MEETING, SO IT'S A REALLY USER FRIENDLY AND TRANSPARENT SERVICE. ALRIGHT. WELL, DO YOU
[I. Call To Order]
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WANT TO CALL US TO ORDER MARLENE? GREAT. OH, NO. THAT WAS WEIRD. PROBABLY. ON MY FACE.HERE'S THESE SHARES THESE THANK YOU, OKAY, I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE SEPTEMBER 7TH 2022.
FIRST MEETING OF THE IDEA PANEL . THE IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL PANEL TWO WE HAVE CALLED IT AS WELL. FOR THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, OHIO. WHAT EVERYONE DO WE DO THAT? THEY DO THAT WITH THE BOARD. DON'T YOU THINK YOU GET TO CHOOSE YOU GET TO CHOOSE TO DO WE DON'T DO IT. DON'T DO IT AT THE BOARD. OKAY BUT, UH LIKE WHAT? ANNA ARE YOU TAKING ROLE TONIGHT? WOULD YOU PLAY A
[III. Introduction of Board Members & Staff]
STUDIO WITH ROLL CALL FOR US? SURE THANK YOU. SO UM, ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE DO ALL WE KIND OF THOUGHT THAT TO JUST START THINGS OFF IN A LITTLE MORE INFORMAL. GET TO KNOW YOU. WE HAVE AN AGENDA THAT KIND OF OUTLINES WHAT AN AGENDA WOULD NORMALLY LOOK LIKE. BUT MAYBE BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THAT, LET'S JUST GO AROUND AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT. UM SO I CAN KICK US OFF. MY NAME IS ANNA VANDERBURGH. I AM I FORGOT TO PUT ME. ONE OF MANY, UM I AM A CITY PLANNER HERE WITH NEW ALBANY AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR JUST A YEAR. NOW THIS MONTH MARKS MY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS A PLANNER HERE. MY BACKGROUND. I COME. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GO INTO HEALTH CARE. PUBLIC HEALTH CITY PLANNING BACKGROUND.AND I REALLY KIND OF ENJOYED BEING HERE AND BEING ABLE TO STAFF, THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND NOW COME ON BOARD AND GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU. I KIND OF TAPPED INTO SOME OF THE VERY LAST MEETINGS AT THE END OF 2021, SO I'M JUST KIND OF EXCITED TO JOIN YOU HERE AND LEARN AND GROW WITH ALL OF YOU. I'M SCOTT MCAFEE. I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. UM, GEE, THIS IS THE THIRD CITY THAT I'VE WORKED FOR AND MY CAREER BUT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 13 14 YEARS. LOOKING FORWARD TO SAYING WHERE YOU GUYS ARE HEADED. HI. I'M ABBEY BROOKS. THIS IS THE THIRD CITY OVER FOR CHILL. DID YOU KNOW THAT? YOU KNOW THAT ABOUT YOU? I ACTUALLY JUST STARTED WITH THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, I HAD WORKED AT HEALTHY NEW ALBANY, UM, PREVIOUSLY FOR SIX YEARS I'VE WORKED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME. I'VE BEEN IN NEW ALBANY RESIDENT FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SO LOVE THIS COMMUNITY REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU. I AM THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR HERE. SO I THINK I'M GOING TO BE HELPING YOU PUT SOME OF YOUR IDEAS INTO ACTION. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO DO THAT, SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
HELLO I'M ADRIAN TROLLEY. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINISTRY OF SERVICES FOR THE CITY. SO OTHER INTERESTING KIND OF GROUP OF TASK UNDER MY UMBRELLA HERE. THEY INCLUDE SOME OF OUR INTERNAL FUNCTIONS LIKE H R AND I T BUT ALSO UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET TO WORK ON CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES . UM AND SO I WAS A STAFF MEMBER FOR THE FIRST VERSION OF THE IDEA OF PANEL. UM AND HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE, GETTING TO KNOW THOSE MEMBERS AND WORKING WITH THEM TO COME TOGETHER IN THESE THREE AREAS THAT THEY WANTED TO EXPLORE IDEAS AND COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL. I, TOO, HAVE HAD 21 YEARS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THREE DIFFERENT CITIES, SO I GUESS THAT'S A COMMONALITY BETWEEN US . UM BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU HAVE STAFFED. YOU KNOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS WITH THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. VISA RB PRETTY MUCH MAYBE EVERYONE WE HAVE. AND SO I'M GLAD UM, TO MEET ALL OF YOU AND GET WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING THESE THREE REALLY IMPORTANT AND EXCITING, AND I THINK NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. HI I'M ANDREW WILL TRY
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OUT. I AM THE NEWEST MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL. UM I WAS JUST SELECTED, UH, IN NOVEMBER, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WAS INSPIRED TO RUN IS TO WATCH WHAT MY MEAN WAS DOING WITH THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE IDEA COMMITTEE. UM AND YOU KNOW, BRINGING A SENSE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND REPRESENTATION AMONGST ALL LEVELS OF NEW ALBANY GOVERNMENT. UM I HAVE BEEN ON MOST OF THE BOARDS THAT ADRIAN BANON AND, UM WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS BOARD IS THAT IT'S AN AVENUE TO START. UM YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY I'LL LONG CAREER ONE OR MORE CITIES. I DON'T KNOW OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE. I'M JUST GETTING ENGAGED. SO I AM I HAD SUCH AN AMAZING TIME MEETING EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, AND, UM, I AM REALLY EXCITED. IT'S WORK. HELLO MY NAME IS ERIC DIRKSEN. I'VE NEVER WORKED FOR A CITY. UH I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW I WORK FOR AMERICAN SIGNATURE. I LIED HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE SHOT AND STEAMS AND ALSO CO CHAIR OF DIVERSITY COUNCIL. AND A BOARD MEMBER OF THE OHIO DIVERSITY COUNCIL. SOMETHING EXCITED YOU EXTEND NETWORK TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM. MENU. MISS TROTTER. BARRY I HAVE LIVED INTO ALBANY AND MOST OF MY LIFE. UM I CURRENTLY WORK FOR THE STATE OF OHIO AND ALSO A SPECIAL OLYMPICS COURAGE. MM. AND THAT WAS A LIFER FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AT NEW ALBANESE, SO THAT'S ABOUT IT. HI EVERYONE. I'M BRIANNA JOHNSON AND I HAVE LIVED IN NEW ALBANY FOR ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS NOW, UM, AND SO I HAVE JUST FELT SO WELCOME HERE REALLY TAKEN ONTO THE TAGLINE OF COMMUNITY CONNECTS US AND SO, UM, MY OWN BACKGROUND AND INTERESTS IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS REALLY WHAT LED ME TO WANT TO, UM, POTENTIALLY BE A PART OF THIS BOARD PROFESSIONALLY. I WORK IN THE AREA OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. UM I'M THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION AT OHIO STATE'S NEWARK CAMPUS, AS WELL AS CENTRAL OHIO TECHNICAL COLLEGE. SO THAT'S TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD HERE AND JUST REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU. UM AND GET TO WORK.HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARIA ALVARADO. AND JUST LIKE HER. I MOVED TO NEW ALBANY. UM IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, SO ALMOST A YEAR NOW I AM ORIGINALLY FROM PUERTO RICO. MY HUSBAND MOVED JUST TO KENTUCKY ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO. AND IT WAS LIFE CHANGING. UM AND THEN WE MOVED HERE WITH AMGEN AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR NEW SITE. AND WE LOVE THE COMMUNITY.
WE SAT AT THE STARBUCKS WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK FOR HOUSES AND SAW THE COMMUNITY AND SAID, THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO LIVE. THIS IS WHERE WE WANT OUR KIDS TO RUN ON THEIR BIKES. SO WHEN I SAW THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THIS BOARD, IT JUST MEANT LIKE IT WAS. IT WAS MEANT TO BE LIKE I SAW IT ON INSTAGRAM AND I WAS LIKE THIS IS FOR ME, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO CONTRIBUTE IN ANY WAY I CAN. PROFESSIONALLY I'M AN ATTORNEY. I WORKED FOR HUMANA ON THEIR SETTLEMENTS DEPARTMENT. UM, I THINK THAT'S IT. HI MY NAME IS CURABLE LIKELY . LOU I'VE BEEN IN NEW ALBANY SINCE 2016. SO IT'S 6.5 YEARS. UH I MOVED HERE WITH MY WIFE, WHO IS ORIGINALLY FROM OHIO. UM WE MET IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA ORIGINALLY FROM THEM, BUT I'VE BEEN IN THE U. S FOR AH, 20, PLUS YEARS NOW. I HAVE TWO KIDS , UH, FOREIGN NINE. THEY GO TO THE NEW ALBANY SCHOOLS HERE. SO UH, MY PROFESSION. I AM A SOFTWARE ENGINEER. AND THE AND EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I REALLY UH, LIKE ME, ALBANY AND I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE IN ANY WAY I CAN. HI I'M PRECIOUS SINGLE. I HAVE LIVED IN NEW ALBANY SINCE 2016 LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO STAY ON THEME THE WHOLE NIGHT. I'VE GOT TWO KIDS ONE'S 18 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. SHE'S TRANSGENDER. SO THAT IS VERY THOSE THEMES OF LGBT. PLUS ARE VERY CLOSE AND DEAR DEAR TO MY HEART, AND I ALSO HAVE AN EIGHT YEAR OLD WHO IS IN THIRD GRADE. I'M LOOKING ANDREW. I'M SORRY.
THIRD GRADE BECAUSE I ALWAYS FORGET. IT'S GREAT AND A LOVELY HUSBAND. I WORK IN HEALTHCARE. I BELIEVE A TEAM THAT BUILDS CONVERSATIONAL AI BOTS FOR A LOCAL HEALTH CARE COMPANY. IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, I'LL EXPLAIN IT MORE. I'LL TALK ABOUT IT ANYTIME YOU WANT. AND JUST NOBODY SNUCK UP ON ME. I HADN'T INTENDED ON LOVE IN NEW ALBANY AND I REALLY DO AND I LOVE THE COMMUNITY AND
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I LOVE MY FRIENDS THAT I'VE MADE HERE AND IT'S HOME NOW, AND I WANTED MY HOME TO BE THE BEST HOME. IT CAN BE. WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE. IT'S FANTASTIC THAT, UM, I'M MARLENE BRISK. YOU'VE ALL MET ME AND HEARD ABOUT ME. PROBABLY AD NAUSEAM BY NOW. SO JUST I'M CURRENTLY THE CITY COUNCIL PRO TIM PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE. I HAVE MY HEART IS VERY , VERY FULL TONIGHT WATCHING THE BEGINNING OF STEP TWO. PHASE TWO AND WHAT I HOPE IS GOING TO BE MANY STEPS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE A VERY WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. UM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY. I'VE BEEN HERE. I'VE BEEN IN NEW ALBANY FOR 18 YEARS AND I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT EXPERIENCES OUT OF RAISING THREE DAUGHTERS HERE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE ANYBODY THAT COMES HERE. HAS THAT SAME FEELING SO LET'S KICK IT OFF. ALRIGHT SO NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA, YOU'LL[IV. Additions or Corrections to Agenda]
SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE JUST TYPICAL OF A HAVE A MEETING THAT WILL ALWAYS HAVE ON THE AGENDA. FIRST BEING ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. UM ANYBODY ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO OUR CURRENT AGENDA FOR THE EVENING? I ASKED HIM A QUESTION NEXT. DO A CAREFUL, THOUGH. YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET FROM THAT ONE AND[V. Hearing of Visitors for Items Not on Tonight’s Agenda]
HEARING OF VISITORS. ARE THERE ANY VISITORS IN THE ROOM FOR YOU ? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED YOU? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO TALK ABOUT? THAT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA. I BEG NAME IS ANDREW.WELCHER. AND. I MEAN, I LIVED HERE IN NEW ALBANY FOR THEY. ONE ACTUALLY, TWO YEARS. UM. THIS IS MY MOM RIGHT NEXT TO ME. UM SHE WORKS FOR Z COUNCIL. THAT'S WHY SHE GOES HERE EVERY DAY. OH, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY WELL. SO WE START THE BURLY HERE VERY WELL,
[VI. Organizational Meeting Requirements]
SAID OKAY, SO WE MOVE ON TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, BY THE WAY, NOT JUST OUR FIRST NAME, BUT EVERY YEAR IF YOU'RE ON A BORDER COMMISSION OR EVEN A COUNCIL, WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING WHERE WE MUST GO THROUGH CERTAIN STEPS. AND SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THOSE STEPS, RIGHT? YES YES, YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT THE FIRST ITEM UP? UM YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE PLEDGE OR SWEARING IN THAT YOU HAVE TO DO AS A NEW MEMBER OF A BOARD OR PANEL. SO I WILL ASK, UM ONE OR BOTH OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE TO GO AHEAD AND LEAD US THROUGH THAT. UM TYPICALLY, WE HAVE YOU STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. YES. WE CAN DO THIS WITH EVERYBODY IN UNISON. THAT'S OKAY WITH OUR NEW PIANO. UM THERE IS ONE PLACE WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS AN ERROR, SO I'M GOING TO POINT IT OUT RIGHT AWAY. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO EITHER SWEAR OR AFFIRM ITS GOING TO REPEAT AFTER ME. EVERYBODY ALWAYS SAYS SWEAR OR AFFIRM PICK ONE. JUST FOR THE RECORD. I ALWAYS WANT TO MIRROR SPALDING. TELL PEOPLE THAT BECAUSE, HE SAYS, I HEREBY SWEAR OR AFFIRM AND EVERYONE SAYS I SWEAR IT WORLD. OKAY ONE. EVERYBODY GOT THEM BOTH. NOBODY EVER DOES IT RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S I THINK THAT THERE IS A PHILOSOPHICAL REASON BEHIND THAT. OKAY RIGHT. SO YOU CAN CHOOSE ISSUES FITS WEAR, SO PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I ALRIGHT? I PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. I SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.FOLLOWING WHERE. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF OHIO AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THEIR OF. I WAS SUPPORTING THE CONSTITUTION. UNITED STATES THEATER, OHIO THE BOSS THERE FURTHERMORE, THERE'S MORE I WILL UPHOLD AND ENFORCE. THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW ALBANY CHARTER PROVISIONS OF THE NEW REALITY CHARTER AND ORDINANCES AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE. AND WHEN WE CHARGE DUTIES OF THE IDEA IMPLEMENTATION HERE. IDEA STATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS HARDEST PLACE. YEAH. WELCOME. SO OUR NEXT ITEMS
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THAT HAPPENED. THE FIRST ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE YEAR IS ELECTING A CHAIRPERSON, VICE CHAIRPERSON AND SECRETARY. UM AND. I WILL GO AHEAD. I HAVE SOME OUTLINES OF EACH OF THOSE ROLES. AND SO MAYBE AS I'M REALLY CONSIDER IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS YOU, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE THAT'S ALSO ACCEPTABLE. SO THE CHAIRPERSON PERSON PRESIDES OVER THE PANEL, AND WE'LL KIND OF CONTROL THE ORDER AND THE FLOW OF THE MEETING. SO WHAT MARLENE IS DOING TODAY? TYPICALLY THE CHAIRPERSON, SO THEY CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. UM ASKED STAFF TO DO WRONG. THE KIND OF HELP FACILITATE THE PROCESS AND FLOW OF THE MEETING. THE VICE CHAIRPERSON WILL PRESIDE OVER THE PANEL. IF THE CHAIRPERSON IS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE ON THAT DAY. UM AND THEN THE SECRETARY. UM IN THEORY, THEY DO THE MINUTES AND THEY TAKE NOTES. THAT'S REALLY MY JOB. SO THE SECRETARY I GUESS IS THIRD IN COMMAND AND IF THE FIRST TWO AREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE THAN THE SECRETARY OF PRESIDE OVER THE MEETINGS UM, REALLY. FOR ALL OF THESE. IF YOU PRESIDE OVER THE MEETING, WE GIVE YOU A CHAIR SCRIPT. IT'S REALLY LOW. HE IT'S THERE'S. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PRESSURE TO, YOU KNOW, BEYOND POINT FOR THAT MEETING, NECESSARILY, UM, JUST SHOW UP AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE REST.SO IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED, OR ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE. FOR UM, WE'LL START WITH THE CHAIRPERSON POSITION. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE REALITY. COOL. Q SECOND. GREAT. OKAY AND NOW I'LL READ ROLE. AND IF YOU AGREE, YOU CAN SAY, UM. YES AND THEN? YEAH OKAY. YES. NO VOTE. SO OKAY. YOU'RE A BELL. MISSING GO? YES. MS ALVARADO. MR BARRY? YES. MR DIRKSEN? YES. MISS JOHNSON. YES. GREAT MOTION PASSES. UM IS THERD LIKE TO BE VICE CHAIR? CONNOR YEAH, MYSELF. OKAY, SO YOUR SECOND I WAS AT THAT. GREAT. SECONDS ARE EASY. I'M ALWAYS THE SECOND PERSON. MHM ALRIGHT, MR BARRY. UM I'LL JUST ASK YOU TO DO ROLL AGAIN. SO OKAY. F WE'LL JUST SAY HE'S OUR KNEES. YEAH. MISS SINGER. MR CLEVELAND. YEAH. MR ALVARADO. MR DIRKSEN? YEAH.
MISS JOHNSON. RIGHT MOTION PASSES. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR SECRETARY DO YOU? I WOULD LIKE TO GO GREAT. ALL SECOND. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MISS SINGER. MR DIRKSEN? YES. MR CLEAN BLUE? YEAH. MR ALVARADO. OKAY SORRY, MISS ALVARADO. UM MR BARRY? YEAH. MR JOHNSON. MOTION PASSES. SO NOW THAT WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF ALL THE BUSINESS, UM WE'RE GONNA
[VII. Business]
ROLL INTO KIND OF A HISTORY OF THE IDEA COMMITTEE HOW IT STARTED AND WHERE IT'S GOING, AND THAT WILL KIND OF TAKE US INTO WHAT ARE ONGOING PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE GOING FORWARD SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ADRIAN? YEP. DO YOU MIND FLIPPING FOR ME, OKAY? WELL UM AGAIN, YOU CAN TELL. I THINK WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO KICK THIS OFF AND I SHARE MARLENE'S SENTIMENT THAT YOU KNOW MY HEART IS FULL AS WELL BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH A REALLY INTERESTING PROCESS WITH THE FIRST COMMITTEE BUT THIS TO SEE IT KIND OF GROW AND HALF LIFE BEYOND THAT INITIAL 18[00:20:04]
MONTHS THAT WE WORKED IS REALLY GREAT, AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER . I THINK MY HEART IS ALSO FULL BECAUSE COURTNEY KERRIGAN IS HERE TO JOIN US TONIGHT. UH, KOURTNEY WAS ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS, ALONG WITH ANOTHER WOMAN NAMED LISA WHITE, WHO REALLY HELPED THIS KIND OF SHEPHERD US THROUGH THE FIRST COMMITTEE. AND UM, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED COURTNEY'S INVOLVEMENT AND I JUST FEEL GOOD EVERY TIME I TALK TO COURTNEY, AND EVERY TIME I LEAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER. UM AND SO I WAS REALLY GLAD SHE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION TO COME TONIGHT. AND WE WANTED TO INFORM YOU TONIGHT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. WE'RE GOING TO BE THROWING AT YOU JUST BEING OUR FIRST MEETING . UM BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT BACKGROUND ON WHAT THE PROCESS WAS LIKE THAT WE WENT THROUGH BEFORE, SO I'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF ALL THE DETAILS. AND THEN ALL THAT COURTNEY FILL IN WITH THE KIND OF UM JUST ANY OERTH INFORTIONMA HAS UM, YOUNOW, I KHOUGHT THE S GONES ONOCESSPRHAT WE TAVE H THISGH WITOUNEW ALH NY.BA ORNING M. YOU MEADID NON T ?'SITHE HAI T ACH.R SOUR FIR O STMMITTECOE, UM WE HADUR FIR OST ETING.ME THINK I IDECEMBN ER OF 2020 IN THEOMMITT CEE WASORMED F FOLDHETH PURSEPO, WHICH W TWOAS SO, O WASNEO GET T INP UTOMFRHE ALB TYANESIDEN RTS AND DELOP A VETSE OF RECOMNDATIOME NSR THE FOTY WITCIH THEOAL OF G INCLNGCR MORE A WELMINGCO AND IVEUS COMNITYMU. THEUM URPOSE P WAS RLLY DOEA ENURAGECOIVERSE D CITIZSHIPEN D PARANCIPATETIARTICI PTION.PA OMMUNI CTYAND TH, COULDAT BE THRGH CITOU BOARDYANDS ONS LSIEIK TS OTHHIER HAT WE T HAVE, OR EVE NSTJU CONNEINGCT TO SOURCERES IN YOUTY MMD KNOWANG WHAINT KNOW AT OFFWHINGSER THAT WE LEADUMVEAND, TO SUORTPP KIND OF PEOPER ROLESND A GWINGRO INTOLEEADERS LPHI ROLES WIIN THETHOMMUNI C.TYO S WE KIEDCK OFFIND K OTHIS PF CESSRO ANFACILID TEDTA THE CMITTEEOM STARDEALLY R, WEUST WE J DTE IT SWA, UYO KWNO THEND E 2020OF. SOE STAR WD ALLTE VIA MEET. AND SWE HAVO THESEE GS LIKINEVERYOE HADNE WITH YINGTR T LIKEO, GEL AND NEW DYNATTANG THOSINEROUP G CS TOGMIHERET OINENL, TBUE W T OFLO REAY INTLLESTINGER ATIONIP AND DCUSSIOISN. A SHARTF, THINKI RLLY HOEAST.NE GIN FMROROM FHE PAN T FROMEL THE BOA MEMBERD.RS ANDEALLY R CAIDATESNDUSH IN GND SO A AS ROU NVERSACOONSTI PGRESSEROD. WE RELYALOCUSED F INN THES OE THREE WANTOMPORENTSNE TT THE HAOUPGR ED TO EXORE, APL TNDNHE W SERINEDDE WITH URTNEYCO H'SPEL A ES OF CMITTEEOM MEETISNG TH REALLAT DELVEYDNTO I EACOF EASAR, SOHE FIR T ONEST WAPROGRAS ING ANMMEVENTSD . T HECONDSE O WAS DNEELOPINEV GRTNERSPAPSHI A THENND THE TRDHI INCREAS NGSI COMMUCATIONNI . UM WHI GOTCH PARTIPATEDCI WH COMMS CIEFCH MARKIOUN ANDN MARTINGKE ING OFETCER.FIO S THIS IS E NEXTTHWO SLI TSDE JT KINDUSF AN AOUNTINCCOF EVEG THINGRY ATTH WDIDE KICKEDFF IN O DEMBERCE. UM YOUNOW, W KALSOE DDI A F WENTEWO. I T TNKHI THREE FAERSRM MKETS AAR WE HANDD A I D'T KNOONIF ANYW F O U SAW YO THEREUS, BUTOMMITT C JUSTLUNEREDTE, ANTHEYD IND OF KORKED WAT THE MAET.RK UM WITTHE IDH EA OF FLING IEE WAS ITORTANTMP , UMTO YOU KNO HAVE W,FFERENDI TPRESENRETION ATATHE MAR TTKE. ANTHATD PEOEPLUM, , U KNOWYO ,GHTMI SEEOMMUNI C MEMBETYRS TT AND THEMIKND WAN AT TO STOP IN NTBOUT W AT WAS HAINGGO ON ALBANEWYSO THA. WAS AT FU DIFFEN,NTRE KD OF CINPONENTOM TH JUSTANEETING M HE IN TERS OF FOAL SETRMNG.TI UM A NDEN THETHEXT S NDE, WELIINISHEF DTOU OUR PCESS.ROT A THE END O FSTLA YEAR,O SE HAD W OUR LT GITH TH WE COMMIEETTAS T THE A HEIT CENTGH INER . WEER HAD AECEPTI RONE W DHA SOME ALLY PREERFULOW PERSONAL STORIES THAT PEOPLE SHARED ABOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION IN EXPERIENCE WITH THE BOARD AND WHAT THEIR HOPES FOR WHAT AN INCLUSIVE NEW ALBANY LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN FINALLY , IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE PRESENTED THE COMMITTEE'S FINAL WORK PRODUCT, WHICH WAS A REPORT THAT YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. UM, IN THAT REPORT. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, REALLY OUTLINED THE PROCESS THAT THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE GROUP CAME UP WITH, IN KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT THESE NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE IN. ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO CONTINUE THIS EFFORT AND HAVE CITY COUNCIL IS RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD APPOINT A SUCCESSOR BOARD. THE FIRST IDEA PANEL AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING THE FRUITION OF THAT TONIGHT. HI EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD NIGHT. SHE'S NOT. WELL[00:25:13]
CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK THIS IS JUST SEEING THE FACES FANTASTIC . EVERYONE TALKS A LOT ABOUT DIVERSITY EQUITY FUTURE. FOR NOT A LOT. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. WOULD YOU MIND TURNING YOUR MICROPHONE ON? SO SORRY. THAT'S OK. AND NORMALLY MY VOICE CARRIES AND THIS WOULD BE TOO LOUD. SO I'M GONNA SIT BACK. UM SO I THINK WHEN WE JOINED, IT WAS REALLY CREATING A PROCESS TO PUT TOGETHER THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND IT WAS A REALLY NOT ONLY DIVERSE FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF THE DIMENSIONS OF GENDER AND AGE AND RACE. BUT QUITE FRANKLY, DIVERSE AND EXPERIENCE LIVED EXPERIENCE, WHICH MAKES IT POWERFUL FOR A CONSULTANT. IT DOES THIS EVERY DAY. SO NOW YOUR JOB IS TO TAKE THIS PRODUCT, TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTING IS SOMETIMES THE HARD PART. RIGHT? GETTING PEOPLE TO OPEN UP TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT. WHAT'S WRONG IS ONE THING. IMPLEMENTING IT IN A WAY THAT IS INCLUSIVE. THAT BRINGS PEOPLE ALONG WITH YOU IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MONSTER. AND I HAVE FAITH THAT YOU ALL WOULD DO IT. I MEAN, I SEE MARLENA STILL HERE. ADRIAN IS STILL HERE. THAT'S THE LEADERSHIP PART AND ALL OF YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS TO BE HERE. SO I THINK YOU HAVE AN EXCITING JOB AHEAD OF YOU, BUT I NEVER TELL ANY CLIENT AND I'M NEVER GOING TO TELL YOU. IT ISN'T GONNA BE EASY. BUT IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SO I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT REPORT. UM PAY ATTENTION TO. WHERE DO WE START? I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M COMING IN ON ALL THIS. SO THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING RIGHT? OKAY. I JUST LOVE THE BOARD SOCIAL. SO I AM SO RELAX RIGHT WITH JUST MY WATER DRINKING. UM BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST LOOK AT WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO? WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO? YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BOIL THE OCEAN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING AND THEN SOME TOMORROW. THIS IS A WALK AND ANYBODY THAT TELLS US THAT IT'S ACTION AND PRODUCE SOMETHING THE NEXT DAY TYPICALLY IS FOR HAS AN AGENDA THAT ISN'T GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE. SO DON'T THINK ABOUT IT AND REGARDS OF WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TOMORROW. THINK ABOUT WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO? WHAT DO WE WANT TO GO THERE? AND WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT WE PUT IN MOTION IT? MAYBE TWO OUT OF THE 11. THAT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. THE BIG WIN FOR US IS HAVING A MUNICIPALITY ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO WORK. SO COMING HERE TONIGHT IS LIKE ME DOING A VICTORY LAP BECAUSE THEY WENT THIS FAR. MOST PEOPLE SAY, HEY, WE HAD A TRAINING. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. LET'S MOVE ON. SO YOU ARE WITHIN ITSELF FROM ME A WIN.NOW PACE YOURSELF. DON'T GET OVERWHELMED. THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. WHY DO YOU WANT TO GO THERE? WHO YOU NEED TO GET THERE. PUT THAT TOGETHER. YOU HAVE SUPPORT WALK IT OUT. I PROMISE YOU. YOU WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IF YOU APPROACH IT FROM THAT LENS, ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S AN EQUITY LANDS, ITS INCLUSION LENS , AND IT ISN'T THE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF HERE ALL THE TIME. WHAT IS EVERYBODY DOING TWO YEARS AFTER GEORGE FLOYD? THAT WAS IN ITSELF. IS A DETOUR THAT WOULD THEN ITSELF. IS A QUESTION THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER WILL BE. UNLESS PEOPLE ARE DOING PERFORMANCE MEASURES, RIGHT? DON'T GET SWAYED BY ALL OF THAT NOISE. STAY FOCUSED. BUT COME UP WITH A PLAN. START WORKING THESE GOALS. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS START IMPLEMENTING THEM AND YOU WILL WIN. THE REASON WHY YOU'RE WIN IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE ONCE WE STARTED RAISING, PEELING BACK THE ONION OF THAT COUNCIL OF THE IDEA COMMITTEE, LISTENING TO THEM ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT SOME ROOT CAUSES IS WHAT THESE 11 GOALS ARE. AFTER YOU REACH SOME OF THESE, YOU STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE IN MY WORK. WE CALL IT A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS IN ANY BUSINESS. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT. YOU CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE IT. YOU CAN ALWAYS DO MORE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING TOMORROW. IF YOU THINK THAT WAY, I KNOW YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU WAS THAT SOCOM? HOW WAS THAT? NORMALLY I'M ROB ROB ROB RUNNING AROUND THE BUILDING. BUT YOU ARE JUST A LITTLE QUIET FOR YOU IMPORTANT. NO NO, BUT I THINK I'M LOOKING AT THEM JUST REALLY HAPPY THAT THEY EXIST. SO I THINK I'M IN MY EMOTION AND I ALSO DON'T WANT
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THEM TO GET OVERWHELMED. I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK. ANYTHING BUT WE'RE HERE FOR A PURPOSE. WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT. WE HAVE A GUY. LET'S WALK IT OUT. NOTHING. ACCORDINGLY I FIRST IT WAS INTRODUCED TO COURTNEY THROUGH A TRAINING THAT I TOOK, UM AND PROBABLY 2020, AND IT WAS THE BEST TRAINING LIKE ZOOM, VIRTUAL TRAINING THAT I HAD EVER TAKEN. AND I WAS LIKE, WE NEED TO WORK WITH THIS PERSON. AND UH, I WAS SO FORTUNATE AND THAT SHE AGREED TO WORK WITH US AND TAKE US THROUGH THIS FIRST, UM COMMITTEE BECAUSE SHE PROVIDED REALLY SOUND ADVICE AND COUNSEL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO JUST FIND OUR WAY AND FORM GROUP DYNAMICS AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PATH FORWARD WAS. AND SO I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR HER FOR THAT ADVICE THAT YOU GAVE TO US BY BUDDY GOODNESS IS HERE. WE COMPLETED HIS PART OF THE AGENDA . LISTEN THIS KID IT IT DOES WORK LIKE BALANCE. THAT IS LIKE BALANCING ACTION. THIS IS LIKE THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACCOMMODATION, SO CERTAINLY YOU GUYS HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT. TAKE YOUR TIME WITH THAT. WE HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. UM BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TIME , UM, TO HAVE A LITTLE Q AND A IF YOU WANT HOW ARE THESE THREE INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR PICKED OUT OF THESE 11? YEAH THAT'S I THINK MAYBE THE NEXT HEAD. YEAH THAT'S A GREAT YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT KIND OF BRIDGE TO THE WORK OF THIS GROUP. SO IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO CREATE THIS SUCCESSOR PANEL AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL AS THEY PUT TOGETHER, THE KIND OF MAKE UP AND STRUCTURE OF THIS GROUP WENT THROUGH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND TRIED TO PICK OUT ONES THAT WE THOUGHT UM, LIKE, COURTNEY SAID, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE THINGS THAT ARE ACTIONABLE THINGS THAT WE COULD, UM PUT TOGETHER AND KIND OF WORK ON.I'LL KNOW MARLENE, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER REALLY, IT WAS. I THINK IT WAS A CONSENSUS OF CONVERSATIONS, COUNCIL AND MEETINGS AFTER THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE WAYS TO START? I MEAN, THIS WHOLE THING BEGAN. I THINK YOU GOTTA GO BACK AND SAY LOOK, THE WHOLE THING BEGAN AS WE AND SOME OF THIS WILL BE REDONE, BUT IT ALL BEGAN WHEN WE STARTED DOING THESE SURVEYS, AND WE STARTED HEARING THAT WE FELT THAT THERE WERE ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN QUITE FEEL AS AS WELCOMED IN AND DIDN'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO FIX THAT, RIGHT. SO THE FIRST PANEL WE REALLY KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING. LET'S BE HONEST, BUT WE JUMPED AT IT AND WE SAID, WELL, LET'S GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY AND LET'S GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY REPRESENT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT, DIVERSE AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY WE CAN COME UP WITH. LET'S MAKE THEM TALK TO EACH OTHER, AND THEN WE SAT DOWN AND WE WERE JUST NOT FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO IT. TOO IMPORTANT CAME AND SHE WAS AMAZING, AND SHE REALLY GOT US ALL TALKING TO EACH OTHER. AND THERE WERE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT I THINK THAT THE PRIMARY THING THAT WE FELT WE NEEDED TO DO. FIRST WAS GET OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAD I HAD A HAD AT WANTS TO FIND OUT HOW TO BE A LEADER HERE. FOR ANYONE THAT MOVES INTO THIS COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT WE REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO BE A PART OF IT AND TO BE VALUED AND TO BE TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES, SO WE SORT OF STARTED WITH. WELL, LET'S GO WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE MORE SOCIAL ASPECTS AND SEE IF WE CAN IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO I THINK THAT'S YES, WE BRIDGE. TO THE FIRST STEP, I WOULD COMPLETELY AGREE, I THINK ALSO FOCUSED ON ACTION AND ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION . WE FELT LIKE WE HAD HAD A REALLY GOOD, SOLID PROCESS WITH THE FIRST GROUP, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT LIVED BEYOND AND SO ACTUALLY PUTTING SOMETHING IN PLACE INSTEAD OF YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING OR STUDYING SOMETHING MORE. AND SO THE THREE SO THE THREE PROGRAMS UM THAT OR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THIS WORK. IT WOULD BE THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL. UM THAT WE'VE IT'S HARD TO FIND A DAY TO HAVE A FESTIVAL IN NEW ALBANY BECAUSE EVERY WEEKEND THERE'S SOME SPECIAL EVENT GOING ON. USUALLY A WALKER A WRIST. YEAH, UM SO WE'VE WE'VE SECURED VENUES FOR OCTOBER OF 2023. WE WANT TO WORK WITH THIS GROUP AND IDENTIFY COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH TO IMPLEMENT THAT FESTIVAL AND REALLY GOING TO HAVE YOU GUYS PUT THE STRUCTURE AROUND WHAT THAT MEANS. WHAT'S
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THE PROGRAM? LIKE? WHAT SORT OF AH! YOU KNOW? EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. THE OTHER ONE IS THIS IDEA OF SOME WELCOME PERIODIC WELCOME RECEPTION. WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S QUARTERLY TWICE A YEAR AGAIN. THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A VENUE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHETHER THEY'RE NEW, OR MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN HERE AWHILE BUT HAVEN'T FELT LIKE CONNECTED TO IT. CAN GET ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND ACCESS TO, UM YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL OR THE CITY MANAGER AND JUST KIND OF HAVE IT EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PROJECT OF AN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. AND ALL OF THESE MAY, LIKE THE NAMES MAY CHANGE AS AS THIS GROUP KIND OF WORKS ON THEM, BUT THE IDEA IS TO CONNECT NEW RESIDENTS WITH SOMEONE THAT IS ALREADY IN THE COMMUNITY. AND AS YOU MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE YOU THINK I HAVE A GREAT SOURCE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU RECOMMEND DOING? X Y OR Z AND YOU HAVE THIS BUILT IN NETWORK THAT YOU FEEL KIND OF CAN WELCOME YOU AND CONNECT YOU TO THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN THERE WAS THIS LIKE VERY BROAD OUTLINES OF WHAT THESE PROGRAMS SHOULD BE. BUT UM, THE IDEA IS THAT THIS GROUP AND GETS TO DEFINE THEM AND EXECUTE THEM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S EXCITING IS TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU HAD A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL. WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE? WHAT WOULD WE INCLUDE? WHAT DO WE WANT TO SHOWCASE? UM AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE WORK OF THIS THIS AMOUNT. AND IF YOU DO SO, IN OUR WORK, SO WITH MY FIRM DOES TALK ABOUT FOUR AREAS STRATEGIZE, NORMALIZE OPERATIONALIZE AND THEN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. AND THE FIRST PART STRATEGIZED. WE CAME IN STRATEGIZING AROUND SOME GOALS TO DO. IF I WERE TO, AS I'M SITTING HERE LOOKING BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE STARTING FIRST, SO IT IS A GREAT FOR ME TO SEE AS WELL. BUT THIS FOR ME IS NORMALIZING. SO HOW DO YOU MAKE? UM THE IDEA COMMITTEE NORMAL. IN THIS COMMUNITY. HOW DO YOU MAKE THE CONVERSATIONS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION? UM SOMETHING THAT IS JUST HAPPENS. YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE SOME GRAND PROJECT TO DO IT. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO JUST, UM REALLY HAVE SOME INCLUSION WORK. OF SHOWING UP AND BEING THERE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE HEARD WAS THAT DISCONNECT. THAT PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY MOVE HERE. SO YOU COULD BE. WE COULD BE NEIGHBORS.YOU KNOW YOUR RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY. IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. MAYBE THAN MY RESPONSE AND THAT WAS A BIG AHA. SITTING IN THAT ROOM BECAUSE EVERYBODY KIND OF WALKED AND SAID, OH, WE'RE ALL NEIGHBORS. WE ALL LOVE EACH OTHER, AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
THAT'S IT. THAT ISN'T THAT WASN'T MY EXPERIENCE. RIGHT SO YOU START TO NORMALIZE THAT IT SHOULD BE ALL OF OUR EXPERIENCE TO HAVE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT JUST WHEN I'M DRIVING INTO NEW ALBANY ASSISTS. I THINK COMMUNITY CONNECTS US. IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE ON THAT PLACARD. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE COUNCIL OF SAYING LET'S START WITH TO MEET US AS NORMALIZING FUTURE WORK, IT IS NORMALIZING. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE HERE TO STAY AND CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK. AND THEN I THINK WHERE YOU ALL WILL COME IN HANDY WITH THIS GROUP IS TO START THINKING ABOUT EVEN THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE WORK. AND HOW TO START ACTUALLY OPERATIONALIZED USING THE EI WITH THE CITY WITH SOME OF THE OTHER RELATIONSHIPS. IT CAN GO ANOTHER PLACES. BUT RIGHT HERE, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF NORMALIZING A COMMUNITY WHERE WE ALL REALLY HAVE HAD DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, AND NOW WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SHARED EXPERIENCES. IS THAT HELPFUL? YEAH OKAY. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT. I THINK I HEARD A PARTNER SURVEY THAT WAS DONE. IS THAT THE SAME THING AS A RESIDENT SURVEY RESULTS OF THE BROADER? OKAY BUT THE THING THAT I THINK THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS ACTUALLY LIKE, I'M DOUBLE MAP OF RESPONSES DURING AN ENGAGEMENT ALBANY SESSION INCLUDED PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS AND ALL OF THAT, AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE LIKE THE DIVERSITY BUBBLE AND, YOU KNOW, CONNECTION BUBBLE JUST GET BIGGER AND BIGGER ON THIS SCREEN . HMM AND IT WASN'T JUST ONE MEETING AND WE FOUND THAT WHEN WE TOOK IT, YOU KNOW, TOOK IT OVER TO THE SORE MEETING. WE KIND OF CONFIRMED THAT AGAIN, TOO, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD IT FIRST THERE, BUT THAT TO ME. THE CONCEPT IS THE NORMALIZING, AS YOU'RE SAYING IS WHAT THIS IS, IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOLVED . KNOWS HOW TO BE INVOLVED KNOWS
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HOW TO GET BE A PART OF THINGS BECAUSE AND WE'VE SEEN IT. WE'VE NOW HAD SOME SOMEBODY. FOLLOW THROUGH FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE ON IDEAL ONE. AND ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR IS NOW ON OUR BORDER ZONE APPEALS THAT WAS I NEVER WOULD HAVE FELT COMFORTABLE GETTING INVOLVED. SO THE POINT TO ME IS NOT JUST ABOUT THIS FOR COMMISSION THAT POINT ABOUT THIS IS, LET'S GET EVERYBODY TALKING TO EVERYBODY GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER, GETTING COMFORTABLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING SO THAT THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE BY EVERYBODY. SO THERE ARE LENS OF HOW WE SEE IT BEING INCLUSIVENESS FROM EVERYBODY. YEAH IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY WE'RE INCLUSIVE, RIGHT? BUT I NEED YOU TELL ME WHETHER THEY REALLY ARE BEING SO OR NOT. IN THESE INITIATIVES. AND SO. ERIC, WE DID JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING AS A FOLLOW UP TO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. WE DID ASK SOME DIFFERENT QUESTIONS ON THE 2020 RESIDENTS SURVEY TO ESTABLISH BASELINES. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE RESIDENTS SURVEY OR NOT, BUT GIVE ME MAN.BUT. SO WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH SOME BASELINES. UM AND QUESTIONS WE ASKED FOR. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU? ALBANY IS A WELCOME TO ME COMMUNITY, UM, FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, UM, BASED UPON RACE BASED UPON YOUR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION, AND SO WE GOT BENCHMARKS FROM THAT. UM, WE HAVE WE DID. ANOTHER RESIDENT SURVEY IN 2022 GOT FEEDBACK. THAT COUNCIL HASN'T HEARD YET.
BUT WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY INCREASED FROM 2020. SO I THINK THAT THE EFFORTS OF ITS GOOD THE FIRST IDEA COMMITTEE, UM WE'RE GOOD AND IN PARTICULAR. IS IT RELATED TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS? THE NUMBERS WERE ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANTLY. GOOD. YEAH, SO AND THAT CONVERSATION AROUND. SO WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH YOU WE WERE LOOKING AT THE 2020 RESULTS, I THINK YEAH, AND THEN THAT WAS A BIG THING FOR THE IDEA OF THE FIRST IDEA OF COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TWEAKING IT HOW TO ENGAGE MORE PEOPLE, UM, TO DO IT, AND SO THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT SURVEY CAME UP IN ALMOST ALMOST EVERY MEETING. AND THEY ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY DO THE SURVEY? SO TO HEAR YOU SAY FEEDBACK. YOU DID MORE. THAT'S INTERESTING. THAT'S GREAT. BUT IF THAT CAME FROM THE EFFORTS OF JUST THEM IN THAT ROOM, THAT'S FANTASTIC. WELL FROM OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. I'M SURE IT CAME FROM A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PRECIOUS IS INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE YEAH. I MEAN, I'M SURE IT'S COMING FROM A LOT OF PLACES. I THINK SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE SURVEY ITSELF. OH AND EVEN PARTNERING TO MAKE SURE THAT ENGAGEMENT SURVEY WAS FILLED OUT. IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAD AN INCREASING FEEDBACK.
WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WE ACTUALLY HAD IMPROVEMENTS IN SCORES. UM, QUESTION. AND SO AND THE QUESTIONS WERE THE SAME. OKAY SO WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH PRINCE MARKS AND THEN ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS AGAIN IN 2024. WE DO THESE SURVEYS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS TO SEE IF YOU KNOW TO SEE WHAT THE ACTIONS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE HELPING US WIN. AND WHAT IMPACT THEY WILL HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT BASED UPON THE RESIDENTS SURVEY FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE MADE GAINS IN THIS AREA AND THEN MORE PEOPLE FILL IT OUT. DID YOU MAKE A GAIN IN THAT AS WELL? IT WAS A PHONE SURVEY AND IT AND IT'S THE WHICH CHOSE THE PHONE SURVEY BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE RESULTS THAT LOOK LIKE THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, THIS SURVEY WAS IN WITHIN, LIKE 2. OF THE AWARDS THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY, VERY CLOSE. AND SO THE GOOD NEWS THERE IS THAT WE ARE GAINING GROUND AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GAIN FURTHER GROUND.
THAT'S THE QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK IT MAY BE HELPFUL FOR THE PANEL TO SEE SOME OF THOSE RESULTS OR EVEN IF YOU CAPTURED SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THIS COMMUNITY MEETINGS HELPED. I THINK IT HELPS US BE MORE POINTED IN THE ACTIONS OF YOU KNOW? WE'RE RESPONDING TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE COULD PROVIDE THEM. THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. AND AS WELL I'M THERE. THE SURVEY CONSULTANT
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IS COMING TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 20TH TO ACTUALLY GIVE A BROAD OVERVIEW TO COUNCIL OF THE RESULTS, SO AND YOU CAN EITHER ATTEND OR YOU COULD LISTEN TO IT AT HOME. YEP AND THAT'S ON SEPTEMBER 20TH SEPTEMBER 20TH, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT BEGINS AT 6 30. SO DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? I THINK TOO. SO IN ORDER TO KIND OF IMPLEMENT THESE THREE PROGRAMS, WE'VE COME UP WITH A STRUCTURE TO THIS GROUP. AND THERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAVE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WENT TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH THESE SO IN YOUR PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU IS A MEMO FROM ANNA THAT TALKS ABOUT UM, KIND OF GIVES INTRODUCTION ON, UH, THE FIRST IDEA COMMITTEE SUCCESSOR BOARD, UH AND THEN ALSO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE THAT ARE INTERESTED. IT'S REST INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING. AND SO WHEN CITY COUNCIL CREATED THIS BOARD. THEY ALSO GAVE THIS BOARD THE ABILITY TO APPOINT WORKING GROUPS WITHIN THESE THREE PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO INVOLVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. AND SO WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST TO VOLUNTEER AND KIND OF GAUGE WHICH PROGRAM THEY WERE INTERESTED IN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH ALL OF YOU.AND THIS IS THE MAKEUP OF EVERYONE'S INTERESTS. I THINK EVERYONE GOT THEIR FIRST WHATEVER EVERYONE'S LIKE NUMBER ONE CHOICE, THEIR PREFERRED PROGRAM. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT FIRST CHOICE. AND SO THIS MEMO, PART OF WHAT THIS MEMO DOES IS TO ASK YOU AS A GROUP TO FORMALLY APPOINT THESE PEOPLE AS A WORKING GROUP. UM AS WORKING GROUPS TO WORK WITH YOU IN COOPERATION TO KIND OF DESIGN AND BUILD AND IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS. UM I THINK ANDREA AND MARLENE HAVE MET ALL OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD IN TERMS OF THEIR INTERESTS OR WHAT YOU HOPED UM TO ACHIEVE WITH HAVING THE PANEL WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS FEEL FREE TO ADD. I MEAN, I THINK WE HAD AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF INTEREST FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, AND I THINK WE WANTED TO, UM, PLACES FOR EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT AND THE THIS STRUCTURE. MY ONE. MY ONE HOPE FOR THIS STRUCTURE IS THAT THE STRUCTURE DOESN'T LIKE CONSTRAIN THE PURPOSE AND THE EFFORTS OF THIS GROUP. SO IT REALLY IS. YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU ARE. WE NEED ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK AND WE NEED ALL OF YOUR INGENUITY AND IMAGINATION TO MAKE. ALL OF THESE THREE PROJECTS WERE BUT THIS WAY I FEEL LIKE THERE WILL BE OWNERSHIP AMONGST LIKE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE SO THE PROJECTS WILL BE ABLE TO GET ADVANCED AND WILL ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION. IT WAS SO NOTHING EVERY ONE OF THESE WILL BE REVIEWED BY ALL OF YOU. ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF IT IN THE INITIATIVE WILL BE REVIEWED BY ALL OF YOU AND YOU WILL ALL SIGN OFF ON IT AND TELL US THAT WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY PULLING IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE WAY WE CHOOSE TO DO THIS, BUT, YEAH, WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME SENSE OF OWNERSHIP THAT THAT THAT, UH YES. IN A SMALLER GROUP SETTING AS WELL. FOR THIS. THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE PUBLIC COMMITTEES BECAUSE THE CITY IS RUNNING IT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FUNDING IT AND THEREFORE THERE'S A LOT OF RULES THAT ARE GOING TO THINK THAT'S WHAT ADRIAN WAS STARTING TO GET TO THAT. WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH, FOR EXAMPLE. YOU KNOW A CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE CAN'T GO AND MEET PRIVATELY AND TALK ABOUT CITY BUSINESS THAT HAS TO BE IN A PUBLIC SETTING. SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHY WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS WE MAKE THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH YOU AS WELL. SO YOU'RE GONNA LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE CONSTRAINTS, THE PROS AND CONS THAT COME WITH BEING ABLE TO DO THIS THINGS, BUT AND, UM, ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO APPOINT THE WORKING GROUP NOW, IF AS A PANEL YOUR IF YOU AGREE WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF MATERIAL TO GO OVER WITH ALL OF YOU, AND THIS IS CONSIDERED A PUBLIC BODY, EVEN WITH THE BOTH THE VOLUNTEER WORKING GROUP ON AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS AND OURSELVES AS PANEL MEMBERS GO THROUGH WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UM YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUNSHINE LAWS IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW HOW WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE AGENDAS FOR MEETINGS. THERE'S ETHICS LAWS THAT APPLY TO PUBLIC BODIES, AND
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WE'LL BRING THE CITY ATTORNEY IN TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT INFORMATION. IT'S NOT A FUN MEETING, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO AND WE DO IT WITH EVERY LIKE HOW YOU HEARD ABOUT THE MEETING AFTER WE GET SOMEONE RIGHT HERE, LIKE TWO HOURS OF A LAWYER TALKING TO YOU ABOUT ALL THESE, YOU KNOW ABOUT ME, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. MAKE SURE OKAY.YEAH AWESOME TODAY AND WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL THAT WITH YOU. I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, AS OUR PROFESSION, AND WE KNOW THIS THIS MAY BE THE FIRST KIND OF FORAY AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD. SO WE'RE HERE AS A RESOURCE FOR YOU AND WON'T LET YOU GO ASTRAY WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION AND WE'RE HERE THAT YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS ANSWER QUESTIONS AND IN PRIVATE PROVIDE ADVICE TO YOU. UM IF YOU AGREE WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I KNOW YOU JUST GOT GOT IT, UM, WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU MAKE A FORMAL MOTION AND WE DID INCLUDE A SUGGESTED MOTION AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT. UM JUST IN CASE THAT YOU KNOW NO. ONE. HAD MADE A MOTION AND A PUBLIC MEETING BEFORE UM AND CERTAINLY, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE COMFORTABLE DOING TONIGHT, THEN WE'D BE ABLE TO, UM, SET THAT NEXT MEETING IN OCTOBER FOR EVERYONE AND GO THROUGH ALL THE SUNSHINE LAWS AND ETHICS RULES AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT APPLY TO A PUBLIC BODY. THEN AFTER THAT WE CAN START DOING SOME THINGS OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC.
QUESTIONS QUESTIONS. I HAVE WATCHED IN. I WANT TO GO. SORRY I'M GONNA GO BACK A LITTLE BIT.
COURTNEY WHAT WAS THE STEP AFTER NORMALIZED? STEP THREE AND FOUR OPERATIONALIZE AND THEN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT AND I'M SORRY, I SORT OF THINK THIS WAY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND WE THINK ABOUT THE OTHER NINE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT LIST, RIGHT? ARE WE EXPECTING THAT THESE THREE WILL TAKE THE TWO YEAR TERM OR THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WON'T WORK ON THESE THREE. GET THEM NORMALIZED AND THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE ON DOWN THAT LIST FOR THE REST OF OUR TWO YEAR TERM. YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO I DON'T REALLY IN ABBEY . YOU MAY WAIT. SO ABBY'S CAREER HAS BEEN IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. SO SHE'S AN AMAZING RESOURCE, AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HER TO GUIDE US THROUGH THIS. I DON'T HAVE A SENSE YET, IF IS IT 18 MONTHS TO START UP AMBASSADOR PROGRAM OR AN EVENT? UH SO I THINK WE'RE KIND OF GOING TO FEEL IT OUT AS WE GO IN TERMS OF THESE THREE PROGRAMS AND THEN ONCE WE FEEL THAT THEIR INTO THEIR OUT OF PLACE THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, THEN I THINK CITY COUNCIL CAN REASSESS WHAT THE NEXT NEXT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. BUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS FROM READING THE MISSION CAME INTO THIS BAR.
THEY'RE ALL OF THE IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT ARE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. WELL, NO, I THINK WE NEED TO CORRECT THAT. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S IT SAYS VERY CLEARLY THAT THIS PANEL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO WHICH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. COUNCIL FINISH, GOING THERE NOW. I JUST DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T WANNA COUNCIL CHOOSES THE RECORDS WHEN WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE IDEA OF COMMITTEE WOULD IMPLEMENT CORRECT. WHAT COUNCIL GIVES THE COUNCIL GIVES THE AUTHORITY TO ANY OF OUR BORDERS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR SCOPE IS AND WHAT THEIR AUTHORITIES SO AT THIS TIME THE AUTHORITY IS TO WORK ON THESE PROJECTS. ONCE THAT'S DONE THEN WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL AND WE SEE WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO AUTHORIZE NEXT. AND WE RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERN AND I HOPE THIS IS IN THE SPIRIT OF THE IDEA COMMITTEE COUNCIL IS MONOLITHIC IN ONE WAY. AND SO I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO THAT PANEL THAT GROUP TO MAKE DECISIONS. ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THIS PANEL IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S IN THE SPIRIT OF THE IDEA, RIGHT? THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. AH, I'M NOT TRYING TO HAVE A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE. THESE ARE FANTASTIC, AND I'M VERY EXCITED IN THE FOURTH.
THEM. YEAH BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT FOR TWO YEARS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TIME IS SPENT WELL AND WERE USEFUL RIGHT TO THE ARGUMENTS RIGHT, TALKING ABOUT INITIATIVES BEYOND THE 3 THE 11TH WITHIN THE TIME. NO I'M JUST SAYING, I LOVE IT. NO SOCIAL, RIGHT. IN A SENSE, THERE
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ARE SOME THAT ARE FINANCIALLY IMPACTFUL. IS THERE SOMETHING MORE? I MEAN THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF IMPACT, AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE WE TALK ABOUT THAT, I GUESS. YES. SO PRECIOUS? YES, MA'AM. SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. AND I'M WONDERING IF STRENGTH FINDERS IS JUST DO YOU HAVE FUTURISTIC AS A STRENGTH, BUT IT'S PART OF MY JOB IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. I WAS GONNA SAY I WOULD BE CURIOUS THAT THAT WAS SAYING DOWN THE ROAD, RIGHT? BUT I WOULD SAY EVEN LOOKING AT, UM SO YOU ALL NEED A STRUCTURE, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOUR NEXT MEETING YOU WOULD HAVE A CHART. SO WHEN I WAS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY WHEN THEY DID THEIR PROPERTY BLUEPRINT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WRITE LARGE SYSTEM HOLDERS BECAME THE STEERING COMMITTEE. YOU. YOU ARE THE KIND OF THE BODY THAT IS GONNA MOVE US FORWARD TO SHAPE US UNDERNEATH THAT WE HAVE WORKING GROUPS. THE WORKING GROUPS CAME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS TALKED ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND THEN WHAT THEY SAID CAME BACK TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE STEERING COMMITTEE WOULD SAY, OKAY, LET'S GO WITH THIS, BUT IT WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BORDER COMMISSIONERS. IN THIS CASE, YOUR CITY COUNCIL. SO A VISUAL IF THAT HELPS IN TERMS OF A VISUAL AID TO DO THIS WORK, AND THEN WHAT I AM SAYING TO YOU WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IF I WERE ADVISING YOU ARE WORSE. YOU CAN GO THROUGH STRATEGIZING NORMALIZING OPERATIONALIZE NG WITH THESE THREE. BUT THEN THIS COMMITTEE IS USEFUL TO COUNSEL BY LOOKING AT THOSE 11 RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE USED AS A TOOL, RIGHT AND THEN WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE RECORD A LITTLE BIT TO JUST TALK ABOUT IT, AND IT'S THAT'S ALL OR ADVISE. I THINK THIS WOULD COME IN HANDY ADVISING, WANT RIGHT BUT REALIZING THE STRUCTURE SURE SO COUNCIL ULTIMATELY HAS TO APPROVE COUNCIL QUESTIONS. YEAH BUT I THINK BUT IF THAT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU TO BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I HEAR IT, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A VISUAL AID APPLIED TO A FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND HOW THIS IS LIFTED UP AND THEN HOW YOU LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT ONES THAT NEED TO BE LIFTED UP. AND DOES THAT HAPPENED UNDER THE TWO YEARS OR ARE YOU ALL DOING WITH THE FIRST IDEA COMMITTEE SAID, SAYING NOW THAT WE'VE STOOD THESE UP BECAUSE THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENING IN NEW ALBANY, SO THIS TOOK A LOT OF TIME. BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT THE NEXT VERSION OF YOU JUST LIKE THE FIRST VERSION DID , YOU WOULD SAY AND MAYBE THE NEXT THREE GOALS. WE THINK COME IN HANDY BASED OFF. THE WORK WE DID HERE WOULD BE 56 AND SEVEN YEAH. IS THAT HELPFUL? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION TO GIVE EVERYBODY NOT ONLY THE CURRENT STATE, BUT THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE FUTURE. YEAH. GET IT. SO THIS ON YES. SO THIS IS THE STRUCTURE FOR THESE THREE PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD. UM. WE THINK, INCLUDING THE VOLUNTEER. I SHARE YOUR, UM SENTIMENT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSTRAINTS OF KIND OF WORKING WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT PARAMETERS DON'T BECOME TOO BURDENSOME, BUT I DO HOPE THAT BY INCLUDING MORE PEOPLE. WE HAVE KIND OF A BIGGER REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE CAN DRAW ON RESOURCES FROM THESE VOLUNTEERS AS WELL AS YOURSELF AND THE EXCITING THING TO ME IS LIKE I SAID, BEFORE I WE GET TO DESIGN ALL THESE THINGS FROM SCRATCH. I HAVE NO IDEA. HOW DO YOU FIND OUT WHEN PEOPLE MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY AND LIKE, CONNECT THEM WITH SOMEBODY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND WE'RE GONNA LIKE, COME UP WITH WHAT? WE THINK THOSE KIND OF COLLATERAL IS THAT WE WANT TO GIVE TO THEM AND I MEAN, REALLY ARE STARTING FROM SCRATCH . AND ALL OF THESE IDEAS AND FROM YOU KNOW, AN EVENT COULD BE A PRETTY BIG EVENT TO THESE OTHER MORE PROGRAMMATIC THINGS. UM WE HOPE THAT BY STRUCTURING IT THIS WAY WE HAVE AT LEAST ENOUGH. UM YOU KNOW, BRAIN POWER TO HELP US FIGURE IT OUT. BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED THAT CAN HELP US ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THEM. UM WHICH IS YOU KNOW, LIKE, COURTNEY SAID. THE HARDEST PART SOMETIMES. I DON'T KNOW. DO ABBY WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE AND PROGRAMS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? TO ADD I MEAN, IT'S REALLY IT'ST OF US, AND I THINK THAT'S[01:00:01]
REALLY, REALLY EXCITING, ACTUALLY FOR YOU GUYS SO WE CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN DREAM, WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO ME. UM SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF US TO REACH PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.TOUCH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I THINK TO REALLY MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT AND PART OF THIS WHOLE NORMALIZING PROCESS THIS CONVERSATION, SO IT'S YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE? HOW DO WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE? HOW DO WE CELEBRATE WHO EACH OTHER? HOW DO WE CELEBRATE OUR HEARTS ARE THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT. WE CELEBRATE THE THINGS THAT ARE THE SAME. AND ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT AND THEY ALL REALLY IT'S REALLY FUN. WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT IT, THEY'LL CONNECT INTO EACH OTHER. SO I DO THINK THAT IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG JOB, BUT IT IS A 100% DOABLE JOB AND IT'S LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN AS WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH. BUT YOU ARE ENVISIONED AND WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. QUICKLY JUST TICKLE QUESTION. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WILL BE MAYBE THREE DIFFERENT SETS OF MEETINGS AT SOME POINT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WORKING GROUPS AND THEY WILL COME TOGETHER AS THE AS A PANEL TO DISCUSS THOSE THINGS ARE YES. SO. THAT'S WHERE BEING A PUBLIC BODY GETS INTERESTING. I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO AVOID HAVING LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT MEETINGS A MONTH IS TO STRUCTURE OUR MEETINGS THAT WOULD BE TIME SENSITIVE. SO UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE FESTIVAL WOULD WORK. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ADVERTISE IT THAT FROM 6 30. 27 30 SAY LIKE THIS IS THE FESTIVAL'S TIME SPOT IN OUR AGENDA. THEN WE WOULD DO THE SAME FOR THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS. I THINK IT'LL DEPEND MONTH TO MONTH. IF EACH PROGRAM HAS, UM, BUSINESS OR NOT. I MEAN, THE FESTIVAL'S A LITTLE WAYS OUT, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT TIME. SO YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE FOCUS ON THE OTHER TWO INITIALLY, BUT THEN THERE ALSO BE A SPOT ON EACH AGENDA THAT THE ENTIRE PANEL WITH ME AND THEN YOU GUYS WOULD PROVIDE THAT OVERSIGHT INTO THE PLANNING THAT IS GOING ON AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL. SO WE'LL HAVE MORE SO ONE OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS TODAY IS JUST TO FIGURE OUT A DATE FOR US TO MEET IN OCTOBER AND THEN FROM THAT POINT ON, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A STANDING MEETING DAY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE'S CALENDAR IS WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM , WE WILL FIGURE THAT OUT MOVING FORWARD AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TIME SENSITIVE BLOCKS, SO YOU'LL KNOW LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE FOR AN ENTIRE TWO HOUR MEETING. YOU COULD JUST SHOW UP FOR THAT WORKING GROUP SESSION IN THE PANEL SESSION. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL THOSE LOGISTICS, BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO PRESENT TO YOU IN OCTOBER. SOMETIMES FINDING THE MEETING DATE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO WITH THESE BOARDS. I HAVE A QUESTION, SO I'M JUST GONNA PICK THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE I'M COULD APPLY TO ANY OF THEM. DO WE HAVE ANY DIRECT EXPERIENCE? EITHER SOMEBODY WAS ACTUALLY DONE IT OR ACCESS TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS ORGANIZED AND IMPLEMENTED FESTIVAL THAT WE COULD DO. ONE.
THAT'S WHERE THE LOGISTICS ASSESSMENT WE'RE ALL GOING TO LOOK AT ABBEY. YEAH, TAKE THEM.
THAT WOULD BE NEAT. YEAH THIS IS THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE FOR. 20 YEARS. OKAY YES, I WILL BE ABLE TO HELP GUIDE YOU WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. BRAND THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULDN'T NORMALLY ASK WHO WERE LOOKING TO PLANET OBEY. WE'VE ALREADY PICKED A DATE SO BECAUSE WE HAD TO RESERVE OUR SPACES. UM SO AND THEN THIS REPORT FROM THERE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU YOU MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT PLANNING A FESTIVAL, BUT I'VE DONE IT FOR A LONG TIME. SO BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A SET. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ADVENTURE THAT WILL THAT WILL EMBARK ON TOGETHER AND KIND OF DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ASK US THAT BREAKFAST BECAUSE WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT I MEAN. DON'T KNOW . YES THAT'S WHAT ABSOLUTELY JOB AS WE SIT DOWN, AND WITH THAT WORKING GROUP IN WHEN YOU GRADUATE LIKE, OKAY, I'M GOING TO ASK HER ASKING ME WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO FEEL LIKE? YOU KNOW? WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHO DO YOU WANT TO ATTEND? WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU WANT IT TO SOUND LIKE? WHAT ARE YOU WANTED TO TASTE? LIKE DO YOU WANT FOOD THERE? YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET YOU THINKING ABOUT WHAT COMPONENTS WOULD MAKE A SUCCESSFUL MULTICULTURAL EVENT FOR YOU. QUESTIONS. NOBODY. OH DO IT QUESTION. I'M SORRY. YOU GUYS
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MENTIONED THAT YOU WANTED THESE WORKING GROUPS JUST TO HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AND LIKE SOMEONE POINT FOR EACH ONE OF THESE IDEAS, BUT YOU WANTED US TO COLLABORATE. SO WHEN WE ARE SAYING THAT THE MEETING IS GOING TO BE DIVIDED IF WE DON'T SHOW UP FOR THE WHOLE THING ARE WE REALLY CONTRIBUTING ON ALL THE I'D LIKE HOW HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT? WE DON'T WANT TO BE HERE FOR TWO HOURS, BUT WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE ON ONE OR THE OTHER. OR MAYBE THE DAYS THAT WE DO HAVE MORE TIME WE SHOW UP FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T FEEL SHATTI. WE JUST SHOW UP FOR HOURS LIKE HOW DO WE ARE? WE EXPECTED TO BALANCE THAT. PLEASE CORRECT ME. I'M GONNA TRY TO THIS, BUT I'LL PROBABLY GET IT WRONG, COS I DO THINK THE IDEA IS TO GET A QUORUM. FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS. AND SO IF THERE IF YOU ARE THERE THE WHOLE TIME, WHICH I HONESTLY HOPE THAT EVERYBODY IS THERE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT THE WHOLE TIME. THEN THAT WILL BE THAT WILL BE A BENEFIT AND THAT YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE THERE. BUT LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE LIKE THE BASELINE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH OF THE WORKING, I THINK DON'T DON'T THEY ALSO, BUT YOU NEED TO BE THERE FOR THE PANEL GROUPS WILL CREATE THEIR CONCEPTS. FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, BUT THEN THEY WILL PRESENT IT TO THE PANEL. SO EVEN IF YOU THAT'S HOW YOU WILL INDIRECTLY AND YOU WILL, FOR SURE HAVE AN OVERALL OVERSIGHT. EVEN IF YOU DON'T COME TO THE FESTIVAL WORKING GROUP POSSESS NOT YOU'RE WORKING GROUP. AT THE POINT IN THE EVENING WHEN THEY ARE READY TO PRESENT THEIR IDEAS AND CONCEPTS. THE PANEL YOU WILL NEED TO BE THERE. HOPEFULLY BE THERE IN THE RIGHT PANEL. YOU ARE ABLE TO PUT YOURSELF INTO YOUR WORKING GROUP COMMITTEE AND ANY OTHER ONE IN OUR COMMITTEE AND YOU WILL SIT AS A PANEL TO GET BACK FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS OVERALL. MAKE IT LIKE, BRING YOUR FRIENDS THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT MAKE IT BIG AND I WILL SAY LIKE WELL, WE WILL WORK WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF OPEN MEETING LAWS, BUT I THINK WE CAN BE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY THIS WORKS BEST. COURTNEY AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT LIKE MEETING STRUCTURED TO FIGURE THIS OUT THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S MORE EFFICIENT. SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME UM, ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU GUYS TO MEET AND HOW THAT THAT WORK AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL COMES BACK TO YOU. SO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE WORKING ON THE FESTIVAL YOU KNOW CLOSELY, BUT AS A PANEL MEMBER, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE INPUT ON THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT WORKING GROUP WILL COME TO THIS PANEL WITH THEIR IDEAS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY WHAT HAPPENS HERE. YOU KNOW, UM, IF WE HAVE TO GET FUNDING FROM CITY COUNCIL, OR, YOU KNOW, THEN WE WOULD ALSO KIND OF BRING THOSE IDEAS UP TO CITY COUNCIL. AND WHAT THE FINAL DESIGN OF EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE. ARE WE DOING THIS? GO GO! GIRL MOVED TO 3.7 LISTED RESIDENTIAL VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE AS WORKING GROUP MEMBERS FOR THE THREE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL. DO WE NEED TO READ THE NAMES INTO THE RECORD OR I THINK WE COULD SAY AS IDENTIFIED IN THE MEMO, OKAY? SECOND. OKAY AND NOW ALREADY THROUGH ROLE YOU CAN JUST SAY YES OR NO. UM. SINGLE? YEAH. DIRKSEN. CLEVELAND. YEAH.ALVARADO. BARRY? YEAH. JOHNSON. HE MOTION PASSES. WE HAVE A WORKING GROUP WORKING. THANK YOU. SOMEBODY FROM STAFF CONTACTING MEMBERS. YEAH. SO FOR THE OCTOBER MEETING I THINK AS STAFF. WE'VE KIND OF PULLED TOGETHER A LIST OF OPTIONS FOR DATES, SO FOR OCTOBER PREFERRED DATES WOULD BE THE 13TH 19 50TH. WE COULD ALSO DO THE 25TH 26 OR 27. SO THOSE THREE BATCHES FIRST 13TH 19 50TH 13TH. WHAT TIME'S SEVEN SO WE COULD DO? WE COULD DO SEVEN. UM AND YOU'RE WELCOME . IF YOU KNOW ONE OF THOSE WORKS BEST NOW FOR THE GROUP, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. WE CAN ALSO YOU CAN ALSO FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME. UM WHATEVER. EXPRESSED FOR US IN THIS MOMENT. YOU CAN MAKE ME A FREAK FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE DAYS, SO I WILL GO WITH THE GROUND. 13TH 19TH 20TH, RIGHT? BASE, BOSTON. WORKS FOR ME. UH, 19TH AND 26TH. 0.6 IS NINE. YOU BETTER DO THIS. I THINK THERE'S
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CENTER IF YOU WOULD JUST UM, I THINK YOU AN EMAIL IN THE MORNING. AND IF YOU WOULD RESPOND TO THAT, THEN CORRECT. I THINK WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK IN THAT. EMAIL, UM AND IF YOU IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY PREFERRED NAMES OTHER THAN WHAT IS ON YOUR NAME BADGE IF YOU HAVE PREFERRED PRONOUNS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT. I KNOW I STARTED USING VERY GENDERED LANGUAGE WHEN I WAS DOING, MR AND MRS SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO AVOID THAT GOING FORWARD, BUT IF YOU HAVE PREFERENCES FOR ANY OF THAT, LET ME KNOW. PLEASE DON'T HESITATE.YEAH. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. ALL RIGHT. UM SO THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR BUSINESS. UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE WELCOME THOSE NOW. OTHER WAYS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING DURING THIS PARTS OF PLEASE GO THING. THREE WELL, THEN I WILL LOOK FOR AN EMAIL FROM ME IN THE MORNING. UM AND THEN WE'LL SEE YOU IN OCTOBER.
THANK YOU. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. WHERE DO WE HAVE TO HAND OUT THE PORN? OH YES. THANK YOU. UM, IF YOU WOULD SIGN THAT, AND THEN YOU CAN JUST DRIVE IT RIGHT
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