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UH, GOOD

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EVENING.

IT'S SIMON.

SEVEN O'CLOCK.

WE'RE ABOUT TO GET STARTED.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE, UH, UH, ROLE.

IF YOU WANNA ALL START OVER HERE ON MY RIGHT, OR YOUR, MY RIGHT.

YOUR LEFT.

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SHE WAS SIMON FROM DISTRICT FOUR OS RODRIGUEZ.

STAFF LIAISON.

JIM DAWBINS, DISTRICT ONE.

BETTY ROBERTS.

DISTRICT FIVE.

PATRICIA HANSON, DISTRICT SIX.

ROB COD, DISTRICT EIGHT.

OKAY.

FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

WE MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM.

IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE A MINUTE.

TAKE A QUICK LOOK.

ANTHONY, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT A AS WRITTEN SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

UH, NEXT ONE.

WE'RE ON ITEM TWO.

FIRST ONE IS PRESENTATION FROM CVB AND SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM OVERVIEW, DANA.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES, SO, UM, I WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT, BUT I HAVE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT I HAVE THE WONDERFUL, FORTUNATE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO OVERSEE, AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, SO I'LL, I'LL TALK QUICK, BUT PLEASE INTERRUPT ME AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

SO, I AM THE DIRECTOR OVER THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

UM, IT IS FUNDED BY THE TIFF AND IT IS THIS DISTRICT RIGHT HERE.

AND RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE VERY BUSY WITH CONSTRUCTION AND HAVING, UM, UH, SURVIVAL OF THE BUSINESSES BE FOREFRONT OF OUR MIND RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO THAT, UM, IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

UH, THE SECOND ONE IS VISIT GARLAND, OR A LOT OF YOU MAY UNDERSTAND IT AS A CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

LOTS OF DIFFERENT CITIES HAVE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAUS.

WE ARE THE MARKETING ARM FOR THE CITY.

AND, UH, SO WE ARE TELLING FOLKS OUT THERE IN THE WORLD, UM, ABOUT GARLAND AND WHY YOU SHOULD COME HERE AND WHAT THERE IS TO DO AND SEE.

UM, SO THAT'S, UM, OUR SECOND, UM, DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN OUR THIRD ONE IS THE SPECIAL EVENTS.

UH, VISIT GARLAND IS FUNDED BY THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, SO IT IS NOT A GENERAL FUND, IT'S FUNDED BY THOSE, UH, DOLLARS, THOSE EX EXTRA TAXES THAT ARE ADDED TO YOUR HOTEL BILL, UH, WHEN YOU STAY IN A HOTEL FOR ANY OF THE HOTELS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.

AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT.

AND WE PRODUCE CITY PRODUCE, UM, ABOUT 10 EVENTS A YEAR.

AND WE ALSO ASSIST SOME OTHER NON-PROFITS PRETTY HEAVILY, UM, WITH THEIR EVENTS.

AND THEN WE ALSO PERMIT A LOT OF OTHER, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE CITY.

SO, UM, WE ALL ARE HOUSED TOGETHER RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, UM, IN THE CONVENTION OF VISITORS BUREAU OFFICE, WHICH IS ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE DUCKWORTH BUILDING.

UM, AND WE CANNOT SQUEEZE ANOTHER PERSON IN THERE, .

AND SO, UH, LET'S SEE, LET'S DO THIS.

SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA START, I'M GONNA START A LITTLE BIT AND TELL YOU WHAT THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT DOES.

AGAIN, THIS ONE IS FUNDED BY GENERAL FUN.

UM, WE ARE RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SOUNDS OF SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.

AND SO THESE ARE SIX CONCERTS, THREE, UM, IN AUDUBON PARK AND THREE AT WINTER'S PARK.

WE TOMORROW WILL HAVE OUR THIRD, ONE OF THE SERIES OF SIX.

IT WILL BE THE LAST ONE AT AUDUBON PARK, AND IT IS ALI VENABLE.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT HAS MOVED THESE CONCERTS OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION, OR IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, UM, QUITE SOME TIME AGO.

CONCERTS WERE HELD, UM, AT WINTER'S PARK AT THE AMPHITHEATER, BUT NOT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

AND

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IT'S ALSO THE FIRST TIME THAT, UH, WE'VE REALLY, UM, INVESTED IN THE ARTISTS THAT ARE COMING, UM, AS MORE ORIGINAL ARTISTS.

WE HAVE JIMMY WALLACE GUITAR, UM, WHO OWNS THE STORE ON THE SQUARE.

UM, WE HAVE HIM ASSISTING US WITH OUR ARTIST SELECTION SINCE HE HAS SO MANY WONDERFUL, UH, CONNECTIONS.

AND SO THE LEVEL OF ARTISTS THAT GARLAND IS SEEING IS JUST, IT'S AMAZING.

SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO COME AND CHECK ONE OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T.

SO, UH, THEN IT'S FOLLOWED BY THREE AT WINTER'S PARK, UM, RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF JULY.

AGAIN, UM, THESE ARE THE BIGGER, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER CONCERTS.

UM, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME SMALLER ONES THAT ARE HAPPENING OVER AT 5 0 6 ART.

SO WE'RE SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE SOUNDS OF SUMMER CONCERTS.

THE OTHER THING IS, A WEEK FROM NOW, JUNE 19TH, UM, THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING THE VERY FIRST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.

IT ALSO IS AT AUDUBON PARK.

UM, IT IS A CITY PRODUCED EVENT, AND, UM, BUT IT HAS BEEN LED, UM, WITH A GREAT COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, UH, TO, UH, GIVE US, UH, VERY MUCH THE FEEL AND LOOK AND EXPERIENCE THAT, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT THIS CELEBRATION.

SO IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S TWO TO FIVE, UM, IT'S FATHER'S DAY, SO IF YOU NEED AN EXCUSE OF WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR FATHER, THIS WOULD BE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD FESTIVAL TO COME TO.

UM, AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WHAT TIME? YOU SAID TWO TO FIVE.

TWO TO FIVE, MM-HMM.

.

AND IT HAS A LIVE BAND.

IT'S GOT THE BUS TO BROWN BAND, AND IT'S, WE'VE GOT FOOD TRUCKS AND IT'S, UM, WE'VE GOT A HUGE TENT AS A PAVILION THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT AN AUTOBON PART TO PROVIDE SHADE AND, AND FANS AND TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE.

BUT, UM, IT SHOULD BE JUST A LOT OF FUN.

SO, AND THEN SOME OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS THAT THE, UH, DEPARTMENT PRODUCES IS WE PRODUCE, UM, A FUN RUN CALLED THE GULER RACE.

WE KIND OF COMBINE IT WITH AN OCTOBERFEST, AND THAT IS SEPTEMBER 17TH.

WE ALSO DO A DIA CELEBRATION ON NOVEMBER 1ST, AND WE ALSO DO A BIG ART DAY, KIND OF LIKE A ART WALK TYPE EVENT.

AND THAT WILL BE, UM, IN THE SPRING OF 2023.

IT WAS IN THE, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO ALWAYS BE IN THE SPRING LAST YEAR.

WE MOVED IT TO THE FALL BECAUSE OF COVID, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO WRITE THE SHIP AND MOVE IT BACK TO THE SPRING.

UM, SO, UM, YOU GUYS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT WE DID THE DUMPSTER BEAUTIFICATION AT LAST YEAR'S BIG ART DAY, AND WE WILL DO MORE OF THAT AT THE NEXT ONE THAT'S HAPPENING IN SPRING OF 2023.

SO, AND THEN THE KIND OF FINAL LARGEST, UM, EVENT THAT THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT PRODUCES IS OUR CHRISTMAS.

TRADITIONALLY IT'S BEEN ON THE SQUARE, IT WILL RETURN TO THE SQUARE ONCE THE SQUARE OPENS.

WE CALL IT CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE.

UH, SO WE'VE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE NAME OF IT, UM, FOR LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, BOTH BEING LOCATED AT FIRE WHEEL TOWN CENTER, AND THAT ONE WILL BE ON DECEMBER 1ST.

THE CO-SPONSORED EVENTS THAT WE HEAVILY ASSIST IN IS THE CINCO.

UM, THIS PAST MATE WAS ALSO AT THE WINTERS AMPHITHEATER.

IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL.

UM, AND WE, WE, UM, ARE VERY MUCH PARTNERS WITH THEM TO PRODUCE THAT FESTIVAL.

UM, WE ARE, UM, PARTNERING WITH FIRE RAIL TOWN CENTER TO BRING BACK THE STAR SPANGLED SPECTACULAR.

IT WAS, UM, UH, NOT HELD THE PAST TWO YEARS DUE TO COVID, BUT IT IS BEING HELD THIS YEAR.

IT'S ACTUALLY ON JULY 3RD SUNDAY, NOT JULY 4TH.

UM, BUT IT'S IN THE SAME LOCATION.

THAT FIRE WHEEL HAS HAD IT IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

UH, WE ALSO HELP WITH THE LABOR DAY PARADE, THE WILLS OF HOPE CAR SHOW.

AND WE DIDN'T GET MLK ON HERE.

I THINK WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING COMING UP, BUT WE ALSO, UM, CO-SPONSOR WITH THE MLK PARADE IN JANUARY.

WE ASSIST THEM WITH THEIR, UM, WITH THEIR EVENT.

AND THEN JUST ANYBODY WHO HAPPENS TO WANT TO HOLD SOME KIND OF AN EVENT, WHETHER IT'S A 5K OR, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT TYPES.

THOSE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS COME THROUGH OUR

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OFFICE AS WELL.

SO, ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL ABOUT EVENTS? THIS CITY C***S EVENT IS THE ONE YOU SAID ABOUT SOME ASSIST OVER EVENT, UH, SOME ASSISTING MM-HMM.

FINANCE, YOU MEAN? YEAH, BECAUSE YOU SAID 10 EVEN HERE AND SOME ASSIST OTHER EVENT CITY IS ASSISTING SOME OTHER EVENT.

YES.

SO THESE ARE THE ONE, THE, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WILL, THAT WE ASSIST WITH MM-HMM.

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MM-HMM.

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YEAH.

THE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SMALL 50, WE DON'T PROVIDE ANY CITY SERVICES.

WE'RE JUST A PERMITTING.

BUT FOR THESE THAT ARE LISTED, WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE CITY SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S, UM, POLICE TO BE, UM, ON HAND, UM, IF IT'S, UM, BARRICADES, YOU KNOW, ALL THE KINDS OF CITY SERVICES THAT MAYBE PORTLETS THAT MAYBE NEEDED TO MAKE A FESTIVAL OR A CELEBRATION HAPPEN.

AND THEN OUR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IS JUST, UH, CRAZY RIGHT NOW WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

THEY WERE AT THE TABLE, UM, FOR MOST OF THE PLANNING STAGES OF WHAT THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE.

UM, AND THEN, UM, VERY MUCH A PART OF THE CONVERSATION NOW WITH THE BUSINESSES WHO ARE WONDERING, WHAT'S THE NEXT PHASE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS IT GONNA HAP BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY STORE? SO THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM IS JUST CRUCIAL RIGHT NOW, SO THAT EVERYBODY FEELS AS MUCH, UH, IN THE KNOW AS POSSIBLE.

YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION ALWAYS HAS SOME TWISTS AND TURNS, BUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

UM, SO THE, THIS DEPARTMENT IS REALLY, UM, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BRING TO HELP KEEP THE VIBRANCY OF DOWNTOWN.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, MAKING SURE THAT WE REACH, RETAIN, AND RECRUIT BUSINESSES SO THAT OUR STOREFRONTS ARE FULL AND THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE, UM, SUCCEEDING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO THIS IS REALLY A SUPPORT ROLE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

UM, THEY ARE THAT LIAISON BETWEEN THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE CITY, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS OR JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY REALLY ARE THE GO-TO FOR THAT.

SO WE HAVE A WONDERFUL, UH, MANAGER IN THIS PARTICULAR POSITION NAMED LATISHA MCNAUGHT.

SHE DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB, SO WE'RE SUPER LUCKY TO HAVE HER.

I HAVE A, OH, YOU, YOU'RE PUTTING IT UP.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT TWO BUILDINGS.

GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

UH, WHEN WAS THE OLD JOHN JONES HARDWARE BUILDING? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO IT? YOU KNOW, THE JONESES STILL OWN IT, SO IT, THEY'RE STILL DRAGGING THEIR FEET AND .

SO, UM, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY A QUESTION I, I THINK, FOR THEM OR CITY LEADERSHIP, BUT THERE'S NO PLANS FOR IT.

I, I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE TALKED TO MR. BROADFORD ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN TO IT, BUT I DUNNO WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE BUILDING THAT USED TO BE GARLAND FURNITURE? SO THAT WAS BUILT, UH, BOUGHT BY, UM, A DOWNTOWN, UM, DEVELOP DEVELOPER THAT OWNS, UM, SOME OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE SQUARE, TOM DANOFF.

AND HE IS ACTIVELY RECRUITING, UM, RESTAURANT OR, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH ACTIVELY RECRUITING A RESTAURANT FOR THAT SPACE RIGHT NOW.

AND I FEEL LIKE HE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SUPER SUCCESSFUL GETTING SOMEBODY IN THERE SOONER THAN LATER.

IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW FOR FIND A PARKING PLACE.

YEAH.

FOR A BUSINESS TO TAKE A RISK WHEN THE STREET IS COMPLETELY CLOSED IN FRONT OF IT.

BUT THAT STREET IS ABOUT TO OPEN UP AND I FEEL LIKE, UM, HE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE, I THINK, VERY SUCCESSFUL AT GETTING THAT FILLED WITH A TENANT SHORTLY AFTER THAT.

SO, CAN I ASK, UM, JUST TO UNDERSTAND, UH, IT SAYS THAT RETAIN AND RECRUIT BUSINESS TO FAST NO.

THAT MEANS THE CITY OWNS THOSE BUILDINGS AND RENTING TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS? NO, WE DO, DO NOT OWN THE BUSINESSES, BUT IT'S THE BUILDING.

I MEAN, WE DO NOT OWN THE BUILDINGS.

OKAY.

BUT IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE A THRIVING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.

SO PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ASSISTING WITH, UH, BUSINESS EXACTLY.

MM-HMM.

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AND THE SECOND ONE SAYS DDO IS THE LICENSE BETWEEN THE CITY AND DOWNTOWN IS THE SAME? YES.

OKAY.

MM-HMM.

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DOWN.

YEAH.

IT'S JUST THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

SO CITY IS LOOKING FOR THE BUSINESS, WHICH CITY HAS BENEFITED THROUGH THOSE BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN AREA? EXACTLY.

IT'S MUCH LIKE YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, EXCEPT FOR IT'S DEDICATED TO SMALLER BUSINESSES AND IN THIS AREA VERSUS, YOU KNOW, ED IS LOOKING AT THE CITY AT LARGE, USUALLY A LARGER COMPANY.

NOT THAT THEY WOULDN'T ENTERTAIN A CONVERSATION WITH A SMALL BUSINESS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THIS DISTRICT AND THEY MANAGE THE TIFF FUNDING FOR THIS DISTRICT, AND THEY ANSWER TO THEIR OWN BOARD, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TIFF BOARD.

SO, AND TIFF STANDS FOR TAX, UM, AND FUNDING.

MM-HMM.

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THE OTHER THING THAT THE TIFF, UM, BUDGET ALLOWS FOR IS A REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.

SO IT'S A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM WHERE THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING TO IMPROVE THEIR BUILDING.

IT HAS RULES, IT HAS THE IMPROVEMENT, HAS TO STAY WITH THE BUILDING.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT CAN'T BUY THE TABLES AND CHAIRS FOR A RESTAURANT, BUT IT CAN IMPROVE THE FACADE.

IT CAN IMPROVE, UM, PLUMBING, IT CAN, UH, PUT IN RESTROOMS, ANYTHING THAT WOULD STAY WITH THE BUILDING.

AND THAT PROGRAM IS SO SUCCESSFUL, UM, THAT, UM, WE'RE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY POPULAR AND QUITE A FEW NOT, UH, THE BUSINESSES LIKE LAHAM BAKERY HAVE APPLIED, BUT HAVEN'T ACTUALLY, UM, COMPLETED ALL OF THEIR RENOVATIONS BECAUSE WE MATCH THEM ONCE THE RENOVATIONS ARE COMPLETELY DONE, AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT CHECKLIST THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE.

AND THEN WE, UM, A COMMITTEE ENSURES THAT EVERYTHING IS, UM, DONE AS QUOTED.

AND THEN, UM, WE, UM, MATCH THEIR FUNDING THAT THEY PUT INTO THE BUILDING.

I GUESS I, WHERE AND WHAT IS LATHAM BAKERY? LATHAM BAKERY IS WHERE WILD GRACE USED TO BE, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS.

YEAH.

HOLD ON.

UHHUH .

AND SO THEY'RE RENOVATING THAT BUILDING RIGHT NOW TO OPEN UP A BAKERY.

SO THAT'S ONE THAT IS, UM, APPROVED ON THE REVITALIZATION.

UM, 500 MAIN STREET, THE GARLAND FURNITURE STORES GOT IS APPROVED, AND THEY'RE STARTING RENOVATIONS.

SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT ARE IN THE CURRENT HOPPER RIGHT NOW.

AND YOU, YOU KNOW, INTRINSIC WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST ONES WHEN THEY DID THE BEER GARDEN SIDE OF THEIR, UM, RESTAURANT.

AND WE EVEN DO SIGNAGE.

SO THIS ONE PICTURE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE, BUT FOXY AND KAREN WISEMAN, UM, PUT NEON SIGNAGE ABOVE THEIRS.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE STILL, UM, MATCHED THAT FUNDING 50%.

THEY ALSO JUST DO SOME CAMPAIGNS.

THEY DO SOME FUN THINGS TO DRIVE FOOT TRAFFIC IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT THE DOWNTOWN, UM, DEVELOPMENT OFFICE DOES.

UH, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD, WE STARTED THE FAIR, FAIR CAMPAIGN THE FIRST YEAR THAT COVID CAME ALONG BECAUSE THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS WAS CLOSED.

SO WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF OUR RESTAURANTS AND ASKED THEM WOULD THEY LIKE TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN OUR FAIR FAR CAMPAIGN? IT WAS SO, SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS.

SEVERAL OTHER CITIES STARTED DOING IT AFTER US.

UM, BUT WE REALLY HIT THE GROUND, UH, UH, RUNNING AND AHEAD OF PEOPLE.

AND THE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS CAME UP WITH SOME SUPER FUN FRIED ITEMS THAT THEY HAD NEVER HAVE SERVED BEFORE, WERE NOT ON THEIR MENU.

AND SOME OF THE ITEMS BECAME SO POPULAR THAT THE RESTAURANTS STARTED MAKING THEM BE, UM, ON THEIR MENU FROM THEN ON OUT.

SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE CAMPAIGNS THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH.

UM, AND THEN ON TH UM, THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, WE HAVE A STORES STAY OPEN LATE AND THEY CAN, UM, THEY FOLKS CAN GO AROUND TO THE STORES AND THEY CAN GET FREE GLASS OF WINE, AND USUALLY THE STORES WILL DO SOME DISCOUNTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, JUST DIFFERENT ACTIVATIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO KEEP IT THRIVING.

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UH, WE ALSO DO HAVE A PUBLIC ART, UM, PROGRAM WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

UM, SOMEBODY CAN SAY, WE WANT TO GO KIND OF LIKE THE REVITALIZATION.

WE HAVE A 50% MATCH IF THEY WANNA PUT A MURAL ON THE SIDE OF THEIR BUILDING, UM, WE'LL, UM, ASSIST THEM WITH ARTISTS THAT, UM, ARE, UM, THAT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

AND THEN ALSO MATCH THE FEE THAT THEY PAY THE ARTISTS TO GET, UM, MURALS ON THE SIDE OF THEIR BUILDING.

WE ALSO PUT POLE BANNERS UP.

THEY'RE USUALLY REALLY, REALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN THE SQUARES NOT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LESS RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT WE TRY TO KEEP JUST A VERY ONE IT IDENTIFYING OF THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO, UH, FUN AND VIBRANT AND, AND, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, SHOWS PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE IN A SPECIAL LOCATION.

SO THE OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

THEY ARE DOING LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION SURVIVAL RIGHT NOW, AND ONE OF IT IS THE 5 0 6 ART, UM, CONCERTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

THEY'RE HAPPENING EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, MUCH SMALLER THAN, UM, THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER CONCERTS, UM, STUCK IN THAT BEAUTIFUL LITTLE, UM, POCKET PARK CALLED 5 0 6 ART.

UM, IT'S JUST, I, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE LATELY, IT'S JUST BEEN REFRESHED.

IT HAS MARKET LIGHTS, IT JUST LOOKS FANTASTIC.

AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT BANDS FROM SINGER SONGWRITERS TO LAST, UM, WEEK WE HAD A SWING BAND, UH, THAT DID A LOT OF, LIKE BENNY GOODMAN.

IT WAS JUST SUPER FUN.

UM, SO THAT IS EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 PM WE ALSO HAVE AMBASSADORS CALLED TEAM DOWNTOWN, AND THEY ARE ON THE SQUARE EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO JUST ANSWER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS LIKE, HOW TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO PARK? UM, YOU KNOW, JUST ANY QUESTIONS TO HELP NAVIGATE THE FACT THAT SOME SIDEWALKS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE CLOSED RIGHT NOW DUE TO CONSTRUCTION, MAKING SURE THEY KNOW HOW TO GET TO THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING TO.

UM, SO THEY'RE JUST VOLUNTEERS THERE TO HELP ANSWER ANYBODY'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AREA RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, WE CALL 'EM OUR AMBASSADORS AND THEY'RE JUST AN AWESOME GROUP OF PEOPLE.

UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BAND TOGETHER.

VISIT GARLAND AGAIN IS FUNDED BY THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, SO NOT GENERAL FUND.

AND WE ARE THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION FOR THE CITY.

SO WE'RE HERE TO TELL THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, WHAT GARLAND HAS TO OFFER, WHAT THINGS YOU SHOULD COME AND ENJOY.

WE TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM THE LAKE TO THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TO WONDERFUL RESTAURANTS, UM, TO SHOPPING.

UH, WE JUST, UM, DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ALLOW, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT GARLAND IS HERE AND WE WELCOME THEM TO COME TO OUR PARTICULAR CITY.

UM, THE, UM, ALWAYS EVENTFUL GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE IS JUST AN AD THAT WE PUT, I WAS JUST A EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE ADS THAT WE PUT IN A TEXAS TOURISM TYPE PUBLICATION.

UM, THE SPORTS FACILITY GUIDE IS A PUBLICATION THAT WE PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE GO TO TRADE SHOWS AND TRY TO DRIVE LIKE SOCCER TOURNAMENTS, SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS, EVERY KIND OF SPORTING TOURNAMENT THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE.

SO THIS WAS A GUIDE THAT WE CREATED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR LOCATIONS FOR TOURNAMENTS KNOW WHAT KIND OF FIELDS AND, UM, ATHLETIC, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT THERE ARE HERE.

ONE, WE EVEN, UH, ASSIST THE G I S D TO SELL THE NATATORIUM BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL FACILITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE NEW GI I S D AUDITORIUM, BUT WE ARE BOOKING QUITE A FEW SWIM MEETS BECAUSE OF IT.

SO, UM, AND THEN THE RIGHT IS A, JUST A PICTURE OF SOME MERCHANDISE THAT THE VISIT GARLAND SELLS.

SO WE THINK PART OF BEING A MARKETING ORGANIZATION IS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE, UM, UM, HAVE A STOCK OF, UH, APPAREL THAT HAS THE WORD GARLAND ON IT.

SO WE HAVE T-SHIRTS OF, UH, EVERY EVENT THAT WE, UH, DOING IN GARLAND, BUT JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUN GARLAND CENTRIC LOGOED TYPE MERCHANDISE.

AND WE SELL THAT IN THE VISITOR CENTER, UM, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

AND WE ALSO SELL IT AT THE EVENTS THAT, UM, THAT WE HOST NEED TO ADD IN THE SPORTS

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FACILITY.

UH, WE NEED TO ADD CRICKET.

I, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE CRICKET MENTIONED IN THERE.

UM, I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT LEAGUE IS JUST LIKE SO ACTIVE.

THE CRICKET LEAGUE THAT WE HAVE HERE.

THE MAYOR WAS TELLING ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, THE FACT THAT HE WAS IT YEAH, HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THAT .

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, HERE'S JUST SOME DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT, UM, VISIT GARLAND HAS BOOKED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

UM, A LOT OF SPORTS, WE HAVE SO MANY, WE HAVE 63 PARKS IN THE CITY, AND SO IT'S VERY, UM, IT'S VERY EASY TO SELL TWO SPORTS TOURNAMENTS OF ALL DIFFERENT KINDS, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY FACILITIES HERE.

UM, SO IT'S PROBABLY OUR MOST BREAD AND BUTTER.

BUT WE ALSO GO AFTER TEXAS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.

UM, WE, UM, WE GO AFTER FAMILY REUNIONS, WEDDINGS, ANYBODY THAT WE WOULD BE DRIVING TO OUR CITY TO STAY IN OUR HOTELS, EAT IN OUR RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, BUY GAS, ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING IS AN ECONOMIC, UH, ENGINE FOR OUR CITY.

SO WHAT, WHAT WAS THAT L USA EVENT IN DECEMBER? THE, UM, IT'S LACROSSE.

WE BOOKED A LACROSSE TOURNAMENT AND THEN IT'S THE SECOND WEEK IN DECEMBER.

YEAH.

UM, WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE, UH, VISIT GARLAND AND THE PUBLIC MEDIA AND RELATIONS DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.

UM, WE PARTNER TOGETHER TO CREATE THE MAKE YOUR MARK CAMPAIGN.

AND THE MAKE YOUR MARK CAMPAIGN IS A, UM, IMAGE CAMPAIGN TO MAKE, UM, THE CITIZENS FEEL PROUD THAT THEY LIVE HERE IN GARLAND.

UM, AND SO WE PLACE A LOT OF ADS, UM, PLACE A LOT OF SPONSORED CONTENT IN LIKE D MAGAZINE, TEXAS MONTHLY, UM, IF YOU GUYS FLY IN AND OUT OF LOVE FIELD, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL DISPLAY AT THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA RIGHT NOW.

IT'S REALLY, IT'S SO NICE.

UM, WE DO, WE JUST DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

SO HERE'S, UH, JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WAS A FULL PAGE AD.

UM, IT, IT KIND OF TAPS INTO IT.

UH, IT KIND OF, IT LETS PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE A GOOD CITY TO START A SMALL BUSINESS, A GOOD CITY TO LIVE IN, A GOOD CITY TO ENJOY.

SO WE KIND OF, UH, TALK ABOUT ALL THREE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM WHEN WE'RE DOING THE MAKE YOUR MARK CAMPAIGN.

AND THEN THE STORY ON THE LEFT, UM, THAT'S JIMMY WALLACE SITTING IN HIS GUITAR SHOP AND IT TALKS ABOUT HIM BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR, SMALL BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.

SO HOW MUCH IS THE FOR, FOR FULL PAGE AD? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? YEAH, FOR FULL PAGE, UM, I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE WE HAVE A, LIKE, LONG TIME MULTIPLE PURCHASE AND IT'S ALL ROLLED UP ALL INTO ONE BIG NUMBER.

SO, AND THEN WE ALSO, I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT OF VISIT GARLAND IS TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.

WE DON'T TALK ABOUT OURSELVES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE ASSETS AND THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THERE ARE HERE.

SO WE ALSO ARE ALWAYS PROMOTING OUR ARTS AT THE CULTURAL ARTS, THE SUMMER MUSICALS, UM, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT THE CULTURAL ARTS, UM, DIVISION, UM, OFFERS TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE LATEST ONE, AND I WAS VERY, TIMING WISE, I JUST THREW INTO THIS SLIDE.

SO WE REALLY COLLABORATE WITH LOTS OF THEM, BUT I JUST PUT THIS ONE IN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE WORLD WAR II EXHIBIT JUST OPENED UP THIS WEEK.

UM, THE, UM, VISIT GARLAND ASSISTED IN BRINGING THAT EXHIBIT HERE WITH THE HERITAGE MUSEUM, UM, HELPED MARKET IT, MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S HERE.

UM, AND WE REALLY, REALLY HOPE AND PLAN TO BRING MORE TRAVELING EXHIBITS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'VE HOUSED IN A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME.

SO, UM, REALLY NICE.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT, THE, UM, LOBBY WILL EVEN BE OPEN ON SATURDAYS FOR FOLKS TO ENJOY.

UM, AND IT'S HERE UNTIL MID AUGUST.

SO, SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT

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ABOUT WHAT OUR THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS DO.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL FOR ME? MY, UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO DOES A WELCOME PACKET FOR OUR NEW, NEW PEOPLE.

IS THAT WHERE SHE GETS HER INFORMATION FROM Y'ALL'S OFFICE? WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND GET OUR, UM, VISITOR GUIDE, AND WE'LL USE IT FOR, UM, WELCOME.

WE HAVE REALTORS THAT DO THAT AS WELL.

SO WE, WE HAVE THOSE AND WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO SHARE THEM WITH ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE THEM.

THINK THAT'S WHERE SHE GETS 'EM.

WE, WE KEEP THEM TO OUR NEW PEOPLE THAT MOVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

NICE.

GOOD.

THAT'S PERFECT.

THAT'S ALL, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

I WILL SAY THIS, I KNOW DANA'S GROUP IS VERY, BASICALLY THEY DO A GREAT JOB, UH, PROMOTING GARLAND.

UH, THEY WERE FEATURED HERE IN A, WAS IT THE OBSERVER HERE RECENTLY? UHHUH.

THAT WAS A BIG FEATURE DONE ABOUT THE, THE GARLAND DOWNTOWN SQUARE, THE RENOVATIONS AND ALL THAT STUFF WAS REALLY COOL STORY.

SO, UH, THEY DO A GOOD JOB GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT HOW GREAT GARLAND IS.

SO THANK YOU, DAN.

I WAS EXCITED TO SEE HOW MUCH K R L D CARRIED THE WORLD WAR I TWOS OF ON MONDAY.

UM, I HEARD IT AT, UM, AT 8:00 AM IN THE CAR DRIVING TO WORK, AND I HEARD IT AT 5:00 PM DRIVING HOME.

SO THEY DID THE DRIVE TIME.

ANYTIME YOU CAN GET THE DRIVE TIME, THAT'S LIKE, GOOD.

YEAH.

SO I WAS EXCITED AND THAT WAS NOT PAID IT, THEY PICKED IT UP, SO WE PROMOTED IT AND PITCHED IT TO THEM AND THEY PICKED IT UP.

SO THAT WAS NICE.

VERY GOOD.

YEAH.

GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS KEEP BERLIN BEAUTIFUL? YES.

UH, I HAVE JUST THIS TIME, IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE ME 25 MINUTES TO DO MY REPORT.

, YOU'LL BE GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

50 MINUTES.

UH, WE JUST HAD, UH, BACK IN MAY, UH, I THINK IT WAS THE 14TH, WE DID THE, UH, CLEAN DUCK CREEK EVENT AT, UH, WE MET AT, UM, UH, THE CORNER OF CENTERVILLE AND, UH, UH, GLENBROOK AND, UH, AT THE LONG WIND PARK AT, THAT WAS OUR HEADQUARTERS AND THE, UM, OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY HAD REGISTERED PEOPLE AND THEY THOUGHT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT.

WE HAD LIKE, DID ABOUT A HUNDRED, MORE THAN A HUNDRED SHOWED UP UP.

THAT'S GREAT.

WE, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD GROUP.

WE, AND FINALLY JUST KIND OF GAVE UP, TRYING TO COUNT, BUT EVERYBODY HAD TO SIGN THE, THEIR WAIVER AND THEY HAD TO GET A BRA, A LITTLE RUBBER, LITTLE BRACELET TO SHOW THEY WERE THERE SO THEY COULD EAT LUNCH AND SO ON.

BUT, UH, WE HAD A VERY GOOD TURNOUT AND THEY TOOK A LOT OF TRASH OUTTA DUCK CREEK .

IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND TRASH IN DUCK CREEK, BUT GETTING IT OUT, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY, .

AND SO WE HAD, UM, IT WAS, UH, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.

WE, WE PROVIDE ALL THE, UM, EQUIPMENT THAT, WELL, NOT THE HEAVY DUTY TRACTOR THINGS, BUT WE HAVE, UH, THE THINGS WE CALL PICKER UPPERS OR GRABBERS, UH, UH, THE TRASH BAGS, REALLY GOOD GLOVES, GOOD, UH, STURDY GLOVES, UH, SAFETY VEST.

AND THEN WE HAVE THIS BIG ROUND THING THAT GOES IN A TRASH BAG TO HOLD IT OPEN.

THAT IS, THAT SOUNDS SO STRANGE, BUT IT IS SO MUCH HELP FOR PEOPLE, UH, WITH THAT BAG HELD OPEN, THEY CAN JUST TOSS STUFF IN IT, OR TWO PEOPLE CAN GO ALONG AND DO A WHOLE LOT MORE WORK.

SO WE ISSUED THAT.

AND THE REALLY NEAT THING WAS, UH, WE HAD LOTS OF YOUNG, YOUNG KIDS THERE, HIGH SCHOOLERS, MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT WE HAD FAMILIES WITH THEIR LITTLE KIDS, AND WE GAVE THEM THOSE SAFETY VESTS, AND THEY WERE SO CUTE WALKING AROUND THOSE ORANGE VESTS THAT CAME TO THEIR FEET.

UH, THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE, UH, REALLY SOMEBODY IMPORTANT .

AND THEN WE SERVED, UM, WE, WE THINK, WE KNOW THERE WAS AN, EXCEPT MORE THAN 120 PEOPLE, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MANY MORE, BECAUSE PEOPLE KEPT COMING IN THAT AND HADN'T EVEN REGISTERED.

AND THEY SAID, WE SAW PEOPLE OVER HERE CLEANING.

WE THINK THIS IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA.

CAN WE JOIN? WELL, OF COURSE THEY COULD , YOU KNOW, AND SO WE HAD PEOPLE JUST SHOWING UP LIKE THAT.

UH, THEN WE SERVED, UH, LUNCH TO 'EM.

THEY HAD, UM, UH, FIREHOUSE SUBS AND COOKIES AND CHIPS FROM I THINK SAM'S AND WATERMELON.

AND SO THEY HAD A, A GOOD MEAL.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE GROUP THAT SETS UP, I MEAN, THERE WERE THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY PARKS DEPARTMENT IN CAPE GARDEN.

BEAUTIFUL.

WE WERE SETTING UP EVERYTHING.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD TO CLEAN UP

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EVERYTHING AFTERWARD.

AND SO WE GOT THERE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AND I WALKED IN MY DOOR AT 10 MINUTES TILL TWO, AND IT'S NOT FAR FROM THAT PARK TO MY HOUSE.

SO I DIDN'T HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

BUT, UH, WE WERE BUSY ALL MORNING AND JUST REALLY PLEASED WITH THE, UH, TURNOUT.

AND SO NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND HOPE TO MAKE IT, UH, AND MAYBE, UM, THIS IS THE SOUTH PART OF DUCK CREEK AND THERE ARE LOTS MORE TO DUCK CREEK THAN JUST THAT PART.

BUT THAT'S THE WALKING TRAIL ALONG A WALKING TRAIL AND DOWN THROUGH, UM, DOWN TOWARD, UM, AUDUBON PARK, AUDUBON ALBAN, ALBION ABO AUTO PARK, NO, NOT AUDUBON ALBAN.

OKAY.

ABAN ALBAN.

AND THEN, UH, FURTHER ON IS AUDUBON.

UH, AND THERE'S A WALKING TRAIL THAT GOES THROUGH THERE AND THE CREEK.

AND SO THAT WAS A LOT OF THE AREA THEY WERE TRYING TO CLEAN.

BUT IT WAS A VERY GOOD GROUP.

IT WAS A GOOD DAY.

AND PEOPLE CAME WITH THEIR, AND KNOWING THEY WERE GONNA WORK IN THE CREEK, THEY HAD ON THEIR RUBBER BOOTS, AND, UH, DOWN THERE TO WORK.

SO WE WERE REALLY, WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE, THE TURNOUT AND THE WORK THAT WAS DONE.

AND I HEARD THAT THEY GOT A TON AND A HALF OF, UH, UH, TRASH.

I'M NOT, THAT WAS THE LAST I HEARD.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE FINAL THING WAS, BUT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS OUT THERE REALLY, UM, WORKING HARD.

AND SO WERE THE REST OF US.

BUT IT WAS A, UH, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE THREE GROUPS.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY, THAT'S MY REPORT FOR, UH, OH, NO, I'LL STOP A MINUTE.

ALL YEAR, WE HAVE HAD GROUPS, HIGH SCHOOL GROUPS, KIDS WHO WANT TO GET SERVICE HOURS.

SO FRIDAY I GOT A LETTER, A TEXT OR A LETTER FROM ONE STUDENT WHO SAID, I LOST MY PIECE OF PAPER THAT SAID I WORKED, WOULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME ANOTHER ONE? , THAT WAS FROM LAST OCTOBER.

SO I SENT HER ANOTHER ONE, TODAY SO SHE COULD GET IT TURNED IN.

BUT WE HAVE HAD GOOD PARTICIPATION FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND SO AS SOON AS SCHOOL STARTS, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'LL BE DOING LIKE IN SERVICE HOURS.

SO IF YOUR HIGH, IF YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, TELL 'EM TO BE SURE AND SIGN IT.

OKAY.

AND YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE STAGE FOR THE RECOGNI OF WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY FOR PROBABLY SEPTEMBER.

OKAY.

WE DO THAT TWICE A YE UH, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT AN EVERYDAY THING, YOU KNOW, SO, OH, OH BOY.

I GET THE, THE AWARD TODAY, UH, WHICH ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.

SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOMEBODY FOR PRESENTATION IN SEPTEMBER.

OKAY.

UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WHICH KEN NORMALLY DOES, BUT ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT? I WILL, UH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UM, I'M NOT THIS, THIS OR A, UH, JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT, BUT MICHELLE IS A HOSTING, WE ARE HOSTING ANOTHER PAPER SHREDDING EVENT ON THE 25TH OF JUNE.

UM, AND SHE WILL BE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.

SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA DONATE SOME TIME FROM NINE TO ONE, WE'RE GONNA BRING OUT MULTIPLE SHREDDING TRUCKS THIS TIME, .

UM, AND HOPEFULLY IT BE ABLE TO SERVICE A LOT MORE PEOPLE.

THERE WAS, WAS JUST A LOT MORE DEMAND THAT WE WERE EXPECTING.

SO, YEAH, IT'LL BE IN THE SAME PLACE.

YEAH, ACTUALLY IT'S GONNA BE AT OUR SANITATION.

MM-HMM.

.

YEAH.

SO, WE'LL, WE'VE ALREADY PUT OUT A FLYER, UH, ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE'LL DO A FOLLOW UP FLYER WITH A, A MAP ON HOW TO GET THERE, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO, TO GET IN LINE, BASICALLY.

UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ON THE 25TH OF JUNE.

AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOME SPARE TIME, NINE TO 12, NINE TO ONE, NINE TO ONE.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOME SPARE TIME, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MICHELLE.

SHE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL AS WELL.

BUT, AND HAVING STAFFED THAT LAST TIME, UH, BE PREPARED TO, UH, BE BUSY AND WORK SO .

CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE OF YEAH, I'LL LET PEOPLE REIN STUFF.

I'LL SPEAK UP SOMETHING FOR, UM, KENNETH, IF YOU READ, DO ALL OF YOU READ THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CHATTER FROM THE OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LEARN A WHOLE LOT WITH THAT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THEY HAD THE NUA ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE NUSA, UH, CONFERENCE.

DID Y'ALL READ THAT? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT INTEREST TO US BECAUSE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS WAS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS A FINALIST FOR WHO'S WHO.

AND OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSPAPER WON AN AWARD OF, UH, SOME KIND.

AND THE, UM, UH, LEWISON KAY MOORE ON 11TH STREET WON AN AWARD.

SO THE STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT MORE PEOPLE FROM GARLAND CROSSED THE STAGE THAN FROM ANYWHERE ELSE, YOU KNOW, TO GO IN AND GETTING A, A

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CERTIFICATES OR WHATEVER.

AND THAT GARLAND WAS VERY WELL REPRESENTED, WHICH IS IF YOU LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO BE A PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO BE PART OF THIS.

BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S GOOD RECOGNITION FOR THE CITY.

AND, UH, UH, CAMELOT DOES A A LOT, UH, A LOT WITH, UH, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND OURS, OF COURSE, Y'ALL ALREADY KNOW THIS, IT'S ORCHARD HILLS.

YOU HEAR THAT EVERY, EVERY WEEK, EVERY TIME, .

BUT, UH, IT, IT'S GOOD THAT, UH, GARLAND IS REPRESENTED IN SO MANY WAYS.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES? UH, I I, I WASN'T GONNA ASK MICHELLE'S QUESTION, BUT MAYBE OS YOU COULD PASS THIS TO HER.

SURE.

I KNOW, UH, A WHILE AGO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT OUR, UH, OUR RECYCLING EFFORTS AND HOW WE KIND OF HAVE FALLEN OFF A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

SO I NOTICED THE OTHER DAY, YOU KNOW, THE, DURING THE WEEKLY PICKUP, OUR NICE WHITE SANITATION TRUCKS LOOKS LIKE WE COULD MAYBE PUT A STICKER ON THERE, WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THE, IN THE RECYCLE BIN AND WHAT'S NOT.

RIGHT.

JUST MAYBE SINGLE OUT DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT ITEM.

WE, UH, WE ACTUALLY ARE WORKING ON DESIGNING SOME, UH, SOME VINYL STICKERS FOR ALL OUR VEHICLES.

OKAY.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE WERE WAITING ON, THE, THE MAJOR DELAY WAS WE WANTED TO, UH, ACQUIRE OUR OWN DOMAIN NAME, WEBSITE, DOMAIN NAME, UH, AND WE, WE HAVE IT NOW, IT'S CARLAND SANITATION.COM.

UM, BUT BEFORE WE STARTED MAKING, YOU KNOW, VINYL STICKERS, I MAKE SURE WE ACQUIRE THAT ADDRESS, WHICH WE NOW HAVE.

UM, SO WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT AND A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON A LOT OF OUR VEHICLES.

UH, WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES FIRST.

UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL ROTATE THOSE OUT INTO OUR SIDE LOADERS AND REAR LOADERS AND ANY KIND OF VEHICLE'S GOT, YOU KNOW, SPACE AVAILABLE.

WE'RE GONNA TRY DOING SOME STUFF LIKE THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

UH, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY.

UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKED HEARING THIS TONIGHT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T, ARE NEARLY HERE.

THAT'S PRETTY INFORMATIVE, I THOUGHT.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE CITY THAT WOULD BE, UH, WILLING TO TALK TO US.

SOME OTHER GROUP.

YEAH.

WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GET BACK AND, WE'LL, WE'LL THINK ABOUT SOME OTHER GROUPS THAT, THAT CAN PRESENT INFORMATION LIKE THIS.

MM-HMM.

BACK.

THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IT BECAUSE I THINK I KNOW A LOT AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

IS THERE A LOT GOING ON? YEAH.

UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS? ANYONE OVER THERE? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

UH, OKAY.

DATE FOR NEXT MEETINGS.

JULY 13TH.

UH, MOVE FOR ADJOURNMENT.

ANYONE? THE MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN? OKAY.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OKAY.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.