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OH, GOOD MORNING, VENITA, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WE'RE GOING TO, UH, CALL A MEETING TO ORDER.
I WANNA ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES.
THE FIRST, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THEM? YES.
ALTHOUGH I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CHANGES.
GAIL MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AND AMADOR SECOND.
SO THIS MORNING WE HAVE A RARITY.
UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT WANTS TO TALK.
BECKY WATLEY, UM, WHAT SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU NEED TO CUT THE MICS, THAT'S FINE, BUT WE'RE GONNA GIVE HER THREE MINUTES IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP.
NO, UH, MS. BECKY, IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, UNFORTUNATELY YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT.
WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
MORE THAN THAT MEAN, THAT MEANS IF IT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA, THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
SO I JUST TELL YOU WHAT I'M HERE ABOUT.
BUT WE CAN'T, WE CANNOT RESPOND ANYWAY.
I GET JESSE, DO WE NEED TO PAUSE OR GO? PAUSE IT.
YOU CAN STAY TO THE, THANK YOU.
CHRIS, DO YOU NEED TO LEAVE OR CAN YOU STAY? I, I CAN STAY.
THANK YOU MS. WATLEY FOR PURPOSE.
SO CHAIRPERSON, HOW WOULD A PUBLIC MEMBER GET ON THE AGENDA? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THEM GETTING ON THE AGENDA.
IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, THEN WE CAN ENGAGE.
SO, AND THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING AN AGENDA ITEM? THE PUBLIC.
IF IT'S NOT ON THE CURRENT AGENDA, THEN WE CAN'T JUST RESPOND TO IT.
BUT IF SHE WANTS TO BE ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH OR YES, SHE WILL NEED TO EMAIL AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
SO YES, SHE CAN CONTACT MYSELF AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT GETTING HER ON THE, ON THE AGENDA.
AND SHE KNOWS HOW TO CONTACT YOU.
WELL, AFTER THE MEETING I WILL GIVE YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR LISTENING.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
HOW MANY OF YOU'RE PLANNING TO COME? WHO'S PLANNING TO COME? OKAY.
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ON NOVEMBER 13TH.
I WANNA TRY TO GET US A TABLE TOGETHER, OR AT LEAST IF THERE'S A LOT OF US TWO TABLES TOGETHER.
SO, UM, LOOK FOR US WHEN WE GET THERE AND WE'LL TRY TO ALL SIT TOGETHER.
IT'S WEAR YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM, UM, JERSEY, OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA WEAR.
IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE COLD, SO WHATEVER YOU WANNA WEAR.
UM, ITEM A ON THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
COREY CONTACTED ME YESTERDAY AND HE WON'T BE ABLE TO COME TODAY.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM B, GARLAND CODE COMPLIANCE.
SORRY, I, I BROUGHT A PRESENTATION AND NOT MY NOTES, SO IT'S GONNA BE FUN IF I DON'T
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN THE AGENDA.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? DOING WELL.
I'M TRYING TO KILL TIME AS I BRING THIS UP.
SOMEBODY THAT'S MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY INCLINED.
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UM, SO FIRST OFF, CHRIS HARRIS, CITY GIRL AND CO COMPLIANCE.UH, WE WERE HERE, I GUESS A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, JUNE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK, UH, YOU HAD ACTUALLY SUGGESTED, UH, ONE OF, UH, SOMEBODY TO REACH OUT TO, A COMMUNITY PARTNER THAT WE COULD REACH OUT TO, TO WORK, UH, WITH, TO, UH, BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND.
SO WE CAME TO REPORT ON THAT TODAY.
AND THEN IN GENERAL, UH, JUST KIND OF TELLING YOU WHERE WE PLAN ON, UH, KIND OF SOME OF OUR FOCUS AND SOME OF OUR EFFORTS IN, IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, THE SENIOR ENGAGEMENT AND, AND CODE CARE INITIATIVES.
SO THE CITY OF GARLAND CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
IT'S NOT A DIVISION PER SE, BUT IT'S, WE'RE CALLING IT A DIVISION.
UM, AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S FOR THE CONTINUING CARE OF OUR SENIORS.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, A FEW PEOPLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT ARE HELPING US GATHER RESOURCES THAT WE CAN HAND OUT TO PEOPLE.
SO THAT WAY AS WE GO TO A PROPERTY, WE FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY.
AS WE MAKE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE, IF WE FIND OUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SOMEONE THAT'S IN NEED, DOESN'T, IF THEY HAVE ANY NEEDS THAT AREN'T BEING MET, WE HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER WITH THE CITY THAT WE CAN PUT 'EM IN CONTACT WITH.
UM, AND THEN IN INSTANCES, IF IT'S A SENIOR CITIZEN, THEN, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME SENIOR RELATED, UH, ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO, UH, PASS OUT AND HAND OUT TO THEM.
THAT WAY IS WE'RE NOT JUST THERE, YOU KNOW, HITTING SOMEBODY OVER THE HEAD 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T MOW THEIR GRASS, BUT WE'RE ALSO LIKE FINDING OUT THAT THEY NEED SOME HELP AND WE CAN GIVE THEM ASSISTANCE AND, AND THAT WE, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
SO THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND THAT.
UM, SO WITH CODE CURES PROGRAM, A LOT OF Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT CODE CURES BEFORE.
THE ONE THING I ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IS CODE CURES IS 100% UNFUNDED AND IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
THE, THE IDEA, UH, OF CODE CARES IS THAT WE PUT THOSE THAT HAVE THE NEED TOGETHER WITH THOSE THAT, THAT CAN PROVIDE THE NEED.
UM, I THINK I'VE GIVEN THE STORY BEFORE, BUT ONE TIME WE HAD SOMEONE THAT NEEDED HELP, A SENIOR CITIZEN, WE WROTE 'EM UP FOR THEIR FENCE.
UM, THEY HAD A FENCE THAT NEEDED, THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE FENCE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY 'CAUSE THEY WERE ON A LIMITED BUDGET.
AND SO WE HAD SOMEONE THAT I WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO AND THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, I CAN PROVIDE THE MATERIALS, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BUILDING THE FENCE.
AND SO THEN I WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY FIND A, A FENCE BUILDER.
SO BETWEEN THOSE THREE PEOPLE, WE PUT THEM TOGETHER AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A NEW FENCE FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS.
SO THAT'S SORT OF, I ALWAYS USE THAT ONE.
'CAUSE TO ME THAT'S SORT OF THE IDEA BEHIND CODE CARES, IS IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CODE DOING SOMETHING, IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO HELP SOMEBODY OUT.
SO, UH, I WILL SAY I GET A LOT OF CALLS, UH, FROM SENIOR CITIZENS ESPECIALLY ASKING ME TO, UM, TO HELP THEM, I I ANYTHING FROM LIKE HELPING THEM WITH THEIR GROCERIES TO, UH, TAKING DOWN A TREE.
SO THE CODE CURES PROGRAM, THERE ARE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OUT THE CITY.
THE CODE CURES PROGRAM ITSELF, OR IS FOR SENIORS THAT HAVE A, HAVE BEEN GIVEN A CODE VIOLATION THAT THEY CAN'T REMEDY ON THEIR OWN.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HELP THEM.
OKAY? NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY IF SOMEONE CALLS ME AND THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TREE, I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
I DO IT ALL THE TIME AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING THAT.
THAT'S, I LIKE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE HELP.
UM, BUT FOR THE CODE CURES PROGRAM ITSELF, IT HAS TO BE A CODE RELATED ISSUE THAT WE'VE, YOU'VE BEEN WRITTEN UP FOR AND THEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T COMPLY.
THAT'S THE, THE PURPOSE BEHIND CODE CARES.
UM, ONE THING WE'VE BEEN DOING, I'M SURE YOU'VE, UH, HEARD OF, UH, JOSUE DIAZ.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HOSUE DIAZ.
WE'RE TRYING TO HELP HIM BUILD UP HIS VOLUNTEER BASE.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING MORE AND MORE CODE CARES WORK THROUGH THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW, I GET, I PUT SOME, IF SOMEBODY SAYS THEY NEED CODE CARES ASSISTANCE, I PUT 'EM ON OUR LIST.
AND THEN AS I GET A VOLUNTEER OR AS I FIND A VOLUNTEER, COME ACROSS A VOLUNTEER, I'LL SIT THERE, UH, WE'LL ASK THEM, OKAY, HEY, CAN YOU DO THIS? AND IF THEY SAY YES, THEN THAT'S GREAT.
OR IF A VOLUNTEER COMES TO ME, HEY, WE WANNA DO A A COMMUNITY RELATED EVENT, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND THEN I'LL FIND SOMEBODY ON THE LIST THAT MEETS THEIR, THEIR NEEDS AS FAR AS WHAT SERVICE THEY CAN PROVIDE.
UM, IDEALLY WITH HU SUE'S VOLUNTEER GROUP, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT ON A MUCH MORE REPEATED LEVEL.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE PROJECTS PER MONTH, UH, LAWN CARE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO IDEALLY WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT NOW.
UH, LEMME SEE IF IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO ONE, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS I ACTUALLY, UH, I WAS TALKING WITH EVERYBODY.
I ASKED IF WE COULD COME BACK THIS MONTH SO WE COULD TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT THIS.
WE DO HAVE OUR SENIOR LAWN CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST OR TECHNICALLY SECOND 'CAUSE WE'RE CLOSED ON THE FIRST.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL KEEP THOSE THAT OPEN UNTIL MARCH 1ST OR UNTIL
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ALL SPOTS ARE FILLED.IT'S A-C-D-B-G-A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, SO ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE GIVEN TO US, THEY'RE, UH, QUALIFIED THROUGH THE, THE FEDERAL APPLICATION.
SO WE HAVE AN APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE AND IT'S, UH, MEETS ALL THE FELLOW, UH, FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
UH, YOU, IT'S A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, OR IT'S TECHNICALLY, IT'S A FIRST COME, FIRST APPROVED.
SO IF, IF YOU FILL IT OUT AND YOU'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS, THEN YOU GET IT.
IT'S, IT'S AUTOMATIC IF, BUT IF YOU DON'T GET, IF YOU MISS DOTTING AN I OR CROSSING A T, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH YOU AND THAT MIGHT PUT YOU DOWN THE LIST.
SO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ALL FILLED OUT.
UM, THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO COME AND TALK WITH YOU GUYS IS I WANTED TO ACTUALLY GET SOME INPUT FROM YOU ON IN THE PAST.
I SAY, I KEEP SAYING I, WE HAVE, UH, MADE FLYERS FOR THE CODE CARES PROGRAM AND I'VE PUT 'EM OUT AT LIKE THE SENIOR REC CENTERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE HAVE ONE AT THE CARVER COMPLEX WHERE, WHERE WE RESIDE.
AND THEN ALSO THE, THE MAIN SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH ISN'T HERE RIGHT NOW.
SO I WANTED TO GET YOUR IDEAS.
I KNOW, I BELIEVE THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO GALE FIELDS FOR, UH, FOR NOW.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY I COULD PUT SOME THERE AT GALE FIELDS.
I COULD PUT SOME, UH, SOME FLYERS OUT AT THE SENIOR, UH, CARVER SENIOR CENTER.
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS? AND I CAN FINISH MY PRESENTATION AND WE CAN DISCUSS, OR WE CAN DISCUSS.
UM, BUT WHERE ARE SOME OTHER GOOD PLACES THAT WOULD BE TO PUT FLYERS SO THAT WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE IN THE CITY PRESS, BUT WHERE ELSE CAN WE GO? IS THAT, CAN WE DISCUSS NOW OR DO I NEED TO FINISH MY PRESENTATION FIRST? LIBRARIES.
AND ACTUALLY THE OTHER, THE OTHER CENTERS TOO, BECAUSE SENIORS GO TO ALL OF THEM.
AND THEN IF YOU COULD SEND IT TO ME, WE HAVE AN EMAIL BLAST THAT WE CAN SEND YOU.
AND ARE YOU AWARE OF THE GARLAND GAZETTE? UM, I, I'VE HEARD OF IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE AFFILIATION IT HAS WITH GARLAND OTHER THAN IT'S USUALLY ABOUT GARLAND.
IT'S A FEMALE RUNS IT AND SHE WOULD POST IT.
DO YOU HAVE THE CON CONTACT INFORMATION? I, I CAN FIND IT, BUT, OKAY.
AND IT'S ON FACEBOOK TOO, OR I GUESS I KNOW WHERE ELSE IT MIGHT BE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE KNOW? I JUST KNOW IT ON FACEBOOK.
AND THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M, I'M, I WANT TO COVER ALL THE BASES.
'CAUSE WE PUT IT OUT THERE, UM, BEFORE, AND, UM, SOMETIMES WE GET LOTS OF HITS AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T, UH, CODE CODE INSPECTORS AS THEY SEE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE ASSISTANCE.
THEY'LL KIND OF MAKE SURE AND TELL THEM, HEY, HERE'S THE APPLICATION.
BUT MS. COOPER, WERE YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHING? I CHANGED MY OKAY.
SO I'LL GET THE INFORMATION TOO.
YOU, I'VE GOT A, I'VE GOT THE ARTICLE.
I JUST, UH, GAVE THE ARTICLE FOR THE JANUARY GARLAND CITY PRESS.
I JUST GAVE THAT TO, UM, OUR PMR PUBLIC MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'LL BE IN THE JANUARY, UH, IN THE JANUARY PRESS RELEASE.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, WE USUALLY DO A PRETTY BIG BLAST TO TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
AND WE, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A YEAR WHERE WE DON'T FILL IT.
UM, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS WHERE WE HAVE TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ENOUGH APPLICANTS TO, UH, COME AND FILL OUT THE, UH, FILL EVERYTHING OUT.
UM, AND IT'S, AND IT'S, IT'S A SET BUDGET.
AND ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE, HOWEVER, EVERY MANY SPACES, I I, I DON'T TECHNICALLY RUN THE PROGRAM MYSELF, I JUST TRY TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A SET NUMBER OF SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND ONCE THEY'RE FULL, THEY'RE FULL.
AND THEN WE, WE DO SOME BACKUP JUST IN CASE IF SOMEONE, UH, LEAVES THE PROGRAM, THEN WE HAVE SOME BACKUPS THAT WE CAN.
SO IS IT REOCCURRING LAWN MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHEN EVERYBODY APPLIES? YES.
IT IS A WEEKLY, THEY, UH, WE DO IT THROUGH THE GROWING SEASON.
SEASON, I WANNA SAY IT STARTS, IT'S EITHER APRIL, MAY, AND THEN IT ENDS IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, USUALLY LATE SEPTEMBER, SOMETIMES 1ST OF OCTOBER, BUT AROUND THE 1ST OF OCTOBER.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, A BIWEEKLY SERVICE.
THEY COME OUT, THEY MOW THE YARD.
YOU, UH, THE ONE THING, THE ONE THING I'LL SAY THAT WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH IS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOCK THEIR YARDS, UH, THEIR GATES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, FORGETTING THAT THE CONTRACTORS ARE GONNA COME OUT.
WELL, IF THE CONTRACTORS ARE, CAN'T GAIN ACCESS TO IT, THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IT.
AND THEN THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME AROUND.
'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH THAT THEY HAVE TO HIT REPEATEDLY.
UM, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, IF YOU HAVE ANY, PARDON ME.
IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S, UH, ON, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ON THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, JUST REMINDING THEM, HEY, LEAVE YOUR GATES OPEN ON THE DAYS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
SO, UM, THE 25, THE, ON THE, UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE IN 2025, WE WERE ABLE TO SERVICE, UH, MORE THAN 70 SENIORS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WITH THE DD, UH, DAAA, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
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PARTNER, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS, A AREA AGING, UH, ON AGING AGENCY ON AGING.AND THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM YOU GUYS.
Y'ALL, Y'ALL SUGGESTED THIS TO OUR DIRECTOR LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
HE WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT WITH THEM AND, UH, THROUGH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REACH, UH, 24 SENIORS IN THE AREA.
WE HAD 11 THAT WERE, UH, SENIORS THAT WERE LIVING ALONE, AND THEN 13, UH, AREA SENIORS, UH, THAT WERE MARRIED.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH, UH, SOME OF, UM, SOME OF THEIR BILLS AND THINGS OF, OF THAT NATURE AND MORE THAN $7,000.
AND THAT WAS ON A VERY, VERY LIKE, SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
'CAUSE WE HAD JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT WAS NOT EVEN A, A MAYBE A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE EXPECTING THIS NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH DA AND GET EVEN MORE PEOPLE HELPED OUT.
SO THIS WAS ONLY, I WANNA SAY THIS, THIS TOOK PLACE OVER ABOUT ABOUT TWO MONTH PERIOD.
WE FELT LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO HELP QUITE A BIT OF PEOPLE, UM, IN THAT VERY SHORT PERIOD.
SO NEXT YEAR BEING ON IT AT THE BEGINNING AND GETTING THAT WORD OUT THERE TO ALL OF OUR, OUR SENIORS IN NEED, THEN WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE WITH THAT.
UM, ANYWAY, JUST KIND OF CONTINUING ON.
JUST REALLY WANT TO DO MORE EXPANDED OUTREACH.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO GET WITH EVERYONE, UH, GET OUT THERE, TALK MORE AND WORKING WITH LIBRARIES ON, UH, POSSIBLY GETTING OUT IN THE LIBRARY AND DOING, UH, MEET AND GREETS OUT THERE, UH, INVITING CITIZENS IN SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT CODE'S ABOUT.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE CODE TO SEEM LIKE THE BIG, BIG BAD GUY.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT, REALIZE THAT WE ARE THERE TO WORK WITH THEM.
UM, HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANYTIME IF YOU EVER HEAR ANYBODY GETTING, WHETHER IT'S SENIOR OR NOT, IF YOU EVER HEAR ANYBODY GETTING A CODE COMPLIANCE LETTER, JUST REACH OUT.
OUR INSPECTORS ARE GIVEN THE, THE DISCRETION TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AS THEY NEED.
UM, IF THOSE PEOPLE, WE UNDERSTAND STUFF HAPPENS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE GET BEHIND AND, AND, UH, LIFE HAPPENS, RIGHT? MOST PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, NOT NOT WORRYING ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SOMETIMES THAT GRASS DOESN'T GET MOWED OR, OR THE, THE, UH, BRANCHES DON'T GET TRIMMED.
SO, UM, IF ANYBODY'S, IF YOU SEE ANYBODY THAT HASN'T, UH, GETS A NOTICE, PLEASE TELL 'EM, CONTACT YOUR INSPECTOR.
WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM.
UM, THE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT IS FOR THAT.
IT'S FOR THOSE THAT DON'T CONTACT US IF WE DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ENFORCE AND, AND GET THE CITY LOOKING GOOD.
THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
PRETTY SHORT AND SWEET, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I, THAT I CAN.
IF I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, I'LL MAKE 'EM UP.
IS THAT THE ONE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR IS THERE ANOTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
SO WE HA WE ACTUALLY, UH, WE, WE PARTNERED WITH DALLAS COUNTY, UH, FOR A TIME, AND HER NAME IS MELISSA SULLIVAN.
UM, WE PARTNERED, SHE WORKED WITH THEM, BUT THEN, THEN WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO BRING HER ON FULL-TIME WITH THE CITY.
UM, SO A LOT OF TIMES SHE WORKS, SHE WORKS, I WOULD SAY MOSTLY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THEY ARE, WHENEVER THEY GO OUT, THEY SEE PEOPLE IN NEED AND THEN THEY'LL CALL, CONTACT HER OUT.
UM, HOWEVER WE UTILIZE HER IN OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL, OR NOT IN OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT WITH OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
I, I THOUGHT SHE WAS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 'CAUSE DID SHE COME LAST NIGHT? I THINK, I THINK SHE, SHE, SHE WORKS WITH EVERYBODY.
SHE'S NOT, BUT SHE'S, SHE'S, YEAH, SHE WORKS WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT YEAH, SHE WORKS WITH EVERYBODY.
NO, NO, I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SINGLE, UM, HOMES.
DO YOU ALSO WORK WITH PEOPLE IN APARTMENTS OR APARTMENT, LIKE SENIOR LIVING APARTMENTS THAT NEED SO ABSOLUTELY.
IF ANYBODY HAD, IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALL LANDLORDS APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAVE REQUIRED STANDARDS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET.
AND SO ANYTIME IF THERE'S A REQUIRED STANDARD NOT BEING MET AND THOSE REQUIRED STANDARDS ARE IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN REQUIRE, SOME THINGS THAT WE CANNOT, GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE WE CANNOT REQUIRE, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES, UH, REALLY IF WE JUST HAD BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE, I'M TALKING ABOUT NOT US.
WE HAVE GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SOME THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD, COULD, UH, DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO, UH, ANY REQUIRED STANDARDS IN APARTMENTS, UM, IF IT'S NOT THOSE REQUIRED STANDARDS ARE NOT BEING MET, THEN WE CAN GO IN THERE AND WE CAN REQUIRE THAT THE LANDLORD APARTMENT COMPLEX DO THAT.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE, AND I'LL SPEAK TO THIS YOUNG LADY OVER HERE A LITTLE BIT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL GET SOME, GET SOME HELP FOR.
UM, UM, LIKE LIFETIME FITNESS IN PLACES LIKE THAT.
I KNOW SENIORS GO THERE TO, TO WORK OUT MM-HMM
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MIGHT BE THAT THEY WOULD LET YOU PUT FLYERS IN THEIR PLACES.
AND I THINK VENITA HAD A QUESTION.
WELL, I HAD YOUR QUESTION, BUT THEN I HAD, UH, TWO COMMENTS.
UH, THE GRUB CLUB, WHERE DOES IT ALWAYS MEET AT THE CA I'M NEW, SO I'M LEARNING TO, YEAH.
UH, DOES IT ALWAYS MEET AT THE GARLAND CAFE OR DOES IT MEET AT DIFFERENT PLACES TO TALK TO DEE ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
OH, I WAS THINKING THAT'S WHERE FLYERS COULD BE.
WELL, THE GRUB CLUB, WHEREVER THE GRUB CLUB WAS MEETING,
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THEY GO OUT.I'M SURE THE MAIN STREET CAFE WOULD, IT'S DIFFERENT PLACES.
IF YOU SAW IT IN HERE, YOU MIGHT WANNA TAKE SOME FLOWERS THERE.
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I CALLED AN INSPECTOR BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR MY TREE OVER THE, OVER THE ALLEY.
AND ANYWAY, IT AN EXCEPTIONALLY KIND GOOD RESPONSE AND HELP AND, AND, UH, NOT MAKING ME FEEL FOOLISH AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, HELPING ME GET IT STRAIGHT SO I COULD, COULD NOT GET ANOTHER LETTER.
AND HERE I I, I HAVE A PHILOSOPHY.
WE SHARE A PHILOSOPHY, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW TO, YOU KNOW.
AND SO WE, WE TRY TO LOOK AT EVERY CONTACT WITH A CITIZEN AS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY JUST DON'T REALIZE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT A VIOLATION MAY BE OR, OR, OR WHATNOT.
SO I HAD SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY, UH, CONTACT ME AND, UH, UH, SHE LIVED ALONE IN A HOME AND SHE HAD RATS AND SHE WANTED ME TO COME IN AND I WAS LIKE, I, IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S YOU, YOU GOTTA DO THAT.
BUT I WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH HER ABOUT, I HAD UNFORTUNATELY EXPERIENCED A, A SIMILAR ISSUE AT MY HOME.
AND SO WE, WE KIND OF TALKED A LITTLE BIT AND I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU AS A CITY PERSON.
I'M TALKING TO YOU AS A HUMAN BEING TO A HUMAN BEING.
SO I KIND OF GAVE HER SOME SUGGESTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN SHE CALLED ME BACK AND SHE WAS LIKE, IT'S WORKING.
SO WE, WE, WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE OUT.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THEY WANT TO OH, THE PAPERWORK THAT HAS TO BE FILLED OUT, THAT'S WHAT OH, GOOD POINT.
YES, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR FRONT OFFICE AND I'M SURE THEY'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY.
DID I DO THAT? GET A JOB? DID ALL, DID TELL MY BOSS SAID, OKAY.
WELL, IF ANYBODY HAS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING, I WILL GET OUTTA HERE.
I APPRECIATE I'LL, I'LL WAIT OVER HERE UNTIL THE END AND WE'LL TALK.
ITEM C UM, IS THE CITY HALL EVACUATION PLAN.
I TALKED WITH BOB ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, UM, AND TOLD HIM THAT WHERE, UM, WHERE WE HAD BEEN TRYING TO GO AND THAT, THAT WE NEEDED TO KNOW.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND, AND HE SAID HE WOULD TAKE THAT UNDER HIS WING.
SO CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? WELL, I REVIEWED THE DOCUMENT YOU SENT AND I CONTACTED THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE A, UM, EVACUATION PLAN FOR THIS BUILDING AND THE CITY NEEDS TO PROVIDE IT.
HAVING SAID THAT, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO I'LL BE WORKING ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY I'VE GOT A MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THEY ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE.
UM, DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA MEET WITH HIM? NO, I'M WAITING.
SO IT'LL BE BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
SO IF WE CAN PUT THIS BACK ON THE NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA.
IN THE MEANTIME, UH, FOR ALL OF, FOR ALL OF YOUR NEW ONES, AND ACTUALLY ME JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, THERE IS A DOOR THAT GOES OUTSIDE RIGHT OUT THROUGH THE KITCHEN, THROUGH THE KITCHEN.
SO IF WE HAVE TO LEAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAY'S BLOCKED, WE CAN GO THAT WAY OR WE CAN GO TECHNICALLY EITHER WAY.
TECHNICALLY WE SHOULD HAVE A POSTING AT EVERY DOORWAY TELLING YOU WHICH WAY TO GO.
IN ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN TECHNICALLY, I'M NOT SURE I'D TAKE TIME TO READ IT THOUGH.
SO
SO I MEAN, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY THE, TO THE KITCHEN.
AND THEN IF WE GO THROUGH THE WORK SESSION, THE AUSTIN STATE ROOM, YOU COULD GO BACK UP TO THE FRONT OF CITY HALL.
SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE WAYS THAT YOU COULD GO DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN FACILITY.
BUT FOR US, THE CLOSEST ONE IS RIGHT? IT IS, YES.
NOW IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE WE NEED TO SHELTER IN PLACE, I GUESS BARRICADE THE DOORS, BUT, UM, OKAY.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT MONTH.
THE ITEM D IS THE SENIOR CITIZENS WEBSITE DISCUSSION.
UM, I DID WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE WENT TO THE HEALTH FAIR, THREE OF US VENITA, UM, KATHLEEN, KATHLEEN
WENT TO THE HEALTH FAIR AND WE WERE, WE WERE SO BUSY, WE FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES, BUT WE DID, DID GIVE YOU A, A LITTLE REPORT, UH, WHICH IS AT YOUR PLACE SOMEWHERE AND, UM, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
AND, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO TALK WITH ABOUT 45 PEOPLE.
UM, SOME OF THEM TOOK THE SURVEY AND UM, SO THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE FOR JESSE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE SURVEY, UM, THAT WE HAD AND, AND THE ONGOING EFFORTS FOR THAT.
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YES.SO WITH THE SURVEY, SO WE HAVE A SURVEY AND THEN WE HAVE EMAIL BLAST.
SO WITH THE SURVEY WE HAD ABOUT, I THINK IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, 10 TO 12 PEOPLE FILL IT OUT.
UM, I THINK WITH THAT, WHAT WE CAN DO, OBVIOUSLY SEND IT OUT EMAIL BLAST, WE CAN HAVE IT AT THE FRONT DESK LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE, THE EMAIL BLAST.
WE HAVE OVER 90 PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S STRICTLY COMING INTO THE FACILITY OR THAT PEOPLE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, HEY, YOU SHOULD FILL IT OUT.
UH, THE SURVEY, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, WE GOT SOME GOOD INFORMATION.
A LOT OF IT WAS THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT TOO WITH THE SURVEY.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO FILL IT OUT, BECAUSE EVERYONE SITTING HERE HAS NOT FILLED IT OUT, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DO THAT FOR ME, HOW WOULD THEY FIND IT? I CAN SEND IT BACK OUT IN THE EMAIL.
UM, AND THEN THE EMAIL BLASTS.
WE, WE GOT ANN'S, UM, FOOD, FOOD PANTRY YES.
AND THEN THERE'S THE DALLAS COUNTY YES.
FOOD PANTRY AND, AND, AND MAYBE SOME OF, OF CHRIS'S INFORMATION COULD GO OUT ON THIS EMAIL BLAST.
SO CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY THE LIST I HAVE WILL BE THE GARLAND CARES PROGRAM, THE FOOD SCHEDULE, AND THEN THE DALLAS COLLEGE FOOD PANTRY WILL BE GOING OUT ON THE NEXT BLAST.
UM, SO I MENTIONED THAT ANN'S, ANN'S NOT HERE, BUT ALL OF YOU HAVE THIS, WHICH I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND WHEN I WENT TO VOTE.
AT THE, AT THE DALLAS COLLEGE.
SO, AND ALL THE DALLAS COLLEGES HAVE FOOD PANTRIES.
SO, UH, IF, IF YOU CAN LET PEOPLE THAT MAY NEED TO KNOW THAT, KNOW THAT THERE IS ANOTHER PLACE TO GO GET FOOD IF, IF YOU ARE FOOD INSECURE.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A, I JUST, THIS IS JUST INFORMATION ONLY AND IT'S AT YOUR PLACE.
IT'S THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION DOES HELP SENIORS WHEN THEY ARE, OR ANYBODY AGE 55 AND OLDER, UH, THAT HAS LOW INCOME, GET SOME TRAINING AND, UM, SOME EMPLOYMENT.
AND SO THAT'S JUST, UM, INFORMATION JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE IN CASE, YOU KNOW, A SENIOR THAT WANTS TO GET SOME PART-TIME WORK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND AS FAR AS THE SURVEY, I THINK IF WE WANNA GET MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED, IT WOULD BE GOOD IF MAYBE SOME MEMBERS COULD COME OUT, TALK TO SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS AT EITHER GALE FIELDS OR AT CARVER.
I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU GUYS CAN EDUCATE THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM FILL THE SURVEY.
UM, ALSO I THINK THAT IF WE WERE TO HAVE, WE CAN HAVE STANCHIONS SET UP AT THE FACILITIES THAT IS A QR CODE SIMILAR TO WHICH YOU HAD AT THE, UH, HEALTH FAIR.
SO THEN EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, THEY CAN STILL SCAN THE QR CODE, WHICH CAN TAKE THEM TO THE EMAIL BLAST WAS FOR THAT LIST OR FOR THE SURVEY.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS.
UM, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON, ON THE WEBSITE, ANY SUGGESTIONS, ANYTHING BEFORE WE MOVE ON? DID YOU CONSIDER THE EDUCATION FOR TEAMS PART OF THE WEBSITE? SO IT WOULD BE, YES.
SO I COULD ACTUALLY GET ON THE AGENDA FOR JANUARY AND WE CAN GO THROUGH TEAMS. SO FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS QUESTIONS FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS, YOU'RE GONNA GET AN EMAIL INVITING YOU TO SIGN UP FOR TEAMS, WHICH IS WHERE, UH, COMMISSIONS HAVE A CHANNEL AND YOU COMMUNICATE.
WE HAVE THE AGENDAS AND ALL THE GOOD STUFF THERE.
OR WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE SENT TO ME, THEN THEY CAN BE UPLOADED AND THEY CAN BE ARCHIVED THERE IF YOU WANT TO REVIEW.
BUT WE DON'T ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE ON IT.
IT'S LIKE A STOREHOUSE FOR INFORMATION.
SO, AND YOU CAN GO THERE TO FIND THE AGENDAS AND THE MINUTES FROM THE PAST AS YOU CAN WITH THE CITY WEBSITE, BUT MIGHT BE JUST QUICKER TO GO TO OUR OWN TEAM'S WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL WORK ON THAT IN JANUARY.
SO IT HAS A, IT HAS A FEW GLITCHES, SO
UM, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WELL THAT BRINGS US TO THE SENIOR CENTER REPORTS WE HAVE.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST TODAY? DEE STANDING UP? OKAY.
OH, WELL I DON'T WANNA UNPLUG ANYTHING.
UM, AS CAROL MENTIONED, WE DID THE HEALTH FAIR
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IN OCTOBER.UM, WE, UH, TALKED TO OUR VENDORS WHO THOUGHT WE HAD A GOOD RESPONSE.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO ANNUALLY.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL, UM, CONTINUE TO GROW IT AND GET MORE PEOPLE OUT TO, UM, THE FAIR.
UM, SO ON OUR TRIPS FOR THE FUTURE, UM, WE ARE HEADED TO BRANSON NEXT WEEK.
I'M GONNA PUT 25, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY IN 26 IN MARCH.
UH, WE'RE HEADED TO WASHINGTON, DC IN APRIL.
WE'RE HEADED TO THE RHINE IN 26, IRELAND IN 26.
UM, SPAIN IN 27 AND GREECE IN 27.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO GREECE TWO AND 20.
UM, WE DO VARIOUS GR CLUB TRIPS EACH MONTH.
UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, VENITA, THE GRUB CLUB IS, UM, WE GO TO AN AREA RESTAURANT.
USUALLY THEY'RE NOT IN GARLAND FOR US, ONLY BECAUSE WE TRY TO GIVE OUR MEMBERS A DINING EXPERIENCE THAT THEY CAN'T GET TO ON THEIR OWN.
UM, SO WE PROVIDE THE TRANSPORTATION AND THEN LUNCHES ON THEIR OWN.
WE ALSO TRY TO FIND DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
UM, WE WENT LAST WEEK OR THIS WEEK TO, UM, IT'S CALLED CAMPO VERDE.
UM, I HEAR THEY ARE NOW CLOSING THAT RESTAURANT.
UM, BUT THEY DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS AND IT IS EX, IT'S JUST COMPLETELY DECORATED WITH LIGHTS AND THINGS HANGING FROM THE CEILING.
IT'S A, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE JUST TO BE THERE.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT GRUB CLUB IS.
UM, THEN, UH, WE ARE HEADED TO THE, UH, DFW CAR AND TOY MUSEUM LATER THIS MONTH.
PRESTONWOOD GIFT OF CHRISTMAS IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING OUR TRIPS, OUR DAY TRIPS FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, IN OUR CENTER WE HAVE ADDED WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE DRIVER'S MOVIE CLUB.
UM, EVIDENTLY OUR MEMBERS LIKE THAT.
SO OUR, OUR BUS OPERATORS, OUR DRIVERS PICK A MOVIE AND, UM, PLAY IT IN THE GAME ROOM AT FIELDS.
AND, UM, THIS MONTH'S MOVIE IS GREECE.
LAST MONTH THEY DID TWO HALLOWEEN MOVIES.
THE LAST ONE WAS HOCUS POCUS AND WE HAD 20 PEOPLE WATCHING THAT MOVIE.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE IT AS LONG AS WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME AND ENJOY THE MOVIE.
UM, WE HAVE OUR NUTRITION EDUCATION CLASS ON THE 13TH OF THIS MONTH.
PICK A BETTER BREAKFAST AWAY FROM HOME IS THE TOPIC.
UM, ELDA WILL BE DISCUSSING, UH, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR THANKSGIVING LUNCH ON THE 19TH.
UM, WE WILL BE SERVING AT 11:00 AM UM, THE TOY MUSEUM'S ON THERE, PAINT WITH ANNA.
SO WE LOST OUR OTHER PAINTING INSTRUCTOR.
AND OUR NEW INSTRUCTOR'S NAME IS ANNA LEIKA LEKO.
AND, UM, SHE WILL BE HERE ON THE 21ST, UM, PAINTING.
IT'S A CORNUCOPIA, SO IT'S, UM, SHE USUALLY PICKS TOPICS THAT ARE FOR THE, UM, SEASON, UM, COFFEE WITH THE NURSES ON THE 24TH.
WE HAVE OUR CHILDREN'S CHOIR PERFORMANCE ON THE 25TH.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW, UM, WE WORK WITH, UM, AREA MUSIC INSTRUCTOR AND SHE BRINGS HER CHILDREN WHO SHE'S TEACHING MUSIC LESSONS, UM, ON, UM, MAYBE VOCAL LESSONS AS WELL TO OUR CENTER.
WE TRY TO DO IT AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR AND WE ARE LIKE THEIR PRACTICE AUDIENCE AND OUR MEMBERS REALLY DO ENJOY, UM, THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS PERFECT, BUT THEY NEED TO PRACTICE IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THEM.
AND THEN WE WILL BE CLOSED FOR, UM, THANKSGIVING ON THE 27TH AND THE 28TH.
UM, I JUST SAW A PRINTED UPDATE IN, UM, I THINK IT WAS FROM COGNET.
AND, UM, THE STRUCTURAL PIERS HAVE BEEN DRILLED INTO THE GROUND ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT.
UM, STEEL AND CONCRETE HAVE BEEN REINFORCED WITH STEEL AND CONCRETE TO ESTABLISH THE SOLID FOUNDATION.
UM, THE FOUNDATION WORK IS SCHEDULED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MONTH.
UM, THIS MONTH WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING
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UNDERGROUND WET AND DRY UTILITIES TO BE INSTALLED.AND, UM, POURING OF THE CONCRETE SLABS IS THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING SOON.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DRIVE BY THERE ON YOUR WAY HERE, UM, BUT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
UM, THESE ARE PICTURES FROM OUR HALLOWEEN PARTY.
UM, WE HAD PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY, UM, SHOWED UP IN COSTUME THIS YEAR.
WE PUT OUT SEVERAL GAMES FOR OUR MEMBERS TO PLAY AND AWARDED THEM PIECES OF CANDY FOR PARTICIPATING.
UM, OOPS, THESE PEOPLE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE.
WE HAD SPACE NUT, UM, SHE WAS CLEOPATRA SPACE NUT.
THIS WAS HIPPIE GRANDMA, I THINK
SO SPACE NUT WAS OUR, UH, FIRST PLACE WINNER.
AND CLEOPATRA WAS SECOND AND HIPPIE.
SO WE HAD SOME VERY, UM, VERY CREATIVE COSTUMES THIS YEAR.
AND I KEEP, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD BUCKY FROM BUCKY'S.
SORRY, I DON'T DO, MAYBE THIS ONE WORKS BETTER.
I DON'T DO THIS MOUSE VERY WELL, EH.
UM, WE HAD ANOTHER HIPPIE, SOME WITCHES, SO WE HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME.
UM, SAILING WITH SCOTT IS A TRIP THAT WE TOOK IN OCTOBER.
IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT AND WE OFFERED AGAIN, I WOULD HIGHLY, UM, RECOMMEND IT.
IT IS JUST SUCH A PEACEFUL EVENING ON THE LAKE ON THAT SAILBOAT.
UM, THESE ARE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO WENT WITH US AND UM, THEY GOT TO STEER THE BOAT.
WE WENT EARLY AND ATE IN THE HARBOR.
THE TRAFFIC GETTING THERE IS HORRIBLE.
I'M JUST GONNA TELL EVERYBODY.
UM, SO THEY ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AND THAT'S OUR GOAL WHEN WE PLAN THESE TRIPS AND ACTIVITIES, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PEOPLE HAPPY.
UM, PICTURES FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
AND THEN I THINK I HAVE SOMETHING THROWN IN.
OH, THESE ARE JUST OUR, UM, NOVEMBER EVENTS THAT ARE ON THE SCHEDULE THAT I JUST DISCUSSED WITH ALL OF YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES, GAIL, HAVE Y'ALL CONSIDERED GOING TO THE ICE SCULPTURES FOR THE SENIORS? IS THAT AT GAY, THE GAYLORD? WE HAVE DONE THAT TWICE.
UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT RECENTLY, SO I MEAN, WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT, I HAVE BEEN THERE REALLY COLD IN THERE, BUT THEY DO PROVIDE YOU WITH LOVELY LITTLE COATS TO PUT ON SOME OF US.
IT DOESN'T HELP, BUT YEAH, WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE LIST AND WE'LL EXPLORE THAT OPTION.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS TAKING, UM, SUGGESTIONS.
SO IF THERE'S JUST SOMEPLACE YOU JUST WANNA GO, BUT YOU DON'T WANNA GO ALONG, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE WILL INVESTIGATE IT AND SEE IF WE CAN'T WORK IT OUT.
WE'VE BEEN THERE, BUT WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN.
WE ACTUALLY WENT, THEY, OUR, OUR MEMBERS REALLY DO, UH, LIKE TO GO TO THE ANIMAL, UM, PLACES.
SO WE DID, WE'VE DONE, WE DID.
IS THAT THE BIG, THAT'S THE BIG CATS, ISN'T IT? MM-HMM
UM, WE JUST RECENTLY THIS YEAR, I THINK IN SEPTEMBER, WENT TO A PLACE CALLED ARI AND WE ACTUALLY GOT OUT ON THE WAGONS AND GOT TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT ANIMALS.
I DON'T, I GUESS I DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY PICTURES ON THAT.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THEY HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION WHO ACTUALLY BROUGHT THEIR LITTLE CREATURES TO US AND, UM, THEY GOT TO PET THEM AND LEARN ABOUT THEM.
THAT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE TIME TO DO ANOTHER NSYNC OR IF YOU HEAR OF ANY OTHERS SIMILAR TO THAT, WE WILL DEFINITELY INVESTIGATE IT AND SEE IF WE, IT'S ALSO A, AN EQUINE THERAPY, UM, PROGRAM SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY SOUTH GARLAND, WHERE IT'S IN SOUTH GARLAND.
I'VE SEEN 'EM AT THE HELLA TEMPA.
OH REALLY? BEFORE I BELIEVE THERE, THERE'S A BARN ON ROSE HILL.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY WORK OUT OF.
SO I WAS PRESENT WHILE, UM, THREE OR FOUR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.
GOT TO RIDE AROUND IN THE PARKING LOT AND IT WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE, JUST AS AN OBSERVER.
SO I WILL GET, UM, CECILIA AND RACHEL TO CHECK ON THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN'T PLAN SOMETHING ALONG.
THERE'S ALSO A RANCH HAND RESCUE.
IT'S OVER IN GLENROSE AREA AND THEY SAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF CHILDREN FROM ABUSE
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AND SEX SLAVERY AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT HE'S EXPANDED.AND HIS NAME IS BOB WILLIAMS THAT FOUNDED IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME THROUGH THEIR HEALTH FAIR THIS YEAR? THEY WERE SIGNING IN.
WE HAD I THINK AT LEAST BETWEEN 65 AND 70 OR 80 PEOPLE.
UM, WE HAD MORE TRAFFIC THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR.
UH, SO IN THE PAST WHEN WE DID THAT, WE WERE AT OUR CENTER AND WE DID IT IN OUR LARGE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AND WE WOULD HAVE MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
BUT IT'S EASIER IF YOU'RE IN YOUR OWN CENTER BECAUSE PEOPLE COMING IN, THEY JUST GRAVITATE THAT WAY.
UM, GETTING PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY DRIVE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION, IT, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT.
BUT, UM, WE ARE SEEING PROGRESS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE SCHEDULED IT, UM, AT THE SAME TIME NEXT YEAR AT THE ATRIUM.
WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL BE MOVING INTO A NEW BUILDING SOMETIME AROUND THAT TIME.
BUT, UM, WE ARE STILL, WE'RE HOPING WE HAVE OUR FINGERS CROSSED OR MAYBE STAFF WILL BE MOVING IN AND THEN WE WILL BE OPENING A LITTLE LATER THAN THAT.
BUT, UM, SO WE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT AREA SENIOR CENTERS DO THE, THEIR HEALTH FAIR IN MAY AND WE BROKE AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS DOING IT IN MAY.
SO IT WAS HARDER TO GET VENDORS AT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO WE WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE IN OCTOBER BECAUSE WE HAD PLENTY OF, UH, RESPONSE FROM VENDORS.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THE FLU SHOTS TOO.
SO, UM, AND I THINK JSA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN TALKING TO THEM TO GET THAT THERE.
AND IT, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THEM TO JUST BE ABLE TO COME TO THE HEALTH FAIR AND TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT THERE.
SO WE TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR EVERYONE.
I WAS WONDERING WHERE WERE ALL THE SILVER SCOOP IS PLACED.
I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THIS TILL I GOT ON HERE AND THEN I SAW IT YESTERDAY AT, AT THE CENTER.
BUT I, IS IT, DO YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE ONE OF THE REC CENTERS TO SEE IT OR? UH, YOU CAN FIND IT ONLINE, UM, THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND, UH, UNDER RECREATION AND THE SENIOR CENTERS, THE SILVER SCOOP IS THERE.
UM, WE ALSO PUT IT IN THE DIFFERENT RECREATION CENTERS IN GARLAND.
WE TAKE IT TO THE LIBRARIES, WE TAKE IT TO SENIOR APARTMENT PLACES.
UM, WE TAKE IT TO BAYLOR REHAB.
SO WE HAVE SOME OF THE CHURCHES, I THINK WE TAKE IT TO MOUNT HEBREW, WE TAKE IT TO A PRESBYTERIAN, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
SO, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE AND I'VE JUST NOT LOOKED FOR IT AT THE LIBRARY 'CAUSE I WASN'T READY TO SAY I WAS SILVER, BUT, UH,
AND MY LIBRARY, THE DOWNTOWN ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, CLOSED FOR SO LONG.
BUT I GO IN THE LIBRARY MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS MIGHT BE A TOPIC FOR SENIORS IN THE KNOW, IF DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTS AND WHERE TO LOOK FOR IT OR SOMETHING.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THOUGHTS I HAD.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE DISTRIBUTING IT PRETTY WIDELY.
SO, UM, WE TAKE IT TO GOOD SAMARITAN TO AND UM, SALVATION ARMY.
SO WE TRY TO REACH EVERY PLACE THAT WE CAN THINK OF AND IT IS ONLINE.
UM, WE, WE USED TO MAIL IT OUT, BUT THAT JUST BECAME TOO INVOLVED.
SO, UM, THAT'S NOT TO SAY IF SOMEONE CALLS ME AND SAYS, HEY, I CAN'T GET THERE.
I'M NOT SAYING I DO IT, BUT WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE.
UM, I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR OUTINGS.
WE'RE DOING AN EVENT, I'M THE KETTLE CORN GUY IN GARLAND THAT DOES ALL THE EVENTS.
UM, WE'RE DOING ONE CALLED ENCHANT, WHICH IS PUT ON BY COCA-COLA.
IT'S ONE OF THE WALKTHROUGH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND IT GOES FROM LIKE NOVEMBER 19TH ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO NEW YEAR'S.
AND, UM, IF YOU CONTACT ME, I, I WILL SEE IF WE CAN GET US FREE TICKETS FOR THE SENIORS OR MAYBE EVEN DO A SENIOR NIGHT.
OH, THAT WOULD, AND WHERE IS IT LOCATED? IT'S WHERE THE OLD VALLEY VIEW MALL WAS.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PICK A GOOD WEATHER NIGHT AND GO, I BELIEVE IT GOES FROM LIKE FOUR 30 TO 11.
BECAUSE HE WANTED IT TO BE DARK.
SO YEAH, MAYBE WE SHOULD COORDINATE AND MAYBE TAKE TWO BUSES OR BOB AT BIG D KETTLE CORN.COM.
I GET KE CORN FOR YOU ALL THE TIME AT THE EVENTS.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE POPCORN FOR YOUR MOVIE NIGHTS? UH, WE PROVIDE THAT.
WELL, AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD MACHINES.
WELL TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT TOO.
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A MACHINE OR TWO.ANYTHING ELSE I CAN ANSWER FOR ANYONE? HAVE A GREAT MONTH.
NOW MY COMPUTER WENT UPSIDE DOWN.
KEEP ROTATING ROBERTS TEAM THERE TOO.
DID YOU KNOW IT COULD DO THAT? THE SCREEN'S ROTATE.
WHAT TO DO WITH THE UPDATE? RED IPHONE
NEVER TURNED MINE UPSIDE DOWN BEFORE.
YEAH, THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
THAT'S THE WAY WE USED TO DO TVS WHEN WE WERE A KID.
MY GRANDMA BEAT THE SNOT OUTTA THE TV.
YEAH, I REMEMBER WE GOT THE COLOR TV WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY GATHERED.
IT'S IT'S RIGHT UP, IT'S RIGHT SIDE UP FOR US.
IT'S BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU WERE DICK SIDE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHY IT'S SO ANNOYING.
I'M GONNA SHOW HER LIKE, OH, YOU ARE RIGHT.
YOU DON'T WANNA OH, YOU KNOW, STOP WATCHING YOUR MOVIE
HOW ARE Y'ALL?
CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? OH YEAH.
I AM STILL A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER.
I'VE BEEN UNDER THE WEATHER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW.
THEY COME WITH GERMS. UM, SO I HAVE A, A NEW CHILD AT MY HOUSE AND HE CARRIES GERMS. UM, OKAY, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS COMING UP.
UH, FIRST I WANNA START WITH OUR EXTENDED TRIPS.
UH, WE JUST CAME BACK FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
UM, THEY WENT TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY WERE THERE FOR 10, SORRY, NINE DAYS.
UM, SO FAR THAT'S BEEN OUR LONGEST TRIP THAT WE'VE BEEN ON.
UM, BUT EVERYBODY CAME BACK IN ONE PIECE AND THEY HAD A GOOD TIME.
UM, SO I'M REALLY GLAD ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO OUR 2026 TRIPS WE HAVE, UM, OUR FIRST TRIP OF THE YEAR WILL BE MIAMI, UM, KEY WEST AND FORT LAUDERDALE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO TO FLORIDA, PLEASE SIGN UP.
WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO GO ON THIS TRIP, SO PLEASE SIGN UP IF YOU WANNA GO TO FLORIDA.
UM, OUR NEXT TRIP WILL BE IN JUNE.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA GO TO MONTREAL, QUEBEC CITY IN OTTAWA.
UM, THAT TRIP IS DOING PRETTY WELL RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UM, IT'S GONNA BE AN EXCITING TRIP.
UM, SO, AND YOU'RE GONNA TRAVEL UPWARDS, SO I'M SORRY, EVERYBODY'S CALLING ME RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA TRAVEL UPWARDS SO YOU'LL STOP IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STATES.
UM, SO THAT ONE'S GONNA BE FUN.
UM, AS WELL IN OCTOBER, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO MAINE.
YES, WE'RE GONNA TRAVEL ALL THE WAY UP TO MAINE.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NICE SCENERY 'CAUSE IT WILL BE IN THE FALL.
SO, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN OUR MOST POPULAR TRIP THAT WE ARE STEADY RACKING UP IS CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK.
THEY'RE GONNA GET TO SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
ROCKEFELLER CENTER, TIMES SQUARE.
UM, MAYBE WE HOPEFULLY MEET A ROCKET, BUT WE'LL SEE.
BUT, UH, IT'S GONNA BE AN EXCITING TRIP AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE, WE WERE, WERE PLANNING TO GO TO GREECE IN 2027.
UM, IT'S, WE LITERALLY, THE GUY CAME YESTERDAY AND
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HE WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET HIS ON THE BOOKS.AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND HE WAS LIKE, LET'S DO GREECE.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET'S DO GREECE.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE WERE GONNA DO GREECE IN THE SPRING OF 2027.
SO I WILL BE CALLING HIM BACK TODAY AND TELLING HIM WE NEED TO THINK OF SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO MAYBE AUSTRALIA WE'RE THINKING MAYBE AUSTRALIA.
SO, UM, I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR 2027.
WE HAVE OUR, UM, CRAFT DAY ON NOVEMBER 13TH.
UM, SENIOR BREAKFAST IS ON NOVEMBER 12TH.
AND THEN, UM, WE WENT TO THE CASINO ON TUESDAY.
THEY WENT TO WINDSTAR, THEY'LL BE GOING TO CHOCTAW ON THE 18TH.
UM, WE HAVE OUR VETERANS LUNCHEON THAT WE WILL BE COMBINING WITH CHEESE SAC, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE EVENTS TOGETHER, WHICH IS GONNA BE REALLY NICE.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA COMBINE OUR VETERANS LUNCHEON AND BE ALL TOGETHER AT GALE FIELD'S RECREATION CENTER.
UM, WE HAVE OUR THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON ON NOVEMBER 19TH.
UM, WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE PROVIDING THE, UM, MEAL.
WE'RE JUST ASKING TO SIGN UP TO BRING DESSERTS AND DRINKS.
UM, SOMETHING NEW THAT WE ARE DOING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, UM, GOOD SAMARITAN AND GARLAND.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THANKSGIVING BOXES.
UM, IT'S OUR WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A SIGNUP SHEET THAT'S AT BOTH CENTERS.
UM, AND SO I WILL SHOW YOU, UM, I WILL SHOW YOU IF I CAN FIND MY THING.
SO, UM, EACH CENTER'S GONNA BE DOING ABOUT TWO TO THREE BOXES.
UM, AND WITHIN THE BOXES, THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'VE GIVEN PEOPLE IS SAY YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO BRING CORN FOR ALL THREE BOXES.
'CAUSE EACH, EACH BOX ONLY REQUIRES ONE OF THESE ITEMS. YOU CAN BRING ALL THREE CANS OF CORN AND THAT WILL GO FOR ALL THREE BOXES.
OR YOU CAN BRING ALL THREE BOXES OF STUFFING MIX FOR EACH ONE OF THE BOXES.
UM, OR YOU CAN JUST BRING ONE.
I, WITH EVERYONE PUTTING IN, IT'S GONNA HELP BUILD MORE BOXES.
UM, SO THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT GOOD SAMARITAN HAS GIVEN US.
UM, THE ITEMS THAT THEY NEED TO BUILD THE THANKSGIVING BOXES FOR THE COMMUNITY, THEY JUST, UM, THEY EXPRESSED THAT THEY DO NEED SOME HELP THIS YEAR.
UM, THE RESOURCES ARE KIND OF STRETCHED A LITTLE THIN, SO, UM, WE WANTED TO GIVE BACK AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR SENIORS DO SOMETIMES DO RELY ON GOOD SAMARITAN FOR THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR WAY OF GIVING BACK THIS YEAR.
UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE, UM, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT FROM NOVEMBER 3RD, WHICH WAS MONDAY TO NOVEMBER 18TH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BOXES INTO HER BY THE 20TH.
UM, AND SO IF WE TURN IT IN ON THE 18TH, THAT GIVES US TIME TO BUILD THE BOXES, CLOSE 'EM UP AND GET 'EM SENT OVER TO THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, HMM.
YOU WANNA BRING SOMETHING? WHAT DO YOU DO? OH, UH, YOU CAN BRING IT TO GSEC OR CARVER.
I NEED TO BRING YOU YOUR CONTAINER.
AND THERE'S A CONTAINER AND IT SAYS, UM, THANKSGIVING BOX DONATIONS.
UM, WHAT I, WHAT I DID WAS I PUT A SIGNUP SHEET ON OUR DOOR, UM, AT OUR CENTER AND PEOPLE HAVE FILLED OUT WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING AND PUT THEIR NAME NEXT TO IT.
AND IF THEY'RE BRINGING THREE, LIKE THEY'RE BRINGING IT FOR ALL THREE BOXES, THEY JUST PUT A THREE OR THEY'RE JUST BRINGING TWO, THEY PUT A TWO NEXT TO IT.
UM, THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP TOGETHER HOW MANY ITEMS WE'RE GETTING.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? CAN YOU SEND THAT TO US OR JESSE, CAN YOU SEND THAT TO US? YES.
SO WE'LL, YES, I'LL SEND THAT TO Y'ALL.
AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, EVERYTHING ON HERE, EVEN IF THE BOX ISN'T ALL THE WAY, HAVE EVERYTHING ON IT.
IF WE CAN TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN FROM THIS LIST IN THERE, IT HELPS OUT A FAMILY IN NEED THIS SEASON.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR THANKSGIVING BOX? YOU'RE ONLY GONNA BE DOING THREE FAMILIES.
THEY'VE ONLY ASKED FOR US TO DO SIX BOXES.
THEY HAVE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE HELPING THEM.
THEY JUST HAVE ASKED US IF WE COULD DO SIX BOXES FOR THEM JUST TO HELP OUT.
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FANTASTIC.UM, BUT THAT'S JUST ALL OF THE NEED THAT THEY ASK FROM US.
IF WE COULD PROVIDE SIX BOXES FOR THEM, THREE ITEMS EACH.
SO LIKE ONE, EACH BOX WILL HAVE ALL OF THESE ITEMS IN IT.
SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DONATE THE CORN FOR ALL THREE BOXES, THAT'S FINE.
THEY CAN DO IT LIKE THAT AS WELL.
IN THAT CASE YOU BRING THREE CANS OF CORN.
AND THAT WILL COVER THREE BOXES OR CAN YOU DO CORN, GREEN BEANS, SWEET BEANS? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND DO YOU KNOW, CORN, GREEN BEANS, BOX STUFFING.
SO WE KNOW THAT THOSE THREE HAVE BEEN COVERED, AT LEAST FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE BOXES.
SO YOUR GOAL IS TO GET ALL OF THESE ITEMS DISTRIBUTED? REPEAT IT? YES.
SO OF ALL THESE ITEMS, SO IT'S LIKE 12 THINGS ON THIS ITEMS. SO IF IT'S 12, WE ARE LOOKING AT, WE SHOULD HAVE 36 ITEMS BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING THREE BOXES.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? JUST BRING THE CARVER AS FAR AS YEAH, YOU CAN BRING IT TO CARVER OR YOU CAN BRING IT TO GARLAND.
UM, SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER OR FIELDS? I'M SORRY? FIELDS.
IF Y'ALL DECIDED AS A GROUP THAT Y'ALL WANNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO THE GOOD SAMARITAN, ALL WE DID WAS JUST CALL THEM AND, UM, THEY SENT ALL THE INFORMATION OVER TO US, UM, JUST IN CASE Y'ALL WANNA DO SOMETHING FOR CHRISTMAS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN, OH, WHERE'S MY LIST? OH, THERE IT'S, UM, WE WILL BE DOING A, UM, PIE TASTING COMPETITION.
UM, SO WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO PULL OUT THEIR PIE, UM, RECIPES, NO STORE BOUGHTS.
UM, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING UNIQUE AND THEY'RE GONNA GET TO BAKE IT.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE JUDGES WHO ARE GONNA TRY IT AND WE'LL DO FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PLACE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALL ENJOY SOME PIE.
UM, I HAD A YOGURT PIE THAT I'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE, SO YEAH, YOGURT PIE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT US THE IDEA.
UM, YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE MAKE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PIES OUTTA THINGS.
AND SO WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.
SO, UM, THAT'LL BE ON THE 21ST AND WE WILL HAVE JUDGES, UM, THEY WILL BE JUDGES FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENTER, FEEL FREE TO CALL CARVER AND WE'LL GET YOU ON THE LIST.
UM, LASTLY ON UH, DECEMBER 5TH, WE WILL HAVE SHRADY MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S CHOIR, UM, WELL, MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR.
UM, THEY WILL BE COMING AND SINGING.
THEY'RE DOING A TOUR OF GARLAND AND WE'RE ONE OF THEIR STOPPING, UM, LOCATIONS.
UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME CHILDREN'S MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS TIME, UH, FEEL FREE TO COME BY.
THEY'LL BE THERE AT 10:00 AM STRAIGHT D MIDDLE SCHOOL IS IN, UM, ROULETTE OFF OF UM, CHIA.
UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME BY, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
UM, AND THEN OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE ON DECEMBER 12TH AT 10:00 AM AT CARVER.
AND THEN THESE ARE OUR REGULAR CLASSES, OUR CROCHET, LANA AND CHAIR EXERCISE.
AND THEN LIKE ALWAYS WE ARE LOOKING FOR INSTRUCTORS.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TEACH A CLASS, FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A CALL OR CALL CARLA.
UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU SET UP.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I APOLOGIZE.
UM, THESE HAD INVITED THIS, THE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO THE VETERAN'S BREAKFAST.
DO YOU WANT US TO SERVE? IS THAT WE HAVE SERVED STAFF WILL BE.
SO, SO WE'RE COMBINING THIS YEAR, SO YEAH, WE'LL BE THERE SERVING TOO.
UM, SO THE BREAKFAST STARTS AT NINE 30 AND THEN OUR PROGRAM WILL START AROUND 10 30.
AND WE HAVE A VERY, IS MR. LEE LEE HE'S HUNDRED THREE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY? JUST QUITE A QUICK QUESTION.
YOU MENTIONED IF YOU MAKE IT, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, PLAN FOR IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SOMETHING COMES UP.
IS THERE A KINDA REFUND POLICY? SO AS FAR AS FOR DIAMOND TOURS, UM, THERE'S IS
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A MONTH AWAY FROM THE TRIP, UM, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET A REFUND.NOW WE DO ALWAYS SUGGEST EVERYONE DO TRAVEL INSURANCE.
UM, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE TRAVEL INSURANCE IS HOW YOU WOULD GET YOUR MONEY BACK.
IF YOU KNOW SICKNESS, THEY COVER SO MANY THINGS.
UM, BUT IT'S A SEPARATE COMPANY.
SO WE GIVE YOU THE FLYER AND SOMETIMES IF YOU NEED HELP SIGNING UP, WE CAN HELP YOU AT THE COMPUTER, BUT IT'LL SEND YOU ALL THE INFORMATION.
UM, TRAVEL INSURANCE CAN VARY DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH THE TRIP IS.
SO FOR A TRIP, MAYBE THAT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
YOU MAY PAY $50 FOR YOUR TRAVEL INSURANCE.
IF YOU DON'T USE THE TRAVEL INSURANCE AND SAY YOU GO ON THE TRIP, JUST KNOW YOU STILL WON'T GET THE MONEY BACK.
BUT SOMETIMES IF YOU CANCEL IN ENOUGH TIME, IF YOU CALL THE TRAVEL INSURANCE, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU YOUR TRAVEL INSURANCE MONEY BACK.
BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS GUARANTEED.
TRAVEL INSURANCE IS NOT REFUNDABLE, BASICALLY.
'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
BUT YOU'RE ABLE TO, SOMEBODY COMES UP A MONTH BEFORE THE TRIP, YOU'RE STILL YES.
SO IF IT'S A MONTH BEFORE THE TRIP, UM, YOU WILL CALL THE TRAVEL IN.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE TRAVEL INSURANCE COMPANY BECAUSE WE NO LONGER CAN DO IT HERE AT OUR FACILITY.
SO YOU'LL CALL THE TRAVEL INSURANCE AND YOU WILL FILE A CLAIM WITH THEM AND THEN THEY'LL CALL US AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING ON THE TRIP AND WHATNOT.
AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THE CLAIM STARTS.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT BECAUSE THE TRAVEL INSURANCE HANDLES ALL OF THAT, BUT I DO KNOW YOU HAVE TO CALL THEM TO FILE A CLAIM ON THE TRAVEL INSURANCE.
BUT IF IT'S LIKE, IF YOU, IF YOU PAY FOR IT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN AFTER TWO MONTHS AFTER YOU PAY FOR IT, THAT'S A REFUNDABLE.
WE'LL REFUND YOU STRAIGHT THROUGH US.
SO LIKE IF YOU SIGN UP FOR FLORIDA RIGHT NOW AND COME DECEMBER, YOU'RE LIKE, YEAH, THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO GO, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REFUND YOU.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK Y'ALL.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO CITY PRESS TOPICS.
UM, I'M GONNA PASS OUT, WE HAD TALKED LAST MONTH ABOUT DIVIDING UP THE DEPARTMENTS AND SEEING WHAT THE CITY DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS CAN DO FOR SENIORS.
AND SO I HAVE DONE THAT, DIVIDED THEM UP.
UM, AND WHAT, AND THEN OVER ON THE, IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN IS, UH, JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, OF WHAT YOU MIGHT DO WHEN YOU CALL AND ASK, TALK TO SOMEBODY.
TELL 'EM WHY YOU'RE CALLING THEIR PROGRAM.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS, BUT IF IT HELPS SENIORS, THEN, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANNA KNOW ABOUT.
UM, FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY CAN DO, GET IT, GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN PUT IT TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS BASE CITY PRESS, UM, SENIORS IN THE KNOW ARTICLES OFF OF THIS.
AND I'M, I'M, I'M ANTICIPATING IT'LL BE MORE THAN ONE ARTICLE 'CAUSE I'M ANTICIPATING THAT THERE'LL BE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WAS BEING PROVIDED BY THE CITY FOR SENIORS.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UM, EACH OF YOU TO, TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR COLOR OF, UM, DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE DEADLINE TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION? BACK IN JANUARY? YEAH.
SO BY THE JANUARY, UM, COMMISSION MEETING? MM-HMM
IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? SO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT.
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEEK? OKAY.
SO LIKE, UM, CALL POLICE, PUBLIC MEDIA, PUBLIC HEALTH.
YOU WOULD CALL THEM AT, AT THOSE NUMBERS.
AND THOSE NUMBERS MAY NOT BE THE EXACT PERSON TO TALK TO.
BUT FIND THE PERSON TO TALK TO TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING.
LIKE I KNOW SANITATION, IF YOU, UH, THEY, THEY'LL COME UP AND GET YOUR GARBAGE CAN AT THE, AT YOUR GARAGE DOOR IF YOU NEED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY, THEY DO ANYTHING RELATED TO THE SENIOR SERVICE THAT THE CITY PROVIDES THAT CAN PROVIDE ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR NORMAL.
AND THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT FEE OR THERE MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN AND, AND WRITE IT DOWN WITH THEIR CONTACT NAME AND INFORMATION.
SO BY JANUARY WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO WRITE THESE ARTICLES, UM, WE CAN REVERIFY THAT EVERYTHING THAT FOUND OUT WAS, WAS STILL VALID.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THINGS THAT YOU HAVE CROSSED OUT ARE CROSSED OUT? WE DO NOT ADDRESS.
WELL, YOU CAN IF YOU WANT, BUT I, BUT JUST I, BECAUSE I WORK FOR THE CITY, I KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM DON'T.
SO THAT'S WHY I CROSSED 'EM OUT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS, BUT IF YOU WANNA CONTACT THEM, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
I ABSOLUTELY DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
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WANT US TO, I'LL CALL ALL OF THESE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THEM, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOME OF 'EM LIKE, LIKE THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR SENIORS OR HR WOULDN'T OR YEAH.WELL I LEFT HR 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
I, I DIDN'T, THEY MIGHT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE INTERNAL AUDIT FOR SURE IS NOT GONNA BE DOING ANYTHING FOR SENIORS.
SO THAT'S WHY I CROSSED THOSE OUT.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR NORMAL FUNCTIONS? NO, WHATEVER.
IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS OF AN, OF AN ASSET FOR SENIORS, SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S, IF YOU KNOW IT'S NORMAL, THERE MAY BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW IT'S NORMAL.
SO ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD DO TO HELP A SENIOR CITIZEN, IT GOES FOR HANDICAP PEOPLE TOO.
OR SOME, IF THEY'RE SENIORS, THEY HAD TO BE SENIORS.
SO, WELL, I MEAN THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR MISSION, YOU KNOW, OUR FOCUS.
SO YEAH, JUST GETTING WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU CAN AND WE'LL BOIL IT DOWN.
ALSO, IF YOU DO MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM AND IF THERE'S A PERSON THAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME IN AND SPEAK, LET ME KNOW SO THEN WE CAN ADD THEM TO AS A POTENTIAL SPEAKER.
JUST IDENTIFY OURSELVES AS THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
AS MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN VICE.
AND YOU'LL HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DUNNO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION IS TO, TO HELP SENIORS AND TELL COUNCIL WHAT THEY NEED.
AND, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT WHAT THE CITY DOES PROVIDE OKAY.
ALSO AT YOUR SPOT IS THE, UM, SENIORS IN THE KNOW FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY AS, AS SUBMITTED.
UM, THANK YOU TO VENITA AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MADE COMMENTS ON THAT ARTICLE.
AND, UM, VENITA HAS ALSO, UM, VOLUNTEERED TO COORDINATE THE CITY PRESS ARTICLES, THE FROM NOW ON.
SO I MEAN, IT'LL BE A COLLABORATION, BUT YEAH.
SHE, SHE IS GOING TO TAKE ON SOME OF THAT.
UM, UH, THE CODE INFORMATION MEETING TODAY, JESSIE, YOU ALREADY SAID YOU WERE GONNA PUT THAT IN THE BLAST.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE, UM, FOR JUST ANY FUTURE BLASTER, MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IT.
THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR ARTICLE STUFF THAT HE GAVE US LAST MONTH COULD GO INTO.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ALL BE IN ONE, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETIME AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN FOR THE CITY PRESS, UM, I WAS THINKING THE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER ONE MIGHT COULD BE ABOUT THE HEALTH FAIR.
D IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT DONE.
SO MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON THAT TOGETHER.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN WAY EARLY.
ANY OTHER IDEAS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY PRESS ARTICLES? OKAY.
I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT FINDING OUT WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS DO YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WORKED HERE AND I DON'T KNOW.
NOW, I DON'T THINK, AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF I LEFT PARKS ON THERE OR NOT, BECAUSE WE KNOW, WE KNOW THESE GUYS AND WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I'M EXCITED TO FIND OUT WHAT MIGHT, WHAT MIGHT BE THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE GOING, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, EAT TOGETHER ON, IN DECEMBER.
SO THAT'S DECEMBER 4TH AND IT'S AT MAIN STREET CAFE AT 11:00 AM OR 1110.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WANNA GET THERE SO WE CAN GET SET UP BEFORE THE REST OF THE LUNCH CROWD COMES IN.
WE HAD WHAT TIME? 11:00 AM ON DECEMBER 4TH AND THE STREETS WILL PROBABLY BE CLOSED OFF.
SO, SO PARK ON THAT END OF, OF DOWNTOWN SOMEWHERE.
'CAUSE I THINK THESE STREETS WILL BE CLOSED OFF FOR, UM, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE.
SO WE'LL NEED TO PARK DOWN LIKE BY THE LIBRARY OR SOMEWHERE DOWN, DOWN THAT WAY.
BUT AT 11 MAYBE, WE'LL MAYBE THEY WILL BE PARKING PLACES AVAILABLE FOR US, SO WE WON'T HAVE TO WALK TOO FAR.
THEY'RE GONNA BE BARRICADED OFF.
SO WHAT'S THE ADDRESS? FOR WHO? OH, UH, MAIN STREET CAFE.
UM, JANUARY WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUSINESS MEETING.
UM, GAIL'S LOOKING INTO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO REVISE THE BYLAWS, UM, WITH THE HELP OF JESSE AND, AND THE STAFF.
UM, REVIEW OUR 2025 GOALS AND SEE HOW DID WE, HOW WELL WE DID ON THOSE AND, AND, UH, FORMULATE OUR 2026 GOALS.
AND WE'RE, WE HAVE DOWN HERE THAT WE WANNA ASK THE CITY SECRETARY TO COME IN AND TALK WITH US.
SO AS YOU KNOW, UM, PREVIOUSLY THE
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FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME ALMOST EVERY MONTH.AND THEN JERRY GOT VERY BUSY AND SO WE OFFERED TO HIM TO PICK TWO OR THREE MONTHS THAT HE COULD COME AND WE WOULD HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WELL, COREY IS LIKEWISE EXTREMELY BUSY.
HE'S ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, ACTIVITIES WITH THE POLICE THAT HE DOES.
AND SO I HAVE MADE THAT SAME OFFER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PICK TWO OR THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS, HOWEVER MANY MONTHS HE WANTS AND WE'LL PUT THEM ON THE AGENDA.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT THE POLICE ON THE AGENDA EVERY TIME UNTIL WE GET THAT SETTLED.
AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM JERRY CLICK YET.
SO WE WILL STILL HAVE POLICE AND FIRE.
JUST DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING THEM.
EVERY MONTH IN FEBRUARY, WE'VE GOT THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR WITH THE UPGRADE OF THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND, UH, TELL US ABOUT THEIR PRESTIGIOUS AWARD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THIS IN 2025 MARCH.
WE WANTED TO HAVE, UM, JOE THOMAS, THE NEW, UH, CITY COUNCIL PERSON FROM, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN IN APRIL, TELEHEALTH IN MAY.
UM, POLICE, UM, AND WITH THAT SOCIAL WORKER, MELISSA, THAT, THAT, UH, CHRIS MENTIONED, I THOUGHT SHE WAS WITH THE POLICE, BUT EVIDENTLY SHE'S, WHICH IS WITH THE CITY.
SO MELISSA, THE SOCIAL WORKER IS TO COME BACK AND TALK TO US.
AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE OF, UM, OF THINGS THAT KATHLEEN AND, AND VENITA FOUND AT THE HEALTH FAIR AND ONE OF THEM IS CALLED ENVISION DALLAS.
AND IT'S, UM, IT'S A REHABILITATION TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH VISION LOSS AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME TALK TO US.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL YES.
THAT'S WHAT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT.
SO I HAD THEM SLATED IN FOR MAY AND WE CAN TALK TO THEM.
AND THEN, UM, IN JUNE WE HAD THIS COMPANY CALLED CAPTION CALL THAT WAS AT THE HEALTH FAIR THAT, THAT WOULD HELPS PEOPLE, HELPS SENIORS WITH NO COST, CAPTIONING PHONE SERVICE.
SO WHILE THESE TWO MAY NOT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD WANNA DO IN THE CITY PRESS, IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE COULD PUT IN AN EMAIL BLAST, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T RECOMMEND COMPANIES JUST PROVIDE INFORMATION.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE THOSE, SO I HAD THOSE FOR MAY AND JUNE THAT WE PICKED UP AT THE HEALTH FAIR.
AND THAT IS AS FAR AS I HAVE GOTTEN IN THE 2026 YEAR.
SO ANY IDEAS? UM, WE MAY GET IDEAS FROM WHEN Y'ALL TALK TO DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, SO WE, I THINK WE'RE DOING A, A GOOD JOB OF GETTING OUR 2026 LINED UP YEAH.
SAMARITANS AS AS WELL YOU MENTIONED AND THEN STREET DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK, RIGHT? THOSE ARE IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE.
DALLAS HEALTH, UH, PARKLAND OR NOT, THEY'RE NOT PARKLAND ANYMORE, BUT WHAT WE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF AS, AS THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH PEOPLE.
IT MENTIONED TO US AT THE HEALTH FAIR THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND TALK TO US.
AND, UM, I WONDERED IF WE MIGHT WANNA GET, UM, THE CITY PRESS TO COME BACK AND TALK TO US SOMETIME.
HE TALKED TO US WAY EAR WAY EARLY IN MY TENURE HERE.
UM, TALKED TO US ABOUT THE CITY PRESS AND THEN OF COURSE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE A LACK OF, OF UH, YOU KNOW, INFORMATIVE SOURCES THAT WE CAN BRING IN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST WHETHER THEY CAN ACTUALLY COME ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH IS MORE THE PROBLEM.
I DID WANNA ASK YOU, JESSE, WHEN DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE JANUARY AGENDA ITEMS THEN TO YOU? IS IT STILL THREE WEEKS BEFORE? YES.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IF, UH, CHRISTMAS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT OR NOT.
I RAN THROUGH THAT PRETTY FAST.
WELL, SO WHEN IS THE NEXT, SINCE, SINCE DECEMBER IS MORE OF A SOCIAL, WHEN IS THE NEXT CITY IN THE PRESS DEADLINE? BECAUSE IT'S GOOD QUESTION.
KIND OF CLOSE TO WHEN WE START BACK.
AND THE SECOND THING WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT WAS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE FAIR, JUST STANDING THERE, WHETHER WE HOW MUCH PRIVATE THINGS WE WANNA SHARE IN DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHAT'S THE CHURCH? AND I KNOW I TOOK A PICTURE OF SOMETHING SO I'LL FIND OUT, BUT WHICH CHURCH WAS IT THAT OFFERS SATURDAY MORNING BREAKFAST AND WANTED TO SPREAD THAT WORD? OH, I DON'T REMEMBER.
I'LL SEND, LET JESSE KNOW AND HE CAN PUT THAT IN THE BLAST.
AND ANNE, LET ANN KNOW ALSO SO SHE CAN PUT IT IN HER.
AND I CHURCH, I TOOK THE INFORM, I'VE GOT IT IN 6,000 PICTURES.
I DON'T HAVE NEXT, NEXT YEAR'S CITY PRESS, UM, DUE DATES.
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LAST, BUT IF, IF MARCH, THIS ONE IS DUE FOR JANUARY NOW.SO FOR JANUARY, THEN WHEN WE GET TOGETHER IN JANUARY, IT'S GOING TO BE DUE.
SO I'M WILLING TO PICK A TOPIC AND TRY OR DO Y'ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND? AND YOU KNOW, THE OTHER TENNIS PART, UM, IT'S GONNA BE OPEN BY THEN TOO.
I I'LL CALL THE, YOU HAVE ME DOWN FOR THE JACK COLEMAN TENNIS CENTER, BUT THE, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE NEW ONE? IT'S BEHIND MY HOUSE.
IT'S GONNA, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN BY THEN FOR THE SIDEWALKS.
LAST WEEK WE, YOU TENNIS CENTER.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, LAST THIS YEAR FOR THE, FOR THE MARCH APRIL CITY PRESS, IT WAS DUE JANUARY 17TH.
THEN WE HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.
YEAH, IT WAS A COPY JANUARY MEETING.
WELL, YEAH, NOW FOR JANUARY, LET'S, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE 'CAUSE IT WAS QUITE A FEW.
SO FOR JANUARY FOR SURE, THE POLICE RIGHT? MAYBE, MAYBE.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA PUT 'EM DOWN ANYWAY.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE A BUSINESS MEETING TO DISCUSS THE BYLAWS.
WELL, AND, AND THEN AND GOALS AND, AND GO.
SO WE CAN LUMP THAT TOGETHER, GOALS AND BYLAWS.
AND THEN POTENTIALLY THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO COME IN TO TALK ABOUT THEIR, THE COMMISSION'S ROLE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA, WHATEVER ELSE WE WANNA ASK HER, THE EVACUATION PLAN WILL BE PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA.
AND THEN DO YOU WANT ME TO STILL DO A TEAMS DEMONSTRATION? DO WE WANNA TABLE THAT TO THE FOLLOWING MONTH? DON'T LOOK AT ME.
I'M NOT DOING IT
I MEAN, HE'S JUST DELETE COMING IN POTENTIALLY.
UH, I DON'T, DO Y'ALL HAVE AN OPINION? DO YOU WANNA GO OVER TEAMS THAT MIGHT MAKE A PRETTY LONG MEETING IN JANUARY? DO YOU WANNA MOVE TEAMS? MOVE TO FEBRUARY.
'CAUSE I'VE GOT A LIST OF CITY PRESS IDEAS SOMEWHERE.
IT'S FIRST PRESBYTERY CHURCH OF GARLAND.
AND, AND THEY, AND I DON'T HAVE THE HOURS OF CITY WEBSITE.
THEY SERVE BREAKFAST EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
AND THE, AND THE CENTERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR FOOD ON SATURDAY.
SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR SOME PEOPLE.
CAN YOU SEND THAT TO JESSE? YES.
AND THEN I HAVE SIX ITEMS FOR THE EMAIL BLAST, BUT I'M NOT GONNA SEND ALL SIX JUST BECAUSE THAT'LL BE A LOT.
SO MAYBE I'LL PICK THREE THAT ARE MOST PREVALENT RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE IF THEY GET TOO LONG, PEOPLE WILL GO, I DON'T WANT THIS.
EITHER THAT OR THEY'LL FREEZE.
IS IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? UH, ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SAY? I HAVE A REC OH, THIS HERE.
UM, IF YOU GET IT DONE SOONER, YOU CAN JUST SEND IT TO ME.
I MEAN YOU IS GONNA BE A FORMAL REPORT HERE.
WE WE'RE GATHERING INFORMATION AND, AND THAT'S JUST WHEN WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION BACK IS BY THE JANUARY MEETING.
YEAH, YOU CAN JUST SEND IT TO ME.
UM, MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS ON OUR LISTING.
UH, HOW WHEN DOES THE EMAIL BLAST GO OUT? WHEN DO THE EMAIL BLAST GO OUT? SO THIS ONE I WILL SEND OUT TODAY ACTUALLY.
UH, WE JUST, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A SET SCHEDULE OF, HEY, IT'S GONNA COME OUT JUST PERIODICALLY, SO DEPENDING ON THE INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVE.
SO THIS IS SOME GOOD INFORMATION FOR SURE.
IF I HAVE SIX POINTS, I CAN DO THREE FOR THIS MONTH AND THEN DO ANOTHER THREE FOR, UH, DECEMBER AND, AND USUALLY AFTER ANN SENDS THE FOOD PANTRY SCHEDULE? YES.
TRY TO GET HERE 10 MINUTES EARLY.
I, I LOVE THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE.
I HOPE TO SEE EVERY ONE OF YOU IN DECEMBER AT MAIN STREET CAFE.
DECEMBER, WE'RE JUST GONNA MEET THERE, CORRECT? WE'RE JUST GONNA MEET AND EAT.
AT 10 24 THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.