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WE'RE[Environmental & Community Advisory Board on June 11, 2025.]
LIVE.I GUESS WE NEED TO DO ROLL CALL.
CHRISTINA SANO, DISTRICT THREE.
HOW'S RODRIGUEZ? STAFF LIAISON.
ALRIGHT, DID ANYBODY OR EVERYBODY READ THE MINUTES? ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES TO MAKE? NO.
THAT WE ADOPT AS THEY'RE STATED? I'LL SECOND THAT.
WHAT'S THE AGENDA TODAY? NOBODY HERE, NO COMMENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, I DON'T BELIEVE.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT OF ANY KIND? NO, I WILL GO FOR IT.
UM, I HAVE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT AS OF AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING, I WILL BE RESIGNING MY POSITION AS MAYOR'S APPOINTEE FOR 15 YEARS.
I'LL BE A RESIDENT OF ROULETTE, OR I'M SORRY, ROCKWALL IN SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE BUYING A PLACE ON BAYSHORE AND NICE.
WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT, SO CONGRATS, KEN.
UNLESS YOU STILL, STILL, STILL NO CAPITAL.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A FUN RIDE.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF FACES COME AND GO.
AND I JUST, I TO HAVE BEEN PART OF IT.
WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR NOW, SO IT'S TIME FOR HIM TO READ SOME, SOME FRESH MEAT.
ALRIGHT, ANY COMMENTS ON THE LAUREN ON THE ADOPT A STREET THING? I THINK MS. GREEN IS GONNA MAKE A PRESENTATION.
SO WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST MEETING.
UM, UH, UH, KEITH GARLAND BEAUTIFUL CAME IN STRESSING HOW, UM, FUNDING IS NEEDED FOR THEM TO KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN.
AND SO I WENT HOME AND THOUGHT ABOUT A FEW THINGS ON HOW WE CAN POSSIBLY HELP AND AT THE SAME TIME, UM, KEEP OUR CITY GROWING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT, IF I CAN PASS THIS AROUND TO EVERYONE, SO WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS ADOPT A HIGHWAY, RIGHT? ADOPT A HIGHWAY IS A COMMUNITY THAT COMES TOGETHER.
MOSTLY IT'S BUSINESS THAT COMES TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AND ADOPT THESE HIGHWAYS AND THEY GET THEIR NAMES POSTED UP AND THEY GET TO GET ALL THIS ADVERTISEMENT AND ALL THIS NEW BUSINESS.
AND PEOPLE GET TO SEE THE GOOD THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING WITHIN THE CITY, ALONG THE HIGHWAYS, RIGHT? WELL, WHAT IF WE TOOK THAT SAME PROGRAM AND DID IT WITH BOTH OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS OUR BUSINESSES? SO THE JONES FAMILY CAN ACTUALLY ADOPT THEIR STREET.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GET OUT THERE TO DO THE WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, UH, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL THAT HAS HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS EVERY DAY, INCLUDING MYSELF AS WELL AS MY COMPANY THAT COME OUT TO HELP KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
WE WANNA KEEP OUR PARTS CLEAN.
WE WANNA KEEP, UM, OUR LAKEFRONT CLEAN, OUR STREETS CLEAN.
AND SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTTA RESIDENCE THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING.
AND THEN WE HAVE GROUPS OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUT VOLUNTEERING.
SOME GROUP, SOME PEOPLE THAT I SPEAK WITH DON'T KNOW HOW TO VOLUNTEER.
SO I'LL ALWAYS SAY, WELL, YOU CAN TRY THIS, OR YOU CAN PUT YOUR HAND IN THIS, OR YOU PUT, BUT THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I SAID, WITH EVERYONE WANTING THE SAME THING, WHY NOT GIVE THEM A REWARD FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING? AND IT'LL ALSO GIVE THEM THE INCENTIVE TO SAY, LOOK, THAT'S OUR FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILY IS DOING THIS.
AND THAT'S, IF I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT GARLAND.
IT DEFINITELY HAS COMMUNITY PRIDE.
AND IF WE CAN GET THE BUSINESS TO RECYCLE, AND IF WE GET THE BUSINESS AND THE RESIDENTS TO DO IT TOGETHER TO RECYCLE, TO KEEP US CLEAN, IT'LL HELP
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FUND KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.RIGHT? SO NOW THE GIST OF HOW THESE THINGS ARE GONNA WORK, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE PLANS, THE LEVELS.
AND I FIGURED THE NEXT MEETING, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND COME UP WITH THINGS THAT EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT THIS.
IF THIS IS SOMETHING EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE BEFORE COUNCIL.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IT HELPS WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGING WITH EACH OTHER.
IT HELPS WITH BRINGING IN NEW PEOPLE THAT SEE HOW CLEAN OUR CITY IS, HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR CITY IS.
THAT BRINGS IN MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA COME INTO OUR NEW, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT, THAT'S BRINGING MORE CHILDREN TO OUR GISD SCHOOLS.
THAT'S PUTTING MORE SEATS IN THE, THAT'S PUTTING MORE BODIES IN THE SEATS OF GISD BECAUSE THERE ARE PARENTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND WATCHING AND SEEING HOW OUR COMMUNITY IS BLENDING TOGETHER, BOTH BUSINESS AND RESIDENTS TO KEEP THIS PLACE CLEAN.
AND SO, UH, AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I'LL BE FIRST IN LINE TO SAY, HEY, I'LL ADOPT A STREET.
YOU KNOW, UH, WHATEVER PLAN, WHATEVER LEVEL WE COME UP WITH, I'LL ADOPT THE STREET.
AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT MY BUSINESS IS IN THE COMMUNITY AND I GET TO SEE IT.
NOT ONLY DO I GET TO SEE IT, BUT THE RESIDENTS GET TO SEE IT, RIGHT? AND SO WE ALL KNOW WHO'S PITCHING IN, WE ALL SEE WHO'S DOING THE WORK AND WITHOUT DOING THE WORK, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING TO DO IT.
AND IT HELPS PARENTS GET THE KIDS OUT MORE TOO, BECAUSE WE OWN IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT GET US, WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S A HAPPY THING.
AND SO KIDS WANNA KEEP THEIR THEIR CITY CLEAN.
IT GETS MORE PEOPLE UP AND GOING AND, AND WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.
SO I FIGURED IF WE TALK TO THE CHAMBER, MAYBE WE CAN DO SOME SCENARIOS WHERE WITH THE CHAMBER AND SAY, HEY, 'CAUSE THEY, THEY'RE THE ONES WITH THE BUSINESSES AND SAY, HEY, LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.
IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT INTO THE CITY AND, UH, DO SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY, HERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.
HERE'S A CHANCE TO SHOW THE CITY THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED.
RIGHT? AND AGAIN, UH, MAKING THE SIGNS TO SAY, UH, THIS BUSINESS IS DOING IT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE AT THE CAREER CENTER AT GISD.
SO NOT ONLY IS IT TEACHING THE KIDS HOW TO MAKE THE SIGNS OR, UH, BE MORE CRAFTY, UH, UH, GETTING A HANDS-ON, UH, EXPERIENCE, UH, BUT THAT EXPERIENCE MAKING THE SIGNS GET THEM HIRED IN OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? SO IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CITY.
IT'S, WE'RE ALL WINNING AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WITHOUT DOING MUCH, RIGHT? SO I JUST, THAT WAS THE CONCEPT I CAME UP WITH.
SO, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PAGE, ADOPT A SIGN HAS SAVED TAXPAYERS $265 MILLION 265 FROM PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING.
THAT MEANS OUR SANITATION ISN'T CLEANING AS MUCH AS THEY ARE NOW BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT AS A COMMUNITY.
SO NOT ONLY DOES IT SAVE THE CITY MONEY, BUT IT HELPS THE CITY COME TOGETHER WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS TO, TO GET THIS DONE.
AND THEN IT HELPS WITH THE RECYCLING.
ARE YOU WITH KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL? I AM NOT.
IT'S, UH, HIGHWAY 60, IS IT 67? 7 78.
UH, GARLAND GARLAND ROAD BETWEEN 6 35 AND MILLER ROAD.
I, I'M, I WAS LIKE, YOU AND I THOUGHT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS SHOWED UP INITIALLY AND THEN IT KIND OF LOST STEAM.
AND NOW YOU GOT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE CLEANING UP THAT TWO MILE STRETCH.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TEXT OUT ADOPT A HIGHWAY.
IT'S PART OF WHAT KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL IN A PARTNERSHIP.
WE GOT ALL SORTS OF SIGNS, YOU KNOW, WE GOT NICE SIGNS UP.
THEY GIVE US TRASH BAGS, CLEANER UPPERS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO WE DO HAVE A SPOT, UM, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
IS MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY, IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S EITHER, IT WAS EITHER TONIGHT.
WE GOT AN EMAIL BACK LATER TODAY.
UM, AND THAT, THAT IS A WORTHWHILE PROJECT.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ONCE BEFORE TRYING TO GET SOME SORT OF TAX STATUS OR, YOU KNOW, TAX CREDIT MM-HMM
FOR MERCHANTS ALONG THAT STRIP.
'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, ALONG THAT STRIP, THERE'S A LOT OF TIRE PLACES.
A LOT OF IT'S HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL.
AND SO IF WE COULD COERCE THOSE BUSINESSES INTO GETTING SOME SORT OF RECYCLING CREDIT OR TAX CREDIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR PARTICIPATION, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I GOTTA COMMEND YOUR ENTHUSIASM.
BUT GET WITH BOB BECAUSE HE'S THE ONLY MEMBER HERE THAT'S STILL WITH KEEP GARLAND.
UM, AND SO CAN I READ BOTH OF THAT? SORRY, CAN I REBUTTAL THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
SO I, I DO KNOW ABOUT OUR STRETCH.
UM, SO, UM, BECAUSE AS I WAS DOING THE HOMEWORK AND EVERYTHING, I, I DID FIND OUT ABOUT THE STRETCH THAT WE DO HAVE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT IS A STRETCH, RIGHT? I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A STRETCH.
I'M TALKING ABOUT IN GENERAL THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO WHETHER IT'S A SIDE STREET, A MAIN STREET, A STRETCH OF A STREET, IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE.
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WAS VOLUNTEERS AT THAT MOMENT, AT THAT TIME, THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT STOPS BECAUSE I RUN INTO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO.I'VE NEVER, I'VE, I ALWAYS WORK WITH KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
MY TEAM DOES ACTUALLY, IT ISN'T MANDATED WITHIN THE CONTRACT OF MY EMPLOYEES THAT THEY COMMIT TO SO MANY HOURS OF VOLUNTEERING.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE OUT THERE.
THE YOUNG LADY I MET TODAY, SHE'S FROM VISIT GARLAND.
AND SHE SAID, I REMEMBER YOU, YOU HAVE YOUR TEAM OUT THERE CLEANING UP.
YOU'RE THE INVESTIGATOR, RIGHT? I'M LIKE, YEAH, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE THE INVESTIGATION JACKETS ON.
'CAUSE ONE TIME WE CAME OUT AND THEY THOUGHT WE WERE OUT THERE INVESTIGATING THEM,
I SAID, NO, WE'RE GONNA TO CLEAN.
AND SO, UH, SO I MANDATE THOSE HOURS IN MY, IN MY EMPLOYEES THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET BACK.
YOU CAN'T SAY YOU ARE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE STRETCH THAT WE HAVE, BUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IS MORE PARTICIPATION PERIOD THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
A STREET, UH, A HIGHWAY, UM, 66, 78.
IT DOES NOT, IT IS JUST EACH, EACH PART NEEDS SOME ATTENTION.
AND SO, UM, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS NEEDS TO BE CLEANED.
WELL, IF THE JONES FAMILY WANTS TO ADOPT THEIR OWN STREET, GUESS WHAT? THE JONES FAMILY CAN ADOPT THEIR OWN STREET.
AND WE HAVE KEEP GARLAND, WE CAN CLEAN IT, BUT THEY HAVE TO PAY TO ADOPT THEIR STREET.
WHAT WE WANT IS PARTICIPATION FROM ALL, WHETHER IT'S SMALL FOR RESIDENTS OR BIG FOR BUSINESS.
UH, I WORKED FORT DOT WHEN I USED TO WORK, UH, THEY'VE GOT THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM.
SO ALL THE STATE, UH, HIGHWAYS END UP ARE UNDER THAT PURVIEW THERE.
THE SECOND THING, AND THIS IS MORE AIMED AT KEN AND BOB, WHEN, UH, REBA WAS THE CHAIR, WE WENT, WE TRIED TO COME UP WITH SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS AND ONE OF THEM WAS ADOPT A SPOT.
AND THAT ONE FELL BY THE WAYSIDE BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS IT, BUT ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL WASN'T INTERESTED.
I THINK, UM, ROLLETTE HAS AN INTERESTING PROGRAM WHERE THEY POST A SIGN ON A STREET AND SAY THIS SPOT IS AVAILABLE FOR AN ADOPT A SPOT.
AND THE DO THIS IN THE, IN THE HOPES OF GETTING BUSINESSES TO BID FOR THAT SPOT.
NOT JUST LIKE VOLUNTEERS, WE'RE TAKING VOLUNTEERS FOR 10 DAYS.
WE WILL DECIDE WHO'S BE THE BEST BET FOR THAT.
AND YEAH, YOU MAKE 'EM PAY FOR THEIR SIGN AND, AND MAYBE A KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL MEMBERSHIP AND THEY POST THEIR NAME UP THERE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE CONTRACT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE AND WE EXPECT YOUR EMPLOYEES OUT HERE OR YOU OR YOUR EMPLOYEES X AMOUNT OF TIMES A YEAR.
AND I THINK YOU START WITH THE COMMERCIAL AREAS AND GET PEOPLE TO BID ON THE STREETS.
'CAUSE YOU GOTTA BUY THE SIGNS.
YOU GOTTA GET THE CITY TO PUT 'EM UP AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY TO AGREE TO LET YOU DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, AND I BELIEVE KEEP RELIC CAN DO IT, KEEP GROUND BEAUTIFUL CAN DO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, LIABILITY INSURANCE WITH THE CITY.
SO I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE US THAT POSTED THE SIGNS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY WHEN, WHEN WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS, IT IS GONNA BE KEEP GARLAND INSTEAD OF THEIR EMPLOYEES OUT THERE CLEANING.
KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL HAS THE VOLUNTEERS TO DO IT.
SO THEY WILL NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO, BUT THE LEVELS OF, UH, MEMBERSHIP, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE MEMBERSHIPS AND THE LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP WILL BE ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR.
SO IF YOU PAY FOR A MEMBERSHIP THAT IS LESS THAN OTHERS, THEN YES, YOU HAVE TO SEND YOUR EMPLOYEES OUT THERE BECAUSE KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S NOT GONNA DO IT, BUT IT IS.
THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
BECAUSE WE NEED THE RAKES, WE NEED THE PICKUPS, WE NEED THE TRASH BAGS, WE NEED ALL OF THESE THINGS TO DO IT.
HOWEVER, IF YOU GET A LEVEL OF A PACKAGE OF LEVEL TWO THAT MIGHT INCLUDES KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND YOUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL WILL GO OUT THERE AND DO IT.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT HIGHWAYS? WELL, TRANSPORTATION CAN HELP US WITH COMBS.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN STREETS WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING LIKE ANIMALS.
MAYBE THEY CAN DONATE CONES TO KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
TO GET THEM OUT THERE SO THEY CAN DO THE WORK.
UM, IT'S ALL, AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT PARTICIPATION FROM EVERY ANGLE.
AND THEN WITH THE TRANSPORTATION SIGNS, AGAIN, MAYBE WE CAN TALK TO GISD AND GETTING THE KIDS AT THE CAREER CENTER.
THE KIDS CAN'T POST SIGNS AT THIS.
NOT POST THEM, MAKE THEM MAKE MAKE THEM NOT POST THEM.
MAKING THEM NOT A COMPLICATION.
HOWEVER, WILL BE A BIG HURDLE.
THIS HAS BEEN PROPOSED TWO OR THREE OR FOUR TIMES AND THEY HAVE BEEN RESISTANT EACH TIME.
UM, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I'M FOR IT.
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TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A REALLY, SOMETHING THEY CAN'T REFUSE.UM, I, I WILL GO WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN REALLY JUST GET 'EM UP AND SAY THIS IS THE PROGRAM, THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA DO.
NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING THAT JUST SUPPLY US TO VOLUNTEERS.
THAT'S A LOT OF THEM THAT WANTS TO VOLUNTEER.
SO YEAH, THERE'S, THE CITY HAS A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND A WEBSITE WHERE YOU SIGN UP MM-HMM
HAS VERY LITTLE OR NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
AND ALL THE UTENSILS, TRASH BAGS, ALL OF THAT.
THE KEEP GROWING BEAUTIFUL HAS ALL THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THE SIGN, PAYING FOR THE SIGNAGE AND PAYING FOR THE LEVELS THAT PAYS FOR THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO THROW IN HERE, IT'S NOT SPEAKING TO THIS EXACTLY, BUT JUST YESTERDAY I PICKED IT, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER GUARD GARLAND IS SORT OF A NEW MM-HMM
ORGANIZATION AND I WENT THERE AND PICKED UP A BIN BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A BLOCK PARTY AND WE THOUGHT, WELL PART OF THAT WOULD, WE'LL JUST ASK, SEND PEOPLE OUT AND TO PICK UP TRASH.
THEY'LL COME OUT WITH A TRAILER WITH PICKERS AND YEAH.
AND THIS BIN HAS EVERYTHING IN IT.
AND THEY'LL HAVE, I JUST HOPE, AND THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THAT COME YES.
SO THE LEVELS TO THE PACKAGE SHOULD INCLUDE, WE TAKE, KEEP GOING, BEAUTIFUL.
AND IF THEY REMAIN UNINTERESTED, THEN WE GO STRAIGHT TO THE GARLAND VOLUNTEER NETWORK.
WOULD, WOULD MS. GREEN BE ABLE TO PRESENT SOMETHING TO KEEP GOING? BEAUTIFUL.
WE, SHOULD WE PRESENT THIS PLAN? YES.
AND THEN KIND OF MAYBE RUN IT THROUGH, KEEP CALLING BEAUTIFUL.
AND SEE WHAT KIND OF MOMENTUM AND I'LL PUT IT ON FOLLOWING.
SOUNDS LIKE, AND THAT'LL GIVE US SOME TIME TO GET TOGETHER AND I WOULD MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MY EMAIL AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THEY JUST CAN'T SAY NO TO
SHARONDA, IT WILL, IF I MADE A SUGGESTION, I CAN SAY THIS BECAUSE I'M LEAVING
IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT HELP IF YOU DO HAVE A LEGION OF YOUNG VOLUNTEERS, YOUNG ABLE BODIED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THAT.
BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF THE PROBLEM THAT THE BEAUTIFUL HAS ENCOUNTERED IS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF WHITE HAIR IN KEEP GOING.
I MIGHT BE ONE OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OUTTA THE KENS MOVE INTO ROCKWALL.
AND, AND WE DO DO A, A GREAT DEAL EVERY YEAR WITH THE TRASH CLEANUP.
WITH ROULETTE AND WITH DALLAS.
AND, AND I'M THERE EVERY YEAR FOR THAT.
BUT IT'S, IT'S GETTING YOUNG VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE ABLE BODIED TO GET OUT THERE AND DO IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THE CITY'S REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
REALLY, REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB.
SO IF YOU POST AN EVENT WITH THIS CITY, SO
UH, HOST AN EVENT WITH JOSE HU AND HE WILL GET YOU VOLUNTEERS.
NOW THERE'S YOU A YOUNG GO-GETTER.
THAT'S, THAT'S AND HE REPRESENTED KEEP GARLAND OR KEEP ALAN BEAUTIFUL FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO I THINK WE'D GET HIM ON BOARD TOO AND SAY HOW WE DO IT.
AND THEN WE TAKE IT TO KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
ALSO NEEDS BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU YES.
SO I GUESS WE'RE GONNA JUST KIND OF RUN THIS PROGRAM THROUGH.
YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE, SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION OR ASK FOR ANY WELL, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT OR WE WOULD LIKE US TO REVISIT IT AFTER WE DO THAT.
WE AND YOU GUYS CAN ALWAYS BRING SOMETHING BACK.
ONCE YOU GUYS FINALIZE YOUR PLAN, WE CAN BRING IT BACK AS ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM DOWN THE ROAD.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THERE'S THE TRI-CITY CLEANUP OR DUCK CREEK CLEANUP, THERE ARE ALWAYS STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS 'CAUSE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL REQUIRES EVERY STUDENT SO MANY VOLUNTEER HOURS A YEAR.
SO IT'S 670 KIDS THAT COME TO THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THEM COME.
WE'RE GETTING SOME FROM NORTH GARLAND TOO.
AND GARLAND, THE, THE GREAT THING ABOUT HO SUE'S PROGRAM IS HE'S LIKE THE ONE GO CHIEF OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE CITY BEFORE USED TO BE KIND OF SPREAD OUT.
NOW IF YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER FOR SOMETHING YOU SIGN UP FOR WITH HOUE AND THEN IF THERE'S AN EVENT THAT YOU WANT TO USE VOLUNTEERS FROM S WAKE AND TALK TO THE VOLUNTEERS AND TRY TO GET THEM TO COME WORK FOR YOUR EVENT.
SO IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY COOL PROGRAM THAT WE INITIATED.
IT'S, AND I GET A NEWSLETTER EVERY TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT GARLAND FROM THEM.
HE'S REALLY GOOD AT WHIPPING UP THE PRISON TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED.
ORGANIZATION IS CONNECTED CONNECT.
HE'S WITH, HE ACTUALLY WORKS FOR GARLAND PARKS, UH, BUT HE'S UH, GOSH I THINK IT'S THE VOLUNTEER OFFICE FOR GARLAND PARKS.
BUT HE IS THE GO-TO FOR ANY KIND OF VOLUNTEERISM IN THE CITY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? WE HAVE ONE MORE BOB B COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT.
UM, MY, BOTH MY CONTACTS IN ONV ARE OUT TILL LATER THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH.
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REPORT FOR, I THOUGHT I SAW AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT.WE CAN ALWAYS DO CANDACE ONCE, ONCE YOU GET THAT, THAT LIST OF EVENTS, WE CAN ALWAYS EMAIL IT TO THE, TO THE BOARD ONCE WE GET THAT, THAT LIST.
SO, UM, I DO WANT TO POP A LINE IN HERE BECAUSE BARBARA POWERS, WHO WAS FORMALLY ON THIS, THIS COMMITTEE, UM, SHE AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE, REBA COLLINS, WHO WAS ALSO WITH US, WHO WAS WITH ALSO KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
UM, REBA WORKS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, UH, CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS NEWSLETTER HAS FOR MANY YEARS AND ALMOST EVERY YEAR THEY WIN NEWEL RECOGNITION.
THE NEIGHBORHOODS USA MM-HMM
AND SO THIS YEAR THEY WON, UM, UH, NEWSLETTER OF THE YEAR, UM, AND FIRE WHEEL ESTATE'S ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE YEAR.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY MY NEIGHBORHOOD
OH, DID YOU GO MY H WHAT? MY HOA FEES GO TO SUPPORT IT.
I'M NOT, THAT'S BARBARA THOUGH, RIGHT? I FIGURED I UM, ISN'T THAT BARBARA? YEAH.
I'M, I'M NOT ON THEIR LEADERSHIP OR ANYTHING, SO THAT'S JUST A KUDOS FOR 'EM.
'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR YEARS.
AND LIKE I SAID, CAMELOT, EVERY YEAR WINS, WINS SOMETHING FOR THEIR NEW NEWSPAPER, NEW NEWSLETTER.
WE'LL WE'LL SEND THE BOARD A LIST OF THOSE EVENTS ONCE WE GET 'EM FROM KEN.
ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ANYBODY? I WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SMOKING POLICIES, CODE COMPLIANCE HERE AGAINST SMOKING? UM, UH, SUCH AS LIKE IN RESTAURANTS OR? YES.
'CAUSE I'M SEEING A LOT AROUND THE GARLAND AREA OR IN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I KNOW THERE IS AN ORDINANCE WHERE IN YOU, YOU ARE, YOU'RE UM, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SMOKE LIKE 25 FEET FROM THE ENTRANCE OF A ESTABLISHMENT.
BUT I'M SEEING IT A LOT EVEN AT THE AIRPORT.
I MEAN, NO OFFENSE TO THOSE WHO ARE SMOKERS HERE.
I MEAN, WHAT WHAT I CAN, WHAT I CAN DO MARIA, I CAN, I CAN ASK AT, AT ONE POINT EARLIER WAS KIND OF ENFORCED BY OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT 'CAUSE THEY DO THE RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS, BUT A LOT OF THE STUFF HAS GONE BACK TO THE STATE AS WELL.
SO I'LL HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DO ENFORCE AND THEY DO TAKE CARE OF.
WE CAN ASK 'EM TO COME SPEAK AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AT LEAST THEY COULD DO IS POST A SIGN THAT SAYS THAT.
WE HAVE SO MANY, BUT THIS IS LIKE BLATANTLY SMOKING.
LIKE ME, MYSELF, I HAVE ASTHMA AND I HAVE ALLERGIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS A SECOND HAND SMOKER, THAT'S EVEN WORSE THAN ACTUALLY SMOKING
SO WE'LL, WE'LL ASK THEM AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN HELP US WITH AND WE'LL, WE'LL BRING, TRY TO GET 'EM BACK OUT.
AND ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I SAW IS I, I KNOW I I I TRIED TO DRIVE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I KNOW IT'S SUMMERTIME AND I SEE SOME HOUSES, THEY'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THEIR SWIMMING POOLS AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE A HAVEN FROM A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN I TRIED CALLING THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS AND IT WAS JUST LIKE
I'VE GOT ONE ACTUALLY THAT BORDERS MY PROPERTY THAT WE HAVEN'T CALLED ON THIS YEAR, BUT HAVE EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST 12.
YOU MEAN NEIGHBORHOOD POOLS THAT ARE STAGNANT? NO, IT'S A PRIVATE POOL.
FILLS UP WITH RAINWATER AND THEN FILLS UP WITH MOSQUITOES EVERY YEAR.
BUT THEY'RE NOT GIVING, CLEANING IT UP OR RUNNING THEIR OH NO, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING.
WE'LL, WE'LL WE CAN GET 'EM HERE AND SEE WHAT THEY DO FOR THOSE.
I KNOW PARKS WAS DOING SOME FOR A WHILE, BUT I THINK IT'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT STILL.
WHAT ABOUT SIDEWALKS? I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO, THE CITY WILL PAY HALF AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, I MEAN THERE ARE JUST SO MANY SIDEWALKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE UNEVEN AND, AND DANGEROUS SIDEWALKS ARE, ARE NOT CITY PROPERTY.
SO IT'S TOTALLY UP TO THE HOMEOWNER.
WELL IT, UH, THE CITY A MATCHING PROGRAM.
THE CITY DOES HAVE A, A MATCHING PROGRAM.
UM, THAT IT DEPENDS ON YOUR INCOME LEVELS, BUT THE CITY, UH, I'M GONNA SAY THIS 'CAUSE MY PARENTS USED IT AND THEY HAD THE, THERE'S UH, DISCOUNTED 50%.
SO THEY HAD LIKE FOUR SQUARES REPAIRED FOR LIKE $900.
BUT IT DEPENDS ON YOUR INCOME LEVELS.
BUT, UM, WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE FROM UH, ENGINEERING, I THINK THEY RUN THAT PROGRAM THEY CAN COME SPEAK WITH TO US ABOUT THAT.
EVEN MORE SO THE PLACES WITHOUT SIDEWALKS.
WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
HOW ENGINEERING ONLY, OR DO THEY, DO THEY PARTNER WITH STREETS TO PORT? I THINK IT'S,
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I THINK IT'S RUN THROUGH ENGINEERING, BUT AGAIN, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, BUT WHEN I USED MY TO MY PARENTS' APPLICATION, IT WAS THROUGH ENGINEERING.IS IT BASED ON LIKE THE RESIDENTS REQUEST OR IS SOMEONE REQUIRING THEM TO NO, YOU HAVE TO, NO ONE IF THE, I THINK YOUR POINT IS THE SIDEWALKS ARE SO BAD AS SOMEONE COMING ALONG SAYING LIKE, HEY, YOU NEED TO REPLACE THIS, JUST NEED TO GO LAY ON THE SIDEWALK
IF IT'S, IT'S, SO IT HAS TO ORIGINATE WITH THE SOUNDS.
SO SOMEONE, SOMEONE, SOMEONE REPORTS THE COMPLAINTS.
UM, THEN I BELIEVE CODE COMPLIANCE IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY GOES OUT THERE AND LOOKS AT IT.
UM, BUT THEN TO, TO GET, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO APPLY THROUGH ENGINEERING.
A FEW YEARS AGO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WENT IN AND REDID 'CAUSE THEY'RE CONCRETE STREETS.
THEY WENT AND REDID SECTIONS OF IT.
AND AS PART OF THAT, THEY ALSO WENT IN AND FIXED ALL THE SIDEWALKS TOO.
AND THEN, THEN THE SIDEWALKS THAT GOT FIXED DID COST ANYBODY ANYTHING EXTRA.
THEY, THEY REALLY, THEY REALLY FIXED UP THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD QUITE A LOT BECAUSE YOU HAD A LOT OF ORIGINAL SIDEWALKS THAT THE TREES HAD GROWN UP AND THEY'D PUSHED THE, YOU KNOW, THE SIDEWALKS OUT OF, OUT OF SINK.
BUT IT MADE, IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
'CAUSE YOU USED TO HAVE TO WA WATCH CAREFULLY FOR WALK, GOING FOR A WALK SOMEWHERE.
AND UH, NOW YOU CAN, UH, YEAH, NOW IT'S ALL, NOW IT'S VERY SMOOTH.
WE CAN HAVE HIM BE DETAILED, THEIR ENTIRE PROCESS.
WHEN'S THE NEXT MEETING? SEPTEMBER THE 11TH.
NO, NO, I'M SORRY I WAS MISTAKEN.
ALL RIGHT, WELL I GUESS WE'RE ADJOURNED AND WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY THEN.