THAT, I MEAN, I LOVE OTHER PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ON, ON OUR COMMITTEE. UM, SO IT, IT IS TWO SEPARATE GROUPS. SO I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT JUST AS FAR AS THE OPERATIONS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING DIFFERENT MEETINGS, ESSENTIALLY YOU'D BE TALKING ABOUT A, A, A SUBSET OF US TO LIKE TRYING TO COORDINATE THEM, ATTENDING TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS WITH THEM. UM, THE CC. SO I'M JUST ASKING, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANNA DO OR DO WE WANNA CREATE, KEEP THEM SEPARATE AND FIND A WAY TO COLLABORATE INTERNALLY WITHIN OUR BOARD? LIKE WHAT MAKES SENSE? I JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING, UH, REAL QUICK. UM, IF IT'S PROBABLY HEAVILY IMPLIED, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR OUR NEWEST MEMBERS, THESE WORKING GROUPS ARE OUR WORKING GROUPS AND CERTAINLY WE CAN MOVE ON OUR OWN. TYPICALLY WE ARE COORDINATING WITH MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE TPC SIMULTANEOUSLY. AND SO THAT'S WHERE SARAH'S REFERENCING, IF THEY ARE STRUCTURED THAT, SORRY, TPC IS STRUCTURED IN A WAY SUCH THAT THERE IS A SEPARATE COMMS OF MARKETING, UH, VERSUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IT DOES MEAN THAT OUR BUYING GROUP, WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS WITH THAT, OR AT LEAST TWO GROUPS TO COORDINATE WITH . SO BASED ON THAT, ANY OPINIONS ON, UM, I GUESS I HAVE MORE OF A QUESTION, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ON MAYBE MARCUS'S THOUGHTS ON THAT RECOMMENDATION. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ASKED F WELL, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A RECOMMENDATION, IT'S JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. YEAH. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. UM, YEAH. YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. YOU WE'RE THINKING OF TRYING TO STREAMLINE AND WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS NOW RELATIVE TO OUR END PROJECT, END OF PROJECT? UM, I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT, YEAH. AND I WOULD [00:20:01] ADD ON, I THINK DIANE IS, IS HITTING ON ALL THE RIGHT CYLINDERS WITH THIS. I WOULD ADD ON MR. STR AS WELL, IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO THE FREQUENCY YEAH. AS TO HOW OFTEN EACH OFS SEPARATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS MEET. I KNOW COMMUNICATIONS, I THINK WE MEET LIKE EVERY OTHER MONTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SENSE OF YOUR, TO ANSWER THAT WE WILL RECOGNIZE, UH, MR. SHAR AGAIN. AND, AND MARCUS, WHY DON'T YOU JUST STAY IN THAT CHAIR. OKAY. , , THANKS AGAIN. YOU CAN STILL TEXT. OKAY. . OKAY. UM, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH THEY MEET, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BRIAN WOULD BEAT US, UH, SAM WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TO ADDRESS. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE CONSERVANCY AS A WHOLE IS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IS THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AS FAR AS THESE WORK GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE INFORMATION, UM, AND FEELS INFORMED OF THE APPROACH GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. SO, SO FOR INSTANCE, AS AS AN EXAMPLE, WHILE YOU HAVE A SEPARATION OF THESE TWO IN-HOUSE, UH, WE HAD A JOINT MEETING, YOUR REPRESENTATIVES COULD COME TOGETHER FOR THAT JOINT MEETING FROM YOUR TWO DIFFERENT, UH, THAT IS CORRECT. OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, I WON'T CALL IT A OBJECTION. THAT THE QUESTION THAT, THAT DIANE POED, I WOULD JUST TO KIND OF FOLLOW ON AND I KNOW THAT STARTED THE DIALOGUE, UM, IT WOULD SEEM THAT POTENTIALLY GIVEN THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, STREAMLINING IT ON OUR SIDE OF THE WORLD, WOULD I THINK JUST, UM, LOGISTICS BOOK PERHAPS. BUT WHAT I DO THINK MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER IS HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND SHARE INFORMATION OR COORDINATE EVEN INTERNALLY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, BUT IF PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTIONS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE DIANE FINE. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE'S SYNERGY BETWEEN THEM AND IT, MAYBE IT'S ONE PERSON WHO DOES BOTH. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS EXPERTS, BUT SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT. JUST TO SOLVE THIS ONE, EDDIE, WERE YOU ABOUT TO CHIME IN OR YEAH, I WOULD, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO MERGE IS MY OPINION. UH, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING TEAM. I THINK, I THINK DAN'S RIGHT THERE IS A LOT OF SIMILARITIES AND SYNERGY BETWEEN BOTH GROUPS. I THINK THEIR GOALS ARE VERY SIMILAR. I KNOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT, BUT THEY'RE THE MESSAGING AND COMMUNICATION OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND THE IMPACT THEY HAVING, TRYING TO HAVE ON THE C AND SO FORTH, WHAT THE PART, BUT THE VISION GETS ALL TIED TOGETHER. I WOULD ALSO VOICE THAT MAYBE THERE'S STRONG SYNERGY BETWEEN PARK EXCELLENCE AND DESIGN CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE WHEN I, WHEN I'M IN THOSE MEETINGS, I'M STRIVING TO INFLUENCE PARK EXCELLENCE THROUGH DESIGN, THROUGH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? I THINK THOSE ARE TIED AND WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU GONNA MANAGE THIS LONG TERM? WHAT'S THE SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY? IT'S ALWAYS AN INTEREST TO ME BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT. SO, AND I KNOW THOSE INDIVIDUALS, PHILANTHROPIC ENTITIES WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTING, UM, AND DONATING, UH, CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROJECT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM. AND SO I THINK THERE'S A TIE BETWEEN DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND PART . AND, AND SINCE GARY SITS ON BOTH, THAT WOULD BE EASY FOR HIM AND DAN, YOU COULD JOIN US OR WE COULD JOIN YOU EITHER WAY. BUT, UH, AND THEN THAT WAY YOU HAVE THREE ENTITIES AND NOT FIVE, AND YOU GET SEVEN PEOPLE, AND IT'S ABOUT TWO PEOPLE PER, PER GROUP CONTINUE. IT'S MORE COMPACT, MORE IMPACTFUL. MY NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EDDIE. I, I, UH, WITH WHAT YOU'RE HITTING AROUND THERE AT THE END, I, I DO AGREE THAT STAFFING FIVE SUB DUTIES OR MORE IF WE THINK ABOUT OTHER THINGS WE DON'T HAVE IS A HEAVY LIFT. AND, UM, I REALIZE IT JUST MEANS WE'RE COMBINING WORK. SO PERHAPS THE WORK OF EACH COMMITTEE GETS, GETS LARGER, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE. NOT EACH OF THESE WORKING GROUPS HAS THE SAME TIMELINE. AND SO, UM, COMBINING IN SOME WAY OR OR SHRINKING THIS, THIS WORKING GROUP SET IN SOME WAY. TO ME, UH, NOT SPEAKING AS CHAIR, JUST AS A MEMBER OF THE LDC, UH, MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. WE'RE NOT CONSIDERED A QUORUM UNTIL WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE. RIGHT? I, SO WE COULD HAVE THREE PEOPLE AS PART OF EACH GROUP. SO YEAH. IN, IN INDEED, LET'S SAY THAT CLEARLY. UM, WE CANNOT HAVE THESE WORKING GROUPS, EACH FORUM, UH, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND OUR NUMBER THEREFORE HAS CHANGED SINCE WE HAVE SEVEN FULL, FULL MEMBERS. SO , WE, UH, WE CAN HAVE ANYWHERE FROM, FROM ONE TO THREE ON THESE WORKING GROUPS. [00:25:01] SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REWORK. THAT'S MY 2 CENTS. WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY, YOU'RE ALSO, THAT'S, THAT WAS EXACTLY TOP OF MIND OKAY. WITH ME. WAS THAT THE WHOLE QUORUM, WHICH WAS, NO, AND I HONESTLY, UM, Y'ALL AS, AS I THINK THROUGH BOTH EDDIE AND DIANE, YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE STREAMLINE, I THINK AS WE GET TO SOME OF THESE MORE SUBSTANTIVE BEHAVIOR OF THE PARK DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY MAKE US SMARTER, A COLLECTIVE BODY TO HAVE EYES AND VISIBILITY AND KNOWLEDGE INTO ALL THESE KEY AREAS. 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED. BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA IF EVERYONE'S NEEDS SUPPORT. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. UM, WE WON'T VOTE ON IT YET. I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE ON IT AS A SLATE, BUT JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE COALESCING AROUND PRETTY CLEAR BEFORE WE KINDA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEP OF THIS. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT COUNTERPOINTS? OKAY. THEN TO BE CLEAR, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE MISSING, UH, WHILE WE JUST FELT LIKE WE CENTERED ON THREE , ARE THERE OTHER TOPICS? I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM CHRIS AND MARTHA, LIKE IF YOU WERE TO CHAMPION ONE OF THESE, UH, GROUPS, LIKE WHO WOULD YOU LOVE TO BE PART OF, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE IN? AND BEFORE THEY ANSWER THAT THOUGH, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT, THAT IS DEFINITELY WHERE I KNOW CHAIRMAN WANTS TO GO. UM, I THINK THE BENEFIT OF BOTH CHRIS AND MARCO IS THAT Y'ALL HAVE FRESH EYES. UM, ALL OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE WORK GROUPS FOR HOW LONG. , SOME OF YOU MU MUCH LONGER THAN ME. AND SO I THINK THE REAL THING IS, AS A BODY, AS THINGS HAVE CHANGED ON THE CPC SIDE AND AS WE ENTER INTO PHASE, IS THERE AN AREA OF, OF OUR JURISDICTION THAT IS NOT REPRESENTED IN WE WORK THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER? MM-HMM . DO YOU WANT GO FIRST? YOU WANT ME? UM, WELL, I, I THINK THAT A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY IS LOOKING AT IT WITH FRESH EYES. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO, WHAT WAS KIND OF THE SYNERGY BETWEEN PARK EXCELLENCE AND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. UM, SO I THINK, UM, EDDIE JUST MENTIONED KIND OF SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT I HAD. I ALSO, YOU KNOW, WAS I THINK THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS KIND OF A THROUGH LINE. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PARK EXCELLENCE. YOU, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY ON, ON BOARD FOR THAT. UM, BUT I, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THE WAY THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT CONSOLIDATING, UM, DOWN TO THREE COMMITTEES SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE OF THAT THROUGH LINE AND CONSISTENCY, UH, AND REPRESENTATION AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD. UM, THAT'S JUST TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT I WAS THINKING. YEAH. AND I'D AGREE WITH, UH, MARTHA ON THAT IN TERMS OF, UM, CONSOLIDATION AND, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY SEE A HUGE COLLABORATION BETWEEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THAT AND UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS. YOU KNOW, UH, VICE CHAIR JACKSON, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE ARTICLE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE FACTS ARE AWARE. WELL, THAT'S INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR OUR FRIENDS AT TPC FROM A FUNDRAISING PERSPECTIVE. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S A BIG HEAVY LIFT AND THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY, VERY GENEROUS. BUT THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE IS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE FACTS AND WHAT'S GOING ON WILL HELP INDICATE, UH, THAT LEVEL. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WEAVES INTO THIS. IF, IF THAT'S EVEN SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMITTEE COULD BE, UM, HELP WITH, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, DOLLARS IS, IS KEY, BUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MARKETING PIECE IS SOMETHING THAT I CERTAINLY RESONATE WITH. UM, AND, UH, UH, DEFINITELY, UM, UH, AGREE WITH THAT CONSOLIDATION OF SUPPORT IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT OUR PARTNERS AT TPC FEEL LIKE IS GONNA HELP THEM WITH THEIR EFFORTS TO, UH, FUNDRAISE AS WELL AS TO EXECUTE ON THE PLANS THAT THEY SEEK TO. THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT. UM, I'LL, UH, I'LL JUST PUT SOMETHING OUT AS A A TALKING POINT. THIS IS MEANT TO BE BRAINSTORMING SOMETHING YOU SAID, CHRIS, AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT FUNDRAISING AND WHAT IS NOT HERE EXPLICITLY, BUT I THINK IT'S MAYBE IMPLIED POTENTIALLY ACROSS ALL OF 'EM, IS, UH, ALL THINGS MONEY IN AND MONEY OUT, RIGHT? SO FUNDRAISING, BUT ALSO DETAILED FINANCE. AND, UM, WE'VE HAD REPORTS COME IN FROM, FROM THE TPC FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT, UH, A GROUP WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE FORMAL LG LGC MEETINGS WITH THE TPC, UH, HASN'T REALLY BEEN PRESENT UNTIL NOW. AND SO IT STRIKES ME, IT, IT COULD BE PART OF ONE OF THESE THREE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I DO SEE IT AT MANY. SO IT ALMOST MAKES ME WONDER IF IT SHOULD BE PULLED OUT. UM, NOW I DON'T WANT TO CREATE MORE WORK, UH, OR MORE, MORE COMMITTEES IF, IF IT'S NOT NEEDED. UM, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING TO THE LGC. IS THAT, DO YOU THINK IT'S REPRESENTED, EMBEDDED ENOUGH IN THE THREE WE'RE PROPOSING? OR DO YOU THINK A DEDICATED, CALL IT FUNDRAISING AND FINANCE, BUDGETING, FUNDRAISING? [00:30:05] I THINK, UM, WELL, THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT. SO WHEN EVERYBODY'S, UM, INPUT ON THIS ONE, I, I'M GOING STRAIGHT UP TO THE CONTRACT REVISION. YEAH. BECAUSE TO ME, THERE IS A CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN FINANCE, FUNDRAISING AND, UM, CONTRACTING. AND SO I WOULD IMAGINE THE FOLKS LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT, AND DIANE, WE'VE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, WHEN, WELL, I GUESS TOO, WHEN, IF, IF THERE'S CONNECTIVITY, THEN I THINK THEY NEED TO ADD ON THAT PIECE. I THINK THAT'S A, A REALLY GREAT IDEA. SARAH. I, I THINK SO THERE'S, UM, BEEN INVOLVEMENT, UM, WITH, UM, THE ACCOUNTING GROUP THERE IN TERMS OF BUDGET AND, AND SO FORTH. SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT IT BE MORE FORMALIZED UNDER CONTRACT REVISIONS. MM-HMM . I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN, I, I'VE BEEN GETTING THE FINANCIALS AND I COULD FORWARD THOSE TO, YOU KNOW, PASTOR PARKER. SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A NATURAL CONNECTION. THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. UM, IF WE GET TO BUY ADD, YEAH. OR I, I TOOK A, UH, UH, A COMMENT FROM DIANE HERE, PERHAPS CONTRACT AND ACCOUNTING, IF YOU THINK ACCOUNTING IS BETTER FOR BOTH OUT. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, DIANE? UM, THAT'S FINE. I GUESS I, I LIKE THE WORD FINANCE BETTER. . YOU, DO YOU OKAY. ALL, WHY ARE YOU PARTIAL? DIANE? WHAT WE NOW ? NO, UM, I NEED TO GO. OKAY, GOOD. UH, IT SEEMS WE'RE COALESCING AROUND THREE, UH, COMMITTEES THEN. UM, AND WE JUST STARTED PERHAPS DOING A LITTLE MORE OF THE DETAILED WORK. UH, AND I, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE LED INTO THIS. I KNOW MOST OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, MOTIONS, APPROVALS, AND ONWARD. I VERY MUCH WANTED THIS TO BE A WORKDAY MEETING. I, I HOPE TO DO MORE OF THAT, TO BE HONEST. I THINK, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF BRIGHT PEOPLE SITTING AROUND HERE, AND I DON'T WANNA WASTE WASTE TALENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING THIS, UH, THIS PROCESS. THE NEXT STEP IS A LITTLE MORE FRUSTRATING, BUT HOLD THAT THOUGHT, PLEASE. OH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, KIND OF ON THE SAME LINES OF WHAT DIANE JUST MENTIONED. LET'S SAY THAT THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TO MERGE. WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN THEN? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE FROM, IT'S ALMOST LIKE I SEEDED THAT QUESTION. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING. OH, OH, THE, THE, THE DETAIL WORK IS WE, WE NEED TO DO SOME LIGHT WORK. THAT, SO EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION ON IT? YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, AS I WAS KIND OF THINKING BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT AND MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, LIKE ALMOST LIKE AN EXTERNAL RELATIONS TYPE, UH, TYPE TYPE GROUP, YOU KNOW, IF I JUST THINK OF IT EXTERNALLY OR KIND OF ORGANIZATIONALLY WITHOUT CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS WERE SHUT UP. SO THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING FOR THOUGHT, BUT I LIKE THAT. YEAH. COMMENT ON THAT OR, OR ADDITION. I THINK I LIKE THAT. I LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S GOOD. IT, IT ENCOMPASSES WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF COMBINING BOTH SECOND, THAT THE THIRD THOUGHT. OKAY. GREAT. GREAT. WHILE WE'RE ON THIS, THIS TITLE, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD RETURN, OH, I'M SORRY. . . YOU WERE, YOU REMEMBER THERE COUNTING. THAT'S GOOD. UM, WE SHOULD, UH, WE SHOULD ADDRESS THE, THE OTHER, UH, GROUP THEN THE, THE COMBINATION OF PARK EXCELLENCE AND DESIGNING INSTRUCTION. UH, I'M LOOKING AT, AT GARY EDDIE. JUST ALONG, UH, SOME OF THOSE THOUGHTS, SUGGESTIONS ON NAMES OR TITLE FOR THAT. UH, THAT WORKING GROUP I THINK SHOULD RETAIN PARK. YEAH, I THINK CONSTRUCT DESIGN CONSTRUCTION CAN FALL UNDER PARK. SO JUST CALL IT PARK EXCELLENCE, BUT JUST, OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WE HAVE AS A WORKING DRAFT, UH, CONTRACTS AND FINANCE PARK EXCELLENCE AND EXTERNAL, I SEE SHORTER NAME. I SEE FEWER WORKING GROUPS. SO SHOULD WE, TO SIMPLIFY THE CONTRACTS AND FINANCE, THAT'S A SUBTITLE FOR LIKE, BUSINESS, BUSINESS SIDE AND THEN PARK EXCELLENCE AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION. I DON'T JUST KIND OF, WHAT WE DO UNDER THAT, YOU KNOW, IS CONTRACTS, FINANCE, AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS RELATED, [00:35:01] IT'S UP TO YOU ALL. WE JUST IT OUT TO SIMPLIFY, LIKE, THE OTHER THOUGHTS. YEAH. SO I THINK YOU SAID JUST TO CONFIRM BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PERHAPS. IS THAT THE TITLE I JUST SAID BUSINESS OR BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION? YEAH, THAT COULD BE A GOOD TITLE. I WAS SAYING MBAS, BUT, OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ONE BIAS. YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS. SO AS WE MERGE THESE, DO THE, IS IS IT JUST A PLUG AND PLAY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR, YOU KNOW, THE JOB DESCRIPTION OR, OR WOULD THAT CHANGE AS WELL? GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, JEREMY, QUICK SAW ABOUT KIND OF FUNDRAISING OR WHAT DOES THAT, WHERE DOES THAT FALL IN HERE AND KIND OF OTHER THINGS, THINGS THAT MIGHT FALL INTO CERTAIN YEAH. MY, MY THOUGHT ON THIS FOR, FOR BOTH TODAY AND MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE, WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE, UM, WE'RE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO FORMALIZING THE TITLES. WE CAN VOTE ON THAT TODAY. UM, UH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS, WE'RE GONNA POPULATE THESE. WE CAN VOTE ON THAT TODAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET DURING THIS DISCUSSION ARE BIG BULLET POINTS THAT WE THINK ARE MISSING OR CAN BE CUT, BUT NOT EXACT VERBIAGE. THAT'S GONNA BE TOO MUCH CONCERN. BUT SINCE WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE, UH, THE WORKING GROUPS, THOSE GROUPS CAN COME BACK FOR NEXT OCTOBER. AND WE CAN FINALIZE FULL LANGUAGE BY NEXT, BY NEXT. UM, BUT I DO THINK TO TASK THOSE COMMITTEES WITH BIG BULLET POINTS WOULD BE HELPFUL. LET'S, LET'S USE THE SEVEN PEOPLE WE HAVE. UM, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO ADDING ANY, ANY, ANY BULLETS OR SUBTRACTING, UM, FINALIZING THAT, THAT FIRST WORKING GROUP, UH, NAME OR TITLE WITH THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. IT'S UP TO DIANE, I THINK. DIANE , . SHE LIKES FINANCE. SHE DOES LIKE FINANCE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I'M I, I'LL GO WITH FINANCE WITH, WITH THE GROUP. UM, JUST FINANCE, I MEAN BUSINESS. HOW ABOUT FINANCE? BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IS MORE ENCOMPASSING, I BELIEVE. I MEAN, IS THERE ANOTHER OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF A ALRIGHT, HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO. WE'LL, WE'LL, AND I'M SAYING WE, BECAUSE I SUSPECT I'M GONNA BE ON THAT, THAT GROUP , BUT , WE, WE'LL CALL IT BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. OR AS SOON AS WE TAKE A VOTE, WE WILL SUGGEST THAT. UH, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE IN THE MEETING WITH BULLETS THAT FINANCES . ALRIGHT, SO, UH, CRAFTING THIS, UH, THIS MOTION THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN THE LINE. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE TITLES BEFORE WE GO TO POPULATING THESE, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO CONTINUE THIS BROAD DISCUSSION ON THE NOW MERGE BULLET POINTS. AND WE'RE NOT AFTER, UH, EXACT LANGUAGE HERE. THAT AGAIN, IS GONNA BE THE TASK OF THE NEWLY FORMED COMMITTEES, BUT RATHER, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OUTDATED POINTS? THE NEW COMMITTEE JUST WON'T DO THIS? OR ARE THERE THINGS THAT ARE COMPLETELY ABSENT? WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TASKING THE COMMITTEE TO GO WORDSMITH THE RIGHT THINGS. UM, SO GIVE IT A QUICK LOOK, UH, BRAINSTORM AND LET'S, LET'S HAVE A HAVE A DISCUSSION. UM, I'LL, I'LL KICK OFF WITH MAYBE AN OBVIOUS ONE, WHICH IS THAT FIRST COMMITTEE, AS I JUST PROMISED, WE NEED SOMETHING AROUND FINANCIAL. UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS REALLY TWOFOLD. I THINK IT'S, IT'S BOTH FUNDRAISING, BUT ALSO, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN HAPPENING. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S DOCUMENTED HERE. AND THAT IS THE POSSIBILITY. THE FINANCIAL, THE MONTHLY REPORT WITH FINANCIAL AND JUST AS, UM, SHARING CLICKS, ALL STOPPING, I JUST REALIZED, UM, JUST SOMETHING WE HAD NOT SPECIFIED AS A GROUP, BUT I THINK SOME OF US MAY KNOW, IS EVEN IF YOU ARE ON ANOTHER, UH, WORK GROUP OR COMMITTEE, YOU CAN STILL, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ONE BODY AND SO YOU CAN STILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF OTHER COMMITTEES THAT WE MAY NOT SIT ON AND COLLABORATE AS NEEDED. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE. UM, IF YOU END UP SOMEPLACE THAT'S NOT EXACTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE STRENGTHS IN OTHER PLACES, WE CAN STILL LEVERAGE THE WHOLE BODY FOR THAT WORK. ANY OTHER SPECIFIC POINTS ON HERE THAT, UH, COULD BE EITHER REMOVED OR POINTS THAT AREN'T ON HERE THAT SHOULD BE ADDED? JUST 'CAUSE MR. SHR, UM, I JUST WAS THINKING ON THAT FIRST SINCE WE'RE TALKING IN THIS FIRST BULLET. UM, DO YOU KNOW, MR. SHAR, WHICH COMMITTEES THAT YOU HAVE INTERNALLY WOULD LIKE INCLUDE THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, ? LIKE WHAT, HOW MANY OF THOSE COMMITTEE, LIKE WHAT ARE THEY CALLED AND, UM, HOW IT ORGANIZ ORGANIZED SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DISCUSSED FOR [00:40:01] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMS. THANK YOU MS. JACKSON. I AM UNSURE OF WHAT THOSE COMMITTEES ARE IN TOWN. UM, WE DO HAVE A PPC BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE. I DO NOT KNOW IN THE PAST HOW THAT HAS INTERACTED WITH THE LGC BOARD MEMBERS. UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN TALK TO TONY AND, UH, JOHN TREHAN, WHO'S OUR CFO. THANK YOU. KEEP ME HONEST. I ALSO THINK Y'ALL HAVE, IS IT AN AUDIT COMMITTEE AS WELL OR IS THAT IN FINANCE? IT'S IN FINANCE. FINANCE. WE HAVE A GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A FINANCE COMMITTEE, A DAC COMMITTEE THAT OFFICERS, UH, ESSENTIALLY PARK EXCELLENCE, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A-C-E-I-M COMMITTEE, WHICH IS, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. UH, FOLKS. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. . THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. YEAH, TO, TO THAT END, I THINK, UM, AS, AS IS ALREADY DONE, AND SOME OF THE OTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF THE WORKING GROUPS AS WE REDEVELOP THESE, I THINK BEING AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE WITH, WITH WITH WHOM WE ARE INTERFACING. AND I DON'T JUST MEAN TPC, THE RATHER COMPONENTS OF TPC OR COMPONENTS OF THE CITY, UH, I THINK IS IS VERY HELPFUL. AND SO AS THAT'S A NEW BULLET THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH ON, UH, PARK EXCELLENCE OR EXTERNAL RELATIONS, EITHER ADDITIONS OR TRACTION. AGAIN, 30,000 FOOT VIEW, BIG, BIG SCALE SIMPLY FOR ME IT'S DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, LIKE STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT, AND FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS, UM, I DO THINK WE'VE CAPTURED EVERYTHING. UM, ACTUALLY THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING WE CONSIDER ADDING THAT AS I LOOK CLOSER AT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ADVOCACY. UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE IMPORTANT IN THE YEARS THAT I FOLLOWED THE ADVOCACY, OBVIOUSLY, WHETHER WITH THE CITY OR, UM, YOU KNOW, AS IT'S APPROPRIATE WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE AROUND, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. I THINK WE JUST WANT TO THROW THAT IN SO WE HAVE THAT IN . THAT'S A GREAT ADDITION, SCOTT, UM, EDDIE BACK, UH, UH, TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, UH, AND, AND, BUT YOU AND GARY HAVE, HAVE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC THAT O AND M IS IN THE CROSS HAIR, THIS, THIS WORK AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HINTED AROUND WITH SORT OF, UH, EUPHEMISTIC LANGUAGE HERE OF LONG TERM VIABILITY. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S INCORRECT. YEP, YEP. BUT I THINK BEING VERY POINTED AND SAYING OPERATIONS TO MAKE WOULD BE, WOULD BE IMPORTANT. YEAH. SO I, I'D LIKE TO SEE PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. YEAH. WELL, IT'S IMPLIED. IT'S NOT STATED RIGHT, , BUT IT SHOULD BE STATED. YEAH, EXACTLY. I AGREE. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE BIG HURDLE. IT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, RIGHT? IT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND HAS, SO LET'S NAME IT, LET'S BE EXPLOSIVE INSTEAD OF I AGREE. UM, AND THEN MY ONLY OTHER ONE IS HERE. I WOULD SAY IT'S UNDER DESIGN CONSTRUCTION, BUT NOW THAT THEY'VE MERGED AND MARK EXCELLENCE, I THINK, UM, NOWHERE ON HERE. YEAH. WE SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT ANY WORK WITH THE ARMY BOARD AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THAT WAS APPROPRIATE, PARTICULARLY THE PATH. ALL OF THE DIRECT INTERFACE WITH THE ARMY BOARD WAS REALLY FOR THE CITY. UH, AND OUR INTERACTION GENERALLY WAS CHANNELED THROUGH, BUT WE HAVE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THEM OFF AND ON. WE'RE CERTAINLY AWAITING INFORMATION FROM THEM. WE WILL NEED TO COORDINATE TIMING AND BY WE HERE, I MEAN, UH, TPC AS AN EXTENSION OF LG C'S PRIORITIES. AND SO I THINK AT LEAST NAMING THEM HERE AS SOMEONE AS AS YET ANOTHER PARTNER, EVEN IF IT'S FAIRLY INCONSISTENT, I THINK IT WOULD BE . ANY OTHERS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. UM, THE LAST KIND OF SUB BULLET ON THIS REALIGNMENT [00:45:01] AND ASSIGNMENT IS THE ASSIGNMENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT POPULATING THESE POTENTIAL THREE, UH, COMMITTEES. UH, AND AS I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, PERHAPS THIS SHOULD ACTUALLY BE DONE IN TWO STEPS. UM, WE CAN'T POPULATE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST. SO WHAT I'M THINKING IS, FIRST WE SHOULD INCLUDE EXISTENCE OF THE WORKING GROUPS AND THEN . AND SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. UH, MOTION IS TO, LET'S CALL IT A RACE, FORMER WORKING GROUPS AND, UH, PRODUCE FREE WORKING GROUPS, ONE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, SECOND IN PARK EXCELLENCE, UH, AND A THIRD IN EXTERNAL RELATIONS. THIS WITH HOLD UNTIL THE NEXT TIME A MEETING LIKE THIS IS HELD, UM, WHICH I GUESS IS IN DEPTH UNTIL THAT IS NOT. SO DO I HEAR MOTION? UH, THIS ONE COMMENT PLEASE. NORM, NORMALLY I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD MAINTAIN THIS UNTIL MAY BEFORE BREAK. EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. UH, GOOD. SO CAN WE APPROVE? CAN WE APPROVE THE, UH, CAN WE APPROVE THE FUTURE COMMITTEES, UH, HOLDING THESE UNTIL FINAL VOTE? YES. I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THAT GARY, UH, HAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WE HAVE ANY SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY DIANE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. MOTION. SPECIFY WHAT WE WERE MOVING TO THE GARY, THAT WE WOULD MAINTAIN THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF OUR, UH, COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES UNTIL TILL WE HAVE THE, UH, THE, THE DETAILS OF THE THREE NEW SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE, UH, DISCUSSED TODAY. THAT'S MY MOTION. THIS IS WHO WANTS A SECOND? WHERE? MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM GARY. SECONDS SECOND. THIS TIME AROUND. CHRIS IS OUR SECOND. CHRIS IS OUR, IS OUR SECOND. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. IT PASSES. THANK YOU. THE PRIOR WORKING GROUPS WILL BE IN PLACE THEN UNTIL, UH, A FINAL MOTION NEXT MONTH, WHICH WILL HAVE THE EXACT VERBIAGE. WHO'S GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT? WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHO'S GONNA POPULATE THE NEW WORKING GROUPS. LET'S START WITH A DISCUSSION OR MAYBE VOLUNTEERING, AND THEN AGAIN, WE WILL APPROVE IT AS A SLATE. AND CHAIRMAN, QUICK, I, JUST TO CONFIRM, CAN A MEMBER SERVE ON MORE THAN ONE WORKING GROUP IN THIS NEW STRUCTURE? ABSOLUTELY. THE, THE ONLY RESTRICTION HERE IS WE CAN'T HAVE A WORKING GROUP EXCEED THREE MEMBERS. WE CAN'T HAVE, UH, WE CAN'T EXCEED FORUM, UH, SO I DON'T WANT TO VOLUNTOLD ANYONE. UM, I WILL START WITH MYSELF. I, UH, HAVE BEEN ON CONTRACTOR DIVISIONS, UH, FORMALLY AND IN THE PAST. THERE WAS A LITTLE HIT OR MISS MOST RECENTLY MEETING THIS SUMMER, SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR CONSISTENCY TO STAY ON THAT COMMITTEE, UM, BASED ON OTHER DUTIES AS CHAIR. I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I WILL SIT ON. UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE, UH, TO SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE. UM, I WON'T, UH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL ASK FOR IT. TO PROPOSE, TO SUGGEST OTHERS. I, I LIKE, I LIKE THAT CONSISTENCY. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, BASED ON MY EXPERTISE AND BACKGROUND, I MEAN, I DON'T, I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE ON THE EXTERNAL RELATION. RIGHT. WHILE WE'RE FOCUSED ON NEW MEMBERS, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, MARK, I WANNA COME OVER WITH YOU BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE ALL OF US KIND OF OLD TIMERS DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM. THE THOUGHT. UM, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? [00:50:01] I WAS THINKING ABOUT EXTERNAL RELATIONS, UM, AND POTENTIALLY PARK EXCELLENCE, BECAUSE I THINK SPEAKING ABOUT THAT THROUGH LINE, UM, EVEN THE WAY THEY WERE, THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN, I THINK THAT PARK EXCELLENCE COULD BENEFIT FROM INPUT FROM SOMEONE ON THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. DO YOU WANT YOUR, YOUR VOLUNTEERING POTENTIAL TO YES, WITH EXTERNAL RELATIONS BEING MY FIRST CHOICE, . OKAY. THANK YOU, MARTHA. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE GOT OUR NEW CODE. YOU BET. YOU BET. IT'S FINE. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, WELL NOW, AS, AS VICE CHAIR JACKSON REFERRED TO EVERYONE, OLD TIMER , YOU HAVE THE MORE ESTABLISHED BRANCH. YOU DOING , THE EXPERIENCED YES. UH, ANY VOLUNTEERS OR, YEAH, I'M BEST SUITED FOR PARK EXXON. I AS WELL. AND, AND I CAN REMAIN ON THAT IF NECESSARY, OR BE, UH, AN OPTION AND AN ALTERNATE, UM, AND STAY ON CONTRACT, UH, AND FINANCE OR BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. SO, DIANE, CAN WE MAKE YOU AN ALTERNATE PERHAPS THEN? DO WE WANT ALTERNATE CHAIRMAN AL FOR THESE WORK GROUPS OR NO? I, I DON'T THINK IT'S A REQUIREMENT, BUT I, IF THERE'S INTEREST, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA SHUT IT DOWN. OKAY. SO IT MAKES SENSE. LIKE IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD, UH, INTERACTIONS WITH SAY THE ARCHITECT DEPART AND GOING THROUGH AND REVIEWING THAT. THOSE ARE REALLY A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, COMES OUT. SO WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST THREE SEATS AT THE . AND SO IF WE, SOMEBODY THAT'S ACTUALLY ASSIGNED TO A COMMITTEE CAN'T MAKE IT SET THE ALL. OKAY. YEAH. RIGHT. SO FOR PARK EXCELLENCE RIGHT NOW, I HAVE MARTHA, THE EDDIE, GARY AND ALTERNATE DIANE. YEP. AND, BUT DIANE'S STILL SERVING ON BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, RIGHT? IS HER PRIMARY? YEAH. WELL, I, I, I'M, I, IT'S, IT'S FINE. I MEAN, WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU COULD BE THE ALTERNATE. YEAH. OH, THAT'S, AND KEEP DIANE ON CONSISTENCY JUST BECAUSE OF HER KNOWLEDGE OF SURE. THAT MAKES SENSE. THE SUSTAINABILITY ASPECT. ASPECT. EXCELLENT. OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. OKAY. SO WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION, I THINK THERE'S ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THERE, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY TWO ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ONLY TWO, OR SORRY, EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND ONLY TWO ON CONTRACT, UH, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. SO I'M THE THIRD ON STERN, OF COURSE. UH, CONSISTENT. UH, AND THEN EVEN IF ONLY AS OCCASIONALLY MAY, I SUGGEST JUST BECAUSE OF HOW MANY MEETINGS WE HAVE TOGETHER, YOU'RE ALSO ON BUSINESS ADMIN. OH, YEAH. HAPPY TO BE. I, I WAS THINKING THAT IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE VICE CHAIR WOULD SIT ON THERE. THANK YOU. I, UH, I SEE AT LEAST THREE, AGAIN, AN ALTERNATE ON ONE, UM, UH, ON EACH TEAM. SO I, I BELIEVE WE'VE DONE OUR JOB. UH, WELL AND REAL QUICK THEN, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS AN ALT, OR EVERY WORK GROUP HAS AN ALTERNATE EXCEPT EXTERNAL RELATION. ANYONE WANNA SERVE AS AN ALTERNATE FOR EXTERNAL RELATION? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK ON BUSINESS ADMIN, WE HAVE A, OH, THAT'S ME. NO, YOU'RE THIRD. OH, YEAH, OF COURSE. WE'RE COMMITTEE, WE'RE COMMITTED. NOW YOU, YOU, YOU COULD, YOU COULD BECOME, UH, A IF WE COULD FIND A, A THIRD ONE . I TOTALLY PUT MYSELF IN AN OFFICE, UH, SPUR AND SLICK, SO THAT'S GOOD. UM, UH, YES. I MEAN, ON EITHER OF THOSE, WE DO HAVE SPACE FOR AN ALTERNATE SINCE WE'RE GOING TO ROUTE, IS THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES, UH, FROM ANYONE OR ARE WE, UH, HAVE WE TAPPED OUT OUR SEVEN, OUR, UH, OUR BANDWIDTH? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. FAIR ENOUGH. UH, WITH THAT SAID, THEN, UM, WE'LL PUT IT AS A, AS ANOTHER, UH, UH, MOTION BY SOMEONE. UH, THINK SOMEONE ELSE NEEDS TO MAKE, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS SLATE. LET ME READ IT BACK ONE MORE TIME SO EVERYONE'S AWARE. UM, UNDER OUR, UH, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WORK GROUP, UH, MYSELF, DIANE, AND SARAH, [00:55:01] UNDER OUR PARK EXCELLENCE, WE HAVE, UH, EDDIE, GARY, DIANE, AND MARTHA AS A ALTERNATE. AND THEN UNDER, UH, AN EXTERNAL RELATIONS WITH CHRIS MARK. UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THIS COMPOSITION? ONCE THESE NEW, UH, COMMITTEES ARE IN PLACE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW COMPOSITION. I SECOND. THERE WE GO. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, GIVEN BY MARTHA AND SECOND BY EDDIE. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. IT APPROVED. ASSUMING, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, UH, FOR ALL THAT WORK. I LIKE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING REAL WORK IN HERE. THAT THAT WAS GREAT. UM, UH, AGAIN, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO CHARGE THOSE THREE FUTURE, UH, COMMITTEES WITH, OR THOSE NOW THREE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITH, IS COMING BACK WITH REFINED LANGUAGE. BASICALLY THAT PIECE OF PAPER YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. LET'S GET A NICE DRAFT TOGETHER. AND WHEN THAT COMES FORWARD, WE CAN FORMALLY APPROVE THESE AT TAKING, TAKING HOLD, AND ERASING THE FORMER AND FROM THAT POINT ON THOSE COMMITTEES TO BE MARKED. OKAY. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A CHARGE TO EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES, UH, FOR NEXT MONTH. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, WE WILL WORK WITH OUR VERY TRUSTED CITY STAFF AND SEE IF THEY CAN PROVIDE DRAFTS OR RESPONSE PERHAPS. UM, AND THEN Y'ALL CAN RESPOND TO THAT DRAFT. WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL TO THE PROCESS? OKAY. WE'LL DO THAT. , FOR THE RECORD, UM, RESPONDING TO MS. CAITLIN OVER THERE. UM, YES. IF Y'ALL WOULD PUT TOGETHER BASED ON A CONVERSATION, UH, DRAFT OF WHICH WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF THE THREE REVIEW WORK GROUPS AND SUGGESTED LANGUAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EACH. AND JUST SEND TO THE, UM, NEW ASSIGNEE, AND THEN THEY'LL RESPOND IN KIND. SO BILL, IF YOU GET AN EMAIL FROM KAITLYN OR DINA, PLEASE BE KIND AND RESPOND. UH, AND THEN WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT NEW DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MEETING. DOES THAT WORK? THANKS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, GREAT SUGGESTION. AND CONTINUED THANKS TO OUR, OUR WONDERFUL STAFF, UH, AT THE CITY. UH, THAT BRINGS TO A CLOSE THE REALIGNMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF WORK GROUPS. EXCELLENT. AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT AGAIN ON, ON THE RECORD, I, UH, MENTIONED IT EARLIER. I DO THINK THIS WAS A, A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS. I DO THINK THIS EFFORT ON DISCUSSING WORK GROUPS AND, AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS WAS A, WAS A VERY VALUABLE EXERCISE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE ULTIMATELY IN THE FUTURE, UH, TO DO THIS AGAIN, UM, PERHAPS ANNUALLY, BUT WHEREVER OR WHENEVER WE DO THIS, AND CHAIRMAN COULD SAW BEFORE WE NEED WRAP. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, I, UH, GIVE Y'ALL, UH, FORGIVE ME. NOT Y'ALL. YOU'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG. BUT, UM, I, I NEGLECTED TO MENTION ON THE PNC, UM, CLOSURE THAT WE DID, UM, THIS COUNCIL HAS REMINDED US WE DID VOTE IN OUR MINUTES LAST TIME TO CLOSE THE ACCOUNT. SO THAT SORT OF THE BOARD'S, UH, APPROVAL THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THAT CLOSURE. SO JUST FOR GOVERNANCE, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE BUTTONED UP. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE WERE ALL IN THE LOOP AND IT WAS IN THE RECORD. THANK YOU, SARAH. UH, WITH THAT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UNLESS MARCUS WANTS TO ADDRESS US. YET AGAIN. UH, MANY THANKS TO MARCUS FOR ON THE FLY, UH, ANSWERING QUESTIONS. APPRECIATE THAT. BUT AS THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND. UH, SO PROPOSED MOTION TO UR SECOND, GARY . GARY, UH, GARY HAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ADJOURN. SECONDED BY EDDIE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. IT IS 1108 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU'ALL. I. * 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.