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          COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS TO ORDER AT 8 A.M. WE HAVE A VERY SHORT AGENDA. MISS BOSKER, IF 
          [1. Discussion on the current Board and Commission Vacancy List - September 22, 2026]
YOU COULD PLEASE LEAD US THROUGH A DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT BOARD AND COMMISSION VACANCY LIST AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026. SURE. I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT THERE ARE TWO RESIGNATIONS THAT WILL BE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THERE WERE TWO MEMBERS OF QUARTER IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITIES WHO HAD JOB CHANGES SO THEY NO LONGER QUALIFY. SO WE'LL ADD THOSE TO THE LIST. AND I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST IN GENERAL, WE DON'T HAVE MANY APPLICATIONS FOR THE SOUTH DIVISION, GRANDVILLE AVENUE WHICH NOW HAS TWO VACANCIES. SO THAT'S ONE. I WANTED TO MENTION, AND THEN ALSO I RECEIVED I WAS CONTACTED BY THE LIAISON FOR THE ASSESSOR'S BOARD OF REVIEW THAT THEY ARE HAVE ONE VACANCY AND MAY HAVE ANOTHER. THERE'S TERM LIMITS ON THAT BODY. SO BY THE TIME THEY MEET AGAIN NEXT SPRING, THEY WERE LOOKING TO HOPEFULLY HAVE MORE APPLICANTS. AND SO WE WANTED TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THAT ONE. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE DID SOME ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS ON THE BACK END, UPDATED OUR APPLICATION AND ADDED THE VACANCY LIST, THE RESIDENCY MEMBERS WITH RESIDENCY TO THE VACANCY LIST FOR THE QUARTER IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITIES, AS WAS MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING. 
          AND THEN HAVE JUST BEEN WORKING ON PLUGGING AWAY AT THE END OF YEAR APPOINTMENTS AND GETTING PREPARED FOR THAT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS BOSKER, AND THANK YOU TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR THE WORK ON THIS AND CONTINUING TO KEEP OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS RUNNING. COMMISSIONER. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I'M SORRY. 
          SORRY. NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE UPDATE ABOUT THE GRANVILLE, YOU KNOW, CORRIDOR. MAYBE IF COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, BECAUSE THAT'LL BE A MAYOR APPOINTMENT. BUT I'M SURE COMMISSIONER BELL WILL HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, INSIGHT INTO THAT. AND THEN AND I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUGGEST A FEW OF SOME FOLKS WHO'VE OPENED BUSINESSES IN THAT CORRIDOR IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THAT I KNOW OF. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I WANTED TO LOOK AT WAS THE URBAN AGRICULTURE AND THE URBAN FORESTRY. OKAY. 
          BECAUSE THE SO THIS IS THE ONE. YES. THE URBAN AGRICULTURE. SORRY. SOMETIMES GET THEM MIXED UP. WE DO HAVE HAVE HAD THIS SPOT FOR THIS MAYORAL APPOINTMENT OF THE FARMERS MARKET. I THINK WHEN I WAS HERE WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COULD THE FARMERS MARKET HAVE, YOU KNOW, COULD IT BE SOMEBODY ELSE? AND AT THE TIME THE FARMERS MARKET SHARED, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT THEY COULD APPOINT? THERE'S OBVIOUSLY OTHER FARMERS MARKETS. SO IT WASN'T JUST, I THINK INITIALLY STARTED AS FULTON STREET, BUT IT IS NOT THE IDEA IS NOT JUST FULTON STREET. IT COULD BE ANY FARMER'S MARKET IN OUR CITY NETWORK. AND SO I FEEL LIKE THAT ONE'S BEEN OPEN FOR SOME TIME. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. SO THIS IS I'M ASSUMING THESE WOULD BE BYLAWS. THIS IS NOT AN ORDINANCE, PATRICK. BECAUSE THIS IS IT IS. YEP. IT'S BYLAWS. I SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE. OKAY. AND AS THE CLERK SAID, YES, IT'S BEEN LONG BECAUSE YEAH. HAVING THAT. SURE. AND THE GR YEAH. REPRESENTATIVE SESSION. THOSE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED TO GET FOLKS AT THE TABLE. AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU WERE ON THE BODY FOR, FOR VITAL STREETS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT SAME. I MEAN, THAT WAS MORE OF THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT WAS A RECONFIGURATION. BUT WHEN YOU GET A LITTLE SPECIFIC, IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT HARDER. AND SO I WONDER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF STUFF TO DO. AND SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE THING, BUT IF WE COULD PUT A SORT OF A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT ON THIS ONE, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE COMMITTEE, TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE, SHOULD THE COMMITTEE SUPPORT THAT? YOU KNOW, AND ALSO THE LIAISON, WHICH WOULD BE, I BELIEVE, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, COULD WE DO A CHANGE WITH THE BYLAWS AND THEN JUST RATIFY THAT? SO THEN WE'RE NOT LEAVING IT UP TO A SMALLER GROUP OF PEOPLE. IF THE FARMER'S MARKET IS NOT ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING SOMEBODY FORTH. 
          SO THAT WAS JUST THE ONE THAT WAS I WAS LIKE, LET ME SEE IF ANOTHER YEAR GOES BY. AND IT HAS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FILL THAT SEAT. THANKS. WELL, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. YOU ARE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE WITH URBAN AG, OF COURSE, AND MR. ROBERT CLOY IS THE LIAISON CURRENTLY FOR THAT COMMITTEE, AND I KNOW HE WILL BE WELL EQUIPPED TO LEAD THAT CONVERSATION. AND I THINK THE COMPARISON TO VITAL STREETS IS A GOOD ONE OF. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S THAT ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION OF A COMMITTEE OR A BOARD, AND THEN THERE'S WHAT THE CURRENT PRESENT NEEDS ARE. AND I THINK CURRENT PRESENT NEEDS ARE FOLKS WITH DIVERSE VOICES TO ADD THEIR VOICES ON URBAN AG. SO IT'LL BE GOOD TO ADD SOME FLEXIBILITY TO THAT BOARD. MR. CLARK YEAH, SO HIGHLIGHTING LOCAL OFFICERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION BECAUSE 
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WE DO HAVE A VACANCY THERE WHEN MR. TUCKER JOINED THE CITY STAFF. OKAY. AND THEN SO WE HAVE THAT ONE. THAT'S A PARTIAL TERM. AND THEN WE'RE AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE CURRENT TERM ENDS FOR SOMEONE. SO SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO OPENINGS AND WE START THAT WORK EARLY. YEAH. 
          SO EARLY 2027. SO IF WE CAN GET WORKING ON THAT. AND IF YOU NOTICE, AT ONE POINT WE WERE REALLY HIGH IN WARD TWO AND WE HAD A AND WE HAD A FLIP. SO IF YOU CAN THINK OF SOMEBODY FROM WARD TWO THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT, HR WOULD HELP. AND THEN OTHERWISE WE, I MEAN, THE, THE OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS ARE PRETTY WELL SPREAD OUT. SO. AND THEY NEED TO BE. THIS IS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY THAT IT IS. AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT IT IS A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. AND THEN. 
          BECKY DO WE KNOW WHO WHO IS IT. IS IT IS IT OMAR COMING OFF. I BELIEVE SO, I BELIEVE SO BECAUSE I THINK HE'S BEEN THERE FOR THE SEVEN YEARS. SO THAT WOULD BE A HISPANIC MALE FROM THE FIRST WARD COMING OFF. SO OKAY. YEAH, I COULD DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, PROBABLY HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS ELECTION SEASON BECAUSE THEN SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BECOME AVAILABLE OR NOT. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. 
          WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, CONCERNS? I THINK SO, SEEING NONE, WE WILL ADJOURN THE COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS AT 806. HAVE A
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