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HAVE ENOUGH? WE NEED TURN THE YEP.WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR TODAY.
THIS IS A MEETING FOR THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
WE ARE HAVING A MEETING IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM AT CITY HALL, 200 NORTH FIFTH STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS.
UM, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE AGENDA.
FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M SORRY, Y'ALL BEEN RUNNING.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES.
CAN YOU GUYS TAKE SOME TIME TO OVERLOOK THAT? I HAVE READ THE MINUTES.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MEETING MINUTES ADDED TO I'M ONLY NOT SECONDING 'CAUSE I DID NOT ATTEND THE MEETING.
CAN WE GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MOTION BY CJ AND SECOND BY ARTHUR.
UH, NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA IS, OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MEETING MINUTES BEING APPROVED, SAY AYE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANYONE HERE FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT.
SO, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE DID MEET, UH, TODAY AT 5:00 PM AND, UM, WE CAME TO A REALLY GOOD CONSENSUS DURING THE MEETING.
WE, UM, TALKED ABOUT WITH CITY STAFF.
UM, THEY HAD A PLANNING SESSION OR A CONVERSATION AND THEY CAME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
AND IT IS A, A, UM, GARLAND DINING EVENT.
AND WHAT THAT EVENT WOULD CONSIST OF IS BRINGING INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND, UM, FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES INTEGRATING OUR YOUTH INTO THE EVENT, MAYBE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN, INTO HELP DEVELOP AND TRAIN OUR YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL.
UM, SO THERE'S STILL SOME OF THOSE ASPECTS THAT WILL NEED TO BE PLANNED OUT, BUT IN ESSENCE IT WOULD BE A TICKETED EVENT AND PROBABLY AT SOME SORT OF COST SO THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO COMMIT TO THE EVENT.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE POINTS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS PEOPLE WILL SIGN UP IF IT'S FREE AND THEN THEY MAY NOT SHOW UP.
SO WE DO WANT TO GET THAT COMMITMENT, UM, FROM THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE ATTENDING.
AND THIS IS ALREADY AN EVENT THAT IS DONE IN DALLAS, AND I BELIEVE WE SAID MESQUITE, WHERE THEY BRING INDIVIDUALS AND THEY HAVE A KIND OF A CULTURAL CONVERSATION BEFORE DINNER AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE FACILITATORS AT THE TABLES, RIGHT? AND SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT THOSE FACILITATORS HAVE THAT THEY WILL WALK THOSE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH ABOUT, UM, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE INCLUSIVENESS IN THE CITY.
DO THEY FEEL VALUED, RECOGNIZED? ARE THERE ANY ISSUES? HOW IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY? AND SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION OR I KNOW I'VE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE THAT IMPACT, RIGHT? HOW DO WE REALLY HAVE OR ADD SOMETHING OF VALUE? UM, AND SO THERE WAS THAT FACILITATED CONVERSATION AND THEN I THINK IT MOVES INTO DINNER AFTER THAT.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IT TOGETHER? WE DYING? UH, YES.
I'VE NEVER BEEN, I'VE, I'VE BEEN A PROJECT UNITY FACILITATOR SINCE 2018.
I JUST DID ONE FOR RED OF BOW, THIS DISTRICT HERE AT THE GARLAND LIBRARY.
OH, YOU DIDN'T TELL US WE WOULD AGAIN, NOBODY ASKED ME.
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW? THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY.
IT'S ALL GOOD KNOW, BUT, BUT, UH, A TOGETHER WE DINE EVENT IS A DINNER OR LUNCH OR YEAH, SOMETIMES IT'S A VIRTUAL EVENT WHERE PEOPLE GET AROUND ROUND TABLES.
THE DISCUSSIONS ARE FACILITATED BY FACILITATORS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DEAL WITH A NUMBER OF TOPICS.
UM, THE CIVICS, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A CIVIC STEIN.
THE CIVIC STEIN IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND POLICE, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND CITY, BUT ALSO ABOUT CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO COME FROM DIFFERENT SIDES.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY SIDES.
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SIDE OR THE OTHER.UM, THE MEAL IS TYPICALLY CONSUMED DURING THE CONVERSATION.
THE FIRST ROUND IS A LISTENING EXERCISE FOR EVERYONE AT THE TABLE.
THE TABLE IS FILLED WITH FIVE TO SIX PE GUESTS AND A FACILITATOR.
EACH PERSON HAS A DIFFERENT QUESTION TO ANSWER.
EACH QUESTION IS ANSWERED FROM THAT PERSON'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT IS NO ONE CAN ARGUE WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
SO NO ONE HAS AN OPINION AND NO ONE COMMENTS.
SO AT THE FIRST ROUND, EACH PERSON HAS TWO TO TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO SHARE THEIR ANSWER TO THEIR QUESTION.
IN THE SECOND ROUND, THERE IS ACTUAL CONVERSATION 'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING BUT LISTENING IN THE FIRST ROUND.
AND IN THAT CONVERSATION, EACH PARTICIPANT HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO SHARE FEEDBACK.
WHAT DID THEY HEAR? WHAT RESONATED FOR THEM? DO THEY HAVE A SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? WHAT IS NOT POSSIBLE IS COMMENTING ON WHETHER THE OTHER PERSON'S EXPERIENCE IS VALID OR NOT.
VALIDATION IS FOR PARKING, NOT FOR PEOPLE.
WE DO NOT VALIDATE OR HUMANIZE EACH OTHER.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ALL HUMAN AND WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCES THAT FORMED AND SHAPED OUR OPINIONS.
I DO ABOUT 20 OF THESE AS A VOLUNTEER EACH YEAR, AND I TRAVEL WITH PROJECT UNION.
BUT I'M LIKE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IT TOGETHER? WE DIE.
AND YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ADDING A COST ELEMENT, BUT MAYBE IF WE'RE FEARFUL BECAUSE IF WE'RE FEARFUL THAT PEOPLE WON'T COME, I I AM THINKING, WONDERING HOW WE PROMOTE THAT.
CITY OF CARROLLTON DOES ONE EVERY OTHER MONTH.
CITY OF DALLAS, WE DO THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
EVERY GRADUATING CLASS, EVERY, UM, AND GARLAND PD HAS DONE ONE.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS.
WE DON'T, PROJECT UNITY DOESN'T CHARGE PEOPLE.
BUT IF THAT'S WHAT WE THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET PEOPLE TO COMMIT.
GIVEN THAT YOU, IT'S ALL GOOD.
SO GIVEN THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO PICK YOUR BRAIN.
IF YOU HAVE SEEN SUCCESS WITH THESE, WHAT IS THE SUCCESS FACTOR? WHAT'S THE IT FACTOR THAT GETS PEOPLE TO THE TABLE? AND NOT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TODAY.
BUT JUST NOW, NOW THAT, YOU KNOW YEAH.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY DOES GET TO THE MISSION OF WHY WE'RE HERE AS THE CMC.
AND I THINK THERE WAS ALSO SOME CONCERNS WITH MAYBE, UM, THE EVENT WHERE WE HAVE FOLKS UP ON THE STAGE, MAYBE GETTING PEOPLE TO COME AND STAY.
LIKE THEY MAY BE THERE JUST FOR WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
AND THEN WE MAY HAVE A DRY SPOT OR SEVERAL DRY SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE SITUATION.
AND SO THAT REALLY DID RESONATE.
ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE COMMITTEE IS COMING TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANNING THIS EVENT FOR OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PARTICULARS THAT NEED TO BE DRIVEN OUT.
IE COST STRUCTURE QUESTIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, MR. ARTHUR HAS DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN HIS ROLE AT UTD WHEN HE WAS THERE IN ADMINISTRATION.
I'M ALSO GONNA GET THE INFORMATION FROM PHIL AND REACH OUT TO THE CHARLENE EDWARDS, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AT OKAY.
WELL, SOMEBODY CAN GIMME HER INFORMATION AND JUST TO REACH OUT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN GET A LAY OF THE LAND, GET THEIR BLUEPRINT SO THAT WE'RE NOT BUILDING FROM SCRATCH.
BECAUSE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED, THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO RECREATE IT.
THE ONE THING I WILL SAY IS IT SHOULD NOT BE A CMC STANDALONE PROJECT.
THE CITY HAS TO BE INVOLVED AND THE CITY HAS TO COMMIT TO INVOLVEMENT.
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IF WE REALLY WANT IT TO BE MEANINGFUL TO GARLAND, I WOULD INVITE ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO BE INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS A REAL COMMUNITY.
LET'S FIND COMMON GROUND AND GET TOGETHER.
AND, AND SO LET ME ASK CLA CLARIFICATION.
AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T DO PROJECT UNITY, WHICH IS THE RIGHT ONE TO DO? YEAH.
BUT IF YOU DON'T, YOU REALLY NEED BUY-IN FROM ALL FROM EVERYONE BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE THERE.
SO RTAS WAS REALLY PRODUCTIVE.
I THINK WE HAD FIVE OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, BUT WE HAD PEOPLE FROM MANY, EVERY, HERS WAS FOR DISTRICT ONE 13.
AND IT WAS OVER AT THE LIBRARY AND WE HAD A FEW CITY STAFF.
WE HAD SEVERAL COUNCIL PEOPLE AND WE HAD AT LEAST FOUR GENERATIONS IN THE ROOM.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING TO DO.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WILL BE CALLING YOU TO ASK YOU TO SOLICIT YOU TO LEAD ONE OF THE TEAMS RESPONSIBLE FOR TASK OUTSIDE OF NO.
'CAUSE I CAN'T CALL IT A SUBCOMMITTEE.
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NO PROBLEM.WELL WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, CAN I, AM I ALLOWED TO MAKE A MOTION SINCE I'M, YOU CAN MOVE SINCE I'M NOT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CMC FOR OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GARLAND DINING EVENT.
WE WILL GIVE IT A FORMAL NAME, UM, AS PLANNING CONTINUES, BUT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BRING TOGETHER THE CULTURES HERE WITHIN GARLAND AND REALLY ENGAGE AND SEEK INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR COUNCIL AND GIVE SOMETHING REALLY MEANINGFUL BY WAY OF DATA AND INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CONTINUE MAKING GARLAND VERY RICH.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A SECOND IF I COULD I SECOND.
SINCE THAT CAME OUT OF A COMMITTEE, DOES IT REALLY NEED A SECOND? YEAH.
'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT.
TO MOVE FORWARD, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS JUST TO PRESENT IT TO YOU ALL.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A, A, A MOVE, A A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, IF ALL ARE IN FAVOR, MAY I GET THE SIGN OF AYE.
SO WHAT WE WILL COMMIT TO DOING IS GETTING THE DETAILS OF THE EVENT BETWEEN NOW AND FEBRUARY'S MEETING.
WE WILL DO A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AT FIVE AGAIN ON FEBRUARY.
UM, AND WE WILL COME TOGETHER AND WE WILL ALSO, UM, START THE FINE TUNING AND THE SUB THE TEAMS, THE WORK TEAMS, UM, AND START ASKING FOR FOLKS TO, TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE ON AS WELL.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL SHARE IS THAT DURING THE OFFSITE, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, WE DID TALK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL ASK.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BUT WE'LL ALSO TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE ONE OF THE LARGER THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS BEYOND THE 150 OR HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE WE DO HAVE, IS HOW DO WE REACH LARGER GARLAND GARLAND.
UM, SO WE WILL THINK ABOUT AND WORKSHOP SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ON A GRANDER SCALE AS WELL AS FOR THE EVENT DURING OUR WORKSHOP AS WELL.
SO PROJECT UNITY'S QUESTIONS ARE TRADEMARKED AND THEY GO WITH A VARIETY OF TOPICS.
THEY INITIALLY, THE THE INITIAL DINES WERE, BEGAN AFTER THE 2016 AMBUSH IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY.
UH, IT'S SINCE CHANGED, NOT CHANGED, EVOLVED TO INCLUDE, UM, MULTI-GENERATIONAL WORKPLACES, CIVIL AGREEMENT, UM, GENDER AND IDENTITY.
THERE'S A MYRIAD GROUP OF QUESTIONS AND THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE ALL BEEN TESTED AND VALIDATED BY PROFESSIONALS.
YOU CAN ADD QUESTIONS, BUT IF YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE YOUR QUESTIONS REVIEWED, YOU CAN SEND 'EM TO ME AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S LIKE THAT.
SO THEY WON'T SHARE THE QUESTIONS WITH YOU, BUT THEY WILL FOLLOW WHATEVER LEADS YOU HAVE AND THEN LET LET YOUR COMMITTEE OR WHOMEVER REVIEW THE QUESTIONS AND TWEAK.
BUT THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN SO IT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 2016 AND I'VE BEEN A FACILITATOR SINCE 2018.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, I YIELD.
OH, ONE THING THOUGH, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO GET IT ON THEIR CALENDAR BECAUSE WE DID 97 OF THEM LAST YEAR AND WE ARE BOOKED SOLID.
SO YOU'RE GONNA WANNA GET ON THE CALENDAR, GIVE THEM SOME ALTERNATIVE DATES SO THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DETERMINE IF, IF YEAH.
OR ARE WE GONNA CREATE ONE OR YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE DATES.
SO THE SOONER YOU HAVE DATES, THE BETTER YOU'LL KNOW WHO TO DO.
YOU KNOW, DALLAS DINNER TABLE'S, ANOTHER GROUP THAT DOES IT.
I'M ALSO AT DALLAS DINNER TABLE FACILITATOR.
UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA.
THE COMMISSION REPORT UPDATES PAST AND FUTURE.
UH, THIS IS WHERE WE NORMALLY TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING TO THIS CURRENT MEETING.
UH, DID ANYBODY ATTEND ANY SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS OR ANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR ANY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS? ANY MEETINGS THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT? UM, I'VE ATTENDED THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
I WENT TO THE, UH, GARLAND CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETING, AND WE HAD A SPEAKER THAT CAME AND SPOKE TO US ABOUT, UH, FAMILY VIOLENCE.
SO SHE GAVE US SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, UH, ABOUT STATISTICS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF REPORTING, UH, FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIMES.
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EVERYONE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY.WE ALSO HAD, I WENT TO A MEETING, WELL, UH, WELL WE WENT TO A MEETING.
AND, UH, SHE WAS, HERS WAS ALSO ABOUT MORE THAN JUST REPORTING, BUT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER THE ORGANIZATION THAT SHE'S WITH.
BUT SHE'S THE CEO OF A WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER.
UM, WITH MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WHERE WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN, CAN GO AND SEEK SAFE HAVEN HOPE STORE, NEW BEGINNING CENTER.
WHO HOPE STORE NEW BEGINNING CENTER.
I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING, BUT YEAH, SO SHE WAS THERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKED ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE AND SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE CASES IN HER SITUATIONS OR SYMPTOMS OF, UH, SOME OF THAT VIOLENCE THAT WE SEE OR, YOU KNOW, THAT WOMEN GO THROUGH.
AND THEN LAST, UH, TUESDAY NIGHT I WENT TO THE UNIDOS MEETING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH,
THE LIBRARY SYSTEM CAME AND TALKED TO ABOUT THE LIBRARY SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
UH, WE HAD A SPEAKER THAT CAME AND TALKED ABOUT TAXES, UM, HOW THEY CAN HELP, UH, PEOPLE WITH, WITH TAXES IN SPANISH.
UH, LIEUTENANT BARNO WAS ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, ICE.
AND SO HE PRESENTED A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT ICE.
AND, UM, ANYWAY, THAT WAS A REALLY, ONCE AGAIN, A REALLY GOOD INFORMATIVE MEETING IN SPANISH FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING, UH, RESIDENTS.
AND THEN WHAT DID I GO TO LAST NIGHT? OH, MERL AND I, WELL, MERL CAN SPEAK TO IT BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT THE EMS WHAT IS THE, THE STAKEHOLDER MEETING FOR GARLAND? IT, THERE'S TWO THINGS ON THE, THEIR, THEIR AGENDA.
ONE OF 'EM IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY CURRENTLY WORK ONE DAY ON, TWO DAYS OFF.
THEY WANNA GO TO ONE DAY ON THREE DAYS OFF.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IT'S GONNA COST MONEY.
WHICH ONE SOLUTION WOULD BE GETTING RID OF THE EMS SERVICE AND GOING PRIVATIZED.
SO IF YOU WANNA GO TO ANY OF THE MEETINGS SECOND TUESDAY EVERY MONTH AND VOICE YOUR CONCERN, BECAUSE FOR ME, MY PERSONAL OPINION, PRIVAT PRIVATIZATION IS NOT A, THEY'RE THERE FOR PROFIT.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT WOULDN'T BE, SO IF YOU WANNA GO ATTEND ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS, THEY'RE THE SECOND TUESDAY IS THAT SECOND TUESDAY.
WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT WAS LAST NIGHT WAS.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THOSE MEETINGS WERE.
WHERE, WHERE IS THAT AND WHAT TIME? IT'S AT THE LIBRARY AT, UH, SIX O'CLOCK CENTRAL PUBLIC.
AND THE ORGANIZATION IS JUST THE STATE? IT'S THE, IT'S THE CITY.
IT'S CALLED THE STAKEHOLDER IN THIS CITY.
UM, THE CITY FINANCE FINANCIAL OFFICER.
MS. DARCY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU ADD THAT TO OUR CALENDAR? SIX IS EVERY SECOND TUESDAY.
YOU REALIZE THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
SO IT WAS WEDNESDAY AND THAT'S WHY I LOOKED AT TUESDAY AND NOT WEDNESDAY.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT THERE ARE, IF YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE FOR, HEARING THAT IT'S FOR SOMETHING LIKE PRIVATIZATION OF, OF EMS SERVICE.
THAT'S A HUGE, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD, WE HAD THE COUNCIL VOTE TO, FOR US TO SPEND MONEY WE DON'T WANNA SPEND RECENTLY THAT'S ALREADY ON OUR BILLS.
IF YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE MEETINGS, YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS MEETING.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ANYONE'S FAULT ON MY OWN.
THERE'LL BE AN INCREASE OR A FEE YEAH.
UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING ON THEIR SCHEDULE THAT THEY REGULARLY ATTEND OR THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TELL OUR CITY, UM, STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN PUT IT OUT TO US, OR WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR AND MAKE SURE ONE OF US ATTENDS SO THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION TO COME BACK AND WE CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL OR JUST THE RESIDENTS IN OUR AREA.
UH, THIS SAYS UPDATES PAST AND FUTURE.
SO WE ARE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
SO TONIGHT WE SHOULD BE PICKING UP THE CANDY, THE BANNERS, THE BAGS.
UM, DID WE, UM, ASSIGN SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO PICK THAT UP, RIGHT? I I KNOW IT'S RIGHT THERE.
I SAID DID WE ASSIGN SOMEBODY TO PICK IT UP? WE HAVE NOT YET.
WE WERE WAITING FOR YOUR APPROVAL, BUT WE CAN HOLD 'EM UP IN JUST CHECK IT WITH US'.
OKAY, MS. GLENN IS GONNA TAKE IT WITH HER AND YOU'RE GONNA BAGG THE CANDY AND MAKE SURE IT'S ALL THERE
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ON TIME.UH, DID YOU GUYS FIND OUT WHAT TIME BEEN THAT YOU'RE GONNA USE GLEN'S VEHICLE? WHAT TIME YOU NEED TO BE? WHERE, HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YET? YOU, YOU GUYS ARE GOING WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES, RIGHT? MM-HMM
YOU WON'T BE THERE SATURDAY, RIGHT? NO.
YOU'LL BE WITH A DIFFERENT ENTITY.
OH, YOU'LL BE THERE WITH CMC? MM-HMM
SO Y'ALL HAVE Y ALREADY DISCUSSED WHAT TIME Y'ALL NEED TO GET TO WHERE YEAH, I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING OUR LAST MEETING, BUT WE HAVE NOT TALKED OUTSIDE OF THERE, SO I FIGURED WE WOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION HERE.
SO, UM, NORMALLY AND I, WE, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE, AUSTIN AVENUE IS THE STAGING AREA.
AND GENERALLY IT'S A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF PEOPLE CARS.
AND UNLESS YOU GET THERE AT SIX O'CLOCK AND PARK YOUR CAR ON THE STREET SOMEWHERE, YOU WILL NOT HAVE A PLACE TO PARK.
SO WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS IS YOU TAKE YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE TO GRANDVILLE ART CENTER AND ALL OF Y'ALL THAT ARE GONNA RIDE TOGETHER, THE VEHICLE YOU'RE GONNA RIDE IN JUST COMES AND SCOOPS YOU UP FROM GRANDVILLE ART CENTER.
THAT WAY YOUR CAR IS OUT THERE.
THE PARADE PULLS OFF FROM AUSTIN EXACTLY AT 10:00 AM DO NOT.
AND I WAS TOLD TO SAY THIS, DO NOT THROW OUT CANDY FROM YOUR VEHICLE BETWEEN AUSTIN AVENUE AND DERRY ROAD.
YOU GO UP THE LITTLE HILL, WE MAKE A RIGHT, THEN WE MAKE A LEFT, AND THEN WE GO UP TO DERRY ROAD.
THE ACTUAL PARADE ROUTE STARTS AT DAIRY ROAD.
SO ANYBODY THAT CAN PASS THIS ON TO ANOTHER COMMISSION, ANOTHER ENTITY PLEASE.
UM, MS. GWEN HAD A MEETING WITH THE CITY AND SHE DID LET THEM KNOW, UM, THAT WE ARE NOT TO BE THROWING OUT CANDY BECAUSE IT SLOWS THE PARADE DOWN.
SO IF EVERYBODY'S THROWING CANDY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE SEE THE KIDS, IT'S UM, IT'S SLOWING US DOWN.
SHE SAID THAT THEY WILL PERSONALLY AT SOME POINT GO THROUGH AND TELL KNOCK ON DOORS IF NEED BE AND SAY, HAVE THE KIDS ALL GO UP TO DER ROAD.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE START AT DER ROAD.
BUT, UM, NORMALLY YOU GET THERE, YOU, I, I PLAN TO BE AT THE, AT AUSTIN BY NINE AND THAT'S IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT WITH PICKING UP THE VEHICLE.
BUT THE BEST THING TO DO IS GET THERE BEFORE 10 O'CLOCK.
THEY START TO SHUT THE STREETS DOWN.
UM, I WANNA SAY, I THINK THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE GONNA START SHUTTING THE STREETS DOWN BETWEEN NINE AND NINE 30.
UM, BELT LINE AND, UH, I GUESS THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
I THINK THAT'S MILLER ON THE, ON THE BACKSIDE.
BUT WHEREVER IS AROUND AUSTIN, THE TWO ENTRANCE YOU CAN COME INTO, THEY'RE GONNA START SHUTTING THAT DOWN BETWEEN NINE, UM, 9, 9 30 ISH SO THAT EVERYTHING IS CLEAR BY THE TIME WE GET UP THERE AND WE DON'T HOLD UP TRAFFIC TOO MUCH.
SO THEY ARE ON A TIME SCHEDULE.
THEY NEED US TO GET ON, GET UP THROUGH SO THAT THEY CAN OPEN THOSE STREETS BACK UP.
UH, I THINK WE'RE ONLY HAVING THREE BANDS THIS YEAR.
WE NORMALLY HAVE ALL SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT WE ONLY HAVE THREE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS STILL GOOD.
UH, THERE WILL BE A, UH, MEMT VEHICLE AT THE END OR EMS VEHICLE AT THE END.
IT WILL NOT BE IN SERVICE IF YOU PASS OUT, IF YOU GET DEHYDRATED, IF YOU HEARD SOMETHING, THAT VEHICLE AT THE END, THE PEOPLE IN THAT VEHICLE AT THE END WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT HELP WILL BE DISPATCHED.
WE CANNOT RELY ON THEM TO HELP US.
THAT VEHICLE IS OUTTA SERVICE AND THOSE PEOPLE IN IT ARE OUTTA SERVICE.
MAKE SURE YOU AND I'VE SUGGESTED US THAT HAVE CARDS.
PUT YOUR CMC CARD INSIDE OF THE SNACK BAG.
I WOULD SUGGEST PUTTING A SMALL PIECE OF TAPE, UM, TO PUT INSIDE THE BAG.
WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO THROW CANDY FROM THE CAR.
YES, WE ALL DO IT, INCLUDING THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYBE THE MAYOR.
IT IS A HAZARD WHEN THE CANDY DOES NOT GO AS FAR AS YOU THINK IT IS.
A 5-YEAR-OLD IS GONNA DART OUT BEHIND A TOOTSIE ROLL.
GARLAND HAS NEVER HAD AN INCIDENT.
AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS PARADE, WE HAVE NEVER HAD A INCIDENT.
AND IF THE LORD SAY THE SAME, WE WILL NOT HAVE ANOTHER, UH, INCIDENT THIS YEAR.
WE KEEP ENOUGH SPACE IN BETWEEN THE VEHICLES.
GET OUT, WALK THE CANDY OVER, WALK THE CANDY OVER TO THE KIDS, TO THE ADULTS THAT WANT THE CANDY, AND THEN YOU GET BACK IN THE CAR.
UM, SOMETIMES WE CAN WALK WALKING DOWN.
DAIRY IS A BETTER ROUTE TO GET OUT AND WALK.
AND THEN, UM, ONCE GET BACK IN, ONCE YOU GET TO 66, AND THEN ONCE YOU GET BACK CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN, UH, THEN YOU CAN GET OUT AND WALK AGAIN UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO WALK THE ENTIRE ROUTE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT Y'ALL GET TO AUSTIN AVENUE, UH, AUSTIN ACADEMY, ACADEMY NO LATER THAN NINE 15.
THE GARLAND AREA BROTHERHOOD HAS ALREADY MARKED EVERYTHING OFF OR WILL MARK IT OFF IN THE MORNING.
DARCY, DID THEY SEND YOU OUR, OUR LINE NUMBER YET? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
I CAN GET THAT FROM MS. GWEN AND I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
UM, I'LL JUST TEXT GLENNA OR ME AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOUR LINE NUMBER IS, BUT IF I DO NOT TEXT
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YOU WITH YOUR LINE NUMBER, MEANING I DID NOT GET IT FROM MS. GWEN.UM, WHEN YOU GET TO THE SITE, THE GARLAND AREA BROTHERHOOD, THERE ARE DIFFERENT MEN STANDING OUTSIDE AND THEY HAVE THEY LITTLE, UM, CLIPBOARD AND YOU TELL 'EM WHAT GROUP YOU'RE WITH AND THEN THEY GIVE YOU, UM, YOUR SLOT NUMBER.
UH, IF ANYONE NEEDS ANYTHING FROM ME, I WILL BE IN SLOT NUMBER SEVEN.
THAT'S WHY I KNOW SHE HAS 'EM.
I JUST GUESS SHE HADN'T SENT 'EM YET.
IF ANYONE STILL WANTS TO BE IN THE PARADE, YOU STILL HAVE UNTIL THE PARADE PULLS OFF TO BE IN THE PARADE.
ONCE IT PULLS OFF, THEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.
'CAUSE MS. G WILL BE UP FRONT, UH, AFTER THE PARADE.
THERE IS AN EVENT AT THE, UM, ATRIUM.
THERE IS A, UM, WHAT IS IT CALLED? A SYMPHONY NOW, UM, WHERE THE YOUTH AND GARLAND, THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES AND THEY GET A GROUP OF KIDS THAT GET TOGETHER.
UH, REUBEN GRIFFIN, UH, IS THE COORDINATOR OVER THE EVENT.
UM, REUBEN LAEL GRIFFIN IS OVER THE EVENT.
I'VE WATCHED MR. RUBEN GROW UP.
BUT, UM, THE, THERE'S ALL LIGHTS, CAMERAS, ACTION, YOU KNOW, TYPE THINGS GOING ON.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN PRACTICING THIS THIS WEEK, SO COME OUT.
UH, IT IS A VERY, VERY, UM, TO, TO SEE SO MUCH WORK BEHIND THE SCENES PUT IN TO SEE IT COME TOGETHER.
UM, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD SUGGEST Y'ALL BE THERE BY NINE 15.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA BE AT AUSTIN BY NINE 15, YES, IT MAY BE COLD.
YOU MIGHT WANNA SIT IN YOUR CAR.
OUR SONS BATHROOMS WILL BE OPEN FOR US TO USE IF NEED BE.
UM, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU LOCK YOUR DOORS AND STUFF OVER AT THE GRANDVILLE ART CENTER, BUT IF YOU COME BY NINE 15, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME DOWN THE REGULAR ROUTE AND NOT HAVE TO GO, UH, THE BACK WAY TO GET IN.
MADAM CHAIR, WHAT TIME IS THE PROGRAM AT THE VILLE? I WANT TO SAY THAT THE PROGRAM IS EITHER AT 12 'CAUSE THE PARADE ROUTE TAKES US, I THINK LIKE I, YEAH, UH, HOUR.
I'VE GOTTA BE 10, 11, 12, 12, 12 0 1, 12 0 1.
IS IT ON THE NAACP SITE? YES, MA'AM.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND THAT PROGRAM IF THEY'RE ABLE TO.
AND, YOU KNOW, TELL, TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS, TELL YOUR FRIENDS, EVEN IF THEY DON'T WANNA BE IN THE PARADE.
JUST THERE'S, THE PROGRAM IS SO SPECIAL AND, AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE DO A LOT OF WORK, SO IT'S GREAT FOR THEM TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE.
I WILL SAY IN THE PAST THAT, UM, THE KIDS ONLY WOULD HAVE THREE NIGHTS TO PRACTICE.
THEY WOULD PRACTICE ONCE BEFORE THEIR CHRISTMAS BREAK, AND THEN WHEN THEY CAME BACK OFF CHRISTMAS BREAK, THEY'D PRACTICE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE THE EVENT ON SATURDAY.
SO TO SEE ALL THAT THEY DO IN ONE HOUR, ONE AND A HALF OF THEIR PRESENTATION, IT IS AWESOME TO SEE THAT KIDS CATCH ON SO FAST.
SO DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY COME AND STAY.
AND THEN ON SUNDAY, THERE'S A YOUTH EXTRAVAGANT EVENT THAT STARTS AT FOUR.
SO THERE'S, UM, STEPPERS, DRILL, TEAM DANCE, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE YOUTH DO.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE TIME, SUNDAY, COME OUT AT FOUR O'CLOCK ON SUNDAY, THE PROGRAM WILL START AT FOUR.
AND USUALLY WE ARE OUTTA THERE BY SIX.
WE KNOW SUNDAY IS A LONG DAY FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, SO YOU GUYS HAVE EACH OTHER'S PHONE NUMBERS, RIGHT? GLENNA, MERYL, CJ.
JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THAT'S THE COLDEST DAY.
WITHIN THE NEXT 10, THE 18TH, SUNDAY OR SATURDAY.
SATURDAY I WITH A
WELL, WE WILL NOT CANCEL RAINS LEAD OF SNOW.
YOU'LL BE INSIDE YOUR VEHICLE IF IT'S TOO COLD OR IF IT'S RAINING, IF IT'S MISLEADING, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT CARS IN, IN THE AREA, GARLAND AREA BROTHERHOOD, THEY'LL SPACE US OUT SO THAT THERE'S NO ACCIDENTS BETWEEN US.
BUT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PARADE NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER IS.
UM, THE NEXT THING COMING UP IS I SEE SOMETHING ON THE CALENDAR FOR THE 20TH, UH, GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING, WORK SESSION, CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 31ST.
WE HAVE THE LUNA NEW YEAR CELEBRATION, KELLY SGA MALL.
UM, MS. JENNIFER WASN'T FEELING WELL TODAY.
WE DO HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR THAT ALREADY, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY WENT OUT ON EMAIL.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST WHAT I, I SAW YOU SENT THAT TO ME.
SO PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL THIS WEEKEND IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BE THERE.
UH, YOU'LL DARCELL SENT A, A EMAIL FOR THE TIME SLOTS.
SO I, I SAW THAT EMAIL AND WONDERED WHAT TIME SLOTS WERE AVAILABLE.
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HAVE SOMEONE COVER EACH TIME SLOT OR IS IT LIKE IF SOMEONE, BECAUSE THERE, THERE COULD BE TIMES THAT WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE AND TIMES THAT WE HAVE NOT.SO WHAT WE AGREED WAS IN ANOTHER MEETING WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE OR EVERY TIME SLOT BECAUSE IF WE'RE RUNNING THE WHEEL, WE'RE ANSWERING QUESTIONS, WE'RE TRYING TO DO TRAFFIC CONTROL AT THE SAME TIME.
WE NEED AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES.
SO DOES THE SHEET THAT WE'VE GOT HAVE THAT SHOW WHERE THE EMPTY SPACES ARE? NO.
ON YOUR CALENDAR, THE RSVP THAT IN THE TIME SLOT THAT EVERYBODY HAS RSVP FOR THE WIN.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE IS JENNIFER ORIGINALLY SENT OUT, IT WAS FROM 1130 TO THREE.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO BE THERE, RIGHT AT 11.
SO, BUT THIS IS THE WHOLE SIGN UP.
SO IF I SAY I'LL COME AT 11, I'M NOT THREE PEOPLE IN ONE SLOT AND NOBODY IN ANOTHER TWO AT 11 ALREADY.
WELL, THERE'S CHARLES IS FROM 11 TO NOON.
I BELIEVE THE LAST MEETING YOU SAID YOU'D BE OKAY.
WELL, YOU'RE 11:00 PM I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE 11:00 PM RIGHT? THAT SHOULD BE TWO.
SO WE WE'RE DOING ONE HOUR TIME SHOT SLOTS.
SO I WILL BE THERE FROM 12 TO ONE THEN.
IS THAT, IS THAT A SPACE THAT IS NEEDED? YES.
AND THEN WE'LL NEED A SLIDE FROM ONE TO TWO ON MY CALENDAR RIGHT NOW.
12 TO ONE AND THEN ONE TO TWO.
UH, I MAY BE ABLE TO BE THERE.
I COULD DO ONE TO TWO IF THAT'S BETTER.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE RUN OUTTA THINGS FASTER THAN LATER.
AND, UH, MS. DARCY, WELL ACTUALLY, I GUESS I SHOULD ASK THE TEAM.
CAN SOMEONE PICK UP WHO'S FIRST? MR. CHARLES? UM, MR. CHARLES.
OR MS. DARCY, CAN YOU CHECK WITH HIM TO SEE IF HE CAN PICK UP? YES.
THAT'S FOR, UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT.
FOR FEBRUARY WE HAVE THE WORK SESSION MEETING, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, EMS, THE WINTER BALL IS THE NEXT BIG THING ON THE LIST FOR THE WINTER BALL.
MS. DARCY, CAN YOU TELL ME RIGHT NOW HOW MANY TICKETS WE HAVE? UM, I CANNOT, BUT OKAY.
IF WE DO GO OVER, UM, WE'LL NEED TO GET IN ON OUR HEAD NOW FOR THAT.
BUT EVERY, ALL THE RSVP OH, BUT IF WE GO OVER THAT, I DID GET THE QUOTE FOR THE STAPLE, WHICH IS SEVEN $70.
AND JUST SO YOU ALL, UH, KNOW, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER, THE TICKETS THAT ARE PURCHASED THROUGH THE CITY OR FOR THE, FOR YOU.
IF YOU WANT YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER TO COME, THAT'S FINE.
LET US KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN BE SEATED AT THE SAME TABLE.
WE DON'T WANT Y'ALL AT THE TABLE WITH US AND THEY HAVE TO SIT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE CAN, UM, MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT.
AND WHICH HEIGHT IS THAT? EIGHT.
THE ONE OFF OF ONE 90 TABLES ARE EIGHT OR 10.
I DO HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE RSVP RIGHT NOW.
MISSED A LOT THAT MEETING DIDN'T THERE MS. DORSEY, IF I CAN, I, I'M GONNA HAVE TO WITHDRAW FROM GOING TO THAT.
SO I GUESS THEY'RE GONNA PAY SEPARATELY ORGANIZE THIS.
SO WITH, IF YOU WANT, UH, TO PURCHASE A TICKET, TEXT ME OR YOU CAN GO TO THE, UH, GARLAND, UH, TEXAS NAACP.ORG WEBPAGE AND IT'LL TELL YOU HOW TO GO THROUGH EVENT BRIGHTS.
BUT IF YOU REACH OUT TO ME, UM, I CAN PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH MS. GWEN OR I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH HOW TO DO IT ON THE WEBPAGE.
IT LOOKS LIKE ONE SPACE LEFT AT THE TABLE.
UM, AND NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE DO HAVE OTHER CITY STAFF OR OTHER COMMISSIONS WHERE THEY HAVE PEOPLE TO FILL IN THE TABLE SO THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR A WHOLE TABLE AND WE DON'T USE THE WHOLE TABLE.
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TO ATTEND.UM, IT IS A SEMI-FORMAL EVENTS I'VE SEEN, UM, BEST CHURCH ATTIRE.
I'VE SEEN SEQUIN, SEQUIN AND TUGS, FUR COATS.
SO WHATEVER YOU ARE COMFORTABLE IN, UH, OUTSIDE OF JEANS AND TENNIS SHOES, UM, COME ENJOY IT IS A GREAT EVENT.
THEN WE HAVE MORE WORK SESSION GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, THOSE ARE ON THE CALENDAR SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUR SMART GOALS, DOING SHORT TERM THINGS THAT WE CAN SAY, OH, WE PARTICIPATED, WE BROUGHT INFORMATION BACK.
WE ARE BUILDING A BRIDGE BETWEEN US AND THIS OTHER ORGANIZATION.
UM, THIS YEAR IF WE CAN JUST CONTINUE TO DO WE DOING AND STEP IT UP A NOTCH AND, UM, GO TO THESE MEETINGS.
OUR, WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO GET IN CLOSE WITH THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN START TO TALK TO THE YOUTH ABOUT THIS COMMISSION AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY'RE A PART OF IT AS WELL AND GET SOME IDEAS FROM THEM.
AND THAT'S FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
OUR RETREAT IS, OH, FEBRUARY 28TH.
UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT THE RETREAT.
I'LL GO THROUGH MARCH AND THEN WE'LL DOUBLE BACK TO THE RETREAT.
MARCH WE HAVE THE NORMAL THINGS WORK SESSION MEETING, CITY COUNCIL, MEETING FIRE AND EMS. WHAT IS THIS? BEETLE GRASS? THAT'S A CONCERT.
WE FOUND SOME EXTRA EVENTS AT THE PLAZA.
AND UM, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND I THINK RENEE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF, IT'S BEATLES SONGS PLAYED BLUEGRASS STYLE.
I'M INTERESTED IN GOING TO THAT.
UH, IS IT A TICKETED EVENT? YES.
THIS WEEKEND THEY HAVE A, WHAT IS, UH, WHEN YOU ON THE BOX SPENDING ON BREAK DANCING BREAK, THEY HAVE A BREAK DANCING EVENT, UH, DOWNTOWN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
IT'S LIKE $12, $11 AND 50 CENTS A TICKET.
IS THIS PLAZA, WHERE IS IT, WHERE IS IT AT? JUST THE PLAZA.
ALL I KNOW IS IT'S ALWAYS DOWNTOWN GARLAND IS WHAT I TELL THEATER.
WHAT IS THIS OMNI CIRCUS? YES.
AT THE GRANDVILLE ARTS CENTER.
UH, GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, THEN WE ROTATE BACK AROUND TO OUR NEXT MEETING IN MARCH FOR THE CMC SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AND CMC MEETING AT 6:00 PM UH, MS. DARCY ARE, DID WE DEFER FROM HAVING A MEETING ON THE 19TH BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING THE RETREAT ON THE 28TH? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT I DID.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE DEFERRED.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE CALENDAR ON THE 19TH OF FEBRUARY ON HERE FOR THE 20TH.
AND THEN THERE'S A BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING ON THE 31ST.
AGAIN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN ATTEND, PLEASE LET, UM, MS. DARCY KNOW SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO KEEP A TALLY OF WHO WILL BE THERE.
UM, AND MAKE SURE YOU, WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU GET, BRING IT BACK TO US SO WE CAN PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, UH, DID I MISS ANYTHING OR IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE SOMEONE WANTS TO COVER THAT MAY NOT BE ON OUR CALENDAR CURRENTLY? SO WHAT, WHAT WAS THE RETREAT? THE RETREAT IS FEBRUARY 28TH AND I'LL ADD THOSE MEETINGS.
THE AGENDA OR TO THE CALENDAR AND WHAT TIME? SEND THAT OUT.
UM, AT 8:00 AM AT THE SERVICES.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT THE RETREAT? UH, YEAH.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
AND THAT'S THE DISCUSSION ON THE CMC RETREAT AGENDA.
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CAN TALK ABOUT, UM, THE TIME IS 8:00 AM IT WILL BE AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER, THE SAME PLACE WE HAD IT LAST YEAR, MA'AM.SORRY, I'M I'M PUTTING IT OUT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AT THIS POINT.
8:00 AM TO 11:00 AM WE DO HAVE TO PROMPTLY BE OUT AT 11:00 AM BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE ANOTHER EVENT AFTER US.
SO IF WE WANNA HAVE SOME EXTRA CONVERSATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT OF THAT ROOM.
UM, BREAKFAST, I HAVE ORDERED THE CHICKA, SO THAT WILL BE THERE.
WE HAVE A FRUIT PARFAIT, YOGURT, COFFEE, JUST ALSO OKAY.
SO FOR THE AGENDA, WE SENT OUT AN AGENDA THAT WAS APPROVED.
WE, I DID TALK WITH THE, UM, OUR CITY STAFF, MYSELF AND CJ DID TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE AGENDA, UM, NORMALLY FOR A RETREAT OR TEAM BUILD, YOU HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT GOALS, LEADERSHIP.
UM, I THOUGHT LEADERSHIP WAS A REALLY BROAD SPECTRUM, SO, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING SOMEONE TO COME IN AND TALK TO US AND MS. DARCY WAS ABLE TO GET CONFIRMATION FROM
AND, UM, SO HE'S ALSO ADVISE AND HELP Y'ALL FOR THOSE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY IS OUR VOLUNTEER COORDIN.
HE'S IDENTIFIED, UH, THROUGH THE HEALTH COUNCIL STAFF, SEVERAL, THERE'D BE APPEARANCE OF THE CITY, UH, INDIVIDUAL NEED ASSISTANCE.
AND WHAT HE'S SEEING IS IT'S THE SAME FOLKS THAT ARE SHOWING UP OVER AND AGAIN.
AND SO I THINK HE'S GOING TO, TO DO IS PLACE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT ARE OUT WITHIN COMMUNITY, GONNA ASK THAT WE GO BACK TO OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S CHURCHES OR NONPROFITS THAT WE'RE A MEMBER OF AND SEEING IF WE CAN DRUM OFF THE, THE CITIES.
AND IT DEFINITELY TAPS INTO WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE, WE'RE VOLUNTEERING OUR TIME, OUR INFORMATION, SO WE NEED TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON HOW IT IS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO ABOUT VOLUNTEERING.
AND I HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME IF YOU WANTED ME TO.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T SEE THE AGENDA.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT A, UH, I CALLED TO USUAL WELCOME.
UM, AS HERE SAID, WE DO HAVE THE TEAMBUILDING ACTIVITY.
WE ASKED, UH, IT WAS ABOUT, UH, 30 MINUTES AND THEN ALLOW 15 MINUTES PART OF THAT, UM, PROCESS.
BUT OF COURSE WE CAN, UH, DIALOGUE WITH HIM AS LONG AS WE NEED TO.
UM, WE LEFT THE TWO REALLY SUBSTANTIAL ITEMS AS BROAD ON THE AGENDA.
UM, WE PUT ONE ITEM AS IT HAS ON THE AGENDA IS REVIEW OF 2025 CMC ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND THE GOAL FOR THAT IS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING FROM THE STAFF SIDE.
UH, PULLING FROM OUR MINUTE, UH, A LIST OF
AND THEN THE, UH, THE LAST ITEM, UH, SEE GOLD, THE CALENDAR, UH, THAT'S ALSO LABELED VERY BROAD AS WE HAVE SINCE THAT WE WANTED, UH, WE HAVE THE SUB ESTABLISHED FOR THE ANNIVERSARY.
CELEBRATE OUT, UH, WHAT THE, UH, EVENT HAS MORPH, MORPH INTO, BUT GOING TO BECOME, UH, WHAT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT WE WANT HAVE AT, GIVEN ABOUT THE, UH, THE ACTUAL DIALOGUE WE WANT TO HAVE.
WHAT QUESTIONS MAY BE IS THAT WE CAN PURCHASE OR HAVE INVOLVEMENT WITH OR ABOUT REALLY JUST OPENING THE DOOR TO WHAT WE WANT ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE
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CELEBRATION.YOU KNOW, I'D PROBABLY SAY THE, THE ONLY OTHER THING WAS THAT KIND OF THAT LARGER KIND OF OUTREACH IN GARLAND, HOW TO CONNECT, HOW TO GATHER INFORMATION BEYOND KIND OF THE EVENT AS WELL.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE A MEANS TO REALLY COLLECT THAT INFORMATION.
LIKE YOU GO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD'S WEBSITE.
I THINK IF I'M CORRECT, HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION COMING INTO US? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EITHER RESPOND OR TO PASS THAT ON TO CITY STAFF OR TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL TO BE ADDRESSED EITHER IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT AS A DATA POINT OR IF IT'S SOMETHING MORE URGENT AS A URGENT ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
CAN WE PLEASE BE ON TIME, UM, WITH A SMILE
UM, ARE WE, CAN WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL HAVE, UH, CANDIDATES AS GUESTS AGAIN HOST IN PUBLIC MEETINGS? SO THEY MAY ATTEND, OH, MY COMMENT LAST YEAR IS THAT WE DIDN'T SEE 'EM ALL YEAR, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AVAILABLE WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEPART IMMEDIATELY AFTER, BUT THERE'S AN ELECTION THIS YEAR AND THERE ARE CANDIDATES, SO I ASSUME WE PROBABLY MIGHT HAVE THEM AS GUESTS AS WELL.
SO MAYBE WE WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, CONNECT CONNECT WITH YOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE AHEAD OF THE MEETING.
'CAUSE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY AND THE FACT THAT THEY COME AS GUESTS TO A MEETING AND IT'S NOT A TIME WHEN WE REALLY ARE GONNA HAVE TIME TO CONVERSE WITH THEM.
WHO ELSE WERE THERE LAST YEAR? THERE WERE, THERE WERE SEVERAL.
IT WAS UM, BEARD, IT WAS BAIRD.
IT WAS MS. BARRY THAT WAS THERE.
THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS NOT READY.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MEETINGS EVERY MONTH APPEAR AT A RETREAT.
IT'S JUST AN INTERESTING, AND IT'S NOT A BAD THING, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
BUT WE MIGHT WANNA CONNECT WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES, YOU KNOW, AND SAY THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANNA COME AND SEE AND GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT INVITATION SINCE SOME DID.
I MEAN AS ALWAYS, UM, ME BOTH.
YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME FOR ANY MEETING TO INVITE YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP.
IF THEIR SCHEDULE ALLOWS IT, THEN I'M SURE THERE'LL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO COME.
UM, THOSE OF US THAT WERE APPOINTED BY OUR CITY COUNCIL REPS, WE PROBABLY HAVE A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP THAN THOSE OF US THAT WERE NOT APPOINTED MAYOR WHO BY OUR CITY COUNCIL REPS.
UM, THE PARADE IS ONE OPPORTUNITY THERE.
ALL, THERE'S NINE THAT WILL BE THERE.
SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO FIND YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP AND SAY HI.
AND LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE A PART OF THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION.
IT JUST, IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.
I DID SUBMIT A, A REQUEST TO COME IN AND DO A BRIEF QUICK, UH, ICEBREAKER TEAM BUILDER.
I SENT AN EMAIL OVER AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MADE THE AGENDA OR NOT.
THE ICEBREAKER IS ON THERE, ISN'T IT? WE, WE CALLED IT SOMETHING OTHER THAN ICEBREAKER, RIGHT.
WE CALLED IT A TEAM BUILDING, TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY.
UH, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARADE LOGISTICS AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT MS. DARCY.
THEY WERE BACKWARDS FOR ME SO I DIDN'T SEE IT.
UM, SO FOR THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND EVENT LOGISTICS, ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP FIRST IS THE QR CODE THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WANTING AND TALKING ABOUT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LINK IT AND WHERE IT GOES.
UM, WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS WANNA OFFER SOME INFORMATION ON THAT? I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, BILL DID HELP US CREATE THAT QR CODE THAT GOES THE CNC WEBSITE ZOOM PAGE.
I HAVE ALSO A LITTLE BIT WHERE THAT DID COME FROM.
IF Y'ALL SEE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD OVER TO EMAIL ME MINUTES.
AND MS. DARCY, YOU DID SEND THAT TO US AN EMAIL ALREADY, RIGHT? THE LINK
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I BELIEVE I EMAILED YOU.BUT I MEAN ANYBODY CAN, I WAS GONNA GRAB THAT SET'S UPDATED ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL ASK.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? OH, AND THAT QR CODE, UM, WILL BE ON Y'ALL BUSINESS CARDS AS WELL.
SO THOSE, UM, SO GOING BACK TO THAT, SO THEY CONNECT TO THE CMC WEBSITE, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S, IS THERE STILL A WAY FOR THEM TO, LIKE, ARE YOU LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER OR PARTICIPATE? CAN THEY GET, CAPTURE THAT EMAIL SO THE VOLUNTEER BOARD CAN, VOLUNTEER OFFICE CAN CAPTURE THAT FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
SO NOW THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION INVITE.
IT'S DARCY ADDED LANGUAGE THAT WHEN OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD AND THEN OUR MEETINGS ARE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOCKS, IT'S MONITOR.
ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, COMMUNICATE THAT QUESTIONS WANNA VOLUNTEER, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
MS. DARCY, IF POSSIBLE, CAN YOU, UM, NEXT PUT IT ON AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH AND YOU SHOW US THE LINK ON THE BIG SQUARE.
AND THEN WILL YOU ALSO SEND US THE QR CODE DARCY AS WELL? YES.
YEAH, I'LL LOOK, I'LL I'LL CHECK THAT OUT.
UM, EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK DARCY, AND LET YOU KNOW.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ANYBODY THINK OF ANYTHING? NO.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE COVERED? UM, GOING BACK TO THE, UH, WINTER BALL.
UH, I MAY BE A MAYBE FOR THAT.
JUST EMAIL ME IF YOU I SURE CAN.
AND AT ANY POINT, IF ANYONE CANNOT ATTEND, PLEASE LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME AND THAT WAY THEY CAN FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO FILL THEIR SEAT AND THAT MONEY DOESN'T GO TO WASTE.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, UM, WITH UH, THE ORGANIZATION THAT I LEAD TO AN ORGANIZATION DOING, UH, TWO TALENT SHOWS, UH, IN THIS, CAN YOU SPEAKING THE MICROPHONE.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN.
UM, WITH THE ORGANIZATION I LEAD, WE, UH, MENTOR STUDENTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND UH, WE'RE DOING TWO TALENT SHOWS.
UH, ONE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, ONE IN THE LAST WEEK OF JULY OR IN APRIL.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE DATES FOR THAT YET, BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE, WE TYPICALLY HAVE A, UH, UH, A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY JUDGE, THOSE TALENT SHOWS.
SO I THINK WE, WHICH ONE? WE HAVE TWO TALENT SHOWS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE DATES YET, I'M STILL COORDINATING WITH THE PRINCIPALS, BUT IT IS IN THOSE IN THAT WEEK.
BUT I'D LOVE TO HAVE A CMC MEMBER BE A JUDGE AT EACH OF THOSE.
AT LEAST ONE MEMBER BE A JUDGE AT THE TALENT SHOW.
UM, SO, UM, BUT I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS WE COME, GET CLOSER, GET CLOSER TO IT.
BUT I WANTED TO ALREADY THROW IT OUT THERE.
AND WHAT IS YOUR TIMEFRAME? SO WE'VE DONE THOSE EVENTS ON THURSDAYS, TYPICALLY FROM 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM UM, SO IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY LOOKING LIKE THE FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY LAST THURSDAY, OR LAST THURSDAY IN APRIL.
BUT I WILL CONFIRM THAT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
ONCE YOU GET THAT CONFIRMATION, MAKE SURE YOU SEND IT TO MS. DARCY.
WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, TALK ABOUT IT AND SEE WHO FROM THE COMMISSION WOULD BE WILLING TO, UH, JUDGE THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.
PLEASE INCLUDE THE SKILLS, YOU KNOW, IS IT POETRY, IS IT ART? IS IT MUSIC? OH, I MAY NOT BE QUALIFIED FOR MANY THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING I'M QUALIFIED FOR, I'LL JUDGE.
I'LL INCLUDE THOSE IN THE EMAIL.
UM, MS. GLENN, I NOTICED I DIDN'T SEE ANY CLEANUPS ON HERE.
DO WE HAVE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLEANUPS UP IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
THERE IS, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND JUST CONNECT WITH DARCY TO GET 'EM ADDED TO THE CAR? THIS ONE? THIS SUNDAY.
YEAH, SO I'M EXCITED THAT HE'S GONNA BE AT THE, THE RETREAT.
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AND NO EVENT IS TOO SMALL NO MATTER HOW, HOW YOU MAY NOT THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL, LET US KNOW SO THAT THERE CAN BE SOME REPRESENTATION THERE AND THERE CAN BE, UM, SOME OF THIS SUPPORT SUPPORTING MEANS A LOT.TALENT SHOWS THESE AUDIENCES TOO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE FEBRUARY 19TH.
WE WILL HAVE OUR MEETING IN FEBRUARY, RIGHT HERE.
UM, THERE ALSO WILL BE A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING THAT DAY AS WELL, UH, AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING.