Good morning everyone. I see. Okay. Good morning everyone. Uh before we get started, just making sure everyone stops by the room right across us, the agave room for refreshment. There's protein bagels, there's yogurt, there's pandul. All sorts of awesomeness. So, make sure you stop by before we get started. Good morning. No, it wasn't there yesterday, so I don't know what happened. It luckily Yeah. No, you had that thicker. No, >> no, no. >> Oh, okay. Yes. I don't think we Yeah, but I also wanted Okay, we can mute it. Yeah. Good morning. This is a special meeting of the El Paso City Council for Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. It is 9:12 a.m. Mayor Johnson is present and presiding along with Mayor Poim Chavez, Representative Aedo, Representative Malonado Roachcha, Representative Boyco, Representative Pierro, Representative Lemon, and Representative Canales, Representative Nino is running a few minutes late. Uh before we get started, mayor, would you lead us in the pledge of allegiance? Thank you. That brings us to the item number one on the agenda and this is presentations, discussion and action on an update to the strategic plan including but not limited to the proposed pillars, goals, objectives and core strategies toward a two-year action plan. This morning we'll begin with a public comment. We have Miss Carmen Rodriguez. >> Good morning, Miss You guys. You have three minutes. >> Good morning. Good morning, everyone. I'm glad to be back. Um, I just want to share some observations that I made while uh sitting here with you yesterday. And um I think if you think about it uh you will remember that housing came up a few times but it was uh present in almost all of the materials in one way or another. terms related to housing like affordability, like uh infill development, like mixed use. And I bet that if we did a search of all the terms that were used or were stated uh yesterday that housing would be on in the top. Uh it's almost like it's all over the place, but not clearly in front of us. And I I thought that was very interesting. Of course, I had it at the top of my mind and I and I noticed that. But I just bet you, anyone want to take a bet? Uh that it was very very prominent. Um the other observation that I made is is well something that I've made throughout several years. When uh people come to town to look at El Paso for economic development purposes to see if they want to come, it's very sad to me when I hear we took them to the nice parts of town because there are many places in El Paso that we don't want them to see and we avoid taking them there. And I just think that is so sad that we are ashamed. And instead of doing something about it, we don't confront it. Because even humble houses can look nice. They don't have to be mansions. They can be small, humble looking. Many of them have flowers in their gardens in El Paso. And I that's just a little sad point that I wanted to mention to you because I think it's relevant. We talk about belonging and loving our city. Let's love all of our city. Um three representatives including included housing in their priorities. I think every single one of the representatives and of course the mayor. Mayor, you represent all of El Paso. even the dilapidated housing, you represent them and you all can do something about them. Uh sometimes I ask myself, well, maybe there's a policy that I'm not aware of. You know, um I try to keep up with the city. I try to watch it uh whenever I can. And uh housing is not really ever confronted. And I said asked myself, well, maybe there's some kind of unwritten policy or an old policy that I don't remember that maybe we just don't confront and we don't do anything about housing. Have a good rest of the day. Thank you for listening. Thank you. That concludes public comment. I'll turn it over to Julie to get us started. All right, good morning everyone. Uh, Julia Baldinos, here we are day two. Uh, wonderful day to be a part of local government, but then again, that's every day, right? Because we're choosing to be here as we heard resoundingly yesterday and we'll continue to hear and feel throughout the day today. So, as I promised yesterday, we're shifting into strategy development today. So, expect um a lot of engagement. Um, it's going to be dynamic, but at the end of it, I think we'll all feel very proud that we're walking away with something that's going to help us ensure that we're able to move action forward that's visible for our residents, for our community. So, um, this morning we're going to be providing a brief overview of the placemat that is essentially our tool, our strategic planning document, and then we're going to transition into these interactive breakouts by Pillar. So, um, Roman and I will provide some framing for that and then we'll shift into, um, those conversations and then as we move into the afternoon, um, we expect some of that to continue on and then Nicole, Cody, and I will walk through the action planning. So, based on the course strategies that landed from those exercises, what does that look when we pull all of that information together for you all to to review and consider? And as we make our way towards the latter part of the afternoon, having a conversation around adopting uh possibly an action plan that formalizes that process for us. All right, so jumping right in, why a placemat? And so um you all will recall you don't have it in front of you because and you don't need to have it in front of you just to be clear because I know it can get very overwhelming as we heard from our city manager. It's a lot of information, but today is really about focusing in on those key things. Remember, we talked about strategic thinking is the art of where to focus. And so, we want to ensure that today is really about that strategy component. And so, a placemat at the end of this, we're going to end up with a two-page document that encapsulates everything. our adopted pillars that council um adopts the goals that reflect that as well as the core strategies that become the our work plan for the next two years and this place map becomes that visual summary that takes all that information and places it right in front of you. So I think of uh Re Rocha, our conversation back in in September when you talked about, you know, community is the centerpiece of what we do, the center point. And so, you know, when you think of any kind of fiest celebration, right, you have that centerpiece right in front of you. You have the placemat that's around it and that becomes a way to kind of guide the experience and visualize. And so it's really about doing that work today, ensuring that we have community as a centerpiece and that the placemat guides us, surrounds us and where we go from here. Yes. Okay. Um so this is just a visualization of what that looks like. Um we've adapted this concept and so mainly used in public sector uh private sector rather. We're adapting it to local government, but we made a few modifications. And since we are very musically inspired as a bunch, we adapted this analogy of the aside and the B-side. So the aside ensures that we have the insights from our residents front and center in everything that we do. Right? We heard about Maria yesterday. You're going to hear from Marisol today, from Bob, from a few others. And so those um those folks are going to work their way into our conversations and ensure that we're aligned because as we move into the B side, this is where we see our two-year action plan. And so it ensures that we're all on the same page of music or two page of music, but it ensures that we all keep that focus um centered as we all endeavor, you know, to move um our organization forward and along with right along with our residents. All right. So how do we make it real? So this was the challenge we had um by RCM when we first started redesigning and rethinking the strategic planning process and a after getting all of the feedback from mayor and council. And so it's great to have data. It's great to have all of these conversations, but how do we tie it back to the individuals that we're serving? So uh we came up with this pillar profiles that you have in front of you. So those 11 by seven um documents essentially capture some key information, but at the very end it ties it back to those personas. So Roman's going to walk us through I'm giving a quick introduction here on what you can expect over the next 30 minute increments as we break out into pillars. But yeah, guide us through uh Roman on these pillar breakouts. >> Thanks Julie. Good morning everyone. So for before we dive in, one of the things I wanted to take is just to take a moment to ground why this exercise is really important. So as you heard throughout yesterday and through the documents you provided um we really listened to our residents and with that residents we uh we unpack data, we synthesize it, we came up with personas and we came up with some insights. However, insights are very meaningful to us but they don't create change. what's going to be create the change is the work that we're going to do today particularly within this exercise. Um so this exercise is really bridging from what we went out to try to understand from our community what their needs are, what's most important to now how can we take action on that. So the guidance that we have that we provide for that is starting with your yellow section um is to explore the possibilities um start with the initial core strategies that you're going to see listed there um and think of them as starting points not solutions um and as we go to the next to the the blue section or the T section consider the feasibility assess whether the idea can really truly happen within the next 24 months. the next two years. That's something key. We want to ensure that that that's what we're doing. Juliano, if you want to page over to the section because I can hear folks that are bumbling. Yes. And then on the pink the bottom the pink part we want to take a look and design with constraints. So con constraints can help with better design as we heard from Robert Cartinis our CFO yesterday. What are those things that we need to consider from a financial standpoint but also at your tables you're going to have the department head sitting with you. We're very familiar with operations operationally. What does it take to get this done? And is this something that we can get done within the next uh 24 months? The way we want to ensure that we're anchoring the conversations as we have them at the table is one is to we're ensuring what we're taking from what we heard from our residents to de developing really clear strategies. We will at the tables we want to ensure that we're building consensus. We're all agreeing what we're going to do and how we move forward in doing this. Um, we want to focus on the real experiences, felt needs, and practical changes, not just ideas that sound good on paper. So, by the end of this exercise, we should be able to clearly say what we're prioritizing, why it matters, and why our experience, our residents should be able to experience different. So, one of the things that you'll see, and you'll have seen it in the first place, is we have personas. Those personas represent folks within our community. So there's a lot of data that we had but if we wanted to summarize it really quickly you look at that persona. So as we look at our solutions as we look at the way we want to move forward as we're coming to consensus ask yourself and in this particular example our first one would be Marisol how does is this going to improve Marisol um so that she feels something different she benefits from from these strategies within the next two years. Um and with that Okay. So, I'm going to recap this a little bit and then just guide us through this experience so we all get comfortable. So, first things first, everyone located their um economic mobility pillar profile. Yes. And it should be the first one on your um folded stack. I want to make sure that you have that one first. That's the first pillar. Um we're going to change it up and move around. So, that was feedback we got also from Rep. analysis in the beginning to ensure that we keep this dynamic. After every pillar, we're going to be changing our table assignments. And so, it allows us the opportunity to interact um with different folks. So, I'm going to call up a slide that's going to indicate your table assignment. Table one is over here if you want to say hello. Table two, table three, table four over there at the DCMS, and table five right there in the middle. So, you'll see your table assignment will all shift into our assigned table. Once you land there, this is critically important, designate a power scribe. So, someone's going to volunteer, be the brave individual at the table that's going to jot down the final worksheet. If you see at the very middle of the table, thank you, mayor. You'll find the final worksheet. So, this is what's going to be submitted at the end of the 30 minute breakout for your table. And so that powerscribe, that brave soul that's going to incorporate all of that feedback, um we'll submit that final worksheet and we'll have someone come collect it at the end of that pillar breakout. So that's uh really important as you get situated, ensure that you identify, you know, I am tribute as the power scribe so we can get situated and ready to go. um you've all located your pillar profile and so first things first um back to this what I want to make sure that um we're very clear about is that orange section that you see up top that says key prompts to help center and validate our strategic thinking. Don't dwell on those questions. Those questions are really intended to just provide guidance if you feel like you're perhaps stuck on a thought or you need to kind of take a step back. So those are really there to guide you. You're going to spend the majority of your time on the start here section, right? About five minutes to consider and I'll bring this slide back up. So, start with the initial core strategies, some conversation around that. At the five minute mark and as I mentioned, we're very musical inspired. You will hear a musical marker. Jasmine, I don't know if you want to queue it up if you have it handy, but we'll No, we'll do a test in a minute. And so um so you'll hear at every five minute mark you'll hear a musical marker and we'll let you know okay five minutes in around this time you should be shifting over to the next section. So you're going to go from start here. So clocks by coldplay because yes I'm still I'm still filling the summer concert experience of 2025 and forever. Thank you. Yes cold play for life. And so uh so you'll hear that at the five minute mark. That is your musical marker. Thank you, Ben Fi, for that uh concept to help guide us along. And then after the next five minutes, so you're going to move from start here to two-year planning horizon check after five minutes to priority and trade-off lens 5 minutes. At around the 20 minute mark, when you have about 10 minutes to go, you will hear we're going to keep time in the bottle. And that's when you know, okay, just gently start making your way to that core strategy decision and final checkpoint. So that's your indicator. 10 minutes to go. Let's start focusing on that final checkpoint. A couple of things um to clarify. The intent of this conversation is to ensure uh three things. You are verifying whether those initial core strategies are relevant, are appropriate. You are clarifying if you feel there's language missing and needs to be refined to reflect everything you've heard and everything you want ensures incorporated you are refining and you but you also have the opportunity to add right if we completely miss something that you think is is critical that this is the strategy development process remember the aim when we end up is to land with three core strategies for each proposed pillar because that ensures we keep our list very focused and ensures that we can make visible process progress within the next two years. So everybody with me, once we do it once, we're going to get into that rhythm. So it's okay to feel a little comfortable the first round. We're here to support. We have our awesome communitydriven innovation team plus Amy over there, Danny, Amy, Jasmine, Lupe, and Coral. So we're here to support you all through this experience, but we're going to dive in. Yes. Yes. So, you stay you stay um at your pillar table because then the the next pillar is going to be a completely different arrangement. So, after the pillar breakout, stay at that table until we tee up the assignment for the next pillar. Yes. And we'll have um another musical marker to let us know we're transitioning into the next. Yes. Okay. So, uh No, we were we're about to move. Okay. Here we go. Oh, you meant for the first one, literally. Yes. No, we're moving. So yes. Um, you can I mean, you can leave your stuff. Yeah. You know, take your take your profiles with you. The only thing that stays at the table is that final worksheet. Okay. But you take your profile packs with you. You can you're welcome to leave. I would say take your stuff just because it's going to be a lot of movement. Yes. Take your stuff. Um, yes. Let's let's test it out. So, I'm gonna I'm gonna tee up. Yeah. Oh, yes. We need to recess in order to start the breakout, but let me show you what your table assignment is. And we'll have additional time for this first round to make sure everyone gets situated and comfortable. Yes. If you want to set anything aside um that you don't want to take with you, there's a couple of chairs here. Let us know. We'll come to you. All right. So, here is the first round table assignment. Identify your name, identify your table, and when you all feel comfortable, uh Laura is going to guide us into recess. Final thing. Final thing. We're going to stay in recess until about 11:40, which is when we'll come back together for a share out before lunch. Yes. Okay. So, with that, I'll turn it over to Miss Prime. And for the record, Representative Nino join the meeting at 9:24 a.m. May we have a motion to recess. There's a motion and a second to recess the council meeting. All in favor? Anyone opposed? The meeting is in recess at 9:33 a.m. Perfect. Yeah, there you go. I'm okay with you can do it when we come back with it now that otherwise Uh for this one. Hello Every every pillar. Yes. Yes. Every pillar. All right. Everyone located their table. Um, did we designate a PC scribe? Okay. This is your time to shine. Power scribe. Yes. It's going to be good. It's going to be good. Trust the process. All right. So, with that, we're going to go ahead and get that 30 minute star point started. Jasmine. Yes. 30 minutes. Here we go. Let's roll. 10 minutes to go. You have to be cheesy, okay? Embrace it. Embrace the cheesiness. Okay, 10 minutes to go. Make your way to your final checkpoint. 10 minutes to identify your proposed course strategies. You're not Those of us who are the power scribe, make sure you're jotting down on the final worksheet. Quick reminder, All right. Yes. >> All right. And our we've arrived at our 30 minute mark and so Dr. Lupe and Goral are going to walk around to collect your final worksheet before we move over to the next table. Congrats. You got through the first pillar. A couple of process refinements because we like to learn as learn and make refinements as we go. Um Denise and Amy are passing out the placemat just in case it's helpful as a guide. Um you have that handy for the next pillar. And so as they come around to collect the final worksheet and distribute the placemat. All right. And so I'm going to call up the next round and your next table number. So are you ready? And now you'll be pros because you understand the process. So here we go. Public safety pillar. If you find find your name and get situated at your next table, your new tablemates. Yes. Right into the projector. Okay, good. Yeah, >> it was the magical ratcher. I don't know what you're talking about. We're all moving. We're all moving. All right. As we get settled in, locate your public safety profile. Identify your powerscribe for this for this round and make sure the power scribe collects the final worksheet. Um, we've we're distributing the placemat as an additional guide. Remember, this is a draft and just an example. All right, Jasmine, I think we're ready to start it up again. Got it. Thank you. >> Oh, you're fine. You're fine. Yes, we've started. Perfect. That's your first five minutes. Uh please move on to the two-year planning horizon. That completes the second five minute session. Moving on to priority and trade-off lens. Your next 10-minute session begins. Friendly reminder to have your notetaker fill out your form for your table because at the end of the session we are going to come around and pick up each pillar's uh profile That starts your last 10 minutes. Uh, go ahead and move to the final checkpoint. 10 minutes. coming up. No. Okay. See what it seems like everyone. Wow. Did everyone finish? Am I sensing a calmness? Yes. all the tables. How much time do we Oh, wow. Anyone still working on their pillar? Are we okay? Look at Yes. Are we okay? Look at you all finishing early with four minutes to spare. Okay. So, quick public service announcement. Please check your economic mobility profile and make sure you didn't accidentally pick up one that looks unfamiliar because we want to ensure that we capture one more worksheet. So quick quick break, look at your economic mobility profile or final worksheet. We need to locate one worksheet. And if you flagged one that doesn't look like your own, please let Coral know and she'll economic. Yes, the first one. The first round. So for the first round. Okay. Um, we've gone through two. Do we need like a minute to hydrate and then come back? I'm going to bring up the next table arrangement so you know where you're landing when you come back and then we'll jump right in. But we need to keep this momentum going. Rep. Lemon, did you have a question? Okay, we're okay. So, let me bring up um No. All right. So, next up, infrastructure. Get excited. Yeah, you bet's into it. All right. So, locate your name if you all want to get situated at your next table. And then you found it. Yes. Economic development. Oh. Oh, we are picking. Okay. So, one second. One second before we get excited because these worksheets are golden. Please um your power scribes, please hand them to Quran or even to Jasmine or I because we need to make sure we account for all five final worksheets. Okay. So, a couple minutes so we keep our ourselves aligned. But if you all need to hydrate. Did you find your table? You're good to go. Okay. Okay. Do we have the five worksheets team? Yes. Where are we headed? I couldn't find it. >> Are we missing a car? This is a beautiful site. I get back and everyone's like already activated. They're having their pillar conversations. Beautiful. Okay, so we've started and I apparently you all have started too. Let's roll. Okay. For the further cut, Okay, time is up for this pillar. Are you feeling good? Okay. So, we're going to go ahead and close out with one more pillar and then we're going to reconvene to get some general reflections before we uh recess for lunch. But we're going to go ahead and move into our our final pillar um for this morning. So, one more. Let's let's scroll. Quality of life. So before everyone gets up, uh Coral is coming around and Lupe to collect the worksheets. So m please make sure you turn in your your final worksheet over here. This one. And once we've collected that final worksheet, then we can start getting situated. See I All right. Quality of life. I love Yeah, caught my eye. These are some of my should have learned by now that I like I was very All right, we're going to go ahead and get started with our final pillar for the morning. So, locate that final worksheet. Power scribe. Yay, Klo. Right. Go ahead. Yeah. I'm going to go ahead and get started. That's a good um did she call the You're like we're good. Oh, we're good. How are you feeling? Did we wrap up? Anyone still working on their final course strategies? Have a couple minutes. You are a couple more minutes. Okay. Okay, we need a motion to reconvene. Is there There's a motion and a second to reconvene the special meeting. All in favor? Anyone opposed? And the meeting is back in session at 11:45 a.m. Okay. So, um what we're going to do now is we're going to have a little bit of a share out. So, if you all can please um sit at your original tables like where you started the day. Table one, two, and three. We're going to have a break. So, yeah. No, for lunch it'll be like a recess, a whole bunch of recess. We're just going to reconvene to do a Okay, so um what I would love to do now is um you all just had a couple of hours of very strategic conversations. um loved hearing um everyone focus in on specific things and ask ourselves the key questions and so what I would love to do is just um reflect a little bit and share out on the conversations during your different payer uh breakouts. So if I can start let's see do we want to start over here Mayor Pep Chavez. So if you can share a little bit um and any representative who would like to to chime in just wanting to hear as we reflect back on economic mobility and Marisol and those conversations you all can just share anything from like the experience itself some of the key things that surfaced but would love to get your your nothing prepared just raw responses. Yes we're going to bring back so let me let me let me share this as context. So, um, we're going to do a quick share out on just key takeaways, things that really stuck out to you. Um, any of the pillars, any of the conversations, the the key things that you're walking away with as we move into lunch. After that, we're going to recess for lunch from 12 to 1 and then we'll come back and wrap up the good governance pillar. Um, so we have one more pillar to go. Um, after we complete that, then we'll move into action planning. So as you all have been working through your breakouts, we've been compiling the worksheets, capturing the information from each table and syn synthesizing. So we come back with this is what our core strategies are looking at like based on the information. So with that, I'll turn it back over to you to just share some key takeaways, anything about the experience. It doesn't have to be specific to one pillar, but just some initial key thoughts. >> Thank you, M. >> Okay. Is that working? Oh, there. >> Okay. Uh, I think overall the feeling was uh very collaborative, very productive at all my tables. Uh, the input was invaluable both from council and city staff. Um, I thought it was wonderful to have the opportunity to speak with people in a smaller group setting. Um for economic mobility, we identified some new strategies as well as trying to incorporate older strategies regarding growth and figuring out what steps need to be taken so that people really feel like they have the opportunity for growth uh especially economically in our community. So um overall I think it was a a very good conversation and we wrote down a lot of notes and we hope to see our alignment with others at the end of the day. Yeah. >> Representative, >> some initial takeaways. >> My initial takeaway Oh my goodness, it's my initial takeaway is that it was uh really interesting to see how things really came out in in the sessions. There's a lot of overlap, right? So public safety overlap to quality of life, quality of life overlap to economic mobility. It's almost all of these are so connected, which we go back to that connectivity piece, right? And so for the first four that we've talked about, that's what really has stood out to me is that there there is some overlap and there is a lot of connection between the four that we've already spoken about and how they're intertwined. So, thank you. >> Thank you for sharing that. So, just um as like a side note to strategic conversations, um once we're sensing that maybe something feels redundant or it's um overlapping, you know, crosscutting key themes and strategic conversations is a good thing. And so, to your point about connectivity, what that is signaling to is that's certainly something that we need to pause and ensure surfaces as a throughine right in our final um action plan. So for sharing that over to you, Repo. >> Thank you, Juliana. Um I'm very grateful that a lot of the thought process that goes around making any decision when it comes forward to council really were, you know, affirmed based on these personas that were created based on the community surveys. Um, it really reflects that, you know, we as a council are voicing the priorities of our community. And also what I was very grateful to is really redefining and I say redefining because when you talk about economic mobility or public safety, each one of those could mean so many different things to many individuals, right? And really all of us working in the different uh groups that we were split up from different backgrounds, different communities, we all were able to pitch in and I I echo what my colleagues also said of how they kind of marry each other and really moving forward on creating and making a better El Paso. So um that's really what what stood out for me of that the voice of the constituents, the residents, the customer is reflecting and is reflected in all the work that we have done and that essentially we are even going to do even more in the future. Thank you. >> Over to you. >> Okay. So for me it was uh how closely aligned actually we really are. There wasn't a lot of disagreement between the elected officials and the uh the staff. So that was good to see that we were all in alignment to to one. But I think what stands out for me is the personas that were the caption boxes that were along each pillar. um and just hearing from them and looking at the data and being able to really dive in and and collaborate with not only you know what we what we were thinking but seeing the data and being able to uh to have action come out of that by having the conversation. So and I did everything they said. >> Thank you mayor. So uh I think it it was this was a very good strategy uh experience you know having the collaborative efforts working with with staff and they're showing their invested interest also in in the community right it's beyond just um working here but also the fact that they live here we all live here and we all have a vested interest um each of the pillars uh is is uh focused on serving the community and as you mentioned the centerpiece. So each of the conversations were we're focused on that uh and you know looking at this as you know the goals and and is this achievable within 24 months? Is it something that requires new funding or does it need to be u prioritized? Those are all important part of the conversations and the pieces. And um again going back to the overall focus being on on the on the community. So it was very good. Thank you for this >> keep on tracking. Okay. Over to you rep >> thoughts and takeaways. >> Yes. Thank you very much. You know, couple things that came to my mind right away is that as we were discussing the pillars, it the focus was really on the constituents, which which was really uh uh it was refreshing to me because a lot of times we'll come here and Representative Leoan will say, "I want this for my district. I want that. I don't want art to have this." you know, and this was just really a big picture of of >> a big picture of what we need for our community as a whole. It it it was invaluable valuable that we had staff support and staff input. Um again, it it was and we would have been lost without them. You know, when we talk about um the mayor mentioned about us being closely aligned, it really was, but it was all based on on data. It was all based on experience and and I think that's going to really allow us to put together a plan that's going to be doable, achievable, and make our our community a better place. Thank you. >> Oh, may you sir. Thank you very much. So, Julia, I came with um with a plan. And so my plan was to look at this overarching city strategic plan and determine how did my district's plan fit in. And it meshed really well. And the first table, Representative Canales and I were looking at some things and then kind of looking at different wording that really should go in. Uh when I went to the public safety um my comment there was public safety was not listed as an item over here or a pillar. It's expected. It's it's what we want. It's what we need. It's what we have. And so public safety already is in there. Quality of life. Public safety is in our quality of life. quality of life is what does my sidewalk and my street look like when I step out the door. And so I I'm been checking off and I think our district is looking really good with our presentation. Thank you. >> There were I think several through lines across all of the the different pillars. Um, one thing that came up time uh time and again was perception. So, there are a lot of things that we're doing really well already that people don't either have the opportunity to see or the desire to see um or we don't communicate those those good things clearly enough for people. Um, and so we can make a lot of gains with public satisfaction just on perception and sharing our victories and sharing the good things that we're already working on and the opportunities available for people. I think that was one thing that we saw consistently throughout all of it. Um, and then again in the in the trade-offs conversation, like there was there wasn't a single station I was at that said uh no to funding for these things. And so I think um it still goes back to communication and education with the public to help understand like why this room feels very good about funding all of the the priorities that we set in these pillars and all of the all of the objectives that we want to reach. Um but there there's a little bit of a gap to maybe what the public feels about some of these things. uh which I think just comes from again lack of understanding leading to an issue with perception. So that seemed to be the biggest through line across all of the >> that's a really good landing point um because as we move into good governance um so not only was it a throughine perhaps in the conversations that you participated in but we definitely saw it as a focal point when we landed with good governance as a proposed pillar and I think a lot of what you shared um is really rooted in there. So that's the pillar that we're going to tackle next. So um we're going to do that reflection there. But before we kind of close out um and re Roman, did I miss anything from a we're tracking? Okay. So the last thing I want to do um to ensure that this last pillar is our best breakout yet. Just from an experience standpoint, you all went through this process now four times. The first time we were a little uneasy. We weren't sure. Is it too much time? Is it not enough time? And then by the second one, I saw that, you know, we gained some confidence. By the third one, you all were like in autopilot. I came in and you were like ready to go. But in your conversations throughout the morning, um some pro tips, some things that maybe you all noticed from one table to the next that you were like, "Okay, this helps with like the conversation flow." any anything um regarding a pro tip that you want to share so that as we move into the fourth pillar we all can use and adapt you know some of those um tools. So any thoughts there? I know Hakeim was sharing earlier that one of the things that um he did in one of his table that seemed to be helpful, not saying you have to adapt this but this is a tool um is they started with the core strategies, the initial core strategies and actually worked from like the bottom up to ensure that there was some validation. Am I capturing that correctly? So just kind of tackling it that way to ensure that there was um a focus there but it also provided opportunities to kind of frame up the discussion. So, that was one one thing that was shared. Any other tips or kind of um things that you saw in the process that you thought were helpful? And you're you're welcome to choose your own adventure, but yes, Repa. >> So, I'll just share something that I learned from Miss Arleigera earlier today. And she uh she had us sit and read the the just remind us where we are just to frame where we are in the process. read through it, read the persona, and then take the first few minutes to do that and then go into right to kind of ground us in what the situation and the data and everything else is is revealing. So, that helped a lot. Thank you for sharing that. Okay. >> Yes. Any other any other thoughts on that? Because I want to make sure that we all share out because we're learners, right? Learning is leading. Okay. So, if there's nothing else, we're going to do a reset. So, we come back real energized. And so, we're going to recess for lunch. And the way this is going to work logistically is we'll have our first three tables exit over here to the left, the the exit right behind us. And so, you'll make your way to the gave room. I know Laura, exhibit A over there. LCA. Yes. And then we're going to loop around and come back in through this entrance over here, the gentleman with the teal shirt. Yes. So once you you make your way through agave, get your food, come back in this way, get situated. So we're going to start with the first row, one, two, three, and then you know, and so on and so on. And this will ensure that we have a good flow. Yes. So there's two once you get to the agave table room, there are two tables, the fail lines that have the same offerings. And so this is just to ensure that we get good um flow, right? Yeah, toos their hands behind your And so we're going to proceed that way, but please make your way back in because we have another activity planned for you and it's uh the legendary Lia La. Yeah. Yes. So, yes, it's going to be good. So, make your selections um get situated and then LA will start up for us. But um with that once we we call the meeting into recess if we can have the first three rows and then we'll we'll go from there. Yes. To get everything situated. So with that, Miss Laura Prime. There a motion to recess. There's a motion and a second to recess a special meeting. All in favor? Anyone opposed? The meeting is in recess at 12:02 p.m. and we'll reconvene at 1 p.m. You're right. Did you get something? Yes. Thank you. How many table you did collect? I got What do I jump? Oh my goodness. >> You already got the prize though. >> Yeah, I know. I know. You going to shovel them? You going to put a little magic in them? >> She She She's not cheating. She's not cheating. I think when somebody else when we verify Okay. I think everybody's got lunch. Yeah. So, I just wanted to um tell you a little bit about before we get started on the Loia, a little bit about what we're going to be playing here. About two years ago, my staff um kept insisting and trying to convince me to create a loia for Winterfest. So, we decided, okay, let's do this Loia thing. And we created uh one Loia for game for Winterfest season. And they know that I am fanatical about Loia. Every year for the last 12 plus years, I spend Labor Day weekend at St. Anony's Bazaar helping the the Fridays over there uh play Loia for the 3-day weekend. And I usually end up losing my voice that weekend because it's it's from about 1:00 till about 11:00 at night playing Loia back to back to back to back. There's a question. You probably got there too early. I usually get there around oneish. That's my So, um, yeah, for about the last decade or so, I've been playing Loia with the Fedes and, um, helping them with the seminary. So, the staff decided they were going to sign me Loia for Winterfest. And so every Thursday during Winterfest, we were playing at San Hasinto Loia and that's how we came to be with this packet. Okay, I think I chatted on for enough time. Uh Julie Baldwin Munoz insisted that I do this Loia because she's seen me do Loia at the bizaar and it gets pretty intense and I imagine that y'all are going to get crazy intense. So, at each of your tables, you should see a table um the cards. So, pick a card. And how many of y'all are noviceses at Loia? Who's never played Loia before in their life? What? What happened to your childhood? Just kidding. Okay. All right. So, Loia, for those of you who are noviceses, it's a it's basically bingo. It's a Mexican game that we play and it's bingo. So, you select um a card and you base it off of that. I'm going to call out the cards and you select you put beans. Each of your tables should have beans on there. Do you see the beans? Everybody grab a little handful of beans. And that's how you're going to mark out your Loia card. Okay. Are we ready? Okay. And it is bilingual. So, I'm going to go and go into the bilingual component. All right. Monday. No, you only need to find one of the four ways. Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or the corners. Four corners do count. You bingo at me, I'm going to throw my shoe at you. My chaos. El amigo man. The amigo man. El amigo man. The amigo man. El Bombberto the fireman. Elberto the fireman the welcome. This is that yellow door on El Paso Street. Elbenido. It's a public art piece. The welcome. Elamograph. The camera guy. Elamograph. The camera guy. This was El Sparky. This is the fire department's mascot, El Sparky. Sparky elito, the yummy burrito. I like them beans. Las the mountain. Las the Franklin Mountains. El Chocol, the hot chocolate. El the hot chocolate. Elro the book. Elero the book. The flag. The flag. Los churros. Los churros. There's no translation for churos. It's just chos. And the prize for Camila is this beautiful uh poster that we've created for this purpose. Don't be jealous. There's plenty more to play. Okay, now the next game. Typically, I charge a dollar per card, but we're not going to do that today. So, you wipe out all of your beans. New game. Are we ready? Okay. Can we put a little music? I need to shuffle my cards. I'll show all the cards. Okay. All right. I got a shovel. Ready? Katrina from Katrina. Bookmobile. El Bookmobile. The alligators. Loss. The alligators. Los aos. The grandparents. aos the grandparents. El polic mariachi. I'm just kidding. El mariachi. Elven the deer. Elven the deer. This was Elados. El the sun. El the sun. Peras the ornaments. The ornaments. Elo the present. El regalo. The Christmas present. El Penguino the penguin. El Penguino the penguin. La the library mascot. La the favorite mascot. No secret. That's a that's um amigo man. Los the ice skates. The ice skates the snowman pri go ahead and read them. See? See? Can we play a little bit of music while I shuffle my cards? Okay, we're going to go ahead and start with the next game. Remove your beans from your last game. horizontal vertical diagonal. Remember to win you need to find one of the four ways. Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or the four corners do count. Now, I challenge you also at some point I think we should play a fool card. Just an idea if you all are interested. All right. Okay. But for now, it's the four horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and the four corners. Okay. La Sally. Sally the alligator. The DMD mascot. La Sally. Los Turos the fried fingers. Just kidding. Los ombre the snowman. El the snowman gordita. That's me. Sometimes that's me because I eat gordas. El the world. El the world. Also ESD's mascot. El li the book. El liro the book. Elg gas from Gas and Goldie. Elg from Gas and Goldie. Los C. Elmo Be happy. Don't worry. Be happy. All right. Okay. To win, you only need to find one of the four ways. Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or the four corners. My spang English came out. Okay. Man. The amigo man. El amigo man the amigo man. La salvidas the lifeguard. La salvidas the lifeguard. Elerano the veteran. El veteran the military veteran. Elico the musician. El Muso the musician. Elon the aeroplane. Elavion the aeroplane. El Santa. Santa Claus. El Santa. This la the library mascot. La the library mascot. El Bookmobile. The bookmobile. El Bookmobile. Elia the street car. El tra the street car. Los the ice skates. Los the ice skates. Lea the star. Lea the star. Elburito. This is a lucky table over here. Elburito. See see I do not just shuffle better. Okay, somebody let's put a little bit of music. Hold on. Okay, I did not shuffle these cards. So if you lose, blame Robert Cortinez. Okay, remove the beans from the last game and we're going to start the next game. The sled. Santa's sled. Santa's sled. El Bombberto the fireman. El Bombberto the fireman. El veterano the military veteran. El veterano the military veteran. El tra the street car. El tra the street car. Leavon the aeroplane. The aeroplane. Laapa. The giraffe. Laafa. The giraffe. El camarapo. The camera guy. El camarograph. The camera guy. El Pert Pete the UTAP mascot. El Pert Pete. El Penguino the penguin. El Penguino the penguin. El Soul the sun. El Sol the sun. El tamal for the Christmas. El tamal. La Goldie. This is the yellow fish from parks. La Goldie. Elro the nurse. El emper the nurse. El li the book. with Miss Liy Lemon. I think I think they're cheating. I don't know how. I don't know how, but this table is cheating. >> Oh, you got a Jew. Okay, we got another winner. And that that happens actually. Yeah. Wait Ben. Yeah. See the same cards. Okay, cool. Did you get Did you All right. A little a little music while I shuffle the cards. Okay, we're not done Yeah, we got we got we got to give um we got to give staff an opportunity to um consolidate all of your thoughts and and musings and so we're going to play a little bit longer. All right, unless you guys want to do a full card. Okay, we've got a request for to do a full card. Ready? Are we ready to do a full card? Okay. Okay, Marabo, I've been asked to do faster. Okay. I did not shuffle these cards. The mayor did. So if you lose, I'm just saying. Okay. The giraffe. Laafa the giraffe. Elavon the plane. Elon the plane. Okay. Um, Elro the book. Elro the book. Full card. Remember full card. Elundo the world. El Mundo the world. Las the Franklin Mountains. Las. Elbenido. The welcome. That's the yellow door. Elbenido. The public art piece, the yellow door. El Sunni, the mascot for animal services, El Sunny. La red teawk. This is the airport's mascots mascot. La red teawk. El ombre the snowman. Elves the snowman. El the teddy bear. El the teddy bear. El veteran, the military veteran. El veteran, the military veteran. El Tamal, the poor man's present. El Tamal. El Gus from Gus and Goldie. El Gus, the blue fish. El Chocolate, the hot chocolate. El Chocolatee, the hot chocolate. La mariachi the mariachi. La mariachi. Lea the star. Lea the star. Los abuelos the grandparents. Los abuelos the grandparents. Los churros. Churos. Los churros. La Katrina from Day of the Dead. La Katrina, Day of the Dead. Katrina, La Sally, the DMD mascot, La Sally. Laander the flag. Laandera the flag. Laal the cactus. El Nal the cactus. El Mus the musician. El Mus the musician. Elven Venad the deer. Elven Venad the deer. El Sparky the fire department mascot. El Sparky. El Regalo the present. El Regalo the present. Los N. The children. Los the children. El burito. The re. Elbur burito. Los tacos chos. Speaking of chos, el chico, the mascot from the Chihuahua. El Chico, the mascot from the Chihuahua. Laseras, the ornaments. Oh, is it full card? Yeah. Oh, put put attention. Put attention. Put attention. I know your hand hurts, girl, but put attention. Okay. Okay. We're playing full card. Okay. The ornaments. Laseras. Ita I'm talking about myself, not you, Brooke. I love you. Losto the alligator. Losto the alligators. The lifeguard. La salvas the lifeguard. El Bookmobile. El Bookmobile. El amigo man. El amigo man. Elino. Santa's sled. Elino. Santa's sled. El recollector the garbage man. El recollector the garbage man. El tra the street car. El traa the street car. La the library mascot. Laa the library mascot. Laista the yellow the ice rink. Laista the yellow the ice rink. La the poppies. La floor. El camarograph the camera guy. El camarograph the camera guy. El bombo the fireman. El bombo. El emper the nurse. El empero the nurse. La Goldie. La Goldie. El the judge. Look. Okay. We have several winners. Okay. No. Okay, >> go check their cards. Okay, I've been told to verify your cards. Okay, >> okay, card 18 has has Okay, let's let's read let's read hers. I'm going to read you the ones I don't have. Okay. She should not have these. El Penguino El Peter Pete lo Santa Claus Elisia. So she gets a card. Okay. So Nicole has that one. And so we got two here. We got one more here. Okay, let's check his. Okay, he should not have these. And then two. Ready? El Penguino El Peter Pete Los Santa. Perfect. All right. Any more? One more. No, that's it. All right. We got somebody back there. Who shuffled? Who shuffled? Who shuffled? The mayor. So, if you won, thank the mayor. If you lost, thank the mayor. Lisa. Okay. All right. I'm going to shuffle the cards again. We'll play a little bit of music and then we're going to play one more game. Play a little music. What kind of music you playing, girl? >> I think we do. Hey, Okay. All right. Okay. We're gonna start with the next game. This time around, let's do um two in one game. We're going to do X Eis. We're going to do the X, the Echis in the middle. And so, whoever gets to the X first wins the first game, but then we're going to continue on to a full card. So, don't remove the X who those beans from that X. So, we're going to continue on to So, we're going to play a twoin one game. Okay, Cla, are you paying attention? Yeah. Okay. Okay. Elven the deer. Elven the deer. And today's shuffle or this game shuffle is brought to you by Richard Whistle. So if you lose, it's not my fault. Elad Elhiss the chalk. Elhiss the chalk. This was Elhis. El burrito the burrito. Elburito. Los Nos the children. Los Nos the children. This was Elo. El Peter Pete. The UTP mascot. El Pert Pete. Elbenido. The welcome. Elbenido. The welcome. El Bombberto. The fireman. El Bombberto. The fireman. El traa. The street car. El traa. The street car. Lord. So gordita. It's me. El Sparky the fire department mascot. El Sparky. El Policia the policeman. El Policia the police. El the judge. El the judge. El Mundo the world. El Mundo the world. El the snowman. El the snowman. The ice skates. Los the ice skates. El Muso the musician. El Muso the musician. El Nal the cactus. El Nal the cactus. La mariachi the mariachi. Elamarograph the camera guy. Elamarograph. Lea the star. Lea the star. Lander the flag. Lander. Elugete the teddy bear. Elugete the teddy bear. Laista the yellow the ice rink. Laista the yellow the ice rink. El regalo the present. El regalo. El recollector. The garbage man. El recollector. The garbage man. La the library mascot. Laes feras the ornaments. Lasses feras the ornament. El lio the book. La the DMD mascot. La. Laafa the giraffe. Laafa the giraffe. Aion the aeroplane. Aon la salvidas the lifeguard. La salvidas. Lostos the alligators. Sorry, my brain went blank. Loss the alligators. La Katrina. La Katrina. El emper the nurse. El emper the nurse. El Penguino the penguin. El Penguino the penguin. El bookmobile from the library. El bookmobile. La floor the poppies. La floor. El Santa the Santa Claus. El Santa the Santa Claus. It's the X. It's the first part. Remember, we're playing two in one. It's an X. Yeah. See see see. Okay. Don't Don't remove your beans. Now we're going to the fool card. Don't move your beans. We're going to go to the fool card. That table is lucky. Okay. Sunny, the animal services mascot. El Sunny. Losurus. Los. El tamal. El tamal. El soul. The sun. El soul. amigo man. Elamigo manos. El veteran the military veteran. El veteran the military veteran. Elate. What? Go. Keep going. Okay, they're a little bit excited over here. Oh, he was he Okay. El Chico. El Chico. Elgas. Okay, Dr. um I'm going to read you the ones that I that I have that she should not have. Okay. The red teawk. No. Losi. Okay. She get it. No, they weren't. They weren't. We didn't pick them. >> No, no, no. You should. Anybody else? Okay. Over here. Okay. >> All right. We're gonna get a little bit of music and we're going to take Do you guys want to play one more? The next one. >> $1,000. >> Do you guys want to play the Jeopardy? Because I think I have the Jeopardy. Okay. Do you know where they're at? Are we back? One more game. >> Okay. One one more game. This table is not allowed to play anymore. Okay. Okay. So, if you lose, you can blame Representative Lemon. She shoveled my cards. Okay. No, wait. Hold on. Accidentally shuffled them. Yeah. We'll we'll play one more game and then we'll take a bio break and then we'll continue on. Okay, ready? Are you guys awake? All right, let's do this. One, two, three. Elus, the musician. El the musician. It's going to be No, let's just do the four corners, four diagonal, horizontal, vertical. Just a standard game. Elia the police officer. Elicia the police officer. El the judge. El amigo man the amigo man. El amigo man. Elavion the aeroplane. Lavon. Laa, the library mascot. Laa, El Bookmobile from the library. El Bookmobile. El Sparky. The fire department mascot. El Sparky. El Benido. The welcome. What? Wait, wait, wait. Because with Robert it is trust but verify. Okay, so we are about five minutes away. We're about five minutes away from restarting the second half of today. If we could, if you guys need a bio break, now is the time to get it. We're going to play a little bit of music while we come back, but come back in about 5 minutes. No, no, no, no. Yeah. 95. I am going to need the cards back because we do Yes. Sorry. I'm going to need I'm going to need all the beans. All the beans and the cards back because I that's how that's my dinner. real quick announcement. Um, all city employees get 15% Brooke, did I get that right? 15% off today and today only at the visitor center. And so if you go around as if you're going to the restroom, you'll actually end up being in the visitor center. They have um pandlas that are koncha shaped koncha pandumlas and some very nice t-shirts. Yes ma'am. Oh, we have a high recommendation of the koncha pantolas. Are you wearing them? Oh, she wears them in the evening. Okay, we should be we should be getting started here in the next um two two to three minutes, I think. Yeah. Okay, I'm told. Yes. Y. Okay. I lost my Oh, then I know. >> Council, is there a motion to reconvene? >> Is there a second? There's a motion and a second to reconvene the special meeting. All in favor? >> Anyone opposed? The special meeting is back in session at 1:12 p.m. All right. So, one more pillar to go. Yes. So, we're going to um yeah, get situated. So, you have your final table arrangement uh casted. So, if everyone could make their way to their designated table for the good governance pillar. Oh, well, you're already situated. Sorry council, we need to recess against in order to conduct the breakout activity. There a second. There's a motion in a second to recess the council meeting. All in favor? Anyone opposed? We're back in recess at 1:14 p.m. All right, your first five minutes are starting now. What are you doing? It's okay. Okay. ready. We're done. Okay. All right. So, congrats. You just completed your final pillar breakout. We got through all five. Listen, strategy development is a heavy lift, right? And did we did we feel like there was a lot of strategy going on, a lot of strategic thinking? Okay, so here's what's going to happen next. Um, we're going to reconvene, right? Um, we're actually we actually could stay in we're going to actually stay in recess. We're going to stay in recess rather because we need to take the work that you just completed and ensure that we populate that and incorporate it and what we're going to come back and share out as part of the action plan. So, um if we could take 15 minutes because we want to make sure that we capture it. Does that work? 15 minute 15 minutes. Okay. So, then we'll we'll be ready to start back up. >> Oh, yeah. Please. Okay. A quick reminder, 15 minutes saves you 15% at the visitor center at the visitor center. So if you want to take 15 minutes to wander through the visitor center and take advantage of the 15% off for employees. Did we collect all of the worksheets? Yes. final worksheet. Oh, we need this one. Who um who has the worksheet for this table? Is it? Okay. Thank you. Yes. Yes. We're coming back to our original seats from this morning. Oh, so I need to move this over here. Huh? Okay, we have a motion to reconvene. There's a motion and a second to reconvene the special meeting. All in favor? Anyone opposed? And the meeting is back in session at 102, sorry, at 2:18 p.m. Okay, before we uh jump into action planning, um want to take this minute to um shout out and spotlight all the amazing folks that have been working behind the scenes and throughout this process. So, Roman, our communitydriven innovation team, Danny, Jasmine, Lupe, Coral, the amazing destination, El Paso, visit El Paso people. Ricky, Joshua, the team. I mean, you all have done such a phenomenal job not only welcoming us in. Brooke, I'm looking at you and Jose, there you are. Not only welcome us in, but you all really took care of us throughout the process and your team has been fantastic. So, thank you so much. And then of course Amy who has been my partner throughout this process. So just thank you all so much for everything um you've contributed leading and of course where's Laura? Laura and your team. They have been such a key core part of facilitating. So I want to make sure that I thank everyone that's been so invested in making this process a good experience for you all. Okay. So now we're going to shift into action planning. Right. So you all did a ton of heavy lifting not only um since the initial conversations in September but over the last two days all the information that we heard yesterday and the high level of engagement and energy and conversation um over the last few hours right to really take a very deliberate look at each of those pillars at each of those personas and to walk away with a synthesized understanding of what's most important not only to us but as a reflection of what we heard from our residents. Right. And so I'm really proud of all the work and conversation that I heard um that you all just took a direct um such an involved uh part in. And so with that, we're going to move into action planning. So what did all of that yield? Okay, we have um so what I'm going to display is essentially the synthesized version, but we did collect and compile and we have the file with what each table submitted. And so that of course will be available as part of this process. it's documented so that as we as we have um any follow-up conversations during implementation phase, we have that handy. So what we're going to cast here is essentially by pillar a summary of the proposed to your action plan. And so what you'll see here is the mapping of the proposed pillar. We had the proposed goal that we started with and those initial core strategies that were proposed and that was the data informed piece of it, right? the strategies that took shape after that assessment phase and all of those data points beneath it are then the feedback that you provided. And so what we did is we looked at each individual entry from the table and then what that enabled us to do is have a very clear line of sight of what your focus areas are um as an organization as a council. And so, for example, and I'm going to come around over here as we talk about activating workforce pathways toward livable wages. Um, what I will say, sorry, let me pause for a minute. I'm getting ahead of myself. So, there were there were some crosscutting themes that surfaced and I think um I should start there because that provides a really good framing. Okay. So, across pillars, across tables, across the room, here are the things that we all shared and that were understood to be, you know, crosscutting dates. Um, we need to make services easier to find and use. I think Repanales, you were signaling to this before, um, the break. We need to take care of what we already have, right? So, community values, maintaining and improving existing neighborhoods, infrastructure, and services while planning for future growth. Um we need to improve communication with our residents. Um so again key theme around clear consistent information about available resources, programs and community improvements. Um we need to not only listen to community feedback but also use it. And so residents want decisions shaped by community input and adjusted over time based on real experiences and results. And then lastly, and this came up quite a bit even in in some of your your earlier comments, um supporting safe, healthy, and connected, right? So connected, I think came up quite a bit as a key theme um throughout the conversations um over the last two days. Community members want neighborhoods that feel safe, offer opportunity, and provide welcoming spaces to live, move, and connect. So connection case. So those were some of the crosscutting themes um across pillars and the additional um information that you all provided in your worksheets. So now we can move into proposed pillar number one economic mobility. Um what I will say is that there was a really strong mayor you mentioned it earlier there was a really strong alignment as we looked at the individual worksheets that were submitted. there was a good sense that the initial course strategies were validated, but as I mentioned, there were refinements or specific focus areas that were requested to be called out. So, with the first one, um, employer aligned skills training, an emphasis on small to medium business growth was called out, business-driven career mobility, and reducing workforce participation barriers. That barrier piece, I know, um, likely resonated from a lot of the information we heard yesterday, right, from Leila's presentation. And so those were the specific focus areas that came up that would be follow-up items and tactics that um our operators, our departments would bring back to strengthen that that strategy as we look at supporting individuals, local businesses and key industries, specific focus areas that were called out. um focus on collaboration, revisiting um different the incentive policies in different policy areas, cross- sector economic partnerships, expanded business support um services, local innovation and startups came up um specifically as well in the feedback that you provided. Moving on to the third specific um focus areas for defining how the city will support the expansion of housing options and affordability. infill um was brought up efficient land use development housing aligned with community cost of living and community housing stability. Last one streamlining permitting and licensing process to support efficient timely building construction fast-tracking permitting and licensing system clear development process guid guidance improved interdep departmental coordination and predictable project review timelines. So these were points of clarification that were added or specific items that were called out as part of the economic mobility proposed pillar. So I will pause there to see if anyone has any additional feedback there before I move us into our next pillar. Do you feel that this reflects um general conversation at the table? Is it missing something that we need to expand on as a focus area? Thank you. Um, appreciate how you kind of synthesize everything. It makes a lot of sense. For the first one that says activating workforce pathways toward livable wages, I would really love to call out child care in there and looking at child care through benefits options. And the idea behind that is any employee of the city of El Paso, if they want child care, we could offer it by giving them the choice in terms of maybe they don't want health care because their spouse provides healthcare, but we could put that money instead of toward healthare towards child care and there's not an impact on the budget. So kind of exploring that way through benefits and give people options for that. >> Got it. So in in that particular thought process it's as an employer child care benefits as an employer did you want to you want to what I was thinking is I think under four about streamlining it's a reducing reducing workforce barriers participation barriers I think that's what we're looking at as a community. I know we talk about it in other areas, but perhaps that's already built into that section without having to call it out specifically. >> I I think it would it would send a I mean, if the council agreed um it would send a strong message to the employees that we do want to look at childare and offering it without an impact on the budget, which is really important. >> But I think that would have to be a separate item that we would discuss and bring before council. >> Yeah. I just want to make sure like we we have our current plan talks about looking at benefits. It becomes a little bit more complicated for us. You know, for example, we have to offer you know health care under federal law and so there's other things that we need to make sure that we are checking the box on. There is an impact if we talk about pension and some of the other examples that were offered. So, we definitely would want to take a look at some of those things, but I wouldn't want to say that that's what we're going to do before we actually do the research. We will absolutely take that, you know, back and make sure that we have that as part of what we look at in terms of offerings for people, but I'm not sure that's something that we can do in our organization at this point without a lot more work to understand it. >> Even that makes sense. Even if it said explore child care benefits, that would still be too much. Yeah, that that's up to the body. >> Okay. >> So, if if we could just put explore childcare benefits because, you know, um looking at laws like Miss Mack just said and then you come back and say we can do this, we can't do that or or something, but being part of the strategic plan and looking at that over two years, I think it wouldn't hurt to to look over that. And that's why I kind of wanted to name it specifically, but those are my thoughts on that. Any additional thoughts as we look at economic mobility the initial for strategies and in particular the focus areas that were outlined reflecting the feedback. Yes sir. >> So actually just kind of commenting on the same one. I do think that the child care portion is really important to call out. It falls under the I think the reducing workforce participation barriers listed in number one. Can we pro can we call it out there as an example? So reducing workforce participation barriers >> such as childare. Okay. All right. >> Any additional I'm sorry. Yes. Mayor Pam Chavez. >> Thank you Julia. Um so something that we had talked about at our table is uh this piece called economic mobility. Even though the goal say says to create growth opportunities that strengthen economic mobility and our local identity to keep families rooted and thriving in El Paso, I just want to make sure that that the focus remains on upward mobility for for our residents but also economic growth. And to me, uh, I think something that's missing in in this pillar is tourism. I think there is a a big opportunity for us to include tourism as part of our economic growth in our community. So, I don't know if that would fall under like a key industry um or I I'm assuming it's going to be under number two. That's where it should fall. and I would like to identify that as such. >> Got it. So to recap, um including a focus on tourism as part of the key industry link strategy. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. Um, and so what I would like is to kind of do both of them hand in hand. Creating opportunities for people for upward mobility is extremely important, but the way we're going to do that is by attracting industries into our community so that those opportunities are created. Um, so I I just want to make sure that the pillar itself isn't losing sight of the growth. So I don't know if we should if we could possibly rename it economic mobility and growth. Um this would be different than economic development, you know, as we know it. But I I just want to make sure that the the growth piece isn't missed. And so as you look at the goal language creating growth opportunities, you mentioned um strengthen economic um upward mobility. you're still sensing that that doesn't quite capture the the growth piece because I I jotted down your your note also about ensuring that under the second strategy key industries we specifically call out tourism as well. Um but does that okay >> right so many times when we talk about economic development >> we want to make sure that we are increasing the tax base from our uh corporate corporations that are established here and we want to continue to attract corporations to our community. So, I think a lot of the things that we've identified here are extremely important, but I want to make sure that we're not missing the growth piece to make sure that we are really being strategic of how we're going to be attracting companies to establish themselves here in our community. Small businesses, medium businesses, definitely essential. Um, but I want to make sure that we are also focusing on attracting others to establish themselves here. Julie, we just want to note for the room that um tourism is one of our key industries and as council has the opportunity to re-evaluate the 380, um you're going to have an opportunity to look at how we prioritize which industries and what the those might be in the next month or so. >> Yes, sir. >> Thank you. So let me let me understand. Did did you take into account already everybody's feedback and it stayed at the original the original um core strategies? >> Yes. And so what we did is we went through a process of first um >> validating to ensure did the initial core strategies change as a result of the additional feedback that was provided the refinement. So that was the first the the first exercise just from a process standpoint was capture everything on the worksheets step one step two based on that feedback did that change any of the initial core strategies as far as like the overall approach and then if so what are those refinements or proposed focus areas that we really need to call out. So at the end of this uh exercise those focus areas really become critical because that's what gives shape to the action plan and the tactics that follow that you would expect. So as part of the adoption of the to your action plan the focus areas come along with to ensure that there's um alignment in the implementation. Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. Yes. Julie, in in looking at this, so this is economic mobility and we were real focused on Marisol. >> Yes. >> And her needs >> and we did not see this as economic development. Totally different. And so I'm not sure adding tourism to this point makes a difference. I think that's covered in another area and so just wanted to make that connection. >> So I think um to go back and recap under um yes as far as like the pillar focus and the persona focus based on the data informed you are um 100% correct. I think what we saw as part of that process and the follow-up when we asked about economic development specifically in the community survey we did ask the follow-up question on what type of economic growth back to Mayor Prom Chavez's point and there was an indication of industries right other industries and I think um a lot of the feedback that we got is sometimes that was unclear like what do we mean by key industries so I think to the point that was brought up earlier it may be helpful when we list under the focus areas and key industries ries, we list out, you know, tourism as an example under that strategy. So, it doesn't shift the focus away economic mobility, but it also ensures to prom Chavis's point that we're clear about what do we mean about, you know, attracting key industry and that we're we call that out more clearly because a big part of what we learned is when we asked for followup on specific questions that are open-ended, a lot of it was I don't know or I don't understand or what is it? So I think where we can provide clarity and that's why I think the focus areas are are great and the work that you all did earlier because then we can make those direct connects. >> So thank you for that comment and then with that any additional feedback. Yes. >> Thank you. And um so some of these proposed focus areas are very broad as well, right? I know that in our conversations individually a lot of us got to share different key success factors. You know I know that I shared higher passive first workforce partnerships with UPCC UTP industry. Um so it it's leaving it very broad for example collaboration incentive policies cross- sector economic partnerships expanded business supports resources local innovation startup growth. To me, I know that to me that means revisiting our 380 incentives. For example, I know that during the community survey, a lot of individuals have shared that they see economic development or economic growth happening around them, but they want to see it happening for them. And I know that even in the presentation yesterday that we had with workforce border plex they t you know talking to them and and figuring out ways of the collaboration aspect or cross- sector economic partnerships of how is it that we could empower our city you know the private sector other NOS's to essentially reach the same goal that we're all trying to achieve for our community. Um, so economic mobility I feel is very broad and it all depends on what it means to that individual person. Economic mobility is not going to mean the same for Marisol or for Tom or for Claudia. It's going to mean many different things for each individual person, right? I mean, economic or public safety might not mean the same thing to every one of those personas that were created, but I think it's being able to when we start talking about our priorities, our goals, or even our budgets, how is it that we tackle each one of these proposed focus areas, but ensure that we also address Tom Anna Claudia through our entire decision process making. Thank you. Thank you for that. Yes, absolutely. And so, um, intentionally from a strategic planning perspective, if we, we actually took it a step further because a lot of times during like a visioning conversation, you don't step into the strategy work, you really want to walk away with an affirmed vision, some broad goals. And so the fact that we landed with focus areas, while they're broad, it provides a framing so that as we step into the adoption of the two-year action plan and implementation, as we step into budget development and what we heard from Mr. Cortinez yesterday, we have that aligned um focus area in mind to then provide that specificity so that we're able to answer, you know, those questions for those individual residents. So yes, thank you for that recap. Okay. So, um unless there's other feedback, I'm going to move and we're collecting the tweaks for each pillar. So, we'll we'll have that reflected u shortly. But let's move us into the next um pillar because I want to make sure that we work through each of them and capture any additional thoughts, refinements, and response um so that we can put this into a a pre-final state for you all. Okay. So here again um we saw that the three initial core strategies were reaffirmed but specific refinements and focus areas were called out. So as we look at recruiting and retaining first responders um support responder well-being came up quite a bit and and different examples were provided such as training and other avenues but this sense of well-being uh came up as a as another piece maintaining reliable emergency response and reducing staff turnover. So there was reference to attrition um as well as other elements that needed to be considered as part of that strategy investing in public safety training and equipment. And so some of this I think do ties in at least on the training element to the responder well-being piece. But other things that u came up keep responders prepared and ready. Use data to guide safety efforts and expand community safety programs. And some examples were provided. But that gave this gives a holistic look on specific um elements that came up as we look at focusing on key transportation planning and traffic management. Improve lighting uh for safer streets. increase traffic safety awareness and work with community safety partners um came up as focus areas and opportunities. Um so I'll pause there to to get additional thoughts, points of clarification or other pieces that may have surfaced. Mayor PM Chaveis, >> thank you. So when uh my team and I spoke about this pillar um we had added actually a fourth strategy and This is what it read. Create partnerships and policies that promote direct community engagement and public awareness to build trust. And the reason we thought that that piece was important because uh you know safety is not only when first responders arrive at the scene, but it's it's partnership and them being available to our community in different places at different times in order to build that trust and the connection between them and our community. So I I continue to think that maybe it's still missing from what's here on screen. I would invite others to maybe give their opinion regarding that how we can create trust with our community in regards for you wanted to add to that. >> Yeah, just what we were saying in my group is kind of talking about community policing and and calling it out and putting it in there to do exactly what you said. So, I don't know if that helps a little bit on what you're trying to do, but I I thought that was important and you build that rapport and you know who lives in your neighborhood, your your police, um you know their name, they know your name, stuff like that and and I think it it answers everything you just said. >> Thank you. And my table also had the same sentiment. I think we were trying to clarify um between you know recruiting and retaining first responders is a priority. Investing in public safety training and equipment is also a priority. Focusing on key transportation planning and traffic management programs is also important. But here you know talking about Gladia Claudia we came up with a a a pillar. I can't recall if we had edited one of the pillars or or cut out one of the pillars. Um because they're all again they're all >> we changed it right. >> Yes. Miss Mac was in my table, but we talked about >> two to the community safety program because we felt like for the investment in the public safety equipment, we know that that's a cap number and it really is just the will of council to pay for whereas if you looked at the community safety programs kind of leaning into that and not just PD because we talked about the integrated health program, the CIT program, um other programs that code enforcement might implement that have an impact within a community, but it didn't probably land because I think we were in the minority. >> And and what we had come up with was expand investment on community safety programs. And it left it very broad because it could be what Miss Mack is mentioning, a CIT program. It could be collaboration with school districts, other governmental organizations, but what it means to provide public safety components to our community. Again, investing in public safety training and equipment is extremely important. Maybe that could be married into recruiting and retaining first responders because they do need to have uh you know good public safety training and equipment to be you know effective in our community. So maybe that could be put into one specific realm. But again, it's about expanding investment on community safety programs to further build that community trust. So I think what I'm hearing uh both in Mayor Prom Chavez's comments and and the comments that you just provided is um on this one perhaps not just as a focus area but included in the actual strategy language. So investing in community safety programs um training and equipment as the primary strategy. >> Correct. And and again, we left it very broad with community safety programs because that could be partnerships, that could be community policing, that could be it's very broad to be able to really expand what public safety means for many different organizations and us being one of the partners, >> but the underpinning would be that trust building component that you were bringing up earlier. Okay, got it. Okay, have that noted as well um for strategy refinement. Any other thoughts under um our public safety pillar? Okay, I'm going to move us on to the next infrastructure. So, as we look at refinements and focus areas called out specifically a lot of really good uh alignment here, pretty good consensus in terms of um focus areas. We we've heard it uh fix the streets that need it the most. So a path to to identify that u maintain streets and infrastructure regularly. Regularly being the key piece there. Um as we talk about enhancing community pride through cleanliness, maintenance and beautifification. Um so big emphasis here on working with neighborhoods, right? Um really at that grassroot level to improve spaces and keep areas clean. um sharing information on how residents can help um came up as well as a key focus area that really helps us zero in on the communication aspect, right? And so one of the things that we were hoping as well uh that would come out of this process is as you all know under good governance very broad in terms of like communication right opportunities and so with this identification of specific focus area opportunities that helps ensure that we're prioritizing the right messaging because again we have two years in order to make progress visible. And so with these focus areas that lines up our messaging opportunities, right? And so we know that this area in particular, how do we work with neighborhoods to share information how they can help? And some of that has already happened, right, through some of the newer initiatives, but being very concerted in our efforts to focus on that messaging directly supports good governance. And you all just had that conversation. So, it's ensuring that we're making that clear because what we kept hearing was make it clearer, make it simple, and make it consistent. And so, this helps us um approach that as we talk about facilitating easier and safer movement for people of all ages and abilities. It's really about improving those safe travel options. Convenience came up, make it more convenient, make it more um approachable, but convenience was a key word. And also partnering with schools and communities on safety. I know a lot of that is happening through um vision zero efforts as well, but this is also yet again another opportunity to ensure that we're messaging the right things um from a communication strategy and good and making that tie into good governance to make us very intentional in what um we roll out incrementally. So with that, I'll pause there. Any other reflections? Rep. Lemon. >> Yes. In our focus group though, I I'm looking at this and we had quite discussions on that. >> Yeah. Um and just like number one, investing in street maintenance, we're doing that already and it really needed to be something more like expanding. Okay. Rather than just staying focused on what it is that that we are doing there. >> Yes, ma'am. Got it. So proposed uh proposal is to modify the language on the first strategy to expanding the investment in street maintenance and roadway improvements but expanding being the key. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. And one more thing. >> Yes. >> When we were talking about priorities and tradeoff lens, >> it it asked is funding available to support implementing this action and we were divided. >> It was yes and it was no. It was yes and it was no. So, we really thought that um that perhaps are funding alternatives, the key word alternatives available to support implementing this. Could there be alternatives? Then we would say yes that we would pursue those. So calling that out as a specific focus area with that modification of expanding to make a clear distinction. Yes. Okay. Any other thoughts on uh infrastructure pillar? >> Yes sir. Can panales? Uh we discussed at a lot of length um that this was perhaps an area for the the kind of through line of maintaining what we have. uh to to find a home. Uh we talked about uh and we had we had a lot of conversation about the best way to phrase it. We talked about the idea of uh making smart decisions about what we add to our inventory of infrastructure that we have to maintain over time. um in order to avoid having moving the goalpost for ourselves so that we have more and more infrastructure to maintain over time and we never quite reach the the point where we have it all uh funded. >> So I think >> I don't know where that how that lands. >> Yeah. No, I I think um it says maintain streets and infrastructure regularly, but to your point really emphasizing that um because we kept hearing that resounding, right? And we we talked about that earlier, but not only uh as part of that assessment phase, key themes, it became, you know, get the basics right consistently and maintaining what we have. So, what I'm hearing is like make that clear as part of that focus area language so that there's an understanding that before we're adding to the inventory, we're maintaining what we have first. >> Yes. >> Yes. Okay. So, thank you for that. Okay. Any other thoughts on May? >> Thank you. So, uh I was very lucky that at the table when we went over this pillar, I had that Randy at the table. So, thank you for all your valuable input on this. Oh, Carla was also at the table. Okay. So, um we talked about maintenance of of streets. We talked about the progress bond um >> payo and the the different funding sources. We talked about the increased capacity that we have now on people that are doing actually the work from from two uh people that are helping us now to three companies that are are actually uh doing the work. So I think incrementally we are getting better um at providing these services even though we're not where we need to be. We talked about the discussion of of for a long time not investing in our streets and and that is the reason why we're a little bit behind on where we need to be. Um but something that that we focused on greatly was the maintenance of current infrastructure that we have of buildings that we have. So just uh what representative Gades was saying right now is is just the importance of maintaining our city facilities and creating uh a standard of care for them to ensure that when our community uses these public spaces that they feel their their tax dollars are are being used wisely and that this infrastructure is wellmaintained. Um so I think that would be one of my priorities because I've seen it already in my district with some of the older buildings that we have there. >> So, thank you for that. >> I don't know if I bet or Randy want to add anything or even Carla from that conversation. >> I think you you captured it very succinctly. So, underscoring and I appreciate that it came up twice because we we did see that resoundingly, but unless we're specifically calling it out under the focus area, it may get lost. So, I appreciate the emphasis on maintaining what we have first to include city facilities, you know, existing infrastructure um as that key point. And then repos, you wanted to add something. >> Yeah, I I think overall in in all the groups that I was in, the little wins were important so people see progress. They're they're paying a lot in taxes, but then where are my tax dollars going, right? and circles >> and and and trying to explain processes and getting lost in that is not fixing what people want to see. And we have the the stories of my street hasn't been touched in 50 years, etc. So, how can we get those little winds, the lowhanging fruit >> to to get us to a better place so people are seeing that progress? So, I I think one other thing on the focus areas for number one, those are are very obvious. I think we all agree streets are so important, right? Um it's the most obvious focus areas, but then something that comes to mind is okay, how can we do those two focus areas? Do we have the capacity to do it? >> Do we need to fix the back end so people are actually seeing those those things being done? We have a two-year plan. Are we going to have the capacity to do it? Because I think streets comes down to two things. It's how much money we're putting in every year and then the capacity to spend that money with contractors subcontractors and so how can we guarantee that and then how can we monitor the progress on on that >> and communicate it right in a very clear concise and simple way. So I I think that's kind of what I would add in terms of focus areas on number one because it's like okay yeah those those are the obvious ones but then maybe we haven't actually called this out specifically to get to those two focus areas. >> Got it. Thank you. So some additional framing there. >> Okay. >> If I may. >> Yes. >> Thank you. And a lot of these pillars kind of cross each other right? I know that will touch governance, but one of the things that I talked about during our our group session is also just clarifying to constituents or residents of what's coming forward, right? Like having some sort of dashboard by district and showing them. I know that we just recently approved two resurfacing contracts and um there's also other projects in the queue that are going to be coming forward but sometimes this information is not easily accessible to them and they might not understand where X project is at. So I think that if we are able to communicate to you know in district 5 I know I have the highest PCI score in when it comes to residential. Sorry I had to make >> the highest satisfaction. Sorry, but where I'm getting to with this is uh in our residents don't understand the difference between arterial roads, collector roads, residential roads, and you know, on their they experience the government on their way to their school, on their way to work. So, you know, they're constantly visiting the streets that are busy like Pebble Hills, Deeste, Edgemir in my district, which are in very poor condition, but we are going to get them resurfaced. that just recently also got um awarded for contracts. But I think it's really having visual um access for our residents to know that their concerns are going to get addressed. It just takes some time, but they're in the queue and that we are essentially listening and hearing them out. >> Thank you for that. And it it ensures that in earnest uh we are zering. And so you heard yesterday from Miss Gera as we were talking about the tools to help visualize and certainly dashboards is one of them, but I hear you loud and clear. If we're saying that these are the focus areas, do we have that visual tool that can help communicate that we are yes, we are indeed focused on this and then here's a simple, concise, usable um and you what did you say visually accessible? I jot it down as well. So just Yes. No, it was it was brilliant. Yes, we all we all but yes, those components are are also um visual access. You said what provides visual access and so we need to make ensure that we provide that that link. So, thank you. Okay, so I'm going to unless there's additional feedback or refinements, I'm going to move us over to quality of life. And so focus areas under the three initial core strategies include uh for the first promoting awareness of local amenities. And we heard this pretty resoundingly from our youth advisory board, right? They talked about it as social engagement, um community engagement opportunities, but awareness of uh local amenities, maintaining, so again, maintaining what we have, uh maintaining what we have came up pretty pretty consistently, uh welcoming public spaces, improving community program communication and wayfinding. Um so wayfinding because there was a big conversation around you know the locations and just general understanding of of what what is in fact available and so we we've seen that come up um previously but calling that out as an opportunity um as we make our way to making essential human services. So on this one I think part of the focus and part of the challenge and opportunity will be what do we mean by human services essential human I think that came up quite a bit at the table. How are we defining essential human services? And we have um our community needs assessment that provides guidance on how to anchor that. We have other areas. And so I think being clear about expanding that education and prevention uh so the navigation component came up but also ensuring and this came up also directly meeting residents where they are. What does that look like? Um how do we right feel that it can be navigated um more easily. So navigation a a key part here. And then as we talk about new experiences that encourage gathering, recreation, and cultural expression across neighborhoods. So supporting neighborhood based activities. And I know this came up quite a bit when we came out to your resident conversations. And it's like, you know, this is great that we're doing, you know, certain programming in different areas. What does that look like within the neighborhood or what might be available that extends that? So neighborhood based activities was was key. Um encouraging youth involvement. And I think a key opportunity for that is the UNICEF USA child-friendly city initiative that came up. And so continuing that work in the two years ahead and then um using feedback to improve experiences and again it's making sure that we close I think most importantly that we're closing that loop that we're not just getting feedback but we're able to point to what we did with that feedback. Okay. So I'll pause there. Does this reflect generally what was discussed? Are we missing anything that's a key point to clarify to strengthen the the quality of life u strategies and focus areas? >> Repa a couple of things. >> Yes. >> Looking at item two. >> Uhhuh. >> Um and you're right, human services was a was a discussion that we had. We really wanted to nail that one down, but we felt making essential human services easier to access and navigate, but we really wanted to focus on meeting the uner underserved >> where they are. In other words, making that accessible to the people. >> So, that was one thing. And then Julie, on the sec on the third item, creating new experiences, we felt that um perhaps that sentence could be flipped over where it would be encourage gathering, recreation, and cultural expression across neighborhoods by creating new experiences, but also sustaining and promoting the present experiences. those that we have in place, let's not overlook them because here it's just creating new. >> Let's maintain. Let's keep up what we're doing well and then just adding on to the >> very nice like what you did there. So tying back to a focus on maintaining and and so I'm I'm loving this whole taking visible progress within two years to heart because I see it now coming up pretty consistently. And so finding opportunities to focus on ensuring that what we have has visibility, ensuring that what we have has that standard of care, ensuring that we make that clear throughout. So okay, got it. Jotted down that that refinement. Okay. Other thoughts on quality of life? Yes. May >> Thank you, Julian. And Repleon, we we concur. We weren't at the same table, but I I had Vinnie and uh Pablo at at table and it was very encouraging to hear from them. So, we came up with and it was the same idea exactly. We put continue building experiences that encourage gathering, recreation, and cultural expressions across neighborhoods. That way, it would encompass both new and maybe uh old things. So, we just put continue building. So, we could be either or, but so long as we do capture both the opportunity experiences as well as uh continue uh doing what we're doing well. Um something else that we touched on was uh the fact that quality of life is is so important for our community, but there is no no strategy I think that really speaks to the investing in this in this pillar um or collaborating with any other people in our community to promote quality of life. So we talked a little bit about maybe uh adding an additional strategy or maybe encompassing it with one of the ones that are already there to make sure that this is something that we invest in um either through partnerships or collaborations, but that we know it's it's such an important piece to building community. So um we had put invest and collaborate in upkeep of public spaces and programming to promote quality of life. So, I love that you brought that up because we actually had um quite a bit of conversation as we were coming to the final stages of the assessment phase and synthesizing and we went back and forth with does that investment in the facilities land and quality of life or is it infrastructure right and so at the end of it and it actually shaped because of that same thought process so I love that you brought it up um we strengthened the language for that second so typically you wouldn't the community pride right through cleanliness, beautifification, welcoming on the infrastructure pillar in previous iterations. But because of that same thought process where um it does need to have that focus on quality of life and making spaces welcoming and making spaces you know beautiful uh that's that was our way of integrating because one of the takeaways was also qual quality of life is really that unifying pillar. I think Repleon mentioned earlier public safety is a component of quality of life. Infrastructure and infrastructure investment support that quality of life experience. And so I hope that addresses um I know it's not reflected as a separate strategy under quality of life, but certainly it's that alignment piece. And so we we would make that clear. um under the the initial draft of the placemat um what we really called out are are some of those um opportunities um to strengthen right infrastructure that supports quality of life and so there's some examples there but if we need to make that link clearer I think we can call that out under the infrastructure pillar >> yes of course so coming back to the sun yes >> um last lastly just one more thing that we mentioned as everyone's gathering thoughts here about investing or or what about quality of life? Um, we talked about what our role is as a city >> in terms of public health. You know, Vinnie weighed in a lot on this. Um, so we definitely want to make sure that we have better communication and outreach to our community while maintaining, you know, jurisdiction over what we can really control and what we can't control in that realm. Um, so making it more accessible maybe through enhanced partnership or increased community engagement and uh prevention resources. And was this tied back just to make sure I'm tracking to the second strategy as you're talking about prevention strategy and the public health focus? Okay. >> Okay. >> Yes. Thank you. So, one thing that we talked about was um trying to be a little bit more nimble in our communication strategies. >> Okay. >> So, in that first part where it says enhancing community offerings and amenities, we actually scratched the enhancing part out. Um because one thing that we identified is that we need to create a more diversified form of communication. websites kind of are out now. Um, so looking at creating a more focused and diversified communication strategy highlighting amenities that initiate discovery, enjoyment, and connection. So just to to tie in the communication piece because at the end of the day when we talk about quality of life you're right it I think Laura Kruak Costa said it best where you know it's almost like good governance is the thread that goes through each piece of it. Um they they are all connected but what's going to drive our economic development our economic mobility our infrastructure all this stuff is going to be the quality of life. it is an economic development pillar. And so I think we need to to really make sure that we highlight that um in in this by also making it a little bit easier to focus on the great things that are that are offered that are already offered. Being able to provide a a an easy way to communicate with with the community, right? and not just necessarily residents, but to to uh communicate with the community that we're able to say what's working and what isn't and to be able to tie that into to these to this uh these strategies. >> Perfect. So, just to recap, u the way that you are looking at one is not necessarily the enhancement, but looking at highlighting, spotlighting, it's almost like similar to the feedback we got from Mayor Promp Chavez and Rev. about maintaining. You're saying let's let's start with highlighting what we have >> and getting a very focused um communication strategy around those offerings as an extension of that quality of life pillar. >> Exactly. >> Understanding that good governance will also help reinforce that but calling it out here. Okay, got it. Thank you for that. >> Okay. Um any did I miss any? >> Thank you. And I would say the meeting residents where they are really was resounding to me. And I know that I mentioned that during our group breakout sessions because I can tell you once I'm in district 5, it took me 45 minutes to get here and 45 minutes to get back and it's very difficult for me to drive another 45 minutes out to get involved with quality of life at times. But I'm very grateful that staff has navigated on not creating new experiences but expanding experiences that we currently have kind of resigning what reper Leone was mentioning how you know uh parks hosted a winter fest in district 5 and all of this was about creating more community because one of the challenges I'll say in district four district 5 in far El Paso they don't have a lot of community spaces but they need and they want more community spaces so Um, again I just wanted to touch base where meeting residents where they are at is key to me because again it's it's about the quality of life and what it means kind of what you know you mentioned earlier how they all tie into it and if we're able to really show up for our residents that they'll be extremely satisfied on that aspect. >> Thank you for adding to that. Are you ready to to add to that? >> Yes, thank you. At our table, we talked about quality of life from the moment you come out of your door. >> And so that includes our environment. And you know, when you look at this area of of our young adults, this is something that's very important also to our young adults. And so adding that component of environmental, climate, and sustainability as part of our quality of life. >> Yes. And so you're you're you're saying that u you don't see it reflected as a focus area. >> It's not >> as a call out. >> It's not it's not anywhere in there. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Okay. >> Yes. >> Just a quick thought. Um, I'm going to think about use feedback to improve experiences on the last one or maybe even maintain welcoming public spaces in the first one in terms of focus areas where the parks master plan comes into play. And um, I don't know if it was deliberate to not make that something that says parks master plan because I think that's going to be a really big part of quality of life and calling it out might not be a bad idea. So I just wanted to throw that up. >> We can um so just from a general um scene setting perspective, the focus areas give us uh the guidance that we need in terms of what's critical, what's visionary, where we need to be focused. But the next step from an implement is we would bring back the adopted action plan with those tactics and those items that support. So what we provided in the in the drafted place about was how we're thinking already in terms of like key tactics and actions that support but to your point u we can call it out as a focus area because we know that a lot of our work from a tactical perspective and I'm sure Pablo would chime in in milestones will absolutely depend on that parks master plan. So just being clear about that you know as that's a key a key focus area over the next two years for those um for all things connected to parks. And we do know that when we asked about um the types of uh programs or experiences that they would like to see more parks came up as the highest kind of open-ended response um I believe at 29%. So I think your point to calling it out within the focus area um would help reflect that. >> Okay. I appreciate it. >> Uhu. Okay. So with that, let me just make sure I get that note as well. Okay. So then here we go. Good governance. All right. And I think a lot of so really appreciate that we heard resoundingly um that emphasis on going back through and making sure that maintaining is very clear, right? And that the communication strategy linked to these focus areas absolutely needs to be reflected in good governance. And so for that last pillar when we talk about creating clear meaningful pathways for resident input and engagement um making it easier to share input following up and using clear and simple language. So we saw in multiple places that in all the examples that you just provided and going back to um was it reproach that you talked about the threading and Laura Kusaka Costa. So ensuring that that threading feels very clear, feels very intentional because as you as you noted with all the focus areas, the expectation is that we're able to then communicate what are we doing in these areas. And so that's while several areas are broad to your point, that's a lot of very cohesive, simple messaging that needs to happen in a very deliberate way within the next 24 months. Right. And even with what we've just talked about, we know that street conditions needs to be one of those very targeted areas as an example. And so ensuring that the work that follows this um has that same approach. Um when we talk about sharing visible progress and this is where the visual access piece comes in, repo um and clearly showing community progress, right? Being transparent about the services but also communicating service expectations. This is something that we've seen Mr. Portina's report on what do we mean by service expectations and so this is our opportunity to provide clarity on that. So whether it's what it takes to address you know a street repair at any level right from resurfacing and we've done several of these initiatives but this is us going allin for a very focused period of time to refresh simplify and visualize right what that might look like moving forward. Um and then lastly we have generating sustainable fiscal opportunities that support community priorities. And actually I think that that became um clarified. I think it's repeated a little bit here but we actually refined the strategy language based on on on what was submitted. So this is working together internal and external channels and examples were provided to improve efficiency exploring and implementing sustainable fiscal opportunities to support community priorities and this long-term financial stability. So we'll refine um so it's not repetitive on there but I want to make sure that we didn't miss anything that was key to your discussion since this is the freshest pillar. This will I think in many ways be the back to that centerpiece center point piece. If we are able to directly link in and tie in these focus areas in a way that achieves what's listed here then when we went to that question that question right um can we make visible progress right and how can we point to the things where progress was made this is the task at hand to make sure that we make those links clear anything missing yes may prom thank So I like the the first one a lot clear creating clear meaningful pathways for resident input and engagement. I think something that might be missing here is the word communication. It's part of good governance to have clear communication with our community and I think it needs to be mentioned somewhere >> uh as part of the strategy a communication strategy with with residents with our community at large. The next thing I want to mention is uh this idea of what I've identified as meaningful wins. Um, a lot of times when we talk about good governance, we think of things for for big purposes like big projects or or big deliverables for our community. And many times we're doing everyday things that are creating a big impact for our residents, for our neighborhoods. And good governance is communicating that right to our community and making sure that they know that we are we are working hard for them every single day even before we we deliver a huge project to them. We're doing a lot of other things in between that are very meaningful for them. So uh communicating that effectively I think is important. And then lastly I want to just highlight this efficiency that's listed on on point number three. I think that is very important to create efficiencies even internally. Right? So um having the opportunity to do that uh is important so that we can be more effective efficiency also will will be more um will create more fiscal responsibility right potentially so that's important and good governance I think is is not only for us to communicate to the community but for us internally to experience because this would increase out, right? As so long as we feel like we're we're being part of solutions, that we're being proactive, that we're being good stewards of taxpayer dollars, um that we're upholding to the values that that we promised our constituents, all of these things are part of good governance. So, um I I like that this pillar is is like what Representative Rochet just said, you know, um encompassing all the other pillars and and allowing us to to basically build trust at the end of the day. >> Thank you. I um I really appreciate that you brought it back to like it's a daily thing because we heard that pretty um consistently as well. In fact, that's what motivated, I think, the reframe for infrastructure that it's the day-to-day, right, that connected the people and the places in everyday life. So, I think that framing from a messaging standpoint, I think, is really critical. So, thanks for for calling that out as a reinforcement. Okay. Yes, >> and adding on to that um is how do we explain complex themes and and how they must be in simple terms and language acronyms don't work uh doesn't work for some of us uh and certainly may not work for for residents and and you know the outcome would be more and better informed residents if we get it right then that's what we're going to have. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Yeah, >> I shared it uh at our table where you have on the three core strategies that show clear, meaningful, visible, and supportive. But I think one of the things that that should be added here under the meaningful pathways is accessible. And so I think that's a very key word because it should be accessible to all residents. uh they may be hearing impaired, they may not be able to drive, things like that. So accessible, thank you for accessible resident input. Thank you. For accessible for the first strategy, meaningful accessible paths. Got it. Okay. Yes. Oh, I'm sorry. Did I miss Okay, Repino and then repo and then repro. Okay, look at us go. Perfect. >> We love good governance. >> No, I I resonate everything that my colleagues have also said about communication, expanding collaborative efficiencies. I think a lot about like the medium upkeep. >> You know, it's always easier to say no, but what if there is a yes? And even I use that example how street maintenance, ESD, parks came together to solve a solution. and it's the same taxpayer dollar. We're one organization. So, I'm really excited to see how internal and external channels can collaborate to really have the same end goal as one organization. Um, and oftentimes, you know, what people don't know, they don't know. And I think that's going to be our our key thing of communicating and kind of what Mayor Prom Chavez was saying is celebrating the meaningful wins. I can tell you when I've posted um on my social media channels that there's a new turn signal, a lot of people are extremely grateful, but they also don't know that it took six, seven months to get that one traffic signal, you know, because it it had to be a traffic study, equipment, XYZ. But I think it's really about showing to the community that we took care of that pothole, we put that street light, we put that new tree. It goes a long way because I think about when we started our budget process last year, how Miss Mack mentioned that only 17% of residents see the value of their tax dollar being spent. Um hopefully in two years we could turn that into 80% or something, right? Um, so I'm looking forward to really um looking at data driven decisions whenever we're even making our budget and focusing on all these priorities to really turn that narrative around and showing the value of their tax dollar being spent efficiently and and and responsibly. >> So I want to call I appreciate that you called out the question, right? The value of uh services for taxes paid. So that's a qu Yes. Get it. Get in there. I know she has context to add here. >> We gained 10 points from 28 >> from 17 to 28. >> Average people don't like >> cool. There's some work and and that's great. But I will say that um that question in a community survey is not typical because um what what they shared with us is even like for benchmarking purposes most communities will shy away from asking that question so directly because you know think about it once you see taxes your your emotional response is typically not favorable right simply calling out taxes is often so we wanted to include it for the purpose of trend because we've asked asked that question in previous cycles. And so one, we wanted to understand like are we make is there a difference in that perception. And so to city manager's point, 10 percentage points, that's significant from one year to the next. It it's significant. And so we wanted to be able to see are we making progress in that regard. But I think um next year we're going to look at other ways to also evaluate that. Um but to continue to stay true to again leaning into areas of dissatisfaction but also understanding that with that comes right that intent to continue to focus >> and if I may add to that is you know our residents are so hyperfocused on their priority and their priority is their number one priority >> and what they're experiencing at that moment that's their value of the tax dollar >> and I think that it could be very different perspective um internal versus external because again their priority is their number one priority. Now all priorities are important, right? >> But I think it's just the communication aspect of having people know that they are being heard and that we're working on it. >> Yes, the communication strategies connected to this supporting this are are clearly right a lot of the heavy lifting u moving forward. Uh, Rep. Proce did you want to add anything before and then over to you? >> I I just wanted to say that there's a there's a couple of things that that came up at the table. So, on item number one, when it says resident, is there a possibility to change that to community input? And and I only say that so that it captures everybody instead of just the people that live here. It's also the people that do business here um or that work here. You know, we we're in such a regional area that we do have a lot of people that come in from other parts of um you know, different states, different countries. And so I think it's just to be able to include that community input and what they're looking for. Um, I know it all goes back to tax base, but you know, word of mouth. And, um, the second piece, sharing visible progress, and I'm going to punt it to Ian because I know Ian, I'm sorry. It's because I can't remember exactly, but it was so it was so succinct. >> You had a moment. Ian, where are you? >> He's right there. >> What was your moment of clarity? Please share. Hi. >> I'm gonna keep my distance. All right. So, what I was trying to convey is that we actually communicate quite a bit. Uh I'm I have the benefit of uh officing next to Miss Kruakosa. And so, they're constantly active. Uh my recommendation was that we look at not just communicating but um it'll come to me is that not just sharing visible progress but a sense of progress right? >> In other words, >> talking about our brand and starting to manage our brand as a city. >> Uh because we're not just telling people that we're doing things. We're trying to build a message about the city as being, you know, efficient and effective with your tax dollars and we really have to start beating that message in to every bit of communication that we do. >> Got it. So clarifying that language in the second strategy, >> sharing a sense of visible progress to ensure >> it encapsulates more than just the communication. >> We do think that it's important to to try to take back the narrative overall. instead of being on the defensive all the time when we receive things, we need to be more proactive about it. And I think that that sense of sense of progress um definitely puts things into perspective for us. And then the third piece I had the honor of sitting with Mr. Robert Cortinez and on this he made he just made a slight change on on item three where it's generating sustainable fiscal opportunities instead of identifying and implementing. Did I say that right Robert? Yes. Identif identify and implement sustainable fiscal opportunities instead of generate. >> Implement. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Over to you Dr. Thank you. I really what Representative Mino really resonated with me because I have a lot of the same thoughts and what we kind of have seen in my district is that we have processes in place. I'm thinking about speed humps or stop signs and we go out and we go and do the whole process and then we say no. And then once we say no, we explain to our constituent why it's no, but their problem still is not addressed. And that kind of ends with, I'm sorry, let me try to figure out what else to say. And there's even constituents that right now I need to talk to one and I don't know what to say to her anymore because she's been saying this consistently. So, she lives off of leads and we looked this up and we got a history that there's been several applications dating back to 2015 on leads to put speed humps. They haven't qualified for any of it. And she followed up with me in the last few weeks because she said she almost got run over on leads. And she asked, "Where are the speed humps? When are they coming? Where are we on that? Let me get a status check." I think there's been about three attempts to put speed humps. they haven't qualified every single time. So that's her lived reality because that's where she lives. And so she is not seeing that progress and she thinks it's a safety concern, but by our standards it's not. And I feel that once we say no, what do we say after that? There should be other options to address something. And then on the first um on the first um I guess strategy sorry >> um creating clear meaningful pathways for resident input and engagement. In my group we kind of said right at engagement >> collaborate partner with council offices for that engagement to to um see results or something like that. So the focus areas like really zeroing on the collaboration with council offices as a >> and and I and and the thought behind that is that >> at least just speaking for my own office, we have a ton of constituents that we reach out to for the most part every every community meeting that we have, we have about 30 to 40 people there. And I understand um Miss Kakosa who does this incredible job at everything. She fixes every problem that we bring to her and I really appreciate her for that. But there's also capacity issues there, right? Where any community engagement that might be happening, I understand that we go and put that on social media and that's great, but then that can get lost in the social media algorithms, right? I was just looking at the city city's Facebook posts yesterday. There was about eight posts on Facebook. People might not see all of those eight posts because we have to battle the algorithms. It's really vital information, but how do we get more people engaged and I think that at least for me, we can say, "Okay, you're going to have this meeting in a month. Um, this is a day that works for you. Let me get people to to that meeting for you. So that way we have a meaningful conversation and we're happy to do that. Every council office might have differing views, but that's the idea behind that. And then something that has really stayed with me since yesterday is the youth said, "Can you give us a page where you tell us everything happening in El Paso?" And we want it to look cool. We don't want it to be lame. Right? That's kind of what I got. And and I think I've seen what El Paso Police Department has been doing and that's been hilarious. Right. And if we could engage the youth in in that sense on this is what's happening in El Paso that that would be a big win just to really amplify their voice because I think we should really be doing that. Um and and just overall on this I feel that we're a little lame in my office and when somebody calls and tells us that something got fixed and it's a thank you we got solved like we celebrate that. like we clap and we we're we're very happy because then we see that progress, right? >> Yes. Everyday things >> and it's the little the little experiences that people are having where they live every day. They walk out, they they know that that tree might have been down for the last two weeks or a light pole might have been down because that's what they're seeing. They don't like seeing it. >> And how can we act on that? Or how can we improve processes, structure, systems to better serve the residents that we serve? All right. Yeah, we have we have thoughts and feelings about good governance, and this is a great thing because it it certainly does underpin a lot of what we've been talking about today. But, okay, believe it or not, we're right on schedule. So, I appreciate so much that you've stayed with this process. You've trusted it. You've engaged in it at every single step. And so where we're at now is we're going we're going to take these refinements, these additional clarifications, ensure that it's reflected, and then uh we'll be back at 4 p.m. right in time for that consideration of the action plan. Yes. So with that, um Laura P. And so we'll we're at 3:33 and so we're scheduled to start up that final consideration of the of the plan at around 4 pm. And so 30 Yeah. 28 minutes for 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 27 to be exact. Thank you. >> Is there a motion to recess? >> There's a motion and a second to recess the special meeting. All in favor? >> Anyone opposed? The meeting is in recess at 3:33 p.m. and we'll reconvene at 4:00. >> Cleaning up everything. >> Hello. Hello. No, I was thinking that what I want to do is here is where we're living. Here's what the council told us. with the east folks told us. That's what I'm hearing. >> So, I already signed that. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay, then we're on the same page. >> Okay, then we got it. Yes. >> Yes. We can >> I I haven't. Ready to know? What does it It's a birthday. I think it's just I don't know where they put them from yesterday. >> I hope not. They should have brought it back out, huh? >> Did you? I thought at the end. I thought I saw the big bag. You see what I mean? These are all the strategies. That's what >> are they? Exactly. Before you even That's Okay. How do we know we're gone? My power. We need to get back. Now I'm I talked about Well, you know, they're very much I just don't like the What's coming in? All right. Everybody still to us. Sorry. Remind hours. Whatever. We need I scale the other way. Everybody else Oh my goodness. I saw you opportunity. By the way, they didn't. And then Abraham told me Let me see if I understand. You win. So, I'm sorry. I'm making I love it. I love it. She probably goes to Vegas. I don't like sleeping or gambling. I can't I don't like >> I don't So we have finishing up. I said, "Okay, many are very clean and well." And then the rest of it is like a white and a bunch of like jerks and stuff, but I just like I love corn. And then burritos. I have a pretty relaxed food safety policy in my house. I'm just like I love to like out. >> When I went to Seattle, they had all these when I went to Seattle. >> It's not an anti-solicitation. all the time. >> I'm feeling like chocolate bars. I'm like, I don't know. Buy it off. Buy it off. like every day. Look at her. I don't know. And then there's Thank you for I think in the middle. Did you tell us to be quiet? >> Are we done? stretch. >> I think that's probably I love piano. You trying to get away from me? >> Council, is there a motion to reconvene? >> Second. >> There's a motion in a second to reconvene the special meeting. All in favor? >> Anyone opposed? And the meeting is back in session at 4:02 p.m. All right. Okay. Ready to see the latest and greatest? Um, incorporating your your very thoughtful feedback. So, here we go again. Uh, economic mobility. So, uh, feedback on this one. Ensuring that we specifically call out child care as an example of participation uh, barriers, reduction of workforce partition participation barriers. And under strategy two, specifically calling out attracting tourism and calling out key industry connection uh within that second strategy. As we move into public safety, um refinement of the second strategy to specifically call investing in community safety programs, training and equipment. Um emphasis under community safety programs for follow-up will be the trust building component and the other feedback that you provided in framing that up. As we look at infrastructure um modified language on the first strategy to expanding and then under focus areas um called out specifically funding alternatives and then also capacity to implement as a as a call out within that particular strategy. As we look at the second strategy, ve leaning in and very clearly stating maintain maintain what we have first um and facilities standard of care, calling that out specifically and then also ensuring um in the sharing information how on how residents can help providing visual access and tools as part of that second strategy under quality of life. modifying the language under the first strategy to reflect spotlighting current community offerings and amenities that invite discovery, enjoyment, and connection. Focus areas um specifically calling out completing the parks um and recreation master plan and then also adding a focus under climate and sustainability. As we look at the second strategy language um under the meet residents where they are specifically calling out underserved and then under the prevention resources component public health navigation and outreach uh more specifically as we look at the third one we did a flip it and reverse it. So, we're starting with encourage, sorry, uno reference. Yes, thank you. Encourage gathering, recreation, and cultural expression across neighborhoods by continuing to build experiences capturing both uh new and current, but focus on current as well. And then lastly, we have a good governance and so creating clear accessible communication pathways for community input and engagement. Um, and then under focus areas, broadening collaboration with council district offices and engaging our youth and social media approach. As we look at the second strategy, sharing a visible sense of progress. Thank you, Ian. And meaningful wins um that convey the value and overall quality of services provided. Last strategy modified the language from generating to identify and implement sustainable fiscal opportunities to support community priorities. So ladies and gentlemen, this captured all of your very thoughtful, very deliberate, very um intentional um discussion and dialogue throughout the day. Did we miss anything? Are we feeling like we're tracking? How are we feeling about a proposed to your action plan? Let me kind of future us. What happens after this? Yes. So, um upon adoption of the proposed to your action plan framework, um as presented today, we will bring back a final product um a final placemat that yes, mayor can be laminated with your with your concurrence because we want to make sure we laminate that placemat, right? so that we keep that front and forward in all of our discussions and all of our communication strategies and all of our um approaches within because the countdown begins right once adopted. Now, technically the the two-year action plan runs fiscal year. So, we're looking at FY27 to FY28, but that doesn't mean the work waits until FY27. This will directly impact right budget development conversations, communication strategy work um and already begins um that guiding document for work plan um across the board. So we would bring back finalized placemat to distribute and then finalized um document and then we begin uh looking at what does reporting look like for updates, right? What do we begin to look at in terms of actions and tactics that our operators who are all in a day operators? Yes. all of our folks that have been in in attendance throughout. Yes. Yes. Uh we will bring back um reporting that very clearly aligns um how we're going to ensure that we're able to make again that visible progress connected to these strategies. Um what did I miss in looking at our our RCM? Any points of clarification on process? There you go. So I was um asked the question whether this becomes our new strategic plan. It does. Um we also know that we have the opportunity now that we are really focusing on um the community voice to do a refresh in one year. So our goal is to do our community survey again next November, December. And so we will come together um next year around the same time and it will be our budget development strategic planning session. So if there's things that you feel that we should modify, um you you'll have an opportunity to see whether we are making visible difference. And so I don't want you to feel like we've missed something, you know, in this process. We're still going to continue to do the good work of the city and the things that we need to do. There are lots of things that are coming forward um that will actually help to support this plan. We have the climate action plan that's coming forth in two weeks. We have the comprehensive plan that needs to come forward. We're working on the housing plan. We're bringing the 380 agreements back. Um, we're bringing the comprehensive economic development strategy overall forward. Um, and we're also working on a missing somebody's plan. I I ap Oh, parks and the parks master plan is also moving forward. So, all of those things you'll see within the next, you know, uh, five or six months. And so, all of those would be the policy documents that really help to lift this work that you're moving forward on. And we'll make sure we're aligning this to the KPIs. It helps us to be able to build the data around being able to tell the story and be able to work with the community on it. But we've never been, I think, this streamlined and focused and intentional about the work and really leaning into the things that we know we need to improve. And so it's fine to have a long plan that really is about highlighting the things we already do well, but boy is it difficult to sort of say we've got to make visible progress for people and we're going to measure that through data by asking them the questions in a year. So we'll we'll be moving forward as quickly as possible. Thank you for who is it? Marisol Anna Tom >> Rob or Bob Roberto Roberto. Okay, back to uh Rep. >> Thank you. It it's really wonderful and I think that we can take the very first step today. through every strand there was a topic of communication and how do we get this information out. We had three people come before us and call to the public to address housing. And so I know that in the in the economic mobility strategy when we look at item or number three defining how the city will support the expansion of housing options and affordability. Miss Mac, I'm wondering if you could give like a little synthesis of how we're going to do that, how we're going to begin that process. We do have people that are wanting to know that. >> Thank you. >> I can uh take a stab at answering the question. So, uh we're working on finalizing our housing strategy. Uh oh, sorry about that. Yes. Uh Alex Hen with Urban Planning and Design. So, uh, we're working to finalize the housing strategies. So, what we've been doing is working with a number of, uh, entities, uh, business groups, uh, neighborhood associations. We've been doing the neighborhood meetings, and what we're trying to do is to come forward with a comprehensive set of strategies and recommendations that are going to be focused on pulling different levers. And so part of that is uh looking at uh opportunities for different incentives related to housing, but also regulatory and process improvements that we'll need to look at to help address this overarching theme of affordability, knowing that that is the thing that we're hearing the most uh across the board from all these different groups. And so we'll be uh bringing those forward to council. And uh when we bring those forward, it'll be we'll be asking for prioritization of which of these things are going to be uh um implemented first uh to help address these things. >> Thank Thank you, Alex. And and I'm wondering the possibility of including the three speakers that were here today in your planning or your communication process to make sure that they're included. Uh yes ma'am. Uh and we've actually have met with them and they are also represented in our working group that we established when we started the process. >> Yes ma'am. >> So unless there's any repos this is this is it right? >> Yes we're we're at the >> Okay. So, I I just wanted to thank you for your leadership and your team and everyone that put this together, all hands on deck. It was a great process and >> visually it looked stunning. So, I really appreciate that and I know that you've spent a lot of hours and you're probably happy that we've reached this point so you could rest for a bit. >> So, um I hope you do. And and on this I just wanted to also clarify um there's action on this. So, I wanted to move to adopt the two-year action plan. Is that sufficient? >> As proposed. >> As proposed. >> That will ensure that we incorporate what we just shared. >> Okay. >> To to adopt the two-year action plan as proposed. >> Second. So there is a motion made by representative aso seconded by representative canales and this is to adopt a two-year action plan as proposed. On that motion, Mayor Prom Chavez. >> Hi. >> Ato. >> Hi. >> Rocha. >> Hi. >> Tjo. >> Nino. >> I >> Lemon. >> I. >> Canal. >> I. >> And that motion passes unanimously. November. >> So I think the last thing is a a motion to adjourn. Mr. Mayor, thank you all. >> There's a motion and a second to adjurnn. All in favor? >> I. >> Anyone opposed? And the special city council meeting for Tuesday, February 24th is adjourned at 4:14 p.m. Thank you. C stole one.