READY TO GO. VERY GOOD. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 9:01 A.M. 
          [1. DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
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COUNCIL. NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS MORNING. FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS TELECAST. 
          [3. PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES INTERVIEWS]
STARTING A LITTLE LATE. WE JUST VISITED WITH THE CANDIDATES,
GIVING THEM AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT DURING THE INTERVIEWS. 
          AND WE ARE INTERVIEWING THIS MORNING FOR THE PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES POSITIONS. 
          WE HAVE 13 CANDIDATES THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE INTERVIEWED AND SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION. 
          THESE INTERVIEWS WILL GO ON THIS MORNING AND THEN THEY WILL BE APPOINTED. 
          COUNCIL WILL APPOINT THOSE PARTICULAR POSITIONS. 
          IN OUR MEETING ON JUNE 26TH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE AGENDA,
WE HAVE FOUR POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN FOR REAPPOINTMENT AT THE PARK BOARD. THREE OF THESE POSITIONS THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE ELECTED NOT
TO SEEK REAPPOINTMENT, BUT ONE OF THE POSITIONS THEY HAVE ELECTED TO SEEK REAPPOINTMENT. 
          SO WE TECHNICALLY HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF ONE REAPPOINTMENT,
AND THEN WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES THAT WE CAN APPOINT TO HEARING THAT ARE SAYING THAT. LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL IF WE COULD PLEASE. 
          . HE REQUESTED THAT WE LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT HE HAS A JURY TRIAL TODAY. 
          SO HE'S OUT FOR THAT PURPOSE. AND HE WILL REVIEW THE RECORDING OF THIS MEETING AND HE WILL
RANK THE CANDIDATES WITH THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THAT,
JANELLE. 
          YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RAWLINS CONTACTED ME THIS MORNING. 
          HE'S GOING TO BE OUT FOR JURY DUTY AS JANELLE,
BUT HE IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE VIDEOS TO MAKE SURE THAT HE REVIEWS ALL THE CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS HERE. VERY GOOD. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THESE CANDIDATES JANELLE AND THE ORDER. 
          THEY'VE SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS. OUR FIRST ONE IS CHRISTOPHER INMAN. 
          IS HE HERE TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE? OKAY. AND IF NOT,
THE SECOND IS GERALD WILSON. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE A LOT OF NEW NAMES ON THIS LIST. 
          GOOD MORNING GERALD. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. 
          I LIVE THIS MORNING. IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD. I THOUGHT I'D HAVE A SEAT WITH A LITTLE
SOMETHING I USED TO CARRY IN MY OFFICE. I THOUGHT IT'D BE APPROPRIATE. 
          NO SURPRISES. SO. AND NOW, IS THAT FOR US OR FOR YOU? I'VE. I'VE USED IT MYSELF FOR, I DON'T KNOW,
OVER 20 PLUS YEARS IN MY OFFICE IN IN HR. 
          AND I'VE ALWAYS CHALLENGED MY TEAM THAT, YOU KNOW,
LET'S MAKE SURE I'M AWARE. 
          MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE SOMETHING COMES MY WAY. 
          SO I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE APPROPRIATE TO KICK US OFF. 
          ANYWAY. THANK YOU. AS YOU KNOW, GERALD, YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE. 
          GIVE YOU A MINUTE OR SO TO JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 
          I THINK WE ALL KNOW YOU AND YOUR QUALIFICATIONS VERY WELL. 
          GERALD WILSON, I'M A BOY. RETIRED VICE PRESIDENT OF HR ABOUT TEN,
ALMOST 11 YEARS AGO, NOW RETIRED AND MOVED BACK TO THE ISLAND. 
          MY BOTH MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH BOYS. I MET IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MARRIED TWO KIDS,
TWO GROWN BOYS, EIGHT GRANDKIDS, THREE IN COLLEGE AND FIVE IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, AS I CAME BACK, I BECAME AN EDUCATOR. 
          SO NOW I'M IN THE CCSD SYSTEM, WORKING WITH KIDS WITH BEHAVIOR AS A BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST
AND VOLUNTEER A LOT BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. MY WIFE AND I, WE TRAVEL TO AFRICA A FEW TIMES TO HELP BUILD
SCHOOLS AND PARKS AND KENYA. 
          AND I THINK WE DID IT THREE TIMES NOW. AND WE VOLUNTEER A LOT HERE LOCALLY AT THE
GALVESTON COUNTY FOOD BANK. 
          CHURCHES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ETC.. SO WE CAME BACK TO BE PLUGGED IN. 
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NOT ONLY MYSELF, MY WIFE, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY BOYS,
OCCASIONALLY WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEY HELP SUPPORT US AS WELL. 
          AND SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE I FEEL THERE'S WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          IT'S NOT FINISHED. I LIKE TO FINISH WHAT I START. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          I THINK CONTINUITY IS NECESSARY. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S MORE THAT UNITES US THAN DIVIDE US. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO THAT. WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER GROUND ZERO. 
          SO WE CAN START WITH A FRESH START TO MOVE THE BUSINESS OF THE PARK BOARD AND THE BUSINESS
OF THE CITY ALONG. 
          VERY GOOD. I'LL START OUT. GERALD, YOU'RE VICE CHAIRMAN,
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. I AM OF THE PARK BOARD. IN YOUR YEARS NOW? ARE YOUR COUPLE YEARS ON THE BOARD? WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ARE THE TOP THREE CONCERNS THAT
NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE PARK BOARD? WELL, CURRENTLY, IF YOU IF YOU ASK ME THAT 18 MONTHS AGO,
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A DIFFERENT LIST. 
          BUT IF YOU ASK ME, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW SELECTING AN INTERIM CEO SELECTING SOMEONE TO
LEAD THE ORGANIZATION, I THINK IS THE TOP THING. NEXT THING I WOULD THINK WOULD BE WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. 
          HASN'T BEEN. I KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOME FINAL TOUCHES THAT NEED TO BE DONE. 
          I KNOW. DAN. I'M SORRY. BRIAN AND HIS TEAM IS WORKING ON A DRAFT TO GET TO THE PARK BOARD. 
          SO ONCE WE GET A LEADER, WE CAN GET THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TAKEN CARE OF. 
          BUT WE'RE RIGHT IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE BUDGET TO YOU GUYS HERE AT CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO YOU CAN APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THEN THE TRANSITION OF THE REVENUE PARKS, I THINK, IS VERY IMPORTANT AT THIS POINT. 10 TO 1,
ONE IS FAST APPROACHING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT AIR. 
          THE AIR PIECE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE TECHNOLOGY PIECES,
MAKING SURE THAT ALL THAT'S SEAMLESS BETWEEN OUR TWO AND ONE. AND THEN I THINK THE FIFTH THING FOR ME WOULD BE THE ORGANIZATION RESILIENCY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WOULD CALL IT. THAT ORGANIZATION HAS SEEN A LOT OVER THE LAST 90 DAYS. 
          THEY'VE LOST TWO LEADERS, ONE LEADER. AND, WELL,
TWO IF YOU, PETER DAVIS AND KIMBERLY. 
          AND THEY'RE LOSING TWO REVENUE PARKS. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ORGANIZATION IS
READY FOR WHAT THE NEW NORM WILL BE FOR THEM. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? I DO,
YES. 
          SO WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BILLS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE
BY THE PARK BOARD. 
          I FELT THE OUTCOME WAS UNFORTUNATE. TO BE. IF YOU WANT ME TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK AS I INQUIRED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE INVOLVEMENT. 
          I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT INVOLVED. I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY VARIOUS DEGREES ON
WHETHER THEY TRULY WERE INVOLVED. 
          I'M NOT HERE TO SAY THAT THEY WERE. THEY WAS OR NOT,
BUT I THINK IT WAS UNFORTUNATE. 
          I THINK I THINK WHAT WAS UNFORTUNATE, I MEAN,
I THINK IT WAS UNFORTUNATE HOW IT PLAYED OUT BETWEEN THE PARK BOARD AND, AND THE AND THE CITY COUNCIL. I THINK THERE IS MISTAKES HAPPEN WITH GOOD INTENTIONS. 
          AND I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS GOOD INTENTIONS IF THEY WERE TO THE
DEGREE THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE BILLS. 
          KIMBERLY AND BRYSON. AND I THINK EVEN WITH GOOD INTENTIONS,
I THINK THERE WERE SOME MISTAKES MADE ALONG THE WAY. 
          AND I THINK TRANSPARENCY SHARING OF INFORMATION. 
          AND I THINK IF WE GET BACK TO THAT, I THINK WE CAN AVOID THAT EVER HAPPENING AGAIN. 
          SO WHAT? YOU MENTIONED TRANSPARENCY. THAT'S VERY MUCH A CONCERN OF MINE RIGHT NOW WITH THE
PARK BOARD. 
          SO WHAT THERE'S BEEN AN EXTREME LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. 
          AND WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULD BRING TO THE TABLE TO CHANGE THAT? I THINK TRUST OPEN DISCUSSION. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND FROM A PARK BOARD AND A
CITY COUNCIL, MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT OUR PROBLEM IS OUR PROBLEM. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST A PARK BOARD PROBLEM, IT'S NOT A CITY COUNCIL PROBLEM. 
          I THINK IF THERE ARE SOME ISSUES OR THERE'S SOME CONCERNS,
WE BOTH SHARE THAT. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE TO COME TO SOME TYPE OF COMMONALITY ON WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO
ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. 
          SO I THINK THE SHARING OF INFORMATION, AND I THINK TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT,
AS OPPOSED TO READING ABOUT IT AFTER THE FACT, I THINK OPEN DISCUSSION, I THINK TRUST GOES A LONG WAY,
AND I THINK YOU DO THAT BY HAVING COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 
          AND I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I BRING THAT THAT LEVEL OF EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE TO THE PARK BOARD. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT MY, MY COLLEAGUES WOULD SUPPORT THAT. 
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AND I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS,
YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE VALUE IN THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, Y'ALL ASKED ALL THE ONES I WAS GOING TO ASK,
BUT I'LL ASK. 
          I'LL SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT. HOW WOULD YOU BALANCE THE ECONOMIC DRIVER OF TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT WITH MAKING GALVESTON A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT AND CAN AFFORD TO LIVE AND WORK AND MAINTAIN A DESIRABLE QUALITY OF LIFE WHILE PROMOTING TOURISM? WELL, HERE'S WHAT I SEE. WHEN I, WHEN MY WIFE AND I CAME BACK TEN YEARS AGO,
WORKFORCE HOUSING WAS A CONCERN STILL IS. AND I THINK IT STILL WILL BE. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO FROM A WORKFORCE HOUSING STANDPOINT,
I THINK WILL CERTAINLY HELP BALANCE THAT. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESIDENTS, IT'S LIKE 53,000, I THINK WAS THE LAST COUNT OF RESIDENTS. 
          AND OVER THE LAST YEAR, 8.9 MILLION TOURISTS. 
          WE HAVE TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN MAKING SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS IS ON THE
CITY, AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE TOURISTS THAT CONTINUE TO COME BECAUSE THEY ARE THE
ENGINE THAT DRIVES THE CITY, THE TOURISM. WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT. WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          I THINK THERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS ALONG BILL GALVESTON THAT'S LOOKING AT BUILDING SOME
WORKFORCE HOUSING SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. 
          I THINK DISTRICT ONE, I THINK, IS WHERE MY LAST UNDERSTANDING. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING AND ONGOING PROBLEM. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT COLLECTIVELY NOT JUST THE CITY OF GALVESTON BEING THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR THE PARK BOARD BUILD GALVESTON, THE PORT, I THINK COLLECTIVELY WE ALL HAVE TO KIND OF COME AND GALVANIZE
TOGETHER ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO DO THAT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILSON? YES. SO I AM INTRODUCING A PROGRAM THAT I CALL ONLY
FOOTPRINTS. 
          IT'S AN INITIATIVE TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LITTERING ORDINANCES ON THE BEACH AND
KEEP OUR BEACHES CLEANER BY TRYING TO GET BUY IN FROM OUR VISITORS. 
          WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK THE PARK BOARD SHOULD PLAY IN A NEW INITIATIVE TO REDUCE LITTERING?
I THINK A BIG ROLE. 
          I THINK FOR THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, I WOULD THINK FOR YOUR INITIATIVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          I THINK YOU WOULD NEED TO PARTNER WITH THE PARK BOARD BECAUSE THEY ARE,
AND I HATE TO USE THIS TERM, THAT'S BEEN USED A LOT. I THINK THEY ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO SOME EXTENT. 
          AND I THINK EVERY MORNING BEACH PATROL, I THINK THERE IS A,
A COMPONENT OF THE BEACH PATROL THAT VOLUNTEERS ARE VOLUNTEERS TO COME AND HELP CLEAN UP THE BEACH. AND I THINK IF YOU PARTNER WITH THE PARK BOARD,
I THINK IT WILL BE. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I THINK PARTNERING WITH THE PARK WOULD MAKE IT EVEN MORE
SUCCESSFUL. 
          VERY GOOD. AT 9:14 A.M., COUNCILMAN FINKLEA HAS JOINED THE COUNCIL. 
          GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. WILSON. 
          HOW ARE YOU? FINE. THANK YOU. GOOD, GOOD. WE'RE IN TO OUR QUESTION TIME. 
          DAVID, ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR US? YES. CATCH A BREATH. 
          YEAH. TAKE A DEEP BREATH HERE. HAS ANYBODY ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE? THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE WITH THE PARK BOARD IS. TOP THREE CONCERNS. 
          YEP. THANK YOU. MAYOR KICKED IT OFF. YEAH. I ASKED ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND THEN
ALSO ASKED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. 
          BOB ASKED ABOUT THE BALANCE BETWEEN DRIVER'S TOURISM VERSUS RESIDENTS. 
          I ASKED ABOUT THE ONLY FOOTPRINTS INITIATIVE. 
          YOU MIGHT MIGHT GO BACK THROUGH THE PRESSING PROBLEMS FOR COUNCIL. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK MAYOR ASKED WHAT I CONSIDER THE PRESSING PROBLEMS THAT PRESENT
US PRESENT TO THE PARK BOARD. 
          AND MY CHAIRMAN WITH INFORMATION WAS THAT IF YOU ASKED ME 18 MONTHS AGO,
IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT LIST. 
          BUT THE LIST AS I SEE IT TODAY, ONE IS APPOINTMENT OR SEARCHING FOR INTERIM CEO. 
          INTERIM CEO, TWO PERMANENT CEO. IT COULD BE ONE AND THE SAME. 
          COULD BE THE SAME PERSON. BUT THAT HAS TO BE FIRST AND FOREMOST. 
          THIS NEXT THING I FELT WAS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. 
          I KNOW BRIAN AND HIS TEAM IS WORKING ON THE DRAFT. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON FINALIZING THAT, GETTING THAT OVER TO THE PARK BOARD. AND I
THINK ONCE WE ACTUALLY ASSIGN AN INTERIM CEO THEY GET THAT OVER, WE GET THAT SIGNED, AND THEN WE MOVE ON IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT. 
          THE NEXT THING WOULD BE THE BUDGET. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE
BUDGET WE HAVE NOW GONE THROUGH, I THINK OUR SECOND ITERATION, OUR SECOND DRAFT ON THE PARK BOARD SIDE,
AND I THINK THE PLAN IS PRESENT THE BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN MID-JULY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THE SCHEDULE. SO SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON SCHEDULE TO GET THAT OVER TO TO
YOU GUYS. 
          THE FOURTH THING WOULD BE THE REVENUE PARKS TRANSITION TRANSITION REVENUE PARKS OVER TO
THE CITY. 
          AS I SHARED WITH THE WITH THE TEAM, TEN ONE IS A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE DATE WHEN YOU LOOK AT
ALL OF THE COMPONENTS THAT'S INVOLVED. 
          FROM AN HR STANDPOINT FROM A TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT THERE'S JUST A LOT INVOLVED. 
          I WOULD EVEN AS A TEN ONE DATE, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT DATE AND IF NOT,
HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN TO SUPPORT WHATEVER HAPPENS BEYOND TEN ONE IF WE DON'T 
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SUCCESSFULLY MEET ALL OF THAT. THEN THE FIFTH THING I FELT WAS ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCY
FOR THE PARK BOARD. 
          BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT ORGANIZATION HAS GONE THROUGH QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST FOUR,
FIVE MONTHS FROM LOSING THE LEADER LOSING A 42 TENURED BEACH PATROL CHIEF. 
          AND LOSING THE REVENUE PARKS. IT'S JUST A LOT THAT'S GOING ON. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY KEEP THEIR EYE ON THE PRIZE. 
          THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THOSE FIVE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE JUNE. 
          JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. THOSE FOUR MONTHS, BASICALLY,
IF YOU LOOK AT THE 8.9 MILLION VISITORS THAT COME TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON, OVER 50%, ALMOST 60% COME IN THOSE FOUR MONTHS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR OUR TOURISTS,
BECAUSE THAT'S THE ENGINE THAT DRIVES THE CITY, AS WELL AS ALL OF THOSE THINGS I JUST MENTIONED. 
          AND WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. SO. VERY GOOD. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN? GERALD, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SO FAR. 
          THANK YOU SIR. WONDERFUL JOB OVER THERE. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME YOU'VE SPENT. 
          I SEE WHEN HE SAYS HE'S VOLUNTEERING FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY A LOT AND I RUN INTO A LOT,
A LOT, QUITE A BIT. 
          SO THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ME SERVE
AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY. 
          YOU TOO. JANELLE, IT'S GREG RETURNING OUR FRANK MACEO TO FOLLOW. 
          OKAY, SO JUST WE SHOULD TRY TO THANK YOU IN PERSON. 
          THAT WILL GET US OUT OF HERE BY 12. HEY, I'M THINKING FIVE MINUTES A PERSON,
BUT I JUST HAVE ON MY STORY ON THE FIRST ONE. 
          19. WELL, WE DIDN'T START TO ABOUT TEN AFTER,
SO IT WAS ABOUT GERALD. 
          THE FIRST ONE. YEAH. AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS HERE. 
          A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE HERE THOUGH, SO HE COULD BE HERE NOW. 
          OR AS YOU SEE ON YOUR SHEET, HAS WITHDRAWN HIS APPLICATION. 
          GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? GOOD, GOOD. MR. TURNER, I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ABOUT A MINUTE TO KIND OF GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHO YOU ARE AND
WHY YOU WANT TO SERVE ON THE PARK BOARD, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS OR NOT AHEAD. 
          I'M RETIRED AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN 23 YEARS THERE. 
          CURRENTLY, I'M AIRLINE PILOT FOR UNITED, BUT I HAVE TO RETIRE IN APRIL,
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF FREE TIME HERE COMING UP SOON. 
          MY WIFE GOT INVOLVED IN SHORT TERM RENTALS BACK IN 2015. 
          THANK GOD WE'RE OUT OF IT NOW. YEAH, WE GOT OUT OF IT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO,
BUT WE ENDED UP MOVING TO FROM THE WOODLANDS DOWN TO POINT WEST SO SHE COULD MANAGE HER OWN PROPERTIES RATHER THAN USING A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY. 
          AND WHILE WE LIVED IN POINTE WEST, THERE'S ANOTHER BOARD THAT'S A MESS. 
          IS THE POINT WEST BORED? SO SHE CONNED ME INTO RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT FOR THAT,
FOR FOR THE BOARD, AND SOMEHOW ENDED UP BEING THE PRESIDENT. AND I'D LIKE TO THINK I CLEANED IT UP A LITTLE
BIT, BUT MAY HAVE TO RUN AGAIN. BUT SO WE JUST BECAME INVOLVED IN GALVESTON THROUGH THAT. 
          WE'VE BEEN HERE. SO WE MOVED HERE. AND DURING THE COVID IT'S ABOUT FIVE YEARS,
BUT WE'VE BEEN OWNERS IN GALVESTON FOR ABOUT TEN. 
          I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHATNOT. STAY BUSY. 
          VERY GOOD. 25 HOURS IS A JOKE, IF THAT'S TRUE. 
          25 HOURS A MONTH. BECAUSE I PUT THAT IN A WEEK. 
          THE POINT WAS BORED. OH, I MEAN, I CAN IMAGINE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. SO WHAT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE PARK BOARD AND THE CITY WORK TOGETHER OR WHAT THEIR ROLES ARE? WELL, TO BE HONEST, I'M NOT QUITE UP TO SPEED ON EVERYTHING,
BUT I'M A QUICK LEARNER. 
          BUT I KNOW THERE IS SOME CONFLICT BETWEEN HOW THE PARK BOARD IS RUNNING THINGS OVER THERE. 
          AND FIRST OF ALL, PERSONALITIES DON'T BOTHER ME. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY PERSONALITIES INVOLVED OR WHATNOT,
BUT I'M PRETTY EASY GOING AS FAR AS PERSONALITY GOES. 
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BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PROCESS, YOU DON'T IGNORE IT. 
          IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PROCESS, YOU TRY TO CHANGE IT. 
          SO IF I WAS SELECTED, YOU KNOW, I'D GET IN THE BOOKS AND LEARN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS,
JUST LIKE IN THE MILITARY WHERE WE YOU HAVE TO KNOW ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND YOU FOLLOW AND THAT'S IT. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. TURNER. AS YOU KNOW,
THE PARK BOARD IS INVOLVED WITH THE PROMOTION OF TOURISM IN PEOPLE TO COME DOWN AND SPEND THE NIGHT HERE ON THE ISLAND. 
          DO YOU THINK WE'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TOO MANY TOURISTS? AND IF SO, HOW DO YOU CONTROL THAT? I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SELF CONTROLLING. 
          JUST BY CAPACITY OF THE HOTELS AND SHORT TERM RENTALS AND LODGING AND WHATNOT. 
          THE THING THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD SOLVE THIS ISSUE,
BUT OR ADDRESS IT, BUT THE THING THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED WOULD BE THE DAY TRIPPERS SOMEHOW. YOU'RE SMILING. SO,
YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE BECAUSE THEY JUST COME DOWN AND USE THE BEACH AND LEAVE AND DON'T REALLY. 
          TO BE BLUNT, DON'T REALLY SPEND ANY MONEY HERE. 
          THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE A TAX ON THE SYSTEM. EXACTLY. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SIR? SO TO FOLLOW UP ON THE MAYOR'S QUESTION ABOUT TOURISM
THERE'S A SENSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE WE'RE PAST THE TIPPING POINT OF NEEDING TO PROMOTE OR ADVERTISE AS MUCH AS WE DO. 
          WHAT WOULD BE KIND OF YOUR WHAT YOU SAID YOU JUMP IN,
KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOOKS, SEE WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING. HOW MIGHT YOU BE? HOW HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT THAT? NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, DISSERTATION ON IT, BUT,
YOU KNOW, IF IF WE TRULY ARE TO THE POINT THAT WE DON'T NEED TO ADVERTISE ANYMORE BECAUSE PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT US, WE'VE CLEANED THE PLACE UP,
YOU KNOW. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO TO CONTINUING TO PROMOTE OURSELVES AS A AND USING VISIT
GALVESTON IN A DIRECT MARKETING ORGANIZATION ROLE. 
          WHAT WHAT SORT OF EVALUATION DO YOU DO THAT TO ORDER TO UNDERSTAND YOUR RETURN ON
INVESTMENT OF TAX DOLLARS FOR ADVERTISING? PLEASE DON'T STOP ME. I, I DID ANYTHING I WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S
SOMETHING THAT IT HAS BEEN KIND OF ECHOED IN THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT. WELL, I JUST HAVE TO GET WITH THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS AND
DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, IN-DEPTH WHAT ACTUAL MARKETING WE'RE USING NOW. 
          AND, AND I HOPE THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF A METRIC BASED SYSTEM TO TO JUDGE ON WHAT KIND OF
RETURN THEY'RE GETTING ON THEIR INVESTMENT FOR THE ADVERTISING. GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOB? I KNOW YOU'RE NOT REALLY. 
          YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T ALL THAT FAMILIAR WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE BOARD AND THE CITY, BUT, THERE'S SOME FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. SO HOW WOULD YOU REBUILD THE TRUST? THE COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PARK BOARD TO MAKE IT A
SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP. 
          WELL, THE FOUNDATION WOULD JUST BE TOTAL HONESTY,
HONESTY BETWEEN THE BOARD AND AND THE COUNCIL AND AND IMPROVED COMMUNICATION. A LOT OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS ARE THAT DEVELOPED BETWEEN
ORGANIZATIONS ARE JUST BASED ON LACK OF COMMUNICATION. 
          SO INCREASED EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND HONESTY. 
          OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GOT TWO. ONE. I SAID DO YOU DO YOU COMMIT TO NOT APPROVING
ANY PARK BOARD BUDGET THAT WOULD USE PUBLIC FUNDS OR HOT TAX TO LOBBY AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR ANY INITIATIVE THAT IS
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING TO THE FISCAL HEALTH THE CITY OF GALVESTON, AND SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE APPROVING A BUDGET OR LOBBYING EFFORT ON
BEHALF OF THE PARK BOARD. 
          AND BY ME AGAIN. WOULD YOU COMMIT TO NOT APPROVING ANY PARK BOARD BUDGET THAT WOULD USE
PUBLIC FUNDS OR HOT TAX TO TO LOBBY THE STATE, TO LOBBY AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR ANY INITIATIVE THAT IS POTENTIALLY DAMAGING TO THE
FISCAL HEALTH OF THE CITY, AND SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL BEFORE APPROVING A BUDGET OR LOBBYING EFFORT ON BEHALF
OF THE PARK BOARD. 
          I COULD DO THAT. AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT PROCESS. 
          I MEAN PROCESS. SORRY, I GOT THE COFFEE IN THE DIRT THIS MORNING. 
          ANYWAY SO I'M HERE. I'M THE PART WHERE THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER. 
          THAT'S MY BOTTOM LINE. SO I'M INTRODUCING A PROGRAM THAT I CALL ONLY FOOTPRINTS. 
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IT'S AN INITIATIVE TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LITTERING ORDINANCES ON THE BEACH AND
KEEP OUR BEACHES CLEANER BY TRYING TO GET BUY IN FROM OUR VISITORS. 
          WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK THE PARK BOARD SHOULD PLAY IN A NEW INITIATIVE TO REDUCE LITTERING
ON OUR BEACHES? AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE LIKE A MARKETING OPERATION WITH THE WITH THE
VISITORS TO TO MARKET AND COMMUNICATE TO THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS OF KEEPING OUR BEACHES CLEAN. 
          GOOD. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. 
          MR. TURNER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME TO GALVESTON. 
          GLAD TO HAVE YOU. OH, YEAH. COME ON DOWN TO THE POINT WEST. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. WHAT? WHAT ROUTES DO YOU FLY ON UNITED? I'M DOMESTIC. I'M AIRBUS. SO CANADA, US AND MEXICO. 
          FANTASTIC. I SEE YOU ON A PLANE THE NEXT TIME. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. FRANK. 
          MACEO. COMING UP. 
          FRANK SHAVED HIS HEAD. I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE FRANK AT FIRST. 
          I WENT OUT THERE AND I THOUGHT. 
          JUST TO MAKE THAT TEN MINUTES. WE'RE GETTING THERE. 
          WE CAN CALL THIS A LOADED QUESTION. 
          COME ON DOWN. ARE YOU GOING TO BOMB ON MY CHAIR OR SOMETHING? HERE. HI, EVERYONE. BOB, HOW YOU DOING? GOOD. 
          HOW ARE YOU? YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT. SO Y'ALL ARE LOOKING FOR CITY COUNCIL REP. 
          SO, I MEAN, YOU GOTTA LOOK FOR THAT, TOO, OUT HERE. 
          PARK BOARD TRUSTEES. YEAH, WE ARE. AND GIVE YOU ABOUT A MINUTE. 
          GIVE US YOUR REASONS WHY YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON THE BOARD. 
          WELL, WE HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, I HAD A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY LAST NIGHT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA GO INTO ALL THAT, BUT IT WAS ANOTHER DROWNING ON THE BEACH
YESTERDAY. 
          RIGHT? AND FOR AT LEAST 2 OR 3 YEARS, I'VE BEEN SCREAMING AT THE PARK BOARD TO PUT
LIFEGUARDS. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND, AND, AND AND CREATE SOME BEACH ACCESS TO,
TO THE MOST, IN MY OPINION, THE MOST DANGEROUS BEACH ON THE ISLAND. 
          I DROVE YOU DOWN THERE WHEN YOU FIRST GOT ELECTED,
DAVID, I SHOWED YOU, MAN, THIS IS THIS RAMP IS UNACCEPTABLE. 
          THE LIFEGUARDS HAVE TO DRIVE FOUR BLOCKS TO 29TH STREET TO GET TO THE MOST DANGEROUS
BEACH. 
          AND IF THAT'S. THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE. 19TH STREET TO GET TO 25TH. 
          ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE. AND WHEN THOSE LIFEGUARD TOWERS AREN'T MANNED UNTIL NOON. 
          11:00 NOON. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE PEOPLE DROWN AND AND AND AND I KNOW THAT
THAT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR OUR IMAGE OF GALVESTON IS WE'RE INVITING PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS INVITING PEOPLE TO GALVESTON TO COME AND VISIT OUR BEACHES. 
          THE PARK BOARD DOES THREE THINGS RIGHT. THEY THEY LIFEGUARD THE BEACH. 
          THEY REMOVE TRASH AND LITTER AND DEBRIS FROM THE BEACH,
AND THEY MARKET THE ISLAND. 
          I'M ONLY SEEING THEM DO ONE THING RIGHT. RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. AND I'M SEEING THE BEACHES IN THE WORST CONDITION THAT THEY'VE EVER BEEN IN MY
ENTIRE LIFE. 
          I'VE SEEN IT WHEN THE COUNTY WAS IN CHARGE. AND I'VE SEEN HOW THEY MANAGE THE BEACHES. 
          I'VE SEEN IT. HOW I'VE SEEN HOW THE PARK BOARD MANAGES BEACHES. 
          I'VE SEEN THEM LOSE PERMITS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE BEACHES. 
          AND AND NOW IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S JUST THROWING THEIR HANDS UP AND SAID,
YOU KNOW WHAT? THE BEACH IS GOING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT. THEY'RE GOING TO DO. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR ASSET, GUYS. THAT'S OUR ASSET. JUST LIKE THE PERMIAN BASIN HAS OIL. 
          WE HAVE A BEACH, MAN. THAT'S OUR GOLD MINE RIGHT THERE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A PARK BOARD. IF THERE'S NOT A BEACH,
WE DON'T HAVE A SAN LUIS OR A GALVEZ. 
          IF THERE'S NOT A BEACH, WE DON'T HAVE HOTEL TAXES. 
          IF THERE'S NOT A BEACH. IN MY OPINION, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET ON THE ISLAND. 
          AND AND WHEN I SEE THROUGH THIS AUDIT THAT, THAT,
THAT BEACH MAINTENANCE FUNDS ARE BEING USED IN OTHER BUCKETS OF MONEY. MAN, THAT THAT MAKES ME MAD, MAN. I GET REAL MAD ABOUT THAT. 
          AND I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT AUDIT AND I SUPPORT THE HELL OUT OF THAT AUDIT. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND Y'ALL THAT THE CITY THAT THAT THE CITY ORDINANCE THAT GOVERNS
THE PARK BOARD. 
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GIVES THE CITY. I DON'T WANT TO SAY I DON'T REALLY SAY UNRESTRICTED ACCESS,
BUT IT SAYS REASONABLE ACCESS TO ALL THE BOOKS OVER THERE AT ANY REASONABLE TIME. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. AND I'M WATCHING YOU GUYS FIGHT WITH THIS PARK BOARD,
AND I CONSIDER I'M CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE Y'ALL FIGHTING WITH THE PARK BOARD THAT YOU GUYS ARE APPOINTING? YOU
GUYS HAVE BEEN APPOINTING THESE PEOPLE. 
          WHY DON'T YOU ALL SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO TRY NEW BLOOD HERE. WE'RE GOING
TO TRY WE'RE GOING TO TRY A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. BECAUSE WHEN WHEN KELLY DESHAWN LEFT, I SAW THIS HAPPEN WHEN KELLY DESHAWN LEFT. WE MAY HAVE FOR THE NEWSPAPER'S SAKE HAVE GONE
OUT AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DO NATIONAL SEARCH AND ALL THIS NONSENSE. 
          BUT BUT WE WENT BACK AND PICKED THE NUMBER TWO PERSON AT THE PARK BOARD. 
          THAT TELLS ME RIGHT THERE THAT NOBODY WANTS TO CHANGE ANY CULTURE AT THE PARK BOARD. 
          NOTHING, NOTHING. NOBODY WANTS TO CHANGE ANYTHING. 
          AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE TO MY CONSTITUENCY THAT I STILL RETAIN FROM SITTING IN
THAT SEAT RIGHT OVER THERE. 
          BEFORE A LOT ME AND DIOXIDE TOGETHER. BUT WHAT REALLY CHAPS MY HIDE OKAY. 
          IS DOCTOR BROWN AND I ARGUED AND ARGUED AND ARGUED AND FINALLY CAME DOWN TO A NUMBER OF,
I THINK IT WAS $125,000, AND THAT WAS THE LIMIT THAT THE PARK BOARD COULD SPEND WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. 
          AND WHAT DO I FIND OUT THROUGH THIS AUDIT THAT THEY'RE SEQUENTIAL,
PURCHASING THINGS AND SUBVERTING THE ORDINANCE THAT I WORKED SO HARD TO PUT, PUT DOWN AND PUT SOME KIND OF RESTRICTIONS ON THAT PARK BOARD. 
          I'M MAD, GUYS. I'M MAD. THERE HAS TO BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE PARK BOARD. 
          THERE MUST BE. AND I'M AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHETHER WHETHER I'M ON THE PARK BOARD OR
NOT. 
          I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO HOLD THE PARK BOARD ACCOUNTABLE IN ANY MANNER I CAN FIGURE OUT. 
          SO IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY ON THE PARK BOARD THAT'S GOING TO GO OVER THERE AND ASK THE RIGHT
QUESTIONS, THAT'S NOT SCARED OF OF OF OF THE OF THE OF THE HOW DO I SAY THIS? THE THE INSTITUTIONS ALL RIGHT THAT ARE SO INFLUENTIAL IN TOWN. 
          I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM. I NOT THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM. 
          I DON'T NEED THEM. I DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY OFF OF ANYBODY IN TOWN. 
          I'M NOT BEHOLDEN TO ANYBODY. NOBODY'S MY BOSS. 
          EXCEPT FOR THE TOURISTS THAT COME TO TOWN. THAT'S IT. 
          AND, AND AND THAT'S WHO I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE HAS HAS THE MOST,
THE MOST PLEASURABLE TIME POSSIBLE ON THE ISLAND. 
          SO THEY COME BACK. THAT'S THAT'S THE MOST POWERFUL MARKETING TOOL THAT THAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE TO US RIGHT NOW. 
          IS SOMEBODY COMING DOWN HAVING AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE AND THEN GOING BACK TO WHEREVER
THEY'RE FROM AND SAYING, HEY, MAN, THAT GALVESTON, THEY SWEEP THEIR STREETS. 
          GALVESTON. HEY, MAN, THEY PRESSURE WASH THEIR DOWNTOWN. 
          HEY, GALVESTON, MAN. THEY GOT LIFEGUARDS ON THEIR BEACHES. 
          HOW ABOUT THAT? THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR BEACHES. 
          THAT'S THE THINGS THAT REALLY MAKE PUT GALVESTON ON THE MAP LIKE THAT. 
          YOU LOOK AT THE RENAISSANCE, THAT GALVESTON EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST TEN YEARS,
AND A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE IN THIS PARK BOARD BUBBLE OVER HERE WILL WANT TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. OKAY. ALL THE ALL THE TOURISM IS THE NUMBERS ARE JUST CRAZY. 
          WELL, Y'ALL FORGET THAT TEN YEARS AGO, ME AND THAT GUY OVER THERE,
DOCTOR BROWN, PUT A QUARTER OF $1 BILLION IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN TOWN ON THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLAR. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS TOURISM RENAISSANCE,
TOURISM GROWTH, RIGHT, THAT THAT WANTS TO BE CLAIMED BY THE PARK BOARD IS EVEN DUE TO THE PARK BOARD'S
ACTIONS. 
          I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT 100%. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE THE CITY AND THE CITY TAX DOLLARS
AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS HERE IN TOWN THAT ARE PAYING THOSE TAX DOLLARS CREDIT FOR THE RENAISSANCE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN TOWN. SO THERE'S A THERE'S A,
THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S A MILLION THINGS THAT THE PARK BOARD NEEDS TO START DOING. I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND,
YOU KNOW, LIST EVERYONE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE BIG ONES OF THE BEACH GUYS,
I'VE BEEN ON THE BEACH SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, AND NOBODY KNOWS THE BEACH BETTER THAN ME. I'M ONLY ONE ONE MAX,
AND HE'S. 
          HE'S GONE NOW. HE'S THE ONLY GUY THAT KNOWS ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE PIECE OF ME. 
          AND I THINK I PROVED THAT BY, SHOOT THE LAST SIX MONTHS,
DEALING WITH YOU GUYS IN THE PARK BOARD ON COUNCIL. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE SHOWN THAT I CAN RECOGNIZE FRAUD AND I KNOW HOW TO EXPLOIT IT. 
          AND I KNOW HOW TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF FRAUD, WHETHER IT MAKES PEOPLE COMFORTABLE OR NOT,
I DON'T CARE. 
          I DO NOT WANT FRAUD IN MY COMMUNITY. AND THIS PARK BOARD IS IS CHOCK FULL OF FRAUD. 
          AND I'M SICK OF IT, AND I WANT IT ROOTED OUT OF MY COMMUNITY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FOR FRANK. I'LL ASK A QUESTION. 
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YOU KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT THERE. LOOKING FOR A FOR AN INTERIM AND THEN POSSIBLY A
PERMANENT CEO OVER THERE. 
          WHAT TYPE OF PERSON DO YOU FEEL THEY NEED TO GET INTO THAT TRANSITIONARY PERSON THAT'S
GOING TO COME IN CLEAN HOUSE FOR A FEW YEARS? COME IN. MAKE IT RIGHT. AND THEN WHILE WHILE WE'RE HIRING A PERMANENT GUY,
HE HELPS US HIRE THE PERMANENT GUY. 
          BUT WE NEED A TRANSITION AT THE PARK BOARD. WE NEED A CULTURE CHANGE AT THE PARK BOARD. 
          WE CANNOT GO TO ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE LINE AND GO GRAB ANOTHER ANOTHER PARK BOARD
EMPLOYEE AND RAISE THEM UP THERE. 
          THEY'RE CORRUPTED. I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE CORRUPT. THEY'RE CORRUPTED BY THE CULTURE THAT'S
BEEN THAT'S BEEN HAMMERED INTO THE PARK BOARD BY BY PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP. 
          SHIP. SO I THINK WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MORE CLEARLY,
I THINK WE NEED TO I THINK WE NEED TO DO WELL. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO GET SOMEBODY IN TO MAKE A TRANSITION,
TO LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS. 
          DO WE NEED THIS JOB? DO WE NEED THIS JOB? DO WE NEED TO PAY THIS GUY THIS MUCH,
YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALL THE TIME HE'S DOING IT AND ALL THE TIME WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW GUY AND
WE NEED TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON THAT. 
          WE NEED TO SEND THE EX OFFICIO OVER WITH INPUT FROM THE PARK BOARD. 
          LIKE LIKE THIS IS THIS IS WHAT WE FEEL AS A CITY BODY. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO, BOB. RESOLUTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          RIGHT. SO I THINK THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO,
TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION THAT, THAT THAT IS INEVITABLE. 
          AND I THINK IF WE DON'T DO IT SMART AND WE DON'T FIND SOMEBODY THAT THAT THAT HAS NO TIES
TO GALVESTON, THAT HAS NO TIES TO ANY OF THE BANKS IN TOWN THAT DON'T HAVE ANY LOANS WITH ANYBODY. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE GET SOMEBODY FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT KNOWS,
HEY, I'M COMING INTO A PLACE THAT'S FULL OF CORRUPTION AND I'M HERE TO FIX IT. 
          THAT'S THE GUY I WANT OR I DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO BE. BUT THAT'S THAT'S. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. OKAY. EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          BOB DO YOU THINK GALVESTON HAS A LIMITED CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE TOURISTS ON THE ISLAND? AND IF SO, WHY? AND HOW DO WE IDENTIFY AND CONTROL THAT LIMIT IF YOU THINK THERE IS A
LIMIT. 
          I MEAN, I TOOK A CLASS AT A&M CALLED ECONOMICS OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND THERE'S A LIMIT TO HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN PUT ON THE ROADS. 
          THERE AIN'T A LIMIT TO HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN PUT IN HOTELS. THAT'S YOUR ANSWER. 
          THERE'S NO LIMIT. NO. THE ONLY THING LIMITING PEOPLE IS HOW HOW WIDE? YOU KNOW, 61ST IS COMING INTO TOWN. HOW WIDE? STEWART ROAD IS GOING OUT WEST. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO STAY TWO LANES ON
SEAWALL? YOU KNOW, ARE WE ARE WE ARE WE EXPLOITING, YOU KNOW,
EAST WEST CORRIDORS LIKE LIKE MY COUNCIL EXPLOITED NORTHWEST CORRIDORS TO GET PEOPLE MOVING AROUND. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ALLEVIATE THE CONGESTION THAT THE EAST END
HISTORIC DISTRICT IS ASKING YOU TO ASK ABOUT. 
          STRAIGHT UP. ALL RIGHT. SO AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE,
THE PARK BOARD'S MISSION IS TO PUT HEADS AND BEDS. 
          BUT WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BREAKDOWN OF VISITORS,
I THINK OF THE 9 MILLION VISITORS, 2.9 ACTUALLY STAYED IN A HOTEL ROOM OR SHORT TERM RENTAL. AND IF YOU BROKE THAT DOWN EVEN MORE,
BECAUSE THEY'RE COUNTING EVERYONE WHO HAS A CELL PHONE, THAT MEANS THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING NIGHTS IN HOTELS OR SHORT TERM
RENTALS. 
          JUST TO GET THIS STRAIGHT. I'M HEARING 9 MILLION,
BUT THAT'S LIKE FROM A GEOFENCE A NUMBER THAT'S NOT FROM A HOTEL. 
          NUMBER NOT 9 MILLION. SO THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT CROSSES THE CAUSEWAY HOTEL NUMBERS 2.9. 
          SO THEY MAY BE GOING COMING ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY AND GOING ACROSS THE FERRY AND LEAVING. 
          WE'RE STILL COUNTING 24% OF THAT. 2.9 MILLION DOES COME BECAUSE OF THE CRUISE LINES. 
          SO SO ANYWAY, I WAS JUST CONFUSED ABOUT HOW YOU GOT THAT NUMBER,
BUT NO, BUT IT'S A PARK BOARD NUMBER, RIGHT? I'M CONFUSED ON HOW THEY GET A LOT OF NUMBERS. 
          THAT'S THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE. SO I GUESS WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO OR WHAT WOULD BE YOUR
THOUGHTS ON HOW TO INCREASE THE OVERNIGHT TRAVELER TO HAVE MORE HEADS AND BEDS,
WHICH AGAIN IS THE MISSION OF THE PARK? PAUL. WELL, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE I RAN FOR OFFICE THE FIRST. 
          THE SECOND TIME, TOO, IS A LOT OF LOT OF LOT OF LOT OF CAMPAIGNS. 
          I'VE BEEN HARPING ON THIS, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU GUYS HAVE PICKED UP ON THIS IDEA. 
          OKAY. AND HAVE RUN WITH IT. ALL RIGHT. IT'S A IT'S A FEATHER IN MY CAP,
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. 
          BUT THE MORE HOTEL TAX THAT WE THAT WE CONTROL. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT WE HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON WHAT TO DO WITH IT,
WITH I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY LIKE THAT ON WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY ON. AND IN MY OPINION, THE HOT TAX LAW AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW AND HOW WE'RE
SEPARATE, 
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HOW WE DISTRIBUTE, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD,
HOW WE DIVVY UP, I GUESS THE MONEY, THIS PERCENTAGE HERE, AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE ARCHAIC. I'M NOT SO SURE WE NEED TO BE INVITING PEOPLE TO
GALVESTON TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WE ARE INVITING PEOPLE TO GALVESTON LIKE LIKE LIKE WITH WITH US PAYING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN AS A PAID SERVICE OR WHATEVER. 
          I THINK WITH SOCIAL MEDIA NOW MARKETING GOT A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER. 
          I DON'T THINK I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLOIT THAT WAY MORE. 
          AND MAN, I, YOU KNOW, MAN, THINGS TO DO, MAN IN TOWN,
YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SEE. 
          I LIKE TO SEE THE ARTS. HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. 
          YOU KNOW, I SAT ON THAT BOARD WHEN I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE INCUBATOR IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD,
BUT IT'S A LITTLE STARTUP FUND FOR LITTLE EVENTS IN TOWN. 
          AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN SHOOT, I FORGET WHICH ONE OF THOSE BIG EVENTS OUT WEST,
SOME KIND OF ECO TOURISM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          WE FUNDED IT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, AND NOW IT'S HUGE OUT THERE. 
          YOU KNOW. SO. YEAH. WHAT IS IT? FEATHER FEST. 
          DAMN IT. THERE IT IS. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO CREATE EVENTS
THAT THAT LASTS 2 OR 3 DAYS. 
          YOU KNOW WE'RE EXPLOITING THE THE, THE, THE OFF SEASON. 
          WELL, RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING IS PREPARING. 
          RIGHT? WE'RE NOT PREPARING, MAN, FOR THE WEEKENDS. 
          LIKE ANYBODY THAT WORKS IN GALVESTON. OKAY, I'LL TELL YOU THAT,
THAT THE WEEK IS THERE, THE WORK WEEK IS THERE TO PREPARE YOURSELF TO MAKE YOUR MONEY ON THE WEEKEND,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE OUR THAT'S WHEN THAT'S HOW GALVESTON WORKS. 
          AND IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, I'M NOT PREPARED FOR THE WEEKEND. 
          LIKE WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS WEEKEND ON THE BEACH WITH NO LIFEGUARDS AND TRASH ALL
OVER THE BEACH. 
          MAN, YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT DIMINISHES PEOPLE'S DESIRE TO WANT TO STAY HERE OVERNIGHT,
EVEN IF THEY ARE HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT DIMINISHES THEIR THEIR THEIR,
THEIR THEIR DESIRE TO COME BACK. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A
LIFEGUARD. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE COME HERE FOR. GUYS DON'T THINK IT'S FEATHER FEST, MAN. IT'S THE BEACH STRAIGHT UP, MAN. IF WE'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF,
WE'RE NOT POLISHING THAT THAT THAT. 
          WELL. TURDS. NOT A BAD WORD IF WE'RE NOT POLISHING THAT TURD RIGHT THERE,
MAN, WE AIN'T DOING OUR JOB. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO DO. WE GOT TO SHIFT THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE'RE USING THESE HOTEL
TAX DOLLARS FOR AWAY FROM. 
          HEY, COME VISIT TO. HEY, NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE,
LOOK AT ALL THIS SHINY, GOLDEN PAVED STREETS WE GOT. 
          I'M NOT SAYING WE PAVE PAVED STREETS WITH HOT TACKS. 
          BUT IF WE'RE PUTTING DECORATIVE LIGHTS UP WITH HOT TACKS IN MY EAST END HISTORIC DISTRICT, NOW, THERE'S MORE MONEY FOR MY STREETS. YOU KNOW,
IF WE'RE IF WE GO DOWN TO LINDALE PARK, ALL RIGHT, AND SPEND HOTEL TAX MONEY AND GET LYNDALE ON OUR LYNDALE PARK. 
          BUT THE BASEBALL FIELD, WHICH IS A HISTORIC LANDMARK THAT I LANDMARKED RIGHT AS SOON AS I
GOT OFF COUNCIL BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD IT, NOW IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR HOTEL TAX. TEN YEARS GONE BY,
NOT A DIME HAS BEEN SPENT IN HOTEL TAXES ON THAT, ON THAT BALLPARK. IT'S THE ONLY HISTORIC BALLPARK IN TOWN. 
          ARE Y'ALL SERIOUS ABOUT. ARE Y'ALL SERIOUS ABOUT SAVING TAX DOLLARS? CITIZENS TAX DOLLARS ARE NOT. ALL RIGHT. I'M CRITICAL OF Y'ALL BECAUSE I'M CRITICAL OF
Y'ALL, TOO. BECAUSE THIS IS Y'ALL'S PROBLEM. THIS PARK BOARD IS Y'ALL'S PROBLEM. 
          Y'ALL KEEP APPOINTING THESE PEOPLE TO THE PARK BOARD. 
          SORRY, I'LL GET OFF TOPIC RIGHT THERE, BUT THAT'S HOW WE NEED TO DO IT. WE NEED TO
REALLOCATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON. 
          GO AHEAD. ALEX. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE KIND OF WINDING IT UP. 
          ALEX. SO IT'S NO SECRET THERE'S TENSIONS BETWEEN PARK BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          LOTS OF PEOPLE SEE IT AS RELATED TO A DISAGREEMENT OVER HOT TAX. 
          I'M ASSUMING YOU FOLLOW ALONG. WHAT'S GOING ON RECENTLY? HOW DO YOU SEE THIS CURRENT SITUATION? AND PLEASE SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU SEE AS A SOLUTION
TO THE CURRENT TENSIONS. 
          HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS IT, AND HOW WOULD YOU SAY YOUR SOLUTION SHOULD HAVE COME WAY BEFORE
THIS GUY STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE SUBPOENA POWER MENTIONED IN THE CHARTER? STRAIGHT UP, Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AS SOON AS THAT GUY. 
          AS SOON AS THOSE DUDES OVER THERE SAID, HEY,
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME FUNKY, FUNKY INFORMATION HERE. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. AND I'M DONE WITH Y'ALL. WHY NOT APPOINT MORE PEOPLE? WHAT DO YOU SEE? ALL Y'ALL. THEY SERVE AT Y'ALL'S PLEASURE. 
          Y'ALL CAN'T GET RID OF HIM AT ANY TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW I DON'T. 
          I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT, MAN. WE'LL KEEP APPOINTING THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER. 
          WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET A DIFFERENT RESULT. I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS WANT A DIFFERENT RESULT. 
          STRAIGHT UP. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. FRANK. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. 
          IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. YEAH. DID Y'ALL RECOGNIZE ME WITH MY MUSTACHE? YEAH I DID, OH, NO, THAT WAS THE BLACK HAIR. YEAH,
THAT'S WHAT I DO FROM TIME TO TIME. 
          ANYWAY, I'M SURE I'LL BE HEARING FROM YOU GUYS. 
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SEE YOU ON THE BEACH. YEAH. DOC, I DON'T SEE YOU WALKING,
MAN. 
          I KNOW I'VE BEEN BUSY. YEAH, WELL, I NEED TO SEE YOU WALKING,
DOC. 
          THANK YOU. MR. HERB WALPOLE. WALPOLE. 
          WHEN YOU RANK COUNCIL, LET'S MAKE SURE WE RANK ALL THE CANDIDATES. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS A TRUE RANKING,
NOT A RATING. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RANK. 
          BUT OUR INDIVIDUAL CAN ONLY HAVE A NAME. HAVE A SEAT. 
          RIGHT. SO YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO ONES AND TWO TWOS AND TWO THINGS TO DO. 
          ONE THROUGH THE BOTTOM. WHAT WE'LL DO. MR. WALPOLE,
WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOU MONDAY MORNING. 
          IT'LL BE ABOUT A IF WE'RE DOING RANKING. RANKINGS HAVE TO BE A TRUE SEQUENTIAL. 
          IT HAS TO WE'RE GOING TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO,
MR. WALPOLE, IS GIVE YOU ABOUT A MINUTE TO JUST QUICKLY TELL US WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON
THE PARK BOARD, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS,
SIR. 
          OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, I HAVING BEEN HERE NOW SINCE 2017. 
          IT THIS IS HOME BY CHOICE. AND SO IT MATTERS TO US TO ME AND MY WIFE AND THE FAMILY,
EXACTLY HOW GALVESTON PRESENTS. AND SO BEING EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE LOCATED ON IN THE PRESERVE BY STUART
BEACH, IT MATTERS VERY MUCH THE PRESENTATION. SO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PRIDED ON AND ACTUALLY
MAYBE HAVE HAD INTERVIEW WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, MAYBE FROM FRIENDS FROM DALLAS OR WHERE EVER THEY MIGHT BE ON THE OUTSIDE. 
          EVERYBODY HAS THEIR PERSPECTIVE. AND I LOOK AT,
YOU KNOW, GALVESTON. 
          I CHOSE TO LIVE HERE, TO RETIRE HERE LIVE AND WELL FOR YOU KNOW,
AND DIE HERE. 
          SO IT MATTERS TO US HOW GALVESTON LOOKS, HOW IS HOW HOW IT COMMUNICATES TO THE OUTSIDE,
YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE WORLD. AND I BELIEVE THAT WITH THIS STATE THAT IT IS THAT I HAVE SOMETHING TO BE
ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          SO AND IN THE STATE THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW,
WITH THE HURRICANE HAPPENED WITH BURL LAST YEAR, THAT WAS A DISASTER. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE AND TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND TAKE ADVANTAGE. 
          AND I'M WILLING TO JUMP IN AND TO BE A PART WHEREVER THAT CAN BE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. 
          COUNCIL. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS NEEDED IN THIS MOMENT OF CHANGE AT THE PARK BOARD TO MAKE
THE PARK BOARD A SUCCESSFUL PARTNER TO THE CITY. 
          WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PARK BOARD. 
          AND TO TO STATED I'M NOT AN ADVOCATE OF THE PARK BOARD AND BEING THE ENTITY THAT IT WAS,
LOOKS LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO MOVE TO BE. I AM AN ADVOCATE THAT THE MAYOR,
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY'RE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, THEY'RE SELECTED BY THE PEOPLE. THEY'RE EMPOWERED BY THE PEOPLE,
THOSE SAME PEOPLE. 
          THEY HIRE PEOPLE AT THE PARK BOARD. THEY APPOINT TRUSTEES AT THE PARK BOARD,
AND THE PEOPLE AT THE PARK BOARD SHOULD SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE CITY. 
          AND WHICH IS THE THE PLEASURE OF THE PEOPLE. SO I BELIEVE THAT THE POWER SHOULD REMAIN
WITH THE CITY. 
          OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN. 
          YES, ALEX. SO YOU SAID YOU FOLLOWED ALONG. WHAT'S GOING ON? THERE'S NO SECRET THAT THERE'S TENSIONS. HOW WOULD YOU. 
          WHAT DO YOU SEE AS A SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT TENSIONS? HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS IT AND HOW WOULD YOU SOLVE IT? AGAIN, IT WOULD IT WOULD BE BY JUST RELYING ON THAT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHETHER DISCREPANCIES MIGHT BE FOUND. 
          I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DISCERN THAT. 
          BUT THE POWER SHOULD LIE WITH THE CITY. SO IF THERE'S A DESCRIPTION,
THEN THERE'S SOME SORT OF A MISINTERPRETATION ABOUT WHO WHO WIELDS THE 
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SWORD. AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THAT MISINTERPRETATION IS COMING FROM. 
          I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT THE POWER SHOULD BE WITH THE CITY AND HOW A PARK BOARD ENTITY,
A SUBORDINATE, AS I SEE IT, WOULD BE FEELING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A POSITION OF MORE POWER,
OR AT LEAST COMPETITIVE POWER. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT MANIFESTED, BUT AGAIN,
I'M NOT PARTY TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SEE BEING ABLE TO BE EVEN FEASIBLE GOING FORWARD,
BECAUSE TO HAVE TWO CO-EQUAL ENTITIES IS DESIGNED FOR DISASTER WITHOUT HAVING AN EMPOWERED ENTITY THAT SHOULD AGAIN,
IT'S ELECTED, SELECTED AND ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE EMPOWERED. 
          I MEAN, THEY PUT YOU IN HERE, TRUSTED YOU TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS,
AND THE POWER SHOULD LIE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ELECTED. 
          WHAT FROM YOUR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE OR WHATEVER YOUR PAST LIFE? WHAT STRONG POINTS DO YOU THINK YOU BRING TO THE BOARD? ONE, HAVING BEEN IN NOT ONLY IN THE BUSINESS WORLD,
BUT ESPECIALLY BEING ON A BOARD, HOA BOARD MEMBER, PRESIDENT AND THE ENTITY OR THE SUBDIVISION WHERE THAT IS. 
          IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THANKLESS POSITION TO BE IN,
WHICH I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH WHAT I JUST SAID. 
          I THINK PROBABLY WHAT I LEARNED THE MOST WAS EVERYTHING'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT RIGHT AND
WRONG, BUT THE DIPLOMACY OF BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE RESULT. 
          HOWEVER, THAT PATHWAY IS, IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND I DIPLOMACY IS INVALUABLE BECAUSE YOU CAN COME IN AND YOU CAN BE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          NEVER MAKE A POINT AND NEVER GET ANYTHING DONE BY STRICTLY BEING CONFRONTATIONAL,
CONFLICTING. 
          AND YOU GOT TO WORK. RESOLVE. I MEAN, PEOPLE'S GOT TO GIVE AND TAKE. 
          SO DIPLOMACY IS PROBABLY THE MOST VALUABLE THING THAT I WALKED AWAY WITH. 
          AND LEARNING THROUGH HERE WAS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE END,
BEING ABLE TO APPLY THAT DIPLOMACY. 
          DAVID, AS YOU'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A SEARCH GOING TO BE GOING ON FOR AN INTERIM
CEO. 
          YES. WE HAVE AN HR ISSUE OBVIOUSLY, OVER IN BEACH PATROL AS WELL. 
          AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS REGARDING AN INTERIM CEO. 
          AND FROM YOUR BUSINESS EXPERIENCES AS A LEADER OF A COMPANY,
WHAT ARE YOU WHAT SORT OF CHARACTERISTICS OR QUALITIES ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN AN INTERIM CEO IN ORDER TO HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE? THERE ARE ONE. 
          AND ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER TRUSTEE MEMBERS PRIOR I THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT
REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT WAS THAT WAS BEING THE TOPIC DID NOT NECESSARILY THE PEOPLE THAT WERE APPOINTED TO AS THE TRUSTEE. THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY BEING HEARD. 
          MAYBE THEIR THEIR CONCERNS. DID IT MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OR EITHER IT DIDN'T
NECESSARILY IT DIDN'T RESONATE OR MAYBE IT WASN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED. 
          I'M NOT REALLY SURE. I THINK THERE WERE JUST PROBLEMS AT THE TOP. 
          AND SO LOOKING FOR A QUALITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL,
SOME OF THEM WOULD THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND TO BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW THOSE. 
          AND I DON'T DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY COME FROM,
IT WOULDN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE TO COME IN HERE WITH AN AGENDA AND NOT INTERVIEW PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY INTACT, THAT ALREADY HAVE AN INTERPRETATION AND INFORMATION THAT'S
VALUABLE. 
          SO THEY WOULD NEED TO BE SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO LISTEN. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST IS THAT NO MATTER WHERE THE INFORMATION COMES
FROM, IT'S VALUABLE. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN. BE OPEN FOR OBSERVATION OF THE PARK BOARD. 
          WHAT DO YOU FEEL THAT THEY DO? WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT THEY REALLY DO WELL? WELL, IF YOU GO BY STATISTICS AND AGAIN UNCONFIRMED,
BUT I MEAN STATISTICS AS I KNOW, THE THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE FOR THE PARK BOARD IS IN BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE ISLAND,
BRINGING NUMBERS TO THE ISLAND, BUT NOT ONLY JUST NUMBERS, BUT NUMBERS ALSO THAT SPEND MONEY ON THE ISLAND. 
          SO DIFFERENT TYPES, THOSE PEOPLE THAT THAT FIT THE BRACKET,
THAT IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BE A PART, THE BEST PART FOR THE ISLAND. I THINK THAT THE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SHEER NUMBERS THAT
HAVE COME HERE AND INCREASED OVER THE YEARS, THEY'VE GOT TO BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. SO WHETHER IT'S A MARKETING,
WHETHER IT'S CREATING PROGRAMS, 
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ACTIVITIES OR JUST THE ACTUAL SHEER CLIMATE ABOUT WHATEVER THE DRAW IS,
I'M HERE STRICTLY BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE CAME HERE FOR THE BEACH CLIMATE, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT. 
          I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO. SO. IT MATTERS TO ME,
LIKE I SAID WHEN I STARTED. 
          PRESENTATION IS VERY, VERY KEY. WHEN YOU COME TO THE ISLAND,
IT MEETS YOU WHEN YOU COME ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY. 
          HOW DOES GALVESTON PRESENT? WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS? WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENT? AND I HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT I DO,
BUT I'M A DOER. 
          I DON'T SIT BACK AND LISTEN AND COMPLAIN. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE GOING TO GRIPE,
OKAY, WELL THEN GRIPE ENOUGH TO BE TO GET INVOLVED, AT LEAST BE WILLING TO PUT YOURSELVES IN THE SAND. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. AND PRESENTATION IS VERY,
VERY KEY TO ME AND TO US. 
          AND I'M WILLING TO DO AND TO BRING WHATEVER TALENTS THAT I HAVE AND RESOURCES TO GET IN
HERE AND GET IT DONE, WHATEVER IT TAKES. VERY GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO WRAP THIS UP,
ALEX. 
          SO WE HEARD WHAT WHAT DO THEY DO? WELL WHAT DID THEY DO POORLY. 
          AND HOW DO WE HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE, THE THE DEFICIENCIES THAT YOU SEE FROM FROM THE
LEADERSHIP, THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE CALLS. THERE ARE SOME DEFINITELY DEFICIENCIES,
BUT WITHOUT SEEING A BUDGET, AN ALLOCATION OF PERSONNEL, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE DEMAND,
LIKE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FLOATING WOOD AND DEBRIS AND STUFF THAT'S IN THE ON THE BEACHES ONLY,
YOU KNOW, FOR A SECOND TIME AROUND, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A SECOND ROUND AGAIN. 
          NO, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THOSE THINGS ARE ALLOCATED TO BE ABLE
TO DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS, BUT, I MEAN, LOTS OF THINGS HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT FOR PREVENTION. 
          AND THERE'S JUST THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE UNPREDICTABLE. 
          BUT YOU GOT TO BE PREPARED. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DEBRIS THAT'S ON THE BEACHES. 
          AGAIN, THAT HAS TO DO WITH PRESENTATION. THERE'S I DON'T KNOW,
I'M NOT A PART OF AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO INTERVIEW. 
          HOW WAS THE YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SEE THAT SOMEONE DROWNED. 
          I HATE TO SEE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE SITUATIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT AREN'T,
YOU KNOW, A BENEFIT THAT DON'T BENEFIT THEM, DON'T PLEASE THEM. SO THEY WALK AWAY WITH A MEMORY OR AN IMPACT THAT DOESN'T
RESONATE, DOESN'T REFLECT THE TRUE SPIRIT OF GALVESTON. 
          AND YOU KNOW, IT COMING ALONGSIDE. I'M SURE THAT IF YOU TOOK A WALK FROM ONE END OF THE
BEACH TO THE OTHER END OF THE BEACH, YOU COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS TO DEAL WITH AND TO APPROACH,
BUT YOU GOT TO GET INTO THE TRENCH, AND IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO COME UP WITH THAT LIST,
BUT I'M SURE THAT IT EXISTS AND YOU PROBABLY ALL HAVE YOUR OWN, SO IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU,
MR. WALPOLE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NICK LANG FOR LANGFORD IS OUR NEXT GENTLEMAN. 
          GOT A PAUSE. PAUSE TO SUSPEND THE MEETING. YOU WHAT? I'M SORRY. SUSPEND THE MEETING. WE GOT THREE. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING. WE DON'T? YEAH. WE'RE JUST WE'LL WAIT TILL OUR FOURTH ONE COMES BACK
BEFORE WE START OUR INTERVIEW HERE. 
          HOW ARE YOU, SIR? HEY. HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M GOOD. 
          HAVE A SEAT. WE HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE WAITING FOR ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THEY WENT OUT TO GET SOME WATER, SO THEY'LL BE RIGHT BACK,
AND THEN WE'LL START OUR INTERVIEW. 
          ALL RIGHT. HEART WHEN? WHEN THEY COME BACK. MR. LANGFORD, WHAT WE'LL DO IS GIVE YOU ABOUT A MINUTE TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHY YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SERVE ON THE PARK BOARD, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS HERE IN A SECOND. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUORUM NOW. SO GO RIGHT AHEAD,
SIR. 
          SO I'M NICK LANGFORD BORN AND RAISED ON THE ISLAND. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE I WOULD REALLY HELP BENEFIT THE ISLAND AND HELP BRING TOURISM TO THE
ISLAND. 
          I CARE GREATLY ABOUT THE ISLAND. AND I'VE OWNED MY OWN BUSINESS FOR 19 YEARS. 
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I THINK THAT THAT'S A BIG ASSET TO HELPING MANAGE MONEY AND ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE PARK BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL. AND JUST I CARE. 
          I REALLY CARE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS ISLAND A BETTER PLACE. 
          VERY GOOD. MARIE. HI. SO TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST,
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING? LIKE WHAT? WHAT WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE ISSUES THAT THE PARK BOARD HAS TODAY? WELL THERE'S SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PARK BOARD,
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE REASON WHY I DECIDED I WANTED TO RUN. I JUST WANTED TO HOPEFULLY HELP FIX THE ISSUES. 
          HOW AM I GOING TO DO THAT? LEARN MORE ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON AND,
AND WHY THERE'S SO MANY ISSUES AND AND HOPEFULLY BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ROLE OF THE PARK BOARD IS TO
BRING TOURISM TO THE ISLAND AND BRING MONEY, MORE IMPORTANTLY,
TO THE ISLAND. 
          AND MAKE SURE THAT THE BEACHES ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF. 
          AND ALL THE OTHER ASSETS THAT WE HAVE AS AN ISLAND,
NOT JUST THE BEACHES, BUT WE HAVE THE HISTORY, OF COURSE. AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE VISITORS KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND TO
KEEP THE KEEP THEM HERE LONGER. 
          WE HAVE A LOT TO OFFER, NOT JUST BEACHES. AND I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO COME TO
THE ISLAND, THEY MIGHT COME JUST FOR THE DAY, AND LEAVE,
AND THEY DON'T KNOW ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. 
          SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE LET THIS BE KNOWN,
LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE THE STRAND, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS. WE HAVE JUST, YOU KNOW MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND DIFFERENT
THINGS TO DO OTHER THAN THE BEACH. 
          AND THAT'LL KEEP THEM HERE LONGER TO SPEND MORE MONEY AND YEAH,
I MEAN, I THINK ADVERTISING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE IS A BIG DEAL. ALSO. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
BOB? THANK YOU. HOW WOULD YOU BALANCE THE ECONOMIC DRIVER OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT WITH MAKING
GALVESTON A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME LIVE AND WORK AND CAN AFFORD TO LIVE AND WORK HERE? AND HOW CAN RESIDENTS HAVE MORE OF A VOICE IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT? WELL, I THINK THAT THAT'S A MAJOR THING THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF LIKE HELP WITH CITY
COUNCIL AND PARKS BOARD AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT GOES. IT'S THERE'S NOT BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE ISLAND. 
          AND TR IS THE FIRST REAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE BEACH FRONT SINCE 2008. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S MIND BLOWING, IF YOU ASK ME. SO I THINK THAT'S A I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THAT
FINALLY HAPPENED, BUT I THINK THERE'S A FIVE YEAR PERMITTING PROCESS JUST TO GET IT STARTED. 
          SO I THINK THAT DEVELOPMENT IS A BIG FACTOR IN BRINGING PEOPLE HERE. 
          MAKING GALVESTON MORE LUXURIOUS. NOT GOOD DEVELOPMENT. 
          NICE DEVELOPMENT. PERMITTING. MAKING SURE IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO GET A PERMIT,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE INSPECTION PROCESS WHEN WE ARE DEVELOPING,
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING TO CODES. 
          AND HEY, I KNOW THIS GUY, SO WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM WE'RE GOING TO IGNORE AND LET IT
HAPPEN. 
          LIKE, LET'S LET'S MAKE IT A GOOD DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO LAST FOREVER. 
          AND AND I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE START BUILDING THIS BUILDING,
GALVESTON OUT TO BE NICER, BETTER DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE ACTUALLY
HERE TO SPEND MONEY. 
          OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. MR. LANGFORD,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE OUT THERE WHEN I CAME OUT
AND VISITED WITH THE GROUP, BUT WE'LL MAKE OUR APPOINTMENTS THIS COMING THURSDAY,
SIR. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. VAUGHN. ON WHAT? 
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CHRISTOPHER INMAN NOT SHOW UP? YEAH, HE DID NOT. 
          NOW WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK. YEAH, HE MAY HAVE COME IN LATER. 
          WE'LL CHECK WITH JANELLE IN A SECOND. 
          WELL, WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT FIVE INTERVIEWS PER HOUR. 
          GOOD JOB. TRYING TO STAY ON SCHEDULE. MARISSA,
HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING WELL. GOOD. WE MADE IT THROUGH MADE IT THROUGH JUNETEENTH. 
          AND. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS EXCITING FOR THE ISLAND. 
          I MEAN, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD,
ALL DONE. 
          POSITIVE THINGS. YEAH. GOOD MORNING. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? OH. I'M GOOD. I GOTTA ADMIT, THIS IS THE LAST TIME I DID AN INTERVIEW. 
          I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL FOR SOCCER FOR LEWIS AND COKER IN HOUSTON. 
          I'VE ALWAYS OWNED MY OWN BUSINESS. ANYWAY. WELL,
WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. 
          AND WHAT WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DO. TAKE ABOUT A MINUTE,
GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO SERVE ON THE PARK BOARD, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, SIR. VERY GOOD. 
          SO MY BACKGROUND IS I WENT TO COLLEGE IN SAN MARCOS,
SOUTHWEST TEXAS. 
          I STARTED THERE I ACTUALLY WAS A PSYCH MAJOR. 
          THEN I TRANSFERRED INTO BUSINESS. I ALSO STARTED LANDSCAPING IN HIGH SCHOOL,
SO I STARTED A LANDSCAPE COMPANY IN COLLEGE. AS A RESULT OF THAT, I DECIDED TO TRANSFER TO A&M. 
          STUDY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. I STAYED THERE,
BUT I'D ALREADY HAD MY BUSINESS GOING AND I WAS WORKING WITH THE BUILDER AND SAN MARCOS, SO THERE WERE ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM I LIKED. 
          IT WAS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE,
AND THEN THERE'S ASPECTS I DIDN'T LIKE. 
          THEY DIDN'T DO THE PRACTICAL HANDS ON EXPERIENCE PART. 
          SO ANYWAY, I TRANSFERRED BACK SOUTHWEST, MET MY WIFE ENDED UP WITH THE FINANCE DEGREE AT U
OF H AND AND THEN AFTER THAT, I, AS I SAID, I STARTED THE LANDSCAPE COMPANY IN COLLEGE. 
          SO THAT COMPANY STILL IS IN EXISTENCE. IT WAS STARTED IN 82. 
          MY TWO OLDEST CHILDREN BOUGHT IT FROM ME BECAUSE I HAVE THREE CHILDREN,
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SCREW THE THIRD ONE, BASICALLY. SO I MADE THEM PAY FOR MARKET VALUE FOR IT. 
          AND IN THE MEANTIME I STARTED A HOMEBUILDING COMPANY AS WELL. 
          I HAD THE TWO GOING IN THE EARLY 2000 AND USED TO DEVELOP A PROPERTY IN HOUSTON SPRING
BRANCH AREA, SPECIFICALLY USED TO BUY PROPERTY AT IT. AND DEVELOPED IT INTO SMALL GATED PATIO HOME
COMMUNITIES. 
          SO I'M JUST KIND OF TELLING YOU MY EXPERIENCE. 
          I KNOW A LOT ABOUT PLANTS AND FROM A HORTICULTURAL STANDPOINT,
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND AND THEN COVID CAME AND I BUILT MY LAST SPEC HOUSE AT PRESERVE AT GRAND BEACH,
WHICH IS WHERE HERB WAS FROM, ONE OF THE APPLICANTS. AND WE WERE ACTUALLY SERVED ON THE BOARD TOGETHER THERE. 
          SOLD THAT PROPERTY. FEBRUARY 2020. SO RIGHT WHEN COVID WAS JUST HITTING AND IN THE SPRING
OF 2020, I CHILLED LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. WE SHARED A BACK ALLEY WE'RE ON MECHANIC SHARED A BACK
ALLEY WITH GALVESTON GOLF CARTS. 
          THE ONLY PRIMARY GOLF CART COMPANY AT THE TIME IN TOWN. 
          SO WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHEN WE GOT INTO CARRIAGE HOUSE
RENTALS. THAT'S WHAT I DO NOW. CARRIAGE HOUSE RENTALS IS SOME OF YOU. 
          MOST OF YOU KNOW. BUT I DON'T KNOW YOU AT ALL. 
          ARE YOU BOB? I AM, OKAY. YEAH. I'M YOUR CONSTITUENT. 
          ANY WHO STARTED CARRIAGE RENTALS AND BROUGHT IN THOSE MODEL-T GOLF CARTS. 
          BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS UNIQUE TO THE ISLAND AND THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THE ISLAND. 
          ANYWAY PRIORITIES FOR WHY I WANT TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. 
          ONE IS I JUST WANT TO IMPROVE THE IMPRESSION OF THE PARK BOARD,
THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD. 
          I HATE SEEING THIS CONFLICT. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ROUTES BEHIND IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DIRTY STUFF. I DO KNOW A FEW PEOPLE IN LOWER POSITIONS OF THE PARK
BOARD. 
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I KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE SOME VERY POSITIVE THINGS. 
          AGAIN, I JUST SOME OF THE CONFLICT STUFF I'M KIND OF IGNORANT ABOUT OTHER THAN JUST
HEARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHATNOT. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF MY MOST IMPORTANT ONE. ALSO,
OBVIOUSLY, I'M IN A TOURIST BUSINESS, SO I'D LIKE TO PROMOTE GALVESTON MORE NOT JUST A BEACH DESTINATION,
BUT ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT COME TO TOWN THAT I'VE TALKED TO THAT DON'T REALIZE THE
HISTORY BEHIND GALVESTON. 
          IN THE 1800S, ALL THE ARCHITECTURE, ON THE JUNE 19TH. 
          I'M SAD, EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT GROWING UP IN HOUSTON,
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT JUNETEENTH. 
          JUNETEENTH WAS UNTIL I MOVED HERE OR UNTIL I BOUGHT HERE. 
          AND THEN I FOUND OUT THIS WHOLE STORY BEHIND IT. 
          AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND THEN I GUESS
THE LAST PRIORITY FOR ME IS TO MAYBE TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO BETTER UTILIZE THE ASSETS THAT THE PARK BOARD
MANAGES. 
          STUART BEACH IS ONE THING THAT YOU KNOW, I JUST I JUST SEE SO MUCH POTENTIAL THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLANS ARE,
BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT THAT. 
          AS FAR AS WORKING ON A AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
I DO LIKE THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY, KIND OF PROMOTING THE TOWN. BUT STUART BEACH,
I JUST FELT LIKE WE ARE MISSING THE BOAT ON IT. 
          AS FAR AS POTENTIAL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE MIX PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC TO IMPROVE IT. 
          I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT THIS IS WHEN I HAVE OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS THAT WANT TO GO TO THE
BEACH. 
          WE LIVE ON [INAUDIBLE] 19, SO WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO GO SOMEPLACE CLOSE. 
          WE END UP AT PERITO JUST BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALL. 
          AND SO WE CHOOSE IT EVERY TIME. OVERSTEER BEACH. 
          AND THAT'S GOOD FOR PERITO BEACH, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOOD FOR BEACH. 
          AND IF I HAVE THAT PERCEPTION, OTHER PEOPLE PROBABLY DO AS WELL. 
          ALL RIGHTY. I'LL SHUT UP. OH, NO. NO PROBLEM. 
          QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? YES, ALEX. SO I'VE INTRODUCED A PROGRAM THAT I CALL ONLY FOOTPRINTS. 
          IT'S AN INITIATIVE TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT OF LITTERING ORDINANCES ON THE BEACH,
TO KEEP BEACHES CLEANER, AND BY TRYING TO GET BUY IN FROM OUR VISITORS. WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK THE PARK BOARD
SHOULD PLAY IN A NEW INITIATIVE TO REDUCE LITTERING ON THE BEACHES? WELL, SO I HAVE A LEASE AND KONKAN ON A RANCH IN KONKAN,
TEXAS. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MILE AND A HALF OF THE FRIO RIVER ON THE RANCH,
BUT IT'S DRY, SO WE HAD TO GO OUT TO GARNER AREA AND THEY'RE STARTING TO DO THOSE SACKS THEY DISTRIBUTE OUT AT GARDNER FREE OF CHARGE. 
          AND AND THOSE I THINK GALVESTON IS CONSIDERING DOING IT. 
          I THINK THE PARK BOARD MIGHT BE CONSIDERING DOING THAT,
BUT THEY'RE ONION BAGS SO THEY DON'T LEAK. 
          IF YOU POUR A SODA IN THERE, IT'LL LEAK OUT OF THE BAG. 
          THE FLUIDS WILL LEAK OUT, BUT IT KEEPS THE SOLIDS TOGETHER. 
          AND THEN YOU TURN THEM IN AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN RECYCLE THOSE BAGS,
BUT I LIKE THAT A LOT. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY STRONG. 
          THAT'S ONE IDEA. VERY GOOD. GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          WHAT WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PARK BOARD DOES? WELL,
I THINK THEY'RE DOING PRETTY WELL ON MARKETING. 
          I. I THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A BUNCH OF CAMPAIGNS,
LIKE, THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO TOUR AGENTS. 
          WHAT AM I TRYING TO THINK OF THE BOOK? LIKE. LIKE THE CRUISES AND AND WHATNOT. 
          TRAVEL AGENTS THERE. THANK YOU. TRAVEL AGENTS LIKE,
THEY'RE TRYING TO GO INTO PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. 
          I LIKE SOME OF THEIR MARKETING IDEAS THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          IT'S IT'S JUST A NEW ENVIRONMENT. I'M 65 AND ABOUT TO GET LEFT IN THE DIRT AS FAR AS
TECHNOLOGY GOES, BUT I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB ON MARKETING. 
          MARKING. I THINK MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW,
MORE INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC, MAYBE WORKSHOPS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW, KIND OF LIKE COUNCIL DOES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          OR FORUMS, MAYBE SOME OPEN FORUMS OCCASIONALLY,
YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY MONTHLY, BUT JUST SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
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ALRIGHTY. VERY GOOD. AND THEN TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT QUESTION WHAT DID THEY DO POORLY? AND HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DEFICIENCIES IN? I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY DO POORLY. I MEAN,
THE, THE THE BEACHES ARE A LITTLE TRASHY RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M NOT SURE I'M, I BLAME THEM BECAUSE OF THE FLOODS. 
          YOU KNOW, WITH THE RIVERS AND STUFF. I, YOU KNOW,
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S REALLY THEIR FAULT. 
          STUART BEACH. I JUST, I THINK THAT'S AN ASSET THAT'S IT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED PROPERLY. 
          I DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE SCANDALS OTHER THAN WHAT I'VE READ. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT ABOUT THE NEGATIVE SIDE OR WHAT. 
          I THINK THEY'RE DOING POORLY. DAVID. SO, AS YOU KNOW,
WE'RE IN THE SEARCH FOR AN INTERIM CEO AND KNOWING THE NUMEROUS BUSINESSES THAT YOU'VE STARTED, DEVELOP, SOLD, ET CETERA. WHAT SORT OF CHARACTERISTICS OR WHAT SHOULD THEY BE
LOOKING FOR IN AN INTERIM CEO AT THIS TIME, KNOWING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'VE GOT OVER THERE? SO OBVIOUSLY VERY STRONG MANAGEMENT. AND MAYBE A PROBLEM SOLVER TYPE PERSON. 
          YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CORPORATIONS, WHEN THEY GO THROUGH A,
A ROUGH TIME, THEY BRING IN KIND OF A FIXER THAT MAYBE NOT WILL NOT BE THE PERMANENT PERSON. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE VALUABLE,
BUT I ALSO THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE. 
          THEY NEED TO BE VERY WELL ROUNDED. THEY NEED TO HAVE GOOD MARKETING SKILLS. 
          OBVIOUSLY MANAGEMENT FINANCE, YOU KNOW, JUST PRETTY WELL ROUNDED. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE AN EXECUTIVE. SOME EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE COMPANY BEFORE. 
          THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES,
BOB. 
          HOW WOULD YOU BALANCE THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT WITH MAKING GALVESTON A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
WANT TO COME? WORK CAN ACTUALLY COME HERE. WORK AND LIVE. MAKE THE PARK BOARD SUCCESSFUL. 
          HOW WOULD YOU BALANCE THAT? WELL TRYING TO GET I GUESS TRY AND GET THE TOURISM TO BE A MORE SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE OFF SEASON. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH GETTING TOURISTS HERE IN THE SUMMER,
BUT IN THE OFF SEASON, I KNOW THAT DIRECTLY FROM MY BUSINESS. I JUST FINALLY GOT MY EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS THE MOST
INTO FULL TIME ROLE WITH THE GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS, BUT IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO MAKE A LIVING AROUND HERE. 
          I MEAN, THE OFF SEASON IS RIDICULOUS. AND THE SAD PART IS THE CLIMATE'S ACTUALLY BETTER IN
THE OFF SEASON. 
          THE WATER IS PRETTIER, YOU KNOW? PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE ALL THAT. 
          AND IT NEEDS TO BE BROADCASTED MORE. BUT YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO HAVE HOUSING THAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD AS WELL. 
          BUT I THINK PROSPERITY BREEDS PROSPERITY. VERY GOOD. 
          WELL. THANK YOU. CAN I ASK YOU THIS? YES, MA'AM. 
          HOW IS YOUR BUSINESS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR? THIS YEAR IT'S WE'RE UP YEAR TO DATE, LIKE 5%. 
          WELL, LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE MADE MONEY. 
          THE FIRST TWO YEARS WERE TERRIBLE. I TELL PEOPLE THIS ALL THE TIME,
I THIS IS THE MOST FUN BUSINESS WE'VE BEEN IN. 
          IT'S IT'S TOURIST ORIENTED, BUT IT'S IT'S THE WORST FINANCIALLY WE'VE EVER. 
          SO YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME. WE'RE HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOSING MONEY. SAYING THAT YOUR LAST YEAR WAS A GOOD YEAR. 
          EVEN WITH LAST YEAR, WE GOT BETTER. EVEN. EVEN THOUGH JULY WAS HORRIBLE. 
          YEAH. OCTOBER SALES BEAT JULY SALES LAST YEAR. 
          HOW THE HECK THAT HAPPENED? I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW,
THAT'S ABOUT. 
          THAT'S EVEN. THAT'S WHERE MOST BUSINESSES DO THAT. 
          IT'S ABOUT THREE YEARS. YEAH. ON THE THIRD YEAR,
THEY START PICKING UP. 
          THAT'S YOUR ROUTINE FROM. BUT IT'S A CRUEL ENVIRONMENT. 
          OH, IT'S. YEAH. IT'S TOUGH. IT'S A ROUGH LIFE. 
          BUT SOMEBODY'S GOT ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW,
IN THE TOURISM BUSINESS. 
          WELL, GEORGE MITCHELL ALWAYS SAID THE TOUGHEST TIME TO MAKE MONEY IS BEING IN GALVESTON. 
          OH, YEAH. YEAH. IT WAS SO HARD TO START A BUSINESS ANYWHERE BUT REALLY HARD IN GALVESTON. 
          YEAH. ON A SIDE NOTE, I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU EVER ONE NIGHT FOR DRINKS TO LOOK AT MY ART. 
          OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. BOND. I'M PRETTY SURE I'LL HAVE SOME WATER. 
          MOUTH IS REALLY DRY. OH. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 
          SURE. NO PROBLEM. I APPRECIATE IT. I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE ASKED HIM. 
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YOU CAN TAKE A NEW BOTTLE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'RE DONE. WE'RE THROUGH. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          SIR. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD ONE. YOU TOO. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, HE ALREADY TOOK OFF. 
          REALLY? I WAS GOING TO BRING HIM. NO, HE GAVE UP. WE GAVE IT. 
          OKAY, GOOD. YOU ALWAYS YOU DON'T DRINK HALF OF IT,
SO YOU GET IT. 
          NO, THAT WAS UNOPENED. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. AS MR. ROBERTSON, DARRELL ROBERTSON. 
          OH, OKAY. MR. ROBINSON IS NOT HERE. HEY, JAN. 
          HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? TODAY? GOOD. WELL,
JAN, NICE TO SEE YOU. 
          AND SO MUCH. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU ABOUT A MINUTE OR SO TO LET US KNOW WHY YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. OKAY. 
          WELL, I LIVE AND WORK ON THE ISLAND. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF LIVING HERE. 
          I LOVE THIS ISLAND. COULDN'T IMAGINE LIVING ANYWHERE ELSE. 
          BUT MY HUSBAND WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO DRAG US BOTH KICKING AND SCREAMING ACROSS THE
CAUSEWAY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT IT WOULD NOT. I CURRENTLY SERVE AND HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON VARIOUS
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS ISLAND. AND I WOULD JUST LOVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND
BE HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN A CAPACITY AS A TRUSTEE. 
          AGAIN, VERY GOOD. I'LL START OUT WITH THE QUESTIONS. 
          I KNOW YOU HAD SERVED ON THE BOARD IN THE PAST,
AND KIND OF WATCHING THE PARK BOARD. 
          WHAT DO YOU FEEL ARE SOME OF THE AREAS, IF YOU'RE APPOINTED,
THAT YOU WOULD ADDRESS TO MAKE BETTER AT THE PARK BOARD. 
          I THINK A COUPLE OF THE AREAS THAT I WOULD ADDRESS AND COULD ADDRESS IS THAT I HAVE A VERY
CALM DEMEANOR. 
          I KNOW AND RESPECT PEOPLE THAT CURRENTLY SERVE ON BOTH COMMITTEES. 
          I HAVE VERY GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS. I THINK THAT I COULD BE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO
BUILD A BRIDGE OF WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BROKEN DOWN IS COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER. 
          AND I THINK I COULD BE A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THAT AND WOULD BE HONORED TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL. DAVID. I'LL GO WITH MIKE. 
          YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. SO CURRENTLY WE'RE IN THE SEARCH FOR AN INTERIM CEO. 
          YES, SIR. AND YOU'VE SERVED IN THIS ROLE PREVIOUSLY UNDER DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATION? YES, SIR. WHAT SORT OF CHARACTERISTICS, STAKES,
QUALIFICATIONS, ET CETERA. 
          SHOULD THE PARK BOARD BE LOOKING FOR IN A NEW INTERIM CEO? I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH A STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND. 
          SOMEBODY THAT'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN BOTH ASPECTS OF PERHAPS SERVING ON A
BOARD THAT ALSO WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH ANOTHER ENTITY LIKE THE CITY. I PERSONALLY THINK,
MR. BROWN, IT WAS A VERY WISE DECISION TO HAVE YOU PART OF THE COMMITTEE THAT WILL HELP
ADDRESS THE NEED AND THE LOOK FOR A NEW CEO. CITY COUNCIL APPOINT THE PARK BOARD. 
          AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN THE PARK BOARD IS MAKING A DECISION,
IF YOU ARE ENTRUSTING US TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, WE NEED TO ALSO HAVE THE SAME RESPECT AND TRUST THE CITY AND BE THERE ON THEIR BEHALF FOR
THESE DECISIONS. 
          SO HAVING A CITY COUNCIL PERSON INVOLVED IN IN IN THIS I THINK IS ONE OF THE MAJOR STEPS
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND, AND THE LOOK FOR A NEW CEO. THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. MARIE, I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED FOR PACO FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. 
          YES, MA'AM. AND YOU'RE CURRENTLY, I THINK, THE PRESIDENT OF THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. 
          YES, MA'AM. SO YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF TOURISM AND THE TOURISM ECONOMY AND HOW IT'S HAD ITS
UPS AND DOWNS 
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OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WHAT WHAT DO YOU THINK IS SOMETHING THE PARK BOARD COULD BE
DOING BETTER TO? WELL, I ACTUALLY HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND SERVICE
INDUSTRY SINCE I WAS ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD. 
          NOW, IF I TOLD YOU HOW LONG, HOW MANY YEARS THAT WAS,
I'D BE TELLING YOU MY AGE. 
          AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO DIVULGE THAT PART OF INFORMATION. 
          I THINK THAT THEY COULD DEFINITELY WORK TOGETHER. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS PARK BOARD DOES DO BEST IS MARKETING. 
          THEY HAVE A STRONG MARKETING BACKGROUND. THEY DO A GREAT THEY DO GREAT IN REACHING OUT. 
          I THINK THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, HOSPITALITY RESTAURANT WISE WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR SHOULDER
SEASONS. 
          NUMBER ONE, WE ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE HERE DURING SEASON,
WHICH IS WONDERFUL, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO REACH OUT AND GET PEOPLE HERE IN OUR OFF SEASONS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES IN THOSE TIMES. 
          I MEAN, SUMMERTIME, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU KNOW,
SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DO COME TO OUR ISLAND. 
          BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS,
WE NEED TO ALSO FIND A WAY TO BALANCE WHAT WE ARE DOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE IN THE OFF SEASON AS WELL. YES, MA'AM. 
          ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? YES, ALEX. I'LL LET BOB GET TO HIS CORNERSTONE QUESTION IN
A SECOND. 
          SO I'M INTRODUCING A PROGRAM THAT'S CALLED ONLY FOOTPRINTS. 
          IT'S AN INITIATIVE TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT OF LITTERING ORDINANCES ON THE BEACH AND KEEP
OUR BEACHES CLEANER BY TRYING TO GET BUY IN FROM OUR VISITORS AND BUSINESSES. 
          WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK THE PARK BOARD SHOULD PLAY IN A NEW INITIATIVE TO REDUCE LITTERING
ON THE BEACHES? WELL, PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT'S AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC IDEA. 
          I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. I CAN'T STAND PEOPLE THAT LITTER. 
          I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I WALK OUT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESTAURANT,
AND THERE'S A TRASH CAN RIGHT THERE, AND THERE'S LITTER ON THE GROUND RIGHT NEXT TO IT, AND IT'S JUST LIKE YOU CAN'T PICK IT UP AND PUT IT INTO A TRASH CAN. 
          BUT I THINK SOMETHING THAT THE PARK BOARD COULD DO IS LET'S PUT A FEW MORE CANS ON THE SEA
WALL AND PLACED STRATEGICALLY ON THE BEACHES WHERE IT IS ALLOWED. A FEW YEARS BACK, THERE WAS AN INITIATIVE TO WHERE THE CANS WERE PAINTED,
AND SO IT JUST MADE IT MORE INVITING. 
          YOU DIDN'T JUST WALK AROUND AND SEE A BLUE TRASH CAN. 
          I THINK THE PARK BOARD COULD HELP WITH THAT. I ALSO THINK A WAY THAT THEY COULD HELP WOULD
BE TO GET THE WORD OUT, AND I LOVE THE NAME OF IT. NO FOOTPRINTS ON THE SAND. 
          I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A HUGE MARKETING INCENTIVE. 
          I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A TAGLINE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          A FEW YEARS BACK, JASON WORTHEN INSTITUTED A PROGRAM SUCH AS THAT TO STOP WITH,
YOU KNOW, THE UMBRELLAS THAT PEOPLE WERE COMING OUT AND JUST LEAVING ON THE BEACHES. 
          AND IT WAS A SUCCESS. I LOVE THE IDEA. AND AGAIN,
SOCIAL MEDIA IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MARKETING DOLLARS ON IT, BUT LET'S INCORPORATE THAT INTO A TAGLINE. 
          NO FOOTPRINTS ON THE BEACH. IT'S A IT'S A ONE FOOT ONLY FOOTPRINTS. 
          THE ONLY THING YOU LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS. MY APOLOGIES. 
          NO, I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL IDEA,
SIR. 
          HOW WOULD YOU BALANCE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, WHICH,
OF COURSE, IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE ISLAND WITH MAKING A GALVESTON A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AND WORK HERE AND CAN AFFORD TO LIVE AND WORK HERE. 
          SO HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU BALANCE TOURISM WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS? THERE HAS TO BE A FINE LINE ON THAT. TOURISM AND HOTEL TAX DOLLARS CONTRIBUTE A LOT TO OUR
ISLAND, BUT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ALSO THE BACKBONE OF THE ISLAND. 
          LIKE I SAID, I LIVE HERE, I WORK HERE, I COULDN'T IMAGINE LIVING ANYWHERE ELSE. 
          AND THERE ARE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY. 
          AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. 
          IF YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S 180 DAY TURNAROUND WHEN SOMEBODY IS SELLING A HOUSE ON THE ISLAND
JUST BECAUSE OF TAXES AND INSURANCE AND SUCH. 
          BUT I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A HAPPY MEDIUM. WE WANT OUR PEOPLE THAT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY
TO BE OUR RESIDENTS. 
          WHAT BETTER SENSE OF PRIDE DO YOU HAVE THAN THAT TO SAY,
NOT ONLY DO I WORK HERE, BUT I LIVE HERE AND I TAKE PRIDE IN LIVING HERE. 
          THANK YOU. YES, SIR. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? JAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          JANELLE. HAS MR. HEINEMANN COME IN AT ALL? THE FIRST. 
          FIRST CANDIDATE? HE HAS NOT. OKAY. AND ALSO MARISSA BERGERON,
THE NEXT PERSON SHE HAD TO LEAVE. 
          OKAY. SHE WON'T BE INTERVIEWING. DOES SHE NOT WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED,
OR IS SHE. 
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DOES SHE WANT TO BE CONSIDERED? SAID SHE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY. 
          SHE DOESN'T WANT TO WITHDRAW HER APPLICATION. 
          I THINK SO. I'LL CHECK WITH HER. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THE SHOES, JANE HUGHES. TWO. 
          WE MAY ONLY HAVE TWO LEFT. OUR LAST CANDIDATE WAS THE ONE THAT DIDN'T FILL OUT THE
APPLICATION. 
          GOOD JOB. SHIRLEY DIDN'T. EXCUSE ME. YOU SAID CHEERLEADER IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE. 
          WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT SHE DIDN'T FILL OUT HER APPLICATION ON HER APPLICATION. 
          HER EMAIL AND HER PHONE NUMBER WERE INCORRECT. 
          INCORRECT. SO. SO THEY COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF HER. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES THE HOUR INTERVIEWS QUICKER IS YOU'RE USED TO DOING THEM WHEN YOU
FIRST COME ON. 
          YOU WANT TO ASK ALL THE QUESTION? GOOD MORNING. 
          HOW ARE YOU? GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING TO YOU. GOOD NIGHT. AFTER HEARING ALL THE GOOD APPLICANTS,
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M HERE. 
          JEAN, WHAT WE'LL DO IS GIVE YOU ABOUT A MINUTE TO LET US KNOW WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE
ON THE BOARD, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. OKAY. 
          WELL, MY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, AND I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS HERE AND GET
A LOT OF INPUT FROM THOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS ON DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THE CITY. AND I DIDN'T LIVE HERE FOR 35 YEARS. 
          I LIVED IN HOUSTON AND HAD A CAREER, AND I FEEL LIKE I BRING IN BOTH AN INSIDER AND AN
OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE TO SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH GALVESTON. 
          SOMETIMES I THINK WE CAN GET A LITTLE INSULAR,
HAVING LIVED ON THE BOAT ON THE ISLAND ALL OUR LIVES. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH MANY OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE,
I THINK WE WE DO NEED SOME OUTSIDE INPUT, AND I JUST WOULD HOPE TO BRING THAT COMBINATION TO THE PARK BOARD. 
          WONDERFUL. DAVID, I SAW YOUR BACKGROUND WAS AN INSTITUTIONAL BOND SALES. 
          YES. YEAH. IT'S 25 YEARS LONG TIME ON TRADE FLOOR. 
          SO I'M GUESSING FINANCE IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF YOUR STRENGTHS. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE SO. YEAH. SO YOU'VE SEEN PROBABLY IN THE PAPERS IF YOU FOLLOWED,
THERE'S BEEN SOME CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE FINANCIAL CONTROLS OVER AT THE PARK BOARD. YES. WHAT WOULD BE. NOT NECESSARILY APPROACH,
BUT WHAT WHAT VALUE CAN YOU BRING TO HELP ADDRESS THAT ISSUE? ONE OF MY STRONGEST FEELINGS IS THAT AND AGAIN,
I KNOW THE STATE LAW COVERS SOME OF THE MONEY. 
          A LOT OF THE MONIES THAT TAX CAN BE SPENT ON. 
          BUT I DO FEEL LIKE MORE ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO WHAT PARTS OF TAX MONEY CAN BE SPENT
ON THE THE PARTS OF TOURISM THAT COST US ANY MONEY. YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS. 
          AS FAR AS I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD TECHNICALLY BE TECHNICALLY BE CALLED POLICE,
BUT ENFORCEMENT OF FINES, ENFORCEMENT OF. I'M A BIG FAN OF YOUR OPERATION. 
          FOOTPRINTS AGAIN. I MIGHT HAVE THAT TERM WRONG,
BUT I THINK WE NEED A LOT MORE LITTER ENFORCEMENT ON THE BEACH. 
          AND ALSO THE THE KIND OF POLICE ENFORCEMENT THAT MORE TOURISM BRINGS. 
          PERSONALLY, I'M IN FAVOR OF CAMERAS, FINES, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO AND SOMETIMES I THINK
JUST THE PUTTING OUT THERE THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO PEOPLE. AND IF YOU BRING LITTER TO THE BEACH OR,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE RESPECT FOR OUR CITY AS A TOURIST,
THEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION AND WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY ENFORCE OUR RULES. I FEEL LIKE I'M ON TEAM PRESIDENT. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE CAN'T HAVE A HEALTHY TOURISM INDUSTRY UNLESS WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS
OF THE RESIDENTS. 
          AND A HEALTHY GALVESTON MEANS HEALTHY TOURISM. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, BOB, THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD LEAD IN TO MY QUESTION IS,
HOW WOULD YOU BALANCE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT WITH MAKING GALVESTON A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND LIVE HERE AND CAN AFFORD TO WORK AND LIVE HERE? IT IS. HOW DO YOU BALANCE OUR DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE? WELL, JUST LIKE I SAID, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO MAKE GALVESTON ATTRACTIVE TO RESIDENTS BY
HAVING. 
          I JUST WORKED ON PROJECT ROSEMARY. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE HEALTHY PARKS AND
HEALTHY THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO TO LIVE AND WORK HERE, LIKE WE HAVE. I THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD ON OUR FESTIVALS AND OUR OFFSEASON
ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO. I THINK THINGS LIKE THE BRYAN MUSEUM BRING A QUALITY OF A WHOLE 
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DIFFERENT QUALITY I LOVE THE BRAND MUSEUM. I LOVE THEIR EXHIBITS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE ASSETS LIKE THAT THAT ATTRACT TOURISTS AS WELL AS ARE BENEFICIAL
TO RESIDENTS, I THINK THAT BENEFITS EVERYBODY. I ALSO FEEL LIKE I THINK THE CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL,
THE CRUISE SHIP TYPE TRAVELERS. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN IN THE PAPERS BEFORE THAT. I THINK THEY BRING UP A GOOD QUALITY OF
TOURISTS IN GALVESTON, AND I WISH WE COULD DO MORE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SPEND MORE TIME HERE. 
          AS FAR AS MAKING THE CITY AFFORDABLE WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. 
          I MEAN, I OWN I OWN TWO PROPERTIES HERE. I AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING. 
          I HAVE A FULL TIME HOME, AND I HAVE A CONDO ON THE BEACH THAT I RENT,
AND I DON'T THINK OUR OUR PRICING HERE IS SO BAD, PARTICULARLY NOW WHEN WE HAVE A LOT MORE ON THE MARKET. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE HIGH INSURANCE COSTS WERE IN A HURRICANE. 
          AND. THAT'S MOTHER NATURE. AND TO YOU, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S AFFECTING AFFORDABILITY MORE
THAN ANYTHING. NOW, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE. I THINK TAXES AND INSURANCE HAS
A LOT TO DO WITH IT. 
          OKAY, THANKS. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALEX? SO I'M ASSUMING YOU FOLLOWED WHAT'S GOING ON RECENTLY IN THE PAPERS AND WHATNOT. 
          I READ THAT GALVESTON PAPER, COVER TO COVER. SO IT TAKES ABOUT TEN MINUTES,
RIGHT? SORRY. HEY, MY FIRST CUP OF COFFEE. I OPENED THAT PAPER. 
          SO CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU SEE AS A SOLUTION TO THE TENSIONS? HOW DO YOU ADDRESS IT AND HOW DO YOU SOLVE IT? MONEY'S, YOU KNOW, IS ALWAYS A SOURCE OF TENSION,
NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP YOU'RE IN. 
          BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE THE THERE HAS TO BE OPEN COMMUNICATION. 
          I'M A LOT MORE WILLING TO OPEN UP. AND LIKE I SAID,
BE OPEN TO RESEARCHING HOW HOT TAX DOLLARS CAN BE A BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON AS FAR AS WAYS THEY CAN BE SPENT TO MAKE TOURISM AND RESIDENT LIFE
MORE APPEALING HERE. 
          I I THINK THAT I WANT TO GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE. 
          I THINK THAT HAVING WORKED IN THE FIELD THAT I WORKED IN,
WHICH IS A PRETTY HIGH STRESS ENVIRONMENT, I LEARNED HOW TO GET ALONG WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE,
EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THEM. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH EVERYBODY. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH ME. THERE'S WAYS TO
WORK THROUGH THAT WITHOUT YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THE OVERALL IMPRESSION FROM THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO IS THAT,
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYBODY CAN'T GET ALONG AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND ONE
OF MY MAJOR OBJECTIVES WOULD BE TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PARK BOARD. 
          LIKE I SAID, I'M ON TEAM RESIDENT, SO MY THAT WOULD BE MY,
MY FIRST THING WOULD BE I WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND MAKE THIS A MORE APPEALING PLACE FOR RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS ALIKE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, SIR. IF YOU WERE APPOINTED THE PARK BOARD,
WHAT WOULD BE ONE THING YOU WOULD WANT TO ENHANCE OVER THERE? AND WHAT WOULD BE ONE THING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO CHANGE OR MAKE
BETTER OVER THEIR COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY? NUMBER ONE, I AGAIN, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE OF THE. 
          RIGHT AS THE ENFORCEMENT, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LOT. 
          I WAS A LITTLE I, I JUST THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE BOUNDARIES AND CLARIFICATION
OVER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF ENFORCING DIFFERENT THINGS, LIKE ON THE BEACH. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE THE BEACH PATROL, I MEAN THE LIFEGUARDS,
BUT SHOULDN'T WE HAVE? AND I'M JUST THROWING THAT IDEA TO SOMEBODY THAT WOULD MONITOR SUCH THINGS AS LITTERING OR
WHOEVER DOES THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, MAYBE NOT. THEN. I MEAN, SOMEBODY THAT HAS SOME RESPONSIBILITY OVER MONITORING THE CROWDS
ON THE BEACH. 
          I THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. PEOPLE WATCHING THEIR BEHAVIOR AND THEIR LITTERING AND
STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO HAVE A RESPECT FOR THIS COMMUNITY,
THE TOURISTS THAT COME TO THIS BEACH, JUST LIKE WE HAVE A RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT COME VISIT. 
          RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE A MUTUAL RESPECT AND I DON'T I WOULDN'T THROW TRASH TO
ANYBODY ELSE'S BACKYARD AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM TO THROW IT IN MINE. 
          SO BUT CONTROL I THINK OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY AND BEING ON THE SAME PAGE,
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          OKAY. AND RIGHT NOW I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES THEY'RE ON TWO DIFFERENT PAGES AND I DON'T
SEE THE NEED FOR THAT. 
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VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN? GENE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. VERY HAPPY THAT Y'ALL GAVE ME THE TIME. 
          AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE ON A TV,
BUT. 
          THIS IS YOUR 60 MINUTES 60S OF FAME. WHAT DID THEY SAY? YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THIS MIGHT BE OUR LAST INTERVIEW. I'M NOT SURE. 
          ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. YEAH. ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. 
          MISS ADAIR MAY BE OUT THERE. I'M NOT SURE. 
          EXCEPT MY CUTEST SISTER. YEAH, SHE WAS BEHIND THAT. 
          OKAY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU,
ELIZABETH? GREAT. THANK YOU. OH, CHILLY. BUT. YEAH. WELL,
NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE COVERAGE. I KNOW OF OUR COUNCIL. 
          MY BAD FOR NOT BRINGING A JACKET, BUT. OH, NO. 
          IT'S ALWAYS COLD IN HERE. WE'LL GIVE YOU ABOUT 60S TO GIVE US AN IDEA WHY YOU WOULD WANT
TO SERVE ON THE PARK BOARD. 
          THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. 
          I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN GALVESTON SINCE 2010. 
          I MET MY HUSBAND IN SAN MARCOS WHILE ATTENDING SCHOOL,
AND WE MOVED BACK HERE IN 2010 AND STARTED A FAMILY. 
          WE WERE MARRIED IN 2014 AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT CHILDREN. 
          AND I REALLY DUG MY HEELS INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS ISLAND,
AND IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE AND PLAN ON STAYING HERE AND RAISING MY FAMILY AND CONTINUING TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'VE MET AMAZING FRIENDS THAT I THINK WILL BE LIFELONG FRIENDS. 
          I WORK FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SO I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM AND WHAT IT DOES FOR THE
ISLANDS. 
          MANAGING SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE MARDI GRAS BIG ONE. 
          BUT THEN ALSO I MANAGE SPECIAL EVENTS WITHIN THE BRICK AND MORTARS. 
          THAT MY BOSS OWNS. SO NOT ONLY SPECIAL EVENTS,
HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE, BUT I'M A RESIDENT AND I ALSO RELY ON BRICK AND MORTAR AND YEAR ROUND TOURISM TO SUPPORT MY JOB. 
          VERY GOOD. WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. BOB,
YOU WANT TO START? I'LL START. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR OPENING STATEMENT THERE. 
          HOW WOULD YOU HOW WOULD YOU PROPOSE TO BALANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM TOURISM WITH THE
QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE? YOU KNOW, SHOULD SHOULD RESIDENTS HAVE MORE OF A SAY IN TOURIST DEVELOPMENT? HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THAT BALANCE? YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO LIVE AND WORK
HERE ON THE ISLAND FOR A LOT OF REASONS. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THERE IS A WAY, IS THERE A WAY. 
          AND IF SO, HOW WOULD YOU PROPOSE TO DO THAT? TO BALANCE THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT WITH THE
QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE? SURE. I THINK LIFE IN ALL ASPECTS IS ABOUT BALANCE. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PARK BOARD AND THE CITY,
WE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF GALVESTON. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY LISTENING TO WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY AND GIVING THEM A VOICE. 
          I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO BE KEYBOARD WARRIORS,
BUT I THINK IF WE GIVE PEOPLE MORE OF A CHANCE AND THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS, AND IF PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT,
WE COULD ACCOMPLISH A LOT. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT IN THE OFF SEASON WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO EVERYONE
HERE. 
          LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE SUMMER SEASON. 
          IS WHERE GALVESTON, YOU KNOW, MAKES MAKES THE,
THE MONEY. 
          AND EVERYONE RELIES ON SUMMER AND THE TOURISM THAT IS BROUGHT AND THE BUSINESS THAT'S
MADE. 
          I JUST THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO FOCUS ON OFF SEASON,
AND TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          OKAY. THANKS. VERY GOOD. I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU KNOW,
WE GET HOWEVER YOU LOOK AT IT, EIGHT AND A HALF OR SO MILLION PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT THE ISLAND HERE. A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE DAY TRIPPERS. 
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IN YOUR MIND, HOW COULD WE TRANSFORM THOSE DAY TRIPPERS AND EVENTUALLY HAVE THEM EVOLVE
INTO OVERNIGHT STAYS HERE? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL WE CAN DO TO MAKE THOSE DAY TRIPPERS MORE OF A
CONTRIBUTION TO OUR ECONOMY HERE? SURE. I THINK A LOT OF THE DAY TRIPPERS NEED MORE REASONS TO STAY LONGER. 
          DAY TRIPPERS MAINLY, I THINK, ARE COMING JUST TO DO THE BEACH FOR THE DAY. 
          MAYBE GRAB A BITE TO EAT. BUT I THINK IF WE ENCOURAGE MORE SPECIAL EVENTS AND TURN IT INTO
A LONG WEEKEND, A THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY OR SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TYPE OF EVENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT GF DOES. FEATHER FEST. 
          EVENTS LIKE THAT. I THINK WILL BRING PEOPLE IN FOR A LONGER TIME AND PUTTING MORE HEADS IN
BEDS AND TURNING THE DAY TRIPPERS INTO A LONGER STAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, DAVID. 
          SO IN YOUR ROLE AS CEO, YOU GET TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF HR ISSUES. 
          BUT CURRENTLY IN THE SEARCH FOR AN INTERIM CEO. 
          AND WE'VE ALSO WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME OTHER HR PROBLEMS THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN THE
PAPER AS WELL. 
          WHAT SORT OF QUALITIES OR QUALIFICATIONS SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR IN AN INTERIM CEO? I THINK DEFINITELY SOMEBODY THAT HAS A BACKGROUND IN TOURISM EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. 
          SOMEBODY THAT IS AWARE AND KNOWS OF GALVESTON AND THE THE HISTORY HERE AND THE WAY THAT
THE ISLAND OPERATES. SOMEBODY WHO LISTENS WHO CARES? AND WHO IS A TEAM PLAYER. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. 
          ALEX. THANK YOU. ONE IS WHAT DOES THE PARK BOARD DO? WELL. AND WHAT DO THEY DO POORLY? AND WHAT DO YOU IMPROVE AND WHAT DO YOU CHANGE IN TERMS
OF DEFICIENCIES? SO SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 2010, I HAVE SEEN A HUGE IMPROVEMENT IN THE BEACHES,
THE QUALITY OF THE BEACHES, THE EXPANSION OF THE BEACHES. THAT'S THE BIGGEST ASSET IN GALVESTON. 
          AND MY FAMILY AND I FREQUENT THE BEACH AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. 
          AND SURE, THERE'S TIMES WHEN THERE'S A LITTLE MORE GARBAGE OR THERE'S SOME DEBRIS THAT
WASHES UP, BUT IT'S QUICKLY ADDRESSED. AND SO I THINK THE PARK BOARD IS DOING A GREAT JOB IN THAT
RESPECT. 
          AND ALSO MARKETING MARKETING IS COMPLETELY TURNED. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR SURE SHIFTING AND IS SHIFTING INTO THE DIGITAL WORLD. 
          AND I THINK VISIT GALVESTON HAS DONE A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB WITH PROMOTING THE ISLAND NOT
JUST IN THE TEXAS AREA. 
          I WAS TRAVELING RECENTLY I THINK I WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE CAROLINAS CATCHING A
FLIGHT. 
          AND I WAS WATCHING THE TV, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN VISIT GALVESTON AD CAME ON. 
          SO WE'RE THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB REACHING PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF TEXAS. 
          AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, I THINK GIVEN THE, THE CERTAIN CLIMATE AND SITUATION,
JUST BEING OPEN AND COMMUNICATING AND WORKING AS A TEAM THE CITY AND THE PARKS BOARD ALL WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF GALVESTON AND THE RESIDENTS. 
          SO I JUST THINK CONTINUING TO BE CLEAR AND COMMUNICATE AND WORK AS A TEAM IS ALWAYS
BENEFICIAL. 
          THE SECOND THING I HAVE IS I'M INTRODUCING A PROGRAM THAT'S CALLED ONLY FOOTPRINTS. 
          IT'S AN INITIATIVE TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LITTERING ORDINANCES ON THE BEACH,
AND TO KEEP OUR BEACHES CLEAN BY TRYING TO GET BUY IN FROM OUR VISITORS AND BUSINESSES. WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK THE PARK BOARD SHOULD PLAY IN A NEW INITIATIVE TO
REDUCE LITTERING ON THE BEACHES? A HUGE ROLE. VERY GOOD. SO THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT. 
          WE WOULD NEED TO POTENTIALLY DIVERT OR INVEST ADDITIONAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR THE
PURPOSES OF PROMOTING ONLY FOOTPRINTS. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'LL TAKE. IS THIS A HUGE ROLE? IS THAT A IS THAT A SAFE ASSUMPTION? YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DEVOTE THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES,
FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN ORDER TO MAKE A PROGRAM LIKE THAT WORK. 
          I THINK THAT THE PROGRAM BENEFITS EVERYONE TOURISM RESIDENTS,
THE ECOSYSTEM. 
          I THINK IT I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE TO LEARN MORE AND LISTEN SOME MORE,
BUT I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. 
          YEAH. YEAH. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. 
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ELIZABETH. SO NICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR
THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOGA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN PROMOTION OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR ALL YOUR ALL YOUR ORGANIZATION SKILLS AND THE MANY EVENTS AND FESTIVALS THAT WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN TOGETHER. 
          SO. MY PLEASURE. IT'S BEEN FUN. THANK YOU ALL. 
          HAVE A GREAT DAY. SO MUCH. AND YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL. 
          THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. IS THAT JANELLE? OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. COUNCIL. WE WILL. WHEN DO YOU WANT YOUR DEADLINE FOR YOUR RANKINGS? JANELLE. THURSDAY, PRIOR TO THE EVENING MEETING AT 5:00. 
          WE DO THURSDAY BY MAYBE 4:00. THURSDAY AT FOUR. 
          WOW. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. FROM THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET. 
          YES. YEAH. DID YOU SEND THAT? FOR THOSE THAT ARE. 
          YES. DAVID. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RATING AND
RANKINGS. 
          SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE ONE LINE. IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE ONE THROUGH 10 OR 1 THROUGH 12. 
          EACH INDIVIDUAL RECEIVES A SINGLE DIFFERENT NUMBER. 
          YES, SIR. OKAY. WE'RE GOING THE GOLF ROUTE. WE'RE GOING THE GOLF ROUTE. LOW SCORE WINS. 
          RIGHT. AND DO WE KNOW WHY? LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T HERE OR WHY THEY WEREN'T HERE. 
          ASIDE FROM THE ONE THAT WE COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF AND MAYBE THE LADY THAT HAD TO LEAVE. 
          YEAH. I'LL CHECK WITH HER TO SEE IF SHE WANTS TO. 
          IF SHE WAS, HER INTENT WAS TO WITHDRAW HER APPLICATION OR IF SHE WANTS TO KEEP IT IN,
BECAUSE MAYBE WE COULD INTERVIEW HER IF SHE HAD AN EMERGENCY BEFORE WORKSHOP IF THAT'S CORRECT, IF WE IF SHE DOES WANT TO CONTINUE,
WE WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW JANELLE. 
          WE WOULD, WE COULD SCHEDULE IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORKSHOP. 
          NOW WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR THAT, ARE WE? WELL,
WE HAVE TIME. 
          WELL, WE HAVE TIME. WE CAN START GET STARTED TONIGHT. 
          SURE. BUT ARE WE POSTED FOR THAT OR NOT? WE ARE NOT POSTED FOR THAT,
HAVE WE? WE COULD POST WITHIN 72 HOURS TO DO AN INTERVIEW,
A QUARTER OF IF SHE'S INTERESTED. 
          WELL, THIS WOULDN'T NO, IT WOULDN'T MAKE THAT TIME,
I DON'T THINK. 
          SO WE COULD NOT NEED TWO HOURS. WE COULD NOT INTERVIEW COULD WE? JANELLE IF WE'D HAVE TO POST IT, WE'D HAVE TO POST IT TODAY. 
          WHATEVER TIME YOU POST IT TODAY, YOU COULD NOT INTERVIEW HER UNTIL THAT TIME ON. 
          YOU'D HAVE TO BE LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORKSHOP OR. 
          OR IT COULD BE AT 445 BEFORE WE START THE MEETING. 
          IT COULD BE, YES. THAT WOULDN'T GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO GET BACK RANKING THE RANKINGS. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH TIME, BUT WHY DON'T YOU CHECK AND LET ME KNOW? JANELLE, IF YOU COULD. BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 
          WE'D HAVE TO POST IT LIKE. AND I DON'T WANT TO POST IT. 
          AND THEN WE FINISH EARLY WORKSHOP, AND WE'VE GOT TO STAY FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF FOR THAT
INTERVIEW. 
          OKAY, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND OUT. I SURE WILL. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND IT IS 10:55 A.M. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS TELECAST. 
          GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.