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WHEN YOU WATCH IT, THAT'S THE LONGEST MINUTE.
[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road April 28, 2021 6:00 P.M. ]
MEETING OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS, MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION FOR 28 APRIL, COME TO ORDER THIS.NOW SAY I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL YOU WANT TO STAND UP, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
TODAY, WE CHOOSE TO HONOR OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS OR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE OF THEMSELVES WHEN THEY WERE CALLED UPON TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
WE ASK FATHER THAT YOU BLESSED THEM FOR THEIR UNSELFISH SERVICE AND FOR THE DEDICATION THEY HAVE SHOWN TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOMS, OUR SAFETY AND OUR COUNTRY'S HERITAGE, PLEASE, FATHER, LESS THAN ABUNDANTLY FOR THE HARDSHIPS THEY FACE FOR THE SACRIFICE THEY MAKE.
AND FOR THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA'S VICTORIES, OVER TERRITORY AND OPPRESSION, WE RESPECT THEM.
WE THANK THEM AND WE ARE PROUD OF THEM AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL WATCH OVER THEM.
LORD, PLEASE GUIDE US IN OUR COMMISSIONS ENDEAVORS TODAY AND BLESS ALL THOSE MILITARY AND VETERANS HOME WHERE YOU HONOR WITH PEACE AND HAPPINESS.
MR. CROMER, MR. GERARD, ERR, MR. GRIGGS HERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS, BUT MAYBE A YEAR NOW.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT.
UM, NOW WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT A PROVEN A MINUTES FOR 24 MARCH.
UH, 21, UM, HAS BEEN SENT OUT EARLIER BY ELECTRONIC MEANS YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES HEARING? NONE.
THE MINUTES WILL STAND AS APPROVED.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS.
UH, YOURS IS JUST AN UPDATE, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE TO SAY ABOUT THE YOUNG MARINES? UH, YEAH.
SO THE 23RD OF MAY, UH, THE YOUNG MARINES WILL PARTICIPATE IN AGAIN, A UNIQUE ACTIVITY.
THEY CALL IT DRILL HEROES, DRILL HEROES IS SIMPLY A KNOCKOUT DRILL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, I'M SURE YOU PLAYED.
SIMON SAYS WHEN YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON.
AND, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE RAISE MONEY FOR VARIOUS WORTHY CAUSES THIS TIME.
WE'RE RAISING MONEY FOR THE MIAMI VALLEY VETERANS MUSEUM, WHICH IS LOCATED ON 25 AND TROY, OHIO.
AND THEY ORIGINALLY MOVED FROM DOWNTOWN TROY TO AS LOCATION UP NEAR THE WACO AIR MUSEUM.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW THAT, UH, ACTIVITY OR SINCE WE'RE ALL, UH, WE'RE NOT ALL, BUT A LOT OF US ARE VETERANS AND MAYBE WE CAN REMEMBER OUR DISMOUNTED DRILL.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE ON THE 23RD OF MAY FROM 1300 TO 1600 LOOK AT YOU LAUGHING AT IT.
SO, UH, THAT'LL BE AT, UH, ON, UH, 2245, UH, SOUTH STATE, ROUTE 25, EIGHT INCH.
WHY YOU NEED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION SIMULATOR.
CITIZENS COMMENTS, ANY CITIZENS COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, LESS A COMMENT, MORE OF A QUESTION.
I COULD PHRASE IT AS A COMMENT IF I NEED TO, BUT, UM, UH, IF, IF YOU GUYS AREN'T AWARE, UM, THERE'S A, UM, UH, UH, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN OVER THE YEARS, UH, RICHARD SHAW AND I HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH THE FIRST-YEAR SUBURBS PORTION OF THAT.
AND THERE ARE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, DEPARTMENTS, WHATNOT.
UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A THING WE, WE WITH OTHER SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN OUR FIRST TIER SUBURBS, THERE'S 13 COMMUNITIES AROUND DAYTON THAT ARE IN THIS FIRST-YEAR SUBURBS GROUP.
UM, WE HAD APPLIED FOR A GRANT THROUGH NLC FOR, UM, JOB, DEVELOP A JOB DEVELOPMENT STUDY THROUGH A
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COMPANY CALLED TIP STRATEGIES.THEY DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND WHATNOT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE ENCOMPASSING A LOT OF THINGS WHEN THEY DO THIS STUDY AND THEY COME HERE.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE FROM ONE OR MORE OF YOU IS I'M LOOKING FOR A GOOD CONTACT FOR RIGHT PAT, UM, TO REACH OUT TO, BECAUSE W WE'VE KIND OF HUMOR OR THE HUBER HEIGHTS REPRESENTS KIND OF BEEN TASKED WITH THAT, THAT JOB TO BRING OUT, OR I'M SORRY.
I WRITE PAT REPRESENTATIVE SOMEBODY FROM RIGHT PAT TO LOOK INTO OR TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
WELL, CAN I ASK YOU MORE SPECIFICALLY? WHAT, WHAT ROLE OR WHAT GOAL, OR WHAT DID YOU WANT THAT PERSON TO BE? THIS IS A BASE, THIS IS A LOCAL JOB DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND WITH, RIGHT, PAT BEING ONE OF THE LARGER EMPLOYERS IN THE AREA, WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO BRING SOMEONE IN FROM RIGHT PAT THAT WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE BASE AND WHATNOT.
SO LIKE RECRUITMENT, OR LIKE JUST A GENERAL AWARENESS OF LIKE, WE HAVE 30,000 PEOPLE, WE HAVE THIS MUCH OF AN ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SO THINGS, YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HAVE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION TO BRING TIP STRATEGIES IS GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION FROM US.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A CONTACT THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION TO TIP STRATEGIES FOR WHEN THEY DO THEIR SURVEY AND FINALIZE OUR REPORT.
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.
DO YOU MIND IF I CIRCLE UP WITH YOU AFTERWARDS AND GET THIS SPECIFIC INFORMATION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA RESIDE AT THE INSTALLATION LEVEL.
LIKE THAT PERSON IS PROBABLY SOMEONE FROM THE INSTALLATION LEVEL.
UM, AND THE OTHER PERSON, OR THE OTHER RESOURCE I WOULD SAY IS ACTUALLY THE DATE IN DEVELOPMENT COALITION.
THEY DO A HUGE PART OF THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.
AND THERE'LL BE A PART OF THAT.
THIS IS, WELL, I THINK A COUPLE OF THE REPS FROM KETTERING, BRUCE DUKE, AND SOME OTHERS ARE REACHING OUT TO THEM.
I THINK I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT YEAH, THEY WILL BE A PART OF THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN CDC.
MCRPC, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THESE, THE 13 SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AROUND AND THAT MAKE UP THE FIRST-YEAR SUBURBS GROUP.
AND AGAIN, THE STUDY IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND WE'LL PROBABLY, IT'LL PROBABLY BE LATER ON BASED ON THE LAST ONE THAT WE DID.
UH, IT WAS A, THERE WAS A TOWN IN KANSAS CITY.
UH, THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT WAS MORE OF A GROWTH ORIENTED, UH, TYPE OF STUDY.
UM, AND IT TOOK MULTIPLE MONTHS FOR THEM TO DO THAT STUDY AND THEN THEY DID A BIG PRESENTATION AT THE END.
SO, UM, IT'S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE A CONTACT TO GET THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED FROM FOLKS RIGHT.
PACK, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW IT BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.
CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY ONE THING ONCE THE STUDY IS COMPLETED AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT OF DATA AVAILABLE, WHAT'S THE NATURE OF THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD PROFIT FROM RECEIPT IN THAT? I MEAN, WHO HAVE YOU GOT TARGETED TO PROFIT FROM THAT STUDY? THE BULK OF IT IS THE FIRST-YEAR SUBURBS, UM, CITIES, UH, KETTERING BEAVER CREEK, UM, HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, OAKWOOD, UH, I DON'T, I CAN'T LIST THEM ALL OFF.
UM, SCOTT'S VERY FAMILIAR, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE THE BIG BENEFACTORS OF THE STUDY, UH, NLC, THIS PARTNERED WITH TIP STRATEGIES, AND THIS IS A GRANT TYPE OF SITUATION.
SO THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST DOING A FREE STUDY SURVEY TO FIND OUT WHAT TYPES OF THINGS WE CAN DO FOR THIS REGION TO ATTRACT MORE, UM, JOB DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
AND YOU WOULD HAVE A PLAN THEN FOR THE INDIVIDUALS IN THESE COMMUNITIES TO ACTUALLY ACCESS THAT INFORMATION.
IT WILL ALL BE PRESENTED AND WE'LL PROBABLY END UP PRESENTING IT TO THE COUNSELORS.
UM, TAKE PART IN THE GRANTS THAT ARE EVENTUALLY HOPE FOR TH THIS ONE, THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, WE CHOSE TO FOLLOW THE MODEL OF THE KANSAS CITY GROUP, THAT THEY WERE ALSO A FIRST-YEAR SUBURBS GROUP.
UM, THIS CAN BE APPLIED FOR AS AN CITY OR MUNICIPALITY OF SOME SORT.
UM, BUT WE KIND OF WENT THE SAME ROUTE THAT THEY DID USING OUR FIRST-YEAR SUBURBS GROUP, UM, TO BRING ALL OF US IN, BECAUSE IT GETS, GIVE US A LITTLE MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK AND IT HELPS US OUT ON OUR APPLICATION, SO TO SPEAK.
ARE THE UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL? I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT THEY WILL BE PULLED IN IT'S IT'S, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO PULL IN EVERY MAJOR EMPLOYER AROUND HERE FOR THE MOST PART TO TRY TO GET SOME STRATEGY THERE AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES THAT ARE HERE.
WHAT, YOU KNOW, MY ASSUMPTION IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY WOULD MOST, WHAT BEST BENEFIT THE REGION, UM, UH, TIPS, STRATEGIES ON HOW TO BRING THOSE INDUSTRIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SPUR JOB DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION, THROUGH THE STUDY.
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY DO A COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE HERE, SO THAT WHEN THERE'S COMPANIES LIKE, UM, GIVE ME A GOOD DEFENSE COMPANY, BOEING, BOEING ON BOEING WANTS TO PUT DOWN A NEW OFFICE HERE.
WE SAY, OKAY, NOT ONLY CAN WE GIVE YOU LAND HERE AND NOT
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ONLY DID WE HAVE HOUSING HERE AND HERE'S OUR SCHOOLS, AND THIS IS THE NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES, SO YOUR PEOPLE ARE TAKEN CARE OF, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF RESOURCES FOR SECURITY TRAINING.WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH, UM, RIGHT STATE FOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING.
WE HAVE THREE, FOUR, FIVE DIFFERENT RESEARCH ENTITIES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO COLLEGES IN THE AREA.
UM, AND SO IT MAKES IT PROFITABLE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUILD AS MUCH OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE IT.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND DIG.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT THESE JOB SEARCH SAY BOEING, DOESN'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO ALL THIS SPECIFIC RESEARCH THEMSELVES.
IT'S IT BECOMES AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND TIP STRATEGIES HAS IT AS A FULL REPORT.
SO THEY CAN, THEN THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY MAJOR EMPLOYER TO TAKE A PEEK AT, AND THEN THEY COULD GET A BETTER IDEA OF OUR REGION, WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AND THINGS LIKE MISBEHAVE.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT TO GO BACK TO THE INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENT, UH, IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO, UH, PAY MY PUBLIC COMPLIMENTS TO DAN HOFF WHO PUT OUT A WHOLE, THE WHOLE 50% OF THE, UH, THE COMMISSION NEWSLETTER THIS TIME, WHICH WAS A GOOD DEAL OF INFORMATION ALREADY AVAILABLE SO THAT THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON WHO HAPPENS TO SEE THAT WOULD GET SOME HELP AND ASSISTANCE RIGHT THERE.
SO, UH, IT PROBABLY SUGGESTS THAT IF YOU SEE ANY MAJOR POINTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SET FORTH, I'M SURE WE WOULD BE WILLING TO SET FORTH THE SAME INFORMATION IN OUR NEWSLETTER.
AS WE PROGRESS, I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE A PART OF IT.
AND CERTAINLY WHEN THE STUDY IS FINAL, UM, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME BACK AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW HOW THAT WENT.
UM, WE'LL GET REPORTS, ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF, SO TO SPEAK.
FIRST THING UP IS A UPDATE ON THE VETERAN MEMORIAL AND I BELIEVE SCOTT IS GOING TO DO THAT VOICE.
UM, SO WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS IS THE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT, UH, WENT OUT TO BED AND, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, THREE, UM, BIDS ON THAT THE LOWEST BID ENDED UP WITHDRAWING THEIR BID BECAUSE THEY KIND OF MISSED A COUPLE THINGS ON IT.
SO, UM, TH TH THE NUMBERS DID LOOK PRETTY LOW AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD AT THAT LOW, BUT, UH, SINCE THEY, THEY REALISTICALLY COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AMOUNT.
SO, UH, WE DID ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH OUTDOOR ENTERPRISE.
THEY ARE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
THEY HAVE DONE SOME OTHER PROJECTS HERE IN THE CITY FOR US, UH, SOME, SOME CONCRETE WORK AND SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO WE KNOW THEM AND WE'VE SEEN THEIR WORK AND IT'S A GOOD QUALITY WORK.
SO WE'VE GOT NO ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACTOR THEMSELVES.
THEY HAVE DONE OTHER MEMORIAL PROJECTS AS WELL.
SO THEY HAVE, THEY DO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN THIS, UH, THIS REALM.
UH, SO WE JUST HAD, UM, JUST LAST WEEK, THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH THEM.
SO WENT OVER, UM, EVERYTHING FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROJECTS, WHAT, UH, SOME OF THE LEAD TIMES ARE AND WHAT SOME OF THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE.
UM, WE HAVE GIVEN THEM A, UH, WE'LL SAY, A DROP DEAD DEADLINE OF, UH, THAT THIS WILL BE OPEN AND READY FOR VETERANS DAY, SO THAT WE WILL HAVE A CEREMONY FOR VETERANS DAY.
THEY WILL BE COMPLETE, UH, MOST LIKELY SOMETIME IN OCTOBER FOR THAT.
UM, SO TH TH THAT, UH, IS, UH, THE BIG LEAD TIME IS THE GRANITE.
UH, SO THAT IS, UH, COMING FROM A CORY OUT OF MINNESOTA, REGIONAL DISCUSSION WAS, UH, THAT IT WAS GOING TO COME FROM A QUARRY OUT OF CHINA.
WE SENT THEM BACK TO DO A LITTLE MORE HOMEWORK, DO A LITTLE MORE DIGGING, AND, UM, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE TO FIND THE RIGHT QUALITY OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY DID FIND SOMETHING THAT MET ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS AND, UH, WOULD BE A GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT, UM, THAT OUT OF A QUARRY OUT OF MINNESOTA.
SO THAT PROCESS HAS STARTED, UH, FOR, UH, ORDERING OF THAT MATERIAL.
LIKE I SAID, THAT'S THE LONG LEAD TIME.
SO YOU MAY NOT SEE MUCH CONSTRUCTION OUT AT THE SITE HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH.
IT'S BECAUSE, UH, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GET STARTED AND THEN STOP AND THEN NOT HAVE ANYTHING GO ON.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING TORE UP AND DUG UP.
SO, UM, I WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER TIMELINE ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO SUBMIT TO GANTT CHART ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK.
SO I'LL PASS THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY HERE.
SO YOU COULD FOLLOW ALONG WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE MASTERS.
THAT'S THE SCHEDULE, RIGHT? YES.
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WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON VETERANS DAY.SO WE COULD DO A RIBBON CUTTING ON VETERAN'S DAY.
SO WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD PLAN ON OPENING CEREMONY FOR SOME TIME AROUND HER, NOT NECESSARILY VETERAN'S DAY, BUT AN OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY, WHATEVER TRADE THE ROLE.
SO, UM, AS WE GET THROUGH THE SUMMER, WE'LL HAVE BETTER IDEA OF, UM, AN OFFICIAL OPENING DATE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN COORDINATE, UM, WITH THIS GROUP ABOUT WHEN THAT ACTUAL OPENING CEREMONY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'RE CLOSE TO THAT TARGET DON'T VETERANS DAY SEEMS TO BE THE IDEAL DAY.
IF WE DON'T HAVE WEATHER LIKE WE DID THE LAST TIME, BILL CROMER, SHRUGGED, UH, FIVE FEET, IT WAS HORRIBLE, BUT BASED ON WHAT SCOTT JUST SAID, ACTUALLY, IF WE HAD AN OPENING DAY, WE'D HAVE A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME SENIOR LEVEL PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE STATE IN, UM, AS OPPOSED TO DOING ON VETERANS DAY, WHERE EVERYBODY GETS OVERLY COMMITTED FOR EVERYTHING.
NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T DO A BIG THING ON VETERANS DAY AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S OUR FIRST BIG EVENT WITH THE VETERANS PARK, BUT MAYBE A SOFT OPENING WHERE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY INVITE THE GOVERNOR DOWN, OR, UM, BECAUSE HE HAS MORE FLEXIBILITY OR, OR GET BROWN OR TURNER TO COME OVER.
OR I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE DO A SOFT LAUNCH.
THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE IS REALLY GOOD.
UM, AND THEN IF, IF WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I CAN ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO THE BASE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET ONE OF, SINCE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S POTENTIALLY A BIG MOMENT FOR HUBER HEIGHTS, WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PULL OR SWAY, UM, TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE BECAUSE THERE'S A MILLION PLACES TO BE WELL, THINK ABOUT THE COMMANDER, MAYBE, UH, UH, FMC.
SHE DOES NOT DO LOCAL THINGS FOR THE MOST PART AT COMMAND LEVEL.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY AWARENESS.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I WON'T ASK.
YOU KNOW, UH, VERY COMFORTABLE TELLING ME NOW, OF COURSE, PHIL PLUMBER WILL BE DOWN HERE FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND YOU MAY HAVE SOME ACCESS TO SOME PEOPLE IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
SO HOPEFULLY THE GOVERNMENT, MY HUSBAND ALSO HAS SOME, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CALL THEM FRIENDS OR COLLEAGUES OR SOME HIGH UP PEOPLE THAT HE WORKS WITH, NOT ONLY AT THE PENTAGON, BUT, UM, HERE AT WRIGHT, PAT.
SO AGAIN, IF IT'S NOT, UM, VETERAN'S DAY, I THINK.
UM, HE WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GENERAL, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME DEFINITELY SOME PEOPLE, I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE SOME CONTEXT MADE, GO AHEAD, FINISH.
I WAS JUST GONNA, I KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT, BUT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, KIND OF MOVING FORWARD, UM, THAT THE EVENTS SELL COMMITTEE, I WANT TO DISCUSS AND LAY OUT THE PLANS FOR, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT I LOOKED INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, STUDENT DISCUSSING AMONG ALL OF US THAT YOU HAD THAT SMALLER GROUP GO FOCUS IN ON THAT.
UM, IT'S JUST THOUGHT, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THAT POINT, WHICH IS ABOUT IT.
UM, I'VE BIRTHED THOSE PICTURES IN THERE FROM A PLACE THAT I GO TO DOWN IN DAYTONA.
AND I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE BRICKS.
IF THERE'S BEEN A DECISION MADE ABOUT BRIDGE, WHAT'S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHILE OR WHATEVER, CAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR MAIN FUNDRAISER.
UM, NOW THOSE BRICKS THERE, THAT FACT THAT'S MY PERSONAL BRICK.
THEY'RE NOT PICTURE ON THE LEFT.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE TO KNOW IS HOW MANY LINES THAT WHOEVER IS GOING TO DO THE BRICKS, HOW MANY LINES THAT CAN BE PUT ON THE BRICK AND HOW MANY LETTERS AND SPACES IN EACH LINE.
AND, UM, I WANT TO GET ROLLING ON IT AND THEN I CAN WORK GETTING READY TO OPEN UP FOR THE SEASON WITH HER FARMER MARKET AND AT OTHER EVENTS.
AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BOOTH THERE EVERY TIME THEY OPEN UP FOR SOMETHING AND WE HAVE A BOOTH THERE, THEN WE NEED SOME SORT OF A, A POPPED UP SHELTER THING AND AN ENLARGED, UH, DISPLAYS THAT WE CAN HANG IN THERE OF WHAT THE MONEY WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO YOU CAN POINT OUT AND SAY, WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRICK RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT CASE THERE, UH, WHAT THEY DID IN THAT MONUMENT WAS UP
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EVERY SO FAR AROUND THE MONEY, BUT IT WAS THE LETTER OF THE ALPHABET TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND YOUR LAST NAME.SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY AROUND THE MONEY, BUT IT'S ALL 26 LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET AND, UH, WHATEVER YOUR LAST NAME AS YOU JUST WENT TO THAT CHARACTER.
AND, AND IT'LL BE IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
SO WHAT THEY DID WHEN THEY BUILT THE MONUMENT, THEY PUT IN ALL BLANK BRICKS SO THAT ALL THE BRICKS WOULD BE THERE.
THE SPACE PROVIDED FOR THEM AND EVERYBODY.
AND AS, AS THE BRIDGE WERE SOLD, A BRICK, THE BLANK WOULD BE TAKEN OUT A FINISHED BRICK WOULD BE PUT IN ITS PLACE.
UH, UH, UM, I'M WANTING TO GO ON THIS.
WAS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANCE? DOES A BLACK, GRAY BLACK ON THE TOP RAIL THERE? WELL, WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S, THAT'S A BORDER AROUND THAT HOLDS THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER.
IT'S A BORDER AROUND IT AND THE BLANK RENTED ON THE FRONT IS ADVERTISING.
OR IF YOU'RE HAD A LOT OF EXTRA MONEY, YOU COULD BUY THAT AND PUT YOUR OWN PICTURE UP THERE.
WHERE I TALKED ABOUT THAT I'M TALKING ON TOP OF THE PICKUPS, THAT'S ALL SEATING.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.
I JUST WONDER IF THE COLOR CHANGE MIGHT'VE MEANT COLOR.
I THINK IT'S JUST, THEY JUST DID BLACK AND WHITE, BLACK AND WHITE.
AND THEN WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S BIG SEATING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE IS RIGHT BACKGROUND AND ALL THAT.
SOME OF THE EXTRA SEATING WAS ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES AND, AND THAT'S, UH, THIS DID COME IN UNDER BUDGET.
SO WE INCLUDED ALL OF THE ALTERNATES THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, FOR THINGS LIKE ADDITIONAL SEATING, WIDER PATHS, UH, IRRIGATION OF THE AREA, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UH, WE'LL, I'LL GET BACK WITH THAT.
DO THEY EVEN HAVE A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN ORDER A BRICK ON, ON A WEBSITE THAT'S DEDICATED TO IT? UH, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS, UM, MIGHT BE TAKEN, GOING OUT OR TURN OR GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF OR WHATEVER, BUT I WANT TO GET IT ROLLING ON GETTING UP SOME MONEY FOR THIS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR MAIN THING.
UH, UH, I'LL BE WILLING TO PUT A DEDICATE ALL THE TIME.
I CAN, WHEREVER THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON AT IDLE BORDER OR ROSE OR WHEREVER IT SOMEBODY'S RUNNING A SALE IN HER FRONT YARD.
UH, WELL, BEFORE THEY DO THAT, WE, WE ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED THAT SOME DILIGENCE COMEDIC WORK GIVES US SOME PRETTY GOOD CHOICES AND ALLOWS FOR COMMITMENT AND A GOOD SCHEDULE.
SO THIS SUGGEST ANOTHER, YEAH, WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR WORKING COMMITTEE, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'D WANT A CHAIR WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST BE PART OF THE, UM, MEMORIAL COMMITTEE, THE PROJECT COMMITTEE.
UH, DANA, YOU HAD, OH, I WAS ACTUALLY, I WAS KIND OF WALKING BACK A COUPLE OF STEPS AND KIND OF STOPPING WITH THE, PUTTING US OUT THERE.
SO THE FARMER'S MARKET DOES START SATURDAY.
UM, CHANCES ARE NOTHING IS GOING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FULL FIRM PRESENCE STARTING ON SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT DOES THERE NEED TO BE, UH, KIND OF AN AGREEMENT UPON THE COMMITTEE TO GO AHEAD AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN AT ONE AVAILABLE, WHEN IT CAN BE SUPPORTED BY THE MEMBERS, WE WANT TO HAVE A PRESENCE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE PROBABLY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE WITH THEIR ORGANIZERS.
UM, AND I DO SAY IF THERE IS A SCHEMATIC FOR THE MEMORIAL, JUST PUTTING THAT ON A BOARD AND BEING ABLE TO TALK TO THE PROGRESS THAT'S GOING ON AND, YOU KNOW, SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS COMPLETE, UM, HAVE THE LITTLE THERMOMETER BESIDE IT AND KIND OF SHOW THAT WE'RE COMPLETE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT VISUAL TO SAY THAT THE COMMITTEE IS MAKING PROGRESS ON, ON ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAD.
UM, AND IT ALSO PUTS US OUT THERE.
I THINK WE COULD ALSO PUT ON THAT TABLE THAT EVENTUALLY A LOT OF THE RESOURCES THAT WERE SHARED IN THE NEWSLETTER, THEY DO COME IN PAMPHLETS AND HARD COPIES, AND WE CAN GRAB THEM FROM THE BASE AND JUST HAVE A RESOURCE TABLE THERE AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO BEEN ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO SAY THAT, OR IF THAT'S JUST KIND OF A GIVEN OR DO I TURN IT OVER TO, YEAH.
SO YOU MAKE A MOTION THAT WE LOOK AT BEING AT THE FARMER'S MARKET ON SATURDAY, OR JUST BEING AT FARMER'S MARKETS ON, ON SATURDAYS WHEN, WHENEVER IT CAN BE SUPPORTED BY THE MEMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, EVERYONE HAS THINGS GOING ON AND THE WEEKENDS ARE OFTEN WHEN WE TRY TO CATCH UP WITH THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
UM, WE, UM, SOME PAMPHLETS OR SOMETHING TO GIVE OUT SOME OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE WE DO.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY THIS SATURDAY,
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PROBABLY NOT NEXT SATURDAY, BUT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER INFORMATION, UM, ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE DOES.WE CAN HELP ADVERTISE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT I'M, I'M THINKING MORE GOING BACK TO HAVING RESOURCES OUT THERE AS WELL.
SO IF WE GET THEM TO COME AND LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, BUT THEY COULD STILL WALK AWAY WITH WHERE THEY CAN GO AND GET SOME MENTAL HEALTH, UM, SUPPORT, OR THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHERE THE LOCAL FOOD BANKS ARE THAT SUPPORT VETERANS, OR JUST KNOW THAT THINGS ARE COMING UP, GET THEM IN THE DOOR, THEY WALK OUT THE DOOR WITH SOMETHING THAT HELPS.
OKAY, WELL, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME KIND OF CLARIFY IN MY MIND.
UM, SO WE HAVE THIS, UH, THE MEDIA THAT WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER.
WE HAVEN'T QUITE GOT IT TOGETHER YET.
DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULDN'T DO AS OPPOSED TO THE MEMORIAL PROJECT SUBCOMMITTEE YOU'RE DOING IT? UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO CLEAR LENGTH.
I THINK IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT FALLS UNDER THAT KIND OF UMBRELLA, OR I, I THINK THAT'S REALLY JUST UP FOR DISCUSSION OR DETERMINATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I HEAR ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER? UM, WHETHER THEY LIKE, UM, DOING THAT TO THREE EVENTS COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE OR THROUGH THE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE, I THINK IT WILL BE PROPERTY BE IN THE EVENT COMMITTING LANE, BUT NOT TO SAY THAT OTHER MEMBERS CAN'T PARTICIPATE AND SUPPORT.
BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WE ALREADY WAS TALKING ABOUT OUTREACH THINGS THAT, TO ME, THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE EVENTS COMMITTEE, BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT SINCE SOME OF THE MEN BROUGHT A VETERAN'S MEMORIAL COMING SUBCOMMITTEE THAT I CAN'T PARTICIPATE.
WE'LL LOOK AT IT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.
I THINK I'VE BEEN, I ALSO AGREE THAT IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE IT FALLS UNDER JUST EVENTS IN GENERAL, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BOOTH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE MEMORIAL THERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE JUST IN GENERAL OF EVENTS, NOT JUST ONE SPECIFIC THING.
SO THEN WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENTS COMMITTEE, UH, SO WE JUST NEED TO STAFF IT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE CAN MOVE OUT FROM THERE WITH THIS TYPE OF IDEA.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UM, UM, PUT TOGETHER AN EMAIL AFTER THE MEETING, UH, FOOT OF VINCE COMMITTEE.
AND ONCE YOU GET TO GET SETTLED, THEN THEY CAN HAVE A LITTLE OFFSITE.
BUT AGAIN, WE CAN'T HAVE HIM ON FOUR MEMBERS CAUSE WE HAVE FIVE, WE'VE GOT QUORUM.
DO WE GOTTA HAVE, RIGHT? YOU GOT TO HAVE A MEET AND STUFF.
YOU CAN ONLY BE FOR ME, UH, FOUR PEOPLE ON THERE.
AND THE ONE, THE WAY I REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS IS IT, THE, THE VETERAN COMMITTEE SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT'S RUNNING IT, BUT WE'D NEVER TURN DOWN.
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEES OF THE FOUR-PERSON COMMITTEE, YOU SHOULD BRING YOUR IDEAS TO ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE AND CAUSES IT TO HAVE A FORUM.
BUT SO WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STUFF WE NEED TO WORK OUT BETWEEN EACH OTHER.
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS JUST GET A PUSH GOING ON THE FUNDRAISING PART AND GOOD.
WE GOT TO KNOW EXACTLY ARE WE, DO WE HAVE A VENDOR FOR THE BRICK CHET? HE DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T HAVE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS YOU GOT TO GIVE ME MORE TIME TO GET BACK WITH US.
WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE EARLY, BUT GET THERE EARLY AND BE LIKE, YOU BEAT US UP THE LAST TIME.
IT DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO PUT THIS STUFF TOGETHER THAT I'M ASKING FOR.
I KNOW THAT, UH, BUT I JUST WANT HIM TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED, RIGHT? BECAUSE I DO HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT ONE IN FLORIDA.
UH, UH, WE NEED, WE NEED TO KNOW, LIKE I SAID, HOW MANY LINES ON THE BRICK, HOW MANY LETTERS AND SPACES AND SPACES COUNTS THE SAME AS A LETTER, UH, HOW YOUR LETTERS AND SPACES ON THE LINE.
IF WE GOT A BOOTH, WE CAN SAY, WELL, HERE'S THE FORM.
IF YOU LET FILL IT OUT NOW AND TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE COST, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE MONEY WITH IT ON THOSE BRICKS THERE.
THAT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY YOU PUT ON HER.
AS LONG AS YOU DON'T LET SEE THE LINE NUMBER.
IF YOU PUT ON THREE LETTERS, IF 20 LETTERS DON'T MATTER, THE BREAD COSTS $60.
UM, WOULD YOU BE AT OUR NEXT, WE PLAN TO HAVE OUR NEXT VETERANS MEMORIAL
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SUBCOMMITTEE MID MAY.SO WILL YOU, WILL YOU BE AVAILABLE AND HAVE UPDATES AT THAT TIME? SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP YEAH, WE'LL SPEAK.
MAYBE CHECK SCHEDULES, BUT I WILL HAVE UPDATES FOR YOU.
THAT'S ME BEING THERE OR, UM, YOUR, YOUR TRUE LIAISON IS MIKE.
SO IF YOU GET, IF YOU GET THAT, SOMEBODY WILL.
HE'S GOING TO BE BEATING US UP AGAIN AND WANTING A FULL REPORT ON, SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SO AS MUCH AS WE'RE NOT SPINNING OUR WHEELS, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF AND WHAT COULD BE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WELL, HIS JOB IS NOT ONLY TO BEAT UP.
I MEAN, HE'S MADE A WHOLE LIST OF CRITERIA FOR THE BRICKS SAVES TO ME.
MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO WRITE THAT DOWN SOMETIME AND LET US HAVE A, A FULL LIST OF THE KIND OF THINGS YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AND COMMISSION, IT JUST GOES, RIGHT.
IF YOU TALK ABOUT IT IN COMMISSION, I MEAN, WE MAY REMEMBER ALL OF IT OR WE MAY REMEMBER 70%, BUT IF YOU PRESENT, YOU KNOW, A GOOD WRITTEN PLAN OUTLINE, WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT UP HERE, IT WAS HELPFUL.
WE HAD IT THE SAME SIZE BRICK, AND I DON'T KNOW THE DIMENSIONS OF WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE IS 13 LETTERS AND SPACES ON THE LINE ON THREE LINES.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE NEED A, AND MAYBE WE CAN EVEN PUT IT IN THERE.
NOT ONLY THAT WE CAN REALLY SEE YOU PUT IT IN WRITING.
IT'S REALLY CLEAR TO PEOPLE THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UM, WE'RE NOT PUSHING AGAINST THEM.
WE'RE JUST SAYING, LET'S CLARIFY IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
UM, ALSO WE NEED TO, UH, ARCHER, A LARGE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING OF WHAT DOES DONE LOOK LIKE.
SO IF, IF WE DO A BOOTH, GO ON, PEOPLE CAN COME UP AND SAY, WELL, WHAT'S THE THING GOING TO BE LOOKING LIKE, I WANT THIS DONE.
AND SO WE'LL GO DOWN THE PILOT PARK, TAKE A LOOK.
UH, IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT, THERE'S AN ARTIST CONCEPTION.
SOMEWHERE WE COULD USE, WE COULD JUST BLOW THESE UP.
LIKE, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, NO.
TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT SOMETHING GONNA LOOK LIKE, BUT WE COULD BLOW LIKE THE PLANS UP AND LET THEM SEE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GO TO KINKO'S OR STAPLES AND BLOW IT UP.
SO IT'S THERE THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT.
THEY'RE JUST SAYING JUST SOMETHING, ANYTHING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HANG IN OUR DISPLAY THAT SHOW.
RIGHT? GIVE US A, UM, A ARTIST'S CONCEPTION.
SO I FORGOT HOW TO MAKE SOME COPIES OF THAT.
SO YOU CAN HAVE COPIES THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE WITH THEM, BUT, UM, WE CAN PROVIDE A DISCO LABEL ORDER WITH A CONSOLE THAT YOU CAN PUT SOMETHING ON OF.
I THINK WE'VE KIND OF BEAT THE SUBJECT.
UM, SO, UH, BACK TO THE GRANITE, JUST THIS AFTERNOON, LATE THIS AFTERNOON, I WAS DROPPED OFF TWO PIECES OF THE GRANITE THAT HAS SOME ETCHING ON IT.
DIFFERENT STYLES OF ETCHING, THE ARCHITECT THAT GOT IT SAID THAT HE'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT HAPPY WITH EITHER ONE.
SO HE HAS REACHED BACK OUT THAT IF YOU WANT ON YOUR WAY OUT, TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.
THERE'S A HAPPY MEDIUM IN BETWEEN THE TWO IS WHAT WE'LL END UP WITH.
SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, THEY'RE OVER THERE AS A FIRST ORDER SAYING THIS, YOU DON'T WANT US TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
UH, ONE OF THEM IS, UH, ALMOST UNREADABLE.
UM, BUT THEN THE OTHER ONE IS ALMOST TOO CREAMY.
SO NOW IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE GRANITE OR BECAUSE OF THE ARTIST THAT THEY WERE, SORRY, IT'S NOT THE GRANITE ITSELF.
SUBMIT TO US ANOTHER ONE THAT GETS CLOSER TO WHAT THE ARCHITECT.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SETTLE FOR SOMETHING LESS THAN WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
BECAUSE IF WE ARE IN THIS ONE RIGHT AWAY.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE A HAPPY MEDIUM.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE DIDN'T.
WHAT WERE YOU? WELL, WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S BETWEEN THE TWO THAT'S UP THERE, THAT THERE THERE'S IN BETWEEN THE TWO IS THE RIGHT ONE.
WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO IS THE TECHNIQUE OF PUTTING THE GRAPHIC ONTO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO.
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YOU, SCOTT.UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR AN ESTIMATE.
LIKE I SAID, I WILL PROVIDE TO YOU INFORMATION.
UH, I TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT THE, UH, WITH THE BRICKS AND THEN ALSO SCHEDULING, UM, WE'LL WORK TOWARDS THAT, UH, GRAND OPENING.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THE INFORMATION TO MIKE AND HAVE HIM PASS IT TO US IN THE EMAIL, OR ARE YOU GOING TO SEND US SOMETHING THAT RIGHT NOW I'LL SEND IT DIRECTLY.
UM, SO ACTUALLY, UM, THE WAY THAT IT'S SET UP, IT'S ON DAYTONA BEACH AND IT CELEBRATES THE BIKERS WHO WERE RAISED ON THE BEACH BEFORE THEY BUILT THE DAYTONA 500 TRACK.
AND WHAT THEY DID WAS EVER SO OFTEN AROUND THE CENTER MONUMENT, THEY PUT A WHITE BRICK WITH AN ALPHABETICAL LETTER, WHICH WOULD CORRESPOND TO YOUR LAST NAME.
SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO HUNT OVER THE OLD DISPLAY TO FIND YOUR BRICK EVERY WAY, IF YOU WENT THERE.
BUT, UH, THAT MAY BE I NOT ON, I DON'T, I HAVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT LOOKS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THEY DEFINED AREAS ON THAT ONE THERE ON THAT MONUMENT.
THAT WAY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WHOLE MONEY, BUT NOT FOR YOUR BRICK.
IF YOUR LAST NAME WAS BRENNER, THEN YOU GO TO THE B AND IT'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE THAT WOULD BE TORTURE OUR CHILDREN FROM WHAT WILL BE TORTURE OUR CHILDREN WITH.
I HAD A DAD WHO DRAGGED ME TO A LOT OF MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS.
AND THAT WAS THE FUN OF THE AFTERNOON WITH HUNTING, FOR OUR NAME.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY.
UM, I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ANSWER.
I, UH, UH, HE WAS SAYING, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ANSWER IT TO GET TO ALL THE
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF US WHO MEET, WHO REALLY WANTED TO HEAR WHAT THE LATEST WAS, BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD WHAT RABBITS SAID, BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT SINCE WHAT ROB SAID, LIKE WE HAVE THESE ETHICS AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT, SO, UH, THANK YOU.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU OR A GREAT, UH, MS. UH, MIKE, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
LAST SERIES OF QUESTIONS, SHORT QUESTIONS.
MOVING TO THE NEXT, UH, ITEM IS TO LOU BROWN STREET DEDICATION, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE, UM, CHANGING THE STREET NAME TO LOU BROWN.
SO WE WERE WAITING TO DO A, UM, OFFICIAL DEDICATION AND I GUESS COVID DAD AWAY.
AND SO HERE WE ARE MONTHS I'M ON SET, CLOSE TO A YEAR AFTER IT WAS DONE AND WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY DEDICATED TO SITE YET.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BRING THAT UP AND START LOOKING AT THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE AFTER A WHILE, IF WE DON'T, IT'S JUST BE, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME, AND WE DON'T WANT TO GO THAT WAY.
IF WE WANT TO SHOW THAT WE ACTUALLY HONOR OUR VETERANS.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT SCHEDULING THEM FROM DATE TO, UM, ACTUALLY DO TO DEDICATION, I GUESS, THAT FALLEN ON YOU, A SKYPE, UM, LOOKING AT HOW WILL YOU OFFICIALLY DO THAT? AND I GUESS WE HAD SOME IDEAS AND WE CAN FEED IT TO YOU AND GO FROM THERE, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE OFFICIAL DEDICATION, UM, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION ON THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK JUST TO, IF I COULD POSSIBLY BE KIND OF LED IN, AS INFORMATION COMES IN ON THIS, UH, LOU BROWNS, UM, BRIDE LYNN HAS RECENTLY BEEN MOVED OUT OF HER HOME AND INTO A, A, UH, A HOME.
AND, UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE SHE'S THERE.
AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE HER A SIGN AND YOU WANT TO JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, LOU BROWN WAIT.
AND I CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT TO HER WE'VE WE KNOW WHERE SHE'S AT AND YEAH.
THAT MEANS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO STEP THIS UP AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO, UH, THAT WAS PART OF THE INTERNAL DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WAS FINDING A DATE AND TIME.
ONE OF THEM HAS IT IT'S ON HERE.
IF IT WAS TO BE OUR MEMORIAL DAY, NOT NECESSARILY ON MEMORIAL DAY, BUT SOMEWHERE NEAR THERE THAT'D BE A GOOD TIME, BUT REACHING OUT TO THE FAMILY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TIMING WORKS WITH THE FAMILY AS WELL, TO SET UP THAT DATE.
NOW, WHEN YOU ARE DOING AND REACHING OUT TO THE FAMILY, UH, OR WE CAN WORK WITH MR. OTTO ON THAT, UH, WE CAN DO.
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DOES HE COME UP WITH IT AS APPELLATE CASE? I'M SORRY.ARE THERE CHILDREN INVOLVED? NO, BUT OKAY.
IT'S ONLY WE NEED PROFESSIONAL LEASE AND ALL THAT.
HE DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT.
AND HOW SOON DO YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, FROM DATE AND I'M PUSHING PART OF THAT WAS ASKING THIS BOARD, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT MEMORIAL DAY WEEK, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FRIDAY BEFORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, AND THEN, BUT THAT REACHED OUT TO THE FAMILY TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING REASONABLE COMMENTS.
SO, UM, JUST, UM, THROWING OUT A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS, JUST FOR SIGNIFICANT DATES.
UM, CLOSE MAY 15TH IS ARMED FORCES, GREG.
UM, JUNE 6TH IS, UH, JUNE 14TH IS FLAG DAY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUNE MIGHT BE PUSHING IT OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, MAYBE THE 15TH, WHICH I THINK IS A WEEKEND DAY, IT WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT.
IF WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IT ON THE 15TH, WE DON'T GENERALLY DO ANYTHING TO REALLY OBSERVE ARMED FORCES DAY IN THE CITY.
THIS WOULD BE A WAY TO ACTUALLY PUT THE EMPHASIS ON LOU, UM, TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY TO GO AHEAD AND DO SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT SOMEBODY WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, IT BRINGS THAT HOME, UM, AND IT FOCUSES MORE ON HIS LIFE THAN POTENTIALLY ON HIS DEATH, WHICH YOU'RE KIND OF IN THAT, THAT SPOT.
IF YOU DO MOVE IT ALL THE WAY TO MEMORIAL DAY, NOW IT MAY 15TH.
IS THAT ANYBODY THERE? SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET A NICE TURNOUT.
IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE EASIER FOR HIS WIFE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
UM, THE WEATHER IS KIND OF WARMING UP, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TOO HOT, WHICH IS A CHALLENGE YOU'RE GOING TO, AS YOU GET CLOSER TO JUNE, IT MAY BE TOO WARM FOR HER TO BE OUT.
UM, IS THAT TOO FAST FOR YOU? UH, IT'S TWO WEEKS.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS AFTER THIS MEETING, UM, STARTING SOME, THERE'LL BE A PRESS RELEASE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE IT.
UM, UH, RYAN, ROB, UH, UH, MAYAN MILTON, UH, GLENN WE'LL WORK WITH, UM, UH, NEWSWIRE GET HER OUT AND YOU'LL DO THE FORMALITIES.
WILL THE MAYOR SPEAK, YOU THINK MOST LIKELY YES.
ONE OF THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS AS YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM AT, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH A PARENT THAT'S IN AN ASSISTED LIVING, THEY ARE LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY CAN BE AROUND.
SO IF WE WERE TO BRING HER OUT AND POTENTIALLY DO IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN A VERY LARGE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL TO ALLOW HER TO GO BACK INTO HER RESIDENCE, UM, WITH MINIMAL IMPACT ON HER ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND IN THERE.
SO CONSCIOUS, WE CAN STILL HAVE A NICE KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR, BUT WE DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SPACE TO MAKE SURE SHE HAS HER SPACE FOR HER AND HARASSED FOR.
SORRY, THAT JUST KIND OF, YEAH.
THIS IS PROBABLY A BIG QUESTION.
YOU'RE STILL PUSHING OUT TO PRESS RELEASES, RIGHT? SO WE'RE ALL YOUR CONTACTS.
SO WE'LL SEND IT OUT TO ALL THE NEWS AGENCIES, PUT IT ON WEBSITE, FACEBOOK PAGES, SOCIAL MEDIA GOALS, BUT LIKE A CITY OR A, OH YES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAYOR TO SPEAK IF HE IS AVAILABLE AND IF NOT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND, BUT THAT PARTICULAR DAY, UH, SO W W WHAT WE HAVE, UH, THE HIERARCHY, WE HAVE THE MAYOR THAT, UH, MAY BE AVAILABLE, BUT THERE IS A VICE MAYOR, AND THEN THERE'S OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE CEREMONY, BUT YET ON NEBRASKA, NEBRASKA, WHERE IT'S AT.
I HAVE A FACILITY AT THE SITE WHERE THE MEMORIAL IS GONE, THE BUSINESS.
SO THEY GOT A PARKING LOT RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE BY THE PARADE EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S WHY I RECOMMENDED THAT THAT NEEDS A STRAIGHT, THAT IT BEYOND WITH CONTRACTS.
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SO MY GUESS IS IF WE GIVE THEM ENOUGH NOTICE, THEY'D HAVE A NICE LITTLE WORD AS WELL.
DATED WHEN YOU WERE TALKING AT THE END OF THE PARADE, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE, RIGHT? NO, JOHN, I'M JUST ASKING A QUESTION.
I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT IT WAS THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A FLAG RACING AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE THAT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, RIGHT? NO, IT IS.
BUT BECAUSE YOU HAD ANOTHER PARADE, IF COULD TURN LEFT ONTO BURLESQUE, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY DO, WHEREAS I COULD GO STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE PARK FOR THE FLAG WHERE I ASSUME SO.
OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT SO YOU TALKING ABOUT JUNE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID 4TH OF JULY.
JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE DO ALL THE CIRCLING.
SO THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE THERE.
NO, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT THIS SORT OF PLAN AND, UM, WE'LL ALSO BE HEARING FROM YOU ON THAT VIDEO ON A WHOLE LOT OF HOMEWORK, AND PROBABLY THE FIRST STEP IS TO CHECK WITH THE FAMILY.
MORNING AT WHAT TIMEFRAME THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS BEST? I RECOMMEND MID MORNING AT 10 30, 11, O'CLOCK START TIME, HALF ARE DONE BY 12.
THAT HOPEFULLY MISSES ALL THE TRAFFIC WITH ALL THE KIDS GETTING OUT OF SPORTS, EVERYBODY HEADED OUT FOR THE DAY.
ANY COMMENTS ON THIS END? MID DATE? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
I THINK WE GET THAT WHEN SUBTLE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.
UM, AS I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, UM, WE HAVE THREE SUBCOMMITTEES AND TWO OF THEM ARE MAN, THE MEMORIAL SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE, UH, UH, THE MEMORIAL, UH, DATE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE.
WHAT WE NEED ARE SOME PEOPLE FOR THE EVENTS COMMITTEE, UH, TO BE FULLY FEEL, UH, RIGHT NOW I'LL TAKE, SO DANA, I, UM, BILL HAD SAID, HE'D BE ON IT.
AND, UM, SO I NEED TWO MORE MEMBERS TO FILL OUT THAT PARTICULAR, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE.
WELL, I HAD A QUOTE, I THOUGHT, OKAY, I MIGHT BE MISTAKEN, BUT I THOUGHT THE MEMORIAL DAY COM UM, I THOUGHT THEY, WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST MET LAST THAT THEY WERE BASICALLY THAT YOU THINK COMMITTEE AND I GET THAT WRONG.
CAUSE YOU REMEMBER, LAST TIME WE MET, WE SAY MEMORIAL DAY WAS SUCH A SPECIAL DAY THAT IT NEEDED ITS OWN SETUP.
I UNDERSTOOD THAT, BUT WE ALSO, BUT WE'RE NOT, ARE WE HAVING A VETERANS DAY COMMITTEE AND A 4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE? NO, WE'RE NOT.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? RIGHT.
BUT I REMEMBER SOMETHING AND I COULD BE WRONG.
WE WERE SAYING THAT THE EVENTS COMMITTEE, ALL OF THOSE, THEY WOULD DO THE PLANNING FOR ALL OF THOSE DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OTHER THAN MEMORIAL, OTHER THAN WHEN WE'RE OKAY.
THEY WOULD DO VETERAN'S DAY, 4TH OF JULY SPECIAL THINGS LIKE LOSE A THING EXCEPT THE CITY GOT DEAD.
SO AFTER WE'RE ABOUT DEAD, UM, THOSE TYPE THINGS, ANYTHING OTHER THAN MEMORIAL DAY AND, UH, THE PROJECT, THE EVENTS COMMITTEE SIGN ME UP FOR THE EVENTS.
UM, ANYONE ELSE? ALGEBRA TWO, WHEN I CAME, I DID THE SISTER GUILT LOAD.
I WILL SEND YOU GUYS A NOTE
DO WE KNOW WHO'S, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ON WHAT COMMUNITIES NOW, HAT THAT LISTS EACH PERSON.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE WHO JUST PUT THE OTHER TWO WERE ON THERE AND I'M JUST GOING TO, BECAUSE THE FIRST THING COMING UP IS LOSE DEDICATION.
UM, I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU DON'T MIND, SCOTT, AS SOON AS GLEN IS ABLE TO KIND OF CONFIRM THAT SHE CAN BE THERE AT THAT TIME, UM, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'LL GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT TO I'M SORRY.
I'LL REACH OUT TO THE FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS OR TO THE TEAM.
AND IF YOU HAVE CONNECT CONNECTIONS IN THOSE, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE JUST LIKE WE LIVE IN THE STREETS FOR OUR PEOPLE COMING HOME.
I THINK IT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE TO GET OUT IN LINE THE STREETS APPROPRIATELY DISTANCED,
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UM, AND, AND JUST KIND OF MAKE THAT SHOW BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE NICE AND I'VE RUN IN A FEW OF THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS AND IT, IT MEANS A LOT TO THE FAMILY.CAUSE UM, YOU KNOW, LOU WAS FIRED UP AND HE, HE REALLY LOVED HIS COMMITTEE AND EVERYTHING AND I THINK IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THAT TAKES CARE OF ALMOST A FOURTH PERSON, A FOURTH PERSON ON WHICH COMMITTEE ELIZABETH.
THAT'S ANOTHER, I'M GOING TO UPDATE THAT AND SEND IT OUT.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE THAT DOWN, ACTUALLY.
NEW BUSINESS, UM, GETTING A MOBILE, A WALL TO VISIT YOU BREW HEIGHTS, UH, THAT CAME OUT OF THE BLUES, BUT I TOLD THEM INDIVIDUALLY I WOULD BRING IT UP, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT.
I'D HAVE NO CLUE AND HOW TO DO THAT.
UM, ANYONE AT THE DIAS HAVE A CLUE ON HOW TO MAKE IT THAT WAY, WHERE YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE TRAVELING VIETNAM.
UM, SO WRIGHT STATE HAS DONE IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND IT'S BASICALLY GETTING ON THEIR CALENDAR, WHICH IS HARD TO DO.
UM, IS THIS THE ONE THAT IT HAS A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT OR THE ONE THAT IS, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S THE LARGE WARM LIST FULL-SIZE ON HER IS A MINI WALL, AT LEAST THAT'S TOO.
SO WE PROBABLY, I THINK THERE'S ABOUT THREE OF THEM CURRENTLY.
AND DEPENDING ON WHO'S SPONSORING IT KIND OF RIGHT.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHEAP, BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY.
THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO SET IT UP.
IF YOU LANDED INVOLVED, IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LOGISTICAL UNDERTAKING.
UM, THERE'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
YOU NEED A SPACE, UM, INSURANCE.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SUFFICIENT STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE JUST TO BE THERE.
UM, THERE, IT NEEDS TO BE MANNED 24 HOURS A DAY FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION.
THE CITY OF MIAMI IS WHERE DID IT AND THEY DID A MARVELOUS JOB ON IT TOO, SO, OKAY.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN'T DO IF SOMETHING DOES NOT TAKE SOME WORK AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW, MY GUESS IS IT WOULD PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WOULD, YOU WOULD PLAN FOR IN 22 AT THE EARLIEST.
PROBABLY YOU MAY EVEN BE 20, 23.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TOM LOOK INTO IT.
TOM THOMAS VOLUNTEERED TO LOOK INTO IT AND REPORT BACK TO US THE NEXT MEETING IN JUNE AND MAY.
SO TOM'S GOING TO LOOK AT THAT.
LET'S SAY IT TAKES CARE OF THAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE EVERY, UH, COMMISSIONER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, UM, ANYTHING'S ON THEIR MIND RIGHT NOW AND WE'VE GOT ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES.
SO WE'LL START WITH A LITTLE BIT UP CITIZEN.
WITH THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION, THEY GOT THE, UH, UH, STAR-SPANGLED CELEBRATION, UH, PARADE COMING UP.
I THINK, UH, THE LAST MEETING YOU WERE TASKED, UH, TO LOCATE A GRAND MARSHALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT, SO, OR IF THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE AN EMAIL DISCUSSION AND THEN YOU'LL BRING IT AT THE NEXT ONE.
I JUST KIND OF WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON YOUR BURNER.
SO YOU'RE NOT MAKING A LAST MINUTE DECISION.
I WAS TALKING WITH, UH, CINDY
SHE SAID THIS PERSON WOULD BE GREAT FOR IT.
AND, UH, THOUGHT WE HAD AGREED THAT SHE WAS GONNA USE HIM.
I JUST, FROM THE LAST ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION MEETING, SO I JUST, I WASN'T SURE WHAT THE UPDATE WAS AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE IT ON YOUR AGENDA OR ANYTHING, AND I JUST KINDA WANTED TO MAKE SURE, SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PART OF IT.
WE'RE JUST NOT ON THERE IS BECAUSE I HAD TALKED TO HER AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SUBTLE, BUT I'LL GO BACK AND REVISIT AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M CORRECT.
BUT SHE HAD SOMEONE IN MIND AND UM, ASKED ME, WAS HE, WOULD HE WORK? AND HE'S A VETERAN AND SHE'S CHAMPION, THAT'S ANOTHER COMMITTEE TOO.
IS THAT THEIR PURVIEW? I MEAN MAYBE STEPPING ON OUR TOES.
NO, I KNOW ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION SAID THAT THIS, THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE MILITARY VETERANS COMMISSION SHOULD BE CHOOSING THE GRAND MARSHALL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS ON, KNOW WHAT I CONSIDER IT DONE.
I GOTTA GET IT AND I'LL SEND IT TO EVERYBODY AND I'LL SEND YOU HIS BIO.
YOU JUST BIO IF I CAN TAKE IT OFF OF MESSENGER.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL START AGAIN.
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GOOD.JUST ONE CIRCLING BACK ON, ON A SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO THE IDEA OF THE TOWN HALLS, UM, IN TERMS OF THE APPROACH FOR THAT, UM, UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT TOWN HALL APPROACH IS, IS GOING TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND GET THE, THE KIND OF INNER ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION.
WE ONE, I DO THINK THOUGH THAT THERE'S ROOM TO DO AN INFORMATION FAIR, UM, KIND OF BUILDING ON THAT SAME THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS HAVE A BUNCH OF OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, COME IN AND BE AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME IN AND TALK TO WHETHER IT'S A SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR ONE OF OUR MEETINGS THAT WE GO AHEAD AND HOST A LITTLE EARLIER AND LET THEM COME IN AND DO THAT.
AND THEN BUILDING ON THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THESE AREA AGENCIES COME IN AND BE A QUICK GUEST SPEAKER AT A COUPLE OF OUR MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
UM, HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE VET CENTER, COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE NEW PROGRAMS, HAVE SOMEBODY FROM MILITARY ONE SOURCE.
THEY JUST CAME OUT WITH A GREAT APP.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT HOW THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP FACILITATE, UH, ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LARGE CIVILIAN POPULATION TALK ABOUT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO OUR CIVILIAN POPULATION THAT SUPPORT OUR MILITARY MISSIONS.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER APPROACH THAN HELPING PEOPLE COME IN WITH QUESTIONS AND NOT NECESSARILY HAVING THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
UM, SO THAT'S GOT TO BE WORKED OUT A LITTLE BIT.
WOULD THAT BE PART OF THE EVENTS TYPE? I, I WOULD PROBABLY JUST COUCH IT UNDER EVENTS AND THEN THE REST OF IT PUT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL OF A SCHEDULE OF WHY DON'T WE TRY TO GET THIS TOPIC IN HERE ON THIS DATE.
AND THAT ALSO ALLOWS US TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, WE CAN BRING SOMEBODY IN TO ADDRESS THAT OR HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THIS GUIDE AND ADD IT IN THAT GUY RIGHT THERE AND EDITED A NEWSLETTER.
THAT'S YOU ANYTHING DAN GUILT? I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MATERIAL FROM THE UNITED STATES INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT OVER FROM ACROSS THE POND.
THANK YOU, SCOTT, DUDE, WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS.
IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING, BUT THANK YOU.
UM, SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR ONE STEPPING UP AND BEING A PART OF THIS BOARD AND BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO PUT ON SOME OF THESE EVENTS BRING, UH, MORE EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AND GIVING THE IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SOME OF THESE THINGS EVEN BETTER THAN SOMEBODY LIKE ME COULD COME UP WITH.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO AND HAVE DONE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT.
IT MADE ME FEEL MUCH BETTER THAT THE WHOLE TEAM IS HERE AND, UM, WE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, THAT WE CAN DO THE SAME THING IN JUNE.
I KEEP SKIPPING ME, UH, AND MAYBE WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND UH, WE'LL MAKE THIS LOOK GOOD.
UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE AND I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.