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          >> WE WILL CALL TO ORDER JULY 16, 2024. CITY COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE THE MINUTES FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. IS THERE A MOVE TO APPROVE? MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF 
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LISA AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MINUTES ARE CARRIED FORTH. THREE APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE TO CITY OF AUBURN PLANNING COMMISSION. WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES. I WANT TO THANK THREE, WARREN MCCORD, ROBYN BRIDGES FOR THE FINE JOB THEY'VE DONE. WE ARE GREATER THAT VERY GRATEFUL THEY CHOSE TO SERVE. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR. MCCORD. THIS WAS NOT HIS FIRST RODEO. 
          SERVED FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. I BELIEVE HISTORY WILL RECORD THAT TO OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVING BACK AND FORTH. I THINK HIM FOR COMING BACK ON AND SERVING AGAIN. CERTAINLY WISH ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WELL AS THEY MOVE ON AND THANK THEM. 
          IT IS UNDER THE STATE STATUTE THE MAYOR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THESE NOMINATIONS. I WILL BEGIN BY MAKING THOSE NOMINATIONS AND THEN THE COUNSEL WILL COME FROM THOSE WITH A VOTE. MY FIRST NOMINATION AS OSCAR MOSLEY. HE IS BEST SERVED IN OUR AIR FORCE. WORKED FOR PROCTOR AND GAMBLE AND RETIRED TO AUBURN. HE HAS WORKED ON MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS, PRODUCTS, MARKETING, DEVELOPING. WITH HIS JOB WITH PROCTER & GAMBLE AS WELL AS DIFFERENT THINGS HE WORKED WITH WITH THE AIR FORCE. HE HAS GONE TO OUR CITIZENS ACADEMY AND HE IS CERTAINLY CAPABLE OF WORKING WITH COMPLEX ISSUES AND DECISIONS. SO MY FIRST NOMINATION TIED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS OSCAR MOSLEY. ANY COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? YES, SIR? 
          >> BEING A FELLOW AIR FORCE MEMBER I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF OSCAR MOSLEY. HE WAS AN AIR FORCE OFFICER WITH A DOUBLE E DEGREE. HE FAILED TO MENTION THAT ON HIS APPLICATION. HE WAS IN CHARGE OF $100 MILLION RENOVATION, IF YOU WILL, OR REVAMP FOR THE UPGRADE OF THE ENGINES ON THE F-16. NO SMALL THING. HE, OF COURSE, AS YOU SAID, THEN HAD A STELLAR CAREER WITH PROCTOR AND GAMBLE. HE HAS DEEP ROOTS IN AUBURN AS WE FOUND OUT. HE IS A PLANNER BY VOCATION AND TRAINING AND FOR THESE REASONS I THINK HE WILL MAKE AN EXCEPTIONAL ADDITION TO THE 
          PLANNING COMMISSION. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? WHAT I WILL ASK THE COUNCIL TO DO IS I WILL SAY ALL IN FAVOR OF OSCAR MOSLEY AND IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL IN FAVOR OF MR. OSCAR MOSLEY PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          OKAY. WE WILL APPOINT HIM LATER ON IN THE AGENDA. MY NEXT NOMINATION IS JENNIFER STEPHENS. JENNIFER HAS WORKED OR IS WORKING AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY. FOR OVER 23 YEARS. 
          WITH FINANCIAL AND FACILITIES OPERATIONS. SHE IS SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SIX MONTHS AT THE END OF 2022. SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH OUR CITIZENS ACADEMY. CURRENTLY SERVING THE CITY OF AUBURN THROUGH OUR PARKS AND REC PUBLIC BOARD. 
          GETTING TO KNOW JENNIFER WHILE SHE WAS UP HERE ON THE BASIS SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL, SHE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. I BELIEVE SHE HAS AN OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY AND DISPOSITION TO WORK IN THE PRESSURE PACKED AREA OF PLANNING AND SHE IS A COMMITTED SYSTEM -- CITIZEN WHO WILL FOLLOW THROUGH AND BE DEDICATED TO HER TASK SO MY SECOND NOMINATIONS IS JENNIFER STEPHENS. ANY COMMENTS FOR MS. STEVENS? OR THOUGHTS? 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON TO WHAT YOU SAID. I THINK JENNIFER WILL BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SHE LIVED IN AUBURN HER ENTIRE LIFE. BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. PRESENCE OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE. MY WIFE GOT INVOLVED WITH THAT SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE TIME COMMITMENT THAT INVOLVES. WORKED WITH HER AT THE UNIVERSITY. SHE IS VERY WELL RESPECTED. FROM HER TIME ON THIS I THINK SHE SHOWED SHE IS COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND 
          IS A WONDERFUL CHOICE. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE 
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ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF JENNIFER STEPHENS PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE WILL CONFIRM THAT LATER IN THE AGENDA. MY NEXT NOMINATION FOR THE AUBURN PLANNING COMMISSION IS MR. WALKER DAVIS. MR. WALKER DAVIS IS ABOUT TO RETIRE FROM AUBURN UNIVERSITY. YES AND THE LAST PART OF HIS CAREER WORKING AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY IS FACILITIES IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. SPECIFICALLY PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT CONTRACTS. EARLY IN HIS CAREER HE WAS A CONTRACTOR. ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS HE HAS VOLUNTEERED WITH THE AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAM, THE SUPER SEVEN. HE HAS BEEN A YOUTH BASEBALL COACH AND IS VERY, VERY ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH. A QUOTE FROM HIM ON HIS APPLICATION IS WORK HAS PROVIDED HIM WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF BOTH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. I THINK IN THIS CASE YOU COULD SAY DEVELOPERS. DURING HIS CAREER HE HAS LISTENED TO DIVERSE VIEWPOINTS. HE IS COMFORTABLE ASKING QUESTIONS. AND HE LIKES TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS. MY NEXT NOMINATION IS MR. WALKER DAVIS. ANY 
          FOLLOW-UP COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THAT ONE. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING WALKER FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WORKED WITH HIM AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY. HE IS AN EXPERT ON TITLE V 39, ALABAMA CODE. HE IS VERY QUALIFIED . I THINK HE WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          >> ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF MR. WALKER DAVIS PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY. THAT GIVES US THREE NOMINATIONS . I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD 11 APPLICANTS. WE ASKED EIGHT OF OUR CITIZENS TO GO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS. I AM HUMBLED OF THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE IN THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE SEES THAT EXPERIENCES THESE EIGHT INDIVIDUALS DEMONSTRATED WANT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. AS I ALLUDED EARLIER THERE ARE EASIER WAYS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THEN THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT IS A LOT OF WORK. THOSE MEETINGS CAN BE SOMETIMES INTENSE. THEY ARE MAKING VERY CRUCIAL DECISIONS THAT LEAD OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PRESENT AND INTO THE FUTURE. THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE MORE WORK TO DO OVER THE NEXT MONTHS AND THEN TRADITIONALLY HAVE TO DO IN A PLANNING WELL -- REALM. I THINK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED, ALL EIGHT PEOPLE WHO INTERVIEWED, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT NAMED TONIGHT I COULD DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. I AM CONVINCED OF THAT. I AM JUST THANKFUL ALL OF YOU -- THOSE NOT CHOSEN TONIGHT I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT WE WILL SEE YOUR FACE AND YOUR APPLICATION FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          I AM VERY THANKFUL TO LIVE IN AUBURN AND HAVE THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE WHO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR TIME TO SERVE AUBURN IN THIS MANNER. QUESTIONS ON TONIGHT AGENDA? ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA FROM MISS CROUCH. 
          HEARING NONE, MS. CROUCH, ANYTHING FROST?
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