WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH
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THE MEETING FOR THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION WORK SESSION.ROOM CITY HALL IS THE LOCATION.
UH, THIS IS A MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS WILL BE HELD AT THE AME LOCATION.
DATE AND TIME TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING.
AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
UH, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A COPY.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PHYSICAL COPY, PLEASE LET MS. JENNIFER KNOW AND WE'LL GET YOU ONE.
AND ALSO THERE WAS ONE SENT VIA EMAIL.
I'M ALWAYS, I SURE IF I WAS IN THE RIGHT ROOM SEAT.
I WAS HAVING TO COOK MY KIDS DINNER AND COMING BACK FROM WORK AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, MR. MOSES, AT THE MOMENT, IF YOU LOOK TO YOUR LEFT IN YOUR DOCUMENTS, THERE'S A MEETING MINUTES, UH, AGENDA FROM OUR MEETING IN JUNE.
YOU WERE NOT A PART OF THAT MEETING, BUT YOU FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THOSE MEETING MINUTES.
ALSO, THERE IS A SIGN IN ROSTER THAT'S GOING AROUND.
IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED IT, CAN YOU PLEASE SIGN IT? YEAH.
MS. JENNIFER, I NOTICED ON THE BACK OF THE MEETING MINUTES THAT IT HAS A SIGNATURE BLOCK.
NOW, UH, DO YOU NEED ME TO SIGN A HARD COPY OF THIS FOR YOU TO FILE IT? NO, IT'S OKAY.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO HAVE IT LIKE THAT GOING FORWARD FOR THE AGENDA TEMPLATE, BUT, BUT NO, WE DON'T NEED.
UH, HAS EVERYONE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE? ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE OR UPDATES? UH, EVERYONE.
UH, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE, 2025? HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. MERRILL.
SO WE NEED TO APPROVE AS CORRECTED.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, MS. JENNIFER, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA WHERE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEW APPOINTEES? UH, NO MA'AM.
I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT I'M, I'M SURE IT'S OKAY IF WE DO IT AT THE BEGINNING.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
UM, WE WILL TAKE THIS TIME RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA, JUST SO THAT WE CAN DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.
UM, FOR THE TWO NEW GENTLEMEN THAT ARE HERE, IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND, UH, YOUR DISTRICT, UH, REP, YOU, THE DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING, AND YOUR CITY COUNCILMAN.
AND JUST, UM, A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, I'LL START BY TELLING YOU GUYS MY NAME IS COURSERA PRE, I AM THE CHAIR FOR THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
UH, I BELONG TO SWEET HOME MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
I'M IN DISTRICT FOUR WITH BJ WILLIAMS. UM, I'M NOT LEAVING A DISTRICT.
I LOVE THE SOUTH END OF GARLAND.
UM, I'M ALSO THE SECRETARY FOR THE GARLAND, N-A-A-C-P UNITS.
AND, UM, I HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT I'M A PART OF WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
I'M GONNA STAY HERE AND I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO TRY TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE.
I'M FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO CALL IT HOME.
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I AM ORIGINALLY FROM ILLINOIS.SO LIKE YOU, I'M A TRANSPLANT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OTT IS MY COUNCIL MEMBER OF MY APPOINTMENT DID COME FROM, UH, MAYOR HEDRICK.
SO I AM NOT REPLACING MS. KIMBERLAND HERE.
I WAS LIKE, WAIT, SHE SAID, AM I BEING REPLACED? I'M LIKE, I, NO, WE, WE COULD GO THERE.
SO I'M IN, I'M IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, I TOO LOVE GARLAND AND, UH, I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SERVE.
I JUST FINISHED THE CPA IN MAY AND A PART OF THE ALUMNI.
AND I'M ALSO, UM, NEWLY APPOINTED TO THE TCO BOARD FOR THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
SO JUST REALLY LOOKING TO CONTINUE, UM, PROVIDING SERVICE AND ADVOCACY TO GARLAND WHERE I LIVE AND WHERE I PAY MY TAXES AND WHERE I GET TO SEE ALL OF YOUR GREAT PLACES.
WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME THAT YOU'RE HERE.
YOU HERE? UM, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN GARLAND, TEXAS.
I WENT TO SOME GARLAND SCHOOLS.
I WENT TO FREE ME AND THEN I WENT TO BUCKINGHAM NORTH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL RIGHT THERE OFF OF SHILOH.
SO I WAS, I GREW UP HERE, RAISED HERE, CAME BACK HERE RAISING MY FAMILY HERE, HUSBAND, FATHER, THREE KIDS.
UM, WHAT I DO FOR MY OCCUPATION, KIND OF INFORMED BY, UM, HOW I LIVE, UM, WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR.
BUT, UM, SO WHAT I DO ESSENTIALLY IS I WORK WITH, I WORK WITH FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, AND I ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD AND FAMILY THAT'S UNDER OUR CARE IS SEEN IS CHERISHED.
AND THEY'RE TAUGHT TO BE REMARKABLE LEADERS.
THE WAY IN WHICH WE DO THAT IS THROUGH, UM, MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS THAT WE DO THROUGH IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE PARTNERED WITH, UH, SIX SCHOOLS ACROSS DFW.
FIVE OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE IN GARLAND.
ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS IS IN FORT WORTH.
THREE OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
TWO OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I GET TO DO FOR A LIVING.
UM, I WAS ON THIS BOARD WHEN JENNIFER WAS THE PRESIDENT, UH, LIKE IN 2017.
SHE, I, I DON'T, I THINK I WAS RAPPING 'CAUSE I, I, I DID HIP HOP.
UM, I STILL DO THAT, BUT THAT WAS MY OTHER JOB.
UM, I THINK I WAS RAPPING AT AN EVENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN JENNIFER WAS LIKE, YOU NEED TO COME JOIN THE BOARD,
AND, UM, SO, UM, I SERVED LIKE TWO TERMS AND THEN, UH, CAME BACK RECENTLY, UH, KIND OF JUST WITH THE WORK WE'RE DOING NOW AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO HAVE MORE.
UH, I FEEL LIKE I, UM, MY VOICE, UM, UH, IS CONNECTED TO A LOT OF BLACK AND BROWN AND HISPANIC FAMILIES.
AND, UM, I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO COME BACK AGAIN AND JUST KIND OF RECONNECT WITH THE WORK TO, TO FIND THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE WORK THAT I'M DOING.
UM, JUST TO SEE IF I CAN BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT I SERVE, BUT ALSO TO KIND OF HELP INFORM THE WORK I DO IN THE, IN HOW I SERVE PEOPLE.
UM, I WAS APPOINTED BY CARISSA DUTTON.
SHE KIND OF LIKE VOLUNTOLD ME, LOW KEY.
UM, I FOUND MY, SHE SAID MY NAME WAS ON THE LIST.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ON THE LIST.
SHE LIKE SAID, NO, YOU'RE DOING THIS.
AND SO SHE KIND OF LIKE, WAS LIKE, NO, YOU NEED TO DO THIS.
AND I WAS LIKE, DANG, IT'S KIND OF CRAZY.
'CAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING IT AND THEN SHE WAS LIKE, YOU NEED TO DO THIS.
SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, MAYBE DIVINE.
WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TERM WHILE YOU SERVE HERE.
UM, JUST FOR TIME'S SAKE, FOR THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT AND MAYBE ALONG THE WAY IF WE HAVE TIME.
I KNOW WE'RE, UM, WE'RE ON A TIME SCHEDULE TODAY, BUT IF WE HAVE TIME, THEN YOU GUYS CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND POSSIBLY HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THE COMMISSION.
BUT FOR TODAY, JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THE DISTRICT, UM, THAT YOU'RE WITH.
UM, I WAS APPOINTED BY MARGARET LUCK FROM DISTRICT FIVE.
I'VE LIVED IN GARLAND SINCE 1977 AND SERVED WITH THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 34 AND A HALF YEARS.
OH, MS. KIMBERLY, KIMBERLY BANKS.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND WAS APPOINTED BY CHRIS OT.
I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION SINCE 2020.
I'VE BEEN ON HERE FOR TWO YEARS, I THINK MERRILL BAER.
I'VE BEEN ON ABOUT FIVE YEARS, I THINK.
AND I'M IN ALSO IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
BUT I WAS APPOINTED BY DISTRICT ONE, WHICH IS JEFF BASS.
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THE MAYOR APPOINTEE.I HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMMISSIONER.
NOT WELCOME BACK, BUT THIS IS YOUR HOME.
UM, ANYWAY, I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP THE COMMISSION TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS
I WORK FOR LIVING, UH, SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER AT JC PENNEY.
UM, I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, UH, COUNCIL CHAP BASS, MY, UH, COUNCIL.
BUT I'M APPOINTED BY SHO CHO THOMAS, DISTRICT SEVEN.
UH, SO MS. JENNIFER, WE KNOW THE STORY.
UH, ANYWAY, UM, I'M, THIS IS MY SECOND, SECOND YEAR, UH, WITH THE CMC.
SO I LOVE FOR SO FAR, CHARLES LEONARD.
I'M FROM DISTRICT, DISTRICT SEVEN.
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION FOR, WELL, AND I'M INTO MY SECOND YEAR.
AND I LIVED IN GARLAND FOR 40 YEARS.
I'M ALSO ORIGINALLY FROM ILLINOIS.
THERE'S ONLY, UH, ONE, I GUESS I WOULD SAY ONE REQUIREMENT, UM, THAT I HAVE, UH, IS THAT EVERYONE TALKS.
THIS IS THE FORUM FOR YOUR VOICE TO BE HEARD.
SO IF I SAY, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? DON'T BE SURPRISED IF I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, NOT SAYING ANYTHING AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SAY.
I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY, ALL RIGHT, MR. MOSES, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
SOMETIMES WITH THE PERIPHERAL, I MAY NOT SEE YOUR HAND.
YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMEONE GET MY ATTENTION SO THAT WE DON'T OVER TALK EACH OTHER.
BUT COMMUNICATION IS KEY IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, OH, MR. PHILLIP.
AND, UH, MS. JENNIFER, DO YOU GOT, YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AS WELL.
I THE CITY SECRETARY AND I'M HERE TO HELP, UM, WITH SECRETARIAL DUTIES.
AND COURTNEY VANOVER IS ALSO, UH, NORMALLY THE STAFF SECRETARY, BUT WE'RE TEAM, SO HE'S OUT THIS WEEK AT A CONFERENCE.
SO I'M HERE TO HERE TO FILL IN AND HONORED TO BE THE GARLAND CITY SECRETARY.
AND SO LET ME KNOW HOW, WHAT, WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT YOU ALL.
UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE NEW, DON'T HESITATE TO REACH.
I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
I'VE BEEN IN GARLAND THREE YEARS.
WE WILL GO ON WITH THE, UM, SECOND AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON WITH THE, UM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM A COMMITTEE EVENT REPORTS, COMMITTEES FOR THE CMC MAY REPORT MEETING INFORMATION.
INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE IN ANY EVENTS MAY ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, SUBCOMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN FORMED.
AND JUNE, THE MEETING WAS HELD AFTER JUNETEENTH.
SO THE NEXT THING THAT WE HAD ON OUR CALENDAR WAS THE JULY 4TH EVENT.
WAS THERE ANYONE THAT ATTENDED THAT EVENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON HOW THINGS WENT ON THE TABLE? OH, MR. CHARLES ISN'T HERE.
I WORKED IT WITH THREE DIFFERENT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT.
I'M GLAD TO SEE IT BACK IN DOWNTOWN.
GARLAND FIREWORK SHOW WAS PHENOMENAL.
UM, I KIND OF LIKED THE DRONE SHOW, BUT THIS ONE THAT THEY DID WAS JUST OUT THERE.
UH, IT STARTED OFF, IT WASN'T AS HOT AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
UH, I THINK THE CITY DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UH, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THEY HAD FOR CHILDREN.
THE VENDORS, THEY HAD, UH, REPRESENTED A A WIDE RANGE OF, OF INTEREST IN CULTURES.
AND, UH, I HAD A HARD TIME WORKING 'CAUSE EVERYONE KEPT TALKING TO ME EVERYWHERE I WENT.
BUT ANYWAY, I GARLAND THEY DID A GREAT JOB ON IT ALL.
AND WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES AROUND TIMING AND ARRIVALS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO THINK THREE PEOPLE FOR SETUP, BUT LUCKILY JENNIFER SAVED THE DAY.
SHE FOUND WHERE WE WERE, WHICH WAS THE FIRST CHALLENGE.
AND THEN WE FOUND ALL THIS STUFF.
SO, SO, AND SHE HELPED ME SET UP.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY MIGHT WANNA OVER SCHEDULE THAT TIME BECAUSE IT IS JUST A MATTER OF GETTING EVERYTHING OUT.
AND THEN YOU'RE NOT BUSY AT ALL.
BUT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IT AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY THERE,
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IT'S A CHALLENGE.YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND TAKING THINGS OUT AND PUTTING THINGS ON THE TABLE AND EVERYTHING.
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
SO, MS. KIMBERLY, IF I CAN ASK, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE TIME THAT THE EVENT STARTED, BUT LET'S SAY THE EVENT STARTED AT SIX.
IT WAS, UH, I THINK I WAS THERE AT FOUR 30.
AND WHAT TIME WAS IT DUE TO START? DO YOU REMEMBER? WAS IT FIVE? I THINK SO, YEAH.
YEAH, IT WAS FIVE O'CLOCK SHORT TIME.
'CAUSE I, SO MAYBE I WAS THERE AT FOUR.
YOU WERE THERE AN HOUR EARLY AND I WAS THERE WHEN WE WERE SCHEDULED.
OH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME.
I MEAN, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TIME IT WAS, BUT I THINK WE SCHEDULED AT LEAST AN HOUR EARLY.
I DON'T THINK, I THOUGHT WE ONLY DID 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO START TIME FOR THE SETUP.
WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS MAYBE WE CAN JUST RECONSIDER WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TIME AND SCHEDULE.
THAT COULD BE, IF IT WAS 30 MINUTES, MAYBE WE NEED TO BE THERE 45 MINUTES EARLY.
UM, I KNOW I'M DIRECTIONALLY CHALLENGED, SO ALTHOUGH SHE GIVES US THAT MAP, I STILL CAN NEVER FIND IT.
NO, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I TEXTED HER 'CAUSE I WENT TO WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE AND IT THEY MOVED.
IT WASN'T, YEAH, IT WASN'T WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO WHEN I GOT HERE, I TEXTED HER.
I WAS LIKE, AM I SUPPOSED TO BE NEXT TO, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE IT WAS DIFFERENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE ON TIME TO SET UP.
SO WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THE SETUP? WHAT WAS BEING SET UP PRE? SO, UM, WE HAVE SWAG, TABLECLOTHS.
UM, WE HAD A A WHEEL THING THAT WE NEVER DID QUITE GET GOING.
UM, DID, DID YOU GO GET IT GOING? I PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
IT'S BEEN, IT BEEN THE, THE WHEEL THING, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A GIVEAWAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING, UM, MERCH OUT AND EVERYTHING AND THEN YOU'RE JUST REALLY GREETING AND INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE.
BUT EVERYONE IS COMING ALONG WANTING TO GET YOUR THINGS WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT THEM OUT.
AND IT'S KINDA LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DON'T WANNA TURN YOUR BACK TO 'EM, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE TABLE AND IT'S LIKE, WAIT, I, I KNOW I'VE GOT PENS AND JUST A MINUTE I'VE GOT THESE OTHER THINGS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE, AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU'RE NOT SUPER BUSY, YOU'RE REALLY INTERACTING, BUT GETTING IT ALL SET UP IS IMPORTANT.
SO WHERE WE ON LAB HAVE TWO, WE MAY NEED TO HAVE THREE.
SO, I MEAN, JUST 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, RENEE BEING LATE IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD IF THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE THERE TO HELP.
YOU KNOW, AND YOU ONLY NEED TO WHEN YOU'RE JUST STAFFING MM-HMM
BUT WHEN YOU'RE SETTING UP AND TEARING DOWN IS LIKE, I'VE DONE THAT ALONE BEFORE TOO.
BUT YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO BE ATTENTIVE.
UM, MS. JENNIFER, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE A NOTE FOR THAT FOR THE NEXT EVENT? YES, MA'AM.
UH, WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT ATTENDED? YEAH, I, I DID, I SAT AT THE TABLE FOR HANDING UP SWAG FOR AN HOUR AND I'VE GOT SOME PHOTOGRAPHS, UH, WHICH, UH, I KEEP FORGETTING TO SEND
SO I CAN, UM, THIS WILL REMIND ME TO SEND, SEND SOME PHOTOGRAPHS.
ANYONE ELSE? UM, I ATTENDED THE EVENT AND GENERALLY I TAKE THE LATER PART OF WHATEVER EVENT THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AS FAR AS THE WILL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SET IT UP AND DIDN'T PUT IT BACK, BUT I THINK ME AND ONE OF THE MR. CHARLES IS TRIED TO PUT IT TOGETHER AGAIN.
UH, WE DID REALIZE THAT WITH THE WHEEL, UM, THERE, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S 20 SLOTS ON THERE AND LOOKING AT EVERYBODY ELSE'S WHEEL, WE DIDN'T HAVE 10 DIFFERENT ITEMS TO GIVE AWAY.
SO IF WE ONLY HAD FIVE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE EACH ONE OF THEM ON THE WHEEL FOUR TIMES.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE WE CAN USE, UM, UH, STICKY NOTES LIKE THE, THE KIND THAT ARE LIKE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE STRIP ONE VERSUS THE LONG ONE THAT WE CAN PUT ON THERE AND HAVE 'EM PRE-DONE.
UH, I THINK IT IS DRY ERASE, SO WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE PUT IT ON ERASED IT.
BUT, UM, ONE THING WE, MYSELF AND JAYER, AND I WANNA SAY IT WAS MR. THE OTHER MR. CHARLES THAT WAS THERE WITH ME.
UH, WE NEED TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION HAVING MORE ITEMS IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THE WHEEL BECAUSE ONLY HAVING A COUPLE OF ITEMS, THE WHEEL IS NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE.
THAT WAS KIND OF THE DETERMINATION.
WE SET IT UP, GOT IT ALL, AND THEN WE, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THIS? AND YEAH.
IT WASN'T PRACTICAL, NOTHING TO, UH, AND WE, WE WEREN'T PREPARED.
AND THE BANNER, WE, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS BROKEN AFTER WE TOOK IT OUT AND TRIED TO PUT IT UP.
BUT I, WE HAD HEARD, I'D HEARD THAT IN THE MEETING AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN ONCE JENNIFER AND I WERE TRYING TO PUT IT UP, I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS IS THE THING THAT WAS BROKEN.
SO IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT IT AND YOU DON'T KNOW YET, YOU DON'T KNOW.
UH, GREAT JOB WITH THE PENS THERE.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, COLOR OUR PEN.
WE HAVE SOME PENS THAT HAVE, UH, MULTICULTURAL FACES ON THEM.
SO YOU HAVE THE DARK, THE BROWN, THE CREAM, THE YES.
THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOUR DIFFERENT SHADES.
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UM, CAN WE, I KNOW LAST YEAR THERE WAS, UM, SOME OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS HAD LIKE STOCKED SOMEWHERE THAT WHEN Y'ALL BROUGHT IT OUT, WE JUST PUT IT ON OUR TABLE.UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE, THE LITTLE BOOK.
THE CONSTITUTION RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.
SO I GUESS BY THE TIME I GOT THERE, WE HAD NOTHING LEFT BUT PEANUTS, EVERYBODY WANTED THEM.
BUT WE WERE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT, BUT WE HAD SOME OF THOSE AT, AT THE BEGINNING EVERY WANTED WE HAD.
I THINK WE HAD EVERYTHING THAT WAS AVAILABLE, DIDN'T WE? AND ANOTHER THING WE THAT VERY POPULAR.
AND ANOTHER THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS, LET'S JUST SAY IF WE ONLY GET 50 OR SOMETHING, JENNIFER GENERALLY TELLS US HOW MANY WE HAVE.
IF WHOEVER STARTS CAN BE MINDFUL AND JUST PUT OUT AND SPREAD 'EM OUT SO THAT WHEN THE LAST GROUP GETS THERE, WE STILL HAVE SOMETHING TO HAND OUT.
WE CAN HAVE A BETTER SETUP PLAN.
SO IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO SEGMENT OR GROUP THOSE OFF BEFORE THE DAY OF AND HAVE SOME SEPARATE CASES OR? I WOULD SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE CITY STAFF DOES FOR US CURRENTLY, AND I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO THEIR RESUME OF THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR US.
NOW, IF THERE ARE SOME PERSON COULD, SOME SOMEONE ON THE COMMISSION THAT IS AVAILABLE.
I'M SURE MS. JENNIFER AND MS. COURTNEY, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD DEFINITELY SHOW YOU WHAT THE ITEMS ARE AND LET YOU PREPACKAGE THEM OR PRE SEPARATE THEM, SO TO SPEAK.
'CAUSE WE SHOULD THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
BECAUSE THAT WAY YOU DON'T, LIKE, YOU FEEL MAYBE KIND OF GUILTY WHEN YOU SAY, OH, WELL LET ME JUST GO INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, THEN IT'S LIKE, HEY, IF YOU'RE OUT, YOU'RE OUT FOR THAT TIME SLOT.
DON'T IMPACT THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO COME AND WORK.
AND THEN YOU GOTTA STAND THERE AND HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE, SO.
AND THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BUSINESS CARDS, PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING YOUR BUSINESS CARDS.
I HANDED OUT A LOT OF BUSINESS CARDS, SO PLEASE BRING THEM.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR JULY? WE ARE MIDGUT NOW.
ANY EVENTS SO FAR? THIS EARLY AUGUST? YES.
ONE IS THE JULY 31ST, THE TOWN HALL MEETING WITH DISTRICT FIVE.
THE MAYOR PORT TEAM, MARGARET LCH IS, UM, UM, WAS HELD AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND WAS WAS GREAT PLACE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKED LIKE THE DISTRICT FIVE, UH, HAS HAD A LOT OF CITIZEN ENGAGEMENTS IN THAT TOWN HALL MEETING.
SECOND IS THE, UM, AUGUST THE SIXTH TOWN HALL MEETING AND DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, COUNCIL JOE THOMAS IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
UM, THAT WAY IS, THAT DISTRICT HAS A LOT OF ASIAN COMMUNITIES, SO IT'S GOOD TO, UH, TO LEARN, UM, ESPECIALLY, UH, FROM THE, UM, THE URBAN DISTRICTS WHERE THEY HAVE THESE 25 MILLION SOCCER COMPLEX GONNA BE BUILT.
SO I'M EXCITED FOR THAT NEW SOCCER WITH THE ELECTRIC OF DALLAS, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE THAT OUR ASIAN SOCCER TOURNAMENT BE ABLE TO MOVE THERE.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE MEET CASTLE JET BASS.
HE'S ON MY DISTRICT ONE, SO WE MEET HIM ONCE A MONTH, WHICH IS GO THROUGH WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE DISTRICT ONE.
UM, FOR THOSE THAT WERE LISTENING, MR. JIMMY MOVED DOWN TO THE SMART GOALS UPDATE, UH, WHICH IS FINE.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET A NOTE OF THAT.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE SMART GOALS UPDATE? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO INTO ITEM B.
HAS ANYONE ELSE MET WITH THEIR CITY COUNCIL REP? WENT TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, UH, WENT TO ANY OF THE CITY MEETINGS? YES, SIR.
I WENT TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND, UM, THEY RECOGNIZED, UH, SOME INDIVIDUALS WITH AWARDS, PARTICULARLY IN ATHLETICS AND OTHER THINGS.
AND SOUNDS LIKE GARLAND ISD IS DOING WELL WITH THAT.
UH, OTHER STUFF WAS JUST GENERAL MEETING STUFF, NOTHING OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE.
AND THEN ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, GARDEN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S UNIDOS PROGRAM.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE, THEY'RE STILL DOING GOOD.
THEY HAD A HUGE TURNOUT AND THEY TALKED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, UM, WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO HELP THOSE WITH MENTAL CHALLENGES.
AND THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT RESOURCES ARE OFFERED TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL DONE IN SPANISH FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER SPEAKER, BUT I CAN'T RECALL WHO THAT WAS.
BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
ANYONE ELSE? I WENT TO ED MORRISTOWN HALL AND I WENT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING THIS PAST TUESDAY.
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
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THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.I SAW, DID I SEE YOU THERE? THAT'S WHERE YOU YEAH.
AND THEN I WENT HOME AND THEN I TURNED IT ON.
'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I HAVE THINGS TO DO.
BUT I FINISHED WATCHING FROM HOME.
SO THAT, THAT WAS INTERESTING.
AND THEN I LIVE IN ED MOORE'S DISTRICT, SO I, I GO TO HIS TOWN HALLS ALL THE TIME.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEM C, OUTREACH MATERIALS AND PROMOTIONAL INVENTORY COMMISSION.
MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS OUTREACH MATERIALS AND FUTURE PROMOTIONAL INVENTORY.
UM, QUICKLY JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE THAT WE HAVE LESS THAN, UH, 50 PINS LEFT.
UH, YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS LIKE THE, UH, THE CONSTITUTION BOOKS WE'RE COMPLETELY OUT OF MATERIAL AT THIS POINT.
SO, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH EVENTS, WE'LL NEED TO ORDER SOME, SOME NEW ITEMS. SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE ARE OUT OF.
UH, WE ARE OUT OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL AT THIS TIME.
UM, TO ME THAT MEANS WE'VE BEEN AT EVENTS AND THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE HANDED OUT INFORMATION, WHICH MEANS OUR NAME AND, UH, OUR LOGO IS OUT THERE.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, THEY HAVE PLENTY OF WAYS TO REACH OUT TO US.
AND IF WE HAVE TO ORDER MATERIALS, WE NEED TO HAVE 'EM ORDERED BY NEXT MONTH.
BUT FOR BUDGET REASONS, FOR THE, BEFORE THE NEW BUDGET STARTS, IT'D BE BEST TO DO IT THIS MONTH.
UM, THE BUDGET DOES ROLL AND IN OCTOBER, IF YOU THINK ABOUT NEXT MEETING, UM, IF WE WAIT TILL NEXT MEETING, IT'LL BE TOO LATE.
SO IT WOULD BE BEST TO INITIATE, UM, PURCHASES NOW.
AND WE CAN COVER THAT UNDER THE FINANCIAL REPORT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM C? NOPE.
HOW YOU DOING? HI, HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL.
UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING, ARE YOU A PART OF THE PUBLIC OR ARE YOU A NEW APPOINTEE? I'M JOINING IN THE BOARD NEXT MONTH.
WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? STEVEN FLORES.
DO WE HAVE THAT NAME? FLORES, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND SIT WITH US TO JOIN.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN COME UP IF WE CAN, WE CAN CAN SCOOCH YEAH, WE CAN.
WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN THIS WEEK.
HOW YOU DOING MR. FLORES? UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT HERE.
MR. PHIL AND MS. JENNIFER, CAN YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND LET US KNOW WHAT DISTRICT YOU'RE IN? HI EVERYBODY.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF GARLAND FOR I THINK ABOUT 14 YEARS NOW.
AND, UH, I AM IN DISTRICT THREE.
SO, UH, UH, VERY HONORED TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, UH, NOMINATE ME TO JOIN THE BOARD AND BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH Y'ALL, UH, IN THE WHOLE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, BETTERING OUR CITY AND, UH, UH, GIVING BACK TO OUR CITIZENS.
SO, ALRIGHT, WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, WE MEET EVERY THIRD THURSDAY AT 6:00 PM MM-HMM
UM, MS. JENNIFER'S NORMALLY, OR ONE OF THE CITY STAFF, NORMALLY SENDS OUT AN EMAIL, ASKS FOR US TO CONFIRM THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE HERE OR NOT.
DINNER IS APPARENTLY SERVED AT FIVE O'CLOCK, WHICH I NEVER MAKE, BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND, UM, PARTAKE IN THE DINNER THAT'S BEING SERVED.
I'M SURE SHE GAVE YOU AN AGENDA ITEM.
WE ARE ON, UM, 3D AS IN DELTA, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE FINANCIAL REPORT AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE, IT'S THE ONE WITH ALL THE NUMBERS ON.
ALRIGHT, MADAM CHAIR, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, PROVIDED A FINANCIAL REPORT.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE ATTACHMENT YOU HAVE.
UH, AT THIS POINT, THE COMMISSION HAS $2,960 AND 80 CENTS REMAINING.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, IT WAS AN $8,000 BUDGET THAT STARTED.
AND, UH, IT'LL ALSO BE AN $8,000 BUDGET NEXT YEAR AS WELL IN THE FISCAL YEAR ROLE.
SO THE, THE, UH, THE BUDGET IS STILL THERE.
UM, AS WE STATED EARLIER, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL THAT WE SPEND THESE FUNDS, UM, THIS MONTH, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, ORDER PROMOTIONAL ITEMS IF THE, THE COMMISSION, UH, CHOOSES TO DO SO.
UM, AND JUST A, AN ITEM THAT I, THAT I WANTED TO,
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TO DISCUSS, AND IF I MAY BOUNCE ON YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UH, UM, PROMOTIONAL I, UM, INVENTORY.THERE WAS A, UH, REQUEST ON WHAT ITEMS OTHER DEPARTMENTS WERE ORDERING, AND WE WERE GOING TO PRESENT THAT AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT, BUT, UH, REACHED OUT TO, TO SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO, UH, THEY HAVE STARTED TO GET, UH, A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE, UH, ON THEIR, THEIR ITEMS. SO THEY'VE, UH, REACHED OUT TO LIBRARY PARKS, UH, STORM WATER, UH, THOSE ARE THE GROUPS THAT ORDER THE MOST.
SO THEY SAID THEY'VE REALLY PULLED AWAY FROM PENS AND BAGS, KIND OF THE TYPICAL THINGS, BUT THEY'RE DOING ARE MORE, UH, CREATIVE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS. UH, THEY, THEY MENTIONED, UH, BOOKMARKS, SPATULAS, UH, TAPE MEASURES, WATER BOTTLES AS ITEMS THAT THEY, UH, THAT THEY'VE BEEN ORDERING AND THAT THEY TYPICALLY GO FAST.
UM, THEY ALSO MENTIONED, UH, ORDERING STUFF THAT'S CUSTOMIZED TOWARDS, UH, CHILDREN OR TEENS.
SO THE LIBRARY MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY, THEY ORDERED THINGS LIKE SLINKIES, UH, FOR, FOR THE, UH, THE KIDS.
AND SO THAT'S JUST AN ITEM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DISCUSS AS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE MAY ORDER DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU SAID, UH, BOOKMARKS, SPATULAS WATER BOTTLE.
SLINKIES? YEAH, WE USED TO HAVE, OH, NO, NO, THE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES.
AND YEAH, I KNOW WHAT A SLINK IS.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE AN IDEA OF SOME OTHER PROMOTIONAL ITEMS WE CAN GET OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL? THE CAN HOLD THE COOZIES, UM, PENS.
WHEN IT'S HOT OUT, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF A FAN.
SO I'VE SEEN THOSE, THE LITTLE FANS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS OUT THERE WHEN IT'S SO HOT ONE, REMEMBER
ANY OTHER IDEAS? HOW ABOUT THE LITTLE FLASHLIGHT THAT WE USE? THEY HAVE WITH THE CMC LOGO.
AND THE WINTER, WINTER TIME FOR A SENIOR.
I PUT IT RIGHT NEXT UNDER MY, MY PILLOW
I'M ASKING FOR IDEAS BECAUSE IN THE PAST WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE AGREED ON JUST THE NUMBER THAT, UM, WE WOULD AGREE AS A COMMISSION.
AND THEN LATER ON, MYSELF AND THE CITY STAFF WILL GET TOGETHER AND CHOOSE THE ITEMS. SO I'M ASKING NOW TO, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT'S THE SAME ROUTE WE'RE GONNA TAKE SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THESE THINGS ORDERED.
CAN WE DO SOME TYPE OF A TOWEL? BECAUSE LIKE EVERYTHING WE DO IS WHEN IT'S HOT.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE, WITH THE MOISTURE, WITH THE TOWELS THAT WOULD REQUIRE, WOULD THAT REQUIRE THINGS TO BE EMBROIDERED OR STAMPED OR THEY CAN PRINT ON TOWELS.
I'VE, I'VE RECEIVED THEM BEFORE AT GOLF EVENTS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS.
THEY'RE NOT AND I LOVED GETTING THEM.
SO YOU OPEN UP THE FAN AND THEN, AND IT'S PRINTED? YEAH.
OR IT'S JUST THE FLAT, FLAT FAN? YEAH.
WHICHEVER'S ABOUT THE LIKE, LIKE THE MOISTURE WICKING TOWEL DRY.
OR WHATEVER'S CHEAPER, BUT IT'S JUST NICE 'CAUSE WITH EVERYTHING WE DO, I'M SERIOUS.
EXCEPT FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, IT'S COLD.
DO HAVE ONE SUGGESTION THOUGH? I THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT, UM, BANNER FIXED.
I DON'T SEE THAT IN THE THINGS THAT WE BOUGHT THIS YEAR.
SO MAYBE WE BOUGHT IT BEFORE NOW MM-HMM
BUT IT'S NICE AND IT'S SAD TO NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT.
UH, OH, WHAT'S THE MATTER? SO THAT, UH, THAT BANNER HAS, WAS PURCHASED, UH, IF I RECALL BY, UM, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM.
UH, SO THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDING FOR THAT CAME.
I DID SPEAK WITH, UH, WITH DANA IN OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM.
AND SHE'S GOING TO WORK ON GETTING THAT REPAIRED FOR US.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY THAT COMES FROM, FROM THEM, UH, TO, TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
AND WE'LL KEEP, UH, JAIR FROM BREAKING IT AGAIN.
IT'S LIKE ONE CLIP PULL
WE PULLED IT UP AND THAT ONE PART FELL OUT AND IT JUST ROLLED BACK IN.
AND WE COULDN'T PULL IT BACK OUT OF, I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT.
I, I HAVE, HE SAT THERE FOR AN HOUR TRYING TO PULL IT BACK OUT AND WE COULDN'T REACH IN THERE.
SO IT, IT WAS POORLY CONSTRUCTED.
WHERE'D Y'ALL FIND IT AT? PHIL? WHERE WAS IT HEAVY? WHERE WAS THE THAT YOU KNOW, IT WAS LOST FOR A MINUTE.
UH, IT WAS IN A TRAILER FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, I BELIEVE.
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ANY, ANY, ANY OTHER ITEMS?MAYBE WE CAN GET SOMETHING PET RELATED.
LIKE THE LITTLE DOGGY BAGS I'VE SEEN THE DOGGY BAGS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE'S STUFF PRINTED ON IT.
THEY ALSO HAVE SOMETIMES A LITTLE SILICONE FOLDABLE BOWLS FOR WATER, WATER POPUP BOWLS.
AND I'M ALSO GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I LIKE TO SURF AMAZON, UH, IF YOU GO ON AMAZON AND YOU FIND AN ITEM, SEND ME THE LINK.
UH, YOU CAN TEXT THE LINK DIRECTLY TO ME AND THEN WHEN I COME, I CAN MAKE SURE THAT MS. JENNIFER GETS IT.
I DON'T, I, YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SHARE THE LINK TO AN EMAIL.
BUT IF YOU CAN SHARE IT TO AN EMAIL, UM, AND I KEEP SAYING MS. JENNIFER, BUT
PHIL, JENNIFER, AND MS. COURTNEY.
AND THAT WAY WE ALL HAVE IT AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT TOGETHER.
'CAUSE BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
WE, WE GO ONLINE AND WE LOOK FOR THE BETTER DEALS.
AND MS. COURTNEY'S REALLY GOOD ABOUT TRYING TO PRICE MATCH.
SO DON'T HAVE COMPANY THAT Y'ALL ORDER STUFF LIKE THIS FROM Y'ALL, JUST GO WHEREVER YOU CAN FIND IT.
DO YOU HAVE YOU YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT
UH, SO THE SHIRTS THAT, UH, THAT YOU HAVE THAT WERE GIVEN OUT TONIGHT, WE DID BUY THOSE, I BELIEVE ON AMAZON.
AND THEN WE TOOK 'EM TO AN EMBROIDERY COMPANY.
BUT WE ALSO DO HAVE PROMOTIONAL GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK TO SEE WHAT PRICES ARE AVAILABLE OUT THERE.
UM, BE HONEST, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE MAY SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE GOING DIRECTLY TO A PROMOTIONAL GROUP TO HAVE THEM DO IT TURNKEY, BUT, UH, LOGISTICALLY THAT SOMETIMES MAKES MORE SENSE AND HAVING TO BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH.
IF YOU RECALL, I THINK WE ORDERED THESE SHIRTS THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO AND THEY CAME IN INCORRECTLY AND HAD TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH TWO DIFFERENT PROVIDERS ON IT.
ONE OTHER THING I'D ADD IS MAYBE LIKE A FANNY PACK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT, THEY LIKE TO MM-HMM.
CARRY THEIR, THEIR WEARS OR WE DO HAVE A DRAWSTRING BACKPACK.
THE FANNY PACK IS CUTE, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE DOG OWNERS.
THROW YOU LITTLE BOWL IN THERE OR YOU THROW YOUR LITTLE DOG BACK.
EVERY TIME MY DAUGHTER GOES OUT, SHE FORGETS A DOG DISH.
SO, UM, I KNOW WE SAID TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM, UM, PEN, HAND SANITIZER, THE BAGS.
UM, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THE DRAWSTRING BAGS? DO WE STILL WANNA TRY THOSE OR DO WE WANNA GO WITH A, A DIFFERENT, THE SQUARE ONE WITH THE HANDLE TYPE BAG? OR DO WE WANNA GO WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF BAG? OR DO WE WANNA STAY WITH THE DRAW STRINGS? THERE HAS BEEN, OH, I'VE SEEN, I'VE RECEIVED BAGS IN THE PAST.
IT'S A, IT'S A SHOPPING BAG AND, AND IT'S FOLDABLE.
AND SO YOU JUST UNFOLDED BACK OUT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, IT'S ALL BRANDED AND YOU CAN PUT IT BACK INTO A POCKET.
I MEAN, SO IT'S VERY EASY TO MOVE, KEEP IT AROUND, MOVE IT AROUND, LEAVE IT IN YOUR CAR.
UH, SO THAT'S A RECYCLE SHOPPING BAG IS KIND OF WHAT, HOW THAT'S DEFINED.
AND, UM, AND I WAS GONNA MENTION, UM, UH, LIKE YOUR TOWEL IDEA, BUT THIS, UM, BANDANAS THAT COULD BE BRANDED AND THEY'RE, THAT'S IDEA THAT'S MORE LIGHTWEIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN CARRY IN YOUR POCKET, YOU CAN WEAR IT AROUND YOUR HEAD.
YOU CAN WEAR IT AROUND YOUR, UM, UM, NECK.
SO IT'S KIND OF MULTIPURPOSE WITH, UH, WITH A BANDANA A LITTLE BIT MORE USEFUL GOTCHA.
BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO THE DRAWSTRING BRAG, THEN BAG, THEN MAYBE A, MAYBE A SHOPPING RECYCLABLE BAG BE A, A GOOD OPTION.
WE, I'M PART OF THE, UH, NOON EXCHANGE CLUB AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE HAVE TEMPORARY TATTOOS.
OH, THE KIDS, EVEN ADULTS LOVE THEM.
IF WE COULD HAVE A CMC TEMPORARY TATTOO, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF NEAT.
I'LL, I'LL ROCK IT AT WE, WE COULD ALL WEAR IT OURSELVES.
WE'LL GET AND, UH, PEOPLE ASK, WHAT IS THAT? WELL, LEMME TELL YOU, AND HERE'S ONE FOR YOU IF YOU WANT
MS. MOSES, YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OF THINGS WE CAN HAND OUT PROMOTIONAL WISE? UM, WHAT DO YOUR KIDS LIKE? I MEAN, KIDS STILL LIKE THE LITTLE SILICONE, UH, BRACELETS PEOPLE ON THEIR WRIST.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ONES THAT YOU CAN INOR THE TEXT? YEAH.
UM, THESE, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THESE TYPES OF, THESE ITEMS. THEY'RE, THEY'RE MEANT TO INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT THE CMC OR WHAT'S THE HELP ME BRIDGE THE,
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UH, WHY BEHIND? SO WHILE WE'RE OUT AT DIFFERENT EVENTS AND WE'RE EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE WHAT THE CMC IS ABOUT, IT'S LIKE A, A LIKE A KEEPSAKE.AND UM, LIKE I SAID, WE GENERALLY HAVE BUSINESS CARDS TO HAND OUT AS WELL, BUT IF WE TELL THEM LOOK UP CMC ON THE CITY WEBSITE OR COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION ON THE WEBSITE, IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A KEEPSAKE SOMETHING TO HELP THEM REMEMBER WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS.
AND TO GO BACK TO, OH, I THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING.
WHAT, WHAT ABOUT, UH, FRIDGE MAGNETS.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, KEY CHANGE OR STRESS BALL? I THINK WE A POPULAR ITEM AND AS I MENTIONED, I'M WRITING THESE ITEMS DOWN, I'M SURE, ALONG WITH MS. JENNIFER.
SO THAT WAY WHEN WE DO GO LOOKING, WHETHER IT'S A PROMOTIONAL WEBSITE OR AMAZON, WE GO LOOKING, WE'LL HAVE SOME ITEMS, UM, EVERYBODY WILL HAVE SOME INPUT ON WHAT IT IS WE GET.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERY ITEM THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN GET FOR THE MOST QUANTITY FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY IS GENERALLY THE WAY THAT WORKS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE GOTTA ORDER THIS STUFF.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA GET FOR THIS MONTH OUT OF EVERYTHING WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT? YEP.
AND THAT, THAT LEADS US INTO THE NEXT PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.
WHAT IS THEIR NEXT EVENT? WHEN IS OUR NEXT EVENT? THIS IS AUGUST, SEPTEMBER LABOR DAY.
ARE WE LABOR DAY, RIGHT? UH, WE HAVE A CALENDAR.
AND WE, IF YOU WANNA JUST SCAN IT REAL QUICK TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT EVENT IS, BUT THAT'S AN AGENDA ITEM TOO.
BUT I DO BELIEVE OUR NEXT EVENT IS IN SEPTEMBER.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M LIKE, ARE WE GONNA HAVE STUFF? THAT IS MY, WAS WHAT I WAS THINKING.
SO, UM, MR. PHIL, THE 29 60 THAT IS REMAINING, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE BUDGET STARTS OVER IN SEP SEPTEMBER ONE.
SO THE 29 60 THAT'S LEFT, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE DINNERS OR SEPTEMBER? FOR SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE WE'RE IN AUGUST, THAT DOES INCLUDE, WELL, UH, EXCLUDE, I SHOULD SAY EXCLUDES.
SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO, TO TO BUDGET SOME MONEY TO, TO PAY FOR MEALS TO, FOR FOOD.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT DO WE, IF WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND SEE WHAT WE NORMALLY SPEND ON FOOD $326, WE SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO LET'S JUST SAY ROUGHLY THREE 50.
AND THAT'S FOR SEPTEMBER, AUGUST.
SEPTEMBER'S MEAL, 29 60 MINUS THREE 50 LEAVES US WHAT? 26, 10, 20 16.
BEFORE WE DO THAT NUMBER SEPTEMBER, UM, THERE'S AN ITEM AGENDA FOR A FUTURE EVENT THAT WOULD HAVE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO SPEND THE REST OF THIS MONEY ON BY OCTOBER 1ST.
DID ONE OF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE A QUESTION OVER THERE? I THOUGHT I SAW A RAISED HAND.
UM, ONCE WE TAKE THE AMOUNT FOR THESE TICKETS AWAY, IF WE AGREE AS A COMMISSION TO GO, WE HAVE $2,000 ROUGHLY TO SPEND ON PROMOTIONAL ITEMS. WE ALL HAVE THAT SAME UNDERSTANDING AND THOSE ITEMS WE'LL NEED TO HOLD US ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS.
'CAUSE MIDYEAR WE CAN ADJUST THE BUDGET TO BUY MORE THINGS IF NEED BE.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE DON'T HAVE ANY EVENTS.
IT'S, IT DOESN'T, I MEAN, I MEAN, IF WE WON'T HAVE THEM IN TIME FOR LABOR DAY MM-HMM
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY EVENTS UNTIL MIDYEAR, THAT'S NOT A BIG PROBLEM.
SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION.
SO IS THERE A QUESTION BEHIND THE QUESTION OF DO WE REALLY WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON THE FOOD VERSUS SPENDING IT ON THE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS OR THE FUTURE EVENT THAT'S COMING UP? NO.
UM, FOR SEPTEMBER, THE DINNER WILL BE SERVED.
THAT'S JUST PART OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO AS A WHOLE.
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UM, AS FAR AS THE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, NOPE.THERE WAS NO QUESTION PENDING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD IT THE EXACT SAME WAY THAT I DID.
WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO GRAND TO SPEND ON PROMOTIONAL ITEMS. ALRIGHT, SO JUST SO EVERYONE IS AWARE OF WHAT THAT BUDGET NUMBER LOOKS LIKE, SHOULD WE TRY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THAT? AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO WHAT WE'LL GONNA DO FIRST, UM, IF I CAN, WE'LL GO TO THE, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND DO A MOTION FOR WHAT FUNDS ARE LEFT.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT A PEN IN ITEM D AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM E, FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
UM, GENERALLY WHAT WE DO IS THE LIST THAT LOOKS LIKE, LIKE THIS ONE WE GO THROUGH HERE AND WE PUT SOMEONE'S NAME OUT TO THE SIDE.
YOU GUYS LOOK AT YOUR PERSONAL CALENDARS.
YOU LET US KNOW WHAT EVENT IT IS YOU WOULD WANT TO ATTEND INDIVIDUALLY.
AND ALSO THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE DISCUSS THE EVENTS THAT WE WILL ATTEND AS A COMMISSION.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATES WE ARE ALREADY TODAY IS THE 20.
WHAT? FIRST? SO THE NEXT EVENT THAT'S ON THE CALENDAR, AUGUST 21ST, I MEAN 23RD.
IT'S THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
UM, THAT'LL BE AT THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
IS THAT THE SAME LOCATION AS THE OLD ONE? MR. PHILLIP? DO YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR QUESTION.
THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, IS IT THE SAME LOCATION AS THE OLD ONE, CORRECT? IT IS, YES MA'AM.
THAT'S WHAT, OVER THERE BY SIMS, RIGHT OVER BEHIND, UM, AVENUE A AND RIGHT, BUT BEHIND URBAN? NO, IT'S NOT URBAN BECAUSE PLAN, WE BOTH LOST
ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA JUST GO THROUGH THESE.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT.
IT'S SATURDAY MORNING, IT'S IN THE EVENING OR OH, IS IT 9:00 AM IT'S AT 9:00 AM I CAN DO THAT.
SO COMMUNITY BIRTH IS A CHURCH.
ANYWAY, MS. GLENNA, MS. KIM, ANYONE ELSE THINK THEY MAY BE ABLE TO ATTEND? ALL RIGHT, NEXT EVENT IS THE GSD BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING.
THAT'S, UM, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH AT 5:00 PM NEXT EVENT IS DISTRICT SIX TOWN HALL MEETING.
UH, WHO'S OUR DISTRICT SIX REP? IS THAT CARISSA? YEAH.
MR. MOSES, YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT MEETING? I DO SEE IT IS AT SIX 30.
UH, WHAT, WHERE IS IT AT ON HERE? THE HALL BALL REC CENTER? IT IS, IT'S IN THE FIRST SET OF, OH, THIS SEPTEMBER 2ND.
THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARD FOR ME.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY, I CAN TRY TO GO TOO.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SEPTEMBER DATES CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND AT 6:00 PM I'M GONNA KEEP GOING.
Y'ALL JUST, ISN'T THERE A, LIKE A LABOR DAY PARADE OR SOMETHING? YEAH, IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT YEAH, THE LABOR DAY PARADE IS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.
WHOEVER IT SHOULD BE, WE'LL ADD IT.
YEAH, YOU CAN ADD IT IF YOU WANNA ATTEND, WE CAN.
SINCE THE FIRST IS BEFORE THE SECOND, WILL IT BE ON THE FIRST OR YOU DON'T KNOW? IT'S ON THE FIRST.
THAT'S BEFORE THE 2ND OF SEPTEMBER.
SO DO WE AS A COMMISSION WANT TO AGREE TO BE A PART? AND MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S NOT A CITY SPONSORED EVENT.
THE CITY DOES PARTICIPATE IN THE WAY OF TRAFFIC CONTROL.
UH, SO IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A TABLE, WE WOULD NEED TO CONTACT, UH, THE GROUP THAT OPERATES THAT PARADE.
IT'S NOT A CITY SPONSORED EVENT.
WHO IS THE GROUP, DO YOU KNOW? EXCHANGE CLUB? YEAH.
WHO? THE NOON EXCHANGE CLUB CLUB.
DO YOU THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REACH OUT TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE 10 DAYS? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE OUTREACH.
I I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER THEY HAVE A SPACE AVAILABLE OR NOT.
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I, I'VE HONESTLY NEVER BEEN TO THE EVENTS.I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE TABLES SET UP OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IF IT'S JUST STRICTLY THE PARADE.
WE, I THINK WE HAVE WALKED IN THE PARADE.
WE WALK IN THE PAST, BUT, BUT YOU SAID LIKE BACK LIKE MAY OR SOMETHING.
SO AS A COMMISSION, DO WE WANT MR. PHILIP TO REACH OUT TO NOON EXCHANGE TO SEE IF THERE'S OH, OKAY.
DON'T LET ME MAKE, MAKE A DECISION.
IS ANYBODY GONNA, THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT THINK THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE PARADE SO THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO MR. PHILIP TO SEE IF WE WANT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR US TO WALK AS A GROUP? ANYONE? AND IF NOT, THEN THERE'S NO NEED FOR MR. PHILIP TO REACH OUT.
WHAT'S DAY WAS THAT? SEPTEMBER 1ST AND I'M SURE THAT'S A SATURDAY.
SO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A GROUP IF WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR A SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO WALK IN.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM WAS CITY COUNCIL RE REGULAR MEETING.
IT'S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND AT 7:00 PM GISD BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING.
I WILL SAY I DO GENERALLY TRY TO MAKE THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I'M IN CLASS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, UN FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN.
YOU'LL GO TO THE REGULAR MEETING? YES.
I CAN GO, I'LL GO TO THE REGULAR MEETING AS WELL.
UM, JAZZ, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING.
THAT'S SEPTEMBER, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH AT FOUR 30.
UH, GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH AT FIVE 30.
UM, I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT NOW.
UH, I KNOW ONE, I THINK THE OTHER MR. CHARLES MAY HAVE SHOWN UP AT A MEETING JUST TO SIT IN AND LISTEN.
DOES ANYBODY THINK THEY CAN MAKE IT TO THAT MEETING AT FIVE 30? YEAH, FIVE 30 IS A LITTLE ROUGH FOR ME TOO.
IS THAT MEETING, IS THAT TUESDAY? WHERE'S THAT MEETING GONNA BE AT? CITY? IT'LL BE HERE.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT ONE.
UM, DO YOU KNOW THE DURATION OF THAT MEETING? I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THERE.
THE MEETING WILL BE HERE, YOU KNOW, LONG.
IT IS, UH, OH, YOU SAID DURATION.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULDN'T ASSUME THAT THE MEETING IS LONGER THAN AN HOUR.
I DON'T WANNA COMMIT AND BE I, AND THAT'S FINE.
THERE ARE TIMES WE PUT OUR NAME HERE AND SOMETHING COMES UP AND WE CAN'T MAKE IT.
IT'S JUST FOR US TO HAVE A OVERVIEW OF HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND BRING IT BACK TO US AS A COMMISSION, BECAUSE WE ALL CAN'T MAKE THE MEETINGS.
THEY DON'T ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WE CAN WATCH.
UH, THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA, UH, ON THE CALENDAR IS THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH AT 6:00 PM IT, UH, UM, IT'S HERE.
IS THAT TUESDAY THE 16TH AT 7:00 PM I CAN, OH, NO, I CAN'T.
SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 7:00 PM OR MR. CHARLES? I'LL, I'LL VOLUNTEER.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE THE FREEDOM FUND.
UM, I SENT THIS TO MS. JENNIFER FIRST THING, I THINK MONDAY MORNING.
UM, THERE'S AN EVENT THAT'S HELD EVERY YEAR.
IT'S HOSTED BY THE N-A-A-C-P GARLAND UNIT.
IT IS WHERE THEY GIVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE, UM, AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN IN EACH OF THE SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS.
THAT ONE GIRL, ONE BOY THAT HAS THE HIGHEST, UH, GPA WITHIN THAT SCHOOL.
IT IS DEFINITELY GREAT WHEN YOU GET TO HEAR THE GPAS THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE GRADUATED WITH.
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I USED TO BE REAL BOASTFUL AND SAY, I GRADUATED WITH A 3.6 GPA, BUT THAT WAS OUT OF A 4.0 SCALE.I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCALE IS NOW, BUT THESE GPAS THAT THESE CHILDREN HAVE, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE IS AWESOME.
UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ATTEND, JUST LIKE WE DO FOR THE WINTER BALL, TO GET A TABLE, OR WE CAN GO AS INDIVIDUALS, WHICHEVER WAY IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
UM, IN THE PAST, WHAT WE HAVE SAID WAS, IF WE AGREED AS A COMMISSION TO BE A PART OF THE EVENT, AND YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE AND YOU DO NOT SHOW, THEN THAT MEANS THAT PORTION OF THAT MONEY YOU NEED TO REIMBURSE THE CMC FOUR.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO BE A PART OF THE EVENT AND YOU SHOW UP, THEN THAT COST IS COVERED BY THE COMMISSION.
SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, UM, WHAT ARE YOU ALL'S THOUGHTS? IS IT SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND? UH, I PERSONALLY WILL BE THERE AND I WILL SERVE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAPACITIES WHILE I'M THERE.
BUT, UM, I THINK THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN TIE OURSELF INTO THE YOUTH.
SOME OF THOSE KIDS ARE PART OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL.
WE CAN SEE THEIR FACES, AND WE CAN ALSO SEE, UM, WHAT THE N-A-A-C-P IS DOING FINANCIALLY FOR THE YOUTH.
OKAY, WHAT'S THE DURATION OF THAT? AND I'M ASKING BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING AT 11 O'CLOCK.
SO NOW WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, UH, IT STARTS AT 10.
I GENERALLY ABOUT TWO, TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
AND THEY ARE, WHEN I TELL YOU, THEY TRYING TO GET US OUTTA THERE IN THE YES.
ANYONE ELSE THINK THAT THEY WANT TO BE A PART? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DRESS CODE? IS NOTHING THING LIKE THE WINTER BALL
IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BUSINESS CASUAL.
I WAS GONNA SAY IT'S BUSINESS CASUAL.
AND MS. COLD PEPPER IS A GREAT MC.
YOU WANNA GO? NO, I ALREADY GO SPONSOR.
SO WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE TO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A TABLE.
IT DOESN'T, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A TABLE EITHER.
SO, ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE A WEDDING THAT DAY AT ONE, BUT I'M LIKE, I'LL GO FROM THIS TO THAT.
SO WE HAVE ONE, TWO, UM, LET ME WRITE THIS DOWN ABOUT THESE TYPES.
I WOULD LOVE TO GO, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HAVE A MEETING THAT DAY.
BUT, BUT IF I WANTED TO BRING MY WIFE, DOES THE CMC PAY FOR THAT TOO, OR DOES CMC ONLY PAY FOR ME? I'M CURIOUS FOR YOU.
I, I WOULD LET MR. FIELD ANSWER THAT QUESTION, SIR, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE, UH, PAYMENT COULD ONLY BE FOR YOURSELF, NOT YOUR SPOUSE OR A GUEST.
SO WHAT, MR. JIMMY, YOU, WAS IT YOU THAT SAID YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND? YES.
MR. CHARLES, DID YOU ANSWER, DID YOU SAY WHETHER YOU WANTED TO OR NOT? UH, I'M NOT PLANNING ON THAT.
I'M, I'M NOT, I'M NOT PLANNING ON PLANNING.
SO MS. KIMBERLY, MR. CHARLES, UM, LIKE I SAID, I'LL DEFINITELY BE THERE.
I KNOW MR. JIMMY, MYSELF AND MS. KIMBERLY, WE NEED GET YOUR TICKET AS WELL.
SO THIS IS WHEN WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UM, PURCHASE THREE TICKETS FOR THE FREEDOM FROM BRUNCH.
UH, CAN WE DO IT THAT WAY? OKAY.
MR. CJ SECOND, WHO'S THE MOTION KIMBERLY, SO WE'LL FINISH THE CALENDAR EVENTS AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE FINANCIAL, LIFT IT UP.
UM,
THE AYES HAVE IT, AND I APOLOGIZE.
I'M JUST USED TO HEARING IT, AND THEN I JUST REPEAT WHAT I HEARD AND SHE SAID SAME.
UM, SORRY, I WANNA SAY ON THE AUGUST 23RD, UH, I PLAN TO COME FOR THE, UH, SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
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YEP, I GOT IT.AND FOR THE FALL FEST AND GARLAND GUZZLER 5K RUN, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE FOUND OUT LAST YEAR THAT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING, IF WE WANNA GO OUT AND SEE THAT WE GO OUT AND SEE WHAT I I DIDN'T SAY 0.5.
WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING THE SQUARE
MADAM CHAIRMAN, I, I PLAN TO ATTEND THAT EVENT.
I'M, I PLAN TO DO THE RUN IN MY T-SHIRT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
CHARLES, MR. CHARLES, HOW DO YOU, UH, IF ANYONE ELSE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RUN, IS THERE, UM, A CONTACT NAME THAT YOU CAN GIVE OUT THAT MAYBE THEY CAN SIGN UP TO BE A PART OF THE RUN? I, I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME.
I, I DON'T HAVE, NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S FINE IF YOU CAN.
UM, JUST PROVIDE THAT CONTACT INFORMATION TO MS. JENNIFER.
SOMEONE ELSE MAY WANNA GO DO THIS.
POINT FIVE K RUN TO GET A BEER
I THINK THIS IS THE HUTCHES TICKET EVENT, RIGHT? UH, NO.
UH, THIS IS NOT A, NO, THIS IS NOT A TICKETED EVENT.
WELL, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA GO AND, AND, AND HAVE A BEER.
I'LL, I'LL COME BY AS WELL FOR THE EVENTS.
THE NEXT THING ON THERE IS THE G-S-D-G-I-S-D BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD AT 5:00 PM UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OCTOBER CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING ON THE SIXTH AT SIX.
ALL THERE'S SOMETHING I CAN DO.
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THE SIXTH AT SEVEN.
I'M PLANNING TO BE THERE AS WELL.
GLENNA, CJ, GISD, BOARD OF TRI BOND MEETING ON OCTOBER 7TH AT FIVE 30.
WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT, WHAT? OCTOBER 7TH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH AT FIVE 30.
GISD BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH AT SIX 30.
SO IN CASE Y'ALL DIDN'T CATCH THAT ONE'S A BOND MEETING.
THE OTHER ONE IS A TRUSTEE MEETING.
UM, UNIDOS OCTOBER 14TH AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
7:00 PM I WOULD LIKE TO GO, BUT I MAY BE A LITTLE LATE.
I THINK SO FAR OUT THERE, NOBODY CAN PLAN THAT.
OH, WELL, I WAS JUST TOLD THAT IT'S A LITTLE FAR HOUR, SO YOU GUYS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR THAT.
SO WITH, I CAN PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR.
AT LEAST THAT, THAT'S HOW THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN FOR ME.
SO HAVING THAT MUCH NOTICE IS GOOD.
UM, I HE DOES THIS QUARTERLY, I THINK ANYWAY, ISN'T IT? YES, I THINK IT IS QUARTERLY, YES.
UH, GARLAND YOUTH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING CITY COUNCIL.
WHO WAS OUR DISTRICT TWO REP? ANYONE WANT TO CLAIM IT? NO.
UH, LAST THING ON THERE IS THE GISD BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING OCTOBER 28TH.
I HAVE A LIST OF YOU ALL'S NAMES.
WE WOULD, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT FUTURE ITEMS? YES, MR. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT UP AND MAYBE ADD TO THE EVENTS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE CHILDREN FALL FESTIVAL 2025 AS CHAIR BY MS. JENNIFER IS THE, UM, ONE OF THE LARGEST ASIAN CULTURE EVENTS.
UM, OCTOBER 17 AND OCTOBER 18, TWO NIGHT FROM 5:00 PM TO 10:00 PM SO SECOND EVENT IS THE, CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL ME THE NAME OF THAT EVENT AGAIN? YEAH.
IS CHILDREN FALL FESTIVAL? YOU'RE SAYING CHILDREN? YEAH.
THIS IS THE, WAS THAT 12 YEAR? THIS IS 11 YEAR.
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12.THAT'S OCTOBER 17TH AND OCTOBER 18TH.
OCTOBER FROM 5:00 PM TO 10:00 PM CORRECT.
LINA, IT'S AN OUTDOOR, IT'S AN OUTDOOR PARKING LOT.
WE WILL SEND, WE WILL SEND YOU THE YES.
INFORMATION AND, UH, CC AND JENNIFER.
AND THE SECOND COMMUNITY EVENTS I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS THE JERRY GO TOURNAMENTS HOSTED BY VN UNITED AS THE FIRE WILL GO PARK ON OCTOBER 25TH.
IS SATURDAY IS FROM 7:00 AM TO 4:00 PM GOLF TOURNAMENT.
CHARITY, GOLF TOURNAMENT ARE YOU SAYING JERRY? CHARITY.
THIS IS THE, UH, HOST BY VN UNITED
AND WHAT'S THE DATE? OCTOBER 25TH ON SATURDAY, 10 25 AT WHAT TIME? FROM 7:00 AM TO 4:00 PM 7:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AND WHICH GOLF COURSE? IT'S A FIVE WHEEL, UH, GOLF PARK.
THIS IS A PART OF THE CITY OWNED, I THINK PHILLIPS IS, HE'S PART OF HIS, UH, MANAGE RIGHT MANAGEMENT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCE, UH, US TO DONS AND MENTIONED WITH JEFF BAS OUR CIO AS WELL.
AND BOTH OF THESE EVENTS ARE FREE EVENTS FREE TO THE PUBLIC OR IS THERE A COST? THE CHILDREN FOR FESTIVAL IS FREE TO PUBLIC.
THE CHARITY GO TOURNAMENTS, THE FOR THE GO PLAYERS.
THEY, THEY ARE PURCHASED THE TEAM FUNDRAISING FOR THE NOT CENTRAL NORTH TEXAS, UH, CENTRAL TEXAS FLOOD RELIEF AND FIRST RESPONDENT TOURNAMENT.
AND THEY, THEY REFERENCED FOR THAT.
SO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IT, IT IS ONLY FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS.
WHAT IS IT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO, COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE EVENT BY BEING THERE SENDING EVENT.
SO FOR CMC, UM, WE, WE, UM, THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU IF YOU WANT FOR US, IF YOU WANNA COME OUT OUT THERE AND WE HAVE A TABLE THAT YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND MAYBE JUST ENGAGE WITH SWAP COMMUNITY
SO YOU RAISING MONEY FOR THE THE RIVER? YE YES.
IS IS, WE RAISE THIS FOR THE PART OF THE RIVER IS THE CENTRAL TEXAS FLOOD RELIEF AND THE FIRST RESPONDER TOURNAMENT.
SO WE RAISE FOR THE TWO PURPOSE.
SO THE ASK IS FOR US TO SET A TABLE UP AND BE THERE TO HAND OUT INFORMATION.
SO IT JUST LIKE EVERY COMMUNITY EVENTS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME AND SET UP A TABLE.
RIGHT? SO YOU CAN BRING YOUR, DO YOU WANNA ENGAGE WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY? SORRY, IS THIS CASE IT'S GOOP COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS ONCE MS. JENNIFER SENDS US THE FLYERS FOR BOTH OF YOURSELF, SOME TO THE CITY STAFF, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH SO THAT WAY WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS IT.
AND WOULD IT BE, WOULD THAT BE TOO LATE? BECAUSE THAT EVENT IS OCTOBER 25TH.
WHEN DO YOU NEED A DATE BY WHETHER WE WILL HAVE A TABLE OR NOT FOR THE CHILDREN? FESTIVAL IS ORGANIZED BY AND PAID BY US.
AND, AND THERE WILL BE A THOUSAND GIFT BAGS GIVE AWAY TO ALL THE CHILDREN UNDER 14TH.
AND UM, WE HAD ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM FOR BOTH NIGHTS, KIDS, ENTERTAINMENTS.
UH, WE ALSO SERVING VIP DINNER ON SATURDAY, FRIDAY WOULD BE AFTER WORK AND AFTER SCHOOL.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS FOR THE VIP, BUT YOU MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE THERE ON SATURDAY TO HELP US, UH, WITH OUR UNIFORM CMC AND GIVE OUT THE BAGS OR WE HELP CHILDREN CONTEST THAN SING ANYTHING.
I JUST HELP WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING THIS.
AND IF YOU ALL CAN PARTICIPATE WITH THE CHILDREN FESTIVAL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO IF WE DISCUSS THIS IN OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING, IS THAT ENOUGH TIME TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER? ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANY PROPER CHANNEL.
WELL, I KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
IS THERE, UH, AN EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT LIKE ON FACEBOOK THAT Y'ALL PUT OUT OR SHE HAS FIRES THE WEBSITE? OKAY.
WE UM, WE, WE ALREADY PUBLISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT WE FINALIZE THE POSTER BY THE END OF THE, WE ARE WORKING ON A POSTER RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE ARE BRINGING IN ARTISTS FROM CALIFORNIA FOR THE ADULT.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN, ARTISTS.
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WE PAY THEM SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS BEING WORKED ON RIGHT NOW.
THE POSTER IS BEING WORKED ON, SO IT SHOULD BE DONE BY MONDAY, BUT YES, BY MONDAY IS THE LATEST.
BUT WE CAN SEND YOU WHATEVER WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOW BECAUSE WE NEED TO REPLACE THE BAND AND, AND THE PICTURE OF THE ARTIST.
THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION IS THE TIME AND WHAT TIME TO GIVE OUT THE GIFT.
AND WE HAVE TWO HOUSE BOUNCE HOUSES.
WE HAVE VOLUNTEER TO HELP MANY.
I WORK FROM HOME ON FRIDAY, SO IT'S EASY TO GET THERE BY FIVE.
SO MS. JENNIFER, IF WE CAN, CAN WE PUT THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW IT AND UM, VOTE ON IT? ABSOLUTELY.
I WISH STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT EVERY BOARD MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONER TO GO IS, IS UH, ONE OF THE LARGEST, UM, ASIAN CULTURE.
A LOT OF ASIAN FOODS, UM, WITH MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP.
UM, AND A LOT OF ENTERTAINMENTS AND
I'LL, I'LL BE THERE FOR THE EARLY SHIFT, LIKE FIVE TO SEVEN, FIVE TO, AND WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
WE'LL HAVE TIMES AND STUFF IN REGARDS TO THE CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT.
I THINK I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO FORM A GOLF TEAM TO PLAY? CAN I JUST DRIVE THE CAR? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GOLF, BUT I WOULD DRIVE THE CART.
YOU'D BE MAD AT ME IF WE WERE GOLFING TOGETHER.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GOLF.
I'LL JUST FOR CHARITY THOUGHT I'D BRING.
I, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHARITIES AND FOR US TO OFFICIALLY SUPPORT A CHARITY IMPLIES THAT WE DON'T OFFICIALLY SUPPORT OTHERS.
SO WHILE WE COULD DO THAT AS A FUND GROUP, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE AN OFFICIAL THING THAT WE DO BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE FUNDRAISE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SO WE COULD GO WITHOUT CMC ON.
SO IF WE WANT FORM A GROUP OUTSIDE OF US AS A COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO WE ARE NOT REPPING THE CMC, WE ARE JUST GOING AS FRIENDS AND, UM, PARTICIPATING.
BECAUSE IF YOU WANNA SUPPORT ONE, THEN THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
BUT YOU'RE STILL WELCOME TO HAVE A CMC TABLE.
UM, FOR THE ENTRY AS THE CEREMONY AND YOU CAN MEET TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS ORGANIZATION AND THE BANQUET FOR THE FREEDOM FUND? JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THE HC AND THE A CP ALSO CHARITY.
SO NAACP IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND THEY DO OPERATE UNDER A 5 0 1 C3.
I MEAN, I I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION, RIGHT? IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
SO, SO THIS ORGANIZATION V IN UNITED IS ALSO UNDER 5 0 1 3 ORGANIZATION FREEDOM FUND.
IT IS NOT THOSE FUNDS GOING TO THE SCHOLARSHIP OR WHAT ARE THEY GOING FOR? NO, THAT'S TO COVER THE COST OF THE EVENT.
SO THE DIFFERENCE IS BEING A FUNDRAISER, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, THE MONEY THAT GOES TO THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS, THAT IS, IT'S FROM OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED.
LIKE I CONTRIBUTE TO THAT FUND TOO.
AND I THINK MS. JENNIFER SAYS SHE CONTRIBUTES.
I MEAN, AND I'M ALL FOR SUPPORTING.
NO, BUT IT'S, BUT THAT IS A GREAT SENSE QUESTION.
AND I THINK FOR ME IT'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO THAT WE JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN WE SAY, YEAH, BUT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU BRING, BRING THAT UP.
BUT I, I HAVE NO OBJECTION ANYWAY.
YOU KNOW, BUT WORKING IN A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WHICH IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING, YOU WANNA SEPARATE THOSE OFFICIAL ACTIVITIES FROM THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING AS A DONOR.
I, MR. RENEE, ANY QUESTIONS I COULD ASK, BUT I STILL DON'T SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
THEY LOOK, BOTH SEEM, SEEM TO BOTH BE FUNDRAISERS.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE BOTH FUNDRAISERS.
SO I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN DO ONE AND NOT DO THE OTHER.
AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH INTEREST HERE TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT.
BUT I THINK IF WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE FREEDOM FUND, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT.
SO WHAT I WILL DO IS ASK MS. JENNIFER, IF POSSIBLE IN OUR FOLDER, CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK TO SEE WHAT IT, WHAT'S THE SPECIFICS AND HOW WE, UH, SUPPORT SO WE CAN SEE IF WE ARE
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FALLING WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF HOW WE SHOULD BE OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALLOWED TO SUPPORT WITH THE MONEY.I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT SECOND HIS MOTION AS WELL.
SO DO WE NEED TO MAKE A FORMAL MOTION ON THAT? NO, NOT YET.
SHE'LL CHECK, COME BACK TO US SEPTEMBER, LET US KNOW.
AND IF SHE SAYS YAY, THEN WE WILL DO A MOTION AND A VOTE.
THEN IF SHE SAYS NAY, THEN THE ANSWER'S NO.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE.
THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
HAVE WE HAVE EVERYTHING ON THAT YET? AS FAR AS A 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PLANS? SO WHEN WE HAD THIS ON THE AGENDA IN JUNE OR MAY, JUNE OR WHENEVER WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE SEATS WERE GOING TO CHANGE.
SO THE SEATS HAVE NOW CHANGED CHARLES AND WE CAN PUT IT ON.
DID WE, DID WE TALK ABOUT PUTTING ON THE SEPTEMBER AGENDA OR OCTOBER'S AGENDA? SEPTEMBER.
CAN WE PUT IT ON THE SEPTEMBER AGENDA? THANK YOU.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGE ONCE IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
AND THE OTHER THING WOULD BE, DO WE HAVE ELECTIONS IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER? NOVEMBER 4TH IS THE ACTUAL ELECTION DAY FOR FOR FOR THE CMC? BECAUSE, UH, IF WE DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN OCTOBER? YEAH.
FOR, FOR EITHER THE SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
UH, YES, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE WILL HAVE TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA TOO FOR SEPTEMBER TO CREATE THE SUBCOMMITTEE SO THAT COME OCTOBER WE'RE READY TO VOTE AND GO INTO NOVEMBER.
SO CAN PART OF THAT AGENDA ALSO BE FOR THIS NEW, WELL FOR ME, YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INFORMED.
SO IS THERE AN EDUCATIONAL PERIOD FOR THE NEW MEMBERS TO GET US UP TO SPEED ON THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON OR CONTRIBUTE TO? HOW DOES THAT WORK? YES.
SO I AM MORE THAN SURE THAT MS UH, THE CITY STAFF CAN GET YOU A COPY OF OUR BYLAWS, SPECIFICALLY THE PORTION OF THE BYLAWS REGARDING, UM, NOMINATING, NOMINATING FOR POSITIONS I GOT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER.
YES, THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE IN THE BY PROVIDE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO I'M THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL BE, UM, I JUST, UH, GAVE JENNIFER MY UPDATE.
THERE'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION HAD A MISTAKE IN, IT'S IN MY ADDRESS AND MY EMAIL, SO DON'T TRY TO EMAIL THAT TO ME THIS MONTH.
BUT SHE'LL GET IT UPDATED TO YOU SO YOU'LL HAVE MY CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS, SO, GREAT.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF MS. JENNIFER GAVE YOU GUYS, UM, MY CONTACT INFORMATION, TEXT MESSAGE WORKS THE BEST FOR ME.
UM, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO ANSWER, I WOULD SUGGEST TO EMAIL AND ALWAYS COPY THE CITY STAFF.
DO NOT SEND OUT MASS TEXT MESSAGES.
ANYTHING YOU WANT COMMUNICATED TO US AS A COMMISSION, PLEASE GO THROUGH THE CITY STAFF.
WHY'D I GIVE HIM? OH, THERE'S TWO PEOPLE THAT WAY.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? MADAM CHAIRS? UM, I HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW COPY OF THE EVENT.
YOU WANT ME TO PASS OUT OR? YES, PLEASE.
YOU WANNA START HAND TWO THAT WAY.
IS IT ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US TO GIVE ONE? I THINK I, I DO HAVE ENOUGH.
MR. RENEE, MAYBE ME AND YOU CAN BE ON THE TEAM.
YOU SEEM LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE.
IS THAT THE REQUIREMENT? TAKE MERYL AWAY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LITTLE GIRL.
IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, UH, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? I GONNA READ ADJOURN AT 7:19 PM SECOND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT.