[ SPECIAL MEETING & WORK SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL June 15, 2020 ADDISON TOWN HALL 5300 BELT LINE RD., DALLAS, TX 75254 6:00 PM SPECIAL MEETING & WORK SESSION NOTICE is hereby given that the Addison City Council, using electronic medium, will conduct a Special Meeting and Work Session on Monday, June 15, 2020. A temporary suspension of the Open Meetings Act to allow telephone or videoconference public meetings has been granted by Governor Greg Abbot. These actions are being taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by avoiding meetings that bring people into a group setting and in accordance with Section 418.016 of the Texas Government Code. The meeting will be live-streamed on Addison's website at www.addisontexas.net and PEG channels (Channel 99 for AT&T subscribers or Channel 16 for Spectrum subscribers). ]
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YOU'RE CASTING VISION.AND, AND WE MAKE A BIG DISTINCTION BETWEEN STRATEGIC VISION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.
STRATEGIC VISION IS ABOUT DIRECTION.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING? AND THAT IS LARGELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
STRATEGIC PLANNING IS ABOUT HOW YOU GET THERE.
AND THAT'S LARGELY WES AND THE STAFF'S RESPONSIBILITY.
NOW CERTAINLY DO IT WITH SOME INTERCHANGE AND SOME DIALOGUE.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS YOU COULD SAY ON THE LAST MANY YEARS NOW, YOUR CITY'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IS YOU HAVE LARGELY STAYED IN THE VISIONING PART.
AND WE ALL HAVE SOME TROUBLESOME, DOES WE GET DOWN IN THE WEEDS? AND I HAVE TO SAY, OH, WAIT A MINUTE, COME BACK OUT OF THERE, ADRIENNE, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THIS IS AN ART, NOT A SCIENCE.
WE CAN SAY THE OTHER THING WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON AND PILLARS KIND OF BECOME THAT PATIENT.
WHAT ARE THE BIG PRIORITIES FOR THE FUTURE? THEN MILESTONES ARE THINGS THAT TELL US WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AT THE RIGHT SPEED FOR THESE PRIORITIES TO BE EXPERIENCED.
AND I ALWAYS THINK OF, YOU KNOW, GOING ON A HIGHWAY, YOU HAVE SOME MILESTONES, THERE'S A LOT OF MARKERS THAT TELL YOU, OH YEAH, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THE VISION IS IT TO GET TO A CERTAIN MILESTONE.
THE VISION IS OUT THERE FARTHER, BUT THE MILESTONES TELL YOU YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND SO WE'LL NEED ONCE WE'VE KIND OF REAFFIRMED OR CREATED MORE PRIORITIES OR DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, WE'LL NEED TO HAVE SOME MILESTONES FROM YOU THAT TELL THE STAFF, THIS IS MORE OF WHAT WE HAD IN MIND.
THIS IS A, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED, BUT WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS WHAT WE CALL IT INITIATIVES FOR Y'ALL BECAUSE INITIATIVES BELONG TO THE STAFF THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THOSE MILESTONES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERVIEW OF IT.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EACH PILLAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE STAFF GIVE US KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE AND THEN THE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU WORK IN SMALL GROUPS.
WE'LL STILL ALLOW YOU TO SOCIAL DISTANCE.
AND WE'LL HAVE A GROUP THAT STAYS IN HERE WITH THIS PAD.
UH, AND WE'LL HAVE A GROUP THAT GOES INTO THE FOUR YEAR THERE WITH THAT CHART.
AND THEN WE'LL SEND A THIRD ONE INTO THE BREAK ROOM.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THREE GROUPS AND YOU'LL GET MIXED AROUND.
SO WE'LL BE WITH THE SAME PERSON ALL THE TIME, AND THEN YOU'LL COME BACK AND REPORT.
SO OF COURSE THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR, YOU KNOW, HE SAID THE ESSENCE OF WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HONORING THAT.
SO THAT SAID, LET'S SEE IF I CAN, CAN PULL THIS UP HERE.
I THINK I'VE GOT TO GO RIGHT HERE.
YOU DO THIS LONG ENOUGH, YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
SO LIKE REAL QUICK, GET EVERYBODY ON, UH, ON ONLINE.
SEE THE, THE SCREEN BEING SHARED SOME CAN SOMEBODY TELL US? THANK YOU.
SO, UM, HERE IS PILLAR ONE AND WE'RE JUST GONNA READ THROUGH IT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE STAFF, UH, TOM ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS HUB AND A MILESTONE ONE OR ONE OF THE MILESTONES WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED ON ATTRACTING AND RETAINING ENTREPRENUERSHIP AND HIGH TECH CONFERENCES TO REVIEW TOWN ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS MODERNIZE THEM AND FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND THREE CREATE A SPECIFIC CHANNEL FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO, WES, LET ME GO TO YOU AND YOU GUYS GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF INITIATIVES AND PROGRESS ON THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BREAK UP AND LET YOU TALK ABOUT, OKAY.
UM, WHAT WE'VE GOT BEFORE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS A COPY OF THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT, UH, PROVIDES A PROGRESS UPDATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, MILES PILLARS AND MILESTONES.
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AND THEN EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS A, AN INITIATIVE THAT'S ASSESSED.EACH MILESTONE HAS INITIATIVES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
AND THEN SO THE RIGHT OF THOSE INITIATIVES ARE STATUS UPDATES.
AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED ON KIND OF THE MOST IMMEDIATE TERM BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, CLOSING DOWN THE ECONOMY RELATED TO COVID-19.
SO WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP GET THAT BACK, OPEN UP AND OPEN, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THE FIRST MILESTONE IN THE MISSTEP MILESTONES ARE NOT IN ANY PRIORITY ORDER THEY'RE JUST RATED UNDER, OR THEY'RE JUST RANK OR NOT RANK, EXCUSE ME, THEY'RE JUST LISTED UNDERNEATH THE PILLAR.
AND SO THE FIRST INITIATIVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST MILESTONE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOCUS ON ATTRACTING AND RETAINING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HIGH TECH CONFERENCES IS THE FIRST INITIATIVE IS TO PROMOTE ADDISON AS A PLACE OF CHOICE FOR TALENT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STARTED BEFORE THE WHOLE COVID-19 SITUATION HIT WAS, UH, PREPARING, UH, AD CAMPAIGN TO, TO BASICALLY PUT IN STRATEGIC, UH, PUBLICATIONS THAT WOULD HELP ACCOMPLISH THAT.
LET PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO COME AND DO BUSINESS IN ADDISON.
AND THAT THAT CAMPAIGN IS UNDERWAY AND IT'S NOT MARKED AS, YOU KNOW, FINISHED BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL DOING THAT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST DO THE FISCAL YEAR WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL HAVE WORK ON SPECIFICALLY TO THAT ITEM.
UH, ANOTHER INITIATIVE, UH, THERE IS, UH, TO PROMOTE ADDISON'S KEY ASSETS AND POINTS OF DIFFERENCES TO TARGET INDUSTRIES, CONTINUE TO DO THAT, UM, UH, THROUGH, UH, OUR, YOU KNOW, MARKETING, WHAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY TO OFFER TO PEOPLE.
UH, ALSO WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, UH, WITH, WITH Y YOU KNOW, EXPLAINING THE WHY ADDISON IS A GOOD PLACE TO LOCATE AND DO BUSINESS FROM, UH, ALSO AS PART OF THE WHOLE COVID-19 RESPONSE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE BUSINESSES AS THEY BEGIN TO REOPEN, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT AND THE METRO CHEST, METRO CREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON HOW TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AND CREATING SEMINARS TO, TO, TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THAT.
UM, ANOTHER INITIATIVE WAS TO LEVERAGE ADDISON'S QUALITY OF PLACE TO SUPPORT ITS PEOPLE, AUDIENCES THAT, AGAIN, I ADDRESSED THAT, UH, CONTINUING TO PROCESS, UH, WELL, SORRY, I'M GOING, MOVING ON TO THE SECOND MILESTONE OF REVIEWING TOWN ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS TO MODERNIZE THEM AND FACILITATE REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE INITIATIVE THERE IS FOCUSED ON THE FINISH FINISHING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PROCESS, AND WE'RE WORKING STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT CONSULTANTS ARE WORKING ON A DRAFT, A DRAFT DOCUMENT, BUT ALSO WORKING ON TRYING TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT PROCESS.
WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 SITUATION AND NOT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE, UM, SOME OF THE MEETINGS WE'VE HAD.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ABOUT THREE MONTHS BEHIND WHERE WE TYPICALLY WANT TO BE ON THAT, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD AND KIND OF ANTICIPATE HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE COUNSEL AND UPDATE ON THAT AND WHERE WE ARE IN RELATION TO COMPLETING THAT WHOLE PROCESS, UH, IN, WITHIN AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE FISCAL OF FISCAL YEAR 2021.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE LAST MILESTONE, CREATING A SPECIFIC CHANNEL FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, THE INITIATIVE THERE WAS TO MAINTAIN A BUSINESS CLIMATE THAT DIFFERENTIATES HAD US IN AND SUPPORTS THE NEEDS OF THE, OF ITS TARGET INDUSTRIES.
AND AGAIN, USING KIND OF COVID-19 IS THE IMPETUS BEHIND THIS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THOSE, THE BUSINESSES IN ADDISON AND TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, WITH THEM, HOW THE, THE ECONOMIC, HOW THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED BY THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO HELP THEM AS WE, AS WE, AS THEY GET BACK UP ON THEIR FEET AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP DOING BUSINESS.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SPECIFIC, IT'S NOT LISTED HERE, BUT SPECIFIC TO, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL COVID-19 RESPONSE WAS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD WHAT RESOURCES WERE AVAILABLE TO BUSINESSES, UH, TO BE ABLE TO EITHER FIND HELP FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES OR OTHER THINGS RELATED TO HOW THEY MIGHT OPERATE.
SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF INITIATIVES AND STATUS UPDATE ON THOSE ITEMS. SO I THINK THAT FOR AT LEAST THAT, THAT THOSE, THOSE MILESTONES UNDER THAT PILLAR, I THINK THAT'S UPDATED.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR LAST ON THAT? I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A QUESTION, MAYBE JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE, ON THE MILESTONE TO CREATE A SPECIFIC CHANNEL FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK IF THE INITIATIVE, UM, ESSENTIALLY
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THAT THE TWO WAY CHANNEL IT TURNS OUT IS, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MILESTONES IS TO CREATE A SPECIFIC CHANNEL.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE USING THE EXISTING CHANNEL, WHICH IS THE, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT STAFF, UH, TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, THE OBJECTIVE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
SO THE ONLY THING ON THAT ONE IS IT, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE WE DIDN'T CREATE A SPECIFIC CHANNEL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC IN HOW WE ARTICULATE THE INITIATIVE IS PERHAPS SAY SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WOULD WRITE, BUT, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE AN EXISTING, WE CAN LEVERAGE AN EXISTING, UH, RESOURCE, UM, AND SUCH A WAY THAT WE DON'T NEED TO CREATE A SPECIFIC CHANNEL.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? CAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT SAYS CREATE A SPECIFIC CHANNEL AND THEN, UM, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE WE DIDN'T CREATE A SPECIFIC CHANNEL.
AND I THINK, UH, I THINK THE OTHER THING TOO, IS WE MAY NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT, WE NEED TO MAKE, MAYBE WE MAY NEED TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WHAT, WHAT, CAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS FULLY COVERS THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MADE THE TRANSITION, WE TOOK THE ADDISON BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND INCORPORATED THAT INTO THE METRIC METRO CREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND NOW THERE'S A VAST BEING STOOD UP.
AND HOW DOES THAT PLAY THAT SPECIFIC ROLE, THAT SPECIFIC CHANNEL THAT'S THAT'S ONE THING THE OTHER IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE, WE WORKED STARTED WORKING WITH A PARTNER IN ADDISON BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, CEO AND EXECUTIVE GET TOGETHERS TO BE ABLE TO, TO OPEN THOSE, THOSE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, BEING MORE CLEAR AND, AND I, UH, MAYBE IF THE COUNCIL FEELS THEY NEED TO BE MORE CLEAR, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S, THAT WE, AS STAFF CAN BE MORE CLEAR ON SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE OR HAVE BEEN DOING.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT, HOW THAT PLAYS IN WITH SPECIFICALLY THIS MILESTONE CAME FOR ME, IT WAS CALLED, WAS THE WORK WITH THE RESTAURANTS, MAYBE WITH THE RESTAURANT SPECIFICALLY AS A CHANNEL AND THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION THAT TAKES PLACE FROM THE TOWN TO THE RESTAURANT AND VICE VERSA, YOU KNOW, LAST THREE AND A HALF MONTH SINCE EARLY MARCH INTO A KNOB, EXACTLY THREE OUTLAWS.
SO NOBODY, WE ONLY MEET WITH EACH OTHER.
NO, EVEN I BELIEVE ORLANDO CANNOT MEET IT WITH ANYONE YOU PRESENT.
SO BASICALLY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EXECUTING IN FOR PACE, NOT POVERTY.
I THINK THAT HE'S STILL TO CALL UPON PEOPLE, EMAIL ON PEOPLE, BUT THE, THE, THE WAY WE CONDUCT THAT IS SO DIFFERENT NOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE FACT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT GUY ASSURED ILLEGAL TO MICHELLE'S, YOU KNOW, HIS ACTIVE WAITING TO, UH, GATHER PEOPLE TOGETHER, SPONSOR SOME PROGRAM FOR THE, BECAUSE HE EXACTLY WAS GATHERING QUICHES THROUGH A GOOD, THEY DID A WHY SO TWICE, AND THEN THIS COVID-19 CAM YOU KNOW, NOTHING CAN BE CONTINUED UP TO NOW.
WHAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO CONTINUE THIS.
AND I PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT SOME WAY, SOMEHOW I FELT LIKE WE CANNOT VISIT ANY BUSINESSES.
WE CANNOT REALLY GO SOMEWHERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IN PERSON CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN JUST PICK UP THE PHONE OR EMAIL, RIGHT? SO, UM, WHILE WE ALL THE OTHER, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE PLOTS TO THE BEST, MOST EFFICIENTLY, AND THAT KID CAN STILL ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE TIMES, ONE OF THE THINGS PRIOR TO COVID-19, FRANKLY, HE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING RESTAURANTS TO RESPOND TO US.
AND NOW THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE.
I MEAN THAT, THAT'S KIND OF BEEN A SILVER LINING IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT WE'VE GOT THIS, THIS GOOD CONNECTION RIGHT NOW WITH OUR RESTAURANTS AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO BUSY NOW, YOU KNOW, 25%, 50%, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT
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I THINK, I THINK THERE WERE PROBABLY, THERE WAS PROBABLY THAT AND JUST TO, NOT A PERSON IN CHARGE, SO TO SPEAK OF THE COMMUNICATION.
SO PEOPLE KIND OF LOOKED AT EACH OTHER TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND IT NEVER EVER GOT DONE.
WELL, THE, THE OTHER DYNAMIC THAT'S, THAT'S A HARD ONE TO LOOK AT IS SOMETIMES A PERCEIVED LACK OF VALUE, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR ME? KIND OF THINKING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALONG THOSE LINES, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE IS THAT THERE WAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE ADDISON BUSINESS ASSOCIATION THERE, THEIR WHOLE, UM, SORT OF, UH, NICHE THAT THEY FILLED WAS THESE AWESOME BUSINESSES DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND ADDISON.
SO THIS GROUP'S MISSION WAS TO GIVE THE BUSINESS OWNERS A VOICE.
AND SO FOR THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE ASSOCIATION FOR SO MANY YEARS, FOR THOSE THAT FELT LIKE THE ORGANIZATION GAVE THEM A VOICE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TALL ORDER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SAY, WELL, WE HAVE THE TOWN STAFF NOW AND IT JUST KIND OF BLENDS IT LIKE YOU'RE SAYING WISE.
I THINK THAT IF YOU CAN GIVE IT SOME SHAPE WITH SOME SPECIFICS AROUND, NOT JUST HOW THE METRO CREST CHAMBER HAS TAKEN THAT ON, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE WOULD BE AN ASSET COMMITTEE OR A SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY, UM, PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, TANGIBLE SOMETHING TO SAY, OH, IF I DIDN'T WANT THAT, THAT I WAS GETTING FROM THE ASM BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, THEN I NEED TO GO BE A LEADER.
AND THE METRO CREST CHAMBER ON THE ADDISON COMMITTEE, AND I'M GOING TO GET THAT SAME VALUE.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M, I'M THINKING.
UM, BECAUSE WE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE AND THE BENEFIT IS THAT OUR BUSINESS OWNERS FEEL SPECIAL AND THEY FEEL LIKE VIP IS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN ADDISON AND THAT'S THE, THE PRESTIGE OF BEING AN ADDISON AND THEN THE PEER GROUP AND THE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF ALL PLAYS INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT ACTUALLY BEING A MILESTONE.
I STILL LIKE THE MILESTONE, JUST TAKE UP THE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF CREATING A SPECIFIC CHANNEL FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, MAYBE IT'S CHANNELS.
I STILL LIKE THE IDEA OF TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.
I ALWAYS FELT I COULDN'T GET AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE BUSINESS IS COMING FROM AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN YOU SAY CREATED, CREATE A CHANNEL, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CREATE A CHANNEL, IT DOES HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT CAN TAKE ON TAKE ON DIFFERENT BRANCHES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE DYNAMIC OF HAVING A LOT OF THE HOUSE, A LOT OF RESTAURANTS, 10 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.
SO THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT GROUPS AND THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT.
AND, UM, SO IT'S LOGICAL THAT A CHAMBER, UH, WOULD DO THAT.
AND THE, THE DYNAMIC WITH THE CHAMBER BEING A REGIONAL CHAMBER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALL REGIONAL CHAMBER, I HATE, YOU KNOW, I'D HATE FOR US TO LOSE THE ESSENCE AND THE STRENGTH AND THE VALUE OF THAT ADDISON PRIDE.
I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.
UM, ALSO, SO WEST, I THINK, UM, I'D LIKE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, BECAUSE CLEARLY WE'RE WANTING TO TRAILBLAZE A LITTLE BIT HERE TO DO SOMETHING BESIDES THE WAY THAT BUSINESS INTERACTS WITH THE CITY AND THE PARADIGM AND DYSFUNCTION THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE THING BUSINESS OWNERS CAN FEEL.
AND SO, GIVEN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN DIFFERENT PLACES, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS WE HAVE A BETTER MOUSE TRAP HERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT A BETTER MOUSE TRAP AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE THAT INTANGIBLE THAT, THAT THE CEO'S ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, OR YOU'RE HAVING THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GOSH, WHEN YOU COME TO ADDISON, IT'S A CANDY PLACE, IT'S A BUSINESS FRIENDLY PLACE.
YOU KNOW, THE BS HAS MINIMAL, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FINANCES WORK GOOD BECAUSE WE GET SOLID TAX RATE HERE THAT THAT'S STABLE.
AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT, UH,
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UH, UH, AN EDD DEPARTMENT THAT IS, THAT IS TOP NOTCH.SO HOW DID IT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO ALLEN AND CORPUS CHRISTI OR OTHER PLACES THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE THESE SAME KIND OF CHALLENGES, THE SAME KIND OF DESIRES I'M GUESSING FROM, UM, FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES AND YOU THINK WE'RE DOING SOMETHING, ARE WE, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE LOOKING? THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
UM, I'M SPEAKING FROM MY EXPERIENCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I MAY BE MISSING SOMETHING HERE, BUT, UM, THERE, I THINK THE REAL MEASURE OF WHETHER OR NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, THE REAL MEASURE OF WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WANT TO, TO, UM, TO BE SOMEWHERE IS WHERE THEY PUT THEIR MONEY.
RIGHT? SO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME COMMUNITIES, YOU MAY HAVE A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT MAY NOT BE ENTIRELY RELEVANT BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED ON THINGS THAT ADD VALUE TO THEIR MEMBERS, OR THEY'RE NOT PERCEIVED TO BE, UM, BE LISTENING OR, YOU KNOW, YOU NAME THE, THE ISSUE.
UH, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY PRECLUDE THAT COMMUNITY FROM BEING ABLE TO HAVE A REALLY STRONG BUSINESS CLIMATE, RIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT WHILE THE CHAMBER MAY NOT PLAY A STRONG ROLE, THERE'S A SIGNAL THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IN AND DEMONSTRATED BY HISTORY THAT THIS IS A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN SPEND THEIR MONEY.
AND SO I THINK, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, CHAMBER A CHAMBER OR MULTIPLE CHAMBERS WITH COMPETING INTERESTS.
AND THAT CAN, THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S THE POINT IS, IS WHERE ARE PEOPLE WILLING TO INVEST? AND I THINK ADDISON IS, UH, STILL A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO INVEST.
THEY, THEY, THEY MAKE, UM, PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS TO BRING THEIR EMPLOYEES HERE, TO KEEP THEM HERE, TO, UM, GROW HERE.
UH, AND, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN WE CONTINUE TO BE RELEVANT? YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT, THAT, THAT OPERA OR THAT WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THAT DECISION.
AND I THINK, UM, I THINK ADDISON'S STILL RELEVANT.
UH, AND I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON TRYING TO ATTRACT TALENT IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO INVEST IN THEIR PEOPLE AND, AND, AND, AND PUT THEIR MONEY IN ADDISON.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE INFANCY OF MAKING THAT KIND OF A REALITY, RIGHT? THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE RECENTLY, UH, ADOPTED THAT REALLY FOCUSES OUR EFFORTS ON TRYING TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO WANT TO HAVE THEIR TALENT COME.
AND, AND SO WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S STILL THE RIGHT RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND I THINK THE QUESTION ANSWERS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS WHERE DO PEOPLE WANT TO INVEST THEIR MONEY? I THINK ADDISON'S STILL A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED THE QUESTION YOU WANTED ME TO ANSWER, OR IF I ANSWERED IT IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANTED, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S KINDA MY, MY EXPERIENCE.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN THINKING ABOUT THIS WHOLE MEETING TONIGHT IS THAT, DO WE NEED TO SET ASIDE SOME OF THESE PILLARS OR MILESTONES AND CREATE NEW ONES, OR WOULD YOU HAVE CONVERSATION OR COMMENT ABOUT IT ADJUSTING SOME WORDING AND BORING.
AND SO IS THERE, IS THERE A BIT OF VALUE IN HAVING THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE REFOCUS THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY? UM, THAT, THAT MAY BE AGAIN, SPEAKS TO THE CLARITY ISSUE THAT LORI WAS MENTIONING EARLIER.
AND YOU MIGHT'VE MENTIONED THAT EARLIER, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU READING MIKE'S MIND.
THEN WHY DO WE NEED TO PAY HIM?
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THINK PAUL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT ON IT.YOU GOTTA RETHINK ARE THESE THREE PILLARS.
NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR WHATEVER IS NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF YOUR VISION, BUT AT SOME POINT YOU SAY IT'S OPERATING SO WELL THAT THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE, BUT I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE CASE.
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT IT HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
AND THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE WORKED WITH BEFORE, BUT SAME GENERAL TENOR.
IS THIS STORE STILL RELEVANT TO THE LONGTERM ISSUE? I THINK THAT'S ONE THING WE DID DECIDE EACH WITH EACH PILLAR.
AND THEN HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE PROGRESS ON THE MILESTONES UNDER THAT PILLAR? AND THAT'S ONE OF THINGS I'M FASCINATED WITH, WITH ADDISON IS THIS MATTER OF TWO WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BUSINESSES.
IT'S BEEN A TOPIC THAT YOU'VE TURNED AND CHURNED, AND IT'S HAD A COUPLE OF THREE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS ALREADY.
AND THEN LORI SAYING MAYBE, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER HEARD THIS BEFORE.
MAYBE IT'S NOT ONE CHANNEL, IT'S MANY CHANNELS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DIRECTION, THEIR STAFF, WHAT CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE TO THE MILESTONES, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WHAT, IF ANY MILESTONES SHOULD BE ADDED.
AND THE ONLY PART I WANT TO CAUTION YOU ON THAT IS BE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MILESTONES, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MILESTONES, NOT INITIATIVES, BECAUSE INITIATIVES ARE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO REACH THOSE MILESTONES.
AND THAT REALLY BELONGS TO STAFF.
AND YOU CAN GIVE SOME SUGGESTIONS, BUT WE SHOULDN'T PUT AN ISSUE.
THIS IS MILESTONES, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE WANTING TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT PILLAR, BY THAT PRIORITY AND LEAVE IT TO STAFF TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, IF THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, THESE ARE THE WAYS TO GET THERE.
SO MY THINKING IS, AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL IS TO LET YOU VISIT IN SMALL GROUPS.
IS THAT, IS THAT GOOD WITH EVERYBODY? SURE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM WRITING THEM DOWN, MILLER, TAKE A PICTURE OF HIM WITH YOUR PHONE.
AND FOR THIS TIME LET'S PUT A YEAR AGO AND MARLIN, AND WITH THIS CHART, LET'S TAKE PAUL AND TOM, AND LET'S SEND Y'ALL TO THE KITCHEN.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE A FLIP CHART WITH YOU.
AND NOT ONLY THE MAYOR AND LORI AND IVAN TO BE IN THE MIDDLE PART HERE, AND Y'ALL CAN USE THAT FLIP CHART.
IT'S ALREADY ON THE SECOND BULLET POINT.
WELL, THE FIRST BULLET POINT IS JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS FIRST PILLAR, THE FIRST PILLAR.
AND THEN THE SECOND BULLET POINT IS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE MILESTONES.
YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK ONE THROUGH THREE, RIGHT? YES.
ONE WAS, WE HAVEN'T MADE MUCH PROGRESS AT ALL.
GET US A NUMBER, LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE AT A FIVE, OR I'D SAY IT'S A SEVEN.
OR IF YOU THINK YOU DIDN'T MAKE VERY MUCH PROGRESS AT ALL AND GIVE IT A THREE, HERE'S A MARKER FOR YOU.
ARE WE THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE BEST GROUP TO HULA HAVE THEM SHARE WHEN THEY COME BACK, RIGHT? YOU GUYS ARE BEING RECORDED.
SO ON THE FIRST PILLAR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS, THIS ONE IS FIRST, IS IT MILLER, STILWELL, LONGTERM? I THINK PILLAR WAYS TO MEASURE IS PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR MONEY ARE STILL WILLING TO RESTAURANTS.
THAT'S COMING ON BOARD, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
RIGHT? I BELIEVE A LITTLE BIT PILLARS TO THE LONGTERM VISION BUSINESSES THAT WE DO HAVE.
IT'S HARD TO SEE WHERE THIS PARTICULAR PILLAR
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WE'RE GOING TO RANK THOSE THREE, THE MILESTONES FOCUS ON ATTRACTING AND RETAINING HIGH TECH CONFERENCES.CAN WE EXPAND THIS A LITTLE BIT? LAST YEAR? WE TWEAKED THIS LAST YEAR WITH THE HIGH TECH CONFERENCES, CORRECT? CORRECT? YES.
SO YOU DIDN'T LET HER
HE'S JUST SAYING MILESTONE EIGHT.
WHAT'S THE RATE AGAIN? WHEN I WAS TALKING THROUGH.
SO HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE PROGRESS OF THAT PARTICULAR MILESTONE? WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, I'M SORRY.
EACH ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO GET A RANKING FROM US.
I'M GOOD AT, I WOULD SAY I'LL GET VERY HIGH, UH, PROGRESS RATING FOR THE FIRST TWO, BECAUSE WE HAVE, I'D SAY EIGHT TO NINE
SO WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER TO MY SECOND? SO LET ME GIVE YOU MY NUMBERS.
IF IT HELPS YOU ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I GAVE IT AN EIGHT AND THEN YOU DO SEE COMMITTEE.
I GIVE THAT A NINE AND THEN I GIVE IT A THREE
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IN MY MIND.THIS LAST ONE HERE, THE WEAKEST OF ALL OF OUR 10 MILESTONES FOR ME, THAT'S THE ONE I DON'T WANT TO DISMISS, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE OTHER THOUGHTS.
YOU CAN COME BACK, SEE IF WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THAT ONE, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.
THERE MIGHT BE, HE WAS FIGURING OUT HOW MANY CALORIES WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.
DO WE KEEP THE REASON WE WORRY ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE?
I'M NOT THROWING CERTAIN WORDS.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE HEART OF WHAT HE WAS.
HE WAS SUGGESTING CHANDLERY CHANNELS.
WHEN WE COULD TWEAK THE WORDING OR WE CAN REEVALUATE WHETHER WE COULD KEEP THE SMILES LET'S, AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH ALL OF THEM, I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT CENSUS OF THE GROUP.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TWEET, I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE SEEING THE SAME THING.
SO IF THE, WHATEVER THE GROUP DECIDES WE'RE GOING TO KEEP, RIGHT.
SO DO YOU, ARE YOU OPEN TO YES.
AND I SAID, THAT'S THE WEAKEST OF ALL OF THE 10 MILES.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A WORTHY
LIKE
SO I'M GOING TO PUSH MY NUMBER FIVE JUST TO SHOW THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT, SO THIS IS THE LITTLE JOB.
SO, BECAUSE YOU REQUESTED ADDITIONAL MILES, I DON'T THINK WE'RE CAUTIOUSLY.
LAST BROWNSTONES WEST SAID, WELL, YOU GOT 70 PILLARS.
AND THEN WE'VE FIGURED OUT WHICH, WHICH OF THE TOP SEVEN PILLARS OF WHICH OF THE TUFTS 10 MILESTONES.
WE COME UP WITH SOME STUFF THAT'S NOT ALREADY ONLINE.
THEN WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE, IF WE THINK IT'S VALUE, WE'RE NOT STUCK WITH WHAT WE CREATED LAST YEAR.
SO SHOULD WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT SAYS, DEVELOP THE WEST SIDE OF THE EARTH OR SOMETHING AND IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A, AS A MILE, AS A MILESTONE THAT YOU WOULD FIGURE IT OUT LIKE, LIKE AIRPORT YOU COULD, THAT COULD BE BUSINESS RELATED, TRANSPORTATION RELATED.
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AIRPORTAND THIS MIGHT BE MORPHED INTO A DIFFERENT ONE, BUT AFTER THE DISCUSSION TWEAK AND OR POSSIBLY REMOVED, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? I'M GOING TO SAY REMOVE.
WHAT ARE YOU LIKE? I WOULDN'T SAY LET'S SPEAK FOR PEERS.
SO ONE WEEK WE GET TO THAT, WE BOTH TELL OUR STORY.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL LIFESTYLE? THAT'S THE LAST, YES.
I'M GOING TO SELL THE BUSINESS HUB.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO SAY ADDITIONAL MILESTONES SITE.
YOU GOTTA MEET ME AT A DEADLINE.
YOU GOT TWO MINUTES TO BREATHE.
I MADE THEM FOR AN APPETIZER MASTERED THE BACON, BACON MARLIN.
WE'RE TALKING IMPORTANT STUFF OVER HERE.
I HAD TO FOR DINNER
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PREP SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL.
IT WASN'T NONE OF THOSE 90, 80, 76.
THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET STARTED.
AND I WANT TO HAVE EACH OF OUR GROUPS REPORT.
AND THEN WHEN WE MOVE THE NEXT DOOR, WE WILL, UH, WE'LL WE'LL DO THEM A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE'LL ASSIGN EACH GROUP A DIFFERENT PILLAR, BUT YOU'LL GET LONGER TO WORK ON IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE THIS GROUP WOULD GET FILLER NUMBER TWO, AND YOU GOT A LONG TIME TO WORK ON IT.
AND THIS GROUP HAVE THREE AND SO FORTH.
THAT'LL CAUSE I THINK Y'ALL WERE GOING INTO IT'S A GOOD DEPTH AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT FOR SEVEN PILLARS.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET OUR WORK DONE AND COME BACK.
LET'S TAKE, WE'LL START WITH THIS GROUP.
UM, YOUR MEMO AND MARLIN SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
UM, IS THE, IS THE PILLAR RELEVANT WITHOUT A DOUBT? YES.
UM, RANKING RATING, THE MILESTONES WE GAVE THE A WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, PART OF THAT FIRST MILESTONE, THE FIRST, UM, FIRST ONE WE GAVE THAT AN EIGHT AND UH, THE SECOND MILESTONE, UH, WITH THE, UH, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WORK, WE GAVE THAT A NINE AND THEN THE THIRD MILESTONE, UH, BETTER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THAT LOW SCORING MIGHT SIMPLY BE BECAUSE, UH, I DON'T THINK GQ, OR I REALLY KNOW THE, UH, THE NETWORKING THAT'S TAKING PLACE OR WHAT I WOULD SAY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE 1600 BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST, UH, WHAT WE, WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
ANY, ANY CHANGES? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE A LITTLE INDECISIVE.
UH, WE WERE, UH, WE COULDN'T, WE DIDN'T COME UP WITH THE SAME ANSWER ON THAT ONE.
SO WE WANTED TO JUST KIND OF SHARE WITH THE GROUP, WHAT, WHAT OUR THOUGHTS WERE.
UM, I THINK WE BOTH, WE BOTH AGREED THAT IF WE KEEP THIS MILESTONE, WE NEED TO TWEAK THE WORDING.
SO WE WERE AGREEING, UM, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SAID EARLIER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT IS WHEN I LOOK AT ALL OF THE 10 MILESTONES UNDER ALL OF THE PILLARS, THIS ONE IS THE ONE I WOULD PROBABLY RATE AS 10, UH, ARE THE LOWEST, THE LOWEST.
AND, AND, UH, WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT IDEAS COME.
UM, IF THERE'S A BETTER IDEA, I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS GQ ON SITE ON THAT, BECAUSE WE BOTH, WELL, WE BOTH AGREED THAT LORI'S AND IVAN'S COMMENTS ARE VERY RELEVANT TO LISTEN.
I BELIEVE MOSTLY THAT THIS PARTICULAR MILESTONE IS LEAVE.
MAYBE IT'S NOT AS EFFECTIVE OR AS WELL STATED AS IT SHOULD BE.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE INDECISION THAT, BUT WE'D LIKE TO DEFINITELY HEAR WHAT EVERYONE ELSE SAYS KIND OF COMMENTS THAT THEY HAVE ON IT AND TWEAK IT PERHAPS, UM, OR DEFINITELY TWEAK IT AND CHANGE IT COMPLETELY.
ALRIGHT, PAUL, ON TOP, I'VE GOT YOUR FAVORITE.
LET'S TALK US THROUGH WHERE WE BELIEVE.
I THINK THAT THIS PILLAR IS RELEVANT AND I'M PROBABLY WOULD NEVER IMAGINE THAT IT COULD GO AWAY.
87% OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM BUSINESSES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW,
WE JUST LOOKED KIND OF LOOKED AT HIM AS A GROUP AND GAVE HIM A FIVE, UH EVERYTHING'S IN PROGRESS.
AND THE OTHER THING, AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THE, UM, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S AN END TO THIS.
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I MEAN, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, THE DESIRE TO, TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP TO, TO, AND THESE ARE ALL ASPECTS OF WAYS TO GET TO THAT NEXT STEP, TO, TO BREAK THROUGH THAT BARRIER, TO, TO CREATE THAT VALUE PROPOSITION, WHETHER IT'S TRENDS INTRINSIC OR TRINZIC.UM, AND, AND TO, TO WESS COMMENTS ABOUT THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO INVEST SOME MONEY.
AND THIS IS AN ASPECT OF THAT.
IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A GOVERNMENT ASPECT OF IT.
AND SO ALL THIS STUFF I THINK ARE LEGITIMATE AND ALREADY A MEANS TO AN END, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE END YET.
AND, UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION WHEN YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE IT IN PRODUCT TO LOOK AT YET.
SO I KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
WE WERE LOOKING AT, I THINK WE BOTH AGREED ON THE MILESTONES, THE LAST ONE ABOUT THE CHANNEL.
I THINK WE THOUGHT THAT ONE WAS PROBABLY THE LOWEST RATED THREE.
I MEAN, WE FELT LIKE IT WOULDN'T, I THINK ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT YOU GUYS THOUGHT, WHICH WAS, DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I'M NOT VERSED ENOUGH IN HOW ORLANDO DOES THAT, DOES THAT WORK AND HOW HE COMMUNICATES WITH THOSE WITH THE BUSINESSES? SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO UNDERSTAND IT, BUT ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF UNIQUE, I GUESS, AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ON THE VERY FIRST MILESTONE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT RETAIN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT HIGH TECH CONFERENCES.
AND I'M LIKE, THAT'LL BE INTERESTING THAT WE EVEN IN THE CONFERENCE BUSINESS ANYMORE.
AND WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN NOW? YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO TRADITIONAL, YOU KNOW, HIGH TECH CONFERENCE, MAYBE IT'S SOME NATIONAL ZOOM THING.
SO I'M THINKING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE MAYBE NOT THE MILESTONE, BUT THE INITIATIVES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MORPHED NOW.
IT MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT, WE MAY BE LOOKING AT PARADIGM SHIFT THAT CONFERENCES IN PERSON CONFERENCES MAY NOT BE LOOKING THE SAME AS WHAT THEY USED TO, WHICH IS YEAH.
SO, UM, WE, WE, WE DID MULTIPLE SHEETS HERE, SO WE WERE THINKING A LOT OF LIKE, UM, IS THE TELLER STILL RELEVANT? YES.
WE FEEL IT'S MORE RELEVANT NOW THAN IT'S EVER BEEN BECAUSE OF THE DYNAMIC OF HOW WE, UM, CONDUCT BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUT BUSINESS IS FACING POSSIBLE CHANGES.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TEMPORARY.
THE NEXT THING WAS WE RATED THE MILESTONES, EACH MILESTONE.
THIS ONE WAS A FOCUS ON ATTRACTING AND RETAINING ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON HIGH TECH CONFERENCES.
WE GAVE THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT 8.5 AND THEN THE HIGH TECH CONFERENCES, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GIVE IT A RATING.
SO WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE COULD.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING HERE IS WHEN WE CREATE THESE, UM, MAYBE INSTEAD OF FOCUSING SO MUCH ON THIS SPECIFIC PIECE OF IT, MAYBE WE THINK MORE HIGH LEVEL SO THAT WHETHER OR NOT THIS, THIS HEAT, YOU HAVE HIGH TECH OR SOMETHING ELSE, UH, WOULDN'T BE, WOULDN'T REALLY MATTER.
SO THAT'S A BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE ON THAT NEXT MILESTONE WAS REVIEWING THE ORDINANCES TO MODERNIZE.
WE GAVE THAT A NINE BECAUSE IT'S ON TRACK MOVING FORWARD NEXT ON THE SPECIFIC, UH, BUSINESS CHANNEL.
UM, REASON WE GAVE THIS A SIX OR SEVEN IS, UH, WE FEEL LIKE THIS ONE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE EMPHASIS AND FOCUS.
UM, WE THINK THAT IF WE TOOK OUT THE WORD SPECIFIC, IT MIGHT MAKE THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT, UM, A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO WORK WITH.
I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT KIND OF TIES IT ALL TOGETHER IS EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO WE SIT IN A ROOM AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND REALLY IT'S THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM, IN ORDER FOR US TO CREATE A CULTURE.
THAT'S MORE CONDUCIVE FOR THEM TO KEEP DOING BUSINESS KEEPS STAYING RELEVANT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONDUIT FOR THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A VOICE.
THEN, THEN THAT'S A CHALLENGE.
AND SO WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT PART OF IT AND THE CHALLENGES, WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION
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BECAUSE WE DON'T HEAR NECESSARILY THE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK THAT THEY'RE GETTING.IS THAT TRUE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ADD IS SOMETHING THAT I GO, WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED I KNOW COMPOSE SO LONG THAT YOU WERE GREAT AT THE STAFF AT AN OFFICE BUILDING, I BELIEVE YOUR WINNER.
SO, UH, BUT, UH, THE FEEDBACK ALWAYS IS RIGHT AND GOOD AND VERY NICE.
AND ALSO I VISITED WITH A LOT OF BUSINESSES WITH ORLANDO WAS INCURRED, YOU KNOW, TWO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.
WE ALWAYS RECEIVE NOVEL ONE WELCOME, EXCEPT FOR ONE EXCEPT ONE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS JUST FEEL THEY ARE, UH, TREASURER.
YOU KNOW, THEY ENJOY ADDISON, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COMPANY STAY HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS THEY CAN GO TO AND A LOT OF HOTELS SO THEY CAN HAVE A CONFIDENCE THAT, SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN IS COIL ON VIRUS NOW? SO WHAT'S THE FOCUS? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO FOCUS ON? BECAUSE THE THING HAS CHANGED.
SO THEY MAY NOT GO TO, EVEN THOUGH PROBABLY THIS WILL LAST, WHY NOT A YEAR? ALSO, NOT JUST THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO BE, TO HAVE A LARGER MEETING, RIGHT? SO, SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FACE THOSE CHANGES? THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
SO, BUT, BUT MAYBE A LOT OF OTHER CONSULTANTS MAYBE NEVER REALLY VISITED WITH, UH, UH, TOGETHER WITH ORLANDO COMBO IN THE TWO BUSINESS, YOU MIGHT, MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT DID THEY HAVE DONE? THE OTHER THING IS CHAMBER METRO HAS, THE CHAMBER HAS WELCOMED A LOT OF STUFF, BUT A, WE DO NOT KNOW THE FEEDBACK FROM THEM, RIGHT? SO, UH, TOM AND I SERVED ON THE BOARD.
SO NEXT TIME YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT'S YOUR QUESTION.
IF WE'RE A YEAR LATER, LET'S GO TWO YEARS LATER FROM NOW, WHAT WOULD SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? SO COMMUNICATION.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WES HAS MENTIONED, IF THERE'S A CEO FORUM WHERE, UM, WE CAN GET SPECIFIC FEEDBACK AT A THOUGHTFUL ENVIRONMENT.
SO THE THINGS WILL BE, GO GET BANANAS.
EVERYONE SAYS, HEY, WE LOVE IT.
WE NEED, UM, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OF THIS TYPE OF INTERACTION, WHERE THERE'S A COMMITMENT FROM THE BUSINESS OWNER TO BE THERE AND A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL CON UH, FEEDBACK.
UH, BECAUSE THE IMPORTANT THING TOO, IS THE TOWN IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF LEANING IN, ON COMMUNICATION RIGHT NOW THROUGH THIS WHOLE PERIOD, WHEN THIS ALL STARTED TO HAPPEN, YOU'LL SEE BILLBOARD SIGNS OVER THE, THE ROAD.
YOU'VE GOT TV, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF COMMUNICATION.
THE NEWSLETTER, WE DO A GREAT JOB OF MARKETING, BUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE NEEDING IS WE'RE NEEDING MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
AND IF WE DON'T GET THAT SET INTO A PATTERN, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE TRUST, GET THAT.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE AND THEN I'LL, I'LL I'LL HASH, BUT LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST, AND THIS IS JUST A CRAZY IDEA THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF THE, THE BUSINESS OF RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS RADICALLY CHANGES, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A TOWN, TO, TO, TO PREPARE FOR, AND TO BE ON THE FOREFRONT AS PAUL MENTIONED, HOW CAN WE BE ON THE INNOVATIVE FOREFRONT? IF WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE CAN'T MAKE SUGGESTIONS.
WE HAVE TO BE ASTUTE BUSINESS PEOPLE.
AND THAT MEANS WE NEED A LOT OF HELP AND WE NEED A LOT OF INPUT.
AND SO WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE SO WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE.
AND SO WE CAN KNOW, HOWEVER, NOT HAVING TO TELL THE FORTUNE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE.
MY COMMENT WOULD BE THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE A CLOSED PROCESS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR MAYOR MEETS WITH BUSINESSES, BUT THE MIR MEETS WITH BUSINESSES REVISITS TO GO OUT TO BUSINESSES BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THERE MAY BE A RESTAURANT MEETING, BUT IT NEVER, IT DOESN'T COME INTEGRATED WHERE I SEE IT.
AND MAYBE IT DOESN'T NEED TO, BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THAT THEY'RE PULLED TOGETHER TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE SIGNALS FROM BUSINESS? SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS SURVEY THAT'S BEING CONDUCTED WILL HELP HELP THAT MAYBE THERE'S A PERIODIC
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FEEDBACK THAT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.SO, SO THAT, THAT, THAT KIND OF GETS INTO THE INITIATIVES PART.
WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS SOMETHING LIKE CREATE CHANNELS FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON RECEIVING FEEDBACK INPUT FROM THEM, AND THEN LET WEST WORRY ABOUT THE INITIATIVE ON WHAT TO DO, BUT IS THAT A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION? ISN'T THAT DESCRIBING THAT? THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH TWO WAY COMMUNICATION LAST YEAR.
AND IT IS TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.
BUT THE INPUT FROM THEM IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGES IN THE MARKETPLACE IS SAYING.
AND THE FIRST WAY WE KNOW THAT IS WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS.
WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT.
WE HAVE LESS PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT.
THESE ARE THE TRENDS BECAUSE THESE GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT IN THE INDUSTRY.
AND THEN, YEAH, BUT MY POINT IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
MY POINT IS THAT IT'S INTEGRATED RIGHT NOW.
IT'S AD HOC AND SCATTERSHOT, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
SO HOW DOES IT GET INTEGRATED? SO IT ISN'T JUST TWO WAY SHOTS.
IT'S A SYSTEM IT'S TALKING ABOUT A SYSTEM.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNALS ARE NOT GETTING THE SIGNALS? NOT JUST AS SOMEBODY TRANSMITTING.
YOU WANT, YOU WANT A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM.
IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU GET TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS IT TELLING US? THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW.
ARE WE GOOD? IF YOU, AND NOT TO YOUR POINT, WE MAY PULL IT OUT LATER.
WE SAY, OKAY, WE CAN ONLY HAVE 10 MILESTONES AND FALL, BUT FOR NOW, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF CREATE A SYSTEM FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, I WOULD SUGGEST PUDDING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON RECEIVING FEEDBACK AND COMMUNICATION.
CAUSE TO YOUR POINT, AND A LOT OF CITIES DO THIS, YOU ALL DO IT ROLLER WELL, YOU'RE COMMUNICATING OUT.
YES, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO GET YOUR ONE AND SAY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THAT GOOD WITH EVERYBODY? I LOVE IT IMPLIES THE INTEGRATION AND THE CLOSED LOOP AND ALL THAT.
DID Y'ALL DECIDE YOU NEED ANY MORE MILESTONES? NO.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE, LIKE WE'RE GOOD THERE I'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE.
UM, LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT, LET'S LOOK AT TWO, THREE AND FOUR, AND THEN WE'LL DIVIDE YOU UP AND LET YOU WORK, BUT I'LL LET YOU WORK LONGER ON EACH ONE AND YOU CAN CHOOSE WHICH OF THESE NEXT ONES YOU WANT TO WORK.
I HAVE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS SINCE I PROBABLY VISITED MORE COMPETENCE WITH ORLANDO WILSON, MORE THAN ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
SO I HAVE KNOWN, WE ALWAYS RECEIVED VERY POSITIVE, UH, FEEDBACK AND NOT A GREAT COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THIS TIME AS THE COVID-19 TO SEE A MARY'S THOSE INQUIRIES SEND OUT ALL OF THE INFOWARS ALMOST DAILY, SOMETIMES TWICE A DAY.
SO THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMPANY PEOPLE.
SO I INDEED DID RECEIVE SOME PEOPLE CALLING AND ASK, YOU KNOW, OH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THIS PLUS ONE DAY THE GOVERNOR SAID, YOU CANNOT SIT PEOPLE IPOD CONQUERED.
SOME PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
SO THE GOVERNOR CHANGED THE WAY TO DO, OH, YOU ARE ABLE TO SIT BY THE BAR COUNTER, BUT JUST BE SURE TO CUBA A LITTLE BIT AT A DISTANCE.
SO MARY JUST SET IT UP RIGHT AWAY.
SO THAT'S A COMMUNICATION WAY.
HALF HEAD THAT'S QUITE A WEST HAS SAID, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT BEFORE DON'T READ OUR EMAILS AFTER THIS, EVERYBODY REALLY EMAILS.
HOWEVER, THEY STILL THIS, THEY STILL CALL ME AND ASK ABOUT IT.
IT SAYS I'M IN THE SAME BUSINESS.
SO ACTUALLY WE HAVE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
YOU SAID THAT MARIN MCKINSEY HAD A REPORT MAYBE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU TAKE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO US FROM COVID-19 AND YOU SORT OF INSTITUTIONALIZED IT.
AND THEN THEY RE REFERENCED A STUDY THAT SHOWED THAT BACK IN THE 2008 CRASH, THAT COMPANIES THAT WERE VERY AGILE, THEY WERE ABOUT 20 POINTS BETTER THAN THEIR COMPETITORS THAT WEREN'T AGILE.
BUT SEVERAL YEARS LATER, THOSE COMPANIES WERE 150
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POINTS BETTER THAN THOSE COMPANIES.AND SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAD AN ADVANTAGE WITHIN, THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I SEE GOOD CITIES BEING BECAUSE OF COBIT.
NOW BUSINESSES ARE SAYING, WHAT DID YOU SAY? WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN YOU NOW.
AND IF YOU ARE AGILE AND RESPONSIVE, IT'S NOT ONLY AN ADVANTAGE.
IT'S AN ADVANTAGE THAT CAN GROW OVER TIME.
AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE POINT TOO, ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RESTAURANTS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE ADDING VALUE.
AND IF THEY'RE NEEDING IT, THEY NEED THE VALUE.
WE ADD THE VALUE, IT'S THE PERFECT MATCH.
SO IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BE, UM, LISTEN WITH THE INTENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, THEN WE CAN THEN CREATE VALUE THAT FILLS THE NICHE.
BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE OTHER THAN SPRAY, SPRAY, SPRAY, SPRAY, SPRAY, THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO I THINK YOU'RE LIGHT YEARS LIKE THAT.
A LOT OF PLACES JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, YOU WANT TO GO WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE CHANNEL CHANNEL BUSINESS HERE, WHEN WE SCORED A FOUR, I THINK THAT SCORE DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT ON THE EFFORT THAT'S BEEN PUT FORWARD.
I THINK THE SCORE IS BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN NOW, NOT THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE EFFECTED, WE'RE JUST KIND OF BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL ON THAT.
AND CAREFUL THAT I DON'T LOOK AT THAT NUMBER AND GO, WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S WHERE ARE WE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? SO DIRECTION.
I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF THE SPIRIT OF ALL THE DISCUSSIONS.
AND I W I WOULD ADD IT'S EARLY DAYS FOR THIS MILESTONE BECAUSE WE JUST STARTED IT LAST YEAR.
AND YOU MAY BE IGNORANT TO THE FACT THAT ORLANDO AND COMPANY ARE RELATIONSHIPS WITH, WITH A LOT OF THESE, UH, BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T KNOW IT.
WELL, LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT PILLAR, UM, EXCELLENCE IN ASSET MANAGEMENT.
YOU REALLY JUST HAD ONE MILESTONE THERE, WHICH WAS IMPLEMENT THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
ONE THAT'S BEEN BUILDING FOR A WHILE AND AS IS A NEW ITERATION THERE.
UM, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE? SURE.
THE, UH, WE HAVE THREE INITIATIVES UNDER THIS MILESTONE, ONE, UH, ASSET, UH, ASSET IMPLEMENT ASSET MANAGEMENT, UH, PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION.
WE WERE FOCUSING ON THE WYNWOOD BRIDGER PRAYER AND THE ARAPAHO BRIDGE PAINTING.
THE WYNWOOD BRIDGE RENOVATION IS COMPLETE.
ALL THAT BECAUSE EVO WORK IS COMPLETE.
NOW THE ARAPAHO BRIDGE PAINTINGS ON HOLD DUE TO THE CO THE SILVER LINING PROJECT.
SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE DONE.
SO I THINK, I THINK WE, THIS, I WOULD BE REALLY COMFORTABLE TURNING THIS ONE TO GREEN AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS, UH, ARTS PART OF IT IS GOING TO BE DOWN THE ROAD, UH, DEVELOP AN APP AND ADOPT AN ASSET MANAGEMENT POLICY THAT COUNCIL DID, UH, ADOPT THE POLICY ON MARCH, MARCH 24TH OF 2020.
AND THEN, UH, CONDUCTING A FACILITY CONSOLIDATION STUDY, THE INITIAL STUDY WAS COMPLETE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL.
NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE NEXT STEP OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DOING, GETTING SOME MORE DATA, FINANCIAL DATA, ET CETERA, TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL THAT KIND OF HELP, UM, PRIORITIZING AND MAKING SOME DECISIONS, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A LONG TERM PROCESS, AS YOU MENTIONED, BUT I'M MAKING PROGRESS THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? WE'RE GOING TO GET THE THIRD PILLAR.
SO THE THIRD ONE IS THAT IS EXCELLENCE IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. YOU HAD TWO MILESTONES PROMOTE SILVERLINE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION.
AND WELL-MAINTAINED SO, SO YEAH, ON THE FIRST MILESTONE PROMOTE THE SILVER LINE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ALREADY ADOPTED THE AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES THERE.
STAFF'S IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE SELECTION OF A REAL ESTATE ADVISOR AND BROKER TO HELP MOVE THAT PROJECT FROM WHERE IT IS NOW TO FINDING A MASTER DEVELOPER TO WORK WITH AND DOING THAT.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THAT.
AND BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE WELL POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS INITIATIVE AND WE'RE STILL MOVING, UH, POSITIVELY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THERE.
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AS FAR AS, UH, THE NEXT MILESTONE, IMPROVING ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCEPTABLE CONDITION AND MAINTAINED, UH, INCREASING, INCREASING FUNDING FOR STREET MAINTENANCE, THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE BUDGET.AND SO WE'VE DONE THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OR SUNCORP INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THOSE ARE, UH, UNDERDESIGNED AND, AND ACTUALLY, UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, ALONG THE FORUM IN THE MORRIS AREA, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE NOTICE, BUT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS HELPING PEOPLE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE CROSSING THE STREET.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID JUST RECENTLY WAS WE PAINTED SOME GIANT PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, SO I MEAN, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, BUT ALSO PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT SPEED IN THAT AREA.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING READY TO INSTALL, UM, UH, BASICALLY SIGN THIS MILE PER HOUR SIGNS THAT TELL YOU HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING.
I THINK THAT THERE'S TWO THINGS.
ONE, IT ACTUALLY LETS PEOPLE SEE HOW FAST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO AWARENESS.
HUH? IT DOES GET SOME AWARENESS IN SLOWS THEM DOWN BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE ZOOMING DOWN THE ROAD AND THERE ARE PEOPLE TO ZOOM DOWN THAT ROAD.
NO, NO DOUBT, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW THAT PLACE IS BUILT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE ARE GOING FASTER THAN THEY REALLY ARE.
SO IF WE HAVE THIS BAD AT IT CAN HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT JUST COMPLETED THE SOJOURN OVERLAY, UM, WORK, UH, AND WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, VARIOUS RESIDENTIAL SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
SO THAT'S REALLY JUST, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, INDICATION OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR ASSETS, UH, COMPLETE, UH, THE TRAIL AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
AND THAT'S IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE IN STAGE ONE OF THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S MOVING, UH, DOING, GOING WELL, UH, POSITIVELY.
AND WE HAVE FOUR STAGES TO THAT.
AND THEN, UH, THE FINAL INITIATIVE, UH, RELATED TO THAT MILESTONE IS, UH, UPGRADING SIGNALS, A BELTLINE ABOUT WAITING IN BELTLINE AT ROOM THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, UH, POSITIVELY THERE.
AND SO, UM, WE ALSO ADDED A SOJOURN ADDISON ROAD INTERSECTION AS WELL.
QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? I THINK JUST REAL QUICK.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO ANYTHING ENTERING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.
AND I, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE ARE YELLOW OR GOLD OR WHATEVER WE CALL THEM.
A LOT OF THESE ARE GONNA BE DONE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR OR VERY SOON THEREAFTER.
SO I THINK WE'RE IN THIS ERA THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION QUESTIONS AS A WAY OF DIGGING ITSELF, WHERE WAS WITH THE SIGNAL LIGHT AND WAIT HISTORIC SEVEN GHETTO ARROW.
RIGHT? SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT, YOU GOTTA KISS, SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND ALSO REDUCE LOT OF THE POLLUTION.
YOU KNOW, AS WE, AS WE REPLACED A SIGNAL LIGHT INTERSECTIONS, WE WILL REPLACE THEM WITH THE FLASHING YELLOW.
WE'RE NOT SAVING A LOT OF TIME.
WE'RE NOT A LOT OF TIMES, TWO, THREE MINUTES FOR WHAT A SIGNAL.
WE'RE NOT DOING IT ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION, BUT WE ARE DOING THAT OVER IN A PHASE.
AND THEN PILLAR NUMBER FOUR IS BEING THE GOLD STANDARD IN CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH ONE MILESTONE, PROMOTE AND PROTECT, ADD SOME WAY TALKS ABOUT IT.
LIKE YOU DID WHAT YOU GOT FOR US.
THREE INITIATIVES HERE, UM, COMPLETE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTEGRATED PERMITTING AND INSPECTION CUSTOMER PORTAL.
AND THAT WE WENT LIVE WITH THAT IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19 AND, AND, AND THAT'S BEEN ACTUALLY VERY HELPFUL, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WHO TO DO BUSINESS VIRTUALLY AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING SICK OR EVEN SLOWING THINGS DOWN.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GOING WELL AND WE'RE ASSESSING THE FUNCTIONALITY SINCE IT'S NEW, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PLEASED WITH THAT EFFORT SO FAR.
UM, WE'VE BEEN HAVING INTERNAL CULTURE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, THAT PEOPLE COME ON BOARD AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ADDISON WAY IS AND TRY TO TAKE THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR AWHILE AND PASS THAT ALONG.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS ISN'T A BAD THING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE FOR 35 PLUS YEARS, RIGHT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, OR MAYBE FORTUNATELY FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WANT TO RETIRE.
AND THAT'S JUST PART OF, PART OF LIFE, RIGHT.
YOU WORK SOMEWHERE FOR 37, 38 YEARS,
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AND ONE DAY YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WORK THERE ANYMORE.AND SO THAT BEING SAID, UH, NO, WE BROUGHT NEW PEOPLE ON, IN, IN OREGON, IN POSITIONS ALL OVER THE ORGANIZATION.
AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY BUY INTO IT.
AND THEY FEEL EMPOWERED IN OPERATING AND, UH, WORKING THIS WAY.
SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT AND GET IT AND BUY INTO IT.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER INITIATIVE THAT WAS, UH, ON HERE WAS UPDATING THE ADDRESS AND FIX IT UP.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE DID, UH, IMPLEMENTED A NEW VERSION OF THAT, UH, EARLY, UH, EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR, I THINK IT WAS JANUARY AND WE WENT LIVE OR MAYBE DECEMBER, BUT, UM, UH, WE'VE GOT THAT GOING.
AND I THINK RELATIVE TO THE PREVIOUS VERSION, I THINK GETS BETTER AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, PEOPLE USE IT QUITE A BIT.
YEAH, THERE, THERE WAS TWO, THERE WAS TWO APPS ON MY PHONE AND ONE OF THEM SAYS, ADDISON, FIX IT.
AND THE OTHER ONE SAYS, FIX IT OUT.
AND I THINK DOES THE ONE THAT DOESN'T WORK, UH, NO LONGER WORK.
AND SO I WAS GOING TO DELETE IT AND I WAS LIKE, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TOO THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE CONFUSED THAT THERE'S TWO, THEY GO TO LOOK AT THEIR PHONE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WAIT, THERE'S TWO.
SO IF YOU TRY TO USE ONE OF THEM TO WORK, OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT I, SO, SO LET'S DO THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO DIVIDE UP AGAIN AND, UM, LET'S GIVE YOU SOME CHOICES HERE.
AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO AROUND HERE AND I NEED TO ON EACH ONE OF THEM, EXCEPT ONE OF THEM GET FURTHER.
SO, SO MARLIN, YOU'VE GOT EITHER THE CUSTOMER SERVICE TRANSPORTATION OR THE THIRD ONE ASSET MANAGER.
WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT TO BE? THE TRANSPORTATION.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TRANSPORTATION? ALRIGHT, SO TOM AND MARLIN ARE IN HERE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE? UH, EXCELLENCE IN ASSET MANAGEMENT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT? ASSET MANAGEMENT.
Y'ALL GOING BACK TO THE KITCHEN, BACK TO THE KITCHEN, THE FOOD.
THAT'S A GOOD, YOU'RE GOING THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
NOW Y'ALL WANT A SERVICE CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT.
WE'LL GIVE YOU ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO VISIT.
AND THEN, UH, JUST SAME QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
IS IT STILL ROLLING? HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE PROGRESS? CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE? HOW MUCH TIME? 20 TO 25 MINUTES.
DISCUSS THESE IN DEPTH THAT YOU DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB BEFORE
COMPARED TO LAST TIME, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH DEATH.
THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO GIVE HIM ONE PILL OR
SO YOU ARE LIKE, YOU'VE GOT TO GRASP.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT.
I'VE WATCHED YOU DO IT LIKE ONE OR TWO TIMES BEFORE I GOT HIM.
I THINK THIS GOES BACK TO, I THINK I STARTED 2015 OR 2014, FOURTH OR FIFTH TIME BACK WHEN I WAS
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10, 10 SCHOOL.IT'S CLOSE TO GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
I ALWAYS JUMP OVER TO THE INITIATIVES.
I KNOW I'M GETTING INTO THE WEEDS, BUT WE'VE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TOM.
DON'T PUT YOUR FEET IN THE REFRIGERATOR.
SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW MILESTONE WHEN SHE GETS HIT
AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE TO COME UP FIRST MILE, LAST MILE SOLUTION.
I'M GOING TO PUT A QUESTION MARK BY THAT
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THEM FOR LIKE FOUR HOUR BLOCKS AND SOMEBODY ELSE.AND HE WOULD PICK UP THAT GUY.
HOW DO WE WANT TO THAT? THEN THAT'S A.DOT RIGHT THERE.
UH, TRANSPORTATION ON AIRPORT.
WHAT DO YOU CALL THE LESS SUCCESSFUL? IS THAT, WHAT IS IT? WE CAN JUST TWEAK THIS AND SAY, MAKE SURE IT SAYS INCLUDING AIRPORT.
CAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY THINKS THAT AT STREETS AND RIGHT.
I KNOW IT SAYS
THEN OVER ON THE WEST SIDE, WE WALKED THOSE FIRST STRATEGIC TREES.
THIS ONE HERE, ACTUALLY, I DON'T WANT TO HOLD
YOU JUST KIND OF HAVE IT ALL IN THERE, BUT THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY JUST BE A TWEAK TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
CAUSE THAT'S ONE, THAT'S ONE PIECE THAT IS NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
YOU WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AND WHAT FUNCTIONS THEY WANT.
THEY'RE CHARGING ON THE WEEKENDS.
AND THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF IT TOO.
GETTING THEM TO GET YOU THAT SCREEN.
AND I HADN'T CLEARED IT OFF YET.
OH MAN, I NEED TO GET
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THEY'RE ALL FROM THAT AREA.IF YOU EVER GO OUT TO GRANBURY, YOU KNOW, YOU START, YOU START LOOKING AT THE NAMES, EVERY TOWN.
CAUSE WHEN THOSE GUYS CAME BY AND THEY ALL WENT OUT THERE AND YOU SHOULD NEVER MAKE ANY TITLE UNTIL THEY'VE BEEN IN DEBT FOR 150 YEARS.
BECAUSE BY THE HAND, BECAUSE WE RIGHT NOW, WE DECIDED THAT LINCOLN, BUT ANYBODY SINCE THAT TIME, WE'RE STILL NOT SURE YET WE GOT TO WAIT ON HER NAME, WASHINGTON.
BUT ONCE YOU START DOING THAT AND GO DOWN THAT PATH,
THE GUY HAS A PICTURE OF HE'S IN A TEACHER WITH ONE AMERICAN NETWORK CAMERA SEES IT AND SAYS, THAT'S IT.
I THINK HE TOOK OFFENSE TO THE FACT THAT
WHERE'D YOU GET THAT DONE? YEAH.
YOU KNOW ME, I'M ALWAYS WEARING THOSE BLACK SOCKS WITH THE MATCHING AND I GOT THOSE FOR CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAY OR SOMETHING.
I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE BEEN HONORED WITH CRAZY SOCKS.
ACTUALLY I'LL BE CELEBRATING FATHER'S DAY.
I HEARD IT LAST NIGHT, I GOT UP HERE MAKING SOCKS.
THAT WAS TOO MUCH FUN MESSING WITH NATHAN OVER THERE.
BUT HEY, IS THERE IN THE BUDGET THING? IT'S PRETTY NICE TOO WITH THE PUNCHES AND EVERYTHING.
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YEAH.YOU COULD SEE, EVEN IF IT WAS THE AFTERNOON, THEY HAD AN OLD
MAYBE THE NAME PAUL CIRCLING OFF FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
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LET ME CALL US BACK TOGETHER AND MOVE US ALONG HERE.
LET'S SEE WE'RE MISSING PAUL, PAUL, PAUL, MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.
SO I'M HOLDING YOUR PAPER FOR YOU, BUT I'LL LET YOU GUYS TALK.
UH, WE CLEARLY THOUGHT IT WAS RELEVANT.
WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS.
UH, I FEEL, I FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT IT.
UM, THAT'S IN FACT, THE OTHER TWO PILLARS THAN IT DID THE FIRST ONE, I CAN SEE THINGS I THINK.
AND UH, WE THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS WE MIGHT OUGHT TO, UH, TWEAK THE MODEL STONE A BIT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, IMPLEMENT THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASSET MANAGEMENT POLICY, UH, UTILIZING INFORMATION SYSTEM, BECAUSE WHAT, YOU KNOW, BREASTFEEDING THAT SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT, PERHAPS, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, PLANNING AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PERMITTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN ORDERING, UH,
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ORDERING, UH, SUPPLIES, ET CETERA, THINGS LIKE THAT.BECAUSE I HAVE, I'M INTERESTED IN DRAWING INFORMATION OUT OF HERE.
THEY COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR A SMALL, SMALLER AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, WE CAN, WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT TO A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD WORK TO BE DONE, RIGHT? SO WE CAN, WE CAN STABILIZE THE NUMBER OF ASSETS THAT WE'RE SLIPPING FROM THE YELLOW TO THE RED END OF THE GREEN TO THE YELLOW AND, AND, AND, UH, OR MOVE A NUMBER OF ASSETS FROM THE RED TO THE YELLOW AND THE RED TO THE GREEN OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BUY 10, 20 YEARS OF STABILITY WITH THAT.
AND THOSE ARE THOSE KINDS OF OBJECTIVE.
UM, IF THIS, THEN THAT TYPE OF TYPE OF ANALYSIS.
AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, SO REST COULD COME TO US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME ANALYSIS ON ALL OF OUR, UH, OUR ASSETS HERE AND WITH THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE.
AND IT'S, UM, UH, WE FOUND SOME, SOME HONEY HOLES, IF YOU WILL, TO, TO BE ABLE TO REALLY, UM, GET A LOT OF BANG FOR THE BUCK.
WHAT IF WE DID THIS, THIS AND THIS RIGHT? AND SO THEN HE SPEAKS TO US ABOUT IT AND HE SPEAKS TO US ABOUT IT IN A PUBLIC FORUM, THE PUBLIC HEARS ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WE MAKE A DECISION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO TAX OURSELVES IN ORDER TO FUND OUR STATES AND THOSE STATES.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT MY PET PROJECT OR YOUR PET PROJECT, OR SOME HOCUS POCUS OR SOME POLITICAL THING, OR SOME REACTION TO A COMPLAINT.
IT'S NOTHING BUT THE BASIC PROPOSITION OF, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, I'M, I'M LEVERAGING THE, OUR LIMITED RESOURCES FOR THE MAXIMUM.
AND HOW CAN THAT BE BAD? RIGHT.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, UH, EMPHASIS OF SPECIFICITY IN THIS MILESTONE TO LET STAFF UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THEM PROACTIVELY DOING THAT, I CALL IT DATA MINING AND THAT SPACE THAT MAY OR NOT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE EXACT RIGHT TERM, BUT, UM, EMPOWERING US IN EDUCATING US ON THOSE SORT OF OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE TYPES OF ASSET UTILIZATION IS WHAT I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS ONE.
SO WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING HERE WAS THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING HERE IN THE STATUS, THREE OF TWO OF THE THREE SHOULD BE GREEN.
SO WHAT WE HEARD FROM WEST, I AGREE WITH THAT, RIGHT? MY WHOLE BREAK, THAT'S GOING TO BE, THAT'S GOING TO BE UNDERTAKING, BUT WE WANT TO USE THE ASSET MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PUTTING IT, PUT THAT INTO THE MILESTONE LANGUAGE HERE SO THAT WE CAN THEN, OR THE WEST CAN DEVELOP INITIATIVES UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THAT POLICY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE TWEAKS TO THE POLICY AND NOT HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE MILESTONE BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY, WE'RE READY TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUR CHANGE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME INITIATIVES IN HERE THAT IT'S NOT SHOWN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
THE LAST WE HAD THE CMMS, WHICH FALL JUST
AND SO, UM, THOSE, UH, THOSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN ON A RECOMMEND.
THE SUGGESTED REWORDING THE, IMPLEMENT THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASSET MANAGEMENT POLICY, UTILIZING INFORMATION SYSTEMS. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE, THAT ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER.
IF I REMEMBER ALL THESE THINGS, RIGHT? YEAH.
WELL, IT'S LIKE THE WORDING MAY, MAYBE SOMETHING NEW AND LATER LET'S SAY INFORMATION SYSTEMS, THAT'S BROAD COVERAGE.
WHEN WE RECEIVED THE REPORT, YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE URGENT THAN OTHERS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A STAFF RESPONSIBILITY TO ACCOMPANY THOSE MORE URGENT ISSUES FIRST WELL, USING THIS, UH, REALIZING THAT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
I WANT TO THINK ABOUT NOT STRICTLY BEING REACTIONARY THOUGH.
IT'S NOT LIKE, OH MY GOSH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER THAT, THAT IS IN DIRE SHAINA, WHY CAN'T WE FLIP THE PARADIGM HERE AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE
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AND SAY, OH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE CERTAINLY NEED TO DO THAT, BUT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, I'VE EXTRACTED SOME INFORMATION OUT OF HERE BY WHATEVER ALGORITHM OR ANALYSIS BASED UPON ALL OF THESE, UH, THE SYSTEMS HERE THAT WE CAN DO THIS, THIS BUNDLE OF THINGS RIGHT.WITH, WITH, FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND GET AN EXTRAORDINARY UPLIFT ON THAT ORDINARY BENEFIT OF THAT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF THE COST IS TOO MUCH, WELL, THEN THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL DECIDES.
WELL, IT'S A GREAT THING, BUT IT'S TOO MUCH.
AND WHAT DOES NOT WORK WHERE IT'S OKAY.
WHERE IT'S, WHATEVER IT IS, RIGHT.
AND, AND, UH, BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW ABOUT IT FOR GOODNESS SAKES AND THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT HIM AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THEM RIGHT.
I WANT HIM TO BE LOOKING FOR THEM.
SO LET'S BE, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE AS BEST WE CAN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AGING ASSETS HERE.
A LOT OF IT'S BEING DATA DRIVEN, DATA DRIVEN AND IT'S OBJECTIVE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE TAX RATE AND IT GREW, WHAT, WELL, WHAT AM I GETTING OUT OF THAT, YOU KNOW? CAUSE THAT'S A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW.
NUMBER THREE, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS WHO HAD THAT, UH, UH, TOM, UM, WHAT DO YOU GOT IT'S IT'S WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT'S, IT'S RELEVANT.
IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE RELEVANT WHEN THE SILVER MINE COMES INTO PLAY WITH OUR AIRPORT, SILVER LINE RAIL AND OUR ROADS AND PEDESTRIAN AND ALL OF IT.
UM, SO WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT'S RELEVANT, WHAT DID, HOW DID WE RATE THE TWO MILESTONES? WE HIT BOTH OF THEM AT A SEVEN, UM, AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE RATED THEM HIGHER, BUT IT'S KIND OF EARLY DAYS, MAYBE A LOT OF DEVELOP, UM, AND CHANGES.
WE, WE HAD TWO IDEAS AND THE MORE WE TALKED ABOUT THEM, UM, WE KIND OF CONCLUDED THE, MAYBE WE TWEAK THE MILESTONE RATHER THAN TRYING TO CREATE A NEW MILESTONE.
AND SO THE FIRST, FIRST ONE WAS, UH, PROMOTE SILVERLINE DEVELOPMENT AND THE THOUGHT WAS, DO WE, DO WE INTEGRATE SOMEHOW SOME WORDING? UM, THAT SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, INCLUDED FIRST MILE, LAST MILE SOLUTIONS.
AND WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T REALLY GET INTO EXACTLY HOW THAT WILL, HOW THAT WOULD BE WORDED.
UM, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE THOUGHT ON THAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND MILESTONE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IMPROVE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION AND WELL-MAINTAINED AND, UM, SIMILAR, SIMILAR TYPE OF DISCUSSION.
AND REALLY THE QUESTION WAS WHEN YOU READ THAT, DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE AIRPORT? AND WE ALMOST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING, INCLUDING THE AIRPORT.
AND I THINK I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE WE, WE THINK THAT THE, UH, THE TAXI WAYS ARE IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIR.
I THINK THAT'S HAPPENING, BUT, BUT ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS DO, DO WE, DO WE BUILD A TAXIWAY BRAVO? DO WE, YOU KNOW, WE BUILD MORE TAXIWAY ROAD, AIR, AIRPLANE, ROADWAYS.
JUST TWEAKS TO THE MILESTONES.
SO YOU'D SAY I'M OUTSIDE IT, RIGHT.
WHILE YOU SAID IMPROVE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING THE AIRPORT WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION AND WELL-MAINTAINED YES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ON THAT COUNCIL? WELL, THE, WHEN YOU SAY ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, IT IMPLIES THAT THE AIRPORT WOULD BE INCLUDED.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, UM, UM, IF THERE'S NOT AN INITIATIVE WITH THAT IN MIND, WE CAN ADD AN INITIATIVE.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ADDING THE, INCLUDING THE AIRPORTS, UH, BECAUSE THE INITIATIVES DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT.
SO WOULD YOU JUST ADD ANOTHER MILESTONE? OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO, UM, YEAH, PROBABLY JUST ADD THE AIRPORT IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT.
CAUSE IF, IF, YEAH, THAT WASN'T THOUGHT THAT'S YOUR DOG.
UM, OUR, OUR THOUGHT WAS WHAT WE EXPLAINED.
UM, AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE.
THE ONE WHERE YOU SAY INCLUDING THE AIRPORT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE WHEN I READ THIS, YOU SAID IT INFERS THAT I WOULD SAY IF WE WENT AROUND AND
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ASKED EACH OTHER, EACH ONE OF US, DO YOU THINK, I THINK MOST OF WHAT'S YOUR SAY NOT, I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AS A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.AIRPORT IS A MOTOR TRANSPORTATION.
WELL, I THINK WHAT I WAS SAYING IS IF WE SURVEYED EVERYBODY, MOST PEOPLE MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT THAT AS A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S SAYS MOST PEOPLE THINK OF ALMOST TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THINKING OF OTHER AIRPORT.
SO THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS THE AIRPLANE.
NORMALLY PEOPLE WOULD DIRECT THE THINKING ABOUT LIGHT RAIL, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO GO THE WAY IN
SO WE DON'T HAVE NAVY
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS JOKE WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY WE GOT AN ELK KIND OF FLAT OVER TOP, MAKE SUCH NOISE ON TOP OF MY RESTAURANT, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TREND COME BY, OOH, SO LOUD.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE LAKE? WE DON'T HAVE A SHIP OR A BOAT
OH, IS YOUR COMMENT? WELL, I THINK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO START DIRECTING WEST AND ALLOCATING, UH, UH, IDENTIFY THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND IT OCCURS TO ME THAT FOR THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH HERE OR WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT WAS, UM, IF YOU RECALL OUR CONVERSATION IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, MAYBE 24, 25, 23, 24, REAL RYAN UP AGAINST OUR REAL, UH, REAL CAPACITY TO, TO OPERATE THAT SCENARIO, PRICE FUND SELF-SUPPORTING ENTERPRISE.
AND YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S A WHOLE CITY WITHIN ITS LITTLE CITY OVER THERE.
AND SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT BITING OFF MORE IN FISCAL YEAR 21.
THEN, THEN WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING, IF WE HAD THIS, HE'S GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOME INITIATIVES TO, TO FULFILL THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, IN MY TIME IS THE AIRPORT LIAISON.
THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ACCOMPLISHING A BOATLOAD OF STUFF THERE, A BOATLOAD OF STUFF, AND WE'RE STILL ACCOMPLISHING A BOATLOAD OF STUFF.
SO I, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TREPIDATION ABOUT INCLUDING THIS, NOT CHRIS IS NOT WORTHY, RIGHT? IT'S A MATTER OF IF IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE THAT FINANCES CAN TOLERATE THAT.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GET INTO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH, I THINK WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR, AND HIM PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET AND THEN CUTTING IT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT SITUATION.
SO WHEN YOU READ THIS, WHEN YOU, WHEN IT SAYS IMPROVE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, THE WAY YOU WOULD, YOU READ IT, YOU DID NOT THINK ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
I AM, I AM THINKING ABOUT THE AIRPORT MARLIN, BUT BECAUSE PART OF THIS CITY AND WE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING ALL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINGS.
WE, WE REPAIR AN AIR TAXI WAYS AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH ONES WE JUST TOURED LAST WEEK, WHICH IS A HUGE, HUGE INVESTMENT IN THAT.
AND THAT ENDED UP ITSELF IS SUCKING UP ALL OUR CAPACITY, UM, TO, TO, TO, TO FUND THAT STUFF PARTICULARLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO I, I DO SOME WORRIED ABOUT ASKING STAFF OR TASKING STAFF TO, TO CREATE INITIATIVES WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE AN AIRPORT MASTER PLAN.
AND THERE'S PLENTY OF PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THAT AIRPORT PLANNING.
SO WE'RE NOT SITTING THERE TWIDDLING OUR THUMBS AT THE AIRPORT AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT JOEL AND EVERYBODY, AND WHEN WE GET THE GRANTS FROM THE FAA AND ALL THAT STUFF THEY'RE USED.
SO I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION OF IT'S ALL A QUESTION PRIOR WAYS.
SO I JUST GOTTA BE, OKAY, LET'S HEAR FROM FIVE, THEN I WOULDN'T INCLUDE
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IT.BUT MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT IT GIVES TOO MUCH EMPHASIS BECAUSE THE WORDS DO SAY ALMOST THE TRANSPORTATION.
AND I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SAY ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING TRAILS, PEDESTRIAN PATHS.
I MEAN, I COULD COME UP WITH A SLEW AND INCLUDING THAT, I THINK GIVES IT A VERY, VERY STRONG EMPHASIS.
I GOT TO EMPHASIS TWO DIFFERENT TRAINS OF THOUGHT.
ONE IS, IT'S LIKE THE STAFF THAT YOU MEAN PLANES, PLANES, PLANES.
THIS STAFF THING, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY READ THAT THEY THINK AIRPORT, AIR, AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT.
AND THEN THE OTHER TRAIN OF THOUGHT IS KIND OF ALONG THE LINE OF WHAT PAUL SAID, WHICH IS YOU, YOU DON'T THINK IT INCLUDES THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY IMPROVE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, NOT INCLUDING THE AIRPORT OR SOMETHING.
AND JUST, I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE AIRPORT.
AND, UM, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STAFF, ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AIRPORT.
I, IF I SAY, IF I SAID, IF I GAVE YOU THE IMPRESSION OF IT AND BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE NOT APOLOGIZE, I BELIEVE IT DOES INCLUDE.
SO I'M KIND OF HEARING, MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO CHANGE IT AS A MAJORITY.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT SHOULD HAVE SHOWN UP IT'S AT THAT LEVEL, THE INITIATIVES, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M SAYING MIGHT NOT BE RECOGNIZED, OTHERWISE DESCRIBED.
SO WE MAY NOT NEED TO PUT AS A MILESTONE, BUT IT'S GOOD DIRECTION FOR WEST TO SAY, YEAH, WE WANT SOME INITIATIVES AS FUNDING AS A LAB ALLOWS.
AND I DON'T THINK THESE MILESTONES ARE NECESSARILY SUPER SPECIFIC HERE.
I MEAN, THIS IS, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
IT MIGHT BE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
WE STILL HAVE TO KEEP IT A MONTH.
I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO THE, TO THE SILVER LINE UP.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.
I MEAN, WE'RE PROMOTING THE SILVER LINE, WE'RE MARCHING DOWN THAT ROAD, GETTING A DEVELOPER, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THAT OUT TO DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, TO TRY TO ADVERTISE THIS AND GET A GREAT DEVELOPMENT THERE, BUT THAT THE LINE IS NOT SUCCESSFUL NECESSARILY FOR ALL OF ADDISON.
IF WE JUST GET PEOPLE TO THAT DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO GET THEM EVERYWHERE IN TOWN.
SO SOMEHOW, AND IT'S MAYBE IT'S JUST AN INITIATIVE ON THERE OR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT THE FIRST MILE LAST MILE TO ME IS WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT TO GET THEM FROM MADISON CIRCLE, THE BELTLINE, TO VITRUVIAN, TO BUILD A AND PARKWAY OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND TOWN.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IF YOU GO TO A LOT OF IT L FOR THEY ALREADY DESIGNATED SOUTHERN AREA, RIGHT.
EFFICIENTLY, FALL UBER OR LIFTS.
SO YOU GO TO THE AIRPORT THAT WHAT HE DID THERE.
SO IF WE PROMOTE A CIVIL LINE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE OF PROPERTY, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A DESIGN, YOU KNOW, TO DO THAT THAT WAY.
SO INSTEAD OF PEOPLE JUST RANDOMLY PARKED THERE, BUT JUST YOU THOUGHT OF THAT FIRST, SO YOU WILL NEED A MESS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE BEST PRACTICES.
AND THE WAY I, WHAT I HEAR IS WE NEED, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WE NEED TO HAVE INITIATIVES SURROUNDING THIS, ANSWERING THIS QUESTION.
NO, I DON'T KNOW, BY ADDING IT TO THE MILESTONE, I THINK IT MADE YOU COME OVERLY SPECIFIC BECAUSE YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT BROAD, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF MAKING THE WHOLE PROJECT OR THE DEVELOPMENT, EXCUSE ME, SUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO INTEGRATE THE REST OF IT.
THAT'S THE WHOLE BENEFIT TO US IS THAT CAN, YEAH.
I MEAN, WE WANT IT TO BENEFIT ADDISON CIRCLE AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT REALLY WANTED TO GO BENEFIT EVERYBODY IN TOWN AND EVEN THE SURROUNDING TOWNS.
I THINK LESS TRAFFIC, LESS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS Y'ALL DO REALLY WELL IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T LET THIS, THE MISSION STATEMENT PART BECOME A POLITICAL REELECTION CAMPAIGNS.
YOU LET IT BE DIRECTION FOR YOUR STAFF.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY MANAGER THAT ARE OF A DIRECTIONAL NOTICE, LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT'S PRIORITIES
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FOR US.AND SOMETIMES WORK WITH PLACES THAT THEY WANT TO SPELL EVERYTHING OUT INTO SUCH DETAIL, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR GIVING STAFF DIRECTION.
YOU'RE DOING IT FOR SOME OTHER REASONS.
AND IT HELPS TO DO THIS IN JUNE.
I'M READY TO GO THE NEXT TIME SPECIFIC REWORDING OR WERE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH US ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IT? I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME.
I DON'T NEED TO CHANGE A MILESTONE.
I MEAN, THAT'S PROMOTE THE PROMOTED SILVER LINE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A BENEFIT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE NECESSARILY CHANGE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S FIRST MILE LAST MILE, THE RIGHT STEP, CRAZY IDEAS OUT THERE TO TAKE CARE OF.
SO I GOTTA MOVE US ON, LET'S TALK ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUSTOMER SERVICE WHILE THERE WAS NO QUESTION, IS THAT RELEVANT? I'M NOT SURE WE NEED TO TALK MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT.
UNLESS ANYBODY WANTS TO, WE DIDN'T SPEND MUCH TIME ON THE MILESTONE PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE ASS AND WAY.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT PROGRESS.
I'LL HIT THE OTHER TWO BECAUSE WE'LL JUST MOVE BEYOND.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE MILESTONES AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO ADD ANY STUFF.
AS STATED, WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT PROGRESS AND IT WAS INTERESTING.
THERE WAS A STRONG FEELING THAT STAFF AND CUSTOMER SERVICE IS EXCELLENT.
AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT'S GIVEN IS A NINE.
THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAD IS THAT THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE WE THOUGHT THERE WERE COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT WHY WHEN WE CAME UP WITH, BY THE WAY, THE VERY FEW PLACES WHERE IT HAD COME UP, THERE WAS A CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUE.
IT SEEMED TO ME AND LAURIE AND JOKINGLY JOIN IN THAT.
MOST OF THOSE WERE, UH, THE CULTURE OF JUST RESPONDING QUICKLY THAT WHEN SOMEONE HAD AN ISSUE, IT WAS BECAUSE SOMEBODY DIDN'T GET BACK TO THEM AS QUICKLY.
THEY WERE HAPPY GENERALLY AFTER THEY HAD MET THE STAFF.
NOT ALWAYS, BUT IF THERE'S THAT PAUSE IN GETTING BACK, THEN IT SEEMS TO FESTER.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE YOU GET AN EMAIL.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT OVERALL WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.
WE THINK THAT, UM, STAFF HAS GREAT ATTITUDES.
WE THINK THERE'S GREAT PROGRESS.
WE THINK THE TRAINING FOR THE RECRUITS COMING IN IS A GREAT IDEA.
SO IT WAS A POSITIVE CONVERSATION, BUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AN ONGOING EFFORT.
THE, YEAH, I THINK THE ONE THING IS JUST, UM, SOMETIMES THE RESPONSIVE COMMUNICATION IS THE, IS THE VERY BEST THING TO DO, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, REMINDING DEPARTMENTS THAT, UH, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE ANSWER RIGHT AWAY.
YOU MIGHT GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, AS SUPERVISOR'S OUT OF TOWN OR WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I GOT BACK TO YOU WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK? I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND SOMETIMES THE COMMUNICATION CAN GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE.
AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE A QUICK RESPONSE TIMES CAN BE MORE IMPORTANT EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT DELIVERING THE ANSWER AT THAT MOMENT.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE THING
HE MUST SPECIFIC IN TELL THEM IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE DONE.
YOU KNOW, THIS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF, OH, I NEED TO GET ANOTHER INSPECTOR INVOLVED.
I NEED TO GET ANOTHER INSPECTOR INVOLVED.
IT TAKES TWO WEEKS, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE WORKING DAYS, TWO WEEKS, BASICALLY JUST 10 WORKING DAYS.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW OUR POLICY IS, YOU KNOW, THEY INSPECT YOU IS WINNING 10 WORKING DAY OR SEVEN WORKING DAYS, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU ALREADY WANT ONE WAY FOR THE LAST DAY TO DO THE WEIGHT DISPATCHER OR SOMETHING.
SO, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL COME TO MY RESTAURANT.
GOOD FOR ME, LIKE TODAY, THE FLAG EVEN WAS OPEN SOUNDBITE TO THE WAY IN THAT CAR AND A AND A ONE TO TALK TO ME, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THEM, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANTED TO DO IS IF WE CAN RESPOND FASTER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WOULD IT BE INCREASED
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ALSO IS TO, AT A HIGHER, HIGHER LEVEL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UH, I THINK THAT SOMETIME, MAYBE COMMUNICATIONS TO TAKE OUT A LOT OF PART, LIKE JEDI MCPHERSON DEAL.WE PROBABLY HANDLE MORE EFFICIENT THE WAY I READ ALL OF THOSE.
BUT I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR SOMEBODY.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S TWO SOUTHERN PEOPLE, IT'S VERY MINOR THINGS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU WOULD RUN INTO, MAYBE HAVE A FEW WORDS THAT HAS CHANGED, BUT DOESN'T MEAN A THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE SERVICE, MAYBE IT'S EVEN BIGGER, BUT HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE SIDES BECAUSE WE ARE DOING OUR JOB TRYING TO HELP, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE, FOR, FOR CUSTOMERS, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY.
SO WE TOLD HER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THAT, ALL EDISON WASTE SERVICES, GREAT.
I ALWAYS USE THIS TO ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE.
SO YOU NEED TO BE LIKE EDISON WAY.
THEN PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, WELL, THE ED IS SOME WAY HE IS.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOUR TRIP, CUSTOMER RELIABILITY, BE FRIENDLY AND BE EFFICIENTLY AND BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, BEING POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE BUNCH, HOLD ON.
Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, SO I FEEL PROUD OF THEM ALL EDISON, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL STAFF, BUT JUST THE FIELD TWEETS, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE IT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT.
I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
WHAT I'M SEEING IS, IS WE'RE, UM, IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, I THINK WE'VE GOT A NEW PERMITTING SOFTWARE PLAN.
MAYBE THAT WE'RE GETTING UP TO PLACE THAT MAY HELP WITH PERMITTING.
UM, I PERSONALLY INTERACT WITH THE ADDISON, FIX IT OUT AND IT, IT SOLVES A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
SO I, I TAKE A PICTURE AND IT USES GPS IS WHERE ARE YOU AT RIGHT HERE? AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND LITERALLY, UM, MAYBE A MINUTE LATER IT HAS MY, ALL MY SERVICE REQUESTS.
IT KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE I'M AT.
EVEN IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T KNOW THE STREET OR THE NAME OF THE PARK, I MEAN, IT KNOWS IT.
AND, AND SO I SUBMIT THE REQUEST AND THEN IMMEDIATELY YOU GET A RESPONSE.
YOUR REQUEST HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
I GET, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHEN I'M RUNNING AROUND TOWN, ON MY IPHONE, I GET HOME AND I'LL GET EMAILS FROM THE DEPARTMENT, THE STREETS OR
AND SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TAPPING INTO SOME, SOME REALLY MAJOR TECHNOLOGY, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO SOLVE EVERY SINGLE IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE POLICE AND FIRE AND ALL KINDS, BUT IT'S GOING TO SOLVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO HELP THEM.
IT'S A WAY TO BREAK THROUGH AS YOUR GOOD AS YOUR PEOPLE, AS YOUR CITIZENS GET MORE USED TO USING THOSE GUIDES.
AND THEY WEIRD EARLY, EARLY DAYS, LIKE FIX IT UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE PERMITTING TOOL IS UP AND RUNNING YET, BUT WE ARE IN EARLY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN.
AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE Y'ALL CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IN YOUR GROUP.
ARE THERE OTHER PILLARS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED? MAYBE KNOW I'M NOT YOUR WEST IS GOING TO KILL ME.
CREE WOULD SAY THAT, BUT YOU MEET WITH YOU.
REMEMBER SOME POINT YOU HAVE A, UM, YOU KNOW, MISSION RETURNS.
YOU HAVE SO MANY FROWARD EAST, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT ANYWAY, HERE WE GO, FIVE GOLD STANDARD IN FINANCIAL HEALTH MILESTONES TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LONGTERM FINANCIAL PLAN.
OUR INITIATIVES ARE DEVELOPING CIP PROGRAM, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN AND ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THIS WAS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20, 20 BUDGET.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THIS OVER OR OVER TIME, BUT THOSE ARE ALL INTEGRATED, RIGHT? SO AS PART OF OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SO WHEN WE'RE PULLING, UH, PROJECTS, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN IMPLICATION TO ASSETS, OH, EXCUSE ME.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO ADJUST THAT AND DO THAT.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE, THIS PROBABLY COULD BE, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING THING, WHICH WE DO EVERY YEAR, BUT THIS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SPECIFICALLY THIS YEAR, THIS HAS DONE FOR THIS, FOR THIS YEAR.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE GREEN, BUT THEN THE NEXT ONE IS IMPLEMENTING THIS YEAR TO THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM THAT WAS, AND WE'VE STARTED THAT WE'RE DESIGNING, UH, WE'RE DOING THE DESIGN WORK FOR KELLER SPRINGS AND, AND, UH, AIRPORT PARKWAY WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT FOR THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC TRENDS, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
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AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THE SALE OF BONDS FOR THE SUMMER TO START PAYING FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.SO WE'RE MOVING THESE THINGS FORWARD AND, UH, THE, THE ASK BATHETIC CLUB, UH, ELEMENTS THAT WERE IN THERE.
SO THIS IS WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS HERE ON THESE WEAPONS.
NUMBER SIX, GOLD STANDARD IN PUBLIC SAFETY MAXIMIZE USE OF CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, YEAH, WE'VE GOT FOUR INITIATIVES HERE.
ONE IS, UH, RELATED TO, UH, THE VENTILATION SYSTEM AT THE FIRE STATIONS.
THAT'S, UH, UH, THAT'S COMPLETE.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE LPR, THE LICENSE PLATE READER, UH, SYSTEM AND THE SURVEILLANCE, NOT THE SURVEILLANCE, BUT THE OPTICAL CAMERAS.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING THAT PRODUCT, UH, PROJECT AND IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING THE EXPANSION, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECORD RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR POLICE HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE DID FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT FOR FIRE, UH, TRUCKS, UH, TO PROTECT, UH, THE, THE, THE DRUGS THAT THE PARAMEDICS USED AND THAT ARE ON THE, UH, VEHICLES THERE AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE PROTECT THOSE APPROPRIATELY AND IMPLEMENT THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HANDLING, UH, THINGS IN LINE WITH, UH, OUR PERMITS FOR THOSE TYPES OF NARCOTICS.
THAT, SO WE'RE STILL THE SECURITY.
AND THEN LAST IS ADDISON BRAND OPTIMIZE AT US AND GRANT THE MILESTONE WAS DEFINE AND PROMOTE ADDISON IDENTITY.
YEAH, WE, UH, ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES HERE IS KIND OF OUR CONTINUOUS, UH, OR OUR, OUR EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED A THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN COMMUNICATIONS, STRATEGIC PLAN, AND ALREADY, UH, IDENTIFIED A NEW ONES WERE WITH THE PRIOR PROCESS OF, OF MAKING THAT A REALITY.
UM, THE, ONE OF THE INITIATIVES HERE WAS THE COMPLETION OF THE ADDISON CIRCLE FOUNTAINS.
THE WORK IS DONE, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND THEN WE HIRED, UH, A, UH, ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INSPECTOR TO HELP THE RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS.
AND THEN ALSO WOULD ALLOW THE UTILIZATION OF AN EXISTING, UM, INSPECTOR FOR MORE CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.
SO KEITH COFFIN, UH, UH, YES, SORRY, KEITH CLARK.
BUT, UM, YEAH, SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE INITIATIVES THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS.
WELL, LET'S, UM, LET'S BREAK UP THIS LITTLE GROUP RIGHT HERE THIS TIME, SO YOU CAN GET TO CHOOSE.
WE'LL LET YOU CHOOSE WHICH ONE.
AND THEN YOU CHOOSE A DIFFERENT ONE THAN YOU GET THE LAST FEW MIRROR, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY.
MAUREEN, WHAT DO YOU WANT? OPTIMIZE ADDISON'S BRAND FINANCIAL HEALTH.
LET'S GO THEN TO TOM, TOM, WHICH ONE OF THESE THREE, DO YOU WANT SOME BREAD? OKAY.
HOW DO PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THAT LEAVES THE TWO OF Y'ALL, BUT THE MIRROR, THE MAYOR ON FINANCE.
SO Y'ALL DO, Y'ALL SEE THE THREE OF Y'ALL
AND LET'S GO LEAVE TOM AND LORI HERE ON THIS CHART.
SO I GOT TO HURRY YOU ALONG, SO WE DON'T GET TOO LATE.
YOU TRIED TO DRIVE IT, BUT YOU CAN'T BREAK OUT OF THAT GROUP.
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GOT BRAND.WE DO SO DEFINE AND PROMOTE ADDISON IDENTITY.
THAT JUST KIND OF SETS THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING.
I THINK IT'S
I MEAN, LOOK AT HOW PROACTIVE WE'VE BEEN WITH THE
I MEAN, COMBINES
MAYBE THAT'S AN, YEAH, BECAUSE WE SAY CONTINUE IMPLEMENTATION OF VETERAN STRATEGY.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REEVALUATE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES
THERE'S WHAT REINVENTION LOOKS LIKE FOR US.
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SO WE'RE TALKING TO START TRADITION STRATEGY THAT I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING TO DO WITHIT'S ALMOST LIKE COME OUT AFTER THE COVEN, YOU KIND OF KNOW WE'RE STILL HERE AND THIS IS HOW WE MIGHT DIFFER.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE GOING FORWARD.
I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE MILESTONE WHERE I REALLY DISSIPATE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT OTHER AREAS, SHE DOESN'T LIKE HER.
I JUST, WHEN WE STARTED TO GET IT WRONG,
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO STAY AT THE FOREFRONT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
SHE COMES TO THAT DOG AND DOOR.
SHE JUST LAUNCH IT FOR HERSELF.
IT IS LIKE, WHEN YOU STEPPED DOWN, THERE WAS
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CARPET ON IT.CAUSE I KNOW, DID THEY TAKE FIVE? THE FIRST TIME I DID THIS WITH ADDISON, I'VE FORGOTTEN WHO THE MAYOR WAS, BUT IT WAS TWO MINUTES AGO.
AND WE MET IN A SCHOOL, SCOTT WHEELER.
TODD MYRA WAS IN THERE AND, BUT WE DID LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I'VE MISSED THE FIRST ONE.
SOMEBODY ELSE FACILITATED IT FOR ME.
I THINK WE HAVE FIVE OR SIX MEETINGS IN PLANNING, CREATING THIS STRATEGIC VISION.
AND BECAUSE WE DO ABOUT IT, WE DO IT IN THE SORRY FOR GO TO EIGHT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS A MARATHON, BUT I WILL SAY THAT COUNCIL THAT'S COMPLETELY TURNED OVER EXCEPT FOR IVAN.
I THINK DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB BECAUSE Y'ALL BEEN LIVING OFF OF IT.
YOU KNOW, FOR FIVE YEARS OR SO.
THE PITTER ITSELF IS, IS, IS GOLD, YOU KNOW? AND YOU DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE PILLAR ITSELF.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE MILESTONE CAN BE CHANGED.
STAFF CAN BASE ON MY STILL BASED ON THE OCTAVIUS SITUATION.
AND THAT STARTED WITH DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.
SO WE WANT TO UPDATE IT, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO DO AS BETTER.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH, Y'ALL KIND OF STABLE HANDLED HELL BECAUSE A LOT OF PLACES ARE PANICKING RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A LOT THAT MADS ARE NOT GOING TO BE CALLING YOU.
YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
SO LAST NIGHT HEARD LAST NIGHT, NBA PLAYERS WERE BEGINNING TO QUESTION THE WISDOM OF STARTING THE SEASON.
AGAIN, HAS THERE BEEN ANY MORE MOVEMENT ON THAT ANYBODY KNOW OR HEARD AN NBA PLAYERS WERE BEGINNING TO QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANTED TO PLAY? THAT'S THE MICHAEL JORDAN DOCUMENTARY, YOU KNOW, I'M USED TO WATCH IT, MAN.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO LEARN THAT INSIDE BASKETBALL, SO TO SPEAK AT THE CHICAGO BULLS ORGANIZATION AND JUST THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE THING.
DIDN'T YOU THINK IT WAS? THAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME.
HOW MANY TIMES THE COACH OR MANAGEMENT WENT TO JORDAN AND SAID, IS IT OKAY? IS IT OKAY IF WE GIVE RODMAN A PASS THROUGH AND THEY PUT IT, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT IT, THEY PUT JORDAN IN CHARGE, ALL OF THAT.
MAYBE HE WAS IN CHARGE AND THEY JUST OPENED UP, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A DENNIS RODMAN, YOU'VE GOT A SCOTTY PEOPLE, GOD, THEY HAVE TO WALK AS A TEAM.
REMEMBER LARRY BIRD AND THEN KEVIN MCHALE, THE TALL GUY, TALL GUY.
SO THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
RIGHT? YOU JUST WANT THEM ALL, IT WON'T WORK.
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WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU REALLY GET INSIDE AND YOU SEE THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY AND THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, LARRY BIRD'S THE LEADER, RIGHT.WE FALL ALERT
PAUL
GQ, WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR US? THIS IS THE FIFTH PILLAR THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS EVENING.
AND OF COURSE A GOLD STANDARD IN FINANCIAL HEALTH, WE ANSWERED ALL FOUR QUESTIONS.
IS THIS PILLAR STILL RELEVANT? YES, IT IS.
ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER WITHOUT THE FINANCIAL HEALTH.
WE COULDN'T THINK OF DOING THE OTHER SO THIS WITHOUT, AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO TOOT OUR OWN HORN HERE BECAUSE ADDISON HAS A CONSERVATIVE FINANCIAL APPROACH IT'S REFLECTED IN BOND FUND BALANCES THAT WE REQUIRE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, OF COURSE, IT'S STILL ROAMING.
AND OUR GROUP SAID TO THE QUESTION, HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE PROGRESS THAT THE MILESTONE WE'RE GOING TO CALL THAT A NINE? I LIKE THAT.
UM, WHAT CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE TO THE MILESTONE, UH, WHERE, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WHAT IF ANY MILESTONES OR SHOULD BE ADDED? AND WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANY MILESTONES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PILLAR.
WHO TO YOU ALL AS AN ORGANIZATION, WEST YOUR, YOUR STAFF, BECAUSE IT'S A TOUGH THING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GREAT WHEN YOU'RE IN GREAT FINANCIAL HEALTH, BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE HARD DECISIONS.
SORRY, WE HAVE NOT JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE TESTED WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, BUT, UM, WE ALL AGREE.
WE WERE IN A GREAT SPOT GOING INTO IT.
WHICH WILL HELP YOU GET OUT OF IT.
WE HAVE HAD A GREAT FINANCIAL POLICY, HIGHER RESERVE, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE STAFF WILL, CAN DID IT GENTLY.
AND UH, SO WE DO THE PHOTO SOUND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION, BUT YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE GET BACK TO NORMAL, YOU KNOW, WE WE'LL DO THAT IN THE BACK, YOU KNOW, SO PLUS WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO PROGRESS, JUST HAVING THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THAT LONGTERM PLANNING IS, IS AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
PUBLIC SAFETY WHO HEADS UP THE KITCHEN, THE KITCHEN CABINET RESPONSE IN PROGRESS EIGHT AND, UH, ANY CHANGES TO THE MOUTH? NO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, WAIT, I THINK WE'RE AT THE END OF THE BEGINNING ON THIS AND THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG BEGINNING WITH, UH, UTILIZATION AND FORCE MULTIPLYING EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE RECALL CHIEF SPENCER'S REPORT, NOT TOO LONG AGO, THE STUNNING SUCCESS OF, OF, UH, OF RESULTS SO FAR NOW THAT DOESN'T, UH, UH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS, UM, AND THAT, UH, HAVE HELPED SOLVE CRIMES, ET CETERA.
SO THAT THE REAL QUESTION I THINK IS, OKAY, NOW WHAT WE, WE, WE, WE'VE STUCK OUR TOE IN THE WATER.
WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING WHERE YOU'RE GETTING A GOOD RESULT SO FAR.
UM, THE, AND WE AS A COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD IN GETTING RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE, WHERE TO PLACE IT AND WHAT SORTS OF, OF, OF DEVICES TO USE AND INTEGRATE, UM, EXISTING CAMERAS UPGRADE
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THOSE TO, TO CREATE FURTHER COVERAGE.SO, UM, IT'S VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESS AND, AND IT'S, IT'S MUCH TO BE SEEN.
I THINK THAT IF, IF I COULD OFFER, UH, UH, SOME, SOME ADVICE WOULD BE AS TO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR PERCEPTION OF SAFETY AND, AND WHAT THE, THIS, THIS TECHNOLOGY IS DOING TO ACTUALLY MAKE A SAFER AND, AND, AND HOW THAT IS AIDING POLICE AND, AND PROBABLY MORE IN RESPONSE TIME AND, AND DEALING WITH THE IMMEDIACY OF A SITUATION, AS OPPOSED TO EX POST FACTO, UH, HAVING THE DETECTIVE LOOK ALL THIS STUFF, AND WEEKS LATER, OR MONTHS LATER, SOMEBODY GETS ARRESTED, WHICH IS IMPORTANT AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, BUT IT'S, YOU CAN MAKING SURE THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT OUT THERE KNOWS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO COME IN AND DO YOUR DIRTY WORK IN ADDISON.
YOU REALLY DON'T BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE HIGHLY INVESTED IN HEAVILY INVESTED INTO, INTO TECHNOLOGY.
AND WE'RE DETERMINED THAT WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO CATCH YOU.
AND SO THERE'S PROBABLY SOME DISCUSSION TO BE HAD OR SOME EDUCATION TO BE HAD ON THAT.
UM, AND, AND TO LET YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S UNIQUE TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHATEVER.
CAUSE THEY ALL, THEY, THE NEIGHBORS CAME VERY, QUITE, QUITE DIFFERENTLY IN THE CITY.
AND SO THEY HAD DIFFERENT NEEDS AND DIFFERENT CONCERNS.
AND SO THOSE CONCERNS NEED TO BE A PART OF THE NATURE OF THE, OF THE TECHNOLOGY RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT WORKS OVER HERE MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR OVER THERE.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME, I THINK THERE'S SOME FEEDBACK ALONG THOSE LINES.
I WANT TO POLITICS BECAUSE RECALL HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE HERSELF AS A POLICE OFFICER, THE REASON I WANT IT TO BE ON THAT TOPIC IS THERE ARE MORE THAN A FEW FOLKS, A FAIR NUMBER IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO DO NOT FEEL WE HAVE THE GOLD STANDARD IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF INCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND WHAT I'VE HEARD.
AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S LOW BOYS, A LOT OF EMOTION AROUND THIS.
WHEN I TRIED TO JUST TAKE AN OBJECTIVE RATIONAL, LOOK AT IT, I THINK A BIG PART OF THAT.
AND THAT WAS A LOT OF OUR DISCUSSION IS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS AREN'T THE SAME, YOU KNOW, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ABUTS AN AREA OF DALLAS THAT HAS STATISTICALLY HIGHER LEVELS OF CRIME.
AND SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE AND THEY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK AT THEIR RING REPORTS AND THEY LOOK AT OTHERS AND THEY SAY, AND THEN THEY SAY WE ARE VULNERABLE AND THEN THINGS HAPPEN.
AND IT BECOMES REAL BY THE WAY, NOT A LOT OF INCIDENTS, SO I DON'T WANT TO EXTRAPOLATE UNFAIRLY, BUT THERE IS A VERY STRONG FEELING THAT NOT AS SAFE AS WE USED TO BE.
AND SO IT MAY BE THAT THE ANSWER IS IN TECHNOLOGY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK PAUL'S POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT THE END OF THE BEGINNING IS RIGHT ON WITH THE LICENSE PLATE.
AND MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO.
BUT MY QUESTION THAT I WAS PUSHING WAS, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THERE BE ANOTHER MILESTONE MAYBE THERE SHOULDN'T NOW, BUT THERE'S ALSO A WHOLE SERVICE LEVEL QUESTION, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES? BECAUSE THE ANSWER WHEN PEOPLE SAY I'D LIKE MORE POLICE PATROLS IS VERY LEGITIMATELY FROM THE POLICE.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE WERE LOTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND THERE ARE BUSINESSES AND SO ON, AND THAT'S A REAL FAIR PUSHBACK.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE SHOULD BE A SECOND MILESTONE THIS THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE SERVICE LEVELS ARE APPROPRIATE, BUT I THROW THAT OUT FOR DISCUSSION AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT GETS REGISTERED.
THERE IS A GROUP RIGHT NOW THAT IS VERY FEELING, VERY UNHAPPY AND VULNERABLE ABOUT THIS.
AND I COULD SAY MORE ABOUT IT, BUT I HOPE I STAYED OBJECTIVE.
AND THAT WAS SORT OF THE FLAVOR OF OUR DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE DESCRIBED IT PERFECTLY, BUT, BUT I, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO RENEW AND EXPAND THE LPR READERS, YOU KNOW, TO MORE AREAS, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO LAST TIME DURING THE MEETING, UH,
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CHU PRIESTS OR SPENCER ALREADY MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE THE FACIAL RECOGNITION STUFF.SO FULLY UTILIZE THE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY AS FAR I ECHO, I HAVEN'T SAID, BUT, BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY TO COME TO YOUR HOME SERVICE YOU FOR ANY REASON.
SO YOU MAKE SURE YOUR HEIGHT, YOUR TREASURE, YOUR JEWELRY, YOUR EXPENSIVE STUFF.
YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE A LONG TIME AGO.
I ALWAYS TAKE THIS AS A STORY OF ONE OLD RICH, YOU KNOW, CHINESE MERCHANT IN THE OLD DAYS, THEY TRANSACT GOLD.
SO, YOU KNOW, HE HAVE, HE HAS A LOT OF GOLDEN BULLSHIT IN THE CASE, SO HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HIDE IT.
SO IT DIG A BIG HOLE IN THE BACKYARD AND THEN PUTTING A BARRIER.
BUT THEN AT NIGHT HE WORRIED ABOUT IT.
IT WON'T BE STOLEN TO PUT ASIDE THERE THERE'S NO GOLD UNDERNEATH.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NEVER SHOW OFF YOUR SERVER.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PUTTING KASHI IN A WALLET, THIS AND THAT WHEN YOU TRAVEL OVERSEAS OR TO DIFFERENT CITIES, YOU CAN DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST INVITED THE PICKPOCKET TO TAKE IT.
SO YOU HAVE TO EITHER SECURE IT OR PUT SOME SMALL DEALS IN DIFFERENT POCKETS.
YOU KNOW? SO THE PRECAUTION IS ALWAYS THERE INSTEAD OF JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME TO YOUR HOME, SO SEE YOUR HOME, YOU'VE GOT ALL THE EXPENSIVE STUFF THERE, JOEY HERE, THE ALL ACTS THERE, LAY IT RIGHT ON THE COUNTER, TOO OLD.
SO I'M NOT BLAMING THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO KNOW WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS.
NO, BECAUSE ANOTHER THOUGHT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE, THESE BREAK-INS AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD LICENSE PLATE READER, CAMERAS FOR THE LAST, WHAT, 10, 11 MONTHS IN THAT, IN THAT AREA, I REALIZED SOME OF THAT STUFF HAPPENED BEFORE THE LICENSE PLATE READERS.
BUT, UM, I SUSPECT WHEN WE ROLL OUT MORE, MORE CAMERAS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY ADD AN OPTICAL CAMERA AND CELESTIAL PARK AND OTHER KEY PLACES WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL MAKE, MAKE, MAKE SOME MORE PEOPLE FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE.
THEY'RE REALLY TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO.
AND BY WAY OF CONVERSATION, PAUL IS VERY HELPFUL ON THIS, BUT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO, CAN YOU DO THINGS WITH TECHNOLOGY? AND THAT CAN BE BROAD, AND THIS IS A VERY APPROPRIATE MILESTONE IN TERMS OF, BECAUSE IT CAN BE LIGHTING, IT COULD BE LPR IS IT CAN BE OPTICAL.
IT CAN BE BROAD, BUT THE OTHER ONE IS RESOURCES.
NO, IF PEOPLE FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE FRIEDMAN POLICE PATROL US, THEN THERE'S THE POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A RESOURCE QUESTION.
I'M NOT AT THE POINT OF SUGGESTING TO BE ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR THAT THIS YEAR, BUT I WANT TO PLANT THE SEED IN THE BUDGET.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A REVIEW OF SERVICE LEVELS BECAUSE IT IS ULTIMATELY A RESOURCE QUESTION.
IS IT AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO PROVIDE? YEAH, I THINK IF I MAY JUST ADD ONE MORE THING THERE, I THINK NOT ONLY IS IT A QUESTION OF TECHNOLOGY OR, UM, OR RESOURCES, BUT IT'S ALSO EDUCATION AND IT'S ALSO A CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF WELL, INSIST ON LEAVING STUFF IN THEIR CARS UNLOCKED AND INSIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT, WHETHER YOU'RE AT A RESTAURANT OR IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOMEBODY TAKES IT, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A, A HABIT OF THAT BEHAVIOR THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT ALSO NEEDS TO CHANGE.
RIGHT? SO I THINK THERE'S A PART OF THIS TOO, THAT THAT REQUIRES EDUCATION ON, ON FOLKS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF PEOPLE ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO LEAVE THOSE THINGS IN THEIR CARS OR WHATEVER, AND HAVE EVERYTHING UNLOCKED, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S THAT PART OF THAT AS WELL.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL SAY, HEY, I, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S AN, YOU KNOW, ON WYNNEWOOD ROAD OR IN A MULTIFAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD OR ONE OF OUR SHOPPING AREAS, YOU KNOW, THEY CALL OUT, GOSH, MY LAPTOP WAS TAKEN.
WELL, LET'S SET THIS FIND OUT.
SO WHERE WAS IT? WHAT WAS IT? MY CAR WAS YOUR CAR LOCKED? NO, WAS IT, WHERE WAS IT? WELL, IT WAS ON MY FRONT SEAT
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AND NOBODY SMASHED THE CAR WINDOW TO GET IN THERE.THEY JUST OPENED THE DOOR AND UNFORTUNATELY, A DISHONEST PERSON WHO SHOULD BE KICKED IN THE SHINS MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, WALKED OFF WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS OVER HERE.
IT WAS NOT A VERY POPULAR, BUT IN TAIWAN, ALMOST EVERY CAR'S GOD, GOSH, KIM IN THE FRONT AND IN THE BACK, JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT, THERE'S NO NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
DOES IT PULL THE CAMERA? YOU CAN SEE.
SO NO DISPUTE, NO ARGUMENT, JUMP IN HERE.
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, WE HAD TWO, TWO BREAK INS AT TOWNHOMES OF ADDISON AND IT WAS ALMOST EXACTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED DIGGING INTO IT, WE FOUND OUT WE HAD SAME NIGHT, TWO VEHICLES LEFT, UNLOCKED WITH GADGETS BYPASS, WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, IN A CAR AND IT JUST MADE IT REALLY EASY FOR THESE TO GRAB THOSE.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT HAPPENED.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, EDUCATE FOLKS TO LOCK THEIR CAR DOORS SO FORTH.
UM, THE OTHER THING I'LL STATE IS, UM, UM, I RECENTLY, UM, UH, REACHED OUT TO A FRIEND OF MINE, A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, UM, AND FOR EDUCATING MYSELF AND, AND THIS PERSON WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY AND COME LOOK AT MY HOME AND, AND ADVISE ME.
A LOT OF IT'S JUST SIMPLE STUFF, BUT THERE WAS ABOUT HALF A DOZEN THINGS THAT I WASN'T DOING THAT I NEED TO BE DOING NOW I'VE STARTED IMPLEMENTING THOSE THINGS.
BUT, UM, I KNOW WITH OUR, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE YOU CAN, YOU CAN CALL AND DO SOME TYPE OF A SAFETY CHECK FIRE AS FAR AS SAFETY.
AND IF WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, WHETHER IT BE GROUP OR AS AN INTERN, I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY CARED ENOUGH TO CALL IN, I THINK THEY WOULD IMPLEMENT A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING HELP US HELP OURSELVES KIND OF ACTUALLY DO THAT.
WE DO HAVE, WELL, I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INTENSIVE, BUT IF SOMEBODY CARES ENOUGH TO CALL AND SAY, HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH A POLICE OFFICER AND HAVE A LOOK AT MY HOUSE HOME AND ADVISE ME ABOUT LIGHTING OR A VIDEO CAMERA OR WALKING LIKE AID OR LOCKING MY CAR, ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME MOVE US ON THEN NUMBER NEXT TO BRAND.
WERE THERE ANY CHANGES THERE? I DIDN'T GET THIS FINALIZED.
NO, WE, WE KEEP THE MILESTONE AS IT IS RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND THEN EXPECTING A LITTLE, NOT ADDING A, A QUESTION OF SERVICE LEVELS THEN AS PART OF THE VENDOR PROCESS THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED.
YOU'RE OVER HERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO IF YOU WANT, I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK TOP TO BOTTOM.
UM, WE GAVE IT A RATING OF A NINE.
WE FEEL LIKE THE TOWN IS VERY GOOD AT THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE MILESTONES.
ALTHOUGH WE WOULD ADD A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, UH, CONTEXT WITH POSSIBLY REVIEWING THE, UM, BRAND AND OR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR THE TIME THAT WE'RE IN.
AND ALSO ONE OF THE, UM, UH, WELL, I GUESS WE'RE AT THE END OF A THREE YEAR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, SO I'M SURE THAT WE'LL GET A RELOOK.
UH, WE DIDN'T THINK ANY MILESTONES SHOULD BE ADDED, BUT, UH, JUST KIND OF OVERALL, I W I WROTE THE WORD RE INVENT AND SORT OF, SINCE EVERYONE IS IN THE AGE OF COVID AND EVERYTHING GOING ON, EVERYONE'S IN A RE UH, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ALMOST, YEAH, YOU COULD.
I MEAN, YOU CAN ALMOST LIKE JUST ADD BRI TO EVERYTHING AND KIND OF, IF WE CAN LEAD THE WAY BY EXAMPLE OF HOW WE DO IT, WHETHER WE'RE OVERTLY SAYING IT, OR WE JUST DO IT, UH, THAT WILL HELP OUR COMMUNITY OR BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT WILL BE ALWAYS, I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE LEADER IN A LOT OF TOWNS ARE ALL BEHIND US.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOW OUR STAFF TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND TRY THESE NEW, TRY SOME NEW THINGS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE, I WANT TO BE OUT FRONT.
I DON'T WANT TO BE FALLING BEHIND SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF RE REINVENTION OF A LOT OF WAYS,
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YOU KNOW, THAT WE PROMOTE OUR, SO OF THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE.SO, AND OUR, AND A LOT OF OUR CORE CATEGORIES IN BUSINESS, THERE'S A LOT OF RE YOU KNOW, STRUCTURING OF EVERYTHING.
AND I WOULD SAY STREAMING KABOOM TOWN PROBABLY MIGHT HAVE A NATIONAL REACH.
THAT'S REALLY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
IT'S REALLY GONNA BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF RESULTS WE HAVE, NOT JUST THE DAY AFTER, BUT LIKE ALL I'M TRYING SIX MONTHS A YEAR AFTER WHO, WHO, HOW MANY VIEWS, HOW MANY PEOPLE WATCH THE VIDEOS LEARN MORE ABOUT APPS.
AND YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, AGILITY AND REFERENCE TO THE MCKENZIE STUDY AND OUR ABILITY TO BE AGILE AND NOT JUST STAY, YOU KNOW, STATIONARY WITH THE ONE MODEL THAT WORKED, YOU KNOW, SINCE 1970, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO BE AN AGILE.
THE THOUGHT OF JUST HUNKERING DOWN AND DIGGING IN IS PROBABLY NOT THE WAY TO GO.
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO APPEAL TO THE GROUP WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THE ENTREPRENEURIAL.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, LEANING IN, I THINK WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LEAN IN, ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AND LEAD WITH, UM, WITH THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S SOME AUTHENTICITY AND TRANSPARENCY WHEN YOU LEAN IN AND YOU SAY THIS IS HAPPENING AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH IT KIND OF IN A REAL TIME WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WON'T PUBLICLY.
SO, UM, THIS PILLAR IN MANY WAYS, CIRCLES BACK TO THIS, IT DOES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT ADDISON IN BUSINESS, YOU THINK ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NOT JUST THAT, BUT I'LL TALK THE DOOR AND THE LISTENING AND ALL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE IN A GREAT SITUATION.
AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOTTA BE HARD TO LOCK YOU UP OR THE SPECIAL EVENTS CAN PROMOTE THIS.
AND ALSO, DO WE EVER CONSIDER ADDISON ON THE WATER TOWER? YOU'LL WANNA THINK ABOUT IT? YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND NOBODY LIKED IT, BUT THINK ABOUT IT.
I STARTED TO SEE WHAT POWER DO THEY HAVE THE CITIES OF THEIR MIND, BUT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TROUBLE WITH THIS.
WE'LL PUT IT OFF, BUT IT GETS CURSED.
AND IT'S IN A DIFFERENT POSITION TOO, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE ON THE, ON THE FAR BOUNDARY, I KNOW IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS AN AUTOMATIC PROMOTION.
YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE JOGGING TIED AT NIGHT, WE WOULD SEE THEM THE MOST COMMON IS THE STRAIGHTEN THEM SIGN RIGHT.
SO THERE'S VERY FEW CITY HAS THAT.
SO MAYBE SOME OF THE CITY HAS A FEW, BUT EDISON STARTED RIGHT FIRST.
SO THEN YOU'LL SEE, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF THIS KIND OF A SPECIAL LIGHTS AND THE PEOPLE DRIVING.
THIS IS THE EDISON LOOKS SO NICE.
SO WE NEED TO COVER ANY OF THOSE THAT DOESN'T COST YOU MUCH MORE, BUT YOU FAT IS SO GREAT.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT LIKE MAYBE SIX WEEKS FROM NOW WITH THE MONUMENT, YOU KNOW, THE GATEWAY MONUMENT RIGHT THERE IN THAT SAME AREA ON BELTLINE AND MARSH.
LET'S LET ME GO BACK AND REVISIT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND THEN I WANT TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD COLOR WISE, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION JUST KIND OF IN THE HALLWAY ABOUT THIS FIRST MILESTONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOCUS ON ATTRACTING AND RETAINING OF DROPPING OWNERSHIP IN THE HIGH TECH CONFERENCES.
AND D DO WE WANT TO HAVE THE WORD CONFERENCES IN A NO THOMPSON TO SERVE? IT'S A GOOD POINT TO REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT A ONE YEAR PLAN.
AND SO THAT MAY MERIT LEAVING IT THERE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO PROBABLY REALIZE NOT GOING TO GET MUCH CONFERENCES IN 2020 OR 2021, PROBABLY, BUT YOU NEED TO DEFINE THE CONFERENCE MAY NOT BE GATHERED TOGETHER BY US RIGHT NOW.
YOU'VE GOT A MACRO SELF TEAM, JUUL, OR TEDDY CONFERENCE, ALL KINDS OF VENUES TO DO THAT.
SO, AND THAT DOESN'T BENEFIT US.
AND IS THERE SOMETHING THAT BY TAKING IT OUT WHERE WE'RE DOING THAT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THERE?
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I THINK SO.I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION, I THINK SO NEXT YEAR, I MEAN, IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER, MID-MARCH, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, YEAH.
SO, SO YOU'RE SAYING, I THINK I HEAR YOU GUYS SAY, LEAVE IT IN AND MAYBE REVIEW IT LATER NEXT YEAR.
LAURA, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
UH, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I REALLY HEARD IN TERMS OF, OKAY.
I THINK WE NEED, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS WHEN WE, WE KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO REVISE THAT WITH, UM, THAT MILESTONE, ANY FEEL ABOUT, OKAY, HERE'S ANOTHER PILLAR PRIORITY THAT WE'VE NOT TALKED ABOUT, THAT WE ALL TALKED ABOUT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THREE IS, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO SAY, AND I WANT TO SAY IT WITH THIS CAVEAT.
YOU'RE KIND OF IN MY MIND, ON THE TOP END OF HOW MANY PROPERTIES YOU CAN REALLY ADD, ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE MANY PROPERTIES, REALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY.
SO I WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT NOT SAY IT ALL.
IF YOU ADD ONE, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE ONE AWAY, BUT I WOULD SAY SEVEN IS KIND OF THE TOP END OF WHAT YOU CAN REALLY, YOU CAN LIST THEM, BUT YOU WILL FIND YOUR STAFF DOES HAVE THE TIME OF RESOURCES TO GET TO THEM, BUT IT'S WORTH HAVING A DISCUSSION.
IF ANYBODY HAS SOMETHING BURNING IN YOUR HEART AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH IT.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS LESS, THE ONLY THERE'S, THERE'S THREE PILLARS THAT ARE KIND OF FIRST COUSINS, PROBABLY AS OPTIMIZE THE ALISON BRAND, THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS HUB AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
THOSE ARE ALL THREE FLYING IN THE SAME GALAXY, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THE, THIS, THIS PILLAR IS VERY WELL WRITTEN TO VERY OPTIMIZE THE ASAM BRAND BECAUSE IT'S SO BROAD AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, DEFINE AND PROMOTE ALISON IDENTITY, WHICH GIVES A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE INITIATIVES, WHICH IS LOVELY.
AND IF THERE WERE A WAY THAT COMBINED, I DON'T KNOW WHICH, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THERE'S, WE WANT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO GIVE MORE SHAPE TO THINGS AND ADDING CATEGORIES, BUT THAT'S JUST MY SENSE OF IT.
BUT I THINK JUST KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.
SO IT'S EASIER FOR STAFF TO FOCUS ON EACH ONE.
YOU MENTIONED TOGETHER, THEN THEY LOSE THE FOCUS.
AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DO THAT.
I'M JUST MAYBE JUST, MAYBE WE BRING ABOUT IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT WE COULD CONSOLIDATE AND HONE MORE IN, ON SOME DEBT RATHER THAN WELL, SO THE ONLY IDEA THAT I HAD, CAUSE I WAS EXPECTING THE QUESTION AND I'M NOT PROPOSING IT, BUT I'LL THROW IT OUT BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING THERE IT'S PROMOTING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BECAUSE IT ISN'T JUST BUSINESS THAT ISN'T JUST MONEY.
IT'S SOMEHOW THE IT'S THE, THE ATHLETIC CENTER IT'S CONSIDERING AT SOME POINT MAYBE WE HAVE A SENIOR CENTER OR WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT PROMOTES COMMUNITY.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE THING WITH TRAILS AND LINKAGES AND SOMEHOW THERE ISN'T A MILESTONE.
THAT'S PROMOTING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY OF OUR PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT FITS VERY WELL INTO THE OPTIMIZING ADDISON BRAND.
I THINK YOU CAN TAKE THE CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND, UH, FIT IT UNDER THERE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAT YOU GO WHERE YOU GO WITH WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS REALLY TO THE CORE OF OUR BRAND.
IT IS FROM A RESIDENT PERSPECTIVE, MORE THAN A PROSPECTIVE RESIDENT, OR I GUESS A COMPANY LOOKING TO DO BUSINESS HERE.
SO IT'S, WELL, IT'S A WORTHY AMBITION.
WHETHER YOU THINK OF IT AS AN INITIATIVE OR A MILESTONE, THERE'S NO DOUBT IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE, WE'RE HUNGRY FOR UNITY AND COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND SORT OF DECLARING YOURSELF THAT, OKAY, THAT MATTERS TO US.
IT'S PROBABLY VERY INVITING TO A LOT OF FOLKS AND IT IS A DIFFERENT CUT ACROSS A LOT OF THE THINGS, THE HEALTH CLUB, THE EVENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO
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THAT.UM, I LIKE THIS IDEA OF MAKING IT IT'S, UM, I DON'T KNOW, TILLER, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S A DIMENSION.
IT'S JUST FEELS LIKE WE HAD THAT.
AND THEN YOU TAKE AWAY OR EVENTS AND YOU, YOU TAKE AWAY US.
A LOT OF US GOING TO RESTAURANTS AND MEETING THERE AND GETTING TOGETHER.
AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'RE A LOT OF US ARE IN TIMEOUT RIGHT NOW.
I WONDER, HOPEFULLY IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS, THAT WE WON'T MAYBE FEEL THIS ANXIETY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE A LOT OF US ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL GET BACK TO A LOT, A LOT MORE SOCIALIZING, A LOT MORE CONVENIENT.
EVEN AFTER THIS, I CAN TELL YOU LAST YEAR, WHAT BE CHANGED A HABIT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GIVES IT TOGETHER.
IT WAS A LARGE AND EAT TOGETHER.
PEOPLE WILL REVEAL THAT ALL HUGGING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS WILL BE CHANGED IF PEOPLE START TO HAVE MORE CONSERVATIVE, YOU KNOW, AND I PREDICT THIS IS GOING TO LAST MORE THAN JUST END OF THE YEAR, YOU KNOW? AND, BUT THE HABIT WILL BE CHANGED USC.
SO IN THE FUTURE, HOW PEOPLE, HOW FAMILY DO IT TOGETHER OR GO TO FRIENDS, GET THEM TOGETHER.
YEAH, SOMETHING THAT STRUCK ME ON THE TOPIC.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BE AT THE INITIATIVE LEVEL OR WHATEVER, BUT THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE THAT I HEAR MAYBE ARE DONE IN SOME OTHER PLACES OR THINGS LIKE PUTTING A PROGRAM TOGETHER, ENCOURAGING A NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, LET'S PICK A NIGHT AND SIT OUT AND EVERYBODY'S OUTSIDE AND YOU TALK OR YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF A COMMUNITY THING WHERE PEOPLE COME IN AND, BUT IT'S TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY AND IT TAKES SOMEBODY TO ORGANIZE IT.
LIKE A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT CONCEPT, BUT LIKE NOT JUST ON ONE DAY A YEAR, ESPECIALLY NOW WHERE YOU'D BE ENCOURAGING.
SO WATCH ALL THESE JOBS AND WHILE YOU LIVE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALL USE RIGHT NOW TO, OKAY.
I HAVEN'T, I THINK MAYBE YOU PROBABLY HEARD THAT WHAT I, IF IT FITS UNDER BRAND OR PROBABLY BRANDS WE'RE OUTSIDE.
ANY, UM, THOUGHTS ON IT? NOPE.
AND THEN WEST, DOES THIS GIVE YOU THE GUIDANCE YOU NEEDED AND YOU'RE GOING TO BUDGET AND I THINK A WEST, A LOT OF HOMEWORK TO DO AFTER HE LISTENED TO ALL OF THIS
IT HAS STRUCK ME WHAT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND INCREDIBLE.
ANY GOOD TO COMMENT? ANY GOOD.
I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US A JOKE.