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What were the minutes approval and initial public comments?

Alison Hicks 0:02

Sure Hicks. Okay. So now um We get to okay, so uh the first thing is minutes approval. Does anyone have comments on the minutes? Uh motion would be in order if you don't have comments. I move approval. Second. All those in favor? I okay the minutes are improved. Um, oral communications from the public.

Unknown 0:36

I don't think we have any let me check on um for you.

Alison Hicks 0:41

Okay.

Unknown 0:42

You don't have any attendees on Zoom.

Alison Hicks 0:44

Okay. So we now go into new business, which is board commissioning committee openings. Um and the okay, there's the so um on this the question is there y you have a master list of suggested questions. Does anyone want to change? Any of these questions. And I suggest I'm gonna suggest that I read them all because that's what we've done in the past. But if you want to participate in reading, you're really that's really important to you. Do tell me you can object to when uh the way we've done it before. Um and we do get, I think, follow-up questions if they're relevant and not giving the rules special advantages, is what I remember. Can you serve or do you someone else?

Lucas Ramirez 1:44

Advi advisory bodies where we only have one applicant, we only ask one question.

Alison Hicks 1:48

Yeah, that's good. Which one? Uh it's

Lucas Ramirez 1:50

a library board. Um I like number one.

Alison Hicks 1:54

Okay, good. I agree.

Lucas Ramirez 1:57

And then I don't have the list, so I'm not sure if I I

Alison Hicks 1:59

think senior.

Pat Showalter 2:01

Senior. Yeah, senior we just have one.

Lucas Ramirez 2:04

First question.

Alison Hicks 2:05

Okay, that's good. Um and then I don't know if we need four questions. There's so many questions for all these other why do you want to serve? What are your thoughts? Which demographic group do you feel what should be priority? Demographic. Yeah, so I'm I've

Lucas Ramirez 2:23

number three for parks and rec. I I'm fine.

Pat Showalter 2:30

Okay. Well, I mean i it on the other hand it would it's surprised us. Maybe it would surprise them. Okay, what

Alison Hicks 2:38

about but I don't like telling What I would do if you told me one demographic group, I would think that I had to that I couldn't bury from that. And I would be like Four year olds, Hispanics, oh my God, which one's either No, it throws you off. So All right. Thoughts, programs, and demographics I could ask, but I don't want

Pat Showalter 3:00

to the other thing is the truth is. Or um Parks and wreck. You have one opening and one incumbent. So No. Oh there's just

Unknown 3:10

got show hands.

Lucas Ramirez 3:12

Well only one seat open.

Unknown 3:14

Right. So two. Uh two applicants. Well we have three applicants, right? No, Jill and Jell. She

Lacey 3:21

dropped out.

Unknown 3:22

She dropped out. With Drew her application. We got one memo

Alison Hicks 3:25

and she got the other memo. Yeah, I didn't get that memo. Um how about if I s what are your thoughts on uh programs that you'd like to see offered in demographic groups you'd like to see? Well Observed, does that or does that not handle I

Lucas Ramirez 3:39

would change to Um, because both of the applicants are pretty well informed, I would expand to to ask about their thoughts on the parks and recreation strategy.

Alison Hicks 3:52

Okay, okay. Okay, I'll do thoughts on that. That's the same as what do you think should be the priority for your two years? But maybe I

Lucas Ramirez 4:03

I would be fine with asking two questions instead of Okay,

Alison Hicks 4:05

I'll do that. Perks what's it called? Perks rec strategy.

Lucas Ramirez 4:11

Which you're right, I think combines two and four.

Alison Hicks 4:16

Okay. Um Then uh bike pedestrian, what do you want to say or what are the two most important two most important. Just ask what are the most important. A few must Yeah. Medish.

Lucas Ramirez 4:34

I'm I'm okay with getting rid of three.

Pat Showalter 4:41

That's way too detailed for this. Okay.

Alison Hicks 4:44

And then uh bicycle we have what is your implement? Uh okay, what do you think the rule

Pat Showalter 4:53

Why do you want to serve? I think for senior advisory committees, why doesn't anybody else want to?

Alison Hicks 5:02

Well, I can talk to you about that. Are there particular kinds of artwork Public location. Arts committee. I would kind of like to take out two and three and just say What's your role of visual arts committee, why do you want to serve, and what do you think will be the most important thing in the cu things in the coming two years?

Rafael Mandelman 5:27

Yeah.

Lucas Ramirez 5:28

The it's it's kind of like Parks and Rec Commission. There's the public art strategy and we might wanna I don't know how well versed all of the applicants are, but it might be worth asking what are your thoughts on the public art strategy.