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DEAN, DISTRICT TWO.SHE WAS, UH, MIDDLE DISTRICT FOUR.
LAUREN BRUNS, DISTRICT SEVEN, KEN, ER, MAYOR'S, APPOINTEE, PRESENT.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON FIRST? THE, UH, HAS ANYBODY READ THE MINUTES? YES, I DO.
IT'S BEEN SO, SUCH A LONG TIME AGO.
WELL, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO, UH, PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE THE MINUTES, PROPOSE TO PASS, PASS THE MEETING.
SAY AGAIN? WE'D LIKE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS, UH, WRITTEN.
I, I, I, AYE, I, AYE, THAT'S GOOD.
AND WHAT ARE WE ON TO FIRST TODAY? BOB, BEFORE WE START, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN WE HAVE LAUREN AND KIM JUST, UH, TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELVES REAL QUICK TO THE BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY.
I'M REPRESENTING DISTRICT SEVEN.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY.
I HAVE A RECYCLING BACKGROUND AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND BEING INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN A GARLAND PRETTY MUCH ALL MY LIFE AND, UM, I LOVE IT HERE.
I, UM, HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GET INVOLVED IN A BOARD FOR A GOOD LONG TIME, SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I HAVE A GARLAND NEWS WEBSITE, UH, THAT I'VE HAD FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS.
AND, UM, I LOVE COVERING THINGS THAT, FUN THINGS AND GOOD THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AROUND THE CITY.
AND, UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT, I GUESS.
WELL, I GUESS IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON TO ANNUAL ELECTIONS.
SO WE, WE WILL START WITH THE CHAIRMAN.
SO WE'LL NEED A NOMINATION AND THEN WE'LL NEED A SECOND.
AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SAME WITH FOR THE VICE CHAIR.
YOU WANT TO DO THIS MORE? BOB? YOU WANT ME TO, I WILL.
SO SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SECOND THAT.
AND THEN EVERYBODY'S GOTTA VOTE.
YOU LEAD THE VOTE IN SAYING EVERYBODY VOTES.
EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? JIM, EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF ME STAYING IN THIS CHAIR AND DOING THIS FOR ANOTHER YEAR? SAY AYE.
NOW WAS THAT URIEL OR JIM FOR THE BYLAWS? JIM, YOU ARE OUR RESIDENT VICE CHAIR.
DO YOU WANT TO DO IT
OKAY, WELL, I SAID IN THAT, OKAY,
EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF RETAINING JIM IS VICE CHAIR.
EVERYBODY BUT JIM
ALRIGHT, WHO ELSE DID I FORGET YOUR NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
OKAY, NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA.
SO, SO JIM IS OUR RESIDENT EXPERT ON THE BYLAWS.
AND, UM, AND ONE OF OUR RECENT MEETING, NOT MEETINGS, UH, WE DISCUSSED PERHAPS CHANGING THE FREQUENCY OF THESE MEETINGS TO QUARTERLY RATHER THAN MONTHLY IN THE HOPES OF HAVING A QUORUM.
AND, UH, REALLY THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL TO DECIDE IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT DO OR NOT DO.
WELL, IT WOULD BE EASIER TO HAVE A QUORUM IF WE HAVE ALL THE SEATS FILLED.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING TOO.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE SUGGESTING THAT WE WERE DOWN TO FIVE PEOPLE, SORTA MM-HMM.
SO, BUT EVERYBODY SHOULD GET A, A, UH, OUT AT THAT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, KEN? WELL, YURI, DO YOU WANT TO, YOU, YOU WERE MENTIONING HOW SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS DON'T MEET MONTHLY.
I, I THINK WE ARE THE ONLY BOARD THAT MEETS MONTHLY.
EVERYONE ELSE MEETS QUARTERLY.
IT'S JUST A CONVENIENCE FOR THE, FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.
EVEN FOR THE MULTICULTURAL, THE QUARTERLY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE COULD JUST PACK MORE INTO THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETINGS WE DO HAVE.
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SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT THE AGENDA'S LOW ON THE THIN SIDE ANYWAY.AND THIS WOULD SORT OF JUST GUARANTEE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE MORE TO SINK YOUR TEETH INTO.
MAY I SUGGEST WE SHOW OF HANDS THAT IF PEOPLE THINK THAT WE'D HAVE MORE ATTENDANCE BY SHOWING UP QUARTERLY THAN WE, THAN WE WOULD MONTHLY? NO, NO, YOU GO AHEAD.
I MEAN,
IF IT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD FIT INTO ARTICLE FIVE, I BELIEVE.
AND WE DO, WE COULD EITHER, I THINK JUST SPECIFY WE MONTH, YOU KNOW, WHICH MONTHS WE WANTED TO MEET, WHICH WOULD BE, IF WE DO IT, IT COULD BE JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, UM, THREE MONTHS AFTER JULY.
WHAT, WHAT, HOWEVER THAT, YOU KNOW, OR, OR IF SOMEBODY'S GOT BETTER IDEAS ON WHICH MONTHS WE OUGHT TO MEET.
WE'RE IN THE FIRST QUARTER NOW, SO YEAH.
SO FIRST QUARTER, QUARTER IT ACTUALLY WORKS OUT.
SO NEXT WILL BE JUNE, RIGHT? YES.
NOW THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION AT THE VERY SAME MEETING, NON MEETING ABOUT ATTENDANCE SINCE HALF THE PEOPLE WERE RILED UP.
DO WE WANNA DISCUSS THAT AT THIS POINT OR? SURE.
ADDING IT IN THE BYLAWS AS TO HOW OFTEN THANK I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE.
IF YOU MISSED URIEL, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF YOU MISSED TWO MEETINGS NO, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE, THE THING THAT, THE SECOND THING THAT I ALSO REMEMBER THAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO DISCUSS THE ATTENDANCE AND MAKING A, WELL, IF WE'RE MODIFYING THE BYLAWS, MIGHT AS WELL ADD THAT TO IT.
BECAUSE IF WE MISS A QUORUM ON A QUARTERLY MEETING, THAT'S GONNA BE ROUGH.
IT IS ALSO UNDER ARTICLE FIVE.
WE COULD STRIKE, WE COULD JUST LEAVE A MAJORITY.
A MAJORITY OR CHANGE THE WORDING TO A MAJORITY OF APPOINTED MEMBERS.
'CAUSE BUT RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT ONE OPEN SEAT.
WE WE'RE STUCK WITH THAT THEN.
WHAT, WHAT I'VE DONE IN, IN OTHER COMMITTEES, UM, YOU MAKE IT MANDATORY.
SO THEY ATTEND AT LEAST THREE OF THE FOUR MEETINGS.
YOU HAVE FOUR PER YEAR, SO YOU GOTTA ATTEND AT LEAST THREE.
CAN WE MAKE A MOTION TO THAT? THAT'S YOU GUYS.
ONE OF YOU GUYS HAS TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
MOTION THAT WE AMEND IT TO ATTEND THREE OF THE FOUR MEETINGS.
YEAH, I'LL SECOND CALL THAT REPLACEMENT OR I'LL SECOND THAT.
WHAT'S THE GENTLE TERM FOR THAT?
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION FOR THAT? YOU WERE IT HERE ON THE, WHAT WAS IT? THE ONE RAINY MEETING THAT WE ALL DID.
SO I, I I SUGGEST WE TAKE A VOTE ON IT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF A MOTION THAT SAYS THAT YOU MUST ATTEND THREE OUT OF THE FOUR MEETINGS, OTHERWISE YOUR SEAT IS, YOU PROPOSED THAT IT GOT, AND WE COULD AND WE COULD JUST ADD IT TO ARTICLE.
IT WOULD BE LIKE SECTION SIX OF ARTICLE FIVE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE BYLAWS THAT ANYBODY FEELS LIKE IT NEEDS A CHANGE WHILE WE'RE TO THIS DOCUMENT? EVERYBODY'S HAPPY WITH MEETING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK ON WEDNESDAYS.
WE WANT TO GO THE SECOND WEDNESDAY.
CAN THAT BE CHANGED BY VOTE REAL? WHAT WAS THAT? CAN THAT BE CHANGED BY VOTE? YEAH.
YOU GUYS CAN CHANGE THE MEETING TIMES AND THE MEETING DAYS.
ALRIGHT, SO WHILE WE'RE SAILING THROUGH THIS, IT'S BETTY TIME ALREADY.
WE'RE, WE'RE IN A HURRY, AREN'T WE? UH, WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, THE KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL UPDATES.
UM, WE ALWAYS HAVE PROJECTS GOING ON AND ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS WE DO IS THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM.
AND, UM, WE'VE HAD ONE ADOPT A HIGHWAY EVENT SO FAR.
THERE'LL BE THREE MORE DURING THE YEAR.
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER HOURS, IF, IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO NEED VOLUNTEER HOURS, CHECK OUR, UH, CALENDAR ON THE, UH, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL FACEBOOK.
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LIKE WORKING IN, UH, THE GARDENS ARMSTRONG PARK, UH, ADOPT A HIGHWAY, AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS JUST SCHEDULE PEOPLE IF PEOPLE WANT TO DO SPECIAL CLEANUPS.UH, WE PROVIDE, WHEN I SAY WE KEEP GROWING, BEAUTIFUL, WELL SEE ME, I PROVIDE THE, UH, GLOVES, THE, UH, TRASH BAGS, THE GRABBERS AND SO ON.
SO, UH, YOU CAN FIND TIMES, YOU KNOW, TO DO THE, UM, UH, VOLUNTEER HOURS.
UH, ARMSTRONG PARK IS OUR, UM, WE CALL IT BUTTERFLY GARDEN, YOU KNOW, UH, POLLINATOR GARDEN, THE REALLY BIG ONE.
AND, UH, WE WORKED THERE PROBABLY EIGHT TIMES A YEAR, USUALLY ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER WHO COME THERE.
UH, STUDENTS, WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM, UH, MA MASTER GARDENERS AND THE MASTER NATURALIST, AND JUST ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN THAT SORT OF THING COMES AND HELPS.
SO, UH, THAT IS ALSO ON FACEBOOK.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE'VE GOT ONE COMING UP IN A CO IN, THIS IS IN APRIL, I THINK WE HAVE A WORK DAY.
AND OUR NEXT REALLY BIG EVENT IS THE DUCK CREEK CLEANUP.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE.
AND, UH, THIS IS OUR, THE THIRD ONE WE'VE HAD.
AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, REALLY DOES THE PLANNING AND, UM, MICHELLE IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THAT.
AND THEN I'VE BEEN IN THE MEETINGS, UH, OF THE PLANNING.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN PLANNING, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE.
UH, BUT IT'S A, A BIG, IT'LL BE ON A SATURDAY IN MAY.
AND, UM, WE'LL BE CLEANING DUCK CREEK SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE.
WE'LL, UH, WE MET AT, UH, UH, LAWN WIND PARK THE PAST TWO YEARS, BUT NEVER, WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING FURTHER, FURTHER DOWN DUCK CREEK.
AND THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS THAT ARE, UH, GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, WHEN IS THAT DUCK CREEK? I DON'T KNOW THE DATE.
AND I, I'M SORRY, THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, I SAID LAST NIGHT AT A MEETING, I SAID IT WAS THE FOURTH, AND THEY SAID, NO, THAT'S A, THAT'S THE ELECTION DAY.
AND I SAID, OH, THAT'S, MAYBE I'VE GOT IT MIXED UP WITH THAT.
UH, THAT'S ALL THAT, UH, I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE, UH, KEEP GOING.
WE'RE ALWAYS BUSY AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS AND SO ON.
WOULD YOU TAKE ONE OF THESE AND PASS IT DOWN PLEASE? THANK YOU.
THIS IS NOW, THEN I'M GONNA SEGUE INTO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU'LL TAKE ONE AND PASS IT DOWN.
UM, WHICH IS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
AND THIS IS EVERY, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MEETING, I SAY, GIVE ME SOMEBODY'S NAME OR SOME NAME OF SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UM, UH, RECOGNIZE.
AND HERE'S THE LIST OF POSSIBILITIES OF, OF THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR.
AND, UM, I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE INCLUDED.
UH, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS TWICE A YEAR SINCE 2009.
SO WE'VE RECOGNIZED LOTS OF PEOPLE.
UM, IN NOVEMBER SINCE OUR OCTOBER MEETING, WE HAD A RECOGNITION OF STEVE SILLA.
DO Y'ALL KNOW WHO HE IS? DO KENNETH.
DO YOU KNOW WHO STEVE STILL IS? I'VE HEARD THE NAME, I'M NOT YEAH, YOU HAVE, HE LIVES IN THE VERY, VERY, VERY SOUTH PART OF GARLAND.
AND, UH, IT'S A BRAND, IT'S A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY'RE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE LAKE.
AND IT WAS REALLY A CRIME AREA BECAUSE IT'S SO HANDY, YOU KNOW, EASY TO GET TO.
AND SO, AND WITH HIS EFFORTS, HE FARMED A, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THEY, UH, OR A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR SOMETHING.
THEY PUT UP FENCES AND UH, THEY FARMED A, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM.
AND, UH, SO HE'S DONE MANY THINGS FOR HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
PEOPLE WHO, WHO WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE ARE.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
UH, AND SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT LOOK AT.
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A NAME, UM, RIGHT NOW I DO HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND.UM, AND IT'S, Y'ALL KNOW HIM, IT'S ROBERT KA WHO WAS ON OUR BOARD.
AND IF Y'ALL DO NOT, IF Y'ALL KNOW WHAT ALL ROBERT DOES, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
SO HE'S THE ONE I'M GOING TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THIS TIME.
AND IT, SINCE THIS IS MARCH, IT'LL PROBABLY BE APRIL OR MAY BEFORE WE GET, BEFORE THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
BUT THE WAY THIS IS DONE IS I, UH, INTERVIEW THE PERSON.
I WRITE UP ALL THE INFORMATION, I SEND IT TO, WELL, TO KARMA AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND SHE FILLS IN ALL THE PROCLAMATION THINGS.
AND THEN AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE MAYOR, UH, DOES THE PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO GET THOSE REALLY NICE PROCLAMATIONS SEEM TO APPRECIATE 'EM.
I MEAN, THEY'RE REALLY NICE AND GET A LOT OF GOOD, UH, THINGS SAID ABOUT 'EM.
NO, HE'S PART OF THAT TEXAS MASTER, NATURALIST PRO.
SO, UH, I WAITED, I, I MEAN I'VE KNOWN THAT HE WAS WORTH HAVING THIS, BUT I WAITED, HE GOT OFF THE BOARD.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, WELL AS AN INTERNAL JOB OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
DID WE RECOGNIZE THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL? UH, THIS WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
WE DID BECAUSE THE, THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS THEY PUT OUT.
UH, AND IN FACT, I WAS JUST TALKING TO YEL ABOUT THIS, UH, ON, THEY HAVE A SERVICE DAY AND THIS WILL BE THEIR FOURTH YEAR I THINK, TO DO THIS.
AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ALL THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT DAY.
THEY'VE HAD SOME CHANGE OF POLICY THERE, BUT WE, WE THINK THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE MAJOR CLEANUP, AND THAT'S APRIL SOMETIME MAYBE, UH, THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO ME WITH A DATE.
SO I THINK IT'LL BE PROBABLY IN APRIL.
BUT WE HAVE, UH, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL SUPPLIES, ALL THE, UH, CLEANUP THINGS FOR 'EM.
BUT BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, IF YOU HAVE A NAME OF SOMEBODY, AND I MEAN, THIS IS WIDE OPEN.
IT SAYS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS, NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, SPECIAL GROUPS OR WHOEVER.
AND YOU THINK THAT THEY HAVE DONE A, UM, A GOOD JOB THAT YOU THINK THEY SHOULD DESERVE SOME RECOGNITION.
AND, AND THEN AGAIN, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HELP ME, THAT'S FINE TOO.
SO THAT'S, IF IF, IF YOU RECALL ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, I VOLUNTEERED TO HELP YOU.
SO THAT STUFF, THAT'S STILL AN OPEN OFFER.
KEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT? I DO SEVERAL THINGS GOING ON, BUT I WANTED TO DO SOME HOUSE CLEANING FIRST.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS WHEN? JUNE.
YOU GUYS CAN ACTUALLY SET THE NEXT MEETING.
YOU CAN SET THE NEXT DATE IF YOU WANNA START NEXT, NEXT MONTH'S, AND THEN YEAH.
OR QUARTERLY AFTER NEXT MONTH.
YOU WANNA DO THE THIRD? TECHNICALLY? SO, SO TECHNICALLY THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH YEAH.
SO IF IT WORK, I MEAN, WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU GUYS.
UH, IF YOU WANNA DO, WHICH WORKS OUT THAT IT'S THE QUARTER RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A QUARTERLY MEETING AND HAVE THREE MORE THIS YEAR, YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO DO THE NEXT ONE IN JUNE.
RIGHT? WELL, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ONE MEETING WITHIN THOSE THREE MONTHS.
WELL, BUT LET'S NOT, SO WHAT YOU GUYS NEED TO DECIDE IS, DO YOU WANNA DO IT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST MONTH OF EACH QUARTER, THE SECOND MONTH OF EACH QUARTER, THE, THE THIRD MONTH OF EACH QUARTER.
THIS MEETING IS THE, THE FALL ON, FALL ON THE, UM, SECOND.
ON THE THIRD MONTH OF THE, OF THE QUARTER.
LET'S JUST DO IT EVERY THIRD MONTH.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA DO IT EVERY THREE MONTHS, THEN IT WOULD BE JUNE, SEPTEMBER, DECEMBER.
THAT'S WHY I, I WAS THINKING DECEMBER MAY NOT BE GREAT.
I'M THINKING DECEMBER MAY NOT.
THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN DECEMBER.
HERE'S THE THING, YOU GUYS CAN CHOOSE THE DATE FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL WE'LL CHOOSE THE, THE DATE FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SET ALL THE DATES FOR THE REMAINING OF THE YEAR TODAY.
SO YOU GOT APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE.
ANYBODY OBJECT TO DOING IT IN JUNE? HAVE ANOTHER ONE NEXT MONTH SO WE CAN GET BACK ON TRACK OR ON SCHEDULE.
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WE COULD DO JUNE.HOW ABOUT WE GO JUNE? YEAH, I'D SAY LET'S JUST GO JUNE.
THAT WAY WE CAN LINE UP SOME SPEAKERS.
AND THE SECOND TO, OR WOULD IT? NO, IT WOULDN'T BE, IT'D BE JUNE 14TH.
AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE AT THAT TIME WHETHER WE WANT TO GO AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
CAN WE DO THAT WAY? YEAH, WE CAN VOTE NEXT TIME FOR THE NEXT FOR THE, AND THEN WE CAN CATCH UP EITHER.
AT EVERY MEETING YOU GUYS CAN SELECT THE, THE FOLLOWING, THE DATES FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
YEAH, WE CAN JUST, THAT'S PRETTY FINAL ONE TO, YEAH.
NOVEMBER LAST WEEK AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO NOVEMBER, FEBRUARY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT SOUNDS A ROUTINE REASONABLE.
AS LONG AS WE MEET ONCE PER QUARTER.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AS FAR AS PICKING THE DATES.
SO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER ON YOU GUYS TOO.
BUT UEL HAS PRETTY MUCH GIVEN UP FAMILY TIME,
SO, OKAY, SO WE GOT THAT CLEARED UP.
NOW THE OTHER THING WAS, DO WE HAVE TO, IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T MAKE IT TO TWO QUARTERLY MEETINGS, DO WE NEED TO NOTIFY THEIR COUNCILMAN? OR HOW DO, HOW WOULD THAT IT ALL STARTS WITH THE CHAIR.
IT ALL STARTS WITH THE CHAIR HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL AND JUST REMINDING THAT PERSON OF THE RULES.
UH, KEEP IN MIND IF SOMEBODY HAS A FAMILY EMERGENCY, I WAS ABOUT, OR HEALTH OR, OR A HEALTH ISSUE, THERE'S, SO THE, THE, AS LONG AS IT'S JUSTIFIED, UH, THE CHAIR, YOU HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AS FAR AS THE NEXT ACTION.
IF YOU GUYS COMMUNICATE, THEN IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
THE UH, GARLAND SANITATION DEPARTMENT'S DOING A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS MONTH ON, UH, THIS SATURDAY AND THE LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, THEY'RE OFFERING COMPOSTING CLASSES AT 1434 COMMERCE FROM NINE TO 12.
ALSO, THE ANNUAL ELECTRONICS RECYCLING PAPER SHREDDING EVENT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE ATRIUM.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, MS. BETTY? I THINK SO.
THE WHAT? OH NO, NO, THAT'S AT 14.
NO, WE'LL GO BACK TO YOU DON'T DOWN.
THE PAPER RECYCLING AND SHREDDING, THAT'S 1426 COMMERCE.
THAT'S AT THE TRANSFER STATION.
THAT'S NEXT SATURDAY FROM NINE TO 12.
THE SHORES OF WELLINGTON HAS A ANNUAL GREEN BELT CLEANUP.
AND I'M GONNA BE COLLECTING STUFF TO GO TO THAT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE, BUT I'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN ALSO, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR THE SPRING ARE DUE MARCH 23RD.
SO THAT, THAT WILL BE FOR THE GRANTS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANTS.
THE APPLICATIONS FOR THIS, FOR THAT, FOR THIS FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR WILL BE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD.
ONE OTHER THING, EARTH DAY CELEBRATION IS FROM NINE TO ONE SATURDAY, APRIL 13TH AT THE ATRIUM.
AND NORMALLY MS. BETTY, ARE YOU PARTICIPATING IN THAT THIS YEAR? WE ARE.
I WASN'T ASKED TO DO OH, OH,
WE DO HAVE RAIN BARREL AND WATER CONSERVATION ON THERE, BUT NO ONE HAS ASKED ME ABOUT THAT YET.
WELL, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT DOING IT.
UH, MAYBE I'M NOT
I BELIEVE THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS ALSO HAVING THEIR SECOND ANNIVERSARY ON THAT SAME DAY.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE TIME OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER? UM, I'VE GOT IT FROM NOON TO TWO, BUT I'M NOT ACTUALLY POSITIVE.
I GOT IT FROM JASON ARD WHILE WORKING HERE.
AND TYPICALLY THEY LET ME KNOW WHEN THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? YOU IN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE? I FIGURED YOU WOULD KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
WE CAN CHECK AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU GUYS JUST SO THAT WE CAN CONFIRM WITH THE ART.
'CAUSE JASON ASKED ME TO PUT A, UM, A HOLD ON ONE OF MY KETTLE CORN TRAILERS FOR THAT EVENT.
UM, WHO'S, WHO IS THE CONTACT FOR THIS? IS IT, UH, WHAT'S HER NAME WITH GO GREEN? MS. BETTY? I DON'T KNOW.
FOR WHAT? FOR THE
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SORRY, I WAS LOOKING UP SOMETHING ELSE THAT I NEEDED TO SAY.I'M SURPRISED SHE HASN'T REACHED.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? BECAUSE I BET SHE DOESN'T HAVE MY NEW EMAIL.
SO, UH, SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW, BUT, UH, I'M NOW OFFICIALLY WITH THE FDIC AS A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.
SO MY EMAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED TO K ER ATD.GOV.
IT WAS JUST K ER JUST SEND US ALL AN EMAIL.
HUH? JUST SEND US ALL I KNOW, BUT O IS THAT THE EMAIL ADDRESS? THAT, THAT YEAH, SO IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE EMAIL, THE EMAIL THAT I SENT OUT, UH, KEN SNE EMAIL ADDRESSES IN THERE IF YOU NEED IT.
EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD HAS BEEN SENDING ME EMAILS TO THE OLD EMAIL ADDRESS AND I CAN'T EVEN GET THOSE OFF THE SERVER ANYMORE.
SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY ALL I HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO ME.
AND OUR JUST CONFIRMED THEY ARE HAVING AN EVENT ON THE 13TH.
WELL, THE, THE EARTH DAY IS IN THE MORNING.
IT, THE TIME IS DID HE, DID HE TELL YOU TIME? YOU I I JUST ASKED HIM.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE ON IT.
I'M TERRIFIED TO GO OVER THERE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY OF BRINGING HOME DOGS WHEN WE GO WITH IT.
I MEAN, JUST KENNETH, DID YOU FIND THE HOURS? DID YOU NAME HIM BLUE BIRTHDAY? YES.
BIRTHDAY IS NINE TO ONE AT THE ATRIUM.
WILSON WILL SEND YOU GUYS AN EMAIL WITH THE TIMES FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER EVENT.
I, I HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD THAT I LEFT OFF.
THAT'S EARTH DAY FOR GARLAND AND EARTH DAY FOR ETTE.
WE ARE DOING THE ETTE EARTH DAY.
AND THAT IS APRIL THE 20TH FROM FIVE TO EIGHT.
AND WE WILL HAVE A BOOTH THERE.
AND SEE THEY DON'T HAVE YOUR NEWS.
WHAT OTHER TIMES BETTY? FIVE TO EIGHT.
5:00 AM TO 8:00 AM OR FIVE 5:00 PM PM PM REALLY? THAT'S A LITTLE THEY'RE IN.
AND UH, THEY THIS KIND OF A JOINT EFFORT WITH, UH, KEEP RILEY AT.
WE WORK WITH THEM AND SO THEY INCLUDE US IN THEIR EARTH DAY AND WHEN WE GO TO THESE EVENTS, WE HAVE A BOOTH AND WE TALK TO PEOPLE AND TELL 'EM WHAT KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL DOES AND HOW THEY CAN JOIN AND, AND BE VOLUNTEERS AND, AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING.
SO WE ARE, WE DO EDUCATION, WE DO ADVERTISING, WE DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP, UH, FOR CUTE GARLAND.
DID YOU SAY WHERE AND ALL AT? IT'S DOWN THERE IN DOWNTOWN, IN THAT LITTLE OKAY.
SQUARE LIKE THING DOWNTOWN WHERE THEY DO THE PRE CONCERTS.
THE, THE TOWNS FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER EVENT IS GONNA BE FROM 11 TO TWO.
UH, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH HIM TOMORROW AND HE'S GOTTA HAVE A FLYER AND I CAN JUST FORWARD IT TO, TO THE ENTIRE BOARD.
UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
HAVE WE HAD A SPEAKER FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN RECENT MEMORY? OR? NOT RECENTLY, BUT MATT CAME AND SPOKE TO US.
UM, I MEAN IT'S OPEN TO YOU GUYS.
IF YOU WANT ME TO BRING HIM BACK.
I WOULDN'T MIND IF IT WAS A, I'VE BEEN MAKING A POINT TO GET MORE OF THE PARKS AROUND HERE AND JUST STARTED SEEING THINGS AND A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE RUN.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON, SO I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'LL HAVE A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION TO SHARE.
OKAY, SO LAUREN, DID YOU HAVE A AGENDA ITEM? NO, I DID NOT.
WELL, WE HAD TALKED OZ YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, THE EVENT THAT WE'RE HAVING, THE RECYCLING EVENT? THE UH, ELECTRONICS.
THE ELECTRONICS AND PAPER SHREDDING? YEAH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S NOT THIS WEEKEND, BUT NEXT WEEKEND.
SO, UM, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HOST IT AT THE TRANSFER STATION, UM, PAPER SHREDDING, TWO BOXES
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MAX PER CITIZEN.UM, IF, UM, WE HAVE CAPACITY LIKE AFTER ONE O'CLOCK, I BELIEVE YOU CAN COME BACK AGAIN IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN TWO BOXES.
WE'RE TAKING ALL YOUR ELECTRONICS, BATTERIES, MONITORS, KEYBOARDS, ANYTHING YOU ELECTRONIC WHILE YOU WANT TO GET RID OF.
SO HOW MANY MONITORS CAN I BRING THERE? THERE'S, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A LIMIT, BUT SENSIBLY,
WHEN YOU SAY TWO BOXES, WHERE BOXES DO YOU MEAN? TWO BOXES OF SHREDDING? TWO, TWO.
PAPER FOR SHREDDING OF SHREDDING.
BUT, AND WE DO ASK CITIZENS UNLIMITED RECYCLING FOR ELECTRONICS.
LIKE UNLIMITED REC RECYCLABLE.
WITHIN REASON, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT TAKING COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES OR ANYTHING.
YOU, YOU STILL TAKING GLASS TVS AND STUFF THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAKE ALL THAT STUFF'S ON THEIR LIST? UM, AND US, ARE WE STILL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS? I THINK MICHELLE SAID SHE'S OKAY, BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK WITH HER.
UM, BUT WE DO ASK CITIZENS THAT WHEN THEY BRING THEIR PAPER FOR SHREDDING TO BRING STUFF THAT'S GOT SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS, WE DON'T WANT TO BE TAKING UP SPACE FOR SHREDDING COUPON BOOKS AND MAILERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SHOULD BE FOR IMPORTANT LEGAL TYPE DOCUMENTS.
ANYBODY ELSE? NINE TO, I BELIEVE NINE TO 12.
THE LAST THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS PERHAPS, UM, PRESENTING TO THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL, UM, A SUGGESTION THAT THE CODE COMPLIANCE PEOPLE BE ROTATED TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE, UM, I, URIEL HAS GOT SOME IDEAS ON THAT.
I CAN MAYBE WRITE UP SOME BULLET POINTS THAT I CAN EMAIL EVERYBODY AND THEN WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE OR ADD TO 'EM.
'CAUSE I THINK IT MAKES A MORE EQUITABLE, UM, ENFORCEMENT EFFORT AND PERHAPS A RAISE THE STANDARD OF THE CITY ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.
NOT JUST THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT JUST THE POOR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT EVERYBODY GETS LIFTED UP BY THAT.
CERTAINLY IT HELPS CODE COMPLIANCE.
UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CITY.
WE'VE HAD INVOLVEMENT WITH COMMERCIAL CODE COMPLIANCE THAT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE RULES IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.
SO, AND I'VE NOTICED TWO YEARS IN A ROW, THEY'VE SHOWED UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN JUNE OF ALL OF ALL MONTHS.
AND IT'S THE NITPICKY STUFF ABOUT THE, THE BRANCHES HANGING OVER THE SIDEWALK.
AND IT'S LIKE, AND YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU'RE WAITING TO THE HOT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES OUTSIDE, YOU'RE GONNA, SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE A HEAT STROKE OUT THERE TRYING TO CUT THEIR
DOES THE BOARD WANT ME TO SEE IF KELLY CAN SHOW UP IN JUNE RATHER THAN PARKS? SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST.
IF THERE'S MORE INTEREST, YOU KNOW, THEN WE CAN DO THAT.
AND THAT WAY YOU'LL HAVE THE DIRECTOR AND POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MANAGERS AND AND BE ABLE TO ASK 'EM ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE LAST TIME.
YOU GUYS WANNA GO FOR THAT? YEAH.
I'D SAY I'D GO FOR TO DO THAT.
NOW WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL? PROBABLY NOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
WELL THAT, THAT'S GONNA OPEN UP A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE, THE BOARD AND CODE SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND YOU CAN ASK THAT QUESTION.
UM, THAT WAY THEY CAN TELL YOU THEIR LIMITATIONS, THEIR IDEAS, YES OR NO.
I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME WE ASKED THAT QUESTION, THE ANSWER WAS THAT THEY LIKED THE OFFICERS TO REMAIN IN THE SAME AREA BECAUSE THEY KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEIR PROBLEMS ARE.
AND UH, I JUST THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA.
NEW, NEW EYES AND IT MAKES YOUR JOB MORE INTERESTING THAT YOU'RE NOT STUCK IN THE SAME, CAN YOU IMAGINE DOING THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD 15 YEARS? YOU SEE THE TRUCK DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THEY STOP AND GET OUT NEAR DO THEMSELVES OR ANYTHING.
THAT'S A, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULD
THEY'RE ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED DEPARTMENTS.
WELL THEY ALL STREETS IS OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE, THE TOP ONE BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH STREETS, POTHOLES, CONSTRUCTION.
BUT THEY TYPICALLY GO TO ALL OF THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
SPEAKING OF POTHOLES, THAT, UM, APP DID THE REPORT, THOSE THINGS? YES SIR.
HAS THAT BEEN UPDATED? 'CAUSE I TRIED DOWNLOADING ON MY PHONE AND WHATEVER THE ONE THAT WAS OUT THERE WAS TOO OLD TO GET DOWNLOADED ONTO MY NEW PHONE.
EE ASSIST? YEAH, THE E ASSIST BECAUSE I COULDN'T DOWNLOAD
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IT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T, IT WAS, IT WAS TOO OLD.BECAUSE I COULDN'T, COULDN'T DOWNLOAD IT.
'CAUSE I WANTED TO REPORT SOME POTHOLES.
I SAW THAT, THAT WERE IN OUR AREA.
I USE IT ON THE COMPUTER AND, UH, ON MY PHONE WITH, WITH FAIRLY GOOD SUCCESS.
I'VE USED IT BEFORE, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'VE TRIED TO DOWNLOAD IT THIS PHONE AND IT WASN'T, WASN'T NEW ENOUGH.
SO BEFORE WE GET OUT OF SUBJECT, UM, ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ARE WE STILL STICKING WITH CODE FOR, FOR JUNE AND THEN YEAH.
PARKS POSSIBLY FALL MEETING THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
UM, JUST TO CONFIRM, SO OUR NEXT MEETING, YOU GUYS WANT TO DO JUNE 12TH? MM-HMM.
I'M BUSILY PUTTING THIS INTO MY CALENDAR SO I'M NOT THAT, THAT DOESN'T SHOW UP.
THE, THE ONE TIME THAT JIM CALLED ME AND SAID, BOB, ARE YOU COMING TONIGHT? LIKE, WHERE JIM
I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL ANYBODY HAS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NEW PEOPLE? NO.
IT JUST LET, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
JUST LET ME ADD, VERY HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.
AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANNA ADD, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S INTERESTED, WE STILL HAVE ONE VACANCY FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE.
JUST SEND ME THEIR NAME, THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET 'EM ON BOARD.
I THINK I MAY HAVE A COUPLE FROM MY MEETING.
I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM FOR BEING BAD
WE'LL GET BUSY AND WANNA MEET EVERY MONTH AGAIN.
ALRIGHT, WELL I THINK THAT'S A, A WRAP EVERYONE.