1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:02,936 [MUSIC]. 2 00:00:02,936 --> 00:00:05,205 >> WITH A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT TAKING SHAPE AT CITY HALL, 3 00:00:05,205 --> 00:00:08,675 AND EVERY SEAT UP FOR GRABS, AUSTIN VOTERS ELECTED TWO NEW 4 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:10,978 CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 5 00:00:10,978 --> 00:00:14,615 AND SENT 16 COUNCIL CANDIDATES, PLUS TWO VYING FOR AUSTIN MAYOR, 6 00:00:14,615 --> 00:00:17,217 TO RUNOFF ELECTIONS. 7 00:00:17,217 --> 00:00:19,786 TONIGHT, BEYOND THE RHETORIC. 8 00:00:19,786 --> 00:00:22,990 WE ASK THE REMAINING CANDIDATES WHAT MAKES THEM THE RIGHT PERSON 9 00:00:22,990 --> 00:00:25,525 TO LEAD THEIR DISTRICT AND OUR CITY. 10 00:00:25,525 --> 00:00:26,960 [MUSIC]. 11 00:00:43,911 --> 00:00:46,013 >> SUPPORT FOR CIVIC SUMMIT COMES FROM GOOGLE, 12 00:00:46,013 --> 00:00:48,348 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE WAYS 13 00:00:48,348 --> 00:00:52,219 PEOPLE CONNECT WITH INFORMATION, AND ALSO BY TEXAS MUTUAL 14 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:54,955 INSURANCE, PROVIDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TEXAS 15 00:00:54,955 --> 00:00:56,823 EMPLOYERS. 16 00:00:56,823 --> 00:01:04,631 [MUSIC]. 17 00:01:04,631 --> 00:01:06,833 >> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO CIVIC SUMMIT, 18 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:10,137 CITY COUNCIL RUNOFF CONVERSATION, DISTRICT 7. 19 00:01:10,137 --> 00:01:14,174 A JOINT PRODUCTION OF KLRU, LEADERSHIP AUSTIN, KUT, 20 00:01:14,174 --> 00:01:17,110 AND THE ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR CIVIC LIFE. 21 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:19,346 I'M JENNIFER STAYTON WITH KUT. 22 00:01:19,346 --> 00:01:22,516 90.5, AUSTIN'S NPR STATION. 23 00:01:22,516 --> 00:01:25,586 FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP WITH 24 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:29,756 THE CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICT 7, JEB BOYT AND LESLIE POOL. 25 00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:32,225 THIS WILL BE SORT OF LIKE A JOB INTERVIEW, 26 00:01:32,225 --> 00:01:33,660 YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY. 27 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:36,363 WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT SKILLS AND QUALITIES THESE TWO PEOPLE WOULD 28 00:01:36,363 --> 00:01:38,198 BRING TO AUSTIN CITY HALL. 29 00:01:38,198 --> 00:01:40,901 AND WE DO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO TWEET ALONG WITH US, 30 00:01:40,901 --> 00:01:44,571 USE THE #CIVICSUMMITD7. 31 00:01:44,571 --> 00:01:47,341 DISTRICT 7 IS IN NORTH CENTRAL AUSTIN. 32 00:01:47,341 --> 00:01:50,877 IT RUNS BETWEEN MOPAC AND NORTH LAMAR STARTING AT 45TH STREET, 33 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:54,548 IT CROSSES 183 WITH MOST OF ITS NORTHERN BORDER ALONG HOWARD 34 00:01:54,548 --> 00:01:55,716 LANE. 35 00:01:55,716 --> 00:01:58,552 SMALL PARTS OF THE DISTRICT HOOK UP DESSAU ROAD TO THE CITY 36 00:01:58,552 --> 00:02:00,020 LIMITS. 37 00:02:00,020 --> 00:02:02,255 SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR CANDIDATES NOW. 38 00:02:02,255 --> 00:02:05,459 JEB BOYT IS AN ATTORNEY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST. 39 00:02:05,459 --> 00:02:08,628 AS AN ATTORNEY, HE'S WORKED IN VARIOUS STATE OFFICES. 40 00:02:08,628 --> 00:02:10,864 JEB HAS ALWAYS LIVED IN DISTRICT 7, 41 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:13,300 INCLUDING THE CRESTVIEW AND BRENTWOOD NEIGHBORHOODS. 42 00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:14,968 HE NOW LIVES IN ALLANDALE. 43 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:17,604 HE SERVED ON A NUMBER OF AUSTIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 44 00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:21,708 HIS OPPONENT, LESLIE POOL, HAS LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 34 YEARS, 45 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:24,111 CURRENTLY LIVING IN ROSEDALE. 46 00:02:24,111 --> 00:02:26,947 SHE HAS SERVED ON AUSTIN COMMISSION SINCE THE MID 1990S, 47 00:02:26,947 --> 00:02:29,516 AS WELL AS SOME TRAVIS COUNTY COMMITTEES. 48 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:31,518 SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 49 00:02:31,518 --> 00:02:33,854 AND IS TREASURER OF LIVABLE CITY. 50 00:02:33,854 --> 00:02:36,823 THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. 51 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:40,093 SO THE FIRST QUESTION, WHICH WAS SHARED WITH BOTH OF YOU BEFORE 52 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:42,896 WE GOT TOGETHER THIS EVENING, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT 53 00:02:42,896 --> 00:02:46,199 YOURSELF OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS OF CAMPAIGNING THAT WILL 54 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:49,836 HELP YOU GOVERN, AND, JEB, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YOU FOR YOUR 55 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:51,038 ANSWER FIRST. 56 00:02:51,038 --> 00:02:53,740 >> WELL, I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE ASKING PEOPLE FOR MONEY, 57 00:02:53,740 --> 00:02:57,444 BUT REALLY WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE 58 00:02:57,444 --> 00:02:59,079 OUT THERE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT AUSTIN, 59 00:02:59,079 --> 00:03:02,416 HAVE A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND ENERGY FOR THE CITY THAT THEY'RE 60 00:03:02,416 --> 00:03:03,750 EXCITED ABOUT SHARING. 61 00:03:03,750 --> 00:03:06,520 SO THAT -- WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT, REALLY, IF YOU GET STUCK, 62 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,457 IF YOU'RE IN A QUESTION, IF YOU FEEL, YOU KNOW, LOST, 63 00:03:10,457 --> 00:03:11,058 FACED BY A BIG PROBLEM, JUST START ASKING QUESTIONS AND 64 00:03:11,058 --> 00:03:16,430 ASKING AROUND, AND GETTING PEOPLE IN THE CONVERSATION. 65 00:03:16,430 --> 00:03:18,865 AND, YOU KNOW, IDEAS ARE GOING TO MERGE, YOU KNOW. 66 00:03:18,865 --> 00:03:20,567 THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE GREAT IDEAS, 67 00:03:20,567 --> 00:03:22,436 OR THE ULTIMATE IDEAS, BUT YOU AT LEAST GET THE CONVERSATION 68 00:03:22,436 --> 00:03:23,970 GOING. 69 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:24,504 >> OKAY. 70 00:03:24,504 --> 00:03:25,572 LESLIE? 71 00:03:25,572 --> 00:03:29,676 >> ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED WAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO EXIST ON 72 00:03:29,676 --> 00:03:34,247 VERY LITTLE FOOD AND NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SLEEP WITH THE WORK THAT 73 00:03:34,247 --> 00:03:38,018 WE'VE DONE WITH QUESTIONNAIRES AND FORMS AND EVERYTHING. 74 00:03:38,018 --> 00:03:43,690 A LOT OF WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF IN THE CAMPAIGN SO FAR 75 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:49,129 HAS JUST BEEN THE DEPTH TO WHICH I'M ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE 76 00:03:49,129 --> 00:03:52,632 VOTERS AND HEAR THEM AND HAVE THEM RESPOND, 77 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:57,270 AND THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT, A VISION IN VALUES THAT I'VE BEEN 78 00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:59,940 ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE VOTERS IN DISTRICT 7 AND TALK ABOUT THE 79 00:03:59,940 --> 00:04:03,176 ISSUES THAT MATTER TO ME, THAT MATTER TO THEM, 80 00:04:03,176 --> 00:04:06,513 IN A WAY TO -- AS A COLLECTIVE MOVING FORWARD FOR DISTRICT 7 81 00:04:06,513 --> 00:04:08,648 AND FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. 82 00:04:08,648 --> 00:04:10,083 >> ALL RIGHT. 83 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:13,386 SO I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION AND GET 84 00:04:13,386 --> 00:04:14,888 YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS. 85 00:04:14,888 --> 00:04:16,823 SO HERE'S THE HYPOTHETICAL. 86 00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:19,960 SO THERE'S PRESSURE ON THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE TO INCREASE 87 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,196 THE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, BECAUSE OF AN INCREASE IN CRIME. 88 00:04:23,196 --> 00:04:27,134 WE'LL SAY IN TWO OF THE 10 NEW CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 89 00:04:27,134 --> 00:04:29,402 YOUR DISTRICT HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED, 90 00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:32,339 BUT YOU'RE FEELING PRESSURE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO LOBBY FOR 91 00:04:32,339 --> 00:04:35,475 AN INCREASE IN EVENING PATROLS. 92 00:04:35,475 --> 00:04:37,110 SO THIS IS KIND OF A TWO-PART QUESTION. 93 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:41,114 SO, FIRST, HOW WOULD YOU WORK WITH APD TO DECIDE WHICH 94 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:43,316 DISTRICTS GET MORE OFFICERS? 95 00:04:43,316 --> 00:04:46,353 AND THEN IF THAT MEANT DELIVERING UNWANTED NEWS BACK TO 96 00:04:46,353 --> 00:04:48,822 YOUR OWN DISTRICT AND YOUR OWN CONSTITUENTS, 97 00:04:48,822 --> 00:04:51,892 HOW WOULD YOU COMMUNICATE THAT CHOICE TO THEM. 98 00:04:51,892 --> 00:04:53,226 AND LESLIE, WE'LL START WITH YOU. 99 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:54,227 >> SURE. 100 00:04:54,227 --> 00:04:55,228 HAPPY TO KICK OFF ON THAT ONE. 101 00:04:55,228 --> 00:04:57,230 I WORK IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE CURRENTLY FOR TRAVIS 102 00:04:57,230 --> 00:05:01,568 COUNTY FOR THE CONSTABLE, AND SO I HAVE SOME ON-THE-JOB INSIGHTS 103 00:05:01,568 --> 00:05:04,905 INTO HOW OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES ARE DEPLOYED. 104 00:05:04,905 --> 00:05:07,607 SO THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, 105 00:05:07,607 --> 00:05:11,912 I WOULD TALK WITH APD ABOUT THEIR DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULES, 106 00:05:11,912 --> 00:05:18,718 AND HOW THE OFFICERS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITIES, 107 00:05:18,718 --> 00:05:25,392 AND TALK ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION AND WHERE THE HOT SPOTS ARE TO 108 00:05:25,392 --> 00:05:28,461 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT COVERAGE. 109 00:05:28,461 --> 00:05:31,565 THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION GOES TO, 110 00:05:31,565 --> 00:05:34,467 IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BOOTS ON THE GROUND, 111 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:35,936 WHAT DO YOU DO THEN? 112 00:05:35,936 --> 00:05:41,341 WE HAVE REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATIONS IN DISTRICT 7 ON 113 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:44,945 ISSUES RELATING TO CRIME, AND A CRIME WATCH, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, 114 00:05:44,945 --> 00:05:49,516 SO THERE ARE A LOT OF RESOURCES WITHIN COMMUNITIES TO BAN 115 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:53,353 TOGETHER AND AUGMENT THE WORK THAT OUR -- OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 116 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:55,455 OFFICERS, THAT THEY DO. 117 00:05:55,455 --> 00:05:56,456 >> JEB? 118 00:05:56,456 --> 00:06:02,028 >> THE -- WELL, FIRST OFF, I WOULD LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE APD'S 119 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:04,064 RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, 120 00:06:04,064 --> 00:06:06,066 THE SPECIFIC -- SPECIFIC PROBLEM, 121 00:06:06,066 --> 00:06:09,736 AND THE -- AND THEN SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MIGHT BE 122 00:06:09,736 --> 00:06:13,440 NEEDED, OR WHERE THE GAP IS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, 123 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,177 THE BUDGET AND THE FUNDING AND THE NEEDS FOR MAKING SURE WE 124 00:06:17,177 --> 00:06:18,912 HAVE THE COVERAGE. 125 00:06:18,912 --> 00:06:20,914 THE SECOND THING ABOUT THIS QUESTION IS IT TOUCHES ON A 126 00:06:20,914 --> 00:06:23,850 SENSITIVE ISSUE, THAT WE'VE HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM FOLKS 127 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:27,821 IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY DURING SOME OF THE 128 00:06:27,821 --> 00:06:32,392 MAJOR EVENTS WHERE POLICE ARE PULLED OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS 129 00:06:32,392 --> 00:06:36,463 OR COVERAGE IS LIMITED AND REDUCED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, 130 00:06:36,463 --> 00:06:37,898 AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE, YOU KNOW, 131 00:06:37,898 --> 00:06:39,966 CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THERE'S EQUAL COVERAGE. 132 00:06:39,966 --> 00:06:44,871 AND SO I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE TO WORK WITH APD, 133 00:06:44,871 --> 00:06:47,841 THE CHIEF AND APD AS A WHOLE, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE 134 00:06:47,841 --> 00:06:50,343 COVERAGE, AND SPECIFICALLY TO WORK WITH THE SECTOR COMMANDS 135 00:06:50,343 --> 00:06:53,380 AND THE FOLKS COVERING THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT 7 TO 136 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:55,415 MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS FULL COVERAGE, YOU KNOW, 137 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:57,751 THROUGH THERE. 138 00:06:57,751 --> 00:07:02,322 AND CERTAINLY, COMMUNICATE ALL THIS OUT AS TRANSPARENTLY AS 139 00:07:02,322 --> 00:07:05,258 POSSIBLE TO THE FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT. 140 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:10,430 COMMUNICATION -- YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND 141 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:14,267 ACCOUNTABILITY ARE A KEY PART OF WHAT THESE -- I THINK PEOPLE ARE 142 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:17,337 EXPECTING AS PART OF THE NEW 10-1 SYSTEM. 143 00:07:17,337 --> 00:07:19,873 >> SO I WANT TO ZERO IN ON THE SECOND PART OF THIS QUESTION. 144 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:22,142 I KNOW THIS WAS A LONG HYPOTHETICAL, 145 00:07:22,142 --> 00:07:24,344 SO LET'S KIND OF GENERALIZE THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION 146 00:07:24,344 --> 00:07:25,312 THEN. 147 00:07:25,312 --> 00:07:28,915 IF YOU HAD TO DELIVER NEWS TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU KNOW 148 00:07:28,915 --> 00:07:32,018 THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO HEAR OR NEWS THAT MAYBE COUNTER TO THE 149 00:07:32,018 --> 00:07:35,422 OPINIONS THAT THEY'VE EXPRESSED TO YOU THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO 150 00:07:35,422 --> 00:07:37,757 SEE DONE, HOW WOULD YOU -- YOU KNOW, 151 00:07:37,757 --> 00:07:39,392 SETTING ASIDE THE HYPOTHETICAL, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, 152 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:41,761 WHAT SKILLS WOULD YOU BRING TO BEAR TO WORK WITH THEM WHEN 153 00:07:41,761 --> 00:07:45,098 YOU'VE GOT TO DELIVER NEWS THAT IS MAYBE NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO 154 00:07:45,098 --> 00:07:46,166 HEAR. 155 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:47,567 AND, JEB, WE'LL START WITH YOU ON THIS ONE. 156 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:48,401 >> SURE. 157 00:07:48,401 --> 00:07:49,402 SURE. 158 00:07:49,402 --> 00:07:52,205 WELL, AS AN ATTORNEY, I'VE HAD TO DELIVER, YOU KNOW, BAD NEWS. 159 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:54,674 I'VE HAD TO TELL CLIENTS SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'VE LOST OR 160 00:07:54,674 --> 00:07:57,777 SOMETIMES WHEN WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS JUST NOT QUITE POSSIBLE. 161 00:07:57,777 --> 00:07:59,346 SO I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN DOING THAT, 162 00:07:59,346 --> 00:08:03,316 BUT -- AND THEN IN THIS SITUATION, THE KEY THING IS, 163 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:05,652 YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING THE KEY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 164 00:08:05,652 --> 00:08:07,654 THE FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVE THE MOST CONCERNS -- 165 00:08:07,654 --> 00:08:09,656 THE GREATEST CONCERNS, THE GREATEST INTERESTS AND 166 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:11,658 EXPERIENCE ON THE ISSUE, AND MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, 167 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:15,195 THAT THEY HAVE -- HAVE -- GET THE NEWS, 168 00:08:15,195 --> 00:08:18,264 HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, 169 00:08:18,264 --> 00:08:22,135 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DISSEMINATE THE NEWS MORE WIDELY 170 00:08:22,135 --> 00:08:23,903 BEYOND THERE. 171 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:24,738 >> LESLIE? 172 00:08:24,738 --> 00:08:28,341 >> WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THIS PROBABLY ISN'T LIKE A 173 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:29,342 ONE-OFF SITUATION. 174 00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:31,244 IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, 175 00:08:31,244 --> 00:08:33,880 SO I WOULD HOPE THAT IN ADVANCE, WE WOULD BE HAVING THESE 176 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:38,451 CONVERSATIONS TO PLAN FOR IF THERE WERE, 177 00:08:38,451 --> 00:08:42,055 LIKE AN ACL OR A SOUTH BY, WHERE THE POLICE WERE HAVING -- BEING 178 00:08:42,055 --> 00:08:45,959 MOVED TO AREAS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED MORE GREATLY, 179 00:08:45,959 --> 00:08:49,329 THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FILL WITH ADDITIONAL PATROLS, YOU KNOW, 180 00:08:49,329 --> 00:08:52,465 HAVE THE COVERAGE, AND WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD EYES ON THE 181 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:53,500 STREET. 182 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:55,468 AND -- AND FOR ME, IT'S A MATTER OF COMMUNICATION, 183 00:08:55,468 --> 00:08:57,704 IT'S A MATTER OF PLANNING, AND IT'S A MATTER OF PEOPLE 184 00:08:57,704 --> 00:09:02,776 UNDERSTANDING WHAT -- WHAT TO EXPECT, AND THEN HOW CAN WE, 185 00:09:02,776 --> 00:09:07,947 AS A COMMUNITY, FILL IN AND ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE. 186 00:09:07,947 --> 00:09:10,717 AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE THE POLICE MAY BE 187 00:09:10,717 --> 00:09:14,521 ELSEWHERE, WE DO STILL HAVE OUR FIRE AND OUR EMS FOLKS, 188 00:09:14,521 --> 00:09:18,491 AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES OF GREAT CONCERN, 189 00:09:18,491 --> 00:09:20,927 THEY WOULD BE DISPATCHED TO THOSE AREAS. 190 00:09:20,927 --> 00:09:24,697 NO ONE IN AUSTIN WOULD BE LEFT INJURED OR SOMETHING. 191 00:09:24,697 --> 00:09:29,369 OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WOULD BE RIGHT ON IT RIGHT OFF. 192 00:09:29,369 --> 00:09:30,637 >> ALL RIGHT. 193 00:09:30,637 --> 00:09:33,339 SO WE KNOW THE NUMBERS TELL US THAT THERE ARE MANY, 194 00:09:33,339 --> 00:09:37,243 MANY AUSTINITES WHO DON'T VOTE IN CITY ELECTIONS, 195 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:39,612 AND THEY'RE KIND OF HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE AND THEY'RE 196 00:09:39,612 --> 00:09:41,714 NOT -- NOT TERRIBLY ENGAGED. 197 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:45,785 SO HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO A NONVOTER WHY THEY SHOULD CARE 198 00:09:45,785 --> 00:09:48,354 ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AT CITY HALL? 199 00:09:48,354 --> 00:09:50,423 AND, LESLIE, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE FIRST. 200 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:53,393 >> YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGE WOULD BE CRAFTED POSSIBLY DIFFERENTLY, 201 00:09:53,393 --> 00:09:55,428 DEPENDING ON IF -- IF WE'RE TALKING TO A NEW VOTER, 202 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:59,566 MAYBE A STUDENT WHO LIVES IN ANOTHER TOWN AND IS AT UT, 203 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:02,402 MAYBE A NEW HOMEOWNER OR A NEW RENTER OR SOMEONE WHO HAS COME 204 00:10:02,402 --> 00:10:05,672 FROM ANOTHER STATE, OR SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED HERE A LONG TIME AND 205 00:10:05,672 --> 00:10:07,173 JUST HAS NEVER ENGAGED. 206 00:10:07,173 --> 00:10:09,742 I THINK YOU CAN FIND THE POINTS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE 207 00:10:09,742 --> 00:10:11,344 THROUGH CONVERSATION. 208 00:10:11,344 --> 00:10:16,749 I THINK YOU FIND WHERE -- WHERE THEIR VALUES ARE, 209 00:10:16,749 --> 00:10:19,285 THE THINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THEY CARE ABOUT, 210 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:22,355 AND HAVE THAT -- AND START THE DIALOGUE ON HOW IS IT -- YOU 211 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:25,124 KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE STREETLIGHTS, FOR INSTANCE, 212 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:27,894 JUST PICK SOMETHING OR A TRAFFIC-CALMING SITUATION, 213 00:10:27,894 --> 00:10:32,599 AND TRY TO WORK IN ADVANCE TO GET THE PROCESSES IN PLACE TO 214 00:10:32,599 --> 00:10:35,802 HAVE AN OPEN DOOR AND JUST AN OPEN CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE 215 00:10:35,802 --> 00:10:41,441 THERE'S NO JUDGMENT, THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT PEOPLE WANT 216 00:10:41,441 --> 00:10:44,677 ARE THERE AVAILABLE FOR THEM, AND WE NEED TO MATCH THEM UP 217 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:45,812 MORE APPROPRIATELY. 218 00:10:45,812 --> 00:10:50,383 THEN YOU HAVE A SENSE OF BUY-IN AND -- WHICH BONDS A COMMUNITY 219 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:56,022 TOGETHER, AND YOU COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGE THAT THIS IS A VERY 220 00:10:56,022 --> 00:11:01,161 SPECIAL THING THAT WE HAVE IN A DEMOCRACY, VOTING. 221 00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:07,066 IT CARRIES GREAT IMPORT, AND THE RESULTS OF THE ACCUMULATION OF 222 00:11:07,066 --> 00:11:10,336 THAT VOTE, THAT HUGE COMMUNITY EFFORT, 223 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:12,405 IS A VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY. 224 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:16,676 AND WE SPEAK TOGETHER AS VOTERS AND WE HAVE AN OUTCOME, 225 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:20,146 SOMETIMES WE'RE HAPPIER WITH THEM THAN NOT, 226 00:11:20,146 --> 00:11:23,550 BUT IT IS STILL A COMMUNITY ACTIVITY. 227 00:11:23,550 --> 00:11:25,485 >> AND JEB? 228 00:11:25,485 --> 00:11:28,254 >> WELL, I'M NOT SURE -- UNFORTUNATELY, 229 00:11:28,254 --> 00:11:29,989 SOME OF THOSE FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY HAPPY, 230 00:11:29,989 --> 00:11:30,857 THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT VOTING. 231 00:11:30,857 --> 00:11:32,792 I THINK SOME OF THOSE FOLKS ARE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, 232 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:35,862 PRETTY AGGRAVATED AND DISSOCIATED, 233 00:11:35,862 --> 00:11:40,133 BASED ON SOME OF THE PEOPLE I'VE RUN INTO IN TALKING -- AND 234 00:11:40,133 --> 00:11:40,967 TALKED TO. 235 00:11:40,967 --> 00:11:43,536 IN FACT, MANY OF THE PEOPLE I'VE MET IN GOING AROUND AND KNOCKING 236 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:45,838 ON DOORS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE, YOU KNOW, 237 00:11:45,838 --> 00:11:48,641 EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT -- ACTUALLY MEETING SOMEONE, 238 00:11:48,641 --> 00:11:52,211 THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE MET CANDIDATES AT ALL. 239 00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:57,617 SO, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IS A KEY PART, 240 00:11:57,617 --> 00:12:00,086 A KEY ASPECT OF THE PROMISE, CERTAINLY, 241 00:12:00,086 --> 00:12:03,056 OF THE 10-1 SYSTEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, 242 00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:07,327 AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE, IT'S, IN MANY CASES, 243 00:12:07,327 --> 00:12:09,596 FOLKS ARE NOT CLEAR WHAT THE CITY DOES. 244 00:12:09,596 --> 00:12:11,731 WHAT DOES THE CITY COUNCIL DO? 245 00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:14,367 AND IT GOES -- THOSE FUNDAMENTAL, YOU KNOW, 246 00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:17,203 THINGS ON YOUR BLOCK, IT'S TAKING -- PICKING UP YOUR 247 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:19,772 GARBAGE, IT'S REPAIRING THE POTHOLES, IT'S -- YOU KNOW, 248 00:12:19,772 --> 00:12:23,843 MAKING SURE -- DO YOU HAVE SIDEWALKS TO GET FROM YOUR HOUSE 249 00:12:23,843 --> 00:12:26,579 TO THE BUS TO THE STORE TO THE LIBRARY? 250 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:28,248 DO YOU HAVE A LIBRARY NEARBY? 251 00:12:28,248 --> 00:12:31,618 THOSE KEYS -- THOSE MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES 252 00:12:31,618 --> 00:12:34,387 THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT CLEAR ABOUT. 253 00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:38,858 ENGAGING THEM IN THEM, YOU KNOW, ASKING THEM ABOUT WHAT OF THEIR 254 00:12:38,858 --> 00:12:41,661 NEEDS ARE -- ARE BEING MET, ARE NOT BEING MET, 255 00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:45,064 WHERE THEY HAVE CONCERNS, AND GETTING THEM ENGAGED IN THE 256 00:12:45,064 --> 00:12:49,135 CONVERSATION IS HOW YOU -- I THINK YOU EVENTUALLY GET THEM -- 257 00:12:49,135 --> 00:12:51,137 LEAD THEM INTO THE VOTING BOOTH. 258 00:12:51,137 --> 00:12:53,139 >> SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT, JEB, 259 00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:56,376 THAT -- THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL 260 00:12:56,376 --> 00:12:57,377 EXACTLY DOES. 261 00:12:57,377 --> 00:12:59,812 SO YOU MENTIONED SOME SPECIFICS, SOME KIND OF VERY SPECIFIC 262 00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:01,881 THINGS, BUT I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM BOTH OF YOU, THEN, 263 00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:03,916 SORT OF A LITTLE BIT BIGGER PICTURE, 264 00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:08,054 SORT OF WHAT YOU SEE THE ROLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS IN THE LIFE 265 00:13:08,054 --> 00:13:09,055 AND HEALTH OF THE CITY. 266 00:13:09,055 --> 00:13:11,591 WE KNOW THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC POINTS THAT THE COUNCIL 267 00:13:11,591 --> 00:13:13,593 HAS TO DO AND THAT MUST DO EVERY YEAR, 268 00:13:13,593 --> 00:13:17,764 BUT KIND OF STEP BACK FROM THOSE SPECIFICS AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT 269 00:13:17,764 --> 00:13:20,900 SORT OF YOU SEE THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL IN THE HEALTH AND LIFE 270 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:21,901 OF THE CITY. 271 00:13:21,901 --> 00:13:23,903 AND, JEB, IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH THAT ONE FIRST. 272 00:13:23,903 --> 00:13:24,904 >> YEAH. 273 00:13:24,904 --> 00:13:26,939 WELL, YOU KNOW, THE BASE -- THE KEY THING THAT THE COUNCIL DOES, 274 00:13:26,939 --> 00:13:28,975 THE BASIC SPECIFICS IS THE BUDGET. 275 00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:32,145 YOU KNOW, WE -- THE COUNCIL SETS THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY, 276 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:34,147 FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL THE SERVICES, 277 00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:36,849 AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE -- THAT IS 278 00:13:36,849 --> 00:13:37,884 PROVIDED. 279 00:13:37,884 --> 00:13:40,853 BUT THEN BEYOND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS LESLIE WAS ALLUDED TO A 280 00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:44,324 MOMENT AGO, THE COUNCIL IS THE VOICE OF, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE. 281 00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:49,228 YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CHANCE -- IT IS THE REPRESENTED BODY THAT, 282 00:13:49,228 --> 00:13:54,300 YOU KNOW, GETS TOGETHER AND MAKES THE DECISIONS UPON, 283 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:57,370 YOU KNOW, THE OPERATION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT, 284 00:13:57,370 --> 00:14:01,407 THE PROVIDING OF ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE DO IN BUILDING 285 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:04,777 INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINTAINING THE HEALTH, 286 00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:08,848 SAFETY AND WELFARE OF AUSTIN, AND MAKING SURE IT REMAINS SUCH 287 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:13,353 A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, AS WE ALL ENJOY IT. 288 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:15,621 IT IS WHERE WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. 289 00:14:15,621 --> 00:14:18,925 AND NOT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THEM, BUT TO ACTUALLY MAKE SOMETHING 290 00:14:18,925 --> 00:14:22,128 HAPPEN, AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A 291 00:14:22,128 --> 00:14:23,763 GREAT CITY. 292 00:14:23,763 --> 00:14:24,530 >> AND LESLIE? 293 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,266 >> WELL, SIMPLY BUILDING ON WHAT JEB SAID SO WELL, 294 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:30,303 OF COURSE THE BUDGET BEING THE POLICY DOCUMENT WHERE WE LAY OUT 295 00:14:30,303 --> 00:14:33,406 OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY, 296 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:38,511 AND THEN ON A LARGER STAGE, I SEE THE COUNCIL AS LEADERS IN 297 00:14:38,511 --> 00:14:43,583 MOVING THE CITY FORWARD AND TOWARD IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 298 00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:46,152 QUALITY OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. 299 00:14:46,152 --> 00:14:49,088 REACHING MORE OF THE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE 300 00:14:49,088 --> 00:14:53,159 SO MANY OF THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THEM VERY MUCH ON THE 301 00:14:53,159 --> 00:14:55,962 CAMPAIGN TRAIL PREVIOUSLY, MAKING SURE THAT OUR 302 00:14:55,962 --> 00:14:59,699 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS -- THAT IS FAILING IN SOME PLACES IS 303 00:14:59,699 --> 00:15:04,403 REPAIRED AND REPLACED, THAT WE LOOK TOWARD OUR WATER, OUR RARE, 304 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:08,207 PRECIOUS -- OUR RARE, PRECIOUS DEPLETING WATER SUPPLY AND 305 00:15:08,207 --> 00:15:14,614 MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH WATER FOR THE 306 00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:17,784 CITY TO GROW AND TO MANAGE THE GROWTH IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE 307 00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:22,054 DON'T OVERRUN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR ABILITY THROUGH OUR 308 00:15:22,054 --> 00:15:26,492 NATURAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY ELEMENTS FOR 309 00:15:26,492 --> 00:15:28,127 DAY-TO-DAY LIVING. 310 00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:31,564 >> SO IT WAS A VERY BUSY, FALL ELECTION SEASON. 311 00:15:31,564 --> 00:15:33,566 I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THAT. 312 00:15:33,566 --> 00:15:35,568 THERE WERE A LOT OF DEBATES, A LOT OF FORMS, A LOT OF PANELS. 313 00:15:35,568 --> 00:15:38,304 YOU ALL SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER TALKING AND ANSWERING 314 00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:41,340 QUESTIONS, SO I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU SOMETHING 315 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:45,411 THAT YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR OPPONENT IN THE GENERAL 316 00:15:45,411 --> 00:15:46,412 CAMPAIGN. 317 00:15:46,412 --> 00:15:49,081 LESLIE, IF YOU WANT TO GO FIRST. 318 00:15:49,081 --> 00:15:50,216 >> OH, YES. 319 00:15:50,216 --> 00:15:54,821 ALL SEVEN OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE RUNNING WITH ME IN DISTRICT 7 320 00:15:54,821 --> 00:16:00,593 ARE SO SMART AND SO GRACIOUS AND GIVING OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT 321 00:16:00,593 --> 00:16:03,496 THEY HAVE OF THE CITY AND THEIR EXPERIENCES. 322 00:16:03,496 --> 00:16:06,365 I'VE JUST LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE I WAS RUNNING WITH, 323 00:16:06,365 --> 00:16:08,768 OR AGAINST. 324 00:16:08,768 --> 00:16:11,237 ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES IN DISTRICT 7. 325 00:16:11,237 --> 00:16:16,642 I LEARNED TO SPEAK REALLY SUCCINCTLY IN A MINUTE, 326 00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:20,847 I THINK WE ALL DID. 327 00:16:20,847 --> 00:16:21,714 [LAUGHTER]. 328 00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:23,649 >> AND I ACTUALLY FOUND MYSELF IN A FORUM WHERE I WAS GIVEN 329 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:25,852 MORE TIME, KIND OF LIKE THIS, AND AND IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, 330 00:16:25,852 --> 00:16:28,988 I GET TO ACTUALLY EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON MY ANSWERS 331 00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:31,324 AND MAYBE RELAX A LITTLE BIT. 332 00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:36,629 BUT I WAS UNIFORMLY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE DIALOGUE 333 00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:41,334 THAT ALL OF THE CANDIDATES IN DISTRICT 7 RACE BROUGHT -- 334 00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:42,969 BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. 335 00:16:42,969 --> 00:16:44,036 >> JEB? 336 00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:45,004 >> YEAH. 337 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:46,239 WELL, I -- YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF THE DIALOGUE, 338 00:16:46,239 --> 00:16:48,875 THE QUALITY -- YOU KNOW, AND THE OVERALL COMMITMENT. 339 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:52,645 IT WAS REALLY GREAT, THE EIGHT FOLKS THAT WERE RUNNING IN THIS 340 00:16:52,645 --> 00:16:55,648 RACE ALL REALLY CARE ABOUT AUSTIN, 341 00:16:55,648 --> 00:16:57,950 THEY ALL REALLY WANT THE CITY TO SUCCEED, 342 00:16:57,950 --> 00:16:59,685 THEY WANT IT TO BE A GREAT PLACE. 343 00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:03,155 YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO REALLY TAKE ON AND ADDRESS THE 344 00:17:03,155 --> 00:17:05,658 CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACING US, PARTICULARLY AFFORDABILITY AND 345 00:17:05,658 --> 00:17:07,260 TRANSPORTATION. 346 00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:10,596 AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS -- THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. 347 00:17:10,596 --> 00:17:12,798 AND EVERYONE CAME FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, 348 00:17:12,798 --> 00:17:16,502 AND IT WAS -- AND BROUGHT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, 349 00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:19,672 INTO THE CONVERSATION IN WORKING THIS, 350 00:17:19,672 --> 00:17:21,641 AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. 351 00:17:21,641 --> 00:17:25,378 >> SO DISTRICT 7 HAS -- I THINK WE CAN DESCRIBE AS A PRETTY 352 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:29,115 LARGE SOCIOECONOMIC DIVIDE, AND SEEING MANY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES 353 00:17:29,115 --> 00:17:32,184 WITH CHILDREN LEAVE THAT AREA AND MOVE TO COMMUNITIES, 354 00:17:32,184 --> 00:17:34,186 PFLUGERVILLE, HUTTO, MANOR AND OTHERS. 355 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:38,457 THE DISTRICT ALSO STRUGGLES WITH TRAFFIC, AS MANY DO. 356 00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:40,660 NEITHER ISSUE -- NEITHER OF THOSE ISSUES IS UNIQUE TO 357 00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:43,963 DIFFERENT 7, SO I WANT TO HEAR HOW YOU WOULD WORK WITH OTHER 358 00:17:43,963 --> 00:17:47,800 COUNCILMEMBERS TO DEAL WITH CITYWIDE ISSUES IN A WAY THAT 359 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:52,338 ENSURES THE SOLUTION WORKS FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT 7. 360 00:17:52,338 --> 00:17:54,340 JEB, WE'LL START WITH YOU. 361 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:55,141 >> SURE. 362 00:17:55,141 --> 00:17:56,642 WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIG 363 00:17:56,642 --> 00:17:59,545 CHALLENGES, AND, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATING WORKING WITH OTHER 364 00:17:59,545 --> 00:18:01,647 COUNCILMEMBERS, AND AS YOU SAID, ON CITYWIDE ISSUES. 365 00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:05,518 SO MANY OF THE VOTES AND THINGS THAT THE COUNCILS DO REALLY ARE 366 00:18:05,518 --> 00:18:09,956 CITYWIDE MATTERS AND CONCERNS, BUT PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU GET 367 00:18:09,956 --> 00:18:12,992 INTO THE -- YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL EQUITY QUESTIONS, 368 00:18:12,992 --> 00:18:16,696 GETTING INTO THE QUESTIONS THAT CONCERN, YOU KNOW, 369 00:18:16,696 --> 00:18:20,266 AFFORDABILITY AND MAKING SURE FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, 370 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:23,836 GOOD JOBS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, 371 00:18:23,836 --> 00:18:26,672 LIBRARIES AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES. 372 00:18:26,672 --> 00:18:31,477 SOME OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, BROAD CITYWIDE MATTERS THAT HOPEFULLY 373 00:18:31,477 --> 00:18:36,015 WE CAN FIND AGREEMENT ON AND CERTAINLY GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, 374 00:18:36,015 --> 00:18:37,883 HAVE THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, 375 00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:41,420 HEAR HOW THOSE CONCERNS ARE MANIFESTING PERHAPS DIFFERENTLY 376 00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:45,925 IN THEIR DISTRICTS THAN IN DISTRICT 7, AND, YOU KNOW, 377 00:18:45,925 --> 00:18:48,294 MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN PUT PROGRAMS TOGETHER THAT ARE GOING 378 00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:51,497 TO WORK CITYWIDE TO BENEFIT -- BENEFIT EVERYONE. 379 00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:54,333 TOUGHER CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE WHEN WE HAVE TO -- WITH 380 00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:56,736 LIBRARIES AND PARKS AND OTHER FACILITIES WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY 381 00:18:56,736 --> 00:18:59,038 BUILDING THINGS AND SPENDING MONEY IN THE DIFFERENT 382 00:18:59,038 --> 00:19:02,475 DISTRICTS, AND THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME BALANCING IN THE 383 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:05,811 HORSE TRADING THERE, I THINK. 384 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:06,512 >> AND LESLIE? 385 00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:09,348 >> YEAH, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE DISTRICT 386 00:19:09,348 --> 00:19:13,552 REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE THE UNIQUE VOICE TO ARTICULATE WHAT 387 00:19:13,552 --> 00:19:16,822 THE NEEDS ARE OF THE SPECIFIC DISTRICT TO THE LARGER BODY OF 388 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:20,426 THE COUNCIL, AND TO THAT -- TO THAT END, 389 00:19:20,426 --> 00:19:24,997 WOULD NEED TO PERSUADE AND SELL SOME IDEAS, 390 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:30,703 AND WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT PRIORITIES. 391 00:19:30,703 --> 00:19:35,274 AND IT COULD BE THAT, JUST TO TAKE A LIBRARY AS AN EXAMPLE, 392 00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:38,778 THERE MAY BE ONE LIBRARY THAT IS IN WORSE SHAPE THAN ANOTHER ONE 393 00:19:38,778 --> 00:19:44,083 AND THE BUDGET IS ONLY GOING TO ALLOW REPAIRS TO ONE OF THEM, 394 00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:47,386 AND SO IT WOULD BE -- I WOULD HOPE THERE WOULD BE CONSENSUS 395 00:19:47,386 --> 00:19:50,690 THAT WE REALLY ARE LOOKING AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE. 396 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:53,559 AND WHILE WE SUPPORT WHAT OUR DISTRICTS NEED INDIVIDUALLY, 397 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:58,130 WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE SERVICES AND 398 00:19:58,130 --> 00:20:02,234 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED AND WHEN YOU DO A PRIORITIZATION, 399 00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:06,205 THAT IS INCUMBENT IN THAT PROCESS, THAT, YOU KNOW, 400 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,774 WE MAY BE MOVING FORWARD HERE IN DISTRICT 7 ON THIS ONE ITEM 401 00:20:08,774 --> 00:20:11,510 WHILE WE'RE HELPING DISTRICT 4 ON THIS ITEM OVER HERE. 402 00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:14,647 AND JUST ONE WORD ON -- I MENTIONED VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES 403 00:20:14,647 --> 00:20:21,554 TO ME EARLIER, THAT, TO ME, IS A VERY KEY ELEMENT OF WHAT THE 404 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:22,988 CITY DOES. 405 00:20:22,988 --> 00:20:29,462 AND THAT -- THAT, TO ME, IS A CONCERN FOR THE ENTIRE 406 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:33,999 COMMUNITY, THAT EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE AS ACCESS TO SAFE 407 00:20:33,999 --> 00:20:38,804 HOUSING AND A GOOD EDUCATION AND IS HEALTHY, 408 00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:41,907 AND THAT ALL LEADS TO A GOOD HEALTHY WORKFORCE AND IT 409 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,543 SUPPORTS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 410 00:20:44,543 --> 00:20:47,146 SO THOSE LARGER OVERARCHING ISSUES, 411 00:20:47,146 --> 00:20:48,981 ALONG WITH AFFORDABILITY AND TRANSPORTATION, 412 00:20:48,981 --> 00:20:51,317 ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 413 00:20:51,317 --> 00:20:52,251 >> ALL RIGHT. 414 00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:55,187 I WANT YOU TO EACH IMAGINE IT'S RUSH HOUR, 415 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:57,256 YOU'RE STARTING NORTH AND YOU'RE HEADING SOUTH, 416 00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:59,325 SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE CAR FOR A WHILE. 417 00:20:59,325 --> 00:21:01,293 I WANT YOU TO TELL ME IF YOU COULD PUT THREE PEOPLE IN THAT 418 00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:04,497 CAR WITH YOU AND BE STUCK WITH THEM IN THE CAR DURING RUSH HOUR 419 00:21:04,497 --> 00:21:06,799 FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, WHO WOULD THOSE THREE PEOPLE BE AND WHAT 420 00:21:06,799 --> 00:21:09,568 WOULD YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH THEM ON YOUR RIDE? 421 00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:10,803 >> OKAY. 422 00:21:10,803 --> 00:21:18,844 LARRY DAVID, JERRY SEINFIELD -- [LAUGHTER]. 423 00:21:18,844 --> 00:21:21,580 >> -- AND WHO'S A GOOD WOMAN COMIC? 424 00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:24,683 I'M JUST BLANKING, BUT YOU GET THE POINT. 425 00:21:24,683 --> 00:21:25,518 >> SARAH SILVERMAN. 426 00:21:25,518 --> 00:21:26,352 >> YES. 427 00:21:26,352 --> 00:21:27,086 EXACTLY. 428 00:21:27,086 --> 00:21:27,953 SARAH SILVERMAN, THANK YOU. 429 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:28,754 >> YEAH. 430 00:21:28,754 --> 00:21:31,590 >> SO WOULD YOU TALK CITY ISSUES OR JUST HAVE THEM TELL JOKES? 431 00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:34,560 >> I -- YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK BOTH THINGS WOULD HAPPEN. 432 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,796 I THINK IT WOULD BE HUGELY ENLIGHTENING AND I JUST LOVE 433 00:21:36,796 --> 00:21:41,233 LARRY DAVID'S TOTAL WRY SENSE OF HUMOR, AND THE THING IS, 434 00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:45,070 I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD BE DRIVING. 435 00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:46,906 >> OH, GOOD POINT. 436 00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:47,606 [LAUGHTER]. 437 00:21:47,606 --> 00:21:48,374 >> GOOD POINT. 438 00:21:48,374 --> 00:21:49,275 GOOD POINT. 439 00:21:49,275 --> 00:21:50,109 AND JEB? 440 00:21:50,109 --> 00:21:51,777 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY HAVE KUT ON IN THE CAR, 441 00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:53,279 SO -- [LAUGHTER]. 442 00:21:53,279 --> 00:22:00,519 >> -- BUT THE -- YEAH, THAT'S A -- THREE PEOPLE IN THE CAR AND 443 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:02,054 GOING THAT ROUTE. 444 00:22:02,054 --> 00:22:07,259 YOU KNOW, I THINK I'D PROBABLY, AS LONG AS WE'RE COMMUTING TO DO 445 00:22:07,259 --> 00:22:08,661 THAT LIKE THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT 446 00:22:08,661 --> 00:22:10,095 TRANSPORTATION. 447 00:22:10,095 --> 00:22:11,964 AND, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES ABOUT -- GETTING AROUND IN THE 448 00:22:11,964 --> 00:22:14,266 CITY AND GOING NORTH TO SOUTH. 449 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:20,940 SO IN THAT REGARD, I WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO HAVE THE MAYOR, 450 00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:24,510 WHO THAT MAY BE, COUNTY JUDGE, WHO -- AND LIKELY CHAIR OF THE 451 00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:29,381 CAPILLARY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, SARAH ECKHART, 452 00:22:29,381 --> 00:22:32,451 AND LINDA WATSON, THE CAPITOL METRO CHAIR -- OR PRESIDENT, 453 00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:34,386 I'M SORRY, E.D. 454 00:22:34,386 --> 00:22:37,923 AND TO HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, 455 00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:39,091 SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE ON THE STREETS, 456 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:42,027 THESE ARE THE CONFLICTS WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH AND WHAT CAN WE 457 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:43,495 DO TO MAKE IT BETTER. 458 00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:45,698 >> WELL, OUR TIME HAS GONE BY MORE QUICKLY THAN A DRIVE FROM 459 00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:46,699 NORTH TO SOUTH AUSTIN. 460 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:49,034 I THINK WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR TIME, JUST A FINAL QUESTION, 461 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:51,670 IF I CAN JUST GET A VERY BRIEF, MAYBE ONE-SENTENCE ANSWER FROM 462 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:52,671 EACH OF YOU. 463 00:22:52,671 --> 00:22:56,008 AT THE END OF YOUR TERM, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST MARK YOU WOULD LIKE 464 00:22:56,008 --> 00:22:58,043 TO LEAVE ON THE DISTRICT. 465 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:00,312 AND, JEB, WE'LL START WITH YOU. 466 00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:04,850 >> I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO LOOK AT THE AREA IN THE BURNET 467 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:08,087 GATEWAY AREA FROM THE ACC NORTH RIDGE TO THE DOMAIN, 468 00:23:08,087 --> 00:23:09,822 THE KRAMER LANE STATION, THE ARBORETUM, 469 00:23:09,822 --> 00:23:13,459 REALLY IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE ACCESS -- 470 00:23:13,459 --> 00:23:16,528 IN-TRANSIT ACCESS THROUGH THAT AREA SO THE FOLKS UP THERE ARE 471 00:23:16,528 --> 00:23:19,365 REALLY ABLE TO EASILY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND HAVE REAL 472 00:23:19,365 --> 00:23:23,535 TRANSPORTATION CHOICES UP -- AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY TRIPS. 473 00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:24,336 >> AND LESLIE? 474 00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:26,705 >> AND FOR ME, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO PARKS, 475 00:23:26,705 --> 00:23:29,842 POOLS AND LIBRARIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA NORTH 476 00:23:29,842 --> 00:23:33,579 OF THE BURNET GATEWAY INTERSECTION AND ALL THE WAY 477 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:37,016 ACROSS FROM BALCONES WOODS OVER TO I-35. 478 00:23:37,016 --> 00:23:41,520 FOLKS OUT THERE DESPERATELY NEED ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE AND 479 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,690 ADDITIONAL CITY SERVICES ALONG THOSE LINES, 480 00:23:44,690 --> 00:23:46,992 AND I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN. 481 00:23:46,992 --> 00:23:49,895 AND THAT'S -- THAT'S THE MARK I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE. 482 00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:52,631 >> WELL, THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT. 483 00:23:52,631 --> 00:23:56,001 THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU, JEB BOYT AND LESLIE POOL. 484 00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:59,371 ALL OF THE RUNOFF CONVERSATIONS AND OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE 485 00:23:59,371 --> 00:24:01,974 NEWLY ELECTED CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICTS 2, 486 00:24:01,974 --> 00:24:04,376 5 AND 9 WILL BE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE. 487 00:24:04,376 --> 00:24:07,112 EARLY VOTING IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION WILL START DECEMBER 1. 488 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:09,848 ELECTION DAY IS DECEMBER 16. 489 00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:13,552 FOR KLRU, LEADERSHIP AUSTIN, THE ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR 490 00:24:13,552 --> 00:24:17,022 CIVIC LIFE, AND KUT, I'M JENNIFER STAYTON, 491 00:24:17,022 --> 00:24:19,525 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 492 00:24:19,525 --> 00:24:23,829 [MUSIC]. 493 00:25:25,324 --> 00:25:27,092 >> SUPPORT FOR CIVIC SUMMIT COMES FROM GOOGLE, 494 00:25:27,092 --> 00:25:30,829 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE WAYS 495 00:25:30,829 --> 00:25:31,997 PEOPLE CONNECT WITH INFORMATION. 496 00:25:31,997 --> 00:25:33,832 AND ALSO BY TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE, 497 00:25:33,832 --> 00:25:36,769 PROVIDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TEXAS EMPLOYERS