* 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. WE [00:00:01] ARE GOING TO OPEN THE MEETING, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND, UM, [ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION Work Session Room of City Hall William E. Dollar Municipal Building 200 N. Fifth Street Garland, Texas May 1, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. A meeting of the Senior Citizens Advisory 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.] SO I'M GONNA ASK EVERYBODY FIRST THING TO TURN OFF YOUR PHONES OR, OR MAKE THEM SILENT. MAKE YOUR PHONE SILENT. AND, UH, WE'LL CALL A MEETING TO ORDER. AND THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. SO IS EVERYBODY ABLE TO GET THEIR MINUTES? YES, YOU CAN. IT'S ON OR OFF? IT'S, IT'S ON . UH, WAS THAT A YES? UM, EVERYBODY GOT THEIR MINUTES? YOU WERE ABLE TO READ THEM? I'M MAKING A MOTION. IT TOOK THE MEETING FOR THE LAST MEETING. WERE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? THERE WERE SOME CORRECTIONS, BUT THEY HAVE NOW BEEN REVISED. THEY HAVE, OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO THERE WERE SOME CORRECTIONS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN REVISED ON THESE THAT, THAT WE GOT HANDED OUT TODAY? YEAH. OKAY. SO THE ONES THAT ARE, ARE YOUR PLACED OR THE CORRECT MINUTES. OKAY? SO BE SURE IF YOU'RE KEEPING THESE IN YOUR BOOK, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT ONES IN YOUR BOOK. OKAY. NOW, ALOR, WELL LET HER MAKE HER, SHE, SHE, SHE HAD THE CORRECTION. I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED AS CORRECTED. OKAY. AND, OKAY, I'LL DO THE LAST TIME GAIL MOVES IN. AMADOR AND SAL. SECOND. THE MINUTES BE APPROVED AS CORRECTED. ALL IN FAVOR? OH, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE. AYE. OKAY. AND I JUST REMEMBERED, UM, GAIL SAID WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE. MS. ANGELA. OKAY. UM, KATHLEEN'S NOT HERE. YOU GOT THE RIGHT NAME. OH, NOT YOU. YOU'RE RIGHT. ANGELA, WHERE ARE YOU? THAT'S IT. ANGELA IS, YEAH, WE, WE'VE MOVED OUR, OUR SEATINGS. BUT YOU ARE STILL WHERE YOU WERE. YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S DOESN'T HAVE YOUR MIND SCRAMBLED THIS MORNING BECAUSE WHERE TO SIT. IT . I, HOW ARE YOU THERE? SINCE THERE'S NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WERE GONNA GO ON TO, UM, ITEM THREE, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF, UH, CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES, WHICH YOU HAVE IN, IN YOUR PACKET THAT WAS EMAILED OUT AND THAT WAS ON TEAMS. AND WE'VE READ THAT BEFORE. SO ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT PROCEDURE? NO. IT'S CALLED A COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY. DO I HEAR A MOTION THEN MOVE THAT WE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED. OKAY. SAL HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. DO I HEAR A SECOND? OKAY. GAIL, SECONDS. ALL IN FAVOR? A. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. SO JESSE, WE CAN PUT THAT PROCEDURE ON OUR TEAMS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO OUR GUESTS. UM, MR. GRANTLAND, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD PLEASE AND INTRODUCE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE WITH. UM, THIS IS MR. GRANTLAND RICE FROM A A RP, AND THEY HAVE COME TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON HOW A A RP CAN ASSIST SENIORS WHO AREN'T MEMBERS. THERE'S A LOT OF, PROBABLY ALL OF US ARE MEMBERS OR MOST OF US OF A A RP, AND WE CAN, WE KNOW WHAT THEY OFFER, BUT WHAT DO THEY OFFER IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER? AND SO THAT THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A PRESENTATION AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. GOOD MORNING, HOW DOING, DOING WELL. THANK YOU. I LIKE TO SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US HERE, AND, UH, JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M GRANT LYNN RICE. I GO BY GRANT FOR SHORT. THIS RIGHT HERE IS OUR MANAGER , AND SHE'S, WE USED TO HAVE TWO MANAGERS. NOW WE HAVE THE ONE, SO SHE HAS CALL THE DF, THE AREA MICROPHONE. YES. I'LL SIT DOWN THERE, . ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT NOW? AND ALSO TO MY LEFT IS TANYA. SHE'S ALSO ANOTHER VOLUNTEER, UH, WITH A A RP. SO LET ME START OFF BY JUST SAYING, LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS GRANTLAND RICE. I'M AN A A RP VOLUNTEER. I ACTUALLY LIVE IN FORNEY, BUT I VOLUNTEER OUT OF THE DALLAS, UH, OFFICE. UH, WE WANNA START BY SAYING, BASICALLY, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO YOUR MEETING AND ALLOWING ME TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A A RP WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO A A RP. UH, I FOUNDER ETHEL, DR. ETHEL PERCY ADAMS, SHE'S, SHE'S MADE A STATEMENT SAYING, THE HUMAN CONTRIBUTION IS THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT. IT IS ONLY IN THE GIVING OF ONESELF TO OTHERS THAT WE TRULY LIVE. HER STATEMENT SAYS, PRETTY MUCH ALIKE ABOUT WHAT A A RP IS ABOUT AND WHAT WE FOSTER AND WHAT WE TRY TO GET OUT AND DO IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO TODAY, OUR AGENDA THAT I'M GONNA TRY TO GO THROUGH BRIEFLY AND QUICKLY FOR YOU, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT OUR HISTORY, [00:05:01] THE PURPOSE OF A A RP, VISION AND VALUES, ALSO WHO ARE AND WHAT WE DO, HOW WE ARE ORGANIZE OUR PRIORITIES, OUR DFW LOCAL OFFICE, AND OUR KEY RESOURCES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A BUNCH OF WEBSITES THAT YOU CAN GO TO TO GET INFORMATION. AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE FEEL FREE, JUST THROW YOUR HAND UP. HOLLER. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. ANYWAY, A A RP, IT BEGAN SOME 60 YEARS AGO, EXACTLY 67 YEARS, TO BE HONEST, TWO YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN . SO IT ALL STARTED WHEN I FOUND HER. SHE WAS A RETIRED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. DR. ETHEL, PER ANDRE FOUND ONE OF FORMER TEACHERS ARE LIVING IN A CHICKEN COOP. THIS SHOCK AND DISCOVERY SPARKED DR. ANDREW'S PASSION TO BRING FINANCIAL AND HEALTH SECURITY TO ALL RETIRED AMERICANS. FROM THIS, SHE FOUNDED A A RP IN 1958, AND FROM THERE IT EVOLVED FROM THE NATIONAL RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, NRTA, WHICH DR. ANDRES HAD ESTABLISHED IN 1947 TO PROMOTE HER PHILOSOPHY OF PRODUCTIVE AGING. AND IN RESPONSE TO THE NEED OF RETIRED TEACHERS FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. ALONG WITH THIS, AT THE TIME, PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE WAS VIRTUALLY UNAVAILABLE TO OLDER AMERICANS. IN FACT, IT WASN'T UNTIL 1965 THAT THE GOVERNMENT ENACTED MEDICARE, WHICH PROVIDES HEALTH BENEFITS TO PERSONS OVER AGE 65. DR. ANDRES APPROACHED DOZENS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES UNTIL SHE FOUND ONE COMPANY THAT WAS WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK OF INSURING OLDER ADULTS. SHE THEN DEVELOPED OTHER BENEFITS AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING A DISCOUNT MAIL ORDER PHARMACY SERVICE. SHE ALSO FOUND DR. ANDREWS FOUNDED A RP AT THE AGE OF 73. YEAH, KUDOS. SO TODAY, A A RP CONTINUES TO BE A CHAMPION FOR OLDER AMERICANS FIGHTING FOR AND EQUIPPING EACH INDIVIDUAL TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE. WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO ENSURING PROPER HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, AND FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR ALL. SHE ALSO REMAINED A VOLUNTEER THROUGHOUT HER TIME WITH A A RP, AND SHE PROVED THAT ONE PERSON CAN MAKE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE GO OUT TO EVENTS AND STUFF AS VOLUNTEERS, WE GET HIT THAT WE ARE PRO THIS OR PRO THAT. I WILL SAY THIS AND I'LL SAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. A A RP WITH NON-PROFIT PARTISAN. VERY MUCH NON-PARTISAN. OKAY. OUR MEMBERSHIP EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO CHOOSE HOW THEY LIVE AS THEY AGE, AND THEY FIGHT FOR ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO FAMILIES, SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME SECURITY, RETIREMENT PLANNING, AFFORDABLE UTILITIES, AND PROTECTION FROM FINANCIAL ABUSE. WE DO NOT ENDORSE CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE OR MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS OR CANDIDATES. A RP HAS STAFFED OFFICES IN ALL 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, AND THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS. A A RP IS A NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES WITH A HOMETOWN FIELD WHEREVER YOU ARE. A A RP IS THERE. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT WE DO ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AND FIGHT ON ISSUES THAT MATTER TO PEOPLE 50 PLUS AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, WHILE WORKING ACROSS POLITICAL LINES TO ENACT BENEFICIAL LEGISLATION. SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE NOT PARTISAN. THEY'RE GONNA WORK WITH WHATEVER REPRESENTATIVE THEY HAVE TO, IF IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE 50 PLUS AND THE GENERAL OVERALL POPULATION, THEY'RE WILLING TO REACH OUT, WORK WITH ANY AND EVERYBODY. THE PURPOSE, VISION, AND VALUES THAT INSPIRED DR. ANDRES AND THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS, THEY'RE STILL JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THEY WERE THEN. TODAY, A PURPOSE, VISION AND VALUES ARE VOLUNTEER GUIDING PRINCIPLES. A VISION STATEMENT SPEAKS TO THE COMMITMENT THAT DR. ANDRES MADE WHEN SHE FOUNDED A A RP SOCIETY IN WHICH EVERYONE AGES WITH DIGNITY AND PURPOSE, AND IN WHICH IT HELPS PEOPLE FULFILL THEIR GOALS AND DREAMS. MISSION STATEMENT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS AND NOW EMBODIES A FORCEFUL PROCLAMATION, A PURPOSE BY THE ORGANIZATION. A A R P'S PURPOSE IS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO CHOOSE HOW THEY LIVE AS THEY AGE. HOW DOES A A RP AS AN ORGANIZATION DO IT? BY LEADING POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE AND DELIVERING VALUE [00:10:01] TO MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH ADVOCACY, SERVICE, AND INFORMATION. AND WE UPHOLD THE VALUES TO USE IMPACT, INNOVATION, HUMANITY, EMPOWERMENT AND HONESTY, AND EXPRESS WHAT WE STAND FOR AND WHAT WE BELIEVE. AND BASICALLY, UH, IT'S A KEY RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR LEADERS, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS TO ENSURE THAT WE LIVE BY THESE GUIDELINES. IF YOU GO TO SOME EVENTS AND STUFF, I'M JUST THROWING SOME LITTLE ANECDOTAL, AND YOU SEE US IN THERE WITH OUR RED SHIRTS ON, YOU WILL SEE US IN THERE HAVING A GOOD TIME, ENJOYING LAUGHING, CARRYING ON, BECAUSE WE REALLY ENJOY DOING WHAT WE DO BECAUSE WE LIKE GETTING OUT, GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE AND FINDING AND GETTING INFORMATION. SO IT IS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL THING TO DEAL TO BE WITH. PEOPLE OFTEN ARE SURPRISED TO LEARN. IT'S ACTUALLY MADE UP OF SEVERAL SEPARATE ENTITIES THAT ALLOW IT TO COLLECTIVELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF ITS MEMBERS AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. SO THE HOW IS A A RP BROKEN UP? IT'S BROKEN UP. THEY FIRST, IT'S NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN. AS I SAID BEFORE, SOCIAL MISSION ORGANIZATION WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF NEARLY 38 MILLION PEOPLE. WE LEAD POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE AND DELIVER VALUE TO ALL PEOPLE H 50 PLUS, AND TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE THROUGH ADVOCACY, TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION AND SERVICE. YOU HAVE THE THREE, IF YOU CAN SEE 'EM ON THERE. YOU HAVE A A RP, YOU HAVE THE FOUNDATION, YOU HAVE THE SERVICES. A A RP FOUNDATION IS THE AFFILIATED CHARITY. IT SHINES A LIGHT ON THE INVISIBLE STRUGGLES OF ADULTS OR LOW INCOMES. FOCUSES ON FOUR INTERRELATED PRIORITIES, EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO MAKE A LIVING, CREATING A NATION WHERE NO ONE GOES HUNGRY, MAKING HOMES SAFE AND MORE AFFORDABLE, AND BUILDING STRONG SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. THE SERVICES, THAT'S THE TAXABLE PORTION OF A A RP AND ITS PRIMARY ROLE IS TO ASSURE QUALITY A A RP PRODUCTS, UH, A A RP ON BEHALF OF SERVICE PROVIDERS. SO WHEN YOU SEE LIKE NATIONWIDE INSURANCE AND SUPPORTING THE A A RP LOGO, DIFFERENT HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT A A RP LOGO. BUT AS FAR AS, A LOT OF TIMES WE GET ASKED A QUESTION, I CAN'T AFFORD THE INSURANCE. US HERE. WE DO NOT DEAL WITH THAT INSURANCE. THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ENTITY. WE ARE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING BASE, BASICALLY. AND ALSO THE SERVICES IS ANOTHER ONE IS, I SAID I WENT OVER THAT. SO WE'RE OKAY. IT'S A NON-PROFIT. EXCUSE ME IF I GET MIXED UP HERE, . BUT, AND OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS SET OUR POLICY AND PROVIDES GUIDANCE GOVERNANCE. LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE LARGEST NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO CHOOSE HOW THEY LIVE AS THEY AGE. THE A A RP FOUNDATION, IT'S A A R P'S CHARITABLE AFFILIATE NON-PROFIT SERVICE MANAGER MANAGES PRODUCTS UNDER THE A A RP UMBRELLA FOR PROFIT. WHERE DO THE VOLUNTEERS FALL IN THAT? WE FALL IN UNDER THE CHARITABLE AFFILIATE, THE NONPROFIT. WE VOLUNTEER OUR TIME. WE GO OUT TO COMMUNITIES. WE GET INVOLVED WITH ALL KIND OF EVENTS, BUT WE WORK ON THE NONPROFIT SIDE. WE HAVE THREE PRIMARY PILLARS IN THE A RP AND OUR MISSION ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND INFORMATION UNDER THE ADVOCACY. A A RP IS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS THAT FIGHTS WITH ISSUES THAT MATTER TO PEOPLE. 50 PLUS. I MEAN, MAKE A CAVEAT OUT HERE. WE DO CONCENTRATE ON THE 50 PLUS, BUT I ALSO TELL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN THE 50 PLUS. IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A A RP, YOU CAN. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER AND YOU HAVE A YOUNGER FAMILY MEMBER, YOU COULD SIGN THEM UP WITH A A RP AT NO COST. BECAUSE THE REASON I STRESS THIS IS BECAUSE OUR FUTURE ARE THE ONES COMING UP BEHIND US FOR THIS COUNTRY. IF WE DON'T GET THEM INVOLVED AND GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE DOING TODAY TO, FOR THE 50 PLUS IS GONNA HELP AND AFFECT THEM DOWN THE ROAD, THEN WE'RE GONNA LOSE A BIG ENTITY. SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT YES, IF YOU'RE YOUNGER THAN 50 PLUS, YES, YOU CAN JOIN UP FOR A A RP WITH NO PROBLEM. UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE, A A RP, MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS FORM A POWERFUL COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVICE TO THE BETTERMENT OF SOCIETY. IF YOU LOOK ON THE PICTURE, IF IT'S ON YOUR SCREEN, [00:15:01] THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS. OUTDOOR COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE ALSO HAVE PUBLICATIONS, ONLINE RESOURCES, WHICH PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION TO PEOPLE 50 PLUS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS A TRUSTED SOURCE FOR NEWS INFORMATION AND INFORMATION REPRODUCE. A A RP, THE MAGAZINE, WHICH IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST CIRCULATION, THE MOST RED MAGAZINE, A A RP BULLETIN, WHICH IS THE DEFINITIVE NEWS SOURCE FOR MEMBERS, AN AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE, ARP.ORG, AARP TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMMING, A A RP AND ESPANOL, WHICH IS A SPAN SPANISH LANGUAGE WEBSITE. DO YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF A A RP TO ACCESS SOME OF THESE SITES TO ACCESS ANY OF THEIR WEBSITES? NO, YOU DON'T. THE MAGAZINE, YES, YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER BECAUSE THEY MAIL THAT OUT TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN ALSO PULL IT UP ONLINE. I WORK IN A A RP FALLS UNDER THREE BROAD PRIORITIES, HEALTH, SECURITY, FINANCIAL RESIDENCE, AND PERSONAL FULFILLMENT. LOOKING AT HEALTH SECURITY, A A RP WORKS TO PRESERVE AND DEFEND MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, SUPPORT PEOPLE CARING FOR OLDER RELATIVES OR FRIENDS, AND FOSTER THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE SERVICES IN OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. FAR AS FINANCIAL RESIDENTS. EFFORTS INCLUDE PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY, IMPROVING ACCESS TO RETIREMENT, SAVING PLANS, PROMOTING THE VALUE OF EXPERIENCED WORKERS, AND PREVENTING FRAUD. AND FRAUD IS A BIG ONE. WE DO HAVE FRAUD PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DO. AND FRAUD WATCH NETWORK, WHICH YOU CAN GO INTO ALL OF THAT IF YOU WANT. WE CAN. THERE'S SO MUCH WITH FRAUD THAT WE HAVE. IT'S MIND BOGGLING. PERSONAL FULFILLMENT CAN TAKE MANY FORMS, INCLUDING LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, DIGITAL LITERACY, AND LIFE TRANSITIONS. AND I'LL SPEAK LATER, A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT LIVABLE COMMUNITIES AND DALLAS FORT WORTH. AGAIN, YOU SEE THIS PICTURE HERE THAT SOME OF US OUT DOING THE COMMUNITY PROJECT AND THIS STUFF, AND DALLAS FORT WORTH, A KEY FOCUS OF WORK IS ON OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND ENGAGEMENT. AS FAR AS EDUCATION, WE SPEAK TO SMALL AND LARGE GROUPS ON OUR ISSUES SUCH AS CAREGIVING, FRAUD, WATCH, NETWORK, BRAIN HEALTH, HOMEFIT, TO NAME A FEW. WE WORK WITH COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, BUT ALSO TO BRING PROGRAMMING TO OUR COMMUNITY, SUCH AS FESTIVALS, CULTURAL EVENTS, VIRTUAL IN PERSON, IN PERSON PROGRAMMING. AND WE ALSO WILL GIVE OUR LIKE FLYERS REGARDING FITNESS CLASSES, SHREDDING EVENTS, RANGER SWEEPSTAKES, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I'M JUST ASKING CURIOUS QUESTION, HOW MANY OF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR RANGER SWEEPSTAKES? HAVE YOU EVEN HEARD ABOUT IT? YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THIS REAL ? DEFINITELY. UH, I ACTUALLY PASSED DOWN, UH, LIKE GRANT MENTIONED, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING RESOURCES, NOT ONLY RESOURCES, RESOURCES, BUT ALSO PROGRAMMING WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY EITHER HAVE IT FOR FREE OR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, A WAY THAT THEY CAN GET A DISCOUNT. SO RIGHT NOW, I JUST PASSED DOWN THE RANGER. UH, WE HAVE A SWEEPSTAKES WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS AND, UM, AND, AND PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND LIKE I SAID, WE PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING THAT SUCH AS FESTIVALS, AND THAT'S A GOOD ONE. SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GO AND LOOK AT IT. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT A RP. WHAT IT DOES IS THAT THEY WANNA BRING THIS TO THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, NOT ONLY, AND ALSO WE HAVE SOME FREE FITNESS CLASSES THAT PEOPLE CAN GO, LIKE TAI CHI, NIA, UH, I THINK TAEKWONDO STRENGTH TRAINING. THOSE. AND THEY'RE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. DO THEY HAVE TO BE A MEMBER? NO, THEY DON'T. WHY? BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA DO. NOT ONLY WE, WE FIGHT FOR LOCAL CHANGE, BUT ALSO WE WANNA BRING OUR COMMUNITY THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT, THEY MIGHT NEED. SO THOSE KIND OF ARE THE THINGS RIGHT THERE THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THOSE FLYERS. SO CAN OUR, OUR SENIOR CENTER LADIES? YES. POST IT. PASS IT OUT. YEAH. FEEL FREE TO POST IT. UM, FEEL FREE FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE SWEEPSTAKES, IF THEY WIN, GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE GONNA RECEIVE A ACTUALLY A CALL AND, UM, AND A CALL FROM ME AND ALSO AN EMAIL. SO I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, SAY, YOU KNOW, AND I EVEN SEND THEM THE FLYER SO THEY KNOW IT'S ACTUALLY ME. OKAY. YEAH, ACTUALLY, SO, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A SUITE, SO YES. OKAY. COOL. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU WANNA PROCEED? OKAY. UNDER OUR LOCAL ADV ADVOCACY, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF MEET WITH LOCAL, WITH OUR LOCAL ADVOCATES AND JUST LOCALS IN GENERAL TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE AND KNOWN ISSUES THAT MET OUR COMMUNITY. WE WORK AT COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE [00:20:01] FESTIVALS, MOVIES FOR GROWNUPS, OR MORE MOVIES FOR GROWNUPS IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT A A RP HAS. AND YOU'LL HAVE SOME LINKS TO WEBSITES WHERE YOU ACTUALLY CAN SEE FIRST RUN MOVIES BEFORE A LOT OF 'EM EVEN HIT THE SCREEN. YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE. OKAY. SO . ALL RIGHTY. AND THOSE ARE OPEN TOO. YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO ONLINE AND, UH, SIGN UP. IT'S FREE. AND YOU CAN EVEN BRING SOMEBODY ELSE TOO, FOR THOSE MOVIES THAT WE HAVE, UM, BROWSING. SO, OKAY. AND WE PROVIDE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE SOME VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT A A RP, OR INCLUDE VOLUNTEER ADVOCATES THAT ARE NEEDED TO HELP PASS LEGISLATION AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL. FOR EXAMPLE, LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT FAMILY CAREGIVERS. SO WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE DOWN THERE IN AUSTIN THAT DOES THIS. VOLUNTEER PRESENTERS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON KEY TOPICS SUCH AS FRAUD PREVENTION, BRAIN HEALTH, LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, AND MORE. THAT IS US HERE IN THE DALLAS AREA. ALSO, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL EVENTS AS WELL AS ONLINE PRESENTATION AND EVENTS. AND WE ALSO HAVE DRIVER SAFETY VOLUNTEERS THAT TEACH SAFE DRIVING CLASSES TO HELP 500,000 DRIVERS EACH YEAR. THESE SAFE DRIVING CLASSES, THEY'RE VERY GOOD BECAUSE THEY TEACH A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT ALL THE NUANCES OF THE NEW VEHICLES, THE BLUETOOTH, AND ALL THE INNER WORKS. THEY ACTUALLY WILL SIT DOWN AND TEACH AND SHOW YOU HOW TO OPERATE, HOW TO USE IT EFFECTIVELY AND MAKE IT WORK BETTER FOR YOU WITHOUT YOU PULLING YOUR HAIR OUT. UH, AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES, THEY FOCUS ON AN INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES ACTIVE AGING. SO BASICALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES, IN APRIL OF 2012, THAT'S WHEN THE A RP LAUNCHED AID FRIENDLY COMMUNITY NETWORKS SERVING AS A US AFFILIATE FOR THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES IS RAPIDLY AGING BY 2031 IN EVERY FIVE PEOPLE IN THE US WILL BE 65 OR OLDER. BY 2035, THE NUMBER OF ADULTS OLDER THAN 65 WOULD BE GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER 18 MM-HMM . SO PEOPLE, WE HAVE A LOT OF POWER. WE HAVE A LOT OF POWER AS BEING OLDER AMERICANS, AND THAT'S WHY A A RP STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING THROUGHOUT THE NATION TO ENGAGE AND MOBILIZE COMMUNITIES, SHARE EXPERTISE, AND DELIVER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE TOWN, CITIES, COUNTIES, AND STATES IN THE A A RP NETWORK OF AGE-FRIENDLY STATES AND COMMUNITIES, AN AGE-FRIENDLY CITY IS AN INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES ACTIVE AGING. WITHIN THIS, A RP HAS POLICY PRINCIPLES THAT PROMOTE IMPROVING HEALTH, ENGAGING RESIDENTS, CREATING A SENSE OF, UH, PLACE FOSTERING HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE DELIVERY, AND ACHIEVING OTHER GOALS DESIGNED TO CREATE A FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES. SO WHAT IT IS, IS BASICALLY WHERE YOU LIVE TO MAKE IT A FULLBLOWN COMMUNITY WHERE REALLY, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO GO OUT OF COMMUNITY FOR SERVICES. YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH GET EVERYTHING. ALSO WITHIN THAT, THEY HAVE SAY LIKE, YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH SIDEWALKS THAT AREN'T WIDE ENOUGH. IF TWO PEOPLE HAVE A WHEELCHAIR OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE ACCESSIBLE RAMP, AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES, YOU BECOME A PART OF IT. THEY WORK WITH YOU TO HELP GET THOSE ISSUES, TO BRING THEM TO A FOREFRONT TO HELP GET 'EM RESOLVED. WE'VE DONE SOME STUFF WITH WHO? DALLAS AND FORT WORTH. AND IT'S, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING, BUT IT WORKS. IT WORKS. NOW IN THE ENDING, SOME OF OUR KEY RESOURCES THAT I TALKED ABOUT, ALL OF THESE ARE DIFFERENT WEBSITES THAT YOU CAN GO TO. LINKS, A CAREGIVING RESOURCE CENTER. IT HAS INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT CAREGIVING, IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE THAT'S TAKING CARE OF SOMEBODY AT HOME. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE A A R P'S PHILOSOPHY ON CAREGIVING IS IF YOU TAKE SOMEBODY TO AN APPOINTMENT, IF YOU GO PICK UP THEIR PRESCRIPTION, IF YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND PICK UP GROCERIES FOR THEM, YOU ARE A CAREGIVER. IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE, JUST THAT WAY. AND THAT'S HOW WE LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE YOU ARE PROVIDING CARE. THE FRAUD WATCH NETWORK, IT TALKS ABOUT FRAUD. WHAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON IN YOUR AREA, IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT HAS A MAP. IF YOU GO INTO THE WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY, IF INDIVIDUALS GO IN AND SAY THEY'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF FRAUD, THEY CAN ENTER THAT INFORMATION. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE MAP AND YOU CAN PINPOINT IT DOWN TO WITHIN A BLOCK OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND IT'LL TELL YOU WHERE FRAUD ACTIVITIES ARE GOING ON IN THAT AREA. LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, AS I SAID, [00:25:01] IS, UH, MOSTLY JUST GETTING DONE AT LIKE THE CITY LEVEL AND STUFF. AND IT'S A BIG, HUGE, UH, PROGRAM. WORKING JOBS AS VOLUNTEERS, WE REALLY DON'T GET INTO IT. BUT IF YOU GO TO THIS LINK, THEY DO HAVE ISSUES, PLACES WHERE THEY CAN HELP YOU REDO RESUMES, JOB TRAINING, SEMINARS, DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND RETIREMENT RESOURCES, THE HEALTH MEMBERSHIP, LIKE I SAID, UH, THE EIGHT 50 PLUS, THAT'S WHO WE ARE DESIGNED FOR. BUT IF YOU WANT TO SIGN SOMEONE UP YOUNGER, MY DAUGHTER, SHE'S 30 SOMETHING, SHE'S A MEMBER, BEEN A MEMBER FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEY CAN USE A CARD THAT'S FOR THE DISCOUNTS, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. THEY GET A CARD, THE WHOLE, AND THEY DO EVERYTHING LOCAL EVENTS. IF YOU GO TO H TO UH, AARP.ORG LOCAL ON THERE, WHAT YOU WILL FIND, YOU'LL FIND THE EVENTS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. AND ALSO I THINK IT HAS A LINK ON THERE FOR MOVIES FOR GROWN UP. AND I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M GONNA APPEAL TO YOU GUYS. I LIVE IN FORNEY. OKAY. AND BEEN FOR THE LONGEST FOR ME. THAT'S PERSONAL. BEEN TRYING TO GET US OUT HERE INTO THIS AREA MORE. AND HONESTLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT HERE AND DO EVENTS AND SHOW YOU JUST WHAT ALL WE DO AS FAR AS FRAUD, DIFFERENT EVENTS. UM, IF YOU COULD THINK OF IT FROM A TO Z, WE, WE PRETTY MUCH DO IT, YOU KNOW, AND WE WILLING TO COME AND DO IT AND HAVE FUN DOING IT, ENJOY IT. AND LIKE INTERACTING WHITE ROCK LAKE, THEY HAVE THE, WHAT IS IT? THE, UH, DRAGON BOAT RACES. MM-HMM . COMING UP. WE WILL BE THERE. WE ALMOST ANYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF, WE DO. HOMEFIT IS SOMETHING NEW THAT'S KIND OF CATCHING ON. AND WHAT IT DOES, IT JUST TELLS, I TALK TO INDIVIDUALS ABOUT WAYS THAT THEY CAN GO IN AND MAKE THEIR HOME MORE USER FRIENDLY AS YOU AGE WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND A TON OF MONEY. SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT MAKE IT MORE SAFE FOR YOU. SO WE HAVE ALSO SHREDDING EVENTS WHERE WE PARTNER WITH CITIES. SO WE BRING THE SHREDDING TRUCKS, SO, AND IT'S FREE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THEY CAN COME AND SHRED THEIR, THEIR CONFIDENTIAL PAPERWORK. SO, AND THAT'S OPEN TOO. IN FACT, WE HAVE ONE COMING UP THIS SATURDAY WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND THEN TWO WEEKS AFTER WITH THE CITY OF FORWARD. SO JUST A FEW THINGS THAT WE DO, WHERE THAT AT, UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE ARP.ORG FOUR SLASH LOCAL AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCAL EVENTS, INCLUDING THE FITNESS CLASSES. ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE, IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY MUCH LOCAL. YOU CAN SEE. OR YOU CAN PUT THE CITIES AS WELL, LIKE CITY OF DALLAS. SO FOUR WHERE YOU'RE GONNA FIND THOSE EVENTS TOO. BUT YEAH, THAT'S OUR, TO GO TO FIND WHAT EVENTS ARE ACTUALLY AROUND YOUR AREA. WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN UP FOR THE EVENT, BUT LIKE WITH THE SHORT NOTICE, I DON'T SAY LIKE THE SHREDDING EVENT. IF THEY FIND IT AND THEY SEE IT AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANCE TO SIGN UP, IT'S NO PROBLEM. COME ANYWAY. JUST COME, WE'LL BE THERE WITH LAPTOPS AND WE'LL LOG YOU IN, WE'LL GET YOU SIGNED IN. WE MIGHT RATHER LOAD THE TRUCK AND FILL THE TRUCK THAN SEND IT AWAY EMPTY. AND WE USUALLY ALLOW PEOPLE TO SIGN IN JUST TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE EXPECTING AT AN EVENT. UH, WE'RE RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH THE, UH, WITH DALLAS COLLEGE AS WELL. WE'RE GONNA HAVE FREE, UH, FITNESS CLASSES, COOKING CLASSES, WHAT ELSE? TECHNOLOGY CLASSES. THEY'RE GONNA BE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY TOO. SO, LIKE I SAID, WE PARTNERS WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE, UH, RESOURCES FOR NOT ONLY THE RESOURCES, BUT ALSO THE PROGRAMMING THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? GOTTA BE A MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. NOT AT ALL. LIKE JUST, UH, JUST LIKE I SAID, WE CATER TO THE MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE BEAUTY ABOUT THE, WE'RE PART OF THE FIVE C, FOUR OF A RP. SO WE'RE, I ALWAYS CALL IT, WE'RE LIKE THE HEART AND THE LOCAL FIGHTERS AS WELL. SO, AND WE CATER FOR OUR COMMU FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY THE 50 PLUS, BUT OUR, AS A WHOLE. WHAT ARE THEY? IF YOU WANTED TO JOIN, DO YOU HAVE BUY YOUR INSURANCE TOO? NO, NOT AT ALL. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS WE'RE NOT AN INSURANCE COMPANY. IN REALITY, WHAT A RP IS, WHAT, LIKE HE MENTIONED, THERE'S THREE PHASES OF A RP. THERE'S THE FIVE OC THREE, THE FOUNDATION, THERE'S THE FIVE OC FOUR, THE ONES THAT CATER TO THE COMMUNITY, AND OF COURSE A RP SERVICES, WHICH THEY DO THE MEMBERSHIP, THE MAGAZINES, BUT IN REALITY, THEY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHY, IF YOU NOTICE, I DIDN'T EVEN BRING ANYTHING REGARDING MEMBERSHIP. WHY? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO. SO, AND THE ONES THAT WE SERVE, THEY'RE FOR MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS. SO IF YOU WANNA GO TO AN EVENT, GUESS WHAT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER. YOU CAN INVITE ANYBODY. YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR LIKE THE VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES. YES. SO THERE'S, FOR [00:30:01] EXAMPLE, THERE'S ALSO PASSED DOWN THE VOLUNTEER. WE, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE VOLUNTEERS. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER OF ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST, AND NOT BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY STAFF, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING, UM, PLACES TO ACTUALLY VOLUNTEER. BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE NOT ONLY YOU GET TO SERVE, BUT ALSO, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, IT'S A FUN WAY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO SOMETIMES, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IN, WHAT IS IT, TWO, THREE WEEKS, MAY 16TH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE TEXAS RANGERS GAME FOR AN ACTIVATION. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WE HAVE THE SWEEPSTAKES THAT WE HAVE THE SUITE, UH, WE HAVE A SHREDDING EVENT IN A FEW DAYS. UM, WE HAVE CULTURAL EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME CONCERTS. AND ALSO WE ALSO DO THE LOCAL ADVOCACY. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETIMES WE GO TO CITY HALLS, YOU KNOW, TO ADVOCATE FOR ANY SOCIAL CHANGE TOO. SO WE DO PRETTY MUCH THOSE KIND OF AREAS. SO ANY OTHER QUESTION? YES. OUR SENIOR CENTERS SPONSOR A HEALTH FAIR. ARE YOU, ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR? SO THAT WOULD BE AN EVENT THAT YOU COULD COME TO YES. AND HAVE A BOOT THAT THAT CAN BE SOMETHING? YES. OKAY. AND WE EVEN HAVE A, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE'LL BRING IN AFFORDABLE BOOT AS WELL. SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT BASE. YEAH. SO WE BRING OUR RESOURCES, LIKE AS YOU CAN SEE, CAREGIVING, FRAUD, WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES, BUT ALSO WE PROVIDE OTHER, OTHER STUFF, WHICH FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OF COURSE. YES. DID YOU SAY WHAT THE ACRONYM STANDS FOR? SO A OR P? IT WASN'T, UM, WHAT IS IT? UM, ACTUALLY, BEFORE THE U USED TO HAVE THE, UH, ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PEOPLE, BUT IT BECAME AFTER, WHAT IS IT, 1997, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. UH, JUST STANDS AS A A RP AS AS ITS OWN ENTITY. AS RETIRED. YEAH. BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL, WHAT IS IT? THE, THE NINETIES WHEN IT JUST BECAME A A RP. SO IN REALITY, THE NAME OF A RP IS JUST A A RP. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT CALLED ARP, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE A, AN, IT'S NOT AN ACRONYM, IT'S JUST IT NAME A A RP SAY AT NO COST. NO, NO. I'M SAYING IF SAY LIKE, IF LIKE ME, I, I, WHEN I SIGNED UP, I SIGNED MY DAUGHTER UP. AND YOU CAN HAVE ONE PERSON ON YOUR, WHEN YOU SIGN IN, YOU CAN HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, AND THERE THAT DOESN'T COST NOTHING. BUT SAY IF THEY WANT TO SIGN UP ON THEIR OWN AND THEY'RE YOUNGER, THEY CAN STILL SIGN UP. WHAT I DO TELL PEOPLE COST? NO, IT'S NOT AT NO COST. IT'S AT COST. IT'S AT COST. BUT, AND JUST EXPLAIN TO ME THAT NO COST CARD, THE NO COST. YOU SIGN A PERSON UP AT NO COST. UHHUH , BUT WITH YOU, WITH ME. OH, BECAUSE I'M ALREADY A MEMBER. RIGHT. AND WHAT I, THE OTHER THING I TELL PEOPLE IS THAT IF YOU GO ONLINE TO SIGN UP, UH, IF YOU WANT TO BECOME, YOU KNOW, A MEMBER, EVEN YOU LOOK ONLINE, IT'S A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER. THEY OFFER A WHOLE LOT OF DEALS. AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BENEFITS THAT THEY OFFER AS FAR AS BEING A MEMBER DISCOUNTS WITH ALMOST ALL ACCOUNT HOW MANY RESTAURANTS YOU COULD THINK ABOUT TRAVEL THROUGH EXPEDIA, HOTELS, ALL KIND OF STUFF. IF YOU USE THE DISCOUNTS AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR TIMES FOR THE COST THAT YOU PAY FOR YOUR SUBSCRIPTION, UH, UH, ENROLLMENT SUBSCRIPTION, YOU WOULD'VE PAID OFF YOUR A A RP CARD. AND I'M JUST BEING HONEST, BECAUSE THE MOST I'VE EVER SEEN A COST, LIKE FOR ME WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST JOINED, I JOINED AND IT ONLY COST ME LIKE $20 FOR FIVE YEARS. I THINK THE BENEFITS AND THE BENEFITS MAKE IT WORTH THE, IT'S REALLY A GOOD DEAL TO ME. AND WHAT IS THE MEMBERSHIP COST? MM-HMM . THE AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP, UH, WHAT, $16? A $16? VERY, I JUST DID $63 FOR FIVE YEARS. FIVE YEARS. YEAH. SO, AND I SAID I DO THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE WE'RE NOT SENDING ANY MEMBERSHIP. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I, I KNOW IT BECAME RARELY POPULAR WITH THE VERY YOUNGSTERS BECAUSE I, AND THERE WAS EVEN A TIKTOK SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR A RP CARD BECAUSE YOU CAN GET DISCOUNTS IN HOTELS. YOU CAN GET DISCOUNTS AND, UH, FLIGHTS. I MEAN, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO IT, IT IS PRETTY COOL TO HAVE THOSE, UH, THOSE, UH, I GUESS PERKS ON IT. UUPS ALSO UPS AND THERE'S A BIG, IF YOU GO TO A RP, UM, THE MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT DISCOUNTS. THERE'S A WHOLE BOOKLET. I DIDN'T BRING IT, LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT EVEN, WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, I USUALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT MEMBERSHIP. WELL, WE'RE NOT THAT PART OF A RP IS THE A RP SERVICES. BUT IF YOU GO ONLINE TO THE BENEFITS DISCOUNTS, THERE'S A WHOLE BOOKLET WHERE YOU CAN GET DISCOUNTS. LIKE AT AND TI HAD AT AND T BEFORE. THERE'S A DISCOUNT IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE AT TI THINK THAT NEEDS 15% OFF ON YOUR, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCOUNTS FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES, [00:35:01] FROM UM, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. YES. AND IF YOU USE YOUR DISCOUNTS, YOU CAN GET YOUR MEMBERSHIP FEEDBACK. YES. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I KNOW. YES. IF YOU'RE A MEMBER, YOU ALSO GET A WEEKLY EMAIL THAT SAYS WHAT YOUR BENEFITS ARE. YES. YES. NOW MY OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, I THINK YOU SAID THAT, UH, THE MAGAZINE'S ONLINE, THEY USED TO, IF YOU'RE A MEMBER, YOU CAN VIEW IT STILL. I GENERALLY, FOR ME, THEY MAIL IT OUT TO ME. YES. UH, JUST, BUT YOU CAN ACCESS THE WHOLE MAGAZINE ONLINE. YOU CAN DEFINITELY FIND THAT ONLINE. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WITH A RP. YES. THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF THERE. THERE'S EVEN MOVIES AND, AND WHAT IS IT ON DEMAND AS WELL? YOU CAN WATCH THEM FOR FREE. FOR FREE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT. I I CAN TELL ARPS HAS A LOT. OKAY. AND THE POINT OF CONTACT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOU AT AN EVENT IS WHAT, UM, IT'S RIGHT HERE. SO IT'S ACTUALLY ME. THERE'S MY EMAIL RIGHT THERE IF YOU WANT US. UH, WHERE ARE YOU, YOU ZUMA? YEAH, I'M ZUMA ZUMA. OKAY. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY CHECK THE AVAILABILITY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS. I KNOW RIGHT NOW MAY USUALLY IS VERY PACKED 'CAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS US IN, IN, IN THEIR EVENT. SO, BUT YEAH, FEEL FREE TO LET US KNOW. ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR ME. ALRIGHT. WAIT, WAIT. ONE MORE. UM, ON THE FIRST NINE OR SO OF YOUR, THAT BIG OLD A COVERS UP EVERYTHING. DO YOU HAVE A CLEAN POWERPOINT THAT YOU COULD SEND TO JESSE SO WE CAN POST IT ON, ON OUR WEBSITE? I CAN TRY. I KNOW, UH, I KNOW THEY MENTIONED THE PDF FOR SOME REASON. RIGHT? PDFS DON'T WORK WITH POWERPOINTS VERY WELL, BUT I CAN SEND YOU WHAT I HAVE YEAH. TO HIM. OKAY. AND YOU CAN SEND IT TO ME TOO. OKAY. OKAY. I'LL DO THAT THEN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, THIS IS OFF, NOT ALREADY OFF THE SUBJECT, BUT DO Y'ALL HAVE A LIST OF LIKE IF A HOME REPAIR AND STUFF LIKE THAT? LIST OF CONTRACTORS OR ANYTHING? 'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF BY SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. IF YOU GO TO, TO THE A RP, THERE'S A HOMEFIT AND, UH, INFORMATION YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH DOWNLOAD WHERE TO GET THOSE STUFF. THERE'S A, A HOMEFIT GUIDE, WHICH IS ABOUT A HUNDRED, WHAT IS IT, 36 PAGES. AND THERE'S A HANDOUT TOO AS WELL. HOME FIT GUY. BUT AS FAR AS LIKE RECOMMENDING A HOME RECOMMENDATIONS OR SOMETHING, IT TELLS YOU HOW TO GET THOSE. BUT YEAH, ITS YOU, HOW AND WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR WHEN THE PITFALLS AND GIVE YOU INFORMATION TO HELP YOU BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MANAGE IT A LOT BETTER. YOU KNOW. BUT THE HOMEFIT PORTION OF A A RP, WE LOOK AT STUFF THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE, SAY LIGHT, JUST SAY FOR INSTANCE, UH, LIGHTS OUTSIDE, RIGHT? IF YOU WANT TO LIGHT UP YOUR HOUSE, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND PAY AN ELECTRICIAN. NO, YOU COULD GO OUT AND BUY A CERTAIN KIND OF LIGHT THAT'S RUNS OFF OF, UH, SOLAR. SOLAR, YEAH. BUT THERE'S CERTAIN BRANDS OUT THERE THAT WORK SOSO. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER BRAND OUT THERE THAT MAY TAKE FOUR D BATTERIES AND THEM JOKERS LAST FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS AND GIVE OUT JUST AS MUCH LIGHT. AND SO IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING EASY THAT YOU CAN DO FROM PUTTING IN A GRAB RAIL INSIDE THE BATHROOM OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. OR IF YOU HAVE STEPS, HOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR STEPS PUTTING DOWN A, A MORE LIKE A TAPE WITH A ROUGH SURFACE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE ISSUE OF SLIP AND STUMBLING AND FALLING. SO WE TRYING TO GET INTO THE HOUSE TO HELP MAKE IT MORE U USER FRIENDLY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL. AND THESE ARE THINGS THEY CAN DO THEMSELVES? YES. THESE ARE THINGS THEY CAN DO THEMSELVES. MM-HMM . OKAY. AND I ACTUALLY, I WAS, I HAVE A LITTLE TOOLKIT AND I SHOW 'EM THE DIFFERENT ITEMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND THROWING A FEW LITTLE HEAVY OUTS OF STUFF THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED TOO. MM-HMM . I LIKE IT. WELL, I GO, I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. YES. ALWAYS WE ARE. WE HEY GLADLY OPEN. AND DO YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER TO BE A VOLUNTEER? YOU KNOW? AND AS A VOLUNTEER, DO YOU HAVE TO GO DO EVERY EVENT THAT'S OUT THERE? NO. YOU PICK AND CHOOSE AND GO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. YES. YOUR CHOICE. AND BIGGEST SELLING POINT IS, I SHOULDN'T SAY SELLING POINT, BUT THE ONE CAVEAT THAT EVERYBODY LOVES, THE A A RP IS THE ONLY FOUNDATION NONPROFIT THAT WILL PAY YOU TRAVEL, PAY FROM YOUR HOME TO YOUR EVENT AND BACK HOME OR TO WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING. REALLY? YES. THAT IS UNUSUAL. MM-HMM . THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES. I MEAN, UM, A RP WAS BUILT BY, BY A VOLUNTEER. SO WE REALLY DO, AND ACTUALLY THE BACKBONE OF A RP IS VOLUNTEERS. UH, THERE'S, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE OUR STATE DIRECTOR AND GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE OUR, UH, VOLUNTEERS, UH, DIRECTOR AS WELL. SO A STATE DIRECTOR. SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND EVERY STAFF HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, VOLUNTEER AS WELL. AND THEY WORK TOGETHER FOR ALL THE ISSUES THAT'S GOING ON PRESENT. FOR EXAMPLE, IN IN DFW, WE HAVE A GROUP OF LEAD, UM, VOLUNTEERS WHO ACTUALLY SAY, HEY, LET'S DO THIS. WE PLAN TOGETHER, WE PLAN FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. SO WE ACTUALLY TAKE INTO [00:40:01] CONSIDERATION OUR VOLUNTEERS A LOT. THEY'RE THE FUNDAMENTAL PART OF A RP. MM-HMM . ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LEMME SEE. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON, ON THE AGENDA TO ITEM C, WHICH IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. COREY, UM, CALLED IN SICK. SO WE WON'T HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I WANNA TAKE THIS LITTLE SPACE TO WELCOME KATHLEEN TO OUR GROUP. SO KATHLEEN, UH, YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? WELL, I'M KATHLEEN GARDNER AND I JUST, UH, WENT TO COLLEGE AND BECAME A COLLEGE PROFESSOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND THEN I WORKED IN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT FOR A DECADE AND A HALF. AND, UH, A LOT OF PROCUREMENT, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND THEN I'VE BEEN RETIRED FOR SEVERAL YEARS DOING LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF STUFF. AND, UM, I'M STARTING TO GIVE, GIVE BACK ON SCHOLARSHIPS AND THAT SORT OF THING FOR UNIVERSITIES THAT I ATTENDED AND WORKING WITH, UH, ANIMAL FOUNDATIONS AND, UH, VARIOUS THINGS. AND, UH, SO, SO KATHLEEN IS PART OF OUR WORKOUT CLASS AND, AND, UH, WHEN WE HAD A COUPLE OF OPEN POSITIONS, I'VE PUT OUT A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS AND KATHLEEN STEPPED UP. SO WELCOME. THANK YOU. GLAD TO APPRECIATE IT. UM, OKAY. ITEM D, COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES. SO THAT'S ALBERT. WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. IT'S BEEN A WHILE AND YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD GET AWAY FROM US. I KNOW, RIGHT? ? NO, NOT AT ALL. GO TOUR. JUST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROMOTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. BUT I MISS YOU GUYS TERRIBLY. THANK YOU. I BET YOU DO. . YES, SIR. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO TODAY IS GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU, UM, A LITTLE UPDATE ON OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS TO WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE DOING IT, WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO, AND WHAT BASICALLY IT IS, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AN ACCREDITATION, UH, WITHIN R PA SO WE COULD BECOME AN ACCREDITED, UM, DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. IT'S NOT A LOT OF US, I THINK. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY KEITH THOUGH? I THINK THERE'S LIKE LESS THAN 300 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ACCREDITED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. AND THEN WE'RE VERY CLOSE. SO WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED. UM, SO JUST, YES, IS IT? SO, UH, WE COMPLETED OUR APPLICATION BACK IN, UM, SEPTEMBER OF 23. UH, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND THE WHOLE TIME WE'VE BEEN DOING A PRE, UM, PREPARE OUR SELF ASSESSMENT. WE'RE IN THE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT. I MEAN, EVERYBODY IN OUR DEPARTMENT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN IT AND WE'VE EVEN DRUG OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN TO HELP US, UH, GET OUR ASSESSMENT BECAUSE IT, IT DOES INCORPORATE A DIFFERENT, UH, FEW OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND I'LL, I'LL GO OVER THAT. UM, SO WE HOST OUR VISIT, UM, IN JUNE OF 2025. SO WE HAVE OUR DATES SET, IT'S TWO TO THREE DAYS. THEY'LL COME IN, THERE'S A GROUP THAT COMES IN. UM, THEY GO THROUGH ALL OUR PROCESSES, THEY GO THROUGH WHATEVER, ALL THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE AND THEY DETERMINE IF WE COULD GET ACCREDITED. IT'S BEEN OVER A TWO YEAR PROCESS, BUT WE'VE BEEN GETTING READY BEFORE WE EVEN SEND IN OUR APPLICATION FOR THE PROCESS. SO IT IS AN EXTREMELY LONG PROCESS FOR US TO DO, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND THEN IF WE END UP GETTING ACCREDITED, THEN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025, WE'LL GO TO, UH, THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND THAT'S, THEY WILL AWARD OUR ACCREDITATION THERE. OKAY. SO WHY KRA? SO WHAT KAPPA DOES, IT MAKES YOU FOLLOW CERTAIN, UM, GUIDELINES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ASSURES QUALITY FOR US. SO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO IN PROGRAMMING, IN PROCESSES OF, OF WORKING EVERYDAY WORK, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, THEY GUIDE US THROUGH IT. UH, SO IT'S QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS. UM, THERE'S 154 STANDARDS AND 36 FUNDAMENTAL STANDARDS. SO THERE'S 106 OF 118 NON FUNDAMENTAL STANDARDS MUST BE MET. SO WE HAVE TO MEET 106 OF THE STANDARDS IN ORDER FOR US TO, UM, GET ACCREDITED. AND THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, UM, THAT THEY COME AND THEY ACTUALLY GO OVER EACH OF THESE CHAPTERS WITH US. UM, SO IN ALL THESE CHAPTERS, YOU COULD TELL [00:45:01] IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF ORGANIZATION, UH, AND A LOT OF DETAIL FOR EVERY CHAPTER THAT WE HAVE TO DO. UM, SO IN ALL THESE CHAPTERS, AS YOU COULD TELL, PUBLIC SAFETY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY, WE BROUGHT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP US BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THE PROCESS FOR US. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? OKAY. UM, AND THESE ARE THE CONTRIBUTING, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE. HUMAN RESOURCES, RISK MANAGEMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUDGET FINANCING, PURCHASING, UM, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, EVEN DAN, PUBLIC MEDIA RELATIONS, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SANITATION INFORMATION IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. SO WE HAD TO INCORPORATE ALL THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS INTO OUR ACCREDITATION. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF COORDINATING, A LOT OF HELP FROM THEM IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. UM, AND THEN PART OF THE PROCESS WAS THAT WE HAD A LOT OF OUR STUFF, BUT WE WEREN'T ORGANIZED IN THE WAY THEY NEEDED IT WITH MANUALS AND CERTAIN THINGS. SO THESE ARE THE NEW MANUALS AND, UH, PLANS THAT WERE CREATED BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING. UH, OUR RECREATION PROGRAM MANUAL, UH, MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, OUR FLEET PLAN, UM, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN, EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN. UM, AND WE HAD TO DO THE, LIKE FOR THE EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN, WE HAD TO DO IT FOR EVERY SINGLE, UM, THING THAT WE DO. SO IF WE DO SPECIAL EVENTS, WE HAD TO DO AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN. UH, WE HAVE 'EM FOR EVERY CENTER, UH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE ONE FOR THIS BUILDING. WE DON'T KNOW, RIGHT, LARRY? WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DETERMINE THAT. , I'M STILL TRYING TO GET OUTTA HERE. UM, WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER MANUAL AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, UH, WHICH IS PART OF OUR HUGE VOLUNTEER NOW. WE HAVE A ACTUAL VOLUNTEER PERSON THAT ORGANIZES ALL THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY. UH, SO WE HAVE THAT. UM, AND THEN OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND THESE ARE THE, UH, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAD TO DO. SO WE HAD TO CREATE STANDARD OPERATING, UH, PROCEDURES, UM, THE TEMPLATES. SO IF ANYBODY WANTED TO DO A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR SUMMER CAMPS OR FOR AFTER SCHOOL OR FOR JUST A, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, THEY COULD, WE HAVE A TEMPLATE AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GO FILL OUT. SO THAT WAY IT LOOKS THE SAME, IT'S CONSISTENT AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE TO GET IT. EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW IT LOOKS. UH, WE HAD A REVIEW, UM, AND REVISE OUR EXISTING SOPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAD. UH, WE DEVELOPED NEW SOPS, WE CENTRALIZED, UH, TRACKING FOR OUR LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND TRAININGS. SO BEFORE IT WAS EACH TO EACH CENTER OR EACH DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT THEIR STAFF WERE CERTIFIED. NOW WE COULD GO ONE PLACE AND WE COULD SEE THAT ALL OUR STAFF ARE THIS DEPARTMENT CERTIFIED, WHAT THEIR CERTIFICATIONS ARE WHEN THEY EXPIRE AND WHEN THEY NEED, WHEN THEY NEED TO RENEW AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE HAVE A NEW ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH WAS A HUGE THING FOR US. UH, SO WHAT IT WAS IS BEFORE AN EMPLOYEE GETS HI, WHEN AN EMPLOYEE GETS HIRED, HE WOULD GO TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? BUT IT WASN'T A PROCESS AND IT WASN'T AN ORGANIZED PROCESS THAT IT WAS EASY ENOUGH FOR US TO DO. SO KEITH CAME, KEITH AND, UH, A COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH A ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR US THAT, SO WHEN A NEW EMPLOYEE'S HIRED FROM THE GET GO, THERE'S CERTAIN STEPS THAT HE HAS TO TAKE, CERTAIN PAPERWORK THAT HE DOES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. NOW THERE'S ACTUALLY A PROCESS FOR THAT FOR US. SO WE DID THAT, UM, AND THEN CREATED OUR INSTRUCTOR GUIDES FOR, UH, FOR OUR CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS. UH, WE EVEN DID IT WHERE IT'S EVEN FOR OUR VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE'RE GONNA START PHASING THAT IN. UH, SO IT MEETS CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR OUR, LIKE OUR REGULAR INSTRUCTOR, IF YOU, YOU SIGNED UP TO TEACH BASKETBALL. UM, OUR QUARTERLY OUR, OUR STAFF ARE ACTUALLY, UM, LOOKING AT THIS AND THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE FILLING OUT THE FORM WITH THEM AND SEEING HOW THEY DONE THE SURVEYS THAT THEY BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE SURVEYS THAT COME IN FOR THEM. THEY GO OVER THE SURVEYS WITH THEM AND THEY LET 'EM KNOW HOW IT IS. AND THEN FROM THIS PROCESS WE DECIDE IF IT'S IF DO WE KEEP THIS PROGRAM OR IS THIS A PROGRAM THAT IS NOT GONNA MAKE ANYMORE? IS IT'S GOING DOWN AND WHY IT'S GOING DOWN AND HOW CAN WE HELP AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO HELP US DO THAT. UH, DEVELOPMENT KEY, UH, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. UM, THIS IS WHAT WE DID IS WHERE WE HAVE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS NOW WHERE ANY OF OUR STAFF COULD GO TO OUR PERFORMANCE, UH, DASHBOARD AND THEY COULD SEE HOW MUCH REVENUE BRINGING IN, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE, WE ENROLL FOR PROGRAMS, HOW MANY SURVEYS IS WE'RE BRINGING IN PER CENTER OR MONTHLY, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY. BOOM. WAS THAT IT WAS, THAT WAS IT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? SO AGAIN, [00:50:01] WE, IT, WE GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS JUNE THE THIRD AND FOURTH. THE SECOND AND THIRD. THIRD AND FOURTH AND FOURTH. SO THAT'S WHEN THIS GROUP COMES IN AND THEN WE PICK 'EM UP AT THE AIRPORT ONE NIGHT AND THEN WE BRING 'EM IN AND THEN THEY START THE PROCESS FOR TWO, TWO AND A HALF DAYS TO GO OVER ALL OUR PROCESSES WITH US. AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY DETERMINE AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES PERFECT AND THE NEXT TIME WE'LL BE AT, WE'LL BE TELLING YOU THAT WE'RE ACCREDITED. SO, SO THIS IS ON THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION? YES. AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ACCREDITATION. IT'S A HUGE, IT IS A BIG IMPORTANT ACCREDITATION FOR US. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ONE. YEAH. AND IT'S NOT FOR US. IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT A THING. IT'S LIKE ONCE WE GET ACCREDITED, THERE'S CERTAIN STEPS THAT YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET RECERTIFIED EVERY FIVE YEARS. KEITH EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS, DEVELOP, DEVELOP 'EM, AND IMPROVE THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE. SO IT KEEPS US ON OUR TOES AND IT MAKES US A BETTER DEPARTMENT. IT'LL HELP THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS IN THAT, UH, EXACTLY. CERTAIN STANDARDS ARE ADHERED TO. CORRECT. SO WE, THEY'RE GONNA GET A GOOD PRODUCT FROM US. OKAY. MIKE TIMBER WILL HAVE A PARTY. WELL, HOPEFULLY YES, WE WILL. MY QUESTION IS, YOU'VE DEVELOPED ALL THESE THINGS FOR THIS, UH, CAPRA, UHHUH, , ARE THEY IN PLACE RIGHT NOW? YES. SO THEY'RE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE WORKING ON EXPANDING THE CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR INSTRUCTOR ONE. UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST FOR THE CURRENT PAID INSTRUCTORS THAT WE HAVE. AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL START GOING TO ALL THE OTHER INSTRUCTORS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE OUR VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT HELPS THEM BECOME A BETTER INSTRUCTOR WE THINK TOO. SO. OKAY. ANY OTHER, I'VE GOT ONE OFF TOPIC. OFF TOPIC. OKAY. SENIOR CENTER. OH, SENIOR CENTER. WE'LL GO TO BID IN TWO WEEKS. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD. UM, LAST WEEK. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT'D GO TO BID. SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GO TO BID IN TWO WEEKS. UH, WE'RE HOPING TO BREAK GROUND SOMETIME LATE SUMMER OR RIGHT AFTER SUMMER. UH, BECAUSE ONCE THEY GO TO BID, IT TAKES, IT COMES IN, IT TAKES A MONTH FOR THEM TO GO OVER TO, TO LOOK AT THE BIDS TO BE AWARDED. AND THEN YOU HAVE, ONCE THEY AWARD IT, THEY, THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO GET THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS AND ALL THAT STUFF AND, AND THEN THEY MOBILIZE EVERYBODY AND THEN THEY START BREAKING GROUND. AND WE'RE HOPING ONCE THEY BREAK GROUND, IT'LL BE 18, 18 MONTHS ROUGHLY THEY'RE SAYING TO, TO GET IT BILLED. SO HONESTLY, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT 27, SO. ALRIGHTY. AND DION'S EXCITED 'CAUSE SHE'S GONNA GET A NEW BUILDING ONE DAY. ONE DAY. THANK Y'ALL. IT'S GOOD SEEING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, THE CITY PRESS. AND I THINK YOU ALL GOT AN ARTICLE, UM, ABOUT TRANSPORTATION FOR THE, THAT WE WANT TO SUBMIT FOR THE JULY CITY PRESS. UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT. UH, ANY COMMENTS ON THAT ARTICLE? OKAY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT WORDY. IT IS. WERE YOU ABLE TO WELL, I, I DIDN'T DOWNLOAD IT 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE A PRINTER, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF VERBIAGE THAT COULD PROBABLY BE OMITTED TOTALLY TO STICK TO THE REAL KERNEL OF THE INFORMATION AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD REVISE IT, BUT IT SEEMS REALLY LONG FOR SOMEONE WHO USUALLY WOULD JUST WANT SOME SPECIFICS. THERE'S SOME REPETITION, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT CRITICIZING, I'M JUST SUGGESTING, UH, ANN WROTE THE, THE, THE COLONEL OF IT. OKAY. AND, UM, WE BOTH DISCUSSED IT, BUT I THINK RAY WILL WAY, RAY LEKI WILL ADVISE IT OKAY. TO FIT. AND SO I KIND OF THINK WE DON'T HAVE TO REALLY WORRY ABOUT THAT TOO MUCH. HE'S GONNA CUT IT DOWN HIS SIZE. RAY RAY WILL CUT OUT WHAT HE WANTS TO YEAH. HOW LONG CAN IT BE? WELL THAT'S, I DON'T HAVE A, I DON'T HAVE OH, HOW MANY LINES. RIGHT. OKAY. BUT THE SPACE IN THE, IN THE CITY PRESS IS ABOUT. OKAY. YEAH. SO, UM, I THINK HE WILL, HE WILL REVISE IT TO FIT. OKAY. SO I THINK IT'S VERY ATIVE MYSELF. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT ARTICLE? I APPROVE. YEAH, NO, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE IT. OKAY. KATHLEEN MOVED. AND SAL SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, SO I'LL ALSO, UM, WANT TO HAVE A [00:55:01] ARTICLE ON HOW THE NPOS CAN HELP INDIVIDUALS, SENIORS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP IN, IN THE, UM, COMMUNITY. AND, UM, SO I'M WORKING WITH THE POLICE ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THAT FOR THE SEPTEMBER OR, UM, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY ARTICLE THAT HAS BEEN WAITING BECAUSE WE HAD ONE LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER AND I DIDN'T WANNA HAVE TOO MANY EMERGENCY ARTICLES IN A ROW. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE ON STANDBY THAT WE CAN USE FOR SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS, PLEASE UH, WRITE THE ARTICLE AND SUBMIT IT . SO, UH, AND OR LET ME KNOW ONE OR THE OTHER AND I'LL RESEARCH IT. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CITY PRESS? NOPE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT ITEM SENIOR CENTER REPORTS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE JSA WANTS TO GO FIRST. HELLO. HELLO EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME, MS. YVONNE? YES, IT IS. IS IT GOOD? YES. OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY. UM, I JUST HAVE, UM, ONLY A FEW THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. UM, WE HAVE OUR FUTURE ACTIVITIES HAPPENING AT CARVER. UM, IT'S JUST MAY 1ST 'CAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. UM, WE WILL HAVE, UM, WE WILL BE GOING TO THE DARTS CELEBRATING OLDER AMERICANS ON IN FAIR PARK, UM, THAT SHE CAME AND TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME SHE WAS HERE, THE DART LADY, UM, ON MAY 29TH. SO WE WILL BE TAKING, UM, A GROUP OF SENIORS OUT THERE. UM, WE WILL BE ALSO DOING A LINE DANCING CLASS J'S GONNA TEACH A LINE DANCING CLASS, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT, WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO LINE DANCE, UH, SHE WILL BE TEACHING YOU HOW TO LINE DANCE. IT'LL BE NINE 30 ON MAY 20TH. UH, WE'LL BE GONNA STRIKE AND REEL ON MAY 6TH. UM, GRUB CLUB THIS TIME IS GOING TO BE A TRIP TO IKEA. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT WE GOT QUITE A FEW INQUIRIES TO GO TO IKEA TO SEE WHAT IT TOLD WHICH ONE. THE ONE TO THE ONE IN FRISCO. OKAY. UH, WE GOT A LOT, SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE IT A DAY. WE'LL GO TO IKEA AND THEN WE'LL GO TO LUNCH OUT IN FRISCO. UM, OUR NEXT CASINO TRIP IS JUNE 20. I MEAN, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY JULY, I APOLOGIZE. IT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY JULY. JULY 22ND. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FINAL TRAVEL MEETING FOR OUR CHICAGO AND NEW ORLEANS TRIP. MAY 30TH AT NOON, IT'LL BE AT CARVER. UM, AND THEN OUR MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH IS GOING TO BE MAY 9TH AT NINE 30 AND IT WILL BE AT CARVER. UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'LL BE NICE TO BE AT OUR ACTUAL FACILITY TO DO, UM, OUR EVENT. IT'S GONNA BE A FASHION SHOW. UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE BRUNCH AFTER, UM, OUR SENIOR SOFTBALL GAME. UM, WE RESCHEDULED OUR SENIOR SOFTBALL GAME, UH, FOR THE FALL. UM, BECAUSE SPRING TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT UNPREDICTABLE WITH THE RAIN AND EVERYTHING. UM, AND WE DIDN'T WANT THE CHANCE OF IT GETTING RAINED OUT. SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE FALL AND IT'LL BE MORE OF A LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER GAME. UM, THE WEATHER TENDS TO CALM DOWN JUST A SMIDGE. UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY HICCUPS OR ANYTHING. UM, WE STILL HAVE OUR REGULAR CLASSES, OUR CHAIR EXERCISE, UM, LANA'S CLASS, AND THEN OUR CROCHET CLASS. UM, WE STILL HAVE OUR EXTENDED TRIPS THAT ARE STILL OPEN FOR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP. WE HAVE CHARLESTON, UM, CHICAGO, NEW ORLEANS, AND THE ARC ENCOUNTER IN CINCINNATI. AND THEN FOR 2026 WE ARE PLANNING TWO CRUISES FOR THE SENIORS. SO MORE INFORMATION WILL COME ONCE WE GET THE FINAL DETAILS ON THOSE CRUISES. 'CAUSE I THINK SENIORS LIKE TO GO ON CRUISES FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD AND AND ADULTS FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD. . UM, SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES AND I DO HAVE A, UM, SOME VIDEOS, UM, FOR OUR EGG HUNT THAT WE, I CALL IT AN EGG HUNT, BUT IT WASN'T REALLY AN EGG HUNT. UM, IT WAS AN EGG GATHER. UM, WE, I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM THAT. WE WERE AT BRADFIELD RECREATION CENTER THAT'S ON CASTLE DRIVE. UM, SENIORS HAD A GOOD TIME. THEY COLLECTED AS MANY, THEY HAD A COMPETITION BETWEEN THEIR TEAMS AND WHICHEVER TEAM WON, UM, GOT A PRIZE. SO THIS IS THEM OUT THERE SEARCHING FOR THEIR EGGS. UM, THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE FROM THE PROM. TWO MORE PICTURES ACTUALLY FROM THE PROM. UM, THIS IS A GROUP, I CALL THEM THE TROUBLEMAKERS. UM, [01:00:01] THEY, THEY'RE HILARIOUS WHENEVER WE'RE AT THE CENTER. SO, UM, I INCLUDED A PICTURE OF THEM. UM, WE HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE BUNNY WITH SOME OF THE SENIORS. HE MADE AN APPEARANCE AND HE WAS VERY, VERY NICE TO SENIORS AND BROUGHT THEM LOTS OF EGGS. SO HERE'S A COUPLE MORE PICTURES AND THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THEM OUT THERE. AND THEN I HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO TO SHOW YOU. IT WAS WINDY. NO, I HAVE NOT. THERE WAS PEOPLE TALKING IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT THAT'S MAJORITY OF THEM. WE PUT 'EM ALL THE WAY OUT IN FRONT SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO SUPER FAR. UM, THEN I APOLOGIZE, THEY WERE READY TO GO. UM, WE DID BALLOON POP . OH, BALLOON POP. YEAH. SO THEY HAD TO POP THE BALLOON BY SITTING ON IT. IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKS. OH, AS YOU CAN SEE, MR. JP WAS VERY, VERY GOOD. UM, HE IS ACTUALLY 93. UM, AND HE WON ? YES. THAT'S ME LAUGHING. 'CAUSE IT WAS JUST OUR TWO LADIES COULDN'T GET THEIR BALLOONS POPPED. OH. AND THEN, YAY. FOR SOME REASON OUR GENTLEMEN JUST HAD IT. THEY COULD POP THE BALLOONS AND IT WAS NO ISSUE. HEY, SO WE HAD A TERRIFIC TIME. UM, WE PLAYED SOME TRIVIA AND SOME GAMES, SO IT WAS JUST A GOOD TIME FOR THEM TO GET TOGETHER, FOR US TO CELEBRATE EASTER ALTOGETHER. UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I DO. YES, MA MA'AM? NO, I'M GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT THAT WALK PROGRAM. YES. YES. OH, DECIDED NOT TO DO IT. NO, WE ARE STILL DOING IT. UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA, WE'RE PLANNING TO TAKE A TRIP OVER TO HOLFORD HOLFORD, THE NEW REC CENTER. UM, I'M LOOKING AT, I HAVE TO CHECK WITH MISS HEATHER OVER THERE TO MAKE SURE IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD TIME. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT WEEK BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE ABOUT MOVING THE CLASS THERE. THAT UP THERE UPSTAIRS WALKING TRACK IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GONNA BENEFIT A LITTLE BIT MORE. A THE WINDOWS A, THE SPACE, IT'S NEW. UM, AND IT KIND OF SEPARATES THEM FROM EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON. 'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING UP THERE. AND THEY HAVE THAT NICE LITTLE OUTDOOR TRACK TOO. YES. SO I'M HOPING THAT THAT WILL HELP MOTIVATE MORE PEOPLE TO WANT TO DO THE WALKING CLUB BECAUSE THE BEST WAY TO GET OUT THERE IS JUST A WALK, YOU KNOW? SO THAT IS OUR PLAN. YES. THE PLAN IS TO STILL BRING THAT BACK. WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A TRIP OVER TO HOLFORD. AND ALSO I WANT THEM TO VIEW IT TOO SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT THE NEW CENTER LOOKS LIKE. STILL IN THE WORKS. YES. STILL IN THE WORKS. STILL GONNA HAPPEN. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO. GET YOUR JEEP BACK. I GOT MY JEEP BACK. IT IS FIXED. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. IT WAS JEEP LIST LAST YEAR. YES. I HAD A RENTAL CAR LAST WEEK WHEN I LAST MONTH, BUT I DID GIVE MY CAR BACK, WHICH I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT. OKAY. I ENJOYED YOUR PRESENTATION BEING UP ON THE SCREEN, SO THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. YES, I CAN REMOVE IT. OKAY. ALSO LIMITS A LOT OF PAPERWORK. . YES. TAKES AWAY A LOT OF PRINTING. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. YOU LEAVE IT. OH, THIS IS YOURS. SORRY. . OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD MORNING. SO, UM, WE HAVE GONE PAPERLESS, BUT I HAVEN'T, SO , UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE EXTENDED TRIPS THAT WE HAVE. UM, WE STILL HAVE VIRGINIA BEACH OPEN AND BRANSON. OKAY. UM, DAY TRIPS. WE HAVE VARIOUS SCRUB CLUBS STILL, UM, THAT WE OFFER EVERY [01:05:01] MONTH. WE HAVE A WIND STAR CASINO TRIP, UM, JUNE 26TH AND CHOCTAW. UM, OCTOBER 24TH. TODAY WE'RE HAVING OUR CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION. UM, THEN NEXT WEEK ON THE SIXTH, MARIA WITH CHASE BANK, WE'LL BE BACK DOING ANOTHER FINANCIAL PRESENTATION FOR OUR, OUR MEMBERS. MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH IS ON THE EIGHTH. UM, THEN WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN FROM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF IT, THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM FROM, UM, KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED AND HE IS COMING AND HE WILL DO, I THINK HE SAID A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. UM, AND THEN HE IS GOING TO ASK ANY OF OUR MEMBERS IF THEY WANT TO RECORD WHAT HE CALLS A LIVING HISTORY. SO, UM, I'M ASSUMING THAT WILL BE MAYBE WHERE THEY WERE WHEN IT HAPPENED, WHAT THEY REMEMBER, WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO OFFER AND IT COULD BECOME PART OF THE MUSEUM. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING THING TO OFFER TO OUR MEMBERS. AND I HOPE WE GET A LOT OF, UH, TURNOUT FOR THAT DAY. CAN WE, CAN WE RAISE THAT PAGE TO SEE THE BOTTOM? WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAYBE NOT. HOLD ON. I'M NOT VERY TECHNOLOGICAL. HOW'S THAT? THERE YOU GO. GOOD. GO TO ONE OF THOSE. A A RP CLASSES. UM, NUTRITION EDUCATION IS MAY 15TH. AND CHEF CHARLES WILL SAY, PICK A HIGH FIBER DIET THIS MONTH. COFFEE WITH THE NURSES ON THE 19TH OF MAY. AND THEN WE WILL END THE MONTH WITH OUR CHILDREN'S CHOIR PRESENTATION ON THE 27TH. UM, AS YOU CAN TELL, WE DO HAVE THE CENTER UPDATE. OUR WORK KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER, BUT IT'S OKAY. UM, THE MAIN THING IS THAT WE DO ANTICIPATE GROUNDBREAKING SOMETIME THIS SUMMER AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW. . UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. HAVE A VERY LOVELY MONTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAY TO YOU. THANK YOU. HAPPY MAYDAY. YEAH. OH, IT IS MAYDAY, ISN'T IT? . OKAY. THE FOURTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE CODE. UH, ANN IS SUPPOSED TO BE BRINGING TO US A OUTLINE OF HOW TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FOOD DISTRIBUTION SO THAT WE CAN ALL LOOK AT IT IN OUR OWN DISTRICTS. UM, AND WE DO HAVE THE POLICE SCHEDULED TO COME BACK IN JUNE. AND, UM, JUST A LITTLE UPDATE. WE HAVE, ANN AND ANGELA ARE WORKING ON OUR WEB PRESENCE. THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A TEMPLATE TO JESSE WHO'S RUNNING IT UP THE LADDER. HAVE DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THAT? WE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE SOME THINGS. OKAY. SO YOU CAN SPEAK ABOUT THAT LATER. OKAY. UH, SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT IN JUNE OR MAYBE EVEN, UH, HAVE IT WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND APPROVE IT AND GET IT WHERE IT'S ON THE WEBSITE IN AUGUST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PURCHASING AND SO WE CAN GRILL THEM ABOUT WHY THE BID WASN'T PUT OUT FOR THE SENIOR CENTER SOONER. AND, UM, THE, UM, JERRY CLICK IS COMING BACK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE WON'T BE ANY POLICE THAT MONTH, SEPTEMBER. WE'RE GONNA HAVE WATER COME IN AND TALK TO US. AND I THINK WE WERE MA WE'RE CURIOUS ABOUT THEIR SECURITY MEASURES WITH WATER AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. AND THE POLICE ARE SCHEDULED TO COME THAT MONTH. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SETTLED FOR OCTOBER, BUT I WAS THINKING ONE OR MORE OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT'S ELECTED IN A COUPLE OF DAYS TO COME IN AND TALK TO US OR TALK WITH US. UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BE FAMILIAR WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION AND, AND, UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT EXPECTATIONS WITH THEM. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR NOVEMBER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE SOMETHING SUGGESTED FOR NOVEMBER THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR OR LIKE TO SEE? NO. NO. OKAY. LET ME KNOW IF YOU THINK OF SOME THINGS. UH, DIDN'T WE HAVE STREET? WE HAD STREET PRETTY RECENTLY. WE'RE HAVING, ACCORDING TO ELECTION, THEY'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE STREETS. SO, WELL THEY GOT THE NEW BOND COMING OUT. YEAH, THAT'S, UH, THE FIRST BOND PROPOSAL. A AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE STREETS AND ALLEYS AND SO ON. YEAH. TWO 230 MILLION MM-HMM . STREETS. YEAH. OKAY. THAT DOWN IS A POSSIBILITY. AND THEN IN DECEMBER WE'LL EAT. OH WE'LL EAT. YEAH, WE'RE GONNA WAIT THAT LONG. I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL DECEMBER TO EAT. YES, YOU A DIET . I JUST WANTED TO MENTION [01:10:01] THAT WE WERE WITHIN TWO SECONDS OF NOT HAVING A QUORUM TODAY. SO PLEASE COME EARLY. DON'T WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO GET HERE BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING AND, AND HAVE HAD ANY OF THESE DECISIONS MADE. SO PLEASE GET HERE ABOUT 10 TILL NINE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE A QUORUM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MEETING. I WAS THERE TOO EARLY THEN. I KNOW YOU WERE EARLY. THAT PHONE. COME ON. THAT CONCLUDES. WHAT IS ON THE, UH, AGENDA? IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? NO. THEN I SUPPOSE THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10 11. 10 11. OKAY. EVERYBODY HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND A GREAT MAY. * 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.