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WHAT'S HER NAME? ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE DECEMBER 18TH MEETING FOR THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
UH, THIS IS A MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS.
WE'LL BE HELD AT THE ENTIAL LOCATION.
DATE AND TIME TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS. THE NUMBER ONE THING ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 20TH.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE, UM, SOME STAPLES.
AND CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO OVERLOOK THOSE MEETING MINUTES? UH, I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS WHEN THEY COME OUT ON EMAIL TO TRY TO LOOK AT THEM THEN AND TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED OR CORRECTED.
AND MAYBE WE CAN GET IT FIXED BEFORE WE GET HERE AND HAVE TO MAKE THE, UM, CORRECTION.
I MAKE A MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES, UH, FROM THE PRIOR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH, NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 20TH.
ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 20TH, UH, 2025, SAY, AYE.
THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA ITEM IS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA.
ITEM, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, THREE, A COMMITTEE EVENT REPORT UPDATES, PAST AND FUTURE COMMITTEE EVENTS, REPORT UPDATES.
SO WE DO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE NOW.
UH, YOU CAN DEFER TO REPORT IT NEXT MONTH, OR YOU CAN GIVE A SPLASH OF AN UPDATE TODAY.
UH, YOUR CHOICE, WE'LL DEFER TO JANUARY.
FOR THE, UM, FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENT LOGISTICS, FUTURE MEETINGS, UH, WE ARE GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR.
CURRENTLY OUR MEETINGS ARE EVERY THIRD THURSDAY AT 6:00 PM IS EVERYBODY STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH US GOING FORWARD WITH THAT TIMELINE FOR 2026? I AM, YES.
UH, BUT I MEAN, I KNOW I'M JUST ONE PERSON.
BUT SIX O'CLOCK I LIKE COMING STRAIGHT OFF WORK, BUT I'M NOT A COMPLAINER.
BUT SIX, I WISH WE COULD DO LIKE SEVEN OR EVEN SIX 30.
BUT
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WILL REMIND YOU THAT YOU CANNOT MISS MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS IF YOU MISS THREE CONSECUTIVE.
THE NOTES ARE, UM, THE MEETING MINUTES AND STUFF ARE GIVEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL REP FOR THEIR REVIEW.
SO IF THEY NOTICE OR IT'S BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION THAT YOU HAVE MISSED MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS, THEN THEY MAY LOOK TO, UM, REPLACE YOU.
WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO STAY AND OFFER WHATEVER KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE.
SO IF YOU CANNOT BE HERE AND YOU KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, PLEASE LET, UM, COURTNEY KNOW, COURTNEY DARCY FEEL, UH, LET THEM KNOW JUST AHEAD OF TIME.
SO IF WE ARE ONE PERSON DOWN THAT, UM, ALL OF US AREN'T DRIVING FROM EVERY END OF GARLAND TO GET HERE, AND WE'RE ONLY MISSING ONE PERSON.
AND IF IT COMES TO A POINT TO SAY, FOR INSTANCE, THIRD THURSDAY DOESN'T WORK, WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM IN ENOUGH TIME, WE WILL NOT HAVE A QUORUM, THEN MAYBE WE CAN DECIDE, OKAY, WE'LL MOVE IT TO THIS THURSDAY, THIS MONTH TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THAT CANNOT BE HERE ON THE THIRD THURSDAY.
I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, TO HAVE A MEETING EVERY MONTH, UM, IF POSSIBLE.
SO JUST LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
I UNDERSTAND I'M COMING RIGHT OFF THE CLOCK EVERY TIME I GET HERE.
SINCE I'VE BEEN CHAIR, I'VE DONE REALLY WELL ABOUT BEING HERE ON TIME.
BUT WHEN I WAS A MEMBER, I PROBABLY WASN'T HERE ON TIME EITHER, BUT IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF MY LACK OF CONCERN OR WANTING TO BE HERE.
IT'S JUST I GET OFF OF WORK AND GOTTA COME STRAIGHT HERE.
UH, WE DO SIX O'CLOCK SIMPLY BECAUSE THE CITY STAFF ARE HERE ALL DAY AND WE WANNA BE MINDFUL OF THEIR TIME.
IF THEY HAVE A HOUR OR TWO IN BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THEY'RE TECHNICALLY OFF TO WORK WITH US.
NOW THEY'RE GETTING HOME A HOUR OR TWO HOURS LATER THAN WHAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD.
SO WE HAVE IT AT THIS TIME JUST TO KIND OF BE MINDFUL
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OF THEIR TIME AS WELL.ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE? SO WE'LL AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL KEEP THIS THIRD THURSDAY GOING FORWARD.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHERE WAS I AT? FUTURE MEETINGS? UM, WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? FUTURE MEETINGS, COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS COORDINATION AND PARTICIPATION IN UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS.
THANK I NOTICED THE FORMAT CHANGED FOR THAT.
THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY EASY ON THE EYES.
DID EVERYBODY GET TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR? MM-HMM
UM, LET'S SEE, FOR THE, WE'RE IN DECEMBER.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE, UH, WE ARE DECEMBER 18TH.
SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT'S PLANNED FOR THE, THE REST OF THIS YEAR ON THE CALENDAR.
THE NEXT THING WE HAVE COMING UP IN JANUARY, UM, THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS WE HAVE, I WILL NOT READ THEM ALL OFF.
WE'VE AGREED THAT, THAT IT'S NOT, NOT NECESSARY.
UM, BUT SOME THINGS ON HERE THAT, UM, ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE.
THE FIRING EMS STAKEHOLDER MEETING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY.
I WOULD SUGGEST ANYBODY THAT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY, LET'S GO AND LISTEN.
THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
UH, FOR THE MLK PARADE AT THE GRANDVILLE ARTS CENTER, UM, ON THE 17TH SATURDAY, MS. COURTNEY DID SUBMIT OUR FORM FOR TWO ENTRIES TO, UM, MS. GANAS, WHO'S THE CHAIR FOR THE PARADE.
UM, DID WE SET A AMOUNT OF CANDY? OH, IS THAT JUST ME AND YOU THAT TALKED ABOUT THAT? THAT'S, THAT'S FOR, UM, ITEM FOUR A.
UH, LUNAR NEW YEAR IS ANOTHER BIG EVENT.
GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THE 31ST LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION AT KELLY SAIGON MALL.
I'D LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL.
UH, WE WILL HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THAT EVENT, BUT I'M SURE MS. JENNIFER AND HER TEAM WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHETHER WE WANT TO BE THERE TO CELEBRATE THIS EVENT WITH YOU ALL.
NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A CMC TABLE THERE.
YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO.
SO, UM, IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS IT ON THEIR SCHEDULE OR HAS AVAILABILITY TO DO THAT ON JANUARY 31ST? THE EVENT THAT'S A SATURDAY AND EVENT.
EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 1130 TO 2:00 PM UH, I WOULD SAY, UH, FOUR VOLUNTEERS, UH, AT THE LEAST TO BE AT THIS EVENT.
I CAN HELP GLENNA AND OF COURSE I'LL BE THERE.
OKAY, MS. JENNIFER, YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE TOO.
ANYWAY, THE INVITATION WITH ALL THE DETAILS ON ME AND EVERYTHING, I ALREADY SENT IT TO YOU, RIGHT? THE INVITATION? YES, MA'AM.
IF YOU DO NOT MIND SHARING WITH THE CHAIR.
SO, UH, LIGHT LUNCH WILL BE SERVED, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHO WILL BE THERE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UH, TAKE A VOTE ON TODAY JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHO AND GIVE MS. JENNIFER NUMBERS TODAY ON IF WE'LL BE THERE? I KNOW WE HAD A FEW HANDS RAISED, BUT IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT'S ABLE TO ATTEND? SO I'M GONNA TAKE IT.
THE PEOPLE THAT JUST SAID THEY CAN BE THERE AND MR. CHARLES LEONARD, STEVEN, YOURSELF, GLENN AND MYSELF WILL BE THE ONLY ONES THAT'LL BE THERE TO BE IN ATTENDANCE.
IF I AM INCORRECT, Y'ALL LET ME KNOW.
UH, NORMALLY WHAT WE DO IS THERE'S A HOUR BREAKDOWN, 30 MINUTE BREAKDOWN.
UM, THEY'LL JUST SEND A EMAIL AND SAY, HEY, WHAT TIMEFRAME WORKS BEST FOR YOU? AND THEN SOMEBODY PLUGS THEIR NAME IN AND THEN WE JUST GET A REMINDER, UH, A WEEK OR SO BEFORE THE EVENT AND SAY, HEY, DON'T FORGET, UH, WE VOLUNTEERED TO BE AT THIS EVENT.
YOU JUST TELL 'EM THE TIME SLOT.
SO THERE'S NO, YOU CAN SEND THE TIME SLOTS TO US AFTER YOU COME BACK FROM YOUR BREAK.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS, WILL Y'ALL HAVE NEXT WEEK? WELL, WE'LL BE HERE TOMORROW AND I'LL BE HERE THROUGH TUESDAY.
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US BEFORE TUESDAY, THAT'S FINE.IF NOT, WHEN YOU COME BACK, IT'S FINE.
AND JUST THAT WAY, COPY EVERYBODY IN CASE SOMEBODY GO HOME AND CHECK THEIR SCHEDULE AND DECIDE, OH, I CAN BE THERE NOW.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD SUGGEST TWO PEOPLE PER TIME SLOT, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORK TRYING TO TALK AND DO ALL THE OTHER STUFF AT THE SAME TIME.
SO AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE PER SLOT.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SWAG ITEMS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUT AT THE TABLE? I'M MORE THAN SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GET US THROUGH.
UH, THIS EVENT, SHE SHOULD, YES.
DARCY CAN ARRANGE, UM, SHE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER AND THEN ARRANGE FOR SOMEONE TO PICK UP AND ALL THAT.
AND DOES THAT LIKE, INCLUDE TABLECLOTH AND ALL THAT STUFF OR? YES.
UH, IS THIS SOMETHING WE NEED TO VOTE ON? WE ALREADY HAVE VOLUNTEERS FOR IT, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UM, FEBRUARY.
UH, GOING BACK TO JANUARY, THAT SATURDAY.
I KNOW IT'S THE PARADE FOR MLK.
IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO ON SUNDAY THE 18TH COME OUT.
UH, I'M THE CHAIR FOR THE YOUTH EXTRAVAGANZA.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET A BUNCH OF KIDS TO COME OUT, YOUTH TO COME OUT AND SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT.
SO YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME OUT AND JUST SUPPORT THE KIDS.
UM, OR IF YOU KNOW A YOUTH THAT HAS A TALENT THEY WOULD LIKE SHOWCASED, YOU CAN GIVE 'EM MY DIRECT PHONE NUMBER AT THAT EVENT.
STARTS AT 4:00 PM WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THAT EVENT? UH, THE, SAY THE 18TH? YES.
JANUARY 18TH, 4:00 PM AND IT'S AT THE, UH, GRANDVILLE ARSON.
UH, MOVING ON TO FEBRUARY, WE HAVE, UM, SOME EVENTS ON HERE.
THE N-A-A-C-P WINTER BALL AT THE HYATT AT 7:00 PM AND THAT'S THE HYATT OVER THERE OFF OF ONE 90 AND BRAND AREA.
UM, NORMALLY WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER THEY WANNA ATTEND.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET DRESSED UP.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FORMAL EVENT, BUT, UM, THEY'VE KIND OF ALLOWED PEOPLE TO WEAR THEIR SUNDAY BEST TO COME TO THIS EVENT.
I PERSONALLY, I'M, I'M DRESSED TO KILL EVERY YEAR 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONE TIME I GET TO GET DRESSED UP WITH SPARKLES, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
BUT IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT NOW KNOWS THAT THEY WANT TO ATTEND? UM, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IS, UH, THE CITY ALSO PURCHASED THE SEATS FOR THIS EVENT.
SO LET'S JUST SAY THEY PURCHASED 10 SEATS OR THEY PURCHASE A TABLE, THEY CAN'T FILL THOSE SEATS.
THEN SOME OF US FILL IN THOSE SEATS.
IF, UH, THE CITY TABLE IS COMPLETELY FULL AND THEN WE PURCHASE SEATS OUT OF OUR BUDGET, WE AGREED TO PURCHASE THOSE SEATS OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
UM, LET'S SAY WE PURCHASE SEATS AND THEN THE CITY STAFF NEEDS SOME PEOPLE AND OUR PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP.
SO WE KIND OF, WE SWAP BACK AND FORTH.
HOWEVER, IT WORKS BEST FOR US FINANCIALLY, UM, TO GET SEATS FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF MYSELF THAT KNOWS THAT THEY WANT TO ATTEND? UH, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT.
UM, SO CJ, UH, SO YOU CAN DO THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.
ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS EVENT? GLENN MOSES.
ANYBODY ELSE? MR. JIMMY? IS IT 10? 10 PEOPLE TABLE? YES.
YOU WANNA BE THERE OR NO? YEAH.
ANYONE ELSE AIN'T GONNA PUT ME ON THERE.
I DON'T LIKE DRESSING UP, BUT I'LL MAKE AN EFFORT.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE A GROUP PICTURE.
THEY, UH, DO YOU KNOW IF THERE WILL BE, UH, POLITICIANS SPEAKING AS WELL THAT DAY? IF THIS IS A VOTING YEAR OF 26 IS A VOTING YEAR? YES.
UH, IF THERE'S JUDGES, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE VOTING YEAR IS FOR YES, THERE WILL BE.
UM, I THINK THEY MAY BE GETTING AWAY FROM THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING EVERYBODY GIVE THEIR, UH, TWO MINUTE SPEECH OR WHATEVER IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
UH, I HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET, BUT AS SOON AS I GET SOME INFORMATION, I'M SURE I'LL GET INFORMATION.
BEFORE OUR JANUARY MEETING, UM, I WILL YOU
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GUYS SCHOOL, THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO.GIVE THEIR ONE TWO MINUTE SPEECH ON.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NEVER ATTENDED OR KNOW WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR JUDGE OR WHAT WERE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THEY WERE REFERRING TO? ANY POLITICAL OFFICE.
THEY GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN FRONT OF THE CROWD AND SAY, MY NAME IS, I'M RUNNING FOR THIS POSITION.
VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE, SO IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON OR THE RACE THAT'S AT HAND, YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THEM SAY FROM THEIR MOUTHS WHO THEY ARE.
SO WHEN IT'S TIME TO VOTE, YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF INFORMATION.
SORRY, I FORGOT THAT THIS IS, THIS MAY BE MY LAST MEETING.
UH, SO, BUT LATER ON IF WE HAVE SOME TIME, I, I MIGHT HAVE PERMISSION TO CHOOSE A SHORT SPEECH.
I WILL GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM JANUARY TO FEBRUARY? ALL RIGHTY.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UM, AGENDA ITEM FOUR, A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, THIS IS AN UPDATE ON ITEMS PURCHASED AND DISCUSS FOR DISCUSS FUTURE, UM, PURCHASES.
AND I'M SORRY, IS THIS WHERE YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THE, OKAY.
SO THE ONE THING THAT I WANNA DISCUSS BEFORE WE, UM, GIVE THE FLOOR TO, UM, MS. DARCY OR MS. COURTNEY, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE RETREAT OR THE TEAM BUILD GENERALLY.
UM, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, WE DIDN'T HAVE UNTIL ALMOST JULY TRYING TO GET A CITY STAFF REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMEONE TO TALK TO US.
THEN, UM, WE TRY TO PUSH IT INTO THE FIRST QUARTER AT LEAST.
UH, I PERSONALLY THINK WE SHOULD HAVE IT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE, WE HAVE NEW IDEAS.
THE SOONER WE GET THOSE NEW PEOPLE, NEW IDEAS ON THE FLOOR, THE FASTER WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
SO, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE IT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, WHERE LAST YEAR WE HAD IT AT THE, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER.
UH, ALL OUR MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS HA HA HELD HERE.
EVEN THE RETREATS OR TEAM BUILDS WERE HELD HERE.
I DECIDED, OR WE DECIDED AS A COMMISSION, I THREW THE IDEA OUT THERE.
LET'S HAVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE TO SEE WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING.
UM, WE KNOW THE COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE BEING DONE, THE LIBRARIES ARE BEING DONE.
WE KNEW THAT THE, UH, PET SHELTER HAD JUST BEEN DONE.
I ALMOST DIED, BUT
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO GET TO SEE IT.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO IT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
IS THERE ANYBODY OPPOSED TO DOING THAT IN FEBRUARY? I KNOW YOU TRAVEL AROUND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME FROM FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
I DON'T COME BACK UNTIL APRIL 4TH.
I KNEW SHE WAS OUT DURING THE SECOND.
SO, UM, IS THERE ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF MS. JENNIFER OPPOSED TO HAVING THE RETREAT SLASH TEAM BUILD AT THE END OF FEBRUARY? IT WILL BE ON A SATURDAY.
UM, IT WILL START AT NINE, I THINK IS WHAT WE DID IT FROM LIKE NINE TO ONE MAYBE IS THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE DID ON A SATURDAY AND FEBRUARY.
THE LAST SATURDAY AND FEBRUARY IS FEBRUARY 28TH.
WOULD Y'ALL WANNA DO THE ANIMAL SHELTER AGAIN? OR, OR THE NEW LIBRARY? THE LIBRARY OR THE NEW LIBRARY? YOU WANNA GO FOR THAT NEW LIBRARY? ONE DOWN HERE? YEAH.
UH, 2 28 26 AT, UH, DOWNTOWN LIBRARY.
UH, WE DO NORMALLY HAVE A SNACK THERE.
BREAKFAST AND GREAT BREAKFAST.
WHAT KIND OF BREAKFAST DID Y'ALL LIKE? HUH? WHAT KIND OF BREAKFAST WOULD Y'ALL LIKE? NO, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN JANUARY.
FOR THE, UM, TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF, UM, THE CMC.
UM, ONE YEAR WE HAD MY CITY COUNCIL REP COME AND TALK TO US.
WE HAD, UM, MAYOR RON JONES, UH, COME AND TALK ABOUT THE ROBBERS RULES OF HOW TO OPEN A MEETING.
UM, I WANNA SAY WE HAD, UH, MAYOR SCOTT LA MAY COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT, HE CONNECTED US WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT TO HEAR OR HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, IT IS NOT A BASH BASH SESSION.
SO IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE
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FIRE DEPARTMENT OR UNHAPPY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT IS NOT THE TIME TO GET YOUR YOUR ISSUES RESOLVED.IT IS TO, UM, ASK ABOUT SOME CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY CAN BE ADDRESSED.
IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG, WE DON'T FUSS AT THEM DURING THAT MEETING MM-HMM
UM, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANNA HEAR IN PARTICULAR, LET ME KNOW.
UH, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE AN AGENDA.
UH, AGAIN, IF IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU CANNOT DO IT.
IF YOU WANNA DO A PRESENTATION NEEDS TO BE ON THERE.
IF YOU WANNA SING A SONG, IT NEEDS TO BE ON THERE.
SO WHATEVER IT IS YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE DONE DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, LET ME KNOW VIA EMAIL AND YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE CITY STAFF GETS IT PROBABLY NO LATER THAN LIKE THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY.
BECAUSE WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE LIBRARY TOMORROW.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
UM, YEAH, I'D SAY LIKE BY THE, BY THAT FRIDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY, KIND OF WHAT TOPICS SO STAFF CAN GET SO STAFF CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER.
IN THAT SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY.
I HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE FOR US TO LOOK INTO.
I'VE HEARD THAT THE CITY HAS DONE RESEARCH OR MAY HAVE DATA ON THE DIFFERENT CULTURES IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
IF WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION LIKE THAT ON THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF CULTURES, THE NUMBERS, IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY PRESENT TO US THE DEMOGRAPHICS YES.
HISTORICALLY OR DEMOGRAPHICALLY.
SO WE CAN ALMOST LIKE A, A STATE OF THE CITY IN REFERENCE TO DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT WE HAVE, OF COURSE.
IS THAT DATA INCLUSIVE OF? I, I, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST HEAR THAT SOMEBODY IN THE, THERE'S SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY.
THEY HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
AND IF THERE IS SUCH A THING, I'D LIKE FOR US TO, TO HEAR FROM THAT DEPARTMENT TO COME PRESENT TO US.
WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND WE'LL, WE'LL CHECK ON THAT.
AND THEN, IS THIS THE TIME WHERE WE ALSO CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT ITEMS OR PROGRAMMING WE'D LIKE TO EXECUTE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL? AT THE TEAM? OKAY.
IF YOU ARE OPEN TO, IF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO ANY, UM, ICEBREAKERS OR ACTUAL TEAM BUILDING EXERCISES, I, I'LL VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT.
UH, AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA ICEBREAKER ITEM.
AND I KEEP SAYING THESE THINGS OUT LOUD BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IF IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA, I COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT OR MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
SO THAT'S WHY I KEEP SAYING IT OVER AND OVER TO MAKE US ALL AWARE THAT AIN'T ON THERE.
WE CAN'T DO IT NO MATTER HOW HARD FELT IT IS.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT IT ON THERE.
ANYONE ELSE? DON'T FORGET JANUARY 9TH IS, I'M SORRY, MR. MOSES.
UM, NOW, UH, I HEARD THAT, UM, AND I COULD BE WRONG.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I AM, I HEARD THAT THERE WAS LIKE A GARLAND HAS ITS OWN CONSTITUTION.
HAVE Y'ALL HEARD OF THIS? YEAH.
THAT THERE'S, UM, I DON'T KNOW THE, THE PROPER NAME.
I, I MIGHT HAVE TO DO MY CHAT.
GTP OR MY GOOGLES, BUT THERE'S LIKE A, UM, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LITURGY THAT CAME FROM THE ORIGINS OF THE CITY.
UM, THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CITIES.
AND, UM, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT AS A CONSTITUTION.
YEAH, I, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO LEARN ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE THAT CAN THAT MIGHT HELP INFORM ME TOO, SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, SO YEAH, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT.
I'M AGAIN, THE, THE NAME I'M, I'M SAYING YOU MIGHT BE WRONG, RIGHT? BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A, A, A DOCUMENT THAT KIND OF RE THAT KIND OF ORIENTS GARLAND THINGS AND THAT BELONG TO GARLAND.
UM, AND THAT KIND OF HELP INFORM THE WAY GARLAND DOES CERTAIN THINGS.
WAS THAT LIKE THE CITY CHARTER? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, MAYBE, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING.
MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NAME IS, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS THE, IT MIGHT BE I AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW.
WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT AND SEE, AND SEE WHAT THAT IS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE KNOWS THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE AJE ADDED TO THE AGENDA AT THE MOMENT? NO.
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EMAIL NEEDS TO BE SENT, RECEIVED BY JANUARY 9TH TO THE CITY STAFF.UM, MS. COURTNEY, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON ANY ITEMS PURCHASED? NO.
UH, TONIGHT WE NEED THE GROUP TO LET US KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WOULD LIKE US TO SPEND ON CANDY FOR MLK AND THEN I KNOW.
AND THE GIFT, LIKE THE LITTLE GIFT BAGS SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE PURCHASED.
ALRIGHT, SO LAST YEAR, WHAT WAS OUR BUDGET FOR THE CANDY? $200.
SO THE BUDGET WAS 200 LAST YEAR.
THOSE OF YOU THAT THROUGH CANDY AND I KEEP SAYING LAST YEAR, JANUARY, THIS YEAR, THOSE THAT PASSED OUT CANDY, THE CANDY THAT Y'ALL HAD, WAS THAT ENOUGH? I GOT, UM, LIKE, WHAT WAS IT? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY POUNDS DONATED FROM GOOD SAM ON TOP OF THAT.
SO WHAT I MADE OVER A HUNDRED BAGS FROM THE SAM.
I GOT THE BAGS I GOT FROM GOOD SAM.
I GOT WAY MORE FROM GOOD SAM THAN WHAT WE PURCHASED AND MADE THE BAGS MYSELF.
WE, WE BOUGHT $200 WORTH OF CANDY AND BAGS AND YOU GOT A HUNDRED BAGS WORTH.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UH, YEAH.
I WROTE DOWN, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
AND IT WAS LIKE FULL SIZE CANDY BARS AND STUFF.
THEY WERE VERY GENEROUS TO US LAST YEAR.
AND WE ALSO PROBABLY NEED A BETTER PACE HOW MUCH CANDY AND WE WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO BE CAREFUL.
WE WERE TRYING, WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE CANDY TO THE END, BUT IT WAS VERY LITTLE AT THE END.
WE WEREN'T GIVING OUT AS MUCH, BUT WE TRIED TO MAKE IT LAST ALL THE WAY TO THE END.
SO NOW MS. DANIELS WILL TELL US THAT, UM, YOU KNOW HOW YOU START AT AUSTIN, YOU GO UP THE HILL, YOU MAKE THAT QUICK, RIGHT? YOU GO AND THEN YOU MAKE A QUICK LEFT AND THEN YOU GO OUT TO THE MAIN STREET, WHICH IS DAIRY.
SHE SAYS THAT THE PARADE ROUTE DOES NOT START UNTIL YOU GET TO DAIRY.
THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PARADE KNOWS THAT THERE ARE KIDS FROM THE CORNER, THEIR HOUSE UP THERE BY RIGHT.
SO WE DON'T NOT PASS OUT TO THE KIDS.
BUT AGAIN, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE JUST TO KIND OF HOLD ONTO SOME MORE, THEN SO BE IT.
NOW WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN VOTE TO SAY, OKAY, WE'D LIKE TO SPEND ADDITIONAL MONEY TO GET MORE CANDY.
OR WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE SAY IT'S A COMMISSION, 200 IS ENOUGH AND WE'LL JUST MAKE DUE WITH IT.
JUST FOR REFERENCE, I BOUGHT A BAG OF CANDY ABOUT THIS BIG AND IT WAS ALMOST $20 JUST FOR ONE BAG.
ARE THERE OTHER FLOATS PASSING OUT CANDY TOO? OR EVERYBODY'S PASSING OUT CANDY? OH YEAH.
THEN YOU GOT, IT'S LIKE TRICK OR TREATING FOR THE KIDS OUT THERE AND IT'S A, IT, IT IT'S A, IT IS A PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
UM, WHEN YOU HAVE A, I'M ON A VEHICLE WITH A BUNCH OF KIDS, THEY GET A LITTLE OVERLY EXCITED.
SO WHAT I HAVE TO DO IS I HAVE TO TAKE A BUNCH OF THE CANDY AND STORE IT UP FRONT WITH ME SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO DOWNTOWN THAT WE STILL HAVE CANDY TO PASS OUT.
'CAUSE IF NOT, THEY WILL GIVE EVERY DROP OF CANDY AWAY AND SAY, WHERE'S THE RECIPE CANDY? YEAH.
SO I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S UP TO US TO DECIDE, UM, WHETHER WE WANT TO DO MORE OR IF WE WANNA CONTINUE TO GO WITH THE 200.
WHAT DOES OUR BUDGET ALLOW? WHAT
SO BECAUSE OUR BUDGET HAS STARTED OVER, TECHNICALLY IT'S ALREADY STARTED OVER.
WILL WE GET ANOTHER DONATION THIS YEAR? I CAN DEFINITELY CALL AND FIND OUT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, TO INCREASE IT.
UM, HOW MUCH? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU.
SO CAN I ALSO SAY IF WE INCREASE IT AND NOT, AND I CAN STILL GET A DONATION, WE CAN STILL USE THIS MONEY FOR OUR WILL AT OTHER, I MEAN THIS CANDY THAT'S LEFT OVER AT OUR, FOR OUR WILL AT OTHER FUNCTIONS.
'CAUSE REMEMBER WE SAID WE WERE GONNA FILL IN CANDY ON SOME OF THOSE SLIDES.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE COULD USE IT FOR ANOTHER EVENT.
UM, THE CATCH 22 IS I GET ALL THE CANDY.
IF SHE GIVES IT TO ME A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME, I DON'T BAG IT A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME.
UH, I'M BAGGING CANDY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, ALL OF THE N-A-A-C-P EXECUTIVES.
IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BAG IT, WE CAN DEFINITELY HELP WITH THAT.
I, AND I JUST HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS THAT HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO AND WE ALL AMPED UP ABOUT THE PARADE ON SATURDAY.
SO IF YOU WANNA TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BAGGING IT, THAT'S FINE.
AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE, OKAY, I GOT THIS EXTRA CANDY DONATED.
WE HAVE TO VOTE NOW, BUT I WON'T FIND OUT ABOUT THEM RIGHT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE CATCH 22 IO.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO VOTE NOW, BUT I WON'T KNOW ABOUT, SO WHAT IF WE DO 300? OKAY.
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YEAH, BECAUSE HE SAW THE $20 BAG IS NOT VERY MUCH
WELL, I WILL SAY IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU GO.
I KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE ORDERED ONLINE THROUGH SAM'S IS WHERE THE CITY STAFF WILL PROBABLY GO.
IF EACH OF US DECIDED, OKAY, I WANNA BRING AN EXTRA BAG AND I WANNA DONATE 20.
UM, I KNOW SOME OF YOU CAN GO TO FIESTA AND GET THE PARTY SIZE AND IT'S LESS THAN 20 BUCKS, YOU KNOW.
BUT IF EACH ONE OF US, I THINK I HAVE NO PROBLEM DONATING CANDY OF MY HOUSE.
I'LL ALSO BRING SOME OF MY OWN.
SO CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO, LET'S GO WITH 300.
IT INCREASES US A HUNDRED FROM LAST YEAR.
IF THE BAGS ARE $20 A BAG, THAT GIVES US FIVE MORE BAGS OF WHAT WE HAD, UH, THAN LAST YEAR.
I LIKE TO JUST MAKE, JUST RESTATE YOUR MOTION.
LIKE MODIFY MY MOTION THAT WE DO INCREASE IT TO $300.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY, WHEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE CANDY, UH, THAT'S LEFT OVER THAT WE USE FOR ANOTHER TIME, I WILL SAY THAT IF WE ARE GETTING CANDY THAT HAS CHOCOLATE IN IT, WE DON'T WANT THAT FOR A LATER TIME.
'CAUSE THAT AIN'T NO TELLING WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE LATER.
SO, UM, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SWAG CANDY IN THE BAGS, UH, I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE LITTLE DRAWSTRING BAGS THAT ARE SEE-THROUGH.
UM, I SUGGESTED LAST MEETING, I THINK IT WAS THAT WE GET THOSE LITTLE BAGS BECAUSE IF WE'RE GIVING AWAY UMBRELLAS AND WE'RE GIVING AWAY ALL THESE BIG GIFTS, AT SOME POINT WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE LEFT TO GIVE AWAY.
SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT GIVING AWAY FILLERS, SOMETHING TO GIVE AWAY, EXCUSE ME.
IN BETWEEN, UH, THOSE ITEMS. SO I SUGGESTED PEPPERMINTS ONLY BECAUSE PEPPERMINTS DON'T REALLY GET TOO OLD.
THE LITTLE ROUND ONES, THE LIKE STAR MINTS I GUESS THEY'RE CALLED.
THEY COME IN DIFFERENT FLAVORS.
UM, BUT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT A FEW IN A BAG, THE LITTLE DRAWSTRING BAGS.
WE DID LOOK AT PRICES FOR THOSE.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE.
I CAN GET WITH YOU ON THAT ALSO.
YEAH, WE, WE LOOKED IT UP AND I THINK SHE, I THOUGHT SHE HAD PRINTED IT OUT, BUT UM, I HAVE, YEAH, SO TO ORDER SOME OF THOSE, LIKE SAY 200 OF THOSE THAT'LL CARRY US THROUGH SAY MIDYEAR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN AT MIDYEAR, IF WE NEED TO ORDER MORE, WE CAN ORDER MORE.
BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE THE PEPPERMINTS THAT WE ORDER AS WELL.
UH, SO WHAT WE NEEDED WAS A BUDGET TO ORDER THE PEPPERMINTS AND THE DRAWRINGS ALONG WITH WE JUST DID THE BUDGET FOR THE CANDY.
SO WE NEED TO GET THE ADDITIONAL PEPPERMINTS AND STRINGS.
DO WE NEED A BUDGET FOR THAT OR DO WE FIND OUT THE PRICE AND JUST COME BACK AND SAY THIS IS THE PRICE.
UH, WE CAN FIND OUT THE PRICE AND JUST COME BACK FOR THAT.
WE'LL DO THAT IN THE JANUARY MEETING.
MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TOO, FOR THOSE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN THE PARADE, THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS A RULE WE CANNOT THROW CANDY AT THANK YOU KIDS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO STEP OVER TO THE CURBSIDE AND HAND IT TO THEM.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU MIGHT SEE YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP OUT THERE THROWING A RAINBOW OF CANDY.
AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE BRING THEIR OWN CANDY AND THEY DON'T BRING BAGS.
SO, UH, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO NORMALLY SITS ON THE VEHICLE WITH ME AND WHEN WE SEE A RAINBOW GO OUT, SHE RUNS AND GO, GETS THEIR SINGLE CANDY, TRADES THEM FOR PRE-BAGGED CANDY.
AND THEN WE HAVE KIDS ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK THAT'S BAGGING CANDY SO THAT WE CAN KEEP TRADING 'EM OUT WITH EVERYBODY THAT'S THROWING OUT RAINBOWS.
UM, I'M SURE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE KIDS RUN AND THEY RUNNING OFF THE CURB.
IT MIGHT BE DAMP, DUDE, THEY SLIDING OFF AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THIS CANDY THAT WE'VE NEVER, THANK GOD WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN INCIDENT IN GARLAND WITH AN INJURY DURING OUR MLK PARADE.
I CAN'T SAY ABOUT THE OTHER PARADES, BUT I KNOW FOR THE M-L-M-L-K PARADE, WE'VE NEVER HAD A ISSUE.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, IF YOU BRING YOUR OWN CANDY, LET ME KNOW IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SNACK BAGS.
SNACK BAGS ARE THE BEST BAGS, UM, TO PUT THEM IN.
THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAVE SOME BUSINESS CARDS, LET'S SAY CMC ON THERE.
YOU CAN PUT A LITTLE PIECE OF TAPE TO KEEP IT INSIDE.
THAT WAY THE OUTSIDE, IF THE CANDY BAG GETS WET, IT DOESN'T RUIN YOUR CARD.
UM, THAT WAY EVERYBODY HAS A WAY, IF THEY GET IT, THEY KNOW THEY CAN REACH OUT TO YOU USING YOUR BUSINESS CARD.
DOES ANYBODY NOT HAVE BUSINESS CARDS?
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SO RENEE AND GLENDA.DID Y'ALL NOT GET BUSINESS CARDS? 'CAUSE Y'ALL OPTED OUT? I JUST NEVER GOT 'EM.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A TIME WHERE SOME OPTED OUT AND THEY JUST WANTED A QR CODE.
YEAH, THAT'S ALL I EVER HAD WAS THE GENERIC ONES.
YOU HAVE ONE? I DON'T MY NAME OR NUMBER.
YOU SPECIAL FOR THOSE WHO NEVER ATTENDED THE UH, PARADE.
CJ, RENEE, MOSES, ARTHUR GLENNA.
DID I LEAVE ANYBODY OUT? STEVEN.
BUT ARE YOU GONNA MAKE SOME JUST GENERIC? YES, THEY'LL BE PROBABLY GENERIC.
YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST ORDER AND JUST YEAH, MINE ISN'T MINE.
YEAH, WE CAN PUT LIKE, WE CAN PUT YOUR NAMES ON THERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS ONE? I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOK LIKE.
UM, IF IT IS RAINING, THE PARADE WILL GO ON.
IF IT IS 30 BELOW THE PARADE WILL GO ON.
IF THERE'S SNOW ON THE GROUND, THE PARADE WILL GO ON.
THEY JUST MIGHT GET OUT THEIR CARS AND WALK VERSUS DRIVING.
WE HAVE NEVER, WE'VE NEVER CANCELED A MLK PARADE.
DALLAS HAS HAD TO MOVE IT BEFORE DALLAS WILL CANCEL.
WELL THEY HAD TO MOVE WHEN? YEAH, THEY LIKE TWO YEARS AGO.
AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS 18 YEARS NOW.
WHEN WE DID COVID, THEY WALKED, THEY JUST SPACED THE CARS OUT.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
YEAH, WE GENERALLY TRY TO GET, UM, ALL, WE'RE HERE RECENTLY.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING THE SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE AND JUST ROTATE AND WHICH SCHOOL IS IN FRONT.
UM, I THINK WITH, UH, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT'S GOING ON.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL HAVE THAT SAME SUPPORT.
WE DO HAVE A MEETING COMING UP WITH THE CITY.
UM, I WANNA SAY IT'S IN JANUARY, EARLY JANUARY.
WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP WITH THE CITY REGARDING HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO GO THIS YEAR.
SO IF I HEAR ANYTHING DIFFERENT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, I'LL LET COURTNEY KNOW.
UM, BUT USUALLY WE HAVE ALL SEVEN VANS.
IF IT'S TOO COLD, THE KIDS CANNOT GET OFF THE BUS, SO THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE BUS AND THE BUS WILL JUST FALL IN.
WHERE THE KIDS, WHERE THEIR SPOT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, IN THE PARADE.
UM, I WANNA SAY LAST YEAR OR YEAR BEFORE LAST.
WHENEVER IT WAS TOO COLD, THE KIDS DIDN'T GET OFF, BUT THEY UM, THEY WOULD PLAY THEIR INSTRUMENTS ON THE BUS.
YEAH, IT DOESN'T SOUND THE SAME, BUT THEY WERE STILL THERE AND NOT JUST IN SPIRIT.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT? AM I FORGETTING ANYTHING FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARADE, THE EXTRAVAGANZA, THE WINTER BALL, UM, THE L NEW YEAR.
AM I FORGETTING ANYTHING? YOU ALL VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE $300, RIGHT? OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THE $300 BUDGET FOR THE CANDY, MA'AM.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR THE $300 BUDGET FOR THE CANDY.
SO ARE WE GONNA MEET IN THE SAME PLACE AS LAST TIME FOR THAT? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN BEFORE THE PARADE, RIGHT? WE HAVE ANOTHER, NO.
THE 15TH AND THE PARADE IS OKAY.
SEE, WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION REGARDING THAT? ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GONNA MEET BEFORE THE PARADE IN THE MORNING? OH, WE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SAME PLACE AS LAST AT THE ATRIUM.
SO WHAT MY SUGGESTION IS, ANYBODY WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE, MY SUGGESTION IS TO PARK YOUR VEHICLE DOWNTOWN, PARK YOUR VEHICLE DOWNTOWN.
EVERYBODY GET ON THE BACK OF SOMETHING OR RIDE WITH SOMEONE OVER TO AUSTIN ACADEMY.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE, UH, THE NUMBER WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE.
IF YOU DON'T GET THAT NUMBER, YOU COME UP THE GARLAND AREA BROTHERHOOD WILL BE OUT THERE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
YOU TELL THEM YOU'RE WITH THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION OR THE CMC, WHICHEVER THEY HAVE IT LISTED AS, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOUR SPOTS ARE.
I THINK MS. GWEN NORMALLY HAS BALLOONS DONATED BY DART OR SOMEONE AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.
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THE RESTROOMS HAVE NOW BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO USE THE RESTROOMS BECAUSE WE ARE THERE SO EARLY BEFORE THE PARADE PULLS OFF.UH, 10 O'CLOCK IS WHEN THE PARADE PARADE WILL PULL OFF.
SO FOR MS. GLENNA'S, UH, SAKE, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA MEET AT THE ATRIUM PARK, YOUR CAR THERE.
HOW DID Y'ALL GET OVER THERE? OR IS IT NOT TOO MANY? COULD ALL Y'ALL FIT INSIDE? NO, WE CAN FIT SIX INSIDE.
FIVE OR SIX INSIDE, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE RODE IN THE BACK.
SO, UH, FOR THOSE THAT WANNA PARTICIPATE, GO OVER.
UH, YOU CAN, I I'M DEFINITELY GONNA SAY LAYER UP BECAUSE IT WILL BE COLD.
SO LAYER UP THAT WAY IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF, YOU CAN.
BUT WE HAVE THE JACKETS NOW SO THAT YOU CAN SEE, UH, CC ON THERE.
UM, THE PARADE PULLS OFF AT 10, I WOULD SAY TO BE AT THE ATRIUM BY NINE SO THAT YOU CAN GET OVER TO AUSTIN BY NINE 30 BECAUSE THEY START TO SHUT STREETS DOWN AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET THERE.
UH, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THERE, BUT YOU GOTTA GO AROUND THE BACK WAY FOR ANYBODY THAT KNOWS.
YOU GOTTA GO AROUND THE BACK WAY TO GET UP THROUGH THE PARADE.
WE WILL, LIKE YOU SAID, WE WILL HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THEN, BUT JUST SO IT'S OUT THERE, UH, YOU ARE LEAVING THE ATRIUM AT NINE 30 AND IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO BE THERE BY NINE 30, YOU WANNA DRIVE YOURSELF OVER, BY ALL MEANS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DRIVE YOURSELF OVER, FIND SOMEWHERE TO PARK AND GET IN LINE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU'LL BE WITH THE NAACP? YES, I WILL.
I WILL BE IN A VEHICLE THAT SAYS YOUTH EXTRAVAGANZA COORDINATOR.
AND YOU'LL BE WITH CHAPTER? MM-HMM
IS ANYBODY ELSE NOT GOING TO BE THERE? OKAY, SO THAT'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
OKAY, MS. JENNIFER, WILL YOU BE THERE? I'M TRAVELING.
SO Y'ALL SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE ENOUGH ROOM.
UM, ONE YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT A LONG POLL TO HAVE LIKE THE TABLE CLOTH OVER IT SO THAT IT WAS LIKE A BANNER FOR US.
HOW DID THAT WORK FOR Y'ALL? DID DID I NOT GET Y'ALL THE PO WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WE HAD WITH THAT? DID NOT UHUH.
WE JUST HAD THE TRUCK WRAPPED.
AND THEN THE REST OF US WALKED AROUND AND HANDED OUT CANDY.
SINCE WE CAN'T THROW IT, WE WERE ALL HANDED OUT.
SO DO WE HAVE LIKE MAGNETIC? WE HAD MC WE TIED IT ON.
WE TIED, WE HAD SOME BANNER, CMC BANNERS.
AND WE USED ROPE TO TIE IT TO THE BED OF THE PICKUP TRUCK.
WAS IT A BANNER OR WAS IT OUR TABLE CLOTH? IT WAS A, NO, IT WAS A SIGN.
HAVE A, IT LIKE A WHITE LOG? YEAH.
OKAY, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE SET THAT.
THERE WAS TWO OF 'EM, WEREN'T THEY? WE HAVE ONE EACH.
ONE YEAR WE HAD ONE JUST IN THE FRONT, BUT THEN I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD ONE ON EACH SIDE.
I KNOW FOR SURE I'VE SEEN ONE.
SO THEY'LL NEED, Y'ALL NEED ZIP TIES, RIGHT? WHAT DID Y'ALL USE? WE JUST ROLL THEY ROPE IN HIS TRUCK.
SO WILL, SO WILL WE GET THOSE MAYBE ON THE 15TH SO THAT SHE CAN YES.
WHOEVER, UM, WHEN THE CANDY'S PICKED UP.
OH, WELL YEAH, WE COULD JUST GIVE YOU ALL THAT AT THE MEETING ON THE 15TH.
WOULD THAT BE BETTER? MM-HMM
THAT'LL BE, THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT HAVING, SOMEONE'S NOT HAVING TO MAKE A SPECIAL TRIP.
AND GLENDA, THAT'S FINE IF YOU BEG IT BETWEEN THE 15TH AND THAT.
OH, ARE YOU SURE? IS THAT TOO LIKE CLOSE? NO, I THINK THAT'S OKAY.
SO WE'LL JUST HAVE ALL THAT READY FOR YOU GUYS AT THE 15TH MEETING THAT WAY.
AND THEN FOR THE BAGS, YOU GUYS ARE JUST WANTING LIKE ZIPLOC BAGS, RIGHT? THE SNACK BAGS.
AND THEY CAN BE THE, LIKE THE SHORTER ZIPLOC.
LIKE THE SHORTER ZIPLOCS, THE ONES THAT'S LIKE, NOT THE SANDWICH, BUT THE SNACK ONE.
PLEASE MAKE SURE IT'S THE SNACK BAG.
GOOD EVENINGS, UM, CHAIRS AND COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE GARLAND MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
UM, THIS COMMISSION TRULY REPRESENT THE BEST OF GARLAND.
WE COME FROM ALL THE BACKGROUND AND THANK YOU FOR, AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE BUILT
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AND THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE BRING TO, AND THEN WE SERVE OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.AND I'M, UH, GRATEFUL, UM, FOR ALL OF YOU, UM, THAT SHARE YOUR TALENTS AND TAKE A LOT OF TIMES THAT HELP YOUR FAMILY AND SERVE THE CITY.
UM, ESPECIALLY, UH, THANK YOU MS. JENNIFER WYNN.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ENCOURAGEMENT AND UM, THAT KIND OF GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT AND, AND, AND BRING ME TO THE CITY, UH, UH, THE GO, UM, TO CMC AND BE ABLE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE WITH LEADERS LIKE YOU ALL IS MY PRIVILEGE AND IT'S MY HONOR WHEREVER I GO.
UH, MY HEART'S STILL HERE WITH CMC, SO YOU KNOW, DON'T FORGET ME.
UM, BUT ESPECIALLY THAT ALL THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE BUILT, WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS AND, AND, AND CURRENT MEMBERS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU ALL AND THAT WILL CARRY WITH ME, UH, AND FOR MY NEXT STEP.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, WE ALL LOVE THE CITY GARLAND.
THAT WAY WE CONTRIBUTE OUR TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY I CAN CONTINUE TO, TO SERVE THE CITY IN DIFFERENT CAPACITY.
UH, BUT ONCE AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR CITY STAFF THAT YOU CONTINUE YOUR SUPPORT, UM, THAT MEAN A LOT TO US AS WELL.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, I HOPE THAT
AND MY HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD RESOURCES FOR THE CMC 'CAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UM, THE EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS THE HEART FOR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR ASIAN AND VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
UH, SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL YOUR, YOUR SERVICE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU EVERYONE.
WE HAVE REALLY, UH, APPRECIATED YOUR SERVICE WHILE YOU'VE BEEN HERE, THE INFORMATION YOU SHARED WITH US.
WE WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOUR PHONE NUMBER SO THAT WHEN WE KICK OFF THIS BIG 25TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY, YOU WILL BE ON THIS MARKETING TEAM OR, UM, THE SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM.
UM, ANY PICTURES THAT YOU MAY STILL HAVE THAT YOU HAVEN'T SHARED WITH THE CITY STAFF, IF YOU COULD, COULD YOU PLEASE SHARE THOSE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CREATE A BINDER OF SOME SORT, UM, FOR THE COMMISSION FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'VE SERVED ON HERE? YES MA'AM.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA SAY IN OUR SHORT TIME? I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU CONTINUE TO FLOURISH AND GROW AND REPRESENT THE CITY AND SERVE THE CITY IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT IS IN THE FUTURE.
MR. JIMMY, YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH YOUR SEATS MEANS TO THIS COMMISSION, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP PUT SOMEBODY IN HERE SOON,
UM, THIS IS OUR YEAR END MEETING.
I AM GLAD WE HAD THIS MEETING IN DECEMBER.
IT HAS BEEN REAL STRESSFUL FOR ME OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO NOT HAVE A MEETING IN DECEMBER AND COME BACK IN JANUARY WITH A BUNCH OF IDEAS AND PLANS.
SO I'M GLAD WE AGREED TO HAVE THIS MEETING.
UH, WE WILL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE AFTERWARDS.
YES, I KNOW THAT MS. KIMBERLY IS NOT HERE.
WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER GROUP PICTURE ONCE, UM, ALL OF US ARE HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR DURING THE MEETING IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN 'CAUSE WE KNOW MISS JENNIFER WILL BE OUT, WE WILL FIND A WAY TO CROP THE MISSING INDIVIDUALS IN THIS GROUP.
SO, UM, WE DON'T FORGET WHEN WE LEAVE HERE, WE ARE GOING EL RANCHO AND THAT IS LOCATED, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
MAIN AND MAIN STREET AND NINTH HERE IN GARLAND.
IT'S, I I DON'T THINK YOU CAN WALK OVER THERE.
I THINK YOU, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE.
YOU CAN, CAN YOU WALK? I MEAN NO.
THE NINTH SOUND IS A LITTLE FURTHER THAT WAY.
MY CAR HALFWAY DOWN THERE ALREADY.
SO, UM, WHEN THAT START TIME IS SCHEDULED FOR I THINK SEVEN OR SEVEN 15.
I THINK I MADE IT FOR LIKE MAYBE SEVEN 15.
JUST 'CAUSE I Y'ALL TIME TO GET OVER THERE AND TIME TO GET THERE.
IF Y'ALL COME, COME ON AND CELEBRATE WITH US.
IF YOU DON'T WANNA STAY THE ENTIRE TIME, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO.
THIS IS ONE TIME WE GET THE GOAL AND BE OURSELVES.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY COURTNEY AND DARCY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENT WITH US.
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THERE, JUST US.WE WILL NOT TALK ABOUT ANYTHING CMC RELATED BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY AGREED THAT AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR TIME SAY AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY.
IF YOU REMEMBER THE WHITE ELEPHANT, UM, GIFT AND WANNA PARTICIPATE, MAKE SURE YOU BRING IT.
UH, IF YOU DID NOT, UH, THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT PARTICIPATING.
WE WILL ONLY PARTICIPATE WITH THOSE THAT BROUGHT THE GIFT.
UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, UH, I AM GONNA BE VERY POLITICALLY CORRECT IN SAYING HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU GUYS.
ALTHOUGH I PREFER TO SAY THE OTHERS, BUT I'LL BE POLITICALLY CORRECT.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU GUYS AND UH, I WILL SEE YOU OVER AT THIS NEXT LOCATION.