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CHASE? YES.

LET'S

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PUT 1, 2, 3.

[Community Multicultural Commission on January 19, 2023]

YEAH.

I'M NOT WEARING MY GLASSES.

I SEE .

THE MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION IS TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL INCLUSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS WE REACH, TEACH, EDUCATE, AND INVOLVE IN WHAT THE CITY OF GAR HAS TO OFFER TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN, REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC, RACIAL, RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL BACKGROUND, FEELS WELCOMED IN THE COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOOD, BUSINESSES OR PLACES.

ABORTION OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESSES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? YES.

WE HAVE TWO SETS.

OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS, MS. TIFFANY, AT THE OCTOBER MEETING, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? LINDSEY? WAS TIFFANY AT THE OCTOBER MEETING? I DON'T REMEMBER.

I DON'T THINK SO.

UH, I SHOW HER BEING HERE.

HOLD ON A SECOND.

I USUALLY WRITE DOWN, I THINK SHE WAS, DID SHE COME LATE? GOT HER ACCENT.

SHE'S NOT LISTED AT, UM, DID, DID SHE? I HAVEN'T SEEN TIFFANY IN MUCH.

WAS I THERE LAST TIME? , NOW I'M THINKING, WAS I THERE? I REMEMBER HER ONE TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

SHE, SHE DID COME ONE LAST TIME BEFORE SHE STEPPED OUT.

BEFORE SHE STEPPED AWAY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I'LL MOVE IT THOUGH.

NO, NO.

IF SHE, IF SHE DID, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.

YEAH.

AND I WILL, I BELIEVE THAT WAS, AND WE DID NOT MEET IN DECEMBER.

IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SLEPT SOME , SO YEAH.

I MOVE.

WE APPROVE WITH THAT CHANGE MOTION BY THE LIST.

WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM LVF.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED FOR OCTOBER 20TH AND NOVEMBER 17TH ARE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT I DEEPLY APPRECIATE FOR NOT ATTENDING THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARADE.

I GOT MY DATES MIXED UP AND I HAD TO GO.

I JUST BECAME PRESIDENT OF Q'S CLUB AND THEY WERE HAVING DIVISION COUNCIL AND I HAD TO GO TO IT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I APOLOGIZE.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR .

I DON'T KNOW.

, I SAY CONDOLENCES.

CONDOLENCES IS MORE LIKE IT.

NOBODY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER FOR ANYTHING ANYMORE.

CONGRATULATIONS AND CONDOLENCES, YOU KNOW, LEAVE.

YEAH.

SO SOMEONE HAS TO STEP UP.

YEAH.

AND YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE SUPPORTING ANY WAY OF YOU.

BUT I FELT SO BAD.

I JUST TOLD MY HUSBAND, I'M SO, YOU ARE SO FORGIVEN.

WE'LL GET TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE .

MINDY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT THE VIDEO PROJECT? I BELIEVE WE HAVE FILMED ALL CMC MEMBERS THAT WAS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.

DID WE GET YOURS DONE, ALVIA? YEAH.

I HAD TO CANCEL ONCE BECAUSE I WAS SICK, BUT YEAH, I DID IT YESTERDAY.

PERFECT.

SO YOU HAD YOUR STARRING MOMENT TOO.

UM, WE WILL FINISH FILMING ON SUNDAY.

WE ARE FILMING, OR NICK IS FILMING OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION OF GARLAND ON SUNDAY AT FAR WHEEL AND THEN THE GARLAND OF PEEWEE CLUB ORGANIZATION.

PEEWEE WHO? GARLAND KIWI.

I'M, I'M NOT HEARING YOU CLEARLY.

SORRY.

OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION OF GARLAND.

THAT'S THE NAME OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION.

I WILL FACT CHECK MYSELF.

.

OKAY.

UM, NICK IS FILMING THAT ORGANIZATION ON SATURDAY AT FIRE WHEEL.

OKAY.

THEY'RE AN EDUCATION NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

OKAY.

AND THEN ON SUNDAY, UH, NICK IS FILMING THE GARLAND TVB ASSOCIATION.

PV KIWI EWI SPORTS.

KIWI SPORTS.

YEAH.

AT HALFORD ON SUNDAY.

AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR FILMING.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO INTEGRATE NAACP FROM PREVIOUS FOOTAGE SUCH AS THE, UM, K PARADE AND THEN, UM, ALSO GAR, ANY ORCHESTRA.

WE HAVE SOME B-ROLL.

WE SHOULD HAVE SOME B-ROLL TAPES OF THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE INCLUDED.

AND THEN, SO ONCE WE'RE DONE FILMING ON SUNDAY, IT'LL BE EDITING TIME.

DO YOU HAVE TIME YET FOR EDITING? MM-HMM.

.

I DO NOT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

.

THAT WAS NOT A SMALL FEAT.

AND I'M GONNA PAUSE NOW.

WELCOME MADAM VICE CHAIR AND LET'S DO SOME QUICK INTRODUCTIONS AND IF YOU WOULD SAY YOUR NAME AND WHAT DISTRICT YOU REPRESENT, HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN SERVING ON THE CMC, AND WHY YOU DO IT.

VERY QUICKLY.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER TO WELCOME.

AND

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WE WOULD LOVE FOR HER TO MEET EVERYONE.

AND THEN WE'LL MEET HER.

AND CAN WE START WITH YOU, ISAAC? MY NAME IS ISAAC AU.

I REPRESENT THE SEC DISTRICT TWO, AND THAT'S, UH, WHAT THE NAME OF MY MAYOR ALWAYS GET HERE NEXT UP.

BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ACTUALLY RUNNING MY FIRST YEAR.

I JUST COMPLETED MY FIRST YEAR.

THANK YOU.

AND WHY AM I IN IT? BECAUSE I SIMPLY AS I, I LIKE GEOPOLITICS AND THE ONLY WAY YOU SOMETIMES PLAY WITH GEOPOLITICS IS IN PART OF THAT NEXT, NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU, ISAAC.

THIS YEAR I AM BASH.

SHE, I REPRESENT, UH, THE MAYOR, UH, DISTRICT, UH, I DON'T KNOW EVEN DISTRICT.

UH, IT IS MY THIRD TERM ON THE COMMISSION.

UH, I WAS A PIONEER MEMBER FROM THE BEGINNING, , SECOND TIME, THIS IS MY THIRD TIME.

AND, UH, I LOVE TO BE IN POLITICS.

SO NOW I JUST, UH, DO THE NO-PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN, IN TEXAS.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

I'M LV FLORES.

I'M FROM DISTRICT SEVEN.

I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO GET IN HERE, , BUT THE LADY THAT WAS HERE WOULDN'T QUIT.

.

WHEN SHE DID RETIRE, UH, THE MAYOR APPOINTED ME AND ASKED, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED? CUZ I HAD BEEN BUGGING ROBERT FOR .

UH, I LOVE GARLAND AND, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN.

THANK YOU, AVIA.

MY NAME IS KHA PREK AND I'M WITH DISTRICT FOUR, BJ WILLIAMS. I WAS APPOINTED BY THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL, MR. BOOKOUT AND, UM, BJ AND I HAVE A LONG HISTORY.

I SERVED ON THE LIBRARY BOARD COMMITTEE FOR I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY 12 YEARS OR SO.

IT WAS A LONG TIME.

AND, UM, HE, BJ RE APPOINTED ME TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS CMC COMMITTEE.

AND THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, WHY, WHY THAT? MM-HMM.

, WHY DO I SERVE? UM, I DO NOT, AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS STRONGLY.

I DO NOT CARE FOR POLITICS.

I AM THE PERSON THAT PREFERS TO BE BEHIND THE SCENE TO SEE WHY THINGS WORK THE WAY THAT THEY WORK.

AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT, UM, SPEAKS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

JUST LIKE I SAID, THE LIBRARY BOARD, THE C M C, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S OVERWHELMING.

AND, UM, ONE THING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE MADAME CHAIR FOR WHEN SHE FIRST CAME IN, SHE MADE SURE, SHE REMINDED ME THAT I VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD AND IF I VOLUNTEERED, I NEEDED TO BE HERE AND BE A PART OF IT.

AND IF I WAS NOT CAPABLE OF DOING THAT, THEN MAYBE THIS WAS NOT THE BOARD FOR ME.

WHEN SHE PUT HER FOOT DOWN WITH ME, BECAUSE I DID GET BABIED A LOT ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, , THEY WOULD TEXT ME TODAY OF AND SAY, WE HAVE A MEETING.

IT WASN'T THAT I DIDN'T WANNA BE COMMITTED, I JUST, I HAD A LOT GOING ON.

I HAD KIDS WORK JUST A LOT GOING ON, BUT SHE MADE ME REALIZE THIS IS SOMETHING I WANNA BE A PART OF, SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE AND ADD VALUE TO THIS COMMITTEE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

KOHAR.

AND KASHARA IS THE VICE CHAIR JUST RECENTLY ELECTED AND STEPS UP A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME.

SO IT WAS NOT A LAG OF DESIRE, IT WAS A SCHEDULING CHALLENGE.

I AM KIMBERLY.

THANKS.

I HAVE BEEN SERVING ON THE C M C SINCE 2020, I THINK.

UM, I DID NOT EXPECT TO BECOME THE CHAIR, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO THIS WORK UNTIL ONE OF YOU WONDERFUL YOUNG PEOPLE ARE READY TO TAKE OVER NEXT YEAR.

AND I AM INVOLVED.

I SERVE, UH, IN DISTRICT EIGHT, ROBERT JOHN SMITH IS MY COUNCILMAN, AND HE IS SERVING HIS LAST TERM NOW.

SO I AM GOING TO MISS HIM VERY MUCH BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN DELIGHTFUL TO WORK WITH.

BUT I GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY AND THAT I HADN'T PARTICIPATED LIKE I SHOULD.

AND I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO EVEN THOUGH OTHER STUFF IS GOING ON, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IF YOU HAVE THINGS HAPPENING AND YOU WANNA KNOW WHY THAT THINGS DON'T WORK OR DO, THEN YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SOMETHING.

THIS IS NOT A CEREMONIAL COMMISSION.

WE HAVE WORK TO DO AND EVERYONE HERE DOES DO THAT.

SO IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL.

MERRILL, I'M MERRILL VALENCI.

I AM RETIRED HERE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO I'VE BEEN IN LIVING IN GARLAND ABOUT 30 YEARS AND I'VE JUST ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STUFF I, I SERVE ONE YEAR ON THE, UH, CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE AND THEN I'VE, THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR I BELIEVE, ON THE MULTICULTURAL.

AND I JUST LIKE TO STAY INVOLVED WITH THE CITY AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, YOU KNOW, IN GARLAND.

PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE HIDDEN, BUT I ALWAYS TELL SOMEBODY, WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERY

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CITY HAS SOMETHING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN GARLAND.

BUT I, I JUST ENJOY, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC AND BEING IN THE PUBLIC AND KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON.

LIZ, THANK YOU.

MERYL.

LIZ HARLING, UH, LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT I WAS APPOINTED BY DISTRICT SEVEN AND, UH, I, MY KIDS WENT TO RICHARDSON SCHOOLS CUZ WE LIVE RIGHT ON THE BORDER.

AND SO THAT WAS MY LIFE FOR A LONG TIME.

AND, BUT I'VE LIVED IN GARLAND FOR 23 YEARS, SO WHEN THEY WERE OFF AND GONE, IT'S LIKE, GET BACK AND GET INVOLVED IN WHERE I ACTUALLY LIVE.

, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, .

MY NAME IS JASMINE SANCHEZ.

UM, I'M APPOINT, I WAS APPOINTED TO DISTRICT FIVE AND UM, THIS IS MY FIRST DAY HERE.

YAY.

I DECIDED TO BE PART OF THE MULTICULTURAL COMMITTEE AS I SAID EARLIER, UM, BECAUSE I WAS PART OF THE GARLAND U COUNCIL AND I, I LIKED BEING INVOLVED WITHIN GARLAND AND SO I KIND OF MISSED BEING INVOLVED.

SO THEN THAT'S WHEN MARGARET CAME IN AND SHE TOLD ME IF I WAS INTERESTED AND SO I APPLIED.

YEAH, I WANNA GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE SO GLAD SHE DID.

WELCOME JASMINE.

THANK YOU.

HELLO, I'M MINDY.

I STARTED IN 2020.

UM, WHAT ELSE? OH, I'M IN DISTRICT SIX.

UH, MY COUNCIL PERSON IS MR. ROBERT.

UM, WHY AM I INVOLVED? THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE JUMPED IN AND YOU ARE ONE OF OUR MOST ACTIVE COMMISSION MEMBERS.

THANK YOU ALL.

OUR NEXT ITEM OF AND WELCOME JASMINE, WE ARE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS QUESTION.

OH, BACK TO THE, THE VIDEO.

OH, VIDEO.

YOU'RE NOT DONE.

UH, YES.

THE EDITING TIME.

IF YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE LIKE AN EDITING OR HOW DO YOU WANNA, SO IF I, I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT THE RAW FOOTAGE.

OKAY.

AND IF, IF IT'S A TIME THAT I CAN WORK AROUND, I WOULD LOVE TO BE THERE.

I DON'T WANT IT TO STALL BECAUSE OF ME, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DID CORPORATE VIDEO FOR A LIVING FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD TO HAVE EYES ON IF I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

YOU HAVE GENERAL NOTES TO GIVE PROBABLY, AND WE'LL SEE.

OKAY.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT THE RAW, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN ANYTHING.

I KNOW WHAT YOUR ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS.

YEAH.

AND I LOVE THAT.

BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF SHOOTING HAS BEEN DONE.

YES.

AND I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT 90 SECONDS? I THINK WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE, WE HAVE A LOT OF MATERIALS FROM A LOT OF SHOTS THAT HE HAS FROM OTHER EVENTS.

YEAH.

AND, AND IT'S, IT'S GREAT THAT WE WON'T HAVE TALKING HEADS, BUT IT'S ALSO HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S CONSUMABLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN JUST PUT OUT A FEW, IF, IF, IF YOU CAN HAVE HIM SHARE A FEW AVAILABLE TIMES.

IF I CAN MAKE IT, I'LL BE THERE.

OKAY.

I'LL SEE IF HE CAN PUT IT IN LIKE A GOOGLE ADDRESS.

YEAH.

IS THAT, IS THAT LIKE A, A DOODLE POLL? YOU MEAN LIKE A GOOGLE DRIVE LINK? SO CAN SEE IT.

HE MAY HAVE, I DUNNO.

THERE'S GOVERNMENT VERSION WE SHARE.

WE SHARE.

SHARE.

OKAY.

I CAN DO THAT.

I'LL ASK.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MINDY.

BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING AND YOU KNOW, I, I ENJOYED MY FILMING OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT GOT A CHANCE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY I BELONG HERE.

IT WAS FUN.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE VIDEO ABOUT? IT WAS ABOUT US.

YOU, UM, SO A LOT OF THE MEMBERS HERE GOT TO SHARE THEIR STORY ABOUT WHY GARLAND AND WHY THEY ENJOY LIVING IN GARLAND OR WHAT MADE THEIR, WHAT ABOUT CARLIN MADE THEM SUCCESSFUL? OKAY.

YEAH.

AND THE, THE POINT BEING PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT, JUST LIKE YOU DIDN'T, LIKE I DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK ANYONE DID UNTIL THEY DID.

PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.

AND OUR MISSION REALLY IS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG.

AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THAT HAPPENS.

BUT THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE PSA FOR THE CMC AND IT'S, YOU BELONG HERE IS THE THEME.

WE BELONG HERE.

UM, AND IT'S A GOOD THING.

DO YOU WANNA DO A SPOT? I THINK A D EI VIDEO FEATURING A LOT OF NONPROFITS THEN.

OKAY.

BECAUSE IF HE'S SHOOTING THIS WEEKEND AND YOU WANT TO, YOU COULD ABSOLUTELY AT LEAST RECORD.

YOU BELONG HERE SAYING, I BELONG HERE.

MM-HMM.

, I BELONG HERE.

OKAY.

YOU BELONG HERE.

OKAY.

MINDY'S.

OKAY.

MINDY'S RUNNING THERE.

OKAY.

RETREAT DISCUSSION.

SO WE AGREED ON A DATE FOR THE RETREAT AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT YOUR CHAIR IS

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NOT AVAILABLE ON THAT DATE, HAVE A WORK THING THAT CAME UP THAT I DON'T HAVE AN OPTION ABOUT ATTENDING.

SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT AN ALTERNATE DATE.

BUT I DO HAVE SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING TO SHARE ABOUT THE RETREAT TO SEE IF YOU ALL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS.

WE HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE ASKED JUDSON REX, THE NEW CITY MANAGER WHO HAS JUST SWORN IN THIS TUESDAY, AND THE MAYOR, UM, TO DO A MODERATED INTERVIEW PANEL AND THEN SOME Q AND A ON THE ROLES OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR AND THE GARLAND GOVERNMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAYOR DOES AND WHAT THE CITY MANAGER DOES AND WHERE THE POWER LIES FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR OF THE RETREAT.

AND THEN THE SECOND PART WOULD BE A BRAINSTORM.

VERY LIKE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WHERE WE WOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T WORK, AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL ABOUT THAT? SOUNDS GOOD.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M, I'M GOING, I'M GOING TO GET, WE NEED TWO DATES TO OFFER THEM AND TEENTH FEBRUARY JUST A LITTLE BIT.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY.

SO IT DOESN'T, THE 11TH AND 18TH WE HAD THE 11TH AND THE EIGHTH.

19TH.

YEAH, I CAN DO THE 11TH.

WHICH DATE IS THE ONE I CAN'T DO? HOLD ON.

.

I THINK 11 WAS WHAT WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT.

YEAH.

AND THAT'S THE ONE I CAN'T, YEAH.

AND THAT'S THE ONE I CAN'T DO.

I HAVE A CONFERENCE THAT I HAVE TO BE AT, BUT WE DID CHOOSE THE 18TH AS WELL.

THE 18TH WAS OUR ALTERNATE.

SO IT WAS FEBRUARY 18TH.

STILL WORK? YES.

I'M NOT TOO SURE FOR ME.

UM, I'M NOT SURE FOR ME.

OKAY.

SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO FIND OUT CHAIR? I WON'T BE, I WON'T BE AROUND ON THE 18TH.

I'M, I'VE BEEN HOUSTON FROM 11TH DOWN, SO.

SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE ON THE 11TH? EIGHTH.

I WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE ON THE 11TH.

I'M GOING TO HOUSTON.

I HAVE A CONFERENCE HERE TO, YOU KNOW, PERTAINING TO MY CHURCH AND I HAVE TO BE THERE.

WHEN DO YOU RETURN? I'M RETURNING ON THE SUNDAY.

UH, 18 IS UH, WHAT SATURDAY? SATURDAY.

I'M RETURNING ON SUNDAY AT WEEK.

AND THE FO AND THE WEEK OF THE, SO IS THE 25TH AN OPTION FOR YOU? THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

I CAN DO THAT.

OKAY.

OTHERS? I CAN DO THE 25TH CUZ IT'LL BE IN THE MORNING, RIGHT? UHHUH? .

I CAN DO THE 25TH IN THE MORNING.

I THINK I COULD TOO.

OKAY.

NINE TO 12.

WHAT HAVE I GOT FIRST? OKAY.

NINE TO 12 ON THE 25TH.

WORK FOR YOU MADAM VICE CHAIR.

YES, IT DOES.

I'M READ THAT DATE.

LOOK AT US FINDING A DATE LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

THE 25TH.

.

WELL, I HAVE A QUIL IN RETREAT, BUT I'LL TAKE TIME OFF.

.

.

PARDON ME.

QUIL.

MINDY.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET BNE OUT OF HERE.

MINDY.

MINDY IS IS TAKING US OFF TRACK, BUT YES.

YOU CAN ASK THAT QUESTION AFTERWARDS.

YEAH.

.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

DID YOU WANT TO HAVE TWO DATES? I THOUGHT YOU SAID WE HAVE.

YEAH, LET'S LOOK AT THE, LET'S LOOK AT, TALK TO THEM.

LET'S, WHAT, WHAT DOES THE FOLLOWING WEEK LOOK LIKE, FOLKS? THE FOLLOWING WEEK DOES NOT WORK FOR ME.

OKAY.

THE THIRD OR THE FOURTH DOESN'T WORK.

OKAY.

SO THE, THE FOURTH AND THE FIFTH.

MARCH 11TH.

MARCH 11TH WOULD BE FINE FOR ME.

YEAH.

MI UM, JASMINE, ISAAC, YEAR.

UH, I'M OPEN.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M OPEN.

WHAT DAY WAS THAT? MARCH 11TH.

THIS IS A SATURDAY, MINDY.

OKAY.

WOO.

I LOVE IT WHEN THINGS ACTUALLY LIKE WORK OUT.

SO WE WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT SOLIDIFIED AND BE THINKING WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T, WHAT DO WE WANNA DO THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE YET? MULTICULTURAL FILM FESTIVAL.

THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER.

DO WE HAVE MORE? MO IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING I NEEDED TO TELL YOU.

I DID SPEAK WITH, UH, THE DIRECTOR, UM, AMY ROSEN.

MM-HMM.

, AND I CAN'T THINK I GOT HER NAME RIGHT.

YEAH.

AND SHE SAID, YES, SHE'S GOING TO LOOK FOR A THIRD THURSDAY THAT SHE CAN COME AND MEET WITH YOU GUYS AND HAVE A PLANNING DISCUSSION OR DISCUSSION

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ABOUT A MULTICULTURAL FILM.

SUPER.

SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW I'VE SPOKEN WITH HER AND SHE THANK YOU UNTIL THIRD THURSDAY.

GREAT.

AND YOU KNOW, LET HER KNOW WE, WE, WE, WE'LL GIVE HER 15 MINUTES.

WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EFFICIENT THESE DAYS, SO LET'S DO IT.

UM, UPCOMING EVENTS.

OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? MINDY? UM, SO ONE OF THE MINUTES, I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER, THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO A CMC 20TH ANNIVERSARY.

WAS THAT THIS YEAR? NO.

YES.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THIS ANYTHING? YEAH.

IT, IT IS.

AND I GOT SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE, UH, FROM CHRISTINA MM-HMM.

.

AND SHE'S ASKING ME TO ANSWER SOME OF THE WHAT, WHY, WHEN, AND HOW.

AND I'M WORKING WITH ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS IN THE CONVENTION OF VISITORS BUREAU.

THE, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM? THE VISIT GARLAND? YEAH, YEAH.

VISIT GARLAND FOLKS TO HELP ME ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

WHAT'S THE BEST TIME, WHAT'S THE BEST PLACE? WHAT WERE THE THINGS LOOK LIKE? SO THOSE QUESTIONS, HE'S GOT THEM YESTERDAY.

I GOT IT FROM HER YESTERDAY.

AND HE'S GONNA ANSWER THOSE AND THEN I'LL PUSH 'EM BACK OUT TO HER.

RIGHT.

BUT IT'S THIS YEAR, RIGHT? 2020? YEAH.

OH YEAH.

OKAY.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO JUST, HE'S GONNA HELP US DECIDE.

HE'S GONNA HELP US PLAN, UH, SUMMER OR FALL.

I JUST WASN'T SURE WHEN THE, I THINK IT WAS ARE YOU ON THE COMMITTEE, MINDY? YEAH.

NO, I WAS JUST THEN, THEN I WAS JUST WONDERING WHEN THE 20TH YEAR WAS, IF IT WAS LAST YEAR.

IT WAS 2022.

OH, 2022.

BUT WE'RE CELEBRATING IT THIS YEAR.

MM-HMM.

BECAUSE IT'S THIS YEAR.

.

SO BE IT.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? UH, THE ONE OF ALL IS THAT ON HERE? NO UPCOMING EVENTS? YES.

YES, IT IS NUMBER FOUR.

YES.

SO NEVERMIND.

OKAY, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THOSE IN A SECOND.

MM-HMM.

.

SO ONE THING, UH, JUST A REVIEW OF OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PARADE.

WE HAD A STRONG DESIRE FOR THE C M C TO FOLLOW THE LONG TRADITION OF MARCHING IN THE PARADE.

IT WAS SOMETHING WE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO DO.

ELVIA AND ISAAC WERE BOTH ILL AND COULD NOT PARTICIPATE.

THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO MARCHED, LIZ, MERRILL, MYSELF, AND CHARLES WERE NOT THE PEOPLE WHO INSISTED IT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD TO DO.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF US, IF WE THINK SOMETHING MATTERS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CMC IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN, AND THE MLK PARADE, THE TRADITION THAT WE'VE HAD, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR CALENDAR EVERY YEAR, WE NEED PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.

NOW JENNIFER IS ALSO GOING THROUGH CHEMO RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S VERY UNDERSTANDABLE THAT SHE WAS NOT ABLE, BUT IT MATTERED SO MUCH TO HER THAT WE DO IT.

AND, AND SHE WAS GLAD I SAW HER ON SUNDAY AND SHE WAS SO GLAD THAT WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO, BUT WHEN I SAW HER SUNDAY, SHE WAS VERY WEAK.

AND, YOU KNOW, LV FOUGHT, UH, UH, AN INFECTION FOR OVER A MONTH AND WAS NOT WELL AT ALL.

ISAAC WAS VERY ILL.

MINDY WAS TRAVELING.

WE HAVE TO, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AS A GROUP OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.

SO CHARLES HAD A GREAT SUGGESTION FOR US.

AND WE'RE GONNA DO THIS THE NEXT TIME.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE BANNER AND ALL THE THINGS TOGETHER AT OUR NOVEMBER MEETING IN A CONTAINER SO THAT, AND DETERMINE WHO WILL PICK IT UP AND WHO WILL BE THE BACKUP PERSON TO PICK IT UP UP IN JANUARY.

AND THEN PICK IT ALL UP.

PICK IT ALL UP AND MAKE SURE IT GETS THERE.

BUT WE'RE GONNA DO ALL PUT, YOU KNOW, PUT THE CANDY BAGS TOGETHER CUZ WE WERE PUTTING CANDY IN THE, IN THE BAGGIES AND EVERYTHING.

DO ALL OF THAT AT OUR NOVEMBER MEETING.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

I AGREE.

MADAME CHAIR.

IT IS A GREAT IDEA.

TEACHER STILL IDEAS.

.

I WAS LIKE, YEAH.

AND BEING THAT THIS TOPIC WAS BROUGHT UP, I WANT TO, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT.

WE, WE ARE NOT TALK.

NO ONE'S TALKING ABOUT IT.

WE TOLD PEOPLE WHO WE WERE.

YES MA'AM.

MADAM CHAIR.

JUST BECAUSE I PROMISED ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT I EMPHASIZE ABOUT THE PUBLIC INPUT MEETING FOR THE SENIOR CENTER.

IF YOU GUYS COULD PRESS THAT OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITIES THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A PUBLIC INPUT MEETING ABOUT THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THE SENIOR CENTER ON THE 24TH AND THE TIMES YOU'RE THERE.

WE ENTER IT AND THEN AUDUBON AND THEN AUDUBON.

SO IF YOU COULD PUSH THAT OUT ANY WAY YOU CAN THROUGH YOUR CONTEXT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THEN I'LL JUST KIND OF ADDED THAT THE MANAGER RETIRING ON FEBRUARY, HIS CELEBRATION ON FEBRUARY 9TH.

IS IT HERE? IT'S GONNA BE, BUT I, WELL I DO HAVE THE, THE TIME THERE.

OKAY.

THEY'RE USUALLY TWO TO FOUR.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

A HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY FOR

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GROUND POWER ON LIGHT ATTENTION IS HAPPEN ON 100 ANNIVERSARY.

AND THEY SAID IF YOU GUYS WANNA COME BY AND JUST, YOU'RE PART OF THE FESTIVITIES.

SURE.

IT'S GONNA BE SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH.

IT'S TAX DAY.

SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, THAT'S EXCITING.

AND I ALSO WANNA ADD ONE MORE THING.

I RECEIVED AN INVITATION, SO I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO SHARE THE INVITATION FOR THE ONE THIS PAST SUNDAY, UM, FROM JASON LEE.

UM, THE TET 2023 AND FLAG RAISING CEREMONY IS THIS COMING SUNDAY, THE 22ND AT 10:30 AM AT THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY CENTER ON BELTLINE.

UM, I WENT TO THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL, UH, LAST SUNDAY AND WAS THERE WITH THE MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCILPERSON HENDRICK AND VERA.

AND WAS THAT IT? IT WAS JUST THE THREE, THREE OF US I GUESS.

UM, AND IT WAS LOUD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE FIREWORKS ALWAYS ARE AND THEY HAD THE LION DANCING AND THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE REALLY FUN EXCITING THINGS AT KELLY SAIGON MALL.

AND THIS IS A MORE, UM, FORMAL THING, BUT EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION IS INVITED.

AND I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE SURE I FORWARD THESE INVITATIONS WHEN JASON SENDS THEM BECAUSE THEY LOVE TO SEE US.

AND YOU KNOW, JENNIFER SERVED AND CHAIR THIS COMMISSION FOR SO LONG, IT'S AN HONOR TO HER AS WELL WHEN WE DO SHOW UP.

SO IT WAS REALLY NICE.

SO IF YOU'RE ABLE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COMMITTED TO IN ADVANCE, BUT IF YOU ARE ABLE SUNDAY AT 10 30 AT THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW RIGHT.

ALMOST RIGHT NEXT TO KELLY SAIGA MALL.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

AND I AM PLAN.

I WILL BE THERE.

NOW WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE CELEBRATING? TET TET IS, UH, NEW YEAR.

YEAH, I SAW AN ADVERTISEMENT, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, I, I REMEMBERED FOR ME, UM, WHEN I WAS A SCHOOL KID, THE TET OFFENSIVE WAS THE VIETNAMESE, WHAT WAS THE WAR BATTLE THAT WAS SO TR TREMENDOUSLY HORRIBLE FOR THE LOSS OF LIFE.

AND IT WAS LIKE, I KNOW WHAT TED IS.

IT, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THAT I KNEW.

BUT IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS COOL.

IT WAS VERY COOL.

SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ATTEND 10 30 ON THE 22ND, UM, ALL OF THESE EVENTS, PLEASE SHARE IN YOUR SOCIAL, IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS, IN WHATEVER WAY THAT YOU COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT INCLUDES CHURCH, COMMUNITY, ORGANIZATIONS, WORK, WHATEVER.

BECAUSE WE'D LOVE TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE AT EVERYTHING.

THAT'S GARLAND WINTER BALL.

DO WE BUY TICKETS? DADDY? IF YOU GUYS DESIRE TO DO SO, THEN NOT DO THE, DOES ANYONE WANT TO ATTEND THE NAACP WINTER BALL? IT IS A FORMAL EVENT.

WHAT IS IT? IT IS FEBRUARY 17TH.

A FRIDAY.

IS THAT FRIDAY? YES IT IS.

AND I AM NOT A A A FORMAL PERSON, BUT I, I'LL THROW TOGETHER SOMETHING IF, IF PEOPLE WANNA GO, I WILL BE AT THE EVENT.

BUT I WILL BE THERE WITH THE NAACP.

IT'LL BE ON A FRIDAY FOR CAPACITY.

YES MA'AM.

YOU GUYS CAN EMAIL ME.

THE HYATT OFF OF ONE 90 WORKS FOR YOU.

OKAY.

I THINK I CAN.

AND IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD EMAIL RENEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOING AND YOU KNOW, LET, LET US ALL KNOW.

CUZ IF SOMEONE'S GOING, I'LL GO.

I WON'T GO.

IF SOMEONE'S NOT, THAT MEANS YOU'RE GONNA SIT WITH US.

.

NOT IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO ALVIA.

YOUR HUSBAND LIKES ME MORE THAN YOU DO.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

OKAY.

UH, AND JUST KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING FORMAL.

IT IS PREFERRED THAT YOU WEAR FORMAL.

CAUSE IT'S ONE TIME WE GET TO ACTUALLY DRESS UP REALLY PRETTY.

BUT, UM, CHURCH ATTI, YOUR BEST CHURCH ATTIRE WORKS AS WELL.

YEAH.

BUT PEOPLE LOOK REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

YES.

THEY THEY REALLY PUT IT ON AND IT'S LIKE, I LOVE, I LOVE THAT.

IT'S JUST NOT ME.

, I, I, I'M THRIFTY.

I DON'T BUY ONE SINGLE OCCASION LORD WARDROBE.

YOU KNOW? YEAH.

I HAVE SOME OF THOSE DRESSES.

YEAH.

THE, THE, THE, THE LAST TIME I DID THAT I WAS GETTING MARRIED, .

OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS IN THAT CASE? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT SIX 30.