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From YouTube: City Council Meeting - 7/7/22
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City of Austin, MN
A
B
B
B
Emotion
carries
welcome.
This
is
a
public
meeting,
so
it
will
be
recorded
not
to
make
anybody
nervous,
but
we're
going
to
have
a
selection
tonight
of
we're
going
to
have
presentations
tonight
from
three
applicants
that
are
looking
to
fill
the
void
left
by
obama
in
the
first
ward.
So
first
we
have
at
5
30
for
in
van
boot
and
then
it'll
be
about
a
you
know:
10
to
15
minute
presentation,
rin,
whatever
we
have
give
or
take
no
one's
going
to
even
watch
the
clock
for
you.
B
But
just
you
know,
the
two
things
we
want
to
know
are
just
tell
us
about
yourself
and
why
you
think
he'd
be
a
good
council
member
for
the
first
board
and
after
that
we,
as
the
council,
we'll
get
through
everybody
and
then
we'll
everybody
get
an
opportunity
to
discuss
we're
not
going
to
discuss
between
candidates
where
it's
going
to
do
it
at
the
very
end.
Everybody
get
the
opportunity
to
discuss
so
when
you're
done
you're
free
to
leave
or
stay
as
a
public
meeting
so
you're
first
on
the
gate,
don't
be
nervous,
not
intimidating.
B
D
D
I
am
honored
to
stand
here
before
you
to
tell
you
about
myself
and
my
qualifications
to
feel
the
vacancy
left
behind
by
councilman
obama
when
he
moved
outside
of
work.
One,
to
be
honest,
I
didn't
consider
applying
for
the
vacancy
when
I
first
heard
about
councilman
obama's
resignation.
I
am
here
because
of
my
neighbors,
who
reached
out
to
me
to
to
apply
to
ensure
that
their
voices
would
be
heard
on
the
council.
D
He
represented
to
me
and
my
and
many
others
in
my
ward
in
the
community,
someone
who
would
bring
a
new
perspective
to
our
city
government,
someone
who
would
thoughtfully
challenge
the
status
quo
when
needed
and
make
decisions
based
on
the
needs
of
the
whole
community
in
government
representation
matters
in
obama.
I
felt
a
more
authentic
representation
of
our
city
and
felt
more
confident
that
our
city
government
would
act
in
the
interests
of
all
its
residents.
D
I
believe
more
voices
and
perspectives
would
be
considered
when
making
decisions
for
our
community.
I
am
here
because
I
felt
a
duty
to
my
neighbors
to
be
that
voice.
Now
that
mr
obama
is
no
longer
on
the
council,
I
am
ready
to
have
real
conversations
about
difficult
issues
that
will
bring
out
true
collaboration
to
ensure
that
austin
is
a
safe,
welcoming
and
equitable
city
for
all.
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D
D
D
One
of
these
caring
community
members
is
former
mayor,
bonnie
reeds,
her
kindness
resonated
with
me
to
live
life
building
others
up
so
that
they
may
bloom.
I
have
looked
up
to
bonnie
for
a
very
long
time.
In
fact,
I
thought
the
song
my
body
lies
over
the
ocean
was
written
for
and
about
bonnie
reeds.
D
My
family
was
welcomed
and
supported
by
the
caring
residents
of
austin.
I
am
truly
grateful
that
we
had
settled
here.
Austin
continues
to
show
its
desire
to
be
more
inclusive
of
its
growing
diverse
population
through
the
founding
of
the
welcome
center,
its
affiliation
with
welcoming
america
and
through
participating
in
welcoming
week.
D
My
collaborative
leadership
is
evident
through
being
on
the
austin
aspire's
board
of
directors,
a
director
of
the
connecting
young
professionals
program
through
the
chamber
of
commerce
and
with
the
austin
human
rights
commission.
All
of
these
programs
focus
on
improving
the
quality
of
life
for
community
members
through
advocacy,
empowerment
and
service.
D
This
this
work
is
personal
to
me
as
it
addresses
some
of
the
challenges
that
I
have
faced
in
my
life
and
it
will
be
impactful
to
the
lives
and
the
futures
of
my
children
serving
the
community
is
an
area
that
I
am
familiar
with.
I've
worked
in
the
service
industry
for
most
of
my
adult
life.
It
is
because
of
my
experience
in
the
service
industry
that
I've
been
able
to
meet
and
come
to
know
a
broad
section
of
our
city.
D
D
Now,
with
my
career
at
the
welcome
center,
I
work
directly
with
some
of
the
communities
often
overlooked
and
misunderstood
populations.
I
hear
their
stories
and
I
work
to
find
resources
to
help
improve
their
current
situation.
It
is
also
through
my
work
at
the
welcome
center
that
I
have
learned
the
value
of
partnerships
grounded
in
mutual
respect.
D
We
collaborate
to
find
solutions
to
these
problems
creatively
and
critically.
I
regularly
attend
monthly
apex,
austin
and
cosa
meetings
to
stay
informed
about
community
needs
resources
and
projects
to
serve
the
community.
Through
my
position
at
the
welcome
center
and
service
on
the
boards,
I
have
experience
with
working
within
the
budget
as
a
homeowner
in
austin.
I
want
the
city
to
operate
with
fiscal
responsibility
and
I
pledge
to
be
mindful
of
how
spending
affects
the
residents
as
a
project
coordinator.
D
I
have
consistently
come
under
budget
in
our
programming,
as
well
as
making
sure
we
are
working
in
compliance
with
our
policies.
For
these
reasons,
I
believe
I
am
ready
to
serve
alongside
you
if
selected
to
fill
the
vacancy
on
city
council,
I
pledge
to
bring
my
authentic
style
of
service
and
leadership.
D
I
will
leverage
collaborative
relationships
and
connections
that
I
have
cultivated
in
austin
working
together.
We
can
improve
the
way
the
city
serves
many
residents
who
have
felt
disconnected
and
underserved
in
the
past,
including
immigrants,
refugees,
english,
english,
language,
learners
and
more.
I
have
the
skills
and
qualifications
to
serve
and
I
have
the
heartfelt
desire
to
serve.
E
B
B
B
C
E
E
C
F
C
F
B
H
G
H
H
H
I
was
fortunate
to
have
received
the
bulk
of
my
education
here
in
austin
public
schools.
As
early
as
the
eighth
grade,
I
knew
that
I
had
a
strong
interest
in
public
service
that
year,
when
one
of
our
assignments
was
to
present
a
speech
on
what
we
wanted
to
do
as
a
career.
I
spoke
about
becoming
a
united
states.
Senator
my
interest
in
service
has
never
waned.
H
H
I
served
on
the
board
of
directors
of
the
national
association
of
legal
search
consultants
for
two
years
after
many
years
as
a
creative
and
successful
recruiter,
a
volunteer
activity
at
my
church
led
to
a
career
change.
I
organized
a
golf
tournament
to
benefit
the
youth
of
my
parish
and
it
turned
out
to
be
very
successful
so
successful
that
some
of
my
friends
suggested
that
I
should
organize
more
tournaments.
H
H
My
life
has
taken
me
from
austin
to
oklahoma,
city,
tulsa,
dallas,
columbus,
ohio
back
to
dallas
and
to
indianapolis.
This
has
afforded
me
the
opportunity
to
experience
a
great
deal
both
in
business
and
in
community
life.
Living
in
several
metropolitan
areas
has
given
me
the
opportunity
to
experience
diverse
populations
and
enjoy
the
benefits
of
a
multicultural
environment.
H
H
I
commuted
monthly
for
a
year
to
make
sure
the
tournament
was
going
to
be
successful.
It
also
gave
me
the
opportunity
to
better
connect
with
the
business
community
when
I
decided
it
was
time
to
retire.
I
explored
several
options,
but
in
the
end
I
knew
what
was
best
for
me
was
to
return
to
my
hometown.
H
That
has
proved
to
be
one
of
the
best
decisions
that
I've
ever
made.
My
retirement
didn't
last
long
the
opportunity
to
succeed,
jeff
baldus
as
the
executive
director
of
the
austin
area
foundation
presented
itself
and
I've
thoroughly
enjoyed
the
past
two
years
serving
the
community,
both
in
my
professional
career
and
in
my
volunteer
life.
I've
been
actively
involved
in
the
community.
H
H
I
love
austin
and
expect
to
spend
the
rest
of
my
life
here.
Hopefully,
I
will
continue
to
help
improve
the
quality
of
life
here,
whether
it
is
simply
in
my
professional
capacity
or
as
a
member
of
the
city
council
austin
has
many
amazing
resources
and
we
also
have
some
significant
challenges
among
those
are
housing,
a
new
wastewater
treatment
facility,
child
care
and
continuing
to
find
new
ways
to
welcome
and
engage
our
diverse
population.
H
H
We
also
made
a
major
outreach
to
our
international
markets
here,
as
well
as
supporting
the
karani
festival
earlier
this
year,
having
tagged
medgarden
as
our
board
chair
for
the
past
year
and
a
half
has
been
extremely
helpful
because
he
has
also
made
time
to
help
me
learn
more
about
the
housing
situation.
Here
I
don't
claim
to
be
an
expert
but
have
been
able
to
get
greater
insights
into
the
challenges
involved
with
developing
both
affordable
rate
and
market
rate
housing.
H
The
wastewater
treatment
facility
is
needed,
but
finding
the
proper
financing
without
overly
burdening
taxpayers
is
a
challenge.
I'm
excited
about
the
opportunity
to
learn
more
about
the
issue,
so
I
can
help
make
sound
decisions.
Should
I
be
selected
for
this
position,
you
have
an
important
decision
to
make
tonight,
but
the
good
news
is
that
you
have
three
excellent
options
from
which
to
choose.
You
simply
can't
go
wrong.
H
B
H
I
I
I
I
think,
if
you
know
my
parents,
we
kind
of
have
a
family
history
of
community
involvement
here
in
austin
and
I'm
sure
most
of
you
know
my
wife,
who
is
the
runs,
the
ymca
at
the
acrc
from
an
educational
perspective.
I
have
a
background
in
I
would
talk.
Iowa
state
went
to
graduate
school
at
the
university
of
kansas
professionally.
I
I
I
I
One
of
the
examples
I
like
to
give
is:
you
know
we
employ
twice
the
industry
rate
of
female
truck
drivers
and
people
say
gosh,
that's
great,
and
then
I
remind
them.
Well,
that's
only
nine
percent,
and
so
we
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
and
the
other
thing
that
that
I'm,
that
my
professional
background
prepares
me
to
do
is
really
to
understand
why
employers
make
investment
decisions
and
what
draws
them
to
put
their
own
capital
at
risk
in
communities
the
size
of
austin.
I
I
I
I
am
one
of
the
original
investors
and
very
actively
involved
in
the
maura
county.
Ceo
program
jason,
I
think
you're
a
mentor
in
that
doing
nice
work
for
us
was
involved
in
vision,
2020
with
laura
and
was
actively
involved
in
the
red
cross.
When
we
moved
to
town
again,
I
want
to
help
you
understand
why
I
think
that's
important.
I
I
have
a
good
understanding
of
how
governments
work,
how
public
agencies
work
and
how
businesses
work
and
work
together,
sometimes
very
well
and
sometimes
very
poorly,
and
the
last
thing
I
kind
of
want
to
bring
attention
to
is
my.
You
know:
I've
done
a
lot
of
things
since
I've
I've
moved
to
austin,
and
that
has
given
me
a
pretty
broad
regional
network
of
people
that
I
can
go
to
for
advice
and
for
direction.
I
I
I
I
I
don't
think
I
have
to
tell
you
that
that
I
believe
that
that
inflation
is
real,
it's
persistent
and,
most
importantly,
it's
very
regressive.
The
lower
you
are
on
the
income
scale,
the
harder
inflation
hits.
You
and
I'll
be
honest
with
you.
I'm
concerned
that
we're
going
to
be
in
a
we're
going
to
face
a
recession,
possibly
in
the
next
24
months.
I
I
First
of
all,
the
good
news
is
the
city
of
austin
is
relatively
insulated
from
real
severe
boom
and
bust
cycles,
and
that
that's
real
good
news
because
of
our
major
employers.
You
know
I,
I
don't
think
this
is
news
to
any
of
you,
I'm
fiscally
pretty
conservative.
I
think
you've
heard
me
chirping
at
all
or
most
of
you
about
property
tax
increases,
but
I
do
want
you
to
understand
that
you.
I
I
I
A
couple
of
interesting
other
kind
of
just
data
points
about
entrepreneurship
is
out
of
50
states.
Minnesota
is
48
in
new
business
startup
activity,
which
is
kind
of
a
you
know.
We
that
usually,
is
a
surprise
because
we
think
of
ourselves
as
a
very
entrepreneurial,
very
forward-leaning
business
economy.
I
I
Let
me
take
you
to
the
to
the
next
slide,
where
I
kind
of
talk
about
the
other
two.
What
I
think
are
really
big
issues
that
the
city
must
continue
to
face.
The
housing
situation
needs
continued
attention.
Again,
I
don't
think
I'm.
I
feel
like
I'm
preaching
to
the
choir
on
that.
I
firmly
believe
that
a
that
high
quality
available
housing
across
the
entire
range
of
affordability
is
critical
to
austin's
economic
health.
I
I
However,
you
know
the
the
old
ymca
develop
redevelopment
and
some
of
the
other
multi-unit
housing
developments
that
are
going
on
in
austin
are
going
to
have
a
nice
quick
impact
in
in
essentially
shocking
supply,
and
I
think
that
will
have
a
very
positive
impact
when
it
comes
as
it
pertains
to
the
housing
market,
but
I
think
we,
you
know
we
have
to
focus
on
long-term
solutions
to
housing.
I
do
really
think
the
cra
study
was
good.
I
thought
it
was
very
good.
I
I
had
thought
had
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
good
ideas
in
it.
I
think
we
need
to
get
back
to
the
level
of
about
25
new
single-family
housing
units
started
every
year
in
austin.
I
think
one
of
the
keys
to
that
is
finding
and
encouraging
and
getting
good.
You
know
better
and
more
property
developers
locally
based
in
austin
that
can
develop
and
build
properties
for
us
that
I
think
the
tax
abatement
program
is
good.
I
don't
think
it's
moved
the
needle
as
much
you
know
again.
I
I
You
know
and
to
me
it's
about
being
intentional,
it's
about
being
consistent
and
and
always
focusing
on
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
You
know,
and
I'm
going
to
laugh.
You
know
it's
kind
of
funny
to
have
an
old
white
guy.
Talk
about
that
and
I
you
know-
and
I
realize
there's
a
little
irony
in
there,
but
it's
about
do
it
is
about
being
intentional
and
doing
things
every
day.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
we
really
that
I
would
really
encourage
us
to
do
is
focus
on
entrepreneurship,
specifically
for
the
non-traditional.
I
Kinds
of
new
businesses-
you
know,
I
think
the
mar
the
ceo
program
is
a
good
example
of
that
a
bunch
of
young
kids,
very
few
of
them
white
and
male
really
focus
on
focusing
in
on
how
can
I
start
a
small
business
in
austin
minnesota
and,
lastly,
I
think
you
really
need
to
focus
on
you
know.
You've
got
to
go
out
and
look
for
opportunities
and
issues
where
you
can
address
diversity,
equity
and
equality.
You've
got
to
find
the
look
for
the
problems.
You've
got
to
find
them
you're
going
to
solve
them.
Okay,
just.
I
Lastly,
three
couple
of
a
couple
of
things
that
have
been
kind
of
takeaways
from
mine
in
as
I've
kind
of
gone
through
this
process.
Over
the
last
23
years,
bonnie
reitz
always
told
us
when
I
was
in
the
city
council,
and
she
was
the
mayor
that
you
know
you
have
to
spend
time
with
people
that
you
disagree
with,
and
you
just
got
to
be
quiet
and
listen,
and-
and
it's
it's
very
good
advice.
I
My
buddy
tom
talutki,
who
runs
the
electric
business
for
austin
utilities,
would
give
me
a
hard
time
about
once
a
year.
We'd
have
a
budget
discussion.
I'd
tell
him,
I
think,
he's
charging
too
much
or
he
wanted
to
spend
too
much
and
he'd
say
you
know.
People
only
complain
about
electricity,
about
the
price
of
electricity
when
the
power's
off
and
which
was
an
object
lesson
in
you
have
to
focus
first
on
providing
good
service
and
reliable
service.
I
I
You
know,
and
the
last
thing
I'll
leave
you
with
is,
I
don't
know
if
you
any
of
you
remember
tom
purcell
tom
was
unique
in
his
directness
and
when
I
got
on
city
council
the
first
time-
and
I
actually
I
have-
I
did
write
this
down
and
he
said
when
you're
on
on
council.
My
advice
is:
don't
do
anything
really
really
stupid
like
messing
with
lga,
and
I
so
I
think
that
was
that's
good
advice.
That's
all
I
have
for
you.
Can
I
answer
any
questions.
A
F
F
F
You
know
again-
and
I'm
sure,
we'll
probably
all
say
this,
but
three-
really
good
candidates
and
you're-
really
impressive.
It's
sort
of
an
awkward
situation
when
you
get
put
to
select
your
peer,
so
I
know
we're
all
sort
of
in
an
interesting
spot
here.
I
guess
I'm
kind
of
just
writing
down
the
pros.
I
see
for
all
of
them.
F
He
has
some
experience
because
he
was
on
the
council
for
a
little
bit
and
he's
you
know
been
a
member
of
the
community
for
quite
a
while
he's
got
some
thoughts
as
top.
You
know
how
to
look
at
things,
possibly
in
a
recession
which
is
interesting,
because
I
think
there's
a
reality
that
that
might
be
the
case,
although
we'll
see
and
so
yeah.
You
know
great
presentation
by
him.
Steve
really
interesting.
F
F
As
far
as
the
fact
that
she
currently
works
on
the
city
commission,
which
I
guess
I
sort
of
have
a
little
bias
towards,
because
that's
where
I
came
from,
I
got
my
interest
in
the
city
council,
she's
on
a
chamber
board
right
now,
working
to
kind
of
connect,
some
young
professionals
to
austin
as
they
move
here.
That
really
impressed
me.
F
I
know
she
has
interest
in
serving
because
she's
also
previously
run
for
school
board,
and
so
I
you
know
that
really
impressed
me
that
she
would
be
willing
to
put
herself
out
there
and
you
know
I'll
be
honest.
I
also
can't
ignore
the
fact
that
there
was
a
lot
of
talk
from
all
three
that
I
think
is
really
important
about
the
advancement
that
we
have
diversity
and
inclusion
in
our
city,
and
she
does
represent
some
of
that,
which
I
appreciate
so.
E
Awesome
I
mean
it
makes
it
a
lot
easier
if
we
have
one
great
one
and
two
horrible,
but
I
think
any
three
of
them
are
would
be
wonderful
additions
to
the
council
yeah,
as
I
kind
of
think
through
you
know,
I
think
the
the
advantage
of
what
berin
would
bring
is
you
know
we
are
a
diverse
community.
We
talk
about
wanting
to.
You
know,
make
sure
that
we've
got
all
voices
represented
in
the
community.
E
Having
obama
on
the
council
was
a
big
step
forward
in
that
direction,
and
so
I
think,
there's
there's
a
level
of
credence
to
you
know
the
importance
of
taking
that
really
seriously.
You
know
if
all
things
are
equal,
probably
kind
of
move
in
that
direction.
You
know,
I
think
steve
really
good
perspective
yo.
I
think
mike
said
it
really
well
great
heart
for
austin.
You
grew
up
here.
E
You
know
you
can
kind
of
choose
to
live
anywhere,
and
so
the
fact
that
you
made
the
choice
to
come
back
and
not
just
move
into
austin-
and
you
know
be
here
but
really
be
active
in
the
community
and
do
those
things
I
think,
is
a
really
good
step.
You
know
obviously
does
a
lot
of
you
know
really
positive
things
for
the
community,
and
then
you
know,
I
think
jeff
has
really
good
kind
of
on
the
ground.
E
E
Based
on
that,
I
think
our
last
applicant
seemed
to
have
probably
the
strongest
by
far
kind
of
presentation,
a
really
good
grasp
not
just
of
background,
but
here's
the
issues,
here's
kind
of
some
ideas,
and
things
like
that.
So
I
probably
lean
in
that
direction,
just
based
off
of
the
interviews
in
and
of
themselves,
but
I
get
to
twist
there
with
any
directions.
J
Just
chinese,
it
would
be
easier
for
one,
that's
one
good
one
and
two
bad
ones
yeah.
But
as
I
look
at
this
process-
and
I
guess
when
it
comes
to
a
council
appointment,
I
think
it's
our
job
as
sitting
council
members
to
choose
the
best
qualified
person.
That's
going
to
be
able
to
hit
the
ground
running.
That
has
the
ability
to
to
work
with
what
we
do.
J
G
G
She
doesn't
actually
live
that
far
for
me
and
I
think
she
offers
a
lot
for
us
steve.
A
lot
of
a
lot
of
experience
in
fundraising
he's
got
a
lot
of
business
experience.
I
really
liked
him
as
well
and
then
again
like
jeff.
His
experience
comes
through
the
presentation
to
me
was
amazing.
I
mean
he
really
thought
out
everything
that
he
said.
G
A
A
That
was
very
helpful
as
well,
so
I
was
really
looking
forward
to
tonight
in
the
presentations
and
I
feel,
like
jason
and
jeff,
that
you
know
right
now,
we're
we're
coming
into
budget
talks
and
contract
negotiations
and
just
some
really
important
stuff,
and
it
would
be
nice
to
have
somebody
who
could
step
in
and
take
off
right
away
so
and
the
presentations
were
all
great
jeff's.
Just
really
stands
out
to
me
so
well.
I
think.
F
What
stands
in
my
mind,
this
might
be
wrong
to
say,
but
I
don't
care,
there's
one
two,
three
four
five
six
white
guys
sitting
here
and
they
all
talked
about
diversion
and
conclusion
and
minorities-
and
I
think
you
know
the
citizens
of
austin
to
see
us
now.
There'll
be
seven
of
us
up
there
and
no
minority.
A
A
The
state,
looks
at
us
as
an
example
of
what
to
do
about
diversity
and
how
we've
embraced
it
and
what
we've
done,
and
so
just
because
we
don't
maybe
have
a
diverse
council
at
this
time,
doesn't
mean
that
we
aren't
so
I
would
love
to
see
veren
on
the
council.
I
would
love
to
see
her.
You
know
run
for
election
and
anybody
else,
but
I
don't
see
it
as
five
white
guys
or
whatever
you
said,
so
it
also.
B
J
B
I
see
it
is
like
everybody
said
we
have
three
outstanding
folks,
there's,
no
doubt
everybody
you
know,
but
for
some
tweaks
you
know,
jeff's
more
of
an
economist
I
see.
Beren
is
more
of
a
pulse
on
the
social
issues
of
austin.
I
see
steve
is
a
historian
that
does
his
homework
about
what
he's
water
treatment,
plant
money,
they're
all
quality.
B
I
want
to
honor
the
first
war
voters
in
2020
that
voted
and
chose
the
diverse
candidate
and
that's
what
this
is:
we're
supplanting
their
choice
of
a
diverse
candidate
with
what
I
think
is
an
opportunity
to
walk
the
talk,
as
we
of
all
are
on
record,
saying
we
honor
diversity
and
inclusion.
We
want
representation
of
our
community
to
be
in
our
workforce
to
be
on
our
council
to
be
where
we
don't
have
it.
This
is
an
opportunity.
B
B
Safe
and
inclusive,
steve
barrett
says:
referencing
the
austin
mary
foundation,
we've
made
great
strides
in
creating
programs
to
implement
our
commitment
to
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
Jeff
baker
said
in
his
paperwork.
We
must
continue
to
do
the
good
work
of
embracing
the
diversity
in
our
community
it
to
me,
that's
the
that's
the
easy
out
for
a
council
to
say
all
things:
equal,
I'm
sorry,
jeff!
We
didn't
choose
you,
I'm
sorry,
stephen!
B
I
didn't
choose
you,
but
certainly
you
can
agree
because
your
words
are
there
that
you,
you
honor
it
too,
you
honor
the
opportunity
to
have
a
diverse
person
or
diversity.
So
this
is
a.
This
is
an
opportunity
to
one
honor.
The
first
words
initial
wishes
to
continue
to
make
austin
that
shining
star.
I
don't
think
we're
a
shy
star,
because
only
because
of
welcoming
committee,
I
think
the
last
year
and
a
half
but
we're
a
shining
star,
because
we
had
an
ethiopian
on
our
council
and
we
can't
deny
it
that
made
an
impact.
B
I
would
hate
to
lose
this
opportunity
to
bring
on
a
young
woman
of
thailand
descent
that
has
brought
herself
to
the
community
as
a
young
person
and
put
herself
out
there.
It's
a
little
easier
for
a
56
year
old
gentleman
or
a
60
plus
year
old
gentleman
to
have
that
ability
just
is
they're
more
polished
because
they
have
more
life.
Lessons
more
life
history,
I
again
not
voting,
but
would
be
clearly
disappointed
if
we
didn't
replace
diversity
with
diversity.
When
all
else
is
equal.
J
F
F
Candidate,
if
that's
what
they
choose
to
do,
I've
heard
from
some
of
you
how
great
jeff's
presentations
have
been
and
presented
himself.
Like
the
mayor,
said
it's
easy
for
a
56
year
old
guy
who
owns
a
company
connections
to
come
off
pretty
smooth
and
to
answer
the
questions
correctly
versus
verin,
who
doesn't
have
the
experience
jeff
has
but
she's
involved
she's
involved
in
the
community
she
doesn't
have.
You
know,
I
think,
we've
all
acknowledged
that
I
I'm
gonna
agree
with
mike
that
I
would
have
a
hard
time
supporting
jeff.
E
And
to
me,
I
think
the
reason
that
the
presentations
were
important
and
I
could
be
wrong
with
it
right,
but
to
me
equality
is
not
about
outcome.
It's
about
quality
of
opportunity
and
I
think
all
the
candidates
have
the
same
opportunity
to
come
in
and
present
and
to
do
research
into
the
issues.
I
think
to
you
know
kind
of
you
take
the
background
piece
of
it
off,
because
there's
certain
advantages
that
you
have
to
be
in
a
50,
whatever
white
male,
you
know
that
owns
a
company.
E
You
know
has
that
others
don't,
but
I
think
the
opportunity
just
kind
of
in
depth
and
to
me
if
the
presentations
were
pretty
close.
I
I
think
I'm
with
the
mayor
there
right
because
to
me
the
value
of
diversity
when
the
tie
goes
to
the
runner
and
moving
in
that
direction.
There's
a
lot
of
in
the
event,
and
I
think
it
is
important
as
a
community.
E
E
B
B
This
is
something
we've
all
said.
This
is
something
community
gets
from
us
and
we
want
to
be
the
leaders
of
that
and
to
have
this
opportunity
where
again,
all
things
are
beautifully,
equal,
they're,
all
great
human
beings
and
could
serve
well,
no
doubt
and
whoever
would
get
selected
we'll
serve
and
we'll
serve
with
them.
I
have
no
issue
with
that,
but
I
don't
want
to
underestimate
the
power
of
having
an
adverse
person
come
forward,
which
takes
a
lot
of
courage
to
begin
with
and
not
elevate
that
person
with
all
other
things
being
equal
within.
J
A
percentage
one
or
two
I
want
us
to
throw
a
little
history
into
it.
Austin
got
to
this
point
of
being
a
shining
star
in
diversity,
with
a
basically
white
male
council
for
the
last.
How
many
years
so
I
mean
we
didn't,
have
diversity
we're
getting
there.
We
had
got
elected,
we've
got
people
that
are
interested.
We've
got
diverse
people
running
so
I
mean,
I
don't
think
sure
it's
nice
to
be
have
them
on.
There
have
their
voice.
F
J
B
And
a
second
application,
you
did,
you
did
say
we're
getting
there
as
far
as
our
further
I'd
say:
we
got
there.
Well,
we
got
there
and
now
I
don't
think
this
is
a
step
back.
No,
I
don't
think
so.
I
don't
either.
Those
are
my
comments
and
that's
all
I
can
do
is
try
to
set
a
path
that
I
think
is
best
for
austin.
As
a
council,
we
will
vote
as
one
whatever
the
vote
is
we'll
all
accept
it
and
move
on.
So
we
have
a
motion
on
the
floor
to
select
jeff
baker.
C
B
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you
all
for
the
discussion.
I
know
it's
not
easy.
No,
but
we
said
three
three
good
candidates.
We
have
an
opportunity
to
make
it
unanimous
like
a
tackle
nation
like
a
convention
deal
where,
how
does
that
work
or
do
we
have
an
opportunity
to
make
it
like
at
a
convention
where
you
can
make
it
unanimous
or
declaration,
or
something
like
that
or
no.