* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Environmental and Community Advisory Board on December 14, 2022.] [00:00:04] ALL RIGHT. WELL, GREETINGS. HOW'S EVERYBODY? LET'S TAKE A, UH, UH, UH, UH, ATTENDANCE, PLEASE. THIS IS SEVEN PC MATTHEW. MM-HMM. . SHE, SAMUEL, DISTRICT FOUR, MURIEL VILLA LIAISON. BOB RUNS DISTRICT THREE. BETTY ROBERTS, DISTRICT FIVE. ROB CO. DISTRICT EIGHT. KEN MAYORS, APPOINTEE, PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. DID EVERYBODY READ THE UH, MINUTES? YES. YES. ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS? NO. I GUESS WE'LL ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS THEY'RE WRITTEN HERE. ALL RIGHT. WHAT HAVE WE GOT TONIGHT? LOOKS LIKE A RECYCLING UPDATE. . THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. WE'RE JUST END OF YOUR STATS. WHAT'S THAT? END OF YEAR STATS. END OF WHAT? NO, ACTUALLY IT'S NOT. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. MAYBE WE CAN DO BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IN JANUARY. ABSOLUTELY. LOOK AT THAT. YEAH. CAUSE IN JANUARY YOU'RE GONNA CAPTURE THE ENTIRE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW WONDERFUL. TAKE A LOOK. YEAH, DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY. SO ACTUALLY ALL I'VE GOT FOR YOU TONIGHT IS, UH, JUST TO TOUCH ON HOLIDAY RECYCLING. I PLAYED IN THIS A LITTLE BIT, GOT A LITTLE, UM, HAD SOME FUN WITH MY, WITH MY POWERPOINT. SO, UM, SO THE, UH, THE EPA ESTIMATES THAT 75% OF, UH, THE WASTE THAT AMERICANS, UM, CREATE IS ACTUALLY RECYCLABLE. SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE ONLY DOING ABOUT 35% OF THAT. UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, THE INCREASE OF WASTE IS 25% DURING THE HOLIDAY TIME. SO IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH RECYCLING WE'RE MISSING, UM, THAT, UH, SO DESPITE ALL OF THESE GOOD INTENTIONS OF THE WAY, PEOPLE, UH, TEND TO JUST THROW THINGS IN CUZ THEY THINK, OKAY, THIS IS, THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S RECYCLABLE. SO I'M JUST GONNA THROW THAT IN THERE. UM, YOU CAN IMAGINE , HOW THOSE IN THE RECYCLING INDUSTRIES CAN BECOME A GRINCH PRETTY QUICKLY. UM, BUT THE, UH, IN GARLAND, THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THAT IS AT, UH, WE SENT A 1,113 TONS OF RECYCLING TO FCC LAST DECEMBER, UH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALMOST A HUNDRED TONS MORE THAN OUR AVERAGE PER MONTH. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD FOR US. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GO THROUGH, UM, HOW WE'RE DOING IT, RIGHT? IT'S GONNA HELP. LOOK, SEE. AND NOW MY LITTLE, IS IT NOT WORKING? THERE WE GO. I GOT ALL MY LITTLE PIECES JUMPING IN THERE. MM-HMM. . . OKAY. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE RECYCLING, UM, I'M GONNA GRAB MY CHEAT SHEET CUZ THIS IS JUST NOT WORKING FOR ME. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STICKING WITH OUR WRAPPING PAPER THAT IS KIND OF JUST NO METALLIC TYPE STUFF. WE'RE STICKING WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF, UH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL HAVE A SHINE OR SHIMMER TO THEM, BUT NOT, YOU DON'T WANT THAT FOY LOOKING STUFF. THAT STUFF NEEDS TO STAY OUT. SO WE WANT, UH, THIS AND NOT THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, IF IT'LL COOPERATE WITH ME, IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT NOT. THERE IT IS. NO RIBBONS AND BOWS. WE WANNA KEEP THOSE OUT. SO THEY ARE, UM, THOSE THINGS THAT WE CALL TERS, THEY GET CAUGHT UP IN ALL THE MACHINERY, AS YOU KNOW. SO WE TRY TO AVOID HAVING THOSE AROUND. AND OUR NEXT, COME ON, KEEP UP WITH US HERE, FOLKS. . HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHTY. SO, UM, PACKAGING AND SHIPPING, THAT IS REALLY WHERE GARLAND IS, IS WONDERFUL. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO. IT'S GETTING ME FROM SCREEN TO SCREEN, BUT I HAVE TO ACTUALLY CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO GET MY LITTLE ANIMATIONS TO COOPERATE WITH ME. IT'S BEING, BEING WONKY, SO, OH, LET'S SEE. IT DOESN'T LIKE IT. IT GOT STUCK EARLIER. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO A LITTLE JEOPARDY MUSIC REAL QUICK WHILE WE CHANGE THE DISPLAY SETTINGS ON THIS THING. PUT IT BACK THE WAY HE HAD IT. WELL, HE SAID EXTENDED WAS THE WAY HE HAD IT. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AND MINIMIZE AND GO BACK TO IT. AND WE'RE JUST GONNA WORK WITH IT FROM HERE. THERE WE GO. NOW IT'S GONNA LET US DO IT. OKAY. . SO WITH, UH, GARLAND IS GREAT ABOUT OUR CARDBOARD. WE BRING IN A LOT, A LOT OF CARDBOARDS. SO JUST KIND OF FOCUSING, THERE'S SOME NEW THINGS OUT THERE THAT YOU MIGHT BE SEEING. UM, THESE, THOSE LITTLE BAGS. YEAH. AMAZON WAS, FOR THE LONGEST TIME YOU WERE GETTING THOSE PLASTIC COATED ONES WITH THE BUBBLE WRAP INSIDE OF THEM, THEY'VE SHIFTED TO THIS. UM, SO YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THESE, WHICH ACTUALLY HAVE [00:05:01] IT. IT'S COMPLETELY RECYCLABLE. AND FCC IS LOVING THESE. SO WE WANT THIS, NOT THAT. THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THOSE PLASTIC PRIME BAGS THAT ARE HORRIBLE. AND OF COURSE, UM, THESE UP HERE, THESE SMALLER LITTLE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY A TYPE OF STYROFOAM. UM, IT'S NOT EASILY RECOGNIZABLE BECAUSE WHAT WE THINK OF AS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF THE PACKING PEANUTS AND THE BIG CUBES OF STYROFOAM. BUT, SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE IS A NO-NO. WE WANNA KEEP THOSE OUT. THOSE, THOSE PACKING PEANUTS. UM, PHOTOGRAPH ARE CORN STARCH. THOSE ARE THE CORN STARCH ONES. I COULDN'T TELL THE PINK ONES. DEPENDING. PINK GREEN FCC DOESN'T WANT THEM, SO WE CAN'T TAKE 'EM IN OUR CONTAINERS, BUT I MEANT YEAH, BIODEGRADE IN THE, IN THE WASTE STREET. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO IF THEY WERE TO GO TO THE LANDFILL, THEY'RE GONNA DECOM, YOU KNOW, A LOT FASTER. DOES EVERYONE KNOW WHAT FCC STANDS FOR OR WHAT, WHO THEY ARE? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE CUZ WE KEEP THROWING OUT THAT TOO. THAT'S TRUE. YEAH. AND, AND FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING, THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT. SO FCC IS OUR RECYCLING PARTNER WHO COLLECTS, UH, FROM US, OUR TRUCKS GO AROUND AND COLLECT THE BLUE CARTS AND THEN, AND THEN THEY COME IN AND THEY REMOVE IT FROM OUR PROPERTY AND TAKE IT INTO THEIR FACILITY, THEIR MURF, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE SORTING FACILITY FOR ALL OF THE RECYCLING. AND THAT'S HOW WE, UH, GET THOSE COMMODITIES SORTED AND, AND SOLD OFF. WHAT IS THE ACRONYM STAND FOR FCC? I'M GONNA LOOK AT MURIEL BECAUSE IT IS SPANISH AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT. . IT IS FERMENTO, FER MENTAL PHARMAC. THEY CONTRACT US. WHAT'S THE SECOND WORD? PHARMACY. THEY . AND THAT'S NOT SPANISH. IT'S NOT, I THOUGHT IT WAS . IT'S NOT SPANISH. I I CAN EMAIL IT TO YOU. OKAY. SO WE HAVE CONTRACT WITH THEM? YES, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM. OKAY. SEE, AND I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE BASED OUTTA MEXICO. NO, THEY, THEY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I GOT THAT FROM. THEY COME FROM EUROPE. OH. THEY ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHERE THEY STARTED. I NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH. THEY'RE ACTUALLY FRIENDLY NEW TO THE US. OKAY. IT'S ITALIAN. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ALL LEARNING STUFF TONIGHT. IT'S NOT SPANISH THOUGH. IT IS NOT SPANISH. NO, IT'S NOT SPANISH. IT SOUNDS BETTER WHEN YOU SAY IT WITH YOUR ACCENT. . I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY CUZ I KNOW IT'S NOT. IF, IF IT WAS SPANISH, I WOULD, I COULD TELL YOU, BUT, OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I WILL KEEP MY POLITICALLY UN MAYBE GENTLEMEN. THANKS GENTLEMEN. MM-HMM. NO, NO, IT'S NOT GERMAN. OH, IT'S ITALIAN. IS ITALIAN. ITALIAN. I'M PRETTY SURE. LET, IF YOU ABOUT IT, YEAH. MOST LIKELY GERMAN. I WOULDN'T, IF IT'S, IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SPANISH. IT'S NOT SPAIN SOUNDS NOT SPANISH, I CAN TELL YOU. SO MY MISTAKE THAT'S SUPPOSED COULD BE. I SAW THE ACCENT MARKS AND STUFF AND JUST RAN WITH WHAT I KNOW . SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, ANYTIME YOU'VE GOT EXCESS STUFF, WHICH YOU ARE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE DURING THIS SEASON, I KNOW I'M GONNA FILL UP MY BLUE CART OVER THE NEXT WEEK IN NO TIME BETWEEN WRAPPING AND, AND PACKAGES THAT ARE ARRIVING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT CAN ALL COME TO US AT 1426 COMMERCE STREET IN THE RECYCLING CENTER THERE. WE, UH, JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS LOOSE AND NOT BAGGED. I HAVE DONE SOME FISHING OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UM, FROM OUR BIG CONTAINER WHERE EVERYBODY THROWS THEIR STUFF IN. I'VE GOT A RAKE THAT I USE TO PULL THE BAGS OUT, BUST 'EM OPEN, DUMP 'EM, THROW THE BAGS AWAY. . BUT THAT WOULD SAVE ME, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FALLING INTO THE BIG BLUE CONTAINER. NOBODY WANTS THAT. SO AT LEAST I DON'T WANT THAT. BUT , YEAH, SO LOOSE, NOT BAGGED. WE'LL GET IT ON CAMERA IN CASE IT HAPPENS. . UH, BUT OUR RECYCLING CENTER IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 AM TO FIVE, AND ON THE WEEKENDS FROM ON SATURDAY FROM EIGHT TO THREE. THE TRICK TO THAT IS THAT THE, UH, TRANSFER STATION WHERE YOU CAN UNLOAD TRASH IS NOT OPEN ON SATURDAY. THERE'S NO ACCESS FOR TRASH, JUST RECYCLING ON SATURDAY. UM, BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT ANY KIND OF, UM, APPLIANCES OR, UM, LARGE METAL THAT YOU MIGHT BE BRINGING OUT, WE CAN TAKE THAT ALSO ON SATURDAY. AND THE MULCH IS STILL AVAILABLE ON SATURDAY. SO, UM, JUST REMINDERS THAT, UH, OTHER EXTRAS YOU MIGHT HAVE DURING THIS SEASON. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING ALL YOUR HOLIDAY COOKING AND YOU MIGHT WANNA SKIP OUT AND DO PIZZA ONE NIGHT. WE CAN TAKE THE PIZZA BOXES, THE CLEANEST AS POSSIBLE. AND ACTUALLY THAT SAYS NO ON THAT ONE, BUT, UM, I TALKED TO BRUCE TODAY AND THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABOUT A, A PROBLEM FOR THEM. THEY'D PROBABLY WANT, YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T MAKE IT WORSE THAN THAT. THAT'S . THAT'S, THAT WAS HIS THOUGHT. HMM. WAS BRUCE, BRUCE MAGNUSON . HE IS, UH, THE, OH, WHAT DID HE, HE TOLD ME HIS TITLE TODAY. HE'S ACTUALLY OVER ALL OF TEXAS. HE WORKS, UH, FOR FCC. HE'S THEIR SENIOR MANAGER OVER THEIR FACILITY HERE IN DALLAS FOR SURE. BUT I KNOW HE ALSO WORKS IN OUT OF THE HOUSTON LOCATION AS WELL. BUT, UM, WE HAD A GOOD CHAT TODAY TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE HOLIDAYS AND UPCOMING EXPECTATIONS IN OUR RECYCLING CENTERS. UM, BUT THE OIL IS, IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS, AND THIS IS [00:10:01] SOMETHING THAT FOLKS DON'T ALWAYS REALIZE, IS THAT WE DO TAKE COOKING OIL ONCE IT'S COOLED, PUT IT IN A CONTAINER, DROP IT OFF IN THE RECYCLE CENTER, UM, AND IT IS, UH, TURNED INTO BIOFUEL. SO, UH, KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE DO OUT, UH, IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE USE IN GARLAND. UM, BUT DALLAS BUYS IT FROM US, I BELIEVE. AND, UH, THEY, OR THEY COLLECT IT FROM US. I KNOW THAT. AND THEY TURN IT INTO BIOFUEL AND, UH, USE IT AT THEIR, UH, DIFFERENT FACILITIES IN THEIR CITY. SO, UM, DALLAS COUNTY HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION CENTER, THIS LITTLE SECRET HERE THAT THEY WILL, IF YOU BRING SMALL ELECTRONICS, THEY WILL TAKE THEM FROM YOU IN ADDITION TO, THAT'S NOT THEIR FAVORITE THING, BUT THEY'LL DO IT. THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO PUT THAT IN THE LANDFILL AND NEITHER DO WE. BUT THEY ABSOLUTELY TAKE THESE SMALLER SIZE BATTERIES WHILE WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THOSE BIGGER ONES, LIKE YOUR CAR BATTERIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE DO HAVE A LOCATION FOR THAT. UM, THE SMALL THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN HERE, THESE LITTLE LITHIUM BATTERIES, THE LITTLE ALKALINE BATTERIES, ALL OF THAT STUFF YOU WANNA TAKE OVER TO DALLAS COUNTY HOME CHEMICAL COLLECTION CENTER. SO THAT'S MY VERY, VERY SHORT PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, YOU GUYS. AND I'M GONNA MAKE A NOTE RIGHT NOW TO HAVE NUMBERS FOR YOU GUYS FOR JANUARY. FCC. IS IS SPANISH? IT IS SPANISH. THEIR WEBSITE IS NOT, YES. OLD, OLD. IT'S BARCELONA. THAT'S WHAT I'M BARCELONA. BUT LIKE OKAY. ARMENTO IF YOU'S CU CASTILLIAN SPANISH. OH, OKAY. OLD SCHOOL. SPANISH . . I LIKE THAT OLD SCHOOL RIGHT. SOME TO ME. NUMBER, UM, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, I WAS THINKING THAT IN YEARS PAST THE, UM, SANITATION WANTED THE RECYCLING IN CLEAR BAGS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME STILL BELIEVE IT'S TRUE. ONE PERSON IN MY HOUSE. I COULD SAY . AND SO, UH, IT MAY BE A GOOD POST ABOUT THAT TOO. WE HAVE, UM, INCLUDED THAT WE'VE TRIED TO INCLUDE IT IN A LOT OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE'VE HAD GOING OUT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND TRY TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THE PLASTIC BAGS OF NO KIND. AND, AND WE'VE HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS. UM, UM, , WE'VE HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS, UH, ABOUT THE PLASTIC BAGS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT ALSO THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN THEY HAVE SHREDDED PAPER, THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT THAT IN PLASTIC BAGS. BUT, UM, THAT WAS ANOTHER, I, I REACHED OUT TO BRUCE ON THAT ONE AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA GO TO THE LANDFILL IF IT COMES IN A PLASTIC BAG. SO, UH, PAPER BAGS FOR SHREDDING. UM, I MEAN, IF THEY WANT US TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE ONE OF THOSE BIG PAPER BAGS AND PUT THEIR RECYCLING IN IT, THAT'S FINE. IT'S JUST EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THE STREAM HAS TO BE RECYCLABLE OR IT GETS PULLED IN, ENDS UP IN THE LANDFILL. THEY DON'T DO THE BAGS OF BAGS ANYMORE? NO, NO. USED TO, IF YOU HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF THE PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS, YOU'D PUT 'EM ALL IN ONE AND THEY'D TAKE NOT IN OUR, NOT IN OUR BLUE CARTS, NOT IN OUR, NOT IN OUR RECYCLING STREAM FOR THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU COULD OF COURSE TAKE THAT AND STUFF IT INTO THE BIG CONTAINER AT THE GROCERY STORE. I KNOW. UH, KOHL'S, I ALSO FOUND IT RECENTLY, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE, UH, MENTIONED IN HERE, BUT I, I, I MEANT TO, BUT THE, UH, CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, THE LIGHTS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, UM, I CALLED HOME DEPOT AND THEY ACTUALLY WILL TAKE THE STRINGS OF LIGHTS. IF YOU HAVE LIGHTS THAT ARE JUST TOO FAR GONE AND, OR YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE TO SIT THERE AND PULL OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS BUSTED TO REPLACE, THEY WILL TAKE THEM AT HOME DEPOT. THEY HAVE A SPOT FOR THAT AND YOU JUST TAKE 'EM TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY'LL GET 'EM RECYCLED AND TAKEN CARE OF. I HAVE A QUESTION. MM-HMM. , I WAS TALKING TO OUR, OUR BOARD ONE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU MADE SUCH A HIT WITH THEM. YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU LAST NIGHT. OH. UH, ABOUT THE, UM, I SAID, YOU BAG YOUR TRASH AND YOU DO NOT BAG YOUR RECYCLABLE. MM-HMM. . AND THIS PERSON SAID, BUT THEY SELL THESE PAPER BAGS, BIG PAPER BAGS TO PUT RECYCLABLES IN. UH, THEY, THEY SAID THEY WERE AT LIKE LOWE'S OR HOME DEPOT. I'VE NOT SEEN THOSE. I KNOW THAT THEY SELL THOSE FOR YARD WASTE, SO IF YOU GET LEAVES YEAH. BUT, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THIS PERSON FELT, THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE FOR. OH, OKAY. AND I SAID, UH, I DON'T KNOW. SO I WAS GONNA ASK YOU IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I MEAN, IT WOULD PROBABLY, UH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED BEFORE. I KNOW THAT, UM, AS THE, UH, RECYCLING IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AT THE MURF, IT'S, YOU KNOW, KNOCKED AROUND AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IF IT WERE NOT AS LONG AS, I GUESS IT WASN'T SEALED, IT MIGHT BUST OPEN. BUT THERE THEY'RE, I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THOSE BAGS ARE REALLY LARGE. SO WHEN IT COME, WHEN THEY COME ACROSS IT, IT THINK IT WOULD REALLY MARK BETTY. IT WOULDN'T WORK. WELL, NO, THIS WAS ASKED AND THEY'LL PROBABLY THROW IT AWAY. YEAH. THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN IT. BE, BE SURE YOUR THINGS ARE NOT, NOT BAGGED. AND THEY SAID MM-HMM. , I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PUT 'EM IN. NO, BE SURE THEY'RE NOT BAGGED. MM-HMM. . SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE THINK YES. LIKE WAS ALREADY [00:15:01] MENTIONED ABOUT THOSE PLA BUT WHEN WE DO CLEANUPS OR IN THE PAST, AND I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN THE FUTURE THIS WAY, BUT THEY USED TO GIVE OUT THE BLACK BAGS FOR TRASH TO PICK UP AND THE CLEAR BAGS TO PICK UP THE RECYCLABLE THINGS. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND THAT, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE SEE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN FOLKS DROP STUFF OFF, IS THEY BRING THEM IN THOSE CLEAR BAGS. AND IF I'M OUT THERE AND I, WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE ME OUTSIDE IN THE RECYCLE CENTER MORE, I TRY TO BE OUT THERE AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH ON A SATURDAY AND, AND GET OUT THERE. , WHERE ARE YOU LAUGHING AT? ME. . BUT CAR BATTERIES, DO YOU GUYS USE ANY CAR BATTERIES? IT'S, THEY TRY TO KICK ME OUT. WELL, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN OFFICE RIGHT ACROSS FROM IT. THEY CAN MOVE ME OUTSIDE, I'LL GO SIT IN THE TRAILER. BUT YEAH, SO I, I TRY TO CATCH FOLKS AND LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS THEY'RE BRINGING THESE BAGS OUT, I SAID, BE, YOU KNOW, JUST TELL 'EM, BE SURE TO EMPTY IT, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE TRASH CANS RIGHT ALONG THE WAY SO THEY CAN DUMP IT IN THERE AND THEN PUT THE BAG IN THE TRASH CAN. NO, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT'RE PUTTING 'EM IN THEIR, THEY'RE BLUE BIN MONDAY. YEAH. SO IN THE BLUE BIN, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT OR SOMETHING. I JUST WROTE THAT DOWN. LIKE SOME KIND OF NO BAGGING CAMPAIGN. MAYBE A NEW SLIDE TO INCLUDE IN THE MIX OF ONES THAT WE'RE POSTING. DON'T PUT CART ON THE GROUND. VIDEO. VIDEO, GOOD, BAD, GOOD, BAD. MM-HMM. PEOPLE MIGHT FIND IT INTERESTING. MM-HMM. MM-HMM. TO SEE THAT. BUT THEY WOULD CERTAINLY FIND IT INTERESTING TO WATCH THE FCC LINE. WE DID THAT TODAY. WE DID THAT THIS MORNING. UM, SO, AND I WOULD ONLY GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME, BUT GET MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, 22ND CLIPS. WELL SAUL AND I WENT OUT THERE THIS MORNING AND WE ACTUALLY DID A VIDEO OF THE PRODUCTION LINE OUT THERE AND KEEP OUT THERE WITH YOU, SAUL, WHICH IS , KEEP IN MIND. YES, YES. I'M SO SORRY. SOUL GARZA IS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER HERE FOR THE CITY. AND HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS WHO GOES OUT AND DOES, UM, UH, A LOT OF THE VIDEO RECORDING THAT YOU'LL SEE AROUND TOWN. UM, YES. ALL OF THAT STUFF FOR, UH, FOR THE NEWS STATION FOR A LONG TIME. WASN'T HE WITH, SO WE, WE TOOK FOX. MICHELLE TOOK A PROFESSIONAL WITH HER. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN. YES. WE DIDN'T JUST TAKE SOMEONE WITH A CELL PHONE. A PROFESSIONAL WENT OUT THERE WITH US NO. TO CREATE AN EDUCATIONAL VIDEO. YES. TO ACTUALLY SHOWCASE THE ENTIRE PROCESS. MM-HMM. FROM WHEN A CITIZEN PUTS THE TRASH IN THE, IN THE BLUE CONTAINER TO WHEN IT GETS PICKED UP, GOES THROUGH THE PROCESSING FACILITY AND IT JUST GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE'VE GOT VIDEO ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHERE IT'S BAILED AND PUT INTO TRUCKS. WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. YOU PRETTY NEAT. ONCE IT'S ALL, ALL DONE, WE HAD THREE CAMERAS. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU POST REALLY INTERESTING SHORT CLIPS ON FACEBOOK, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH A LINK TO SEE THE WHOLE VIDEO ON YOUR WEBSITE MM-HMM. SO THAT YOU CAN TRACK THE IMPACT MM-HMM. OF IT AND SEE IF IT'S WORTH DOING MORE IF YOU GET ENOUGH TRAFFIC ON THAT. BUT THEN HECK IT'S WORTH YEAH. DOING THAT SORT OF EDUCATION. BUT IF YOU DON'T, THEN IT JUST INTERESTING. MM-HMM. SOCIAL MEDIA. MM-HMM. , IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE REALLY WANTED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE PICK IT UP IN THE BLUE CART, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY PUT IN THERE, IT IS GOING OUT TO THE MERF, IT IS GOING OUT TO THE SORTING FACILITY. AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY PUT IN THERE IS CLEAN RECYCLING BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GO OUT THERE AND THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT AND THEY'RE GONNA TURN. AND IF IT'S, AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE VIDEO HOW THEY STAND THERE AND THEY'VE GOT THESE CONVEYOR BELTS AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE FAST . THEY GRAB THINGS MANUAL SORT. YEAH. THEIR MANUAL SORTING. THE FIRST, I THINK, UH, 1, 2, 3, ABOUT THE FIRST SIX. THAT'S FANTASTIC. SECTIONS ARE MANUAL SORTING. IT GOES THROUGH ONE CONVEYOR BELT AND THEN IT GOES TO THE NEXT ONE. AND IT JUST, IT'S CONSTANT THROUGH SIX DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THEY PULL THE TRASH AND THEY'VE GOT A SIDE, LIKE TRASH IS ON ONE SIDE OF THEM. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE THAT THEY'LL PULL FOR OTHER THINGS THAT THEY KNOW THIS IS GONNA GO SOMEPLACE ELSE AND DROP IT IN THERE AND IT GETS SENT TO ANOTHER SORTING, UH, AREA. SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH THE, THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH THE MAGNET FIRST. MM-HMM. , THAT'S NEAR THE END. AND I'M, I, I GOT TO FILM THAT PART. THAT WAS KIND OF COOL THAT, THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING. I LOVE WATCHING THE MAGNET, PULLING ALL OF THAT STUFF UP. AND THEN THE, THE GLASS, WHEN IT GETS SHATTERED ON THE, THE SHAKING UH, SCREEN, I'M A NERD. THE METAL IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. MM-HMM. . MM-HMM. . SO THE HEAVY METAL GETS SUCKED UP THE FERRIS METAL AND THEN LIGHT METALS GET BLOWN BY AIR. MM-HMM. AND THEN PAPER AND STUFF FLIES BECAUSE OF IT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL IF SOME OF THOSE HAD PLEXIGLASS AROUND 'EM, SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY WATCH INSIDE THE CONTAINER. BUT ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT MAYBE NEXT MONTH IT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE RELEASED BY THEN. WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE IT PUT TOGETHER. I THINK HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE, THIS IS ALREADY WEDNESDAY, SO I THINK HE'LL BE WORKING ON IT NEXT WEEK TO GET IT PUT TOGETHER FOR US. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS? . ALRIGHT. [00:20:01] ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MICHELLE. THANK YOU. BETTY. WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR CUTE GROWING? BEAUTIFUL. UM, LAST MONTH, UH, MENTIONED THAT THE, UM, UH, MINIATURE RETREAT, I GUESS I'LL CALL IT, UH, UH, TREE GIVEAWAY. AND SO YESTERDAY I HEARD ALL THE DETAILS AND I CAN GIVE MORE. THIS WILL BE JANUARY THE 13TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY. AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HIT BY THE TORNADO LIKE THAT WE DID WITH THE RECRUIT. BUT LET'S SEE IF I CAN GO BACK. THE, UM, ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION GAVE MONEY, DOMINATED MONEY FOR THIS, BUT THEY WERE REALLY SLOW IN GETTING THE MONEY TO THE EVENT. SO THIS IS WHY IT'S WAY LATE MUCH LATER THAN A RETREAT WAS. SO THEY'RE PLANNING ON HAVING, UH, 150 PLUS MORE THAN THAT. TREES, THERE'LL BE 15 GALLON TREES, ABOUT AN INCH, INCH AND A HALF DIAMETER. THERE'LL BE FIVE DIFFERENT KINDS. AND YESTERDAY THEY, THE TWO OF 'EM WILL BE OAKS AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MAGNOLIA AND MAYBE RED BUD AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE OTHER ONE. HOW MUCH IT COST EACH TREE. IT DOESN'T COST. THEN LET ME GET ONTO THAT. THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEM FREE. UH, IT'S AS OF, AT THIS MOMENT, IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT ONE WEEK BEFORE 13, ABOUT THE EIGHTH OR SO, THEY WILL PUT OUT NOTICE THAT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT SIGN UP. CUZ IF THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AND THEY HAVE 170 TREES AND ONLY 99 PEOPLE SIGN UP, THEY'LL BE DOING THAT. SO IT'S STRICTLY AT THIS MOMENT, WORD OF MOUTH. UH, THEY WILL PUT IT, UH, WITH, FOR THE WILLIAMS, UH, ADDITION AND FOR ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CANVASSING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY'RE GONNA PUT OUT SIGNS AND UH, THEY'LL BE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO CALL THIS NUMBER IF THEY WANT TREAT THE, UM, PICK UP PLACE WILL BE ON MARION ROAD RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE HAT FACTORY. IT'S WHERE LOS BAR'S RETIREMENT CENTER USED TO BE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO, THE TIME WILL BE NINE O'CLOCK BECAUSE THEY'RE TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF HOW THEY'RE GONNA GET THE TREES THERE AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA GET 'EM STORED. SO THIS WAS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MATT, UH, AND GRADY AS TO HOW THEY WERE GOING TO GET 'EM THERE. AND, WHICH IS KIND OF FUNNY, THIS IS MY IDEA OF FUNNY, THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE 'EM AWAY, BUT THEY DON'T WANT 'EM STOLEN , SO THEY'RE GONNA PUT 'EM BEHIND A FENCE. BUT ANYWAY, THEY, UM, IT'S GONNA BE JANUARY THE 13TH AND I'LL GET MORE INFORMATION TO PEOPLE AS I, AS I GET IT. AND THEN ABOUT THE EIGHTH, AS I SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY ARE FREE. UM, AND THEY'RE NICE TREES. THEY'RE THE SAME SIZE THAT WERE PUT OUT, UM, LAST YEAR DURING RETREAT. AND UH, SOME PEOPLE COULDN'T. I, I THINK THE PROBLEM WAS PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND UM, THEY PROBABLY WON'T THIS TIME EITHER, BUT THEY ARE NOT DELIVERING THESE TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND THEY ARE NOT DIGGING THE HOLES. SO PEOPLE HAVE TO COME IN THEIR OWN PICKUP, GET THEIR TREE, AND IT'S NOT GONNA GO IN ANYBODY'S CAR. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT HOME AND DIG YOUR OWN HOLE FOR YOUR, UH, TREE. IT'S A SMALL ONE. 'EM RIGHT, THERE'S 15 GALLONS. THEY'RE NOT LITTLE, WELL 15 GALLONS. YEAH. WOW. THEY'RE NOT LITTLE. WELL THAT'S, THAT'S HEAVY. IT IS SO YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN YOUR LITTLE HATCHBACK OR WHATEVER. UH, SO THEY'RE ASKING THEN KNOW THAT PEOPLE COME AND PICKS OR YOU HAVE TWO FRIENDS AND Y'ALL CAN ALL JOIN UP OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT WILL BE GOING ON JANUARY THE 13TH. AND UM, THAT'S A LOT OF TREES TO GIVE AWAY AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE ONE TREE PER HOUSEHOLD. UH, IN THE PA THE FAR RETREAT PEOPLE GOT TWO TREES, BUT SOME WHO DIDN'T SIGN UP BEFORE, THEY'RE NOT REAL CERTAIN. THEY'RE MAY GET 'EM. WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO SHOW US PROOF THAT THEY'RE RESIDENTS? THAT, THAT THEY'RE RESIDENTS OF THE SPECIFIC AREA. UH, THIS IS GONNA GO THROUGH LAR DE LA GARZA AND THEY'RE GOING, REGISTRATION WILL BE THROUGH THEM AND UM, YOU DON'T HAVE, UM, AFTER IT'S OPENED UP FOR PEOPLE IN GARLAND, [00:25:01] I DON'T THINK IT, YOU KNOW, UH, ARE THEY JUST MAKE SURE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE SAY YEAH, THOSE STREETS ARE WITHIN THE, THE AREA AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE SECOND AREA IS. SHE SAYS ANOTHER AREA, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD UP. SHILOH. WELL, IF YOU'RE AT LOS BARIS, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GO UP SHILOH. AND, UM, UH, THE, UH, TO BE SOUTH OF UM, WILLIAMS GIVEAWAY IS ONLY FOR CERTAIN AREA. THAT'S THE THINKING. UH, BUT IT'S GONNA OPEN UP LATER BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TREES THEY'RE GETTING AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA SIGN UP. AND THAT'S THE UNCERTAIN PART OF IT. UH, SO, SO AS SOON AS AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, THEY'LL BE PUTTING IT OUT. UH, AND IF I HEAR SOMETHING I CAN SEND IT TO THE BOARD. WELL, I'LL SEE AS, AS RIGHT NOW THE, I DON'T WANT TO SEND THE, THEY'RE STILL UN EVERYTHING'S NOT, UH, TIED DOWN. LIKE GRADY SAID, THE TREES THAT THEY HAD CONTRACTED TO BUY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE ALL SOLD OUT. CUZ THEY DIDN'T, THEY WEREN'T THERE THE DAY THEY SAID THEY WOULD GET 'EM YET. I MEAN, GRADY WASN'T THERE THE DAYS THAT HE WOULD GET 'EM AND THEY HAD TO BE PAID FOR. SO NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO CHANGE WHAT KIND OF TREES THEY'RE USING. THAT'S WHY I SAID THEY'RE NOT REAL CERTAIN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET. SO HE AND MATT ARE TRYING TO WORK OUT THAT PART AND THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY THEY CAN GET FOR THE MONEY THAT'S BEING DONATED. SO THAT'S WHY THE ONE 50 SORTA UH, TIME AND THIS IS A SORT OF A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN PARKS AND, UH, OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY AND KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL AND THIS, UH, GROUP THAT GRAVY IS A PART OF AND HE IS NOW PART OF KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL. AND HE, HE'S VERY PLEASED WITH THIS, UH, WITH THAT AFFILIATION. UM, SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S AN INTERESTING, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TREES, THIS IS AN INTERESTING, UH, PROJECT, BUT, UH, LIKE ONE GUY LAST NIGHT SAID, I DON'T WANT ANY TREES IN MY YARD CUZ HE HAS A GARDEN. AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW HOW CLOSE TO PLANT 'EM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA GROW IN THE SHADE AND WHAT'S NOT, WHAT'S AN UNDER UNDER STORY TREE OR WHAT'S NOT. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LOT OF IFS AT THE MOMENT. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE JANUARY THE 13TH CUZ THEY FINALIZED THAT AND THE LOCATION. SO THAT'S, THAT'S AS EXACT AS I CAN BE ABOUT. IT SEEMS AN ODD TIME OF YEAR TO BE. WELL CAUSE THEY ONLY GOT THE MONEY. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE SAID WHY AREN'T WE DOING IT IN JANUARY? DID THEY NOT DO THE THING IN NOVEMBER THAT THEY USUALLY DO THIS YEAR? BUT WITH TX U AND PARKS, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS ONE IN, IT'S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AND LAST MONTH, AND THAT'S WHAT MATT SAID, WE DON'T WANT THESE TO GET CONFUSED. THIS IS NOT A GARLAND PROJECT. IT IS NOT COMING THROUGH PARK. UH, THE PARKS AND, AND, UH, GP AND L I CAN'T SEE 'EM GIVING AWAY MAGNOLIAS THOUGH. THOSE ARE THREE TIMES AS EXPENSIVE AS A LIVE OAK OR A SCHARDT OR WHAT THEY KNOW LIVE AWAY. WELL THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY SAID THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE THAT THEY CAN FIND THE IT AIN'T GONNA BE MAGNOLIAS . WELL THAT'S ONE OF THE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY PUT ON. AND ANOTHER ONE WAS JUST PUT ME ON THE LIST PLEASE. UH, ANOTHER ONE INSIDE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSES, PECANS, WHICH, AND PECAN TREES. AND THIS WAS ANOTHER FUNNY THING, PECAN TREES THAT THEY CAN FIND ONLY COME IN FIVE GALLON BUCKETS. AND SO SOMEBODY CAME AND SAW THIS PECAN TREE IN A FIVE GALLON BUCKET AND THIS OAK TREE AND A 15 GALLON BUCKET, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE ARE THEY GONNA WANT? ABSOLUTELY. I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT A BUNCH OF THINGS LIKE THAT. NOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO PECANS, BUT THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT IF, UH, MATT SAID IF THEY COULD GET A, LIKE A NINE GALLON PECAN , YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WASN'T THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE THAT THEY MIGHT COULD DO THAT. SO I, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT PECAN WILL BE ON THE LIST AND THEY NAMED SOME OTHERS LIKE THE RED BOAT AND UM, SOME OTHER, ANOTHER TREE THAT WAS, THAT'S AN UNDERSTORY TREE. UH, THAT BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE GOING TO GET. UH, BUT WE DO KNOW THERE WILL BE TREES ON JANUARY THE 13TH AND THEY'RE GONNA BE 15 GALLONS. SO, AND YOU GOTTA SHOW UP WHERE TO GET IT AT. IT'S AT THE CORNER OF MARION, MARION DRIVE. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE HAT FACTORY IS? YEAH. RESIST STREET FROM, IT'S UM, THAT'S ON FOREST, FOREST [00:30:01] LINE. NO, NO, NO. THE HATCH FACTORY IS BY THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S ON FOREST LANE. AND MARION DRIVE IS, WHERE ARE YOU SAYING MARION? M A M A R I O N. UHHUH . UM, AND UH, IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT AND THE EXACT LOCATION, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT ADDRESS, BUT IT'S A STRAIGHT ACROSS AND IT'S WHERE THE LAS BARA'S RETIREMENT CENTER WAS TORN DOWN. YEAH. AND YOU CAN TELL AN EMPTY LOT WHEN YOU GET TO IT. THAT'S INWOOD IS THAT CORNER, I BELIEVE, ISN'T IT INWOOD AND UH, UH, IT COULD BE. YEAH, THE RETIREMENT HOMEOWNER. UHHUH IS WHERE THAT WAS. UH, AND THEN AS WE, AND EVEN THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE'RE GOING DO IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IF THE TRUCK WILL BE THERE THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THEY CAN UNLOAD 'EM OR IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO UNLOAD 'EM AT EIGHT O'CLOCK FRIDAY MORNING. SO AS SOON AS THEY GET THAT WORKED OUT, THEN WE'LL KNOW MORE WHAT TIME TO TELL PEOPLE TO SHOW UP. WILL YOU TEXT ME? CAUSE I WANNA GO. YOU'RE GONNA GO, ESPECIALLY IF YOU CAN GET A MAGNOLIA . ABSOLUTELY. AND THE ADDRESS IS 1002 MARION DRIVE DRIVE. UHHUH . THANK YOU. M A R I O O N. RIGHT. UM, I, MY NEIGHBORHOOD. HUH? I GET 'EM FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD CUZ WE PLANT 'EM ACROSS THE, WELL STILL IN MARION CORNER. IT'S, IT'S ON THE CORNER. THIS ALL IN MARION. UM, UM, THAT WOULD BE NICE TO, TO DO THAT. BUT YOU'RE ONLY GONNA GET ONE. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. UNLESS YOU CAN GET YOUR NEIGHBORS COME IN. BUT ANYWAY, JUST, JUST REMEMBER THAT, THAT IT'S THE 13TH AND YES. THAT'S A FUNNY DAY. IT'S FRIDAY, FRIDAY THE 13TH. FRIDAY THE 13TH. BUT IT'S A WORK DAY FOR MOST PEOPLE. KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A, USUALLY IT'S A WEIRD DAY. IT'S A WEIRD DAY. UH, SO, BUT YOU CAN REMEMBER FRIDAY THE 13TH AND TEXT ME, I'LL SHOW BOTH MY TRUCK . I'M NOT THAT FAR FROM THERE, REALLY THAT FAR FROM ME. SO, SO AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, I I, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU AND YOU, YOU KNOW, AND Y'ALL CAN SEND IT OUT, THAT SORT OF THING. OKAY. DOES THAT ANSWER ALL Y'ALLS QUESTIONS? MY ANSWERS? I DON'T KNOW. ANYTHING YOU ASK ME, THE ANSWER'S GONNA BE, I DON'T KNOW, , UH, OKAY. UM, THAT WAS OUR KICK GROWING. BEAUTIFUL. OKAY. RECOGNITION FOR, WELL, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW UNLESS SOME PEOPLE HAVE SOME IDEAS OF, UM, UH, NOMINATIONS. AND NOW REMEMBER IT CAN BE A CHURCH, UH, A SCHOOL, A BUSINESS, A ORGANIZATION, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, THAT YOU THINK HAS DONE OUTSTANDING WORK IN EITHER ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, WORK OR WE'VE EVEN RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE. UM, AND OR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, UH, ACHIEVEMENTS. YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE BUILT A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND HAVE GOOD THINGS GOING ON. SO IF, IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SUGGEST, AND AS I SAID, I INTERVIEW 'EM, I, UM, I GUESS WE CALL IT VETTING THEM, YOU KNOW, GET ALL THAT INFORMATION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KEN. WHAT'S NEW WITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT? I THREW IT ALL OUT THERE LAST MONTH, SO WE'LL WAIT, THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. WE'RE ALREADY INVOLVED THEN. DID YOU GO TO THE I WAS NOT AT THE SUMMIT, WERE YOU? NO, I WAS OUT OF TOWN. THAT'S MY GOOD REASON, ISN'T IT? UH, YOU NEED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR. I, I'M, WE DID MENTION IT EACH OF THE LAST, I KNOW FOR, FOR SIX MONTHS WE DID BECAUSE I PUSHED IT. I WENT TO IT, IT WAS GOOD. DID YOU GO, COULD THAT WAS THE MIXER? I DIDN'T GO TO THE MIXER. I DID, DID YOU? HOW WAS THAT? ON THE NIGHT, ON NOVEMBER THE 10TH, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE, THE, THE TWO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE SUMMIT ON SATURDAY, UH, THEY HAD A, UH, DINNER AND IT WAS AT T L C. AND UH, THE, UH, THEY RECOGNIZED THE PERSON WHO WAS THE CITIZEN AND HE WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. UH, AND THE NEWSPAPER, WHICH WAS, UM, THE NIGHTLY NEWS OUT OF, UH, CAMELOT. CAMELOT AND ONE OTHER WHO'S WHO? WELL, THE WHO'S, WHO WAS THE GUY THAT WAS THE CITI THE THE CITIZEN PERSON WHO'S WHO? THE NEWSPAPER AND WHAT THE CITY EMPLOYEE AND THE WHAT CITY EMPLOYEE? NO, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CITY EMPLOYEE. SO I DON'T REMEMBER THE THIRD ONE. BUT, UH, IT [00:35:01] WAS A, IT WAS DIFFERENT. IT WAS NOT THE USUAL, UH, MIXER, BUT IT WAS, UH, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS YOU GET TO MEET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY. UH, AND UM, THEY, AND LAST NIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THEY DID A PRESENTATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WON WHO, WHO WERE RECOGNIZED IN THAT. NOW THIS IS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, WHICH I MENTIONED ANY NUMBER OF TIMES CUZ THEY ARE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND, UH, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS INTERESTING. WE GOT TO TALK TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN SELMA. UH, OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? NO, BUT A NOTICE DOWN HERE THAT A TOUR OF THE, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER. ANIMAL SHELTER. YEAH. SO, SO WE HAVE BUILDING INSPECTIONS PENCILED IN FOR NEXT MONTH. OKAY. UH, SHE WAS, SHE WAS GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN THIS, UH, THIS MONTH. SO, UM, I'M GONNA CONFIRM WITH HER TOMORROW. I'M GONNA SEND HER AN EMAIL. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL WE WILL GET HER UM, UH, NEXT MONTH. AND, UH, THE ANIMAL SHELTER, SINCE A LOT OF A LOT OF YOU GUYS WORK, I NEED A TIME THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE SO I CAN COORDINATE WITH ART. WE CAN DO IT. YOU JUST GOTTA FIND A TIME THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. THEY'RE OPEN 12 TO SIX NOW, RIGHT? I BELIEVE SO. I PUT IT ON THAT LAST ONE. AND IF I ASK ART, I'M PRETTY SURE HE'LL STAY OPEN AN EXTRA HOUR FOR US IF, IF WE NEED TO. THEY'RE OPEN ON SUNDAYS NOW? THEY'RE OPEN ON SUNDAYS NOW, CORRECT? YES. BUT ONCE AGAIN, UH, YOU GOTTA MAKE THE MOTION, UH, WITH THE DAY AND TIME AND THEN WHATEVER THE MAJORITY DECIDES. UH, CUZ EVERYBODY'S GOT DIFFERENT SCHEDULES, SO THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE COMPLETELY ON YOU GUYS. I'M BILL ANY, ANYTIME. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY TIMES THEY CAN'T GO? HOW ABOUT THIS? WHY DON'T YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT IT AND THEN ANYBODY CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL OR SEND AN EMAIL TO THE GROUP? LET ME, LEMME ASK, DOES FIVE 30 WORK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE? BECAUSE I CAN GET THERE AT FIVE, WRAP IT UP AND THEN YEAH. YEAH. I'M OKAY WITH OTHER THAN SUNDAYS. YOU WANNA DO IT ON SUNDAY? NO, NO. OTHER THAN SUNDAY THAN SUNDAYS. THEY'RE, THE ONLY DAY THEY'RE CLOSED ON IS ON WEDNESDAYS. SO THEY'RE OPEN 11 TO SIX EVERY DAY. BUT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS IS, SATURDAYS IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THAT PLACE IS PLANNED. YES, THEY WILL BE GOOD. THEY'RE BUSY. YEAH. THE TESTER WILL BE GOOD, RIGHT? I WILL, I WILL SAY THAT I HAD SOME NEIGHBORS DROP OFF THEIR DOG WITH ME. IT WAS A, IT WAS A PIT BULL PUPPY AND I FOSTERED HIM FOR ABOUT A MONTH, BUT I JUST COULDN'T KEEP HIM. CAUSE MY DOGS, I GAVE HIM TO THE GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER, WORKED OUT SOMETHING WITH ART. HE GOT 'EM ALL HIS SHOTS AND STUFF, AND I HAD TO TAKE HIM BACK. MY DOGS WERE GONNA KILL HIM. HE WAS ADOPTED THE VERY NEXT BUSINESS DAY. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD STORY. THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB THERE. I MEAN THE, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, I I'M SO, SO IMPRESSED WITH, WITH THE IMPROVEMENT FROM THE OLD SHELTER. IT'S JUST NOT EVEN FUNNY IF ANYBODY'S DROPPING THE DOG AND HOW MANY DAYS THEY KEEP FOR ADOPTION. IT, IT ALL DEPENDS. THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES, UH, SPACE AVAILABLE. UH, THE, THE BEHAVIOR OF THE ANIMAL, THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. IF IT'S A HEALTHY, FRIENDLY ANIMAL THEY HOLD ONTO. AND IF, AND IF YOU GIVE IT UP, IT CAN BE ADOPTED RIGHT AWAY AS LONG AS YOU ACTUALLY, UH, GIVE UP YOUR, YOUR RIGHTS TO THE ANIMAL. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, , BECAUSE I HEARD, YOU KNOW, SO MANY STORIES, SO THAT'S WHY THERE ARE SOME OF ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, I THINK THE ANIMAL SHELTER HAS THE MORE STORIES IN INACCURATE MOST. YEAH, BUT IT'S, IT'S CHANGED. BELIEVE ME, IT'S URIEL WILL KNOW HE USED TO BE THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN DO IS I CAN REACH OUT TO ART AND GIVE SOME DAYS AND TIMES THAT'LL WORK OUT FOR, FOR HIS STAFF. MM-HMM. . AND THEN I CAN SEND THE GROUP, UH, AN EMAIL AND WHATEVER THE MAJORITY, YEAH, JUST PICK ONE. IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS, THEN I CAN DO THAT. WORKS FOR ME. ALL RIGHT. SO ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS BESIDES THOSE NO. CITIZENS FOR COMMENTS? LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ADJOURNED THEN. OKAY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.