Mar 20, 2025 Community Multicultural Commission

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FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

[ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION Work Session Room of City Hall 200 N. Fifth Street Garland, Texas March 20, 2025 6:00 p.m. A meeting of the Community Multiclutural 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.]

THIS IS THE MEETING OF THE MULTI, THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.

AND THE MEETING IS LOCATED IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM OF CITY HALL, 200 NORTH FIFTH STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS. TODAY IS MARCH 20TH, 2025, AND WE'VE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.

CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND LOOK OVER THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.

AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.

AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MEETING WE HAD AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER. CORRECT.

DOES ANYONE SEE ANY CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING? MINUTES.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS READ. SECOND.

WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY MISS ELVIA. SECOND BY MISS KIMBERLAIN.

ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE AYE.

THOSE THAT ARE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE'RE AT THE POINT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY.

ALRIGHTY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CMC FINANCIAL REPORT.

IF YOU GUYS GOT THE PACKET OFF THE TABLE, THE FINANCIAL REPORT IS ATTACHED.

TAKE A MOMENT AND LET'S REVIEW THAT AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND ACTUALLY, I'LL READ IT OUT LOUD. WE HAVE SORRY.

THERE WAS A BUDGET FOR $3,000 FOR THE MEAL AND EVENT EXPENSES FOR THE CMC.

THAT'S WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR THE YEAR. FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS, THE CMC EVENTS MLK PARADE, CINCO DE MAYO SOCCER TOURNAMENT, AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.

WE BUDGETED FOR 5000, WHICH GAVE US A TOTAL BUDGET OF 8000.

SO AS OF AND ACTUALLY MISS JENNIFER. YES, MA'AM.

AM I THE ONE THAT NORMALLY READS THIS? IT SAY CITY STAFF.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SURE. I'M HAPPY TO. YEAH. SO WE'VE GOT TOTAL BUDGETED AMOUNT AND CITY ADMINISTRATION.

WE'VE GOT 3000. THAT'S FOR FOOD AND EVENT EXPENSES.

5000 FOR FOR ANY OF THE EVENTS. AS OF TODAY'S DATE.

WE'VE GOT YOU ALL HAVE SPENT 1000, ABOUT 1500.

AND THEN IN THE NEXT LINE ITEM, ABOUT 2300. AND BELOW IS WHAT YOU'VE SPENT ON EACH, LIKE BREAKING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO AND THAT'S, THAT WAS REQUESTED BY YOU ALL SO YOU COULD SEE THE MEALS THAT ARE BROKEN OUT, THE EVENT EXPENSES, PROMO, CMC ITEMS FOR MEMBERS AND REMAINING FUNDS.

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BUDGETARILY IT WOULD BE EASIER. SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR ALL THAT TO BREAK IT OUT.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, LET'S HAVE A BUDGET FOR EVERY $50.

YEAH. YEAH. SO I THINK IT'LL IT'LL MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE CLEANER.

SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE TO YOU ALL AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.

SO AND THEN THERE'S A THE FISCAL YEAR IS BROKEN OUT FROM 2020 2020 TO 2021, 2021 TO 2022, 2022 TO 2023, AND THEN THIS FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 2024 AND THEN THE YEAR TO DATE? YES. JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S IT'S A BALANCE.

I MEAN, IT'S A NUMBERS THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT WE SPENT PREVIOUSLY COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE SPENDING NOW.

YES, MA'AM. THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE ACTUALS FOR EACH OF THE FISCAL YEARS.

OKAY. SO SO RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE YOU CURRENTLY HAVE $4,186.

AND WE HAVEN'T. SO WHEN TO USE THOSE FUNDS. END OF SEPTEMBER, THE NEW FISCAL YEAR WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1ST. ALL RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. HAVE WE? IS ANY OF THAT SPOKEN FOR? HAVE WE BUDGETED FOR ANY OF THESE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS OR ANYTHING ALREADY TO COME OUT OF THAT COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS? WELL, SO I'M SEEING THAT AS PART OF THE WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING, UNDERSTOOD. WE CAN CROSS MLK OFF BECAUSE THAT EVENT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, SO IT WOULDN'T BE PART OF THE FUTURE BUDGET, RIGHT? CINCO DE MAYO. FOR THAT EVENT, MISS ELVIA, DO YOU KNOW IF WE NORMALLY USE ANY FUNDS FOR THAT EVENT? CINCO DE MAYO? I'M THINKING. I'M THINKING. I DON'T THINK SO.

BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE STUFF THAT I'VE TAKEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE OTHER MUERTOS.

THAT'S THE. YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. DO WE DO ANYTHING? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WE GENERALLY JUST HAD A TABLE.

YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND I'M JUST. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION. I'M LIKE, I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT AND I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT JUNETEENTH TOO, BUT MAYBE NOT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING TO THE PLANNING TIME FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, DID WE ALREADY I THINK I DON'T THINK THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF THE EVENTS.

YEAH, I KNOW THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM THE BUDGET.

GOTCHA. SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD. I THINK THIS IS JUST SUPPOSED TO GIVE A LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT? THE EVENT. SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE COMBINE THEM, WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, MALE. I THINK WE COULD JUST LEAVE IT AT MALE AND EVENT EXPENSES FOR CMC.

SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT AS SPECIFIC BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE FOR OUR CALENDAR, THE LIST, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM.

SO. GOTCHA. OH, YES. WHEN, WHEN I JOINED WE DID.

THEY HAD THE DANCERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AT THE ATRIUM, AND WE HAD A TABLE.

WE DIDN'T SPEND ANY MONEY, JUST A TABLE WITH INFORMATION OF WHO WE WERE AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE IT SINCE. OKAY. WELL, WE'LL I'LL GET WITH THE CITY REPRESENTATIVES AND SEE WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.

AND WE PROBABLY HAVE IT LISTED ON HERE SOMEWHERE TO GO OVER THE CALENDAR AS WELL. BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT TO SEE WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET? KEEPING IN MIND IF THERE'S ANY FUTURE EVENTS YOU ALL WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ATTEND AS A COMMISSION, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEND THAT EMAIL AND IF YOU HAVE THE AMOUNT OF THE TICKETS FOR THAT EVENT, LET US KNOW THAT INFORMATION TOO. AND THAT WAY WE CAN PLAN AHEAD TO BE A PART OF IT.

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT'LL BE JUNE. WE'RE IN MARCH, SO AS MISS KIMBERLAIN SAID, IT IS TIME TO START PLANNING FOR SOME FUTURE EVENTS.

ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BUDGET AS HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO US? I MOVED TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL REPORT AS PROVIDED.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE APPROVED BY MISS KIMBERLIN.

MOTION TO ACCEPT BY MISS KIMBERLIN AND SECOND BY MISS ELVIA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

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INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS MAY ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION.

SO THE LAST TIME WE MET WAS IS THE DATE ON HERE? JANUARY. SO ANY EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER JANUARY 25TH UP UNTIL NOW.

HAS ANYONE PARTICIPATED IN ANYTHING OR BEEN A PART OF ANYTHING? JUST ME. AND CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND TALK INTO THE MIC SO WE CAN HEAR YOU? HELLO? OH, TESTING. ONE, TWO. TESTING. HEY, IT'S WORKING.

WORKING THIS MIC. SO, ME AND MR. CHARLES FOSTER, AND ALONG WITH MISS JENNIFER NGUYEN, WE ARE ATTENDING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR LUNCHEONS AS THE TEMPLE NEARBY. THE OPENING AND IT'S IT'S A IT'S A LARGE COMMUNITIES EVENTS THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM A AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

WE HAVE BUDDHIST GARLAND, POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND CITY COUNCILS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

SO IT'S IT'S IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL THE GET TOGETHERS AND AND UNDERSTAND AND HAVE A LUNCH.

IT'S A VEGGIE LUNCH TOGETHER WITH THE MONKS. HAD MONKS THERE.

AND IT'S A WAY TO TO CELEBRATE THE CULTURES. SO THANK YOU.

MISS JENNIFER HAS ALSO INVITED US THERE. SO, MR. CHARLES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? EXCUSE ME? I THINK THERE ARE SOME PICTURES TAKEN OF THAT, WEREN'T THERE? YES. THERE'S A LOT OF PICTURES TAKEN. I THINK IT'S ON FACEBOOK AND THERE ARE SOME, BUT I CAN SHARE IF, IF. YEAH, IT'S ONLINE. YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF PICTURES.

CAN YOU PLEASE SEND THOSE PICTURES TO THE CITY REPS THAT WE HAVE, MISS COURTNEY MISS JENNIFER AND MISS MR. PHIL AND MISS TRACY. YEAH. IF YOU COPY THEM ALL THE RIGHT PERSON TO GET IT, YEAH, I WAS PREPARED.

LAST MEETING AND THEN THIS MEETING I MISSED. SO I WAS I WAS THERE, AND THEN WE HAVE MEETING CANCER.

SO YEAH, I'LL SEND I'LL SEND OUT PICTURES AND YOU'RE FINE TO CC ME ON THOSE AS WELL, JUST SO I CAN CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEM.

OKAY. I WILL SEND IT TO CITY STAFF AND COPY YOU.

YES. THANK YOU. AND JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A PORTFOLIO.

SO ANY PICTURES, NO MATTER HOW SMALL YOU THINK THEY ARE, PLEASE SEND THOSE PICTURES TO THE CITY STAFF.

DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING Y'ALL WORKED ON BETWEEN JANUARY 25TH AND NOW? I WENT TO A LOT OF FUN. I SAW HIM AT MANY FUNCTIONS AND I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF ONE NOW.

I MEAN, WE SAW EACH OTHER A LOT OF PLACES. YEAH, BUT WE I SAW YOU SOME OF THE FUNDRAISERS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S FIRE AND POLICE.

YES, YES, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE. BUT WE DIDN'T WEAR OUR BADGE.

MAYBE NEXT TIME WE DO. YEAH. OKAY. FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BUT CITY PEOPLE WERE THERE IN REFERENCE TO THE UFL SOCCER LEAGUE THAT'S COMING TO TOWN.

AND THEY WERE. THEY SPONSORED A SOCCER GAME BETWEEN STUDENTS AT CALDWELL ELEMENTARY.

OKAY. AND WITH UFL, DONATED A LOT OF EQUIPMENT TO THE STUDENTS OVER THERE TO HELP SPONSOR THEIR SOCCER TEAM. SO WITH THEM COMING TO OUR CITY, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY THEY'RE WANTING TO INVEST OR INVEST INTO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CITY. AND THEY ALREADY SET A GOOD EXAMPLE WITH THAT SOCCER GAME THAT THEY HAD THAT EVENING.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM DO MORE.

OKAY. WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL POUR INTO GSA BECAUSE THEY DEFINITELY NEED IT.

WE COULD APPRECIATE THE FUNDS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT. YEAH I'M A LONG TERM PARENT OF A GSA PLAYER, AND THAT'S GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION FOR Y'ALL THAT DON'T KNOW.

AND THEN THAT CHILD WENT ON TO BECOME A COACH, A REF, I'M SORRY, A REFEREE FOR GSA.

AND I COACHED MAYBE FOUR SESSIONS, WHICH IS TWO YEARS, I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

YEAH. SO IT WAS IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I DO THINK SOME FUNDS NEED TO BE POURED INTO IT.

SO IF IT'S AVAILABLE, MAYBE WE NEED TO GO TO MORE EVENTS LIKE THE ONE THEY HAD AND TALK TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

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AND IF WE CAN ATTEND, WE CAN ATTEND. IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL STILL HAVE THE INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE FOR US.

MISS KIMBERLAIN. YEAH, I ATTENDED THE NAACP WINTER BALL.

WHEN WAS IT? OH, IT WAS FEBRUARY 14TH. OKAY. YEAH, I ATTENDED THE NAACP WINTER BALL, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, AS ALWAYS. I WAS THERE ALSO REGISTERING VOTERS, BUT GOT TO SPEAK TO SEVERAL PEOPLE ABOUT CMC AND WHY I WAS WHY I WAS WEARING TWO HATS AND HER FREQUENTLY WEARS KASHARA AND I'M LIKE, YOU GO TO AN NAACP EVENT AND IT'S LIKE, IF YOU'RE ASSOCIATED WITH KASHARA, THEY EXPECT HER TO BE THERE WITH YOU. BUT IT WAS LOVELY.

THEY DID A REALLY FANTASTIC JOB. AND KASHARA HAD TO WORK.

YEAH, I HAD TO WORK AND I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO BE THERE.

YES. IT WAS, IT WAS VERY NICE, A PRETTY EVENT.

I GOT SICK SO I WASN'T ABLE TO GO, SO. OH, SORRY TO HEAR THAT, MISS ELLIOT.

BUT THEY REALLY ENJOY IT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE PRESENTATION THEY DID AND EVERYTHING. AND IT HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TWIST JUST BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND THE CANDIDATES WERE ALL THERE, BUT IT WAS JUST IT WAS LOVELY.

YEAH. I DID HEAR THAT EVERYBODY THAT ATTENDED THAT I DID NOT ATTEND, THEY ALL CALLED AND SAID EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. WELL, I HAD TO WORK, BUT I'M GLAD EVERYBODY ELSE WAS ABLE TO STEP IN.

TRUST ME, THERE'S THERE'S NO THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE.

AND LIKE MISS KIMBERLIN SAID, I TOO SOMETIMES WEAR MULTIPLE HATS AT EVENTS AND WHEREVER THEY NEED ME, THERE'S TEND TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE I AM.

SO I'VE LEARNED TO WEAR SOME SHOES THAT ACTUALLY ALLOW ME TO MOVE A LOT OR DRESS LONG ENOUGH.

THAT DOESN'T SHOW MY SHOES. EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

IT WAS VERY NICE. YEAH. THANK YOU, MISS KIMLEY-HORN.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR UPDATES. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE AN UPDATE? SO I HAVE SOMETHING I'M NOT SURE MAYBE WE DISCUSSED NEXT, BUT IS THERE UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE? ASIAN AMERICAN SOCCER. YEAH, IT'S ON THE OKAY.

THERE'S A WE HAVE THIS AS THE THIS BULLET WAS FOR REPORTS ON THE DIFFERENT EVENTS WE ATTENDED SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT BULLET.

AND THAT IS REVIEW OF MONTHLY CALENDAR. IT SAYS STAFF AND CMC WILL REVIEW THE MONTHLY CALENDAR, INCLUDING EVENTS FOR POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION. SO I KNOW THAT WE TEND TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A LIST.

AND I THINK IN THE PAST WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY NOTED WHAT OUR COMMITMENT WAS TO THE LIST.

SO THEN WHEN WE REVISIT THE LIST, IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL, DID WE SAY WE WERE GOING? WE'RE NOT GOING. SO TODAY, IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO COMMIT AND NOTE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO ATTENDING.

AND GENERALLY I JUST KIND OF GO OVER THE MONTH BY MONTH, EXCUSE ME IN EACH LINE ITEM.

AND IF YOU GUYS SEE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF, JUST LET ME KNOW.

SORRY, MY ALLERGIES ARE KILLING ME. AND THAT WAY WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE WILL ATTEND IN THE FORM OF A COMMISSION REPRESENTING THE CMC. THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY.

OR IT'S ALREADY OVER. SO MARCH 11TH, WE'LL GO PAST.

TODAY IS THE 20TH. ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST THREE ITEMS. THE GISD. THANK YOU. THE GISD SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WAS ALREADY PAST THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.

WE ASKED LAST TIME THAT WE PUT THE WORK SESSION MEETINGS ON HERE, SO THAT WE CAN GET IN THE HABIT OF START ATTENDING THE MEETINGS.

ONE THING I'VE NOTICED THAT AND IT'S JUST IN LIFE, PERIOD.

IT'S HARD TO GET SOMEONE TO SUPPORT YOU IF YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING THEM.

A LOT OF TIMES ONE HAND FEEDS ANOTHER, SO WE HAVE TO GET IN THE MINDSET WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND SEE WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT AND POSSIBLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OR HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL REP. THEY DO.

IN THE BEGINNING, THEY HAVE SOME DOWNTIME, AND THEN WHEN IT'S OVER, THEY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DOWNTIME.

SO THAT MEETING IS ALREADY PAST MARCH 17TH. THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING IS MARCH 18TH.

THAT PASSED AS WELL. THE GISD THE SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR MEETING THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 25TH, AND THAT MEETING STARTS AT 5 P.M. AND IT SAYS GISD.

SO I'M GUESSING THE THE MAIN BUILDING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT THINKS THAT THEY CAN MAKE THAT MEETING? WHAT DO WE DO? THERE YOU GO AND LISTEN AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO COVER OR ACCOMPLISH.

AND THEN YOU BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AT THE NEXT MEETING.

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S TIME SENSITIVE, THEN YOU WOULD SEND AN EMAIL TO THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE, OUR CITY STAFF, AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN SHOOT IT OUT TO US SO WE CAN MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER WE WANT TO CHIME IN ON IT OR WE DON'T WANT TO CHIME IN,

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BUT IT'S BASICALLY JUST GO SHOW, JUST GO AND LISTEN AND JUST REPORT BACK.

MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. OKAY.

YOU GOT THEM AS JENNIFER MR.. RENEE? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. DISTRICT FOUR TOWN HALL MEETING. IT IS THURSDAY, MARCH.

OH. WHAT'S TODAY? THAT'S TODAY. IT'S TONIGHT.

WHY DOES THIS. OH, TODAY IS THURSDAY. OH, I CAN'T BE IN TWO PLACES.

YOU'RE GOOD, BUT NOT THAT GOOD. OH MY GOODNESS.

BECAUSE MR. BJ CALLED ME ABOUT THAT. SORRY. I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET WHATEVER UPDATES THAT DISTRICT FOUR HAS.

I'LL DO MY BEST TO GET THOSE UPDATES AND REPORT THAT BACK.

THE NEXT THING WAS THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING.

MARCH 25TH. TUESDAY. WE PICKED TWO DIFFERENT DAYS THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER GOING TO THEIR MEETING.

IT WAS NOT TO GO AND BOMBARD THEIR MEETING. OF COURSE IT IS JUST A GO AND LISTEN AND SEE SO THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE A MEET AND GREET.

MR. LEONARD, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WANTING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE YOUTH TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW WE CAN POUR BACK INTO THEM FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO AS A COMMISSION AND POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, FUNNEL INFORMATION BETWEEN THE TWO.

SO THAT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH AT 530.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT THINK THAT THEY CAN MEET IT? AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS.

THIS IS JUST ME ASKING FOR YOU GUYS INPUT ON THE.

GARLAND CITY YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING. MARCH 25TH, 05:30 P.M..

DO YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT? I WILL TRY. I'M NOT SURE I CAN MAKE THAT ONE.

OKAY. WHERE DO THEY MEET? HE SAID HERE IN CITY HALL.

WHERE? IN THIS ROOM. SHE WAS ASKING WHERE. I THINK SOMETIMES THEY MEET EITHER IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR THEY MEET IN THIS ROOM.

WE WERE JUST IN. SO IT'S IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA.

OKAY. I'LL TRY TO COME. OKAY. WE'LL PUT MISS ELVIA FOR THAT.

CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING. MISS JENNIFER, HOW LONG DOES THAT WORK? SESSION MEETING. NORMALLY LAST. I'D SAY. MINIMUM HOUR.

ONE HOUR. TWO HOURS. I'D SAY ABOUT TWO HOURS, WOULDN'T YOU SAY? YEAH, I'D SAY ABOUT TWO HOURS. OKAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY LENGTHY MEETING I'VE BEEN TO.

IT DEPENDS ON IT DEPENDS. BUT I'D SAY ON AVERAGE, IT'S ABOUT TWO HOURS.

OKAY. CAN YOU PUT MY NAME AS SOMEONE THAT WILL ATTEND THAT MEETING? YES, MA'AM. I WILL CRY AS WELL, BUT I WON'T BE THERE BY SIX.

I'LL PROBABLY BE ARRIVING CLOSER TO 630. JUST BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM MY OFFICE IS NOT EASY.

YEAH, WELL, TO BE HERE AT SIX, IT REALLY MEANS I HAVE TO, LIKE, LEAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT EARLY AND TRY.

AND PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO TALK TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY OUT THE DOOR.

IT'S LIKE, OH, HAVE YOU GOT JUST A MINUTE? IT'S LIKE, WELL, NO, NOT REALLY, BUT YOU KNOW.

YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED HOW LONG THE MEETING WAS, BECAUSE IF IT'S ONLY AN HOUR, YEAH, IT'S LIKE I WASN'T GOING TO. I'M NOT GOING TO TRY IF IT'S GOING TO END.

ALRIGHTY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO APRIL.

YOU'LL SEE SOME REPEATS. AND AGAIN, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE ONE IN MARCH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY TO MAKE ONE IN APRIL AND SO ON.

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT IN APRIL, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY TO MAKE ONE IN MAY.

BUT THE FIRST THING ON THERE IS THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ON TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST AT 7 P.M..

AND, MADAM CHAIR, HOW LONG DOES THAT LAST? SO THE REGULAR MEETING IS WHAT I'D SAY.

AT LEAST TWO HOURS. YEAH, I THINK THEY ALL RUN AT LEAST TWO.

NOW, IF THERE'S SOME TOPICS THAT ARE HOT DISCUSSION THEY CAN GO A VERY LONG TIME.

2 TO 3. YEAH. WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS I CAN JUST SCOOT OUT IF I HAVE TO.

YES, SIR. YOU CAN. I'LL VOLUNTEER FOR THAT. OKAY.

MR.. CHARLES. MR.. CHARLES LEONARD. THERE. ALSO ONLINE.

I'M GOING TO DO I WANT TO DO IT IN PERSON. I AGREE, THANK YOU.

BUT YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE IF YOU CAN'T GET THERE.

YEAH, IT DOES HELP. DISTRICT EIGHT. WHO DO WE HAVE REPRESENTING DISTRICT EIGHT? THERE'S A DISTRICT EIGHT OPEN HOUSE. THAT IS ME.

ALL RIGHT. THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD, MISS KIMBERLAIN.

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OKAY. IT'S AT NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY. YEAH. IS THERE.

I THOUGHT WE HAD MORE THAN YOU ARE. THE ONLY.

I'M THE DISTRICT EIGHT REP. MERRILL LIVES IN 8208.

OKAY. I WAS APPOINTED BY ONE, BUT I THINK I MAY TRY TO ATTEND THAT ONE ALSO.

OKAY. YEAH, WE HAVE A BACKUP. AND JUST LIKE I SAID, THE NIGHT OF OR THE NEXT DAY, IF Y'ALL CAN JUST COMPILE A LITTLE EMAIL TOGETHER AND JUST SHOOT SOMETHING AND JUST BE READY TO TALK TO US ABOUT IT THE NEXT MEETING.

DO WE HAVE COLLATERAL THAT I COULD PICK UP BEFORE THEN? WE DO. OKAY. SO I DON'T WANT GIVEAWAYS, BUT IF WE HAVE SOMETHING, WHATEVER.

BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE HAD THINGS AT THE COOKIE THING THAT I WAS LIKE, OKAY, IT'D BE GOOD IF WE HAVE SOME OF THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO PICK SOMETHING UP THAT WAY. YES, MA'AM.

MISS JENNIFER WHAT'S YOUR TAKE, 25 OR 50 PIECES OF WHATEVER IT IS? 25, 25, 25. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. 25. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO COME? DO YOU HAVE A DATE IN MIND? ANY DAY THAT WEEK.

SO I WORK FROM HOME MONDAY AND FRIDAY. IF I COULD COME BY MONDAY, THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.

SO THOSE ARE THE DAYS THAT I CAN BE SOMEWHERE AT 530 BECAUSE I'M WORKING AT HOME.

WELL, WE'LL PUT YOU DOWN ON THAT MONDAY. OKAY.

WE'LL HAVE SOME SWAG READY FOR YOU ON MONDAY. SUPER.

THANK YOU. I'M PUTTING IT ON MY CALENDAR. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT THING IS CONCERT ON THE SQUARE. FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH.

IT'LL BE DOWNTOWN AT 7 P.M.. THIS IS A CITY EVENT, CORRECT? MISS JENNIFER? YES, MA'AM. IS THIS IS JUST A CONCERT? THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAND OUT ANY SWAG.

SO, YEAH, I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO A CONCERT ON THE SQUARE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE VENDORS. NO. YEAH, I THINK IT'S JUST A BRING YOUR CHAIRS AND JUST CHAIR, AND YOU CAN WEAR YOUR SHIRT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FRIDAY.

WE'LL PUT ME DOWN AS SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO TRY TO ATTEND.

MADAM CHAIR, I CAN DO THAT. OKAY. WHICH ONE IS THAT? ONE. I'M SORRY. CONCERT ON THE SQUARE OF MISS SYLVIA.

THE THIRD ONE. OKAY. A GOOD PHOTO OPPORTUNITY AND ALL THE MUSIC ON THE SQUARES.

THE CITY OF GARLAND USUALLY HAS A TENT WHERE THEY WILL TAKE YOUR PICTURE AND EMAIL IT TO YOU.

OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR OH, YEAH COMMISSION SHIRT? THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PHOTO OP. SO MR. CHARLES AND MYSELF, WAS THERE SOMEONE ELSE THAT SAID THEY WOULD TRY? ALRIGHTY. DO WE GO TO CANDIDATE FORUMS NOT TO VOTE OR ANYTHING, BUT TO LISTEN TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE? SURE. OH, CANDIDATE. YEAH, I WOULD SAY I WOULD SUGGEST, YEAH.

GO LISTEN, ON APRIL 5TH. EVERY VOTER SHOULD BE A CANDIDATE FOR THE NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY.

WHAT? I PLAN TO BE THERE AN APRIL 5TH AT THE NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY AT 11.

I DON'T THINK IT'S HERE. IT'S NOT ON HERE. OKAY.

IS THAT WHERE ALL THE CANDIDATES WILL BE? YEAH.

CITY AND THE SCHOOL. AT WHAT TIME? 11:11 A.M..

YEAH, IT'S A SATURDAY. SATURDAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I ALMOST PANICKED. AND THAT IS THE. YEAH, WE CAN WEAR OUR SHIRTS.

YOU SAY THAT'S THE FIFTH? YES. IT'S APRIL 5TH AT GARLAND LIBRARY.

NORTH GARLAND AT 11. I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT IT IS NOT A CITY SPONSORED EVENT.

NO. YES. OKAY. SO IF WE GO, THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING ON OUR OWN PERSONAL.

OR IS IT OUR RIGHT FOR US TO WEAR A COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION SHIRT? I THINK IT'S FINE. OKAY. I THINK IT'S FINE. IT'S I DON'T SAY, WELL, I'M FOR SO AND SO.

YES. BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD SOUND LIKE WE'RE ALL OF IT.

WE JUST LISTEN. WE CAN'T BE REPRESENTATIVE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE DOING ANYTHING, THAT'S PARTIZAN.

WE WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF. OKAY.

NOW THAT'S GOING TO GET SOME ATTENTION. TENSION. ALVIA. OH YEAH, I'D SAY YOU COULD REPRESENT THE CMC AND TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I YEAH, I WOULD STEER CLEAR FROM OKAY, I WOULD STAY BIPARTISAN.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT EVENT IS THE GISD SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

SO THE MONTH OF MARCH, MR.. RENEE IS GOING TO TRY TO ATTEND FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

DO WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT COULD TRY TO ATTEND? IT SAID IT SAID 3 P.M.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE THAT ARE RETIRED. IS IT ANY WAY Y'ALL CAN FIND IT IN YOUR SCHEDULE TO GO UP THERE? TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH AT 3 P.M.. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN LATER YOU WANT TO ATTEND, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GO AND LISTEN. OKAY. AND IF WE MISS APRIL, MAYBE WE CAN GET SOMEONE TO GO IN MAY.

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TUESDAY. MISS ELVIA IS GOING TO TRY TO ATTEND THE ONE IN MARCH.

IS THERE SOMEONE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND? THE ONE IN MAY? IN MAY? I MEAN, I'M SORRY, APRIL. I'M SORRY. OKAY. WHERE AM I GOING IN MARCH? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I WRITE IT DOWN BECAUSE MARCH, YOU'RE GOING TO THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 25TH AT 530.

YES, MA'AM. I HAVE IT IN MY CALENDAR, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT HERE.

OKAY. SO IN APRIL IS TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH AT 530.

ALL RIGHTY. WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO MADAM CHAIR. ON THAT SAME DAY.

APRIL 8TH IS THE UNIDOS AT THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I PLAN ON ATTENDING THAT ONE. OKAY. MR.. RENE.

GOTCHA. I WILL TRY. AND WHO? OKAY. 5:37 P.M. AT THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. GOTCHA.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE MR. RENE, MISS ELVIA AND JUSTINA.

THANK YOU. THEN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9TH, WE HAVE DISTRICT TWO TOWN HALL MEETING AT GRANGER RECREATION CENTER AT 6 P.M.. WHO DO WE HAVE REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE? NOT HERE. I DON'T KNOW, JIMMY. WHICH DISTRICT DO YOU REPRESENT? DISTRICT ONE ONE. ISAAC. OH, MR. HE'S. DISTRICT TWO.

MR.. ISAAC. HAVE WE HEARD FROM MR. ISAAC? HE JUST EMAILED AND SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO ATTEND.

OKAY. YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHTY. DISTRICT OF GRANGER.

ANYBODY KNOW OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD WITH THIS LOCATED TO SEE IF SOMEONE IS CLOSER IN THAT AREA THAT COULD POSSIBLY ATTEND STRANGERS ON AVENUE F, CENTRAL PARK. YEAH. OH, YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 14TH.

I'LL BE ATTENDING THE ONE IN APRIL. MARCH? IS THERE SOMEONE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND? THE ONE IN. IN APRIL. WHAT DID THEY SAY I WAS DOING? I'M DOING THE MARCH 31ST ONE. I CAN DO THE OPEN HOUSE.

APRIL. WHERE IS IT? CITY COUNCIL. APRIL 14TH.

I DON'T THINK SO. I CAN PROBABLY DO MAY, THOUGH.

OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON. THEN THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH.

I WILL TRY. OKAY. AND MOST OF US WILL BE WORKING ON THE LAST MINUTE TAXES THAT NIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT EVENT IS THE. IS THIS RIGHT? TRUNK AND HUNT.

WHAT IS THAT? AND IT SAYS LOCATION IS COMPLEX.

WHAT IS THAT? OH, WHERE IS THAT? OH, IS THAT WHERE WE SAW EACH OTHER? THE EASTER THING. I'LL GET THE. I'LL GET THE EXACT OH, THAT WAS IN OTTAWA.

I'LL GET THE EXACT LOCATION BECAUSE THAT'S AN ERROR.

OH, OKAY. AND THAT'S WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH. IS THIS A CITY EVENT? YES. OKAY. SO IS IT SOMETHING YOU GUYS NEED HELP WITH? AS FAR AS STUFFING EGGS, PASSING OUT EGGS? BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S FOR EASTER.

WE CAN. I CAN FIND OUT AND LET YOU KNOW IF THEY NEED HELP.

IF YOU. IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE. YES, PLEASE. SO EVERYBODY JUST KEEP THAT DATE IN MIND.

APRIL 16TH. IT'S A WEDNESDAY. I COULD PROBABLY ASSIST ON A WEDNESDAY.

MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS ARE GOOD FOR ME. DISTRICT SEVEN TOWN HALL MEETING.

THEY SAID THE LOCATION IS TO BE DETERMINED, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE APRIL 17TH.

MADAM CHAIR, I CAN DO THAT. THAT'S MY DISTRICT.

THURSDAY INSTEAD OF WEDNESDAY. SO THURSDAY IS APRIL 17TH.

YEAH, THEY GOT THE DATE WRONG ON THERE. THEY BOTH HAVE 16TH AND 17TH AS WINS.

OH, WINS. OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT SHOULD BE A THURSDAY.

YEAH. MR.. CHARLES. MR.. CHARLES LEONARD SAID HE CAN ATTEND.

IS THAT YOUR DISTRICT, MR.. CHARLES? YES. OKAY.

YES. 417. OH, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A MEETING? YES WE DO.

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WE NEED TO JUST MAKE SURE THE REST OF US ARE HERE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A QUORUM.

OKAY. YES. I'D REALLY LIKE TO ATTEND. YES, SURE.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE ISD SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR MEETING.

LET'S SEE. SO IN MARCH, WAS THIS ON HERE? TWICE? OH, THERE'S A COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEN A REGULAR MEETING.

OKAY, SO THE COMMITTEE, THE REGULAR MEETING IN MARCH IS WHAT MR. RENEE IS GOING TO. SO IS ANYONE AVAILABLE FOR THE.

REGULAR MEETING AT 5 P.M. IS TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND.

MY CALENDAR IS NOT MY FRIEND. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MONTH OF MAY.

AND IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS AND YOU LATER FIND OUT YOU WANT TO ATTEND SOMETHING, JUST SHOOT AN EMAIL TO THE CITY STAFF SO WE CAN JUST HAVE A RECORD OF IT.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL. HOW LONG ARE THE MEETINGS? AN HOUR. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY'RE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE WINDOWS.

SO THAT WAY I CAN GO TO BOTH OF THEM. THEY STRICTLY TRY TO KEEP THEM TO AN HOUR.

OKAY. ALRIGHTY. SO FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. MAY.

SECOND. WHAT DOES IT SAY? MAY 2ND. CONCERT INSTEAD OF CONCERT ON THE SQUARE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME. OH, OKAY. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF MAYBE THAT WAS A PART OF THE NAME.

OKAY. MAY 2ND CONCERT ON THE SQUARE, WHICH IS ON MAY 2ND DOWNTOWN SQUARE.

IT'S A FRIDAY AT 7 P.M.. YOU CAN PUT ME FOR THIS.

ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE CONCERT AND JUST COME OUT? AND IT'S THIS CONCERT. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A MUSICAL AT SOME POINT.

GOING TO THIS CONCERT, I THINK WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK, TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, POSSIBLY KIND OF SQUEEZE OUR HEAD IN BEHIND THE SCENES TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE BEING PUT TOGETHER OR HAPPENING WHILE IT'S HAPPENING.

I THINK IT WILL GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF OUR OWN COMMISSION IDEAS IN REGARDS TO PUTTING ON A CONCERT OR SPONSORING A CONCERT. ON MAY 3RD. GENERAL AND BOND ELECTION.

SATURDAY, MAY 3RD FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. AND THIS IS FOR DALLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS.

MISS KIMBERLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US WHERE IT IS THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY GO VOTE? I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. EVERY WORD THAT YOU CAN VOTE.

YES. I CAN TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN GO VOTE. THAT'S EARLY VOTING.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE BEEN A POLL WATCHER, RIGHT? I HAVE BEEN A POLL WATCHER. I'M A VOTER FOR SEVEN COUNTIES.

I'M. I GET AROUND. BUT I WAS TELLING COURTNEY MY FAVORITE THING THAT HAPPENED THIS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WAS REGISTERING SENIORS AT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WERE SO EXCITED.

THEY WERE JUST SO THRILLED. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONE WHO SAID, OH, MY PARENTS DON'T VOTE.

NOW, WHEN I GET MINE, I'M GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE GO TOGETHER.

THERE WAS ANOTHER LITTLE TABLE GROUP THAT THEY ARRANGED.

THEY'RE GOING TO MEET FOR COFFEE AND THEN GO VOTE.

EARLY VOTING. BUT YEAH. RICHLAND COLLEGE GARLAND CAMPUS IS THE EARLY VOTING SITE, AND APRIL 3RD IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER OR PUT IN ADDRESS CHANGES AND UPDATES.

MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE MOVED SINCE THE LAST TIME, SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU VOTED THAT YOU UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS.

CHECK DALLAS COUNTY VOTES.ORG TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR REGISTRATION IS STILL GOOD AND THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR CHANGED.

THEY DID ANOTHER CLEANING OVER THE SUMMER AND EARLY VOTING.

GOSH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATES ANYMORE. THINK EARLY VOTING STARTS TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND.

I THOUGHT I KNEW THE 22ND. IT'S ONLY ONE WEEK THIS TIME THOUGH.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS. YEAH. TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH.

YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH, IT'S NORMALLY TWO WEEKS AND IT'S ONE WEEK THIS TIME.

OKAY. IS IT AT EARLY VOTING AT ALL THE LIBRARIES OR JUST SOUTH? EARLY VOTING IS SOUTH. GARLAND LIBRARY AND NORTH RICHLAND, RICHLAND AND YEAH.

OH THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S NOT CALLED RICHLAND ANYMORE. OH.

DALLAS COLLEGE GARLAND CAMPUS. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A CITY HALL.

DID I SAY THAT ALREADY? NO, NO. OKAY. IT'S AN ELECTION DAY.

THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PLACES, USUALLY LIKE A SCHOOL.

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AND IT WILL HAVE ALL THE LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN VOTE.

GOTCHA. AND THERE IS ALSO AN APP. SO OKAY, DALLAS COUNTY, YOU CAN NOW VOTE AT ANY POLLING STATION DURING REGULAR ELECTION.

YEP. SAME SAME. COLLIN COUNTY SAME TO ANY ANY.

SO IF YOU'RE IN DALLAS, IF YOU'RE IN RICHARDSON, WHEREVER YOU ARE, IF YOU SEE AT THE POLLING PLACE, YOU CAN VOTE. OH, WOW. I ALWAYS EARLY VOTE. OF COURSE, IN LINE ONE TIME ONCE I WAS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

AND I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN. I EARLY VOTE.

EARLY EARLY VOTING JUST MAKES IT EASY, YOU KNOW.

AND ALSO, DOES ANYONE WANT TO TO GET BACK TO THE AGENDA? YEAH. LET'S GET BACK TO THE AGENDA. EVERYBODY, THANK YOU FOR THAT INVITATION.

ONE THING THE TRUNK AND HUNT. IT IS AT CARTER SOFT BELT.

CARTER SOFTBALL COMPLEX. CARTER SOFTBALL PARK OUT OF OWEN PARK.

THAT'S WHERE THE COMPLEX. THAT'S WHERE IT WAS. OKAY.

AND IT JUST SAYS THE EVENT IS FREE. THERE'LL BE FOOD TRUCKS.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE BOUNCE HOUSES, GAMES AND AN EASTER BUNNY SELFIE STATION.

AND THAT IS ON APRIL 16TH. OKAY. APRIL 16TH IS A WEDNESDAY AT 6 P.M.

AT AUDUBON PARK. YES. YOU CAN PUT ME THERE. OKAY.

PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT AGENDA ITEM. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.

MEETING ON MAY 5TH, AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 6TH.

ANYBODY AVAILABLE TO ATTEND? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THE GISD SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 13TH AT 3 P.M.. AND THEN WE HAVE THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 13TH AT 530.

AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER MONTH TO GO OVER MAY. IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A MINDSET TO GO RIGHT NOW.

I WILL TRY TO GET TO SOME OF THESE. I JUST DON'T KNOW FOR SURE RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. THE NEXT THING WE HAVE IS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING AND CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING. MAY 19TH, MAY 20TH AND MAY 13TH.

I CAN DO THE MAY 19TH. MAY 19TH. MR. CHARLES LEONARD.

OF THOSE THREE DATES. ANYONE ELSE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND EITHER OF THOSE? I CAN DO THE MONDAY. THE MONDAY IS MAY 19TH. MAY 19TH? YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. NOW WE'RE AT THE. 6 P.M.. SO WHAT ABOUT THE MAY 13TH? ANYBODY AVAILABLE? CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING, ELECTION CANVASS? YES. ALL RIGHT. THEN THE LAST THING ON THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE CALENDAR.

GISD SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR MEETING. TUESDAY, MAY 27TH AT 5 P.M..

I'M A POSSIBILITY, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW IN APRIL.

YES, MA'AM. UPSTAIRS, I HAVE TWO EVENTS TO ATTEND.

THEY'RE NOT ON HERE. ONE IS THE MAY 10TH, THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL.

OKAY. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IS THE VOTER REGISTRATION BY VN UNITED ON MARCH 29TH.

I WILL ATTEND THAT TOO. SO 510 IS THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL.

IS THAT A SECOND? YES. THAT IS THE THAT ONE AT IN DOWNTOWN.

GARLAND IS A SPONSOR BY THE CITY SPONSORED EVENT.

OH, REALLY? YES. ON THE SQUARE? YES, ON THE SQUARE.

OKAY. MAY 10TH TIME. ALRIGHT. AND THE OTHER EVENT YOU SAID WAS.

WHAT? MARCH 29TH. THE VOTER REGISTRATION AT GULLY MALL IS WHERE? IT'S THE ASIAN HUB. SO I WILL ATTEND. BUT IF YOU THINK THAT CMC HAVE SOMETHING TO FLY OR SOMETHING TO GIVE IT OUT TO TO PROMOTE CMC, I WILL HAPPY TO TAKE IT AND PUT IT THERE.

YEAH. WHAT? WHAT DAY IS FOR 29? MARCH 29TH. NO, NO.

THE DATE DAY OF THE WEEK. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY.

IT'S A SATURDAY. AND WHAT TIME IS THAT EVENT? FROM WHAT TIME TO WHAT TIME? IT IS 11 TO 1, 11 A.M.

TO 1 P.M.. I'M GOING TO CHECK MY SCHEDULE. I KNOW MISS JENNIFER HAS ASKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR US TO TRY TO BE A PART OF THAT VOTER REGISTRATION.

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I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY LIST, BUT I'M HAPPY TO COME.

IF YOU NEED REGISTRARS, LET ME KNOW. YES, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS HIM LETTING YOU KNOW.

YEAH. I'LL SEND THE FLIERS. OKAY. YEAH. YES. PLEASE SEND IT AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

BECAUSE MARCH 29TH. THAT'S APRIL 29TH. MARCH 29TH.

SATURDAY IS NEXT SATURDAY. NOT THIS COMING. THE ONE AFTER NEXT SATURDAY, RIGHT? YEAH. 22ND. THE NEXT IS. YEAH. NEXT SATURDAY.

OKAY. SO. 329, MADAM. AND WHAT TIME? ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

WHAT? WHAT KIND OF FLIERS? IS IT THE SOME KIND OF CMC FLIER? OR IT WOULD BE A FLIER FOR THAT EVENT. VOTER REGISTRATION EVENT THAT SAYS I GUESS MORE OR LESS WHO'S HOSTING IT, BUT IT'S IT'S KIND OF SHE SENDS IT OUT AS AN INVITE TO US BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY SENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO AS AN INVITE TO COME OUT AND REGISTER TO VOTE.

BUT WHEN SHOULD THEY SEND IT TO US? IT'S JUST LIKE AN INVITATION FOR US TO COME OUT.

SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WE HAVE. NO, NO, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

NO, BUT IT'S A HUGE TURNOUT. OKAY. OF ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE. MISS JENNIFER, CAN YOU HEAR YOU? SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MICROPHONES.

IT'S NOT WORKING. IF YOU LET HIM THEM USE THE MIC? JUST. DANA, PLEASE. IS THAT WORKING? YEAH. OKAY, SO MARCH 29TH, SATURDAY IS HOSTED BY VN UNITED IS A NONPROFIT, AND I ATTEND. BUT I WELCOME CMC MEMBER TO JOIN US AND ALSO PROMOTE CMC, ANY FLIER THAT YOU CAN BRING INTO ANYTHING. RIGHT. I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT WE CAN SEND THAT THE INVITATION WITH THE FLIER.

AND WHERE IS IT LOCATED AGAIN? IN CALISTOGA, AT THE JUPITERS AND BELT LIKE CORNER.

OKAY. IT'S THE ASIAN HUB. WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS THERE.

YEAH. SO MISS JENNIFER, SHE'LL SHE'LL. IF WE AGREE TO PARTICIPATE, SHE'LL PROBABLY ALLOW US TO HAVE A TABLE OR AND I HATE TO USE THE WORD ALLOWED, BUT SHE PROBABLY GIVE US A TABLE WHERE WE CAN SET UP SOME OF OUR CMC STUFF TO HAND OUT WHILE WE'RE AT THE EVENT.

IF NOT, WE CAN JUST CONSIDER PUTTING IT IN A BAG LIKE WE'VE HAD AT DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE A TABLE OPTION CARRIED IN A BAG.

AND AS WE WALKED THROUGHOUT THE CROWD WE HAD HANDED OUT. WE SHOULD HAVE A TABLE AVAILABLE.

AND YOU SAID 329. OKAY. NEXT SATURDAY. OKAY. AND THAT HERITAGE FESTIVAL.

WHAT WERE THE TIMES ON MAY 10TH? I JUST LOOKED IT UP.

IT'S FROM 5 TO 10. 5 P.M. TO 10 P.M.. OKAY. CORRECT.

THANK YOU. IT'S THE THIRD ANNUAL. OKAY. MISS JENNIFER, IS THIS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO APPROVE? I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT GROUP PARTICIPATION ON THIS CALENDAR.

CAN WE GET A LIST OF THE EVENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE ATTENDING? THAT WAY, WE CAN REMEMBER WHO WE'RE ATTENDING.

AND THEN IF I CAN GO TO WHAT YOU'RE GOING, MAYBE I CAN STILL GO, YOU KNOW? YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN. WE CAN ADD A ROW, TWO COLUMN AND SEND THAT THEN OUT TO THE GROUP.

OKAY. ARE THE PARK CLEANUPS NOT A CITY EVENT? WHAT? THE PARK CLEANUPS? THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TOGETHER, IF ANY.

I ALWAYS SEE CHARLES AT THE PARK CLEANUPS AND THERE ARE A LOT COMING UP.

THAT WOULD BE FUN. I KNOW MY DISTRICT AT THE SKATEBOARD PARK.

THEY HAVE ONE. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S ON SATURDAYS. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO THE SKATEBOARD ONES, BUT THERE'S OTHER ONES THAT ARE REALLY BAD AND I GO TO THEM AND I'VE SEEN CHARLES AT SEVERAL. NONE OF THAT KIND OF STUFF IS ON HERE, STUFF THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DO STUFF, GOOD STUFF FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW. BUT IF WE IF WE KNOW THOSE THINGS, CAN WE HAVE THEM OURSELVES? WE CAN. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. MAKING THE CITY EVENT.

I JUST WONDER WHY THEY WEREN'T ON HERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY DOING THE CLEANUP.

WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS OF SPRING CREEK OR DIFFERENT TO PORTLAND AREA.

IT WAS HORRIBLE. WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THERE ALL THE TIME.

LIKE I SAID, CHARLES AND I GO. AND SO. MISS. YES, THERE'S.

THERE WAS A LAST MAY. THERE WAS A DUCK CREEK.

THE DUCK CREEK IS MAY 3RD. THAT'S EVERY YEAR. YEAH, THAT'S EVERY YEAR.

YEAH. I'M PLANNING ON GOING THAT ANY WAY I CAN.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT MISS COURTNEY SAID THAT SHE COULD DO IS SHE CAN GET THE LIST OF THOSE DATES FOR PARK CLEANUPS, AND SHE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO US. SO THE NEXT MEETING, SHE CAN HAVE IT ON THE CALENDAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW.

SHE'LL ADD IT. AND ALSO, IF THERE'S SOME THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING.

MISS COURTNEY, CAN YOU JUST SHOOT US AN EMAIL TO SAY THESE ARE PARK CLEANUP DATES? AND THAT WAY IF WE WANT TO ATTEND, WE CAN BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ONE. MADAM CHAIR, IN REFERENCE TO CLEANUPS, THE ONE I ATTENDED.

THERE WAS A CITY REPRESENTATIVE. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY SAID AT ANY TIME,

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SO IF WE AS A COMMISSION DECIDE AND MAYBE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S A CERTAIN AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP, WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN ON ANY DAY OR TIME THAT WE WANT TO.

AND THE CITY WILL PROVIDE US WITH SOME STUFF TO HELP CLEAN UP.

SO, MR. RENEE, I'D LIKE TO TABLE THAT IDEA TO PUT IT AS AN AGENDA TOPIC.

YES, MA'AM. NEXT MONTH, CAN YOU PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO THE CITY STAFF AND MYSELF AND SAY, CAN THIS BE ADDED OR ADD THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE? FOR APRIL? YES, MA'AM. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.

ALRIGHTY. SO WE REVIEWED THE CALENDAR. I KNOW WE ARE RIGHT AT THE HOUR MARK, AND I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO TRY TO BE MINDFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME.

BUT THIS NEXT TOPIC WE NEED TO DISCUSS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO THERE'S SOME ITEMS WE SOME TO DO LIST BASICALLY. MISS JENNIFER, DO YOU THINK I CAN GO OUT OF ORDER AND DO E FIRST? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, KIM. LET'S GO AHEAD AND COVER AGENDA ITEM E FIRST IS DISCUSS AND REVIEW CURRENT SWAG AND ORDERS NEEDED FOR CMC.

THE COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS CURRENT ITEMS ORDERED FOR EVENTS AND DISCUSS THE NEED FOR NEW ITEMS. WERE YOU LADIES ABLE TO PULL A REPORT TOGETHER OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAD? I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE TENT.

OH, THIS WAS FOR SHIRTS. IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

SHIRTS WAS THE THE REASON FOR THIS TOPIC? THIS ITEM.

SO SOME OF US HAVE SHIRTS. DO YOU HAVE A SHIRT, MR. JIMMY? I DO HAVE A SHIRT. YOU DO HAVE A SHIRT.

SO I THINK THAT MEANS ALL OF YOU HAVE ONE, RIGHT? RENE. WE'RE WORKING. THEY'RE WORKING ON ONE FOR ME RIGHT NOW.

ON THAT ONE. OKAY, SO THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC AND I REMEMBER WHY I ASKED FOR IT TO BE ADDED, WAS SO THAT WE CAN GET GET SOME MORE SHIRTS. WE DO HAVE THE POLO SHIRT.

THAT GARLAND SHIRT WAS ACTUALLY A CITY SHIRT AND NOT NECESSARILY A CMC SHIRT.

SO THE FIRST THING IS, DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT WE NEED A NEW SHIRT? YES OR NO? I HAVE THE CITY SHIRT, BUT NOT AT CMC.

THE CLOTHES WITH NO LOGO AT ALL. OKAY. SO DOES ANYONE.

DO Y'ALL? SORRY. DO Y'ALL THINK. IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE PURCHASING A NEW SHIRT AT THIS POINT? I THOUGHT BEFORE I WAS WILLING TO PAY PART OF IT OR ALL OF IT.

IT'S A WINDBREAKER BECAUSE THERE'S TIMES WHEN IT'S KIND OF COOL.

WE'VE GOT THE SHIRTS, AND IF YOU PUT A SWEATER OR A WINDBREAKER, YOU'RE COVERING YOUR SHIRT.

GOOD IDEA. SHE SAID A VEST. YEAH. SO THAT YOU COULD WEAR IT.

YOU KNOW IF IT'S LIKE WINDY NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WINDBREAKER.

MIGHT BE I DON'T KNOW. NO, IT'S IT'S YOUR IDEA.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF THIS BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE ON THE MARTIN LUTHER KING.

YOU COULD PUT IT OVER A JACKET. OKAY. YOU COULD PUT IT OVER A T SHIRT DURING THE SUMMER.

IT'S GOOD VISIBILITY. IF WE'RE DOING A CLEANUP, YOU COULD PUT IT ON THEN AS WELL.

SO I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF A VEST WITH CMC ON IT.

OR THAT WE COULD PUT OVER A JACKET. I THINK THAT THE GOOD IDEA OF THE SOMETHING FOR FOR FOR THE COLD WEATHERS BUT FOR ME, FOR MY OPINIONS IS THAT OCCURRENCE.

I DON'T HAVE A CREDIT CARD WAS A BUSINESS CARD.

SO USUALLY PEOPLE ASK ME, I GIVE THEM MY PHONE NUMBERS OUT AND GIVE TO THEM.

SO I THINK IF YOU WE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MEMBERS HERE HAVE BUSINESS CARDS DON'T HAVE TO BE FANCY ONE WITH SCAN THING, BUT IT'S THE BASIC ONES. LOOK LIKE WE DON'T HAVE IT YET.

OKAY. GLENN, WHAT? WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE LONG SLEEVE SHIRT, A WINDBREAKER OR A VEST.

I LIKE THE JACKET IN THE WINTER AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, MR. MERRILL. I THINK AFTER THE PARADE, WE DISCUSSED THAT SOMETHING LIKE A VEST, NOT AN ORANGE, BUT MAYBE OUR COLOR PURPLE WITH GREEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT SAYS THIS HAS CMC SOMETHING ON THERE, BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE WALKING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, IF THEY DIDN'T SEE THE TRUCK, YOU KNOW, WE WERE OUT HANDING OUT CANDY, THEY CAN SEE US. SO SOMETHING A VEST IS ONE THING FOR THE PARADES.

AND LIKE WHEN THEY SAID WE'RE OUT AND WE WERE OUT THE, I GUESS, SOCCER GAMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I MEAN, YOU'D BE VISIBLE JUST WEARING THAT VEST AND YOU WOULDN'T BE TOO HOT. SO, YEAH, THERE'S SOMETHING. AND THEN I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YEAH, SOME TYPE OF JACKET, YOU KNOW. OKAY. YOU KNOW, ALSO, MISS KIMLEY-HORN.

MISS, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT COSTS. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE MOST REASONABLE OPTION IS,

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IF IT'S A REASONABLE INVESTMENT, I'M GOOD WITH IT.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE CMC POLO SHIRT. BUT THAT DOES TEND TO GET COVERED.

YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE WHEN THINKING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY THING IT WAS SO COLD OUT THERE.

IT WAS UNDER TWO LAYERS. YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE I'M WEARING IT BUT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW.

MR. CHARLES I THINK THE VEST WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BETTER IDEA BECAUSE A WINDBREAKER WOULD BE AWFULLY HOT IN THE WARM MONTHS, I THINK. OKAY. AND THERE WE'VE GOT THE SHIRTS FOR THE WARM MONTHS.

WHAT I'M TALKING IS ON THE COOL DAYS. OR, LIKE, CAN WE GET THE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE? YOU COULD PUT A SWEATER OR WHATEVER, A TURTLENECK THAT SAYS NIKE OR WHATEVER.

AND THEN THE THE WINDBREAKER, WHICH WOULDN'T BE HEAVY, BUT JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU WARM OVER WHATEVER YOU'RE WEARING UNDER. CUZ I KNOW WE WERE FREEZING AND WE WERE ALL COVERED UP.

SO NOBODY REALLY COULD SEE THAT WE WERE. WITH THE MULTICULTURAL.

OKAY. MY OPINION I WILL NOTE TO YOU, IF WE DO A WINDBREAKER, YOU COULD PROBABLY DO A BIGGER LOGO THAN YOU COULD DO WITH THE VEST.

LIKE YOU COULD DO A LOGO ON THE BACK, LIKE, PRETTY EASY, LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, I GUESS THE MATERIAL IT, LIKE, WORKS WELL WITH IT. BUT LIKE, IF YOU DID A VEST WITH, LIKE, IT WOULD LOOK KIND OF OFF.

OKAY. WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST IS THAT WE THINK ABOUT IT.

WE'LL PUT IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH AND BRING IT BACK.

COME BACK WITH AN IDEA AND DEFINITE YES OR NO.

IT'S OKAY TO SAY YES. THIS WILL WORK. AND YES, THAT'LL WORK.

LET'S LET'S BE DEFINITE AND SAY YES, I WANT A JACKET OR.

YES, I WANT A VEST. LET'S BE SPECIFIC. OR IS IT NEXT MONTH FOR BOTH? I MEAN, BECAUSE THE VEST. I MEAN, IF ESPECIALLY THE BEST.

LIKE THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS HAVE THAT TYPE OF VEST, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP IT AND HAVE IT.

I MEAN, THERE ARE PERIODS WHEN YOU NEED ONE. DURING THAT TIME WE COME GET IT. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER EVENT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D NEED A 12 OR 13 OF THEM.

YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE JUST 6 OR 8 AND PEOPLE THAT USE THEM.

AND THEN THE JACKET MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL LIKE ONE SIZE FITS ALL KIND OF THING.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT IDEA.

DEFINITELY. WELL THAT'S GOOD STEWARDSHIP. YEP.

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT HAVE BUSINESS CARDS, WE HAVE ORDERED BUSINESS CARDS BEFORE I PASS OUT MY BUSINESS CARDS.

I THINK THEY ARE NICE. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SCAN ON IT.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES AS TO WHETHER TO PUT A QR CODE ON IT.

JUSTINE IS A HUGE FAN OF QR CODES, SO MISS KIMBERLY TOO.

SO WE'VE WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT WE HAVE NOT.

WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO QR CODE TO AT THIS POINT? I WOULD THINK THE CITY WEBSITE, WHICH SHOWS ALL THE LIST OF ALL THE OTHER COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND STUFF, AT LEAST THAT BECAUSE IT SAYS THE CMC MEETS THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THE CMC ARE MULTICULTURAL, THEN THEY SCAN THAT AT LEAST JUST TO THE CITY WEBSITE TO SHOW WHEN THE MEETING DATES ARE.

AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE HAD JUST A GENERAL CARD WITH NO ONE'S NAME ON IT.

I WE HANDED THEM OUT, BUT I KEPT THE THE BOX OF THEM.

I DON'T REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A QR CODE. MISS TRACY MAY KNOW IF IT WAS A QR CODE ON THAT PARTICULAR CARD, AND I CAN ALSO GO HOME AND CHECK. YOU DON'T THINK SO, MISS COURTNEY? WE CAN. WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK. OKAY. THERE. IS IT? YEAH. IT WAS. IT'S ON THE CARD. THE ONE THAT WAS JUST A GENERIC.

IT GOES TO SHOW THAT TO HER. OH, IT GOES TO JISC.

CAN YOU HAND THIS TO HER? OKAY, SO HERE'S THE WRONG ONE.

GOOD. SO BEFORE WE ORDER MORE BUSINESS CARDS, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DECIDE WHAT WE WANT.

DO WE WANT THAT QR CODE? IF WE DO. WHERE DO WE WANT IT TO GO? WE ALL BE IN AGREEMENT OF THAT. FOR MR. JIMMY, I KNOW YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT A LOT.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE BUSINESS CARDS. MISS JENNIFER, CAN WE LOOK TO SEE HOW THE SMALLEST AMOUNT THAT WE CAN ORDER TO SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN JUST GET HIM STARTED WITH SOMETHING UNTIL WE DECIDE AS A WHOLE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? YES, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND WHENEVER WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUSINESS CARDS, IT WAS THE OPTION.

EACH OF US HAD AN OPTION TO HAVE A STACK OF BUSINESS CARDS PHYSICALLY, OR A QR CODE, LIKE AN ACTUAL LIKE ON YOUR PHONE ELECTRONIC BUSINESS THAT WOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION OF CMC. SO THAT WAS THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE HAD.

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OKAY. THAT WAS THE QR CODE I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

YEAH. AND LIKE A QR CODE, IT WAS AN ON. SO IT WAS THE OPTION OF HAVING A DIGITAL BUSINESS CARD A DIGITAL BUSINESS CARD.

SO OKAY, SO I THINK THAT QR CODE IS THE CODE THAT WE WERE REFERENCING USING THAT'S ON THAT CARD.

AND WHAT SHE WANTED US TO DO WAS TO HAND THAT CARD OUT TO SEE HOW WELL HOW WELL THAT WORKED FOR THOSE OF US THAT WANTED A QR CODE TO SEE IF WE COULD TURN IT INTO A DIGITAL ONE TO HAVE YOUR DIGITAL CARD.

THAT'S WHY WE HANDED THEM OUT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT ACTUALLY WORKED ON THIS QR CODE.

IT SAYS TO SCAN THE QR CODE TO FIND LOCAL AREA AND STATEWIDE RESOURCES.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT SAYS GISD, BECAUSE GISD HAD THAT ALREADY HAS IT ON THEIR WEBSITE.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE USE. YES I REMEMBER. SO I THINK THIS IS ALSO LIKE THIS WAS JUST FOR RESOURCES LIKE WE WANTED.

THIS WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. OH THAT WAS THAT WAS WHAT, TWO YEARS AGO? THREE YEARS AGO. YEAH. LOOKING ON, HOW CAN WE GET THOSE RESOURCES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY? OKAY. OKAY. SO AGAIN, WE WILL NEED TO DISCUSS NEXT MEETING WHERE WE WANT THAT QR CODE TO GO.

RIGHT. IT'S THE MAIN TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. AND THEN MISS JENNIFER WILL LOOK INTO SEEING WHAT'S THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CARDS THAT SHE CAN ORDER FOR MR. JIMMY SO THAT HE CAN GET SOME CARDS FOR SHIRTS.

MR.. GO AHEAD. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE A QR CODE, RIGHT? NO. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE UNIFIED OR THINK WE SHOULD BE UNIFIED.

THOSE THAT WANT THE QR CODES, IT'S GOING TO BE DIGITAL.

IT'LL BE ON THEIR PHONE. THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BUSINESS CARDS, YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE FRONT, BUT YOU ALSO MAY GET THE OPTION TO PUT THAT QR CODE ON THE BACK, BUT THOSE THAT WANT THE QR CODES, THEY HAVE A DIGITAL YES MA'AM AND WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING.

SO MR. JIMMY NEEDS A SHIRT, A DESIRE. HE HAS THIS.

I DON'T THINK HE HAS A SHIRT. OKAY, SO IF YOU CAN MISS JENNIFER, JUST REACH OUT TO HIM TO SEE IF HE HAS ONE.

AND WHO ELSE DIDN'T HAVE A SHIRT? MR. RAY? YOU HAVE ONE OR YOU DON'T? THEY'RE WORKING ON ONE FOR ME. THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON IT FOR YOU.

OKAY, MR. TRAIN, YOU NEED A POLO SHIRT? I HAVE THE REGULAR SHIRT, BUT I DON'T HAVE A POLO.

SO THE SHIRT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS NAVY BLUE WITH WHITE LETTERS, CORRECT? YEAH. THAT IS NOT A CMC SHIRT. THAT IS JUST A GARLAND.

THAT'S THE CITY OF GARLAND SHIRT THAT WE KIND OF FINESSED OUR WAY INTO GETTING.

BUT THAT IS NOT A CMC SHIRT. SO YES, HE NEEDS A POLO SHIRT.

YES, MA'AM. MEDIUM. THANK YOU. AND DID YOU. WE HAVE NOT SEEN.

IS IT POSSIBLE? NEXT MEETING, MISS JENNIFER, IF WE CAN KIND OF GET A LOOK AT OUR TENT.

WE WILL SEE. HAVE WE RECEIVED IT YET? YES, WE DID GET IT.

YES WE HAVE. YEAH, JUST I THOUGHT. YEAH, I THOUGHT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE SHOWING A PICTURE OF IT.

YEAH. WOULD THAT WORK? YES. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. WITH A PICTURE SO WE CAN SEE WHAT OUR TENT LOOKS LIKE.

POP IT UP RIGHT HERE. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, TOO.

COULD WE DO THAT NEXT MONTH? I HAVE A I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO GO TO TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS TO CLOSE THIS OUT I HAD A MEETING WITH MR. PHIL. MISS TRACY. MISS COURTNEY, NOT TRACY. JENNIFER AND MISS COURTNEY.

IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE DID AT THE RETREAT. SO THE ITEM AGENDA D CMC RETREAT, RETRIEVED FOLLOW UP AND NEXT STEPS. STAFF AND THE COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS AND ESTABLISH CLEAR MARKERS IN THE NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS AND RECOGNIZE KEY INSIGHTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

MULTICULTURAL RETREAT WORKSHOP. IN THE SAKE OF NOT KEEPING US HERE ALL NIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST THROW OUT SOME THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

LET YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT IT, AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM.

ALSO, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, MISS TRACY IS OUT ON MEDICAL LEAVE.

MR. CHARLES PICKETT'S MOM FELL AND BROKE HER FEMUR, SO HE'S ON HIS WAY, I THINK, TO EAST TEXAS.

HE SAID. SO Y'ALL KEEP HIS FAMILY IN PRAYER AND HIM SAFE TRAVELS.

AND MISS JENNIFER, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET A CARD THAT WE CAN ALL SIGN, OR YOU GUYS CAN SEND ON BEHALF OF THE CMC TO MR. CHARLES PICKETT, YOU KNOW, GET WELL SOON. OR.

SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR MOM. YES, YES, WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, MISS COURTNEY AND MISS JENNIFER, I'M GONNA NEED YOU LADIES TO HELP ME.

BECAUSE WE HAD THIS MEETING. I WAS WORKING, TRYING TO JOT THINGS DOWN, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO JOT THINGS WITH ME.

DID EITHER ONE OF Y'ALL HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO TO BRING OR.

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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS YOU ALL CAN RECALL IT HAS BEEN A WHILE, BUT ON JANUARY 25TH, KEVIN BULLARD, THE CHIEF LEADERSHIP OFFICER KIND OF PRESENTED SOME IDEAS TO YOU ALL FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS.

AND HE ENCOURAGED YOU ALL TO, TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO AS A GROUP AND WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. AND AND HE WANTED TO KIND OF FOCUS ON, LIKE THE LONG TERM PROCESS OF OF THE GROUP.

AND SO YEAH, HE JUST KIND OF GUIDED THE INTERACTION WITH YOU ALL.

AND I RECALL SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS. AND SO THE, THE OBJECTIVE TONIGHT IS TO KIND OF GO, GO FROM THE NEXT STEPS. AND MAYBE YOU ALL TOOK, TOOK YOUR OWN NOTES AND HAVE HAD SOME TIME TO, TO THINK ABOUT THE, THE WORKSHOP ON SATURDAY.

SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO WE NEED TO EVERY YEAR, EVERY THREE MONTHS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE STARTING OVER.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO START TO CONSIDER AS A COMMISSION, WE KNOW WE'RE HERE.

HOW DO WE GO FORWARD? WHENEVER YOU HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN OR A PLAN, PERIOD, THE FIRST THING IS YOU START TO LOOK FOR WHAT I CONSIDER IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION. SMALL WINS.

SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME, AND WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FRUSTRATION.

SO WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND THINK OF IF YOU GUYS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH A SMALL WIN, WHAT COULD A SMALL WIN BE? SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT 30? NO MORE THAN 90 DAYS, THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ACCOMPLISH? AS A COMMISSION TO SAY, WE GOT THIS OFF OUR LIST.

WE HAVE US A CHECKLIST. WE GOT THIS OFF THE LIST.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE COMPLETED. SO SOME OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT OF AS A SHORT TERM GOAL, WHICH I'M GLAD WE WENT OVER THE CALENDAR. FIRST WAS MEETING WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL, HAVING AN INTERACTIVE MEETING.

IF WE START TO ATTEND THEIR MEETINGS, THEN WITHIN 90 DAYS WE CAN HAVE A MEETING SET ASIDE WHERE WE CAN MEET DIRECTLY WITH THEM TO SEE HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. ATTEND CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THERE'S ONE.

WE'RE ALREADY IN MARCH. OH. DID WE? OH, BECAUSE THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LAST, SO.

MARCH 17TH, 331. THE NEXT ONES ARE 331, FOUR, ONE 414 OR 415 TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM.

WHAT DAY? I GUESS LET ME JUST FINISH THIS FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SPECIFICS.

ATTEND A FIRST FRIDAY. AND THE FIRST ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP FORGETTING WHAT MONTH THIS IS.

SO FOR FOR APRIL 4TH WOULD BE THE FIRST FRIDAY IF WE ATTENDED THAT EVENT AGAIN.

LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE EVENTS. WE CAN KIND OF LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES TO SEE WHAT THEY DO, TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP AND BECOME A PART OF THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.

AND THEN THE OTHER WAS CALL YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HERE HAS NOT.

AND LET ME NOT ASK BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYONE ON THE SPOT.

DOES EVERYONE KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEIR CITY COUNCIL PERSON? EVERYONE. HAS EVERYONE SPOKEN TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE LAST 30 DAYS? NO LONGER THAN THAT. MR. MAYOR, YOU NOT KNOWING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

I ACTUALLY SAW MINE THE OTHER DAY. OKAY. HE'S NOT VERY VISIBLE.

YEAH. I GO BY HIS MAZDA SHOP. HE. YEAH. THAT'S NOT OKAY.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, THIS COULD BE A SMALL WIN FOR YOU TO MAKE CONTACT WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP.

HI, MY NAME IS SO-AND-SO. I WAS APPOINTED BY YOU TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE ON THE CMC.

I REMEMBER MY CONVERSATION LIKE THAT BECAUSE MY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD SAID SOMEONE KNEW TO BE RIGHT.

OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT POSITION WAS FILLED. RIGHT.

SO A SMALL WIN COULD BE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP.

EVEN IF IT'S FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE TIME, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO HAVE COFFEE.

LET'S HAVE TEA. I PROMISE Y'ALL MR. BJ CALLS ME VERY FREQUENTLY.

VERY. I'VE HEARD HE CALLS ME FREQUENTLY. I WILL SAY THAT EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT.

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I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO SOMEONE'S BODY SHOP TO DO SOMETHING.

RIGHT. MADAM COUNCIL, I SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE COUNCIL PERSONS RECENTLY.

MADAM MENTIONED HIM. MENTIONED THEM BY NAME. AS LONG AS IT'S NOT DEROGATORY, I DON'T.

NO NO NO, NOT NOT DEROGATORY. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN HEDRICK, I WAS SPEAKING WITH HIM THIS WEEKEND AND I VOICED CONCERN THAT WE WOULD LIKE MORE COMMUNICATION WITH CITY COUNCIL, AND HE TOLD ME THAT CITY COUNCIL IS ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT REGULARLY ATTENDING BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ALREADY IN DISCUSSION ON BECAUSE THEY I GUESS THEY SEE THE SAME NEED THAT WE DO.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THAT COMING FORWARD.

AND I'M GLAD FOR THAT. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY I'VE ENCOURAGED US TO START GOING TO THEIR MEETINGS.

YEAH. WELL, SO WHAT YOU SAID IN THEIR MEETINGS, WE REMIND THEM WE MEET EVERY THIRD THURSDAY.

IT OPENS DIALOG. YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER AND US GOING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.

WE WE NEED TO STEP UP AS WELL. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM WHEN THEY'RE NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

AGREED. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING. WHAT ARE YOUR WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THE THINGS I LISTED? MEETING WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL, HAVING AN INTERACTIVE MEETING WITH THEM, ATTENDING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ATTENDING THE FIRST FRIDAY. CALL YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS? WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THOSE? BEING A SHORT TERM GOAL AND A WIN IS A WIN FOR ME.

SMALL WIN, BIG WIN. IT'S A WIN. I AGREE WITH YOU.

WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON SOME SHORT TERM GOALS BY SITTING HERE AND GOING OVER THE EVENTS AND AND US SAYING, I WILL GO TO THAT. OKAY. I THINK THE NEXT STEP WITH THAT IS ONCE WE GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THE THINGS WE GO TO, HOW DO WE DISSEMINATE THAT AND WHO DO WE DISSEMINATE IT TO? COLLECTING IT IS FINE, BUT IF WE AREN'T SHARING IT, IT DOES NO GOOD.

SO, MR. ROONEY, THAT CAN BE A SHORT TERM GOAL FOR US WITHIN THE NEXT 90 DAYS, 30 TO 60, 90 DAYS, 30 TO 90 DAYS. WE NEED TO ATTEND EVENTS, WE NEED TO COLLECT THE DATA, AND THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT DATA IS GOING TO GO.

YEAH. EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SENDING SHOOTING AN EMAIL TO YOUR COUNCIL PERSON.

I WENT TO THIS EVENT. THIS IS WHAT I SAW. YEP.

IF EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, WE ARE ALL GOING TO REACH OUT TO OUR CITY COUNCIL REP.

I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A PICTURE TO SHOW YOU THAT WE DID.

I WOULD I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE A PICTURE WITH YOUR CITY.

CITY COUNCIL REP. YES, MA'AM. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GET ONE WITH YOUR REP IN YOUR CMC SHIRT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT PICTURE.

IF NOT YOUR SHIRT, DEFINITELY A PICTURE WITH YOU AND YOUR REP.

THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, I LIKE THAT. YEAH, WHAT WAS THAT? JUSTINA. JUST ASKING IF WE NEEDED TO MAKE A MOTION OF US HAVING SMALL, THESE SMALL WINS TO BE LIKE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO WE WANT TO DO AS A PEOPLE.

I'D SAY THAT'S A GOOD MOTION. OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? OH, DID YOU MOTION THAT WE DO THESE SMALL WINS IN THE NEXT 30 TO 90 DAYS? IS THAT A YEAH. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. THAT WORKS.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? BUT LET'S HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.

OKAY. WELL BEFORE WE. SECOND, WE HAVE TO OPEN.

HAS THE DISCUSSION HAPPENS AFTER THE SECOND? OKAY, LET'S OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION.

I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO BE THAT EACH OF US CHOOSE ONE OF THESE SMALL WINS TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS, 90, 69, WHATEVER THE DATE TIME PERIOD IS. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S REALISTIC OR REASONABLE TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL OF THEM, BUT THAT WE EACH PICK ONE AND VERY INTENTIONALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

UNDERSTOOD. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON TO THAT OF SAYING THAT WITH WHAT MR. RENE SAID ABOUT ABOUT LIKE WE ALL PICK ONE AND THEN WE HAVE, WE HAVE LIKE THAT REPORT THAT WE COME OUT WITH AND THEN HOW DO WE LIKE, HOW DO WE GET THAT OUT THERE? SO TO ADD ON TO WHAT KIMBERLY SAID.

OKAY. ARE WE STILL TALKING TO OUR COUNCIL? WE'RE AMENDING THE YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING TO PICK A SMALL WIN, A SHORT TERM WIN THAT YOU CAN COMPLETE BETWEEN 30 AND 90 DAYS.

THE NEXT 30 TO 90 DAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT THING COMPLETED, AND THEN YOU'LL REPORT BACK THAT THAT WAS A COMPLETION.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT THE 90 DAYS. IF YOU GET IT DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, THAT'S GREAT.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY COME TOGETHER TO MAKE A SHORT TERM LIST, AND WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE SOMETHING AND COME BACK.

SO THAT WAY WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST SHOWING UP FOR MEETINGS AND WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING EXTRA.

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SO IF YOU GO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU TAKE SOME NOTES, YOU BRING IT BACK TO US.

WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO DISSEMINATE IT. IF YOU GO SPEAK WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP, YOU CALL THEM, YOU GET WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU CAN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR DISTRICT. YOU BRING IT BACK, WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO DISSEMINATE IT.

CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE YOUTH COUNCIL MEETINGS, WHATEVER INFORMATION WE GET, WE BRING IT BACK, PUT IT TOGETHER, AND THEN WE DISSEMINATE IT OR FIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEP OF HOW TO DISSEMINATE IT.

AND I THINK WE ALSO MIGHT NEED TO ADD TO THIS MOTION THAT WE MAKE ROOM IN THE IN THE AGENDA FOR THOSE REPORTS.

IT IS IT'S ALWAYS IN THERE. OKAY. COMMITTEE AND EVENT REPORTS.

OKAY, COOL. IT WILL FALL UNDER THAT. IT WILL FALL ON THAT.

PERFECT. YES, MA'AM. WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE NEXT MONTH WHEN WE GO OVER THE CALENDAR, WE DON'T GO OVER EVERY LINE.

WE'LL GO BLOCK BY BLOCK OR MONTH BY MONTH. AND THAT WAY IT'LL CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE TIME, AND WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAD A MOTION.

NO MOTION. OKAY. WELL, WHAT? CAN I HAVE SOME HELP? YOU'RE. NEITHER OF YOUR MIKES ARE ON YOUR ORIGINAL.

YOU'RE JUST COMING IN HERE. THERE WE GO. OKAY.

YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION WAS THAT WE ADOPT THE QUICK WIN APPROACH AND ACCOMPLISH QUICK WINS IN THE NEXT.

WHAT WAS THE TIME PERIOD? 30 TO 90 DAYS. THE AMENDED MOTION WOULD BE WE EACH SELECT ONE, AND IT CAN BE ONE OR MORE. BUT, YOU KNOW, DO PICK AT LEAST ONE TO ACCOMPLISH AND DOCUMENT IT AND REPORT ON IT TO THE CMC SO THAT THE INFORMATION GAINED CAN BE DISSEMINATED.

OKAY, SO I WILL MAKE THIS MOTION THAT WE EACH PICK AT LEAST ONE SMALL WIN TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT 30 TO 90 DAYS, AND COME BACK WITH A REPORT SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO SOMETHING.

MA'AM. SECOND. ALRIGHTY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHTY. GUYS, I LOVE WHAT YOU DID.

LET ME SEE. I ALSO MAKE A. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY LOOK OVER MY NOTES.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE TERM SMART STANDS FOR? YES. DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, THE SMART GOALS.

YES. SMART GOALS. IT'S WHAT DID I WHAT WAS SPECIFIC? IS IT SMART OR SMART? SMART 088. MEASURABLE. ATTAINABLE.

RELEVANT AND TIME BOUND. OKAY. SPECIFIC. MEASURABLE.

ACHIEVABLE. ACHIEVABLE. RELEVANT. RELEVANT AND TIME BOUND.

TIME. TIME. SO CAN ANYONE SEE WHAT WE JUST DID? WE WERE THE WHOLE. THE WHOLE SHORT TERM. YEAH.

GOOD JOB. ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER, GUYS.

I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AS YOU COMPLETE YOUR GOAL, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SEND IN SOME INFORMATION TO MISS JENNIFER, THE CITY STAFF. AND I SAID JENNIFER BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT IN HER FACE.

AS YOU COMPLETE YOUR GOAL, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SEND SOME INFORMATION IN.

MY PERSONAL OPINION, YOU HAVE TO BE A GOOD YOU BEFORE YOU CAN BE A GOOD US.

IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE INDIVIDUALLY ACCOMPLISHING THINGS, SOMETIMES YOU'LL NEVER SEE THAT AS A GROUP THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING.

SO IF WE ALL HAVE INDIVIDUAL SMART, INDIVIDUAL GOALS, THEN WE BECOME A BETTER US.

WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT THIS THE FIRST TIME THAT MR. KEVIN BULLARD CAME AND SPOKE WITH US. WE TALKED ABOUT INDIVIDUALLY WHAT IT WAS WE WANTED INDIVIDUALLY.

WHAT WAS IT THAT WE WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE? THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE OUR LITTLE FLOWERS, BUD. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. GUYS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?

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LET'S DO. LET'S HAVE EITHER MR.. JIMMY, MISS GLENNA, MR. CHARLES, CAN WE HAVE ONE OF THEM? GIVE US A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

ANYONE. THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YET. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

ALL RIGHT. AND, MISS, MR. JIMMY MADE THE MOTION, MR. CHARLES. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. GUYS, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR NIGHT.

THIS ONE IS ON TOP. AND THIS IS A GOOD MEETING.

THANK YOU, MISS KIMBERLY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO. OH, WHEN YOU SAY APRIL 3RD.

MARCH THE 31ST. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT.

THE 31ST AND THEN APRIL 3RD. APRIL 20TH. OH MY GOSH.

YES. THAT'S PERFECT. OKAY. YEAH, WE'LL HAVE IT.

WE'LL HAVE IT BEFORE GETTING REPLACED. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH.

GOOD BOY. I DIDN'T TOUCH YOUR PURSE. YOU PUT IT THERE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.