* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY. [00:00:01] I AM RECORDING NOW. NO HOT MICRO MASTERS. ALRIGHT, [Sedona Oak-Creek Unified School District Joint Meeting on April 13, 2026.] EVERYBODY, PAUL. AND WELCOME. SO YOU HAVE, UM, AN AGENDA RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU THAT KIND OF OUTLINES THE MEETING SCOPE. UM, SO I'LL JUST GO OVER BRETT VERY QUICKLY. WE'RE GONNA DO SOME WELCOME INTRODUCTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO, UH, GO OVER OUR GOALS AND WHAT YOUR GUYS' GOALS ARE FOR THIS MEETING, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALIGNED. UH, KURT IS GONNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEGAL FRAMEWORK, JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE EXACT SAME PAGE. UH, WE'VE CREATED TWO VERY VAGUE GENERIC QUESTIONS JUST TO HELP GET OUR CONVERSATION STARTED. AND ON QUESTION NUMBER TWO, I'LL BE TAKING NOTES ON A FLIP CHART. WE'LL KIND OF CATEGORIZE THAT AND MELISSA WILL GO OVER THAT. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS FOR THE MEETING. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE AGENDA FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? OKAY, GREAT. SO JUST DO ROLL CALL BEFORE WE START. OH, YES YOU GO. ARE WE OKAY? OKAY. UM, COUNSELOR DUNN, PRESENT. COUNSELOR HOSSAINI HERE. OKAY. AND THEN LET'S JUST GO AROUND AND DO A QUICK ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS REAL QUICK. MAYBE JUST TO YOUR NAME AND YOUR TITLE. GO AHEAD. YOU WANNA START? OH, I'M AMANDA AND I'M THE BOARD SECRETARY. OKAY. I'M MARCIA, THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK. SAM, A SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNING. BOARD MEMBER. MOUTHFUL. . SAM LAUREN. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL GARDENING BOARD. TOMS SWIER, SUPERINTENDENT. KIRK CHRISTENSEN, CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY. ALYSSA DUNN CITY COUNCIL. CHARLOTTE HOI CITY COUNCIL. KEEGAN HALL, PUBLIC RELATIONS ANALYST. I'M AMY LTZ, AND I AM, UM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE CHARTER BOARD. AT THE CHARTER SCHOOL ACTUALLY. AND SO I JUST CAME TO LISTEN SO THAT I'M NOT REPEATING THE SAME QUESTIONS WHEN WE DO THIS AGAIN NEXT WEEK. YEAH. SO THEIR MEETING IS SCHEDULED ON MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE. OKAY. SO, UH, LET'S GO OVER MEETING GOALS. GO AHEAD CHARLOTTE, COUNSELOR. THAT'S FINE. SORRY. SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS INFORMAL MM-HMM . AND, AND, AND FAIRLY COMPRESSED BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS, UH, BEFORE ALL OF CITY COUNCIL DURING OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA BE IN A COUPLE WEEKS NEXT WEEK. SO NEXT WEEK WELL, YEAH, . YEAH, WE'RE JUST STARTING THIS WEEK. SO ANYWAY, SOON, VERY SOON. UM, WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU AS YOU HEARD FROM THE PREVIOUS JOINT MEETING, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER JOINT MEETING OR DURING OUR BUDGET TIME. UM, WHAT WE'RE, ANYWAY, SO TODAY IS, UM, TRYING TO ELICIT FROM YOU WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE. KURT'S GONNA GO OVER BIG FRAMEWORK OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO, UH, LEGALLY, THE LIMITS OF IT, AND THEN SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND IN TERMS OF COMMON GROUND AND THEN WORK VERY QUICKLY TOWARDS TRYING TO QUANTIFY THAT AND EITHER GET IT TO, IN A MEMO TO COUNCIL. SO, UM, ALL IDEAS ARE GOOD IDEAS. WE'RE GOING TO DIVIDE 'EM UP. UM, AND THERE MIGHT BE THINGS THAT WON'T WORK FOR THIS UPCOMING, UH, BUDGET SESSION FOR US FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, BUT MIGHT BE DESERVING OF FUTURE MORE DISCUSSION, FLESHING OUT. SO BRING FORTH WHATEVER YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AND WE'LL, LIKE I SAY, WE'LL WORK ON THEM. OKAY. DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SPECIFIC GOALS THAT MAYBE WE OVERLOOKED FOR THIS MEETING? FOR ME, NO. I, I THINK THIS IS, UM, A, A NICE, I KNOW THAT WE'RE UNDER A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME CRUNCH 'CAUSE OF THE BUDGET, BUT I THINK THIS IS A, UM, A GOOD FIRST STEP OR SECOND STEP IN THIS PROCESS AND JUST KIND OF GAINING AN UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, WHERE WE COULD WORK TOGETHER, UM, BUILDING SOME, YOU KNOW, UH, DIALOGUE AND BUILDING TRUST AND HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD AND LAND ON A PROJECT OR TWO THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY. SO GIVE US THE BROAD OUTLINES OF WHAT WE ARE OR AREN'T ABLE TO DO. DOESN'T GET TOO FAR RIGHT? IT'S COMPLICATED. YEAH. WELL, I HAD FUN LOOKING AT IT A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO AT THE LAST JOINT MEETING WE HAD, THERE WAS A QUESTION BY COUNSELOR THAT, THAT WHETHER OR NOT THERE BE ANY GIFT CLAUSE CONCERNS WITH PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND I RESPONDED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON EXACTLY HOW YOU WANT TO PARTNER, OF COURSE, BUT, UH, GENERALLY THERE'S MORE LEGAL FOR OUR CITY TO WORK WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES RATHER THAN CORPORATIONS OR [00:05:01] PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS. UM, THE CITY'S PROHIBITED FROM GIFTING ITS MONEY IN GENERAL. UH, BUT THAT'S NOT A CONCERN IF YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. SO THAT WAS THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE, BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST THAT. RIGHT? SO THE CITY'S ALSO ONLY AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND ITS PUBLIC MONIES ON ANYTHING THAT IS AUTHORIZED BY STATUTE. SO THERE'S A LONG LIST IN TITLE IX IS EVERYTHING THAT CITIES AND TOWNS ARE ALLOWED TO DO. AND THERE'S, IT'S A LONG PRETTY EXTENSIVE LIST, BUT IT DOES NOT, YOU KNOW, INCLUDE THINGS LIKE RUNNING A SCHOOL, UM, OR FUNDING A SCHOOL. AND SO RIGHT AT THE TOP, YOUR HIGH LEVEL, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UH, YOUR SALARIES, YOUR, UH, RETIREMENT, UH, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE THINGS THAT CITIES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUND, UH, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY AUTHORIZATION TO RUN A SCHOOL ITSELF. MAKES SENSE. SO, UM, BUT THAT ANYTHING THE CITY CAN SPEND MONEY ON IT CAN DO SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I'LL GIVE IT JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES. UM, ONE HOUSING BECAUSE, AND I KNOW THAT WAS THE KIND OF THE MAJOR TOPIC OF THAT MEETING LAST TIME, BUT THIS, THE CITY CAN, COULD DO PUBLIC HOUSING. UM, IT CAN SET ASIDE HOUSING FOR, UM, OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE THERE. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT GONNA BE DONE IMMEDIATELY. THIS IN THE NEXT WEEK FISCALLY YOU SOLVE THAT ONE. YEAH. SO, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING THERE. ANOTHER ONE THAT'S SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY STATUTES, AND WE ALREADY DO A LITTLE BIT, IS WITH THE POOL, UH, WHEN WE DO SHARED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. UH, SO THERE'S ROOM FOR EXPANSION THERE AND WHERE THE CITY CAN TAKE ON MORE RESPONSIBILITIES, UM, AND MORE MAINTENANCE, MAYBE MORE OWNERSHIP EVEN ON SOME OF 'EM, UH, MAYBE REPAIRING SOME OF THE FIELDS IN EXCHANGE, THEY COULD THEN BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, AFTER SCHOOL HOURS, AROUND WEEKENDS WHEN THE SCHOOL'S NOT USING SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. SO I KNOW SOME OF YOUR FACILITIES ALREADY ARE THAT, THAT WAY, AND THEN SOME AREN'T, LIKE THE BASEBALL FIELD AT WEST SEDONA. SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO EXAMPLES. AND SO AS YOU'RE, AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW THE CITY CAN PARTNER, THINK OF THINGS THAT THE CITY ALREADY DOES THROUGH ITS PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IF IT ALREADY DOES IT, UM, FOR IN ANY WAY, THEN IT CAN CERTAINLY PARTNER AND DO IT MORE SO FOR, FOR STUDENTS. UM, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY AN ISSUE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COST, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE AN AUTHORIZATION FORM. AND THIS ALL STEMS FROM A CASE ACTUALLY IN 2000, APACHE JUNCTION DECIDED THEIR SCHOOLS WERE STRUGGLING, THEY WERE GROWING SO FAST AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO BUILD THE SCHOOLS, AND THEY WERE CROWDED 'CAUSE OF THE DELAY IN HOW MANY KIDS MOVE IN AND WE GOTTA WAIT, YOU KNOW? AND SO THEY, THE APACHE JUNCTION SAID, WELL, WE'RE DOING OUR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, WE'RE UPDATING THOSE RIGHT NOW. WE'LL JUST PUT IN A, A FEE FOR SCHOOL, SO IT'D BE GREAT, AND THEN WE CAN JUST PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL AND GIVE THAT MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS. AND THE COURT OF APPEALS DID NOT FIND THAT ARGUMENT PERSUASIVE. UM, THEY SAID THAT, UH, YOUR SCHOOL CITIES ARE ONLY AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND MONEY THAT THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY, UH, STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR, AND THAT THEY LOOKED THROUGH ALL THE STATUTES THAT THE CITY CLAIMED, AND NONE OF THOSE AUTHORIZED THE CITY TO BUILD SCHOOLS FOR OR CHARGE, YOU KNOW, HOME BUILDERS SCHOOL MONEY TO BUILD SCHOOLS. AND SO IT WAS SPECIFICALLY IN THAT CONTEXT THAT SAME LEGAL REASONING WOULD APPLY TO A BROADER, A BROADER TOPIC. SO, UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. SO YEAH, THERE, I MEAN, THERE IS AN A RS, LET'S SEE, I WROTE IT DOWN SOMEWHERE 15, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL, UH, CHAPTER TITLE IN ARIZONA, REVISED STATUTES 15 360 4 IS THE ONE SPECIFICALLY ON SHARED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. AND SO, YEAH, WHEN, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH, UM, BOARD MEMBER SAID THEY WERE SHOCKED THAT THE SCHOOL WAS HAVING TO PAY TO USE THEIR OWN POOL. IT WAS ME. ALL RIGHT. UM, AND GRANTED IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, A, A LOT OF MONEY. AND THEN I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME WHERE THEY HAVEN'T PAID, PAID TO, AND SO IT KIND OF GOES BACK AND FORTH. BUT YES, CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE, UM, DONE, UH, AS THE CITY GETS A TON OF PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR THAT, USING THAT AS WELL, SO WE DON'T PAY ANYMORE. AND SO THAT'S, UH, ONE, ONE AT LEAST TWO AREAS I, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT OF, UM, THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY WORK ON. BUT JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOL. THERE'S DEFINITELY WILLINGNESS ON THE CITY SIDE, BUT WE'RE ALREADY GONNA HAVE TO FIT IT IN WITH RIGHT. OUR PARAMETERS. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WHAT, OKAY. YOU'RE NICE . IT'S FINE. I MEAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN JUST HAVE IT, IT'S ON THE PAPERS. YEAH. UM, WHICH Y'ALL CAN READ AS WELL AS I CAN, AT LEAST. I HOPE SO, SINCE YOU REPRESENT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM . UM, SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS JUST LIKE, WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU EXPERIENCING, YOU KNOW, AT THE SCHOOLS, GIVEN WHAT KURT JUST SORT OF LAID OUT AS SORT OF THE GENERAL GUIDELINES OF THINGS THAT THE CITY WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND [00:10:01] QUESTION JUST SORT OF FOLLOWS OFF OF THAT. HOW DO YOU THINK, OR WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT IS FAR AS WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? SO, DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE IT? YEAH, GO AHEAD. START IT. SO, UH, CHALLENGES, SOME CHALLENGES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY UNIQUE TO SCHOOL SYSTEM IN, UH, SEDONA, WHETHER IT BE CHARTER OR DISTRICT PUBLIC, UM, IS INADEQUATE FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THAT TOO DEEPLY, BUT THAT IS A REALITY THAT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, FACE THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THEN WHEN YOU TAKE, UM, A MORE RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU MULTIPLY THOSE CHALLENGES, RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THOSE CHALLENGES ARE MULTIPLIED IS, UM, THE FUNDING. UM, AND I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THIS TOO DEEP BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS, IS THAT THE STUDENT, THE, THE, ESSENTIALLY WE ARE FUNDED THROUGH STUDENTS IN, IN SEATS, RIGHT? AND WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE DISTRICT OR A LARGE SCHOOL, UM, YOU, YOU NEED CUSTODIANS, RIGHT? AND THOSE CUSTODIANS ARE, UM, FUNDED THROUGH THE MANY STUDENTS THAT YOU HAVE IN THOSE SEATS. UM, AND I'M JUST USING CUSTODIANS AS AN EXAMPLE. THERE'S MANY OTHERS, OF COURSE. UM, BUT IN A SMALL SCHOOL, LIKE WE HAVE, AND LIKE, LIKE YOU HAVE, YOU STILL NEED CUSTODIANS, RIGHT? BUT THE POOL OF MONEY, UM, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS UTILIZED TO PAY THEIR SALARIES IS, IS FAR LESS, OKAY. AND THAT GOES FOR CUSTODIANS, UH, UH, COUNSELORS, UM, LANDSCAPERS, UM, YOU NAME IT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT IT'S, IT'S, YOU'RE STRETCHED MUCH MORE THIN. SO THE, THE POOL OF MONEY IS, IS FAR LESS. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, SO I'LL TELL YOU ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I, 'CAUSE I'VE ALWAYS WORKED IN LARGE DISTRICTS, OKAY? AND, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I WANTED TO FIGURE OUT IS I WANTED OUR ORGANIZATION CHART. I SAID, LET'S GET OUR, YOU KNOW, WE SAID, WELL, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ORDER CHART. I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WELL THAT'S THE FIR ALRIGHT, I'VE GOT MY FIRST ASSIGNMENT HERE. I GONNA PUT AN ORG CHART TOGETHER. AND SO I ASK ALL EVERYBODY AT KIND OF DISTRICT OFFICE AND, AND, UM, OUR, OUR DISTRICT LEVEL EMPLOYEES AND PRINCIPALS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, FOR THEIR, UM, I, I CALL 'EM ESSENTIAL DOMAINS. OKAY? SO IT'S YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOUR DUTIES AS ASSIGNED. AND, UM, I HAD IN MY MIND, I, AS I'VE SEEN MANY PLACES BEFORE, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR ORGANIZATION CHART, RIGHT? YOU HAVE, UH, VERY CLEAN AND CLEAR LANES FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND SOMETIMES THAT APPLIES HERE, BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT'S MUCH MORE MESSY THAN THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT YOU HAVE AN ASSISTANT, UH, SUPERINTENDENT WHO ALSO DOES, UM, UH, RENTALS AND ALSO DOES FACILITIES AND HAS ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, THAT'S VERY MUCH THE CASE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR DISTRICT IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, UH, POSITIONS, UM, THAT HAVE MULTIPLE ROLES. SO IT'S JUST ONE MORE PIECE ON TOP OF SOMETHING THAT THEY ALREADY DO. RIGHT? UM, SO WE HAVE SOMEONE AT THE TABLE THAT DOES THE PR IN MARKETING HERE, CORRECT? YES. IS THAT, THAT YOUR POSITION? OKAY. SO, AND I, THIS IS, I'M NOT JUMPING AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE, BUT, UM, PR IN MARKETING, MY PREVIOUS DISTRICT HAD AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO, UM, PR AND MARKETING, RIGHT? THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF, UH, SOCIAL, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEN SOMEBODY THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF VIDEOS WITHIN THE SOCIAL MEDIA. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, AND, AND, AND THAT'S NOT UNIQUE TO A LARGE DISTRICT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALREADY HAPPENS. WE DON'T HAVE EVEN ONE PERSON THAT DOES, UM, MARKETING. IT IS UP TO THE PRINCIPALS, IT'S UP TO THE TEACHERS, IT'S UP TO WHOEVER TAKES THAT PHOTO OF THE KIDS DOING REALLY COOL STUFF, RIGHT? AND, UM, THINGS CAN GET LOST VERY, VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT'S JUST ONE MORE THING. IT'S, UNLESS YOU PUT IT AT THE FRONT, UM, OF, OF, OF, OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT ALL TIMES, IT DROPS TO THE BACK VERY, VERY QUICKLY. 'CAUSE WHAT, I MEAN, IN THE END, WHAT WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING IS EDUCATING KIDS, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. BUT IN ORDER TO RUN AN ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVELY, YES, WE'RE FOCUSING ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOMS AT ALL TIMES, BUT IF THESE OTHER THINGS DON'T GET TAKEN CARE OF, GUESS WHAT YOU SPEND YOUR TIME DOING, DEALING WITH ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT TAKE YOU AWAY FROM WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, WHICH IS SUPPORTING OUR, OUR, OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORTING, UH, THAT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT, [00:15:01] UM, ALTHOUGH THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY UNIQUE TO SEDONA, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SAME CHALLENGES, UM, THAT A LOT OF DISTRICTS HAVE. UM, UH, BUT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, HOUSING IS, IS A CHALLENGE. WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THAT. UM, GETTING STUDENTS, UM, AND FAMILIES HERE IN, IN THE CITY, THAT'S OF COURSE A CHALLENGE. BUT IN THE HERE AND NOW, UM, I DO HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT, UM, THAT IT, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITY. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE ALSO REALLY GOOD FOR OUR, OUR DISTRICT AND, UM, AND, AND OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT MIGHT ALLOW US TO BETTER FOCUS MORE FINITE ON WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, WHICH IS EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS AND SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS WHO EDUCATE THOSE STUDENTS AS OPPOSED TO DEALING WITH ALL THIS OTHER STUFF THAT WE WOULD RATHER NOT FOCUS ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER NO. WE GOT NAIL ON THE HEAD, AND TOM AND I TALKED THE OTHER DAY, AND COMING FROM A BIGGER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CONNECTICUT, WE HAD THE STAFFING AND THE SUPPORT, AND WE COULD LOOK AT OUR NEEDS AND BUILD PROGRAMMING BASED ON OUR NEEDS, BECAUSE WE HAD STAFF TO DO THAT. MM-HMM . UM, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A CONCRETE EXAMPLE. TOM AND I TALKED ABOUT A MENTOR PROGRAM. WE HAD, UM, A MENTOR PROGRAM. I HAD TWO COUNSELORS AND A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL OF 600. YOU KNOW, IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND THE, THE COUNCIL, ONE OF THE COUNSELORS, MYSELF AND THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, DESIGNED THIS MENTOR PROGRAM. WE DESIGNED THE TRAINING MODULE. WE PURCHASED THE TRAINING MODULE, AND WE OPENED IT UP TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE HAD A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, SENIOR CITIZENS THAT LOVED COMING TO THE SCHOOL. AND SO WE TRAINED A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE MISSING A PARENT IN THE HOME, OR MIGHT NOT HAVE A STRONG CONNECTION OR THE SAME INTERESTS. AND THEN WE RAN A SENIOR PROM FOR THOSE PEOPLE, AND THE KIDS SERVED AND DANCED WITH THE SENIORS. AND SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS I THINK THAT WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT, SHARING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LOVE TO COME INTO THE SCHOOL AND HELP IN A WAY, SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. UM, BUT THERE'S REALLY, AS TOM DESCRIBED, THERE ISN'T A PERSON IN THE SCHOOL THAT COULD SAY, I'LL TAKE THAT ON, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING FIVE OR SIX, SEVEN OTHER THINGS. SO, UM, IF WE COULD GET SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP AND THE FINANCES TO TRAIN A PERSON TO RUN A PROGRAM LIKE THAT, UM, THAT'S AN, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE. WE TALKED ABOUT BRAINSTORMING IDEAS AND THEN PICKING JUST A VERY FEW, MAYBE ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT WE COULD MAKE HAPPEN AND WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN BUILD ON THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. I MEAN, WE DON'T WANNA, WE DON'T WANNA DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE. WE WANNA PICK SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS REALLY VALUABLE AND NECESSARY AND MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL, AND THEN BUILD ON THAT. MM-HMM . WELL, SHOULD WE START TRYING TO, UM, PUT THINGS ON FLIP CHARTS? I THINK YOU'RE GET, I THINK SHE'S PREPPING FOR THAT. YEAH. READY? I THINK SHE'S READY. SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO BREAK IT UP INTO THREE SECTIONS. OKAY. HAS POTENTIAL, LIKE THIS COULD REALLY HAPPEN, NEEDS MORE RESEARCH. YEAH. AND THEN, EH, PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN. YEAH. SO, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LEGAL, YOU KNOW? CORRECT. IT'S AN EASY WAY TO, YEAH. DO THOSE CATEGORIES SOUND OKAY? YEAH. MM-HMM . THE FIR THE FIRST, UM, THE FIRST PIECE, UM, THAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, SUGGEST AND TALK ABOUT IS, UM, UH, SHARED SPACES THAT WE HAVE. YOU, YOU, UM, TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THIS, THIS WAS ACTUALLY WHEN WE WERE SITTING, I DIDN'T BRING IT UP BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THE PLACE TO DO SO, BUT AS WE WERE TALKING IN THAT JOINT, UM, MEETING, THIS IS THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO, TO, TO MY MIND. AND THAT, UM, IF WE JUST, SO IF WE JUST LOOK AT OUR ATHLETIC FIELD, SO WE HAVE, UM, AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. SO WE HAVE SOFTBALL, BASEBALL, WE HAVE OUR SOCCER FOOTBALL STADIUM AREA. UM, WE DO NOT HAVE, OR WE HAVE, WE DO NOT HAVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES. UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND WE DON'T REALLY QUITE HONESTLY HAVE THE SKILL OR THE, OR THE TIME [00:20:01] TO GET OUR FIELDS TO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, THE CITY BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS, THEY LOOK GREAT. AND I'LL JUST BE ON, AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE SEEN 'EM TOO, SO I CAN, I, IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT, UM, WHAT WE HAVE. UM, AND QUITE HONESTLY, AT SOME, AT SOME POINT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW? UM, AND WE HAVE TRIED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 'CAUSE IN FIELD MAINTENANCE, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU CAN TO RAISE IT UP, BUT UNLESS IT'S MAINTAINED MM-HMM . CONSISTENTLY, IT FALLS BACK SO, SO QUICKLY. UM, AND THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY BEHIND AND YOU'RE NEVER THERE WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL READY FIELDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO OPEN UP OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE NOT USING THEM ANYWAYS. WE DON'T, WE DON'T CHARGE FOR THOSE. UM, AT LEAST NOW WE DON'T. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRACTICE WAS IN THE PAST. UM, AND, AND IT'S, IT'S WORKED, UH, FAIRLY WELL. BUT I THOUGHT THAT IF THERE WAS A WAY FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT, UM, BOTH THE, THE FIELD MAINTENANCE AND JUST KIND OF THE SURROUNDING, UM, CAMPUS LANDSCAPING, HAVE THE COURTS IN THERE TOO. THE, YEAH. TENNIS COURT. TENNIS COURT, THE THANK YOU. THE TENNIS COURTS, THEY ARGUE PEOPLE AROUND, AROUND THE, THE, THE BASKETBALL COURT, UH, OR ELEMENTARY AND THE, THE BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL COURTS THAT WE HAD AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT, JUST THAT SURROUNDING AREA, UM, THAT WOULD, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL BOTH TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK IT WOULD, UM, DEFINITELY BE BENEFICIAL TO US. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UM, USE OUR OWN, UM, MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES GUYS WHERE WE CAN, I'M GONNA ESTIMATE THAT THEY SPEND ABOUT FIVE HOURS A WEEK ON LANDSCAPING, BUT THAT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. RIGHT. UM, WE, UH, HAVE AN OUTSIDE THIRD PARTY, UH, LIVING LANDSCAPE IS ONE OF THEM. I THINK WE HAVE ONE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER. AND THAT'S PROBABLY AROUND 50,000 A A YEAR THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT WOULD, IF, IF THAT WERE SOMETHING THAT WERE POSSIBLE, IT WOULD ELEVATE OUR SHARED SPACES FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OR STUDENT BODY AND ALSO ALLOW US TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY INTO THE CLASSROOM AS OPPOSED TO, UM, KEEPING UP WITH THE LANDSCAPING. THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST ONE THAT I WANTED. SO I'LL JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY, UM, WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT HOW MANY FIELDS, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S THE, THE FIELD THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE USED FOR MUCH OVER BY, UH, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S IN THE FENCE AS YOU WALK UP THE ROAD. YEAH. THAT'S NOT USED. SO THERE'S, YEAH. THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE. OKAY. SO THAT ONE YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AT ALL? NO, THE HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD. SO THE INFIELD AROUND THE TRACK, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIELD, THE BASEBALL FIELD WHERE THEY USUALLY SET UP, LIKE THE YOGA FESTIVAL AND THE ARTS FESTIVAL. YES. I THINK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR BASEBALL FIELD AND THE GRASS FIELD BEHIND THAT. AND THE ONE RIGHT BEHIND THAT, WHICH IS WHERE USED FOR TRACK AND SOFT SOFTBALL USED FOR TRACK AND SOFTBALL PRACTICE AND TRACK PRACTICE AND, UH, A YSO AT SOME POINT IN THE YEARS PAST, I DON'T REMEMBER IF THEY DO ANYMORE, BUT THAT'S ALSO A PROGRAM THAT'S, UM, IN THE TENNIS COURTS AS WELL. WE HAVE A COURT, A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS USE THE TENNIS COURT, AND THAT'S AROUND BEHIND. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. GRASS FIELD IS FURTHER TO THE WEST. YEAH. YOU, THE, YOU HAVE A GRASS FIELD, WHICH USED TO BE USED FOR SOCCER. AND I WAS A COACH FOR SIX YEARS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR SOCCER, BOYS SOCCER VARSITY. AND THAT FIELD WAS ALWAYS DANGEROUS. TOO MANY GOLF HOLES WE ALWAYS HAD TO REFILL, AND THEY WERE NOT, UH, USER FRIENDLY, SO TO SPEAK. MM-HMM . SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE, UH, BROUGHT UP TO SPEED FOR SAFETY AND THEN KEPT THAT WAY. YEAH. I'VE BEEN OVER TO THAT FIELD THAT'S ONCE AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SURPRISED THAT ANYONE COULD PLAY SOFTBALL OR BASEBALL ON THAT FIELD WITHOUT HURTING THEMSELVES. YES. IT'S VERY ROUGH. YEAH. IT'S A VERY ROUGH GROUND. IT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED. AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER PIECE TO BE, TO BE CLEAR TOO, IN WHAT, UM, IN THIS CONVERSATION, IN THIS REQUEST, IS THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE ON OUR, ON OUR PROPERTY AS CORRECT. WELL, I'M, I'M SEPARATING THE TWO. YEAH. SO I WAS GONNA GET TO THAT IN A SECOND. OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. RIGHT. SO, UM, I, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THERE IS MM-HMM . RIGHT? SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT, UM, TWO BASEBALL OR TWO BASKETBALL COURTS. ONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, ONE OVER AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO IT'S, WE ACTUALLY THREE. I CAN GO [00:25:01] THROUGH A LIST OF ALL OF THEM. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST LIKE IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GONNA DO, IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, WE NEED AT SOME POINT TO GET TO, TO A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC SO WE CAN BRING IT TO STAFF YEAH. AND FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT ALL THAT WOULD MEAN. I DO THINK IT'S GONNA FIT IN THE HAS POTENTIAL FLIP CHART. UM, AND TO HELP US, ANYTHING YOU CAN QUANTIFY WITH THE SPECIFIC FIELD, I MEAN, BACK IN AN EMAIL, YOU KNOW. OKAY. YEAH. I CAN DO THAT. UM, THE SPECIFIC FIELDS AND ANY COST ESTIMATES OR ACTUAL COST THAT YOU KNOW OF ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND WHAT YOU THINK THE SHORTFALL, LIKE, I THINK IT WOULD TAKE IT'S 50,000 NOW THAT WE'RE PAYING, BUT IT WOULD TAKE TWICE THAT TO BRING IT UP. YEAH. JUST WHATEVER YOU JUST QUANTIFY. AND, AND SOME OF THAT STAFF CAN DO AS WELL, LIKE PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN PARKS AND RECS CAN PROBABLY GO TO THE FIELD AND THEN ESTIMATE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR THEM TO BRING THAT UP TO SPEED. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF KNOWING WHERE ALL THOSE FIELDS ARE AND KNOWING WHERE ALL THOSE, THOSE COURTS. 'CAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE AS, YOU KNOW, TO RESURFACE BASKETBALL, BECAUSE WE JUST DID THAT OVER AT POSSE GROUND LAST SUMMER, I THINK MAYBE THE SUMMER BEFORE. SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. WE JUST REDID THE TENNIS COURTS OVER AT POSSE GROUND AND TURNED THEM BACK INTO TENNIS COURTS FROM BEING PICKLEBALL, TENNIS, CONFUSION COURTS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. OH, YEAH. YEAH. SO THEY'VE ALL BEEN RESEARCHED AND RES STRIPPED. THEY BUILT NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS. YEAH. BRAND NEW PICKLEBALL, COURTS, TENNIS, AND SO NOW THEY'VE PUT YEAH. YEAH. SO NOW THEY'VE PUT 'EM BACK, BUT THAT REQUIRED RESURFACING AND RES STRIPING. SO IT'S JUST THE TUBING AND YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT MORE. AND THEY HAVE A LOT MORE. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT IS THAT AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO GET ALL THAT QUANTIFIED SO THAT IF WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ESTIMATED COST WOULD BE TO THE CITY FOR PARKS AND RECS TO PICK UP THE MAINTENANCE, WELL, GETTING UP TO SPEED AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE AREAS. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE AREAS ARE WHEN WE GO TO PARKS AND REC. YEAH. AND SAY, GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT THIS WOULD BE. UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE, THE LANDSCAPING. SO LANDSCAPING IS DIFFERENT THAN ALL OF THE OTHERS BECAUSE LANDSCAPING, UM, THERE'S NO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S A, IT'S A PUBLIC CAMPUS UNLESS SCHOOL'S IN SESSION MM-HMM . SO I WOULD JUST HOLD THAT SEPARATE SORT OF LIKE, LANDSCAPING AROUND CITY HALL IS DIFFERENT THAN MAINTAINING A PARK. SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP THOSE SEPARATE. NOT TO SAY THEY AREN'T DOABLE, BUT JUST KEEP THEM SEPARATE SO WE CAN JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE FOR US TO HAVE, 'CAUSE WE ALSO USE LANDSCAPERS FOR THE PROPERTIES, FOR THE GROUNDS. SO WHAT WOULD THOSE LANDSCAPE COSTS BE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL? WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH LANDSCAPE THERE IS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS THE ONLY BUILDINGS I'VE EVER WALKED AROUND, SO MM-HMM . SO YOU HAVE LIKE THE TERMINOLOGY SHARED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPING, OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE SEPARATE? I THINK LANDSCAPING IS ABOUT, AROUND THE BUILDINGS IS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. LIKE WE HAVE AROUND OUR CAMPUSES. RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE SHARED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, WHICH WOULD BE THE USE OF THE TENNIS COURT. WE HAVE TO GET THOSE UP TO SPEED USE OF THE BASKETBALL, SO WE CAN GET THOSE UP TO SPEED. OKAY. USE OF THE FIELDS SO WE CAN GET THOSE UP TO SPEED. SO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE IS SHARED RECREATION, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND THE OTHER LANDSCAPING BUILDING LANDSCAPING. BUILDING LANDSCAPING. AND IS BUILDING LANDSCAPING ON, ON HOUSE POTENTIAL. THE, THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES HAVE LANDSCAPING RIGHT AROUND THEM TOO, THAT IF YOU'RE DOING THE FIELD, YOU'RE, SO IT'S NOT, YEAH, BUT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AROUND BUILDINGS CO. SURE. YEAH. YEAH. LEMME ASK. WE HAVE ON OUR, THE OTHER, THE OTHER, UM, POINT THAT I I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT, UM, IS THAT THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CAMPUSES IS ALSO A SHARED SPACE. SO, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UM, THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THERE. AND SO WE'RE ESPECIALLY MINDFUL THAT, I MEAN, BELIEVE ME, WE HEAR ABOUT IT WHEN THE, THE LANDSCAPING ISN'T UP TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE FROM, FROM THAT. SURE. YEAH. UM, SO, UH, I AGREE IT'S SEPARATE. UM, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO ARGUE THAT IT IS ALSO A SHARED SPACE. IT'S NOT A SHARED SPACE DURING THE DAY BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE, BUT IT, IT IS A, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS, I WAS SEPARATING IT FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON. YEAH. SO IF THE LANDSCAPING NEEDS OUR LANDSCAPERS THAT WE PAY FOR SEPARATELY UNDER CONTRACT, THEN THAT COULD BE DIFFERENT THAN IF PARKS AND RECS MAINTENANCE TEAM CAN GO IN AND DO THE WORK. RIGHT. SO I WAS JUST TRYING BUDGET, I WAS JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE TWO SEPARATED. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WOULDN'T DO THEM BOTH MM-HMM . BUT TO KEEP THEM SEPARATED BECAUSE THEY MIGHT COME FROM DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THIS. THAT'S ALL. YEAH. I, I, SORRY, I HAVE BUDGET IN MY HEAD, NOT . SO, [00:30:01] IS LANDSCAPING ON HAS POTENTIAL OR MORE RESEARCH? IT'S, I THINK IT HAS POTENTIAL. MM-HMM . I'M GONNA, THE RIGHT LANDSCAPING SOUNDS GOOD. SO LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST AS IF WE HAD EXCESS CAPACITY WITHIN OUR EXISTING WORKFORCE TO GO OVER THERE AND MOW THE GRASS, FOR EXAMPLE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL MONIES EITHER TO CONTRACT OR TO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE EXTRA CAPACITY. YEAH. EITHER. BUT, UM, THERE CAN CERTAINLY BE SOME, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIES OF SCALE. IF WE'RE GONNA BE MAINTAINING SOME FACILITIES, SPORTS FACILITIES, RECREATIONAL FIELDS RIGHT NEXT TO LANDSCAPING MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THE SAME LANDSCAPE. WE GENERALLY DO THAT. UM, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE CITY'S GOING TO WOULD, YOU KNOW, TAKE OVER ALL THE LANDSCAPING, BUT THEN IF YOU COULD BE SOME SAVING THERE, SO IF YOU'RE SPENDING 50,000 A YEAR, MAYBE YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT LESS OR A LOT LESS, WHO KNOW OKAY, WHAT OTHER IDEAS? AND THEY'D BE AT A HIGHER CAP AT A HIGHER LEVEL TOO. SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAN, SO KNOWING, SO JUST TO PUT A CAVEAT, KNOWING THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON AS POTENTIAL OR EVEN MAYBE EVEN NEEDS MORE RESEARCH, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR YOU GUYS TO HELP PROVIDE US THAT, THAT DETAIL THAT MELISSA AND AND CHARLOTTE ARE LOOKING FOR. DOES THAT WORK? MM-HMM . YEAH. YEAH. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL DO OUR OWN RESEARCH TOO. LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, BUT KNOWING THAT IF IT ENDS UP ON THESE, THIS LIST, WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT, WHAT ALL THE DETAILS ARE, WHAT THE BREADTH OF THE PROGRAM IS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. WE'LL DO OUR BEST. ABSOLUTELY. GET ON. OKAY. OKAY. WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE YOU GOT? START FILLING OFF THESE STEPS? SO, UM, THE OTHER PIECE THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT, SO WE HAVE AN, UH, AN AFTER, UH, SCHOOL PROGRAM, OUR WILDCAT ACADEMY, UM, THAT WE CURRENTLY FUND FOR FREE, UM, FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ATTEND, UM, WHICH IS WONDERFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT I, I, I GUESS THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WE COULD GO WITH THIS, BUT THE, THE, UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS, I, I THINK THAT MAYBE THE, THE, THE BEST INITIAL STEP IS, UM, WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC TO PARTNER WITH US TO MAYBE I, I, JOSH IS GREAT TO WORK WITH. I LOVE, I LOVE WORKING WITH JOSH. HE'S A GREAT GUY. UM, AND HE'S ALWAYS SO AVAILABLE AND SO, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO DO WHATEVER HE CAN. UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE, WE, AS OF RIGHT NOW DURING OUR AFTERCARE, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY EDUCATION DIRECTOR AND STAFF THAT THEY FACILITATE ANY OF THE, THE CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES, UH, THEMSELVES. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, BENEFICIAL IF WE COULD TAP INTO THE EXPERTISE AND, UH, THE CONNECTIONS THAT PARKS AND REC HAS TO MAYBE PROVIDE DIFFERENT ATHLETIC CAMPS, UM, INTERACTIVE ACTIV ACTIVITIES, UM, CLUBS. I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST PICTURING LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A, A TWO WEEK SOCCER CAMP AND THEN THE TWO WEEK BASKETBALL CAMP, AND THEN A WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS THAT, THAT, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US. AND THEN JUST KIND OF, UM, WORK WITH, UM, OUR, OUR OWN COMMUNITY EDUCATION DIRECTOR, UM, WHO, UM, RUNS THE ACADEMY TO HELP SUPPORT THAT. IS THAT AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM? ONLY? IT'S AFTER SCHOOL. YEAH. AND IS IT JUST AT WEST SEDONA? IT'S JUST AT WEST, YEP. OKAY. SO YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT THINKING OF YOUR BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, UM, PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE NOW? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NO. BEYOND THAT? NO, WE DO, WELL WE DO HAVE AN AFTER, IT IS CALLED WILDCAT ACADEMY IS WHAT IT'S CALLED. SO IT'S AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM. IT, IT GOES FROM THE TIME THAT THIS, THE SCHOOL, UH, ENDS UNTIL FIVE 30 NEXT YEAR, AT LEAST FIVE 30 GO UNTIL SIX RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S GONNA BE FIVE 30. AND SO DURING THAT TIME, THEY HAVE HOMEWORK HELP. THEY HAVE, UM, GAMES AND ACTIVITIES. UM, WE DO BRING IN, UM, UH, FIELD TRIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SPEAKERS. MY THOUGHT WAS THAT IF WE COULD PARTNER WITH PARKS AND REC SO THAT POTENTIALLY PARKS AND REC COULD USE THEIR STAFF AND CONNECTIONS, VOLUNTEERS, HOWEVER IT IS THAT, THAT JOSH CAN WORK THAT, OR WHOEVER WORKS WITH JOSH TO PROVIDE, UM, CLUBS AND CAMPS AND ACTIVITIES DURING OUR WILD CAP ACADEMY THAT THE KIDS WOULD SIGN UP FOR. OKAY. SO THIS, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A, AN ENRICHMENT BEYOND WHAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY OFFERING. YES. UM, WHAT ABOUT THE BASE PRE AND, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS THEMSELVES? DID YOU, DID I THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN SUPPORT FROM THROUGH THE ROTARY, THROUGH THE MYERS YEP. SO FORTH. WOULD YOU, SO, SO WHAT IF THAT WAS CONSIDERED A, SORRY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SALARIES? IS THAT, IS IT THE SAME PROGRAM OR IS IT A DIFFERENT PROGRAM? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WILD ACADEMY AS AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. YES. [00:35:01] UM, DO YOU HAVE A BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM? DO YOU HAVE A BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM? SO IT'S, IT IS THE SAME THING. SO IT'S BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM NEXT YEAR WE'RE NOT GOING TO OFFER THE, THE, THE LIKELY NOT GOING TO OFFER THE PER THE BEFORE SCHOOL BEFORE. SO MOSTLY THE AFTERSCHOOL CARE. IT'S AFTERSCHOOL CARE THAT WE CALL THE LOUD KIT. AND YOU WOULDN'T BE OFFERING IT BECAUSE VERY DIFFICULT TO STAFF. VERY DIFFICULT TO STAFF. UM, AND THEY ONLY ARE COMING IN FOR AN HOUR. RIGHT. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE MOVING, WELL, IT'S ON THE, IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR BOARD MEETING. SO I CAN'T SAY THIS OFFICIALLY, BUT WE ARE LIKELY MOVING BACK THIS, THE START OF SCHOOL, UM, BACK 25 MINUTES. SO WE'LL START A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. UM, WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE, THE FA AND IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FAMILIES. THEY, WE DO HAVE FAMILIES THAT USED BEFORE CARE, BUT IT'S NOT AT NEARLY THE RATE THAT, UH, THE FAMILIES UTILIZE IN THE AFTERNOON. SO MOSTLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT AFTERSCHOOL CARE FOR LATCHKEY KIDS, BASICALLY. YEP. SAFE LATCH BEING A SAFE LATCHKEY KID. MM-HMM . YES. UM, IF THE PARK PARTNERED WITH YOU ON THIS TO DO SOME OF THESE OTHER FACILITIES, UM, WHAT WOULD BE ISSUES, IF ANY, IF THEY WEREN'T HELD ON SCHOOL GROUNDS? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE, THERE'S THAT LITTLE BUILDING WHERE I THINK YOU USE SORT OF OFF, OFF BEHIND. AND SO THE KIDS SORT OF STAY ON CAMPUS AS FAR AS I CAN TELL AFTER SCHOOL. SO ANYTIME, ANYTIME THAT THEY WOULD, UH, LEAVE. WE, WE DO HAVE CAMPS, LIKE WE HAVE, UM, UH, CLUBS, SO LIKE HIKING CLUB AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEY DID, IT JUST MEANS THAT THEY, UM, THAT, UM, THERE ARE PERMISSION SLIPS THAT ARE, THAT ARE SIGNED AND THAT, UM, THERE'S APPROPRIATE SUPERVISION AND RATIOS, UM, THAT FALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE FOR SAY, A FIELD TRIP. UM, SO I, I, I DON'T THINK THAT IT, UM, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO HAPPEN ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. IT WOULD JUST MEAN THAT WE'D HAVE TO PROTECT OURSELVES LEGALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE. YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH. THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION THE WAY I ASKED IT, BECAUSE I COULD SEE, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE WORKED WITH PARKS AND RECS, PARKS, THE PARK AND RECS COULD, YOU KNOW, DO A SOCCER CAMP, DO A SOCCER CAMP, DO A BASKETBALL CAMP, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WOULD TAKE THEM OFF CAMPUS OVER TO THE PARK. UM, OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UM, I'M SORRY, I'M, I'M STEALING THIS FROM OVER, OVER THE TURNER. BUT, UM, THEY MIGHT FIND SOMEONE WHO SAYS, HEY, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE AFTERSCHOOL KIDS PUT ON PLAY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. FOR THE REST OF, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE SCHOOL. MM-HMM . AND THEY MAY WANNA GO OVER TO THE HUB, RIGHT. WHICH IS A SECURED BUILDING, BUT THEY'D BE OVER AT THE HUB. SO SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY GET OVER TO THE HUB AND PARENTS WOULD PICK THEM UP FROM THE HUB INSTEAD OF PICKING THEM UP NECESSARILY FROM CAMPUS. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS. I THINK WE COULD WORK ALL OF THAT OUT. I MEAN, THEY, THEY, THESE KIDS DO MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THEY'RE OFF CAMPUS. SO, AND YOU COULD UTILIZE PICKLEBALL COURTS, SOME OF THE OLDER KIDS, THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADERS LEARNING PICKLE. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. JUST, I'M JUST SAYING EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY WILL BE THOSE PICKLEBALL. BUT I MEAN, IF IT WAS ONE DAY A WEEK RESERVE, HE DESIGNATED IT FOR THE KIDS FOR AN HOUR OR TWO, TWO PROBLEM. SO LET ME, LET ME JUST CLARIFY. YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING POTENTIALLY FOR SUPPORT FOR THE MONIES THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE PAID BY ROTARY OR PREVIOUSLY WERE PAID BY THE MYERS? NO. BECAUSE YOU THINK WE CAN'T PAY FOR THEM, OR BECAUSE YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH THAT, YOU'VE GOT A PHONE SOURCE? I THINK THIS IS, I, WELL, I MEAN, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP, UM, IN, IN THIS PROCESS. I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE OFFERING SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS WITH OUR AFTERCARE AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON, ON THAT MOMENTUM. UM, BUT I THINK BY PARTNERING WITH PARKS, I, I DON'T, I, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR IT TO SUPPLANT WHAT WE'RE DOING. UM, I'M HOPING THAT IT SUPPLEMENTS MM-HMM . UM, SOME ADDITIONAL PIECES THAT WE HAVE. I, I THINK, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, PARK AND REC OFTEN HAS A HARD TIME IMPLEMENTING NEW PROGRAMMING. 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T GET KIDS TO SIGN UP. THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH. AND SO THIS WOULD BE A REALLY BENEFICIAL THING FOR PARK AND REC BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE KIDS ALREADY THERE. AND WHEN THOSE KIDS PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING THAT THEY LOVE AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP FOR IT ON A WEEKEND OR SOMETHING, THEY'LL SAY, OH, WE DID THAT. THAT'D BE REALLY FUN. AND SO IT MIGHT HELP INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF KIDS PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAMS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW JOSH TO OFFER MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE KIDS IN THE LONG RUN. I'D LOVE TO GET THOSE KIDS IN THE POOL. YEAH, FOR SURE. [00:40:01] SWIMMING, THAT WOULD BE A CAMP. YEAH. OKAY. SO I'M PUTTING WILDCAT ACADEMY DOWN AT TEST POTENTIAL. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, I THINK SO. NOT, NOT WELL ACADEMY NECESSARILY, BUT SUPPLEMENTING ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, CAMPS TO SUPPORT WILDCAT ACADEMY. 'CAUSE WHAT WILDCAT ACADEMY IS GONNA STILL EXIST. YEAH. SO IF JOSH COULD COME IN WITH LIKE A, A TWO WEEK BASKETBALL CAMP AND THEN FOLLOWED IT UP WITH A TWO WEEK, UH, HIKING CAMP OR FOLLOWED IT UP WITH A TWO WEEK PICKLEBALL CAMP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO EXPANSION IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEING FUNDED. AND I THINK YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT IN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE CONNECTIONS THAT THOSE KIDS ARE POTENTIALLY MAKING YEP. THE PEOPLE WITH PARKS AND REC AND THEY CAN SAY, HEY, THIS SUMMER WE'VE GOT THIS CAMP GOING. I THINK IT WILL GENERATE A LOT MORE ABSOLUTELY. INTEREST AS OPPOSED TO HAVING IT. BECAUSE I HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO DO PARK AND REC PROGRAMS, BUT THE PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED AND NOT ENOUGH KIDS SIGN UP AND THEY END UP DRIVING A FLAG, OR THEY END UP DRIVING A COTTONWOOD. SO IF THE KIDS GET A TASTE AND SAY, OH, THIS IS REALLY COOL, IT COULD GROW THE PROGRAMMING. OKAY. WE HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES LEFT. I'M SO SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF. NO, IT'S OKAY. UM, I JUST WANT TO BE A STICKLER. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF EMPTY SHEETS HERE AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO LIKE, THROW SOME STUFF AT THE WALL AND SEE WHAT HITS. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU GUYS? YES, OF COURSE. OKAY. SO, UM, NEXT ONE. UM, OUR, UH, UH, TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS POSSIBLE. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS ONE IS A, IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRICKY, BUT ONE OF THE, UH, THE MOST CHALLENGING POSITION FOR US TO FILL IN OUR DISTRICT IS BUS DRIVERS. UM, EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO FILL. WE HAVE THE BUSES FOR THE MOST PART. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE BUS DRIVERS. SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, UH, A, A CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE, WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT A VERY ROBUST, UM, RETEACHING, ENRICH, JUST CALL IT A TUTORING PROGRAM IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY. IN ORDER FOR IT TO REALLY BE EFFECTIVE, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE, UM, THERE SHOULD BE TRANSPORTATION THAT'S PROVIDED, UM, UH, FOR THESE STUDENTS. WE DON'T HAVE THE BUS DRIVERS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY'RE ON ATHLETIC ROUTES AND, AND, AND DOING OTHER THINGS. SO IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, UM, TO UTILIZE CITY DRIVERS, CITY BUSES, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK, UM, TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT WE ARE RUNNING. I'M NOT SAYING DURING THE DAY OR FIELD TRIPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M SAYING AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. UM, EVEN, EVEN WILDCAT ACADEMY. WE HAVE ONE ROUTE THAT GOES AT FOUR 30, I BELIEVE THAT TAKES KIDS HOME AFTER THEY'VE BEEN IN AFTERCARE. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE, UH, SPORTS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO IT'S, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FULL-TIME MECHANIC AT OUR BUS BARN. THIS MIGHT BE DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR, UM, A NEW BUS BARN FOR THE CITY. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO FURTHER EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO HOW TO SHARE A BUS BARN AND TO POTENTIALLY SHARE A MECHANIC. WE WOULD OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR THIS FEES WHEN THAT MECHANIC, UM, WORKS ON OUR BUSES. BUT I THINK IT WOULD REDUCE THE OVERHEAD. UM, AND MAYBE THAT'S MORE OF A FUTURE, UM, WISHLIST, POTENTIALLY THE STATE OF THE ART. YOU KNOW, THAT BUS BARN IS SO BAD MANY YEARS AGO. WELL, IT WOULD ALSO, YEAH, IT WOULD ALSO OFFER, UM, YEAH. SORRY. SORRY. THAT JUST NEEDS MORE RESEARCH. MORE RESEARCH IT MAYBE TRANSIT AND MAINTENANCE. YES. AND NEEDS MORE RESEARCH. YEAH. YEAH. YOU GOT, YEAH. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO A SHARED SPACE THAT WE HAVE. UM, AND THINGS ARE GOING MUCH BETTER NOW. IT'S GREAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT BUS BARN THAT'S BACK THERE AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE SCHOOL AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE DISC GOLF COURSE. AND SOMETIMES THERE'S LITTLE TENSION IN THE POOL. YES. SO IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD MOVE, YOU MOVE THAT. DEFINITELY HEARD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. YEAH. YEAH. I KNOW. YEAH. SO, UM, THAT'S ONE. UM, THE OTHER, I'M JUST GONNA THROW 'EM OUT THERE. THE OTHERS THAT I HAVE, UM, FROM MY, UM, RESEARCH, UH, ONE OF THE, THE, UH, THE, THE TOPICS THAT SAID THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE WAS WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS. 'CAUSE I DIDN'T DIG TOO DEEP. UM, I THINK THAT COULD BE, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THIS BY, UM, SHARING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A AN SRO OFFICER, AND THAT'S, I THINK, WHERE THIS WAS GOING. BUT, UM, [00:45:02] THE, THE, WHAT IT MADE ME THINK OF, UM, FENCING, UM, SAFETY FENCING AROUND OUR SHARED SPACE AREAS THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE, UM, WHICH IS AROUND WHERE THE SPAC IS. UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT. UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS A POTENTIAL OR NOT, BUT TO HAVE FENCING INTO AND CLOSE THE CAMPUS, UM, AND ALSO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT OPEN SAFELY WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS USING IT. UM, SO WHERE, WHERE WOULD THAT BELONG? JUST NEEDS RESEARCH. THAT'S POTENTIAL. SO I THINK, I MEAN, IT COULD ALMOST GO PART OF THE SHARED FACILITIES AGREEMENT, FENCE THAT FENCE IN AREAS TO MAKE SURE IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHAT NEEDS TO BE ENCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE FOR SCHOOL USE. PRECISE. YEAH. RIGHT NOW IT'S AN OPEN CAMPUS. THE, THE OTHER, YES. IT'S TOO OPEN, RIGHT? MM-HMM . TOO OPEN. THE OTHER, THE OTHER PIECE THAT I, AND I'M MOVING FAST HERE, BUT THE OTHER PIECE THAT, UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS, ONE, ONE ASPECT THAT IS VERY CHALLENGING TO US IS MARKETING. UM, AND THE CITY, CITY DOES A WONDERFUL JOB OF MARKETING ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE ON IN THIS COMMUNITY. IF WE COULD SOMEHOW PIGGYBACK ONTO, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, THE MARKETING THAT YOU DO AND, AND, AND, AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK. I DON'T KNOW HOW, WHAT THE SPECIFICS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF, UH, BUT IF WE COULD FIND A WAY TO BETTER PROMOTE ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT, IT IS, IT IS A REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL COMMUNITY WHEN WE HAVE REALLY STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOLS, REALLY STRONG CHOICES WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THAT, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IF WE COULD DO THAT. SO WE'RE ADVERTISING THE TOURISTS. WE'RE GONNA SELL OUR SCHOOLS WHILE WE'RE AT AND CHECK OUT THE SCHOOLS. EXACTLY. SO IT LOOKS WORK AND DESIGNED TO RESEARCH. AND THE TOURISM TEAM WOULD'VE TO TAKE A LOOK. BUT THE TOURISM TEAM, YEAH. WHOEVER THAT IS. BUT WE HAVE A TOURISM TEAM. WOW. THAT'S AMAZING. IT'S, IT'S UNDER A RESEARCH FOR THAT RESEARCH. YOU LOOK AT THESE, THESE LARGE, LARGER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DEPARTMENTS IN, IN THEIR MARKETING. I CAME FROM QUEEN CREEK AND IT'S PROBABLY THE, THE BEST, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT MARKETING IN THE ENTIRE STATE. DID THEY HAVE THAT THING ON LOCKDOWN? YOU, THEY, UM, YOU CANNOT SCROLL FOR MORE THAN THREE MINUTES WITHOUT FINDING A REALLY WELL POLISHED STORY. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH PHOTOS, VIDEOS, OR JUST A, UM, UM, A GRAPHIC. UM, THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB WITH IT. AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO EVEN GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD $120,000. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? THAT WAS, THAT WAS USED TO MARKET THE SCHOOL. BUT ONCE THAT MONEY DRIED UP, THE PROGRAM WENT FROM HERE TO ZERO. YEAH. AND THAT WAS IT. IT WAS A ONE TIME A GRANT I THINK OR SOMETHING. WHAT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. SO I LIKE, I LIKE YOUR APPROACH, WHAT YOU SAID FOR ACTUALLY AROUND THAT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK BECAUSE IT'S A WAY OF SAYING, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WANTED TO ATTRACT, IF WE WANTED TO ATTRACT YOUNGER FAMILIES HERE, OR FAMILIES HERE, YOUNGER PEOPLE AND THEIR KIDS HERE, SCHOOL DISTRICTS MATTER. SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT SOMETHING THAT IS ATTRACTIVE FOR THEM TO GO CHECK OUT THE CHARTER SCHOOL WHILE THEY'RE HERE? GO CHECK OUT, YOU KNOW, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONCE WE GET IT ALL CLEANED UP. SO, SO I LIKE THAT. I, I WANNA, I WANNA BRING FORWARD SOMETHING THAT LAUREN TALKED ABOUT, AND I'M LOOKING AT YOU, KEEGAN. 'CAUSE LIKE YOU DO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO WANNA GO OUT AND HELP AND DO SOMETHING, RIGHT? YES. WHAT ABOUT THIS MENTOR PROGRAM? IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO? A MENTOR PROGRAM? MM-HMM . THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE A LOT OF SKILLS. WHETHER THEY, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY WORK FOR NASA OR YOU KNOW, THEY WORK FOR MICROSOFT OR AMAZON OR THEY WORKED, YOU KNOW, AND I, I CHOSE THOSE 'CAUSE I WORKED THERE, BUT THEY'VE WORKED AT ALL THESE PLACES, RIGHT? WE HAVE A LOT OF FIPS HERE. RIGHT. FORMERLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, CAN WE DO SOMETHING THAT CONNECTS THEM WITH KIDS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND LIKE, TELL THEM WHAT IT'S REALLY GONNA BE LIKE, WHAT THEY REALLY NEED TO KNOW. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY ALL ABOUT AI. THERE'S MORE TO IT, THAT KIND OF THING, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO THAT SOUNDED A LITTLE BIT LIKE WHAT YOUR MENTOR PROGRAM WAS AND IF THERE WAS A WAY FOR US TO CONNECT RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO YEAH, I HELP. I THINK I USED THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, AS SOMETHING YOU DID THAT COULD HAPPEN. YOU DID. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO, [00:50:01] YOU KNOW, NOT DO EVERYTHING, BUT IT WOULD BE A PROGRAM THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD FEEL THEY WOULD NEED. SO I MEAN, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DID. DOES RED ROCK MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BELIEVE THAT THEY NEED THAT? WE HAVE TO ASCERTAIN THAT, BUT I SAID EVEN IF THEY THOUGHT THAT YEAH. IF THEY NEEDED IT, THEY, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE NECESSARILY THE MANPOWER TO PULL THAT OFF AT THIS POINT. BUT, SO INVESTIGATING ANY KIND OF PROGRAM THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY AND THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TOGETHER MM-HMM . BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'D BE LOOKING AT, IS THE PARTNERSHIP TO, TO, TO MAKE US FEEL MORE OF A TOTAL COMMUNITY. RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THOSE, THOSE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS ARE DOWN THE LINE AS WE CHECK OFF AND SAY, OKAY, THIS WAS GREAT. THIS WAS GREAT. OH YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT. BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING. I, AND I, I AGREE THAT'S, THAT IS ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO BUILD A MENTOR, UH, PROGRAM. UH, JESS, WE, WHO'S OUR, UM, COMMUNITY EDUCATION DIRECTOR HAS BEEN PRIMARILY, UM, TASKED WITH, AND SHE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF REVAMPING OUR WILDCAT ACADEMY. KIND OF THAT NEXT PIECE, AND WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ON THIS, IS BUILDING A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. UM, AND TO ME THERE'S TWO PIECES. SO IT'S GOTTA, IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY AND, AND JESS WOULD BE THIS PERSON ON OUR SIDE, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY SIDE MM-HMM . THAT, THAT WORKS TOGETHER OR IT'S JUST, IT'S GONNA FALL APART. CORRECT. AND, UM, THE OTHER PIECE TOO IS, IS UM, TO, IN MY OPINION, UM, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, WELL, I THINK IT'S, IT'S 2D TWO DIFFERENT PATHS IN THAT YES. IS EXPOSURE. UM, SO KIDS UNDERSTANDING AND, AND TALKING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THESE FIELDS AND HAD ASKING QUESTIONS AND GET THOSE, THOSE, THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. AND THAT'S WONDERFUL. BUT IT, IT IS ALSO THE REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE. WHAT, WHAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IN INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, HAVE THEM WORK IN A BANK AND THEN THEY JUST SIT, THEY JUST SIT THERE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW? WELL, I, I TOTALLY, I TOTALLY AGREE. AND IT'S ABOUT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF SKILLS. LIKE YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO GET AN INTERNSHIP AT MICROSOFT UNTIL YOU'RE IN COLLEGE, RIGHT? RIGHT. MM-HMM . BUT TO UNDERSTAND THE PATH TO GET THERE YEAH. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EXCITES YOU YEAH. IS UNDERSTANDING. YEAH. WELL, YOU CAN'T HAVE A C IN MATH, RIGHT? MM-HMM . YOU'VE GOTTA ACTUALLY FOCUS ON YOUR MATH. SO MAYBE THAT PERSON CAN ALSO HELP YOU WITH YOUR MATHS HOMEWORK. OH, YEAH. RIGHT. SO YOU YOU CONNECT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. YEAH. RELATIONSHIPS, RIGHT. AND YOU BUILD THAT COMMUNITY. AND THE REASON WHY I WAS LOOKING AT KEEGAN, SHE'S KIND OF OUR RESIDENT RELATIONSHIP FACILITATOR OF ALL OF THESE SORTS OF THINGS. AND SO SHE MIGHT BE SOMEONE, AND ONCE YOU START TO EXPLORE IT, WHO HAS SOME GREAT IDEAS ON HOW THAT WOULD WORK AND HOW YOU WOULD FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY MM-HMM . WHO CAN DO ALL OF THE STEPS THAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BIG BROTHER, BIG SISTER PROGRAM. YES. ONLY FOCUSED MORE ON THE IDEA OF RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, 10, THEY MAY CHANGE THEIR MIND, AND WHEN THEY'RE 12, THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE IT AGAIN. AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU ALSO MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA OF YOU'RE NEVER LOCKED INTO YOUR CAREER, RIGHT? YOU'RE, YOU'RE EIGHT, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, RIGHT? MM-HMM . OR EVEN YOU'RE 16. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOU KNOW? SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US, I THINK IN THIS ROOM CHANGED CAREERS. YEAH. WE'VE ALL CHANGED CAREERS AT LEAST ONCE. RIGHT. PLEASE DON'T CHANGE. YEAH. AND THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, YOU HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT RESOURCES, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING, SO YOU HAVE TO TRAIN ALL OF THESE. THAT'S WHAT OF COURSE, OF COURSE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND THEN HAVE TEACHERS IDENTIFY KIDS THAT WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM HAVING CORRECT. IT IS A COMPLICATED PROGRAM BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH PEOPLE. AND I GET THAT. THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING IT NEEDS MORE RESEARCH. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT. UHHUH THEN DOING THE RESEARCH NOW DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA DO IT NOW. IT MIGHT WE DO IT A YEAR FROM NOW OR WHENEVER IT MIGHT BE. YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE COOL TOO, IS TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK UP WITH IT. WE DO HAVE A ROTARY PUTS ON A WONDERFUL CAREER DAY. IT REALLY, THEY DO A GREAT JOB. AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES IN, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT BEFORE. UM, BUT TO COUPLE THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE COOL TO ALMOST HAVE LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE A SPEAKING TOUR. SO IT, SO ON ONE END YOU HAVE A SURVEY WHERE KIDS SIGN UP FOR DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, THE MEDICAL FIELD, UM, MARKETING, UH, WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE. AND THEN WE, WE IDENTIFY PROFESSIONALS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE. SO, SO THEY KIDS GET THEIR, AND I'M JUST TALKING OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD, KIDS GET THEIR TICKET OR THEIR AGENDA BASED ON THEIR INTEREST, AND AT 12 [00:55:01] O'CLOCK THEY GO INTO THE LIBRARY. IF YOU'RE, IF, IF YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO, UM, THE MEDICAL FIELD, UH, WELL, I'M INTERESTED IN THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE, AND THERE'S A PANEL OF 2, 3, 4 PROFESSIONALS IN THAT FIELD WHERE THEY SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THEN THE KIDS ARE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS FROM THOSE PROFESSIONALS AND MAYBE SHARE INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING TO COUPLE WITH IT. AND, AND WHEN MY KIDS WERE YOUNG A MILLION YEARS AGO, UM, THEIR SCHOOL PUT ON A, UM, MATH FAIR AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, GEORGE WENT IN, MY HUSBAND WENT IN AND HE SHOWED THEM THAT COMBINATORIAL SORTING, WHICH YOU USE ALL THE TIME IN, IN A LOT OF PROGRAMS. ALL HE DID WAS SHOW THEM HOW THE MATH WORKS. SO ALL IT DID WAS MAKE A TIE GET LONGER OR SHORTER ON THE PICTURE OF A BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG. RIGHT. AND THE KIDS THOUGHT THIS WAS GREAT FUN. AND ALONG THE SAME LINE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE LEARNING, THEY WERE GIVING HIM NUMBERS AND HE WAS SHOWING THEM HOW IT WORKED. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE LEARNING THAT MATH CAN BE FUN ALONG WITH ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. AND YOU KNOW, THEY WERE YOUNGER, THEY WEREN'T HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AT THE TIME. BUT THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS IN MY MIND THAT START TO GET KIDS KIND OF LIKE, WELL, MATH ISN'T JUST A HOMEWORK SHEET. RIGHT. YEAH. THERE'S LIKE SOME REALLY COOL THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO WITH IT IF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. YEAH. SO IT JUST FEELS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS. RIGHT. INCLUDING AEROSPACE. SO WHY NOT? WHY NOT GET KIDS EXCITED? TAP, TAP INTO THAT RESOURCE. YEAH, EXACTLY. IT'S RIGHT HERE. THEY'RE RIGHT HERE WHERE THE VILLAGE. YEAH. AND THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO. RIGHT? , RIGHT. PICKLE A BALL AND GOLF. OKAY. SO WE HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT. I WANT TO JUST GO OVER WHAT WE HAVE LISTED AND THEN CHARLOTTE'S GONNA GO OVER NEXT STEPS. OKAY. IS THERE ANY BIG THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT YOU WANT ON HERE IMMEDIATELY? NO, I WAS TRYING TO BE FAST AS POSSIBLE. VERY FAST. SO FAST. SORRY. OKAY. SO ON THE HAS POTENTIAL LIST, YOU HAVE SHARED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, LANDSCAPING, AND I WROTE SUPPORT WILDCAT ACADEMY. WE CAN FINESSE THAT LANGUAGE UNDER MORE RESEARCH. WE HAVE TRANSIT AND MAINTENANCE, SHARED FACILITY, FENCING, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE AND MENTORING PROGRAM. DOES THAT ENCOMPASS WHAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY? MM-HMM . YEAH. I THINK THE TRANSIT AND MAINTENANCE SORT OF SUGGESTS THAT THEY'RE LINKED, BUT I MEAN, TRANSIT WAS ACTUALLY TRANSPORTATION. MM-HMM . ABSOLUTE DUAL SCRIBBLING AND THE MAINTENANCE IS SOMETHING ELSE. OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD CALL. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO OVER NEXT STEPS REAL QUICK AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP THE SCENE RIGHT ON TIME. OKAY. SO NEXT STEP I'M GONNA START BRINGING YOU TO MY MEETINGS. , SHE'S A KEEP GOING. , STOPWATCH. UM, OKAY, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE PARKS, UM, ANYTHING TO DO WITH PARKS ON OUR END WE WILL CONTACT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, UM, JOSH AND SEE IF HE CAN GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AND LOOK AT YOUR FIELDS. I THINK HE KNOWS 'EM ALL, BUT HE CAN GO TAKE A LOOK AGAIN. YEAH. BUT WITH THE IDEA OF LIKE QUANTIFYING YEAH. YOU KNOW? RIGHT. AND IF YOU COULD TALK TO YOUR, UH, LIVING LANDSCAPE PEOPLE OR SOMETHING AND SEE IF THEY WERE TO EXPAND THEIR WORK. TRY TO GET AN ESTIMATE FROM YOUR SIDE. OKAY. WE'LL TRY TO GET AN ESTIMATE FROM OUR SIDE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO QUANTIFY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THESE THINGS SO THAT WHEN WE WRITE A MEMO TO COUNCIL, UM, LISTING THESE POSSIBILITIES AND THESE ONES THAT MIGHT NEED MORE WORK. UH, WHEN I PUT MY COUNCIL HAT ON, I KNOW ONE OF THE FIRST THING IN A BUDGET DISCUSSION IT'S GONNA BE, WELL HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH. SO EVEN IF IT'S A RANGE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OKAY. UM, AND IF YOU CAN DO THAT BY NEXT THURSDAY OR SO, OR I SHOULD SAY THIS THURSDAY OR SO NEXT THURSDAY OR SO. , KEEP GOING. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THIS JUST A START. AND SO, WELL A GOOD START BECAUSE IF COUNCIL'S GONNA GO THAT WAY, THEY NEED TO PLUG IN SOME NUMBERS AND IT NEEDS TO BE IMMEDIATE NUMBERS. OKAY. IT CAN THEY PICK HIGHER AND THEN GO LOWER LATER. OKAY. I CAN GET YOU FOR SURE. I CAN GET YOU BALLPARKS. YEAH. BALLPARKS. SORRY. THOUGHT YOU WAS A POND. YEAH. . NO, THERE WAS, IT WAS ACCIDENTAL. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, DEALING WITH THE LANDSCAPING AND ALL THAT, THAT WE THOUGHT OF ON OUR SIDE, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN BROACHED BEFORE TO YOU, IS THE SALE OF THAT LOT NEAR THE ON WEST. NOT ON WEST SEDONA. THAT ONE THAT'S NOT USED. YEAH. THE WEEDS. YES. THAT ONE. THE ONE THE WEEDS THAT DECIDED THAT ONE THE CITY COULD USE IT FOR PARKING. THAT ONE. MM-HMM . FOR EVENTS. YEAH. THAT WAS A HUGE DISCUSSION [01:00:01] NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THAT WE WERE INVOLVED IN. AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS SECURITY. WELL SOMETIMES TIMING IS EVERYTHING, SO YES, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT. UM, SO WE WILL DO A MEMO AND THEN WE'LL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL DURING THE BUDGET WORK SESSION. THE 22ND TO THE 23RD. WE TALK ABOUT A TIMELINE. . YEAH. YEAH. RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE YOU, UH, THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SCHOOLS LATE TOWARDS THE END OF THURSDAY. IS THAT CORRECT, MARC? I HAVE NOT SEEN AN AGENDA FOR THAT YET. I, I THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE THAT THIS MORNING, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? I'M SORRY. WELL, WHEN, WHEN WE DO SLATE THE SCHOOL BOARD CONVERSATION FOR COUNCIL, WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE TO SEND YOU A MEMO, AN EMAIL JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE WHEN IT IS HAPPENING AND IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND, YOU CAN. SO I THINK WHAT THE QUESTION, MARCY, IS ON, UH, THURSDAY, WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY FOR BUDGET NEXT WEEK? YES. TOWARDS THURSDAY, WHICH IS USUALLY OUR, SOMETIMES WE ACTUALLY GET DONE EARLY ON THURSDAY, BUT ON THURSDAY DO YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA ANYTHING REGARDING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND, AND THE MEMO AND BRINGING IT UP AND HAVING A DISCUSSION AROUND WHETHER OR NOT THIS SHOULD BE ADDED? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN FIND OUT. YEAH. 'CAUSE SHE SAID THERE WAS, AND I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT, SO, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE AGENDA FOR THAT FOR BUDGET YET. YEAH. FOR THE BE SENT OUT IT'S THE CITY MANAGER ASKED THAT IT BE PUT ON THERE, SO OKAY. IT WILL BE COMING UP MAYBE. YEAH. MAYBE NOT THE EARLIER. SO WE'LL SEND YOU THE, THE AGENDA FOR THE WORK SESSION. WE'LL YOU ESTIMATE TIMES WHEN THAT WILL BE UP AND I, I THINK POTENTIAL FOR ANY OF THESE TO HAPPEN. MM-HMM . REALLY DEPENDS ON GETTING IT QUANTIFIED AND THERE'S REALLY SOMETHING TO DISCUSS, RIGHT. IF, IF IT'S ALL TO BE, YOU KNOW, TO BE STUDIED, TO BE STUDIED, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA MAKE THE, NOT THIS YEAR THE CUT. YEAH. YEAH. OR NEXT BUDGET YEAR, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY. NEXT BUDGET YEAR , WELL, WE WERE DISCUSSING. YEAH, MAKES SENSE. YEP. AND YES MA'AM, WERE YOU GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, CONTINGENT ON THE STATUS OF HOME RULE? OH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE. I WASN'T GONNA SAY THAT WORD. OH. BUT I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, UM, WE'RE DOING A BUDGET THAT'S A ONE YEAR BUDGET. WE CAN'T BIND FUTURE COUNCILS, ET CETERA. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION MIGHT BE FOR FISCAL 28. RIGHT. SO ANYTHING WE'RE MIGHT MAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET IS, IS A FISCAL 27 1. SO IF YOU BUILD A FENCE YOU CAN JUST RIP IT DOWN THE NEXT WELL THAT'S WHY. BUT WE MAY NOT MAINTAIN IT FOR YOU. RIGHT. WE CAN ONLY, NO, I, I, I, YEAH. ANY, I'M JUST, I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS STUFF. OH YEAH. AND WORKING TOGETHER. I JUST REGRET AND ALL SHORT OUR SCHOOLS, I MEAN REALLY, I MEAN LIKE WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE MARKETING, I THINK THE BIG PIECE THAT WE NEED IN MY OPINION IS WE SHOULD BE MARKETING THE, THE CHOICE THAT THEY HAVE. YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, UM, THE CHARTER SCHOOL OFFERS IS, IS A DIFFERENT CHOICE THAN WHAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFERS IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN WHAT RUNNING RIVER OFFERS. AND FOR FAMILIES LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE, THEY'RE GONNA WANT THAT CHOICE. AND I WANT TO PROMOTE THAT WE HAVE THOSE CHOICES. SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, I WOULD, IT MADE ME THINK OF, OF INTERNS, LIKE A MARKETING INTERN. WE DO HAVE A MARKETING DEPARTMENT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW OPEN THE CITY MIGHT BE TO HAVING INTERNS. YEAH. THE CONNECTIONS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT, UM, WELL MY, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER'S GRADUATING A SU WITH A COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR, SO MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE HIRING. I CAN GET HER UP HERE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER PROBABLY. I KNOW. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU JEREMY. ACTUALLY I HEARD SOME I'LL JUST IDEAS THAT I WASN'T EXPECTING TO HEAR AND THEN SOME WE WERE ANTICIPATING, SO YEAH. WELL GOOD. I THINK IT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. IT'S GONNA BE NICE TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU TOO INSTEAD OF JUST READING ABOUT YOU IN THE PAPER. WE ON THE INTERNET FOR SURE. THE EMPHASIS IS MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER WE PICK IS SUCCESSFUL. YES. YES. BECAUSE SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS, NOT PIE IN THE SKY. YEAH, FOR SURE. CONCRETE THINGS THAT WE DO AND OUR GREATEST NEED. OUR GREATEST NEED ARE THINGS THAT YOU LISTED FOR SURE. I KIND OF LISTED THEM IN ORDER. YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW TOO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH. BE CONTINUED. I HAVE LOOK AND [01:05:05] I FIRST STARTED THINKING ABOUT THIS. I DIDN'T. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.