 There was an application process that was opened about a week ago. That application was this appointee seat being January the 5th. On January the 7th, the city council will level that down perhaps with interviews and we'll level it down to three candidates. That's on the 7th. And on the 9th of January, they will vote on who that individual is and that person will destroy them on the 10th. So critical days. Before the application closes, the 7th is when the interviews occur and we will be voted down to three. And then on the 9th, a select P, and on the 10th, that individual will destroy them. Are we clear? Are there any questions we have of the PDT? There are being none? Okay. Okay. So why don't we talk to the candidates, you know, to the candidates on the 10th to see whether they're monitoring that issue or not? We don't know. I've asked any and we've asked any and everybody who is going to participate to announce and to be a part of the process as you all know some people make their own choices. Okay. And this is a unique situation. And so those individuals who make their own choices, I will soon be deciding not to participate in this process. Okay. But I'm sure they will well aware of what we're doing. And I think retiring Councilman Cruz made a commitment to support the recommendation of this entire community. We have not asked the Councilman that. One of the things that the Councilman has asked me was if I had no one or, you know, Nuals of Names to be able to make that recommendation. Everybody's asked that to others. I don't know. But we, this committee has not asked him that question. Well, will this committee ask him that one? Well, this is the body of the community once you finish. It's indeed that the will and wish of the community will do so. Very good. That's very good. The first meeting, I'm going to sit down on the first meeting. But there was a second. The first meeting started with a group of interesting individuals who said we need to get involved and engage. Like most issues start with a small group of people. And that's what that triggered. The Round Two meeting. And here we are today in Round Three. So the plan is to create a better line of communication so that that connects and be broader. That's one of the things that we hold right now is how to do this. This year two council person will work on it. There's a great, you know, obviously too many young people in there, but we've got to focus on technology, and I've had conversations with people with technology to really speak to how we can communicate better, since we don't have mainstream agreement. That's a great question. So we're going to officially move into our meeting. Our panelists, we'd like to move them to the table. Since we've got them, please come forward. Later this congratulation. We'll meet at the table. Which table? We didn't want it. We didn't want it. Okay. Well, wait a minute. Now, I'm serious. What has to happen with the question? Is there questions of clarity? Good answer. If there's nobody here, then I'll come to you. Now, I'm just about to be a homeowner association there. Okay. Okay. But we're working on our communication. You're at the table. You can meet you at the table. Mr. Tony tried to be another chair. So if you have a patent, what's at the table? Well, they're facing this way, because they're asking the candidates questions and they can ask those questions and look at your big, beautiful hands. Okay. I saw one of my hands up there. One of my hands. Right. There's one on the chair, Tyler. You get it, you get it. So as we're moving forward, we're going to have one knee. Now, as I tell you, I'm always on the teacher. We need to put... We just volunteer to you. You will be tired of me. Yeah, you'll be tired of me. You'll be tired of me. Love you. Okay. Oh, she's making me laugh. You'll be tired of me. All right. Now, when we started this process, there were 22 names of names. They're a regular financial process, which Ms. Margaret Richardson raised her hand, Margaret, will be the moderator. And at the table, we have our panelists, who are individuals from the community. One of the applicants, one of the illicit applicants, we're going to give her an opportunity for what we call a point of privilege to talk to you about her initial application and engagement, and now where she is today. My name is Rose Hale, President of the Government Health Alliance. I've been in the community for 25 years, and this is the end of my life. I've been very involved in the last 25 years of education in the school districts, and very involved. I think I do have all the qualifications needed to run for this position, and I'm not good at the last meeting, but I have been drawing my name for the following reasons. I feel that I'm a very important person and I feel that I'm a very effective leader. I've worked along with the President of England, and when we first initially started this process that I felt as the President, we need to come together and have meetings, to be engaged, to talk to each other, and to be able to work together across a district too. We had talked about having a coalition and starting, so I'm going to be heading that coalition from the East Side President so that we can all come together. We can work together because we all have to stay in the streets, like sidewalks, development, everything that is coming to our name, but it's fine. That's what we need to do. That's not a long back. I'd like to have that come back alive and start working together, and so therefore I feel that as a community leader, I'm going to be more effective for the President and to keep open for communication. Thank you for quickly having me go by the first time. We did send it on the next door on the East Side that you're there. We also publicized it on our government-owned Facebook and on Facebook. We tried to get a course in the end to try to get as much coverage as we possibly can, but what I want you to understand is that this is the history of the East Side that never happened, and I want to thank the Hawkins for taking the issue, to come together with us as we started, and that's what we need to do. We need to keep that conversation started. We need to know that the next District Council person is going to work with us and is going to lead us in the right direction because we, the President, are the ones that represent the community and we have to have communication and we have to have openness and we have to be able to connect and be informed so that we can be effective and bring that communication back to your community. So what Hawkins said, those three steps in the process, we do know again that the city has the alternative to go ahead and make that appointment, but again, we heard from a lot of the presidents and a lot of people in the community they said we would like to have your voice, we would like to have some kind of input, so therefore that's how this meeting started and I hope that we will continue here on the East Side to have these meetings because they are important, they're important to the future for our children, for our leaders, for the school district, for our teachers, for everything, we've got to come together and today, let this meeting begin on the East Side that we matter in Hawkins because I will be running that coalition, so I'm sorry, thank you very much. We don't want anything. So we want to make sure. So with that, our panelists, Martin will come in. So Martin prepares for questions, our panelists also will be engaged in questions and answers so you will have an opportunity to engage, but since we have a structured meeting we want to make sure that everybody is respectful. First off, I'd like to thank for the opportunity to have this and give thanks to where a lot of people won't allow this, but thank you and the members of the meeting for allowing us to come and be in here today. So we have an invitation first. Volunteer, volunteer. I'll see you guys then. I'll see you guys. Hey, it's my whole service. I'm sorry. That's what you're doing now. She don't want to come in. It's nothing. The generation in the bar, the way the bar won't come in first, they thank the professors on this day about coming to the outside. The bar is that the spirit will be present and the decision we make will be done in education and application management. But all that we do, we should always acknowledge you because all that we have has been given by you. Thank you for bringing us thus far where you continue to reflect on what he's made to celebrate by saying amen. Amen. Let's show them up. All right. So, thank you very much, gentlemen. We'll go begin starting with one lay down from Brownfield. First, make sure your palms are made sure they're not going off. If they are placed on silent, you might want to place them on vibration so that they don't disturb the process. Second, don't interrupt anyone. If they have time. Number three, be respectful. We just have to agree to disagree and hopefully we're all going to continue to act like those who have this process. I'm Keith Thomas. What, Jones? Let's practice. Join the meeting. Good morning. I'm Sister Gabrielle and I hope it's very sister and the people who cast the mental alliance. Two applicants. Each person will be allowed to open a statement in more than two minutes. Let's start with Dory Brown. Good morning. I'm from District 2. I love out of town kids. But once again, in District 2 I've been here over 27 years me and my child. You know, I want the best for me and I want the best for those around me. And I believe as that we can always work together in making things better. Not for just one person or one thought, one focus, one agenda. But for all of us in rather than the previous race it was really interesting to go the different language and see what their priorities were. Some were about crime, some were about just jobs, some were just worried about noting. And whatever issues you affect that person that's important to them therefore that would be important to me. Now, because I'm here as a servant. I'm here to serve others and not for my personal agenda. I don't have a personal agenda. I just love serving the people. And so therefore once again I'm here willing to give myself and make no sacrifice in my personal life to look out for the people in my district. Because once again those things affect me. And so I would like for you all to be in this as I consider the concern of the people being here. If you have issues, bring your issues forth and let's sit down and focus on the resolution that's going to be a fake call. Take care. Thank you, brother. Brother, I'll say 30 seconds so you know it's all right. Thank you. I want to thank all my friends and family at district 2. I'm a lifelong resident at district 2. My name is Jared Hill. I've served in the Senate for 34 years from a public service department. I recently retired from a private department. I did not retire from public service. That's why I'm making myself a friend with you. I have been president since we've been in the schools and community and habitat work. I've seen the faces of the children in school. When I came up as a youngster right here on the east side of San Antonio we had some programs and stuff. I'd like to empower them to give them hope for their summers to be economically empowered also to love their families. One day we can be recruited in such an organization as I did for 35 years in San Francisco high school. Our sons both graduated from San Francisco high school also and they make their homes here on the east side. This is for the proud district. I love being in this district. I serve this district. It would be my duty to continue to serve. Know it would be an honor to represent all of the people in this room in my building door. I see some of these faces here today who I've had to follow many times. I want to thank them for that person and help. Washington D.C. We love getting to Atlanta and we'll be back here in 2008 to be close to my mom. And those were the best years of my life before she went on to be home with the Lord. But when I came back I noticed that a lot of things on the east side were beginning to change. But when I left in 1975 and really got concerned about that so I got involved in the community. I'm the president of T.A. Chan Weasel and I'm a child in the school and that one of the lot of doors along the lines of education meeting people I'm the vice chair of the board I've been chair on the national community for transportation involved with different city committees and all but I don't think I want to express why I'm interested in applying for the vacancy of District 2 is that over the next 5 to 6 months the city of San Antonio will be making major decisions that will allow a huge impact on District 2. Those issues are housing, transportation and the firefighters contract and we're going to need someone in that city that has knowledge and experience to have to represent District 2 and of course if we do not have a strong voice to represent the district in those discussions then we're just going to end up getting whatever someone else decides that we should have so thank you for your time and we will be proud to represent the district Thank you Chris Dawkins I'm honored to this church and thank you for everyone First of all I would like to say to you I think it's very important to go through this process as we are doing right now there are many things that are facing District 2 that we're going to have to be really we're just going to have to look at it like Lester said there's going to be a lot of things that are coming up in District 2 making sure that we get a city manager making sure that the development that happens within District 2 there are a lot of things that we have to look at and I think that the city is going to go through a number of things that District 2 is going to be very important we've got developers that want to come in we've got a new city that I believe is going to be happening as we make District 2 very relevant to the whole city overall and I think to be able to do that you're going to have somebody that knows about business that knows about the community that like Rose Hill talked about we've got to make sure that we bring the community together with all the HOAs and make sure that people have a seat at the table because of the door when I talk about serving I'm not talking about a person who's going into a seat to give their opinion as to how things should be I believe that we come together as a community and we decide what we want to do together and that's how we govern in America and in the community we have lost that politicians must understand that we serve you not the other way around we don't really go in there and give our voice we go in there and be the voice of the people so I represent the voice of the people and I hope you consider me thank you I'm part of the community because I know to the east side I've been a part of the east side and I love the east side I'm part of the community because I'm a part of the practice here I'm going to be my daughter who's not going to work out he's never going to hospital we've invested in this community we've invested in the people so I have a relationship with a lot of people in San Antonio I hear this story about people with AIDS I have that connection with the people I serve with my patients I do fundraising I have a necessity and a need for help with mental issues and those are issues that are very important for the east side as well developers yes that's a huge San Antonio I work with the age of university I've worked with zoning I've worked with different commissions I have thank you vaders in the east side which doesn't have anything to do with the west side thank you vaders create businesses create knowledge create that network of people that can help people who want to create the business in the east side why can't we have any business here we need it for our young folks we need it for the people that are established we want to keep a legacy of their business for their children developers are coming in we have STRs those are the therapy in the east those are the people that are coming into the neighborhood those are the people that are taking their taxes I've met and I've walked with people in my neighborhood they are being forced out of this holiday season having to relocate because they're going to sell their lives or they've been asked to leave so thank you I have a lot more to offer and more personal want to learn from you that opportunity to ask your question and I'll be happy to answer those thank you I'm 79 years of age but I have a lot of experience to offer I've been in history groups for 56 years I know what the Asians are the drains the streets that are poorly constructed and no storm brainy stainless you name it I know I know we always get this short end of the state we are the investors we are the ones that should be getting some returns for our investment in the city we lack so many things and at the top of the list for me in the hospital because I care about the health and well-being of our citizens and district we have a lot of things that need to be done and I have a lot of experience and I've done a lot of things in the community and I'm going to continue to do it I want to be able to go ahead and get things done I don't play games with some politicians I know how to deal with them and for the longest people that were in college and would have to take remedial classes because they came from the east side and the same with the west side and the south side they went to college the north side didn't have to get remedial classes but I changed that so I don't play games and I'm pissed a lot of people off and I don't have been I don't have any nonsense through Thank you How much time do we have today? A minute and a half Okay, minute and a half Candidates No It would be safer We've really had much violence in our area When you look at the media there's always a lot of the east side and I believe we can solve that One thing the brothers talked about again with the communities when I talked to Cheapman Madness and Alboy D.A. LaHood One of the things that we talked about is being able to do and look at safety One of the things that they told me about safety is that a lot of the areas that are having problems with the shooting with the killings don't have neighborhood associations or homeowner associations Those are the things that I think that if we begin to bring people together we can begin to look at that It's going to be very difficult but I believe we can actually do that But I also want to say something else that person who was appointed you only really have five months so I'm not so sure what can be done in a short period of time What I'm looking at is a long-range plan to be able to look at after the five month period So within the five month period I think that first of all I'm looking at safety I also look at development in district 2 I think development is very very important I think we look at development with people within the community as well as people who are outside the community There are a lot of things that we need in the community If we begin as a community to look at it together we can begin to solve some things I think I'll go in there and actually how we can are in the closet of the image I'm going to discuss behind closed doors but we're not invited talking about communication either in English or my job but I won't do that because the city is not being transparent We know we have a chip Are you familiar with chip? I don't believe in my research Do you know they don't have the money available to you right now? They just go in November and they wait until December But do we have that information? No, I'm doing my homework and I'm going to have a chance I'm going to find out what we expect and what we perceive from the city So we need to have that transparency We need to have that hope open So yes, I'm going to be doing my homework I literally love to watch YouTube We have now cast reports of private meetings If you're familiar with that, go in there find out who's leaving ahead and broadcast it and we're not free to and we didn't know why we're not at that table that's what I'm going to do Thank you Go ahead and start a conversation and try to get four other council people to go ahead and sign with any initiative to go ahead and have a study made on why we need a hospital out here in our district We're not planning so we need a full size hospital with lots of benefits to be able to go ahead and take care of our elderly any situations that might come up we need a full service hospital and that's the first thing that I will do the second thing is I will look at the books and I have been going I will review some of the hardest material that I should request it and there's a lot of things that is being hidden away and it doesn't go into the general time and that's the thing that gains the administration can see as they're planning so taxpayers are getting short-interviews providing the money and they're giving them benefits to developers and people who are going to be bringing money Let's keep it going Okay let's make things a little bit easier Okay That's what I like the quickest I don't know if you can ask me about it but like I said this is a short period of time it's a time to get in there and find out what's already in progress and jump on those things that you can complete that community is already concerned and those things that can be worldwide where you're at in the process and how we can move forward whether we continue it to a full turn or not we'll be able to either continue in a full turn or make the transition easy for the next person but right now we don't want this to be a dead period of five months so my focus would be to get in there on top of it and make sure those things are followed and not just a whole bunch of ideas that are floating in the air and the possibilities of what can happen as I said those things that affect you all affect me as well and I want to see this district that I know I didn't grow up in this district but I chose to move in this district and I recently bought another house and I chose to say where I'm at so that I could be available to serve district 2 people asked me if I need to move somewhere else I said no, district 2 is my home and I want to see us not be pimped out of play but I want to see us have the benefits that everybody else in the city said they told me I'll have when it comes to policy and we all know that we have a lot of policy out there the thing about the city council the city council is a legislative body and so when we talk about policy and government we have to understand that there may be existing policies but there has been a lack of government governments or execution on the policy so like Denise Endure said first priority for me to get will be first to hear what is the number one concern in the community is it safety is it healthy what is the dignity there and start to evaluate the policy and see does it need to be government better does it need to be executive better and then whatever the case is with that policy then you have to go to work and get the consensus and these five other council people to change the policy the district 2 person just can't say okay we're going to do this when you circle a council or board we have to get the consensus of your fellow of your peers and so that's my solution for that you have to evaluate then you have to take action so that's what I'm talking about Endure is that total priority for recently retired life long resident on the other side just east of us there's a quarter of 14 and 35 that has tremendous commerce going back and forth yes safety is the number one priority we should regulate a lot of the goings and commons on 35 and 14 that's happens in materials I've been in the safety business we can see what problems out there cause all kinds of detriment on that side of town we don't even care about we need to regulate some of that the big businesses that come in this community and do work and not be held accountable I think they could all give back on that person that's putting the knock on the doors get opportunities for our young people and as far as the safety in the streets where our young people and the older people can operate on a daily basis we have to empower economic growth on this side of town the community will affect some of those issues I truly believe that a good education economic growth and sustainability will address some of the safety issues on the streets of San Antonio community is the key communication is priority that's the only way you can operate with the transparency that's already in place needs to be executed and enforced communication always I have regular meetings getting to your time fashion you can block out time come to your names communicate always it's not the first thing it's always the second thing that is your time communication how is it going to be part of my career in communication one thing I've learned is that communication is not an area where one side fits all you know in our times today we have social media we have some people that are still in the they feel most comfortable with face-to-face communication and so from a distribution standpoint communication communication situations you have to use all that you can't just say okay I'm going to post this on social media and everybody is going to get it because everybody is not on social media you can't say I'm going to send an e-mail to the lab because everyone may not be on e-mail so the time on meetings the social media and then also the e-mails those are the methods to use sometimes this may sound a bit old fashioned but sometimes picking up the phone calling somebody or being out in the community where people are out and about in their everyday business and just talking to people you know you guys have a point in our society where we don't talk to people you know we read a text you know we read a city e-mail we don't want to look in someone's eyes so the effective way of communication you have to use all those methods at the same time it's a lot of politics it's not a servant it's not a servant of the people business owner 70 years I worked for state rep Ruth Joseph Clinton and in those positions you understand that you're there for the people and communication is a very valuable thing one of the things that has to be thorough, direct and consistent you know and because of what I do now with taxes people are everybody who work on paper they're still on their tax return and pay return and hold it right to the silent and you have to be able to be flexible in all those areas and the counselor would say you can't do all of them because staff understand they're there to serve the people they need to pay you know that's their job but their job is to help you serve the people and I've experienced that a lot of communication so one thing I want to make sure of is first I communicate with them and then I communicate with the people or I make sure that people get the proper communication and if it's somebody who's not saying sadly, socially and sadly how do we get the information to them I want the people to know first in a month you're going to get a letter and it's consistent so they can look forward to it if it's somebody you need to call back we will call them back and you try to call back so communication is very valuable thank you first thoughts this is an area where I think I would like to think that I can sell what we need is what Rose said is people to be engaged we've got to get our community engaged so the communication for me means making sure HOAs and neighborhood associations are working together we've got to get those people who are in the neighborhoods to make sure that they're working with each other and working together as a neighborhood and to do that I think Rose when she talked about originally talking about forming a what I call the community Congress where all the communities get together on monthly basis so the ones that are here can understand what's going on what's going on in other areas and in that way we're also able to find out what prior workings may be but I also think this is a two way conversation because when you have communications with the HOA you do have some seniors and other people who may not be able to get out to the HOA meetings or may not be able to engage in that way when they're not able to engage in that way then I believe that that's where Dory talked about calling the office to make sure that people who are calling the council office that they make sure that they can get their questions answered and somebody calls them back so that communication for me is two ways yes, I have some perusing networks I have a perusing district two website and we do meet some Monday easy, we have calendar our own cell phones there's usually a calendar with district two we don't even know where the stack is going to be so that people in this district can go to the head there's no excuse that they can't answer the phone if they're going to be at a meeting if they're going to be at a neighborhood you know they're there if you have to go on to that neighborhood you can still attend is it open to me? go there, meet with those employees and you register as a district two now, calendar meets everything else calls the council to incorporate for the children of this district we have several here so we can know what's happening in the home life of these students whatever's happening there will look like a home life if there's issues with their homes issue with their employment it will be an effective situation if we can open that dialogue dialogue with the children and the families living in those homes we have to have dialogue we have to have communication I can't read minds I'm sorry I'm not conditioned I have to know what every one of you has concerns about from the youngest to the oldest to the seniors in housing seniors that need housing people that are moved out we don't know what the displacement is going to affect them the city needs to be involved with that we are having a displacement we are creating our own homelessness so thank you we just have to have a dialogue open door policy a comfortable person has nine staffers eight staffers that are supposed to be out there engaging with the community they shouldn't have to the residents of this district shouldn't have to make an appointment to see you you should be available to them all the time not just when it's convenient for the council person in addition to full time job and you should be there available to the public and you have to be able to let the public know also what the issues are it's a good way to street what the main thing is when people have concerns they want you to do something about it and that's what I have always done with the eastern triangle we lean on the monthly basis and the neighborhood association leaders have the opportunity to go through the lean and voice their opinions and their concerns and we should be able to impact on them in order to go ahead and be available to the public not on your terms I'm sister K. Riala and I'm here with Eastside for the last 30 years in terms of education to work with the schools in the district to meet with the principals of the schools I work with on a continuing basis on this campaign treasure and so I understand it needs to go ahead and be involved with schools and I have been engaged with them in a concert with Mr. Howard so I am very concerned about what happens in the schools so I know that sister Riala has been involved in our community for such a long time with the co-organization and so on so we have to address all of the issues of these children especially because they are future leaders and it's important to go ahead and be able to guide them through the right things I'm going to be here and walk in and start asking questions I want to know what they need but it's not just the school districts it's the boys and girls one that's a huge part of this community we didn't know what happens at our school we didn't know what's happening with pre-KSA we need to be as effective why else is needed for that department I'm lucky not to know some people that work with that pre-KSA it's a wonderful opportunity maybe it needs to be tweaked maybe there's some really great managers that can stand on that it's not going to deal with the pay in the school district with those opportunities that we have if we need more let's think about it let's work with the communities let's work with the different areas of town we have a business down the street a beautiful park exciting why can't we have activities there why can't we have sporting events there that include all the promise schools ideas schools because no longer are the main tactics going into a school district but we also have promise schools to get involved my answer to that would be I would love to get involved with schools but unfortunately the city council does not really get involved with schools what we can do is maybe have some influences as what happens with schools we have 170,000 people in district two and we have 29% have high school education 21.9% have less than a high school education these are the things that I can take to jet tower that I can take to the school system and say how can the city help me how can we into good programs in district two to be able to help that because we cannot track businesses if we don't have people who are educated so my short answer again is city council doesn't get involved in schools but we can do that and support the school system once again my name is dory and as a parent of an elementary student I've dealt with private school charter school public school and there's any way that the city council position communication and connecting resources to help the schools that's something I would look to we have several districts so if we need to reach out to the board first read the board and the principals together have a collaborative workshop of what the city can offer what the state resources are we can do that we're actually having a meeting the board they're having a board meeting to speak about the staff being harmed for telling you our time may have come but we have to make sure we have our focus on education safety and whatever resources may be out there I've seen the quality coming from a private school to a public school and I'm disappointed able to the point of how the teachers relate to the students and so I would try to gel that because that's their foundation of who they are I was the last to cry and I wondered and also chair of the ASA 2020 commission on education is that the challenge that we have with education is that we operate in silos we have 17 school districts then even within the districts everyone has their own little territory and people are very sensitive about collaboration and one thing I've always talked about is that we need to put aside these differences in territory and just think about one thing what's best for our kids in their education we just make it work and the city council president doesn't have anything to do with it however the discussion can bring people together thank you I'm Gary Kilby the president of the Black Fighters Association and one of the first things we did is address the need for scholarship this is one thing we've gotten into six different schools in the city district two it's over eight different young men's groups we'd like to expand that to young women also this is something we can make a difference being in a daily life in school getting the problems early that they're facing because again, you can't wait this is what we stress to young people all the time the education is important enough that you should believe that a senior already had a freshman college education saving parents a huge work of tuition and fees and that and God again we have big business operating in our district an industrial court just east of us they have to be held accountable we need more internships exposes to our young people everybody want to go to college they can start a firm and make a career a good career in some of these businesses that operate in our districts so if you could please tell us what are the benefits or tools and successes you had and bringing development to the community both commercial and housing Jordan, I think that within the eastern triangle we have been addressing that problem and we have reached out to the community in a number of ways and showing that we continue to do that but we have to be able to be engaged and not just talk you know there's so much talk and no action and that's the thing that I have been tired of people voicing their concerns and not believing anything I want to see some action and that's what I'm about I'm not looking to build a political career or anything like that my life is coming forward to me and I want to be able to continue to make a difference and that's important to me thank you for the question ok, we'll talk about investment financial, are you referring to more commercial and housing and housing? well I'm not a developer, I'm an investor I'm an investor in my neighborhood a few years ago my husband invested in buying some lungs I don't care what based on luck, on the weekends after work Bob Lowe trades people gave them jobs we work with the plumbers, we work with the electricity we want to keep the jobs here that's the investment we work with the community we run it we actually sold to our neighbors right now some of our tenants we help them get homes in our neighborhood that's the investment that's the personal investment in our neighborhood we help our families we help our neighbors and we help the other people who have a small business a better and larger and keep it going that's the legacy so I'm not a developer I'm not a developer I'm a small investor for the favorite range party thank you with a CDC community development corporation not here in San Antonio haven't done much with housing here in San Antonio but what I do want to say about housing in San Antonio is that as communities we know that housing in San Antonio there is not enough and there's going to be a lot of low moderate income housing being put in every neighborhood in San Antonio so all of us, especially communities, have to get involved because those communities who are not involved they're bringing low to moderate income housing to your neighborhood as it relates to commercial development I was president of and currently still president of Lakeside Neighborhood Association we had what we called the big meeting there are several of you in here who were at the big meeting we had about 300 people at that meeting we do a quick trip who is on 87 who bring the lowest gas prices to San Antonio we also have 18B who's coming to the meeting okay there's a lot more that I'd like to tell you in terms of commercial development I'm not having a part of actually bringing in the development as a previous business owner from a county business I chose to have my business here in District 2 and employ people within this district and looking for a place to have my office I saw that coming from left side to here it didn't have as many options and that's obviously concerning the resources of having their location and have the offices that are nice and we feel safe I mean every time I was in my office it took one o'clock, two o'clock in the morning and so therefore it really makes you have those and they're not limited and I had somebody come to my office and say oh I never got any of this nice over here I was in it was a certainly a little time and I was like what do you mean east side doesn't mean that we don't have nice things and that's always been a concern of mine being in that position that would be something that I would make sure comes here because we do have things to offer in this district last time again I was a part of the planning group for the east side of the promise zone there was a group of us that worked very hard to submit the planning grant for the east side of the promise table and when we received the plan then I was a part of that committee to also implement the process of it so that's your commercial development and how you're a typical type of resident of history too again, one of the first names as a member of the that 5 times association we got involved and had a tattoo in that and that was one of the ways that we could make a difference it started out just an annual march and now we're okay with the elephant up and restore and that was a short term phase but we took it a bit further and continued to do this year out then we expanded on that and saw things that exposed that young man to a way to have the work and skills that they could use anywhere in life wherever they choose to settle for themselves and then up to Dr. D out of the senate to do an open expose to young men to have the skills necessary to one day build their own homes have their own dream house all that in my head I believe in a lot of what I learned in the black firefighter and again, the school that we're in giving us access to make a difference in young lives coming together because really if all of you serve we got to be a team right so having said that with some things regarding influence about evaluating I heard some things about five months you need to be smart get in the door on Wednesday one of you is going to be a community consensus and we've come to that today so having said that with some backing on the elephant in regards to how transportation fits into that all right let me give a little quick scenario there I'm getting to that Wednesday all right you can get a job which is a better game what? we have to go it's a complicated he's got to be there at six o'clock tell me council I can't need to be 15 minutes late to be on time work with me on that thank you ladies and gentlemen transportation for those working people who can't afford the insurance that comes with it they do need transportation and they can't afford to go ahead and provide that so it's important we work with transportation to be able to go ahead and work out a the area where people need the transportation the most and so in the past I have proposed to the transit board and you be on the plane to go ahead and consider subway systems and they've taken that of you one minute at a time it's amazing because I went to a meeting recently via one of the directors from their department was in tennis he had taken me a bus he drove there so what I would like to say is the departments from via the first meeting form actually have a department that will have their representatives get on their own via the bus and take those routes where we know there's a necessity to transport to provide transportation to the world of the city the students of the city will also take them so we need to have a special group of via bus to go ahead and take those routes see whether they're deficient go ahead to a better management system because we aren't going to need it but they need to go ahead and walk they need to take that via bus and see what everybody else needs from that department thank you ladies very complicated question I don't really have an answer for it right now but I will tell you this I have been working on transportation since I only have a few minutes I've been working on transportation for seniors I sit on the joint commission city of San Antonio I have two of my commissioners here Barbara and Betty if you would stand and just wave your hand these are two of my commissioners that serve we can give them a round of applause for them we've been working on transportation whether it means bringing them over we're looking at working and how they begin to transport people we're looking at different ways that we can do that so with our address and your question I didn't bring a scenario I mean you probably would be engaged with that company about a person's time I took the via bus back when I was in high school I've taken it at other times I've been in other cities and I think San Antonio compared to other cities has a great public transportation system when it comes to the bus and comfort and wifi and all that stuff and one of the things that that employer directly that you have a person who wants to work who's doing their best to get there in a timely manner and it's known there should be a good way to adjust their schedule whether they're cutting their bus short or they stay 15 minutes later but in the time when we want people to have jobs and be there so they can provide for their family and I think that's too hard to have of that employer make they have a set room where they can have standard time schedules and you have to do too much to ask and talk to them and encourage other companies to do that as well because of the bus system which is beyond their control but it's there in their table the great question is um having served on the real board and the national board transportation is a very very it's not complex but they use form rules to decide how they're going to have their routes and the frequency of their routes I know that via and can make the same right now are working on a plan to make transportation better here in the city but the one thing I noticed when I was on the real board and so you can realize that when we uh put out a notice for community meetings to get community input very few people show up so we don't show up and you have a challenge the can't say anything about it because you didn't show up like humans to voice the opinion and authorities need the input because there's a great trend in the authority in the country to get some money from the federal government to face some fights it's a good problem to have I have a job I think once you have a job you can work from there it does help a lot around I think it's just something that you can improve the board maybe it's something individual problems that each have but I'm sure it's a problem for a lot of people a lot of people that may have the same issue and something good you can work back there in the way of being a contemporary worker he could approach his employer and see about standing 15 minutes long an issue that he can work out that doesn't bother him if he's there 15 minutes late stay 15 minutes long work through lunch I mean I don't know how many people that have that going to work catch two three modes of transportation these are the people that made the way for me so again I look at that as having a good problem to solve to do some of the questions and answers my question is how would you plan to involve the residents in the decision making concerning District 2 though a lot of decisions are made and many of the residents feel left out because they don't get to be corresponded until they get it after the fact so how would you plan to involve the residents in the decision making of District 2 Thank you very much That was a very good question We need to have no more quality we need to be able to engage them and you don't go ahead and respond and they can make their own appointments with you and so yes we have to engage with them and one thing you know the issues and I'm very familiar with the issues because I have brains now in many different areas the Eastern Triangle was set up for that purpose for them to be able to support the recommendations that neighborhood associations make and to be able to support their decisions and that's how the person needs to go ahead and support those recommendations that come to them and not be able to go ahead and well They need to come to us We should be able to answer any questions that come from all of us Do you have the same question? Yes Oh yeah We should have dialogue Can you repeat the question again? Are you going to engage the community of your office? No In decision making In decision making Well actually when we have to go ahead make sure that we're on the same page That's where we need to be able to communicate with the residents not how closely we do We have issues like that throughout our district We have to make sure that our neighborhood associations haven't been infiltrated by developers We want to hear from the real residents We want to hear from the homeowner the tenant So we need to make sure that dialogue from them is going to get to the office So we need to have a special meeting We can have a meeting with Zoni and make sure that Mr. Head is there and after 8 months before we actually speak to him and the district regarding an amendment that's going to be going to HBRC or to Zoni We need to have that communication because if you don't want something happening in your neighborhood you need to be able to voice that to your district office before that vote happens because that would be the conditioners of that city council So we need to make sure that we're all on the same page We have an organization like this that you've got community organizations those community organizations whatever issue comes up in the council if you have time you can take it to the community see how the community finds the person who is sitting in the seat is actually supposed to be serving If you're serving for the community then you find out what the community wants that's how you're going to affect the decision If that person takes that information from the community then that is the community making the decision But step one would be to reach out to our communities Part of the best way to kind of want to fashion is maybe do it like a simple mail out with a postcard, a paid postage to all the residents in the district have them fill out how do you want me to communicate with you would you prefer a mail would you prefer a newsletter would you prefer social media and give them the option of saying you're more ways of connecting to the people are you part of the HOA and then ask you get that information back then you can kind of say okay these people because they're older they want stuff, mail that they want a survey out to them that is a prepaid postage that they can easily fill out and mail back because you want to hear from them so you're going to have to be simple for some people if those people are more tax happy if they'll respond to a tax or something you can put that on there and send out that text last or email last that has a way to respond to a survey but first you've got to do something basically simple that connects to all people they don't send it back you've done your part to try and connect to them as well great question regarding decision making for the district I believe that the residents of the district have to and along the same council person first is to have a strategy we need to have a strategy what is the district team going to look like five years from now ten years from now and then start implementing that strategy because the residents the homeowners associations and everyone is in seek to get along with the council person and this allows the council person to start implementing policy changes or new programs to execute that vision for district 2 because if there's a vision and everyone has participated and shared that vision then that's your decision making process again, Gary Killman Life long resident and being a life long resident should already have an idea of what affection friends and neighbors also have to see so with those thoughts you can lead on the very people that have already had people and meetings H.O.A and some people that you can go to to get the citizens of all of your friends and family you don't have to be ahead of the wheel these thoughts have already been out there and you have to engage and keep it open go policy as you say Gary welcome their ideas be about that all the time you can have a city that time to be a voice to the audience District 2 has a challenge with how funds are distributed by SAGE can you campaign or would you campaign for the support of small businesses specifically black businesses i.e. grants, tax abatement for the first three years etc when you repeat it you do the push you come to a person that has to remember who they're representing and they're representing the residents and the voters of his district or her district and so it's important that we go ahead and not have favoritism to a business that may want an advantage what about the you know dad and so it's important that you remember who you're representing and make a fair and decision when you both in support of whatever the the problem is we have to be able to solve the problem equitably and so that's the way I'm going to get that well my start at the beginning I'm going to give you the answers it's extremely important right now we have one in the west side of my center we have a bigger one people individuals who just want to start with their idea learn the basics learn how to work with the community learn how to network learn how to use the internet get out of there get your name on how to go on and get a bid with the government a bid with the city we need to be there in the east side we have sage and an incubator is going to create additional wonderful results if we will get it the correct way use what we have use the colors business owners right now see what they want what type of people what type of businesses do we want to encourage come to the east side not just HEE we have a whole area on the east side that's ready for development thank you very much we may not have my answer though I think the sage needs to be changed completely I haven't been satisfied with the work the sage has been doing just to get the side grass is not what I see a CDC for our area to be doing we need a development corporation we need somebody that's going to help new planning we rather need somebody who's going to help to also assist with MLK make our Juneteenth March 9th and I hate to say this a small thing but we are a tourist city we need to do more I expect more of sage if I'm a council person sage will change sage is going to expand there's going to be a new type of sage thank you to me I want to see what you're doing and how your business is getting back you're offering a business that you're offering something that shows our young people that you can step up and be truly successful and it's not just society we need to kind of reach back to our young people our teenagers, our high school as a forward and international association of women business to think about having a business that's the name of the business plan and seeing that they can see other women business is on so they have to focus on high school and go to college and focus on business well I guess I'll have to be the bag I have here and my different roles around the city and working in the community the world constant that I've noticed and I'm just going to be honest there are a lot of programs out there there's a lot of grant money there's a lot of city and county opportunities and I think you've also mentioned specifically for black businesses the reality and even with SAGE is that SAGE is set up for all businesses on the east side not just specifically black specifically black businesses but here's the other thing and I can review some applications and other roles in that we need to ensure that we have dialogue eyes because it's not about black white people we have to tell ourselves that to stop having the entitlement we're telling it just because we're black we show up we have to do the same thing and everybody else has to take the money thank you competition is we need more than one business model it may have been said once before but I can't say that I'm stressed on that we need more than one economic plan for district 2 we're starting in a whole lot we're behind our districts neighboring districts 3 and 10 they're prospering and doing well we need to catch up we need more than one business model we need to encourage a lot of business we have people doing business we need to be accountable we have to knock on those rules engage them get our young people thinking earlier than we see here at school about being on true rules this one's from the audience if not chosen by the community as a viable candidate will you actively support the decision of this community body one minute time to move I think all the people up here show the yearning desire to want to serve this community and have the support there okay this has been a question we assume we can support the community because you're right but will you actively support if you're not chosen yes yes there's strength in numbers so yes we want to see somebody that in this community familiar with the community that grew up here that no one out there enjoyed and have compassion for us this has become a dump site my sweet if they dump on the end of my sweet we want to have our community to look like other communities we want somebody that care about the community that have that kind of community that still live here went to school here went to all the schools from elementary we want somebody that have compassion for us thank you for the comment thank you these steps from the community earlier you spoke about the decision making from the community now specifically we brought there's a project coming there we had several meetings where we danced for our input we gave them our input and the city came back and did what they wanted so we did that five times what would you do to help us to ensure that we get what we want on the roads I know that there's been a lot of decisions that have been wrong not only our city but our district and I'm going to look into it to where I can overturn that decision by providing the information that people don't have and where the money is coming from there's money that's being hidden away they can come up with a figure and a half and represent a vehicle by the instates the fire fighters and they can come up with 38 million dollars for the Alamo the reimagining of the Alamo did something wrong and there's not much information where they can come from so you know there's a lot of money hidden away that's time thank you well I know well I'm the mayor and I follow your website I follow the conversation on Facebook and seeing what's happening you have to follow each other and what I'm going to do is I'm going to we have a conversation they say one thing maybe something about my back door we make sure that we're going to we know what's happening we have to wait and see what the report is going to do this is our home we have a conversation not just a conversation we demand that they listen to us and work with the other districts because they vote as well and they can vote along the lines with us thank you the most important thing to me that to enter your question is I know that didn't a way to heal is engaged I'm looking for communities that are engaged if you're engaged and you've already said that you are an inch to whatever it is that they're doing with every fiber in my body I can go there and support you I'm there to support you and if you were not with them the association didn't know where to heal I will not support you with everything that I've done I will try to stop I was saying I'm timing on that and talking about communication and asking you what do you mean what do you want if there's some reason that we cannot do that at that time I will come back and tell you this is where it's at this was it how we need to fix it correctly and not just leave you hanging on they didn't hear so I would come back to you and say hey this is the real realisation of what's really going on thank you very much and you're right whatever about that project it did just kind of fall flat and the neighborhood was not capable of what was going on so one of my first things I wanted to bring that issue back was exactly what the status is and why are you guys in my company also, again a strong beginning to any idea is the best way to have a good finish and in the beginning of that you have to have someone to take at all times it can't be needed without you without your voice, someone to represent you so with that being said you have to stay engaged have somebody to take you to people for you at all times what's the goal today? Hello question I'm from the University and I'm a personal professor of association how do you plan to get involved with associations and there is an answer to that question because sometimes you need to be the voice of the residents some of the residents don't have social media some of the residents don't check email or don't even have email or don't know how to type email or don't have social media sometimes you have to be the voice of the community well, it's a category the category is very important any information in meetings any events for a company if they're on the category the category needs to be checked daily, twice a day whatever it takes to be engaged lock out time and show up, be accountable accountability communication like I said before you have to be able to be open you have to be able to be an animal and you can go through those individuals face to face and see what their situation is sometimes code enforcement will write up a property owner for a situation you have to be able to stand up to that issue and go ahead and say the code compliance officer knows the rules the facts and you wrote up a violation that was not justified things like that well, it's not just communication with the individual neighborhood associations but I really want to have the associations communicating with their state officers to make sure that our state officers also recognize you correctly and communicate with the district they're the person on the street and you're not on the street we need to get more of them out there to make sure they have a presence so that's what communication is we need to have that whole situation we can have an officer that knows the neighborhood they recognize them they can stop them at the corner ask them questions and that's what I want to hear ma'am, what's the name of your association again? are you registered with the city? yes then hopefully as men go forward you'll be registered with Liz and those organizations will be meeting of course if I'm your county person we will be communicating with that group that will be meeting all the time thank you as I said earlier we really think that's how they want the information to be distributed to them and how they want to be engaged with so if it has to be invited if there are not emails out of you whatever then we will address that we do our best to be able to get that to them but we also need them to respond back if it takes me coming to you saying I tried to be this person and they haven't replied back then I may have to come to you to make sure that that person's issues are addressed so whatever it takes between the staff we will make sure that they are addressed thank you for the question there is an it's important to stick out the calendar but I can tell you that I believe in being engaged and what I can work on doing is to make sure that either me or a member of my staff can attend all the home orders meetings you know with them believing that their Congress can't get into places at one time but I think that that's the effective way to stay connected as well as have 5 monthly town hall meetings and bring everyone in so that we can have dialogue like this and I think that's very good thank you it's important to stand up to the city all day department great question absolutely I am not going in and claiming that all life face issues directly and I don't expect excuses I'm on results and absolutely I will face face with the city and I will prove to them that they are engaged and they wrote up I don't like to play games I find out that we're really wrong and like the let's respond quickly we're running out of time to be in this beautiful church I just want to take a point of view because we say we'll be finished at 11 and we want to check in with you even if you want to go a little bit longer and for a short time we do like a little bit longer to get your questions answered okay well, in response to 30 seconds we also want to give an opportunity for a summation because our hope is remember we're on a short timeline in terms of when the city is going to be named and so if we are able to offer what we call a comprehensive question that really focuses on overall the individual who's moving forward and who do I think we'll be able to handle a little better because all of us are passionate about individual questions but I think at the end of the day we've got to know who's the strongest candidate and our candidates moving forward so what I'd like an opportunity to do is put together a comprehensive question that encompasses a lot of things that people are asking and a lot of it has to do with what it has to do with making the challenge and then we'll move on to other questions that people want to say but I do want to honor you this time and I want to honor the church I'll read it to you the desire of the group is to stay a little longer we don't know if you have a plan but it's okay so we're just going to take 15 minutes and 15 we're going to make sure that that's done I have a state rep I have a gentleman who's had any questions for a long time I didn't see his hand up so I'd like to be joined and then I'm going to get him into my room we have several people who just had hand up so we're going to act hold on we're going to act it hold on we're getting ready to do something that happens it's all that you need to do and hopefully give you some questions to answer this gentleman's question we're going to ask the comprehensive question which I don't mean is how are you going to this is the time to think about it how are you going to build a consensus I think based on what I'm hearing is that I don't want to have a person who can do this we all bring that so how if you are selecting will you build a consensus to make things happen how you will strategize and build a consensus and if you have a government record so we want to know that this question my name is Jake I'm part of the man's association and I'm from I have been there for like 8 years now and I'm worried about the better in the history you know we need to think about better homeless it is time you just want to look at how we can take care of that issue so then I think the comprehensive question we're going to modify it a little bit when we were at our last meeting it was a housing concern a household concern betters concern so let's look at those issues of concern how you will address will we like to give them at least 3 minutes to address the litany of that 30 seconds we're going to go to the president we're going to try to do some engagement what's your question my question sometimes the city takes the steps to bring it in first and they all the time to see things that we don't see so in the case of those hard decisions when the community is not in agreement but you see it at best how do you know so comprehensive question how are you going to work with your colleagues to get things done how are you going to work with your colleagues to get things done regardless of what the issue is does that incorporate what you want that's the section to sit in for the let's say minutes how can we change the perception are you okay with that how can we change the perception that the east side of the government okay your colleagues to make this happen the consistency of the response happens a minute and a half we might have to look at it to see it step by step really good really good I just have another question I have one in the living room I have one in my house so I'm not a criminal in any way I have no problem standing up as I said earlier I'm a certain I'm elected by people of district 2 to serve district 2 and I believe that district 2 has been taken advantage of in a lot of ways and that time needs to end to this but not just power and I've seen talks about having the experts come in that's one of the things that we need and then we need to take that information back to the people to their concerns or why things may or may not be being done and what needs to be addressed for those changes because we all have a desire to see things change we need to know what the steps are to make those happen at the end of this short period we need to see what's already going on and what we can do to achieve those things that are in progress that may be at a stalemate First, the part about working with your colleagues who built the census the one thing that I've learned about being on board is that when you want something and your colleagues are supporting you is that you have to listen also to their opinions it's a two-way street because you need to vote if you don't get to vote you can't accomplish what you want to accomplish so you have to listen and once you listen for it then you listen for common ground maybe there's something you want to accomplish that they have also that they're supporting Secondly, on the strategy you have to develop a gap where the community and the community has to be engaged and one of the challenges sometimes is that people can recognize problems all day long and twice on Sunday but when I manage people I would always tell them if you recognize a problem we can work with that but also come to be with the problem and the solution because you can identify a problem you can identify a solution because you know much more and so as your council person this is me being ambitious because one thing about you you can't go into a gun fight with a knife and that's what happens so often I am not a life-long politician I'm not inspired to be somewhere else so I don't have feelings that I don't mind I've heard of the senators of each side this is two residents just like I said before this is three, this is ten all around us across the world that should be no negotiation am I right in saying this is the last place to develop we have to develop to the needs of the citizens that want quality of life these are basic safety issues there's no life right here there's no negotiation but a future issue too noise the issues that other council people have and you have to be able to go ahead and recognize their issues as well as their issues are so you have to develop consensus between them years ago we referred to as a gang of seats well because they all had needs in their districts and so you have to be able to go ahead be able to work with them and I have worked with time courage when I was on my own college district board of trustees and you have to build up and be able to provide the substance behind your issues to them and vice versa so that's the way you build up a consensus and you can rely on their votes to support you and maybe support them now it's quite a different game now do your research to look at your taxes they want to be their tax service idea we hold cards so we have to demand then to give something for a birthday for our taxes it's actually been proven and shown in our presentation three times more than the north side we talk about we expect a return and that's what I expect I've dealt with commissions I've dealt with city councils I've dealt with Ms. Kelly she's actually kind of meeting with my group in private chambers to find out why we are upset we're upset because of people who are taxed and not getting anything for them so yes we do have a power they know me I'm not getting that interview because they do know me but I expect that we have an opportunity to make my voice heard at that interview and that's what I expect and that's what I hope people will represent to demonstrate to them in our future President Jones, I think you were asking about what happens when something comes up they cannot ask the community they cannot ask the community and I said the community does not agree I'm hoping that the community sometimes understands that the city is actually made you try to make the best decision in the interest of the community you, when you talk about working on the citizens department you have to make you have to make with your love of people to get a little bit more we may not get everything that we want but we are the people we ask for and next time we may be able to get a little bit more so sometimes you may not get all that you want and that's what I hope with building a consensus with all the community we can understand you can understand how I vote and understand what you want I want to listen to you to find out what it is that you want and be able to articulate that to the council we will come back with something that we need, we may not come back with everything we want it's one question Mark, one question I've got to go to the clinic for dialysis and I do want to make one statement if you agree with me a couple of things I want to say first of all I want to give our team time so this is a student who is in California but he is your wife and he makes that in my heart the second thing I want to say is when you make your recognition that you can set up a person who had 14 years given their life their blood and their soul in this community and that's Tommy T.C. following his name he interviewed before he Tommy T.C. and his co-fars are responsible for the problem of the community and I want to make that now this is a community question actually there are several constituents including outside the bottom line is City Council will vote on our clinic plan next April okay I'm going to point someone to D2 but before we make 2019 that means whoever is appointed even if they lose a name we'll get to a group that denies the proposed line of change I'm going to address that when we get in there we have to see what's going on quickly do it on the board and try to find what district feels it may be a decision where we have to listen to the experts who come in and make the best decision that's going to affect us as a resident of District 2 that decision is going to affect me I'm not going anywhere is that a conversation first name 15 services there's no question on that the federal government has already put it's hand in to me on notice our admission rates are starting to go out of the road I will vote yes for the climate okay and I would expect all the council members to vote in favor of that that should be denied yes because simple votes will have urgent questions for the community how can we care for the electric car how many stations are going to need around the city to create those charging areas for those electric cars there's a lot involved with climate change the other thing I understand you have to have a plan of city but we also have a national responsibility for our community we can't put those type of ramifications in somebody's budget they have to be looked around they have to be connected to their comments I love the great supporter of climate change because we do call climate change to affect our well-being and so absolutely other council people recognize that as being a major problem open spaces that we have have stagnant water and all of that is in our district and so we have to be able to go ahead and eventually change it this is this involves safety of our residents just east of here is the corridor that operates heavily emissions and gases roads here was part of the group I think that stopped the building of another dump site these things and gas is also yet to regulate all these businesses that are already in our district operating we have to have type of screens and that's why I've been a professional by the end of the year seeing some of the evidence that we have to tighten up on an account I have 35 or 40 of the corridor in this story yes on climate change I agree with everything that I said it's something that we need to study because we see the ways of the climate change in our city, in our city in our country and it's something that with all the respect that until season studies have come from more information about it I know what my personal thoughts are but I cannot integrate my personal thoughts into what's best for the district to be thank you question for you do you want position permanently there second part of that do you have any current connections or relationships with the current council members or the mayor yes I would probably go ahead and have no connections I'm saying yes to the appointment and also I have a relation with all the council members yes I would see for the election and no I have no connection with the council yes I would be ready to spend and the council members know me well because I tend to be complaining to them they operate they need a lot of money and so on so yeah I have a relationship maybe it's not as great as yes I'll be ready and your relationship I have but actually just go to these I go to the district these I want to hear what's happening there I don't know how far we'll be but it's left out in our community that's the best way to do it just be an interesting little guest of your districts yes I would be ready I don't have any connection with the council people I don't know if they know me or not but I have no connection with this does that answer your question I'm sorry is anyone just yes if you are working on any boards that the city has to employ yes I have but in order to put your application in all of us have to resign before they will take your application so I was on the joint commission for government affairs and I had to resign so I am no longer on any board through commissions yes I was on the committee last month the goals set for me were all set to take here I really have no affiliation on the boards that I serve I don't have any affiliation with any board previously I started on the joint commission but a couple of years ago I was in shock with the position from I'm a member of organizations and I'm affiliated with the city government tier one the neighborhoods and I've been asked to be a part of the 2020 plan because I should have been going to a second tier so that's what I'm involved in I want to know what's happening in our future things are going to happen now so we need to vote correctly my question to the district 2 panel is when city gets money and they look at the budget and they have a vote on it how is the district person council person or councilwoman better meet with the associations to make sure that those line items are addressed in our neighborhoods first our streets, our sidewalks crime life all those important things are you are you committed to come to the neighborhood association and find out what our issues are our works financially line item by line item before money is distributed and they're making my mess that's my question I don't think I've built every organization at first I'm going to see for sure why wasn't it getting to every neighborhood every second of the east line then I go with it because they put associations to find out why you have to communicate with your district that would communicate to the audience research third second I think the question is confusing what I'm talking about is the city council have that money before you decide to distribute into the community that includes the neighborhood association that's my question okay I think I understand the question yes I want the communities to be engaged and if they're engaged they should know in addition to that anybody if you want to serve on a commission or a board if you are involved in a neighborhood association if I'm your council person yes I want to see you appoint into those boards a commission to be able to report back to what we're doing time, third of the boards outside of the city currently but two questions specifically we have Bob that's out there want to follow up on what's that to where that money is and how it's being distributed and any new money to come in are expected to be distributed and I will definitely reach out to the homeroous association to the community at district 2 and see where they feel the need is after we look at what we already have the boards Rose, I specifically talked about the money that's allocated to the individual districts so there are several programs like the neighborhood assistance program is that the funds that you're quickly talking about okay I understand the way that that program works is that if there is an amount under $10,000 these the council person can direct those funds to the organization anything over $10,000 it will require some sort of approval Derek Hill engage me the squeaky wheel will be oil the needs that are long overdue will be met we have to constantly stay engaged communicate the needs of this community that have long been neglected we have to get engaged we will be these needs like I said before I'm living in the districts of being prosperous right now we have to catch up we have to get all these needs met there is no negotiation with this community thank you we want to do two things here one, we'll be around we'll have one possibility of an individual to get it going a little better in these type of forms as far as getting everything out there we'll call it a time and then we have so many wonderful candidates it's hard to get everything done panelists I want to thank you all so much I wish we had one time is Sister Kathy out there do you have any burning questions or do you feel that most of the things you needed to know say it when they waste our time I'm sure you have been watching this week I mean the channels everyone the government channel watched the city house meeting and I go down to excuse me so long you know I go to the recession and repeat and repeat so I ask you please know we are visiting and watching that video and we want to rate answers I'm not sure I'm sorry I'm not sure but at least you want to get the outcomes of the community here I appreciate each of you making yourself available to start forming out of your community but these are very serious times we have a lot of things that are already in the works that we can't lose ground on and for some of the questions that were asked today I think some of you are actually who's going to end up in it but there's some education that needs to take place some of the questions were never answered and we have economic development projects that are going on and then need to happen and so what if you could help you address those things and continue on the community and please do your homework because we don't have time for this okay, thank you guys for the other joy just to get real and joy I listened to a lot there were some we touched on it but nobody said the burning thing when the next meeting was no matter what you should already know us again is it the 14th of February the 22nd next meeting with all of us we've been lagging for 18 months thanks there was another question that came about the marketing team we know that they're coming up on marketing team march again I've noticed that something they were cut out our young people need to stay involved in the marketing team march we don't need to keep cutting out the vans that march into the marketing team march as our next city comes in person I'm not asking a question we would like for youth to make sure there's nothing else cut out of our marketing team march it is the biggest largest march in the nation and we want to continue that way as a policy announcer let me tell you what happens when you get down there it's easy to lose yourself we've seen it the last 18 months we've opened doors for you good morning council you lose yourself you lose sight of why you were there don't do that because we'll know we've seen it the last 18 months when I was there and sisters right here she asked me for an additional $100,000 for the marketing march I called Cheryl Scully and she said yes come see me no, Cheryl you come see me alright they need my votes I don't care in district 10 for their average home prices what the big income is that vote in district 2 counts just as much you gotta know what you gotta act like it be strong down there sometimes you can't do that you gotta know your strength you know what you went to the table you don't have to eat alone you come to the table so you already said us you gotta listen to me see the way you feel my question is at the last meeting the group said that the council person should not have a job another job and I don't know anything about legal complications that's a great question that's a great question no we don't need that do you have a job? no do you have a job? no do you have a daughter? yes recently retired late in the year I knew I knew in that area that it was time to grow and what I've never seen in district 2 is that many times the focus of the city necessarily of the district 2 to the organizers of the city is that district 2 is comprised of the near east side and my street has had housing barriers and under construction since June so I can't really take the bus because I can't stand up for 40 minutes so what will you do to energize those near east side because we want to help and we want to be a part of this district but we haven't been in school thank you okay first up the burning situation that I have is that I hope that once you do who you are ready for this then you can help and in each side we shouldn't know what you look like it's a dark brown it's a big amount from a whole bunch of other stuff we have a lot of concerns about the district 2 so we need them to make sure that they can take care of us presidents, who are we? make sure that the meeting that's here is appreciated and I'm hoping I appreciate them opening last meeting as they talk about the story because that's the only way that we're going to get attention throughout the city so I appreciate the meeting I'm looking into the village this is Dr. President right here we'll come to you thank you James Davidson one of the things I think you can look at is that recommendations once that represents then you have to go before the planning the zoning and ultimately city council if you don't get the ear of city council before that meeting becomes a done deal because they look to the representative of each district in order to determine which way the entire district will go thanks to this president thank you surprise how nice 30 seconds I think the neighborhood association group that you're trying to look together we need to have more of that the potential city councilman I feel sorry for you first of all we're marking down there more remnants for people to come visit and talk to I have tickets to prove but I think this morning is great and I wish you all a lot thank you any other members of the president thank you oh you want me to take you leave almost to me around before I just want to say it is very important for the councilman to get involved with our community with the presidents association because thanks we need to get involved with the community and come the district to our crime rate and our streets have diminished completely to probability percent it is very important that you get involved with that community and you have to do a sit down and listen to the concerns of the residents I don't care how old they are just sit down and listen to the residents can you tell me the name of your association this is called the symbol of association and I've been a prisoner by the association for three years thank you, thank you so much again, I thank everybody for their participation I wish we had more time and energy we can share one of the advocates now there's an association out there and there will be a decision of people's names to move forward we are going to schedule the next week Wednesday at the city hall at 10 am next week Wednesday 10 o'clock to a town community individual who wants to vote for a specific name all I will say to each and every one of you brother you're still left we need your help we have suffered a long time so whose name do you want to vote for you guys set that aside we didn't make this cut we've got to put it this a short time so just to clarify for the citizens and the constituents our choice is forward to you so that that can roll up for Wednesdays or are we all just going to go down there Wednesday and say I like it or am I like her we want to unite in front and so the key to it is e-mailing saying what your purpose is if you have your purpose e-mail make some consideration so make sure you sign in we have your e-mail so that we can e-blast out in terms of what we call the internal vote what's going on are you prepared to personally e-mail out there sure we got a quarter of number do you want to tell the people your e-mail there's the T-W-R-R-O-E P-A-R-E and so on tie on we'll put together a listener and make sure we push it out to you and if you're interested in participating in that and there's a majority we'd like to support that name to the city council as a recognition I would approve that they got to vote for themselves in fact thank you everyone for being here I know we went all the time and it was valuable and we want to say like words after this word is over I want to say this and Petra Jones from the city here today I want to say it in 1999 Dr. Gervin Walker started an association called the Community Churches of Social Action and that organization made sure that I've been in existence for 20 years Dr. Walker's vision was things of this nature to get together churches of different populations and I think a great pride in being a member of the Community Churches of Social Action the reason is in pasturing right here right here at this church we built this church just about 17-18 years ago this church was a temple but originally that was the name of this church and I've been pasturing here for 30 years I said that because as a result of the community of churches of social action that organization I would say for about 20 years I never really knew or engaged with other pastors other than church of Dr. Christ pastors but that organization brought me into the room with pastors from AME churches Baptist churches non-domination churches and one thing we had become we had a passion for the community and we found that working together we can do a bigger job and I appreciate that to be able to be engaged with pastors from other denominations and other faith that were concerned about community I want to say to all these candidates whatever you do when you get in that office you make sure you always have CCSA at the table you make sure you know CCSA is an organization that incorporates more of any pastors in this city that are not just one denomination and they are concerned about community and I encourage you to make sure that we are at the table that we get a phone call whatever you do make sure CCSA is at the table Dr. Walker started that organization Pastor Herman Price was the second leader of it and right now Dr. Dill is the chairman I'm the vice chairman of CCSA so you remember that organization community, churches and social action whatever you do you make sure that CCSA knows what you're doing and that we are at the table alright, yes I will that's good to have the opportunity alright, vice chairman of CCSA so make sure we're standing everyone we're standing, I just want to say a prayer before we go I want to thank you for everyone that's here today give us wisdom give us that friendship and I pray for the person that will take on this position I pray for them lead them in God and give them direction with the glory and grace of Jesus Amen