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MY TARDY.ALRIGHT, TIM, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
[Environmental & Community Advisory Board on June 12, 2024]
JIM DINS, DISTRICT ONE.DAPHNE DEAN, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT FOUR.
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? EVERYBODY LOOK AT THE MEDIUM, UH, MINUTES.
IT'S NOT TO BE OVERLY PICKY, BUT UNDER ITEM D, ROBERT'S LAST NAME HAS NOT TWO A, BUT THREE.
AS IF ONE OF YOU GUYS CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AFTER CORRECTING ROBERT'S LAST NAME.
SO I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AFTER CORRECTING ROBERT, SPELLING OF ROBERT CO'S LAST NAME.
YOU GO AND OFF TO THE RACE AS WE GO.
WHAT DO WE HAVE FIRST? WHY IS THIS SO CONFUSING? WE HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN THREE MONTHS.
THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY YOU ARE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING WELL, GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, URIEL FOR INVITING ME AND FOR ALL OF YOU FOR HOSTING ME TONIGHT.
I'M WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I'M THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND I CAME TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM CURRENTLY AND, UH, WHERE WE AIM TO GO.
SO LOVE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
UM, SO I STARTED WITH, UM, THE CITY SEVEN YEARS AGO, BUT I STARTED, I SWITCHED OVER TO THIS VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR ROLE ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.
UM, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, MATT GRUIT, RECOGNIZED THAT THERE IS NOT A STREAMLINED SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING VOLUNTEERS, TRACKING THEIR HOURS, SUPPORTING THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING WORK IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
UM, PROMOTING, TRAINING, ONBOARDING, UH, LIABILITY WAIVERS, JUST THERE'S NO KIND OF CURRENTLY STREAMLINED SYSTEM.
SO HE HIRED ME, UM, TO CREATE MORE PARKS, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN TO HELP STREAMLINE THE CITY'S EFFORTS.
UM, SO PART OF OUR, PART OF MY WORK, I APPLIED FOR A GRANT, WHICH WE WERE AWARDED LAST YEAR THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OVER THIS YEAR I'VE BEEN WORKING TO FULFILL THE GRANT.
SO 81 OR $80,771 AND 61 CENTS.
UM, THAT FUNDING IS GONNA BE USED TO BUY A VOLUNTEER TRAILER, A 16 FOOT ENCLOSED TRAILER.
IT'LL HAVE A GRAPHIC WRAP AROUND THE OUTSIDE, AND THEN WHEN YOU OPEN THE TRAILER, IT'S FULLY STOCKED WITH, OH, HERE'S MISS CAITLYN GODFREY.
SHE'S IN OUR VOLUNTEER GARLAND DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
UM, BUT OPENING THE TRAILER, YOU'LL, IT'LL BE FULLY STOCKED ALL THE SUPPLIES THAT YOU NEED TO HOST A LITTER CLEANUP EVENT.
UM, WE'LL HAVE PICKERS, GRABBERS COOLERS FOR ICE TABLES FOR REGISTRATION, PICNIC TABLES FOR THE LUNCH AFTERWARDS, UH, POPUP TENTS TO PROVIDE SHADE SIGNAGE.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO HOST AN EVENT TO JUST PULL UP AND GET IT DONE.
UM, SO WE'RE FULFILLING THAT NOW.
UM, THE FUNDING WILL ALSO PAY FOR VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, UM, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING TR GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO LAUNCH THAT NEXT SPRING.
UM, BUT THIS MANAGEMENT, VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE WOULD, UH, PROMOTE, ADVERTISE, STREAMLINE.
UM, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
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THE METRICS OF ALL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND KEEP TRACK OF THE IMPACT THAT VOLUNTEERS ARE CURRENTLY HAVING ON OUR CITY, AND THEREFORE, HOPEFULLY GET MORE SUPPORT, FUNDING AWARENESS, BUY-IN, YOU KNOW, JUST BUILD IT UP.THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, WITH OUR FUNDING.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA GET SOME PROMOTIONAL ITEMS THAT SAY VOLUNTEER GARLAND AND KIND OF GET THE WORD OUT THERE, GET THINGS KNOWN, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA INSTALL A MURAL AND DUCK CREEK GREENBELT.
UM, SO I'VE GOT ANOTHER SLIDE LATER ON ABOUT THE MURAL.
UM, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT INSTALLED LATER THIS YEAR.
UM, SO IN 2023, WE HOSTED FOUR CITY EVENTS AND OUR PARTNERS HOSTED 21 EVENTS IN GARLAND PARKS.
UM, WE HAD 989 VOLUNTEERS GIVE UP 202,823 HOURS, WHICH IS A 90,000, UH, DOLLARS VALUE TO THE CITY AND LABOR.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE 176,000 POUNDS OF LITTER OVER THE COURSE OF 2023.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, GARNERED THE, THE GRANT AND, UH, ALMOST $10,000 IN DONATIONS FOR OUR EVENTS AND, UM, DIFFERENT IMPACTS, UM, COMPARING THAT TO HOW WE'RE AT 2024.
WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, AND WE'VE ALREADY HOSTED 28 EVENTS IN OUR PARKS THROUGH OUR, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND, UM, TWO CITY HOSTED EVENTS.
UM, WE DO HAVE MORE EVENTS COMING UP.
THE TRI-CITY CLEANUP IS ALWAYS ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN OCTOBER.
AND THE, UH, ARBOR DAYS, THE FIRST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER EVERY YEAR.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO, UM, UH, EXPAND OUR IMPACT.
UM, ANOTHER FUN THING WORTH NOTING, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO WIN THE $310,000, UH, LANDSCAPE FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNOR'S COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD THROUGH KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL.
UM, SO WE HAD OUR FIRST INITIAL PLANNING MEETING WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND WE'RE IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS WHERE THAT'LL GO IN.
UM, MS. BETTY ROBERTS W WORKED VERY HARD ON THAT.
SHE APPLIED FOR 12 YEARS IN A ROW FOR THE SAME APPLICATION.
UM, THIS YEAR, HER AND I WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO SUBMIT A GREAT APPLICATION, AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.
SO, UM, ACTUALLY A WEEK FROM TODAY, WE'RE ALL GOING TO AUSTIN TO THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION TO RECEIVE OUR AWARD AND RECOGNITION.
SO WE'RE SUPER PUMPED ABOUT THAT AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT MS. BETTY ROBERTS.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO BUILD UP AND, UH, STRENGTHEN ANNUAL EVENTS AND ESTABLISH THESE COMMUNITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT, UH, GARLAND PARKS.
UM, SO WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE DUCK CREEK LITTER CLEANUP IS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY.
THE TRI-CITY CLEANUPS FIRST SATURDAY IN OCTOBER, AND ARBOR DAY IS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER.
UM, EVERY YEAR WE ARE LOOKING TO GET MORE VOLUNTEERS AND MORE LITTER THROUGH EACH OF THESE EVENTS AND KIND OF CREATIVELY ATTRACT MORE VOLUNTEERS.
SO THIS YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED, UM, AN AWARDS SYSTEM.
WE, IF YOU CAN SEE THIS PICTURE WITH A LITTLE, UH, RUBBER DUCK.
WE GAVE OUT THREE AWARDS THIS YEAR FOR THE LARGEST FLOCK OR LARGEST GROUP OF DUCK CLEANUP VOLUNTEERS.
UM, WE DID THE UGLIEST DUCK CLEAN AWARD FOR THE PERSON WHO FOUND THE UGLIEST PIECE OF TRASH.
AND THEN WE DID THE, UM, LITTLEST DUCKLING AWARD FOR THE YOUNGEST VOLUNTEER, AND I BELIEVE SHE WAS THREE AND A HALF.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGH DIFFERENT ENDEAVORS.
UM, WE'VE CREATED A LITTER SUPPLY CLEANUP KIT, AND IT'S, UM, WE CAN PACK IT AND CREATE IT FOR DIFFERENT, UM, SIZED EVENTS AND MAINLY TARGETED TOWARDS LITTER CLEANUP EVENTS.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD GROUPS OF 15 BORROWER KITS AND UP TO GROUPS OF 60 VOL BAR BORROWER KITS TO DO, UH, THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT CLEANUP EVENTS IN GARLAND PARKS.
WE JUST STARTED DOING THAT THIS SPRING.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY LENT IT OUT, I BELIEVE, 15 TIMES THIS YEAR.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO GROW THAT.
UM, WE'VE ALSO GOT OUR VOLUNTEER GARLAND NEWSLETTER THAT WE, UM, GO OUT TWICE A MONTH IN THE SPRING AND FALL, AND THEN ONCE A MONTH IN THE KIND OF SLOWER MONTHS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING THAT EVERY, UM, TIME WE CAN.
WE'RE ADVOCATING, APPRECIATING, AND RECOGNIZING VOLUNTEERS, THE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION PROCLAMATION WITH THE MAYOR, AND WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS, UM, WITH THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY CLEANUP CHALLENGE.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MS. MICHELLE.
I COULD NOT HAVE PULLED THIS OFF WITHOUT YOU THIS YEAR, UM, BUT GARLAND IS, UH, THE VERDICT ISN'T IN, BUT GARLAND IS IN THE RUNNING, SO HOPEFULLY WE WIN THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY CLEANUP CHALLENGE.
SO THE VISION FOR VOLUNTEER GARLAND IS TO STREAMLINE, CONNECT AND ACTIVATE VOLUNTEERISM WITHIN THE CITY.
WE WANNA HAVE STREAMLINE RECRUITMENT TRAINING, UM, VOLUNTEER METRICS TRACKING, AND THEN STREAMLINE LOCATION FOR SPONSORS TO DONATE FUNDS, UH, TO JUST KIND OF TAKE THE, MAKE EVERYTHING EASY FOR EVERYONE TO
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PARTICIPATE AND FOR DEPARTMENTS TO ENGAGE AND FOR MORE VOLUNTEER HOURS TO HAPPEN.UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO CONNECT RESOURCES, UH, VOLUNTEERS TO OUR LOCAL NONPROFIT PARTNERS, VOLUNTEERS TO CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE OR BIG EVENTS THAT NEED HELP.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO CONNECT OPPORTUNITY AND NEED AND, UM, FIND MORE FUNDING.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ACTIVATE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, GET OUR, UH, VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION RECOGNITION EVENTS ESTABLISHED, AND, UH, BUILD OUR GARLAND LOYALTY AND, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER, UH, FANS OF GARLAND.
SO, UM, PART OF THE, UM, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS SOLID WASTE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT FUNDING WILL BE SPENT ON A GET CONNECTED VOLUNTEER PORTAL.
UM, LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER, WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING TRAINING ON HOW TO SET UP THE WEBSITE AND GET EVERYTHING, UM, ALIGNED.
UM, BUT EVENTUALLY THIS WILL LEAD TO A STREAMLINE APPLICATION PROCESS OR ONCE A VOLUNTEER IN THE PORTAL WILL BE ABLE TO TELL WHICH TRAINING THEY'VE UNDERGONE, HOW MANY VOLUNTEER HOURS THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED, ANY SPECIAL SKILLS THEY MIGHT HAVE THAT THEY COULD BRING TO THE TABLE AND KEEP TRACK OF THAT SO THAT IF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS, I CAN SAY, OH, WELL I HAVE ALL THESE VOLUNTEERS SPEAK SPANISH, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND PULL UP THAT DATABASE TO USE FOR, UH, THE GOOD OF THE CITY.
UM, SO A BIG PROJECT COMING UP IS THE DUCK CREEK GREEN BELT MURAL.
I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR, UM, A MEMBER MAYBE, HOPEFULLY FROM ECAP TO COME.
UM, WE NEED, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A, UM, RIGHT NOW THE CALL FOR ARTISTS IS OPEN.
ONCE WE GET OUR CALLS IN OUR APPLICATIONS, WE NEED TO CREATE A SELECTION COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE ARTISTS APPLICATIONS AND THEN THE RENDERINGS.
SO IF ANYONE FROM ECAB IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE TWO TO THREE MEETINGS, UM, ABOUT AN HOUR EACH TO, UM, EVALUATE THE ARTIST'S PORTFOLIOS.
AND THEN AGAIN, ONCE WE GET RENDERINGS, EVALUATE THE RENDERINGS AND THE FEASIBILITY.
SO OUR TARGET INSTALLATION IS, UM, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OF THIS FALL, UM, DEPENDING ON THE ARTIST AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE, SINCE IT IS A GRANT FUNDED MURAL, WE DO HAVE TO STICK TO, UM, SOLID WASTE IMPLEMENT OR SOLID WASTE ALLEVIATION THEME.
SO ANTI LITTER WASTE REDUCTION.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER AND PROMOTE PARK GLOVE.
SO WE'D LOVE FOR YOU GUYS IF TO COME OUT AND, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE VOL IN THE INSTALLATION.
AND IF ANY OF YOU GUYS WANT TO SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE OR YOU COULD EMAIL ME A VOLUNTEER@TX.GOV.
I'D BE HAPPY TO GET YOU ON OUR NEWSLETTER.
UM, WE, IT'S FULL OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER AND, UH, SPOTLIGHTS OF DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER PROJECTS AND VOLUNTEER EFFORTS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
AND DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. PRINCE? WELL, WE, WE ALL ARE VOLUNTEERS.
THEY SHOULD JUST PASS OUR, YEAH,
UM, ONE, I DO PUBLIC EVENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS, PROBABLY 60 A YEAR.
AND THE POPUP CANOPIES ARE A GIANT PANE.
I SUPPLIED THE ONE FOR, UM, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
AND THEY, THEY CAN BARELY PUT IT UP
AND, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT CITY OF GARLAND ON IT.
AND THAT WAY IT'S ALL SELF-CONTAINED.
AND, AND IF YOU WANNA RELEASE A LIABILITY, GET ONE SIGNED BEFORE SOMEBODY TRIES TO PICK ONE OF THAT UP OR PINCH THEIR FINGERS OR YEAH.
BLOW THROUGH THE PARK AND TAKE OUT A CAR.
AND YOU MIGHT NEED A GENERATOR ON THAT THING TOO.
WE TALKED ABOUT A GENERATOR IN LENGTH, SO, UM, WE OPTED TO NOT HAVE IT.
WE THOUGHT MOST OF OUR EVENTS ARE PRETTY ELECTRICITY FREE, BUT IF YOU, WE LEFT A SPACE FOR IT IN CASE WE NEED TO IN THE FUTURE,
AND THAT WAY YOU CAN PUT A GPS IN THERE SO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS ALL THE TIME.
AH, YOU CAN ALSO MOUNT A CAMERA ON THE INSIDE AND IF IT GOES OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU GET A PICTURE.
UM, SECONDLY, I NOTICED, UM, IN MOST OF THE CITIES NOW THEY DO THE, THIS STREET MAINTAINED BY SIGNS ADOPT A SOMETHING.
AND I THINK EURO COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST IN NEED STREETS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A, A CRAFT SHERWIN WILLIAMS, THOSE PEOPLE YEAH.
THEY'D USED TO APPROACH, HERE'S A LIST OF AVAILABLE PLACES WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY MAKE AN IMPACT.
AND, UH, EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR NAME.
MY COMPANY MIGHT WANT THEIR NAME ON THE STREET.
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BUT, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, COULD PROMOTE SOME QUICK, UM, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.AND, AND WIDELY EXPAND YOUR VOLUNTEER BASE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH A LARGE, UH, BASE OF EMPLOYEES.
AND IT, AND IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN VOLUNTEER, YOU CAN PUT ANOTHER MESSAGE ON IT.
AND WHEN IS THE, UH, UM, ARTISTS GONNA BE SELECTED AND HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT THAT? I HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'D BE
UM, IT'S, I CAN EMAIL YOU INFORMATION.
UM, THE APPLICATION IS OPEN RIGHT NOW ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
IT'S OPEN TILL THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THE APPLICATION CLOSES, WE HAVE LIKE A TWO WEEK PERIOD TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND ARTISTS.
UM, SO THEY WOULD NEED TO SUBMIT THEIR RIGHT.
AND, UH, THIS PORTION OF THE CALL IS JUST ASKING FOR THE ARTIST'S RESUME AND THEN EXAMPLES OF THEIR WORK.
UM, AND THEN IF THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THIS FIRST PHASE, THEN THEY WILL ASK, BE ASKED TO CREATE A RENDERING OF WHAT THEY WOULD PUT ON THE WALL.
AND THEN WE'LL JUDGE THOSE DIFFERENT RENDERINGS.
SO WE, WE GET PREFERENCE TO GARLAND RESIDENTS.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S WORDED THAT, UH, STATE OF, STATE OF TEXAS RESIDENTS IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO BE A TEXAS RESIDENT AND PREFERENCE TO GARLAND RESIDENTS.
WERE YOU AT THAT ONE? UM, WAS IT MR. CULLEN LASSER? I THINK THAT A REAL THIN GUY.
I, UM, I, I WAS NOT AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUMMIT THIS YEAR, BUT I, THE DEPARTMENT I WORKED FOR PREVIOUSLY WAS THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY.
SO THAT WAS MY JOB TO PUT ON THE SUMMIT IN YEARS PAST.
AND I'VE WORKED WITH CULLEN IN THE PAST.
UM, CULLEN IS ON THE GARLAND ARTIST REGISTRY, SO HE'S BEEN EMAILED AND INFORMED ABOUT IT.
SOUNDS LIKE HE SOUNDS LIKE HE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE RESUME.
AND HE, UM, IF, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE DUCK MURAL AT OATS AND DUCK CREEK, HE IS, HE WAS THE ONE WHO INSTALLED THAT WITH, THAT WAS A 2019 PROJECT I BELIEVE THAT WE WORKED ON TOGETHER.
UM, SO I THINK HE ALREADY HAS A GOOD ENERGY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CREEK.
I'D LOVE TO SEE HIS APPLICATION.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A, UH, VOLUNTEER TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS? YEAH.
YEAH, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE EMAIL ME, EMAIL ME, TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.
OR I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU, WHICHEVER.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A BETTER IDEA THAN THE GENERATOR.
OH, TWO SOLAR PANELS OF TWO BATTERIES.
AND JUST LET IT GENERATE ENOUGH JUICE.
'CAUSE YOU ONLY REALLY NEED ENOUGH TO SEND A GPS SIGNAL AND MAYBE AN EMERGENCY CAMERA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE DO HAVE A, A FACILITY THAT'S GATED AND ON, ON VIDEO CAMERA.
SO WE'RE PLANNING ON PARKING IT WITHIN THAT FACILITY.
NO, I MEAN, WHEN IT'S OUT IN THE WILD.
THAT'S REALLY WHEN YOU WANNA KEEP TRACK OF WHERE IT GOES.
YOU'VE GOTTA BE JUST A, A WORLD CLASS FOOL TO BREAK INTO A CITY PROPERTY AND TAKE SOMETHING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DRUNK PEOPLE IN THE PARK THAT MIGHT THINK IT WOULD BE FUN.
UM, WE CAN CREATE THE KIT FOR, YOU KNOW, 10 TO A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDE PICKERS, GLOVES, BAGS, BAG HOLDERS, HAND SANITIZER, ANYTHING ELSE, SUNSCREEN, BUG SPRAY, SUNSCREEN, BUG SPRAY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LOG THAT WE ASK PEOPLE TO LOG HOW MUCH THEY DID, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE, HOW MANY HOURS.
AND THEN WE PUT THAT INTO OUR, UM, BIG DATABASE.
UM, SO EMAIL VOLUNTEER@GARLANDTX.GOV.
UM, AND THE TRAILER, UH, IS STILL, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR IT TO COME IN.
UM, BUT WOULD IT BE THE SAME PROCESS, JUST EMAILING? UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA USE THE TRAILER FOR CITY EVENTS.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT AGREEMENTS AND THE PROCESS FOR ALLOWING, UM, DIFFERENT EVENT GROUPS TO USE IT.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL BE.
SO HOPEFULLY BY NEXT YEAR WE HAVE THAT ALL FIGURED OUT RIGHT.
WHEN THE TRAILER'S COMPLETELY DONE AND STOCKED AND READY TO GO.
SO I, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A PROCESS FOR THAT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE IN DISCUSSION OF.
I'LL SEND EVERYBODY, UH, NANCY'S INFORMATION.
I ALSO HAVE BUSINESS CARDS IN CASE YOU'RE REGISTERED.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SOME FUTURE VOLUNTEER EVENTS.
AND IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED ON BEING ON OUR ART, UM, MURAL ARTIST SELECTION COMMITTEE, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT IDEAS.
AND WHEN IS THE DEADLINE FOR THAT? UM, THEY NEED TO, IF YOU, IF FOR ARTISTS, THEY NEED TO APPLY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE THE SECOND WEEK
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OF JULY TO REVIEW ALL THE APPLICATIONS.AND THEN, I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST WHEN WE HAVE TO REVIEW THE RENDERINGS.
BUT, AND FOR THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, WHEN'S THE DEADLINE? MM.
DO YOU KNOW, FOR A, FOR APPLYING, UH, BY THE, THIS ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO SEND.
IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED, EMAIL ME BY THE END OF JUNE, PLEASE.
CAN I GET THE BUSINESS CARD? YEAH, SURE.
YOU KNOW, I SIT AND WAIT UNTIL YOU TELL ME NANCY MADE THIS LOOK EASY AND I ALWAYS THERE YOU GO.
IT'S THE SAME PRESENTATION YOU GAVE ON MONDAY NIGHT.
IT ALWAYS SAYS THAT YOU HAVE A WHOLE FOLDER FOR YOU ALL.
OH, IT'S NOT DOING THE CASTING.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE A LOT OF NOTES ON IT ANYWAYS, SO.
NOT THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU ALL ALREADY.
SO,
UM, WE'VE HAD, MY, MY NUMBERS ARE UP AS FAR AS HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT.
UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITY, A LOT OF REQUESTS.
UM, SO, UH, DEFINITELY STAYING BUSY.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UM, A LOT MORE EDUCATION.
WE ACTUALLY GOT A CALL TO COME OUT TO ONE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND I'VE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO GET INTO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS MORE.
'CAUSE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS LOVE FOR US TO COME OUT, ESPECIALLY IF WE BRING A TRUCK.
BUT, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD A CALL FROM, UH, WEB MIDDLE SCHOOL NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND SO I GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND TALK WITH THEM.
UH, I, I KIND OF ENJOY THAT A LOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE TOPICS THAT WE CAN TOUCH ON ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
THEY UNDERSTAND MORE, UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE EFFECTS THAT OUR RECYCLING PROGRAM HAS ON, UH, JUST OUR COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
SO THAT'S BEEN, IT, IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH KIDS WHO ARE MORE CONCERNED AT THAT, THAT AGE.
SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A RUN THROUGH, UM, OF SOME OF WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR.
IT DID SAY TWO BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE THIS PAST WEEK AND THAT GOT CANCELED LAST MINUTE.
SO WE'LL DO IT LATER NEXT TIME.
UH, WE STARTED DOING COMPOST CLASSES.
I WAS ABLE TO GO AND GET, UM, CERTIFIED.
SO I'M A MASTER COMPOSTER NOW, AND I'VE DONE CLASSES IN MARCH AND MAY.
THEY'VE BOTH BEEN, UM, I'D SAY VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE'VE HAD THE CLASSES ARE FILLED UP.
WE GET 25 PEOPLE TO SIGN UP EVERY TIME.
WE USUALLY GET SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 13 AND 15 WHO ACTUALLY SHOW UP
SO HALF OF THEM ARE NOT SHOWING UP.
I NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, UH, WHAT I CAN DO TO MOTIVATE TO GET THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHAT THE CAUSE IS FOR THAT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M KIND OF WORKING ON BEFORE OUR NEXT EVENT.
UH, WHICH WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE MORE IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTED.
WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON THOSE.
UM, AS FAR AS COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS, I ACTUALLY DID, UM, I DUNNO IF THIS IS ON MY ACCOUNT HERE, BUT I DID ONE OUT AT FIRE WHEEL, SO THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'M SEEING JIM THIS WEEK.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD QUITE A NUMBER OF THOSE CALLING OUT FOR, UM, HOAS AND JUST, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF, I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD ONE WHERE, UM, WITH A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WITH ONE OF THEIR EVENTS.
BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE HAPPEN TO BE THERE.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE ARE DOING MORE AND MORE OF THOSE.
I THINK THE WORD IS GETTING OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL COME, WE'LL BRING TRUCKS, WE'LL TALK AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO A LOT OF, UM, UH, CHURCHES.
I'VE GOT FRIDAY NIGHT, I'VE GOT A VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AT ONE OF THE CHURCHES.
THEY'RE USING THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT TO HAVE A LOT OF, UH, CITY VEHICLES COME IN.
AND WE WILL, YOU KNOW, JUST BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM WHERE THEY'LL HAVE FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE, THEY SEEN THE, THE, I THINK IT'S A BEARCAT, IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT? THE BIG THING THE SWAT TEAM USES? YEAH.
SO
THE KIDS ARE FASCINATED BY THAT.
SO, UH, THEY STILL LIKE US THOUGH.
SO SATURDAY WE HAVE A, AN ELECTRONICS AND PAPER SHREDDING EVENT THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PARTNERING WITH ERE RECYCLER.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT DALLAS COLLEGE WHO'S ON BOARD AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING THE, UH, PAPER SHREDDING VENDOR.
SO WE ARE JUST DOING THE PROMOTION AND WE'RE GONNA COME OUT AND HELP AND, UH, GET OUR HANDS DIRTY.
AND YOU ALL ARE OF COURSE INVITED.
WE'LL GET MORE TO THAT, UH, NEAR THE END HERE,
UM, AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS SUMMER, I'VE GOTTEN
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REQUESTS FROM A FEW, UM, DAY CAMPS.UH, SOME OF THE REC CENTERS HAVE THEIR DAY CAMPS, UM, THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE KIDS FROM LIKE EIGHT IN THE MORNING TO FIVE.
SO THEY'VE GOTTA KEEP 'EM ENTERTAINED.
AND THEY'VE ASKED IF EITHER AISLE COME OUT THERE OR IF THEY CAN COME TO US.
SO THOSE ARE STILL IN THE MAKING.
AND THEN I'VE RECENTLY HEARD FROM, UM, PARKS AND LIBRARY BOTH ABOUT, UH, HAVING, WORKING WITH THEM IN SOME WAY.
WE HAVEN'T PINNED DOWN EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
I KNOW, UH, LIBRARY, I'LL BE GOING OUT TO THEM OF COURSE, UM, FOR PROBABLY FRIDAY OR SATURDAY MORNINGS AND DOING SOME EDUCATION WITH THE, THE LITTLE KIDS.
SO I'LL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A NEW CURRICULUM, SOMETHING THAT'S GEARED MORE TO OUR PRESCHOOLERS, WHICH IS NEW FOR ME.
'CAUSE MOST OF WHAT I DO IS, YOU KNOW, KINDER AND UP.
SO I'M SURE WE'LL FIND SOMETHING FUN TO DO WITH THEM.
SO HERE'S OUR INFORMATION ABOUT SATURDAY.
UH, WE'VE, UH, I PUT TOGETHER A MAP.
I WAS ABLE TO, UH, REACH OUT TO STREETS.
THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE US WITH SOME BARRICADES.
I WAS VERY EXCITED TO FIND OUT THAT THEY WOULD DO THAT FOR ME.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY HAVE A GOOD CONTROL OF TRAFFIC.
UH, WE HAD, UH, OUR LAST EVENT IN MARCH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THE LINE WAS BACKED UP TO DAIRY ROAD AND THE POLICE CAME ANYWAY, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T ASK THEM TO
SO THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE FINE.
THEY SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT.
SO THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY ABOUT IT.
THEY JUST WERE WONDERING WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON OVER HERE.
SO WE SERVED OVER 400 RESIDENTS THAT DAY, AND THAT IS THE LARGEST WE'VE HAD.
I THINK WE'VE HAD SOMEWHERE USUALLY BETWEEN A HUNDRED AND 150.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHEN I REACHED OUT TO BOB AND LAUREN TO SAY, HEY, UM, WE NEED MORE SPACE.
WHAT DO YOU, YOU GUYS GOT? WHAT CAN YOU HELP US WITH? AND SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE FOLKS AT DALLAS COLLEGE TO, UH, TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT YOU GUYS ARE LISTED ALSO ON THE LITTLE FLYER THERE.
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME OUT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE WHOLE MORNING.
IF YOU WANNA COME OUT FOR AN HOUR AND HELP US OUT, UM, WE'LL BE GREETING RESIDENTS.
UM, MAYBE I'VE GOT THOSE REUSABLE GROCERY BAGS.
I'LL PROBABLY STILL BE HANDING THOSE OUT.
UH, WE'VE GOT TO CHECK IDS THOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WHO'S COMING THROUGH OUR GARLAND RESIDENCE.
SO, AND THEN THE FUN PART, UH, HOW MUCH ARE WE BRINGING IN AS FAR AS OUR, UH, RECYCLING THIS YEAR? YOU'LL NOTICE THE NUMBERS GOING UP.
WE LIKE THE LINES TO GO UP AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN.
WE'LL GET TO HOW MUCH OF THAT IS GOOD STUFF.
SO, UM, THIS IS OUR TONNAGE ON THE LEFT.
UM, AND THE REASON FOR THE ORANGE, AS YOU CAN SEE, GISD IS, UH, 5% USUALLY OF THE TOTAL OF WHAT WE BRING IN.
SO THAT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH OF IT IS FROM THEM.
UM, I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH THOSE, THE INCREASED NUMBERS.
AND WHAT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER IS OUR LINE IS STILL TRENDING DOWN OUR LASA.
SO FCC DOES, UM, THE, OUR RECYCLING PARTNER DOES A TABLE AUDIT MONTHLY BASED ON WHAT WE BRING IN.
THEY GRAB A, I CAN'T RE YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NUMBER IS, HOW MUCH? THEY'RE ABOUT 500 POUNDS.
ABOUT 500 POUNDS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A LOT IN COMPARISON.
UM, BUT IT'S ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH ON THE TABLE AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING IN.
AND OUR CONTAMINATION IS GOING DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, AND IT CONTINUES TO GO DOWN.
I KNOW WHEN I STARTED IN 2021, I REMEMBER SEEING NUMBERS AS HIGH AS 35 AND 37%.
SO WE'VE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO EDUCATION.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING IN VISITATION AND GOING TO DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITY OF, UH, CENTERS AND EVERYTHING, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING AN IMPACT.
I'D LOVE IT IF IT WAS FASTER, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE NATURE OF IT.
WE ALWAYS WANT IT TO GO FASTER AND, YOU KNOW, BE PERFECT YESTERDAY.
AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? YES, MA'AM.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THANKS TO THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT, THE RECYCLING EVENT ON SATURDAY IS COMPLETELY FREE TO ALL GARLAND RESIDENTS.
SO ANYTHING LIKE, I THINK THEY GET TWO BOXES OF PAPER SHRED.
AND THEN LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO RECYCLE AN OLD TELEVISION, NORMALLY THERE WOULD BE A $25 FEE FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S, UM, FREE TO RESIDENTS.
SO, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE NON-RESIDENTS, THEY CAN ALSO RECYCLE, BUT THEY WILL, UH, BE CHARGED.
BUT FOR ALL RESIDENTS, IT'S COMPLETELY FREE, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
BUT YEAH, IT, IT'S DEFINITELY, I, I'M GLAD WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE IT'S EVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR THE COST OF THINGS LIKE MONITORS AND TVS TO BE RECYCLED.
I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, OUR COST IS GONNA BE MUCH LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN WITH OUR OTHER, OUR PROGRAM.
SO THAT ALLOWS US TO DO MORE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SO IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO PRIDE.
WE'RE DIVERTING ALL THAT FROM THE LANDFILL, WHICH IS ALSO AMAZING FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
WE DID, UH, 50,000 TONS AND THEY PAID FOR ALL OF IT.
THE RESIDENTS PAID FOR ALL OF IT.
THAT'S, UH, WHEN PEOPLE WANNA FREQUENTLY
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COMPARE WHAT THEY HAVE IN PLANO TO WHAT WE HAVE IN GARLAND.WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE A WEEKLY BRUSH PICKUP IN PLANO.
IN FACT, UH, DIDN'T THEIR ADS SAY THAT, UH, YOU COULD BRING YOUR BRUSH IN? WEREN'T YOU THE ONE THAT TOLD ME THAT? UM, I'M NOT SURE.
THEY SAID, THEY SAID, YOU CAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PERFECTLY WELCOME TO CUT UP YOUR TREES AND BRING THEM IN.
BUT THEY WEREN'T PICKING 'EM UP AFTER THE STORM.
SO THE TABLE SEARCH YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ALSO INTERESTING IS HOW THEY USED TO DO IT.
THE TRUCK WOULD COME IN AND THEY'D DUMP IT AND THERE'D BE MEN AND WOMEN STANDING ALONG A CONVEYOR TABLE PULLING OUT THE BAD STUFF OR THE GOOD STUFF.
IN MOST CASES, THEY'D BE PULLING CANS AND BOTTLES.
BUT THAT'S HOW THEY USED TO DO THE WHOLE THING BY HAND.
I KNOW THAT THE, PROBABLY THE FIRST THREE ROOMS, THREE OR FOUR ROOMS OF, OF IS HAND SORTING LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR TRASH.
ANYTHING THAT'S TRASH TO PULL OUT.
AND THE REST OF IT IS ALL AUTOMATED.
IT'S DO OUR TRUCKS HAVE CAMERAS ON THEM TO SEE WHAT'S BEING DUMPED? MM-HMM.
SO REALLY IT'S, YOU COULD SEE IF YOU'RE DUMPING TRASH IN THERE MM-HMM.
THEN THAT'S JUST GET A LITTLE BUTTON THEY COULD HIT IN THERE AND MARK THAT SPOT.
AND, UH, THEY WOULD BE A CANDIDATE FOR A, A REMINDER OF WHAT COULD GO IN AND, AND GIVE THE DRIVER A REWARD FOR PAYING ATTENTION.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THAT LEVEL, BUT WE DO, THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAG LIKE THAT NOW THEY CAN, UM, WITH THEIR OUTLETS MAYBE FOR THE NEXT MEETING WE CAN HAVE OZ TALK ABOUT THAT.
HE'S, HE'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO BASICALLY IMPROVE THE RECYCLING, UH, INCLUDING NEW TECHNOLOGY.
'CAUSE IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO GIVE INCENTIVES TO THE DRIVER VERSUS WHAT THAT EXTRA TONNAGE COST THAT WE HAVE TO PAY.
I THINK IT WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF IF, IF IT WAS DONE CORRECTLY.
AND MAYBE ACCELERATE YOUR, UH, CHART MOVING DOWNWARD.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAD ON WHAT YOU SAID IS WHEN WE DO KETTLECORN FOR MAYBE FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES THAT HAVE EVENTS, THEY CALL TOUCH A TRUCK AND THEY HAVE ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE AND THEY HAVE A FEW, YOU KNOW, KONA ICE AND A FEW VENDORS OUT AND PEOPLE BRING KIDS OUT AND THEY'RE A BIG HIT.
AND, AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE TRASH TRUCKS WERE FASCINATING MYSELF.
THERE'S, YOU CAN BRING OUT SOME OLD ONES, SOME NEW ONES.
EVEN THE, EVEN THE, THE CONTAINER NUMBERS ARE INTERESTING TO LITTLE KIDS.
THEY GET A BIG KICK OUT OF THAT.
UM, WE OFTEN, WHEN WE'RE DOING THE EVENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE ALL THE VEHICLES AROUND, UM, WE USUALLY BRING A SIDE LIT.
UM, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE ONE WASN'T AVAILABLE AND WE BROUGHT A BOOM TRUCK OUT TO OH YEAH.
THEY GET SO EXCITED WATCHING THAT.
THEY THINK IT'S THE COOLEST THING EVER.
THERE WAS ONE ON MY FRONT LAWN FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.
MICHELLE, HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH VOLUNTEERS? ARE THERE ANY NEED FOR THIS EVENT? SO I WILL NEVER TURN VOLUNTEERS AWAY.
WE'RE FORTUNATE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THAT WE HAVE, UM, DALLAS COLLEGE BEING PART OF THIS AND THEY HAVE STUDENTS WHO NEED VOLUNTEER HOURS.
SO THEY ARE SO THAT THEY WOULD WORK TO PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE EVENT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I AM, I I I, THE MORE THE MERRIER IS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, I WOULD LOVE
BUT YEAH, SO NO, DEFINITELY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR FACES OUT THERE, JUST EVEN TO SAY HI, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR AN HOUR OR WHATEVER, COME SHRED SOME MAIL.
YOU KNOW, YOUR OLD IPHONE AND THE CHARGER THAT YOU'VE BEEN MM-HMM.
I'VE GOT A LAPTOP TO BRING WITH ME.
WE SHOULD DO A DATA DESTRUCTION EVENT TOO.
WELL THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE HARD DRIVE SHREDDING THERE AS WELL.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA DESTROY, YOU CAN HAVE THAT DONE ON SITE AS WELL.
YOU THINK I'D KNOW THIS STUFF, BUT I ACTUALLY DO
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THERE'S THE VALUE AND DATA DESTRUCTION IS THERE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MICHELLE? YES.
DID YOU SAY YOUR, UH, ATTENDANCE RATE IS ABOUT 50% FOR YOUR COMPOSTING CLASS? YES.
THAT'S OUR RATE FOR VOLUNTEER EVENTS.
AND NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY FROM MY EVENT.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I WAS, I WAS STARTING TO THINK, DO I NEED TO START CHARGING PEOPLE SO THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT SOME SKIN IN THE GAME AND THEY SHOW UP.
I DON'T KNOW, PEOPLE GET EXCITED AND LIKE, YEAH, I'M GONNA DO THIS, I'M GONNA DO THIS.
AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING YOU'RE LIKE, OH, BED.
MAYBE I SHOULD TELL 'EM THEY CAN COME IN THEIR PAJAMAS OR NO, AS LONG AS THEY GOT CLOSED TOED SHOES.
I ALWAYS PROVIDE COFFEE AND DONUTS.
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DON'T WANT IT, BUT PUT THAT ON TOP, RIGHT? YEAH.WE'RE JUST HERE FOR THE COFFEE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME, I WILL LET YOU MOVE ON.
AND I THINK OUR NEXT ITEM IS KEN, WHO'S NOT HERE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS BESIDES OZ? I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT ONE, BOB.
IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS THEY CAN FILL IN FOR, FOR KEN, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE HIM.
UM, SO IF THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE IN, DO WE WANNA PUT IT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? LIKE, SO LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT BETTY WAS TAKING CARE OF, KEEP CALLING.
WELL, AREN'T YOU, DON'T YOU GO TO THAT AND FOR EXAMPLE, I'D LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, I THINK THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT I'D LIKE IT TO BE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE MAYBE THIS TIME.
I THINK THAT SHOULD, I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE MEET ON THAT AND THEN COME UP WITH A PROCESS.
IS THE PROCESS FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WITH KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
WE WE ARE, UM, NO, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
BETTY WAS A REPRESENTATIVE OF KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
BESIDES THAT THEY DO, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET MICHELLE TO BE PART OF BEAUTIFUL.
I'M ON THE BOARD TO KEEP HER BEAUTIFUL.
SO OUR LAST, TECHNICALLY BOB CAN TAKE OVER WHAT BETTY WAS DOING IF HE JUST HIRES TOO.
AND, AND HE ALSO DIDN'T ATTEND OUR LAST MEETING FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, WE DECIDED TO JUST, UH, KEEP RUNNING IT OURSELVES WITHOUT, UH, IT WAS TOO SOON TO WANT TO TRY TO REPLACE, IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO REPLACE BETTY AND, UH, TO MOVE ON WITH THE ACTIVITIES WE HAVE GOING AND FOR EACH OF US TO COME UP WITH A SORT OF A SOLUTION.
BUT WHAT KEEP GARLAND REALLY NEEDS IS NEW MEMBERS ON THE BOARD.
AND UH, I THINK PROBABLY A BIG KICK IN THE BUTT TOO.
BUT MICHELLE, I'M, I'M WILLING.
I HAD REACHED OUT TO BETTY AND REBA BEFOREHAND.
WELL, AND I MENTIONED SOMETHING TO BARBARA POWERS WHEN I SAW HER MAY 19.
SO I'LL, I WILL EMAIL EVERYBODY TONIGHT.
WE'LL LOVE TO PARTNER WITH, UH, KEEP CARLAND BEAUTIFUL AND HELP OUT AS NEEDED.
AND, AND WE'D HAVE TO HAVE, UH, ALTERNATE COMMUNICATION WITH NANCY AS WELL SO THAT UH, WE CAN COORDINATE THOSE THINGS.
BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THE, ACTUALLY THE CITY MORE INVOLVED IN THE CLEANUPS BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN BRING MORE TO THE TABLE THAN WE CAN.
AND I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH REBA ABOUT ADVERTISING POSITIONS IN OUR NEWSLETTER, SO.
SHE SHE DID MENTION THAT, BUT PEOPLE GET AFRAID WHEN THEY GET RIGHT UP TO THE BOARD THAT THEY'RE GONNA FIND THEMSELVES IN A PARKING LOT SOMEWHERE WITH A PICKER UPPER
THAT'S WHY YOU SAID, OR, OR, OR EVEN WORSE SCARIER ACTUALLY BETTY'S KITCHEN TABLE HAVING A MEETING
DID WE JUST DO THAT?
I'M PRETTY SURE MY CHAIR WAS STABLE WHEN I WAS AT YOUR BABY.
ARE YOU INSINUATING
DOES ANYBODY HAVE, UH, ANY FUTURE, UH, AGENDA ITEMS? I HAVE THE, UH, LET'S SET A PROCESS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND I THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN ONE A YEAR OF THOSE.
YEAH, I, YEAH, I WAS, AND I I AND PERHAPS EVEN CATEGORIES, YOU KNOW.
WELL, YEAH, I WAS, I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT WHEN, WHEN I WAS STILL WORKING FOR A LIVING, UH, FOR MANY YEARS, WAS THAT FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS I COORDINATED TEXT DOTS ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
AND SO I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA HOW THE THING WORKS AND TRY TO HAND OUT A LOT PAT'S, YOU KNOW, PAT'S ON THE BACK AND OUT OF BOYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S REC MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET ANY RECOGNITION AND I THINK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN SPREAD AROUND, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD THING.
SO ANYWAY, I WOULD, I WOULD VOLUNTEER FOR THAT IF I CAN GET ONE OR TWO PEOPLE TO INTERESTED PEOPLE TO OKAY.
WELL, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE.
DO YOU HAVE, UH, ANYBODY AND YOU GUYS CAN REACH OUT TO US BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING AND IF, IF YOU CAN THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT US TO TALK ABOUT, LET US KNOW AND, AND WE WILL ADD IT TO THE AGENDA.
DON'T YOU HAVE A LIST OF POTENTIAL SPEAKERS THAT, OR FUTURE ONES? I DO.
BUT I TYPICALLY LEAVE THOSE TOWARDS THE END IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE
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ANY, ANY ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION.BUT, UH, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I CAN DEFINITELY SET SOMEONE UP FOR, FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WELL, I THINK OZ WOULD BE GREAT.
THAT'S RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY AND JIM FOR THE NEXT ONE.
AND, UH, MAYBE SOMEBODY HAD COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE IN THE MEANTIME.
OUR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL, UM, RECYCLING EVENT I'M SURE WILL BE A MATTER OF DISCUSSION, SO.
AND WE CAN THANK LAUREN FOR THAT ONE.
NO, LAUREN, YOU GOT THE, YOU GOT DALLAS COLLEGE AND, AND THE CITY OF GARLAND TOGETHER.
SO ANYWAY, I THINK WE'RE READY TO ADJOURN OTHERWISE.