May 26, 2026 City Council Work Session

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[III.1. Discover Odessa quarterly report. ]

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THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S STEADILY TRENDING UP, WHICH IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE LOVE TO TO SEE. OF COURSE, WHEN IT'S NOT, WE WE TYPICALLY HAVE AN EXPLANATION AS WELL. BUT. THE NEXT PAGE BREAKS DOWN THE PAGE YOU JUST SAW. SO IT SHOWS YOU SPORTS MEETINGS AND EVENTS AND THOSE HOTEL NIGHTS, ATTENDEES AND ECONOMIC IMPACT BASED ON THOSE EVENTS. YOU'LL SEE SPORTS IS STILL A HIGH DRAW FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN OUR CITY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THERE, BUT THE TOP LEFT, I'M IN THAT PICTURE. AND WE GOT TO MEET JACOB LOFLAND, WHO'S AN ACTOR FROM THE SERIES LANDMAN. HE WAS HERE AT ACADEMY AND WE HAD A GOOD A GOOD TIME MEETING HIM AND CONNECTING WITH WOLVERINE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL AS WELL, HOPING TO MAYBE DO SOME COOL THINGS IN THE FUTURE, PROMOTING SOME OF THE THE EXPOSURE WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW. OKAY, GOOD OR BAD PEOPLE ARE SEEING US AND WE REALLY LIKE THAT. THE NEXT PAGE TAKES YOU A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE OF THE PREVIOUS TWO. THESE ARE THE ACTUAL EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS QUARTER OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. SOME OF THEM YOU'LL SEE THE SAME EVENT ACROSS THE YEARS. SOME OF THEM ARE DIFFERENT. A FEW OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THE EVENT HAPPENED IN JANUARY INSTEAD OF FEBRUARY AND OCCASIONALLY HAPPENS IN APRIL INSTEAD OF MARCH, AND SHIFTS THE QUARTER AS WELL. BUT THIS QUARTER IS PRETTY SMOOTH. THIS IS THE PAGE THAT'S NEW TO YOU GUYS. THIS IS A VISITOR OVERVIEW FROM SOME VISITOR INFORMATION FROM OUR PLATFORM PLACER. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. THEY HAVE THIS VISITOR SNAPSHOT AND THE TOP THREE BOXES THERE. YOU'LL SEE TOTAL TRIPS TOTAL UNIQUE VISITORS AND TOTAL VISIT NIGHTS. THE TRIP IS EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME VISITOR THAT CAME BACK TWICE. UNIQUE VISITORS IS ALSO OBVIOUSLY FOCUSED ON THAT ONE VISITOR, SO THAT NUMBER LOOKS A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THE TRIPS. AND THEN THE NIGHTS ARE COUNTING EVERY INDIVIDUAL NIGHT IN THAT QUARTER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM SECTION OF THIS PAGE, THOSE THREE BOXES THERE, THE FAR LEFT ONE SAYS DAY VERSUS OVERNIGHT TRIPS. SO LET'S JUST LOOK AT 2026. TOTAL TRIP WAS 539,000. AND THAT WAS SPLIT.

YOU'LL SEE RIGHT THERE IN THE ORANGE AND THEN THE BLACK. YOUR DAY TRIPS WERE SLIGHTLY UNDER YOUR OVERNIGHT TRIPS, WHICH IN MY LINE OF WORK IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. AND AND THEN.

YES, SIR. PLEASE. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU TRACK DAY TRIPS? THE THE INFORMATION IS TRACKED

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THAT'S WITH PLACER AI. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. THAT'S WITH PLACER AI. YEAH. HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT? SO. RIGHT, IF YOU GET TO TRACK THAT, THAT CELL PHONE AND YOU SEE HOW LONG IT STAYS IN MARKET, AND ONCE IT STAYS IN MARKET OVER AN HOUR, I BELIEVE IT'S CONSIDERED A VISIT. OKAY.

YES, SIR. AND SO THEN IF IT STAYS OVERNIGHT, DO YOU CALL THAT OVERNIGHT? YEAH. YOU'LL SEE THE MIDDLE SECTION THERE. OUR TOP OVERNIGHT ORIGINS HAVE STAYED THE SAME FOR THIS QUARTER FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING. THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT IN MY LINE OF WORK WE COULD DO ONE OF TWO THINGS. WE KNOW THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM. SO WE COULD TELL THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT US. SO MAYBE THEY STAY LONGER OR THEY DO MORE WHILE THEY'RE HERE. OR IF THERE WERE AN ORIGIN THAT WE WANTED TO SEEK OUT, IF WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE FROM A CERTAIN AREA COMING, AND WE DON'T SEE THAT IN OUR TOP ORIGINS, WE COULD INTENTIONALLY MARKET TO THAT AREA. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE LAST SQUARE THERE ON THE BOTTOM SECTION, YOUR OVERNIGHT TRIPS. SO THAT'S YOUR AVERAGE DURATION OF THOSE OVERNIGHT TRIPS. THEY'RE STAYING THIS LONG. AND I DO SEE THAT THAT'S KIND OF TRENDING DOWN. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I EXACTLY HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. I LIKE SEEING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE I'VE REALLY BEEN IN MY ROLE. AND SO I LIKE SEEING THIS AND THEN FINDING OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE GET THEM TO STAY LONGER? WHAT WHAT MIGHT WE BE MISSING? WHAT COULD WE ADD? MAY I ASK? PLEASE? JUST THE FINAL NUMBER FOR 26. NO, THIS IS JUST THIS QUARTER. I THOUGHT THE SAME THING WHEN I FIRST SAW IT. I WAS THINKING, OH, WE'RE ONLY. NO, THIS IS JUST JANUARY. FEBRUARY, MARCH. RIGHT. AND IT'S ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST THIS QUARTER. YES, SIR. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TOTAL VISITOR SPENT ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE PLACER DID NOT START THIS VISITOR SPEND UNTIL 25. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT RECORD FOR 24. BUT IN 25 FOR THIS QUARTER. THE VISITOR SPEND OVERALL WAS HIGHER IN 2025 THAN IT WAS THIS YEAR IN 2026. STILL, STILL GREAT NUMBERS. IT'S REALLY, TO ME, ENCOURAGING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING IN MARKET WHEN THEY VISIT US. I JUST WANT TO TAKE ONE MORE MINUTE. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO.

YES. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS? I HAD A QUESTION ON YOUR ADS. SO YOU'RE TARGETING PEOPLE IN DALLAS, HOUSTON AND EL PASO? NOT NECESSARILY. I'M SAYING THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. RIGHT. BUT YOU SAID YOU COULD MARKET TO THEM.

SO. RIGHT. SO WHEN I WHEN I SEE THIS INFORMATION, IT CAN HELP US MAKE IT LIKE MAKE A DECISION.

DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE MARKETING SPECIFICALLY OR START MARKETING SPECIFICALLY TO THESE AREAS? THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY COMING. GO AHEAD. NO. OKAY. THEY'RE ALREADY COMING. SO IT'S DO WE TELL THEM ABOUT MORE THAT'S HAPPENING HERE? SO THEY STAY LONGER OR THEY EXPERIENCE MORE? THAT'S WHAT I WAS CURIOUS. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE DOING OR THAT'S WHAT YOU WE WE'VE NOT SETTLED MR. STOKER. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION? WELL, YOU CAN DO LIKE TARGETED ADS AND FACEBOOK. YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY SHARE THIS. YOU KNOW, WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE HOT FUNDING CYCLE. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED WAS FOR ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES TO WORK WITH YOU BECAUSE LIKE, MAYBE THE OIL STARTS RUNNING ADS IN DALLAS. HEY, WHEN YOU'RE OUT HERE, COME SEE US, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE CAN DO HERE, WE CAN DIVE A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE VISITOR PROFILE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM DALLAS. AND WHEN WE LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM, ARE THEY ART ENTHUSIASTS? SO THEN WE WANT TO TARGET MARKET THEM FACEBOOK ADS, GOOGLE ADS, WEBSITE ADS OF THE KNOLL, YOU KNOW, AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT'S HERE. EXACTLY.

OR IF YOU WERE TO SAY, HEY, I THINK SAN ANGELO SHOULD BE ON THIS LIST. I THINK THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE A LITTLE CLOSER TO US THAT MIGHT STAY LONGER IF THEY KNEW WHAT WE HAD. SO THEN WE MIGHT SHIFT TO THOSE AREAS. YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. THE IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE KIND OF A LOT OF THINGS ARE TRENDING DOWNWARD FROM 25. I WONDER MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE STATE DATA YOU CAN LOOK. IS THIS TRUE FOR EVERYWHERE? IS IT BECAUSE OF INFLATION OR IS THERE. CAN WE FIND A CAUSE AND EFFECT I GUESS YEAH, YEAH. COMMON DENOMINATOR TO SORT OF SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. AND I'M WONDERING IF IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST OVERALL INFLATION, IF THINGS COST SO MUCH MORE OR STILL SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THEY'RE NOT, INSTEAD OF DOING A FOUR DAY VACATION DURING A THREE DAY TRIP TO SEE THEIR GRANDPARENTS, IT'S TWO DAYS OR THREE DAYS. BUT DO WE HAVE THAT? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT IT? SO WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO IT. I LOVE THAT YOU'RE ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE AS SOON AS THIS WENT IN THE QUARTERLY REPORT, ASHLEY AND I SAT DOWN AND I SAID, HEY, CAN WE SEE THE SAME SNAPSHOT FOR OUR COMPETITOR CITIES SO THAT WE CAN SEE, ARE THEY

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THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. SO COULD IT BE WE CHANGED SOMETHING WE DIDN'T DO IN THOSE FIRST THREE MONTHS? DID WE CHANGE SOMETHING? DID WE NOT PUT SOME EVENT ON THAT NOBODY CAME TO? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK. A LOT OF TIMES THAT HAPPENS AS AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE QUARTER BEFORE. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS TIME AROUND THAT MAYBE AFFECTED THAT. NOTHING JUMPED OUT AT ME WHEN I FLIPPED THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE EVENTS, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I CAN LOOK AT. MR. HANEY, THE OTHER DEAL IS IF WE.

SO. AND I'M THIS IS NOT TO BE A DUMMY OR ANYTHING, BUT I SEE YOU GOT DALLAS FORT WORTH. SO IS THAT ALL THE SURROUNDING TOWNS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR IS IT JUST DALLAS AND FORT WORTH? RIGHT. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE ARE WE SO IF DALLAS AND FORT WORTH ARE COMING, WHY AREN'T THE REST OF THE TOWNS COMING RIGHT THAT ARE AROUND THEM? WHY? WHY DON'T WE DO A INSTEAD OF GOING AFTER DALLAS AND FORT WORTH? BECAUSE THEY EVIDENTLY KNOW WE'RE HERE. LET'S HIT THE OTHER TOWNS THAT ARE AROUND AND SEE WHY THEY'RE NOT COMING. RIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. SAME THING WITH HOUSTON AND EL PASO, BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF TOWNS AROUND EL PASO, RIGHT? LAS CRUCES, DIFFERENT STUFF. SO IS THAT DATA DRIVEN RIGHT OFF JUST JUST AREA CODES BECAUSE 2149723. I MEAN IT'S NOT JUST DALLAS FORT WORTH. THAT'S RIGHT.

WHOLE BIG AREA. SO THE QUESTION IS WHERE'S THAT DATA ORIGINATING FROM THAT SAYS DALLAS FORT WORTH I GUESS IS A BETTER QUESTION JUST TO KNOW IF IT'S TOTALLY TIED TO AREA CODE OR IT'S JUST THAT'S JUST A PART OF THE OVERALL. YEAH, I THINK IT CAN'T BE JUST AREA CODES BECAUSE WE EVEN DISCUSSED THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WHO HAVE ABILENE PHONE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, OR I FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOUR WIFE WHO TOLD ME SHE HAD A PHONE THAT HAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER. OH, NO. JUST KIDDING. NOT YOU. BEEN IN A FEW SPACES WHERE A FEW OF US WHO ARE RESIDENTS HERE HAVE A DIFFERENT AREA CODE, SO I BELIEVE IT HAS MORE OF A BILLING BASE, BUT I'LL CONFIRM. GREAT QUESTIONS. SO WE'D LIKE TO MAYBE SEE THE OUR COMPARABLE CITIES AROUND US TO SEE IF THEY'RE ALSO DOING THIS AS WELL. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THIS PAGE? IF I CAN FIND IT, I WILL. OH WELL, I GUESS THERE IS ONE THING IF EVERYTHING'S A COMPETITION. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS DATA FROM. I DON'T NEED YOU TO COLLATE THE DATA FOR US, BUT FROM MIDLAND, FROM SAN ANGELO, FROM AROUND US. WHY? WHY ARE OTHER CITIES GOING THERE? RIGHT. I MEAN, IS IT FOR A SPORTS EVENT? IS IT FOR THE LAKE OR WHATEVER? I JUST WANT TO I DON'T CARE, BUT MIDLAND AND US ARE PRETTY SIMILAR. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WE'RE NOT DRAWING THEM IN. WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHY. RIGHT. WE WILL. WE'LL DO THAT. BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT. LOOK AT SOME COMP SET NUMBERS. MIGHT BE EASIER JUST TO START WITH THE MIDLAND ODESSA COMPARISON AND THEN BRANCH OUT. YES, SIR. AND I FEEL LIKE ASHLEY AND I DID IT ON OUR MONITORS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY HERE. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE DO. GREAT. GREAT QUESTIONS. THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY.

THE NEXT PAGE HIGHLIGHTS OUR DIGITAL MARKETING EFFORTS. IT DOES LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. ASHLEY LAID IT OUT DIFFERENTLY. THE MAIN THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT FACEBOOK IMPRESSIONS FOR THIS QUARTER IN 2026 IS WAY UP. AND THAT IS DUE TO THAT BEAUTIFUL DISCOVER YOUR STORY VIDEO CAMPAIGN THAT WE DID THAT WE THEN SENT OUT IN A MARKETING CAMPAIGN. SO IT WAS TARGETED AND IT CAME UP ON LOTS OF PEOPLE'S FACEBOOKS AND THEIR GOOGLE SEARCH AND SUCH. AND SO THEY REALLY GOT TO SEE A LOT ABOUT OUR CITY. AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT EXPOSURE. THIS PAGE HIGHLIGHTS THE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT WERE PUT OUT IN THAT QUARTER. YOU KNOW, ON OUR HOT FUND APPLICATION, THERE'S A QUESTION OF LIKE, WHO DO YOU REACH WITH YOUR ADVERTISEMENTS? AND I'M LIKE, EVERYBODY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, TEXAS HIGHWAYS MAGAZINE, AND WE HAVE TRAVEL TASTE AND TOUR MAGAZINE AND WE HAVE MEET TEXAS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN AD HERE IN THE, THE WRANGLERS BASKETBALL PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, SO WE ARE AS MANY PLACES AS WE CAN POSSIBLY BE. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY PROUD ABOUT IS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER THERE. THAT IS OUR NEW AD AT THE AIRPORT. I THINK THE AIRPORT IS AN UNTAPPED AREA OF VISITORS THAT WE WANT THEM TO KNOW. THERE ARE AWESOME THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY AND IT LOOKS GREAT. IT'S BY THE BAGGAGE CLAIM. I HOPE YOU ALL SEE IT AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH IT. AND THEN LASTLY, THIS IS OUR SPORTS EVENT RECRUITMENT PROGRAM AND THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE SPONSORED THROUGH THIS SO FAR. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY JUST

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SO THAT'S WHAT THAT QUARTER LOOKED LIKE. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME, LAURA. YES, SIR. I HAVE SPECIAL INTEREST IN THE SPORTS. RIGHT NOW. THE BIGGEST DRAW WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS IS OUR SPECIAL OLYMPICS. UNTIL SOMEDAY, HOPEFULLY SOON, WE WILL HOPEFULLY GET OUR SPORTS COMPLEX COMPLETED AND START HOSTING TOURNAMENTS. MY QUESTION IS JUST TO KIND OF CATCH UP ON WHERE WE ARE WITH IT, WHAT YEAR ARE WE IN? DO I RECALL THAT WE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO HOST THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS FOR THREE YEARS? I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS OUR INITIAL MEMORANDUM WAS THREE YEARS. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, THIS YEAR, THIS COMING OCTOBER WOULD BE THAT THIRD YEAR. YES, SIR.

ARE WE IN ANY DISCUSSIONS TO MAYBE WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, INCREASE OF THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT OR WHATEVER? ARE THOSE ONGOING AT THIS TIME? RIGHT. AND I'VE DISCUSSED WITH CHAD, THEIR MAIN EVENTS DIRECTOR, KIND OF WENT OVER THAT A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES. AND HE'S KIND OF IN A PLACE WHERE HE'S COME TO YOU GUYS FOR THE HOT FUNDS AND DONE THE APPLICATION AS HE HAS THERE. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO, TO STEP INTO AGAIN, IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS ANOTHER BECAUSE IT WAS A MEMORANDUM, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A CONTRACT, A MEMORANDUM. YES, SIR. BUT WE WOULD I KNOW THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.

I BELIEVE MIDLAND DID FIVE YEARS TO BEGIN WITH, WHERE WE DID THREE. AND SO IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, COMMITTING THESE NEXT TWO OR STAYING FURTHER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

BASICALLY, I WOULD LET HIM KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ASKED AND HE WOULD UPDATE IT AND BRING IT TO YOU. AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE WAY OF NUMBERS THAT WILL COME TO ODESSA THAN WHAT WE DON'T HAVE TO OFFER YET. AND GOING BACK TO MR. HANEY'S COUNCILMAN HANEY'S STATEMENT ABOUT ARE WE DRAWN FROM THIS BIG CITIES? IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS IS NOT JUST A TEXAS GENERATED INTEREST. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM OTHER STATES AND THAT WE'VE HAD THEM AS FAR AS FROM HAWAII, RIGHT. I DO REMEMBER SOME NEW MEXICO CITIES AND HAWAII BEING HERE AT THAT EVENT. IT IS SPECIAL OLYMPICS, TEXAS, BUT IT DOES DRAW FROM OUTSIDE OF THE STATE AS WELL. YES, SIR. AND THEY THEY APPRECIATE THE CONSISTENCY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEIR ATHLETES REALLY LEAN INTO KNOWING WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE AGAIN NEXT YEAR? AND WHAT DOES THAT FACILITY LOOK LIKE? IT'S SOMETHING I'M FAMILIAR WITH. IF YOU HAVE HEARD THEY'RE ADDING THE HIGH STAKES BARBECUE COOKOFF RIGHT AHEAD OF THE FALL CLASSIC, WHICH WILL BE THE VERY FIRST TIME EVENT FOR THEM, SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE VERY BIG. AND THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT HERE AT OUR COLISEUM AS WELL. OKAY. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. YES, SIR. OKAY, GENTLEMEN, WE'LL LET YOU MOVE ON TO THE FUN STUFF. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S

[III.2. Discuss strategic plan. ]

MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'VE HAD THIS PLAN IN FRONT OF US, I GUESS A COUPLE WEEKS NOW.

EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND REALLY JUST WANTED TO GET EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK ON, ON. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH WHERE THE DOCUMENT IS? ARE THERE SOME AREAS THAT NEED SOME IMPROVEMENT? ARE THERE SOME AREAS THAT WEREN'T CAPTURED? ARE WE HAPPY WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT? THE VISION STATEMENT? SO REALLY JUST WANTED SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL ON ON. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE DOCUMENT AT THIS POINT OR DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT? IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN ADD TO IT? GENTLEMEN, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING GLARING GLARING AT ALL. I LIKED IT, BUT IT'S A LOT TO CHEW THROUGH. SURE. OUR VISION STATEMENT. I DON'T REMEMBER IT AGAIN. I WAS THERE, BUT I DON'T. I MEAN, THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS I LOOKED AT IT. I KNOW WE ARE MORE THAN A CITY, BUT WE'RE ALSO. I READ IT LIKE THIS IN ODESSA. WE'RE A SAFE FAMILY COMMUNITY. I GOT RID OF THAT PART IN MY HEAD, I DID. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S RIGHT OR CORRECT. I WANT TO MAKE IT ONE SENTENCE, THOUGH. ONE SHORT SENTENCE. IN ODESSA, WE'RE A SAFE FAMILY. SO I JUST GOT RID OF. WE ARE MORE THAN A CITY ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE A CITY, YOU KNOW? SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. IF ANYONE HAD ANY THOUGHTS OR ANYONE HAD ANY OTHER CHANGES. I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT SHORTER. SO FOR THE VISION STATEMENT, JUST SO I'M CLEAR, YOU'RE THINKING IN ODESSA, WE ARE SAFE, FAMILY CENTERED,

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I GOT RID OF THAT FIRST SENTENCE AND KIND OF MADE IT INTO ONE. JUST GO WRITE IT RIGHT INTO WE ARE A SAFE COMMUNITY OF CHOICE. THAT MAKES SENSE. I THOUGHT IT READ. THAT MAKES SENSE BETTER, BUT THAT MAY JUST BE ME. FAMILY CENTERED. THOUGHTS. OF COURSE, WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. OBVIOUSLY, THE THOUGHT WAS TO JUST GET EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK HERE AND WE CAN TAKE IT BACK AND, AND SHARPEN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE IF WE NEED TO. THE IDEA IS TO COME BACK IN JUNE SO THAT THE COUNCIL THEN CAN, I THINK, ADOPT IT BY RESOLUTION.

OKAY. OF COURSE, JUST FOR THE FOLKS, I'M SORRY. MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT I THINK THE SHORTER THE BETTER. I GUESS I'M AGREEING. I HATE TO AGREE WITH YOU, BUT IT HAPPENS. BUT BUT I THINK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE SOME MISSION STATEMENTS THAT TAKE UP A WHOLE WALL, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT GETS LOST IN THE PROCESS. VERY GOOD. IT'S TOO WORDY. AND, AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS THE VISION STATEMENT. THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE MISSION OR THE CORE PURPOSE BEHIND IT THERE AS WELL. AND A VISION STATEMENT JUST FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME. A VISION STATEMENT DESCRIBES THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION. WHAT FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO CREATE, AND THE CORE PURPOSE, THE NEXT STATEMENT REALLY IS ABOUT JUST THAT. OUR CORE PURPOSE ANSWERS THE FUNDAMENTAL, FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF WHAT IT IS WE DO AND WHY, WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, JUST FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME THAT ARE LISTENING, THAT MIGHT AND IN THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY HAVE JUST HEARD THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT THIS, THIS STRATEGIC PLAN REALLY SETS PRIORITIES FOR THE FOR THE COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING THE AGENDA, THE POLICY, THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY GOES. OUR JOB AS STAFF IS TO CARRY THAT POLICY OUT. AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN, I THINK, DID A GOOD JOB OF FOCUSING ON AREAS OF GOVERNANCE, AREAS OF QUALITY OF LIFE, AREAS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, AREAS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AREAS OF SERVICE AND AREAS OF FINANCIAL. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMBINED ARE, ARE AGAIN PRIORITIZED. AND THEN THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF GOES, RIGHT? YOU GUYS SET THE POLICY. WE CARRY IT OUT. YEAH, I, I THINK THIS THIS CAPTURES. THE FULL DAY WE SPENT TOGETHER AND WHAT WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT, YOU REALLY NEED TO READ IT AND DIGEST IT. BECAUSE IT'S A LOT THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND BUT I DO THINK THIS IS OUR ROADMAP. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? I DIDN'T HAVE REALLY ANY ON THE MISSION AND VISION. WHEN WE GET INTO THE PRIORITIES. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT SOME OF THE TIMELINES. LET'S TALK. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. THERE ARE A LOT THAT ARE OCTOBER OF 26, AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE I MEAN, IS THAT REASONABLE? I'D LIKE TO PUSH THOSE BACK. BASICALLY, I'D LIKE TO PUSH EVERYTHING BACK ABOUT THREE MONTHS. YEAH. SO ANYTHING THAT SAYS OCTOBER AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT NOVEMBER I'M SORRY, DECEMBER AND THEN ANYTHING THAT'S IN. I'LL LET YOU DO THAT BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S BUDGET DRIVEN AND IT'D BE FOR THE NEXT BUDGET. SO I JUST ASSUMED THAT THAT MEANT I'D I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE DATES JUST PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT, JUST FROM MY OWN PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, ONE OF THEM, ONE OF THEM WAS MAY OF 26.

SO YOU GOT A COUPLE DAYS. HERE WE ARE. WE GOT THREE MORE DAYS FOR THAT ONE. SO YEAH, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS MOST CURIOUS ABOUT WAS THE TIMELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND JUST MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT REALISTIC GOALS. AND IN ADDITION TO THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF STAFF KPIS AS WELL. I THINK WE'RE FINISHED UP WITH THOSE RIGHT NOW. JUST LAST WEEK WE FINISHED UP WITH THOSE.

SO WE'LL SEND THOSE STAFF KPIS OUT TO YOU ALL AS WELL. SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE. AND THERE'S THERE'S QUITE A FEW THERE. WELL, IT'S ALL IN THE LONG RUN. IT'S ALL ABOUT BUYING. IT'S ALL ABOUT BUYING FROM YOUR POSITION DOWN AS YOU HIRE PEOPLE AND YOUR OTHER DIRECTORS HIRE PEOPLE AND ACTUALLY NEW PEOPLE RUNNING FOR COUNCIL NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE STRIVING TO ACHIEVE. YES, SIR. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED TOO MANY OCCASIONS, YOU KNOW, I TOLD NORMA SHE COULD COME GET SIX YEARS WORTH OF INFORMATION

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AND JUST JUST MY THOUGHTS. YES, SIR. AND I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRATEGIC PLAN.

ALSO MOVING FORWARD IS THIS ISN'T A ONE AND DONE THING, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO DUST OFF, RELOOK AT AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS, I THINK. YOU KNOW, I KNOW I WAS TALKING TO JILL. JILL THE OTHER DAY AND ASK HER, I CAN'T REMEMBER IN SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. I CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SAW A STREET SWEEPER. NO STREET MILL, NOT MILL AND OVERLAY, BUT THE, THE ROCK AND THE OH, THE CHIP SEAL OR THE OR THE OR IT USED TO BE EVERY SUMMER, RIGHT. WE HAD THE. NOW WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING. YEAH. OR FRICTION SEAL OR SEAL COAT OR ONE OF THE TYPES OF MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS LAST LONGER. IF WE DO THAT, WE ALL KNOW THAT. BUT IT USED TO BE EVERY SUMMER, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERYBODY GRIPED ABOUT THE ROCKS CHIPPING UP THEIR CARS, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS WHEN I WAS A KID, THERE WERE SUMMER, YOU WORRIED ABOUT THAT? AND NOW WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM SOLVED WITH THE TYPE OF ROCK WE'RE USING. BUT I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT ACTIVITY GOING ON. WELL, RIGHT NOW THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF FRICTION SEAL GOING ON, OR IT JUST SLOWED UP, I GUESS, BECAUSE OF THE THE TEMPERATURE, BUT THAT'LL KICK BACK UP IN THE, IN THE FALL. YEAH. RECONSTRUCT YOUR STREETS.

MAYOR. I THINK THAT COUNCILMAN THOMPSON HAS BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. AND AS I RECALL, DURING THAT RETREAT, WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO EXPRESS SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW THINGS WENT, I RECALL ME MENTIONING THE THOUGHT AND THE IDEA, AND I WAS BASICALLY BECAUSE OF MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THAT IF TIME WAS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THOSE COUNCIL POSITIONS OPENING UP FOR PEOPLE TO RUN FOR THAT, ANYONE THAT ACTUALLY WENT AND PICKED UP AN APPLICATION OR WAS GOING TO FILE THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF AN ACADEMY FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO HEAR THE VERY THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WHAT THE PRESIDENT COUNCIL IS WORKING ON AND WHAT THEIR FUTURISTIC GOALS ARE. AND BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE CIVIC SERVICE THAT I WANTED TO GIVE WHEN I RAN FOUR YEARS AGO, THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WAS JUST BECAUSE I HAD TIME AND I WANTED TO GET INVOLVED AND DO SOMETHING WITH MY TIME. BUT I FEEL LIKE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME PERSONALLY IS THAT I'M LEARNING ON THE JOB, RATHER THAN KNOWING AHEAD OF TIME WHAT THE JOB WAS GOING TO ASK OF ME AND AND HAVE INFORMATION FROM THE PAST COUNCILS THAT WHAT WERE THE STRATEGIC PLANS FOR THIS, FOR THAT, FOR THIS, FOR THAT. SO BASED ON WHAT MR. THOMPSON JUST BROUGHT UP, WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY? MR. CITY MANAGER AND OR MISS CITY SECRETARY, ABOUT AN ACADEMY FOR CANDIDATES THAT WANT TO RUN FOR THESE POSITIONS, TO BE GIVEN

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LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A NEW COUNCIL ORIENTATION. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THAT. THE SAME KIND OF STUFF THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN TML TRAINING AT A NEW COUNCIL ORIENTATION. THAT'S THE SAME KIND OF STUFF WE WOULD PRESENT TO SOMEBODY WHO IS IS RUNNING FOR COUNCIL. WE LOCALIZE THE COURSE, JUST LOCALIZE IT. YOU'RE RIGHT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ANY NEW COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING TO BRING A SET OF IDEAS THAT OR THINGS THAT HE'D LIKE TO SEE OR SHE'D LIKE TO SEE DONE DIFFERENTLY OR ADDED TO OR WHATEVER. SO, AND THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN JUST AUTOMATICALLY. THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY JUST FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, RIGHT? LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT SOMEONE MIGHT BE RUNNING FOR COUNCIL FOR THAT THE CITY CAN'T EVEN CONTROL MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT'S COMPLETELY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR THE STATE LEVEL. CERTAINLY WE CAN HAVE INFLUENCE AND WE CAN HAVE A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY, IF YOU WILL, TO TRY AND CHANGE THAT PERSPECTIVE. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE DOES AND WE DON'T DO, THEN MAYBE THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO RUN FOR COUNCIL AT THAT POINT. MAYBE THEY WANT TO RUN FOR STATE LEGISLATURE AT THAT POINT OR STATE SENATE. THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH. SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S AROUND JULY 21ST OR SOMETHING WHEN THE LAST FILING DATE TO FILE IS AUGUST OH, AUGUST 17TH, THE FIRST. SO WE CAN SOMETHING THE JULY 18TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY. SO TECHNICALLY THE 20TH, BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY SET UP A CANDIDATE ORIENTATION FOR THAT AND DO AN AGENDA AND HAVE LIKE A BASIC 101 AND EVEN PROBABLY PROVIDE THE STRATEGIC PLAN SO THEY CAN REVIEW IT. YEAH, I THINK THAT IS A WISE IDEA. JUST I DON'T, I THINK I'LL GIVE THEM THE BUDGET AND SAY, LOOK, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO HAS TO BE IN THE BUDGET. I MEAN, SO YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET. HAVE YOU READ IT? YOU NEED TO READ IT. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO READ IT, THEN WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM ALREADY BECAUSE YOU GOT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS CAPABLE OR CAN DO IN TERMS OF, OF A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE. SO I DO THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT SEMINAR OR INTRO TO. YEAH, BECAUSE WE CAME IN. WE DIDN'T NOBODY GAVE US ANY INFORMATION.

I'M SURE IT WAS NOT A SMOOTH TRANSITION. IT WASN'T. AND EVEN IF WE WHEN WE LEAVE, WE NEED TO HAVE THE OTHER PEOPLE PREPARED OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT MAY BE COMING FORTH. BECAUSE WE WERE LOST. THE CITY WAS LOST. NOT JUST US, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE WRONG AND THAT JUST WASN'T IN POCKET AND IN PLACE. SO WE NEED TO PREPARE THE PEOPLE THAT MAY BE COMING IN SO THAT THEY CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT MIGHT BE COMING. WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND I, YOU KNOW, I'D BE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT'S PART OF OUR CODE OF ETHICS OR MY CODE OF ETHICS AS A TCMA MEMBER, A TEXAS CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION. WE'RE OUR JOB IS TO GIVE YOU ALL THE BEST INFORMATION POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE. IF IF SOMEONE'S RUNNING UNOPPOSED, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO MIGHT BE RUNNING FOR THAT POSITION, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S TWO PEOPLE RUNNING FOR AN UNOPPOSED, I'M SORRY IF SOMEONE DECIDES NOT TO RUN AGAIN OR IF SOMEONE IS TERMING OUT AND THERE'S TWO PEOPLE RUNNING, I HAVE NO PROBLEM JUST GIVING THEM ALL THE INFORMATION, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE AGAIN, SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. WELL, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP, BECAUSE I KNEW THERE WERE SOME TIMELINES THAT GOES THEY GO THROUGH YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOUR YOUR DEPARTMENT. RIGHT, NORMA? YES, SIR. AND IF LET'S SAY THREE YEARS AGO, THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, IF I'D HAVE BEEN HANDED SOMETHING THAT SAID, BY THE WAY, HERE'S SOME ORIENTATION INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE INFORMED ABOUT, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, WHATEVER. I FEEL LIKE I WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER PREPARED PERSON THAN I. I'VE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, WORK FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS TO UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THINGS. SO WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAND THROUGH THE WHAT? IN OTHER WORDS, THE CANDIDATES WOULD GO THROUGH HER DEPARTMENT.

CORRECT. I GET THAT. I THINK SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SET UP, I THINK COULD BE DONE JUST THROUGH ALL YOUR POLITICAL APPOINTEES, OR AT LEAST THE THREE POLITICAL APPOINTEES THAT ARE HERE. AND I CERTAINLY DON'T MIND TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT AS WELL. LIKE I SAID, IT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT THAN YOUR NEW NEW COUNCIL ORIENTATION THAT TML

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YOU CAN DO A FEEDER OUT TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE RUNNING. IS THIS REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? DID YOU KNOW THIS IS WHAT IT CONSISTS OF? THIS AND MORE. BUT ONCE ELECTED, THEN I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET DO A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE WITH THOSE PEOPLE. AND WHAT ARE OUR STRATEGIC PLANS THAT WE HAVE AGREED ON AT THIS POINT? AND IT'S EVOLVING AND MOVING, BUT WE'RE WHERE WE'RE AT. SURE. CRYSTAL CLEAR. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE COVERED WITH THE NEW ELECTED PEOPLE. AND YOU MAY, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY FIND SOMEONE WHO SAYS, OKAY, WELL, I DON'T LIKE ANYTHING IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY YOUR PREROGATIVE. AND BUT ONCE YOU TAKE OFFICE, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DEBATE WITH YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE. AND AGAIN, THAT KIND OF IS A REMINDER BACK TO THE COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT IT'S ALL SEVEN OF YOU THAT DETERMINE THE PATH FORWARD, SEVEN OF YOU. SO THEY HAVE TO THEY CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL AT THAT TIME. OKAY, JIM, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON OUR. TEACHING PLAN OR I THINK WE CAN ADJUST THOSE DATES JUST TO GIVE YOU WANT TO BE ARTIFICIALLY TOO ABRUPT. THAT'S THE DATE. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON. LET'S SEE. AGENDA ITEM THREE. DISCUSS ALL BOARDS AND

[III.3. Discuss all boards and commissions, including structure, membership, functions, efficiency, and opportunities to create complementary youth advisory boards. ]

THERE WAS A PRETTY GOOD REPORT THAT THEY HAD BACK. IF THESE AREN'T FUNCTIONING, WHY? AND IF THERE CAN BE THINGS THAT CHANGED, ARE WE MISSING ANYTHING? I DON'T KNOW, THAT WAS KIND OF POINT ONE. AND THEN SOMETHING I HAD SEEN THAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT. TML HAS A YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD PROGRAM THAT I BELIEVE 36 MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATE IN RIGHT NOW. AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF YOUTH BOARDS. KEEP IT AS BEAUTIFUL AND AS PARKS HAVE ONE.

NOT THE MOMENT, BUT I KNOW COB DOES. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE OTHER. BUT EVEN GOING BACK TO THE POINT OF A CANDIDATE ORIENTATION, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT IS WHEN I GO AND SPEAK TO THESE STUDENTS AND BRING IT UP, THEY'RE ALL NOT ALL, BUT THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF THEM THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED BUT DON'T KNOW HOW. AND I TYPICALLY USE PARKS AS MY EXAMPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW WHAT A SCHOOL AGED STUDENT WANTS TO DO AT A PARK OR WHAT PROGRAM THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, SO IT DOESN'T BENEFIT THEM FOR ME TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. BUT IF I DRIVE BY SHERWOOD, THE SKATE PARK IS ALWAYS BUSY. THE VOLLEYBALL'S ALWAYS BUSY. SO HOW DO YOU INVOLVE THE YOUTH IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO, TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMING WE'D LIKE TO SEE OR ANOTHER WAY TO GET INVOLVED AND START TRAINING IN SCHOOL. HEY, THIS IS HOW YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS. AND YOU

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SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP. SO ANYWAY. BEYOND THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANOTHER POINT. WELL, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE SCHOOLS TALL CIVIL. I CAN'T HELP WHAT THE SCHOOLS TEACH, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD JUST INCLUDE THAT INTO SOME OF THIS. BUT RIGHT. THEY QUIT TEACHING IT. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO VOTE. THAT'S BAD. I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO IT'S A WAY AND A MEANS TO DEVELOP FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ALSO FOR THE YOUTH THAT IT GIVES THEM AN INPUT INTO THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WHERE THEY HAVE A VOICE. AND I JUST SEE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WITH THAT INVOLVING THEM. LET'S BREAK IT DOWN. LET'S TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH? HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH IT? AND THEN FOR EXAMPLE, IN SUB PART OF THAT, IF THERE'S SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES THAT MIGHT BE. APPLICABLE FOR YOUTH COMMITTEE, I'M ALL IN. I MEAN, BUT BUT LET'S LET'S KIND OF ORGANIZE IT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO GO. WELL. AND, AND EVEN WITH THAT, I THINK SOME KIND OF PILOT PROGRAM WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU START WITH ONE AND BUILD IT UP REALLY WELL AND THEN SCALE IT. WHO COMPLETED THE LEGAL SIZE WHEN IT SAYS WHAT THE BOARD IS AND WHAT THE STATUS IS? WHO DID THAT WITH THE DATA COME FROM. SO NORMA EMAILED US THREE PDFS THAT HAD ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, BUT I GUESS THAT'S A BETTER QUESTION MAYBE. WHERE DID THE ACTUAL DATA COME FROM? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BELL SPORTS FOUNDATION, DYSFUNCTIONAL RISK HIGH. SO THAT WAS ON MY ANALYSIS WHEN IT PUT IT TOGETHER. IF THEY HAD NOT MET OVER THE TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY WERE CANCELED, HOW MANY? THIS LOOKS AT TWO YEARS WORTH OF MEETINGS. SO 25 AND 26. HOW MANY MEETINGS WERE SCHEDULED? HOW MANY DO THEY HOLD? HOW MANY DO THEY CANCEL? DID THEY HAVE A QUORUM OR NOT? SO THAT KIND OF STATUS, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D TAKE THAT AS GOSPEL, BUT IT'S JUST PULLING THIS DATA TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE FROM THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS THAT NORMA PROVIDED. RIGHT. BUT IN THAT CASE, WE KNOW THAT THAT COMMITTEE IS CHANGING, SO. RIGHT. YEAH. AND SOME OF THESE I SAW THE NEED FOR THAT CHANGE, RIGHT? SOME SOME OF THESE ARE AND EVEN MAY PRECIPITATE THIS MAY NOT APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, CRAIG. THIS, THIS MAY PRECIPITATE US TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT OTHER OTHER COMMITTEES. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, FASTER THAN WE DID THAT ONE COUNCIL. AND IT'S ALSO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN LIKE THE ATTENDANCE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD, HAVE IT HAVE A STANDARDIZED ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR ALL THE BOARDS. RIGHT. CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, I THINK THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL THAT HAVE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS. IF THEY FAIL TO MEET THE ATTENDANCE, THEY'LL COME OFF THE BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME STANDARDIZATION ACROSS.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT. WE DON'T HAVE A STANDARD SET OF RULES FOR OUR COMMITTEES. ONE OF THEM OPERATES THIS WAY. THE OTHER ONE THAT WAY. I MEAN, THERE WERE THERE'S SEVERAL IN HERE THAT PROCEEDED WITHOUT A QUORUM. WELL, IS THAT EVEN? IT'S NOT A MEETING. THEY THEY MET FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, BUT IT WAS NOT A MEETING. SO DOES THE CHARTER SET OUT THE REQUIREMENTS. WHERE IS IT? WHERE IS I GUESS, IS IT POLICY PROCEDURE OR IS IT CHARTER? IT'S THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THE COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE AND IT'S WITHIN OUR. IT'S CALLED CODIFIED IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCE BOOK, WHERE IT OUTLINES THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ATTENDANCE TYPE MEMBERSHIP. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, JAMES. OKAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CHARTER. NO, NO, BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING A ORDINANCE REVIEW OR SOMETHING. RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS MAYBE HAVING A STANDARDIZED ORDINANCE WHERE ALL OF THE THAT WILL APPLY TO ALL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES OF THE OF THE CITY.

YEAH. SO, SO THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. CRAIG. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I THINK

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YEAH. FOR, FOR. WE HAD TALKED EARLIER ABOUT ARE THERE SOME OVERLAP. IS IT AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE TO CONSOLIDATE SOME BOARDS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. 24 BOARDS IS A LOT. YEAH. 24 BOARDS IS A LOT FOR A TOWN OF A MILLION PEOPLE. IT'S ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR A TOWN OF 130,000 TO HAVE THIS MANY BOARDS. YEAH. I MEAN, SO IF THERE IS A WAY TO CONSOLIDATE, I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT WE TRY AND FIND ROTARY CLUB COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE COMMITTEE WITH THE WITH THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE. I SEEM TO BE TWO SIMILAR THINGS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A QUESTION I'M ASKING. I GUESS WHEN I WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT AND I FIGURED IT WENT TO PARKS AND REC, SINCE IT'S MEMORIAL PARK. NO. SO THE ODESSA LOCAL ODESSA ROTARY CLUBS, THEY MANAGE THAT THAT THOSE PLAQUES AND THEY REQUESTED THAT A MEMBER FROM APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO REPRESENT. AND THAT'S THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS. BUT IT'S THEY HAVEN'T MET IN A WHILE BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATION IS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. IT WAS A REQUEST FROM THE ROTARY CLUBS, AND IT WAS SET UP THROUGH A RESOLUTION. AND SHOULD A COMMITTEE EVEN.

AND I'M NOT SAYING IN THIS CASE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT SHOULD SOME COMMITTEES EVEN EXIST? WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION I'M ASKING IS WHO'S GOING TO. I THINK WE SHOULD REVIEW THEM. I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT, CRAIG. MY QUESTION, THOUGH, IS WHO, WHAT AND WHAT. HOW DO WE DO IT? WHO'S GOING TO DO IT? AND BECAUSE SOME OF US, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT SOME OF THEM DO ANYWAY. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW, I'LL PICK ON THE. BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. SO AND SO DO WE NEED IT? I MEAN, WE DO, WE DO.

BUT WHY IS IT. YES. THAT'S THE ONE THEY WOULDN'T LET ME GET RID OF. YOU KNOW. SO BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS IS CODE ENFORCEMENT. IT PROBABLY MEETS AS NEEDED. YEAH THAT WOULD BE I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S STATUTORILY REQUIRED. YEAH. THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES WE'VE GOT TO HAVE. I THINK, I THINK I THINK THE ONE THING IS FUNCTIONAL. I MEAN WELL THEY HAVEN'T MET. THEY HAVEN'T. BUT BUT THAT'S AN AS NEEDED. SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF NOBODY HAS REQUESTED AN APPEAL OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT DECISION. SO THERE HADN'T BEEN A NECESSITY FOR THEM TO MEET. SO SOMEBODY ELSE BUT ANOTHER BOARD SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT IF IT COMES ALONG. WELL I'VE SEEN LIKE ZBA AND, AND BOARD OF SURVEY PUT TOGETHER. YEAH. SO WHY COULDN'T ZBA ALSO HANDLE THAT? YEAH. WELL I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. I GUESS IF WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PUT THEM ALL SIMILAR TO WHAT GROUP THEN LOOKS AT THESE AND DECIDES WE NEED THEM OR DON'T NEED THEM. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, WHO WHO IS THE LOGICAL PERSON? AARON. I THINK THE LOGICAL PERSON IS REALLY NORMA JAMES AND MYSELF TO KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE AND THEN MAYBE SOME HELP FROM COUNCIL AS WELL. BUT I THINK THAT THE THREE APPOINTEES ARE PROBABLY THE ONES TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT ONE IS ONE. IS IT REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE? IS IT REQUIRED BY STATUTE? IS IT IS IT REQUIRED BY CHARTER? IF IT'S CHARTER AND STATUTE, WELL, THEN THAT'S EASY. THE OTHER ONES, EVEN IF IT'S ORDINANCE, REMEMBER ORDINANCES CAN BE CHANGED. SHOULD IT EXIST. CAN THOSE FUNCTIONS BE COMBINED INTO THE ONES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY STATUTE AND CHARTER IF THAT'S THE CASE. SO IT'S JUST AN EXERCISE OF GOING THROUGH THERE AND STREAMLINING IT. SO IT'S JUST A IT'S JUST A PROCESS. ONCE YOU LIKE ONCE A YEAR, WE OUGHT TO GET A REPORT FOR ONE OF THESE. WELL, I HAVE A BOARD. WE'RE NOT GOING TO REPORT BACK TO US. SURE. AND SOME COUNCILS I'VE SEEN THIS IN SOME OF MY OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE WORKED IN WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE AN EX OFFICIO COUNCIL MEMBER ON A BOARD, AND THAT BOARD MEMBER, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, WOULD REPORT BACK THROUGH, BASICALLY CALL IT COMMITTEE REPORTS. AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, YOU'D HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT, AND THEN THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE, WE DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY COMMITTEE, THANK GOODNESS. BUT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. I CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. WHAT'S THAT? I SAID I'M THERE YOU GO. YOU'RE ON THAT ONE. BUT NOT BUT NOT FOR THE CITY THOUGH. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. COUNCIL. COUNCIL. I AM WORKING ON A SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW WHERE ALL THE GO THROUGH ALL THE BOARDS, WHERE THEY'LL COME AND DO A REPORT TO COUNCIL, AND IT WOULD BE BY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. I AGREE, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK WHILE YOU'RE REVIEWING WHAT WE HAVE, SEE IF WE NEED TO KEEP THEM OR EXCLUDE THEM OR GET RID OF THEM, YOU OUGHT TO ALSO SAY, HEY, IS THAT A GOOD ONE FOR A YOUTH COUNCIL? BECAUSE AGAIN, PARKS SOUND LIKE A LOGICAL PLACE FOR A YOUTH COUNCIL. THAT'S WHO OUGHT TO USE PARKS FOR ANYBODY. BUT I

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SO IF ANY OF THAT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE, I THINK WE OUGHT TO STEAL SOME ML. YEAH, THEY'VE GOTTA COME UP WITH A BOOKLET OF KIND OF A HOW TO WRITE, BUT EVEN HOT FUNDS, I MEAN, HERE WE ARE DISTRIBUTING MONEY COLLECTED TO GO BACK INTO, YOU KNOW, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME YOUTH IDEAS WOULDN'T BE BAD. DOESN'T QUITE WORK THAT WAY. BUT AND I'VE HAD A, HAD A CALL ABOUT SOMEBODY WANTING TO DO AN ENGINEERING KIND OF SHADOWING FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THE BOARD SURVEY WAS MEETING, THAT'D BE A GREAT PLACE FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PLANNING ZONING. SO I THINK EVENTUALLY YOU COULD GET TO WHERE YOU HAD A YOUTH BOARD ON ALL OF THEM. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO START, I THINK, FIGURE IT OUT AND SCALE IT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S ONE, THERE'S ONE YOU DID MISS ON IT WAS THE MPO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. THAT'S NOT A PURE CITY ONE THOUGH. THESE ARE JUST PURE CITIES. WELL YEAH. BUT WE'VE GOT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE STILL A VOTING BOARD MEMBER. I'M JUST SAYING THIS. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO HEAR FROM WHAT THAT ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT INVOLVES THREE CITIES STAUNTON, MIDLAND AND US. WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT ROAD WISE FOR THE AREA. WE HAVE MOTRIN ON HERE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT TACK, ACTUALLY.

YES, SIR. I DON'T THINK MOTRIN IS EVEN ON HERE. SO IT'S THE MOUTD WHICH IS EASY RIDER. BUT THOSE THAT WERE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS OF LIKE MPO IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. THAT AND EVEN OTC.

LOOK AT THE COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT OTC GETS EVERY MEETING. WE DON'T GET HALF THAT INFORMATION.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAT IN ON THAT MPO MEETING WHERE THEY WERE PRESENTING THE 191 42ND STREET, BUT TO HEAR FROM ALL THE ENTITIES WAS A GREAT UPDATE THAT I THINK MR. TUCKER PRESENTS THE UPDATE TO THE MPO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GETTING THAT SAME INFORMATION HERE. SO I AGREE WITH MR. THOMPSON THAT EVEN THOSE KIND OF EX OFFICIO SPOTS THAT WE SERVE ON WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HEAR FROM, AND I KNOW CAMERON WOULD COME DO IT.

YEAH, HE WOULD HE WOULD COME TO IT. AND YOU KNOW, HE'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT MPO IS WORKING ON A ON AN OUTER LOOP AROUND BOTH CITIES. YEAH. LONG RANGE BECAUSE THEY WORK IN 50 YEAR INCREMENTS. I MEAN, I'LL WORK ON THAT TOMORROW. THEY'RE WORKING WAY OUT. SO BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. WELL, I DO THINK IT'S IF YOU DON'T MIND, JAMES AND AARON AND NORMA, IF MAKE SURE IT'S ALL CODIFIED IN A SINGLE IMAGE.

ALMOST EVERY COMMITTEE OUGHT TO BE THE SAME, YOU KNOW, ABIDE BY THE SAME RULES AND THEN SEE WHICH ONES WE DON'T NEED, SEE WHICH ONES ARE REQUIRED, AND THEN GIVE US A REPORT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. AND THEN I THINK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EVERY COMMITTEE, LIKE YOU SAID, NEEDS TO REPORT ONCE A YEAR TO JUST AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR AND SOME MORE, BUT AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. WELL, IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING ONCE A YEAR, THEN WHY HAVE THEM? YEAH, WELL, THAT'S THE POINT. YOU DON'T NEED THEM. THEY'RE NOT MEETING. YOU GOTTA MAKE YOU WONDER WHY YOU NEED THEM. SO ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL DO HANDLE THAT. THAT'S GREAT. JUST TO TIE IT BACK TO YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THIS WOULD BE A THIS WOULD BE G TWO, RIGHT. THIS WOULD BE UNDER GOVERNANCE UNDER STRENGTHENED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COUNCIL EFFECTIVENESS. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE. SO I MEAN THAT'S A GREAT IT'S A GREAT WAY TO JUST TIE A TOPIC INTO A STRATEGIC PLAN. I SAW THAT ON THERE. I LIKE IT. THANK YOU, GREG, FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR

[III.4. Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.101, the City Council will convene into Executive Session, which is closed to the public, to discuss the following matters as permitted under the following sections of the Texas Government Code: a. Section 551.071 Consultation with Attorney Consult with the City Attorney pursuant to Section 551.071 and pursuant to Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, regarding an exchange of parcels of land with local governmental entities and a draft lease agreement with Ector County. b. Section §551.087, Economic Development Negotiations Discuss or deliberate commercial or financial information received from a business prospect that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the City and with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations: Discuss real property economic development.]

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