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IF WE HAVE SOME NEW BUTTONS IN HERE.
ALL RIGHT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, CALL THE CMC MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS IS THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, UM, MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2025.
THE, UM, 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. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 21ST, 2025 MEETING.
IF YOU GUYS LOOK, THERE'S A COPY, PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 21ST.
WAS THERE A NEED TO NOTE THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE GOLF TOURNAMENT? I ASKED THAT QUESTION THE LAST TIME.
I DON'T SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE MEETING MINUTES.
SO, NUMBER FOUR, FUTURE TO AGENDA ITEMS. WELL, BUT IT DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, WE WOULD CHECK INTO THE ABILITY, WHETHER IT WAS WITHIN OR WITHOUT.
SO I DON'T SEE THAT PIECE IN THERE.
WHERE'S MS. COURTNEY? SHE'S RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME.
UM, DID YOU HEAR CJ'S QUESTION? SO WOULD, UM, I THINK HE WANTS US TO JUST ADD A NOTE TO THE MINUTES THAT WE DISCUSSED.
THE QUESTION WOULD BE FOR MS. COORDINATE TO ANSWER BANQUET.
AND WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU REPLIED TO ME? YES.
BUT HE DOESN'T SEE IT ON THEM.
YOU DON'T SEE IT ON WE CAN, WE CAN ADD THAT AS, AS AN ITEM.
IF THERE'S A MOTION THAT THE GROUP HAS A MOTION OF ADDING THAT AS AN ADDITION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADD THE ADDITION OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE TICKET FOR THAT TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT.
I SECOND, I SECOND THE MINUTES.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT.
UH, NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FIRST.
I SECOND NOW WE HAVE A MOTION.
SO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES WITH THE AMENDMENT.
SO WE HAD A MOTION BY MR. STEVEN AND A SECOND BY MR. CJ.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM.
MY, I GUESS MY WORDS ARE NOT COMING OUT WELL TODAY.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA.
UH, I DON'T SEE ANY PEOPLE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COMMENT AT THIS MOMENT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGI AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
COMMITTEE EVENT REPORT UPDATES FOR PAST AND FUTURE.
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THIS IS WHERE THE COMMITTEES OF THE CMC MAY PRESENT REPORTS OR THEIR MEETINGS.AND MEMBERS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS MAY PROVIDE SUMMARIES OF PAST ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS UPDATES REGARDING FORTHCOMING EVENTS.
UH, THERE IS ONE EVENT THAT I KNOW FOR SURE THAT WAS ATTENDED THAT, UM, A SUMMARY WAS PROVIDED.
UH, MR. CJ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON IT? AND WHILE HE'S GETTING PREPARED, ANYONE ELSE THAT ATTENDED SOMETHING SINCE THE LAST MEETING AND WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON WHAT YOU HEARD OR GATHERED FROM THAT MEETING, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
MADAM CHAIRMAN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A COUPLE PLACES I WENT.
ALRIGHT, MR. RENEE, IF HE'S NOT READY.
UM, I WENT TO THE YOUTH COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE FIRST ONE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND, UH, FIRST THING I WANT TO NOTE THAT, TALK ABOUT CULTURE.
THEY DEFINITELY HAD SOME THERE AND IN AN AMAZING WAY.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SCHOOLS HERE IN GARLAND, OF COURSE, WE AUTOMATICALLY ALWAYS THINK ABOUT GISD.
IT'S THE BIGGEST ONE WE HAVE HERE.
BUT AT THIS, UH, YOUTH COUNCIL, THEY HAVE MEMBERS FROM G-I-S-D-I-L-T, WHICH IS INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING SCHOOL.
UH, EVEN FROM RICHARDSON, ISD BECAUSE PART OF OUR CITY ATTEND RICHARDSON, ISD.
SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS BEING INVOLVED IN, IN THE, UH, YOUTH COUNCIL.
BUT THIS IS THE, OH, THEY EVEN HAD, UH, ONE HOMESCHOOL STUDENT THERE AS WELL.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY NEAT.
AND SEEING THE DIFFERENT CULTURES WE HAVE WITHIN OUR, UH, SCHOOL TYPES, UH, THEY HAD 31 MEMBERS PRESENT, AND THEY ALSO VOTED ON SOME OF THEIR, UM, SUB COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, AND WHICH THEY HAD QUITE A FEW.
AND THESE, THESE KIDS, THESE TEENAGERS WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT TO SEE THEM GROW UP AND HOPEFULLY BECOME FUTURE LEADERS HERE IN OUR CITY.
OH, AND THEY, UH, I HAD A COUPLE OF KIDS COME TO ME.
THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR COMMITTEE AND THEY CAME AND WANTED TO KNOW IF, UH, THE CMC WOULD BE WILLING TO COME SPEAK AT ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS.
AND, UH, SO I GAVE THEM MY INFORMATION.
TELL 'EM, BY ALL MEANS, YEAH, WE, ONE OF US, IF NOT ME, ONE OF US WOULD LOVE TO COME SPEAK.
UH, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO MS. COURTNEY SO THAT SHE CAN SPEAK WITH THAT DIRECTOR AND WE CAN COORDINATE SOMETHING.
AND ALSO WENT TO, I WROTE IT DOWN.
ALSO WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
UH, MAINLY ZONING CHANGES WAS, WAS WHAT THEY DISCUSSED AND APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED.
SO NOTHING SIGNIFICANT, UH, FOR ME TO BRING BEFORE THIS COUNCIL OR THIS COMMITTEE.
MR. CJ, ARE YOU READY? I'M READY.
I WENT TO, UH, I WAS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY AND PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, UH, LOT OF, UH, WELL, I SAY A LOT, BUT SEVERAL ZONING CONVERSATIONS, BUSINESSES THERE.
UM, I THINK PROBABLY MAYBE THE ONE THAT KIND OF GOT THE MOST CONVERSATION WAS THE RUN WAS THE ONE AROUND THE, UH, USE OF THE PROPERTY.
BOSTON MARKET TO BRING A GAS STATION THERE.
AND THERE WAS ABOUT SIX WITHIN SHORT RADIUS THERE.
THERE WAS DEFINITELY A FEW VOTES AGAINST, UM, I THINK THAT THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA, AND THAT WAS THREE, WAS THAT THREE? YEAH, THREE.
DISTRICT THREE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS, ENTERTAINMENT, THINGS WHERE THEY CAN GO OUT AND PARTAKE.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I WENT TO WAS THE DISTRICT, UM, SIX TOWN HALL MEETING.
AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DU ACTUALLY CHANGED UP HER AGENDA AND REALLY FOCUSED ON THE MD PATHWAYS CONVERSATION.
IT WAS A LOT OF SWIRL JUST WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I'D SAY SOME OF THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND UNRESOLVED ISSUES.
UM, THERE'S A CONCERN THAT THERE'S A LACK OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
UH, ONE OF THE ATTENDEES MENTIONED NOT SEEING ANY INFORMATION IN THE GARLAND NEWS OR THE CITY PRESS, AND WAS WONDERING IF THE TOWN HALL WAS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION OUTSIDE OF MAYBE A FEW POSTS ON MEDIA.
SO PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND HEAR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
UH, I THINK THAT KIND OF LEADS INTO THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY.
THERE WAS ALSO A FEW INDIVIDUALS THERE WHO CHALLENGED MAYBE THE LEGALITY OF THE PROGRAM.
I THINK THERE IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING,
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MAYBE NOT FULL KNOWLEDGE OF IF THIS IS A HEALTHCARE PLAN OR IF THESE ARE HEALTHCARE SERVICES.AND SO I THINK THAT WAS A BIG DISTINCTION, UM, THAT WAS MADE DURING THAT PROGRAM FOR SOME WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THERE.
UH, THERE WAS ALSO A, A, A QUESTION OR COMMENT OR SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT PRESCRIBING MEDICATIONS WITHOUT A PHYSICAL EXAM.
WE HAD THAT TODAY, MANY OF US WHO WORK AND HAVE A, UM, TELADOC, THEY'RE NOT SEEING US IN PERSON.
SO, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES MAYBE IF FOLKS DON'T HAVE THAT SERVICE, THEN THEY'RE NOT AWARE THAT CAN BECOME SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HANG ON TO.
AND, YOU KNOW, I STILL THINK THE OPTOUT UH, UH, PROCESS VERSUS OPTING IN IS STILL A REALLY BIG ISSUE.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THEIR BILL THAT THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY BIG POINT OF PENTO, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THE REPORT.
SO I THINK MS. COURTNEY'S GOING TO EMAIL IT OUT TOMORROW.
SO YOU CAN READ IT AT THAT TIME.
BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS.
BUT I, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN DUNTON DID WELL.
IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE, UH, FOUNDER OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL.
COULD I ADD A COMMENT TO WHAT YOU JUST SPOKE ABOUT? SURE.
I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING FOR US WHEN WE'RE OUT TALKING TO THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY, BRING THIS TOPIC UP AND SEE WHAT THE VIEWS OF THE DIFFERENT CULTURES IN OUR CITY ARE.
MR. FIELD IS GIVING ME THE WAVE, SO.
WE CAN EDIT AS A AGENDA TOPIC OF I'LL LEAVE IT.
I CAN SUGGEST THAT I CAN BRING THE DOCTOR, UH, THAT, UH, IS BRINGING THIS PROGRAM TO GARLAND, TO A MEETING THAT GROUP WOULD LIKE THAT, THAT WE COULD ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THEY WOULD APPRECIATE TO TALK TO ANY GROUP THEY COULD.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? I LIKE THAT ONE.
DID ANYONE ELSE ATTEND ANY OTHER EVENT THIS PAST MONTH THAT THEY WANNA DISCUSS? MAYBE THE SAME EVENT YOU GOT SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM, YEAH, SO I WAS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY, SO YEAH, THERE WAS JUST A COUPLE OF TOPICS THAT CAME UP IN, UH, THE ZONING, UH, REGARDING THE FUEL STATION THAT WANTED TO COME IN, SO.
UM, MS. COURTNEY, DO YOU NEED ANY CLARIFICATION ON ANY OF THAT? NO, MA'AM.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM B, THE OUTREACH MATERIALS AND PROMOTIONAL ON THE, ARE YOU JUST DOING, WE ATTENDED OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA ATTEND? ALSO? I SAY PAST AND FUTURE.
UM, BECAUSE THE ONLY ONE IS I GOT A, A EMAIL FROM, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE, UH, SAFETY FEST, WHICH IS OCTOBER 3RD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, SAID THEY DIDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM US, BUT THEN I THINK HE ONLY SENT IT TO ME.
UM, WHERE ARE WE GONNA HAVE A TABLE? THIS IS FOR AGENDA ITEM A IS COMMITTEE EVENT REPORT UPDATES, PAST AND FUTURE EVENTS TO ATTEND ARE ON THE BACKSIDE.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT FELL IN THE FUTURE.
THREE EIGHTH SAYS PAST AND FUTURE SAYS REPORT VERSUS ATTENDING.
YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORDING.
SO FOR F FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS, SO THIS WOULD BE THE REPORTS ON THIS ONE.
WE'LL GO INTO AGENDA ITEM B, MATERIALS AND PROMOTIONAL INVENTORY COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE FINALIZATION OF PROMOTIONAL ITEM ORDERS.
UM, LAST MEETING, WE VOTED ON MYSELF AS THE CHAIR OF BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH MS. COURTNEY, THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, WE WERE GIVEN A TWO $2,500 BUDGET TO FIND SOME PROMOTIONAL ITEMS. MS. COURTNEY DID A GREAT JOB.
WE WENT THROUGH, UH, IN BETWEEN MYSELF AND HER, WE TOOK SOME OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS SAID INTO CONSIDERATION, AND THAT'S HOW SHE CAME UP WITH THE LIST.
SO, MS. COURTNEY WILL GIVE YOU GUYS A OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT WAS THAT WAS PURCHASED, AND THERE IS A COPY OF AN INVOICE THAT SHOWS WHAT WAS PURCHASED.
UM, SO WE PURCHASED, UH, THE FANNY PACKS AND THEN, UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT LIKE THE MAGNETIC CLIPS THAT LIKE, GO ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR, BUT THEY CAN BE LIKE CHIP CLIPS.
BUT, UM, WE ACTUALLY REPLACED THAT IDEA WITH UMBRELLAS BECAUSE THIS WORKED REALLY GOOD FOR THIS, UM,
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ORGANIZATION A COUPLE YEARS AGO.MATTER OF FACT, I, I HAVE TWO OF THEM IN MY CAR.
SO, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO DID, UM, LITTLE LED FLASHLIGHTS AND, UH, THESE MICROFIBER TOWELS.
AND IF YOU SEE ON THE RECEIPT, THE TOTAL WAS 24, 11 48.
SO I KEPT US RIGHT UNDER OUR BUDGET.
AND IT SHOWS YOU ON THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW MANY ITEMS WE GOT OF EACH THING.
SO 200 MICROFIBER TERRY TOWELS, A HUNDRED UMBRELLAS, A HUNDRED FANNY PACKS.
IT GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IT WAS PER ITEM AS WELL.
AND THESE WILL START COMING IN.
UM, THEY SHOULD BE HERE BEFORE YOUR, BEFORE YOUR NEXT EVENT.
SO THAT WAY THEY SHIP PRETTY QUICKLY.
WHAT'S FIRST SAFETY FEST? OR IT HAS TO BE SAFETY FEST FIRST? I THINK IT'S SAFETY FEST.
WELL LOOK AT IT ON THE FUTURE ITEMS. IF NOT, IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE HERE FOR NOVEMBER 1ST.
HAVE, UH, GARLAND SPELLED OUT ON THE LOGO OR CMC ON THE, IT'LL BE CMC.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? UM, KEEP IN MIND, BUDGET STARTS OVER SOON.
WE WILL NEED TO KNOW WHEN WE GO TO THESE EVENTS, THESE ITEMS WE PURCHASE.
WE NEED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE GOOD ITEMS, SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP ON OUR LIST, OR IF WE NEED TO FIND SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
MADAM CHAIR, MAY, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OH, PERSONAL INVENTORY.
WE WANTED TO SHOW THE, THE WHEEL.
SO FOR YOU, THERE WERE
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS WHEEL.
UH, WE'VE SEEN IT AT OTHER TABLES AND WE WANTED TO GET ONE.
THE ONE WE HAD WAS GINORMOUS AND WE COULDN'T, IT DIDN'T QUITE FIT WHAT WE WANTED IT TO DO.
SO, UM, MS. CORN, MR. FIELD FOUND US ANOTHER ONE THAT'S SMALLER.
UM, AND I'M SURE WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT THE ITEM UMBRELLA, UH, FANNY PACK OR WHATEVER.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST HANDING THINGS OUT.
YOU PUT THE ITEM ON THERE, THEY TUR IT, WE ASK A QUESTION.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME, CREATING A LIST OF QUESTIONS OR, UM, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, HOW, HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND? MR. FIELD MAY BE THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THAT OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.
UM, OR WHAT'S THE OLDEST HOUSE? OR WHAT WAS THE FIRST HOUSE? HOW OLD IS THE OLDEST HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN THE CITY OF GARLAND? JUST DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT GET THE CITY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CITY THAT THEY LIVE IN.
THAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR.
YOU CAN HAVE SOME TRIVIAL QUESTIONS.
THEY ANSWER A QUESTION, SWIRL IT, AND THEN THEY GET A PARTICULAR ITEM.
WE WILL DECIDE HOW THIS TRIVIA THING IS GOING TO WORK.
JUST 'CAUSE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION.
DO THAT MEAN YOU GET A SECOND QUESTION? YOU KNOW, WAIT, BUT WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY ITEMS THAT WE CAN GIVE OUT.
SO THE FASTER WE GIVE THEM OUT, THEN WE'RE STANDING THERE WITH NOTHING ELSE TO, TO DO OR TO GAUGE THE PUBLIC.
SO WE WILL COME UP WITH A LIST OF QUESTIONS.
IF YOU GOT SOME, IF YOU HAVE SOME SHOOT 'EM IN.
YOU CAN SHOOT 'EM IN TODAY, TOMORROW, JUST START SHOOTING 'EM IN SO WE CAN COMPILE THE LIST AND THEN THAT WAY FOR OUR NEXT EVENT, WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING IN HAND VERSUS US TRYING TO GOOGLE IT WHILE WE'RE STANDING THERE AND HOPE FOR THE RIGHT ANSWER.
YEAH, I'LL FOR SURE PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR QUESTIONS, AND THEN I'LL COME UP WITH SOME.
SO, OR DID WE WANT TO COLLECT EMAILS FOR THE DATABASE? THEY SIGN UP THEIR EMAIL FOR, OH, THE CITY DATABASE FOR FUTURE NOTIFICATIONS OF EVENTS.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DOING THAT OR IF WE JUST WANT HAVE SOMETHING FUN.
YEAH, WE, UM, ANYONE CAN SIGN UP TO GET ALERTED FOR ANY AGENDA POSTINGS.
YOU JUST SUBSCRIBE TO THAT, TO THAT MEETING.
SO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT COULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS COULD SHARE WITH THEM AS JUST INFORMATION WHEN THEY COME TO YOUR BOOTH.
LIKE, GO HERE, CLICK ON THIS TO BE ABLE TO SUBSCRIBE TO, IS THAT WHAT AN AGENDA? IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? WELL, UM, E EVEN EASIER THAN THAT, UH, PEOPLE JUST DO THE QR CODES NOW THAT COULD BE AT THE TABLE AND IF THEY'RE TAKE A PICTURE OF IT WITH THEIR PHONE AND THEN THEY GET, THEY GET CONNECTED RIGHT TO THE LINK THAT WE WANT 'EM TO GO TO, OR, UH, WHAT THEY NEED TO SEE, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE WAY, ONE WAY OF DOING IT.
AH, SO WE DO HAVE, UH, WE DO HAVE A QR CODE, BUT THAT QR CODE TAKES YOU TO THE GISD WEBSITE TAKES YOU TO GISD WEBSITE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAD A BIGGER DATABASE THAN WHAT THE CMC HAD
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TO OFFER.UM, AND THEY DO TIE IN WITH WHAT THE CITY HAS.
ALSO, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TIES INTO WHAT THE CITY HAS ALSO.
SO AS FAR AS A LINK TO GO DIRECTLY TO JUST THE CMC, WE DON'T HAVE A QR CODE FOR THAT.
UM, LIKE SHE SAID, YOU'D HAVE TO GO TO THE WEBPAGE TO CLICK ON THE LINK TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. NOW, IF WE COLLECTED ONLY EMAIL ADDRESSES, THEN IT WOULD BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THEM SUBSCRIBED, SO TO SPEAK.
UH, THE CITY WOULDN'T TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
SOMETHING, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
AND, UH, A WAY WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS QR CODE TIED DIRECTLY TO A DATABASE OR A LINK THAT WE HAVE THAT'S AVAILABLE.
I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE GONNA PUT ON THAT ONE.
CAN WE MAKE THAT AN AGENDA ITEM? YES.
CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE THAT AN AGENDA ITEM? OR DO WE JUST ADD IT? WE CAN JUST TELL, UH, WELL, YOU WANNA MOTION IT? NO.
YEAH, WE JUST ASK MS. COURTNEY TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
TO DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE, HOW WE'RE GONNA BEST UTILIZE THAT MM-HMM
DO NO, THAT THERE WAS NO, NO, NO MOTION NEEDED.
WE'RE JUST GONNA, SO, UM, MR. RENEE, THE NEXT EVENT SAFETY FEST IS OCTOBER 4TH.
SO OCTOBER 4TH, WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD OUR MEETING BY THEN.
SO IN THE MEANTIME WE'LL WING IT.
WE'LL, I'LL PUT IT ON THE OCTOBER AGENDA.
WE HAVE PRINTED CARDS TO PASS OUT TO PEOPLE.
THERE'S OTHER ITEMS. SOME OF US ALREADY HAVE BUSINESS CARDS.
THOSE OF US THAT DO NOT, UH, WE'LL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO JUST TELL 'EM, GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, LOOK FOR MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
SOMETIMES WE WALK THEM THROUGH IT.
THOSE THAT ARE TRULY INTERESTED, WE WALK THEM THROUGH IT AND SHOW THEM HOW TO GET TO THE CMCS WEBSITE.
AND IF YOU WANT BUSINESS CARDS, UM, MS. COURTNEY, WE WILL DEFINITELY TALK TO YOU AND RE REGARDING THAT AND HOW, WHO SETS UP THE TABLE AND GETS ALL THAT.
WE SIGN THAT WE, THERE IS A ROTATING SCHEDULE THAT WE DO FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS.
THEY SEND OUT A, UH, MS. COURTNEY SENDS OUT AN EMAIL AND GIVES US THE BLOCKS.
YOU CAN DO IT IN ONE HOUR BLOCK, TWO HOUR BLOCKS, HOWEVER LONG THE EVENT IS.
AND WE JUST PUT OUR NAME IN THAT PARTICULAR TIME SLOT, BUT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT IT AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
SO WHEN WE GET DOWN TO FUTURE EVENTS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE OCTOBER FEST, AND YOU GUYS CAN VOLUNTEER AT THAT MOMENT.
IF YOU HAVE A TIME, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE AVAILABLE.
UH, FOR ITEM C, WE FORMATION OF SUBCOMMITTEE FOR CMC 25TH ANNIVERSARY PLANNING COMMISSION.
MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS ESTABLISHING A SUBCOMMITTEE TO LEAD PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE COMMISSION'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, INCLUDING DETERMINING SUBCOMMITTEE, MEETING DATES AND TIMES, EVENT LOGISTICS, PLANNING TIMELINE, AND PRELIMINARY IDEAS.
UM, I DO UNDERSTAND WE ARE ALL VERY BUSY.
UM, MS. COURTNEY DID SEND OUT AN EMAIL THAT SAID, TAKE THIS IN CONSIDERATION IF THIS IS A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF, MAKE SURE YOU COME TO THE MEETING PREPARED.
UM, I AM VERY GOOD AT VOLUNTEERING PEOPLE.
UH, IT IS A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
UM, WE DO WANT YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE WILLINGLY.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO VOTE AGAIN FOR THE NEXT CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR IN OCTOBER, BECAUSE BY NOVEMBER IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING.
AND GENERALLY AROUND THAT TIME, WE ALREADY KNOW WHO OUR NEXT CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE A PART OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE? CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION REAL QUICK? OH, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
DO YOU KNOW IF JENNIFER IS GOING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE? I DO NOT KNOW.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER HER TALKING ABOUT IT ONCE BEFORE MM-HMM
SO MY QUESTION IS, I'M INTERESTED, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE LOGISTICS TIME COMMITMENT, NORMAL DAYS THAT THEY MEET, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY ENGAGED IN SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT IF I CAN MAKE TIME, I WILL.
AND I'M ALSO IN GRAD SCHOOL, SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MY COMMITMENT LOOKS LIKE.
SO CAN YOU TALK TO THAT? I'LL MAKE THIS STATEMENT AND THEN I'LL LET MR. FIELD FILL IN THE REST.
IT IS A SUBCOMMITTEE BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE.
YOU GUYS DECIDE WHEN YOU MEET, YOU GUYS
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DECIDE HOW YOU MAKE THE PHONE CALLS, UM, YOU GUYS MAKE THE DECISION.UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A STANDARD TIME DATE OR ANY OF THAT.
WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU GUYS AS A SUBCOMMITTEE, THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT TAKES PLACE.
WHAT I'LL, UH, FILL IN IS, UH, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS WE HAVE THIS MEETING TYPICALLY AT, UH, SIX O'CLOCK.
UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN PART OF THE GROUP, WE'VE HAD OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AT FIVE THE HOUR BEFORE, UH, THE MEETING THAT ALLOWS IT, SINCE IT IS A PUBLIC MEETING, FOR IT TO BE RECORDED IN THIS ROOM, WE'LL HAVE A MARSHAL THAT HAS THE, UH, THE BUILDING, UH, OPEN FOR US.
AND SO THAT, THAT MAKES LOGISTICS A LITTLE EASIER.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT, IT WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DATE THAT WORKS BEST.
BUT THAT WOULD BE OUR SUGGESTION FROM A STAFF LEVEL OF THE FIVE O'CLOCK ON THE DAY OF THE CMC MEETINGS.
SO IT'D BE LIKE ONCE A MONTH, SAME DAY? I, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD PROBABLY, PROBABLY SUFFICE.
AND FOR THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, YOU GUYS PROBABLY WILL ONLY NEED ONE MEETING BECAUSE WE VOTE NEXT MONTH.
WHEN IS THE ACTUAL DATE OF THE 25TH? I MEAN, IS IT THIS COMING 20 IN 2026? WHEN DID THE COMMISSION START? I THINK IT WAS IN 2028.
25TH ANNIVERSARY WOULD BE, OH, I HAVE IT TUCKED AWAY SOMEWHERE IN MY, YEAH, BUT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE, IT'S A FEW YEARS FROM NOW.
WHERE AM I? SO, OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS, OKAY.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION TO THAT IS THIS, ARE WE ORGANIZING OUR OWN SEPARATE EVENT, OR IS THIS GONNA BE WITH, YOU KNOW, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER CITY EVENT IN THE SPRING OR A FALL OR WE JUST DOING OUR OWN, IT'S A SEPARATE SATURDAY EVENT THAT'S NOT REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, FALL FESTIVAL OR A SOMETHING.
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ITEM D THE WHOLE TIME AND WE ON ITEM C FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
I WAS LIKE, WHY Y'ALL DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING,
SO BRINGING ME BACK TO FOCUS, UH, FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, YOUR QUESTION IS, IS THIS GONNA BE A SEPARATE EVENT THAT CMC IS HOSTING OR ARE WE DOING IT PART OF A MEMORIAL DAY OR JULY 4TH, OR IS IT A FALL EVENT FROM WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ORIGINALLY AS A COMMISSION, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CMC WOULD BE HOSTING.
SO JUST STANDALONE CMC INVITE EVERYBODY FROM CITY OF GARLAND TO COME AND JOIN.
THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONIES AVAILABLE TO DO IT ALL ON OUR OWN.
SO THEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT TYING IN WITH ANOTHER, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON.
WELL, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE DISCUSSES AND BRINGS IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE TO DECIDE, HEY, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE WANNA GO AT THIS? UM, MS. JENNIFER DID TALK ABOUT HOW WHEN THEY DID IT ONCE BEFORE, SHE'S, UH, CONNECTED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT VENDORS AND PEOPLE WHO KNOW VENDORS.
SO, YOU KNOW, SHE HAD IT ALL LINED UP.
WHEREAS WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT SAME LIST OF PEOPLE.
WE CAN ALL COMPILE A LIST OF PEOPLE TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL SUPPORT THAT WE NEED.
AND YES, WITH THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE SEVERAL MEETINGS BETWEEN HERE AND THERE TO GET TO 25 OUR 25TH YEAR.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP FROM WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE PAST AND NOW ONTO THE FUTURE SUBCOMMITTEE.
MADAM CHAIR, MAY I, UH, INTERJECT FOR JUST A SECOND? MM-HMM
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, PROVIDE THIS, UM, ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S UH, ORDINANCES, THE CMC ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 3RD OF 20, UH, OH TWO, 2002.
UH, SO THAT WOULD PUT US IN 2027 AS THE, UM, THE 2020 FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.
IT WOULD BE THE, THE, UH, 2027.
BUT I DID WANNA SHARE, AND I KNOW WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST AS IT RELATES, AND OF COURSE WE CAN GET INTO THIS MORE AS WE GET INTO THE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT, UM, ALL OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AS A CITY ARE DEFINED BY OUR COUNCIL AT THIS POINT.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO, UH, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION ITEM, BUT, UM, WHEN YOU THINK OF A SPECIAL EVENT, IT GOES BEYOND THE MONEY.
IT'S THE, UM, THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE AS SECURITY.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT THAT POTENTIALLY HAS TO CLOSE DOWN, UH, STREETS.
AND I CAN PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEE THAT THE CITY'S NOT GOING TO ALLOCATE ANOTHER SPECIAL EVENT AT THIS POINT, UH, TO SUPPORT ANYTHING LIKE THAT OTHER THAN WHAT'S THERE.
SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO PARTNER WITH AN EXISTING EVENT.
UH, ONE THING THAT, UM, WE'LL PUT OUT THERE FOR THE GROUP IS, UH, WHAT WE'VE
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TRIED TO DO IS TO, IS TO BRING A MULTICULTURAL ASPECT TO THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE CITY.SO, UH, IF YOU LOOKED, UH, TOWARDS THE EVENTS WE'RE HAVING DOWNTOWN OR OTHER IS, UH, AREAS, UH, WE'VE HAD, UM, BLUE SINGERS COME IN.
WE'VE HAD, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, A SPANISH NIGHT, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, DOWNTOWN AS WELL.
AND SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PARTNER WITH ONE OF THOSE EVENTS.
AND, UM, IT REQUIRES, UM, LITTLE TO EXTRA FUNDRAISING TO US, UH, AT AS A CMC.
UM, BUT THE LOGISTICS ARE ALL THERE.
THE POLICE ARE THERE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S THERE, TRAFFIC'S THERE.
UM, IT JUST MAY BE US SEEING HOW WE CAN SPICE THAT EVENT UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO JUST WANTED TO SUBMIT THAT FOR THE GROUP AS THEY DISCUSS IT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, CONCERNS, QUESTIONS? AND SO ONE MORE QUESTION MM-HMM
SO LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, I JUST WANNA DOUBLE DOWN AND MAKE SURE I HEARD WHAT I HEARD.
WE CAN'T, WE AS A COMMITTEE ARE NOT GENERALLY ABLE TO MEET OUTSIDE OF THIS VENUE, SO THAT'S WHY YOU WERE SAYING AN HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING, BECAUSE WE NEED TO FALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES ON THE DAYS.
SOMEONE BEING HERE IN THIS AREA TWICE A MONTH.
YOU ARE ALREADY COMING THIS WAY ONCE A MONTH.
SO A SUBCOMMITTEE HAS TO FOLLOW THE SAME RULES FOR A MEETING, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
ANY TAKERS ON ONE AND OH, OH, I COULDN'T EVEN GET IT THAT GOOD.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE MR. CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, MR. CJ AND MR. ARTHUR, GREG.
AND THEN I GUESS WE NEED TO CHECK WITH JENNIFER.
UM, MS. COURTNEY, YOU GOT THAT? YES, MA'AM.
AND YES, UM, MS. GLENNA, MS. JENNIFER DID SAY SHE WOULD BE A PART OF IT.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO, UH, BE IN CHARGE OF IT.
SHE DIDN'T WANNA HEAD IT, BUT SHE'D BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CONTACTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
MADAM CHAIR, SOMETHING THAT MAY BE BENEFICIAL SINCE WE WILL POST IT AS A PUBLIC MEETING, IF EVERYBODY WANTED TO ATTEND A MEETING, UH, THEY, THEY COULD, OR IF MS. UH, WYNN WANTED TO ATTEND IT, AND SHE'S NOT NECESSARILY ON THE COMMITTEE, SHE COULD STILL ATTEND.
SHE WOULDN'T BE A VOTING MEMBER, BUT SHE COULD PROVIDE INSIGHT AT THE, UH, AT THE MEETING.
SO JUST SOMETHING KEEP IN MIND.
UM, SO MR. PHIL, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO BE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE NOW, DO THEY HAVE TO ESTABLISH A DAY NOW OR DO THEY CALL EACH OTHER AND SAY, HEY, LET'S SET THIS DAY? WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL REACH OUT TO, TO THE, TO THE THREE THAT WE HAVE NOW, AND, UH, WE'LL FIND A DATE THAT WORKS AND WE'LL JUST SEE IF WE CAN MEET THE, THE NEXT HOUR BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
AND, UH, THERE WE CAN ESTABLISH A CHAIRPERSON AND, UH, WE WILL, IT'LL, IT'LL, IT'S A LITTLE LESS FORMAL THAN, THAN THIS MEETING, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL RUN THROUGH IT AND, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY'VE GOT A TIME THAT THEY GET SET.
AND FROM, CAN THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR BE ON THAT COMMITTEE? OR IF WE'RE ON IT, WE ARE NOT A VOTING PART.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CANNOT BE DIRECTLY, AND I SAY YOU, THE CHAIR CANNOT BE DIRECTLY ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE AS PART OF THE, UM, AS PART OF THE, THE MEETING ITSELF, NOT NON-VOTING MEMBER.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD THINK THE FIRST MEETING WOULDN'T NEED TO BE TILL BEFORE DECEMBER AFTER THE ELECTIONS.
I MEAN, THERE MAY BE SOME CHANGES.
YOU'LL REACH OUT AND SEE, I MEAN, WE COULD DO IT IN NOVEMBER.
THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE NOVEMBER.
WELL, AND THAT'S ALSO WHEN WE MM-HMM
WE CAN SET THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER.
SO DO WE VOTE IN OCTOBER? WE VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
WE WILL VOTE NEXT MONTH IN OCTOBER, AND THEN THAT'LL BE SAT FOR THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
SO PUT IT FOR THE NOVEMBER MEETING IS WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT THE BOARDING COMMISSION DINNER MAY FALL ON THAT THURSDAY MEETING.
AND SO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR FOR THAT, WE MET A WEEK BEFORE.
SO THAT THE NEW CHAIR WOULDN'T LOSE A MONTH OKAY.
SO THE NOVEMBER MEETING IS WHERE THE SUBCOMMITTEE COULD HAVE THEIR BEFORE MEETING.
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OKAY.ARE THERE ANY DOCUMENTS, ARTIFACTS FROM THE PRIOR CELEBRATION? I'M, I'M, THAT CAN BE REFERENCED BY THIS SUBCOMMITTEE.
UH, MS. JENNIFER IS OUR ARTIFACT
WE GOTTA START CREATING SLIDE BOOKS FOR THINGS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, THAT, NO, I'M GOOD.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE, THE FEEDBACK.
AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THESE MEETINGS ARE RECORDED, SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND LISTEN TO THESE MEETINGS IN THE PUBLIC END TOO.
HEY, Y'ALL
SO I'VE ALREADY SAID MY SPEECH.
CAN WE GET, UM, OH, IT SAYS THE COMMISSION WILL ESTABLISH A NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
THE COMMITTEE WILL PRESENT A SLATE OF CANDIDATES FOLLOWED BY A SECRET BALLOT ELECTION.
THE OFFICER ELECTION IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE AT THE OCTOBER 16TH, 2025 MEETING.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WAS, UM, ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, THEY SPLIT THE LIST.
THESE TWO CALL THIS SET OF PEOPLE.
THEY ASK EACH PERSON, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING, UH, THE CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR? THEY GET A YES OR NO.
ONCE THEY GET THE YESES, THEY PUT THAT LIST TOGETHER AND THEN THEY PRESENT THAT LIST, UM, TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION IN THE NIGHT THAT WE VOTE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE LIST THAT THEY USE.
UM, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD DO OTHER THAN MAKE THAT CALL AND GET A YES OR A NO? NO MA'AM.
AND EVEN IF YOU ARE A PART OF THE C SUBCOMMITTEE, YOUR NAME CAN BE IN THE POT AS WELL.
UH, ONE THING I WANNA POINT OUT, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW FOR A LONG TIME, UM, THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR IS A YEAR TERM.
EVERY, WE VOTE EVERY YEAR, BUT ONE PERSON CAN SERVE IN THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR POSITION FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
THAT'S SOMETHING I JUST FOUND OUT.
UM, MYSELF AND MERRIL ARE ON YEAR TWO.
WE CAN GET NEW PEOPLE IN, OR IF Y'ALL WANT TO KEEP US IN PLACE, YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE BALLOT IS A SECRET BALLOT.
YOU WRITE, WE PUT IT OVER THERE BEFORE WE LEAVE.
WE ALREADY KNOW WHO THE NEXT CHAIR AND, UM, VICE CHAIR IS.
UH, I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT TAKES PLACE WHEN YOU COME IN.
YOU GET A, YOU GET THE BYLAWS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU READ IT, YOU'VE BEEN APART.
UM, YOU DON'T GET LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.
YOU CAN HAVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
UM, MR. FIELD HAS BEEN IN SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE CHAIR POSITION, WHICH IS HE'S A GREAT ASSET TO THE TEAM.
AND MS. COURTNEY IS VERY HELPFUL AS WELL.
UH, I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO BE AFRAID TO STEP INTO THIS ROLE BECAUSE YOU MAY THINK IT'S TOO MUCH OR YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL WITH TRYING TO GET YOU ON BOARD TO LEARN THE PROCESS.
UM, ANYTIME THERE'S A NEED FOR THE CMC TO BE THERE, THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR GENERALLY GOES, EVERYBODY IS WELCOME.
BUT IF Y'ALL SCHEDULES DON'T ALLOW IT, I EXPECT MYSELF TO BE AT EVERY EVENT THAT THE CMC HOLDS AS THE CHAIR, AS THE FACE OF THE, THE, THE GROUP.
UM, I DON'T SAY, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THERE'S ANY EXTENUATING RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE CHAIR THAT YOU NEED TO DO.
UM, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.
OUR CITY REPS GENERALLY TAKE CARE OF THAT.
FOR US, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE NOT HERE IN A MEETING.
IF SOMEBODY'S NOT FEELING WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST TRY TO KEEP IN CONTACT.
WE CAN'T SEND GROUP TEXTS OR ANYTHING.
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION HAS TO GO THROUGH THE CITY.
I CAN SEND AN INDIVIDUAL TEXT, TEXT TO CHECK ON Y'ALL, MAKE PHONE CALLS.
UM, IT, I GUESS IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING THE, BEING A, I DON'T WANNA SAY A PARENT, BUT
I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO SHY AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, BEING, UM, THE CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR.
I SAY HOW MANY, UM, HOW MANY EVENTS WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE AT? SO WHEN YOU SAY THINGS THAT WE'RE HOSTING OR ARE YOU AT EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THIS
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CALENDAR? NO, I'M NOT AT EVERYTHING ON THIS CALENDAR.ANYTHING THAT WE DE, UH, DECIDE AS A COMMISSION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TABLE FOR? I AM GENERALLY AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE EVENTS.
THERE'S BEEN TIMES I'VE BEEN THE ONLY ONE THERE
UM, AND YOU COULD PUT DOWN ONE OR BOTH.
YOU SAY, I'M INTERESTED IN CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OR JUST CHAIR ONLY, OR JUST VICE CHAIR.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? UH, THE PHONE NUMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU.
NAMES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU, FOR YOU TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
UM, MR. RENEE WAS ON IT LAST YEAR.
WHO CALLED ME THEN? OH, MAYBE IT WAS MR. CHARLES.
UH, WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, WHO DO WE HAVE THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE A PART OF THAT, UM, NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR? UH, I CAN HELP OUT.
YOU CAN, UH, WHAT YOU'RE HELPING OUT FOR IS BEING A PART OF THE COMMITTEE TO CALL THE MEMBERS TO SAY, HEY, DO YOU WANNA BE THIS OR DO YOU WANNA BE THAT? AND YOU ARE GATHERING THE NAMES YES.
SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PROVIDE ME WHAT POSITION YOU WOULD OR WON'T RIGHT.
I, I'M NOT SUBMITTING MYSELF FOR A POSITION.
I JUST WANNA, YOU DON'T WANNA BE THE HEAD OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
I'LL JUST, THIS IS MY ONLY MY SECOND MEETING, SO I'M STILL STILL LEARNING.
SO MR. STEVEN WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, JUST NOT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
WHO'S MISSING? UM, CHARLES LEONARD'S MISSING.
ALRIGHT, MS. COURTNEY, WE HAVE, UM, MR. MERRILL AND MR. STEVEN AND BETWEEN NOW AND WOULD IT TAKE YOU A WEEK OR SO TO GET ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS TO THEM FOR THEM TO CALL? IT'S PROBABLY MONDAY.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME TIME.
SO, MR. MERRILL, DO YOU MIND CALLING MR. STEVEN AND JUST EXPLAINING TO HIM OKAY.
OR WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST? CAN DO THAT.
UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
CHILDREN'S FALL FESTIVAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE PLANNING AND LOGISTICS FOR THE CHILDREN'S FALL FESTIVAL SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 18TH, 2025.
WHO WAS THE ONE THAT PUT THIS ONE ON THE, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING MS. MS. WYNN REQUESTED THIS ITEM TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA? UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OTHER THAN HER REQUESTING TO PUT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA? SHE DIDN'T, SHE DIDN'T HAPPEN TO SEND A FLYER.
I DON'T THINK WE RECEIVED THE FLYER.
WE CAN ASK HER FOR THE FLYER AND WE COULD SUBMIT IT TO, UH, THE GROUP.
WE CAN ALSO ASK, UM, MR. TRAN AS WELL.
I KNOW HE TYPICALLY HAS INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS EVENT AS WELL.
IS THAT, WAS THAT SOMETHING AT SAIGON MALL? MM-HMM
I THOUGHT THEY HAD, I THOUGHT THEY HAD A FLYER.
IT WAS THE VN FLYER THAT SHE GAVE US LAST MONTH.
CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE REACH OUT TO MS. JENNIFER TO SEE IF SHE CAN PROVIDE A FLYER? SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH IT BEING ON THE AGENDA, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS MS. JENNIFER IS ALWAYS WILLING TO ALLOW THE CMC TO HAVE A TABLE AT THEIR EVENTS.
SHE JUST NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE WANNA PARTICIPATE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ON OCTOBER 16TH, IS THERE ANYONE AVAILABLE? ONCE WE GET THE DETAILS, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DETAILS.
SAIGON MALL IS LOCATED JUPITER AND BELTLINE.
BUT WE WILL GET THE DETAILS TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, OCTOBER 16TH IS ON, IT SAYS 17TH 18TH, RIGHT? OCTOBER 18TH.
AM I READING THIS WRONG? WELL, THERE'S TWO DATES ON THERE.
IT SAYS OCTOBER 17TH AND 18TH.
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A SATURDAY.THE 16TH, 18TH IS THE SATURDAY.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT WAS THE CORRECT DATE.
I DID SEE THE FLYER ONLINE AND IT IS A TWO DAY FESTIVAL.
THE FRIDAY IS FIVE TO 10 THOUGH, SO LIKE 5:00 PM TO 10:00 PM AND SO I, I JUST PUT THE SATURDAY BECAUSE IT'S, THAT'S ALSO FIVE 10 ALSO FIVE.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS AS A COMMISSION WHICH DAY.
FIRST OFF, WHICH DAY WOULD WE LIKE TO, FIRST OFF, LET ME SAY THIS.
WOULD WE LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT? I WOULD LIKE TO, YES.
IS EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE WITH ONE INCH TO SUPPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE, UH, FRIDAY OR SATURDAY TO TO BE TABLE? IT'S OKAY.
SO ARE WE IN A, WHO ELSE WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON FRIDAY? AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH IS DO WE WANT TO, UM, OFFER OUR ATTENDANCE FOR TWO DAYS OR WOULD JUST ONE DAY SUFFICE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE, UM, COMMISSION MEMBERS AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE? I CAN HAVE FRIDAY FOR SURE.
I'LL BE TRAVELING FORTUNATELY.
WHAT WAS THAT MR. CJ? I SAID I'LL BE TRAVELING UNFORTUNATELY IN THE, OKAY.
WHAT ABOUT, UM, SATURDAY? THAT'S THE 18TH.
I MIGHT, LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST NOT SURE YET.
CAN ANYONE ELSE ATTEND ON SATURDAY? DO WE KNOW THE HOURS? THERE'S CERTAIN HOURS.
IT SOUND LIKE MS. COURTNEY SAID IT WAS FIVE TO 10 BOTH DAYS.
KIMBERLY'S NAME IS ALREADY ON THIS SHEET.
AND MS. KIMBERLY WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO BE THERE SATURDAY.
AND WHAT DID YOU SAY MR. RENEE? I WAS JUST ASKING WHAT THE TIMES WERE.
UM, THIS IS WHEN I AS THE CHAIR NORMALLY SAY IF WE AGREE WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHO CAN OR WHO WILL BE AVAILABLE, UM, THEN I WILL GO TO MS. JENNIFER AND AS THE CHAIR I SAY WE'RE GONNA PARTICIPATE.
AND IF NO ONE ELSE ELSE WOULD SHOW UP, I WOULD SHOW UP THAT SATURDAY.
THIS IS WHERE I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMMISSION.
I KNOW I CAN BE THERE AND I JUST TELL HER, YES, WE'LL PARTICIPATE, BUT WE'LL PARTICIPATE ON SATURDAY AND UH, PLEASE PUT ME DOWN AS A TENTATIVE FOR SATURDAY AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO SHOW SUPPORT BOTH DAYS IF I CAN, IF, UM, YOU TWO ARE SURE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BE THERE ON FRIDAY, I CAN LET HER KNOW.
WE'LL HAVE A, WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
SO, ALL RIGHT, SO I WOULD, OH, NOW THIS IS WHERE WE DO A MOTION NOT NEEDED.
WE NEED A MOTION ON THIS, MA'AM.
SO MS. UM, COURTNEY FRIDAY WE HAVE MS. GLENN AND STEVEN SATURDAY.
WE HAVE MYSELF AND I'M SURE MS. KIMBERLY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SATURDAY.
MR. STEVEN? UH, MS. SIGNED UP FOR FRIDAY, SIR.
MS. KIMBERLY SIGNED UP FOR FRIDAY.
I'M NOT THERE YET ON THAT CALENDAR.
SO KIMBERLY, GLENNA, AND STEVEN FOR FRIDAY.
AND THEN I WILL TRY TO GO SATURDAY 'CAUSE I RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, MYSELF FOR SATURDAY AND STEVEN AND GLEN ARE TENTATIVE FOR SATURDAY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS IS, UM, WE, SOMEONE, WHOEVER'S PARTICIPATING AT THE EVENT COMES HERE.
MS. COURTNEY AND THEM SET THINGS UP FOR US.
UM, WE HAVE A TENT, WE HAVE A TABLECLOTH.
WE HAD THIS OTHER BANNER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN FIXED YET.
SO WHEN YOU COME TO PICK UP THE STUFF FRIDAY, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP THE TENT AND THE TABLECLOTH.
YOU CAN HOLD IT TILL SATURDAY.
OR IF I'M COMING SATURDAY, WE TRADE OFF.
UM, WITH WHATEVER IT IS SO THAT I CAN HAVE IT FOR, UM, SATURDAY'S EVENT.
I THINK THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT KEEPS THE TENT RIGHT, BILL? UH,
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SPECIAL EVENTS.AND SO MAYBE ALL WE'LL HAVE IS OUR TABLECLOTH FOR THIS.
'CAUSE ISN'T THIS INDOORS OR IS IT OUTSIDE? IT'S, I THINK IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT.
SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IT WAS OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT.
I CAN REACH OUT TO SPECIAL EVENTS AND GET YOUR TENT.
I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO BE OUTSIDE AND NOT HAVE IT.
THAT OF BE WHAT A SAFETY FEST IS GARLAND THING, SO YEAH.
SO WE WILL CONNECT ME, YOU AND MS. GLENNA WILL CONNECT.
IF YOU GUYS KNOW FOR SURE, YOU'LL BE AT THE SATURDAY EVENT.
IF NOTHING MORE THAN JUST TO DROP THE STUFF OFF SO THAT I HAVE IT, UM, SHE'LL PROBABLY CREATE TWO BOXES.
ONE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT, ONE FOR SATURDAY, OR WE WILL BE MINDFUL AND NOT GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY ON FRIDAY.
SO I WON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON SATURDAY.
UM, IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH, I'D ASK THAT SHE SEPARATE THE TWO SO THAT WE KNOW, AND THAT WAY WE TRADE THINGS OFF.
AND ONCE IT'S ALL OVER ITEMS THAT COULD BE DISTRIBUTED MM-HMM
AND ONCE EVERYTHING IS OVER, THEN WE JUST GIVE IT BACK.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT.
SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT TAKES GENERALLY, UM, SOME TIME, THE FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
EVERYBODY LOOK AT YOUR CALENDAR.
UM, NORMALLY WHAT I DO IS I GO THROUGH AND WE TRY TO GET NAMES.
UM, I APPRECIATE MS. COURTNEY, SHE DID SEND OUT THE CALENDAR WITH EVERYBODY'S NAME ON IT AS A REMINDER OF WHAT IT WAS YOU VOLUNTEERED THAT YOU WILL BE A PART OF.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, I'M SURE YOU GUYS, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR WAY BEFORE ME.
IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE CALENDAR THAT YOU THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND, UM, BRING BACK SOME INFORMATION TO US? UM, TODAY IS AUGUST.
WHAT? 18TH? WHAT'S TODAY? 18TH SEPTEMBER.
WE ALL LOOK THROUGH, WE THROUGH WITH AUGUST.
SO IN SEPTEMBER, AND I'LL READ THE LINE ITEMS JUST FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT, MAINLY MINE.
UM, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE IS SATURDAY, THE FREEDOM FUND BRUNCH AND SILENT AUCTION.
UM, THAT THE, OUR TICKETS ARE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO IT IS MYSELF, MR. JIMMY, AND MS. KIMBERLY.
THAT DID NOT COME OUT OF THE CNCS, BUT, UH, WE COATTAIL.
AM I SAYING THAT WRONG? YOU? NO, YOU'RE NOT.
SO IS THAT IT SHOWS JIMMY KHAW AND KIMBERLY YEAH.
ON THE MEETING MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.
I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO REIGN OUT IF, IF, UM, MR. UH, LEONARD DOESN'T KNOW HE IS GOING, THEN I'LL JUST, HIS NAME INSTEAD OF HIS MM-HMM
UM, FALL FEST AND GARLAND GUZZLER.
UH, WE DID, I GUESS IT WOULD'VE BEEN CHARLES LEONARD.
OH YEAH, THAT'S WHEN HE SAID HE, I'M NOT PICKING, GOING TO YEAH.
THE GUZZLER AND MR. STEVEN FOR OCTOBER, WE HAVE THE SAFETY FEST.
THIS IS A EVENT THAT WE GENERALLY PARTICIPATE IN AS A COMMISSION.
WE HAVE OUR TABLE TENT AT THIS EVENT.
UM, BUT ON THAT NOW, HAVE WE CALLED THEM AND CONFIRMED? 'CAUSE I GOT THE EMAIL.
JERRY SAID HE HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET FROM US.
UM, CONFIRMING THE TA CONFIRMING THAT WE WERE GOING, I WAS GONNA WAIT TILL THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
AND REACH BACK OUT TO HIM AFTER YOU GUYS DECIDED.
SO DO YOU GUYS WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THIS AS A GROUP? IT IS A EVENT THAT WE NORMALLY PARTICIPATE IN, UM, EVERY YEAR.
IS ANYBODY FAMILIAR? WHO ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE SAFETY FEST IS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
MR. RENEE? IT'S THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? NO, I WANTED YOU TO TELL HIM WHAT IT WAS.
THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT PUTS ON A SAFETY FEST EVERY YEAR.
AND THEY HAVE SOMETIME THEY DO.
AND G-P-N-L-I THINK MAY BE THERE THIS YEAR.
THEY DO A DEMONSTRATION ABOUT ELECTRICITY AND SAFETY.
UH, SOMETIMES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S THERE, THERE'S SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT COMES THERE.
THEY GIVE SOME OF 'EM MEDICAL,
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GIVE SHOTS, KIDS, SOME OF 'EM DO FINGERPRINTING, STUFF LIKE THAT.THEY'LL PUT ON THE FIRE DEMONSTRATION.
HOW THE CORRECT WAY TO DO IT, PUTTING OUT A FIRE OR HOW TO USE AN EXTINGUISHER.
UM, I THINK THIS YEAR CAREF FLIGHT'S GONNA BE BACK.
CAREF FLIGHT'S GONNA BE THERE.
THEY'LL DO A DEMONSTRATION OF CUTTING A CAR, GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF A WRECK AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S ABOUT, I GUESS, FOUR HOURS IN THE FIRE.
IT'S, UH, A SAFETY FEST, A TOTAL SAFETY HOUSE SAFETY, SENIOR SAFETY, I MEAN, EVERYTHING, ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
IT'S AT THE FIRE ADMIN BUILDING.
THERE'S TOO, THERE'S BOUNCE HOUSES, THERE'S FACE PAINTING, THERE'S POPCORN, THERE'S FOOD.
CARTER BLOOD CARE WILL BE THERE.
IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF FUN FOR THE FAMILY.
A LOT OF FAMILIES COME OUT AND BRING THEIR CHILDREN.
THE KIDS GETS HER ROSE AND HOSES.
SO IT'S ALL ABOUT TEACHING AND PROMOTING, PUT ON FIRE SEATS.
CITIZENS ARE GOING ABOUT SAFETY.
YEAH, I THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTICIPATES TOO.
THEY'LL HAVE THE TALK TO THE KIDS LIBRARY.
I THINK BOOK READING AND DIFFERENT STUFF.
IT'S A, IT'S A BIG, BIG ACTIVITY THEY ALWAYS HAVE.
SO IT'S TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE CITIZENS.
SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO AGREE THAT WE WANNA PARTICIPATE ONCE WE HEAR INFORMATION BACK, UM, FOR, I MEAN, GIVE MS. COURTNEY INFORMATION THAT WE WANNA ATTEND AS A COMMISSION? YEAH.
WELL I THINK JERRY, HE PLANNED ON US BEING THERE.
I MEAN, HE WAS HAVING A TABLE.
UH, WHO WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND THAT EVENT? I'LL BE THERE.
I'M DEFINITELY GONNA BE THERE.
ARE YOU GONNA BE THERE WITH CMC OR IS THERE FIREMAN? NO, IT'D BE CMC
WELL, I'M, IT'D BE C I'M NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.
I'LL PROBABLY BE THERE WITH FIRE CLUB.
SO
ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND? EVEN IF YOU WANNA JUST COME THROUGH, I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT.
UH, THIS EVENT IS THE REASON WE HAVE A TENT.
UH, WE WERE OUT THERE ONE YEAR AND THOUGHT THE CITY WAS GONNA GIVE US A 10 AND WE DIDN'T GET A TENT.
SO FROM THAT POINT ON, WE AGREED AS A COMMISSION, WE NEEDED A TENT TO BE OUT THERE.
I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WITH HER
SO, UH, AS A COMMISSION, WE AGREE THAT WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT.
AS OF NOW, MYSELF AND MR. MERRILL WILL BE THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT'S THERE.
UH, GENERALLY ME IS THERE AND HE WANDERS AND I STAY THERE.
THAT'S WHY I JUST ASK IF HE BE WITH HIS BUDDIES.
YOU GOT THAT, MS. COURTNEY? YES, MA'AM.
UH, THE NEXT THING, I NEED EVENTS, UH, ON THE CALENDAR ALSO THAT SAME DAY, UH, ALUMNI DOG SHOW AND HALLOWEEN PET CRAWL, THAT'S DOWNTOWN SQUARE.
UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WILL PARTICIPATE AT AS A COMMISSION, IT'S JUST TO LET YOU KNOW IT IS ON THE CALENDAR.
IF YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO THAT SATURDAY, UH, WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING.
UM, WE HAVE MS. KIMBERLY GOING TO THAT ALREADY.
UH, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING.
WE HAVE MS. GLENN AND CHRISTOPHER GOING TO THAT.
THEN WE HAVE THE GISD BOARD OF TRUSTEE BO TRUSTEES BOND MEETING.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST ANYONE THAT CAN ATTEND A MEETING, UM, ATTEND.
I'VE HEARD SOME DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS BOND MEETING.
UH, JUST PERIOD, UH, ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT'S GOING ON.
UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T BE THERE, BUT ANYONE WHO'S SCHEDULED WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE THERE.
AND THAT'S MR. MR. ARTHUR? UH, MS. COURTNEY? MM-HMM
YEAH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OKAY WITH THAT TOO, SO YES.
SO PLEASE BRING SOME INFORMATION BACK.
UM, WE HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING ON MY END, UM, BJ WILLIAMS, UH, WEDNESDAY, ONE DAY THIS WEEK.
UM, IT'S SOME INFORMATION AS A, A PARENT, AS A PERSON WHO DOES NOT HAVE KIDS CURRENTLY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I FEEL A CERTAIN WAY.
AND AS A, UH, PARENT WHO HAS A CHILD WHO'S WORKING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SHE FEELS, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN WAY.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY MAKE SURE YOU ARE INFORMED AND EDUCATED ON WHAT THIS IS AND HOW IT WILL AND WILL NOT AFFECT YOU UNDER 65.
YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION AND PASS THAT INFORMATION ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR COMMUNITY.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY FLYERS OR SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SEND ME ELECTRONICALLY, PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME SO THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE 'EM ON, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH END.
I LIVE ON IN SOUTH GARLAND, SO LET ME KNOW.
I CAN SEND YOU SOME, I HAVE A, I CAN PLEASE DO.
ANYBODY NEED YOUR SIGN? YEAH, LET ME KNOW.
SEND, SEND IT TO ME AND, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU MY PHONE NUMBER.
I CAN WRITE MY PHONE NUMBER DOWN.
THAT AND THE, THE TRUSTEE MEETING.
DID YOU GET THE TRUSTEE MEETING, MS. COURTNEY? YES, MA'AM, I DID.
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GO AND GET THROUGH THE REST OF THESE REAL QUICKLY.UM, I NOTICED THERE'S, THERE'S ONE ON THE 11TH ALSO, BUT, UH, THE MUSEUM HAD ASKED ABOUT THE TAMALE.
THERE'S A TAMALE SOMETHING FESTIVAL IN GARLAND, YOU SAID ON 11TH.
I THINK IT'S THE 11TH, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE ANYBODY THERE, BUT SHE HAD MENTIONED IT TO ME.
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE CALENDAR, IS WHAT YOU SAID.
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, MR. FIELD? THE, THE CITY.
I, I SAW IT IN THE, I I MEANT TO BRING THAT FLYER, THE NEWSPAPER THAT WE ALL GET IN THE MAIL.
SO IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING THAT WE, IF IT'S SO THAT, UM, JUST SEND IT TO MS. COURTNEY TO GET THE INFORMATION, NOT FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN, BUT FOR JUST RESIDENTS.
ALSO TO BE AWARE OF, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
THE MAKING THE TAMALES AND STUFF WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT GROUPS CAN BE MAKING TAMES.
THAT'S THE 11TH, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
YOU NEED TO CLEAN, YOU'LL JUST ADDED.
THE NEXT THING ON THE CALENDAR IS THE TRI-CITY LITTER CLEANUP.
UH, AT THE HELL SHINE EVENT CENTER.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE START.
THERE'S LIKE 10 OR 12 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE CITY.
I REACHED OUT TO A GENTLEMAN TODAY TO GET AT HER.
AND HE HASN'T GOTTEN BACK WITH ME YET, BUT I WAS GONNA TRY TO GET MORE DETAILS OF EXACT LOCATION AND YOU JUST GO TO GARLAND PARKS.GOV, I THINK, OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT WEBSITE, BUT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE WATER.
YOU CAN JUST, THERE'S, THERE'S FAMILY FRIENDLY PLACES THAT THEY CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, WALK THE SIDEWALKS AND CLEAN UP.
BUT THERE'S PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GET GRAMMY UNDER THE BRIDGES AND IN THE WATER.
BUT THIS, YOU JUST, YOU MEET AT THE HELLA SHRINE, AND THEN YOU'LL GO OFF TO WHATEVER LOCATION YOU CHOOSE, AND THEN GO BACK TO THE HELLA SHRINE.
THEY HAVE A LITTLE PARTY AFTER PARTY WHEN IT'S ALL DONE.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE GONNA ATTEND THIS, GLEN? I ALWAYS DO.
UM, MS. COURTNEY, YOU CAN PUT MY NAME ON THERE.
UH, JUST MAKE SURE I GET WHATEVER INFORMATION IS THAT WE NEED, PLEASE.
OH, UNIDOS, UH, THIS IS NOT JUST FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING FRIENDS.
IT IS FOR EVERYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.
UM, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A TRANSLATOR, RIGHT? THERE'S NO TRANSLATOR.
UM, IF YOU GO AND STAND NEXT TO MR. RENEE, I AM SURE HE'LL TRANSLATE FOR YOU.
IT MIGHT BE A FEW MINUTES LATE BECAUSE ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S MR. CHRISTOPHER AND MR. RENEE, WHAT ROOM DO THEY DO IT IN? RENEE, THEY DO IT IN THE, UM, THE SAME ROOM WE GIVE IN THE MAIN BUILDING.
NOT SURE, BUT JUST IN CASE, I WANNA KNOW IF IT WAS THE SAME ROOM.
UH, GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING.
THEN WE HAVE THE CHILDREN'S FALL FESTIVAL.
LIKE WE SAID, IT WAS THE 17TH AND THE 18TH, AND I DO SEE WHAT MS. KIMBERLY, UH, VOLUNTEERED FOR THAT FRIDAY.
AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL NAMES THAT WE'VE ALREADY ADDED TO THE LIST.
UM, I THINK OCTOBER 16TH IS A THURSDAY SHOWING HERE.
OUR MEETING, IT'S OUR MEETING.
YOU SEE THAT MS. UM, COURTNEY GARLAND? YOU COUNCIL MEETING? IT SAYS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH.
AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE OCTOBER 16TH IS A THURSDAY.
I HAVE, UH, ONE UPDATE FOR THE CALENDAR.
UH, THE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE CHILDREN'S FALL FESTIVAL STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK.
I HAD DID FIVE FOR SETUP TIME.
I JUST KIND OF ADDED A, BUT THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU, COURTNEY.
UH, WE'RE DOWN TO THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING OCTOBER 20TH, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING.
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I WILL SUGGEST THAT BETWEEN THE REST OF THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH, THAT EACH OF US TRY TO ATTEND, UM, A CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR A WORK SESSION.UH, SEE WHO THE, SEE WHO OUR PANEL IS, UM, DISTRICT TWO TOWN HALL AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO TO GO TO THIS TOWN HALL MEETING.
UM, IF YOU FREQUENT THAT LIBRARY, I'D SUGGEST YOU GO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD AT 6:00 PM I'M SURE IT'LL PROBABLY BE VERY EXCITING.
I'M SURE PEOPLE DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT THE SAME THING.
THEN WE HAVE THE D OF W ASIAN AMERICAN CHARITY GOLD TOURNAMENT THAT BE GOLF.
LOOK, I'M OVER HERE STRUGGLING WITH THESE BIFOCALS, UH, FIRE WHEEL GOLF PARK, UM, FIRE WHEEL GOLF PARK.
THAT'S SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, AND WE HAVE THE GSD BOARD OF TRUSTEE TRUSTEES MEETING.
UM, DEFINITELY TRY TO MAKE A TRUSTEES MEETING AS WELL.
WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR KIDS, GRANDKIDS, NEIGHBOR'S, KIDS.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, MAY I, UM, ASK A QUESTION, UH, AS RELATED TO THE GOLF TOURNAMENT? THERE WAS A CLARIFICATION REQUESTED ON THE BYLAWS.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
SO HE DOES HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT HE'D LIKE TO PASS ON TO US AS A COMMISSION.
SO, UTILIZING MY, UH, MY PHONE IS MY, UH, NOTES HERE.
JUST WANTED TO, UH, SHARE THAT.
SECTION EIGHT OF THE BYLAWS RIGHT NOW STATES THAT CMC MEMBERS SHALL RECOGNIZE THE PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT AND EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMS, EVENTS, AND ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION.
CMC MEMBERS MAY ATTEND PROGRAMS OR EVENTS THAT HAVE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, AND IF A MEMBER AGREES TO ATTEND, UH, AN EVENT, THEY HAVE TO PAY THE CITY IF THEY DON'T, DON'T ATTEND.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, SOMEWHAT SILENT ON WHAT THE MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT FOR.
UH, BUT ONE THING I, I JUST WANTED TO, TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME CONTEXT IN READING, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER BYLAWS.
UM, I THINK AS WE'VE TOLD THE COMMISSION IN THE PAST, THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY COMMISSIONS THAT HAS A, A BUDGET.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT, UH, WHEN IT DOES COME TO REVIEW OF BUDGETS, OUR BUDGET DOES GET LOOKED AT A LITTLE CLOSER THAN OTHERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE, UH, BUDGETS.
BUT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, SECTION EIGHT, UH, IN THE PAST, I LOOKED AT SOME NOTES THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WHEN WE REVAMPED THE BYLAWS, IT WAS THAT MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT OF PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE CMC, UM, THAT THE CITY TYPICALLY PAYS FOR EVENTS, UH, SUCH AS IN THE PAST AS, UH, THE NAACP FREEDOM FEST.
UH, THERE ARE TICKETS TO OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, PURCHASED THAT WERE SPECIFIC TO BANQUETS WITH, UH, WITH GROUPS, BUT IT DOES NOT, UH, PROHIBIT THE SPONSORING OR INVESTING IN EVENTS LIKE, UM, GOLF TOURNAMENTS.
UH, ONE THING THAT WE STATE TO OURSELVES IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WHEN WE UTILIZE, UM, CITY FUNDS, THERE'S REALLY A, A A THREE-WAY TEST.
WE, WE LOOK AT THE FIRST IS, UH, PUBLIC PERCEPTION.
WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING FUNDS, WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION LOOK LIKE? ESPECIALLY THAT THIS IS TAX DOLLARS ON WHAT YOU'RE, UH, SPENDING IT FOR.
I'M NOT ADVOCATING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
I'M, I'M A GOLFER MYSELF, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, YOU WOULD MAKE IT LOOK EASIER TO SPEND TAX FUNDS TO GO TO THE FREEDOM FEST AS A BANQUET FOR NAACP RATHER THAN A, UH, A GOLF TOURNAMENT.
I THINK YOU MUST ALSO LOOK AT THE MISSION ALIGNMENT, UH, FOR THE CITY AND THEN PARTICULARLY THE CMC, JUST SUPPORTING THIS TOURNAMENT, HELP, UH, ADVANCE THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY WITHIN, UH, THE CITY.
AND THEN AGAIN, UH, ITS TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND THIS WILL, THIS BENEFIT, UH, NOT ONLY THE COMMITTEE, BUT THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY SILENT ON IF A GOLF TOURNAMENT IS ELIGIBLE.
UH, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD DISCUSS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO ATTENDING THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
UH, ONE THING I'VE ALSO NOTICED TOO, UH, WITH BEING A PART OF THIS COMMISSION, THINGS THAT THE CITY NORMALLY SUPPORTS, WE AS A COMMISSION HAVE SUPPORTED THINGS THAT THEY HAVE NOT SUPPORTED.
WE HAVE NOT DABBLED INTO THAT.
UH, AS MR. PHIL SAID, IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY, WE AS A COMMISSION GET TO DECIDE, UH, WHAT IT IS WE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF OR NOT, BUT AS HE SAID, WE NEED TO TAKE CERTAIN THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.
IF YOU WERE NOT A PART OF THIS COMMISSION AND FOUND THAT YOUR TAX DOLLARS WAS BEING PAID FOR THIS PARTICULAR THING, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL AS A CITIZEN? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY, UM, NEED
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TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION.SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON ATTENDING OR SUPPORTING THE GOLF TOURNAMENT? I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT DOOR OPEN WITH AN UNANSWERED RESOLUTION.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THE GOLF TOURNAMENT, THE WAY WE WOULD DO THAT IS TO PURCHASE A TICKET FOR US TO PLAY GOLF IN IT.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE, I GUESS A TEAM OF YOU, IT WOULD BE A TEAM OF PEOPLE.
I GUESS THAT THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD DO IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST GIVING THEM MONEY.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE BUYING AND CREATING A TEAM.
LET ME LET GIVE YOU A FEW COMMENTS ON THAT.
SO, UM, SO THERE IS, UH, THE, THERE IS THE TEAM, THERE IS THE GOLF, GOLF CART PART OF IT, OR YOU CAN CONTACT THEM FOR SPONSORSHIPS OR DONATIONS.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS FOR, UM, THE VN UNITED, UH, UH, NONPROFIT 5 0 1 C3 ORGANIZATION IN GARLAND.
UH, THEY'RE RAISING FUNDS FOR CENTRAL TEXAS FLOOD RELIEF, UH, WILL BE, THE PROCEEDS WILL BE BENEFITING, UH, THOSE EFFORTS AND THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, TO THE TOURNAMENT.
SO AGAIN, UH, THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY, LIKE WE'RE JUST TALKING, WHETHER IT'S, UH, UH, TWO INDIVIDUALS, UH, IT'S TWO 50 PER TEAM.
SO THAT WOULD COVER TWO INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING AND BEING AMONGST THE, UM, UH, THE ACTIVITY.
UH, THERE'S OTHER ACTIVITIES BESIDES THE GOLF THAT ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE, UM, WITH, UH, UM, UH, WITH A GROUP THERE THAT DAY.
OR WE COULD JUST HAVE A BOOTH AND A TABLE AND REPRESENT THE CMC THAT WAY, UH, AS WELL WITHOUT COST FOR THAT.
UH, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO CALL THE EXECUTIVE SPONSOR TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT SPONSOR LEVEL IS.
AND THE EXECUTIVE SPONSOR IS WHO? OH, SO IT'S JIMMY TRAN.
SO YEAH, SO JUST READING FROM THE FLYER THAT, OH, GOTCHA.
SO, UH, SO THERE'S THAT INFORMATION IF Y'ALL WANT TO CONSIDER THAT.
AND THIS EVENT IS GOING TO BE ON OCTOBER 5TH, WHICH WE'LL MEET AGAIN BEFORE THEN.
SO IF WE NEED, WE'LL MEET AGAIN BEFORE THEN.
SO DO WE WANNA JUST, UH, PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH? OR? WELL, UM, THAT MEAN THAT BY THAT TIME, I DON'T KNOW, UH, THE, THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS THE 18TH.
UH, FOR THAT WE MEET THE 16TH.
SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANNA DO AS A COMMISSION? I'M NOT A GOLFER, BUT THERE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE A TABLE THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A COST AS TO VOLUNTEER AND REPRESENT THAT DAY.
SO IF THERE'S NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE TABLE, WHO'S WILLING TO BE THERE WITH THE TABLE AND HAND OUT INFORMATION ON I KNOW.
TELL ME, TELL ME, GO TO THEIR HOURS YESTERDAY.
KIND LIKE A, I TOLD WHAT, OCTOBER 25TH? OCTOBER 25TH.
WOULD YOU DO SHIFTS? GENERALLY? THAT'S HOW WE DO IT.
IT STARTS EARLY AND THEN THEY'LL, IT TAKES A WHILE TO EVERYBODY TO FINISH.
SO NORMALLY, UM, WE, WE DO SHIFTS.
IF IT'S A LONG DAY, WE USUALLY DO, UH, TWO HOUR SHIFTS JUST TO, YOU KNOW, BLOCK IT OFF.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE OPTION AT ANY EVENT TO SAY WE'LL ONLY BE THERE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, 10 AND TWO AND WE ONLY THERE DURING THAT PARTICULAR BLOCK.
UM, BUT YES, IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE IN SHIPS.
SO TABLE IF TABLE IS, I'M TRYING TO WRITE THIS AS I THINK IT, IF WE WERE TO PUT A TABLE, THE BEST TIME TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WOULD BE BEFORE TEE OFF TIME.
ONCE TEE OFF TIME STARTS WITH ALL THE GOLFERS WOULD BE ON THE COURSE.
COULD WE JUST DO LIKE A LITTLE BAG, LIKE A TREAT BAG OR SOMETHING? BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE A GOOD SAM, WHEN THEY DID GOLF TOURNAMENTS, WE JUST HOSTED A TABLE.
I MEAN, MAYBE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT US, BUT YEAH, SHE BRINGS, I'M TALKING ABOUT A BAG OF SNACKS.
NOW WHAT I WILL SAY IS, OR YOU KNOW, DURING THE SAKE EVENT THAT THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY HELD, UM, WE HAD BAGS THAT SAID CMC ON IT.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT IT DAWNED ON US, NONE OF THOSE TEAMS LIVED HERE.
SO THEY WERE TAKING ALL OF THE CMC INFORMATION WE GAVE THEM AND GOING BACK HOME.
WHAT WE HAD GOING ON IN GARLAND, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T, THEY WEREN'T FROM GARLAND.
SOME CHEAP LITTLE PAPER BAGS WITH HANDLES THAT WE COULD GET, YOU KNOW? UM, SO SOMETIMES
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THEY HAVE OWN BAGS, SOMETIMES JUST, WE JUST NEED TO INCLUDE AN ITEM, UM, FOR THEM TO, TO RECEIVE.BUT THEY'RE GETTING, IT SAYS A FREE BAG FOR EACH PLAYER.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE STUFF IN THERE ALREADY.
SO IF WE PUT SOMETHING IN THE BAG, MS. GLEN, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT SNACKS.
'CAUSE WHEN THEY'RE GOLFING, I KNOW I'VE DONE THESE BEFORE AND WE JUST ALWAYS A BAGS OF SNACKS.
WE DID BOOZE TOO, BUT I KNOW WE WON'T BE DOING THAT.
LIKE, THEY'RE JUST OUT THERE HAVING FUN, YOU KNOW.
SO JUST A DRINK AND A SNACK JUST TO GRAB ON THEIR WAY.
THEY COULD ALSO JUST INCLUDE A SIMPLE CALENDAR OF MM-HMM
OF COURSE, GOING NOW INTO NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS WITH OR WITHOUT A TABLE? HMM.
THAT'S, THIS IS WITH US HAVING A TABLE.
SO IF THE TABLE IS AT NO COST, SNACKS AND CALENDAR, WHAT ELSE? MAYBE JUST A COLD DRINK.
LIKE I SAID, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE WE ARE ON THE COURSE, I GUESS.
I DOUBT IF THERE'LL BE A COLD DRINK THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, WHICH A COLD DRINK MEANS WE'D HAVE TO HAVE COOLERS AND ICE AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
UH, SO WELL IN THE FUTURE, IF WE HAD, UH, LIKE I SAID, GOLF TEES OR SOMETHING THAT YEAH.
HAD THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE PUT.
SO MR. UH, PHIL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE AGREE AS A COMMISSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO SIT AT THIS TABLE THAT'S NOT, THERE'S NO COST TO THE COMMISSION, WE GO, WE PARTICIPATE.
HOW DO WE GET OUR HANDS ON SAIDS NEXT? YOU COULD UTILIZE, UH, COMMISSION FUNDS TO PURCHASE THOSE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE PART OF OUR SWAG.
I THINK SINCE WE'RE GONNA MEET AGAIN BEFORE THE END, AND JIMMY WILL BE HERE NEXT MEETING, HE CAN GIVE US SOME MORE GUIDANCE.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO BEFORE THEN IS SAY, YES, WE WANT A TABLE AT NO COST, IF THAT'S THE CASE.
I'D HAVE TO IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE NO COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TABLE.
AND I THINK MR. TRAN WOULD ASSIST US WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW, UH, GLENNA HAS SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT, UH, BEING A GOLFER MYSELF, THERE'S TYPICALLY NOT TABLES AT GOLF TOURNAMENTS LIKE THIS.
THERE'S MORE VOLUNTEERS ON THE COURSE THAN THEMSELVES THAT ARE ASSISTING WITH THE TOURNAMENT.
UM, THAT MAY BE MORE OF AN OPTION WHERE WE COULD TALK TO MR. TRAN AND, UH, IF THEY HAVE WATER THEY'RE HANDING OUT, THEN THE CMC COULD JUST SET UP, UH, WITH CHAIRS.
AND WHEN THEY GOLFERS COME IN, YOU HAND 'EM A WATER AND YOU TELL 'EM ABOUT THE CMC.
SO TO MERRILL'S POINT, IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO TALK TO JIMMY WHEN HE'S ACTUALLY, UH, HERE TO SEE WHAT HOLES OR VACANCIES MAY NEED TO BE FILLED AT THAT POINT.
OR WE CAN PUT IN A PHONE CALL TO HIM AND ASK HIM TO YEAH, YOU COULD.
SOMETIMES THEY SPONSOR A HOLE, WHICH YOU SIT THERE AT A TABLE AT ONE OF THE HOLES AND THAT WATER, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CAME BY AND SAW US FOR, SO WE REALLY NEED INFORMATION FROM JIMMY BEFORE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION.
SO CAN THE QUESTION BE POSED TO MR. JIMMY AND THEN WE VOTE VIA EMAIL? UH, WE, WE CANNOT VOTE VIA EMAIL, BUT, UM, I'M PRETTY SURE WE'LL MEET BEFORE THIS EVENT.
UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COORDINATE A RESPONSE TO IT.
WE MAY JUST ASK FOR PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER NOW SO THEY HAVE IT ON THEIR CALENDAR.
OR WE CAN, WE CAN VOTE NOW IF WE WANTED TO DO A TABLE, IF IT'S FREE, MAYBE WE CAN STILL VOTE ON THAT TODAY.
BUT WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION WHEN JIMMY'S HERE NEXT, NEXT MONTH.
WE, WE CAN PROBABLY JUST START A VOTE.
DO WE WANNA DO A TABLE OR KNOW THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO IT? AND IF, IF WE CAN'T DO IT, THEN, THEN WE CAN'T DO, THERE'S NO HARM.
THE ONLY THING I'D ADD IS TO MR. IF WE NEED TO RETRACT BY THE TIME THIS THE GOLF TOURNAMENT COMES AROUND, THEN WE JUST, WE JUST CAN'T DO IT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE SO WE CAN CALL, MAKE CONTACT THEM AND LET THEM KNOW.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS, MR. PHIL SAID THAT THERE MAY NOT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A TABLE.
IT MAY BE MORE IN THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM.
SO DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR VOTE OR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT IF IT IS MORE OF VOLUNTEER AND ASSISTING VERSUS HAVING A TABLE? I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AS WELL.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
THE DISTINCTION FOR ME DOESN'T REALLY, UH, MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UM, ACTUALLY HOW YOU MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BEING OUT ON THE COURSE OR ADD A WHOLE ACTUALLY GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ONE-ON-ONE TIME, UH, WITH THE, THE TWO TEAMS THAT COME IN AND THEY PLAY THROUGH YOUR WHOLE VERSUS JUST BEING, YOU MIGHT HAVE JUST STAYED BACK IF YOU JUST HAD A TABLE AT THE, UH, MORNING BREAKFAST.
SO THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE VOLUNTEERING COULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMITTEE AND FOR THE, UH, SO I'M NOT A GOLFER, NOR HAVE I EVER BEEN ON THE GOLF COURSE.
IF THEY ARE OUT THERE ON THE GOLF COURSE, AND THIS IS A TOURNAMENT, WHICH MAY IMPLY THAT THERE'S MONEY INVOLVED FOR THIS TOURNAMENT, DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ENGAGING IN CONVERSATION OR BE WILLING TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION? AND THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE WHATEVER WE GIVE YOU GUYS SUGGESTED A CALENDAR AND SNACKS
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WE'RE NOT, UM, THEY DON'T GONNA BE CARRYING THAT GET A TROPHY USUALLY FOR FUN.SO WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GOT A FIRST PLACE TROPHY, YOU GOT A SECOND PLACE.
SO FOR FUN, AND I GUESS I'M, I'M SAYING TO COME INTO IT FROM THE MINDSET OF WE ARE THE CMC VOLUNTEERING TO HELP WITH THIS EVENT AND NOT NECESSARILY HANDOUT CMC INFORMATION.
BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT FROM GARLAND, ANY INFORMATION WE GIVE THEM IS IRRELEVANT.
WELL, I THINK THESE GUYS ARE FROM GARLAND.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING FOR THE TEXAS RELIEF FUND.
THIS IS WHAT THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT IS WITH.
SO AS MR. FIELD SAID, WE'LL MAKE CONTACT WITH MR. TRAN FIRST, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND YOU SAID IN REGARDS TO VOTING, YOU SAID WE'D BE BACK HERE BEFORE THIS EVENT HAPPENS, SO WE'RE FINE.
WELL, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO GET THIS DISCUSSED.
AND IF SOMETHING COMES OUT BEFORE THEN, I'M SURE MR. PHIL WILL LET US KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AND AS FAR AS HAVING A GOLF TEAM, I'M ASSUMING I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY GOLF.
YOU HAVE NO INTEREST IN THAT RIGHT NOW.
DOES ANYONE HAVE AN INTEREST IN WANTING TO PAIR UP TO HAVE A GOLF TEAM AND TAKING CONSIDERATION ALL THAT WAS READ BY MR. FIELD REGARDING USING CMC FUNDS FOR THAT EVENT? I KNOW, I THINK OUR PRIORITIES STILL VOLUNTEER.
SO WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS FOUR FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED SOME OF THAT STUFF.
UH, FOR, FOR PHIL, THE, UM, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH THE CITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? THE EMS, ARE THEY OPEN TO PUBLIC? UH, THEY ARE, YES, SIR.
THAT, THAT'S ONE IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED.
THE, UM, THE CITY'S TALKING ABOUT, UH, ESPECIALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOING WITH A 24 HOUR 72 SHIFT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CHANGES THERE, BUT THAT'S A MEETING THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THAT ANYONE CAN ATTEND, HAS TO DO WITH EMS, UH, OR, OR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DO YOU HAVE A DATE? IT'S THE THIRD.
I THINK IT'S THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
I'LL ADD THOSE TO THE CALENDAR.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, UM, SOMETHING NEW THAT'S BEEN ON.
UM, WHAT WAS IT, MR. MOSES? I WAS GONNA, UM, SUGGEST A FUTURE EVENT.
UM, PROBABLY A LITTLE LATE IN THE GAME, BUT, UM, THERE'S A COMMUNITY COOKOUT THAT'S BEING DONE AT BUSSY MIDDLE SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 26TH.
UM, THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING ON THIS COOKOUT, UM, UH, AN ORGANIZATION CULTURE MAKERS THAT I'M A PART OF IS MENTORING STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THAT ATHLETIC, UH, COMMUNITY.
AND SO THEY'RE PUTTING ON ANY, A COOKOUT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, INVITING THE NEIGHBORS TO COME.
I THINK THEY HAVE LIKE A HUNDRED RSVPS ALREADY FOR THAT, BUT, UH, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE, BUT I WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE.
WELL, DO YOU HAVE A TIME? YES.
UH, FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:00 PM AND, UH, YEAH, IT'S AT BUSING MIDDLE SCHOOL.
9 26 IS WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK? I BELIEVE IT'S A FRIDAY.
AND, UH, STATE FAIR, TEXAS AT FIVE 30 TO 7:00 PM THANK YOU.
MS. COURTNEY, WILL YOU REVISE THAT? YOU MIND ADDING THAT TO IT? NO.
ALL RIGHT, MR. STEVEN, WHAT'D YOU HAVE FOR US? HI, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE IS HOSTING A, UH, DISTRICT THREE MEETING ON OCTOBER 9TH AT SIX 30 AT THE SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY.
AND, UH, THIS WILL BE A PRESENTATION ON THE, UH, HARBOR POINT.
YOU SAID OCTOBER 9TH AT 6:30 PM THAT'S RIGHT.
WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS THAT? HMM? WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK? MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY? YES.
YOU SAY IT'S WHAT DAY? THURSDAY.
UH, ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I HAVE AN EVENT.
I THINK IF YOU WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROP A THERE IS A MEETING, A TOWN HALL AT NA AND FOREST.
WHAT TIME? I'LL GIVE YOU THE TIME.
I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THE TIME.
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UH, WHILE MR. ARTHUR IS LOOKING FOR THAT, DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE SOMETHING? UH, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, COURTNEY IS ALWAYS WILLING TO RECEIVE THAT EMAIL WITH FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR, UH, EVENTS, UM, SUMMARIES OF EVENTS THAT YOU'VE ATTENDED.SHE'S WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
ANYONE THAT HAS ANY PICTURES FROM THIS PAST YEAR, PLEASE SEND THOSE TO, UM, OUR CITY REPS SO THAT WE HAVE THEM ON FILE.
UM, IF YOU WANT MR. ARTHUR, I'LL SEND IT TO, I'LL SEND IT OVER TO COURTNEY.
EVERYBODY HAS COURTNEY'S EMAIL ADDRESS.
UH, ANYONE THAT NEEDS MY PHONE NUMBER, I THINK I KNOW FOR SURE MY PHONE NUMBER IS PUBLIC, BUT, UH, MS. COURTNEY CAN GIVE IT TO YOU.
SHE HAS MY APPROVAL TO GIVE YOU MY PHONE NUMBER.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE ANSWERED, ARE ALL HEARTS AND MIND CLEAR? ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVE.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.