WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:01.335 [MUSIC]. 00:01.335 --> 00:03.337 >> AUSTIN'S GOVERNMENT IS GETTING AN OVERHAUL, 00:03.337 --> 00:06.039 10 NEW SEATS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND A NEW MAYOR. 00:06.039 --> 00:09.076 ON ELECTION DAY, VOTERS WHITTLED THE FIELD OF MAYORAL CANDIDATES 00:09.076 --> 00:10.043 DOWN TO TWO. 00:10.043 --> 00:12.079 STEVE ADLER AND MIKE MARTINEZ. 00:12.079 --> 00:16.516 ONE WILL BECOME THE ONLY PERSON AT CITY HALL ELECTED BY THE CITY 00:16.516 --> 00:17.518 AS A WHOLE. 00:17.518 --> 00:21.121 TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING BEYOND THE RHETORIC TO FIND OUT WHY EACH OF 00:21.121 --> 00:24.424 THE REMAINING CANDIDATES SAYS HE IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO LEAD OUR 00:24.424 --> 00:25.425 CITY. 00:25.425 --> 00:30.464 [MUSIC]. 00:36.270 --> 00:44.077 >> SUPPORT FOR CIVIC SUMMIT COMES FROM GOOGLE, 00:44.077 --> 00:46.513 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE WAYS 00:46.513 --> 00:48.782 PEOPLE CONNECT WITH INFORMATION. 00:48.782 --> 00:51.018 AND ALSO BY TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE, 00:51.018 --> 00:54.021 PROVIDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TEXAS EMPLOYERS. 00:54.021 --> 00:58.292 [MUSIC]. 01:02.663 --> 01:05.799 >> HELLO, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR CIVIC SUMMIT MAYORAL 01:05.799 --> 01:08.902 RUNOFF CONVERSATION, A JOINT PRODUCTION OF KLRU, 01:08.902 --> 01:12.506 LEADERSHIP AUSTIN, KUT, AND THE ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR 01:12.506 --> 01:13.507 CIVIC LIFE. 01:13.507 --> 01:17.811 I'M NATHAN BERNIER WITH KUT 90.5, AUSTIN'S NPR STATION. 01:17.811 --> 01:21.014 AND TONIGHT, I'M SITTING DOWN WITH THE TWO CANDIDATES STILL 01:21.014 --> 01:23.517 STANDING IN THE RACE TO BE AUSTIN'S NEXT MAYOR, 01:23.517 --> 01:25.986 STEVE ADLER AND MIKE MARTINEZ. 01:25.986 --> 01:29.523 YOU CAN JOIN IN ON THIS CONVERSATION BY USING THE 01:29.523 --> 01:31.224 #CIVICSUMMITMAYOR. 01:31.224 --> 01:34.094 NOW, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THESE TWO HAVE SAT DOWN FOR A 01:34.094 --> 01:36.263 FORUM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT 01:36.263 --> 01:37.264 TONIGHT. 01:37.264 --> 01:39.466 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP, 01:39.466 --> 01:43.236 WHY EACH CANDIDATE IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO LEAD A BRAND-NEW FORUM 01:43.236 --> 01:46.606 OF COUNCIL MADE UP ALMOST ENTIRELY OF NEW FACES. 01:46.606 --> 01:49.810 SO FIRST, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO EACH OF OUR CANDIDATES. 01:49.810 --> 01:53.447 STEVE ADLER IS AN ATTORNEY AND PHILANTHROPIST. 01:53.447 --> 01:55.449 HE'S LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 36 YEARS. 01:55.449 --> 01:58.852 HE'S ORIGINALLY FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF 01:58.852 --> 02:01.688 A NUMBER OF AUSTIN NONPROFITS, INCLUDING GEN-AUSTIN, 02:01.688 --> 02:05.125 BREAKTHROUGH, THE LONG CENTER AND BALLET AUSTIN. 02:05.125 --> 02:07.361 HE LIVES IN WEST AUSTIN. 02:07.361 --> 02:10.397 MIKE MARTINEZ IS A CURRENT AUSTIN CITY COUNCILMEMBER AND 02:10.397 --> 02:11.965 FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM. 02:11.965 --> 02:13.934 HE CHAIRS THE BOARD OF CAPITOL METRO. 02:13.934 --> 02:17.638 MIKE IS A FORMER AUSTIN FIREFIGHTER AND FORMER PRESIDENT 02:17.638 --> 02:19.640 OF THE AUSTIN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. 02:19.640 --> 02:21.475 HE LIVES IN EAST AUSTIN. 02:21.475 --> 02:24.745 SO FIRST QUESTION, YOU GUYS, WHICH WAS SHARED WITH BOTH OF 02:24.745 --> 02:28.615 YOU BEFORE TONIGHT, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF OVER 02:28.615 --> 02:32.219 THE CAMPAIGN THAT WILL HELP YOU GOVERN? 02:32.219 --> 02:34.521 WE'LL START WITH YOU, STEVE, BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING CLOSER TO 02:34.521 --> 02:35.522 ME. 02:35.522 --> 02:36.523 >> OKAY. 02:36.523 --> 02:38.658 WELL, GREAT, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND 02:38.658 --> 02:41.862 TO TALK WITH YOU AND WITH MIKE. 02:41.862 --> 02:44.798 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT THAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE COURSE OF 02:44.798 --> 02:45.799 THIS CAMPAIGN. 02:45.799 --> 02:48.201 IN FACT, I TELL A LOT OF THE FRIENDS AND PEOPLE THAT I -- 02:48.201 --> 02:51.238 THAT I TALK TO THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD DO THIS ONCE. 02:51.238 --> 02:53.573 EVERYBODY SHOULD RUN FOR MAYOR JUST TO GO THROUGH THIS 02:53.573 --> 02:54.574 EXPERIENCE. 02:54.574 --> 02:57.744 THE PEOPLE THAT YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO AND GET A CHANCE TO 02:57.744 --> 03:01.381 MEET AND THE SITUATIONS YOU FIND YOURSELF IN ARE JUST TRULY 03:01.381 --> 03:03.750 EXTRAORDINARY. 03:03.750 --> 03:07.821 BUT I'VE LEARNED A LOT, AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF. 03:07.821 --> 03:11.858 PICKING ONE THING, I'VE LEARNED THAT -- THAT I HAVE A FARTHER 03:11.858 --> 03:15.228 WAY TO GO TO BECOME A BETTER COMMUNICATOR THAN I THOUGHT. 03:15.228 --> 03:16.229 [LAUGHTER]. 03:16.229 --> 03:18.231 >> YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN A COURTROOM, 03:18.231 --> 03:21.234 SO I'VE DONE A LOT OF COMMUNICATING OVER THE COURSE OF 03:21.234 --> 03:24.071 THE LAST 30 YEARS, BUT DURING THIS CAMPAIGN, 03:24.071 --> 03:26.406 I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME IN SOME OF THE 03:26.406 --> 03:31.578 EAST AUSTIN CHURCHES WITH SOME MINISTERS THAT HAVE TAUGHT ME 03:31.578 --> 03:34.681 WHAT IT MEANS TO REALLY BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. 03:34.681 --> 03:39.152 THEY SPEAK IN A WAY THAT INSPIRES AND INFORMS AND -- AND 03:39.152 --> 03:41.121 EDUCATES AND CAPTIVATES. 03:41.121 --> 03:47.427 AND SEEING THAT -- THAT MODEL HAS RAISED THE BAR FOR ME, 03:47.427 --> 03:49.296 SO I KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I HAVE TO LEARN. 03:49.296 --> 03:49.963 >> HMM. 03:49.963 --> 03:50.630 OKAY. 03:50.630 --> 03:51.598 WELL, MIKE, WHAT ABOUT YOU? 03:51.598 --> 03:53.433 YOU'VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOUR MONTHS NOW, I THINK, 03:53.433 --> 03:54.634 BOTH OF YOU, RIGHT? 03:54.634 --> 03:56.903 WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ON THE TRAIL THAT MIGHT HELP YOU 03:56.903 --> 03:57.704 GOVERN. 03:57.704 --> 03:59.206 >> I THINK IT'S BEEN MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS. 03:59.206 --> 04:01.108 >> OKAY. RIGHT. 04:01.108 --> 04:01.875 >> SO... 04:01.875 --> 04:02.008 [LAUGHTER]. 04:02.008 --> 04:05.112 >> IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR. IT'S -- IT'S BEEN A GREAT CAMPAIGN. 04:05.112 --> 04:06.780 THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. 04:06.780 --> 04:10.050 YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR ME, HEADING INTO THIS, 04:10.050 --> 04:13.286 MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD. 04:13.286 --> 04:17.390 AND I WAS A SINGLE FATHER WHEN I RAN THE FIRST TIME IN 2006. 04:17.390 --> 04:20.627 AND IT WAS A COUNCIL RACE, SO IT WASN'T NEARLY AS INTENSE AS 04:20.627 --> 04:22.028 RUNNING FOR MAYOR. 04:22.028 --> 04:24.664 AND SO I THINK WHAT WE LEARNED GOING INTO THIS, WE THOUGHT, 04:24.664 --> 04:27.000 YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH. 04:27.000 --> 04:29.503 WE'RE GOING TO RUN A CAMPAIGN, YOU KNOW, A TWO-YEAR-OLD, 04:29.503 --> 04:33.440 A 16-YEAR-OLD, WE HAVE FULL-TIME CITY COUNCIL DUTIES AND CHAIR OF 04:33.440 --> 04:36.510 THE BOARD AT CAP METRO AND BEING A HUSBAND AND A FATHER. 04:36.510 --> 04:42.716 WHAT WE LEARNED IS, AS A FAMILY, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AS LONG AS 04:42.716 --> 04:45.552 WE STICK TOGETHER, LOVE EACH OTHER, WORK HARD. 04:45.552 --> 04:47.854 MY WIFE'S HOME TONIGHT RIGHT HOME TAKING CARE OF DIEGO 04:47.854 --> 04:48.955 WATCHING ONLINE. 04:48.955 --> 04:55.095 AND SO THAT -- I THINK WHAT I LEARNED IS IN SERVING IN THE 04:55.095 --> 04:57.831 MAYOR'S OFFICE, OUR FAMILY IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, 04:57.831 --> 05:00.267 STICK TOGETHER, LOVE ONE ANOTHER, 05:00.267 --> 05:03.370 AND ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK. 05:03.370 --> 05:04.371 >> ALL RIGHT. 05:04.371 --> 05:06.373 WELL, AUSTIN HAS PRETTY LOW VOTER TURNOUT. 05:06.373 --> 05:07.374 I'LL ASK YOU THIS FIRST, MIKE. 05:07.374 --> 05:10.076 YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE WITH CITY LEADERS AND CIVIC 05:10.076 --> 05:12.045 POLITICS, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT WHO ARE 05:12.045 --> 05:15.215 CIVICALLY ACTIVE, BUT OVERALL, IT'S A PRETTY SMALL PORTION -- I 05:15.215 --> 05:18.318 MEAN, IT COULD BE BIGGER -- PORTION OF THE POPULATION THAT 05:18.318 --> 05:19.319 IS CIVICALLY ACTIVE. 05:19.319 --> 05:23.590 HOW WILL YOU REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHOSE VOICES MIGHT NOT OFTEN BE 05:23.590 --> 05:27.494 HEARD AND HOW WILL THEIR CONCERNS AFFECT YOUR PRIORITIES? 05:27.494 --> 05:30.664 >> I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE -- WHAT I HAVE FOCUSED ON 05:30.664 --> 05:31.765 FOR EIGHT YEARS. 05:31.765 --> 05:35.335 I WANT TO BE A COUNCILMEMBER THAT REPRESENTS FOLKS THAT, 05:35.335 --> 05:38.305 QUITE FRANKLY, ARE WORKING EVERY DAY AND RAISING THEIR FAMILIES 05:38.305 --> 05:41.141 AND DON'T HAVE TIME TO COME TO CITY HALL AND MEET WITH COUNCIL 05:41.141 --> 05:44.211 AND DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT AT A COUNCIL MEETING FOR HOURS ON END 05:44.211 --> 05:46.213 WAITING FOR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 05:46.213 --> 05:48.315 I THINK THE -- THE AVERAGE CITIZEN WANTS AN ELECTED 05:48.315 --> 05:50.383 OFFICIAL THAT HAS WALKED IN THEIR SHOES, 05:50.383 --> 05:52.719 THAT UNDERSTANDS THE ISSUES THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH, 05:52.719 --> 05:55.755 AND THAT CAN EFFECTIVELY REPRESENT THEM AND -- AND FIGHT 05:55.755 --> 05:57.824 FOR THEM WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO STAND UP AND SPEAK FOR 05:57.824 --> 06:00.327 THE VOICELESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 06:00.327 --> 06:01.294 >> WHAT ABOUT YOU, STEVE? 06:01.294 --> 06:02.829 YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE ENGAGED, 06:02.829 --> 06:04.564 AND THEN HOW -- ONCE YOU GET THEM ENGAGED, 06:04.564 --> 06:08.501 HOW DO YOU ALLOW THEIR CONCERNS AND INTERESTS TO AFFECT YOUR 06:08.501 --> 06:09.536 DECISIONS? 06:09.536 --> 06:11.605 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK PROBABLY IN A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS, 06:11.605 --> 06:16.476 AND THAT'S WHAT THE GIFT OF THIS 10-1 SYSTEM IS ALL ABOUT. 06:16.476 --> 06:20.146 THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT ARE FEELING 06:20.146 --> 06:24.317 UNINVOLVED AND DISENGAGED BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, 06:24.317 --> 06:27.287 THEY'VE -- THEY'VE BEEN UNINVOLVED AND DISENGAGED. 06:27.287 --> 06:32.459 THERE ARE PARTS OF THIS CITY THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AT THE TABLE. 06:32.459 --> 06:35.161 EVERYBODY ON CITY COUNCIL RIGHT NOW LIVES NORTH OF THE RIVER AND 06:35.161 --> 06:36.997 SOUTH OF 45TH STREET. 06:36.997 --> 06:40.333 AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THIS 10-1 SYSTEM, 06:40.333 --> 06:42.235 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY. 06:42.235 --> 06:45.205 AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BECOMING MORE ENGAGED. 06:45.205 --> 06:48.141 YOU KNOW, IN THESE CAMPAIGNS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, 06:48.141 --> 06:50.677 PROBABLY EVERYBODY'S HAD SOMEONE COME TO THEIR DOOR, 06:50.677 --> 06:55.849 TWO OR THREE OR 20 TIMES AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THE MAYOR'S 06:55.849 --> 06:59.920 ELECTION AND BECAUSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION. 06:59.920 --> 07:02.355 AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET MORE ENGAGED 07:02.355 --> 07:05.125 BECAUSE THEY SEE THIS AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT 07:05.125 --> 07:07.260 THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD. 07:07.260 --> 07:09.829 AND THEN I THINK WE MAKE SURE THAT WE -- WE INSTITUTIONALIZE, 07:09.829 --> 07:13.767 WE BUILD A NEW WAY OF DOING GOVERNMENT SO THAT IT'S EASIER 07:13.767 --> 07:15.268 FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. 07:15.268 --> 07:17.904 SO THAT GOVERNMENT COMES TO THEM AND THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS HAVING TO 07:17.904 --> 07:21.841 GO TO GOVERNMENT; THAT IT IS BOTH CONVENIENT AND INVITING, 07:21.841 --> 07:26.313 AND THAT OPPORTUNITY EXISTS AT ALL LEVELS. 07:26.313 --> 07:27.781 >> NOW -- OKAY. 07:27.781 --> 07:29.482 WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO MORE LEADERSHIP STUFF HERE. 07:29.482 --> 07:31.017 YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS A LOT OF BOARDS, 07:31.017 --> 07:33.019 IT HAS A LOT OF COMMISSIONS, IT HAS A LOT OF TASK FORCES. 07:33.019 --> 07:36.456 HOW WOULD YOU -- AND WE'LL FLIP IT THIS TIME, 07:36.456 --> 07:37.857 I'LL ASK YOU FIRST, STEVE. 07:37.857 --> 07:40.293 HOW WOULD YOU DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO CITIZEN BOARDS, 07:40.293 --> 07:44.864 WOULD YOU DELEGATE MORE OR LESS THAN WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN -- IN 07:44.864 --> 07:45.999 RECENT YEARS? 07:45.999 --> 07:49.069 >> I THINK THAT THE CITIZEN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WE HAVE 07:49.069 --> 07:52.839 ARE PART OF OUR CULTURE, IT'S PART OF WHO WE ARE, 07:52.839 --> 07:54.407 IT'S A PART OF HOW WE DO THINGS. 07:54.407 --> 07:57.944 AND WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF A -- VERY INVOLVED CIVIC ACTIVISTS 07:59.379 --> 08:02.482 AND PEOPLE THAT -- THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND MAKE OUR 08:02.482 --> 08:05.051 GOVERNMENT BETTER BECAUSE OF THEIR PARTICIPATION. 08:05.051 --> 08:07.620 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE IT MORE MEANINGFUL AND MAKE 08:07.620 --> 08:09.289 IT MORE EFFECTIVE. 08:09.289 --> 08:11.925 YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS, IS THAT WORKING WITH THE OTHER 08:11.925 --> 08:15.395 COUNCILMEMBERS, WE CAN -- WE CAN CHANGE HOW WE DO GOVERNMENT AND 08:15.395 --> 08:17.630 MOVE TO A GREATER COMMITTEE SYSTEM, 08:17.630 --> 08:21.401 SO THAT WE'RE NOT MEETING AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING MAKING 08:21.401 --> 08:25.071 POLICY DECISION FROM THE DAIS WITH RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 08:25.071 --> 08:27.407 FILED THREE AND FOUR DAYS EARLIER THAT HAVE NEVER REALLY 08:27.407 --> 08:30.944 BEEN VETTED; WHERE THINGS USUALLY GO THROUGH A COMMITTEE 08:30.944 --> 08:34.180 BEFORE THEY EVER COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 08:34.180 --> 08:37.851 AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THOSE COMMITTEES WITH TWO OR THREE OR 08:37.851 --> 08:40.954 FOUR OR FIVE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ON THEM DEALING WITH SUBSTANTIVE 08:42.422 --> 08:45.025 AREAS AND TAKING WHAT THE CITY DOES, 08:45.025 --> 08:47.794 AND DIVIDE IT INTO 10 DIFFERENT AREAS SO THAT EACH OF THE 08:47.794 --> 08:50.964 COUNCILPEOPLE CAN CHAIR ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES. 08:50.964 --> 08:53.733 BUT WHAT IT ALSO MEANS, THEN, IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A CLOSER 08:53.733 --> 08:57.470 CONTACT BETWEEN THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL 08:57.470 --> 08:59.839 THAT ARE WORKING ON THOSE SUBSTANTIVE AREAS. 08:59.839 --> 09:02.942 YOU KNOW, I DEAL WITH AND TALK TO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE 09:02.942 --> 09:04.878 SERVING ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, 09:04.878 --> 09:07.313 AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE DISCOURAGED OR DISHEARTENED WHEN 09:07.313 --> 09:11.451 THE CITY COUNCIL IS -- WILL QUICKLY MOVE PAST SOMETHING THAT 09:11.451 --> 09:16.122 THEY'VE JUST SPENT WEEKS DEBATING A NUANCE ON AND THEY'RE 09:16.122 --> 09:19.526 WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT. 09:19.526 --> 09:22.562 BUT BY HAVING MORE ACTIVITY AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, 09:22.562 --> 09:25.231 I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS -- GIVE 09:25.231 --> 09:27.700 THEM A MORE DIRECT ROLE AND A MORE MEANINGFUL ROLE. 09:27.700 --> 09:29.135 >> HOW ABOUT YOU, MIKE? 09:29.135 --> 09:31.704 HOW DO YOU DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO CITIZEN BOARDS, 09:31.704 --> 09:34.908 MORE OR LESS THAN WHAT'S -- WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN RECENT YEARS, 09:34.908 --> 09:35.842 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 09:35.842 --> 09:37.544 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT STRUCTURE, ACTUALLY. 09:37.544 --> 09:41.281 IT -- WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN-LED INITIATIVE IN OUR BOARDS AND 09:41.281 --> 09:42.682 COMMISSIONS PROCESS. 09:42.682 --> 09:45.985 WE DO HAVE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES THAT, YOU KNOW, 09:45.985 --> 09:49.155 VET POLICIES BEFORE THEY GET TO THE COUNCIL LEVEL. 09:49.155 --> 09:51.624 ULTIMATELY, GOVERNMENT IS -- YOU KNOW, 09:51.624 --> 09:54.828 IT OPERATES UNDER A CERTAIN PROCEDURE, 09:54.828 --> 09:56.596 JUST LIKE AT THE LEGISLATURE. 09:56.596 --> 09:58.898 THE LEGISLATURE IS VERY HEAVY WITH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS. 09:58.898 --> 10:01.468 BUT EVEN AT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, 10:01.468 --> 10:03.736 ONCE A BILL HITS THE HOUSE FLOOR OR THE SENATE FLOOR, 10:03.736 --> 10:06.473 IT CAN CHANGE, IT CAN BE FILIBUSTERED, 10:06.473 --> 10:09.576 IT CAN GO ON FOREVER, AS WE'VE SEEN IN PAST SESSIONS. 10:09.576 --> 10:15.114 WHENEVER YOU HAVE A PROCESS THAT LEADS TO THE ULTIMATE DECISION 10:15.114 --> 10:18.618 BEING MADE BY THE GOVERNING BODY, THAT IS DEMOCRACY, 10:18.618 --> 10:21.020 AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES TIME. 10:21.020 --> 10:24.457 SOMETIMES IT MEANS THINGS ARE GOING TO PASS THAT DIDN'T LOOK 10:24.457 --> 10:27.260 THE SAME AS WHEN THEY CAME THROUGH THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE. 10:27.260 --> 10:29.462 HERE'S -- HERE'S WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THOUGH, 10:29.462 --> 10:31.664 AND IT'S -- IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE, THOUGH, 10:31.664 --> 10:34.133 TO KIND OF GET PAST THIS LEARNING CURVE. 10:34.133 --> 10:37.170 YOU'VE GOT 10 COUNCILMEMBERS FROM 10 DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, 10:37.170 --> 10:41.174 AND WE HAVE PROBABLY 60 PLUS BOARD AND COMMISSIONS. 10:41.174 --> 10:45.078 SO NOW THAT'S 11 CITIZENS THAT WE HAVE TO FIND FOR THOSE 60 10:45.078 --> 10:47.447 PLUS, AND SOME OF THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE MORE THAN 10:47.447 --> 10:48.214 11. 10:48.214 --> 10:50.650 SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE 22 BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT 10:50.650 --> 10:52.819 DEFINITION OF HOW WE APPOINT CITIZENS. 10:52.819 --> 10:55.321 SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, 10:55.321 --> 10:58.691 THOSE DISTRICTED COUNCILMEMBERS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRESSURED TO 10:58.691 --> 11:02.061 APPOINT SOMEONE FROM THEIR DISTRICT TO REPRESENT THEM ON 11:02.061 --> 11:03.696 THOSE ISSUES. 11:03.696 --> 11:06.933 BUT I -- BUT I WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO LOOK 11:06.933 --> 11:09.903 THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BECAUSE THERE ARE FOLKS THAT -- ONE, 11:09.903 --> 11:13.473 THAT ARE COMMITTED AND THAT HAVE BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE THAT 11:13.473 --> 11:14.607 CAN SERVE AS WELL. 11:14.607 --> 11:16.376 AND THEY MAY NOT BE FROM YOUR DISTRICT. 11:16.376 --> 11:19.045 THEY MAY BE FROM A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT OR THEY MAY BE FROM 11:19.045 --> 11:20.113 ACROSS TOWN. 11:20.113 --> 11:24.584 I DON'T WANT THIS DISTRICT STRUCTURE TO IMPEDE THE CITIZEN 11:24.584 --> 11:25.618 PROCESS. 11:25.618 --> 11:30.123 I DON'T WANT IT TO BE -- TO GET BOGGED DOWN AT THE DISTRICT 11:30.123 --> 11:31.124 LEVEL. 11:31.124 --> 11:33.393 I WANT -- YOU KNOW, I WANT TO HELP OUR COUNCILMEMBERS THINK 11:33.393 --> 11:37.330 BEYOND THAT AND REALLY FIND THE STRENGTHS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE 11:37.330 --> 11:40.099 THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SYSTEM WORK MOVING FORWARD WITH 11:40.099 --> 11:41.801 THIS NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 11:41.801 --> 11:43.436 >> WELL, THEN LET ME GIVE YOU A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION HERE, 11:43.436 --> 11:45.071 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOTALLY NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 11:45.071 --> 11:47.840 SAY YOU HAVE TWO NORTH AUSTIN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND THEY 11:47.840 --> 11:51.277 WANT TO INCREASE A CITY SERVICE IN THEIR AREA, 11:51.277 --> 11:53.580 BUT BY ADDING MORE RESOURCES TO THOSE TWO DISTRICTS, 11:53.580 --> 11:55.181 YOU HAVE TO MAKE CUTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS. 11:55.181 --> 11:57.750 SO HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE IN THAT SITUATION WHAT TAKES PRECEDENCE? 11:57.750 --> 12:00.420 HOW WOULD YOU RESOLVE CONFLICT BETWEEN COUNCILMEMBERS? 12:00.420 --> 12:02.121 IT REALLY -- KIND OF SPEAKS TO THAT ISSUE. 12:02.121 --> 12:05.358 >> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 12:05.358 --> 12:08.161 MAYOR'S CHALLENGE AND ALSO OPPORTUNITY. 12:08.161 --> 12:11.297 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS FROM A DISTRICT 12:11.297 --> 12:14.167 SYSTEM -- AND BY THE WAY, I SUPPORTED SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT 12:14.167 --> 12:16.002 SINCE BEFORE GETTING ON THE COUNCIL. 12:16.002 --> 12:19.038 I THINK IT'S WAY BEYOND TIME THAT WE MOVE TO A GEOGRAPHIC 12:19.038 --> 12:20.773 FORM OF REPRESENTATION. 12:20.773 --> 12:22.842 I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE OF THE BEST CITY COUNCILS WE'VE 12:22.842 --> 12:24.944 EVER SEEN BECAUSE OF WHAT STEVE MENTIONED. 12:24.944 --> 12:27.046 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOLKS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY. 12:27.046 --> 12:30.550 THE ISSUES, WHETHER THEY'RE IN NORTH AUSTIN OR SOUTH AUSTIN, 12:30.550 --> 12:32.986 WHETHER YOU'RE A DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBER FROM EAST OR WEST 12:32.986 --> 12:35.088 AUSTIN, YOUR ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME, 12:35.088 --> 12:38.157 YOUR ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE I WANT SAFE STREETS. 12:38.157 --> 12:41.227 I WANT, YOU KNOW, SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS. 12:41.227 --> 12:43.329 I WANT MY KIDS TO HAVE A GOOD EDUCATION. 12:43.329 --> 12:44.797 I WANT GOOD JOB OPPORTUNITIES. 12:44.797 --> 12:46.232 I WANT A GOOD ECONOMY. 12:46.232 --> 12:49.202 THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO RISE NOW, I THINK, 12:49.202 --> 12:51.938 TO A MORE COMMON GROUND LEVEL AMONG THE DISTRICTED 12:51.938 --> 12:53.373 COUNCILMEMBERS. 12:53.373 --> 12:58.011 WHETHER YOU LIVE IN DOVE SPRINGS OR WHETHER YOU LIVE AT 360 AND 12:58.011 --> 13:01.781 183, THOSE ISSUES RESONATE WITH THE RESIDENTS. 13:01.781 --> 13:03.650 THEY WANT THEIR CITY SERVICES ON TIME. 13:03.650 --> 13:05.818 THEY WANT THEIR POOLS OPEN IN THE HOURS THAT THEY NEED THEM 13:05.818 --> 13:06.519 OPEN. 13:06.519 --> 13:07.887 THEY WANT THEIR LIBRARIES OPEN, YOU KNOW, 13:07.887 --> 13:09.489 IN THE HOURS THAT THEY WANT. 13:09.489 --> 13:10.823 THOSE ARE GOING TO RESONATE ACROSS. 13:10.823 --> 13:13.860 AS MAYOR, YOU FIND THAT COMMON GROUND AND YOU BUILD ON THAT 13:13.860 --> 13:15.361 COMMON GROUND. 13:15.361 --> 13:18.765 YOU DON'T START OUT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WHERE THE 13:18.765 --> 13:19.532 DIFFERENCES LIE. 13:19.532 --> 13:21.200 YOU START OUT WHERE YOU HAVE COMMON GROUND. 13:21.200 --> 13:23.970 AND THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN THERE IS DISAGREEMENT. 13:23.970 --> 13:26.439 AS MAYOR -- HERE'S THE OTHER THING, 13:26.439 --> 13:29.075 UNDER ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, TECHNICALLY THE MAYOR IS NOT 13:29.075 --> 13:30.043 SUPPOSED TO VOTE. 13:30.043 --> 13:32.378 THE MAYOR IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO VOTE IN A TIE-BREAKING 13:32.378 --> 13:33.980 SITUATION. 13:33.980 --> 13:37.784 SO YOU REALLY ARE THE ARBITER OF THE CONVERSATION, 13:37.784 --> 13:39.619 OF THE DAIS DEBATE AND DISCUSSION. 13:39.619 --> 13:42.755 THAT IS EXACTLY HOW WE'LL FUNCTION AS MAYOR. 13:42.755 --> 13:46.025 I WON'T WEDGE MYSELF BETWEEN DISTRICTED COUNCILMEMBERS. 13:46.025 --> 13:48.695 I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THEIR DISTRICTS, 13:48.695 --> 13:50.530 DOING WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED TO BE DOING, 13:50.530 --> 13:53.332 BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE AS A BODY, 13:53.332 --> 13:55.968 IT AFFECTS ALL OF AUSTIN, NOT JUST THAT ONE DISTRICT. 13:55.968 --> 13:57.437 >> WHAT ABOUT YOU, STEVE? 13:57.437 --> 13:59.472 YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE CONFLICTS ON THE CITY COUNCIL. 13:59.472 --> 14:01.574 THERE'S GOING TO BE LIMITED RESOURCES AND DIFFERENT NUMBERS 14:01.574 --> 14:04.410 FROM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS SEEKING THE INTERESTS OF THEIR 14:04.410 --> 14:05.378 CONSTITUENTS. 14:05.378 --> 14:07.747 HOW DO YOU MANAGE WHAT TO -- HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT TAKES 14:07.747 --> 14:10.183 PRECEDENCE, HOW DO YOU RESOLVE CONFLICTS BETWEEN 14:10.183 --> 14:12.351 COUNCILMEMBERS? 14:12.351 --> 14:14.487 >> YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE -- HOW DO YOU RESOLVE CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO 14:14.487 --> 14:16.355 COUNCILMEMBERS? 14:16.355 --> 14:17.990 I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT IS CAREFULLY. 14:17.990 --> 14:19.258 [LAUGHTER]. 14:19.258 --> 14:21.294 >> AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN 14:21.294 --> 14:23.429 COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. 14:23.429 --> 14:26.265 I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD THING. 14:26.265 --> 14:29.602 WE HAVE ONE CITY HERE, AND WE EITHER MOVE TOGETHER AS A WHOLE 14:29.602 --> 14:32.638 CITY OR NONE OF US ARE GOING TO BE MOVING TOGETHER. 14:32.638 --> 14:36.442 THERE'S A LOT OF COMMON GROUND, AND YOU BEGIN WITH THAT COMMON 14:36.442 --> 14:39.112 GROUND AND YOU BUILD OFF -- BUILD OFF OF THAT. 14:39.112 --> 14:42.615 YOU ALSO SET UP INSTITUTIONS AND STRUCTURES IN CITY GOVERNMENT 14:42.615 --> 14:46.052 THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN HOW CITY GOVERNMENT IS SET UP NOW. 14:46.052 --> 14:48.921 YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD THAT COMMITTEE SYSTEM I WAS TALKING 14:48.921 --> 14:52.024 ABOUT A SECOND AGO AND EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL CHAIRED ONE OF 14:52.024 --> 14:54.460 THOSE COMMITTEES, AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO HAVE A 14:54.460 --> 14:57.930 CITYWIDE RESPONSIBILITY IN ADDITION TO THEIR DISTRICT 14:57.930 --> 15:01.300 RESPONSIBILITY, EVERY ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO HAVE TO DEVELOP 15:01.300 --> 15:04.904 AND CULTIVATE A CITYWIDE CONSTITUENCY IN ADDITION TO 15:04.904 --> 15:07.807 THEIR DISTRICT SO THAT WHEN THEY GO TO BED AT NIGHT AND THEY PUT 15:07.807 --> 15:10.409 THEIR HEAD ON THEIR PILLOW, THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE 15:10.409 --> 15:12.545 THINKING ABOUT THEIR DISTRICT, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE 15:12.545 --> 15:17.450 THINKING ABOUT -- ABOUT THAT SUBSTANTIVE AREA, BUT CITYWIDE. 15:17.450 --> 15:21.521 YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT PART OF THE MAYOR'S JOB IN THIS COMING 15:21.521 --> 15:24.957 TERM IS TO MAKE ALL 10 OF THE COUNCILPEOPLE ABSOLUTELY THE 15:24.957 --> 15:28.761 BEST MAYORAL CANDIDATE THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM CAN BE. 15:28.761 --> 15:32.231 SO I THINK PART OF IT IS MAINTAINING A FOCUS AND A 15:32.231 --> 15:34.834 PERSPECTIVE THAT LOOKS AT THE ENTIRE CITY. 15:34.834 --> 15:37.670 RECOGNIZING THAT EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE AN 15:37.670 --> 15:42.809 ADVOCATE FOR THEIR DISTRICT, AND THE TWO DISTRICT COUNCILPEOPLE 15:42.809 --> 15:46.145 THAT ARE HAVING THAT DISPUTE THIS WEEK ARE GOING TO BE THE 15:46.145 --> 15:48.981 TWO DISTRICT PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE JOINED TOGETHER IN 15:48.981 --> 15:51.117 TRYING TO BUILD THE COALITION NEXT WEEK. 15:51.117 --> 15:54.420 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE AND WORK WITH THOSE 15:54.420 --> 15:56.656 DISAGREEMENTS TO FIND COMMON GROUND. 15:56.656 --> 15:58.925 YOU'RE ALWAYS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND IT NECESSARILY, 15:58.925 --> 16:05.565 BUT TO BUILD ON THE -- AND KEEP OPEN THE SYSTEM SO THAT THE 16:05.565 --> 16:07.600 ABILITY TO REACH THAT COMPROMISE, 16:07.600 --> 16:09.969 EITHER ON THIS ISSUE OR ON THE NEXT ISSUE, 16:09.969 --> 16:11.170 IS SOMETHING THAT'S EXPANDED. 16:11.170 --> 16:15.441 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO DIG INTO THIS A BIT MORE, 16:15.441 --> 16:16.309 BECAUSE I -- JUST FROM TALKING TO PEOPLE, 16:16.309 --> 16:18.211 I THINK THERE'S CONCERN THAT 10-1 IS GOING TO CAUSE MAYBE 16:18.211 --> 16:18.778 SOME GRIDLOCK. 16:18.778 --> 16:21.981 SO LET ME ASK YOU, THEN, STEVE, WHAT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND MAKES 16:21.981 --> 16:25.918 YOU, YOU KNOW, CONFIDENT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE UNITY 16:25.918 --> 16:27.220 ON THE COUNCIL? 16:27.220 --> 16:30.056 CAN YOU GIVE US SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND THAT WOULD GIVE 16:30.056 --> 16:31.224 US CONFIDENCE IN THAT? 16:31.224 --> 16:35.061 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE COME WITH 16:35.061 --> 16:38.598 DIFFERENT SKILLS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY ENJOY DOING. 16:38.598 --> 16:42.501 AND IN MY ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREER, GOING BACK 34 YEARS, 16:42.501 --> 16:46.372 WHAT I HAVE DONE AT EVERY STAGE HAS BEEN BRINGING PEOPLE 16:46.372 --> 16:48.207 TOGETHER. 16:48.207 --> 16:52.378 YOU KNOW, I GOT TO -- TO UT, IT WAS THE CHEAPEST LAW SCHOOL IN 16:52.378 --> 16:54.413 THE COUNTRY, AND THEY GAVE ME A SCHOLARSHIP. 16:54.413 --> 16:57.450 AND I STARTED HERE AND STARTED MY LEGAL PRACTICE HERE, 16:57.450 --> 17:01.087 SO I'M IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S DEALING WITH ADVERSARIES, 17:01.087 --> 17:05.925 PEOPLE THAT HAVE WALKED INTO A SITUATION WITH NO COMMON GROUND 17:05.925 --> 17:10.096 IN SIGHT, AND HAVE BUILT A CAREER AND A LEGAL CAREER BUILT 17:10.096 --> 17:13.766 ON BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND FINDING THE CREATIVE SOLUTION OR 17:13.766 --> 17:18.170 THE RESOLUTION THAT ENABLES PEOPLE TO -- TO PUT ASIDE THE 17:18.170 --> 17:20.172 DISPUTE AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. 17:20.172 --> 17:24.443 I SPENT ALMOST 10 YEARS, FOUR SESSIONS OVER EIGHT YEARS AS 17:24.443 --> 17:28.781 CHIEF OF STAFF AND GENERAL COUNSEL IN A STATE SENATOR'S 17:28.781 --> 17:30.750 OFFICE AT THE CAPITOL. 17:30.750 --> 17:34.020 AND IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, AGAIN, YOU'RE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, 17:34.020 --> 17:36.422 YOU'RE FINDING THAT -- THAT SOLUTION, 17:36.422 --> 17:39.558 THAT CREATIVE SOLUTION THAT ENABLES YOU TO BE ABLE TO 17:39.558 --> 17:44.363 COMMAND AND BRING TOGETHER A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY 17:44.363 --> 17:47.166 SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE. 17:47.166 --> 17:50.436 I WAS IN AN OFFICE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WELL ENOUGH THAT 17:50.436 --> 17:53.573 PEOPLE WHO HAD DISPUTES THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR OFFICE 17:53.573 --> 17:57.009 WOULD BRING THEM INTO OUR OFFICE WITH HOPES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE 17:57.009 --> 17:59.645 TO HELP THEM FIND THAT COMMON GROUND. 17:59.645 --> 18:04.317 AND THEN IN 25 YEARS, DEALING WITH A LOT OF THE LARGE CIVIC 18:04.317 --> 18:09.088 AND INSTITUTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY, 18:09.088 --> 18:12.558 WITH THE ANTIDEFAMATION LEAGUE AND ON THE FOUNDING BOARD OF THE 18:12.558 --> 18:16.028 TEXAS TRIBUNE, WITH BREAKTHROUGH AND GEN-AUSTIN AND ARTS 18:16.028 --> 18:19.632 ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN, AND ALSO DEALING WITH SOME OF THE CITY 18:19.632 --> 18:21.934 PROCESSES THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN. 18:21.934 --> 18:24.570 I WAS ON THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF CREATE AUSTIN AND FUNCTIONS 18:24.570 --> 18:26.005 WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF. 18:27.306 --> 18:29.909 IT'S SOMETHING THAT I ENJOY DOING, 18:29.909 --> 18:34.580 IT'S SOMETHING THAT -- THAT I THINK COMES NATURALLY TO ME, 18:34.580 --> 18:37.350 BEING ABLE TO PULL PEOPLE TOGETHER TO MAKE THE GROUP 18:37.350 --> 18:39.785 GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE PARTS, 18:39.785 --> 18:43.522 TO FIND THAT CREATIVE SOLUTION THAT PULLS PEOPLE TOGETHER. 18:43.522 --> 18:45.157 >> MIKE, I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION. 18:45.157 --> 18:49.161 WHAT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, 18:49.161 --> 18:51.030 MAKES YOU THE RIGHT PERSON TO CREATE UNITY ON THIS NEW 10-1 18:51.030 --> 18:52.832 COUNCIL? 18:52.832 --> 18:54.467 >> HAVE YOU EVER SAT IN A FIRE STATION WITH A BUNCH OF 18:54.467 --> 18:56.168 FIREFIGHTERS? 18:56.168 --> 18:58.838 LET ME TELL YOU, THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WITH 18:58.838 --> 19:01.707 DIFFERENT POLITICAL VIEWS, DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. 19:01.707 --> 19:04.143 NOW TRY LEADING 1,000 OF THEM IN ONE DIRECTION, 19:04.143 --> 19:07.546 TRY TO GET THEM TO COME TO A CONSENSUS ON THINGS LIKE A LABOR 19:07.546 --> 19:11.183 AGREEMENT WITH A LOT OF STRIFE AND DISCUSSIONS THAT'S GONE BACK 19:11.183 --> 19:14.587 AND FORTH WITH THE CITY MANAGER, WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 19:14.587 --> 19:17.990 YOU KNOW, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND AS A LEADER 19:17.990 --> 19:20.192 IN THAT ORGANIZATION, I WAS ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 19:20.192 --> 19:22.995 FIREFIGHTERS ONE MONTH -- ONE MONTH AFTER GETTING OFF OF 19:22.995 --> 19:25.631 PROBATION MY ROOKIE YEAR AS A FIREFIGHTER. 19:25.631 --> 19:31.170 THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE FOR 22 YEARS IS FIND THAT COMMON 19:31.170 --> 19:35.541 GROUND, NOT BE AFRAID TO HAVE THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, 19:35.541 --> 19:37.910 TO TACKLE THE DIFFICULT CHALLENGES WE FACE, 19:37.910 --> 19:41.047 BUT THEN COMING UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS WHEN THERE IS A 19:41.047 --> 19:43.749 STALEMATE, WHEN THERE IS -- WHEN THERE APPEARS TO BE NO OTHER 19:43.749 --> 19:48.254 DIRECTION TO TURN, FINDING THAT SOLUTION AND MOVING IT FORWARD. 19:48.254 --> 19:52.792 I THINK THAT MY BACKGROUND AS A FIREFIGHTER SERVES ME PERFECTLY 19:52.792 --> 19:54.360 WELL FOR ELECTED OFFICE. 19:54.360 --> 19:57.396 IN A SENSE, IT'S VERY SIMILAR. 19:57.396 --> 19:59.699 WHEN SOMEONE CALLS MY COUNCIL OFFICE, 19:59.699 --> 20:02.368 THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM OF THE DAY, THAT'S THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITY OF 20:02.368 --> 20:04.737 THE DAY, AND THEY'RE CALLING THEIR COUNCILMEMBER AND THEY 20:04.737 --> 20:07.773 NEED HELP, AND THEY WANT YOU TO RESPOND VERY QUICKLY AND SOLVE 20:07.773 --> 20:10.743 THEIR PROBLEM AND NOT COST THEM ANY MONEY. 20:10.743 --> 20:12.611 THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 20:12.611 --> 20:14.680 YOU CALL 9-1-1, YOU TELL US YOUR PROBLEM, 20:14.680 --> 20:18.417 WE RESPOND WITHIN THREE MINUTES, WE TAKE CARE OF IT, WE HUG YOU, 20:18.417 --> 20:21.554 AND WE WALK OUT AND DON'T CHARGE YOU A DIME. 20:21.554 --> 20:25.591 YOU KNOW, THAT PREPARED ME WELL FOR THE CONSTANT FIRE DRILLS, 20:25.591 --> 20:28.127 IF YOU WILL, AT CITY HALL. 20:28.127 --> 20:31.530 YOU KNOW, THE -- WE HAVE A DELIBERATIVE PROCESS, 20:31.530 --> 20:34.633 WE HAVE COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE WE ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND 20:34.633 --> 20:38.170 OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO 20:38.170 --> 20:42.608 STOP THAT -- THAT INSTANTANEOUS RESPONSE THAT CITIZENS WANT FROM 20:42.608 --> 20:43.342 YOU. 20:43.342 --> 20:45.077 WHEN THEIR TRASH DIDN'T GET PICKED UP THIS MORNING, 20:45.077 --> 20:46.545 WHY DIDN'T THEY COME? 20:46.545 --> 20:48.380 I'M CALLING YOU, YOU'RE MY COUNCILMEMBER, 20:48.380 --> 20:49.615 HELP ME FIGURE THIS OUT. 20:49.615 --> 20:53.252 YOU HAVE TO STAY CALM, YOU HAVE TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THEM, 20:53.252 --> 20:56.789 YOU HAVE TO ASSURE THEM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH, 20:56.789 --> 20:58.157 AND THEN YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH. 20:58.157 --> 21:00.526 AND -- AND IF YOU MADE A MISTAKE, 21:00.526 --> 21:03.496 IF WE AS A CITY OR I AS A COUNCILMEMBER MADE A MISTAKE, 21:03.496 --> 21:05.998 YOU APOLOGIZE FOR THAT MISTAKE AND YOU TELL THEM YOU'RE GOING 21:05.998 --> 21:08.801 TO LEARN FROM IT AND TRY NOT TO REPEAT THAT MISTAKE. 21:08.801 --> 21:10.669 IT'S BEING STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HONEST, 21:10.669 --> 21:14.340 IT'S NOT PLACATING OUR CITIZENS, IT'S TELLING THEM EXACTLY WHERE 21:14.340 --> 21:18.043 YOU LIE ON AN ISSUE. 21:18.043 --> 21:22.515 BUT HERE'S -- HERE'S, I GUESS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK 21:22.515 --> 21:25.584 MAKES -- DISTINGUISHES ME FROM A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES, 21:25.584 --> 21:28.087 AND I THINK FROM STEVE A LITTLE BIT, 21:28.087 --> 21:29.155 HE'S NEVER SERVED IN OFFICE. 21:29.155 --> 21:30.956 I CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S A CLEAR DISTINCTION, 21:30.956 --> 21:35.227 BUT I'M NOT AFRAID TO TAKE ON VERY DIFFICULT ISSUES THAT I 21:35.227 --> 21:37.963 THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF AUSTIN. 21:37.963 --> 21:38.998 AND WE'VE DONE THAT. 21:38.998 --> 21:40.499 I'VE DONE THAT AS A COUNCILMEMBER. 21:40.499 --> 21:44.270 WHEN YOU -- WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TAKING 18 MONTHS TO REWRITE OUR 21:44.270 --> 21:48.507 ECONOMIC INCENTIVE POLICIES SO THAT IT PAYS $11 AN HOUR MINIMUM 21:48.507 --> 21:52.444 WAGE AND PAYS PREVAILING WAGES TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND 21:52.444 --> 21:55.080 HEALTHCARE BENEFITS AND DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS, 21:55.080 --> 21:57.483 WE WERE FIGHTING -- MY OFFICE, ME, 21:57.483 --> 21:59.985 WE WERE FIGHTING EVERYONE ELSE AGAINST US: THE BUSINESS 21:59.985 --> 22:01.787 COMMUNITY, THE CHAMBER, THE MAYOR. 22:01.787 --> 22:05.257 FOLKS THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO KILL JOB CREATION IN AUSTIN. 22:05.257 --> 22:09.161 IT TOOK US 19 MONTHS, WE PASSED IT THROUGH THE COUNCIL WITH A 6 22:09.161 --> 22:10.396 TO 1 VOTE. 22:10.396 --> 22:11.630 I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK. 22:11.630 --> 22:13.132 WASN'T AFRAID TO TAKE ON THAT ISSUE, 22:13.132 --> 22:17.736 AND EVERY COMPANY THAT'S COME HERE SINCE THEN HAS AGREED 100% 22:17.736 --> 22:19.538 TO THAT ENTIRE POLICY. 22:19.538 --> 22:21.707 THAT, I THINK, CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THE ABILITY TO 22:21.707 --> 22:23.642 LEAD, TAKE ON VERY DIFFICULT ISSUES, 22:23.642 --> 22:26.478 AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET ADOPTED AND HAVE A HUGE IMPACT 22:26.478 --> 22:27.513 ON OUR CITIZENS. 22:27.513 --> 22:30.816 >> WELL, MY TRASH DOESN'T GET PICKED UP, I CALL 3-1-1, 22:30.816 --> 22:31.884 I DON'T CALL MY CITY COUNCILMEMBER. 22:31.884 --> 22:32.551 AND IT WORKS. 22:32.551 --> 22:33.519 IT'S REALLY EFFECTIVE. 22:33.519 --> 22:35.187 [LAUGHTER]. 22:35.187 --> 22:37.890 >> YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THAT, 22:37.890 --> 22:39.458 STEVE, BECAUSE HE SAID THAT -- YOU KNOW, 22:39.458 --> 22:41.227 THAT'S -- HE'S TRYING TO SET HIMSELF -- DO YOU HAVE ANY 22:41.227 --> 22:43.229 RESPONSE TO -- TO WHAT HE SAID IN THAT REGARD? 22:43.229 --> 22:48.100 >> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE -- BEING MAYOR MEANS YOU TACKLE 22:48.100 --> 22:50.536 DIFFICULT ISSUES. 22:50.536 --> 22:54.406 AND IT ALSO MEANS YOU FIND NEW DIRECTION AND RESOLUTION FOR THE 22:54.406 --> 22:56.008 DIFFICULT ISSUES. 22:56.008 --> 22:58.711 AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO 22:58.711 --> 23:00.713 THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE SUCCESSFULLY. 23:00.713 --> 23:03.916 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU -- WHEN WE TACKLE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES, 23:03.916 --> 23:06.552 WE NEED TO MAKE THE CITY LESS EXPENSIVE. 23:06.552 --> 23:08.654 WHEN WE TACKLE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, 23:08.654 --> 23:13.058 WE ACTUALLY NEED TO MOVE SO THAT THE CITY IS LESS CONGESTED THAN 23:13.058 --> 23:15.361 MORE CONGESTED. 23:15.361 --> 23:18.964 AND WE NEED TO -- WE NEED TO TACKLE THE HARD ISSUES AND WE 23:18.964 --> 23:20.466 NEED TO RESOLVE THEM AS WELL. 23:20.466 --> 23:21.000 >> OKAY. 23:21.000 --> 23:23.569 LET ME ASK YOU THIS: AND, AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON 23:23.569 --> 23:24.370 LEADERSHIP QUESTIONS HERE. 23:24.370 --> 23:27.873 SO -- BECAUSE WE -- I KNOW WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, 23:27.873 --> 23:31.143 EVEN WITH ME, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 23:31.143 --> 23:34.046 ISSUES LIKE TRANSPORTATION, ROADS AND WATER. 23:34.046 --> 23:35.681 WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DIG INTO YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE HERE. 23:35.681 --> 23:38.717 SO I WANT TO ASK YOU, STEVE, YOU KNOW, 23:38.717 --> 23:41.387 OUTSIDE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WHO DO YOU ADMIRE FOR THEIR 23:41.387 --> 23:46.925 LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND WHY? 23:46.925 --> 23:51.664 >> OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP QUALITIES? 23:59.471 --> 24:02.274 THERE ARE SOME EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF NONPROFIT 24:02.274 --> 24:05.911 ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS CITY THAT I THINK ARE DOING AN 24:05.911 --> 24:08.781 EXTRAORDINARY JOB. 24:08.781 --> 24:12.818 AND TWO COME TO MIND: COOKIE RUIZ AND JULIA CUBA. 24:12.818 --> 24:15.387 BOTH RUN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS CITY, 24:15.387 --> 24:16.755 AND I THINK THEY'RE BOTH AMAZING. 24:16.755 --> 24:22.494 THE CHALLENGE IS THAT NONPROFITS HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANYWHERE ARE 24:22.494 --> 24:25.464 PRETTY EXTENSIVE, BECAUSE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED AND 24:25.464 --> 24:28.100 THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR -- FOR ATTENTION. 24:28.100 --> 24:32.604 BUT BOTH OF THESE WOMEN ARE STRONG AND BOTH OF THESE WOMEN 24:32.604 --> 24:37.876 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RUN NONPROFITS IN A WAY THAT BOTH IS FISCALLY 24:37.876 --> 24:45.217 RESPONSIBLE, BUT ALSO TO DEVELOP CUTTING-EDGE PROGRAMS TO DELIVER 24:45.217 --> 24:52.391 THE SERVICES OR THE PRODUCT THAT THEIR ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING. 24:52.391 --> 24:55.828 COOKIE RUIZ WITH BALLET AUSTIN, WHICH HAS BECOME A NATIONAL 24:55.828 --> 25:00.165 LEADER IN THAT ART FIELD, AND NOT ONLY HAS GREAT ART, 25:00.165 --> 25:03.402 BUT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM WHICH IS SOCIALLY 25:03.402 --> 25:07.106 RESPONSIBLE AND USES ART AS A -- A CONVENER FOR COMMUNITY 25:07.106 --> 25:08.741 CONVERSATION. 25:08.741 --> 25:10.776 SHE'S DONE JUST AN AMAZING JOB. 25:10.776 --> 25:14.279 AND JULIA CUBA, WHO HAS DONE SEVERAL DIFFERENT NONPROFITS, 25:14.279 --> 25:17.549 THE GIRL SCOUTS AND THE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK, 25:17.549 --> 25:22.454 PROVIDING INCREDIBLE SERVICE FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN OUR 25:22.454 --> 25:24.056 COMMUNITY. 25:24.056 --> 25:27.559 MORE IN THE TRENCHES WITH A SMALLER ORGANIZATION, 25:27.559 --> 25:31.497 IT'S BATTLING THOSE KINDS OF CHALLENGES THAT ORGANIZATIONS 25:31.497 --> 25:35.734 THAT SIZE DELIVER, BUT BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE 25:35.734 --> 25:41.273 ORGANIZATIONS FORWARD IN WAYS THAT ARE EXCITING TO WATCH AND 25:41.273 --> 25:42.608 INSPIRATIONAL. 25:42.608 --> 25:43.342 >> OKAY. 25:43.342 --> 25:44.276 AND WHAT ABOUT YOU, MIKE? 25:44.276 --> 25:46.779 YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, 25:46.779 --> 25:48.414 ROLE MODEL FOR LEADERSHIP, SOMEONE WHOSE LEADERSHIP 25:48.414 --> 25:50.783 QUALITIES YOU ADMIRE? 25:50.783 --> 25:53.952 >> I ADMIRE MY MOM MORE THAN ANYONE ON THIS PLANET. 25:53.952 --> 25:56.255 MY MOM IS THE MOST AMAZING HUMAN BEING THAT'S EVER WALKED THIS 25:56.255 --> 25:58.057 EARTH. 25:58.057 --> 26:01.093 SHE WAS A SINGLE MOTHER WITH TWO KIDS, MY SISTER AND I. 26:01.093 --> 26:04.430 SHE MADE $3 AN HOUR AS A SECRETARY AT KELLER ALUMINUM 26:04.430 --> 26:06.732 CHAIRS IN CALDWELL, TEXAS. 26:06.732 --> 26:08.434 SHE BROUGHT HOME HER PAYCHECK AND WAS SO PROUD, 26:08.434 --> 26:11.703 SHE HAD BROKE THE $100 A WEEK PAY SCALE. 26:11.703 --> 26:14.373 IT WAS $101 FOR 40 HOURS OF WORK, 26:14.373 --> 26:16.442 THAT WAS HER TAKE-HOME PAY. 26:16.442 --> 26:21.413 SHE BUSSED TABLES AT A RESTAURANT AT NIGHT. 26:21.413 --> 26:22.047 AND SO WE DIDN'T -- IT'S SMALL TOWN. 26:22.047 --> 26:24.016 CALDWELL, TEXAS, IS -- BACK THEN, 26:24.016 --> 26:25.984 IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN EVEN 1,000 PEOPLE. 26:25.984 --> 26:27.920 I THINK WE HAD ONE -- IT WASN'T EVEN A STOPLIGHT, 26:27.920 --> 26:30.956 IT WAS ONE FLASHING LIGHT WAS IN THE TOWN. 26:30.956 --> 26:33.926 BUT IT'S WHERE MY FAMILY SETTLED FROM MEXICO, 26:33.926 --> 26:37.029 IT'S WHERE MY GRANDFATHER AND HIS UNCLE SETTLED IN 1910, 26:37.029 --> 26:42.034 BUT -- SO MOM, SHE DIDN'T WANT US HANGING OUT WITH GRANDMA ALL 26:42.034 --> 26:43.669 DAY, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SUMMER. 26:43.669 --> 26:44.636 WE DIDN'T HAVE DAY CARE. 26:44.636 --> 26:47.739 SHE COULDN'T AFFORD DAY CARE, COULDN'T PAY FOR A BABY-SITTER. 26:47.739 --> 26:51.710 SO MOM PUT US IN SWIMMING LESSONS WHEN I WAS IN -- I WAS 26:51.710 --> 26:54.279 FIVE AND ANTOINETTE, MY SISTER, WAS SIX. 26:54.279 --> 26:56.315 AND SO WE TOOK SWIMMING LESSONS FROM 10:00 A.M. 26:56.315 --> 26:57.449 TO NOON. 26:57.449 --> 26:59.985 AND THEN THE POOL, THE CITY SWIMMING POOL, 26:59.985 --> 27:01.053 OPENED UP AT NOON. 27:01.053 --> 27:04.623 AND WE WOULD STAY AFTER SWIMMING LESSONS AND SWIM UNTIL 4:00, 27:04.623 --> 27:06.625 5:00, THEN WE'D GO MEET MOM AT HOME. 27:06.625 --> 27:08.460 WE'D WALK HOME AND MOM WOULD BE THERE. 27:08.460 --> 27:11.096 SO THE FIRST SUMMER WAS FINE, WE PAID FOR SWIMMING LESSONS, 27:11.096 --> 27:12.998 NO BIG DEAL. 27:12.998 --> 27:15.000 THE SECOND SUMMER THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, 27:15.000 --> 27:17.503 WE'RE KIND OF CHANGING THE RULES. 27:17.503 --> 27:18.871 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUY A MEMBERSHIP. 27:18.871 --> 27:21.874 WE'VE CHANGED FROM A PUBLIC POOL TO A PRIVATE NONPROFIT. 27:21.874 --> 27:24.109 WE NEED YOU TO PAY FOR A MEMBERSHIP. 27:24.109 --> 27:25.244 SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY. 27:25.244 --> 27:27.012 SHE BORROWED IT FROM HER FAMILY MEMBERS, 27:27.012 --> 27:29.281 RAISED THE MONEY AND PAID THE MEMBERSHIP. 27:29.281 --> 27:32.784 THEY SAID, WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY PER PERSON, IT'S NOT PER FAMILY. 27:32.784 --> 27:35.754 SO IT WAS 150 PER PERSON, THEN IT WENT TO -- I MEAN, 27:35.754 --> 27:38.357 150 FOR A FAMILY, THEN IT WENT TO 150 PER PERSON. 27:38.357 --> 27:40.125 THE BOTTOM LINE WAS, LONG STORY SHORT, 27:40.125 --> 27:42.494 THEY DIDN'T WANT US GOING SWIMMING IN THE PUBLIC SWIMMING 27:42.494 --> 27:44.196 POOL IN CALDWELL, TEXAS, BACK THEN. 27:44.196 --> 27:46.198 AND MOM STOOD UP TO THEM. 27:46.198 --> 27:49.101 AND WE CALLED HER ONE DAY, WE SAID, MOM, 27:49.101 --> 27:50.869 THEY KICKED US OUT OF THE POOL. 27:50.869 --> 27:52.070 YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GO IN THERE. 27:52.070 --> 27:54.806 SHE WALKED -- SHE WENT BACK TO THE POOL AND SHE STOOD THERE 27:54.806 --> 27:58.377 WITH HER ARMS CROSSED, AND SHE SAID, YOU TWO GET IN THE POOL. 27:58.377 --> 27:59.578 AND EVERYBODY CLEARED OUT. 27:59.578 --> 28:00.879 AND WE WERE CRYING. 28:00.879 --> 28:02.748 WE WERE LIKE, MOM, DON'T MAKE US DO THIS. 28:02.748 --> 28:06.118 SHE SAID, GET IN THAT WATER. 28:06.118 --> 28:08.420 AND SHE STOOD THERE AT THE FRONT OF THE SWIMMING POOL WITH HER 28:08.420 --> 28:11.089 ARMS CROSSED AND WATCHED HER KIDS GET IN THE WATER. 28:11.089 --> 28:12.891 AND, OF COURSE, THE LIFE GUARD JUST -- YOU KNOW, 28:12.891 --> 28:16.428 HE RAN THE POOL, AND HE SAID, YOU HAVE -- MS. MARTINEZ, 28:16.428 --> 28:17.796 YOU HAVE TO GO. 28:17.796 --> 28:19.298 YOU HAVE TO STOP. 28:19.298 --> 28:20.832 YOU JUST NEED TO STOP. 28:20.832 --> 28:25.203 AND SO SHE BEGAN CALLING THE MAYOR AND SAYING, 28:25.203 --> 28:27.172 WHAT'S -- THIS IS A PUBLIC POOL. 28:27.172 --> 28:30.642 WE ALL PAY TAXES, HOW CAN MY KIDS NOT SWIM IN THE PUBLIC 28:30.642 --> 28:32.945 POOL, YOU KNOW. 28:32.945 --> 28:35.180 PRIVATE NONPROFIT NOW, WE'VE KIND OF SWITCHED GEARS. 28:35.180 --> 28:37.282 SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. 28:37.282 --> 28:40.552 SHE'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE BEING 28:40.552 --> 28:41.420 MISTREATED. 28:41.420 --> 28:43.922 SHE TAUGHT ME THAT AT A SUPER EARLY AGE. 28:43.922 --> 28:46.525 WE ENDED UP HAVING -- WE MOVED AWAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO. 28:46.525 --> 28:51.863 WE ENDED UP MOVING AWAY FROM CALDWELL, TEXAS, AND I REMEMBER, 28:51.863 --> 28:53.065 SHE WAS CRYING THAT DAY. 28:53.065 --> 28:54.266 IT WAS HER HOMETOWN. 28:54.266 --> 28:56.668 SHE WAS LEAVING. 28:56.668 --> 29:01.206 AND FOR WHATEVER REASON I SAID THIS TO HER -- YOU KNOW, 29:01.206 --> 29:03.208 BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN -- WE'D BEEN TRYING TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR. 29:03.208 --> 29:05.744 I SAID, MOM, IT'S OKAY. 29:05.744 --> 29:08.113 SOME DAY I'LL BE THE MAYOR AND I WON'T TREAT YOU OR ANYONE ELSE 29:08.113 --> 29:10.148 LIKE YOU'VE BEEN TREATED. 29:10.148 --> 29:11.750 AND THAT'S WHY I ADMIRE HER THE MOST. 29:11.750 --> 29:15.954 SHE'S NEVER STOPPED HELPING PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST, 29:15.954 --> 29:18.757 INCLUDING HER OWN KIDS. 29:18.757 --> 29:20.859 SHE SET AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE FOR BOTH OF US, 29:20.859 --> 29:22.027 AND FOR MANY FOLKS. 29:22.027 --> 29:25.097 SHE'S STILL, TO THIS DAY, HELPING PEOPLE EACH AND EVERY 29:25.097 --> 29:27.032 DAY, VOLUNTEERING AT CHURCH EVERY DAY. 29:27.032 --> 29:28.967 SHE'S AN AMAZING WOMAN. 29:28.967 --> 29:33.905 >> WELL, THEN, IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MOM'S KIND HEART, 29:33.905 --> 29:36.008 I WANT TO ASK YOU GUYS A TOUGH QUESTION. 29:36.008 --> 29:38.276 THIS IS SORT OF A KUMBUYA MOMENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, 29:38.276 --> 29:40.912 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EASY. 29:40.912 --> 29:43.482 CAN YOU TELL -- TELL US SOMETHING -- AND YOU GO FIRST, 29:43.482 --> 29:46.885 MIKE, BECAUSE I ASKED STEVE THE LAST QUESTION FIRST. 29:46.885 --> 29:49.955 TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR OPPONENT'S EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD 29:49.955 --> 29:52.391 MAKE THEM A GOOD LEADER FOR OUR CITY. 29:52.391 --> 29:54.693 I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO ENDORSE THE ADLER CAMPAIGN. 29:54.693 --> 29:55.894 [LAUGHTER]. 29:55.894 --> 29:56.828 >> WHAT -- WHAT DO YOU -- >> BUT THAT WOULD BE OKAY. 29:56.828 --> 29:57.963 >> YEAH. 29:57.963 --> 29:59.665 [LAUGHTER]. 29:59.665 --> 30:01.566 >> LET'S NOT PRECLUDE THAT. 30:01.566 --> 30:04.302 >> BUT, I MEAN, WHEN -- COME ON, BOTH YOU GUYS ARE -- ARE 30:04.302 --> 30:06.505 CIVICALLY ACTIVE, YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CITY. 30:06.505 --> 30:09.341 WHAT DO YOU SEE IN STEVE THAT -- THAT COULD MAKE HIM A GOOD 30:09.341 --> 30:12.177 LEADER FOR OUR CITY? 30:12.177 --> 30:18.450 >> FROM WHAT I KNOW, HE IS AN INCREDIBLE ATTORNEY, EXTREMELY, 30:18.450 --> 30:23.055 EXTREMELY SMART, AND I THINK THAT WAS -- THAT'S GOING TO 30:23.055 --> 30:25.791 SERVE HIM VERY WELL SHOULD HE WIN THIS ELECTION. 30:25.791 --> 30:29.561 HE HAS, YOU KNOW -- AND, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW STEVE VERY WELL. 30:29.561 --> 30:32.130 I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT TRUST ME, 30:32.130 --> 30:36.501 I HEAR FOLKS THAT KNOW STEVE AND WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT HIM. 30:36.501 --> 30:40.305 AND THEY ADMIRE HIM A GREAT DEAL FOR HIS INTELLECT, 30:40.305 --> 30:42.974 FOR HIS ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE EXTREMELY, 30:42.974 --> 30:45.277 EXTREMELY SCENARIOS AND SITUATIONS. 30:45.277 --> 30:48.847 I THINK THAT'S GOING TO SERVE HIM VERY WELL AS AN ELECTED 30:48.847 --> 30:51.383 OFFICIAL. 30:51.383 --> 30:52.517 >> STEVE, SAME QUESTION TO YOU. 30:52.517 --> 30:55.120 TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT MIKE MARTINEZ'S EXPERIENCE THAT YOU 30:55.120 --> 30:56.655 THINK MIGHT MAKE HIM A GOOD LEADER. 30:56.655 --> 30:58.523 >> I THINK HE'S A FIGHTER. 30:58.523 --> 31:02.494 YOU KNOW, AND NOT ONLY LITERALLY IN TERMS OF COMING FROM A 31:02.494 --> 31:09.534 BACKGROUND WHERE YOU SERVED THE CITY AS A -- AS PART OF THE 31:09.534 --> 31:11.970 PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE, 31:11.970 --> 31:15.173 BUT THERE'S -- THERE'S A RESOLVE THAT YOU HAVE AND A 31:15.173 --> 31:17.843 DETERMINATION AND A GRIT. 31:17.843 --> 31:24.282 AND -- AND I THINK THAT THAT FIGHTING CHARACTERISTIC IS 31:24.282 --> 31:29.788 SOMETHING THAT HAS SERVED YOU AND THE COMMUNITY WELL. 31:29.788 --> 31:30.922 >> DON'T YOU GUYS FEEL GREAT? 31:30.922 --> 31:33.325 [LAUGHTER]. 31:33.325 --> 31:33.992 >> OKAY. 31:33.992 --> 31:35.127 >> CAN'T WE JUST BE COMAYORS? 31:35.127 --> 31:36.394 [LAUGHTER]. 31:36.394 --> 31:38.630 >> NO, WE CAN'T HAVE THAT. 31:38.630 --> 31:41.299 >> COME ON, IF WE'RE GOING TO BLOW GOVERNMENT UP HERE IN 31:41.299 --> 31:44.169 AUSTIN, CHANGE IT, LET'S JUST CHANGE IT ALTOGETHER. 31:44.169 --> 31:44.770 [LAUGHTER]. 31:44.770 --> 31:45.837 >> WELL, LET'S BLOW IT UP HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE, 31:45.837 --> 31:46.671 JUST THEORETICALLY. 31:46.671 --> 31:48.173 I'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. 31:48.173 --> 31:49.775 YOU KNOW, FOR YOU, STEVE, FIRST. 31:49.775 --> 31:51.943 THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT A STRONG MAYOR FORM OF 31:51.943 --> 31:54.012 GOVERNMENT. 31:54.012 --> 31:56.414 THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER DRAMATIC LEADERSHIP CHANGE IN OUR 31:56.414 --> 31:57.616 COMMUNITY. 31:57.616 --> 31:58.850 IS THAT EVER ON YOUR MIND? 31:58.850 --> 32:01.953 AND IF YOU HAD EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY TO DO -- TO DO 32:01.953 --> 32:04.856 ANYTHING IN AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT -- WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH 32:04.856 --> 32:07.392 THAT POWER? 32:07.392 --> 32:11.096 >> YOU KNOW, WE -- WE DO HAVE WHAT THEY SAY IS A STRONG CITY 32:11.096 --> 32:14.933 MANAGER/WEAK MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 32:14.933 --> 32:17.302 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES NATIONALLY, 32:17.302 --> 32:20.872 THE TREND IS TO MOVE TOWARD STRONG MAYOR GOVERNMENTS, 32:20.872 --> 32:23.375 AND IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL IF THE CITY OF AUSTIN DIDN'T 32:23.375 --> 32:25.677 FOLLOW THAT SAME COURSE. 32:25.677 --> 32:27.646 I DON'T THINK IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT THIS NEW COUNCIL 32:27.646 --> 32:30.015 SHOULD PICK UP EARLY IN ITS TERM. 32:30.015 --> 32:33.118 WE -- WE NEED TO SET UP THE INSTITUTIONS AND STRUCTURE OF 32:33.118 --> 32:35.854 GOVERNMENT SO THAT WE CAN OPERATE WELL, 32:35.854 --> 32:41.026 AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS THERE INSTEAD. 32:41.026 --> 32:44.763 BUT THE MAYOR HAS PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY POWERS AS IT IS. 32:44.763 --> 32:47.465 THE MAYOR HAS THE POWER TO CONVENE. 32:47.465 --> 32:49.801 THE MAYOR HAS THE POWER OF THE BULLY PULPIT. 32:49.801 --> 32:52.838 AND -- AND IF YOU USE THOSE POWERS AND USE THOSE POWERS 32:52.838 --> 32:57.375 WELL, I'M NOT SURE THERE ARE -- THERE ARE GREATER POWERS IN THIS 32:57.375 --> 32:59.911 COMMUNITY THAN -- THAN THOSE TWO. 32:59.911 --> 33:03.315 AND I THINK THAT -- THAT AS MAYOR, 33:03.315 --> 33:09.621 I WOULD USE THOSE POWERS TO BE ABLE TO CONVENE PEOPLE AND TO 33:09.621 --> 33:13.692 HELP SET AND RALLY THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THE 33:13.692 --> 33:18.163 PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 33:18.163 --> 33:19.531 >> WHAT ABOUT YOU, MIKE? 33:19.531 --> 33:22.200 STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK 33:22.200 --> 33:23.001 ABOUT? 33:23.001 --> 33:24.402 AND IF YOU HAD THAT EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY, 33:24.402 --> 33:25.837 WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT? 33:25.837 --> 33:28.907 >> YOU KNOW, IT -- OBVIOUSLY HAVING BEEN A CITY EMPLOYEE AND 33:28.907 --> 33:30.809 BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT FOR 22 YEARS, 33:30.809 --> 33:33.044 I'VE HEARD THIS CONVERSATION FOR 22 YEARS. 33:33.044 --> 33:35.380 I THINK IT'S REALLY ABOUT LEADERSHIP STYLE. 33:35.380 --> 33:37.515 IT'S REALLY ABOUT WHO'S IN THOSE POSITIONS. 33:37.515 --> 33:39.584 WHEN PEOPLE LIKE THE CITY MANAGER, 33:39.584 --> 33:42.554 THEY'RE FINE WITH THIS FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 33:42.554 --> 33:44.189 WHEN THEY DON'T LIKE THE CITY MANAGER, 33:44.189 --> 33:46.524 THEY START TALK ABOUT STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 33:46.524 --> 33:48.960 WHEN THEY DON'T LIKE THE MAYOR, THEY START TALK ABOUT COUNCIL 33:48.960 --> 33:50.328 MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 33:50.328 --> 33:52.631 IT'S REALLY ABOUT LEADERSHIP STYLE. 33:52.631 --> 33:54.733 I THINK STEVE IS RIGHT, THOUGH, I THINK MOST LARGE CITIES ARE 33:54.733 --> 33:57.068 MOVING TOWARDS OR TENDING TO TREND TOWARDS A STRONG MAYOR 33:57.068 --> 33:58.670 FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 33:58.670 --> 34:00.872 IT JUST -- YOU KNOW, I CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHAT 34:00.872 --> 34:02.874 WOULD I DO WITH THOSE POWERS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE 34:02.874 --> 34:04.042 POWERS WOULD BE. 34:04.042 --> 34:06.278 WE'D HAVE TO DRAFT THAT CHARTER AMENDMENT UP, AND ULTIMATELY, 34:06.278 --> 34:08.914 IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PASSED BY THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN. 34:08.914 --> 34:12.117 I THINK YOU CAN BE A VERY EFFECTIVE LEADER IN THIS FORM OF 34:12.117 --> 34:13.251 GOVERNMENT. 34:13.251 --> 34:16.321 WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS MAYORS, 34:16.321 --> 34:19.491 KIRK WATSON AND JESUS GARZA WHO SERVED AS CITY MANAGER AND 34:19.491 --> 34:22.260 MAYOR, I BET PEOPLE WOULD THINK WE HAD A STRONG MAYOR FORM OF 34:22.260 --> 34:25.363 GOVERNMENT AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE THOSE TWO LEADERS WERE EXTREMELY 34:25.363 --> 34:29.334 DYNAMIC AND COMPLIMENTARY OF ONE ANOTHER AND LED VERY WELL IN 34:29.334 --> 34:31.836 THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS. 34:31.836 --> 34:36.274 SO IF THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, 34:36.274 --> 34:37.976 THAT IS CERTAINLY THEIR RIGHT. 34:37.976 --> 34:41.179 I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME AS A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR 34:41.179 --> 34:43.648 TO SAY WE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT GO TOWARDS THAT FORM OF 34:43.648 --> 34:44.349 GOVERNMENT. 34:44.349 --> 34:45.016 >> OKAY. 34:45.016 --> 34:46.952 WELL, THE CITY HAS DEFINITELY SEEN, YOU KNOW, 34:46.952 --> 34:49.754 A BIG CHANGE IN DEMOGRAPHICS, AGE AND ETHNICITY OVER THE LAST 34:49.754 --> 34:51.056 10 YEARS. 34:51.056 --> 34:54.826 SO IF YOU WERE MAYOR, MIKE, HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THESE CHANGING 34:54.826 --> 34:56.594 DEMOGRAPHICS? 34:56.594 --> 35:00.532 AND SPECIFICALLY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW GROUPS. 35:00.532 --> 35:05.670 RISING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, THE GROWING PRE-SENIOR DEMOGRAPHIC, 35:05.670 --> 35:08.740 AND WE'VE ALSO HAD A GROWTH IN INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTS AND A 35:08.740 --> 35:10.241 DECLINE IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS. 35:10.241 --> 35:11.309 THAT'S A LOT THERE. 35:11.309 --> 35:13.278 BUT JUST GIVE ME AN IDEA, YOU KNOW, BROADLY SPEAKING, 35:13.278 --> 35:16.414 WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE CHALLENGES WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC 35:16.414 --> 35:18.783 SHIFTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND HOW YOU WOULD -- YOU 35:18.783 --> 35:20.185 WOULD ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES? 35:20.185 --> 35:23.154 >> OBVIOUSLY, THE CHALLENGES ARE THINGS LIKE GENTRIFICATION IN 35:23.154 --> 35:27.892 HISTORICALLY MINORITY AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN, 35:27.892 --> 35:29.094 EAST AUSTIN. 35:29.094 --> 35:30.528 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EAST AUSTIN. 35:30.528 --> 35:33.965 WE HAVE WORKED ON -- WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE EDDIE RODRIGUEZ 35:33.965 --> 35:36.067 ON THE HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION DISTRICT. 35:36.067 --> 35:39.537 TO ME, THIS IS A POLICY THAT REALLY DOES SPEAK DIRECTLY TO 35:39.537 --> 35:41.940 WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EAST AUSTIN. 35:41.940 --> 35:45.877 NEW RESIDENTS ARE MOVING IN, NEW RESIDENTS ARE EITHER REMODELING 35:45.877 --> 35:49.514 OR REBUILDING HOMES, CAUSING PROPERTY VALUES TO GO UP. 35:49.514 --> 35:52.584 AN OLDER, LONG-TERM RESIDENT NEXT DOOR WHO'S BEEN THERE 30, 35:52.584 --> 35:56.321 40 YEARS, NOW SEES THEIR VALUE START TO GO UP AND THEY'RE ON A 35:56.321 --> 35:59.658 FIXED INCOME AND THEY GET PUSHED OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 35:59.658 --> 36:02.494 THE HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION DISTRICT WOULD STEM THAT TIDE OF 36:02.494 --> 36:04.129 GENTRIFICATION. 36:04.129 --> 36:06.097 IT'S NOT THE ONLY POLICY THAT WE SHOULD WORK ON, 36:06.097 --> 36:08.166 AND IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION TO ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, 36:08.166 --> 36:12.904 BUT IT CERTAINLY IS ONE AREA WHERE THE NEW CAN CONTINUE TO 36:12.904 --> 36:16.641 COME INTO AUSTIN WITHOUT HAVING THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF PUSHING 36:16.641 --> 36:19.811 THE LONG-TERM RESIDENTS OUT OF EAST AUSTIN. 36:19.811 --> 36:21.579 IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO STAY IN THEIR HOME, 36:21.579 --> 36:24.416 IT WOULD ALLOW THE NEW RESIDENTS WHO ARE PAYING THAT HIGHER 36:24.416 --> 36:27.185 PROPERTY VALUE AND HIGHER PROPERTY TAX BILL TO USE A 36:27.185 --> 36:31.189 PORTION OF THAT TO OFFSET THE RISING PROPERTY TAX BILLS FOR 36:31.189 --> 36:33.425 THE OLDER, LONG-TERM RESIDENTS. 36:33.425 --> 36:35.894 IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES LONGER. 36:35.894 --> 36:38.863 SO TODAY, IF YOU SELL YOUR HOME IN EAST AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, 36:38.863 --> 36:40.331 DEPENDING ON ITS CONDITION AND AGE, 36:40.331 --> 36:42.067 IT'S A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. 36:42.067 --> 36:46.037 BUT WHAT IF YOU COULD STAY THERE ANOTHER 10 TO 15 YEARS? 36:46.037 --> 36:49.007 THE VALUE OF THAT HOME WOULD BE EXPONENTIALLY MORE. 36:49.007 --> 36:51.776 SO THOSE LONG-TERM RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY THERE, 36:51.776 --> 36:56.281 NOT BE PRICED OUT BECAUSE OF RISING PROPERTY TAXES, 36:56.281 --> 36:59.684 AND THEN SELL FOR A MUCH GREATER VALUE IN THE LONG RUN WHENEVER 36:59.684 --> 37:01.920 IT IS THEY DETERMINE THEY WANT TO SELL THEIR HOME. 37:01.920 --> 37:02.987 THAT'S ONE ISSUE. 37:02.987 --> 37:03.588 >> UH-HUH. 37:03.588 --> 37:05.857 >> YOU KNOW, THE YOUNG DEMOGRAPHIC THAT YOU TALKED 37:05.857 --> 37:08.493 ABOUT, WE HAVE TO GET THEM MORE ENGAGED. 37:08.493 --> 37:11.096 THEY -- THEY ARE ENGAGED TO A LARGE EXTENT, 37:11.096 --> 37:14.766 BUT LIKE MANY GROUPS, IT'S A CERTAIN FEW. 37:14.766 --> 37:18.169 WE NEED THIS YOUNG PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY THAT IS GOING TO BE 37:18.169 --> 37:20.805 THE FUTURE LEADERS, IF NOT -- IF THEY AREN'T ALREADY LEADERS IN 37:20.805 --> 37:24.209 THEIR OWN RIGHT, TO GET MORE ACTIVELY ENGAGED, MORE INVOLVED, 37:24.209 --> 37:25.844 SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, 37:25.844 --> 37:28.513 PARTICIPATING IN THE CIVIC PROCESS. 37:28.513 --> 37:31.249 WE HEAR FROM MANY OF THEM, YOU KNOW, 37:31.249 --> 37:33.752 VIA TWITTER AND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA FORMS. 37:33.752 --> 37:37.155 TONIGHT, I'M SURE YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF HASHTAG QUESTIONS AND 37:37.155 --> 37:39.424 THINGS COMING IN, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT. 37:39.424 --> 37:42.393 YOU HAVE -- YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO ROLL YOUR SLEEVES UP AND GET 37:42.393 --> 37:43.628 INVOLVED. 37:43.628 --> 37:45.130 WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION, 37:45.130 --> 37:48.500 WE HAVE TO HAVE POLICIES THAT ARE CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND 37:48.500 --> 37:51.336 UNDERSTAND THE OFFSETTING EFFECTS THAT THEY'RE HAVING, 37:51.336 --> 37:53.838 SUCH AS ON THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. 37:53.838 --> 37:56.074 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EAST 11TH STREET CORRIDOR, 37:56.074 --> 37:58.576 THE AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY CORRIDOR, 37:58.576 --> 38:02.747 THAT PROJECT WAS SPECIFIC TO REVITALIZING AN AREA THAT WAS 38:02.747 --> 38:04.582 HISTORICALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN. 38:04.582 --> 38:06.117 AND, IN FACT, IT'S WHERE OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE 38:06.117 --> 38:08.086 DISTRICT IS AS WELL. 38:08.086 --> 38:12.290 WE WENT IN, WE SPENT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS REVITALIZING 38:12.290 --> 38:13.391 IT. 38:13.391 --> 38:15.860 THERE ARE NO AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUSINESSES THERE BUT ONE, 38:15.860 --> 38:17.295 AND THAT'S VICTORY GRILL. 38:17.295 --> 38:20.064 THERE ARE HARDLY ANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESIDENTS 38:20.064 --> 38:22.534 LIVING IN THAT DISTRICT, THEY'RE BEING PUSHED OUT. 38:22.534 --> 38:26.704 IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE TO ADDRESS. 38:26.704 --> 38:29.240 WE FACED IT IN THE HOLLY NEIGHBORHOOD. 38:29.240 --> 38:31.843 IN 2008, SOME HOLLY RESIDENTS CAME TO ME AND SAID, 38:31.843 --> 38:35.013 WHY AREN'T YOU SPENDING MONEY IN FIESTA GARDENS LIKE YOU GUYS DO 38:35.013 --> 38:36.514 IN ZILKER PARK? 38:36.514 --> 38:38.716 THEY HAVE GREAT PLAYSCAPES, THEY HAVE ALL THESE AMENITIES. 38:38.716 --> 38:39.684 I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? 38:39.684 --> 38:40.451 YOU'RE RIGHT. 38:40.451 --> 38:41.519 LET'S DO IT. 38:41.519 --> 38:45.690 WE SPENT $350,000 PLANNING ON HOW TO REBUILD FIESTA GARDENS. 38:45.690 --> 38:48.359 NOW THEY'RE SAYING DON'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST 38:48.359 --> 38:49.894 GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T WANT HERE. 38:49.894 --> 38:50.595 >> OKAY. 38:50.595 --> 38:52.163 I WANT TO LET STEVE JUMP IN ON THIS QUESTION AS WELL. 38:52.163 --> 38:54.732 YOU KNOW, CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS, STEVE. 38:54.732 --> 38:57.235 WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS HERE IN 38:57.235 --> 38:58.002 AUSTIN. 38:58.002 --> 39:02.207 AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS -- AS THE CHALLENGES THAT 39:02.207 --> 39:05.610 POSES TO CITY GOVERNMENT AND HOW MIGHT YOU ADDRESS THOSE? 39:05.610 --> 39:09.848 >> YOU KNOW, AUSTIN IS A MAGICAL PLACE. 39:09.848 --> 39:14.586 THERE IS A SPIRIT AND SOUL TO THIS CITY THAT'S UNIQUE. 39:14.586 --> 39:17.455 YOU GO ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND SAY YOU'RE FROM AUSTIN, 39:17.455 --> 39:20.291 TEXAS, AND IT MEANS SOMETHING TO -- TO PEOPLE. 39:20.291 --> 39:24.662 BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS CITY FOR THOSE CHALLENGES. 39:24.662 --> 39:28.099 I THINK AUSTIN IS AT A TIPPING POINT. 39:28.099 --> 39:29.767 WE HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE NOT 39:29.767 --> 39:31.135 GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THEM, AND A LOT OF THEM ARISE FROM THE 39:31.135 --> 39:34.539 CHANGES IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS. 39:34.539 --> 39:38.309 THERE ARE -- PEOPLE SAY THAT THERE ARE 110 PEOPLE MOVING TO 39:38.309 --> 39:41.412 AUSTIN EVERY DAY, AND -- AND THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT NUMBER. 39:41.412 --> 39:44.082 THAT'S A NET NUMBER, AND YOU CAN HIDE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE NET 39:44.082 --> 39:44.816 NUMBER. 39:44.816 --> 39:48.453 THERE ARE REALLY 150 PEOPLE MOVING TO AUSTIN EVERY DAY, 39:48.453 --> 39:50.655 AND THERE ARE 40 PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING. 39:50.655 --> 39:53.191 AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING, 39:53.191 --> 39:55.593 AND WE DON'T TALK AS MUCH ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING. 39:55.593 --> 39:57.729 WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT BOTH, 39:57.729 --> 39:59.430 IF WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY. 39:59.430 --> 40:03.534 WE ARE LOSING COMMUNITIES AND LOSING PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S TOO 40:03.534 --> 40:04.902 EXPENSIVE TO LIVE HERE. 40:04.902 --> 40:07.572 WE'VE GONE FROM BEING ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE BIG CITIES TO 40:07.572 --> 40:10.475 ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE BIG CITIES. 40:10.475 --> 40:14.345 WE HAVE A GROWING POPULATION, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING 40:14.345 --> 40:17.248 POPULATIONS OF 55- TO 60-YEAR-OLDS IN THE COUNTRY IN 40:17.248 --> 40:20.018 OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. 40:20.018 --> 40:22.720 AND A LOT OF THEM ARE ON FIXED INCOMES AND THEY'RE WATCHING 40:22.720 --> 40:26.424 HOME PRICES GO UP THREE AND A HALF TIMES FASTER THAN -- THAN 40:26.424 --> 40:30.194 INCOMES ARE GOING UP, THAT ARE RELATIVELY STAGNANT. 40:30.194 --> 40:34.666 WE HAVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN KIDS IN THIS CITY UNDER 18, 40:34.666 --> 40:39.170 53% OF THEM LIVING IN POVERTY AND 45% OF HISPANIC KIDS UNDER 40:39.170 --> 40:42.006 18 LIVING IN POVERTY IN OUR CITY. 40:42.006 --> 40:45.076 SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE, AND WE HAVE TO PROVIDE GREATER 40:45.076 --> 40:46.911 OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE. 40:46.911 --> 40:51.349 WE NEED TO START WITH HELPING, LIKE MAYOR CASTRO DID IN SAN 40:51.349 --> 40:54.986 ANTONIO, MOVING TOWARD UNIVERSAL PREK FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND 40:54.986 --> 40:59.190 FOUR-YEAR-OLDS SO THAT PEOPLE -- KIDS START SCHOOL IN THE RIGHT 40:59.190 --> 41:00.224 WAY. 41:00.224 --> 41:03.695 WE NEED TO INCREASE THE TRAINING FOR MIDDLE-CLASS JOBS SO THAT 41:03.695 --> 41:07.598 THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO -- TO MOVE UP 41:07.598 --> 41:09.500 THE ECONOMIC LADDER. 41:09.500 --> 41:13.938 WE NEED TO REVISE THE PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM IN WAYS THAT STATE 41:13.938 --> 41:16.808 LAW ALLOWS US TO DO IT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO STAY IN 41:16.808 --> 41:18.476 THEIR HOMES. 41:18.476 --> 41:21.579 WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING UTILITY BILLS AND FEES IN 41:21.579 --> 41:25.116 THIS CITY, SOME OF WHICH THAT RENTERS PAY THAT ARE ILLEGAL AT 41:25.116 --> 41:25.984 THIS POINT. 41:25.984 --> 41:28.486 SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS ARE A 41:28.486 --> 41:29.854 LOT OF POLICY ANSWERS. 41:29.854 --> 41:30.755 >> YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A BIG QUESTION. 41:30.755 --> 41:33.591 BUT LET ME -- SO HERE'S SORT OF A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT, 41:33.591 --> 41:35.693 AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE 41:35.693 --> 41:38.096 DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE CITY AND AS MAYOR, 41:38.096 --> 41:39.097 YOU HAVE TO REPRESENT ALL OF THEM, RIGHT? 41:39.097 --> 41:43.668 HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT SEEKING OUT, LISTENING TO DIFFERENT 41:43.668 --> 41:48.106 PERSPECTIVES AND OPINIONS ON AN ISSUE TO SORT OF WIDEN AND 41:48.106 --> 41:50.508 BROADEN YOUR PERSPECTIVE? 41:50.508 --> 41:55.513 >> WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE KEY, AND YOU ALMOST DEFINE THE ROLE 41:55.513 --> 41:59.584 OF THE MAYOR AND THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE MAYOR, 41:59.584 --> 42:03.087 BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THAT OFFICE TO BE A PLACE WHERE 42:03.087 --> 42:07.158 EVERYONE FEELS THAT THEY CAN GO TO AND, ONE, HAVE ACCESS; 42:07.158 --> 42:12.964 AND GO TO AND BE HEARD; AND GO TO AND BE UNDERSTOOD. 42:12.964 --> 42:17.268 YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO AROUND THE CITY IN A CAMPAIGN LIKE THIS, 42:17.268 --> 42:20.038 YOU BEGIN TO SEE AT A 60,000-FOOT 42:20.038 --> 42:23.007 LEVEL TRENDS AND PATTERNS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE 42:23.007 --> 42:25.143 SEEN BEFORE, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION COMING TO YOU 42:25.143 --> 42:27.011 AND SO MANY PEOPLE COMING TO YOU AT ONCE. 42:27.011 --> 42:29.547 YOU BEGIN TO SEE EFFICIENCIES THAT MIGHT EXIST, 42:29.547 --> 42:33.351 YOU SEE COMMON -- COMMON GOALS, YOU SEE COMMON HARDSHIPS AND 42:33.351 --> 42:35.153 COMMON PROBLEMS. 42:35.153 --> 42:39.223 I THINK THAT AS MAYOR, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE 42:39.223 --> 42:42.693 ACCESSIBLE, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN REACH YOU AND REACH YOU EASILY. 42:42.693 --> 42:46.631 IT MEANS YOU GO OUT TO PEOPLE, SO THAT -- THAT CONTACT IS 42:46.631 --> 42:48.299 SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS VERY EASILY. 42:48.299 --> 42:50.902 IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU -- YOU DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO 42:50.902 --> 42:55.306 LISTEN, NOT ONLY BY LISTENING BUT BY THE ACTIONS THAT YOU TAKE 42:55.306 --> 42:58.443 FOLLOWING CONVERSATIONS AND INFORMATION. 42:58.443 --> 43:01.646 AND THEN IT'S A QUESTION OF ASSIMILATING THAT INFORMATION 43:01.646 --> 43:05.316 FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES, AND THEN TRYING TO FIND, AGAIN, 43:05.316 --> 43:08.853 THE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, THE NEXT STEPS, 43:08.853 --> 43:10.788 THE CUTTING-EDGE APPROACHES. 43:10.788 --> 43:14.125 IT'S REACHING OUT AND LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING SO 43:14.125 --> 43:17.261 THAT WE'RE NOT ALWAYS TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL OURSELVES, 43:17.261 --> 43:19.530 BUT FINDING THOSE BEST PRACTICES, 43:19.530 --> 43:21.466 IT'S MAKING FOR A VERY BIG TENT. 43:21.466 --> 43:27.772 AND -- AND TRYING TO HARVEST THE TALENTS THAT COME FROM A VERY 43:27.772 --> 43:29.507 WIDE COMMUNITY. 43:29.507 --> 43:30.274 >> SAME QUESTION TO YOU, MIKE. 43:30.274 --> 43:32.510 HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT FINDING AND LISTENING TO DIFFERENT 43:32.510 --> 43:35.413 PERSPECTIVES AND OPINIONS ON AN ISSUE? 43:35.413 --> 43:39.484 >> YOU KNOW, YOU FINISH YOUR PREVIOUS COMMENTS BY SAYING AS 43:39.484 --> 43:41.052 MAYOR, YOU HAVE TO REPRESENT EVERYONE. 43:41.052 --> 43:41.752 >> YEAH. 43:41.752 --> 43:42.854 >> AND I WOULD SAY AS A COUNCILMEMBER, 43:42.854 --> 43:44.822 YOU HAVE TO REPRESENT EVERYONE AS WELL. 43:44.822 --> 43:46.491 WE MUST NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. 43:46.491 --> 43:48.860 THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE JOBS THAT THE MAYOR HAS TO 43:48.860 --> 43:51.996 IMPART UPON THIS NEXT COUNCIL IS, YES, YOU'RE IN A DISTRICT, 43:51.996 --> 43:54.532 AND, YES, YOU HAVE A CONSTITUENT BASE, 43:54.532 --> 43:56.701 BUT YOU REPRESENT ALL OF AUSTIN. 43:56.701 --> 44:00.605 I USED TO -- I USED TO TEACH -- I WAS THE ONLY CULTURAL 44:00.605 --> 44:02.807 DIVERSITY TRAINING FOR THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT, 44:02.807 --> 44:04.242 BELIEVE IT OR NOT. 44:04.242 --> 44:06.511 AND I TRAINED ALL 1,000 FIREFIGHTERS. 44:06.511 --> 44:10.581 AND THERE'S A COMPONENT IN THAT TRAINING THAT I THINK IS 44:10.581 --> 44:12.717 EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO LEADERSHIP. 44:12.717 --> 44:18.222 YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO LISTEN TO HEAR AS OPPOSED TO LEARNING 44:18.222 --> 44:20.725 HOW TO LISTEN SO YOU CAN SPEAK. 44:20.725 --> 44:23.861 AND THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU'RE IN A LEADERSHIP 44:23.861 --> 44:26.297 ROLE, SUCH AS A COUNCILMEMBER OR MAYOR. 44:26.297 --> 44:30.735 WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING FOR IS THAT PERSON'S TRUE -- WHAT WE 44:30.735 --> 44:33.638 CALLED IN THE TRAINING, YOU'RE LISTENING FOR THEIR TRUE OUCH. 44:33.638 --> 44:36.374 WHAT IS -- BECAUSE IT REALLY IS SPECIFIC. 44:36.374 --> 44:40.077 THEY MAY BE VERY FRUSTRATED AND GIVE YOU ALL KINDS OF REASONS AS 44:40.077 --> 44:43.681 TO WHY THINGS ARE NOT WORKING THE WAY THEY WANT THEM TO WORK. 44:43.681 --> 44:46.784 BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CRITICALLY LISTEN TO WHAT 44:46.784 --> 44:51.088 THEY'RE SAYING AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT THAT I CAN DO TO HELP 44:51.088 --> 44:53.791 YOU TO HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO US. 44:53.791 --> 44:59.230 I THINK THAT IS A SKILL SET THAT IS SORELY NEEDED BY MOST, 44:59.230 --> 45:00.765 IF NOT ALL, ELECTED OFFICIALS. 45:00.765 --> 45:04.068 IT'S THAT LISTENING COMPONENT THAT, YOU KNOW, 45:04.068 --> 45:06.804 YOU HEAR ABOUT POLITICIANS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND, WOW, 45:06.804 --> 45:08.439 THEY SPEAK SO WELL. 45:08.439 --> 45:10.808 THEY'RE SUCH A GOOD SPEAKER AND THEY'RE SUCH A GOOD MOTIVATOR. 45:10.808 --> 45:14.245 YOU HAVE TO BE A BETTER LISTENER THAN YOU ARE A BETTER SPEAKER. 45:14.245 --> 45:15.179 >> ALL RIGHT. 45:15.179 --> 45:16.614 LET'S SHIFT GEARS HERE FOR A QUICK SECOND. 45:16.614 --> 45:19.884 I WANT TO THROW OUT THE KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD MANTRA FOR A MOMENT 45:19.884 --> 45:22.420 AND I WANT TO THROW OUT THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITOL OF THE WORLD. 45:22.420 --> 45:25.690 CREATE A MOTTO FOR AUSTIN TO CARRY US THROUGH THE NEXT 20 45:25.690 --> 45:26.857 YEARS. 45:26.857 --> 45:29.393 I KNOW I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT HERE, BUT -- SO, YOU KNOW, 45:30.728 --> 45:35.232 WE'LL GIVE YOU EXTRA POINTS, THE FASTER YOU ANSWER. 45:35.232 --> 45:37.568 [LAUGHTER]. 45:37.568 --> 45:39.403 >> YOU'RE FIRST, MIKE. 45:39.403 --> 45:42.039 CAN YOU THINK OF A -- I MEAN -- 45:42.039 --> 45:47.511 >> OH, YOU KNOW THE KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD THING IS FUN, AND IT WORKS. 45:47.511 --> 45:49.647 IT'S A GREAT LITTLE BRAND. 45:49.647 --> 45:50.748 >> I'M NOT TRASHING "KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD". 45:50.748 --> 45:53.150 I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU WERE TO COME UP WITH A MOTTO -- 45:53.150 --> 45:54.819 >> I'M NOT EITHER, I JUST WISH IT WAS BETTER THAN 45:54.819 --> 45:59.223 "KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD", BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO END UP EXPLAINING IT TO FOLKS A LOT OF TIMES. 45:59.223 --> 46:00.458 WHAT IS "KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD"? 46:00.458 --> 46:02.093 >> SURE. 46:02.093 --> 46:02.893 >> UH-HUH. 46:02.893 --> 46:03.828 >> WHAT SHOULD THE CITY'S MOTTO BE, THOUGH? 46:03.828 --> 46:06.030 I MEAN, WHAT -- HOW WOULD YOU ENCAPSULATE AUSTIN IN JUST A FEW 46:06.030 --> 46:08.733 WORDS? 46:08.733 --> 46:12.203 >> I USED TO HAVE A BUMPER STICKER THAT SAID, 46:12.203 --> 46:13.838 ON EARTH AS IT IS IN AUSTIN. 46:13.838 --> 46:17.441 [LAUGHTER]. 46:17.441 --> 46:18.275 >> UNPACK THAT FOR US A LITTLE BIT. 46:21.612 --> 46:23.314 >> IT'S SAID THAT THIS IS IT. 46:23.314 --> 46:25.483 YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PLACE. 46:25.483 --> 46:28.452 THIS IS WHY THOSE 150 PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE A DAY. 46:28.452 --> 46:31.022 THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT AUSTIN. 46:31.022 --> 46:32.123 THERE'S SOMETHING -- THERE'S OPPORTUNITY, 46:32.123 --> 46:34.125 THERE'S -- YOU CAN MAKE IT AS A MUSICIAN, 46:34.125 --> 46:38.229 YOU CAN MAKE IT AS A BUSINESS LEADER. 46:38.229 --> 46:41.699 I MOVED HERE IN 1988 AS A 19-YEAR-OLD WIDE-EYED KID WITH 46:41.699 --> 46:46.003 $50 AND A TRUMPET BECAUSE I JUST FELT THE MAGIC OF AUSTIN AND I 46:46.003 --> 46:48.339 WANTED TO MAKE MY LIFE HERE. 46:48.339 --> 46:51.709 AND IT'S -- IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE. 46:51.709 --> 46:54.478 AND I THINK SO MANY FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN SAY THAT. 46:54.478 --> 46:55.646 NOT EVERYONE. 46:55.646 --> 46:57.348 NOW, WE'RE NOT WITHOUT OUR PROBLEMS. 46:57.348 --> 46:58.449 PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG. 46:58.449 --> 47:01.218 BUT IT'S A PRETTY SPECIAL PLACE. 47:01.218 --> 47:04.422 AND SO I KEPT THAT BUMPER STICKER ON MY SAME LITTLE CHEVY 47:04.422 --> 47:07.658 PICKUP TRUCK THAT I DROVE FROM AGE 19 TO AGE 38, 47:07.658 --> 47:11.729 ON EARTH AS IT IS IN AUSTIN. 47:11.729 --> 47:16.000 >> STEVE, CAN YOU CREATE A MOTTO FOR AUSTIN THAT MIGHT FIT ON A 47:16.000 --> 47:17.768 BUMPER STICKER AS WELL? 47:17.768 --> 47:18.836 [LAUGHTER]. 47:18.836 --> 47:19.737 >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE KIDDING HERE, 47:19.737 --> 47:22.506 BUT MY MOTTO WOULD BE, AUSTIN, A NEW WAY FORWARD. 47:22.506 --> 47:24.775 [LAUGHTER]. 47:24.775 --> 47:27.044 >> BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN BY THAT. 47:27.044 --> 47:29.847 THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN THIS CITY ARE NOT UNIQUE TO 47:29.847 --> 47:31.048 AUSTIN. 47:31.048 --> 47:37.221 YOU KNOW, GENTRIFICATION, THE DIVERSITY, DISPARITY AND WEALTH, 47:37.221 --> 47:41.692 THE -- THE ATROPHYING OF THE MIDDLE CLASS ARE NOT PROBLEMS 47:41.692 --> 47:44.428 THAT ARE UNIQUE TO AUSTIN, BUT AUSTIN IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO 47:44.428 --> 47:47.832 BE ABLE TO BE THE CITY THAT CAN ACTUALLY GET AHEAD OF THOSE AND 47:47.832 --> 47:50.401 SOLVE THOSE, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A 47:50.401 --> 47:51.736 STRONG AND VIBRANT ECONOMY. 47:53.637 --> 47:56.707 I MEAN, WE ARE NOT ONE OF THE CITIES THAT YOU READ ABOUT THAT 47:56.707 --> 47:57.108 -- THAT IS CHALLENGED IN WAYS THAT PREVENT THEM FROM BEING 47:57.108 --> 48:02.413 ABLE TO -- TO REACH THOSE GOALS. 48:02.413 --> 48:05.116 I WOULD LOVE FOR AUSTIN TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY WHERE THOSE 48:05.116 --> 48:12.123 KINDS OF SOCIAL IMPACT IDEAS WERE BORN AND CREATED AND SHOWN 48:12.123 --> 48:16.460 THAT THEY COULD, IN FACT, ACHIEVE -- ACHIEVE RESULTS. 48:16.460 --> 48:17.561 AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. 48:21.699 --> 48:22.666 >> I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU, THOUGH, I MEAN, 48:22.666 --> 48:25.236 THIS 10-1 FORM OF GOVERNMENT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBABLY 48:25.236 --> 48:26.837 SOME GROWING PAINS, RIGHT? 48:26.837 --> 48:30.207 WHAT -- WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT WE COULD 48:30.207 --> 48:33.277 ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH, AND SHOULD WE BE LOWERING OUR EXPECTATIONS 48:33.277 --> 48:34.712 UNDER 10-1? 48:34.712 --> 48:36.614 >> NO. 48:36.614 --> 48:38.482 >> ANY EXPECTATIONS -- 48:38.482 --> 48:40.050 >> ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE? 48:40.050 --> 48:40.985 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE ON COUNCIL? 48:40.985 --> 48:42.720 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 48:42.720 --> 48:46.724 THERE IS PROMISE AND POTENTIAL IN THIS 10-1 THAT IS HUGE. 48:46.724 --> 48:50.661 AND WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY VOTED TO ADOPT 10-1, 48:50.661 --> 48:53.697 THEY DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE THEY EXPECTED IT TO SIT BACK AND 48:53.697 --> 48:58.035 GO THROUGH GROWING PAINS FOR A YEAR OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR. 48:58.035 --> 49:00.704 THEY -- THEY ADOPTED THIS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT AND 49:00.704 --> 49:06.343 BELIEVED AND WILL INSIST THAT THIS IS A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT 49:06.343 --> 49:10.314 THAT ENABLES US TO -- TO ACHIEVE RESULTS. 49:10.314 --> 49:13.484 SO I THINK THE PROMISE IS INCREDIBLE COMING FROM THAT 49:13.484 --> 49:14.652 GROUP. 49:14.652 --> 49:17.421 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING, 49:17.421 --> 49:19.056 THE THREE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ELECTED, 49:19.056 --> 49:23.260 THE POOL THAT -- FROM -- FROM WHICH THE FINAL SEVEN WILL BE 49:23.260 --> 49:25.763 SELECTED AS COUNCILPEOPLE. 49:25.763 --> 49:29.266 THIS IS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE 49:29.266 --> 49:32.102 NOT GOING TO BE SITTING BACK AND WAITING. 49:32.102 --> 49:34.939 THIS IS A GROUP THAT'S GOING TO COME TOGETHER, AND I BELIEVE, 49:34.939 --> 49:36.974 ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS. 49:36.974 --> 49:41.712 SO -- SO I, FOR THE RECORD, WILL SAY THAT I EXPECT EXPECTATIONS 49:41.712 --> 49:44.582 TO BE HIGH. 49:44.582 --> 49:45.683 >> HOW ABOUT YOU, MIKE? 49:45.683 --> 49:48.252 SHOULD PEOPLE -- YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME 49:48.252 --> 49:49.186 GROWING PAINS? 49:49.186 --> 49:50.054 SHOULD WE EXPECT THAT? 49:50.054 --> 49:52.723 SHOULD WE CUT THE NEW COUNCIL SOME SLACK FOR THE FIRST LITTLE 49:52.723 --> 49:54.692 BIT? 49:54.692 --> 49:56.393 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO -- I THINK PEOPLE -- 49:56.393 --> 49:59.363 CITIZENS WILL WATCH AND MAYBE MAKE JUDGMENTS THAT THAT 49:59.363 --> 50:02.166 PERSON'S GOING THROUGH GROWING PAINS. 50:02.166 --> 50:04.134 THOSE COUNCILMEMBERS -- YOU KNOW, 50:04.134 --> 50:07.204 STEVE IS AFRAID OF MEETINGS PAST MIDNIGHT, 50:07.204 --> 50:09.139 WE BETTER CREATE SOME STRUCTURE, BECAUSE THESE NEW COUNCILMEMBERS 50:09.139 --> 50:11.275 ARE COMING IN WITH MANDATES. 50:11.275 --> 50:14.578 THEY -- THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE COMING TO CHANGE SOME THINGS AT 50:14.578 --> 50:15.679 CITY HALL. 50:15.679 --> 50:17.648 AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT SOME STRUCTURE IN PLACE SO THAT 50:17.648 --> 50:20.851 YOU DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA THAT HAS 400 ITEMS ON IT EACH AND 50:20.851 --> 50:23.187 EVERY WEEK, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO GET SOME THINGS 50:23.187 --> 50:24.255 DONE. 50:24.255 --> 50:26.156 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO SIT AND TALK ABOUT IT. 50:26.156 --> 50:28.259 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO SIT AND PROCESS IT. 50:28.259 --> 50:32.263 THIS IS THE NEW DAY FOR AUSTIN, AND THEY'RE THE FIRST NEW 50:32.263 --> 50:34.398 COUNCIL UNDER THIS NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 50:34.398 --> 50:37.234 AND I SAY THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN GUNS A'BLAZING AND WANT TO 50:37.234 --> 50:40.404 PUT SO MANY THINGS ON THAT AGENDA TO AFFECT THEIR DISTRICT, 50:40.404 --> 50:42.439 TO AFFECT AUSTIN, TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. 50:42.439 --> 50:45.042 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING EVERY DAY ON THE 50:45.042 --> 50:47.878 CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THE ISSUES OF AFFORDABILITY, 50:47.878 --> 50:50.314 THE ISSUES OF UTILITY PRICES GOING UP, 50:50.314 --> 50:53.584 THE ISSUE OF PRESERVING THE CHARACTERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, 50:53.584 --> 50:57.755 ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP EVERY SINGLE DAY 50:57.755 --> 50:59.657 DURING THIS CAMPAIGN. 50:59.657 --> 51:02.593 AND THESE COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS ARE 51:02.593 --> 51:06.196 EXPECTING OF THEM, SO, NO, I -- IT WILL NOT BE SLOW-MOVING AT 51:06.196 --> 51:08.198 CITY HALL AT ALL. 51:08.198 --> 51:10.000 JANUARY 6TH, THEY'LL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. 51:10.000 --> 51:10.668 >> ALL RIGHT. 51:10.668 --> 51:12.536 AND STEVE, I ASSUME YOU WOULD DISAGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT 51:12.536 --> 51:14.305 THAT YOU'RE AFRAID OF MEETINGS AFTER MIDNIGHT, OR -- 51:14.305 --> 51:15.739 [LAUGHTER]. 51:15.739 --> 51:16.740 >> I'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND. 51:16.740 --> 51:17.975 >> YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO GO PAST MIDNIGHT? 51:17.975 --> 51:19.076 >> ABSOLUTELY. 51:19.076 --> 51:21.712 PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. 51:21.712 --> 51:23.681 >> HE DIDN'T SAY HE WAS AFRAID OF IT. 51:23.681 --> 51:24.748 >> I WAS TRYING TO BE FAIR. 51:24.748 --> 51:26.350 >> THOSE ARE HIS WORDS, WHEN HE SAYS IT, 51:26.350 --> 51:30.321 HE SAYS I'M AFRAID OF COUNCIL WHEN I SEE THEM MEETING SO LATE. 51:30.321 --> 51:31.188 AND I GET THAT. 51:31.188 --> 51:32.256 >> WHAT I SAID, IT SCARES ME. 51:32.256 --> 51:33.057 >> OKAY. 51:33.057 --> 51:33.991 >> AND IT DOES. 51:33.991 --> 51:35.459 [LAUGHTER]. 51:35.459 --> 51:37.528 >> TRUST ME, I DON'T WANT TO BE THERE PAST 10:00 EITHER. 51:37.528 --> 51:40.397 >> AND PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THERE AT 51:40.397 --> 51:44.034 MIDNIGHT OR 1:00 OR 2:00 OR 3:00 IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BE HEARD. 51:44.034 --> 51:44.802 >> POINT TAKEN. 51:44.802 --> 51:45.602 >> AND THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. 51:45.602 --> 51:46.270 >> OKAY. 51:46.270 --> 51:47.738 SO LAST QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS, ALL RIGHT. 51:47.738 --> 51:52.343 AT THE END OF YOUR TERM, AND -- WHO DID I ASK FIRST LAST TIME? 51:52.343 --> 51:53.644 IT WAS -- IT WAS YOU? 51:53.644 --> 51:54.511 >> YEAH. 51:54.511 --> 51:56.180 >> SO AT THE END OF YOUR TERM, MIKE, 51:56.180 --> 51:58.015 HOW WILL YOUR CONSTITUENTS DESCRIBE YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS 51:58.015 --> 51:59.783 AND QUALITIES? 51:59.783 --> 52:01.552 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE -- YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ELECTED MAYOR, 52:01.552 --> 52:03.954 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? 52:03.954 --> 52:05.756 >> WOW. 52:05.756 --> 52:09.193 YOU KNOW, WE -- I AM SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS 52:09.193 --> 52:11.395 DONE AND THE COUNCILS THAT I'VE SERVED WITH. 52:12.730 --> 52:16.400 IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE A COUNCILMEMBER. 52:16.400 --> 52:19.737 AND BEING MAYOR WILL BE JUST A TREMENDOUS -- EVEN A HIGHER 52:19.737 --> 52:20.771 HONOR. 52:20.771 --> 52:24.641 I WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT -- YOU KNOW, 52:24.641 --> 52:29.613 THAT MIKE MARTINEZ PUT SOME POLICIES IN PLACE THAT AFFECTED 52:29.613 --> 52:34.151 A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A GOOD WAY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 52:34.151 --> 52:37.221 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE FIGHTING FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS 52:37.221 --> 52:39.723 AND RAISING THE BAR ON MINIMUM WAGE AND FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S 52:39.723 --> 52:42.526 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 52:42.526 --> 52:45.863 THOSE ARE ALL NATIONAL ISSUES, BUT WHAT -- WHAT I WOULD SAY TO 52:45.863 --> 52:48.632 THIS NEW COUNCIL COMING IN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON THE 52:48.632 --> 52:51.301 LEGISLATURE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON CONGRESS TO GET THINGS 52:51.301 --> 52:52.569 DONE. 52:52.569 --> 52:56.073 YOU CAN START AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND IT CAN GROW UP ORGANICALLY 52:56.073 --> 52:57.307 FROM HERE. 52:57.307 --> 53:00.110 AND THAT IS WHAT I'M PROUD OF THAT WE'VE DONE SO MUCH OF HERE 53:00.110 --> 53:01.278 IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 53:01.278 --> 53:03.180 WE PUSHED THE BAR FORWARD. 53:03.180 --> 53:07.518 WE PUSHED THE BAR HIGHER AS IT RELATES TO INITIATIVES THAT WE 53:07.518 --> 53:08.952 TAKE UPON OURSELVES. 53:08.952 --> 53:12.756 SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE LISTENED TO KLBJ AM TODAY TALKING ABOUT 53:12.756 --> 53:16.527 RAINBOW CROSSWALKS AND HOW -- WHY ARE WE WASTING TIME ON THAT. 53:16.527 --> 53:19.797 IT'S NOT A WASTE OF TIME. 53:19.797 --> 53:21.065 IT'S ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY'S VALUES, 53:21.065 --> 53:22.433 IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT. 53:22.433 --> 53:23.567 >> ALL RIGHT. 53:23.567 --> 53:24.334 THANK YOU, MIKE. 53:24.334 --> 53:25.235 AND SAME QUESTION TO YOU, STEVE. 53:25.235 --> 53:27.071 YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ELECTED MAYOR AT THE END OF YOUR TERM, 53:27.071 --> 53:31.008 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE CONSTITUENTS TO DESCRIBE YOUR LEADERSHIP 53:31.008 --> 53:32.042 SKILLS AND POLICIES? 53:32.042 --> 53:33.110 >> I AGREE. 53:33.110 --> 53:37.147 PROBABLY IF THEY WOULD SAY THAT I HAD BEEN EFFECTIVE, 53:37.147 --> 53:40.017 BECAUSE I THINK BOTTOM LINE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT FROM A 53:40.017 --> 53:41.452 LEADER. 53:41.452 --> 53:45.756 YOU KNOW, I -- I GREW UP IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MY BROTHER AND 53:45.756 --> 53:48.258 I WERE THE FIRST IN OUR FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE. 53:48.258 --> 53:50.394 I COULD ONLY GO BECAUSE THEY GAVE ME A SCHOLARSHIP. 53:50.394 --> 53:51.962 AND I WENT TO PRINCETON THAT WAY. 53:51.962 --> 53:55.099 I CAME, AS I SAID EARLIER, TO LAW SCHOOL HERE IN TEXAS BECAUSE 53:55.099 --> 53:59.336 IT WAS THE CHEAPEST LAW SCHOOL, AND THEY GAVE ME A SCHOLARSHIP. 53:59.336 --> 54:03.874 MY FATHER DIED WHEN I WAS 21 AND MY MOTHER FOLLOWED HIM SIX YEARS 54:03.874 --> 54:04.942 LATER. 54:04.942 --> 54:09.947 SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GET SUPPORT AND HELP AND HAVE 54:09.947 --> 54:14.284 OPPORTUNITIES OPENED FOR YOU. 54:14.284 --> 54:20.457 AND I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE AND CAREER TRYING TO WEDGE MY 54:20.457 --> 54:22.659 FOOT AND SHOULDER IN THAT DOOR TO ENSURE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE 54:22.659 --> 54:24.128 THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY. 54:24.128 --> 54:26.396 AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT GOVERNMENT TO DO. 54:26.396 --> 54:29.733 YOU WANT EVERYONE, WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THIS CITY, 54:29.733 --> 54:33.570 TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, THAT THEY, TOO, 54:33.570 --> 54:36.907 HAVE A CHANCE TO SUCCEED AND -- AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES 54:36.907 --> 54:39.743 AND IMPROVE THEIR STATION IN LIFE. 54:39.743 --> 54:43.347 THERE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS CITY, 54:43.347 --> 54:45.949 AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE 54:45.949 --> 54:47.784 THAT IT'S SHARED BY EVERYBODY. 54:47.784 --> 54:50.754 AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AND -- AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, HEY, 54:50.754 --> 54:53.423 STEVE WAS EFFECTIVE AT GETTING THAT DONE, 54:53.423 --> 54:55.926 THAT WOULD BE WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO BEGET. 54:55.926 --> 54:57.060 >> ALL RIGHT. 54:57.060 --> 54:59.396 WELL, THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT, 54:59.396 --> 55:03.200 SO THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU GUYS, STEVE ADLER AND MIKE MARTINEZ. 55:03.200 --> 55:07.070 AND THIS CONVERSATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE AND ON KLRU 55:07.070 --> 55:08.739 TV. 55:08.739 --> 55:12.476 EARLY VOTING IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION STARTS DECEMBER 1ST. 55:12.476 --> 55:14.878 ELECTION DAY IS DECEMBER 16. 55:14.878 --> 55:16.780 SO WRITE THOSE DATES DOWN. 55:16.780 --> 55:19.416 FOR KLRU, LEADERSHIP AUSTIN, THE ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR 55:19.416 --> 55:22.986 CIVIC LIFE AND KUT 90.5, I'M NATHAN BERNIER. 55:22.986 --> 55:24.555 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 55:24.555 --> 55:26.190 [MUSIC]. 55:26.190 --> 55:36.466 [APPLAUSE]. 55:36.466 --> 55:40.404 [www.captionsource.com] 55:57.988 --> 55:59.756 >> SUPPORT FOR CIVIC SUMMIT COMES FROM GOOGLE, 56:00.324 --> 56:02.426 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE WAYS 56:02.426 --> 56:05.162 PEOPLE CONNECT WITH INFORMATION, AND ALSO BY TEXAS MUTUAL 56:05.162 --> 56:08.065 INSURANCE, PROVIDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TEXAS 56:08.065 --> 56:11.935 EMPLOYERS. 56:11.935 --> 56:12.703 [MUSIC].