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ALRIGHT, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
[ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road September 23, 2020 6:00 P.M. ]
I THAT'S IT, THIS MEETING OF THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION, UM, BETWEEN AREA SEPTEMBER STARTED, UM, LED LEGIONELLA IF WE NEED TO SELL TOGETHER, BUT ONE PERSON SEE IT CAUSE WE CAN KINDA, UH, KIND OF STRANGE LAST WEEK.WE ALL TRIED TO SAY AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, UM, I'M GLAD TO SAY IT AND EVERYBODY JUST PUT THEIR HANDLE YOUR HEARTS, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND DELIVERABLE WITH JUSTICE AND LIBERTY.
CAN WE DO THE, UH, IMPLICATION FOR US IS RAISED OUT HERE TONIGHT.
JOIN ME AT THE AIRPORT BY THE GOD WORD.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THE STATION THAT WE LIVE IN FATHER.
WE JUST ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO BE WITH US AND TO GIVE US YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR PRESENCE AND LORD AT THIS COMMISSION MEETING TO SEE ME THE SAME THING WE WOULD JUST ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR WISDOM HELP US FATHER.
AS WE COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE THEM AT THIS TIME.
WE'D LOVE YOU TO APPRECIATE ME.
WE'VE LOOKED ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON'S BELIEVING.
ROLL CALL BOBBY, TAKE ROLL CALL.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, MR. BRETT, ARE YOU PRESENT? OKAY, MR.
THIS IS SOLOMON AND MR. JOHNSON.
UM, RAY, UH, SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING HE WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN IDEA OF TIMEFRAME I BELIEVE WITH THE YOUNG MARINES.
SO I KNOW WHY HE WASN'T OUT OF HERE.
THE MINUTES WAS BY THE TIME HE MEANS I NEVER ONCE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT AND READ IT ON ANY TIME, MINUTES OR, UH, CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THE MINUTES FOR THE DISCIPLINE FOR THE MAY 22ND.
FIRST HERE NOW, UM, ATLAS AND APPROVE ANY COMMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE JULY 22ND, UH, MINUTES HEARING THEN IMAGINE THAT WAS UNAPPROVED.
IS WE HAVE THESE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY, UH, ANYONE OUT HERE, NOTHING.
UM, HOW DO YOU THINK CITIZENS ONLINE, EVEN THOUGH CITIZENS WILL MOVE ON ALL THE BUSINESS? CAN YOU GIVE US A, UM, REPORT ON THE VETERANS PROJECT? ANOTHER PAPER WE WILL, UM, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE OF CITY COUNCIL HAS VOTED ON A RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY PASSED TO, UH, INITIATE THE COST OBJECTIVES FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AND BID PACKET THAT, UH, IS CURRENTLY UNDER WORKS BY THE ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF PROJECT RELATED MEETINGS REGARDING THAT.
UM, I WILL, UH, I WILL ALSO, UH, ASK, UH, AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION FOR, UH, THE FORMAL, UM, UH, CREATION OF A, UH, COMMITTEE FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BECAUSE THERE NOW WILL BE CERTAIN OBJECTIVES THAT, UH, THIS COMMISSION WILL NEED TO TAKE ON, I THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR A VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE, UH, TO, TO TASK HIMSELF WITH, WE HAVE HAD A WORKING GROUP THAT WE HAVE, UM, UH, GOT SOME IDEAS AND SOME GUIDELINES AND BROUGHT REPORTS BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION ON CURRENTLY.
UH, BUT WE ARE TO THE STAGE NOW THAT, UH, THINGS WILL START TO BECOME, UM, UH, IN MOTION.
AND, UH, THERE WILL BE TIME THAT, UH, THAT WE WILL NEED TO HAVE
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CERTAIN DECISIONS.UH, ONE OF WHICH IS, UM, INCLUDING SOME OF THE, UM, PARTICULAR LANGUAGE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY GO ON THE PILLARS, UH, IN THE, UM, IN THE DESIGN, AS WELL AS, UH, KEEPING UP TO DATE AND REPORTS BACK FROM THE ACTUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP, UH, AND TEAM THAT WILL CONTINUE TO FACILITATE THE CREATION OF THE BID, UH, AND CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAMS. UM, ONCE THOSE, UH, WHAT'S, THE BID PACKET IS CREATED, IT WILL BE SLATED TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE SOLICITATION AND ADVERTISING OF BIDS FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL BE COMPLETED HERE WITHIN THE NEXT STEP MONTH OR SO.
UH, THE ARCHITECTS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THEM, UH, THE 1ST OF OCTOBER FOR FOLLOW UP ON AS THEY CONTINUE TO GATHER THEIR INFORMATION DIAGRAMS AND ACTUAL BID PACKET INFORMATION TO GO OUT TO, UH, TO CREATE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.
SO THAT ACCURATE QUOTES AND COST ESTIMATES CAN BE, UH, CAN BE RECEIVED FROM RESPONDENTS TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ONCE WE GO OUT TO BID ON IT.
SO, UH, THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG AND WE ARE, UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL TO, UH, TO, UH, TO GET A GOOD RETURN ON THE BIDS.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE REGARDING SOME OF THE DETAILS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT PRESENT AND READY WHEN A BID DOCUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION BIDS ARE PROPOSED.
UH, WE'LL NEED TO KNOW SOME OF THE PARTICULARS, AS I SAID, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS, UH, TEXTS LOOK, FEEL, ET CETERA, REGARDING THE, UM, THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF THE, UH, OF THE MONUMENT ITSELF.
SO, UM, WITHIN, I WOULD, UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD, UH, ON RECORD, UM, UH, MR. JOHNSON, MR. CROMER, MR. GRIGGS, UH, AND, UM, UH, THE, THE LATEST OF BROWN, UH, REGARDING A COMMITTEE.
BUT, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT IF WE CONTINUE, UH, MEMBERS OF A SUB COMMITTEE WITHIN THE COMMISSION, THAT WE, UH, HAVE SOME OBJECTIVES SET FOR THAT AND WOULD ASK THAT, UM, THAT, THAT SUBCOMMITTEE BE FORMALIZED, UH, MR. BROWN BE REPLACED WITH A, WITH A MEMBER, UH, AND THERE WOULD BE NO MORE THAN FOUR MEMBERS ALLOWED ON A, UH, ON ANY COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMISSION TO PREVENT A QUORUM OF THE ACTUAL COMMISSION ITSELF, UH, TO JUST CONDUCT SOME, UH, SOME SIDE WORK, TO REPORT BACK TO FULL COMMISSION THAT YOU'VE UP TO DATE.
SO, UH, WITHOUT IT, THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR TONIGHT ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL IVIG, VERY PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS, VERY EXCITED.
THE CITY COUNCIL WAS MOTIVATED TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING AND WANTING TO AUTHORIZE THE, THE COST MEASURES, UH, AND, UH, ALSO WILLING TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO GET THIS, UH, INITIATED, TO START IT AS WE CONTINUE OUR OBJECTIVES FOR, UM, UH, PRIVATE FUNDRAISING, UH, TO, UH, HELP SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATE AND TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
SO WE HAD ASKED THAT, UH, YOU CONSIDER THE, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THIS COMMISSION, MR. CHAIR.
UM, WE HAD THE, UH, THE TEAM THAT YOU MENTIONED.
UM, SO DO WE WANT TO REDO THAT TEAM, OR I CAN SAY CONTINUE THAT TEAM AND JUST ADD ANOTHER NUMBER TO AFFILIATE WITH LOU, UH, JEFF, THE ONLY COMMENT ON THAT, I WOULD LIKE COMMISSIONED THAT COMMITTEE.
DON'T KNOW THE PERSON WOULD BE B AND M UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO FIT IN.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM STAYING ON US.
DAN, HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR DAD
I GOT LIKE 400 FEET OF SCREEN.
IT TAKES ME AWHILE TO MOVE MY CAREER.
UM, YEAH, I, I WOULD BE HAPPY, UH, TO, TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT I ALSO, UH, I THINK LIKE TO, UH, MAYBE ASK, UH, OUR NEWEST MEMBERS, UM, IF THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY'D LIKE TO JUMP INTO, UH, I KNOW THEY'VE ONLY BEEN WITH US A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A WHOLE LOT.
SO, UM, I WOULD, UH, I GUESS FIRST LIKE TO ASK, UH, IF ANY OF OUR NEW MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED.
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I ACTUALLY HAD THIS LOOK AT THIS WEEK AT JEFF, YOU KNOW, UM, WE WON OR, UM, AS MSI'D STILL GET JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, AND KEEN THAT GREAT IS KEY IN THIS CASE, IS THAT CORRECT? HE JUST KEEPS SAYING, BUT YOU CAN CALL ME.
THAT'S THE GUY, THAT'S OUR SUBCOMMITTEE.
UH, SO, UH, YOU GOTTA CHOOSE YOUR LEADER AND, UM, THIS TEACH ME IN A FORUM ON A PROGRESS THAT YOU MAKE AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.
SO IT SAYS HERE TODAY, YOU CAN GO TO SIP COMMITTEE POSTS.
AND JUST TO MAKE THAT COMMITTEE YES.
JUST TO MAKE SURE MR. CHAIRMAN, WE'VE GOT, UH, MR. JOHNSON, MR. CROMER, UH, MR.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
UM, UM, I'LL DO A FAVOR TO SAY, HEY, YAY.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE, UH, ROB, BUT WE'D JUST MOVE ON.
I THINK THE VOTE WAS A COMPLETE, THERE WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF IT, UH, FOR THE RECORD THAT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL SUB COMMITTEE WILL CONSIST OF, UH, JOHNSTON'S CROMER MYSTERIOUS, MAN.
AND LASTLY, AND THEN WHAT WE WILL DO AS, UH, WE WILL SCHEDULE A MEETING OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, PUT NOTICE OF THAT.
AND THEN AT THAT TIME THAT SUB COMMITTEE CAN MEET A VOTE ON A CHAIR OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE AT THAT TIME, AND THEN, UH, BEGIN THE, THE ORDER OF BUSINESS FROM THERE.
I, AND NOW I HAVE ONE OTHER THING TO ADD TO THIS, UM, LOSE A WIDOW, CALL ME AND SAID SHE HAD A COUPLE OF BOXES OF A MATERIAL AND LEFT SOME CUP HOLDERS AND T SHIRTS.
AND, UM, SO I WENT HOME AND GOT THOSE AND, UH, I GOT TO LOOK IN THE BOX IT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, TO BE HONEST.
UH, BUT THEN THE BACK OF MY CAR.
AND I JUST WONDERING, UM, IS JUST SOME WAY I, TO SEE ALL THIS STORE, THIS, THIS, UH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY WAY OTHER THAN THE BACK OF MY CAR.
IF, UH, WE WANT TO GO OFFLINE AND GET A COTTON TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ME AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO RECEIVE THOSE ITEMS AND STORE THEM APPROPRIATELY.
SO NOW MOVING ON, UM, NEXT TIME, BECAUSE IT'S A VETERAN DAY CEREMONY AND REPLAY, I, UM, WHO WAS, WHO WAS HITTING THAT UP, UM, CAUSE THAT LOST LOCK ON IT.
WELL, I DID, I DID LAST YEAR, OF COURSE WE DID IN A SNOW STORM AND I WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND YOU GUYS STOOD OUT THERE IN THE FREEZING WEATHER.
SO I DEEPLY APOLOGIZE AS IT WILL BE HERE.
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE NORTH CAROLINA.
SO, UM, I, I WOULD TAKE THAT ON.
I, AND YOU'LL KEEP US INFORMED ON IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, MEETINGS HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT, UM, UH, I'LL COME BACK TO THAT.
UM, I ALREADY SENT IN SOME INFORMATION ON A RECOGNITION PROGRAM FOR VETERANS.
UM, NOW HE SENT IT OUT TO EVERYONE.
UM, UH, JAMIE DIDN'T SEND OUT, UH, ON, UM, ON, ON THE, UH, ON THE PACKAGE, BUT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE IT BECAUSE RAY SENT IT OUT TO EVERYONE.
UH, AND MY QUESTION IS, UH, SOMEHOW I LOST LOCK ON THIS TOO.
AND BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM, UM, WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM DO? I MEAN, I SEE
I SEE US NICE WRITE UP TO RADIATE, UH, IF APPROVED, WHAT HAPPENS, ANYBODY KNOW? YEAH.
I THINK FROM WHAT RAVE TALK WITH ME NOW, I THINK WHAT HE REALLY IS JUST LOOKING FOR IS POSSIBLY US CREATING A CERTIFICATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO WHERE WE COULD PRESENT THAT IF WE, AS THE COMMISSION AGREE THAT THIS NOMINEE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED
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FOR ALL THE EFFORTS THEY DO FOR THE VETERAN COMMUNITY, THEN WE WOULD JUST CALL THEM IN FOR ONE OF OUR SCHEDULED MEETINGS AND, UM, PRESENTED THAT CERTIFICATE TO THEM AT THAT POINT.I, THAT, THAT, CAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK WHETHER YOU GIVE A TROPHY OR CERTIFICATE, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CERTIFICATE.
HAS ANYONE TO SIGN THAT CERTIFICATE OR I'M IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGN? I THINK WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.
UH, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF RAY WAS GOING TO DO THE X AND Y AND REACHED BACK OUT TO HIM AND ASK.
UM, HOW MANY, UH, WILL WE DO THAT? IT'S EVERY MONTH OR ONE A YEAR, OR I THINK THAT WAS PART OF WHAT RAY WANTED US TO KIND OF DISCUSS AND SEE, DO WE WANT TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, WITH EACH MEETING, DO WE WANT TO SAY WE'LL JUST DO WHATEVER.
IT WAS PART OF IS HE WANTED TO SEE WHAT, OKAY.
ANY POINT SPEAK UP, UH, WHAT YOU THINK.
UM, UH, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN WE WANT TO DO IT AND I JUST, HOW WE WANT TO DO IT.
SO ANY THOUGHTS? UM, MY THOUGHTS ARE, I WOULDN'T WANT IT TO OFTEN CHEAPER OR MAYBE A
I THINK LAST YEAR WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA AND WE ALL SPEAKING.
SO MY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, ARE WE WILLING TO LIMIT TO JUST ONE, UM, ONE VETERAN THAT WE RECOGNIZE OR WOULD WE ALLOW MORE THAN ONE VETERAN TO BE RECOGNIZED ONCE TO TWICE A YEAR? OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I THINK ONE ALSO, BUT, UM, OKAY.
UM, ANYONE ELSE? UM, I GUESS MAYBE A COMMENT, UM, WOULD BE, UM, IT TOO, WE ALSO MAYBE CONSIDER IT AN ORGANIZATION VERSUS AS AN INDIVIDUAL, AS A, AS A POTENTIAL, UH, UH, RESET YET BREAKING DILUTION.
I THINK THERE'S SHOULD DO BOTH ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL, BUT OH, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SENTENCE MINUTES TWICE A YEAR.
I, YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF RECOGNIZING THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL? CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING SOME REALLY AMAZING STUFF FOR VET.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR US TO DO THIS.
SO WE'VE ALL SAID ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, AND MAYBE IF WE CAN MAKE TWO AWARDS, EACH ONE, ONE ORGANIZATION, AND ONE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND I, DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT OR CAN WE CALL IT GOOD? WELL, UM, I THINK MAYBE ALSO, UH, ESTABLISH WHEN THOSE, UH, RECOGNITION PERIODS WOULD BE, UH, I THINK MAYBE PERHAPS VETERANS DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY, THEY PROBABLY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
NOW WE HAVE A NOMINATION IN FOR MR. MILLER.
WE'VE GOT TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET, UM, SOME MORE, UM, HAVE YOU SEEN HIM BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, HOLD ON ON WHO WE WANT TO GET THE NOMINATION TO? THERE MAY NOT BE ANY MORE PAGES, BUT JUST IN CASE.
MR. MR. CHAIR, I THINK THAT IT WOULD, UH, WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN TERMS OF PROCESS TO, UH, UH, TO, TO PROBABLY VOTE IN AND CREATE THE, UM, THE, UM, THE VETERINARIAN OR VETERANS SUPPORTERS RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
AND, UH, ONCE THAT IS, UH, OFFICIATED, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS.
UM, IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT IN TERMS OF THE, UH, THE COMMISSION REVIEWING THAT OR, UM, OR A REVIEW COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED FOR THAT, WHICH COULD CONSIST OF THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, WHICH WOULD BE FINE.
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BE DISCUSSION AS TO WHO THAT WOULD BE.SO IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO PROBABLY RECOGNIZE AND EFFICIENTLY VOTE IN THE, UH, VETERAN AND OR VETERAN SUPPORTER RECOGNITION PROGRAM FIRST AND THEN, UH, OKAY.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE VETERANS, UH, RECREATION PROGRAM? SO THEY HAVE PACKET.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND UM, I LIKE TO TAKE A, UH, A VOTE WHAT'S TAUGHT ON US.
WHO WAS THE SECOND ONE? AND I HAD THIS FOR HALF AS THE MAKING THE MOST OF THEM.
AND, UH, THE ROLE WILL BE TO BRENNER.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE, UH, HER VIDEO IS, UH, HE'S GONE.
AND THEN MOVE INTO HERE IS ATD SAID, OH, DO WE LOSE EVERYBODY? OH, I'M STILL THERE.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING THROUGH FROM THE OUTSIDE SCREEN.
MRS. SCREENSHARE TAKEN OVER THE SCREEN SHARE.
WHAT IS IT? WELL, LET ME TAKE CONTROL OF THAT MAC HERE REAL QUICK.
A SOURCE SELECTION SUPPORT FOR, OKAY.
YOU GOT SLAMMED UP SOME EMAIL EMAILS ON THE SCREEN.
THE WONDERS OF TECHNOLOGY, HOW DON'T WE GET RID OF THIS? WE ALL EAT.
CAUSE IT SOUND LIKE SHE DISCONNECTED SO THAT SHOULDN'T AND SHOULDN'T HAVE BLOWN IT OFF THEIR DOG.
I COULD TELL YOU TO ROLL THERE.
WE WOULD JUST BE WAITING ON MRS. PLEA WHEN SHE RECONNECTS AND ALMOST ALL OTHERS AND OH, DID I? OKAY, GOOD.
UH, I'M PRETTY SURE SHE'S GOING TO VOTE, BUT, UM, AND WHAT ABOUT, WHEN DID YOU CALL HER WHEN SHE COMES BACK? UM, OKAY.
I, SO WE HAD THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED, SO NOW WE NEED TO GET THE PARTICULARS LAID OUT.
DO WE REALLY WANT TO ON THAT THIS AFTERNOON, AS WE WANT TO GIVE SOMEONE TO SEND IT, I'M GOING TO WORK ON THAT AND BRING IT BACK BY NEXT WEEK.
SO I KNOW BILL HAS A DROP OFF IN A FEW MINUTES.
YEAH, WE GOT ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO LAY THIS OUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME? WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM WHAT WE WERE FLESHING OUT, THAT WE WOULD DO IT TWICE A YEAR.
WE'D DO IT ON MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY THAT WE WOULD TAKE, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR BOTH A VETERAN AND VETERAN SUPPORT TYPE GROUP, ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN THE COMMISSION WOULD REVIEW THOSE APPLICATION AND MAKE THE DESIGNATION OF WHICH VETERAN AND WHICH ORGANIZATION WE WOULD BE.
THAT'S OUR MISSION AS A WHOLE.
BUT AGAIN, I WOULD SAY A COMMISSION AS A WHOLE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DESIGN AN APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.
DOES THAT SEEM LIKE THAT? PRETTY MUCH THE QUESTIONS NOW I AGREE WITH YOU.
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AND I THINK IT MAKE OUT THE, UH, UH, THE CERTIFICATE, YOU KNOW, DESIGN IT, CAUSE HE DESIGNED THE APPLICATIONS OR ANYTHING, WHICH I LIKE.WELL, I JUST THINK I WOULD TOUCH BACK WITH RAY ON DESIGN, AS YOU'VE SAID, I THINK YOU WERE HAVING YESTERDAY.
SO WE HAVE THE, UH, ORGANIZATION, UM, UH, THE, UH, PRECOGNITION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PARTICULARS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DISAGREEMENT, ANYTHING, UM, UH, COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? UM, DO WE WANT A GOAL OF HAVING THIS, YOU KNOW, UH, READY FOR A NOG GROUP PRESENTATION THIS YEAR? FOR VETERAN'S DAY? I WOULD LIKE TO, YEAH.
I THINK THE ONLY THING FURTHER THAN IT WOULD BE TO, UM, I GUESS SET UP, UH, FOR US, UM, UH, REVIEW, UM, OF ANY APPLICATIONS THAT THEY GET BEFORE VETERANS DAY.
UM, AND IF WE HAD GONE, IF WE MAINTAIN A, A BIMONTHLY SCHEDULE, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION IN ORDER TO DO AN OVERVIEW.
SO I'M OCTOBER AHEAD OF A VETERANS.
WELL, WE HAVE A DEAD ITEM HERE TO TALK TO ABOUT THAT, SO WE CAN MOVE THAT ITEM UP RIGHT NOW AND TALK ABOUT THAT OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET THERE, BUT, UM, UM, BUT NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I'M GOING TO JUST AMEND IT A LITTLE BIT ROCK AND RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, FUTURE MEETINGS SCHEDULED.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT THE MONTHLY MEETING WOULD BE IN NOVEMBER, WHICH, UH, DAN JUST POINT OUT WOULD BE AFTER VETERAN'S DAY.
SO DO WE WANT IT TO CHANGE AND FOR ONCE HAVE A MEETING IN OCTOBER SO WE CAN LOOK AT, UH, NOT ONLY THIS, BUT THE GREAT MS. WOOD OF REEF LANE AND ALL THAT, UH, UH, PRIOR TO NOVEMBER, UH, CAN I GET A VOTE ON, ON, ON THAT? UM, WE JUST DO A, HEY NATE, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF HAVING OUR NEXT MEETING IN OCTOBER AND THEN, BUT WAIT A MINUTE BACK, HAVE A SAY IF WE HAVE A MEETING IN OCTOBER, THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE IN DECEMBER AND GENERALLY WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING IN DECEMBER BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS.
SO IF WE HAVE AN OCTOBER AND I'M ACTIVELY, WHAT HAVE US NOT HAVING ANOTHER MEETING UNTIL JANUARY IS EVERYONE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
I GOT A YES AND RYAN, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.
I'M A NONVOTING MEMBER, BUT I SAY YES.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE BETTER LOOK AT OUR NEXT MEETING BEING IN OCTOBER, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER.
I DON'T HAVE A COUNTY TWO EIGHT 24, PARDON ME? TWO EIGHT, OCTOBER 20TH, 28.8.
SO I MENTIONED WE BE 28 OCTOBER AND TWO OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE, UH, THE RECOGNITION PROGRAM LOOKING AT HOW WELL THAT'S FLESHED OUT AND, AND, AND LOOKING AT WHO WE'RE GONNA, UM, ENTERTAIN AS BEING THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE INAUGURAL AWARD, UH, WHO WERE THE PERSON, WHAT ORGANIZATION.
AND, UH, I'M ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT MEMORIAL DAY, UH, EXCUSE ME, VETERANS DAY, UH, ACTIVITIES.
AND OF COURSE, IF I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO SEND NOAH SNOW AND RAIN AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, I'LL BE THERE.
THAT'S, I'LL MAKE IT, HAD THE SUN OUT.
HE LET HER I'LL PAY YOU LATER OUT.
SO IT TASTES GOOD RECOGNITION PROGRAM AND ALSO TASTES THE REGIONAL MEETING, UH, ISSUE.
UM, SO NEXT WE HAVE, SHOULD BE DONNA, DONNA HAS A TOWN HALL INITIATIVE, RIGHT.
WE WERE KIND OF WORKING OUT TOGETHER AND, UM, DANA, ARE YOU BACK? THEY ACTUALLY CALL IT DUCK.
IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT A, THAT SHE IS YET.
YOU'RE TRYING TO BE CONNECTED TO YOUR OWN SIDE HERE.
WHY DON'T WE TABLE FOR, UNTIL OCTOBER, WE'LL BRING IT UP FOR OCTOBER.
UM, I KNOW I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS, BUT I LIKE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT HERS ARE AS WELL.
AND SO WHY DON'T WE JUST TABLE THAT FOR RIGHT NOW AND I'LL REACH OUT.
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OKAY.UM, WE HAVE, UH, THIS ITEM IS, UH, EDDIE PEYTON IS SPEAK TO THE MEMORY OF LOU BROWN.
AND I KNOW THE, THE TEAM WOULD PROBABLY SUPPORT THAT, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, THE NAMING OF STREETS IS, UH, COMPLETED THROUGH AN ORDINANCE CHEATED IN PASTORAL COUNSELING.
SO HERE'S RON, HERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU ONE HAND AND, UM, ARE THERE, I KNOW HOW IT WORKS WITHIN A BASE WHEN WE HAVE TO, WHEN WE TRY TO RENAME A STREET, WHICH CAN SOMETIMES BE AN ARDUOUS TASK.
ARE THERE REGULAR STUDENTS TO GET RENAMED WITHIN THE CITY THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT? UH, IT DOES.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TOO FREQUENTLY IN TERMS OF FORMAL RENAMING.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE, UM, HONOR OR NAMES APPLIED TO STREETS SUCH AS TAYLORSVILLE ROAD IS KNOWN AS THE VETERANS MEMORIAL WAY, UH, AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO IF, UH, IF THIS COMMISSION WANTED TO RECOMMEND, UM, A PARTICULAR ROADWAY, UH, BE GAMED IN HONOR OF, UM, OF MR. BROWN, THEN, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND SCHEDULE THAT FOR A DISCUSSION AT A WORK SESSION.
IS THERE A FORM TO FILL OUT FOR THAT DRUG? UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A, AN ACTUAL FORM.
UH, I THINK IT IS JUST A, A REQUEST THAT IS HANDLED THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESSES OF, UH, LEGISLATION AND AUTHORIZATION THROUGH COUNTY.
WHEN IS THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING? RIGHT? UH, THE NEXT DAY THIS COUNCIL MEETING IS ACTUALLY MONDAY.
HOWEVER, UH, THE AGENDA IS SET FOR THAT.
SO, UH, THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY WOULD BE A WORK SESSION.
SO, UH, I CAN BRING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION HERE AND SCHEDULE IT ALL IN THE FOLLOWING WORK SESSION.
THE POLICE DO RUN THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THERE A, UH, A STREET OR A, UM, UH, A SPECIFIC SPECIFIC AREA OR, UH, SIMILAR TO, UM, RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS ON CERTAIN ROADWAYS IN THE CITY? UH, IS IT JUST THE, UM, I GUESS OBJECTIVE OF THE COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF FUN AIR HONORARY RECOGNITION, UM, AT LEAST ON ROADWAY OR THE NAMING OF A ROADWAY WITHIN THE CITY.
HOW ABOUT NEBRASKA? UH, SEVERAL MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ON NEBRASKA AS HE WAS QUITE ACTIVE AT ALL OF THOSE, UH, WOULD THAT BE A FAVORITE NEBRASKA? I, I THINK IT WOULD BE, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND, UH, SCHEDULE THAT FOR DISCUSSION, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION.
I BROUGHT UP WHAT HE WOULD LIKE THE TEAM.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A, UH, A MOTION AND AN ACTION TAKEN FROM THE, UH, FROM THE COMMISSION FOR, UH, MAKING RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, PLACING A HONOR NAME ON NEBRASKA, RU AS, UH, LOU BROWN MEMORIAL WAY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE MOTION TO, FOR, TO CITY COUNCIL.
THIS PROMOTION, THIS IS CROMER.
I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE, UH, WE LOOK AT ADDING NEBRASKA NAMES AND IRA ROAD FOR, UH, MR. BROWN AND THE SECOND.
I'VE GOT A MOTION AND SECOND, SO LET'S DO A VOTE.
ROB WROTE UP MR. BRENNER, MR. CROMER.
I SHOULD'VE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER.
THE SEDATIVE, MR.
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MRS. OLAND.THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE, UM, THE MEETING.
UM, MAYBE A YEAR, WE ALREADY SAW THAT.
UH, I WANT TO BACK UP A SECOND, UM, TO A BEDOUIN STATE.
UM, ELIZABETH, IS THERE ANYTHING GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THIS YEAR? FOR VETERAN'S DAY? WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU GOT ON, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, UNLESS SOMETHING REALLY CRAZY CHANGES, UM, WE DON'T ALLOW ANY VISITORS AT ALL.
NOT EVEN THE PARENTS ARE ALLOWED IN OUR SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
UM, I KIND OF FIGURED THAT JUST WITH THE TIP NEXT YEAR, WE CAN DO IT.
SO HERE'S WHAT I WOULD SAY THOUGH.
ELIZABETH, IF, IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN TO CHANGE, IF YOU JUST REACH OUT, YOU KNOW, TO US, FOR SURE WE COULD DO SOMETHING TOGETHER PRETTY QUICK.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST SAYING HOW MUCH WE ENJOYED IT, AND I KNOW YOU ENJOYED IT LAST YEAR, AL AND IT WAS, IT WASN'T A SUCCESS.
WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH IT.
SO I, UNFORTUNATELY JUST OUR RESTRICTIONS ON EVEN THE FOOD AND JUST HOW, WHERE WE HAVE TO SEE OUR KIDS, EVERY OTHER SEAT.
AND THERE'S JUST SO MANY RESTRICTIONS.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH OUTSIDE VISITORS.
SO I DON'T SEE THAT IT WOULD BE HAPPENING, BUT IF IT DID, IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WE COULD PLAN ON FOR SURE RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW.
SO WE HAD OUR BRIEFLY WE'LL PRESS WITH THAT.
NOW, DOWN TO THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER.
WELL, THAT, THAT IS ACTUALLY MY ITEM THAT I POST ON THERE OUT.
AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT IN JAPAN WITH THE TOWN HALLS SO THAT WE COULD, AFTER A TOWN HALL RE REPORT THAT.
UM, AND SO NOW IT WAS KIND OF JUST AN IDEA.
SO I THINK I SAW DANA IS TRYING TO COME BACK IN.
UM, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TALK WITH DANA AND DANA.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TOWN HALL INITIATIVE, SO WE'RE LIKE, OH, YOU'RE ON MUTE STILL.
IT'S NICE TO, UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TOWN HALL, EVEN.
I KNOW I JUST, THINGS HAVE BEEN CRAZY.
I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU AND I CAN GET TOGETHER HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, AND DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, A JAILED UP IDEA ABOUT WHAT WE'RE THINKING ON THAT TOWN HALL, AN ISSUE.
WELL, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TOO.
ONE OF THE THINGS BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT, THAT YOU AND I JUST ADD, UM, IS IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A VALUE HANNON BUDSMAN, UM, THAT'S WHEN THE WORST WAY IT'S AN EMINENT CRISIS AND HELP CONNECT THEM.
I WILL TELL YOU, I, I DO GET COMFORTABLY ONE A MONTH.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT, MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE NIGHT, I'M SENDING THEM TO SOMEONE THAT WE KNOW THAT'S ONSCREEN RIGHT NOW, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY REACH OUT AND HELP SEVERAL DIFFERENT VETERANS, UM, MOODY WE HAVE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SHARED, WE DO HAVE A RESURFACE WAS ALSO AN ART.
SO AN ACTIVE DUTY ARMY CIVILIAN WHO WAS SELF-INFLICTED TWO WEEKS AGO, YOUNG FAMILY, THREE KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF SEVEN, UM, BECAUSE HE'S A RESERVIST THERE'S, THERE WAS SOME CHALLENGE OF GETTING RESOURCES TO HIM.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S A CIVILIAN DURING THE WEEK, OVER AT THE FOUR 48 BIT, HE'S A WEALTH OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HIM, BUT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HIM.
UM, FUNNY, FUNNY, FUNNY, UM, KIND OF MY DAUGHTERS THOUGHT HIS BEST FRIEND POSTS ON IT, EIGHT H THEY SHARE AND SHARED MY INFORMATION WITH HIM.
AND THEN I CONNECTED WITH HIM AND SHARED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM THE RESOURCES, UM, KIND OF JOHNSON WAS ALREADY KIND OF CONNECTED UP WITH THEM.
SO THEY LOOKING WAS GETTING HELP.
THE, OR THE FAMILY WAS GETTING HELP FROM MULTIPLE WAYS, BUT IT DOES AGAIN, KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT NEED FOR SOMETHING TO SEND SOMETHING, TO PROVIDE THEM, TO COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HELP THEM, OR AT LEAST BE THERE.
SO, UH, JEFF, UH, THIS NEWSLETTER WOULD, UH, GO OUT, UH, ON A, ON A ELECTRONIC MEANS, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PAPER OR THE DEAL? RIGHT.
WHAT I WOULD DO WITH THAT IS I'VE WORKED WITH ROBIN JANEY AND WE WOULD, WE
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WOULD PUBLISH THE NEWSLETTER THAT WAY, SO THAT, AND I KNOW THEY DO SOMETHING SIMILAR ON THE CITY PAGE.UM, I KNOW MAYOR GORE PUT STUFF OUT FREQUENTLY.
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE THAT WE COULD DO ELECTRONICALLY AND DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO GO WHITE PAPER.
CAUSE THAT ONE IS JUST TOO EXPENSIVE.
IT'S TOO TIME CONSUMING TO GET IT PUBLISHED.
AND YEAH, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT ELECTRONICALLY WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO.
SO WHY WOULD MY VISION WITH THE NEWSLETTER WOULD BE HAVING ALL, ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ITEMS AND THEN ALONG THAT LINE.
SO JUST KNOWING, SO YOU'RE GONNA WORK ON THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLICIT, A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
DANA AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME PUTTING MORE FLESH ON THE BONES.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HERE GOT DROP-OFF, BUT, UM, THAT'S REALLY THE END OF THE, UM, OF THE AGENDA.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE A COMMISSIONER'S ANSWER, SAY SOMETHING, THEY HAD A, THOSE WOULD NEED TO DROP OFF, DROP OFF, TAKE A FEW SECONDS.
IF ANYONE HAD SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO SAY, THEY COULD SAY IT AND IT WILL END THE MEAT.
WHY DON'T WE TRY TO MEET UP IN ICE PACK AND WE CAN JUST KINDA, OR I CAN COME OUT TO TIP CITY AREA, WHICH IS CLOSE TO HERE, GRABBED SOME COPIES AND PLAYS AND KIND OF HAVE SURE.
WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL REACH TO YOU ON MESSENGER.
UM, NO MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
WE WILL BE IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 28TH, I BELIEVE.
ROB, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, JUST TO, UH, JUST TO RECAP, WE'VE GOT OUR, UH, VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMISSION SET.
UH, I WILL, UH, EMAIL ALL OF THE ATTENDEES THERE TO, UH, TO ORGANIZE A FIRST MEETING SO WE CAN GET THAT NOTICED AND PUBLISHED OUT.
AND, UH, WE'VE GOT THE, UM, UH, MEETING SLATED FOR OCTOBER 28TH AND WE RECREATED THAT AGENDA AND GET THAT MEETING NOTICE OUT.
BUT THE CITY COUNCIL IN NEBRASKA, RIGHT.
TOTALLY HAVE THAT, HAVE THAT AS WELL.
THAT WILL GO ON FOR THE FOLLOWING WORK SESSION.
DAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I DO.
WELL, EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT, UH, REST OF THE MONTH AND I'LL LOOK TO SEE EVERYBODY, UH, IN OCTOBER WHEN THIS IS, HEY, TAKE CARE OF YOUR SHIT LATER.