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HERE.[1. Roll Call by the City Clerk]
MEMBER SOLORIO.AND VICE MAYOR NIELSEN HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TODAY.
[2. Welcome and Instroductions]
MORNING EVERYBODY.WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER DAY OF DISCUSSION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.
AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO NANCY.
BEFORE, UH, SHE GET STARTED OFF, I APOLOGIZE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT A STANDUP COMEDIAN, SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM BETTER TELLING JOKES, BUT I DO LIKE TO START OUT WITH SOME GOOD NEWS AND SOME HAPPY THOUGHTS.
I DUNNO IF YOU REALIZE, BUT WE HAVE A STAR.
WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH NEXT.
I DIDN'T HEAR FROM OUR COUNCILMAN RIO WHO GOT TO THROW OUT, UH, THE FIRST PITCH AT, AT SOME GAME LAST NIGHT.
SO I GOTTA THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH PITCH AT THE, I'M A HUGE DODGER FAN, ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SO, UM, I WAS ASKED TO THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH, UM, YESTERDAY AGAINST THE REDS GAME, WHICH IS KIND OF BIG FOR ME TOO, BECAUSE THE REDS STAYED AT MY HOTEL AND I'VE KNOWN SO MANY OF THEM.
SO IT WAS KIND OF REALLY COOL TO BE THERE WHILE THE DODGERS WERE THERE.
AND THE REDS A LITTLE EMBARRASSING AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE SOME OF THE COACHES WERE THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE SHOULD HAVE TAUGHT YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE LAST WHEN WE WERE THERE.
IT DIDN'T, WELL, I DIDN'T PULL A 50 CENT WHERE IT WENT ON THE SIDE OR ANYTHING.
AND, UM, I'M LIKE, I HAD PRESSURE.
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, SMOKEY, THE BEAR WENT BEFORE ME AND I'M LIKE, IF HE HAS THAT BIG HELMET HEAD ON AND HE CAN MAKE IT, I CAN MAKE IT.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, LIKE I WAS TELLING MAYOR, LIKE HE SAID, YOU'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER.
WELL, UH, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU, UH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I JUST, UH, WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS AND, AND, UH, I TALK ABOUT HOW STAFF USES THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO IN YOUR, UH, PACKET, YOU WERE PROVIDED ABOUT FIVE PAGES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE THE, UH, LAST, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN WAS CREATED.
AND, AND I PROMISE YOU THAT IS JUST A HIGHLIGHT.
UM, ANISA AND TRACY WENT THROUGH IT TO TRY TO GET IT DOWN TO READ READABLE, UH, SIZE.
UM, BUT THE REASON IT'S NOT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT STAFF HAS DONE, BUT TO SHOW THAT HOW IMPORTANT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS AND HOW WE USE IT TO GUIDE OUR DAY-TO-DAY DECISIONS AND HOW WE ASSIGN FUNDING, HOW WE ASSIGN PRIORITIES TO PROJECTS, TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA GET, GET THINGS DONE.
WORKING FOR SEVEN BOSSES, UH, JUST HAVING SEVEN BOSSES IS SOMETIMES COMPLICATED.
THIS IS THE UNIFYING DOCUMENT.
THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES A CLEAR STATEMENT OF WORK, A CLEAR STATEMENT OF EXPECTATIONS, AND A CLEAR, IN MY OPINION, A PRIORITY LIST.
WE USE IT, UH, TO SET AGENDA ITEMS. UH, AGAIN, WE USE IT TO SET FUNDING.
SO IT'S JUST A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.
UM, AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD, UM, THIS IS MY FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THIS, UH, COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAVE A GOOD TWO YEARS AT LEAST AS A GROUP.
AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OUTCOMES TODAY, WHICH WILL BE A NEW, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAS YOUR STAMP ON IT.
AND WE'LL SET OUR VISION USUALLY FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS, BUT OFTEN FOR FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, OUR TEAM AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
UH, WELL, TODAY'S DAY, AND THIS IS A LITTLE TOO LOUD.
YOU CAN TURN THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T WANNA BE ECHOING ACROSS MYSELF, SO GOOD MORNING.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PITCH LAST NIGHT.
SO IT'S TOO LOUD FOR ME, BUT NOT FOR YOU.
UM, WE'LL ADJUST THE TECHNOLOGY.
I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE TECHNOLOGY GLITCHES ALONG THE WAY.
IT'S PART OF THE FUN THAT WE GET TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH.
UM, BUT REALLY TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON YESTERDAY TO THINK ABOUT THE, THE WORK OF THE CITY, THE DIRECTION YOU'D LIKE TO PURSUE AS A BODY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
UH, IT'S A TIME TO, UH, ENGAGE.
IT'S A TIME TO, TO TALK TOGETHER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROVIDED A FEW RESOURCES THAT WE'LL REFERENCE IN OUR TIME TOGETHER.
UM, CITY MANAGER ALREADY MENTIONED THE SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO THE LAST STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT THE CITY WENT THROUGH, AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AS A RESULT.
UH, WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED A SENSE OF STAKEHOLDER, UH, REPORT, WHICH IS A SUMMARY OF THE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE FOR THE SUGGESTION OF BRINGING IN, UM, SOME OF THE DRAWINGS THAT OCCURRED IN THOSE ENGAGEMENTS.
AND SO WE HAVE 'EM IN THE BACK.
JUST AS A REMINDER THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY DAY, UM,
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THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PROCESS.THERE HAS BEEN WORK THAT HAS LED TO TODAY.
UM, AND NOW WE WANNA BRING THE PIECES TOGETHER CAREFULLY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, A WORKBOOK, IF YOU WILL, UM, A RESOURCE THAT WE CAN REFERENCE.
IT HAS SOME, UM, BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN THERE.
WE'VE ALSO MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
WE LEARNED A LOT YESTERDAY, ELICITING, JUST AS I'M SURE YOU DID, UM, ABOUT SOME OF THE TRENDS AND THE, THE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF THE CITY.
AND SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO LISTEN INTENTLY AND BRING SOME OF THOSE PIECES ALONG WITH THE STAKEHOLDER, UH, PRE THE PREVIOUS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO THE TABLE.
AND SO THESE ARE ALL RESOURCES WE CAN TAP INTO.
BUT THIS IS ABOUT YOUR CONVERSATION AND YOUR TIME TOGETHER TODAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT TO THOSE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE AGENDA AND, AND ALL OF THE THINGS WE'LL WORK OUR WAY THROUGH.
WANTED TO JUST DO A LITTLE CHECK IN, ANY COMMENTS OR REFLECTIONS LAST NIGHT ON WHAT YOU HEARD YESTERDAY.
UH, ANY, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS OR OBSERVATIONS YOU MIGHT WANNA SHARE.
SO ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? IT WAS JUST GREAT, VERY, VERY, IT WAS, I THINK HAVING STAKEHOLDERS HERE TO TALK TO YOU WAS, AND, UM, I JUST, YEAH, WE, BY THE WAY, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS FROM THERE ON OUT FOR ALL OF OUR CLIENTS,
I SAW A LIGHT POP UP OVER HERE.
I'VE NEVER, NEVER BEEN THROUGH ONE, JUST LIKE SHERRY SAID.
UM, SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE, I MEAN, WE SEE THESE PEOPLE AND WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THEIR PART IN THE, OUR CITY, BUT NEVER TO THE EXTENT OF HEARING HOW EVERYTHING TIES TOGETHER FITS IN.
TRULY, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS DO.
OTHER REFLECTIONS OR COMMENTS ANYBODY WANTS TO SHARE? YEAH.
UH, THE ECONOMIC OUT, UH, PROJECTIONS AT THE END OF THE DAY YESTERDAY, I WASN'T SURE IF WE WERE TIRED OR IF WE WERE, UM, FEELING THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE MOMENT, WHICH TO ME WAS A REALLY GREAT REFLECTION OF, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE MOMENT.
WE ACTUALLY REALIZED THERE'S SOME THINGS GOING ON THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER, UM, THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF US HERE, OR WHAT WE, UM, HAVE ON OUR HORIZON, BUT MAY DRASTICALLY IMPACT A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT.
SO I JUST, IT WAS KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PREDICTION FOR THE RECESSION IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SEVEN YEARS
I MEAN, I FELT LIKE THAT MADE ME FEEL RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT MADE ME NERVOUS, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY OUT THERE, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THAT WE WANT TO DO FOR, UM, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND ONE, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, BOTH PROCESS AND THE TOOL THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU IS THAT YOU WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO SAY, WHERE ARE WE? WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO? RIGHT? AND SO THEN TO BE NIMBLE WITHIN THAT, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY ARISE, UH, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK THAT YOU HAVE LAID OUT.
BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING SOMETIMES THE PACING OR WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MAY TAKE LONGER DEPENDING ON ANY NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
UM, AND WE KNOW THAT RECESSIONS HAPPEN CYCLES, RIGHT? AND SO IT COULD HAPPEN, UM, AND, AND IT COULD NOT HAPPEN.
I MEAN, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE A GOOD ECONOMIST, YOU'LL SAY MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, BUT TO BE ALERT, RIGHT? AND TO HAVE GOOD PRACTICES TO HAVE, UH, COHESION ON A, ON ELECTED BODY TO BE ABLE TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
LET'S NOT, YOU KNOW, REST ON OUR LAURELS, LET'S LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
BUT ALSO REALLY RELYING ON THE COMPETENCE OF YOUR STAFF AND THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
SO, OTHER COMMENTS OR REFLECTIONS FROM YESTERDAY? NOT REALLY FROM YESTERDAY.
WELL, I GUESS A LITTLE BIT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
UM, ONE THING I JUST WANNA GIVE PRAISE, PRAISE TO IS OUR STAFF, UM, JUST VERY SIMILAR WHEN THE RENTAL TAX WAS GOING AWAY, RIGHT? THEY LOOKED AT OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS.
HOW DO WE PIVOT? HOW DO WE RECOUP SOME OF THAT LOSS? AND SO IT'S REALLY THEIR, UM, KNOWLEDGE TO REALLY SHARE WITH US BEST WHAT'S GONNA BE BEST FOR OUR CITY IF WE DO LOSE SOME OF THOSE FUNDING.
SO I JUST WANNA JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR STAFF, SO TO KNOW TO BE, I FEEL REASSURED THAT IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, THAT YOU GUYS CAN STEP IN AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET THROUGH IT, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
FOR, FOR ME, THERE WAS A LOT OF, I I, THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION YESTERDAY THAT IT, UM, WAS GREAT.
UH, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE PIVOTAL MOMENTS WAS EARLY ON, AND RON, UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THAT.
AND THAT WAS TO ADDRESS THE, UH, PANELISTS WITH THE QUESTION OF WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? UH, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE DO THIS WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY, UH, AND, AND WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN GENERAL IS WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? AND, AND CUT THROUGH SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE PLEASANTRIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO GET RIGHT TO THE HEART OF WHAT
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WE CAN DO BETTER IS WHAT I, I, I CAME AWAY WITH YESTERDAY THINKING ABOUT AFTER LEAVING HERE.AND SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
'CAUSE WHILE I, SOME OF US MAY HAVE THOUGHT IT, YOU PUT IT TO THEM, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO, SO NOW WHAT? THAT'S THE QUESTION, RIGHT? SO NOW WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? RIGHT? UH, AND, AND AS YOU KIND OF ALL ALLUDED TO, UM, AND I, AND I THINK JEN SAID THIS YESTERDAY, WE'RE GONNA ZOOM OUT YOUR COMMENT AROUND TEAM SPORT, RIGHT? I MEAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ABSOLUTELY A TEAM SPORT, BUT SO ARE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO.
AND SO IT'S A TEAM SPORT WITH ALL OF THOSE IN THE ROOM, BUT IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT TEAM SPORT WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THAT HELP TO REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, PURSUE AND LEVERAGE ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THAT LENS IN MIND AND KNOWING THAT NO INDIVIDUAL IS GOING TO CONQUER EVERYTHING, WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND FOCUS ON AVONDALE AND WHAT DO YOU WANNA ACHIEVE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY YOU ALL ARE HERE,
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP IN VIEW.
AND SO HOW CAN THE CITY SUPPORT THAT? ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE AGENDA AND GIVE A PREVIEW OF OUR DAY TOGETHER? OKAY.
AND PLEASE FEEL FREE AT ANY TIME.
I MEAN, THIS IS, WE WANNA MAKE BREAK DOWN THE, UH, FORMALITY AND, AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A WORKSHOP, UH, STRUCTURE HERE.
BUT WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA THAT WE MAY OR MAY, THERE WE GO, UM, THAT WE'LL WALK OUR WAY THROUGH.
AND WE NORMALLY NEED TO DO INTRODUCTIONS.
I DON'T THINK, I THINK WE'VE KIND OF COVERED THAT FROM YESTERDAY.
UM, WE WILL HEAR, WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE ICEBREAKER, UH, JUST TO REMIND US THAT WE'RE NOT SITTING AT A FORMAL BUSINESS MEETING.
UH, THEN WE'LL HEAR A BUDGET UPDATE JUST TO KINDA LEVEL SET, UH, THE FORECAST AND THE OUTLOOK FOR THE CITY IN PARTICULAR.
AND SO RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, THAT'S A DYNAMIC SITUATION, BUT FROM WHAT IS KNOWN TODAY, UH, WE'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW ON THE PROCESS THAT LED US TO TODAY JUST TO BRING US ALL TO THE SAME PAGE.
JANAE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH US SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, YOU HAVE THE FULL REPORT OF THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, BUT WE'LL HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS JUST TO GET 'EM IN THE ROOM, UH, AND HAVE A CHANCE TO REFLECT ON THAT AND, AND WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT AND RESONATES FOR YOU.
UH, THEN WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY DO A LITTLE BIT OF AN ACTIVITY, UM, THAT WILL ENGAGE ALL OF YOU.
UM, YOU'LL SEE I'VE GIVEN GOOD FACILITATOR TOOLS LIKE POST-ITS AND MARKERS TO EACH OF YOU.
SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE ACTIVITY, UH, TO REALLY START TO, TO FLESH OUT WHAT ARE THE BIG ROCKS, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN HOLD ONTO AND PRESERVE INTO THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO THAT AREN'T TRUE TODAY THAT YOU WANNA MAKE HAPPEN, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'LL GIVE SOME INSTRUCTION AND WE'LL JUST TEE THAT UP.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S A REALLY NICE JUMPING OFF POINT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES YOU WANT TO REALIZE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UM, FOUR TO FIVE YEARS, BALLPARK.
UH, SO WE'LL DO THAT, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE DIRECTIONAL, UM, CONVERSATIONS.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT YOUR EXISTING VISION STATEMENT AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU CONNECT TO, WHAT YOU LIKE, UM, CHANGES YOU MIGHT WANNA MAKE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET INTO STRATEGIC OUTCOMES AND, UM, TIME PERMITTING, UM, STRATEGIES.
YOU KNOW, I, WE'VE BEEN REALLY LISTENING INTENTIONALLY, UM, AND HOPEFULLY, UM, CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF YOUR EXPECTATIONS TO HELP TEE UP THAT CONVERSATION.
BUT KNOW THAT THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SAY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT.
UH, STRATEGIC PLAN AT ITS BEST IS FOCUSED.
WE HEARD ONE OF THE PANELISTS YESTERDAY TALK ABOUT HYPER FOCUS IS WHAT YOU, YOU GET RESULTS FROM.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO TRY TO DO TODAY IS THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE CITY, BUT WHAT ARE THE BIG THINGS YOU WANNA MOVE THE NEEDLE ON? UM, AND NOT TO JUST HAVE A PLAN THAT CATCHES EVERYTHING WE WANT TO FOCUS.
UH, SO WE'LL DO THAT TOGETHER, UM, LATER TODAY.
UM, WE WILL MONITOR OUR TIME, WE'LL TAKE BREAKS ALONG THE WAY, BUT IF YOU'RE FEELING LIKE IT'S TIME TO STAND UP OR TIME TO TAKE A BREAK FOR OTHER REASONS, THEN YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN, WE CAN EASILY DO THAT.
SO THAT'S OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UM, SO OUR NEXT ONE IS BECAUSE WE'RE IN A WORKSHOP WE LIKE TO BRING TO THE TABLE.
UH, IT'S JUST SOME BASIC MEETING NORMS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR SHARED EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR TIME TOGETHER AND THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND.
AND I LIKE TO POINT US RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE THERE AT THE BEGINNING, WHICH IS, THIS IS THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE IMAGINING WHAT YOU WANT TO CREATE, RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS A SAFE PLACE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE BOLD TO SAY, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE WANNA DO.
WE DON'T WANNA JUST TAKE THE LOW HANGING FRUIT.
WE REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ELEVATE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO PURSUE BIGGER THINGS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S BE BOLD.
UH, I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE BOLD CONVERSATION THAN GROUNDED IN WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES AND CAP, UH, CAPABILITIES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE REFLECTING ON THOSE THAT ARE REALISTIC.
UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, PERSPECTIVES.
UH, AND I ENCOURAGE AND INVITE THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO, ON THE, THE FAR LEFT, YOU BE RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER AND, AND MAINTAIN, UM, DECORUM IN OUR ROOM TOGETHER.
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SHARE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND IDEAS.UH, IT'S ONLY THERE THEN THAT YOU CAN FIND WHERE THERE ARE AREAS OF CONSENSUS TO DRIVE FORWARD.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, LETTING OTHERS SPEAK BEFORE YOU START BEING ATTENTIVE TO THE SPEAKER AND DISAGREEING AGREEABLY, YOU KNOW, HOW WE, HOW WE ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER IS WHAT MATTERS.
UH, SO THOSE ARE OVER TO THE LEFT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY, UH, FOCUSING IN ON HOW DO WE GET TO CONSENSUS ON THOSE BIG ROCKS ON THE BIG STRATEGIC OUTCOMES.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO COLLECTIVELY WORK ON? UH, SO LOOKING FOR AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO AGREE.
AND THEN MY FAVORITE IS THAT ONE ACROSS THE BOTTOM IS THAT WE WANNA ALSO HAVE FUN WITH THIS.
LIKE THIS IS, DOESN'T NEED TO BE, UM, A STODGY PRESENTATION, RIGHT? THIS IS REALLY ABOUT ENERGY IN THE ROOM.
AND SO WE CAN BRING THE ENERGY AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IF WE CAN LAUGH TOGETHER AND WE CAN BE TOGETHER AS HUMANS.
SO THOSE ARE OUR NORMS. ARE WE OKAY WITH ALL OF THOSE? AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO ADD FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? ALL GOOD.
I GOT ONE LAST LITTLE LOGISTICS PIECE.
AND THAT IS THAT THERE ARE OFTEN TIMES IDEAS, TOPICS, ISSUES, IDEAS THAT, THAT ARISE DURING THESE TYPES OF CONVERS, THESE TYPES OF WORKSHOPS THAT REALLY REQUIRE FOLLOW UP.
UM, MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION THAT CAN'T BE ANSWERED IN THE ROOM, BUT YOU DON'T WANNA LOSE IT.
UH, OR JUST NEED MORE TIME AND ENERGY.
WE PUT THOSE ON THE BIKE RACK.
AND SO WE HAVE A BIKE RACK, UH, THAT JANAE HAS PUT TOGETHER.
WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY STICK IT ON THE DOOR 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA USE THE FLIP CHARTS.
UM, AND THESE ARE VERY FANCY, UH, WALLS HERE, SO WE CAN'T STICK 'EM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE TOO SLIPPERY.
UM, BUT WE'LL PUT ON THE, ON THE DOOR THERE SO WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE.
IF THERE'S EVER A TIME WHEN WE'RE LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES MORE, OR WE WANT TO FOLLOW UP, ANYBODY SHOULD FEEL ENCOURAGED TO SAY, I THINK WE SHOULD THROW THAT ONE ON THE BIKE RACK.
UM, WE WILL PREPARE A SUMMARY REPORT FROM OUR TIME TOGETHER TODAY THAT CAPTURES THAT, SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT LOST.
SOUND GOOD? ALRIGHT, SEE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL THIS BUSINESS PART OF THE MEETING.
SO NOW WE WANT TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING FUN, WHICH IS OUR ICEBREAKER.
SO HERE IS YOUR CHALLENGE,
UH, I'D LIKE YOU TO THINK AHEAD FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
SO NOW, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? WE'RE NOW AT MARCH 5TH, 2030, WHICH IS MAKES ME A LITTLE CRINGEY.
UM, BUT HERE WE ARE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
SO ONLY IN SIX WORDS DESCRIBED SOMETHING THAT YOU HOPE HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY THAT TIME.
JUST YOU CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, SAY THE STICKIES FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
YEAH, DON'T WASTE YOUR STICKIES.
UM, BUT JUST TAKE A MINUTE, THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, PASSIONATE ABOUT, INTERESTED IN, THAT YOU WANNA CELEBRATE.
SHE'S GOT ONE RIGHT NOW, I CAN TELL.
WELL, THE FIRST THING, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO TO MY HEAD IS JUST TO MAKE, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OH, SIX WORDS.
UM, I, TRUST ME HERE, I, I LOOK AT, THIS IS MY SCRATCH FROM TRYING TO PRACTICE ONE FOR YOU GUYS.
SO HERE'S ONE, UM, OLD MINE, OLD TOWN, AVONDALE.
RESTAURANTS, BUSINESSES, SUCCESSFUL.
ALRIGHT, I THINK YOU CAN, THAT'S GOING FIRST BECAUSE THIS IS NOT EASY.
I JUST WANNA GET IT OUTTA THE WAY.
SO, SO YOU'RE FOCUSED ON, ON OLD TOWN AND, AND HAVING IT BOOMING IT SUCCESSFUL.
WHO ELSE WANTS TO GIVE ONE A GO? I'LL GO AGAIN.
ONCE YOU OPEN THE FLOOD GATES AND THEY JUST START ROLLING THROUGH, RIGHT? I THINK MY, THAT'S OKAY.
I WANT RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE WORK, PLAY AND
I WANT RE RESIDENT UHHUH WORK, PLAY AND, AND LIVE.
THAT'S A BONUS WORD AT THE END.
THAT'S A, THIS IS NOT A HARD AND FAST RULE.
CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS IN AVENUE.
OOH, THE TRAIL SYSTEM WILL BE CONNECTED RIGHT THERE.
ONE OF THOSE TWO IS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE, HEY, HEY, HEY.
NO COMMENTARY FROM THE PEANUT GALLERY.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EATERY PLAY, THRIVING AND SAFE.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE, SO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.
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EATERY.I WAS, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, I DIDN'T SAY IT HAD TO BE A SENTENCE, SO TOTALLY FAIR.
I SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN OUR RESTAURANT TO MY, MY PITCH WENT ACROSS THE PLATE.
LET'S, LET'S, LET'S WE, CAN I BE YOU WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR, UM, TEAMMATES HERE? YOU CAN EXPAND THAT TO SIX.
WHAT'S THE IT? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
WE ONLY HAD THE, OUR GOALS ARE, THAT'S TOO MANY.
SO WE HAD ATTAINABLE, WAIT, YOU HAD POSSIBLE, POSSIBLE ATTAINABLE.
SO THESE ARE GOOD ADJECTIVES THAT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR GOALS LATER TODAY, THE OUTCOME AREAS, WE CAN KEEP THESE IN MIND.
AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THOSE WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE DIRECTION, HOW ARE, HOW ARE WE DOING THE THINGS WE WANT TO BE DOING? GOT ANOTHER ONE.
RESIDENTS WILL FEEL CONNECTED TO CITY RESIDENTS WILL FEEL CONNECTED TO CITY.
DID YOU, DID YOU GRAB ALL THOSE SO WE CAN BRING 'EM BACK LATER? PERFECT.
ANY OTHERS THAT PEOPLE WANNA ADD? THOSE ARE GREAT.
GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF FOCUS, LIKE WHERE WE WANNA SPEND OUR TIME.
SO NOW WE GET TO DO SOMETHING REALLY FUN.
WHAT, HOW COME IT SAYS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
[3. Budget Update]
WOO.SO I THINK RENEE WAS GONNA COME DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BUDGET, BUDGET UPDATE.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR, IS IT IN YOUR, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME WALK UP MUSIC.
YOU NEED YOUR OWN WALKUP SONG? YEAH.
I THINK COREY'S WITH THIS WALKUP SONG, A WATCH SONG.
DO YOU NEED A WALKUP SONG? RENEE, WHAT WOULD YOUR WALKUP SONG BE IF WE HAD A SONG PLAYING FOR YOU? I WOULD SAY MONEY.
YOU WANNA USE THIS CHAIR? THIS IS OUR TECHNOLOGY INTERMISSION.
WE MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE OF THESE TODAY.
ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A BUDGET UPDATE.
UM, WE ARE GONNA COVER BASICALLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, UM, WHERE WE THINK WE'RE HEADED, GIVEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HEARD AT THE END OF YESTERDAY, AND JUST AN UPDATE ON ON THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR FISCAL 26.
UM, SO FOR THIS YEAR, LOOKING AT REVENUES, AND THESE ARE UPDATED THROUGH JANUARY.
UM, OUR GENERAL FUND RIGHT NOW IS RUNNING ABOVE LAST YEAR AND ABOVE FORECAST.
UM, WE'LL DIVE INTO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, LOOKING AT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX AS WELL AS DEDICATED SALES TAX.
AGAIN, THAT'S ALL SALES TAX RELATED, AND WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE INTO SALES TAX.
UM, OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS FOR WATER, SEWER, AND SOLID WASTE.
UM, SLIGHTLY TRENDING UP IN WATER, UM, DOWN IN SEWER AND IN SOLID WASTE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE PRESENTATION OF RATES,
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ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN FACTORED IN, UM, TO THOSE CALCULATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS.SO LET'S LOOK AT GENERAL FUND.
UM, WITH OUR LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE BEING SALES TAX, WE ARE TRENDING DOWN TO LAST YEAR, BUT OF COURSE YOU'RE AWARE THAT, UM, WE ARE LOSING OUR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL SALES TAX STARTED ON JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
ONE THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT REVENUE, UH, REVENUE IS, UM, EARNED AND PAID THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
SO WE ACTUALLY STOPPED BUDGETING EFFECTIVE JANUARY, BUT WE RECEIVED PAYMENTS IN JANUARY FOR THE DECEMBER SALES TAX THAT WAS COLLECTED, BUT WE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING IT GOING FORWARD.
UM, WE'LL ALSO TAKE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE IN THE CATEGORIES AND, AND SEE WHAT'S DRIVING THAT 5% OVER THE FORECAST.
UM, FOR SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX, WE'RE RIGHT AT FORECAST.
UM, STATE SHARED REVENUE, AGAIN, WE'RE UP A LITTLE BIT IN STATE SHARED.
IT'S GOING DOWN, UM, FROM LAST YEAR.
AND THAT IS DUE TO THE CHANGES IN THE, UM, INCOME TAX REVENUE, WHICH WERE PLANNED.
WE KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS TWO YEARS OUT.
UM, SO WE HAD ALREADY TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT, UM, WHEN PREPARING OUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL 25 CHARGES FOR, UM, SERVICES, LICENSE AND, AND FINES.
THOSE ARE RUNNING UP TO LAST YEAR.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT REVENUE COMING IN FOR PERMITTING, UM, THIS YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S DRIVING THAT SET, THAT NUMBER.
PROPERTY SALES, UM, PROPERTY SALES AND INTEREST.
WE DID HAVE A PROPERTY SOLD LAST YEAR, SO THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THE DECREASE TO LAST YEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE UP SLIGHTLY, WE DO NOT TYPICALLY BUDGET PROPERTY SALES UNLESS WE'RE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT.
SO LOOKING AT SALES TAX, THIS IS, UM, FIVE YEARS OF OUR HISTORY HERE.
THE TOP LINE IS THE BLUE, UM, THE DARKER BLUE AT THE VERY TOP.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN HOLDING.
THIS IS A NUMBER WHERE THE QUESTION CAME UP YESTERDAY.
DO WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HIT A RECESSION? I THINK I'VE HEARD THAT QUESTION SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
UM,
UM, BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS WE REALLY WATCH THAT RETAIL SALES NUMBER.
AND THAT'S BEEN HOLDING, OF COURSE, THERE'S UPS AND DOWNS THROUGHOUT, UM, THE MONTHS AND THE YEAR, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S BEEN HOLDING STRONG.
NOW, GIVEN THE CHANGES RECENTLY, WHAT'S THAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT GONNA HAPPEN? UM, OUR AUTO SALES, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THERE? AGAIN, SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WATCH.
BUT YOU WILL SEE AS WE LOOK IN THE CATEGORIES, WHAT HAS BEEN OUR STORY HERE IN AVONDALE.
IT'S REALLY THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT CHART.
IT'S CONTRACTING SALES TAX REVENUE THAT HAS BEEN HOLDING STRONG AND CARRYING OUR RE OUR, UM, SALES TAX REVENUE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
SO THE ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS, YES, IT'S GREAT.
WE'RE MAKING OUR BUDGETS, WE'RE ACTUALLY EXCEEDING OUR BUDGETS AND FORECASTS, HOWEVER, THAT'S ONE TIME REVENUE.
SO AS WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, THAT'S NOT MONIES.
WE WANT TO BE INVESTING IN SALARIES AND ONGOING EXPENSES.
SO WE DO, WHEN WE SET THE BUDGET, WE TAKE A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH AND WE BRING THAT CONTRACTING BACK DOWN FOR SUSTAINABLE, UM, OPERATING EXPENSES.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS FOR ONE TIME, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, WE INVEST IN OUR, IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, BUT YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE RETAIL OVER FORECAST AT 1%.
SAME THING FOR AUTO DEALERS, AND THEN OTHER, IT WILL FLUCTUATE.
IT INCLUDES, UH, AMUSEMENT AND USE, UH, USE TAX, ET CETERA.
SO YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE 5% OVER LAST YEAR, 11% OVER BUDGET.
WE'VE BEEN TRENDING ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT GOING FORWARD.
STATE SHARED REVENUE, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, WE KNEW THAT NUMBER WAS GOING DOWN.
FISCAL 25 IS THE, THE SECOND LINE THERE FROM THE TOP, THE BLUE.
UM, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY HUGE, UM, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THERE.
SO FOR SINGLE FAMILY PERMITS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALSO LIKE TO WATCH.
UM, IF YOU FOCUS ON THE SOLID LINES, THE TOP ONE, THE PURPLE IS MARICOPA COUNTY.
THE BLUE LINE IS THE CITY OF AVONDALE.
THE DOTTED LINES ARE THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS.
UM, AND THE ORANGE DOTTED LINE, THAT'S OUR BUDGET.
WHEN WE BUDGET SINGLE FAMILY PERMITS, WE DON'T REALLY ACCOUNT FOR SEASONALITY.
WE KNOW THAT'S VERY CYCLICAL, BUT WHEN WE BUDGET, WE JUST STRAIGHT LINE IT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IN JULY WHEN THE NEW YEAR COME, WE ACTUALLY REDUCE THAT ASSUMPTION A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE HOLDING TO THAT FORECAST.
SO A QUICK LOOK AT OPERATING EXPENSES, AGAIN, AT THOSE MAJOR
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FUND LEVELS.GENERAL FUND WE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, OVER LAST YEAR, BUT UNDER BUDGET, $5 MILLION.
THAT IS PRIMARILY VACANCY SAVINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING TO DATE.
UM, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE FOR OUR FORECAST, WHATEVER IS BUDGETED FOR DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY'RE USING AND SPENDING.
UM, SAME THING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX.
WE HAVE A LOT OF POSITIONS AND FTES BUDGETED IN THAT FUNDING SOURCE.
SO THAT, UM, VARIANCE TO BUDGET IS ALSO DRIVEN BY VACANCY SAVINGS.
AND THEN AGAIN, ALL OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WE'VE TAKEN THOSE INTO ACCOUNT IN ALL OF OUR, UM, RATE ANALYSIS.
SO WHERE ARE WE HEADED? UM, JUST TO GO OVER SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR FORECAST, WE DO, UM, LIKE TO MAKE SURE SUSTAINABLE INCREASES FOR EMPLOYEES ARE ALWAYS FORECASTED.
SO WE INCLUDE IN OUR FORECAST WHAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A 5% RAISE EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE DO THAT.
WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE TOTAL PAYROLL SAVINGS, I MEAN TOTAL PAYROLL COSTS, AND WE JUST EXTRAPOLATE THAT 3%, BUT IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF A 5% RAISE TO EMPLOYEES GIVEN THE TURNOVER.
WE DO HAVE A MARKET STUDY UNDERWAY, UM, A COMPENSATION STUDY THAT'S, UM, IN THE MIDST GETTING WRAPPED UP, BUT WE HAVE SOME ASSUMPTIONS FOR THAT.
SO THERE WILL BE, I THINK WE DID IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND WE MAY SEE THE IMPACT OF THAT HITTING IN THE FISCAL 26 BUDGET.
UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING PRETTY WELL, UM, FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS IN THE CITY'S, UM, SELF-FUNDED PLAN.
WE HAVE, HOWEVER, SEEN SOME, SOME CHANGE IN HIGH CLAIMS AND, UM, THE OVERALL COST, AS YOU KNOW, THOSE COSTS ARE RISING.
UM, SO WE ARE BUDGETING FOR SOME INCREASES, UH, IN THE FISCAL 26, UM, HEALTHCARE RATES.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE COMPLETION OF THE TAKE HOME VEHICLE PROGRAM.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT RESIDENTIAL RENTAL SALES TAX.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT CONTRACTING TAX.
AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALWAYS WANNA STAY CONSERVATIVE.
WE'LL ALWAYS TAKE THAT SURPLUS OF REVENUE INTO PROJECTS AND, AND REINVEST THAT DOWN THE ROAD.
WHAT WE DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS THE IMPACT OF A RECESSION, BECAUSE NONE OF US KNOW FOR SURE, BUT WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, UM, AS WE SEE DOWN THE ROAD.
SO ONGOING, ONGOING REVENUE, ONGOING EXPENSES.
UM, OUR REVENUE FORECAST, FROM WHAT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN BEFORE, WE PLATEAUED IN FISCAL 26 AND 27.
THAT WAS PRIMARILY THE LOSS OF RESIDENTIAL RENTAL SALES TAX.
UM, WE DID END UP MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR FORECAST JUST RECENTLY GOING INTO THE FISCAL 26 BUDGET.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT GAP THERE IN 26 AND 27 IS REALLY ABOUT $2 MILLION.
UM, SO THESE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE HAVE TO BE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT WE ARE APPLYING TO ONGOING EXPENSES, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT REVENUE WILL START GROWING AFTER THAT.
AT LEAST THAT'S OUR ASSUMPTION RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO JUST REALLY, UH, PAY ATTENTION TO THESE NEXT TWO YEARS.
AND THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE, WITH ONE TIME EXPENSES, YOU SEE THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
IT'S REALLY THE CARRYOVER AND COMPLETION OF ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO WHEN YOU PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER, WHERE'S OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE FORECAST? UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WILL NOTE AT THE BOTTOM THIS SAYS AMOUNT ABOVE STABILIZATION AND CAPITAL RESERVE.
UM, STABILIZATION BEING THE 35% THAT WE SET ASIDE PER OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST.
AND CAPITAL RESERVE IS ANOTHER 5 MILLION THAT WE ALSO BUILD IN TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE EVENT WE HAVE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE UNANTICIPATED CHANGES OR COSTS, WE DON'T HAVE TO STOP PROJECTS.
UM, SO THAT MONEY, UM, IS AVAILABLE TO US.
SO THOSE BALANCES THAT WE SEE GOING FROM 99 MILLION IN FISCAL 24 ON DOWN TO FISCAL 30 OR AT 30.6 MILLION, THIS IS ONE TIME MONIES.
SO EACH YEAR IS NOT INDEPENDENT.
IF YOU WERE TO SPEND THAT 30 MILLION YOU SEE IN FISCAL YEAR 30 IN 26, WE WOULD HAVE ZERO.
JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS.
THE OTHER THING IS THIS IS THE STARTING POINT FOR THE FISCAL 26 BUDGET.
SO AS WE WORK THROUGH, UM, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AS WE WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE REQUESTS, ALL OF THE PROJECTS, THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WE'RE USING THIS YEAR.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO COVER, UM, A COUPLE OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS, WHICH WE USUALLY
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SHARE, UM, WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF IS AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS.SO WE MONITOR THIS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, LOOKING AT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF $35 AND 85 CENTS COMPARED TO THE STATE, UM, AT 33 40.
THIS IS A NUMBER THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, UM, WE WERE OUTPACING WAGES ON EARNINGS.
WE WERE OUTPACING THE, THIS, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE BACK EVEN INFLATION.
WE HEARD ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY.
UM, NATIONAL AVERAGE AT ABOUT 2.9, WHEREAS THE PHOENIX METRO AREA, UM, IS LOWER THAN THAT AT 1.6.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THERE WERE TIMES WHERE WE WERE OUT SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPACING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN THE TEENS, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
THEN SINGLE FAMILY PERMITS, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THE BLUE LINE IS AVONDALE, THE PURPLE LINE IS THE PHOENIX METRO AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE CYCLICAL, UM, IMPACT OF THOSE.
UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWING THOSE TREND LINES AND MEDIAN LISTING HOME PRICE.
SO AS OF DECEMBER OF 24, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE THERE BEING OVER 402,000.
BUT THE PHOENIX METRO AREA JUST UNDER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE BUDGET PROCESS, UM, WE ARE UNDERWAY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR POLICIES, WE ALWAYS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE WANT A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS ON THAT SLIDE I SHOWED OF ONGOING EXPENSES THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT OUTPACING OUR REVENUES, THAT WE CAN, UM, MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SALARIES AND, AND THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS EVERY DAY ARE COVERED.
UM, IN OUR FIVE-YEAR FORECAST, THE 10% TARGET ABOVE STABILIZATION, THAT'S THE FUND BALANCE.
THAT'S THAT FUND BALANCE HERE.
THE, THE QUESTION WAS, WHERE SHOULD WE END UP AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS? WELL, A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN THAT FIVE YEARS.
WE MAKE A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY.
WE DON'T WANT THAT NUMBER TO BE HUGE BECAUSE THAT'S MONEY WE COULD BE INVESTING NOW.
UM, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT IT TO BE ZERO.
SO THAT'S, UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE WILL SAY WE HIT THAT 10% TARGET.
UM, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AHEAD FOR OUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST THAT GOES INTO, UM, LOOKING AT OPERATING EXPENSES AS WELL AS OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET BETTER AT CASH FLOWING.
UM, OUR EXPENSES, AND WE TALKED ABOUT COMPENSATION.
WE DO HAVE THIS BUILT INTO OUR ASSUMPTIONS.
WE DO HAVE THAT, UM, 5% BUILT INTO A SALARY INCREASES, AS WELL AS THE MARKET STUDY AND BENEFITS WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS ALSO BUILT IN.
UM, SO THE PROCESS, AS I SAID, HAS BEEN UNDERWAY.
WE JUST FINISHED MEETING WITH DEPARTMENTS, UM, WITH CITY MANAGEMENT TO REVIEW ALL OF THE REQUESTS AND SUPPLEMENTALS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.
WE HAVE TO PULL ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, WHICH IS WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, PULL IT TOGETHER, FIND THE MEANS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING, UM, TO YOU IN THE END OF THE MONTH, UM, OUR FIRST WORK SESSION FOR THE BUDGET.
AND THEN THE FIRST WEEK IN APRIL, WE WILL HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET PRESENTED.
WE COME BACK IN MAY WITH A TENTATIVE BUDGET ADOPTION, AND THEN THE FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION IN JUNE.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, WE DO HAVE OUR CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN MEETING SINCE DECEMBER.
UM, THEY HAVE SEEN SOME PRESENTATIONS FROM PARKS AND AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, THERE WAS A CITIZEN SURVEY THAT WAS DONE, AND WE'LL BE SEEING THE, THE RESULTS OF THAT IN THE UPCOMING MEETING NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TASKED WITH MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU NEXT MONTH.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OH, I DO HAVE ONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE FOOD TAX? I'M SORRY I DIDN'T ASK LIZ THIS WEEK.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, THE, UM, THEY HAD A VOTE.
IT VOTED OUTTA THE HOUSE YESTERDAY.
LIZ IS USUALLY MY LAST OVER MY HEAD, LEFT SHOULDER.
AND SO, UM, BUT IT WAS AMENDED TO BE, UM, CAPPED AT OUR CURRENT RATE.
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COULD NEVER INCREASE IT.UH, IT, IT, THERE'S GONNA BE AN ARTIFICIAL 2% CAP.
RS IS TWO POINT A HALF, BUT WE GET TO KEEP IT.
BUT A CITY THAT HAS NO, OR LESS THAN TWO, WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO RAISE THEIR, TO ADD A FOOD TAX AT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THEIR COMMUNITY TO GET IT VOTED NO COUNCIL WOULD BE ALLOWED TO, UM, PASS A FOOD TAX, UH, AS A COUNCIL.
SO CITIES THAT AREN'T CHARTER CITIES ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO LEVY TAXES WITHOUT GOING TO THE VOTERS.
AND SO WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TOOK AWAY THEIR RIGHT, THEIR ABILITY TO DO THAT.
SO EVERY FOOD TAX HAS TO GO TO THE VOTERS.
AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW, ALL OF OUR TAXES ARE APPROVED BY OUR VOTERS.
OUR CHARTER DOESN'T ALLOW COUNCIL TO PASS A TAX.
AND SO ALL OF OURS HAVE DONE, HAVE DONE IT.
AND AS A REMINDER, AND RENEE, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, REMEMBER WE HAVE ONE AND HALF PERCENT GENERAL SALES TAX, AND THEN WE HAVE A HALF A CENT THAT GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND HALF A CENT THAT GOES TO TRANSPORTATION, UH, AS PART OF OURS.
BUT, UH, WE, WE EXPECT IT TO MOVE FORWARD, PROBABLY PASS OUTTA THE SENATE AS LONG AS IT STAYS AS IS.
AND THEN, UH, IS THIS A GO TO THE VOTERS OR IS THIS A, UH, IN 26? SO THIS IS JUST A VOTER, UH, UM, GOES, UH, REFERRAL.
AND SO, UH, IT'LL BE, IF IT PASSES THE SENATE, IT DOESN'T NEED THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE AND IT'LL GO TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 26.
ARE THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY, RENEE, IN REGARDS TO, UM, OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE STARTED WITH THE, UM, UTILITY RATES, UH, I BELIEVE YOU SAID THE FIRST TIME OR THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE BEING INCREASED AND NOT BEING INCREASED WERE INCLUDED IN, IN THE OVERALL BUDGET, CORRECT? YES.
OKAY, WELL WE SWITCH OUR TECHNOLOGY
[4. Strategic Planning Process]
BACK OVER.UM, WE'RE GONNA JUST DO A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, REVISITING OUT OF THE PROCESS AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, KINDA THE ELEMENTS OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL HEAR A SUMMARY OF KIND OF THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT THAT, UM, OCCURRED WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE A SUMMARY OF THAT.
UM, SO WHILE JANAE MAKES IT THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE BIG SCREEN, 'CAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO BE ON THE BIG SCREEN
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THIS TOGETHER TODAY.
UH, BUT THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE REALLY CONTEMPLATING AS YOU'RE DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN IS WHAT DO WE KNOW TO BE TRUE TODAY? YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS THAT, THERE WE GO, OH, OH GOD,
UM, WHAT DO WE HOPE WILL BE TRUE IN THE FUTURE? SO CHARTING THAT COURSE, AND THEN WHERE MUST, WHAT MUST GO WELL IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? AND SO THAT'S THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE BRING TO ANY STRATEGIC PLANNING CONVERSATION.
THAT'S THE, THE PREMISE OF THE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT OCCURRED AS WELL.
SO HOW DOES THE STRATEGIC PLAN OH, THANK YOU.
UM, SO WHERE DOES THIS FIT? I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING THAT OCCURS, RIGHT? IN ANY ORGANIZATION.
UM, IS IT, SO THAT'S THE STAKEHOLDER IN, THAT'S THE STAKEHOLDER SUMMARY REPORT I THINK THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ARE IN HERE.
THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT YOU SHOULD ALL BE ASKING.
THAT'S IN THE WORKBOOK I THINK THAT WE WERE REFERRING TO.
SO, UH, CITIES DO LOTS OF PLANNING.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANNING.
WE HEARD ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN YESTERDAY, UH, WHICH IS AGAIN, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SYNTHESIZE ALL OF THESE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING WELL, WHAT, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO AND HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET THERE? UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS THINK OF A STRATEGIC PLAN AS KIND OF A 30,000 FOOT LEVEL VIEW OF, OF WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
AND SO, UH, YOU HAVE A GENERAL PLAN THAT REALLY TALKS ABOUT KIND OF THE, THE VERTICAL BUILD OUT OF YOUR, OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S A LONG TERM PLAN, 20 YEAR, 30 YEAR HORIZON.
UM, IT'S A, A LOT OF LAND USE, UH, GETS INCORPORATED INTO THAT.
THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT, THAT ALSO ARE REFLECTED IN YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
UH, YOU ALSO MAY HAVE A LONGER TERM CIP PLANS, THESE THINGS THAT TAKE A LOT LONGER TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN THERE IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT, IT INFORMS ALL OF THE WORK, UM, THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS PRIORITIZING
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AND FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE BUDGET, UH, AND OTHER WORK PLAN AVENUES.AND SO THAT'S A THREE TO FIVE YEAR HORIZON.
TYPICALLY, UH, IF YOU GO FARTHER OUT THAN THAT, THE WORLD CAN CHANGE.
UM, BUT WITHIN THREE TO FIVE YEARS, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, CONTROL AND INSIGHTS INTO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
UH, FROM THAT YOU'RE GONNA SET, YOU SET ANNUAL PRIORITIES THROUGH YOUR BUDGET, THROUGH OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT THE STAFF DEVELOPS, OPERATIONAL PLANS TO REALLY MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
AND SO IT'S TOGETHER ALL OF THESE PIECES THAT REALLY HELP TO INFORM AND DRIVE THE DIRECTION OF AN ORGANIZATION.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FRAMING.
SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN FRAMEWORK, THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN YOUR EXISTING STRATEGIC PLAN AND THAT WE'RE GONNA BE REVISITING, UM, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS UPDATE PROCESS, UM, INCLUDE KEY COMPONENTS.
SO A VISION, UH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AT ITS BEST, A NORTH STAR, A DIRECTION OF WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
UH, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MEMORABLE AND REALLY INFORMS THE AREAS OF PRIORITY AND OUTCOMES THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
UH, SO COUNCIL SETS THAT VISION AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR EXISTING VISION STATEMENT AND THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT RESONATES AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, UM, LATER TODAY, STRATEGIC OUTCOME AREAS.
UH, THESE ARE THE BIG ROCKS, THE BOULDERS THAT IF YOU WILL, THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE GET TIME AND ATTENTION.
YOU KNOW, IMAGINE, UM, AN ICEBERG, RIGHT? UH, AND THERE AND WITH THE WATERLINE, THE ICEBERG, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN THE CITY, THAT JUST CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
YOU'RE RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, YOU'RE FILLING POTHOLES, YOU ARE ISSUING PERMITS.
THESE THINGS ARE REGULAR AND ONGOING.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ICEBERG THAT YOU CAN MAYBE SEE AT THE TOP.
THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT YOU WANT TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA SPEND OUR TIME AND ATTENTION ON TODAY.
WE WANNA NAME THOSE, WE WANNA DEFINE THEM.
WE WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN THESE AREAS FOR YOU.
THAT PROVIDES CLARITY OF DIRECTION THAT SERVES EVERYBODY, UH, IN THIS ROOM AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
STRATEGIES ARE WHAT THE MAYOR WANTS TO GET TO.
HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS STUFF, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA, WHAT DOES IT TAKE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THOSE OUTCOMES? AND SO HAVING DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO WE WANT TO CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, ON MARCH, WHAT WAS IT, FIFTH, 20, 20 OR 20, OH MY GOD, 2030.
I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SAY THAT VERY OFTEN.
UH, BUT THOSE ARE THE, THE HOW.
UH, AND THAT'S A COMBINATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE STAFF IS GOING TO BE THE EXECUTORS, IF YOU WILL, ON THOSE STRATEGIES, BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE IT INFORMED BY THE THINGS THAT MATTER TO THE ELECTED BODY.
AND SO IT'S A COMBINATION THERE.
SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TODAY AS WELL.
UH, OTHER ELEMENTS OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, CURRENTLY IN THERE YOU HAVE A CORE PURPOSE.
IT'S LIKE YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION STATEMENT, IF YOU WILL.
UH, SUCCINCT AND FOCUSED AND CRISP.
UH, AND YOU HAVE CORE VALUES, THOSE VALUES THAT REALLY EXPRESS HOW YOU EXPECT THE ORGANIZATION TO OPERATE ITS BEST.
UM, THE THINGS THAT YOU, YOU CAN, UH, LOOK AT AND GUIDE BEHAVIOR IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
THOSE ARE OFTEN MORE INTERNALLY FOCUSED.
SO WE'LL REFERENCE THOSE AND REFER TO THEM.
WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO, TO REVISIT THOSE PARTICULARLY TODAY, UH, UNLESS THERE ARE COMMENTS, BUT THOSE SEEM PRETTY SOLID AND INTEGRATED INTO THE, THE CULTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO THOSE ARE THE ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AGAIN, IMAGINE YOU FLYING HIGH, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON THE HIGH HIGHLIGHTS.
ALRIGHT, SO THE PROCESS THAT, THAT WE HAVE WALKED THROUGH, AND AGAIN, WE'LL KIND OF HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS, BUT JUST TO, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS THE LAST TWO DAYS, YESTERDAY AND TODAY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS PROCESS, BUT IT'S NOT EVERYTHING BUT HAS OCCURRED.
UH, AND SO THOSE ARE VERY SMALL WORDS ON THE BIG SCREEN UP THERE.
SO I WILL JUST, UM, SHARE THE, IN THE LAST, UH, FEW MONTHS, UM, THERE HAS BEEN, UM, TIME SPENT WITH YOU INTERVIEWING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND, AND YOU SPOKE WITH MY, MY COLLEAGUE WHO HAS NOT HERE TODAY,
UM, SHE HAS NOW, UM, CONTINUED IN THE PROFESSION WORKING AT ICMA IN AN IMPORTANT ROLE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU, YOU GAVE ME TODAY.
UM, SO, BUT YOU MET WITH, WITH HER.
AND SO WE HAVE ALL OF THE THEMES FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, AND THEN A WHOLE HOST OF, UM, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OCCURRED.
SO THERE WERE A COUPLE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE, UM, AS WELL AS TIME SPENT WITH YOUR, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WORKING WELL, WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE, ARE BEING FACED.
THAT'S ALL SYNTHESIZED IN YOUR, UH, REPORT.
UH, AND THEN PREPARING FOR TODAY, UH, AND THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU HAD YESTERDAY THROUGH THOSE PANELS, WHICH WAS PHENOMENAL AND A GREAT, GREAT MODEL.
UH, AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA DIVE IN AND, AND TALK ABOUT THESE PIECES.
ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING JUST M REMIND YOU.
THIS, THIS IS IN, THIS ACTUALLY IS IN THE DOCUMENT.
YOU ALL WERE LOOKING AT, UM, YOUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
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SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO WALK INTO IT NOW, BUT JUST TO KIND OF GET IT ALL INTO THE ROOM, HERE'S YOUR EXISTING VISION STATEMENT.UH, AND I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THE WORDS ON THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY, UH, BUT WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS LATER AND PUT FRESH EYES ON IT.
SO YOU HAVE A, A VISION STATEMENT THAT REALLY DESCRIBES, UM, THE ORGANIZATION AND, AND THE FUTURE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE SEVEN STRATEGIC OUTCOME AREAS.
UM, WELL ACTUALLY, THE, THE OUT THE RESULTS ARE IN THE HANDOUT THAT YOU HAVE, UH, BEEN PROVIDED.
UH, BUT THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT REALLY HAVE INFORMED AND DRIVEN THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
UH, SO SEVEN, UM, VERY SPECIFIC, UH, KIND OUTCOMES THAT YOU WERE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND IT SOUNDS, FROM EVERYTHING I HAVE HEARD AND READ THROUGH IN THE RESULTS IS REALLY BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE,
UH, AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A FRESH COUNCIL TO, TO HIT RESET A LITTLE BIT AND TO LOOK FORWARD SO WE'RE NOT JUST TWEAKING, WE'RE STARTING FRESH.
THESE ARE THE PURPOSE AND THE CORE VALUES THAT ARE IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, AGAIN, MEMORABLE AND CONCISE, UH, AND SOUNDS LIKE VERY INTEGRATED INTO THE FABRIC OF THE ORGANIZATION.
SO THE CORE PURPOSE IS WE'RE MAKING LIVES BETTER.
YOU KNOW, JUST SIMPLY PUT, WE'RE MAKING LIVES BETTER.
CORE VALUES, HELPFUL, KIND, PROFESSIONAL.
SO THESE ARE THE EXPECTATIONS THAT TOGETHER YOU SHARE AND COLLECT, UH, AS AN ORGANIZATION WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH EACH OTHER.
UM, SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET THOSE INTO THE ROOM.
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A LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ON THIS.UM, MORE DETAIL WAS IN THE REPORT THAT WE PROVIDED, BUT JANAE IS GONNA TAKE US THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, TO SHARE.
CLICK THE MIC IN MY SHEET, SO I'LL STAY.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HANDS FOR THAT, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF A BRIEF HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HEARD THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK.
UM, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN THE REPORTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED, BUT WE JUST KIND OF GO OVER, UM, SOME OF THE KEY THEMES THAT WE HEARD.
SO THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, UM, WE, IT TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY.
UM, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ATTENDING AT SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, I THINK THERE WERE 27 THERE.
AND THEN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE HAD TWO OF THEM.
UM, ONE OF THEM WAS A STANDING MEETING, I THINK IT WAS CAFECITOS.
AND THEN WE HAD A MEETING IN THE EVENING AS WELL THAT WERE ATTENDED BY OVER 55 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WHICH IS A GOOD TURNOUT, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY YOUR SIZE, OF COURSE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AS HIGH A NUMBER AS YOU CAN GET THERE, BUT WE FOUND THAT THIS WAS A GOOD TURNOUT.
EVERYBODY WAS VERY ENGAGED, PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE WERE VERY SO, UM, VERY HAPPY WITH THOSE RESULTS.
I THINK IT WAS, UM, MS. HOFFMAN ON THE PANEL YESTERDAY WHO HAD SAID SHE HASN'T SEEN THIS LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT AS FAR AS A COMMUNITY REACHING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PLACED IN YOUR SEATS BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE PULSE OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT THEY WANT.
BUT IT'S STILL EQUALLY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEONE TO GO OUT AND ASK THEM, GO MEET THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THE COMMUNITY? WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE? AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR FINGERPRINTS ON A STRATEGIC PLAN, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT BOTH FROM EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS AND THE INTERNAL ONES WITH YOUR STAFF AS WELL.
UM, KIND OF THE LIST UP THERE, IN ADDITION TO THE MEETINGS THAT WE DID HAVE, UH, AVONDALE CONNECT WAS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND THEN JUST ON SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AS WELL.
UM, SO COMING SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL KIND OF KEY THEMES THAT WE HEARD.
TOP ONE WAS THAT PEOPLE WANT AVONDALE TO BE A WELCOMING PLACE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT NOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANNA CONTINUE TO SEE.
UM, IT TO BE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE CAN COME, THEY CAN STAY, THEY CAN DO EVERYTHING IT IS THAT THEY WANNA DO.
I THINK IT WAS JUST THE MAYOR YESTERDAY WHO SAID HE WANTS PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND STAY.
UM, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD TO ME.
SO THAT WAS SHARED AMONG THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE FOR AVONDALE IN THE FUTURE.
UH, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE DEDICATED STAFF PROVIDING THAT HIGH QUALITY SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY STAFF TAKE A DEEP SENSE OF PRIDE IN THEIR WORK AND THEIR RESPONSIVENESS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS WHAT THEY NEED, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY IS FEELING THAT AS WELL.
THIRD ONE WAS A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY PRIDE.
IT'S SOMETHING WE HEARD, WE HEARD IT YESTERDAY.
WE CAN HEAR IT THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDERS, WE CAN HEAR IT THROUGH THOSE WHO HAVE SAID THEY LIVE IN AVONDALE.
THEY WANTED TO BE HERE, THEY WANNA REMAIN HERE.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY STRONG WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU COULD FEEL IT, IT RESONATES.
BALANCING THAT GROWTH IS OBVIOUSLY A CHALLENGE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT A CHALLENGE THAT IS UNIQUE TO AVONDALE.
WE DO HEAR THAT FROM COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE, BUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU CAN KIND OF STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
THERE ALL ARE A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES.
UM, BUT MAKING SURE YOU CAN ADEQUATELY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
AND PART OF THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
YOU'VE GOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU'VE GOT THE RESOURCES, YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO SORT OF BALANCE THAT GROWTH AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT GROWTH WANTS TO LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES OBVIOUSLY EXIST TO CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE
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SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES YOU HAVE AND THEN REALLY DRIVE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.THAT'S BEEN A HUGE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION, BOTH IN OUR ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATIONS IN JANUARY AND OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE PANELS YESTERDAY.
SO TO GET JUST INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, WHEN WE SPOKE TO PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR VISION FOR AVONDALE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE IN THE FUTURE? WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR? UM, WHAT DO YOU WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO BE ABOUT? AGAIN, WELCOMING, FRIENDLY, SUPPORTIVE.
PEOPLE CAN STAY HERE, THEY CAN COME HERE, THEY CAN GROW, THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED HERE.
UM, THAT STRONG ECONOMY AND THOSE AMENITIES.
AVONDALE IS GONNA HAVE THOSE RESTAURANTS, IT'S GONNA HAVE THAT LUXURY CAR DEALERSHIP.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANNA SEE COMING HERE AND DRIVING THAT ECONOMY AND THAT ACCESS TO EVERYTHING.
MAKING SURE YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO GOODYEAR FOR THAT.
YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO BUCKEYE.
AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED.
SOME OF THE STRENGTHS THAT WE HEARD, AGAIN, FOCUSING ON THAT CUSTOMER-FOCUSED SERVICE DELIVERY, UM, AND THAT ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.
SO AS NANCY WENT OVER THOSE VALUES, THAT HELPFUL, KIND, PROFESSIONAL, IT'S BEING EXHIBITED.
IT'S WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DISPLAYED EVERY DAY, UM, MAKING LIVES BETTER.
THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
I THINK THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CHECK THE BOX ON THAT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY BEING RECEIVED WELL BY THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY, AGAIN, THE PE, THE PRIDE THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN AVONDALE WANTING TO BE HERE IS ONE THAT REALLY FILTERED ITS WAY THROUGH ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAD AND ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD.
AND THEN THAT RESPONSIVENESS, THERE'S THAT COLLABORATION AMONG STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE COMMUNITY, UH, EXHIBITING THAT FLEXIBILITY AND A CAN-DO ATTITUDE.
IF YOU NEED IT, WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE FOR YOU AND WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE QUICKLY.
UM, IS ANOTHER TOPIC THAT WE HEARD.
AND OF COURSE WITH STRENGTHS COME CHALLENGES AS WELL.
TOP ONE THAT WE, UM, DEFINITELY HEARD ABOUT WAS KIND OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH SEEMS ODD, UH, CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT I SAID ABOUT US, YOU KNOW, SEEING A GOOD TURNOUT.
SO THERE'S A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY, PEOPLE LIKE BEING HERE, THEY'RE CONNECTED, BUT THERE'S SORT OF A GAP THERE BETWEEN THAT ENGAGEMENT AND GETTING INVOLVED IN, IN GOVERNMENT AND GETTING INVOLVED IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE ORGANIZATION AND MAKING THEMSELVES HEARD.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO KIND OF BRIDGE THAT GAP, MAKING SURE YOU'RE GETTING OUT COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, YOU'RE BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE TOGETHER AND AS WE SPOKE ABOUT WITH KIND OF THE STANDING MEETING WHEN YOU'RE SHARING INFORMATION, MAYBE GOING TO WHERE THEY'RE AT AS WELL.
RESPONSIVENESS, OBVIOUSLY A STRENGTH, BUT ALSO SEEN AS A CHALLENGE.
UM, WHEN YOU DO THINGS AND YOU DO THEM WELL, AND YOU DO THEM QUICKLY, THE EXPECTATION THEN GOES UP FOR THINGS TO BE QUICKER, FASTER.
UM, YOU KNOW, AMAZON THREE DAY DELIVERY USED TO BE, OKAY, AND NOW WE WANT IT TODAY, OR WE WANT IT IN FOUR HOURS FROM NOW.
UM, SO THAT CAN BE A REAL CHALLENGE WHEN YOU HAVE CONSTRAINED RESOURCES, YOU HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, AND NOW PEOPLE WANT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, SO SOMETHING THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS BOTH A STRENGTH AND A CHALLENGE FOR YOU GUYS.
'CAUSE YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
UM, AGAIN, BALANCING THAT GROWTH, OBVIOUSLY A CHALLENGE.
A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, UH, AS WE HEARD ABOUT ON THE PANELS YESTERDAY, PARTICULARLY THE ONE AT THE END.
UM, JUST DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN TO TRY TO MANAGE THAT.
AND AGAIN, PLAN, PLAN AS FAR AS YOU CAN IN THE FUTURE AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GROUND YOURSELF IN THE THINGS THAT YOU DO WELL AND THE THINGS THAT YOU DO HAVE CONTROL OVER.
AND THEN ONE THAT WE HEARD IS KIND OF A LACK OF PRIORITIZATION AND THIS REALLY TIES TOGETHER WITH THAT, THAT HYPER FOCUS THAT NANCY MENTIONED.
AND KIND OF RECOGNIZING THE BIG ROCKS, MAKING SURE THAT YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT THE THINGS ARE THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU, THOSE OUTCOME AREAS AND WHAT THOSE KEY PRIORITIES ARE AS FAR AS PROJECTS, WORKING THROUGH THEM AND WHERE YOU WANNA SEE THAT ACHIEVEMENT.
UM, IT CAN BE REALLY EASY TO MAKE EVERYTHING A PRIORITY BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT, BUT THERE ARE JUST THOSE FEW THINGS THAT IT'S, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE TO SEPARATE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE REALLY WANNA MOVE THE NEEDLE ON.
UM, AND IT HELPS YOU BE ABLE TO CONVEY THAT INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT HELPS STAFF KNOW WHERE TO FOCUS THEIR DIRECTION AND THEIR RESOURCES AS WELL.
UH, AS FAR AS OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TOP ONE IS OBVIOUSLY THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AND SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM AS WELL.
SO MAKING SURE THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS DONE, UM, UTILIZING THAT, THAT REALLY SETS A LOT OF GROUNDWORK ALREADY THAT CAN BE DONE.
UM, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT PLAYERS, YOU'RE INTENTIONAL IN WHAT YOU'RE SEEKING OUT FOR DEVELOPMENT, WHAT YOU WANT THAT DEVELOPMENT TO LOOK LIKE, USING THOSE ASSETS THAT YOU HAVE AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES, UM, USING OPEN SPACE, PRESERVING WHAT YOU HAVE, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS YESTERDAY ABOUT INCORPORATING WILDLIFE OPPORTUNITIES AND OPEN SPACE OPPORTUNITIES WHILE OTHER THINGS ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
SO MAKING SURE YOU KIND OF HAVE ALMOST LIKE A MULTI-USE, UM, OF ASSETS AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN CAPITALIZE ON.
AND THEN ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND CONNECTING THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
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PERHAPS CONNECTING THEM PHYSICALLY, BUT THIS IS MORE ABOUT CONNECTING THEM TO EACH OTHER, TO YOU, TO GOVERNMENT, TO INFORMATION.THAT WAS A THING THAT WE HEARD YESTERDAY QUITE A FEW TIMES.
MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHAT RESOURCES DO WE HAVE, WHAT CAN THEY REACH OUT AND DO.
BECAUSE, UM, I BELIEVE AS COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA SAID, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO, HOW TO GO GET IT UNTIL HINDSIGHT.
WOW, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN WILDLY HELPFUL IF I KNEW, YOU KNOW, THAT I COULD SEEK OUT THESE RESOURCES.
SO KIND OF CONNECTING AND ENGAGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THAT WAY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, CULTIVATING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING HAD.
YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO CAN HELP US, WHO CAN SUPPORT US.
WE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, ASTRAY MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND NEW LEAF, FIRST THINGS FIRST.
ALL THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THESE NONPROFITS, OR EVEN PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO HELP TRYING TO REALLY GROW THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
SO IT'S JUST A QUICK HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION IN YOUR REPORT THERE, BUT ANYTHING, ANY THOUGHTS, ANYTHING THAT REALLY RESONATED OR STOOD OUT THE RISES SURPRISES? COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA? I THINK IT WAS GOOD TO CAPTURE THE CHALLENGES 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, TO LOOK AT.
LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? AND, UM, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PART, THE RESPONSIVENESS AND THE WAY YOU SET IT WAS LIKE PERFECT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GIVE GREAT, UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE THE ONE DAY THAT YOU DON'T, OR THE ONE DAY THAT SOMEONE'S HAVING A BAD DAY, IT REFLECTS ON EVERYONE UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT EXPECTATION HAS BEEN SET.
UM, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I THINK WE DO SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH IT.
UM, BUT IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WORK ON, RIGHT? LIKE, UM, I ALWAYS SAY WHEN WE'RE CRITICIZING, IT'S NOT LIKE A PERSONAL THING, IT'S LIKE A A, A TASK THING.
LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE LIKE, THAT JOB JUST NEEDS TO, LIKE, NOT THE JOB, BUT LIKE THAT SPECIFIC TASK, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE BETTER.
UM, SO SEEING LIKE WHAT, WHAT, I'M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB IN THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT OUR STAFF DOES SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB ALREADY IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PORTION OF IT.
FORTUNATELY WITH THE RESPONSIVENESS, YOU'RE A VICTIM OF YOUR OWN SUCCESS.
WELL,
UM, WELL, WHAT RESONATED, I FEEL LIKE, AND I FELT IT FOR YEARS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND THE CITY FOR SO LONG, UM, FAMILY, LIKE THIS WHOLE ROOM IS TO ME, FAMILY, RIGHT? AND IT, AND TO SEE THAT THE RESIDENTS ALSO SEE IT, THAT KINDNESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THE CORE VALUES, YOU KNOW, THE HELPFUL, BEING HELPFUL.
IT, IT'S BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND EVERY TIME WE GET A NEW EMPLOYEE AND THE FIRST THING THEY SAY IS, I, IT FEELS LIKE A FAMILY HERE.
LIKE, I, YOU KNOW, AND YOU TALK TO STAFF.
SO THAT HAS RESONATED WITH ME FOR YEARS.
UM, SO I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, UM, COMING TOGETHER.
WHAT SURPRISED ME WAS THE, THAT THE RESIDENTS FEEL THAT WE HAVE A LACK OF PRIOR, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE NOT PRIOR PRIORITIZING.
UM, HAVEN'T HAD MY COFFEE YET.
BUT I'VE HEARD IT FROM, YOU KNOW, RON, LIKE HE, HE ALWAYS MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PART OF BEING STRATEGIC IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PICK SOME, SOME THINGS THAT GUIDE US, RIGHT? JUST LIKE THE BIG BOULDERS, UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SHOOTING ALL OVER THE PLACE, RIGHT? WE NARROW IT DOWN.
REALLY WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON? BUT TO SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT, THAT'S A SURPRISE.
AND I WILL ADD A NOTE THAT THIS IS KIND OF A COMBINATION OF THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK FROM ALL GROUPS.
SO THAT THAT WAS NOT A, A VERY HIGH LEVEL THING THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS RESPONDING ON.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF STAFF INCLUDED AS WELL.
I, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING REALLY SU SURPRISED ME OR, UH, CONCERNED ME.
YOU KNOW, I THINK OPPORTUNITIES ARE JUST, UH, WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN MAKE OURSELVES BETTER.
SO AS WE HOPEFULLY FLUSH THESE THINGS OUT, UH, MORE OF THE, UM, WE CAN IDENTIFY WHATEVER THOSE GAPS ARE AND THEN THAT BE, CAN BECOME A NEW, A NEW MISSION.
UM, SO I, I'M JUST FOR NOW, JUST CONTINUE TO, TO OBSERVE AND LISTEN.
I, I THINK THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE WANNA COME HERE, THEY WANNA STAY HERE.
I WOULDN'T ADVISE A STRATEGY FOR THAT OF KIDNAPPING PEOPLE.
UM, SO MAYBE ANOTHER ROUTE, BUT THAT, THAT
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TYPE OF IDEA IN MIND, I'LL MARK IT OFF.EVERYTHING'S, IF PEOPLE AREN'T COMING AND STAYING, YOU KNOW WHO TO CALL TO GET THEM.
WE LIKE TO, WE LIKE
I MEAN, TO BE FAIR, WE DID SAY BE BOLD AND SO
WE'LL START WITH THE IDEAS LATER,
WELL, I THINK IT, IT'S HELPFUL JUST TO KIND OF GET THE IDEAS IN THE ROOM AND THE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING WELL THAT YOU WANNA CONTINUE AND TO LEVERAGE, UH, AS YOU GO FORWARD.
BUT ALSO THOSE THINGS THAT MAYBE REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TIME AND ATTENTION.
AND SO I PROMISE THAT WE WOULD GET TO PLAY WITH POST-ITS TODAY.
UH, AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AFTERWARDS AND SO WE'LL DO THE ACTIVITY AND WE'LL BREAK AND COME BACK.
SO WE'LL HAVE A TIME TO SORT THROUGH THE THEMES.
UM, AND MAYBE JENA, YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THE, UM, THE OTHER WORDS OVER HERE.
SO THIS WILL POP UP IN JUST A SEC, I'M SURE.
UH, SO YOU HAVE TWO SETS OF COLORED POST-ITS, UH, AND YOU ALSO HAVE A SHARPIE, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO READ THEM EASILY.
YOU'RE GONNA USE THE YELLOW POST-ITS FIRST GRAB THE YELLOW, AND ON EACH POST-IT ONE IDEA ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, TRUE.
DO WE NEED ANOTHER MARKER? I HAVE IT.
IT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS TRUE TODAY, UH, ABOUT AVONDALE THAT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE CONTINUES THAT YOU WANNA HOLD ONTO.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WORKING WELL.
IT'S APPRECIATED, IT'S VALUED.
UH, SO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING WELL TODAY, TRUE TODAY, THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE STILL HAPPENING.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED 10 YEARS FROM NOW.
OKAY? SO WE'RE USING A 10 YEAR HORIZON ON THIS ACTIVITY TO REALLY THINK BIG AND LONG.
UH, SO ONE IDEA PER POST-IT, YOU CAN DO UP TO THREE.
YOU HAVE, YOU SHOULD HAVE THREE POST-ITS IF MY, UM, COUNTING, UM, MATH OPTIONS THIS MORNING IS WORKING ALL RIGHT? AND WE'LL FIND OUT, UH, PROBABLY SOMEBODY WILL HAVE FOUR OR TWO.
UM, SO WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE, YOU CAN HAND THEM UP AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO STICK 'EM AND WE'RE GONNA KIND OF ORGANIZE THEM AFTER YOU'VE DONE THAT.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE OVERACHIEVERS AND MOVE QUICKLY, WE'RE GONNA DO ON THE ORANGE, UH, FLIP CHART OR POST-ITS WHAT IS NOT TRUE TODAY THAT YOU WANNA MAKE HAPPEN, THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE BE THE CASE 10 YEARS FROM NOW.
UH, AND UP TO, SO YOU HAVE THREE POSTS FOR EACH COLOR.
SO THREE THINGS THAT ARE TRUE TODAY THAT YOU WANNA CONTINUE ON.
THE YELLOW, THREE THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE TODAY THAT YOU WANNA MAKE HAPPEN.
YOU CAN'T SELL YOUR POST-ITS, UM, TRADE THEM.
AND STAFF IS NOT, NOT GONNA BE YOUR TUTOR ON THIS ONE.
AND ONE IDEA FOR POST-IT, PLEASE.
THAT WAY WE CAN ORGANIZE THEM.
AND IF YOU, IF YOU NEED A REPLACEMENT, BECAUSE ANY OF THOSE INSTRUCTIONS WE'RE HARD TO FOLLOW, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE NEW ONES.
AND YOU WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST
ALRIGHT, I THINK THOSE ARE NOW EXCELLENT THAT I WANNA SEE YEAH.
THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE TODAY THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE HAPPEN.
SEE, I LIKE THIS ACTIVITY 'CAUSE I CAN GET MY STEPS IN BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, AND I DON'T HAVE TO SHAKE MY HAND AND FAKE IT.
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AFTER WE HAVE THEM, WE'LL, WE WILL READ 'EM OUT.UH, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK AND KIND OF SUMMARIZE THE CONNECTING THEMES.
WHAT'S THAT? WE'RE GOING TO READ 'EM OUT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A BREAK.
SO WE'LL ALMOST, ALMOST A BREAK.
AND THEN WE COFFEE OR WHATEVER.
YOU WANNA READ OFF THOSE? WHY DO THESE OVER HERE? JENE? I THINK WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ALL THE ORANGE? EVERYBODY'S? WE DO.
SO THINGS THAT ARE TRUE TODAY THAT WE REALLY WANT TO, UM, MAKE SURE WE HOLD ONTO IN THE FUTURE FOR AVONDALE.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF A, A GROUPING HERE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONNECTIVITY.
SO WE HAVE FAMILY AND FAITH, FAMILY FRIENDLY, STRONG COMMUNITY, CONNECTED COMMUNITY EVENTS AND TRADITION.
I'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE DAYS ARE.
AND THEN KIND OF, UM, WHAT'S THAT? OH, OKAY.
UM, AND THEN HERE, KIND OF THE, UH, THE INTERNAL SERVICES, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S TALENTED BEST IN CLASS STAFF STILL, AND A COUNCIL THAT CARES.
WE CONTINUE MAKING LIVES BETTER AND WE CONTINUE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AS FAR AS KIND OF THE EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT PROCESSES AND MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE CONNECTED AND EASY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S INNOVATIVE MUNI SOLUTIONS, WE'RE DEVELOPER FRIENDLY, THERE'S AFFORDABLE PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH AND EFFICIENT PROCESSES ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND THEN HERE WE HAVE KIND OF A, A SAFETY AND SECURITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON CYBERSECURITY, UH, SAFETY, BEING SAFE, AND A KIND, RESPONSIVE, FULLY STAFFED PUBLIC SAFETY GROUP.
A LOT OF, A LOT OF ALIGNMENT HERE, SEEING KIND OF HOW, YOU KNOW, EACH OF YOUR RESPONSES WAS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY VALUE TODAY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE.
SO I, I WILL BE TAKING PHOTOS OF THESE AND THEN IN THE SUMMARY REPORT FROM TODAY, THEY'LL BE TYPED OUT, UM, THERE'LL BE A LIST SO YOU CAN MAKE SURE TO KIND OF SEE HOW THOSE ARE GROUPED TOGETHER.
AND WE'RE, WE'LL ALSO, UM, AFTER WE GO THROUGH THIS AND WE'LL TAKE A BREAK, WE'RE GONNA PUT 'EM ON A FLIP CHART.
WE'LL WRITE UP KIND OF THE THEMES THAT EMERGE TOO.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT AVAILABLE FOR EASY REFERENCE IN THE ROOM.
OOPS, WE'RE ALREADY LOSING 'EM.
UM, THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE TODAY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE HAPPEN.
I'M GONNA SLIDE THIS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO BE SO FAR AWAY.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT MORE SPREAD AROUND, WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL.
UM, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME OVERLAP.
AND SO I'M GONNA GO IN NO SPECIFIC ORDER.
UM, A COUPLE HERE RELATED TO GROCERY STORES, WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UH, GROCERY STORES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO REALLY SPECIFIC TARGETED, UM, NEED THERE.
UH, HERE WE HAVE, UM, A COUPLE THINGS AROUND SORT
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OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.SO CONNECTED, LIGHTED TRAILS, UH, AND ALSO AN INCREASED ACCESS TO WETLANDS AND CONSERVATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ADJACENT, NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME.
UH, A COUPLE THOUGH RELATED TO ENTERTAINMENT.
SO MORE ENTERTAINMENT AND RESORT ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIC AREAS YOU HAD LAST TIME.
SO HAVING TECH JOBS AND CAREERS IN AVONDALE, UH, WITH SHORT COMMUTE BY THE WAY AS WELL.
UH, THE PUBLIC FEELS FULLY ENGAGED, UH, THEN COMING KIND OF DOWN THIS WAY.
SO WE HAVE, UM, KIND OF THREADS THIS WAY AROUND SORT OF HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY.
UH, SO WE HAVE ZERO SHELTERED AND ZERO FOOD INSECURE, UH, THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE, UH, FEWER APARTMENTS.
THEN WE HAVE VETERAN HOUSING, A DA COMPONENTS IN EVERY PLAYGROUND AND SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMMING.
SO FROM KIND OF HOUSING TO SPECIFIC ADDRESSING SPECIFIC COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AND THIS IS AROUND THE FLOW OF PEOPLE.
AND SO HIGH SPEED TRANSIT, UH, FREE TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE CITY, AND NO TRAFFIC.
THIS IS A REALLY GOOD JUMPING OFF POINT.
SO WE'LL KIND OF ORGANIZE THEM AROUND IDEAS, UM, KIND OF POTENTIAL BOULDERS, BIG, BIG ROCKS.
UH, AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND WE'LL COME BACK FROM A BREAK.
SO IT IS NINE 20, SO DO WE WANT TO TAKE 15 MINUTES TO ALLOW FOR COFFEE OR, OKAY, SO, SO 15 MINUTES.
HOW ABOUT WE CUT THE DIFFERENCE A LITTLE BIT? 9 35, WE'LL START UP AGAIN.
ALRIGHT, AS PROMISED, UH, WE WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE SOME OF THE THEMES THAT STOOD OUT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THESE, BUT I WANNA JUST REVIEW THE OUTCOMES OF THAT ACTIVITY.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SHIFT A LITTLE BIT TO VISION, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS LATER.
SO HERE IS WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL A MASHUP.
UM, OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE TRUE TODAY, YELLOW, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE ORANGE, WE WANNA MAKE HAPPEN.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME OVERLAP, UH, OVERLAPPING AREAS.
THAT MEANS YOU'RE BUILDING ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING WELL.
UH, THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE JUST ALL ORANGE THINGS TO WORK, EXCUSE ME, TO WORK TOWARD.
AND SO THIS IS THE MESSY VERSION, AND YOU GUYS CAN ALL TAKE PICTURES, BUT WE'LL KNOW, WE'LL SUMMARIZE THIS AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
THESE ARE THE, THE THEMES THAT STOOD OUT.
UM, AND SO THIS IS NOT SORT OF THE, THE CRIB NOTE END OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT WE, WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS WHEN WE LOOK AT IT LATER.
UM, SO WE HAD TO ADD AN EXTRA BONUS PLACE HERE.
AND SO WE STARTED HERE, WHICH WAS THIS WHOLE COLLECTION OF POST-IT.
AND SO A LOT OF YELLOW, UM, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF ORANGE AROUND KINDA THAT CONNECTED, ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT'S A, AN AREA A THEME.
THIS WAS ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS IN THE LAST STRATEGIC PLAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IF THERE'S STILL ENERGY THERE.
UM, SO A LOT OF INTEREST THERE.
OVER HERE WE HAD A NUMBER OF POST-ITS, UH, THAT ARE TRUE TODAY THAT YOU WANNA CONTINUE.
SO MAYBE THERE'S NOT AN EXTRA BOOST YOU NEED TO MAKE, UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU VALUE AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU PRESERVE.
UH, AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, YOU KNOW, GENERAL SAFETY SAFE, BUT ALSO BEING CYBER CY, CYBER SAFE.
UM, AND SO I'M HOLDING ONTO THOSE THINGS.
THAT WAS A THEME THAT CAME THROUGH.
THERE WERE A CLUSTER OF THINGS HERE.
AND OF COURSE WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.
A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AROUND, UH, ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AROUND GROCERY STORES, AROUND, UM, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, JOBS.
SO THESE SORTS OF THINGS ALL KIND OF CLUSTERED TOGETHER.
SO WE JUST WROTE IT AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE'LL COME BACK ON ALL THE TOPICS, BUT JUST THE THEMES.
HOUSING IS OVER HERE ON THE SIDE.
SO A LOT OF KIND OF SPECIFIC THINGS RELATED TO HOUSING OR IDENTIFIED, UM, AROUND THE UNHOUSED, UH, THE TYPE OF HOUSING.
SO FEWER APARTMENTS, UH, VETERANS, HOUSING, AFFORDABLE.
AND I'M ASSUMING AFFORDABILITY WAS RELATED TO HOUSING.
AND IF ANYBODY, OKAY, I'M SEEING A NOD.
SO, UM, SOME THINGS ON HOUSING.
HERE ARE SOME POST-ITS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICALLY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MAY BE ADDITIONAL TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE MIGHT WANNA TALK ABOUT LATER, BUT I THINK THAT, THAT HERE IT WAS AROUND TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICALLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, REDUCING NO TRAFFIC, UM, FREE, FREE TRANSPORTATION, HIGH SPEED TRANSIT, UH, AND THEN, UH, CONNECT LIGHT, CONNECT LIGHT RAIL.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS ON TRANSPORTATION HERE.
THESE ALL APPEAR AGAIN, YELLOW, SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S WORKING WELL, BUT WE DON'T WANNA LOSE IT.
AND THAT'S GENERALLY RELATED TO THINGS AROUND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT.
AND SO BEING INNOVATIVE, UM, EFFICIENT WITH THE RESOURCES, DEVELOPER FRIENDLY, BEST IN CLASS WITH STAFF, UH, IN COUNCIL THAT CARES.
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AROUND THE INGREDIENTS FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT.UH, SO WE WROTE THAT DOWN HERE.
UM, AND SO, UM, THEY MAY FIND A PLACE, YOU KNOW, AS A PART OF A, A BROADER OUTCOME POTENTIALLY, BUT THEY'RE AROUND PROGRAMMING, SPECIFIC TYPES OF PROGRAMMING.
UH, SO AFFORDABLE PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT YOUTH YESTERDAY.
UH, ALSO A SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMMING.
AND THEN A DA, UM, MY GLASSES, UM, UH, A DA COMPONENTS IN EVERY PLAYGROUND.
AND SO, AGAIN, KIND OF YOUTH FOCUS, MAYBE IT'S YOUTH PROGRAMMING, UH, WE COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO WE JUST WROTE IT AS PROGRAMMING FOR NOW.
AND THE LAST ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST ONE HERE IS AROUND NATURAL RESOURCES.
INCREASE ACCESS TO WETLAND AND CONSERVATION.
AND THIS POST-IT DOESN'T FALL IN THESE BUCKETS, BUT WE SORT OF SAW IT, IT'S YOUR CORE PURPOSE, UH, AND IT SORT OF OVERRIDES ALL OF THIS, WHICH IS MAKING LIVES BETTER.
AND SO WE JUST TUCKED THAT UP AT THE TOP AND DECIDED THAT IT WASN'T A, A CATEGORY OR A THEME, IT WAS JUST, UM, THE OVERARCHING CORE PURPOSE OF WHY YOU'RE ALL HERE.
SO THOSE ARE THE THEMES THAT, THAT WE SORT OF OBSERVED ON YOUR POST-ITS, UM, COMMENTS OR CHANGES? THOUGHTS? YEAH,
WHAT I'M SEEING, I GUESS I GET CONCERNED WITH SAFETY BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD YESTERDAY THAT I DON'T THINK WE TALK ENOUGH ABOUT, I KNOW KURT TALKS ABOUT IT AND, UH, LIKE THE PFAS AND THE WATER, THE AIR QUALITY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, UM, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK ABOUT SAFETY IN TERMS OF PERSONAL SAFETY.
I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OUR SUCCESSES AND PERSONAL SAFETY.
WE GET A BAD RAP FOR BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE, IN ANY CITY IN AMERICA, EVERY DAY.
SO I REALLY WANT US TO THINK ABOUT SAFETY IN TERMS OF OUR FIRE PREVENTION ACTIVITY.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT OUR AIR QUALITY WAS UNSAFE WHEN OUR RIVER BARTER WAS ON FIRE.
AND SOME OF THAT IS JUST IN AVONDALE, BUT IT'S MARICOPA COUNTY LAND.
SO, UM, I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT SAFETY IN BROADER TERMS WITH THE O2.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE TO HAVE POLICIES THAT, YOU KNOW, AREN'T, THAT ARE, THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO OUR CITY TO SAY, IF WE'RE HAVING A FIREWORKS DISPLAY HOSTED BY THE CITY, WE'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW FIREWORKS TO BE SOLD IN OUR CITY DURING THAT TIME.
I MEAN, WE CAN SET UP ORDINANCES TO PROTECT OUR, OUR SPACE IN PLACE.
IT'S NOT GONNA DO MUCH IF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AROUND US DON'T.
BUT I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT AIR QUALITY AS A SAFETY CONCERN.
I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, THE PFAS IN THE WATER AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO I REALLY WISH WE KIND OF, UM, TAKE SAFETY TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE PERCEPTION, WE ARE REALLY, REALLY SAFE HERE.
WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.
SO OUR FIRE AND POLICE ARE EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, WE, WE MIGHT NEED TO HAVE BETTER CONTROLS OVER.
WE HAVE GREAT CONTROLS OVER OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS, BUT WE HAVE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE.
AND THIS IS A GREAT INTRODUCTION OF THE CONVERSATION.
I THINK, UH, SO BROADENING THIS, THE SAFETY, THERE'S, THIS IS, UM, PEOPLE MAY JUMP TO A CONCLUSION THIS MEANS ONE SPECIFIC TYPE OF SAFETY, BUT YOU'RE SAYING NO, LET'S LOOK AT THIS IN A MORE HOLISTIC, GLOBAL WAY AS WE'RE DEFINING THE ROCK.
DO, DO YOU ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? KIND OF BROADENING THE CONCEPT OF SAFETY, NOT LOSING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, BUT MAKING SURE YOU'RE NOT MISSING THE OTHER THINGS? OKAY.
AND I THINK THAT LIKE, BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE THE YELLOW ONES.
SO THAT'S WHAT HOW WE FEEL RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN AVONDALE AT THE MOMENT.
AND IN FIVE YEARS, WE STILL WANT THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT IT'S SAFE TO LIVE IN AVONDALE.
UM, SO I THINK BOTH OF 'EM ARE IMPORTANT, BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MOVE TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOMES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA KEEP AND MAINTAIN AS WELL.
YEAH, YOU DON'T WANNA LOSE THAT.
UM, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A BROADER, YOU KNOW, FOCUS IN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND WE CAN, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE WORD, WE'RE JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZING THE THEMES ON THE INITIAL, YOU KNOW, FIRST FLUSH POST-IT.
SO IF IT'S JUST WRITING LITTLE NOTES HERE AND JANAE'S GRABBING NOTES HERE AS WELL.
SO BROADENING THE FOCUS TO NOT LOSE WHAT YOU HAVE, BUT TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ABOVE THE WATERMARK, WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU WANT TO IMPROVE? OKAY.
OTHER REACTIONS OR OBSERVATIONS? ANYBODY ELSE? I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, CONDI, HER AND I WERE TALKING AT THE BREAK ABOUT JUST LOOKING DOWN AND AT THE DIFFERENT COLORS AND HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF REPRESENTS KIND OF WHAT, AS A COUNCIL WE'VE DONE SO FAR, AND HOW CLOSE AND TIGHT EACH OF THOSE IDEAS ARE.
SO I THINK IT'S TRULY REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS CURRENT COUNCIL, UM, EVEN WITH NEWER MEMBERS, UH, AND NEWER, UH, YOU KNOW, NEW MAYORS.
SO I, I THINK THAT, UH, DEMONSTRATES
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SO YOU SEE PROGRESS KIND OF THREADED THROUGH THIS YEAH.MOVING FROM THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON, MAYBE TO THE THINGS WE WANNA FOCUS ON.
OKAY, WELL, WE JUST WANT, THIS IS LIKE A, A JUMPING OFF ON WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THIS AND, UM, BASED ON THE OTHER STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE CONVERSATIONS YESTERDAY, YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE GET TO THE OUTCOME AREAS, WE'VE TRIED TO TEE UP SOME OF THE POTENTIAL AREAS FOR REVIEWING AND CONVERSATION.
UM, I THINK THAT THEY NATURALLY ALIGN WITH A LOT OF THE THEMES THAT COME THROUGH, AND MAYBE ACTUALLY EVEN A LITTLE BIT BROADER, UM, IN TERMS OF THE WORDS THAT, THAT WE WERE, UM, STARTING WITH.
SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT, BUT I THINK WE'LL KEEP THESE IN THE ROOM.
THIS IS VERY HELPFUL, START TO THIS.
UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO KINDA ZOOM BACK UP FOR A MOMENT AND TALK ABOUT VISION.
[6. Vision for Avondale]
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT NORTH STAR, THAT THAT DIRECTIONAL STATEMENT THAT YOU HAVE AS YOUR VISION, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THESE THINGS LEAD YOU THERE, RIGHT? THAT THERE'S SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO.SO HERE'S YOUR CURRENT VISION STATEMENT.
AND YOU, THIS IS IN THE WORKBOOK THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT BEFORE.
UM, WITH SOME SPACE FOR NOTES, IF YOU ARE, UH, INCLINED, IT'S LOOKS LIKE THIS IN YOUR WORKBOOK.
IT'S RIGHT PAST THE OUTCOMES, SO YOU DON'T HAVE PAGE NUMBERS.
UM, BUT IT'S ON THE EQUIVALENT OF PAGE TWO WITHIN THE DOCUMENT.
SO READS THE, THE CURRENT ONE.
UM, SOMEONE WANNA READ THAT FOR US? I CAN'T FIND IT ON THE SCREEN OR IN, IN YOUR BOOKLET.
ANYBODY? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTY.
OH, I THINK SOMEBODY SAID YEAH, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE.
AVONDALE ARIZONA IS A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE SHARE A DEEP SENSE OF PRIDE IN WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND HOW FAR WE HAVE COME IN AVONDALE, THERE'S A STRONG BELIEF THAT BLENDING OF A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CULTURES COMES FROM A TRUE SENSE OF HARMONY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
HERE, PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ARE WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS AND SUPPORTED IN WAY THAT EXEMPLIFIES A DYNAMIC, INTELLIGENT, AND DRIVEN CITY READY TO TAKE ON THE FUTURE.
OKAY, SO THAT'S IN YOUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, SO I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD AND THE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND THEN WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF YOU ABOUT WHAT RESONATES, WHAT YOU LIKE, WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO UPDATE.
ALL RIGHT, SO HERE'S THE ENGAGEMENT FEEDBACK.
UM, GENERALLY IT, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED LIKE YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THE VISION.
UM, HOWEVER, WHEN YOU, UH, DIG IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, UH, FOR SOME IT FELT MORE DESCRIPTIVE THAN ASPIRATIONAL, THAT IT WAS MORE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A STATEMENT OF BEING, IF YOU WILL, UM, THAT THERE'S SOME, SOME POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATING IT TO A SLIGHTLY HIGHER LEVEL, UH, THAT IT DIDN'T LINK TO THE OUTCOME AREAS DIRECTLY.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND, UH, AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
UH, THE THINGS THAT SPECIFICALLY RESONATED FOR RESIDENTS WAS THAT SENSE OF PRIDE, UM, BEING A DRIVEN CITY, READY TO TAKE ON THE FUTURE, KIND OF THAT FORWARD MOMENTUM.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIG TAKEAWAYS YESTERDAY AS WELL, LISTENING TO ALL OF YOU AND THE PRESENTATION WAS, IT'S LIKE, LET'S LAUNCH, WE'RE READY, LET'S GO.
UH, AND THEN BLENDING ABROAD SPECTRUM OF CULTURES.
AND SO THAT WAS REALLY, UH, SOMETHING PEOPLE CONNECTED TO AS, AS WELL.
SO THAT CAME THROUGH THE, UH, STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, AND THE DEPARTMENT HEAD INPUT AS WELL, I THINK.
SO THAT WAS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I DO A LOT OF THESE STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, ENGAGEMENTS AND WORK WITH A LOT OF COUNCILS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT YOU CONNECT TO, RIGHT? THAT REALLY REFLECTS WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
AND SO, I WANNA START WITH THAT.
THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU FEEL PROUD OF AND IS MEMORABLE.
UH, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT, UM, MAYBE IF IT GOES BACK.
OH, 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING READY MAYBE.
ANYWAY, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS, IT'S A LOT OF WORDS, RIGHT? IT'S A LOT OF WORDS.
UH, AND I WOULD, I WOULD ASK, UM, WHO IN THIS ROOM CAN RECITE THAT? NOPE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOUR MISSION, YOUR CORE PURPOSE AND YOUR, UH, VALUES ARE SO, UM, MEMORABLE AND CONCISE.
THE VISION HAS THAT POTENTIAL AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT REALLY, UH, YOU WANNA HOLD ONTO AND TO ELEVATE IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE YOU'RE LOOKING TO CREATE? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN VISION, THE FUTURE YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE.
UM, RATHER THAN DESCRIBING KIND OF WHAT IS ONE OF THE OTHER COMMENTS, I THINK JANA, YOU CAN, YOU CAN PROBABLY SAY THIS MORE ELOQUENTLY 'CAUSE YOU'RE IN THE ROOM.
UM, BUT THERE WAS A SENSE FROM STAKEHOLDERS ALSO THAT THE FIRST PART OF THAT FELT SORT OF LIKE THE UNDERDOG STORY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE ARE PROUD OF OURSELVES AND GIVE OURSELVES A PAT IN THE
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BACK.AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
BUT WHAT I HEARD YESTERDAY WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S AGAIN NOT JUST DO THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, LET'S ELEVATE.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S LIKE THE VICTIM MENTALITY.
LIKE, HEY, WE WERE THIS, BUT NOW, BUT WE WE'RE, WE'RE VICTORIOUS IN WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN A CITY.
AND ONE THING THAT WAS SAID YESTERDAY THAT I KEEP COMING BACK TO ME IS OPPORTUNITY.
LIKE HOW DO WE INCORPORATE THAT WE'RE A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY INTO THE VISION? BECAUSE THAT WAS, THAT WORD WAS SAID QUITE A BIT YESTERDAY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, FOR NEW FAMILIES, FOR UM, OLD BUSINESS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE TO GROW AND DEVELOP.
SO THERE'S SUCH, SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
I WANT US TO REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT CAN BE RATHER THAN WHAT IT WAS.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW, RIGHT? THE POTENTIAL I BELIEVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, I LOVE OUR ASPIRE ACHIEVE ACCELERATE THEME.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT LIKE WRITTEN OUT INTO THE VISION TO SPELL OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THESE THINGS DONE.
TO ME THAT WOULD JUST MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCISE.
AND THOSE ARE THREE TOPICS THAT ARE ALREADY SPLASHED ACROSS THE WHOLE ENTIRE MUNICIPALITY.
AND SO I THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE A IN AVONDALE, AWESOME BRANDING THAT'S DONE, LET'S TIE OUR VISION BACK TO OUR BRAND.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO DIGEST.
AND THEN I'M KIND OF CONCERNED JUST TO JUST WANT TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT THE DIRECTION THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING REALLY.
UM, IT MIGHT NOT LEND TO US, UM, WANTING TO GET, UM, GRANTS AND FUTURE FUNDING IF WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OBVIOUS HERE.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE JUST GONNA NATURALLY HAPPEN IN AVONDALE, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK TO BECAUSE, UM, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, AND ONCE WE TALK ABOUT THAT BROAD SPECTRUM OF CULTURES, WE TEND TO, UM, BECOME AN ISOLATION ZONE WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT US IN A LIGHT THAT ISN'T NECESSARY AT THIS POINT.
'CAUSE WE'RE ACHIEVING SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I THINK THE VERBIAGE WORDS MATTER IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE WORDS THAT WE USE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL SAY, HEY, LET'S SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT AVONDALE'S DOING AND CONTINUE THESE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS.
SO, I MEAN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE WORK LIZ DOES, LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GET INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE THERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE OURSELVES A A, A LOCATION WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE FRIENDLY TO EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY CAN WORK WITH US ALL THE WAY FROM THE FEDERAL DOWN TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREA.
SO THE VERBIAGE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR VISION HAS TO MATCH OUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE HERE AND SOME OF THE OBVIOUS THINGS WE DON'T NEED TO STATE 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE, RIGHT? AND SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE LIKE THE WORDS DO MATTER, BUT SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE.
RIGHT? AND THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, OVER, OVER COMMUNICATE IN TERMS OF THE LENGTH OF YOUR MESSAGE.
YOU WANNA BE CONCISE AND CRUNCHY.
SO I WROTE DOWN, DID I GET THIS RIGHT, ASPIRE, ACHIEVE AND ACCENTUATE ACCELERATE, ACCELERATE, ACCELERATE.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT THEM BEING POSTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT THOSE ARE ALL GETTING READY TO COME DOWN.
THEY'VE BEEN UP FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH A REBRANDING A LITTLE BIT OF OUR SIGNPOSTS.
SO JUST FYI THAT, UM, THEY'RE GETTING READY TO BE CHANGED OUT.
SIR, ARE WE GONNA CHANGE THAT? WHAT'S IT GONNA SAY? NO, NO, NO.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT.
WE STILL HAVE THOSE THREE A'S WE'RE JUST PULLING THOSE BANNERS DOWN AND REFRESHING THE BANNERS.
YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, IT, IT'S TIME FOR A REFRESH.
UM, UM, AND CRISP AND GOOD ALSO MATTERS.
AND, AND WE DO GET COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, THE, THE WORD ACCELERATING ON OUR ROADS.
I I'VE RECEIVED A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT US ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SPEED.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA REFRESH THOSE, UH, HERE VERY SOON.
WE SHOULD JUST INCREASE OUR SPEED LIMIT.
ALRIGHT, WE FINDING OURSELVES IN THE WEEDS.
BUT WHAT I, WHAT I WANNA DO, SO THIS IS GREAT, THIS IS GREAT INPUT.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY, I HEARD THAT TOO.
I WROTE IT DOWN I THINK THREE OR FOUR TIMES, COMMUNITY OF OPPORTUNITIES OF OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TYING BACK TO YOUR, YOUR BOLD MESSAGES.
UM, AND SO HERE IS, SO, SO WE TOOK A, A CRACK AT GIVING SOME ADDITIONAL IDEAS JUST TO SEED THE CONVERSATION IN THE ROOM.
THIS IS, YEAH, I SWITCHED THEM.
SO THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORDS.
UH, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE EXAMPLES RIGHT THERE.
IT'S, IT IS SHOCKING AND IT'S OFFENSIVE.
SO IF YOU LOOK JUST AT THAT FIRST ONE, UH, RIGHT
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NOW, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, AND THIS IS WHERE THE DELAY IS A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.UM, BUT IF WE GO, I LIKE THAT MIDDLE ONE.
CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT HAS LIKE A GREAT READING TO THE ORIGINAL ONE? I WANNA SHOW THEM.
THAT HELPS HIGHLIGHT THE LAST PART.
LIKE THAT LAST SENTENCE IN THE FIRST IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN VISION STATEMENT IS, HERE WE GO.
OH, I LIKE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ARE WELCOME AND OPEN ARMS AND SUPPORT IT IN A WAY THAT EXEMPLIFIES A DYNAMIC, INTELLIGENT, AND DRIVEN CITY READY TO TAKE ON THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, YOU COULD TAKE KIND OF WHAT YOU HAVE AND YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, ZERO IN ON A SIM SIMPLE FOCUS.
SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS, THAT WAS ONE, ONE OPTION THAT WE WANTED TO SUGGEST.
NOW YOU CAN TAKE US BACK TO THE THREE OPTIONS.
SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S ON THE TOP IF YOU LOOK IN THE, THE SCREEN OVER HERE.
UH, AND THEN THERE ARE TWO OTHER ONES.
UM, AND THESE WERE JUST MY LISTENING YESTERDAY AND TRYING TO ADAPT SOMETHING.
YOU MAY HATE 'EM, UH, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN KIND OF WHAT RESONATES OR HOW WE MIGHT RECRAFT.
SO SOMEONE WANNA READ THAT SECOND ONE THERE FOR US? I'LL READ IT.
I'M TRYING TO GET FEELING, I'M READING.
I CAN'T SEE THAT FOR, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES RIGHT NOW.
AVONDALE IS A THRIVING COMMUNITY FUELED BY TALENT, VISION AND A DEEP SENSE OF PRIDE.
WE EMBRACE THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE SHAPING THE CITY WITH GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY FLOURISH.
AND EVERY RESIDENT PLAYS A PART IN OUR COLLECTIVE SUCCESS.
DID I READ THAT? SO MAY, MAYBE SO TOO MANY WORDS, BUT TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO HONE IN ON SOME OF THE THEMES THAT CAN BE FOR YESTERDAY.
SO BEING A, I LIKE VARIETY COMMUNITY, I LIKE THE END.
IT'S REALLY FUELED BY THOSE KEY INGREDIENTS AND THEN THE FOCUSING ON THE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF YOUR PARTNERS AS WELL AS THE, THE TEAM HERE IN THE ROOM.
UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING CONFIDENCE AND SHAPING THE FUTURE.
UH, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS.
WHO WANTS TO READ THE LAST ONE? I'LL OKAY.
TOGETHER WE BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE BY EMBRACING DIVERSE CULTURES, FOSTERING INNOVATION, AND EMPOWERING ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
WE ARE SHAPING A DYNAMIC CITY, POISED FOR GROWTH AND SUCCESS.
SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES JUST TO SHOW LIKE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN CRAFT A VISION STATEMENT.
UH, I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE GOT IDEAS HERE WE COULD WORK FROM ALSO.
I WANNA SAY IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF THE MESSAGE.
I COULD HAVE READ IT, I COULD HAVE READ, READ IT, VERY SAD, BUT I WANTED TO READ IT DIFFERENT.
SO IT'S THE DELIVERY, RIGHT?
UM, SO, SO JUST, JUST CURIOUS ON, ON GENERAL, GENERAL THOUGHTS.
UM, IF THERE ARE, UM, CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE SHOULD BRING TO THE TABLE.
LIKE, FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU, DO YOU, DO YOU LOVE THE ONE YOU HAVE? LET'S START THERE.
LIKE, DO, ARE WE MESSING WITH SOMETHING THAT NO, THAT OKAY.
SO WE, WE DO WANT TO TAKE A FRESH BITE AT THE APPLE.
UH, ALSO, I WILL SAY THAT WE WON'T, WE WILL NOT FULLY WORD CRAFT SOMETHING PROBABLY IN THIS ROOM, BUT I WANNA GET THE INPUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HOW FUN IT IS TO, TO WORDSMITH TO THE NTH DEGREE IN A ROOM.
RIGHT? UM, BUT I WANNA HEAR WHAT YOU, WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS? AND SO WE HAVE A COUPLE IDEAS OF THINGS TO, TO JUMP FROM.
SO USING THE BRANDING, UH, ALTHOUGH MAYBE SPEEDING AS PART, PART OF THIS, UM, BY ASPIRING, ACHIEVING, AND, AND ACCELERATING, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY.
OR ARE THERE THINGS YOU LIKE OR DON'T LIKE ABOUT THESE THINGS? LET'S JUST HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT CONNECTS.
I, I, I LIKE, LIKE A PIECES OF A, OF A COUPLE.
BUT I, I LIKE 'EM BECAUSE OF HOW THEY FIT TOGETHER, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND THE SECOND ONE I REALLY LIKE, UM, THE, THE FUTURE WITH EMBRACING THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE.
AND FOR ME, WHEN I WAS READING ALL THESE, I WOULD'VE SAID IN AVONDALE, WE EMBRACE THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE.
AND THEN JUMPING DOWN TO THE THIRD BY FOSTERING INNOVATION, EMPOWERING OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
JAY, YOU WANT A TYPEABLE PAGE? THAT WAS GOOD.
AND FOR THE RECORD, WE DID NOT PREVIEW THIS WITH ANYBODY.
SO
IN VILLE, WE EMBRACE THE FUTURE OF CONFERENCE BY FOSTERING INNOVATION AND EMPOWERING ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
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YEAH, SHE'S CATCHING UP.TRY ONE MORE TIME, ONE LAST TIME.
UH, AVONDALE FROM THE FIRST PART IN AVONDALE UHHUH IN THE SECOND ONE, WE EMBRACE THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE, AND THEN BY FOSTERING INNOVATION AND EMPOWERING ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL SHOW.
I DID, DID YOU HAVE ONE ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO NO, I JUST, THE, THE WAY THAT YOU MENTIONED THE RESIDENTS IN EACH OF 'EM, I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
SO WE CAN'T LOSE THE COMMUNITY IN IT AT, AT, AT ALL.
BUT ALSO FOCUSING ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN, AND LIKE, THE GROWTH THAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE IF SOMEONE READS THIS, THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S ABOUT TO GET BOOMING IN AVONDALE.
AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A HUGE HIGHLIGHT, BUT DON'T LOSE THE CULTURE AND COMMUNITY PORTION OF IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THAT'S THE WHOLE BALANCE PIECE THAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? SO, UM, BALANCED GROWTH, SO THAT THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN WHERE WE'VE GOT MOMENTUM, BUT WE WANNA STILL PRESERVE THE THINGS THAT WE VALUE IN QUALITY OF LIFE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BOY, YOU WERE SAYING YOU LIKED, UM, ELEMENTS OF NUMBER TWO.
IS THAT RIGHT? OR HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT HERE'S HERE'S THE MAYOR'S
I WAS MORE DRAWN TO NUMBER TWO, BUT I LIKE, I LIKE HAVING A LITTLE, OH, I'M SO SORRY.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS DRAWN TO NUMBER TWO, BUT I REALLY DID LIKE, UM, MAYOR'S SUGGESTION WHERE YOU'RE PULLING SOMETHING FROM EACH OF THEM.
DOES IT GIVE, UM, THAT ENERGY THAT YOU'VE BEEN DESCRIBING IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITY AND ACCELERATING AND MOVING FORWARD AND, AND ACHIEVING THAT? I MEAN, I LIKE THE EMBRACE THE FUTURE KIND OF SUGGESTS, HERE WE GO, COME WITH US.
I THINK MAYBE A WORD THAT REALLY RESONATES TO LIKE THE, THE BOOM THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
SO MAYBE USING LIKE THE WORD ACCELERATE IN THERE TO MAKE LIKE, LIKE THE CITY'S ABOUT TO LIKE HEAD THIS WAY FAST, BUT I DON'T WANNA USE IT IF WE DON'T END UP GOING FAST.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SO YOU DO WANNA, I THINK IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE STATING A DESIRED FUTURE AND SO YOU'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT AND MAYBE MAKE, YOU KNOW, BIG BOOST OF PROGRESS, YOU KNOW, IN TWO YEARS.
YOU HAVE A RECESSION, YOU HAVE TO DECELERATE A LITTLE BIT.
YOU STILL HAVE YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE, WHICH IS FORWARD MOMENTUM.
AND THE THIRD ONE THAT WE HAD, UM, ON THE, MAYBE WE CAN PUT IT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE.
I THINK IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, WE HAD SOMETHING AROUND BEING READY FOR THE FUTURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ACCELERATING I ACCELERATING INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, SO THAT LAST PART, UNITED ON PURPOSE, WE'RE SHAPING A DYNAMIC CITY POISED FOR GROWTH AND SUCCESS.
AND THAT WAS SORT OF AN, YOU KNOW, THAT BOOSTER, UM, THING I THINK INITIALLY THAT WAS INTENDED, BUT ONE SENTENCE IS NICE AND CONCISE SO YOU REMEMBER IT.
RIGHT? IF YOU GET TOO MUCH, THEN IT'S LIKE, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE AND SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SUCH AND SUCH THAT I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, AND OKAY, SO LET ME SUGGEST THIS.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND, AND TELL ME IF I'M READING THE ROOM WRONG, THAT THE, THE DRAFT THAT THE MAYOR HAS OFFERED IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE, WE'RE HEADED SOMEWHERE.
THIS FEELS LIKE WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SO LET'S PAUSE IT AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE OUTCOMES AREAS AND WE CAN THEN COME BACK TO IT WITH FRESH EYES AND BE LIKE, OKAY, DOES THIS STILL, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS THE COMBINATION OF THE THINGS, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE YOUR VISION, YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR PURPOSE AND YOUR VALUES, AND THEN YOUR STRATEGIC OUTCOMES.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DRIVE? SO IT'S THE PIECES TOGETHER.
YOU DON'T WANNA FIND YOURSELF REPEATING EACH OTHER OR RE REPEATING, UM, THE WORDS AND THAT IT KIND OF WORKS TOGETHER.
SO DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? WE'LL KIND OF PAUSE IT THERE AND COME BACK TO THAT AS A, A CHECK BACK.
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I WONDER I, 'CAUSE I FLEW HERE.I DON'T THINK I BROUGHT MY GOLD STARS, BUT I WOULD GIVE YOU GOLD STAR 'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD ONE.
I NEVER GOT, I NEVER GOT AS A KID
DID YOU GIVE YOU A GOLD STAR? SHE GAVE YOU A GOLD STAR WHEN I WAS AT THE NIGHT SESSION.
SEE WHO DOESN'T LOVE A GOLD STAR, RIGHT?
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OR PIECE OF GOLD.WE'LL TAKE FOOD, BUT IT'S NOT A COMPETITION.
SO THE STRATEGIC OUTCOME AREAS.
SO KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THAT, THAT DIRECTIONAL STATEMENT THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF VISION AND, AND WHAT THE WORLD YOU WANT TO CREATE HERE IN AVONDALE.
UM, NOW WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THOSE BIG ROCKS, THE, UM, STRATEGIC OUTCOME AREAS.
AND WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND, AND REVISIT SOME OF THESE THEMES, UM, AS WELL AS REFLECTING JUST ON THE, THE WORK OF THE PAST COUPLE DAYS.
SO STARTING OFF WITH JUST A, A REMINDER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC OUTCOME AREAS, UH, THESE ARE THE, THE, THE AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
THIS IS AS THE CITY MANAGER AND THE TEAM IS PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET TO BRING TO YOU.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE PROGRESS ON.
UM, THEY ARE NOT A, A WORK PLAN TASK OR TACTIC THAT HAPPENS IN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS.
UH, AND SO YOU'LL MAKE PROGRESS OVER TIME.
UM, SO WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR HORIZON WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THOSE TRANSLATE INTO, UH, ACTIVITIES, THINGS YOU'RE GONNA FOCUS ON, WAYS YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.
UH, AND WE'LL HAVE TIME, I THINK TODAY TO, TO, TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE AND TALK ABOUT, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, UH, IN SUCCESS? AND SO STRATEGIC OUTCOME AREAS, THOSE BIG ROCKS, THIS IS THE COLLECTION OF OUTCOME AREAS YOU HAVE IN YOUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, AND WHEN WE WERE INITIALLY BEGINNING THIS WORK, WE THOUGHT, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF APPETITE.
MAYBE WE DO SOME FINE TUNING AND, AND REVISIT THESE.
UH, LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AND KIND OF THE ENERGY THAT YOU ALL ARE BRINGING, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO, TO KIND OF SAY THANK YOU.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK AS IS EVIDENCE THROUGH THE REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU.
I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT STEM FROM THIS.
YOU KNOW, LET'S THINK ABOUT WHO, WHO WE ARE TODAY, UH, AND DEFINE THOSE ROCKS.
UH, YOU KNOW, I I, AND THIS IS MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE, I FEEL LIKE IT'S MUCH EASIER TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING, UH, AND TO LOOK AT IT THAN IT IS TO START FROM A BLANK PAGE AND BE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DO WE WANNA CREATE? UM, SO THIS WAS, UM, THE, THE RESULT OF LISTENING YESTERDAY AND REVIEWING ALL OF THE INPUT THAT CAME THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDER, UM, AREAS.
AND SO, JUMPING OFF POINT ONLY, AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP THESE THINGS IN MIND, UM, BUT HERE ARE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT STRATEGIC OUTCOMES COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND SO, SORRY THAT BLUE IS A LITTLE HARD TO TO READ THERE, BUT THE FIRST ONE, WHICH WAS JUST SUCH A BIG THEME FOR, FOR ME YESTERDAY IN LISTENING, WAS AROUND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.
UH, AND IT'S NOT JUST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE OUTCOME IS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE MOVEMENT, YOU WANNA HAVE, FEEL THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND SO THAT COULD BE A, AN EXAMPLE OF AN OUTCOME.
AND THAT MIGHT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE JOB CREATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL ATTRACTIONS, THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENTERTAINMENT AMENITIES YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, AND EVEN ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
UH, BUT THOSE ARE ALL INGREDIENTS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.
I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH ALL THESE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME CONVERSATION.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS COMMUNITY WELLBEING, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
UH, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SORT OF MY OBSERVATION AS WELL AND LISTENING TO ALL OF YOU YESTERDAY, NOT, THIS IS JUST MY LISTENING.
UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY WELLBEING INCLUDES SAFETY, RIGHT? BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES WELLBEING.
AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND, AND CONNECTION TO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT.
UM, RECREATION, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BLUE ZONE AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE ARE STRIVING TO BE HEALTHY AND, UH, AND THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, INGREDIENTS IN THE CITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
UH, JUST GENERAL QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S KIND OF A, A BROAD QUALITY OF LIFE BUCKET, UM, THAT YOU CAN PLAY AROUND WITH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.
THE NEXT ONE WAS CONNECTED AND AGE ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HAD IN YOUR LAST STRATEGIC PLAN.
I HEARD ENERGY AROUND, WE GOTTA KEEP DOING THAT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, HOW TO GET THERE.
I KEEP THEM EDUCATED, BUT ALSO CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER, TO THE ORGANIZATION, ALL OF THESE THINGS.
UH, LEFT IN THE LIFETIME LEARNING, LIFELONG LEARNING AS A PART OF THAT.
IT WAS FROM YOUR LAST ONE, UM, IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT THERE.
THE NEXT ONE IS AROUND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND SO YESTERDAY IN THE PANEL, UH, AND HEARING ABOUT KIND OF THE LONG-TERM PLANNING NEEDS AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE JUST SO CRITICAL, UM, TO THE BASELINE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS OFTEN THAT YOU DON'T EVEN SEE OR THINK ABOUT, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY ARE FUNDAMENTAL IN HOW WE LIVE.
UM, SO INFRASTRUCTURE, ASSETS, AMENITIES CAN BE EROS.
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THIS COULD BE THE WATER SYSTEM, ALL OF THESE THINGS.UM, YOU KNOW, HERE THE FOCUS I HEARD WAS TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS A PART OF THAT.
MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE MORE FOCUSED.
I'M NOT SURE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT ALSO NATURAL RESOURCES AND RESILIENT NATURAL RESOURCES.
UH, I ALSO HEARD ENERGY AROUND THAT AND MAKING SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS.
AND THIS CAME UP OVER HERE AS WELL UNDER NATURAL RESOURCES.
UH, INCREASING ACCESS TO WETLANDS AND CONSERVATION.
SO IT KIND OF FITS IN THAT AND, AND TYING IT WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THIS RESILIENCY, UM, IS SOMETHING TO PLAY AROUND WITH.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS AROUND INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT.
UH, AND THIS IS, UM, THAT COMMITMENT, IF YOU WILL, TO PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES, BEING RESPONSIVE, BEING TIMELY.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS AND EXPECTATIONS YESTERDAY A LITTLE BIT.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS KIND OF FIT INTO THAT AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COLLABORATION AND THE CULTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERNAL.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I FIND IT'S OFTEN VERY HELPFUL FOR THERE TO BE A GOAL AROUND THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE EMPLOYEES CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN.
AND ALSO IS YOUR, UM, YOUR COMMITMENT TO A THRIVING AND HEALTHY, UH, AND HIGH PERFORMING ORGANIZATION.
SO I TEE THESE UP JUST AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS.
I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND REACTION, KEEPING IN MIND SOME OF THESE THEMES THAT HAVE COME UP ALREADY TODAY.
FOR ME, ONE OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS YESTERDAY AT THE END, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE BROUGHT UP THAT I THINK FITS IN REALLY WELL WITH, UH, ECONOMIC GROWTH TO PROSPERITY IS THE REFERENCE TO ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
AND FOR ME NOW, THAT TAKES ON A DIFFERENT MEANING AS A, AS JUST, UM, THE ABILITY TO AFFORD A HOME AS OPPOSED TO BEING ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME THAT CREATES THAT GENERAL RACIAL WEALTH THAT SHE WAS ALLUDING TO YESTERDAY.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, EVERYBODY WANTS A HOME.
WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL IS LOOKING TO PURCHASE A HOME, THERE'S MUCH MORE TO IT THAN JUST A SAFE PLACE TO RESIDE.
I MEAN, IT'S A MEANS POTENTIALLY TO AN END, EVEN IF IT'S THROUGH INVESTMENT.
AND SO HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE, UM, WOULD BE KEY FOR, FOR THAT PURPOSE.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT PROSPERITY, SO, WELL, AND HEAR, HEARING YOUR WORDS, LIKE I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT WITH ATTAINABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, HAVING, YOU KNOW, MIXED, MIXED HOUSING OPTIONS AND, UM, AFFORDABILITY AS A, AS A DIMENSION OF THAT.
BUT ALSO HAVING THE ABILITY TO SELF SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH QUALITY JOBS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO AFFORD, UH, TO GET.
SO THE COMBINATION OF THINGS, I THINK IS WHAT MAKES THOSE CONNECTIONS THERE.
I'M INTERESTED IN THE OTHER THOUGHTS.
LET'S FOCUS ON THAT ONE FOR A MINUTE.
SO, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING WRITTEN AS A OUTCOME AREA? WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? LIKE WHAT OR WHAT DO YOU CONNECT TO
WE HAVE TO TIE IT TO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR OUR CHILDREN.
UH, 'CAUSE IF WE'RE NOT TEACHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS, THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW HOW TO ATTAIN, UM, THOSE THINGS.
SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ELEMENT OF TEACHING OUR YOUNGEST, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S I THINK WHY FIRST THINGS FIRST WAS AN INTEGRAL PART TO KIND OF HEAR FROM.
UM, SO ECONOMIC GROWTH IS REALLY GONNA BE, I MEAN, IF 90% OF YOUR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS BETWEEN ZERO TO FIVE, THEN UM, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA GET OUR NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS AND EVERYTHING IN SOME TYPE OF EFFECTIVE, UM, NOT NECESSARILY C CHILDCARE, BUT EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING SITUATIONS.
SO, AND THAT TO ME IS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE, UH, A LOT OF BARRIERS FOR ENTRY, WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR PARENTS NOW IS THAT CHILDCARE COSTS.
SO I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT CHILDCARE, I WANT CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WELL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL WE'LL WORK ON TOO IS KIND OF DEFINING THOSE STATEMENTS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, RIGHT? AND SO AS WE MOVE INTO THAT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S INCORPORATING ALL, INCLUDING THE YOUNGEST IN THE COMMUNITY FOR LONG-TERM, UH, PROSPERITY, RIGHT.
CAN, CAN I ADD A COMMENT ABOUT THE, OF COURSE.
UH, 'CAUSE THE YOUNG, I WAS THINKING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE LATER ON YOU'LL COME BACK WITH ACTUAL STRATEGIES AND YEAH.
WHERE WE WOULD TARGET THAT STUFF.
BUT MAYBE IT'S WORKFORCE, UM, CREATION, IT'S WORKFORCE, UH, PREPARATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
DEVELOPMENT ASSUMES YOU ALREADY HAVE THE WORKFORCE.
AND I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE'S TALKING ABOUT IS PRE WORKFORCE READY.
AND SO THE EARLY STAGES, SO MAYBE ANOTHER WORD ADDED TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, I MEAN, EVEN ONE OF THE,
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ONE OF THE, UH, THEMES YESTERDAY FROM THE FIRST PANEL OR FROM SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS ON BOTH PANELS HIGHLIGHTED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY PROGRAMS EARLIER, UH, THAN JUST HIGH SCHOOL.UH, AND EVEN AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, IN THE ELEMENTARY, UH, LEVELS OF EDUCATION.
BUT, UH, ALSO, SO THAT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH, UM, UM, LIKE JOB, JOB SKILLS, WHETHER IT'S RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER THINGS, BUT ALSO EVEN DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
I, I, I LIKE, I LIKE THAT AS WELL.
WELL, AND SO ON FOR, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT, THE BULLETS ARE JUST KIND OF THE, THE, THE KIND OF, UM, AREAS OF WORK,
UH, WE'LL BUILD OUT THE, THE DESCRIPTION, BUT ALSO WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, I THINK ALSO MAYOR, IS KIND OF WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA DO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STRATEGIES? AND THAT'S WHERE IT BECOMES REAL, RIGHT? THIS IS THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO FUND, WE'RE GONNA PUT RESOURCES TOWARD.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE KIND OF CATEGORIES, BUT I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO CLARIFY THOSE.
AND YOU'VE SEEN THAT WE'VE ADDED INTO PREPARATION DEVELOPMENT, OR IS EVERYBODY'S STILL GETTING PROMOTED?
SO I, I THINK ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY SPEAKS TO EVERYTHING WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT, LIKE WITH THOSE WORDINGS.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH HERE IN AVONDALE, AND THE PROSPERITY IS THE ATTAINABLE HOUSING AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND, UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE WAS SPEAKING, I WAS LIKE, I WAS ALSO THINKING THAT WE ARE MISSING THAT PORTION OF LIKE, EDUCATION ON THERE.
AND IN OUR PRIOR ONE, WE HAVE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICE DELIVERIES, DIVERSE RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE MAYBE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RECREATION IN HERE SOMEWHERE.
BECAUSE OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS IN AVONDALE ARE JUST LITERALLY PHENOMENAL.
LIKE I HEAR SO MANY PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER AT THE LIBRARIES FOR FREE.
MY COUSIN DOES IT EVERY SATURDAY.
SHE DOES SOMETHING CRAZY, I DON'T KNOW.
THEY DO CRAFTS AND STUFF, WHICH IS AWESOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE IT FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD USE THIS AND OFFER CLASSES TO CHILDREN THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE KIND OF SPEAKING ABOUT, THAT THEY COULD GO TAKE, YOU KNOW, ONCE A MONTH OR EVERY OTHER WEEK THAT INTRODUCES THEM TO NEW CAREERS THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
AND MAYBE THAT WE JUST WEIGH IN ALSO INTO THE INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME OF THE, UM, THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS OR THE, THE PROGRAMS OR THE ACTIVITIES.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY, BUT YOU'RE RE REIMAGINING HOW THEY CAN BE DEPLOYED OR, OR BUILDING ON THOSE SUCCESSES.
UH, AND THEY, THEY MAY NOT ALL NEED TO FIND THEIR WAY TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN HIGHLIGHTS, BUT THEY'RE, UM, PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND HOW YOU'RE DOING THE WORK AND HOW YOU'RE, UM, ALLOCATING LIMITED RESOURCES.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A, A GREAT POINT.
IT COULD BE PART OF THE COMMITMENT TO GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.
IT COULD ALSO BE PART OF THE COMMITMENT TO BEING INNOVATIVE IN HOW WE'RE DOING OUR PROGRAMMING.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT STRATEGIES, MAYBE WE CAN KINDA THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE CITY'S ROLE AND HOW DO YOU KIND OF EMBRACE THESE OUTCOMES, UH, THROUGH THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
SO LET ME, I'LL BROADEN IT BACK.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE GROWTH AND AND PROSPERITY AS AN OUTCOME, UM, CONNECTS.
EVERYBODY GOOD LOOKING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER? SOLORIO GOOD WITH THAT ONE.
SORRY, I WAS WRITING SOMETHING.
I DON'T, I LIKE ALL OF THEM THAT ARE UP THERE, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE WHEN MAX SAID YESTERDAY ABOUT GENERATIONAL LIKE WEALTH MM-HMM
I THINK THAT ALSO COMES FROM, I THINK IT'S ONE THING THAT WE'VE REALLY DONE REALLY WELL IN THE PAST, UM, WITH THE AVONDALE EDGE PROGRAM.
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO HAVE, UM, LIKE THEIR OWN BUSINESS TO KIND OF PASS THAT DOWN, TO CREATE WEALTH FROM THAT FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
THE SENSE OF SECURITY FOR THAT.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MAYBE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT SAYS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, BUT MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WEALTH DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE MONEY.
IT COULD BE OTHER THINGS AS WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PASSED DOWN TO FUTURE.
LIKE WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN FIVE YEARS, 20, 30, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE, MAYBE WE WANNA SEE, YOU KNOW, SO AND SO'S BUSINESS HAS EVOLVED AND MAYBE OPENED UP ANOTHER PORTION OF IT, OR HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN TO A FAMILY MEMBER.
I WANT TO GET TO THE, LIKE THE, THE MEAT, WELL THE STARTER STATEMENTS TOO.
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BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANNA JUST ASK FROM THIS SET OF, UM, AND WE CAN WORK FROM 'EM FROM THE OTHER AREAS WE CAN TWEAK, BUT I DON'T, I WANNA JUST ASK THE BROAD QUESTION.IS THERE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT THAT IS NOT SOMEHOW CAPTURED IN THESE SETS? YES.
SO WE HAD A WHOLE WHERE'D GO? I FLIPPED IT.
IT'S SOMEPLACE ALL FOR THE FUTURE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO, SO THE QUESTION I WOULD ASK IS, UM, OUGHT THAT STAND ON ITS OWN AS A STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA? AND MAYBE THAT'S THE ANSWER.
I THINK THE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRUCTURE, I READ THAT AND INSTEAD AUTOMATICALLY, BUT I THINK IF YOU SEPARATE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THOSE ARE KIND OF LIKE OXYMORON.
I FEEL LIKE TRUCTURE NATURAL RESOURCES ARE HERE ALREADY.
SO, UM, I I, I GUESS MAYBE THAT'S WHY I WAS SILENT BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO MAKE, MAKE SENSE FOR ME.
UM, SO IF I THINK ABOUT IT, I SERVE ON COMMITTEES THAT ARE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS WE PROBABLY WANT TO, OKAY.
UM, LOOK AT, UM, HAVING SEGMENTED PARK.
'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, LOCALLY AS STATEWIDE, NATIONALLY KIND OF REFER TO THOSE THINGS.
UM, BECAUSE ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY, YOU KNOW, FACILITY, UM, WHAT'S THE ACTIVATOR, ALL, ALL THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? AND, AND TRANSIT PART THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITIES AND EVERYTHING, WHETHER THOSE ARE ALL INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS TO ME.
SO I JUST WOULD, THAT, THAT SEPARATES THAT SEPARATION HELPS ME.
AND THEN WE CAN BUILD TRANSIT TO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE STATEMENT.
SO YEAH, I, I, THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE ONE WHERE I WAS A LITTLE, I THOUGHT THE SAME WAY.
SO IF IT'S RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION OR SOMETHING ALONG, WE CAN WORDSMITH THE SPECIFICS, BUT THAT WE BUNDLE THOSE TOGETHER.
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT WITH NATURAL RESOURCES.
UM, IS IT SUFFICIENT? I MEAN, IS IT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT IT SHOULD BE A STANDALONE OUTCOME AREA OR SHOULD IT BE A PART OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING OR, I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON, ON THAT? I MEAN, THERE'S NO MAGIC NUMBER.
I'M TRYING TO GET IT FOCUSED A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE, I THINK IT WOULD GO INTO THE COMMUNITY WELLBEING, BECAUSE THEN THOSE, THOSE ARE KIND OF THERE FOR PEOPLE TO USE THE TRAILS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S BY ITSELF, I DON'T THINK IT'S AS STRONG.
BUT IF YOU PUT IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY UTILIZE IT AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL SEE IT, IT'LL MAKE MORE SENSE.
THEY'RE NAMING IT AS AN INGREDIENT.
CAN YOU DO LITTLE BIT MM-HMM
I, I THINK, UM, WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THE FULL MAP OF AVONDALE, THEY'LL REALIZE MOST OF OUR SPACE IS OPEN
UM, SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY, IT IS MORE THAN THE 50% OF OUR LAND MASS IN AVONDALE IS, IS OPEN.
SO THAT'S WHY WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE 90%, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPED ALREADY, BUT WE'RE NOT IN THOSE ASPECTS.
'CAUSE NONE OF US HAVE PROBABLY TAKEN THE BACK ROPES.
MAYBE DALE
BUT WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SOUTH AVONDALE LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT'S THE, I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT, UH, HALF OF OUR CITY, UM, IS KIND OF JUST KIND OF OPEN SPACE ANYWAY, UM, WE HAVE TO CALL IT TO PURPOSE AND, AND PRESERVE THAT IN SOME TYPE OF ASPECT AND MAKE IT JUST AS IMPORTANT.
UM, AND, AND MAYBE LOOK AT HOW WE GET THERE.
HOW DO WE GET THERE? ARE WE GONNA BUILD INTRICATE TRAILS? I KNOW THAT I, CHIEF ROONEY'S TEAM PROBABLY DOES SOME TRAINING THERE TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN RESCUE PEOPLE WHO GET CAUGHT OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY EVEN WORK IN DEVELOPING.
AND, UM, WORKING WITH THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND FISH AND GAME, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE INTRICATE PARTS OF JUST OUR EXISTENCE THERE.
AND WITH RIO REIMAGINED, UM, BEING, YOU KNOW, TEED UP TO HAVE, UM, REAL SATO SALT RIVER, UM, DEVELOPMENT AND POSSIBLE RECREATION.
IF WE DON'T SPEAK TO IT, IT WON'T HAPPEN.
SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT GETS MEASURED GET TO, TENDED TO, SO, SO QUESTION THEN, UM, SO NATURAL RESOURCES IS A CATEGORY, RIGHT? IT'S A FOCUS AREA.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE OUTCOME YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? 'CAUSE THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE, UM, DEFINE THAT, THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, IS IT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH INFRASTRUCTURE WE SHOULD SAY MAYBE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION SO THAT IT'S ALL IN THE, THE TITLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES THAT, THAT DIRECTIONAL ORIENTATION, YOU KNOW, SO FOR NATURAL RESOURCES, ARE WE PRESERVING? ARE WE ACTIVATING, ARE WE SUSTAINING, LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COORDINATE BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY AGENCIES THAT OPERATE DOWN THERE.
AND I THINK THAT ONE OF OUR BARRIERS RIGHT NOW TO ENTRY AND DOING A LOT OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT I THINK RON GAVE IT TO US A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, SEVEN DIFFERENT, UM, MUNICIPALITIES OR AGENCIES THAT OPERATE DOWN IN OUR MERIDIAN, UM, RIVER BASIN.
AND SO A LOT OF WHAT THE NATURAL
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RESOURCE CONSERVATION PIECE IS JUST GETTING ALL THE PARTIES TO THE TABLE.THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE BIG HURDLE.
AND I THINK AS WE DO THAT, UM, THEN WE COULD DETERMINE WHAT IS THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE.
SO WE WANT TO FIRST BE ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH ALL OF THE AGENCIES THAT OPERATE IN OUR MUNICIPALITY, TO DEVELOP A PLAN TOGETHER, AND THEN FIND OUT WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS WE COORDINATE AND PLAN IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND, AND BE ABLE TO PRESERVE.
BECAUSE I CAN IMAGINE WHEN STATE ROUTE 30, I THINK THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OFFSETS FROM THE HIGHWAY, UM, AND THE POTENTIAL, UM, RIVERBEDS PROTECTION YESTERDAY.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DON'T PUT IT IN A PLAN HERE.
THERE'S NO REASON FOR, UM, US TO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT OR TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, PERMITS REQUIRED THINGS.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC AND DELIBERATE AS WE KNOW THAT DEVELOPMENT IS COMING, BECAUSE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THEY SHOULD BE BREAKING GROUND ON STATE ROUTE 30 IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY UNDERWAY, UM, IN SOUTHERN AVONDALE.
AND SO WE HAVE TO CALL YEAH, THEY WON'T BREAK GROUND TILL AFTER 2030 IN AVONDALE.
I THOUGHT THEY SAID THEY MIGHT BE, WELL, 32 IS WHEN THEY, UM, TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 32.
THEY, SO THEY, THEY'LL BE, THEY'RE IN LAND ACQUISITION.
UH, BUT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING, UH, EAST AND, AND SORRY FOR, FOR INTERRUPTING.
THE, ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT THAT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING IS WE ONLY HAVE THE WORD OPEN SPACES UNDER NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND I THINK WHAT NATURAL RESOURCES ALSO IS THE WATER IN THE AIR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
AND, UM, OUR OTHER, UH, AMENITIES, UH, OUR WATER.
AGAIN, THI THIS IS, UH, COUNCIL'S DECISION, BUT FOR ME, ALL OF THAT FITS VERY NICELY UNDER COMMUNITY WELLBEING.
UM, WITH THE OPEN SPACE, WITH OUR AIR AND OUR WATER.
UM, WATER, I, MY GUESS IS WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE ACTUAL, UM, DELIVERABLES, UM, WATER WILL ALSO GET UNDER AN ECONOMIC GROWTH BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTA MANAGE OUR, OUR WATER RESOURCES, DETERMINE THE, UH, SECTORS, THE MANUFACTURING SECTORS WE CAN BRING IN, BECAUSE SOME ARE HIGH WATER USERS.
SO I THINK, I THINK HAVING IT UNDER THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, SOME OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES VERSUS HAVING ITS OWN.
BUT AGAIN, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY, 'CAUSE UNDER NATURAL RESOURCES, WE ALSO FIND, UM, CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND, UM, UH, RESILIENCY WITH, UH, ENERGY USE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, BUT I, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BETTER DEFINE NATURAL RESOURCES SO WE DON'T GET STUCK JUST ON THE IMPORTANT OPEN SPACES, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT WATER AND AIR QUALITY.
SO I THINK THAT LIKE, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY WRONG WHERE IT WAS AT, BECAUSE YOU NEED INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE NATURAL RESOURCES.
LIKE YOU'RE GONNA NEED, OBVIOUSLY NATURAL OR INFRASTRUCTURE IS EVERYTHING.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED OPEN SPACES AND WATER AND ALL OF THAT, BUT YOU NEED TO CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO HAVE THAT IN THE CITY.
AND ONE OF, ONE OF THE TOUGH THINGS AROUND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE THESE LITTLE NUGGETS IS THAT THEY'RE ALL INTERCONNECTED, RIGHT? AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE SERVING A SPACE, A COMMUNITY.
UH, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO NAME THE, THE CRITICAL ELEMENTS.
UM, IT'S MOST IMPORTANT THAT THE CRITICAL ELEMENTS ARE INCORPORATED, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE AT ALL.
UM, WE CAN WALK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND THEN WE CAN MAYBE HAVE THE CONVERSATION AS WE'RE WALKING THROUGH AND HAVE A, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND, YOU KNOW, IS IT PART OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING, A PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE? OR DOES IT STAND ON ITS OWN? BECAUSE, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF YOU'RE DOING IN THAT AREA.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SINGLE ANSWER TO THIS FUN LITTLE GAME WE'RE PLAYING HERE TODAY.
YOU HAVE A COMMENT, UH, UNDER COMMUNITY WELLBEING, I THINK WE'RE DOING SUCH AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE HEALTHCARE CORRIDOR, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE FOCUSING ON.
SO I DON'T, I, I SEE A VOID, BUT I DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO CALL OUT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THIS, UM, A HUB OF, YOU KNOW, HEALTH, YOU KNOW, ACCESS.
UM, AND A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE HEALTHCARE DESERTS OR HEALTH INEQUITY ALLEGATIONS.
AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
AND THAT MIGHT OPEN THE DOOR FOR, YOU KNOW, THE SMALLER HOSPITAL BEDS, LOCATIONS, OR MAYBE ANOTHER EMERGENCY FACILITY THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, SERVE THE AREA.
I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN
UM, SO TRANSPORTATION, WE'VE ADDED IN, UH, NATURAL RESOURCES.
WE'LL TALK SOME MORE ABOUT, ABOUT HOW THAT FITS.
UM, DO THESE OTHERWISE SORT OF HIT ON THE, THE BIG AREAS OF INTEREST AND WHAT, 'CAUSE I WANT TO, I WANNA WALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE AND HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT.
AND THAT MIGHT HELP TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY.
'CAUSE, UH, WITH THE, THE BULLETS WE'RE HITTING TOPICS, WE'RE STARTING THERE, BUT I WANT TO LIKE ZERO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
CAN WE JUST ADD ONE MORE THING TO THE, UM, EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT? YEAH.
WE TALKED ABOUT INTERNAL COLLABORATION,
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YOU MENTIONED IT EXTERNAL.UM, WE HAVE OTHER EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
JUST MAYBE EXTERNAL COLLABORATION TOO.
MAYBE INTERNAL EXTERNAL COLLABORATION OR PARTNERSHIPS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS OUT THERE.
WE, WE, WE MET A LOT OF THEM ACTUALLY YESTERDAY.
AND WE CAN ALWAYS FLIP BACK BETWEEN OUR SLIDES AND, AND TWEAK AND MODIFY.
THAT'S PART OF THE FUN OF THE, THE, THIS PROCESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A GENTLE REMINDER THAT, YOU KNOW, DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK, IT'S MESSY, RIGHT? AND SO WE'LL NAVIGATE AND WE'LL MOVE.
UM, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, TRUST THE PROCESS, PROCESS AND WE WILL END AT THE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL COME TO A DOCUMENT THAT I THINK YOU'LL ALL FEEL PROUD OF.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M FEELING A LOT OF CONSENSUS AROUND THE AREAS OF INTEREST.
IT'S HOW WE FRAME IT ULTIMATELY.
SO THIS FIRST ONE, THIS FIRST AREA, AND THAT'LL CATCH UP WITH US IS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.
UM, AND SO DID YOU, YOU ADDED IN THE OTHER COMMENTS.
SO YOU SEE THE, UH, ON THE LEFT, THAT BULLET WHERE SAYS JOBS CREATION, WORKFORCE PREPARATION, THOSE ARE THE IDEAS, RIGHT? OF WHAT FALLS INTO THIS CATEGORY.
UH, WE'VE ADDED AN IDEA OF PREPARATION.
SO THAT'S ADDRESSING THE WHOLE OF THE LIFE, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF WHAT WE GET THERE.
UH, AND NOW THIS IS REALLY JUST A STARTER STATEMENT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, FEW ARE LIKE, I HATE THAT I WON'T BE A INSULTED.
UM, BUT LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATIONS, I TRIED TO GIVE US A JUMPING OFF POINT.
SO THE STATEMENT THERE ON THE LEFT UNDERNEATH THE, THE BULLET AREA IS AN ATTEMPT TO WRITE A DIRECTIONAL STATEMENT AROUND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, SO AVONDALE SUPPORTS A THRIVING LOCAL ECONOMY BY FOSTERING BUSINESS GROWTH, GROWTH AND JOB CREATION, ADVANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PURSUING ATTAINABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S VITALITY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TRYING TO PUT SOME DEFINITION, WE WILL STILL GET TO THE STRATEGIES.
WE'RE STILL NOT TO THE HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
UM, AND THE QUESTIONS WE WANNA ASK THEN AROUND THIS ARE, WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT MUST WE DO? IF THAT LEADS US TO STRATEGIES.
SO STARTING OFF WITH THE STATEMENT REACTIONS TO THAT I LIKE MORE.
I THINK IT CAPTURED EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE SAID IN THE LAST TWO DAYS.
AM I ALLOWED TO CHALLENGE? YES, COURSE.
I'M TRYING TO STAY OUT THE, WAIT, WAIT, WE'RE NOT THE PANEL.
I KNOW YOU, I'M THE PEANUT GALLERY.
SO, UH, UH, I WANNA BE CAREFUL HERE, BUT, UM, IT, IT FOR ME, AND MAYBE JEN MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE A, A COMMENT ON THIS, BUT I DON'T SEE, UM, SO WE TALK ABOUT JOB GROWTH, WHICH I THINK IS AWESOME.
WE TALK ABOUT JOB CREATION AND, AND WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING BUSINESSES, BUT WE DON'T HIT ON, UM, THE, THE HIGH QUALITY, UH, ENTERTAINMENT AND FOOD AND RETAIL.
UH, IT'S MISSING SOME OF THAT, UM, UH, PIECE OF IT AND, AND, UM, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THERE'S A, JUST A COUPLE, UH, I THINK, I KNOW IT'S IN THAT BLUE, BLUE STATEMENT, WORKFORCE, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
BUT I DON'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING ABOUT ANY, UM, 'CAUSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT JOB GROWTH, IT IS ABOUT JOB GROWTH.
BUT, UM, THERE'S OTHER PARTS TO IT THAT I THINK HAVE BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THIS COUNCIL, WHICH IS, UM, UH, RECREATION, UH, FOOD, UH, EATERIES.
AND THEN, UH, UH, ALSO, UM, OLD TOWN.
UM, SO I KNOW IT DOES FOSTERING BUSINESS GROWTH AND JOB CREATION.
BUT, UM, SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, STILL SUPPORTING OUR, UM, UH, MOM AND POP SHOPS.
AND SO I JUST, THE MOM AND, AND I'M VERY OKAY WITH THE, I JUST WANT TO, I THINK THAT'LL GET INTO BULLET POINTS, BUT, UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG PIECES THAT WERE MISSING FOR ME WAS, UM, THE ENTERTAINMENT, WHICH COULD GO INTO QUALITY OF LIFE, MAYBE.
BUT WE, WE HAVE SUCH A FOCUS ON IT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT, THAT I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED.
AND WE CAN THINK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT WANNA MODIFY THAT TO GET THOSE PIECES DIRECTLY IN THE STATEMENT.
AS YOU POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIES WILL ALSO ARTICULATE THESE THINGS.
UM, BUT WE, WE WANT A STATEMENT THAT, THAT STILL SAYS, HERE'S WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
AND IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN REALLY HIGHLIGHT AND EMPHASIZE, THEN YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THOSE ARE IN THERE.
AND SO, AND, AND JEN, YOU SHOULD FEEL WELCOME TO, TO CHIME IN AS WELL TOO,
UM, SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I AGREE,
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, THEY, THEY PUT THAT IN THERE, OR THEY PUT, YOU KNOW, LUXURY OR LIKE HIGH LEVEL HOUSING
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OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER LANGUAGE THEY USE.AND OURS IS, UM, WE'RE BEING NICE.
WE'RE BEING HUMBLE, AND WE'RE BEING THE SAME.
AND IF WE WANNA GO UP, WE NEED TO USE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE TO GET TO THAT.
WE NEED TO BE BOLD AND USE THAT BOLD LANGUAGE THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT USING AT ALL.
I WAS JUST GONNA RECOMMEND, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE A FULL SERVICE CITY, WHICH INCLUDES THE AMENITIES.
I THINK THAT'S, IF WE CAN KIND OF IN INTEGRATE THAT, THE AMENITIES IS WHAT CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE OR ATTRACT AND RECRUIT THE BUSINESSES.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE TYPE OF AMENITIES THAT, UH, RON WAS JUST REFERRING TO IN, IN COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU WERE JUST SAYING.
SO MAYBE WHERE IT HAS ADVANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MAYBE THAT'S THE SPACE TO KIND OF MODIFY AND TWEAK A LITTLE BIT TO, WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER PHRASE THAT, UH, SEEKING, UM, UM, NOT LUXURY, BUT, BUT SINKING, UM, UH, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, AND COMMODITIES THAT, UM, HIGH LEVEL, UM, FOOD AND, UH, ENTERTAINMENT QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY, UH, ENTERTAINMENT AND, AND FOOD, UH, UH, RESTAURANTS.
WELL, AND MAYBE, I MEAN, JUST TO NOT HAVE IT BE TOO LONG, MAYBE IT'S JUST AROUND ENTERTAINMENT.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE FOOD TURNS OUT IS ENTERTAINMENT.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT, YOU'RE THE BOSS BECAUSE YOU'RE A RESIDENT HERE.
SO COULD IT BE SEEKING HIGH QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT AND FULL SERVICE? AMENITIES? AMENITIES, FULL SERVICE.
AND I KNOW THIS IS MORE FOR THE STRATEGY PORTION OF THIS, BUT I THINK THAT CENTERS AROUND YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION OF, OF QUANTITY OVER QUALITY OR QUALITY OVER QUANTITY, NOT JUST A FAST FOOD CORNER, RIGHT? I MEAN, YES.
SO YEAH, HAVING THAT HIGH QUALITY IN THERE IS GOOD.
WELL, AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE'RE GONNA CAPTURE THESE IDEAS.
WHEN WE COME BACK WITH A DRAFT, WE MIGHT TRY TO TIGHTEN THINGS UP TO NOT LOSE THE, THE THOUGHT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MAYBE WE WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO, YOU KNOW, AS WE PULL THE PIECES TOGETHER TO, YOU KNOW, BRING YOU BACK A DRAFT THAT INTEGRATES THESE ELEMENTS.
AND THEN WE, AND I STILL THINK I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, UH, MOM AND POP SHOPS, OLD TOWN WESTERN, UM, THOSE KIND THINGS.
BUT, UH, I WOULD, UH, I'M CURIOUS IF COUNCIL WOULD, UH, UH, WOULD, UH, UH, CONSIDER THE REQUEST TO ADD THE WORD DIVERSE IN FRONT OF ATTAINABLE AND PURSUING A, A ATTAINABLE DIVERSE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LACKING IN ADDITION TO AT OBTAINABLE HOUSING IS HIGH END HOUSING.
AND SO FOR HIGH END, THEY GO TO LITCHFIELD PARK OR SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE NOT OUT THERE POUNDING THE TABLE FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT IF, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE OUR MEETING HOUSEHOLD INCOME TO ATTRACT THE, THE HIGH-END AMENITIES AND THE FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS, I THINK JUST ADDING THE WORD DIVERSE KEEPS IT OPEN.
THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA FOCUS ON ONE SET OF HOUSING, THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GET THE RIGHT MIX.
JODY, I FORGET YOU GAVE ME THE MIX NUMBER THE OTHER DAY, BUT THE, THE MIX OF DENSITY, THE MIX OF APARTMENTS, THE MIX OF HIGH END, UM, WHEN YOU DO A HOUSING STUDY, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT AVONDALE SHOWED, BUT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN COTTONWOOD, UH, THE HIGH END WAS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST MISSING PIECES.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD HIGHER BUY LOWER, BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE IN A CERTAIN AREA, SO THEY'RE TAKING UP HOUSING STOCK THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND SO, BUT IF THEY HAD THE HIGHER END AND HAD THE AREA IN THE AREA THEY WANTED, THEY WOULD BE PURCHASING AT A HIGHER RATE.
SO DIVERSE JUST KIND OF HITS THE WHOLE PIECE WITHOUT US PRIORITIZING, UH, ANYTHING OTHER THAN ATTAINABLE QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO USE LANGUAGE AROUND AFFLUENT.
WELL, EXCEPT FOR I THINK HE'S DESCRIBING, HE MIGHT, I UNDERSTAND.
BUT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT GRANT FUNDING AND WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RECENT, UM, THOSE TERMINOLOGIES, THEY JUST, RIGHT.
I, I I, I, I THINK'S IT'S A MIX.
BUT I THINK WE WANT, WE WANT TO ATTRACT AFFLUENT.
WE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU USE WORDS MATTER, AND WE JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT ANY WORDING IN ANYTHING THAT WOULD, I, I THINK OF A VARIETY.
BUT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET IN THE FLUENT MARKET.
SO WE, WE WANT THE, WE WANT THAT, THAT AFFLUENT LEVEL HERE.
AND SO I THINK WHEN WE, WE WANT A WORDSMITH TO MAKE SURE THAT FAVORABLE WORDS AND HOW WE PLAN AND HOW WE STRATEGIZE, RESONATE WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
YEAH, NO, I, I, I TOTALLY HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I DON'T THINK THAT DIVERSE, ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD YESTERDAY WAS A REAL DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE, UH, ENTRY POINTS OF HOUSING, UH, AS WELL AS, YOU
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KNOW, THE HIGHER ED.IT'S, IT'S A DIVERSIFIED, DIVERSIFIED HOUSING.
I, I, I LIKE DIVERSE HOUSING BECAUSE THERE IS DIVERSE HOUSING, RIGHT? IT'S LUXURY.
AND THEN THERE'S APARTMENTS, AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THE THINGS.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S, PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK USING DIVERSE HOUSING IS WOKE LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE WON'T GIVE US FUNDING BECAUSE WE HAVE THE WORD DIVERSE IN THERE.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CULTURE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSES LIKE A BUILDING.
BUT THERE, THERE ARE, I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO EASILY, TO ADDRESS THIS NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING A FULL RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HEARD THE CONCERNS, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO BRING BACK, UM, A, AN EXAMPLE AND YOU CAN TEST IT AND TRY AND ON PRECISE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT SORT OF, UM, PRESTIGIOUS SELECTION.
I WAS GONNA SAY WE COULD DO THIS INSTEAD OF SEEKING HIGH QUALITY.
WE GOT YOU ATTRACTING HIGH QUALITY.
I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY HONING IN ON WHERE WE WANT TO TO BE WITH THIS ONE.
UH, SO, SO WHILE I HAVE, AND, AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER REALLY A DRAFT SET OF STRATEGIES THAT WE'LL COME BACK TO.
I WANNA GET THROUGH ALL OF THE OUTCOME AREAS FIRST.
UM, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS INFORMED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATIONS.
AND SO YOU HAVE THE BONES THAT ARE LAID OUT FOR A LOT OF THIS.
UH, SO WE'VE TRIED TO BUILD FROM THERE.
UM, BUT JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS AND THE STATEMENT WE'VE JUST PROVIDED, JUST KIND OF QUICK SENTIMENT OF COUNSEL.
WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE FROM YOU IN THE FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME? SO THE LIFE OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN WHAT MUST YOU DO TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED OUTCOME? SO ANY RESPONSE OR THOUGHTS YOU HAVE ON THOSE, THOSE QUESTIONS? UM, I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT READY TO GO? NO, I WAS TRYING TO READ IT.
IF WE HAVE SOME COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COLLEGES, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE SEE MORE PROGRAMMING THAT'S BUILDING A WORKFORCE, THAT WOULD BE A SIGN OF SUCCESS.
IF WE HAVE HOMES AT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, AT DIFFERENT PRICE RANGES, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A SIGN OF SUCCESS.
UM, A SIGN OF SUCCESS WOULD BE BUILDING OUT THE BOULEVARD, ENSURING THAT THE SOUTH, UM, OF AVONDALE GETS GROCERY STORES AND AMENITIES, A GAS STATION.
UM, TO ME THOSE ARE SIGNS OF SUCCESS.
AND THEN ALSO, LIKE HOW, UH, SHERRY SAID THE COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND OFFERING THOSE, UM, PROGRAMS FOR, FOR PROSPERITY.
OTHER INDICATORS OF SUCCESS THAT YOU HAVE MOVED THE NEEDLE.
TO ENJOY THE HIGH QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT AND RESTAURANT AMENITIES, THE RESORT, WE NEED THAT RESORT.
NOT TO MENTION THE NATURAL RESORT.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WE NEED THE RESORT.
NOW WE'RE CREATING A VISION BOARD,
OTHER THOUGHTS? ANYTHING TO ADD ON? WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? UM, I, I ALSO WANNA ENTER IN LIKE OLD TOWN AVONDALE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE, TO BEAUTIFY IT.
IS THAT THE WORD? LIKE, TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE NICE.
AND, AND TO SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT REALLY HOLD TRUE TO AVONDALE.
UM, UM, AND THE SUCCESS OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT AVONDALE, NOT JUST AN OLD TOWN, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WORRY ABOUT LIKE THE BIG THINGS COMING, BUT THEY, THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE STILL SUPPORTED.
AND WE, WE STILL WANT TO EAT THERE BECAUSE I DO SO, SO COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA A THRIVING OLD TOWN.
ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD ON THIS ONE? OKAY.
WE JUST BIRTHED OUR FIRST OUTCOME AREA, I THINK.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE.
UH, AND SO AGAIN, STARTING POINT, WHAT'S IT? WAS IT, OH, IS IT CONNECTED AGAIN? I SAW IT POP UP OVER THERE FOR A SECOND.
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OH, MAYBE YOU'VE CUT.COMMUNITY WELLBEING, UH, AS ANOTHER, UM, OUTCOME AREA.
SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, SAFETY, BROADLY DEFINED WELLBEING, RECREATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, AND THEN POTENTIALLY NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE DIMENSION OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING.
UH, AND SO CHANCES ARE THE STATEMENT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DRAFTED WILL BE INSUFFICIENT.
UH, AVONDALE IS A CITY WHERE ALL PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND SECURE, HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES AND ENJOY AND ENRICHING QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY, HEALTHCARE, QUALITY.
WELL NOW WOULD TIE ALSO TO THE WELLNESS RESOURCES.
SO IT'S QUALITY IN BOTH OF THOSE.
AND WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT, UH, NATURAL RESOURCES AS A DIMENSION TO COMMUNITY WELLBEING? MAKING SURE THAT THE AIR IS CLEAN, THE WATER IS SAFE AND SECURE.
I THINK ABOUT THE, ON THOSE, UM, WHETHER, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THE KIDS? HOW DO WE SPEAK TO THAT? UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THAT SORT OF IS THE POINT THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS MAKING AROUND AIR QUALITY, RIGHT? AND THE IMPORTANCE OF AIR QUALITY FOR WELLBEING.
THIS IS WHERE WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT HAVING SAFE WATER, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT VERB, BUT, BUT, BUT TO INCORPORATE THAT PREMISE.
OUTDOOR SPACE, UH, WHICH ARE PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, AMENITIES SAY NATURAL RESOURCES AND AMENITIES IS AWESOME.
CAN WE JUST SAY WE LIKE PICKLE BALL? YEAH.
I WAS GONNA, RON, I WAS GONNA ASK, I KNOW THAT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE HAD JEN, UH, PROVIDE SOME, UH, INPUT.
BUT I MEAN, BETWEEN COREY, WE HAVE THE EXPERTS HERE.
I DUNNO, COUNCIL HAS, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE READING THEIR EMAILS THAT WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE ONE OF THE, UH, WE HAVE ONE OF THE TOP WATER.
I JUST TELL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE TELL ME.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE NATURAL RESOURCE EXPERT IN THE STATE, UH, SITTING BEHIND COREY.
UM, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME OTHER GREAT, GREAT PEOPLE YOU'RE ON, KURT.
I, I DOUBLE, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING AS IT TIES INTO, UH, 'CAUSE WE, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT, OF COURSE, PHYSICAL HEALTH, BUT MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING.
UM, SO IF, IF WE CAN SOMEHOW INCORPORATE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL, UM, ASPECTS TO COMMUNITY WELLBEING, BECAUSE I, I THINK ABOUT INSTANCES WHERE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THEY DON'T HAVE A SONAR.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY PUT A LOT OF DOLLARS INTO THAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY.
SO IF WE CAN DRAW THAT TO COMMUNITY WELLBEING, WE'RE TRYING TO ERADICATE THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION.
WE, WE, WE, WE WORK WITH OUR FOOD BANKS.
WE DO THESE THINGS THAT, UM, TRY AND CATCH PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE VULNERABLE BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO, YOU KNOW, COME BACK IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
'CAUSE IT CAN HAPPEN TO THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST.
WE JUST NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WRAPAROUND SUPPORT LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE AT OUR RESOURCE CENTER AND LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO CALL TO IT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY WELLBEING, SPEAK TO THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECT, AND WE CAN BROADEN THAT OUT INTO THE STATEMENT EASILY.
AND WE COULD ALSO, UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THAT.
UH, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WELL THIS IS JUST ACCESS PRETTY MUCH.
SO WE'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE FEELING, UM, SAFE AND SECURE, NOT WE'LL
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PLAY AROUND WITH IT.YES, I'M NOT, I'M NOT FINDING MY WORDS AT THE MOMENT.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT AS WE START TO BRING IN THE STRATEGIES, UM, TO LINK BACK UP TO COMMUNITY WELLBEING, THAT THAT'S WHERE WE CAN MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AS WELL.
THE ONLY THING I'M TRYING TO DO HERE IS NOT MAKE, YOU KNOW, PAGES OF THINGS FOR THE DESCRIPTION.
AND SO, BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE I'M HITTING THE HIGH POINTS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO CAPTURING EVERYBODY OF EVERY ABILITY.
SO WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE NEED A DA YEP.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO CAPTURING THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS.
MAYOR, DID YOU WANT HEAR FROM COREY? YEAH.
I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANY BUZZWORD OR SOMETHING THAT CAN CAPTURE RECREATION.
WELL, I, I, I LIKE THE TERMS HEALTH OR WELLNESS RESOURCES, BUT I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD A WELLNESS, A LIFESTYLE OF WELLNESS.
SO MAKING SURE THERE'S ACCESS AND SEE TO AMENITIES, TO, TO ACHIEVE A, A LIFESTYLE THAT PROMOTES WELLNESS.
NEED TO HEAR FROM THE FOLKS AND REC GURU.
AND THEN I ALSO THINK, DON'T, DON'T FORGET ABOUT HOW MUCH AMAZING ACREAGE WE DO HAVE DEDICATED OPEN SPACE IN THE RIVER BASINS AND RIVER BEDS THAT ARE LITERALLY A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE CENTER OF IT ALL.
UM, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE ANNEXED IN OR NOT, I DON'T, I JUST THINK THAT DEDICATION TO OPEN SPACE IS ALREADY HERE.
UM, SO HOW WE PROMOTE IT AND MAKE, MAKE THAT AN AMENITY OR AN ASSET TO US THAT DRIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM.
SO WE PUT TO PUT THE RESORT AND THEN YOU DO A PRESERVATION OF, OF NATURAL RESOURCES BEYOND JUST OPEN SPACE.
YOU WANT TO PRESERVATION ACTIVISM.
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT RESILIENT, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH.
MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE THINGS AND WE'RE DOING IT SMART FOR WATER OR A RESOURCE CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, MR. MAYOR, SINCE WE LET COREY SAY YOU GOT, HE'S SPILL LEFT TONGUE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
SO THE WAY I READ IT, IT REALLY, AT THIS POINT, IT REALLY, IT DOESN'T, I READ THIS AND I SEE IT AS HEALTHCARE AND RECREATION.
I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT REALLY, UM, SPEAKS TO RESILIENCY OF RESOURCES OR QUALITY OF RESOURCES.
WELL, AND THE REASON IT'S NOT THERE IS 'CAUSE IT WASN'T THERE WHEN MY DROP OF THIS LAST NIGHT,
NOW IT'S, SO IT'S KIND OF THROWING ME OFF.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO, WHERE TO WHAT BUZZWORD TO PUT IN THERE A ACTUALLY THAT, THAT WORKED.
SHE WROTE IT DOWN AS, AS WE DID.
REMEMBER, THIS IS JUST A DRAFT AND I, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AT THE END, BUT JUST TO REMIND YOU OF OUR STEPS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF DRAFT TODAY.
THEY'LL GO BACK AND DO WHAT THEY DO BEST, WHICH IS WRITE IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES US SOUND REALLY SMART AND REALLY ON POINT.
AND, UM, THEN IT'LL COME BACK TO STAFF TO KIND OF VET THROUGH A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN A LITTLE CLOSER TO A FINAL DRAFT BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY.
SO WHILE WE MAY NOT GET THE WORDS EXACTLY RIGHT TODAY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY CAPTURE YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR FEELINGS, UH, AND, AND THEN THEY'LL TRY TO PUT THEM IN, IN WORDS THAT FIT INTO A STRATEGIC PLAN.
IS THAT FAIR? ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I MEAN, TRULY, WE'RE WORKSHOPPING THIS TODAY.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT.
UH, AND WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT IT.
I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF GOOD CONSENSUS AND, AND CONTENT THAT WE CAN WORK FROM, SO, OKAY.
SO LET ME JUST CHECK ASSUMPTIONS HERE.
SO, WITH COMMUNITY WELLBEING, ARE WE COMFORTABLE IN INTEGRATING THE, THE NATURAL RESOURCES DIMENSION AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE? OKAY.
SO NOW WE HAVE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, AND WE HAVE COMMUNITY WELLBEING, TWO BIG OUTCOME AREAS.
AND I THINK, I MEAN, THOSE WERE TWO REALLY BIG, UM, BIG ROCKS I HEARD ABOUT YESTERDAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ONE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? AND MAYBE I SHOULD ASK ALSO, HOW ARE WE DOING? DO WE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE STANDUP BREAK BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE THREE? OKAY, LET'S TAKE A QUICK BREAK BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE MORE THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH.
UM, SO WE'LL COME, LET'S JUST DO A QUICK 10 MINUTE BREAK.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA, SO FIRST OF ALL, I NEGLECTED TO ASK THE QUESTION AROUND WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE ON THIS ONE.
THEN WE HAVE THREE MORE OUTCOME AREAS WE WANNA WALK OUR WAY THROUGH.
AND THEN ASSUMING OUR PACING WORKS OKAY, WE'LL CROSS OUR FINGERS AND OUR TOES.
AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER LUNCH,
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UH, WE WILL LOOK AT THE DRAFTS SET OF STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S JUMPING OFF POINT.UH, BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL OF THE FIVE AREAS, UM, THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE, THE DEEPER DIVE.
AND EVEN ON THE BREAK, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO PLAY AROUND WITH WHAT THE STATEMENT MIGHT BE RELATED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT LIKE, IT'LL COME OR IT WILL NOT, IT'LL COME LATER.
UH, SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
SO IGNORE THE STATEMENT, BUT THINKING ABOUT THE WHOLE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE JUST HAD, WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? I CAN SEE COUNCILMAN GARCIA, UM, FOR ME TO LOSE FIVE POUNDS TO BE HAPPY AND
PERSONAL SUCCESS TO SEE, TO SEE MORE PEOPLE LIKE OUT AT PARKS, UM, TAKING WALKS, UM, UH, GOING OUT AND DOING OUR CLASSES MAYBE THAT WE HAVE THAT, UH, WILL EDUCATE US ON THE WELLBEING OF LIKE OUR WATER AND OUR AIR, UM, HOLDING PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN JUST HAVING A MORE LIVELY AVONDALE WHERE YOU DO SEE THE COMMUNITY NOT AT HOME OR ON THEIR PHONES, UM, TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND BEING FRIENDLY.
I THINK FOR ME, THAT'S THE COMMUNITY WELLBEING.
IT WOULD LIKE, THAT INCLUDES LIKE ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE FITNESS, AND THEN ALL OF THE, THE, UM, NATURAL RESOURCE PORTION OF IT.
SO ACTIVATED RECREATIONAL AMENITIES AND OUTDOOR SPACES.
UM, SEEING OUR TRAIL SYSTEM CONNECTED AND ALL OF OUR, UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL OF OUR, UM, BUT ANY NEW UPCOMING PARKS, HAVING SOME COMPONENT OF A DA COMPLIANCE AND A LITTLE FENCE AROUND THE PLAYGROUND.
NO, HE, NO, HE'S BEEN DOING IT.
THAT'S WHY I SAYING THANK YOU.
I WISH I HAD THAT TO HAVE A FENCE AROUND SOME PORTION OF THE RIGHT.
A RUNNER SO THEY DON'T RUN AWAY PARKING LOTS.
SO THAT NOBODY COMES AND, AND, UH, KIDNAPS THEM.
YOU MIGHT SAY
SO AGAIN, ACTIVATING THOSE SPACES AND GETTING PEOPLE OUT AND, AND FOR EVERYBODY.
WHAT OTHER ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD? OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS NOT MENTIONED UP THERE IS, UH, THE NATURAL RESOURCES.
SO I WOULD SAY BEING COMPLIANT THAT WE'RE NOT IN, UH, VIOLATION OR OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, OUR, UH, EFAS REGULATORY, UH, STUFF.
AIR QUALITY REQUIREMENTS, WATER REQUIREMENTS, BEING SUSTAINABLE.
WE, WE MENTIONED VE UH, VETERAN HOUSING AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD GO LIKE IN THE LAST ONE OR IN THIS ONE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN IMPLEMENT, BUT IT, I KNOW THAT GLENDALE RECENTLY DID, SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE, 'CAUSE TO ME THAT'S WELLBEING, MENTAL HEALTH WELLBEING.
YEAH, MAYOR, UH, COUNCILMAN WEISS.
I, I WOULD, UH, BROADEN THAT A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW.
AND I WOULD SAY, UH, WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE, THE, UM, UH, NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
OTHER SUCCESS INDICATORS? UM, I KNOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE MENTIONED IT AND I THINK WE, WE BOTH MISSED IT, BUT THE HEALTHCARE CORRIDOR, NO.
KNOWING, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT WE'RE BRINGING THOSE INTO EVERY, EVERY COMMUNITY.
WELL, BRINGING HEALTHCARE, LIKE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, IT'S BUILT OUT.
SO THAT WOULD BE MAYBE THE PRESENCE OF A MICRO HOSPITAL.
AND THEN ANOTHER THOUGHT I HAD, AND YOU GUYS LET ME KNOW, IS WE ACTUALLY SEE A REDUCTION IN OUR, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
SO THROUGH OUR ANNUAL REPORTS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY SEE A REDUCTION IN, IN BOTH PERSONAL AND PROPERTY CRIME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE JUDGE THE SUCCESS OF IT NOW, BUT WE HAVE LIKE THESE AWESOME, LIKE WATER MAGAZINES AND WE DO THE, UH, PLANTING OF THE GARDENS AND TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO CULTIVATE.
BEING ABLE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE THRIVE AND LIVE OFF.
I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T LIKE THE, BUT GET YOU ON THAT AT HOME KIND OF DEAL.
YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE PEOPLE BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.
UM, AND, AND MICRO AGRICULTURE, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SPACE.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN RIGHT BEHIND, UM, MAYBE THE LIBRARY.
AND, UH, SO I THINK WE DO A LOT.
WE PUBLICIZE THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE GREAT BECAUSE
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WE'RE NOW MAKING FOLKS ABLE TO GROW OWN SI HAVE MY OWNS NOW, I FEEL LIKE HAVING MY OWN, MY SKIN BETTER.SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE AS VALUES AND LET'S TEACH IT.
SO LET'S HIGHLIGHT THAT MAYOR.
AND AGAIN, SO WE HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
SO MAYBE THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, WHICH MENTIONS ALL THE THINGS YOU JUST MENTIONED.
WELL THAT MIGHT BE, WE MAKE SURE THAT GETS INTO A STRATEGY TOO, RIGHT?
ANYTHING ELSE ON SUCCESS? YOU ALWAYS COME BACK WITH FRESH EYES TOO, SO MAYBE OTHER THINGS.
UM, IT WOULD BE THE RENEWAL OF OUR DESIGNATION OF ASSURED WATER SUPPLY.
THIS HELPS TO POINT US IN A DIRECTION AROUND THE STATEMENT THAT WE WANNA CREATE TOO.
LET'S JUMP TO OUR NEXT PROPOSED OUTCOME AREA AND HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
UM, IT'LL BE THERE EVENTUALLY.
SO CONNECTED AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY, WHICH YOU KNOW, OF COURSE TOUCHES A LOT OF THINGS.
AND THIS IS, UM, REALLY THAT, UM, THE RELATIONSHIP THAT, THAT YOU ARE CREATING AND, AND HONORING.
THIS CAN BE EDUCATION, THIS CAN BE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCESS A LOT OF THINGS.
UH, SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATION.
WE HAVE ALSO HAVE LIFELONG LEARNING AS A PART OF THIS HERE.
SO HERE'S OUR VERY DRAFTY STATEMENT.
AVONDALE INFORMS AND ENGAGES OUR COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE PROGRAMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, CONNECT RESIDENTS TO RESOURCES, THE REGION AND EACH OTHER.
I INFORMS, PREPARES, AND I THINK WE DO HAVE SO MANY PREPARATIONS.
INFORMS, PREPARES AND ENGAGES, AS YOU SAID.
AND I THINK, NOT NECESSARILY TO ENSURE PROGRAMS, BUT TO ENSURE ACCESS TO RESOURCES BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN PROGRAMS. I THINK SO MUCH WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESOURCES THAT DON'T MANIFEST IN PROGRAMS. SURE.
ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS I THINK HERE IS MISSING IS THE CREATION OF, UM, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTION.
SO I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE A CONNECTED AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT US SHARING INFORMATION ONE WAY, BUT IT'S CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK.
IT'S CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONNECT WITH COUNCIL, COUNCIL TO CONNECT WITH THEM AND STAFF.
SO I, I, I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DETAILS, BUT, UH, COUNCIL AND COFFEE, CITY MANAGER AND, AND COFFEE OR, UH, EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY OR WE CREATE A NEW, THE WATER PAD.
YOU KNOW, JUST ALL THE THINGS WE DO TO HELP CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTION OUR LIBRARIES AND, AND AND SUCH.
SO I THINK WE PLAY A ROLE IN CREATING YEAH.
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONNECTIONS.
WELL WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE, THE CITY AND RESIDENTS, UH, AS WELL AS THE REGION AND WITH EACH OTHER ALSO.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY SPACES, THE LIBRARY PARKS, THOSE ARE ALSO WAYS THAT YOU'RE BUILDING COMMUNITY AND CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH EACH OTHER.
SO LOTS OF WAYS YOU CAN DO THAT.
AND I THINK ONE THING TOO THAT WE'VE DONE THE IS CREATE AMBASSADORS.
SO AMBASSADORS ARE OUT, UM, REPRESENTING OUR CITY, ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE'S SEVEN OF US, BUT WE HAVE A NEW AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE CONNECTING, ENGAGING AND SHARING RESOURCES.
WE'LL, WE'LL CAPTURE THOSE IDEAS.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A MEANS TO THE END.
BUT IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU DO THAT.
I I FEEL LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE EVERYBODY'S SEPARATE UHHUH TO ME IT'S JUST CAN YOU JUST SAY OUR COMMUNITY? YEAH.
THINGS THAT ARE, ARE MISSING OR ARE JUST MISSES IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO CONVEY HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD GO IN HERE OR THE STRATEGIES, BUT I FEEL LIKE DIGITAL SOMEHOW NEEDS TO, NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED HERE SOMEWHERE.
'CAUSE WE CONNECT WITH THEM THROUGH ME.
SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, MEDIA NEWS OUTLETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE JUST WEAVE INTO A STRATEGY.
I THINK IT'S A METHOD FOR CONNECTING PEOPLE.
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YEAH.ALRIGHT, WELL WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? LET'S DEFINE SUCCESS.
MAYBE THAT WILL ALSO HELP US BETTER ENGAGEMENT FROM THE BETTER ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE ARE HAVING SURVEYS, LIKE IF WE SEE AN INCREASE RATES AND INCREASE IN THE YEP.
WITH THAT BETTER VOTE OR TURNOUT.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS FUNNY, BUT LITERALLY IT'S SO LOW IN AVONDALE.
UM, AND I THINK, UM, BEING ABLE TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY OR GROCERY STORE OR JUST LIKE A PARK AND IF I GO TALK TO SOMEBODY, THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE AREA OR, UM, THEY AT LEAST SEE LIKE THE ABBVIE, UM, QR CODES THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY COULD UTILIZE THAT TO, TO SPEAK WITH THE CITY.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A SUCCESS.
ONE WOULD BE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THE A, UM, THE ABBVIE WISE APP AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE IT.
OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATION IN, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. RIGHT.
EVENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, VISITING FACILITIES.
THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ARE THINGS YOU CAN ALSO MEASURE.
I MEAN, THIS IS ONE WHERE IF YOU, I DUNNO IF YOU DO, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF SENSE OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THE ENGAGEMENT, UM, SURVEYS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS.
THOSE, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO KIND OF TAKE THE PULSE, RIGHT.
AND SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK SEEING OTHER, UH, ORGANIZATIONS COME TO OUR CITY TO HOST EVENTS.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONFERENCES THAT ARE COMING UP THIS SUMMER.
UM, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE COMING DOWN OR EVENTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN TO THE PHOENIX RACEWAY.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OUTCOME TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO DO THINGS IN AVONDALE.
UM, AND ALSO TRYING TO FIND A PULSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN DO ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO IN AVONDALE MM-HMM
SO, I MEAN, I I I, I TRIED TO PITCH IT TO CHOPPA BEFORE HE LEFT, BUT I, I MEAN ALL IN AVONDALE IS A REALLY GOOD STRATEGY.
WELL THAT THREADS THROUGH MAYBE SOME OF THESE OTHERS TOO, RIGHT? WITH ECONOMIC, UM, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ONE ALSO LIKE THAT YOU'VE GOT WHAT YOU NEED HERE.
LITTLE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WANNA GO HANG OUT.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THIS ONE? THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SELF-CONTAINED.
IT'S NOT, HAS HAVE SO MANY TENTACLES AS SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WE JUST LOOKED AT.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD ADD, RON? NOPE.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE THEN.
SO RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION.
SO THIS IS OUR NEW BLENDED ALCHEM AREA.
UM, AND SO CHANCES ARE WHEN WE READ THE OUTCOME STATEMENT BUT WAS DRAFTED, IT WILL NEED TO BE REFINED TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
SO HERE'S WHAT WAS INITIALLY DRAFTED FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH.
AVONDALE RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF LONG-TERM PLANNING AND INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROMOTES ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IN ITS OPERATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND PLANNING.
SO THAT LAST PART MAYBE GETS
WHAT DO WE HAVE ON THE, ON THE STICKY NOTES? WHAT WERE THE, THE COMMENTS.
BECAUSE THOSE WERE ALL NEW THINGS.
I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD OUTCOME.
I'M STILL NOT SURE HOW YOU GET THERE, BUT WHEN YOU FIGURE THAT OUT, YOU LET ME KNOW.
UH, SO I GUESS THAT'S THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION THAT SHOULD BE OVER HERE.
I THINK LIGHT RAIL, I THINK I MISREAD THAT ONE EARLIER.
UM, HIGH-SPEED TRANSIT, WHICH IS KINDA LIGHT RAIL.
UH, AND THEN FREE TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE CITY.
I THINK THIS IS MULTIMODAL IN PARENTHESES.
SO ACCESS FOR PRESUMABLY BIKES, WALKING TRAILS, THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
AVONDALE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE REGIONAL PLANNING AND INVESTMENT.
I THINK WHEN WE SAY LONG TERM PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS YOUR LONG TERM, FIVE YEARS, 20 YEARS.
I THINK A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE PLANNING FOR SOME OF US WON'T SEE IN OUR LIFETIME.
ANYTIME YOU THINK ABOUT TRANSIT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING YOU WANT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
PROBABLY IMPLIED, BUT I, I I THINK THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN IT.
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UM, WHAT ABOUT GOOD? I LIKE THE WAY YOU CHANGED IT.WHAT ABOUT INSTEAD OF, OKAY, I WAS GONNA SAY INSTEAD OF RECOGNIZES, 'CAUSE RECOGNIZES DOESN'T REALLY MEAN YOU'RE GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, YOU JUST RIGHT.
BUT TO PRIORITIZE OR TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE OR INVEST OR YEP.
INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINABLE, IN SUSTAIN, I'LL INVEST.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS, UM, FOCUSING ON THE REGION.
ARE THERE, I'M IMAGINING YOUR, YOUR ROADS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE REALLY AVONDALE SPECIFIC, DOES THAT GET LOST IF IT IF IT OVER FOCUSES ON REGIONAL OR DOES THAT UM, I THINK IT SPEAKS TO OUR PARTICIPATION IN, UH, MAG AND I THINK IT REALLY SHOWS THAT WE WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, AND I MIGHT BE STEPPING AHEAD SO PLEASE PULL ME BACK, BUT I THINK ABOUT THE CITY OF PHOENIX, THEIR RESIDENTS HAVE AGREED TO BE TAXED FOR LIGHT RAIL.
WELL, OUR RESIDENTS HAVEN'T AGREED FOR THAT.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE PLAY NICE WITH MERRICK GALLEGO AND THEIR REGIONAL TRANSIT AND THEIR TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, PHOENIX ENDS AT 99TH AVENUE, BRING THAT LIGHT RAIL DOWN TO I 10 CORRIDOR SOMEWHERE.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT THAT IS STILL PHOENIX'S MONEY.
SO, AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND, WANNA SEAT AT THE TABLE.
WE GOTTA FIND WAYS TO PLAY IN THE SANDBOX BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, UM, I'VE ALWAYS SHARED WITH PEOPLE MY SUCCESS HAS NEVER COME FROM MY MONEY.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMEBODY ELSE INVESTING IN ME
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT WE KIND OF, WE GOTTA LOOK AT THAT TOO.
UM, OUR, OUR, OUR SUCCESS IS GONNA COME FROM SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, FEEDING INTO, PAYING INTO WHAT WE WANT TO BE OUR OUTCOME.
PARTICULARLY THAT THE REGIONAL, UM, TRANSIT SYSTEMS AND THINGS YOU'VE BEEN DESCRIBING TOO, SO WELL EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S YEAH.
AND AIR AND ALL THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GO PAST BORDERS.
AGAIN, IF I, IF I MAY, THAT THAT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES, I, IT, IT, UM, DOESN'T, IT'S NON-COMMITTAL.
UM, AND I REALLY THINK AVONDALE INVESTS, UM, IN, UM, ITS INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, INCLUDING, UM, REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING ROADS, UH, WATER, UH, UTILITIES, UM, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT I THINK WE, I MEAN, IT'S UP TO COUNCIL, BUT I, I THINK MAKING A COMMITMENT, UM, YEAH.
I MISSED TO, UM, OUR, BECAUSE OUR, OUR ROADS HAVE, ARE ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE ISSUES THAT COME UP FROM RESIDENTS THAT I HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW? AND THEN, UM, SO I THINK TRANSPORTATION'S ALSO A BIG PRIORITY.
SO, UH, IN INVESTING IN THE STUFF ON THE ROADS, THE, THE WE RIDES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WOULD FIT IN HERE.
UM, THAT COULD ALSO GO IN CONNECTED COMMUNITIES, BUT I THINK SUSTAINABLE, UM, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T MEAN JUST ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, IT'S GOTTA MEAN, UM, SUSTAINABLE COST SUSTAINABILITY IF COST, BECAUSE WE'VE TRIED SOME SUSTAINABLE ROADS AND THEY DON'T WORK AND WE, THEY DIDN'T LAST AND THERE'S ISSUES WITH 'EM.
SO I JUST WANT OUR HEAT REDUCTION IS A GREAT GOAL, BUT IT YEAH.
AND SO WHEN WE, WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABLE, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT DIRECTING US TO IGNORE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, LONG-TERM THINGS THAT LAST A LONG TIME.
SO, WANTED TO TRY TO DEFINE THE WORD SUSTAINABLE.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT HERE NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, LONG-TERM DURABILITY.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, MONEY, UH, UM, EFFICIENCIES, UM, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
THAT MAKES IT REALLY, UH, IF, IF, UH, ANY INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL INVESTORS LOOKING TO OUR CITY AND SEES THAT IN THE PLAN, I THINK THEY KNOW THAT IT'S, UH, WE'RE SERIOUS.
UM, I WOULD MAYBE ADD THE WORD MAINTAIN.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
'CAUSE WE MAINTAIN OUR ROADS, WE REDO THEM EVERY, I DON'T KNOW THE DAY, THE TIMES AND DAYS OR WHATEVER, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE, YOU, YOU, IT'S A NEWER COMMITMENT, RIGHT? THAT CORRECT.
THAT WASN'T ALWAYS THERE, UHHUH.
AND RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'VE COMMITTED TO $9 MILLION A YEAR THROUGH 28 OR 29.
AND THEN WE WENT DOWN TO 3 MILLION JUST FOR BUDGETING FACTORS.
BUT, UM, YEAH, $9 MILLION A YEAR IN MAINTAINING, UH, OUR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, SHOULD WE SAY DALE, INVEST IN THE MAINTENANCE OF CAN.
IT, UM, THE INVEST AND MAINTAINS JUST SAY, YEAH, IT, I I'M OKAY WITH ANY OF THAT NEW.
AND, AND I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S NOT JUST,
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UH, MAINTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE.IT'S ALSO WE RIDE OUR TRANSPORTATION THINGS, OUR AIR AND AND WATER THAT MAY, THAT MAINTAINS, UM, YEAH.
AND IS IT, AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT? IS THAT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING, OR IS IT REGIONAL? OH, BIG REGIONAL PLANNING.
SO WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION, MAG, BIG, BIG REGIONAL, AND SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON THE TRANSPORTATION IS REGIONAL AIR IS REGIONAL LAND IS REGIONAL.
UM, I JUST CAN'T, I'M PROBABLY LEAVING SOMETHING OFF, BUT MAY, UH, RON? YES.
WE HAVE, UH, A FEW ITEMS WE'RE WORKING WITH ON AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION.
SO I'M GONNA JUST THROW OUT A FEW THINGS FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE ARE FINISHING UP AN UPDATE TO OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, SO THAT SHOULD HAPPEN SOON.
YOU'LL SEE MORE CIP RECOMMENDATIONS AS A RESULT OF THAT.
WE CONTINUE, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPERS PROVIDING OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS AS THEY DEVELOP EACH PARCEL.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE THE, UH, A PROP 4 79.
WE HAVE A FEW, A COUPLE PROJECTS IN THERE.
SO WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THOSE.
UM, WE CONSTANTLY COORDINATE WITH, UH, OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THE COUNTY AND ADJACENT, UH, CITIES ON, UM, TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND, UH, ADDITIONAL LANES AND CAPACITY.
UM, WE ARE, WE DO, UH, WE'LL BE REPRESENTING, UH, ON THE MEG MICRO TRENCHING COMMITTEE AND HOW ROADWAYS OVERLAP WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND A BIG ONE, AND IT'S BEEN A BIG TOPIC RECENTLY, IS TRAFFIC FLOW.
SO WE CONTINUALLY WORK ON RETIMING THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO, TO FIT AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS, AS WE CAN THROUGH, UH, INTERSECTION WITHOUT, UH, INCURRING THE COST OF AN ADDITIONAL, UH, PAVEMENT LANE OF TRAFFIC FOR A LEFT TURN, RIGHT TURN OR THROUGH.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE, WE CONSTANTLY WORK ON AND WE HAVE ACTIVE.
WELL, THAT'S A GREAT LIST OF, UM, STRATEGIES THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, RIGHT.
THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS OUTCOME.
AND SO AS WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD OUT THOSE STRATEGIES, YOU KNOW, COMPLETING AND IMPLEMENTING THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A BIG ONE.
THERE'S A LOT THAT'S NESTED IN THAT, UM, BUT REALLY GIVES A GOOD FOCUS, UM, TO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE ASIDE FROM NO TRAFFIC OR AT LEAST MOVING TRAFFIC
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET IN YOUR CAR FOR EVERYTHING.
WALKABLE COMMUNITY, I, I FEEL LIKE THE BOULEVARD IS PRETTY WALKABLE ALMOST FOR ME.
I, I WALK ALL THE WAY FROM BACK OF WATERFORD SQUARE TO, UM, STARBUCKS AND DUTCH BROS.
SO I JUST, I WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE WALKABLE COMMUNITIES.
PEDESTRIANS BEING TREATED AS IMPORTANT AS CARS.
DO WE WANNA FINISH ANYTHING WITH THE BIKE LANES? 'CAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT JUST KIND OF STOP BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY.
WELL, I WAS JUST SAYING WE HAVE SOME BIKE LANES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FINISHED YET BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE STILL BEING DONE.
BUT JUST ENSURING THAT OUR BIKE LANES ARE SAFE AND THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED.
IF I GOT A VOTE, IT'D BE FEWER STOPLIGHTS.
I THINK THEY WERE ONE OF YOU SAID, UM, A SAFER STREET SOBER REDUCTION IN, IN ACCIDENT NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY WITH PEDESTRIANS.
I'D LIKE TO ELIMINATE ACTUALLY PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.
IT'S IS ZERO, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT A YEAH, YEAH.
FOR A MEASURABLE TWO THAT'S DOWN.
WE CAN HAVE THAT AS A LONG TERM TARGET.
TRACKING PROGRESS TO GET THEM.
SO THE LAST ONE THAT WE HAD, I THINK, WELL, WE TOOK TODAY'S CAPTURING LOTS OF NOTES FROM HERE IS AROUND EFFECT INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT.
UM, AND SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS TO MAKE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS HAPPEN, RIGHT? MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A THRIVING ORGANIZATION.
UH, SO THIS INVOLVES SERVICE DELIVERY, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, UH, COLLABORATION.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE SO MANY IMPORTANT PARTNERS.
AND THEN JUST THE CULTURE OF HOW YOU OPERATE.
SO AVONDALE EMPLOYEES, AND THIS IS, WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK TO THE STAKEHOLDER
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INPUT, WHICH WAS THAT WE DON'T, WHERE ARE WE, WE DON'T SEE OURSELVES AND WE ARE DOING A LOT.SO AVONDALE EMPLOYEES WORK TOGETHER TO SERVE AS A MODEL OF INNOVATION, EFFICIENCY, AND RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT COMMENTS.
DO WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY HERE IN THIS? YOU COULD JUST SAY, YES, PLEASE DO THAT AND THEN STEP AWAY.
I MEAN, THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE, OBVIOUSLY YEAH.
IT SHOULD BE EFFICIENT IN THOSE OTHER THINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW, IS COUNCIL A PART OF THAT EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT AS WELL? SO I WILL SAY YES, YES AND NO.
DO YOU WANNA COMMENT? NO, I, I WOULD SAY YES.
UH, YOU GUYS ARE EMPLOYEES AND YOU'RE A PART OF THE ORGANIZATION.
SO WE, YOU COULD ADD THE WORD EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING, OR, UH, AVONDALE'S ELECTED LEADERS AND EMPLOYEES WORK TOGETHER TO SERVE ELECTED LEADERS AND, AND EVEN YOUR ELECTED LEADERS.
AND, UM, COMMISSIONERS ARE, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
SO, UH, AVONDALE'S ELECTED LEADERS, UH, BOARD, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UM, AND EMPLOYEES WORK TOGETHER.
THE ONE THING I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IN HERE, UM, IS, WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE, BUT I'LL START WITH, UH, RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT IS, UH, HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE, I'M ASSUMING, AND WE CAN PROBABLY WORK ON A GOAL OR A, UH, OUTCOME AREA.
BUT THE WORD CUSTOMER SERVICE OR YOUR EXPECTATION FOR, UH, I MEAN, RESPONSIVE IS PRETTY, YOU KNOW, CAN BE DEFINED LATER.
BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
I WANTED TO, I GUESS WHEN I SEE WORK TOGETHER, I THINK ABOUT COLLABORATE MM-HMM
WORK SEEMS SO RUDIMENTARY, BUT COLLABORATION SEEMS SO SYNERGISTIC.
I JUST TRY TO, TO GET IT INTO KIND OF A, A YEAH, LET'S HUNKER AND GET THERE.
UM, ELECTED LEADERS, APPOINTEES, UM, SAID VOLUNTEERS.
CONCISE, CONCISE AND NOT VOLUNTEER.
OR, I GUESS THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS A, A, A STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT SERVES A LOT OF PURPOSES, RIGHT? AND ONE OF IT CAN BE A COMMUNICATION VEHICLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
DOES THIS START TO, WHEN WHEN YOU START USING WORDS LIKE APPOINTEES, I WONDER IF IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE, WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.
RIGHT? IF I'M, YOU KNOW, SALLY ON SIXTH STREET, RIGHT? UM, YEAH.
I COULD JUST SAY CITY OF DALE, UM, SERVES AS A MODEL OF INNOVATION, EFFICIENCY AND RESPONSE.
UM, IT TOOK EVERYTHING ELSE OUT.
I REALLY LIKE HAVING THE WORD EMPLOYEE.
THAT'S WHERE WE WE'RE PLAYING WITH TOO.
BECAUSE THIS IS, UM, THE AREA WHERE, WHERE, UM, EMPLOYEE THINGS WILL FIT UNDER.
AND I THINK ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN TOO GENERIC.
JUST THE CITY OF LEAVING TO THE READER FIND THAT IS I THINK FOR ME, UH, TRYING, CALLING ALL THESE OUT, UM, IN THIS CASE IMPORTANT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S YOUR, YOUR DOCUMENT WANT.
I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE, I KNOW ALL ASK EMPLOYEES, BUT, UM, SOMETIMES WE HIDE BEHIND THE CITY INSTEAD OF TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE TO ABOUT THE LEADERS.
PAUL BEING PART OF THIS
WELL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE INCLUSION OF EMPLOYEES, 'CAUSE WE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CITY OF VERSUS INCLUDING EMPLOYEES.
ONE OF THE AREAS OF FEEDBACK, UH, THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE OURSELVES IN THIS, RIGHT? WHERE, WHERE ARE WE AS EMPLOYEES? AND SO SPEAKING TO THAT DIRECT, THAT WAS WHY WE TRIED TO SPEAK TO THAT DIRECTLY.
AND WE ALSO HAD THE CONVERSATION AROUND, DO WE BROADEN IT OUT,
SO YOU GIVE A COMMENT AND A SUGGESTION.
OKAY, I CAN, I CAN SEE THE WHEELS GOING LIKE THIS,
SO WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK, UM, CITY OF OR AVENUE OR WE HAVE BACK HERE? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU GUYS, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
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I WONDER IF WE SHOULDN'T REMOVE THE APPOINTEES AND THE VOLUNTEERS MAKE IT ELECTED LEADERS AND EMPLOYEES.BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE, WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THOSE FOUR GROUPS? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE FOUR GROUPS? WHAT ABOUT, HOW ABOUT IF YOU SAY ELECTED LEADERS, EMPLOYEES AND STRATEGIC PARTNERS, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, 'CAUSE THAT INCLUDES YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, BUT ALSO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE A BIGGER AGENCY POOL.
BECAUSE WE HAVE NONPROFITS THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THAT ARE RIGHT.
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT COLLABORATING TOGETHER TO BE A MODEL OF INNOVATION, EFFICIENCY, AND RESPONSIVENESS.
WELL, WE, AND WE CAN, AGAIN, WE CAN WORDSMITH AND FINE TUNE, UM, IN HINDSIGHT, BUT THE, THE GIST IS, OKAY.
WHAT DO WE THINK SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THIS AREA? I WOULD JUST SAY LIKE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PARTNERS, THAT WE HAVE OUTCOMES THAT WE KINDA HAVE, THAT THEY PROVIDE OUTCOMES, ESPECIALLY FOR PROVIDING GRANTS TO THEM.
AND THAT WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, KNOW THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE GRANTS, UM, AND THAT THEY'RE POSITIVE.
LIKE THEY'RE ACTUALLY MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR WHAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM FUNDS FOR.
UM, AND THAT FOR US THAT WE ARE RESPONSIVE, UM, TO THE RESIDENTS.
WE ATTEND OUR MEETINGS, WE ARE DOING OUR COFFEE WITH THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
I THINK, UM, WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UH, THE INNOVATIVE PIECE FOR OUR CITY, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE RECOGNIZE ENOUGH THE LEVEL OF CERTIFICATION AND RECOGNITION THE INDIVIDUAL STAFF AND TEAM MEMBERS GET IN THEIR INDUSTRIES.
I KNOW, I, I, I'D BE REMISS IF I TRIED TO NAME ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
EACH ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE AWARD-WINNING SECTORS, INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
AND SO WE GET A LOT OF RECOGNITION, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO, UM, TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S THE OUTCOME WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE.
AND SO IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE WE WANT TO GET THERE.
AND SO WANNA CONTINUE TO SEE THEM, YOU KNOW, WIN TOP AWARDS AND IN EVERY ASPECT, I CAN'T GO THROUGH ALL 16 DEPARTMENTS 'CAUSE EACH OF THEM HAVE SOMETHING THEY'RE DOING THAT'S PHENOMENAL.
AND INDIVIDUALS THAT GET INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION ON TOP OF THAT.
SO A NA UH, NATIONAL, UH, CERTIFIED DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN, UH, WHAT ABOUT, UM, OUR, UH, COMMUNITY SURVEY WE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO, A YEAR AGO.
UM, IMPROVED SCORES, HIGH RESPONSE RATES.
HOW DID, WHAT DO THEY SAY? YEAH, WELL, AND RESULTS.
WOULD, UM, UM, UH, BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, UM, I'M NOT A BIG AWARD GUY.
I, I DON'T LIKE TO SPEND MONEY ON GETTING AN AWARD JUST TO RECOGNIZE WHAT WE DID.
BUT, BUT THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE WAY TO IDENTIFY, UH, INNOVATION.
UM, OUR IT DEPARTMENT WINS INNOVATION AWARDS, UH, MEDIA.
THEY ARE, THEY WIN SOME INNOVATION AWARDS.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE INNOVATION TEAM.
SO AWARDS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MORE AWARDS WOULD BE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ANY BUDGET OUTCOME THAT, UM, FOR EFFICIENCY, IS THERE ANYTHING FREE EFFICIENCY THAT, THAT COUNCIL COULD THINK THAT SUCCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE? I KNOW THAT OUR, YOU KNOW, FITCH CREDIT RATING WENT UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, SO OUR CREDIT RESERVE LEVELS.
ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT HAVE MONETARY IMPACTS SO THAT WHEN WE DO GO UP FOR A BOND, OUR INTEREST RATES ARE LOWER TO OUR, UM, TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS.
BUT THEN TIED TO THAT IS THAT GOOD GOVERNANCE.
SO WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE OUR ABILITY TO, UM, GOVERN, UM, IN A MANNER THAT SHOWS THAT WE'RE INDEPENDENT THINKERS, BUT COLLABORATIVE DOERS.
I, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WHEN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
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REPLICATE WHAT WE'VE DONE, LIKE THE WE RIDE AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT NOW OTHER CITIES ARE UTILIZING AS PART OF THEIR PROCESS.BECAUSE THEY, THAT'S BEEN THE MODEL OF INNOVATION, RIGHT? YEP.
BEING AN EXAMPLE THAT PEOPLE WANNA FOLLOW.
ALRIGHT, WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF KIND OF THE BIG ROCKS AND WE'LL GET TO THE DETAILS, UM, THAT WE WANT TO KIND OF REVISIT OR, OR MENTION HERE NOW? OR YOU FEEL, MAYBE GO BACK.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS JUST ALL FIVE? UM, JUST TO MAKE, I JUST WANNA KIND OF DO AN AFFIRMING LIKE, YEAH, THESE FEEL LIKE THE BIG ROCKS AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE LANGUAGE, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, MISSING ANYTHING IMPORTANT OR, OR SUCH.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK ABOUT DETAILS.
MR. MAYOR, UM, WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT, UH, COULD WE PUT THAT QUESTION OUT TO THE REST OF THE, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS? YEP.
I, I THINK I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS HAROLD OR UH, ERIC THAT WERE UP THERE, KIND OF A JITTERY UP THERE, BUT THAT MAY JUST BE COFFEE.
UH, BUT IS, IS THERE, UH, ARE THERE HR OR I KNOW, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, VERY SMART, TALENTED DIRECTORS IN HERE.
UM, AND SO IF THE MAYOR, IF IT PLEASES YOU THERE, THERE ANYTHING? NO, I'M ALL, I'M ALL FOR THAT, UH, OPENING IT UP TO, TO OTHER MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIRECTORS LEADERSHIP.
WELL, I, KEEPING IN MIND THAT NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO LAND IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, JUST
YEAH, WE COULD PUT THESE ON BIKE RACKS TOO.
I THINK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS MORE, THIS MIGHT FALL MORE UNDER THE STRATEGY PORTION, BUT WE'VE TALKED, OR THIS HAS COME UP A FEW TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS ABOUT THE CULTURE OF AVONDALE.
SO I THINK ENSURING THAT, UM, MAINTAINING OR OR PUTTING AT THE FOREFRONT THAT AVONDALE'S AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE OR, OR WORKING TOWARDS MAINTAINING THAT, UM, IS IMPORTANT SO THAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION, DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING COMPETITIVE, THAT WE'RE OFFERING, UH, AN ATTRACTIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT WE'RE RETAINING THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, AND I THINK ON THE FLIP SIDE, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CUSTOMER SURVEY, UM, AND, AND LOOKING AT THE, UH, IMPACTS OF THAT, BUT ALSO AN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THOSE RESULTS ARE REFLECTIVE OF HAVING A WORKFORCE THAT CAN SUPPORT INNOVATION, EFFICIENCY, AND RESPONSIVENESS.
SO THOSE WOULD BE MY, MY RECOMMENDATIONS.
MR. MARISO, THE OUTCOMES ON THE, IN INNOVATIVE, EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, ONE OF 'EM WOULD BE A LOW TURNOVER RATE AND LOWER VACANCY RATE.
UH, TWO THINGS THAT WE DO MEASURE, AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE OTHERS FOR, FOR OUTCOMES, FOR INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES.
BUT THANK YOU, UH, ANDY, ANYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM THAT I WAS JUST GONNA SHARE ON INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT? YEAH.
UM, THOSE ARE KEY TERMS THAT ARE LISTED THERE.
AND ALSO I THINK, NOT JUST WITH MY DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUT THERE'S OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WORK WITH REGULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO JUST GROWING AND BUILDING THE CITY AND TRYING TO ALIGN OUR VISION WITH WHERE WE WANNA AVENUE ABLE TO BE BEING INNOVATIVE IN THE SENSE OF STREAMLINING, CREATING ENHANCEMENTS, HAVING UNIQUE PROCESSES OR WAYS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE OR PLAN REVIEW AND ENGAGING CITIZENS TO WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, ARE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THAT NOT ALL COMMUNITIES DO.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO IMPROVING IN THE LONG RUN.
I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WHERE THAT ALL FITS IN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT PERSPECTIVE.
NO, I, I THINK THESE ARE REALLY GREAT EXAMPLES ABOUT HOW, LIKE, SPECIFYING THE BIG ROCKS, THE OUTCOMES YOU WANNA FOCUS ON, TRANSLATE INTO THE FOCUS AND THE WORK THAT THE CITY IS DOING.
SO HOW YOU'RE EVALUATING AND, AND FINE TUNING YOUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
HOW YOU ARE SUPPORTING A CULTURE THAT ATTRACTS AND MAINTAINS YOUR WORKFORCE.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE STRATEGIES IN THE TRANSLATION OF HAVING THESE BIG ROCKS.
WE OVER HERE, WHAT WE GOT UP HERE, BACK THERE.
I LIKE THE IDEA FOR THE INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT TO, UM, PERHAPS ADD THE WORD CUSTOMER FOCUSED IN THERE TO PIVOT OFF OF, UH, JODY'S POINT.
SOMETHING ABOUT CUSTOMER FOCUSED OR CUSTOMER SERVICE.
UNDER INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT.
AND CUSTOMERS, BY THE WAY, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL, RIGHT? DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU SIT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, SO I THINK WE HAVE BEAT THESE UP TO DEATH A LITTLE BIT, UM, IN A REALLY POSITIVE WAY.
SO AGAIN, YOU'LL ANTICIPATE SEEING FRESH
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VERSIONS OF THE STATEMENTS ON THESE WHEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU.WE'VE GOT IT PRETTY CLOSE, RIGHT? NOT BAD.
UM, SO
SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL DO A SOFT 30 MINUTES.
UM, AND IF, IF WE AREN'T ALL BACK, WE'LL WAIT, BUT WE WON'T START WITHOUT YOU.
THAT WAY WE CAN GET THROUGH THE STRATEGIES AND MAYBE WE'LL EVEN WRAP UP A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, WE'LL START AGAIN AROUND 20 AFTER OR SO
AND IF YOU ARE, THEN WE ARE GONNA GIVE YOU MORE CANDY
SO BEFORE I SWITCH US OVER AND START LOOKING AT THE, UM, POTENTIAL STRATEGIES, I WANNA JUST KIND OF GIVE SOME CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT'S ON THERE AND WHAT'S NOT ON THERE.
UM, SO, UM, SO WE WERE TRYING TO FRAME OUT AND ANTICIPATE AND DO SOME MIND MELDING AHEAD OF TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SOME REVISIONS OBVIOUSLY.
SO OVER LUNCH WE DID AN ATTEMPT TO KIND OF GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF STRATEGIES.
AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IN OUR TIME TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON IS FOR EACH OF THOSE, UH, FOCUS AREAS, THE OUTCOME AREAS TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIG STRATEGIES, KIND OF THINKING AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL STILL.
BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON? UH, WE WILL STILL WORK THROUGH RON AND THE STAFF TO KIND OF THINK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING IMPORTANT THAT MIGHT TIE IN THERE.
UH, SO YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THOSE PIECES TOGETHER.
UH, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY IN INVITE, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS TO WEIGH IN, BUT I WANT TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO GO INTO EVERYTHING.
I WANNA HIT THE HIGHEST POINTS, AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS FILL IN THE BLANKS FROM THERE, IF THAT IS MAKES SENSE TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
UH, AND SO ALSO, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE, IT'S REALLY MASHED UP BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE AND WHAT I WAS HEARING.
AND SO THIS IS JUST MY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SAVING FACE CAVEAT THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT ALL RIGHT,
SO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.
WE HAVE TAKEN THE, THE CURRENT STATE OF THE GOAL STATEMENT AND PUT IT UP AT THE TOP KNOWING THAT THAT WILL STILL BE REFINED, BUT JUST WE UPDATED THAT SO THAT IT REFLECTED THE CONVERSATION FROM THIS MORNING.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA REVISIT THAT PART TODAY.
UH, BUT HERE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HERE, AND I KNOW THAT GENERAL HAVE THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ABOUT, UH, WHAT THIS OUGHT TO LOOK LIKE.
AND, UH, WE'VE TRIED TO REFLECT ON SOME OF THE GOALS IN THE ECONOMIC STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT ALSO AS A SAVING GRACE, WE JUST SAID IMPLEMENT
UM, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH THESE AND THEN HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT MISSES THE MARK, WHAT'S MISSING, UH, AND WE'LL TAKE NOTES.
WE'RE NOT GONNA WORDSMITH HERE, BUT WE'LL GET THE NOTES IN THERE SO WE CAN BRING BACK THE FULL SET OF STRATEGIES.
AND I DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A HANDOUT, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO READ OUT THIS WAY AS I'M LOOKING.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY IMPLEMENTING THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE'S A LOT IN THERE AND IT'S GOT A LOT OF CLEAR DIRECTION.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY YOUR, YOUR BEACON IN THIS AREA FOR A LOT OF THINGS.
UM, BUT ALSO I HEARD, YOU KNOW, ADVANCING REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, I HEARD THAT WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATION YESTERDAY.
THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER THINGS THAT WILL COME UP.
AND SO INVESTING IN ADVANCING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY ARISE, WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO EXPAND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS THROUGH JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, THAT PROBABLY SHOULD BE A, A PLURAL AT THE END THERE.
UM, SO SOME OF THESE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THE STRATEGY AROUND HOW YOU DO IT WITH WORKING WITH OTHERS IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THE CITY'S DOING DIRECTLY, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED SOMETHING AROUND KIND OF CAREER YOUTH TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE A LANGUAGE ON IT, BUT WE'VE PUT A PLACEHOLDER
SOME OF THESE, I SHOULD ALSO SAY, WE LOOKED AT THE STRATEGIES FROM THE LAST STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHERE THERE WERE THINGS THAT SEEMED LIKE THEY MAY BE STILL, UM, LINKED TO SOME OF THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
WE TRIED TO KEEP 'EM THERE OR MODIFY THEM.
AND THEN WE HAD LAST ONE THERE.
DEVELOP A MIX OF HOUSING OPTIONS, UH, AND THEN DEVELOP NEW RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS IN THERE.
SO, UH, CONTENT WISE AND IDEAS, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT WITHSTANDING THE SPECIFIC WORDS, THOUGHTS, AND HOPEFULLY THIS GIVES A FLAVOR OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRATEGY LEVEL.
CAN I PLANT A FEW MORE SEEDS WHILE THEY'RE THINKING? YES.
SO, UM, I WOULD GET RID OF, EXPAND THE BRANDING, CITY BRANDING TO CREATE TOURISM.
UH, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS CREATE, UH, TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES, CREATE TOURISM ACTIVITIES,
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CREATE FOCAL POINTS FOR, UH, FOR, FOR TOURISM.BUT, BUT THE BRAND ISN'T REALLY THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT DISCOVER AVONDALE, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL.
WE'VE GOT THE ABBEY WISE, WE'VE GOT ALL THAT.
IT'S ABOUT CREATING REAL TOURISM, REAL EVENTS, REAL PARKS, REAL, UH, WETLANDS, REAL TRAILS THAT WOULD BRING PEOPLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO GENERATING TOURISM, I CAN WORK WITH YOU ON THIS STUFF.
SO GENERATING TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, OTHER YOU HAD, YEAH, ONE, ONE OTHER ONE IS I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO PUT IN, WE HAVE, UM, WELL, I GUESS MAYBE, MAYBE WE LEAVE IT AS ECONOMIC, UH, IMPLEMENT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
NEVERMIND, I WAS THINKING OF OLD TOWN, BUT I THINK JUST SAYING THAT ALONE, RIGHT? THEN WE HAVE THAT, WE HAVE HER PLAN TO REFERENCE, WHICH HAS THAT IN IT.
SO I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY COVERED THERE.
AND THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE IN THERE THAT, I MEAN, WE CAN DO SOME, SOME KIND OF CLEANING UP A LITTLE BIT, I THINK AS A RESULT.
BUT, UM, THAT'S SUCH A COMPLETE DOCUMENT.
SO, I'M SORRY,
DID I SEE HOT AIR BALLOONS OR HOT AIR BALLOONS COMING THIS WAY?
AGAIN, NOT, NOT GETTING INTO THE WEEDS, BUT ONE OTHER THING HERE IS I THINK, UM, UM, PLAN FOR, UM, UM, PLAN OR CREATE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, I KNOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND I THINK ABOUT WATER AND I THINK ABOUT ROADS AND THE COST OF THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO SOMEHOW, AS PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO PRIORITIZE, UH, WATER USE AND DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
BECAUSE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS WILL BE SPECIFIC FOR THE BUSINESS AND NOT THE COMMUNITY.
SO OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS, OFFSETS OR THEIR WATER AND SEWER CONNECTIONS.
AND, AND IF WE'RE GOING TO ATTRACT, WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UH, WHAT OTHER CITY DID RECENTLY, THEY DEDICATED ABOUT $35 MILLION TO THEIR PROJECT OUTTA CITY COFFERS.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T SET ASIDE CITY DOLLARS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BUT YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR SOME OF THAT.
UH, IT'LL BE UP TO YOU TO DECIDE FOR EACH PROJECT.
BUT I THINK, UM, DEDICATING, UM, CITY RESOURCES TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES IS, IS MAYBE HOW YOU SAY THAT, BUT, AND, AND LIVING WITHIN OUR WATER MEANS AND SEWER CAPACITIES AND, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
DO WE WANNA SAY INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, JIM? YEAH.
I MEAN, THAT'S ALL WE TALKED ABOUT AT LUNCH, BY THE WAY, WAS WE'RE LITERALLY JUST HA THAT'S ALL WE TALK ABOUT IS HOW CAN WE INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY SOME OF OUR WASTEWATER, SEWER AND, UM, LINES TO REACH THE RACE WAVE, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO I THINK WE, WE DEFINITELY SHOULD PUT INVEST OR PLAN.
AND THEN ALSO I TALKED WITH JODY ABOUT REZONING.
SO THERE COULD BE ANOTHER PART ABOUT GETTING, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY PREPARING LAND USES OR ANTICIPATING LAND USES FOR OUR NEXT GENERAL PLAN OR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
ANNEXATION, THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE WERE, MAYBE IT'S A MORE PRE ANNEXATION STRATEGIES.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE RADAR OR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? ANNEXATION? I DON'T KNOW THAT, UH, I WOULDN'T PUT ANNEXATION IN THE STRATEGY 'CAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT.
AND SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT OTHER THINGS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT CITY GROWTH OF OUR SIZE, IT'S ABOUT ANN AND LAND THE POCKETS, POCKETS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO IT'LL NATURALLY COME UP THROUGH OUR, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO I DUNNO THAT I WOULD USE THE WORD ANNEX AND SOMETIMES TALK ABOUT ANNEX, RIGHT? IT'S SCARY FOR SOME PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT, THAT'S NOT THE KIND, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ADDAX A NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS OR VACANT LAND THAT'S READY DEVELOPED.
I STILL THINK INVEST IN, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, INVEST PLANNING AND INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ECONOMIC
HOLD ON, LET ME MOVE THIS OVER.
HERE, I'M GONNA MOVE THIS OUTTA THE WAY ALONG THE LINE OF THING THAT YOU JUST BOTH WERE TALKING ABOUT.
MAYBE STATE, UM, INVEST IN THE COMPLETION OF LAND WITHIN OUR PLANNING BOUNDARY AREA.
YEAH, I, I DON'T, AGAIN, THIS IS COUNCIL'S DOCUMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GET SPECIFIC THAT I'M TRYING TO KEEP HIGH LEVEL AT THIS POINT.
UH, WE'LL COME BACK LATER WITH SOME IDEAS ON ACTUALLY WHAT WE'LL IMPLEMENT.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET OVER REACHING.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, IN THE INVESTING
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AND PLANNING FOR YEAH, EXACTLY.AND I MIGHT ADD JUST FOR EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM TOO, YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS ON GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, YOU KNOW, WHERE AND HOW THAT TOUCHES ANY DEPARTMENT, LIKE YOU'RE THINKING NOW ABOUT, OKAY, THAT'S A, THAT'S A PRIORITY.
AND SO IT MAY NOT BE A STRATEGY WRITTEN IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT'S STILL THE ALIGNMENT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW THIS IS A GOVERNING DOCUMENT, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S REALLY TEMPTING ALWAYS TO PUT EVERYTHING IN THERE, BUT THEN IT GETS WATERED DOWN AND YOU DON'T SEE THE BIG, YOU DON'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA TRY TO, WE GOT WORKFORCE.
SO WE DO HAVE YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. YEAH.
EXPAND YOUTH CAREER TRAINING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
I THINK WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HAS BROUGHT, IT ENCOMPASSES A VARIETY OF OKAY.
AND THEN WE HAD ORIGINALLY DROPPED IN THE PURSUIT STATE ROUTE 30 OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE MORE DOWN THE ROAD.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE LEFT IT THERE TO CHECK OUR ASSUMPTIONS, BUT PUT US RIGHT THROUGH THE LAST ONE, THE BOTTOM THERE.
PURSUE STATE, UH, ROUTE 30 OPPORTUNITIES RELATED, RELATED TO ECONOMIC.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GONNA BE BUILT, UM, I THINK AS SOON AS THE EAST SIDE STARTS TO DEVELOP, PEOPLE WILL START REALIZING IT.
THE PRICE OF LAND WILL JACK UP AND THEY'LL START, UH, THINKING ABOUT THEIR OWN OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I THINK WE DO NEED TO PLAN FOR STAT RATE 30.
BECAUSE ALREADY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE DEVELOPERS AND BROKERS CONTACTING AS CURRENTLY INQUIRING ABOUT THE ROUTE MAP AND WHAT LAND OPPORTUNITIES OR LAND USE IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM TODAY.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO, YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO KEEPING A SPOTLIGHT ON THAT AS A FUTURE, I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL TO COUNCIL SR 30.
WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY IN HERE.
I WASN'T UNDERSTANDING THE TIMING AND THE SCOPE.
SO THE TIMING WILL BE OUTSIDE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THE PLANNING FOR THAT WILL NOT BE.
FROM COUNCIL, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT GIVES YOU HEARTBURN OR THAT'S MISSING HERE? GROCERY STORES AND EVERYTHING ARE INCLUDED IN THE RIGHT, RIGHT.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING THAT COVERS SO MUCH.
LUCKILY WE JUST HEARD A WHOLE PRESENTATION ON IT YESTERDAY, SO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT'S IN THERE.
WELL, AND ALSO, I MEAN, I, TO THE POINT AROUND GROCERY STORES, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THIS KIND OF AN ACTIVITY AND PROCESS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SPECIFIC INTERESTS THAT ARE ON YOUR MIND WHEN YOU THINK INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND SO UNDERSTANDING AND HEARING THAT CONVERSATION, IT ALSO GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL.
ALRIGHT, SO OUR NEXT ONE IS ON COMMUNITY WELLBEING.
THESE FIRST TWO ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS IN HERE.
UM, IT WILL COME UP, IT'LL CATCH UP WITH US IN A MINUTE.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF THINGS.
IT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, SAFETY AND SECURITY AS WELL.
ALSO ALL OF THE NATURAL, UM, RESOURCE AMENITIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND SO HERE, LIKE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, WE HEARD ABOUT THE CITY'S, UH, SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
AND SO THAT ALSO SEEMS TO INCORPORATE A LOT OF, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, PURSUE THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING TO, TO ACCESS WITH ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL AND OTHER AMENITIES.
UH, SO THIS KIND OF WHOLE PREMISE, UH, PREMISE OF CREATING A, AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY, UH, PROMOTE AND EXPAND AVONDALE'S NATURAL ASSETS SUCH AS PARKS, TRAILS, RIVERS, WILDERNESS AREAS TO RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND BUSINESSES.
UH, SO THE PARK, OR THE, SORRY, THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT SYSTEM COMPLETE AND EXPANDED.
I THINK WE FALL IN THERE, UH, CONNECTING WITH AND EDUCATING RESIDENTS ON SAFETY RESOURCES.
UM, PARTNER WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPLEMENT INTEGRATED COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS RESOURCES.
AND THEN WE KNOW THAT WE'LL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER ON SOME STRATEGIES RELATED TO SOCIAL HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO WORK WITH CHRIS TO, TO NAME THOSE.
BUT THOUGHTS, I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE SOME ON THIS ONE FOR BULLET POINT NUMBER TWO, ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL AND OTHER AMENITIES.
THAT'D BE SPECIFIC TO RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING OR JUST RECREATION IN GENERAL? WELL, I MEAN, I THINK IT COULD BE BOTH.
UM, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS A CONVERSATION OF WHAT YOU WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, IN, IN DRAFTING IT, IT WAS THINKING ABOUT, IT COULD BE PROGRAMMING, IT COULD BE PARKS, RIGHT? IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BOTH.
I SEE WHAT I SEE AN IDEA BUBBLE POPPING UP OVER THERE.
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I THINK IT, IT, IT BOTH, AND THEN ALSO THE IDEA THAT IT'S NOT ALL OFFERED THROUGH THE CITY EITHER.
THERE COULD BE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OR, UH, A PARTNERSHIP IN GENERAL WITH A NONPROFIT THAT CAN COORDINATE US IN EXPANDING OUR REACH, UH, WITHOUT US HAVING TO TAKE IT ON.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE A FACILITATOR OR WE'RE HELPING THEM WITH SPACE.
UM, BUT I DO THINK IF WE'RE GONNA CALL OUT THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, THEN THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE REFERENCE THE, THE RECENTLY ADOPTED PARKS, RECREATION MASTER AND LIBRARY MASTER PLAN.
UM, BUT THIS IS, THAT'S A 10 YEAR MASTER PLAN.
I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TIMELINE, BUT, UM, AND THEN WE, I, WE TALK ABOUT ANNEXATION, WHICH I DON'T LIKE, I KNOW WE DON'T LOVE THAT WORD, BUT WE HAVE TO START TALKING ABOUT, UM, SECURING PARKLAND OR WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS TO INCREASE PARKLAND.
SO AMENITIES AND, UH, ACCESS CAN KEEP UP WITH OUR GROWTH, MR. MAYOR.
BUT THAT'S COVERED IN, UH, EXPAND AVONDALE'S NATURAL ASSETS.
SO, SO THAT, THAT'S COVERED IN, IN THERE.
UM, SO, SO PAR BULLET 0.2, THEN GOING BACK TO COREY'S POINT ABOUT THIS BEING MORE THAN JUST AVONDALE PROGRAMMING, I, I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD, UH, CONVEY THAT OR COMMUNICATE IT WELL, MR. MAYOR, I LIKE THE WORD ACCESS TOO, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY WE WILL PROVIDE, UH, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE ACCESS TO IT.
SO THE WAY WE GET ACCESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS IS GIVING 'EM A DISCOUNT OR A PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE'VE CREATED.
SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MILLION EMPLOYEES TO PUT ON ALL THESE EVENTS.
SO I THINK AS LONG AS WE'RE AT ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER AMENITIES OR, UM, FOR ALL AGES, BUT WE'LL KIND OF WORDSMITH THAT LATER, BUT RIGHT.
ONE AND THE PRO THE PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING ALSO LIKE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAKING SURE TO MAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ABUNDANT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE DELIVERING THEM DIRECTLY, ALWAYS.
SO I THINK THE COMBINATION OF PROMOTING THAT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO, I THINK BOTH OF THOSE THINGS CAN WORK THROUGH PARTNERS OR DIRECTLY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS IT OR SPEAK TO THESE, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO CALL THEM OUT.
UM, WE HAVE REALLY GREAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN PLACE, UM, THAT REALLY SUBMITS TO THE COMMUNITY WELLBEING, BUT WE HAVE TO KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT HERE.
AND THEN I ALSO, UM, NOT SURE HOW MANY FOLKS ARE AWARE OF IT, BUT RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS KIND OF PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT TO PREVENT FOOD INSECURITY IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO SPEAK TO THAT NUTRITIONAL, UH, 'CAUSE WE HAVE AGRICULTURAL ROOTS AND WE WANT TO STILL PROMOTE CULTIVATING WHETHER, OR NOW IT'S NOT THAT LARGE AG, MAYBE IT'S THAT BACKYARD AG, UM, AND CULTIVATION.
BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD SPEAK TO, UM, ADDING SOME NUTRITIONAL ASPECT IN THAT, NOT REQUIRING IT, JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IT HERE AND, AND, AND NOT THE RETAIL ASPECT, BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL GROW AND EAT THE FOOD HERE IN AVONDALE.
WELL, AND MAYBE WITH, UM, THE SECOND ONE THERE, THE, THE HEALTHY LIVING, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING AROUND, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION AROUND, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOLS, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE CITY'S DELIVERING DIRECTLY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WHOLE PROMOTING A HEALTHY LIVING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY A PART OF THAT AND WEAVING IT IN IF WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE THAT UNDERNEATH THE EDUCATION.
I WAS GOING TO ADD THE SAFETY RESOURCES, BUT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, EDUCATING PEOPLE ON HOW TO HAVE A LIFE, A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
SO I MAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT SECOND BULLET, WE REALLY NEED TO, TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE, UM, DOES THE EDUCATION AROUND IT COULD MAYBE EVEN GO INTO THAT FOURTH BULLET, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON EDUCATION COUNCIL MEMBER WEISS, I, I'M LOST UNDER THE CONNECT WITH AN EDUCATE REST, WHICH, WHICH LINE ARE YOU ON? I'M SORRY.
AND NUMBER FOUR, I WAS JUST FEELING LIKE THE EDUCATION OF THE RESIDENTS.
LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEIR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
SO WE'RE EDUCATING 'EM ON THE SAFETY RESOURCES WE HAVE, BUT ALSO, AND OTHER THINGS, AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
AND HOW TO HAVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE TOO.
AND THEN, IF I MAY, UH, ON THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, I, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A BULLET IN HERE ABOUT, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY.
I, I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY ADDRESSED WELL.
SO I, I THINK A MAINTAIN, UM, AS A TOP PRIORITY, THE, UH, SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT IN THERE.
AND THEN, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
AND I THINK THE SOCIAL SERVICES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I WANNA SAY ADDRESS OR ASSIST WITH, BUT, UM, MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR, UM, NEED.
SO I WAS THINKING OF THE FOOD ADDRESSING, UM, FOOD INSECURITY.
I WAS THINKING OF ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
I WAS THINKING OF THE, OUR A DA PROGRAMS FOR HOMES THAT, THAT WE WORK THROUGH
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OUR, OUR MEALS ON WHEELS FOR SENIORS.SO ALL OF THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING WATER AND HEAT BILL ASSISTANCE, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ALL THOSE THINGS TOO.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S OUR RE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT MAYBE IT'S FACILITATE THE, UH, OUR OR DIRECTING RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING FOOD AND SHELTER OR SOMETHING.
TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL DETERMINANTS AND HEALTH DETERMIN, THAT WORD
OF COURSE THERE'S A TERM FOR THAT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE THOUGH, FOR THE, IT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE.
WE'LL MAKE THAT THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY JUST KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER.
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THAT ONE.
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING AROUND SAFETY IN THERE.
WE HAVE IT IN OUR STATEMENT ABOVE.
UM, THERE WAS, UM, IN THE LAST STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WE ACTUALLY WERE JUST LOOKING AT THIS, THERE WAS A STATEMENT AROUND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, UM, THAT HAD BEEN INCLUDED.
IT HADN'T COME UP IN ANY OF THE CONVERSATIONS.
AND SO WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CARRIES FORWARD NOW, BUT MAYBE IT DOES.
WELL, THE, UM, I THINK, UM, OUR COMMUNITY RESPECTS AND IS APPRECIATIVE OF OUR, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT ALWAYS COMES UP IN TOPIC BECAUSE OF WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT AS A COMMUNITY MAINTAIN.
IT'S, IT'S JUST A, IT'S AN, IT'S AN EXPECTANCE AND ACCEPTED, UH, UH, THING.
I, I DO HAVE ONE OTHER THING, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN.
SO, UM, WE HAVE EMPHASIZED, UH, BEAUTIFYING THE CITY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'VE INCREASED OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE'VE ENFORCED OUR EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE, UH, TORN DOWN SOME HOMES THAT, THAT WERE DILAPIDATED.
SO WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF EFFORT, UH, BEAUTIFYING THE CITY.
AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE A PLACE THAT WE WOULD PUT IN THERE TO, UM, UH, MAINTAIN, TO ENFORCE, TO, UH, ENSURE THAT OUR CITY IS, UH, BEAUTIFUL, OR IT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT SOMEONE SMARTER THAN THEY WELL MAINTAINED.
STILL HAVING A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY HEADING IN OUR NO, IT'S GONE.
I LIKE, PROBABLY ONLY THEN, WELL, I GUESS I, SO A QUESTION I WOULD ASK YEP.
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE IS IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE WORKED ON, IS WE DON'T, DO YOU WANNA OH, NO, NO.
IT'S, OH, TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING, MAYBE YOU DO, WE NEED TO IMPROVE IT.
IT, IT'S A, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
WE JUST IMPLEMENTED A NEW PROGRAM LAST WEEK, SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STILL EVOLVING THROUGH.
UM, THE, UH, THE HOUSE, UH, THING PROGRAM'S ONLY BEEN IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
THE, THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THE, THE HOUSE TEAR DOWN? UM, OH, NO, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A WHILE, BUT, OKAY.
WE JUST MADE IT A PRIORITY IN THE LAST YEAR AND A, WE JUST STARTED ENFORCING IT LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
WELL, SO I THINK SOME OF THIS FUN TUNING WE CAN MAYBE TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE BACK TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH INCLUDING SOME TYPE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT IN YOUR LIST OF PRIORITIES.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK OR ISSUES WITH IT? OKAY.
SO A FEW THINGS TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS ONE AND SOME LANGUAGE TO REFINE, UM, GENERALLY HIT THE MARKS IN TERMS OF THE TOPICS.
IT'LL, IT'LL HANG OUT HERE FOR A WHILE,
BUT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, BUT ALSO, OH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MARKS MM-HMM
AND SO WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, I KNOW THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, JEN, MAYBE REFRESH MY MEMORY, DID WE TALK ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE CORRIDOR ENOUGH THAT WE DON'T NEED TO MENTION, UM, FACILITATING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN AS A BULLET ON THIS ONE.
IT'S PART OF THE PLAN, IT'S PART OF THE OVERARCHING, UH, STATEMENT, UH, ENSURING HAVING ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE.
BUT THEN WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT ANYTHING BELOW ABOUT DOING ANYTHING TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT'S IN THE OTHER ONE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE COUNCIL'S, I MEANT OF THE SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES STRATEGY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
SO I THOUGHT THAT PARENTHESES WOULD KIND, KIND OF ENCOMPASS THAT AS WE BUILD THAT OUT AND KIND OF GIVE US THE PLACE TO PUT THOSE ACTUAL WORDS IN THERE TO MATCH THAT.
UM, BUT I, I JUST, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT WORDS TO USE RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES, ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT ARE THOSE PARTNERS THAT WE'RE HERE ON OUR HEALTHCARE PANEL.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE SERVICES WE OFFER.
WELL, AND BECAUSE SO MUCH OF IT IS DEPENDENT ON THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE, THE WORK OF THE PARTNERS, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T OVER TILT HERE
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AND BE LIKE, WE'RE GONNA DO THESE THINGS WHEN ACTUALLY TAKES A VILLAGEARE WE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE? OKAY.
CONNECTED IN AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT ONE POP UP IN JUST A MOMENT, I'M SURE.
SO HERE WE HAVE FEWER STRATEGIES YOU WILL SEE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED, SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
I WILL SAY THE ONES THAT WE STARTED OFF WITH ARE BIG AND, YOU KNOW, BODACIOUS OUTCOMES AREAS.
THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED.
UH, SO WE HAVE A FEW THINGS HERE.
SO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GO DO PRETTY MUCH EXPAND COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHICS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE PRIORITY OF ENGAGING, CELEBRATE WITH AVONDALE BUSINESS, SORRY, COLLABORATE.
AND THEN CELEBRATE
AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT'S BETTER SUITED TO THE ECONOMIC, UM, DEVELOP OR ECONOMIC VITALITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.
UH, AND THE LAST ONE, EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION ACCESS TO CITY SERVICES.
WITH THOSE, THE, THE TECHNOLOGY ONE YOU WERE MENTIONING.
I DON'T SEE US, UM, TALKING ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN, LIKE, ABBY WISE, MAYBE USING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, AI THAT POWERS SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UM, TO FIND SOME OF THE EFFICIENCIES.
SO I, I THINK THAT, UM, WE LOOK AT CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS JUST GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LEVERAGE AS INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, AND SO UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT RECOGNIZES THAT WHEN I SEE EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY, UM, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, UH, AND OTHER MEANS TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION.
SO EITHER WE CAN, WE CAN INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLES, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UH, IT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT WITH THE INNOVATIVE, UH, GOVERNMENT AREA TOO, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU ACCESS, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS OR RESOURCES OR INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE IN HOW YOU'RE DELIVERING SERVICES.
UM, AS OPPOSED TO THIS ONE, WHICH IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL, I THINK.
I THINK THE REASON I SAY THAT IN THIS IS PROBABLY SENSITIVE.
HOWEVER, UM, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE THINGS IN TWO LANGUAGES, SO SOMETIMES YOU CAN AUTOMATE YEP.
AUTOMATE THE AI TRANSLATION SERVICES, JUST 'CAUSE UH, WE'RE STILL, UH, MAJORITY LATINA HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO HAVE A LIVE ACCESS VOICE.
YOU MIGHT WANT THAT AI TECHNOLOGY TO GENERATE.
WELL, AND I THINK THE EFFECTIVELY UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY DO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION PROBABLY SPEAKS TO THE TRANSLATION SERVICES YOU'RE DESCRIBING.
SO, SO KEN AND I WERE JUST, JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE MISSING, UM, COULD BE MISSING PIECES IS, UH, FOR THE, UH, ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
CONNECTED COMMUNITY IS OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO A LOT OF THE EVENT, A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT IN THE MASTER, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND OTHER, EVEN DURING THE MEETINGS, UM, THE WANTING TO HONOR THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE PLAN TO DO THAT IS THROUGH SMALLER, MORE FREQUENT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
SO I THINK SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, UH, IMPLEMENT TO, UM, PUT ON OR HOST, THANK YOU, UH, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, THAT CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTION.
UM, AND THAT CAN BE VERY GENERAL FROM FORMAL MEETINGS TO PARK MEETING TO PARK EVENTS TO OUR ACADEMIES, TO ALL SORTS OF, OF THINGS.
WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, SO ALONG THE FREEWAY WE HAVE THE, UM, SIGNS, THE BILLBOARDS YEAH.
BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE WE HAVE 'EM, WHICH I KNOW IS, THAT'S FINE.
I KNOW AROUND THE ROUTE OR ROUTE 30, WE'RE PROBABLY, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM, BUT PEOPLE DO LOOK AT THEM AND, AND THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO ADVERTISE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY MORE FREQUENTLY.
UM, AND JUST UPDATING, BECAUSE I KNOW AS YOU'RE DRIVING BY, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, OH, THIS WEEKEND THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE 'EM, BUT MAYBE JUST UTILIZING THAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY MORE TOO.
NO, I THINK IT FITS UNDER NUMBER OF WHATEVER, REMEMBER THAT IS FOUR UP THERE.
BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
SO THAT, AND ALSO HOSTING COMMUNITY AND SPECIAL EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTION.
I LOVE THAT YOU'RE BROADENING THE DEFINITION AROUND CONNECTED COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA READY SAY BEFORE IS, UM,
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IS THIS, I KNOW IT'S IN THE OTHER YEAH, SHE, I'M JUST TALKINGI'M JUST REPEATING WHAT'S TALKING TO ME.
WE HAVE SOME FOOT BRIDGES THAT I KNOW ARE DESIRED.
SO AGAIN, IT'S A LIT, I KNOW A LOT OF THIS WAS ABOUT CONNECTING INFORMATION AND CREATING SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THERE IS A, IS A BARRIER.
SO AGAIN, IT MIGHT BE JUST WORTH REPEATING IN THIS AREA THAT COUNCIL PRIORITIZES, UH, THE CREATION OF, UM, MULTIMODAL CONNECTIONS SO PEOPLE CAN GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B HOWEVER YOU YEAH.
OR SAY THAT IMPROVE YOU MOVE YEAH.
WELL, WE HAVE THAT IN TRANSPORTATION THOUGH, RIGHT? WE DO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS, IS THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT MEAN WE SHOULD EXPAND, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE DOING IT IS SO PEOPLE CAN GET CONNECTED.
AND I, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY A BAD THING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS IN BOTH PLACES.
UM, AND AT A MINIMUM IT'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE IT AND, AND GET THE WORDS INTO THE DOCUMENT.
UM, BUT THEY ARE SERVING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PURPOSES, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
AND, AND THE LAST THING I CAN THINK OF IS, UM, INVESTING IN FACILITIES THAT PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT.
SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR PARKS, INVESTING IN OUR PARKS, WHEN I THINK OF INVESTING IN OUR LIBRARIES, WHEN I THINK OF INVESTING IN STUFF, PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, A MUSEUM TO HONOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, HOPEFULLY, UM, IT'S ABOUT CREATING SPACES, MAYBE THAT'S THE WORD.
CREATING SPACES, COMMUNITY FOR CONNECTIONS.
PUBLIC SPACES CAN, PUBLIC COMMUNITY SPACES FACE MAKING.
DID YOU GO HAVE A COMMENT, MAYOR? NO, AND I AGREE.
I MEAN, THINKING ABOUT, UH, SITUATIONS LIKE THE, UM, THE REHAB TO ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, UH, UTILIZE, UTILIZING GRANT FUNDING TO, UH, MAKE CHANGES TO SOME OF THE LIBRARIES THAT ALLOW FOR THAT CONNECTIVITY TO HAPPEN.
SO I'LL GO IN LINE WITH WHAT RON JUST MENTIONED, AND I MIGHT EVEN OFFER THAT EVEN IN OUR COMMERCIAL SPACES.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID AT THE BOULEVARD WITH THE, WITH THE WATER FEATURES, YOU KNOW? OH, YEAH, YEAH.
CREATING THOSE TYPES OF PLACES, EVEN WITHIN OUR COMMERCIAL SPACES HAS SOME COMMUNITY CONNECTION.
PEOPLE GO THERE ANYWAY FOR THEIR SHOPPING, WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING.
UM, BUT THEN TO HAVE A PLACE TO GATHER, A PLACE FOR A RESPITE, A PLACE FOR KIDS TO HANG OUT, YOU KNOW, WHILE THEIR PARENTS ARE PICTURES, WE TAKE PICTURES AT THE, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS LOVE, EVERYONE STOPS AND MM-HMM
WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING FENCES AROUND OUR HEART SO PEOPLE AREN'T GOING IN THE MIDDLE OF DALE BOULEVARD ANYMORE.
AND SOME OF THAT ARE PRETTY, SOME OF THAT, IT'S NOT EASY TO MOVE THAT STRIP OUT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FUN TOURIST DETRACTION.
NOT IF ANY OF YOU'RE MY AGE, YOU KNOW WHAT FROG IS? IT'S ABOUT FROG.
SEE HOW FAST TO HAVE A DAY WHERE WE KNOW THE ROAD'S GONNA BE SHUT DOWN AND WE CAN GO OUT THERE THOUGH.
THE ROAD WE FROG, ROJ WON'T LET ME SHUT DOWN AND HAVE NO BOULEVARD.
WELL, AND WE AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL BE FINE A LITTLE BIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE INVESTMENT FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PLACEMAKING AND SO THEN IT'S, YES.
IT MAY NOT BE AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL PLACE AND IT MAY BE MORE THAN JUST INVESTING.
YEAH, THE SENSE OF PLACE, RIGHT? THAT WE, PEOPLE CAN CONNECT AND FEEL A PART OF SOMETHING.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE? OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE THAT HAS TO PROBABLY FIND US WAY IN HERE.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD NATURAL RESOURCES BUNDLED HERE, SO WE HAD TO MOVE THINGS AROUND AND IT LEFT US A LITTLE BIT LEAN.
WE, KIM TOLD US ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
SO THAT'S A BIG ONE, RIGHT? UH, AND THEN ALSO THEN WE HAVE SOME VERY GENERIC SORT OF THINGS.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO, TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE MAINTAIN, EXPAND QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, AND ENHANCE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
UM,
I WOULD WANT TO INCORPORATE, UM, PEDESTRIAN AND, UM, SOME TYPE OF TRAIL WORDING IN HERE TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE INSTEAD OF, FOR, UM, COMMERCIAL USE.
I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS TO MAKE ROADS SAFER CARS, RIGHT? OR TO, TO MAKE
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AREAS SAFE FOR COMMERCE.BUT WE NEED TO, UH, MAKE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE SAFE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MOM WHO HAS TO WALK UP AVONDALE BOULEVARD, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CORNER OF VAN BUREN ALL THE WAY UP TO WHERE DUTCH GROVES IS JUST STILL NOT ENOUGH THERE.
UM, AND THEN I, I WOULD THINK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING, SOMEBODY TALKS ABOUT LIKE AMAZON DOING THEIR DELIVERY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE MASS AVIATION, BUT WE STILL HAVE DRONES THAT FLY IN THE AREA.
SO WE DO HAVE TO HAVE AN AVIATION ASPECT TO OUR PLANNING AND PROJECTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT EVEN USES AND HAS AVIATION PILOT LICENSE.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO RE-EXPAND AND REIMAGINE HOW WE THINK ABOUT AVIATION, UM, IN OUR PLACE AND SPACE.
SO WE HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT, THAT, THAT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AVIATORS HERE AND AVIATION HAPPENS IN THIS SPACE.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BOEINGS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, IT'S THE AMAZON PACKAGE BEING DELIVERED THAT MIGHT GET KNOCKED DOWN BY A SEMI-TRUCK THAT'S TOO HIGH.
WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THAT WAS GONNA BE THERE.
YOU GUYS DO KNOW THAT AVONDALE IS IN ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT HAS, UH, AIR DELIVERY.
IT'S VERY LIKE, LITERALLY, LITERALLY, LITERALLY DROP IT OFF IN YOUR FRONT BACKYARD, ONLY UP TO FIVE POUNDS.
BUT THE THE, THE THING IS LIKE MASSIVE AND IT'LL DROP OFF LIKE ANYWHERE IN YOUR LIKE HOUSE.
SO YOU GET TO CHOOSE THE LOCATION YOU WANT IT TO DROP OFF.
SO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, MY COUSIN DOES IT ALL THE TIME JUST TO WATCH IT.
YEAH, SOMETIMES YOU GO OUT ON ONE OF OUR PATIOS, YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THE, UH, DRONES FLYING AROUND.
THEY SAID THE NUMBER ONE THING IS BATTERIES.
MAINLY MAKEUP THAT IT DELIVERS.
IS THAT WHAT THE, THEY TOLD, THEY TOLD ME.
THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MAINLY BATTERIES.
THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE IS A BIG THING THEY WERE SAYING.
I'VE TRIED IT ONCE MY MASCARA WAS THERE, DROPPED IT.
IT'S A MASCARA JUST SO I CAN HAVE IT DELIVERED.
I'M SURE YOU SHOULD DELIVER SOMETHING HERE.
YOU, YOU CAN HAVE ALL YOUR STAFF COME.
CAN WE ADD A COLLABORATION ASPECT? I'M SORRY, SHERRY.
COLLABORATION ASPECT WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS TOO.
'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY COLLABORATORS WHO DO INFRASTRUCTURE.
I JUST THINK ABOUT WE REALLY NEED LIKE THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO KIND OF SIT DOWN AND HELP OUT WITH FLOOD CONTROL TO TALK TO THE HEALER RIVER NATION IN PHOENIX AND THE RACEWAY.
AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER TO REALLY MAKE WHAT WE WANT HAPPEN.
AND SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF, THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF ONE OF THE STRATEGIES TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVE LIKE THIS ROUND TABLE ESTABLISHED WHERE WE CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION.
I KNOW RIO REIMAGINED IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF LONG TERM, BUT THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR MUNICIPALITY THAT IF WE DON'T KIND OF HOLD ONTO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT YOU AT OUR TABLE.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S OUR AREA TOO.
UM, THAT MIGHT LEAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.
WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT, I MEAN THAT IS, UM, REALLY ONE OF THOSE OVERARCHING THEMES THAT SEEMS TO TOUCH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE AREAS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATING WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE WITHIN THE CITY, SOME MIGHT BE REGIONAL PARTNERS.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS JUST A NATURE OF DOING BUSINESS HERE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS REGION WITH THE WEST VALLEY.
I THINK, UM, I, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY IN THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, BUT I, BUT I THINK IT'S, I KNOW IT'S MAINTAINING QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT I THINK STATING THE FACT THAT COUNCIL'S INVESTING ANNUALLY IN ROAD MAINTENANCE BECAUSE IT'S A PRIORITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT WAY WE STATE IT KIND OF SEPARATELY.
I, IT JUST SEEMS IMPORTANT TO ME FOR WHAT YOU GUYS HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE, THE ROADS AND I KNOW QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT WATER AND SEWER AND, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND THEN, AND THEN KIM, DO, DO YOU THINK WE NEED ANYTHING ABOUT THE FLOODPLAIN, ABOUT OUR, THE RIVER BASIN OR, UM, THE FLOOD CONTROL? SOMEONE SAID FLOOD CONTROL MADE ME THINK ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY.
WE, WE, WE DO COORDINATE REGULARLY WITH THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
UM,
WE, WE, WE PROCESS ALL THE LETTERS OF MACRO VISION FOR THE FLOODPLAIN AND WORK WITH THEM ON OUR TRAIL.
WE HAVE CIP TRAIL PROJECTS AND WE TALK ABOUT THE LOBBIES.
SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ACTIVE AND ONGOING.
SO THAT FITS UNDER COLLABORATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
KIRK, YOU'RE THINKING KIRK, ANYTHING FOR YOU? OH, SORRY.
AND THEN KIM, SORRY, HE'S LIKE, WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
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I JUST, I'M SORRY.I WANNA ADD ONE MORE THING WITH REGARDS TO FUNDING FOR, UH, MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS KIND OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT SHOULD BE ME OR KIRK, BUT, UM, CARS ARE BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE ELECTRIC CARS, SO FUNDING SOURCES IN THE PAST THAT WERE GAS TAX BASED ARE NOT, UM, KEEPING UP WITH THE USAGE ON VEHICLES.
SO JUST SOMETHING FOR CONSIDERATION.
WELL, AND MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A NEED, I MEAN, IT'S PART OF THE GOVERNMENT ONE I THINK AROUND FINANCE AND BUDGET, BUT MAYBE IT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WAS THINKING, OKAY, KEEP IT THERE.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO HAVE TOOLS? ARE WE ALLOWED TO HAVE TOOLS? I'VE NEVER ASKED THAT QUESTION.
I I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
UM, IT WOULD BE HIGHLY FROWNED UPON IN THIS, UH, STATE OF AFFAIRS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT RIGHT NOW.
WE, WE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS OR
AND KIRK AND KIM, CORRECT ME IF YOU THINK I'M WAY OFF BASE HERE, BUT WITH OUR, OUR CURRENT IN, IN CURRENT INVESTMENT AND OUR ONGOING INVESTMENT, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP UP.
WE'RE CATCHING UP, UH, RIGHT NOW WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN ROAD PROJECTS.
AND THEN, UM, I, I THINK IN THE CIP FIVE YEAR CIPI ONLY WASN'T ABLE TO FIND MONEY FOR TWO PROJECTS.
I THINK ALL THE OTHER ROAD PROJECTS WERE FUNDED THAT WERE IN THE ASK.
I THINK THERE WERE TWO INTERSECTIONS THAT I WAS STRUGGLING WITH.
SO I, I I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TOLLS YET.
UM, WELL, ONE IS DOES THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT EXPANSION END UP IN THIS OR NO? IS THAT JUST SOMETHING TOTALLY SEPARATE? IS IT IN THE WHAT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT EXPANSION? DOES THAT END UP IN THIS? OR IS THAT SOMETHING TOTALLY SEPARATE? UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I SEE ALL OF THAT UNDER MAINTAINING, EXPAND QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, I, WE WANNA BE, WE DON'T WANT A LONG, LONG LIST.
UM, BUT I THINK, I THINK KIRK, I'D FEEL COMFORTABLE PUTTING IT THERE.
I THINK SOME OF THOSE ARE SO BIG, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO NAME THEM SPECIFICALLY? I'LL LET KIRK COMMENT.
SO MAYOR COUNCIL, I, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT BELONGS IS IN THE MAINTAINING QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
FRANKLY, I THINK THE INVESTING ANNUALLY IN THE ROADS ALSO BELONGS IN THAT TOO.
JUST SO WE DON'T GET A VERY LONG AND SPECIFIC LIST.
NO, AND I AGREE AND THAT'S WHY I KIND OF ASK COUNSEL.
I JUST, UM, I KNOW IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASKS YOU GUYS GET IS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR ROADS.
AND SO, UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CALLED OUT.
WELL, I MIGHT, I MIGHT OFFER, I MEAN, IT CAN GO EITHER WAY, OBVIOUSLY UP TO YOU.
UM, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT A STRATEGIC PLAN IS ALSO SUCH A GOOD COMMUNICATION TOOL, RIGHT.
AND SAY THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
AND SO EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REGULAR AND ONGOING, IF IT'S A HIGH VISIBILITY, HIGH PROFILE THING THAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT A LOT, THERE'S NO HARM
YEAH, NO, THAT, THAT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING.
I KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T PAY FOR IT WITHOUT GETTING A LOAN.
I KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT OKAY.
THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULDN'T CALL IT OUT.
I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG ENOUGH.
WELL, IT'S ONLY 155 MILLION, I MEAN, RIGHT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO PROBABLY CONSUME A FAIR ENOUGH TIME.
AND RESOURCES, ALL OF OTHER THINGS.
AND SO YEAH, I I I AM ALSO IN AGREEMENT THAT IT'S NICE TO HAVE CONCISE OF STRATEGIES, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF NOT RIGHT PRIORITIES.
HIGHLIGHTING THOSE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY BIG AND IMPORTANT.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN AND EXPAND QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S SORT OF REFLECTED IN YOUR GOAL STATEMENT ANYWAY.
SO YOU COULD REMOVE THAT AND JUST ADD THE SPECIFIC ROADS AND WASTEWATER, THE TREATMENT FACILITY AS THINGS YOU'RE FOCUSING ON.
AND THE SECOND THING I WAS GONNA ASK IS, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE SIGNS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FROM THE COMMUNITY, ONE OF THEM TALKED ABOUT EV CHARGERS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, SO ANTICIPATING PLANNING FOR FUTURE NEEDS AND, UM, BUILD UP, YEAH.
AGAIN, UP TO COUNCIL, BUT IT'S, THAT'S IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, WHICH IS UNDER WELLNESS, ADDING, UH, EV EV, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT ONE SAFETY, HE'S, HE'S NOT NODDING YES OR NO, KURT, BUT THE SAY SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY PLAN HAS EV CHARGERS IN IT, RIGHT? YES SIR.
THERE, THE SAFETY, I KNOW IT WAS IN THE LAST, UH, BULLET POINT.
AND SO IS SAFETY ALL ENCOMPASSING THERE OR DOES IT FIND ITS WAY IN THIS AREA AS WELL? BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR AVIATION AND THINGS, SOME OF THAT MAY BE BORN OUT OF SAFETY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF SAFETY FINDS ITS WAY IN HERE AS WELL, OR IF THAT IS ASSUMED WITH SOME OF THE BULLET POINTS THERE.
'CAUSE WE'VE INVESTED IN THE HAWK LIGHTS, WE'VE INVESTED IN, UM, UH, MOBILE, UM, PHOTO RADAR SYSTEMS, JUST THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF, AND THOSE WERE ALL, A LOT OF THEM ARE SAFETY, UM, UH, DRIVEN.
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I DON'T KNOW IF THAT LENDS ITSELF TO PART OF THE STRATEGY OR IF, OR IF NOT.YEAH, PROBABLY THAT WOULD STAY ON, ON THE COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND SAFETY, UH, AREA FOCUS.
UM, BUT WE'LL KIND OF OKAY HERE.
WE COULD, YEAH, WE CAN PLAY AROUND WITH THAT ONE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER.
ANY OTHER HUNDRED $50 MILLION TICKET ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO MENTION?
UM, ALRIGHT, SO LET'S GO TO OUR LAST ONE THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AND THEN I DO WANNA NOT FORGET TO GO BACK TO THE VISION STATEMENT AND PUT FRESH EYES ON THAT ONE AFTER WE'VE FINISHED THIS.
SO INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT.
SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES WE HAVE HERE.
IMPROVE INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, COMMUN CUSTOMER SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGH STREAMLINED PROCESSES.
SO THAT REALLY FOCUSES THIS, THE, UM, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AROUND THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
LEVERAGE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND COMMUNITY OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES.
PROBABLY MORE THAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES TOO.
UM, ENSURE RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL PLANNING TO SUPPORT CITY OPERATIONS AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS WHERE YOU GET YOUR FINANCE FOCUS AND THEN ATTRACT, RETAIN, AND DEVELOP A DIVERSE AND COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
BE PUT IN PARENTHESES OF BEING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE FOR THE LAST ONE.
UM, OKAY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND THE WORD FOR ME, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO EXPLAIN.
UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP DIVERSE AND COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE, I WANNA SAY LIKE, HIRING, LIKE THE BEST, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, WHEN WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THEM.
SO I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW HIGHLY, HIGHLY COMPETENT.
NO, THAT
BECAUSE MY THOUGHT WAS HIGHLY, UH, I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT.
INSTEAD OF A DIVERSE AND COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE, WE WANT A HIGHLY COMPETENT WORKFORCE THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY.
OR HOW ABOUT A QUALIFIED? HIGHLY QUALIFIED.
I THINK COMPETENT PROFESSIONAL IS MORE EFFICIENT OR A QUICKER WORD TO GET TO.
'CAUSE YOU ATTRACT, RETAIN, AND DEVELOP A COMPETENT WORKFORCE THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY.
PROMOTED THE ME AND A JUST REFLECTS NO, I WAS GONNA SAY I LIKE THAT BECAUSE WHEN I THINK OF ALL OF YOU AROUND ME, YOU GUYS ARE LIKE WAY UP HERE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO IN YOUR PROFESSIONS.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT LIKE, WHEN WE'RE ATTRACTING PEOPLE, THAT THEY ARE AT YOUR LEVEL AND NOT TRYING TO CATCH UP TO YOU, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
OH, MO MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO CATCH UP WITH ME AND
UH, AND, AND MR. MAYOR CAN ANDY, UH, YOU WANNA PUT 2 CENTS INTO THIS, SIR? UH, I WAS JUST THINKING, UH, QUALITY WORKFORCE, BUT I THINK HIGHLY COMPETENT.
I, IT'S, IT COULD GO EITHER WAY.
SO THAT WAS JUST MY INITIAL THOUGHT.
SO NO MORE MEETS EVERYBODY'S RIGHT.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DO HAVE TO DEVELOP THE PROFESSIONALS.
IT IT'S KIND OF REDUNDANT TO HAVE, DEVELOP A DIVERSE, BECAUSE THEN WE SAY THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE.
I WOULD TAKE THAT, UH, ATTRACT, RETAIN, AND DEVELOP HIGHLY COMPETENT WORKFORCE.
WORKFORCE THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY.
SHE'S, SHE TYPED IN LIKE TWO HOURS AGO NOW.
UM, OKAY, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN MAYBE ASK ANDY TO SEE IF, IF WHAT I'M GETTING READY TO SAY IS, IS TRUE TO ME, THAT STATEMENT.
UH, BECAUSE WE, WE HAD THE WORD COMPETITIVE AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS WE'RE GONNA REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE WORKFORCE.
BUT I REALLY THINK THAT FOR US TO ATTRACT, RETAIN, AND DEVELOP A HIGHLY COMPETENT WORKFORCE, WE HAVE TO STAY COMPETITIVE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO REPEAT THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, I DO YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ON THAT? ON DO WE NEED TO STATE THAT WE HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE AND WAGES AND SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND ALL THAT? I, I, I THINK DOING THAT MAKES US DO THE OTHER, UM, SO I, I THINK WHEN WE SAY SOMETHING LIKE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, THAT KIND OF SUMS EVERYTHING UP IN THAT LIKE, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TO BREAK IT APART.
THAT'D BE AN ACTION ITEM UNDER THAT.
WELL WE KNOW IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH MARKET OUT THERE TOO.
THERE'S A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
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WANT TO WORK IN THE FULL GOVERNMENT.ARE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS? WE'VE KIND OF GOT PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, FINANCE, THE WORKFORCE, UM, PARTNERSHIPS.
WE'RE, THERE'S NOTHING IN OTHER STATES.
SO PROMOTES OR, UH, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORD VERB IS, BUT, UM, I WAS INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.
WELL, I, I WROTE DOWN, I WROTE NOTES LAST NIGHT AND ONE OF 'EM WAS TO BE MODERN UPTODATE TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE OR TO PREVENT WASTE AND LOSS OF TIME.
AND I USED, UM, THE AUDITOR SOFTWARE AS AN EXAMPLE.
UH, LIKE IN MY HEAD, JUST HAVING THOSE TALKS, LIKE LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO STREAMLINE OUR PROCESSES INTERNALLY.
SO TO ME THAT'S INNOVATIVE IF YOU'RE, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THEM, UH, UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY.
BUT I ALSO JUST THINK, UM, ENCOURAGING INNOVATION, UM, IN DELIVERING EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE, UH, UH, SERVICES OR, YEAH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TECHNOLOGY.
RIGHT? WELL, AND IT'S ALSO TO, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO THAT YOU'RE BEING, 'CAUSE MAYBE IT'S RETHINKING HOW YOU DO IT.
MAYBE IT'S WORKING WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDER.
IT'S, OH, LOOK, ALL THE HANDS I WAS.
I KNOW, RIGHT? HOW ABOUT LIKE ACCURATE AND TRANSPARENT? WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE TRANSPARENT.
I THINK OUR STAFF AND OUR TEAMS KNOW HOW TO, UM, RETHINK WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND MAKE IT BETTER.
SO RELYING ON OUR STAFF TO HELP GUIDE INNOVATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND PARTNERS TO, UM, TELL US WHAT THE TRENDS ARE.
WE REALLY NEEDED TO HEAR THOSE TRENDS YESTERDAY.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE DOING THE JOB PROBABLY CAN FIND A COUPLE OF BETTER WAYS TO DO IT.
SO WE NEED TO REALLY RELY ON THEM.
MAYBE A STRATEGY AROUND EMPOWERING PEOPLE RIGHT? TO, TO FIND NEW WAYS, TO FIND BETTER WAYS TO DO THINGS.
I, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A CULTURE, RIGHT? YOU NOT SAYING YES.
NO, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, THAT, UM, INNOVATION IN A, IN ANY, UH, BUSINESS IS PART OF THE CULTURE, AND IF THE LEADERS DON'T ALLOW THE INNOVATION, THEN WE CAN'T ADD IT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE WELL RECEPTIVE AND, AND LISTEN TO, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS USED TO DOING SOMETHING THE SAME WAY ALL THE TIME.
SO WHEN NEW IDEAS COME IN MIND, UM, DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE, NO, LIKE THIS IS WORKING, DON'T CHANGE IT.
BUT MAYBE THE, THE INNOVATION FROM SOMEBODY LIKE NEW THAT'S SEEING IT FRESH IS LIKE, WELL, WE COULD DO IT FASTER OR WE COULD DO IT BETTER, YOU KNOW? BUT LIKE, UM, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT LIKE, IF WE'RE GONNA ADD THE INNOVATION PART WITH OUR, WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BE INNOVATIVE AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO COME UP WITH THOSE IDEAS AND THEY WILL BE HEARD.
MR. MAYOR COMES GARCIA, THE ONLY, THE ONLY HARD NO I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS, UM, UH, THE COLOR OF OUR BUILDINGS.
I, AFTER THE LAST COUPLE OF, UH, UH, WALMART BLUES THAT WENT UP, IS HE HERE TO LISTEN? YES, HE'S RIGHT THERE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M MAKING FUN OF SOMEBODY.
I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANNA MAKE FUN OF ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES.
IF THEY CAN'T HEAR ME, I DON'T WANNA TALK BEHIND THEIR BACK.
CAN I GO BACK TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SOLORIO, YOU SAID SOME WORDS ABOUT, I ONLY HEARD TRANSPARENCY, BUT I THOUGHT YOU HAD ACCURATE.
AND, AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO ADD THE WORD ACCOUNTABLE AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT THAT IN THERE AS WELL.
MAYOR COUNCIL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIM MENTIONED WAS FUNDING FOR ROADWAY MAINTENANCE.
AND I SEE RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL PLANNING, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT, UM, FEDERAL FUNDING RESOURCES FOR THINGS LIKE PUBLIC TRANSIT, THE BARLETT DAM, AND HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, IT IS GREAT TO PLAN, BUT WE ALSO, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME EFFORT IN, IN SOLICITING THOSE, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OR FIND OR FINDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND THIS COUNCIL HAS PRIORITIZED US GOING AFTER GRANTS.
SO I WOULD SAY, UM, SOMETHING ABOUT ENCOURAGING, UM, THE, UH, OBTAINING, UM, OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES, NON-LOCAL TAXPAYER RESOURCES TO FUND THINGS.
ANYTHING ELSE WE'VE MISSED IN THIS ONE? OKAY.
THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY THAT DID NOT GET TOUCHED ON AT ALL TODAY.
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AND IT DOES.THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID GET BROUGHT UP THAT WE DO HAVE A LACK OF CHILDCARE OPTIONS.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, AS A CITY WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.
BUT IF THERE IS A WAY, THEN MAYBE THERE IS A WAY TO THROW IT INTO ONE OF THESE BUCKETS.
SO I CONSIDER, SO I WOULD, I THINK UNDER, UM, EITHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR WELLBEING, REDUCING THE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT IS WHAT CAME TO MIND FOR ME.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S, UH, TRANSPORTATION, IT'S, UH, UH, CHILDCARE, IT'S ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS.
SO I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE, UH, REDUCING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT.
I, I BELIEVE IT CAME UP EARLIER, BUT I WASN'T SURE IF THIS IS WHERE IT STILL BELONGS.
THE IDEA OF BEING INDUSTRY LEADING OR MAINTAINING ACCREDITATION PRACTICES AND PROCESSES THAT KIND OF PUT DALE ON THE MAP.
I KNOW THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WORD FOR IT.
I, I KNOW WE'RE, AND NOT AWARD-WINNING NECESSARILY, BUT ACCREDITED AND INDUSTRY LEADING BEST PRACTICE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE INVESTMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS.
IT TAKES TIME AND MONEY TO MAINTAIN ACCREDITATIONS, SO MM-HMM
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY? BEST PRACTICE.
I THINK WE HAVE A SUPER SOLID FIRST DRAFT, RIGHT? UH, SO, SO AS RON MENTIONED, WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THE, THE WORK FROM TODAY AND WE WILL FRAME THIS INTO A DRAFT, UH, FRAMEWORK.
AND SO WE'LL WORK THROUGH RON AND HE CAN, YOU KNOW, CIRCULATE IT WITH THE TEAM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HITTING THE BIG MARKS, UM, IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE AND THAT RECOGNIZES YOUR PRIORITIES.
UH, AND THEN THAT WILL COME BACK TO FOR FRESH EYES AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOKING AT IT WITH A, A LENS OF COMPREHENSION ALTOGETHER.
LET'S GO TO THE VISION REALLY QUICK.
I JUST WANNA GO BACK THERE ONE MORE TIME.
IN DALE, WE EMBRACE THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE BY FOSTERING INNOVATION AND EMPOWERING ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.
HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT IT? WE STILL FEEL GOOD AND THEN WE SAY WE MAKE LIVES BETTER.
AND WE ARE, WE ARE HELPFUL, KIND AND PROFESSIONAL.
I, I JUST SAID THAT ONE THAT WE'RE MISSING POSSIBLY IS VISITORS.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT VISITORS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, WE TALK ABOUT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO IN YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
AND SO IT KIND OF HITS IT IN THAT POINT, WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF THE TOURISM GOALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOO.
AND BY EMPOWERING OUR BUSINESSES, THEY HOPEFULLY WILL BE ENCOURAGING VISITORS, I GUESS, BUT MM-HMM
I MEAN, THIS, THIS REALLY DRIVES US FORWARD INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
SO, AND ALSO VISITORS GONNA BECOME RESIDENTS.
THEY COME HERE, THEY MUST
WELL, IF YOU WENT TO AMAZON DELIVERIES, YOU GOTTA MOVE TO AVENUE.
I, I THINK THE ONLY THING, AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE I LOVE THE THREE, A'S THE ASPIRE ACHIEVE, ACCELERATE, I, I SEE THAT FITTING INTO, UM, EMPOWERING ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, UM, TO ASPIRE, ACHIEVE, ACCELERATE, AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
BECAUSE THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT ACCELERATING ON THE STREET.
WE'RE TELLING THEM WHERE TO ACCELERATE TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
IN AVONDALE, WE EMBRACE THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE BY FOSTERING INNOVATION AND EMPOWERING ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO ASPIRE, ACHIEVE, AND ACCELERATE TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
I SAY, DOES THAT FEEL LIKE THE BOOST THAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR
SO ARE WE LIKE COUNCIL? CAN WE GET ANOTHER, WE GET ANOTHER YES.
'CAUSE THERE'S TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT HERE TODAY.
SO THIS WILL COME BACK FOR A VOTE OF COUNCIL AT SOME POINT.
[04:15:02]
SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET A GOLD STAR.WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT PUT IT IN WITH THIS.
COUNCIL, HOW COMMITTED ARE YOU TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL? 'CAUSE THAT IS A COMMON VISION STATEMENT IN AND A ANOTHER CITY NEARBY.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? WHAT DO YOU HAVE, KATIE? I, IT'S, IT'S OUR OLD CITY'S VISION.
OUR OLD CITY HAS THE, SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO TWEAK IT.
HAS THIS ONE, HAS THE TWO REACHED THEIR FULL POTENTIAL? HEY, I THOUGHT I WAS ORIGINAL.
I, I MEAN, SO WE CAN LOOK AT, TO REACH NEW HEIGHT TO ACHIEVE, I MEAN, JUST TO TWEAK IT, I JUST, IT JUST IS REALLY SIMILAR TO REACH FULLER.
I WASN'T, YOU WERE A PART OF THEOD.
YOU DIDN'T LEAVE FIRST PEORIA.
HERE'S PEORIA'S VISION TO MAKE LIVES BETTER.
OUR VISION PEORIA'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT SERVICES, PROTECTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT FOSTERS A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE.
THEY DIDN'T UPDATE THEIR WEBSITE.
OH, DID THEY CHANGE IT? BUT YEAH, WE DON'T WANNA PICK IT UP BECAUSE WE TOOK TWO THEIR PEOPLE UP ROOM.
UH, WE DO MORE THAN TOO TO ABANDON MR I'M SORRY THAT I FORGOT MY NAME.
WE HAD SOME OTHER LEVELS OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE LEFT AND JOINED US.
MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE MARICOPA
WE DO HAVE SOME MARICOPA COUNTY.
YOU THINK WANNA SHERIFF SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CITY RICH IN HISTORY AND NATURAL BEAUTY? YOU DON'T WANT? NO.
WE COULD JUST DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT WE'RE DOING ALREADY.
ASPIRE, ACHIEVE AND ACCELERATE TO MAKE LIVES BETTER.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK IF, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, CHECK ALL HIS THINGS AND I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE GOT THE PREMISE HERE.
[8. Closing and Next Steps]
THE CURRENT STATEMENT.SO, UH, NEXT STEPS, UM, ARE THAT WE WILL TAKE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK TODAY AND PUT THAT INTO A CRISP DOCUMENT THAT JUST HAS THAT, THE FRAMEWORK CONTENT.
UH, AND SO WE'LL WORK THROUGH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T, YOU KNOW, MESSING THINGS UP FOR ANYBODY.
UH, BUT THEN I'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL SO YOU CAN SEE IT ALL, ALL PUT TOGETHER BEFORE WE PRODUCE KIND OF THE FINAL DOCUMENT, WHICH WILL BE, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE OF A DELIVERABLE HANDOUT.
UM, SO WE'LL YOU'LL HAVE THE CONTENT TO LOOK AT.
YOU CAN MAKE ANY FINAL TWEAKS OR ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE TWO FOLKS WHO ARE MISSING RIGHT NOW WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT THEIR EYES ON IT AS WELL.
UM, ONCE WE GET YOUR FEEDBACK, WE WILL FINALIZE IT AND CREATE, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE, UM, AN UPDATE, YOU KNOW, A FRESH ONE, UM, BUT SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.
AND THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR ADOPTION IN JUNE.
ANY CLOSING THOUGHTS, COMMENTS? MAYBE LET'S JUST, WE JUST DO A QUICK AROUND THE, AROUND WITH THE COUNCIL AND THEN RON IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING TOO, HOW YOU FEELING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE? SO I WON'T MAKE YOU DO IN SIX WORDS, BUT QUICK TAKEAWAYS ABOUT OUR TIME TOGETHER, UM, AND THEN YOUR HOPES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WHO, WHO WANTS TO GET US STARTED? I'LL GET US STARTED.
UM, I THINK THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY SEE THAT LIKE ALL OF US ON SITTING ON COUNCIL ARE KIND OF, WE'RE ALL ALIGNED IN WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR AVONDALE.
UM, WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T SIT FOR COFFEE YESTERDAY AND LIKE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GONNA SHARE, BUT WE KIND OF ALIGNED IN WHAT WE WANT WITH AVONDALE AS WELL WITH THE LEADERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, DRIVING AVONDALE.
SO I THINK LOOKING AT WHAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN FIVE YEARS, WE ALREADY HAVE, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE, WE'RE WORKING ON IT ALREADY AND JUST SEEING THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER THIS WAY.
AND WE DO ALIGN ON THINGS REGARDLESS OF DIFFERENCES, BUT IT, THE FOCUS OF THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS IS JUST SUCH A, IT JUST FEELS GOOD.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS AND FOR THE STAFF AND EVERYONE WHO, WHO TOOK THE TIME OUT OF THEIR 'CAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO AND CATCH UP TO AT WORK, YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS AND, UM, ANISA, DILLARD AND WHITNEY FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO AND THE FOOD AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THAT WE WOULD
[04:20:01]
BE HERE SITTING HUNGRY AND NOT HAPPY MAYBE, BUT YEAH.I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I WANNA THANK STAFF FOR BEING HERE TODAY FOR YOUR INPUT FOR SPEAKING UP AND, AND HELPING US WITH THIS.
THIS WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
AND IT'S SO NICE TO SEE THAT, UM, WE WERE ALL KIND OF PRETTY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT AND THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE.
SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO SEE.
SO ANYWAY, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ELSE WHO WANTS TO GO NEXT? LET'S HEAR FROM EVERYBODY.
COUNCIL, I, I, I SAID IT YESTERDAY.
I SAID IT TODAY AND IT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY BY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, DITTO, EVERYBODY'S WORKED SO HARD ALL THE TIME THAT'S BEEN INVESTED OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, UM, IS, UH, GOING TOWARDS MAKING THE CITY BETTER.
AND AS PART OF THE OVERALL PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IT'LL GUIDE US.
AND SO JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED AND TO WHITNEY AND NISA AND DILLARD AS WELL FOR HELPING US AND IT FOR GETTING ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY TOGETHER FOR US.
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLAR COMMENTS.
HAVING GONE THROUGH IT THE FIRST TIME, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE NEGATIVE.
UM, WHEN I REACHED OUT SAYING, I WAS TOLD I HAD GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE AND I HAD NOT GONE THROUGH THIS, SO I HAD THE INITIAL CALL SAYING, YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE.
AND I HAD NOT BEEN THROUGH THAT BEFORE, SO I WAS VERY UNPREPARED AND I DON'T LIKE BEING UNPREPARED.
SO THEN I CALL HIM AND I TELL HIM, WHAT IS THIS AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS
NOW AS FAR AS SAYING, CAN SOMEBODY DO THIS IN YOUR OFFICE? ARE WE REALLY SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY
UM, IT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE WHY IT'S HAPPENING NOW.
SO NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M PRETTY SURE ANYONE OF YOUR FOLKS HERE IS MORE THAN COMPETENT TO DO IT, BUT IT'S GOOD TO GET THAT OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK I WAS JUST THINKING MONEY AND I VERBATIM SAID, CAN WE SPEND THIS MONEY ELSEWHERE, RON? BUT IT'S OKAY.
DON'T THINK YOU THAT PERSONALLY.
BUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT, THE BEING TOLD WHAT IT WAS AND NOT BEING SEEN IT AS OVERALL JUST SAYING, ARE WE REALLY DOING LIKE THIS SURVEY? LIKE YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE THINGS BEFORE AS A RESIDENT FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
WE'VE SEEN THINGS LIKE THIS COME AND, YOU KNOW, YOU ANSWER IT, DOES IT GET DONE? SOMETIMES IT DOES, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
BUT TO SEE IT ACTUALLY BE DEVELOPED, AND I THINK MY VISION CHANGED AFTER THE FIRST TIME WE WENT TO THE, UM, CAFECITOS EVENT AND WE GOT TO SEE THE RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN IT.
NOW I DID GIVE THE SUGGESTION THAT I WOULD'VE LIKED IT TO BE COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER LIKE THE ENGLISH PORTION TO THE SPANISH PORTION BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME VISUALS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THE NEXT TIME AROUND SO THAT THEY HAVE IT AND PARTICIPATE.
'CAUSE I SAT AT THAT TABLE AND THEY WERE LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND THAT, AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MAKE UP SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT NOW I SEE IT TOGETHER AS A VISION AND, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE THAT AN OUTSIDE PERSON COMES IN VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO'S INSIDE.
AND WE ALL LIVE AND READ THE CULTURE AND DO THAT FROM AN INTERNAL POINT OF VIEW.
EVERYBODY GETS PARTICIPATE THIS WAY TOO.
NO, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND, AND THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS YOU CAN LEARN FROM, RIGHT, FOR SURE.
SO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ON THAT TOO.
I, I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, UM, SPECIFICALLY HR, UM, WITH VALLEY METRO RPTA AND IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR.
AND IT'S JUST VERY DIFFERENT, UM, IN EACH AREA.
I THINK THOUGH, WHEN YOU HAVE TO KIND OF DO THAT STOP START, CONTINUE EVALUATION, IT'S GOOD.
IT'S JUST THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, UH, I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO FASTER, BUT ONCE YOU SIT IN THE ROOM AND YOU REALLY HEAR THE GENERATION OF IDEAS, THESE ARE THE TIMES AND MOMENTS WHERE WE'RE LIKE, YOU CAN'T WORK FROM HOME TO DO THIS KIND OF LABOR.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF YOU NEED, THE SYNERGY OF BODIES AROUND EACH OTHER.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I WANT US TO JUST BE SUPER MINDFUL KNOWING THAT THIS IS A PART OF THE PLAN.
WE HAVE TO DELIBERATELY SHOW UP AND WE HAVE TO DO SO WITH PURPOSE AND, AND BE WILLING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE HARD PART TOGETHER.
UM, IN, IN THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE, ARE INTERESTING, DIFFICULT, BUT I, I THINK ON THE OTHER END OF THIS, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FOR THE CITY IS GOING TO TO BE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF AND THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE THOSE STRATEGIC OUTCOMES MATCH OUR VALUES, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
[04:25:02]
RON, ANY CLOSING THOUGHTS? YEAH, I'LL JUST, UH, I'LL END WITH, UM, ON BEHALF OF STAFF.WE'RE JUST SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOU TWO FACILITATING THIS AND, UH, THE EARLY WORK OF MS. NOVAK.
UM, BUT, UM, VERY APPRECIATIVE.
BUT, AND I'LL DITTO, UH, ALI, UH, ANISA, DILLARD AND WHITNEY, WHEREVER THEY ARE.
AND WE HAVE ALEXIS WHO HELPS US IN OUR OFFICE.
I HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN MY HEAD, AND SO I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, I LET THINGS GO AND ANISA DOESN'T LET DOWN IN, IN HER TEAM IN MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.
SO, UH, UNDER TRACY'S, UH, LEADERSHIP THERE, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL.
YOU GUYS ARE VOLUNTEERS, ALMOST VOLUNTEERS.
UH, MOST OF YOU HAVE DAY JOBS OR OTHER THINGS TO DO.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY LIVES TO SPEND SIX HOURS, TWO DAYS IN A ROW WITH STAFF AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
WE REALLY DO USE THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO HELP PLAN OUR WORK LIFE AND TO PRIORITIZE YOUR BUDGET AND GET THINGS DONE.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS' INVESTMENT.
UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, THAT YOU HAD OTHER THINGS THAT YOU COULD BE DOING AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO THANK YOU, UM, ON OUR BEHALF AND, AND ON THE RESIDENT'S BEHALF BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO REFOCUS AND REPRIORITIZE BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING US BE A PART OF YOUR JOURNEY HERE.
UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH LOTS OF GOOD STUFF FOR YOU TO CONTINUE ON AND BUILD ON YOUR SUCCESS AND GO DO GREAT THINGS.
YOU WANNA, MAYOR, DO WE NEED A MOTION? ADJOURN.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I TO ADJOURN? SECOND.
I GOT A MOTION FOR COUNCILOR GARCIA SECOND, CALIFORNIA WHITE.