* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. CONCIERGE YOU [00:00:01] LIKE, OR, OKAY. [ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION Work Session Room of City Hall 200 N. Fifth Street Garland, Texas April 17, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. A meeting of the Community Multicultural Commission of the City of Garland, Texas will be held at the aforementioned location, date, and time to discuss and consider the following agenda items.] IT IS NOW SIX O'CLOCK AND CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER, UM, A MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND HELD TODAY. OH, APRIL 17TH. I ALMOST FORGOT WHAT DAY IT WAS. CAROL'S BIRTHDAY. UH, FIRST ITEM UP ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. IF Y'ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING ON MARCH 20TH. I MOVE FOR ABOUT APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. SECOND LV, UH, UH, AND SECOND WAS KIMBER LANE. OKAY. THE MINUTES ARE, ARE APPROVED. UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANYONE HERE. PLEASE, IF YOU'LL PLEASE TAKE A VOTE ON APPROVING THE, THE MINUTES. OH, AND ALL IN FAVOR A AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO DISCUSSION. OKAY. UM, AND DOES IT NOT LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANYONE HERE FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? UM, THIS MEETING, THE ITEMS FOR, UH, KHAR IS NOT HERE AND YOU'RE WONDERING WHY SHE'S ON A CRUISE. SO, MEETING GOES ON. UM, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THE COMMITTEE IN EVENTS, REPORT COMMITTEES FOR THE CMC MAY REPORT ON MEETING INFORMATION INDIVIDUALS WHO PRETENDED PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS AND MAY ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION. SO, APRIL EVENTS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY, UM, EVENT THAT THEY PARTICIPATED IN AND ANY INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE, UH, COMMITTEE? YES. KIMBER LANE, I ATTENDED, AND I'M SORRY, I NEED TO GET MY CALENDAR. I HAVE TO SEE. I ATTENDED THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION THAT I, UM, INDICATED THAT I WOULD ATTEND IN THE LAST MEETING. AND, UM, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE. THEY DID A LOT OF TALKING ABOUT THE, WELL ACTUALLY CITY MANAGER DID A GREAT DEAL. UM, HE DID A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSED DART AND CHALLENGES WITH CITIES THAT WERE UPSIDE DOWN AND WHERE GOING HIS POSITION WAS. IT WAS FASCINATING FROM NOW. SO NOW I'VE BEEN WATCHING THEM ONLINE AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS. I CAN'T DO IT IN REAL TIME REGULARLY, BUT THE WORK SESSIONS TO ME, FEEL MORE MEANINGFUL THAN THE ACTUAL MEETINGS WE ATTENDING. THAT'S THE OFFICIAL BUSINESS, THE VOTING AND EVERYTHING. AND, BUT THE WORK SESSIONS, YOU REALLY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT GOES INTO THE, UM, DISCERNMENT AND CONSIDERATION. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. I ALSO ATTENDED THE DISTRICT EIGHT, UM, TOWN HALL. THE, WHAT WAS IT? IT WAS TOWN HALL MEETING. IT WAS DISTRICT EIGHT TOWN HALL. AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE DISTRICT, THE, UM, DISTRICT GATE, TOWN HALL FIRST AND GOOD ATTENDANCE DISCUSSION OF THE BOND. SO THAT, THAT WAS, I THINK, GOING FORWARD, YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS MOSTLY THE PURPOSE. UM, BUT THAT'S MY REPORT. I WENT TO THE YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING. I FORGOT HOW MUCH KIDS COULD TALK . THEY'RE ALL FULL OF IDEAS. MM-HMM . UM, SO, UH, AND I KNOW GLENDA, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE EASTER EGG HUNT OR THE TRUNK HUNT. AND UH, I KNOW GLENDA WENT, MARILYN AND I BOTH WENT YESTERDAY OH, GOOD. WITH THE GRANDKID. UM, THEY TALKED, YOU KNOW, ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THEY WANTED TO DO AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT WAS, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING OF, 'CAUSE THEY ALL HAVE OPINIONS. , I'LL TRY TO ATTEND ANOTHER ONE AND SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, REPORT ON WHAT DIFFERENT THINGS THEY HAVE, ESPECIALLY WITH SUMMER COMING UP. SO, UM, FOR ME, I, I WENT TO THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE AT IN MARCH 29. THANK YOU, COURTNEY. THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, UM, PROVIDED, UH, 25 BAGS OF THE CMC SKIP. WE, UH, WE GIVE IT OUT DURING THAT ONE. SO I THINK WE STEP 10, 10 LEFT, UH, AT THE VOTER REGISTRATIONS, UH, ME AND COMMISSION, UH, CHARLES , UH, WE ARE ATTEND TOGETHER, UM, AT, AT THAT WAY WE ALSO, UM, HAVE THE 2025 GROW, UM, GALLON BOND PROGRAM, UH, POSTERS WHERE WE CAN, UM, HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO OUR VOTERS IN, IN VIETNAMESE, UH, SO, UH, ALONG WITH THE V UNITED VOLUNTEERS . UM, SO THIS JUST, THAT'S WAS THE, UM, IT'S GOOD TO ANNOUNCE, UM, AT K OMAR. THANK YOU FOR K OMAR AND MS. JENNIFER WIND. UH, HAVE US JUST TWO TABLE. THERES, UH, READY AND, UH, WE JUST SET IT UP [00:05:01] AND, UH, AND WE STAYED THERE FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. I LEFT ONE THING OUT SATURDAY. I ATTENDED THE GARLAND COUNCIL PTA'S, UM, FIRE SAFETY FAIR. AND ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS EVER IS THEY WERE, UM, IF PEOPLE VISITED ALL THE, IT WAS AT NAME IS FOREST HIGH SCHOOL. IF PEOPLE VISITED FOUR STOPS DURING THE SAFE FIRE SAFETY FAIR, THEY WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THREE, UM, SMOKE ALARMS AND ONE, UH, CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS VERY POORLY ATTENDED. THEY HAD HUNDREDS LEFT OVER AND THEY WERE GONNA TRY TO DISTRIBUTE THEM THROUGH NONPROFITS AS A RESULT. BUT IT WAS REALLY UNFORTUNATE 'CAUSE IT WAS A GREAT, THEY HAD A PRESENTATION THAT STUDENTS WERE DOING A PRESENTATION FROM METHODIST HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER PRESENTATION FROM, AND THREE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE THERE. ALL DARLAND AND S WERE ALL THERE WITH TRUCKS. THEY HAD BOUNCE HOUSES. I WAS THERE FOR FOUR HOURS AND I SAW ABOUT 50 PEOPLE. OH. AND THEY HAVE HUNDREDS. WAS IT ADVERTISED? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. IT WAS A COUNCIL OF PTAS THING. I HAVE NO IDEA. OKAY. I WAS, WE SUPPORTED AS A CHURCH BECAUSE OF ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE SUPPORT AT FOREST PREEZ INVITED US TO VOLUNTEER FOR THEM SO THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS. I ALSO WENT TO THE, UH, GARLAND MAYORAL FORUM IN NORTH GARLAND, UH, LIBRARY. I WAS, YEAH, I, I, THERE WAS THE NAACP ONE AND THERE WAS ALSO THE, I WENT TO THE LOCAL . YEAH. I DIDN'T GO TO THE SECOND ONE, BUT I ALSO FORGOT ABOUT UNIDOS. UM, I WISH I WOULD'VE GONE, BUT I DO PLAN ON GOING FOR THE NEXT ONE. AND, UH, IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE. AND THE, I KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO THE, UH, GARLAND OPENING DAYS FOR A LOT OF OUR FACILITIES ON SATURDAYS, BUT I THINK THEY'VE RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT FRIDAY. UH, BUT FRIDAY I WORK, SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND. UM, BUT IF Y'ALL CAN NEXT FRIDAY, UH, GARLAND IS OPENING QUITE A BIT OF FACILITIES, UH, I THINK HALFORD AQUATICS, THERE'S ALSO FOR ANOTHER FIRE STATION, BUT I COULD SEND MORE INFORMATION OUT, BUT I FORGOT. I ALSO WENT TO UNIS IN ONE OF THE, UH, THE MAIN SUBJECT WAS, UH, AN ATTORNEY SPOKE ON HOW TO GET YOUR PERMITS OR YOUR PASSPORT AND ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT YOU'RE NEEDED IF YOU'RE HERE ILLEGALLY, OR WE KNOW OF SOMEBODY THAT IS. SO IT WAS VERY, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND I, I ADDRESSED THEM, UH, THE AUDIENCE BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN AND TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE STATUS IS, WHETHER TO, YOU KNOW, NOT TO BE AFRAID OF WHATEVER I SAID. 'CAUSE THAT LITTLE GIRL THAT GOT KILLED, THAT KILLED HERSELF WAS BECAUSE THEY KEPT TELLING HER THEY'RE GONNA COME AND TAKE YOUR PARENTS AND TAKE 'EM TO BACK TO MEXICO. SO I SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. IT WAS VERY INFORMATIONAL FOR, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE. AND, UH, SO IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. SO, YEAH, I, I WILL FORGOT, MENTION THIS, UH, TWO DAYS AGO, CHEN WIN AND I, AND WE WENT HERE AT THE, UM, GALA MEDIA STUDIO, AND THEN WE HELPED TO PROMOTE THE, UH, 2025 GALLON, UH, GROW GALA PROGRAM. SO, UM, WE HAVE THE, UM, WE DO FILMING THREE SEC THREE SEGMENTS. WE, AND THE FILM CAN SHARE MORE DETAILS ON ON THAT, SEE, BECAUSE SHE INTERVIEW WITH, UM, CITY MANAGERS, UH, JUST CHURCH AND RES. SO YOU CAN SHARE MORE DETAILS ON THAT. THANK YOU. JIMMY. YES. MAY I, FOR THE GAR FORWARD 2025 BOND PROJECTS, WE TRY TO HELP TO PROMOTE TO THE ASIAN AMERICAN AND THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY. AS YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE MORE VIETNAMESE AND ASIAN AND GAR NOW THAN EVER. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE MORE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVING INTO GARLAND. SO YOU, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF OURSELF THAT OUR CITY ARE DOING THE HARDEST TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE CITIZEN BEING PROTECTED. SO WE SAW, I HAVE MY FIRST SEGMENT WITH CITY MANAGER JUST IN REX. IT WENT VERY WELL. WE FORGOT SOMETHING HERE AND THERE, BUT, AND THEN WE COME BACK AND WE COMPLETE EVERY SINGLE TASK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND THE SECOND SEGMENT WAS FULLY VIETNAMESE, A HUNDRED PERCENT JIMMY. UH, WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM. HE'S SPEAKING VIETNAMESE BETTER AND BETTER EVERY DAY. AND, UH, HE DID WITH THE VIETNAMESE EDITOR, INCHI NEWSPAPER. [00:10:02] SO PEOPLE LISTEN IN AND THEY WILL LISTEN TO OUR MESSAGE MORE REGARDLESS. PEOPLE WERE SAYING, OKAY, I WATCH ONLINE ON THE VIDEO, BUT THEY TALK TOO LONG. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO LISTEN IN. SO WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO RECAP AND SUMMARIZE WHAT THE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO STRESS TO THEM. GO VOTE EARLY AND YOU SHOULD APPROVE EACH AND EVERYONE BECAUSE WE NEED IT AS WELL. INVESTMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN FUTURE. SO WE DID REALLY WELL. THANK YOU. VOTING STARTS ON TUESDAY. NO, I DON'T THINK . AND, AND, AND A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE BOND IS, IT IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE ALSO THE CITY WEBSITE. AND YOU'LL SEE THE SIGNS OUT, YOU KNOW, AROUND AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, ANYBODY ELSE ATTENDING? UH, YES. I CLEANED THE PARK ON SATURDAY, , AND SHE, I WENT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING. WAS, UM, AWARDED WITH THE VOLUNTEER. YEAH, WE CAN HEAR, HEAR YOU VOLUNTEER. SORRY. I WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK. UM, AND THEY, UM, AWARDED THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND GLENNON WAS A PART OF IT, UH, WITH THE . I WAS LIKE, HEY. UM, BUT IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE, UM, MEETING AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, THERE'S NOBODY HERE. AND IT'S ALSO THAT LIKE, EVERYBODY THAT CAME TO SPEAK WHEN THEY, THEY SPOKE AND THEN THEY LEFT AND I WAS LIKE, HEART. IT WAS LIKE HEARTBREAKING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GOTTA DO WHAT THEY GOTTA DO. UM, BUT IT WAS A VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE AND IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE, UM, OUR COUNCIL, UH, PEOPLE AT, AT WORK AND, AND TO SEE OUR MAYOR TOO. WAS THAT HIS LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR WAS IT LIKE, IS IT, DID HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HEARING SOMETHING OF LIKE, THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'LL BE HEARING THIS OR SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS LIKE, I THINK IT WAS THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE ITEM. HE STILL HAS TWO, TWO MORE MEANINGS. TWO MORE. OKAY. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW. SORRY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY INFORMATIVE AND THEY, THEY WERE GOING OVER, PEOPLE WERE, UM, UH, LIKE PRESENTING SOME THINGS THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING GRANTS FOR. UM, AND IT WAS NICE TO, I DIDN'T KNOW OF A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN GARLAND. LIKE THERE'S A SENIOR SOURCE, UM, LIKE PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING OUT WITH, UM, NURSING HOMES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, THAT THEY'RE UP TO CODE AND THAT THEIR DIGNITY AND WORTH OF, UM, THEIR PATIENTS AND THEIR CLIENTS ARE LIKE MET. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UM, SALVATION ARMY AND, UM, THE POLICE BOXING GYM. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM. UM, BUT THEY'RE ALL REQUESTING THINGS. AND SO IT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALL THESE THINGS IN GARLAND FOR US TO PARTAKE IN. BUT YEAH, THAT WAS IT. OKAY. UM, ON THIS FIELD, I DON'T SEE NOW WE CAN DISCUSS THE UPCOMING EVENTS ALSO IN THIS, UH, PART OF THE AGENDA BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER TRASH PICKUP OR SOMETHING IN MAY THAT I HAD SAW THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER SUITED ON THE, ON THE NEXT ITEM. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE AN ITEM FOR FUTURE EVENTS. YEAH. I THOUGHT THERE, OKAY. I KNOW COURTNEY HAD SENT SOMETHING. I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY ASKED US TO SIGN UP FOR. YEAH. MAY 10TH IS, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TABLE THERE. WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. BUT I THOUGHT I SAW SOMEONE ASKED TO PUT A FUTURE EVENTS, BUT THAT WAS LAST MONTH. YEAH. MEAN THAT LAST MONTH HAD THE REVIEW OF MONTHLY CALENDAR MM-HMM . YEAH. OKAY. BUT THAT, I GUESS EVERYONE THAT CALENDAR CAME OUT. WE SIGNED UP FOR THINGS THEN. SO IT'S ON THERE JUST FOR, UH, REMEMBER THAT. OKAY. SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY TRY TO ADD THAT. YEAH. PUT THAT ON THERE. BUT, SO THEN THE NEXT ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE THE, UH, PROGRESS AND UPDATE, UH, DISCUSSION ON THE SHORT TERM SMART GOALS. UH, WE DISCUSSED, AND I THINK SHAR PROBABLY HAD MOST OF THOSE NOTES SHE DIDN'T SEND TO ME. BUT, UM, THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT WE, UH, LISTED AND, UH, WOULD THEY BE IN, UH, BE IN THE MINUTES IN THE, IN THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH. OKAY. THAT, UM, UH, FROM THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH, UH, THE COMMISSION MEMBERS DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR NEW, WELL, I GUESS THAT'LL COME DOWN TO WITH OUR SWAG TOO. BUT, BUT ITEMS AND, AND, AND THAT PART, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE [00:15:01] COULD DISCUSS NOW? IS THAT A OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S, AND, AND THAT'S THE SAME WITH THAT LIKE THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME. RIGHT. IT WAS THE REVIEW OF THE MONTHLY CALENDAR. SO IF YOU CAN, I BELIEVE SO THAT IS FOR US TALKING ABOUT YEAH. THAT WE'RE TALKING YEAH. THE EVENTS THAT, THAT, THAT WE'VE ATTENDED. SO I GUESS, OH, THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR SHORT TERM GOALS AND THE 30 69, BECAUSE WE DID, AND I THINK, UH, WE LOOKED OUT FOR THE NEXT OR 90 DAYS AND STUFF THAT WE CAN ATTEND, WHICH, SO WE STARTED THAT. SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE ONE OF OUR, UH, KIM LANE. YEAH. SO THE REPORTS THAT WE JUST GAVE WERE ALL QUICK WINS. MM-HMM . WE DID ALL THE THINGS THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO. AND ACTUALLY I HEARD SEVERAL THINGS THAT WERE NOT COMMITTED TO LAST MEETING THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE ATTENDED WAS ON WAS PART OF OUR QUICK WIN STRATEGY. AND WE MADE COMMITMENTS TO ATTEND SPECIFIC THINGS THAT EACH OF US. AND, UM, ALL OF THOSE QUICK REPORTS WERE EVIDENCE OF THAT. UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO SET, I, I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR QUICK WINS, BUT THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT OTHER THAN A DISCUSSION AND AN UPDATE. SO, BUT WE DID WHAT WE SAID WE SAID WE WOULD DO. MM-HMM . YEP. YEAH. SO THAT IS, OKAY. SO THAT'S PART OF IT. SO WE, WE HAVE STARTED THAT, UH, PART OF THAT, UH, REACHED OUR GOAL, NOT REACHED OUR GOAL, BUT HAVE, UH, WORKING TOWARDS ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS. UM, LET'S SEE. MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING UNDER THIS ITEM AS RELATED TO THE GOALS. UH, ONE THING THAT WAS DISCUSSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY NIGHT WAS HAVING, UH, MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THEY'RE GOING TO REQUEST IS THAT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, COME TO AT LEAST ONE WORK SESSION AND DO A PRESENTATION. AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT FRAMEWORK OF HAVING THE GOALS, UH, PUT INTO A PRESENTATION THAT, UH, STAFF CAN DEFINITELY HELP, UH, FACILITATE. BUT, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION OF WHAT TYPE OF EVENTS HAVE BEEN ATTENDED, WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT THE, THE, UH, THE COMMISSION IS HAVING. SO JUST WANTED TO PLANT THAT SEED, ESPECIALLY AS THERE'S DISCUSSION OF WHAT OUR SHORT TERM WINS, WHAT OUR SHORT TERM GOALS ARE. THAT WAY WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE IN THE, UH, THE REPORT WHEN WE ARE CALLED IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. OKAY. UM, ONE WORK SESSION PER MONTH, OR IT'LL BE ONE WORK SESSION A YEAR THAT EACH, EACH BOARD WILL COMMISSION WILL GO TO. DOES THE COUNCIL COMMIT TO ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS? THAT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVEN'T DISCUSSED. I KNOW AT OUR OFFSIDE, AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER, WE HAD TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE TIMES BOTH RUNNING NO ONE. OKAY. OKAY. SO, AND WE CAN PROBABLY GET THAT ON OUR AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH TO PICK, PICK A ONE, UH, WORK SESSION MEETING AND REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO ATTEND, UH, MAYBE ONCE A YEAR, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS. AND, AND I GUESS WE CAN TALK WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH ABOUT THAT, WHOEVER APPOINTED THIS. YES. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE TO INVITE THEM? IS THERE A PROCESS, IS THERE A PROCESS OF LIKE, DO WE HAVE TO INVITE THEM TO COME? OR IS THAT ONLY IF THEY COME AND SPEAK? NOT TO ATTEND? SO IF THEY ATTEND IN A QUORUMS PRESENT, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A POSTED MEETING FOR THAT. BUT IF THEY ATTEND INDIVIDUALLY, THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. OKAY. COULD WE GET WHOEVER GETS TO BE MAYOR TO COME AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND STUFF LIKE THAT? WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK THEM. UM, WE CAN'T MAKE THEM DO ANYTHING, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK IF THEY'D LIKE TO, TO ATTEND. WE DO ELECT THEM. I KNOW THAT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN JUST 'CAUSE YOU ELECT THEM. WE CERTAINLY, IT'S NOT ASKING SOMEONE THAT YOU ELECTED IS NOT A THING THAT SHOULD BE NOT AGAINST THE LAW, REFUSED. IT'S NOT A BAD THING. YOU KNOW, TO ASK SOMEONE THAT YOU ELECTED TO APPEAR IS AN INVITATION. IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE, IT'S A POSITIVE. IF, UH, WE INVITED ONE OF 'EM, WOULD THEY BE, COULD THEY FALL IN THE CATEGORY? WOULD THEY FALL INTO PUBLIC IF THEY HAD PUBLIC COMMENTS? OR THEY COULD EITHER DO PUBLIC COMMENT OR WE COULD PUT A SPECIFIC ITEM OF, OF COUNSEL INTERACTION OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. THERE'S SEVERAL, SEVERAL AVENUES FOR THAT. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR INPUT ON THAT THAT WE NEED TO GET ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH TO DISCUSS? ANYONE? [00:20:01] I HAD AN IDEA THOUGH. UH, FOR MAY 3RD, SINCE THAT'S THE LAST DAY OF, OF VOTING, I WAS WONDERING IF IT'S POSSIBLE IF WE COULD HAVE LIKE A TABLE WHERE THE VOTING HAPPENS SO WE CAN NOT TO LIKE, JUST TO PROMOTE US AND WHAT WE DO. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE MORE GARLAND CITIZENS COME OUT. I, THEY, YOU JUST SEE OUR PRESENCE. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE POSSIBLE. I'M WILLING TO GO, IT'S A SATURDAY, UH, MAY 3RD, BUT IT'S NOT ELECTIONEERING, BUT IT IS LIKE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ALL OVER TOWN. THERE IS, I GO TO THE CLOSE ONE TO ME, I THINK IS THE DALLAS COLLEGE OR RICHLAND OR, YEAH. OVER HERE. MM-HMM. IT'S THE BIG ONE. WELL, FOR, FOR ME IT IS, UH, WE HAVE A TEAM TO, UH, TAKE VOTERS. YEAH. PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR THEM FROM THE CHURCH TO A NEARBY POSTS. AND WE PROVIDE TRANSLATION IF THEY NEED IT, UH, INSIDE THE POLE. USUALLY ANY TRANSLATION, THEY WILL SAY YES. UH, ALLOW US IN. IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, WE JUST DO A TRANSPORTATION AND PICK THEM UP AND PICK THEM. DROP THEM UP. THAT'S AMAZING. YEAH. WE DO EVERY, EVERY ELECTION. WHOLE DCP DOES TOO. UM, ON THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE, THE, AS FAR AS THE VOTE IN PLACE WHERE YOU CAN BE SET UP AT OR ANYONE CAN JUST, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT ADVOCATING FOR A CERTAIN CANDIDATE. CANDIDATE AND YOU'RE, AND YOU'RE THE CORRECT DISTANCE AWAY. OKAY. 50 FEET. SO DO WE WANNA MAKE A SMART GOAL ABOUT THAT? OF, OR MAKING IT AN ? I JUST DUNNO IF IT'S TOO SHORT OF A TIMEFRAME OF, OF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO ELECTION, PUT OUR PRESENCE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS THE, NOW THERE'S NOT ANOTHER ELECTION. I MEAN, ELECTION IS VERY EXTENSIVE TOPIC. UM, WHEN YOU GO SOMEWHERE, SIT YOUR TABLE THERE IS, THEY PRE THERE'S MULTIPLE GROUP COMING IN AND OUT AND A LOT OF KIND OF MONITORS THE POLLS AND ALL STUFF. SO I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF WAY TO ENGAGE, BUT I'M NOT, NOT SURE AS THE, THAT DAY, THE POLLING DAY IS, IS, IS IS A DAY. UM, YEAH. I UNDERSTAND. I JUST THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO LIKE, PROMOTE OURSELVES. IT'S A WONDERFUL TIME TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY MM-HMM . BUT IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO NOT ADVOCATE FOR ANY POSITION. YEAH. AND, AND, AND NOT TO INDICATE A PREFERENCE FOR ANY POSITION. WE'RE NON-PARTISAN. YEAH. WE ARE. YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY. WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO VOTE. YEAH. AND IT'S NOT A BAD THING. I'M OUTTA TOWN, BUT IT'S NOT A BAD THING. UM, AGREE WITH KIMBERLY. KIMBERLY BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE. MM-HMM . EXTREMELY CAREFUL. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ALL YEAR ROUND. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE ELECTION DAY. IT'S VERY OVERCROWDED, NUMBER ONE. AND PEOPLE MAY TAKE A PICTURE OF US DOING THAT, AND THEY MIGHT SAY SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VERY HURTFUL FOR THE COMMISSION. THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA TO DO SO. OKAY. MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'M JUST PROVIDING AN, AN OPINION AND DEFINITELY IT, IT'S UP TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION. I DO SEE MS. WIND'S POINT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS A BOND PROPOSITION ON THE, ON THE BALLOT THIS GO AROUND, THAT THE CITY HAS TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS IT RELATES TO ANY INTERACTION WITH CITIZENS AS IT RELATES TO, TO BOND PROCESSES. UM, THE CMC IS A, IS AN ENTITY OF THE CITY. IT HAS THIS CITY LOGO ASSOCIATED WITH IT. UM, I COULD SEE IT BEING A POTENTIAL, UM, DISCUSSION ITEM OF WAS THE CITY UTILIZING THIS TO PUSH CITY AGENDA, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO THAT'S A CONCERN THAT I WOULD HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. UH, SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, STAFF WOULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT TO, TO, TO BE AWAY FROM THAT. BUT AGAIN, THE COMMISSION HAS THE ABILITY TO DO, UH, WHAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DO WITHIN THE CONFINES OF LAW. WELL, WOULD WOULD THAT BE AN ISSUE IF IT WASN'T THE BOND WITH ANY OTHER ELECTION? WOULD WOULD JUST IN GENERAL, THE, THE BIGGEST CONCERN WOULD BE THE BOND, UH, TO ME. BUT I STILL THINK WHETHER IT'S AN ELECTION OR NOT, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A, AN IDEA THAT WE WOULD WANT TO PURSUE, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION. YES. IT'S ALSO THE DAY OF THE DUCK CREEK CLEANUP AND THERE WAS ANY MUSLIM THOUGHT ABOUT . WE KNOW. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. YES. , WHAT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IN, IN RESPONSE TO, IS THAT BAD WITH ANY, IS THAT A PROBLEM WITH ANY ELECTION? ANYTIME THERE'S AN ELECTION, IF AS AN ENTITY WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR ANYTHING, WE ARE ALREADY NOT DOING WHAT OUR CHARTER CALLS US TO DO. MM-HMM . AND IT'S, IT, IT COULD BE NOT JUST UNCOMFORTABLE, IT COULD CREATE A, A MISPERCEPTION MM-HMM . ON THE PART OF PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE ABOUT WHAT THE CMC IS ABOUT. [00:25:01] IT'S REALLY INTERESTING IN THIS TIME OF THE BOND. BUT ANYTIME THAT THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY MEETINGS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE BOND IS AND, AND WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. AND, AND THE FOUR THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T VOTE ON STILL, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T ATTEND THOSE BOND SESSIONS. AND IF WE SHOW UP AND WE'RE THERE, I LOVE THE IDEA OF ENGAGING P VOTERS. MM-HMM . I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M A VDR. YEAH. BUT THE CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS, IT'S LIKE, WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? WELL, I STAND FOR MANY THINGS, BUT I'M NOT REPRESENTING THE CMC AND DOING SO, AND IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO SEPARATE WHAT I STAND FOR FROM AM I REPRESENTING THE CMC IN, LIKE, IN THE IDEA OF VOTER ENGAGEMENT. UM, I, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OF LIKE TRANSLATION SERVICES AND EVEN LIKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OF TRANSPORTATION. DO YOU THINK THAT WE AS A CMC IN LIKE PROMOTING THAT, OF COMING UP WITH A LIST OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE, UM, AS TRANSLATION SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND MAKING, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD PUT IT UP AS A LIKE, IN LIKE A POST, LIKE A SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM GARLAND OF LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THIS, THIS WEEK, UM, THAT CAN HELP YOU GO OUT AND VOTE. AND IT'S ONLY ABOUT VOTING, BUT IT'S JUST RESOURCES TO HELP OUR CITIZENS VOTE. I LOVE THAT. AND THAT'S COOL. BUT I DON'T KNOW. UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE MECHANISM TO POST ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, EARLY VOTING STARTS IN MONDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TWO DAYS. SO THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . THAT I LOVE THE IDEA OF PROMOTING, YOU KNOW, EARLY VOTING STARTS, MONDAY ENDS THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, AND THEN ELECTION DAY IS THE THIRD. SO MM-HMM . 22ND, 29TH, AND THE THIRD. ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME, UH, DO, WOULD YOU, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'D STILL BE INTERESTED IN DOING? 'CAUSE I'M THINKING MAYBE SOMETHING WE MAY NEED TO DISCUSS FOR YEAH, NO, IT'S OKAY. BUT I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE ONE. LIKE IF I, IT'S NOT IN THE AGENDA. YEAH. I MEAN, IS IT A GOAL THAT WE CAN, I MEAN, WE CAN MAKE IT INTO, OKAY. WELL IT IS, IT COULD BE IN SHORT TERM GOALS, DISCUSSIONS. WELL, I, I THINK LAST MEETING WHEN WE, BECAUSE IT WAS ON, PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR IT. WELL, IT WAS, I THINK EVERYBODY WHO WAS, WE, WE DID DISCUSS IT AS ONE OF THE EVENTS AND, AND I THINK THERE, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP FOR IT ALREADY. OKAY. COOL. COOL. SO YOU COULD DISCUSS IT, YOU CAN DISCUSS IT AS A DISCUSSION OF SHORT TERM GOALS. MM-HMM . SO YOU WANNA DISCUSS IT? YEAH. NO. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, I GUESS I'LL JUST LOOK AT THE LIST AND SEE WHEN I CAN SIGN UP THERE. SHOULD, AND I, I DIDN'T BRING MY, I THOUGHT I TOOK MY OLD PAPERWORK OUT, BUT WE HAD TO THE LIST OF THE WHOLE CALENDAR AND SEND OUT AND YOU SIGNED UP FOR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT EVENTS. HOLD ON. AND I THINK, I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO LATE FOR ANYONE TO SIGN UP. I THINK IF YOU DIDN'T SIGN, WE, WE SAID IF YOU SIGNED UP, YOU NEED TO BE AT THAT EVENT, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T GO TO IT, YOU KNOW. I SEE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I JUST WROTE DOWN LIKE THE EVENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAD MENTIONED IN THAT MEETING. I WROTE THE NAMES DOWN AND THAT'S WHERE THE NAMES ON THE MEMBER ATTENDANCE CAME FROM. MM. OKAY. SO I WOULD SAY THAT YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT EVENT OR ATTEND THAT EVENT IF, IF, IF YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY SIGN UP, YOU CAN STILL ATTEND ANY EVENT THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CALENDAR. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, ITEM THREE C, DISCUSS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CMC. AND I'M GLAD JENNIFER IS BACK BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS. AND I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT DATE. I KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT THE 20TH HAVING SOMETHING. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE EXACT DATE FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY? IS IT, UM, SHOULD BE AROUND, I WOULD SAY AROUND OCTOBER BECAUSE THE CMC START UP ON 22 0 0 2, 2 0 0 2. AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY LEADERS GETTING TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT HAVING A COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. AND THEN WE DIDN'T KICK OFF UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. SO 25 YEARS IT, IF I RECALL, I FORGOT TO BRING MY FOLDER FOR 2020 YEARS ANNIVERSARY. UH, TAKE, NO, I TAKE IT BACK 10 YEARS ANNIVERSARY. IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK FOR THE 10 YEARS. WE, WITH THE COMMISSION, MEMBER IS NOT GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH. [00:30:01] IT'S A LOT OF WORK. SO WE INVITING OUTSIDE COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM THE OUTSIDE, UH, TO PARTICIPATE AND GIVE US A HANDS AND SOME INPUT. I BROUGHT HERE AT THE 15 YEARS OF SERVICE, THE CMC 15 YEARS OF SERVICE. I BROUGHT IN WHAT WE DID. AND BY THAT TIME WE ONLY HAVE SIX MEMBERS LEFT. WOW. AND WE PULLED IT THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY. AND, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FINANCIAL, BECAUSE OUR BUDGET, 5,000 IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH. IT'S COST A LOT MORE. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST AT THE COST A LOT MORE MONEY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SO MANY ASIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS BUSINESS COME IN AND SAY, OKAY, I DONATE THREE, I DONATE ONE. YOU REMEMBER THAT TIME THAT WE DID SO WELL. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL. IF YOU WANT TO DO THE 25 YEARS ANNIVERSARY, WE NEED TO DO IT NOW. WE NEED TO HAVE A CORE TEAM OR MAYBE A SUBCOMMITTEE BRAINSTORM AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION. BUT IF WE KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT IT AND DON'T TAKE ACTION AND NO ONE TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY TO INITIATE THE TASK, THEN IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE A DREAM. UM, IS THE ACTUAL DATE THE WOULD BE IN 2026 OR 27? I MEAN. 27. OKAY. SO WE, WE HAVE TIME THEN, MR. MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY. UM, I HAVE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE CC JUST, UH, IF YOU WANNA GO OFF THIS DATE. THE, THE MAYOR AT THE TIME WAS BOB DAY AND HE SIGNED AN ORDINANCE THAT TOOK EFFECT DECEMBER 3RD, 2022 AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CMC BEING CREATED. THAT THAT'S THE ACTUAL OFFICIAL ON PAPER DATE. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER DATE THAT'S BEEN ASSOCIATED, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE ORDINANCE WAS SIGNED. 2002 OR 2002. 2002. AND, AND WHAT, WHEN WAS THE FIRST, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER WAS APPOINTED? DOES IT I I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME. UM, I JUST HAVE, WHEN THE, UM, COMMISSION WAS CREATED, I HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT HOME, THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS, BECAUSE MY HUSBAND TOM WAS IN IT. UM, WE DID NOT KICK OFF UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR OF 2003. SO IT'S EITHER WAY WE CAN USE TO DECEMBER 3RD, 2002. THAT'S WHEN IT FORMALLY ADOPTED BY MAY DAY. OR WE CAN GO OFF BY WHEN THE COMMISSION ACTUALLY INACTIVE. SO IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE, BUT I'M HAVE TO HELP. OKAY. SO, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, WE STILL HAVE AT LEAST A YEAR THEN I JUST DIDN'T WANT, 'CAUSE I KNOW ON THE 20TH WE WERE, IT WAS CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH AND THEN THE 20TH HAD, YOU KNOW, CAME AND CAME AND GONE. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TIME TO NO, YOU COULD EVEN DO IT 2028, I MEAN, YEAH, 20TH. SO WE DO, WE DO HAVE TIME. I JUST, I JUST DIDN'T WANT US TO MISS IT AGAIN, YOU KNOW? BUT IT DOES TAKE A LONG TIME. YEAH. THAT TOOK FOREVER. IT'S MORE THAN A YEAR OF PLANNING FOR SURE. YES. YES. SO IS THAT A, IS THAT A LONG TERM OR SHORT TERM YOU JUST PLOT ALONG LONG TERM WITH A LOT OF LITTLE SHORT TERM MM-HMM . MAKING UP EACH LONG TERM. YEAH. , MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, ONE THING I WOULD SUGGEST AS A SHORT TERM GOAL, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT, IS THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S RADAR, UM, INITIALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE A POLICY THAT THEY APPROVE ANY SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ARE CITY RELATED, INCLUDING THE ACTUAL DATES OF EVENTS AND FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE EVENTS. SO WE NEED TO GET THAT ON THEIR RADAR PRIOR. AND JUST SPEAKING FROM THE, THE WORKLOAD THAT STAFF HAS, I'M ASSUMING THERE WOULD BE OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM, POLICE DEPARTMENT, OTHERS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED. DECEMBER'S A BUSY TIME WITH, UH, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE AND OTHER TYPES OF EVENTS. SO SOMETHING THAT WE, WE NEED TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT AND GET IT ON OUR RADAR. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO WE CAN, UM, WE CAN PRESENT OUR IDEAS AT OUR PRESENTATION WHEN WE PRESENTING OUR, UH, PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL. AND WE CAN PLUG THAT IN AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. WE ARE GOING TO ENGAGE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO PARTICIPATE ON OUR 25 YEARS ANNIVERSARY. AND WE ASK FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY. IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? YES. I THINK AT LEAST THE, THE DATE, UM, THE, AS IT RELATES TO ASSISTANCE, THAT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE COUNCIL, WHAT FUNDING THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. UH, BUT I, I THINK THE FIRST STEP'S GONNA BE TRYING TO GET IT ON THE CALENDAR SO WE CAN SAY SOME, MAYBE SOME SHORT [00:35:01] TERM GOALS FOR THIS IS DATE, LIKE PLACE OR, AND SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE, LIKE ONCE WE SEE THE DATE AND LIKE PRESENT IT, WE CAN SEE THE BUDGET AND SEE HOW MANY, LIKE HOW MUCH WE MIGHT NEED LATER. WELL, I WOULD RECOMMEND, RATHER THAN PICKING A DATE, IS PICKING A, A A A SEASON. BECAUSE IF THE FIRST MEETING WAS IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OR MARCH, WHATEVER, WHENEVER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT TO ME AN ANNIVERSARY IS THAT WHOLE YEAR. AND 2003 WAS THE ACTUAL BEGINNING. SO WE HAVE ALL OF 2028 TO DO IT RATHER THAN SAYING, BINGO, THIS IS THE DATE. THERE ARE MANY OTHER EVENTS THAT THE CITY HOSTS DURING THE YEAR AND THAT OTHER ENTITIES ARE HOSTING THAT WE WOULD NOT WANT TO CONFLICT WITH. SO WE KNOW FEBRUARY IS GONNA BE THE NAACP'S MLK PARADE. WE, WELL, THAT'S JANUARY. SORRY. UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE BLACK HISTORY MONTH. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. SO WHAT I'D SAY, WHAT MAKES SENSE MORE THAN GOING THIS DATE IS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT IN THE SPRING OF, OR WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT IN THE SUMMER OR IN THE FALL OF 2028 AND RECOGNIZE INDEED THE DATE THE ORDINANCE WAS SIGNED, THE DATE OF THE FIRST MEETING. BUT NOT TRY TO CONFLICT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. BECAUSE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE IS GONNA BE RIGHT AROUND THE DAY OF THE ORDINANCE SIGNING. RIGHT. AND YOU DON'T WANT IT TUCKED INTO THAT. SO THAT'S 2027 GONE. UH, IF IT'S IN JANUARY, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO CONFLICT WITH THE MLK OF CELEBRATIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, HERE, HERE'S THE PERIOD OF TIME WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT, I THINK IS BETTER THAN GOING, THIS IS THE DATE WE WANNA HAVE IT. YEAH. THE 15 YEARS OF SERVICE WE HOSTED AT, UH, OCTOBER 5TH, 2017, THE FALL. BECAUSE WE, WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT BACK THEN. WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT SO LATE. RIGHT. AND THAT DAY IS FAR AWAY FROM HALLOWEEN. MM-HMM . THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. MM-HMM . BUT AGAIN, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT CD'S CALENDAR AS WELL SENSE COLD WEATHER ALSO DECEMBER. RIGHT. YEAH, IT MAKES SENSE. MAYBE. OKAY. SO IN, UH, I GUESS WE'LL TALK WITH KHAW AND FIND OUT NOT A DATE, BUT THEN IT'S GOTTA ALSO COINCIDE WITH A, WITH THE CITY BUDGET. SO WHEN WE PICK THAT DATE. SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE THE YEAR BEFORE. THIS IS THE YEAR. YEAH. YEAH. SO, SO WE DO HAVE TIME TO CONSIDER ALL THAT NOW. SO WE'LL START WORKING ON THAT. THIS IS THE MONEY PUT ASIDE, I I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE PLANNING AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IN FURTHER DETAIL NEXT MEETING AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. 'CAUSE I'M CERTAIN THAT KHAR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INPUT TO THAT. BUT I THINK THAT IF THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT BEGINS WORKING, UM, WHAT THE, THE TACTICS NEED WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH, THEN WE CAN WORK ON IT AS A, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SUPPORT THAT AND AS THE FULL GROUP. BUT WE DON'T NEED THE WHOLE CMC TO WORK ON THE INITIAL PLANNING. OKAY. SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO, UM, FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY PLANNING. OKAY. AND THAT, AND THAT SUBCOMMITTEE WILL DO THE RESEARCH ON THE BUDGET YEAR AND, AND EVERYTHING FOR ALL THE THINGS, ALL THE PLANNING, ALL DISCUSSION. YES. I NEED A SECOND. NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE DISCUSSION BEFORE, SIR. ANYBODY WANNA I SECOND THAT MOTION? OKAY. AND DISCUSSION. I SENSE AN URGENCY TO GET THIS ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S RADAR. UH, IS THERE ANYONE THAT FEELS THAT 2028 IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE YEAR TO DO THIS? IF THAT SILENCE INDICATES YOUR CONSENSUS THAT 2028 IS A GOOD TIME TO DO IT, WOULD IT POSSIBLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO YES. HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO TAKE ON THIS TASK OF PLANNING EVERYTHING, BUT GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEPARATE MOTION THAT SHOOTS THIS OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THEIR PERMISSION TO, UH, POSSIBLY HAVE A 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FOR CMC IN THE YEAR 2028. 'CAUSE IF WE GET THAT ON THEIR RADAR, THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN START RIGHT OFF WORKING WITH VARIOUS COMMITTEES IN THE CITY, WHAT'S GOING ON THAT WE MIGHT LATCH INTO. SO YOU MAY THAT THAT'S MY DISCUSSION. MY QUESTION IS, UH, [00:40:01] HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO PREPARE FOR THAT 25 ANNIVERSARY? NOW IF WE'RE GONNA DO IN 2028, WE ARE IN 2025 NOW. SO IS THAT THREE YEARS IN PLANNING? NO, I, I WOULD THINK THE PLAN SHOULD BE COMPLETE. WE SHOULD KNOW BY THE, UH, START OF THE FISCAL FISCAL YEAR FOR 20 EIGHTS, WHICH WOULD BE SEPTEMBER OF 27. YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE ALL THAT IN PLACE AS FAR AS BUDGET AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THE COMMITTEES WOULD HAVE ALL THEIR INFORMATION, UH, SPONSORS OR WHATEVER. IT'S GONNA BE BY AT LEAST THE END OF 27 TO BE BUDGETED FOR 28. THAT'S, YOU HAVE TWO YEARS FROM RIGHT NOW MM-HMM . AND HAVING WORKED ON THIS ONE HERE, UH, THAT'S A SHORT, SHORT TIME. IT TAKES ALL OF THAT AND THEN SOME IT, BECAUSE EVERYTHING MOVES BIMONTHLY AND BIMONTHLY MEETINGS AND VOTES AND APPROVAL. AND IT, IT, IT'S JUST NOT LIKE IT HAPPENS AT WORK. ALRIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW I THINK THAT WHAT WE, WHAT I HEARD IS THAT WE NEED TO GET, UM, ON THE CITY COUNCIL RADAR. RIGHT. AS SOON AS, AS WE PLAN TO DO OR NOT. RIGHT? SO THAT'S, THAT'S FIRST STEP. AND THAT DOESN'T TIE US INTO ANYTHING. IT JUST GETS IT INTO THEM WHERE THEY CAN BE THINKING AND THEY CAN AUTHORIZE VARIOUS CITY STAFF TO TALK TO US. AND WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING WE'D NEED TO DO AT, AT A COUNCIL MEETING OR BE SOMETHING PRESENTED DURING A WORK SESSION? WHEN WOULD THAT, SO TYPICALLY DISCUSSION LIKE THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE AT A WORK SESSION, NOT A, NOT A COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A COUNCIL MEETING AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION THAT WE COULD GET ON. DO WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THERE'S A NEW MAYOR? THAT'S, THAT'S A DECISION THAT, THAT WE CAN MAKE? YES. I WOULD THINK SO. BUT THAT'S GONNA BE, WE COULD DO IT WITH SCOTT IF WE COULD NOT MAKE IT HAPPEN FAST. BUT HE'S NOT GONNA BE HERE TO SUPPORT US WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO SOME STUFF OR NOT DO IT. UH, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST WAITING ANOTHER MONTH, THREE MONTHS, SEVERAL MONTHS. THAT, THAT, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE IN THE EARLY SESSION. THAT PUTS YOU INTO JUNE FOR THE JULY AT THE EARLIEST. YEAH. IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE A PRIORITY FOR THE NU MAYOR. NOT AT ALL. AND IT SHOULDN'T BE. UM, BUT IT COULD, IT COULD BE WHATEVER. BUT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE TIME. YEAH. MM-HMM . LAG THAT YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH AT BEST. YOU MIGHT GET ON A JUNE OR JULY MEETING MORE LIKELY NOT. YEAH, NO, NOT WITH THE ELECTION IN MAY, AUGUST. AND, AND SO ARE YOU GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE DOING A LOT OF, THERE'S NOT. NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THAT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT PLANNING IS, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN BUDGETS. YOU KNOW, BUDGETS WILL COME UP EVENTUALLY, BUT TO HAVE A GROUP BEGIN WORKING ON WHAT THE DESIRE IS, BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE WANNA DO RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM . THAT GROUP CAN START TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE DREAM IS AND THEN YOU SCALE BASED ON THINGS THAT HAPPEN LATER. BUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, IF YOU WAIT TO START PLANNING UNTIL THERE'S A BUDGET APPROVED, YOU ALREADY ADDED A YEAR. WELL, THE CITY WON'T APPROVE A BUDGET. WELL, BUT YOU HAVE TO, YOU BUILD THE BUDGET BASED ON WHAT YOU DREAM IS. YEAH. AND THE CITY'S NOT THE ONLY CONTRIBUTOR. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, POTENTIALLY ASKING FOR GRANTS AND THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DREAM TO GO TO. ANY FUNDER. AS AN EMPLOYEE OF COMMUNITIES, FOUNDATION OF TEXAS, THE LARGEST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DID THIS STATE. I WILL SAY THAT YOUR FUNDER'S GONNA BE 18 TO, TO 24 MONTHS OUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK FOR A GRANT. UH, SO WITH THE WORK SESSION RADAR, JUST TO GET THERE, WILL WE HAVE TO, IS THAT SOMETHING, UH, GET, WE'D HAVE TO GET ON THEIR AGENDA DURING THE WORK SESSION? YES SIR. WE'D HAVE TO GET ON TO THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA. AND WHAT I CAN DO IS IF, IF THE THE GROUP WANTS TO GET IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL, I CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT GETTING ON AN AGENDA. UH, WHETHER IT'S THE MONTH WE CHOOSE, I CAN ASK THE, THE, UM, THE TIMEFRAME TO GET ON. I WOULD THINK, UM, FOR NO, FOR DISCUSSION. I'M, I'M THINKING JUNE, I, I THINK THIS AFTER THIS ELECTION, IT'S GONNA BE TOO SOON. I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE TRIED TO GET SCOTT, BUT I, HE'S GONNA BE, HE MAY SAY YES AND THE NEXT ONE SAYS, WHAT? PRESENT THAT TO ME AGAIN, YOU NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY. 'CAUSE SHE'S RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO GO TO HIM WITH A DREAM. UH, YOU [00:45:01] CAN WORK OFF THE, THE OTHER CELEBRATIONS AND YOU CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME WE HAD THIS, AT THIS TIME WE HAD THIS. AND IT LOOKED LIKE THIS SOUNDED LIKE THIS. AND WE'RE THINKING, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE. BUT HERE'S SOME STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PEOPLE TO PRESENT WITH SOMETHING PRETTY GOOD. 'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT HAVE BAKED IDEA. AT LEAST SOME VISION. I, I HAVE TO LEAVE. I'M OKAY IF YOU LEAVE. WE'RE GONNA NOMINATE YOU TO HEAD THE COMMITTEE. I WON'T HEAD THE COMMITTEE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SIT BACK. SEE YOU LATER. SO AT THIS POINT, HER, HER MOTION'S STILL ON THE FLOOR. IT IS. AND NO, ONE SECOND. YEAH, SHE DID. OH, SHE DID SECOND. YEAH. UM, SO KIMBERLY MADE A MOTION TO CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE. UH, AND IT WAS SECONDED. SO ALL IN, AND WE OPENED FOR DISCUSSION, ANY MORE DISCUSSION. BUT I THINK WE CAN HAVE THE COMMITTEE AND THEN THEY JUST START DECIDING. AND WE, WE, AND WE CAN MAYBE PUT THIS ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA AND THEN DISCUSS AND SEE WHERE WE WANNA GO FURTHER FROM THERE. BUT AT LEAST WE DO HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, STARTED. THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT A DATE OR THE SUBCOMMITTEE GETTING WITH THE MAYOR OR THE, NOT THE MAYOR, BUT THE, UH, FOR THE WORK SESSION OR COUNCIL. AND WE CAN STILL PLAN THAT. WE CAN STILL DO THE PLAN AND THEN SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT OUR TIMELINE IS AND WHICH IS TWO YEARS AT THIS POINT AT LEAST. YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE THAT TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE. SO ANY MORE DISCUSSION? UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF CREATING THIS SUBCOMMITTEE. WE'RE NOT PICKING THE CHAIR NOW, BUT CREATING THE SUBCOMMITTEE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. AND SO WE WILL, UH, AT A LATER MEETING, MAYBE NEXT MEETING, DISCUSS THE SUBCOMMITTEE WHO'S APPOINTED AND, UH, MAKE THAT DECISION LATER. OKAY. SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE BE SOME WORK FOR GLENNA. UM, 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. DISCUSS AND REVIEW CURRENT SWAG AND ORDERS NEEDED FOR CMC. WAS THAT A COMMITTEE ALSO ON THAT OR WE, WE DECIDE. I DON'T REMEMBER MR. CHAIR. WE, WE PUT THAT ITEM ON TO DISCUSS. THERE WERE, UH, SEVERAL THAT HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT ORDERING NEW SHIRTS. UM, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A REQUEST, COURTNEY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, TO ORDER SWEATERS, I BELIEVE BREAKER. UM, RIGHT. DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ITEMS. UM, AND JUST WANTING TO REMIND OF THE, THE BUDGET CONFINES THAT WE, WE LIVE WITHIN. UH, AND ESPECIALLY AS WE TALK ABOUT EVENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPATION GOING FORWARD. SO, UH, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD WANT US TO GO PRICE OUT. SO WE HAVE DIRECTION ON THAT. WE, WE WON'T HAVE THOSE PRICING FOR YOU TODAY, BUT IF WE WANNA LOOK AT SHIRTS, WINDBREAKER SWEATERS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WE, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS SO WE CAN GO GET PRICING. OKAY. I ON THAT. I, I DO REMEMBER ONE OF THE THINGS, 'CAUSE I, I WAS IN THE MLK PARADE. I THINK THERE WAS ONE OF, IT WAS KIND OF COOL, BUT ON, I THINK ON THE WINDBREAKERS, WHICH THIS IS A LIGHT KIND OF JACKET I HAVE ON, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO ORDER ONE, I THINK WE SAID FOR EVERYONE, BUT JUST HAVE SOME WITH CMC ON THE BACK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE 13 OF THEM, BUT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE GONNA BE IN THE PARADE THAT THEY'RE WALKING. AND THE OTHER THING WAS, I DO REMEMBER NOW WAS THE KIND OF LIKE THE SAFETY VEST. UM, AND WE, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO ORDER 13 OR 14 OF THEM, BUT THEY WOULD BE HERE IF, IF IT WAS A HALF A DOZEN OF 'EM AND EVERYONE WHO'S WALKING IN THAT PARADE, ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE THERE WERE WALKING, UM, NOT THAT ANYBODY WAS SPEEDING. MAYBE IT HELP THE COPS SOME 'CAUSE THEY, THEY GO UP AND DOWN, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN WE'RE WALKING THEY CAN SEE US. BUT, UH, IT WAS THE ISSUE OF GETTING AWAY FROM THE TRUCK. THE WHOEVER WAS DRIVING WOULD LEAVE US BEHIND AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO WE WERE ANYMORE. 'CAUSE WE WEREN'T NEAR THE VEHICLE. YEAH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAGGED, BUT WE WEREN'T, WE WERE, BUT WE HAD JACKETS ON SO YOU COULDN'T SEE OUR SHIRTS. SO, SO ON THAT MERRILL KEPT SPEEDING. SO JIMMY , UM, I THINK ON THAT, UH, MAYBE, WE'LL WHEN KHAR GETS BACK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL IDEA SHE HAD, BUT I, I THINK WE DON'T NEED 13 JACKETS. MAYBE JUST FOUR OR SIX. AND THE SAME WITH THE SAFETY VESTS ON THERE. AND WE WERE JUST GONNA DECIDE THE COLOR, BUT CAN WE BUY OUR OWN SHIRTS OR T-SHIRTS OR WHATEVER IF WE WANTED TO BUY EXTRA THINGS, BECAUSE LIKE IN FIRE CLUB AND IN POLICE WE CAN BUY OUR OWN CLOTHING. . I I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. UH, AT THIS TIME I'LL RESEARCH THAT THERE IS, AND I HAVE TO PULL THE POLICY. THERE'S A POLICY OUT THERE SOMEWHERE THAT, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS CANNOT UTILIZE THE CITY LOGO OUTSIDE OF, UM, UM, CITY FUNDS. I, I HAVE TO CONFIRM [00:50:01] THAT I, I DON'T RECALL THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT OUT THERE. MM-HMM . BUT YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND PRICE THE, THE VEST AND THE JACKETS. YES SIR. IF YOU'LL JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO PRICE OUT. WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON THAT. I'M THINKING MERRILL SOME EXTRA LARGE AND LARGE. THAT WAY IT FIT WHOMEVER. YEAH. AND, AND GO OVER WHATEVER ELSE YOU HAVE ON IN SIX. YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH? SIX OF EACH. YEP. I PROBABLY YOU WON'T EVER HAVE IN MORE THAN SIX WALKING. YEAH. AND ONE TIME AND YOU CAN SWAP 'EM OUT AS PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT. MM-HMM . I WOULD THINK. AND THAT WAS THE, THE MAIN THING. SOMETHING JUST 'CAUSE IN, IN THAT PARADE. AND I WENT TO ANOTHER ONE. I WASN'T MARCHING WITH CMC THEN, BUT IT WAS JUST, IT WAS COLD. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE FOR PEOPLE TO, TO SEE WHO WE ARE. 'CAUSE WE HAD THE SIGN ON THE TRUCK. YEAH. AND MAYBE SOMETHING ON THE BACK, SOMETHING LARGE ON THE BACK. YOU MIGHT EVEN PUT THE LOGO ON THE BACK. YEAH. WHERE A LITTLE SOMETHING HERE ON THE POCKET THEN ON THE BACK WHERE THING SEE IT. AND UH, AND THAT WOULD BE THE SAME WITH THE, WITH THE SAFETY VESTS. YEAH. AND AS FAR AS THE COLOR THAT INSIDE LATER I KNOW THEY GOT PURPLE, GREEN AND YELLOW AND ORANGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A SUGGESTION OF THE TWO CHIEFS. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, THAT, UH, I BELIEVE FIRE TYPICALLY WEARS A RED VEST AND POLICE IS EITHER IN A, SOMETHING THAT'S NON-PUBLIC SAFETY. SO A PURPLE UH OH YEAH. SOMETHING THAT'S NOT, AND FOR US ESPECIALLY, I MEAN THE PURPLE OR PURPLE WOULD BE BRIGHT YELLOW OR PURPLE. YEAH. YEAH. OR YELLOW. AND YELLOW. SO THIS IS ONLY INTENTION FOR THE, THE PARADE. WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARES AND YES. AND CHRIS WAS ON THE BE YEAH. IT IT'D BE USED FOR MORE THAN JUST ONE EVENT. YEAH. HOUSE'S 'EM HERE AND THEN WHOEVER'S SETTING IT UP, PICK 'EM UP ON FRIDAY AND TURN 'EM BACK IN ON MONDAY. WELL I, WE SUGGEST HOW DO YOU REPLACE SWAP OUT THE, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE, WE HAVE NINE MEMBERS. WE BUY SIX. RIGHT. AND HOW DO WE WIN TO WASH AND SWAP OUT? WELL, LIKE I SAY, MOST OF THE EVENTS, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ALL OF US THERE. AND IF IT'S INDOORS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE, WE ALL HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL T-SHIRTS. BUT IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THE OUTDOORS, I THINK, UM, WELL LIKE AT THE PARADE YOU DROVE, MS. ELVIA SAT IN THE VEHICLE. MM-HMM . AND SEVERAL OF US WERE WALKING AND THEN Y'ALL SWAPPED. BUT THERE WAS ONLY FOUR OR FIVE OF US ALL TOGETHER AT ONE TIME. IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYBODY'S GONNA MAKE EVERY EVENT. MY OPINIONS IS IF WE BUY, BUY THE MALL GAN PRICE HOUSE, I THINK IT EASIER BECAUSE, BECAUSE NOT ONLY USE THE PARADE, BUT THERE'S SOME OF THE S ON SQUARE OR IN THE WINTER SEASON THAT WE MIGHT ATTEND. RIGHT. SO EVERYONE, IF THEY HAVE ONE THEY CAN AND, AND CAN BRING IT AND USE AND IT WAS THEIR OWN. RIGHT. IT'S NOT LIKE YOUAS AND YOU RETURN BACK HERE AND THEN EVERYBODY WHEN THEY NEED IT, COME HERE TO GET IT. WELL THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF WE WANTED TO BUY OUR OWN, WE COULD BUY OUR OWN. RIGHT. I LIKE THE IDEA OF EACH, BECAUSE IF WE DECIDE YOU WANNA GO TO THE YOUTH COUNCIL OR YOU WANT TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU WEAR YOUR JACKET. RIGHT. 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE LITTLE NAME TAG THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. RIGHT. AND IT MIGHT BE CHEAP ENOUGH TO DO THAT. YEAH. OR LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, GLEN JUST MENTIONED, WELL, IF YOU BUY SIX FOR MEMBERS ABOUT THREE, BUT IF THEY ALLOW US, WE CAN WILLING TO CHIP IN. BUT BECAUSE I THINK BETTER IF WE COULD DO, TO DO ALL OR NONE. THAT'S MY OPINION. OKAY. UM, WELL PRICE OUT. WELL YEAH, YOU, YOU CAN PRICE OUT A DOZEN. I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN SEE WHAT, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COST IS. WE CAN, WE CAN GET THE COST AND, AND SEE THE ONLY ISSUE IS GONNA BE EVERY YEAR WHEN MEMBERS CHANGE OUT, ARE YOU GONNA BUY JACKETS EVERY YEAR? YOU KNOW, SO YOU GOTTA TURN IT BACK IN THE JACKET. YEAH. SHIRTS KEEP JACKETS TURNED IN. OKAY. YEAH. SO YOU, YOU CAN PRICE 'EM FOR WHAT WE GOT 13 MEMBERS. MM-HMM . SEE WHAT IT COSTS. I, I'M NOT SURE THEY'D BE A WHOLE, WHOLE LOT. AND I DON'T THINK WE SPENT A LOT OF OUR MONEY HAVE WE SPENT IT EVERY YEAR? HISTORICALLY WE HAVE NOT. YEAH. BUT WE USUALLY DO. BUT I THINK, I THINK A LOT OF IT'S WHEN, WHEN THE, LIKE WE GOT THE TENTS NOW, SO IT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PART WE'VE SPENT IN A WHILE. MM-HMM . OKAY. WE'LL BRING BACK PRICING NEXT MEETING FOR YEAH. FOR, FOR EVERY, FOR EVERY MEMBER JACKETS. YEAH. YEAH. I GUESS. BUT I THINK IF WE, I THINK IF WE'RE, I MEAN IF WE CAN ALSO LOOK JUST TO SEE PRICING FOR VESTS, LIKE SAFETY VESTS OF LIKE WHATEVER COLOR IS WORKS BEST. BUT I THINK FOR VESTS, I THINK WE CAN DO SIX VEST BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT AND THEY'RE MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE BIG UH, EVENT TYPE OF THINGS. AND THEY'RE JUST FOR WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. YEAH, EXACTLY. CAN WE DO THAT? WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THE PRICING ON THAT. UH, MR CHAIR COURTNEY ALSO HAD SOMETHING SHE WANTED TO ADD, IF WE MAY. YES. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE WHO, UM, NEEDED [00:55:01] POLO SHIRTS. UM, I KNOW YOU HAD ASKED FOR A POLO SHIRT I THINK. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE. AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER MEMBER HAD ASKED FOR A DIFFERENT SIZE. WE DON'T HAVE THE SIZE, WE'RE, WE'RE RUNNING LOW SO I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU GUYS, WHICH CHARLES IS WEARING HIS, I SAW YOU COME IN WITH IT, BUT I BROUGHT THIS LITTLE SAMPLE ONE THAT WE HAVE AND I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU GUYS WANT US TO JUST ORDER ALL NEW ONES JUST LIKE THIS. BUT YOU COULD ALL GIMME YOUR SIZES. LOOKS LIKE THIS. FEELS VERY GOOD. VERY HOT IN THE SUMMER THOUGH, WHEN WE WERE AT THAT THING, REMEMBER NOT AS HOT AS THAT OTHER ONE. THAT GRAY ONE IS HOT. I DON'T HAVE A GRAY ONE SO OH, IT IS HOT. BUT GRAY ONES, I WAS GONNA SEND AN EMAIL OUT, UM, AND GET, GET YOUR SIZES. THIS PLACE AN ORDER FOR, INSTEAD OF JUST ORDERING ONE OR TWO SHIRTS, I COULD ORDER IT'S, I THINK IT'S CHEAPER TO ORDER MORE. AND SO I WAS GONNA SEE IF THAT WAS OKAY WITH YOU GUYS. IF I SEND YOU AN EMAIL, IF YOU'LL SEND ME YOUR SHIRT SIZES AND THEN WE CAN GET THESE ORDERED FOR YOU GUYS. I STILL HAVE MINE. UM, AND I WONDER IF YOU WANNA ORDER MORE JUST IN CASE FOR NEW MEMBERS THE COMING THAT YOU'LL HAVE THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT LIKE INSTEAD OF DOING MY SIZE AND GIVING IT TO ME, MAYBE JUST KEEPING IT FOR LIKE FUTURE MEMBERS. BUT I THINK THINK WE CAN ORDER PRETTY QUICK. SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE NOT HAVE EXTRAS FOR NEW MEMBERS JUST IN CASE WE HAVE VARIETY OF SIZES FOR FOLKS. THAT WOULD JUST BE A SUGGESTION, BUT HAPPY TO DO WHAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE. OKAY. I DON'T NEED ONE. I DON'T NEED ONE AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DO NEED ONE HANDS? I NEVER GOT ONE, BUT I'M AFRAID PRETTY BIG SIZE. OH YEAH. HANDS. YEAH. . I'LL SEND HE NEEDS, I'LL SEND YOU GUYS AN, I'LL SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL. YOU NEED ONE? YEAH. AND IF WHO NEEDS ONE CAN SEND ONE. YEAH, JUST GET BACK WITH ME. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK UH, AS FAR AS, I THINK THAT'S THE T-SHIRTS AND THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT NEXT. UH, I I GUESS BY NEXT MEETING TO THE SIDE, I THINK SHE SENT IT A PICTURE. DID COURTNEY, DID YOU SEND ONE OUT AN EMAIL THE 10TH? YES I DID. YES I DID. SHE DID. YES SIR, I DID. YEAH, IT LOOKED GOOD. LOOKS REAL GOOD. YEAH. AND UM, I WILL GET WITH KAHAR WHEN SHE GETS BACK AND BEFORE THE NEXT MEET IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA. UM, AS SHE HAD, SHE MAY HAVE HAD SOME OTHER IDEAS ON THE SHIRTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK WE COVERED ALL OF THAT. AND ANYTHING ELSE? WE GOOD AT THIS TIME IT IS 6 58 AND WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.