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WE HAVE JUST APPROVED THE MINUTES OF LAST, UH, MONTH'S MEETING, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY AT THE PART OF, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
IF YOU WANT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON, UH, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO KNOW OR ASK OR TELL US.
WHAT TIME DID YOU START? WE'RE JUST NOW STARTING.
AND THEN WE'RE JUST NOW AT THE PARK FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKING PUBLIC.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, UH, SURE.
SPEAK, SAY ANYTHING OR, I'M MINDY MIRANDA.
I WAS ON THE ORIGINAL, UH, MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MEETING UNDER BOB.
BOB DAY IS THE, BOB DAY IS THE DENTIST.
SO IT WAS BOB DAY WITH, UH, THE HONORABLE, UH, ANNIE DIXON.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, NAME DROPPING NOW.
BUT ANYWAY, WE HELD A LOT OF THOSE, UH, MULTICULTURAL, UH, EVENTS AT, UH, THE, UH, THEATER, AT THE BIG THEATER.
AND, UH, HAD PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE, CULTURES THAT CAME IN AND SHOWED THEIR TALENTS.
UH, WERE YOU REFERRING TO AS JENNIFER WHEN, UH, SHE ACTUALLY CAME IN AFTERWARDS? YEAH, SHE WAS.
I SAY HI, BUT
I SAID, THEY GIVE THEM TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER,
ANYWAY, SO I WAS JUST, WE WERE, I WAS INTERESTED AND HOW EVERYTHING WAS GOING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CULTURES YOU HAVE REPRESENTED HERE NOW, BUT, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO COME IN AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP? YAY.
I LIVE IN BERLIN FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
PHIL, MINDY, NICE TO MEET YOU.
INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES IN, SO WHAT AM I, ORAL TESTIMONY? YEAH, ORAL TESTIMONY.
BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING.
I WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
THERE'S, AS FAR AS MULTICULTURAL PROJECTS, I HAVEN'T KEPT UP.
IF THERE'S A PLACE WHERE THE MINUTES ARE KEPT THAT I COULD, UH, GET ONLINE AND LOOK, THAT'D BE FUN.
CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME AGAIN? MAISHA.
WHAT DISTRICT ARE YOU IN? I'M SORRY, WHAT? DISTRICT? DISTRICT, I THINK SIX.
AND MS. MANNY, WHICH DISTRICT ARE YOU IN? MINDY.
WHAT DISTRICT ARE YOU IN? TWO.
I DON'T KNOW WHO IS MY PREP? DOES ANYBODY KNOW MY, WHO MY REPRESENTATIVE IS NOW? I KNOW DEBORAH'S, NOT CHRIS BEARD.
DEBORAH STOPPED TO CHRIS BEARD.
I MET HER CARISSA NOT TOO LONG AGO.
CARISSA IS ON THE DISTRICT SIX.
DID YOU SAY YOUR NAME WAS MINDY OR MINDY? MINDY.
YOU MIGHT SEE DOWN THERE AS MELINDA, BUT I GO BY MINDY.
UH, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOUR LADIES WANTED TO OFFER? I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
UH, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, IF POSSIBLE, CAN YOU LADIES GIVE US YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION? THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT.
YOU GOT IT ALREADY? SHE'S BEEN, YEAH.
THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WILL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR CHAIR.
UH, WE ARE ON NUMBER THREE OF THE AGENDA.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY EXTRA ONES THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY SHARE? THIS SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THERE WAS THE ONLY ONE RIGHT HERE I CAN HAND YOU.
I'VE GOT ONE EXTRA ONE RIGHT HERE.
IF ANYONE NEEDS ONE IN THE MIDDLE, I CAN SHARE.
THERE'S NOT A, A WHOLE LOT TO SHARE.
SO, UH, THE, THE COMMISSION HAS A BUDGET OF, OF $8,000.
AND TO THIS POINT, UM, $5,039 AND 20 CENTS HAS BEEN SPENT.
UH, THERE'S A REMAINING BALANCE OF $2,960 AND 80 CENTS ON, UH, PAGE TWO.
YOU WILL SEE THE ITEMS THAT HAVE,
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UH, BEEN, UM, SPENT, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE BUDGET, THUS, THUS FAR.SO THERE'S VARIOUS ITEMS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, MEALS, UH, TABLECLOTHS EVENTS, DECORATIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S ABOUT TWO, $2,960 80 CENTS REMAINING.
UM, I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME, UH, AND I CAN VERY BE VERY BRIEF ABOUT IT.
UH, AND I THINK THIS WILL HELP THE COMMISSION, UH, GOING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY AS WE TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS SUCH AS, AS AN EVENT.
UM, THE CITY IS IN VERY, UH, TOUGH TIMES COMING AHEAD OF IT WITH, AS IT RELATES TO, TO BUDGETS.
SO JUST AS EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING IN THE, IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR IS ALSO STRUGGLING QUITE A BIT.
SO JUST, SO, JUST SOME EXAMPLES.
UH, WE TYPICALLY OPERATE ON ABOUT A 98%, UH, COLLECTION RATE FOR PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS OUR BIGGEST REVENUE SOURCE.
WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK NOW AT ABOUT A 96% COLLECTION RATE.
UH, AND THAT'S DUE TO, UH, PROPERTY TAX PROTESTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, AND AS WELL AS FOLKS JUST NOT PAYING THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY TAX.
AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE 430 MILLION COMING IN, TYPICALLY, AND YOU LOSE TWO, 2% OF THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG HIT TO YOUR, TO YOUR BUDGET.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN A DECLINE IN SALES TAX AND THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
AND SO IT, IT'S NOT, UM, DIRE, WE'RE CUTTING BUDGETS OR WE'RE, UM, WE'RE LAYING PEOPLE OFF OR ANYTHING TO THAT EFFECT.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A CITY, STILL MOVE FORWARD.
UH, BUT WHAT'S GOING TO REALLY BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL GOING FORWARD IS WHAT NEW CAN WE TAKE ON? AND, UH, TO BE HONEST, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO TAKE ON, AT LEAST IN THIS, UH, THIS UPCOMING BUDGET.
THINGS MAY, MAY CHANGE, AND WE KIND OF HAVE A, UH, A, A RUNNING JOKE PER SE THAT, UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE BUDGET UNTIL WE WAKE UP THAT MORNING AND WATCH THE NEWS.
AND WHETHER IT'S A, A WAR OR OIL CHANGE OR A, A TARIFF THAT HITS US.
SO, UM, CAN I AFFORD MY VITAMINS
UM, UH, I'LL TELL YOU, EVERY LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET WAS TURNED OVER TO JUST LOOK AT, AND THIS ONE WAS, WAS LOOKED AT.
AND I SAID, NO, WE GOTTA HAVE THE MONEY.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE PHONE.
AND IT'S LIKE, LET, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN AMOUNT WE NEED TO KEEP TO KEEP OUR OUR GROUP ROLLING.
AND SO, UH, OUR MONEY'S GOOD FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, AT THIS POINT, NOTHING'S CHANGED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST PROVIDE THAT OUTLOOK.
THE CITY'S GOING TO HAVE A, A TOUGH TIME, UH, OVER THE, OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
AND WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WE HAVE 29 60, 80 LEFT TO SPEND BEFORE, SO IT'LL BE BEFORE OCTOBER.
WELL, THE, THE FISCAL YEAR WILL ROLL OCTOBER 1ST, BUT IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE SPEND IT PROBABLY IN THE AUGUST.
MEETING, UH, 'CAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN GET IT VOTED ON, WE CAN GET IT APPROVED, GET IT OUT, SO THAT, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE BEST BET.
SO WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND ANY, UM, SWAG THAT WE WANT TO PROCURE OR, UM, WE HAVE A TENT, WE HAVE THE SIGN, WE HAVE OTHER THINGS.
BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS CAN THINK OF THAT WE CAN SPEND THIS MONEY ON, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MYSELF.
DEFINITELY COPY THE CITY STAFF ON IT SO WE CAN PUT IT TO A VOTE OF IF IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO PURCHASE AND WE NEED TO GET TO VOTE ON IT AND HAVE IT PURCHASED, ALL WE DON'T USE, WE LOSE.
SO, MADAM CHAIRS, UH, IF WE DON'T USE THEM FOR THIS BUDGET THIS YEAR AS THIS ROLL OVER, NO SIR.
A A POINT FOR THE CITY STAFF TO MAYBE ASSIST US WITH THIS.
UH, YOU SEE ALL, ALL THE CITY ACTIVITIES AND ALL THE GROUPS THAT COME TO THE CITY ACTIVITIES AND SET UP THEIR, ATTENDS THEIR TABLES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO PROFESSIONALLY, YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT LOOKS GOOD, WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO YOUR GROUP AND WHAT'S, I WOULD CALL A CAPITAL GOOD, WHICH IN OTHER WORDS, IT ROLLS, UH, SEVERAL YEARS RATHER THAN JUST GIVE AWAY IN THERE, IT'S GONE.
WOULD Y'ALL MAYBE CONSIDER TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE MIGHT COULD ADD THAT WOULD BENEFIT US THIS YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD? DEFINITELY WE, AND, AND BE A LITTLE WISER WITH OUR SPENDING SINCE THE BUDGET IS TIED AT THE CITY LEVEL.
WE CAN DEFINITELY COMMIT TO THAT.
AND I'M, I BELIEVE, I'M, I'M GATHERING YOUR QUESTION.
SO TO LOOK AT WHAT ITEMS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY IN INVENTORY THAT AND BRING THAT BACK FOR A DISCUSSION.
AND THERE CAN BE, UH, ALSO A DISCUSSION WE HAVE WITH SOME OF THOSE GROUP, LIKE THE LIBRARY.
OTHER GROUPS, ANIMAL SERVICES THAT ARE OUT AT THE EVENTS.
AND WHAT ARE THEY BUYING, WHAT ARE THEY TYPICALLY PROVIDING? RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT WE CAN PULL THAT AS A PERSON CONTRIBUTING TO THAT, THOSE TAXES.
I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO INVEST RATHER THAN SPEND.
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DO, IF WE DON'T NEED SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE TIGHTENING OF BELTS IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.AND I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT ANOTHER AREA THAT MIGHT HAVE NEED PERSONALLY MM-HMM
BEING ABLE TO INVEST, BUT FOR LONG-TERM.
YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY, COUNTY, STATE, EVERY GOVERNMENT IS FACING MORE TCHOTCHKES MAY NOT BE.
YOU KNOW, THE BEST USE OF FUNDS.
SO WHEN YOU SAY INVEST, UH, MS. KIMBERLY, WHAT IS IT YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT YOU INVEST INTO? YEAH.
TO CHARLES' POINT OF THINGS THAT HAVE LONG TERM IMPACT THAT PEOPLE WILL HANG ON TO THAT ARE NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE TOSS IN A BAG AND THEY MIGHT TOSS AWAY.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE, WE, AND, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE IDEA OF RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING AS WELL, BUT SOMETHING THAT HAS MEANING TO THE PERSON RECEIVING IT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T NEED ANOTHER PEN KIND OF THING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S NOT THAT PENS AND TOTE BAGS ARE BAD, BUT IF, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A PERSON WHO PROTESTS THEIR PROPERTY TAXES EVERY YEAR, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, HOMESTEADED,
IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO USE THIS? YOU KNOW, USE THESE FUNDS FOR THE GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE COMMISSION.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS THAT WOULD BE BETTER, BETTER STEWARDSHIP OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE.
AND IF YOU GUYS, THERE'S ALWAYS, IF ANYONE HAS A PARTICULAR IDEA OF SOMETHING, SEND IT AND LET US KNOW SO THAT IT CAN BE SENT TO THE CITY STAFF AND THEY CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, I UNDERSTAND INVESTING, BUT, UM, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, OKAY, INVEST IN WHAT? INVEST IN ANOTHER TENT, INVEST IN SOME CHAIRS, INVEST IN A TABLE, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT IDEA, UH, WE COULD ACTUALLY INVEST INTO.
I DUNNO IF I CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION NOW.
IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO INVEST FINANCIAL WISE WITH SOME OTHER COMMUNITY EVENT THAT'S GOING ON? CAN WE MAKE DONATIONS SAY THERE'S A REALLY GREAT CULTURAL EVENT GOING ON AND THEY NEED A LITTLE FUNDING.
CAN WE CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT BASED ON POLICY? AND I'LL HAVE TO LOOK, UM, I'M GOING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT, UH, YOU'RE ATTENDING, UH, PARTNER YES.
BUT IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S A CHECK FOR $500, YOU, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT CAN BE DONE.
SAY LIKE, THE NEW, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME, THE CULTURAL GROUP THAT WAS CREATED A YEAR OR TWO AGO, AND THEY'RE DOING ALL THESE CULTURAL MUSIC SHOWS AND PERFORMANCES.
AND SHE CAME AND TALKED TO US MM-HMM
LIKE IF SOMETHING WAS COMING UP DOWN THE ROAD THAT THEY WERE DOING, AND WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEM FOR THAT EVENT AND PROVIDE SOME RESOURCES, WHICH WOULD HELP THEIR BUDGET.
BECAUSE THEY MAY NEED TO BRING IN SOME PERFORMERS, SOME ACTS, SOME MUSIC EQUIPMENT.
SOUND SYSTEMS. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UM, THAT ONE PARTICULAR GROUP, UH, THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER BUCKET THAN, THAN WE DO.
AND THEIRS, THEIRS IS NOT TAX, WELL, IT'S, IT'S HOTEL MILL MOTEL TAX THAT FUNDS THAT GROUP.
SO THEY DON'T PULL OUT A PROPERTY OR SALES TAX.
SO THE SOFTWARE COMPLEX IS REALLY GONNA HELP THEM.
SO DOES IT HAVE TO BE A CITY TYPE ORGANIZATION? NOT NECESSARILY.
IF THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT, UH, I WAS THINKING OF A HOPE CLINIC.
IF WE WERE TO DO LIKE A, A VOLUNTEER PROJECT WITH THEM OR SOMETHING, WE DO A VOLUNTEER OR WE CAN DO A DONATION PARTNER.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN JUST MAKE A DONATION.
WELL, BUT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER THERE, THEY HAVE THE FOOD THAT THEY, BUT LIKE DURING THE SUMMER, THEY NEED COLORING BOOKS AND CRAYONS BECAUSE THE PARENTS BRING THE KIDS AND THEY STAY THERE WHILE THEY GO TO WORK.
WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEIR SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
SO WITH THAT, AND IN PARTNERING, WE COULD SEE A NEED AND PROVIDE POSSIBLY SOME MONEY FOR MM-HMM
SO WOULD IT BE WE PROVIDE MONEY OR WOULD WE BUY THE COLORING BOOKS OR WHATEVER IT IS THEY SAY THEY NEED, WE PURCHASE IT AND THEN DONATE THAT ITEM TO THEM.
I BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE ITEM.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN JUST HAND A CHECK OVER TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
AND THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF THOSE NOW IN, UH, IN MANY LANGUAGES.
Y'ALL MIGHT GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT.
'CAUSE YOU OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT IS REAL.
THAT, THAT IS A REAL INVESTMENT.
VISION GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE
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IN AS WELL.WELL, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, GIVE SOMEONE A REASON TO REMEMBER THAT THE CMC WAS INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, WHAT DID, WHAT DID YOU DO? MM-HMM.
THIS, WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE GIVING BACKPACKS TO ALL THE KIDS LOADED.
THE NAACP DOES AN AWESOME JOB.
OH, THE BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY IS INCREDIBLE.
AND AND THAT'S, WELL, HALF OF THIS TABLE VOLUNTEERS AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY EVERY YEAR.
THEY VOLUNTEER FOR THE NAACP AND THE BACK TO SCHOOL AND THE CP BANK SCHOOL AROUND.
MAY I SPEAK? SO, UM, DO WE, OUR CMC, UH, IF THERE'S DONATION FROM OUTSIDE TO CMC BUDGETING, WE BUDGET CONSTRAINED, ARE WE ALLOWED TO TAKE IT? OR IS THAT THERE IS THE PUBLICATION THAT WHAT OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION CAN DONATE TO CMC BUDGET? 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT NEXT YEAR YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A CONSTRAINT BUDGET.
SO JIMMY, I'M GOING OFF MEMORY HERE AND I, I APOLOGIZE.
I FEEL LIKE I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
I THINK SINCE THE CMC ITSELF IS NOT A NONPROFIT, IT'S JUST UNDER THE CITY'S ORGANIZATION, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE DONATIONS.
LIKE THE, UM, UH, CULTURAL ART COMMISSION.
THEY HAVE A NONPROFIT BOARD ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE A NONPROFIT ARM ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE DONATIONS.
UH, I JUST DON'T BELIEVE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, WE CAN'T GIVE A TAX RECEIPT EITHER.
SO AS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PERSON, I KNOW ALL OF THAT.
THE REASON I'M ASKING, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT WORK TO DO TO PROMOTE ABOUT CMC.
OUR COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE DON'T, DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE.
AND WE ARE ATTEND MULTIPLE CITY EVENTS TO PROMOTE US AND, AND, AND MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME WHEN THEY LIVE HERE IN GHANA.
AND THAT IS, EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT PROMOTION, WE HAVE MULTIPLE THINGS WE CAN DO.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THE REASON I'M ASKING BECAUSE IF, IF THERE IS THE NO DONATION OUTSIDE, IF THEY DON'T NEED TEXT DEDUCTIBLE, ANYTHING, IF THAT'S STILL ACCEPTABLE, LUPA, IF NOT, THEN IT'S FINE.
I THINK WE'D ALMOST TREAT IT THE WAY WE WOULD DO A DONATION.
WE COULD PROBABLY TAKE TANGIBLE THINGS THAT WE COULD HAND OUT IF SOMEONE SAID, HEY, OUT THESE BOTTLES OF WATER AT YOUR EVENT OR HAND OUT THESE COLORING BOOKS, I THINK WE COULD DO THAT.
I, I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN TAKE THE, OR MEDIA, MEDIA MEDIA COVERAGE.
THAT WAS WHAT EARLIER I WAS OFFER ABOUT, I HAVE SOME MEDIAS TO CUT OUT.
I MEAN, IF WE, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CELEBRATION, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO HAVE A COALITION OF, OF FUNDING.
AND THE CELEBRATION, UM, WHAT IS IT, THE 25 YEARS, 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
OF WHAT? THE CM OF THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET AND WOULD REQUIRE COALITION CAREGIVERS IN ALL THE CULTURAL GROUPS AND ETHNIC GROUPS.
AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT WHEN WE, BUT THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, THAT WOULD WHAT AN INVESTMENT IS.
AND, AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE, THAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS SEPTEMBER, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT WE JUST HAD THE DISPLAY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LITERATURE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING, UH, UNLESS YOU TALKED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, EVERYBODY WAS JUST GOING BY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE PICTURE.
SO, UH, A BOOKMARK, YOU KNOW, WITH WHO WE ARE, SOMETHING SIMPLE, BUT THAT WE CAN JUST GIVE AWAY.
PENS ARE NICE, BUT EVERYBODY GETS PENS.
OR IF YOU HAD SOME MONITORS PLAYING A LOOP PRESENTATION OF THIS IS WHO WE ARE, THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE, THIS IS WHY THIS IS HERE.
JUST SOME NICE STUFF LAST YEAR.
BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE BEHIND THE TABLES WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE SIGNING MM-HMM
AND DOING THINGS, AND THEN BEHIND THE TABLES WHERE THE FAMILY PICTURES AND THINGS WERE.
THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE, WELL IT FITS IN WITH THE, UH, AGE GROUPS.
MORE SO THAN A PERSON TALKING
WELL, IF YOU'RE HISPANIC, YOU TALK.
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SOME GREAT IDEAS.AND THAT I WAS TRYING TO PULL IT OUT.
GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT IT IS WE'RE LOOKING TO INVEST IN.
'CAUSE ONE PERSON MAY HAVE ONE IDEA AND SOMEONE ELSE MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT, A TOTALLY DIFFERENT IDEA.
SO IF WE COULD, THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE MENTIONED, I KNOW MS. JENNIFER IS TAKING NOTES, IT'S RECORDED.
BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC IDEAS THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE US GIVING MONEY TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL AN ITEM, PLEASE SEND THAT AN EMAIL.
IF YOU COULD THINK ABOUT IT THROUGH THE WEEKEND, FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK, GET THAT TO MS. UM, JENNIFER CITY STAFF AND MYSELF SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROVAL TO INVEST IN THAT PARTICULAR THING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO, UM, THREE B, WHICH IS THE COMMITTEE AND EVENT REPORTS.
COMMITTEES FOR THE CMC MAY REPORT ON THE MEETING INFORMATION.
INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS MAY ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING GOING TO DIFFERENT EVENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CALENDAR THAT WE'VE MERGED, UH, SEVERAL CALENDARS TOGETHER TO DECIDE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO ATTEND AND WHO COULD ATTEND.
UM, WE ARE IN THE MONTH OF WHAT MONTH? IN AUGUST? NO, JUNE.
SO MAY, ANYTHING THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE THIRD THURSDAY AND MAY AND TODAY, HAS ANYONE ATTENDED? WE ALL KNOW JUNETEENTH WAS THE BIGGEST THING, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY TOOK PLACE IN MAY.
A BOARD MEETING, TRUSTEE MEETING, SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE, UM, TALKED TO THE, SO THE COUNCIL REP.
ANYBODY ATTENDED ANYTHING BEFORE THE JUNETEENTH MEETING? I MEAN THE, AND WELL, I HAVE A LONG LIST, MA'AM.
UH, CAN YOU JUST COVER US UP UNTIL ROUGHLY AROUND JUNETEENTH? YES.
SO FOR, FOR THE JUNETEENTH ON JUNE 14TH, THAT WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE, UM, MURALS THERE.
UH, WE HAVE
SO WE, WE, WE AT DO HOUSE ISLANDS.
WE REALLY, REALLY A LOT OF LEARNING AND CELEBRATION BETWEEN TEEN SOUTH.
AND MY FIRST TIME IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND ASK US QUESTION WHO WE ARE,
SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXPLANATIONS, UH, TO THEM.
I THINK THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S STILL, PEOPLE COME BY AND LOOK AT US AND SAY, WHAT ARE DOING? SO WE GIVE IT OUT THE BACK.
UH, WHEN THEY LOOK TO TAKE THE BAGS GO AWAY INSIDE, THEY HAVE THE GIFTS INSIDE PEN ALL.
SO I THINK THAT'S VERY USEFUL.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW, HOW, HOW LONG WE CAN DO THAT ONE BASED ON OUR PURCHASE CONSTRAINT.
UH, NEXT ONE IS JUNE 17TH ON THE, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION THAT WE, UH, I ATTENDED FOR OUR NEW MAYORS, UH, SQUARE IN AND OUR FORMER MAYOR THAT'S, UH, SAY FAREWELL.
UH, SO THAT WAS, UH, IT'S A GREAT LEARNINGS AND, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL APPROVE, UH, THE $25 MILLION NEW SOCCER COMPLEX.
I THINK THAT'S BRING A GREAT, UM, ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR CITY AND THE FUTURE OF, UH, THE CITY TALKING ATTRACTS, UH, SALES TAX AND, AND OTHERS, UH, GUESS COMING TO GO.
I, I LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT ONE.
AND THEN ON JUNE 21ST AND 22ND, UH, THAT WAS THE, UH, THE FW ASIAN AMERICAN SOCCER TOURNAMENTS.
UH, WE HAVE 29 TEAM FROM EIGHT STATES, ASIAN AMERICAN SOCCER TEAM.
UH, WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR ATTEND.
UM, BUT ALSO ON 2020 FIRST, JUNE 21ST SATURDAY, UH, I ALSO ATTEND THE WORKING BUDGET SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL.
THEY GO THROUGH ALL THE PROPOSITIONS.
UH, SO I, THOSE ARE THE FOUR EVENTS THAT I ATTENDED AND, UH, IS IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO BE, TO BE THERE.
I FIGURED OUT YOU ARE GONNA BE SO READY.
THE ONE THING ON THE, ON THE BAGS, WE HAD A, I MEAN WE HAD A FEW LEFT OVER, BUT THE ONE THING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ADD MORE, JUST THE GENERIC CARD.
'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK, WHERE CAN I FIND Y'ALL? YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU? AND I THINK SOME OF THE BAGS THAT THEY HAVE A BROCHURE IN IT, IT SAID CITY GARLAND OR MULTICULTURAL.
BUT THOSE JUST THE LITTLE CARDS, NOT OUR NAME, NOT ANYTHING ELSE BUT SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE, LIKE ASKING ABOUT THE MINUTES AND STUFF.
BUT JUST THOSE LITTLE BUSINESS CARDS TO PUT IN, PUT IN EVERY BAG.
'CAUSE THERE WASN'T, THERE WASN'T ONE IN, IN SOMETHING.
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I TOLD A COUPLE PEOPLE JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK FOR THIS AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.THEY SHOULD JUST BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, THAT CARD IN THERE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GONNA BE EXPENSIVE THAT WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE.
I MEAN, THAT SHOULD JUST BE AN ONGOING, 'CAUSE THE CITY WEBSITE IS NOT GONNA CHANGE, YOU KNOW, PHONE NUMBERS AND PERSONNEL.
BUT I THINK JUST MORE OF THOSE CARDS IN THOSE, UH, THOSE BAGS, THAT'S WHERE A BOOKMARK WOULD COME IN HANDY.
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE UNDERNEATH.
SO I KNOW WE HAVE THAT ONE, THE CARD THAT'S ABOUT THIS TALL.
UH, IT DOES HAVE THE CITY WEBSITE ON THE BACK OF THAT CARD.
UH, IT MAY NOT TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW TO GET TO WHERE OUR INFORMATION IS LOCATED, BUT I DO RECALL THAT INFORMATION BEING ON IT, I THINK IT'S RED AND GREEN OR RED, GREEN AND YELLOW.
BUT WE CAN REVISIT LOOKING AT THAT CAR.
I KNOW YOU GUYS DID AN INVENTORY AND FOUND SOME AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY HANDED OUT FOR JUNETEENTH.
SO WE MAY BE COMPLETELY OUT OF THOSE OUTSIDE OF ONE LEFT AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO IF POSSIBLE WE CAN REVISIT AND LOOK AT THAT.
AND UM, SEE IF MAYBE IT CAN BE ALTERED, ADDED TO OR TAKEN AWAY AS WE SEE FIT.
UH, MY ONLY CONCERN IS I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MISSION STATEMENT IS ON THAT PARTICULAR CARD.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN LIMBO AS TO WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WHAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO BE ON THERE.
SO OF COURSE AN EDIT WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLACE.
UH, AND WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE, UM, DIGITAL QR CODE ON THERE.
THAT SENDS US RIGHT TO OUR WEBSITE AS WELL, UH, TO EDIT THAT ALSO.
SO MADAM CHAIRS, I HAVE THE LATEST OF THE, UH, CMC CARD AND WHEN I SCAN THE QR CODE, IT GO TO THE GO AND ISD.
SO I MIGHT PAY ATTENTION ON THAT.
THAT WAS ON PURPOSE, RIGHT? THAT WAS A REQUEST? IT WAS A RESOURCE, UM, A YEAR AGO OR SO.
YEAH, IT WAS LIKE A, IT'S A WEBSITE.
ISD HAS A WEBSITE OF ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN GARLAND.
UM, SO WE HAVE THAT AS WATER CODE THAT WE GAVE OUT.
IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR RESOURCES LIKE MULTI, LIKE CULTURAL RESOURCES, BUT MAYBE GARLAND ISD CHANGED THEIR WEBSITE.
BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT STRAIGHT TO THAT LIST, THEN YEAH, THEY CHANGE IT.
SO IF IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE CMC INFORMATION, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM TO LOOK AT.
NO, WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE QR CODE THAT WE WERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS THE BIGGEST NEED.
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, DO WE, ARE WE WANTING TO ADD A QR CODE OF THE CITY'S THE CMCS WEBSITE? THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TAKE TO TAKE FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE LIKE, UM, SOME OF THE OLDER MEMBERS SAID WHEN WE DID THE QR CODE, BECAUSE WE AS THE CMC DID NOT HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF RESOURCES THAT WHEN SOMEONE DID REACH OUT, IT WAS, IF THEY WERE LOOKING FOR RESOURCES, THE BEST THING FOR THEM TO DO WAS TO GO TO GIS D'S WEBSITE BECAUSE IT HAD THE BIGGEST LIST OF RESOURCES.
SO WE AS A COMMISSION CAN DECIDE AGAIN WHAT WE WANT THAT QR CODE TO BE BECAUSE WE STILL DON'T HAVE A COMPILED LIST OF RESOURCES.
WE JUST MAY NEED TO, UM, EXPLAIN WHEN WE HAND OUT THE CARD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THAT QR CODE WILL TAKE THEM TO THE WEBSITE FOR THE CITY, UH, THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE CITY THAT HAS THE BIGGEST LIST OF RESOURCES.
AND IF THEY WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE CMC DIRECTLY, ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE LINK THAT SENDS THEM, OR THE LINK THAT ACTUALLY TAKES THEM TO THE CMC INFORMATION.
SO WE CAN PUT THIS ON A, UM, AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING TO DISCUSS WHAT WE AS THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE FOR THAT QR CODE TO GO.
ARE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION? I CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION.
BUT ME AND THE CHAIR, YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
THAT'S WHY I SAID CAN WE PUT THAT ON THE CHAIR? OH, OKAY.
WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND BACK TO I GUESS THE, THE EVENTS AND REPORTS.
I ALSO, JIMMY, I WENT TO THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS TOUCHING TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY WERE APPRECIATIVE OF OUTGOING.
MEGHAN, HIS VIDEO WAS HILARIOUS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT WAS GREAT.
AND TOUCHING IT, THE CHAMBERS WERE SOMETHING WAS COOL.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE AND ONLY ONE THAT I'VE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PAST MONTH.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY PARTICIPATED IN? UM, I KNOW FOR THE BIG EVENTS THAT SOMETIMES WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH BAGS, WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO PUT OUT.
THIS IS WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER THAT EVENT AND SAY, HEY, WE ONLY DID 50 BAGS FOR THE NEXT EVENT.
WE MIGHT NEED TO CONSIDER DOING 70 BAGS.
YOU KNOW, VERSUS, UM, WE RAN OUT, UH, WE NEED TO KNOW APPROXIMATELY
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TWO HOURS IN, DID YOU RUN OUT? YOU KNOW, DID YOU GO THE WHOLE TIME AND YOU RAN OUT AN HOUR BEFORE? THE, THOSE ARE DETAILS THAT WE NEED TO PASS ON TO THE CITY STAFF THAT PREPS THOSE BAGS FOR US SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.BECAUSE WE RAN OUT AT THE STATION.
AND WE WILL MAKE SURE NEXT TIME WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH AND WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN PLACE.
INSTEAD OF HANDING EVERYTHING OUT, WE'LL HAVE, UM, SOMETHING IN PLACE SO THAT CONVERSATION CAN TAKE PLACE.
AND BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED, YOU NOW GET TO GET A GIFT OR, UH, AN ITEM.
I DON'T WANNA CALL 'EM GIFTS AN ITEM.
UM, THAT WAY WE'RE NOT JUST HANDING AND THEY WALKING AWAY.
WE'RE ENGAGING IN CONVERSATION.
WE'RE GETTING SOME INFORMATION OR FEEDBACK.
NOW AT, UH, JUNE NINE, JUNE 19TH, THE NAACP, WERE GIVING THOSE BAGS.
THEY'RE BETTER THAN WHAT WE GET.
WELL THEY DEFINITELY HAVE A DIFFERENT BUDGET THAN WE DO.
AND THEY HAVE POUCHES ON THE OUTSIDE AND THAT'S THE NAACP.
I LIKE TO, I WOULD DEFINITELY PASS ON THEM THAT THE BAG IS, WE HAVE HERE TO PUT, YOU KNOW, STUFF HERE AND IT'S VERY STURDY.
WHERE THE OTHER ONES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF
MS. KIMBERLY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, BUT I FORGOT.
WHAT, WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE THAT? THE ITEM LETTING US KNOW HOW MANY ITEMS UH, YOU HAD RIGHT OUT.
I HAVE LIKE FIVE, I FOUND FIVE THAT I HAD LEFT OVER FROM THE DISTRICT EIGHT INFO SESSION BACK IN THE, BEFORE THE ELECTION.
AND I WAS IN MY GARAGE THE OTHER DAY AND I'M LIKE, OH, I FORGOT TO TAKE THESE BACK.
YOU CAN EITHER BRING 'EM TO THE NEXT MEETING OR OKAY.
OR MAYBE TO THE, IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ON THE FOURTH, WILL WE BE USING THOSE BAGS? SO I'LL JUST BRING THEM? NO, NO, WE'RE NOT USING THE BAG.
SO I'LL BRING 'EM TO THE NEXT MEETING THEN.
BUT JUST KNOW THAT IF THERE'S NO IMPACT, FIVE.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE JULY 4TH? WE'RE NOT THERE.
I KNOW I WANT HERE, BUT I DUNNO WHAT I WANNA DO.
UM, I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE JUNETEENTH.
I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, THREE WEEKS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WAS NOT ENJOYABLE.
AND I'M STILL WALKING AROUND THE OFFICE AND FLIP FLOPS AND PEOPLE ARE RAISING THEIR EYEBROWS AND I'M LIKE, LEAVE ME ALONE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE C ON THE AGENDA.
UM, PROGRESS UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON SHORT TERM SMART GOALS, WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED USING A SMART FRAMEWORK SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, RELEVANT TIME BOUND, UM, FRAMEWORK.
THE CMC MEMBERS WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE CURRENT STATUS OF SHORT TERM GOALS, WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED USING SMART.
SO THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT WE DECIDED.
UM, SHORT TERM, TANGIBLE, SOMETHING THAT GIVES US, UM, A SENSE OF FULFILLMENT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER AGAIN, UM, TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, INCLUDE THEM, BRINGING THEM TO A MEETING, UM, INVITING THEM TO A MEETING, GOING TO A SCHOOL BOARD, CITY, SOME SORT OF MEETING, PUTTING YOUR FACE OUT THERE, GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM THOSE EVENTS AND BRINGING THAT INFORMATION BACK.
SO THIS TIME AROUND, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANYBODY MADE ANY SCHOOL BOARDS OR THE, UM, SCHOOL BOARD CITY MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO BRING INFORMATION BACK.
AM I INCORRECT? THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.
MR. CHARLES LYNN PROBABLY, UM, ATTENDED SOME
ATTENDS THE WORKING SESSION AND BUDGETS RIGHT.
POSITION THAT IS, UH, IS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, BUT THE CV ALSO PROMOTES, I WOULD SAY, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UM, I FEEL LIKE IF NEEDED, WE CAN, MOST TIME WE TRANSLATE IT TO, FOR ME IS I BRING BACK TO THE VIETNAMESE TO TRANSLATE SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE JUST UPDATE USUALLY CD GO WHEN THEY POST OUT WHAT IMPORTANT I, WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH IS TRANSLATE IN HIGH LEVEL AND THEN POST THEM OUT.
BUT MOST TIME WE, WE CALL, UH, THE
SO THOSE ARE THAT WE, WE PUT BRING IT BACK TO, TO, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IT.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU WHEN YOU POST OUR EVENTS AND STUFF ON THE WEBSITES.
UH, WHEN I GET STUFF, I POST IT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FOLLOWERS
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I HAVE, BUT I DO POST THAT INFORMATION OUT THAT TO YOU.SO ANYTHING WE GET, IF IT'S DIGITAL, FEEL FREE TO POST IT TO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO TRY TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, I WOULD REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, BECAUSE WE ARE TRANSITIONING WITH, UM, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT NEW CITY REPRESENTATIVES.
LET'S TAP BACK INTO OUR SMART GOALS.
INVITE YOURSELF TO LUNCH WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEN.
UH, OR STOP BY AND SAY HI TO THE MAYOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ALLOW THAT OR NOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF PUT YOUR FACE OUT THERE.
PUT YOUR NAME, YOUR, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT YOU'RE AFFILIATED WITH ALONG WITH THE SEAT THAT YOU HOLD ON THE, UM, COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS COORDINATION AND PARTICIPATION AT THE UPCOMING RED, WHITE, AND MU EVENT ON THURSDAY, JULY 3RD, AND THE RESPONDERS TOURNAMENT ON JULY 12TH, 2025.
SO THIS IS, UM, OUR 4TH OF JULY EVENT.
IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY VERSUS THE 4TH OF JULY ITSELF.
UH, JUST FROM FEW, UH, PAST EXPERIENCE, UH, GET HERE EARLY IF YOU WANT SOMEWHERE TO PARK AND DON'T HAVE TO WALK A COUNTRY MILE, YOU NEED TO GET HERE EARLY SO THAT, UM, YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE TO BE CLOSE BY.
AND MS. JENNIFER, YOU MENTIONED BEFORE MS. ELVIA COULD ASK THE QUESTION, CAN YOU REMIND US OF WHAT IT WAS THAT WE VOLUNTEERED FOR FOR THIS EVENT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE GIVEAWAY ITEMS, WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA PUT THEM IN BAGS.
IT'LL BE SET OUT ON THE TABLE.
UM, WE'LL HAVE THE BOOTH AND WE'LL JUST BE THERE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT WHAT THE CMC DOES AND, UM, ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND UM, RIGHT NOW I HAVE, UM, KIMBERLY AND RENE.
RENEE SIGNED UP FOR THE FOUR 30 TO FIVE 30 SLOT.
I'VE GOT EL MS. ELVIA, MS. GLENNA AND MR. RENEE SIGNED UP FOR THE, UM, FIVE 30 TO SIX 30 SHIFT.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE LACKING ON THE, WE'RE LACKING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF SIX 30 AND NINE 30.
YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN FOR SIX 30.
I GENERALLY GET OFF FOUR AT SIX.
OH, I DON'T HAVE TO WORK ON THE FOURTH DO I? THE THIRD? I HAVE TO WORK ON THE THIRD.
AND THE EVENT IS FROM WHAT TIME? AT WHAT TIME? IT STARTS AT FIVE AND NINE 30, RIGHT? NINE 30.
AND YOU SAID SIX OR SIX 30? SIX 30.
THE SIX 30, IT STARTS AT FIVE.
SO WHY ARE WE SCHEDULED AT 5 34, 4 30? JUST TO KIND OF HELP SET, SET UP.
THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM WILL PUT ALL OF OUR STUFF, UH, AT THE TABLE.
IT WILL BE, I THINK, UH, MARILYN, I KNOW YOU WERE PART OF IT AT THE JUNETEENTH.
PUT THE TABLE CLOTH ON SET THE, YEAH, SO BASICALLY IT'S JUST SETTING UP, GETTING, GETTING PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING.
THEY'RE GONNA BRING EVERYTHING OUT.
EVERYTHING WILL BE GET OUR SIGN REPAIRED.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK HIM ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH DANA ON THAT.
LOOKS LIKE IT JUST CLIPS IN THERE.
LIKE IT JUST SLID IN AND IT, JAY BROKE.
IS THERE ANY WAY IT CAN STILL BE USED BEFORE IT'S REPAIRED? AS IN KIND OF, I HONESTLY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT.
I'LL, I'LL CHECK IT OUT BEFORE WE YEAH, I'LL LET YOU, I'LL BRING SOME DUCT TAPE.
SO ARE WE GONNA, I GOT EXTRA DUCT TAPE IF YOU NEED IT.
WHO ELSE? AFTER SIX 30? WHO ELSE IS AVAILABLE? WHAT ELSE DO YOU SEVEN 30.
WE'VE GOT SEVEN 30 TO EIGHT 30.
WE COULD ALWAYS CLOSE IT DOWN AT SEVEN 30 IF WE WANT.
IS ANYONE ELSE? SEVEN 30? OKAY, I'LL BE ALRIGHT.
I'LL PROBABLY BE THERE EARLIER THAN THAT.
DEPENDING ON FINDING A PARKING SOURCE.
BUT I'LL START EARLY AND START.
UM, WHAT, SO WHO'S SETTING UP? I'VE GOT KIMBERLY AND RENEE SETTING UP.
I'M COMING IN AT FIVE 30, SO OH, FIVE 30 WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED.
MAKE, WE'LL BE THERE AT FOUR 30.
UM, ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL MOVE THE 8 39 30 SLOT AND IF WE, IF WE STILL HAVE STUFF, I'LL BE THERE.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE BENEFICIAL TO CLOSE THAT LAST SPOT.
I THINK BY THAT TIME THERE WILL BE A LARGE CROWD.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A LOT OF INTERACTION TIME.
GONNA BE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S AROUND.
THERE'LL BE WATCHING THE SHOW.
THEY'LL BE WATCHING THE SHOW, CERTAIN FIREWORK.
AND IF Y'ALL MOVING AROUND OUT THERE ONCE IT GETS DARK, BE SAFE SQUARE.
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THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.DID THEY HAVE IT LAST YEAR? YES MA'AM.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN AND BY NINE O'CLOCK, RIGHT? THAT'D BE GOOD.
UH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? MR. CHARLES? WHAT DO THEY DO NOW? NOT OF FIREWORKS.
FIREWORKS, DRONES AND FIREWORKS, ISN'T IT? THERE'S NOT DRONES.
THERE'S JUST GONNA BE A LIGHT SHOW IN FIREWORKS.
BELIEVE IT'S JUST A LIGHT SHOW.
WELL, SINCE THE DRONES FAIL FROM THE SKY, THEY'RE SORT OF EXPENSIVE.
REALLY? AND THEY DON'T COME FROM CHINA AND THEY'RE ALREADY HERE.
UM, I KNOW THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
DID WE MISS, CAN I ASK
UH, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT, IT LOOKS LIKE BACK ON THE 31ST OF MAY, WE BOUGHT $140 WORTH OF POLO SHIRT.
I WAS WONDERING IF THEY CAME IN.
OH, I KNEW WE HAD ORDERED 'EM, BUT DID THEY COME? I'M SORRY.
SO ARE, ARE WE GONNA TO SELECT ANYTHING FOR JULY? WERE YOU WANTING US TO COMMIT TO ANYTHING FOR JULY? OH, I'M SORRY.
SO I MEAN IF, SO I'M PLANNING TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION ON THE 19TH, AND OBVIOUSLY I'M GONNA HELP WITH THE RED, WHITE AND YOUTH SETUP ON JULY 19TH.
SO GUYS, WHAT WE AGREED LAST TIME WAS WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IF POSSIBLE WE'LL SEND OUT A REMINDER OF WHAT IT WAS WE VOLUNTEERED FOR.
AND FINALLY GETTING US TO THE CALENDAR.
WE'LL REMEMBER THAT THAT'S WHAT WE VOLUNTEERED FOR.
SO WHO IS SENDING THE REMINDER? YES MA'AM.
FOR EVERY EVENT, LIKE IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IT WASN'T SAY THAT'D BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR US.
I WOULD BE CONCERNED OF US KEEPING UP WITH THAT FOR THE MONTH.
MAKE SURE Y'ALL KEEP UP WITH THE LIST.
IT'S SO JULY 19TH, MS. CAROLINE, YOU SAID YOU'LL MAKE THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP? YES.
ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE SOMETHING? YEAH, I WILL ATTEND THE SAME EVENT.
I, WE IN JUST DO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
I ATTENDED FIRST ONE, SO MAYBE A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, IF WE LOOK IN JUNE, WE ARE THROUGH JUNE.
SO JULY, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE THE LIST FOR THE RED, WHITE AND YOUTH.
WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING.
THEN WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, UH, UNIDO.
WE KNOW THAT I'LL BE ATTENDING THE POLICE STATION AND I GO, I THINK I SIGNED UP FOR A SCHOOL BOARD ALSO.
WHEN'S THE SCHOOL BOARD? ALVIA JUST HERE, BUT YEAH, I, I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.
UM, MR. RENEE, WHAT DID YOU SAY, UNI AT THE POLICE STATION? WE GO THAT ONE? YEAH.
I'LL BE TRYING TO GO TO THAT ONE TOO.
DID WE, FOR THE RESPONDENTS TOURNAMENT, I'LL BE THERE BECAUSE I PART THE COMMITTEE.
WE AGREED THAT WE WERE JUST ATTENDING THAT EVENT AND IF WE DECIDED TO PICK UP SOMETHING WE COULD AND PASS THAT OUT.
MR. ISAAC, YOU KIND OF QUIET OVER THERE.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO PARTICIPATE IN BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST? THAT'S ALWAYS NO PRESSURE, MR. ISAAC.
YEAH, THAT'S ALWAYS, SO MADAM CHAIRS, UM, 40 CHOCOLATE TOURNAMENTS AND IF THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, BE THERE AND IT PART OF, OF THE CLOSING OR OPENING CEREMONY, WE WE'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
AND, UM, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT TIME THE EVENT STARTS AGAIN? UM, EIGHT.
UH, THE CEREMONY OPENING IS EIGHT O'CLOCK TONIGHT AND CLOSING IS, IS FOUR TO FIVE.
SO IF THE COMMISSIONERS WILL BE THERE, WE'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THE, UH, YOUR ATTENDANCE THERE.
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WE ALSO, IF YOU NEED IT, WE CAN ASK, THE CITY WILL HAVE A TABLES, IF YOU WANNA PLAN TO GIVE OUT ANYTHING OR JUST BE THERE LIKE LAST YEAR, WE WOULD JUST BE THERE.UH, WE MAY NEED A CHAIR, UH, OR TWO FOR SOMEONE TO SIT DOWN AT.
IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE A TABLE.
WE WILL NOT HAVE A TABLECLOTH OR A 10 OR ANYTHING.
UH, IT'LL JUST BE, WE WANT TO SIT THIS RIGHT HERE.
SO A TABLE MAY NOT BE NECESSARY, BUT I KNOW IF MS. SYLVIA IS GONNA BE THERE AND SHE SAY SHE'LL BE THERE IN THE MORNING, SHE DEFINITELY WILL NEED A CHAIR.
UM, SO YOU CAN JUST HAVE US A COUPLE OF CHAIRS OFF TO THE SIDE.
SO NORMALLY WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT TEAM THERE.
THEY HAVE CARE AND TABLES YES.
IF WE KNOW, WE KNOW IN ADVANCE HOW MANY COME IN, THEN WE PREPARE.
OTHERWISE WE'LL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THERE.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE THE TABLECLOTH THEN FOR THAT EVENT? NO, MA'AM.
JUST, UH, BECAUSE THE FIELD IS BIG, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY AT, THERE'S SEVERAL ENTRANCES, SO WE'RE NOT AT LIKE A MAIN ENTRANCE.
WE WERE OFF TO THE SIDE AND WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS WE TOOK THE BAGS THAT WE HAD AND WE WALKED THE FIELD AND PASSED THE BAGS OUT.
SO WE AGREED THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA TAKE BAGS BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE, UM, PARTICIPANTS AREN'T FROM TEXAS.
SO ANY INFORMATION WE GIVE THEM REGARDING, UH, RESOURCES FOR THE CMC, THEY WON'T HAVE ACCESS.
SO WE AGREE THAT WE WILL GO OUT AS MANY AS WE CAN TO SUPPORT.
AND LIKE, UH, MR. JIMMY JUST SAID, IF WE CAN BE THERE FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY THAT BEGINS AT 8:00 AM YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
IT IS DEFINITELY A SHOW TO BE SEEN, UH, COME OUT FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY.
AND FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T MAKE IT, UH, AT 8:00 AM THEN THE CLOSING CEREMONY IS AT 4:00 PM SAME THING AS MANY OF US THAT CAN BE THERE.
UH, I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU'RE NOT AT BOTH, WHICHEVER ONE YOU'RE AT, JUST LET MS. JENNIFER OR MR. JIMMY KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE.
UM, THEY WILL BE REALLY DISHEARTENED IF WE DO NOT SAY THAT WE'RE THERE AND WE ARE THERE.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WE ARE THERE TO SUPPORT THE EVENTS.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU ATTEND, EVEN IF IT'S JUST YOU, IF YOU ATTEND, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S THERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ON THE JULY THE 12TH, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO MADAM CHAIRS, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY, THESE TOURNAMENTS IS MORE STRICTLY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
MOSTLY THEY ARE FIRST RESPONDERS RELATED TO THE BULLY SOCCER TEAM.
OH, SO IT'S TEXAS? YES, IT'S IN TEXAS.
UH, SO IF YOU CAN, IF YOUR COMMISSIONERS ATTENDS, UH, WE HAVE A VIP TABLE, WHICH GO AHEAD AND CHECK IN SO WE KNOW WHO'S THERE.
UH, IT'S O OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONY.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, FUTURE EVIDENCE SIGNED? THE EDUCATION, THE, YEAH.
GSG SCHOOL BOARD IS JULY 22ND AT 5:00 PM JULY 22ND.
YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THAT ONE, MS. KIMBERLY? I CAN'T, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN GARLAND AT FIVE ON A TUESDAY.
UNFORTUNATELY I WORK FROM HOME MONDAY AND FRIDAY, SO I HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GET OVER HERE BEFORE SEVEN MM-HMM.
COMING FROM WORK, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WORK WORKS.
AND MS. UM, MS. JENNIFER? YES, MAAM.
YOU SEE HER ON MR. CHARLES JIMMY AND THEIR NAMES ARE RIGHT THERE? YES.
THAT'S MORE SO WHAT I MEANT, UH, WHEN I SAID SENDING THIS OUT TO LET US KNOW WHAT WE OH.
TO REMIND US WHAT WE VOLUNTEERED FOR.
I'M SORRY IF I, SHE WASN'T TALKING.
YEAH, NO, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST, I GOT YOU.
UM, WHO ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? DID I NOT GET SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE WANTED? MR. ISAAC, DID YOU DECIDE YET? HE DID.
ALL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.
SOCIAL, MY NAME ARE ON FACEBOOK OR AT FACEBOOK? YES, MA'AM.
WE DO NOT HAVE A CMC FACEBOOK, SO ANYTHING WE GET FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE A PART OF, WE PUT IT ON THAT PAGE.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.AND, UH, JUST FOR THE, UH, VISITORS, UH, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND IF YOU TYPE IN CMC MM-HMM
UH, OR COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MM-HMM
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT'S LISTED AND YOU CAN GO, IT HAS THE RECORDINGS AND IT ALSO HAS THE AGENDAS.
WE DO POST THE AGENDA PRIOR TO, UM, OUR MEETING.
WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS FOR THAT.
AND THEN AFTERWARDS, THE AGENDA, UM, OR THE MEETING MINUTES ARE ALSO PROVIDED ON THAT PARTICULAR WEBSITE.
IF, IF YOU SEE THAT THERE'S A DISCREPANCY SOMEWHERE, UM, I WANNA SAY MY CONTACT NUMBER MAY BE ON THERE.
OR YOU CAN GOOGLE ME, BUT IF YOU SEE A DISCREPANCY OR YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME AND I WILL DEFINITELY TRY TO GET YOU AN ANSWER.
UH, THESE, UH, MR. FIELD AND MS. JENNIFER AND MS. COURT, MS. COURTNEY ARE OUR CITY REPRESENTATIVES.
UM, THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP ASK QUESTIONS.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU WANT TO PROVIDE OR OFFER, UH, LET ME KNOW.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM TAKING THAT INFORMATION AND BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSIONER AS ALL.
WELL, THE ONE THING THAT I THINK I, I, FIRST I WANNA SAY THAT I'M VERY IMPRESSED.
YOU'RE ALL VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE AND YOU'RE VERY INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS, AND THAT'S GREAT.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT, WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE DOING,
Y'ALL SET THE, THE STANDARD SET THE BAR AND WE TRYING TO STAY ABOVE IT.
NOW YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD ANOTHER MULTICULTURAL, MULTICULTURAL, UH, MUSICAL GROUP.
IT'S THE CITY THAT HAS A CULTURAL ARTS, ARTS COMMISSION HERE.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT WHEN WE WERE THERE.
AND IT WAS ADRIANA, NOT ADRIANA AND I CAN'T THINK OF HER LAST NAME, BUT SHE WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS THAT STARTED HAVING AT THE, AT THE PLAZA THEATER.
THEY HAD LIKE THE MULTICULTURAL EVENTS WHERE THEY BROUGHT, BROUGHT IN, SHE'D FIND PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS TO, TO PERFORM.
AND, UH, THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT THIS IS ALL LIKE YOU GOT SOME SEPARATE GROUPS WITH, WITH THE UNITY.
DO, DO YOU HAVE THE MANDATE FOR THIS COMMITTEE A MANDATE AS IN POSITION? YES.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL ON THE WEBSITE.
THE, UH, IN THE CITY, WHAT IS IT? THE THAT CREATED US THE CHARTER.
THE CITY CHARTER, THERE'S A SECTION THAT IDENTIFIES THE PURPOSE FOR CMC.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS LOOKING THERE.
IT'S, IT WAS TRYING TO GET THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
WHEN, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS, UH, WE WERE DOWN AT THE, AT THE PARK.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE PARK? WINTERS NO, DOWN NEAR, UM, HALFORD.
CAN WE ADJOURN THE MEETING AND CAN I HAVE A CONVERS DIALOGUE PLEASE? YES.
AM I MESSING THINGS UP? UH, THERE'S NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR INTEREST.
THERE'S ONE MORE THING THAT, UM, MR. MERRILL WANTED TO MENTION FOR FUTURE.
WHAT EVENTS FUTURE GATE, IF YOU COULD, UH, HAVE IT ON THE NEXT MEETING.
WE TALKED I THINK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, OR LAST MEETING ABOUT, UH, I WAS GONE IN MAY ABOUT HAVING AMY AND DANA HERE FOR A MEETING WHEN WE TO PLAN OUR, UH, 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
THEY, THEY WILL DEFINITELY BE PART OF THAT.
UH, WHEN WE HAVE THE WE WE'LL GET YOU.
I JUST MEETING WAS GONNA BE YES.
AND IF YOU ALL CHECK YOUR EMAIL, IF YOU DID NOT ON YOUR EMAIL, THERE IS A STATEMENT IN REGARDS A STATEMENT REGARDING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEPARATION PARTY, PLEASE READ YOUR EMAIL.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, TEXT ME, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
OR WE CAN HAVE THE CITY STAFF RESEND IT TO YOU.
BUT THERE IS A NOTE ON THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE READ.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALRIGHT.
UM, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
UH, YOU HAVE TO BE, UH, COMMISS MEMBER.
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.THAT OPEN HEART OF HERS IS GONNA CLOSE WHEN YOU JUST TROUBLE I THE AYE HAVE IT.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE HIDE THAT.