[ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION Work Session Room of City Hall 200 N. Fifth Street Garland, Texas May 15, 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.]
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ALL RIGHT, MS. COURTNEY, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, MAY 15TH, 2025 AT 6:00 PM UM, THIS IS 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. THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM, UM, APRIL
UH, DOES EVERYONE HAVE A COPY OF THOSE MEETING MINUTES? AND IT WAS THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH.
CAN YOU GUYS TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND GO OVER THAT MADAM CHAIR? YES, MA'AM.
I HAVE REVIEWED THE THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES, AND I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE MEANING MINUTE AS IS.
THE, UH, NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WE HAVE TO GO.
UM, ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MEETING MINUTES BEING ACCEPTED, SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE THAT ARE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS, UM, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
AGENDA ITEM A THREE A COMMITTEE AND EVENT REPORTS.
COMMITTEES FOR THE CMC MAY REPORT ON MEETING INFORMATION INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS MAY ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS, UH, WE HAD A CALENDAR.
WE ALL AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN THINGS.
UM, HAS ANYONE PARTICIPATED IN SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS SINCE OUR APRIL 17TH MEETING? I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF YOU THAT SHOULD HAVE, UH, REPORTS, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER
I KNOW I VOTED ANITA FOR SURE, BUT I WENT TO SOMETHING ELSE.
MADAM CHAIR, MAY I? YES, MA'AM.
WE WERE THERE FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE FIVE MEMBERS FROM THE CMC WERE THERE AT OUR BOOTH.
AND THEN ALSO THIS MORNING, JIMMY AND I AND THE REST OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS WERE AT THE, UH, THE GUIDE POLICE MEMORIAL SERVICE THIS MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK TO 10.
IT WAS ALWAYS TOUCH, VERY TOUCH.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, UM, MARK YOUR DAY AT THE NATIONAL, UH, POLICE WEEK SO YOU CAN BE THERE TO SUPPORT MEN AND WOMEN IN THE BLUE.
DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR THAT? DO YOU KNOW THE DAY OF THE TOPIC? MOST OF THE TIME IN MAY.
BUT, UH, I WILL FORWARD THE INVITATION AS SOON AS, AS WE RECEIVE IT, OR MAYBE SEE THE STAFF CAN HELP TO DO THAT.
IT'S USUALLY GOING TO BE THE WEEK OF NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND USUALLY ON A THURSDAY OF THAT WEEK AT 9:00 AM SO WHO DOES IT? THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT? GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT PD, INVITE CMC.
HOW COULD WE ARRANGE FOR THAT TO HAVE THAT? WE COULD, WE COULD ASK THEM IF THEY WANT.
JUST SO YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE IT ON.
YES, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
UM, IT'S USUALLY POST IT ON THE, UH, GARLAND POLICE FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CONTACT NATIONAL, UH, NATIONAL POLICE OFFICER, APPRECIATION, IF YOU HAVE A CONTACT, WOULD YOU MIND PROVIDING THAT TO THE CITY STAFF SO THAT WAY
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WE CAN KIND OF LINK UP WITH THEM? YES, MA'AM.SO WE HAD THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL.
I I HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAT.
DID YOU PRINT 'EM OUT OR YOU HAVE 'EM ON YOUR PHONE? I HAVE, HAVE 'EM ON MY PHONE.
I, I CAN SEND THEM TO, I THINK MERRILL SEND THEM.
COPY MERRILL, AND ALSO COPY THE CITY STAFF.
AND THAT WAY IF MYSELF OR MR. MERRILL DROPS THE BALL AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO 'EM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING IT FIRSTHAND AS WELL.
UH, I, I LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE, UH, ON, I, I FORGET THE DATE, BUT IT WAS IN APRIL THAT JIMMY AND I WERE AT THE, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION FOR, UH, AT THE, UH, UH,
YEAH, THAT WAS IN THE LAST MONTH.
UM, I KNOW THAT FOR THE AMER, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE, UH, FESTIVAL THAT WE RAN OUTTA BAGS.
SO THE INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED WAS, WE HAD EITHER A, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 50.
IT WAS 30 AND 40 OR 40 AND 50.
SO 50 MS. COURTNEY, WERE YOU ABLE TO CONFIRM WHAT IT WAS? I WAS 50.
AND I, THE COMMENT THAT I HAVE IS WE NEED INFORMATION OF WHO WE ARE.
TO ME, A BOOKMARK, I READ A LOT, SO I ALWAYS USE BOOKMARKS.
SOMETHING, IF IT'S A PAPER, THEY'LL THROW IT AWAY.
A BOOKMARK MIGHT BE HANDIER, BUT SOMETHING THAT SAYS WHO WE ARE, BECAUSE YOU GIVE 'EM THE BACK AND YOU TRY TO TALK AND THEY RUN OFF, THEY'RE JUST THERE FOR THE BACK.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY WENT BY REAL QUICK.
SO BY THE TIME THAT THE SECOND TERM PEOPLE CAME IN TO REPLACE US, THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO.
IT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST 45, 50 MINUTES.
UM, THAT ALL 50 BAGS WERE GONE.
SO WE WILL MAKE THIS AN AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS NEXT MONTH.
UM, I MEAN, A DIFFERENT WAY, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BAG, IT COULD JUST BE ONE ITEM, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE I LIKE THE LITTLE, UH, FIS TO HOLD YOUR PHONE IF IT WOULD HAVE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION ON IT AND MAYBE A PHONE NUMBER AND JUST THAT, YOU KNOW.
SO THAT ITEM DOESN'T HAVE CMC ON IT? NO, NOT THE LITTLE, THE BAG DID, BUT NOT THE LITTLE, THE PHONE CASE, WHICH YOU USE EVERY DAY.
'CAUSE I GOT ONE AND I HAVE MY PHONE THERE BY MY DESK.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS? SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE CARDS.
BUT THIS WAS TO HOLD YOUR PHONE, THE BUSINESS CARD HOLDER.
THEY ALL HAVE A CELL PHONE, SO THEY CAN PUT IT ON THEIR DESK, THEY CAN PUT IT BY THEIR CHAIR, YOU KNOW, TO INSTEAD OF LAYING IT FLAT, THEY CAN JUST, YOU KNOW.
AND THAT'LL BE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM WE CAN ADD FOR NEXT MONTH TO, UM, DISCUSS MORE OF WHAT WE HAVE LEFT IN OUR BUDGET.
WE ARE COMING UPON JUNE NEXT MONTH, UH, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER IS THE FISCAL YEAR WHEN IT CHANGES.
WHEN THE BUDGET REDOES ITSELF.
UH, WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET.
UM, THE ONE I HAVE, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE MULTICULTURAL.
I THINK IF IT HAD IT PRINTED, IT WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE THEY SEE ALL THE TIME.
MS. COURTNEY CAN JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE ONE, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING TO SEE IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA ITEM TO CHECK OUR BUDGET TO SEE WHAT'S IN THERE.
I DO RECALL US VOTING ON GETTING THOSE SPECIFICS, SHOWING THE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING, AND WE AGREED ON IT.
SO, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PRICE.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE ITEMS. AND WE MAY NEED TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, THAT'S MORE QUANTITY, LESS EXPENSIVE, BUT WE'LL PUT THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH.
SO, UM, BESIDE THE MAY 10TH, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND TODAY EVENT WITH MS. JENNIFER WIN, THERE IS THE MAY 3RD EVENT.
IS IT ELECTION DAY? WAS THAT MAY 3RD? MM-HMM
UM, ME AND ALSO JOINED THE NONPROFIT V UNITED.
WE ARE, UM, UH, ENCOURAGED VOTERS, UH, AT THE, UH, MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HEALTH PARISH.
ENCOURAGE THEM OUT, GO OUT TO VOTE, REMIND THEM.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THEM DON'T REMEMBER.
AND WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE THEM FROM THE CHURCH TO THE NEARBY, UM, POLLS AND THE TRANSLATION, SO, OH, THAT'S GREAT.
YOU HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT, DO YOU THINK? UH, IT IS NOT AS MU AS MUCH AS WE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IN THE PRESIDENT.
SO I THINK NEXT YEAR, USUALLY MIDTERM AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS MORE PEOPLE TURNOUT.
UH, BUT IT'S JUST A YEAR AFTER THAT LESS PEOPLE TURN OUT.
AS WE SEE THAT, UM, THE NUMBER
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OF PEOPLE VOTE, YOU SEE THE RESULT LESS THAN, THAN THAN MIDTERM.SO, UM, FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING SET UP FOR TRANSPORTATION, LET US KNOW SO THAT EACH, EACH OF US CAN PUSH IT OUT TO THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE A PART OF.
UM, AND JUST KNOW THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THAT END OF TOWN OR WHEREVER YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE SERVICE, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO WHEN WE OUT THERE, WE ALSO LIVE STREAM.
WE SHARE TO ALL SOCIAL MEDIA AND REMIND THEM, HEY, TODAY'S THE ELECTION DAY.
AND REMIND THEM THAT THEY NEED TO GO VOTE.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THEM THINKING WHY IS MATTER? AND WE TRY TO EDUCATE THEM IS IS THE LOCAL ELECTION IS MATTER, RIGHT? YEAH.
LOCAL ELECTIONS DEFINITELY MATTER.
LOCAL ELECTIONS MATTER MORE THAN ANY ELECTIONS THEY DO.
AND THE TURNOUT IS ALWAYS THE LOWEST.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE WINNING BY 12 AND 13 VOTES.
MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAKE A COMMENT ON THE ELECTIONS AS WELL.
MS. UH, GLENN HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
AND THEN MS. JENNIFER, AND THEN YOU OH, I WAS JUST SAYING, I WENT TO THE SWEARING IN OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE 13TH
SO THAT WAS FUN TO SEE ALL THEM BEING SWORN IN.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD IT, UH, THAT THIS YEAR I HAVE NOTICED, WE HAVE NOTICED THAT PEOPLE ARE UTILIZE EARLY VOTING MORE BECAUSE I CAME IN EARLY VOTING AND I SAW A LOT OF ASIAN AMERICAN, AND THEY ASKED ME HOW, WHO THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR, AND I SAID, NO, THAT'S OUT OF MY HAND.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND WHO YOU, WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT, UH, IN THE SEAT.
AND, UH, WE NOTICED JIMMY AND HIS TEAM DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE MEDIA TEAM.
SO MAYBE, UH, JIMMY AND MEDIA TEAM CAN DO A LITTLE, UM, PROMOTIONAL VIDEO ABOUT CMC.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE IN MY NOW IF YOU LIKE IT, MAYBE NEXT MEETING OR NEXT, WHATEVER THE DAY THAT YOU WANT, I CAN BRING THE TEAM IN AND JUST, UM, DO US A 62ND OR 92ND VIDEO TO SAY WHO, WHO WE ARE IS THE BEST WAY TO, TO SHARE THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
JUST LIKE WHAT WE DID FOR THE 2025 BOND PROJECT INTERVIEW WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND TIFFANY VINO AND ALL THAT THING DONE RIGHT IN HERE.
BUT JIMMY MEDIA TEAM IS THE ONE EDITED GOTCHA.
AND, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND WE ALL HAVE GREAT IDEAS.
IF Y'ALL WANT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE SEND IT SO THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M CUTTING YOU OFF MID-SENTENCE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY, UH, LOOK INTO.
MR. JIMMY, INSTEAD OF Y'ALL COMING NEXT MEETING, WE HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, DISCUSS IT, VOTE ON IT, AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AFTER THAT.
DID ANYBODY ATTEND ANY SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS.
BUT I REPORTED IT THE LAST TIME.
WELL, I'M ASKING FROM APRIL 17TH TO MA'AM.
AND IF YOU GUYS FORGET WHAT YOU'VE, UM, VOLUNTEERED TO GO TO MS. UH, COURTNEY, MS. TRACY, THEY WILL, UM, MR. PHILLIP WILL EVEN ASSIST.
THEY'LL SEND YOU A COPY OF WHAT IT WAS YOU VOLUNTEERED FOR SO THAT, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE DO IT SO MANY MONTHS IN ADVANCE AND WE MIGHT FORGET.
SO THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING PHONE CALL AWAY, EMAIL AWAY TO SAY, HEY, DID I SIGN UP FOR ANYTHING? CAN YOU CHECK THE SCHEDULE FOR ME AND LET ME KNOW? SO DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE GUYS.
MADAM CHAIR, CAN I COMMENT ON THE, THE, THE ELECTION? OH, YES SIR, GO AHEAD.
I WAS, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK FOR DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS DURING THAT PROCESS HERE IN THE GARDEN AREA.
AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT, UH, TWO OF THE POLL LOCATIONS.
ONE WAS AT THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE BELTLINE RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UH, SAIGON C MALL.
AND, UH, MATTER OF FACT, ONE DAY THEY ACTUALLY HAD A, A, A BIG TO-DO THERE.
IT WAS REALLY NEAT AND VERY INTERESTING.
AND A, A LOT OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY WERE GOING TO THAT PLACE SPECIFICALLY TO VOTE ON THAT DAY.
ANOTHER LOCATION THAT I WORKED IN THAT SAME AREA OVER ON BUCKINGHAM WAS THE MACKA MAJI, UH, MOSQUE.
UH, AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO, TO SEE THE CULTURAL INFLUENCES THERE AND, AND THE PEOPLE THERE THAT WERE COMING TO VOTE, UH, WHILE THEY WERE, UH, IN BETWEEN THEIR PRAYER SESSIONS.
UH, I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS NOT VOLUNTEERED TO BE A POLL VOTER, A POLL WATCHER, VOLUNTEER.
IT IS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.
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I DID IT WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER,BUT IF YOU HAVE NOT AND YOU HAVE THE TIME, UM, LOOK IT UP.
UH, AS FAR AS THE THINGS THAT THEY, THE PROPOSITIONS YOU REFER TO MS. JENNIFER AND THE CANDIDATES, PEOPLE ASKING YOU WHO TO VOTE, UM, A FRIEND OF MINE IS VERY RESOURCEFUL.
SHE WENT ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE AND PULLED DOWN.
IT GAVE A HISTORY OF EACH OF THE CANDIDATES.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THEM PERSONALLY OR FOLLOW THEM, IT GAVE YOU A LITTLE BLURB OF WHAT, UH, EACH PERSON HAS DONE AND WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS WERE.
SO IT HELPED FOR PEOPLE THAT LOOK AT CANDIDATES LAST MINUTE, THERE ARE ALSO SOME REALLY GOOD BIPARTISAN VOTER GUIDES, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS DOES ONE, AS DOES.
UM, MORNING NEWS IS NOT NONPARTISAN.
UM, BUT THE LEGAL WOMEN VOTED IF ONE IS, AND IT'S LIKE READILY AVAILABLE WITH THEIR SAY.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO A, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR INPUT.
UM, AGENDA ITEM B BE, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSING THAT IT IS A PROGRESS UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON SHORT TERM SMART GOALS.
UM, THE CMC MEMBERS WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE CURRENT STATUS OF SHORTTERM GOALS, WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED USING THE SMART SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, RELEVANT TIME BOUND FRAMEWORK.
UH, I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS WE SUGGESTED WAS, UM, HAVING LUNCH WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP, GOING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, GOING TO THE CITY, UM, COUNCIL MEETINGS.
HAS ANYONE BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL REP? SO YOU HAVE I TALK TO HIM WHEN GETS ONE.
SO I HAVE MONTHLY MEETING WITH THE, UH, COUNCIL JET BASS ON THE DISTRICT ONE.
OH REALLY? UH, SO, UM, WE WOULD GO AROS THE DISTRICT ONE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, UH, CURRENT SITU, CURRENT CONDITION AND WHAT IT NEED IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE MEET HIM, UH, I MEET HIM MONTHLY.
UH, MS. GLENNA, I SAID I JUST TALKED TO HIM WHEN HE WAS GETTING SWORN IN.
UM, MS. KIMBERLY, MR. RENEE, WHAT ABOUT YOU GUYS? I ACTUALLY HAD, UH, COUNCILMAN HENDRICK KNOCK ON MY DOOR ONE DAY.
SO WE SAT DOWN AND WE HAD A REALLY NICE DISCUSSION ON MY FRONT PORCH ABOUT HIS, HIS VIEWS.
AND, AND OF COURSE IN THE EVENTS THAT WE GO TO, I END UP TALKING JUST REAL BRIEFLY WITH MOST OF OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE.
I, I WAS AT, AND THAT WAS REPORTED IN APRIL.
I THINK IT WAS AFTER A MEETING.
BUT IF NOT, I MEAN, BEFORE A MEETING IN APRIL, BUT IF NOT, I DID ATTEND CHRISS FOUR.
MS. JENNIFER AND I CAME TO A WORK SESSION.
I THINK WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE SMART GOALS THOUGH, WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED LIKE THREE OR FOUR.
IT'D BE REALLY COOL IF WE COULD SEE WHAT THEY WERE JUST AS A REMINDER.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND I KNOW WHAT ONE OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT ITEMS WAS, TRYING TO ATTEND MORE OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE SCHEDULED.
AND THAT WAS WHAT STIMULATED GETTING THE STUFF I DID IN APRIL ON MY CALENDAR.
WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN
MISS COURTNEY, I'LL GET WITH YOU AND GET ON YOUR CALENDAR AND MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES TO SEE WHAT WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED THOSE AS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS, BUT I REMEMBER, LIKE WE SAID, OKAY, LET'S FOCUS ON THESE.
MS. JENNIFER, WHAT ABOUT YOU? I ALMOST MEET THEM, ESPECIALLY THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN ALMOST EVERY OTHER WEEK.
BUT I WAS THINKING OF GOING TO THE BOARD MEETING ON MAY 27TH.
I, UH, I DON'T DO ANYTHING REALLY PLANNED.
I, AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOUR SCHOOL.
I JUST REACH OUT AND EMAIL AND CALL.
UH, WELL JEFF IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH I LIVE IN, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE AND OCCASIONALLY SOME OF THE SCHOOL BOARD PEOPLE, I JUST, JUST REACH OUT.
I JUST SEE SOMETHING, READ SOMETHING AND I REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? OR, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I DO.
I, UH, TO ME IT'S JUST WHAT YOU DO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY PLAN IT, UH,
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE CONTACT IS THERE OR COMMUNICATION IS THERE.
WE HAD, WE'VE BEEN GOING SOMEWHERE AND ALL THE KIDS
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AT GARLAND HEIGHT, SO NORTH GARLAND HEIGHT, THEY CLOSE TO THERE.I THOUGHT, OH GOD, THERE WAS A SHOOTING
AND SO I CALLED JOHNNY BEACH REAL QUICK AND HE SAID, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
I SAID, WELL FIND OUT 'CAUSE THERE'S EVERYBODY'S OUTSIDE.
BUT THEY WERE DOING A FIRE ALARM.
CALLED, HE CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THEY'RE OKAY.
SO YOU'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP? WELL, DYLAN, HE, I DON'T HAVE A REGULAR CONVERSATION WITH EVERYBODY, HIM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT ABOUT YOU MR. ISAAC? NO, I HAVE, UH, I HAPPEN TO BE IN THE SOCCER THAT PLACE EVERY WEEKEND AT NER PARK.
SO I JUST SHOUT OUT TO THEM TO GO
WHAT ABOUT YOU JAY? UH, YEAH, I WENT TO A LOCAL PARK WITH, UH, CARISSA THIS PAST SUNDAY.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'RE JUST EXCITED 'CAUSE THE LIBRARY'S OPENING UP AND WE GOT STREETLIGHTS THAT'S ON WALNUT 'CAUSE PEOPLE JUST DRIVE SO FAST NOW.
NO, I, I AND THEN PART, WE'RE PART OF THE FIRE CLUB TOGETHER, SO I, I DO SEE HER AT AT LEAST LIKE TWICE A MONTH.
UM, WE VOLUNTEERED MONDAY FOR THE GUNS AND HOSES GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR THE FOOTBALL AND THE, NOT THE FOOTBALL, POLICE AND THE FIRE THAT, OKAY.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR, UM, STAYING ON TOP OF AT LEAST THAT PARTICULAR SMART GOAL.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS WITH STARTING TO FIND OUT WHO PUT YOU HERE AND WHAT PURPOSE YOU CAN SERVE BY TAKING INFORMATION BACK TO THEM OR GETTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BACK FROM THEM.
UH, AGAIN, IF YOU WANNA PROVIDE A WRITTEN UPDATE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO PROVIDE THAT.
AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO SHOW ALL THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TIMES YOU'VE PROBABLY, UH, MET WITH YOUR COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN.
UH, JUST TO SHOW THE PROGRESS IN OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, AN ACTIVE PART, UM, OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT AGENDA, ITEM C, UH, THREE C, FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
UH, THREE C, FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL REVIEW THE SCHEDULED JUNE 19TH, 2025 MEETING DATE FOR POSSIBLE RESCHEDULING AND DISCUSS COORDINATION AND PARTICIPATION IN UPCOMING EVENTS.
SO, THURSDAY THAT MISS, UH, COURTNEY OR MR. PHILLIP? CAN YOU GUYS TELL ME AGAIN WHY JUNE? THAT THURSDAY AND JUNE WASN'T A GOOD DAY.
THAT, THAT'S JUNETEENTH AND THE CITY, CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED ON THAT DAY.
SO
UM, MS. COURTNEY, THE DATES, DID WE, WE NOT PUT 'EM ON THE AGENDA? THE TENTATIVE DATES? I DIDN'T.
WE, I TALKED ABOUT, UM, JUNE 18TH, JUNE 25TH, OR JUNE 26TH.
AND THE 18TH OBVIOUSLY IS A WEDNESDAY.
AND THEN THE 26TH IS A THURSDAY.
I BE, HAVE A CHILD ON 25TH, 26TH.
NO, I, I'M, I HAVE ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT ON THE 18TH.
SO HOW'S THE 26TH LOOKING FOR EVERYONE? 26TH OR SOMETHING OFF OUTTA TOWN THE WHOLE WEEK WITH ME.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE OUR JUNE MEETING? JUNE 19TH, MEETING TO JUNE 26TH? I MOVE THAT WE RESCHEDULE OUR MEETING FOR THE 26TH OF JUNE.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING OUR JUNE MEETING FROM JUNE 19TH TO JUNE 26TH.
WILL YOU UPDATE THE INVITATION? YES.
BECAUSE I, YES, MA MA'AM, I CAN PUT IT ON MY CALENDAR NOW.
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IN THE MORNING.I WAS WRITING DOWN FOR ME TO DO IT IN THE MORNING.
UM, FORMATION OF SUBCOMMITTEE FOR CMC 25TH ANNIVERSARY PLANNING COMMISSION.
MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS ESTABLISHING A SUBCOMMITTEE TO LEAD PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE COMMISSION'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, INCLUDING DETERMINING SUBCOMMITTEE, MEETING DATES AND TIMES, EVENT LOGISTICS, PLANNING TIMELINE, AND PRELIMINARY IDEAS.
UM, THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE AWARE WHEN WE HAVE OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, OUR SUBCOMMITTEE, ANY MEETING THAT WE HAVE HAS TO BE PUBLISHED.
AN AGENDA HAS TO BE PUBLISHED, IT HAS TO BE PUBLIC.
THE MEETINGS HAVE TO BE PUBLIC, WHICH MEANS WE CAN'T HAVE 'EM AT SOMEBODY'S HOUSE.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE 'EM AT A, A RESTAURANT.
I DO BELIEVE THAT ROOM IS THE BEST ROOM TO HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AT.
UH, IN THE PAST, WHAT SOME OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE DONE, IF OUR MEETING STARTS HERE AT SIX, THEY COME AT FIVE AND THEY MEET FROM FIVE TO SIX.
SOME PEOPLE GETTING 'EM OUT HERE TWICE A MONTH IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
SO THEY'VE JUST AGREED TO COME AN HOUR EARLY BEFORE OUR MEETING TO DO THEIR CONVERSATION.
UM, IN MY OPINION, I THINK THIS MEETING WILL TAKE LONGER THAN AN HOUR.
AT LEAST THE FIRST MEETING WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN AN HOUR.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS OF WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T, DON'T KNOW, UM, MS. JENNIFER, JENNIFER WAS A VERY INTRICATE PART IN A CMC CELEBRATION.
I WANNA SAY MR. CHARLES, UH, PICKETT AND MS. ELVIA ALSO HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN THERE WAS A BIG CELEBRATION THAT THE CMC PUT ON.
THEY WERE THE ONES THAT COORDINATED EVERYTHING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART AS A, UH, ACTIVE MEMBER OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE TO GIVE SOME INSIGHT, OR MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME CONTACTS OR SOME DISCUSSION.
I WOULD SUGGEST TONIGHT CREATING THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, VOTING ON IT AND AT LEAST CONSIDERING TWO DATES OF WHEN THAT SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD MEET.
UM, MS. COURTNEY, I DON'T REMEMBER IF I GOT AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WHERE I ASKED CAN THE CHAIR AND THE CO-CHAIR BE ON SUBCOMMITTEES AT THE SAME TIME, OR WAS IT ONE OR THE OTHER? THE, I ACTUALLY HAVE MY EMAIL.
UM, I HAVE THAT THE CMC CHAIR SERVES AS A NON-VOTING MEMBER OF ALL AD HOC COMMITTEES AND MUST BE NOTIFIED OF THEIR MEETINGS.
UM, ONCE APPROVED, THE CHAIRPERSON APPOINTS COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO MUST BE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE CMC, WHILE THE CHAIR IS INCLUDED AND KEPT INFORMED, THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY LEAD OR VOTE.
SO IS THERE ANYONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WOULD LIKE TO STEP UP AND VOLUNTEER TO, UM, BE THE CHAIR OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS PLANNING FOR THE 25TH CMC ANNIVERSARY? IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO MEET, TO DO A MEETING AT 5:00 PM FOR ME, SO, OH, THAT, THAT'S FINE.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE ABLE TO DECIDE.
I WAS JUST THROWING OUT THERE HOW IT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY AND IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE DECIDES, 'CAUSE THEY'LL COME TOGETHER AND DECIDE ON A DATE AND TIME.
SO WE, UM, I'M HAPPY TO HELP WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF IT.
SO WE HAVE ONE VOLUNTEER, I DON'T KNOW THE NAME.
WE DON'T HAVE DATES OR ANYTHING YET.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE DATES FOR THE EVENT ITSELF.
THE SUGGESTION WAS IN WHAT YEAR WE IN 20
SO THE EVENT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN 2027, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET ON THE CITY'S CALENDAR TO BLOCK OFF A, A SPACE, BUT THE SUBCOMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE FORMED IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF IT.
I'LL BE IN THERE, BUT I WON'T BE THE CHAIR.
UH, I DO BELIEVE WE NEED FIVE PEOPLE.
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YES, MS. JENNIFER.I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE AND CARRY ON.
HOWEVER, WITH THE NEW MAYOR, I'M ONE OF THE MAYOR APPOINTEE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE, IF I'M STILL ON THE COM COMMISSION OR NOT AFTER JUNE 7TH, BECAUSE THE MAYOR, THE NEW MAYOR, WHOEVER STEP UP MAY HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY WILL BE PUT ON THE COMMISSION.
AND, UM, THERE ARE OTHER APPOINTEES BY THE MAYOR AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME CITY COUNCIL REPS THAT HAVE CHANGED.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AS IF THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE.
WE CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE, YOU GUYS CREATE THE FIRST DATE OR TWO OPTIONAL DATES, AND THEN COME JUNE 26TH, IF THERE IS A CHANGE, THEN WE'LL ADJUST TO THE CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.
AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS TO BE SOME THAT CAN'T INCLUDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
IT CAN INCLUDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO YOU COULD BE NOT VOTING EVEN IF YOU WERE TO CHANGE.
I THINK, I THINK WE NEED INPUT.
I I, TO ME, GOOD SUBCOMMITTEES OF ANY ENTITY INVOLVE MORE VOICES IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALSO THE WAY THAT YOU FIND YOUR SUCCESS IN.
IF, IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING MOVING AWAY OF THEM MOVING ASIDE.
UM, MR. JA, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T SAY YOU WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT, UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU BECAUSE THEY WILL TALK ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONTACTS, A LOT OF, UM, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR YOU.
UH, IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO, THAT'S FINE.
BUT YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
I I'M IN, I JUST WON'T BE THE CHAIR THAT THAT'S, I'M STILL NEW
UM, I KNOW MS. KIM, KIMBERLY SAID THREE AT BEST.
I'M SAYING FIVE BECAUSE WHAT IF ALL FIVE, WHAT IF EVERYBODY CAN'T BE THERE? AND NOW YOU CAN'T, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON THAT CAN SHOW UP FOR A MEETING IF EVERYBODY CAN'T BE THERE.
EVERYBODY CAN DECIDE WHEN THEY'RE RESCHEDULE.
WE JUST HAVE TO PUBLISH OUR AGENDA.
TRYING TO GET A LARGER GROUP AS A REQUIREMENT BURDENS THE COMMITTEE AUTOMATICALLY.
IT WAS, WAS JUST A SUGGESTION.
NO, BUT I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S LIKE THAT, THAT MAKES IT HARD OR NOT EASIER.
NOBODY ELSE, LIKE MS. COURTNEY SAID, BY DEFAULT I'M IN.
SO THAT WOULD BE NOT VOTING FOR I, BUT I'LL BE THERE TO OFFER MY OPINION.
THOUGHT PROCESS, CONTACT, I THINK IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, BUT REALISTICALLY, THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO SERVE IN THAT LEAGUE
'CAUSE IT'S EASIER TO BE PART OF SOMETHING THAN TO LEAD IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HEFTY RESPONSIBILITY AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT.
MS. COURTNEY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES, MA'AM.
UM, ACCORDING TO MY NOTES AND THEN ALSO WHAT I HAVE IN THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, UM, YOU GUYS HAD TALKED ABOUT IT TAKING PLACE IN FALL OF 2028.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
AND IT DOES SAY THAT IN THE MEETING MINUTES.
SO THAT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE TIME AGAIN, AS WE DISCUSSED, THINGS COULD CHANGE.
UM, WE'RE MISSING MR. MERRILL.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE WE'RE MISSING, I THINK.
SO, MR. PHILLIP, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO TABLING THIS TILL NEXT MEETING? TO SEE IF ONE OF THOSE, ONE OF THEM WANT TO BE APART.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND NO CHAIR.
WE CAN DEFINITELY TABLE THIS UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
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ADDRESS, UH, MS. WYNN'S CONCERN AS WELL IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS ANYONE THAT, UH, IS EITHER REPLACED OR TERMS OUT, THAT THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.UM, SPEAKING LOGISTICALLY, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE BENEFICIAL THAT WE GET IN FRONT OF THE, THE COUNCIL TO, UH, FIRST TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE, I I WOULD HATE TO START GOING DOWN THIS PATH.
AND THE COUNCIL GIVE THE DIRECTION THAT THEY DON'T WANNA FUND THIS, THAT THEY AREN'T INTERESTED IN DOING THIS.
AND WE, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GONNA GO ANYWHERE.
SO THAT MAY BE OUR FIRST STEP.
AND THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET THE NEW COUNCIL SAT, THE NEW MAYOR SAT, AND UH, WE CAN GET THAT THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN, AND THEN WE CAN FORM THE COMMITTEE.
BUT AGAIN, MY OPINION, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS TABLE THIS AND BRING IT BACK.
SO WHEN YOU SAY FOR US TO GET IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL, YOU MEAN FOR YOU GUYS AS THE CITY STAFF TO GO IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AND SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THE CMC WANTS TO DO AND WE GET A YES OR A NO.
OR DOES IT MEAN WE HAVE TO HAVE THE LOGISTICS IN PLACE FOR YOU TO TAKE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT THEY WANNA DO AND THEN THEY SAY YES OR NO? SURE.
SO WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE IS THAT WE WOULD BE LIKE BATMAN AND ROBIN UP THERE, BOTH YOU AND I UP THERE, UH, TOGETHER, UH, BEING ABLE TO SELL THE IDEA.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THE, IT'S GOING TO BE A MUSIC FESTIVAL OR A DINING FESTIVAL OR IT JUST, THE CMC WANTS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF EVENT LOOKING FOR SOME TYPE OF BUDGET.
WE WANT IT TO BE IN FALL OF 2028.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN ENTERTAINING? UH, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE OUR FIRST STEP WE WOULD NEED TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE IT UNTIL AFTER? OKAY.
SO CAN WE GET A MOTION TO TABLE, UH, CREATING THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE CMCS 25TH ANNIVERSARY UNTIL AFTER CITY STAFF AND THE CMC CHAIR HAS PRESENTED IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL? MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT THE MOTION BE TO TABLE THE ITEM AND WE CAN PICK IT UP WHEN WE NEED TO.
I THOUGHT WE HAD TO HAVE A TIMEFRAME OF WHEN TO PICK IT BACK UP.
WHOEVER'S GOING TO PRESENT THE, THE DEAL FOR SOME OF 'EM, IF NOT ALL OF US, TO BE THERE AND SUPPORT WHEN, WHENEVER SOMEBODY DOES A PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
I THOUGHT THAT WE, IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA IF WE DELIVER OUR PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL EVERY YEAR AROUND OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.
BUT IF WE DELIVER OUR PRESENTATION AND ALSO ASK FOR THEIR OPINION TO SEE HOW WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER ALL THE PICTURES, ALL WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ALL YEAR ROUND, WE TRY TO SELL THE IDEA AND THEN ASK FOR THEIR OPINION, HOW OR WHAT IS THEIR EXPECTATION.
AND THEN WE ALSO PROPOSE OUR IDEA FOR THE FALL OF 2028 FOR THE 25TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT SEGUE INTO, UM, PRESENTING IT TO THEM IN 2028.
ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM.
UM, WE WILL, I WILL GET WITH THE, UH, CITY STAFF.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO GET A PRESENTATION FOR OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES AND WE'VE MENTIONED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE FORUM.
BUT TO HAVE A PRESENTATION READY, READY FOR OCTOBER OR WHENEVER IT IS, THAT THAT PRESENTATION IS NORMALLY DONE OR CAN BE DONE.
THAT'S WHY I ASK EVERYBODY WHEN YOU TAKE PICTURES, SEND YOUR PICTURES, ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE, ANY, UH, GOOD THINGS YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT EVENT, MAKE SURE YOU SEND THAT INFORMATION TO, UH, ALSO FOR THE CITY STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN COLLECTIVELY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER SO THAT IT IS PRESENTATION WORTHY.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THE, UM, FORMATION OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE CMCS 25TH ANNIVERSARY? I MOVE THAT WE TABLED THE PRESENTATION TO OUR COUNCIL FOR, FOR 25TH CELEBRATION.
IT'S THE, WE'RE WE'RE TABLING THE, THE FORMATION OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THE COUNCIL.
CAN WE GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM MR. OH, UH, ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER MS. KIMBERLY.
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AGENDA THREE E UH, DISCUSSION AND PREPARATION OPERATION FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION PRESENTATION.UH, WE JUST KIND OF COVERED THAT IN THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PRESENTATION FOR A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION HIGHLIGHTING PLANS FOR THE COMMISSION'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
UM, ARE YOU GUYS IN AGREEMENT THAT WE DISCUSSED IT IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM OR IS THERE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON THAT? MADAM CHAIR? THE ONLY THING I WOULD, WOULD ADD IF I MAY, IS THAT ONCE WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR'S, UH, SAT, UH, WE CAN THEN WORK A SCHEDULE OF WHEN WE CAN GET THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN FRONT OF THEM.
AND SO WE CAN COME BACK WITH A, WITH A SCHEDULE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, NOW ON TO ITEM AGENDA THREE F APPROVAL OF APPAREL ORDER FOR CMC EVENTS.
STAFF WILL PROVIDE COST ESTIMATES FOR CMC POLOS, THIS AND WINDBREAKERS PRIOR TO PLACING THE OFFICIAL ORDER AND WILL SEEK COMMISSION MEMBERS CONSENT BEFORE PROCEEDING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, ATTACHMENTS THAT MS. COURTNEY PROVIDED TO US, UM, LADIES, Y'ALL, I, WE HAD A MEETING AND, UM,
SO, UM, EVERYBODY, CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK AT THE ITEMS, MS. COURTNEY? UM, YOU WANNA COME UP HERE AND DO THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS? SURE.
FOR THE, UH, WE HAD, UM, YOU GUYS HAD TALKED ABOUT WANTING LIKE WIND BREAKERS AND I WAS, ME AND COURSERA WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, WHAT IF THEY DON'T REALLY KEEP YOU WARM? 'CAUSE THEY'RE SUPER THIN.
AND SO I FOUND, AND I WAS TRYING TO BE LIKE BUDGET SAVVY, SO I FOUND THESE, UM, HOODIES THAT WERE LIKE $14 AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ADULT UNISEX.
SO I THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD BE A GOOD SUGGESTION.
UM, WE COULD DO LIKE THE CMC UM, LOGO ON THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE.
UM, BUT IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE ME TO LOOK AT MORE OF LIKE A WINDBREAKER STYLE, I WOULD, I WAS JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOU GUYS WARM.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS MORE LIKE THE PURPOSE OF THE WIND OF WANTING SOMETHING WITH LONG SLEEVES.
SO I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT WARMER.
AND WE ALSO TOOK IN CONSIDERATION TOO, NORMALLY WE HAVE THINGS EMBROIDERED OR THE HEAT THING ON THE WIND BREAKERS.
YOU CAN'T DO THE HEAT THING AND SHE HAS TO CHECK TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO HAVE IT EMBROIDERED.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA PAY THE COST FOR EMBROIDERY, WHY NOT GET A WARMER JACKET? UM, THERE WAS ALSO A SUGGESTION BETWEEN THE VESTS AND THE WINDBREAKERS TO ONLY PURCHASE A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND LEAVE THEM HERE AND WHOEVER NEEDS THEM, UH, WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEM.
WE DISCUSSED IT A LITTLE FURTHER AND WHAT IF WE ONLY BUY FIVE AND EIGHT OF US SHOW UP? SO NOW THERE'S THREE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ONE AND WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO EVER FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT A PART WHEN WE'RE IN A GROUP SETTING.
SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS IF WE FOUND ONE THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE INEXPENSIVE, IT HAS A 4.6, UM, START RATING.
WE EVEN LOOKED AT THE REVIEWS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, UM, $15 WORTHY AND I THINK I WOULD PURCHASE ONE ON MY OWN
SO YOU GUYS CAN, UH, LOOK AT THIS FOR THE FLEECE AND IT'S A ZIP UP VERSUS A BUTTON.
SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HATS OR SOMETHING AT ONE POINT, SO IT HAS A LITTLE HOODIE ON IT THAT WILL ALSO HELP KEEP YOU WARM.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? HOW WOULD YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT? WELL, YOU, YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE LIKE, YOU SHOULD HAVE PLENTY IN YOUR BUDGET TO COVER FOR, FOR EACH OF YOU TO HAVE ONE.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE, UM, EMBROIDERY,
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BUT I WOULDN'T THINK THAT WOULD BE TOO, TOO CRAZY.SO FOR EACH OF YOU TO HAVE ONE, IT'D BE 1 94 87.
MAY I HAVE SOME COMMENTS? MADAM CHAIR? YES SIR.
SO IT IS THE ONE THAT WE ARE LOOKING MM, WE'RE TALL.
WHICH ONE? THE FIRST ONE? YES.
AND, AND THESE WOULD BE WHEN YOU BECOME A MEMBER AND THEN CHECK IT IN WHEN YOU ARE NO LONGER A MEMBER? I MEAN, WE COULD LOOK AT IT BOTH WAYS.
I THINK THIS WOULD BE CHEAP ENOUGH THAT IT'D BE, IT'D BE YOUR TOKEN FOR SERVICE
BECAUSE YOU NECESSARILY FRUGAL WITH A QUEEN.
WELL, ONCE YOU PUT A LOGO ON THERE, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE CLOSER TO 3, 3 50.
AND THAT'S, UH, BUT THAT'S STILL WELL WITHIN THE BUDGET.
IT'S NOT AND I'M LIKE, I MEAN I, I LOVE GOOD STEWARDSHIP.
WE DON'T MAKE YOU RETURN YOUR POLOS
AND WE, WE, WE TOOK IN CONSIDERATION TOO, OVER TIME, IF EVERY TIME SOMEONE WEARS IT, YOU GOTTA DRY CLEAN IT SO THAT THE NEXT NEXT PERSON CAN WEAR IT.
EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A HEAVY COST.
SO FINDING SOMETHING THAT WAS LESS EXPENSIVE AND EVERYBODY GETS TO KEEP IT WAS THE MORE FRUGAL WAY TO GO.
I'VE GOT SOME LIKE THIS THAT, I'M SORRY, I'VE HAD 25, 30 YEARS MM-HMM
THAT HAVE ALL KINDS OF SCHOOL LOGOS ON THEM.
SO MS. COURTNEY, DO YOU WANNA VOTE ON THESE ONE AT A TIME OR JUST VOTE ON THEM AS A WHOLE? UH, IF YOU GUYS WANNA VOTE ON THEM, UM, ONE AT A TIME SINCE THERE'S TWO VEST OPTIONS, WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU GUYS? YES, MR. PHIL.
I WAS GONNA MAKE A SUGGESTION.
I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, BUT WE CAN DO IS IF WE PICK SOMETHING ON A CONSENSUS BASIS HERE, WHAT OUR MOTION MAY BE IS THAT WE, UM, WORK WITH THE CHAIR TO, IF WE PICK A VEST, WE PICK A JACKET OR A PULL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WE'LL GO GET THE FINAL PROOF AND WE WILL, WE'LL RUN IT THROUGH YOU.
THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE'RE NOT HERE IN AUGUST TRYING TO ORDER A SHIRT STILL.
WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THAT MOTION WHERE THE CHAIR CAN HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GO AND SPEND UP TO X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS ON, ON APPAREL.
UM, THAT MAY MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER JUST TO SUGGESTION OUT THERE, UH, APPAREL AS A HOL IN THIS CASE OR JUST FOR THE HOODIE.
YEAH, I THINK YOU, WHATEVER YOU'RE WANTING TO ORDER AS A GROUP I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THE OTHER TWO.
I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE I PUT FIRST IN YOUR PACKET, BUT, UM, THERE'S ONE THAT'S 7 99.
UM, AND I WAS TRYING TO LIKE FIND SOME THAT WERE LIKE BRIGHT COLORS.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS HAD TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE A BRIGHT COLOR.
IT GOES WITH YOUR LOGO ANYWAY.
UM, SO I, I THOUGHT THE PURPLE WAS REALLY PRETTY, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THE GUYS WOULD FEEL ABOUT PURPLE.
BUT, UM, THIS ONE ZIPS, UM, UP THE FRONT IT'S $7 AND 99 CENTS.
AND THE OTHER ONE THAT I FOUND, IT'S A LITTLE BIT, IT'S 1298, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THEY STILL HAVE IT IN PURPLE AND IT DOESN'T ZIP.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES AND I THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE AN OPTION OF WHICHEVER ONE PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IN.
UM, I KNOW THE ONE THAT I THINK IT VELCROS ACTUALLY IT IS VELCRO.
AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T VELCRO IT, I MEAN YOU CAN LEAVE IT OPEN.
UM, BUT THESE ARE THE TWO THAT, UM, MYSELF AND CHER KIND OF NARROWED DOWN.
UM, SO, SO THE CONCERN THAT I BROUGHT WAS FOR THE ONE THAT ZIPS UP THE LAPEL, THE FRONT PART, IT CONNECTS THE OTHER ONE.
DEPENDING ON HOW HEAVY WHATEVER WE PUT ON IT, IT MIGHT AUTOMATICALLY JUST LAY TO THE SIDE AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE IT SNAPPED UP SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT.
BUT BECAUSE THAT ONE HAS THE ZIPPER, IT'S MADE TO BE, YOU KNOW, FLAT ON YOUR CHEST.
SO THAT WAS JUST ONE THING YOU GUYS CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, AS FAR AS THE COLOR, WE KNEW WE DIDN'T WANNA GO WITH, UM, ORANGE, THE HIGHLIGHTER YELLOW, GREEN, UM, RED, BLUE, RED AND BLUE.
SO THERE WAS CERTAIN COLORS WE KNEW WE COULDN'T GO WITH.
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SHOCKINGLY ARE VERY LIMITED.SO PURPLE WAS THE MOST, UH, UNISEX COLOR THAT WE COULD GO WITH.
AND LIKE MS. COURTNEY SAID, IT IS A PART OF OUR FLOWER.
SO WE THOUGHT PURPLE WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
AND JUST TO COMMENT, HAVING, HAVING, HAVING HAD TO WEAR A VEST AT WORK, UM, THE VELCRO WORKS A LOT BETTER THAN THE ZIPPER.
AND IT'S PROBABLY CHEAPER TO REPLACE IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY SNATCH IT OFF.
UH, KEEP IN MIND THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE 7, 9 9 VERSUS 1298.
IS THE GOAL FOR SOMETHING WARM? NO, NOT WITH THE OKAY.
THE VEST IS SOMETHING WE CAN WEAR IN THE WINTERTIME.
SUMMERTIME, PUT IT OVER JUST TO CALL ATTENTION.
BUT SO THE HOODIE WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THIS MM-HMM
BECAUSE THE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THEY WANTED VEST ORIGINALLY.
AND AGAIN, THE SAME MINDSET WAS LET'S ONLY HAVE FIVE VESTS.
SO WITH THE VESTS, WE CAN PROBABLY KEEP IT TO A MINIMUM AMOUNT IF WE CHOSE TO GO WITH THE MORE EXPENSIVE VEST.
BUT IN THE WINTER MONTHS, WE ALL SHOULD GET OUR OWN WARMER CLOTHING.
SO I, I LIKE THE, THE NIGHTTIME AS I LIKE THE LOOK OF THE VELCRO ONE.
BUT THE OTHER ONE HAS POCKETS.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
BUT I LIKE THE LOOK OF THE VELCRO ONE BETTER.
SO WE NEED TO DECIDE TODAY VELCRO OR ZIPPER AND JUST THE, THE ONE THAT ZIPS LIKE, 'CAUSE I FACTORED IN 13 VEST.
I I WANTED TO, SO IF YOU ALL WANTED ONE.
UM, SO 1 0 3 87 IS THE TOTAL FOR THE ONES THAT ZIP AND THEN THE ONES THAT VELCRO 1 68 74.
SO IT'S THE FIRST NUMBER YOU SAID WAS 1 0 3.
IT'S A $60 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ZIPPER AND VELCRO.
WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE SEPARATE ONES BECAUSE I JUST KIND OF, I FACTORED IN EVERYONE GETTING, GETTING ONE.
WOULD WE HAVE ANY KIND OF EMBLEM OR THAT, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY, MY NEXT QUESTION.
UM, I'VE SEEN AS I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR VEST, I'VE NEVER LOOKED FOR VEST UNTIL I STARTED LOOKING FOR YOU GUYS.
BUT UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LIKE THE NAME OF WHATEVER THE ORGANIZATION IS ON THE BACK.
UM, BUT LIKE IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASIER TO IDENTIFY WHO YOU ARE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S KIND OF YOU GUYS' POINT FOR THAT WAS THE PURPOSE.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING YOUR LOGO ON THE BACK OR, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN, CAN DECIDE OR YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD FIT YOUR NAME ON THE ONE THAT VELCROS IN THE FRONT BECAUSE THE ONE THAT ZIPS KIND OF HAD LITTLE SQUARES TO SHOW YOU.
I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU GUYS THE BACK PART.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO ASK.
'CAUSE ON THE BACK OF ONE OF THEM, IT HAS THREE DIFFERENT BLOCKS, LIKE A THIN BLOCK, A BIG BLOCK, AND THEN A SMALLER BLOCK.
SO WHAT WE WAS THINK, WHAT WE WERE THINKING WAS YOU, I FEEL WE NEED TO SPELL COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION OUT ON SOMETHING.
EVERYONE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CMC STANDS FOR.
AND IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AND DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION, I THINK OUR IT SHOULD BE ON THERE.
AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR UH, EMBLEM, IT SHOULD BE ON THERE, UM, AS WELL.
SO ONE OF THEM HAD LIKE THREE SPACES THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
WE CAN PUT CMC AT THE TOP COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION AT THE BOTTOM, THE FLOWER IN THE MIDDLE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN KIND OF PLAY AROUND WITH HOW IT'S PUT ON THERE.
AND THEN ONE OF THEM ONLY HAD JUST ONE BIG BLOCK ON THE BACK.
AND WITH THAT ONE IT WAS MORE SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS WITH JUST OUR EMBLEM WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW WE HAVE THAT, UM, ISN'T THERE A LOGO THAT HAS THE M IN THE WORD? MM-HMM
THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY.
IT HAS IT AROUND THE, THE EMBLEM.
THAT WOULD BE A BETTER ONE TO PUT ON THERE.
AND THEN LIKE SHE SAID, MAYBE IF WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WE WANTED OUR NAME ON ONE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION AS WELL WITH THE ONES THAT HAVE THE TEXT BOX.
IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A TEXT BOX, THEN I DON'T, I I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD GET IT ON THERE.
I IS IT TAX INCLUDED IN THE PRICE ON THESE? NO.
JUST, I'M JUST ASKING MM-HMM
FOR THE, FOR THE ONES AT VELCRO.
COULDN'T YOU ALMOST DO, YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO EMBROIDERY ON THAT ONE.
COULDN'T YOU DO ONE OF THOSE? YEAH.
SO IT WOULD BE CHEAPER, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO I DON'T THINK YOU COULD DO THAT ON THE ZIPPER ONE.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT, LIKE
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IN THE MATERIAL AND THEN YOU CAN DO IT THE, THE CMC THIS WAY INSTEAD OF HAVING IT GO THIS WAY.SINCE IT'S JUST TOO MANY LETTERS.
SO I WAS THINKING IT MIGHT BE THAT THE VESTS THEMSELVES MIGHT BE MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT THE, THE WAY YOU GO ON ABOUT PUTTING YOUR LOGO AND STUFF MIGHT BE CHEAPER.
SO YOU COULD KIND OF MAYBE, BUT YEAH.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THOUGHTS? CAN I SHARE A COMMENT? YES.
MR. JIM, ARE THESE ONLY OPTIONS?
IT'S JUST MY FIRST IMPRESSION RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE, UH,
BUT I KNOW MR. MERRILL AND MR. RENEE, THEY TALK ABOUT THE VESTS ALL THE TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT THIS, THAT'S WHY I SAID IN THE BEGINNING WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD REALLY BE INTRIGUED BY THE FACT THAT WE TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND WHEN IT LOOKED FOR A VEST, NOT EVEN HERE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER STYLE OF A VEST OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT MAKE US LOOK LIKE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
'CAUSE I, I GOOGLED SAFETY VEST.
THAT'S WHAT I PUT LIKE IN THE AMAZON SEARCH IS LIKE UNISEX SAFETY VEST.
BECAUSE ORIGINALLY I THINK OUR CONVERSATION WAS LIKE THE PARADES.
WHEN WE WERE IN EVENTS LIKE THAT AND WE'RE OUT, WE'RE SORT OF, WHEN WE GET AWAY FROM A TRUCK, IF YOU'RE AT A BOOTH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA WEAR A SAFETY.
BUT IF YOU'RE OUT WANDERING THE STREET OR MLK PARADE USUALLY COLD IF YOU WALKING AND SEE, YOU CAN PUT THE VEST ON OVER THE JACKET.
MM-HMM
PEOPLE WHEN YOU ORDER ORDER AT LEAST ONE SIDE.
SO MR. CHARLES, WITH THE MINDSET OF THE VEST, WAS IT A SAFETY VEST OR WAS IT UM, WELL IT WAS A CASUAL VEST.
WE DIDN'T REALLY GET INTO THAT.
SO MERRILL, I THINK WE WERE ALL THINKING SAFETY.
MARY WAS, IT'S, IT WAS FOR SAFETY AND JUST TO IDENTIFY US.
'CAUSE LIKE THE TRUCK, REMEMBER YOU WERE DRIVING THE TRUCK AND YOU WOULD GET AHEAD OF US LOST AND THEN NOBODY WOULD KNOW WHO WE WERE HANDING OUT THE CANDY.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO BE IDENTIFIED VISIBILITY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE IT WAS, WAS PRETTY SAFE OUT THERE.
BUT WE JUST NEEDED TO BE IDENTIFIED.
WE'RE GONNA BE IN SILVER PARADES.
SO I'M NOT SURE IT REALLY EVEN NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY LIST.
WE JUST NEED SOMETHING WITH CMC ON IT.
I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU KNOW.
WELL WHAT WHAT I CAN HELP I OFFER IS ONE, YOU FIND THE, THE RIGHT UH, UH, THE OPTIONS OF THE JACKET OR VET AND THEN UM, THIS IS UH, I CAN DO THE DESIGN, LIKE CAN PUT SOME KIND IN THE BACK, DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND THEN PRESENT IT AND SAY OKAY, WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE THE BE THOSE I CAN HELP.
BUT THE FIRST PART IT WOULD PICK THE RIGHT ONE FIRST.
SO MS. COURTNEY, DO YOU MIND IF WE SEND MR. MERRILL AN EMAIL JUST TO GET HIS INPUT WHETHER, WHEN HE SPOKE ABOUT THIS HE WAS RE REFERENCING THE SAFETY VEST? YES.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT ALL TOGETHER AS FAR AS IT BEING A SAFETY VEST, BEING THAT UM, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE MAY ONLY WEAR IT ONE TIME.
AND THAT'S FOR THE MLK PARADE.
I'LL, WE SHOULD RECONSIDER WHAT TYPE OF VEST.
UM, I'LL SEND HIM AN EMAIL IN THE MORNING AND I WILL BLIND COPY ALL OF YOU GUYS.
OR I'LL JUST, THAT WAY YOU'RE ALL INCLUDED AND YOU ARE ALL AWARE OF WHAT, OF WHAT'S SAID.
UH, QUESTION RUTH, WOULD Y'ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE ALLOWING KRA AND COURTNEY TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH MERRILL ABOUT WHAT KIND OF VEST AND THEN WITH THEM OPERATING IN A PRICE RANGE AND THEN BRING BACK TO YOU SOME THINGS.
BUT GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE SET AMOUNT OF MONEY.
APPROVE A VEST AND A JACKET WITH THE LOGOS ON IT.
OR DO YOU WANNA DISCUSS THIS? THAT SEEMS EXTREMELY WISE.
I FEEL COMFORTABLE YOU'RE MAKING THAT MOTION.
I THINK THAT THAT'S SEEMS VERY WISE.
'CAUSE THAT IS SPEED UP BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'LL KEEP COMING BACK.
TALKING ABOUT VESTS EVERY MONTH IS REALLY
UM, WHAT'S HIS NAME? WE ALL HAVE A PREFERENCE.
I THINK THAT
IT'S LIKE, I THINK THAT'S WHY MERYL SAID WE ONLY NEEDED A FEW, NOT EVERYONE NEEDED.
YOU KNOW, AND IF THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS MORE OF A MR. ROGERS VIS VERSUS A SAFETY VIS
UNLESS IT'S ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
SO ONCE WE GET THAT CONFIRMATION, THEN UH, AT THIS POINT WE NEED TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON WHAT IT IS.
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ARE ALLOWED TO CAP OFF IT.UP TO Y'ALL HAVE A PREFERENCE OVER ZIPPERS OR VELCRO? ANYBODY? I'M A ZIPPER GIRL, BUT I'LL GO WITH THE VELCRO.
HOW WE COULD JUST GET THE CMC LOGO.
THIS LIKE, JUST WEAR THIS IN THE PARADE, YOU KNOW, AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE, HAVE TO HAVE.
IT JUST, IT'LL BUT OUR LOGO IS SO BRIGHT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WANT MORE THAN WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO LIGHT CONVERSATION.
ALRIGHT, SO MS. COURTNEY, WE'LL LOOK INTO, UM, COLOR OPTIONS.
WE'LL LOOK INTO COLOR OPTIONS FOR THE HOODIES OKAY.
AND PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
MAY I MAKE A MOTION?
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ALLOW K AND COURTNEY TO, UH, FINALIZE OUR DECISIONS ON A HOODED JACKET SIMILAR TO THIS AND SOME TYPE OF VEST SIMILAR TO ONE OF THESE BOTH HAVING LOGOS ON IT, UH, NOT, UH, SPENDING OVER 602ND.
MOTION MADE BY MR. CHARLES PICKETT AND SECOND BY MS. BERLAND BANKS.
UH, ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE ARE OPPOSED, SAY NAY.
UM, I, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE SO EXCITED, THRILLED.
BUT I DID, UM, ORDER POLO SHIRTS FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO REACHED OUT AND PROVIDED THEIR SIZES.
UM, AND THEY'RE JUST, JUST LIKE THE OTHER ONES.
THAT WAY THE PEOPLE WHO REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE ONE, YOU WOULD ALL STILL MATCH.
I JUST, I WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THAT.
I DON'T HAVE, UM, THE EMBROIDERY COST YET, BUT I'LL, I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHEN I, WHEN I GET ALL, I'M TRYING TO COLLECT ALL THAT FOR THE, I WAS WAITING TO GET ALL THAT WITH A JACKET AND THE VEST AND JUST GET IT ALL DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
SO HAVE YOU HAD ALL THE FUN YOU CAN SEND COURTNEY
HEY, I AM, I'M WINGING IT HERE.
WE'VE STARTED TO HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THIS MEETING SO THAT I FEEL COMPETENT WHEN I COME TO THESE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THINGS WITH Y'ALL AND I'M NOT SHOOTING FROM THE HIP.
AND, UM, NO ONE ELSE WAS ON THE MEETING WITH US LAST WEEK.
WHAT'S THE OTHER YOUNG LADY'S NAME? JENNIFER.
SO IT WAS JUST ME AND MS. COURTNEY.
AND WE TOOK AS MUCH TIME AS WE NEEDED SCROLLING THROUGH AMAZON
SO I, THE PERFECT, THE PERFECT YES.
PERFECT VEST AND HOODIE FOR YOU GUYS.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU BOTH FOR TAKING THAT TIME.
SO I AM GOING TO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND MY INSTRUCTIONS.
I'M GOING TO EMAIL, EMAIL MERYL AND I'LL COPY ALL YOU GUYS AND JUST KIND OF GET CLARIFICATION FROM HIM ON THE PURPOSE OF THE VEST OR WHAT TYPE OF VEST HE WAS BOTH.
PURPOSE IS LIKE, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE WITH USING CHARLES'S MOTION.
AND YOU, YOU CAN USE MY, UM,
I HAVE THIS ONE IN YOU'RE WELCOME.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, MR. MADAM CHAIR? CAN I, UM, GO ASK TO GO BACK TO ITEM THREE C? I THINK THAT ONE TALK ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS AS WELL, RIGHT? UH, IT WAS FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS AND I APOLOGIZE, WE DID HAVE THE CALENDAR.
WAS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO POINT OUT? YES.
I JUST WANNA QUICKLY POINT OUT IS THAT IN JUNES WE HAVE LOOK LIKE WE HAVE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AS WELL AS THE SIXTH ANNUAL DFW ASIAN AMERICAN SOCCER TOURNAMENTS IS NOT ON HERE, BUT LAST YEAR THAT CMC JOINED AS WELL.
SO IT'S ON JUNE 21ST AND 22ND.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THOSE TWO THAT I BELIEVE.
UH, TELL ME THE DATE AGAIN, MR. JIMMY.
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21.I CAN SEND YOU GUYS A REVISED, A REVISED CALENDAR.
I'M HAPPY TO I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT TOMORROW.
AND MR. JIMMY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU, UM, SEND A REQUEST LIKE YOU DID LAST TIME FOR BAGS? UM, WE HANDED OUT BAGS AT THE EVENT THE LAST TIME ALONG WITH SOME OTHER STUFF THAT WE HAD.
SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAD.
AND THEY WERE VERY, THE SOCCER PLAYERS WERE VERY RECEPTIVE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HANDED OUT.
SOME OF THEM, HOW FAR DO THEY COME FROM RIGHT.
TO, TO PLAY ALL UNITED STATES.
AND TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HAD CMC ON IT, THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THEY DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SOCK SHOES AND THEY HAVE A BACK AND THEY PUT IT ON.
UH, I WOULD LIKE, THANK YOU MS. JENNIFER WIN TO REMIND ME ON ALSO ON JULY 12TH, UH, WE HAVE THE THIRD ANNUAL FIRST RESPONDER SOCCER TOURNAMENTS.
SO WE CONSIDER AS A, A CITY SPONSOR EVENT.
AND SAME PLACE, UH, WINTER PARK GO IN TEXAS.
AND WHAT'S THAT? WHAT CALLED IS THE FIRST RESPONDER? RESPONDER TALK SOCCER TOURNAMENTS? JULY 12 IS THE, UH, WE ARE BRING ALL THE BULL FIREFIGHTERS, MEDICALS, SOCCER TEAM, UH, IN NORTH TEXAS AS FAR AS FROM AUSTIN TO COME HERE.
AND, AND THIS IS THE THIRD ANNUAL AT WINTERS PARK AS WINTER PARK.
WHAT TIME IS A, IS THIS THE, THE EVENT START IS 7:00 AM TO, FOR, FOR JULY 12TH IS ALL DAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JULY IN TEXAS.
THERE IS NO SHADE AT WINTER'S PARK.
YOU KNOW, SO TO TRY TO BE OUT THERE ALL DAY, I KNOW PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO PLAY SOCCER LIKE WANNA BE THERE, BUT NORMAL PEOPLE WHO DON'T PLAY SOCCER PROBABLY DON'T WANNA BE.
SO I THINK WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AT LEAST LAST YEAR, MS. UH, KIMBERLY, I, I WANNA SAY WE HAD BAGS THAT WERE THERE AT A GENERALIZED LOCATION AND WE COULD COME IN AS WE WANTED TO GRAB A FEW BAGS, PASS 'EM OUT, AND THEN YOU LEAVE.
YEAH, BECAUSE YEAH, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO STAY OUT THERE ALL DAY.
SEE, DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
BUT I CAN'T SEE LIKE, BEING UNDER, EVEN IF YOU'VE GOT THE CANOPY THING MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE THOSE UP AT LIKE TWO IN THE AFTERNOON.
IT'S JUST, IT'S IT'S NOT HEALTH.
UM, AS, AS ALWAYS WITH ANY EVENT YOU CAN COME SAY AS LONG AS YOU CHOOSE TO AND THEN YOU CAN LEAVE.
ESPECIALLY THOSE OUTDOOR EVENTS THOUGH.
BECAUSE I, EVEN WHEN WE WENT BEFORE, 'CAUSE WE DID IT TWO, THREE YEARS AGO.
I'M THREE YEARS NOW, BUT IT WAS LIKE SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING.
SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN NEXT MONTH'S MEETING TO SEE WHO WILL ATTEND.
UM, MS. JENNIFER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BEST IF WE CAN BE THERE.
WE CAN SHOW UP AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WHEN THE LINE DANCE AND ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIAL DO THE OPENING.
OUR ELECTED OFFICIAL WHEN THE FIREWORKS GO, THE FIREWORK FIRE CRACKERS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST.
AND MAKE A GOOD SHOWING AS WE GOOD SHOW POSSIBLE.
WE CAN WEAR OUR, OUR CMC SHIRTS.
YOU CAN LEAVE, UH, UP TO NINE OR 10.
WE, WE WON'T NEED OUR, OUR FLEECE JACKET RIGHT NOW.
SO, MR. CHARLES, FOR THE SEVEN 12TH DATE IS WHEN THE FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, SOCCER TOURNAMENT IS, I SEE YOU LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE AND THEN LOOKING AT YOUR PAPER, BUT THOSE WEREN'T ON THERE.
MS. COURTNEY IS GONNA SEND US AN UPDATE WITH THE, UM, DATES, TIMES, AND EVENT FOR THOSE SAME FOR THE RED, WHITE, AND YOU EVENT WHAT? RED, WHITE AND YOU EVENT.
IS IT NOT THE ACTUAL FOURTH? UH, NO I'M NOT.
ARE THEY DOING THE DRONE SHOW AGAIN THIS YEAR? NO, IT'S FIREWORKS THIS YEAR.
LET ME GO OVER THE JUNE 'CAUSE WE WON'T SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN UNTIL JUNE 26TH.
SO EVERYTHING THAT'S UNDER THE MONTH OF JUNE, IS THERE AN EVENT THAT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR WOULD LIKE ME TO PUT THEIR NAME NEXT TO AS ATTENDING THAT EVENT? UH, WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETINGS.
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MEETING.UM, THERE ARE TWO CANDIDATES NOW.
AND YOUR PAMPHLET, MS. MS COURTNEY GAVE ALL OF US A LITTLE SET OF PAPERS.
PLEASE TAKE PICTURES, PUT IT ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, OR PASS IT OUT TO FRIENDS.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SHOW BACK UP FOR THE RUNOFF.
AND THERE'S SOME EARLY VOTING, UM, LOCATIONS.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GUYS LOOK AT THAT.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE CALENDAR.
UM, MAYOR RUNOFF ELECTION, THE URBAN MARKET, CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
UM, IF YOU GUYS WANT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND IT'S FROM FIVE TO NINE.
WE AND I, I I'M SORRY, I KEEP SAYING IT'S MAY 'CAUSE I HAVE TO REMEMBER MYSELF.
IT'S MAY, UM, WE CAN DO MS. COURTNEY, YOU KNOW HOW WE SEND THE EMAIL AND SAYS THESE ARE THE TIME BLOCKS.
AND ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT.
UM, WE COULD TRY TO GET THAT OUT NEXT WEEK.
THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP.
HOW LONG IS THAT? IT'LL, IT'LL START.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE IT WOULDN'T END BEFORE 2:00 PM OKAY.
THAT, THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME.
IS IT OKAY TO COME AND GO OR DO YOU HAVE TO? IT'S, IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING, SO COME AND GO.
UM, WHAT'S THE URBAN MARKET? IT'S A FLEA MARKET.
THEY HAVE BOOTH SET UP TO SELL STUFF.
IT USED TO BE CALLED URBAN FLEA.
AND IT USED TO BE MORE OF A FLEA MARKET.
NOW IT'S MORE OF A VENDORS OF NEW THINGS.
YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE KIND OF A MM-HMM
SO I, I WILL DEFINITELY GO TO THE, UM, BUDGET WORKSHOP AND I'M PLANNING TO GO TO THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, BUT I MAY BE OUT OF TOWN, BUT I'M PLANNING TO BE AT JUNETEENTH.
ANYBODY WANT ME TO ADD THEIR NAME TO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW? THE FIRST EVENT IS JUNE 2ND, AND THE LAST EVENT IN JUNE IS JUNE 26TH.
I WILL TRY TO MAKE THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ON TUESDAY, JUNE 17TH.
ALL RIGHT, MR. RENEE, MS. COURTNEY, CAN YOU, UM, CAPTURE THAT PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
ANYONE ELSE? I, I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL REGULARLY ON THE THIRD APPOINTMENT.
AND THAT'S MR. CHARLES LEONARD AND PROBABLY ALSO THE 17TH.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON THERE, UM, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO ATTEND, OR SAY YOU ARE GOING TO ATTEND AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TODAY, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SHOOT AN EMAIL.
I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THE BOOTH.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO ATTEND, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
YOU'LL ATTEND, GET ANY INFORMATION FROM THAT THAT YOU THINK IS, UM, PASSED ON WORTHY.
BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY, UH, TO THE COMMISSION.
THE JUNE KING CELEBRATION LAST YEAR.
I KNOW IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT THAT THE ASIAN AMERICAN SOCCER TOURNAMENT ON THE 21ST.
WHENEVER WE GET THE SLIDES, I'LL BE THERE, BUT I WOULD PREFER EARLY.
UM, MAY I ASK ON THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, DO WE HAVE A BOOTH OR, OR MEMBERS JOIN TOGETHER? LIKE, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL? UH, GEN GENERALLY WE HAVE A BOOTH.
WE HAVE OUR OWN TABLECLOTH, WE HAVE OUR OWN SWAG.
UM, WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN TABLE FOR THAT EVENT.
SO I'M INTERESTED TO JOIN MM-HMM
UM, I HAVE TO LOOK AT MAYBE LATE NOT, OR FROM FIVE TO NINE, RIGHT? OKAY.
SO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO, YEAH, FIVE TO NINE.
AND MS. COURTNEY WILL SEND OUT AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, THESE SLOTS AVAILABLE.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE? UM, AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU GUYS UP FRONT, I'M REALLY BAD WITH A MAP.
EVERY YEAR SOMEONE CALLS ME AND SAY, HEY, WHERE ARE WE? I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
I, I'M DIRECTIONALLY CHALLENGED.
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I WILL SUGGEST, IF YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT THERE, CALL SOMEBODY WHO KNOW WHERE THEY GOING.'CAUSE IT AIN'T ME
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M JUST BEING TRANSPARENT.
UH, AND THEY, THEY CAN SEND A MAP.
SHE HAS SENT A MAP BEFORE, BUT I DON'T, YES, I SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND STILL CAN'T READ A MAP.
SO, YES, MS. COURTNEY WILL SEND THAT OUT TO US NEXT WEEK.
WE WILL PUT OUR NAMES ON THE LIST FOR CERTAIN THINGS, UH, THE EVENTS YOU PARTICIPATE IN, YOU LISTEN, INFORMATION YOU THINK IS WORTHY OF BRINGING BACK TO US, FOR US TO PASS OUT TO OUR, UH, DIFFERENT AREAS OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE A PART OF.
PASS THAT OUT TO US AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE.
UH, AS A REMINDER, PLEASE, FOR THE MAYOR RL RUNOFF, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT THAT OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR MALE MEN.
TELL EVERYBODY TO COME OUT ON JUNE 7TH FOR THIS MAYORAL RUNOFF.
LOOK FOR THE, UM, THE EARLY VOTING DATES FOR THAT.
MS. KIMBERLY SAYS IT STARTS ON THE 27TH.
ME AND MY BI FOCUS ARE NOT WORKING WELL TODAY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? NOPE.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND.
OH, ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WAS IT MR. LEONARD THAT DID THE SECOND FOR THE ADJOURNMENT? YES, MA'AM.
YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO SAY THAT BEFORE I FORGOT.