WEBVTT 00:02.135 --> 00:03.770 >> WITH THE NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT TAKING SHAPE AT CITY 00:03.770 --> 00:05.806 HALL AND EVERY SEAT UP FOR GRABS, 00:05.806 --> 00:07.941 AUSTIN VOTERS ELECTED TWO NEW CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ON NOVEMBER 00:07.941 --> 00:10.577 4TH AND SENT 16 COUNCIL CANDIDATES, 00:10.577 --> 00:13.614 PLUS TWO VYING FOR AUSTIN MAYOR, TO RUNOFF ELECTIONS. 00:13.614 --> 00:15.949 TONIGHT, BEYOND THE RHETORIC. 00:15.949 --> 00:18.318 WE ASK THE REMAINING CANDIDATES WHAT MAKES THEM THE RIGHT PERSON 00:18.318 --> 00:20.787 TO LEAD THEIR DISTRICT AND OUR CITY. 00:20.787 --> 00:38.272 [MUSIC]. 00:38.272 --> 00:40.140 >> SUPPORT FOR CIVIC SUMMIT COMES FROM GOOGLE, 00:40.140 --> 00:42.376 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE WAYS 00:42.376 --> 00:45.178 PEOPLE CONNECT WITH INFORMATION. 00:45.178 --> 00:47.414 AND ALSO BY TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE, 00:47.414 --> 00:49.516 PROVIDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TEXAS EMPLOYERS. 00:49.516 --> 00:55.722 [MUSIC]. 00:55.722 --> 00:58.292 >> HELLO, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR CIVIC SUMMIT CITY COUNCIL 00:58.292 --> 01:01.895 RUNOFF CONVERSATION DISTRICT 6, A JOINT PRODUCTION OF KLRU, 01:01.895 --> 01:05.232 LEADERSHIP AUSTIN, KUT, AND THE ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR 01:05.232 --> 01:06.867 CIVIC LIFE. 01:06.867 --> 01:09.569 I'M MICHAEL KANIN, PUBLISHER OF "THE AUSTIN MONITOR." FOR THE 01:09.569 --> 01:11.672 NEXT HALF HOUR, WE WILL BE SPEAKING TO THE CANDIDATES FROM 01:11.672 --> 01:13.674 DISTRICT 6, JIMMY FLANNIGAN AND DON ZIMMERMAN. 01:13.674 --> 01:15.976 AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION, 01:15.976 --> 01:19.680 PLEASE JOIN US ON TWITTER USING #CIVICSUMMITD6. 01:19.680 --> 01:24.251 DISTRICT 6 ENCOMPASSES THE EDGE OF NORTHWEST AUSTIN TOWARD CEDAR 01:24.251 --> 01:26.153 PARK AND EAST OF THE TRAVIS/WILLIAMSON COUNTY LINE. 01:26.153 --> 01:29.256 DISTRICT 6 IS PRIMARILY ANGLO, WITH MOST OF THE POPULATION 01:29.256 --> 01:31.959 RANGING FROM 24 TO 34 YEARS OLD. 01:31.959 --> 01:33.994 THE DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN POPULATION, 01:33.994 --> 01:35.996 AND IS THE HOME OF SEVERAL TECH SITES, 01:35.996 --> 01:38.265 INCLUDING 3M'S DEVELOPMENT PLANT. 01:38.265 --> 01:41.368 TO MY LEFT IS JIMMY FLANNIGAN. 01:41.368 --> 01:44.604 JIMMY HAS LIVED IN AUSTIN SINCE HE WAS A STUDENT AT THE 01:44.604 --> 01:46.773 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. 01:46.773 --> 01:48.775 WHILE HE -- WHILE STILL A STUDENT, 01:48.775 --> 01:50.777 HE STARTED A BUSINESS CALLED SITE STREET, 01:50.777 --> 01:52.779 WHICH HELPED STUDENTS ORGANIZATIONS BUILD THEIR 01:52.779 --> 01:53.780 WEBSITES. 01:53.780 --> 01:55.782 HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE NORTHWEST AUSTIN COALITION. 01:55.782 --> 01:57.784 RUNNING AGAINST HIM, DON ZIMMERMAN. 01:57.784 --> 01:58.785 DON HAS A B.S. 01:58.785 --> 01:59.786 AND M.S. 01:59.786 --> 02:01.788 IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FROM TEXAS A&M. 02:01.788 --> 02:03.790 HE'S BEEN A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6 CANYON CREEK SINCE 2000, 02:03.790 --> 02:05.792 AND FOUNDED THE TRAVIS COUNTY TAXPAYERS' UNION IN 2002. 02:05.792 --> 02:07.794 OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT WILL FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP, 02:07.794 --> 02:09.363 CONSIDER THIS A JOB INTERVIEW. 02:09.363 --> 02:11.698 WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT SKILLS AND QUALITIES YOU WOULD BRING TO 02:11.698 --> 02:12.699 AUSTIN CITY HALL. 02:12.699 --> 02:15.235 THE DISCUSSION IS NOT BEING CONDUCTED IN AN OFFICIAL DEBATE 02:15.235 --> 02:18.205 MANNER, BUT WE ARE ASKING CANDIDATES TO BE RESPECTFUL OF 02:18.205 --> 02:20.841 EACH OTHER'S TIME AND LIMIT THEIR ANSWERS TO ABOUT A MINUTE. 02:20.841 --> 02:23.510 THE FIRST QUESTION, WHICH WE SHARED WITH BOTH OF YOU 02:23.510 --> 02:27.948 CANDIDATES BEFORE TONIGHT, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF 02:27.948 --> 02:29.950 OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS OF CAMPAIGNING THAT WILL HELP YOU 02:29.950 --> 02:30.951 GOVERN? 02:30.951 --> 02:31.952 JIMMY, YOU'RE FIRST. 02:31.952 --> 02:33.954 >> WELL, I THINK WHAT WE'VE LEARNED -- WHAT I'VE CERTAINLY 02:33.954 --> 02:37.891 LEARNED IS HAVING LIVED IN DISTRICT 6 NEARLY MY WHOLE ADULT 02:37.891 --> 02:41.695 LIFE, AND AT THE SAME TIME WORKING ACROSS THE CITY FOR A 02:41.695 --> 02:45.098 VARIETY OF ISSUES, YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED HOW DISTRICT 6 IS 02:45.098 --> 02:47.200 THE SAME AND HOW IT'S DIFFERENT. 02:47.200 --> 02:50.203 AND THERE ARE MANY ISSUES THAT DISTRICT 6 USES DIFFERENT 02:50.203 --> 02:52.639 LANGUAGE TO TALK ABOUT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, 02:52.639 --> 02:53.640 IT'S THE SAME ISSUE. 02:53.640 --> 02:56.877 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF BATTLES THAT PEOPLE THINK ARE GOING TO 02:56.877 --> 02:57.878 COME. 02:57.878 --> 03:00.847 AND ULTIMATELY -- YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE SAID THIS TO FOLKS ALL 03:00.847 --> 03:03.784 OVER THE DISTRICT, IF WE WALK INTO CITY HALL WITH OUR FISTS 03:03.784 --> 03:07.254 CLENCHED, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING SOLVED IN DISTRICT 6. 03:07.254 --> 03:09.389 IF WE FOCUS ON THE WAYS THAT WE'RE DIFFERENT, 03:09.389 --> 03:10.390 WE'LL GET NOTHING. 03:10.390 --> 03:12.392 WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE WAYS THAT WE'RE THE SAME. 03:12.392 --> 03:14.394 AND THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF ISSUES. 03:14.394 --> 03:16.496 CERTAINLY, TRAFFIC IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE FACE IN 03:16.496 --> 03:19.299 DISTRICT 6, AND I'VE SPENT MANY, MANY YEARS WORKING ON THAT ISSUE 03:19.299 --> 03:21.301 THROUGH THE AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 03:21.301 --> 03:24.204 AND -- AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE ISSUES 03:24.204 --> 03:26.039 ARE THE SAME ACROSS THE CITY. 03:26.039 --> 03:29.543 AND THE DECADE THAT I'VE SPENT THROUGH THE GAY AND LESBIAN 03:29.543 --> 03:31.545 CHAMBER, THROUGH THE AUSTIN CHAMBER, 03:31.545 --> 03:33.547 THROUGH THE NORTHWEST AUSTIN COALITION, 03:33.547 --> 03:35.882 BEING A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, THAT THOSE TOOLS BECOME VERY 03:35.882 --> 03:39.486 VALUABLE WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING THOSE OTHER FIVE VOTES. 03:39.486 --> 03:42.322 YOU KNOW, DISTRICT 6 RESIDENTS DON'T OFTEN GET DOWN TO CITY 03:42.322 --> 03:43.323 HALL. 03:43.323 --> 03:44.324 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. 03:44.324 --> 03:46.493 I CALL IT A GOOD CITIZEN TAX IN ORDER TO ADVOCATE, 03:46.493 --> 03:50.130 AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT A SITTING -- A SINGLE 03:50.130 --> 03:53.366 COUNCILMEMBER ISN'T A PRESIDENT, THEY DON'T GET TO BY FIAT MAKE 03:53.366 --> 03:55.836 DECISIONS IN OR OUT OF THE DISTRICT. 03:55.836 --> 03:57.838 YOU HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO COLLABORATE, 03:57.838 --> 03:59.840 YOU HAVE TO FIND THOSE COALITIONS, 03:59.840 --> 04:01.842 AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE SPENT MY LIFE'S WORK DOING. 04:01.842 --> 04:02.843 >> OKAY. 04:02.843 --> 04:03.844 THANK YOU. 04:03.844 --> 04:04.845 DON? 04:04.845 --> 04:06.847 >> I THINK THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO LEARN WHEN YOU'RE A 04:06.847 --> 04:08.849 CANDIDATE IS IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. 04:08.849 --> 04:10.851 SO WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN THIS CAMPAIGN FOR DISTRICT 6, 04:10.851 --> 04:12.853 TALKING TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I HAVE, 04:12.853 --> 04:14.855 IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT ME PERSONALLY. 04:14.855 --> 04:17.023 I THINK THIS IS ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW. 04:17.023 --> 04:19.893 AND MY LEADERSHIP STYLE WILL BE CENTERED AROUND THAT. 04:19.893 --> 04:24.264 WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT OF MY MUD, WE ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH 04:24.264 --> 04:25.265 THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 04:25.265 --> 04:27.701 A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME BEFORE ME IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, 04:27.701 --> 04:29.703 THEY TRIED TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS, 04:29.703 --> 04:32.472 THEY TRIED TO MEDIATE, THEY TRIED TO REASON TOGETHER, 04:32.472 --> 04:33.507 AND NONE OF THAT WORKED. 04:33.507 --> 04:36.042 AND WHEN I GOT ELECTED AS MY MUD PRESIDENT, 04:36.042 --> 04:38.745 IT BECAME OBVIOUS TO ME AS AN ENGINEER AND A PROBLEM-SOLVER 04:38.745 --> 04:40.747 THAT WE NEEDED TO GO TO LITIGATION. 04:40.747 --> 04:43.150 WE NEEDED TO HAVE RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW. 04:43.150 --> 04:46.153 SO I THINK MY LEADERSHIP STYLE AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED TALKING TO 04:46.153 --> 04:48.155 SO MANY RESIDENTS, I THINK I CAN DO VERY, 04:48.155 --> 04:51.691 VERY WELL IN DISTRICT 6 BECAUSE I FOCUS NOT ON POLITICAL 04:51.691 --> 04:54.828 RELATIONSHIPS, BUT ON FIDELITY TO THE RULE OF LAW. 04:54.828 --> 04:55.829 >> OKAY. 04:55.829 --> 04:57.831 I THINK THAT LENDS IN PERFECTLY TO THE NEXT QUESTION. 04:57.831 --> 05:00.534 DON, THERE'S A TONE OF UNCOMPROMISINGNESS -- NOT A 05:00.534 --> 05:04.271 WORD, UNCOMPROMISING ON A WILLING -- A LACK OF WILLINGNESS 05:04.271 --> 05:05.272 TO COMPROMISE THERE. 05:05.272 --> 05:07.674 AND THIS ELECTION SEASON HAS BEEN NO DIFFERENT, 05:07.674 --> 05:10.143 SORT OF GOING BACK OVER YOUR HISTORY. 05:10.143 --> 05:14.614 FOR YOU, DO THE CONCEPTS OF LEADERSHIP AND MITIGATION MIX? 05:14.614 --> 05:15.749 >> ABSOLUTELY. 05:15.749 --> 05:16.750 ABSOLUTELY. 05:16.750 --> 05:20.787 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF MEDIATION CASES, OF COURSE. 05:20.787 --> 05:24.424 BUT LET ME ASK -- MAYBE I CAN PUT OUT A SIMPLE CASE OF WHAT I 05:24.424 --> 05:27.694 MEAN BY COMPROMISE AND HOW THAT IS A BAD WORD. 05:27.694 --> 05:31.331 IMAGINE, HOW FRUSTRATED OUR PEOPLE WOULD BE IF ONE OF OUR 05:31.331 --> 05:33.333 CITIZENS CALLED THE POLICE AND SAID, 05:33.333 --> 05:34.334 I HAVE A ROBBERY IN PROGRESS. 05:34.334 --> 05:35.335 POLICE COME OVER. 05:35.335 --> 05:37.304 POLICEMAN LOOKS AT THE ROBBER, POLICEMAN LOOKS AT THE 05:37.304 --> 05:39.973 HOMEOWNER, HE SAYS TELL YOU WHAT? 05:39.973 --> 05:41.174 LET'S HAVE A COMPROMISE. 05:41.174 --> 05:44.211 THE ROBBER TAKES HALF OF YOUR PROPERTY AND YOU KEEP HALF. 05:44.211 --> 05:45.545 COMPROMISE. 05:45.545 --> 05:47.614 AND I WOULD SAY TO THAT, THAT'S NOT A COMPROMISE, 05:47.614 --> 05:50.250 THAT'S AN OUTRAGE, BECAUSE THERE'S A VIOLATION OF THE RULE 05:50.250 --> 05:51.251 OF LAW. 05:51.251 --> 05:54.154 SO WHAT I SEEK TO DO IS IF THERE'S -- WHEN THERE ARE GRAY 05:54.154 --> 05:56.156 AREAS, BECAUSE THERE ALWAYS ARE. 05:56.156 --> 05:59.459 WHEN THERE ARE GRAY AREAS, LET'S ASK, WHY IS THIS AREA GRAY? 05:59.459 --> 06:01.461 LET'S SEEK FOR THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, 06:01.461 --> 06:03.463 AND LET'S SEE HOW THE RULE OF LAW APPLIES, 06:03.463 --> 06:04.464 AND LET'S APPLY IT FAIRLY. 06:04.464 --> 06:05.465 >> OKAY. 06:05.465 --> 06:08.068 JIMMY, DON'S VICTORY MAY HAVE BEEN SLIM, BUT THERE IT IS. 06:08.068 --> 06:10.570 AND A BASELINE ARGUMENT MIGHT START WITH THE IDEA THAT AT 06:10.570 --> 06:12.772 LEAST ONE QUARTER OF THE POPULATION OF YOUR DISTRICT ARE 06:12.772 --> 06:14.774 CALLING FOR HIS STYLE OF LEADERSHIP. 06:14.774 --> 06:16.776 IF ELECTED, HOW WOULD YOU REPRESENT THAT SEGMENT OF THE 06:16.776 --> 06:17.744 POPULATION? 06:17.744 --> 06:20.080 >> WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE 15, 06:20.080 --> 06:24.017 000 VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE DID NOT REACH 15, 06:24.017 --> 06:26.119 000 VOTERS AS CANDIDATES. 06:26.119 --> 06:28.855 THERE WERE SMALL FORUMS, THERE WERE -- YOU KNOW, AT MOST, 06:28.855 --> 06:30.857 200 PEOPLE SHOWING UP TO A FORUM. 06:30.857 --> 06:32.859 AND THE FOLKS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO IN THE DISTRICT WHO HAVE 06:32.859 --> 06:35.195 VOTED FOR OTHER CANDIDATES BESIDES MYSELF HAVE SINCE 06:35.195 --> 06:38.932 APOLOGIZED, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO INVESTIGATE THE 06:38.932 --> 06:39.933 CANDIDATES. 06:39.933 --> 06:42.636 AND ONCE THEY DID, ONCE THEY LOOKED INTO MY LEADERSHIP STYLE 06:42.636 --> 06:45.405 AND MY LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND THOSE OF MY OPPONENTS, 06:45.405 --> 06:48.441 THEY'VE PULLED YARD SIGNS OUT, THEY'VE PROMISED TO VOTE IN THAT 06:48.441 --> 06:51.044 WAY IN THE RUNOFF, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY YOU CAN'T GOVERN BY 06:51.044 --> 06:52.112 LAWSUIT. 06:52.112 --> 06:53.513 IT'S NOT A REALISTIC APPROACH. 06:53.513 --> 06:57.250 YOU CAN'T SUE APD IN ORDER TO FIX A PROPERTY KIND OF PROBLEM, 06:57.250 --> 06:59.886 AND YOU CAN'T SUE LCRA TO FILL THE LAKES AND YOU CAN'T SUE 06:59.886 --> 07:01.354 TXDOT TO BUILD A ROAD. 07:01.354 --> 07:02.355 >> OKAY. 07:02.355 --> 07:04.357 I WANT TO PUSH YOU A LITTLE BIT ON IT, 07:04.357 --> 07:06.893 BECAUSE YOU'RE SUGGESTING -- YOU DIDN'T QUITE ANSWER THE 07:06.893 --> 07:07.894 QUESTION. 07:07.894 --> 07:09.996 IF ELECTED, HOW WOULD YOU REPRESENT THE LEADER -- THE 07:09.996 --> 07:10.997 PORTION -- >> SURE. 07:10.997 --> 07:12.999 >> -- OF THE POPULATION -- >> SURE. 07:12.999 --> 07:15.001 WELL, I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THE RACE THAT WENT TO EVERY 07:15.001 --> 07:17.003 FORUM, RESPONDED TO EVERY QUESTIONNAIRE, 07:17.003 --> 07:18.004 WENT TO EVERY MEETING. 07:18.004 --> 07:20.440 I WENT TO PARTISAN ONES, ISSUE ONES, NEIGHBORHOOD ONES, 07:20.440 --> 07:23.576 AND AT EVERY SINGLE POINT, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THAT I HAVE 07:23.576 --> 07:26.746 NOT ONLY THE SKILLS -- THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE ISSUES THAT WE 07:26.746 --> 07:29.582 FACE AT CITY HALL, BUT THE SKILLS TO ACTUALLY BRING RESULTS 07:29.582 --> 07:30.717 TO DISTRICT 6. 07:30.717 --> 07:33.253 AND I HAVE SUPPORTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PARTISAN DIVIDE, 07:33.253 --> 07:35.822 I HAVE ENDORSEMENTS FROM GROUPS THAT CONTRADICT THE OTHER 07:35.822 --> 07:36.823 GROUPS. 07:36.823 --> 07:39.392 BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT ME TO 07:39.392 --> 07:42.195 SAY, WELL, DOES HE AGREE WITH ME; IT'S THEY LOOK AT ME TO SAY, 07:42.195 --> 07:45.565 THAT'S THE GUY WHO CAN GET STUFF DONE AND WE CAN WORK WITH HIM. 07:45.565 --> 07:46.566 >> OKAY. 07:46.566 --> 07:48.568 NEXT QUESTION, SORT OF ALONG THE SAME THING. 07:48.568 --> 07:50.570 THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THIS INCUMBENT COUNCIL WILL PLAY A 07:50.570 --> 07:52.806 HOST TO A WIDER VARIETY OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY THAN HAS BEEN 07:52.806 --> 07:53.807 ON COUNCIL BEFORE. 07:53.807 --> 07:55.909 HOW WILL YOU WORK WITH YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE THAT THE 07:55.909 --> 07:57.077 BODY ISN'T SIDETRACKED? 07:57.077 --> 07:58.078 JIMMY? 07:58.078 --> 08:00.080 >> WELL, THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARTISANSHIP. 08:00.080 --> 08:02.082 AND I HAVE, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, 08:02.082 --> 08:04.451 MADE IT CLEAR THAT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN PLAYING PARTISAN 08:04.451 --> 08:05.452 GAMES. 08:05.452 --> 08:08.088 I'M NOT INTERESTED IN -- IN PICKING A SIDE. 08:08.088 --> 08:10.724 CITY ISSUES ARE NONPARTISAN ISSUES. 08:10.724 --> 08:13.493 THERE IS NOT REPUBLICAN TRAFFIC OR DEMOCRATIC TRAFFIC. 08:13.493 --> 08:16.329 THERE IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE LAKE AND A LIBERAL LAKE. 08:16.329 --> 08:18.331 THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE ALL SHARE. 08:18.331 --> 08:20.667 AND THE SOLUTIONS, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, ARE THE SAME. 08:20.667 --> 08:23.336 YOU TAKE ANDERSON OLD ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISTRICT, 08:23.336 --> 08:25.338 I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR POLITICAL PARTY IS, 08:25.338 --> 08:27.707 YOU'RE TIRED THAT ONLY HALF OF IT'S BEEN FIXED. 08:27.707 --> 08:30.143 AND THE HALF CLOSEST TO 183 HASN'T BEEN UPDATED LIKE THE 08:30.143 --> 08:31.144 OTHER ENDS OF THAT ROAD. 08:31.144 --> 08:33.847 AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER ISSUES YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT 08:33.847 --> 08:35.849 HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PARTISANSHIP, 08:35.849 --> 08:37.884 AND THAT'S BEEN A COMMITMENT I'VE MADE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 08:37.884 --> 08:38.885 THE RACE. 08:38.885 --> 08:41.287 IT'S WHY I ATTENDED REPUBLICAN FORUMS AND DEMOCRATIC FORUMS. 08:41.287 --> 08:43.289 LIKE I SAID, I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO DO THAT. 08:43.289 --> 08:45.291 AND HOW -- THAT IS HOW I INTEND TO LEAD, 08:45.291 --> 08:48.094 WITH BRINGING IN ALL IDEAS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE IDEAS WE 08:48.094 --> 08:49.329 USE ARE THE BEST ONES. 08:49.329 --> 08:50.764 >> DON, SAME QUESTION TO YOU. 08:50.764 --> 08:53.566 >> WELL, I'M GOING TO BRING A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE VIEW. 08:53.566 --> 08:56.102 I'VE KNOCKED ON MANY DOORS, AS HAS JIMMY. 08:56.102 --> 09:00.306 AND JIMMY'S RIGHT, TECHNICALLY, IT IS A NONPARTISAN RACE HERE, 09:00.306 --> 09:03.443 BUT THE FACT IS WE DO HAVE SOME VIEWS THAT ARE DIVERGENT. 09:03.443 --> 09:06.813 AND THERE ARE SOME MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. 09:06.813 --> 09:11.384 WE CANNOT SIMULTANEOUSLY LOWER PROPERTY TAXES AND ALSO INCREASE 09:11.384 --> 09:12.385 THEM. 09:12.385 --> 09:14.721 SO THE FISCAL CONSERVATIVES, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUBURBS, 09:14.721 --> 09:17.357 FEEL THEY'VE BEEN OVERTAXED, UNDERREPRESENTED. 09:17.357 --> 09:18.958 THEY NEED TAX RELIEF. 09:18.958 --> 09:20.960 TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT THE BUDGET AND LOWER 09:20.960 --> 09:21.961 TAXES. 09:21.961 --> 09:29.135 NOW, THAT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE HAPPY A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WE 09:29.135 --> 09:31.137 HAVE THAT WANT TAXES RAISED BECAUSE THEY WANT MORE SERVICES 09:31.137 --> 09:32.138 OUT OF THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT. 09:32.138 --> 09:34.140 SO, AGAIN, MY LEADERSHIP STYLE IS TO COME IN AND SAY LOOK, 09:34.140 --> 09:36.142 WE DO LIVE -- WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN A DEMOCRAT CITY, 09:36.142 --> 09:37.143 THAT IS THE MAJORITY VOTE HERE. 09:37.143 --> 09:39.245 AND THE DEMOCRAT POSITION HAS BEEN, FOR DECADES, 09:39.245 --> 09:42.749 MORE REGULATION AND MORE TAXES, SO IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT 09:42.749 --> 09:45.385 FOR THE MINORITY OF NEW CITY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT ARE FISCAL 09:45.385 --> 09:47.821 CONSERVATIVES, IT IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING FOR THEM, 09:47.821 --> 09:49.823 BUT I THINK THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT. 09:49.823 --> 09:52.392 ONE OF THE THINGS I PLAN TO DO IS FOCUS ON THE TRANSPORTATION 09:52.392 --> 09:55.562 PROBLEM AS AN ENGINEER IN WESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY, 09:55.562 --> 09:57.564 AND THAT CERTAINLY IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE. 09:57.564 --> 09:58.565 >> OKAY. 09:58.565 --> 10:00.567 LET'S MOVE ON FROM THIS BASIC TOPIC. 10:00.567 --> 10:02.569 HERE'S A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION. 10:02.569 --> 10:04.571 A DEVELOPER IS IN CONFLICT OVER A PROJECT WITHIN A LOCAL 10:04.571 --> 10:05.572 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. 10:05.572 --> 10:08.741 CITY STAFF PREFERS ONE SOLUTION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP PREFERS 10:08.741 --> 10:09.742 ANOTHER. 10:09.742 --> 10:12.212 WHAT SKILLS WILL YOU USE TO RESOLVE THIS AND ANY OTHER 10:12.212 --> 10:14.447 CONFLICTS THAT WILL NO DOUBT ARISE BETWEEN COMPETING 10:14.447 --> 10:15.448 INTERESTS? 10:15.448 --> 10:16.449 DON, YOUR TURN TO GO FIRST. 10:16.449 --> 10:19.319 >> GREAT QUESTION, BUT ONE PERSON THAT WAS LEFT OUT WAS THE 10:19.319 --> 10:22.255 PERSON WHO PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND WANTS TO DO THE 10:22.255 --> 10:23.256 PROJECT. 10:23.256 --> 10:25.692 I THINK THE QUESTION WAS POSED BETWEEN THE BUREAUCRATIC 10:25.692 --> 10:28.061 INTEREST, RIGHT, AND ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT ARE 10:28.061 --> 10:29.062 ALREADY THERE. 10:29.062 --> 10:31.998 WHAT ABOUT THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND HAS A PLAN AND 10:31.998 --> 10:34.934 A GOAL TO DO A DEVELOPMENT, BUILD MORE HOUSES, BUSINESSES, 10:34.934 --> 10:35.935 WHATEVER IT IS? 10:35.935 --> 10:38.972 THIS IS SOMETHING WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T ANSWER IN A ONE-MINUTE 10:38.972 --> 10:39.973 RESPONSE. 10:39.973 --> 10:40.974 >> ALL RIGHT. 10:40.974 --> 10:43.109 THEN YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE MORE THAN A MINUTE, PLEASE. 10:43.109 --> 10:46.880 >> BUT JUST TO SAY IDEOLOGICALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS 10:46.880 --> 10:49.315 MORE RESPECT FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS. 10:49.315 --> 10:53.119 AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU END UP WITH A DISCREPANCY OR A 10:53.119 --> 10:55.221 CONFLICT IN PROPERTY RIGHTS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 10:55.221 --> 10:57.323 ALREADY LIVED THERE, THEY'VE LIVED UNDER ZONING, 10:57.323 --> 10:59.792 THEY'VE BEEN SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, 10:59.792 --> 11:01.861 THEY HAVE A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THE NEIGHBORHOOD 11:01.861 --> 11:03.496 SHOULD STAY THAT WAY. 11:03.496 --> 11:05.465 THEN YOU HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF, SAY, 11:05.465 --> 11:07.467 A DEVELOPER THAT COMES IN AND BUYS UP SOME LAND, WELL, 11:07.467 --> 11:09.602 MAYBE HE WANTS TO CREATE SOME DENSITY, 11:09.602 --> 11:11.604 HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE PROPERTY. 11:11.604 --> 11:14.040 WELL, HE'S A PROPERTY OWNER, BUT SO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY 11:14.040 --> 11:15.108 LIVE THERE. 11:15.108 --> 11:17.677 SO I SEE THE CITY'S ROLE, GOVERNMENT'S ROLE AND THE 11:17.677 --> 11:20.446 JUDICIARY'S ROLE IN MEDIATING THESE DISPUTES. 11:20.446 --> 11:24.484 HOW DO WE BALANCE THE DEMANDS, THE JUST DEMANDS BETWEEN 11:24.484 --> 11:27.453 PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE UNDER ZONING AND A NEW 11:27.453 --> 11:29.489 PROPERTY OWNER WHO'S BOUGHT PROPERTY WHO WANTS A DIFFERENT 11:29.489 --> 11:30.490 DEVELOPMENT. 11:30.490 --> 11:32.892 THAT'S A MEDIATION EXERCISE, IN MY BOOK. 11:32.892 --> 11:33.893 >> OKAY. 11:33.893 --> 11:35.895 >> AND IT SHOULDN'T BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF UNELECTED 11:35.895 --> 11:36.896 BUREAUCRATS. 11:36.896 --> 11:37.864 >> OKAY. 11:37.864 --> 11:38.865 THANKS. 11:38.865 --> 11:39.866 JIMMY? 11:39.866 --> 11:42.235 >> WELL, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THIS IS ABOUT BEING PARTNERS. 11:42.235 --> 11:44.604 THIS IS NOT ABOUT GOING INTO THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS 11:44.604 --> 11:45.738 ADVERSARIES. 11:45.738 --> 11:47.941 AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT A LOT AT CITY HALL WHERE THE 11:47.941 --> 11:50.410 DEFAULT POSITION BY STAFF, THE DEFAULT POSITION BY 11:50.410 --> 11:52.912 NEIGHBORHOODS, THE DEFAULT POSITION BY DEVELOPERS HAS BEEN 11:52.912 --> 11:54.914 THIS IS GOING TO BE A BATTLE AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT. 11:54.914 --> 11:56.916 INSTEAD OF BEING PARTNERS, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, 11:56.916 --> 11:58.918 NEIGHBORHOODS UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, 11:58.918 --> 11:59.919 GROWTH IS COMING. 11:59.919 --> 12:02.555 WE'VE SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE ON THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT YOU 12:02.555 --> 12:03.923 CAN STOP GROWTH. 12:03.923 --> 12:04.924 YOU CAN'T STOP GROWTH. 12:04.924 --> 12:06.926 YOU HAVE TO MANAGE IT, YOU HAVE TO PLAN IT, 12:06.926 --> 12:08.962 AND YOU HAVE TO BE PARTNERS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT. 12:08.962 --> 12:11.798 OTHERWISE, WHAT YOU END UP WITH IS GROWTH IN LEANDER AND CEDAR 12:11.798 --> 12:14.701 PARK AND ROUND ROCK, AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE DRIVING ON AUSTIN 12:14.701 --> 12:16.703 ROADS THAT AUSTIN TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY FOR. 12:16.703 --> 12:19.539 SO THIS IS ABOUT NOT -- NOT ABOUT LETTING IT ALL GO TO 12:19.539 --> 12:22.809 LAWSUIT AND -- OR -- OR ARBITRATION OR MEDIATION, 12:22.809 --> 12:25.111 THIS IS ABOUT STARTING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS AND 12:25.111 --> 12:28.514 MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE DONE IN AN AIR OF COLLABORATION AND 12:28.514 --> 12:29.515 PARTNERSHIP. 12:29.515 --> 12:32.785 AND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO 10-1, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO 12:32.785 --> 12:36.155 GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION, WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO 12:36.155 --> 12:37.156 CHANGE THAT TONE. 12:37.156 --> 12:39.993 IF THIS WASN'T A CHANGE AND IT WAS JUST ONE NEW COUNCILMEMBER 12:39.993 --> 12:42.729 COMING IN TO AN EXISTING SYSTEM, YOU MIGHT ARGUE THAT THAT WAS 12:42.729 --> 12:44.030 IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE. 12:44.030 --> 12:46.065 BUT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE NEW VOICES AND THESE NEW 12:46.065 --> 12:48.468 PERSPECTIVES, WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT DONE. 12:48.468 --> 12:49.469 >> OKAY. 12:49.469 --> 12:51.671 HOW WILL YOU INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION WITH 12:51.671 --> 12:52.672 YOUR OFFICE? 12:52.672 --> 12:53.673 JIMMY, YOUR TURN TO GO FIRST. 12:53.673 --> 12:55.742 >> THIS IS ALL ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION. 12:55.742 --> 12:58.211 IN FACT, THERE WERE MANY FORUMS AND QUESTIONNAIRES, 12:58.211 --> 13:00.213 SAYS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS? 13:00.213 --> 13:02.215 WHAT'S THE FIRST LAW YOU'RE GOING TO PASS, 13:02.215 --> 13:03.216 THE FIRST ORDINANCE? 13:03.216 --> 13:05.218 I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO PASS ANY ORDINANCES IN THE FIRST HUNDRED 13:05.218 --> 13:06.219 DAYS. 13:06.219 --> 13:08.221 FOLKS IN DISTRICT 6 AREN'T EVEN BEING TOLD WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS 13:08.221 --> 13:09.222 NOW. 13:09.222 --> 13:11.224 WE HAVE TO REACH OUT AND YOU HAVE TO BUILD THOSE LINES OF 13:11.224 --> 13:13.826 COMMUNICATION SO THAT WHEN THE NEXT BATTLE COMES, 13:13.826 --> 13:16.329 WHEN THE NEXT ORDINANCE COMES, WHEN THE NEXT THING COMES, 13:16.329 --> 13:18.898 DISTRICT 6 RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED, 13:18.898 --> 13:21.901 THAT THEY CAN ADVOCATE THROUGH THEIR COUNCILMEMBER OR AT CITY 13:21.901 --> 13:23.903 HALL, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THERE. 13:23.903 --> 13:25.938 THIS IS -- IT'S ENTIRELY ABOUT COMMUNICATION. 13:25.938 --> 13:27.940 AND NOT JUST NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, 13:27.940 --> 13:31.110 BUT BUSINESSES AND -- SMALL BUSINESSES, PTAS, CHURCHES, 13:31.110 --> 13:33.746 IT'S -- THIS IS THE PREMISE OF THE NORTHWEST AUSTIN COALITION 13:33.746 --> 13:37.717 GROUP THAT I FOUNDED, WAS AFTER WE DID SOME ADVOCACY ON MAPPING, 13:37.717 --> 13:40.286 WE SAID, LOOK, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THIS GOING. 13:40.286 --> 13:42.288 THERE IS STUFF HAPPENING AT CITY HALL, 13:42.288 --> 13:44.290 AND THAT INFORMATION NEVER GETS PASSED THE ARBORETUM. 13:44.290 --> 13:46.325 SO I KEPT THOSE MEETINGS GOING MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH 13:46.325 --> 13:49.228 AND BRINGING OUT APD AND CODENEXT AND TRANSPORTATION AND 13:49.228 --> 13:52.131 WATER AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING SO THAT FOLKS IN 13:52.131 --> 13:55.201 DISTRICT 6 COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON AT CITY HALL, 13:55.201 --> 13:57.837 SO THEN WE COULD BE ALL, AS A COMMUNITY, 13:57.837 --> 13:59.839 BE GOOD ADVOCATES ON THOSE ISSUES. 13:59.839 --> 14:00.840 >> OKAY. 14:00.840 --> 14:01.841 DON? 14:01.841 --> 14:03.843 >> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION, AND THIS ONE HAS A CLEAR ANSWER FOR 14:03.843 --> 14:04.844 ME. 14:04.844 --> 14:07.480 MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, I WENT DOWN TO CITY HALL TO PROTEST THE 14:07.480 --> 14:10.717 -- SOME OF THE PATRIOT ACT ITEMS THAT WENT IN. 14:10.717 --> 14:13.753 AND I THINK THE PATRIOT ACT, UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, 14:13.753 --> 14:18.591 WAS ASKING FOR LIBRARIANS TO EFFECTIVELY SPY ON LIBRARY 14:18.591 --> 14:20.593 CUSTOMERS AS TO WHAT BOOKS THEY WERE READING. 14:20.593 --> 14:22.795 I WENT DOWN TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO TESTIFY. 14:22.795 --> 14:25.364 IT WAS ON THE AGENDA AT MAYBE 2:30. 14:25.364 --> 14:28.534 I ENDED UP GIVEN THE CHANCE TO HAVE THREE MINUTES AT ABOUT 1:00 14:28.534 --> 14:29.635 IN THE MORNING. 14:29.635 --> 14:31.637 AND THAT STUFF HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. 14:31.637 --> 14:34.774 SO I THINK WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO IMPROVE CIVIC PARTICIPATION 14:34.774 --> 14:37.744 IS TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. 14:37.744 --> 14:40.646 WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER SCHEDULING AND WE NEED TO HAVE 14:40.646 --> 14:43.249 TIME SLOTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND TESTIFY. 14:43.249 --> 14:45.885 I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MEETING, 14:45.885 --> 14:48.654 AN ALL-DAY MEETING, THE AGENDA IS NOT CLEAR, 14:48.654 --> 14:51.657 PEOPLE CAN COME IN AT 10:00, THEY WAIT EIGHT HOURS TO TALK 14:51.657 --> 14:52.658 FOR THREE MINUTES. 14:52.658 --> 14:55.561 THAT'S HOW YOU KILL CIVIC PARTICIPATION. 14:55.561 --> 14:57.663 WE HAVE A -- AN INDIVIDUAL, BILL OAKEY, 14:57.663 --> 14:59.966 WHO'S BEEN IN THE AREA HERE FOR DECADES. 14:59.966 --> 15:04.237 AND BACK IN THE 1980S, HE CAME UP WITH A TERRIFIC PROPOSAL THAT 15:04.237 --> 15:07.340 WOULD CHANGE THE SYSTEM, RIGHT, AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO SET 15:07.340 --> 15:09.342 APPOINTMENTS WHEN THEY COULD COME AND SPEAK BEFORE THE 15:09.342 --> 15:10.343 COUNCIL. 15:10.343 --> 15:11.978 THAT WAS PROPOSED 30 YEARS AGO. 15:11.978 --> 15:15.782 I PROPOSE THAT WE IMPLEMENT THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN THE NEW 15:15.782 --> 15:16.783 10-1. 15:16.783 --> 15:17.784 >> OKAY. 15:17.784 --> 15:19.786 WITH SO MANY NEW FACES ON THE COUNCIL, 15:19.786 --> 15:21.788 MANY OF YOU WILL BE LEARNING THE ROPES OF GOVERNING THE CITY 15:21.788 --> 15:23.790 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME LEARNING THE ISSUES. 15:23.790 --> 15:24.791 HOW WILL YOU LEARN IT? 15:24.791 --> 15:25.792 DON? 15:25.792 --> 15:27.794 >> THAT IS ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION. 15:27.794 --> 15:29.796 I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY ENGINEERING BACKGROUND WHERE 15:29.796 --> 15:31.798 THEY DUMPED A BIG PILE OF TECHNICAL BOOKS, 15:31.798 --> 15:33.800 SOME OF WHICH WERE SO COMPLICATED I NEVER DID 15:33.800 --> 15:34.801 COMPREHEND THEM. 15:34.801 --> 15:36.803 YOU HAVE TO WORK VERY, VERY, VERY HARD. 15:36.803 --> 15:38.805 YOU HAVE TO PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS. 15:38.805 --> 15:40.807 YOU HAVE TO STUDY VERY, VERY DILIGENTLY. 15:40.807 --> 15:42.809 I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WOULD HELP WOULD BE TO BRING IN 15:42.809 --> 15:43.810 PAST CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. 15:43.810 --> 15:46.846 JACKIE GOODMAN WAS, I THOUGHT, A VERY GOOD COUNCILMEMBER. 15:46.846 --> 15:48.848 SHE HELPED ME ON A LOT OF ISSUES. 15:48.848 --> 15:51.851 I THINK WE CAN GO TO PAST COUNCILMEMBERS, OBVIOUSLY. 15:51.851 --> 15:55.454 WE CAN ALSO LOOK TO SOME OTHER CITIES THAT ALREADY HAVE 15:55.454 --> 15:58.191 GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION, WE CAN GET IDEAS FROM THEM. 15:58.191 --> 16:00.393 BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, AS YOU SAID, 16:00.393 --> 16:03.529 TO TRY TO LEARN WHAT YOU NEED TO LEARN, ADJUST TO THE NEW SYSTEM. 16:03.529 --> 16:05.865 IT'S GOING TO BE DRINKING FROM THE PROVERBIAL FIRE HOSE. 16:05.865 --> 16:06.866 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 16:06.866 --> 16:07.867 JIMMY? 16:07.867 --> 16:09.902 >> I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE THAT YOU NEED TO BRING IN OLD 16:09.902 --> 16:10.903 COUNCILMEMBERS. 16:10.903 --> 16:12.905 THE VOTERS MADE IT CLEAR THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE OLD SYSTEM. 16:12.905 --> 16:15.308 I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE IT'S NEW, 16:15.308 --> 16:19.178 TO -- TO INVENT A SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR THE CURRENT CITY AND 16:19.178 --> 16:21.280 THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO GOVERN INTO THE FUTURE. 16:21.280 --> 16:23.850 YOU KNOW, LEARNING WHILE YOU'RE ON THE JOB IS SOMETHING EVERY 16:23.850 --> 16:26.185 COUNCILMEMBER DOES, EVEN THE ONES IN THE OLD SYSTEM HAD TO DO 16:26.185 --> 16:27.186 IT. 16:27.186 --> 16:29.488 AND -- AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE OF MY LIFE 16:29.488 --> 16:30.489 WORKING ON CITY ISSUES. 16:30.489 --> 16:33.059 IT'S BEEN MY PRIMARY FOCUS AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND A 16:33.059 --> 16:34.060 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEADER. 16:34.060 --> 16:36.996 I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO START GOVERNING RIGHT AWAY. 16:36.996 --> 16:39.799 THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO DO THIS HUGE, 16:39.799 --> 16:42.201 RIDICULOUS LEARNING CURVE ON DAY ONE. 16:42.201 --> 16:44.237 THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO GOVERN IN 10-1. 16:44.237 --> 16:46.339 IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE THE VOTERS SAID, 16:46.339 --> 16:47.974 WE DON'T TRUST THE OLD SYSTEM. 16:47.974 --> 16:49.976 WE WANT GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION, 16:49.976 --> 16:52.278 AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT REPRESENTATION CAN WORK TOGETHER 16:52.278 --> 16:53.279 TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. 16:53.279 --> 16:56.315 AND IF WE END UP IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE EITHER RELYING UPON 16:56.315 --> 16:59.151 THE OLD WAY, WE WON'T HAVE FULFILLED THE VOTERS' WILL, 16:59.151 --> 17:02.188 AND IF WE WAIT AROUND FOR EVERYBODY TO GET UP TO SPEED ON 17:02.188 --> 17:04.190 EVERY ISSUE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE. 17:04.190 --> 17:06.692 AND I THINK WHAT YOU'LL FIND ARE DIFFERENT COUNCILMEMBERS IN THIS 17:06.692 --> 17:08.694 NEW SYSTEM HAVING MORE EXPERIENCE IN ONE AREA THAN 17:08.694 --> 17:09.695 ANOTHER. 17:09.695 --> 17:12.331 CERTAINLY, MY PRIMARY AREA OF EXPERIENCE IS SMALL BUSINESSES 17:12.331 --> 17:14.834 AND TRANSPORTATION, AND I INTEND TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON 17:14.834 --> 17:15.835 THOSE ISSUES. 17:15.835 --> 17:16.836 >> OKAY. 17:16.836 --> 17:17.837 THANKS. 17:17.837 --> 17:19.839 LET'S PULL BACK AND TALK MORE -- A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE 17:19.839 --> 17:20.840 REGION. 17:20.840 --> 17:22.842 AS YOU BOTH MAY BE AWARE, THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF REGIONAL 17:22.842 --> 17:24.844 PARTNERSHIPS WITH A NUMBER OF REGIONAL ENTITIES. 17:24.844 --> 17:28.714 HOW WILL YOU -- WHAT LEADERSHIP SKILLS WILL YOU USE TO -- WHEN 17:28.714 --> 17:29.749 YOU INTERACT WITH THESE FOLKS? 17:29.749 --> 17:31.183 LET'S START WITH YOU, JIMMY. 17:31.183 --> 17:32.251 I THINK IT'S YOUR TURN. 17:32.251 --> 17:35.254 >> WELL, IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAINTAINING THIS -- THIS 17:35.254 --> 17:38.691 COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION AND NONPARTISAN PERSPECTIVE. 17:38.691 --> 17:41.594 DISTRICT 6 HAS A VERY UNIQUE ROLE IN WORKING REGIONALLY 17:41.594 --> 17:44.864 BECAUSE WE'RE IN TWO COUNTIES, BASICALLY EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN 17:44.864 --> 17:46.866 WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNTY. 17:46.866 --> 17:49.635 AND WHEN IT COMES TO, ESPECIALLY SOLVING TRANSPORTATION AND WATER 17:49.635 --> 17:52.438 ISSUES, IT TAKES A REGIONAL COLLABORATION TO GET IT DONE. 17:52.438 --> 17:55.908 AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY 17:55.908 --> 17:58.811 COMMISSIONERS COURT, WE'VE GOT SIMILAR CONSTITUENTS. 17:58.811 --> 18:02.348 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE A CITYWIDE COUNCILMEMBER, 18:02.348 --> 18:04.817 YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY THINKING ABOUT IT THAT WAY. 18:04.817 --> 18:06.819 YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT VOTED IN THAT CITY 18:06.819 --> 18:08.888 ELECTION, WHICH IS PRIMARILY NOT THE FOLKS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. 18:08.888 --> 18:11.657 SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BRIDGE THAT GAP, 18:11.657 --> 18:13.659 BECAUSE WE HAVE SHARED CONSTITUENTS, 18:13.659 --> 18:16.429 WE HAVE SHARED ISSUES, WE'RE SEEING THE SAME CLOGGED ROADS 18:16.429 --> 18:18.597 BECAUSE THE ONES DRIVING TO GEORGETOWN ARE DRIVING ON THAT 18:18.597 --> 18:21.300 SAME PARMER LANE THAT MY FOLKS ARE DRIVING TO APPLE DOWN THE 18:21.300 --> 18:22.301 ROAD. 18:22.301 --> 18:25.071 SO THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS IS REALLY ABOUT REMOVING 18:25.071 --> 18:28.374 PARTISANSHIP AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO A 18:28.374 --> 18:30.977 DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED COMMISSIONERS COURT IN TRAVIS 18:30.977 --> 18:32.945 AND REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED COMMISSIONERS COURT IN 18:32.945 --> 18:35.781 WILLIAMSON, THAT DISTRICT 6 GETS TO BE THE NONPARTISAN BRIDGE 18:35.781 --> 18:37.049 THAT'S FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS. 18:37.049 --> 18:38.050 >> OKAY. 18:38.050 --> 18:39.051 DON? 18:39.051 --> 18:40.052 >> I WOULD AGREE. 18:40.052 --> 18:42.054 I WOULD LIKE TO BE APPOINTED TO THAT CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL 18:42.054 --> 18:43.055 MOBILITY AUTHORITY. 18:43.055 --> 18:45.024 I DO HAVE A DEEP TECHNICAL BACKGROUND. 18:45.024 --> 18:47.893 I HAVE A PROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTATION, 18:47.893 --> 18:50.296 SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MY LEADERSHIP STYLE, 18:50.296 --> 18:53.032 IT IS TO DRIVE TOWARDS A GOOD SOLUTION. 18:53.032 --> 18:56.435 SO THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM HERE IS -- IT IS A VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM. 18:56.435 --> 18:58.571 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF NEW ROADS, 18:58.571 --> 19:01.874 THE PROBLEMS WITH RIGHT OF WAY, THE ISSUES -- ENVIRONMENTAL 19:01.874 --> 19:04.510 ISSUES AND THE DESIRE OF PEOPLE TO PRESERVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS 19:04.510 --> 19:06.746 AND SOME SCENIC VIEWS IN CERTAIN PLACES. 19:06.746 --> 19:09.915 THIS IS VERY, VERY COMPLEX SYSTEM PROBLEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW 19:09.915 --> 19:12.685 TO GET THE ROAD EXPANSION WE NEED TO RELIEVE CONGESTION. 19:12.685 --> 19:16.522 SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE AND I WILL SEEK SOME POSITION ON 19:16.522 --> 19:19.291 SOME OF THESE BOARDS AND THEN COOPERATE IN THE REGION TO HELP 19:19.291 --> 19:20.760 SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. 19:20.760 --> 19:21.794 I THINK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THAT. 19:21.794 --> 19:24.030 >> I THINK YOU BOTH MENTIONED TRAFFIC AS AN ISSUE. 19:24.030 --> 19:27.033 LET'S -- LET'S THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FAILURE OF THE 19:27.033 --> 19:29.769 RAIL BOND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF -- THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF 19:29.769 --> 19:31.771 BRUISED FOLKS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. 19:31.771 --> 19:34.673 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WORK WITH YOUR NEW COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO 19:34.673 --> 19:38.477 SORT OF -- TO HEAL WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 19:38.477 --> 19:40.479 -- WITH REGARD TO TRANSPORTATION? 19:40.479 --> 19:41.480 DON, YOU'RE UP. 19:41.480 --> 19:43.482 >> WELL, I APPRECIATE GETTING A CHANCE TO GO FIRST. 19:43.482 --> 19:45.518 I WAS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE URBAN RAIL SYSTEM. 19:45.518 --> 19:49.689 ONE OF THE TECHNICAL ARGUMENTS I MADE IS, YOU KNOW, IN 2014, 19:49.689 --> 19:54.026 IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO GO BACK TO THE 1800S FOR TECHNOLOGY IN 19:54.026 --> 19:54.994 TRANSPORTING PEOPLE. 19:54.994 --> 19:57.396 YOU KNOW, THE RAILROADS ARE STILL GOOD FOR MOVING 19:57.396 --> 20:00.366 AGGREGATES, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, SHIPPING CONTAINERS. 20:00.366 --> 20:03.803 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT RAIL ARE VERY, VERY GOOD FOR. 20:03.803 --> 20:06.238 MOVING PEOPLE IS NOT ONE OF THEM. 20:06.238 --> 20:10.376 SO I'M GOING TO REMAIN ON THIS POLICY OBJECTIVE OF GETTING THE 20:10.376 --> 20:15.114 ROADS EXPANDED AND RESIST THESE FUTURE PROPOSALS FOR RAIL. 20:15.114 --> 20:17.683 THE RAIL HAS NOT WORKED IN MANY CITIES WHERE IT'S BEEN PUT IN. 20:17.683 --> 20:21.120 THERE WAS A BIG "STATESMAN" ARTICLE ABOUT PORTLAND, OREGON. 20:21.120 --> 20:25.124 IT DOCUMENTED HOW PORTLAND HAD BEEN BUILDING RAIL FOR DECADES, 20:25.124 --> 20:26.459 FOR MANY DECADES. 20:26.459 --> 20:28.994 THEY HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE RAIL SYSTEM, 20:28.994 --> 20:33.065 AND THEY NOTED THAT RIDERSHIP HAD ACTUALLY DECREASED. 20:33.065 --> 20:36.969 IT WAS AROUND 9% DECADES AGO, BUT IT HAD DECREASED OVER TIME 20:36.969 --> 20:38.404 TO AROUND 7%. 20:38.404 --> 20:40.473 SO THE ARGUMENTS WE'VE BEEN HEARING POLICY-WISE, 20:40.473 --> 20:42.475 THAT IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME; 20:42.475 --> 20:44.477 IF YOU BUILD OUT THE RAIL SYSTEM, MORE PEOPLE... 20:44.477 --> 20:46.445 IT HASN'T PANNED OUT, SO I WANT TO RESIST THAT AND KEEP 20:46.445 --> 20:47.446 EMPHASIZING ROADS. 20:47.446 --> 20:48.447 >> OKAY. 20:48.447 --> 20:50.449 SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WORK WITH THOSE -- THOSE -- THOSE 20:50.449 --> 20:52.451 FOLKS THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU, 20:52.451 --> 20:54.453 AND THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE? 20:54.453 --> 20:56.455 >> ASK THEM TO HELP US GET THE ROADS FIXED -- >> OKAY. 20:56.455 --> 20:58.457 >> -- JUST IS WHAT WITH NEED TO DO. 20:58.457 --> 20:59.458 >> JIMMY, YOU WANT TO TAKE IT? 20:59.458 --> 21:01.460 >> WELL, I SERVED ON THE AUSTIN CHAMBER'S TRANSPORTATION 21:01.460 --> 21:04.497 COMMITTEE, AND SO I'VE SEEN -- I SAW PROP 1 DEVELOP FROM THE VERY 21:04.497 --> 21:05.498 BEGINNING. 21:05.498 --> 21:08.634 AND RIGHT AS THE BOND LANGUAGE CAME OUT AND WE FINALLY GOT TO 21:08.634 --> 21:10.636 SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT, 21:10.636 --> 21:12.638 AND I CAME OUT AGAINST IT, AS DID ALL OF THE DISTRICT 6 21:12.638 --> 21:13.639 CANDIDATES. 21:13.639 --> 21:15.641 YOU KNOW, I GOT A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM FOLKS AT THE 21:15.641 --> 21:17.676 CHAMBER AND FOLKS IN DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER FOLKS WHO WERE VERY 21:17.676 --> 21:18.677 PRO PROP 1. 21:18.677 --> 21:22.248 AND I TOLD THEM POINT BLANK, THIS IS NOT ABOUT SOME 21:22.248 --> 21:24.016 IDEOLOGICAL OPPOSITION TO RAIL. 21:24.016 --> 21:25.117 THIS IS ABOUT A BAD PLAN. 21:25.117 --> 21:28.220 AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN YOU CAN 21:28.220 --> 21:30.523 NEVER DO RAIL ON LAMAR, YOU CAN NEVER DO RAIL ON LAMAR, 21:30.523 --> 21:32.525 AND THEN PUT IT ON THE SYSTEM PLAN. 21:32.591 --> 21:34.793 YOU DON'T SOLVE A TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM WITH A SINGLE LINE OF 21:34.793 --> 21:37.196 RAIL, AND YOU DON'T SOLVE A TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM WITH A 21:37.196 --> 21:39.064 RAIL IN LOW-DENSE AREAS. 21:39.064 --> 21:42.001 AND THAT SAME -- SAME ARTICLE AND THE SAME STUDIES THAT I'VE 21:42.001 --> 21:45.304 SEEN SHOW THAT RAIL WORKS WHERE THERE'S DENSITY TO SUPPORT IT. 21:45.304 --> 21:48.474 AND WHAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO 21:48.474 --> 21:49.475 TRAFFIC. 21:49.475 --> 21:52.778 AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE LINE OF RAIL OR A SYSTEM PLAN 21:52.778 --> 21:55.815 HAPHAZARDLY PUT TOGETHER TO TRY TO COME UP -- OH, YEAH, 21:55.815 --> 21:57.349 WE HAD A SYSTEM PLAN ALL ALONG. 21:57.349 --> 21:58.784 THAT'S NOT REALISTIC. 21:58.784 --> 22:01.587 AND THE FACT THAT I'VE WORKED WITH THESE TRANSPORTATION 22:01.587 --> 22:03.756 ADVOCATES, AND, IN FACT, THE BOND MEASURE, 22:03.756 --> 22:06.826 THE PROP 1 BOND MEASURE BEFORE IT WAS FINALIZED, 22:06.826 --> 22:11.030 I'M THE PERSON WHO GOT PARMER LANE AND 2222 AND 620 INCLUDED 22:11.030 --> 22:12.031 IN THAT BOND MEASURE. 22:12.031 --> 22:14.266 AND, UNFORTUNATELY, EVERYTHING ELSE THEY PUT INTO IT WAS 22:14.266 --> 22:15.267 TERRIBLE. 22:15.267 --> 22:17.403 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SPEND $18 MILLION NOT EVEN BUILDING A 22:17.403 --> 22:19.405 ROAD, BUT JUST PLANNING THE ROADS, 22:19.405 --> 22:21.407 WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IN DISTRICT 6. 22:21.407 --> 22:23.409 THIS IS ABOUT HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE, 22:23.409 --> 22:25.411 BEING IN THE TRENCHES WITH THESE FOLKS, 22:25.411 --> 22:27.980 AND KNOWING THAT YOU CAN'T -- YOU COULD NEVER -- YOU COULD 22:27.980 --> 22:30.583 NEVER BUILD ENOUGH ROADS TO SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN 22:30.583 --> 22:32.585 AUSTIN, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU HAVE TO 22:32.585 --> 22:34.587 BUILD A BILLION DOLLAR RAIL LINE. 22:34.587 --> 22:35.588 >> OKAY. 22:35.588 --> 22:37.590 WHO OUTSIDE OF LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT, 22:37.590 --> 22:39.592 DO YOU ADMIRE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, AND WHY? 22:39.592 --> 22:41.026 JIMMY, I THINK YOU'RE FIRST. 22:41.026 --> 22:42.027 >> WOW. 22:42.027 --> 22:46.198 YOU KNOW, I -- I HAVE A LOT OF -- A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE 22:46.198 --> 22:48.734 PASSED AWAY WHO I REALLY IDOLIZE. 22:48.734 --> 22:51.770 YOU KNOW, BETTIE NAYLOR WAS A -- A BIG MENTOR FOR ME. 22:51.770 --> 22:55.374 >> YOU'VE GOT TO STEP OUTSIDE OF CITY POLI- -- >> OUTSIDE OF -- 22:55.374 --> 22:56.809 WELL, SHE WAS LEGISLATIVE. 22:56.809 --> 22:57.810 >> FAIR ENOUGH. 22:57.810 --> 22:58.811 SHE WAS LEGISLATIVE. 22:58.811 --> 22:59.812   >> FAIR ENOUGH. 22:59.812 --> 23:01.814 >> SHE DIDN'T REALLY GET INVOLVED IN CITY POLITICS, 23:01.814 --> 23:03.816 CERTAINLY NOT -- NOT WHEN I KNEW HER. 23:03.816 --> 23:06.385 AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF -- OF GOOD LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, 23:06.385 --> 23:09.588 BUT TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK, I HAVE SPENT MY LIFE WORKING ON 23:09.588 --> 23:12.157 ISSUES AT THE CITY LEVEL, AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I KNOW 23:12.157 --> 23:14.627 AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I'VE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH. 23:14.627 --> 23:17.429 AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD FOLKS THAT I SEE IN COMMUNITY GROUPS 23:17.429 --> 23:20.299 AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN AUSTIN THAT -- THAT HAVE 23:20.299 --> 23:21.367 EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP SKILLS. 23:21.367 --> 23:24.136 AND YOU CAN SEE THE SUCCESS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, 23:24.136 --> 23:25.137 ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 23:25.137 --> 23:28.007 I MEAN, WHAT ZACH SCOTT HAS PUT TOGETHER THERE IS A PRETTY 23:28.007 --> 23:29.008 AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT. 23:29.008 --> 23:31.744 AND IT'S NOT JUST A SINGLE LEADER THAT GETS THOSE THINGS 23:31.744 --> 23:34.446 DONE, IT'S THE TEAM YOU BUILD AROUND YOURSELF AND IT'S THE WAY 23:34.446 --> 23:36.448 THAT YOU BRING A COMMUNITY ALONG WITH YOU. 23:36.448 --> 23:37.449 >> OKAY. 23:37.449 --> 23:38.450 DON? 23:38.450 --> 23:40.452 >> I'M GLAD BETTIE NAYLOR'S NAME CAME UP, 23:40.452 --> 23:42.454 BECAUSE IN THE ODDEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, 23:42.454 --> 23:45.190 I ACTUALLY MET HER IN A BIBLE STUDY IN THE OFFICE OF THE 23:45.190 --> 23:48.627 FORMER SPEAKER, BILLY CLAYTON, THE TEXAS AGGIE. 23:48.627 --> 23:51.764 SO THIS IS -- YOU KNOW, AUSTIN IS WEIRD, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ME, 23:51.764 --> 23:55.334 A RON PAUL REPUBLICAN, BETTIE NAYLOR, AND AGGIE BILLY CLAYTON, 23:55.334 --> 23:57.436 AND WE'RE ALL SITTING AROUND STUDYING THE BIBLE RIGHT ACROSS 23:57.436 --> 23:58.437 THE STREET FROM THE CAPITOL. 23:58.437 --> 23:59.605 HOW STRANGE IS THAT? 23:59.605 --> 24:03.075 BUT I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, MY POLITICAL FIGURE WOULD HAVE TO 24:03.075 --> 24:04.610 BE DR. RON PAUL. 24:04.610 --> 24:07.379 I HEARD ABOUT RON PAUL WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 1970S, 24:07.379 --> 24:10.849 AND WHAT I ADMIRED MOST ABOUT HIM, 24:10.849 --> 24:12.985 INTEGRITY TO THE CONSTITUTION. 24:12.985 --> 24:15.921 AND YOU WOULD HAVE THESE VOTES IN CONGRESS WHERE THERE WOULD BE 24:15.921 --> 24:21.026 434 IN FAVOR, 1 OPPOSED, AND IT WOULD BE DR. RON PAUL. 24:21.026 --> 24:23.095 AND HE WOULD SAY, WELL, THIS ISSUE IS NOT IN THE 24:23.095 --> 24:24.096 CONSTITUTION. 24:24.096 --> 24:27.166 IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO 24:27.166 --> 24:28.634 THIS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. 24:28.634 --> 24:29.802 I'M VOTING NO. 24:29.802 --> 24:32.404 SO I REALLY APPRECIATED AND ADMIRED HIM. 24:32.404 --> 24:33.405 >> OKAY. 24:33.405 --> 24:34.406 I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION. 24:34.406 --> 24:36.408 YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ANSWER IT. 24:36.408 --> 24:38.911 AT THE END OF YOUR TERM, HOW WILL YOUR CONSTITUENTS DESCRIBE 24:38.911 --> 24:40.913 YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND QUALITIES? 24:40.913 --> 24:41.914 DON, I THINK YOU GO FIRST. 24:41.914 --> 24:44.616 >> WHAT I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD SAY IS THAT I KEPT MY CAMPAIGN 24:44.616 --> 24:45.884 PROMISES. 24:45.884 --> 24:47.886 I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD SAY, 24:47.886 --> 24:50.622 WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH DON BECAUSE HE LISTENED TO US AND HE 24:50.622 --> 24:52.624 DID WHAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO. 24:52.624 --> 24:54.626 AND I HOPE THEY COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, 24:54.626 --> 24:57.229 OUR TRAFFIC IS MOVING A WHOLE LOT BETTER SINCE WE ELECTED 24:57.229 --> 24:58.497 ZIMMERMAN. 24:58.497 --> 24:59.498 >> OKAY. 24:59.498 --> 25:00.566 JIMMY? 25:00.566 --> 25:07.606 >> IN ONE SENTENCE, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORKING WITH JIMMY 25:07.606 --> 25:11.844 FLANNIGAN ON SOLVING THE ISSUES THAT WE FACED IN DISTRICT 6 HAS 25:11.844 --> 25:14.813 NOT ONLY BEEN A PLEASURE, BUT IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE, 25:14.813 --> 25:16.915 BECAUSE HE'S BEEN AGGRESSIVE WHEN HE NEEDS TO BE, 25:16.915 --> 25:18.917 HE'S BEEN COLLABORATIVE WHEN IT WAS NECESSARY, 25:18.917 --> 25:21.620 AND HE GOT THE JOB DONE AT THE END OF THE DAY. 25:21.620 --> 25:23.288 >> OKAY. 25:23.288 --> 25:29.328 THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT. 25:29.328 --> 25:33.599 THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU. 25:33.599 --> 25:39.605 ALL OF THE RUNOFF CONVERSATIONS AND OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE 25:42.174 --> 25:47.312 NEWLY ELECTED CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICTS 2, 25:47.312 --> 25:54.153 5 AND 9 WILL BE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE. 25:54.153 --> 26:01.860 EARLY VOTING IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION STARTS DECEMBER 1. 26:01.860 --> 26:06.165 ELECTION DAY IS DECEMBER 16. 26:06.165 --> 26:13.872 FOR KLRU, LEADERSHIP AUSTIN, THE ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR 26:13.872 --> 26:19.878 CIVIC LIFE, AND KUT, I'M MICHAEL KANIN. 26:19.878 --> 26:24.149 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 26:24.149 --> 26:25.851 [MUSIC]. 26:25.851 --> 26:29.788 >> SUPPORT FOR CIVIC SUMMIT COMES FROM GOOGLE, 26:29.788 --> 26:32.524 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE WAYS 26:32.524 --> 26:36.295 PEOPLE CONNECT WITH INFORMATION, AND ALSO BY TEXAS MUTUAL 26:36.295 --> 26:39.264 INSURANCE, PROVIDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TEXAS 26:39.264 --> 26:41.266 EMPLOYERS.