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I'M ONE OF THE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AT THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND I'M THE STAFF LIAISON FOR, UH, THE ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE.
THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING, AND SO I'LL GET US THROUGH, UH, UH, KIND OF THE FIRST PART OF THE AGENDA UNTIL, UH, WE CAN GET A, A NOMINATION FOR A CHAIR AND A CO-CHAIR.
AND THEN WE WILL ASK THAT CHAIR THEN TO, TO HANDLE THE REST OF THE MEETING.
AND REALLY TODAY IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT INTRODUCTIONS, GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND THEN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DUCK WILL PROVIDE US A PRESENTATION OF KIND OF THE VISION, WHAT SHE SEES, AND FOR THIS, FOR THIS COMMITTEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN WE'LL, UH, THEN DISCUSS GETTING TOGETHER SOME ONGOING MEETING DATES SO THAT WE CAN GATHER AND HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT IF YOU WANT, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, PRIOR TO, UH, US GETTING STARTED WITH THE AGENDA, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
FILL OUT A CARD AND KICK THAT SLIDE HERE.
WELL, Y'ALL PROBABLY SAW ME AT THE YESTERDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.
DAVID O FROM THE CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MOSTLY WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER DUN, FOR GETTING THIS GOING.
BEST INITIATIVE I'VE SEEN SO FAR FROM THE CITY BY FAR.
AND I MOSTLY JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE NOTE MYSELF ON WHAT Y'ALL ARE HOPING TO DO.
I KNOW I'VE HEARD MENTIONS ABOUT MAKING COUNCIL MEETINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS SOME WORK.
BUT I WANNA REMIND YOU ALL THAT, NOT ALL THE DISABILITIES AND THE PHYSICAL INVISIBLE ONES.
WE'VE GOT LOTS OF FOLKS AROUND WITH, YOU KNOW, NEURO DIVERSION STUFF THAT HAVE OUR OWN STRUGGLES, AND I'D LIKE THAT TO BE CONSIDERED TOO.
MYSELF, I'M IN THE THIRTIES, UNEMPLOYED, NEVER HAVE BEEN A LOT DUE TO THE DISABILITIES AND HOW WE DON'T GET ACCOMMODATIONS OUT THERE, WORKPLACES JUST DON'T CONSIDER PEOPLE LIKE US WE'RE WRITTEN OFF.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE AUDITS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST IS, UH, JUST AN INTRODUCTION OF THE BOARD AND STAFF MEMBERS.
AND PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY IS MAYBE JUST TO START FROM LEFT AND WE'LL GO AROUND TO, RIGHT.
I GUESS WE'LL START WITH MS. DUNTON.
I AM DISTRICT SIX, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND, UH, WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO KNOW? THAT IT, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
I'M JENNIFER READER, I'M DISTRICT FOUR.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF GARLAND FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
I'M HEATHER MILLER AND UM, GARLAND IS MY HOMETOWN.
I AM THE SECRETARY FOR THIS BOARD, AND I'M ALSO THE DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
LIKE I MENTIONED, I'M MATT WATSON.
I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
I'VE, UH, BEEN HERE AT THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR 18 YEARS.
UH, BEEN AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ROLE FOR, I GUESS ABOUT TWO MONTHS NOW.
PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS THE CFO, SO I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMITTEE AND GETTING TO KNOW EVERYONE.
I'M, UH, JENNIFER STUBBS, THE CITY SECRETARY.
I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, AND I'M EXCITED TO GET TO KNOW Y'ALL AND, UM, WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU, YOU ALL ARE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, IF I CAN DO ANYTHING FOR Y'ALL.
AND I LIVE HERE IN GARLAND FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW.
I'VE LIVED IN GARLAND FOR 38 YEARS, AND I'M IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
I'M DISTRICT ONE AND I'M ACTUALLY A NEWBIE.
I'VE BEEN IN GARLAND FOR TWO YEARS NOW, BUT MOVED HERE FROM THE PLAINO AREA AND, UH, SPENT MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE, THESE AREA.
I'M A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE HERE IN CARLAND.
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DISTRICT TWO, AND I HAVE LIVED IN GARLAND SINCE THE EARLY NINETIES.AND I AM A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SO I JUST CAME FROM SCHOOL
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM B, WHICH IS AN ELECTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR.
AND AFTER THAT, Y'ALL BASICALLY TAKING OVER THE ROLE THAT I I'M DOING HERE, UH, FOR Y'ALL AT THIS MOMENT IS KIND OF THE PARLIAMENTARIAN AND AND HANDLE OF KIND OF THE MEETING AND, AND THE, UH, AND KEEPING US ON TRACK AND PUSHING US FORWARD.
SO I GUESS WE'LL OPEN IT UP IF ANYONE WANTS TO EITHER NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE TO BE THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.
WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE FOR THE CHAIR, IS JUST TO WHAT I'M DOING, JUST TO RUN THE MEETING AND TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TOPIC AND I'M HERE TO HELP ALONG THE WAY.
AND WHOEVER'S THE CHAIR WILL, WILL, WILL SET UP MEETINGS AFTERWARDS TO TELL ALL THE ADDITIONAL DUTIES.
BUT PRIMARILY IT'S JUST TO KEEP THE MEETING ON TRACK, ENSURING THAT WE'RE GETTING PROPER VOTES AND STAYING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS. I VOTE FOR YOU,
TECHNICALLY NOT ON THE COMMITTEE.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER IS THE CHAIR, UH, WILL BE PROPERLY, PROPERLY READY TO GO WITH THE TRAINING.
SO WE HAD A FIRST, DO WE GET A FIRST AND A SECOND? WE GET THOSE DONE.
SO WE HAD A FIRST FROM A COMMITTEE MEMBER.
AND YOU'RE JENNIFER, RIGHT? JENNIFER.
SO, AMANDA, YOU WANT TO TRY YOUR FIRST ROLE TO GET US A, A VICE CHAIR AND START THE FINAL, DOES SHE HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITIES? VICE
SO VICE CHAIR WOULD BE AS IF YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE MEETING, THEY WOULD TAKE OVER TO HELP RUN THE MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AMANDA, YOU WOULD JUST START WITH, UH, UH, ITEM C AND JUST WALK US INTO THIS, UH, THE COMMITTEE PURPOSE AND VISION.
AND THEN, UH, READ THE, UH, THE ITEM AND THEN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DUTTON WILL TAKE IT OVER.
UM, SO WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE COMMITTEE PURPOSE AND VISION.
UM, THE COMMITTEE IS REQUIRED TO HEAR AND DISCUSS COUNCIL DUTTON'S VISION FOR THE COMMITTEE.
WAIT UNTIL THE, WHEN YOU HAVE TO RUN IT LIKE FROM THE BEGINNING AND YOU'RE LIKE, UM, FIRST, I SO KNOW.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR JOINING US.
UM, I AM TRULY HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR OUR VERY FIRST ALL ABILITIES COMMUNICATION.
I'M GONNA TRY TO DO STOP DRAWING, BUT IF YOU KNOW ME, I'M A RIDICULOUS PROJECT.
YOU GOT THE CLICKER OVER THERE.
SO THIS IS A MEANINGFUL MOMENT THAT WE DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY.
COMMITTEES LIKE THIS DON'T DISAPPEAR.
THEY'RE CREATED BECAUSE PEOPLE SPOKE UP BECAUSE REAL NEEDS WERE IDENTIFIED AND BECAUSE THERE WERE SHARED UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR CITY MUST DO BETTER AND HOW IT SERVES RESIDENTS OF ALL ABILITIES.
BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH SOMETHING SIMPLE.
TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK FOR OTHER ROOM.
EVERY PERSON HERE BRINGS A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE,
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AND A DIFFERENT REASON FOR SAYING YES TO THIS WORK.THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE.
THE, THE DIVERSITY IS NOT A CHALLENGE, BUT IT IS THE GREATEST STRENGTH OF THIS COMMITTEE.
SO WHY THIS COMMITTEE MATTERS.
THIS COMMITTEE EXISTS BECAUSE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THEIR FAMILIES ARE TOO OFTEN THE LAST TO BE CONSIDERED INSTEAD OF THE FIRST TO BE CONSULTED.
TOO OFTEN DISCUSSIONS ARE MADE ABOUT THEM RATHER THAN WITH THEM.
I WANT THIS COMMITTEE TO BE MORE THAN AN ADVISORY AND NAME.
I WANT IT TO BE A TRUSTED VOICE THAT CITY LEADERSHIP LISTENS TO MVP.
SO DAVID, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I, I ALSO HAVE THE CHISHOLM.
AND SOMETIMES THIS WEEK THE CHISHOLM IS HIT REALLY HARD AND PART OF MY CHISHOLM IS, UM, PUBLIC SPEAKING IS IT LITERALLY IS TERRIFYING TO ME.
SO USUALLY I CRY AND THAT'S HOW MY NERVES COME OUT.
SO JUST KNOW THAT WE, WE DO ALSO KNOW INVISIBLE, INVISIBLE SUPERPOWERS ARE THERE.
UM, SO ACCESSIBILITY ISN'T JUST A CHECKLIST.
IT'S NOT JUST RAMP SIGNAGE OR COMPLIANCE.
ACCESSIBILITY IS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THEIR CITY SITTING.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT YOU OR SOMEONE THAT YOU CARED FOR FELT FRUSTRATED, EXCLUDED, EXHAUSTED, OR JUST TRYING TO NAVIGATE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLE? THAT BILLING IS THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE.
THIS COMMITTEE IS A SPACE FOR HONEST CONVERSATIONS, RESPECTFUL DISAGREEMENTS, PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS, AND FORWARD MOMENTUM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, YOU JUST NEED TO BE WILLING TO ASK HER QUESTIONS AND SPEAK FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE.
YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL NOT DISAPPEAR INTO THE VOID.
THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND ELEVATED APPROPRIATELY.
SO I'VE CHOSEN, UM, TO GIVE YOU TWO ASSIGNMENTS FOR YOUR FIRST MEETING.
YEAH, THERE SHOULD IS IT MIGHT BE ON THE BACK PAGE, MAYBE.
DID THE, DID THE LAST PAPER MAKE IT IN THERE A LITTLE WORKSHEET? TEST ONE AND TWO.
WHERE'S THE BATHROOM? OKAY, PERFECT.
SO, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE HERE FEELING LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO THE FIRST TASK IS AN EXPERIENCE AUDIT.
UM, OBSERVE ONE INTERACTION WITH THE CITY BETWEEN NOW AND YOUR NEXT MEETING.
WAS IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND? WAS IT ACCESSIBLE? DID IT FEEL WELCOMING AND DIGNIFIED? AND WHERE DID IT BREAK DOWN? THEN YOUR SECOND TASK, IF I COULD FIX ONE THING, THIS COMMITTEE COULD REALIST.
IF THIS COMMITTEE COULD REALISTICALLY IMPROVE JUST ONE THING IN THE NEXT YEAR, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY? THAT'S IT.
I FEEL LIKE WE ALL GO THROUGH TIMES WHERE WE KNOW, UM, WITH, WITH GRANT, HE CAME TO ONE OF MY TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND JUST TRYING TO GET WHERE WE COULD COMMUNICATE WAS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE.
SO THOSE ARE THE EXPERIENCES THAT ONE SPARKED THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT? BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO THE SAME MEETINGS AND HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND HAVE THE SAME ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT MEETING.
IT GOES INTO OUR, OUR EVENTS, RIGHT? UM, OUR DOWNTOWN, UM, WE THANKFULLY ARE REPLACING THE P ROCK DOWNTOWN.
'CAUSE SOMEBODY WITH A WALKER CAMP, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA GET CAUGHT UP ON THEIR WHEELS AND IT'S A TRIP HAZARD.
AND SO THOSE ARE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT RELEVANT IN SOMEONE ELSE'S WORLD, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE.
WE ARE SO THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S A PROBLEM TO TRY TO FIX IT.
SO WE CAN BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.
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YES.BECAUSE NOW WE'RE DIGGING OUT P ROCK AND WE'VE GOTTA REPLACE IT.
SO, UM, SO THIS, THIS COMMITTEE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE OUR CITY, THINKS ABOUT INCLUSION NOT JUST NOW, BUT FOR YEARS TO COME.
WE ARE HERE BECAUSE YOUR VOICE MATTERS.
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHOW UP HAS THE POWER TO CREATE REAL CHANGE.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
I THINK LIKE THE LAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGHT TO GET THIS COMMITTEE GOING.
AND SO IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE FINALLY HERE.
Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE AMAZING AND WE'RE GONNA DO BIG THINGS.
DID YOU WANT DO THE ICE BREAKER? OH, SHOOT.
I TOTALLY SKIPPED IT ON MY PAPER 'CAUSE I, UH, LET MY NERVES GET THE BEST OF ME.
BUT I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT SAYS.
IT'S, UH, WHAT'S ONE THING YOU WISH MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY OR DISABILITY? OH, OKAY.
SO DO, I'M GONNA GO AROUND THE ROOM.
AND JUST WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WISH MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY OR DISABILITY? DO YOU WANT START? OKAY.
I, UH, DIRECTLY THE TEXAS DEPART POLICY MAKING.
I HAVE A SON THAT'S ON SPECTRUM AND I'VE SEEN WHAT EXCLUSION LOOKS LIKE AND ALL THOSE THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND I GUESS WHAT, WITH THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE AND JUST WHAT I SAW MY SON GO THROUGH, PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT EVERYBODY SEEN OR UNSEEN DISABILITIES HAS SOMETHING TO GIVE.
THEY'RE EQUAL TO ALL THE REST DOLLARS AND THEY SHOULD BE TREATED AS EQUAL TO ALL THE REST DOLLARS.
AND THEY SHOULD HAVE THE SAME SOCIAL PATH THAT ALL THE, I CAN GO NEXT OR MORE ON THE TABLE.
ONE WAS EXACTLY WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN SAID, THAT NOT ALL DISABILITIES ARE VISIBLE.
I'VE SAID THAT TO MANY PEOPLE MANY TIMES.
BUT ALSO, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, VISITING SOMETHING WITH THE CITY AND REPORTING ON, I DON'T GO TO DOWNTOWN EVENTS BECAUSE I HAVE DIFFICULTY WALKING.
SO I JUST DON'T BOTHER BECAUSE PARKING IS SO DIFFICULT.
AND IF I CAN'T GET A PARKING SPOT CLOSE, IT'S LIKE I'VE WASTED MY TIME.
SO A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE INVISIBLE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY, WE CAN'T PARTICIPATE.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO.
SO, UM, BUT PEOPLE THINK IT IS JUST A WILL PROBLEM AND IT'S JUST ADJUSTABILITY.
FOR ME, UM, I'M GONNA USE AN EXAMPLE.
THERE IS A GENTLEMAN THAT DOES WORK.
THERE'S TWO GENTLEMEN THAT WORK AS CHECKERS OR BAGGERS OR WHATEVER THAT TOM, FUN.
AND RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, I THINK, BUT MAYBE CHRISTMAS.
UM, ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY LAST DAY.
UM, HE'S DEFINITELY A STUDENT WITH UNIQUE ABILITIES OR AN ADULT, YOUNG ADULT.
AND HE SAYS, I'M MOVING TO CALIFORNIA AND BROKE MY HEART BECAUSE WE GET IN THAT GENTLEMAN'S LINE EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
SO I WENT, LIKE, TO ME, HE MOVED.
I TOLD HIS BUDDY, YOU KNOW, HE MOVED AND HE'S LIKE, REALLY? I DIDN'T KNOW.
LONG STORY SHORT IS, YOU KNOW, HE SHOWED BACK UP.
SO HIS PERSPECTIVE WAS NOT HIS REALITY.
AND, UM, I WAS ELATED THAT HE WAS BACK.
AND I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENT ABILITIES DOES NOT, IS NOT A SCARY THING.
AND THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL ABILITIES.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING THAT MAKES ME HAPPY IS WHEN I SEE GARLAND, UM, THE SHELTER POST, THAT THE PURPLE SHIRT GROUP SHOWS UP TO PUT TOGETHER THEIR CARE PACKAGES.
UM, HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE SAFE AND FOR THEM TO
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PR DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE CITY.UM, GRANTS, UM, AND I'VE HEARD FOR TI AND FOR 37 YEARS, AND I CONFRONTED MANY THINGS THAT ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE IN THE WORKPLACE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND BEFORE THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT STARTED, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES, A LOT OF FIGHTING WITH THE BOSS.
AND I'M TRYING TO GET IN TTY TRYING TO GET INTERPRETERS, UM, AND OTHER THINGS TO HAVE ACCESSIBILITY.
AND I SEE IT STILL ALL THE TIME.
AND GROWING UP IN A DEAF, MAINSTREAM, MAINSTREAM SCHOOL, UM, IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN INTERPRETER THERE ALL THE TIME.
UM, BUT I DON'T LIKE TO NECESSARILY JUST SIT AT THE FRONT JUST 'CAUSE I HAVE TO BE AT THE INTERPRETER.
I WANT TO SIT AT THE BACK SO I CAN SEE EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.
AND TWO YEARS AGO, UM, MY ROOF GOT DAMAGED ON MY HOUSE AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE TO HELP US AND I COULDN'T CALL INSURANCE.
SO I HAD TO ASK A NEIGHBOR, UM, WHO DOESN'T KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE AND TRYING TO TEXT WITH THAT PERSON SO THAT THEY COULD CALL FOR ME BECAUSE THE SIGNALS WERE DOWN.
AND IT CREATED A LOT OF CONFUSION AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE PATIENCE WITH ME BECAUSE I NEEDED THEIR HELP WHEN THINGS AREN'T ACCESSIBLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME I'M FINE ON MY OWN.
I HAVE MY PHONE, THEY HAVE INTERPRETERS.
LIKE INTERPRETERS ARE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, BUT PEOPLE NEED COMMUNICATION AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE SENSITIVE AND TO BE, YOU KNOW, MORE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, I FEEL GOVERNMENT RELIES ON POLICY AND RULES RATHER THAN LOOKING AT A SITUATION FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS UH, DISABILITIES.
UH, ONE OF MY EXAMPLES IS MY HUSBAND, UH, IS DISABLED AND HE RIDES A DISABLED BIKE.
AND THERE'S A CORNER ON THE BIKE PATH THAT I WAS, UH, NICELY AT FIRST IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE.
DO YOU KNOW ME? HAVE YOU HEARD OF ME? IS MY NAME ON A LIST? MANY? YEAH.
UH, THERE, THERE'S, UH, THERE WAS A CORNER AND BECAUSE HE WAS ON THIS, UH, SPECIAL BICYCLE, HE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
AND IF HE TRIED TO, ONE OF THE WHEELS WOULD LEAVE THE BIKE PATH AND DUMP HIM A SIX INCH.
IT'S A SIX INCH DROP THAT WOULD TIP HIM OVER.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT LOOK HEALTHY, BUT I CAN'T CALL HIM UP OUT OF THE DITCH.
AND SO I WOULD ASK AND I SENT PICTURES AND MY GIRLFRIENDS AND I WOULD GO OUT THERE WITH MEASURING AND, AND SEND THOSE.
AND IT WAS, UM, OH, YOU KNOW, IT MEETS THE CRITERIA OR WHATEVER BY PATH RULES.
AND SO, AND THEN I YAPPED AROUND SOME MORE.
AND, UH, THEY WENT, AND PHILLIP MAKES ME MORE THAN, OH, JENNIFER, WE FIXED YOUR SITUATION FOR YOU.
WE ADDED THREE INCH MORE WIDTH ON THAT CORNER.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT'S THE CORNER.
THEY, THEY DON'T UNDER, THEY DON'T TRY TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THE PERSON THEY'RE SPEAKING TO SITUATION.
IT'S JUST QUICK, QUICK, QUICK.
WHAT CAN I GET TO NEXT WITHOUT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WOULD DO WHAT I WANTED THEM TO DO, I WOULD BE OFF.
I MEAN, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HEARD FROM ME SIX MONTHS LATER.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN RATHER EFFICIENT JUST TO PUT IN A CURVE INSTEAD OF 93.
AND SO NOW MY HUSBAND WON'T GO OUT ANYMORE.
I MEAN IT'S, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, I I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE GOVERNMENT
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BE MORE, UM, SENSITIVE.SENSITIVE AND AWARE OF THAT WE'RE JUST NOT STATISTICS.
AND TO PUT US OFF AND PUT US OFF AND PUT US OFF.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH IT.
AND IT IS ALL JUST COOKIE CUTTER.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GET THERE.
NO, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE VERY RIGHT.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE HEAR A DA COMPLIANT, AND IN MY OPINION, A DA COMPLIANT IS ABSOLUTELY THE BARE MINIMUM.
JUST BECAUSE IT'S COMPLIANT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ALL INCLUSIVE.
SO, AND I DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE THAT CAME UP WITH THAT HAVE ANY DISABILITIES WITH EVER EXCEPT FOR MAYBE SLOW.
OH, THAT'S, THAT'S, AND I MEAN THAT REALLY, BECAUSE IT IS NOT, IT DOESN'T, DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON FACILITIES MM-HMM
AND SO HE, HE WON'T COME OUT ANYMORE.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE FINALLY TIRED OF IT.
THEY WIN, WE, WE CLICK, AND THEN THIS CAME UP AND I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET'S GET THAT MAN A CURVE.
SO LET'S GET THAT MAN A CURVE.
AND, UM, ONE THING THAT I GREW UP IN GARLAND.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS THAT HAD DISABILITIES AND, AND I WENT TO SCHOOL IN GARLAND.
I DIDN'T SEE KIDS WITH DISABILITIES.
UM, AND OVER THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN DEALING WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE DIAGNOSTICIANS AND THE, EVERY TIME YOU GO TO AN ARG MEETING, THERE'S ONE MORE THING YOUR CHILD'S NEVER GONNA DO.
AND, UM, WE PUT HIM IN LITTLE LEAGUE AND WE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO MAKE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIM AND GET THINGS FOR HIM TO DO, AND THEN HE GETS EXCLUDED FROM THAT.
SO WE DECIDED TO CREATE A LEAGUE, UM, OF, FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES AND WE STARTED THE BUDDY LEAGUE AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 23 YEARS HERE IN GARLAND.
AND, UM, ONE THING I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE AND LOOK FOR IS TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, FOR MOST OF US, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE OPPORTUNITIES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING TAKEN AWAY.
WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING THEM BACK.
AND THAT'S WHAT I, I THINK THIS IS A LOT FOR ME.
WE'RE, FIRST OF ALL, MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE.
THE ONE DAY WE HAD AN ISSUE WAS THE DAY.
SO MY APOLOGIES, I'M VERY RARELY LATE TO A MEETING.
UM, I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN THIS.
I'VE BEEN IN THE RESTAURANT FIELD 30 PLUS YEARS.
I WAS VICE PRESIDENT FOR 10 RESTAURANTS, SEVEN SPORTS VENUES.
AND WHEN YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE BEING SENSITIVE TO THE A DA, SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT.
AND THEY'VE GOT, I I'VE GOT BOTH GOOD EXPERIENCES AND BAD EXPERIENCES.
WHEN YOU THINK YOUR GRANDFATHERED, YOU'RE NOT, YOU HAVE THESE ATTORNEYS THAT ARE SHARKS THAT SEND THESE PEOPLE OUT TO MEASURE YOUR RESTROOMS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN DISTANCE, A CERTAIN FOOTAGE IN THAT RESTROOM.
AND WE LEARNED THE HARD WAY AND WE FIX IT.
ALTHOUGH THIS RESTAURANT OPENED UP IN 1956 AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE GRANDFATHERED THAT, THAT, THAT I THINK FOUR OR FIVE, SEVEN YEARS AGO, THEY BYPASSED THEIR GRANDFATHER AND SAID, EVERYBODY'S GOT SO MUCH TIME TO FIX IT.
SO WE LEARNED AT THE SAME TIME, I HAD ONE OF OUR BOTH FAMOUS DIS DISABLED, UH, CITIZENS FOR TEXAS, WHICH WAS GREG ABBOTT CONTACT US AND SAY, YOU GUYS ARE ONE OF THE BEST.
WE KNOW YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO PEOPLE.
AND WE, WE HELD, UH, ONE OF HIS MEET AND GREET WHEN HE FIRST GOT ELECTED AT OUR LAKE LOCATION AT, UH, LOVER'S LANE.
I'VE ALSO WORKED AT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, OUR SUPERVISOR FOR NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.
I WAS BLESSED ENOUGH TO WIN AWARDS.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT IS BECAUSE WE WERE TAUGHT FROM YOUNG TO GO ABOVE BEYOND EVERYBODY'S EQUAL.
AND I GREW UP WITH A FRIEND WHO WAS NEW AND I DIDN'T KNOW HAND SIGNS.
AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT ONE PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE, HE WAS TELLING ME TO PICK UP HIS SKIN BECAUSE HIS CAT HAD HAD SKINS.
SO I PICKED IT UP AND THEN THE MOTHER JUMPED UP AND SCRATCHED ME.
SO I TOLD MY MOM, I GOTTA LEARN HAND TIME REALLY QUICK.
SO I'VE LEARNED FROM THE GOOD AND THE BAD, BUT I AGREE WE NEED A LOT MORE SENSIBILITY.
AND YOU SEE THE WAY PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU MM-HMM
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THEY JUST WANNA BE EVEN IN REFERENCE TO CREATING MORE JOBS.WE DEALT WITH ONE ORGANIZATION WHERE THE MOTHER WOULD COME IN WITH THE SON AND 90% OF THOSE TIMES THOSE PEOPLE SHOWED UP EVERY TIME.
IT WAS THE HEALTHY THEY HAD ISSUES WITH.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I'M STILL LEARNING.
UM, UH, THE THING THAT I WISH, UM, MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD IS FEELING SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT THAN DOING SOMETHING WITH THAT FEELING.
AND PITY AND COMPLIANCE AND POLICY ARE ALL VERY ACTIVE.
OR EXCUSE ME, PASSIVE MEASURES AND UM, LIKE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND ACTUALLY DOING THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, WEB LEAD TO CHANGE.
AND I WANT MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE FEELINGS FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY BE LOVE IT.
THOSE WERE ALL SOME FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC, UM, RESPONSES.
UM, I, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT BOARD OF PEOPLE HERE.
UM, HAS ANYONE HEARD OF, UM, THE APP CALLED BE MY EYES? SO THIS IS, THIS RIGHT HERE IS EXACTLY WHY THIS COMMITTEE IS, IS NEEDED.
SO BE MY EYES IS AN APP THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ON YOUR PHONE, BE MY EYES, BE MY EYES MM-HMM
AND IT IS AN APP THAT IS FOR PEOPLE WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS.
SO IT IS MY, I GET SO EXCITED WHEN I GET A CALL FROM, FROM BEING MY EYES, UM, BECAUSE YOU, YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE LIFE FOR SOMEONE ELSE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU, YOU CAN SIGN UP AS A VOLUNTEER OR YOU CAN SIGN UP AS A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON.
AND, UM, IF YOU ARE ON THE END OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, THEN YOU WOULD GO ONTO THE APP AND IT DOES A VIDEO CALL, RIGHT? 'CAUSE YOU'RE BANG THEIR EYES SO THEY CAN, UM, ASK YOU ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED.
AND SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET THE VIDEO CALL AND THEY JUST SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
CAN YOU HELP ME? I'VE CHECKED EXPIRATION DATES ON MILK FOR SOMEONE.
UM, I'VE COUNTED MONEY FOR SOMEONE.
UH, WHAT ELSE? A LADY NEEDED, UM, INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SET UP HER COMPUTER.
JUST, I MEAN, THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT, UM, SOMEONE WITH THE VISUAL IMPAIRMENT MIGHT NEED HELP WITH.
AND SO, UM, I, I TRY TO ADVOCATE ALL DAY LONG FOR THAT APP.
UM, I, I WORK PART-TIME IN A NURSING HOME AND SO I EDUCATED THEM ON THE APP AND HOW TO USE IT.
AND, UM, TO KNOW LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FOR THEM IS IS CRAZY.
AND SO, AND IT'S SO BENEFICIAL.
UM, ONE DAY I WAS HELPING A MAN, UH, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT HE CALLED FOR, BUT HE ENDED UP HELPING ME WITH MY CAR
HE WAS LIKE, UH, ARE YOU GETTING IN THE CAR? I WAS LIKE, YEAH.
HE WAS LIKE, SO, UM, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR OIL? I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? HE WAS LIKE, WELL, I CAN'T SEE, BUT MY EYES WERE REAL GOOD
AND SO HE'S, HE'S ACTUALLY A MECHANIC.
HE HAS, HE'S COME, HE'S COMPLETELY BLIND, BUT HE'S A MECHANIC BASED OFF OF SOUND.
SO THIS IS AN IGNORANT QUESTION, BUT DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S AN EQUIVALENT OF LIKE, BE MY EARS? THAT'S WHEN I, I LITERALLY WAS JUST SITTING HERE THINKING LIKE, YOU MIGHT BE MY MOUTH.
I MEAN, IT IS, IT TOTALLY FREE AND IT'S, IT'S AMA IT'S AN AMAZING RESOURCE.
SO IT'S, UM, YEAH, BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I, I HAVE NOT FALLEN DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE FOR SOME REASON.
POOR MIKE IS GETTING, UM, ALL OF MY NESS.
'CAUSE I, I HYPERFOCUS ON THINGS AND THEN IT'S LIKE, WELL NOW I NEED TO SHOW ALL OF THE ANSWERS.
AND SO I'M THAT ANNOYING PERSON THAT'S GONNA ASK YOU 50 11 QUESTIONS FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED TO KNOW.
AND SO WHERE MIKE IS, HE'S GETTING TO EXPERIENCE THAT AND HE'S A, HE'S A B AT IT.
SO THESE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE LIKE, SORRY, I HAVE, THIS IS, I'M NOT JUST TRYING TO BE
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A JERK, BUT I HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS.SOCIAL SKILLS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE BEST FOR ME.
SORRY, I'M NOT REALLY A JERK, BUT I'M NOT GOOD AT SOCIAL SKILLS.
SO, UM, AT CITY EVENTS, I WILL, I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE.
YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND ME HIDING IN THE BATHROOM 'CAUSE IT GETS TOO LOUD.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON THAT DOESN'T HAVE, UM, WE CALLED THEM SUPERPOWERS AT OUR HOUSE BECAUSE, JUST BECAUSE I STRUGGLE WITH OTHER THINGS, LIKE, YOU NEED TO FIND SOME INFORMATION, LIKE, I'M YOUR GIRL.
UM, AND SO, BUT BEING A NEUROTYPICAL PERSON, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
I JUST LEARNED ACTUALLY THE OTHER DAY, UM, THAT NOT EVERYONE CAN VISUALIZE.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS NOT NORMAL.
LIKE DIDN'T, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND NOT EVERYONE HAS WHOLE CONVERSATIONS IN THEIR HEAD.
THE INTERNAL DIALOGUE APPARENTLY THAT I MOST DEFINITELY DO.
SO TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T LIKE, WELL, HOW DO YOU FUNCTION IN LIFE? BUT THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT AREN'T AS WELL AS YOU DO
PROBABLY A LOT BETTER BECAUSE THE SOUNDS OUT.
BUT THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT, UM, YOU, YOU ONLY KNOW IT IF YOU EXPERIENCE THAT EVERY DAY.
AND SO THAT IS WHY THIS COMMITTEE IS SO IMPORTANT, IS BECAUSE I, I DON'T, I JUST GO THROUGH LIFE AND I DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO.
AND SO I KNOW, I KNOW MOST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE THE SAME WAY.
UM, YOU LEARN HOW TO ADAPT AND YOU JUST DO.
AND SO THE THOUGHT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING JUST ISN'T EVEN THERE.
YOU JUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU.
AND SO THEY DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT OR THEY DON'T FUSS ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT LIFE IS.
AND SO WE HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY TO REALLY BE INCLUSIVE TO EVERYONE.
LIKE WE HAVE OUR SENSORY FRIENDLY CHRISTMAS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I, UH, I FEEL A CERTAIN TYPE OF WAY ABOUT.
BUT WE DID REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR, SO I'M NOT GONNA COMPLAIN.
BUT, UM, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INCLUSIVITY AT EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT TO THAT EXTREME, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO, IF, IF YOU NEED TO PARK CLOSER, YOU CAN.
IF YOU NEED A QUIET SPACE, WE HAVE IT.
IF YOU NEED TO JUST SIT AND ROCK THAT, WE'RE GOOD.
LIKE, SO THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN HELP AROUND THE CITY AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME AND INCLUDED AND THEY CAN PARTICIPATE THE SAME WAY THAT EVERYONE ELSE CAN.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE CHANGE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE AND, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYONE FEELS, FEELS LIKE THEY'RE A PART OF TEAM GARLAND.
UM, DO YOU WANNA GIVE TOMMY AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE? SURE.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS.
UM, I MOVED, UH, WELL I I'VE BEEN IN THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUSINESS ALL, ALL MY LIFE.
I'M A FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONSULTANT NOW, SO I RUN CONCERTS.
I WAS THEIR, UH, CONSULTANT FOR THE CURTIS CALDWELL CENTER FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
I DO EVERYTHING FROM, UH, TONY ROBBINS MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER TO, UH, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS VERSUS OKLAHOMA.
UH, WORKED AT THE HOSPITALS, UH, RAN RESTAURANTS.
I'VE BEEN AROUND THE VALLEY, BUT I RAN 25 IHOPS AND THAT BROUGHT ME TO THIS AREA AND SOMETHING SAID, YOU NEED TO PLANT YOUR ROOTS HERE.
I DIDN'T WANNA GO BACK TO HOUSTON, ALTHOUGH I HAVE SEVEN SIBLINGS THERE.
WELL, NOT MY FATHER, BUT I FOUND GARLAND AND, AND, AND IT WAS FOR ME.
WE WERE IN OUR COMMUNITY MAYBE TWO MONTHS AND I TOLD MY LADY LUPE, I SAID, LUPE, WE'RE GONNA OWN THIS COMMUNITY ONE DAY.
SHE SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO ONE TALKS ANYBODY? I TALK TO EVERYBODY, BUT I CAN'T HELP IT.
SALVADOR WATERMELON IS FILIPINO VIETNAMESE, HE IS INDIAN, BUT THEY DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER.
SO I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO START A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.
28 PEOPLE ALL COOK FOR, UH, WE NOW HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST, WE HAD 150 HERE THIS LAST OCTOBER.
WE NOW HAVE STATE REPRESENTATIVES, UH, THAT SHOW UP ARE POLICE CAPTAIN, LIEUTENANT.
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BEEN BLESSED IN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS FROM, UH, FROM THE CITY, UH, UH, DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING ED MOORE, I THIS COMPARED TO WHERE I CAME FROM, PIT WARD AND HOUSTON.THIS IS STILL THE GREATEST I'VE EVER SEEN.
MY DAD STILL LIVES IN PIT WARD AND HE WON'T MOVE FOR NOTHING, BUT EVEN THE DOGS RUNNING GANGS, EVERYTHING'S GANG ORIENTED OVER THERE.
BUT I'M APPRECIATIVE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
AND, UH, GARLAND'S MY HOMETOWN.
UM, I'M ALSO HOUSTON NATIVE, BUT GARLAND IS MY HOMETOWN NOW.
UM, NEXT, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO DISCUSS THE MEETING DATES.
UM, I GENERALLY DON'T WANT TO LIKE, UH, REINVENT THE WHEEL IF THIS ISN'T BROKEN.
IS THIS FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, WOULD THIS BE ACCESSIBLE? I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE RUSHED TO GET YOUR TO DOWN
I'M EVEN FIVE 30 IT SAYS I'M COMING FROM PLANO AND WE HAVE FACULTY MEETINGS ON WEDNESDAYS THAT THIS ONE WENT UNTIL 4 47.
SO FIVE 30 WOULD BE CHRISTIAN OR SIX, EITHER IS FINE.
6:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.
HERE, RIGHT HERE IN THE LIBRARY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
OH, IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? YES.
I OPPOSED, IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, HE CAN VOTE.
AS FAR AS LIKE AGENDA BILL BUILDING FOR FUTURE, UM, MEETINGS, WOULD THAT OCCUR THIS EVENING OR WOULD I GET DIRECTION ON THAT? SURE.
I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, BUT, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO IS IF YOU, LET'S JUST OPEN IT UP FOR IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY AGENDA ITEMS POSTED NEXT TIME AND WE CAN WE'LL DISCUSS AHEAD AND DISCUSS NOW WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF AGENDA ITEMS Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, I FAILED TO MENTION AT THE BEGINNING WE DO HAVE BINDERS FOR EVERYONE, UH, THAT DOES HAVE THE RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL PASSED TO ESTABLISH THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, YOU MIGHT LOOK THROUGH THIS, BUT ON SECTION FOUR KIND OF OUTLINES, UH, WITH, WITH WHAT COUNCILWOMAN TON HAS ALREADY DONE A MUCH BETTER JOB OF, BUT IN LEGAL TERMS WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S PURPOSE IS AND WHAT Y'ALL ARE INTENDED TO DO.
SO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE BACK TO COUNCIL, AND AGAIN, I'M MATT, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY NEEDS AND THESE AGENDA ITEMS COME UP, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE RESEARCH DONE AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
SO I'M, I'M HERE TO ASSIST Y'ALL.
SO I GUESS WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND START TALKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT MEETING ITEMS WE WOULD LIKE AT THE NEXT, NEXT SESSION.
WE'LL JUST OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION.
I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WROTE DOWN THIS EVENING ARE, UM, JUST HAVING A LIST OF WHAT, UM, EVENTS ARE UPCOMING, UH, FOR THE CITY AND WHAT, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS, UM, THE CITY HAS MADE AT FUTURE, OR SORRY, PAST EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, WHAT HASN'T AND WHAT HASN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN I WAS ALSO CURIOUS IF WE HAVE ANY INSIGHTS ABOUT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING THAT WE COULD ADD TO OUR LIST OF OFFERINGS.
WHAT'S A QUESTION? CAN WE ALSO PUT ON THE AGENDA, UH, SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW PROGRAMS? I HAVE ONE IN MINE BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN
HERE IS THAT PROGRAM AT THE CITY LEVEL, IT'S THE CITY LEVEL AND IT'S INVOLVING THE LIBRARIES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND OR GET A UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNICATION AND WHERE ARE WE, WHERE HAS THE CITY REACHED OUT TO
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INCLUDE, UM, EVERYONE? IS THAT WHERE WE'RE AT NOW? WE WANT TO GO TO THAT ROUTE.YOU KNOW, KIND OF SOME BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE ON SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS WORKED IN THE PAST AND NOT, BUT COMMUNICATING, GETTING THE WORD OUT.
UM, I'VE GOT NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET, TWO NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, YOUNG ADULTS NO LONGER IN SCHOOL.
UM, NEITHER ONE OF THEM, WELL ONE OF 'EM, ONE OF THE FAMILY'S MINIMAL ENGLISH.
UM, THE OTHER FAMILY I THINK HAS SOME ENGLISH.
BUT, UM, I THINK COMMUNICATION AND LETTING, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH.
HOW ARE WE REACHING OUT TO THE, 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE SIGN UP AND SAY, OH, DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS PERSON IN YOUR OWN, I MEAN, AGAIN, THE SILENT ONES, BUT THE OUTREACH, WELL ADD TO WHAT JAN WAS SAYING, I WAS KIND OF THINKING, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, UH, REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN THE CITY ABOUT THINGS LIKE, UH, SAFETY BE MY EYES OUT.
YOU KNOW, DOES THAT COME THROUGH THE WATER BILL? DOES THAT COME THROUGH THE GAR WATER BILL'S? NOT A GOOD THING TO MENTION.
THE WATER BILL'S A TOUCHY SUBJECT TO COMMUNICATE TO THE CITY THAT THE CITY HAS THESE ACTUAL MONEY THAT HELP.
AND MATT, CAN WE ADD, UM, MAYBE OUR THERAPEUTIC CREATION, WHAT OUR THERAPEUTIC CREATION, UM, DEPARTMENTS SO THEY CAN COME AND KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF LIKE THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
UM, SAM WITH AQUATICS HAS BEEN AMAZING TRYING TO DO, UM, LIKE A, A SPECIAL NEEDS SWIMMING DAY.
UM, THEY DID TWO THIS SUMMER AT HOLFORD AND SO THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO, TO FOCUS ON THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AND TRYING TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY A GOOD AVENUE.
AND THEN MAYBE PD, UM, THEY HAVE A SAFE AT SAFE AT HOME.
MAYBE THEY, AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THIS NEXT AGENDA IF IT'S GONNA GET SO FULL, BUT, UM, JUST WHILE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, THEY CAN COME AND EXPLAIN HOW THAT GOES.
ALSO, JUST TO, UM, TO ADD ON TO THAT, UM, PART OF, UM, WHEN MY
UM, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A NONVERBAL KID, HOW, HOW ARE THEY GONNA TELL YOU THEIR NAME? SO PART OF THAT IS THE COMMITTEE CAN HELP REALLY JUST FINE TUNE, LIKE GIVE SUGGESTIONS TO HELP THEM FINE TUNE.
'CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED WAS, UM, WELL HOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE UM, I HAD A NONVERBAL, UM, FOSTER, SHE'S NOT GONNA TELL YOU HER NAME.
UM, THE NURSE THAT, YEAH, IT'S LUCKILY SHE, SHE DIDN'T, SHE WASN'T AN ELOPER, BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENED, I MEAN, 'CAUSE LOOK, WHEN YOU GOT TWO PEOPLE ON THE LIKE, TIMES GOT A LITTLE WEIRD, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
I'M LIKE, BRO, COME ON, COME ON.
WELL THERE, THERE WERE OCCASIONS WHERE I COULD HAVE JUST LEFT HER.
BUT, UM, BUT IN THE EVENT, LIKE HOW, HOW DO THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE LIKE A PICTURE DATABASE.
LIKE YOU LITERALLY JUST SEND AN EMAIL WITH THEIR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER ADDRESS WILL, IT'S, IT'S NOT RELEVANT IN THEIR, THEIR WORLD.
AND SO THEY, UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH IT, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL GUYS, YOU PROBABLY NEED LIKE PICTURES TO KNOW WHO, WHO THEY ARE AND YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, TRAINING, LIKE NO PD DOESN'T HAVE TRAINING ON HOW TO HANDLE SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE.
UM, BUT JUST SOUND COMING OUT WITH THE SEATBELT THINGS.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT, UM, THAT WHILE THE WHEELS WERE TURNING WAS LIKE THAT WE COULD REALLY JUST HELP FINE TUNE THOSE THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY'RE GREAT THINGS WE'VE ALREADY, THAT WE HAVE, BUT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE CREATING THEM, IT'S NOT PART OF THEIR WORLD.
SO LIKE APPLAUD THEM FOR DOING IT AND THINKING OF IT HOWEVER, LIKE, LET'S MAKE IT WORTHWHILE.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE CAN, ARE THERE, UM, IS THERE A GRANT WRITER
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ON THE COMMITTEE? BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE.I MEAN, ONCE WE FIND THE NEED, OH, WELL LET'S, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO HAND THIS OUT.
NOT COMMUNICATION DEVICES, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A NEED, IT'S SOMETIMES IT MAY COST MONEY.
AND SO YOU WRITE A GRANT FOR IT.
SO THAT'S, IF YOU, IN YOUR SPARE TIME WHEN YOU'RE HYPERFOCUSED ON GRANTS, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING.
YOU KIDDING? BUT ACTUALLY THAT IS, COULD BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE THIS.
I'M SORRY, DOES THE CITY HAVE A GRANT WRITER POSITION THAT I, SOMETHING I DON'T, I DON'T NAIL WE DON'T HAVE A GRANT WRITER POSITION.
BUT AGAIN, LOOK AT ME AS YOUR STAFF LIAISON.
IF WE, IF WE'RE IDENTIFYING NEEDS AND WE NEED TO RESEARCH GRANTS, WE WILL FIND A WAY TO WRITE THE GRANT IN ONCE HE GOES THROUGH THE COUNSEL PROCESS.
IF THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE THAT'S FREE, I'M ALL FOR IT.
AND MATT USED, UM, MATT WAS FORMERLY OUR CFO, SO, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T LIKE SPENDING ON MYSELF
UM, I MEAN, AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF LIFE IS NOT WHAT YOU KNEW, WHAT YOU KNOW OR WHAT YOU HAVE, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE.
AND SO, UM, LIKE GOOD, SAM HAS A GIRL THAT IS A FANTASTIC
WE'VE GOT SHEENA WITH UH, P FORD.
SHE, THAT IS CURRENTLY ONE OF OUR MISSIONS IS WE'RE LOOKING AT GRANTS FOR THE BOXING ROOM.
AND SO WE ARE NOT GRANT WRITERS, BUT I WILL WATCH ENOUGH YOUTUBE VIDEOS.
SO
JUST KIND OF THROWING ALL THE THINGS THAT GOT HOT ON IN THE FIRST MEETING I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO I'M HEARING MAYBE IN THE FIRST MEETINGS, MAYBE AN OVERVIEW.
UM, THERE, THERE'S PROBABLY TONS OF DEPARTMENTS WE CAN RUN THROUGH.
I WILL REACH OUT TO DEPARTMENTS AND, AND SEE WHO'S AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT WEDNESDAY TO BRING THEM IN.
EITHER SAM WITH AQUATICS OR PD OR WHOEVER IS AVAILABLE.
BUT MAYBE JUST AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE GRANTS, ALL THE, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY THE EVENTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING AND SOME OF THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS.
AND WE, WE'LL DO SOME RESEARCH ON WHAT MAYBE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, BUT MAYBE JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
AND THEN I'LL FIND SOME DEPARTMENT.
BUT IT MAY BE GOOD JUST TO HAVE A DEPARTMENT COME, YOU KNOW, PERIODICALLY AS I HAVE AVAIL, CAN FIND AVAILABILITY FOR THEM TO COME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND THEN WE'LL SET UP A AGENDA ITEM FOR SUGGESTIONS THAT, AND WE'LL MAYBE CONTINUE THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S COUNCILWOMAN DOUG'S, UH, INTENTION OF THIS ANYWAY IS TO GET INPUT IN.
SO WE'LL JUST HAVE AN ONGOING STANDING ITEM FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW PROGRAMS OR SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT Y'ALL CAN DISCUSS.
AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY ON, ON THE, UH, COMMUNICATION AS WELL.
UH, WE COULD HAVE PROBABLY HAVE OUR PUBLIC MEDIA RELATIONS COME IN AT SOME POINT TO DISCUSS THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I HAD WRITTEN DOWN.
IS THAT SOUND LIKE A GOOD START FOR US? MM-HMM
WELL, AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH BUDDY LEAGUE.
SO HAVE YOU GUYS, DID Y'ALL EVER APPLY FOR GRANTS WITH THE BUDDY LEAGUE? WE HAVE NOT.
UM, AND I'VE BEEN REALLY LUCKY THAT I'M FROM GARLAND AND I HAVE PEOPLE THAT I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH AT NORTH GARLAND THAT SEND ME MONEY EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND THEY CAN PAY FOR THE WHOLE SEASON.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE GUNSTON HOSES IS OUR, ONE OF OUR SPONSORS.
AND I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THE PARK FOUNDATION HAS, YOU KNOW, HELPED US OUT.
AND, AND THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS DONE INCREDIBLE THINGS FOR US.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED BUDDY LEAGUE, I REMEMBER THE MAN THAT I TALKED TO, HE WAS LIKE, OH, WE DON'T NEED YOU TO BE THE, I MEAN, WE DON'T NEED BUDDY LEAGUE TO BE A COORDINATED ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY.
WE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST USE SOMEBODY ELSE'S FIELD.
AND, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT STARTED.
AND WE STARTED GETTING PEOPLE IN LIKE SAM, UM, WHO HAVE BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL AND THE CITY HAS COME IN AND MODIFIED OUR FIELD AND THEY'VE DONE SUCH GREAT THINGS AND THEY'RE GREAT SUPPORTERS.
SO I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GET A GRANT TO DO TO GET AN A ED MM-HMM
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT THING I WANNA LOOK AT DOING IS GETTING, GETTING THAT THERE.
THERE WAS A TIME Y'ALL WERE NON-ACTIVE.
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UM, WE, WE LOST, I JUST, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEAR ABOUT IT AND THEN IT WENT.I THOUGHT, OH, IT MUST HAVE, AND THEN IT CAME BACK UP.
SO NO, THE ONLY TIME THAT WE HAVEN'T PLAYED WAS THE THREE SEASONS DURING COVID AND WE COULDN'T PLAY.
BUT YEAH, NO, WE, WE GET BIGGER EVERY YEAR.
SO MATT, MATT, DO WE HAVE ANY CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OTHER COMMITTEES IN OTHER LOCAL CITIES THAT MAYBE WE COULD SIT WITH TWO OR THREE OF US OR ONE OF US AND SEE WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED AND OF EXPEDITE OUR MISSION HERE? I COULD DEFINITELY DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT AND SEE, UH, LIKE KIND COMMITTEES AND OUR AREA CITIES AND SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO SHARE WITH US, SHARE WHAT THEY CAN.
I HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT.
IS IT OKAY TO GO AHEAD, COMMENT NOW.
SO DO ANY OF YOU ALL GO TO UM, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS? THEY HAVE 'EM LIKE QUARTERLY NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
SO I WENT THERE, UM, LAST YEAR TWICE AND IT WAS SUCH A STRUGGLE.
UM, THERE, THEY PUT CAPTIONS ON THE TV.
UM, SO I THINK WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE, UM, RC AT THE LIBRARY TO SEE IF, IF WE CAN PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE DEAF PEOPLE DEAF COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN WATCH, THEY'RE WATCHING THAT MEETING ON THEIR SCREEN AS THEY'RE CAPTIONING.
UM, SO HOW WOULD YOU FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN? AND THIS WAS WAS SPECIFIC TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS? YEAH.
UM, THERE WERE DIFFERENT MEETINGS TOO.
LAST TIME I WENT TO A MEETING IT WAS, UM, THEY USED AN IPAD TO OPEN TO HAVE A CAPTIONING, BUT IT WAS JUST SO TINY.
I WASN'T ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS WITHOUT AN INTERPRETER.
SO I WAS JUST READING THESE, THIS TINY LITTLE CAPTIONING.
AND SO I ASKED IF THEY COULD SET UP, UM, A LARGER SCREEN MAYBE FOR THE NEXT TIME.
SO WHO WOULD WE CONTACT TO MAKE THAT KIND OF THING HAPPEN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT'S SET UP IN THE CORRECT WAY.
WERE THESE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, CITY EVENTS? HOW DID START THAT CONVERSATION? IT WAS, IT WAS MY TOWN HALL.
UM, AND A GRADE HAD SHOWN ME AN APP THAT LIKE, AS I WOULD SPEAK, IT WOULD, IT WOULD COME UP WITH THE CAPTIONS, BUT WE, WE COULDN'T GET THE TV TO GET THE, LIKE WE COULDN'T STREAM IT ONTO THE TV OR CAST IT OR WHATEVER.
AND SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO USE MY TABLET.
AND SO HE'S LIKE, GOTTA BE SO CLOSE TO IT.
AND SO IT'S REALLY JUST LIKE, I THINK OF LIKE A TECHNOLOGY, UM, PIECE OF THE PIE THAT WE'RE MAYBE LACK.
ARE THERE, THERE, IS THERE LIKE A CITY TECHNICIAN THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE AT THOSE MEETINGS? UH OH, NO.
UM, BUT WE COULD HAVE IT OR FACILITIES KIND OF LOOK AT IT.
'CAUSE LISTEN, I DIDN'T, MY AUTISM SUPERPOWER IS NOT, UM, IT, IT IS NOT MY LITTLE NEIGHBOR BOY WHO IS GOT AUTISM, HE COULD FIX THE COMPUTER AND REBUILD IT, BUT I DID NOT GET THAT.
SO, UM, I ACTUALLY LOVE MYSELF ON MY IPAD ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, SO IT VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN ME AND THEY COULD TRAIN ME ON THAT OR I DON'T, IF THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHICH UH, FACILITY WAS THAT AT, AT
I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I AM SURPRISED THAT THE CITY DOESN'T PROVIDE INTERPRETERS AT EVERY CITY EVENT.
UM, IN THE ISD, IF THERE POTENTIALLY IS GOING TO BE A DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUAL, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE INTERPRETERS.
AND SO I'M, WHEN I SAW THEM, I WAS NOT SURPRISED, UH, DIDN'T KNOW WHY THEY WERE HERE UNTIL I GOT SETTLED.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, WE WANNA START WITH WHERE TO START.
THAT'S A CITY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW WHAT, AT EVERY MEETING WELL UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
UM, IT'S JUST A SMALL ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR THEM.
SO, SO I'M JUST THINKING THE CITY MAY HAVE TAKE A STEP AND STEP INTO I DON'T KNOW WHAT, JUST TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
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TO PROVIDE.SO, AND PART OF WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS WE HAVE, UM, THE WEST GARLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT THEY ALSO MEET AT
AND SO WE'VE DONE ONE, ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT HE CAME TO WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING.
THE OTHER ONE WAS MY, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING.
AND SO IT'S THE SAME, THE SAME VENUE THOUGH, WHICH HE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, THE SCREEN IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO, HOW TO WORK IT.
SO I'M GONNA ASK THE INTERPRETERS, IS THERE A, OR IS THERE A RESOURCE TO REACH OUT TO WHEN INTERPRETERS ARE NEEDED A A GROUP? WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY HAS A BUDGET FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
I GUESS WE CAN ASK, UM, THEM TO PROVIDE INTERPRETERS MAYBE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE? WOULD THE CITY BE ABLE TO FUND SOMETHING LIKE THAT? CURRENTLY IT'S, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH AND PROPOSE BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, INCLUSION IN THE, IN THE BUDGET THAT I COULD, I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING MOSTLY IS FIRST WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES THAT ARE IN OUR REC CENTERS.
AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO POSSIBLY FIX THOSE.
AND THEN SECOND, WE CAN OVER TIME WORK TO TRY TO BUILD A A, SOMETHING FOR CONSIDERATION TO CITY COUNCIL IS WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING INTERPRETERS AT, AT EVENTS.
AND I'M SURE THE, THAT'S SCALABLE.
WHAT, WHAT KIND OF EVENTS ARE WE GONNA DO THAT AT? WHAT FACILITIES? AND MAYBE WE CAN EVEN LOOK INTO AT HAVING DESIGNATED FACILITIES THAT HAVE THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGIES SO THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR TOWN HALLS AND THINGS UP THERE.
SO WE'LL DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT AND BRING THAT FORWARD AT A FUTURE MEETING.
UM, IT APPLIES TO, UM, DIFFERENT, UNLIKE EVEN ART EVENTS.
I WENT TO UM, THE ASIAN FESTIVAL LAST YEAR, UM, AND THEY HAD MUSIC ON AND WERE SHOWING DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS AND INTRODUCING PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE AND THERE WAS NO INTERPRETERS LIKE THOSE EVENTS.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, WHO PAYS FOR THE INTERPRETERS FOR THOSE EVENT? THOSE EVENTS.
BUT THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DOES PRODUCE A CHALLENGE.
THOSE ARE PROBABLY ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GRANT WRITING SIDE.
UM, IT MAY NOT BE FOR LIKE, ONGOING COST TO HAVE AN ACTUAL INTERPRETER.
IF WE CAN FIND SOME MECHANISM TO, TO UH, LOOK THROUGH ALL THE GRANTS AND, AND DISCUSS THOSE THROUGHOUT OUR TIME HERE, WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
BUT ALSO WHAT A BRAGGER THAT HE WENT TO THE ASIAN AMERICAN EVENT.
DIDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE FIRECRACKERS.
YOU NEED TO GET YOU SOME LOOPS.
SO I JUST STICK THEM IN ALL THE TIME.
SO I THINK WE, I DON'T MIND IT.
WE'LL DIVVY UP TO FUTURE, UM, MEETINGS.
UM, WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED TO DISCUSS BEFORE ADJOURNING? I'LL JUST SAY WE, WE WILL SEND THE AGENDAS OUT 'CAUSE WE KIND OF TECHNICALLY WE KIND OF LOOK, GOT A LITTLE OFF TOPIC.
WE WERE JUST GONNA LET IT GO 'CAUSE IT'S OUR FIRST MEETING, BUT WE WILL SEND THE AGENDAS OUT IN ADVANCE.
SO JUST LET US KNOW IF WE'RE ON POINT.
AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THE, WHICH Y'ALL ARE DISCUSSED, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO SPREAD OUT OVER TIME 'CAUSE I'M GONNA HAVE TO ONE ME HAVE TIME TO GET WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AND SOME OF THIS IS GONNA TAKE SOME RESEARCH AND TAKING IT OUT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND FIGURING THAT OUT.
BUT WE, WE CAN HAVE, UH, HOPEFULLY THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL UH, INCLUDE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND WE'LL HAVE JUST A RUNNING LIST SO YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE IT IN OUR QUEUE, KIND OF WHERE IT'S AT.
THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE.
UM, I HAVE ANOTHER, UM, ONE MORE THING TO ADD REAL QUICK.
WE NEED TO ADD, UM, AN ACCESSIBILITY PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE TO EXPLAIN CLEARLY, UM, WHAT'S PROVIDED, UM, HOW CONTACT SERVICES, WHO CONTACT THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND THAT INFORMATION.
UM, WHEN I WENT TO THE CITY PRESENTATION LAST YEAR, UM, I MET WITH CARISSA, UM, AND SOMEONE ELSE AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO.
BUT, UM, IT TOOK US, UM, WE FINALLY GOT IN TOUCH WITH, UH, MS. STUBBS AND TRYING TO FIND THE INFORMATION, WHO TO CONTACT TO GET STUFF SCHEDULED.
SO DO NOT IF IT WAS ON THE WEBSITE SO YOU KNEW WHO TO REACH OUT TO.
THAT COULD PROBABLY FLOW INTO, UH, WHAT OUR OTHER CITY'S DOING AS WELL, SO MM-HMM
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ALRIGHT WITH THAT, WE ADJOURN AND IS SIX, SEVEN.