* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:01:45] EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. UM, WE'RE GONNA START THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF [I. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCILMAN JOHN CARROLL. PLEASE RISE. DEAR LORD, AS WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY. AS ALWAYS, WE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR MANY, MANY BLESSINGS. AND LORD, AS WE GO ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE JASPER COUNTY AND THE CITY OF HARVILLE, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE US AND DIRECT US THAT WE'LL MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE CITIZENS. ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK, LORD, IN YOUR MOST PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE TO TO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STATEMENTS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. UH, FIRST THING WE DO IS, UH, OH. I GOT A CALL TO ORDER. THIS IS [II. CALL TO ORDER] A CITY OF HARDY V, SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING, 2 0 5 MAIN STREET, HARDY V, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 8TH, 2025 AT 4:00 PM UM, THE, NOW WE APPROVE THE AGENDA. COULD [III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA] I HAVE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RATHER THAN LENGTHY AGENDA FOR TODAY? MOTION. WE APPROVE THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ONE, [IV. NEW BUSINESS] UH, ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY, CITY OF HARDY, REGARDING THE SATISFACTION OF OBLIGATIONS [A. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE SATISFACTION OF OBLIGATIONS OUTLINED IN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARDEEVILLE AND TWO BRIDGE BLUFF, LLC (“TBB”) TO PROVIDE FOR A REGIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS RELATED THERETO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY (2025-01-08A)] OUTLINED IN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF HARDY V AND TWO BRIDGE BLUFF TO PROVIDE A REGIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE EXECUTE AGREEMENTS ARE RELATED THERETO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. UH, MR. GRUBER, YOU, WOULD YOU GUIDE US THROUGH THIS, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A REQUEST FROM TWO BRIDGE BLUFF TO LOOK AT AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING MOU. I'VE ASKED MATT DAVIS, UH, DEPUTY TOWN MAN OR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO KIND OF GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THIS MATTER LEADING UP TO THE REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT. AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, THEM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I PLAN TO BE VERY, VERY BRIEF. UH, I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF TEE THIS UP FOR, FOR THE TWO BRIDGE BLUFF FOLKS, BUT JUST AGAIN, THE CAR TRACK IS OWNED BY TWO TWO BRIDGE BLUFF. UH, SEVERAL OF YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY CAME BEFORE, BEFORE COUNCIL, UH, IT WAS ANNEXED AND ZONED INTO THE CITY IN JUNE OF 22. AND IT'S ABOUT 2200 ACRES. 2,600 DWELLING UNITS WERE WERE ENTITLED. UH, AS PART OF THAT APPROVAL, THERE WAS AN MOU BETWEEN TWO BRIDGE BLUFF AND THE CITY, UM, AS MR. GRUBER ALLUDED TO. ONE WAS, UM, THE FUND OF THE REGIONAL FUNDING, A REGIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY. THAT OBLIGATION HAS BEEN SATISFIED. UM, YOU'VE SEEN, SEEN NUMEROUS, UM, REPORTS ON THAT AND, AND UPDATES, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. AND THEN THE OTHER WAS CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UH, THAT WAS NEVER REALLY [00:05:01] THAT CLEARLY DEFINED IN THAT MOU, BUT THERE WAS SOME OBLIGATION THAT WAS CERTAINLY AGREED TO. UM, SO ANYWAY, WE COME TO, UH, IN 2023 THEN, UH, MINTO HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY. YOU'LL RECALL. THEN IT CAME IN, THERE WAS A REVISED IMP, UM, CHANGED THE, UM, THE LAYOUT OF THE PROPERTY AND IT WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF MARGARITAVILLE ULTIMATELY, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR. UM, SO TRUBRIDGE BLUFF TENDS TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND MINTO WISHES TO HAVE THAT OBLIGATION MET BY THE CURRENT OWNER RATHER THAN THEM ASSUMING IT. UM, SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE ARE. AND THEN TODAY WE, UH, DISCUSS HOW TO SATISFY THAT, THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONDITION. UM, I'M GONNA LET THEM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT ANY PROPOSED SOLUTION THAT THEY MAY OFFER, AND THEN YOU ALL CAN CONSIDER IT. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME. ANYONE, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT? AWESOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, PLEASE JOIN US. HELLO. HOW ARE Y'ALL TODAY? GOOD, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THIS MEETING. THAT IS A GREAT ACCOMMODATION. WE REALLY, REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES, SIR. MY NAME IS ROB BRAN AND I'M AN ATTORNEY. I REPRESENT TO TRUBRIDGE BLUFF, TO BRIDGE BLUFF THE OWNER OF THE CAR TRACK. AND, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE OWNER OF THE CAR TRACK IS PLANNING TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO MINTO FOR AN EXPANSION OF MARGARITAVILLE, WHICH WE THINK IS A, A GREAT USE OF THE PROPERTY. AND OUR, OUR SALES CONTRACT REQUIRED US TO OBTAIN THE TERMINATION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT HAD THE TWO COMPONENTS. ONE WAS TO PAY THE TRAFFIC STUDIES AS HE INDICATED. I THINK WE'VE PAID ABOUT $250,000 SO FAR TOWARDS THAT, AND WE HAVE MAYBE 25,000 MORE TO PAY THAT WE'D PAY AT CLOSING. AND THE OTHER WAS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING MULTIFAMILY PROJECT SINCE WE'RE REQUIRED TO GET OUR CONTRACT TERMINATED BEFORE THE CLOSING, WHICH IS NEXT WEDNESDAY. WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH A WAY TO DEVELOP A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT AND, YOU KNOW, IN THAT TIMEFRAME, OF COURSE. AND, UH, THE ENTITY IS, IS CLOSING DOWN, THIS IS THEIR LAST PROPERTY ANYWAY, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE SORT OF ON THE WAY OF, OF CLOSING THE DOORS. SO WE WERE TRIED TO THINK OF WAYS TO, TO SATISFY YOU IN LIEU OF THAT. AND I, I'VE DONE A GOOD BIT OF THIS. I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR HABITAT IN SAVANNAH FOR 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE HABITAT GEORGIA BOARD. SO WE DO A LOT OF MUNICIPALITY RELATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TYPE PROGRAMS. AND USUALLY THERE'S A, A PAYMENT UPFRONT OF, OF SOME KIND OF CASH OR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE GET INTO HOUSING IS TYPICALLY WHAT I SEE. AND AND UNRELATED TO THIS, I RECENTLY DRAFTED MOU THAT YOU GUYS SIGNED WITH THE EAST AR HIC FOLKS TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THAT. AND SO OUR, OUR PROPOSAL IS, IS BASED IN THAT REALM. WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD TAKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS, AND IN THIS CASE WE TOOK 2% OF THE UNITS AND THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD PAY YOU $5,000 FOR EACH OF THOSE UNITS FOR A TOTAL OF $260,000. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO PAY THAT FUND TO YOU THAT COULD BE USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS LIKE THE EAST A PROJECT, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, EXPAND THAT OR ANY OTHER PROJECTS YOU HAVE IN LIEU OF SOMETHING AMBIGU MORE AMBIGUOUS, LIKE THE HOUSING COMPLEX. UM, I HAD TALKED TO PINA ABOUT THIS EARLIER BECAUSE THE, THE SALE IS BEING FINANCED. SO WE, ALL OF THE FUNDS COMING OUTTA THE CLOSING HERE ARE GONNA GO TO PAY OFF OUR DEBT ON THE PROPERTY. SO THERE REALLY WASN'T, UH, ANY MONEY TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO THE COUNCIL. AND I TALKED TO PRE ABOUT MAYBE PAYING THAT OVER TIME. AND SHE HAD INDICATED TO ME THAT IF WE WERE GONNA TERMINATE THE MOU, THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO PAY IT ALL NOW. AND SO MY CLIENT HAS MADE SOME ARRANGEMENTS TO GO BORROW THE FUNDS FROM A PRIVATE SOURCE SO THAT WE CAN PAY THE CITY THE 260,000 BY THE CLOSING NEXT WEDNESDAY. AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO YOU TO TRY TO, AND WE, WE PROVIDED TWO DOCUMENTS TO PRE, I THINK SHE'S INDICATED THEY'RE OKAY. ONE IS A MEMO, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOU THAT KIND OF SETS FORTH THESE TERMS. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS WHEN WE MAKE THE PAYMENT TO YOU, IT'S THE TERMINATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED TO HAND TO MINTO IN ORDER TO DO OUR CLOSING. OKAY. AND I'M GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. UM, LET'S START TO MY RIGHT WITH, UH, MR. MESMAN. UH, STEVE, ANY QUESTIONS? UM, NOT, NOT REALLY. I, IT'S SURPRISING, UH, THAT YOU'VE COME IN AND OFFERED TO BASICALLY SETTLE THE DEBT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THE ENTITY WAS CLOSING WORRIES ME A LITTLE BIT, I, [00:10:01] 'CAUSE THE ORIGINAL THAT I HEARD WAS LIKE A TWO YEAR RIGHT, UH, PAYMENT. BUT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, THE OWNER IS WILLING TO, UH, FIND THE MONEY AND PAY THAT OFF. NOW, UM, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE $260,000 AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY EXTENDED IN THE TRAFFIC CITY IS THAT WILL BENEFIT THIS WHOLE REGION. THAT'S IT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU MRS. GUZMAN. WELL, I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY BECAUSE STEVE SAID IT ALL. NEXT MY HEAD, GET HERE. OH, OH. DOCTOR , MR. WHITE. UH, NOTHING TO ADD TO WHAT STEVE HAD SAID. THANK YOU MR. CARROLL. NO, NOTHING THAT MY ONE QUESTION WAS, AND YOU ALREADY ANSWERED IT AND JOSH AND I HAD DISCUSSED IT, UM, IN OUR MEETING YESTERDAY. SO, UH, I, I PRETTY WELL WAS UP TO DATE ON EVERYTHING, SO NO SIR, YOU ANSWERED EVERYTHING. AND I, LIKE STEVE SAID, UH, WE ADMIRE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT MAY EVEN BE A BIGGER SHOCK. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR, OR . UM, I, WHAT I WOULD THOUGH SUGGEST TO COUNSEL AND, UH, MR. GRUBER IS THAT THIS MONEY AND BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE ONE LUMP SUM, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT THIS BE PUT INTO A, UH, I'LL CALL IT A RESTRICTED FUND SO THAT THE MONEY CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY TO THAT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING THING. AND AS A BOARD MEMBER OF HABITAT HUMANITY FOR MYSELF, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS GO TOWARDS ANOTHER HARVEY PLACE. ALREADY HAVE A NAME IN MIND. UM, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. CAN, CAN IS THAT YES, SIR. IS COUNCIL, DO YOU, DO YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA? JUST PUT IT IN A SEPARATE FUND? NOBODY TOUCH IT EXCEPT PROVIDE LAND. I FIGURED JOSH PROBABLY ALREADY HAD THAT. WELL AFTER I, I KNOW. SO, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION THAT PINA DRAFTED, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT AND IT CALLS FOR EXACTLY THAT. WE'LL, WE'LL PLACE IT LIKELY IN THE, UM, UH, THE LAND ACQUISITION ACCOUNT, BUT ULTIMATELY USE IT WITH A, AN EYE TOWARDS ACQUIRING PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY FOR A WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT. YEAH. YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT FOR THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. GOOD, THANK YOU. WELL, YOU MADE OUR LIFE EASIER. SO, UM, I SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC HERE. WOULD ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO, UH, ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT? SEEING NONE, THEN I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO RESOLUTION. 2025 DASH OH ONE DASH EIGHT A. MR. MAYOR, I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE 2025 DASH OH ONE DASH EIGHT A. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE ON THIS. SO IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE. A AYE. WELL, I, I STILL DON'T THINK I BEAT MR. CARROLL'S RECORD , BUT I'M, I'M A LITTLE CLOSER. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO AJOUR. MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE HAVE A SECOND? YES. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PLEASE SAY GOODNIGHT, [V. ADJOURNMENT] GENTLEMEN. [01:17:28] LIKE [01:17:28] LEADING [01:17:29] UP [01:17:29] TO [01:17:29] LIKE, [01:17:31] I'VE [01:17:32] NEVER [01:17:32] SEEN [01:17:33] POSSIBLY. [01:17:37] SO [01:17:38] FIRST [01:17:38] THING [01:17:39] WE WOULD WANT TO DO IS INVITE THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY TO COME. AND SINCE YOU BOTH SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, GET THAT MESSAGE OUT IN SPANISH. MM-HMM . OKAY. OKAY. UH, SO WE WANT TO HAVE, SAY, HELP NEW HISPANIC COMMUNITY. AND TWO FIRST STEP IS INVITE THEM, GET THE MESSAGE OUT. NOW I'M GONNA TELL YOU A STORY. WHEN I FIRST CAME TO HARVILLE, I GOT INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT RIGHT AWAY. SO WHEN THEY GOT ON CITY COUNCIL, I SAID, I'M GOING TO HAVE A SERIES OF MEETINGS AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND MEET YOU. NOBODY SHOWS UP. THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE. AND I WAS GIVING HOT DOGS AWAY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I, EVERYBODY SAID FEED THEM AND DON'T CUT . I I TRIED TO FEED THEM. SO THE QUESTION TO YOU ALL PULL THEIR OWN WHAT THEY NEED, WHICH IS A GREAT IDEA. HOW DO WE GET FOOD? WHAT TIME IS THAT? UH, MAINLY ABOUT GETTING A WORD ACROSS, RIGHT? SOCIAL MEDIA IS OBVIOUS. GREAT. THAT'S FRIDAY. THAT'S ALRIGHT. SORRY. DOES THIS COUNSELOR HAVE LIKE A MEDIA PAGE WHERE WE COULD POST ANY UPDATES OR SOMETHING? YEAH, WE, HEY UH, JESS, I'M SURE YOU YEAH. HI. UH, TALKING ABOUT SETTING UP. COME AND EDUCATE US ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DIFFICULTIES ARE IN COMING TO A NEW COUNTRY IN NEW CITY AND WAYS THAT, WHAT THINGS DO THEY NEED? UM, [01:20:02] COULD WE USE THE CITY MEDIA OUTLETS TO REACH THEM TO ANNOUNCE WHEN THE MEETING IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT? YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. UM, ANOTHER OPTION TOO IS WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. SO WE CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY CAN HELP US SPREAD THE WORD ON THAT AS WELL. THAT'S GREAT. I'M ON THE BOARD OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND THE TREASURER IS ON THE, AND HER HUSBAND IS PART OF THE THE NAVARROS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I BELIEVE SO, YES. YEAH, ALEX AND, UM, PART THE HISPANIC BUSINESS COMMUNITY. YEAH, THEY UM, THEY HELPED US WITH THE HAM EVENT. WE SENT THEM THE GRAPHICS AND THEY WERE HELPING US LIKE POST IT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND SPREAD THE WORD. SO WE DEFINITELY COULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY CAN HELP WITH THIS. THAT'S IT. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. UM, SO, UM, WHERE DO YOU THINK, CAN YOU HOLD THIS IN HERE? REC CENTER? I THINK HERE YOU CAN RAISE ABOUT 50,000. MM. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF LEFT OVER LAST. LESLIE, WHAT DO YOU THINK, DAVE? WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? AND THEN THAT WAY THEY'RE, WHEN YOU POINT THE FINGER AT THEM NOW THEY, THEY'RE FORCED TO ANSWER YOU. PRETTY SURE PEOPLE KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS PLACE THAN THE REC CENTER. OH YEAH. FROM A WALKING DISTANCE POSSIBLY. THAT'S A FAIR POINT. YEAH. CITY HALL WOULD BE MUCH MORE RECOGNIZABLE AS A GET TOGETHER PLACE THAN THE REC CENTER, I THINK. OR YEAH, THIS PLACE WOULD BE BETTER. YEAH, IT'S MORE ACCESSIBLE. MM-HMM . OKAY. YEAH. THEN THEY COULD LEAVE THEIR KIDS OVER THERE TO PLAY AND COME HERE. OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD, GOOD THOUGHT. WE CAN ALSO SEE IF WE CAN PUT A FLYER IN THE REC CENTER TOO. LIKE WE CAN POST IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT WE CAN ALSO PUT FLYERS OUT IN PLACES LIKE REC CENTER. SO IF PEOPLE SEE IT WHILE THEY'RE AT THE GYM, THEY'LL KNOW ABOUT IT. OKAY. SHOULD WE, NOW YOU YOU'RE HAVING IT HERE. SHOULD WE HAVE SNACKS? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, DEFINITELY. SO GIVE HIM SOMETHING THAT HE, YEAH. UM, LET ME THROW ANOTHER IDEA ALSO FROM MEANINGS FACTOR BUT MAY HAVE A, A SLIGHTLY BIGGER SPOT SPACE. HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER BEEN AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE LIBRARY DOWN THE STREET? I HAVEN'T. OKAY. BEHIND AT THE BACK END OF THE LIBRARY WITH ITS OWN ENTRANCE IS A COMMUNITY ROOM. NOW, I'M NOT SURE IT'S A BIGGER SPACE THAN THIS, BUT UM, IT DOES HAVE A LITTLE SINK AND YOU KNOW, WHY DOES IT HAVE A REFRIGERATOR IN THERE? YEAH, IT HAS, IT HAS A REFRIGERATOR IN THE BACK. THERE'S A REFRIGERATOR, A SINK, KIND OF LIKE A KITCHENETTE AREA. IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO SET UP BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO OTHER PEOPLE. RIGHT. SO MAYBE, AND IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. IT STILL HAS MORE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY ALONG HERE. SOMETHING NICE ABOUT THE LIBRARY TOO. UM, I FEEL LIKE JUST KIND OF HOW IT'S SET UP, IT COULD BE KIND OF LESS INTIMIDATING. 'CAUSE COMING TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATING WITH HAVING PEOPLE SITTING RIGHT UP HERE. SO HOW YOU CAN SET IT UP IN THE LIBRARY, IT'S KIND OF MORE OF A CONVERSATIONAL TYPE OF FLOW. SO IT DOESN'T SEEM SO, I DUNNO, IT SEEMS MORE LIKE A CASUAL CONVERSATION. CITY HALL MAYBE MORE INTIMIDATING. I THINK A LITTLE BIT MIGHT BE TOO FAR. YEAH, I THINK SO. LIKE WITH PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE, WHEN YOU'RE SITTING WITH PEOPLE KIND OF, I THINK SITTING WITH PEOPLE ON THE SAME LIKE STYLE, IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT MORE CASUAL, EASIER TO KIND OF TALK AND MORE OF A COLLABORATE KIND OF CONVERSATION. YEAH. BUT EVEN IF WE HAD IT HERE PROBABLY WOULD BE A BETTER IDEA THAT, THAT WHEN YOU'RE NOT SITTING HERE TO SET UP TABLES, BUT I THINK IT'D BE EASIER TO SET UP THE COMMUNITY ROOM IN THE LIBRARY. IT HAS ITS OWN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LIBRARY. IT HAS OWN BACK ENTRANCE RIGHT. BY, UM, BY THE FIRE STATION. RIGHT. A COUPLE [01:25:01] BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S IT'S NOT TOO, YEAH, IT'S NOT TOO FAR AT ALL. LIKE VERY EASY, LIKE WALKABLE DISTANCE. SO NOW, UM, LET'S GO TO THE WIND. THIS, UH, LIBRARY SPOT, RIGHT? IS IT AVAILABLE LIKE WHENEVER OR LIKE DO WE NEED TO LIKE PRESERVE TIME FOR WE, WE, THE CITY CONTROL THE USE OF THAT. OKAY. EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE LIBRARY, WE MADE A INSTANT CHANGE. SO I HAVE TO GO TO ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO CONTROLS. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE WE GET A TIME THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS IT ALREADY RESERVED. YEAH. BUT OTHER THAN THAT WE CAN CONTROL THAT. SO THE FIRST THING TO DO WOULD BE YOU THREE DECIDE WHAT IS A TIME THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT SO THAT YOU'RE HERE. AND BECAUSE YOU TWO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT YOU'RE HERE. AND WHAT I WOULD ALSO ASK ARE MUNICIPAL JUDGE, JUDGE NANCY, WHO'S JUDGE NANCY AND SHE SPEAKS SPANISH AS WELL. SO I WOULD ASK HER IF SHE, AND SHE LIVES RIGHT NEAR DOWN. SHE LIVES DOWNTOWN ALSO. MM-HMM. UM, SHE WOULD BE A GREAT PERSON TO, TO BE THERE AS WELL. I WOULD ASK HER TO BE THERE. WHAT DO YOU, OKAY. YEAH. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT WE MAY BE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT UH, VERY GOOD. UM, WHAT YOU ALL SHOULD DO IS PREPARE A LIST OF QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ASK THE PEOPLE? WHAT DO, WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO TELL YOU? OKAY. UM, AND THE, THE MORE FOCUS THE QUESTIONS COULD BE, THE BETTER THE ANSWERS YOU'RE GONNA BE. SO IF YOU JUST SAY, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU SO BROAD? YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU NARROW DOWN A LIST OF QUESTIONS? SO IF YOU ASK THEM, DO YOU SPEAK SPANISH? THEY SAY YES OR NO, RIGHT? MM-HMM . AS OPPOSED TO HOW MANY LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK? YOU KNOW, TELL ME HOW IT, THE MORE FOCUSED YOU CAN GET THE QUESTIONS, THE BETTER THE ANSWERS YOU'RE GOING TO GET. SO LIKE, CLOSE ENDED QUESTION. I'M SORRY. CLOSE ENDED QUESTIONS. LIKE COMPANY LIKE OFFICER OPEN-ENDED, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET, YOU CAN, YOU CAN FRAME THE QUESTIONS IN A WAY IS YOU'RE GONNA GET GOOD QUALITY, UH, ANSWERS. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK EACH OF YOU TO DO IS COME UP WITH A LIST OF QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, UM, SO YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE HELP? UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO WE NEED TO HELP WITH WITH TYPE OF, 'CAUSE IF WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE LANGUAGE BARRIER, BUT IN WHAT ASPECTS ARE THE BARRIERS REFERRING TO? LIKE, IS IT WITH GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE OR IS IT WITH, UM, RESOURCES OR WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT OR STUFF LIKE THAT? JUST WHICH ONE SPECIFICALLY? SO THE QUESTION COULD BE MORE, I FEEL LIKE JUST TO KNOW OTHER IN THIS COMMUNITY OR SOMETHING. SO LIKE, UM, NOT A SENSE. THIS IS LIKE WHOLE OR KIND OF LIKE A SURVEY QUESTION. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. UM, AND UM, ONE, SOME THINGS I'VE HEARD IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, THEY COME HERE, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THEY NEED FROM CITY HALL. HOW DO YOU GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE HERE, YOU DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH, HOW DO YOU GET THAT INFORMATION IF IT'S NOT GIVEN IN SPANISH? YOU KNOW? SO WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION HELP, YOU'VE MENTIONED GOVERNMENT. HOW CAN GOVERNMENT, WHAT, WHAT BARRIERS HAVE YOU COME ACROSS? UM, YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING A DRIVER'S LICENSE IN TROUBLE GETTING, YOU KNOW, UH, [01:30:01] EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION OR YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE DO YOU NEED INFORMATION IN SPANISH, FOR EXAMPLE. NOW THINK OF THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS. UM, I'LL ALSO ASK, UH, BLANCA MARTINEZ. OH YEAH. WHO OWNS TORAH TAXES UP ON? SHE'S, SHE'S PHENOMENAL. NICE, NICE WOMAN. I'LL ASK HER TO COME TOO. YEAH, DEFINITELY. AND SHE HAS A LOT OF CONTACTS AND SHE HELPS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WITH PAPERWORK, YOU KNOW, VISA INFORMATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO SHE'D BE A GOOD ONE TO YEAH, SHE'D HAVE FROM TOO. SHE'D BE A GREAT ONE. UM, ALRIGHT, SO, SO YOU ALL WORK ON QUESTIONS NOW LET, LET'S GO BACK TO WHEN IS THIS A GOOD TIME? NOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA HOLD A MEETING WHEN THE PEOPLE CAN ATTEND. SO IT'S NOT JUST HAS TO BE CONVENIENT FOR YOU ALL. IT'S, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SHOW UP. SO WHEN IS IT CONVENIENT? , WHEN IS IT CONVENIENT FOR THE AUDIENCE YOU WANT TO ATTEND? UM, IS FIVE O O'CLOCK TWO ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK SIX O'CLOCK TOO LATE FOR YOU? NO. YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO ANY THOUGHTS? I WOULD SAY ASK YOUR COUNSEL WHAT THEY THINK TIMEWISE, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHICH ONE? WHICH ONE GOES FIRST? UM, THEY WOULD GO FIRST. PLUS WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT LIKE HOW LONG THE EVENT SHOULD BE LIKE WITH THE DURATION. SO LIKE ONE HOUR, LIKE ONE HOUR, TWO HOURS OR SOMETHING SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR TWO HOURS OR LIKE TWO HOUR 30 MINUTES SHOULD GOOD ENOUGH TIMEFRAME, RIGHT? YEAH. FOR THE WHOLE EVENT. FEBRUARY A GOOD DATE BREAK JANUARY RIGHT NOW. AND IT SHOULDN'T BE ON A WEEKEND. OR I WAS THINKING A WEEKEND WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE OFF AND THEY HAVE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW UP. DO WE HAVE, DON'T SCHOOLS HAVE A BREAK DURING JANUARY? LIKE, BECAUSE AFTER SEMESTER STANDS AT HERE IS THE 20TH THAT'S ALLOCATING. OH YEAH. NOT IN JANUARY AND ON JANUARY. SO DOCTOR, YOU HAVE TO PROCESS THAT. SO HOW MARCH YOU ARE GOING, YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SOME TIME. YEP. FOR THE WORD ORGANIZED PLUS WE NEED SOME TIME. SO THE WORD GETS AROUND A GOOD DATE. BUT I DUNNO ABOUT, I ALSO RECOMMEND LIKE BEFORE YOU DO IT, LIKE THE PEOPLE YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WANNA GET INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL, MAYBE HAVE A MEETING WITH 'EM. 'CAUSE THEY COULD ALSO BRING SOME PERSPECTIVE AND IDEAS AND MAYBE HELP YOU WITH SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK THE COMMUNITY. YES. YEAH. YEAH. GREAT IDEA. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YOU KNOW, UM, TO HELP YOU GET ORGANIZED. NOW WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO PUSH OUT HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT IN MIND TOO. UM, AND THE RESULTS OF THIS MEETING, YOU MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO WORK ON YOURSELF, BUT YOU CAN CREATE A DOCUMENT OF HERE'S WHAT YOU COULD GIVE TO THE CITY OF ARTIGO. HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO FOR THIS, FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY TO HELP, HELP THEM TRANSITION INTO THE, THE GREATER COMMUNITY. UM, SO IT DOESN'T, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO LEAD TO SPECIFIC ACTION BY YOU. YOU'RE THE CREATOR OF THE, OF THE PLAN. YOU MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO EXECUTE IT IN PART OF IT, AND THAT'S OKAY. 'CAUSE YOU'RE LEAVING YOUR LEGACY BY CREATING A DOCUMENT A, A PLAN, A PATH FORWARD. UM, SO WITH JESS'S IDEA IN MIND, SHOULD WE, UM, HAVE FOR FEBRUARY'S MEETING INVITING JUDGE NANCY BLANCA, UH, THE NAVARROS MM-HMM . AND ASK THEM TO COME TO OUR FEBRUARY [01:35:01] MEETING, TELL 'EM WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. YOU IN THE MEANTIME, CREATE A LIST OF SUGGESTIONS FOR QUESTIONS. ASK THEM WHAT THEY THINK. SO WE GET FEEDBACK TOO. GET FEEDBACK ALSO. AND THEN AT THAT MEETING YOU CAN CREATE A DOCUMENT OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO PRESENT FOR TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY WHEN THEY COME IN. AND THEN, UM, A QUESTION ABOUT A SATURDAY. I THINK WE COULD ASK THEM AS WELL. YEAH. ESPECIALLY SINCE, UM, BLANCA WORKS WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SHE KNOWS A LOT OF PEOPLE'S SCHEDULE. SHE MIGHT HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF LIKE WHAT DATE OR TIME WORKS FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. YEAH. SHE'S, SHE'S CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. SO SHE THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SHE COULD PROBABLY HELP US A LOT. YEAH. AND IT GIVES YOU TIME TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZE IT BECAUSE, UM, JUST KIND OF IN MY PAST EXPERIENCE WITH PLANNING EVENTS, THE MORE TIME YOU HAVE, LIKE, IT KIND OF RUNS A LITTLE BIT MORE SMOOTHLY. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE, TO BE RUSHED BY ANYTHING. YEAH, OF COURSE. OKAY. SECOND, UH, WEDNESDAY OF FEBRUARY IS THE 12TH. ARE YOU ALL GOOD FOR THE NEXT YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING? THE 12TH? SURE. YEAH. THAT'S THE SECOND ONE TODAY OF FEBRUARY. UM, AND THAT'LL GIVE ME TIME TO INVITE, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS TO THAT MEETING. OKAY. THAT'LL GIVE YOU TIME TO PREPARE A LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU THINK. AND IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS THAT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ARE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT, AND IT, IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HISPANICS. ANY NEW, UM, PEOPLE WHO COME WHO ARE NOT NATIVE TO THIS AREA. IT COULD BE INDIANS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROBLEMS HAVE THEY ENCOUNTERED COMING TO A NEW COMMUNITY WITH A NEW LANGUAGE, A NEW SCHOOL, ALL THINGS. AND MAYBE ASK THEM AND THAT'LL HELP YOU FORMULATE YOUR, YOUR LIST OF QUESTIONS. AND THEN WHEN WE GET INPUT FROM BLANCA AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUDGE NANCY AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE SPANISH COMMUNITY NOW, COMBINE 'EM TOGETHER. THINK SOUNDS GOOD. I WONDER WHO'S THE REAL MASTERMIND AT THE PLAN? WELL, UH, WELL THE, UH, WE, WE HAVE, WE, AND THEN WHAT YOU COULD DO ONCE WE HAVE THIS PLAN PUT TOGETHER FOR FEBRUARY, WE CAN SET THE DATE FOR PROBABLY FOR MARCH. RIGHT. AND WE, YOU CAN PUT YOUR FLYER SKILLS UP TO WORK AGAIN AND MAKE SURE WE GET THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO, TO SHOW UP AT THIS. YEAH. I LOVED GEOGRAPHICS BY THE WAY. THEY WERE AWESOME. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MAKING, UM, A GRAPHIC IN SPANISH TOO. SO LIKE, IF YOU WANNA MAKE THE GRAPHIC FOR THIS AGAIN, IT WOULD BE GREAT. THEY WERE, THEY WERE AMAZING. THANK YOU. DO YOU NEED HELP WITH PUTTING UP FLYERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? OR LIKE, LIKE GOING BE IN ONE PLACE IN PARTICULAR? THE, THE FLYERS, WE, WE GENERALLY DON'T PUT 'EM UP ANYMORE. OKAY. EVERYTHING GETS DONE ELECTRONICALLY, WHETHER IT BE, UM, THROUGH EMAILS, SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE POST ON OUR WEBSITE. UM, EVEN IF WE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ST. ANTHONY'S IS THE PRIMARY CHURCH THAT OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY GHOST TO, WE CAN GIVE THAT TO THE PASTOR. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HE COULD ANNOUNCE IT FROM THE PULPIT, YOU KNOW, [01:40:01] SO THERE'S, AND THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT TOO, IS THROUGH THE CHURCH. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, UM, CHURCH THAT THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY ATTENDS. I THINK THEY MOSTLY GO TO ST. ANTHONY'S. UM, BUT WE CAN FIND THAT OUT THAT, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT. COME BE. AND, AND THE FACT THAT DEMEANING YOU AS YOU ARE THE YOUTH COUNCIL, THEY'RE COMING TO MEET, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT MEETING, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME STRANGE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, FROM, UH, THAT THEY, THEY CAN'T RELATE TO. I THINK THEY'LL RELATE TO YOU A HECK OF A LOT MORE. YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA INTIMIDATE THEM. LIKE MAYBE A, A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE TALK IN WASHINGTON, GOD KNOWS. UH, AND, AND THAT MAY BE ANOTHER THING THAT YOU WANT TO UH, USE THIS FOR. AND PERHAPS, I SWEAR OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN COME IN EASE THEIR CONCERNS. WHAT HAPPENS IN TALKING IN WASHINGTON IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN HARDY. WE'RE, WE'RE NOT HERE TO FRIGHTEN PEOPLE THE WAY SOME PEOPLE MAY BE FRIGHTENED FROM THE TALK IN WASHINGTON. THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES IS TO EASE THE CONCERNS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NEWLY ARRIVED. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. HOW DO WE HELP MAKE PEOPLE COMFORTABLE THAT THEY'RE HERE IN HARVILLE? 'CAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE NOT WATCH. UM, ANY ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON? OR IS THIS, THIS IS QUITE A BIT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO TO PREPARE FOR THIS? JESS? IT. I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS A PRETTY BIG PROJECT. SO YEAH. WE SHOULD MAINLY FOCUS ON THIS. FOCUS ON THIS. YEAH. IT, IT, IT IS QUITE A BIT. IT'S QUITE A BIT. SO I WILL, I WILL, UM, I WILL WORK ON GETTING, I HAVE THE NAVARROS. I'LL SEE IF, UH, BECAUSE HE SPEAKS YOU, I'M THINKING THAT HE SPEAKS FLUENT SPANISH AND HE'S IN TOUCH WITH A LOT OF THE LOCAL SPANISH COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO, UH, AND RICK'S INDIAN AS WELL. SO HE'S GOT, HE'S GOT THE WHOLE THESE STUFF. UM, AND UH, SO HE MIGHT BE, HE MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE TO GET SOME INPUT IF HE CAN COME, UH, THAT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL CONTACT ALL OF THESE, GET AS MANY OF THEM HERE AS, UH, I CAN AND WE'LL BRAINSTORM WITH THEM AND TRY TO GET A, A MARCH EVENT PUT TOGETHER. DOES THAT SOUND OKAY? SOUNDS GREAT. YES. BUT COULD WE MAKE SURE THAT THE MARCH EVENT ISN'T LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH? YEAH, IT WON'T BE THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH BECAUSE I'LL BE AT THE PANAMA CANAL. OKAY. I'M NOT HERE. , YOU CAN GUARANTEE, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IT WON'T BE THE FIRST WEEK, WEEK IN MARCH. AND LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO, THE DATE WILL BE UP TO YOU. BUT IT'S SATURDAY, SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY. IT'S, YOU ARE IN CONTROL. YOU DECIDE WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE, NOT ME. I CAN OFFER SUGGESTIONS AND JESSICA, BUT THIS IS YOUR PROJECT, YOUR COUNSEL, YOU MAKE THE DECISION. OKAY. OKAY. YOU CAN'T DECIDE ON THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH. . , ANYTHING ELSE? WE'LL SEND YOU HOME EARLY TODAY. [01:45:01] . I REALLY, I, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL THREE OF YOU. YOUR MOM WAS GREAT WHEN YOU WERE GONE, GIVEAWAYS AND I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, BEEN THE HEART AND SOUL OF, OF THIS YEAR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE CAN CLOSE OUT FOR A GREAT NOTE. THANK, THANK YOU. AND WHAT YOU DID AT THE GIVEAWAYS WERE JUST TREMENDOUS. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU. ALSO, UM, I WAS THINKING, WHAT ABOUT AFTER YOU GET LIKE THE SURVEY BACK, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT INFORMATION? WOULD THERE BE LIKE A FOLLOW UP EVENT FOR YEAH, I, I THINK THERE, THERE SHOULD BE A FOLLOW UP. MAYBE THAT'S HOW WE WRAP UP THE YEAR. AND LIKE ONE YEAR WHEN WE WORKED ON HEALTH AND NUTRITION, WHAT THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THAT YOUTH COUNCIL WAS, THEY PASSED A RESOLUTION, SENT THE SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS, YOU SHOULD DO THIS, THIS, AND THIS. PUT HEALTHIER FOOD IN THE, IN THE VENDING MACHINES AND PUT SALADS ON ON A MEAL PLAN. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LIST OF THINGS THAT, THAT YOUTH COUNCIL LEFT WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIONS. AND THAT'S WHAT I ENVISION WITH THIS. WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON NOW IS THAT YOU SAY YOU LEAVE A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY OF HARVILLE, YOU SHOULD DO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 THINGS TO HELP THE, THE, THE SPANISH COMMUNITY ADJUST IN, IN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU COME UP WITH. AS A RESULT OF THIS SURVEY, YOU LEAVE, UH, A GAME PLAN FOR THE CITY TO FOLLOW. HERE'S WHAT THE SPANISH COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HELP THEM TRANSITION. IT'LL BE US, US BEING THE CITY OF HARVILLE TO TAKE IT AND IMPLEMENT WHAT YOU SUGGEST AS A PLAN. YOU'RE THE CREATORS, YOU LEAVE IT TO THE, THE WORKERS TO IMPLEMENT. I DON'T LIKE THAT THOUGHT, BUT OKAY, . OKAY. WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT IT? I'M, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT. WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? TEAMWORK. NOT REALLY SUPERIOR OR, I'M SORRY, NOT REALLY SUPERIORS, BUT MORE LIKE TEAMWORK. LIKE TEAMWORK. TEAMWORK. YEAH. OKAY. AM I SPEAKING TOO SOFTLY? LIKE YOU ARE SPEAKING SOFTLY BECAUSE I HAVE BAD HEARING . UM, AND THAT'S WHAT, AND I DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO SPEAK SOFTER. YES. UM, AND AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID BEFORE. THIS IS YOU NOT ME. SO WHATEVER YOU COME UP WITH, YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT, NOT ME TELL YOU. SO, SO YOU THOUGHT AGAIN, TEAMWORK WAS A DREAM WORK TEAMWORK. YES. OKAY. SO, UM, WITH THAT THOUGHT IN MIND, THEN WHEN WE GET THIS SURVEY, YOU TELL YOU AS A GROUP, YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT. YOU CAN ASK FOR MY INPUT, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU TO DECIDE WHAT IT IS YOU WANT. THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU GATHERED, WHAT DO YOU WANT DONE WITH IT? YOU DON'T WANT THEM, YOU DON'T WANT, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO SIT IN SOMEBODY'S DRAW AND IN SOMEBODY'S FILE CABINET NOT AND HAVE ANYTHING DONE WITH IT. RIGHT? SO THAT SHOULD BE ALSO SOMETHING YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ALSO. AND WHAT DEFINE TEAMWORK. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO THAT NOW. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A TEAM EFFORT GO TO, TO THESE FINDINGS? AND THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT YOU AS A GROUP SHOULD DECIDE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR CONCERNS? YES. OKAY. AND IF IT DOESN'T, YOU TELL ME. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS TOO? UM, I HAVE, I HAVE [01:50:01] NOT AT THIS TIME. MY CONCERN IS HOW DO WE HELP THIS COMMUNITY? AND THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'D SEE THEM COMING. I, AND I'D SAY, WOW, THAT MUST BE SO HARD. WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN. AND BY YOU ALL TAKE TACKLING THE QUESTION, I THINK WE CAN, I THINK WE CAN HELP THIS COMMUNITY. SO WE JUST HAVE TO GET, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING, YOU KNOW, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S MY CONCERN. I WANNA SEE, I WANNA SEE MORE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, YOU, YOU'VE THREE HAVE BEEN GREAT. LET'S GET MORE. HOW DO WE GET MORE? HMM? HOW DO WE GET MORE? DO WE? GOOD QUESTION. AND, AND GENERALLY USUALLY WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE, UM, PARTICIPATING FROM ROYAL EYE OAKS LAST YEAR THAT WAS, THAT'S WHERE WE HAD EVERYBODY. NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MIA BUT ME'S GOT A BUSY SCHEDULE. THE SCENES THIS YEAR, UM, THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE SIGNED UP. SO WE HAVE TO TRY TO SHAKE THE BUSHES AND GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED AT THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS. I'LL WORK ON THAT TOO. BUT DON'T LET ME DICTATE YOU HAVE A CONCERN. DON'T LET ME DICTATE THIS IS YOUR COUNCIL AND DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. THAT'S PERIOD. OKAY. WE HAVE A PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH. YES. YES. ALL MY NOTES MATE. FEBRUARY 12TH. AND, UH, SO WE WILL SEE YOU ON WHATEVER THAT DATE WAS IN FEBRUARY. OKAY, . ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.