* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY [00:00:01] GUYS, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON THE MEETING. UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T REMEMBER, MAY REMEMBER, I KNOW, UH, MY NAME IS SSI. I'M GONNA BE YOUR PRESIDENT FOR THIS YEAR. OH, I'M TAMRA. I'M YOUR SECRETARY. OH, I'M CAPTAIN. I'M YOUR STORY. AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT. OZZIE'S NOT HERE TODAY BEFORE LEAVE. SHE'S IN CANCUN, SO WE READY TO GO AS WELL. OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR AGENDA. UM, FIRST THING IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES. SO RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA DO A DEBRIEF OF OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING. SO ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE LAST MEETING WAS ELECTIONS. SO YOU ELECTED US THIS YEAR, REPRESENTATIVES FOR THIS YEAR. UM, AND THEN WE DID OUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A COMMITTEE ALREADY. EITHER YOU'RE IN SOCIAL, UH, PROMOTIONS, TEEN EVENTS, OR VOLUNTEERING. DOES ANYONE NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE? NO. OKAY. GOOD. UM, LASTLY, WE HAD SOME SPEAKER REQUESTS, SO ANYONE TO Y'ALL WANTED TO COME IN AND SPEAK DURING OUR MEETINGS AND JUST LIKE DIFFERENT FIELDS OF GARLAND THAT YOU WANTED TO LIKE BE INTERESTED IN AND JUST HEAR MORE ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING. UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY A DEBRIEF OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING. YES. UH, DOES ANYONE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 9TH? I MOTION. 10 MINUTES TO APPROVE? YES. OKAY. C MOTIONS TO APPROVE IT. UM, DOES ANYONE WANNA SECOND THE MOTION? I DO. SECOND MOTION. SO YOU SAY, UM, I SECOND THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER MEETING MINUTES. I, I SECOND THE MOTION. I SECOND THIS MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER MEETING. SEPTEMBER MEETING. SEPTEMBER MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO CATHERINE AND ANDREW BOTH, UH, APPROVED THE MOTION TO FOR THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. UH, MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENTS. DOES ANYONE WHO IS WATCHING THE MEETING HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD ON FOR? SO THERE? NO. OKAY. ANY QUESTION? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US TODAY? NO. OKAY. MOVING ON, UH, FIRSTHAND ON OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. OUR CITY COUNCIL MEET INQUIRY. SO THIS IS BASICALLY PART OF LIKE THE MEETINGS WHERE WE'LL GET TO KNOW SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR LIKE 15, 20 MINUTES. SO CAN YOU GIVE THE , UH, TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS AND STAFF? THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE TODAY. UH, LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT. WHEN YOU, YOU TOLD 'EM TO, UH, WITH THE MOTION, YOU CAN SHORTEN IT JUST BY SAYING RELEVANT. I MAKE A MOTION TO JUST SAY, UH OH, I DON'T FORGOT WHAT TO SAY. . NO, NO. WHAT I NORMALLY DO IS MOTION AND SOMEONE JUST SAYS, SECONDED. AND THAT JUST MAKES IT SO SIMPLE AND SO EASY. OKAY. BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING AND BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT NOW, YOU GUYS HAVE GOT IT GOING ON. Y'ALL SOUND JUST LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL AND I'M JUST GONNA STOP AND SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW. YOU REALLY ARE THE YOUTH OF TODAY BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS RIGHT NOW. AND SO I JUST WANNA STOP AND SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION. MY NAME IS ED MOORE AND I AM THE DISTRICT THREE GARLAND CITY COUNCILMAN. ANYBODY IN DISTRICT THREE? DISTRICT THREE. JUST ONE. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. I THINK SO. I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT UNTIL YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT DISTRICT YOU IN EVERYBODY, BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING, ALL OF US GONNA HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU. DO. AM I THE FIRST ONE YOU ARE AND I GET TO BE THE FIRST ONE. SO WITH THAT, AM I BEING RECORDED? THERE YOU ARE. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING, HOW DID I GET INTO GOVERNMENT? NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO FIND OUT FROM YOU IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU TODAY. OKAY? I HAVE WITH ME TODAY, MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE DIANE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO BE WITH ME. HOW LONG YOU THINK WE'VE BEEN MARRIED? 25 YEARS. 25 YEARS. ANYBODY ELSE? 37. 37 YEARS. YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE. COME ABOUT ASK ABOUT LIKE SIX, SEVEN. HOW BIG? 67. 67. . I'M NOT EVEN 67. WE, WE'VE BEEN MARRIED. I AM 67 BY THE WAY. WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 54 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS. AND I GO AHEAD. HOW DO YOU MAKE IT SO FAR? NOW THAT'S, SEE THAT'S WHAT I SEE. [00:05:01] I CAN TALK TO YOU, I CAN TALK TO YOU A LOT ABOUT THE CITY AND WHAT GOES ON WITH THE CITY. WHAT REALLY I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. I WANT TO HEAR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. HOW DO WE MAKE IT SO LONG, BABY? HOW DO WE MAKE IT SO LONG? THREE THINGS. WHAT ARE THEY? OUR FAITH. OUR FAITH IN GOD. OUR FAITH IN GOD. FAITH, OUR FAITH. COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATION. COMMUNICATION. COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATION. COMMUNICATION AND RESPECT AND RESPECT AND LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. AND SHE GOT THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME. WE KNOW HOW TO PARTY. WE KNOW HOW TO HAVE GOOD TIMES. WELL, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK AT EVERY DAY. ANYTIME YOU BRING TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER, TWO WORLDS, TWO PLANETS TOGETHER, THEY COME AND BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE DIFFERENT. YOU'RE JUST DIFFERENT. BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT FAITH. AND WHEN YOU FIND THAT PERSON THAT REALLY, IT MAKES YOUR HEART. SEE, WHEN YOU FIND THAT PERSON, THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE OF YOU. THERE'S A SPIRIT ON THE INSIDE OF YOU THAT GIVES YOU SOMETHING CALLED THE, I WANT TO, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER THIS LONG BECAUSE I WANT TO BE WITH HER AND I LOVE HER. AND WE HAVE THREE KIDS. WE HAVE EIGHT GRANDKIDS AND THREE GREAT GRANDKIDS. HOW OLD DO YOU THINK? I'M, YOU SAID 6, 7 5 67 67. I TOLD YOU, TOLD US THAT I'M 77 YEARS OLD AND BEING 77 YEARS OLD, THAT SAYS TO YOU THAT I'VE LIVED A FEW YEARS. OKAY? I GREW UP IN OAK CLIFF, TEXAS. YEAH. ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OAK CLIFF? I GREW UP THERE. YOU GREW UP IN OAK CLIFF. YOU STILL GROWING UP IN THERE? OKAY. BUT YES, TELL THAT OAK CLIFF IS A PRETTY GOOD PLACE TO GROW UP. SOMETIMES. SOMETIMES PRETTY SOME PLACE, SOMETIMES TOO, ISN'T IT? BUT THE BEAUTY OF ANYTHING ABOUT GROWING UP IN OAK CLUB TEXAS WAS IT GAVE ME OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY GET TO KNOW WHO I WAS AS A PERSON. MORE SO IN ORDER TO GET TO KNOW SOCIETY, IN THE SOCIETY IN WHICH WE LIVED. OAK CLIFF IS ONE OF THOSE CITIES TODAY. IT'S VERY TOUGH OVER THERE BECAUSE THIS THE SITUATION, THE CITY IS GOING DOWN AT THIS POINT, IT SEEMS TO ME THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT THE QUALITY THEY USED TO BE. BUT DURING THE TIME THAT I CAME UP, OAK CLIFF WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST PLACES IN THE WORLD. I WENT TO FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ROOSEVELT? NO. HOW ABOUT, UH, SOUTH? YOU MOVED BY SOUTH OAK OAKLAND. THAT'S WHERE I WENT. OKAY. AND, UM, AND LET ME SAY THIS TOO. ALRIGHT, AT A YOUNG AGE, THIS IS A GOOD ONE. AT A YOUNG AGE, WHEN I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO DO AND WHAT I WANTED TO BE. I WOUND UP GOING TO A PLACE CALLED THE JOB CORPS. ANYBODY EVER HEARD OF JOB CORPS? JOB CORPS AT THAT TIME WAS A PLACE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE COULD GO IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WITH THEIR LIFE. BUT THEY WOULD GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY. YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE PRETTY MUCH IN THE COUNTRY, AND YOU COULD GET CERTIFICATIONS, EVEN DEGREES. AND I WENT TO CALIFORNIA AND DURING THAT TIME, CALIFORNIA, IF YOU WERE A YOUNG PERSON, IT WAS ONE OF THE PLACES YOU TRULY WANTED TO GO AND STAY. CALIFORNIA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE GREATEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TOLD ME? IT NEVER RINGS IN CALIFORNIA, BUT MAN DOES IT POOR. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AFTER I GOT THE JOB CORPS, I DID BEGIN TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO WITH MY LIFE. I CAME BACK, I WENT TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY. I WAS IN THE ARMY FOR THREE YEARS, CAME OUT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LIFE. IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT WAS THERE THAT I LEARNED SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN MISSING. WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANNA DO WITH YOUR LIFE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU BEGIN TO DO IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, IS THAT YOU BEGIN TO WASTE YOUR TIME. BUT IT WAS THE MILITARY THAT TAUGHT ME ONE WORD THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU PROBABLY WILL NEED TO ADDRESS AS YOU GO FORWARD. AND THAT WORD IS DISCIPLINE. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DISCIPLINE. AND WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? REMEMBER I TOLD YOU I BRINGS UP IN OAK CLIFF? OAK CLIFF, I WAS A TERRIBLE CHARACTER, HUH? TH I HAVE NOT HAD THIS HALO OVER MY HEAD ALL OF MY LIFE, BELIEVE ME. BUT IT WAS IN THE MILITARY THAT I LEARNED THAT I WAS NOT AS BAD AS A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THAT I WAS. THAT I PASSING SOME PRETTY GOOD SHARPS ABOUT MYSELF. AND IT WAS THERE THAT I BEGAN TO LEARN TO GET UP IN THE MORNING, GET MYSELF READY FOR THE DAY, GO INTO PT [00:10:01] EVERY DAY. WE DID PT, WE LEARNED ABOUT EXERCISING, WE LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT MATTER OF FACT. I BECAME, THINK ABOUT THIS IN OAK CLIFF, I WAS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST THUGS ON THE STREET, BUT THEN IN THE MILITARY, I BECAME A MILITARY POLICEMAN. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? A MILITARY POLICEMAN IN THE MILITARY. AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF MYSELF THAT I WAS NOTHING. BUT AFTER THE MILITARY CAME OUT OF THE MILITARY, AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THAT WAS I HAD A GI BILL, I WAS ABLE THEN TO GO ON AND GET MY AA DEGREE AT ELL CENTRAL COLLEGE. AND BY THE WAY, I WAS NOT THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE WORLD. HE WAS NOT THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM. MY AA DEGREE, IOL CENTRAL. THEN I MOVED TO BISHOP COLLEGE AND GOT MY BA DEGREE. I WENT ON TO LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY AND GOT MY MASTER'S DEGREE, LEXINGTON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. AND I WENT ON FROM THERE AND GOT MY DOCTORATE DEGREE AND UNITED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. JUST THINK ABOUT THE TRAVEL THAT THAT TOOK. AND I'M SAYING THAT TO YOU BECAUSE YOU MAY BE SITTING HERE TODAY AND WONDERING WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU. I GOT NEWS FOR YOU JUST BECAUSE YOU HERE IN THIS ROOM TODAY. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THIS PLACE, THE WORLD HAS SO MANY BEAUTIFUL, GREAT THINGS IN STORE FOR YOU. DO NOT LET WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW DICTATE WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU TRULY NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS LIFE. ONE WORD, SAY THIS WITH ME. MONEY, MORE MONEY SAY DESIRE. OH YEAH. MM-HMM . DESIRE. DESIRE. IF YOU DESIRE SOMETHING BAD ENOUGH, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING BAD ENOUGH, LET ME TELL YOU, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS UNIVERSE, WE CALL THAT SOMETHING GOD. BUT THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS. AND THAT IS SO GREAT THAT IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT. YOU CAN HAVE WHATEVER YOU WANT IN THIS LIFE. BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT HERE IS WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO THOUGH. YOU'VE GOT TO PLACE YOURSELF IN POSITION WHERE YOU ARE AROUND OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT SOME OF THE SAME QUALITIES AND THE SAME THINGS THAT YOU WANTED. YOU NEED TO BEGIN TO BUILD BONDS WITH FELLOWSHIPS, ONE WITH ANOTHER THAT WHEN I'M DOWN, YOU LEFT ME UP. WHEN YOU DOWN, I LIFT YOU UP AND WE COMPETE AND WE CHALLENGE AND WE GO FORWARD. THOSE ARE THE WAYS. AND BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT PERSON. I DIDN'T HAVE THAT PERSON EARLY IN LIFE. BUT I'VE LEARNED TODAY THAT THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT A PERSON CAN HAVE. AND THAT IS SOMEONE THAT REMEMBER THAT SONG. LEAN ON ME WHEN YOU'RE NOT STRONG. I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND. I'LL HELP YOU CARRY ON. YOU NEED SOMEONE IN LIFE THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT CHALLENGE WITH. AND SO I CAME BACK FROM KENTUCKY AFTER 33 YEARS. I WAS A UNITED METHODIST MINISTER, PASTOR AFTER THE MILITARY, POLICE, AND AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT. I BECAME A UNITED METHODIST PASTOR AND I PASTOR FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? THAT YOUNG BOY FROM OAK CLIFF, TEXAS USED TO BE IN FIGHTS ALL THE TIME? ALWAYS. YEAH. ALL THAT CRAZINESS. AND NOW HERE I AM PASTORING. PASTORING. REALLY SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT AS A MILITARY POLICE HAVE LOOKED, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE ACTUALLY PUT INTO JAIL, I WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY BECOME THE SPIRITUAL COUNSELOR. ANYBODY EVER SEEN THE VA HOSPITAL OVER IN DALLAS, LANCASTER BOULEVARD? YOU'D BE SURPRISED. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. MILITARY WHO WENT TO I WAS, UH, UH, IN KOREA, IN THE MILITARY ALSO DURING THE VIETNAM ERA. THERE WAS A LOT OF MEN, WOMEN WHO WENT TO THAT WAR AND DIDN'T COME BACK. THE SAME WHERE THE VA HOSPITAL MINISTERS TO THOSE PEOPLE AND WORKS WITH THOSE PEOPLE. AND I WAS ABLE TO BE A SPIRITUAL COUNSELOR THERE. ALL OF THIS, I'M SAYING TO YOU TODAY, NOT TO BRAG, TO BOAST ABOUT LIFE, BUT TO SAY TO YOU, MAN, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU. WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW, WHATEVER YOUR GOALS, YOUR DREAMS, AND YOUR, YOUR HOPES AND YOUR DESIRES ARE, MAINTAIN THOSE. HOLD ON TO THOSE AND YOU'LL BE SURPRISED AT WHERE HE'S GONNA TAKE YOU. AND SO AFTER RETIREMENT, FROM [00:15:01] BEING A MINISTER, AND BY THE WAY, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MINISTRY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LOVE ABOUT MY MINISTRY IS THAT I ALWAYS LOVED HAVING A YOUTH MINISTRY. WE HAD ONE YOUTH MINISTRY, IT WAS CALLED BOYS TO MEN. YES, BOYS TO MEN. YOU GOT IT. WE GOT A LOT IN COMMON, DON'T WE? BOYS COMMUNITY WAS SOME MINISTRY THAT I TRULY ENJOYED. BUT THE OTHER ONE WAS, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ONE OF THE YOUNG GIRLS GROUP? JEWELS? JEWELS. JEWELS. JEWELS. ROYAL JEWELS. AND IN THOSE GROUPS, OFTENTIMES WE WERE TEACHING VERY SIMPLE THINGS, TEACHING YOUNG MEN HOW TO APPROACH AND HOW TO TALK TO YOUNG WOMEN. TEACHING YOUNG WOMEN SUCH THINGS AS HOW TO PUT ON MAKEUP AND HOW TO GO TO RESTAURANTS. WE WOULD TAKE 'EM TO RESTAURANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND TEACH 'EM THE THREE FORKS ON THE LEFT, THREE SPOONS ON THE RIGHT, ETIQUETTE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. OKAY? I LOVED WORKING WITH YOUTH AND WE HAD A YOUTH COMPONENT CALLED WEST END MINISTRIES. AND WITH THAT MINISTRY, WE THINK TODAY THAT WE TRULY HAD AN IMPACT ON MANY YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES. WE STILL GET CALLS TODAY FROM YOUNG PEOPLE WHO'VE GROWN UP NOW AND GOT THEIR OWN LIVES, BUT WHO SAY WE'RE REALLY GLAD OF THE MINISTRY THAT YOU'VE HAD AT YOUR CHURCH DURING THE TIME THAT WE WERE THERE. AND SO NOW CAME BACK TO, UH, DALLAS. MOVED FROM DALLAS OVER HERE TO GARLAND. AND I'VE BEEN IN GROWER NOW FOR 22 YEARS. MAN, , DURING THAT TIME, EARLY ON FOR FIVE YEARS, MY WIFE AND I, AFTER RETIREMENT, WE FULFILLED OUR BUCKET LIST. WE WENT ALL OVER THE WORLD. ONE OF THE PLACES WE WENT THAT I TRULY ENJOYED WAS BEIJING, CHINA. ALL OVER THE WORLD, WE HAVE GONE. AND AFTER ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF DOING THIS AND HAVING A GREAT TIME, I WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND SOMETHING SAID TO ME, MAN, YOU GOTTA HAVE MORE TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE THAN TRAVELING, RUNNING ALL OVER THE WORLD, HAVING YOUR NEXT PARTY. YOU GOTTA DO SOME LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU GOTTA HAVE A PURPOSE. AND SO IT WAS THEN THAT I BECAME INVOLVED WITH MY HOA, MY HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION. I BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA. FROM THERE I STARTED SOMETHING CALLED, WELL, I DIDN'T START IT. I BECAME INVOLVED IN OUR, I THINK IT WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCH. FROM THERE, FROM CRIME WATCH, I BECAME PART OF THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY. AND FROM THERE I GOT INVOLVED WITH ANYBODY LIVED NEAR EASTERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB. ANYBODY? OKAY? EASTERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB WAS THE RAY THAT I GOT INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT. AND BY THE WAY, THE LAST THING THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD EVER DO IS BE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT. BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE IS THIS. IT WON'T BE YOU. IN MANY INSTANCES THAT WILL PLACE YOU IN POSITIONS. A LOT OF TIMES THE PEOPLE GONNA PLACE YOU IN POSITIONS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND YOU. A SITUATION WAS HAPPENING AT THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY CLUB WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT 550 HOMES INTO THAT AREA. AND THE PEOPLE WERE LIVID, VERY UPSET. AND SO WE NEEDED A REPRESENTATIVE, SOMEBODY THAT WOULD COME IN AND HELP US TO HAVE A VOICE AND GUESS WHO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THOUGHT WAS THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB. WELL, I TRIED TO GET OUT OF THAT. I LOOKED AROUND AND I SAID, MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT. AND WHEN WE TRIED TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT, WE CAME UP WITH TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT COULD. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU STARTED GOING DOWN THE LIST OF THINGS THAT I HAD DONE FOR THE CITY VERSUS WHAT THEY HAD DONE, THE PEOPLE STILL FELT THAT I WAS THE BEST PERSON TO DO IT. AND SO I BECAME A GARLAND CITY COUNCIL PERSON. AND FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING. THIS IS MY LAST YEAR ON THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. AND IF YOU LIVE IN GARLAND, SOUTH SIDE, IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF GARLAND, WHEN I CAME INTO THIS OFFICE, EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT SOUTH BALL WAS THE ARMPIT OF THE CITY. BUT TODAY, WHEN THEY LOOK AT SOUTH BALL, SOUTH BRA IS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE GROWING COMMUNITIES IN THIS CITY. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO STOP. THAT HAS BEEN MY STORY. THAT HAS BEEN MY HISTORY. THAT IS HOW I GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND I WANNA STOP AT THIS POINT AND ASK YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU AS IT RELATES TO WHATEVER THE SUBJECT MAY BE? GO AHEAD. YOU NEVER TOLD US HOW YOU MET YOUR WIFE. I LOVE IT. [00:20:01] I LOVE IT. YOU KNOW WHY I LOVE, IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE REASON I DIDN'T WANT COME TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE PERSONAL TO YOU. YOU NEVER TOLD ME. LET ME TELL YOU HOW I MET MY WIFE. CAN I TELL EM THAT YOU MY VERSION. JUST COMING BACK FROM THE UNITED STATES, UH, MILITARY REPUBLIC OF KOREA. MY WIFE WAS GOING TO BISHOP COLLEGE IN SOUTH DALLAS OR OAKLAND. AND I WAS DRIVING AROUND. I HAD JUST BOUGHT ME A BRAND NEW MONTE CARLO YELLOW ON BLACK CADILLAC. OOH, OKAY. NOT CADILLAC OR CHEVY. CHEVY. AND I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS PUMPED. IT WAS READY TO GO. AND I PURCHASED A LOT OF MY CLOTHING WHILE IN KOREA BECAUSE OVER THERE YOU CAN GET CLOTHING FOR A LOT CHEAPER THAN YOU CAN GET 'EM HERE CUSTOM, AS A MATTER OF FACT. OKAY? AND I WAS WALKING, I WAS IN THE CAR DRIVING. I HAD MY LITTLE YELLOW OUTFIT ON. I SAID YELLOW . I HAD MY FRO. OH, OH, Y'ALL DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE FRO ONION. THE FRO WAS SUCH THAT YOU HAD TO WALK UP. AND ANN, ARE YOU IN THERE ? AND I SAW THIS YOUNG LADY WITH TWO OTHER YOUNG BABIES AND GUESS WHAT THEY WERE DOING? TAKE YOUR PICTURE OF YOU HITCHHIKING. I'M OLD. HITCHHIKE HIT SCHOOL. COLLEGE WAS JUST TERMINATING. AND THESE THREE GIRLS WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN CATCHING A RIDE DOWN TO THE BUS STATION SO THEY COULD GO HOME FOR THE SEMESTER. THEY MISSED THEIR RIDE. AND SO NOW THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THE CORNER AT SCHOOL. I DON'T NOW, SHE WAS NOT OUT THERE, BUT HER FRIENDS WERE OKAY. AND SO I STOPPED. I SAID, WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO? AND THEY SAID, WE MISSED OUR BUS, WE MISSED OUR TRANSPORTATION. WE NEED SOMEBODY TO TAKE US DOWNTOWN TO BUS STATION SO WE CAN GET A RIDE HOME. AND GUESS WHO GAVE THEM THE RIDE? YOURS TRULY. AND SO WHILE WE'RE IN THE CAR, WE'RE DRIVING AND I SAID, I GUESS ALL Y'ALL GOT BOYFRIENDS, HUH? ? AND THEY ALL LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, YEAH, ALL EXCEPT HER. AND I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND I SAID, THAT'S THE ONE RIGHT THERE, . AND FROM THAT DAY FORWARD, I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER. I THINK EVEN RIGHT THEN FROM THAT DAY FORWARD AND 54 YEARS LATER, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER. THAT'S HOW I MET. ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE? COME ON, THROW IT OUT THERE. NOW WITH ALL THAT I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT LIFE, I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING ON YOUR HEART. THERE'S, I SEE IT. COME ON. WHAT, RICHARD, AGAIN, COME ON. ANYBODY? COUNSEL, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. SO AS FAR AS YOUR TENURE YEARS BEING ON COUNCIL, WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR PROUDEST OR FROM, FROM THIS MOMENT SO FAR WITH BEING ON COUNCIL DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS? MY PROUDEST MOMENTS, I COULD TELL YOU HAVE BEEN IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS. WE'VE GOT SOME 12, WELL, EIGHT PROJECTS GOING ON IN MY COMMUNITY. PRESENTLY, MULTI-FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY, UH, MIXED, MIXED USE. THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON. UH, THE EAST HILLS COUNTRY CLUB THAT I TALKED TOLD YOU ABOUT, WE FINALLY GOT THAT, UH, SITUATION RESOLVED THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING ON IT PRESENTLY. BUT I THINK THE MOST PROUDEST MOMENT THAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT OF THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH EVERY DAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TOLD THE PEOPLE WHEN I CAME INTO OFFICE WAS YOU CAN CALL AND WHEN YOU CALL ME, I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOU. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO TO SECRETARY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AN ANSWERING SERVICE. YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME. THE SECOND THING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS I'M GONNA LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO YOU. LISTENING TO WHAT THE PERSON HAS TO SAY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU'LL EVER DO IN LIFE. ALL PEOPLE REALLY WANNA DO IS BE HEARD. IF YOU LISTEN, ALLOW PEOPLE TO VENT, ALLOW YOU TO VENT, HAVE THE PROBLEM THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD WILL BE RESOLVED JUST IN THEIR SPEAKING. JUST IN THEIR TALKING. SO I'M GOING TO LISTEN, BUT THE SECOND, THIRD THING I'M GOING TO DO IS WHATEVER THAT SITUATION IS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, I HAVE A CITY STAFF, HOW MANY? 200 AND SOME 4,323. THREE. I HAVE ACCESS 2300 STAFF. PEOPLE [00:25:01] THAT DEAL WITH THE ROADS, THAT DEAL WITH THE LIGHTS, THAT DEAL WITH THE GAS, THAT DEAL WITH THE WATER, THAT WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THEY DEAL WITH AND THEY DEAL WITH IT WELL, AND I HAVE NUMBERS IN MY PHONE, BUT MORE IMPORTANT I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM THAT WHATEVER THAT SITUATION IS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, I'M GONNA MAKE SOME CALLS. I'M GONNA MAKE SOME CALLS. AND THAT SITUATION IS GONNA BE DEALT WITH. IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO BE DEALT WITH, WE ARE GONNA DEAL WITH IT AND WE'RE NOT GONNA DEAL WITH IT IN TWO DAYS AND THREE DAYS IN FIVE WEEKS, WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH IT. NOW, MY PROUDEST MOMENTS ARE WHEN I GET THAT CALL AND I'M ABLE TO HELP A PERSON, HELP A FAMILY DEAL WITH WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS THEY'RE DEALING WITH AT THAT TIME, AND GET IT RESOLVED TO THEM AND EXPECT NOTHING IN RETURN OTHER THAN A GOT. OKAY, APPRECI SHAPE IT. YES SIR. YES SIR. ANYONE ELSE? YES SIR. WHERE YOU GET THAT SHIRT? I KNEW YOU COULDN'T HOLD IT. COME WHERE YOU GET THAT SHIRT FROM YOU LIKE THAT SHIRT? OH YEAH. I LIKE THAT SHIRT. I GOT THIS SHIRT FROM A PLACE CALLED K AND G. K AND G. OKAY. IT IS IN MESQUITE. MM-HMM . AND GUESS WHAT? WAITING FOR A YOUNG MAN LIKE YOU TO WALK IN THERE. OKAY. K AND G'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORES BECAUSE I, I DO LIKE THE DRESS. I LIKE TO LOOK PRESENTABLE. I LIKE TO CARRY MYSELF IN SUCH A WAY THAT, UH, ANOTHER YOUNG MAN LOOKING UP ME MIGHT SAY, HEY, WHEN I GROW UP I MIGHT LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE QUALITIES. WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THE PLACES THAT I GO IN ORDER TO KEEP MYSELF LOOKING. HALFWAY GOOD? MM. OKAY. YOU GOOD? YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. NEXT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO JOIN THE MILITARY, LIKE WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE TELL THEM TO GET READY FOR? OKAY. I MEAN, HOW ABOUT THIS? EVERYBODY WILL NOT GO TO COLLEGE. OKAY. AND THAT'S OKAY. WHEN I CAME BACK FROM CALIFORNIA, I WENT DOWN THE OTHER CENTRAL COLLEGE AND I WAS GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE. AND I LOOKED AROUND THERE AND I SAID, I AM NOT READY FOR THIS. AND SO I SAID AT THAT POINT, I NEED AN ALTERNATIVE. AND THROUGH PRAYER, TALKING WITH SOME OF THE FRIENDS THAT I HAD THE MILITARY. NOW, BY THE WAY, NOW THE VIETNAM WAR IS GOING ON AT THIS TIME. OKAY? BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS FOOLISH ENOUGH TO DO, VOLUNTEERED TO GO TO THE MILITARY BECAUSE ONE OF THE THING THAT I WANTED TO DO IN LIFE, NO MATTER WHAT, EVERY YEAR I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT I COULD SAY I ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING THIS YEAR. SOMETHING THAT GOING TO RESUME OR SOMETHING THAT I COULD LOOK BACK ON AND SAY. AND IT JUST LIKE THE MILITARY WAS AT PLACE BECAUSE THE MILITARY WOULD GIVE ME, THEY CALL IT TWO HOTS AND A COP. OKAY. IN OTHER WORDS, TWO HOT MEALS AND A PLACE OF SLEEP. OKAY? BUT THE MILITARY GAVE ME AN INCOME. IT GAVE ME MONEY EVERY MONTH, BUT IT ALSO GAVE ME CLOTHING BECAUSE OF THE UNIFORM. I HAD CLOTHING THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO WEAR. IT GAVE ME A PLACE TO LIVE. BUT MOST OF IMPORTANTLY, THE MILITARY ALLOWED ME TO TRAVEL THE WORLD TO GO ALL OVER THE WORLD. I MEAN, AND THEN I GOT AN INDICATION, I GOT A VOCATION. WHAT DID IT TAKE TO GO TO THE MILITARY? FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A SCARY THING. AND MY MOTHER CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT ME TO GO, ESPECIALLY DURING THAT TIME, BEING AN ONLY CHILD WITH SOMETHING CALLED BE NEGATIVE BLOOD. THE LAST THING SHE WANTED ME TO DO IS TO GO TO THE MILITARY. I WANTED TO GO. AND SO HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOURSELF? FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO LOOK WITHIN YOURSELF. ARE YOU GOING TO REALLY GO TO COLLEGE? AND IF YOU ARE, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO COLLEGE. I JUST KNEW ME AND I KNEW I WASN'T READY FOR COLLEGE. MILITARY WAS THE BEST THING THAT I COULD HAVE EVER DONE. SO HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOURSELF FOR, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU CAN PREPARE YOURSELF FOR MILITARY, BUT I THINK THE KEY IS GETTING TO KNOW YOU, STOPPING AND THINKING ABOUT YOURSELF. THAT RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T LIKE SCHOOL AND YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT. YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE A FEW YEARS OR TAKE A FEW DAYS, TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO GET TO KNOW YOURSELF. [00:30:01] BUT IF YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO BE DOING NOTHING, AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, ALL THE VERY GOOD PLACES FOR YOU TO GO AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, IT'S THERE TO INCLUDE RELATIONSHIPS, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT ANSWER YOU. YEAH. OKAY. I THINK I GOT TWO MORE MINUTES. I JUST HAVE . I KNOW YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. SO I WANTED TO ASK YOUR INPUT ON THIS. WHAT AREA, OR IS THERE A CERTAIN PROJECT THAT YOU THINK, UH, THE YOUTH COUNCIL SHOULD FOCUS ON AND THINK WE'VE HAVE THE MOST IMPACT ON? THAT'S GOOD. UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH THE CITY, I WAS PART OF WHAT'S CALLED THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. HAVING BEEN TO AS MANY COUNTRIES AND PLACES THAT I'VE, AS I'VE BEEN TO, I LOOKED AT GARLAND. AND HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND PROBABLY HAS OVER 200 DIFFERENT CULTURES AND LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN RIGHT HERE IN THIS CITY? SEE, I SEE THAT. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LEAVE GARLAND TO GO TO HAWAII. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE BRAUN TO GO TO THE PHILIPPINES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE GARLIC. IT IS ALL RIGHT HERE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TOOK TO THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, THEY ASKED ME THAT SAME QUESTION AND I SAID TO THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO? WE OUGHT TO HAVE A MOSAIC FESTIVAL. MOSAIC FESTIVAL. WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? WELL, A LADY BY THE NAME OF JENNIFER GWYNN, THEY HAD DONE 1, 2, 3 YEARS BEFORE SMALL SUCCESS. I HEARD ABOUT IT. I DID NOT THINK OF ANYTHING GREATER OF BETTER IN BRINGING ALL OF GARLAND'S CULTURES TOGETHER AT ONE TIME AND ALLOWING THEM TO GO ONTO STAGE AND DISPLAY THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE WAY OF ART, POETRY, DANCING, SINGING, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE ENJOY IN OUR CULTURES. AND WE HAD WHAT'S CALLED THE MOSAIC FESTIVAL, ONE OF THE MOST GREAT ATTENDED PRESENTATIONS THAT I CAN RECALL TAKING PLACE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL DO A MOSA FESTIVAL. I WILL SAY THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE FOCUSING ON CONCENTRATING ON IS HOW TO BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE LIVING IN A WORLD THAT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH DISCONNECT. SEEMS LIKE THERE IS SO MUCH CONFUSION. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO NOT ALLOW THAT TO PERMEATE OUR COMMUNITY ON THE LOCAL LEVEL HERE IS THAT WE BE PURPOSEFUL ABOUT ASSURING THAT WE DON'T ALLOW THE HATRED AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE LARGER WORLD TO GET HERE. AND THAT IS LET'S COME TOGETHER. LET'S COME TOGETHER, LET'S BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, LET'S LOVE ONE ANOTHER. AND I TRULY BELIEVE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU, AS A COMMUNITY AND AS YOU AS A UNIT CAN DO, IF IT CAN BE FOCUSED AROUND THAT AREA, I THINK IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'LL BE GREAT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT WAS MENTIONED DURING IT. I TALKED ABOUT, UM, CONNECTIONS IN GYC. YOU ARE GONNA MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOU'RE GONNA IN DIFFERENT FIELDS LIKE CITY COUNCIL, THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPEAKERS THIS YEAR. I WOULD SAY GET IN TOUCH WITH THESE PEOPLE IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE OR JUST AS A WAY TO GET MORE INVOLVED. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MORRISE CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE. OH YEAH. THE CITY WEBSITE. YES. IN CONTACT. AND WE WILL ALSO PASS OUT CONTACT INFORMATION AS WELL FOR YOU GUYS TO PUT IN YOUR BINDERS. YOU GUYS BROUGHT THEM. OKAY. MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND SPEAKER. UH, MISS MELANIE FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND LIBRARY SERVICES. SO I'LL GIVE [00:35:19] HI EVERYBODY. UM, GLAD TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS MSEL. I'M ONE OF THE YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIANS FOR GARLAND LIBRARIES. I WORK AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. I HAVE SOME FAMILIAR FACES IN HERE WHO HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF MY PROGRAMS AND TAB THINGS. UM, SO I'M TALKING TODAY ABOUT OUR SERVICES AND THEN SPECIFICALLY OUR TEAM PROGRAM AND, UH, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO, UH, THE LIBRARY, UH, BUILT COMMUNITY BY, UH, ASSISTING CUSTOMERS IN, UH, DISCOVERING INFORMATION, DIFFERENT SERVICES, PROGRAMS THAT ENRICH YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE. THE LIBRARY PROVIDES ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY THAT CONTRIBUTES TO ECONOMIC GROWTH BY SUPPORTING EARLY LITERACY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. UH, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO, UH, ANY OF THE GARLAND LIBRARIES? AWESOME. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE NEWLY RENOVATED ONES AT CENTRAL? ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S THE PART OF OUR NEW CENTRAL BUILDING. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, OCTOBER 25TH, UH, WHAT USED TO BE THE WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY IS GETTING, UH, IS MOVING TO A BRAND NEW BUILDING, UH, THE WEST GARLAND LIBRARY. IT'S OVER BY THE HOLLOW BALL REC CENTER. UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A GRAND OPENING ON OCTOBER 25TH, UM, WITH LOTS OF ACTIVITIES. SO THAT'S ANOTHER NEW EXCITING THING HAPPENING, UH, AT GARLAND LIBRARIES. UM, SO AT THE LIBRARY, I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THE CONCEPT OF CHECKING OUT BOOKS FROM LIBRARIES, . WE ALSO HELP YOU FIND BOOKS THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. SO, UH, THERE IS A CONCEPT CALLED READER'S ADVISORY THAT, UH, LIBRARIANS WILL, IF YOU HAVE A BOOK THAT YOU LIKE AND YOU WANNA READ OTHER SIMILAR STUFF TO THAT WE HELP YOU FIND SIMILAR TOPICS. UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO PUBLIC COMPUTERS, PRINTING AND STUDY ROOMS. UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO, UH, THE NEW STUDY ROOMS AT CENTRAL, UM, SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE, UH, TVS IN THEM NOW SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, HOOK UP YOUR COMPUTER TO, UH, SHOW WHATEVER YOU'RE WORKING ON ON THE TV. WE HAVE WHITEBOARDS IN THEM, UH, LOTS OF COOL NEW OPTIONS. UH, YOU ALSO HAVE ACCESS WITH A LIBRARY CARD TO ONLINE TUTORING AND HOMEWORK RESOURCES, WHICH, UM, SO I HAVE SOME HANDOUTS ON THE BACK TABLE. THE GREEN, UH, YEAH, THAT ONE, UH, HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONLINE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE WITH US, AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN IN A SECOND. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT YOU CAN COME TO. SO SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, TEEN PROGRAMS, WE HAVE OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, UH, WHICH I'VE GOT A COUPLE PEOPLE AT LEAST WHO HAVE ATTENDED. TEEN ADVISORY BOARD. UH, IT'S WHERE YOU CAN EARN VOLUNTEER HOURS AND YOU CAN HELP, UH, WITH CRAFTS OR PLANNING PROGRAMS OR COMING UP WITH IDEAS FOR WHAT, UH, WE MIGHT DO NEXT IN THE, UH, TEEN PROGRAM SPACE. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE CURIOSITY CORNER, WHICH IS OUR MAKER SPACE. UM, ANYONE 13 AND OLDER, IF YOU HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, YOU CAN COME USE OUR MAKERSPACE EQUIPMENT. UH, AND THERE'S LIKE THE 3D PRINTER, THE LASER CUTTER. WE ALSO HAVE SEWING MACHINES. UM, WE'VE GOT KNITTING MACHINES. I, UH, FOR SPOOKY STORY TIME THIS YEAR, I'M GONNA BE, UH, RUBY FROM, UH, KPOP, EVEN HUNTERS. AND SO I USE OUR EMBROIDERY MACHINE TO MAKE THE PATCHES FOR HER JACKET. SO LOTS OF COOL STUFF THAT WE CAN DO, UH, IN THE MAKER SPACE. UM, WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT CRAFT PROGRAMS. UH, WE'VE GOT CAREER READINESS WORKSHOPS. UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A WICKED FAN PARTY IN NOVEMBER AT THE SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY. UH, SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, UH, AT THE LIBRARY FOR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD. SO, LIKE I MENTIONED, YOU CAN EARN SERVICE HOURS, UH, YOU ATTEND MEETINGS AND, UH, HELP PREPARE CRAFTS OR OFFER PROGRAM IDEAS, OR EVEN JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S POPULAR WITH [00:40:01] YOUR FRIENDS RIGHT NOW IS SUPER HELPFUL FOR ME. SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TEAMS LIKE ANYMORE AS IT'S BEEN 18 YEARS SINCE I WAS 18, NO, WAIT, THAT'S NOT BAD . UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE. . UM, AND THEN IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO SOCIALIZE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MEETING PEOPLE FROM OTHER SCHOOLS OR IF YOU'RE HOMESCHOOLED, YOU'RE INTRODUCED TO OTHER PEOPLE. UM, AND THEN THIS IS A WAY FOR YOU TO MAKE THE LIBRARY YOUR OWN SPACE. THE LIBRARY IS MEANT TO SERVE YOU, SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AT THE LIBRARY, AND THAT IS THE PLACE TO DO IT. IT'S ALSO A GOOD PLACE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT LIBRARY STUFF. SO ANYTIME YOU COME INTO THE LIBRARY, A LIBRARIAN WILL HELP YOU WITH WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. BUT IF YOU COME TO TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONAL WHERE OUR, THE LIBRARIAN, UH, MYSELF OR AT, UH, THEY HAVE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD AT THE NORTH BRANCH AS WELL. UM, SO MYSELF OR MS. MALIA CAN KIND OF ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS MORE DIRECTLY, MORE, UH, WITH MORE INFORMATION THAN LIKE MAYBE IF YOU WERE TO COME TO JUST THE SERVICE DESK. UM, LET'S SEE HERE. WE ALSO HAVE TEAM VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO HAVE ANY OF Y'ALL, UH, MADE AN ACCOUNT WITH VOLUNTEER GARLAND.ORG? SO THAT IS, UM, THE NEW VOLUNTEER PORTAL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. BUT YOU CAN MAKE AN ACCOUNT ON THE WEBSITE WITH, UM, AND THEN USE THAT TO SIGN UP FOR DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO, UM, AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, UH, THE VOLUNTEER STUFF THAT I DO, I HAVE, WE HAVE OUR SUPER EASY VOLUNTEER HOURS WHERE, UM, YOU, UH, CAN SIT ON THE READER STAIRS, WHICH ARE THESE NICE KIND OF, UH, STADIUM SEATING THAT WE HAVE, UH, GOING DOWN INTO THE CHILDREN'S AREA. YOU SIT ON THE READER STAIRS, YOU HAVE A HOME, YOU HAVE YOUR HOMEWORK, YOU HAVE A BOOK TO READ, YOU CHILLING ON YOUR PHONE, YOU'RE EARNING VOLUNTEER HOURS BY SITTING THERE, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE ALSO LETTING KIDS KNOW, HEY, NO JUMPING OR CLIMBING, UH, PLEASE DON'T, UH, RUN UP AND DOWN THE BIG STAIRS. UM, AND THEN IT'S JUST A REALLY SIMPLE WAY TO KEEP THE LIBRARY SAFE AND ALSO EARN YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS. UH, IF YOU WANNA DO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH, WE HAVE THE CHILDREN'S AREA WHERE YOU CAN COME DOWN AND HELP, UH, HELP KEEP THE AREA CLEAN, HELP LOOK FOR BOOKS THAT ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE. UH, HELP ME OR MISS ANDREA, UM, THE OTHER YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN WITH LIKE PREP, PREPARING CRAFTS FOR DIFFERENT KIDS PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR, LIKE, UM, COMING UP THIS SATURDAY, WE HAVE THE FUN FIGHT FIESTA, UH, AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY WHERE FAMILIES CAN COME AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT GAMES. UM, AND, UH, THERE'S A PINATA AND UH, YOU CAN, UH, I THINK THAT ONE IS FULL, BUT IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF LIKE, YOU CAN DO A SPECIAL EVENT VOLUNTEERING WHERE YOU'RE HELPING WITH A SPECIFIC, UH, EVENT DURING THE ACTUAL EVENT. UM, OKAY, I WENT THROUGH THAT VERY FAST BECAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL, UH, UH, WANTED TO GET THROUGH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIBRARY? YES. IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE ADVISORY, THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, UHHUH? YEAH. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY, UM, YOU CAN JUST ATTEND A MEETING AND THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE, SIGN UP FOR ANYTHING SPECIAL. YOU CAN, UH, I HAVE LITTLE SHEETS WHERE YOU CAN LIKE FILL OUT TO GET LIKE TEXT MESSAGE REMINDERS THAT I, I ACTUALLY LIKE, I SEND THOSE OUT ON LIKE A GOOGLE PHONE NUMBER. UM, SO IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING YOU WOULD HAVE TO LIKE GET A PARENT SIGNATURE FOR WAS LIKE TEXT MESSAGE NOTIFICATIONS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT YOU CAN JUST ATTEND, UH, THERE'S NO LIKE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE WANTED TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE REALLY BUSY SCHEDULES THESE DAYS AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOMMODATING THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. UM, IS THERE A CURIOSITY CORNER AT ALL LIBRARIES OR IS IT JUST ONE PHYSICAL LIBRARY? UM, SO THE ONE THAT'S CENTRAL IS CALLED CURIOSITY CORNER. THE NEW WEST LIBRARY'S GONNA HAVE ONE THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF AT THE MOMENT. UM, AND THEIRS IS GONNA BE MORE FIBER ARTS FOCUSED. SO LIKE KNITTING, CROCHET, I THINK WEAVING, UM, SOUTH GARLAND [00:45:01] HAS MAKER CLASSES, SO SO THEY HAVE LIKE CLASSES THAT HAVE LIKE, THAT USE THE MAKER MACHINES, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC ROOM FOR THEM. AND THEN I THINK THE SAME THING WITH THE NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY. YES. UM, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES WE GET IF WE HAVE A LIBRARY CLERK AND PRINTER IF WE DON'T, YEAH. SO ALL THOSE ONLINE RESOURCES, CHECKING OUT BOOKS, USING THE MAKERSPACE, ALL OF THAT REQUIRES A LIBRARY CARD AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET ONE AND YOU JUST NEED YOUR ADULT, YOUR ADULT WITH YOU. SO IF YOU ARE UNDER 18, UM, BRING YOUR LEGAL GUARDIAN WITH YOU AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST NEED TO HAVE THEIR ID WITH THEIR CURRENT ADDRESS. SO IF THEIR ID DOESN'T HAVE THEIR CURRENT ADDRESS, WE CAN USE LIKE AN ELECTRIC BILL OR SOMETHING. AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. YOU CAN LIVE LIKE, WELL I GUESS YOU ALL PROBABLY LIVE IN GARLAND BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. I'M USED TO TALKING TO HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE THEY HAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN OTHER, UH, CITIES. UM, BUT THAT GIVES YOU ALL THAT ACCESS TO THE ONLINE RESOURCES TO UH, THE BOOK CHECKOUTS, TO THE MAKERSPACE. YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD FOR DOING VOLUNTEER FOR SIGNING UP TO VOLUNTEER. UM, BUT IF YOU'RE COMING TO THE LIBRARY TO VOLUNTEER, YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A CARD ANYWAY SO YOU CAN GET BOOKS AND STUFF. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CARD? NO, THE LIBRARY CARD IS FREE. UM, THE ONLY CHARGE WOULD BE IF YOU HAD A LIBRARY CARD BEFORE AND YOU NEED TO GET IT REPLACED. IT'S $2. BUT WE HAVE THESE SUPER CUTE NEW DESIGNS, UH, THAT, UH, WE HAVE OUR MASCOT CURIOSITY. HAVE I, DID I TAKE A PICTURE OF CURIOSITY ON HERE? YEAH, THAT'S OUR MASCOT CURIOSITY. UH, IT'S JUST SUPER CUTE. UM, AND I GRAB, SO ON THE BACK TABLE, UM, I HAVE THE STICKERS THAT Y'ALL CAN, Y'ALL CAN TAKE A STICKER. UM, AND THEN I HAVE LIKE, I THOUGHT LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I WANT TO SEE THERE WERE LIKE 20 PEOPLE AND SO I WAS LIKE, OH, I CAN BRING LIKE 25 AND I'LL BE FINE. YEAH, . SO, UM, I WANNA SAY, ELLA, YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE OF THESE, RIGHT? YES, I DO. YES YOU DO. AND I THINK YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE OF THESE . SO, UM, IF YOU WANT ONE, THESE ARE ON THE BACK TABLE. THESE STICKERS ARE ON THE BACK TABLE. I ALSO HAVE, UM, THE ORANGE FLYER ON THE BACK TABLE. SO HE MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, UH, IS IT DR. MOORE? COUNCIL? COUNCIL MOORE MOORE . HE, UH, WAS TALKING EARLIER ABOUT YOU MAY NOT NEED TO GO TO COLLEGE OR YOU MIGHT NOT WANNA GO TO COLLEGE. WE HAVE A, A WORKSHOP COMING UP ON SUNDAY, UH, THIS SUNDAY, UH, AT THREE O'CLOCK. IT IS, UH, A, IT'S A CAREER READINESS WORKSHOP. UH, SO COLLEGE IS NOT FOR ME AND IT'S A FREE WORKSHOP. YOU AND YOUR PARENTS CAN COME AND IT HAS, IT'S KIND OF SHOWING YOU OPTIONS THAT, UH, FOR GETTING READY FOR THAT CAREER JOINING THE WORKFORCE. SO, UM, HIGHLY, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO REGISTER FOR THAT AND UH, ATTEND. IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S FREE. UM, AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS LIKE THAT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT ALL THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES. UM, I WANNA SAY, WHAT ELSE DID I BRING? I BROUGHT SO MUCH STUFF. VOLUNTEERING. YES. SO THAT, AGAIN, I ONLY HAD 20 SHEETS 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THERE WERE LESS PEOPLE, BUT I WILL, I WILL SEND THE FILE TO YOU THAT HAS THE, THAT HAS ALL THAT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO REGISTER, UH, FOR VOLUNTEER HOURS. UM, YES. AND THEN, YEAH, THIS IS WHERE I WA I WASN'T SURE IF I BROUGHT ENOUGH. SO IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT ONE, THAT HELPS OUT SOMEBODY WHO DOES . UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIBRARY? WHEN IS THE GRAND OPENING AT THE NEW WEST GARLAND? THAT'S GONNA BE OCTOBER 25TH. IT'S GONNA BE, UM, AT, UH, THE HOLLOW BALL REC CENTER IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE BRAND NEW WEST GARLAND LIBRARY. AND THERE'S GONNA BE ALL SORTS OF FUN THINGS GOING ON. UH, SO DON'T MISS IT. WE HAD SUCH, WE HAD LIKE OVER 4,000 PEOPLE COME TO THE CENTRAL GRAND OPENING. I DID STORY TIME FOR THAT AND UM, I THINK THERE WERE LIKE 200 SOMETHING PEOPLE AT MY STORY TIME, WHICH WAS CRAZY. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ME [00:50:01] BEING A LIBRARIAN? IS ANYBODY INTERESTED IN GOING INTO LIBRARY WORK? YEAH. WHAT'S IT LIKE? I LOVE MY JOB. SO MY JOB THIS MORNING, I DID STORY TIME FOR TODDLERS WHERE I DID SINGING AND DANCING AND READING A BOOK. AND, UM, IT WAS, IT'S JUST A DELIGHT TO SEE ALL THE LITTLE ONES, UH, LIKE JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND COUNTING TO TWEET AND . AND THEN, UM, I DO THE TEAM PROGRAMS AND SO I'M CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, ASKING, LIKE I SAY ISABELLA, BECAUSE ISABELLA COMES TO LIKE ALL A LOT OF MY PROGRAMS AND SHE'S THE BEST. UM, I'M LIKE, WHAT'S COOL RIGHT NOW? UM, WHAT BOOKS ARE Y'ALL INTO? I DO BOOK, BOOK DISPLAYS. I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO HELP YOU GUYS ENJOY YOURSELVES AT THE LIBRARY. IT'S A LOT OF FUN. THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS I WILL, UH, HEAD OUT, BUT IT WAS REALLY LOVELY TO SEE Y'ALL AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY SOON. OKAY, NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS WE ARE GONNA HAVE MR. JESSE JOHNSON, WHO IS OUR RECREATION SERVICE MANAGER WHO PARKS AND RECREATION. HEY JESSE, DO I GET A HAT? OH, HE WAS ALSO ONE OF OUR, UM, FACULTY FACILITATORS LAST YEAR. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I KNOW Y'ALL ARE BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE, SO I GOT SOME FEW QUESTIONS AND WE GOT SOME GIVEAWAYS. YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. OH, HOW MANY, LET'S GO REC CENTERS AND SENIOR CENTERS DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY PROGRAM? ? NO. 11. NO. WAIT, YOU GET A HINT? NO. SIT. NO, BRO. NO. 15 MINUTES. SIX. DID YOU SAY SIX? 26 SAID I SAID SIX. NO, WHAT YOU HAVE? I SAID SIX. NO. 32. NO, NO. 24. HOW MANY REC CENTERS? OH WAIT, HOLD ON. CENTERS 14. NO, 19. 50. 20. NO LESS THAN 10. FIVE WHAT? EIGHT. YES. SIX RANK CENTERS AND TWO SENIOR CENTERS. ALL RIGHT, SO WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT A MINUTE. ALL RIGHT. HOW MANY PARKS DO WE HAVE? HOW MANY PARKS IN THE CITY? HOW MANY PARKS DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY? HIGHER THAN 15. HIGHER THAN 2017. MORE THAN 2017. MORE THAN 30, 25, 32. NO MORE. BRIA. COME ON. MORE. IT IS MORE THAN 30. MORE THAN THAN 30. HOW MANY? HOW MANY MORE? 57 MORE. 41 LESS. 62. 60 WHAT? TWO MORE. 64 LESS. FIVE. 60, 65. SIX. ALL LAST QUESTION. LAST QUESTION. HOW MANY SPLASH PADS? OH, I KNOW THIS. SPLASH PADS LIKE HOW MANY? YES. FIVE ALL. SO LADIES, GENTLEMEN, LET GET Y'ALL ATTENTION. SO I'LL GET YOU SO I'LL GET DONE WITH MY PORTION. OKAY. SO LIKE, UH, TASA SAID I'M THE RECREATION MANAGER. SO BASICALLY I'M OVER AT THE SIX REC CENTERS AND THE TWO SENIOR CENTERS. ALRIGHT, SO JENNIFER IS THE SUPERVISOR HERE AT BRADFIELD. SHE HAS THE FUN JOB, SHE GETS THE PROGRAM, DO ALL THAT STUFF. BUT I HAVE TO SIT AT THE COMPUTER, DEAL WITH BUDGETS, DEAL WITH STAFF ISSUES, ALL THAT FUN STUFF THAT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO DO 'CAUSE I PREFER TO BE DOING WHAT JEN'S DOING. UH, BESIDES THAT AND WITHIN OUR FACILITIES WE HAVE PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH, TEENS, ADULTS, AND ALSO FOR PRESCHOOL KIDS AS WELL TOO. SO WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE SOME FREE TIME, YOU CAN COME TO THE FACILITY, CHECK OUT OUR ACTIVITIES, ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK OF WE PROBABLY HAVE OFFERED OR WE WILL BE WILLING TO OFFER, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR AGE RANGE. OKAY? SO THIS TEEN GROUP IS THE GROUP THAT WE REALLY DON'T SEE A LOT IN OUR FACILITIES, [00:55:01] BUT WE WANT YOU TO COME TO OUR FACILITIES, RIGHT? YOU'RE THE FUTURE. I KNOW YOU HEAR THAT, BUT THAT IS SO TRUE. ALRIGHT? 'CAUSE JENNIFER AND I, WE WON'T BE HERE FOREVER. YOU KNOW, MISS TIFFANY, WE'RE GONNA BE RETIRING AND WE WILL NEED THE NEW GENERATION TO COME ALONG TO CONTINUE GIVING THESE PROGRAMS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. ALRIGHT? BESIDES ON THE RECREATION SIDE, WE HAVE TWO SENIOR CENTERS. SO FOR YOUR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, IF THEY'RE 55 AND UP, THEY CAN COME TO THE SENIOR FACILITIES. NOW IT'S NOT JUST THEY SIT THERE AND PLAY CARDS, THESE PEOPLE GO ON TRIPS, THEY'VE BEEN TO AFRICA, THEY'VE BEEN TO EGYPT, THEY'VE BEEN TO EUROPE, YOU NAME IT, THEY'VE BEEN THERE. SO I WISH I COULD GO. ALRIGHT? IT'S FUN TRIPS. DEFINITELY. SO BESIDES TRIPS, THEY ALSO DO ACTIVITIES ON SITE. SO OUTSIDE OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS AND SENIOR CENTERS, WE ALSO HAVE WHAT I HAVE ON RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE EVENTS. SO SOME OF YOU'VE WORKED OUR EVENTS LAST YEAR, WHICH WE HAD SWEETHEART DANCE. I KNOW SOPHIA, YOU WORKED THAT DAN TASSIE, RIGHT? YOU WERE AT SWEETHEART? NO. AND WE HAD HAUNTED HOUSE WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE HERE AT BRADFIELD, WHICH WILL BE THE 24TH, WHICH IS UH, NEXT FRIDAY. SO YOU CAN BRING YOUR SIBLINGS, WE'LL HAVE A TRUNK OF TRUTH GOING ON IN THE PARKING LOT. AND THEN INSIDE OF HERE AND IN THE GYM WE'LL HAVE OUR HAUNTED HOUSE AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR EGG HUNT. EGG HUNT IS USUALLY THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. ALL RIGHT? SO THAT'LL USUALLY BE AT CARTER COMPLEX, WHICH IS ACROSS FROM AUDUBON REC CENTER. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BY AUDUBON REC CENTER RIGHT NOW? LIBRARY VOLUNTEERING CIRCLE. I HEARD SOME SURFACE BASEBALL. NO, THE LIBRARY SURFING SWIM. OH, IT'S BEING REMODELED. ALRIGHT, SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO SURFACE SWIM PRIOR, IT WAS A WAVE POOL. WE HAD A KITTY AREA, BUT NOW IT'S GOING BE VERY, IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A MINIATURE OF HAWAIIAN FALLS. ALRIGHT? IT SHOULD BE OPEN NEXT SUMMER. WAIT A MINUTE. DEFINITELY COME OUT DE I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. UM, BESIDES THAT, WITHIN THE CITY WE HAVE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, WE HAVE THREE AQUATIC CENTERS, 42 PLAYGROUNDS, 18 PLUS MILE TRAILS, FIVE FISHING PIERS. UH, WE HAVE EIGHT ATHLETIC COMPLEXES OBVIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SKATE PARK, WE HAVE A DOG PARK, TWO TENNIS CENTERS, FIVE PAVILIONS, DISC GOLF AND CRICKET PITCH TOO. I'VE NEVER PLAYED CRICKET PITCH, BUT IT LOOKS FUNNY. ALL RIGHT, SO WITH ALL THOSE AMENITIES, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL TO COME OUT AND VISIT US. BRADFIELD FIELDS, GRANGER HOLLOW BALL, COME SEE US. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, OH, I FORGOT THE ONE THING FOR THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS JOBS, RIGHT? SO TSIA CURRENTLY WORKS AT GALE FIELDS REC CENTER. OH YES YOU DO. SO WE HIRE 16 AND UP IN THE REC CENTERS AND THEN IN SUMMERTIME, AQUATICS THEY WILL HIRE PEOPLE AS WELL. SURFACE ONE IS GONNA BE OPEN. THEY'RE GONNA NEED AT LEAST 250 PLUS PEOPLE. OKAY. SO BASICALLY IF YOU FILL THE APPLICATION, YOU'RE GETTING HIRED. OKAY. OZY, SHE WORKED LAST SUMMER IN AQUATICS FOR US. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED THE EMPLOYEES. BESIDES THAT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Y'ALL CAN GET WITH MS. TIFFANY AND MS. JENNIFER TO VOLUNTEER AT OUR EVENTS. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. I KNOW SOME OF YOU'LL BE OUT THERE WITH US NEXT FRIDAY, SO WE DEFINITELY NEED YOU. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? I ALL HERE? YES. WHAT ARE THE REQUIRES FOR YOU? WHAT TO WORK? JUST 16 AND UP. OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL FILL OUT THE APPLICATION THEN DEPENDING ON IF YOU WANT TO GO ON THE REC SIDE OR THE AQUATIC SIDE, YOU HAVE THE INTERVIEW. AND THEN FROM THERE, IF YOU KNOW, HEY, I'M A SWIMMER OR I JUST WANT TO BE AT CONCESSIONS ON THE AQUATIC SIDE, THEY CAN PLACE YOU THERE. BUT THE REC CENTER, YOU'LL WORK AT FRONT DESK NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS AND WORK AT RENTALS. YES. YOU DID A HAIRCUT RECENTLY BECAUSE THE ANGLES ARE HIT. APPRECIATE THAT. YES, I DID. THANK YOU. OKAY, WHAT ABOUT CAMP COUNSELORS? CAMP COUNSELORS, YES. IN THE SUMMER WE WILL BE HIRING CAMP COUNSELORS AS WELL. BUT YOU HAVE TO BE 18. SO IF YOU'RE NOT 18, THEN UNFORTUNATELY YOU NOT BE A CAMP COUNSELOR. I THINK WE HAD, UM, I FORGOT WHAT'S THE NAME. WE DID HAVE SOMEONE DID UH, DO A CAMP COUNSELOR LAST YEAR. I FORGOT HER NAME. VALERIE. WHO? VALERIE. VALERIE? YES. VALERIE DID. SHE WAS A CAMP COUNSELOR. YES. QUESTION. NO. ANYBODY ELSE? HOW MANY REC CENTERS DO WE HAVE IN SENIOR CENTERS? 16. WOW. EIGHT 16. ALL RIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, APPRECIATE Y'ALL. IF Y'ALL NEED ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW. MS. JEN, TIFFANY OUGHT TO GET IN, CONTACT ME OR I GIVE YOU THE CONTACT INFORMATION. SO THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME. OKAY, NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA DO A RECAP OF THE RECENT VOLUNTEER [01:00:01] OPPORTUNITIES. UM, DOES ANYONE WANNA RAISE THEIR HAND AND GIVE US LIKE A LITTLE DEBRIEF OF YOUR EXPERIENCE VOLUNTEERING? IS IT FROM SAFETY FEST OR THE CAR SHOW? IT WAS A CAR SHOW OR WAS IT THE SOPHIA? OKAY, SO I WAS AT SAFETY FEST AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A LOT OF FUN. THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM THE CITY. LIKE I KNOW THERE WAS LIKE, LIKE THE WATER TREATMENT, THERE WAS LIKE RECYCLING. THERE WERE FIREFIGHTERS, POLICEMEN. THERE WAS THE SWAT TEAM THERE. AND WE GOT TO LEARN A LOT FROM ALL OF THEM. WE GOT TO WALK AROUND AND WE ALSO ADVERTISED FROM OUR BOOTH AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. I RECOMMEND GOING NEXT TO ME AND WENT TO THE CAR SHOW AND WE GOT TO SEE A LOT OF REALLY COOL CARS. WOW. REPRESENTING COUNCIL. I THINK OUR FAVORITE CAR SNEAK UP FOR DOG WAS THE FORD MUSTANG USED SAW, IT WAS LIKE 1970 OR I WAS A MEMORABLE MOMENT. I WE GOT TO TALK TO PARENTS ABOUT THE GAR NEW COUNCIL. SO, YOU KNOW, A WIN-WIN. UM, FOR, I THINK FOR ME, LIKE I, SHE SAID I, I ALSO WENT TO THE SAFETY BEST AND LIKE ONE THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE FIREFIGHTERS DID LIKE A REALLY COOL LIKE ARC DEMONSTRATION, LIKE ELECTRICAL ARC. I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS ACTUALLY LIKE REALLY COOL. JUST OTHER, I DID A DEMONSTRATION OF HOUSE BURNING TOO AND HOW THEY PUT IT OUT, LIKE IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE BIG SHIFT WOOD HOUSE THAT THEY MADE. BUT YEAH, THAT WAS ALSO REALLY INTERESTING. SO YEAH. UM, EVERYONE GOING TO, I WENT TO THE, UM, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. UM, THAT CONFERENCE. I'M NOT GONNA LIE, I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULDN'T PERTAIN TO US THAT MUCH 'CAUSE LIKE I'M NOT OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE YET. SO I, I DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WAS GONNA BE THAT INTERESTING. BUT IT ENDED UP LIKE, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING HEARING THE PEOPLE IN LIKE THOSE POSITIONS SPEAK ABOUT THEIR JOBS AND ABOUT LIKE HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS. AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING SEEING WHERE ALL LIKE THE MONEY FROM THE STATE GOES AND LIKE HOW IT FUNNELS INTO OUR EDUCATION, HOW IT FUNNELS INTO LIKE OUR CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA SHARE? SOMETHING THAT STUCK OUT TO THEM? NO. OKAY. SO THE PAPERS ARE PASSING OUT RIGHT NOW ARE GOING TO BE SOME PAPERS TO PUT INTO YOUR BINDERS. UM, THESE INVOLVE, UM, JUST WAYS TO CONTACT DIFFERENT PEOPLE. FACILITATORS, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND YOUR COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES. SO FOR THIS YEAR, UM, OUR COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE TEEN EVENTS IS, AND FOR OUR SOCIAL EVENTS WE HAVE THESE SET UP. AND THEN FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERING HERE, SO, SO THESE PAPERS ARE JUST REMINDERS OF THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMITTEES IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW AND WHO TO CONTACT. UM, ON THE BACK OF THIS PAPER RIGHT HERE WITH THE CONTACT SHEET FOR THE FACILITATORS, IF YOU LOOK ON THE BACK, IT'S THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WITH THEIR EMAILS. SO IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, UM, IT ALSO LISTS WHAT COMMITTEE MEMBER YOU SHOULD RESPOND TO FOR YOUR MONTHLY, UM, CHECK-INS, WHICH I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE DOING MONTHLY CHECK-INS. UM, USE THE AGENDA. THE AGENDA'S A CHEAT SHEET FOR THIS. OKAY. JUST, IT'S JUST BRIEF TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THIS MEETING. ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THAT, JUST A PLUG FOR THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE APPLYING AGAIN, UM, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY, THEY DO TEND TO REAPPOINT THE MEMBERS THAT THEY APPOINTED THE PREVIOUS YEAR. BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S ALSO GOOD TO BE EMAILING THEM THOSE TOUCH POINTS SO THAT THEY REMEMBER YOU AND THEN ARE LIKE, OH YES, THIS PERSON WAS ACTIVE IN THE COUNCIL, THEY DID ATTEND THE MEETINGS. 'CAUSE WE DO SEND THEM THE ATTENDANCE SHEETS. AND SO THEN IF THEY'VE ALSO SEEN THOSE EMAILS FROM YOU, THEY KNOW THAT YOU WERE A PARTICIPANT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND, AND SO THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, PARTLY, YOU KNOW, REELECT Y'ALL, YES, COUNSEL THIS YEAR IS REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. UM, IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO APPLY NEXT YEAR, THEY REALLY LOOK AT HOW YOU PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE BREAKOUT TO COMMITTEE GROUPS. UM, AS YOU GUYS SHOULD KNOW BY NOW, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING IN YOUR COMMITTEE GROUPS, YOU SHOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC, AT [01:05:01] LEAST THREE THINGS LIKE MINIMUM OR NOT EVEN MINIMUM MAXIMUM. THREE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO TARGET THIS YEAR. UM, WE HAVE COMMITTEE WORKSHEETS RIGHT HERE THAT MS. JEN MADE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, THESE ARE JUST GOING TO MAKE A CLEAR OBJECTIVE OF WHAT ONE THING YOU WANNA DO THIS YEAR. SO OUT OF THE THREE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY PICK ONE THING AND TALK ABOUT IT IN HERE. AND SO WE'LL BREAK OUT FOR, WE'LL SAY 20 MINUTES, 20 MINUTES, 20 MINUTES, AND THEN WE'LL TALK AGAIN AS A GROUP. SO IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOUR BONES HERE ONCE HERE. REMEMBER GUYS, ONE THING, ONE THING. LOOKING BACK IN YOUR NOTES FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES, PLEASE. UH, GUYS, ONE MORE THING. REPRESENTATIVES, YOU'RE THE MAIN PERSON. I WANT TO HAVE THE FULL THING FILLED OUT. EVERYONE DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE IT FULL FILLED OUT. JUST ONE REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE THAT LIKE MANAGE PIECES. AND SO REALLY LINE OUT WHAT THOSE STEPS AND THEN HERE DOING SOME OF THE NEXT ROAD LIST OF, OKAY, SO SANDWICHES, TRAY, ORDER I, YEAH. MAKE LIKE, [01:10:17] SO FILTER HAS LIKE KIDS. I WOULD, THAT'S BECAUSE ON SATURDAY AND PAST IS THAT SO I, SO YES, MULTI WE COULD PULL, THAT'S A LOT FUN. CULTURAL, CULTURAL GAMES THAT KIDS, WELL WE COULD DO LIKE A LITTLE SPEECH MAYBE EACH LIKE SIDE IS A PROJECT OF WHATEVER. ACTUALLY WE DON'T NEED THAT. SO ABOUT RECRUITING WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO IN YOUR SCHOOL, THEY COULD HELP US KIND. [01:15:34] SO CAMPUSES FOR LIKE NO TWO ARE, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON HOW FAST MANY IDEAS, AND I KNOW WE'VE NARROW DOWN MY EXPERIENCE TO START. I DO LIKE A SOCIAL, BUT WE SHOULD GET LOT OF MY FRIENDS. WE CAN, THE MAIN, WE HAVE ACTUAL, I THINK FOR [01:23:31] TWO MORE MINUTES OF $1 [01:26:23] WE'RE GONNA, OKAY, SO NORMALLY AROUND THIS TIME WE DO HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVES TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC THINGS THAT Y'ALL WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR. UM, HOWEVER, DO THE TIME MANAGEMENT OR ABOUT ENDING REACHING THE END OF IT. IT'S OUR MEETING. SO I WILL JUST HAVE, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, CAN YOU GUYS JUST LOOK AT THE WORKSHEET THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AND JUST KIND OF WRITE LIKE SUMMARIES AND SEND IT INTO THE GYC GROUP CHAT FOR ME PLEASE. JUST SO EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT. IF THERE'S ANY INPUT THEY WANT TO PUT IN, THEY CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND YOU GUYS CAN CONTINUE WORKING ON THESE ISSUES. LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT. IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TALK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ITEMS, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO TALK THROUGH THAT ON THE GROUP CHAT. SO MS. JENNIFER AND I TALKED ABOUT LIKE IF YOU GUYS WANNA MAYBE HAVE THAT COMPLETED AND SOMETHING READY TO, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT AS HERE'S OUR IDEA, HERE'S OUR THOUGHT THROUGH LIKE PLAN OF ACTION. UH, THEN YOU GUYS COULD BRING THAT ON THE 28TH. THAT'S OUR NEXT SOCIAL. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE BREAKING OUT INTO COMMITTEES AT THE SOCIAL. SO IF YOU WOULD HAVE LIKE FROM NOW UNTIL THEN, IF YOU NEED TO DO IT WITHIN GROUP CHATS, Y'ALL THINK THROUGH THAT AND HAVE THAT READY TO THEN LIKE SOMEBODY HAND AT LEAST ONE AND TWO, UM, YOUR REPRESENTATIVES CAN HAND IT INTO, UM, MS. RHONDA OR MS. JENNIFER OR MYSELF. AND THEN WHAT THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU GUYS AND LET Y'ALL KNOW IF WE SEE ANYTHING THAT MAYBE NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT THROUGH OR SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON PIVOTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN AT THAT POINT Y'ALL CAN AGAIN CONTINUE WORKING IN THE GROUP CHAT TO BE COMPLETING ACTIONS. AND THEN WHEN WE GO TO NOVEMBER, Y'ALL ARE EVEN FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND STARTING TO IMPLEMENT, TAKING SOME MORE ACTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO REPRESENTATIVES, ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. MOVING ON TO, OH, SORRY, WHEN'S OUR NEXT MEETING? OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE 11. YES. NOVEMBER 11. OKAY. SPEAKING OF UPCOMING MEETINGS, SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TURN YOUR PAGE IN THE BACK PLEASE. NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS UPCOMING MEETINGS SLASH EVENTS. SO NEXT WEEK FRIDAY WE HAVE THE GARLAND GRAVEYARD HAUNTED HOUSE TRUNK RETREAT THAT WILL BE HERE. SO FROM GYC WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WILLING TO HAVE A TABLE FOR US AND READY TO VOLUNTEER. UM, WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT IT IN A GROUP CHAT YOU GUYS WANT, IF THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN, TO JUST BE OUTSIDE, HAVE A TABLE, TALK ABOUT GYC TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING IN FOR THE HAUNTED HOUSE, THAT'S SOMETHING. UM, OCTOBER 25TH, WHICH IS SATURDAY. NEXT TO SATURDAY WE HAVE THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ANNUAL PICNIC SLASH BLOCK PARTY. UM, LAST YEAR THEY DID DO LIKE A CHILI CONTEST, SO YOU GOT TO LIKE TRY DIFFERENT CHILIES THAT PEOPLE THAT SOME PEOPLE MADE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S A REALLY FUN EVENT TO GO PARTICIPATE IN AS WELL. UM, OCTOBER 28TH WE HAVE OUR TWO YC SOCIAL, UM, OR DETAILS ABOUT THAT TO COME. THAT WILL BE AT FIELD RECREATION CENTER. UM, AND YEAH, OKAY. NOVEMBER 1ST. UM, SORRY, I'M NOT GONNA TEXT HER BECAUSE I DUNNO WHAT . UM, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE THAT EVENT. I'M NOT TOO SURE THE DETAILS ON THAT. UH, SO DANIELLE, MS. MOORE JONES WILL BE, UH, A BOOTH, UH, I THINK ON THE GRAVEYARD. UH, Y'ALL MAY HELP. DO THEY NEED ANY HELP? UH, UH, I DID NEED TWO VOLUNTEERS FOR INSIDE OF THE HAUNTED HOUSE, BUT THAT [01:30:01] ONE, LIKE IF YOU'RE COMMITTING TO THAT ONE, WE DO NEED YOU THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE PART OF IT AND YOU HAVE A ROLE. AND THEN THE REST OF YOU GUYS WHO WANNA VOLUNTEER WILL BE AT THE TRUNK. UM, D DE LOS MUTOS WILL BE A BOOTH, LIKE SIE WAS SAYING, A BOOTH TO HAND OUT LIKE WE DID AT SAFETY FEST TO HAND OUT INFORMATION. SO THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT D DE MARTOS. BUT FOR THE, UM, HAUNTED HOUSE TRUNK RETREAT, THAT'S MORE ACTUAL VOLUNTEERING AND ALSO THE, THE PICNIC THAT'S VOLUNTEERING, UM, SETTING UP TEAR DOWN, DOING ACTIVITIES DURING THE EVENT VERSUS HAVING THE BOOTH. BUT DF WILL HAVE THE VOTE. OKAY, NOVEMBER 11TH WE HAVE OUR NEXT UIC MEETING, SAME AS THIS TIME, RIGHT DOWN TO COMMITTEES. WE'LL HAVE SPEAKERS HOPEFULLY, HUH? HERE. YES. YES, IT'LL BE HERE. UM, SAME TIME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEET AT FIVE. EVERYONE ELSE, YOUR ONE WELCOME COME AT FIVE, BUT WE'LL BE DEBRIEFING ABOUT THE ADD AGENDA. UM, OKAY. DECEMBER 4TH, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE, THAT IS DOWNTOWN GARLAND. UH, WE WILL HAVE A BOOTH SIMILAR TO MAJORITY OF OUR VOLUNTEER EVENTS. WE'LL HAVE A BOOTH AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, GYC PROMOTING. AND THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME ACTIVITIES. SO THAT'LL BE KIND OF A HYBRID WHERE THERE WILL BE THE BOOTH THAT WE NEED PEOPLE MANNING THE BOOTH, BUT THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE PEOPLE ASSISTING PARKS AND REC STAFF WITH, UM, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE SET UP FOR THE EVENT. AND YES, THE NEXT MEETING, SOCIALS AND PROMOTIONS CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT A WAY FOR US TO PROMOTE, LIKE, KIND OF LIKE WHAT PARKS AND RECREATION DO, WHERE THEY LIKE A LITTLE ACTIVITY THAT COULD DO LIKE A SPIN THE WHEEL AND WHATEVER YOU LAND ON, YOU GET SOMETHING KIND OF THING. UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SOCIAL PROMOTIONS WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FOR UPCOMING, LIKE MEETING. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE DECEMBER 6TH PANCAKES WITH SANTA. THAT IS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY. AND THAT IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE YOU ARE LIKE, SOME OF THEM, I DON'T THINK Y'ALL WERE MAKING PANCAKES LAST YEAR, BUT YOU WERE ROLLING SILVERWARE, YOU WERE GREETING PEOPLE, YOU WERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT KIND OF ACTIVITIES THAT Y'ALL WERE HELPING WITH TO MAKE THE EVENT HAPPEN. YEAH, IT'S VERY FUN. AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL. THEY'RE THE ONES MAKING PANCAKES AND DOING SOME ACTIVITIES. YEP. SO ONE THING, UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA DO IT TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, BUT, UH, MS. JENNIFER, MS. RHONDA AND I WILL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT AT THE SOCIAL, UM, WE ARE GONNA NEED TO DISCUSS OUR MEETING IN DECEMBER. THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE ON HERE. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S DECEMBER 9TH, THERE IS, UM, AN EVENT THAT SAME EVENING THAT PARKS AND REC HAS AN EVENT. AND SO WE WILL, UM, AT THE SOCIAL DISCUSS WHETHER YOU GUYS WANT TO MEET AND THEN I WOULD BE THE, YOU KNOW, WITH Y'ALL, UM, TO MEET. BUT MS. RHONDA, MS. JENNIFER WOULD BE AT THE PARKS AND REC EVENT OR WHETHER Y'ALL MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE THE MEETING DATE AND THEN SOME PEOPLE COULD VOLUNTEER AT THAT EVENT OR WHATNOT. WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT IS ONE THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, I DON'T HAVE THE DECEMBER 9TH DATE ON THERE AS OUR DECEMBER MEETING 'CAUSE WE'LL, WE WILL SET THAT IN STONE, UM, HERE IN A SECOND OR HERE AT OUR NEXT MEETING. BUT BEFORE WE, WE END IT, I DID RUN TO, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVENTS, UM, JUST KIND OF SOME HOUSEKEEPING RULES THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY STATE AS WE STARTED OFF THE YEAR AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING VIOLATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE BRINGING THIS UP. BUT SOMETHING THAT WE DO, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE PUT OUT THERE SO THAT YOU GUYS KNOW AS YOU'RE GOING TO THESE EVENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU AND YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT, BUT AGAIN, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR WITH THE EXPECTATIONS AND THAT WHEN YOU ARE ATTENDING EVENTS, OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE REPRESENTING GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL AND THE CITY BY PROXY AS WELL, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU ARE AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE BOARD. I MEAN, THAT'S AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE CITY BOARD. AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE COGNIZANT OF THAT. AGAIN, Y'ALL ALL ACT WELL, BUT WE, WE WANNA PUT IT OUT THERE THAT, UM, THAT YOU DO ACT TO BE FITTING, YOU KNOW, A A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR SPEECH, IN YOUR ACTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE ARE BEING WELCOMING AND BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTING OF OF EVERYONE THAT, THAT WE WOULD TALK TO. BUT ALSO HAVING AND KNOWING WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS WHILE WE'RE THERE. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OUT THERE TALKING WITH PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE DOING. UM, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE CITY OR PROMOTING GYC OR PROMOTING THE EVENT VERSUS WE'RE THERE JUST TO HAVE FUN. AND WE WANT Y'ALL TO HAVE FUN AT THESE EVENTS, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMETIMES YOUR FRIENDS MIGHT BE AT THE EVENT. AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE, YOU'RE NOT THERE TO HANG WITH YOUR FRIENDS. AND AGAIN, NOT THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT, BUT YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS THE EXPECTATION THAT IF YOU'RE AT AN EVENT AND YOU'RE NOT THERE HANGING OUT WITH [01:35:01] YOUR FRIENDS, YOU'RE THERE IN THE CAPACITY THAT YOU'RE THERE FOR. UM, AND SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AS WE DO MORE AND MORE OF THESE EVENTS, I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY DONE A COUPLE, BUT AS WE DO MORE AND MORE THAT THAT IS THE EXPECTATION WHEN Y'ALL ARE THERE. WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. ALL EVERYBODY WHO HAS ALREADY, UM, COME OUT TO THESE EVENTS, WE'VE SEEN A GREAT SHOWING. UM, AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S LOTS MORE AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL CONTINUING TO SERVE ON THAT AND THE GREAT WORK THAT Y'ALL DO. OKAY, ONE LAST THING I PERSONALLY WANNA MENTION COMMUNICATION, PLEASE. IF YOU, EVEN IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT TO EVENTS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO AT LEAST TALK ABOUT IT. SO LIKE, OH, LIKE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO SAY. AT LEAST JUST TALK TO PEOPLE, TALK TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE I'M SEEING A LITTLE DISCONNECT AND IT'S, I'D RATHER Y'ALL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. ANYONE ELSE? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? WHAT STATE'S OR FUTURE EVENTS FOR THE BUDGET COST IS EVERYTHING ON US OR THE SO YES, AND I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU. 'CAUSE I, I ACTUALLY, UH, WAS TALKING TO TAMARA IN, IN THEIR GROUP ABOUT THAT. UM, SO ON THE WORKSHEETS, I KNOW, YES, BUDGET AND COST IS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS ON THERE. UH, THAT'S PARTIALLY FOR YOU GUYS TO BE WORKING ON. WHAT DO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO COST TO DO WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING? BECAUSE AS YOU GUYS WORK THROUGH THAT AND YOU'RE SAYING, OH, I WANT TO SAY IT'S A VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY AND WE WORKED THROUGH THIS AND HERE'S ALL THE SUPPLIES WE NEED AND WE ACTUALLY START LOOKING ON PURCHASING THOSE ON AMAZON OR THIS OR THAT, AND HEY, IT'S $500. WELL THAT'S WHEN Y'ALL WOULD WRITE THAT ON YOUR, YOUR SHEET. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND BE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T HAVE $500 AND THEN WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ON, WELL MAYBE THERE'S SOMEONE WE CAN GO REACH OUT TO AND ASK, YOU KNOW, IF THEY COULD DONATE OR, UH, DONATE EITHER FINANCIALLY OR DONATE AN IN TIME SERVICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S MORE FOR YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO BE FIGURING OUT WHAT THE COST OF WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO IS. AND THEN WE CAN WORK THROUGH WHAT THE BUDGET IS. WE DO HAVE BUDGET MONEY AS GYC, BUT IT DOES HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING WE DO THE ENTIRE YEAR. SO OUR SERVICE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IF OUR SOCIAL, I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE ABOUT $200 FOR THE FOOD FOR 40 PEOPLE AND AN ACTIVITY AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S LIKE, IT, IT DOES, DOESN'T GO SUPER SUPER FAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ENTIRE YEAR. UM, BUT THAT'S WHY WE WANT YOU TO COST IT OUT AND THEN WE CAN WORK THROUGH HOW WE GET IT DONE. ANYTHING ELSE DO FUNDRAISING WITH THE FINANCES, CHOCOLATE, THE RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE IDEAS THAT WE CAN TALK THROUGH, LIKE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE BOXES TO THEN GO OUT AND SELL OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, LIKE WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT. THOSE ARE PART OF ALL OF THOSE ACTION STEPS TO MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN. UM, SO WE WERE TALKING THE VOLUNTEERING GROUP, , WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MISSING, UM, SOCIAL EVENTS WITH VOLUNTEERING, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IT'S AN HALLOWEEN EVENT WITH LIKE A CLOTHES DRIVE, UM, A COAT DRIVE. UM, OR THINKING OF DO, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT IT, WOULD IT FOR YOUR, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH OR SOMETHING? I THINK IT'S ALWAYS LIKE, WE WANT TO STRESS TO Y'ALL, LIKE, IT, IT ALWAYS ASK, YOU KNOW, AND BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW. THAT'S SOMETHING I'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK WITH PARKS AND REC ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF THE, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HAUNTED EVENT, THAT'S THEIR DEPARTMENT AND I'M NOT SURE THE LEVELS OF HOW THAT DECISION IS MADE, BUT ALWAYS ASK BECAUSE THEN WE CAN BRING IT TO WHOEVER MIGHT MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND THE ANSWER MAY BE NO, WHICH IS FINE, BUT THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE ELSE COULD WE DO IT, MAYBE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ONE LAST THING. UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT PRINT ENOUGH PAPERS OUT, BUT Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT THE UPCOMING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS EVENT. UM, IT'S BASICALLY JUST A LITTLE DINNER AT THE ATRIUM DOWNTOWN, IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. UM, I THINK FROM THIS YEAR IS I BELIEVE LIKE BASEBALL SORT OF CASE. UM, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ONE, UH, INVITATION IN YOUR EMAIL. EMAIL YOU'RE ABLE TO RSVP, I THINK ONE GUEST. SO IF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN GOING CHECK YOUR EMAIL AND MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP FOR THAT. IT'S EVERY SINGLE BOARD AND COMMISSION. SO THE, THE CITY HAS ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. UM, SO EVERY SINGLE ONE IS INVITED TO THIS DINNER AND, UH, THE SPEAKER IT'S AT, IT'S ALSO, IT'S A DINNER AND THEN A WITH A GUEST SPEAKER. THE GUEST SPEAKER IS THE ANNOUNCER FOR THE TEXAS RANGERS. AND SO, UM, IT'S JUST A TIME FOR BASICALLY THE CITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. [01:40:02] SO I'LL PUT THAT OUT. UH, YEAH, WE'LL PUT A REMINDER ABOUT THAT AS WELL SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FLYERS FOR TODAY. WE'LL PUT A REMINDER ABOUT THAT. UM, DOES THEY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BUT IF YOU WILL, LIKE, RESPOND TO THE RSVP, I MEAN WE ARE GONNA END UP DOING OUR OWN LIKE POLL THIRD GROUP MEET TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S COMMITTING. BUT THEY ALSO LIKE, THAT COMES FROM OUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND THEY SENT IT OUT THROUGH LIKE PAPERLESS POSTS, UM, LIKE THAT EMAIL, RSVP, AND THEY DO LOOK AT LIKE WHO'S RESPONDING AND NOT RESPONDING. AND SO THEY DO ASK THAT WE ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO ACTUALLY DO THE RFVP ON THAT EMAIL THAT YOU RECEIVED. YES. ANYTHING ELSE? YES. UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT. I WANT, CAN I HAVE ALL THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES STAY A LITTLE BIT AFTER THIS MEETING JUST SO I CAN TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU GUYS REAL QUICK? THAT'S IT. OKAY. AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT DIDN'T GET THEIR UM, T-SHIRT OR POLO YET, I MOST LIKELY HAVE IT IN THIS BAG. SO COME SEE ME AS YOU'RE LEAVING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.