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[ 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 June 5, 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.]
CALL THE ORDER.THE FIRST THING ASK EVERYBODY, SILENCE THEIR PHONES.
AND THE SECOND EVERYBODY RECEIVE THE MINUTES AND READ THEM.
DO I HAVE A, DO I HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS ON THE MINUTES? I, I, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
DID I GET A SECOND? ION WHAT AMBULANCE DID YOU SECOND? OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY MEETING.
THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UM, WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, BUT I BELIEVE YOU'RE FROM CODE, RIGHT? YES.
I'M SORRY WE DON'T HAVE ANY AD I YOU SOMETHING.
WE JUST, WE'LL GO OFF THE TRUCK THIS MORNING.
ALRIGHT, SO GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
I'M THE COMPLIANCE FOR THE CITY OF RALEIGH.
SO I WAS HIRED ON AND NOW THIS IS, UH, EXACTLY ONE MONTH.
SPENT ABOUT TWO YEARS AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THERE.
AND, UH, PRIOR TO THAT COUPLE OF JURISDICTIONS IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
SO I HAD MY FIRST FOUR YEARS OF CODE COMPLIANCE EXPERIENCE.
HAD SOME GREAT THINGS, A LOT OF SUCCESS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
MY PHILOSOPHY IS ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, OUR EFFICIENCY, AND OF COURSE WE WANTS OVERALL GOAL, BE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE NATION, THAT THAT'S THE MISSION, THAT GOAL OF WHAT WE WANNA DO.
AND A BIG PART OF THAT WAS THE FACT THAT A GOOD COLD PROGRAM, SENIOR ASSISTANCE, I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT.
UH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT CAN'T COMPLY, AND YOU HAVE THOSE THAT JUST WON'T COMPLY.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO USE DIFFERENT TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES DEPENDING ON WHICH CATEGORY THEY FALL IN.
AND SO WITH CODE HAS A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, SO JUST REVIEW WHAT WE'VE DONE FAR MORE 25,000 PER YEAR FROM THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE PROGRAM, LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE ABOUT THAT ACTIVELY MINOR VIOLATIONS, SENIOR THAT CAN GO CHANCE.
UH, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I I REALLY WANT US TO FOCUS ON IS EXPANDING THAT OUTREACH THAT WE CAN TOUCH EVEN MORE PEOPLE, UH, THAT REALLY TO IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THAT ANOTHER CITATION, THIS WON'T HELP THE SITUATION.
SO OF COURSE WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES.
WE HAVE 50 RESIDENTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE, SO WE CAN EXPAND THOSE PROGRAMS POTENTIALLY.
WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THOSE WHO REFUSE TO COOPERATE? YES, MA'AM.
SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND THAT IS ALL OTHER, UH, SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA FOCUS ON JUST KIND LAND HERE.
THOSE ARE IN THAT CATEGORY THAT TO COOPERATE, I BELIEVE IN EMPLOY EVERY TOOL THAT WE HAVE.
UH, SO WE HAVE A, WE CAN, WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR, WE CAN GO OUT, CUT THE GRASS, MOVE TRASH, MOVE VIOLATIONS MORE WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING PEOPLE ADEQUATE TIME BY LAW TO COMPLY.
AND WHEN THEY DON'T COMPLY, UH, WE NEED TO BE QUICK, UH, AND VERY EFFICIENT WITH HOW WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE.
THAT MEANS GOING COURT FINES OR OUR BUSINESS OUT TO PERSONALLY THAT, THAT PROPERTY.
SO I'M COMMITTED TO BECOME VERY, A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAT WE PROBABLY HAD HERE IN THE PAST WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING CARE OF THOSE ISSUES.
WELL, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS
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PARTICULAR MM-HMMSO WE'VE BEEN COMPLAINING FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS ABOUT THIS PERSON.
SO WHAT, WHAT DOES THE DO? SO ABASEMENT IS, UH, SO GIVE AN EXAMPLE HERE.
SOMEONE HAS GRASS AND CRASHING DEBRIS ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE GIVE THEM BY LONG, WE HAVE GIVE THEM SEVEN DAYS TO COMPLY VIOLATION, SOMETIMES SEVEN, SOMETIMES 10.
AND WHEN THEY DON'T, UH, COME INTO COMPLIANCE VOLUNTARILY, THOSE CASES WE CAN SEND THAT WILL THE VIOLATION.
AND SO IT LIMITATIONS TO, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET NOR THE LEGAL AUTHORITY COME OUT, BUT VIOLATIONS OUT, REMOVE THOSE VIOLATIONS.
DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ABSENTEE OWNERS? UH, THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM.
THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM AS, AND SO, UM, ABSENTEE OWNERS TAKING PROPERTIES THAT, UM, OUT, OUT COUNTRY SOMETIMES VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO.
UM, AND SO THAT MEAN A VACANT PROPERTY, THAT'S ONE ISSUE.
BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A RELATION TO THAT.
YOU HAVE OUTSTATE OUT THE COUNTRY, LANDLORDS, RIGHT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO ISSUE A CITATION TO THAT OWNER, WE HAVE ONE FOR RIGHT NOW THAT LIVES IN AND IT'S A TRUST.
SO OF COURSE IT'S A CORPORATION ING OF ANOTHER CORPORATION AND THEY'RE OUT IN WYOMING, THEY TOUGH TO GET THEM TO COMPLY.
AND SO WE DO RUN ACROSS THOSE TOWN, THOSE, THOSE QUITE MOST CHALLENGING PROPERTIES ARE OUT STATE, BASIC NEGLIGENT AND JUST DISINTEREST PARTIES.
SO IT, IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE DEAL WITH FOR SURE.
WILL YOU HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE TO DO THE ABATEMENTS TO CHARGE THEM FOR IT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE EXTENDING RESOURCES FOR IT.
WE HAVE A BUDGET ALLOCATION OF ABOUT 200,000 FOR ABATEMENTS, AND WE WANNA GIVE EVERY DOLLAR WE CAN GET THAT.
ARE YOU SUCCESSFUL WHEN YOU, UH, DEPENDS.
SO WHAT WE, WHAT WE PROCESS IS WE GO OUT, WE CHARGE FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE ABATEMENT.
UH, WE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES BECAUSE WE HAVE PAPERWORK THAT HAD FILED AND DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIVE COME ALONG WITH THAT.
AND THEN IN ORDER TO PLACE A CLAIM, ALL THE MONEY WE COUNTY, SO THAT PROPERTY IS WHETHER SOLD OR ANY TYPE OF WAY.
UH, THAT'S WHEN WE ALL FAR BACK.
NOW, THAT COULD BE A YEAR, TWO YEARS.
IT COULD BE 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT WE DO HAVE A WAY TO RECOUP THE EXPENSES THAT WE, WE COULD, DOES HAVE A SQUATTER PROBLEM? UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
I'M NOT AN AVENUE MADE AWARE OF ANY COMPLIANCE SWAB.
I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE AT THIS POINT, BUT I DOUBT I SEE.
IF WE HAD IT, I JUST THOUGHT WE RESTART GETTING AND FIND OUT.
UNOFFICIALLY, WE HAVE I 10 TREES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL AND WHEN I'M ON MY BICYCLE, BUT THAT'S A HOME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU, YOU'RE RELATING JUST THROUGH THE HOUSING PROPERTY, A HOME CLEANING IT OR WHETHER YOU'RE YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S, THOSE ARE RELATED.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR PARTNERS AND UH, WE DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS SOLUTION, UH, SPECIFICALLY.
SO THEY ALL RELATED PROBLEMS MANY TIMES ARE PEOPLE WITH LIMITED MEANS, UH, HOMELESS, SO THAT'S WHY THEY ARE TAKING THEIR POSSESSION.
SO THE LAWS ARE VERY COMPLEX ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UH, I'VE DEALT WITH THAT IN, IN OTHER JURISDICTION BEFORE WE DO IT.
WHEN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THESE TEAMS THAT GO OUT AND HELP ABATE, ARE THEY TRAINED? ARE THEY PAID, ARE THEY NEIGHBORHOOD VOLUNTEERS? DO YOU ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP? UM, IN THE SAFE TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT? I'M NOT THAT IT'S GONNA GO IN AND DO SOMETHING THAT TALKING TO SOMEBODY ELSE OR SOMETHING, BUT JUST TO CLEAN UP YARDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION WE DO HAVE, AND WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THAT IS PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO COORDINATE AND TO DO MINOR ABATEMENTS, UM, SUCH SPRAY FOR POISON INVESTIGATION.
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SO WE DO HAVE A PERSON ON STAFF THAT ASSIST WITH THAT.UM, BUT WE ALSO USE QUITE HEAVILY, WE RELY ON VOLUNTEERS.
SO THOSE THREE VOLUNTEER GROUPS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO AND OF COURSE THAT MAKE THAT A BIGGER PROGRAM, UH, THIS YEAR.
BUT, SO IT'S A COMBINATION WE STAFF THAT WILL ASSIST.
WOULD YOU EVER ANNOUNCE IT IN THE CITY PRESS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS OR HOW DO YOU GET THE WORD OUT IF THAT'S A NEWS? I MEAN, AL IS IT IN THE SUMMER IN THE SPRING OR, OR OF WHEN WE, WE DO IS DURING THE NEGOTI FOR SPRINGING THE SUMMER.
UH, WE DO HAVE VARIOUS, UH, EFFORTS THAT WILL BE AROUND, BUT THE MAJORITY IS JUST MOWING DURING THE SUMMER.
UH, AS FAR EXPANDING VOLUNTEERS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DO IN ORDER TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A BIG PART OF VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO, PEOPLE WANT HELP, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP.
WE CAN DO A, A BETTER JOB OF ATTRACTING THAT, KNOW THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE FOR THEM TO COME AND HELP.
UM, AND SO WE'RE PARTNER WITH PARKS.
PARKS HAS A VOLUNTEER CAMPAIGN AND SO WE'LL BE THE TIP OF THE SPEAR.
SO SPEAK, VOLUNTEERING, UM, IN PARTNERING HEAVILY WITH PARKS AND CITYWIDE EFFORTS.
THEY HAVE SOME AMAZING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY ARE GETTING READY TO EMPLOY.
SO WE'LL, AND I'M QUITE, THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE EXPANDING OUR VOLUNTEER COVID, WHICH FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY'S DRAFT IS REALLY TALL AND THEY'VE RECEIVED A CITATION AND THEY DO NOT COMPLY WITHIN THE, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU GIVE THEM TWO WEEKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR COULD BE SEVEN, 10 TO 10 DAYS.
SEVEN TO 10 DAYS AND NOTHING, THERE'S NO RESPONSE.
HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST FOR THE CITY HAVE TO COME IN AND MOW FOR THEM TO, TO SEND THEM THAT BILL? WHAT IS THAT A HUNDRED DOLLARS? IS IT HUNDRED DOLLARS? IS IT BY YARD SIZE, FIVE YARD SIZE? THE TYPICAL COST UNDER, UNDER FOR THAT.
AND OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAD, UH, AN ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST ONLY THAT BECAUSE OF THE TIME AND PAPERWORK FILE THE PAPERWORK.
SO THE VIOLATORS, ARE YOU FINDING THAT THEY'RE SENIORS OR PEOPLE WITH INCOME PROBLEMS? WHAT ARE, OR DO YOU INVESTIGATE THAT? WHAT DO YOU GO FURTHER? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO THERE'S A MIX OF WHAT, UM, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THOSE THAT CAN'T DO, BUT TO THOSE THAT, THAT WANNA, AND SO OFTENTIMES WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE KNOCK ON THE DOOR OR UNTIL WE GET A PHONE CALL BACK TO SAY, THIS IS, UM, OF THIS A FAMILY.
THIS IS MY 85-YEAR-OLD DISABLED WIDOW MOTHER.
AND SO OF COURSE AT THAT POINT, OUR APPROACH S AT THAT POINT OUT FROM I HELP YOU COMPLY, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING FROM AN ENFORCEMENT, UM, POSITION TO A MORE OF AN ASSISTANT POSITION AT THAT POINT.
AND SO OFTENTIMES WE DON'T KNOW, SO WE'RE PATROLLING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE'RE JUST, WE'RE CALLING OUT VIOLATIONS, REPORTING ENFORCE OF VIOLATIONS.
BUT THEN ONCE WE COMMUNICATION, WE CAN GO DEEPER INTO THAT INDIVIDUAL AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT, THAT YEAH, BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT VIOLATOR WILL CONTINUE BEING A VIOLATOR IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE, TO ELIMINATE THAT.
SO HOW CAN WE COORDINATE WITH YOU IF SENIORS, HOW CAN YOU GET THAT INFO? OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD GET TO US AND LET US KNOW? ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS? 'CAUSE AND, AND WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERING, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SOME, SOMEONE IN MY DISTRICT THAT'S HAVING THESE PROBLEMS AND CONTINUALLY HAVING THESE PROBLEMS THAT'S CREATING, UH, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES THAT COULD BE GOING SOMEONE ELSE, IF SOMEONE COULD GO IN THERE AND ELIMINATE THAT PROBLEM FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S CONTINUING YEAR YOU THAT SAME PROPERTY.
UH, SO WE WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH ANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION,
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ANY DISTRICT WE, WE WOULD NEED, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE PROPER ON BASIS FOR EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.THE THE NEED FOR OUTWEIGHS THE RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS KEY.
VOLUNTEERISM, UM, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY WILL BE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH.
ANYONE THAT'S WILLING TO, TO ASSIST.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE STORY OF THE 85-YEAR-OLD WIDOW DISABLED, UH, INDIVIDUAL, THAT ISSUE DOESN'T GET BETTER AT 86 7.
SO THOSE ARE OCCURRING CONCERNS THAT IT TAKES, TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT COORDINATION TO, TO, TO SOLVE.
YOU REMEMBER WE HAD THAT DALLAS COUNTY GROUP THAT CAME AND TALKED TO US, IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR AGO, BUT THEY HAD, THEY HAD PROGRAMS THAT HELP.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT GROUP? I LOOK BACK THAT SENIORS, UM, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT MY NOTES AND AND GET THAT TO, TO YOU GUYS MAYBE TO PARTNER WITH THEM ALSO.
BECAUSE THEY HAD, THEY HAD WAYS TO HELP SENIOR TAKE CARE OF REPAIR PROBLEMS AND DIFFERENT KIND OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
WOULD I, WE PUT TOGETHER RESOURCE PAGES.
SO WHEN WE DO GO OUT, UH, WHETHER IT'S CITY SPONSORED RESOURCES, UM, OR EVEN EXTERNAL PARTNERS, WE'LL PROVIDE THOSE.
USUALLY SOMETHING THAT CODE, WE PROVIDE RESOURCE FOR CITY.
SO ORGANIZATION THAT HAS THAT ABILITY, YOU WOULD ADD THOSE TO THE RISK OF THOSE CONNECT CONNECTED.
IS IT MOSTLY THE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING THAT YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THESE VIOLATIONS? UH, IT'S A FAIR MIX.
THAT'S A GREAT, UM, IT'S A FAIR MIX BETWEEN, WE'RE PROACTIVE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE SCOUTING NEIGHBORHOODS, LOOKING FOR VIOLATIONS.
UM, BUT WE ALSO GET COMPLAINTS WITH, SO IF THERE'S PRETTY MUCH A 50 50 MIX THERE BETWEEN COMPLAINTS AND BETWEEN ENFORCE, I THINK, UM, SOMEONE TOLD US THE CITY MARSHALS ARE NOW UNDER CODE.
SO WHAT, WHAT THEY MAY REFER TO IS THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAVE TAKEN OVER PARKING VIOLATIONS.
OH, PARKING OR, UM, PARKING IN THE YARD.
UM, OF VEHICLES, PARKED NEIGHBORHOODS OVERNIGHT ON WEEKENDS.
SO MARSHALL IS GRACIOUSLY TAKING OVER THAT PROGRAM GIVES US MORE COVERAGE.
AND SO THAT MAY BE, WHAT ARE MARSHALL STILL UNDER THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? DOES HE HAVE ANY IDEA? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, 22, THEY'RE STILL UNDER OFFICER.
SORRY, I I KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES.
CHRIS HARRIS, UH, I WORKED FOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? UM, SO DID YOU TALK ABOUT FUNERAL? BECAUSE I BROUGHT THE PAPERWORK.
I BROUGHT SOME PAPERWORK OVER OUR FUNERAL LAWN CARE PROGRAM.
UM, ALSO, ONE OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS WE CODE, UM, I'M SORRY.
UM, WE HAVE A TEACHING RESIDENCE ABOUT CODE, UM, ANYTIME WHERE OFFICERS ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY GO OUT, PROACTIVE INSPECTION.
SO STUFF THAT, AND I SHARE IT.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO WITH THAT.
UM, I WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE US MATCH IN THE FALL.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TIME BECAUSE OUR PROGRAM APPLICATIONS, JANUARY, UM, THEY RUN THROUGH MARCH.
AND SO IF WE, WE GET YOU TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE TRY TO GET OUR INSPECTOR, THEY KNOW THEIR AREA, PEOPLE THAT KIND HAVE THE REOCCURRING ISSUE.
SO WE TRY TO GET THEM TO GET THE APPLICATIONS, THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL.
BUT EVERY WAY THAT WE PUT OUT THERE AND TRY TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
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LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE GRANDSONS AND GREAT GRANDSONS AND DAUGHTERS AND THAT MIGHT HELP IN THE HOUSES AND YARDS AND VOLUNTEERING.WELL, DOES SCOUTS HAVE A REQUIREMENT FROM MEDALS FOR MARRIAGE? UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A CONTACT, ACTUALLY.
DID YOU GUYS THAT A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD, FOR OUR CO PROGRAM, WE HAD AN EAGLE SCOUT TAKE OVER.
IT WAS LIKE THREE OR FOUR PROPERTIES AND KIND OF REHABIL PROPERTY FOR EAGLE SCOUT.
SO DEFINITELY, UH, COVID OUR PROGRAM, WE'RE SLOWLY BUILDING THAT UP.
UM, BUT THE, THEY'RE ONE THAT REALLY KIND OF HELP, UM, SOLIDIFY THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, SO MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA BE TRANSITIONING NOT OUR VOLUNTEERS, BUT COORDINATION OF OUR VOLUNTEERS THROUGH THAT OFFICE WAY.
I, SURE I AND I, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, AND THAT'S, WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT MOVING FORWARD, HOW CAN WE KIND OF HELP BUILD THAT SOCIAL CARE, UM, FOCUS.
AND UH, DO YOU HAVE BUSINESS CARDS? YES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME TO GARLAND.
THANK, THANK, THEY'RE VERY, VERY WELCOME.
SO GREAT CITY, GREAT PEOPLE COME HERE AND THEY DON'T LEAVE STAFF, ARE YOU? MORNING EVERYONE DOING SUPER FANCY.
UM, MORNING POLICE OFFICER, THE CITY OF, UM, I DISTRICT 27 AND 34, WHICH I KNOW MEANS NOTHING AT ALL, BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE, UH, THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE, CITY SQUARE, THE AREA THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
CENTRAL PARK, UM, CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, THE WILLIAMS ESTATE AND THE WILLIAMS NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL OF THAT AREA.
UM, IT'S A SMALL DISTRICT, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A BUSY DISTRICT.
UM, KNOW WE GOT A COUPLE NEW FACES I'M IN, OUT, I'M BUSY.
I HAVEN'T NICE TO, UM, HAVE VERY BUSY SEEN THE NEWS.
WE WERE OUT, UM, WE GOT A CALL OUT LAST NIGHT, A LONG, LONG TIME.
SO I'VE A COUPLE HOURS PLEASE.
SO BEAR WITH ME WHEN I READ THE, UM, SO SOMETHING I HAVE TO WANNA GO OVER.
I LIKE TO, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT, UM, FISHING AND SCANNING, UM, INCIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO ELDERLY, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CRIME, UH, VICTIM.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT'S SO, UH, I LIKE TO, I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT ON THIS ONE SPECIFIC INCIDENT.
I THINK IT GIVES A LOT OF DETAILS AND STUFF THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN BEFORE.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'S SOME STUFF THAT YOU ALL CAN JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND, AND FAMILY AND, AND YOUNGER, OLD, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF A LA ONE.
SO IN MARCH OF 2025, UM, THE VICTIM, THE 76-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WAS CONTACTED YOU EMAIL, UH, FROM PAYPAL WHAT SHE BELIEVED TO BE PAYPAL.
UH, EMAIL EXPLAINED THE FALSE CHARGE, UH, WAS POSSIBLE AND A ONE 800 NUMBER NEEDED TO BE CONTACTED.
SO, UM, HER PAYPAL ACCOUNT WAS CHARGED FOUR $58 AND THAT IT JUST WAS NOT YOU, YOU NEED TO CALL THIS NUMBER RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S THE URGENCY THAT THESE SCANNER.
THAT'S RED FLAG, UH, NUMBER ONE.
SO THE VICTIM CONTACTED ME ON ONE 800 NUMBER AND SPOKE TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO CLAIMED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, UH, DOING AN UNDERCOVER SCENE, RED FLAG THAT WE'RE NEVER GONNA DO THAT.
WE'RE WE LEGALLY, I CAN'T USE Y'ALL, UM, NON INFORMED PERSONNEL TO CONDUCT THESE SCENES, RIGHT? WE DO DO THINGS, BUT IT HAS TO BE UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICERS OR CAN'T BE CHARGED, UH, ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES FOR NARCOTICS, UH, VICE CRIMES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THAT'S VERY NUMBER TWO.
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UM, SO THE STANDARDS CAN, UH, CONVINCED THE VICTIM TO ACCEPT A $20,000, UM, DEPOSIT, WHICH SHE DID, UM, BY NUMBER THREE, A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THEN THE VICTIM WAS ADVISED TO WITHDRAW THE MONEY AND PHYSICALLY HAND IT TO THE OFFICER, WHICH THE OFFICER DID.SO SHE MET THIS OFFICER IN PERSON, WHICH IS LUCKILY WAS LED TO HIS ARREST OR BY BEING ARREST.
UM, SO THE ONCE, UH, THEY WERE IN THE FIRST $20,000, UH, THEY CONTACTED THE VICTIM FOR A SECOND WITHDRAWAL, AND I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET HER AGAIN.
SO GAVE HER THE MONEY AGAIN AND THEN TOLD HER TO GO TO THE F FROST TANK IN GAR UP OFF OF, UH, ONE 90, UM, WHERE SHE WAS ACTUALLY INTERCEPTED BY US, UH, WHO WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS SCAM BY YOUTUBER.
SO YOU POPULAR VIDEO MEDIA CHANNEL, RIGHT? AND I'M WEARING THIS KIND OF, WHEN I WAS DOING MY RESEARCH ON THIS, IS THIS YOUTUBER ACTIVELY MONITORS ALL OF THESE SCAMMERS.
IT'S CHANNEL'S GOT 10 MILLION FOLLOWERS.
THEY MAKE MONEY DURING THIS, RIGHT? UM, HE ACTIVELY MONITORS ALL THESE, AND THEN HE'LL CALL LOCAL POLICE WHEN HE SEES THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BANKS.
AND SO HE'S WATCHING THEM, HE'S HACKED INTO THEIR COMPUTER WATCHING THEM SCAM THE PERSON.
IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY COOL TO WATCH ALL THIS UNFOLD AND READ EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, THIS YOUTUBE CONTACTED THE GROUND POLICE AND INTERCEPTED HER.
AND, UH, SHE DID NOT MAKE THE, SHE MADE THE WITHDRAWAL, BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO PUT IT BACK.
SO A THING THAT HAPPENS ON THIS IS THEY WILL MAKE A, A WITHDRAWAL AND AS MANY AS YOU'LL KNOW, TWO TO THREE DAYS, UH, TO APPROVE THAT MONEY.
BUT THE MONEY IS THERE, RIGHT? SO THEY CAN WITHDRAW IT, YOU CAN WITHDRAW IT, BUT THAT MONEY DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST.
SO ONCE THE, ONCE THAT CHARGE GETS DROPPED ON THE, THEN YOUR NEGATIVE 20,000.
SO HOPEFULLY THE BANK, UM, I'M NOT SURE ON THE BANK SIDE OF IT.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY TOOK CARE OF HER INSURANCE ON, YOU KNOW, BANKS.
I REALLY HOPE THEY DIDN'T UP A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, SO WHAT MAKES THE FIRST FALL? I THINK, UH, I HAVE A PICTURE HERE, WHICH IS GREAT.
I WISH I COULD SHOW IT AND MAYBE I'LL GO NEXT TIME.
THERE'S, UM, IT'S CALLED, UH, WITH A PT.
I, I, UM, IT REALLY, SO THEY, PAYPAL, PAYPAL, IT, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THIS, YOU'RE GONNA BE FORCED TO DO THIS.
YOU'RE GONNA BE LOCKED OUT OF EVERYTHING.
AND SO THEY CREATE A SENSE OF URGENCY, UM, WITH AN OFFICIAL LOOKING EMAIL.
BUT THE EMAIL IS ALWAYS A LITTLE OFF.
AND I HAVE A PICTURE OF IT, IT'S LIKE AN EXACT EMAIL THAT IS AN EXAMPLE, BUT PAYPAL WOULD BE SPELLED WEIRD OR THE NAME WOULD BE SPELLED WEIRD.
OR IF HE DO NET OR SOMETHING OFF OR ODD, THAT WOULDN'T BE GENERALLY, UM, AN EMAIL THAT YOU WOULD SEE, RIGHT? PAYPAL WILL TWO WORDS, SIX LETTERS OR ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS, YOU KNOW, PAYPAL.
BUT, UM, THERE WOULD BE SPELLED WEIRD.
SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT HINT, BUT I THINK IT JUST, PEOPLE WHO ARE UNAWARE WHEN THIS SENSE OF URGENCY IS CREATED BY THE SCAMMERS, THEY HAVE TO ACT NOW OR THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE EIGHT 20,000.
SO I THINK THAT THEY JUST, UH, ACCURACY BY VOLUME.
SO THEY PROBABLY DO THIS 10,000 TIMES A DAY, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ON OUR COMPUTER.
AND THEN WHOEVER ACTUALLY ANSWERS THAT EMAIL MAY BE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE CALL THAT NUMBER THERE.
I'VE GOT NOTES, BUT I DON'T HAVE A ACCOUNT.
I DON'T, I PROBABLY, I DON'T ANSWER WITH ANY.
PROBABLY THE WORST CUSTOMER EVER.
BECAUSE OUR, I TRIED LITERALLY SAYS WILD.
I GOT ONE YESTERDAY FROM, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS FROM INTUIT, YOU KNOW, THEY QUICK.
AND, AND MY HUSBAND USES QUICK, SO I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT, BUT IF YOU THE EMAIL ADDRESS IT OKAY.
SO I, I DON'T, UNLESS A SUPERVISORS CALLING ME OR ONE OF Y'ALL WHERE IT'S A PERSONAL, LIKE FROM A PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT, WAS ASKING A QUESTION, POLICE RELATED, WHICH IS MY JOB.
I DON'T ANSWER LIKE, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? THE TRAINING? I THOUGHT TRAINING, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA KNOCK MY ALARM TO WAKE UP
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THAT WAS MY, YOUR FIRED SUPER LATE ALARM.SO, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS, DALLAS PE ACTUALLY, UH, AN OFFICER FELL FOR FISHING AND THEY A REPORT AND ALL THAT STUFFING ELSE THEY GOT GOING ON IT DEPARTMENT.
I, I'M RETIRED FROM THE CITY WHEN I THE, IT STARTED DOING THAT.
THE CITY MANAGER RESPONDED THREE TIMES WITH HIS PASSWORD.
OH MY TOLD, THEY TOLD, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AT RANDOM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SAY WHEN, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
AND, AND IT WAS, IT WAS, IF YOU ENTER YOUR PASSWORD OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT READ TO YOU.
UM, SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT ON THAT.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I TALK ON A LOT, BUT IT HAPPENS A LOT.
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD CREATE A MORE INTERACTIVE COOL THING FOR Y'ALL.
AND THAT'S MY, YOU CAN GIVE IT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT, PUT SOME MORE DETAILS AND, UH, YEAH.
WHAT'S THE YOUTUBE? UH, I DON'T HAVE THE LATEST.
YEAH, BUT IT, IT'S, UH, I'LL, I'LL BRING IT.
IT'S VIDEO, BUT, UM, SO I'LL TAKE, AND WE'LL GET TO SOME STUFF THAT I HEARD IN THIS LAST CONVERSATION THAT I WANNA ABOUT ON.
THERE ANOTHER CLUE IS THAT THEY DON'T IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WHEN THEY CALL YOU? OR DO THEY USE A FALSE? WELL, I WOULD SAY HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A POLICE OFFICER.
I MEANT WAS A PHONE CALL, BUT CALLER ID.
I REALLY, I REALLY DON'T BECAUSE I, WHEN THEY CALLED DAVE HUNDRED, 100 NUMBER, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT, HOW THAT WORKS BECAUSE WHEN SHE CALLED THE ONE 800 NUMBER, IT WAS THE PERSON WHO SAID THAT THEY WERE A POLICE OFFICER.
IT'S ALWAYS, THAT'S ANOTHER THING TOO.
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA CATCH ME ON NO, ON NO SALES CALL EITHER.
I DON'T ANSWER MY PHONE UNLESS YOU'RE IN THERE.
IF YOU RELEASE IMMEDIATELY, CALL YOU BACK OR TEXT.
I WAS, I WAS GONNA SAY COME AND I GUESS YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW IT.
I'VE ONLY HERE THREE YEARS, BUT, UH, WHILE THIS IS MY THIRD TIME HERE.
SO I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE JUST BEEN SITTING OVER HERE.
I WAS, I VERY, I WANNA TALK ABOUT IT.
VERY SICK LAST TIME Y'ALL DID NOT WANT RECORD.
UM, AND THEN I'M ALWAYS IN AND OUT WITH N WE'RE ALWAYS GETTING CALLED TO HEAR AND MY MEMORY IS, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL REALLY MEETING AS WITH ME.
WE'LL GET TO SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
RED, WHITE AND U UM, SORRY, JULY 4TH, ON JULY 3RD, WHAT DID YOU CALL IT? RED WHITE.
SO, UM, IT'S JULY 3RD, WHATEVER REASON, UM, ON A THURSDAY AT 5:00 PM ON THE THREE EVENT.
AND, UH, WE CANCELED OUR MEETING.
YEAH, WE'RE, YEAH, BECAUSE THE DRONES GONNA, THE DRONES WATER, RIGHT? YEAH, THE DRONES ARE FOR FIREFIGHTERS, BUT UH, IT'LL BE, THE FIREWORKS WILL BE ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE IN THE PARKING LOT, UM, WHICH WE ALREADY, AND YOU CAN SEE OVER, UH, OR THE STREET, UH, ON THE SQUARE.
AND THEN, UH, WHAT TIME DID YOU SAY? FIVE 5:00 PM IT WAS, SORRY, I'M SURE, UM, COULD BE NINE O'CLOCK, EIGHT 30.
UM, AND THEN, UH, UH, AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO WE STARTED OUR SAFE TASK FORCE, WHICH, UH, IS OUR VIOLENT CRIME TASK FORCE SUMMER TASK FORCE THAT WE WORK EVERY YEAR.
OUR PART OF IT, UM, IT'S UH, ADDITIONAL TRACKING, UM, ADDITIONAL OFFICERS THAT ARE ONLY TACKLING PRIORITY CALLS AND OR, UH, PROACTIVE ARREST.
SO GOING AFTER ONE SUSPECT AND, UH, PRIORITY VIOLENCE, UM, OFFENSES THAT ARE ACTIVELY TAKING PLACE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE SIX, SIX EXTRA PLUS LIEUTENANT, UM,
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FOR UH, I THINK END, END OF JULY MAYBE.SO ADDITIONAL STREETS, UH, NIGHT TIMES TOO.
SO IT'LL BE FOUR TO FOUR, 2:00 AM SO WE'RE GONNA BE ALLY NINE, WHAT DID YOU CALL IT? IT'S CALLED THE STATE STREET AT.
AND THEN, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
I HEARD A QUESTION ABOUT WATERS.
UM, GOVERNOR HAS, HAS COME OUT AND SAID WE, WE DO NOT S UH, WE HAVE CRIMINAL TPAS TEXAS OFFICE AND WE USE IT EVERY DAY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT SIX MONTHS TO OUTTA OUR HOUSE IF YOU OWN, IF YOU OWN A PROPERTY.
AND THEY'RE THERE UNLAWFULLY THEY DAY PAST A REASONABLE TIME.
THAT CRIMINAL T AND I EVERY DAY.
SO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IN FLORIDA.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GUESSING IF, IF YOU CALL, THEY'RE GONE.
NO, IT'S NOT LIKE CALIFORNIA, WHERE IF THEY'RE THERE 48 HOURS, WELL LUCK.
YOU GOT A, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, YOU HAVE TO REASONABLY, UM, ESTABLISH RESIDENCY, UH, WITHIN A LOCATION FOR YOU TO BE A, YOU HAVE RESIDENCY, HAVE A RESIDENTS, RIGHT? SO IT SHOULD BE EVICTION, UM, OR NOT ENFORCE, REMOVED AND PROTECTED AND ALL THAT STUFF.
YOU CAN, SOMEONE WALKS INTO A HOUSE BECAUSE YOU'RE INDIRECT RELIEF AND THEN NOW'S MY HOUSE.
NAH, I MEAN, AND THAT HAPPENED.
PERFECT EXAMPLE WAS OUR CALL LAST NIGHT.
PEOPLE DIDN'T WANNA CHECK OUT A HOTEL.
TURNED INTO WHAT? TURNED INTO.
AND SO, UM, BUT I MEAN I, THAT'S PROBABLY AN EVERYDAY CALL FOR, NOT, NOT ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, BUT EVERY DAY.
HEY, UM, I SAW SOMEONE IN MY NEIGHBOR'S, UH, HOUSE REMODELING TAKEN OUT.
YOU KNOW, KIDS WHEREVER HOMELESS PEOPLE STEALING COPPER.
I MEAN WE WE'RE, WE'RE RUNNING OUT EVERY DAY.
UNLESS THERE'S SOME, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME GRAY AREA WHERE IT'S LIKE, WELL I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO THE OWNER OF THAT HOUSE IS AND THIS OR THAT OR THIS OR THAT.
NOW WE'RE NOT GONNA FORCE OURSELVES INTO SOME SORT OF USE OF FORCE INCIDENT WHEN, WHEN THE GROUNDS AREN'T STABLE.
SO WE JUST UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE OPERATE WITH UNCERTAINTY.
SO, BUT IF YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, THAT'S MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND SUN OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I HEARD THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET, SO REALLY, UM, ANY QUESTION, GREAT.
WORK'S A GOOD PLACE TO GET A RESISTANCE.
NOW WE'RE PRETTY LUCKY DISTRIBUTORS RIGHT HERE OFF THE HIGHWAY IN SILO.
SO THEY DEPARTMENT AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE'RE VERY, VERY LUCKY.
GOT MY EMAIL WHERE WE GOT SHOT AT TWICE BY A ME.
I SENT, I SENT YOU A COPY OF IT SINCE IT'S CAROL, BUT OH, I NEVER EVEN HEARD FROM THE DETECTIVE ANYTHING.
A ALL THOSE PEOPLE, IT WAS A TARGETED SHOOT BECAUSE THEY BACKED IN, STOPPED TWO ROUNDS.
WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, GET ONE ROUND.
UH, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE, UH, OR ANYTHING, SO I'LL, UH, LOOK THAT BOTHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE.
I, YOU KNOW, I'M CONTACTING OTHER AGENCIES TO GET SOME SOMETHING DONE.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT JUST LOAD OF PEOPLE.
TWO, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THAT? NO, I, I HAD, I GOT WAS AT, UH, SEVEN, ABOUT SEVEN 30.
SO, AND I, UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK THE CAR BECAUSE YOU, I CAN SEE WHAT THE CAR LOOKS LIKE, BUT I CAN'T.
RYAN, YOU KNOW, OFFICER KELLY, YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS ABOUT IT, BUT I HAVEN'T DONE ANY FEEDBACK, SO, OKAY.
FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, THE CASE IS CLOSED.
WELL, LARRY, YOU GONNA INCREASE THE CAMERA COVERAGE? WELL, I'VE GOT TWO CAMERAS.
I MEAN, WELL NOT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, SO, ALRIGHT.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I HEAR YOU? WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN?
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NO.IS SOMETHING GOING ON DOWNTOWN? I SAW THEM WITH THE, IN THE PARKING LOT OVER THERE DOING SOME STUFF.
UM, OH, THE, LIKE THE CITY TRUCK? MM-HMM
I BELIEVE WE WERE GETTING TURF.
I THINK WE GETTING TURF, THE GRASS.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE PLAYING 27, SO I THINK THE GRASS I HEARD UP GETTING, YEAH, THEY GOTTA MAINTAIN.
SO THEY'LL, WELL THEY, THEY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OUT THERE FOR GETTING READY TO BLOCK OFF THE STREET MAYBE READY THE COURT GET WE FRIDAY, TOMORROW.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL BLOCK THIS WALK AROUND.
YEAH, US OVER THERE AGAIN, THIS CITY'S GREAT.
LIKE I SAID, I CAME FROM FROM CITY, THE CITY, I MEAN IT'S EVERY DAY STUFF, EVERY WEEKEND.
I MEAN, DON'T DO THIS, THIS, RIGHT? YEAH.
THEY'RE ABOUT, ROSIE IS A REALLY GOOD GUY.
WE'RE GETTING, UH, WE'RE FILLING THREE LATERAL, OH, HE'S BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND I THINK HE DID YOU A COUPLE YEARS AND SOME SMALL TOWN YEARS AGO.
IT'S BEEN HERE LONG THAN I HERE FIVE YEARS.
YEAH, I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS.
PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT ASPIRATIONS.
I THINK HE'S TRYING TO GET BACK TO COLORADO.
WELL I HAVE HAVE SOME GET SOME SLEEP.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.
UM, BE CAREFUL WHEREVER YOU'RE DOING 3, 4, 5.
AND DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US? UM, YES.
UM, THE MOST THING THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS WHATCHA ALL DOING WITH THE PANTRY SCHEDULE THAT I'M SUBMITTING TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, PARTNER WITH THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES PARTNER WITH THE, UM, NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY, UM, GET THIS FOOD FROM AND THAT'S WHERE THAT SCHEDULE IS, UH, PROVIDED.
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DISTRIBUTE THAT OUT BECAUSE I DISTRIBUTE THAT EVERY MONTH TO OVER FIVE 20 PEOPLE.
AND BECAUSE FOOD INSECURE LET GO BACK.
AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING WHAT THE DO HOW KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN EACH ONE OF YOUR FACILITIES.
SO THAT'S FIVE 20 PLUS PEOPLE THAT GETS THIS FROM ME EACH MONTH.
SO I'M WONDERING HOW YOU ALL DISTRIBUTING THAT AND HOW I CAN HELP YOU ALL DIS THAT BECAUSE I CAN'T TALK ABOUT FOOD INSECURITIES AND COMMUNITY.
IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM AND WE HAVE THE POWER TO HELP THAT PROBLEM.
AND JUST BY FOOD PANTRY SCHEDULE EACH AND EVERY MONTH TO YOUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN HELP ELIMINATE SOME OF THE FOOD INSECURITY.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD THAT I DID LIKE WHEN I FIRST BECAME PART OF THIS COMMISSION, UM, IS THAT I TALKED TO EACH AND EVERY PERSON TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR ROLE WAS AND WHAT THEY DID, UH, IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO I TOOK A, AN OPPOSITE ROUTE.
I VISITED MY COMMUNITIES AND I FOUND OUT
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ALL THE SENIOR LIVING APARTMENTS IN MY DISTRICT AND I GO OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT.SO THAT'S FOUR PLACES THAT I SHARE, UH, TO LAVO SENIOR LIVING, GARLAND SENIOR LIVING, COLL PALLADIUM SENIOR LIVING, UM, OH MY GOD, I FORGOT THE OTHER ACTUALLY FIVE.
IT'S TWO, ONE ON BUCKINGHAM AND ANOTHER ONE ON UH, UH, BELTLINE THAT I DISTRIBUTE THESE TO.
AND SO WHAT YOU CAN DO IN YOUR COMMUNITIES IS FIND OUT ANY SENIOR LIVING APARTMENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY, GO TALK TO THE MANAGER, PARTNER WITH HER.
AND WHAT THEY WILL DO IS THEY'LL POST THIS AND LIKE I HAVE THREE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY POST, THEY MAKE FLYERS AND PUT THEM ON THEIR DOOR.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING PALLADIUM, UH, GARLANDS, FEEDING, LIVING AND UM, CHURCH HAVE, UH, REGION BANK THAT I DO BUSINESS WITH THAT THEY STARTED POSTING.
THEY HAVE A C AND SO YOU JUST HAVE GET OUT IN YOUR COMMUNITY, FIND OUT WHERE CAN I POST RATHER THAN JUST, OH HEY EMAIL.
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT EMAIL GUYS.
AND I WORKED VERY HARD TO GET THAT.
I, YOU ALL KNOW WHEN I CAME ON THIS BOARD, THAT'S ALL I TALKED ABOUT WAS FOOD INSECURITIES.
AND BECAUSE I COULDN'T DO ONE THING, I WENT IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AND THIS IS HOW I CAME UP WITH IT.
WELL, I DIDN'T COME UP WITH IT.
THEY CAME UP WITH IT AND THEY SHARED IT WITH ME BECAUSE WE'RE PARTNERS.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING ON THAT EACH AND EVERY MONTH THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING IN YOUR DISTRICT TO THAT.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON HOW EFFECTIVE? OH, IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, LAST WEEK, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, UH, FOR MY CHURCH, I'M, I'M A LEADER OF, OF A GROUP IN MY CHURCH WE HAVE A LOT OF CONNECT GROUPS AND I DISTRIBUTE AND EVERYBODY IS, WE'RE SENIORS.
WE CALL OURSELVES THE SISTERS.
AND EVERYBODY IN THAT GROUP IS 55.
AND, AND SO, AND EVERYBODY IN THAT GROUP, WE HAVE, I KNOW THIS WOMAN IS PROBABLY A, WELL SEVERAL WOMEN MULTIMILLIONAIRES BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY LEGALLY WRITE CHECKS AND THEY, WHATEVER, IT'S LET, LEMME WRITE THE CHECKS.
SO THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY, LET'S NOT TAKE UP MONEY.
LEMME WRITE THE EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THEY CAN AFFORD IT.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THAT INCOME BACK BRACKET.
AND THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE, AND SO WE HAD, UM, LAST WEEK WE HAD TWO, UM, MEMBERS OF MY GROUP.
ONE IS ON SHORT TIME DISABILITY AND HER CHECK DID NOT COME.
THE OTHER ONE MADE A MISTAKE WITH HER.
SHE MADE A MISTAKE WITH HER ROUTING AND HER CHECK DID NOT COME IN HER CHECKING ACCOUNT.
SO GUESS WHAT? THEY NEEDED FOOD.
SO THEY CALLED AND WE WENT TO TWO OF THE, UH, LISTINGS AND WE GOT FOOD FOR THEM AND WE, WE TOOK IT.
YOU KNOW, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ARE WE USING IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND I MEAN ONE OF THE, UH, PLACES THAT WE WENT IN DALLAS, UH, THEY HAD SO MANY FIRST VEGETABLES, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
SO WE GOT ENOUGH UNTIL EACH ONE OF THEM PROBABLY OKAY.
BECAUSE THEY HADN'T CALLED ME AND I NEED TO CHECK ON THEM BY THE WAY.
BUT WE GOT ENOUGH FOOD FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS FOR EACH OF THOSE FAMILIES WITHOUT MY HAVING TO TAP INTO THE WOMEN AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED SOMEBODY.
SO I HAVE A LIST AND, AND I DIDN'T BRING IT WITH YOU TODAY.
UM, IT OUT DE AND I TOGETHER EACH DISTRICT WHAT, WHAT SENIOR LIVING IS HAVE, WHAT'S BEING BUILT OVER HERE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN YEAR DISTRICT.
AND WE CAN EMAIL THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
'CAUSE I DUNNO WHO, WHAT DISTRICT THIS NEW ONE IS THAT'S ON SHILOH.
THERE'S A SHILOH SENIOR LIVING THAT'S JUST WENT UP.
THEY JUST, THEY JUST START TAKING SOUTH BELT, NORTH BELTLINE, SHILOH, UH,
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NORTH, IT'S UH, IT'S SHALLOW AND IT'S CLOSE TO, YEAH.OKAY, SO I KNOW WHOSE DISTRICT THAT I'M GOING TO AND FIND OUT, GET WHO'S THE MANAGER AND GET THEIR EMAIL.
BUT IF IT'S IN ONE OF YOU ALL'S DISTRICT, I DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
BUT BECAUSE I WANT YOU ALL TO BE AS ACTIVE AS I'M IN YOUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE I KNOW I'M OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT WITH A COUPLE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS, AN INTERACTIVE MAP ON THE GARLAND WEBSITE.
YOU CAN SEND AN ADDRESS AND SEE WHAT PARDON THINK.
I THINK HE THE OVER IN HOLFORD.
OKAY, SO ACTUALLY THAT'S NEAR HOLFORD.
SO THIS IS, HUH? THIS, THIS IS THE SIXTH I THINK.
UM, SO WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
WHAT, WHERE THE WEBSITE IS THAT INTERACTIVE NOW? WELL THAT'S OH YEAH.
AND THEY GOT PEOPLE COMING THERE, THEY RUN OUT MONEY, THEY, THEY GIVE MEAL, EGGS, WHATEVER, WHATEVER.
WHERE IS THIS? WHAT IT'S ON, UH, ABOUT 2020 BLOCK DAIRY ROAD DAIRY ROAD DAIRY, UH, WHAT'S WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE PLACE WOULD YOU FIND GO FOOD STAMP.
WELL, CAN YOU FIND OUT AND LET US KNOW THE NAME IT? YEAH, I JUST WANNA THAT MEAN IN LOCATED IN YOUR LOCATION, YOU CAN GO AS MANY AS YOU WANT AND REMEMBER AS ABSOLUTELY AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT SUPPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, SO I KNOW BECAUSE I DO MEALS ON WHEELS ONCE A WEEK AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF MY CLIENTS USE THAT TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR FOOD STAMP BECAUSE PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE ONLY GET LIKE FOOD STAMP.
DO YOU BUY LOTS OF THINGS? THAT'S I DO.
WELL JESSE WILL FIND IT FASTER THAN ME.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, UM, SO WE MOVE ON THE CENTER.
WHO WANTS TO IS OVERRATED
WELL, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT WORKS EITHER.
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OKAY.UM, SO A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, UM, ON TOMORROW WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING OUR FATHER'S DAY LUNCHES.
RIGHT AFTER THAT, ON SUNDAY WE'RE TAKING A GROUP THROUGH CHICAGO.
THEY'LL BE GONE FOR SEVEN DAYS.
UM, JOSEPH LEAVING WITH THEM AND THEN IN FROM HERE WE'LL BE GONE WITH THEM AT THEIR SECONDARY.
UM, THEY WENT TO THE MOVIES TUESDAY.
DID SHE? IMPOSSIBLE VERY GO WITH I DID NOT.
I'M NOT A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE PERSON,
UM, WE ALSO HAD OUR FIRST, UM, LINE DANCING MOVE AND GROOVE CLASS, UM, UH, 27TH.
UH, WE LEARNED BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
I DUNNO IF Y'ALL SEEN THAT ON UM, YOUTUBE OR INSTAGRAM, BUT WE LEARNED IT AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING LINE DANCING EVERY THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
UM, AND IT JUST TO LEARN FROM THESE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, AND TO GET ACTIVE.
UM, A LOT OF US EVEN JUST LIKE TO DANCE, WE JUST DUNNO HOW TO, SO THERE'S REALLY GOOD AT DANCING.
SO HE'S TEACHING THEM, YOU KNOW, LITTLE DANCING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, JONAS AND DEVOTION ON, UM, JUNE 24TH, WHICH IS LIKE A BIBLE STUDY.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AS WELL, UM, AND THEN SOMETHING WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.
WE'RE DOING SOMETHING CALLED A SWAP AND SHOP.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF, LIKE SOMETIMES YOU'LL GO TO A PLACE AND YOU'LL BRING LIKE HAIR PRODUCTS MAYBE THAT YOU CAN USED OR A SERIES IS NEVER WORN.
YOU BRING THEM ALL AND YOU SET IT UP LIKE A LITTLE SHOP AND YOU CAN TRADE OUT ITEMS, UM, THAT YOU MAY NOT USE THAT SOMEONE ELSE'S JUST USED.
SO, UM, THE, WE'RE DOING CLOTHES CARE PRODUCTS AND JEWELRY, UM, AND SO YOU BRING ANYTHING, IT HAS TO BE VERY SIMPLY USED OR NOT EVEN USED AT ALL.
UM, JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT KEEP THE BODY CLEAN.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT IN JULY, UM, ON JULY 18TH.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW IT GOES AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THEY'RE GOING OUT TO EAT FOR GRUB CLUB IN FRISCO, UM, ON JUNE 18TH.
UH, WE HAVE CASINO TRIP IN JULY THE 22ND.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DAYS ON JUNE 20TH.
UM, OUR CENTER HAS BECOME A BIG LOCATIONS, SO, UH, WE NOW PLAY ZA.
SO IF YOU, IT'S LIKE, SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE, LITTLE, UM, BLOCK.
YOU'RE BASICALLY TRYING TO GET YOU LIKE A SET OF NUMBERS OR INSTEAD OF NUMBERS OR, UM, SYMBOLS.
WE JUST TRYING TO GET THOSE IN A ROW.
HAVE LIKE A, I DUNNO HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT REFERENCES.
BUT IT'S LIKE THIS WON'T, YES, IT WAS.
THEY HAVE TEACHERS ON HIM AND SO YOU HAVE LIKE A STACK AND EVERYBODY KNOWS LIKE A, LIKE A GROUP OF MAYBE LIKE 20 OF THEM AND YOU PUSH THEM TO THE MIDDLE AND YOU JUST PICK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, YOU THROW IT OUT.
THAT'S A SENIOR CRA THAT'S GOING ON.
NO, IT'S JUST A NEW, IT'S NOT NEW.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE HAVE A GROUP THAT PLAYED AT OUR CENTER ALL THE TIME.
UM, BUT THEN I THINK, BUT IT BECOME A NEW THING THAT ONE PERSON LEARNED HOW TO PLAY AND WAS KIND OF LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT.
THEY RIDING LIKE, WELL I WANNA PLAY.
SO, SO FAR ABOUT HALF OF THE FACILITY MEMBERS HOW TO PLAY AND THEY PLAY ALMOST EVERY DAY.
SO, UM, FROM WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND, IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING YET SOMETIMES, BUT YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY USE IT AND THEY'RE GOOD AT USING THAT A MASK GAME, LIKE YOU MATCH KIND OF YES.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN AROUND SO LONG THOSE DAYS COME AND GO.
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UM, LET'S SEE, UH, THEN WE HAVE A FINAL, UH, TRAVEL MEETING FOR THE ARTS ENCOUNTERS.THAT'S SEPTEMBER ON AUGUST 29TH.
UM, WE, OUR REGULAR CLASSES, I WANTED TO POINT OUT OUR CROCHET CLASS AND I WANTED TO BRING UP SOMETHING.
THE REASON WHY I, KEVIN, THERE'S A WALL BALL IN IT.
SO THAT'S, BUT OUR CROCHET CLASS, WE HAVE, WE HAPPENS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT NINE 30 AND THEY GET TOGETHER IN LIKE A LITTLE CIRCLE EVERY KIND.
LIKE ALSO, UM, BUT I MAKE THIS IN CROCHET CLASS.
TOOK ABOUT A WEEK, BUT I, I'M TELLING YOU, I'M NOT EXPERIENCED.
I'M NOT EXPERIENCED, BUT OUR TEACHER IS, SO HER NAME IS SUSAN, SHE IN CROCHET ANYTHING.
SO SHE HELPED ME MAKE THIS BACK AND LIKE IT HOLDS PRETTY WELL.
SHE FINALLY HAD THE HANDLE AND EVERYTHING.
SO THIS IS TO SHOW YOU, YOU REALLY CAN LEARN IF YOU CAN TEACH ANYBODY.
SO COME BY CAR ON WEDNESDAY AT NINE 30 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START COACHING.
AND RIGHT NOW I'M CURRENTLY MAKING A CAFFEINE.
UM, AND THEN I THINK SHE ALREADY HAS YOUR SHE DOES AND SHE DOESN'T LIKE, UM, PLUS, UM, THAT IS MOST OF ALL THE STUFF.
AND I THINK YOU DO DO MISSION IMPOSSIBLE EVERY DAY.
BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE SO MANY ACTIVITIES.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO PUT THIS TOGETHER? ALL THESE ACTIVITIES? WELL, WE ACTUALLY PLAN OUR ACTIVITIES.
NORMALLY WE TRY TO DO TWO TO THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FALL.
UM, WE HAVE, SO WE DO LIKE A OUTLINE OF OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA DO.
MM-HMM
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE WEEK OF THINGS CHANGE.
SO THEN THAT, SO I WOULD SAY ABOUT TWO, THREE MONTHS FROM PLANNING THINGS OUT, UH, TRIPS FOR SURE IT HAVE TO BE DONE LIKE MONTHS OUT.
SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT CHARLESTON AND CHICAGO AND THE OUR BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 20 26, 2 CRUISES.
I JUST LEMME SAY THIS, I THINK YOU ALL DO A FABULOUS JOB.
THE BOTH OF YOU ALL WHAT YOU OFFER THE SENIORS, IT'S AMAZING.
AND THE SENIORS ARE FANTASTIC.
AND THESE ARE NOT SENIOR ACTIVITIES, WE JUST STAND, THEY'RE, BECAUSE I MEAN THESE ARE SENIOR.
AND IF THERE'S A LOT OF, WE JUST FOUND OUT FROM OUR AQUATIC SUPERVISOR WHO CALLED ME TUESDAY, HE WAS TRYING TO GET, UH, HE FOUND SOMEONE TO WATER, UH, IF IT'S A OR IF'S WALKING, I THINK HE'S WALKING, UH, THERE'S AN INSTRUCTOR, SHE'S GONNA COME, WE'RE GONNA DO A TRIAL ON SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE, BUT HE'S GONNA COME AND TALK TO ABOUT IT AND LOVE THAT.
SO THE IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY AQUA SUPERVISORS NOW THAT THEY'RE KIND OF REALLY PUSHING BECAUSE THAT, AND THEN HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE SENIOR, A SENIOR, UM, ATHLETIC CLASSES LIKE, UM, PICKLEBALL AND SCUFFLE BOARD.
SO THOSE TWO ARE THE ONES THAT MY SENIOR WAS LIKE, YEAH, I WANNA DO THOSE.
AT OR MOST LIKELY BECAUSE IT IS SO BIG.
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OKAY, SO WE HAVE A LEAVING THIS WEEKEND TO GO MACOLE ISLAND.UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU STUCK IN MICHIGAN, DUNNO.
AND ON THE ISLAND ITSELF, THERE ARE VEHICLES.
SO BICYCLE WALKING OR HORSE JONES BUTTON IS CALLED WHATEVER.
UM, SO THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT TRIP.
UM, WE HAVE VIRGINIA BEACH IN SEPTEMBER AT IT PARK IN UM, OCTOBER AND BRENTON IN NOVEMBER STILL TO TURN.
UM, WE STILL HAVE UH, OUR GIRL CLUB THIS MONTH IS SOUTHERN RECIPE GRILL.
UM, I'VE BEEN THERE, IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
CATFISH I ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF, BUT CATFISH WAS GOOD.
UM, WE HAVE A CASINO TRIP ON THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH.
UM, WE DON'T DO A LOT OF DAY TRIPS IN JUNE, JULY OR AUGUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE YOUNGER, WHAT I CALL HAZARDS, UM, OUTS.
UM, SO WE TYPICALLY DON'T DO A LOT OF, UM, ACTIVITIES DURING THE SUMMER, MUCH PLUS UM, IT'S HOT, IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO REGULATE TEMPERA CURVE.
WE'RE GONNA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT ON THE, THE MEDALS HONOR MUSEUM.
UM, IT'S JUST OPENED IN ARLINGTON.
SO WE HAVE THAT TRIP PLANNED AND WE'LL BE ADVERTISING IT ON OUR BULLETIN BOARD IN CAN WEEK, PROBABLY NEXT MONTH.
SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ATE DATE OFF THAT ONE.
WHEN DO YOU THINK ABOUT DOING UH UH, THIS ON THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER AFTER EVERYONE GOES BACK TO SCHOOL.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE WON'T BE A LOT OF HAZARDS UP THERE.
UM,
UM, OUR NUTRITION EDUCATION CLASS IS, UM, HYDRATION THIS MONTH AND IT'S ON THE 17TH AND THEN OUR COPY WITH THE NURSE IS ON THE 30TH.
AND OUR LOVELY ABOUT OUR NEW SENIOR CENTER.
SO THE PROJECT WENT OUT FOR BID THIS, UH, IN MAY.
UM, FOR THE BIDS I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RETURNED AND SHOULD BE REVIEWED EARLY THIS MONTH.
AND THE BID DOESN CLOSE TILL THE 12TH, I'M GONNA CONSIDER THAT EARLY.
UM, THEN THEY'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL BEING TOLD THAT GROUNDBREAKING SHOULD START LATE THIS SUMMER.
SO GROUNDBREAKING CONSTRUCTION AND WE'LL KNOW WHEN THE GOES UP AND OTHER AMENITIES, WE'RE GONNA BE EXTREMELY EXCITED BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT.
THE CEREMONY? UH, PROBABLY, I DUNNO, I'M NOT MUCH FOR PICTURE, SO, BUT I, OKAY.
SO WE CAN COME THROUGH THREE AND A HALF YEARS WE'VE BEEN WHERE WE ARE, SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO STILL BE THERE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE READY.
THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THEY DON'T BELIEVE THE BUILDING WILL BE BUILT AND I KEEP TELLING THEM IT, THE BUDGET THERE, THE PICTURES ARE THERE, THE DESIGN THERE, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S JUST TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THE DATA.
SO, UM, BUT IT'S, WE'VE GOT PROGRESS NOW AND SOON WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT AND WE'LL PUT THEM ON BUS IT SO THEY CAN KEEP, WE'LL HAVE A TRIP.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COFFEE? HOW IS THE PICKLEBALL TURNING OUT TO SCHOOL? SO, I DUNNO MUCH THE PICKLEBALL APPEAL IS NOT, UM, THEY HAVE A SENIOR PICKLEBALL CLASS.
I BELIEVE IT'S ON SATURDAY AND THE LAST I HEARD THEY, THEY HAD SOME, UM, QUITE A BIT OF REGISTRATION, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH TO KEEP THE CLASS GOING.
BUT I HAVEN'T CHECKED LIKE THIS MONTH NOW PHIL, I PICKLE A BALL ON THURSDAY AND I THINK IT'S WHO'S TUESDAY? MM-HMM
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PICKLE BALL AND THAT HAS GROWN.UH, THEY UM, THEY STARTED OFF WITH MAYBE FOUR OR SIX PEOPLE AND NOW IT'S QUITE A BIT MORE.
IT'S, AND UM, THE FACT THAT THEY, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE WEATHER GETTING WARMER, THEY CAN PLAY INDOORS IN THE GYM.
YOU KNOW, IF THE NEW TENNIS COURTS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GETTING IS GONNA HAVE PICKLE BALL COURTS ALSO.
ARE THEY GONNA CLOSE THE OLD TENNIS CENTER WHEN THEY OPENED THE MEETING? DO YOU KNOW? YES.
WHERE ARE THEY PUTTING THE NUT? TENNIS? WE TOOK A TOUR, UH, OUT THAT ON COMMERCE? YES.
BY, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE TRANSFER STATION IS? THE SAND STATION TRANSFER STATION.
THERE'S IT DOWN THROUGH THERE.
SO IT'S, YOU CAN SEE IT'S A PRESSURE GOING IN LIGHTS, ALL THAT STUFF ALONG WITH IT.
HOW LONG YOU BEEN THAT I'M NOT OF YET.
THEY'RE, WELL, I TOLD OUR CLASS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ALIVE WHEN THEY YES, THEY'RE, WE'RE WITH FIREWORKS.
NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE WEBSITE DISCUSSION, WHICH I'VE BEEN ANXIOUS TO GET TO BECAUSE I THINK OKAY.
SO WITH THE WEBSITE, I KNOW THAT INITIALLY WE DISCUSSED HAVING VOLUNTEERS WEBSITE.
SO THE ROADBLOCK THAT WE RUN INTO WITH THAT IS THAT IS MANAGED BY STAFF.
SO UNFORTUNATELY IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE EXACTLY LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE BACK TO PUTTING IT ON THE BOARD COMMISSION PAGE, BUT NOW THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ON SHOULD IT BE THERE OR SHOULD IT BE A SEPARATE PAGE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT INSTALLATE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE EMAIL, I VOTE SEPARATE NOW.
I'LL DEFINITELY TELL THEM THAT.
BUT I'LL, THAT WOULD NOT BE OUR DECISION AS FAR AS IT WOULD BE SEPARATE IT BE TOGETHER AND THEN WITH THE EMAIL, IT CANNOT JUST BE A STRICTLY SENIOR EMAIL.
IT WOULD HAVE TO GO UNDER SENIORS.
SO UNDER CARVER SLASH AS FAR AS AN EMAIL BLAST, I DOUBT, I JUST TOLD, SO I KNOW INITIALLY WANTED TO JUST BE STRICTLY SENIOR ADVISORY RIGHT.
IN FACT, MY, MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE BECAUSE HE CAME OUT THAT ONE TEST ONE.
ARE THE, ARE THE SENIORS AT CARVER ON THAT LIST? SO THAT WOULD BE ANYONE THAT HAS A MEMBERSHIP YET IF OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
IF IT GOES OUT UNDER YOUR, UNDER YOUR, OR JUST AS LONG AS IT GOES UP.
CURRENTLY THEY HAVE, WELL I KNOW EVERYONE, BUT IT'S ALREADY ON THEIR SITE.
OH YOU NEED TO RECEIVE EMAIL, SEND EMAIL.
THEY DON'T DO, CURRENTLY THEY DON'T DO GMAIL BLACK.
BUT IF WE DO LIKE IT'LL JUST UNDER THEIR, YEAH, NO WE DIDN'T WANT IT A EMAIL FOR US.
BECAUSE WHO WOULD MANAGE OR WOMAN, YOU KNOW,
MORE LIKELY THEIR, YEAH, IF THEY WANNA RESPOND TO SOMETHING, YEAH.
OKAY, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE EMAIL BLAST? IS THAT SO NOW THAT, YES.
AND THEN I CAN DO THAT MYSELF.
DON'T HAVE WORRY ABOUT SIGNING INVOLVED OTHER STAFF THEN.
OKAY, WE'LL CUT THAT RED TAPE OFF OF, SO WHAT IS CONSTANT CONTACT? SO CONSTANT CONTACT IS WHERE YOU SET A, WHERE AUTOMATICALLY YOU CAN PLUG IN EMAILS, DO A CAMPAIGN, PLUG IN, YOU KNOW, SAY YOU WANT TO SEND OUT A LETTER.
EVERYBODY THAT'S ACKNOWLEDGE THEY WANNA RECEIVE, SAY EMAIL FROM WHATEVER COMPANY OR WHATEVER ORGANIZATION, THEN IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO THROUGH THEM.
ONCE THE CAMPAIGN IS SET UP, NOW YOU HAVE TO OPT IN WITH CONSTANT CONTACT.
I CAN'T JUST EMAIL YOU BECAUSE THEN YOU DIDN'T OPT IN FOR THAT.
NOW I WOULD KNOW TO OPT IN 'CAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO, HEY, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE EMAIL JUST LIKE WHEN WE SIGNED UP FOR ANYTHING ONLINE WITH AMAZON OR WHATEVER.
YOU CAN SAY, OH I WANNA OPT IN TO RECEIVE PERIOD EMAILS OR TEXT MESSAGES FROM YOU.
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NO, WHAT I'M GONNA ASK BE MORE EXTENSIVE.NO, I WAS GONNA SAY HOW DO YOU SEE US USING THE EMAIL? WELL, I MEAN IF WE WANNA DO IT THE CORRECTLY, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE SAY, YES I WANNA RECEIVE THE EMAILS VERSUS EMAIL.
THEN I'M GIVING EMAILS SAYING, HEY SIR, I DIDN'T WANT THIS WRITING.
WELL IT SAID ON THE BOTTOM DIDN'T FOR ME.
NO BECAUSE WAS JUST A SEE HOW WAS GONNA WRITE US A DISCLAIMER AND CORRECT AND SOONER THAT AND THAT WOULD BE, BUT BEFORE THEY EVEN GET THERE, WE WOULD'VE TO PUT SOMETHING FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THAT EMAIL.
BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO THE YES.
NOW MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WOULD THE SENIORS EVEN WANNA GO ON THE WEBSITE WHEN YOU ENROLLED IN THAT TO RECEIVE EMAIL? WHAT WOULD BE EASIER THEN? BECAUSE I DON'T, ARE YOU GUYS WANNA DO THAT, GO TO THE WEBSITE NOT TO RECEIVE THESE EMAILS? DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE WANNA DO THAT? HAVE NO IDEA TO THINK ABOUT DO DO IT TWOFOLD WHERE WE CAN HAVE UH, A WRITE IN IF YOU WANNA OPTION LIKE IN WE HAVE THE FACILITIES OR SIGN UP AT THE DESK IF THEY PART OF THE, AND MAYBE WE START THERE.
MAYBE WE JUST START WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ATTENDING THE FACILITY.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD START.
AND THEN FROM THERE, OKAY, TRY TO WRITE HOW WOULD YOU WORK AT, SO WHAT I WOULD RATHER SEE IF I CAN GET AN IPAD.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT READ, BUT I HAVE AN IPAD AT FIELD.
SO I WOULDN'T MIND, I CAN SET IT UP TO WHERE YOU COME TO FRONT DESK.
THEY CAN PULL OUT MY IPAD, TYPE IN YOUR INFORMATION.
YOU CAN JUST SET SOMETHING UP TO WHERE NAME FIRST, LAST NAME KNOW.
OH, THAT'S SO COOL WHAT YOU USE AN IPAD.
BECAUSE THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SELLING OR, AND THEN IT GOES RIGHT INTO THE DATABASE OR SPREADSHEET IF YOU USE IT SPREADSHEET THAT WAY.
ON BACK TO THE RED PAGE, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'LL HAVE A DECISION ON THAT? WELL, AGAIN, THAT'S BEING PUSHED UP.
SO THAT WOULD BE, SO THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND ID AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OVER OUR DEPARTMENT.
THAT WOULD BE THEIR DECISION GOING.
WELL YES, MAKE THEM A SEPARATE PAGE.
NO, BECAUSE THEN STAFF WOULD'VE TO MAINTAIN THAT.
STAFF MAINTAIN BECAUSE WE TO DO, DO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
SO FORWARD, I WAS HOPING TO HAVE, I WOULD TOOK NOVEMBER CITY PRESS ALL THEIR STUFF, WHICH SOUNDS A LONG WAY AWAY, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR SIX MONTHS ALREADY, SO, YEAH.
AND, AND ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOW WITH EMAIL? I CAN GO BACK TODAY, WE CAN CATCH UP.
SO WE CAN START MAYBE NEXT WEEK WITH YOUR CLASS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT WHEN YOU COME THE FIELD AND YOU CAN RECOMMEND THEM COME SIGN UP, WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
LISA CAN GET WHAT THEY WANNA EMAIL.
YOU CAN JUST EMAIL ME THOSE EMAILS SO WE CAN GET THAT GOING QUICKLY.
OKAYING ON INFORMATION TO OUR SENIOR POPULATION THAT WE KNOW.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BE ON THOSE EMAIL BLASTS WAS ANN WHO? ANDREW.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SIGNING UP FOR IT, IF YOU TALK ABOUT IT GONNA BE LIKE ON A CERTAIN DAY, MONTH, IT'LL JUST BE WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING AND IT'LL FOOD INFORMATION BECAUSE FOOD INSECURITY YOU'LL, AND THEY CAN PASS IT ON ALSO WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HAVE CONSISTENTLY ON WOULD BE ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER SENIOR, I'LL NOT JUST SAY SENIOR ADVISOR, JUST SAY ABOUT SENIOR.
WE'RE JUST, WE'RE BEHIND THE SCENES AND THEN ONCE WE GET IT STARTED, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT SEE ON IT OR HOW WE'RE GONNA FORMAT IT.
ONCE WE GET IT, WELL WE CAN USE IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE DO NEED TO SET UP SOME PARAMETERS AND SOME RULES AND, AND WHO'S GONNA DO WHAT AND YOU KNOW, THEY ALL HAVE SUCH THAT HAS ALL THE RECREATION.
SO WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
SO, AND ESPECIALLY, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE NOT DOING EVERY MONTH, I MEAN IF IT'S ONCE A QUARTER, MAYBE IF IT'S ONCE A QUARTER UP OR WHEN WE HAD THE NEWSLETTER PURCHASING,
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WE SAID IT WAS ON INCONSISTENT BASIS BECAUSE WE, WHENEVER WE THOUGHT PEOPLE NEEDED TO KNOW, THAT'S WHEN WE SENT IT OUT.AND THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN TELL 'EM WHEN THEY ALL SIGN UP, WHAT THE PREMISE'S GONNA BE.
NOW THE WEBPAGE, ARE WE GONNA DESIGN THE FORMAT OF IT? THEY GONNA DO EVERYTHING.
THEY'RE GONNA APPROVE IT AND DECIDE HOW IT'S GONNA LOOK WITH MY ESTATE.
YES, YOU'LL HAVE MINOR INPUTS.
WILL THAT BE YOU THINK DOWN? IF IT MAY BE A COMBINATION LIKE SAYS YES, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN SEPARATE PAGE, THEN MORE THAN LIKELY THEY'RE GONNA SAY, HEY, WE NEED SOME INPUT ON HOW YOU WOULD WANT IT.
BUT IF IT, HEY NO PAGE AND WE CAN ADD LINKS OR ADD SOMETHING THERE, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE, YOU KNOW, ADD THINGS TO THE COMMISSION PAGE.
I THINK PERSONALLY PROBABLY BE EASIER JUST FOR THE COMMISSION PAGE BECAUSE IF YOU HAD THE VOLUNTEERS WEBSITE, LIKE AGAIN, HE HAS A STAFF PERSON RUNNING THERE, SO IF STAFF PERSON OR A PERSON.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST THOSE TWO EMPLOYEES, THE VOLUNTEERS.
THAT'S WHAT, UH, CHRIS AND BRIAN OH, OKAY.
OKAY, SO THERE SIX KIND EMPLOYEES THAT RUN THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
SO YOU SAY THAT RECOMMENDATION AGAIN, WHY YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE WHERE YOU STAY? WELL, I SAY I'M, I'M ASSUMING IT PROBABLY WOULD BE JUST A ONE PAGE JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD EASIER TO MANAGE VERSUS TRYING TO DEDICATE ANOTHER STAFF PERSON TO UPKEEP AND RUN ANOTHER WEBPAGE.
BECAUSE THEIR QUESTION IS, DO YOU ALREADY HAVE SENIOR PAGES? RIGHT.
WITHIN RECREATION? WHY DO YOU NEED ANOTHER PAGE? IT'LL BE PART OF THE COMMISSION PAGE.
AND CONTENT WILL COME FROM US.
WHATEVER THEY APPROVE FOR US TO PUT ON THEIR PAGE.
THEY HAVE A CONVERSATIONT EVEN NEED IT.
WELL LET'S WHAT THEY, BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER JUST GET YOUR PAGE GOING SO WE CAN JUST THAT I KNOW THAT'S THE GOAL WE WANT MM-HMM
SO WE CAN JUST GO FORWARD WITH IT.
AT LEAST THE EMAIL PROBABLY A LITTLE EASIER.
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PERMISSION.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE COMPLAINING, SENDING THEY'RE RECEIVING EMAILS THEY NOT OPT INTO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? WORKING? ALRIGHT, CITY PRESS.
UM, YOU ALL HAVE ON, Y'ALL GOT A SENIOR IN ASKED.
UM, THIS IS ABOUT THE NPOS AND UM, WORKED WITH THIS AND FINE, UM, DEADLINE.
SO READ, IF ANYTHING, I WANNA SAY THAT THE MBOS ARE VERY VALUABLE TO THEIR DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S A FACE THAT YOU CAN TALK TO ABOUT A PARTICULAR CONCERN.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOUR N AND THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT.
I REPORTED GUNSHOTS IN MY AREA AND IT WAS A DAY LATER, SO IT WASN'T TIMELY.
SO I SENT IT TO MATT AND MATT SAID SEND IT YOUR NPO.
SO THAT GIVES YOUR NPO AN AREA TO BE ABLE AWARE OF.
BUT THEY'VE ASKED US TO REPORT ANY GANG SHOTS TO THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER SO THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAP WHERE THE OCCURRENCES ARE SO THEY CAN KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE AREAS.
AND DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT LAST PHONE NUMBER AT THE VERY BOTTOM, OR IS THAT ONLY LITTLE RELATIVE? THERE IS A, A NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER.
BUT DO I HAVE TO CLICK ON THAT DARK BLUE HIGHLIGHTED AREA BEFORE I CAN FIND OUT THAT NUMBER? NO.
WHEN I RECEIVE THIS, ACTUALLY IT'S GONNA BE THE CITY PERSON.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CLICK ON IT, PERIOD.
SO THAT NUMBER MAY WANT TO APPEAR SOONER THAN HAVING TO CLICK ON IT LATER.
THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER IS 7 4 8 5 4 4.
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YEAH, SEE IT'S NOT IN HERE.YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IT SHOULD BE, YEAH, THAT'S THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER.
YEAH, YOU CAN CERTAINLY ADD FIND OUT.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER, THAT NUMBER BUT THAT'S NOT THE, IT'S NOT THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER.
AND YOUR EMAIL'S, BOTH OF THOSE INCLUDED BE WE CAN PRESENT IT TO HIM AND THEN IT COMES OUT.
SO I DEFINITELY ADD THAT, THAT, SO I WOULD THAT WE WOULD ADD THAT NUMBER.
THE NUMBER FOR SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY NOTICEABLE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS I CAN'T HEAR? I JUST KNOW THAT WE ACCEPT WITH THAT.
OKAY, SO IN, IN UH, JULY THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE WILL BE THERE.
THIS WILL BE, THIS ONE WILL BE IN THE SEPTEMBER CITY PRESS.
AND IN NOVEMBER I'M HOPING TO ANNOUNCE WHATEVER WE HAVE ABOUT WEBPAGE AND, AND HOW WE, HOW WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE.
AND I'D ASK ALL OF YOU TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT WANT IN THE CITY PRESS FOR 2026.
BECAUSE WE LIKE, THIS ONE HAS TO BE IN JULY FOR SEPTEMBER.
SO IT'S PRETTY FAR OUT IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE ITEMS, UH, NO MEETING IN JULY.
BUT COME DOWN AND GO TO FIREWORKS ON OUR MEETING DATE.
NOT AT NINE 30 IN THE MORNING THOUGH.
UM, AUGUST WE'RE GONNA HAVE PURCHASING COME IN SO YOU CAN ASK THEM ABOUT THE BID PROCESS OR ANYTHING YOU MIGHT WANNA KNOW ABOUT HOW MONEY AND, UM, VERY QUICK WILL BE BACK AND IT'S GONNA DO THE C PRESENTATION THAT HAS, WE'LL HAVE IN AUGUST.
I NEED TO REMIND COREY, YVETTE, WE WERE GONNA, DON'T WE HAVE HIM? YOU THE MEETING LONGER, BUT WE CAN HAVE HIM, ALTHOUGH DOESN'T TAKE VERY MUCH TIME.
WHEN I UM, TALK TO HIM ABOUT, WHEN TALKED ABOUT IT, HE SAID, OH GOOD, THAT'S WHEN I'M GONNA BE DOING SO AND SO ALWAYS DOING SO.
SO ANYWAY, SEPTEMBER, UM, WE WERE GONNA ASK THE WATER DEPARTMENT TO COME IN AND HAVE THE POLICE BACK IN OCTOBER.
UM, I HAD DOWN HERE TO HAVE OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER, I THINK HIS NAME'S JOE THOMAS OR THOMAS, BUT, UM, MY INTEREST VOLUNTEERS.
YOU WANT THE DIRECTLY, DO YOU WANT, YOU WANNA HEAR ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS OR YOU WANNA HEAR ABOUT ALL THE PARK? ALL THE, ALL THE PARTS, ALL THE PARK AND THE VOLUNTEERS.
I THINK WHO NEEDS TO COME? WHOEVER I KNEW MAYOR IS GONNA BE.
YEAH, WE'VE NEVER HAD THE MAYOR CALL.
WE, WELL IT'S TIME, BUT WE NEED HAVE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO.
UM, SO IF WE, WE HAD AN OCTOBER PARK DEPARTMENT, UM, TALKING ABOUT PARK AND THE VOLUNTEERS.
THEN IN NOVEMBER WE HAD HAD DEPARTMENT CODE REQUEST TO COME BACK AND UM, I HAD, I ACTUALLY HAD THE NEW MAYOR MARK WRITTEN DOWN ANIMAL SERVICES.
I MEAN WE'VE GOT, YOU HAD THE NU TOPIC.
I MEAN YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT MY NOTES ARE.
THAT'S HER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IN NOVEMBER.
NO, I THINK THE MAYOR NEEDS TO HAVE ALL THAT TIME.
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YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PARK AND CODE IN OCTOBER AS A NEW MAYOR.NOVEMBER IF AND IF NOT THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE STREET COMING IN AND TALKING ABOUT THE BOND PROJECT.
SO WE CAN HAVE, IF THE, IF THE MAYOR IS, DOESN'T EXPECT WE CAN HAVE THE STREET DEPARTMENT COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE BOND.
THAT, THAT SOUND GOOD? MM-HMM
AND IN DECEMBER WE EAT YOU EVER.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVING WE BRING, WE'RE GONNA BREAKFAST.
WHAT DID SAY I, OH, I LIKE THAT CATERING BREAKFAST.
WASN'T YOU, YOU SAID, YOU SAID YOU LIKE
UH, AND THEN SOMETHING I WANT EVERYONE TO THINK ABOUT IS OUR BYLAWS, UM, NEED TO BE UPDATED A LITTLE BIT AND THERE, SO THINK ABOUT THAT.
FOR 2026, YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE, MY COMMITTEE, WOULD YOU RESEND THEM OUT? YOU HAVE OH, YOU DON'T HAVE THEM VIA EMAIL.
BUT WHEN YEAH, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE OUT PLACES WE CAN READ EMAIL.
PARDON? YOU SENT IT VIA EMAIL.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS FOR FUTURE? BECAUSE UM, I DO LIKE TO HAVE THEM AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS OUT AND, UH, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER.
I MEAN IF YOU AT IT THAT WAY, WE'RE CLOSER THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO YEAH, THAT, UM, WE TALK ABOUT IT IN BECAUSE WE'VE GOT NOW WE'VE GOT THIS YEAR AND FOR AUGUST, NO COURT, CORRECT.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE CITY OF, UH, CPR AND THE, WELL THE CITY OF, OKAY.
AND I DID SEND THAT EMAIL OUT.