it's got to go. I don't think I've worn it much since. I'm picking a team and they didn't make the cut. Hi everyone, welcome back to the channel. In today's video, how to build a capsule wardrobe for spring in 2021. The key pieces I'm adding this season, the trends that I'm looking out for, and the questions I ask myself when I'm editing down my closet. I tend to do a decluttering and organizing of my wardrobe every single season. I find the process therapeutic. It helps me save money because I can clearly see what I do and don't have. And on top of all of that, it really makes getting dressed each morning so much easier. Outfit ideas tend to just pop off a tidy rail, which they definitely don't tend to do from a messy womb. Now I managed to pack so much information into this video that I decided to separate it into two parts. Today, I'll be editing down blouses, shirts, dresses and trousers, and the rest will be in part two. So make sure you keep an eye out for that video as well. As always, I love to chat with you all in the comments section below. So do let me know, one, if you found this video helpful, and two, if hopefully I've inspired you to give it a go yourself. Before I forget, if you're not already subscribed, it would be lovely if you'd like to do so. And at the end of this video, don't forget to follow the link in the description box below to find my daily outfit ideas over on Instagram. So without further ado, let's get straight to it. How to build a capsule wardrobe for spring 21. So first things first, let's get very messy.  Basically, you want everything where you can see it. Please remember that it's my job, obviously, as a fashion blogger to have a certain amount of clothes. I wouldn't say this is normal for most people. And don't worry if you've got, say, a third of this amount of clothes. That's absolutely fine. It's how you style it that counts. I spent my childhood wearing one long procession of hand me down. So I do realize how lucky I am. Now, when I think about how to build a capsule wardrobe for spring 2021, the easiest place to start is to take out the deadwood. Those pieces that you know, you're definitely not going to need throughout spring, let alone summer. So for me, that would be lots of chunky nets that I am not going to need. I generally put them in boxes and wrap them in acid-free tissue paper. That seems to keep them nice. I'm quite strict with myself too. If I come across something like this, for example, I haven't worn all season, then that can go in the donate pile. And then I might come across things that are nice quality enough to be able to sell online. I tend to use eBay or Vestia Collective if it's a bit more of a designer item. When I've sold something on there, I tend to feel a little bit better about my future purchases. So start to make those three different piles. The ones that are going into the attic, the ones that you want to sell, and the ones that you're going to donate. Now, spring caps your wardrobe very much like winter. Can be as big or as small as you want it to be. But try not to get too hung up on the end number of pieces. Well, I do ask myself if it ticks a trend box. It also has to tick my other criteria. Do I love it? How many outfits I'm going to make out of it? And if it's surplus to requirements, i.e. I've already ticked that box, sometimes that gets me to 50 pieces, sometimes it gets me to 70 pieces. So long as I know, the pieces I choose are going to get lots of wear and they're versatile, the number of them really isn't important. So now I've put all those heavyweight winter pieces to one side. I'm going to start making my way through this box that came down from the attic and put some of those spring things onto the rail, just so I can start to see what I've actually got and what needs to come out. And straight way, I've come to a piece which definitely needs donating or selling. I bought this for a wedding actually about 10 years ago. And I don't think I've worn it much since. I just kept it for nostalgia reasons really, which is not what you're supposed to do. I just thought it was so pretty, which it is. But if it's pretty and you're not wearing it, donate, sell, or keep it in storage. All of these things need a really good iron, but I love the color of that. So surplus to requirements as I have a new pair of chinos that I'm wearing, so I don't need those anymore. Now this is where I start to think, what are the key pieces that I want to wear for spring 2021? Not only thinking about what's on trend, because that does always tend to go on in the background, but thinking about what I truly wear. Those pieces that I know, fashion trend or not, I'm going to be reaching for at least on a weekly basis. So for me, that goes something like blue jeans, for sure, t-shirts, pretty blouses, lovely dresses, and some trousers, and maybe the old coat or two. And I find that's the easiest way to build a capsule wardrobe. It's breakly down into these smaller chunks, so I've got my light knits, my dresses, my blouses, shirts, jeans, et cetera. Whatever season, I'd always keep a classic white button-down shirt in my capsule wardrobe. But what I do tend to do is, for spring, summer, I switch it out for my linen version, and autumn, winter, I go with the cotton. So that one needs a wash, but it's coming in. Okay, that's better. I needed to get my hair out the way I was getting hot in here. Must be working hard. So on this rail now is everything that could work for spring 2021. But as you can see, there's way too much. So now I'm gonna go through each of these categories and select which pieces I will truly wear and put them on the new rail. And as I start to go through these, I find it helpful to just keep in mind all those fashion trends that we'll be seeing for spring, summer, 21. Or if like me, you've got a memory like a sieve, just jot them down on a piece of paper and have it on the floor. I'm not obsessed with trends, but I do like to follow what's going on. And when they suit me, I like to incorporate them into my outfit ideas. So this one, for example, is a new dress that I got recently from H&M, and I'm definitely putting that on the rail. And this is where you really start speeding through your rail, because you can quite quickly see whether you need something or not. And if it's an in-betweener, leave it on the rail for now and come back to it. Right, this, I've had this for years. It looks tatty, it's got to go. So you might notice as I go along, the pieces that I select for spring and the pieces that I think will save that for summer, a lot of it's to do with the weight of the garment. Obviously a dress like that, I could easily layer a little vest top underneath if I needed or it would look nice with a cardio at the top, whereas some of those other dresses are just way too skimpy. They're definitely designed for the boot. I should say as well, I've ordered some new pieces from Suzanne, but I think this video is gonna actually go out afterwards. Kind of confusing. So I've got those pieces in mind as well when I'm adding things to my final rail.  Sorry, they're emergency hangers. But this is a beautiful dress that I got from Ms. Demoiselle Paris, but it's not quite the season just yet. So let's save that for a little bit longer. So like I was saying, it's really helpful to have the trends in mind as you go along as you're going through your rail, because then it makes the decision a little bit easier if it's something you love anyway and it happens to be on trend for this spring, 2021. Then it's quite a safe bet to add it to your final rail. Actually, if you want the full lowdown on all the key trends we'll be seeing for this spring summer at 21, I've added a link in the description box below to a dedicated video that I did on this a couple of months ago. So have a look at that after this one. T-shirts, shirts and blouses with a pair of jeans or a nice pair of trousers is kind of my uniform on a day-to-day basis. So I don't mind adding a good selection of those into my capsule wardrobe for spring. I do, however, need to edit this down because it's got a little bit of an uphand. Now as I'm going through blouses and shirts I keep thinking of all those lovely sorbetones which is obviously one of the big fashion trends for spring. I love those tones, I think they're so pretty. Now this spring is fairly colourful, certainly more than last spring summer and actually more than I've got in my wardrobe because I do love my neutral tones. So I can already see a gap in my wardrobe where I could easily add a few more sorbetones into the mix, but because it's particularly on trend I don't want it to go out of fashion. So with those sort of pieces I tend to go for something pretty classic like this. It's very pretty, it is on trend because of the colour but that isn't going to date. So in five years time I could still see myself wearing that. So then I keep looking at my selected rail and double-checking that all the colours are blending well together. I can already see I've got lots of white which I know I wear an awful lot throughout spring summer but it's also got this nice sprinkle of colours running through it but not forgetting my love of camo and all those lovely neutral tones which tend to be the core of my day-to-day outfits. So just keep checking as you're going along as you're adding pieces, taking them away. Is it all blending as a whole together? Then you'll know you're on the right track when it comes to making outfit ideas. When I build a capsule wardrobe I find it really helpful to make a list of the gaps as and when I see them. Just as you're going along looking through all your clothes just write a little list of those gaps that you think you're missing. And writing a list is not only helpful next time you shop but it will also save you money. You'll still spot shiny things along the way like we all do but if it's not on your list you can be pretty sure it's a lust piece rather than a need piece. Skirts, for example, would be a case in point. I only have three. Now the reality is I just don't wear skirts very much hence why you never see them on my channel. However, I would love to find a couple that would mix and match with those lovely tops and blouses I've got on my rail. So I'm going to put them both on the rail for now but I'm going to make a note to myself that I'm looking for midis and maxi skirts for this spring summer. So this is my kind of lightweight knit section which I will keep a couple for spring because it's not exactly the warmest country in the world. One piece that's had loads of wear already is this Bretton strike cotton jumper that I got from Cezanne. But as you will have hopefully seen I love this so much I bought it in the new coffee color as well. It's just had so much wear so it was a great buy for me. I'm definitely going to put that fluffy number on there. As I said before, keep double checking all your tones are working nicely. I mean, this one is standing out I could saw some at the moment it doesn't actually go with anything but I'll come to it in a minute I would say it's a statement piece. So a lovely standalone dress and it's not like I've got that print as a top and it's not going to go with anything it's a one piece wonder with a maxi dress. So I think that will work. So I'm going to go with a camel. Of course, no surprises there and go for the very light gray which is almost white really. Under trousers now and I've been making a conscious effort to wear more trousers instead of jeans of late because I realized I was practically living in jeans. So I wouldn't say it's complete yet there's definitely a few gaps there but I'm just going to keep building building on it over time and if budget allows. Which is the joy of making capsule wardrobe. None of this is set in stone put things to one side to try and clear your mind and get a good grasp of what you've got but you can always go back to the pile you can always take something else don't panic yourself thinking it's gone forever it's only donated or sold if you choose to. So anyway, I'm waffling. So yeah, definitely keeping these ones in and these I had forgotten I'd got this is a lovely pair of blush cotton trousers I got last summer from Mango so really affordable. I wore them a lot and as a happy accident they also tick the sorbet trend box for me for this season. So that's always a bonus. We've gone into baby hangers now that's running out of clippy ones. Keeping those in navy. I do get quite sentimental about my clothes and feel quite sad for pieces that aren't being picked. It's like I'm picking a team and they didn't make the cut. I really hope you've enjoyed this video and found it helpful to see the process that I go through to build a capsule wardrobe. As always, it's lovely to hear from you in the comment section below and hopefully I've inspired a few of you to give it a go yourself. Don't miss part two of this video where I will be taking on the mammoth task of decluttering and organizing my jeans, statement pieces, spring coats, jackets, blazers and not forgetting my shoes and handbags. Thank you so much for watching and happy decluttering everyone. Just remember it will feel amazing once it's finished, I promise. See you next week.


It is DiGrom day today in MLB DFS, Jacob DiGrom taking the hill for the New York Mets and our job for today is to decide whether DiGrom's recent form is concerning enough for us to be backing off of him in DFS.  I'm not going to work out very well for you, but it is at least worth discussing because the past two starts with DiGrom. Since coming out of that most recent injury haven't been quite as good. So we'll dig into DiGrom's recent form, see if there is actual cause for concern and see whether we should still prioritize DiGrom for tonight in MLB DFS. Welcome on into the solo shot. That's right here on the FanDuel Podcast Network and NumberFire.com. My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst for NumberFire.com. Here to break down today's seven game main slate with lockset for 705 for tonight. And unfortunately, as with last night, there is plenty of gross weather here for today. It is grossest, I would say in Washington for the Nationals and the Dodgers. It looks like that game is going to have rain all day. I would have alternative plans if you are planning on trying to use players in that game for the Nats and the Dodgers. In Cleveland as they host the Astros, winds are in from center at 13 miles per hour. Downgrade hitters there. There is a chance of rain in Atlanta for the Braves and the Mets. It depends on when the rain gets there, but I'm guessing they are good to go for right now. There's a chance of rain in Coors Field as well for the Rockies and the Cardinals. It's another where they should be able to get that game in, but you'll have to check back on that one later. And finally, the roof will be closed today at Chase Field for the Diamondbacks and the Giants. So it's still a good park for hitting, but downgraded from usual for there. So biggest rain chances for today are in Washington specifically, but then also in Atlanta and Denver. And then we also have downgraded hitters in Cleveland and kind of in Phoenix as well due to weather there. Hey baseball fans, Fandle is giving you the opportunity to get involved with Daily Fantasy Baseball with the MLB Home Run Challenge. Each day you can draft three players and you receive one point for every home run they hit, score three points for a share of the $2,000 prize pool, score six or more points, and you'll win a share of the $10,000 prize pool. All you have to do is head over to Fandle today and draft your sluggers. Eligibility restrictions apply. Head over to Fandle.com or download the Fandle Fantasy app for more details. Pitching preview for this Thursday. Forgot what day today is. It's Thursday. Jacob DeGrom, the highest salaried pitcher on today's slate. He checks in at $11,500. Followed by Corbin Burns at $10,600. From Revolves is $10,200. Johnny Cueto, Patrick Corbin, Ian Anderson, Merrill Kelly and Luis Castillo are the others at $10,000 or $8,000 or higher for today. Now let's start things off here with DeGrom because he is the obvious headliner for today. I am down to Stack Course Field. We'll talk about that later on. And I think that the dilemma with DeGrom is amplified by the presence of a desirable stack at Course Field. So let's talk about DeGrom here. He's in a tough spot because the Braves are a very good offense. They have tons of power versus righties, but they do strike out and DeGrom can get plenty of those. If we look at the overall form for DeGrom since he came back from his most recent stint on the IL, he has been changing things up in that time. He's using fewer forcing fastballs over his past five starts. But his strikeout rate in that time is still 42% with a 1.97 skill interactive ER rate. So if we look at DeGrom overall since his last stint on the IL, we'll say, fire away. We're good to go for today. But if you look at the gain logs, that has not been as true recently. He has just 11 combined strikeouts over his past two starts. And that comes after he left early due to an injury while swinging a bat. I think it was against the Cubs. So you could look at those two games. 11 total strikeouts in two games coming off an injury. That's a pretty big concern. And we do have to dive in and decide, OK, is this going to stick or was that just a blip on the radar? I don't see many big differences between DeGrom and those two starts versus the three stars before that. He is still throwing very hard. The velocity is great. He is still getting decent movement on his pitches. So I don't think it's like a sticky stuff type thing with DeGrom. And the swinging strike rate for DeGrom was at least 18.2% in both of those starts. He just didn't convert them into third strikes as often as usual for whatever reason that may be. I am inclined to believe this is a little hiccup and that he'll spring back to life soon, potentially as soon as today. We went 88 pitches the last time out. That was his most since he returned from the IL. And I bet that he's probably back to a full go once again for tonight. So there are a lot of things here at DeGrom. We've got the presence of Coors Field. We've got potentially concerns around those past two starts and concerns around injuries. That makes it possible we could get to DeGrom at a popularity discount from where he would usually be. So I'm into it. I definitely have my concerns, but I still want to be here. I would say that DeGrom is going to be my top guy for today. He is not in a tier of his own by any means given the concerns, but I will still have him as my top pitcher for today.  So we'll cut back a little bit, but still be very high in him for today, despite the presence of Coors Field. Now the decision for who is number two comes down to Corbin Burns versus Fromber Valdez. And the answer to that all year has been Corbin Burns. He's been awesome, but he seems to be one of the guys trending down most due to the sticky stuff enforcement. And I think that makes it a legit question for today. If we look at the three starts for Burns, since his movement started to decrease, he has a 3.59 skill interactive ERA with a 29% strikeout rate. Those numbers are very good in a vacuum, but they're not the great numbers that he had before. His skill interactive ERA was like 1.5 with a 40% strikeout rate, pretty massive deviation. And they've also come against punching bag level opponents. Those three starts for Burns have come against the pirates who we'll face again tonight, the Rockies, and then the Rockies again. Those are two of the worst offenses in baseball and Burns's numbers have been okay. But now he's facing the pirates for a second time in four starts. That's a concern. Valdez is facing Cleveland. And they love getting no hit by lefties. Valdez is a very good pitcher. In six starts this year, Valdez has a 3.00 skill interactive ERA with just a 16% fly ball rate allowed. The only issue is that Valdez is not a big strikeout guy. He has a 23% strikeout rate across those starts, but he has had pop games. He had 10 and 8, both against Boston, and they're a good team versus lefties. The overall numbers are low, but he has upside. So the question here is, do we go with the higher upside guy in Burns who is trending down in a repeat matchup? Or do we go with the lower upside but steadier pitcher right now? I think I'm actually going to go with Valdez here, which may seem counter to my usual process where I just set out for upside. But I think here, given all the factors combining, given the repeat matchup, given Burns trending down, given how good a real-world pitcher Valdez is, I think that I'm going to give the edge there. I will say that it is close, and you can make a case for either guy. I would give the slide edge to Valdez. So among the studs for me, it is Degrom 1, Valdez 2, and Corbin Burns number 3. With that said, I might not wind up ranking either Valdez or Burns' second overall. They're second among the studs, but they might not be second overall, because I actually do like a value play for today, and I want to stack Coris Field. So let's give Ian Anderson some shine here as potentially the number 2 pitcher on the Slade. He's facing Degrom at home, and it's not a terrible matchup by any means. The Mets have a 93 WRC plus against, right? These are getting better, getting healthier. So I think they will outperform that 93 WRC plus going forward, but I wouldn't deem them to be a superimposing matchup. So I think Anderson deserves a look here if you want to save some salary. Anderson's movement has gone down over his past five starts, so that's worth noting, but it hasn't mattered too much. He's still pitching really well. In that five-start sample, Anderson has a 3.49 skill interactive ERA with a 27% strikeout rate. Those two numbers specifically are actually better than his full season marks, and it's while he's still keeping the fly ball rate allowed relatively low. He's been a strength for Anderson back last year too. He's always been good at that, and he has kept that despite the decreased movement on his pitches. We did see Anderson face the Mets two starts ago, which is annoying because it means they are familiar with what he's throwing, but now he's at home. He allowed just three hits over five and a third innings in that matchup. So I really wish that this were not effectively a repeat matchup. I would be higher on him if that were not the case. The one guy here who is not in a repeat matchup is Valdez, but I do think that the salary savings here are enough to at least relieve the concerns a tiny bit and make Anderson a high-ranking pitcher for today. He is $8,400. I think that I'm willing to go here from not going to Grom because it allows me to stack course fields. So to me, I think my favorite two routes for today are to Grom and then just figure out hitting or Anderson and stacking course field. Those two might wind up being my favorite options for today. So if I were ranking pitchers after considering a salary to Grom one, Anderson two, Valdez three, Corbin burns number four for today. Let's talk about some stacks here and stuff things off with course field because again, course that's a significant factor for today and how we analyze Jacob to Grom. The Cardinals are facing Antonio sends a Taylor at course field. He is getting better. He's had a couple more strikeouts recently, which is big for him because the bad at ball numbers always tend to be less than for sends a Taylor. So if he can get more strikeouts, he'd be a lot better pitcher. I don't think that those strikeouts are enough to avoid stacking against him at course though. We're up to nine starts now on sends a Taylor with more forcing fastballs. His strikeout rate is up to 17%. It was typically closer to 12%. So that's a pretty big shift. The fly ball rate allowed for sends a Taylor hasn't really budged still 27%. That's a good thing. It's better than average by a good amount. Those are not bad numbers. They're good enough where I wouldn't stack against sends a Taylor anywhere outside of course field. But in course is a different issue. That's true. Even with the Cardinals being in offense, I don't tend to target. I tend to use pitchers against them more than stacking them. So I am willing to go here. And I think they great out well. And I do think that the Cardinals, despite my general reservations with their offense or a team, we should feel okay turning to fourth day. I do think that the Anderson plus Coors build is pretty attractive for me personally. And the salaries are not too bad for the Cardinals. The obvious outlets are Nolan Aronato revenge game, by the way, facing the Rockies. We have Paul Goldschmidt too. But Dylan Carlson and Tyler O'Neill are not all that restrictive. O'Neill can strike out too much for sure. But sends a Taylor doesn't get many of those. He can also swipe a bag. Carlson has a 40% fly ball right versus righties. We had O'Neill at $3,800. Carlson is $3,300. Paul DeYong might be slowly kind of trending up since he came back. So he's $3,500. Tommy Edmond also $3,500. I tend to use him more versus lefties than righties. He's also sends a Taylor has some weird diverse splits too. So check out DeYong, Edmond, Yadir Molina, Carlson, O'Neill, all those guys. Pretty easy to get to. And honestly, like Goldschmidt and Aronato aren't too bad either. So I do think the Cardinals are a team we can turn to for today, even if it does mean passing up on Jacob DeGraw. As far as our second stack goes, I prefer to stack the Reds versus righties than lefties. We get access to Jesse Winker. We get access to Tyler Naikwin, Joey Vado, et cetera, et cetera. But they still got some decent pieces who can hit well versus lefties, specifically when it comes to the Valley Department. And they're facing Ryan Weathers tonight. So I think that we can stack the Reds once again here. Weathers coming back up from triple A for the Padres. He made two starts down there and he was pretty much in line with what he did in the Majors, not overpowering. He had an 11.3% swinging strike rates. And now he comes back up to the Majors. I think we can expect a similar outcome with Weathers this time to what happened when he was first up with the Padres. The results were good. He had a 2.470 array. That's awesome. You'll take that every time. But there is a reason he was sent down. It's because the peripherals were more troubling and there was likely regression coming for Weathers. He increases slider usage over his final six outings in the big leagues. He had a 5.12 skill interactive ERA with just a 14% strikeout rate. He also did not suppress hard contact the same way he did earlier in the year. His hard hit rate allowed his 44% with a 40% fly ball rate. Now he is pitching in Cincinnati, which is a really rough spot to be for someone of his profile. So I think we can stack the Reds here today and feel pretty okay about what they bring to the table. When talking about the Reds vs. Lefties, we talked a lot about Tyler Stevenson and REC Day's Aquino. I love Stevenson. If he plays a catcher today, lock him in. A bit wary of Aquino though. He has played just one complete game the entire year. In his past four starts, he is left in the 9th inning, 8th inning, 7th, and 7th respectively. The maximum played appearance in the game for Aquino is 4 and he had just 2 in his past two starts. That's pretty tough. He can go yard in one played appearance and pay off, but it is concerning to me when guys leave games early and Aquino has been doing that consistently ever since he started starting games more often. So I like Stevenson. I'm definitely on board there. You don't need to gloss entirely over Aquino because again, he could go yard. He could go yard twice. But I would keep exposure to him much lower than I would if he were a full go.  For our third stack, there is actually only one park on tonight's slate that is a better pitching park than it is a hitting park. That is Pittsburgh for the Pirates and the Brewers. So stacking here is less than ideal given that every other park on the slate is a good one for hitting. I still think that we want to go here for tonight. The Brewers are facing Will Crow. Crow has struggled from a results perspective this year. He has a 6.50 ERA. The peripherals are not as bad as that, but they're also not great. His skill interactive ERA is 4.92. The one thing that Crow has done well is keep opposing teams out of the air. His fly ball rate allowed is 33%, which is better than average. The problem is that the batted ball suppression skills have been slipping of late. He's one of the guys with decreased movement on his pitches over the past three starts. In that time, he's allowed a 48% hard hit rate. And those starts have come against Milwaukee, Cleveland, and St. Louis. They're all below average teams versus righties. And that's reassuring because he's facing Milwaukee once again tonight. In that first start against the Brewers, Crow did get eighth strikeouts. That's very much not the norm, though, and not what I would expect going forward. And now they're seeing him for a second time in about three weeks. So I think they'll have a better handle this time around than they did last time. The Brewers still are not a good offense, despite their 14-run outburst or whatever it was yesterday. They have an 86 WRC plus against righties, but I have enough faith in them here to stack them versus will Crow for tonight. It does help that we got at least one salary saver here. I've been on the Omar Narváez train for a while. He is still $2,600. William Domes and Luis Arias have some pop, and they can fill your middle infield slots. Also, I will say Kessen here has strikeout rates since returning is 29%. That's high. It's above average. But for him, it's actually not too terrible. So I don't mind this team at all. It is a rough park, but that's not quite enough to push me off them. So I would say check out the Brewers, especially Narváez for some value. And if you need to fill some weird slots like second base and shortstop, Domes, Arias, both guys you could turn to at those positions. Let's finish up here with things to watch for today. I want to see what Luis Castillo can do tonight. I'm not sure I'm going to be there on using him in DFS. And the big reason is the Padres did just see him. He faced him in San Diego back on June 20th. He pitched really well. Now it's a repeat matchup. They're not a super high strikeout team. They've got some power hitters. So Castillo's been better. He weirdly is getting more movement on his forcing fastball recently, not less. So I'm keeping an eye on him because I think that that's very interesting. But I just don't like the spot enough to pull the trigger. He is low sour at $80,000, but if we're looking for a value play, I'd prefer Anderson. They're both the repeat matchups. I just feel better about Anderson's numbers right now than I do about Castillos. They are not in my top three for stacking, but they're in play. They're facing Meryl Kelly, who's been getting better recently. The Giants, despite the close roof tonight, get a park factor upgrade and leaving San Francisco. And Kelly's not perfect. The Giants scored four runs against him in San Francisco three starts ago. So I think they could do it again. The improvements for Kelly keep me from slobbering over the Giants, but I will say that they are pretty interesting in a team that I am very willing to stack for today after those top three teams. And as always, the final one, do you want to mention that I'm on board a stack in the Astros? Despite Matt Harvey being weirdly competent against them last night, they're facing Jason Mejia, and his strikeout rate in the rotation is 20% with a 4.49 skill interactive ERA. The reason that the Astros are hiring stacks is due to their salary. Mejia does a good job of keeping teams on the ground. There is Coors, and the wind is blowing in at Cleveland as well. So there's some factors keeping me from going all in, but I do still think the Astros are worth a look for tonight. Okay, let's do our Dinger calls for today, for this Thursday. As always, one boring one and one fun one, and we're going to keep them both on the exact same team. I mentioned before that Ryan Weathers have an issues recently with suppressing hard contact. So let's go all in on the powerful right-handed Reds for today starting off with Nick Castellanos. Castellanos is just a tremendous hitter. He's been among the best guys in baseball all this entire year. He has 16 home runs this year. So I'll go Castellanos for the boring one, and then Tyler Stevenson as the fun one.  I think that one's fun. So if Stevenson's in there, he'll be my call. If he's not in there, we'll give a different call in the Q&A today, the Reds lineup is out at like 10 o'clock in the morning, it seems like, so we'll certainly have the line to look at. So swing back by for that later on, but the home run calls as of now, Nick Castellanos and Tyler Stevenson. That is all that we have here for today on the solo shot. 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working with the community to find the right answer For the branch of 40 library I don't know if I don't think it can be incorporated into motion or anything right now But I would just encourage if it's possible to go back and talk to the groups and see if you can find a workaround So that it doesn't Perceive that we're or just the word so that we're not blocking off the library But still able to address the safety concerns of the community, which are important as well. I appreciate it But I will do that. Thank you Okay I just like to say that um It seems like a really great thing that we're about to do for our community I'm very excited seems like, you know, there's a lot of support on all angles and I'll just also reiterate my concern with the fence too because I think that you know, given the fact that we're reallocating funds from That could go to other library projects and given that we're going to have shortfalls on all of our library projects If there's one area, I feel like we could cut some costs I think the fence would be one of the first things that we should consider and then Coming back at a later point in time and putting that fence in if we could raise more funding Rather than spend funds that could go to another library right now. So I just want to express my concern around that as well but I think that we're at a point where we can move forward with this item and so I'll just restate that The motion on the floor is that we adopt the staff recommendations that were provided on the item That is labeled the remodel of the prance 40 and carfield park prance libraries The motion was made by by some mayor mires seconded by council member crone if there's no more discussion All those in favor, please say aye. Aye Any opposed? Nope that passed unanimously. Are directors allowed to squeal? Yes Thank you, thank you for your leadership. All right, better get that big cell started soon Go find me. Well, they have I think they have chairs lined up from each branch. Yeah, you're so bad I don't see where she was talking later. Why don't we take a short break and come back in five minutes? I mean everybody's clearing out we'll give people time to clear out More than five The last item of the evening And this is item number three on our evening agenda city council request process with presenters laura schmidt myself and councilmember walkins So I'll turn it over to laura schmidt interim assistant city manager Thank you mayor Cummings As justin said i'm laura schmidt. I'm the interim assistant city manager And if you may recall back in june the council At the council six month work plan retreat a work an ad hoc work group was formed and that was Mayor Cummings councilmember walkins and myself So we met several times over the course of the last few months and have prepared for you Proposed update to the council policy 6.9 and this relates to new council requests So it was a pleasure to work with the work group and martin helped out with Basically legacy knowledge of various agenda council policy the council handbook and Justin and martin All contributed this information and my job was to kind of organize organize and amalgamate So that's what i'm going to present to you tonight I wanted to step back a little bit before we got into the actual lanes and Criteria and the workflow of the council request And talk a little bit about the context of the work Holistically within the city and this relates back to nicole young's earlier presentation regarding strategic planning So overall the community expresses needs and gives us feedback And that gets translated and inputted Along with staff internal information into the council strategic plan And then that council strategic plan drives staff departmental strategies Priorities and projects so we really on an ongoing basis peeing back to The council strategic plan and vision for us to on a day-to-day basis as staff implement strategies and priorities And projects and then you also see that before you on an annual basis in our city budget And the work plan and the items that come before you during the budget hearings and the capital improvement project process So Generally, that's how we get our priorities and policies and essential marching orders from the council on a day in day out annual multi-year basis But what happens when we have new requests either because of the legislature The business environment the larger political environment something comes up and The council members want to initiate a new request That's where the council policy 6.9 update comes into play It could be a council member idea That generates the new request It could be something mentioned in oral communications. It could be something from the state or federal legislative level It could be a council email any email that comes into the city And it also could be an urgent emergent emergency need That triggers a new council request and then I just put another bucket because I'm an IT person And there's always if and then else others part of the logic So overall what are these buckets of new requests? So the group came up with four of them The first one is an emergency or urgent request. The second one is a quick information The third is research resolution and reports And the other one is project slash more complex research More complex resolution or a more complex report so the Gray column outlines for each one of those request types. What are the hours of work? Which is what we found is an easy way to delimit how you know which request type Your initiating and then what is the workflow that happens? So an emergency or urgent request The hours of work could be all over the map for that. It could be very quick It could take a long time And there's an entire council policy. I think 6.2 related to special meetings Should you guys need to initiate an emergency meeting around this the first contact for this one is The mayor with a cc to the city manager and the city attorney And that's especially because if we need to call an emergency meeting A quick information item from the council It's usually less than one hour of work The first contact is the department head and the assistant city manager acts As the department head for the city manager's office and the city clerk areas The research resolution and report Could be anywhere from one to eight hours and the first contact for that again is the department head When it reaches more than eight hours of work That is what is the fourth category that it's more Of a project it's more complex research in this resolution report So the first contact for that is the city manager And that's the one where we've asked that it be documented and submitted to the council so that you as A council whole have the opportunity to discuss and understand the requests more and Approve or not that item and that request to proceed to staff to work on it We did a litmus test against these four categories And these are examples that we came up for each one of them So the emergency or urgent request An example would be the residential rent increase the moratorium when the tenant protection act came in Main beach hours was another one A quick information request could be a clarification to planning and community development about Explain this building code to me Summary of past council action on a particular topic I recall that this happened around november Help me figure out You know, what was it and then we go off and we find the specific meeting in the action summary and what the motions were Research resolution and report and this is the one to eight hour timeframe An example would be support for the california circular economy and plastic pollution reduction act Research sponsorship of a new event or an organization could be another one And then the police to spark department dispatch summary reports was another example of this type of request A bigger project that's more complex and involves more time eight hours plus A good example of this is the parks and recreation harvey was pool operations So you guys asked Tony elliott to go back and research and bring back options as far as how could we open up that pool to serve the community longer in year round The inclusionary housing changes are an example of this project bigger Work item The next few slides just go into the the additional details Around each one. So this is for emergency or urgent request The prioritization filters for this one are life and safety natural disaster imminent danger and urgent emergent need and in this case The group came up with two sponsoring council members in consultation with the mayor city manager and city attorney The lead time and impact on the council agenda report deadlines If it is a special meeting obviously That procedure gets called into play if it can be done at a regular council meeting The content has to be submitted 12 days in advance of the city council meeting or whatever the then active administrative process is The red line at it that was published as a change I had accidentally left the word in business and it's not 12 business days. It's 12 days The quick information request is less than one hour You just contact the department head and they will get you in contact with the appropriate staff to assist you Prioritization filters and requirements. This is not applicable. It's an inquiry. It's an educational information request That involves less than one hour of total staff time The lead time impact on council. It doesn't impact our council agenda A research a resolution or a report the hours of work involved here are basically Eight hours or less The first contact is the department head and they will get the appropriate staff Or that could be the department head has a herself that works on it the prioritization filters on this one are um, it would be very Much preferable if it has fidelity with the current council strategic focus areas So if you have established a strategic plan for us the work that we Focus on at any given point Should be able to ping back up to that strategic plan and there should be a line of sight there This one is has three can't sponsoring council members for the request and If it will end up at council So the lead time the content has to be submitted 12 days in advance if it's something that needs to go to council It could be a report that just gets handled Administratively over email where you're asking for information It takes five hours for staff to compile. They'll get it put together and they'll send it out to the council And in that case You don't need to worry about the council agenda deadlines The more complex project Is more than eight hours your first contact is the city manager and This one needs to be documented and submitted to the council And it will proceed if approved by the majority at the council meeting at which it's discussed Again, it should have fidelity with the current council strategic focus areas And this is a list of The documentation that the group felt would be good to include in the agenda report The definition of what is actually being requested Line of sight documented of the fidelity with the council strategic focus areas The actual practical problem that's being solved the goals of the request If we were to do nothing what happens the departments needed and then Do we also need community partners to be involved in the process? The estimated timeline and the opportunity cost If we pick up this and it's a two month project then can the department that has the most Resources involved absorb it or do they have to back burn or something else in order to make room for it? fiscal impacts and costs associated with it this one must also have three Sponsoring council members The content has to be submitted 12 business days in advance And note the agenda report submitted Enables the city council to determine if the request will proceed or not That is the summary of the updates to 6.9 and then Justin or martin mayor council member walkins if you have any Additional information comments you'd like to add Um, well, thank you laura for the For the thorough presentation, but also for the support because you know in our meetings often The mayor and I would be like well, we want this and we're thinking about that or what about this circumstance Or how about that and trying to navigate the scenarios? But at the end of the day the the bigger picture is how do we have some consistency and expectation transparency And framework to work off of as it's currently written. It's very broad and Wanting to kind of narrow in a little bit about what is sort of the processes that we should have in place And and also recognizing I guess one thing I will point out That even though there are ideal standards for prioritization That really those are the filters where we talked about sort of seeking But knowing that those could be modified if needed and applicable because sometimes there is that other category Or that other situation that we just really hadn't thought of but you want to have some flexibility within that as well But really being mindful of general kind of processes and turnaround and timelines. It's not you know, it's not a fast We're not that nimble in government. So recognizing that there's Some some sort of processes and standards that we need to adhere to so I just want to I want to thank my colleagues and And I'm hopeful that this will lead to more transparency and and Just a better expectation of how to move forward with items on the agenda And I would just like to add First thank you to laura and martin for working on this with well being able to have the opportunity to work with you all on this and um as we were directed by counsel And additionally, um, I just want to add that you know, I think the intent of this is that When council members are making requests and asking support from staff that they're Realistic that that we have a template right so that um if for some of us There's going to be an ordinance change that we want to work on that's going to take a substantial amount of time That you know the first step in that process that we bring that to council So that we can direct staff to work with council members on these types of requests But if it's going to be something that's going to take a very short amount of time that there's a There's a template set out to say that if this isn't going to take that much time Then sure you can go work with this staff member to put something together and we can bring it and put it on an agenda So this is really intended to Provide a framework for how we can bring things Forward and is a template for how we are able to get items Placed on the agenda in a way that's going to really maximize our our efficient use of time so and Let's leave it at that Assuming we adopt this. Thank you for the work on it. It's it's been frustrating on Both sides. I'm quite sure on the left side and on council side So if we adopt this we're we own it and I assume also it gives staff the Power staff to say wait a minute Has to go down this path I think as jessen mentioned it also gives both staff and council members Expectation of the different types of requests and how they should be handled and it handled and it takes the guesswork out of it So there's accountability on the staff side and on the council side as far as this is the process And these are the steps that will take so If it's category two sent it to Bonnie she'll get it somebody to somebody in economic development and they'll get you response Other comments questions questions. Yeah, so, uh, thank you for this for the presentation. It's good stuff so, um Myself and some other council members had brought forward a agenda item Maybe two or three months ago that had to do with the agenda setting process And then we were assured that there was the process that was in place and now we have the result here, which is good There are some things That were From that document and from those recommendations and examples that were given that are not included in this um Some of it had to do with a community member's ability to get something on the agenda by submitting a request to a city council member And then they would be able to bring it forward to for The potential of getting on the agenda also Just something that comes up is the requirement for there to be three It's just specifying there needs to be three sponsoring council members Because if there are times when there are not three sponsoring council members Or two where there's a minority of a certain perspective or persuasion on the council That would limit their ability to get something on the agenda if they weren't able to get any of their colleagues from alternate ideological perspectives to to Co-sign on to it. So there are there's a couple concerns that I have Just that there's nothing here about if like a community member wants to get something on the agenda like In other cities, there's forms they come in and fill out in the city manager's office And as long as they have one sponsoring city council member then that gets considered for Agendizing so i'm just curious why none of those things were incorporated in this report and where they went and Stuff like that. Sure. I can speak to that briefly. I think that the idea was that if If a member of the community as we mentioned earlier if somebody mentioned something during Oral communications and that city council members want to take that on The idea being that they could find, you know, there would be council members who could step up to sponsor that item on behalf members of the public and they could bring that item forward I think that ultimately One thing that that i'd mentioned and i'm not sure like and it can be for consideration, but I think ultimately Regardless of you know the number of sponsoring council members it's still at the discretion of the mayor at the time to put an item on the agenda and so I think that you know If a community member is bringing an item I think that Our recommendation is that depending on the type of item that you have at least three council members who are willing to support it Um or two depending on the type of item because if you don't have that much support From council members to even bring the item forward Then there becomes this question of um the validity of wanting to bring that item so So I I totally hear what you're saying about that potential except that if A council member that is trying to say extend an olive branch to other council members to try and bring them on to a project But then there was other two council members decided not to participate then that council member is stuck in the brown act and can't Uh get two additional But actually part of part of and you know what that actually came up in our process And I'll let the city attorney speak to that because we brought that up where Um and correct me if i'm wrong But the idea was that if for example, I ask a city council member whether or not they'd be Interested in working on a particular item with me If we don't go into the substance of that particular item, then there's not a violation of the brown act I totally hear that except that if I go Hey, do you want to work on this with me? And then they go yeah, what do you got and then I tell them and they go actually no Then that locks me into not being able to go to To other people and say hey, do you want to work on this and they say yeah, and then I can't show them What I got because it Substance and therefore shows the direction that I want to go with the policy thus violating the brown act I think where we discussed this before is that If a council member is shopping an idea That in and of itself wouldn't create a brown act issue If you say I'm interested in bringing forward a proposed ordinance for whatever And you shopped it to council member crone and to vice mayor mires And they both said no that wouldn't prevent you from shopping the idea to another council member Where you would have a problem is if the three of you were working on an ordinance And then one of you got cold feet and said i'm out Now you have a brown act problem and I think the remedy for that is for There for the issue to be raised at a meeting so that you could at least ask for an item to be agendized without having that be Outside of the context of a of a regular meeting so But interesting to respond to that But how would I talk about it a meeting if it wasn't agendized and I Had already hit my brown act limit because I was working with some people and then they got cold feet and you know, I mean By making a motion to add it to a future agenda. Oh during the That would be interesting. Okay Council member brown and then council member walk-ins And then city manager Yeah, um, so I want to appreciate the work you all put in and really appreciate the efforts to Establish what is pretty involved taxonomy and also think about flexibility I appreciate you mentioned that because not everything is going to fit into this taxonomy as Is never the case with classification But with respect to the challenge that council member Glover brought up And our city attorney's response. I you know, I feel comfortable with that Kind of moving forward, but we also have you know in the notes here Additionally that the city council meeting calendar Is for changes in the schedule not for the content of meetings So that is a space where some of us have that some of us have used When we felt that was kind of the only way to move forward But here the policy statement suggests that that is not it not Available to us So, you know, I don't want to suggest that Calendaring time is a time to kind of get everything on the agenda I would prefer to go through the other channels but I also want to make sure that That the potential challenge there can be addressed somehow if our requirement is that we have to have three and somehow we get Stuck without three And I think Being okay with saying, okay. Well, then if it has to come to the public meeting Um, then we do it that way as a kind of last resort I don't know if anybody wants to comment on that, but it's the only way then but I I Fully agree with your earlier comment about how how this is a guideline that as it is implemented We're going to have to really learn how to work with it and get accustomed to that But I also think that's the same point that goes to the question of What if I'm trying to get council support and I and I reach out to one council member and they Say no, does that taint the well for for reaching out to other council members? And I think the way to work through that is um You know, that's one of the reasons that you have a city attorney who is pretty much You know available anytime of the day or evening or weekend to talk through those issues and and You know, I see my job as to assisting the city council in getting The work of the council You know on the agenda and done and and so Well, that's not a direct response to a council member Glover. I think the intent is to Make it a more efficient way to conduct city business not not make it less or more difficult Can I add to that? I mean, I think the way that is addressed is that in particularly when it comes to the The more than an hour items because that's what you have the three requests is that the first step is to You do get the sponsors, but the first step is really for council to consider whether the proceed or not So I think that's where that comes in where you you know, your first step really is in part is to gauge How your colleagues might feel about it and the community as well And and I think because I think sometimes what we struggle with is when an item comes and it's already sort of In place and and done and this is this sort of sense of like, you know, we have to take action today And so I think that's That's sort of the idea here is that you know for these big items The the first piece is is to obviously you have to Have all the justifications and the filters and the requirements but in place But it's not forcing you to You know make a final decision and so I think you know It seems to me that council members would be more apt to consider each other's requests if they know that There's you know, there'll be a follow-up step the first step will be to bring it forward And then the council can then decide whether they want to move forward with it or not And and so and I think that's the way it works in a lot of cities And I think it works really well because it provides that additional layer of sort of review and discussion and consideration Before people sort of feel like they're sort of forced to sort of take action without really sometimes knowing What other considerations might come up or how the public might feel some other consideration And I think again It also allows you to just have more thought and consideration around the work plan around all kinds of issues that you might not know by simply You know putting an item that's already sort of people feel it's already baked or it's already in the works That's my walk-ins. The only thing I would add is that Um, well, there's two things I think maybe I just thought it and we didn't discuss it But I do think we maybe talked about if you did shop for that third third council member And they declined then you would say and I reached out to a third council member who declined and and it wasn't So you would just sort of notify the um the mayor and the and the city manager and the city attorney of that The other thing I'll just sort of highlight is that this is not A way for the mayor to withhold any item every item will have an opportunity to be heard it's really a prioritization filter of how agenda items come on and so the If there's an item that will come forward, it will come forward I think it's just how we were thinking it through was as a prioritization filter not as A place for no item to be brought forward in the future That's not the role of the mayor to make that decision But how you identify managing a meeting and prioritizing items Is the role of the mayor and we really wanted to kind of find some guideline associated with that essentially for context and I'll also add that um Ultimately at the end of the the end of the day the mayor has the discretion Of putting anything on the agenda. So these are criteria that we Um are recommending that council members meet in order to put items on the agenda But it doesn't um eliminate the ability of council members to then go to the mayor and ask for an item to be put on the agenda So I just want to state that as well If I could sure and or for an item to be in the queue essentially for how they would be agendized And just add a little bit more. I think the other key to this being successful too is we have to have consistency Um, not just among the council but also with the staff too. We also have to sort of have that discipline to When an you know council member approaches a Staff person that you know, we apply this as well and not have sort of different treatment of how we deal with various issues Um, and I think again, that's just really critical. So it's not it doesn't serve as well We have a policy and we don't really follow it. So I think I just again encourage us to Really be very deliberate and consistent with the the approach I just um, thank you for the work you guys, um I'm definitely Well thought out and you know just I like the idea. I like that you kind of tested some real life examples I think that's always good and um, I think along those lines. Um, one thing I've found a little bit hard is that At this point at least maybe it's I haven't I haven't asked or I haven't been trained or I'm not quite sure But you know even just having you know make having a place where we can get the agenda report Template and some of those things. I know they always get refined, you know once it's gone, you know into the system, but Even some samples or something, you know just you know If there's a couple of good agenda reports that you felt like really met the Would meet kind of the intent of this You know, maybe make those available somewhere So, you know as you're thinking through this and maybe Maybe doing a report yourself You've got some standards that you can look at so that you kind of see the flow of what really the agenda report is supposed to do And they accompany attachments. I think that would be very helpful I think particularly for the again for the eight hours or more one where you can have a template Because I think that's the one where I think we tend to have the biggest challenges with I think if we have a template or again, you have the basic information And then council can consider it and then then it then it really moves on from there and in terms of The ordinance being developed or whatever process, you know, it needs to happen for it to move forward But I think we can do a template for that one. I think that's a good idea I think it really um As you're working with your colleagues, you know, it really gives you that chance to pause and say Do we really have this ready? You know, and so I think there's also this this piece of Reflection on readiness that sort of comes from that expectation Whereas if you don't really have a guideline You put everything down on paper and it feels like it's ready But you know, I think that that might be a good set of, you know, things to have for us But great job. Thank you. We actually I've actually started a process with another staff member to go through Some historical agenda reports so that especially with the subject and recommendation language To standardize that so you guys, you know In a form approved by the city attorney, you know direct the city manager to execute blah blah blah Each department and within a department has different Ways about doing that and what I've noticed over the last seven seven months as interim Is we could really Standardize on that so you guys aren't Guessing so whether it's a grant whether it's an rfp whether it's an award of the rfp slash bid All those different things we can make it a little bit easier for you to navigate so that something you see is like This isn't they're requesting us to go out to grab. Oh, this one. They're joined during to a state contract So there is no award. They're just entering into a contract and then along with that I also depending on it how the 6.9 went We could create a standard area for this one as well as with the previous direction in december for health and all policies We also need to put standard language in The agenda reports of the line of sight to the health and all policy three pillars So it's something we definitely already would like to follow up on in different ways as far as standards So that it's easier for people to write agenda reports and easier for consumers to read them And then we can incorporate this And I I think as um As we start to work through this this is sort of the first iteration in flow And just an attempt to really help streamline the processes. So I'm sure there'll be improvements along the way Um, I just had a question really quickly for the city attorney in regards to the council meeting calendar item And if I um understood you correctly My understanding is you're suggesting that that is the place where uh council member could potentially Seek the support of their colleagues to have something placed on the agenda. Is that accurate? Not necessarily. Um There is a provision of the brown act that says essentially that no discussion or action shall take place on an item That's not on the posted agenda. However The council may refer the item to staff to respond briefly to questions Or um to get further information Or the council um a council member or the council may Uh direct that an item be agendized for a future meeting. So So we've said in the past that that that could be a parking place for asking items to be placed on a future agenda But the advice is really based on the brown act provision that says Um that there's an exception to the general rule about no discussion or action on items that aren't on the agenda One is to direct that an item be placed on a future agenda And you know, I've been terrible at policing this in the past But when that happens there should be a motion and a second and if it's gut support It should be voted on and there should be very little or no discussion on it. So Okay, I guess the reasons being is that um That is advertised as a way that we're thinking about the calendar in terms of calendaring And um if that is the place where that is because of the brown acts were required to have a space for that Then I think it should be identified as such that it's for council meeting calendaring and or council initiated items based on Without discussion or something like that because I think right what I feel is, you know, we would have that and it was not really properly Um understood, you know in terms of past practice one, but also in terms of what I think the community And expectation of the item is yeah, I think that's right Historically that has been an opportunity for the council to really look at what its future meetings are Not to have a debate about what should be on the next agenda It isn't atypical for agencies to have an item at the very end of the meeting to Give an opportunity for council members to ask that items be to agendas for consideration at a future meeting So so that would be a change in the practice But isn't that contrary to what you've just described here? and yes If we're going with this the whole I well right well in our conversations and tony wasn't in in all of our conversations, but So what we talked about is this really replaces that because That is the issue that you know What was what I heard in the committee in their discussions was that you know Items will be brought up and people wouldn't know enough about them to feel comfortable when we're the other And so the thought was let's have a more deliberate process for that so that And that means doing some additional homework You know It's assessing what the workload would be Doing some homework and putting it together and then bringing it forward to council and getting some support So the idea was counselors would have to do a certain level of work with their colleagues with staff To have something brought forward for your consideration And the first step is to consider whether you want to move forward with it or not And that way you would have all the information the public would have all the information rather than You know an item that you know generally has been used to calendar items It's really just about when the next meeting is going to be or there's going to be a change in the calendar Um and to kind of avoid some of those issues and that was part of the discussion But Yeah, I guess if I may though that's um that definitely was part of the discussion and what I'm hearing is There also needs to be space for something else based on the brown act in terms of adherence to that And so what I what I think it contemplates is for instance members of the public Come in at oral communications and raise the issue of The dangerous intersection at laurel in washington and the council could at that point say staff I'd like to get a report back on that or city manager I'd like to ask that we agendize that for a future meeting, you know, that's that's the opportunity to do that so you don't need to have a a An item on the agenda specifically for the purpose of Adding items to a future agenda and I I agree that this policy Is really an attempt to provide that mechanism outside of the meeting agenda Um, but there is that narrow exception in the brown act as well Councilmember crown Just a couple questions. Um so, uh councilmember communications with staff should be limited to normal city business hours um I mean that sounds good, but practically it you know the way it functions. We don't have much time When that agenda comes out and Um, you know a lot of my questions I meet with people saturdays and sundays and so I'm firing questions and At um department heads really all weekend And they're usually responding Which is really good. So is that mean I shouldn't be doing that You know that doesn't apply this doesn't apply to that. I think that was related to to request I think you know, I think with respect to the agenda. That's perfectly okay Um, and actually we prefer that you email us with your questions ahead of time and Recognize that a lot of that work has to has to happen over the weekend. So that that's not a problem. Okay. And so, um, also, uh Laura, I I gave you What would that request look like that I I requested today about putting boards and commissions and Links to those agendas and minutes of those boards and commissions that council members sit on because currently that isn't up on our website So what would that be what would that look like as a request and time commitment? At this point not having looked into it very much. I think it's a number two I think it would take me less than an hour of work to research that and get back to you And then if it's something that we can post up, um, with under underneath the hour Okay, and toni you said something before By making a motion to add it to a future agenda When would you make that motion? If you couldn't get the the three council members, I think it was in response to what um customer Glover said and you said By making a motion to get it on future agenda And if you don't make it at the calendar time and then just gave the example of oral communication Giving it right after oral communication right, um But there again, we have the conundrum where a lot of council members might not know about the issue And and how important it is or whatever or what? very much about it Well, I mean having not been part of all of the discussion that went into the the development of this policy It sounds like the intent here is to provide a mechanism for council members to bring these items forward Um that doesn't involve the same I guess I would say awkwardness of having a motion to add an item to a future agenda Without the ability to discuss it in any depth um Because of the restrictions provided by the brown act. So this is really and it looks like an opportunity to or an attempt to provide a A more workable mechanism for getting items on the agenda not only To be more efficient about it, but also To ensure that when they do come forward There's been thought put into it at the staff level and that they're ready for a full-blown council discussion And can I add that you know 99.9 percent of the time Items there's there's there's time to consider the items and I think that's the idea here to do some some work ahead of time Um, if during a council meeting something comes up Uh, it's typically if it does come up it would be in oral communications and the council could you know If something it was an emergency or situation needed to be followed up on you could at That time say we want this to come back for whatever reason Also, there's the emergency provision that's here. So if something is really of an emergency nature Then it could be brought in that context. So this has mechanism. Do you have mechanisms to do that? But idea is to you know, generally For most items have a process so that there's some Analysis and research again the easy things we just do them the things that are going to be challenging and affect your work plan or for the strategic plan effect Um And be controversial that there's some deliberate work done to them bringing forward to you and that it's more thoughtful There's two things that I'd like to share on this one is that for example for number four Um, it should be there's this note kind of in the bottom Right corner that the agenda report submitted So that city council can approve to approve the request to proceed or not And I think that that really encompasses like the first step when it comes to these bigger items that You're sending a request for consideration of You know An ordinance related to let's just say surveillance for examples So then or if it's something that's that's going to take a lot of staff time that Um That it's directed that staff work on that and it can be with council members or a subcommittee And then the agenda then the requested documentation, which is kind of this Second bullet point in the second column, you know It has an outline of what are the things that we need to see when that comes back to council.  What's the timeline? What are the costs and then that can come back and then further action can be taken So that we really have a clear sense of when we're going into this What are all the different factors that need to be taken into consideration? And then we can move on those items and and kind of have that process take place So and then and as I said before ultimately as well The discretion is what the mayor when it comes to putting items on the agenda because ultimately Having to go through a gender review and see where things fit in and what the timing is going to be is also a really it's you know, essentially the role of the mayor and so Really trying to make sure that things are done in a way that's efficient Is is also a part of this With that, um, if there's no further comment, then we can open it up to public comment Is there any member of the public who would like to address us on this item You're gonna get out by 10 if you Yeah, I think we might be out of here. All right seeing none. I'll bring it back to council for action and deliberation I'll move approval. Thank you All right, so we have a motion made by councilmember maf used to approve the recommendation which is to Accept a status update regarding a process for routing and working on new council requests and adopt the process of part of Council policy 6.9. It was seconded by councilmember Watkins Um, is there any further discussion? Seeing none all those in favor, please say aye. All right. Any opposed? Nope. That passes unanimously and that will conclude our Meeting of january 14th 2020 efficiently done