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Good evening. I'm Shirley Wright, and I want to welcome you on behalf of the League of Women

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Voters of Coastal Georgia and Forever Taibi. We are partners in hosting candidate forums,

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and it is my honor to represent both organizations tonight. The league is 101 years old this year,

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and Forever Taibi is 12 years old. And we are both non-profit, non-partisan organizations

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with similar goals, to empower voters with facts about issues, to turn out knowledgeable

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women and men to vote, and to contribute to local government.

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Tonight, we will hear from six candidates who want to represent Taibi's interest on

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City Council, and they want you to vote for them on November 2.

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You will be able to vote for three of the six.

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We have promised them a time of civil discourse, a polite and respectful conversation tonight.

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So we ask you, our audience, to also be respectful, don't interrupt with comments or applause

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until the end of the event.

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The Taipei community submitted 185 questions for tonight.

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I'm proud to live in a community that cares that much about the local issues.

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If we ask each candidate to answer each question for one minute, we would be here for an 18-and-a-half-hour forum.

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So we won't do that, and not every question will be asked.

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Instead, our moderator will choose from a wide range of questions and get as many issues covered and as many questions answered as possible.

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The candidates have not received the questions before tonight, and they will hear the questions

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for the first time.

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To make all this happen, we have Taibe's favorite referee and dear friend to so many of us,

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Carl Lupert, back to serve as our time keeper.

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Carl

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will make sure that each candidate has exactly the same minutes as the next candidate.

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that his lights will be green when they are talking yellow when they are being warned

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and red when they are finished and if anyone fails to stop when signal that that 15 second

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pause Carl has a buzzer to get the point across.

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Joining us also is Susan K. Tron, our moderator who will ask all the questions and the follow-up

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questions if she does not believe the questions have been answered. Susan Kaytron is now managing

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editor of the current. She has had more than four decades of experience in the news, including

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25 years spent in Georgia. From 2005 until 2020, she served as executive editor of the Savannah

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morning news where she supervised news content, staff and budgets for Coastal Georgia's largest

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daily newspaper and several other weekly newspapers and publications. Under Susan's leadership,

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the paper was named best in the state eight times. We are pleased to have her as our moderator,

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a woman who knows how to ask questions and to find the truth in the news and we turn over tonight

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I'd like to her to do that job for us.

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Welcome, Susan Kaytron.

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Thank you, Shirley.

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Thank you all.

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I'm happy to see everybody here,

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and I know there are people watching elsewhere.

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That is fantastic.

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I love coming to Ty, because everyone cares.

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I'm happy to be here representing the current,

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where a year-old in-depth new site for coastal Georgia,

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we go all the way down to the Florida line with our coverage.

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And our mission is fueled by the belief

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that an informed citizenry is absolutely vital

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to a healthy democracy, so this is what it's about.

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Electing your representative to make decisions

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for your home and neighborhoods,

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the foundation of everything, so we're glad.

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Our candidates are here, they're seated

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in alphabetical order, they're spent,

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host you on the screen over here,

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he's not able to be here with us,

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but he is here with us electronically.

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So he'll be answering from here and we hope,

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if you have a problem seeing, we'll work on the sound,

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or if a hearing will work on the sound.

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Matt Kitchens, Elaine McGruder,

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Monty Parks, Marie Rodriguez, and Brian West.

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And they're here for your council.

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So I'll be asking questions randomly for each of them

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and not everyone will get to answer the same question.

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In some cases, we'll have a lightning round

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where each of them will be asked to answer the same yes

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or no question.

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Carle will be keeping time, depending on how many minutes or seconds we have for each

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answer, and at 15 seconds left, well, when the question is asked, the green light will

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come on when they start answering, the yellow light will come on when there's 15 seconds

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left, which means wrap it up, and the red light means we're done.

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And then he's got noises after that, so.

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So we've got 76 minutes to go through approximately 12 topics and the gist of hunt of the 185 plus questions that you sent in.

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I appreciate the league and forever Taibe boiling those down for me so we could work from there and I hope we get to everybody's question in some form or fashion.

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So let's get started. The candidates will have one minute to introduce themselves each and then we'll do that at the end as a wrap up as well.

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So we'll start with Monty Parks. We had a drawing to see who would go first, second, third. So there we go. You're first.

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Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight.

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My answers are going to be direct and factual.

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We may disagree, but at the end of the night I want you to know where I stand on these issues.

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But most importantly, I want to share my vision of confidence and optimism for this community.

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I've had eight years in a front row seat while we dealt with storm, blood, and epidemic.

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I know we can be loud, sometimes rowdy, always opinionated, and very smart as a community

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we don't back away from challenges.

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Everyone up here is going to try their best to answer

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some very difficult questions. And if at the end of the evening, I leave you feeling

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whether the confidence and optimism I share for our future, I know I've done my job. Thanks

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again, and thanks, good to see you again, Carl.

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Mr. West.

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Hello, my name is Brian West.

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I want to thank the legal women voters forever,

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Taibe and our sponsors for this opportunity

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to be here tonight, and for the chance

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to see what it feels like to sit in these chairs.

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That's nice also.

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I have lived on Taibe for 11 years.

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I live at 16th St.

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I have a wife, three kids, grown kids, three adopted kids

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who are also growing out of the home and a dog.

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My background is in healthcare administration.

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I ran a healthcare business for 28 years,

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and I taught healthcare administration

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at the college level for five years.

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My issues are promoting positive experiences

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for our residents first, for our businesses,

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and for our visitors last.

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And my platform, the point in my pyramid, I guess you could say, is in healthcare, we have what's called evidence-based decision-making, evidence-based medicine, and I would like to have an evidence-based government where we make decisions based on information and not just how we feel about things.

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Thank you for the opportunity to be here.

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Okay, Mr. Hosty.

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Hey, everybody. Thanks for having me tonight and I appreciate everybody being there. I've been on time since 1956.

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You know, my family has been here since 1934. I'll go up in the top of the market, but we've lived on the island. We've seen some good things and some bad things happen.

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I've always been proud of several city councils and city councils back in the 90s for four years.

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So it's been a pleasure and if anybody's watched the council meetings, I'm always questioning

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how we spend our money, that's important to me.

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And another thing that's important is property rights, freedom.

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And if y'all have me for another four years this time, just turn me over the week two years.

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If y'all have me for another four years, I appreciate it.

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Mr. Kitchens.

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sorry. I'm out of order. Yeah. You were next. Oh, I agree. Yes. Sorry. That's okay.

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My name is Marie Rodriguez. I have lived on tiby almost 30 years. They say if you want something

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done, ask a busy person to do it. If you know me, you know, if it's getting going to get done,

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that I'm going to do it. I'm committed to it. I'm committed to the people of tiby. I feel like

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I have a very successful business. I've also worked in the Magistrate's Court. I've also managed a

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computer corporation, and I feel that we all need to come together as a community, not against

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each other, and work together for the betterment of the residents of Taipei, also supporting the

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businesses too. So I hope that you'll support me in my run for council.

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Mr. Kitchens my

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my name is Elaine McGruder. I love tiby and I would like to help planning tiby's future. I think we need to work together on the residence quality of life including enforcement of the laws about noise, trash, disorderly conduct and parking both with the STVR's.

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Speaker louder please Elaine they can't hear you and with the day troopers, okay?

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Thank you. I believe my experience as a member of the tibia planning commission

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and as a planner a council member in Atlanta and also as an attorney will help in planning

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tibia's future. One of the things I hear the most about from residents and businesses is they

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We feel like the city has not been communicating with them ahead of time about everything.

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And I would like to help in that regard.

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And I would think that we could all work together better, one of the things that we could

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work on is water conservation, another is Tivy's infrastructure.

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Thank you.

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I'll start with questions for the two incumbents with one question.

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And we'll go, Mr. Hosty, you're first.

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As an incumbent, tell us what you have learned and how you will use those lessons in the next four years.

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I've learned a lot about the budget, and it's kind of hard to keep up with that stuff, but it's...

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And I know we have a lot of issues, such as STVRs.

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And, you know, we have traffic problems, we have water problems, we have sewage problems.

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But I think the council's done a pretty good job on the keep up with everything that needs to be done.

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And I hope we can fix this, you know, just develop, drill a while back.

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Maybe we can have that redone and our work problems will go, but you know,

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I think you're steadily working on our store systems stuff like that.

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We, you know, if we keep our equipment up graded, we spend a lot of money on equipment.

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I think our city workers have a great equipment to work with and I always appreciate that.

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I'm sure they do too.

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And I hope we can keep our salaries,

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you know, where we can keep policemen

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and city workers working.

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other than that, you know,

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you can know what the other STVR problems

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and all that stuff we were working on that

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and now we've done, we've done as much,

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just about everything we try to do as we work.

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We're still trying to figure out

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how to improve for the STVR.

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Time.

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Thank you.

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Mr. Parks, can you repeat it, please?

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As an incumbent, tell us what you have learned and how you will use those lessons in your next four years.

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One thing for sure is that I'll make mistakes.

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It just seems to go with the territory.

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And hopefully, I've learned to step up and own those mistakes and move on from there.

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I've learned that it helps to take classes from the Georgia Municipal Association.

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I'm at 70 hours now that's the equivalent of an associate's degree, and it seems like every

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time I take a class, I get a little better.

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I've learned that it's important to keep

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volunteering for nonprofits and for organizations on Taipei, because people will approach you,

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no matter where you are. You can't just hang out at the produce counter, at the market, which

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is another great spot for input. But keep volunteering and keep giving back to

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the community. And people will tell you what you should be doing. Thanks.

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Okay, for the non-encoming. Your question is watching City Council actions

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over the last two to four years, what lessons have you learned and how will it

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change your actions if elected? And we'll start with Mr. West.

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Well, you know, I ran for office two years ago in 2019, and I kind of feel the same way I, you know, I did then about things now.

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I feel like a lot of times, and I hate to be, you know, critical of Council because I want to work with them when elected, but I just wish we had more information about the decisions we're making before we make them.

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I think a lot of times we rush into a policy or an ordinance that is based on something that we feel should we be done.

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All of our friends are telling us they're upset about it, or whatever other information you may receive while out in public.

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And I really want data, I want to know numbers, I want to know if the problem is, one thing that was addressed was smoking on the beach.

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So that was good, we took away the ability to smoke within that area down by the pier.

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I think that probably reduced the amount of trash on the beach.

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But there was no plan.

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Okay, Ms. Rodriguez.

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What have I learned by watching Council?

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One thing I say to them all the time is I actually love the way that they work together, that they're respectful of each other.

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Even if they have different opinions, they don't attack each other.

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They're still courteous, it seems that they work well together.

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And I think it's very important.

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Like I said, I've been here almost 30 years.

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I've seen every council that's been up here.

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And I think whether they agree to disagree,

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they have to come together on different issues for the betterment of the people.

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And that's what I've noticed the most is how,

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even when they don't agree with each other they're still respectful of each

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person and their comments or their ideas.

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Thank you, Ms. McGruder. Yes, what I've

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learned by watching the City Council and also by listening to residents and

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businesses is that the city really needs to do a better job with its website,

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with its communication, with letting residents and business owners know what they

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may be thinking about doing or proposing to do before it's actually introduced as an ordinance.

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There really needs to be a lot more communication. Not only with the website, I think there

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needs to be information on Facebook, there needs to be information on next door, there

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needs to be paper information flyers, for example, put up in the IGA, the library, anywhere

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else we can put information so that people can see all of the meetings that are coming

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up for the week and for the month ahead of time and put those agendas out there so everybody

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knows what's going to be happening before it happens.

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Mr. Kitchens.

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Okay, the next question will be for all of you and it will be 30 seconds.

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The question is, if elected, what conflicts of interest do you have and what about family

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members?

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And we'll start with Mr. Hosty.

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Well, of course, I'm in the restaurant business several times I've had to recuse myself when

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we put on things that involve the restaurant, but other than that, I don't have any complex

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of interest on them, but I know about theirs and I need to let you know.

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Okay.

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Mr. Kitchens.

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Ms. McGruder.

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I don't own a business.

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I don't own an SCVR.

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I don't have any conflicts of interest, my family owns none of those either and has no conflicts.

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Okay, Mr. Parks.

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I haven't had to recuse myself in eight years.

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I haven't had to recuse myself in two years with the planning commission.

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I just, I guess I just don't have the ties.

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And I'm happy with that, and I like the way it is.

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Mary goes off the island to work at Camler St. Joe's, doesn't involve Tybee here.

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Five years ago I used to play in the bars down on 16th Street every once in a

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while we got paid. But that really doesn't represent a major conflict.

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Beyond that I'm ready to give him.

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Ms. Rodriguez?

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I don't have any complex of interest with any businesses on Tybee and either

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does my family, my mom lives with me, and she's retired, so she doesn't have anything to

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do with any businesses on TIEB either.

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Mr. West.

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I work in healthcare consulting, and we don't have any healthcare organizations on TIEB

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this time, so I don't see a conflict of interest there.

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I also currently have an STVR license, which will expire when my term starts in January.

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Okay. So that will not be a conflict either.

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Thank you. The next questions will all be 30 seconds. For the two incumbents it's a

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long question but well actually we'll make it one minute. Let's make it one minute.

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It's a long question. Do you read each and every city council meeting packet and how do you

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prepare for city council meetings and other important meetings? How many hours a week do

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you estimate, you spend on the job, and we'll start with Mr. Parks.

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Oh, thanks.

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Yes, I read them.

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I make a point of reading them.

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You can't participate unless you read them.

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And unless you go the next step, which is to attend a plan and commission meeting where

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some of the zoning and setback variances are discussed, attend some of the infrastructure

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and public safety meetings, I estimate that there are times where I put in 30 hours a week.

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Now that's me. I'm old school. I go back when they used to beat you up if you didn't attend meetings

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and if you didn't put in that kind of time. Now there are weeks where I go fishing and I'm not ashamed of that.

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But I will state my preferences for silver trout over redfish right here and now and

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I'm proud of that position.

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Carl, you can ring me out, but yeah, I do read them.

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Okay, Mr. Hosty.

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Yeah, I mentioned that I'm a business owner, so I'm pretty busy with that.

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I stay ahead of the issues.

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I always read the agenda.

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We have one of the planning commission members comes by every day, and I'm talking to him about what's going on with the planning commission.

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I know what's going on.

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There's something affecting the citizens of the island or people asking the constituents.

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I let you know, I give him a heads up.

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You know, I think somebody mentioned we're not very transparent, we try to be as transparent

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as we can.

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We always put everything on our website, and I agree with Elaine a little bit, you know,

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we need to get issues out there, these really important issues, they bring up the last

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minute and then steam by their turn and it's a little bit of a trickery sometimes.

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But I say on top of things, I know what's going on, I talk about the citizens, I know a lot

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Okay, for the four contenders, another long question, you'll each have a minute.

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Will you commit to read each and every packet prior to each meeting?

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How else will you prepare for the Council meetings and other important meetings?

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And how many hours a week do you estimate you're willing to give?

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We'll start with Mr. Kitchens.

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Ms. McGruder?

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Yes, I will read every word, even if they're footnotes.

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I will read every word of it, just like I read the agendas and a packet for the planning commission now.

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I will go to whatever sites are being talked about for any kind of change for post sites,

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variances, whatever.

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I will also post things daily from the planning commission and

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sometimes from the City Council, because I want to hear back from citizens about what they think about the things that are on the agenda.

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But yes, as far as time,

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I think it could easily be 30 hours or more a week because part

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of what you've got to allow for are answering questions from people whenever they ask

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them.

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Ms. Rodriguez, I already do read the packet each time before the City Council meeting.

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I think in order to be an informed citizen, you need to know what's going on in your own

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city.

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I take as long as it takes me to read it.

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Sometimes there's maps and other things included

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and you need to know what you're looking at.

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I've also gone out to different sites

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when things are going on to see exactly

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what they're talking about

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because it's easy to read it on paper

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but until you go out there and see

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what they're talking about, you might not understand.

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I also am like spec, I give a heads up to other people

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When I think something is coming up on the agenda that they have an interest in or they might want to speak about.

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Okay, Mr. West.

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Yes, I will read everything that's in the packet before the meeting.

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It's important to be informed about what's going to be discussed.

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And I will take as much time as it takes to get the information I need to make an intelligent decision.

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And that will include coming, you know, to the city to find the information that I need to make those decisions.

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Whatever data is available, I think we've learned recently that the city maybe doesn't have the information that we would like to have a citizen sometimes.

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And so whatever I can do to help with that process to make the data more available to me as a council person and to everyone else so that we can make good decisions would be important to me.

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And I agree that we should, you know, there's a property issue, you know, we should go out and look at that property and take the time to make sure we understand exactly what's going on.

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A lot of times it's hard to see the maps and the screens in the room here.

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So those, yes, that would be extremely important to me to have information.

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Okay, thank you.

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The next section we'll do questions, 45 seconds each, and there'll be one question, one person, and then we'll go to the next question and the next person.

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Okay, Mr. Hosty, do you believe that non-residents should have the same amount of time to speak before

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City Council own issues as residents are given?

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Well, they don't get much time at all.

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I think it's three minutes, so that's not a lot of time.

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I don't have a problem with non-residents being able to speak as well as residents.

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Okay, second question.

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As a Councilperson, this is Mr. West.

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As a Councilperson, would you prefer hearing from the residents of Taipei, your voters,

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a council meeting regarding issues involving residents or would you also prefer to listen to the concerns of non-residents own issues?

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Well the residents you know opinions and points of view are obviously you know the

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It's a very most important thing that we should be considering. The happiness and positive experiences of our residents is very important to me, but we also need that for our visitors that come in, so it doesn't hurt to hear what they have to say, but I would obviously rank the residents first. And I will consider a business a resident in that respect. Okay, Ms. McGruder, in your role on council, if elected, do you feel it is more important

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to serve residents of this island, businesses, or visitors.

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Residents and businesses of this island.

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Okay. Mr. Kitchens, given all that you've heard from residents,

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what is the one thing you want to get to work on right away?

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Sure. Given all that you've heard from residents who live on the island,

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what is the one thing you want to get to work on right away?

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for

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the city and

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the neighbor of it's

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any ways to do this since it happened.

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Ms. Rodriguez, what do you think about allowing non-residents to speak, making the distinction

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by grouping for council, as well as the citizens and listeners?

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So are you asking me that we should group residents speaking and then someone else?

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I don't, I'm not sure. I mean, I believe that everybody, every voice has the right to

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be heard. Nobody that doesn't have the right to be heard. Of course, the residents will

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come number one because what they have to say is important in making our decisions. So

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or what other people say, but the quality of life is gone down here on time. And I think

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that it's about time that citizens rose up, had their voices heard, and are wanting something done with it.

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I would like that they would get more time to speak and not be cut off so we can hear what they have to say.

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But I guess I would do residents maybe five minutes in visitors, three minutes.

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Okay, Mr. Parks.

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How would you strike the balance between all file and business owners whose interest may conflict with quality of life interest for residents?

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It's in terms of speaking in front of council, we're just generally, generally.

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Number one are the people that live here, the people that pay taxes, the people that use

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the facilities, that use the streets, that use the infrastructure that put up with me

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and everything we do on a daily basis.

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That's without a doubt.

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Number one.

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We have a lot of interest from from all violent

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There's a very

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Very slippery slope in trying to make sure that they're available to do

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The things that they do with free commerce, but it's got to be residents first. It has to be in it and it should always be that way

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Okay

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Mr. West

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Do you support the city manager form of government the type he has adopted?

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Please explain your understanding of how it works.

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I do support it and the way it works is the city manager runs the business of the city.

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When he seeks to, you know, make changes or go things, do things that are, you know, under

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the surveillance of the council, then he goes to the council to get permission for those things.

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I do think it's a good system.

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I think it's hard to know sometimes who's leading, you know, I want our mayor to be the leader,

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and I believe she is, but it's hard to decipher between that and, you know, running the city

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business, I think, sometimes.

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Okay, Ms. McGruder, in the city manager form of government, what is the primary mission

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of the city council as you see it?

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I think the city council should speak with one voice to the city manager so there's

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no confusion about what the city manager is supposed to be doing to carry out the business

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of the city.

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Ms. Rodriguez, do you commit to staying out of personnel managers when the city managers

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in charge of those staff. Why would this matter to you?

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Because it can't be too many cooks in the kitchen and Ty B has changed to a city manager

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form of government and as a council person I will respect what the city does as far as

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that's concerned. Mayor and council are in charge of the city manager. The city manager

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is in charge of the city. Not to say that I'm not open if anybody wants to come talk to

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But there's also a chain of command just like in the military and I respect that chain of command

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Okay, mr. Parks

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Do you think the terms of service for city council members should be linked and shortened or stay the same?

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That was quite a debate a few years ago and I I agree with the decision of going

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four years and staggering three on and three off

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The way it was resolved there just was not enough time in two years

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to really dig into problems and get things done.

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It was creating problems in consistency, in performance,

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and four years goes by in a blink of an eye,

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believe it or not, eight years has gone by in a blink of an eye.

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Yes, I do agree with the way it is.

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I think it works, and I'm more than willing to work with that.

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Okay, Mr. Kitchens.

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Can you identify at least one decision of the current council where you disagreed with

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the decision?

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Explain why.

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Okay, Mr. Hosty.

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In recent months, some residents have done significant research and presented facts on

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social media that brought to light many important issues, for example, STVRs in water.

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Where do you see the role of data collection and management within the city's departments?

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is that a priority, you would support?

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Yes, ma'am. I think our police department,

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their computer system is ancient, I believe.

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It needs to be replaced.

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I think the opportunity to come up with a program

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that tracks the STVRs about, I think, in 2020,

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we actually purchased a program,

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it was supposed to perform all those tasks

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But it does it's not working like it should it should have worked and I think we need computer programming

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We can go and look and see how many STV hours are currently reading how we're the all the STV hours are located

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So we people can look at that information. They're just here recently

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I think we found out that there may be a

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500 STV hours in the in the R district

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And we don't even know how many of those are packed

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So I think we better we can

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Okay. These are two yes or no questions for each of you and we'll start with Mr. West. Have you read the current ethics ordinance?

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Yes.

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Mr. Rodriguez? Yes. Yes.

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Yes. Mr. Kitchens? No.

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Mr. Hosty? What was the question again? I'm sorry. Have you read the current ethics ordinance?

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Yes, ma'am.

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Thank you.

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Okay.

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Another yes or no question.

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Do you believe it is appropriate and ethical for a sitting council member to lobby for his

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or her own self-interest?

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We'll start with Mr. Hosty.

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No.

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Mr. Kitchens.

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No.

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No.

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No.

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No.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Here's another yes or no for each of you.

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So the council recently voted against a proposal to allow a section of the beach to be open to dogs and owners.

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If you are elected, would you want to bring that back for a vote?

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Mr. West.

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I would.

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I think it's one thing that it was very well prepared by one of our citizens.

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That was just or no.

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Sorry.

452
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:43,980
It was just or no.

453
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:44,880
Oh, I'm sorry.

454
00:39:46,260 --> 00:39:46,720
Yes.

455
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:48,140
No.

456
00:39:48,660 --> 00:39:49,020
No.

457
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:50,020
No.

458
00:39:51,980 --> 00:39:52,440
No.

459
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:53,500
Mr. Kitchens.

460
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:08,620
Okay, the next questions will be one minute each answers and there for each there'll be

461
00:40:08,620 --> 00:40:10,180
a different question for each of you.

462
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:17,440
The topic is short-term rentals, okay, we'll start with Ms. Rodriguez.

463
00:40:18,740 --> 00:40:23,780
What do you think a city should do when many residents believe the city has broken the spirit

464
00:40:23,780 --> 00:40:30,580
of their own zoning ordinance to protect neighborhoods and allowed S-T-V-Rs into residential

465
00:40:30,580 --> 00:40:34,820
areas. Even if the city was told it was possible at the time.

466
00:40:36,770 --> 00:40:43,990
What we should do going forward. I think we need I love the fact that we are now having meetings

467
00:40:43,990 --> 00:40:49,730
to get people's input so people can have their voices heard. I think we do need to come up with

468
00:40:49,730 --> 00:40:56,470
regulations for them. I've been studying it. I've got all kinds of different ideas and I would

469
00:40:56,470 --> 00:41:01,970
love to bring them to the table, but I think we also need to come together as a community. It's not

470
00:41:01,970 --> 00:41:08,330
me against you. I don't understand why we can't come together. We want to have the residents first

471
00:41:08,330 --> 00:41:14,190
and their voices heard. So I would like us all to come together on the table and come up with good

472
00:41:14,190 --> 00:41:19,130
solutions for the STBRs and I have some great solutions.

473
00:41:20,150 --> 00:41:24,890
Okay Ms. McGruder, how do you think the infiltration of short-term rentals into

474
00:41:24,890 --> 00:41:30,310
tie-by neighborhoods zoned for single-family housing and do-plexes should be handled?

475
00:41:31,070 --> 00:41:36,210
I think there should be a cap during the time the moratorium is going on.

476
00:41:36,890 --> 00:41:42,110
There should be a cap placed at the level, the existing level of STVRs in the residential

477
00:41:42,110 --> 00:41:49,770
areas now. Mr. Parks, given the issues involving the number of short-term rentals, would

478
00:41:49,770 --> 00:41:54,370
you support looking at the amount of money that Taivi and the Tourism Council spends

479
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:59,610
to promote tourism? Do you believe it is the right time to look at this item in the budget?

480
00:42:01,030 --> 00:42:06,910
The City of Taivi does not spend, is that yes or no? No, you have a minute.

481
00:42:06,910 --> 00:42:11,430
The City of Taipei does not spend money on attracting tourism.

482
00:42:12,390 --> 00:42:20,230
The visit Taipei receives a little over a million dollars a year out of the hotel

483
00:42:20,230 --> 00:42:24,510
motel to promote tourism.

484
00:42:25,730 --> 00:42:28,130
That's a state-chartered mandate.

485
00:42:29,630 --> 00:42:38,130
I've had discussions with members of visit Taipei on possibly changing some of the approaches,

486
00:42:38,810 --> 00:42:40,710
but there's nothing cast in stone.

487
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:52,130
I think it might be wise to back off at this point and put a little break on the activity.

488
00:42:54,030 --> 00:43:01,710
I'm not sure how we're going to be coming out of C19, I'm just not sure, and I don't want to hamstring our businesses.

489
00:43:03,430 --> 00:43:04,450
Okay, Mr. West.

490
00:43:05,530 --> 00:43:21,670
Do you think day visitors should pay an environmental fee or island use fee to help provide more security and employ temporary workers in busy months to control trash, allow issuance of citations to literers, carry away lives and have glass on the beach.

491
00:43:21,670 --> 00:43:25,870
In other words, should they pay for extra people to enforce the laws?

492
00:43:27,370 --> 00:43:32,030
I think that would be difficult to enforce and make a reality.

493
00:43:32,750 --> 00:43:37,850
And I believe we can achieve that goal through parking fees.

494
00:43:40,460 --> 00:43:41,520
Okay, Mr. Kitchens.

495
00:43:42,380 --> 00:43:45,320
Who do you believe is most responsible for nuisance issues?

496
00:43:45,980 --> 00:43:47,560
Trash noise, police incidents?

497
00:43:47,940 --> 00:43:50,280
Is it day visitors or STVR visitors?

498
00:43:51,180 --> 00:43:53,000
Please repeat the question.

499
00:43:53,780 --> 00:44:00,820
Who do you think is more responsible for nuisance issues like trash and police incidents, day visitors or STVR visitors?

500
00:44:06,530 --> 00:44:14,670
Okay, do you think day visitors or STVR visitors are more responsible for nuisance issues like litter and police incidents?

501
00:44:17,310 --> 00:44:18,050
First of all, sir.

502
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:27,500
Mr. Hosty, do you believe the city should be provided annual proof of proper liability insurance for

503
00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:34,520
the specific operation of STVRs and be able to review the policies upon request if the city

504
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,200
feels there should be there could be a discrepancy.

505
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:43,940
I haven't really thought about it. That's a tough

506
00:44:43,940 --> 00:44:48,980
an answer. I don't I imagine most of these people responsible that they're pretty

507
00:44:49,700 --> 00:44:54,140
pretty ridiculous if they don't have insurance. I'm sure most of them probably

508
00:44:54,140 --> 00:44:56,940
do. I don't know if it can be a requirement.

509
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:15,240
Okay, here's a quick lightning round. Yes or no answers from each of you. We'll start with Mr. Hosty. If a tidy homeowner is selling a house with a current short-term rental permit, should the permit be grandfathered over to the new owner?

510
00:45:17,830 --> 00:45:31,270
Well, I have friends and a dozen people that they don't use their homes in STBR now. It's a yes or no answer. Yes or no? Yes, sir. Yes, I think so. Okay. Mr. Kitchens.

511
00:45:32,190 --> 00:45:35,670
No, it's not conforming use of the structure.

512
00:45:36,230 --> 00:45:36,910
Is McGruder?

513
00:45:37,250 --> 00:45:37,430
No.

514
00:45:38,190 --> 00:45:38,550
No.

515
00:45:39,310 --> 00:45:39,690
No.

516
00:45:40,250 --> 00:45:40,490
No.

517
00:45:41,090 --> 00:45:41,470
Okay.

518
00:45:41,830 --> 00:45:42,470
Here's another one.

519
00:45:42,570 --> 00:45:44,270
We'll start with Mr. West on this one.

520
00:45:44,730 --> 00:45:51,630
If an STVR permitted home cannot provide proof that they have rented in a calendar year, should they lose a permit?

521
00:45:56,330 --> 00:45:58,890
No, I'm sorry.

522
00:45:59,170 --> 00:45:59,770
Yesterday, right?

523
00:46:00,250 --> 00:46:00,470
Correct.

524
00:46:01,850 --> 00:46:02,790
It depends.

525
00:46:05,630 --> 00:46:07,190
No, I'm going to say no.

526
00:46:07,690 --> 00:46:08,610
Ms. Rodriguez?

527
00:46:09,350 --> 00:46:09,490
Yes.

528
00:46:10,310 --> 00:46:10,670
No.

529
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:13,980
Could you repeat the question?

530
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:15,620
I think you're very well.

531
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:16,440
I'm sorry.

532
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:26,860
If an STVR permitted home cannot provide proof that they have rented in a calendar year, should that owner lose the permit?

533
00:46:29,670 --> 00:46:32,470
Did they have not rented in a calendar year?

534
00:46:33,730 --> 00:46:34,350
No.

535
00:46:34,350 --> 00:46:36,430
Okay. Mr. Kitchens?

536
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:53,660
Mr. Gruder? No. Okay. All right. Mr. Hosty, we'll start with you. Do you agree with a two person per bedroom occupancy for STVRs?

537
00:46:56,170 --> 00:47:06,470
Yes, ma'am. Some of these places have, you know, they have large, almost like dormitory rooms today. It was just a two-foot house yesterday? Yes, sir. No.

538
00:47:06,470 --> 00:47:08,050
Okay, Mr. Kitchens.

539
00:47:08,750 --> 00:47:10,410
Repeat a question, please.

540
00:47:10,630 --> 00:47:13,770
Do you agree with a two person per bedroom occupancy?

541
00:47:14,370 --> 00:47:15,450
Okay, Ms. McGrater.

542
00:47:15,730 --> 00:47:15,850
Yes.

543
00:47:16,550 --> 00:47:16,990
Yes.

544
00:47:17,490 --> 00:47:17,850
Yes.

545
00:47:18,330 --> 00:47:18,550
No.

546
00:47:19,230 --> 00:47:19,710
Okay.

547
00:47:20,310 --> 00:47:22,130
Last yes or no on this round.

548
00:47:23,510 --> 00:47:28,950
Mr. West is one parking space per bedroom reasonable given the limited parking on the island?

549
00:47:29,530 --> 00:47:29,690
Yes.

550
00:47:31,610 --> 00:47:32,190
Yes.

551
00:47:32,630 --> 00:47:33,190
Mr. Parks?

552
00:47:34,410 --> 00:47:35,090
Yes.

553
00:47:35,930 --> 00:47:36,270
Yes.

554
00:47:36,270 --> 00:47:45,250
Yes, Mr. Kitchens repeat the question, please is one parking space per bedroom reasonable given the limited parking on the island,

555
00:47:57,030 --> 00:47:58,590
okay, Mr. Hosty?

556
00:47:58,870 --> 00:48:00,290
No, okay.

557
00:48:00,950 --> 00:48:05,010
Okay, we're back to one minute questions for individuals.

558
00:48:06,390 --> 00:48:08,890
One minute. All right, Ms. McGruder.

559
00:48:10,550 --> 00:48:16,030
Regarding STBRs, what are other ideas on occupancy and parking? How would you control both?

560
00:48:17,630 --> 00:48:26,030
Well, obviously, we need to start with enforcement of the existing laws and the regulations both with the police and with the code enforcement officers.

561
00:48:27,450 --> 00:48:44,230
And we need to see whether anything that has been brought before the council in recent months would help control that when we're talking about whether we're going to have more parking off street or whether we're going to have more parking on the property itself.

562
00:48:45,810 --> 00:48:51,630
Okay Mr. Parks, minimum housing ordinances are enforced in other cities and states.

563
00:48:52,050 --> 00:48:56,730
The minimum that is required to operate safely as a rental property is defined.

564
00:48:57,350 --> 00:49:01,650
Should this be a requirement with the permitting application for each rental property?

565
00:49:02,910 --> 00:49:05,090
Okay, I'm going to have to repeat that.

566
00:49:05,250 --> 00:49:05,690
Tuck slowly.

567
00:49:05,810 --> 00:49:09,330
It was a little slowly on the minimum housing ordinances.

568
00:49:09,490 --> 00:49:10,770
I'm not sure what that means.

569
00:49:11,090 --> 00:49:11,350
Okay.

570
00:49:11,350 --> 00:49:29,220
Okay. You need the minimum that's required to operate safely as a rental property, the minimum, the minimum you can have, minimum, so we're going to set a limit to the minimum that, what do you need to operate safely?

571
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:31,880
Minimum standard.

572
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:42,360
Well, okay, I'm going to answer that, but it's I'm confused by the question if what you're asking is can we say one person can be in a two bedroom home?

573
00:49:42,820 --> 00:49:49,280
I'm going to say yes, but I am going to say that shouldn't that Savannah uses two people per bedroom.

574
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:55,520
Chatham County uses two people per bedroom. I don't see why we shouldn't use two people per bedroom.

575
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:04,880
As far as parking, one car per bedroom, that's tough, that's hard, especially if it's

576
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:09,960
like a birthday party that you've got going on at 4 o'clock for 10-year-olds. Does that

577
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:14,980
mean we bust up the party? No, I don't think so. I think what we're talking about is overnight

578
00:50:14,980 --> 00:50:20,000
guests. And then are we going to break down the doors at 10 o'clock at night and say, show

579
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:24,280
us your papers? No government that I'm going to be a member of will do that.

580
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:28,160
But as a guideline, one car for bedroom.

581
00:50:29,580 --> 00:50:34,160
Okay, Mr. Hosty, are you in favor of capping the number of short-term rentals on

582
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:37,920
Tybee as a whole and in each specific district?

583
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:41,480
As a whole and in each specific district?

584
00:50:42,900 --> 00:50:45,900
I think that's a question for our lawyers.

585
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:48,220
I'm not sure what we can legally do.

586
00:50:48,420 --> 00:50:49,820
It's pretty complicated.

587
00:50:49,820 --> 00:51:04,420
We have a lot of STVRs, like I said in the board, only 500 in the R1 districts and it's just a complicated issue.

588
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:16,220
Okay, Mr. Kitchens, do you believe code enforcement officers should be authorized or directed by the council to issue citations immediately to STVRs and residents?

589
00:51:16,220 --> 00:51:19,880
violence. Instead of issuing warnings when violations are obvious.

590
00:51:25,730 --> 00:51:26,910
Yes, it is.

591
00:51:29,820 --> 00:51:38,840
Yes, I do. And just in recent I've seen where code enforcement came. There were obvious

592
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:39,500
the

593
00:51:42,030 --> 00:51:49,870
regulations as far as noise in wee hours in the morning. Code enforcement didn't write

594
00:51:49,870 --> 00:51:58,680
morning's or even citations when it was that they came for a noise violation.

595
00:52:13,620 --> 00:52:19,300
Okay, Mr. West, should the City of Taibi make public the names, addresses, and

596
00:52:19,300 --> 00:52:24,840
contact numbers of the owners, as well as the agents for each short term rental by email,

597
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:31,620
to all the neighbors and postings at City Hall, so that this information is readily available to neighbors who may have complaints.

598
00:52:35,060 --> 00:52:39,380
I think code enforcement should be aware of who the owners are so that they can contact them.

599
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:40,000
I'm not sure.

600
00:52:40,460 --> 00:52:49,220
I know, I think if I were a homeowner and I had an STBR next to me, I would find out who the owner is.

601
00:52:49,240 --> 00:52:50,540
They're going to be a neighbor eventually.

602
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:55,020
A lot of people come here and do STBR until they retire.

603
00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:58,060
I don't know, that's a difficult question.

604
00:52:58,160 --> 00:52:58,540
I'm not sure.

605
00:52:59,020 --> 00:53:02,520
I don't know the legality of making public that information.

606
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:06,520
I guess it's on the licenses and permits, maybe it's already public, I'm not sure.

607
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:07,740
Probably.

608
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:09,460
Okay, Ms. Rodriguez.

609
00:53:10,420 --> 00:53:17,500
Do you believe putting a cap on short-term rentals and residential neighborhoods, for example, 10% or 20% would solve?

610
00:53:17,660 --> 00:53:20,180
Do you think a cap would solve the problems Tybie's facing?

611
00:53:21,380 --> 00:53:30,920
Well, I was schooled by people higher up in the government just recently, and they cautioned me and Tybie

612
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:37,940
on putting restrictions on the STVRs and they said to go about it carefully

613
00:53:37,940 --> 00:53:43,660
because if we decide that we want to put a cap like Savannah does and they

614
00:53:43,660 --> 00:53:48,740
bring up a bill over that it'll wipe out all the regulations that we want

615
00:53:48,740 --> 00:53:55,600
to put into place so I did not know that until like I said people that are

616
00:53:55,600 --> 00:54:00,160
higher up in the government said you better watch what you're doing and I said

617
00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:01,860
Well, this is what we want to do.

618
00:54:02,060 --> 00:54:04,120
We need to take control of TIEVI,

619
00:54:04,660 --> 00:54:08,980
and I was told that we better start with the regulations

620
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:12,000
and then go from there for the STVRs.

621
00:54:14,630 --> 00:54:16,910
Okay, we'll do questions for individuals now

622
00:54:16,910 --> 00:54:18,350
for 45 seconds.

623
00:54:20,050 --> 00:54:21,250
Okay, Mr. Hosty.

624
00:54:22,950 --> 00:54:24,410
TIEVI is one of the few beaches

625
00:54:24,410 --> 00:54:26,930
that allows unrestricted alcohol on the beach,

626
00:54:27,150 --> 00:54:29,570
and TIEVI police deal with a significant amount

627
00:54:29,570 --> 00:54:32,750
of alcohol-related issues. The chief of

628
00:54:32,750 --> 00:54:35,030
Taibi police asked for restrictions and

629
00:54:35,030 --> 00:54:37,190
they were not adopted. Where do you

630
00:54:37,190 --> 00:54:39,190
stand now in terms of restricting

631
00:54:39,190 --> 00:54:40,830
alcohol on Taibi's beaches?

632
00:54:43,810 --> 00:54:49,030
That's it. It's almost, there's no way

633
00:54:49,030 --> 00:54:51,110
there's no way to do that. Stop

634
00:54:51,110 --> 00:54:52,910
alcohol completely on the beach and

635
00:54:52,910 --> 00:54:54,090
I don't think we should stop that

636
00:54:54,090 --> 00:54:56,410
because we've had some, someone

637
00:54:56,410 --> 00:54:58,390
suggests that we have a police from

638
00:54:58,390 --> 00:54:59,990
every crosswalk checking people's

639
00:54:59,990 --> 00:55:03,450
course, make sure you don't take more than six peers to the beach.

640
00:55:03,510 --> 00:55:04,870
Well, I don't think that's practical.

641
00:55:06,370 --> 00:55:09,430
I just don't think it's, we get a comp set.

642
00:55:11,570 --> 00:55:16,030
Okay, Mr. Kitchens, do you believe that if we'd ban alcohol on the beach,

643
00:55:16,050 --> 00:55:20,310
it would attract a different type of tourist and thereby also reduce a rest for

644
00:55:20,310 --> 00:55:22,010
disorderly conduct and violence?

645
00:55:22,350 --> 00:55:22,730
Do

646
00:55:43,530 --> 00:55:44,030
Asians

647
00:56:14,430 --> 00:56:15,130
guest.

648
00:56:20,900 --> 00:56:21,760
Okay, Ms. McGruder.

649
00:56:22,700 --> 00:56:26,980
Chief Bryson has expressed his concerns about the problems of public intoxication and

650
00:56:26,980 --> 00:56:28,560
the safety of police officers.

651
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,580
Due to the lack of enough police resources,

652
00:56:31,900 --> 00:56:34,520
do you think bar owners should hire security guards

653
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:35,620
at their own expense?

654
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:38,860
To help regulate drunken behavior at their bars,

655
00:56:39,240 --> 00:56:40,580
please explain your answer.

656
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:44,400
I think we should talk with the bar owners

657
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:46,440
before we try to do anything differently

658
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:50,860
from what's already been done because one of the things

659
00:56:50,860 --> 00:56:53,160
the business owners and the bar owners and restaurant owners

660
00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:56,320
have been telling me is that all the prices

661
00:56:56,320 --> 00:57:02,260
for everything has gone up already and the latest thing has been the liquor license fee that the

662
00:57:02,260 --> 00:57:08,740
City Council voted recently to raise. So I don't necessarily think that we should just say

663
00:57:08,740 --> 00:57:13,060
everybody needs to hire somebody that's you're talking about a lot more money if you're saying

664
00:57:13,060 --> 00:57:20,120
everybody's got to hire somebody and our police are supposed to be the ones that enforce and regulate

665
00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:27,100
disorderedly conduct caused by public intoxication, and DUIs.

666
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:34,080
Okay, Mr. Parks, a little different, an exception was made to the setback restriction on

667
00:57:34,080 --> 00:57:38,360
level avenue for temporary classrooms for the Tybie Island Marine Academy.

668
00:57:40,180 --> 00:57:43,380
This variance created an eye sore for residential neighborhoods.

669
00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:48,820
Would you support the setbacks in the ordinance universally, regardless of the appeal from

670
00:57:48,820 --> 00:57:57,420
the petitioner. I've got a long record of voting against setback variance requests. I support

671
00:57:57,420 --> 00:58:05,280
our planning commissions findings. I attend the meetings. I think each setback has a different

672
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:14,520
consideration. Personally, I think the maritime is an important part of what we're all talking about,

673
00:58:14,520 --> 00:58:17,280
which is developing a community.

674
00:58:18,260 --> 00:58:21,420
Young families that come out here want a place

675
00:58:21,420 --> 00:58:23,340
where their children can go to school.

676
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:27,880
I've done everything I can to make sure

677
00:58:27,880 --> 00:58:32,880
that the maritime has room to grow on the property they have.

678
00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:37,520
We have to develop the community as well as restrict

679
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:39,060
other areas.

680
00:58:39,620 --> 00:58:41,260
It's a two-sided equation.

681
00:58:42,660 --> 00:58:43,160
Thank you.

682
00:58:44,300 --> 00:58:50,580
Ms. Rodriguez, what process to engage all parties should the City Council go through

683
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:56,600
before proposing any significant changes to the limited green space in JC and Memorial

684
00:58:56,600 --> 00:58:57,160
Parks?

685
00:58:58,480 --> 00:58:59,200
Okay.

686
00:58:59,380 --> 00:59:00,360
Can you repeat that again?

687
00:59:00,780 --> 00:59:00,940
Yes.

688
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:07,380
What process to engage all parties involved should the City Council go through before proposing

689
00:59:07,380 --> 00:59:12,760
Any significant changes to the limited green space in JC and memorial parks?

690
00:59:13,240 --> 00:59:17,300
I'll be honest and say I don't know how to answer that question. I don't really understand

691
00:59:18,100 --> 00:59:23,320
what you're asking. I'm sorry I apologize. Is there a process of that people should go through

692
00:59:23,320 --> 00:59:28,760
to propose changes to use that green space and put a permanent restriction on it?

693
00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:33,780
To use the green space like well to change the soccer field or something. Yeah,

694
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:39,200
something permanent. Do I think that the city should be talking to everybody that would be involved?

695
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:40,760
How would you recommend that occur?

696
00:59:43,850 --> 00:59:46,830
I don't know I guess if they're wanting to build a soccer field

697
00:59:46,830 --> 00:59:52,350
or something they would put it out to the city to the citizens to get their voices heard

698
00:59:52,350 --> 00:59:57,730
and then contact the people that are going to be doing the soccer field or building it.

699
00:59:57,730 --> 00:59:58,530
Okay.

700
01:00:00,910 --> 01:00:30,210
Mr. West, businesses need tourists. Yet, the extreme tourist population adversely impacts a resident's quality of life. How would you address this conflict and create a balance of diverse businesses and quality of life for residents? I definitely agree that we need businesses on this island that they do impact our quality of life. And especially as residents, you know, we want these businesses to survive. And they need to survive through the winter.

701
01:00:30,210 --> 01:00:34,790
And it used to be a lot more difficult for those businesses to make it through our winners.

702
01:00:35,570 --> 01:00:41,190
And it's become less of a problem more recently, probably because of the pandemic.

703
01:00:41,190 --> 01:00:45,010
I think we have wonderful traveling in the winter than we did in the past.

704
01:00:45,470 --> 01:00:49,470
When things are, if things ever go that normal, that may change again.

705
01:00:49,990 --> 01:01:00,090
But I don't want to punish the residents by restricting visitors to come here especially in the winter to support our businesses.

706
01:01:01,410 --> 01:01:11,270
Okay. Still a quick lightning round. Yes or no questions. We'll start with Mr. Hosty. Do you believe that climate change is impacted by human behavior?

707
01:01:14,710 --> 01:01:15,150
Yes.

708
01:01:15,930 --> 01:01:16,910
Mr. Kitchens.

709
01:01:17,450 --> 01:01:17,950
Please.

710
01:01:19,010 --> 01:01:22,090
Do you believe that climate change is impacted by human behavior?

711
01:01:25,150 --> 01:01:25,330
Yes.

712
01:01:26,150 --> 01:01:26,730
Yes.

713
01:01:28,330 --> 01:01:28,490
Yes.

714
01:01:28,490 --> 01:01:28,590
Yes.

715
01:01:29,190 --> 01:01:30,310
Okay, Mr. West.

716
01:01:30,570 --> 01:01:35,690
In order to keep the beach and ocean free of debris, would you consider an ordinance making

717
01:01:36,250 --> 01:01:38,670
Taibe styrofoam and plastic free?

718
01:01:39,630 --> 01:01:41,050
This is yes or no, Mr. West?

719
01:01:44,370 --> 01:01:44,710
No.

720
01:01:45,830 --> 01:01:46,470
Yes.

721
01:01:47,130 --> 01:01:47,690
Bring it.

722
01:01:48,350 --> 01:01:48,990
Yes.

723
01:01:49,870 --> 01:01:50,510
Absolutely.

724
01:01:51,370 --> 01:01:51,850
Yes.

725
01:01:56,920 --> 01:01:57,380
Okay.

726
01:01:58,420 --> 01:02:03,780
Next question, Mr. Hosty, there is a smoking ban on all Florida beaches.

727
01:02:03,780 --> 01:02:09,840
Which is, would you be in favor of finding a way to implement a smoking ban for the entire beach in 2022?

728
01:02:10,760 --> 01:02:11,240
Yes or no?

729
01:02:12,360 --> 01:02:12,880
No.

730
01:02:13,840 --> 01:02:14,680
Mr. Kitchens?

731
01:02:19,080 --> 01:02:19,600
Yes.

732
01:02:20,580 --> 01:02:21,100
Yes?

733
01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:21,900
Yes.

734
01:02:22,380 --> 01:02:22,580
No.

735
01:02:23,600 --> 01:02:24,120
Okay.

736
01:02:24,980 --> 01:02:28,680
Mr. West, do you support the current recycling program?

737
01:02:28,840 --> 01:02:29,320
Yes or no?

738
01:02:29,700 --> 01:02:29,940
Yes.

739
01:02:30,860 --> 01:02:31,500
Mr. West.

740
01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:32,480
Oh heck yeah.

741
01:02:33,560 --> 01:02:34,080
Yes.

742
01:02:34,820 --> 01:02:35,440
Mr. Kitchens?

743
01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:39,680
We need more available space.

744
01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:41,940
Mr. Hosty?

745
01:02:42,400 --> 01:02:43,000
Yes.

746
01:02:43,640 --> 01:02:44,040
Okay.

747
01:02:44,880 --> 01:02:52,180
Yes or no, Mr. Hosty, are you willing to limit new houses being built or more revenue

748
01:02:52,180 --> 01:02:57,600
producing places, more restrooms, more athletic fields, or more programs?

749
01:02:58,580 --> 01:03:04,080
What options do we have if it takes up, I'm sorry, yes or no, would you limit any of these

750
01:03:04,080 --> 01:03:06,200
things. If it takes up more green space.

751
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:09,260
No.

752
01:03:11,870 --> 01:03:16,890
Mr. Kitchens. No. Yes. Yes.

753
01:03:18,750 --> 01:03:19,470
Mr. Rodriguez.

754
01:03:22,090 --> 01:03:26,510
I mean it's I can't say yes or no because part of it is yes and part

755
01:03:26,510 --> 01:03:31,550
of it is no depending on what's being built. Okay. Mr. West. Yeah. I would say the same.

756
01:03:32,010 --> 01:03:39,010
Okay. Mr. Gillaskin in this round of yes or no. Mr. West. Do you agree not to give

757
01:03:39,010 --> 01:03:44,230
confidential information or directions to any member of city staff with whom you might

758
01:03:44,230 --> 01:03:45,010
have a relationship.

759
01:03:45,970 --> 01:03:46,570
Yes.

760
01:03:47,550 --> 01:03:48,150
Absolutely.

761
01:03:48,850 --> 01:03:49,190
Yes.

762
01:03:50,730 --> 01:03:51,330
Yes.

763
01:03:51,330 --> 01:03:51,550
Yes.

764
01:03:52,170 --> 01:03:52,190
Yes.

765
01:03:52,190 --> 01:03:52,870
Mr. Hosty.

766
01:03:53,310 --> 01:03:53,810
Yes.

767
01:03:54,990 --> 01:03:55,590
Okay.

768
01:03:56,890 --> 01:03:57,610
All right.

769
01:03:57,710 --> 01:03:59,270
We're going back to individual questions.

770
01:04:01,820 --> 01:04:02,980
These can be a minute.

771
01:04:04,300 --> 01:04:05,620
And we'll start.

772
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:06,820
Let's see.

773
01:04:07,120 --> 01:04:08,280
We have a start with Mr. Rodriguez.

774
01:04:09,300 --> 01:04:17,280
Who's job is it to find enough employees for the local economy, the cities or businesses you can have up to a minute?

775
01:04:17,820 --> 01:04:28,100
Well, I guess it depends on what, what, who you're talking about, you're talking about for the, working for the city, then it's up to the city manager to find employees.

776
01:04:28,100 --> 01:04:35,440
If you're talking about businesses, it's up to the individual businesses to find employees for their business.

777
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:41,880
This, the city doesn't find employees for businesses and the businesses don't find employees for the city.

778
01:04:43,020 --> 01:04:43,260
Okay.

779
01:04:45,100 --> 01:04:46,660
Ms. McGruder, for many years,

780
01:04:46,820 --> 01:04:50,700
tiby advertising dollars have been spent on promoting tiby as a tourist destination.

781
01:04:52,440 --> 01:04:56,980
Could those dollars be spent to promote living here in a residential beach community?

782
01:04:57,780 --> 01:04:58,260
Sure.

783
01:04:59,800 --> 01:05:00,720
You can elaborate.

784
01:05:03,240 --> 01:05:05,080
All right, Mr. Parks.

785
01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:09,360
How will you work to unite all members of the City Council so that clear

786
01:05:09,360 --> 01:05:11,520
directives are given to the City Manager?

787
01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:22,720
Council has to meet in regular workshops and has to come up with

788
01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:25,980
significant direction statements.

789
01:05:26,860 --> 01:05:31,800
One of the things that our current City Manager,

790
01:05:31,980 --> 01:05:38,020
form of government, is lacking, is clear direction from Council,

791
01:05:38,980 --> 01:05:42,860
clear priorities and then a hands-off approach.

792
01:05:44,900 --> 01:05:47,160
It's confusing to be part of

793
01:05:47,160 --> 01:05:48,680
city staff at this time.

794
01:05:51,490 --> 01:05:52,030
I'll get that.

795
01:05:54,310 --> 01:05:59,750
But we can overcome that. The only way

796
01:05:59,750 --> 01:06:06,550
I've seen it done is by regular hardworking workshops where you sit down, you

797
01:06:06,550 --> 01:06:11,910
hash out the priorities and then you stick with it and then includes the budget

798
01:06:11,910 --> 01:06:19,750
process. They're boring, they just go on and on, but that's where the money gets spent,

799
01:06:20,390 --> 01:06:27,330
and that's where people's eyes glaze over. But it's a priority. So through the budget,

800
01:06:27,990 --> 01:06:29,370
through policy workshops.

801
01:06:32,040 --> 01:06:36,760
Okay. Mr. West, what ways can you as a council member

802
01:06:36,760 --> 01:06:39,920
support the city manager and the city manager form of government?

803
01:06:39,920 --> 01:07:09,900
All right, I would like to work with the city manager to work on, in the business that I was a part of and that I ran, my interest was in IT infrastructure and using software to accomplish goals, especially in the adoption of the electronic health records, and I would love to work with the city manager to adopt systems that benefit the city and the citizens of the city so that we can have better information available to.

804
01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:24,140
Okay, Mr. Hosty, would you support the mayor being the person to whom the city manager directly reports as opposed to reporting to seven people with the city council members giving their ideas to the mayor?

805
01:07:25,580 --> 01:07:27,880
Yeah, I think it should be to the whole council.

806
01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:34,120
So I think some things get done in unilaterally sometimes and I don't agree with Councilmember

807
01:07:34,120 --> 01:07:38,960
Mack make a suggestion in the city of Andrew does it, which I think there should be the

808
01:07:38,960 --> 01:07:44,660
whole council should discuss it and make a decision that if it's finned in money.

809
01:07:47,590 --> 01:07:48,690
Okay, Mr. Kitchens.

810
01:07:49,450 --> 01:07:54,330
Considering that mean sea level rise recorded at the NOAA Tide station at Fort Pulaski has

811
01:07:54,330 --> 01:07:57,270
increased more than one foot in the past century.

812
01:07:57,270 --> 01:08:03,610
Do you believe that rising sea levels will impact or already or are already impacting

813
01:08:03,610 --> 01:08:04,070
Taipei?

814
01:08:26,220 --> 01:08:36,430
Many Asian, so many Asian levels in the aquifer itself are rates as our draw rates decrease

815
01:08:36,910 --> 01:08:37,350
sea

816
01:08:46,500 --> 01:08:47,740
level is rising.

817
01:08:59,270 --> 01:09:04,770
These are questions that nobody is asking and need to be addressed immediately.

818
01:09:08,180 --> 01:09:08,400
Okay.

819
01:09:09,040 --> 01:09:14,180
Mr. Hosty, a few years ago, the plan for a community swimming pool was defeated.

820
01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:18,300
Now there are private swimming pools being built all over the island.

821
01:09:19,060 --> 01:09:23,780
Because of the vulnerability of our water source, do you believe there should be a moratorium

822
01:09:23,780 --> 01:09:25,260
on building new pools?

823
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:26,900
Please explain.

824
01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:32,600
Well, I believe in property rights, and I believe if you have an artesian well, now you're

825
01:09:32,600 --> 01:09:35,140
allowed to fill from artesian well, we made that decision a while back.

826
01:09:35,140 --> 01:09:40,320
But I've made suggestions since I've been there as maybe try to get some kind of tax

827
01:09:40,320 --> 01:09:45,320
extended incentives for having to, you know, turn your property into a zero escape where

828
01:09:45,320 --> 01:09:51,940
you have stone and we probably, this prank resistance all over the city that probably

829
01:09:51,940 --> 01:09:54,180
waste a lot more water than the bulls do.

830
01:09:55,120 --> 01:09:58,920
I don't think, I probably, I don't think it's probably what people have in the bulls.

831
01:09:59,020 --> 01:10:00,280
I think the prank resistance will work.

832
01:10:02,480 --> 01:10:07,820
Okay. Ms. McGruder, do you support the addition of code enforcement personnel? Why or why not?

833
01:10:08,520 --> 01:10:12,800
If you're talking about an addition to the people that we already have hired, no.

834
01:10:13,860 --> 01:10:18,020
Because I think we've got enough. In fact, they've just gone for training, which they need.

835
01:10:18,620 --> 01:10:23,580
I think we jumped right in, hired them, put them out there, and they were not really trained to

836
01:10:23,580 --> 01:10:29,760
handle some of the problems that they've been asked to handle. I don't know. Okay. Mr. Kitchens,

837
01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:35,460
What more will you do to protect our natural and historic resources to improve quality

838
01:10:35,460 --> 01:10:37,160
of life for permanent residents?

839
01:10:45,760 --> 01:10:46,540
That would be one.

840
01:10:46,660 --> 01:10:47,220
Talking about.

841
01:10:47,380 --> 01:10:48,820
And historic resources, as well.

842
01:10:55,590 --> 01:11:05,920
William was put in place as an emergency for our water and trying to find ways to herb

843
01:11:05,920 --> 01:11:06,740
water here.

844
01:11:07,720 --> 01:11:08,660
I've seen a tribe

845
01:11:10,870 --> 01:11:13,030
-evious mayor in water conservation.

846
01:11:13,030 --> 01:11:22,070
I can tell you that dumping 20,000 gallons of meter water in that median out there is not

847
01:11:24,820 --> 01:11:34,290
there are a lot of things that we could do as far as irrigation here that we could save some of our plus

848
01:11:42,000 --> 01:11:44,180
indigenous species of.

849
01:11:53,110 --> 01:11:57,830
Okay, Mr. Parks, do you feel the island needs twice a week garbage pickup?

850
01:11:58,210 --> 01:12:05,730
Do you feel it is necessary only because of the STR's generating more garbage, and should the residents be responsible for the higher cost?

851
01:12:09,850 --> 01:12:16,290
Twice a week pickup is necessary for more than just STR's.

852
01:12:16,690 --> 01:12:23,210
There's many families as it was pointed out during the discussion that fill up on a regular basis.

853
01:12:24,630 --> 01:12:33,710
My wife and I don't. There are council members with multiple kids that do. Now, you get one

854
01:12:33,710 --> 01:12:40,710
can. It gets picked up twice a week. The STRs have been renting out additional cans.

855
01:12:41,850 --> 01:12:47,650
And that's shit. That's the way it should be. I like pick up twice a week. I like the way

856
01:12:47,650 --> 01:12:53,210
side door works when they have people that have been trained and when they're

857
01:12:53,210 --> 01:13:00,670
not short staffed. I think our garbage pickup has come a long ways since the

858
01:13:00,670 --> 01:13:05,610
days of waste management and since I would get five and six emails on a daily

859
01:13:05,610 --> 01:13:11,410
basis about missed pickups trash all over the place. I think we're making real

860
01:13:11,410 --> 01:13:17,110
progress on trash pickup. Okay I've got a question for each of you

861
01:13:17,870 --> 01:13:20,290
for 30 seconds each, we'll start with Mr. West.

862
01:13:21,050 --> 01:13:27,010
What do you see as the top two environmental sustainability challenges facing TIEVY?

863
01:13:29,320 --> 01:13:30,000
What would you do?

864
01:13:30,240 --> 01:13:31,440
And what would you do to address them?

865
01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:39,240
I do think, you know, currently we are not near our cap for the use of water on TIEVY,

866
01:13:39,300 --> 01:13:40,440
but I do think it is a concern.

867
01:13:40,980 --> 01:13:44,820
And it's something that we should start planning for now for in the future.

868
01:13:44,820 --> 01:13:51,180
We need to think about, you know, down the road 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, what are we

869
01:13:51,180 --> 01:13:51,620
going to do?

870
01:13:52,220 --> 01:13:53,400
Where are we going to get our water?

871
01:13:54,180 --> 01:13:59,860
And I think we probably should be putting aside money now so that whenever that time comes,

872
01:14:00,460 --> 01:14:03,300
it's not a big expense for all of us at that time.

873
01:14:03,960 --> 01:14:14,020
So water is a concern and the seed number two, water again, I don't know, I can't think of

874
01:14:14,020 --> 01:14:14,600
the second one.

875
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:15,720
Ms. Rodriguez?

876
01:14:16,360 --> 01:14:17,800
Can you ask a question again?

877
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:18,140
I'm sorry.

878
01:14:18,380 --> 01:14:18,580
Sure.

879
01:14:19,020 --> 01:14:24,060
What do you see as the top two environmental sustainability challenges facing Taibe?

880
01:14:24,420 --> 01:14:24,580
Okay.

881
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:26,300
I also agree with water.

882
01:14:27,100 --> 01:14:32,120
I think that when it was cited a long time ago, how much water was going to be needed

883
01:14:32,120 --> 01:14:32,760
for Taibe?

884
01:14:32,820 --> 01:14:38,900
They never thought that 25,000 people would be here in a day, nor would we have a lot of

885
01:14:38,900 --> 01:14:39,780
STVRs.

886
01:14:39,860 --> 01:14:42,320
They probably just figured that it just like Savannah.

887
01:14:42,940 --> 01:14:57,220
They figured ahead of time and that's why they have extra water because they didn't think it was going to be only 100,000 people 20 years from now and I think that I've got three ideas for the water that I'd like to bring up in council.

888
01:14:57,220 --> 01:14:59,280
My other one would be beach

889
01:14:59,280 --> 01:14:59,960
renourishment.

890
01:15:00,430 --> 01:15:30,410
Our time is almost up on that, and we've got to protect our island. Okay, Mr. Parks? This last year I had seven goals in sustainability that I asked be added into the budget, and council adopted those. I think tree cover on this island is a natural resource that needs to be encouraged and developed. I come in here to this public safety bill

891
01:15:30,410 --> 01:15:35,890
building and there's all this bare space out here. I've asked that we start some sort

892
01:15:35,890 --> 01:15:43,650
of program. We should encourage tree planting and we should continue to enforce our tree

893
01:15:43,650 --> 01:15:49,750
ordinance. I'm extremely frustrated with you, Carls.

894
01:15:52,730 --> 01:15:53,390
Days come.

895
01:15:56,130 --> 01:15:59,210
Good job. Are

896
01:16:01,480 --> 01:16:07,620
we okay to start? I'll read it again for please. What do you see as the top two

897
01:16:07,620 --> 01:16:14,160
environmental sustainability challenges for Taipei? What would you do? I agree that water's got to be

898
01:16:14,160 --> 01:16:18,600
the number one, there is a Supreme Court case today between Mississippi and Tennessee,

899
01:16:19,020 --> 01:16:24,840
our neighboring states, which may impact the way that decisions are made about the

900
01:16:24,840 --> 01:16:27,700
water that we're talking about getting here.

901
01:16:28,580 --> 01:16:34,320
I think some simple things we can do that might help with water conservation are rain barrels,

902
01:16:34,920 --> 01:16:38,620
buckets, rain gauges on their sprinkler systems.

903
01:16:39,820 --> 01:16:43,940
And I think we really need to seriously not just think about 20 years down the road.

904
01:16:43,940 --> 01:16:47,600
So we need to start now when we have all this rain that we've been having.

905
01:16:48,240 --> 01:16:49,680
We need to be able to use the rain.

906
01:16:50,240 --> 01:16:53,980
The other thing we think to be, setbacks and dunes.

907
01:16:55,120 --> 01:16:56,020
Mr. Kitchens.

908
01:16:57,500 --> 01:17:02,220
The recharge, the recharge rate for our aqua,

909
01:17:04,600 --> 01:17:05,320
that's not very,

910
01:17:07,380 --> 01:17:09,000
we have a worse problem than

911
01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:09,280
that.

912
01:17:09,900 --> 01:17:16,120
Our infrastructure is catastrophically ready to fail and that would affect our flow rates.

913
01:17:16,120 --> 01:17:18,120
or flow rates are effect

914
01:17:26,410 --> 01:17:27,830
when it rains.

915
01:17:28,130 --> 01:17:32,730
The flow rates exceed what the water is being pumped

916
01:17:33,130 --> 01:17:34,850
that should not be happening.

917
01:17:35,650 --> 01:17:39,210
We should be flowing less water than it's being.

918
01:17:42,240 --> 01:17:42,900
Mr. Hosty?

919
01:17:43,980 --> 01:17:45,720
I think one of the big things important things

920
01:17:45,720 --> 01:17:47,660
is our beach re-nourishment.

921
01:17:48,740 --> 01:17:50,080
I think we've done a great job.

922
01:17:50,940 --> 01:17:54,060
They probably created two or three hundred acres of land

923
01:17:54,060 --> 01:18:00,270
that they were protected from the storms and looking to back river to see what we could do back there.

924
01:18:01,470 --> 01:18:05,230
And we got really litigation with this new well they were trying to put in. So

925
01:18:06,570 --> 01:18:10,370
we got to wait for this litigation to be over made over past three years and maybe we need to

926
01:18:10,370 --> 01:18:14,270
figure out some way to go around it and that it was being funded by somebody else.

927
01:18:16,190 --> 01:18:18,790
Nothing's prank resistance or a problem. I know people lived there long.

928
01:18:18,790 --> 01:18:23,910
Um, uh, I see a sprinkler system running when it's going down and running.

929
01:18:24,170 --> 01:18:27,410
So I think it weighs a lot more than people have.

930
01:18:27,650 --> 01:18:29,850
Oh, okay.

931
01:18:29,970 --> 01:18:32,950
The next question is also a 30 second question for each of you.

932
01:18:33,390 --> 01:18:34,710
Start with Mr. Hosty.

933
01:18:34,830 --> 01:18:35,810
You live on Taipei.

934
01:18:36,190 --> 01:18:39,570
What is important that ensures your quality of life here?

935
01:18:40,110 --> 01:18:43,750
What will be, what will be the insurance for quality of life?

936
01:18:44,190 --> 01:18:48,240
I think the 35 foot height limit is really important.

937
01:18:48,660 --> 01:18:49,880
Uh, you know,

938
01:18:49,880 --> 01:18:55,940
We can't change the city council comes in and change until they decide to put high rises on the aisle and I think that's

939
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:07,520
Like the city's rug one of my house clothes are either bathed in my house and cars or cover with dust every day

940
01:19:07,520 --> 01:19:08,120
That would be nice

941
01:19:08,920 --> 01:19:10,260
That's probably not gonna happen

942
01:19:12,630 --> 01:19:17,390
But I love living here with living everywhere else. They plan on going for either

943
01:19:19,570 --> 01:19:21,410
Mr. Kitchens you

944
01:19:23,460 --> 01:19:27,420
live on tiby. What what is important that ensures your quality of life on tiby?

945
01:19:27,420 --> 01:19:27,600
be.

946
01:20:09,590 --> 01:20:13,710
Ms. McGruder, you're talking about my personal quality of lunch.

947
01:20:13,710 --> 01:20:18,950
Sure is your quality of life. I want to be able to walk on the beach every day and not

948
01:20:18,950 --> 01:20:23,030
look at any tall buildings. Okay, Mr. Parks?

949
01:20:26,350 --> 01:20:34,730
Every one of these issues keeps coming back to something that I've been involved with for

950
01:20:34,730 --> 01:20:43,190
at least eight years, and that's dialing back the party. It's just, I just, I have fought

951
01:20:43,190 --> 01:20:52,850
so hard on so many aspects of this island being noisy, being in litter, being covered with

952
01:20:52,850 --> 01:21:03,150
trash, being overrun. It's, and for more years, I'm just going to keep fighting. We need to dial

953
01:21:03,150 --> 01:21:06,370
back this party in so many ways.

954
01:21:08,110 --> 01:21:08,750
Ms. Rodriguez.

955
01:21:09,590 --> 01:21:15,370
What ensures my quality of life is that the people that live here are happy.

956
01:21:15,990 --> 01:21:23,390
That the reason they moved here is how it's going to be, not because we have an oversaturation

957
01:21:23,390 --> 01:21:28,790
of tourists that we have problems with litter, with noise.

958
01:21:28,790 --> 01:21:37,690
So, to me, if I can serve the citizens and what they want as a whole, not what I want

959
01:21:37,690 --> 01:21:40,070
on City Council, that makes me happy.

960
01:21:40,250 --> 01:21:45,110
Not to see them on Facebook and next store, griping about stuff, but all coming together

961
01:21:45,110 --> 01:21:46,010
as a community.

962
01:21:47,330 --> 01:21:48,050
Mr. West?

963
01:21:49,430 --> 01:21:56,110
I think what ensures my quality of life is a variety of successful businesses, places

964
01:21:56,110 --> 01:22:03,210
we can shop and eat and meet with friends so that's important to me. I also think it's

965
01:22:03,210 --> 01:22:09,910
important to have happy residents, you know, people that have positive experiences and

966
01:22:09,910 --> 01:22:15,790
I know that sometimes visitors can impact that but I think we also need the visitors and

967
01:22:15,790 --> 01:22:20,670
we need to figure out how to make it a better experience for us and them. Another thing I think

968
01:22:20,670 --> 01:22:26,650
we should consider is perhaps a city acquiring some of the vacant land that's available right now.

969
01:22:27,510 --> 01:22:30,970
More green space is better. We don't necessarily need more buildings.

970
01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:39,320
Okay, we are exactly on time. We will now move into the wrap up and each of you will have one minute

971
01:22:40,060 --> 01:22:45,780
to wrap up and say anything that you think we missed or you'd like to get out there. We'll start with

972
01:22:45,780 --> 01:22:47,360
Mr. Kitchens, he's

973
01:23:17,800 --> 01:23:25,180
starting to see an investor market start to roll back because just because they know restrictions may be coming.

974
01:23:25,740 --> 01:23:34,000
It could be the start of something better for Tabby, such a better place, way better place.

975
01:23:34,440 --> 01:23:43,880
But we need to be able to ensure that my children who love Tabby in the future of Tabby in 20 years from now.

976
01:23:52,510 --> 01:23:58,650
Mr. Rodriguez you have a minute I am not a politician I've always been a

977
01:23:58,650 --> 01:24:03,110
public servant I always feel that the people that are on city council are

978
01:24:03,110 --> 01:24:07,930
fiduciaries of the city what that means is just like it used to be in

979
01:24:07,930 --> 01:24:13,110
magistrate's court the judge was not up there given his opinion but he was

980
01:24:13,110 --> 01:24:19,370
judging by the law and I think that being a fiduciary the city you have to

981
01:24:22,090 --> 01:24:28,690
You have to think of who put you up there, what the people want and you need to do, not

982
01:24:28,690 --> 01:24:29,470
what you want.

983
01:24:29,850 --> 01:24:33,850
Some people get on city council because they have a personal agenda.

984
01:24:34,430 --> 01:24:39,890
My only agenda is the quality of life for the citizens of Taipei and we got to come together

985
01:24:39,890 --> 01:24:43,870
as a whole and make it better exactly how we want it.

986
01:24:44,610 --> 01:24:48,050
And like I said, you're going to be a fiduciary of the persons in this city.

987
01:24:48,050 --> 01:24:50,070
maybe you're not doing it for yourself.

988
01:24:51,730 --> 01:24:52,490
Mr. West?

989
01:24:54,130 --> 01:24:56,990
Thank you once again for allowing me the opportunity to speak to everyone.

990
01:24:58,850 --> 01:25:05,350
I once again won't quality of life for the residents of Taipei first, positive experiences,

991
01:25:07,030 --> 01:25:10,870
good, successful businesses, and good experiences for visitors.

992
01:25:11,250 --> 01:25:16,630
There are a lot of things to work on, traffic, parking, water resources, all types of things

993
01:25:16,630 --> 01:25:24,770
it need to be worked on. A lot of the questions tonight were you know one answer yes or no questions

994
01:25:24,770 --> 01:25:30,350
and I would love to say more about my answers to those questions so if you would,

995
01:25:30,350 --> 01:25:35,710
if you would like to hear more from me I would love to talk to you. Thank you once again and

996
01:25:36,850 --> 01:25:44,630
but West. Mr. Hosty? Yeah I think it's one of the important things that we need to do down here is

997
01:25:44,630 --> 01:25:51,350
you know we spend millions and millions of dollars trying to enhance the tourist experience and

998
01:25:51,350 --> 01:25:57,710
I think we need to put more money and investment money into our kids on the island as far as activities

999
01:25:58,990 --> 01:26:08,390
we're looking at right now trying to get money to pay for a soccer field with artificial turf

1000
01:26:09,170 --> 01:26:14,110
you like that a heart attack maybe with rides but I think we need to do more for our kids and we've got

1001
01:26:14,110 --> 01:26:20,490
We're kids on the island. We've had that. So that's very important. I don't think we need to do

1002
01:26:20,490 --> 01:26:28,590
things that hurt the citizens. I'm like some of the projects that they do, you know, have to call

1003
01:26:28,590 --> 01:26:34,890
people and tell them that, you know, this is fixing to happen. And a lot of the time people are kind

1004
01:26:34,890 --> 01:26:39,470
of authority. They just love being here. And they don't want to be involved in politics. So I keep

1005
01:26:39,470 --> 01:26:44,750
and make sure they know what's going on, especially if it's happened in the neighborhood.

1006
01:26:44,830 --> 01:26:45,130
Time.

1007
01:26:46,570 --> 01:26:54,870
Mr. Parks, we've spent several years doing basic foundational structural changes to the

1008
01:26:54,870 --> 01:26:58,570
way things happen in our neighborhoods, step by step.

1009
01:27:00,390 --> 01:27:05,890
I was proud to introduce this moratorium, I'm proud to be considering the next steps on

1010
01:27:05,890 --> 01:27:14,870
things like occupancy, parking, and density in the residential areas. But just like it was said

1011
01:27:14,870 --> 01:27:23,530
here, here we go. Here we go into unknown areas and into areas where we're going to pioneer.

1012
01:27:24,490 --> 01:27:31,310
But I feel like I've got a mandate, and I'd like four years to make, I'd like one year, vote me in

1013
01:27:31,310 --> 01:27:36,850
for one year. And let's make some of this happen so that we can complete the tasks we

1014
01:27:36,850 --> 01:27:37,310
started.

1015
01:27:39,470 --> 01:27:45,030
On the side, I'd like to continue bike trails. I'd like to consider more educational

1016
01:27:45,030 --> 01:27:51,190
opportunities for our youth. I'd like to consider more recreational opportunities for our youth.

1017
01:27:51,330 --> 01:27:58,250
I'd like to consider more limits on behavior. I'd like to consider many of the things that make

1018
01:27:58,250 --> 01:28:00,470
Make this island what we're proud of.

1019
01:28:01,990 --> 01:28:02,850
Ms. McGruder.

1020
01:28:03,570 --> 01:28:03,810
Yes.

1021
01:28:03,990 --> 01:28:08,350
In order to ensure better quality of life for the residents, I think we all need to work

1022
01:28:08,350 --> 01:28:11,570
together on all of the issues we've heard discussed tonight.

1023
01:28:12,390 --> 01:28:18,150
I also think we need to have much better communication between the city and the residents and between

1024
01:28:18,150 --> 01:28:23,090
the city and the businesses about all the issues that we talk about that they should know

1025
01:28:23,090 --> 01:28:24,210
about ahead of time.

1026
01:28:24,870 --> 01:28:29,070
I also think that when someone's in an office,

1027
01:28:29,810 --> 01:28:31,810
when they're elected office, they need to respond

1028
01:28:32,210 --> 01:28:34,630
to the citizens, and I promise you,

1029
01:28:34,790 --> 01:28:37,250
if you elect me, I will respond to you.

1030
01:28:37,370 --> 01:28:39,830
Even if we disagree, I will respond

1031
01:28:39,830 --> 01:28:41,910
and try to find out more information

1032
01:28:41,910 --> 01:28:45,590
about your viewpoint that might help me understand better

1033
01:28:46,250 --> 01:28:48,510
and perhaps even change my mind.

1034
01:28:49,210 --> 01:28:49,590
Thank you.

1035
01:28:51,030 --> 01:28:52,190
And thank you all.

1036
01:28:52,190 --> 01:28:53,250
Thank

1037
01:29:03,260 --> 01:29:08,260
you candidates for being here and for your honesty and openness in

1038
01:29:08,260 --> 01:29:14,780
sharing with us your ideas. Thank you also to Susan K. Tron and Carl

1039
01:29:14,780 --> 01:29:18,220
Looper if we could give them around the plus as well.

1040
01:29:27,260 --> 01:29:29,480
We are right on time. I

1041
01:29:29,480 --> 01:29:35,040
want to encourage you as Brian said to find out more from these candidates

1042
01:29:35,040 --> 01:29:39,840
during October and I know you will do that. We will be posting some additional

1043
01:29:39,840 --> 01:29:46,640
information on the Forever Tobie Facebook page and other places about how to vote absentee

1044
01:29:46,640 --> 01:29:51,660
and also how to vote early this year. We've got new rules and the Board of Registrars is

1045
01:29:51,660 --> 01:29:57,660
getting information out about that. We will also host a meet and greet in the Memorial Pavilion

1046
01:29:57,660 --> 01:29:59,860
from 2 to 5 on October 30.

1047
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:11,580
First, watch for information about that notice. They've given us a lot to ponder tonight. Thank you for coming. Good night. And Shirley, thank you. Thank you, Shirley Roy. Thank you.