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[ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION Work Session Room of City Hall 200 N. Fifth Street Garland, Texas October 17, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. A meeting of the Community Multicultural Committee of the City of Garland, Texas will be held at the aforementioned location, date, and time to discuss and consider the following agenda items.]
REVIEW THE MIN UH, THE MINUTES? UH, TODAY IS THE MEETING FOR THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MONTHLY MEETING.WE ARE LOCATED IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM OF CITY HALL 200 NORTH FIFTH STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS.
TODAY IS OCTOBER 17TH, 2024, AND IT IS 6:00 PM A MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS WILL BE HELD AT THE AFOREMENTIONED LOCATION, DATE, AND TIME TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
UM, IF YOU FLIP YOUR PAGE, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MEETING MINUTES ARE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SECOND PAGE FROM THE SEPTEMBER 19TH MEETING.
UH, WE'LL TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO REVIEW THAT.
UM, ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS, UH, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES? I DON'T WANNA APPROVE, BUT I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT WHERE IT SAYS, UM, RENEE AND I ASKED FOR TICKETS.
WE WENT IN ANYWAY, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THE TICKETS.
THEY SAID, UH, I'M SORRY, BUT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY TICKETS FOR YOU.
SO WERE EMAILED OUT BY COURTNEY, UH, RENEE, UM, MAY DOUBLE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER, BUT THOSE WERE EMAILED OUT, UH, YOU AND RENEE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE, THE TICKETS OR WHATEVER.
YOU NORMALLY, YOU GO UP THERE AND YOU SAY, I HAVE SOME TICKETS FROM THE DUDE.
AND SHE LOOKED AND SHE SAID, NO, YOU DON'T.
AND THEN THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.
UH, IF WE NEED TO REIMBURSE FOR THOSE, WE CAN.
NO, YOU KNOW, UM, NORMALLY THEY PROVIDE A COUPLE OF TICKETS, SO I, BUT THEY WEREN'T THERE.
SO I SAID, OKAY, WELL, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE WENT IN ANYWAY.
ARE YOU SAYING THE TICKETS ARE, THEY GOTTA PRINT 'EM? YOU EMAILED IT.
IS THAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE EMAILED, AND THEN I BELIEVE THE NAME WAS ALSO AT WILL CALL, SAID MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND THEY HAD THE PROBLEM LAST YEAR, BUT THEN THEY WENT AND ASKED SOMEBODY AND SOMEBODY SAID, YEAH, WE HAVE 'EM.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA PURCHASE THOSE BEFOREHAND.
UH, WE CAN, UH, TRY AND GET THOSE TICKETS IN HAND BEFORE THE EVENT, RATHER THAN BEING A WE CALL OR AN EMAIL.
WAS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THE MINUTES? ALL RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE SOMEONE TO, UH, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? MS. READ SECOND.
WE HAVE MS. ELVIA FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE AND MR. CHARLES LEONARD FOR, UM, A SECOND.
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ALLERGIES AND NO STUFFY.ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE EYES HAVE IT.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM AGENDA NUMBER THREE, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED, AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO MOVE THROUGH THIS, UH, LIST EXPEDITIOUSLY.
UH, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE ON, UH, THE AGENDA THREE, A ELECTION OF BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
IT SAYS, THE COMMISSION ELECTS OFFICERS ANNUALLY WITH A NOMINATING COMMITTEE PRESENTING A SLATE OF CANDIDATES DURING THE OCTOBER MEETING, FOLLOWED BY A SECRET BALLOT ELECTION.
THE CHAIRPERSON WHO PRESIDES OVER MEETINGS AND REPRESENTS THE CMC AND THE VICE CHAIR WHO ACTS THE CHAIRPERSON'S ABSENCE SERVE ONE ONE YEAR TERMS WITH A LIMIT OF THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS. UM, MR. UH, PHILLIP, DO YOU GUYS WANNA DO THIS PART, THE ELECTION, UH, BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR? YES, MA'AM.
I'LL, UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP AND NO, IT'S NOT ALL A JUDGE ABOUT THAT.
I'LL OPEN UP THE, UH, THE CONVERSATION.
WE DID, UH, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE THAT, UH, IS GOING TO PUT A, A BALLOT, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU OR THE LIST, UH, FOR THE BALLOT IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, AS A, AS, JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS PART OF THE BYLAWS THAT A NOMINATING COMMITTEE, UM, SELECTS THOSE THAT'LL BE SUBJECT TO, UH, THE ELECTION.
AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER, UH, TO THE CHAIR OF THAT, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE.
HE HAS A LIST OF, UH, FOLKS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO BRING TO, UH, THE COMMISSION FOR ELECTION.
AND THEN FROM THERE, IT'S A, UH, SECRET BALLOT ELECTION.
UM, ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE, UM, VOTES IN, WE'LL TALLY 'EM AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, EITHER CONFIRM OR, OR SEED A NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR BASED ON THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, WE CON CONTACTED EVERYONE TO SEE IF, UH, THEY WERE AVAILABLE OR IF THEY WERE INTERESTED.
AND FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR, WE HAVE KRA CHARLES LEONARD, AND, UH, RENEE RENATA.
HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT I GUESS WE CAN STILL VOTE FOR HIM.
SO, KHAR, CHARLES, LEONARD, AND RENEE.
THOSE ARE YOUR THREE CHOICES FOR THE CHAIR.
AND ACTUALLY FOR THE VICE CHAIR, THE, THOSE SAME THREE.
SO THEY MADE THEMSELVES ELIGIBLE FOR ANY POSITION.
KHAR, CHARLES, RENEE, AND MYSELF FOR VICE.
SO, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A BALLOT IN FRONT OF YOU.
ONCE YOU VOTE, JUST FOLD IT UP AND WE WILL COLLECT THEM.
BUT THOSE ARE YOUR THREE CHOICES.
KAHAR, THE PRE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
KA KHARA, CHARLES LEONARD, AND, UH, RENEE.
UM, AND MYSELF FOR VICE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
UH, KHARA AND, UH, MERRILL ARE PRESENT OFFICERS.
I THINK THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
KORA HAS BEEN WITH IT JUST A YEAR, BUT SHE'S LEARNING QUICKLY AND SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
I REALLY THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO REELECT THE ONES WE HAVE.
UH, YOU, YOU, YOU COULD VOTE FOR ME, BUT I THINK YOU WOULD.
I I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A WISE CHOICE.
UH, I THINK FOR CHAIR OF COURSERA WOULD BE FINE, BUT IF WE KEEP VOTING FOR THE SAME PEOPLE, WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED.
WELL, THEY CAN ONLY, BUT THEY CAN ONLY SERVE THREE TERMS, SO.
WELL, YEAH, BUT, AND, AND IF I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE NINE YEARS,
YEAH, RIGHT NOW I CAN'T DO IT.
BUT, UM, AND SOMEBODY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BEING VICE CHAIR, SO THAT'S WHO'S VICE CHAIR RIGHT NOW.
UNLESS, YOU KNOW, IF MERRILL WANTS TO DO IT AGAIN, THAT'S FINE, BUT NOT JUST IGNORE THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING.
UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE A STRIP OF PIECE OF PAPER.
REMEMBER, IT IS A SECRET BALLOT.
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GUYS FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THAT.BUT THIS TIME, I GUESS EVERYONE FILL IT OUT AND WE'LL COLLECT THEM UP.
UM, MR. PHILLIP, UH, DO I COLLECT THESE OR DO I GO AROUND FOR THEM? I CAN CAN COLLECT THEM AND WE'LL PALLET THEM AT THE END.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL DO THE SALLY UP HERE IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE, IF THAT YES, SIR.
IT CHANGES RIGHT AFTER THEY COLLECT THEM.
AND I BE FORGIVENESS THIS LATE.
WOULD YOU MIND IF WE TALLY HIM UP HERE WITH YOU? OH, YOU WANT ME TO COME OVER THERE? IF WE WANNA DO IT RIGHT HERE? YEAH, RIGHT HERE IS FINE TO YOU AND, OH, MY BAD.
OR WE CAN READ 'EM OUT IF YOU WANT TO ORDER ON MICROPHONE.
UH, FIRST ONE, WE HAVE, UH, KRA FOR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR MERRILL.
NOW REMEMBER, I'M WRITING THIS, SO DON'T, DON'T GO TOO FAST.
WE HAVE, UH, KRA FOR CHAIR, MERRILL FOR VICE CHAIR.
NEXT ONE, WE HAVE KRA FOR CHAIR.
NEXT ONE, WE HAVE KRA FOR CHAIR.
THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE RENEE FOR CHAIR AND MERYL FOR VICE CHAIR.
MERRILL FOR VICE CHAIR, WHO YOU SAID KHARA AND WHO, UH, AND MERRILL, SORRY.
AND THE LAST ONE IS RENEE FOR CHAIR.
AND I APOLOGIZE I WASN'T KEEPING TRACK OF MY HEAD AS WE WERE READING 'EM OUT.
SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO READ SHE IN ALL TOGETHER? RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE, UM, EIGHT VOTES FOR KHARA AS CHAIR AND TWO FOR RENEE.
AND FOR VICE CHAIR WE HAVE MERRILL SIX VOTES AND RENEE FOUR VOTES, THE ABILITY TO DO ONE MORE.
UM, WE WE'RE, UH, ELECTING A CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.
UM, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE LIST OF CANDIDATES THAT BEEN FOR US PLEASE? FOR CHAIR, WE HAVE KHAR, CHARLES LEONARD, AND RENEE RENATA.
AND FOR VICE CHAIR, THAT SAME LIST.
KHAR FOR VICE, CHARLES, LEONARD, RENEE, RENATA, AND MERYL FOR THOSE ARE THE FOUR CHOICES FOR VICE CHAIR.
HOW ABOUT SAUCE?
OH, WERE WE DOING SECRET BALLS? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.
AND WE'VE ALREADY, WE JUST COUNTED ALREADY.
WE'LL KNOW FOR SURE RIGHT?
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU'LL JUST READ THE, UH, RESULTS AND THEN I THINK BASED ON THE NUMBERS, THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, STATE, SAME.
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KHER, UH, NINE FOR KHER FOR CHAIR, AND TWO FOR RENEE, FOR CHAIR.VICE CHAIR, MERYL SEVEN AND RENEE FOUR.
SO THE NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WILL BE COURSERA AND MERYL.
THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN, UH, FOR ENTRUSTING THIS COMMISSION OR ME BEING A LEADER IN THIS COMMISSION.
UH, I HAVE TRIED TO MAKE SOME DIFFERENCES.
UM, THIS YEAR I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT.
I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS FROM DIFFERENT, UM, CITY COUNCIL REPS ACTUALLY ABOUT OUR PARTICIPATION AND OTHER GROUPS THAT WOULD LIKE OUR JOINT PARTICIPATION IN SOME THINGS.
UM, IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS A SECOND YEAR.
SECOND YEAR YOU GET TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, ME AND MY CO-PART, MR. MERRILL, WE GONNA DEFINITELY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, RIGHT? YEP.
RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, LIKE AND BACK
I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THEM THOUGH.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.
AND, UH, MS. KIMBERLY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, MR. JAYER IS A NEW COMMISSION MEMBER.
THAT'S MS. KIMBERLY, GOOD TO MEET YOU AS WELL.
WE WILL GO ON WITH THE, UM, BULLET B THREE B REVIEW, CMC FINANCIAL REPORTS, COMMISSION MEMBERS.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT ABOUT THE, THE BUDGET.
UH, WHAT I WANT TO COMMIT TO IS THAT WE DO THIS UPDATE QUARTERLY, UNLESS THE, UH, COMMISSION WISHES TO SEE IT MORE OFTEN.
UH, BUT, UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHAT EXPENDITURES ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE, UH, THE BUDGET THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THE, UM, THE COMMISSION.
WE'VE, UH, TALKED TO OUR BUDGET TEAM AND THEY'VE GOT A REPORT THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT CAN BE EXPORTED, UH, FAIRLY QUICKLY.
SO IF WE NEED TO SEND IT OUT SOONER OR IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT MORE FREQUENTLY, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
BUT, UM, THE TOP LINE THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, WE, UH, WE RUN ON A FISCAL YEAR THAT STARTS OCTOBER 1ST.
SO WE'VE JUST STARTED A NEW FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CITY.
AND SO WITH THAT, THE COMMISSION CURRENTLY HAS AN $8,000 BUDGET, UH, FOR ITS DISPOSAL AT THIS TIME.
UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THERE ARE TWO LINE ITEMS. THE FIRST IS FOR MEAL AND, AND INVENT EXPENSES FOR 3000.
AND THEN THERE'S 5,000, UH, THAT'S GEARED TOWARDS EVENTS.
UH, WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THESE ARE INTERCHANGEABLE.
SO WHAT I WOULD JUST LOOK AT IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
YOU'VE GOT $8,000 TO, TO WORK WITH AS FAR AS THE COMMISSION.
UH, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE LAST FIVE YEARS EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF, UH, THIS, UH, THIS FUND.
ONE THING OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR DID POINT OUT FOR THE 20 22, 20 23 YEAR THAT THERE WERE, UM, UH, COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRINTING OF THE, UH, THE LARGE MURAL, UH, AS WELL AS THE PRINTING OF THE NEW MURAL.
AND SO THAT, UM, EXCEEDED THE, THE $8,000 MARK, BUT THAT WAS EARMARKED IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION BUDGET TO HELP COVER THAT.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT WASN'T AFFECTING OF THE BUDGET THERE.
BUT THIS SHOWS A FIVE YEAR SPEND AND, UH, IT SHOWS YOU WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW AS IT RELATES TO, UM, TO THE, TO THE BUDGET.
UM, DO HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO ALSO SHARE ON THE BUDGET.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THAT? SO I'M LOOKING AT THE, AND MAYBE I'M STRUGGLING 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ON MY COMPUTER GLASSES, BUT, UM, THIS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 2023 TO 2024 ACTUAL, SO THE 2024 STOPPED WHEN? SEPTEMBER 31ST.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ONLY SPENT 4,000 OF OUR BUDGET, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
AND THAT DOESN'T CARRY, THAT DOES NOT CARRY OVER.
AND THAT'S, UH, WELL, I THINK IT'LL BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT QUARTERLY UPDATE ON THE BUDGET, THAT WAY WE CAN SEE WHAT FUNDS ARE STILL OUT THERE AND NEED TO BE, UH, EXPENDED FOR SURE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, MORE A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION.
THE JOY OF HAVING A BUDGET IS THAT YOU CAN PLAN MM-HMM.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING MAY NOT HAVE HAD SPONSORSHIP REQUIREMENTS.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO IF WE WISH TO WITH SOME OF THAT BUDGET, CORRECT? OR NO? UH, MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION.
ARE YOU WANTING TO SPONSOR EV EVENTS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? SO THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE, I KNOW WE DID LIKE A TABLE FOR THE, UM, NAACP EFFECT ABOUT LAST YEAR.
AND THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S ALREADY IN HERE.
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CAN UTILIZE THE, BUT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING FOR ANOTHER THING, LIKE FOR LULAC, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.AS, AS LONG AS YOU STAY WITHIN THE PARAMETERS.
AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE FEELS, UH, COMFORTABLE DEFENDING IT, THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, UH, THE MISSION OF THE GROUP, THEN THAT I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
SO NOW, MR. UM, PHILIP, CAN YOU, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TOLD TO ME MAYBE LAST YEAR.
SO LET'S JUST SAY IF WE'RE GETTING A TABLE, SOMETIMES THE CITY EMPLOYEES TIE IN WITH US.
SO WE MAY PURCHASE 10 TICKETS OUT OF OUR BUDGET, BUT ONLY FIVE OF US ARE GOING, AND THOSE OTHER TEN FIVE TICKETS GO TO THE CITY.
SOMETIMES THERE'S EVENTS THAT THE CITY BUY 10 TICKETS FOR AND WE JUST KINDA TAILGATE ON THEIR TICKETS.
SO, UH, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, UH, HISTORICALLY, UH, I'LL, I'LL UTILIZE, UM, THE, THE RECENT, UH, NAACP EVENT.
UM, TYPICALLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BUY A TABLE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BUY A TABLE, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, G, P AND L.
UM, SOMETIMES THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION WILL, WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL TABLES OUT THERE.
THE CITY MANAGER HAS CENTRALIZED TABLE FOR A LOT OF OUR EVENTS LIKE THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND THEN HE CAN GRAB THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID, AND IF YOU'VE SEEN IT, SOME OF THE EVENTS, WE HAVE 10 TABLES, BUT WE DIDN'T FILL ALL 10 TABLES.
AND SO WHAT WE MAY HAVE THE OPTION FOR, AND, AND IT, AND IT, YOU'LL HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.
I'LL APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S, IT MAY BE LAST MINUTE OR, UH, NOT AS A LOT OF TIMING ASSOCIATED, BUT WE MAY BE A WEEK BEFORE THE EVENT AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S 10 TABLES THAT THE CITY'S PURCHASED, AND WE HAVE A COMPLETE TABLE OPEN AS ANYONE FROM THE CMC WANT TO, UH, ATTEND.
BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A, A SEAT AT THE TABLE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN PURCHASE A TABLE AND WE CAN WORK ON FILLING THE CITY'S TABLES.
SO THAT IS AN OPTION, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO, TO DO.
WE, WE SELF ADMIT AS THE CITY, WE BUY A LOT OF EVENTS AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T FILL, FILL THE TABLES.
SO, SO ARE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ALWAYS INVITED FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? BECAUSE MAYBE WE COULD PARTNER WITH ANOTHER SURE.
UH, IT'S BOARD, I MEAN, BECAUSE I'M THINKING MULTICULTURAL EVENTS MORE THAN ANYTHING.
AND IT MIGHT BE NICE TO PARTNER WITH ARTS OR WITH, WITH YOUTH COUNCIL OR SOMETHING SO THAT IT'S NOT WASTEFUL.
BUT THAT WAY WE WERE INTENTIONAL ABOUT BEING INCLUSIVE.
SO, SO WE'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION IS VERY UNIQUE AND HAVING A BUDGET, SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONS DO NOT HAVE, WHICH WOULD MAKE US GENEROUS.
YOU COULD, YOU COULD SHARE YOUR, YOUR BUDGET AND INVITE THE YOUTH OR THE ARTS GROUP.
UM, THE ARTS GROUP IS UNIQUE AND, AND I APOLOGIZE IF THAT'S TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT THEY'RE FUNDED BY, UH, WHAT'S CALLED HOT TAX HOTEL MOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
AND THEY'RE LIMITED ON WHAT THEY CAN SPEND MONEY ON.
AND I BELIEVE, UM, SPONSORSHIP OF EVENTS IS NOT ONE THAT THEY CAN DO.
SO, SO THEIR, THEIR BUDGET CAN'T GO TOWARDS THAT.
BUT THE CITY CAN INVITE THOSE THINGS AS WELL IF IT'S LIKE LAST MINUTE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO FILL THEIR TABLES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IF WE, IF WE HAVE SEATS OPEN, WE CAN DEFINITELY START OPENING, UH, IT UP TO FOLKS TO ATTEND.
I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT, ARE WE, UH, SPONSORING CHARLES IN HIS RUN FOR TURKEY TRACK? SO WE ARE, WE ARE NOT SPONSORING HIM FOR, FOR THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO, TO, TO VOTE ON.
UM, AS, AS MY, MY THOUGHTS, MY OPINION, I WOULD SHARE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UH, UH, GOES TOWARDS THE MISSION OF OUR, OUR GROUP.
NOT OF OFFENSE TO THE EVENT, BUT, UM, AGAIN, THAT'S, IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DISCUSS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
BUT, UM, I WOULD THROW MY MY OPINION OUT THERE ON THAT.
AND I THINK, UM, FROM THE TIME I'VE SERVED ON HERE, UM, WE'VE REFRAMED FROM SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS VERSUS A COMMUNITY EVENT, UH, FINANCIALLY.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, UH, I ALSO WANTED TO UTILIZE THIS AGENDA ITEM.
I KNOW WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT WHAT BUDGET WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, IF THE, UH, COMMISSION RECALLS AT THE LAST MEETING, WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE NEED TO ORDER MORE OF OUR, UH, SWAG THAT WE, WE UTILIZE AT EVENTS.
AND THERE WAS A DECISION MADE BY THANK YOU, UH, BY THE GROUP, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING FOR, UH, TRACY, MYSELF AND THE CHAIR TO SIT DOWN AND, UH, ORDER SWAG.
AND SO WE HAVE ORDERED, UH, ITEMS. TRACY, DO YOU HAVE THE, UM, HANDOUTS ON THAT? YES.
THOSE ITEMS BEFORE, UM, FOR US? SO, UH, WE DID, UH, SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH THIS.
SO, UH, WE'VE ORDERED, UM, DRAWSTRING BAGS WITH THE LOGO.
WE'VE ORDERED, UM, PINS, UH, WITH THE LOGO.
AND THEN TRACY, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ITEM? I APOLOGIZE.
IT WAS THE HAND SANITIZE THE CELL.
UH, AND THERE'S LITTLE, LITTLE STUFFED CELL PHONE HOLDERS.
SO WHAT WE, UH, SO WHAT WE'VE SPENT OUT OF THE BUDGET FOR SWAG,
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UH, IS $1,692 AND 26 CENTS.AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO UTILIZED, UM, JUST UNDER $80 TO, UM, ORDER, UH, A WHEEL.
THAT WAS A DISCUSSION WE HAD WHERE INSTEAD OF FOLKS COMING AND JUST GRABBING OUR STUFF, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME KIND OF WHEEL WHERE THEY'VE GOTTA COME AND TALK TO US, SPIN IT, WE CAN BUILD STUFF.
WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY PUTTING, UM, LIKE A QUESTION ON THE WHEEL WHERE YOU HAVE TO ANSWER, UH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION SPEAKS IN LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH.
AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, WE'LL GIVE IT TO 'EM, BUT AT LEAST WE HAD TO ENGAGE WITH THEM.
AND WE, THEN WE CAN GIVE 'EM A, A PRIZE OR WHATEVER.
OR NOT A PRIZE, A, UH, PART OF THE SWAG.
UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY AT THE BOTTOM END OF OUR SWAG.
UM, I BELIEVE AT THE LAST EVENT WE USED, THE LAST OF WHAT WE HAVE, TRACY, WAS THERE A TIMEFRAME ON THIS? THREE WEEKS.
WE'RE WE'RE GETTING IT PRETTY QUICK.
UH, BUT, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THE BAGS, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE, THE LITTLE CELL PHONE HOLDER AND THE, UH, THE HAND SANITIZERS, AND THEN THE PENS AS WELL.
UH, SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THE PENS, UM, THERE'S A FACE ON ALL OF THE PENS AND, UH, WE ORDERED, UH, VARIOUS COLORS OF FACES, UH, TO SHOW THE, THE MAKEUP OF THE, UH, THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO WE, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY NEAT AS WELL.
WANTED TO, WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
SO, UH, JUST UNDER $1,750 IT LOOKS LIKE, OR A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT, UH, UNDER $1,800, WE'LL SAY THAT.
AND THAT SHOULD LAST US FOR, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND MS. TRACY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING OUT ON THE INTERNET AND LOOKING FOR US.
UH, I, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN IN A POSITION WHERE I COULD SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY OF SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY AT ONE TIME.
AND IT WAS DEFINITELY AN EXCITING,
MY, UH, BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THIS ONE WAS THE PENS WITH THE DIFFERENT COLOR OF FACES ON IT.
SO IT'S DIFFERENT COLOR BROWNS OR CREAMS MAYBE, I GUESS, UH, ON THE FACES.
SO I THINK THAT REALLY TOUCHES THE, UM, MULTICULTURAL THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THE CELL PHONE HOLDERS, I DON'T USE 'EM, UH, BUT THE YOUNGER GENERATION WILL DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT FOR THOSE AND DEFINITELY ENGAGE HAND SANITIZER.
UH, UNTIL THIS OCTOBER FEST, UH, SAFETY FEST, I DIDN'T REALIZE PEOPLE WERE AS BIG AS THEY WERE ON HAND SANITIZER.
SO ALL THIS TIME WE'VE HAD HAND SANITIZER IN OUR SWAG AND WE JUST NEVER WERE USING IT.
SO MISS TRACY AND WHOMEVER ELSE WENT THROUGH AND FOUND ALL OUR SWAG AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER OF WHAT WE HAD LEFT.
AND MR. MERRILL, MYSELF AND MS. ELVIA, WE DID OUR BEST TO GIVE IT ALL AWAY SO THAT WE CAN START WITH SOME NEW, UM, NEW SWAG.
AND WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
I KNOW WE MENTIONED NO BAGS, BUT, UM, AT THE OCTOBERFEST IT MADE ME REALIZE AGAIN, THAT WE DO NEED THE BAGS BECAUSE WE ARE, THEY COME TO US AND THEN THEY GET TO HOLD EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT ON THE OUTSIDE OUR BAG IS WHAT THEY SEE.
YOU TAKE THEM BAGS HOME AND PUT 'EM UP SOMEWHERE, BUT YOU SEE THE CMC ON THE OUTSIDE.
SO I THOUGHT THE BAGS WERE, UH, DEFINITELY A NEEDED, UM, PARTICULAR ITEM.
I NOTICED THAT WHEN THEY HAD THE, UM, THE BASE, WHAT'S IT, THE BASEBALL AT THE, AT THE SOCK, SEVERAL PEOPLE CAME.
SO, UM, THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH THIS BUDGET.
UH, IT WAS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE OUR NEW SWAG.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ITEM B? FINANCIAL REPORTS.
SWAG MONIES? UM, AGAIN, UH, MS. KIMBERLAND, YOU ARE CORRECT.
WE'LL DO BETTER WITH PUTTING THE MONEY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AHEAD OF TIME.
I JUST THINK IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
ABOUT WHAT, WHERE, AND HOW TO INVEST.
AND WE KEPT ASKING FOR A BUDGET, BUT I GUESS WE WERE NEVER COMPARING IT TO A PREVIOUS BUDGET TO SEE WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPENT THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO SEE HOW WE NEED TO, UM, PLACE THOSE FUNDS.
BUT DEFINITELY, I THINK QUARTERLY, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS.
UM, QUARTERLY MAY BE A GOOD IDEA TO AT LEAST LET US KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON THE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN DECIDE, OKAY, WE WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THIS, OR WE WANT TO, UM, BE THE FACE OF THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR, IF WE FIND SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN, WHAT PROCESS SHOULD WE FOLLOW TO GET THAT ADDED? 'CAUSE I THINK IN EACH CASE WE'RE GONNA NEED TO VOTE, RIGHT? SO DO WE, HOW DO WE SO, UH, TO GET SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, IT EITHER TAKES, UM, THE CHAIR TO INITIATE IT OR TWO MEMBERS OF THE
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COMMITTEE TO INITIATE IT.SO IT MAY JUST BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAIR, OR IF THERE HAPPENS TO NOT BE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHAIR, IF YOU TALK TO, UH, TWO MEMBERS AND THEY REACH OUT TO TRACY OR I, WE CAN STICK THAT ON THE, THE AGENDA.
BECAUSE THERE IS AN ITEM I KNOW WE NEED TO PURCHASE.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, AT THE SAFETY FEST, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'LL MAKE SOME CRAFTS TO GET THE ADULTS AND THE KIDS GOING.
THE KIDS WERE THERE 'CAUSE THE PARENTS WOULD BE OVER THERE AND ASKING QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER.
AND I WAS ENTERTAINING THE KIDS.
UM, AND I'M PLANNING ON DOING THAT FOR CHRISTMAS.
ALSO, WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS, CAN I HAVE A $25 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUDGET, BECAUSE THE GLUE IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE STUFF.
RIGHT? SO SEND ME AN EMAIL, PLEASE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE IT ADDED TO THE AGENDA IN NOVEMBER SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT, TALK ABOUT IT, VOTE ON IT IN BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND THAT DECEMBER EVENT.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, I LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL REPORT, UM, UH, ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND I SEE IN 2022 AND 23, THERE'S A JUMP IN THE, THE AMOUNTS FROM 13,000.
IT JUST IS, UH, FOR CURIOSITY.
UM, WHAT HAPPENED? THE 13, I'M SORRY, I GOT IT
SO WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE, UM, PRODUCT ITSELF AND PAY FOR THE HELP THAT CAME OUT.
SO WE ENDED UP USING WHAT MONEY WE HAD LEFT IN OUR BUDGET, BUT WE ALSO GOT MONEY FROM THE CITY AS WELL TO HELP WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR US.
AND THEN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, I'M SURE ANY TIME IN WHAT, WHEN DID COVID HAPPEN? 2020.
SO BETWEEN 2020 AND PROBABLY 2022, IT PROBABLY WAS A LESS AMOUNT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T REALLY, UH, MEETING IN PUBLIC AS MUCH OR GOING TO PUBLIC EVENTS.
SO WE DIDN'T SPEND AS MUCH MONEY.
SO POTENTIAL THAT THE BUDGETS CAN BE UP AND DOWN BASED ON IT, IT, IT'S TYPICALLY SET AT BY THE COUNCIL AT THE 8,000.
NOW, NOW WE CAN GET THE CHAIR IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY.
IT ONLY INCREASED BECAUSE OF A SPECIAL ASK.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME, BUT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THE TIME THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM THE CMC TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO PAY FOR, UH, THE MO THE MOSAIC.
AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT MOSAIC.
WHAT HAPPENED IS, UM, VISIT GARLAND HAD THE IDEA, WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPACTFUL AND LASTING AND WE WERE CONSIDERING IDEAS.
AND, UH, DANA CAME OKAY WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY AND SAID, WE CAN HELP PAY FOR IT.
AND THEN WE VOTED ON IT AND AGREED.
BUT IT REALLY CAME OUT OF, YOU KNOW, THAT EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS, AND WE DID VOTE AND SAY, YES, TAKE ALL WE HAVE AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING.
SO WE, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO STAY WITH THE 8,000.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN TELL ON THERE, IT DOES INCLUDE FOOD.
UM, I KNOW WITH THE FOOD, UH, MR. CHARLES PICKETT MENTIONED THAT IF IT WAS SET FOR 3000 TO LEAVE IT AT 3000, BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN AS FAR AS WHAT WE SPEND, HOW MUCH WE SPEND.
UM, I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF TIMES, I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
UM, IS THAT FOOD ALWAYS EASILY DISPERSED TO SOMEONE ELSE OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE TRASHED? SOMETIMES WE, WE HAND IT OUT TO ANYONE THAT'LL TAKE IT.
UH, TYPICALLY, UH, MERRILL WILL HELP US GET IT OUT.
UH, THE MARSHALS THAT ARE HERE, WE'LL TAKE IT OUT.
AND SOMETHING WE CAN, CAN ALSO DISCUSS.
UM, WE CAN MAKE FOOD A LOT SIMPLER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, UM, FOOD BACK THERE TODAY, BUT WE COULD FIND A SIMPLER OPTION LIKE SANDWICH BOXES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE EASIER TO, UM, DISPERSE OUT, UM, AT, AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF THEY'RE NOT ALL TAKEN.
SO THERE'S SEVERAL OPTIONS YOU CAN LOOK AT.
'CAUSE I WAS, I WAS TOLD THAT AT SOME POINT THEY DO TAKE 'EM TO, SOMETIMES THE FOOD IS TAKEN TO A HOMELESS SHELTER OR A WOMEN'S SHELTER THAT THE FOOD DOES NOT GO.
MY CONCERN IS THAT IT DOESN'T GO IN THE TRASH.
SO, FOOD RECOVERY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF AGENCIES THAT ACTUALLY DO THAT, BUT IT'S MORE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THOUGH, I BET THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP.
AND MELL, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A GOOD SAM THING, BUT THAT IS A NEW LIBERTY OR FIRST PRESBYTERIAN GARLAND FEED OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS DAILY.
SO IT COULD BE USE IF WE JUST PLAN AHEAD.
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DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUDGET OR THE SWAG? ALRIGHT, WE WILL GO ON TO, UM, ITEM C UH, REVIEW, MONTHLY CALENDAR.UM, MR. PHILLIP, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS MONTHLY CALENDAR EVERY MONTH FOR THE LAST OR EVERY MEETING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF, UH, MEETINGS.
HOW DO WE TRACK BETTER WHAT IT IS THAT WE'VE AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN? AND I'M, I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, UH, WITH THIS CALENDAR ARE, UH, THREE MONTH, A THREE MONTH OUTLOOK OF WHAT, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE.
AND SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED.
UM, THIS, UH, GARLAND HISTORY EVENT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ON HERE.
BUT, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO IS GIVE YOU A THREE MONTH OUTLOOK LIKE WE'VE GOT HERE TODAY.
AND THEN, UH, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SPECIFIC EVENTS WE WANTED TO BE A PART OF FOR 2025.
UH, WE CAN MAP THAT OUT AND, UH, THAT CAN BE AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS AS WELL.
SO WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHAT'S IMMEDIATE OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, EVEN IF YOU JUST ADDED AN EXTRA COLUMN IN THERE AND SAID PARTNER, UH, TABLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE, LIKE YOU SAID, WE DID GO THROUGH YEAH.
UM, I KNOW WITH THE OCTOBER FEST THING, UM, I WASN'T SURE THAT WE AGREED OR DIDN'T, BUT AT THE TIME I WAS ASKED, I WASN'T SOMEWHERE WHERE I COULD LOOK AT IT AND IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, FINE.
IF THEY'LL GIVE US THE TABLE, LET'S JUST TAKE A TABLE.
BUT THEN WHEN I KEPT THINKING BACK, I WAS LIKE, HMM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE AGREED TO THAT, BUT SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND HAVE SOME DOCUMENTATION.
JUST STICK AN EXTRA COLUMN IN THERE IF POSSIBLE AND SAY, WE'LL, UM, HAVE A TABLE OR WE'LL PARTNER WITH THE CITY, CITY OR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AT THAT TIME.
UH, I WILL, UH, ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE THREE MONTH OUTLOOK WITH A COLUMN ADDED OF WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO.
AND THEN I WILL ALSO BRING BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, THE 2025 EVENTS THAT WE, UH, AGREED TO AT THE LAST MEETING AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING FOR THOSE ME, UH, THOSE EVENTS AS WELL.
SO FOR, UM, OCTOBER, WE HAVE THE GARLAND HISTORY GEO TOUR LAUNCH PARTY, AND WE HAVE THE TRUNK OR TREAT, THIS IS A, THE SI I'M SORRY, HERITAGE CROSSING IS THE ORGANIZER FOR THE GARLAND HISTORY GEO TOUR LAUNCH PARTY.
AND THE CITY IS THE ORGANIZER FOR THE TRUNK OR TREAT.
UM, IS THIS TRUNK OR TREAT IS, I GUESS IT MAY BE ALREADY TOO LATE.
UM, UH, HAS THEY, HAVE THEY REACHED OUT AND NEEDED ANY VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THIS EVENT? THEY, THEY HAVE NOT ASKED FOR, UM, ASSISTANCE AT THIS POINT, BUT I BELIEVE THEY COULD UTILIZE VOLUNTEERS.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE, UM, UH, SECURED THE, THE SPOTS FOR TRUNKS.
THEY, THEY NEED, THEY NEED HANDS.
SO IT'S A POSSIBILITY TO, TO VOLUNTEER AND WE CAN GET YOU WITH THE RECREATION TEAM IF, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER.
SO WE WOULD BE HELPING OUT, NOT PROMOTING THE MULTICULTURE, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
SO IS THERE ANYONE THAT SEES AN AVAIL ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30 ON THAT CALENDAR? LET ME LOOK AND I PROBABLY CAN DO IT.
MY HUSBAND ALWAYS SAYS, DON'T RAISE YOUR HAND
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD WORK.
AND GENERALLY THE WAY I GUESS IT WILL WORK WHEN WE DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOLUNTEER WHEN WE SHOW UP TO AN EVENT, YOU WILL LET US KNOW WHO IT IS THAT WE NEED TO SPEAK TO WHEN WE GET THERE.
I WANT MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CONTACT.
UH, SO THIS IS A CITY RECREATION EVENT, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE CONTACT THERE AND THEY KNOW YOU'RE COMING.
AND WEAR YOUR SHIRT SO THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE.
CHAIR, MAY I ASK WHERE OR ANYONE WHERE'S THE BRADFIELD RECREATION CENTER? OVER MY CASTLE CASTLE DRIVE COUNTRY CLUB, CORRECT.
I, I, I THINK I CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
MR. CHARLES? I THINK I'M PRETTY THAT EASY.
I'LL PUT PUT IT DOWN THE 25TH.
YEAH, IT LOOK LIKE IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
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UH, FLORES AND MR. CHARLES LEONARD WILL VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST THE CITY WITH THE TRUNK OR TREAT.UH, IS THERE ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE GARLAND HISTORY GEO TOUR LAUNCH PARTY? I'M OUTTA TOWN.
THAT IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 19TH.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SATURDAY.
I HAVE TO WORK TOO CLOSE MADAM CHAIR.
THERE'S, UH, TO BE HONEST WITH THAT EVENT, UH, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, IT'S A, IT'S AN APP ON THE PHONE WHERE YOU GO AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGHOUT THE, I MEAN, IT'S A, IT KEEPS PEOPLE ACTIVE AND, AND THERE'S AN INITIAL EVENT, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF NEED THERE.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UH, FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE MUSIC MADE HERE, DOWNTOWN SQUARE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST FROM SEVEN TO NINE.
IS THAT THE FIRST FRIDAY? YEAH.
ALL THAT IS ALSO AL IT'S ALSO THE FIRST DAY OF AMERICAN I KNOW.
SO ALRIGHTYY SO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GO OUT AND SUPPORT THAT EVENT.
ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE DOING THEN? NOTHING.
AND I THINK I CAN SAY THIS NOW, MS. E THAT I CAN SEE IT WRITTEN NOW, DEAR LOS.
NOW YOU CAN SAY YOU'RE BILINGUAL
SO THIS IS WHAT THAT WE HAVE DEFINITELY AGREED THAT WE WILL HAVE A TABLE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST MONTH, OR WAS IT JUST YOU AND I THAT HAD THIS CONVERSATION? IT WAS JUST YOU AND I.
WELL, MR. PHILIP CAN EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
UH, SO I REACHED OUT TO, UH, THE CITY SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM TO SEE HOW WE COULD MAKE AN IMPACT, UH, AS A MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
UH, SO I WANTED TO GET THE GROUP'S THOUGHTS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
BUT, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE ASKED FOR THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION TO DO IS TO, UH, BE THE VERY FIRST TABLE THAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU WALK INTO, UM, THE, UH, THE GRANDVILLE ARTS CENTER.
AND THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXPLAINING WHAT THE ALTARS OR THE RENDA IS.
AND THEN, UH, IF YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE A PICTURE OF A LOVED ONE, SO IT, IF, IF EVERYONE'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH DE LOS MUERTOS, YOU, YOU PUT A PICTURE OF A LOVED ONE ON A, UH, ON A TABLE, AND IT'S IN REMEMBRANCE OF, UH, OF THAT PERSON.
IF YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE A, UH, A PICTURE OF THAT PERSON WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN YOU COME TO THIS EVENT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, A TABLE.
AND I SAY THEY, THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION WOULD HAVE A TABLE WHERE YOU CAN WRITE A NOTE TO A LOVED ONE AND STICK THAT, UH, ON THE TABLE.
AND THOSE WILL STAY THERE FOR TWO WEEKS.
AND SO, UH, WE, WE WANT TO GIVE OWNERSHIP TO THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION FOR THAT.
UH, THE FIRST, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE SEE WOULD BE THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSIONS TABLE WITH THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSIONS TABLECLOTH.
UM, THE MOSAIC, UH, TO ME IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF, UH, UH, RECOGNITION AT A, AT A MAJOR EVENT, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE, THE CULTURAL EVENT THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
SO, UM, I, I'VE GOTTA LET DANA KNOW SOMETHING QUICKLY ON THIS.
SO IF WE COULD APPROVE THIS, UH, THIS WOULD BE, THIS WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT, UH, DANA SAID THAT, UH, IT, HISTORICALLY THIS HAS BEEN VOLUNTEER BASED.
UH, WE DON'T, UM, THAT THE VOLUNTEERS DON'T, UH, ALWAYS PAN OUT IF I'M SAYING IT IN A NICE WAY.
BUT, UH, I TOLD HER I FELT LIKE WE COULD PUT A LOT OF TRUST INTO THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION TO, TO OWN THIS AND TO, TO HELP, UH, TO HELP WITH THIS.
IS THIS THE EVENT THAT YOU DID DIA FRIEND OF BEFORE, BEFORE ALVIA? ISN'T DIA THE FIRST? I, I BELIEVE IT IS, BUT WE'RE THE CITY'S, I I, I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE MY BIRTHDAY IS THE SECOND, AND I, IT'S ALWAYS LIKE, IT'S DII SAW DIA WAS THE DAY BEFORE.
THE WAY WE'RE CELEBRATING IT AS THE CITY.
UM, WE DID THE REAL GOOD LAST YEAR.
WE WERE RIGHT AT THE FRONT ALSO, UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS INTERVIEWING, BUT BY SOME REPORTER, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO EXPLAIN, OR I WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY HISPANICS THERE.
BUT, UM, BUT YOU, WE, YOU KNOW, I ASKED ALL OF YOU TO BRING PICTURES OR SOMETHING THAT I, A SKULL OR SOMETHING.
SO, UH, WHEN I WAS GETTING ALL THE STUFF DOWN FROM THE ATTIC, I DIDN'T GO UP TO THE ATTIC.
I'M, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO GO UP TO THE ATTIC ANYMORE.
THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE POLICE TOLD ME LAST YEAR.
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BE UP IN THE ATTICANYWAY, UH, I WENT AHEAD AND, AND, AND TOLD 'EM TO GET DOWN THE, THE BOX, WHICH I STILL HAVE THE, THE SKULLS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND, UH, THE CANDLES.
SO, UM, I THINK I STILL HAVE THE, THE TABLECLOTH.
RENE BROUGHT A, A, UM,
SO ALL, ALL REACHED TO HIM AGAIN TO BRING THE
UM, SO THE OTHER STUFF I JUST GOT FROM MICHAEL'S, BUT, UM, SO MR. PHILIP, AT THIS MOMENT, UM, WE NEED TO VOTE FIRST, OR I, I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, BEING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE SPOTLIGHT, UM, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN DIP INTO OUR BUDGET IF WE ALL AGREED TO BUY SOME EXTRA THINGS TO BE ABLE TO GO ON THE TABLE? SURE.
THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMMISSION CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO BUY.
UM, ONE THING I, I DID WANNA SHARE ABOUT THIS EVENT, AND WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE CAN UTILIZE, POTENTIALLY VISIT GARLAND A A, A PORTION OF THEIR BUDGET SINCE IT'S THEIR EVENT AND WE'RE ASSISTING WITH THEM.
UM, I, I THINK WE CAN BRING ITEMS WE'VE ALREADY ALREADY HAVE.
WHAT, WHAT, UH, TALKING WITH DANA, WHAT WE ENVISION WAS, UM, ESSENTIALLY TWO, TWO TABLES.
ONE TABLE WERE, I'M SORRY, SO SIX FOOT TABLES.
UH, ONE WITH, UM, THE DECORATIONS, LIKE THE SKULLS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHERE WE CAN PUT DECOR ON.
AND THEN THE OTHER TABLE THAT HAS THE, UH, THE NOTE WRITING STATION, THAT, AND YOU CAN EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT, AND THEN THEY CAN PUT IT, PUT IT OUT FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR LOVED ONES.
SO IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE TWO TABLES, ONE WITH THE DECOR, AND THEN ONE WITH THE, UM, WITH THE NOTE.
WE CAN ALSO PUT ON THAT TABLE OF WHO WE ARE.
SOME, YOU KNOW, LEAFLETS OR WHATEVER OF WHO WE ARE.
SO MS. ELVIA, DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S A NEED, I KNOW LAST YEAR EVERYTHING THAT WE BROUGHT, MOST OF EVERYTHING WE BROUGHT EXCEPT FOR THE OTHER HISPANICS, YOU TOOK THAT STUFF HOME WITH YOU.
YEAH, I GOT IT DOWN FROM THE ATTIC TODAY.
SO WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS TO COVER AT LEAST THE ONE SIX FOOT TABLE, LIKE BEFORE? BECAUSE THE OTHER TABLE WILL HAVE THE NOTES AND OUR INFORMATION ON IT.
DO YOU THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR YOU TO, UM, GET SOMEBODY OUT OF THE BUDGET TO BUY SOME OTHER THINGS? I'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I HAVE.
PROBABLY I'LL NEED A TABLECLOTH, BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, UH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK, SEE WHAT I GOT.
I JUST GOT IT DOWN AND THAT'S IT.
SO IS THERE A WAY THAT, BECAUSE WE WON'T MEET AGAIN BEFORE THIS EVENT, TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON IT, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN VOTE ON A NUMBER AND IF SHE NEEDS IT, FINE AND IF SHE DOESN'T NEED IT, THEN YEAH, WE DON'T TAKE FROM THE BUDGET.
WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IF THE COMMISSION IS, IS FORWARD, IS IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT AND YOU WANNA SPEND MONEY THAT YOU SET A, A THRESHOLD AND THAT WE ALLOW THE CHAIR TO INTERACT WITH TRACY AND I TO, UH, SPEND UP TO THAT AMOUNT.
SO YOU MAY, AND I'M JUST THROWING A NUMBER, IF YOU SAY $200, UH, FOR, FOR INCIDENTALS, YOU YEAH.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE NUMBER WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH.
AND WE MAY NOT USE IT OR WE MAY USE IT AND IT'LL BE ON THE NEXT, UM, UH, FINANCIAL REPORT OF, WE SPENT A HUNDRED DOLLARS, WE SPENT $200, BUT YOU WOULD SET A THRESHOLD THAT WE CAN'T EXCEED.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION THAT, DO WE HAVE A, GO AHEAD.
WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST, IF IT'S PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT, UH, DON'T NEED A FORMAL MOTION.
IF WE COULD JUST GET A CONSENSUS FROM EVERYBODY, IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO GIVE A THUMBS UP TO IT, WE CAN SIGN YOU UP.
NOW, THE SPENDING OF THE MONEY, WE DO NEED A MOTION FOR.
UM, I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT US HAVING LIKE THE TWO TABLES AND THEN HAVING OUR, THE MOSAIC UP.
DO YOU THINK HAVING THE MOSAIC UP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE LIVING ITS PICTURES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT? JUST BECAUSE IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO JUST ASK IF WE SHOULD HAVE A
UM, I, I CAN POTENTIALLY, UM, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T NEED NEED CULTURALLY.
UM, YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT THERE.
I MEAN, WE, I BELIEVE, TRACY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE'VE GOT TWO TABLECLOTHS WITH THE CMC LOGO, SO WE COULD HAVE THOSE AND THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN SEE.
AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR SHIRTS ON, WE, WE HAVE TWO TABLE CLOTHS.
THAT'S DOESN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
IT ISN'T NECESSARILY THE, IF IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT WAS A NECESSARY THING.
THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD, NOW YOU ALL WEAR YOUR SHIRT.
BUT I WAS AT A CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO AND I WENT TO THE MARKETPLACE AND BROUGHT UP A MEXICAN BLOUSE.
I BOUGHT IT FOR THAT OCCASION.
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THING.UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE ALWAYS HAVE TO WEAR THE SHIRTS.
SO IF YOU WANNA DRESS IN GARB THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO YOUR CULTURE, I CELEBRATE YOU PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW? YEP.
UM, CAN I PLEASE ASK THAT OUR TABLECLOTH BE IRONED? WE WILL, WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
IF I BURN IT, THEN IT CAN'T BLAME ME FOR IT.
ME AND TRACY WILL HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT.
MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY JUST, UH, WANTED TO, TO ADD TO THIS EVENT, UM, IT, IT IS TIME INTENSIVE.
SO IT, UH, IT'S EXPECTED TO GO FROM TWO TO EIGHT ON SATURDAY.
UH, WE WOULD NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WORKING AT THAT TIME.
AND SO, UM, IF, IF THE COMMISSION DOES WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, UH, NOT HAVE EVERYBODY THERE THE WHOLE TIME.
SIX HOURS SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF TIME FOR, FOR ONE PERSON OR FOR EVERYONE TO BE AT THERE.
SO IF WE WANNA BREAK IT INTO, INTO SHIFTS, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY DO THAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, BENEFICIAL.
AND IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, AND, AND I'M LOOKING AT MS. WYNN AS WE SAY THIS, WE ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY LEADERS GROUP THAT ASSISTED US.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME MEMBERS FROM, UH, LULAC, NAACP, THE ASIAN AMERICAN GROUP, UH, ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL.
AND WE CAN, UH, IF WE, WE NEED HANDS AND AND FEET TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET SEVERAL FOLKS HELPING US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UH, FIRST QUESTION IS, ARE WE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL PARTICIPATE? THIS WILL BE, UM, ONE OF THOSE ALL HANDS ON DECKS.
WE GET THE SPOTLIGHT, WE GET TO BE OUT FRONT, WE GET THE, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I DON'T THINK, WHY NOT? WE DID IT LAST YEAR SUCCESSFULLY AND NOW WE HAVE MORE MEMBERS.
TOGETHERNESS, WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO MISS ALL THAT ARE, HE SAID A THUMBS UP.
EVERYBODY THAT WANNA PARTICIPATE, I THINK WE SHOULD PARTICIPATE AS A COMMISSION.
UH, THE NEXT THING YOU MENTIONED WAS THE TIME SLOTS.
SO I KNOW IN THE PAST, I KNOW MS. KIMBERLY HAS DONE IT, I KNOW, UM, JUSTINA HAS DONE IT.
SEND AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, THESE ARE ONE OR TWO HOUR BLOCKS, TIMEFRAMES, PUT YOUR NAME IN WHERE YOU ARE, UH, AVAILABLE TO FILL IN.
IS THAT SOMETHING NOW WE NEED TO RELY ON MISS TRACY TO DO FOR US? WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO THE COMMISSION IS TRACY AND I CAN WORK ON SOMETHING LIKE A GOOGLE FORM OR SOMETHING SIMPLER THAT HERE'S THE TIME SLOTS AND YOU, YOU GO IN AND IF, UH, ALL FOUR OF Y'ALL TRY AND PICK THE SAME TIME, IT WON'T LET YOU, IT'LL JUST SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S OPEN FORM.
YEAH, YOU SAID THREE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN SET THAT UP WITH THE DIFFERENT TIME BLOCKS AND WE WILL EMAIL THAT OUT TO, TO HAVE EVERYONE FILL IN.
I'LL BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME FOR THE MAIN REASON.
UH, I'LL TAKE A BREAK AND SOMEBODY WILL STAY THERE FOR THE MAIN REASON THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF NON SPANISH SPEAKING, NON-HISPANIC PEOPLE COMING AND THEY WANNA KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AND WE CAN, WE, UH, TALKED TO, UH, DANA, SHE HAS A, UH, A FLYER THAT EXPLAINS WHAT, UH, WHAT THE CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANCE IS THAT, AND SO WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY.
AND THAT WAY WHEN YOU DO GET ASKED QUESTIONS, YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS AND YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP.
YOU CAN SHARE IT ELECTRONICALLY.
I'LL, I'LL SEND THAT WITH THE GOOGLE FORM FOR SIGNING UP.
UM, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND, SINCE WE ARE GETTING HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY LEADERS GROUP, RIGHT.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE GROUP AS WELL, THE INFORMATION EXPLAINING IN DETAILS, BASICALLY BRIEFLY LET US KNOW.
SO IF WE PARTICIPATE, WE WOULD KNOW WHAT TO SAY, WHAT TO DO.
AND, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS, UH, A SUGGESTION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY LEADERS GROUP.
I I JUST THINK IT SHOWS A, A STRONG, UH, STANCE AS A COMMUNITY WHEN YOU HAVE NOT JUST HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS THERE.
YOU'VE GOT, UH, ALL WALKS OF COMMUNITY, UH, UH, SERVING, UH, THE CULTURES IN THE CITY.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US.
AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS, UH, FOR US TO SET A THRESHOLD AS A, UM, COMMISSION OF WHAT, UH, WHAT COULD BE SPENT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DECORATIONS THAT WE NEED, UM, FOR THE EVENT, UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SET A BUDGET OF UP TO $250 FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR OUR TABLE.
AND THAT COULD INCLUDE IN ADDITION TO THE BREAD THAT ELVIA WAS TALKING
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ABOUT, ANY SUPPLIES THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE DECORATE THE RENDA.ALL THOSE OPPOSED AYES HAVE IT.
DOES THE EVENT START AT TWO OR IS THAT SET UP TIME? THE, THE EVENT STARTS AT TWO, SO WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A ONE O'CLOCK, UH, UH, START TIME, HOWEVER, THE DAY BEFORE SETUP CAN TAKE PLACE.
UH, SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IS, UH, AND TRACY JUST, SHE DOESN'T KNOW YET, BUT ME, TRACY, COURTNEY, JENNIFER WILL GO SET UP THE TABLE AND, UH, THEN IF THERE'S OTHER DECOR THAT WE NEED TO PUT ON THERE, WE CAN DO THAT OF THE DAY.
BUT AT LEAST OUR TABLES WILL BE SET UP AND YEAH, IT IS MY BIRTHDAY, SO I WILL SET UP
THAT I'M THEN GOING TO CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY, BUT I WILL BE THERE FOR LIKE, THE FIRST SHIFT.
IF IT'S TWO HOURS, WHATEVER, I WILL COME AND HELP SET UP WITH YOU.
SO YOU'RE SAYING IT'LL START AT TWO, UH, THE EVENT STARTS AT TWO.
SO HE SAYS SET UP WOULD PROBABLY START AT ONE.
AND I'LL CONFIRM THAT WITH DANA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO SET UP EARLIER THAN THAT.
BUT, UM, WE AT LEAST OF COURSE, HAVE TO BE SET UP BY THE START TIME.
AND I THINK WE, I THINK SETUP WAS WAY BEFORE THAT LAST TIME.
RIGHT? WELL, WE'LL CONFIRM YEAH.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S
'CAUSE WE HAD TROUBLE PUTTING UP THE BANNER AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO.
SO THE, ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY HAS THAT ON THEIR CALENDAR.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU SEND EVERYBODY A REMINDER AT WHAT TIME THAT THEY WANT TO BE THERE SO WE DON'T ALL SHOW UP AT TWO O'CLOCK.
SO ONCE THE GOOGLE FORM IS OUT AND WE HAVE TIMES AND NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH IT, I'LL HAVE THEM SENT OUT A, A REMINDER.
UH, THE NEXT THING THAT WAS ON THE LIST WAS THE GAR GARLAND TURKEY TROT.
THIS IS AN EVENT JUST TO GO OUT AND SPECTATE, UH, NO HANDS ON DECK NEEDED, UH, FOR DECEMBER, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE DOWNTOWN, AND THAT'S HOSTED BY THE CITY OF GARLAND.
THE DATE FOR THAT IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, AND IT STARTS AT 5:00 PM THERE'S NO END TIME.
MR. UH, PHILLIP, IS THAT ON PURPOSE? UM, I APOLOGIZE ON, UM, I UPDATED THE SHEET.
I DON'T THINK IT GOT UPDATED ON Y'ALL SIDE.
UH, BUT IT DOES END AT, UH, NINE 30.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A DISCUSSION ABOUT EXTENDING THAT TO 10 O'CLOCK, AND THE CITY'S WORKING THROUGH LOGISTICS ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, TYPICALLY THERE, THIS IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST EVENTS, AND SO, UM, JUST EXTENDING ITS, UH, TIMEFRAME, UH, IS BENEFICIAL.
BUT MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, WE'VE GOT AN ITEM THAT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, DOING FOR THIS EVENT.
SO, UH, AGAIN, TALKED WITH THE, THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM AND IF THERE'S A HANDOUT, UH, THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT, UH, THEY HAVE A, AN AREA, THE, UM, THE SPECIAL EVENTS GROUP, UH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, FORTUNATE SUN PIZZA THAT'S HERE DOWNTOWN, UH, THERE'S AN EMPTY, UH, SPACE THAT'S THERE, AN ART SPACE THERE, THERE'S AN ART SPACE THERE.
UH, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMISSION TO DO IS OPERATE A COOKIE DECORATING, UH, AREA FOR CHILDREN.
AND WHAT'LL BE UNIQUE ABOUT THAT IS THAT'LL ALSO BE THE GATEWAY TO THE BACK.
IF YOU THINK BACK BEHIND FORTUNATE SUN, THERE'S AN EMPTY LOT.
UH, THEY'RE GOING TO, AND I SAY THEY SPECIAL EVENTS IS GOING TO MAKE A CHRISTMAS TREE FOREST BACK THERE.
SO IN ORDER TO GET TO THE EXTRA EVENT, YOU'VE GOTTA COME THROUGH THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSIONS COOKIE DECORATING BOOTH.
AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL CRAFTS, BUT, UM, DANA WILL PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
UH, IT'LL COST US, UH, NOTHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OTHER THAN OUR TIME.
AND SO I WANTED TO SUGGEST, SUGGEST THIS TO THE GROUP TO, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ONE.
UH, IS THE ACTUAL EVENT IS, UH, CURRENTLY THREE 30 TO NINE 30, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'LL EXTEND OUT.
AND, UH, WE WOULD, WOULD PROBABLY LOOK FOR AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE WORKING IN THIS.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE IS BEYOND, UM, THIS GROUP, WE WOULD HAVE CITY STAFF THAT'S SUPPLEMENTING, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S, UH, THERE'S COVERAGE THERE.
BUT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR, UM, THE D LOS MUTOS EVENT, WE'LL HAVE A COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, UH, TABLE WITH A TABLECLOTH.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO HAND OUT ANY OF THE SWAG, UM, DANA DID WARN AGAINST THAT, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE PASSING US, AND THEY MAY TAKE OUR STUFF FAIRLY QUICKLY.
SO WE MAY JUST WANT THE TABLE AND MAYBE SOME HANDOUTS.
UH, BUT IT'S A CHANCE FOR US TO INTERACT WITH THE YOUTH AND OF COURSE, THE PARENTS.
SO WHILE THE KIDS ARE DOING THEIR THING, WE CAN GRAB THE PARENTS, TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION IS, UH, WHAT OUR, OUR GOALS AND, AND WHAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO, UH, WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AS ANOTHER OPTION.
UM, UH, I THINK THIS APPEALED TO ME BECAUSE IT'S FREE AND IT, IT'S VERY HIGH, UH, TRAFFIC.
SO IT GI GIVES YOU A LOT OF EXPOSURE AND COST US NOTHING AT THE END OF THE DAY.
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THE HIGH TRAFFIC IS A GOOD IDEA.AND BEING RIGHT WHERE IN THAT AREA, AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU GOTTA PASS THROUGH US TO GET TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IF NOTHING MORE, WE'RE ABLE TO HAND OUT OUR, UM, OUR FLYER INFORMATION.
LAST YEAR WHAT WE WERE WAS TOO CROWDED.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO COME THIS WAY.
AND WE HAVE KITS OVER HERE AND KITS OVER HERE AND, MM-HMM.
UM, ONE THING, UM, THEY WILL HAVE GLOVES.
THE COOKIES ARE PREPACKAGED RIGHT.
SO NOTHING IS OUT IN THE OPEN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, UM, ANY CONTAMINATION OF FOOD BEING CROSS-CONTAMINATED OR ANYTHING BECAUSE THE COOKIES ARE PREPACKAGED.
THERE WILL BE HAND SANITIZER, UH, AVAILABLE.
UM, WILL EACH COOKIE HAVE LIKE THE ICING OR WHATEVER? THEY'LL HAVE A, UM, A LITTLE, UM, ICING PACKET.
SO EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CONTAINED AND THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT DOUBLE DIPPING AND OKAY.
SO THEY'LL ALL, AND THEY'LL JUST THROW IT AWAY ONCE THEY'RE DONE AND EAT THEIR COOKIE OR TAKE IT WITH THEM, WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA DO.
SO EACH COOKIE WILL HAVE ITS OWN STUFF.
UM, SO CAN WE GET A, DO WE NEED A MOTION? A THUMBS UP? THUMBS UP THAT WE ARE WILLING TO BE THE CENTER FOR THIS EVENT AS WELL.
I'M CHALLENGED BY THE TIME, BY THE TIME.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE THREE 30 TIME? I DON'T KNOW, CHALLENGE AT ALL WITH THE EVENT? JUST THAT THE TIME.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO KNOW FOR SURE THAT THEY COULD BE AT THIS EVENT AT THREE 30? IT'S ON DECEMBER 5TH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH.
IF WE NEED TO CHECK CALENDARS AND EMAIL BACK.
UM, AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA PUT Y'ALL OUT THERE, BUT I, WE HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS THAT ARE RETIRED
AND THOSE OF US THAT ARE NOT RETIRED, UH, COULD TAKE THE LATER SHIFT.
WE CAN SEND THE GOOGLE FORMS SIMILAR TO THE D DE LOS STOS EVENT, AND IF WE HAVE THOSE BLANKS, I CAN LET DANA KNOW AND WE CAN GET CITY STAFF OR OTHER VOLUNTEERS TO, UH, COME IN AND HELP US, UH, SUPPLEMENT THE, UH, THE WORK THERE.
WE, WE CAN, I COULD DEFINITELY BE THERE BY SIX.
I COULD, TRYING TO SAY YES, I'LL BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE OFFICE EARLY.
RIGHT? AS FAR, I COULD PROBABLY DO THE THREE 30 ALSO TOO, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME AT THE BEGINNING.
WHAT'D YOU SAY, MS. ELVIA? I CAN PROBABLY DO THE THREE 30 ALSO.
MR. ISAAC, YOU, YOU WORKING MR. ISAAC? YES.
I WAS GONNA SAY YOU BE THERE 3 30, 3 45 TO BE PATIENT WITH THE CHILDREN THOUGH.
WHEN, WHEN IT GETS LET ALL, SO WE ALL GOOD ON THAT ONE? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WILL THE PARENTS BE RIGHT THERE OR ARE THEY GONNA BE OVER HERE? UH, I WILL GET WITH DANA.
SO, UH, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS HAVE THE KIDS HAVE A TABLE WHERE THEY CAN SIT DOWN AND, UM, HAVE JUST, UH, LIMITED CHAIRS FOR THE KIDS TO INTERACT.
I, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO KEEP THE PARENTS AWAY ALL THE TIME.
I, I DO THAT WHERE, UH, PANCAKES WITH SANTA AND I'VE BEEN DOING THE CRASH FOR THING AND I, I HAVE THE TABLES, BUT I ALSO MAKE MY OWN ROPE.
AND I SAID, NO PARENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE, BUT DON'T COME IN BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A KID PUT IN THIS.
NO, NO, HUN, YOU WANNA PUT IT OVER HERE? NO, NO, NO.
WELL, IT BECOMES THE PARENT DOING THE CRAFT, NOT THE KID.
AND SO I HAD ONE PERSON, UH, LAST YEAR THEY GOT UPSET AND I SAID, LISTEN, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 25 YEARS, I AIN'T GONNA CHANGE.
SO WELL, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, FIND OUT HOW IT'LL BE SET UP.
BUT WE'LL ALSO JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME, SOME KIDS DO GET A LITTLE OUTTA CONTROL.
IF, IF THERE'S KIDS, OH, PARENTS RE UH, YEAH, THERE'S KIDS THAT HAVE A A, A MEDICAL PROBLEM.
AND THE PARENT WILL USUALLY SAY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S FINE.
UM, AND THAT WAY IT DOESN'T GET SO CROWDED EITHER.
AND PARENTS WANT THEIR KIDS CLOSE BY, ESPECIALLY AT A PUBLIC EVENT.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE PATIENT WITH THEM AND PRAY THAT THEY'RE PATIENT WITH US AS WELL.
WE WILL JUST LIKE WE DID FOR OCTOBERFEST, WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, THE NEXT, AND I'M SORRY IF I'M, UH, IT'S 7 0 4 AND I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU GUYS TOO LATE.
UH, WE ARE AT A PART THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ADD TO THE AGENDA MONTHLY BECAUSE WE COME IN, WE HAVE THINGS ON THE AGENDA AND WE NEVER THINK ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DID THE PREVIOUS MONTH OR SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS.
AND MS. JENNIFER, THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR SOMETHING TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA, WHICH MADE US REALIZE WE
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DIDN'T HAVE A SPOT FOR THAT.SO FOR, UM, ITEM D, THE CMC COMMITTEE REPORTS AN EVENT PARTICIPATION REVIEW.
UH, IT SAYS COMMITTEE COMMITTEES FOR THE CMC MAY REPORT.
I THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE SAID REPORT.
OH, REPORT OUT MEETING INFORMATION.
I'M NOT SURE INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS MAY ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
SO THE ONE THING THAT I KNOW THAT WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN SINCE OUR LAST MEETING WAS THE OCTOBERFEST.
MS. ELVIA JUST EXPRESSED HER CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
UM, ONE CONCERN I HAD WAS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A TENT, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD, UH, CONSIDER PURCHASING FOR OURSELVES THAT SAY CMC ON THERE WITH A BUDGET.
BUT OF COURSE THAT'D BE ON A DIFFERENT AGENDA BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT WE'D SHOW UP TO AN EVENT WE HAD A TENT THAT THAT WAS, I GUESS MAYBE WE WOULD GOLDEN CHILDREN BACK THEN AND WE'RE NOT SO MUCH GOLDEN, NO MORE
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER.
'CAUSE WE USED MINE, WHICH WAS FINE, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ONE THAT HAS CMC ON IT.
UM, MR. MERRILL, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FOR THE OCTOBERFEST? UM, NO.
I THINK ONCE WE DECIDED WE WERE GONNA BE OUT THERE, IT WAS GOOD.
LIKE I SAID, LV, SHE HAD HAD HER STUFF SET UP THERE AND THERE WERE PLENTY.
I THINK IT WAS MORE, THIS ONE WAS MORE INTERACTION I THINK WE HAD WITH THE PARENTS THAN, THAN MOST OF THE OTHER EVENTS WE WENT TO.
WE HAD A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH ADULTS.
WAS IT IT WAS THE SAFETY FEST.
OH, I, SORRY, I CALLED IT WRONG.
WELL, I'M, I PROBABLY USED IT WRONG.
NO, THEY CALLED IT THE GUARD FIRE DEPARTMENT SAFETY FEST.
SO WHAT IS THE OCTOBERFEST? DID I JUST MAKE THAT UP? YES, YES.
YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED FEST VERY AND INVOLVED.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE, UM, MS. JENNIFER GETS THE FLOOR? ANYTHING ELSE WE DID BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 19TH AND NOW AS A COMMISSION? I JUST LOOKED AT MY CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER 5TH.
THAT IS ALSO THE GARLAND CHAMBERS, UM, COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST DAY.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED AS A GROUP IN THE PAST, BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
SO, MR. PHILIP, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU LOOK THAT UP ON WHAT WE, I GOT ALL THE INFO AROUND THE PLANNING THAT, SO WE HAVE A CALENDAR THAT WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH AND SAID WE WILL, WE WON'T.
AND I DO REMEMBER, UM, THE PRAYER BREAKFAST, UH, IT'S NOT COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST, COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST, BUT I REMEMBER THAT BEING ON THE CALENDAR.
WAS IT, AND I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MR. LEONARD, UM, WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU CHECK THAT OUT FOR ME? YES, MA'AM.
ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE, UH, ITEM E, UH, FOR THE LOCAL FAITH AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY OUTREACH UPDATE.
AND MS. UM, JENNIFER IS GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT.
UH, COMMISSION MEMBER FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT BACK TO YOU THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AND FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER.
IT SEEMS LIKE I LIVE IN BUILDING INSPECTION, EITHER BUILDING INSPECTION OR MAYBE AT HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND THANK YOU TO CITY OF GARLAND.
ON AUGUST THE SECOND, UH, WE RECEIVED A PANICKING PHONE CALL FROM TWO BUSINESS OWNER DISTRICT SEVEN.
AND THANK YOU TO FILL FOR YOUR HELP.
SO WE TURN OVER TO YOU AND WITHIN 55 MINUTES THE PROBLEM SOLVED AND THEIR BUSINESS OPENED THE DOOR AGAIN.
SO MANY THINGS TO THE CD, BUILDING INSPECTION, HEALTH INSPECTION ON THAT INCIDENT.
AND THEN ON AUGUST THE 20TH, WE, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM GARLAND BUILDING INSPECTION, SENIOR FIELD ENGINEER.
THAT'S A BIG ISSUE WITH A BUDDHIST TEMPLE.
THEY DON'T KNOW ANY DIFFERENCE.
SO THEY CHOPPING DOWN A LOT OF TREES.
THEY FLATTENED THE, THE, UH, THE SURFACE, THE, UH, THE PROPERTY WITHOUT PER PERMIT AND THEY DUMPED EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE CREEK.
SO BUILDING INSPECTION CALLED ME AND ASKED ME TO SEE IF WE CAN ORGANIZE A MEETING CONNECTING WITH THE TEMPLE AND BRING THEM IN.
AND JUST LIKE FEW HOURS TURN AROUND, WE CAME IN THE NEXT DAY
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WE MEET WITH BUILDING INSPECTION OFFICIALS.SO MANY DEPARTMENT, WHEN I WALK INTO THE MEETING ROOM, THE BLUE BARN, I SAY, OH MY GOSH, FULL HOUSE.
THEY DIDN'T TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE WORK IT AND IT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK NEED LEFT KNEE TO BE DONE, BUT IT'S GO ON, GO AND ISSUES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT BUILDING INSPECTION DID THE BEST THEY COULD TO HELP THEM OUT.
THEY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING, ONCE AGAIN, WE NEED TO PROMOTE OUR CITY SERVICES BECAUSE CITIZEN NEVER RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEVER WRONG.
SO TRUST ME, I HEARD THAT ALL THE TIME.
AGAIN, I RECEIVE A CALL ON, UM, FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND THEY WERE SHARING WITH US THAT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING, GOING SO STRONG FOR THE CITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.
AND THERE WERE SO MANY BUSINESSES OR RESIDENT DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY A VIETNAMESE BAPTIST CHURCH LOCUS AT SEVENTH STREET.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE GRAND OPENING DOWNTOWN SQUARE.
SO WE, WE, WE GET, WE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO WE TAKE THE TIME AND WE INVITING EVERYONE LIKE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECKY KING, THEN LODGE FROM VISIT GARLAND US AND UM, WE BRING A NEWSPAPER REPORTER WITH US TO COME IN TO MEET WITH BAPTIST CHURCH.
WE OPEN UP A COMMUNICATION AND THAT'S WHEN WE FIND OUT THE CHURCH HAVE 400 MEMBERS.
THEY HAVE THEIR GATHERING EVERY SUNDAY.
THEY, THEIR BUILDING ONLY HAVE SEVEN SPACE FOR PARKING SPACE.
LUCKILY, DANA AND BECKY WERE THERE.
AND SO TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CITY PURCHASED SOME, SOME EXTRA, UM, PROPERTY NEARBY.
SO NOW THEY LEARN AND THEY FIND OUT THEY, THEIR MEMBERS CAN PARK ON WEEKEND.
UM, ONCE AGAIN WITH THE TEMPLE, THE, THE TEMPLE I JUST SHOWED YOU THE PICTURE, WE INVITE EVERYONE TO COME, UH, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD GARLAND PD, NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICERS TO COME IN.
UH, AND TIFFANY VINO CHIEF COMMUNICATION TO BE THERE.
EVERYONE HAVE A LUNCH MEETING WITH THE TEMPLE AND FIND OUT WHERE ALL THE PROBLEM IS COMING FROM.
THIS IS NOT NEW TO US CITY BECAUSE THEY WERE WELL KNOWN THAT DOING THING WITHOUT PERMIT.
SO WE NEED TO CLEAN THAT UP AND ONCE FOR ALL WE SAT DOWN AND INTRODUCE EVERYONE AND EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT NEED TO BE DONE.
SO IT'S STILL A LOT OF WORK BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW, BUT WE NEED TO HELP THEM TO LEARN FOR THE PLANNING PROCESS AND HOW TO APPROACH TO SEE THE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT FEARING.
UM, SO WE ARE DOING VERY GOOD JOB ON THAT.
AND THEN WE ATTEND THE NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY RIBBON CUTTING ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH.
WE ACTUALLY SPONSOR A TABLE BOAT EVERY YEAR.
UM, THEN GOLAND FORWARD WHEN WE HAVE FIND OUT THANK YOU TO VN UNITED FC JIMMY TREND FOR TRANSLATION.
WE HAVE A, WHAT DO YOU CALL, POPUP EVENT
AGAIN, WITHIN TWO HOURS WE REACH OUT MORE THAN 140 PEOPLE THAT AREN AWARE OF GARLAND FORWARD PROJECT.
SO GMA TAKEN THE EVERYONE TO BUSINESS, RIGHT BUSINESSES AND THIS OWNER IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
AND WE DISTRIBUTE A LOT OF, UM, POSTCARD TO THEM.
SO NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR THE RESULT WHEN THEY HAVE REAL COMMUNICATION, LIKE A SURVEY THEN WITH THE VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE ON THEM.
AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO PROMOTE IT.
JIMMY, WE, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, WE ALSO ATTEND THE 35TH ANNUAL TASTE OF GARDEN ON OCTOBER THE FIFTH.
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TO FLY OUT ON SATURDAY OCTOBER'S FIFTH WHEN I HAVE LEARNED THAT THEY ARE LOW IN ATTENDANCE, LOW IN SPONSOR, WE DECIDED TO CANCEL OUR TRIP.WE STAY BACK TO BE A PLATINUM SPONSOR AND WE ARE SO HAPPY WE WERE THERE TO HELP THEM OUT.
UM, UPCOMING EVENT FOR EVERYONE TO, UH, TO BE POSTED THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A SERIOUS FOOD VENDOR DISCUSSION AT GARLAND WITH THE GARLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE 22ND.
AND HOW PHILLIPS YOU WILL BE THERE IF YOU ARE NOT UNAWARE OF, THERE ARE A LOT OF HEALTH VIOLATION GOING AROUND TO RESTAURANTS, TO BUSINESSES AND DISTRICT SIX SEVEN.
THERE'S A MAJOR, MAJOR ISSUE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THEY DO ALL THE INCORRECT, NOT PROPER PROCESS.
AND MAYBE LATER ON THAT WE CAN HAVE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND BRING EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY.
DO THEY, DO YOU, DO YOU CHECK THE THE FOOD TRUCKS? I'VE NOTICED WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FOOD TRUCKS IN THE CORNERS.
YEAH, THE FOOD TRUCK IS DOING VERY WELL.
THEY GET THEIR PERMIT AND THEY KNOW BETTER BECAUSE WE, WE ARE DOING BETTER NOW.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR RESTAURANTS.
THERE'S ANOTHER STORY THEY FEEL LIKE I, MY MOM AND DAD ARE DOING THIS BUSINESS FOR 20 YEARS AND I DON'T WORRY ABOUT CLEANING UP.
THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS IN IT.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT WE HAVE TWO MAJOR ISSUES THAT THE COM COMMISSION MAY BE, UM, PUT IN A CONSIDERATION TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP THEM OUT FOR HEALTH INSPECTOR TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
BUILDING INSPECTION FOR ALL PERMITS IS NUMBER TWO THAT MAYBE THAT WE CAN TAP ON AND, AND REACH OUT TO, TO ALL PEOPLE OUT THERE.
AND UM, WE ARE HAVING THE MEETING WITH, UH, WE INVITED THE VIETNAMESE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE BIGGEST ONE IN GARLAND.
THEY HAVE 4,000 PLUS MEMBERS AND UH, WE DON'T HAVE NO, UH, FLASHING LIGHT AND SENIOR, THEY WALK IN, IN THE EVENING, THEY GO TO CHURCH AND IN THE MORNING, EARLY IN THE MORNING WE HAVE 35, UH, ROOM FOR CLASSROOM.
SO ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THERE ARE VIETNAMESE AND BIBLE STUDIES AND CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GET OUT THEY RUN LIKE FLIES EVERYWHERE.
AND THERE ARE SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL.
SO WE SCHEDULE THE INVITE, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT CHURCH TO COME IN AND MEET WITH CITY MANAGER.
SAY YOU'VE BEEN VERY BUSY, MS. JENNIFER.
I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT I HEARD THAT JENNIFER SHARED MAKES ME THINK WE HAVE SOME EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE INTENTIONALLY VIOLATES THE RULES.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THEM, BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT EFFECTIVELY ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING THE CMC COULD DO, NOT JUST FOR, THANK GOD FOR JENNIFER AND THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS INFORMED.
WE HAVE MANY COMMUNITIES THAT COULD BENEFIT.
I'M WONDERING WOULD IT BE, AND OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TRANSLATORS AND MANY OTHER THINGS, BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO PLAN SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD, NOT IMMINENTLY.
THAT IS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT WE COULD BE A BRIDGE FOR, BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY A, THIS IS A NICE WAY TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF VIOLATIONS.
THE, THE, THE WAY THAT'S PAINFUL IS TO DO SOMETHING THAT FEELS PUNITIVE TO A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
BUT WE HAVE, HISPANIC UNIDOS DOES A GOOD JOB OF A LOT OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE THEY BRING PEOPLE IN FOR THAT.
BUT WE HAVE MANY COMMUNITIES THAT COULD BENEFIT OF AFRICAN DESCENT OF HISPANIC DESCENT.
I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE SUCH A COOL THING.
YEAH, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE AGENDA.
I WILL SEND A REQUEST TO MADAME CHAIR THAT WE MAY WANT TO HOST A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION IN THE PAST, RIGHT AFTER COVID,
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WE HOST FOUR COMMUNITY CMC HOST FOUR COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND WE, WE CHOSE THE TOPIC AND WE INVITE A CITY DEPARTMENT TO COME OUT AND TALK TO GENERAL PUBLIC.YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE COULD DO THAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YEAH, THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF, UH, MEETINGS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING TO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING SOME INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS A WHOLE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE HAVE DISCUSSED AS FAR AS SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, UH, FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
UM, MS. JENNIFER, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR DEFINITELY REPRESENTING THE CMC IN A GOOD LIGHT.
UH, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT SAY YOU'RE TIED TO US, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT YOU ARE.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO.
UM, ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE VOTING INFORMATION, CAN YOU SEND THAT TO MR. PHILLIP OR SEND IT TO ME TO LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS WILL HAVE YOUR TABLE SET UP FOR VOTING AND, UM, THE HOURS, THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU'LL HAVE IT.
UM, SO THAT WAY IF ANYONE IS AVAILABLE, I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO, WE WON'T MEET AGAIN BEFORE THEN FOR US TO AGREE AS A WHOLE TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT.
BUT IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT AND VOLUNTEER, UM, WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION OUT.
SO AS SOON AS YOU CAN GET IT TO ME, MR. JIMMY, COPY ME ON IT AND MR. PHILLIP AND MS. TRACY, AND THAT WAY THEY CAN SEND IT OUT TO US AS A WHOLE AND SAY, THIS IS AN EVENT THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
UM, YOUR VOLUNTEER SERVICES IS NEEDED IF YOU CAN SHOW UP.
SO FOR THE VOTER REGISTRATION, UM, THE DEADLINE WAS OCTOBER 5TH, ALREADY PASSED OCTOBER 7TH, RIGHT? SO WE DID IN OCTOBER 5TH, A WEEK AGO.
BUT WE HAVE TWO OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE A FLYER WE'LL SHARE WITH INFORMATION, BUT MOSTLY THAT WE ARE AT PARTNER WITH THE BIG CHURCH THAT MS. JENNIFER WING, WE SCHEDULE NEXT WEDNESDAY, UH, WITH THE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM TO, UM, BASICALLY IS THE ELECTION, UH, DRIVE RIGHT.
SO, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE HEAD PRIEST WILL ANNOUNCE, UM, UH, FOR THIS WEEKEND AT THE END OF EAST SMASH.
THEY WILL ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, UH, TURN OUT TO VOTE.
AND THEN OCTOBER 26TH, WHICH IS NEXT SATURDAY, WE WILL HAVE, UH, VOLUNTEERS IN CAR, UH, PARK IN, IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH, UH, AND EACH SMASH OR YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN COME, UM, THERE, WE CAN TAKE THEM TO THE NEAREST POLE IF THEY NEED TRANSLATION, WE'LL PROVIDE AS WELL.
UH, SO THAT WE HAVE OCTOBER 26TH AND NOVEMBER 5TH AS WE HAVE TWO FLY WE SHARE OUT.
UM, AT THE MOMENT, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IT'S JUST THEY, UH, I WOULD SHARE AND SEE WHAT, WHAT WE CAN SEE FROM THE MEMBERS.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE HIGH LEVEL OF THE WAY I HAVE.
WELL, MR. JIMMY, I'VE BEEN AROUND MS. JENNIFER LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER
IF WE ARE AVAILABLE, WE'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW IN CASE YOU SAY YEAH, WE CAN SAY, SOMEBODY CAN KNOW THEY CAN BE ALSO, UH, TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE USUALLY WE WOULD TAKE THEM TO, UH, DALLAS COUNTY VOTED OR COLIN COUNTY.
UH, THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AND WE DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALL HEARTS AND MINDS ARE CLEAR.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
ALL RIGHT, MS. KIMBERLY AND MISS ELVIA