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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.UM, AMADOR AND, UH, ROBERT ARE EXCUSED FOR TODAY, SO I'M GLAD THAT THE REST OF YOU ARE HERE.
AND SO WE WILL BEGIN THE FEBRUARY MEETING OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION.
AND THE FIRST THING I WANNA DO IS REMIND EVERYBODY TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
OKAY? AND THE SECOND THING THAT WE WANNA DO IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? DO I HEAR A MOTION? I MOVE.
SO THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
A SECOND AREA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THEY'RE HERE TO HEAR THE AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AND WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE DELEE WILLIAMS HERE WITH US TODAY, AND ACTUALLY THE REST OF THE PARK STAFF, BECAUSE EVIDENTLY THEY HAD A LATE NIGHT LAST NIGHT, SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP THIS MORNING.
THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN GO HOME.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PARTY ALL NIGHT.
PARTY ALL NIGHT AT PARK BOARD
OKAY, LET'S PUT, WELL, GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS DELEE WILLIAMS AND I'M THE MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS FOR THE SENIOR CENTER.
WE HAVE SOME NICE PHOTOS FOR YOU GUYS TO, UH, VIEW.
OH, SORRY, THAT ONE SHOULD HAVE COME OUT.
SO THE SENIOR CENTER IS SCHEDULED FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, WHICH MEANS BASICALLY WE'RE ALMOST THERE TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THE SITE, YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS ACTIVITY FINALLY HAPPENING OVER THERE, AND THEY ARE MOVING AND GROOVING.
UM, THE CONTRACTOR FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT WE USED FOR HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER.
THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER, AND I FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL MEET THE DEADLINES OF, UH, THIS FALL.
SO WE DON'T, HAVEN'T RUN INTO ANY ISSUES, BUT FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT, THIS IS THE SITE.
IT LOOKS WAY BETTER ON Y'ALL'S THAN IT DOES ON MINE.
UM, MINE LOOKS JUST VERY WHITE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LEGEND OVER HERE.
THE, THE ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT USED TO BE, SO IT, UM, ACTUALLY THE ENTRY NOW WILL BE OFF OF AVENUE B VERSUS AVENUE A, HOW IT USED TO BE.
UM, WE'VE GOT THE PARKING THERE.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO, YOU CAN ENTER FROM AVENUE A OR B.
UM, OVER HERE IN THE LEGEND YOU SEE IN THE RED, IT TALKS ABOUT SOME AD ALTERNATES.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN WE PUT A PROJECT OUT FOR BID, IF WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW COSTS ARE GONNA COME IN, THIS ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM THE PROJECT TO SAVE MONEY.
HOWEVER, WE WERE FORTUNATE, UM, THAT ALL OF OUR AD ALTERNATES, UM, ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE PROGRESS.
SO TWO, UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME COVERED SHADE AREAS OUTSIDE.
SO THIS IS JUST THE SITE LAYOUT.
AND I'VE GOT A NEXT SLIDE REALLY GOES INTO THE FLOOR PLAN IN, SO THIS FLOOR PLAN, UM, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE LEGEND AND IDENTIFY IT WITH THE NUMBERS, BUT YOU WALK INTO THE FACILITY AND, AND I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES COMING UP THAT WILL REALLY SHOW YOU HOW THE, THE SPACE SPACES WILL FEEL, THE RENDERINGS THAT THE ARCHITECT HAS PROVIDED WITH THE MATERIAL SELECTIONS THAT WE'VE, UM, CHOSEN.
SO, UM, BUT OUR INTENT OF THIS AND GOING THROUGH THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZING SPACE, UM, BEING ABLE TO USE THE CENTER IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE FITNESS ROOM WAS, UH, HIGH DEMAND, UM, IN OUR PUBLIC INPUT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WE WANTED IT TO FEEL LIGHT AND AIRY AND INVITING.
THAT WAS, UH, COMMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED DURING THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT WE DID.
UM, SO YOU HAVE, UM, WHEN YOU'RE WALKING IN, UH, 14, RIGHT THERE, THAT IS THE, UH, GAME ROOM POOL TABLES, DOMINO, TABLES 15 AND 16.
THOSE CAN ACTUALLY BE OPENED UP INTO ONE LARGE ROOM.
BUT THAT'S THE ARTS AND CRAFT ROOM AND WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE IMMERSIVE CLASSROOM.
THE IMMERSIVE CLASSROOM HAS THE ABILITY TO PROJECT IMAGES ONTO THE WALL.
YOU CAN DIM THE LIGHTS, SO MAYBE YOUR TAI CHI CLASS WANTS TO BE IN THERE AND THERE'S AN IMAGE OF THE BEACH, OR MAYBE YOU'RE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.
AND SO IT JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THAT SPACE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT.
UM, 17, UH, WE HAVE OUR ARTS AND CRAFTS
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ROOM.WE'LL STILL HAVE THE KILN THAT WE HAD OVER, UM, AT THE FORMER FACILITY.
SO CERAMICS WILL STILL BE A PART OF THE PROGRAMS THAT GO ON.
AND AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THAT SPACE, UH, 20 IS OUR LIBRARY.
SO THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF COMPUTERS THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.
AND THEN YOU MOVE INTO THIS SPACE.
UM, 23 IS THE DINING ROOM, 24 AND 25.
THAT'S THE KITCHEN AREA WHERE ALL OF THE MEALS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE SERVED.
UM, 13, THAT IS A REALLY LARGE, UM, EVENT SPACE AND REALLY NICE LOT OF WINDOWS AND ACTUALLY LOOKS OUT, UM, YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING OUT ONTO AVENUE A SO TOWARDS DOWNTOWN, UM, 11 AND 12.
SO YOU OVER IN THAT AREA TO THE, TO THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE, THAT IS OUR FITNESS SPACE.
IT'S A VERY NICE FITNESS SPACE.
ALBERT MONTERO, THE RECREATION DIRECTOR, HAS, UH, WORKED ON WITH THE, UH, FITNESS EQUIPMENT VENDOR ON THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY NICE EQUIPMENT.
IF YOU'VE VISITED HOLFORD, IF YOU'VE VISITED AUDUBON, ANY OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS, YOU'LL SEE THE, THE VERY NICE, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE, STATE OF THE ART.
ALSO WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, AND KEEP IN MIND SPACING FOR SENIORS WITH MOBILITY ISSUES.
SO THAT WAS, UH, TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT INTO THE FITNESS ROOM DESIGN.
AND THEN WHAT 12 IS, IS AN INDOOR WALKING TRACK.
'CAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, IN JULY, YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANNA BE WALKING OUTSIDE.
UM, THIS ACTUALLY, YOU COULD WALK THE, THE SITE, BUT AGAIN, IN JULY YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANNA BE WALKING OUTSIDE.
SO THIS WILL ALLOW, UM, PEOPLE TO STILL BE ABLE TO GET WALK AND, UH, DO THEIR EXERCISING IN THERE.
AND THEN THERE, ROOM NINE, THAT IS THE GROUP FITNESS SPACE.
AND SO, UH, IT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES IN THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OFFICE ADMIN AREA THERE IN THE, LIKE, THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE, ALL OF THAT AREA.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO SEE IT LIKE THIS, BUT I THINK, UM, SHOWING YOU ALL SOME PICTURES TO HELP YOU VISUALIZE WHAT IS COMING, UM, REALLY WILL GET EVERYBODY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO THIS IS THE FRONT ENTRY, AND OF COURSE YOU SEE THAT IT IS COVERED.
OBVIOUSLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING, UM, THROUGH OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND BEING DROPPED OFF, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE PROTECTED FROM ELEMENTS.
IF IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE, ALSO GREAT.
YOU KNOW, SAY I'M DROPPING OFF MY MOM OR MY DAD, I CAN DROP THEM OFF AND, AND KEEP GOING.
SO THAT'S A REALLY NICE SPACE AND WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
THE PICTURE HERE ON THE BOTTOM IS JUST ANOTHER VIEW.
THE TWO ROOMS THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE, THAT'S THE, UH, PARTY ROOM, THE CLASSROOMS, UH, SPACES.
A LOT OF WINDOWS IN THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN THIS IS THE FEEL AS YOU WERE COMING INSIDE.
SO THAT TOP, UH, PICTURE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE JUST WALKED THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS TO THE LEFT IS YOUR GAME ROOM.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COLOR PALETTE IS VERY CALMING.
WE WEREN'T TRYING TO DO BRIGHT CRAZY COLORS.
WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY GIVE THE SPACE AN ELEVATED FEEL.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'VE GOT THE CROWN MOLDING AND DIFFERENT, JUST TOUCHES THAT KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT UP A NOTCH.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE, THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING OUT THE FRONT DOORS.
YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, INTO THE GAME ROOM, AGAIN, THE NICE WINDOWS.
UM, THIS, UH, TOP PICTURE IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE BIG EVENT SPACE.
SO IT'S GOT A LITTLE SEATING AREA, AGAIN, KIND OF AN EXTENSION OF THAT LOBBY AREA AND OR ANYBODY THAT'S IN THE EVENT SPACE, MAYBE IF YOU'RE RENTING OUT THE FACILITY, IT'S JUST ANOTHER PLACE FOR YOU TO GATHER, UM, AND, AND UTILIZE AS PART OF YOUR RESERVATION.
AND THEN THAT BOTTOM PICTURE IS A PICTURE OF THE, UH, GAME ROOM.
UH, I KNOW IT USED TO BE CALLED THE MAN CAVE.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THINK TV, UH, THE BILLIARDS, WE WILL HAVE, UH, THERE'S A SOME, UH, SHELF SPACE OVER THERE WHERE A COUNTERTOP, UH, WHERE, YOU KNOW, COFFEE, YOU CAN GET WATER.
THE DOMINO TABLES WILL BE IN HERE.
SO A REALLY NICE SPACE, UH, IN THIS, THESE TWO PICTURES YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO THESE ARE NOT THE SAME ROOM.
UH, THE, THE TOP ONE IS THE EVENT SPACE.
SO THE REALLY LARGE EVENT SPACE, UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT HOLDS.
I THINK IT, IT CAN HOLD THOSE 200, YEAH, UP TO 200.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE WINDOWS THAT ARE OVERLOOKING THE COURTYARD AND INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS THE DINING ROOM.
SO FOR THE MEAL PROGRAM AND THOSE THAT ARE GETTING THE LUNCH, UH, THEY WILL MEET IN THIS AREA.
AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST A SPACE WHERE I KNOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
UM, I FEEL LIKE IN THE OLD FACILITY, THE POKER TEXAS HOLDEN TOURNAMENTS AND STUFF WENT ON, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE GONNA PROGRAM EVERYTHING.
I'M GONNA LEAVE THAT TO THE STAFF.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, JUST A LOT MORE SPACE THAN WHAT WE HAD
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BEFORE.THESE TWO PICTURES ARE PICTURES OF THE LIBRARY SPACES.
SO AGAIN, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE SOOTHING AND CALMING.
UM, THAT WAS OUR INTENT WITH THE, THE, THE MATERIALS, THE COLORS.
UM, SO THIS IS AN AREA, THIS IS TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY, UM, WHERE YOU CAN CHECK OUT BOOKS.
THERE'LL BE A PLACE TO DROP THE BOOKS.
AND THEN DOWN HERE ARE THE COMPUTERS THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO UTILIZE.
THESE ARE TWO VIEWS OF THE INTERIOR SPACE AT THE FITNESS ROOM.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A, A WALKING TRACK.
AND THEN ON THE INSIDE YOU'VE GOT THE WEIGHT EQUIPMENT, UM, THE MACHINES, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE CARDIO PIECES ARE ON THE OUTSIDE THERE OF THE WALKING TRACK.
THERE'S LOCKERS THAT ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE SO THAT IF YOU COME IN AND YOU WANNA DROP YOUR KEYS IN OR YOUR CELL PHONE, YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE RIGHT OFF OF THIS ROOM.
UH, WATER FOUNTAIN, BE ABLE TO FILL A WATER BOTTLE.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING'S VERY LIGHT, VERY AIRY.
UM, AND THIS IS A PICTURE, THE TOP ONE IS THE GROUP FITNESS ROOM.
SO YOU SEE THE, THE FLOORING THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT GROUP FITNESS ROOMS, TAI CHI, YOGA, UH, JAZZERCISE, WHATEVER, CHAIR AEROBICS, UH, THAT FLOORING IS CONDUCIVE TO THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. AND THEN THIS BOTTOM ONE IS AN EXAMPLE OF LIKE WHAT THE ART ROOM OR PARTY ROOM WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR OF THE CABINETRY THAT WE'VE SELECTED.
THE TABLES ARE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND ADJUSTABLE FOR WHATEVER THE NEEDS MAY BE.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PROGRESS PHOTOS.
OH, OKAY, SORRY,
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY DIRT GOING.
I KNOW I HAVE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE.
I'VE PRESENTED TO THE SENIORS BEFORE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
A LOT OF COMMENTS I WOULD GET OF, WELL, I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT.
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S BELIEVING IT NOW AND SEE THAT THE PROGRESS IS MOVING ALONG THIS, LIKE I SAID, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN POURED.
SO WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THAT? THAT MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD START SEEING THE WALLS GOING UP.
AND ONCE I THINK THE WALLS START GOING UP, IT WOULD BE A GREAT TIME IF THE SENIOR ADVISOR COMMISSION EVER WANTED TO DO A FIELD TRIP OVER THERE AND WALK THROUGH THE SPACE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY CAN BE A COORDINATED, UH, WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
GOTTA WEAR YOUR HARD HATS AND SAFETY VESTS AND ALL THE THINGS.
BUT THAT WILL BE REALLY FUN TO ACTUALLY START WALKING THE SPACES AND REALLY GET A FEEL OF WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, MANEUVERING THROUGH THE BUILDING.
AND THEN THIS IS, LEMME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS TO WORK.
UM, SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE THIS IS THE SITE AND THEN YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW LARGE THE NEW ROOM IS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOUR, UM, THIS, THE PARTY ROOMS, THAT'S THE, THE DINING HALL LIBRARY IS OVER IN THIS AREA.
AND THEN THAT OTHER, UM, THE TOP PORTION OF THAT'S GONNA BE FITNESS AND THE GROUP EXERCISE.
BUT IT'S JUST REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT ON THE SPACE AND THE SITE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S, OH, OKAY.
TO SEE PROGRESS IS HAPPENING, TELL PEOPLE IT'S HAPPENING AND THEN THAT'S IT.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MAY HAVE TO PULL UP STAFF IF YOU GET INTO SPECIFICS THAT I MAY NOT ANSWER, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO MY BEST.
BIG ONE IS, WILL IT ALWAYS BE SET UP OR WILL IT BE EMPTY? IF THERE'S NOT AN EVENT, IT'LL BE EMPTY UNLESS WE'RE USING IT FOR SERVICE.
HEY DION, COME UP ON UP HERE TO THE, TO THE MICROPHONE.
SO IT'S OFFICIALLY ON THE RECORD.
IT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR RESERVATIONS WHEN THE CENTER IS CLOSED.
SO, BUT, SO CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP.
SO IT WILL BE, UM, IT WILL BE EMPTY UNLESS WE'RE UTILIZING IT FOR A CERTAIN PURPOSE.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE FITNESS, UH, ROOM PER SE IS NOT GOING TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE OUR FIT TO LIVE CLASS AND OUR CHAIR EXERCISE CLASS.
SO I ALREADY KNOW THAT BASED ON THE SIZE AND SPACE REQUIRED FOR THE CLASSES, SO THEY WILL BE IN THAT EVENT SPACE.
AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN 13, THAT ROOM THAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT, IT CAN BE DIVIDED INTO SMALLER ROOMS. SO IF THEY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO DO DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING, IT JUST, THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH THE LAYOUT AND THE FLOOR PLAN.
ALSO A LOT OF STORAGE, WHICH WAS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT FOR STAFF.
SO WHERE WERE THE, WHERE WERE THE POKER PLAYERS BE? THE POKER PLAYERS WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SET UP IN OUR DINING ROOM ONLY BECAUSE THE TABLES THAT THEY WOULD NEED, THE ROUND TABLES ARE ALREADY IN THERE.
AND UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I ENVISION
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IS THAT WE WILL HAVE TEXAS HOLD THEM IN THE DINING ROOM.I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING, THE STAFF ARE WORKING THROUGH PROGRAMMING.
'CAUSE THEY'VE ALSO BEEN LIKE, IS THIS EVER GONNA HAPPEN? SO, UH, THEY ARE GONNA START WORKING THROUGH WHAT THE PROGRAMMING IS GONNA START LOOKING LIKE.
THEY HAVE A LOT MORE SPACE THAN WHAT THEY USED TO HAVE.
THEY KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE DEMANDS, THERE'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT, UH, PEOPLE, THERE'S GONNA BE THE PEOPLE THAT HAD GONE TO THE FACILITY AND THEN IT'S NEW.
SO PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE INTERESTED.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME NEW, I'M SURE DEMANDS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMMING.
SO IN SAYING THAT WE'RE ALSO, AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS, WE WILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PRESENT ANY FEES TO CITY COUNCIL AND GET THEIR DIRECTION ON THOSE.
UM, WE DON'T JUST WILLY-NILLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE ARE.
WE DO BENCHMARK TO WHAT OTHER SENIOR CENTERS ARE DOING IN THE AREA, BUT AGAIN, ULTIMATELY IT'S UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND ANY FEES THAT ARE PROPOSED WOULD COME TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE GOING TO COUNCIL OR, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE HAPPENING.
SO, SO Y'ALL COULD ALSO GET, PROVIDE YOUR INPUT ON THAT AS WELL.
WILL THE LIBRARY BE INDEPENDENT OF THE NICHOLSON LIBRARY SYSTEM? YES, IT IS.
IT'S JUST OUR LENDING LIBRARY.
SO PEOPLE DONATE BOOKS TO US ALL THE TIME.
AND I STILL HAVE ALL THOSE BOOKS FROM THE OLD, UM, CENTER IN STORAGE AND THEY WILL GO BACK ON THE SHELVES AND IT'S JUST, UM, YOU COME, YOU TAKE IT OUT.
THERE'S NO FORMAL CHECKOUT PROCESS.
UM, SO YOU ARE FREE TO TAKE WHAT YOU WANT.
WE HOPE YOU RETURN IT, BUT IF YOU DON'T, NO ONE'S GOING TO COME LOOKING FOR YOU
BUT THE LIBRARY IS INCREDIBLE.
IT'S, I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THE WHOLE BUILDING, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS OUR COMPUTER KIOSK, SO THERE SHOULD BE THREE COMPUTERS HERE FOR OUR MEMBERS TO USE.
UM, WHICH WILL MAKE IT EASIER THAN I HEAR AT THE LIBRARY.
SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET ON A COMPUTER.
SO, UM, THESE WILL BE HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A MAGAZINE RACK OVER HERE.
THIS IS THE BACK PART OF THE LIBRARY UP THE TOP LEFT PICTURE WHERE WE WILL HAVE ALL THE BOOKS IN THE SHELVES AND THERE'S SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO SIT AND READ OR CHAT OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY WANNA DO QUIETLY, HOPEFULLY.
SO, WELL, THE COMPUTERS ARE ACTUALLY WHAT MADE ME ASK THIS QUESTION.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER TILL IT WAS GONE.
AND I'VE BEEN GOING NOW, UH, TO, UH, PHIL'S.
AND, UM, IT WILL, THIS IS THIS, NOT TO SOUND UNWELCOMING, BUT IS THIS ONLY FOR SENIORS? MM-HMM
SO BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WOULD FILL THOSE COMPUTERS IN A HURRY.
I, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THE RULES ABOUT WHEN IT EXISTED BY ITSELF.
UM, AND I MEAN, I THINK AT, AT SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING, BUT THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THE NORM.
IT'S INTENDED FOR THE SENIORS.
UM, IT'S INTENDED, IT CAN BE USED BY GARLAND RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT OUR FEE STRUCTURES, ANY OF THOSE, THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE A GARLAND FEE, A GARLAND RESIDENT VERSUS A NON-RESIDENT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA CHARGE OUR NON-RESIDENTS, UH, THE NON-RESIDENTS MORE THAN WE WOULD OUR GARLAND SENIORS.
SO THAT IS ALWAYS GONNA BE FOREFRONT OF OF MIND.
UM, AND THEN WHEN THE CENTER IS CLOSED, UH, TO THE, TO THE SENIORS, TO THE PUBLIC, IT IS AVAILABLE FOR RESERVATIONS.
SO, UH, WELL THOSE RESERVATIONS, UH, ALWAYS COST MM-HMM
OR WILL THERE BE, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO USE THE CENTER MAYBE TO HAVE A MEETING WHEN, UH, THE CENTER IS CLOSED, WOULD THAT BE OPEN AND NOT AND NO COST? SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS AFTER OUR RESERVATIONS, WE DO CHARGE FOR THOSE.
UH, THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC, UM, ASK.
WE HAVE STAFF COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE COSTS.
AND IT'S ALSO A WAY TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE CENTER TO HELP KEEP THE FEES DOWN FOR THE SENIORS THAT USE IT.
SO, UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, BUT WE DO HAVE AVENUES THAT IF THERE ARE NONPROFITS, GARLAND NONPROFITS, GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH, BUT, UM, THE USE OF THOSE FACILITIES HAVE PARAMETERS AROUND THEM.
AND IT'S WHEN WE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE ALREADY HAVE STAFF THERE.
SO I THINK IN THE OLD CENTER, AND I KNOW CURRENTLY IT'S FREE FOR US TO JUST GO IN THERE AND I MEAN, CLASSES MAY COST, BUT IT'S FREE TO COME IN.
UH, IS THAT, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT BEING THE SAME OR DO YOU THINK THERE'LL BE A FEE? I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BENCHMARKING AND SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER SENIORS CENTERS IN THE AREA DO.
RICH, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS RICHARDSON, UH, MESQUITE, WE HAVE CERTAIN ONES THAT WE BENCHMARK AGAINST AND WE HAVE 11, I THINK IT'S A TOTAL OF 11 CITIES THAT WE LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT THEY DO.
AND THEN WE'LL JUST, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THAT, HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL, BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, IT IS THEIR DIRECTION THAT WE TAKE.
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I WOULD ANTICIPATE THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE SOME FEES.THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW FACILITY, BUT WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE, WHETHER THEY GET APPROVED, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF A RECOMMENDATION.
SO, BUT ALSO KEEPING IN MIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T CHARGE BEFORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING, BE MINDFUL I GUESS, OF NOT COMING IN STRONG WITH REALLY HIGH COSTS.
SO WE WANNA KEEP THINGS AFFORDABLE AND USABLE FOR OUR SENIORS.
I HAD HAD AN IDEA, I WAS GONNA BRING UP THIS TODAY, MAYBE IF WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT IF WHEN THIS, WHEN IT OPENS, I, I THINK WE SHOULD ASK THIS, THE DOWNTOWN TO HAVE A CELEBRATE SENIORS DAY AND HAVE A BIG WHOLE AREA CELEBRATION.
UM, I WAS GONNA SEE IF WE WANTED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE COULD SUPPORT THAT OR NOT, BUT I'M THROWING THAT OUT AS A POSSIBILITY.
I THINK IT COULD BE A REALLY WONDERFUL THING.
WE HAVE, UH, SO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT THAT RUNS THE EVENTS, THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK TO STAFF ABOUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY, OF COURSE THERE'LL BE A RIBBON CUTTING, RIGHT? THE FORMAL THING THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE INVITED TO CITY COUNCIL, THERE'LL BE SOME SORT OF, BUT TO HAVE A FUN, YOU KNOW, DAY ADDED INTO IT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE.
SO THEN, SO THEN FAMILIES COULD KNOW FOR THEIR MOM'S, DADS, GRANDPARENTS, WHATEVER, MORE.
WHAT WAS GOING ON? I HAVE ONE MORE.
COULD I, IS THAT APPROPRIATE? IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
YEAH, WELL THE PARKS WAS SO I DIDN'T KNOW THE PARK.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS TUCKER STATE PARKS? THE NEW TENNIS CENTER.
OH IS IT? I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAD A CELEBRA A A DATE FOR IT TOO.
IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I'LL TELL YOU TO BE DETERMINED 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY DETAIL ON THAT YET.
WELL I WAS ASSIGNED THAT TO LEARN ABOUT THAT CENTER FOR THIS COMMISSION.
SO WHAT I WAS FIRST TOLD IS THAT IT WOULD'VE ALREADY HAPPENED.
IT'S SORT OF THAT, IS IT REALLY GOING TO OPEN
WHAT'S FOR COMPLETION DATE SCHEDULE? IT'S END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND THEN STAFF HAVE TO MOVE IN.
I MEAN, ARE WE LOOKING AT OCTOBER-ISH? NOVEMBER? YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE, IF WE MOVE IN IN OCTOBER, TAKE US ABOUT A MONTH TO SITUATED EVERYTHING.
WE HOPE TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NOVEMBER 1ST OR THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER.
AND WHERE'S THE PICKLEBALL? LET ME SHOW YOU.
PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE, OH, I'LL JUST SHOW YOU
AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY FENCED IN.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE I CAN WALK UP AND USE THOSE.
I WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE COURTS.
SO THEY ARE MEANT TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SENIOR, UH, POPULATION THAT WILL BE U UTILIZING THE CENTER, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOOD FOR THAT BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE OVER AT HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER, THEY ARE USED IN HIGH DEMAND.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE, THE INTENT IS IT IS FOR THE SENIORS AND THE REC CENTERS ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, POOL TABLES AND WHAT ELSE? IT'S JUST POOL TABLES, DOMINO TABLES.
WE WILL HAVE POOL TABLES, DOMINO TABLES, PING PONG.
WE ANTICIPATE PING PONG BECAUSE WE FOUND OUT WHEN WE MOVED TO FIELDS THAT WE HAD PEOPLE WHO REALLY DID APPRECIATE PLAYING PING PONG.
SO WE'LL PUT THAT IN YOU SHUFFLEBOARD.
I HAVEN'T CONSIDERED SHUFFLEBOARD, BUT I'M WILLING TO SHUFFLE.
UM, WE HAVE A MAHJONG CLASS THAT HAS STARTED, UM, AT FIELDS.
AND SO I ANTICIPATE THAT GROWING.
SHE'S VERY, VERY EAGER TO GET PEOPLE THERE TO PLAY.
I LIKE THOSE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE ONES, YOU KNOW, THERE WITH SAND ON THE TABLE AND YOU PUSH 'EM AND YEAH.
UM, AGAIN, AS I THINK AS MORE PROGRESS COMES ALONG, Y'ALL NEED TO HAVE JESSE SCHEDULE A TOUR ONCE YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK THROUGH AND SEE THE SPACE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE EXCITING FOR YOU GUYS TO DO.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, THE FEES, THERE'LL BE MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT AND WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
SO THE AGENDA ITEM SAYS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND WEBSITE OVERVIEW.
SO IT'S VERY GENERIC, SO OH YEAH.
OH ON, I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE SENIOR CENTER UPDATE.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM THE COMMISSION.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING STAFF, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH, UH, THE PUBLIC MERE MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR AS WELL AS THE CITY SECRETARY AND STAFF SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE SO WE CAN COME BACK AND PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
'CAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND SO I SAID, LET'S GET EVERYBODY IN THE SAME ROOM.
WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE NOT DO? HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO, WHAT CAN THEY DO AND NOT DO OF THEIR REQUESTS? AND SO THERE'LL BE A, A UPDATE AT A LATER TIME FOR YOU GUYS.
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AND WHO'S THE PUBLIC MEDIA RELATIONS? TIFFANY VINO.SO I THINK JESSE IS PRETTY CLEAR ON, ON, UM, SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE BOUNCED AROUND AND HE'LL, HE'S A PART OF THE MEETING INPUT.
LET ME OR SOMEBODY KNOW AND WE CAN HELP OUT WITH THAT.
ALBERT, MYSELF, KEITH REAGAN, WHO I THINK HAS VISITED WITH YOU ALL, UM, IN THE PAST.
AND THEN TIFFANY AND JENNIFER, UM, WHO IS OUR CITY SECRETARY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY, OKAY.
YEAH, IT'S SOONER THAN I THOUGHT, SO.
UM, OKAY, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM B, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
TAKES ME 30 SECONDS TO SIT IN THESE THINGS.
I'M THE NPO FOR THE DOWNTOWN, UH, BUSINESS DISTRICT.
I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY, BUT, UM, UH, MOST OF US HAVE MET.
I SEE A COUPLE NEW FACES, MAYBE.
THIS IS MY, UH, REGULAR JOB IS TO COME, UH, TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND KIND OF UPDATE THINGS ON THE CITY AND, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND SPECIFICALLY CRIMES RELATING TO, UH, SENIORS.
IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, SO I STACKED UP SOME THINGS FOR Y'ALL.
I'M, I HAVE TO START AT THE BOTTOM 'CAUSE I DID THIS.
I'M NOT VERY TECH SAVVY AND I DID THIS IN NON CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAD A NEW YEAR'S TASK FORCE.
UM, SO THAT WAS 12 OFFICERS THAT SUPPLEMENTED PATROL ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
UM, I HOPE Y'ALL, UH, SAW THE BENEFITS OF THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I WAS HERE AND NEW YEAR'S EVE WAS PRETTY CRAZY WITH ALL THE FIREWORKS AND, AND EVERYTHING GOING ON.
BUT WE MADE PLENTY OF CITATIONS, PLENTY OF ARRESTS AND PLENTY OF PROACTIVE STUFF BECAUSE, UM, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY OTHER HOUSE IN GARLAND WAS SHOOTING OFF THE ENTIRETY OF THE FIREWORKS.
BUT WE WERE OUT THERE, AND I KNOW MYSELF WROTE A LOT OF TICKETS, SO, UH, THERE WAS 12 OF US.
SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT TIMES 12.
UM, THE CPA, UH, CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, EXCUSE ME, CLASS STARTED, UH, 62 STARTED ON JANUARY 8TH, AND THAT'S GOT 40 MEMBERS.
SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY BIG AND IT'S WORKING.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, THEY RUN IT TWICE A YEAR, A SPRING AND FALL, JUST ONE.
UH, SO THEY'RE JUST DOING ONE THEN I GUESS THAT'S WHY IT'S SO BIG, UM, WHERE YOU GET ABOUT 13 WEEKS OF INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, DIFFERENT UNITS.
UM, I KNOW THAT THEY SEE ME TWICE BECAUSE I'M ON SWAT AND NPO.
SO GET TO SEE US WITH OUR BIKES AND OUR COOL STUFF WITH NPO AND THEN GET TO COME SEE US WITH OUR, ALL OUR COOL SWAT STUFF.
SO, UM, IF YOU EVER HAVE DONE THAT OR PLAN ON DOING IT, YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET TO SEE SOME MORE OF ME.
UM, MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, BUT CANINE, UH, RICKY BOBBY RETIRED.
UM, WE HAD A LITTLE RETIREMENT PARTY FOR HIM LAST YEAR.
HE WAS ONE OF THE, HE WAS THE NICE DOG THAT WE HAD
UH, UM, OF COURSE THE NEW DOG IS, UH, UM, THAT REPLACED.
BUT, UH, SO CANINE, UH, THE RICKY BOBBY RETIRED AND THEN OFFICER MCDONALD ALSO LEFT CANINE.
AND THEN OFFICER CLARK IS OUR NEW CANINE OFFICER, AND HE'S IN CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW, TRAINING FOR THREE MONTHS WITH OUR NEW DOG.
SO WE'LL GET TO MEET HIM PRETTY SOON.
UM, SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STARTED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WAS A, A PODCAST, UH, CALLED THE LONG CODE PODCAST.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL CAN LISTEN TO MONTHLY.
IT'S ON SPOTIFY, APPLE, UM, I GUESS ANYWHERE THAT YOU CAN FIND PODCASTS.
UM, AND IT, IT INVOLVES DIFFERENT UNITS AND IT'S KIND OF A LONG FORM INTERVIEW, UH, WITH NPO OR TRAFFIC OR BOMBS OR SWAT, UM, YOU CAN LISTEN TO.
WE ALL KNOW BARO, AND THEN A SPECIFIC OFFICER FROM WHATEVER UNIT THAT THEY'RE INTERVIEWING, TRAFFIC, NPO, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR LUNCH BREAK IN THE POLICE WORLD, OR AT LEAST IN THE GARLAND POLICE WORLD.
WHEN WE TAKE A LUNCH BREAK, WE ASK FOR A LONG
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CODE AND WE GET APPROVED OR DENIED 'CAUSE WE GET A SHORT CODE TO WORK OUT AND THE LONG CODE TO, TO EAT.UM, I, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED FOR.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENTS, IN MY OPINION, A LITTLE BEHIND ON.
BUT WE ARE GETTING NEW UNIFORMS. UM, YES, WE'RE GETTING LOAD BEARING VESTS.
I WAS GONNA, I HAVE IT UP ON MY SCREEN, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN JUST PLUG IT IN HERE.
I DON'T WANNA MESS ANYTHING UP, BUT WE'RE GETTING NEW UNIFORMS. UH, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AWAY FROM THIS TRADITIONAL UNIFORM THAT HAS BEEN THE SAME EXACT THING SINCE 1953 WHEN WE STARTED, EXCEPT FOR IT WAS COTTON AND SHINY BUTTONS, WHICH CHANGED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
UH, WE'RE NOW GETTING BEARING VESTS, WHICH MEANS EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN ON OUR HIPS AND CAUSING US BACK SURGERIES AND BACK PAIN AND HIP PAIN AND ALL THIS STUFF FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS IS NOW GONNA GO ONTO OUR CHEST AND OUR SHOULDERS ARE GONNA TAKE THE WEIGHT.
UM, WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE A COUPLE THINGS LIKE OUR GUN AND OUR TASER HAS TO STAY ON OUR BELT, UH, JUST BY POLICY SAFETY STUFF.
BUT NOW EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE GOING ON OUR CHEST.
SO IT'LL BASICALLY BE, UM, A, A UNIFORM THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE THIS, EXCEPT FOR EVERYTHING WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE VEST.
AND THE VEST WILL BE MORE, UH, CARRYING THE WEIGHT.
UH, AND IT'S GONNA LOOK JUST LIKE A UNIFORM.
IT'S GONNA LOOK REALLY GOOD AND IT'S GONNA PROLONG THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF OFFICERS HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
ESSENTIALLY, EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE, IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA AND IN THE NATION HAVE GONE TO THIS.
UM, WE'RE JUST KIND OF CATCHING UP TO IT.
SO WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY EXCITED.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE, I HAVE A PICTURE ON MINE, WHAT'S KIND OF LITTLE, KIND OF GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BORE ALL WITH THAT A COUP.
UH, ABOUT 10 OF US ALREADY HAVE IT, SO IF YOU SEE SOMEONE LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UH, THAT'S OUR NEW UNIFORM.
SO WE'RE ALL SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, MUSIC MADE HERE IS STARTING.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY INTO THE SUMMER.
UM, THIS IS OUR, OUR, UH, DOWNTOWN CONCERTS.
IT'S BEING HELD A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES.
I BELIEVE TOMORROW IS AT INTRINSIC.
UM, MAYBE JUST 'CAUSE OF THE WEATHER, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STARTING NOW, UM, THAT WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS IS, UH, A WHAT WE CALL IN A BOOMBOX PATROL.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S TRYING TO HAVE A, A GOOD TIME DOWNTOWN, UH, LISTENING TO THE MUSIC, RELAX AT INTRINSIC OR FORTUNATE SUN.
AND THEN THE TRUCK COMES WITH THEIR EXTREMELY LOUD MUSIC AND THEIR BASS THAT'S RATTLING THE WINDOW.
SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE DOWNTOWN PATROL THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING FOR THE CONCERTS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE SPECIFICALLY THERE TO TARGET THE BOOMBOX PATROL.
SO MYSELF WILL BE HERE, SOME OTHER NPOS, UM, WILL BE HERE AND WE'RE GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THAT AND NOTHING ELSE.
AND OBVIOUSLY VIOLENT CRIME IF WE SEE IT OR SOMETHING, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING AFTER THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
'CAUSE I, I BRING MY WIFE HERE, I BRING MY FAMILY HERE.
I LOVE COMING TO DOWNTOWN GARLAND, AND I CAN'T STAND WHEN WE'RE SITTING AT FORTUNATE SUN ON THE CORNER.
AND IT SOME CRAZY SOUND IS VIBRATING MY BRAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE LISTENING TO SOME BASS.
SO, UH, FIFA IS COMING TO NORTH TEXAS.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT TEAMS. I THINK NINE GAMES ARE COMING NORTH TEXAS.
UH, THE GARLAND SWAT, SO MYSELF BOMBS, UH, OUR FULL-TIME BOMB TEAM.
AND THEN OUR FULL-TIME TRAFFIC TEAM ARE GOING TO BE SWEPT AWAY.
AND WE WILL BE WORKING, UH, WITH FIFA, UH, FOR THE, UH, JUNE AND JULY.
SO, UH, MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE SWAT TEAM WILL BE STATIONED WITH A TEAM OR AT A VENUE.
SO I KNOW GARLAND IS HOSTING SOME WATCH PARTIES.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PRACTICES OR GAMES.
UM, BUT WE WILL BE STATIONED AT STADIUMS AND AT MASS GATHERING PLACES, UH, AS A RESPONSE TEAM.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF EXTRA SAFETY BOMBS IS GONNA BE DOING SWEEPS, AND THEN TRAFFIC WILL BE HELPING WITH CONTROL.
IT'S GONNA BE VERY, VERY BUSY IN JUNE AND JULY.
UH, SOMETHING THAT WE DID THAT WAS PRETTY COOL, UH, LAST WEEKEND ON JANUARY 31ST, SKILLS USA, IF ANY OF EVER HEARD OF THAT.
THIS WAS NOT AROUND WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, IT WAS, UH, ABOUT 400 STUDENTS FROM NORTH TEXAS CAME TO, UH, LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL.
AND THEN WE HELD A MASSIVE GATHERING, UH, TO TEST THEM ON THEIR SKILLS RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
SO I GOT TO GO AND JUDGE, UM, AND DO A SHOW AND TELL.
I HAD A SHOW AND TELL BOOTH FOR THE, FOR THE SWAT TABLE.
UM, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO SOME TRENDING INCIDENTS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY, ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, COMPLAINTS? NO, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
SO, UH, SOME, I'VE BEEN DOING SOME READING A LOT, AND SPECIFICALLY NOT REALLY IN MY DISTRICT, UM, BUT AROUND THE CITY, THE KIA AND HYUNDAI THEFTS ARE BACK UP CONSIDERABLY.
SO IF ANY OF YOU DRIVE, UM, A KIA OR A HYUNDAI, UH, JUST KIND OF BE MORE VIGILANT AND THEY'RE BREAKING INTO THOSE AND STEALING THOSE A LOT MORE LATELY, IT, IT COMES AND GOES AND THESE MASSIVE NUMBERS, WE'LL GET A CREW THAT'LL STEAL 20 AND THEN WE'LL CATCH 'EM AND THEN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER, BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS, IT'S BACK UP.
AND, AND, UM, IF YOU, YOU OR ANYBODY YOU KNOW, DRIVE A KIA OR A HYUNDAI, WHY THOSE PARTICULAR CARS? SORRY, WHY THOSE?
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SO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I DON'T WANNA GET TOO MUCH INTO IT, BUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO A VIDEO WENT VIRAL FROM SOME KIDS IN CHICAGO I BELIEVE, OR DETROIT, I THINK IT WAS DETROIT, WHERE THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO, KIA AND HYUNDAI, I GUESS THEY'RE THE SAME THING MM-HMMUM, THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO, HOW TO START THESE KIA AND HYUNDAIS WITH ESSENTIALLY A USB CHARGER.
SO THEY BUST THE WINDOW, THEY POP THE LOCK, AND THEN THEY STICK A USB CHARGER AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE IN, IN ABOUT 25 SECONDS.
SO FOR SOME REASON TIKTOK ALLOWED THIS TO GO MASSIVELY VIRAL.
I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT IT WENT INSANELY VIRAL.
AND NOW OVERNIGHT, EVERY CHILD IN THE NATION KNOWS HOW TO BREAK INTO A KIA AND STEAL IT.
SO THIS, AND I BELIEVE KIA AND HYUNDAI HAVE FIXED IT, BUT NOW THERE'S THIS YEAR, UM, MODEL RANGE THAT JUST CAN BE STOLEN AT, AT, AT WHIM, I GUESS.
I DUNNO WHY I'M LEANING SO FAR FORWARD.
I MOVE THIS RIGHT TO MY FACE,
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I KNOW ABOUT IT.
UH, THE BIG THING THAT I'VE, I'VE BEEN DOING, DOING A BUNCH OF READING ON, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO SENIOR CITIZEN CRIMES, UH, WE HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON WHERE IT'S, UH, THIS WAS, THIS BANK WAS U-S-A-A-I, I KNOW IT HAPPENS WITH OTHER BANKS, BUT, SO THIS, UH, THE CITIZEN OF GARLAND GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THEIR BANK SAYING, HEY, YOUR DEBIT CARD HAS BEEN, HI, UM, BEEN HACKED.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO PICK THIS, THIS CARD UP FOR YOU.
UM, WE'RE GONNA COME TO YOU AND WE'RE GONNA PICK IT UP.
IT'S IN, UH, IT'S IN SAFE HANDS.
SO WHAT HAPPENS? A GUY IN A TESLA SHOWS UP, HEY, I'M JOHN, I'LL TAKE YOUR CARD.
I WORK FOR USAA, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
AND THEN 30 MINUTES LATER, THIS POOR LADY HAD $3,000 MISSING OUT OF HER DEBIT OR HER BANK ACCOUNT.
SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS A COMMON THING WITH SENIORS.
THEY, THEY PICK ON SENIORS AND THEY JUST THINK THAT THEY CAN CALL 'EM AND, AND, AND DO THESE KIND OF SCAMS. AND I JUST KIND OF REITERATE THIS EVERY MONTH.
I KNOW I DID SAY THIS EVERY MONTH, BUT IT HAPPENS SO MANY TIMES.
UM, YOUR BANK IS NOT GONNA CALL YOU AND TELL YOU THAT WE'RE GONNA COME PICK YOUR CARD UP.
IF ANYTHING YOU EVER FEEL SUSPICIOUS ON, YOU CAN CALL 9 1 1 ON THIS.
UM, YOUR BANK IS NOT GONNA CALL YOU AND REQUEST THAT YOU HAND PHYSICALLY HAND YOUR CARD OVER EVER TO ANYONE.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT GONNA CALL YOU AND SAY YOU HAVE WARRANTS.
ESPECIALLY IF WE DO NOT SOUND LIKE WE ARE FROM THIS COUNTRY,
SO THOSE ARE JUST ARE THE THINGS THAT I'VE KIND OF FOUND IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO PERTAINING TO SENIORS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW I'VE, I'VE TALKED A LOT AND MY THROAT'S DRY
THIS GROUP, WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS, Y'ALL HAD QUESTIONS EVERY TIME.
I, I LOVE COMING AND TALKING, TALKING FOREVER.
NOW THIS GROUP HAS NO QUESTIONS.
I GUESS I'VE JUST DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB.
HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? NO, I HAVEN'T.
ZALES ARE THEY DOING, ARE THEY DOING Z CARDS? NO.
I'VE GOT SOME TINNITUS GOING ON.
SO YEAH, I HAVE A, UM, MY SISTER WORKS AT A BANK IN LOUISIANA MM-HMM
AND SHE WAS KIND OF TELLING ME ABOUT IT, BUT IT MAY NOT HAVE, IT MAY NOT HAVE REACHED THERE.
I I GET A, A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THESE REGIONAL THINGS OR THINGS THAT WE'VE NEVER HEARD OF, AND I'LL DO A QUICK SEARCH.
WE GET BOLOS, WHICH WE CALL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR, IT'S JUST A ACRONYM FOR A A, AN INTEL BULLETIN, BASICALLY FROM RICHARDSON, DALLAS, PLANO.
WE ALL, WE ALL SHARE INFORMATION.
UM, SO I TRY TO READ ALL THESE AND, AND IT'S, IT'S NOTHING I'VE HEARD OF MM-HMM
BUT IT'S PROBABLY FALLS ALONG THE SAME, THE SAME LINES OF THE BASICS OF EVERY SCAM IS YOU'VE BEEN COMPROMISED, YOU NEED TO DO THIS IMMEDIATELY AND CONTACT THIS PERSON NOW.
YOU KNOW, ARE THEY, THEY PUSH, UM, IMMEDIACY AND THEY PUSH THAT IT'S, IT HAS TO BE DONE OR YOU'RE GONNA LOSE EVERYTHING.
THAT'S JUST NEVER GONNA BE, THAT'S NEVER GONNA BE THE, THE CASE.
SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT I'M SURE, LIKE I SAID, I'M SURE WE'RE HAVING IT OR SOME FORM OF IT.
UM, THE NPO OFFICERS HAVE THAT CHANGED? IT CHANGES ALMOST YEARLY BECAUSE OF RETIREMENTS, BECAUSE OF, UH, POSITION CHANGES, BECAUSE OF PROMOTIONS.
UH, WE'VE LOST, UH, OFFICER JESSE.
HE WAS THE FIRE WHEEL DISTRICT.
UM, I CAN PROBABLY PULL UP A MAP IF IT'D BE EASIER.
YOU ALSO DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON.
SO, SO THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE BEST WAY.
UM, I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE TO, TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THIS.
IT'S KIND OF A, AN INTERESTING MAP TO READ, BUT YOU
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MAY HAVE TO GO TO GOOGLE MAPS AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU'RE AT.BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, MY NAME HAS THIS KINDA WEIRD BACKWARDS L SHAPE BECAUSE I HAVE THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND THEN I HAVE THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
AND THEN IF YOU CAN, IF YOU KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU CAN KIND OF FIND YOURS AND THEN THEIR CONTACT INFO IS ON, ON THE, ON YOUR LEFT.
UM, ON THE SIDE THERE, SO JESSE HAS RETIRED.
UM, SO HE WAS ON THE TOP RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM, BOTTOM RIGHT, OFFICER PRUITT, HE'S GETTING, UH, HE PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT.
SO, UM, ALSO, ERICKSON AND DAVIS AND HILL ARE ALL NEW, UH, WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
SO DID YOURS CHANGE? NO, BUT I HAD A CALL FROM SOMEONE ELSE IN ANOTHER DISTRICT.
I LIKE TO STAY HERE BECAUSE I'VE SPENT YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS DOWNTOWN AND I TRY TO GET TO KNOW ALL THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM AREAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
BUT KELLY MOVED TO BE CLOSER, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT, WE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE DISTRICTS AND THEN WE HIRED THREE NEW ONES AND WE'RE LOSING TWO.
SO IT, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
HOW OFTEN IS THAT MAP UPDATED? BECAUSE I SEE JESSE'S STILL ON THERE.
JESSE TECHNICALLY STILL WORKS HERE TILL TOMORROW.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE VOIDED.
UM, AND THEN PROBABLY ALL OF US ARE JUST GONNA HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR A WHILE.
I DON'T, I DON'T FORESEE THAT BEING FILLED, UH, UNTIL AT LEAST SHIFT CHANGE.
THAT'S USUALLY WHEN THEY WAIT UNTIL SHIFT CHANGE OR WHEN THE NEW RECRUITS GET OUT TO SUPPLEMENT STAFFING.
'CAUSE PATROL ALWAYS COMES FIRST.
THE PEOPLE WHO ANSWER 9 1 1 CALLS ALWAYS COME FIRST.
WELL, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE Y'ALL.
IF Y'ALL HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU FOR BEING OH, WE'LL GET OUTTA HERE.
I HAD A TEXT YESTERDAY, OSTENSIBLY FROM SAN ANTONIO SAYING THEY HAD A WARRANT OUT BECAUSE I HADN'T PAID MY TRAFFIC.
AND I SAID, THEY'RE GONNA GET YOU.
JUST THE NEW ONE IS THE, UH, THE TOLL TAG, THE TOLL PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS TEXTING ME AND CALLING ME.
I'M LIKE, I DON'T EVEN, I HAVE AN EXEMPT GOVERNMENT TAG YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR, FOR ME.
AND I DON'T COME OVER HERE WHEN I'M NOT AND UNTIL, UNLESS I COME DOWNTOWN.
BUT I DON'T, I DON'T USE THE AWAY.
SO YEAH, I JUST, JUST, UH, USE COMMON SENSE.
NO, NO LAW ENFORCEMENT'S EVER GONNA TEXT YOU OR CALL YOU SAYING YOU GOT A WARRANT.
SOMETIMES I CALL PEOPLE IF I'M LOOKING FOR 'EM.
THAT'S THE, I, YEAH, THE IRS AIN'T CALLING YOU.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EMPLOYEES, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WE'RE HAVING JERRY CLICK IN MARCH.
SO I DON'T IF YOU OH, HE'S GONNA MISS THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
UM, I CAN MAKE, SO, UH, QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, I GUESS PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT WHILE MY WIFE IS PREGNANT WITH OUR FIRST CHILD.
UM, SO DEPENDING ON WHEN WE GO IN APRIL, I'LL MISS THAT.
AND THEN THAT'LL BE SIX WEEKS.
AND THEN I'LL HAVE FIFA FOR SIX WEEKS OR FIVE WEEKS WHEN I COME BACK.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE A FILL IN, THERE'LL BE SOMEONE HERE.
SO GAELLE, IF YOU JUST WANNA SEND ME AN EMAIL, UM, ON WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED OR, OR NOT NEEDED, THEY'RE GONNA SHOW UP OR NOT SHOW UP JUST SO I CAN HELP THEM OUT.
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE YOU ON THE AGENDA.
I'LL BE HERE MOST LIKELY MARCH AND APRIL BECAUSE IT'S IN THE EARLIER PART OF APRIL.
AND THEN AFTER THAT I'LL, I'LL GET Y'ALL TAKEN CARE OF.
OKAY, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM C ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS REVIEW THE REVISED BYLAWS, UPDATE THE GOALS, THE FUTURE GOALS, AND HAVE A TEAMS DISCUSSION.
SO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TEAMS TO THE END SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE THE DISRUPTION OF PULLING OUT OUR DEVICES AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
SO, UH, LET'S MOVE TO THE BYLAW UPDATE.
AND GAIL, WOULD YOU LEAD THAT DISCUSSION PLEASE? IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'VE GOT A REVISED BYLAWS WITH THE CHANGES MARKED IN YELLOW.
HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK 'EM OVER? DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE CHANGES? ANYTHING WE NEED TO INCLUDE OR DELETE? AND DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS PUT IN? I MEAN, WE ADDED BACK IN PURPOSE BECAUSE THAT WAS DELETED FROM THE TEMPLATE THAT WE RECEIVED.
UM, WE DEFINED THE COMMISSIONERS AND HOW THEY'RE REPRESENTED, HOW THEY'RE APPOINTED.
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WE CHANGED OF THE SERVICE OF THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR TO THREE YEARS, THREE, TWO YEAR TERMS. AND THAT COINCIDES WITH THE COUNCIL PERSONS THAT WE REPRESENT THEIR DISTRICT AND THAT'S HOW THEIR TERMS GO.UM, AND WE ALSO STRESS THAT COMMISSIONERS NEEDED TO BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, WHICH SOMEHOW WAS DELETED.
AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THREE ABSENCES IN ONE APPOINTMENT YEAR, UNEXCUSED ABSENCES WILL MEAN THAT THEY HAVE FORFEITED, THEIR POSITION AGENDAS ARE TO BE POSTED AT LEAST THREE BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE EACH MEETING.
WE MOVE THE ELECTIONS FROM WHAT THE DRAFT SHOWED AS SEPTEMBER.
I THINK WE MOVED IT TO OCTOBER BECAUSE OUR NEW APPOINTEES COME IN IN SEPTEMBER AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO EVEN ADDRESS THEM BEFORE WE HAVE ELECTIONS.
AND THAT THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE ELECTED WILL TAKE OFFICE AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING RATHER THAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MEETING.
AND FIVE MEMBERS SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM.
IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT'S NOW? NO, BUT IT JUST SETS IT OUT.
DE NOTES IT AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHANGES OR COMMENTS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
SO NOT HEARING ANY, UM, SORRY, HOW TO WORD THIS.
UM, DO WE HAVE THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS DRAFT, UM, BYLAW CHANGES AND PRESENT THEM TO THE COUNCIL? I RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE, UH, THE BYLAWS AND, UH, THE CHANGES AND SUBMIT THEM TO THE COUNCIL.
CAN WE PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING? THANK YOU.
I RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE, UH, THE BYLAWS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, REDRAFTED AND, UH, LOOKED OVER TO SUBMIT THEM TO THE COUNCIL.
DID I HEAR A SECOND? THAT SET? SO IT'S A MOTION.
SHE'S MOVING THAT NOT RECOMMENDING IT, RIGHT? SHE'S MOVING IT.
SO WE'RE WHO SECONDED? I SECOND KATHLEEN.
SO WE, WE HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE DRAFT BYLAWS AND SO WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO DO THAT.
DO YOU HAVE A CLUE? YES, IT WAS, WE WOULD'VE TO PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL AND THEN THEY WOULD DECIDE AS FAR AS AND AFTER WE GET IT ON THE AGENDA.
SO I THINK WHEN JENNIFER WAS HERE, WE, UH, I WOULD'VE TO CONTACT HER AND THEN JUST MAKE SURE AT LEAST A MONTH OR TWO OUT FROM THE MEETING.
SO I'LL DO THAT AFTER THIS AND WE CAN SEE WHEN WE GET ON THE AGENDA.
AND SO I BELIEVE WHEN JENNIFER WAS HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT JESSE AND I WOULD BE THERE.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT IS AND WE'LL GO TO THE WORK SESSION, I THINK.
IS THAT RIGHT? AND THEN, AND THEN IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA.
I WILL GET CLARIFICATION WITH THAT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE BYLAWS? OKAY, SO, UH, THE, THE GOALS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME AND I REVISED THEM, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WERE ATTACHED.
SO, UM, WE CAN SEND THOSE OUT LATER.
UM, WHAT WAS THAT? THE GOALS? GOALS? THEY'RE ON THE, THEY WERE ATTACHED.
YEAH, I DIDN'T PRINT THAT, SO, OKAY.
SO, UM, THAT WAS, THEY WERE CREATED AND REVISED LAST TIME.
AND, UM, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE GOALS, UM, AND WORK
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OUT EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS IN THE FUTURE, BUT NOT TODAY.AND IF YOU WANT DE LEE CAN COME BACK.
'CAUSE UH, WITH THE, ON HER SECTION, IT WAS OPEN AS FAR AS THE DISCUSSING THINGS.
SO IF YOU WANT HER TO COME BACK AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HER, SHE CAN ANSWER ABOUT, AT THE VERY LEAST, I WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THE TUCKER VII READ, REREAD THAT AGENDA ITEM.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST, WAS JUST THE SENIOR CENTER UPDATE.
SO IF I, IF I MAY ADDRESS HER TUCKER QUESTION.
SO TUCKER IS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE PUNCH WALKS, WHICH MEANS WE GO THROUGH WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND WE GO THROUGH WITH STAFF, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT THE CONTRACTOR STILL NEEDS TO FINISH OUT.
AND SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, BY LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH, WE'LL START, WE'LL, THE BUILDING WILL BE OURS, SO IT'LL BE HANDED OVER TO THE CITY.
WE HAVE THE TENNIS OPERATOR THAT IS OVER AT JACK COLEMAN THAT WILL THEN MOVE OVER TO BOB DAY, GET MOVED IN.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE END OF MARCH, 1ST OF APRIL, THAT FACILITY WILL BE OPEN AND THEN THE JACK COLEMAN TENNIS CENTER WILL CLOSE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO SOME UPDATES AND RENOVATIONS OVER THERE AND MAKE SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS OVER THERE.
AND THEN, UM, THAT'LL BE ABOUT A YEAR AND WE'LL GET THAT FACILITY BACK OPEN.
SO I, I, MY APOLOGIES IT WASN'T A PROBLEM.
I SEE THAT, THAT I ACROSS AN ALLEY AND I'M IN TUCKER VILLE.
AND SO I SEE EVERY DAY WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I ALSO WAS ASSIGNED TO CHECK ON THAT.
AND THEY DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL SENIOR ACTIVITIES THEY'RE HOPING TO BRING TO THAT NEW CENTER.
WHEN I TALKED TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S OVER IT MM-HMM
AND SO I JUST WAS TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF IT.
GORGEOUS FACILITY, REALLY PRETTY.
SO YES, I, IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER JUST PARKS AND REC QUESTIONS IN GENERAL, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER JUST ONE THING.
WHO POLICES THAT AREA? DOES ANYBODY? IS IT, IT WOULD BE ON ANY KIND OF PATROL THAT PD WOULD DO.
IF WE ARE MADE AWARE OF ANY SITUATIONS, WE REPORT THOSE OR WE TRY AND BE DILIGENT OF, YOU KNOW, MONITORING THINGS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP.
I'VE NOTICED SOME, SOME WHAT LATELY? THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES USING THE TRACK.
AND I JUST WONDERING, WE REPORT THAT TO
AND ARE THEY GONNA RESET THOSE MILE MARKERS ANYTIME SOON? YES.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WOULD.
ITEM D, CITY HALL EVACUATION PLAN.
JESSE DOES HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THE EVACUATION PLANS, UH, AT OUR FACILITIES, WE CURRENTLY, UH, IT WAS AN INITIATIVE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY REC CENTER AND ALL CITY FACILITIES HAVE AN EMERGENCY ACTION GUIDE.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SAID, UM, GUIDE.
AND IF YOU OPEN IT UP, HAS DIFFERENT, LIKE FLIP CHARTS IN THERE.
SO WITHIN THIS, IT HAS AN EVACUATION PLAN, WHICH IS BASICALLY A BLUEPRINT, BLUEPRINT OR LAYOUT OF SAY, A FACILITY.
SO WE WILL HAVE ONE FOR CITY HALL.
SO MISTY GARDNER, WHO'S AN EMERGENCY, UH, MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, SHE'S WORKING ON THAT FOR US.
SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEAR FUTURE WE WILL HAVE ONE IN HERE.
SO EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT IF YOU WANT.
UM, SO WE CAN CHECK THAT OFF THE BOX AS FAR AS BEING COMPLETED THE HEAT OFF.
NOW ASK WHAT? THEY'VE TURNED THE HEAT OFF.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EMERGENCY GUIDE? NO.
SO YOU'LL BE, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO US.
BECAUSE I WAS FRANTICALLY SEARCHING FOR A PIECE OF PAPER I CAN'T FIND SO
AND YOU'LL PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA WHEN, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME? YES.
UM, HE IS THE, UM, DISCUSSION OF THE WEBSITE AND CITY DEPARTMENT RESEARCH.
SO, UM, I NOW HAVE, UH, FIVE I, I DID GET TONY'S AND I GOT ANN'S.
SO THAT'S, UH, FIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT RESEARCH.
SO I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE ENOUGH TO START PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND, AND SEEING, UH, WHAT DEPARTMENTS HAVE FEATURES THAT, UM, WILL BENEFIT SENIORS AND WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION FOR EMAIL BLASTS.
YEAH, I'VE GOT E I'VE GOT EARS.
SO THAT LEAVES, UH, ROBERT AND AMADOR.
SO SHOULD I JUST SEND YOU A REVISED ONE OR TELL YOU NOW THE, THIS, UM, THE, UM, WE'RE THE
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ECONOMIC PEOPLE, UM, OH GOSH, I JUST LOST IT.WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT LAST ONE ASSIGNED TO ME, UM, KATHLEEN, RIGHT? WAY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, UM, THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THAT MANAGER GOT BACK TO ME AND ESSENTIALLY SAID, DO SENIORS MAKE MONEY? OTHERWISE WE'RE REALLY NOT INTERESTED IN THEM.
I MEAN, SHE REALLY SORT OF SAID THAT.
YEAH, SHE REALLY SORT OF SAID THAT, SO, YEP.
AND SO, DID YOU WANNA COME TO MEETINGS? SHE SAID, WELL, NO, YOU SHOULD INVITE CITY PEOPLE.
SO, UH, BUT I'LL SEND YOU A REVISED THING SO IT'LL BE OFFICIAL THAT THAT'S FINE OR EXACT ANSWERS.
BUT YEAH, SHE, SHE SAID, OUR PURPOSE IS ECONOMIC GROWTH.
AND SHE, SHE, IN HER MIND, COULDN'T SEE SENIORS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT MOST OF THE FEES AND COSTS IN THE CITY
WELL, COME ON GAIL, WE, WE'VE BEEN INSULTED AS SENIORS PREVIOUSLY, RIGHT? I JUST, OH YES.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST LET HER, I LET HER SAY WHAT SHE WANTED TO SAY, AND THAT WAS, AND THEN I, I'LL SHARE WITH Y'ALL.
WE TO BE NOTICED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE NEED TO GET A BUSINESS STARTED.
HEY, WELL, SO SENIORS, NOW, SENIORS WHO ARE ANGRY AT THE CITY OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SENIORS COMPOSED 25% OF GARLAND'S POPULATION.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? SO, WE'LL WORK, I WILL WORK TO PUT THOSE INTO A COMMON FORMAT AND GET IT BACK OUT TO EVERYBODY.
WE'LL USE THAT FOR EMAIL BLASTS AND, UM, CITY PRESS ARTICLES.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER THING WE HAD ON HERE IS AN EMAIL BLAST AND SURVEY UPDATE FROM JESSE.
WELL, AS FAR AS ANY UPDATES, UH, WE STILL, UH, HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
UH, NO ONE HAS REALLY, BUT WHAT I DID NOTICE, I WAS READING SOME OF THE INTEREST FORMS AND THERE'S SOME INTERESTING, UH, THINGS ON THERE.
PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO KNOW HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED.
THEY'RE WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT GSAC, WELL, THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
SO I THINK THAT'LL BE SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR JALISA AND DION.
SO AT SOME POINT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE VERY MANY SURVEYS BACK, RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT 15.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CONCENTRATE TO GET SOME MORE OF THOSE.
WELL, IN FACT, WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE, UH, GET SOME MORE INFORMATION AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN COMPILE IT AND DO SOMETHING WITH INFORM THE COUNCIL LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.
WHAT SENIOR ARE, ARE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING ELSE ON THOSE TWO TOPICS? NO.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SENIOR CENTER REPORTS.
NO, YOU ALWAYS SNEAK IN ON ME.
WHEN I WAS
SO I HAD TO STOP AND TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST ON MY WAY HERE TO THE MEETING.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? GOOD.
LAST TIME YOU WEREN'T FEELING WELL.
UM, AND YESTERDAY I HAD A MIGRAINE, SO I WENT HOME AND I WAS IN DARKNESS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, SO, AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER HAD A MIGRAINE, THEY'RE NO FUN.
UM, SO, UM, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS WE HAVE COMING UP, UM, TOMORROW WE'RE HAVING A VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO A VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
UM, I JUST REALIZED I LEFT MY JUNK DRIVE AT THE CENTER
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WALK OUT AND EVERYBODY'S ASKING YOU QUESTIONS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.
UM, SO YES, TOMORROW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME, WE'RE GONNA BE PLAYING VALENTINE'S DAY BINGO.
AND WE'RE MAKING LITTLE CRAFTS, SO YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING ROSES, UM, CAFE TOMORROW.
UM, AND THAT WILL START AT NINE 30.
UM, AS WELL ON THE 20TH, WE WILL BE DOING OUR BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET MOUNT HE CHILDREN'S CHOIR, UM, THE, THE ACADEMY THEY'VE PERFORMED FOR US BEFORE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT CALLING ME BACK.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOME STUFF'S GOING ON WITH THE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE THERE.
THE CHILDREN ALWAYS DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB.
UM, SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
UM, AT OUR BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM, UM, AS WELL AS WE ARE WORKING ON OUR COMBINED, UM, CASINO NIGHT, I GUESS WE COULD CALL IT.
UM, SO IT WILL BE ON, I THINK WE SAID THURSDAY.
I THINK WE SWITCHED TO, IT'S EITHER TUESDAY OR THURSDAY.
WE SWITCHED A DAY INSTEAD OF A FRIDAY.
UM, BECAUSE FRIDAY'S 10 WE DON'T WANNA MESS WITH BINGO.
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SO WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, I THINK A THURSDAY OR A TUESDAY, AND WE ARE GONNA COMBINE, UM, WITH CHEESE SACK SO WE CAN HAVE A FULL DAY.AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PLAY FOR, WE'LL DO LIKE WE BLACKJACK, WE'LL DO, YOU KNOW, SMALL CASINO THINGS.
AND THEN ALSO WE'LL HAVE FOOD AND, UM, DRINKS SO THAT YOU CAN SOCIALIZE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST LIKE A LITTLE GATHERING TO COMBINE THE CENTERS TOGETHER.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR SUMMER THINGS.
WE DO KIND OF TAKE A BACK SEAT DURING THE SUMMERTIME JUST BECAUSE WITH SUMMER CAMP IT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT BUSIER AT GS A, I MEAN, AT FIELD.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING ON OUR SUMMER STUFF RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE STILL HAVE OUR FOUR TRIPS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY OUR MIAMI TRIP, UM, DID NOT MAKE, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO CANCEL OUR MIAMI TRIP.
BUT THE GOOD THING IS, IS THAT ALL OF OUR OTHER TRIPS ARE DOING REALLY WELL.
SO, UM, WE HAVE CANADA IN JUNE.
THAT ONE IS RACKING UP PRETTY QUICK.
WE GOT ABOUT 20 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THAT TRIP, SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MAINE IN OCTOBER, WHICH IS GONNA BE EXCITING.
UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD THE FO FOLEY.
FOLEY, IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? FOLIAGE IS, IS AMAZING.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL DURING THAT TIME.
SO WE WILL BE THERE RIGHT DURING THAT TIME.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO NEW YORK IN CHRISTMAS TIME.
AND IT'S RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY FIRST PUT UP ALL THE DECORATIONS.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY NICE.
UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO ANY OF THOSE TRIPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GIMME A CALL AT THE CENTER, OR YOU CAN CALL CARLA.
UM, WE HAVE CASINO TRIPS COMING UP, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO GAMBLING, PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OUR CASINO TRIPS.
JUST BECAUSE IT'S HOT IN TEXAS, DON'T FORGET YOUR COAT.
'CAUSE WE'RE GOING UP NORTH CAN DROP TO 30 DEGREES JUST WITH, AND YOU KNOW, US AS TEXAS FOLK, WE, WE DON'T DO COLD TOO MUCH.
AND WE GOT OUT THE BIG JACKETS, UM, AS I DON'T HAVE A JACKET ON TODAY.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S EVERYTHING.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME? ANYTHING AT ALL? UM, MY SECOND PART OF MY JOB IS WE HAVE OUR SWEETHEART DANCE THIS WEEKEND, SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
ALL THE DADS AND THE DAUGHTERS ARE GONNA BE DRESSED UP.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE SOLD OUT ON THE DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE.
SINCE COVID, THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR SOLD OUT, SO, UH, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT K-POP SO LOUD.
HEY, K-POP IS SO POPULAR WITH THE CHILDREN RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU ANNE, FOR SENDING THE FOOD PANTRIES.
THEY REALLY HELP THE SENIORS A LOT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING AT ALL YOU THINK? OKAY.
OH, OUR MJA GROUP, OH, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
OUR MJA GROUP, WE HAVE A MJA GROUP.
UM, IT IS DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY DOUBLED IN NUMBERS.
SO WE GOT ABOUT 20 PEOPLE NOW IN OUR MJA GROUP, AND WE HAVE, I'VE HAD TO BUY ANOTHER MJA SET BECAUSE WE HAD FOUR TABLES GOING.
SO NOW WE HAVE TO ADD A FIFTH TABLE.
UM, AND WE'RE RUNNING OUTTA SPACE IN OUR DINING ROOM, SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
PEOPLE ARE JUST HEARING ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET.
AND SURPRISINGLY, WE ACTUALLY HAD A 30-YEAR-OLD CALL AND SHE'S LIKE 37.
SHE WAS INQUIRING, SHE SAW THE MJA ONLINE AND SHE WAS LIKE, I WANNA PLAY.
I WAS LIKE, WELL, WE ARE A SENIOR CENTER, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND SO SHE WAS LIKE, CAN I JUST COME AND WATCH? I SAID, ABSOLUTELY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND WATCH ANYTIME.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND WATCH.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOME INNER, UM, CENTER THINGS, MAYBE AT BRADFIELD, WHERE WE HAVE, UM, A DAY WHERE WE COMBINE.
AND OUR INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT SHE DIDN'T MIND GOING OVER THERE TO TEACH.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE AND IT'S JUST GREAT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LOVING THIS GAME.
IF YOU WANT, EVERYONE WILL COME OVER TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY MJA.
IS THE INSTRUCTOR THERE AT EACH TIME? YES.
THE INSTRUCTOR'S THERE AT EVERY TIME.
WE DO MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAYS FROM 12 TO TWO.
IF SHE'S NOT THERE, THEN WE WILL CALL YOU AHEAD OF TIME.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN.
SHE TAKES CARE OF HER SON, UM, WHO IS DISABLED.
SO IF SHE CAN'T COME, SHE GIVES US A HEAD UP, HEADS UP.
BUT SHE'S A REGULAR SENIOR WHO COMES TO THE CENTER.
AND SHE, WHEN I TELL YOU SHE CAN TEACH YOU
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AND MY STAFF AS WELL, MY STAFF HAS ACTUALLY LEARNED HOW TO PLAY MARSHALL AS WELL.SO IF SHE'S NOT THERE, SOMEBODY CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO PLAY.
BUT THAT'S ALL OUR CENTER IS NOW.
SO IF YOU WANNA LEARN, COME OVER, WE'LL TEACH YOU ANY QUESTIONS.
TOLD YOU I WAS GONNA COME SEE YOU.
AND I HAVEN'T PULLED THAT OFF YET, BUT, AND I'M SORRY TO BE UNINFORMED, I'M JUST NEW ON THE SCRIPT.
THE, SO THE FIELDS PROGRAM EXISTS BECAUSE THE CENTER WAS TORN DOWN TOWN.
SO WHEN DOWNTOWN OPENS, WE WILL STILL BE OPEN.
IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE HOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE REC CENTERS.
WE JUST HAVE TWO SENIOR CENTERS AS WELL.
THAT ONE IS ONLY A SENIOR CENTER.
I, WE JUST ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT THE WHOLE TIME.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THESE BUSINESSES, LIKE COLD COMPLIANCE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT YES, I'M GONNA COME SEE YOU.
EVEN IF MY LIGHT IS OFF, I'M IN THERE.
YOU'VE MISS TONY'S BEEN THERE.
IT'S JUST MY EYES ARE VERY SENSITIVE, SO I TURN MY LIGHT OFF.
BUT YES, PLEASE COME AND SEE ME.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING? OKAY.
WELL I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL MAYBE AT MJA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO CALL ME.
WE'LL STILL BE THERE, RIGHT? THE SENIOR ACTIVITIES.
UM, SO EXTENDED TRIPS, UH, OUR CROATIA TRIP IS FULL.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OH MY GOODNESS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, UM, WE ARE STILL REGISTERING PEOPLE FOR THE RHINE AMSTERDAM RIVER CRUISE.
UH, WE'RE HEADED TO IRELAND IN, UM, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
WE'VE GOT SPAIN ON THE BOOKS FOR 27 AND GREECE.
AND, UM, WE ARE FINALIZING ALL THE DETAILS FOR THOSE TRIPS.
UM, WE ARE HEADED TO JOE'S ITALIAN BISTRO, UM, THIS MONTH FOR OUR GRUB CLUB.
UH, WE WENT TO CHOCTAW THIS MORNING.
UM, THAT TRIP WAS PLANNED FOR LAST THURSDAY ON THE 29TH, WHICH WE WERE, UM, WE OPENED HALF A DAY THAT DAY, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE BETWEEN HERE AND CHOCTAW.
SO WE RESCHEDULED THAT TRIP TO TODAY.
UM, THEN WE'RE GOING AGAIN IN MARCH AND JUNE.
UM, OUR PLANO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM AND HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
THAT TRIP WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE 12TH, BUT WE HAVE MOVED IT TO THE 26TH TO ACCOMMODATE SOME ISSUES THAT THE MUSEUM NEEDED US TO ACCOMMODATE.
UM, YESTERDAY WE HAD A, UM, FREEZE PRESENTATION, FREEZE PREPARATION PRESENTATION KIND OF CAME AFTER THE FACT.
UM, WE HAD TRIED TO DO IT PRIOR TO, BUT UM, THE, UH, PRESENTER, SHE HAD MEETINGS THAT SHE COULDN'T GET OUT OF.
SO UNFORTUNATELY IT CAME AFTER THE FACT AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GET TO TEST IT, UM, AGAIN THIS YEAR.
WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, OOPS, SORRY.
UH, OUR NUTRITION EDUCATION THIS MONTH IS PICK A BETTER FRUIT AND CEREAL COMBINATION THAT'S ON THE 10TH.
OUR DRIVER'S MOVIE CLUB WILL BE SHOWING TWO MOVIES.
OH, I FOR, UH, UH, ONE ON THE 12TH.
IT'S CALLED WHAT'S UP DOC? I BELIEVE BARBARA STREISAND IS IN THAT ONE, BUT I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN THAT MOVIE.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING FOOTLOOSE WITH KEVIN BACON, THE ORIGINAL FOOTLOOSE, UM, ON THE 26TH.
OUR PAINT CLASS WITH ANNA IS ON THE 20TH.
AND THEN COFFEE WITH THE NURSES ON THE 23RD.
UM, OUR CENTER UPDATE, WELL WE GOT A REALLY GREAT UPDATE THANKS TO DELEE TODAY.
SO, UM, AS YOU SAW FROM ALL THE PICTURES, IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL CENTER.
UM, WE DO ATTEND CONSTRUCTION MEETINGS ON THURSDAYS.
UM, AND THE, THE, UH, CONTRACTOR, THEY'RE INCREDIBLE.
THEY'VE GOT ALL THEIR STUFF TOGETHER.
AND THE PROJECT, UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IS ON ON SCHEDULE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE WEATHER AFFECTED
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THINGS.HOPEFULLY THEY WEREN'T THERE WORKING AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL CENTER.
WE WILL BE MOVING IN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR HOPEFULLY.
UM, SO, AND I KNOW WE ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT A BIG PARTY THAT WE WANNA DO.
UM, WE'RE WORKING OUT DETAILS.
THEY WILL BE PUBLISHED, BUT THAT'S A CENTER PARTY.
I'M SURE THE CITY WILL HAVE A GRAND OPENING WITH THE RIBBON CUTTING AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, ONCE WE HAVE THAT PARTY SCHEDULED, UM, I WILL LET ALL OF YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF COURSE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO, UM, COME AND PARTY WITH US.
AND THE REST OF JUST PICTURES OF, UM, OUR MEMBERS.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT REC, OH, JUST DO THIS.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THIS CLASS.
TECHNOLOGY IS NOT MY STRONG SUIT AND I APOLOGIZE.
SO THIS IS OUR CHAIR EXERCISE CLASS.
THEY GET UP, THEY MOVE, THEY STRETCH.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR FREE CLASSES.
ANGELA, UM, ALSO DOES OUR OTHER FREE CLASS, OUR FIT TO LIVE CLASS.
BOTH OF THOSE CLASSES HAVE INCREASED ENROLLMENT AND AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT CLASS EITHER OF THOSE CLASSES IN OUR SMALL FITNESS ROOM.
SO WE ALREADY KNOW THAT CLASS IS LARGE ENOUGH TO MOVE TO OUR BIG EVENT CENTER WHEN WE MOVE TO OUR CENTER.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A PAINTING CLASS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT.
UM, THAT'S OUR NEW PAINTING INSTRUCTOR.
WE'RE TRYING TO BOOST, UM, INTEREST IN HER CLASS.
SHE IS NEW SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH OUR SENIORS, BUT SHE'S TRYING TO, UM, FORGE BONDS WITH THEM IN RELATIONSHIPS.
AND THEN THIS PICTURE OVER HERE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IT VERY WELL, IS OUR TEXAS HOLDEN GROUP IN THIS CORNER RIGHT OVER HERE.
USUALLY WE HAVE TWO TABLES OF AT LEAST EIGHT PER TABLE.
AND THEY ARE VERY, UM, STEADY GROUP.
AND THEIR, THEIR, UH, TEXAS HOLDEN WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEW CENTER AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
OH, I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE YOUR DEPARTMENT RESEARCH.
UM, SOMEBODY SENT IT TO TRANSPORTATION.
NO, YEAH, I, YEAH, I DID THOUGHT.
I SO DID YOU GET MINE BACK? I DID.
UM, SO, AND I HAD DONE THE RESEARCH ONLINE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THEY HAD MORE INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT POSTED.
AND I GUESS THEY DIDN'T, WELL THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY SENT IT TO YOU GUYS.
I SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO OFFER TWO TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION.
THEY'RE SEPARATE PROGRAMS. THERE'S OUR MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION AND THEN OUR CENTER TRANSPORTATION.
SO IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW.
UM, I WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU KNOW THE DATE OF THE HEALTH FAIR OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? OH, UM, OCTOBER 10TH OR IT'S THE THURSDAY.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DAY.
IS THAT A THURSDAY? YES MA'AM.
WE'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED THE ATRIUM, UM, FOR THAT DATE.
UM, SO THEY'RE EXPECTING US AGAIN.
AND THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THE TIME, UM, IT'LL PROBABLY, WE USUALLY START AT AROUND, UM, NINE O'CLOCK, NINE TO 12 I THINK.
BUT I WILL, I WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW FOR SURE.
UM, I KNOW OUR VENDORS IN THE PAST, THEY REALLY LIKED THE ATRIUM.
UM, BEFORE WE USED TO DO IT IN OUR OWN CENTER IN OUR BIG ROOM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE DO MOVE BACK TO THE CENTER, IF WE WILL LOOK AT MOVING IT BACK THERE OR NOT.
BUT THE VENDORS REALLY LIKE, UM, THE ATRIUM.
THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE FOR THEM.
AND UM, SO WE MAY CONTINUE IT THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW YET THIS YEAR THOUGH, IT IS PLANNED FOR THE ATRIUM.
D WILL SEE ANY ACTIVITIES AT GALE FIELDS ONCE Y'ALL MOVE.
NOT SPECIFICALLY SENIOR RELATED THAT I'M AWARE OF.
I DO KNOW THAT FIELDS DOES HAVE A SENIOR PICKLEBALL CLASS ON SATURDAYS.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL CONTINUE THAT, BUT THAT IS A FIELDS PROGRAM.
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PROGRAM, SO I'M, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THEY WILL CONTINUE THAT.BUT, UM, ANY OF OUR PROGRAMMING THAT WE BROUGHT WILL GO BACK WITH US AND ANYONE WHO IS CURRENTLY WORKING OUT AT FIELDS, UH, IN THEIR FITNESS ROOM BECAUSE WE ARE THERE.
UM, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK OUT AT FIELDS IF THEY WANT TO, BUT I BELIEVE THEY WILL THEN NEED TO BUY A FITNESS PASS FOR, UM, A SENIOR FITNESS PASS.
IF THEY COME BACK TO OUR CENTER WITH US, THEN UM, THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.
YOU'RE AT FIELDS? WE ARE AT FIELDS CURRENTLY.
WE HAVE BEEN FOR A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS.
AND THE SENIOR PASS IS FOR RESIDENTS OR OLDER RESIDENCE IS 25 A YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THE SENIOR FITNESS PASS 20.
AND THAT'S FOR THE YEAR? YEAH.
DO YOU KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE THE SAME WHEN YOU RELOCATE? UH, FOR THE SENIOR FITNESS PASS? YES.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE YOU HAVING TO HAVE A SEPARATE SENIOR FITNESS PASS.
UM, THE, THE FITNESS CENTER WILL BE THERE FOR MEMBERS TO USE FREE.
AND GOING BACK TO WHAT DELEE SAID, IF COUNSEL SAYS, HEY, WE NEED TO CHARGE A FEE, THEN POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE A FEE.
BUT IF IT A ME OPERATES LIKE PASS G SAC NO FEE.
SO THE ID THAT WE HAVE ON OUR LANYARD THAT WE PUNCH IN IN THE MORNING WITH OUR BARCODE SCAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET A NEW ONE.
NO, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ADDRESS ON IT.
IT'S A SENIOR NO, IT, IT WILL FOLLOW YOU WITH US.
AND YOU WOULD ONLY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, GET A NEW ONE AS IT EXPIRES.
ANYWHERE, RIGHT? DO YOU GO ANYWHERE? WELL, I MEAN ANY REC CENTER SENIOR? UM, NO, THAT IS JUST FOR THE SENIOR CENTERS.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A DIFFERENT REC CENTER, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE EITHER THE MEMBERSHIP AT THAT REC CENTER OR THE FITNESS PASS AT THE REC CENTER.
AND THEN ONCE YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU COULD GO TO ALL THE REC REC CENTERS.
YOU MEAN PURCHASE THE, IF YOU PUR PASS.
AND THEN YOU CAN GO TO HOLFORD OR YOU COULD COME TO FIELDS OR WHEREVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
BECAUSE I WAS UP THERE AT, UH, AUDUBON THEN IT WAS 20 THERE.
NO, THAT'S GOOD AT HOLFORD, GRANGER, ALL OF 'EM.
AND THAT'S TO USE THE EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? YES.
THEY WANTED TO WORK ON THE FITNESS CENTER.
NOT FOR CLASSES, JUST THE EQUIPMENT.
ANYBODY ELSE? ARE YOU GONNA SEND US YOUR INFORMATION? EMAIL THAT TO CAROL.
WHAT INFORMATION THAT YOU, JUST ALL THIS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT YOU JUST WENT OVER NORMALLY YOU GIVE US A SHEET.
OH, UM, NO I DON'T NOR I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THAT, UM, RECENTLY.
I DON'T PASS OUT A WRITTEN SHEET.
CAN WE GET THAT? IF YOU WANT THE DATES AND STUFF, I MEAN, WE CAN, I CAN TYPE 'EM UP.
YOU, I CAN GET SOMETHING TO YOU.
SEND THE, SOME OF IT'S SEND THE SCHOOL, BUT IT'S GONNA BE EASIER FOR ME TO SEND OUT IF I GET AN EMAILED RATHER THAN HAVING TO, I'LL, I'LL GET SOMETHING FOR YOU BECAUSE I SEND OUT OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEY COME AND GO ON THOSE TRIPS.
SO THAT LEADS ME TO A QUESTION I HAD AS FAR AS THE EMAIL BLAST.
MAYBE ONCE, UH, JALISA AND DION GETS THOSE DATES, I CAN PUT 'EM FOR THE NEXT EMAIL BLAST.
'CAUSE THE LAST ONE I DID WAS JANUARY 16TH.
SO WE CAN GET ONE FOR NEXT MONTH AND MAYBE WE CAN ADD THOSE AND, AND THE PANTRY.
AND, UH, MAYBE THE, THE, A LITTLE, LITTLE TWO LINE THING ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER.
YEAH, WE'LL JUST PUT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THE SURVEY WAS IN THE LAST EMAIL AS WELL.
SO I DID SEE LIKE ONE OR TWO COME THROUGH AFTER THAT.
EMAIL BLAST WENT UP, PUT THE SURVEY IN EVERYONE.
WE DO APPRECIATE YOU AND JSA COMING.
THE NEXT ITEM IS, UM, UPCOMING CITY PRESS TOPICS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS SEARCHING FOR.
I BROUGHT IN THE ARTICLE THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE MARCH APRIL, BUT I CAN'T FIND IT.
SO VENITA, YOU WANNA JUST SUMMARIZE, UM, WHAT THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE MARCH APRIL CITY PRESS? OH, I DON'T KNOW.
DO I KNOW? YEAH, YOU WROTE IT.
SO I BELIEVE, UM, IT WRITE THIS MOMENT SOMETIMES IT GATHERS INFORMATION AND IT, BUT IT DOESN'T STORE IT.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD, TELL ME THE TOPIC AND THEN IT'LL COME.
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I THINK IT WAS THE EMAIL BLAST IN THE SURVEY.YEAH, WE WERE GONNA INCLUDE THAT, BUT WE WERE INCLUDING OTHER, WE INCLUDED SOME OTHER THINGS.
I'M SORRY, JESSE AND I COULD PROBABLY FIND IT ON MY PHONE.
SO IT WAS, UM, TALKING ABOUT YOUR OPINION MATTERS.
SO THEY WANTED TO FIND OUT, THE COMMISSION WANTED TO FIND OUT FROM RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE.
UH, ALSO LIKE THE QR CODES WERE POSTED SO THEY COULD JOIN THE EMAIL BLAST OR THEY CAN DO THE SURVEY.
SO THAT WAS THE, JUST OF THAT ARTICLE.
WE GAVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES FROM COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THE THINGS YOU, THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE TO JUST BE A PROBLEM, IT COULD JUST BE SOMETHING YOU WANTED OR DID.
THAT'S, I'D LIKE TO STAY A SENIOR MOMENT, BUT THAT'LL INSULT THIS WHOLE ROOM.
WE, YOU KNOW, THAT REFLECTS US.
WE ALL HAVE THAT MORE THAN THAT MOMENT.
SO JESSE, SINCE YOU SENT THAT TO RAY, HE MIGHT SEND THE PROOF BACK TO YOU.
SO INSTEAD OF ME, OR IF HE DOES, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
AND I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE WE WANNA HAVE THIS TEAMS DEMONSTRATION AT THE END.
AND SO, UM, MARCH WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE COUNCILMAN JOE, THOMAS AND JESSE WILL CONTACT HIM.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE JERRY CLICK FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN APRIL, UM, VENITA HAS ARRANGED FOR THE ELDER LAWYER TO BE HERE.
AND COREY THE POLICE, UNLESS HE HAS AN EARLY BABY, WILL BE HERE.
IF NOT, I THINK HE'LL HAVE A SUBSTITUTE.
AND I'M NOT GONNA GO ANY FURTHER WITH THAT.
UM, UNLESS YOU ALL WANT ME TO.
I WANNA MOVE ON TO THE TEAM'S DEMONSTRATION QUESTION.
IF MR. TOM COUNCILMAN THOMAS IS NOT AVAILABLE, WOULD YOU PREFER SOMEONE ELSE? OR DO YOU JUST WANNA TABLE THAT FOR A DIFFERENT MONTH? WELL, HOW ABOUT THE MAYOR? MAYOR? OKAY.
AND IF NEITHER ONE OF THOSE CAN COME, CAN WE GET, UM, JOSEPH ELLIS FROM THE, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ELLIS AND I SENT YOU THAT INFORMATION AND HE WANTED TO, HE'S EAGER TO COME.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE WE MOVE BACK TO AGENDA ITEMS? C AND JESSE WILL LEAD US IN A TEAMS DEMONSTRATION.
I, I WANNA MAKE A SUGGESTION AND IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDAS.
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SURVEY.
POSSIBLY THAT, UH, IF WE DESIGNATE A DAY TO BE AT EITHER OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN AND, AND SPEND TIME THERE AS, UM, BOARD, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS ASKING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY.
SO BE THERE, YOU KNOW, TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE.
LET'S BE MORE ACTIVE IN DESIGNATED DAY TO BE THERE IN PRESENT TO GET PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE SURVEY.
ON THE FUTURE ITEM OR WHATEVER.
SO LET ME ASK, 'CAUSE THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID MADE ME THINK ABOUT.
SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME WE IN A SENIOR CITIZEN, UH, COMMUNITY OR APARTMENT COMPLEX OR WHATEVER, COULD WE JUST HAVE THEM TAKE SURVEYS? OF COURSE, YES.
AND FOR YOUR THINGS THAT YOU SEND OUT, THERE'S A LINK BEYOND THE QR CODE.
THERE'S A LINK THAT YOU COULD PUT INTO YOUR RIGHT.
I'M THINKING THAT, THAT JESSE COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH JESSE, PLEASE.
I THINK THOSE FLYERS THAT HAD BOTH OF THE QR CODES ON IT PROBABLY WOULD BE THE EASIEST THING.
JUST HAVE THE FLYER WITH YOU AND THEN HAVE 'EM SCAN IT.
OR IF THEY LET YOU POST IT THERE, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE EASIEST THING.
BUT YEAH, I HAVE OFFERED THIS TO PEOPLE.
I THINK WE CAN LAMINATE IT JUST LIKE THAT.
WAS THINKING LIKE AT OUR CLASS IF WE COULD HAND IT OUT AND GET PEOPLE.
JESSE, CAN YOU EMAIL ME THAT QR? BUT THAT DOESN'T, YES, I CAN EMAIL YOU THAT FLYER.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE GET YOUR DEVICES READY.
ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL THIS MORNING TO JOIN TEAMS. IF NOT, I CAN SEND IT BACK OUT.
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DID YOU PLUG IN TONY? THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PLUGINS.OH, FOR IF YOU WERE ALREADY ON TEAMS, THEN YOU, YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE EMAIL.
BUT FOR THE NEW MEMBERS THAT WERE NOT A PART OF THE GROUP, THEY RECEIVED THE EMAIL TO JOIN THE GROUP.
SO MS. ANN, YOU ALREADY, YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE GROUP SO YOU SHOULDN'T RECEIVE THE EMAIL THIS MORNING.
WHAT TIME JESSE? IT WAS PROBABLY AROUND EIGHT SOMETHING.
UM, SO I USE TEAMS ALL THE TIME.
SO ALL I NEED TO DO IS ACCEPT THAT TO GET INTO THE GROUP.
SO IF EVERYONE HAS THEIR DEVICES OUT, OR EXCUSE ME, WOULD IT COME FROM YOU? IT WOULD'VE CAME FROM MICROSOFT TEAMS. HOW DID IT LOOK? THE EMAIL THAT YOU RECEIVED? YEAH, MICROSOFT TEAMS. UM, MICROSOFT TEAMS. EIGHT O'CLOCK YOU HAVE BEEN ADDED.
SO IT'S AN EMAIL, NOT A TEXT? CORRECT.
SO DEPENDING ON HOW YOUR SETUP IS, IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE GROUP OR IF YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED IN TEAMS, LIKE I HAVE A LOT OF CHANNELS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY SCREEN BECAUSE I HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT I'M IN.
BUT HOWEVER IT SHOULD SAY SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THAT WOULD BE THE CHANNEL THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO GO TO.
AND ONCE YOU GET ON THAT CHANNEL, WE ONLY HAVE ONE TAB UNDER THERE, WHICH WILL BE GENERAL.
SO ONCE YOU CLICK ON GENERAL, IT'LL LOOK LIKE THIS.
SO ACROSS THE TOP WE HAVE POST SHARED SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMISSION AND AGENDAS AND MINUTES.
SO IF YOU CLICK ON THE AGENDAS AND MINUTES, THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANY AGENDA THAT IS POSTED.
SO FOR US, WE WILL WANT TO GO TO SHARED AND CLICK ON THAT JUST A MINUTE.
SO THEN YOU'LL SEE FOLDERS POP UP.
SO I WENT IN THERE AND MOVED SOME THINGS AROUND, ADJUST SOME OTHER THINGS.
SO WE'LL HAVE FOUR FOLDERS OBVIOUSLY IF WE NEED MORE WE CAN GET MORE.
AND FROM THERE IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE AGENDAS, JUST CLICK ON THE AGENDA FOLDER.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE SLOW HERE.
WELL LET ME GET BACK ON THE INTERNET.
MY CURSOR STOPPED MOVING AND I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY, I DIDN'T AN EMAIL.
WE CAN CHECK AFTERWARDS AND THEN I CAN SEND IT AGAIN TOO.
SO WITHIN THE AGENDAS, WE HAVE TWO FOLDERS CURRENTLY.
SO ANY AGENDAS AND MINUTES FROM LAST YEAR, THAT'S WHAT THEY WILL BE HOUSED.
ANYTHING FROM THIS YEAR WOULD BE IN 2026.
SO I LABELED 'EM, IF IT SAYS AGENDA PACKET THEN WE KNOW THAT'S EVERYTHING.
THAT'S THE AGENDA AND THE MINUTES.
ANY HANDOUTS? UM, IF WE GO BACK TO 2025, WE HAD SOME THAT WAS STRICTLY THE AGENDA AND THEN WE HAD SOME THAT WAS THE PACKET AS WELL.
AND THEN WE DID HAVE A FEW THAT WOULD JUST PASS MINUTES ONLY.
SO FEBRUARY, JANUARY AND THEN JUNE.
SO IF YOU DO, IF THE, FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR EMAIL AND MAYBE YOU SAY HEY I WANNA GO TO TEAMS, THEY'LL BE IN TEAMS AS WELL TOO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK IN TEAMS. AND THEN UNDER THE GENERAL FOLDER, CURRENTLY WE JUST HAVE THE BYLAWS, NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION AND THEN THE ROSTER PROCEDURES.
CURRENTLY WE JUST HAVE THE NEW UPDATED GUEST SPEAKER POLICY AND THEN SENIORS IN THE KNOW.
SO WHAT I DID WITH THIS ONE, UH, I FOUND THAT ARTICLE, WELL NOT ARTICLE, BUT THE FORM THAT UH, CAROL HAD GIVEN US.
AND I JUST PUT THAT IN THE FOLDER.
OBVIOUSLY THE DATES WERE JUST CHANGED, BUT YOU CAN TELL OKAY, WE NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, JANUARY'S IN BY WHATEVER DAY OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
SO WE CAN HAVE IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN WE CAN UPDATE THIS TOO.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT IN THERE.
AND THEN 2026, I JUST PUT IN THE PDF OF THE EMAIL THAT I SENT TO RAY FOR THE ARTICLE.
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MARCHES CITY PRESS.AND THEN 25, WE HAD THOSE TWO IN THERE FROM 25.
SO WITH TEAMS, AGAIN THE BEST GENERAL TAB AND FROM THERE THIS IS THE WALL.
I PROBABLY WON'T PUT ANYTHING ON THE WALL, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT EVERYONE COULD SEE IT.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS MAKING SURE WE GO TO THE SHARED AND THEN THE FILES, I DUNNO WHY IT'S NOT, MAYBE IT'S LAGGING, BUT THEY WILL BE HERE, THEY POP UP IF IT DOESN'T JUST GO BACK.
FOR SOME REASON IT'S LAGGING A LITTLE BIT.
SO IF YOU DON'T SEE IT, JUST GO TO ANOTHER TAB AND GO BACK.
WHERE DO YOU FIND THIS? WHERE DO YOU SO YES, YOU PROBABLY RECEIVED AN EMAIL LAST YEAR TO JOIN 'CAUSE YOU'RE A MEMBER.
I CAN TELL WHO ALL THE MEMBERS TELL THE MM-HMM SURE.
SO THIS IS STAFF AND THEN SEE EVERYONE HAS BEEN INVITED.
AND WHERE DO I GET ACCESS ON THE GARLAND WEBSITE? NO.
SO WHAT I'LL DO AFTER WE GET DONE, I'LL SEND YOU ANOTHER EMAIL.
AND THEN YOU CAN JUST CLICK IT FROM THERE.
IT SAYS IT WANT MY, THE CODE TO SIGN IN MICROSOFT.
DO YOU HAVE MICROSOFT OFFICE? I DON'T OWN, I GUESS I DO.
SO YOU WOULD, THAT WOULD BE YOUR WHATEVER, YOUR PASSWORD OR WHATEVER.
OR DID YOU GET A LIKE USUALLY TO VERIFY THEY MAY SEND IT TO YOUR EMAIL TO SAY HEY THIS, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS KATHLEEN GETTING ON VERSUS A, YOU KNOW, A STRANGER.
WELL IT'S PROBABLY BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE USED A CODE.
OKAY, SO TEAMS IS AN APP YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD.
OR DO WEB BASED AND YOU COULD BELONG TO IT FOR 20 ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, AND SO MY PHONE WON'T HOLD TEAMS AND I'M NOT BUYING A NEW ONE.
SO I HAVE IT ON COMPUTERS AT HOME.
AND SO WHEN I GET ON THERE, YOU, IF I DO THIS, IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY LINK ME BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE THE APP DOWNLOADED.
IF YOU DON'T, IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO THE APP STORE.
EVENTUALLY YOU DOWNLOAD THE APP AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ACCESS FROM US FROM JESSE.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE APP, YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE.
BUT I CAN DO IT FROM MY COMPUTER.
MAYBE GO BACK TO THAT MAIN PAGE AFTER THIS IS OVER, I'M GONNA HAVE TO HAVE YOU HELP ME.
YOU'RE ON THERE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO, SO YOUR PHONE HOLDS TEAMS? NO, BECAUSE YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH THE WEB, BUT IT'LL BE, I MEAN IF YOU WANNA DO IT FROM YOUR PHONE, IT'LL BE EASIER IF YOU HAVE THE TEAMS APP CORRECTLY.
WOULD YOU GO BACK TO MAIN PAGE JESSIE FEED PICTURE? YES.
TO THIS PAGE OR BIG? YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO THE SHARED WHERE THE FOLDERS WERE.
WELL, BUT IT'S FIGURED MY, OH, I DID SOMETHING TO DO.
IT PROBABLY CONNECTED US AT HOW I CAN GET THERE, BUT, BUT NO, MINE IS, MINE IS NOT THAT OLD, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH MEMORY.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT HEAVIER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOW IF WE NEED TO DO ONE-ON-ONES, WE CAN DO THAT.
IF I JUST COME SEE ME AT FIELDS, LET ME KNOW BEFORE YOU COME.
'CAUSE I MIGHT NOT BE THERE, BUT JUST WELL I CAN HELP YOU.
I SAID IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR NEEDED A ONE-ON-ONE TO DO TEAMS, JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN, YEAH.
HOW DO WE CALL YOU
UM, MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION AFTER WE'RE ADJOURNED.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SAY TODAY THAT'S ON THE AGENDA?
I HAVE A LIST OF CHURCHES IN GARLAND AND ROLLETT AND SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I FORGOT WHAT'S PROBABLY WALLY THAT I DID LAST YEAR.
DO YOU WANT TO VERIFY THOSE? DO DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO REVERIFY 'EM AND THEN WE CAN PROBABLY, SO OKAY.
BECAUSE OF MONEY ISSUES, A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVE JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT.
SO I'LL, I'LL I'LL TAKE THAT OVER.
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OKAY.SO THAT YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE EMAIL LIST.
HOW SOON DO YOU NEED THIS JESSE? WELL I'M THINKING THE NEXT ONE WILL GO OUT NEXT MONTH, SO, 'CAUSE I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SEND OUT FOR THIS MONTH.
I MEAN, WELL YOU'VE GOT HER NEW PANTRY LIST.
WHAT DID WE JUST SAY IN THE SURVEY? WELL, WE DID THAT LAST, I DID THAT IN JANUARY TOO.
DID THEY SEE IT OFTEN ENOUGH? THEY'LL ANSWER AND I THINK YOU WROTE SOMETHING ELSE DOWN, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
SO WE TRY LIKE TO TRY TO DO LIKE ONE A MONTH.
OH, YOU GAVE ME, YOU WANTED TO PUT A BLURB ABOUT WHEN THE SENIOR CENTER WERE OPEN.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO PUT OUT.
MAYBE ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS OR SOMETHING.
SO DO YOU WANT ME TO, UM, JUST KIND OF JUST KEEP GARLAND THE NUMBER OF, THE NUMBER OF CHURCHES? THAT'D BE GOOD.
YEAH, BECAUSE THE LIST WAS LONG.
IT TOOK ME A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO DO THAT RESEARCH AND THAT IF, UM, IF THE UNIVERSITY'S STILL DOING IT, YOU MIGHT WANNA ADD THEM.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL DO THAT AS WELL.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE AT 10 36 WE STAND ADJOURNED.
SAL, I JUST SENT YOU ANOTHER EMAIL SO.