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THE MEETING TO ORDER.THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
HAS, DID EVERYBODY READ THE MINUTES? OH, YEAH.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOTION THAT WE'LL HAVE AMENDMENT MINUTES AS, UH, WRITTEN, AS WRITTEN.
SECOND WORD OUT HERE IN A MINUTE.
ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PEANUT GALLERY, SO THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW.
UNFORTUNATELY, DELEE COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM B, THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM OVERVIEW.
SO, UM, IF YOU COME FORWARD, INTRODUCE YOURSELF, AND WE'RE READY FOR YOU TO TELL US ALL ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES.
MY NAME IS JOSE SUE DIAZ, AND I AM THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR.
I, UH, I SERVE, UH, THE CITY OF GARLAND AND, AND RUNNING OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
UM, THE VOL, WE, IF YOU HEAR IN THE COMMUNITY, THE NAME VOLUNTEER GARLAND, THAT IS THE BRANDING FOR THE OFFICE OF OF VOLUNTEERING.
AND, UH, WE ARE THE CENTRAL HUB FOR CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND OUR MAIN GOALS TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, VOLUNTEER GARLAND HAS ENGAGED MORE THAN 1200 RESIDENTS AND COMPLETED 45 PROJECTS AND CONTRIBUTED OVER 3,800 VOLUNTEER HOURS, WHICH, IF YOU PUT IT INTO NUMBERS, IT'S ABOUT ONE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE, UM, THOUSAND DOLLARS IN COMMUNITY VALUE RETURN TO GARLAND.
OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE SUPPORTED PARK CLEANUPS MURAL PROJECTS.
UH, WE JUST STARTED A SENIOR MEAL SERVICE AT THE RECREATION CENTER AND CITYWIDE CLEANUP EVENTS, UH, SUCH AS DUCK CREEK AND THE TRI-CITY CLEANUP.
BUT WHAT I'M REALLY HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY IS ABOUT HOW SENIORS ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL THIS.
MANY OF GARLAND'S STRONGEST VOLUNTEERS ARE RETIREES, UH, PEOPLE WITH DEEP ROOTS TIME TO GIVE AND A GENUINE LOVE FOR THE CITY THROUGH.
WE HAVE A WEBSITE, AND IT'S CALLED VOLUNTEER GARLAND.ORG.
THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER GARLAND.ORG, SENIORS CAN EASILY FIND PROJECTS THAT MATCH THEIR INTEREST AND COMFORT LEVEL FROM SERVING MEALS AT THE SENIOR CENTER TO GARDENING, MENTORING, AND HELPING OUT AT FESTIVALS.
WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN DEVELOPMENT, UH, COMING UP, ONE THAT MIGHT BE A SPECIAL INTEREST, AND IT'S THE, UH, VOLUNTEER REBRANDED AS THE VOLUNTEER CODE CARES PROGRAM, WHERE VOLUNTEERS ASSIST ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS WITH YARD CA YARD CARE AND SMALL, UH, KEY PROJECTS THAT ARE EXTERNAL.
THIS GROUP'S INSIGHT IS INVALUABLE IN HELPING US IDENTIFY WHERE THAT KIND OF SUPPORT IS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN MAKE VOLUNTEERING EASIER AND MORE REWARDING FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS.
SO, I'D LOVE TO HELP, I'D LOVE YOU TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HERE ABOUT IS ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL.
SO I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT I WANNA SHOW YOU.
THIS IS THE PART THAT I LIKE DOING.
OKAY? SO WHEN PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THE
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VOLUNTEER PROGRAM OR VOLUNTEER GARLAND, WE TELL PEOPLE, WELL SIMPLY PUT, WE, WE ARE HERE TO CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES.AND THIS DOESN'T JUST MEAN THE, THE CITY, CITY OF GARLAND DEPARTMENTS.
WE ARE WORKING VERY MUCH WITH GETTING CONNECTED TO COMMUNITIES, TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AT LARGE.
SO THAT MEANS THAT PART OF WHAT THE GAP OF WHAT OUR, OUR WORK IS, IS GETTING CONNECTED.
UH, I WAS HIRED ABOUT EXACTLY A YEAR AGO.
MY YEAR REVIEW WAS LIKE A DAY AGO.
OKAY? SO I JUST COMPLETED MY FIRST YEAR AND PART OF THE GAP, AND I'LL TELL YOU JUST FROM ME TO YOU, THAT I'M NOT FROM GARLAND.
SO I'M NOT CONNECTED TO THE LOCAL CHURCHES.
I'M NOT CONNECTED TO THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY GROUPS.
I REALLY NEED WORD OF MOUTH INTRODUCTION.
UM, WE, WHEN I REACH OUT TO, UH, A COMMUNITY GROUP AND SAY, HEY, I HAVE THIS NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
I REALLY WANT TO HELP THIS PERSON.
UH, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE CHURCH GROUP TO REACH OUT TO, OR I DON'T HAVE THE SCHOOL GROUP, OR I DON'T HAVE, UH, THE NAME OF A TEACHER OR A PRINCIPAL OR AN INTRODUCTION.
AND WITHOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, IT'S REALLY HARD.
YOU KNOW, YOU EVER TRIED COLD CALLING? THEY THINK I'M A TELEMARKETER.
THEY THINK I'M A SALESPERSON, AND I GET THAT SALESPERSON TREATMENT RATHER THAN LIKE, HEY, NO, I ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE CITY.
I'M CALLING TO SEE HOW WE SHOULD BE CONNECTED AND HOW, HOW WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, RIGHT? UM, I NEED REALLY, I NEED YOUR CONNECTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OF, UH, IN YOUR NETWORKS THAT COULD CONNECT WITH US.
UM, PART OF WHAT WE DO IS HAVE, HAVE KIND OF REBRANDED AND BUILD OUR PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR ALONE.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, INTRODUCED A A CHILDREN'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR THE, FOR THE LIBRARY, OKAY? AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO USE OUR SOFTWARE.
UH, WE HAVE VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT POSTS WHERE ALL OUR EVENTS ARE.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE AND YOU SAY, HEY, I DON'T HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT I MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING IN MARCH OR AFTER MY VACATION OR THIS, AND THAT.
THIS WEBSITE HAS ALL THOSE THINGS LISTED OUT FOR YOU TO PLAN YOUR EVENT.
AND THE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CLICK ONE BUTTON TO SAY, HEY, I'LL ATTEND THAT, AND IT'S GONNA SEND YOU REMINDERS.
IT'S GONNA SEND YOU LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A WEEK OUT.
HEY, DON'T FORGET THIS WEEKEND IS THIS THING YOU SIGNED UP FOR.
AND THEN THE NIGHT BEFORE, HEY, DON'T FORGET, HERE ARE THE DIRECTIONS.
SO WE, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE.
UH, THIS YEAR, RECENTLY, I'D SAY A FEW DAYS AGO, WE LAUNCHED A, UH, A SENIOR, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER WANTED A LUNCH CREW APP.
THEY, UH, THEY HAVE A LUNCH PROGRAM FOR THE SENIORS AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND THE STAFF REALLY WANTED TO CONNECT AND BRING THE COMMUNITY INTO THAT.
AND SO WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE REGULATION, THE RULES, ALL THE LIABILITY STUFF, AND, UH, WORKING WITH JESSE AND THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH THE, UH, VOLUNTEERS TO BE ABLE TO COME ON A DAILY BASIS.
THE WORD HASN'T REACHED ANY, A LOT OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND DO THAT.
AND I REALLY SUSPECT IN OUR FIRST YEAR, IT'S GONNA BE AROUND THE HOLIDAYS WHEN THE, WHEN FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING AROUND THANKSGIVING AND THAT.
BUT IT IS A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED TO SEE AND CONNECT FOLKS, RIGHT? THAT'S LIKE ONE OF OUR MAJOR GOALS.
AND OF COURSE, UM, WE'VE GOT PROGRAMS WITH THE ANIMAL SERVICES POLICE FIRED CODE COMPLIANCE.
AND OUR, OUR, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, HAVE Y'ALL HEARD OF THE DUCK CREEK LITTER CLEANUPS, UH, TRI-CITY CLEANUP.
AND SOON, PRETTY SOON, IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR, 2026, WE ARE LAUNCHING SOMETHING CALLED, UH, THE BIG EVENT GARLAND, WHICH IS A, A SERVICE DAY WHERE WE PUT SEVERAL PROJECTS TOGETHER, BRING A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE PLUS THE CITY, AND WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP FOLKS.
THIS WAS US LAST YEAR DURING VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK HERE AT AT CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WE HOPE TO ADD THIS GROUP TO PART OF OUR, OUR TEAM.
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WAS OUR FIRST CLEANUP, UM, LAST YEAR.I HAD NO CLUE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE GOING TO SHOW UP.
UM, THAT FIRST CLEANUP, I ONLY HAD EIGHT PEOPLE SHOW UP, SIGN UP.
BUT THEN WHEN WE GOT THERE, WE HAD OVER 34 JUST WALK IN.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT WE WERE AT THIS PLACE THAT, THAT IS FREQUENTLY ILLEGALLY DUMPED PEOPLE.
PEOPLE GO, THEY DUMPED STUFF THERE.
UH, IT'S, IT'S THE MARK OF LIKE THE WHOLE BROKEN WINDOW THEORY WHEN NO ONE'S PAYING ATTENTION TO IT, IT STARTS TO DECAY.
AND, UM, WHEN WE WERE THERE AND THE LOCAL FISHERMEN, WHO ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT GO THERE, STARTED SEEING US CLEAN.
THEY PUT DOWN THEIR FISHING POLES AND THEY JOINED US.
I HAD TO TRACK 'EM DOWN AND HAD TO SIGN A WAIVER,
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE WILLING TO GO PICK UP THE THINGS THAT THEY CARED ABOUT.
THIS IS WHERE THEY GO AND ESCAPE.
WHY WOULDN'T IT? THEY WANT IT TO BE A, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
SO THIS IS THE PICTURE OF SOME OF THESE FISHERMEN YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE BACK THERE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FACES, THESE ARE KIDS MAINLY THAT JUST SHOWED UP ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
IT WAS ABOUT 27 DEGREES IN JANUARY THIS LAST YEAR.
AND THIS IS ROUGHLY 33, ABOUT 132 HOURS.
AND IF YOU DO THE MATH ON THEIRS, AT ABOUT 4,000 POUNDS.
AND, UH, THE STAFF REMOVED ABOUT 24 TIRES.
AND THE TOTAL POUNDAGE OF THAT WAS ABOUT 2,960 POUNDS.
WE WENT INTO, UH, WHAT IS, THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD IN TOWN, UH, JESSE, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT RECREATION CENTER? THEY GOT CLOSED DOWN, UH, RIGHT ACROSS FROM FIELDS.
SO WE WENT INTO THAT AREA AND WE NOTICED THAT.
SO I, I CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT WATERWAYS, UH, LITTER IN CONTAMINATION AND SOME OF OUR STRUCTURES.
THE PROBLEM WITH, UH, SOME OF THESE WATERWAYS, IF THEY'RE IN GIANT DRAINAGE DITCHES, NOBODY SEES THEM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, MATERIALS THAT ARE IN THERE.
SO WE WENT INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE WE HAD PERMISSION AROUND THE PARK IN THAT REC CENTER, AND WE GOT AND CLEANED UP EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD.
AND THIS WAS, YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE FUND THAT THEY WERE HAVING, BUT WE WERE THE DRAINAGE DITCHES, PULLING THINGS OUT THAT NORMALLY STAFF, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO.
AND THAT ONE HAD ABOUT 24 VOLUNTEERS.
THEN WE GOT A MESSAGE FROM
AND DURING THIS CLEANUP, I THINK WE HAD LIKE 15 PEOPLE SIGN UP ON OUR SITE.
AND THEN AGAIN, ABOUT 30 SOMETHING, 28 TO 30, UH, PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, WE GOT AS CLOSE TO THE SHORE AND FOUGHT WITH, UH, HIGH GRASS AND EVERYTHING, ALL THE MESS THAT'S IN THE HIGH GRASS, THAT GETTING BIT BY THE, UH, YOU KNOW, MOSQUITOES AND ALL OF THAT REMOVED TIRES.
WE HAD A A, A GROUP COME AND BRING A CANOE TO HELP US WITH THE SHORELINE PORTION OF IT.
AND THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS IS THAT I CAN BRING 30 TO 50 PEOPLE NOW, AND WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ACCESSING THE EDGE.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE INTO KAYAKING, CANOEING.
I NEED SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE SOME RESOURCES TO GET IN THE WATER AND HELP ME GET TO SOME OF THE LITTER AND TRASH SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THE GROUND FORCES TO GET STUFF OUT.
IF ANY OF YOU KNOW, KAYAK GROUPS OR PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST ITCHING TO FIND A REASON TO GET IN THE WATER AND COMBINE, WHAT IS IT THAT TYPE OF, UH, ACTIVITY WITH LITTER CLEANUPS, I WOULD LOVE THE CONNECTION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I HAVE HARD TIME.
IF YOU GO TO PLACES LIKE JOHN PAUL JONES AND GO LOOK AT THE EDGE, IT'S A STRAIGHT DROP.
SO I, I NEED FOLKS THAT, THAT ARE COMFORTABLE AND WITH THE, AND HAVE THE GEAR TO GET IN THE WATER.
UH, ALL I HAVE ARE WAITERS, AND I CAN'T SEND PEOPLE IN THERE.
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THIS WAS DUCK CREEK.AND I THINK THE MOST RECENT ONE, AND THIS KIND OF TELLS YOU THE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT FUN.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO LIKE, HEY, COME OUT AND PICK UP LITTER, OR HEY, COME OUT AND HELP US COVER UP GRAFFITI OR PAINT THE BATHROOM WALLS.
SO FOR OUR RECENT BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT, WE HAD SOMETHING CALLED THE BACK TO SCHOOL POTTY.
AND WHAT WE DID WAS COVER UP, UH, GRAFFITI AND REPAINT SOME OF THE WALLS INSIDE SOME OF THE PARKS AT CENTRAL PARK TO KEEP IT FRESH, TO HELP WITH THE PARK STAFF AND THE MAINTENANCE OF SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T WANT GRAFFITI AND DIS KIND OF DISCUSS THINGS KIND OF DE FESTER BECAUSE IT, IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE.
AND OUR VOLUNTEERS SHOWED UP AND, AND WORKED ON IT THAT DAY.
I'LL TELL YOU FROM AN ORGANIZER'S STANDPOINT, TO GET CALLS FOR LIKE TWO WEEKS, PEOPLE ASKING, HEY, LOOK, HI, I AM, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN COMING BACK TO THE BACK TO SCHOOL POTTY.
I'M LIKE, WHAT'S THAT? THE BACK TO SCHOOL POTTY.
WHAT WAS THAT?
I GO, NO, NO, YOU SAID IT RIGHT? JUST LIKE HEARING IT.
UM, HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
SO WE HAD TO STAY INSIDE AND CLEAN UP.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, VOLUNTEER GARLAND HAS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THIS CITY.
UH, I'M VERY, I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THIS YEAR.
I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN OUR YEAR ONE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY THAT IS HUNGRY TO CONNECT, VOLUNTEER GARLAND HAS QUICKLY BECOME THAT BANNER.
I I ASK AND PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A REASON IN A WAY THAT'S NONPOLITICAL.
THAT IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND TO CONNECT.
AND ALL WE ASK IS, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE BRINGING GOOD THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO PART OF WHAT I'M DOING TODAY IS TELLING YOU ABOUT IT, AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN CONNECT US WITH YOUR RESOURCES.
NO, I HAVE A CONNECTION FOR YOU.
KEVIN BULLARD IS CHAPLAIN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE'S ALSO VERY INVOLVED WITH NEW LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH ON CENTERVILLE ROAD, AND THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE.
SO YOU MIGHT TALK WITH KEVIN AND GET IN WITH THAT AS AN INITIAL INTRODUCTION.
AND ALSO, AS CAROL AND JESSE KNOW, THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY IS VERY ACTIVE ON VOLUNTEERING.
WE'RE SCHEDULED TO, TO GO THROUGH IT IN THE SPRING.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE FIRE ACADEMY.
HOW DO WE SIGN UP FOR THAT? UH, WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS.
SO IF YOU, RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF GARLAND IS MISSING A WEB DESIGNER.
SO I'VE HAD A REQUEST SINCE LAST YEAR TO GET IT REDESIGNED.
BUT IF YOU GOOGLE VOLUNTEER GARLAND AND THROUGH THE CITY WEBSITE, NOT OUR PORTAL, YOU WILL SEE A BUNCH OF LINKS IN THERE ON HOW TO CLICK AND JOIN THE NEWSLETTER.
I CAN ALSO SEND IT TO JESSE AND IF YOU GUYS CAN SEND IT OUT THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE LINK TO IT.
IT COMES OUT, UH, WE TRY TO COME OUT JUST ABOUT EVERY MONTH, UH, AND NO MORE THAN THAT UNLESS WE'RE IN A, A BUSY SEASON.
BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT DOCUMENTS THE, UH, THE WORK THAT WE DID.
SO WE HAVE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THEIR PICTURES, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE GALLERY, AND THEN IT TELLS ABOUT THE UPCOMING THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
THE, THE THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS VOLUNTEER GARLAND ISN'T JUST US, RIGHT? IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WE INCLUDE KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL, THE SPRING CREEK PRESERVE.
ANYONE THAT WE HAVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED, CAN WE PROMOTE THEM? WE, I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY, IF THIS GROUP WANTED TO DO THEIR OWN LITTER CLEANUPS, AND YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE FORCE, THE NUMBERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT YOU WANT TO SERVE AS ORGANIZERS, BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU AN ACCOUNT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO CONNECT YOU WITH THE VOLUNTEER BASE.
YOU ORGANIZE IT, WE PROVIDE THE VOLUNTEERS.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CHECK CHECK PEOPLE IN AND HAND OUT THE SUPPLIES.
THAT IS PART OF THE CONNECTING FORCE.
WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT WILL CALL US AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO DO A SERVICE
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DAY.I'VE NEVER PUT ONE OF THESE TOGETHER.
CAN YOU HELP US? WE DO THOSE, WE DO CUSTOM SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC.
AND IT COULD BE A SCHOOL, IT COULD BE A CHURCH, IT COULD BE A BUSINESS OR AN INDIVIDUAL.
WHO PROVIDES THE SUPPLIES? WE DO.
LAST YEAR, WE, UH, WE PROCESS, WE WERE, WE WERE GIVEN A GRANT OF 87,000 AND WE BOUGHT TRAILERS, SERVICE TRAILER.
WE BOUGHT, UM, ACTUALLY THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ON THIS COVER.
WE BOUGHT T-SHIRTS, WE BOUGHT PICKERS, WE BOUGHT EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING WE COULD.
AND THAT'S, THAT CAN BE USED IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THOSE ALSO, SO YOU MIGHT NOT HIT THEM UP IN BIG BUCKETS,
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECTS OR THE PROJECTS JUST COME AS NEEDED? HOW DO, UM, WHAT'S YOUR NEXT PROJECT? UH, THAT, WELL, WE HAVE A, SO VOLUNTEER GARLAND.ORG IS OUR VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.
SO IMAGINE IT'S LIKE A FACEBOOK, RIGHT? SO PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT AND THEY SIGN A WAIVER.
THEY ONLY HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER ONE TIME.
THAT SOLVES ALL MY PROBLEMS, RIGHT? SO ANYBODY THAT COME THAT WE GIVE AN ACCOUNT ACCESS TO AS, AS AN ORGANIZER.
LET'S SAY THAT YOU, THIS GROUP BECOMES AN ORGANIZER AND YOU START HOLDING, HOSTING YOUR OWN STUFF, RIGHT? WELL, YOU POST IT ON OUR PLATFORM, WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF THE LEGAL STUFF, RIGHT? SO THE P THE USERS ON THERE, AS WE'RE GROWING AND AS WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE TO, TO SIGN UP FOR VOLUNTEER@GARLAND.ORG, THEY SEE A CALENDAR OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND IT COULD BE WHATEVER THEY CARE ABOUT, RIGHT? SO I'M TRYING TO CONNECT WITH HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES.
I'M TRYING TO CONNECT WITH ORPHANAGES.
I'M TRYING TO CONNECT WITH EVERYTHING, BECAUSE SOMEBODY MIGHT NOT CARE ABOUT DO, YOU KNOW, DOING LITTER CLEANUPS, BUT THEY, THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT THE LIBRARY, RIGHT? SO WE'RE OFFERING ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO USE THIS SOFTWARE.
SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY PUTTING THEIR, THEIR STUFF ON THERE.
SO IF YOU GO TO VOLUNTEER GARLAND.ORG, SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THEY DO POP UP ALMOST ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
'CAUSE I, I'LL TAKE, WE TAKE MANY CALLS AND IT TAKES A WHILE TO TRAIN THEM.
BUT ONCE WE GET THEM TRAINED AND USED, THAT, THAT ORGANIZATION WILL START ADDING THEIR, THEIR OPPORTUNITIES, THEIR NEEDS, RIGHT? UH, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
FREQUENTLY REQUEST, UH, PEOPLE TO HELP THEM ON THE MAINTENANCE OF SOME GARDEN BEDS.
I HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE, I'D SAY IN THE PIPE THAT ARE, ARE JUST SITTING THERE.
I DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY LEADER TO HELP WITH THAT.
AND ONE OF THOSE IS, I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER GARDENING GROUP.
I HAVE, UH, SEVERAL RECREATION CENTERS THAT HAVE GARDEN BEDS THAT COULD BE, WE COULD WORK WITH A COMMUNITY GROUP TO, FOR THEM TO TAKE THAT OVER AND WORK WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE, THE MATERIALS, THE IRRIGATION, ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT WE NEED PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO DO IT THAT WILL WORK WITH PARKS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE PROJECT READY TO GO THAT I HAVE IN MY FILES.
I'VE GOT, UM, SOME PREVENTATIVE LITTER, UH, CATCHALLS THAT I WANT TO INSTALL AT, UH, SEWER GRATES TO CATCH LITTER BEFORE IT GETS INTO THE WATER.
RIGHT? I HAVEN'T CONNECTED WITH ANY OF THAT.
I'VE GOT A LAUNDRY LIST OF, AS WE'RE GROWING, REMEMBER WE'RE A STAFF OF ONE.
WE HAVE A TEMP AND I'M DOING MY BEST TO COME AROUND AND TALK TO FOLKS LIKE YOU.
BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE DRINKING WATER FROM A FIRE HYDRANT.
THIS LAST YEAR HAS BEEN A LOT ABOUT TALKING TO THE LAWYERS AND FO FIGURING OUT THE CITY POLICY AND SETTING UP THE WEBSITE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS PLATFORM, RIGHT? SO WE REALLY ONLY, THESE NUMBERS THAT I GAVE YOU GUYS ONLY REFLECTS REALLY ABOUT FIVE MONTHS WORTH OF FULL-TIME ACTIVITIES.
SO I CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS THREE TO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
ONCE WE'RE CONNECTED AND WE'RE FULLY ESTABLISHED AND WE'RE NOT SPENDING SO MUCH TIME RECRUITING THESE PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT DAY IS GONNA BE GLORIOUS.
THE SCOUTS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SERVICE PROJECTS.
AND SO YOU REALLY NEED TO CONTACT THE SCOUT MASTERS HERE IN GARLAND.
I KNOW MY GRANDSON JUST FINISHED HIS EAGLE, BUT HE'S WITH A RICHARDSON, BUT THEY'RE DOING SERVICE PROJECTS ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND.
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HEALTHY CONTACT YES.AND I KNOW THERE ARE ACTIVE SCOUTMASTERS HERE IN GARLAND.
HOW WOULD YOU FIND OUT WHO THOSE ARE? WELL, THE SCOUT HOUSE IS RIGHT DOWN THAT STREET IN FRONT OF THE OLD, UH, GO KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR.
IS IT THE COUNCIL 10? I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE HEADQUARTERS AND SAY, OKAY, WHO ARE MY SCOUT MASTERS? AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE IN GARLAND BECAUSE RIGHT.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE, WE JUST COMPLETED A, AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT AND IT WAS MY FIRST ONE, UH, HERE IN GARLAND.
AND WE YEAH, DEFINITELY TELL PEOPLE WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIGN UP AS A, A CITY ADVISOR ON ANY, ANY SCOUT PROJECT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TAKE ON.
MY GRANDSON'S EAGLE PROJECT WAS CREATING A TIGER RESTING AREA AT THE NSYNC EXOTICS.
AND THE LAST PICTURE WE GOT, THERE WERE THREE FULL GROWN TIGERS LYING ON THE TOP OF THIS HUGE MINI VOLUNTEER
AND THEY SAID THAT WAS THE BIGGEST BUILD THEY'D EVER HAD.
SO THEY'RE INVOLVED, THEY'RE WILLING, YOU KNOW, MIGHT, MIGHT BE A LITTLE RELUCTANT INITIALLY, BUT ONCE THEY GET STARTED, THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
AND IT GOES TOWARD EARNING BADGES, WHICH THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DOING.
OH, AND ONE OF OUR FORMER COUNCIL PEOPLE WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT.
AND HE HELPED PUT US IN CONTACT WITH IDEAS.
HE'S ALSO VERY BUSY
UH, I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS OUR, OUR EMAIL FOR, THERE'S TWO OF US IN THE VOLUNTEER OFFICE.
IT'S MYSELF AS THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND, UH, MY OUTREACH SPECIALIST, UH, HER HER, OUR EMAIL IS VOLUNTEER@GARLANDTX.GOV.
THAT'S VOLUNTEER@GARLANDTX.GOV.
IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, CONNECTIONS, PLEASE SEND US, IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN TO VISIT AND BRAINSTORM, PLEASE.
AND, UH, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOUR THIS COMMITTEE, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF JOSUE SAID ABOUT THE LUNCH SERVICES, THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED OUR FIRST PROJECT WITH THE SENIORS WITH CARVER AND GSAC.
ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME DURING LUNCHTIME TO SERVE, THEY CAN MAKE AN ACCOUNT ON HIS, UH, WEBPAGE AND THEN SIGN UP FOR WHATEVER DAYS THAT YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER TO HELP SERVE LUNCHES.
ARE THEY DOING IT AT FIELDS? YEP.
I'LL HAND OUT SOME FLYERS AND THEN I'LL BE AROUND.
WHILE HE'S HANDING OUT THE FLYERS, UM, WE'RE GONNA COME TO, UM, C OH, THANK YOU THREE C, WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE ELECTIONS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION.
AND JESSE IS GOING TO EXPLAIN HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.
IT'S GONNA BE A NEW PROCESS THIS YEAR, UH, FOR SOME OF US.
SO, ALRIGHTY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ELECTIONS FOR THIS MONTH.
SO WHAT WE WILL DO, INSTEAD OF DOING THE PAPER BALLOT, IT WILL JUST, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION FOR CHAIR AND THEN VICE CHAIR.
AND AFTER THE MOTION, OBVIOUSLY WE WILL NEED A SECOND.
SO IF SOMEONE JUST NEEDS A SECOND, THE MOTION, AND THEN WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? YES.
SO LET'S CALL FOR MOTION TO ELECT OUR CHAIR.
SO WE HAVE MS. CARROLL COMING BACK.
SO WE HAD THE SECOND AND NOW WE'RE GONNA VOTE.
ACTUALLY WE HAD TWO AND, AND TONY THE
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SAME TIME.SO HAVE A MOTION FOR VICE CHAIR BACK.
YOU WANNA NOMINATE MS. GA BACK? I MAKE A MOTION FOR GAIL.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM E, SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION WEBSITE DISCUSSION.
UM, SO THIS IS FOR THE WEBSITE DISCUSSION
I DON'T KNOW, UM, UH, WHAT SHE'S GONNA DO WITH THEM.
SO, UH, IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING HER, UM, DO YOU NEED ANOTHER ONE? IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING HER, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP FOLLOW.
I FOLLOW HER OR I FOLLOW THE GARLAND GAZETTE ON FACEBOOK AND JUST TO SEE WHAT SHE POSTS.
AND SO WE MIGHT SEE IF, IF SOMETHING COMES OUT THERE, WHICH IS PART OF OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS.
UM, AND ANOTHER ONE OF OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS IS THE HEALTH FAIR THAT I THINK JSA MAY BE TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE COMES UP.
UM, AND SO FAR I'VE GOT AMADOR, KATHLEEN VENITA, AND MYSELF TO VOLUNTEER TO WORK THE HEALTH FAIR, WHICH IS GONNA BE ON THE NINTH FROM NINE TO NOON AT THE ATRIUM.
AND WE'LL, IF, IF YOU ALL CAN STAY JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UM, STRATEGY FOR THE HEALTH FAIR.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WEBSITE? IS ANYTHING I HAVEN'T THOUGHT, THOUGHT OF OR LEFT OUT? HAVE WE HAD ANY MORE EMAIL BLASTS RECENTLY? 'CAUSE I'M NOT GETTING ANY.
NO, I HAVEN'T DID ANYTHING, UM, SINCE OUR LAST BLAST.
SO I GUESS WE'LL GET, START WITH THIS DRAFT.
THAT'D BE A GOOD ONE TO SEND OUT.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN SEND THAT OUT TILL AFTER IT'S PUBLISHED, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE CAN WAIT UNTIL IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BEEN APPROVED BY ANYBODY.
I MEAN, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS THE, THE SENIORS IN THE KNOW THAT VENITA WROTE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT, SHORTEN IT.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO THE LONG FORM VERSION IF YOU WANT, WHAT WE CAN DO IS DO HER, UM, ANN'S FOOD.
THE, WHEN SHE, WHEN SHE GIVES US THE, THE VOLUNTEER, THE, UH, FOOD SERVICE THAT WE CAN DO THAT EVERY MONTH ONCE WHEN ANN SENDS THAT OUT.
SO I'M TRYING TO GET THAT EARLIER.
I HAD A TALK WITH THEM YESTERDAY.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ANYMORE THAT ACTUALLY JUST DOES THAT.
AH, THEY NEED VOLUNTEERS, HUH.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE LATE.
BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT GOING DOWN THERE AND DOING IT.
I THINK IT JUST, I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EMAIL BLAST THAT WOULD GO OUT MONTHLY AND IF WE HAD ANYTHING TO TAG ONTO IT, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TOO.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS MONTH THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SENT OUT? OCTOBER? UM, NO, I, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I'M GONNA SEND YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE A PERFECT TO SEND, BUT I GOT SOMETHING IN THE MAIL FROM, UM, SOCIAL SECURITY TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT BENEFITS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF.
I THOUGHT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SPAM.
I CALLED AND IT'S REALLY LEGITIMATE.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO, I'M A, I'M GOING TO SEND IT TO YOU.
I'M GONNA SEND IT TO YOU SO YOU CAN LOOK AT IT OKAY.
AND SEE IF THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
BUT IT'S VERY GOOD INFORMATION.
THERE'S SOMETHING I'M MISSING OUT ON FOR SURE.
NOVEMBER PANTRY LIST? WELL, NO, FOR THE MEALS FOR THIS MONTH.
AND THEN WE CAN SEND THAT OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANNE, BECAUSE WITH THE EMAILS, I WOULD LIKE NOT JUST TO SEND THE, THE PANTRY LIST, BUT SOMETHING ELSE ALONG
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WITH THAT SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO READ TOO.THERE WAS ALSO A SCAM NOTED THIS MORNING ON FACEBOOK FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND ABOUT, UM, SCAMMERS REACHING OUT AND SAYING THAT THEY WERE RECOMMENDED BY GP AND L TO DO A SURVEY OF THEIR SYSTEMS AND THAT THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS.
PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT ON NEXT DOOR.
BUT IT WAS ALSO ON FACEBOOK THIS MORNING ON THE CITY OF GARLAND'S FACEBOOK PAGE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMAIL BLASTS, I WANT TO, UM, THOSE OF US THAT ARE GOING TO THE HEALTH FAIR, BRING OUR, OUR TABLETS SO THAT WE CAN SIGN PEOPLE UP FOR THE EMAIL BLAST.
WHILE WE'RE THERE AND, UM, I CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THIS NOW.
UH, I'M GETTING, I'M GETTING STUFF FROM DEPARTMENTS SO WE CAN HAND OUT.
IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR OUR EMAIL BLAST, YOU CAN GET STUFF
SO ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STUFF, UM, THAT IS, UM, PURCHASING AND SO FAR THE WATER DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN US, AND I'M GONNA TRY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT'S AWESOME.
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING AT OUR TABLES TO US OUT.
BUT AGAIN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SENIOR CENTER REPORTS.
JALISA, UM, YOU ARE IT FOR THE DAY.
IS THAT PINK PROP? UM,
SO I'M GOING TO START WITH, UH, CARVER, AND THEN I WILL DO A GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
UM, SO TODAY WE ACTUALLY TOOK A GROUP OF SENIORS TO THE FAIR.
SO KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS,
UM, SO WE TOOK 21 SENIORS TO THE STATE FAIR TODAY.
SO, UM, THAT HOPEFULLY THEY'LL MAKE IT THERE RIGHT AS SOON AS IT OPENS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A NEW PRO, UH, NOT A NEW PROGRAM.
UM, THERE'S A PROGRAM CALLED A LITTLE TASTE OF AFRICAN HERITAGE.
UM, IT IS WITH TE TERRY WESLEY, WHO IS FROM PRAIRIE VIEW, A AND M.
UM, AND SHE GOES AROUND DALLAS.
SHE'S FUNDED THROUGH DALLAS, UM, AND SHE GOES AROUND DALLAS AND TEACHES DIFFERENT CLASSES.
UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT CLASS, IT'S A FREE CLASS.
SHE TEACHES YOU, SHE COOKS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
SHE TEACHES YOU THE RECIPE AND YOU GET TO TRY IT.
AND IT'S A HEALTHY RECIPE THAT YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU HAD THESE ITEMS IN YOUR CABINET.
UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT, IT'S EVERY TUESDAY, IT'S 10 O'CLOCK.
IT'S A SIX TO EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM, GIVE OR TAKE, UM, DEPENDING ON IF SHE HAS TO BE OUT.
UM, NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, WE'LL BE GOING TO GRUB CLUB.
WE ARE GOING TO THE HAUNTED CASTLE CAFE.
UM, IT'S A THEMED CA UM, CAFE WHERE IT'S ALL STRICTLY HALLOWEEN.
UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US, UM, $6 TO GO, UH, THE NEXT DAY IS THE HEALTH FAIR, AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH FAIR AT THE END.
UM, WE HAVE OUR TRAVEL MEETING FOR CHARLESTON.
UM, THEY LEAVE FOR CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 18TH OF THIS MONTH.
AND THEN THEY RETURN ON THE 26TH.
ON THE 15TH, WE HAVE OUR SENIOR BREAKFAST, AND AS WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUR CRAFT DAY.
WE'RE DECORATING PUMPKINS AND THEY'RE HAVING A CONTEST, AND NOT ONLY DO THEY DECORATE THE PUMPKINS, BUT THEIR PUMPKINS WILL BE GOING IN A MASON JAR, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DECORATE THE MASON JAR AS WELL.
SO, UM, LITTLE BITTY PUMPKINS.
THEY'RE LIKE, THEY'RE LIKE, WE USED THEM LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THE MASON JARS ARE LIKE THIS
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BIG, BUT IF THEY FORGET TO DECORATE THEIR MASON JAR, THEY GET POINTS OFF.SO I'VE TOLD THEM ONCE IT'S ALL THEY GET.
UM, SO IT'S LIKE A LITTLE HOUSE FOR THEIR PUMPKIN.
SO WE'LL HAVE A, UM, WE'LL HAVE THE JUDGING ON THE 16TH, AND SO SOMEBODY FROM AROUND THE CITY WILL COME BY AND JUDGE 'EM AND GIVE US A FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PLACE.
UM, WE HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER ON THE 21ST, AND THEN OUR LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH IS OUR SPIRIT WEEK.
UM, ON MONDAY WE HAVE OUR BLACK CAT DAY, WHICH MEANS THEY DRESS LIKE A CAT.
UM, ON TUESDAY IS TRICK OR TREAT TWIN DAY, WHICH MEANS YOU PICK SOMEONE AND Y'ALL BOTH DRESS ALIKE FOR HALLOWEEN, YOU WEAR THE SAME HALLOWEEN COSTUME.
ON WEDNESDAY, WE ARE GOING TO YESTER LAND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER HEARD OF YESTER LAND.
UM, THEY HAVE LIKE, IT'S LIKE AN AMUSEMENT PARK.
UM, THEY HAVE PUMPKIN PATCHES, ROLLERCOASTERS, UM, SMALL, SMALL, SMALL ROLLERCOASTERS I SHOULD SAY THAT.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK WE'RE HAVING SENIORS GET ON ROLLERCOASTERS.
UH, THEY'RE SUPER SMALL, THEY'RE VERY LIKE, THEY'RE FOR LIKE CHILDREN.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE THEM THERE.
AND IT'S JUST AN ADMISSION TO GET IN.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE ATTRACTIONS WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE SENIORS OUT THERE, GET THEM TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND DO THE PUMPKIN PATCH.
ON THE 30TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR SPOOKY PAJAMA MOVIE DAY.
UH, WE'RE WATCHING HOCUS POCUS.
UM, WE'LL PROVIDE, UM, SNACKS IS GONNA BE OUR MOVIE DAY.
AND WE HAVE A NEW PROJECTOR THAT WE PROJECT ON THE WALL NOW.
AND THEN FRIDAY IS OUR HALLOWEEN THEMED GAME DAY.
UM, SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO WEAR THEIR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES AND WE'RE GONNA PLAY HALLOWEEN THEMED GAMES.
ANY QUESTIONS? OH, UH, WE HAD OUR TRAVEL MEETING.
WE HAVE, UH, FOUR TRIPS COMING UP.
WE'RE GOING TO MIAMI IN APRIL.
WE'LL BE GOING TO CANADA IN JUNE.
AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT'S THE SEASON OF THE FOLIAGE.
I'M AS, DO Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT IS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
CANADA IS JUNE 4TH THROUGH THE 15TH.
I WILL SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL OF ALL OF THE TRAVEL DATES AND THE FLYERS FOR IT, UM, JUST IN CASE YOU SEE IT AND YOU MAY WANNA GO.
UM, MAINE IS IN OCTOBER, UH, NINTH THROUGH THE 19TH.
AND THEN OUR POPULAR TRIP THAT'S SELLING QUICK IS CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK.
UH, WE'RE GOING DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH THE 11TH, AND THEY'LL GET TO GO TO ROCKEFELLER CENTER.
THEY'RE GONNA GO TO TIMES SQUARE.
IT'S GONNA BE VERY BEAUTIFUL FOR THE CHRISTMAS TIME.
WE HAVE 15 PEOPLE SIGNED UP AND THE TRIP OPENED A WEEK AGO.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO, PLEASE SIGN UP SOON.
UM, THE ARC ENCOUNTER WAS AN AMAZING TRIP.
THEY CAME BACK FROM THE ARC ENCOUNTER THIS MONTH.
AND THE PICTURES WERE AMAZING.
UM, THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO GO TO DION, WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH FAIR IN THAT ONE.
UM, SO FOR GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, UM, THEY HAVE SOME EXTENDED TRIPS.
UM, THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE LEAVING FOR VIRGINIA BEACH NET IN TWO WEEKS.
UM, THEY'LL BE GONE FROM THE 27TH THROUGH THE FIFTH.
UM, THEY HAVE THEIR TRIP TO EPIC PARTY, EPIC PARTIES.
EPIC PARKS, UM, DEC, OCTOBER 11TH THROUGH THE 19TH.
UH, THEY'LL BE GOING TO BRANSON ON THE, ON NOVEMBER 10TH THROUGH THE 17TH.
UM, THEIR BIG ONE, THEY'RE GOING ON.
THEY HAVE, UM, THE BEST OF RHINE AND AMSTERDAM RIVER CRUISE.
UM, THAT ONE IS HAPPENING NEXT YEAR, AUGUST 24TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 3RD.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO, I, IT'S CALLED THE IRISH SPLENDOR.
UM, IT IS OCTOBER 30TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 6TH, AND THIS IS FOR 2026.
I BELIEVE BOTH OF THOSE TRIPS ARE IN SILVER SCOOP ON, UM, THE THIRD TO LAST PAGE, UM, SOME DATE TRIPS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING ON.
UM, THEY HAVE THEIR GRUB CLUB, OF COURSE.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE SAILING WITH SCOTT.
THAT IS GONNA BE ON OCTOBER 21ST.
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THEY HAVE A CHOCTAW TRIP ON THE 23RD.UM, THEY'RE GOING TO THE DALLAS CITY TOUR ON THE 28TH.
UM, NEXT MONTH THEY WILL BE GOING TO THE CAR AND TOY MUSEUM.
NOT SURE IF ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF THAT MUSEUM.
UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO, IT'S ON 1120, UM, NOVEMBER 20TH.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE, UM, THEIR ANNUAL PRESTONWOOD GIFT OF CHRISTMAS AT THE PRESTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH.
UM, THAT ONE WILL BE ON 1213 NOW.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT TRIP IS ALMOST FULL.
UM, SO IF YOU DO WANT TO GO, I WOULD SIGN UP HERE PRETTY QUICK.
UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO, PLEASE SIGN UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THAT TRIP.
UM, SOME OF THEIR CENTERS PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE STORY TIME WITH VIVICA, AND THAT IS ON THE 16TH AT NINE 30 IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THAT.
UM, NUTRITION EDUCATION FOR THIS MONTH WILL BE PICK A BETTER CHEESE SNACK.
AND WHO DOESN'T LOVE CHEESE? UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE EIGHTH OF NEXT WEEK AT NINE 30.
AND THEN COFFEE WITH THE NURSE ON THE 20TH AT NINE 30.
UM, DOES THIS WORK? YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS, UM, SLEEP.
SO, UM, SHE PUT ALSO IN SOME CENTER UPDATES.
EQUIPMENT HAS BE, HAS BEGAN BUSY MOVING DIRT.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST WHAT SHE SAID ON THE SENIOR CENTERS CENTER SIDE.
UM, STAKES ARE PLACED ON PROPERTY, WHICH MEAN THE SURVEY IS DONE.
UM, FOR THE HEALTH FAIR, UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THE HEALTH FAIR NEXT WEEK.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE, WHETHER YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING OR JUST COMING BY TO GET SOME INFORMATION.
UM, THE HEALTH FAIR WILL START AT BELIEVE 9:00 AM UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW WE JUST CLOSED OUR VENDOR LIST BECAUSE WE HAD TO TURN SOME PEOPLE AWAY.
UM, SO IT'S QUITE A FEW VENDORS.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT COMPANIES COMING, NOT WORKING.
UM, SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.
UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE.
ARE THEY GONNA GIVE FLU SHOTS? THEY ARE, THEY'RE BRINGING THE HIGH DOSE FLU SHOTS AND THEY'RE BRINGING THE COVID SHOTS.
AND I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THEY CAN BRING RSV, UM, ASHTON, I'M WAITING FOR ASHTON TO GET BACK TO ME.
SORRY, WHEN I SAY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I MEANT THE, UM, DALLAS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC.
UM, WE WILL, WE ARE, HE'S GETTING BACK TO ME ON WHAT INFORMATION YOU WILL NEED.
I WOULD SAY JUST BRING YOUR BOTH CARDS IF YOU HAVE THEM, JUST TO KEEP 'EM HANDY IN CASE.
WHAT TIME SHOULD WE BE THERE TO SET UP OUR TABLE? UM, I BELIEVE DION TOLD ME SHE'S GONNA BE LETTING IN VENDORS AT 8:00 AM WE'RE GETTING THERE FOR SEVEN 30, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S 8:00 AM.
UM, I, SHE IS GONNA SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO EVERYBODY THAT'S ON OUR EMAIL LIST TO LET THEM KNOW TIMING AND I BELIEVE TO DO A MAP.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HEALTH FAIR? WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT BOTH CENTERS ARE DOING THE HEALTH FAIR TOGETHER THIS YEAR.
IT'S GONNA BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER.
AND IF YOU MISSED OUR SOFTBALL GAME, WE HAD A REALLY FUN TIME LAST THURSDAY ON THE SOFTBALL GAME.
SO, UM, YES, BUT WE HAD SOME SENIORS WHO, I MEAN, THEY TOOK SOME TUMBLES, BUT THEY CAUGHT BALLS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE HIT AND HE GOT RIGHT BACK UP AND WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, I'M READY.
WE CHEERED, WE DANCED, WE HAD MUSIC AND THEY HIT SOME BALLS AND THEY WERE ACTIVE.
IF THE COMPUTER WAS WORKING, I WOULD SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES, BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME I'LL GET YOU SET UP ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS CITY PRESS UPCOMING TOPICS.
SO, UM, THE NOVEMBER ONE HAS BEEN SENT IN, SO JESSE PASSED OUT THIS, AND THIS IS, UH, FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
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THINKING IT'S TOO LONG FOR THE CITY PRESS BECAUSE WE JUST ONLY HAVE THAT LITTLE SPACE.SO I'M ASKING FOR EDITS AND SHE SAID HER FEELINGS WOULD NOT BE HURT.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO JUST, UM, EDIT ON THE PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU HAVE AND JUST GIVE IT TO ME AND I'LL, I'LL PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER, GET IT, GET IT SET UP SO THAT, UH, WE CAN SEND IT TO RAY AFTER THE, THE DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 4TH FOR THAT FIFTH.
SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT, BUT IF YOU COULD DO IT TODAY, THAT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL.
'CAUSE I'VE GOT SOME TRAVELING IN THE WORKS TO DO.
UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING A, A SENIOR CENTER SURVEY AND I WOULD WONDERED IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A SURVEY AND UM, PUT TOGETHER SOME QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE VERY SHORT, LIKE NO MORE THAN FIVE, SOMETHING WE MIGHT CAN SEND OUT ON THE EMAIL BLAST AND PUT IN AND MAYBE THE CITY PRESS AND HAVE A, A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO TELL US WHAT IT IS THEY NEED.
SO IS, PARDON? NO, I WAS TALKING TO JESSE
I HAVE THE FOUR OF YOU THAT ARE LEFT.
SO, OR SHOULD WE JUST VOLUNTEER SOMEBODY THAT'S GONE.
SO WHAT, LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS AGAIN.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE FROM THESE QUESTIONS? WELL, OUR MISSION IS TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON WHAT SENIORS WANT.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FOR TWO YEARS NOW WHAT SENIORS WANT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EMAIL BLAST AND THE SENIORS IN THE KNOW AND, AND THE HEALTH FAIR AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WITHOUT ACTUALLY ASKING A SET OF QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, LAST YEAR AT THE HEALTH FAIR WE TALKED TO SENIORS AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE EACH OF THEM HAD A, A PERSONAL THING THAT THEY WANTED, BUT TO GET, TO GET SOME KIND OF STATISTICS ON WHAT MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR SENIORS IN THE CITY.
SO, MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION? CERTAINLY WITH THE HEALTH FAIR COMING UP MM-HMM
GET SOME QUESTIONS FROM THEM AND WE WOULD BE GETTING SOME THINGS DIRECTLY FROM, BUT WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS? BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE ASKING THEM, NO, NO, WE DID THAT LAST YEAR AND IT WAS, AND YOU, YOU DIDN'T GET ANY FEEDBACK.
I WANT MY LIMBS TRIMMED, I WANT THE STOP SIGN FIXED.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT WAS NOTHING, NOTHING THAT YOU COULD PUT THAT PUT TOGETHER.
AND GIVE TO THE COUNCIL AS SOMETHING THAT THE SENIORS ARE MISSING IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
SO I THINK FOR SURE, ONE QUESTION IS, WHAT SERVICES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? SO, I MEAN, JUST HAVE PROBABLY FIVE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS, BUT FOR SURE, WHAT SERVICES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? UH, I THINK YOU WOULD MAYBE WANNA ASK THEM HOW FREQUENTLY THEY USE, YOU KNOW, THE SENIOR CENTER SO YOU CAN GET A GAUGE OF WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING.
SO THOSE TWO FOR SURE, I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD WANT TO PUT ON THERE.
HOW ARE YOU RECEIVING INFORMATION? ARE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU USE EMAIL, PHONE CALLS, TEXTS, HOW DO YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION? SOCIAL MEDIA? ACTUALLY READ THE CITY PRESS TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.
BECAUSE MAYBE THE EMAIL BLAST MIGHT BE THE WAY TO GO.
THEY MAY SAY, HEY, I DON'T EVEN READ OR GET THE CITY PRESS.
SO I WOULD PREFER TO GET IT DIRECTLY TO MY EMAIL.
YOU CAN USE IT FOR THE SENIOR CENTERS, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME FROM US NECESSARILY.
SO, UM, WELL THAT'S 5 1, 2, 3, 4 QUESTIONS RIGHT THERE.
SO, AND THEN JUST LEAVE A BLANK ONE COMMENTS, ANYTHING THAT THEY MAY WANT TO ADD.
I MEAN, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET A LOT OF, I WANT MY TREES TRIMMED AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT AT LEAST GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY HAVE ON THAT WASN'T MENTIONED IN THE QUESTION FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
BUT I STILL WOULD NOT GIVE UP ON ASKING AT THE, UM, DO BOTH.
WELL, YES, I'M ASKING YOU MAY NOT GET, YOU MAY GET SOME OTHER QUESTIONS FROM, I'M THINKING IF WE COULD, IF I CAN GET THIS, I'M OKAY, I'M LEAVING AFTER THIS AND COMING BACK SUNDAY.
BUT IF WE COULD GET THE QUESTIONS PUT TOGETHER ON A SHEET OF PAPER AND HE, YOU COULD COPY THEM OFF FOR US.
I THINK WE CAN DO IT AS A SURVEY.
SURVEYMONKEY, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A PRINTED ONE AS WELL TOO.
TO HAVE A PRINTED ONE AT THE HEALTH FAIR, WHICH IS REALLY SOON.
SO IS THAT TOO MUCH OF A CRUNCH FOR YOU? NO, AS LONG AS I HAVE THE QUESTIONS, NO.
WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS FROM THAT AND SEE IF IT'S SOME, WE NEED TO, TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT WAY TO, TO DO THIS.
AND THEN WE MIGHT COULD ACTUALLY PUT AN ARTICLE TOGETHER ABOUT THIS, THE WHATEVER DATA WE GET.
SO ANOTHER QUESTION WAS, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO ACCESS CITY SERVICES? OKAY, WELL
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SAY THAT AGAIN.DO YOU KNOW HOW TO ACCESS CITY SERVICES? OH YEAH.
THAT'S A ROOT TO CONTACT TO GET.
WE JUST HAD A HUGE DISEASE TREE ACROSS THE STREET.
THE CITY CAME OUT AND ACTUALLY TOOK IT DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING.
THE HOMEOWNER WASN'T GONNA DO IT.
SO THE CITY WAS CONTACTED AND ACTUALLY TOOK IT DOWN SO WE COULD, IT WAS LIKE A TREE.
HAD IT FALLEN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
AND IF WE HAD A LIST OF PHONE NUMBERS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS AS A PICKUP AT THE COUNTER, YOU JUST, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? WELL, THAT'S IN THE SCOOP.
THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE SCOOP THOUGH, THOSE CONTACT NUMBERS.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED RIGHT THERE.
BUT WE ONLY HOW MANY PRINTED COPIES OF SCOOP DO WE HAVE EVERY MONTH? YEAH, WE ALWAYS RUN OUT.
JESSE, CAN YOU JUST DO THIS, MAKE A COPY OF THAT PAGE? YEAH, WE CAN MAKE A COPY OF THAT PAGE AND THAT SHOULD BE ON THE COUNTER THAT YES, THEY CAN PICK UP AND TAKE WITH THEM.
WE CAN DO A QR CODE, HAVE IT AT YOUR STATION.
THEY CAN SCAN IT WITH THEIR PHONE.
SO, 'CAUSE WHEN PEOPLE WRITE, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR HANDWRITING.
SO MAYBE PUSHED HIM TO DO THE GOOD IDEA THE COPY ON THE PHONE.
SO THIS LIST, WHAT THIS LIST IS HERE FOR, I ASKED JESSE FOR THIS LIST AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHO, IF THIS IS JESSE OR YVONNE, CAN I GET A SOFT MS. YVONNE, COULD I GET A SOFT COPY OF THIS? CAN I GET A SOFT COPY OF THE LIST PLEASE? YES.
UM, WHAT I, WHAT I HAD IN, HAD WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH WAS FINDING OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS DO FOR SENIORS AND, UH, BREAKING, BREAKING THIS LIST UP.
BUT I NEED TO GO OVER IT 'CAUSE UH, SOME OF THESE WON'T DO ANYTHING FOR SENIORS AND I CAN MARK THROUGH 'EM AND IF SHE GIVES ME A SOFT COPY, I CAN REVISE THE LIST.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, MAYBE WE CAN GET TWO OR THREE PEOPLE TO TAKE PARTS OF THE LIST AND CALL THOSE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS.
FIND OUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU DO FOR SENIORS.
AND THEY MAY DO SERVICES THAT AREN'T SPECIFIC FOR SENIORS.
LIKE I KNOW, UM, IF YOU'RE DISABLED, THEY'LL COME GET YOUR TRASH CAN UP BY YOUR HOUSE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ROLL IT OUT.
THAT WOULDN'T BE SPECIFIC TO SENIORS, BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE FOR SENIORS.
AND THEN WE COULD DO EITHER AN ARTICLE OR A SERIES OF ARTICLES IN THE CITY PRESS HIGHLIGHTING THE, WHAT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS CAN DO FOR SENIORS.
AND IT COULD BE AN EMAIL BLAST AND IT COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, DO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DID.
BUT THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THIS LIST.
AND, AND, UM, I'LL GO THROUGH IT AND I'LL GO THROUGH IT WITH JESSE ALSO AND TAKE OUT, I MEAN LIKE HUMAN RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYTHING FOR SENIORS.
UM, AND UH, LIKE THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR SENIORS.
SO IN A, IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT, UM, CARLA DID GET BACK TO ME AND THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR SENIORS.
SO THE WATER UTILITIES IS OUT, EXCEPT THEY DID GIVE US SOME GIMMES.
SO I SAID, LOOK, YOU DO DO SOMETHING FOR SENIORS.
SO YEAH, SO IF THEY GAVE US SOME GIMMES, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS LIST.
BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT LIST FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE.
UM, AND THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AT THE HEALTH FAIR.
DO YOU WANT THIS AVAILABLE? AN ABBREVIATED LIST? AN ABBREVIATED LIST? I, WHICH THE ONE'S TAKEN OFF? WOULD IT BE, OR DO YOU WANT THE ONE OUT OF THE SCOOP? LET'S DO THE ONE OUT OF THE SCOOP BECAUSE WE'RE JUST OUTTA TIME.
PROBABLY I'M NOT COMING BACK TILL SUNDAY.
SO YEAH, THE ONE IN THE SCOOP ARE MORE GEARED TOWARDS, YEAH, LET'S DO THAT ONE.
UM, THE CODE DEPARTMENT IS COMING NEXT MONTH.
THEY SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO COME TO TELL US SOME, SO WE COULD WRITE SOMETHING, WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE, WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA TALK TO US ABOUT AS A SCOOP ARTICLE.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS FOR TWO OR THREE CITY PRESSES INTO THE NEXT YEAR, 2026.
AND SO Y'ALL BE THINKING ABOUT MORE IDEAS AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO AN ARTICLE ON, ON WHAT HE TOLD US TODAY, YOU KNOW.
OH YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ARTICLE.
AND, UM, PUT SOME INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE HE WAS WANTING TO US TO HELP HIM CONNECT.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE IDEAS, YOU CAN TELL ME NOW OR YOU CAN TELL ME LATER.
I'M GONNA SEND YOU MY INFORMATION, UM, PROBABLY TONIGHT.
AND FOR, UH, FOR THE FOOD PANTRY? MM-HMM.
FOR WHAT? FOR THE, SOME INFORMATION FOR THE CITY PRESS.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON CITY PRESS?
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OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON.TOFU, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO NEXT MONTH WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CODE IN POLICE AND JESSE AND YVONNE, IF YOU JUST PUT THE POLICE ON EVERY TIME, WHETHER WE KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE OR NOT, PLEASE.
SO THAT, SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE THIS, THIS SAME KIND OF EMBARRASSMENT THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
IF MATT IS IN CHARGE, HE WILL ALWAYS LET US KNOW.
HE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S WITH THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND THE NPOS HAVE ALWAYS HISTORICALLY BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE SENIOR COMMISSION.
SO, AND COREY HAS BEEN SO BUSY, HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE.
WELL, THEY WERENT SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONTH AND OH, I UNDERSTAND.
AND COREY KNEW THAT, BUT I DON'T GUESS HE GUESS THAT HE DIDN'T PAY THAT, PASS THAT ON.
SO IF WE JUST PUT IT ON THERE, IT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO BE ON THERE.
AND THEN IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING THEY CAN'T MAKE IT, THEN THAT'S, THAT WILL BE FINE.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IN JANUARY IS BASICALLY HAVE A BUSINESS MEETING.
TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE WANNA DO, WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR 2026.
UH, LOOK AT MAYBE REVISING OUR BYLAWS AND, AND IF POSSIBLE I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE CITY SECRETARY COME IN AND TALK TO US, UM, ABOUT COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, AND THE, AND THE RULES AND THE, AND I AND, AND WHY, WHY WE HAVE ON OUR, OUR ROSTER OR WHAT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE REPLACED UNTIL AUGUST IF OUR COUNCIL PERSON IS NOT UP FOR ELECTION ANYMORE, IF THEY'VE TERMED OUT.
AND I JUST, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHY AUGUST WHEN THEY'RE ELECTED IN MAY, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN ASK HER SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE OF THE COMMISSIONS AND THEN WHAT SHE HAS ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS.
THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, OR SHE COULD EVEN STAY FOR THAT ABOUT REVISING THE BYLAWS AND SO FORTH.
AND AS FAR AS, EXCUSE ME, AS FAR AS DE LEE, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO AS FAR AS MOVING HER ON THE SCHEDULE? YOU WANNA JUST MOVE HER TO SOMETIME NEXT YEAR? LET ME FIND MY LIST.
HOW ABOUT THOSE LOCK BOXES FOR SENIORS? SORRY, THOSE LOCK LOCK BOXES, YOU KNOW, FOR THE POLICE.
UHHUH
YEAH, THE POLICE INSTALL THEM FOR YOU AND YEAH, THERE'S, WE JUST NEED TO GET HELP OF EVERY DEPARTMENT AND JUST PUT IT IN BULLET POINTS.
HOW ABOUT, UM, FEBRUARY? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE TO LAY BACK IN FEBRUARY, UM, TO TELL US ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER AND ABOUT THE AWARD THAT YOU ALL GOT AND, UH, WHATEVER ELSE SHE WANTS TO TELL US.
AND THEN I HAD HERE, UM, FOR MARCH THE NEW COUNCIL PERSON AND OR THE MAYOR BECAUSE WE LIKE TO HAVE THE NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE IN ONCE THEY GET THEIR FEET WET.
SO THAT'S, UM, JOE THOMAS, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE THOSE FOR MARCH.
WELL, SOMEONE, UM, NEEDS TO COME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT TELEHEALTH.
YEAH, I THINK THAT, AND WE CAN DO THAT.
LET'S DO, LET'S PUT THAT DOWN FOR, BECAUSE THERE'S, I STILL DON'T THINK THAT'S QUITE SETTLED, SO LET'S PUT THAT DOWN FOR APRIL.
AND THEN I'VE GOT A LIST OF OTHER THINGS, UM, SUCH AS THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH PEOPLE THAT, THAT JSA MENTIONED FOR THE, USED TO BE PARKLAND.
AND MAY, UM, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT MEALS ON WHEELS OR MAYBE GOOD SAM COME IN, THE GOOD SAMARITANS COME IN AND TALK WITH US.
WE STILL HAVEN'T HAD THE STREET DEPARTMENT.
SO IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMING NEXT MONTH? YEAH.
FOR THE, UM, FOR THE NOVEMBER MEETING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE CODE AND POLICE AND THAT, AND POLICE IS BRINGING SOCIAL SERVICES WITH THEM.
UM, AND THE, THAT'S THE SOCIAL SERVICE PEOPLE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER IDEAS WAS, UM, UPPER MANAGEMENT, SENIOR SOURCE.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO LAY IT ALL OUT TODAY.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THROUGH APRIL NOW.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR TODAY.
ANY AND ANY OTHER IDEAS YOU HAVE, GO AHEAD AND, AND SPEAK THEM OR, UM, HAVE 'EM FOR NEXT TIME.
AND YOU'RE GONNA EMAIL ME SOMETHING? YES.
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QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ON FUTURES AGENDAS OR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO, FOR US TO DISCUSS AS A GROUP IN THE FUTURE? OKAY.