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SO WE'RE GONNA START OUR MEETING SLASH SOCIAL FOR TODAY.UM, TA'S NOT HERE, SO I'LL BE COVERING FOR TASI.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, SO WHY DON'T YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE AGENDA.
SO FIRST WE'LL DO THE APPROVAL, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 10TH, 2003, SIX.
DOES ANYONE SECOND? I SECOND HERE.
ALRIGHT, SO DO HAVE A SECOND MOTION.
WE'LL LOOK THROUGH OUR SECOND ONE, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, SO THE NEXT ONE IS PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO ADDRESS SINCE THERE'S NO ONE BECAUSE WE ADDRESS COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, SO NEXT IS THE CITY COUNCIL MEET, GREET.
SO WHAT WE HAVE, WHO WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS A BROTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR, PRO TEAM MIGRANT.
SO WHO WILL BE SPEAKING? SO, HELLO.
OKAY, SO IT'S, IT'S MARGARET LUCK, YOU SAID.
SO THAT'S WHAT I TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE TROUBLE AND EVERYONE HAS TROUBLE WITH THIS, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR ON CITY COUNCIL.
I'M CURRENTLY RUNNING FOR REELECTION IN DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, IT WILL BE MY, IF I WIN, WHICH I HOPE TO, IT WILL BE MY THIRD AND FINAL TERM BECAUSE WE HAVE TERM LIMITS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND, UM, I MAY GO FOR OTHER ROLES, BUT FOR NOW I'M JUST FOCUSING ON DISTRICT FIVE AND FINISHING THE PROJECTS THAT I STARTED.
AND, UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME POSTS ON FACEBOOK TODAY.
UH, GARLAND IS GETTING TWO HE BS.
WE'RE GETTING ONE IN THE NORTH, A FULL HEB LIKE YOU WOULD SEE IN, UM, LIKE THE BIG AREAS, BIG SHOPPING CENTERS.
AND THEN WE'RE GETTING ONE IN SOUTH GARLAND ALSO AT 6 35 IN CENTERVILLE.
IT'S A JOVIE, SO IT IS A, AN HEB BRAND.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD.
WALMART IS TO A BIG, UH, FULL SERVICE WALMART.
WE'LL BE GOING OVER THAT AT THE NEXT STATE COUNCIL MEETING.
SO YOU SHOULD TUNE IN AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
I, I FULLY EXPECT FOR BOTH OF THOSE, UH, PROPERTIES TO PASS UNANIMOUSLY.
I WENT TO WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY, SAN HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I WENT TO GARLAND MY FIRST THREE YEARS AND THEN I GRADUATED FROM SOUTH MY SENIOR YEAR.
UM, I LEFT FOR THREE YEARS TO LIVE IN DENTON AND I ATTENDED UNT.
I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO DO THERE, SO I LEFT UNT, CAME BACK TO GARLAND AND STARTED WORKING WITH MY DAD AT A DENTAL LABORATORY.
WE MADE TEETH, UM, THE KIND THAT ARE PERMANENT.
WE DIDN'T MAKE DENTURES OR PARTIALS.
UM, MY SPECIALTY WAS MATCHING ONE TOOTH TO THE REST OF THEM.
SO IF YOU KNOCK YOUR FRONT TOOTH OUT, YOU WOULD GO TO ME AND I WOULD MATCH IT PERFECTLY.
SO IT LOOKED LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.
I DID THAT FOR 20 YEARS AND IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND I, UM, MY FATHER DIED SUDDENLY AND I CLOSED THE LAB AND I STARTED WORKING FOR A RESTAURANT FRANCHISEE WHO OWNED JACK IN THE BOX AND LA MADELIN RESTAURANT FRANCHISES.
AND THEN I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL DURING THAT TIME, WHILE I WAS STILL AT THE LAB IN 2016, I WAS APPOINTED TO THE PARKS BOARD.
I SERVED ON THE PARKS BOARD UNTIL 2021.
AND THEN I WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2021.
SERVED ON THERE UNTIL I GOT ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO I HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH ONE BEING IN MEETINGS, UM, WITH THE PARKS BOARD AND WORKING ON THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS THAT WERE, THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED IN.
PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL ARTS, I'LL SAY THAT.
AND THEN ON THE PLAN COMMISSION I LEARNED ABOUT ZONING CASES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE GONE TO A PLAN COMMISSION MEETING YET, BUT THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE, THE FUTURE PLANS OF GARLAND ARE KIND OF, UH, UH, I WANT TO SAY MASSAGED INTO POLICY.
SO THE PLAN COMMISSION VIEWS LAND CASE LAND USE CASES, AND THEN THEY GO TO COUNCIL, WE REVIEW THE PROJECTS AND THEN WE ARE THE FINAL SAY ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY GET APPROVED.
CITY COUNCIL, OUR MAIN JOB IS POLICY.
SO WE MAKE THE ORDINANCES IN THE CITY, WE APPROVE THE BUDGET, AND UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT IS ALL KIND OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
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YOU EVER INTEND TO GO INTO POLITICS, ESPECIALLY ON A MUNICIPAL LEVEL, THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS IS BEING ABLE TO AFFECT CHANGE IN THE AREAS AROUND YOU.SO LIKE THE HEV THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR YEARS.
I'M FINALLY SEEING THAT HAPPEN AT 6 35 IN CENTERVILLE WHERE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF VACANT PROPERTIES WHERE, UM, I'VE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS CALL AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SITE AND, UM, THINGS ARE FINALLY HAPPENING THERE AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING.
SO, UM, JUST BEING ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE AND SEE THINGS CHANGE AROUND YOU THAT YOU HAD A SMALL PART IN IS, UH, THE BEST PART ABOUT BEING ON COUNCIL.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? YES, MA'AM.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING LIKE EARLY VOTING MM-HMM
SO WHEN THEY DOING EARLY VOTING, WOULD THEY ALSO BE VOTED FOR YOU? NO, RIGHT NOW IS THE PRIMARY EARLY VOTING.
SO THEY'RE VOTING FOR THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES THAT WILL BE VOTING FOR AGAIN IN NOVEMBER.
SO YOU'RE KIND OF CHOOSING WHICH PERSON WILL BE ON THE BALLOT FOR THE OFFICIAL VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
SO WHERE AND WHEN DID VOTE FOR YOU? FOR UM, DISTRICT EARLY VOTING FOR DISTRICT FIVE STARTS IN APRIL AND I BELIEVE IT'S APRIL 24TH.
AND THAT GOES THROUGH TO APRIL 28TH, I BELIEVE.
AND THEN THE OFFICIAL ELECTION DAY IS MAY 2ND, AND I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE BALLOT
I MEAN, DISTRICT FIVE IS THE ONLY, UH, CHOICE ON THE BALLOT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR NEW CITY.
WE HAVE FOUR CITY COUNCIL SEATS UP FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR.
UM, THREE OF THEM ARE RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
SO IT'S JUST THE ONE NAME FOR THOSE DISTRICTS.
IT'S DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT FOUR, AND THEN, UH, DISTRICT FIVE.
SO MY, UH, THE DISTRICT FIVE C IS, IS OPPOSED.
SO THERE WILL BE OTHER NAMES ON THERE WITH MINE,
WHAT ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT LIKE HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN STUFF OR? YES, THAT'S WHERE I WAS OR I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE, UM, I KIND OF LIVE IN IN SAC MM-HMM
AND SO I WAS WONDERING LIKE FOR MAKING OR ESTABLISHING LIKE A NEW PARTNER KIND OF, 'CAUSE I WENT THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF CITY, BUT SHE'S REALLY, REALLY BUSY.
SO LIKE, DO YOU THINK I SHOULD REACH OUT TO A COUNCIL MEMBER OR LIKE WHO IN LIKE THAT DEPARTMENT? SO WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO? ONE THING I WANTED TO HELP WITH IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE LIKE THE COUNCIL LIKE WE DO HERE AT COLLEGE.
AND SO I WAS TRYING, YEAH, IT'S INDIVIDUAL AND SO I WAS TRYING TO LIKE REACH OUT TO SOMEONE TO GET IT LIKE IN THE WORKS KIND OF, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO.
SO I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH SAX, UM, ORDINANCES OR THEIR COUNCIL POLICIES.
BUT IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, YOU WOULD TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN THEY COULD CREATE AN AGENDA ITEM TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF STARTING A YOUTH COUNCIL IN ONE OF THEIR COMMITTEES.
SO THAT'S HOW WE WOULD DO IT HERE.
I ASSUME IT'S PROBABLY SIMILAR AND THAT AND SAX.
SO YES, TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER THERE AND UM, ASK THEM TO ASK THEM ONE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN DOING IT.
IF THEY AREN'T, GO TO ANOTHER COUNCIL PERSON,
AND, YOU KNOW, UM, EVENTUALLY SOMEONE WILL BE LIKE, YES, WE SHOULD DO THIS, AND, AND YOU CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING THAT WAY.
SO LIKE, THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO TEXAS MM-HMM
DOES THAT AFFECT LIKE THE AREA, BECAUSE I, MY TEACHER TOLD ME LIKE IT AFFECTS LIKE THEY HAVE TO REDO LIKE THE WHOLE, LIKE WHERE YOUR AREA'S AT PER SAY.
DOES IT AFFECT LIKE GARLAND TOO? YEAH, WE ACTUALLY REDRAW DISTRICTS WITH THE CENSUS.
SO EVERY 10 YEARS AFTER THE 2030 CENSUS, WE'LL REDRAW OUR DISTRICTS AGAIN.
AND, AND OUR MAIN PURPOSE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH DISTRICT HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN IT.
CURRENTLY, OUR DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN FOR 35,000 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT, AND THE MAYOR OBVIOUSLY IS OVER THE WHOLE CITY.
SO THERE'S NOT A DISTRICT FOR POSITION, COME ON, YOU
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GOT ME HERE.SO I KNOW YOU STARTED WITH THE DENTAL LABORATORY MM-HMM
UM, WHAT GOT YOU TO RUN TO, I KNOW, AND THEN YOU WENT TO THE PARKS, BUT WHAT GOT YOU TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL? WELL, WHAT GOT ME IN ONTO THE PARKS BOARD WAS THAT I CALLED AND COMPLAINED TO RICH BIN, THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL PERSON.
AT THAT TIME, SOMEONE WAS BUILDING A HOUSE BEHIND ME AND, UM, I WAS CONCERNED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE BUILDING PERMITS, SO HE LOOKED INTO IT AND THEN WE GOT TO TALKING AND HE ASKED ME TO COME SPEAK BEFORE COUNSEL.
AND THEN, UM, I GUESS HE LIKED WHAT I HAD TO SAY, SO HE ASKED ME TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE PARKS BOARD.
UM, I GUESS I DID A GOOD JOB BECAUSE WHEN HE TURNED OUT, WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO TURN OUT, HE ASKED ME TO RUN, UM, FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
AND I SAID, NO,
I, UH, I WAS MAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE TIME ELEMENT THAT BEING ON COUNCIL TAKES UP IN MY LIFE.
UM, I WILL SAY IT'S USUALLY AN AVERAGE OF 25 HOURS A WEEK.
THAT'S ON NON COUNCIL WEEKS, NON COUNCIL MEETING WEEKS IN THOSE WEEKS IT'S ANYWHERE.
IT'S UPWARDS OF 50 HOURS A WEEK SOMETIMES.
SO, UM, I HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB NOW.
OH, NOW I WORK FOR THE ALLEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS THEIR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
UM, SO I HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB.
AND THEN COUNCIL IS DEFINITELY A FULL-TIME JOB AND SOMETIMES AN OVERTIME FULL-TIME JOB,
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE CAME TO ME ABOUT IT AND I, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND HE ASKED ME A COUPLE TIMES AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? YEAH, I THINK I THINK I'LL DO THIS.
UM, I, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN REALLY AFFECT CHANGE AROUND YOU, UM, ON THIS KIND OF LEVEL.
SO THERE WERE THINGS THAT I WANTED IN SOUTH GARLAND.
I WANTED RESTAURANTS AND I WANTED PLACES TO SHOP, AND I WANTED ALL OF THOSE VACANCIES TO BE FILLED UP AND I WANTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN.
UM, HOW DO YOU DECIDE LIKE WHAT PROJECTS OR LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO? LIKE, DO YOU HAVE LIKE, LIKE IS IT LIKE RESIDENT COMPLAIN TO YOU, LIKE WHENEVER YOU NOTICE SOMETHING IN YOUR DISTRICT OR HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? IT'S KIND OF ALL OF THAT, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'VE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I'VE ACTUALLY LIVED ON THE SAME STREET IN DISTRICT FIVE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
SO I'VE SEEN THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA, BUT WE USED TO HAVE, UM, LIKE A MERVINS AND OTHER SHOPPING AND LOTS OF RESTAURANTS.
IT WAS A VERY VIBRANT COMMUNITY AT ONE POINT.
AND THROUGH THE YEARS BECAUSE, UH, COUNCIL WASN'T AT COUNCIL AND STAFF WEREN'T AS, UM, FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING, UH, THINGS KIND OF WENT DOWNHILL.
SO WE'RE, AND AND REALLY, I DON'T PUT FULL BLAME ON THEM, IT'S REALLY THE EVOLUTION OF AN OLDER CITY.
ESPECIALLY ONE WHERE, YOU KNOW, GARLAND WAS KIND OF FORMED TO BE A BEDROOM CITY WHERE PEOPLE LEFT TO GO TO DALLAS OR WHEREVER TO WORK, AND THEN THEY CAME HOME OR THEY CAME BACK TO GARLAND TO SLEEP.
SO IT WASN'T REALLY BUILT AS A PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
AND I THINK THAT WE'VE EVOLVED IN OUR PHILOSOPHY OF WHAT HOME SHOULD BE NOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO, TO A CITY.
UM, IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE SOME APARTMENTS.
IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE SOME RETAIL AND, UH, PLACES TO GO EAT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE THINGS, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SALES TAX.
AND SALES TAX IS ONE OF THE LARGEST DRIVERS OF OUR BUDGET.
I LOOK AT MY EXPERIENCE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, UM, RESIDENT, RESIDENT COMPLAINTS, UH, BUSINESS OWNER COMPLAINTS, I, I TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT.
I'M VERY STRICT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I BELIEVE IN A PROACTIVE CODE, UH, REGIMENT.
AND, UM, MOST OF THAT STEMS FROM RESIDENT COMPLAINTS, PEOPLE WANTING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO A CERTAIN STANDARD AND WITHOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE PARKING MARSHALS, THOSE THINGS, UM, DON'T HAPPEN EASILY.
SO, SO THAT'S WHERE CODE COMES IN WITH ME, IS MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS CONSISTENTLY KIND OF BREAKING THE
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RULES, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEIR HOUSE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S.MAYBE THEY NEED HELP WITH STUFF.
WE HAVE A CODE CARES PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE EITHER, UM, LOW INCOME OR SENIORS OR DISABLED.
SO WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP THOSE PEOPLE.
IF THEY JUST ARE, THEY DON'T CARE.
UM, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY JUST AFFECT THEM, IT AFFECTS EVERYONE AROUND THEM.
IT AFFECTS HOME VALUES, IT AFFECTS QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO, UM, IT'S WHEN A RESIDENT CALLS ME AND COMPLAINS ABOUT SOMETHING, I TYPICALLY APPLY THE 10 PERSON RULE.
SO ONE PER FOR EVERY ONE PERSON THAT CALLS AND SAYS AND HAS A COMPLAINT, OR SOMETIMES THEY SAY NICE THINGS,
SO THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO JUST PASS ON OR LIKE PROJECT, LIKE SOME BUSINESS PLANS AND STUFF THAT THEY MIGHT BE BUILT,
SO THERE ARE THREE BUSINESSES THAT I TYPICALLY DO NOT PASS REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR BUSINESS PLAN IS.
AUTO USES STORAGE UNITS AND UM, AND REALLY JUST
SO WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF ALL THREE OF THOSE USES IN DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, I FEEL LIKE ADDING MORE OF THEM DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN SOME OF THOSE SHOPPING CENTERS THAT REALLY NEED SOME HELP.
SO THOSE THREE, I ALWAYS PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD WILL NOT APPROVE OF OTHER BUSINESSES.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR CLASS AND YOU WORK REALLY HARD ON IT AND IT LOOKS GREAT, YOU MAKE A GREAT GRADE ON IT BECAUSE YOU WORKED HARD ON IT, RIGHT? AND IT LOOKS GOOD.
UM, AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN AND THEY HAVE ONE THAT DOES, THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT WORK ON AND THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION THAT VINNY AT ALL.
I JUDGE SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPERS BY THAT AS WELL.
IF THEY COME IN AND THEY HAVE A GREAT IDEA ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK THEIR DEVELOPMENT WILL LOOK LIKE, IF THEY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WE WANT TO BRING IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAYBE CREATE A THIRD SPACE, OR WE WANT THINGS TO LOOK THIS WAY AND LOOK GREAT OR WE'VE INTEGRATED ART AND SCULPTURE, UM, THOSE THINGS ARE IMPRESSIVE TO ME.
AND I TYPICALLY VOTE FOR THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LIKE THAT.
YOU HAD A QUESTION, UM, ACTUALLY, I KIND OF WANNA, I'M MORE CURIOUS ABOUT THIS.
LIKE WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS, LIKE IN SPECIFIC, LIKE WHEN I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE CREATIVE BUSINESSES MM-HMM
BUT LIKE WHAT ARE LIKE THE TOP THREE? OH, WELL I REALLY LOVE RESTAURANTS.
I THINK THAT WE COULD ALWAYS USE MORE PLACES TO EAT AND DIVERSE PLACES TO EAT.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE SAME KIND OF CUISINE, YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
I, GARLAND IS A VERY UNIQUE CITY.
WE HAVE, I MEAN, LOOK AT THE ROOM.
WE HAVE 67 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THIS CITY.
WE HAVE SO MANY, WE HAVE SO MUCH ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND WHAT THE AMAZING THING ABOUT OUR CITY IS, IS THAT ALL OF THEM AND INTERTWINED AND EVERYONE GETS ALONG.
YOU DON'T HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, NO, WE DON'T WANT YOU IN HERE.
EVERYONE IS INTEGRATED AND THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE HAVE.
LIKE WE HAVE A F MILE WHERE YOU CAN GO EAT FUD, LIKE, YOU KNOW, 10 DIFFERENT PLACES AND WE HAVE AMAZING LATIN FOOD FROM ALL DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
AND I MEAN, THOSE, THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT YOU DO NOT FIND IN MANY CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS.
SO RESTAURANTS, ANYTHING THAT HAS AN EXPERIENCE.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE LIKE ESCAPE ROOMS OR, UH, ACTS THROWING PLACES OR PLACES THAT HAVE LIKE INSTAGRAM, UH, INSTAGRAMABLE CORNERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YEAH, ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THAT A LOT BECAUSE LIKE AS A TEENAGER AND LIKE AS YOUTH, LIKE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PLACES THAT YOU CAN GO TO.
LIKE USUALLY EVERYBODY JUST GOES TO FAR WHEEL.
AND I FEEL LIKE HAVING STUFF, HAVING STUFF LIKE THAT WOULD JUST SO MUCH BETTER.
AND LIKE I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD INTEGRATE LIKE TEENAGERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
ANYTHING THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
UM, I MENTIONED THIRD SPACES BEFORE.
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SPACES ARE NOT NECESSARILY A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO BUY SOMETHING.IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GET TOGETHER WITH NO, LIKE, WITH A COMMON PURPOSE.
SO MAYBE THEY HAVE A BAND PLAYING THAT NIGHT, OR MAYBE YOU GO, UH, FOR, UH, A MEET A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
BUT IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GATHER AND WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN, IN ONE PLACE AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS AROUND THEM WHERE THEY CAN GO SPEND THEIR MONEY, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF PLACES THAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
UM, SO YOU SAID THAT YOU WORKED ORIGINALLY IN A DENTAL AND THEY DID, UM, POLITICS.
HOW WAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SHIFT FOR YOU, LIKE DURING THAT LITTLE? SO OWNING A DENTAL LAB IS EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING.
I TYPICALLY WORKED 18 HOUR DAYS AND SLEPT WITH THE LAB, UH, A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK.
IT WAS VERY LABOR INTENSIVE AND, UM, AND IT WAS VERY HARD.
SO, UH, EVEN GOING INTO A FULL-TIME JOB WITH COUNSEL ON TOP OF THAT, UM, IT HAS BEEN KIND OF A RELIEF AS FAR AS TIME GOES
DO YOU THINK YOUR TIME AT THE DENTAL LAB LIKE PREPARED YOU OR LIKE GIVE YOU LIKE, UM, MORE KNOWLEDGE THAT SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T WORK IN LIKE A BUSINESS OR LIKE OWNED A BUSINESS? YEAH.
UM, OWNING A BUSINESS IS, IS DEFINITELY A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND IT REALLY PREPARES YOU FOR, UH, SUCCESSES AND FAILURES BECAUSE, UM, UH, AS YOU GROW UP, UH, YOU WILL HAVE FAILURES AND WHAT YOU LEARN FROM THOSE FAILURES AND HOW YOU KIND OF GET BACK UP AFTER THEM IS REALLY WHAT TEACHES YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, BE FIRST, BUT IT'S ALSO GOOD TO BE SECOND AND LAST AND FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU COULD HAVE DONE BETTER AND WORK ON THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THAT MAKES YOU, UH, A BETTER PERSON.
SO YES, OWNING A BUSINESS DOES PREPARE YOU FOR THE, FOR COUNCIL, BUT WORKING FOR A RESTAURANT FRANCHISEE HELPED ME PREPARE AS WELL BECAUSE THEN I WAS WORKING IN A MORE CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT AND, UM, WORKING ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT WORK IS HARD TOO, UH, BUT WORKING IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND TRYING TO SUPPORT A RESTAURANT IS ALSO VERY TIME CONSUMING AND DIFFICULT.
BUT IT, ALL OF IT PREPARES YOU JUST LIFE EXPERIENCES ALONE PREPARE YOU FOR BEING ON COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE SCHOOL AND, AND WORK HISTORY AND, UM, REALLY IF YOU AT ALL CARE ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE, THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
I HAVE GOTTEN TO PARTICIPATE IN SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS BECAUSE OF THIS.
UM, THE GARLAND FIREFIGHTERS, EVERY YEAR AT CHRISTMAS THEY HAVE A, A SHOPPING SPREE FOR AN ENTIRE SCHOOL AND THE KIDS COME IN, WE TAKE THEM THROUGH WALMART, EACH ONE GETS $150 TO SPEND AND WE KEEP TRACK OF WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY PICK UP, AND THEN WE TAKE 'EM THROUGH THE CASH REGISTER LINE AND, AND THEY HAVE ALL THIS WONDERFUL, ALL OF THESE AMAZING THINGS THAT THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD OTHERWISE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMMUNITY THINGS TO DO.
UM, AND THEN I'M INVOLVED WITH GOOD SAMARITANS.
I'M IN THEIR MURDER MYSTERY PLAY
I'VE DONE THAT FOR THREE YEARS.
UM, WHAT DID YOU PLAY DURING THE MURDER MYSTERY? WHAT DO, WHAT DO I PLAY THIS YEAR? YEAH.
SO I PLAY A PIE MAKER, IT'S CALLED MURDER AT THE PIE AUCTION
UM, IT'S, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT I REALLY CAN'T DESCRIBE AS FAR AS HOW, UM, HOW FULL I FEEL WITH BEING ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE AND MAKE CHANGE AROUND ME.
IT, IT JUST IS, IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE.
IT'S THE BEST THING I'VE EVER DONE.
SO I'M, I'M TRULY TRULY HONORED AND BLESSED AND HUMBLED TO EVEN BE IN THIS ROLE.
WILL, IN A SECOND, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU, BUT FIRST I WANTED TO, FOR US ALL THAT KIND OF GIVE THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THIS IS A NEW THING THAT, THAT WE STARTED THIS YEAR, UM,
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FOR OUR YOUTH COUNCIL IS JUST REALLY GETTING TO KNOW OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HEAR, YOU KNOW, THEIR JOURNEY TO SERVICE WHAT THEY DO, UM, WITH THAT SERVICE AND JUST REALLY HOPEFULLY INSPIRE YOU GUYS TO, UH, GET INVOLVED AND CONTINUE STAYING INVOLVED.YOU'RE ALREADY INVOLVED AS A PART OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL, BUT CONTINUE STAYING INVOLVED.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GROW UP AND, AND, AND BECOME ADULTS AND, UM, YOU CAN AFFECT SO MUCH CHANGE.
LET'S, WE CAN ALL MAYBE REAL QUICK GRAB A PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND AND RESUME OUR NO, I GOT THEM.
WHAT DID YOU BRING BISTRO? YES.
HERE Y'ALL COME GRAB A PHOTO REAL QUICK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN.
YEAH, YOUR FACE WAS COVERED UP THE
EMILY, COME GET THE PICTURE REAL QUICK.
DID I FEEL TOO FORMAL? NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
SEAT RIGHT OVER HERE BY ALEXANDER FORMAL.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY MARKS UP.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN TO ME? WE SIT BACK DOWN FOR TWO MORE SECONDS.
WE HAVE LIKE TWO MORE ITEMS OF BUSINESS WHICH WE CAN GO THROUGH REAL, REAL QUICK AND THEN WE'LL WE'RE GONNA, 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA ADJOURN THE MEETING OFFICIALLY AND THEN TO HOP INTO OUR SOCIAL FORCES.
SO NEXT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING ANY VOLUNTEERS.
SO RECENTLY WE HAD THE ANIMAL SHELTER VOLUNTEER.
DID ANYONE HOW WAS, ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE REAL QUICK? ALRIGHT, SO NEXT IS THE, UM, UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
SO TO BE DETERMINED IS A TRUSTED WORLD DONATION DROP OFF.
AND ON MARCH 10TH WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING.
AND ON APRIL 1ST WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR TRUST AND TREAT.
AND THAT IS ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR THE, THE TRUSTING WORLD.
ONE THING I WANTED TO, TO ASK Y'ALL, AND SO MS. JENNIFER ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT UP.
SO AS WE ARE STARTING TO GET TO THE END OF OUR COLD WEATHER, THAT WAS OUR DONATION DRIVE WAS THE, THE COLD WEATHER.
AND WE WERE KIND OF WAITING FOR MS. RHONDA TO GET BACK, BUT UM, SHE'S GONNA BE BACK VERY SOON.
BUT WHAT WE WERE THINKING IS, UM, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO WAIT 'CAUSE WE WERE HOPING YOU GUYS COULD BE A PART OF THE, THE DONATION DROP OFF, BUT WE ARE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE CLOTHES BEING USABLE POTENTIALLY STILL.
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RUN IT BY YOU GUYS TO SEE IF TODAY, BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE CAN GET A QUICK PICTURE WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS AND OUR DONATIONS SINCE THE DONATIONS ARE HERE AT FIELDS.AND THAT WAY WE AT LEAST HAVE A PICTURE IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THE ADMINS, MS. JENNIFER, MS. RHONDA AND I DROPPING OFF THE DONATIONS.
OR IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO BE A PART OF ACTUALLY DROPPING THEM OFF, WE CAN TRY TO COORDINATE SCHEDULES.
WE WERE THINKING MAYBE OVER SPRING BREAK YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE SOME TIME TO BE ABLE TO, TO GO AND DO THAT JUST 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT TRUSTED WORLD, LIKE THEY HAVE, UH, THEY'RE ONLY OPEN DURING THE DAY, WHICH IS WHEN YOU GUYS ARE IN SCHOOL.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF RUN THAT BY YOU AND SEE WHAT Y'ALL THOUGHT.
WOULD YOU PREFER US TO, UH, DROP OFF THE DONATIONS OR DID YOU GUYS WANT TO BE PART OF THAT? RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU WANT MS. JENNIFER JUST WANT TO DO IT.
AND WE'LL GRAB A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS THOUGH SO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION OF YOU GUYS WITH ALL THE ATION.
SO YES TO MEETING ADJOURNED AT SIX SEVEN.
ALRIGHT, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6 0 7.
SO YOU GUYS ARE, GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND.