[A. CALL TO ORDER-MAYOR] [00:00:05] TODAY IS MARCH 10TH. THE TIME IS 5:35. LET'S START WITH OUR ROLL CALL. MISS DAVID-GRAVES HERE. MISS TODD HERE. MR. JOHNSON IS ABSENT, HE'S SICK. MR. WASHINGTON HERE. MR. GERFERS HERE. MR. DEFFENBAUGH HERE. MR. LONG HERE. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL TAKE US INTO OUR WORK OUR WORK SESSION. [C. WORK SESSION AGENDA] WE WILL DISCUSS AND SCHEDULE UPCOMING TOWN HALL EVENTS. I THINK THIS IS JUST AN OPEN DISCUSSION FOR US TO KIND OF DETERMINE WHEN AND I GUESS WHERE WE'LL HAVE THE TOWN HALLS HERE. YEAH. YEAH. WHEREVER YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM. OKAY. YEAH. SO I WILL I'LL GIVE MY OPINION ON IT. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ONE AT LEAST ONE QUARTER. I KNOW YOU YOU KIND OF HAD YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT AS WELL. AND THEN I WANT TO DETERMINE, I GUESS, WHO WILL BE AVAILABLE AND WHAT DATES AND TIMES. I AGREE ONE A QUARTER IS GOOD. HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT THE HOME RULE CHARTER WILL START COMING INTO PLAY SOON. I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT AMENDMENTS FOR, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED EXTRA TOWN HALLS IN PLACE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PEOPLE. AND THAT WAY IT'S NOT TAKEN AWAY FROM THE OTHER TOWN HALL STUFF. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE CAN PROBABLY MERGE THOSE TWO INTO THE SAME IF WE HAVE TO BECAUSE THERE'LL BE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. IT IT REALLY WON'T BE A PROBLEM. ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT TOWN HALLS IN THE PAST IS THAT THEY THEY REALLY AREN'T ATTENDED VERY HEAVILY. AS MUCH AS WE LIKE TO THINK THAT FOLKS COME OUT IN DROVES, THEY REALLY DON'T. HOPEFULLY THIS, THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL CHANGE THAT. BUT I THINK IF WE NEEDED TO, WE COULD WE COULD CONSOLIDATE THAT INTO ONE INTO ONE. I AGREE. I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILMAN WASHINGTON SAID, BUT ALSO TO MAYBE START OFF WITH THE QUARTERLY AND THEN IF THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT RESOURCES THAT NEED TO BE PULLED TO ENSURE THAT THESE ACTIVITIES OCCUR. AND WE WANT TO BE CONSIDERATE, GIVEN THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE FULL RESOURCES THAT WE NEED. SO I THINK WE NEED TO LEND SOME CONSIDERATION THERE. YEAH. AND I KIND OF LEAN ON MANAGEMENT TO TELL US KIND OF WHAT WOULD BE I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE STAFF HERE FOR THOSE DAYS AND MAYBE A WEEKEND. I'M NOT SURE IF WE WANT TO DO A WEEKEND. SO, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS CAN COME IN AND MAYBE WE JUST SCHEDULE AN EVENT. SO IF THERE IS AN EMPLOYEE HERE, THEY MIGHT HAVE AN EXTRA DAY OFF DURING THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WORK THE WEEKEND OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'LL ONLY BE LIKE A FEW HOURS DURING THE WEEK WEEKEND THAT WE'LL NEED SOMEBODY HERE. IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH LIKE A WEEKEND AND NOT AFTER HOURS? WEEKEND IS ALWAYS THE BEST [INAUDIBLE] AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE I MEAN IT'S USUALLY JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP THEIR SATURDAYS. BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THE SPORTS AND YOUTH SPORTS AND THINGS COMING ON THAT SO IT'S SOMETIMES PRETTY HARD TO SCHEDULE. MR. GERFERS PROBABLY ATTEST TO THAT. NO, WEEKENDS ARE FINE. MY MY SCHEDULE AS FAR AS WITH SPORTS GOES, THAT'S THAT'S TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. THAT'S THOSE ARE THE DAYS THAT ARE DIFFICULT FOR ME. BUT WEEKENDS FOR ME, I MEAN, THAT THAT WORKS YEAH. AND I THINK THAT IF WE ALL KIND OF USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO PUSH THESE, I THINK WE'LL GET THE ATTENDANCE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD IN THE PAST. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S BEEN PUSHED THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE PUSHED, BUT I THINK THAT WITH ALL OF US PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND ACTUALLY PUSHING TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN. WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THIS, GET SOME PARTICIPATION, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE HOME RULE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL. WELL, I DO AGREE. AND WILL THEY BE ALL HELD HERE? YES, YES. I MEAN, I KNOW THE CHAMBER HAS HELD THEIR OWN AND MAYBE WE'LL WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN PARTNER UP WITH THEM. I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WANTING TO PARTNER UP WITH THE CITY, SO MAYBE WE CAN HOST SOME AT THE CHAMBERS IF WE HAVE TO IF WE WANT TO. BUT I THINK THAT BETWEEN THE CHAMBERS AND AND HERE WOULD BE GOOD. WOULD IT BE PRUDENT THEN TO PROBABLY GET A SCHEDULE FROM THEM? SO AT LEAST NOW WE'RE STARTING OFF, WE AT LEAST WE WOULDN'T CLASH OR IF THEY'RE CLOSE IN PROXIMITY WE COULD PROBABLY CONSOLIDATE. SO WE CAN LOOK AT ALSO JUST MAXIMIZING THE EFFICIENCY OF TIME AND ALSO EFFECTIVENESS OF HAVING NOT [00:05:05] INUNDATING THE RESIDENTS WITH TOO MANY TOWN HALLS, BUT THAT THEY ARE STRATEGICALLY DONE SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY OF BENEFIT. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK EVEN EVEN LOOKING AT THEIR SCHEDULE, IT WOULD ALLEVIATE USING STAFF HERE. SO IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW HAVE ONE ONE QUARTER HERE, THE NEXT QUARTER THERE, THEN I THINK THAT THAT WOULD SOLVE THAT ISSUE TOO. TOTALLY AGREE. SO I GUESS COUNCIL JUST ONE THING TO CONSIDER TOO. IF YOU HOLD THEM HERE, THEY CAN BE RECORDED AND BROADCAST AT THE CHAMBER, I'M NOT SURE THE CAPACITY. CORRECT. YEAH. AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO. I THINK WE SHOULD RECORD THEM ALL JUST SO WE CAN GO BACK, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE TOWN HALLS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST, LAST YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN TO, THERE'S NO RECORD OF IT. SO AT LEAST THE CITIZENS WHO CAN'T ATTEND, THEY CAN AT LEAST SEE WHAT THE IDEA IS OR WHAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK THE RECORDING IS LIKE VITAL BECAUSE AS COUNCILMAN DEFFIBAUGH WAS SAYING, THERE ARE GOING TO BE FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL OF THEM AND AT LEAST WATCHING THE ONLINE OR EVEN THE RECORDING, WE CAN PUT A SURVEY OUT AFTERWARDS IN CASE ANYONE WHO WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, CAN RESPOND WITH THEIR OWN FEEDBACK. AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP CLOSE THAT GAP THERE AS WELL. SO I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE'S ONLY BEEN LIKE A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED THESE. ARE WE GOING TO KIND OF IS IT RESTRICTED TO HOW MANY CAN ATTEND? OR IS EVERYBODY WANTING TO BE INVOLVED? AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN MAYBE ALL BE HERE FOR A FEW HOURS JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN VOICE THEIR THEIR OPINION. IT'S NOT JUST TWO OF US KIND OF SETTING THE DIRECTION. I PLAN TO BE HERE FOR THEM. YEAH. ME TOO. SO, I GUESS, WHAT DATES ARE WE LOOKING AT? DO YOU WANT TO GET THE SCHEDULE FROM FROM PROBABLY THE WELL, I DON'T THINK THE CHAMBER IS GOING TO BE AN OPTION JUST BECAUSE WE'LL WANT TO RECORD THEM. SO I GUESS IN THE EMAIL, WE'LL SEND DATES OUT AND SEE WHAT EVERYONE'S AVAILABLE AND TRY TO LOCK IN FOR THE FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE CAN HAVE AT LEAST THREE BEFORE THE YEAR ENDS. YEAH, WE CAN SET A CALENDAR AND YOU GUYS CAN BLOCK OUT WEEKENDS YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE AND THEN WE CAN SORT IT OUT FROM THERE. THAT WORKS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS ITEM. YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE THINGS. I'M OPEN FOR THESE OBVIOUSLY PENDING SCHEDULES, SCOUTS AND SCOUT CAMP AND ALL THAT STUFF AND WEEKENDS ARE NOT ALWAYS FREE, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST. SOMEBODY MENTIONED ABOUT SURVEYS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE CAN MAKE THAT ONE PER RESIDENCE TO WHERE THEY HAVE TO INPUT THEIR PHYSICAL ADDRESS TO VERIFY THEY'RE WITHIN THE CITY. AND THEN THAT ONE ADDRESS GETS ONE SURVEY RESPONSE ONLY. SO IT'S NOT SKEWED BY PEOPLE THAT WILL RESPOND TO 100 TIMES IN A ROW TYPE DEAL, MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN ISSUE OR NOT. I LIKE THE PARTNERSHIP IDEA WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BUT ALSO, WHAT CAN WE GIVE AWAY? THE FREE HOT DOGS REALLY DRIVES THE THE CROWDS. SO MAYBE CONSIDER SOMETHING TO HELP DRAW ATTENTION TO IT. WE CAN KIND OF TREAT IT LIKE AN EVENT WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE EVENT COORDINATOR KIND OF HELP US WITH THIS SCHEDULE, TOWN HALLS SO WE HAVE THEM SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT YEAR. YEAH, FOOD TRUCKS ARE ALWAYS POPULAR. SO IF THAT'S A DESIRE, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT FOR YOU ALL. YEAH. YOU KNOW, FOOD TRUCK SOUNDS GOOD. NOTHING. WE DON'T NEED A FAIR. WE DON'T NEED CARTWHEELS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF OUT THERE. YEAH. JUST SOMETHING TO HELP DRAW. YOU KNOW, DURING DURING ELECTION SEASON, EVERYBODY ALWAYS ASKS, WHERE'S THE HOT DOGS AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME TO THE EVENT. SO I THINK JUST SIMPLY HAVING FOOD WILL HELP BRING PEOPLE. GIVEN COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN LONGS INPUT HERE, I WAS WONDERING, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO MAYBE JUST MEET RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE, JUST GO TO THE PARK, AT LEAST FOR ONE DAY? I MEAN, THEY WOULD THEY THEY SEE US AT COUNCIL MEETINGS HERE. THIS IS A FORMAL EXCHANGE. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT GOOD, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF AND THEN IF WE GO TO THE THE CHAMBER, IT'S A SEMI-FORMAL EXCHANGE AS WELL. SO I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT PROBABLY MEETING THE RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE, GO TO MAYBE ONE OF THE PARKS. AND IT'S A FUN DAY, A FAMILY DAY. MEET YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE PERSONABLE. WE'RE NOT JUST ALWAYS HERE, JUST, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATING AND JUST ALWAYS BEING UP AND HERE WE WE ARE PERSONABLE. WE CAN REACH ACROSS AND MEET AND TOUCH PEOPLE. I ACTUALLY LIKE THAT IDEA. I THINK THAT WE NEED THE TOWN HALLS WHERE THEY CAN BE RECORDED, [00:10:03] BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE PHENOMENAL IF WE HAD A FAMILY DAY LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT EVENT FOR THE CITY WHERE COUNCIL CAN BE AVAILABLE TO THEM. I THINK THAT'S A PHENOMENAL IDEA. YEAH. THIS IS JUST STARTING. I MEAN IF WE WANT TO DO KIND OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE DO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, WHERE CITIZENS CAN MEET THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, POSSIBLY AT A PARK OR SOMETHING, I THINK WE CAN PLAN THAT AS WELL IN ADDITION TO THE TOWN HALLS. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT. SO AS OUR NEW PARKS ARE COMING OUT AND WE'RE DEBUTING THEM, IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL TO TIE THOSE TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE THERE. WE'RE SUPPORTING THE NEW PARKS AND THE FAMILIES ARE COMING TO SEE US THERE. SO I THINK LONG TERM THAT WOULD BE REALLY FUN. WELL, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM. IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN MOVE ON TO D, MISS MOODY. DISCUSS AND REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS. [D. DISCUSS AND REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS] THE COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ASK QUESTIONS REGARDING OR DISCUSS ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE MAIN MEETING AGENDA. NO FORMAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE PRE MEETING, AS ANY FORMAL ACTION SHALL ONLY OCCUR IN THE MAIN MEETING. I NEED A SECOND TO PULL UP MY QUESTIONS. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT OR ANYTHING? OKAY. I GUESS WELL, I SENT MY I EMAIL THESE OUT. SHOULD I ASK THEM NOW OR SHOULD I WAIT FOR WHEN WE'RE HAVING OUR PUBLIC. OKAY. AND WE HAVE THE PEOPLE HERE FROM FROM THAT WITH THE PIDS AND EVERYTHING. NO. YEAH. I CAN DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM, BUT THEY'LL BE HERE DURING THE MAIN PORTION. SO IT MIGHT THOSE QUESTIONS MIGHT BE BEST DIRECTED TO THEM WHEN THEY PRESENT. THEY'RE NOT IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS TIME. YEAH I WILL HOLD THEM FOR THE THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN ANSWER THEM, SO I WILL WAIT. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL TAKE US INTO OUR EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDERNEATH TERMS OF CHAPTER 551 [E. EXECUTIVE SESSION] OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING, SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH A CITY ATTORNEY ON PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION. I THINK THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR THIS ONE. SO THE TIME IS 5:48 AND THIS WILL TAKE US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 6:31 AND THIS WILL END OUR EXECUTIVE. THAT WOULD TAKE US INTO OUR ADJOURNMENT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.