Aug 28, 2024 Youth Advisory Committee

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BELEN. OKAY. JACOB.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

EMMA. HERE.

OLIVIA. NO.

OKAY. AND THEN I JUST SAID RIGHT BEFORE YOU GOT HERE.

CLAY CHRISTIAN HAS RESIGNED FROM THE ADVISORY COUNCIL.

AND THEN ZATIE HAD VOLLEYBALL TONIGHT.

BUT THAT DOES LEAVE US ONE OPENING.

SO IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE A GOOD FIT IF YOU LET THEM KNOW TO APPLY DO THAT.

AND ALSO, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW, YOU CAN ONLY MISS THREE MEETINGS IN A CALENDAR YEAR OR YOU HAVE TO GO BACK IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION AND GET RE VOTED ON.

AND USUALLY IF YOU'VE MISSED THEM THEN THEY'RE JUST GOING TO KNOCK YOU OFF.

JUST SO YOU KNOW JUST SETTING THOSE EXPECTATIONS EARLY.

OKAY. SO THE FIRST ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE MOVIES AGAIN? SO ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, WE'RE WE'RE DISCUSSING OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

THIS IS THIS GROUP'S VERY FIRST MEETING AND NONE OF THEM WERE ON IT BEFORE.

SO ARE YOU ASKING FOR MOVIES? YES. OKAY.

WE LIKE THEM. MY FAMILY LIKES THEM.

WE'LL TAKE YOUR REQUEST UNDER CONSIDERATION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND ELECT OUR OFFICERS SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE OVER.

[5.1 Elect Chair, Vice Chair, and Recording Secretar]

YEAH. AYE.

OKAY. EVERYBODY'S GOOD OKAY.

IS ANYBODY ELSE INTERESTED IN BEING VICE CHAIR? BOTH OF YOU. THAT'S OKAY.

OKAY, SO IF DO YOU WANT TO SAY A MINUTE OF WHY YOU SHOULD BE VICE CHAIR? SURE. SHOULD I GO FIRST? YEAH. OKAY. SO I'D LIKE YOU GUYS TO VOTE ME AS VICE CHAIR, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY CAN BETTER CONNECT WITH OR THE KIDS OF THE CITY CAN BETTER CONNECT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL SO WE CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THAT WE WANT TO SEE.

AND I ALSO THINK I'M A GOOD FIT BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE AT MY SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL.

OKAY. EMMA. I THINK I'D BE A GOOD VICE CHAIR BECAUSE WHEN THE CHAIR'S IN HERE, I THINK I'D BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER AND LEAD THE MEETINGS.

AND I ALSO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE.

ESPECIALLY TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT FOR A COMMUNITY CLUB AT OUR SCHOOL SO.

AND I THINK I WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER IF THE CHAIR WASN'T HERE.

OKAY. I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.

[INAUDIBLE] OH.

THANK YOU. HI.

WELCOME. HELLO.

DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR EITHER CLAY OR EMMA TO BE VICE CHAIR? ARE EITHER ONE OF YOU INTERESTED IN BEING RECORDING SECRETARY? NO. OKAY.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE CLAY TO BE VICE CHAIR RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY. WHAT IF I WANT BOTH? I CAN'T. DO I HAVE TO PICK ONE? HI, OLIVIA WE'RE VOTING ON EITHER CLAY OR EMMA TO BE VICE CHAIR.

YOU MISSED THEIR ELEVATOR SPEECHES, BUT EMMA'S WAS THAT SHE HAS A BACKGROUND IN COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND CLAY SAID THAT HE HAS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE FROM HIS HIGH SCHOOL.

OKAY. SO IF YOU WANT CLAY TO BE VICE CHAIR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY. IF YOU WANT EMMA TO BE VICE CHAIR, RAISE YOUR HAND OKAY.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE CLAY, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

EMMA ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING A RECORDING SECRETARY? YES. IS ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO BE A RECORDING SECRETARY, RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE FORMAL AFTER THIS.

I JUST NEED Y'ALL TO ELECT OFFICERS FIRST.

OKAY. SO CLAY'S OUR VICE CHAIR, AND EMMA IS RECORDING SECRETARY.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER OFFICER ROLES THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT AT OUR WORKSHOP THAT ANYBODY ELSE THINKS WE NEED HERE OR IS INTERESTED IN DOING? OKAY. SO, EMMA, I'LL TAKE NOTES FOR TODAY, BUT NEXT TIME I'LL SET YOU UP AND WE CAN START FRESH.

OKAY. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, JACOB, TAKE IT AWAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE AGENDA IS UP THERE.

OR YOU CAN HAVE IT ON YOUR COMPUTER IF YOU WANT TO, OR JUST TO HELP YOU FOLLOW ALONG.

CAN WE PUT IT ON A COMPUTER AND BRING THE GLASSES? OF COURSE. YEAH. SO THE LOGIN INFORMATION SHOULD BE WRITTEN ON YOUR COMPUTER.

THAT'S RIGHT SO THE USERNAME IS BOARDS.

B O A R D S.

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AND THEN THE PASSWORD IS THIS DOWN HERE.

[INAUDIBLE] Y'ALL, THIS IS SAM GOLDEN.

SHE IS FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

AND HER SHE WORKS WITH YOUTH SERVICES.

YES. SO SHE'S GOING TO COME YOUTH PROGRAM, RECREATION AND PARKS.

AND THEN YOU JUST GO DOWN TO THE ADVISORY.

I DO MOSTLY YOUNGER CHILDREN, THOUGH THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HELP YOU GUYS GET OUT.

OKAY. AND THEN SO THIS ONE'S SHORT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME.

BUT IF THERE'S EVER, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE AGENDA, THEY'LL ALSO BE ON THERE.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST A NICE WAY FOR YOU TO LOOK AHEAD AND STUFF.

AND THEN FOR YOU, IF YOU'RE ARE YOU GOOD AT TYPING.

YEAH, I THINK SO.

OKAY. BECAUSE YOU COULD JUST OPEN AN EMAIL AND JUST BE LIKE TYPING IN THERE IF YOU WANT, OR TO PUT IT ON A WORD DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING.

[INAUDIBLE] SO JUST TYPE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE SAYS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT IT IS.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO REMEMBER.

LIKE IF WE HAVE TASKS LIKE IF SOMEONE SAYS, I'LL DO THIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S THE STUFF THAT WE KEEP IN MIND.

AND ALSO NORMALLY WHEN WE DO VOTES, WE WERE JUST VERY INFORMAL RIGHT HERE BECAUSE I WASN'T PREPARED, BUT USUALLY SOMEONE WOULD MAKE A MOTION AND SOMEONE WOULD SECOND AND YOU WOULD WRITE DOWN WHO MOTIONS AND WHO SECONDS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THEN SAY WHETHER IT PASSED OR FAILED.

OKAY. OKAY.

JACOB. YOUR TURN.

OKAY. SO WE'RE AT 5.2 AND I JUST MOTION IT.

NOW YOU SAY SO OUR NEXT ITEM 5.2 IS DISCUSSION GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSIONS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

[5.2 Discussion - Goals and Objectives]

I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU ARE WITH THE WHAT THE GROUP DID BEFORE, BUT THEY THEIR WHOLE MISSION WAS ENTERTAINING YOUTH, ESSENTIALLY.

SO THEY INSTIGATED THE MOVIE NIGHTS, AND THEN THEY DID THAT CONCERT.

THE GROUP BEFORE THEM WAS MORE INTO POLITICS, SO THEY DID LIKE A CAMPAIGN FORUM.

BUT IT'S YOUR COMMITTEE.

IT'S YOUR I WANT YOU ALL TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND SORT OF COME UP WITH SOME PARAMETERS.

SO WE'LL HAVE A FOCUS FOR THE YEAR.

WELL, I CAN SAY THAT I'M ALWAYS DOWN TO DO SOMETHING WITH FOOD.

SO IF WE CAN GET LIKE A CHILI COOKOFF GOING, THAT'D BE COOL.

STUFF LIKE THAT.

I LIKE BARBECUE.

LIKE BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

I DON'T WANT US TO, LIKE, SEGREGATE THE YOUTH, BUT I WANT US TO PROBABLY NOT A GOOD CHOICE OF WORDS, BUT I WANT US TO UNITE THE YOUTH WITH JUST EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS CITY, BUT HIGHLIGHTING THEM.

SO IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE WE'D HAVE A BARBECUE NIGHT ON CENTER STREET, AND WE'D MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS IT WOULD BE RUN BY US. OKAY? WE'D FIND A WAY TO SOMEHOW INCORPORATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP INTO IT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M BIG ON, LIKE, THE SPORTS THING.

LIKE, I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE LIKE SPORTS THAT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS CAN DO THAT AREN'T ATTACHED TO THE SCHOOL.

IT'S MORE LIKE CASUAL, YOU KNOW? YEAH. LIKE A PICKLEBALL NIGHT OR SOMETHING? YEAH, THAT'D BE COOL. YEAH.

SO I GUESS SO ASIDE FROM JUST THINGS THAT YOU THINK WOULD WOULD BE INTERESTING I WOULD THINK BIGGER PICTURE.

SO IS YOUR GOAL.

SO JACOB SAID UNITING YOUTH AND COMMUNITY.

SO IS YOUR GOAL TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

IS YOUR GOAL TO RAISE MONEY FOR SOMETHING? IS YOUR GOAL TO CREATE MORE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH? LIKE WHAT WHAT WOULD BE WHEN YOU LEFT THIS GROUP TO SAY, WELL, I WAS ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH HAPPEN.

THINK THAT WAY. LIKE, WHAT'S SOMETHING BIGGER PICTURE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE HAPPEN, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE SO A COOK OFF SOUNDS GREAT.

BUT IS YOUR MISSION TO RAISE MONEY FOR SOMETHING? OR IS IT TO SHOW THAT YOUTH CAN PLAN AND ORGANIZE AN EVENT SUCCESSFULLY? CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THINK LIKE THAT.

I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO RAISE MONEY.

AND THEN IN THE END OF OUR, WELL I KNOW MOST OF US HAVE A TWO YEAR TERM ON HERE.

YOU GUYS WILL HAVE A LONGER TERM, BUT I'D SAY AT THE END OF OUR TERM, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD BRING SOMETHING TO THE CITY AND PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT THIS CLASS OF, WELL, THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL LEFT SOMETHING BEHIND.

SO, YOU KNOW JEREMIAH IS HERE, OUR CITY MANAGER THAT YOU MET AT THAT LAST MEETING TO GIVE US SORT OF AN UPDATE ON THE CITY.

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YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS IN THE PIPELINE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REQUESTING THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE FUNDS FOR.

SO THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO, LIKE, HEAR SOME THINGS WHERE WE NEED FUNDS, WHERE YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT.

I KNOW THAT YOU WERE TELLING US ABOUT WELL, THE MEETING WE HAD, YOU SAID THAT AFTER OUR MEETING, YOU GUYS WERE GONNA BE VOTING ON THE NEW PARK OVER ON THE WATER.

DID YOU GUYS START BUILDING THAT? DID THAT GO THROUGH? I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT LET ME BE PROPER HERE.

I DON'T FOLLOW OUR OUR PROCEEDINGS HERE.

AND WE'LL COME TO THE PODIUM.

AND YOU'LL BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS AND STUFF AS Y'ALL MOVE FORWARD.

FIRST OF ALL, JEREMIAH GLEASON, INTERIM CITY MANAGER HERE BUILT THE CITY UP FOR 27 YEARS NOW.

APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU COMING TOGETHER AND TAKING APART IN THIS COMMITTEE.

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND GIVE BACK.

AND THERE'S NO FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT AFFECTS YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE MORE THAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP IN EVERYTHING HAPPENING AT A FEDERAL LEVEL OR A STATE LEVEL, BUT IT'S THIS LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT AFFECTS THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE ALL, YOU KNOW, PARKS, OUR BEACHES, YOU KNOW, THE USE OF OUR DOWNTOWN, ALL THE AMENITIES THAT WE ALL GROW UP WITH AND USE.

THAT HAPPENS THAT DECISION HAPPENS RIGHT HERE IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAY SO BE INVOLVED.

TO WHAT MARY SAID YEAH OR WHAT YOU JUST ASKED JACOB WHERE THE COMMISSION DID APPROVE THAT.

WE'RE GOING OUT FOR BID THIS WEEK ON ENTIRE WATERFRONT PARK.

THEY'LL HAVE A STAGE.

EXCUSE ME. RESTROOMS, ARTWORK A SPLASH PAD, POTENTIALLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT FEATURES DOWN THERE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST KIND OF A BLIGHTED PARKING LOT.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PARK THERE. THERE'S NOTHING NICE THERE.

SO THAT'S A $2 MILLION PROJECT THAT'S GOING OUT FOR BID THIS WEEK.

WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO START LATER ON THIS YEAR AND HAVE IT READY BY SHRIMP FESTIVAL NEXT YEAR.

A LOT OF OTHER STUFF GOING ON.

OF COURSE, WE'VE WE'VE GOT PUT MONEY ASIDE TO EXPAND SKATE PARK.

WE GOT IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS.

WE GOT TO START WITH THE DESIGN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO COST, HOW IT WILL WORK.

THAT'S BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR.

START A DESIGN TO EXPAND THE SKATE PARK TO THE NORTH.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TOMORROW NIGHT, WE HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING TO DISCUSS CENTRAL PARK.

CENTRAL PARKS OUR PREMIER PARK RIGHT THERE ON ATLANTIC.

WE HAVE 20 ACRES THERE.

EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE OF IT.

YOU KNOW, [INAUDIBLE] WANTS TO MOVE THERE OR HAS, YOU KNOW, INTEREST IN MOVING THERE.

THERE'S PICKLEBALL, THERE'S TENNIS, THERE'S THERE'S BASEBALL.

THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO FIGURING OUT HOW THE BEST WAY SO THAT WE CAN ALL SHARE IN THE USE OF THAT PARK WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE GROUP TAKING OVER THE OTHER.

SO YEAH, A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, YOU KNOW, WITH NEW CITY MANAGER SHOULD BE COMING ON BOARD HERE SOON.

FIVE PEOPLE ARE FLYING IN NEXT WEEK TO GET A TOUR OF THE CITY, AND THE COMMISSION WILL ALL WHERE YOU'RE SITTING.

THEY WILL ALL COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON WHO'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT CITY MANAGER.

SO THAT'S A BIG THING HAPPENING FOR THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, THE CITY.

THE CITY EMPLOYS 300 PEOPLE.

WE'RE ONE OF THE TOP EMPLOYERS IN NASSAU COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THE MILLS, YOU HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD.

YOU GOT A LOT OF EMPLOYERS THAT ARE BIG AND THE CITY OF FERNANDINA IS ONE OF THEM.

SO CITY STAFF'S LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING SOME NEW LEADERSHIP IN PLACE FOR THAT.

BUT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY. CAN YOU THINK OF WAYS THAT THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO THE CITY? LIKE WHAT WOULD BE WHAT'S LIKE A LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH IN TWO YEARS TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY, LIKE IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE RAISING MONEY LIKE A FUNDRAISER, A FUNDRAISER OR SOMETHING, WHERE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT.

ANY EVENT THAT Y'ALL WOULD SEE OF VALUE COULD BE TURNED INTO A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

A CONCERT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL THAT INTERESTS YOU.

IF THE YOUTH GETS BEHIND IT, THAT BECOMES A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

SO I WOULD LOOK AT WHATEVER INTERESTS YOU ALL AND THEN THEN THE FUNDING CAN COME IN TO SUPPORT IT.

SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NARRATIVE THAT IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE'LL USE WE'LL LOSE YOUTH SPORTS.

I WAS WHEN I GREW UP HERE, WE HAD THE WATER SLIDE, WE HAD A SKATING RINK, WE HAD A BOWLING ALLEY.

WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE SINCE GONE AWAY.

GO KART TRACK AND ALL THAT.

SO, YEAH, SOMETHING THAT THE YOUTH WOULD, WOULD MAYBE BE IMPASSIONED BY IS MAKING SURE THAT YOUTH ACTIVITIES STAY A VIBRANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHY THE SKATE PARKS GOT A LOT OF TRACTION.

AND THIS WATERFRONT PARK, OF COURSE, APPEALS TO FAMILIES AND THE YOUTH AS WELL.

BUT PRIORITIZING THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT THAT CHILDREN AND TEENS AND ADOLESCENTS ARE STILL HERE.

LET'S MAKE IT. WE WANT TO STAY IN SOME OF THE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE HERE IN THE TOWN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

LET ME GET BACK TO WORK. SO GOOD LUCK, GUYS.

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OKAY, SO, SO FAR I HAVE FOOD COOK OFF, BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, UNITING YOUTH IN THE CITY, INTRAMURAL SPORTS AND RAISING MONEY.

ANY OTHER IDEAS? YOU CAN JUST. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE, LIKE, SUPER SOLD ON SOMETHING JUST TO BE WANT TO THROW IT OUT AS A DISCUSSION? DID YOU ALL ATTEND ANY OF THE STUFF THAT THE PAST GROUPS DID? LIKE MY FAMILY DID LIKE THE MOVIES.

OH YEAH. I MEAN, WE SHOULD PROBABLY CONTINUE DOING THE MOVIES BECAUSE EVERYONE, PEOPLE LIKE THAT, THEY KNOW THEY LIKE IT.

I MEAN, KIND OF CONTINUE THAT BUT WE I THINK WE DO NEED TO FIND OUR EDGE.

YEAH. OKAY, WELL, IT'S YOUR HOMEWORK FOR THIS MONTH IS TO THINK OF.

THINK OF WHAT IMPACT YOU WANT TO LEAVE.

LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR LEGACY FOR THIS GROUP? OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? SO ANOTHER THING IS THE PARKS PROGRAM OR THE PARKS AND REC IS INTERESTED IN DOING, LIKE LAST YEAR, THEY DID A FEW TEEN NIGHTS.

AND SO THE REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE IT WAS A WOMAN NAMED CAITLIN [INAUDIBLE], CAME HERE TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON DIFFERENT THEMES THAT THEY LIKED.

LIKE, SHE DID A SWIFTIE NIGHT.

I THINK YOU'RE DOING ANOTHER ONE, AREN'T YOU? WE ARE DOING THAT, BUT IT'S GEARED TOWARDS AGES 5 TO 11, SO I'M STRUGGLING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD APPEAL TO OLDER AGE GROUPS.

WE WENT OUT TO TOPTRACER AND DID THE DRIVING RANGE ONE NIGHT, SO BE THINKING OF THAT TOO IF YOU WANTED.

IF BECAUSE PARKS AND REC WILL PAY FOR THAT AND SUPPORT IT, AND YOU GUYS WOULD JUST HELP GET YOUR FRIENDS THERE.

AND GIVE FEEDBACK LIKE WE THINK THAT'S LAME OR WE WOULD LIKE THAT, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT TOO.

OKAY. GOOD.

NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT.

[5.3 Time Capsule]

OKAY. THAT'S ME AGAIN.

OKAY. SO AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS TURNING 200.

THE BIRTHDAY IS JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

WE HAVE A TIME CAPSULE SITTING OVER ON THE FLOOR OVER THERE.

THE LAST GROUP DECIDED THEY WANTED TO BE IN CHARGE OF IT, BUT WE DIDN'T GET IT DONE IN TIME, SO NOW THEY'RE GONE.

SO I WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU ALL TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF.

WE DID GO TO THE SCHOOL.

I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT DOWN FOR, LIKE, A CAREER DAY OR SOMETHING.

AND WE ASKED ALL YOUR STUDENTS TO SIGN TO SAY IDEAS OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE GOOD IN THERE.

WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS, BUT NOW WE NEED SOMEBODY TO TAKE IT AND ACTUALLY GET THE ITEMS AND PUT IT IN THERE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BURY IT AND IT'S GOING TO BE THIS BIG, HUGE THING ON JANUARY 1ST.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING ON? YEAH, SURE. OKAY, PERFECT.

OKAY. SO NEXT TIME I'LL BRING THE LIST DOWN AND THEN WE'LL I GUESS WE WOULD DO IS SPLIT IT UP AND Y'ALL CAN ALL TAKE DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS OF ORGANIZATIONS OR GROUPS THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE PART OF IT THAT YOU COULD REACH OUT TO, WE CAN WORK ON THAT.

OKAY. NEXT.

ALL RIGHT. 5.4, ESTABLISH REGULAR MEETING DATE AND TIME.

[5.4 Establish Regular Meeting Date and Time]

HOW OFTEN ARE WE GOING TO BE MEETING, THOUGH? ONCE A MONTH. ONCE A MONTH.

SO I THINK WEDNESDAY WORKS GOOD FOR ME.

YEAH, I THINK WEDNESDAYS ARE THE BEST BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS AN HOUR BETWEEN THIS AND THE SPORT.

OKAY. SO DO WE.

AND THEN WHERE CAN WE CHECK THE MEETINGS THAT ARE ALREADY.

LET'S SEE. WE MET ON THE FOURTH.

DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE MEETING ON THE FOURTH WEEK OF EVERY MONTH? [INAUDIBLE]. IT WORKS FOR ME.

ANY WEDNESDAYS. LET'S SEE.

[INAUDIBLE] SEPTEMBER 25TH IS THE NEXT WEDNESDAY, AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING AT 4:00.

THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE DOING. 3:00.

RIGHT. OH, YEAH. SORRY. 3:00.

THERE'S NOTHING. THERE'S SOMETHING AT 5:00 PM BUT I DON'T THINK OUR MEETING WILL TAKE THAT LONG.

WHAT DAY OF THE 25TH? THE 25TH AT 3 P.M..

OKAY, IF THAT'S WHAT IS WHAT DOES IT SAY STARTS AT FIVE.

CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.

OKAY, THAT'S PROBABLY A IF THEY DON'T PASS A BUDGET IN TIME.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'LL BE OUT OF HERE BEFORE, SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.

OKAY. THE FOLLOWING MONTH, THE LAST WEDNESDAY, OR ARE WE DOING THE LAST ONE OR LIKE THE FOURTH ONE? FOURTH. OKAY.

NEVER MIND. YEAH, ACTUALLY I ALREADY I ALREADY RESERVED THE CHAMBERS FOR IT.

SO IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU. THAT'S GREAT.

I WAS WORRIED ABOUT ZATIE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WAS JUST A ONE TIME THING BECAUSE OF HER GAME.

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HOW DOES THAT WORK? IF IF SHE MISSED TWO MORE, IT'S A CALENDAR YEAR.

SO. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.

SHE WOULD HAVE TO MISS TWO OUT OF THE FOUR TO BE IN TROUBLE, BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD START OVER AGAIN.

SO AS LONG AS SHE'S NOT GOING TO MISS TWO MORE IN 2024, SHE'LL BE OKAY.

PERFECT. SOUNDS GOOD.

AND THEN SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF OLIVIA YOU'RE HERE, BUT CHRISTIAN DROPPED OUT.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING TO LOOK FOR A NEW PERSON.

JUST ONE. RIGHT.

JUST ONE. YEAH.

THE ONLY THING IS, IS IT'S KIND OF HARD SOMETIMES TO GET HERE AT THREE.

IS THERE LIKE, WOULD IT HAVE TO BE LIKE THREE OR IS IT.

YEAH. BECAUSE LIKE, I WAS A LITTLE BIT LATE, WE COULD DO LIKE 3:05 OR LIKE 3:10 OR SOMETHING.

IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU THOUGH? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE AT GOLF AT FOUR.

YEAH. I'M FINE. OKAY.

WE COULD SAY 3:15. DO YOU WANT TO SAY 3:15? IF THAT WORKS WITH EVERYONE THAT'S OKAY.

SO FOURTH WEDNESDAY AT 3:15.

OKAY. OKAY.

THEN THAT'S ALL OF THE NEW BUSINESS.

[6. COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS/COMMENTS]

ARE THERE ANY DO I MOTION ANYTHING.

NO. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM YOU GUYS? I'M EXCITED TO START THIS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT NEXT TWO YEARS.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WHEN DO WE CREATE OUR AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME? CAN WE TALK LIKE WOULD THAT BE IN THE COMMENTS? YEAH, THAT'D BE PERFECT. YEAH. TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT WHAT WELL, CAN WE GET THE LIST OF WHAT'S ON THE TIME CAPSULE SO WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO GET THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? YEAH. AND THEN LET'S TRY TO PLAN OUR FIRST EVENT MAYBE NEXT TIME AROUND SOMETHING CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS MAYBE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE AND THE TRAFFIC FROM DICKENS ON CENTER.

SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.

WE HAVE OUR NEW BOARD, SO MAYBE BY THE NEXT MEETING, WE SHOULD TRY TO HAVE SOMEONE ELECTED OR IS THAT TOO EARLY A MONTH? IF SOMEBODY APPLIES, LIKE, REALLY SOON, THEN THEY CAN BE ON THE SEPTEMBER 17TH AGENDA.

SO THEN THEY WOULD BE ELECTED BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.

WAIT, SO THEY JUST APPLY? LIKE THE SAME WAY Y'ALL DID ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

ALL RIGHT. TWO OF YOU.

WAS IT YOU TWO WE'RE TAKING OVER SOMEBODY ELSE'S TERM, SO YOU HAVE TO REAPPLY.

IS THAT YOU TWO? OKAY.

I THINK SO. SO DID THAT.

SO BASICALLY, THE OTHER STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED, YOU WERE JUST FINISHING THEIR TERM.

BUT, I MEAN, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO BE ON IT AGAIN YOU JUST HAVE TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AGAIN.

I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. YES.

OKAY, SO THEN WE COULD DO ALL THREE OF YOU ALL AT THE SAME TIME, WHOEVER THE NEW PERSON IS.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

SO FOR THE NEXT AGENDA, WE'LL PUT THE TIME CAPSULE BACK ON THERE.

I'LL SEND YOU GUYS THE IDEAS AND THEN YEAH, PLAN FOR AN EVENT MORE IN DEPTH ON WHATEVER OUR FIRST OBJECTIVE IS.

AND THEN IS THERE ANY WAY LIKE BECAUSE I KNOW UNLESS YOU COME TO THE WEEKLY MEETINGS FOR THE CITY, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT ONE OF OUR SECTIONS COULD BE KIND OF DISCUSSING WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO, OR THE PAST FOUR WEEKS SINCE WE MEET EVERY FOUR WEEKS SO WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY. YEAH. LIKE HOW HE JUST, LIKE, CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU A [INAUDIBLE] SURE.

SO WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S CURRENT SO WE CAN KIND OF WORK AROUND THAT.

YEAH. THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO STAY INVOLVED AND SAY WHAT'S GOING ON? LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THAT TOWN HALL TOMORROW, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE OPEN SPACE OF CENTRAL PARK, IF THERE'S SOMETHING BIG GOING ON LIKE THAT WHERE THERE'S A DISCUSSION ITEM AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT PERTAINS TO YOUTH, IT WOULD BE TOTALLY APPROPRIATE FOR YOU ALL TO COME UP WITH A STATEMENT AND SAY, WE AS A YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE OPEN SPACE AT CENTRAL PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU CAN HAVE A STATEMENT TO SAY HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO VOTE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO LIKE CENTRAL PARK, SO DID DID HE EXPLAIN I WASN'T PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION ABOUT WHAT THE TOWN HALL IS TOMORROW? SO THE WATERFRONT PARK HAS PETANQUE COURTS CURRENTLY.

AND THE WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THE PLANS FOR THE WATERFRONT PARK, THEY WERE STAYING AND THE PUBLIC DIDN'T LIKE THAT.

THERE WAS A LOT OF OUTCRY ABOUT TOO MUCH WASTED SPACE ON BATON COURTS.

SO THEY TOOK THOSE OUT OF THE PLAN, BUT THEY PROMISED THE PETANQUE PLAYERS THAT THEY WOULD REBUILD THEIR COURT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO MOVE IT TO JOE VELARDE FIELD, WHICH IS THAT BASEBALL FIELD BEHIND THE REC CENTER.

AND PEOPLE GOT VERY MAD ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY. YEAH, I DON'T LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE PLAY.

THERE WAS LIKE A SOFTBALL LEAGUE ON THE STREET THAT PLAYS BACK THERE.

I MEAN, MIKE'S KIDS WOULD USE THAT AS THE OVER FIELD IF [INAUDIBLE].

[00:25:06]

AND I THINK IT'S JUST HISTORY.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY IT WAS A BIG CHANGE.

SO THEY FREAKED OUT.

SO WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, OKAY, SORRY.

AND NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING IT TO CENTRAL PARK.

BUT BEFORE THEY MAKE THIS SUGGESTION, THEY WANT TO TALK TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S FLAG FOOTBALL DOES OVERPLAY OVER THERE.

SOME PEOPLE PLAY SOCCER. YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE MAKE A BIG IMPACT IS BATON DIFFERENT THAN BOCCE BALL.

YES, IT'S VERY SIMILAR.

BUT PETANQUE USES THAT GRAVEL.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE IS THEY CAN'T JUST PLAY IT ON GRASS LIKE I THINK BOCCE.

DON'T THEY ALREADY HAVE.

YEAH. WHAT ARE THOSE BOCCE BALL COURTS.

NO, THOSE ARE BATON COURTS.

BUT THEY ARE NOT ENOUGH.

SO THREE TIMES A YEAR THEY DO A TOURNAMENT FOR BATON AND THEY NEED 16 COURTS, I GUESS.

OH, THIS IS LIKE THE IT'S LIKE THE SUPER BOWL.

YES. AS A GUIDELINE.

YEAH. SO IF YOU IF YOU LEAVE HERE, IF YOU DRIVE BY CENTRAL PARK, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S CONES LAID OUT DENOTING WHERE THE NEW COURTS WOULD BE.

AND IT TAKES UP A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SPACE.

HOW FAR DOES IT GO? LIKE TOWARDS THE CABANA.

SO IT BASICALLY LIKE GETS RID OF THAT WHOLE FIELD.

NO. I WOULD DRIVE BY AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.

I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S THAT EXPENSIVE.

YOU DON'T THINK IT'S THAT EXPENSIVE? HOW CLOSE DOES IT GO FROM WHERE? THE OLD PÉTANQUE COURTS TO THE CABANA.

HOW CLOSE IS IT TO THERE? WHAT'S THE CABANA LIKE? THE TENT THING.

OH. THE GAZEBO? YEAH. THE GAZEBO.

IT'S SO IT GOES TO THE LEFT INSTEAD OF OUT.

SO IT'S GOING THIS WAY TOWARD THE STREET RATHER THAN INTO THE TOWARDS THE PLAYGROUND.

OH, THEN THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY FINE.

YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW.

SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GIVE YOU ENOUGH ADVANCE NOTICE.

THIS HAPPENED REALLY QUICKLY.

BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON IT, THEN YOU CAN EITHER GO TO A COMMISSION MEETING AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, OR YOU COULD WRITE A STATEMENT AND WE CAN EMAIL THAT TO THEM.

YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS IS A LEGIT COMMITTEE, LIKE CITY BOARD.

SO YOUR OPINION IS VALUED.

SO THE BATON COURTS ARE.

YEAH. SO AND IT'S IT'S GOING OUT HERE.

OH YEAH. THAT'D BE FUN IF IT DOESN'T LIKE TAKE OVER THE WHOLE OPEN FIELD.

AND THAT OPEN FIELD THERE THAT HAS TO STAY OPEN LIKE THEY CAN'T PUT STUFF THERE? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THAT BEER FESTIVAL THAT WE HAVE IN OCTOBER.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE OVER ALL OF THAT.

THEY HAVE THE PRIDE FESTIVAL THERE.

THEY HAVE SO MANY A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENTS IN THAT FIELD.

AND THEN ALSO LIKE FLAG FOOTBALL DOES, PLAYS OVER THERE.

SO THAT'S WHAT TOMORROW IS.

THEY WROTE EMAILS TO ALL THE SPORTS LEAGUES.

THEY, THEY PUT DOOR KNOCKERS ON ALL THE NEIGHBORS DOOR, CENTRAL PARK, AND TOMORROW EVERYONE'S SUPPOSED TO COME HERE AND SAY WHAT THEY THINK SHOULD HAPPEN TO THIS GREEN SPACE RIGHT HERE. SO PEOPLE FROM [INAUDIBLE] OBVIOUSLY BE HERE.

SEE IT RIGHT HERE. IT SAYS IT BATON COURT'S.

SO IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'LL TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS.

SHOULD BE INTERESTING. BUT AS FAR AS EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE, DOES ANYONE THINK THAT WE SHOULD ADD MORE STUFF TO OUR AGENDA? I MEAN, LIKE WE'LL GO MORE IN DEPTH LIKE CAN WE NAME LIKE SPECIFIC THINGS WE WANT TO DO NEXT TIME? YEAH. YEAH.

JUST DEFINITELY MORE IN DEPTH ON OUR FIRST OBJECTIVE.

YEAH. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK YOU GUYS, BECAUSE WE PROBABLY NEED MORE TO TALK ABOUT THAN JUST OUR FOUR THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA NOW.

I MEAN, IF WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY HAVE AN EVENT IDEA OR PLANNING EVENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS, LIKE THE BEST WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE Y'ALL CAN'T TALK AND MEET ABOUT IT IS TO COME. SO IF SAY, I MEAN IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT NOW, DECIDE WE WANT TO DO A MOVIE NIGHT OR SOMETHING AND THEN SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TAKE THAT ON.

SO ELIZA VALENTINE FROM OUR LAST GROUP MOVIE NIGHT FOR HER IDEA THAT WAS HER BABY.

SHE BASICALLY DID IT, AND THE TWO OF US WORKED TOGETHER ON BOOKING THE SCREEN AND PAYING FOR THE RIGHTS TO THE MOVIE, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SHE JUST TOOK IT AND DID IT BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T TALK TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO WE HAVE A BUDGET? NO. THEN LIBBY WAS IN CHARGE OF GETTING MONEY.

SO LIBBY WENT OUT AND GOT SPONSORSHIPS OKAY.

SO EVERYBODY KIND OF PICKS THEIR PART BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WORK TOGETHER.

SO YOU HAVE TO DECIDE INDEPENDENTLY.

LIKE ONE PERSON IS IN CHARGE OF FOOD TRUCKS, ONE PERSON IS IN CHARGE OF SPONSORSHIP, OR MORE THAN ONE PERSON CAN BE.

AND THEN PERMITS LIKE AS FAR AS PERMITS, DO WE NEED TO GET PERMITS FOR OUR EVENTS TOO? GOOD QUESTION. YES, YOU DO HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.

BUT I USED TO DO SPECIAL EVENTS AS MY JOB IN THE CITY, SO I JUST DO THAT FOR YOU.

BUT I KNOW IT'S LIKE 90 DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR EVENT, SO.

BUT IT'S NOT EXPEDITED FOR US, RIGHT?

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DO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT POSITIVE IT'S.

IT WAS 60 DAYS.

60 SOUNDS RIGHT, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT THOUGH. LET'S SEE WHAT, 60 DAYS FROM TODAY.

YALL JUST TELL ME.

OCTOBER 27TH.

SO AT OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE LATE NOVEMBER WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING.

SO YOU CAN STILL PLAY SOMETHING IN DECEMBER AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UNLESS YOU WANT TO DECIDE SOMETHING NOW AND WE PICK A DATE AND THEN JUST FIGURE OUT ALL THE DETAILS NEXT TIME. LIKE, WHAT DID YOU HAVE IN MIND? DID YOU WANT TO DO A MOVIE NIGHT IN DECEMBER? I MEAN, HOW OFTEN DID THEY DO THE MOVIE NIGHTS? THE LAST GROUP.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF EVERY QUARTER, ONCE A QUARTER, LIKE KIND OF LIKE, NOT LIKE A HOLIDAY, BUT LIKE A CHRISTMAS ONE.

LIKE A HALLOWEEN ONE, I GUESS HOLIDAYS, ACTUALLY.

YEAH WE DO.

THEY DID LIKE THE GRINCH.

THEY DID HALLOWEEN TOWN.

THEY DID SOMETHING FOR VALENTINE'S DAY ISH.

YEAH. I THINK IT WAS LIKE, I FEEL LIKE WE DID FOUR A YEAR, BUT THEY DO COST MONEY.

SO YOU DO HAVE TO GET SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS, WHICH THAT WAS MOSTLY JUST ASKING BUSINESSES OF EITHER PLACES WHERE THEY WORK OR THEIR PARENTS WORKED, OR THEIR PARENTS FRIENDS WORK.

WAS THE TOPTRACER EVENT SUCCESSFUL? I THINK SO I KEEP LOOKING AT YOU, BUT I FIGURED I THINK SO.

I DIDN'T GO TO IT, BUT I SAW PICTURES FROM IT AND IT LOOKED VERY FUN.

OKAY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, BUT DEFINITELY HAVE IDEAS FOR NEXT TIME AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO THE LIKE DETAILS GET MORE IN DEPTH.

AND AS YOU GET MORE COMFORTABLE, IT'LL HAPPEN MORE NATURALLY.

IT'S FINE. THIS IS YOUR VERY FIRST MEETING, SO DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEHIND BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT.

YOU'RE DOING GREAT. ANY FINAL WORDS.

OKAY, SO FOR THE NEXT TIME, FOR THE NEXT AGENDA, COME WITH GOALS.

COME WITH EVENT IDEAS.

AND THEN I WILL HAVE ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT THE TIME CAPSULE AHEAD OF TIME.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. JUST KIND OF HAVE A SCHEDULE TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO PLAN AN EVENT WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE, AND TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING. LIKE, DON'T SAY YOU'LL BE IN CHARGE OF SPONSORSHIPS IF YOU CAN'T COMMIT THE TIME TO IT, THAT KIND OF THING.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

SWEET. AND THEN DO I JUST ADJOURN THE MEETING? SURE. DO I NEED TO? IS EVERYBODY DONE? NO MOTION. YOU CAN MAKE IT.

SOMEONE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I'LL SECOND. WELL I CAN'T SECOND.

RIGHT. I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. MEETING ADJOURNED.

THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.