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          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT IS 9 A.M. AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
TO ORDER FOR SEPTEMBER 18TH. 
          I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY HERE THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. COUNCIL,
NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY. 
          AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING VIA CHANNEL 16 OR THOSE THAT ARE STREAMING THIS. 
          GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS MORNING. WE HAVE A BUSY WORKSHOP. 
          WE HAVE QUITE A TREAT FOR YOU TODAY. OUR FIRST ITEM WILL BE A PRESENTATION BY THE BLUE
ZONE GROUP THROUGH THE AFFILIATION OF U-T-M-B. 
          AND IT'S QUITE AN INTERESTING PRESENTATION. I THINK THE COMMUNITY WILL REALLY ENJOY SEEING
THIS. 
          VERY GOOD. WE ALL HAVE WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE,
BUT LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 
          [1 DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
MAYOR BROWN PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS COUNCIL MEMBER FINKLEA. 
          PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. BROWN. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          PORRETTO. HE'S. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. RAWLINS HERE. 
          AND MAYOR PRO TEM ROBB IS NOT WITH US AT THE MOMENT,
BUT SHE MAY JOIN LATER. 
          ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. GLAD TO HAVE HER WHEN SHE DOES JOIN. 
          VERY GOOD. BEFORE WE START OUR ITEMS, I WANT TO DO A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING CHORES,
IF I COULD. 
          COUNCIL, FIRST OF ALL, ITEM THREE F ON OUR WORKSHOP AGENDA HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN,
AND THAT MAY COME BACK TO 
          [3.F Update and Discussion of the Status of Decorative Lights for the 33rd Street Community (S Lewis/C Brown - 15min)]
US AT A LATER DATE. BUT FOR THIS MEETING THAT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          ALSO, I DRAW THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. THIS IS FOR OUR FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAVE PUT ON
OUR WORKSHOP AGENDA. 
          DURING THE MEETING, COUNCIL RESERVES THE OPTION TO TAKE SHORT COMFORT BREAKS AND OR LUNCH
BREAKS AS THEIR SCHEDULE AND WORKLOAD DEMANDS. 
          SO, COUNCIL, AS WE MOVE THROUGH OUR AGENDA TODAY,
WE WILL TALK ABOUT TAKING BREAKS AS THEY ARE NEEDED AND ALSO LUNCHEON BREAKS IF THOSE ARE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE MEETING HERE, WE'LL LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW IF WE NEED TO MOVE THOSE
MOVE INTO THAT PRIOR TO DOING THAT. 
          VERY GOOD. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE, PLEASE. ITEM THREE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION AS
IT RELATES TO THE BLUE ZONE COMMUNITY PROJECT. 
          [3.A Presentation and Discussion as it relates to the Blue Zone Community Project (C Kovacevich et al/C Brown-20 min)]
VERY GOOD. I'M GOING TO INVITE CRAIG. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? INTRODUCE YOURSELF SIR. I APPRECIATE IT TO THE CAMERAS AND TO COUNCIL AND INTRODUCE THE
SPEAKERS TODAY, TOO, PLEASE. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MAYOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. 
          CRAIG KOVACEVICH WITH UTMB. AND WE HAVE ENGAGED BLUE ZONES TO HELP US AS WE LOOK TO EXPAND
AND REALLY BRING FORWARD UTMB'S MISSION OF HEALTHY LIVING,
HEALTHY AGING TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS? WE HAD A LARGE ONE ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO THAT HAD ALMOST 300 IN ATTENDANCE. 
          SO A LOT OF EXCITEMENT FROM FOLKS AROUND THE ISLAND. 
          THE BLUE ZONES FOLKS HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW,
HAVE DONE WHAT THEY CALL WINDSHIELD TOURS, WHERE WE TOOK THEM AROUND THE ISLAND, AND IT WAS A VERY UNIQUE TOUR. 
          WE WORKED WITH THE FOLKS AT THE CHAMBER, FOLKS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION, FOLKS WITH VISION GALVESTON, FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAITH COMMUNITY IN THE
BUSINESS SECTOR TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT A REAL BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE ISLAND SO THEY DIDN'T JUST SEE THE TOURISTY PARTS. 
          WE WENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WENT INTO THE THE CIVIC AREAS. 
          WE WENT INTO AREAS THAT LOOKED AT HELPING THE MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR POPULATIONS. 
          AND SO I THINK THIS GIVES US A REALLY GOOD REPORT TODAY THAT THE FOLKS FROM BLUE ZONE WILL
BE GIVING. 
          AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK DANNY, ARE YOU GOING TO START HERE? TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND THE TEAM. AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY BECKY AND DOCTOR CHARLES
MOUTON, WHO HAVE BEEN MY PARTNERS IN WORKING WITH THIS THROUGH THE VISION OF OUR PRESIDENT,
DOCTOR REISER. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DANNY. THANK YOU. 
          CRAIG. GOOD MORNING, DANNY BUETTNER. DAN BUETTNER,
JUNIOR FROM BLUE ZONES CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. 
          I GET THE HONOR OF PARTNERING WITH AMERICAN COMMUNITIES,
LEADERS, HEALTHCARE LEADERS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND SCHOOLS TO TRY TO MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE THE EASIER CHOICE FOR FOR AMERICANS. AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE WHEN WE GET INVITED INTO
A COMMUNITY, GET TO KNOW A COMMUNITY. AND WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO IS GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEFING
THIS MORNING AND UNDERSCORE THAT WE'RE STILL ON THE GROUND FLOOR. 
          SO TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK, SOME OF YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED,
SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT UNTIL TODAY, AND WE INVITE THAT PARTICIPATION GOING FORWARD. 
          IF WE GO FORWARD, IS THERE A CLICKER? THANK YOU. 
          SO TODAY WE'LL DO IS GIVE YOU JUST A SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE MODEL. 
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WE INVITE MORE TIME. AFTER TODAY AND THEN LYLE WESTCOTT WHO'S ONE OF OUR OPERATION LEADS,
IS GOING TO COME AND GIVE A SHORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE FINDINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          SALUTE TO UTMB HEALTH, AS WELL AS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SOME GUMPTION TO LOOK BEYOND THE BRICK AND MORTAR OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY,
LOOK BEYOND JUST THEIR CORE OPERATIONS, TO SAY WE HAVE A STAKE IN KEEPING THIS COMMUNITY HEALTHY IN THE FIRST PLACE,
WHICH IS A HUGE INGREDIENT FOR SUCCESS IN THIS WORK. 
          A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BLUE ZONES NATIONAL COMPANY AMERICAN COMPANY. 
          OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO EMPOWER EVERYONE,
EVERYWHERE TO LIVE BETTER, LONGER. 
          KEY WORD IS EMPOWER YOU. DON'T DO THIS WORK TO PEOPLE. 
          THIS IS WORK THAT COMMUNITIES DO FOR THEMSELVES. 
          IN A LOT OF WAYS, THEY'RE ALREADY DOING A LOT OF THIS WORK,
AND WE HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THAT SOMETIMES YOU DO THINGS TOGETHER. 
          YOU CAN GO A LOT FARTHER. AND THEN OUR OUR ULTIMATE METRIC IS MORE GOOD YEARS. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST LONGEVITY BUT GOOD YEARS AS WELL. 
          THE ORIGINAL BLUE ZONES, THERE'S NETFLIX, THERE'S BOOKS,
THERE'S PLENTY ONLINE. 
          BUT IT'S, IT'S BEST PRACTICE FROM OUR SPECIES,
PLACES AROUND THE WORLD WHERE PEOPLE LIVE LONG, HEALTHY, PURPOSEFUL, LOVING LIVES. THEY HAVE FELLOWSHIP THEY HAVE GREAT HEALTH OUTCOMES. 
          AND THEY SPEND A FRACTION OF WHAT WE DO ON HEALTH CARE. 
          HOW DO WE TAKE SOME OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES ON HOW TO SET UP YOUR ENVIRONMENT,
YOUR CULTURE, YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, YOUR ORGANIZATION RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          FIRST THING YOU DO IS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT HEALTH,
CHRONIC DISEASE, MENTAL HEALTH, ISOLATION DISCIPLINE IS A MUSCLE AND MUSCLES FATIGUE. SO IT'S VERY HARD. 
          YOU'RE A FIREFIGHTER, A SINGLE MOTHER, A TEACHER,
A PARENT TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 
          AND THAT'S NOT THE LESSON OF THE LONGEST LIVED PEOPLE. THEY HAPPEN TO LIVE IN ENVIRONMENTS
WHERE THE HEALTHY CHOICE IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER. 
          SO WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK TO PARTNER ACROSS THESE THREE AREAS OF PEOPLE,
PLACES AND POLICY. 
          PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES. HIRE A LOCAL TEAM. PUT TOGETHER A LOCAL STEERING COMMITTEE AND
THEN CUSTOMIZE A LOCAL BLUEPRINT TO GO OUT AND GET NOT A SILVER BULLET, BUT A SILVER BUCKSHOT OF CHANGES ACROSS PEOPLE,
PLACES AND POLICY TO MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE JUST A LITTLE. 
          BIT MORE PROMINENT FOR FOLKS, AND IT HAS A HUGE OUTSIZED EFFECT. 
          THE PROCESS WE'RE IN, THE DATING PHASE. IT'S THE ASSESSMENT PERIOD. 
          IT'S GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER. IS THIS A GOOD FIT FOR GALVESTON? GALVESTON? A GOOD FIT
FOR BLUE ZONES? WHAT'S ALREADY AWESOME AND WORKING WELL AROUND HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. 
          WHAT ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE UNIQUE GALVESTON OPPORTUNITIES? OUR HOMEWORK, WHICH WE'RE DELIVERING NOW, IS SOME OF OUR REPORT FINDINGS,
WHICH LYLE WILL GIVE YOU SOME BRIEFINGS ON HERE IN A MINUTE. 
          SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER WE GO INTO THAT FOUNDATION
AND PLANNING PERIOD. 
          THAT'S WHY I SAY WE'RE STILL AT THE GROUND FLOOR,
BECAUSE THE FIRST NINE MONTHS WILL BE ALL OF US, HOPEFULLY, WITH Y'ALL'S SUPPORT, COME TOGETHER TO SAY,
WHAT SHOULD THE GALVESTON STORY LOOK LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO WELL-BEING? WELLBEING. SO IT'S A CUSTOM BLUEPRINT, A CUSTOM TEAM,
CUSTOM STEERING COMMITTEE AND A CUSTOM SCORECARD. 
          AND THEN AFTER THE NINE MONTH FOUNDATION PERIOD,
IT'S TRANSFORMATION THAT'S HITTING THE PAVEMENT DOOR TO DOOR, ENGAGING RESTAURANT OWNERS, EMPLOYERS, SCHOOLS PEOPLE,
FAITH BASED COMMUNITY, OFFERING THEM FREE, COST NEUTRAL WAYS TO TO JOIN THE LOCAL GALVESTON MOVEMENT. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE COMMITMENTS TO HELP MAKE THE HEALTHIER CHOICE THE EASIER CHOICE. 
          AND IF YOU GET ENOUGH OF THAT BY THE END OF 3 OR 4 YEARS,
YOU'VE GOT CERTIFICATION. 
          THIS IS A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE DATING PERIOD WHERE WE'VE BEEN SINCE JUNE GETTING TO KNOW
EACH OTHER. 
          IT'S BEEN QUALITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE. AS CRAIG MENTIONED,
300 PLUS GALVESTONIANS HAVE ENGAGED AND GIVEN US THEIR VOICE AND THEIR INSIGHTS TODAY, PRESENTING TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL AS STARTING THE CLOCK ON DECIDING ARE WE GOING TO
GO OR NO GO? SO THAT WE'RE RESPECTING EACH OTHER'S TIME. 
          AND AGAIN, IF IT'S A GO, WE GO INTO THAT NINE MONTHS OF WHAT? WHAT OUGHT THIS LOOK LIKE? WE CALL THIS DATING PERIOD THE READINESS AND FEASIBILITY
OVERVIEW. 
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AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, IT'S NOT SOMETHING BLUE ZONES PARACHUTES IN FROM OUT OF
TOWN AND DOES TO GALVESTON. 
          THIS IS TRAIN THE TRAINER. THIS IS Y'ALL MAKING IT YOUR STORY. 
          AND SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GOT THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS. 
          WE CONSIDER THAT READINESS, THAT CITY COUNCIL,
THAT LARGE EMPLOYERS, THE CHAMBER, THE SCHOOL, FAITH BASED COMMUNITY RESIDENTS ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT,
WE GOT A LOT ON OUR PLATE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO HAVE OUGHT TO HAVE SOME REAL ESTATE ON OUR PLATE BECAUSE WE NEED TO ADDRESS CHRONIC DISEASE AND HEALTH. 
          FROM THAT ASPECT, I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT MIGHT NOT BE SURPRISED TO YOU. 
          GALVESTON IS VERY IMPRESSIVE RELATIVE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WE GET INVITED INTO. 
          AND THEN FEASIBILITY THE ABILITY TO RESOURCE THIS. 
          IT'S PRIVATE SECTOR RESOURCED. WE ALSO BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO PASS THAT. 
          SO VERY SPECIAL COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INVITE UP LYLE WESTCOTT TO GIVE YOU A
BRIEFING OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE FOUND. 
          SHE'S THE SVP OF OPERATIONS. AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS WOMAN LED THREE HOSPITALS IN MISSOURI
DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HER JOB. SO, LYLE WESTCOTT. 
          THANKS, DANNY. SO, AS DANNY MENTIONED IT'S NOT REALLY ENOUGH JUST TO WANT TO BECOME A BLUE
ZONES COMMUNITY. 
          WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PREPAREDNESS FOR THAT JOURNEY. 
          IT'S A IT'S A LOT OF WORK. AND THIS BLUE ZONES IGNITE TEAM CAME IN. 
          AND AS CRAIG AND AS BECKY AND OTHERS MENTIONED VISITED WITH MANY INDIVIDUALS OVER A PERIOD
OF TIME. 
          AND I SHARE THIS JUST JUST TO SAY THAT I CAN'T SYNTHESIZE A 250 PAGE REPORT,
WHICH YOU WILL ALL HAVE ACCESS TO IN A IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. BUT THIS GROUP OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ONE ON ONE FOLLOW UP. 
          IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE TOGETHER. 
          AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THIS AS A LITTLE BIT OF AN EYE CHART ANYWAY. 
          BUT ASSESSING FOR TRUE READINESS WE UTILIZE A READINESS RUBRIC A SCORECARD. 
          AND IT'S REALLY LOOKING FOR, AS DANNY MENTIONED,
IS LEADERSHIP ALIGNED. 
          IS IT COMMITTED? ARE RESIDENTS READY TO ENGAGE? ARE KEY ORGANIZATIONS PRIMED? THIS SCORECARD THAT WE UTILIZE IS ONE BASED ON THOSE
OBSERVATIONS ON THE WINDSHIELD TOURS, ON THE ONE ON ONES, ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD. 
          AND WE LEVERAGE GALLUP, WHICH DID A SURVEY TO GET US KIND OF A BASELINE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT
THE WELL-BEING IS. 
          SO WE USE BOTH OBSERVATIONS AND DATA TO WE'LL GIVE YOU A PEEK UNDER THE UNDER THE HOOD,
A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT'S ROBUST. AND WHAT I'LL ONLY SHOW TODAY IS KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT OF THAT. 
          BUT AS DANNY MENTIONED, STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          GALVESTON LEADERS AND RESIDENTS DEMONSTRATED STRONG INTEREST IN SUPPORT. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. BLUE ZONES PROJECT IS LED BY THE COMMUNITY AND
SUPPORTED BY BLUE ZONES, AND UTILIZES MANY RESIDENTS AND THROUGH A COMMITTEE STRUCTURE. 
          AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO REALLY ENSURE THAT THERE IS READINESS AROUND THAT. 
          WE HAD OVER 280 PEOPLE JOIN US FOR A KEYNOTE WHERE WE DID THE BLUE ZONES ORIGIN STORY AND
TALKED ABOUT OUR MODEL AND HOW IT WORKS. 
          AND OVER 40 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN A PRESIDENTIAL ROUNDTABLE REPRESENTING ALL OF THE
KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND SECTORS IN WHICH WE WOULD LOOK TO DO THIS WORK IN A TRANSFORMATION PHASE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE VALUE,
THE VALUE THAT'S GENERATED BY INVESTING IN WELL-BEING AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. 
          SO STRONG, STRONG ENGAGEMENT THERE. AND THEN MANY FOCUS GROUPS AND ONE ON ONES WHICH
ULTIMATELY IN OUR SCORECARD WE HAVE CATEGORIES. THEY'RE WEIGHTED. THOSE OBSERVATIONS ARE APPLIED AGAINST IT. 
          AND WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE IS JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE OVERALL GENERAL COMMUNITY
READINESS, HIGH READINESS WITH THAT LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT IMPLEMENTATION FEASIBILITY. 
          SO A LOT OF PROGRAMING. IS IT FEASIBLE THAT WE COULD WE COULD CONVENE AND ENGAGE PEOPLE. 
          WE FOUND THAT TO BE HIGH AS WELL AS APPETITE FOR CHANGE. 
          AND THEN IN TERMS OF OVERALL FEASIBILITY. SO THAT IS BOTH POPULATION WELL-BEING
FEASIBILITY. 
          THIS IS WHAT'S THE CURRENT WELL-BEING OF GALVESTON. 
          AND DO WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH DRIVERS WITHIN OUR MODEL IN ORDER TO IMPACT
WELL-BEING? AND WE BELIEVE LEVERAGED AGAINST THE STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES? WE BELIEVE THERE'S HIGH READINESS IN TERMS OF IMPROVING WELLBEING,
AND READINESS IN THE CATEGORY OF FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY IS LESS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE RESOURCES, IT'S MORE ABOUT CONFIRMING THOSE RESOURCES. 
          AS DANNY SAID IN THE DATING PERIOD, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE WEEKS TO CONFIRM THAT THOSE
RESOURCES ARE ALIGNED IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THAT WELLBEING TRANSFORMATION IN TERMS OF PEOPLE, PLACE AND POLICY, THE LIFE RADIUS WHERE WE SPEND OUR TIME,
HIGH READINESS IN FOOD SYSTEMS, 
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SCHOOLS, SIGNIFICANT GREAT LEADERSHIP IN OUR CHAMBER AND WORK SITES,
UTMB AS A AS A FLAGSHIP LEADING THE WAY. 
          RESTAURANTS AND HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM. CIVIC AND FAITH ORGANIZATIONS. 
          HIGH HIGH READINESS MEDIUM READINESS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. 
          THIS IS REALLY JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE CONNECTIVITY,
TO LOOK WHERE WE CAN. 
          WE CAN FOCUS ON CREATING PLACES WHERE ACTIVE MOBILITY. 
          SO MORE BIKE ABILITY, WALKABILITY THAT CAN BE SAFELY DONE. 
          THAT'S THE THAT'S THE MEDIUM READINESS. AND WE BELIEVE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT. 
          LOW READINESS AND GROCERY STORES. THIS IS NOT WE TALKED TO A BUNCH OF GROCERY STORES. 
          IN FACT THAT'S REALLY WHERE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IS TO ENGAGE THE GROCERY STORES MORE IN
THIS PROCESS. 
          BUT LOW READINESS IS REALLY MORE AROUND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE GET THEIR FOOD AND FOCUSING HERE REALLY IN THOSE LOCATIONS. CONVENIENCE STORE ACTIVATIONS TO MAKE THE HEALTHY
CHOICE THE EASY CHOICE PRODUCT PLACEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THOSE HEALTHY CHOICES THAT DANNY MENTIONED ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO OVERALL, AGAIN, I MENTIONED WEIGHTED CATEGORY AND OVERALL GENERAL. 
          IT SUMS TO ABOUT 65% AND THEN 15% IN POLICY,
TEN IN PLACES AND TEN IN PEOPLE. 
          ULTIMATELY A FOUR POINT JUST ABOUT A FOUR IN TERMS OF OVERALL READINESS. 
          THIS IS THE UNDER THE HOOD. IT'S JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT IT IS NOT JUST A OH THANKS. 
          THESE ARE ALL COMMENTS FROM THOSE ONE ON ONES. 
          AND THEN THE DATA ULTIMATELY LEADING TO BLUE ZONES RECOMMENDATION THAT GALVESTON,
WHICH IS SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE TO ANY OF YOU, IS READY FOR A FULL BLUE ZONES PROJECT. JUST A QUICK NOTE HERE. 
          WE DO HAVE COMMUNITIES, AS DANNY MENTIONED, THAT MAYBE HAVE SOME REALLY WONDERFUL THINGS,
BUT THEY'RE NOT AT THAT SAME READINESS LEVEL. 
          AND BLUE ZONES HAS OTHER TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS AND OPTIONS,
WHICH YOU WOULD SEE HERE. 
          MAYBE IT'S A MORE FOCUS ON A SECTOR. WE BELIEVE THAT GALVESTON IS READY FOR THAT FULL LIFE
RADIUS MODEL. 
          THIS IS A QR CODE. IT'S WORKING. I CHECKED BEFORE COMING IN HERE. 
          THIS IS THE 250 PAGE REPORT. SO IT'S IN A DIGITAL FLIPSNACK SNACK,
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. 
          AND AGAIN, WE OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE ON ONES. 
          OOPS. LET ME GO BACK. YOU CAN GET YOUR PICTURE. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. JANELLE. WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT DISTRIBUTED? YES. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK. 
          THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT. LIKE I SAID, SINCE THIS IS A BRIEFING,
THIS GIVES YOU JUST A QUICK VISUAL. 
          THAT DURING THE ASSESSMENT EACH OF THE AREAS IN WHICH WE WORK,
WE DID A DIVE INTO WHAT'S WORKING. 
          WELL, THE STRENGTHS, THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
FOOD SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE TO FORM A FOOD COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS WHERE MANY ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE COME TOGETHER TO REALLY DEVELOP A
LONG TERM FOOD STRATEGY. 
          AND THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY. THE HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT I WOULD CALL OUT IS THAT WE,
AS DANNY MENTIONED, WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD, NOTICE HOW I SAID WHEN? WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD INTO A NEXT PHASE TRANSFORMATION,
WE WILL CO-DESIGN. 
          SO THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ARE PLACES FOR US TO START TO LOOK. 
          BUT WE CO-DESIGN THE BLUEPRINT. WE CO-DESIGN WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON,
IN WHICH OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE. 
          SO THESE ARE THESE ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO THOSE THOSE STRENGTHS AND
CHALLENGES. 
          AND WE HAVE ONE OF THESE AND MUCH OTHER IN THE REPORT AGAIN THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU. 
          I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO DANNY TO WRAP US UP IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DID A LOT OF HOMEWORK. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY. WE'RE JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE SO WE DON'T PRETEND
TO KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT GALVESTON AS YOU ALL. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. INVITING YOU TO THE FOUNDATION,
PERIOD. 
          PART OF OUR HOMEWORK DELIVERY IS A RECOMMENDED SCOPE OF WORK. 
          AND A RECOMMENDED RESOURCING. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE SCOPE,
WE KNOW IT'S THE ISLAND IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTS THAT WE USE TO MEASURE EFFECT. 
          SO AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW, IT'S MORE THAN JUST US PAT PATTING EACH OTHER ON THE BACK,
BUT IT'S THIRD PARTY VALIDATED OUTCOMES AND REAL IMPACT. 
          WE PARTNERED WITH GALLUP AND OTHERS TO ASCERTAIN THE EFFECT,
THE EFFECT OF THIS BIG STRATEGY, THIS BIG IDEA. AND ONE OF THE INSTRUMENTS THAT WE USE IS THE WELL-BEING INDEX. 
          AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TRACK ADULT POPULATION BECAUSE OF AUTONOMY. 
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PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 18 HAVE MORE AUTONOMY FOR BEHAVIOR CHANGE,
LIFESTYLE CHANGE, HEALTHY HABIT CHANGE. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE INSTRUMENTS FROM AN ADULT POPULATION,
YOU CAN BE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING THE YOUTH, THE SCHOOL, AND YOU'RE IMPUTING EFFECT AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE UNDER THE
SAME ROOF AS THOSE ADULTS. 
          HERE'S ANOTHER SNAPSHOT OF THE MODEL. NINE MONTH FOUNDATION PERIOD. 
          BASICALLY BUILDING THE ASSET, PARTNERING THE BLUEPRINT FOR YEARS OF HITTING THE PAVEMENT. 
          AND AT THE END, WE WANT TO GET CRITICAL MASS TIPPING POINT AND POLICIES,
PLACES AND PEOPLE. 
          THIS IS AN ORG CHART. YOU HAVE A LOCAL STEERING COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO BE SPONSORS,
LEADERS, INFLUENCERS FROM GALVESTON UNDER THAT STEERING COMMITTEE. 
          YOU HAVE VOLUNTEER SECTOR COMMITTEES, THINK SCHOOLS,
WORK SITES, FAITH BASED COMMUNITY MAYBE TOBACCO, MAYBE ALCOHOL ENGAGING PEOPLE, MEDIA TELLING THE STORY. 
          YOU HAVE THE LOCAL FTS. YOU HAVE WHAT WILL BE IN THE THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS
THAT THIS MAKES SENSE TO THEM. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO COME RUNNING. THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THIS RIGHT OUT OF THE GET GO.
AND THEN BLUE ZONES NATIONAL TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN IT TOGETHER. 
          AND THAT THAT TEAM IS TRAINED, CERTIFIED, SUPPORTED POLICY EXPERTS WORKING WITH LOCAL
COMMUNITY EXPERTS. 
          SO THIS IS A FULLY RESOURCED WRAPAROUND PLAN. 
          WE'RE RECOMMENDING FIVE FTES SOURCED FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE CAPTAIN ON THE FIELD AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT LEAD TWO. 
          ORGANIZATION AND WELL-BEING LEADS. AND THEN ONE PUBLIC POLICY LEAD TO WORK WITH YOU ALL. 
          AND WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO HELP IDENTIFY,
INTERVIEW AND HIRE THOSE PEOPLE. 
          CERTIFICATION. THIS IS A SCORECARD IN AND A SNAPSHOT OF CERTIFICATION. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROCESS OUTCOMES. BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,
AT THE END, WE WANTED MORE THAN JUST PAT EACH OTHER ON THE BACK. WE WANT REAL THIRD PARTY MEASURABLE OUTCOMES TO SAY THAT THIS THIS EVIDENCE BASED MODEL TRANSLATED. 
          THERE'S VALUE IN THIS. IF ANY OF YOU FOLLOW NATIONAL NEWS,
YOU KNOW THAT 20% OF THE AMERICAN GDP IS SPENT ON SICK CARE. 
          $4 TRILLION A YEAR IS MORTGAGING THIS GENERATION,
AND THE NEXT IT'S A BIGGER CAUSE OF PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD BANKRUPTCY THAN HOUSING IS IS MEDICAL DEBT. AND MOST OF IT'S ON CHRONIC DISEASE,
THINGS THAT ARE PREVENTABLE. 
          SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT VALUE, THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE. THERE'S MEDIA VALUE. 
          THERE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VALUE, WORKFORCE VALUE. 
          BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST VALUES IS WHAT'S THE VALUE OF REMOVING RISK FACTORS FOR DISEASE
FROM PEOPLE. 
          WHICH OF COURSE COMPOUNDS. SO WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO ASCERTAIN VALUE. 
          NONE OF THAT IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THESE FOUR INGREDIENTS. 
          YOU HAVE TO HAVE LOCAL LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT. 
          YOU HAVE TO RESOURCE IT. YOU GOT TO PUT REAL MONEY BEHIND IT AND EVIDENCE BASED DESIGN. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO EACH OTHER. THIS IS THE LAST
SLIDE. 
          BEYOND MEASURING DISEASE. EVERYBODY. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE LESSONS OF THE LONGEST LIVED
PEOPLE ON EARTH. 
          EVERYBODY ON THIS EARTH NEEDS FOUR THINGS. SOMETHING TO DO. 
          SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. SOME WAY TO GIVE BACK AND SOMEONE TO LOVE. 
          AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEMOCRATIZE FOR FOLKS IN EVERY
COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEY'LL GO OUT AND THEY'LL DO WONDROUS THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S A SPECIAL THING. AND SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY. 
          AND WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS, YOUR GUIDANCE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAYING WITH THE TIMELINE. 
          I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL,
I WANT TO THANK BLUE ZONE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. 
          TMB THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO BRING THIS PROGRAM TO THE COMMUNITY,
AND IT BRINGS FORTH SO MANY IDEAS THAT THIS COMMUNITY REPRESENTS ALREADY, BUT IT BRINGS TOGETHER AN ORGANIZATION TO HELP US
PLAN FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE A PATH FORWARD FOR GOOD HEALTH. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE TIME YOU'RE SPENDING WITH GALVESTON VERY MUCH. 
          SECOND OF ALL IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, YOU MIGHT MENTION SOME OTHER CITIES IN THE UNITED
STATES THAT ARE ALREADY BLUE ZONE CITIES, 
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AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR INPUT FROM COUNCIL. 
          YEAH. SO WE'VE SINCE SINCE DOING THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH FROM 1999 THAT ON GOES TO TODAY. 
          IN 2011, WE STARTED OPERATIONALIZING THIS WORK HERE WITH AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. 
          FIRST ONE WAS SMALL TOWN IN THE STATE THAT I'M FROM,
MINNESOTA, SMALL FARMING COMMUNITY CALLED ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA. AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD THE HONOR OF PARTNERING WITH OVER 90 AMERICAN CITIES
IN TEXAS. 
          THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE OTHER ONE. BACK IN 2015,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR BETSY PRICE. 
          BUT WE'VE GOT 90 COMMUNITIES, ABOUT 30 ARE ACTIVE,
AND THE OTHERS HAVE ALL CERTIFIED, AND THEY RANGE FROM COUNTIES, CITIES, SMALL TOWNS SUBURBS. AND IT'S A IT'S SPECIAL WORK. 
          AND IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN COMMUNITIES THAT WATCHING A CIVIC MUSCLE AROUND
CHRONIC DISEASE. 
          LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, BOB. AND THEN DAVID. 
          I ASKED THIS QUESTION AT OPEN GATES, BUT I THINK IT WAS AN INTERESTING ONE TO ME. 
          BEFORE YOU CAME TO GALVESTON AND DID YOUR RESEARCH,
THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER CITY IN TEXAS THAT HAD THIS DONE. 
          AMONG ALL THE 90 THAT YOU'VE WORKED IN. WHAT WHAT RECOMMENDED GALVESTON TO YOU? IS STANDING OUT TO BE ABLE TO COME DOWN HERE AND JUST CONSIDER US BEFORE WE'D EVEN DONE
THE RESEARCH? WHAT MAKES GALVESTON SPECIAL ENOUGH TO WANT TO DO A BLUE ZONE PROJECT? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. WE GOT INVITED IN. 
          SOMEBODY HERE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP,
AND WE ONLY GO. 
          WE'RE INVITED BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T FORCE IT ON FOLKS IF THEY'RE NOT READY TO TO
DO IT. 
          AND SO WHEN UTMB HEALTH REACHED OUT AND SAID,
WE'VE GOT A PRETTY SPECIAL COMMUNITY AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPRESS OUR MISSION OUTSIDE OF TREATMENT ONCE PEOPLE ALREADY GET SICK. 
          AND THEN WE GOT IN, WE MET MISS GINA OVER AT THE CHAMBER AND DOCTOR NEIGHBORS AT THE
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND YOU QUICKLY START TO GET A SENSE AFTER SEEING MANY AMERICAN CITIES,
THE ONES THAT THAT GOT THAT CIVIC MUSCLE AND THE ONES THAT THEY JUST HAVE TOO MUCH CHAOS. SO WE GOT INVITED IN. WE GOT WE GOT PAID TO COME IN AND DO AN INITIAL
ASSESSMENT WHICH SHOWS SKIN IN THE GAME, WHICH SHOWS REAL COMMITMENT. AND USUALLY WE MAKE A COUPLE VISITS. 
          THIS IS OUR FIFTH VISIT SINCE JUNE HERE ON THE ISLAND. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A REAL DATA AND WELLNESS AND HEALTH BEING
POWERHOUSES. 
          I THINK THAT RIGHT THERE MAKES US PRETTY SPECIAL. 
          AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN ALL OF THIS. IT'S REALLY. CAN I COUNCIL
MEMBER CAN I ADD TO THAT? I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES HERE IS THAT IT'S REALLY I'M SORRY. 
          ONE OF THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK, WITH UTMB YOU KNOW,
BEING INVOLVED WITH DEGREE, WE ARE IS BEING ABLE TO BRING THE SCIENCE AND THE RESEARCH AND ALL OF THAT BEHIND IT. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT OF, I THINK, OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          I THINK THE BLUE ZONE TEAM KNOWS GALVESTON ISN'T A COOKIE CUTTER CITY. 
          WHEN WE DO THINGS, WE DO IT A GALVESTON WAY. AND I THINK THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY SHOWCASE THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK CAME UP DURING SOME OF OUR OTHER MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WITH THE COMMUNITY IS PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW,
IS THIS FOR THE RESIDENTS? IS THIS FOR THE TOURISTS? WHO IS THIS FOR? AND IT'S REALLY FOR EVERYONE. 
          THE RESIDENTS ARE CENTRAL TO THE THE HEART AND MISSION OF THIS. 
          THE PEOPLE THAT CALL THIS ISLAND IN THE COMMUNITY THEIR HOME. 
          BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES WALKABILITY FOR TOURISTS. 
          IT BRINGS THEM INTO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. IT BRINGS THEM INTO DIFFERENT AREAS TO
EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          AND THE BLUE ZONE BRANDING, I THINK ALSO IS,
IS WHAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO FOLKS AS WELL. 
          THAT MAY BE LOOKING FOR A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE,
VACATION OR A DESTINATION. 
          SO BEHIND ALL OF THE BENEFITS WE TALKED ABOUT AROUND HEALTH,
LONGEVITY, WELLBEING, THERE IS THAT FINANCIAL, THAT BUSINESS PART OF IT. I THINK THAT ALSO HELPS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO GROW AND
SUCCEED. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IF I COULD JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION WHEN IS THE DATE THAT
YOU DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO GO OR NOT TO GO? FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK. COUNCIL MEMBER. SO FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR
FEASIBILITY CONFIRMATION THAT THERE IS PRIVATE SECTOR APPETITE TO HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME TO SUPPORT THIS WITH MORE THAN JUST A
CHECK, BUT ALSO THE WEIGHT OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BEHIND IT. 
          THE COMMUNITY STILL WANTS TO DO THIS THAT YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN ENGAGING AND
COAUTHORING THE BLUEPRINT. 
          AND THEN BY THE END OF THE MONTH WE'D LOVE WE'D LOVE TO BE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND TO HEAR
NOT CONSENSUS. 
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YOU DON'T GET CONSENSUS, AS YOU KNOW, BUT PLURALITY AND LEADERSHIP SAYING WE'RE GOING TO
DO THIS. 
          AND THEN WE'D LOOK TO HAVE CONTRACTS SIGNED UP BY THE END OF OCTOBER,
NOVEMBER AND START PREPARATIONS TO LET THE STATE AND THE NATION KNOW. THERE'S A DEMONSTRATION HAPPENING IN GALVESTON IN
JANUARY. THANKS. 
          STILL AHEAD. DAVID, YOUR TIMING ON THIS IS IMPECCABLE. 
          IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMEBODY NEW HERE AT THE CITY THAT WE'RE STARTING IN. 
          UNDERGOING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YEAH. YOU KNOW,
A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT POLICY OR ZONING CHANGES. AND SO THE EFFORT THAT YOU ARE HOPEFULLY ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE,
WHICH YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT ON, BY THE WAY COULD WILL BE IMPERATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR EFFORTS AND THE DATA THAT Y'ALL
ARE COLLECTING ARE INPUT INTO THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO THAT IT HELPS SHAPE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE TEN,
20 YEARS DOWN THE LINE. 
          MY SECOND COMMENT IS, IS THAT HOW DO YOU GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE MOVE AT THE SPEED OF GOVERNMENT. 
          THAT'S NOT THE SPEED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOVING AT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES LONG AFTER THIS COUNCIL IS NOT HERE. 
          SO WHAT HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE. AND I MEAN, I SAW THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE A
PUBLIC POLICY PERSON. 
          THAT'S GREAT. BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PUBLIC POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER TO BECOME CERTIFIED? YEAH. THERE'S NO END STATE, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE WORK. 
          AND THERE'S COMMUNITY RHYTHMS AND AND TURNOVER. 
          SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WE GOT GOING FOR US. NUMBER ONE IS THERE'S REAL INVESTMENT COMING
FROM PRIVATE SECTOR TO HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME FOR THIS LONG TERM. 
          YOU'RE HIRING FTES WHO HAVE AN X ON THEIR FOREHEAD. 
          YOU GOT A LOCAL STEERING COMMITTEE WHO HAVE A SMALLER X ON THEIR FOREHEAD FOR THIS WORK. 
          BLUE ZONES BRAND. OUR BRAND IS ONLY AS GOOD AS OUR PARTNERS AND OUR EXECUTION AND OUR
REPUTATION. 
          SO WE'RE ALL IN. YOU GET MEDIA ON BOARD. ONE OF THE BEST PRACTICES IS CELEBRATE THE WIN. 
          CELEBRATE WHEN THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECOMES BLUE ZONES APPROVED. 
          CELEBRATE THAT MOM AND POP RESTAURANT BECOMES BLUE ZONES APPROVED. 
          CELEBRATE. WHEN A POLICY GETS PASSED. CELEBRATION REINFORCES THE BEHAVIORS THAT YOU WANT
TO SEE AND. 
          AND IF YOU DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND IT'S NOT MAGIC,
YOU KNOW IT'S REAL WORK. 
          WE'LL FIND OUT TOGETHER. THAT'S WHY WE DO THIS. 
          READINESS. IF YOU DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, IT STOPS BEING A PROJECT AND IT STARTS BEING
SOMETHING WE DO HERE ON THE ISLAND. 
          AND IF YOU CAN PULL THAT OFF, IT'S BEST PRACTICE. 
          THANK YOU. ANY MORE? ANY MORE INPUT? JUST BEAU. 
          OH. GO AHEAD, BOB. ONE THING I NOTICED THAT YOU HAD PUT ON YOUR CHART WAS ALLOCATE HOT TAX
FOR FOOD SOURCES. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT? I THINK WE CAN. THANKS, DANNY. WHAT I'D LOVE TO DO IS A AS A FOLLOW UP WITH OUR,
OUR FOOD SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT THAT CAN DIG INTO THAT. AGAIN OPPORTUNITIES OR HIGHLIGHTED. 
          IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HERE THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER,
BUT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WE'VE TAKEN ON THOSE CHALLENGES AS WELL. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE HOT TAX FOR FOOD
SOURCES. 
          I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON THAT IN ORDER TO CONFIRM THAT WITH
YOU. 
          OKAY. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ON YOUR CHART. 
          SO IS THERE ANY, LIKE, HOW BIG OF A ROLE IS DEMOGRAPHICS PLAYED? IF Y'ALL HAVE 90 OTHER CITIES, SO HAS AND NOT RACE DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          BUT SO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS 78% FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. 
          AND WITH ME SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR NINE YEARS,
I SAW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS HAD TO HAVE PARTNERSHIP REALLY TO MAKE THINGS WORK AS A COMMUNITY. HAS THAT BEEN AN OBSTACLE THAT'S BEEN HARD TO OVERCOME,
AND THE ONES THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN, AND HOW DID THAT HAPPEN SPECIFICALLY WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SAY DEMOGRAPHICS,
ARE YOU SAYING? WELL, LET ME SAY AGAIN, WHEN I SAY 78% FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH MEANS THEY'RE ON GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. 
          SO WHEN WE GO INTO SCHOOLS, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS
ACCESS. 
          AND WE WORK WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOLS BOTH IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY GENERALLY ARE REQUIRED TO
OFFER, BUT LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO SUPPLEMENT AND IMPROVE THE NUTRITION,
WORKING WITH THE NUTRITION TEAM SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FREE AND REDUCED. WE HAVE. 
          WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE WITH SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE
ON GOVERNMENT ASSISTED LUNCHES. 
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AND WE'VE GOT SOME SCHOOL NATIONAL EXPERTS THAT WE'D LOVE TO CONNECT YOU WITH THAT. 
          LOOK AT WAYS TO PARTNER WITH VENDORS, FOOD VENDORS,
AS WELL AS SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE WITHIN SCHOOLS THAT CAN IMPROVE BOTH NUTRITIONAL FOOD AND LIMITING THE NOT SO NUTRITIONAL FOOD,
FOR EXAMPLE, SNACK POLICIES AND HALLWAYS. 
          IF YOU ALLOW SNACKS IN BETWEEN TIME, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT,
IT'S NOT APPLES THAT THE KIDS ARE EATING IN THE HALLWAYS. 
          BUT IT'S IT'S KIND OF A BUCKSHOT OF THINGS. AND,
YOU KNOW, ENGAGING YOU AND YOU BEING ON BOTH COUNCIL AS WELL AS CITY BOARD. 
          I MEAN, THAT THAT'S THE EXACT KIND OF PERSON THAT WE'D LOVE TO HAVE FORMALLY,
BUT. 
          YES. YEAH. OKAY. I SPENT NINE YEARS ON IT, BUT MY COMMENT WAS REALLY AROUND. 
          WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN SOME OF THOSE EXISTING STRUCTURES AND WE OFFER OPTIONS TO,
I THINK AGAIN, CREATE THE HEALTHY CHOICE MADE EASIER CHOICES. 
          AND SO LOOK AT THE MENU OF OPTIONS WITHIN OUR MENU OF BEST PRACTICES TO CHOOSE WAYS TO
SUPPLEMENT TO ENSURE THAT THAT WHAT DANNY MENTIONED IS THAT I GUESS. 
          YEAH. AND MY MY QUESTION WAS MORE SPECIFIC TO THE SUCCESSES OF LIKE GIVEN YOUR HIGHLIGHT
EXAMPLES OF MINNESOTA, CALIFORNIA AND FORT WORTH, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIQUE THAN THAN I MEAN,
CAN I ALSO JUST ADD, BECAUSE I DID SIT THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE FOCUS GROUPS,
ONE THAT WAS SPECIFIC ON SCHOOL AND EDUCATION. 
          BEN AND DANNY DID A ONE ON ONE THAT WE DID WITH DOCTOR NEIGHBORS AND SOME OF THE FOLKS. 
          AND I THINK TWO THINGS CAME OUT OF THAT THAT STAND IN MY MIND THAT MAY HELP ANSWER THAT
QUESTION TO A DEGREE. 
          DOCTOR NEIGHBORS WAS VERY ENGAGED. IN FACT, I HEARD FROM MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHE SAW
LITTLE FACES ON THE SLIDE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE IN GALVESTON OR WORKED ON THIS, THAT PROBABLY HE WAS HAS BEEN IN RECENT MEMORY FOR THEM,
ONE OF THE MOST ENGAGED SUPERINTENDENTS IN A PROGRAM LIKE THIS. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR DISTRICT. 
          SECONDLY, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE EDUCATION, I THINK,
AS WELL. 
          IT'S NOT JUST PUTTING A BAKED CHICKEN BREAST IN OR A SALAD IN THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA,
BUT IT'S TEACHING THAT AND PUTTING THAT PART OF THE ACADEMIC PART OF IT. 
          WE ALSO, WITH GINA'S HELP AND OTHERS, BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD,
INTO THE MIX OF THIS DISCUSSION, THE COMMUNITY GARDENS WITH THE SCHOOLS AND ALL. 
          SO WE BROUGHT IN THE FOLKS FROM FARMERS MARKET,
YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE START? BECAUSE YOU CAN EDUCATE SO MUCH IN THE SCHOOL. 
          BUT WHAT ABOUT TAKING IT? SCHOOL IS ONLY ONE LITTLE,
LITTLE PIECE OF IT. 
          AND SO THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE AT UTPB WE CAN BRING IN OUR NUTRITION FOLKS,
WE CAN START TO THINK ABOUT CHRONIC DISEASE. 
          WE CAN THINK ABOUT HOW CHILDREN WITH DIABETES OR CHILDREN WITH X,
Y, OR Z. 
          HOW DO WE TEACH THAT IN THE SCHOOL AND THEN IN THE COMMUNITY? SO I THINK THAT THAT WHOLE
YEAH. 
          NO, I THAT'S, THAT'S A I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          AND IT WAS MORE ABOUT QUESTIONS JUST, YOU KNOW,
IN RELATION TO EXAMPLES THAT I'VE SEEN AS I RESEARCHED BEFORE TODAY ONLINE ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION OF JUST ASKING QUESTIONS AS TO HOW WE CAN GET THIS THING ROLLING AND
WHAT COLLABORATION IT'S GOING TO TAKE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, GISD AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND UTPB AND CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT,
ALL OF THE ABOVE. 
          I HAVE TO SAY THAT TO ME, THE VISION OF SUCCESS STARTS WITH THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH US FACING THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE DO. 
          I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART,
AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WERE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT YOU WERE FACED WITH THE SAME SITUATION INITIALLY, AND HOW Y'ALL KICKED THAT OFF TO GET THAT CONSISTENCY CREATED? YOU COULDN'T AGREE MORE. YOU GET THEM YOUNG,
GET THEM YOUNG ON THOSE HABITS AND VALUE OF DISEASE AND RISK AVOIDANCE OVER THEIR LIFETIME DWARFS GETTING US TO MIDDLE AGE. SO WE'D LOVE TO SPEND THE TIME AND FURTHER WORKSHOP THAT
WITH YOU. 
          AND YEAH, I'M NOT SURE HOW I MISSED THESE INVITATIONS,
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING INVOLVED. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND AND SO WE'RE HERE HAT IN HAND. 
          OKAY. DOCTOR. MOUTON. YES. CASE STUDY WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO FOLLOW UP WITH. 
          WHICH ONE? LAKE COUNTY. LAKE COUNTY? OKAY, WE'LL GET THEIR CASE STUDY ON THEIR SCHOOLS AND
THE OUTCOMES TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES. 
          THANK YOU. SO THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS THAT GALVESTON,
THIS UNIQUE COMMUNITY THAT'S WONDERFUL CAN DRAW UPON BLUE ZONES NATIONAL EXPERTISE TO COME HELP US CREATE A GALVESTON CENTRIC, FOCUSED MODEL THAT ADDRESSES ALL THE THINGS
YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE THINGS THAT MAKE GALVESTON, GALVESTON, THE THINGS THAT HELP OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO DRAW ON THEIR EXPERTISE AND CREATE THE NEW THINGS. 
          THE GALVESTON THING, THE THING THAT'S GOING TO SAY,
THIS IS WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE, AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY 
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LIVE HEALTHIER, LIVE LONGER, AND MAKES IT IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY OF GALVESTON MOVING
FORWARD. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, USE THEIR EXPERTISE TO HELP SHAPE A MODEL THAT FITS
GALVESTON. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. LIKE OPEN TOED SHOES. MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER AND MAKE YOU LIVE LONGER. 
          MAKING SURE THERE'S NO GLASS ON THE BEACH, FOR SURE. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. BOB I JUST WANTED
TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING OUT THERE THAT DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS IT'S REAL. IT'S REAL CONVENIENT TO GO TO NETFLIX AND LOOK UP THE BLUE ZONE
SERIES. 
          IT'S VERY INFORMATIONAL. ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS THAT I WAS I SAW SOMETHING IN
THE GALVESTON PAPER THE OTHER DAY THAT WAS NOT ABOUT IT WAS IT WAS AN ARTICLE NOT ABOUT BLUE ZONE, BUT IT WAS IT SEEMED TO ME TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE VALUES OF BLUE ZONE. 
          IT WAS A COLUMN BY DOCTOR SAMUEL MATHIS FROM UTMB. 
          IT SAYS, I'M JUST GOING TO QUOTE A LITTLE BIT OF IT FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE. 
          WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF HELPING TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND PROGRAMS THAT CONNECT US. 
          WE CAN IMPROVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONNECTION BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF GREEN SPACES AND
CREATING MORE COMMUNITY FOCUSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT THAT CAN HELP GIVE PEOPLE THE STRUCTURE AND THE PURPOSE THEY NEED TO FEEL PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THESE WAYS I SEE THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING BIGGER
THAN OURSELVES. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUTSIDE OF OUR BOX,
SEE, SEE HOW OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD ARE DOING THIS AND LEARN FROM THEM AND GROW. 
          SO I'M ALL ON BOARD ON THIS. THANKS A LOT FOR COMING. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE HAVING YOU HERE THIS MORNING. 
          I REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP US UPDATED. IF YOU WOULD KEEP COUNCIL UPDATED ON WHAT YOUR
PROGRESS IS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU BACK AT AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU'RE
GOING MORE FORMALLY WITH THE PROGRAM. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK CRAIG. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HELPING USHER THIS IN DAN,
BEN, LYLE AND ALL THE BLUE ZONE TEAM. THANK YOU. I'M PERSONALLY ON BOARD 110%. 
          SHARON AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          JOSH PRESENTED THE PIECES OF THE BLUE ZONE HERE AT CITY COUNCIL BEFORE,
AND IT'S ACTUALLY, TO ME, A VISION OF PEOPLE, OF HELPING PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE JUST A SIMPLE THING OF RIDING
A BIKE. 
          WE WE GO ONE DIRECTION MAINLY HERE. SO LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN INCLUDE WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY
GO EAST OR WEST TO THEIR JOBS, YOU KNOW. BUT THIS IS EXCITING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THE GROUP. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE MOVING ON WITH OUR AGENDA. LET'S SEE HERE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO LET ROOM KIND OF CLEAR OUT FOR A SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO ITEM THREE B, PLEASE,
MA'AM. 
          ITEM THREE B CLARIFICATION OF CONSENT AND REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. 
          [3.B Clarification Of Consent And Regular City Council Agenda Items - This Is An Opportunity For City Council To Ask Questions Of Staff On Consent And Regular Agenda Items (1 Hour)]
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY COUNCIL TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON CONSENT AND REGULAR
AGENDA ITEMS. VERY GOOD. TO START LET'S SEE. BOB, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO GO OVER? YEAH. 11 E THE UNDERGROUND. 11 E. 
          MARIE COUNCIL. ROBERT WINJE, DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING. 
          GOOD MORNING. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THIS UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANK. 
          YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT. I'VE HEARD THIS FROM BRIAN. 
          EVERY TIME YOU DIG A HOLE IN GALVESTON, YOU COME ACROSS SOMETHING,
AND OFTEN IT'S SOME KIND OF FUEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS. IN THIS WHOLE PROJECT,
THERE'S A CAPACITY FOR FUEL STORAGE TO REMAIN THE SAME THROUGHOUT. 
          OKAY. WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT INCREASING CAPACITY. WE'RE JUST. CORRECT. SO THE INTENT HERE,
WE HAVE TWO EXISTING TANKS, ONE FOR DIESEL, ONE FOR UNLEADED. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THOSE ACTUALLY WITH
ABOVE GROUND TANKS INSTEAD OF UNDERGROUND TANKS. THEY'RE EASIER FOR US TO MONITOR IF THERE'S LEAKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SOME OF THE TANKS ARE GOING TO BE NEW UNDERGROUND
TANKS RIGHT ABOVE GROUND. 
          ALL GOING TO BE ABOVE GROUND. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE BELOW GROUND,
RATHER THAN DIG THEM UP AND GET RID OF THEM, YOU'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO CLEAN THEM, FILL THEM CLEAN FILL AND ABANDON IN PLACE. AND THEN REGISTERED. REGISTERED WITH. CORRECT. 
          YEAH, YEAH. IT'S ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS HERE IS A LOT OF THOSE THINGS. 
          WE'RE NOT IN THE RECORDS, SO WE'LL HAVE GOOD RECORDS OF EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE. 
          SO YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN WE'RE ALL GONE, THAT THING IS ALL GONE. 
          SOMEBODY PUTS A HOLE IN THE GROUND. THEY'LL KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. THAT'S. 
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THAT'S MY QUESTION. VERY GOOD. I HAVE ANOTHER OH. 
          GO AHEAD. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE ELEVATION OF THOSE HAVE TO BE I THINK IT'S A THREE FOOT
ABOVE. 
          3 TO 5 FOOT IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ELEVATED ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION OR ABOVE
THE GROUND ELEVATION. 
          SORRY. SO I THINK IT'S 11 IS WHERE WE'RE SHOOTING FOR. 
          DID THIS JUST COME ABOUT? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT
THEY WERE REPLACING THEM LIKE DIGGING THE OLD ONES UP AND PUTTING THEM UNDERGROUND. 
          SPECIFICALLY, WE WERE WE WERE DEBATING WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO OR NOT BECAUSE WE
THOUGHT WE HAD A LEAK. 
          CORRECT? YEAH. SO THIS IS BASICALLY FOLLOWING UP ON THAT DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY. 
          THIS IS TO GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY REPLACE THESE,
GET THESE ABOVE GROUND FOR BETTER MONITORING PURPOSES AND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL SEEPAGE OF WATER GETTING INTO THEM. 
          SO THIS IS A MORE COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GO. BECAUSE WHERE HE IS NOW WE'RE TYING THEM DOWN
AND SEALING THEM WHENEVER WE. 
          YEAH. SO THE NEW ONES WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A STRUCTURED FOUNDATION BASICALLY TO HELP RESIST
UPLIFT AND FLOTATION. 
          SO IT'S MOSTLY GOING TO BE SELF-WEIGHT AND MOST OF,
MOST OF THESE, MOST OF THE ENTITIES ON THE ISLAND, LIKE GST AND STUFF, I THINK ARE ALL ABOVE GROUND TOO. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO DECREASE OUR CAPACITY KIND OF THING. 
          OKAY. THERE'S NO WATER IN THE TANK. NOPE. EASIER TO KEEP WATER OUT OF THE NEW TANKS. 
          IT IS THE UNDERGROUND ONES. ONE OTHER QUESTION YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BE. THESE WILL BE
ELEVATED THREE FEET ABOVE GRADE. WHAT IS THAT EFFECTIVE MSL. 
          IS THAT ABOUT 11? SO IF WE GET A FLOOD HIGHER THAN THAT,
HOW ARE THE ARE THESE RESILIENT ENOUGH TO NOT BE IMPACTED BY THAT? YES THEY SHOULD. OKAY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE TIED DOWN. 
          AND THEN THE TANKS OBVIOUSLY ARE. YEAH. WELL IF THEY KEEP GAS IN SHOULD KEEP WATER OUT. 
          YEAH. IT'S A DOUBLE SYSTEM OR A DOUBLE WALL SYSTEM TANK. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT THAT FOR SELF CONTAINMENT PURPOSES AND THE VALVES ARE PROTECTED. 
          THE WAY TO GET STUFF IN AND OUT. YEAH I ALREADY HAVE A GIANT TANK FARM OUT AT THE AIRPORT
ANYWAY. 
          SO FOR AIRPLANES. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT'S A THAT'S THAT ONE. 
          I'VE ALSO GOT 11 F VEHICLE GPS MONITORS F. 
          GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. DAVID, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE THE CITY OF GALVESTON. 
          JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION. WHAT VEHICLES IN THE CITY FLEET HAVE GPS MONITORS,
I ASSUME? NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT WHAT QUALIFIES FOR VEHICLES TO HAVE THEM? AND HOW MANY MAJORITY OF THEM DO HAVE GPS INSIDE? YES. OKAY. AND 538 BUGS IN THE VEHICLE. 538. WOW. 
          OKAY. THAT WAS THAT WAS MY QUESTION ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. 
          VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. DAVID. YES. THEN I HAVE 11 S. 
          11 S. THIS THIS IS REALLY RELATED TO THE LETTER THAT WAS IN OUR PACKET FROM BRIAN MAXWELL
TO MARIE, SUMMARIZING THE 4%. OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. 
          AND SO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, BEACH PATROL, BEACH CLEANING,
GENERAL FUND, ADMINISTRATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFER FEE, TRANSFERS FROM THE PARK BOARD WERE ALL SOURCES TO PROVIDE THIS 4% TO THE CITY FOR
MANAGEMENT. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT AND I DID CLARIFY THIS WITH MARTY MILES THAT THE THESE,
THESE PARTICULAR CUTS IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS ARE NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE PARK BOARD'S LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THEY FOUND THESE CUTS MOSTLY FROM THE ELIMINATION OF SEVEN POSITIONS FROM
THE PARK BOARD AND NOT NOT FROM THE ACTUAL OPERATIONS OR EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE SCOPE OF WORK THAT THEY HAVE. 
          THEY HAVE ALREADY PLANNED TO UNDERTAKE IN THIS YEAR. 
          SO THERE'S GOING TO BE NO CUTS TO MARKETING OR MEDIA. 
          AND ALL OF THESE CUTS WERE DONE BY COLLABORATING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE STAFF. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO DRACONIAN CUTS INVOLVED IN THIS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE LEVEL OF
SERVICE OF THE PARK BOARD AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO FOR THE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY IT WAS A COMMENT MORE THAN A QUESTION,
AND THAT'S IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING. 
          WELL, I HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT. FIRST OF ALL,
I WANT TO THANK SHEILA, BRIAN AND DAN FOR ALL THE HOURS YOU SPENT AND WORKING WITH THE PARK BOARD TO GET THIS BUDGET PUT TOGETHER. I WANT TO THANK THE PARK BOARD AND MARTY MILES
AND THAT GROUP OVER THERE FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY AND GETTING A BUDGET THAT IS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD BUDGET,
AS BOB MENTIONED. 
          IT'S A BUDGET THAT ALLOWS THE PARK BOARD TO FUNCTION WELL AND WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO
DO, AND NOT CUT BACK SERVICES THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE. 
          MARTY IS FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH. YEAH, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY ON THAT. 
          GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS ON LEAVENS? THANK YOU. SHEILA. 
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11 V PARKING METERS. LINDA. 
          GOOD MORNING, CITY MARSHAL MORRIS. HI, HEATHER. 
          OH. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HEATHER MORRIS,
CITY MARSHAL IN GALVESTON. 
          WELL, THIS IS ABOUT A FIVE YEAR EXTENSION TO THE PARKING METERS THAT WE HAVE. 
          MOST OF OUR PARKING, I THINK, IS IS BY ONLINE. 
          AND THESE PARKING METERS, MOSTLY DOWNTOWN, THESE PARKING METERS,
ALL 17 OF THEM ARE DOWNTOWN. 
          YEAH. AND SO MY QUESTION WAS, DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO PHASE OUT PARKING METERS IN LIEU OF
ONLINE PARKING AT SOME POINT? NO, NOT AT THIS POINT. THEY STILL GET PRETTY HEAVY USE. 
          NOW, I DO THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME THAT WE COULD THAT DON'T GET ANY USE,
BUT WE GET. 
          WELL, I'M ASKING IT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD EXPERIENCE NOW WITH BOTH SYSTEMS. AND YOU KNOW, THE ONLINE SYSTEM IS REALLY EASY. 
          EVERYBODY CAN USE IT. SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE DONE A COST BENEFIT ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ONLINE SYSTEM AND THE THE PAY METER SYSTEM IN TERMS OF WHICH ONE IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE AND SO ON
AND SO FORTH. 
          BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MOVING MORE AND MORE TOWARDS ONLINE PAYMENTS. 
          AND MY QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW,
ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN, OR ARE WE GOING TO MAYBE SWITCH TO ONLINE PAYMENTS? SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE WARRANTY,
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WE NEED TO LOOK AT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. 
          AND I SAY FIVE YEARS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY JUST PURCHASED THESE NEW PAY STATIONS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FIVE YEARS FOR THAT. 
          AND SO THIS WARRANTY WILL GO ALONG WITH THAT FIVE YEAR TIME SPAN. 
          AND THEN AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THAT FIVE YEARS,
WE CAN DO THAT COMPARISON. 
          I CAN TELL YOU I CAN'T TELL YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF EACH MACHINE. 
          OF THE 17. LET ME BACK UP. 16 MACHINES ARE CURRENTLY INSTALLED. 
          WHEN WE DID THE THE PURCHASE IN JANUARY, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL STATION BECAUSE COUNCIL
HAD APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL BLOCK FOR PAID PARKING. 
          SO ALL OF LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED THROUGH CASH AND THROUGH CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS. 
          ACTUALLY, AT THE MACHINE ITSELF, $277,000. JUST OVER $277,000. 
          YEAH. MY QUESTION KIND OF IN PART IS OUT OF CONCERN OF MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND WHENEVER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT,
IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD TO DO AS LONG AS WE STILL HAVE THE SAME OUTCOME. WELL, WE'LL DEFINITELY WITH YOUR DIRECTION,
WE'LL DEFINITELY PROVIDE. 
          IS THERE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN NOW AND FIVE YEARS WHEN IT RUNS OUT? THE
METERS WERE ORIGINALLY A KIND OF A BRIDGE TO THE ONLINE SERVICE, BUT THEY DO GET USED. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS A THAT'S A GOOD POINT THERE. 
          A BRIDGE TO THE ONLINE. WE HAVE ALEX AND DAVID. 
          YEAH I KNOW SOME SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE SMARTPHONES,
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER THING. 
          BUT THESE ARE ALL KIOSKS, RIGHT. THESE AREN'T THE ONES THAT A COOL HAND LUKE CAN TAKE OFF
THE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. YES. SO GO AHEAD. DAVID. SORRY. 
          SO YOU MADE A STATEMENT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO COLLECT USAGE INFORMATION BY
KIOSK. 
          I HAVE THE ABILITY TO COLLECT IT. I JUST DON'T HAVE IT HERE WITH ME,
AND I CAN I CAN FOLLOW UP ON A MONTHLY BASIS, OR I SAY MONTHLY BASIS. HOW MUCH IS COLLECTED EACH MONTH OR HOW MUCH IS COLLECTED BY EACH
MACHINE? I THINK THAT WOULD BE IT'S NOT THAT I NEED TO SEE IT,
BUT BUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN'S POINT, THAT'S REALLY USEFUL INFORMATION IN TERMS OF DETERMINING USAGE AND SEEING HOW THINGS MIGHT
BE MIGRATING AS WE DO THIS BRIDGE FROM THE KIOSK TO AN ONLINE. AND SO THAT IF IT'S A LONG BRIDGE. 
          RIGHT. SO BUT BY THE TIME YOU COME DOWN TO YEAR FIVE,
YOU HAVE THIS PLETHORA OF DATA THAT SAYS THIS IS HOW YOUR USAGE IS GOING BY KIOSK. 
          AND YOU CAN DETERMINE AND COMPARE THAT TO YOUR ONLINE USAGE. 
          OKAY. THAT'S ALL. YES. JUST A THOUGHT. I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT. 
          MEAN YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE KIOSK ON THE SEAWALL. 
          CORRECT. AND THEY DO WELL UP THERE. IT WAS A LEARNING CURVE. 
          I THINK THOSE KIOSKS ARE USED JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE. 
          YOU REMOVE THOSE. I THINK AFTER THE LEARNING CURVE GOES AWAY,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME, SAME THING WITH THE SEAWALL. WE'LL MONITOR THEM AND WE'LL SEE. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          EXCELLENT. ONE LAST ONE. 11 W THIS IS A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PARK
BOARD AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF THE PROPERTY TO SUITABLE PARK FOR NAVAL MUSEUM. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE PARK BOARD ITSELF HAS NOT APPROVED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. 
          THEY'LL DO THAT NEXT WEEK, I THINK. AND SO. WAS THE CITY DID COME FORWARD TO NEGOTIATE
WITH THE PARK ON ON WHAT 
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WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY. DID HAVE THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE IN THE DRAFT OF THIS INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT? THEY DID. THEY DID? YEAH. DAN BUCKLEY, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER THIS WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL
FACILITATE THE OPERATION OF THE NAVAL MUSEUM ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS. 
          THE PARK BOARD WAS CO-MINGLED IN OWNERSHIP AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE MUSEUM. 
          SO ONCE WE TOOK THE PARK BACK, WE HAD TO FACILITATE SOME METHOD OR DEVELOP SOME
METHODOLOGY FOR THEM TO LEASE PROPERTY FROM US TO HOUSE THE SHIPS AND THE ANCILLARY ITEMS THEY HAVE THERE FOR THE MUSEUM. YEAH, WE DID HERE. 
          WE USED HISTORIC DATA IN THE PRICING. WE COLLABORATED WITH BOTH THE PARK BOARD AND THE
NAVAL MUSEUM TO COME UP WITH THE RENT AND THE FEE STRUCTURE AND UTILITIES. OKAY, SO THE PARK BOARD AND THE NAVAL MUSEUM HAVE ALL BEEN PART OF THE
NEGOTIATION FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING. 
          AND IT'S ON THE NEXT PARK BOARD AGENDA FOR ACTION. YES IT IS. 
          YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH EVENTS ON THAT, CORRECT? DOES THIS DID YOU HAVE TO TALK TO THE
NAVY AS WELL? I KNOW THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NAVY. WOULD
THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IN THE FUTURE. NO, NOT UNLESS WE DECIDE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THOSE. YEAH. 
          OKAY. GOTCHA. IF IT CHANGES FROM THE BARTLEBAUGH. 
          YEAH. GOOD. DAVID. GO AHEAD. THE TERM OF THIS LEASE IS FROM OCTOBER 1ST,
2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. I SEE THAT THERE'S A RATE INCREASE THAT TRIPLES THE THE LEASE RATE FROM 2500 A MONTH
TO 7500 A MONTH. 
          NO. THAT'S SEASONAL. THAT'S A SEASONAL RATE STRUCTURE BECAUSE THE MUSEUM DOESN'T DO WELL
CERTAIN MONTHS OF THE YEAR. 
          SO IT'S 2500 A MONTH CERTAIN MONTHS, 7500 A MONTH,
OTHER MONTHS, FOR AN AVERAGE OF $5,000 A MONTH, $60,000 A YEAR. I SEE THAT CHANGE WAS THEIR REQUEST. 
          YES. OKAY. SO YOU'RE NOT HITTING THEM HARD DURING THEIR OFF SEASON? IT'S SEASON. IT'S 7500. OFF SEASON. IT'S 2500. 
          UNDERSTAND? OKAY. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. IF SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          GO RIGHT AHEAD. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE DETAIL OF THE AGREEMENT. 
          UNDER NUMBER EIGHT, THE FORCE MAJEURE I'LL DEFER TO TREVOR. 
          OH, OKAY. WHAT I'M READING IN THAT IS THAT IN THE EVENT,
LET'S JUST SAY THIS IS ABOUT ACTS OF GOD AND EVERYTHING IN AGREEMENT. 
          IF IN THE EVENT WE HAVE A HURRICANE OR SOMETHING THAT WIPES OUT THOSE BOATS OVER THERE AND
SHUTS DOWN OUR OPERATION, THE WAY THIS READS IS THEY STILL HAVE PARK BOARD,
STILL HAS TO PAY THE CITY RENT FOR THAT SPACE. 
          AND WHICH IN TURN, I GUESS THE PARK BOARD IS TO COLLECT IT FROM THE. THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY DURING THE TIME THEY'RE CLOSED FOR A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME. 
          WELL, IT SAYS IT SAYS EITHER PRCHAL GIVE NOTICE OF THE OTHER REASONS IN WRITING AFTER THE
FORCE MAJEURE EVENT RELIED ON AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTY GIVING THE NOTICE, EXCEPT ACCEPTING THE MONTHLY RENTAL LEASE FEES CALCULATED. 
          ALL OTHERS SHOULD BE SUSPENDED DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF THE RENT. THEY GO TO ZERO
SUSPENDED. 
          THEY DON'T. OH YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT SAYING THE THE RENTAL IS AN EXCEPTION TO. 
          NO. OH, OKAY. OKAY. THAT CLARIFIES IT FOR ME. 
          I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT, BUT IT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT. 
          AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER SIDE DOESN'T HAVE A MISCONCEPTION. NO THEY DON'T. 
          WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IF THEY CONTINUE TO PAY US,
BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM REASONABLE. YEAH. NO. THAT'S WHAT. FORCE MAJEURE IS WE CLOSE THE PARK, THEN THEY CAN'T OPERATE THEIR MUSEUM. YEAH, RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY, THAT'S. THAT CLEARS IT UP FOR ME. 
          AND THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. WOULD THAT WOULD THAT BE ALSO? WHAT'S. I MEAN, WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE. NO ONE CAN GET ACROSS THE BRIDGE FOR A MONTH. 
          WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING SIMILAR? PARK'S CLOSED. I THINK PARK'S OKAY. YEAH. 
          VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN. WE CAN'T, BECAUSE THE BRIDGE BROKE. 
          I'VE BEEN STUCK ON BOTH SIDES BEFORE, SO ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT BET. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. 
          LET'S GET BACK. THAT'S ALL YOU HAD, BOB? THAT'S IT. 
          LET'S SKIP AROUND. SHARON. 11 J 11 J 11 11IN. CAN YOU TAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER? J, K AND L. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH, I GOT YOU RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. BARBARA. SANDERSON. YES, YES. ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR CITY AND ESPECIALLY IN THE PARKS. 
          OR THE FIRST ONE IS THE DONATION OF THE IRRIGATION REPAIRS RIGHT ON BROADWAY. 
          AND IT'S A VERY GENEROUS DONATION TO THE GALVESTON ISLAND CONSERVANCY. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, WE RECEIVED A LETTER. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH PRISCILLA FILES AND
SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD, I THINK. THANK YOU. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND WHEN WE GET TO 11,
IS IT OKAY TO MOVE ON TO 11 L. 
          OH, SURE. OH. ALL RIGHT. THE 50TH STREET TREES AND IRRIGATION ON BALL STREET FROM 33RD TO. 
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ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON FOR A WHILE,
AND I'M GLAD THAT IT IS NOW READY FOR A WONDERFUL GIFT TO BEAUTIFY THAT AREA. 
          YES. ANY OTHER? NO COMMENTS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          BEFORE. BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT SUBJECT, I GUESS WE CAN'T ANNOUNCE ANYTHING YET,
BUT THERE'S SOME POSSIBILITY OF TEXT INPUT FOR THE MEDIANS THERE IN IT. 
          BRIAN. TEXDOT IS WE'RE WORKING WITH TEXDOT AND FINALIZING. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY REHAB AND REDO ALL THE MEDIANS ON BROADWAY,
THE MEDIANS, MEDIANS ON 61ST STREET, THE END OF THE SEAWALL WHICH WAS SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO WAIT TILL AFTER THE STORM
SEASON. 
          WEST END, WHERE THEY PLANTED THE TREES WITH NO IRRIGATION. 
          YEAH. OH, AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A THERE'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A CORE ISSUE THERE
THAT THEY'RE FIXING. 
          AND THEN FERRY ROAD, I WANTED TO CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT OUR MEDIANS ARE KIND OF A FOCAL
POINT OF THE CITY. 
          WE ARE PUTTING ATTENTION TO THEM IN TEXDOT IS TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN
IRRIGATION. 
          AND YEAH, WE TOLD TEXDOT DON'T PLANT ANYTHING UNLESS YOU PUT IRRIGATION WITH IT. 
          NOW, UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE THEY PUT ALL THIS IN,
IT'S REALLY NICE, BUT THEN THE CITY HAS TO MAINTAIN IT IN PERPETUITY. 
          WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME? WELL, THAT'S THAT'S FOR SURE. 
          JANELLE JANELLE HATES FUN. DAVID, DO YOU HAVE ANY? NO. IT WAS IT WAS APPARENTLY OFF TOPIC. BUT WE'RE KIND OF ON BROADWAY. 
          BUT WE WEREN'T WE WERE ON BROADWAY, TIED TO THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. 
          WELL, WE WERE ACTUALLY ON BALL STREET NOW. THAT'S TRUE. 
          WE JUMPED FROM BROADWAY. WE JUMPED FROM BROADWAY. 
          ONLY A COUPLE BLOCKS. YES. AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND RESIDENTS WILL WORK WITH THAT PROJECT. YES,
YES. 
          AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO 11 M ANOTHER GRANT AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN SINCE COVID. 
          YES IT HAS. REBECCA MIGHT WANT TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT OUR FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS. 
          YES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GRANTS AND HOUSING ON THIS FOR SOME TIME TO DO SOME
IMPROVEMENTS TO. 
          GOOD MORNING TO REBECCA. DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? HI. REBECCA ANDERSON, THE DIRECTOR OF GRANTS AND HOUSING. 
          AND THIS IS A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SOME TIME,
HAVE WE NOT? WE HAVE. AND THIS IS PART OF THE CARES ACT. AND I'M GOING TO LET REBECCA EXPLAIN ABOUT THE
CARES ACT AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT. 
          SO THE CITY RECEIVED ROUGHLY $880,000 BACK IN 2021 FROM HUD FOR CDBG-CV,
WHICH IS THE CARES ACT FOR COVID. WE ALLOCATED FUNDING TO SEVERAL SOURCES UTMB FOR SCREENING A COUPLE OTHER AGENCIES AND THEN PARKS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS WE
DID THIS, THE DOORS, THE SELFLESS ENTRANCE, THE WATER FOUNTAIN SO THAT THERE WAS NO TOUCHING,
NO TOUCHING. 
          AND SO WHAT WE ARE FINALLY NOW AT WE ARE REDOING THE FLOORS IN THE GYM SO THAT THEY WILL
BE EASIER TO CLEAN. 
          AND IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OUR RESTROOM, GYM. YES,
YES. 
          AND OUR OTHER RESTROOMS THAT WILL GO UP HALFWAY UP THE WALL. 
          SO IT PROTECTS THE AREA AND KEEPS THINGS CLEANER. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO USING A MICRO I'M GOING TO SAY MICRO BACTERIAL BECAUSE I CAN'T
PRONOUNCE THAT WORD ANTIMICROBIAL. 
          YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO THAT THE WALLS WILL BE EASIER TO CLEAN IN CASE THERE'S ANY
ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO THIS SHOULD HOPEFULLY END YOU CAN COUNT ON ACCIDENTS. 
          EXACTLY. I THINK THAT'S MOST OF THE FUNDING FOR AND PARKS FOR THE COVID GRANT. 
          IT'S KIND OF OUR ENDING. AND THIS FLOOR IS DOWN NOW AT THE POOL. 
          SO WE HAVE FOUND THAT IT WORKS VERY WELL. SO WE USED IT. 
          YES. THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WE WANTED WAS A NON-SLIP VERY CLEAN SURFACE AT THE POOL AREA. 
          VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU BARBARA. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, SHARON. GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          I AM FINISHED. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. DAVID. I ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM. 
          11 OH OH 11 OH. WHAT? DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? NO. 11 OH, LET'S JUST DO IT. ANDRE MITCHELL,
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE DEPARTMENT, ASSISTANT CHIEF. 
          GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. AS A PART OF THIS,
THIS IS A SINGLE DRONE. 
          I READ THROUGH THE SPECIFICATIONS ON THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. ALSO,
THIS WAS A SOLE SOURCE REQUEST THAT WAS COMPLETED. 
          THE PRIMARY RISK ELEMENT THAT WAS STATED IN THAT IS THAT THIS DRONE WON'T INTERFACE WITH
ANY OTHER SYSTEM. 
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AND SO ESSENTIALLY, NOW, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE PURCHASED FLOCK CAMERAS AND WE'RE USING
THEIR DATA AND WE'RE USING THOSE CAMERAS, NOW, WE'VE GOT A DRONE SYSTEM THAT IS PROPRIETARY TO THAT AS WELL. 
          WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION OR SCOPE EVALUATION DONE ABOUT THE USE OF OTHER DRONE SYSTEMS
FOR THE PURPOSES OF OF CFR? OKAY. LET ME INTRODUCE LIEUTENANT BUCK. BUCK. 
          HE SPEARHEADED THIS GRANT AND CHECKED OUT AND LET ME LET ME TOUCH ON IT JUST A LITTLE BIT
FOR YOU. 
          THUNDER. BUT BUT PART OF THE PART OF IT, TOO,
IS THAT THIS WAS PURCHASED UNDER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER GRANT, WHICH WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT GETTING THOSE GRANTS SECOND YEAR IN
A ROW. 
          SO WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME CRUNCH TOO. SO SO IN ADDITION TO THE FLOCK SYSTEM,
WHICH REMEMBER WE USED THAT SAME GRANT TO PURCHASE THE FLOCK SYSTEM. 
          IF WE STARTED EXPLORING A WHOLE DIFFERENT PATH IN THE SAME GRANT FOR A DIFFERENT DRONE
SYSTEM, WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE OVERALL GRANT IMPLEMENTATION OR
RECIPIENT OF THAT GRANT. 
          SO YOU KNOW, I'M WITH YOU THAT IT ALWAYS LOOKS BETTER TO LOOK AROUND. 
          I WILL TELL YOU, AS A WITNESS TO THIS THING,
IT'S SLICK. 
          IT'S REALLY SLICK. I READ OVER IT, DID SOME RESEARCH ON IT. 
          WE ACTUALLY DID LOOK AT SOME OTHER STUFF. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. THE ONES I LOOK AT DIDN'T HAVE
THE SAME REACH OR INTERFACE, REALLY. THE INTERFACE WITH WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAD. WE ALREADY HAD FLOCK TO BRING IN FLOCK
THAT ACTUALLY TALKS TO THE OTHER CAMERAS ON THE ISLAND. 
          AND BEING SOLE SOURCE. RIGHT. YES. IT WAS ALREADY A GOOD IDEA TO TO DO THAT. 
          BUT WE DID LOOK OUT AND I DID LOOK AT OTHER COMPANIES AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE EXACT SAME
CAPABILITY, THE ACTUAL WIND RATING WHAT THEY COULD FLY IN FLOCKS WAS ACTUALLY BETTER. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT. 
          HOW MUCH WHEN CAN WE LAUNCH YOU? THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD. 
          BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE IT. FROM WHAT, TWO MILES,
I THINK ALMOST THREE, ALMOST THREE MILES. 
          YOU CAN PLAY. SO DON'T DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE CHASES WITH DRONES TRACING,
CHASING CARS. 
          THIS DRONE IS GOING TO LIFT UP, AND IT CAN PRETTY MUCH WITHIN THAT RADIUS TRACK A CAR
WITHOUT REALLY MOVING. 
          AND YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE THE DRONE. SO FIRST OFF,
I TOTALLY GET IT. 
          I JUST WANT TO EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE THAT THIS WAS A SOLE SOURCE AND WHY IT WAS SOLE
SOURCE. 
          YOU GOT VERY GOOD EXPLANATION FOR IT. I DON'T EVER WANT TO PUT AT RISK ANY GRANT MONIES
THAT WE MAY HAVE TO FOREGO. 
          SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT ONE OF THE
BENEFITS OF DOING THIS IS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. 
          NOW YOU HAVE A BFR THAT'S INTEGRATED WITH YOUR EXISTING SYSTEM,
SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE COLLECTING DATA AND HAVING TO PRESENT THAT FOR PROSECUTION, IT'S ALL NOW WITHIN ONE QUALIFIED SYSTEM, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A HARD INTEGRATION
BETWEEN TWO SYSTEMS. SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, ABSOLUTELY ON BOARD. 
          AND THE DRONE CAN ALSO HAND OFF TO THE OTHER CAMERAS TOO,
WHICH IS A BIG PLUS. 
          YEAH, THAT'S A BIG PLUS. MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT THAT I HAVE,
AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE POLICY, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE DID THE SOLE SOURCE ON THE FLOCK CAMERAS,
WE HAD A GOOD DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POLICY THAT WAS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE USE OF THOSE CAMERAS AND FOR THE DATA. YES. 
          I ASSUME AND RATHER NOT. NO. LET ME REPHRASE THAT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. 
          IF THIS GETS APPROVED, A COPY OR THE UPDATE OF THE POLICY REFLECTING THE USE OF THE CFR SO
THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CONSISTENT AND SEND THAT OVER TO LEGAL FOR REVIEW, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT WE APPROVED FOR THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM. 
          YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALEX? JUST A JUST A KIND OF A COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          THIS IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE HAVING OUR OWN EYE IN THE SKY,
SO TO SPEAK. 
          SO, LIKE LAPD HAS TWO AND 2 OR 3 HELICOPTERS. 
          WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN DRONE THAT CAN KIND OF DO THE SAME THING FOR LESS FUEL,
LESS MAN HOURS. 
          THESE WILL ULTIMATELY REPLACE THE FIXED WING AND THE ROTARY AIR DEVICES. 
          IT'S PRETTY MUCH PERFECTLY MADE FOR THIS ISLAND. YEAH,
WE GET TO PUT IT WHERE WE WANT IT. 
          YOU CAN LAUNCH IT AND GO PRETTY MUCH TO 95% OF OUR CRIME. 
          WE'RE NOT EVEN 5% OF OUR CRIME HAPPENS. WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THE ISLAND SKY. WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY OVER IT AT ABOUT 400FT IN UNDER TWO MINUTES. 
          ANYWHERE. IT'S PERCENT OF OUR CRIME HAPPENS. IT'S THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THERE'S NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER. YEAH, I GUESS THE GRANT ALSO COVERS TRAINING. 
          AND I GUESS OPERATION OPERATION WILL BE WITHIN THE EXISTING WORKFORCE. 
          THAT WOULD BE AN INITIAL CONTRACT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TRAIN US HOW TO USE IT. AND THE OTHER
QUESTION IS, DO WE ANTICIPATE EVER GETTING ANOTHER ONE OF THESE OR EVER NEEDING ANOTHER ONE OF THESE,
OR IS ONE COVERS THE WHOLE ISLAND? ONE COVERS 95% OF WHERE OUR CRIME HAPPENS. IF WE WERE TO TRY TO SPREAD COMPLETE. 
          THE WHOLE ISLAND, IT WOULD TAKE 5 OR 6. BECAUSE ISLANDS 15,
18 MILES LONG. 
          AND THEN YOU'RE BOUNCING ALL THE WAY DOWN. SO YOU ALSO REMEMBER THERE'S. THERE'S A LOT OF
ONGOING EXPENSE WITH THIS. WE'RE GETTING COVERED BY A GRANT. I DON'T ANTICIPATE A CATALYTIC CONVERTER GRANT OR PROGRAM GOING ON FOREVER. 
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SO AT SOME POINT WE'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE TO FISH OR CUT BAIT WITH THIS. 
          THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE CITY WANTS TO FUND IT OR WE'RE GOING TO GO A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION. 
          SO I THINK BEFORE WE TALK EXPANSION, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A YEAR OR TWO WITH THIS THING
OPERATING AND SEE EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE USE IT, HOW MANY TIMES WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE DON'T. I'M SURE THERE'S ANYTHING WITH IT. YEAH. 
          SO THAT'S THE THING. THAT'S ONE QUESTION. WHAT WHAT IF. 
          AND YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A JUST A HAZARD A BIRD STRIKE AND DRONE GOES DOWN OR SOMETHING
OF THAT NATURE. 
          WHAT DO WE DO THEN. JUST THE ACTUAL DRONE BECAUSE THE RADAR SYSTEM,
EVERYTHING'S COVERED IN THIS CONTRACT. 
          EVERYTHING'S COVERED. IT'S LIKE OUR CAMERAS. SO WE DON'T DO. MAINTENANCE IS COVERED. THEY
COME IN AND THEY FIX IT. WE DON'T. OH. OKAY. GOOD. THIS IS NOT US. 
          THIS IS NOT US BUYING A DRONE AND HAVING TO KEEP MAINTENANCE AND DOING ALL THAT. 
          IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE THING, THIS IS A DRONE THAT'S GOT A BOX THAT CHANGES ITS OWN
BATTERY. 
          IT COMES OUT OF THE BOX. WE JUST HIT A BUTTON AND LAUNCH IT,
AND IT GOES OUT WHEREVER WE SEND IT. 
          THAT DRONE. YEAH, IT'S PRETTY COOL. SO WHAT IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THIS DRONE? YOU TALKED ABOUT? HONESTLY, WE DON'T CARE WHAT THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE IT EVERY YEAR. YEAH,
THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE IT EVERY YEAR. IT'S A YEARLY CONTRACT. SO FOR HOW AND WHAT AND WHAT IS THE HOW MANY YEARS IS THIS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT. 
          ONE YEAR. IS IT. YOU GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING FOR THAT. SO WE'RE GETTING A
ALMOST A GUARANTEED DRONE WITH LITTLE DOWNTIME. 
          IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU, LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING. YOU'RE GETTING A DRONE THAT'S
GOING TO FUNCTION DAILY. IF IT BREAKS, THEY FIX IT. WE DON'T HAVE TO. WE'RE NOT TAKING ON ANY OF THE LIABILITY OF BUYING AN
EXPENSIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND HAVING TO MAINTENANCE IT AND KEEP THIS TECHNOLOGY GOING. 
          IT UPDATES, THEY UPDATE AS LONG AS WE KEEP THE CONTRACT GOING. 
          THEY UPDATE EVERYTHING WITH THE DRONE THEY PROVIDE YOU WITH. YEAH,
THIS IS A PLUG. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE IT UP FOR A RALLY PLUG AND PLAY,
BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY HAVE. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE PUSHING FOR THIS IS BECAUSE I'M TRYING. YEAH I'M TRYING TO GET THAT. 
          WE'RE HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE OF THE WE'LL HAVE SOME TRAILERS FOR THE RALLY THAT
SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE DONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OUT OF THE SAME THING. 
          SO HOPEFULLY ALL THIS COMES AROUND AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          WE'LL EVALUATE. WE'RE GOING TO THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR DECISION POINT,
WHETHER THE CITY WILL BEGIN PAYING FOR THIS. 
          IF IT'S USEFUL ENOUGH OR NOT, WE'LL KNOW HOW MANY TIMES IT LAUNCHED ITS SUCCESS RATE AND
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT CONTRIBUTED OR, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE THE DATA TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION LIKE
THAT. 
          YEAH. THAT'S AND SETTING UP THE POLICY OF WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY LAUNCHING IT,
YOU HAVE TO HAVE POLICY WHEN YOU'RE LAUNCHING IT, WHEN YOU'RE WHAT CALLS IT GETS LAUNCHED TO AND THEN WHAT WHETHER WE LAUNCH IN BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO OVER 30. 
          WELL, THEY SAID 35, BUT 30 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE HESITANT ON
PUSHING THE BUTTON. 
          WHEN DOES THE THING FOG IS NOT FROM WHAT THEY TOLD US. 
          SO THAT'S INTERESTING TOO. DO YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY FAA OR ANY OTHER FLIGHT? NO. SO THERE'S A THERE'S THERE'S SOME COMPLICATED STUFF. 
          THEY TOLD US AND THAT AND THE THING AND THAT I CAN'T. IT'S ABOUT 25TH STREET. 
          THAT'S THE FFA ZONE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE, NO, IT'S ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE IN THE
CENTER OF TOWN. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE THE BALL HIGH AREA. YEAH. 
          WE'RE WANTING THEM. HOPEFULLY WE CAN KNOW THE FFA ZONE. 
          OH YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. SCHOLZ IS LIKE UP TO 25TH STREET. 
          SO THERE IS SOME AND IT NOTIFIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          AND IF IT EVEN IT HAS THE ABILITY TO DROP IF THERE'S OTHER IF SOMETHING COMES INTO THE
AIRSPACE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, IT HAS ITS OWN RADAR. IT SHOWS. IT'S IT'S YEAH,
IT'S. 
          SHARON, YOU HAD A QUESTION. WELL, GREAT CONVERSATION AND PROBABLY COVERED MOST OF MY NOT
REALLY A QUESTION, BUT THIS IS AWESOME. I LOVE TECHNOLOGY AND YOU KNOW,
I'M JUST SITTING HERE IMAGINING STARRING DRONE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          BUT THIS IS PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, A QUESTION THAT WHEN IT DECIDES TO COME DOWN OR
WHATEVER, WHERE DOES IT GO? GO BACK TO IT. SO IT HAS A BOX. 
          IT HAS A HOME. IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A I MEAN,
IT'S A BIG BOX. 
          IT SITS IN AND IT COMES IN AND THE DOORS CLOSE ON TOP OF IT SO IT STAYS COVERED. 
          AND WHEN WE PUSH THE BUTTON, THE DOORS OPEN UP,
IT POPS OUT AND GOES ON ITS OWN. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, THE BATTERY RUNS OUT, IT COMES BACK HOME,
CHANGES ITS OWN BATTERY AND THEN GO BACK OUT. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE IT CAN FLY FOR WHAT, 35 MINUTES. 
          AND THEN IT COMES BACK IN AND AND IT WON'T LET IT. 
          IT WON'T LET ITSELF RUN OUT WHEN IT HITS THAT END,
NO MATTER WHAT WE TELL IT TO DO, IT COMES BACK, RELOADS AND GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE SAME SPOT AND IT'LL ACTUALLY FIND AND PICK UP THE PLATE AGAIN. 
          YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND SECONDLY, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT SAYS IT ALSO PROVIDES ANOTHER LAYER
OF ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          IT DOES FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS AND FOR RECORDS AND ACTIONS. 
          AND THAT IS AWESOME. THE LAST THING THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT,
THE BATTERY CHANGE, AND THAT IS TOO COOL AND THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING REGARDING THE MAGNETS. SO GREAT JOB ON THE GRANT. 
          SO WHILE IT'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY THING, WHILE IT'S WATCHING THE WHATEVER IS GOING ON,
IT'S ALSO WATCHING THE OFFICERS. 
          CORRECT. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME,
LIKE YOU SAID, EYE ON THE SKY, AS WE KNOW. 
          YEAH. EVERYBODY'S IN-CAR VIDEO AND EVEN BODY CAM VIDEO DOESN'T CAPTURE EVERYTHING. IF THIS
THING'S ABOVE A SCENE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE VIDEO OF EVERYTHING. YEAH. WE COULD 2 TO 400FT², 200, 200 TO 400FT, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE SET THAT AT. 
          WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS. I THINK IT'S QUITE INTERESTING. 
          [01:15:01]
NO, IT WAS AWESOME. I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S AWESOME. GENTLEMEN,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          LET'S DAVID. ANYTHING ELSE? SIR? ALEX? NOPE. THAT WAS THAT WAS IT? ALL RIGHT. BEAU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NOTHING. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THINGS THAT I HAD DOWN THERE. 
          SO LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE C, PLEASE. ITEM THREE C UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          [3.C Update on the Status of the Comprehensive Plan (B Brown/C Brown - 10 min)]
VERY GOOD. THIS WAS PUT ON BY BOB BROWN. BOB? YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE. YOU KNOW,
WE'VE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR A LONG TIME NOW. 
          AND EVERY TIME IT COMES UP, WE WE SAY, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET STARTED? WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE CONSULTANT. WE'VE GOT THE GRANT IS APPROVED. 
          BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FROM GLOW YET. TO BE ABLE TO START SPENDING MONEY ON IT. 
          IS THAT IS THAT A FAIR OBSERVATION, PETE? IT'S PRETTY FAIR. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT WE ARE WE ARE TRACKING THIS. 
          SO WE'LL GET THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION ON WHEN IT'S GOING TO START AND WHEN GLOW IS
GOING TO FUND THIS. 
          IS THERE ANY IS THERE IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT OR TIME FRAME THAT GLOW HAS TO CONFORM TO,
TO BE ABLE TO FUND THIS PROJECT FROM THE TIME THAT THEY AWARD IT? IS THERE IS THERE ANY AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY ARE UNDER TO BE ABLE TO FUND IT? I'M NOT CERTAIN IF THERE'S A TIME RESTRAINT ON WHEN THEY FUNDED FROM THE TIME THAT THE
APPLICATION IS APPROVED. 
          BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IS I'D LIKE TO TAKE US THROUGH SOME BACKGROUND
TO BRING US UP TO WHERE WE ARE, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'VE BEEN WANTING TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
WITH COUNCIL FOR A WHILE TO EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE PROCESS. 
          OKAY, SO WE SHARE YOUR PAIN. I'M ALL THERE. SO IN THE THE BACKGROUND YOU HAVE HERE FROM JANUARY, FROM JANUARY TO LET'S JUST SAY 2024. 
          SO THAT'S WHEN WE BASICALLY STARTED THE RFP FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          WE DID ALL THE PROCUREMENT ACTIONS. WE EVALUATED THE VENDOR AND WE SELECTED THE STEERING
COMMITTEE. 
          AND THIS WAS ALL IN 2024. OKAY. SO THEN WE GET TO 2025. 
          AND WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS JANUARY 13TH ONE OF THE,
THE THE MAIN ISSUES WE HAD WITH SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION IS THE OH, WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH THEIR APPLICATION TO THEIR SYSTEM. 
          OKAY. IT'S AN ONLINE APPLICATION SUBMITTAL PROCESS. 
          AND THERE'S THIS SECTION FOR COST REASONABLENESS WHERE WE EXPLAIN,
IDENTIFY THE ACTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EACH SECTION WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE,
SOME VERY INTRICATE CALCULATIONS. 
          SO IT WAS A PROCESS WHERE IT WAS BASICALLY A TRIAL AND ERROR TO INPUT THE INFORMATION. 
          THE SYSTEM WOULD WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT, INPUT IT AGAIN,
THE SYSTEM WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT. 
          AND THAT WENT ON REPEATEDLY TILL FINALLY WE CONTACTED A PERSON AND THE GENERAL LAND
OFFICE, AND THEY CONNECTED US WITH SOMEONE IN THEIR IT DEPARTMENT WHO WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY
OVERRIDE AND INPUT THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF DATA. 
          ONCE THAT WAS COMPLETE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED. 
          OKAY. THAT'S IMPORTANT. I'D LIKE TO PIN THAT SO WE CAN COME BACK TO IT. 
          SO THEN FROM THERE WE HAD SOME WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS. 
          WE HAD IN FEBRUARY. WE IN FEBRUARY IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY APPOINTED THE COMMITTEE. 
          I'M SORRY, I MENTIONED IT EARLIER. WE HAD OUR FIRST RFI IN MARCH. 
          OKAY. SO WE WORKED THROUGH THOSE THINGS GOT ALL THE INFORMATION THE GLO NEEDED. 
          IN IN THE INTERIM, WE APPROVED THE CONTRACT TO ESSER ROBINSON. 
          WE HAD A WORKSHOP WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND RELATED TO PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT. 
          IN JULY, WE HAD OUR SECOND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION,
WHICH IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING ON. 
          OKAY. AND AGAIN, IN THE INTERIM, WE HAD A WORKSHOP WHERE WE WE HAD THE WE TALKED ABOUT THE
STEERING COMMITTEE AND CONSULTANT. PROJECT SCOPE. AND AGAIN, AN UPDATE. 
          SO THEN WE GET TO AUGUST. NOW THIS IS WHERE GLOW INFORMS US THAT THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE TO
THE COST REASONABLE SECTION OF THE APPLICATION. OKAY. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS MAKES THE SEVENTH VERSION OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS
AND UPDATE. 
          THAT'S LUCKY. SEVEN IS LUCKY. WELL, MAYBE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          AND LASTLY, I INCLUDED TODAY'S WORKSHOP UPDATE JUST TO TRACK THESE THINGS IN THE IN THE
UPDATE. 
          [01:20:09]
SO NOW IT SEEMS THAT WHAT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WE SUBMIT OUR THE INFORMATION THAT THEY
REQUEST FROM THE TIME THAT IT'S REQUESTED, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE TO PROCEDURE AT THE GLOW,
RIGHT? SO SAY THE CHANGE HAPPENS ON DAY NINE, AND WE SUBMIT THE INFORMATION THAT THEY REQUESTED
ON DAY TEN. 
          WELL, GLOW TELLS US WE DON'T COMPLY WITH BASICALLY DENIAL SUBMITTAL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
COMPLY WITH THE CHANGE THAT OCCURRED ON DAY NINE. 
          SO THEN WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE THAT NEW CHANGE INTO THE NEW REQUEST FOR INFORMATION,
RIGHT. 
          WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE NOW. SO I'M ASKING THE GLOW TO PROVIDE ME WITH SOMETHING,
WHATEVER THAT'S GOING TO BE, TO SAY THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT OUR APPLICATION AS IT'S SUBMITTED,
RESPONDING TO THE RFI THAT'S GIVEN TO US AT THE TIME WITH WITHOUT THE THE CHANGES OR ADJUSTMENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE
INTERIM. 
          BECAUSE IF THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID EVERY SINGLE TIME
OR RFP EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT THEY DO A CHANGE. 
          IS THAT. HOW MUCH? HOW MANY? HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? WELL, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE THE MAXIMUM. AND AS ADVERTISED,
IT'S $300,000. 
          $300,000. OKAY. HAS IT? I THOUGHT THEY AWARDED THE GRANT. 
          AWARD HAD BEEN APPROVED. YEAH, BUT IT HAS NOT. 
          NO, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE ARE THE AN IDEAL CANDIDATE. 
          OH, OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S DIFFERENT. YEAH. WINK,
WINK. 
          SO. SO IT APPEARS THAT EVERY TIME WE DO THIS,
THEY CHANGE THE RULES AND SET US BACK AGAIN. 
          IS THAT. IS THAT KIND OF HOW IT. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. 
          AND IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. YEAH. IN LAYMAN'S TERMS,
YEAH. 
          YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, HE WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL IN THAT. 
          YEAH. AND HERE IS A VISUAL OF THE THE NEW APPLICATION GUIDE. 
          AND THIS ONE WAS APPROVED AS OF APRIL 18TH. RIGHT AFTER THAT RFI. 
          AND THE VERSION IS VERSION SEVEN. YEAH. SO IS THERE IS THERE A TIME FRAME THAT AFTER WE
PROVIDE A REVISED APPLICATION, IS THERE A TIME FRAME THAT GLOW IS SUBJECT TO TO REVIEW AND RESPOND? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. SO THEY CAN JUST TAKE THEIR TIME EVERY TIME THEY DO THIS. 
          AT SOME POINT GUYS, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU GUYS. 
          BUT I THINK WE WE OWE IT TO OUR TAXPAYERS TO GET THE MONEY IF WE CAN. 
          BUT AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO FISH OR CUT BAIT WITH THIS
GRANT. YEAH. 
          ANGELO WON'T IS NOT FORTHCOMING. AND AND ACTUALLY GIVING US ANY KIND OF TIME FRAME FOR
WHEN THIS MIGHT BE AWARDED. 
          NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. BRIAN, LET ME ASK THIS. 
          WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH GLOW. THEY'VE ASSIGNED. 
          THERE'S A SECOND IN COMMAND UP THERE. AN ATTORNEY THAT HE SAID,
BE SURE TO RUN THINGS THROUGH ME IF YOU RUN INTO PROBLEMS. MAINLY, YEAH. IS THIS MORE BEACH ORIENTED THINGS? IT'S MORE BEACH STUFF, BUT LET US DISCUSS IT INTERNALLY AND WE MAY HAVE SOME OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES WE MAY NEED TO CLIMB THE LADDER. 
          I'M HAPPY TO GET WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF BUCKINGHAM ON THIS. 
          I THINK YOU'LL BE VISITING WITH HER, BRIAN COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK. 
          SO LET'S LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MASSAGE THIS THING. 
          THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS. IS I PICK UP ONE OF THOSE GIANT CHECKS. 
          YEAH, IT IS A GIANT. IT IS 15 MILLION. IT IS. 
          OKAY. DAVID, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO, I, I WELL,
I WOULD LOVE TO SAY SOME THINGS ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED YOUR FRUSTRATION,
AND WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SHEPHERD. WE DO WE DO APPRECIATE THE GENEROSITY OF THE TO
INCLUDE US IN THE PROCESS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. BY ALL MEANS, YES. AND I'LL STAND DOWN. 
          BUT IF YOU NEED ME TO INSERT MYSELF INTO THIS WITH COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          WE'RE GOOD. I THINK WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. OKAY,
SO CAN WE GET ON? I GUESS ANOTHER UPDATE. NEXT COUNCIL MEETING,
I GUESS, TO SEE. 
          SEE? NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. JANELLE. HOPEFULLY I CAN ADD. 
          HOPEFULLY I CAN ADD AN ITEM TO THE HE'S HERE. 
          HE CAN ADD ANOTHER THING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PETE. 
          THANK YOU PETE. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD OUTLINE HERE. 
          [3.D Discussion of a Resolution Affirming the Importance of Clean Water and Beaches to the City , and calling upon the State of Texas to Enact Policy for the Protection of the City from Preproduction Plastic Pellets (B Brown/C Brown -15 min)]
ALL RIGHT LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE D PLEASE. ITEM THREE D DISCUSSION OF A RESOLUTION
AFFIRMING THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEAN WATER AND BEACHES TO THE CITY, AND CALLING UPON THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ENACT POLICY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CITY FROM
PRE-PRODUCTION PLASTIC PELLETS. 
          [01:25:02]
BOB, YOU HAD PLACED THIS ON THE AGENDA. I'M GOING TO ASK JOHN STEINHAUS FROM TURTLE ISLAND
NETWORK TO COME UP HERE. 
          SHE'S A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON THIS, BUT I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S PRETTY WIDELY KNOWN THAT AROUND THE WORLD WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
PLASTICS POLLUTION, THAT IS. THAT IS SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE. BUT THERE'S THIS. 
          THIS IS ONE WAY OF KIND OF CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT. 
          IN OUR AREA, WE HAVE LIKE 36 PLASTIC PRODUCTION FACILITIES. 
          A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST UP THE SHIP CHANNEL IN HOUSTON. 
          AND THEY, THEY, THEY PRODUCE MILLIONS OF TONS OF PLASTICS ANNUALLY. 
          AND THE WAY THEY DO THIS IS THEIR BASIS FOR BUILDING THESE PLASTICS IS THROUGH THESE
LITTLE TINY PLASTIC PELLETS CALLED NURDLES. 
          AND THOSE WHENEVER THOSE ARE SHIPPED AROUND THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM JUST GET SPILLED INTO
THE WATERWAYS AND, AND OTHERWISE MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN TO OUR BEACHES AND TO TO FISH AND TURTLES AND EVERY
OTHER PIECE OF WILDLIFE. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE FOOD. SO THEY INGEST THESE THINGS. 
          AND OF COURSE, THERE'S NO NUTRITION IN IT, SO IT KILLS THEM EVENTUALLY. 
          BUT THIS IS A THIS IS A REAL, REAL PROBLEM ON THE TEXAS COAST,
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE ALL THESE PLANTS ARE. 
          AND JOAN HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK TO TO A LOT OF INVESTIGATION WORK TO QUANTIFY AND QUALIFY
AND METRICS. 
          AND SHE HAS NURDLE PATROLS THAT GO OUT AND LOOK AT ALL THIS SO SHE CAN REALLY HELP US
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT HERE AND, AND HOW HOW THIS RECOGNIZING THIS PROBLEM CAN HELP US PUT A LITTLE DENT IN THIS PLASTICS
PROBLEM THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS STRUGGLING WITH. 
          AND WE ARE HERE ESPECIALLY BEING ON THE GULF OF MEXICO AND BEFORE. 
          JOANIE. GLAD TO HAVE YOU THIS MORNING. ONE QUESTION,
BOB, I WANT TO BRING US BACK. 
          WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT DONNA I THINK HAS WORKED ON. 
          YES. HAS LOOKED AT. DONNA, HAS THAT BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCILS YET? THAT RESOLUTION. IT WAS IN THE TYPEKIT. I'M ASSUMING IT'S IN OUR PACKET MATERIAL. 
          YEAH. OKAY. SO I SAW THE RESOLUTION. I GOT IT,
BUT I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS IN THE PACKET OR NOT. 
          SO IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM TODAY? NO, IT'S I JUST WANT TO DISCUSS IT. 
          AND SO COUNCIL WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          AND THEN IF THIS, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY REVISIONS TO IT OR WHATEVER,
AND THEN ADDRESS IT NEXT MONTH AS AN ACTION ITEM. 
          OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND JOANIE, IF YOU CAN GIVE US AN OVERARCHING KIND OF THING ON NURDLES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. AS COUNCILMAN BROWN
SAID, THERE ARE 36 FACILITIES IN THE TEXAS AREA. MOST OF THEM ARE CONCENTRATED ON OUR COASTLINE. 
          THERE ARE THREE JUST NORTHEASTERN GALVESTON BAY. 
          AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE FIND A LOT OF THESE PLASTICS. 
          THESE ARE PRIMARY PLASTICS. THERE'S PELLETS,
POWDER AND FLAKE, AND THAT'S WHAT PLASTIC PRODUCTS ARE MADE OUT OF. 
          THIS STARTED IN THE 70S, AROUND 1977, IN TEXAS,
AND AT THE TIME THEY WERE CONSIDERED INERT, NO HARM TO HUMANS OR THE ENVIRONMENT. AND SO THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY REGULATIONS OR
POLICIES TO PROTECT PEOPLE OR PLACE FROM THE PLASTIC THAT COMES FROM THESE FACILITIES. 
          THEY'RE PRIMARILY TRANSPORTED IN RAIL CARS AND TRUCKS,
AND THERE'S LOTS OF SPILLS AND THERE'S ALSO DISCHARGE NOT JUST FROM THE FACILITIES THEMSELVES, BUT IN THE WASTEWATER AS WELL, WHICH DIRECTLY ENTERS OUR BAYS AND ULTIMATELY
OUT INTO THE GULF. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM SINCE THE 19 FOR THE LAST SEVEN
YEARS, LOOKING AT PLASTICS ON OUR BEACHES. AND SINCE THAT TIME,
THE EXPLOSION HAS HAPPENED ON, AS YOU MENTIONED, FISH. IT IS BEING INGESTED BY FISH. AND IF YOU EAT SEAFOOD,
YOU'RE NOT CONSUMING THE PLASTIC, BUT YOU ARE CONSUMING THE POLYMERS AND THE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS THAT ADHERE TO IT. 
          AND SO ALL WE'RE ASKING WHAT WE HOPE TO HAVE HAPPEN. 
          WE HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN PASSING A BILL WITH THE STATE GOVERNMENT. 
          WE'VE TRIED THE LAST TWO SESSIONS. AND SO THE TC IS LOOKING AT THEIR SURFACE WATER QUALITY
STANDARDS, AND THEY'LL BE REVIEWING THEM AND UPDATING THEM BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH MULTIPLE ENTITIES ACROSS THE STATE. 
          AND WE HAVE ABOUT 60 OR SO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND ASSOCIATIONS,
MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE SIGNED ON IN SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW THE IMPACT TO HUMANS. AND SO WE'RE ASKING THE GOVERNOR IN OUR LETTER TO PUT PRESSURE ON TKC TO
INCLUDE THIS IN THEIR SURFACE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. AND I HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER. I DON'T KNOW THAT I SHARED THAT WITH ANYONE,
BUT I'M HAPPY TO TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY. 
          AND IT TALKS ABOUT FISHING AND TOURISM AND HOW THIS HAS IMPACTED THE PRESENCE AND THE
FISH, AND IT IMPACTS THE GROWTH AND REPRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF FISH AS WELL. 
          AND SO THE IMPACT TO COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHERIES IS HUGE. 
          AND THEN ALSO NOW KNOWING THE SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS THAT MIGHT DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM
CONSUMING SEAFOOD THAT IS CAUGHT IN, IN THE GULF IN OUR WATERS. AND OF COURSE, WE TALK ABOUT THE $31 BILLION IN STATE ECONOMY
FROM FISHERIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND SO WE ARE URGING THE T-C-E-Q TO ADOPT STANDARDS AS PART OF THEIR SURFACE,
EXCUSE ME, AS PART OF THEIR SURFACE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS TO 
          [01:30:02]
PREVENT THESE PLASTICS ENTERING OUR WATERWAYS. 
          ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. AND BOB, DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE TO SAY ON THAT? I DO, OKAY. GO AHEAD. SO WAS IT IN THE 70S, LATE 70S AND EARLY 80S WHEN THEY MADE PLASTIC
MORE BREAK OR IT BREAKS DOWN EASIER? I DON'T KNOW THE FACTS ON THAT, BUT THE PLASTIC PRODUCTION STARTED IN TEXAS AROUND 1977. 
          AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT POLYMERS. ALL THE POLYMERS THAT ARE USED IN PLASTIC ARE KNOWN
CARCINOGENS. 
          AND SO THE CHEMICALS THAT POTENTIALLY ARE GETTING INTO THE WATER ARE KNOWN CARCINOGENS. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW THE BREAKDOWN LIKE BLACK PLASTIC IS DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE NUMBERS THAT
YOU SEE. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST THE NURDLES. AND THIS IS KIND OF JUST BROADER TO THE CONVERSATION TO IT'S
THE MICROPLASTICS. 
          SO PLASTICS WERE IT WAS MORE LARGE PLASTIC ITEMS WHEN PEOPLE WOULD TALK ABOUT PLASTIC
POLLUTION. 
          AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS THEY MADE IT MADE PLASTIC MORE DECOMPOSABLE AND IT WOULD BREAK DOWN
AND IT CONTINUES TO BREAK DOWN. 
          SO THOSE NURDLES WOULD BREAK DOWN. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET MICROPLASTICS FROM BECAUSE THE
PLASTIC BREAKS DOWN. 
          BUT THAT'S WHERE IT ENDS UP IN WATER. AND SO EVEN INSIDE OUR BODIES. 
          YEAH. OH, YES. OH IT'S HORRIBLE. AND DOCTOR,
YOU KNOW DAVID HALL AT A&M. 
          HE'S BEEN STUDYING OYSTERS. AND UNFORTUNATELY,
FINDING PLASTICS IN OYSTERS AND HE'S. 
          WE'RE DOING A CONFERENCE IN PORT LAVACA IN NOVEMBER,
AND HE'LL BE PRESENTING ALONG WITH OTHER PROFESSORS THAT ARE LOOKING AT HUMAN IMPACT. 
          AND SO THESE ARE PRIMARY PLASTICS. THESE ARE WHAT PLASTIC PRODUCTS ARE MADE OUT OF. 
          THE PLASTICS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE WHEN PLASTIC PRODUCTS BREAK DOWN PHOTODEGRADE WITH
THE HELP OF THE SUN. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN PROCESSING SAND AND WATER AROUND THE ISLAND FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. 
          AND EVERY SAMPLE WE HAVE HAS MICROPLASTICS, BUT THOSE COME FROM PLASTIC PRODUCTS THAT
PEOPLE USED. 
          AND THE SUN HAS BROKEN THEM DOWN INTO SMALLER AND SMALLER PIECES. 
          SO A LOT OF STUFF TOO, THAT I FIND ON THE BEACH,
WHICH IS A LOT OF IT COMES RIGHT OFFSHORE FROM THE BOATS THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE. 
          I MEAN, YOU'LL GET, YOU KNOW, FOREIGN PRODUCTS THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY MAKE IT FROM
INDIA ALL THE WAY TO THE GULF, BUT IT'S FROM THE SHIPS THAT ARE EITHER DUMPING OR STUFF GOES OVERBOARD. 
          YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STUDIES IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER,
AND OUR CURRENTS IN THE GULF GO COUNTERCLOCKWISE. 
          SO TEXAS, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE CURRENTS,
GETS MORE TRASH FOR EVERY MILE OF BEACH THAN ANY OTHER COASTAL COASTAL COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY. YES. POINT OF ORDER. QUESTION. IS THIS AN ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS
AFTERNOON? NO, IT IS NOT. BUT IS A COPY OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE AVAILABLE? YES. I JUST SENT IT TO COUNCIL. OH, THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT WAS NOT IN THE PACKET TO DISCUSS. 
          AND YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE,
AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH. THIS IS BOB'S BRINGING THIS FORWARD. JONI IS TO GET COUNCIL'S INPUT QUESTIONS FOR JONI. 
          I WOULD ADVISE COUNCIL. LET'S LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN SENT. 
          AND THEN, BOB, YOU CAN GUIDE US ON FUTURE MEETINGS AND WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE THIS. 
          I'VE GOT THE RESOLUTION RIGHT HERE. I CAN READ IT REAL FAST. 
          WELL, LET'S LET THE COUNCIL MEMBERS READ IT AND CAN. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PUT THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR DISCUSSION
ONCE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE RESOLUTION. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. 
          THAT'S FOR AN ACTION ITEM, DAVID. YOU'RE THINKING. 
          YEAH. WHY NOT? WORKSHOP. WORKSHOP. AND. WELL,
IF YOU PUT IT ON THE ACTION ITEM AGENDA, YOU CAN DISCUSS IT AT WORKSHOP. 
          OH, THERE WE GO. YOU SURELY CAN, BECAUSE IT'S AN ACTION JANELLE. 
          LET'S GET IT ON THE ACTION ITEM FOR NEXT JANELLE. 
          CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RESOLUTION TO COUNCIL,
AS WELL AS THIS LETTER FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT? TWO MINUTES TO HAVE THE RESOLUTION TO COUNCIL A FEW MINUTES AGO. 
          OH YOU DID. CAN YOU SEND A JANELLE? I'LL SEND YOU THE LETTER. 
          LETTER TO CIRCULATE IT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          VERY GOOD. I WANT TO THANK YOU. BOB, BRING THIS FORWARD. 
          JONI'S TALKED WITH ME ABOUT THIS AGAIN. AND THIS IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS
COMMUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PERSONALLY,
I THINK THE CITY OF GALVESTON NEEDS TO GIVE INPUT AND TO THE STATE ON FOR SURE. 
          BOB, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND WE'LL HAVE THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANKS,
JOHNNY. THANKS, JOHNNY. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. NICE TO SEE YOU. 
          ITEM THREE PLEASE. ITEM THREE. DISCUSSION OF DOWNTOWN FIRST STREET PROGRAM. 
          [3.E Discussion of Downtown First Street Program (B Brown/C Brown - 15 min)]
NOW, THIS ITEM COUNCIL DOES HAVE AN ACTION ITEM TODAY. 
          AND AT THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, IT'S ITEM 12 ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY. 
          AND BOB, YOU'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS. YEAH. 
          I'M GOING TO CALL JOSH UP TO HELP US WITH THIS. 
          JOSH OWENS FROM THE FDP. AND WHILE HE'S COMING UP,
I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS PROGRAMS TO HELP TEXAS TOWNS IN TEXAS WITH THEIR
HISTORIC DOWNTOWNS. 
          YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF MAIN STREET PROGRAM BEFORE. 
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THAT'S ONE OF THEM. THIS IS FIRST STREET PROGRAM,
AND IT'S A PREDECESSOR TO THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM. 
          IT'S LIKE THE HONEYMOON PERIOD WE HEARD ABOUT FROM BLUE ZONE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE THIS PROGRAM AROUND THE STATE HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN FOCUSED
ON SMALL TOWNS THAT HAVE HISTORIC DOWNTOWNS THAT ARE DECAYING OR NEED SOME HELP REVITALIZING. AND THAT'S THAT'S NOT EXACTLY OUR ISSUE HERE. 
          OUR ISSUE HERE IS THAT WE'VE GOT THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND WE'VE REVITALIZED OUR
DOWNTOWN. 
          BUT IT'S THE THE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE, OF THE DOWNTOWN AREAS IS KIND OF PEAKED AND
MATURED AND IS STAGNATING NOW. 
          AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF PROBLEMS DOWNTOWN. 
          WE HAVE UNLIKE THE SMALLER TOWNS, WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TOO MUCH TRAFFIC,
YOU KNOW, CRUISE SHIP TRAFFIC, TOURIST TRAFFIC, PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO WORK,
NOT ENOUGH PARKING PLACES. 
          AND IT'S KIND OF A AND THE EVENTS HERE THAT ARE NOT SATISFACTORY TO EVERYBODY. 
          WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF PROBLEMS THAT COME FROM FROM MORE LOVE THAN NOT ENOUGH LOVE,
I GUESS YOU COULD SAY. 
          SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO SOME SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT HAVE
DATA, BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ON DEALING WITH THIS KIND OF THING. 
          AND IF WE WE DISCOVER THEY CAN HELP US THEN THIS WOULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES, FOR COLLABORATION, COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES
WE'RE HAVING IN OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO LET JOSH KIND OF. 
          ABSOLUTELY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE GALVESTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR
TAX BASE HERE IN GALVESTON. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DOWNTOWN IS THRIVING. 
          SO THE FIRST INITIATIVE IS A SERIES OF QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
          THE CITY WILL BE UNDER NO OBLIGATION FINANCIALLY OR FOR FUTURE PARTICIPATION IN THE MAIN
STREET PROGRAM. 
          IS JUST ABOUT GETTING THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SEEING IF GALVESTON IS A GOOD FIT FOR
THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM. 
          MAIN STREET DOES HAVE A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT THAT THEY DO NEED YOU TO BRING ON A FULL TIME
MAIN STREET COORDINATOR TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM AND UNLOCK THOSE GRANTS. 
          THIS IS NOT THAT YET. THIS IS JUST FOR QUARTERLY EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS THAT WILL ATTEND
WITH THE GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION TO SEE WHAT MAIN STREET OFFERS AND SEE IF IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR GALVESTON,
AND IF IT MOVES TO THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT'S A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT. AND ON FROM THE CITY THAT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT'S IDC ELIGIBLE? IT MAY NOT BE THE CITY AT ALL. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE CITY TO BE THE
FINANCIAL SPONSOR. 
          IT'S JUST IT'S JUST WE ARE THE NATURAL. YOU GOT TO LOOK AT YOUR FUNDING SOURCES. 
          YEAH. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE IDC ELIGIBLE BECAUSE IT DOES INVOLVE A DEGREE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT COULD. SURELY COULD. YES, SIR. AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A MAIN STREET PROGRAM HERE IN
GALVESTON IN THE PAST ON POST OFFICE STREET. 
          WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE ON THE STRAND MECHANIC DISTRICT,
BUT WE HAVE HAD ONE IN POST OFFICE STREET MANY YEARS AGO. 
          BUT I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH DWAYNE JONES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GALVESTON HISTORICAL
FOUNDATION, AND JOSH, ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE. AND THE THE REASON IT'S ON FOR NOT ONLY DISCUSSION TODAY, BUT ALSO FOR ACTION, IS THAT THERE'S A DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICATION IN
OCTOBER. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS APPLICATION DONE. BRIAN HAS TO SIGN IT AND SAY,
YEP, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE OKAY. 
          SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SCHEDULE CRUNCH ON THAT. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING IT BOTH AT THE WORKSHOP. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL COMMITMENT,
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS WEIGHED IN ON IT. AND I DON'T JUST GO WILLY NILLY AND COMMIT US TO PROGRAMS WITHOUT. YEAH. WELL, LIKE THE BLUE ZONE,
IT'S JUST BE THE DATING. 
          YEAH. YES. RIGHT. DATING? YEAH. WELL, ONCE WE APPROVE THIS,
WE'LL BE GOING STEADY. 
          SO. OKAY. SO IS THE GUY WHO USES THAT TERM. IT WOULD BE THE GALVESTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
AND THE GEF. 
          BOTH TOGETHER. BOTH TOGETHER. CAN YOU. I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, CAN YOU ASK A QUESTION? SAY THAT AGAIN. 
          OH, YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT MY QUESTION? I WAS ASKING WAS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT THEY. 
          BUT IT'S GOING TO BE COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE GALVESTON ECONOMIC. 
          MY SECOND QUESTION COULD BE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT WAS GOING TO ASK. YEAH. I CAN READ YOUR MIND. 
          OKAY. SO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CAN CHOOSE TO. YES. 
          OKAY. AND THE LAST QUESTION IS, IS THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE OPEN TO ANY COUNCIL PERSON? YEAH. IT'S NOT A COMMITTEE. IT WILL JUST BE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ASSISTANCE. YEAH.
WHAT I ANTICIPATE IS WE'LL HAVE WE'LL SCHEDULE THE QUARTERLY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
          THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND FROM GALVESTON CAN MEET AT OUR OFFICE,
WATCH THE WEBINAR, PARTICIPATE. 
          LEARN ABOUT MAIN STREET, LEARN ABOUT FIRST STREET AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. 
          WHAT'S THE TIMELINE, JOSH ON THIS. SO WE GOT TO APPLY BY OCTOBER 31ST. 
          AND THEN THEY'LL START THE PROGRAMMATIC YEAR IN JANUARY. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE THE QUARTERLY. AND THEN WE'LL KNOW IN DECEMBER OR SO IF WE'RE READY FOR
DECEMBER OF 2626. 
          [01:40:04]
YES, SIR. SO ONE YEAR OF DATING. THAT'S IT. ONE YEAR OF DATING. 
          DECIDE IF WE WANT TO GO THE ALTAR OR NOT. I LIKE THIS METAPHOR. 
          YEAH, AND GOING STEADY. GOING STEADY. IT'S FROM 1960 AND HAPPY DAYS. 
          VERY GOOD. GOOD ONE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? ONE OBSERVATION HERE. YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF ITS
MIXED USE NATURE. 
          YOU HAVE RESIDENTS TRYING TO LIVE THERE. YOU HAVE MERCHANTS TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING THERE. 
          YOU HAVE WORKERS TRYING TO GET TO THEIR PLACE OF WORK,
RESIDENTS TRYING TO PARK. 
          YOU HAVE LOCALS TRYING TO GET THERE, YOU HAVE TOURISTS TRYING TO GET THERE. 
          CRUISE SHIP. PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO THE WATERFRONT. 
          ALL OF THIS GOES RIGHT THROUGH DOWNTOWN. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF VERY DISPARATE INTERESTS
YOU KNOW, GOING GOING THE WRONG WAY. THERE AREN'T NECESSARILY ALL THAT WELL ORGANIZED. 
          AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS FIRST STREET INITIATIVE WILL HELP LEAD TO GETTING A LITTLE BIT
BETTER CONTROL, A LITTLE BIT BETTER ORGANIZATION AND REPRESENTATION FOR EVERYBODY THAT USES DOWNTOWN AND
THAT THIS PROGRAM. 
          ALSO, JOSH, IT'LL BRING IN OTHER PARTNERS SUCH AS THE PORT AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY LOOK AT THIS COMPREHENSIVELY FOR OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          THAT'S THE GOAL. YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU JOHN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE I APPRECIATE IT. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE G
PLEASE. 
          [3.G Discussion and clarification of City Charter provisions related to the appointment and compensation of City Council appointees, including the City Manager, City Attorney, City Auditor, and City Secretary, as well as other Charter-authorized positions such as the Assistant City Attorney, Assistant City Auditor, and Assistant City Secretary (Porretto/Rawlins - 20 min)]
ITEM THREE G DISCUSSION AND CLARIFICATION OF CITY CHARTER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF CITY COUNCIL APPOINTEES, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY AUDITOR,
AND CITY SECRETARY, AS WELL AS OTHER CHARTER AUTHORIZED POSITIONS SUCH AS THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT CITY AUDITOR, AND ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY. 
          WELL, WE HAVE THIS. COUNCILMAN. PORRETTO. GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          SO LAST MEETING KIND OF WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY CITY SECRETARY THAT THE ASSISTANT
CITY SECRETARY AND THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS AND OTHER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY AUDITORS ARE BASICALLY OUR APPOINTEES AS WELL,
AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND I WANTED A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY ON KIND OF HOW THAT I MEAN,
I READ THE CHARTER, BUT I WANTED JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY FROM OUR INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY, AND SHE GAVE US A I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE FLOOR,
BUT YOU GAVE US A PRETTY GOOD MEMO THAT I THINK IT SPELLED IT OUT, GAVE A OPINION, AND IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY THOROUGH. 
          WELL, WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND,
I'LL STAY SEATED FROM OVER HERE RATHER THAN ROLLING OVER THERE. 
          I DO HOPE THAT ALL OF THE COUNCIL PERSONS HAVE RECEIVED THE MEMORANDUM REGARDING
CLARIFICATION THAT WAS REQUESTED ON THE AGENDA ITEM, AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS OUR DIRECTOR MAY BE COMING AS WELL. 
          BUT JUST GOING THROUGH THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND. 
          CLARIFYING AS NEEDED WHAT THE QUESTIONS REGARDING APPOINTEES AND OUR STATUS HERE. 
          SO THEY FALL BASICALLY UNDER THE SAME CLASSIFICATION,
THE SAME JURISDICTION AS WOULD BE OTHER COUNCIL APPOINTEES. RIGHT. AND THERE ARE ONLY A FEW OF US,
AS YOU'RE AWARE CITY MANAGER IS AN APPOINTEE, CITY SECRETARY, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. 
          BUT NOW THE ASSISTANCE WOULD FALL UNDER THE SAME CATEGORY BECAUSE. 
          SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN WE'RE INTERVIEWING THESE INDIVIDUALS,
WE PROBABLY WILL NEED TO INTERVIEW THEM AND PROBABLY TALK TO THEM SEPARATELY ALSO. 
          THAT IS COUNSEL'S CHOICE. I WILL SAY THAT FOR EACH OF THOSE SPECIFICATIONS,
IT IS UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE THE LEAD DEPARTMENT HEAD, YOU KNOW, THE LEAD DEPARTMENT PERSON. EACH PERSON THAT IS AN ASSISTANT HAS BEEN APPOINTED
BY CITY COUNCIL, EITHER BY THIS CITY COUNCIL, IF THEY CAME ON BOARD AT THE TIME OR PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS,
I WAS APPOINTED. 
          EVERY ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY IN THE OFFICE HAS BEEN APPOINTED. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S THE SAME WITH CITY SECRETARY AS WELL AS CITY AUDITOR,
I'M ASSUMING. 
          I THINK TO THAT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR, YOU KNOW,
LET'S SAY WE GET A, YOU KNOW, LET'S HOPE IT'S A LONG TIME FROM NOW. BUT WE GET A NEW CITY SECRETARY. 
          THEY MIGHT HAVE PEOPLE THAT WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION,
WITHIN THEIR NETWORK THAT THEY FEEL LIKE COULD DO THE JOB AND THEY'RE QUALIFIED, AND THEN THEY WOULD GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THAT. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD
NECESSARILY BE DOING INTERVIEWS. 
          THIS IS MY MY VIEW. IT'S KIND OF UP TO OUR I MEAN,
IF YOU APPOINT ONE OF THE APPOINTEES, YOU'RE ALSO APPOINTING THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE 
          [01:45:01]
STRUCTURE. WHICHEVER, WHICHEVER. AND I THINK YOU EXPLAINED IT TO ULTIMATELY THE FINAL
DECISION IS CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO YOU CAN RECEIVE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPOINT THAT PERSON THE WAY YOU
EXPLAINED IT IN YOUR MEMO, WHICH IS THE SAME THING, WOULD BE SAME THING WITH CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. 
          YOU KNOW, NELLIE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SIGN UNDER AS THE CITY SECRETARY AND AND IN CASE
NEED BE RIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS CAN SIGN AS A CITY ATTORNEY. 
          QUALIFIED CITY ATTORNEY IS BY BEING A COUNCIL APPOINTEE UNDER. 
          CORRECT. WE CANNOT ACT IN THE CAPACITY OF A CITY ATTORNEY UNLESS WE'VE ALSO BEEN
APPOINTED. 
          AND THAT'S THE CHARTER SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE APPOINTED TO BE A CITY ATTORNEY. 
          BECAUSE WE ARE ASSISTANTS, WE ARE ABLE TO SIGN DOCUMENTS,
WE'RE ABLE TO REPRESENT OURSELVES. 
          AND I'M SPEAKING FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BECAUSE,
OF COURSE, THAT'S WHAT I'M MORE FAMILIAR WITH. 
          BUT WE HAVE THAT CAPACITY, AND WE CAN ONLY DO THAT IF WE'VE BEEN APPOINTED. 
          SAME THING WITH ASSISTANT CITY AUDITORS. THEY CAN CONDUCT AN AUDIT UNDERNEATH THE CITY
AUDITOR AS AN OFFICIAL CITY AUDITOR. 
          AUDITOR BY BEING AN APPOINTED ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. 
          AND THE LANGUAGE VARIES JUST A LITTLE BIT WITH EACH SPECIFICATION BECAUSE WE DO DIFFERENT
THINGS. 
          BUT ULTIMATELY, THE APPOINTMENT IS THERE FOR AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY OR THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO HIRE A COMPANY, LET'S SAY, TO DO BOND. THEY'RE NOT APPOINTED AS THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
          HOWEVER, THE CITY ATTORNEY SIGNS THOSE CONTRACTS,
COMES TO CITY COUNCIL, SAYS, HEY, CAN WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS? AND UNDER THEIR CAPACITY, THEY'RE HIRING SOMEBODY TO DO THIS. 
          SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. AND STILL WITH COUNCIL,
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE THE EXPLANATION, THE EXAMPLE AND HOW IT KIND OF FIT TOGETHER. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. DONNA, I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR REPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ON THIS AND COUNCILMAN
PORRETTO FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS, THOUGH, FOR COUNCIL BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND. 
          THIS ISSUE HAS TWO COMPONENTS TO IT. IT'S NOT ALL ONE. 
          IT HAS THE COMPONENT OF COUNCIL BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ASSISTANT
POSITIONS IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE UNDER COUNCIL'S PURVIEW, SUCH AS CITY AUDITOR AND SO FORTH. 
          I THINK IN MY MIND, WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT. 
          THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. THE ISSUE NOW IS IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. 
          I SHOULDN'T SAY, BUT THE QUESTION BECOMES, DO WE SET THE COMPENSATION FOR THOSE? THAT'S WHERE THIS BECOMES BECAUSE THE COMPENSATION FOR THESE ASSISTANT POSITIONS IN THE
HISTORY OF THE CITY HAS NOT FOLLOWED THIS, THIS, THIS LOGIC. BRIAN, YOU HAVE ALWAYS SET ON THE COMPENSATION FOR
THE ASSISTANCE. YOU HAVE TAKEN RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THOSE DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE WE HAVE A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THE CITY THAT WE ALL FOLLOW,
WHICH INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, THEIR POSITIONS AND THEIR GRADES. AND WE PAY WE PAY FOR THAT STUDY TO BE DONE
EVERY THREE, 4 OR 5 FIVE YEARS. SO DEPENDING ON HOW THE MARKET'S MOVING AND EVERYBODY FALLS UNDER THE
CITY'S PAY SYSTEM. 
          SO. SO IF WE FOLLOW THE DIRECTION NOW IT WILL BE A CHANGE IN HOW IT'S BEEN DONE FOR MANY
YEARS IN THE PAST. 
          AND THAT IS THOSE ASSISTANT POSITIONS CAN COME TO COUNCIL. 
          AND WE WOULD DEAL WITH THEM PERSONALLY ON THEIR COMPENSATION AND TELL BRIAN TO INCLUDE
WHATEVER THAT IS IN THE BUDGET. YES. OKAY. THAT'S I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE
QUESTION I'M GETTING FROM INDIVIDUALS. 
          NOT SO MUCH IF THEY'RE APPOINTEES OF THE COUNCIL ON THAT. 
          YES, SIR. I THINK WE CAN. I THINK WHAT WE WHAT WOULD BE THE PRUDENT IN FOLLOWING THE
CHARTER APPROACH WOULD BE TO TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT. COUNCIL APPOINTEE BASED ON THAT STAFF THAT IS COUNCIL APPOINTED. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT, I THINK. I THINK THE ASSISTANT ROLE. 
          TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE SALARY FOR THE ASSISTANT ROLE. 
          I THINK IT WOULD FOLLOW THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW OR SPIRIT OF THE CHARTER FOR HOW IT WAS
WRITTEN, SO THAT THAT'S JUST THE MY LEGAL INTERPRETATION. 
          BASED ON WHAT? THAT'S A GOOD POINT, ALEX. AND I AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE I TRUST DONNA'S
OPINION, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE SPIRIT OF WHEN THIS WAS WRITTEN. 
          I DON'T THINK THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PUT IT INTO THE CHARTER FELT THAT WE WERE TO BE
MANAGING THE ASSISTANT POSITIONS. 
          [01:50:05]
ALSO, WE APPOINT THEM. BUT FROM A COMPENSATION STANDPOINT. 
          BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS LET'S TAKE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SALARY STRUCTURE FOR THE
ASSISTANTS IN AND THEIR PART IS THAT I WOULD I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU AT SOME POINT. I AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, THE SUPERVISOR HAS A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE AND OF THEIR PERFORMANCE, AND IN FACT, THEY DO ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS,
I ASSUME. 
          AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT NEED TO TO ANALYZE ALL THAT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION,
NOT US. 
          BUT I DO AGREE THAT IF WE'RE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPENSATION,
THEN THAT PERSON'S SUPERVISOR WHO WE APPOINT COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT COMPENSATION TO US TO SAY, YEAH, THAT'S OKAY OR NOT OKAY. 
          BUT IN THE END, YOU KNOW, IT'S WE DON'T WANT TO WIND UP MICROMANAGING ANYBODY,
AND WE WANT TO RESPECT THE SYSTEM THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE THAT EVALUATES POSITIONS, JOB DESCRIPTIONS, COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE AND ALL OF THAT. 
          CORRECT. ANY OTHER DAVID. SO WHAT I HEAR KIND OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE TABLE,
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HEAR FROM COUNSEL ON THIS IS THAT UNDER THE CURRENT CHARTER, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY AS COUNCIL TO RECEIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY MANAGER, CITY AUDITOR, CITY ATTORNEY FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF THE ASSISTANT
AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATED SALARY. I'M NOT IN THE NOT THE CITY MANAGER. 
          THE CITY MANAGER IS NOT. HE'S GOT HE'S GOT HOWEVER MANY APPOINTEES BECAUSE HE CAN HIRE AND
HIRE AT WILL. 
          I GOT 880 OF THEM. I THINK WHAT THE CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED BECAUSE THE CHARTER WAS
WRITTEN FROM 1960S. AND SO SOMETIMES LANGUAGES CHANGE AND HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ACTING ON WHAT THEY'VE
READ. 
          I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE,
THAT SOMEONE HAS SAID, HEY, LET'S REALLY CLARIFY WHAT THE THE LANGUAGE SAYS REGARDING AN APPOINTEE AND COMPENSATION. THE COMPENSATION IS THE SAME WITH THESE SPECIFIC
CATEGORIES. 
          AND IT JUST SAYS SHALL BE FIXED BY COUNCIL. HOW THAT HAPPENS IS A COUNCIL DECISION,
AS I ALSO SAID IN MY MEMORANDUM, IS THAT THIS IS A COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THE TWO ASPECTS REALLY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER ON HOW THEY WANT TO HAVE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY GO FORWARD AS WELL WITH THOSE COUNCIL APPOINTEES. 
          GOOD POINT. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS? JUST TO KIND OF BRING IT BACK TO MY MY THOUGHTS FROM OUR INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY'S MEMO WAS THAT IN FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT OF KIND OF
HOW THE CHARTER WAS YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE OUR COUNCIL APPOINTEES
RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN THEY COME FORWARD. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CHANGES THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD. 
          WITH, YOU KNOW, ANY COST OF LIVING OR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. 
          BUT I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ASSISTANCE OUTLINED IN THE
CHARTER FOR BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS THAT POSITION HIRING, FIRING COMPENSATION. 
          I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT ELSE THAT WOULD. I MEAN,
THAT'S KIND OF JUST WHAT THE BASICS THAT ARE SPELLED OUT IN THE. 
          AND I WOULD AGREE, THAT'S A VERY GOOD APPROACH. 
          YEAH. I'M PERSONALLY YES, BRIAN, YOU HEARD ALL THAT. 
          DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE WAY OF APPROACHING THIS IN TERMS OF,
IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF YOUR, YOUR IT IS AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS WE'RE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF THIS GROUP TO,
YOU KNOW, WE RAISE THIS COME EVERY YEAR JUST BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEN THEY THEY HAVE NO
ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET THAT THESE OTHER APPOINTEES DON'T, I DO. SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TELL MY GUYS THAT ARE WORKING OUT IN THE FIELD THAT,
HEY, EVERYBODY UP THERE GOT 5%, BUT YOU DIDN'T. YEAH. YOU'RE IN TOUCH WITH YOUR SUPERVISORS ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL
BUDGETS, AND COMPENSATION IS ALL PART OF THAT. SO, YOU KNOW,
ALL I ASK IS FOR A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IS FINE. I JUST THINK IT'S I JUST THINK COUNCIL NEEDS
TO BE, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO ASK THAT QUESTION OR WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR ALL THE OTHER EMPLOYEES,
NOT JUST AT THE RECOMMENDATION UNLESS THERE'S SOME HUGE DISCREPANCY IN THE MARKET THAT WE'VE MISSED. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE AN HR DIRECTOR TO DO IS TO TELL YOU
THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS REALLY DEPENDING ON YOU AND THE SUPERVISOR TO PROVIDE THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          [01:55:05]
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I JUST MY MY QUESTION IS I JUST WANT AN EQUITABLE
PROCESS THAT INVOLVES ALL THE ASSISTANCE. THAT WOULD BE THE ASSISTANT IN THE CITY AUDITOR,
THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS, AND THE ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY. SO WE HAVE A PROCESS,
RATHER THAN MAYBE TAKING INDIVIDUALS IN INDIVIDUAL THINGS. 
          AND WE NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON THAT. 
          I SEE BEVERLY WEST, OUR HR DIRECTOR, HERE. BEVERLY,
DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THIS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT EVALUATIONS? BEVERLY WEST, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          AND CURRENTLY, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T FEEL BAD ABOUT YOUR CURRENT PROCESS BECAUSE CURRENTLY,
THAT'S BASICALLY HOW IT WORKS. 
          THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION BY THE SUPERVISORS DURING A BUDGET PROCESS. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF HAPPENING NOW. THE REASON YOU HAVE A PAY PLAN,
WHICH YOU ALL DO APPROVE BECAUSE YOU APPROVE THE BUDGET, YOU APPROVE THE STRUCTURE, YOU'VE APPROVED THE EMPLOYEE MANUAL. 
          SO YOU'RE ALREADY COMPLETELY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. 
          THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I SEE IS IF YOU WANT ME TO SEND OUT EVALUATIONS FOR YOU TO EVALUATE
THE INDIVIDUAL. 
          THEY'RE TECHNICALLY NOW OUR APPOINTEES, AND WE PROVIDE THE COMPENSATION FOR THOSE. 
          I KNOW YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOT THAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU KNOW,
IT'S A LOT TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR. 
          SO WHAT I JUST SAID TO BRIAN THAT, YOU KNOW,
I THINK WE HAVE TO TRUST YOU KNOW, BRIAN'S AND THE SUPERVISORS EVALUATIONS, AND ALL WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THEIR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THEIR EVALUATIONS,
NOT OURS, OF WHAT THAT PAYOUT WILL BE. 
          OKAY. YEAH. I DON'T SEE COUNCIL WANTING. I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO SEND OUT AN VALUATION
FOR THE ASSISTANT POSITIONS. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THE CITY SECRETARY. I WOULD TRUST JANELLE'S OPINION ON GUIDANCE ON THAT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE AUTOMATED THAT NOW. SO IT'S ALL GOING THROUGH WORKDAY. 
          OH YEAH I DO THE SEPARATE ONES FOR Y'ALL. OF COURSE FOR YOUR APPOINTEES. 
          OKAY. AND THE PAY PLAN I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THE REASON YOU HAVE A PAY PLAN IS SO
YOU CAN BE CONSISTENT. 
          AND IT'S FAIR. AND WE DON'T SUBJECT OURSELVES TO ANY SORT OF LAWSUITS OR LIABILITY OR
EXPOSURE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PAY PLAN THAT IS BASED ON MERIT AND FITNESS,
AND WE AND WE HAVE TO STAY COMPETITIVE BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS OUT THERE LOOKING FOR GOOD EMPLOYEES. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I TALKED ABOUT. I MEAN,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THERE'S THERE'S TWO REASONS YOU GIVE PAY RAISES. 
          EITHER SOMEBODY'S JOB'S CHANGED OR THE MARKET HAS CHANGED FOR THAT JOB,
OR THERE'S AN ACROSS THE BOARD COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IF THEIR JOB DUTIES HAVEN'T CHANGED AND THERE'S NOT A CHANGE IN SHIFT IN THE MARKET,
IT'S ALWAYS Y'ALL'S CALL. 
          BUT THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE LOOK AT IT. FOR ALL THE OTHER EMPLOYEES AND PART OF YOUR
COMPENSATION PLAN, I ASSUME ALSO SURVEYS AND HAS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE AREA PAYS. 
          AND WE DO THE SAME THING FOR POLICE AND FIRE. WE SURVEY SURROUNDING AND AND THAT'S HOW WE
STICK TO IT. 
          SO THAT WAY WE STAY FAIR WITH IT. YEAH. YEAH. 
          JUST A COMMENT. BEVERLY, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS I THINK WHEN YOU SAY PAY PLAN,
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MARKET STUDY OF THE POSITIONS IN THE AREA. IT'S OUR GRADING STEP PROGRAM,
MINIMUM, MID AND MAXIMUM COMPARED COMPARED TO THE MARKET FOR THOSE POSITIONS. IS THAT CORRECT? AND THAT'S DONE ABOUT EVERY FIVE ISH YEARS. 
          WE NEED TO DO THAT MORE OFTEN. THAT'S JUST ME. 
          THEY'RE EXPENSIVE TO DO. I KNOW. THAT'S MY QUESTION. 
          AND AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE FIVE YEAR DOESN'T MOVE A WHOLE LOT. SOME YEARS. SOMETIMES
THE FIVE YEAR MOVES A WHOLE LOT, DEPENDING ON HOW THE ECONOMY IS GOING, AND WE TRY TO GAUGE IT. IF WE START KNOWING THAT WE'RE LOSING EMPLOYEES OR WE'RE HAVING
TROUBLE IN CERTAIN AREAS, THAT TRIGGERS US TO TYPICALLY DO IT SOONER. IF EVERYTHING'S MOVING ALONG PRETTY WELL,
WE TYPICALLY DO IT EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          WHEN WAS OUR LAST ONE DONE? IT WAS YES, IT WAS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. 
          SO IT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN OCTOBER OF 2022. AND THERE'S NOT ANYTHING IN OUR 26 BUDGET TO
SUPPORT THAT. 
          OKAY. YOU CAN BE COMFORTABLE IN THE FACT THOUGH,
THAT EVEN, YOU KNOW, WE DID THE MARKET STUDY AND THE END OF 22, EVERY TIME THAT YOU ALL DO A COLA, WE MOVE THE SCALE,
WE MOVE THE GRADES. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE STAY IN LINE WITH THE MARKET. 
          IF SOMEBODY IS WAY OUTSIDE THE MARKET, I DO AN INDIVIDUAL STUDY. 
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I HAVE HR DIRECTORS AND CITIES THAT I TALK TO YOU THAT ARE USED BY THE MARKET STUDY. 
          OVER THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, 20 YEARS OR 15 YEARS OR WHATEVER,
TEXAS CITY LEAGUE CITY, YOU KNOW, OTHER, WHICH IS THE SAME THING WE DO WITH POLICE AND FIRE AND IT DEPENDS ON THE. 
          AND I ACTUALLY DID ONE FOR YOUR EXECUTIVE SESSION,
BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE POSITION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT WHEN I DO THE MARKET STUDY. 
          YEAH. BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, NELLIE OR WHOEVER,
IT'S AN THAT'S WHY THOUGH, THOSE COLAS ARE SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES BECAUSE IT KEEPS THEM MOVING WITH THE MARKET ON PAY
SCALE, THAT IF WE DON'T DO ANOTHER MARKET STUDY FOR THREE YEARS,
THEY DON'T FALL WAY BEHIND. 
          IF YOU GUYS DO PAY RAISES FOR THESE FOLKS, THEY MOVE IN THEIR RANGE. 
          THE ONLY WAY THE WHOLE SCALE MOVES IS IF YOU DO A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT,
THEN THE WHOLE SCALE, THAT'S THE RISING TIDE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU BEVERLY. THANK YOU. BEVERLY. THANKS. 
          COUNCIL. IT IS 11:00. MY GOODNESS. WE'RE FLYING THROUGH THIS,
AND IT IS 11 A.M.. 
          I AM GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT COUNCIL IS GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          YES, SIR. I HAVE A CONFLICT ON ITEM 4D4D. YES,
SIR. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT WE COULD DO COME OUT WHEN? COME OUT, ANNOUNCE THE CONFLICT, AND THEN Y'ALL GO INTO IT. 
          OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. DONNA, DO YOU WANT TO GO? ARE YOU SWITCHING UP THE ORDER OR. WELL, I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PORRETTO HAS
MENTIONED, HE'LL JUST STAY WITH THAT. AND THEN WHEN HE COMES OUT AND THEN LEAVE,
AND THEN I CAN GET THROUGH IT AND THEN COME BACK WHEN IT'S OVER. 
          YEAH. GO THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE UNTIL WE GET TO THAT ITEM. 
          AND THEN, YES, I THINK THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT AT 4D,
ALEX, YOU JUST STEP OUT. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S THE LAST ANYWAY, SO JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY
ACTION AFTER WE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM ON ANY OF THEM. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S NOT. AND HE HAS TO DECLARE THOSE CONFLICTS AT NIGHT TOO,
IF THERE IS AN ITEM. 
          SO I THINK YOU'RE GOOD. LET ME TAKE A LITTLE BREAK BEFORE WE GET LET ME,
LET ME LET ME OFFICIALLY GET US HERE. 
          IT IS 11:02 A.M. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.087 AND 
          [4.A Pursuant to Tex. Gov't Code §551.087 and §551.071 1. to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or 2. to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described by Subdivision (1). Related to the Project Bounty development in the City of Galveston.]
551.071 COUNCILS GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ONE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE REGARDING
COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE
GOVERNMENTAL. 
          EXCUSE ME. BODY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY,
OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, OR TWO TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT
DESCRIBED BY SUBDIVISION ONE RELATED TO THE PROJECT. BOUNTY DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON FOR BE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT
CODE 
          [4.B Pursuant To Texas Gov’T Code 551.071- Consultation With Attorney, An Executive Session Will Be Conducted To Discuss And Receive Legal Advice Concerning Pending Litigation And/Or A Settlement Offer, Or On A Matter In Which The Duty Of The Attorney To The Governmental Body Under The Texas Disciplinary Rules Of Professional Conduct Of The State Bar Of Texas Clearly Conflicts With This Chapter, Related To The Following: Opioid settlement participation with the Texas Attorney General’s Office.]
551.071. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DISCUSS AND
RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING PENDING LITIGATION AND OR SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO
THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER RELATED
TO THE FOLLOWING OPIOID SETTLEMENT. 
          PARTICIPATION WITH THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. 
          ITEM FOUR C PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 55 1.074,
PERSONNEL MATTERS TO DELIBERATE, 
          [4.C Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074, "Personnel Matters" to deliberate the appointment, evaluation, reassignment, or duties of a Public Officer or Employee: 1. Assistant City Secretary Manuela "Nellie" De La Fuente]
DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT,
OR DUTIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. 
          ONE. ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY MANUELA NELLIE DE LA FUENTE. 
          ITEM FOUR. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 .071,
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DISCUSS AND RECEIVE 
          [4.D Pursuant to Texas Gov't Code 551.071 - Consultation with Attorney, will be conducted to discuss and receive legal advice concerning pending litigation and/or a settlement offer, or on a matter in which the duty of the Attorney to the Governmental Body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter, related to the following: 1. 21-CV-00359 Sonya Porretto v. City of Galveston Et Al, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas 21-CV-00359.]
LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING PENDING LITIGATION AND OR SETTLEMENT OFFER,
OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS
WITH THIS CHAPTER RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING. 
          121 CV 00359 SONIA PORRETTO VERSUS CITY OF GALVESTON ET AL. 
          [02:05:07]
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
TEXAS 21 CV 00359. WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S 137 IF ANYONE'S STILL WATCHING THIS TELECAST. 
          WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND WE ARE NOW GONE THROUGH ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. 
          SO WE WILL ADJOURN OUR WORKSHOP AND RECONVENE FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING AT 5 P.M.. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.