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OKAY, GUYS, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET THE MEETING STARTED.
HOW IS EVERYONE'S GRADE? GREAT.
I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T SEEN Y'ALL SINCE LAST YEAR, RIGHT? OKAY.
FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR APPROVAL MINUTES.
SO IF Y'ALL COULD TURN TO THE SECOND PAGE IN YOUR PACKET.
THAT'S JUST A LIST OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE.
UH, THIS WAS OUR DECEMBER 13TH MEETING.
UH, IT WASN'T REALLY A MEETING, IT WAS OUR DECEMBER SOCIAL, UH, FIRST THING WAS THE APPROVEMENT OF THE NOVEMBER 11TH MEETING.
NEXT WE MOVED ON TO THE RECENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE HAD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE CHRISTIANS THE SQUARE EVENT.
THANK YOU, ANA AND SNACK SNACKS TO SANTA.
UM, IT WAS VERY FUN, VERY INTERESTING.
I RECOMMEND DOING IT NEXT YEAR IF YOU GUYS ARE STILL GONNA BE HERE.
UH, THEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUR COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL EMAIL REMINDERS.
REMEMBER, EVERY MEETING WE SEND AN EMAIL A LOT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, GIVING THEM LITTLE UPDATE.
NOTHING TOO LONG, TOO DETAILED, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR OUR DECEMBER 13TH MEETING.
UM, OUR MOTION SHOULD APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 13TH.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO SECOND THE MOTION? I'LL SECOND THAT.
THE MOTION FOR THE DECEMBER 13TH MEETING.
RAISE YOUR HEAD IF YOU AGREE WITH THE MINUTES.
PUBLIC COMMENTS DOESN'T ONE QUICK, THERE'S ANYONE PUBLIC.
SO OUR THIRD THING ON OUR AGENDA, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEET AND GREET.
SO TODAY WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER BJ WILLIAMS HERE TO COUNCIL SPEAK US, BJ.
SO EVERYONE CAME AROUND AND FLOOR IS ALL YOURS.
HOW WAS SCHOOL TODAY? IT WAS GOOD.
GOOD TO BE FINDING MATCH UP WITH YOU GUYS MEETING.
I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF AND BREAK THIS UP INTO FOUR CHAPTERS AND EXIT.
IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I SAY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
IF I KNOW THE ANSWER, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
IF I DON'T, I'LL ASK, UH, UH, TIFFANY AND SHE ANSWERS FOR ME.
SO, BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S SO
WELL, I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR, BEEN THREE MONTHS, BILL TOTAL.
12 YEARS I'VE SERVED ON PHYSICS COUNCIL.
UH, BUT WHAT DID I DO BEFORE THAT? WELL, I HUNG MY, I CAME IN THIS TOWN.
UH, I HAD SPENT, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP GARDEN UNION.
AND, UH, I HANDED IT IT OFF TO, UH, RICHARD MCNEIL, WHO IS NOW, WHO'S STILL, STILL, UH, IN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, BY THE WAY.
UH, IN 2012, I ALSO WAS BEFORE, IN 2 0 0 8, I WAS APPOINTED TO SERVE ON THE PLAN COMMISSION.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT, WHAT THAT DOES.
WHAT DOES THIS PLANNING COMMISSION DO? ANYBODY? BUT I HAVE NO IDEA.
IT'S A GROUP OF, UH, NINE PEOPLE, UH, THAT MAKE DECISIONS ON PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THE CITY, BUT, RIGHT.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT I, I DID FOR EIGHT YEARS.
UH, I, UH, HAD NO, UH, REAL ANGLING LINGS OF BECOMING A COUNCILMAN.
UH, BUT, UH, SOME, UH, OLDER COUNCILMEN WHO WERE THEN COUNCILMEN STARTED TALKING
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TO ME.THEY STARTED TELLING ME, YOU NEED TO DO THIS.
YOU NEED TO DO THIS FOR THE CITY.
AND, UH, UH, ENOUGH OF THEM APPROACHED ME AND THEY CONVINCED ME.
AND I SAID, WHAT THE HECK, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO IT.
FIRST TIME I DID IT RAN FOR COUNCIL.
I DIDN'T, AND I STILL UNDERSTAND STREET LIGHT AND DOWNTOWN GARLAND AND SAID, WHAT, WHAT IN THE WORLD DID I JUST HIT MYSELF? CORRECT.
AND I WASN'T GONNA, I WAS DONE WITH IT WAS DONE WITH IT.
UH, BUT, UH, SEVERAL ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, STARTED COMING BACK TO ME.
LIKE, IT IS NOT YOUR TIME, BUT YOU HAVE A TIME.
YOU KNOW, I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST OLD FOLKS TALKING
SO, UH, FOR THE 2012 ELECTION, I DID IT AGAIN AND I WON 20 12 1.
PRIMARY DUTIES OF A COUNCILMAN OR WHAT, WHO CAN TELL ME? YOU CAN TELL ME.
WHAT'S PRIMARY, PRIMARY DUTIES OF A COUNCIL? BEING RESPONSIBLE.
WHAT'S THE PRIMARY JOB OF COUNCIL? GIVING A AWARD TO THE COMMUNITY? THAT'S SECOND UP ONE.
BEING ADVICE TO THE MAYOR AND HELPING MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS.
I'M, LOOK, I'M LOOKING FOR ONE WORD.
UH, WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK COUNCIL TO DO? UM, PROVIDE INSPIRATION, PRIDE, INFORMATION.
IT'S, IT'S CODIFIED YOU REALLY BY STATE LAW, YOU WANT TO HAVE ONE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THAT IS TO DO WHAT? THINK ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE.
DO WHAT? SERVE WHAT TO SERVE TO, AND TO.
THE BIG, THE ONLY RESPONSIBILITY THAT'S IN WRITING FROM THE LEGISLATURE IS TO PASS A CITY BUDGET.
Y'ALL KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, I I DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AND COUNCILMEN DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S MANDATED IN STATE STATUTE THAT YOU HAVE TO GET A BUDGET PASSED.
AND, UH, WHAT'S THE FINAL DATE FOR THE BUDGET TO BE PASSED? WHO KNOWS? WHO KNOWS? COME ON AT WE END MONTH.
EVERY AND THE OTHER ONE, I DUNNO.
THERE'S NO WRONG ANSWERS HERE.
THERE'S ONE ANSWER THAT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS WHEN, WHAT? MY DECEMBER? NO, THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS FEBRUARY.
IN WHAT? FEBRUARY OF SEPTEMBER.
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS IN OCTOBER.
THE LAST DAY OF OCTOBER, WHICH MEANS THAT THE BUDGET HAS TO BE PASSED BY STATE LAW BY SEPTEMBER 7TH EVERY YEAR.
NOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET AND YOU ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT BUDGET CYCLE FROM NOW.
AND THAT BUDGET IS FOR PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDINGS, THINGS YOU CAN SEE AND FEEL AND TOUCH.
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HAS, HAS HAD AN EXPECTED LIFE OF FIVE YEARS AND HAVE TO BE, HAVE THE COST AT LEAST 25,000 BUCKS.AND THAT'S CALLED RIGHT? THE CIP BUDGET.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.
IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE I SAY TODAY.
YOU REMEMBER THOSE TWO TYPES OF BUDGET ONE'S OPERATING THAT PAYS FOR, FOR ALL THE STUFF FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND, AND TRASH PICKUP, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
YOU SEE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGETS.
THAT PLAYS FOR THINGS LIKE HOW, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT SURFING SWIM EVER HEARD? EVERYBODY? EVERYONE? YEAH.
OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I HEARD ABOUT IT.
THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M PRETTY SURE.
LIKE A FIELD AND BY A DAYCARE.
AND I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS LIKE REMODELED AT SOME POINT.
AND NOW THEY REMODELED OPENED IT AND THAT'S LIKE MUCH BIGGER.
THAT THEY ARE REBUILDING THE SERVICE SWIM AMUSE PARK.
AND IT COSTS MONEY TO BUILDING, IT'S IN A DESIGNATED LOCATION, HAS A LIFESPAN EXPECTANCY OF MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, AND IT COSTS MORE THAN 25,000 BUCKS.
THEREFORE IT'S A PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT INVOLVE A LOT OF, LOT OF, UH, SOMETIMES CUTTING, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
SO, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A SECOND CHAPTER.
THE, UH, THE OTHER THINGS THAT I HAVE TO DO.
CHAPTER THREE, SOMEBODY MENTIONED THE WORD CONSTITUENTS.
SOMEBODY SAID AT GU AGO, YOU HAVE TO, WHEN YOU RUN FOR THE COUNCIL, YOUR TIME IS NOT YOUR, IF IF SHE CALLED AT 10 30 AT NIGHT AND S 'CAUSE THE NEIGHBOR'S CAT IS MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE TO HER, THAT'S THAT TO PRIOR TO ONE, TO ME, IT MAY SEEM FRIVOLOUS, MAY SEEM FRIVOLOUS TO YOU, BUT IF SHE CALLS AND TELLS ME THAT THE CITY HAS GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT CAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HER, RIGHT? CORRECT.
YOU'VE GOT TO, YOU GOT TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF CARING FOR THOSE WHO DON'T EVEN, WHO DON'T EVEN MAY NOT AGREE WITH YOU.
AND YOU MIGHT, MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW HER.
SHE MAY CALL, SHE GOES TO THE WEBSITE, SHE THE PHONE NUMBER, AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW SHE'S CALLED TO ME.
YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, UM, A BIG RESPONSIBILITY OF ASSIST COUNSEL.
AND WHEN I FIRST CAME ON COUNCIL, I, UH, THE, THE OLDER FOLKS ON, ON THE COUNCIL TOLD ME TWO THINGS.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN WHO WAS A FORMER COUNCIL TOLD ME TWO THINGS, YOU HAVE TO LEARN IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE INTERESTED, AND I HOPE THAT SOMEBODY IN THIS ROOM WILL DEVELOP AN INTEREST ONCE YOU FINISH YOUR EDUCATION TO COME BACK AND BE A COUNCILMAN.
YOU CAN BE THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, HAVE ALL THE BRIGHTEST IDEAS, YOU KNOW, AND CAN, CAN MASTER, CAN EXPLAIN THEM AND ALL THAT.
BUT, BUT IF YOU CAN'T COUNT TO FIVE, IT'S JUST AN IDEA CAN NEVER GO ANY PLACE.
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW HOW TO, YOU GOT TO KNOW HOW TO, AND LEARN HOW TO DO SOME HORSE TRAINING.
AND YOU'VE GOT TO, YOU, YOU'LL HEAR SOME PEOPLE,
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ONCE THEY LEAVE THE COUNCIL OR NEAR THE END OF THE, OF THEIR COUNCIL, TURN, START, TALK TO 'EM ABOUT YOU ASK THEM, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? THEY SAID, LOOK WHAT I'VE DONE.THEY MAY, THEY MAY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THAT.
BUT NOTHING HAPPENS, UH, FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, NOTHING HAPPENS.
THE, THE NEW PARKS THAT'S BEEN RENOVATED, THE NEW RECREATION CENTERS THAT, THAT BEEN RENOVATED, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE ONE PERSON HAD AN IDEA THAT HAPPENED.
THERE WAS A COLLABORATIVE VENTURE WHERE YOU HAD AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE PLUS ONE TO GET A PASS.
SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT.
AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WHERE I GOT MY START FROM A BIG TOWN, LOUISIANA.
THE, UH, N KNOWN AS THE, UH, BINGO, UH, CA CAPITAL OF, OF THE WORLD.
BUT NONE OF YOU PROBABLY BEEN THERE.
BUT, UM, BUT I REALLY GOT MY INSPIRATION FROM MY GRANDFATHER TO, WHO WAS THAT PASTOR FOR 50 YEARS.
HE WALKED THE STREETS IN LOUISIANA.
MONEY WAS NOT SAFE TO REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO VOTE.
AND NOWADAYS YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER AND VOTE AND YOU GOT PEOPLE WHO WON'T DO IT.
SO MY ADVICE TO YOU IS GET YOUR EDUCATION, BUT ABOVE ALL THINGS, REGISTER AND VOTE YOUR CHOICE.
BUT VOTED, VOTE AND INFORMED CASTING THE FOREIGN VOTE, NOT IN THE EMOTIONAL VOTE.
THAT THAT'S TRUE FOR CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S TRUE FOR, UH, STATE LEGISLATURE.
THAT'S TRUE FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.
KNOW WHO YOU'RE VOTING FOR BEFORE YOU VOTE, BUT BY ALL MEANS, REGISTER AND VOTE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO ASK ME? WHAT'S, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF BEING, UM, A COUNCIL MEMBER? WHAT'S, WHAT? REPEAT THE QUESTION.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER? WELL, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS GETTING THE BUDGET'S PASSED.
IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, YOU, YOU CAN'T DO THE REST OF IT.
SO, SO YOU'VE GOT TO GET A BUDGET PASSED THAT HAS TO BE A SENSIBLE BUDGET THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS SUPPORT.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE BEST LIKE, EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE HAD DURING THE, DURING BEING A COUNCILMAN? LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SAY, HMM, THAT'S WHY I QUIT.
YOU SAID, WHAT HAS BEEN MY BEST EXPERIENCE OR ONE WORST EXPERIENCE? BEST MY BEST EXPERIENCE? WELL, I THINK, UH, I WOULD SAY THE OPENING OF THE, UH, THE, THE OPENING OF THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX AT, IN DUCK CREEK PARKWAY.
SO YOU MAY, MAY NOT KNOW, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS, BUT THAT WAS BEGINNING OF THIS, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND DART.
AND, UH, WE STILL, DART'S STILL A LITTLE BIT SLOW, BUT, UH, WE HAVE STILL HAVE VISIONS OF PARTNERING WITH THEM TO BRING SOME RETAIL IN ADDITION TO THAT
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RESIDENTIAL.SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS LIVING IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN LIVING IN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS? BOY, YOU, YOU KNOW HOW TO ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS.
EVEN THOSE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH YOU ON EVERY ISSUE, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN AS A COUNSELOR, YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN TO TALK TO THAT PERSON.
ALSO, YOU GOT TO LEARN TO LISTEN TO THEIR SIDE OF, OF THE EQUATION, JUST LIKE YOU DO THE PERSONS THAT AGREES WITH YOU.
AND IF YOU BALANCE THAT, YOU'RE DOING RIGHT.
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I DO IT WITH YOU, YOU GUYS TONIGHT, AND YOU GOT IT.
I'M GOING, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I WOULD LOVE TO GRAB A PICTURE WITH YOU AND OUR YOUTH COUNCIL, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
WE CAN KIND OF, I THINK THE BIGGEST OPEN SPACES OVER HERE.
UM, COUNSEL, Y'ALL WANNA GET UP AND START KIND IN A OKAY, GO OVER HERE.
TALL PEOPLE IN THE BAYSHORE, PEOPLE IN THE FRONT.
EVERYBODY READY? MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE MY CAMERA.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART OF OUR MEETING.
WE HAVE OUR CLOTHING DRIVE WRAP UP.
UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'VE BEEN CLOSING DRIVE SINCE, I WANNA SAY NOVEMBER, I BELIEVE.
SO IT JUST RECENTLY ENDED, UH, JANUARY 6TH.
UH, I KNOW AT OUR SOCIAL WE WENT THROUGH THE CLOSE, UH, WE HAD SOME PEOPLE STAY AFTER THE MEETING AND I'LL GO THROUGH IT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT MORE CLOTHES NOW.
SO, UM, WE WILL BE MEETING OR IF WHOEVER'S ABLE TO COME ON SUNDAY FROM THREE TO EIGHT, WHENEVER THAT TIME IS GOOD FOR YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY THAT LONG, BUT THAT TIMEFRAME, UM, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE CLOSE AND JUST LIKE ORGANIZE IT, SEE WHAT'S GOOD TO DONATE.
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CLOTHES AND SUCH.UM, SO YEAH, THAT'LL BE THIS SUNDAY, UM, ON THE 18TH FROM THREE TO EIGHT.
YOU WILL GET VOLUNTEER HOURS IF YOU DO COME.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OH, IT WILL BE AT FIELDS, BY THE WAY, RECREATION CENTER.
UM, NEXT OUR AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND BREAK OUT INTO OUR COMMITTEE GROUPS REAL QUICK BEFORE WE FINISH WITH, UM, OUR CLOTHING DRIVE, RECAP, A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANNA ADD THAT I'M SORRY, OVER, I DIDN'T TELL YOU THESE THINGS.
UM, SO DOES ANY, DOES ANYBODY OR EVERYBODY, I MEAN, UH, KNOW THE ORGANIZATION, TRUST WORLD.
SO THAT IS WHO IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THE CLOTHING DRIVE, UM, THAT YOU GUYS HELD AND ALL THE DONATIONS, WHICH I THINK WERE UP TO LIKE 14 BAGS OF CLOTHING.
SO, I MEAN, Y'ALL'S CLOTHING DRIVE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
THAT WAS, I MEAN, A LOT OF DONATIONS.
UM, SO THERE'S, WE ACTUALLY ARE PROBABLY GONNA SPEND A FEW MORE MINUTES ON THIS 'CAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE POINTS THAT I WANNA, UM, ASK YOU GUYS GET SOME INPUT.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO SEE DO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TRUSTED WORLD IS? 'CAUSE IF NOT, I HAVE A, AN INFORMATIONAL VIDEO THAT WE CAN, IT'S LIKE THREE MINUTES.
WE CAN WATCH IT AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE ORGANIZATION WATCH THAT.
COLE REALLY WANTS TO SEE HIS VIDEO.
BUT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT SIE, MISS TIFFANY SAID, HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ON Y'ALL COMING TOGETHER FOR THE DONATIONS.
Y'ALL WAS, I'M GONNA BE HONEST, LIKE SEEING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT DONATED CLOTHES THAT DONATED HACK.
WE EVEN RECEIVED A, UM, A BABY STROLLER AND I JUST HAD SOMEONE TO MESSAGE ME ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE THAT WOULD BE DONATING A BUNCH OF CLOTHES ON BY THE END OF THIS WEEK AS WELL.
I KNOW BRADFIELD GOT A BUNCH OF NEW ITEMS, SO BIG THANK Y'ALL TO EVERYONE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, THE LIBRARIES DID ASK US TO SEE IF WE WANTED TO DO IT NEXT YEAR.
SO WOULD Y'ALL BE INTERESTED IN DOING IT THIS YEAR? 2026? YES.
SO THIS YEAR WE'LL KIND OF EXTEND IT.
I KNOW THIS, THIS PAST ONE, IT WAS VERY SHORT, BUT IT WAS VERY BIG.
BUT WE'LL KIND OF EXTEND THIS ONE.
BUT IT, IT, IT DEFINITELY WAS A HUGE TURNOUT.
AND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY CLOSURE, Y'ALL WANNA DONATE, PLEASE BRING 'EM TO FIELDS ON SUNDAY SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SORT THROUGH 'EM.
OKAY, SO WE'LL WATCH THIS INFORMATIONAL VIDEO AND THEN WE'LL HIT ON A COUPLE OTHER WORDS BECAUSE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WITH SO MUCH RESPONSE, WE MAY ACTUALLY ADD IN A SECOND DONATION SPOT, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT YEAH.
WE GLAD WE WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS AND SEE HOW WE'RE MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR FIRST WORLD FOUNDER AND CEO MICHAEL GARRIS SAYS IT ALL STARTED WITH A SIMPLE VISION OF HELPING PEOPLE HELP PEOPLE.
THE TRUSTED WORLD OPERATES IN A UNIVERSE OF ITS OWN PROVIDING QUALITY RESOURCES IN NORTH TEXAS'S, A NEED WITHIN 48 HOURS AND AT NO COST AS A CORPORATE EFFICIENCY EXPERT OF 30 YEARS.
MICHAEL DECIDED SEVEN YEARS AGO TO PUT HIS AMBITIOUS LOGISTICAL MASTER PLAN INTO ACTION.
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN IN IS ALLEN GARAGE.
WE PROVIDE A SOCIAL SAFETY NETWORK SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN THRIVE WHEN THEY HAVE A BAD DAY.
SITUATIONAL POVERTY HITS, IT CAN HIT ANYBODY.
JUSTICE WORLD TAKES HIM THROUGH HIS POWERFUL NETWORK OF NORTH TEXAS PARTNERS, ALLOWING HIM TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY RESOURCES FOR HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS LIKE PLANO, ISD, DOZENS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES LIKE THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HUNDREDS OF NON-PROFITS.
YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH SOME.
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, THE UNITED WAY, CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND BUCKER INTERNATIONAL TO NAME A FEW.
WE BUILD A NETWORK OF PARTNERS THAT ARE HELPING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN NORTH TEXAS ALONE.
THE OPERATIONAL DESIGN ALLOWS TRUSTED WORLD TO COLLECT THOUSANDS OF DONATIONS OF CLOTHING, FOOD, AND TOILETRIES FROM ACROSS THE METRO CLASS.
TRUSTED WORLD VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF.
THEN METICULOUSLY SORT INVENTORY AND STORE THE ITEMS FOR REDISTRIBUTION.
AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THE BUTTONS BUTTON STATUS ZIP.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE ZIPS WORKING CLOTHING ITEMS ARE EXAMINED AS MANY AS FIVE TIMES BEFORE BEING PUT TO THE DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE, WHICH FUNNELS INTO THE PICKING.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS OUR PARTNERS NO LONGER HAVE TO HAVE FOOD PAN FOODS OR CLOSETS.
WE TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR THEM.
TOUCH ROYAL CAN PROVIDE CLOTHING SIZES FROM NEWBORN TO 10 XL AS WELL AS SHOES, BRAND NEW SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR.
STAFF MEMBERS SELECT SIZES AND COLORS BASED ON INPUT FROM THEIR NETWORK CASE MANAGERS.
HUDSON WORLD DEFINITELY PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY CLOTHING TO OUR INTERNS SO THEY NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM GETTING SOMETHING THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE.
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CAN PICK THOSE SPECIFIC RESOURCES AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO THEIR PARTNERS WITHIN 48 HOURS, ALLOWING THEM TO FOCUS ON HELPING MORE PEOPLE.YOU CAN GET BURNOUT AND A LOT OF THAT BURNOUT COMES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES.
UM, AND, AND, AND IT BECOMES DISAPPOINTING.
UM, SO THE RESOURCE THAT WE
AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE.
IN EARLY 2021, A SERIES OF DEVASTATING APARTMENT FIRES IN DALLAS, DISPLACED 155 PEOPLE WHO LOST EVERYTHING.
THEY ONLY RED CROSS RESPONDED, IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.
AND WITHIN 24 HOURS, TRUSTED WORLD BEGAN DELIVERING ORDERS OF CLOTHING, FOOD, AND TOILETRIES.
DEMONSTRATING TRUSTED WORLD'S.
PROOF OF CONCEPT IS EFFECTIVE EVEN IN TIMES OF COMMUNITY CRISIS.
BECAUSE WE DO WHAT WE DO, WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND WITHIN HOURS.
IT WAS A WEIGHT LIFTED OFF MY SHOULDERS.
19-YEAR-OLD KIANA ADAMS ALSO RECEIVED HEALTH FROM TRUSTED WORLD.
SHE WAS ONCE HOMELESS WITHOUT A JOB OR EVEN A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.
THE MONEY THAT I MAKE NOW, LIKE SOMETIMES I'M NOT ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BUY FOOD IS DO I PAY, YOU KNOW, MY BILLS OR DO I EAT? SHE NOW HAS A COMMUNITY SAFETY NET AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHE HAS HOPE.
TRUSTED WORLD VOLUNTEERS VALUE THE EXPERIENCE AND REALIZE THE COMMUNITY IMPACT.
IT IS FUN TO SEE BUNCH OF THE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER FOR ONE COMMON GOAL.
AND IT DOESN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE GONNA BE A PART OF THAT IS FULFILL WELL, PEOPLE TELL PEOPLE.
SO I KNOW THAT LIKE THIS IS THE VIDEO THAT THEY SHOW TO THEIR VOLUNTEERS.
WE, UM, WERE TRYING TO PORT BAGEL, WE NEED, UM, WE WERE TRYING TO HOST OUR MEETING AT TRUSTED WORLD AND UH, MAYBE HEAR FROM SOME OF THEIR PEOPLE, BUT THEY, UH, THANK YOU.
UM, THEY DON'T REALLY DO A WHOLE LOT OF AFTER HOURS, UM, AND WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE.
UM, 'CAUSE WE WANTED YOU GUYS TO MAYBE BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS WANT.
SO AGAIN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IN A MINUTE.
UM, BUT I KNOW IN THIS VIDEO THEY DIDN'T MENTION REALLY SPECIFIC THINGS TO GARLAND, BUT GARLAND DOES BENEFIT FROM THIS, UM, ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
THEY, THEY'RE HOUSED IN GARLAND RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY, UH, WORKING ON BUILDING A WHOLE NEW, UM, SPACE LIKE WAREHOUSE AND, AND SPACE IN GARLAND AS WELL.
UM, BUT LIKE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR EXAMPLE, THEY, UM, GO OUT AND ANSWER A CALL AND, AND THEY COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP.
THEY CAN PUT IN AN ORDER IN TRUSTED WORLD AND GET RESOURCES FOR THAT PERSON THAT THEY HAVE JUST ANSWERED A CALL FOR.
UM, I KNOW IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEIR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, IF THEY COME ACROSS A FAMILY, UM, IN NEED, THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR CAN PUT IN AN ORDER TO TRUSTED WORLD AND THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, BRING RESOURCES OVER FOR THAT FAMILY IN THE SCHOOL.
SO, UH, PEOPLE ALL OVER GARLAND TOO ARE ALSO BENEFITING FROM THIS.
AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE CLOTHES THAT YOU GUYS, UM, HAVE COLLECTED.
SO THE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WE WANTED TO POSE TO Y'ALL, UM, SINCE WE HAVE 14 BAGS OF CLOTHES, UM, WE COULD DONATE THEM ALL TO TRUSTED WORLD OR WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY TOO THAT WE COULD MAYBE DO HALF AND HALF.
UM, LIKE WE HAVE GOOD SAMARITANS OF GARLAND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, SALVATION ARMY, A COUPLE OTHER ONES.
AND SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, WE WOULD GET OUR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUP TO MAYBE IDENTIFY A SECOND ONE, UM, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO.
BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF, UH, POST THAT TO THE GROUP AND SEE WHAT Y'ALL THOUGHT.
I THINK GOOD SAMARITANS HAVE GROWN IS A GREAT, UM, PLACE TO DONATE THE OTHER HALF OF THE CLOTHES.
THEY AGREE OR DID THEY YEAH, ABOUT HALF.
SO I ALWAYS QUESTIONED WHAT I WANTED TO POSE TO YOU GUYS.
THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, AS WE WERE TALKING WITH TRUSTED WORLD AND WHILE WE COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK FOR US TO HAVE A MEETING THERE, UM, WHAT WE CAN, UM, ORGANIZE IF WE WANT TO VOLUNTEER THE ONLY OFF HOURS AS FAR AS THEY WERE LIKE, YOU GUYS CAN COME, YOU KNOW, FROM NOON TO TWO OR TWO TO FOUR, WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL SCHOOL.
UM, SO OUR YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IN SCHOOL.
BUT THEY DO OFFER SATURDAY SESSIONS, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE 25 PEOPLE.
THEY LIKE, THEY WILL NOT OFFER A SATURDAY SESSION TO LESS THAN 25 PEOPLE.
SO I KNOW WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE 34 IN OUR GROUP, BUT I KNOW IT'S ALSO HARD FOR US TO GET 25 TO, TO BE ABLE TO SAY LIKE, I KNOW I CAN BE THERE THAT DAY.
SO IS THAT, I MEAN, DO WE WANT TO PURSUE, IF WE, IF WE THINK THERE'S ENOUGH INTEREST AND WE WANNA PURSUE IT, UM, WE CAN FIND A DATE THAT WORKS AND THEN WE WILL JUST WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT 25 OF YOU GUYS ARE FIRM COMMIT.
BUT IS, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? DO
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YOU, IS IT LIKE VOLUNTEERING? LIKE ARE WE GONNA BE SORTING STUFF? YES.SO WE WOULD GO THERE AND THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT THEY NEED OUR HELP WITH.
BUT WE WOULD BE SORTING THE, THE PRODUCTS AND HELPING ORGANIZE THEM AND PUT THEM IN DIS DISTRIBUTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, MAYBE WE COULD DO A POLL ON GROUPME AND SEE IF, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF WE EVEN HAVE 25 WHO BY EXACTLY.
AND IT'S THE TYPE OF VOLUNTEERING EVENT WHERE LIKE, IT'S ONLY LIKE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME VOLUNTEERING EVENTS THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE KIND OF OPEN IT TO PUBLIC, I WOULD SAY, OR IS LIKE STRICTLY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WOULD BE OKAY WITH WITH OPENING IT TO, I MEAN, NOT COMPLETE PUBLIC, I MEAN Y'ALL'S FRIENDS.
BUT THE OTHER PART TOO IS THAT WE WOULD ALSO THEN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR Y'ALL'S FRIENDS.
UM, AND SO I, I DON'T, WE MIGHT HAVE TO, AND THERE MAY BE SOME KIND OF WAIVER.
YEAH, WAIVER OR WE, WE EMAIL THEIR PARENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JUST 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT Y'ALL'S PARENTS.
IF, IF I SEND MY CHILD TO GO VOLUNTEER, BUT THEY'RE NOT PART OF THIS YOUTH COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOUR PARENTS KNOW US.
THEY'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET US.
NOW NOT TO SAY WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY PUT IN SOME EXTRA, WHETHER IT'S A WAIVER, WHETHER IT'S WE EMAIL AND TALK WITH THEIR PARENTS, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT I MEAN, THAT IS AN, AN INTERESTING THOUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT NUMBER, THE 25 THAT WE NEED.
SO, UM, BUT, AND MAYBE WE CAN PUT THAT AS PART OF THE, THE POLL OF, AS FAR AS WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED, DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE FRIENDS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS? AND THEN WE COULD GO FROM THERE.
SO WE'LL KIND OF CONTINUE THAT.
WE'LL PUT A PIN IN THAT, CONTINUE THAT, THAT WOULD BE A SATURDAY AND IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A SATURDAY, ANY SATURDAY KIND OF THIS, THIS SPRING, UM, THAT WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING COMMITTED TO.
SO, XAVIER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO.
I THINK THAT THAT COVERS EVERYTHING WE WERE GONNA SAY ABOUT THAT.
OH NO, WE WERE ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL DELIVERY, RIGHT? YES.
SO FOR DELIVERY, WE WANTED TO GET SOME OF OUR EXECUTIVE MEMBERS TO HELP DELIVER, BUT IF ANY OF Y'ALL IS ABLE TO MEET US AT FIELDS RECREATION CENTER WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO BUS Y'ALL OVER WITH THE CLOTHES TO TRUSTED WORLD, LIKE ON A EVENING, UM, NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
IT COULD BE WHOEVER JUST LETS ME KNOW WHO'S WILLING TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE Y'ALL OVER THERE.
THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO GET A PICTURE AND DROP OFF ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WAS ABLE TO, UM, TO GATHER.
SO IT WOULD BE THREE 30 THOUGH, BECAUSE THAT, THAT WE SAID THEY DON'T DO AFTER HOURS THINGS.
UM, AND SO THEY ACTUALLY KIND OF CLOSE AT FOUR.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE LIKE, IF, IF PEOPLE COULD MEET AT FIELDS AT THREE 30, WE COULD AT LEAST GET THERE BY THREE, BUT NO MORE, NO LATER THAN THREE 30.
THAT WAY IT GIVES US TIME TO GO OVER.
SO WOULD Y'ALL BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT? IS THERE ANYBODY WHO'S AVAILABLE? ANYBODY AVAILABLE IS AVAILABLE.
I'LL DO A POLL IN THE GROUP TO SEE WHO'S AVAILABLE AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
UM, I WANTED TO TAKE 'EM THIS WEEK, BUT I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT, SO, UM, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK WE'LL TAKE 'EM AS SOON AS WE GET A POLL TOGETHER TO SEE WHO'S, WHO'S AVAILABLE TO DROP THE CLOTHES OFF.
'CAUSE IT, IT IS A, IT IS A LOT OF CLOTHES THERE, SO THEY ALL GATHERED IN MY, UH, GYM CLOSET.
YEAH, PEOPLE SEEM TO REALLY LIKE, I MEAN THEY, THEY REALLY CONNECTED WITH THAT AND IT'S LIKE THEY WERE ALMOST NEEDING THAT AS A PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AND, YOU KNOW, THEY FELT, I DON'T KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, I MEAN, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS AND OTHER THINGS, JUST SAY THEY WERE REALLY GLAD THAT THEY WERE, WERE YEAH, I KNOW AFTER CHRISTMAS, THAT'S WHEN WE GOT A LOT OF CLOTHES, PEOPLE STARTED CLEANING OUT THEIR CLOSETS.
SO YEAH, THAT'S, AND IT EVEN GIVES Y'ALL TIME TO, YOU KNOW, CLEAN OUT Y'ALL CLOSETS, SAY, WELL, TO DONATE ITEMS AS WELL TOO.
BUT I'LL GET A POLL TOGETHER TO SEE WHO'S INTERESTED AND I, I'LL PUT TWO DATES IN THE GROUP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, GOOD QUESTION FOR YOU OF MEN.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S VOLUNTEERING WITH LIKE TRUSTED WORLD.
SO WOULD THEY, WOULD, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO GET VOLUNTEER OUTLETS FOR IT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, OKAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GOOD.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING.
UH, BREAK OUT INTO OUR COMMITTEE GROUPS REAL QUICK.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH OUR COMMITTEE GROUPS, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.
Y'ALL WANTED TO DO A MOVIE POPUP.
IF THAT IS STILL SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN, I WOULD SUGGEST GETTING A BETTER FOUNDATION ON IT IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO FURTHER PURSUE.
UM, SO MAYBE TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, OUR SOCIAL PROMOTIONS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT ABOUT SAFETY, LIKE COMMUNITY SERVICE, THE, WELL ACTUALLY MAYBE NOT THE SECONDARY.
I WAS GONNA SAY THE SECONDARY, UM, DONATION GROUP, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE THE GOOD SERVICE AND I, AND, AND I HAD
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AN IDEA, I THINK THIS WOULD BE GREAT IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THE MOVIE.I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL, I KNOW A LOT OF SCHOOLS DO FIELD DAYS, WHICH Y'ALL BE CONSIDERED DOING LIKE A GYC FIELD DAY WHERE WE OPEN IT UP TO A CERTAIN GROUP OF KIDS AND WE DO CRAFTS, UH, LIKE, UH, LIKE GYM GAMES AND ALL OF THIS.
WOULD Y'ALL BE CONSIDERED DOING THAT? YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THEN I GUESS TALK ABOUT LIKE WHAT ACTIVITIES YOU WANT TO DO DURING THAT.
AND SO WE'LL BREAK OUT FOR ABOUT 30.
I WAS WATCHING THE BABYSITTERS CLUB, THE OLDER MOVIE, AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT LIKE THE GYC FIELD DAY.
HOW MANY GROUPS DO WE HAVE? I THOUGHT IT WAS THREE GROUPS.
WHICH GROUP IS THIS? THIS SOCIAL.
AND WHAT OTHER GROUP IS OVER HERE? THIS IS GROUP TEAM.
BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I KNOW IT'S THREE GROUPS.
TEAMS, IF YOU'RE WITH THE TEAMS, GO WITH THE TEAMS. IF YOU'RE WITH THE SOCIAL, GO WITH THE SOCIAL.
I WON'T BE, I TOLD WELL I, I'LL JUST WITH THE SOCIAL JUST TO GET WITH YOU ON THE WAY TOO LATE.
UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND UH, THE K-POP AND DOG AS WELL.
SO, BUT I THINK THAT'S REALLY IT.
LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.
I'M GLAD FINALLY UP WITH TODAY.
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WE WANT, BUT THE IDEA I Y'ALL CONSIDER LIKE A SPECIAL.I MEAN, SO THOSE FOUR OF THINGS, WE'LL FIND A DAY THAT WHATEVER LOCATION, REC CENTER.
REC CENTER, THE REC CENTER, THE GYM, WE CAN USE OUTSIDE WORK AREA DO OF PE AND OUTSIDE OF COURSE.
WE'LL DEFINITELY, UM, THAT I THINK IT WILL SIGN.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS WE CAN DO SIX IT A THING.
WE SHOULD HAVE A, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
I TRUST EVERYTHING'S BIG THAT ARE A 7-YEAR-OLD, 15-YEAR-OLD.
MY 2-YEAR-OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.OR DO WE JUST NEED, YEAH, I MEAN WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SPEND.
WE SHOULD SOMEWHERE EASY CONCESSION A DO DO IT.
SO REALLY THAT LEAVES THAT IT SO TOO MUCH.
HEY, WHENEVER YOU GO AHEAD AND DROP THE SOCIAL FLYER AS WELL TOO FOR FEBRUARY 24TH, BECAUSE I KNOW CATHERINE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW.
DON'T TEST MY SKILLS THAT AREN'T COLORING SHEETS OR
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GLUE EVERYTHING.SO Y'ALL, I'M LOOKING AT THE MLK.
LET ME MAKE SURE HE'S ALL GOING TO BE ATTENDING.
OKAY, SO, SO FAR WE HAVE 11 ATTENDING.
THAT'S, THAT'S, AM I ON THAT LIST? WE HAVE 12 ATTENDING.
SO WE HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ATTENDING.
SO IF PLEASE, I'M HIGHLY ENCOURAGING Y'ALL TO PLEASE DON'T BACK, DON'T BACK OUT.
I UNDERSTAND EMERGENCIES COME UP, BUT THEY ARE REALLY NEEDING OUR HELP ON THAT DAY.
THEY LOVE IT WHEN, UM, GYC COMES OUT AND HELP.
SO PLEASE, UM, WE HAVE TO HAND OUT FEES AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE TO DO THE BALLOONS.
UM, SO ANYBODY ELSE ABLE TO ATTEND, PLEASE JUST MARK IN HERE YOU'RE GOING.
UM, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SATURDAY.
PLEASE MAKE SURE WE AT 8:00 AM AUSTIN ACADEMY PLEASE WEAR PLEASE WEAR WARM, WARM CLOTHES.
I WILL BE HAVING A ONE OF THE VANS, UH, BEHIND Y'ALL WALKING.
SO JUST IN CASE IF Y'ALL GET TOO, UM, TOO COLD OR WANT TO SWITCH OUT FROM WALKING IN THE PARADE HERE, WELCOME TO, UH, HOP IN THE VAN.
ANY QUESTIONS? CODE ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT IT IN THE GROUP CHAT.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? WHO WILL I SEE ON THIS SATURDAY? SO 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4.
WELL, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WRITING ONE.
MK PARADE PARADE THIS MONDAY? NO, IT'S SATURDAY.
SO A SHOW OF HANDS, WHO'S GOING TO BE, WHO'S WALKING IN THE MLK PARADE AND HELPING OUT ON SATURDAY? 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
SO WE, WE GOT, 'CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THAT THEY'RE NOT WELL, SO OUT OF THOSE SEVEN CAN, I'M GONNA THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE OUT OF OUR SEVEN THAT JUST RAISED THEIR HAND.
ARE Y'ALL LIKE, I WANNA SAY 100%.
I KNOW THAT, THAT I KNOW EMERGENCIES CAN, CAN POP UP, CORRECT.
BUT LIKE WE'RE COUNTING THIS EVENT.
WE'VE ALREADY, WE HAVE A ORGANIZATION LIKE OUR NAACP PARTNERS, UM, THEY, THEY LET US BE PART OF THIS EVENT.
UM, AND IF WE ONLY SHOW UP WITH LIKE TWO PEOPLE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, IT DOESN'T COME OFF, IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT ON US, DOES IT? BECAUSE WE, WE'VE TOLD THEM WE HAVE A, A, A SIZABLE GROUP THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING.
AND SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING THIS IS BECAUSE, AND AGAIN, I KNOW THINGS HAPPEN.
I'M UM, AND YOU GUYS ARE BUSY, BUT FOR OUR DECEMBER SOCIAL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MEETING IN NOVEMBER WHERE WE ASKED Y'ALL WOULD YOU RATHER JUST CANCEL OUR DATE? 'CAUSE REMEMBER WE HAD TO MOVE THAT DATE FROM THE NINTH TO THE, THE 13TH.
WE ASKED IF Y'ALL WOULD RATHER CANCEL OR HAVE
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IT ON THAT 13TH AND EVERYBODY SAID THE 13TH, BUT THEN WE ONLY HAD 14 OUT OF 34 OF Y'ALL ACTUALLY SHOW UP.SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, AND AGAIN, I KNOW THINGS HAPPEN, BUT FOR THIS EVENT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD SHOWING.
SO ALL SEVEN THAT YOU RAISED YOUR HAND, WERE GONNA COUNT ON Y'ALL PD DATE, UH, FUDGE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR PUTTING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
OR ACTUALLY DO WE WANT TO DO SHARE OUT OR DO WE JUST WANT TO SEND IT IN A GROUP CHECK? OH, JUST, UM, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH GROUP? JUST TELL 'EM, HAVE 'EM EMAIL THE GYC ACCOUNT.
UM, SO COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES, IF YOU COULD SEND A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED DURING YOUR BREAKOUT COMMITTEE, UM, INTO THE, WELL ONE, INTO THE GROUP CHAT, JUST SO OTHER PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN CASE THEY HAVE INPUT TO PUT FOR YOUR EVENTS.
UM, AS WELL AS EMAILING TWO, ALL THREE, RIGHT? YES, PLEASE.
AND DON'T FORGET TO, UM, EMAIL YOUR COUNSEL AS WELL TOO AND CC US IN IT.
UM, SO IF YOU COULD SEND THAT EMAIL AND JUST AN UPDATE, UM, BY TOMORROW? YES.
AND IF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR SCENE EVENTS HERE TODAY, I THINK THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE WASN'T HERE, WAS BRIA.
YEAH, JUST MAKING SURE I WAS ASLEEP.
SO REPRESENTATIVES YOU COULD SEND IT IN.
UM, AND I GUESS I CAN SEND IT IN FOR BRIA.
UH, MOVING ON OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
SO OUR DEADLINE FOR THE LIBRARY SURVEY IS THIS THURSDAY.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND RESET IT INTO THE GROUP CHAT.
IF EVERYONE, YOU COULD JUST TAKE FIVE MINUTES TO DO THAT.
UM, AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO FINISH BEFORE THE FIVE MINUTES ARE UP, GO THROUGH THE GYC CALENDAR, CLICK OFF ON EVENTS THAT YOU, YOU CANNOT NOT GO, CAN OR CANNOT GO TO.
HOW MANY Y'ALL ALREADY, UH, DID THE SURVEY? THE SURVEY? WELL HOW, HOW LONG WAS THE SURVEY? LIKE FIVE MINUTES.
I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY AND IT TAKES FIVE MINUTES.
SO LIBRARY, THE REASON WE'RE PUT THIS OUT HERE AT LIBRARY, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THAT PICTURE DIRECTION OF THE LIBRARY AND WE HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE, Y'ALL REMEMBER ONE OF OUR FIRST MEETINGS.
UH, AND SO THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM YOUR AGE GROUP AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMMING THEY'RE OFFERING, THE FACILITIES, THEY'RE OFFERING MEET Y'ALL'S NEEDS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM YOUR AGE GROUP.
AND SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, BY THURSDAY, UM, COMPLETE.
THAT'S OKAY IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.
SO I JUST SENT IT INTO THE GROUP MEETING, SO IF EVERYONE CAN GO ON AND GO THROUGH IT, TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO DO THAT.
SO I, UH, PRINTED THIS OFF FOR Y'ALL.
UM, I DID THIS WITH A GROUP OF MY FRIENDS.
SO 2026, A GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL VISION BOARD IS LIKE BINGO.
SO IF Y'ALL CAN FILL THIS OUT BY THE NEXT MEETING, BY THE NEXT MEETING.
SO I, SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT JUST TO SEE, I WANNA SEE IF YOU'RE GONNA, WHATEVER YOU PUT ON YOUR VISION BOARD BINGO CARD TO SEE JUST TO, JUST TO SEE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
LIKE SAY FOR INSTANCE, UH, WANTED TO DO, WANTED TO ATTEND A HEALTH FAIR OR EITHER, UH, SPOKE UP AT A GYC MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SOMETHING ENCOURAGING THAT'LL HELP Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOURSELF EXPIRATIONS TO SAY, HEY, I WENT AHEAD AND KNOCKED THIS OUT.
LET ME MARK THIS OFF AND I WILL GIVE A SMALL PRIZE, A SMALL PRIZE.
HOW SMALL, A SMALL PRIZE TO THE FIRST PERSON THAT COMPLETES IT BY THE BY MAY.
THEY MIGHT, THEY SAY TO HAND PICK THE STUDENTS I SIGNED UP.
SO THERE MIGHT BE, BECAUSE I FOCUSING ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.
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WE ALSO SENT YOUR, UM, PARENTS EMAILS WITH LIKE UPDATES AND STUFF.SO JUST CHECK IN WITH YOUR PARENT AND SEE IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT AND LET US KNOW WITH THEIR EMAIL.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD TOOL TO ALSO HELP YOU GUYS OUT.
SO YEAH, ONE THING THAT WE WILL BE EMAILING POTENTIALLY YOUR PARENTS, UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, UM, PART OF, UH, KIND OF THE INFORMATION IN YOUR APPLICATIONS AND, AND WHAT WE TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AS FAR AS EXPECTATIONS, UH, IS ATTENDING MEETINGS, WHICH YOU'RE ALL DOING NOW, UM, VOLUNTEERING AT OUR DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T COME TO EVERY SINGLE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY SATURDAY EVENT THAT, THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN.
BUT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF YOUR YEAR WITH GYC, WE DO EXPECT YOU TO HAVE AT LEAST VOLUNTEERED IN SOMETHING OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MORE THAN ONE KIND OF THING, JUST BEING PARTICIPATORY.
AND UM, AND THEN THE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE EXPECT, AGAIN, WE KNOW THERE ARE THINGS LIKE TODAY THERE WAS A DECK OF COMPETITION THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR, OUR MEMBERS AREN'T HERE BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BE PART OF A DECK OF COMPETITION.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THAT WILL COME UP.
BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE, LIKE IF SOMEONE IS NOT ATTENDING HALF OF THE MEETINGS, LIKE WE, WE WANNA REACH OUT TO PARENTS AND SAY LIKE, HEY, IS THERE, YOU KNOW, AN ISSUE WITH EITHER BEING A MEMBER OF OUR GROUP OR, OR YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON KIND OF THING.
AND SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT PERTAINS TO ANYBODY.
AND HERE WE HAVEN'T RUN THE NUMBERS, BUT UM, IF WHEN WE GO AND LOOK AT, AT OUR DATA THAT IT SHOWS YOU HAVEN'T VOLUNTEERED AT ALL OR YOU MISSED A, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN HALF OF THE MEETINGS WE'VE HAD SO FAR, WE MAY BE REACHING OUT TO YOUR PARENTS AND YOU'LL, Y'ALL WILL BE ON IT TOO.
SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT WE'VE SENT TO YOUR PARENTS.
BUT, UM, JUST FYI SO IF YOU'RE NEEDING HOW MANY HOURS YOU VOLUNTEERED, I DO HAVE A CALCULATION.
SO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO COME CHECK WITH ME BY THE TIME THE MEETING IS OVER WITH, I CAN DEFINITELY TELL YOU HOW MANY HOURS YOU'VE, UM, ACCUMULATED OVER THE, UH, SINCE SEP SEPTEMBER.
'CAUSE WE'VE HAD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ABOUT 80 DENTS FROM SEPTEMBER ALL THE WAY TO DECEMBER.
BUT IF YOU NEED UH, A VOLUNTEER CHECK, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I DEFINITELY WILL GIVE YOU THE HOURS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER VOLUNTEER.
HAVE WE GONE THROUGH ALL THE OTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING UP? 'CAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER, WE'RE ABOUT TO OKAY.
AS SOON AS THEY'RE COMING THE SURVEY.
IS EVERYONE DONE WITH THE SURVEY? YES.
Y'ALL DO THE SURVEY JUST ON YOUR PHONE.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
SO NEXT, ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
WE HAVE OUR MLK GRADE IN MARCH.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT ALREADY.
UM, I WOULD SAY FOR DRESS CODE DRESS WARM, THAT'S REALLY WARM BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE UM, LIKE THE WARMERS.
SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING BUT ALSO JUST FOR WARM 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WEATHER ANYMORE.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE OUR FEBRUARY 7TH, UH, SWEETHEART DANCE DRESS CODE, ANYTHING PINK.
UM, IS IT CASUAL? JUST SO I WAS LIKE KEEP IT CASUAL.
CAN YOU IT CASUAL BUT LIKE RESPECTFUL? YES.
UM, THAT WILL BE AT THE ATRIUM I BELIEVE.
OH, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SWEETHEART DANCE? YEAH.
SO THE THEME FOR THE SWEETHEART DANCE IS K-POP AND DAUGHTER.
SO WHOEVER VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT EVENT, IT IS FEBRUARY 7TH.
YOU WILL NEED TO BE AT THE EIGHT ROOM AT 5:00 PM I BELIEVE BY FIVE 'CAUSE IT STARTS AT SIX 30.
WE WILL, UM, PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WILL BE FEEDING Y'ALL AS WELL TOO.
SO JUST, UM, IF YOU CAN'T JUST WEAR SOMETHING PINK THAT DAY.
AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THAT, THAT EVENT? UM, SO YOU MORE THAN LIKELY Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE HELPING WITH THE FRONT STATION.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME AS LAST YEAR WITH THE ENTRANCE, LIKE KIND OF, UM, I FORGOT.
AND INTERACTING WITH THE GIRLS ON THE DANCE FLOOR COMING.
YEAH, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME DANCERS IN THE GROUP.
OUR ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPTION CENTER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY.
UM, NOT TOO SURE WHAT TO SAY OR ANY OTHER, WE WANNA ADD AVER.
WE WE'RE CONVERTED FOR THAT ONE, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
DO YOU WANNA TELL THE GROUP WHAT, WHAT THEY MIGHT BE DOING AT THAT ONE? UM, SO WE'RE MOSTLY MAKING TREATS FOR DOGS, RIGHT? UM, THEY'LL BRING OUT A COUPLE OF DOGS FOR US TO HANG OUT WITH AS WELL.
AND WE'LL SEND OUT THE TIME CLOSE, UH, THE TIME AND EVERYTHING CLOSER.
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AT LEAST BY THE NEXT, BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.UH, NEXT, UH, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA BUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING YOU GUYS MIGHT WANNA ADD.
FEBRUARY 10TH, THAT'S OUR NEXT GYC MEETING.
UM, THAT WILL BE HERE AT ROCKFIELD AGAIN, SAME TIME FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30.
NEXT IS, OR SEVEN, SORRY, FIVE 30 TO SEVEN.
FEBRUARY 24TH IS OUR VALENTINE'S DAY SOCIAL.
SO, OKAY, I GUESS I COULD STAY DOWN.
OKAY, SO EVERYONE, I WILL BE OUT FROM FEBRUARY 2ND ALL THE WAY TO FEBRUARY 20TH.
I KNOW I'M OKAY, BUT I WILL BE OUT.
BUT IF Y'ALL NEED ANY COMMUNICATION, JUST TALK TO MS. JEN AND MS. TIFFANY MOVING FORWARD.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SOCIAL AND THE EVENTS AND THINGS THAT Y'ALL NEED.
'CAUSE THEY WILL BE HERE FOR THE MEETING FOR THE 10TH AND THEY WILL BE HERE FOR THE, UH, SOCIAL AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M HERE FOR THE SOCIAL, BUT PLEASE SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT IT.
THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR OUR MEETING.
SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY? NO.
AND DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE? BUT I WANTED TO SAY TOTAL HOURS SINCE SEPTEMBER, ABOUT 434 HOURS TOTAL FOR GYC AS A WHOLE.
'CAUSE LAST YEAR I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 200 PLUS WITH ALTOGETHER FOR THE EVENTS WITH ALL TOGETHER.
SO, BUT THIS, THIS ISN'T BAD AT ALL, SO I'M SUPER EXCITED.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN, IF PEOPLE CAN STAY A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND HELP PUT UP THE TABLES, I CAN'T PICK UP NO, OTHER THAN THAT.