WEBVTT 00:02.035 --> 00:02.936 [MUSIC]. 00:02.936 --> 00:05.205 >> WITH A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT TAKING SHAPE AT CITY HALL, 00:05.205 --> 00:08.675 AND EVERY SEAT UP FOR GRABS, AUSTIN VOTERS ELECTED TWO NEW 00:08.675 --> 00:10.978 CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 00:10.978 --> 00:14.615 AND SENT 16 COUNCIL CANDIDATES, PLUS TWO VYING FOR AUSTIN MAYOR, 00:14.615 --> 00:17.217 TO RUNOFF ELECTIONS. 00:17.217 --> 00:19.786 TONIGHT, BEYOND THE RHETORIC. 00:19.786 --> 00:22.990 WE ASK THE REMAINING CANDIDATES WHAT MAKES THEM THE RIGHT PERSON 00:22.990 --> 00:25.525 TO LEAD THEIR DISTRICT AND OUR CITY. 00:25.525 --> 00:26.960 [MUSIC]. 00:43.911 --> 00:46.013 >> SUPPORT FOR CIVIC SUMMIT COMES FROM GOOGLE, 00:46.013 --> 00:48.348 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE WAYS 00:48.348 --> 00:52.219 PEOPLE CONNECT WITH INFORMATION, AND ALSO BY TEXAS MUTUAL 00:52.219 --> 00:54.955 INSURANCE, PROVIDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TEXAS 00:54.955 --> 00:56.823 EMPLOYERS. 00:56.823 --> 01:04.631 [MUSIC]. 01:04.631 --> 01:06.833 >> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO CIVIC SUMMIT, 01:06.833 --> 01:10.137 CITY COUNCIL RUNOFF CONVERSATION, DISTRICT 7. 01:10.137 --> 01:14.174 A JOINT PRODUCTION OF KLRU, LEADERSHIP AUSTIN, KUT, 01:14.174 --> 01:17.110 AND THE ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR CIVIC LIFE. 01:17.110 --> 01:19.346 I'M JENNIFER STAYTON WITH KUT. 01:19.346 --> 01:22.516 90.5, AUSTIN'S NPR STATION. 01:22.516 --> 01:25.586 FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP WITH 01:25.586 --> 01:29.756 THE CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICT 7, JEB BOYT AND LESLIE POOL. 01:29.756 --> 01:32.225 THIS WILL BE SORT OF LIKE A JOB INTERVIEW, 01:32.225 --> 01:33.660 YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY. 01:33.660 --> 01:36.363 WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT SKILLS AND QUALITIES THESE TWO PEOPLE WOULD 01:36.363 --> 01:38.198 BRING TO AUSTIN CITY HALL. 01:38.198 --> 01:40.901 AND WE DO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO TWEET ALONG WITH US, 01:40.901 --> 01:44.571 USE THE #CIVICSUMMITD7. 01:44.571 --> 01:47.341 DISTRICT 7 IS IN NORTH CENTRAL AUSTIN. 01:47.341 --> 01:50.877 IT RUNS BETWEEN MOPAC AND NORTH LAMAR STARTING AT 45TH STREET, 01:50.877 --> 01:54.548 IT CROSSES 183 WITH MOST OF ITS NORTHERN BORDER ALONG HOWARD 01:54.548 --> 01:55.716 LANE. 01:55.716 --> 01:58.552 SMALL PARTS OF THE DISTRICT HOOK UP DESSAU ROAD TO THE CITY 01:58.552 --> 02:00.020 LIMITS. 02:00.020 --> 02:02.255 SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR CANDIDATES NOW. 02:02.255 --> 02:05.459 JEB BOYT IS AN ATTORNEY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST. 02:05.459 --> 02:08.628 AS AN ATTORNEY, HE'S WORKED IN VARIOUS STATE OFFICES. 02:08.628 --> 02:10.864 JEB HAS ALWAYS LIVED IN DISTRICT 7, 02:10.864 --> 02:13.300 INCLUDING THE CRESTVIEW AND BRENTWOOD NEIGHBORHOODS. 02:13.300 --> 02:14.968 HE NOW LIVES IN ALLANDALE. 02:14.968 --> 02:17.604 HE SERVED ON A NUMBER OF AUSTIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 02:17.604 --> 02:21.708 HIS OPPONENT, LESLIE POOL, HAS LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 34 YEARS, 02:21.708 --> 02:24.111 CURRENTLY LIVING IN ROSEDALE. 02:24.111 --> 02:26.947 SHE HAS SERVED ON AUSTIN COMMISSION SINCE THE MID 1990S, 02:26.947 --> 02:29.516 AS WELL AS SOME TRAVIS COUNTY COMMITTEES. 02:29.516 --> 02:31.518 SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 02:31.518 --> 02:33.854 AND IS TREASURER OF LIVABLE CITY. 02:33.854 --> 02:36.823 THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. 02:36.823 --> 02:40.093 SO THE FIRST QUESTION, WHICH WAS SHARED WITH BOTH OF YOU BEFORE 02:40.093 --> 02:42.896 WE GOT TOGETHER THIS EVENING, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT 02:42.896 --> 02:46.199 YOURSELF OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS OF CAMPAIGNING THAT WILL 02:46.199 --> 02:49.836 HELP YOU GOVERN, AND, JEB, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YOU FOR YOUR 02:49.836 --> 02:51.038 ANSWER FIRST. 02:51.038 --> 02:53.740 >> WELL, I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE ASKING PEOPLE FOR MONEY, 02:53.740 --> 02:57.444 BUT REALLY WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE 02:57.444 --> 02:59.079 OUT THERE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT AUSTIN, 02:59.079 --> 03:02.416 HAVE A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND ENERGY FOR THE CITY THAT THEY'RE 03:02.416 --> 03:03.750 EXCITED ABOUT SHARING. 03:03.750 --> 03:06.520 SO THAT -- WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT, REALLY, IF YOU GET STUCK, 03:06.520 --> 03:10.457 IF YOU'RE IN A QUESTION, IF YOU FEEL, YOU KNOW, LOST, 03:10.457 --> 03:11.058 FACED BY A BIG PROBLEM, JUST START ASKING QUESTIONS AND 03:11.058 --> 03:16.430 ASKING AROUND, AND GETTING PEOPLE IN THE CONVERSATION. 03:16.430 --> 03:18.865 AND, YOU KNOW, IDEAS ARE GOING TO MERGE, YOU KNOW. 03:18.865 --> 03:20.567 THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE GREAT IDEAS, 03:20.567 --> 03:22.436 OR THE ULTIMATE IDEAS, BUT YOU AT LEAST GET THE CONVERSATION 03:22.436 --> 03:23.970 GOING. 03:23.970 --> 03:24.504 >> OKAY. 03:24.504 --> 03:25.572 LESLIE? 03:25.572 --> 03:29.676 >> ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED WAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO EXIST ON 03:29.676 --> 03:34.247 VERY LITTLE FOOD AND NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SLEEP WITH THE WORK THAT 03:34.247 --> 03:38.018 WE'VE DONE WITH QUESTIONNAIRES AND FORMS AND EVERYTHING. 03:38.018 --> 03:43.690 A LOT OF WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF IN THE CAMPAIGN SO FAR 03:43.690 --> 03:49.129 HAS JUST BEEN THE DEPTH TO WHICH I'M ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE 03:49.129 --> 03:52.632 VOTERS AND HEAR THEM AND HAVE THEM RESPOND, 03:52.632 --> 03:57.270 AND THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT, A VISION IN VALUES THAT I'VE BEEN 03:57.270 --> 03:59.940 ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE VOTERS IN DISTRICT 7 AND TALK ABOUT THE 03:59.940 --> 04:03.176 ISSUES THAT MATTER TO ME, THAT MATTER TO THEM, 04:03.176 --> 04:06.513 IN A WAY TO -- AS A COLLECTIVE MOVING FORWARD FOR DISTRICT 7 04:06.513 --> 04:08.648 AND FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. 04:08.648 --> 04:10.083 >> ALL RIGHT. 04:10.083 --> 04:13.386 SO I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION AND GET 04:13.386 --> 04:14.888 YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS. 04:14.888 --> 04:16.823 SO HERE'S THE HYPOTHETICAL. 04:16.823 --> 04:19.960 SO THERE'S PRESSURE ON THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE TO INCREASE 04:19.960 --> 04:23.196 THE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, BECAUSE OF AN INCREASE IN CRIME. 04:23.196 --> 04:27.134 WE'LL SAY IN TWO OF THE 10 NEW CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 04:27.134 --> 04:29.402 YOUR DISTRICT HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED, 04:29.402 --> 04:32.339 BUT YOU'RE FEELING PRESSURE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO LOBBY FOR 04:32.339 --> 04:35.475 AN INCREASE IN EVENING PATROLS. 04:35.475 --> 04:37.110 SO THIS IS KIND OF A TWO-PART QUESTION. 04:37.110 --> 04:41.114 SO, FIRST, HOW WOULD YOU WORK WITH APD TO DECIDE WHICH 04:41.114 --> 04:43.316 DISTRICTS GET MORE OFFICERS? 04:43.316 --> 04:46.353 AND THEN IF THAT MEANT DELIVERING UNWANTED NEWS BACK TO 04:46.353 --> 04:48.822 YOUR OWN DISTRICT AND YOUR OWN CONSTITUENTS, 04:48.822 --> 04:51.892 HOW WOULD YOU COMMUNICATE THAT CHOICE TO THEM. 04:51.892 --> 04:53.226 AND LESLIE, WE'LL START WITH YOU. 04:53.226 --> 04:54.227 >> SURE. 04:54.227 --> 04:55.228 HAPPY TO KICK OFF ON THAT ONE. 04:55.228 --> 04:57.230 I WORK IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE CURRENTLY FOR TRAVIS 04:57.230 --> 05:01.568 COUNTY FOR THE CONSTABLE, AND SO I HAVE SOME ON-THE-JOB INSIGHTS 05:01.568 --> 05:04.905 INTO HOW OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES ARE DEPLOYED. 05:04.905 --> 05:07.607 SO THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, 05:07.607 --> 05:11.912 I WOULD TALK WITH APD ABOUT THEIR DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULES, 05:11.912 --> 05:18.718 AND HOW THE OFFICERS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITIES, 05:18.718 --> 05:25.392 AND TALK ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION AND WHERE THE HOT SPOTS ARE TO 05:25.392 --> 05:28.461 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT COVERAGE. 05:28.461 --> 05:31.565 THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION GOES TO, 05:31.565 --> 05:34.467 IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BOOTS ON THE GROUND, 05:34.467 --> 05:35.936 WHAT DO YOU DO THEN? 05:35.936 --> 05:41.341 WE HAVE REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATIONS IN DISTRICT 7 ON 05:41.341 --> 05:44.945 ISSUES RELATING TO CRIME, AND A CRIME WATCH, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, 05:44.945 --> 05:49.516 SO THERE ARE A LOT OF RESOURCES WITHIN COMMUNITIES TO BAN 05:49.516 --> 05:53.353 TOGETHER AND AUGMENT THE WORK THAT OUR -- OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 05:53.353 --> 05:55.455 OFFICERS, THAT THEY DO. 05:55.455 --> 05:56.456 >> JEB? 05:56.456 --> 06:02.028 >> THE -- WELL, FIRST OFF, I WOULD LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE APD'S 06:02.028 --> 06:04.064 RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, 06:04.064 --> 06:06.066 THE SPECIFIC -- SPECIFIC PROBLEM, 06:06.066 --> 06:09.736 AND THE -- AND THEN SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MIGHT BE 06:09.736 --> 06:13.440 NEEDED, OR WHERE THE GAP IS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, 06:13.440 --> 06:17.177 THE BUDGET AND THE FUNDING AND THE NEEDS FOR MAKING SURE WE 06:17.177 --> 06:18.912 HAVE THE COVERAGE. 06:18.912 --> 06:20.914 THE SECOND THING ABOUT THIS QUESTION IS IT TOUCHES ON A 06:20.914 --> 06:23.850 SENSITIVE ISSUE, THAT WE'VE HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM FOLKS 06:23.850 --> 06:27.821 IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY DURING SOME OF THE 06:27.821 --> 06:32.392 MAJOR EVENTS WHERE POLICE ARE PULLED OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS 06:32.392 --> 06:36.463 OR COVERAGE IS LIMITED AND REDUCED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, 06:36.463 --> 06:37.898 AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE, YOU KNOW, 06:37.898 --> 06:39.966 CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THERE'S EQUAL COVERAGE. 06:39.966 --> 06:44.871 AND SO I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE TO WORK WITH APD, 06:44.871 --> 06:47.841 THE CHIEF AND APD AS A WHOLE, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE 06:47.841 --> 06:50.343 COVERAGE, AND SPECIFICALLY TO WORK WITH THE SECTOR COMMANDS 06:50.343 --> 06:53.380 AND THE FOLKS COVERING THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT 7 TO 06:53.380 --> 06:55.415 MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS FULL COVERAGE, YOU KNOW, 06:55.415 --> 06:57.751 THROUGH THERE. 06:57.751 --> 07:02.322 AND CERTAINLY, COMMUNICATE ALL THIS OUT AS TRANSPARENTLY AS 07:02.322 --> 07:05.258 POSSIBLE TO THE FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT. 07:05.258 --> 07:10.430 COMMUNICATION -- YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND 07:10.430 --> 07:14.267 ACCOUNTABILITY ARE A KEY PART OF WHAT THESE -- I THINK PEOPLE ARE 07:14.267 --> 07:17.337 EXPECTING AS PART OF THE NEW 10-1 SYSTEM. 07:17.337 --> 07:19.873 >> SO I WANT TO ZERO IN ON THE SECOND PART OF THIS QUESTION. 07:19.873 --> 07:22.142 I KNOW THIS WAS A LONG HYPOTHETICAL, 07:22.142 --> 07:24.344 SO LET'S KIND OF GENERALIZE THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION 07:24.344 --> 07:25.312 THEN. 07:25.312 --> 07:28.915 IF YOU HAD TO DELIVER NEWS TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU KNOW 07:28.915 --> 07:32.018 THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO HEAR OR NEWS THAT MAYBE COUNTER TO THE 07:32.018 --> 07:35.422 OPINIONS THAT THEY'VE EXPRESSED TO YOU THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO 07:35.422 --> 07:37.757 SEE DONE, HOW WOULD YOU -- YOU KNOW, 07:37.757 --> 07:39.392 SETTING ASIDE THE HYPOTHETICAL, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, 07:39.392 --> 07:41.761 WHAT SKILLS WOULD YOU BRING TO BEAR TO WORK WITH THEM WHEN 07:41.761 --> 07:45.098 YOU'VE GOT TO DELIVER NEWS THAT IS MAYBE NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO 07:45.098 --> 07:46.166 HEAR. 07:46.166 --> 07:47.567 AND, JEB, WE'LL START WITH YOU ON THIS ONE. 07:47.567 --> 07:48.401 >> SURE. 07:48.401 --> 07:49.402 SURE. 07:49.402 --> 07:52.205 WELL, AS AN ATTORNEY, I'VE HAD TO DELIVER, YOU KNOW, BAD NEWS. 07:52.205 --> 07:54.674 I'VE HAD TO TELL CLIENTS SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'VE LOST OR 07:54.674 --> 07:57.777 SOMETIMES WHEN WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS JUST NOT QUITE POSSIBLE. 07:57.777 --> 07:59.346 SO I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN DOING THAT, 07:59.346 --> 08:03.316 BUT -- AND THEN IN THIS SITUATION, THE KEY THING IS, 08:03.316 --> 08:05.652 YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING THE KEY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 08:05.652 --> 08:07.654 THE FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVE THE MOST CONCERNS -- 08:07.654 --> 08:09.656 THE GREATEST CONCERNS, THE GREATEST INTERESTS AND 08:09.656 --> 08:11.658 EXPERIENCE ON THE ISSUE, AND MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, 08:11.658 --> 08:15.195 THAT THEY HAVE -- HAVE -- GET THE NEWS, 08:15.195 --> 08:18.264 HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, 08:18.264 --> 08:22.135 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DISSEMINATE THE NEWS MORE WIDELY 08:22.135 --> 08:23.903 BEYOND THERE. 08:23.903 --> 08:24.738 >> LESLIE? 08:24.738 --> 08:28.341 >> WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THIS PROBABLY ISN'T LIKE A 08:28.341 --> 08:29.342 ONE-OFF SITUATION. 08:29.342 --> 08:31.244 IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, 08:31.244 --> 08:33.880 SO I WOULD HOPE THAT IN ADVANCE, WE WOULD BE HAVING THESE 08:33.880 --> 08:38.451 CONVERSATIONS TO PLAN FOR IF THERE WERE, 08:38.451 --> 08:42.055 LIKE AN ACL OR A SOUTH BY, WHERE THE POLICE WERE HAVING -- BEING 08:42.055 --> 08:45.959 MOVED TO AREAS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED MORE GREATLY, 08:45.959 --> 08:49.329 THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FILL WITH ADDITIONAL PATROLS, YOU KNOW, 08:49.329 --> 08:52.465 HAVE THE COVERAGE, AND WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD EYES ON THE 08:52.465 --> 08:53.500 STREET. 08:53.500 --> 08:55.468 AND -- AND FOR ME, IT'S A MATTER OF COMMUNICATION, 08:55.468 --> 08:57.704 IT'S A MATTER OF PLANNING, AND IT'S A MATTER OF PEOPLE 08:57.704 --> 09:02.776 UNDERSTANDING WHAT -- WHAT TO EXPECT, AND THEN HOW CAN WE, 09:02.776 --> 09:07.947 AS A COMMUNITY, FILL IN AND ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE. 09:07.947 --> 09:10.717 AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE THE POLICE MAY BE 09:10.717 --> 09:14.521 ELSEWHERE, WE DO STILL HAVE OUR FIRE AND OUR EMS FOLKS, 09:14.521 --> 09:18.491 AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES OF GREAT CONCERN, 09:18.491 --> 09:20.927 THEY WOULD BE DISPATCHED TO THOSE AREAS. 09:20.927 --> 09:24.697 NO ONE IN AUSTIN WOULD BE LEFT INJURED OR SOMETHING. 09:24.697 --> 09:29.369 OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WOULD BE RIGHT ON IT RIGHT OFF. 09:29.369 --> 09:30.637 >> ALL RIGHT. 09:30.637 --> 09:33.339 SO WE KNOW THE NUMBERS TELL US THAT THERE ARE MANY, 09:33.339 --> 09:37.243 MANY AUSTINITES WHO DON'T VOTE IN CITY ELECTIONS, 09:37.243 --> 09:39.612 AND THEY'RE KIND OF HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE AND THEY'RE 09:39.612 --> 09:41.714 NOT -- NOT TERRIBLY ENGAGED. 09:41.714 --> 09:45.785 SO HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO A NONVOTER WHY THEY SHOULD CARE 09:45.785 --> 09:48.354 ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AT CITY HALL? 09:48.354 --> 09:50.423 AND, LESLIE, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE FIRST. 09:50.423 --> 09:53.393 >> YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGE WOULD BE CRAFTED POSSIBLY DIFFERENTLY, 09:53.393 --> 09:55.428 DEPENDING ON IF -- IF WE'RE TALKING TO A NEW VOTER, 09:55.428 --> 09:59.566 MAYBE A STUDENT WHO LIVES IN ANOTHER TOWN AND IS AT UT, 09:59.566 --> 10:02.402 MAYBE A NEW HOMEOWNER OR A NEW RENTER OR SOMEONE WHO HAS COME 10:02.402 --> 10:05.672 FROM ANOTHER STATE, OR SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED HERE A LONG TIME AND 10:05.672 --> 10:07.173 JUST HAS NEVER ENGAGED. 10:07.173 --> 10:09.742 I THINK YOU CAN FIND THE POINTS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE 10:09.742 --> 10:11.344 THROUGH CONVERSATION. 10:11.344 --> 10:16.749 I THINK YOU FIND WHERE -- WHERE THEIR VALUES ARE, 10:16.749 --> 10:19.285 THE THINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THEY CARE ABOUT, 10:19.285 --> 10:22.355 AND HAVE THAT -- AND START THE DIALOGUE ON HOW IS IT -- YOU 10:22.355 --> 10:25.124 KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE STREETLIGHTS, FOR INSTANCE, 10:25.124 --> 10:27.894 JUST PICK SOMETHING OR A TRAFFIC-CALMING SITUATION, 10:27.894 --> 10:32.599 AND TRY TO WORK IN ADVANCE TO GET THE PROCESSES IN PLACE TO 10:32.599 --> 10:35.802 HAVE AN OPEN DOOR AND JUST AN OPEN CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE 10:35.802 --> 10:41.441 THERE'S NO JUDGMENT, THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT PEOPLE WANT 10:41.441 --> 10:44.677 ARE THERE AVAILABLE FOR THEM, AND WE NEED TO MATCH THEM UP 10:44.677 --> 10:45.812 MORE APPROPRIATELY. 10:45.812 --> 10:50.383 THEN YOU HAVE A SENSE OF BUY-IN AND -- WHICH BONDS A COMMUNITY 10:50.383 --> 10:56.022 TOGETHER, AND YOU COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGE THAT THIS IS A VERY 10:56.022 --> 11:01.161 SPECIAL THING THAT WE HAVE IN A DEMOCRACY, VOTING. 11:01.161 --> 11:07.066 IT CARRIES GREAT IMPORT, AND THE RESULTS OF THE ACCUMULATION OF 11:07.066 --> 11:10.336 THAT VOTE, THAT HUGE COMMUNITY EFFORT, 11:10.336 --> 11:12.405 IS A VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY. 11:12.405 --> 11:16.676 AND WE SPEAK TOGETHER AS VOTERS AND WE HAVE AN OUTCOME, 11:16.676 --> 11:20.146 SOMETIMES WE'RE HAPPIER WITH THEM THAN NOT, 11:20.146 --> 11:23.550 BUT IT IS STILL A COMMUNITY ACTIVITY. 11:23.550 --> 11:25.485 >> AND JEB? 11:25.485 --> 11:28.254 >> WELL, I'M NOT SURE -- UNFORTUNATELY, 11:28.254 --> 11:29.989 SOME OF THOSE FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY HAPPY, 11:29.989 --> 11:30.857 THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT VOTING. 11:30.857 --> 11:32.792 I THINK SOME OF THOSE FOLKS ARE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, 11:32.792 --> 11:35.862 PRETTY AGGRAVATED AND DISSOCIATED, 11:35.862 --> 11:40.133 BASED ON SOME OF THE PEOPLE I'VE RUN INTO IN TALKING -- AND 11:40.133 --> 11:40.967 TALKED TO. 11:40.967 --> 11:43.536 IN FACT, MANY OF THE PEOPLE I'VE MET IN GOING AROUND AND KNOCKING 11:43.536 --> 11:45.838 ON DOORS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE, YOU KNOW, 11:45.838 --> 11:48.641 EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT -- ACTUALLY MEETING SOMEONE, 11:48.641 --> 11:52.211 THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE MET CANDIDATES AT ALL. 11:52.211 --> 11:57.617 SO, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IS A KEY PART, 11:57.617 --> 12:00.086 A KEY ASPECT OF THE PROMISE, CERTAINLY, 12:00.086 --> 12:03.056 OF THE 10-1 SYSTEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, 12:03.056 --> 12:07.327 AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE, IT'S, IN MANY CASES, 12:07.327 --> 12:09.596 FOLKS ARE NOT CLEAR WHAT THE CITY DOES. 12:09.596 --> 12:11.731 WHAT DOES THE CITY COUNCIL DO? 12:11.731 --> 12:14.367 AND IT GOES -- THOSE FUNDAMENTAL, YOU KNOW, 12:14.367 --> 12:17.203 THINGS ON YOUR BLOCK, IT'S TAKING -- PICKING UP YOUR 12:17.203 --> 12:19.772 GARBAGE, IT'S REPAIRING THE POTHOLES, IT'S -- YOU KNOW, 12:19.772 --> 12:23.843 MAKING SURE -- DO YOU HAVE SIDEWALKS TO GET FROM YOUR HOUSE 12:23.843 --> 12:26.579 TO THE BUS TO THE STORE TO THE LIBRARY? 12:26.579 --> 12:28.248 DO YOU HAVE A LIBRARY NEARBY? 12:28.248 --> 12:31.618 THOSE KEYS -- THOSE MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES 12:31.618 --> 12:34.387 THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT CLEAR ABOUT. 12:34.387 --> 12:38.858 ENGAGING THEM IN THEM, YOU KNOW, ASKING THEM ABOUT WHAT OF THEIR 12:38.858 --> 12:41.661 NEEDS ARE -- ARE BEING MET, ARE NOT BEING MET, 12:41.661 --> 12:45.064 WHERE THEY HAVE CONCERNS, AND GETTING THEM ENGAGED IN THE 12:45.064 --> 12:49.135 CONVERSATION IS HOW YOU -- I THINK YOU EVENTUALLY GET THEM -- 12:49.135 --> 12:51.137 LEAD THEM INTO THE VOTING BOOTH. 12:51.137 --> 12:53.139 >> SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT, JEB, 12:53.139 --> 12:56.376 THAT -- THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL 12:56.376 --> 12:57.377 EXACTLY DOES. 12:57.377 --> 12:59.812 SO YOU MENTIONED SOME SPECIFICS, SOME KIND OF VERY SPECIFIC 12:59.812 --> 13:01.881 THINGS, BUT I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM BOTH OF YOU, THEN, 13:01.881 --> 13:03.916 SORT OF A LITTLE BIT BIGGER PICTURE, 13:03.916 --> 13:08.054 SORT OF WHAT YOU SEE THE ROLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS IN THE LIFE 13:08.054 --> 13:09.055 AND HEALTH OF THE CITY. 13:09.055 --> 13:11.591 WE KNOW THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC POINTS THAT THE COUNCIL 13:11.591 --> 13:13.593 HAS TO DO AND THAT MUST DO EVERY YEAR, 13:13.593 --> 13:17.764 BUT KIND OF STEP BACK FROM THOSE SPECIFICS AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT 13:17.764 --> 13:20.900 SORT OF YOU SEE THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL IN THE HEALTH AND LIFE 13:20.900 --> 13:21.901 OF THE CITY. 13:21.901 --> 13:23.903 AND, JEB, IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH THAT ONE FIRST. 13:23.903 --> 13:24.904 >> YEAH. 13:24.904 --> 13:26.939 WELL, YOU KNOW, THE BASE -- THE KEY THING THAT THE COUNCIL DOES, 13:26.939 --> 13:28.975 THE BASIC SPECIFICS IS THE BUDGET. 13:28.975 --> 13:32.145 YOU KNOW, WE -- THE COUNCIL SETS THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY, 13:32.145 --> 13:34.147 FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL THE SERVICES, 13:34.147 --> 13:36.849 AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE -- THAT IS 13:36.849 --> 13:37.884 PROVIDED. 13:37.884 --> 13:40.853 BUT THEN BEYOND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS LESLIE WAS ALLUDED TO A 13:40.853 --> 13:44.324 MOMENT AGO, THE COUNCIL IS THE VOICE OF, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE. 13:44.324 --> 13:49.228 YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CHANCE -- IT IS THE REPRESENTED BODY THAT, 13:49.228 --> 13:54.300 YOU KNOW, GETS TOGETHER AND MAKES THE DECISIONS UPON, 13:54.300 --> 13:57.370 YOU KNOW, THE OPERATION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT, 13:57.370 --> 14:01.407 THE PROVIDING OF ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE DO IN BUILDING 14:01.407 --> 14:04.777 INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINTAINING THE HEALTH, 14:04.777 --> 14:08.848 SAFETY AND WELFARE OF AUSTIN, AND MAKING SURE IT REMAINS SUCH 14:08.848 --> 14:13.353 A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, AS WE ALL ENJOY IT. 14:13.353 --> 14:15.621 IT IS WHERE WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. 14:15.621 --> 14:18.925 AND NOT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THEM, BUT TO ACTUALLY MAKE SOMETHING 14:18.925 --> 14:22.128 HAPPEN, AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A 14:22.128 --> 14:23.763 GREAT CITY. 14:23.763 --> 14:24.530 >> AND LESLIE? 14:24.530 --> 14:27.266 >> WELL, SIMPLY BUILDING ON WHAT JEB SAID SO WELL, 14:27.266 --> 14:30.303 OF COURSE THE BUDGET BEING THE POLICY DOCUMENT WHERE WE LAY OUT 14:30.303 --> 14:33.406 OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY, 14:33.406 --> 14:38.511 AND THEN ON A LARGER STAGE, I SEE THE COUNCIL AS LEADERS IN 14:38.511 --> 14:43.583 MOVING THE CITY FORWARD AND TOWARD IMPROVEMENTS IN THE 14:43.583 --> 14:46.152 QUALITY OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. 14:46.152 --> 14:49.088 REACHING MORE OF THE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE 14:49.088 --> 14:53.159 SO MANY OF THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THEM VERY MUCH ON THE 14:53.159 --> 14:55.962 CAMPAIGN TRAIL PREVIOUSLY, MAKING SURE THAT OUR 14:55.962 --> 14:59.699 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS -- THAT IS FAILING IN SOME PLACES IS 14:59.699 --> 15:04.403 REPAIRED AND REPLACED, THAT WE LOOK TOWARD OUR WATER, OUR RARE, 15:04.403 --> 15:08.207 PRECIOUS -- OUR RARE, PRECIOUS DEPLETING WATER SUPPLY AND 15:08.207 --> 15:14.614 MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH WATER FOR THE 15:14.614 --> 15:17.784 CITY TO GROW AND TO MANAGE THE GROWTH IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE 15:17.784 --> 15:22.054 DON'T OVERRUN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR ABILITY THROUGH OUR 15:22.054 --> 15:26.492 NATURAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY ELEMENTS FOR 15:26.492 --> 15:28.127 DAY-TO-DAY LIVING. 15:28.127 --> 15:31.564 >> SO IT WAS A VERY BUSY, FALL ELECTION SEASON. 15:31.564 --> 15:33.566 I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THAT. 15:33.566 --> 15:35.568 THERE WERE A LOT OF DEBATES, A LOT OF FORMS, A LOT OF PANELS. 15:35.568 --> 15:38.304 YOU ALL SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER TALKING AND ANSWERING 15:38.304 --> 15:41.340 QUESTIONS, SO I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU SOMETHING 15:41.340 --> 15:45.411 THAT YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR OPPONENT IN THE GENERAL 15:45.411 --> 15:46.412 CAMPAIGN. 15:46.412 --> 15:49.081 LESLIE, IF YOU WANT TO GO FIRST. 15:49.081 --> 15:50.216 >> OH, YES. 15:50.216 --> 15:54.821 ALL SEVEN OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE RUNNING WITH ME IN DISTRICT 7 15:54.821 --> 16:00.593 ARE SO SMART AND SO GRACIOUS AND GIVING OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT 16:00.593 --> 16:03.496 THEY HAVE OF THE CITY AND THEIR EXPERIENCES. 16:03.496 --> 16:06.365 I'VE JUST LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE I WAS RUNNING WITH, 16:06.365 --> 16:08.768 OR AGAINST. 16:08.768 --> 16:11.237 ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES IN DISTRICT 7. 16:11.237 --> 16:16.642 I LEARNED TO SPEAK REALLY SUCCINCTLY IN A MINUTE, 16:16.642 --> 16:20.847 I THINK WE ALL DID. 16:20.847 --> 16:21.714 [LAUGHTER]. 16:21.714 --> 16:23.649 >> AND I ACTUALLY FOUND MYSELF IN A FORUM WHERE I WAS GIVEN 16:23.649 --> 16:25.852 MORE TIME, KIND OF LIKE THIS, AND AND IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, 16:25.852 --> 16:28.988 I GET TO ACTUALLY EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON MY ANSWERS 16:28.988 --> 16:31.324 AND MAYBE RELAX A LITTLE BIT. 16:31.324 --> 16:36.629 BUT I WAS UNIFORMLY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE DIALOGUE 16:36.629 --> 16:41.334 THAT ALL OF THE CANDIDATES IN DISTRICT 7 RACE BROUGHT -- 16:41.334 --> 16:42.969 BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. 16:42.969 --> 16:44.036 >> JEB? 16:44.036 --> 16:45.004 >> YEAH. 16:45.004 --> 16:46.239 WELL, I -- YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF THE DIALOGUE, 16:46.239 --> 16:48.875 THE QUALITY -- YOU KNOW, AND THE OVERALL COMMITMENT. 16:48.875 --> 16:52.645 IT WAS REALLY GREAT, THE EIGHT FOLKS THAT WERE RUNNING IN THIS 16:52.645 --> 16:55.648 RACE ALL REALLY CARE ABOUT AUSTIN, 16:55.648 --> 16:57.950 THEY ALL REALLY WANT THE CITY TO SUCCEED, 16:57.950 --> 16:59.685 THEY WANT IT TO BE A GREAT PLACE. 16:59.685 --> 17:03.155 YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO REALLY TAKE ON AND ADDRESS THE 17:03.155 --> 17:05.658 CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACING US, PARTICULARLY AFFORDABILITY AND 17:05.658 --> 17:07.260 TRANSPORTATION. 17:07.260 --> 17:10.596 AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS -- THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. 17:10.596 --> 17:12.798 AND EVERYONE CAME FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, 17:12.798 --> 17:16.502 AND IT WAS -- AND BROUGHT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, 17:16.502 --> 17:19.672 INTO THE CONVERSATION IN WORKING THIS, 17:19.672 --> 17:21.641 AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. 17:21.641 --> 17:25.378 >> SO DISTRICT 7 HAS -- I THINK WE CAN DESCRIBE AS A PRETTY 17:25.378 --> 17:29.115 LARGE SOCIOECONOMIC DIVIDE, AND SEEING MANY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES 17:29.115 --> 17:32.184 WITH CHILDREN LEAVE THAT AREA AND MOVE TO COMMUNITIES, 17:32.184 --> 17:34.186 PFLUGERVILLE, HUTTO, MANOR AND OTHERS. 17:34.186 --> 17:38.457 THE DISTRICT ALSO STRUGGLES WITH TRAFFIC, AS MANY DO. 17:38.457 --> 17:40.660 NEITHER ISSUE -- NEITHER OF THOSE ISSUES IS UNIQUE TO 17:40.660 --> 17:43.963 DIFFERENT 7, SO I WANT TO HEAR HOW YOU WOULD WORK WITH OTHER 17:43.963 --> 17:47.800 COUNCILMEMBERS TO DEAL WITH CITYWIDE ISSUES IN A WAY THAT 17:47.800 --> 17:52.338 ENSURES THE SOLUTION WORKS FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT 7. 17:52.338 --> 17:54.340 JEB, WE'LL START WITH YOU. 17:54.340 --> 17:55.141 >> SURE. 17:55.141 --> 17:56.642 WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIG 17:56.642 --> 17:59.545 CHALLENGES, AND, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATING WORKING WITH OTHER 17:59.545 --> 18:01.647 COUNCILMEMBERS, AND AS YOU SAID, ON CITYWIDE ISSUES. 18:01.647 --> 18:05.518 SO MANY OF THE VOTES AND THINGS THAT THE COUNCILS DO REALLY ARE 18:05.518 --> 18:09.956 CITYWIDE MATTERS AND CONCERNS, BUT PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU GET 18:09.956 --> 18:12.992 INTO THE -- YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL EQUITY QUESTIONS, 18:12.992 --> 18:16.696 GETTING INTO THE QUESTIONS THAT CONCERN, YOU KNOW, 18:16.696 --> 18:20.266 AFFORDABILITY AND MAKING SURE FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, 18:20.266 --> 18:23.836 GOOD JOBS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, 18:23.836 --> 18:26.672 LIBRARIES AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES. 18:26.672 --> 18:31.477 SOME OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, BROAD CITYWIDE MATTERS THAT HOPEFULLY 18:31.477 --> 18:36.015 WE CAN FIND AGREEMENT ON AND CERTAINLY GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, 18:36.015 --> 18:37.883 HAVE THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, 18:37.883 --> 18:41.420 HEAR HOW THOSE CONCERNS ARE MANIFESTING PERHAPS DIFFERENTLY 18:41.420 --> 18:45.925 IN THEIR DISTRICTS THAN IN DISTRICT 7, AND, YOU KNOW, 18:45.925 --> 18:48.294 MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN PUT PROGRAMS TOGETHER THAT ARE GOING 18:48.294 --> 18:51.497 TO WORK CITYWIDE TO BENEFIT -- BENEFIT EVERYONE. 18:51.497 --> 18:54.333 TOUGHER CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE WHEN WE HAVE TO -- WITH 18:54.333 --> 18:56.736 LIBRARIES AND PARKS AND OTHER FACILITIES WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY 18:56.736 --> 18:59.038 BUILDING THINGS AND SPENDING MONEY IN THE DIFFERENT 18:59.038 --> 19:02.475 DISTRICTS, AND THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME BALANCING IN THE 19:02.475 --> 19:05.811 HORSE TRADING THERE, I THINK. 19:05.811 --> 19:06.512 >> AND LESLIE? 19:06.512 --> 19:09.348 >> YEAH, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE DISTRICT 19:09.348 --> 19:13.552 REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE THE UNIQUE VOICE TO ARTICULATE WHAT 19:13.552 --> 19:16.822 THE NEEDS ARE OF THE SPECIFIC DISTRICT TO THE LARGER BODY OF 19:16.822 --> 19:20.426 THE COUNCIL, AND TO THAT -- TO THAT END, 19:20.426 --> 19:24.997 WOULD NEED TO PERSUADE AND SELL SOME IDEAS, 19:24.997 --> 19:30.703 AND WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT PRIORITIES. 19:30.703 --> 19:35.274 AND IT COULD BE THAT, JUST TO TAKE A LIBRARY AS AN EXAMPLE, 19:35.274 --> 19:38.778 THERE MAY BE ONE LIBRARY THAT IS IN WORSE SHAPE THAN ANOTHER ONE 19:38.778 --> 19:44.083 AND THE BUDGET IS ONLY GOING TO ALLOW REPAIRS TO ONE OF THEM, 19:44.083 --> 19:47.386 AND SO IT WOULD BE -- I WOULD HOPE THERE WOULD BE CONSENSUS 19:47.386 --> 19:50.690 THAT WE REALLY ARE LOOKING AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE. 19:50.690 --> 19:53.559 AND WHILE WE SUPPORT WHAT OUR DISTRICTS NEED INDIVIDUALLY, 19:53.559 --> 19:58.130 WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE SERVICES AND 19:58.130 --> 20:02.234 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED AND WHEN YOU DO A PRIORITIZATION, 20:02.234 --> 20:06.205 THAT IS INCUMBENT IN THAT PROCESS, THAT, YOU KNOW, 20:06.205 --> 20:08.774 WE MAY BE MOVING FORWARD HERE IN DISTRICT 7 ON THIS ONE ITEM 20:08.774 --> 20:11.510 WHILE WE'RE HELPING DISTRICT 4 ON THIS ITEM OVER HERE. 20:11.510 --> 20:14.647 AND JUST ONE WORD ON -- I MENTIONED VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES 20:14.647 --> 20:21.554 TO ME EARLIER, THAT, TO ME, IS A VERY KEY ELEMENT OF WHAT THE 20:21.554 --> 20:22.988 CITY DOES. 20:22.988 --> 20:29.462 AND THAT -- THAT, TO ME, IS A CONCERN FOR THE ENTIRE 20:29.462 --> 20:33.999 COMMUNITY, THAT EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE AS ACCESS TO SAFE 20:33.999 --> 20:38.804 HOUSING AND A GOOD EDUCATION AND IS HEALTHY, 20:38.804 --> 20:41.907 AND THAT ALL LEADS TO A GOOD HEALTHY WORKFORCE AND IT 20:41.907 --> 20:44.543 SUPPORTS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 20:44.543 --> 20:47.146 SO THOSE LARGER OVERARCHING ISSUES, 20:47.146 --> 20:48.981 ALONG WITH AFFORDABILITY AND TRANSPORTATION, 20:48.981 --> 20:51.317 ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 20:51.317 --> 20:52.251 >> ALL RIGHT. 20:52.251 --> 20:55.187 I WANT YOU TO EACH IMAGINE IT'S RUSH HOUR, 20:55.187 --> 20:57.256 YOU'RE STARTING NORTH AND YOU'RE HEADING SOUTH, 20:57.256 --> 20:59.325 SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE CAR FOR A WHILE. 20:59.325 --> 21:01.293 I WANT YOU TO TELL ME IF YOU COULD PUT THREE PEOPLE IN THAT 21:01.293 --> 21:04.497 CAR WITH YOU AND BE STUCK WITH THEM IN THE CAR DURING RUSH HOUR 21:04.497 --> 21:06.799 FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, WHO WOULD THOSE THREE PEOPLE BE AND WHAT 21:06.799 --> 21:09.568 WOULD YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH THEM ON YOUR RIDE? 21:09.568 --> 21:10.803 >> OKAY. 21:10.803 --> 21:18.844 LARRY DAVID, JERRY SEINFIELD -- [LAUGHTER]. 21:18.844 --> 21:21.580 >> -- AND WHO'S A GOOD WOMAN COMIC? 21:22.414 --> 21:24.683 I'M JUST BLANKING, BUT YOU GET THE POINT. 21:24.683 --> 21:25.518 >> SARAH SILVERMAN. 21:25.518 --> 21:26.352 >> YES. 21:26.352 --> 21:27.086 EXACTLY. 21:27.086 --> 21:27.953 SARAH SILVERMAN, THANK YOU. 21:27.953 --> 21:28.754 >> YEAH. 21:28.754 --> 21:31.590 >> SO WOULD YOU TALK CITY ISSUES OR JUST HAVE THEM TELL JOKES? 21:31.590 --> 21:34.560 >> I -- YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK BOTH THINGS WOULD HAPPEN. 21:34.560 --> 21:36.796 I THINK IT WOULD BE HUGELY ENLIGHTENING AND I JUST LOVE 21:36.796 --> 21:41.233 LARRY DAVID'S TOTAL WRY SENSE OF HUMOR, AND THE THING IS, 21:41.233 --> 21:45.070 I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD BE DRIVING. 21:45.070 --> 21:46.906 >> OH, GOOD POINT. 21:46.906 --> 21:47.606 [LAUGHTER]. 21:47.606 --> 21:48.374 >> GOOD POINT. 21:48.374 --> 21:49.275 GOOD POINT. 21:49.275 --> 21:50.109 AND JEB? 21:50.109 --> 21:51.777 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY HAVE KUT ON IN THE CAR, 21:51.777 --> 21:53.279 SO -- [LAUGHTER]. 21:53.279 --> 22:00.519 >> -- BUT THE -- YEAH, THAT'S A -- THREE PEOPLE IN THE CAR AND 22:00.519 --> 22:02.054 GOING THAT ROUTE. 22:02.054 --> 22:07.259 YOU KNOW, I THINK I'D PROBABLY, AS LONG AS WE'RE COMMUTING TO DO 22:07.259 --> 22:08.661 THAT LIKE THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT 22:08.661 --> 22:10.095 TRANSPORTATION. 22:10.095 --> 22:11.964 AND, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES ABOUT -- GETTING AROUND IN THE 22:11.964 --> 22:14.266 CITY AND GOING NORTH TO SOUTH. 22:14.266 --> 22:20.940 SO IN THAT REGARD, I WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO HAVE THE MAYOR, 22:20.940 --> 22:24.510 WHO THAT MAY BE, COUNTY JUDGE, WHO -- AND LIKELY CHAIR OF THE 22:24.510 --> 22:29.381 CAPILLARY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, SARAH ECKHART, 22:29.381 --> 22:32.451 AND LINDA WATSON, THE CAPITOL METRO CHAIR -- OR PRESIDENT, 22:32.451 --> 22:34.386 I'M SORRY, E.D. 22:34.386 --> 22:37.923 AND TO HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, 22:37.923 --> 22:39.091 SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE ON THE STREETS, 22:39.091 --> 22:42.027 THESE ARE THE CONFLICTS WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH AND WHAT CAN WE 22:42.027 --> 22:43.495 DO TO MAKE IT BETTER. 22:43.495 --> 22:45.698 >> WELL, OUR TIME HAS GONE BY MORE QUICKLY THAN A DRIVE FROM 22:45.698 --> 22:46.699 NORTH TO SOUTH AUSTIN. 22:46.699 --> 22:49.034 I THINK WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR TIME, JUST A FINAL QUESTION, 22:49.034 --> 22:51.670 IF I CAN JUST GET A VERY BRIEF, MAYBE ONE-SENTENCE ANSWER FROM 22:51.670 --> 22:52.671 EACH OF YOU. 22:52.671 --> 22:56.008 AT THE END OF YOUR TERM, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST MARK YOU WOULD LIKE 22:56.008 --> 22:58.043 TO LEAVE ON THE DISTRICT. 22:58.043 --> 23:00.312 AND, JEB, WE'LL START WITH YOU. 23:00.312 --> 23:04.850 >> I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO LOOK AT THE AREA IN THE BURNET 23:04.850 --> 23:08.087 GATEWAY AREA FROM THE ACC NORTH RIDGE TO THE DOMAIN, 23:08.087 --> 23:09.822 THE KRAMER LANE STATION, THE ARBORETUM, 23:09.822 --> 23:13.459 REALLY IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE ACCESS -- 23:13.459 --> 23:16.528 IN-TRANSIT ACCESS THROUGH THAT AREA SO THE FOLKS UP THERE ARE 23:16.528 --> 23:19.365 REALLY ABLE TO EASILY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND HAVE REAL 23:19.365 --> 23:23.535 TRANSPORTATION CHOICES UP -- AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY TRIPS. 23:23.535 --> 23:24.336 >> AND LESLIE? 23:24.336 --> 23:26.705 >> AND FOR ME, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO PARKS, 23:26.705 --> 23:29.842 POOLS AND LIBRARIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA NORTH 23:29.842 --> 23:33.579 OF THE BURNET GATEWAY INTERSECTION AND ALL THE WAY 23:33.579 --> 23:37.016 ACROSS FROM BALCONES WOODS OVER TO I-35. 23:37.016 --> 23:41.520 FOLKS OUT THERE DESPERATELY NEED ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE AND 23:41.520 --> 23:44.690 ADDITIONAL CITY SERVICES ALONG THOSE LINES, 23:44.690 --> 23:46.992 AND I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN. 23:46.992 --> 23:49.895 AND THAT'S -- THAT'S THE MARK I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE. 23:49.895 --> 23:52.631 >> WELL, THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT. 23:52.631 --> 23:56.001 THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU, JEB BOYT AND LESLIE POOL. 23:56.001 --> 23:59.371 ALL OF THE RUNOFF CONVERSATIONS AND OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE 23:59.371 --> 24:01.974 NEWLY ELECTED CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICTS 2, 24:01.974 --> 24:04.376 5 AND 9 WILL BE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE. 24:04.376 --> 24:07.112 EARLY VOTING IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION WILL START DECEMBER 1. 24:07.112 --> 24:09.848 ELECTION DAY IS DECEMBER 16. 24:09.848 --> 24:13.552 FOR KLRU, LEADERSHIP AUSTIN, THE ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR 24:13.552 --> 24:17.022 CIVIC LIFE, AND KUT, I'M JENNIFER STAYTON, 24:17.022 --> 24:19.525 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 24:19.525 --> 24:23.829 [MUSIC]. 25:25.324 --> 25:27.092 >> SUPPORT FOR CIVIC SUMMIT COMES FROM GOOGLE, 25:27.092 --> 25:30.829 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE WAYS 25:30.829 --> 25:31.997 PEOPLE CONNECT WITH INFORMATION. 25:31.997 --> 25:33.832 AND ALSO BY TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE, 25:33.832 --> 25:36.769 PROVIDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TEXAS EMPLOYERS