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          IT'S THE ONLY SALARY YOU'RE 
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GONNA GO . 
          BANG, BANG HERE. 
          GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          HOW IS EVERYBODY TODAY DOING? I WANT TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND IT IS NINE O'CLOCK ON, UM, MARCH 5TH, AND WE ARE CALLING THE COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. 
          THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE MINUTES. 
          SO HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? I READ 'EM AND SO JUST DID A COUPLE OF CHANGES. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SUGGEST? DO I HAVE A MOTION, UM, FOR THE MINUTES AS REVISED? SO MOVED. 
          WHO IS THAT? BENITA. 
          OKAY, SECOND. 
          AND SECOND. 
          IS GAIL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND WE WILL AS REVISED. 
          AS REVISED AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, AND SO WE ARE HONORED THIS MORNING TO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER JOE THOMAS, JR. 
          WITH US. 
          COUNCILMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP TO THE, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA BE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE, OF THE HORSESHOE TODAY. 
          IT MAY BE THE FIRST TIME ON THIS SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE. 
          , DO YOU NEED SOME HELP GETTING YOUR PRISON? NO. 
          OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA PUT UP ON THE SCREEN? NO, I JUST, UH, I HAVE YOUR, UM, YEAR END REPORT IN FRONT OF ME HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THOUGHT I WOULD ADDRESS A COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE CAN TALK EXCELLENT. 
          TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT, OR IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT OTHER STUFF THAT'S GOING ON. 
          I, UM, I THINK THE MOST INTERESTING CHANGE THAT'S GOING ON THAT KIND OF AFFECTS US ALL, IF I COULD TALK ABOUT THE, AN ITEM FROM WORK SESSION LAST MONDAY. 
          FIRST IS, UH, HOW WE'RE GONNA DO CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          AND SO CODE COMPLIANCE TODAY, IF YOU HAVE HIGH GRASS IN YOUR YARD, UH, THAT YOU GET A, YOU GET A LETTER FROM THE, THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER GIVING YOU SEVEN DAYS TO MOW THE GRASS. 
          AND THEN HE'S GOTTA GO BACK OUT THERE AND SEE IF YOU MOWED IT. 
          THEN IF YOU DIDN'T, THEN HE'S, THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ACTION. 
          SO, AND SO IT'S, AND THEN IT'S A CIVIL PENALTY. 
          YOU'VE GOTTA GO TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO TO, TO PROVE THAT YOU'VE CORRECTED THE VIOLATION. 
          IT'S MUCH, IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFICULT PROCESS AND A AND THERE'S A LOT OF CITY RESOURCES THAT ARE USED GOING BACK AND FORTH TO, TO CHECK ON PEOPLE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO THE, THE PROPOSAL IS TO MOVE THIS TO A CIVIL CASE, MUCH LIKE A PARKING TICKET FOR THE, WHEN THE MARSHALS GO GIVE A PARKING TICKET, THEY DON'T GIVE YOU A WARNING, YOU GET AN ACTUAL TICKET WITH A FINE RIGHT THEN AND THERE. 
          THE FIRST, SO THE FINE UNDER TODAY'S SYSTEM AND THE INITIAL FINE IS $200. 
          THE FINE UNDER THE CIVIL PENALTY WOULD BE $25. 
          THE GUY WILL, GUY WILL TAKE A PICTURE, HE WILL SEND IT, HE WILL WRITE THE TICKET, LEAVE IT HANGING ON YOUR DOOR, AND THEN HE'LL HAVE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          IF IT'S MOWING THE LAWN, TYPICALLY THAT'S A WEEK. 
          IF IT'S FIXING A FENCE THAT'S MISSING PICKET OR FALLING OVER A COUPLE OF WEEKS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE FOR WHATEVER THE VIOLATION IS. 
          AND SO THE, UH, GOING TO A CIVIL PENALTY, YOU, YOU IMMEDIATELY GET THE $25 TICKET. 
          NOW IT'S ON YOU TO EITHER PAY THE TICKET AND OR, OR THE, IF YOU CAN, UH, RECTIFY THE VIOLATION IN THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME, SEND IN YOUR PICTURE OF TO PROVE THAT YOU'VE CUT THE GRASS. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD WAIVE THE FEE COMPLETELY. 
          THE, THE OBJECT IS NOT TO MAKE THIS A REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE CITY. 
          THE OBJECT IS TO HELP THE OTHER NEIGHBORS ON THE STREET WHO ARE SUFFERING YOUR VIOLATIONS. 
          AND SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET COMPLIANCE WITH CODE. 
          I THINK IT'S A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, OUR, OUR, UH, CITY MARSHALS CAN WRITE 200 PARKING TICKETS A DAY WHEN, WHEN THERE'S TWO MARSHALS. 
          AND OUR EIGHT CODE OFFICERS DO LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THEY SAID LIKE 20 OR SOMETHING FOR ALL THE TIME IT TAKES. 
          SO IT'S A MUCH BETTER USE OF RESOURCES. 
          I THINK THE, UH, PIECE THAT'S MISSING STILL YET IS THE ABILITY FOR THE RESIDENT OR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO TAKE A PICTURE, UPLOAD IT TO THE SYSTEM AND SAY, I'VE CORRECTED THE VIOLATION. 
          AND THEN THE OFF, AND THEN THE, WHOEVER WILL ADJUDICATE THE CASE CAN LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND SAY, YEAH, THE GRASS IS CUT THAT MATCHES THE PICTURE FROM THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER. 
          I WILL DISMISS THE CHARGE. 
          AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A NEW WAY TO DO CODE COMPLIANCE, MUCH 
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MORE EFFICIENT. 
          AND OUR CODE OFFICERS CAN GO THROUGH AND DO A LOT MORE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK AND CHECK. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ABSOLUTELY. 
          QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          I'LL, I'LL LET THE, OH, SORRY. 
          I'M USED TO CALLING ON 'EM. 
          I'LL LET THE CHAIR CALL . 
          KATHLEEN . 
          HOW TALL IS TALL GRASS? ONE FOOT. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I PURPOSEFULLY, UH, KEEP MY ST. 
          AUGUSTINE ABOUT FIVE, SIX INCHES TALL. 
          'CAUSE THE NEIGHBORS LET WEEDS GROW. 
          AND I'M FIGHTING. 
          I'VE BEEN TOLD TO GROW YOUR GRASS TALLER. 
          'CAUSE THAT'LL KEEP THE SEEDS FROM BLOWING INTO YOUR YARD. 
          IT KEEPS, KEEP SHADE ON THE SEEDS AND THEN WITHOUT SUNLIGHT THEY CAN'T SPROUT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I, SO NO, IT'S A FOOT, IT'S, IT'S VERY CLEAR OKAY. 
          THAT THE TALL GRASS, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DOZEN OTHER THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF MINOR CODE VIOLATIONS. 
          UM, THERE WAS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA FROM LAST MON THIS PAST MONDAY'S WORK SESSION, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ATTACHED TO THAT THAT HAS A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS. 
          AND SO IF IT, IF THEY'VE GOT MORE THAN ONE VIOLATION, THERE'S MORE THAN ONE BOX CHECK, THAT'S A $25 FINE FOR EACH THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO . 
          SO THE PIECE OF THE SYSTEM THAT'S NOT THERE YET IS THE ABILITY FOR THE CITIZEN TO UPLOAD THEIR PHOTO AND DO THEIR PROOF. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN PLACE YET. 
          AND I SAID, I'M NOT GOING FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          I DON'T, I WON'T, I WON'T FAVOR STARTING THIS UNTIL IT'S AS EASY FOR THE RESIDENT TO PROVE THAT THEY'VE CORRECTED THE VIOLATION AS IT IS FOR THE CODE OFFICER TO SUB TO SEND THE VIOLATION. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. 
          GAIL WAS NEXT. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE HOMEOWNER OFFENDER WHO JUST IGNORES THE CHECK THE TICKET AND THE NEED FOR CORRECTION? SO THE, THE FINES TYPICALLY INCREASE. 
          IF YOU DON'T CORRECT IT IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, THEN THEY, THEY CAN GO BACK BY AND THERE'S A SECOND, THIRD VIOLATION MUCH MORE. 
          AND THEN THE PENALTIES START GOING WAY UP ON THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. 
          AND SO, AND EVENTUALLY THERE'S OTHER ACTIONS YOU COULD TAKE. 
          BUT TYPICALLY PEOPLE DON'T TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE CITY, UH, PUTTING A LIEN ON THEIR PROPERTY. 
          UH, BUT, BUT THEY WILL GO BACK AND FIND 'EM AGAIN, FIND MORE. 
          AND TYPICALLY THAT INCENTIVIZES MOST PEOPLE. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ISSUES ON OUR CUL-DE-SAC WHERE THEY ONLY MOW WHEN CODE COMES OUT. 
          AND THAT'D BE A MONTH, SIX WEEKS. 
          AND THAT GETS TO BE PRETTY TACKY. 
          AND ARE YOU GUYS USING THE E ASSIST APP FOR THINGS LIKE THAT? SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO REACH THE CODE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY IS THE ESS APP ON YOUR PHONE, IT LETS YOU TAKE A PICTURE. 
          IT LETS YOU PINPOINT ON THE MAP WHICH ADDRESS IT IS AND TELL 'EM HERE'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. 
          AND, AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A TICKET IN THE SYSTEM. 
          AND IF YOU CALL THE CITY, I'VE SAID, WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE TO JUST CALL PERSON WHO ANSWERS THE PHONE, ENTERS THE TICKET IN THE E ESS S SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING GOES. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, SHORTCUT THE SYSTEM, PUT IT RIGHT IN THERE, AND THEY, THAT THEY, THEY JUMP ON THAT CODE TYPICALLY GETS RIGHT AFTER THAT TYPE OF STUFF. 
          DOES THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, GAIL? DOES THAT HELP? MM-HMM. 
          NITA, YEAH. 
          I WANNA SEE IF I'M UNDERSTANDING. 
          SO I GOT A THING FOR THE TREE OVER THE ALLEY, AND I THINK THAT'S 14 FEET OVER THE ALLEY. 
          AND, UH, MY AND MY NEIGHBORS WERE ALL OUT THERE WITH STICKS TRYING TO DECIDE IF WE HAVE 14 FEET AT LEAST UP THERE. 
          BUT THEN I CALLED THE CITY, I KEPT SAYING, WELL, HOW WILL I KNOW IF I'M NOW IN COMPLIANCE? SO THIS SYSTEM, ALTHOUGH I'D HAVE TO GO, BUT I WOULD TAKE A PICTURE MYSELF, GO DOWN THERE AND SHOW THEM THAT SOME, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO, HOW I WAS GONNA LEARN THAT IT WAS OKAY BEFORE I JUST GOT ANOTHER PENALTY. 
          EXCUSE ME, ANOTHER PENALTY. 
          AND SO NOW IT'S, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I CAN GO SHOW SOMEONE. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I TALKED TO PEOPLE ON THE PHONE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, THEY'LL TELL YOU IF IT'S NOT STILL OKAY. 
          AND I THOUGHT, WELL, NO. 
          AND SO THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M, YOU KNOW, SO IF THEY TAKE A PICTURE FROM THIS ANGLE HERE, YOU STAND IN THAT SAME SPOT, YOU'LL KNOW WHERE THEY WERE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND YOU TAKE A PICTURE, THEY CAN SEE THAT THE BRANCHES ARE UP HIGHER AND, AND JUST BE ABLE TO, AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO, YOU CAN DO THAT RIGHT FROM YOUR HOME COMPUTER. 
          SO I CAN SEND THE PICTURE THAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING, THAT'S A FUTURE STEP. 
          THAT'S A NOW, UH, NO, THAT, THAT IS COMING BEFORE THIS PROGRAM GOES IN PLACE. 
          OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PROGRAM BEFORE WE'RE ALLOW, BEFORE WE GONNA ALLOW THIS TO GO FORWARD. 
          SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESSED THAT WE WANNA MAKE IT AS EASY FOR THE RESIDENT TO PROVE CORRECTION AS WE ARE, WE ARE FOR CODE TO PROVE THERE'S A VIOLATION. 
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I THINK THAT'S CAN YOU, CAN YOU ATTACH A PICTURE TO EIST? ABSOLUTELY, YOU CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHEN THE PICTURE IS TAKEN BY THE CODE PERSON, IS THAT PROVIDED TO THE, UM, VIOLATOR SO THEY WILL KNOW WHERE THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM? UM, I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK YET. 
          THERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TAKING YOUR COMPLIANCE PICTURE, WHAT YEAH. 
          ANGLE TO TAKE IT FROM? YEAH. 
          I I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK JUST YET, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD HAVE TO BE. 
          YEAH. 
          SOMEHOW, I DON'T KNOW BACK T DUNNO THE MECHANIC YET. 
          SO WHEN, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT, SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THE PIECE IN PLACE THAT LETS YOU UPLOAD YOUR PICTURE TO PROVE CORRECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, THE, THE MARSHALS HAD A RECENT PROGRAM CALLED DIRECTED PARKING ENFORCEMENT, WHERE THEY CONCENTRATED ON ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, STARTED WRITING TICKETS FOR EVERY CAR THAT WAS PARKED ACROSS THE SIDEWALK. 
          ALL OF THE PARKING VIOLATIONS JUST FOCUSED. 
          AND, AND I SAID, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT IN DISTRICT SEVEN, I WANNA DO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I LIVE IN CAMELOT, I WANNA DO MY NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST. 
          IF THIS IS A TRIAL PROGRAM TEST ON ME FIRST. 
          YOU KNOW, I I DIDN'T STICK 'EM ON THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST , UH, I SAID TEST, YOU KNOW, DO, DO MY NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS, IS THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE REALIZE, OH, I CAN'T PARK MY CAR HANGING ACROSS THE SIDEWALK. 
          THEY STOPPED DOING THAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE. 
          AND SO IT WOULD BE, UH, UH, SO WE KIND OF STARTED WITH A WARNING PROGRAM, INFORMATION CAMPAIGN. 
          PMR WILL BE PUTTING THIS OUT. 
          THIS WILL BE IN THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY PRESS OR THE CITY PRESS BRIEF. 
          IF YOU GET THAT EMAIL ON SUNDAY NIGHTS THAT PEOPLE WILL, AND, AND IN OVER AND ABOVE THAT, SO WHEN WE START, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 90 DAY PROGRAM WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE A RED TAG WHERE THEY WOULD, HERE'S THE LIST OF VIOLATIONS. 
          YOU CHECK THE BOXES, YOU KNOW, PUT THE STUFF ON THERE, HANG IT ON THEIR DOOR THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU'RE IN VIOLATION. 
          THIS IS ONLY A WARNING, BUT AFTER X DATE, THIS WILL BECOME AN ACTUAL FINE. 
          AND SO THERE'LL BE A 90 DAY PERIOD WHERE THEY GO AROUND AND ISSUE RED TAGS TO TELL YOU ABOUT VIOLATIONS THAT THIS IS COMING. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T, IN STARTING, AND I'M, LET'S SAY WE START ON APRIL 1ST. 
          90 DAYS IS JULY 1ST. 
          AFTER JULY 1ST, THIS WILL BE A $25 FINE. 
          AND THEN HERE'S HOW TO CORRECT THE FINE. 
          AND, AND OVER AND ABOVE THAT, IF YOU'RE PHYSICALLY UNABLE, YOU CAN'T MOW THE GRASS, YOU DON'T HAVE A LAWNMOWER, YOU CAN'T PHYSICALLY GET OUT THERE, THEN REACH OUT. 
          WE'VE GOT A PROGRAM CALLED CODE CARES. 
          THOSE FOLKS WILL COME AND DO IT FOR YOU. 
          IF YOU SAY, I PHYSICALLY CAN'T DO THIS, I CAN'T FIX MY FENCE, I CAN'T, I CAN'T GET THE GRASS MODE THERE. 
          UM, IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR IS A, UM, ARE YOU GUYS FAMILIAR THAT, UH, THE, UM, OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY HAS A BLOCK PARTY TRAILER WHERE THERE'S TABLES AND CHAIRS AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          SO IF YOU, THEY DROP THAT TRAILER AND YOU CAN SET THAT STUFF UP AND HAVE A BLOCK PARTY CODE IS GETTING THEIR OWN CODE CARES TRAILER THAT'LL HAVE LAWNMOWERS AND WEED, WHACKERS AND ALL THAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THOSE, THESE KIND OF VIOLATIONS. 
          AND THEY'LL COME OUT AND BRING THE TRAILER AND VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT AND CUT THE GRASS AND FIX THE FENCE AND WHATEVER ELSE. 
          SO THAT'S COMING, UH, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SOON AS WELL. 
          IT'S AMAZING. 
          THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          HOW OFTEN DO THEY DO THAT THOUGH? I MEAN, PEOPLE, WHAT IF PEOPLE ABUSE THE SYSTEM? WELL, UH, THERE'LL BE SOME KIND OF CHECK ON PEOPLE. 
          I, I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT'S, I KNOW I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA WOULD BE HOW YOU WOULD SET THAT CRITERIA JUST YET, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          IT'S, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THERE. 
          BUT I THINK YOU, YOU CAN PROBABLY GO UP AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GO AND MEET THE HOMEOWNER AND REALIZE THIS LADY'S IN A WHEELCHAIR. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE'S DEFINITELY NOT GAMING THE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO I, I THINK, WE'LL, I'LL TRUST THE GOOD JUDGMENT OF OUR CODE FOLKS. 
          THEY REALLY, THEY CARE ABOUT THIS CITY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THEM HERE TO TALK. 
          HE CAME AND SPOKE TO US AND AND S YEAH, I DON'T THINK THEY FELT PEOPLE WERE ABUSING, THEY FELT THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE TO HELP THAN IF THEY COULD USE MORE VOLUNTEERS. 
          HE, I DUNNO IF YOU HEARD HIM, THAT HE WAS, HE WAS VERY GREAT. 
          HE WAS VERY RECEPTIVE TO HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED HELP. 
          AND HE ACTED LIKE HE COULD, HE COULD DISTINGUISH THAT MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT, IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL. 
          YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A CODE QUESTION, BUT IT PARKING ACROSS FROM SOMEBODY'S WHERE THEY BACK OUT THEIR DRIVEWAY. 
          IS THAT A VIOLATION OR DO YOU KNOW? IT'S ACROSS THE SIDEWALK. 
          THEY'RE PARKING. 
          NO, I MEAN, THEY'RE IN THE STREET, BUT THE STREET IS HERE AND THE DRIVEWAY IS HERE. 
          AND THE CAR'S 
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HERE. 
          AND IF YOU BACKED UP AND WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION, YOU'D HIT THE CAR. 
          NEVERMIND, , IT'S PARKING ON A PUBLIC STREET. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S A VIOLATION. 
          I THE STREET'S PROBABLY WIDE ENOUGH FOR THE CURVE OUT THERE. 
          I I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION. 
          THE ONLY VIOLATION WOULD BE IF YOU'RE FACING THE WRONG DIRECTION AND THEY HAVEN'T PUSHED THAT REALLY HARD. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO, BUT THEN THAT'S, THAT'S PARKING, THAT'S NOT CODE. 
          THAT'S THE CITY MARSHALS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHY IS THAT A VIOLATION THOUGH? WELL, IT'S DANGEROUS. 
          THE, YOU MEAN PARKING THE WRONG DIRECTION ON THE STREET? MM-HMM . 
          I, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE YOU, UM, YOU, YOU HAD TO CROSS OVER THE LANE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION IN THE LANE TO GET TO THAT SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          AND SOMEBODY TOLD ME IT WAS LIKE FOUR VIOLATIONS. 
          AND SO YOU'RE SO PARKING FACING THE WRONG WAY IS DRIVING TO GET THERE IS DRIVING ACROSS THE WRONG WAY IN THE STREET TO GET TO WHEN YOU MOVE YOUR CAR IS ANOTHER VIOLATION. 
          AND OFTENTIMES THE, THE CAR IS PARKED MORE THAN 18 INCHES FROM THE CURB, WHICH IS ALSO A VIOLATION. 
          SO YEAH, THAT'S JUST, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING AGAINST TRAFFIC. 
          AND I REALIZE IT'S ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A HUGE HAZARD, BUT THAT IS THE LAW. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          I WISH THAT SOMEHOW CODE COULD ADDRESS PARKING IN A CUL-DE-SAC HEAD IN PARKING. 
          YOU END UP WITH THAT ENTIRE CUL-DE-SAC BLOCKED FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN'T GET IN TRASH TRUCKS. 
          TRASH TRUCKS CAN'T GET IN MOVING TRUCKS CAN'T GET IN. 
          AMBULANCES CAN'T GET IN. 
          IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. 
          AND IT NEEDS SOME KIND OF OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT IS PARKING, THAT IS NOT CODE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          SO THAT'S THE CITY MARSHALS AND BUT DO WE HAVE A REGULATION ABOUT HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PARK? BECAUSE IF THEY'RE CAN PARK THAT WAY, THEY CAN PARK STRAIGHT OUT FROM THE CURB IN A IN ACCOUNT CALL. 
          WELL SEE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 
          I KNOW. 
          'CAUSE I HAVE THAT AND THAT TOTALLY. 
          WE HAVE THAT TOO. 
          AND WE, OUR HOA CHECKED ON IT, AND THAT'S LEGAL PARKING. 
          WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE THE AMBULANCE WAS HAVING TO COME INTO THIS HOUSE FREQUENTLY AND HAD TO COME IN THE ALLEY BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET INTO THE FRONT. 
          AND THE ENGINE THE FIRST TIME THEY WENT DOWN THERE AND HAD TO BACK OUT THE SECOND TIME THEY PARKED ON BROADMOOR AND SAID, WE'LL WALK. 
          AND THAT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM. 
          YEAH. 
          WHEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO HAVE FIVE TO SIX CARS, VEHICLES, PICKUP TRUCKS STICKING OUT AT THAT SAME HOUSE. 
          HOUSE, AND THEN THE NEXT HOUSE HAS THREE VEHICLES, IT'S, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGE. 
          ANOTHER QUESTION GOING ABOUT THE CODES. 
          WHAT IF THERE'S AN AN IMMEDIATE CONDITION THAT NEEDS A, NEEDS ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY? LIKE SOMEBODY HAS A HOLE IN THIS YARD, OR I'M JUST THINKING THIS THING WHERE YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS JUST NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT AWAY. 
          YOU MEAN LIKE THAT WOULD POSE A SAFETY YEAH. 
          SAFETY ISSUE OF SOME KIND. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          I, I, I'M NOT, I'M, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF MM-HMM . 
          SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. 
          NOT LIKE A, UH, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING EITHER TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. 
          YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, YEAH. 
          I, I, I STILL THINK I WOULD USE THE ES ASSIST APP. 
          MM-HMM . 
          PICTURE OF WHAT IT IS, CHOOSE CODE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AS YOUR, AS THE DEPARTMENT YOU WANNA SEND IT TO. 
          EES ASSIST ALLOWS YOU TO SEND IT VIOLATION OF ANY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO I WOULD SEND INTO SOMETHING TO EIST THAT GO, THAT GETS RIGHT INTO THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM. 
          AND YOU CAN, AND YOU CAN TELL 'EM IN THERE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT IS A MESSAGE SAYING, HEY, I THINK THIS IS A HAZARD AND HERE'S WHY. 
          AND CAN COME SOMEBODY COME LOOK RIGHT AWAY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. 
          IS THERE A WAY TO DO IT? I MEAN, CAN THE CITY GO OUT THERE? LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A HOLE, SOMEBODY MAY STEP IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          CAN THE CITY GO OUT THERE AND JUST TAKE CARE OF IT BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS? I WOULD THINK THAT, YEAH. 
          CODE CARRIERS COULD VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          AND ESPECIALLY FOR URGENT THINGS LAWYERS. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING IF I GET A VIOLATION OR A PERSON, YOU KNOW, CITIZEN VIOLATION ON THEIR YARD AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT, THEY CAN CALL CODE HAIRS ON DEMAND AND SOMEONE WOULD COME AND HELP AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY COMES IN, SAYS, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOW IT FOR YOU AND CHARGE YOU $200. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
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OKAY. 
          CODE CARES IS VOLUNTEERS. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY'RE MOSTLY VOLUNTEERING THEIR LABOR AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL HAVE A WAY TO BRING THEIR LAWNMOWER, BUT A LOT OF TIMES NOT. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS TRAILER. 
          SO IF YOU NEED THE TRAILER, THEN WE CAN BRING OUT THE EQUIPMENT TO DO WHATEVER. 
          AND, AND IT MIGHT BE, I DON'T KNOW, HAMMERING NAILS FOR PICKETS FOR THE FENCE. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE MISSING PICKETS, THAT'S A VIOLATION. 
          BUT YEAH. 
          SO CODE CARES IS A VOLUNTEER ARM OF OUR CODE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY WOULD, THAT THEY WOULD CALL AND DO THAT INSTEAD OF THAT'S INTERESTING YOU MEANT, 'CAUSE I, I LEFT ONE PICKET OUT ON PURPOSE ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S, I CAN CLIMB OVER THE FENCE THEN INSTEAD OF HAVE TO WALK AROUND TO MY GATE. 
          SO I LEFT ONE OFF, SO 'CAUSE IT HITS ME. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN JUST SCISSOR, KICK SORT OF, I WANT A VIDEO OF THAT  . 
          IT'S BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. 
          I'M GLAD I HAVE RIGHT TO MY COUNCILMAN'S FACEBOOK PAGE. 
          I'M IN THE PICKETS IN MY GARAGE WAITING TO BE PUT BACK ON WHEN I'M TOO INFIRM TO EVEN DO THAT. 
          SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT ELSE DID YOU WANT TO TELL US? UM, LET'S LOOK AT 2026 GOALS. 
          OKAY. 
          ON YOUR, UM, ON, ON YOUR, UH, YEAR END REPORT. 
          LET'S SEE, YOU ISSUED THAT BACK ON FEBRUARY 7TH. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU? NO, BUT GO AHEAD, . 
          SO, UH, THERE WAS, UH, FIVE BULLET POINTS THERE AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          SO, UM, LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. 
          HOW I GOT TO, HOW I GOT TO BE ON COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, I MEAN, I'LL GO ALL THE WAY BACK. 
          I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN OKLAHOMA, GRADUATED IN 1979 FROM OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. 
          AND, UH, COULDN'T FIND A JOB IN OKLAHOMA AT THE TIME. 
          HAD AN UNCLE IN CALIFORNIA. 
          MOVED TO CALIFORNIA IN 1980. 
          I WAS THERE FOR 30 YEARS. 
          FOUND A JOB, FOUND A WIFE. 
          AND AT THE END OF 2010, A JOB TRANSFER BROUGHT ME TO, UH, TEXAS AND TO GARLAND. 
          I WORKED FOR A COMPANY CALLED HENRY COMPANY. 
          HENRY'S DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE DOWN NEAR FOREST IN JUPITER. 
          HENRY MAKES ROOF TAR. 
          SO IF YOU EVER BOUGHT A BUCKET OF ROOF TAR, WHETHER IT WAS A BLUE BUCKET OF HENRY OR SOME OTHER LABEL THAT WAS PROBABLY US THAT MADE IT. 
          AND, UH, WAS THERE FOR, UH, UNTIL 2018. 
          AND ANOTHER KIND OF CORPORATE RESHUFFLE, UH, SENT ME OFF INTO THE, IT, IT WAS IN IT. 
          AND SO SENT ME OFF AS A CONTRACTOR AND THEN I, UH, UH, RECRUITER FOUND ME AND I WORKED FOR ANOTHER COMPANY OVER IN CARROLLTON, UH, THAT MADE, UM, ENTRANCE SYSTEMS. AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AUTOMATIC DOORS ON A GARAGE, ON A GROCERY STORE, IT'S NOT JUST A DOOR ON A HINGE. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE SYSTEM COM COOKED TO A COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT HELPS THAT THING OPEN. 
          AND, UH, THEN I GOT ELECTED LAST MAY AND, UH, WAS TRYING TO DO WORK AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, BE A CITY COUNCILMAN AND ATTEND FUNCTIONS LIKE THIS. 
          AND WHEN YOU'RE IN IT, YOU CAN'T, UH, MAKE UP YOUR WORK AT NIGHT. 
          YOU NEED TO BE ON CALL WHEN YOUR USERS ARE THERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND EIGHT TO FIVE. 
          SO IF I WAS, AND SO ON JANUARY 9TH, I REALIZED THAT W2 JOB WAS GETTING IN THE WAY OF MY COUNSELING. 
          AND I RETIRED FROM WORKING ON JANUARY 9TH. 
          SO JUST, UH, JUST TWO MONTHS AGO. 
          I'M STILL, I TOLD MY BOSS, I SAID, I CALLED HER AND SAID, YOU'VE TOLD ME IT WAS GONNA BE A FEW MONTHS. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD BE WONDERING HOW I HAD TIME TO WORK. 
          AND I SAID, YOU'D LIED TO ME. 
          IT'S ONLY BEEN SIX WEEKS . 
          AND SO I AM GETTING INVITED TO A LOT OF EVENTS AND A LOT OF GOOD MEETINGS LIKE THIS. 
          AND, UH, SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR FIVE YEARS IN CAMELOT UNTIL LAST APRIL. 
          UH, I TOOK, I RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT AND TOOK THE DEMOTION TO CITY COUNCIL . 
          SO, UH, YOU WORK IN 24 7 NOW. 
          NOW I DO WORK A A LITTLE BIT, SO, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN GOOD. 
          I, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED CITIZENS COMING TO ME WITH VALID ISSUES. 
          IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE CRYING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT, NOT VALID, NOT RELEVANT, YOU KNOW. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. 
          I CAN FIX ONE LITTLE PROBLEM. 
          I CAN'T, I CAN'T FIX WORLD PEACE, BUT IF I CAN HELP MAKE DISTRICT SEVEN THE BEST IT CAN BE, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. 
          SO, UM, BECAUSE I HAVE AN IT BACKGROUND, SOME OF THESE REALLY SPOKE TO ME, UM, THE P AND R TO HAVE A DEDICATED SENIOR RESOURCE ON THE CITY OF GARLAND WEBSITE. 
          THAT ONE SEEMS LIKE LOW HANGING FRUIT TO ME. 
          WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF WEBSITE SPACE. 
          AND SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, WHAT, WHAT ALL WOULD YOU PUT UP THERE? DO YOU, I I SAW YOUR, UH, YOUR, UH, SENIOR SCOOP MAGAZINE 
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AND SO YOU THINK AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THAT UP THERE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT ACTIVITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT? WELL, THERE, THERE ALREADY IS ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          THEY DO HAVE AN ELECTRONIC SCOOP. 
          UM, AND EVERYBODY SPEAK UP. 
          BUT MY IDEA WAS TO CONSOLIDATE LIKE WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS OFFER FOR SENIORS, WHAT THE RECREATION OFFICE, YOU KNOW, CONSOLIDATE EVERYTHING TO ONE SENIOR PAGE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO DIG THROUGH EVERY DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHAT COULD BENEFIT SENIORS. 
          WELL THAT, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. 
          WE'VE GOT IT, WE'VE GOT IT ALL ON THERE. 
          IT'S ALL SPREAD OUT. 
          LET'S BRING IT ALL TOGETHER INTO ONE SPOT. 
          AND SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS, SO, AND WE, WE'VE DONE SOME DEPARTMENT RESEARCH, UM, DON'T SEEM TO HAVE SENIORS ON THEIR RADAR. 
          SO HAVING A DEDICATED PAGE AND, AND, AND SOME PUBLICITY ABOUT IT MIGHT HELP SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS PUT SENIORS ON THEIR RADAR AND THINK OF WAYS THAT THEY CAN HELP. 
          UM, LIKE, LIKE THE SOLID WASTE PEOPLE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET YOUR TRASH CAN FOR YOU IF YOU, IF YOU ASK THEM TO. 
          AND, UH, I CAN'T, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          BUT THE CODE VOLUNTEER THING, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE CODE SITE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT IF WE HAD A SENIOR PAGE JUST CONSOLIDATE ALL OF IT. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT LINKED TO ALL OF THESE OTHER PAGES, BIG BUNCH OF GROUP EFFORT TO DO THAT, BUT YEAH. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          SO I, I LIKE IT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT PULL, PULL ALL OF THAT TOGETHER, DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ALL THOSE OTHER PAGES. 
          YOU JUST CREATE ONE PAGE THAT LINKS TO ALL THOSE OTHER PAGES THAT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE SPOT. 
          SO YOU GOT ONE STOP SHOPPING, SAY, OKAY, HERE'S, HERE'S THIS DEPARTMENT, THIS DEPARTMENT, THIS DEPARTMENT, HERE'S THE SUBJECT YOU GO TO. 
          I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A HUGE LIFT TO ME, UH, AS FAR AS HAVING SOMEBODY TO PROGRAM THAT. 
          SO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT ELSE? UH, LET'S SEE. 
          PARKS AND REC. 
          PARKS AND REC WITH A DIRECT LINK TO THE COMMISSION WEBPAGE DIRECTLY FROM THEIR HOMEPAGE. 
          SO THAT KIND OF ROLLS INTO THAT SAME THING WHERE THE COMMISSION'S GOT A PAGE. 
          WE JUST NEED THE LINKS TO THE, ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHERE THE INFORMATION SPREAD OUT ALL ON THE COMMISSIONS PAGE ON THE HOMEPAGE FOR PARKING AND RECS. 
          YOU HAVE TO DIG TO GET TO THE SENIORS PAGE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF IT BEING RIGHT UP FRONT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SENIORS DON'T, A LOT OF THEM DON'T DO THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, FOR ME PERSONALLY, THREE CLICKS AND I'M OUT, YOU KNOW? YEAH. 
          IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          THERE'S JUST, YOU'RE USED TO KIND OF HAVING IT RIGHT THERE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. 
          AND, AND AS FAR AS ACCESSING THAT WEBSITE, I THINK SENIORS PROBABLY ACCESS IT MORE THAN ANYBODY LOOKING FOR INFORMATION. 
          AND SO, UM, NO, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          SO, UM, LET'S SEE, IDENTIFY AND ATTEND ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE AND PROVIDE ADVISORY MATERIALS TARGETING THREE OR FOUR EVENTS A YEAR. 
          SO, UH, THE THING THAT IMMEDIATELY CAME TO MIND FOR ME WAS THE CAMELOT PICNIC, CHILI CHILI COOKOFF. 
          WE GET 150 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR OUR BLOCK PARTY. 
          WE'LL HAVE 15 OR 20 CROCKPOTS OF CHILI IN OUR COOKOFF THAT WE, WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, WE'VE HAD SO MANY ENTRIES FROM CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M PROPOSING THE CITY COUNCIL DIVISION. 
          SO THAT OUR TROPHY WE GOT, WE STARTED GIVING OUT LITTLE TROPHIES, GOT A BIG RED CHILI ON THE TOP OF IT, . 
          AND SO I'M PRO, WE NEED A CITY COUNCIL DIVISION. 
          I WANT SOME, I WANT THE HOMEOWNERS TO GET THE TR SOME OF THE TROPHIES. 
          OH YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, BUT WE, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS WILL COME AND SET UP A TABLE, YOU KNOW, LIBRARIES WILL COME OR EWS, VARIOUS ONES. 
          UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES CAME ONE YEAR AND THEY BROUGHT ALL THESE EMERGENCY WHISTLES AND GAVE THEM ALL THE KIDS AND IT TURNED INTO A BIG WHISTLE FEST. 
          . 
          SO EWS IS, THEY'RE INVITED BACK, JUST NO WHISTLES, NO WHISTLES, BUT GO, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TO GO TO SET UP EVENTS LIKE THAT. 
          AND I'M SURE, AND THERE'S OTHERS, I MEAN, OAK RIDGE HAS A BIG, UH, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY EVERY YEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH YOU GUYS PROBABLY PARTICIPATE IN. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT HAVE A BIG THING. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR IT. 
          THAT'S THE A KIND OF A WAY TO REALLY REACH RESIDENTS DIRECTLY AS FAR AS THAT KIND OF GOES. 
          I MEAN, CERTAINLY THE CITY HAS TONS OF EVENTS ON THE SQUARE AND YOU CAN SET UP A TABLE DOWN THERE AND, AND DO THAT. 
          AND YOU PROBABLY, YOU MAY ALREADY BE DOING THAT. 
          I JUST DON'T KNOW. 
          WE HAVE NOT YET. 
          THE THING THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR IS THAT THERE'S A SENIOR HEALTH FAIR IN OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR, AND IT'S BEEN AT THE ATRIUM AND, AND IT WILL BE THERE AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A TABLE THERE, BUT, UM, WE'RE LEARNING TO BE MORE ACTIVE AND TO HAVE MORE OUTREACH. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          THE VITALITY, NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY. 
          SO IF WE GOT IN TOUCH WITH THEM, THEY COULD LET US KNOW WHEN THE HOMEOWNERS ARE HAVING 
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ABSOLUTELY. 
          ASSOCIATIONS ARE HAVING, 'CAUSE THEY CONTROL THAT BLOCK PARTY TRAILER. 
          AND THEN THEY, THERE'S ACTUALLY A LIST, UH, THAT THEY PUBLISH OF REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. 
          SO IT CAN BE A HOA, WHICH IS MANDATORY DUES. 
          AND THEN THERE'S NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH ARE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          CAMELOT'S, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, NOT AN HOA. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE ALL REGISTERED WITH THE CITY AND YOU HAVE TO REGISTER AND HERE'S YOUR OFFICERS AND, YOU KNOW, BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT, ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION TO BE ABLE TO GET LIKE THE BLOCK PARTY TRAILER TO RESERVE THAT FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR BLOCK PARTY. 
          SO THEY KNOW ALL THE MAJOR HOAS THAT YOU COULD GO AND, UH, AND THEY'LL KNOW WHEN THEIR, THEIR PARTIES ARE GOING ON, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO I WOULD REACH OUT TO, UH, IS IT, UH, LAURA DE LA VEGA IS THE, IS THE PERSON WHO'S PROBABLY THE BEST CONTACT THERE. 
          DO YOU GUYS KNOW LAURA? UM, SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          AND SO, UH, BUT YEAH, THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY IS UH, UH, A GREAT PLACE TO REACH OUT TO SAY, WHERE CAN WE FIND LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE THE CAMELOT PICNIC. 
          OKAY, GREAT, GREAT SUGGESTION. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, WAS IT, WAS IT THE PARKS AND RECREATION PEOPLE THAT I ASKED, I I ASKED A PERSON LAST MONTH, BUT YOU ARE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THIS. 
          I THINK WHEN THIS, THE NEW SENIOR CENTER OPENS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A DOWNTOWN CELEBRATION OF SENIORS TO GET PEOPLE TO COME AND THEN SEE THE CENTER AND KNOW IT EXISTS. 
          UM, AND HAVE A WHOLE CELEBRATION ATTACHED TO THE OPENING THAT'S DOWNTOWN. 
          I'M WORKING TO FIND OUT ANYTHING THAT DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES OFFER TO SENIORS. 
          ANY DISCOUNT FOR A LUNCH OR, YOU KNOW, A PURCHASE OR ANYTHING. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M WORKING ON THAT TO HAVE MAYBE FOR THE SENIORS IN THE KNOW THAT WE'D LIST SOME THINGS. 
          BUT, UM, THINK ABOUT THAT, WHETHER THE CITY MIGHT LIKE TO CELEBRATE SENIORS WITH THE OPENING, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPENING OF THE CENTER. 
          BOY, A FABULOUS IDEA. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE WOULD DO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO ALL KINDS OF FESTIVALS, RIGHT? LAST INTRINSIC HAD TEXAS FEST LAST WEEKEND. 
          WE COULD HAVE SENIOR FEST. 
          I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A GREAT TITLE, BUT SILVER FEST, UH, YOU KNOW, , WE CAN TAKE ANYTHING. 
          YOU CAN NAME IT ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT YOUR, YOUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN THOUGH. 
          WE DO TEND TO CELEBRATE THINGS LIKE THIS. 
          IF YOU GUYS WERE AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY WHEN IT REOPENED OR WENT OUT TO THE WEST LIBRARY OR THE ANIMAL SHELTER EVEN FOUR YEARS AGO, WE TEND TO HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION WHEN THESE FACILITIES REOPEN. 
          SO I, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THAT WOULDN'T ALREADY BE IN THE WORKS. 
          RIGHT. 
          I KNOW, KNOW WHAT IT IS. 
          I'M SURE IT IS AT THE CENTER, BUT YES, WE, WE HAVE, UM, WE KEEP TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO, TO TELL US WHAT SENIORS NEEDS AND ALL. 
          SO MY HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME DOWNTOWN, MAYBE ALSO TOUR THE CENTER AND SAY, OH, I SHOULD TELL MY MOTHER, I SHOULD TELL MY GRANDMOTHER SO THAT IT WOULD BE MORE THAN PEOPLE JUST INTERESTED IN THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE WOULD DRAW MORE PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTED IN IT. 
          UH, AND THIS IS A THING WE'D PUT ON OUR PAGE TOO, IF WE HAD A DEDICATED PAGE WHERE THEY CAN GIVE US, THEY CAN TAKE A SURVEY ABOUT THINGS THEY WANNA TELL US THAT THEY'D LIKE CHANGE AND, AND ALSO, UM, UH, GIVE, GIVE US IDEAS THAT, THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE OH, SIGN UP FOR THE, FOR THE E-BLAST. 
          JESSE'S E-BLAST. 
          YEAH. 
          THE OTHER ONE IS WHAT THE OTHER QR Q DOES. 
          SO I DUNNO IF YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAVE A SENIORS IN THE KNOW, IN THE CITY PRESS ALMOST EVERY TIME. 
          SOMETIMES WE GET BUMPED OR WE SIT SENIOR INFORMATION. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          AND SO, AND IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I GOT THAT SILVER SCOOP BY A PDF AND I ASKED, UH, SOMEBODY IF THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR SUBSCRIPTION AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS, BUT IS THERE SOME, UH, SOME WAY TO GET THAT ELECTRONICALLY? IT, IT'S ON THE, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, ON THEIR PAGE. 
          IT'S ON PARKS AND RECREATION RECREATIONS WEBSITE. 
          SO I LIVED HERE 15 YEARS NOT KNOWING IT EXISTED. 
          YEAH. 
          I I JUST SAW IT THE FIRST TIME THIS, THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          SO THAT SENIOR PAGE WOULD HAVE A LINK TO IT, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT I'D LIKE A SUBSCRIPTION WHERE WHEN A NEW ISSUE OF SENIOR SCOOP, SILVER SCOOP COMES OUT. 
          SO THE, SO I GET AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, HEY, THE LATEST EDITION'S OUT, CLICK ON THIS LINK TO GO TO IT. 
          YES. 
          YOU KNOW, THE HARD COPY IS AT EVERY SENIOR CENTER AND THEN THE REC CENTERS AND THEN LIKE, UH, JUANITA SAID THAT IF YOU GO TO OUR GARLAND PARKS AND REC PAGE TO THE SENIOR DIVISION, THEN YOU CAN GET, UH, THE PDF FORM OF THAT. 
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OKAY. 
          BUT, BUT THERE'S NO NOTICE TO KNOW WHEN A NEW ISSUE COMES OUT. 
          NO OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT'S EMAILED. 
          NO, BUT IT COMES OUT THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT I THINKING WAY TO SUBSCRIBED TO. 
          IT'S ALSO KEEP IT IN OUR BLAST. 
          GO LOOK FOR THE NEW SCOOP FIRST OF EVERY MONTH. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN YOU'RE HYPERLINK TO THIS YOUR, SO IT'S THAT PIECE OF, THAT THAT LAMINATED PAPER SHE WAS HOLDING UP HAS A QR CODE TO SIGN UP FOR AN EMAIL BLAST THAT JESSE SENDS OUT, UM, WHEN HE, WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UM, SO A LINK COULD BE PUT IN THAT, BUT WE'VE GOTTA GET PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE EMAIL BLAST, WHICH IS NOT THE SAME AS THE SUBSCRIPTION. 
          AND I KNOW THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THE CITY PRESS BRIEFS THAT YOU SUBSCRIBE TO. 
          SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION WOULD WANNA TAKE IN UNDER ADVISEMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          WHERE THEY COULD GO AND YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THAT WAY IT JUST COMES, COMES TO ME WHEN THERE'S A, A NOTICE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE PDF, IT COULD BE A LINK TO THE PAGE MM-HMM. 
          BUT AT LEAST THEY GET A NOTICE WHEN A NEW ISSUE COMES OUT. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S ALL KINDS OF LINKS IN THAT BRIEF, SO. 
          SURE, SURE. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF THE BEAUTY OF HAVING THAT, IS THAT YOU CAN GO DRILL DOWN ON ANYTHING THAT REALLY INTERESTS YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND SO I, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE A SUBSCRIPTION LIKE THAT. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE I'M GETTING TO BECAUSE I, BECAUSE I GET A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE MORE BLONDE EVERY DAY. 
          . 
          I, UH, SO WE'VE GOT SOME SENIOR RECREATION PEOPLE HERE AND THEY'RE LISTENING. 
          SO WHAT'S THE FEASIBILITY OF PUTTING THAT IN THAT QR CODE IN A WATER BILL OR ELECTRIC BILL? SO, I, I HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET IT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO GET IT. 
          IT COULD BE, EVEN IF THEY GOT AN EMAIL, IT COULD STILL GO THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY GOT THE BILL ONLINE UHHUH, IT COULD STILL GO IN THERE. 
          DO YOU GET YOUR BILL WHO GETS YOUR BILLS ONLINE? I DO. 
          DOES ANYTHING COME WITH IT OR IS IT JUST THE BILL? IT'S JUST THE BILL. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I DON'T GET A BILL ON MAIL, EMAIL NOTICE ONLINE THE BILL IS AVAILABLE AND THEN I HAVE TO CLICK ON THE LINK RIGHT THERE. 
          AND I, I DO TOO. 
          I GOT, I'VE ONLY GOT ONE WATER BILL EVER. 
          THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE. 
          AND THEN I SIGNED UP FOR ELECTRONIC BILLS. 
          AND SO I GET AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, HERE'S YOUR BILL FOR THE MONTH. 
          AND THERE'S A HYPERLINK THERE THAT SAYS TO SEE ALL THE INSERTS CLICK HERE. 
          AND SO, AND THEN OF COURSE THERE, THOSE ARE ALL ELECTRONIC INSERTS. 
          SO IT COULD BE A, COULD IT BE A PART OF THAT GROUP? I THINK IT COULD, ANN COULD, WE WOULD NEED TO CHECK WITH THE ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT OR THE CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          I'M RETIRED FROM THE CITY AND, UM, THOSE INSERTS COST MONEY AND THE, THE WHOEVER WANTS THAT INSERT HAS TO PAY FOR IT TO GET IT PRINTED AND INSERTED. 
          MM-HMM. 
          NOW A, A LINK I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T DOING LINKS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I RETIRED. 
          SO DOCTOR THE TELEHEALTH, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. 
          THEY CAN, THEY, THEY WERE DOING THE TELEHEALTH, THEY CAN REPLACE THAT. 
          SOMEBODY . 
          BUT THEY PAID FOR THAT, I THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S WHAT GIRLS SAID. 
          THEY USED TO GIVE US SOMETHING. 
          IT WAS FAIRLY COSTLY TO HAVE THOSE INSERTS PRINTED AND INSERTED. 
          IT WAS, BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, THERE'S 80 SOMETHING THOUSAND UTILITY BILLS IN THE CITY. 
          ABOUT 20,000 OF THOSE, MY UNDERSTANDING, GET 'EM ELECTRONICALLY. 
          THE OTHER 60,000 ARE MAILED. 
          SO YOU WERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT PRINTING ON ENOUGH FOR 60,000. 
          THAT'S RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE. 
          ANN, I I JUST GOTTA TELL YOU TO ADD ANOTHER ONE. 
          THOSE ARE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. 
          AND THE WAY THE TELEHEALTH GOT IN THERE, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          THOSE GUYS PAID FOR IT. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF INSERTS THEY COULD PUT IN EACH TIME UNLESS IT'S CHANGED. 
          I THINK GARLAND HAS AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIORS THAT SENIORS DON'T KNOW ABOUT. 
          I GUESS THAT'S HOW I, YOU KNOW, HAVING LIVED HERE SO LONG AND THEN DISCOVERING THINGS AFTER I GOT ON ON THIS COMMISSION, I, I COULDN'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT WAS AVAILABLE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WANT IS MORE PEOPLE TO JUST KNOW THE KINDS OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY. 
          BUT I WOULD SAY 80 TO 90% OF THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE TO US AT THE HEALTH FAIR DID NOT KNOW ABOUT MANY SENIOR THINGS. 
          DON'T YOU THINK? 'CAUSE THEY WERE, THAT'S WHY THEY, THEY WERE WILLING TO SIGN THAT AND TO TAKE THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW, THEY DIDN'T KNOW MUCH WAS GOING ON. 
          YOU, AN INDIVIDUAL HAS TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE NOW AND WOULD WOULD TRY TO TAKE THAT LESSON NOW SO THAT IT'S JUST IN YOUR FACE, SO, SO TO SPEAK. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD HIM FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? UM, LAST BULLET POINT I SEE HERE ABOUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP WITH FOOD INSECURITY? SO I'M A BIG FAN OF GOOD SAMARITANS AND YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THAT THEY ARE MOVING OVER 
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TO THE OLD WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY. 
          I HAD A, AND SO I HAD A THING COME TO MY EMAIL FROM THE LOW'S BILLING MATERIAL COMPANY LOOKING FOR PROJECTS ACROSS THE US THAT FOR, FOR THINGS LIKE FOOD PANTRIES. 
          AND THEY HAD DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GRANT AMOUNTS. 
          AND SO I WENT AND FILLED OUT THEIR LITTLE FORM, TOLD 'EM ABOUT IT, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT HELPS. 
          AND THEY SAID THEY HAD BOXES TO CHECK, DID YOU WANT 100,000, 200,000, 300,000, 300 PLUS? I CHECKED THE 300 PLUS BOX. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA NEED A LOT OF MONEY TO FINISH THE BUILD OUT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GETTING STARTED, BUT THEY'RE STILL RAISING MONEY TO FIX THAT. 
          AND SO I'M HOPEFUL. 
          AND SO THEY, THE, UM, SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR THAT CLOSES ON MARCH 20TH. 
          AND I EX AND THEY SAID, I WON'T HEAR BACK FROM 'EM, BUT THEY WOULD CONTACT GOOD SAM DIRECTLY. 
          AND SO I SENT A, A MESSAGE TO SARAH AND SAID, BE WATCHING FOR THIS. 
          IF LOWE'S CONTACTS YOU TO OFFER YOU SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT'S NOT A SCAM. 
          I INITIATED THIS. 
          AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF THING, IF WE CAN SUPPORT THEM, I MEAN, GOING FROM THAT LITTLE BITTY BLUE HOUSE TO AN 8,000 FOOT, UH, BUILDING, I THINK THAT'S GONNA DO A LOT. 
          UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, JUST KIND OF ACCIDENTALLY DOVETAILED WITH ONE OF YOUR GOALS. 
          AND WITH ANY LUCK WE CAN GET, UH, WE CAN GET LOWS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, 'CAUSE I, I KNOW A LOT OF 12,000 PEOPLE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY ALONE THAT WENT THROUGH GOOD SAM. 
          YEAH. 
          THE STATISTICS ON HUNGRY PEOPLE ARE SCARY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SAD. 
          YEAH. 
          AND CERTAINLY THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD DRIVES, CAMELOT DOES A FOOD DRIVE EVERY YEAR, TYPICALLY IN, TYPICALLY IN THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER. 
          AND WE TYPICALLY GIVE BETWEEN 800 AND A THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD THAT WE COLLECT FROM NEIGHBORS EVERY YEAR. 
          AND SO IF WE COULD HAVE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF GRASSROOTS FOOD DRIVES, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          AND I, I GO AND YOU'LL SEE, UH, I, I, MY LOCAL TOM THUMB THERE, YOU'LL SEE, UH, FOOD THERE THAT THEY'VE, IT'S SOME BRAND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DISCONTINUING IT SO IT GOES TO THE 50% OFF SHELF EVEN THOUGH THE CAN'S NOT DENTED. 
          THEY'RE JUST DISCONTINUING A PARTICULAR BRAND. 
          AND SO I BUY ALL OF THAT STUFF I CAN FIND WHENEVER I COME ACROSS IT. 
          AND THEN WHEN OUR FOOD DRIVE COMES, WE GO DONATE. 
          AND IT'S TYPICALLY OVER A HUNDRED POUNDS JUST, JUST FOR ME COLLECTING IT OVER THE YEAR. 
          AND I GET TWICE AS MUCH FOR, FOR THE PRICE BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR 50% OFF OF STUFF THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT DAMAGED, WOULDN'T BE PERISHABLE, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          YOU KNOW, STUFF IN CANS TYPICALLY IS WHAT THEY WANT. 
          SO, UH, MEDIA AND, AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN ARTICLE. 
          ANYWAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY ALL I'VE GOT. 
          IF YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE? OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? I GUESS, UH, KATHLEEN WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOUR CATS ARE . 
          THEY ARE, THEY WERE BOTH DOING REALLY WELL. 
          THEY, THEY WERE NOT DOING TOO GOOD LAST NIGHT WITH ALL THOSE BONES. 
          LAST NIGHT THEY WON, THEY WERE TRYING TO CRAWL UP INSIDE MY BODY . 
          BUT, UH, YEAH, SUNDAY MORNING THIS MORNING THEY WERE, THEY WERE MUCH HAPPIER. 
          SO YEAH, I'LL TELL MY GIRLS AND BOYS. 
          WELL, YOU HAVE GIVEN US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT, A LOT TO WORK ON AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU AS A COUNCIL PERSON. 
          OKAY. 
          APPRECIATE YOU RETIRING TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITY OF GARLAND. 
          THAT'S AMAZING. 
          GOT A, I'VE GOT A HIGHER CALLING THAN JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, HELPING SOMEBODY MAKING THE, FIXING THE SAME MISTAKE THEY MADE LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT. 
          AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT. 
          I GOT TIRED OF, I GOT TIRED OF THAT. 
          AND I SAID, OKAY, LET'S GO FIX, DO STUFF WHERE YOU CAN FIX IT ONCE AND FOR ALL. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, WELL , GOOD LUCK WITH THAT . 
          WELL, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY BUT SURELY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          WE'RE EXACTLY GONNA STUMBLE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. 
          BUT, UH, I THINK WE ARE ON THE, I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BRINGING BUSINESSES. 
          I, I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LET ME JUST SAY THE THREE MED THREE LETTERS. 
          HEB MM-HMM . 
          EVERYBODY HAPPY ABOUT THAT? OH YEAH. 
          YES. 
          THAT HAD TO BE THE MOST, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS FOLLOW THE CITY ON FACEBOOK, BUT AFTER THE FIRST WEEK, 'CAUSE THAT FIRST HOUR, I'M SITTING THERE PLAYING REFRESH, LIKE A SLOT MACHINE JUST TO SEE HOW WE, THE FIRST WEEK WE HAD 3,800 REACTIONS, EIGHT, 800 COMMENTS AND 500 PEOPLE SHARED IT OUT IN THE FIRST WEEK. 
          AND SO, UH, THAT'S COMING ALONG. 
          WE HAVE, WE HAVE APPROVED THAT. 
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WE'LL, UH, WE'LL I THINK WE'LL FORMALLY APPROVE THAT. 
          DID WE DO THAT LAST TUESDAY? THESE MEETINGS START TO RUN TOGETHER WHEN THEY GET PAST MIDNIGHT SOMETIMES. 
          BUT YEAH. 
          SO BRINGING THAT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THEIR, THEIR SMART SHOP THAT'S GONNA GO DOWN CENTERVILLE AND, AND BROADWAY. 
          THAT JOVI'S IN THAT KROGER THAT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR 20 YEARS, THAT, THAT THAT'LL BE OPEN IN 90 DAYS IS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          THEY'RE GONNA JUMP IN THERE, REMODEL THAT THING, AND GET IT OPEN. 
          AND THEN THE, THE PROPERTY AT A FIRE WHEEL THAT THEY SAID THAT PROBABLY WON'T OPEN TILL 2030, IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE A WHILE TO WOW. 
          FINISH ALL THAT UP. 
          AND BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON, I, I WAS IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE YESTERDAY AND WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT IT. 
          AND, AND SOME GUY IN THE NEXT ROOM SAYS, I KNOW THE HISTORY ON THAT. 
          AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL TELL US. 
          AND HE SAID HEB HAD AN AGREEMENT NOT TO COME NORTH OF AUSTIN. 
          IF KROGER AND TOM THUMB WOULDN'T GO SOUTH OF AUSTIN, WHEN KROGER AND TOM THUMB STARTED MOVING SOUTH OF AUSTIN, A BGB SAID, OKAY, THE GLOVES ARE OFF, HERE WE COME. 
          AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING SO MANY THAT ARE COMING TO DALLAS NOW AND THEY'RE BUYING THE LAND IN PREPARATION EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT REALLY READY TO START TURNING DIRT YET. 
          UM, BUT THAT BIG PIECE OF LAND NEXT TO THE A MC THEATER, THEY'RE OFF OF GEORGE BUSH AND FIRE WHEEL PARKWAY, 20 ACRES THERE. 
          THEY'RE PUTTING $19.5 MILLION INTO THAT PROPERTY TO BUILD UP THE, THE 115,000 SQUARE FOOT STORE, WHICH IS BIGGER THAN THE AVERAGE HOME DEPOT. 
          SO, UH, IT WAS REALLY FUNNY, THE, WE WERE DOWN HERE TALKING ABOUT THAT AT WORK SESSION. 
          THE MAYOR BROUGHT OUT A, A PACK OF THE BUTTERED TORTILLAS TO PASS AROUND FOR EVERYBODY THAT HADN'T HAD A BUTTERED TORTILLA. 
          SO EVERY TIME THE CAMERA WOULD GO TO THIS SIDE, THE PEOPLE OVER HERE WOULD BE EATING THE TORTILLAS. 
          SAME OVER HERE WITH, PUT THAT DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND . 
          SO. 
          WELL I THINK THE, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT GOING TO TOM THUMB AND BUYING THE DISCOUNT THINGS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE. 
          'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BE THE PERSON TO PARTNER WITH HEB BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY CONTRIBUTE TO FOOD BANKS. 
          LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO REALLY WELL. 
          AND SO THAT EXCITES ME THAT FOOD BANKS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FOOD ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY WILL MAKE SURE IF THE RIGHT PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WOULD BE THAT PERSON TO GET THAT PARTNERSHIP AND GET THAT GOING. 
          AND ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS, FOOD INSECURITY FOR SENIORS IS A REAL THING. 
          AND I'M EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. 
          AND WHEN I SAW THAT, THAT WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT. 
          AS MUCH AS I LOVE IT, I DRIVE THE, UM, PLANO OR MELISSA 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE MY SON LIVES TO SHOP THERE. 
          BUT WHEN I SAW THAT IT WAS COMING, I GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD DO FOR GARLAND AND THEIR FOOD BANKS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I KNOW GOOD SAM DOES PARTNER WITH GROCERY STORES THAT WILL GO GET STUFF INCLUDING FRESH FOOD APPROACHING ITS SHELF LIFE DAYS THAT IMMEDIATELY GOES OUT THE NEXT DAY. 
          YES. 
          AND SO THEY, THEY PARTNER WITH A LOT OF LOCAL GROCERS. 
          YES. 
          BUT I THINK HAVING AN HE EB TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT YES. 
          IT'S GONNA BE UNBELIEVABLE. 
          SO YOU JUST NEED TO SPEARHEAD THAT. 
          I'M, I'M HEARING IT. 
          I I, I KNEW HEB WAS KIND OF A CULT FOLLOWING. 
          I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS WHATABURGER, BLUE BELL, DR. 
          UH, SORRY, DR. 
          PEPPER. 
          YES. 
          AND ALL THAT ROLLED INTO ONE AND EVEN BIGGER THAN THAT. 
          YES. 
          SO, UH, UH, ANYWAY, BUT YEAH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG WIN FOR GARLAND. 
          IT IS. 
          SO WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          STUFF THAT WE GET, YOU KNOW, I KNEW ABOUT THAT 90 DAYS AGO. 
          I COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT 'CAUSE IT WAS EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HEB SAYS IF THIS GETS OUT, WE'RE CALLING THE DEAL OFF. 
          SO THAT KEPT A LOT OF US BITING OUR LIP REALLY HARD,  'CAUSE WE REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, HAVING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT A WEEK AGO, TUESDAY WAS JUST ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF THE YEAR SO FAR. 
          SO, UH, ANYWAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, I WANNA GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. 
          WE ARE REVISING OUR BYLAWS AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE BEFORE THE COUNCIL PROBABLY PRETTY SOON, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. 
          YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME OF US AGAIN SOON. 
          AND WAS THAT, I THINK THAT WAS INITIATED BY THE CITY TO KIND OF HAVE ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS KIND OF HAVE A MORE OF A STANDARDIZED SET. 
          IT ALLOWS US TO REVISE THEM TO CUSTOMIZE, UH, SOMEWHAT AND THEN SOME CUSTOMIZATIONS BASED ON WHAT IT IS. 
          SO I DON'T NEED TO BRING THAT BEFORE THE COUNCIL. 
          SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT FAIR FAIRLY SOON, I THINK. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          IF YOU WANNA STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING, FEEL FREE. 
          I ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER ONE AT 11. 
          I I'M OKAY. 
          I'M RUSHING OFF TOO. 
          BUT, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME. 
          THIS IS KIND 
          [00:50:01]
OF MY FIRST TIME ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE TO TALK TO YOU AND I'D BE HAPPY TO COME BACK. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I HAVE NEWS SO YOU CAN, UH, YOU OPEN AT ANY, ANYTIME. 
          OF COURSE, YOU, YOU CAN REACH ME AT COUNCIL7@GARLANDTX.GOV. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU NEED, NEED TO DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO CRAWFORD, OUR GUYS DEE HAS AN APPOINTMENT. 
          DO YOU MIND IF SHE GOES, GOES IN FRONT OF YOU? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EXCUSE FOR, OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          HOW ARE YOU? DOING WELL. 
          SO LET'S JUST, UH, START WITH OUR TRIPS. 
          WE HAVE A GROUP GOING TO CROATIA. 
          THEY ARE LEAVING NEXT SATURDAY ON THE 14TH. 
          UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL, THEY'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND I'M SURE THEY'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME AND COME BACK WITH ALL GREAT PICTURES AND SOUVENIRS. 
          UM, OUR WASHINGTON DC TRIP IS IN, UH, APRIL AND IT IS FULL AND READY TO GO. 
          THEN WE'RE HEADED TO THE RHINE AND AMSTERDAM ON THE RIVER CRUISE IN AUGUST. 
          IRISH SPLENDOR IN OCTOBER, SPAIN IN FEBRUARY OF 27. 
          IT'S KINDA, IT SEEMS FAR OFF, BUT IT'S NOT, I KNOW THE DAYS JUST EVAPORATE. 
          AND THEN, UH, GREECE, THE, UM, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SCHEDULED FOR LATER IN 27. 
          UM, WE HAVE OUR GRUB CLUB THIS MONTH. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CAFE MAX, UM, CHOCTAW CASINO, MARCH 26TH, JUNE 25TH AND OCTOBER 22ND. 
          MARCH AND JUNE ARE FULL. 
          BUT WE DO STILL HAVE SOME SPACE IN OCTOBER. 
          AND WE ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE WAIT LIST BECAUSE IT'S THE NATURE OF OUR BUSINESS. 
          SOME PEOPLE PULL OUT, THINGS HAPPEN. 
          WE ALL KNOW IT DOES. 
          SO, UM, OUR NUTRITION EDUCATION THIS MONTH IS ON THE 10TH AND IT'S PICK A BETTER POTASSIUM. 
          UM, ELDA DOES THOSE, UM, CLASSES. 
          UH, OUR DRIVERS MOVIE CLUB, WHICH HAS BEEN A BIG HIT. 
          WE GET 20 TO 24 PEOPLE, UM, IN THE GAME ROOM TWICE A MONTH. 
          AND THIS MONTH WE'RE WATCHING PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES ON THE 12TH AND UP ON THE 26TH. 
          SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MOVIE, I KNOW PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES IS A GOOD MOVIE. 
          I'VE SEEN THAT SEVERAL TIMES. 
          I'VE NEVER SEEN UP. 
          DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 
          IT'S DECENT. 
          YOU'LL CRY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF I NEED A GOOD CAR THAT DAY, I'LL POP IN. 
          WELL, YOU'LL BE HAPPY. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL, OH,  UM, ST. 
          PATTY'S DAY PARTY IS ON THE 17TH. 
          UM, PLEASE COME OUT AND ENJOY IT WITH US. 
          WEAR YOUR BEST GREEN OUTFIT. 
          THERE WILL BE A PRIZE FOR THE WEAR OF THE BEST GREEN. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, THE SENIOR SPRING FORMAL, A NIGHT IN VEGAS IS ON THE 19TH. 
          AND THAT'S COLLABORATION, UH, WITH CARVER AND US, UM, TO BRING THAT TO OUR SENIORS. 
          AND THEY'RE SETTING UP, UM, ACTUAL GAMES. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GAMBLE WITH PLAY MONEY AND THEN THERE'LL BE FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS AND I THINK, UH, DJ, I THINK SHE'S GOT A DJ COMING DANCING TOO. 
          UH, PAINT WITH ANNA. 
          SHE'S OUR NEW PAINTING INSTRUCTOR. 
          SHE'S DOING REALLY WELL. 
          UM, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GOOD FEEDBACK ON HER. 
          UM, HER CLASS THIS MONTH IS ON THE 20TH AT NOON. 
          IT'S A FRIDAY. 
          AND THEN, UH, OUR MONTHLY COFFEE WITH THE NURSE. 
          SHE COMES IN, SHE'LL ANSWER ANY OF YOUR HEALTH QUESTIONS AND CHECK YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE TOO. 
          AND THAT'S ON THE 30TH AT NINE 30. 
          UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN BY THE SENIOR CENTER SITE, IT'S WORTH IT. 
          UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE I'M HEADED TO IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. 
          THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, MEETING THE FOUNDATION'S IN THE STEEL IS GOING UP. 
          IT'S REALLY LOOKING LIKE AN ACTUAL PROJECT AND NOT JUST DIRT BEING MOVED AROUND. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THE SENIORS WILL GET A REALLY, UM, IT'LL MAKE 'EM FEEL GOOD TO ACTUALLY SEE PROGRESS AND, UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM STILL DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          BUT I ASSURE THEM IT WILL AND WE WILL BE THERE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAVE A GREAT MONTH. 
          YOU AS WELL? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          OFFICER CRAWFORD. 
          YEAH, OFFICER CRAWFORD. 
          AND SO YOUR PARTNER HAD TO LEAVE? HE HAD TO LEAVE, SORRY. 
          HE WAS ACTUALLY OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER ALSO MM-HMM . 
          AND SO THEY CALLED HIM TO GO OUT. 
          I GUESS NEWS CREWS ARE WANTING TO GO OUT TO THE BUILDING THAT COLLAPSED OVER OFF. 
          I SAW THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          WHICH BE 
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HONEST, I'M NOT SUPER SURPRISED THAT BUILDING BECAUSE ANY THAT WAS IN THERE BEFORE MADE ALL KINDS OF NASTY CHEMICALS AND STUFF. 
          OH. 
          THEY JUST, THE NEW NEW PEOPLE THAT OWNED IT, THEIR INSURANCE PROBABLY ISN'T HAPPY THOUGH. 
          'CAUSE IT LITERALLY JUST SOLD LIKE A MONTH AGO. 
          YEAH, I SAW THAT ON TV LAST NIGHT. 
          IT MUST HAVE, I MEAN, DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT, IT DIDN'T RAIN THAT MUCH AT MY HOUSE TO COLLAPSE A BUILDING. 
          SO WE HAD TWO INCHES IN SOUTH GARLAND. 
          OKAY. 
          IT POURED AND HAIL. 
          OH REALLY? OKAY. 
          HA. 
          ALL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TEACH US TODAY? UH, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME HANDS-ON CPR AND TALK ABOUT THE A ED. 
          UM, I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL ARE EXPECTING TO SEE JERRY. 
          HE NORMALLY TEACHES THESE CLASSES, BUT HE HAD AN APPOINTMENT HE COULDN'T GET OUT OF. 
          SO KIND OF A LAST MINUTE FILL IN. 
          I'M NOT QUITE THE TEACHER OR THE PUBLIC SPEAKER HE IS. 
          SO BEAR WITH ME. 
          UM, I KNOW EVERYBODY THINKS OF CPR. 
          YOU THINK OF BRUSHING ON THE CHEST AND YOU GOTTA BREATHE FOR 'EM. 
          WELL, THEY FOUND OUT THAT MOST YOUR AVERAGE PERSON ON THE STREET, THEY COME ACROSS SOMEBODY DOWN. 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA GIVE THIS UNKNOWN PERSON MOUTH TO MOUTH. 
          THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT TURNS PEOPLE OFF. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY SELL DIFFERENT MASKS THAT YOU CAN CARRY IN YOUR POCKET. 
          THAT HELPS, YOU KNOW, BUT WITH EVERYTHING THESE DAYS, COVID AND ALL THAT STUFF, NOBODY WANTS TO GIVE MOUTH TO MOUTH, ESPECIALLY TO AN UNKNOWN PERSON. 
          UM, SO THEY DID MORE STUDIES AND WHAT THEY FIGURED OUT IS THAT THERE'S STILL ENOUGH OXYGEN IN YOUR BLOOD, BUT YOU'RE NOT CIRCULATING AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. 
          SO YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH HANDS-ON CPR, UM, FOR SEVERAL MINUTES UNTIL YOU CAN GET EMS TO ARRIVE. 
          UM, THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF OXYGEN IN YOUR BLOOD TO MAKE EVERYTHING FUNCTION. 
          BECAUSE IF BRAIN GOES WITHOUT OXYGEN FOR MORE THAN FOUR MINUTES, BRAIN DAMAGE CAN START TO OCCUR. 
          UM, BUT WHEN YOU START DOING CPR, IT TAKES A GOOD SEVEN TO 10 COMPRESSIONS BEFORE YOU EVEN START MOVING THE BLOOD. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THEY WANT YOU TO TRY TO DO IT, UM, AS LONG AND AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT SWAPPING OUT WITH SOMEBODY. 
          BUT, UH, IF YOU DO IT FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES, YOU'RE GONNA GET TIRED. 
          SO YOU GOTTA SWAP. 
          SO THEY, WE TRY TO, UM, LIKE WHEN WE DO CPR IN THE AMBULANCE, UM, BEFORE WE GOT THE, UH, LUCAS DEVICES, THAT'S THE MACHINE THAT DOES THE COMPRESSIONS FOR YOU, WHICH HAVE BEEN A, A LIFESAVER. 
          UM, YOU'D HAVE SOMEBODY, ARE YOU READY? YES. 
          AND AS SOON AS I PULL MY HANDS OFF, THEY WOULD PUT THEIR HANDS ON. 
          AND YOU JUST TRY TO ELIMINATE ANY INTERRUPTIONS. 
          'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, THAT SEVEN TO 10 COMPRESSIONS BEFORE YOU EVEN START MOVING BLOOD, UM, WHAT WE CONSIDER GOOD COMPRESSIONS, YOU WANT TO GO ABOUT TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES DEEP. 
          I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO GAUGE WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT. 
          SO BASICALLY MOST PEOPLE JUST SAY PUSH DEEP AND PUSH FAST. 
          YOU WANT TO DO A HUNDRED TO 120 COMPRESSIONS A MINUTE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT'S A LOT. 
          SEEMS FAST. 
          UM, A LOT OF 'EM WILL TELL YOU TO KINDA SING THE SONG IN YOUR HEAD OR OUT LOUD IF YOU NEED TO. 
          STAYING ALIVE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IF YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH THAT BEAT, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 120 COMPRESSIONS A MINUTE. 
          UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE GONNA WEAR OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THEY USUALLY SAY IF YOU COME ACROSS SOMEBODY DOWN, CALL 9 1 1 FIRST, BECAUSE THE QUICKER YOU CAN GET THEM COMING, THEN, THEN THEY'LL BE THERE TO RELIEVE YOU WITH, WITH, UH, MORE PEOPLE AND ALL THE INTERVENTIONS THAT CAN, CAN REALLY, UH, BRING THEM AROUND. 
          UM, SO BASICALLY IF YOU COME UP ON SOMEBODY DOWN, YOU CAN USUALLY LOOK AND SEE IF SOMEBODY'S BREATHING. 
          IF YOU DON'T SEE 'EM BREATHING, IF YOU'RE CONFIDENT ENOUGH, YOU CAN CHECK THE SIDE OF THEIR NECK TO SEE IF YOU CAN FILL A PULSE. 
          UM, YOU CAN'T FILL A PULSE OR YOU DON'T KNOW TO FEEL FOR IT. 
          AND SAY YOU'RE DOING CPR ON SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED IT. 
          SAY THEY'VE GOT A LIGHT PULSE OR A FAINT PULSE, YOU'RE GONNA DO LESS DAMAGE ON SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T NEED CPR THAN NOT DOING CPR ON SOMEBODY WHO DID NEED IT. 
          SO JUST ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. 
          IF YOU THINK THEY NEED IT, GO AHEAD AND START. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S MORE LIKELY TO SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES. 
          YOU GOT MULTIPLE PEOPLE AROUND START CPR. 
          TELL THEM TO CALL 9 1 1. 
          YOU KNOW THE 'CAUSE THE QUICKER YOU CAN GET IT GOING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THEM COLLAPSE, THEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN DOWN, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN WITHOUT OXYGEN. 
          UH, BUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, GENERALLY THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THE GROUND. 
          MY KNEES AREN'T THE GREATEST, SO I'M NOT GONNA GET ON THE GROUND UNLESS I HAVE TO. 
          BUT YOU WANT TO GET CLOSE TO 'EM, KINDA GET YOUR BASE, YOU WANNA LEAN OVER 'EM, YOU WANNA LOCK YOUR ARMS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA DO THIS. 
          YOU'VE GOT A LOT LESS POWER DOING THAT. 
          AND YOU'RE GONNA WEAR OUT FASTER. 
          YOU WANNA LOCK YOUR ARMS OUT AND YOU WANNA LEAN INTO IT BECAUSE YOU'RE USING YOUR WHOLE BODY AS OPPOSED TO JUST YOUR ARMS. USE YOUR ARMS, 
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YOU'RE GONNA BE DONE REALLY QUICKLY. 
          SO YOU WANNA LEAN IN DEEP AND FAST. 
          SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, PRETTY MUCH ON THAT. 
          IF SOMEBODY HAPPENS TO BE, IF YOU'RE IN A PUBLIC BUILDING, THEY HAVE AEDS AROUND. 
          UM, SO IF YOU CAN SEND SOMEBODY FOR AN A ED, KEEP DOING COMPRESSIONS UNTIL THEY GET THE A ED THERE. 
          ONCE THEY GET THE A ED THERE, UM, YOU WANT TO HOOK IT UP. 
          SO THIS IS JUST A DEMONSTRATOR. 
          IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT THE REAL THING. 
          UM, BUT THEY ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. 
          THEY TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO. 
          UM, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO USE ONE. 
          IT WILL WALK YOU THROUGH ALL THE STEPS. 
          NUMBER ONE, THE ONLY THING YOU REALLY HAVE TO REMEMBER, TURN IT ON. 
          IF YOU DON'T TURN IT ON, IT'S NOT GONNA TALK TO YOU. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, IT'LL WALK YOU THROUGH EVERY STEP. 
          SO JUST HIT THE ON BUTTON. 
          IT'S A TRAINING DEVICE ONLY. 
          NO SHOCK WILL BE DELIVERED. 
          REMOVE CLOTHING FROM PERSON'S CHEST. 
          SO YOU WANNA MOVE WITH AN ADULT. 
          YOU WANNA REMOVE ANY CLOTHING THAT'S RIGHT HERE. 
          THE CHEST AND ON THE SIDES ATTACH TO PERSON'S CHEST AS SHOWN. 
          THEY EVEN PUT A DIAGRAM ON THE PADS. 
          THE ACTUAL PADS LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS. 
          SO IT TELLS YOU WHICH PAD TO PUT HERE AND WHICH PAD TO PUT THERE. 
          CHECK CONNECTOR AND PADS. 
          CHECK CONNECTOR AND PADS SAYING THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT PLUGGED IN. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T PLUG IT IN ALL THE WAY, CHECK CONNECTOR, IT'LL KEEP SAYING THAT. 
          ANALYZING RHYTHM. 
          EVERYONE STAND CLEAR AND IT ANALYZES. 
          IT DOES EVERYTHING FOR YOU. 
          SO IT'S NOT GONNA SHOCK, SHOCK UNLESS IT SENSES A RHYTHM THAT'S SHOCKABLE. 
          SO YOU CAN'T JUST ACCIDENTALLY SHOCK SOMEBODY AND DO DAMAGE. 
          IF IT DOES A, A SHOCKABLE RHYTHM SHOCK DELIVERED, THEN YOU'LL PUSH THE BUTTON WHEN IT SAYS SHOCK CPR AND IT'LL DELIVER THE SHOCK. 
          AND AS SOON AS IT DELIVERS THE SHOCK, YOU WANNA GO RIGHT BACK TO DOING CPR BECAUSE THEY FOUND OUT THAT ESSENTIALLY, UH, EVEN THOUGH YEAH, YOU SHOCKED THEM, THEY MAY BE IN A GOOD RHYTHM. 
          THAT'S EXTRA CPR GETTING THE BLOOD FLOWING BETTER AND MOVING HELPS THEIR HEART PICK IT UP AND GET BACK TO, TO WHAT IT NEEDED TO BE. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY IT SAYS CONTINUE CPR. 
          'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES LIKE ON THE MONITORS WE HAVE ON THE AMBULANCE, YOU'LL SHOCK 'EM AND YOU'LL SEE THE RHYTHMS GOING BACK TO NORMAL. 
          LIKE I SAID, WE GO BACK TO CPR 'CAUSE THEY, THEY'VE KIND OF FIGURED OUT THAT HELPS KIND OF GET THE HEART PUMPING AND, AND, AND PICKING UP THE BLOOD BETTER AND MOVING IT AROUND QUICKER. 
          UM, BUT UH, LET'S SEE. 
          THAT'S MOST OF IT FOR THE A ED. 
          THEY DO HAVE DIFFERENT PADS. 
          THESE ARE THE ADULT ONES. 
          THEY'RE USUALLY A DIFFERENT COLOR AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT SMALLER FOR CHILDREN. 
          FOR THE LITTLE INFANTS YOU PUT HAVE THE DIAGRAM, YOU PUT ONE INSTEAD OF, THEY'RE NOT BIG ENOUGH CHEST, SO YOU PUT IT KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CHEST AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OTHER ONE INSTEAD OF THE SIDE, YOU PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR BACK. 
          AND THEN AS THE KIDS GET BIGGER, WHEN THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH ROOM, YOU'LL PUT IT SIMILAR TO THE ADULT PADS, BUT THEY'VE GOT A DIFFERENT COLORS. 
          YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT COLORS ON 'EM AND THEY'RE LABELED DIFFERENTLY. 
          SO, AND THEY'RE, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE SMALLER SO THEY'RE PRETTY OBVIOUS WHEN YOU PULL 'EM OUTTA THE PACKAGE. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR CPR. 
          LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST CONTINUOUS COMPRESSIONS AS LONG AS YOU CAN. 
          'CAUSE WHEN YOU STOP, IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO GET, GET IT BACK, GET IT BACK MOVING. 
          UH, ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS SINCE TIME'S FIXING TO CHANGE, JERRY WANTED ME TO MENTION THAT. 
          UH, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE BATTERIES IN YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS. 
          AND SO WE USED ONE OF THOSE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, THEN DO THE PLA THE PADS GET REPLACED OR THEY DO? THEY'RE ONE, THEY'RE ONE TIME USE. 
          UM, SO, UH, YEAH, AS SOON AS YOU, ONCE YOU USE 'EM, UH, THEY JUST GO IN THE TRASH AND THEY GET A WHOLE NEW ONE. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE SEALED UP. 
          IT KEEPS THE, THEY HAVE A GEL ON THE BACK OF THEM. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU SAW THE OLD TV SHOWS WHERE THEY WOULD GET THE, GET THE MACHINE AND THEY'D RUB 'EM TOGETHER, WELL THEY RUB 'EM TOGETHER TO SPREAD THAT GEL OUT BECAUSE IT'S A CONDUCTIVE GEL. 
          'CAUSE IF IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT GEL, IT CAN ACTUALLY BURN THE SKIN THAT HELPS CONDUCT THE ELECTRICITY BETTER THAN, THAN JUST DRY. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PREPACKAGED TO HELP THAT GEL TO KEEP FROM DRYING OUT. 
          THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT AN EXPIRATION DATE ON THEM TOO BECAUSE THEY FIGURE AT SOME POINT THAT GEL STARTS DRYING UP AND IT DOESN'T CONDUCT CONDUCT AS WELL. 
          SO, SO, SO DOES THE CITY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY THAT GOES AROUND AND CHECKS THE EXPIRATION DATES OR, UH, THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY ASSIGNED IN THE BUILDINGS. 
          THEY STARTED, THEY PASSED, 
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LIKE ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 'EM NOW. 
          UM, SO THEY STARTED A NEW THEY OR THEY HAD A PASSED A STATE LAW SINCE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 'EM THAT, UH, OUR, UH, FIRE INSPECTORS, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CHECKING 'EM WHEN THEY GO OUT, BUT WE'RE CHECKING THAT EVERYTHING'S GOOD ON THEM. 
          UM, BUT UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTUALLY HAS THEIR OWN PEOPLE THAT, THAT CHECK 'EM ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          UM, 'CAUSE WE ONLY INSPECT THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, ONCE A YEAR. 
          SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT, THAT CHECKS 'EM ON A REGULAR BASIS, I GUESS EVERY MONTH TO MAKE SURE. 
          I KNOW WE USED TO HAVE A CONTRACT FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. 
          SOMEBODY COME OUT AND CHECK THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS A THIRD PARTY COMPANY RIGHT. 
          COME OUT. 
          SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT INCLUDED THE AE. 
          I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHO DOES THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FOR THE CITY. 
          I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY CERTIFIED AND THEY CHECK THEIR OWN STUFF. 
          I WOULD ASSUME THE CITY DOES. 
          BUT NOBODY'S EVER ACTUALLY SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANY CITY BUILDINGS IN MY, WE RETIRED 15 YEARS, BUT WE USED TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT DID IT. 
          THEY MAY, UM, SOMETIMES THAT'S JUST EASIER BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT DOES IT THE TIME. 
          RIGHT, EXACTLY. 
          JUST YES, WE DO AT THE REC CENTERS. 
          SO AT THE REC CENTERS WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY COMPANY AND THEN FOR THE PADS, WE HAVE A MASTER LIST OF WHEN THEY EXPIRE AND THEN WE JUST REORDER FOR ALL THE REC CENTERS. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE PROCESS IS YOU'RE DOING COMPRESSIONS, SOMEBODY'S GOING OUT, YOU'RE DOING THIS 120 TIMES A MINUTE MM-HMM . 
          BETWEEN YOU AND SOMEONE ELSE. 
          HOPEFULLY. 
          HOPEFULLY, YES. 
          TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES DOWN ON AN ADULT BODY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND SOMEONE COMES IN. 
          SO THEN YOU, WHILE YOU'RE DOING THIS, THEN SOMEBODY'S GETTING THAT THING AND PUTTING IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE HEART, SO TO SPEAK. 
          YES. 
          UH, GENERALLY YOU'RE GONNA BE KIND OF IN THEIR WAY. 
          SO AS SOON AS THEY GET THE PADS OUT, THEY'RE PEELING THEM OFF, THEY'RE READY TO GO. 
          THEY CAN GET THE SIDE ONE ON GENERALLY. 
          BUT THIS ONE HERE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE YOUR HANDS. 
          LET THEM SLAP THAT PAD ON. 
          BUT AS SOON AS YOU DO, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TURN IT ON AND HAVE IT MONITOR THEIR RHYTHM. 
          'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF THEY'RE CERTAIN RHYTHMS, THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT RHYTHM IS TO SHOCK THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          LIKE YOU CAN DO CPR ALL DAY LONG, BUT, UH, BUT IF THEY'RE IN SAY, AFIB OR SOMETHING, OR, OR V TAC, THE ONLY WAY TO GET 'EM OUT OF IT IS TO SHOCK THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FOR A FEW SECONDS THE BODY IS NOT BEING TOUCHED BY A PERSON. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          WHILE IT ANALYZES. 
          'CAUSE IF YOU'RE DOING COMPRESSIONS WHILE IT'S TRYING TO ANALYZE, YOU'RE GONNA THROW THAT RIGHT. 
          ALL, ALL OFF. 
          SO, SO YES, WHILE IT'S ANALYZING, YOU WANNA STOP. 
          SO THEN IT SHOCKS MM-HMM . 
          AND THEN YOU START DOING COMPRESSION AGAIN. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          AND THEN DO YOU STOP AGAIN AND LET IT REASSESS? YOU CAN, IT'LL, IT'LL, LIKE THIS ONE, YOU LET IT GO. 
          IT'LL SAY DO, SO IT'LL TELL YOU SO MANY MINUTES OF CPR. 
          SO YOU'LL DO LIKE ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE MINUTES OF CPR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, THEN IT'LL, IT'LL, IT'LL KEEP TALKING TO YOU. 
          IT'LL SAY STOP COMPRESSIONS AND IT'LL REASSESS AGAIN AT THAT POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. 
          'CAUSE YOU JUST DID IT ONE TIME AND IT WAS ALL OVER. 
          AND GENERALLY WHAT WE'LL DO, LIKE ON THE AMBULANCE, LIKE I SAID, WE WILL, IF WE SHOCK THEM, WE'LL WATCH THE MONITOR AND YOU CAN KIND OF TELL WHAT THE COMPRESSIONS ARE VERSUS WHAT THEIR ACTUAL HEARTBEAT IS. 
          AND THEN AT, AT, AT SOME POINT WE'LL STOP THE COMPRESSIONS, CHECK FOR ANOTHER CHECK PULSE AGAIN. 
          AND IF THERE'S NOT A, NOT A, A GOOD PULSE AT THAT POINT, WE'LL SHOCK 'EM AGAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE WE WILL START AT A LOWER SETTING AND THEN WE WORK OUR WAY UP TO THE NEXT SETTING AND THEN THE NEXT SETTING. 
          AND THEN, SO HOW MANY TIMES COULD THAT THING ACTUALLY SHOCK WHILE IT'S TRYING TO SAVE THE PERSON? WELL, IT WILL, IT, IT'LL KEEP GOING UNTIL, UNTIL THEY TURN IT OFF. 
          LIKE IT'LL, IT'LL KEEP TELLING AND STOP CPR IT'LL SHOCK. 
          YOU CAN CONTINUE BACK TO CPR. 
          UM, LIKE I SAID, HOPEFULLY AT THAT POINT EMS IS ON SCENE. 
          THEY CAN START AN IV START GIVING MEDICINES THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT WHOLE PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO DO CPR FOR A MINIMUM OF 20 MINUTES BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN THINK ABOUT, OKAY. 
          WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE THEY WANT US TO DO CPR 20 MINUTES USUALLY ON SCENE. 
          UNLESS THERE'S SOME OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          LIKE THE SCENE IS NOT SAFE. 
          THINGS ARE LIKE THAT. 
          GENERALLY GOOD CPR 20 MINUTES ON SCENE BEFORE WE EVEN TRY TO LOAD THEM UP AND, AND, AND START HEADING TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          SO SO YOU LEAVE THE PADS IN PLACE? YES. 
          LIKE EVEN WHEN WE GET TO THE HOSPITAL, WE WILL LEAVE THEM IN PLACE BECAUSE THEY CAN JUST UN WE UNPLUG 'EM FROM OUR MACHINE AND THEY CAN PLUG 'EM INTO THEIR MACHINE AND JUST KEEP USING THEM. 
          SO, AND THEY'RE NOT CHEAP. 
          THEY'RE KIND OF PRICEY. 
          SO, SO YEAH. 
          THAT'S WHY WE GET THE, THE TRAINER, TRAINER ONES AS OPPOSED TO, UH, USING REAL ONES UNLESS THEY'RE EXPIRED. 
          WHEN WE GET THE EXPIRED ONES, THEN WE, THEN WE WILL USE THOSE TO PLAY WITH ON MACHINES. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          SORRY. 
          CAN I ASK ABOUT, SO THE 
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FIRE DETECTOR? SO I'M A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND I DID BURN CARE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO I, I NEVER WANTED ANYONE ELSE TO EVER BE BURNED. 
          AND UM, SO WHEN I LIVED IN ROULETTE THAT CITY BEFORE I HAD THE SITS TO MOVE OVER TO GARLAND, THE, THEY WOULD COME AND CHANGE THE HIGH ONE, THE BATTERY FOR ME. 
          'CAUSE I CAN'T RIGHT. 
          I CAN GET ON THAT LADDER, BUT I'M AFRAID OF GETTING ON THAT LADDER NOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          AND WE'D RATHER INVITE THAT LADDER. 
          CAN I INVITE Y'ALL TO CHANGE THAT ONE IS WE CALL OUR, OUR, UH, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND WE HAVE A LADY THAT'LL ANSWER THE PHONE AND WE'LL, IF YOU NEED, IF YOU'VE GOT A HIGHER UP ONE, WE WILL, WE CAN SEND THE CREW OUT AND THAT'LL CHANGE IT DEPENDING ON THE DAY. 
          UM, SOMETIMES IT COULD BE ME OR JERRY THAT COMES AND DOES IT. 
          UH, A LOT OF TIMES IT'LL BE ONE OF OUR CREWS. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, WHATEVER CREWS, WHATEVER DISTRICT YOU'RE IN, THAT CREW CAN COME OUT AND DO IT TOO. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM, IF YOU'VE GOT, UM, ANYBODY THAT CAN'T AFFORD FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, WE HAVE A A OR EXCUSE FIRE DETECT FIRE DETECTIVE SMOKE, SMOKE DETECTOR. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE WE, WE WILL DO A FEW SMOKE DETECTORS IN THE HOUSE FOR SOMEBODY TRULY IN NEED. 
          UM, I SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S AN ARTICLE I WANNA DO. 
          CAROL, THEY HAD TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE THEY WERE SAYING, OH, WE'RE DOING FREE SMOKE DETECTORS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEN YOU HAD SOME OF THESE UNSCRUPULOUS BUILDERS GOING, OH WELL WE WANT FREE SMOKE DETECTORS. 
          IT'S LIKE, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PROGRAM IS FOR. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S FOR PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY NEED THEM. 
          SO, AND WE, WE NEED ONE IN EVERY BEDROOM WHERE ANYBODY CLOSES THE DOOR PARTICULARLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          GRANDCHILDREN VISITING OR OTHER PEOPLE YOU NEED ONE IN, IN ALL OF THOSE ROOMS. I, I WOULD DO AN ARTICLE ON THAT, CAROL. 
          'CAUSE OKAY. 
          THAT'S, SO I'M, I'M NOT INTERVIEWS SOME MORE ABOUT THE BEST PRACTICES IN SMOKE DETECTORS. 
          I I HAVE THEM IN MY GARAGE. 
          I HAVE 'EM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS FOR SENIORS. 
          SO YEAH, AN ARTICLE WOULD BE GREAT AND I HAVE THEM IN MY ATTIC, BUT YEAH. 
          UM, BURN BURNER. 
          WELL YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT HAVING ONE DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR GARAGE. 
          YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT HAVING ONE IN YOUR GARAGE, WHICH JERRY WILL TELL YOU HE HAD A FIRE IN HIS GARAGE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IF HE HADN'T HAVE GONE OUTSIDE, HE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN IT WAS EVEN ON FIRE. 
          'CAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A SMOKE DETECTOR IN HIS GARAGE. 
          YEAH. 
          I HAVE ONE IN MY GARAGE. 
          I HAVE ONE IN THE ATTIC. 
          I HAVE 'EM EVERYWHERE I CAN REACH, BUT I CAN'T REACH THAT ONE. 
          WELL, A LOT OF 'EM. 
          A LOT OF THEM NOW. 
          UH, AND ANOTHER THING IS THINK ABOUT HOW OLD YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS ARE. 
          'CAUSE THEY STAY TO REPLACE 'EM AT 10 YEARS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IF THEY, BECAUSE THEY CAN BUILD UP DUST AND STUFF INSIDE OF THEM AND THAT'LL, THEY'LL START FALSELY GOING OFF OR THEY MAY NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. 
          SO AT 10 YEARS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REPLACE 'EM. 
          WHICH THEY ACTUALLY MAKE SMOKE DETECTORS NOW THAT HAVE A 10 YEAR LIFESPAN BATTERY. 
          SO BASICALLY YOU DON'T EVER HAVE TO CHANGE THE BATTERY ONCE IT HITS 10 YEARS. 
          PULL IT DOWN, YOU CHUNK IT, GET ANOTHER ONE. 
          SO YOU KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE. 
          THE WIRED ONES. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S, THOSE ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          THEY'RE STILL SUPPOSED TO BE CHANGED AT 10 YEARS. 
          BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SWITCH FROM THE WIRED ONES BECAUSE THEY ARE PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. 
          ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THEM. 
          YOU CAN'T GET THE RIGHT SIZE ANYMORE. 
          RIGHT. 
          I CAN'T GET ONE THAT FITS IN ONE BEDROOM THAT WAS WIRED. 
          YOU CAN'T, I CAN'T REPLACE IT. 
          SOME OF 'EM, DEPENDING ON ONES THEY'LL COME WITH, IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE RIGHT ONE, THERE'S SOME I'VE LOOKED UP. 
          'CAUSE WE HAD SOMEBODY LOOKING FOR ONE AND WE WERE TRYING TO HELP 'EM SEARCH AND, AND THEY COME WITH DIFFERENT ADAPTERS TO PLUG INTO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT SOMETIMES YOU STILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE BASE. 
          LIKE YOU CAN PULL INSTEAD OF JUST UH, PLUGGING IT RIGHT IN. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS NEW DETECTOR'S NOT GONNA SNAP INTO THAT OLD BASE. 
          SO NOW YOU'VE GOTTA UNSCREW THE OLD BASE, ATTACH A NEW BASE THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT MORE WORK. 
          BUT BECAUSE LITTLE WHAT, 30 YEARS AGO ITS NAMED NOW. 
          BUT IT SEEMS GREAT AND I TEST IT AND THEN EVERY NOW AND THEN MY COOKING TEST IT. 
          AND UM, BUT THOSE ARE GOOD. 
          RIGHT? I MEAN ANY OF THE, ANY OF 'EM YOU'RE GONNA FIND AT WALMART OR TARGET OR WHATEVER. 
          EVERYTHING, MOST EVERYTHING HERE YOU'RE GOING TO, THEY'VE BEEN UL TESTED, SO THEY'VE BEEN TESTED BY, BY A THIRD PARTY COMPANY. 
          UH, THEY CAN'T PUT THAT ON THEIR PACKAGING WITHOUT IT BEING CERTIFIED BY A THIRD PARTY COMPANY. 
          SO IF YOU SEE ALL THOSE CERTIFICATIONS ON 'EM, YES. 
          THEY'VE BEEN TESTED AND THEY'RE ALL, I MEAN IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A LIKE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER ONE AND I'VE SEEN REALLY BIG ONES. 
          IT'S THE, GENERALLY JUST THE BIGGER ONES DO MORE STUFF. 
          LIKE SOME OF THEM ARE SMOKE DETECTORS AND CO DETECTORS. 
          SO IF YOU'VE GOT GAS IN YOUR HOUSE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GET A SEPARATE CO DETECTOR. 
          BUT THE THING IS, IS GENERALLY THE CO DETECTORS ARE MORE DOWN LOW, NOT UP ON THE CEILING. 
          SO A LOT OF TIMES A DUAL DETECTOR LIKE THAT DOESN'T REALLY DO YOU A LOT OF GOOD. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO APPRECIATE IT. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY. 
          GIVE JERRY OUR BEST. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
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WE'LL SEE YOU LATER. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, C THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, IS NOT HERE TODAY, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON. 
          DO YOU WANNA DISCUSS THE SENIOR CENTER FEES, JESSE? YES. 
          LET'S START WITH THE, UH, LET'S GO TO THE BYLAWS FIRST AND THEN, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA PRESENT, PRESENT ON THE COMPUTER. 
          SO AS FAR AS, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FOR THE, FOR THE BYLAWS, WHEN, WHEN DO WE WANNA GO TO COUNSEL? SO WE HAVE DEADLINES. 
          SO IF WE WANT TO MAKE THE APRIL 6TH WORK SESSION, I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT TURNED IN BY MARCH 20TH. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR THEM TO APPROVE IT. 
          LET'S DO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN FROM THERE, OBVIOUSLY DEPENDING ON THE CONVERSATION FROM THE COUNCIL, UH, WE PROBABLY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE ACTUAL REGULAR MEETING IN MAY BECAUSE THE NEXT DEADLINE WOULD BE APRIL 17TH. 
          SO DEPENDING ON THEIR, WE COULDN'T GO BACK TO THE SECOND MEETING IN APRIL. 
          NO, BECAUSE IF THEY APPROVE IT, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY SAY, RIGHT. 
          IF THEY SAY YES OR NO, BUT YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR THAT WORK SESSION, I MEAN, FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AND THE DEADLINE WILL BE APRIL 3RD. 
          OH. 
          SO WE WOULDN'T MAKE THAT. 
          SO THE NEXT DEADLINE WOULD BE APRIL 17TH FOR A REGULAR MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE TARGETING APRIL 6TH FOR A WORK SESSION AND THEN A MAY 2ND, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, MAY 5TH FOR A REGULAR MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN I'LL MOVE TO THE FRONT. 
          I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU SAID APRIL 17TH FOR SUBMISSION. 
          THAT'S THE DEADLINE. 
          APRIL 17TH DEADLINE TO SUBMIT, TO SUBMIT FOR THE MAY MEETING FOR THE MAY 5TH FOR THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, RIGHT? YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE PROPOSED FEES, LEMME JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO CURRENTLY AT OUR SENIOR CENTERS, WE HAVE TWO WAYS TO BECOME A MEMBER, RIGHT? EITHER YOU JOIN A LUNCH PROGRAM AND THAT'S FREE FOR RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OR YOU JOIN THE CENTER. 
          AND THEN THAT'S CURRENTLY FREE FOR RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS. 
          SO WITH THE GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER OPENING THIS FALL, WE'VE BEEN TASKED WITH COMING UP WITH FEES FOR MEMBERSHIPS AND THEN FOR FEES FOR RENTALS TO RENT OUT ROOMS WITHIN THE FACILITY. 
          SO WITH GSAC, AS WE CALL IT, WITH THE RENTALS, WE'RE JUST PROPOSING THAT WE USE THE SAME FEES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE RECREATION SIDE. 
          AND THEN FOR OUR SENIOR CENTERS, WE'RE PROPOSING TWO DIFFERENT FEES. 
          WELL, ONE ACTUALLY, SO I'LL GET INTO THE PRESENTATION. 
          WRONG BUTTON. 
          WITH THE PROPOSED FEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE TO COUNCIL, IT WILL BE $0, EXCUSE ME, $20 FOR RESIDENTS, OR $80 FOR NON-RESIDENTS. 
          NOW THAT EXCLUDES THE LUNCH PROGRAM BECAUSE IF YOU'RE IN A LUNCH PROGRAM PER DALLAS COUNTY, WE CANNOT CHARGE A FEE. 
          SO AGAIN, IF A LUNCH PROGRAM MEMBER, YOU RECEIVE ALL BENEFITS OF THE FACILITY. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU CAME TO THE FACILITY TO DO ANY OF THE FREE PROGRAMS, DO PICKLEBALL, ANY OF THOSE THINGS, WE ARE PROPOSING A $20 FEE FOR RESIDENTS, WHICH WOULD BE FOR A YEAR OR 80 FOR NON-RESIDENTS. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IF YOU JUST SAY, HEY, I WANTED TO COME FOR ONE DAY, THAT WOULD BE $5 FOR A DAY PASS. 
          SO THE $20 IN THE $80 FEE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, IT SUPPORTS THE SENIOR FITNESS FEE THAT WE CHARGE. 
          SO TWO YEARS AGO WE IMPLEMENTED A SENIOR FITNESS FEE, WHICH BASICALLY GAVE SENIORS A DISCOUNT, WANT TO ENTER THE FITNESS CENTERS, WHICH ALSO GIVES YOU ACCESS TO ALL THE FACILITIES. 
          SO CURRENTLY THAT'S A $20 FEE FOR SENIOR FOR RESIDENTS AND $80 FEE FOR NON-RESIDENTS. 
          I LOOK BACK AT NUMBERS FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          WE HAD 533 PEOPLE, SENIORS ACTUALLY BY THAT PASS. 
          AND 421 WERE ACTUAL SENIORS THAT LIVED IN GARLAND. 
          SO WE HAD ABOUT 79, 9 
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RESIDENTS ACTUALLY PURCHASED THAT PASS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE FEES? OKAY. 
          BENCHMARK AVERAGE, IS THAT, UM, BENCHMARKING TO OTHER CITIES? YES. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT OUR NEIGHBORS AND KIND OF CAME UP WITH AN AVERAGE. 
          SO ON AVERAGE FOR A RESIDENT, $33 ACROSS THE METROPLEX. 
          AND FOR A NON-RESIDENT, 74. 
          IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THOSE FACILITIES IN OTHER CITIES, DO YOU THINK THIS PROPOSED FEE WILL KEEP SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY COME ON A DAILY BASIS FROM ATTENDING? POTENTIALLY. 
          HOWEVER, THOUGH, IF THEY'RE IN A LUNCH PROGRAM, IT WON'T AFFECT THEM AT ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THESE ARE ANNUAL FEES, RIGHT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO $20 A YEAR IS NOT THAT TERRIBLE. 
          CORRECT. 
          ARE THERE, REMIND ME, ARE THERE CRITERIA FOR THE LUNCH TO QUALIFY FOR THE LUNCH? JUST HAVE TO BE 60 YEARS OLD, RIGHT? SO, SO THEORETICALLY ANYBODY COULD GET THAT $20 WAIVED. 
          I GUESS THAT'S THE THING I WANT, I SEE PEOPLE THERE, I WANT TO BE THERE. 
          'CAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE THEY NEED TO BE THERE. 
          YES. 
          IF THEY DON'T HAVE RESOURCE, I WOULD HOPE SOME WAY THEY COULD APPEAL THAT FEE. 
          BUT IF THEY CAN GET ON THE LUNCH PROGRAM, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND PROBABLY MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN GETTING A TICKET TO, FROM MY EXPERIENCE SINCE GSAC HAS BEEN AT KALE FIELDS, THERE'S A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE THAT STAY, YOU KNOW, COME AND STAY THE WHOLE DAY VERSUS THE ONES THAT ARE PURCHASING THIS $20 PASS CURRENTLY. 
          SO I THINK THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT OUR FACILITY NOW WILL BENEFIT FROM THE LUNCH PROGRAM. 
          I'M SORRY, A LITTLE TOO CLOSE. 
          I THINK THAT'S GREAT. 
          AND I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU CHARGE, NON-RESIDENTS CHARGE 'EM OFF . 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP AS WELL. 
          SO YOU COULD, I I WANT RESIDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE ABLE TO COME. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? SO CURRENTLY, IF YOU ARE A GARLAND RESIDENT, AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU, DEPENDING ON YOUR INCOME, YOU CAN QUALIFY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP AND IT WILL PAY 60% OF WHATEVER PROGRAM OR MEMBERSHIP THAT YOU USE IT FOR. 
          NOW, THERE ARE SOME EXCLUSIONS. 
          SO FOR AN EXAMPLE, ON THE RECREATION SIDE, WE HAVE OUR, UM, STARS PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALREADY GRANT FUNDED. 
          SO WE CANNOT USE THE SCHOLARSHIP ON THAT. 
          BUT EVERYTHING ELSE YOU CAN USE THE SCHOLARSHIP ON. 
          WHERE DO YOU FIND THE APPLICATION? SO YOU WOULD COME INTO THE FACILITY, WE WOULD GIVE YOU THE APPLICATION, YOU'LL FILL IT OUT, BRING IT BACK, OR IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION WITH YOU, THEN WE CAN SEE IF YOU QUALIFY. 
          IT'S BASED ON INCOME. 
          SO WE'LL GO BY YOUR TAX RETURN, YOUR ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME WILL DETERMINE. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY HOW MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD WILL DETERMINE IF YOU QUALIFY. 
          AND HOW LONG IS THE APPROVAL TIME? IF YOU HAD ALL YOUR INFORMATION, I CAN PROVE YOU IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES OR LESS. 
          OH WOW. 
          YES, PROBABLY FIVE  IS, IS THAT SCHOLARSHIP FUNDED FROM CITY FUNDS? UH, YES. 
          YES. 
          HOW MUCH IS IN THE BUDGET? YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY FROM THE PAST WE'VE HAD ABOUT 40,000. 
          AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED, ONCE WE SWITCHED OVER TO ACTIVE NET, WE DIDN'T RUN OUT OF MONEY ANYMORE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF, IF ACTIVE NET IS NOT COUNTING THE MONEY, BUT WE JUST HAD LESS PEOPLE APPLYING. 
          BUT WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING FOR THE CITY, WE WOULD RUN OUT OF THOSE FUNDS AND WE WOULD HAVE SAY, HEY, WE'RE UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDS. 
          BUT THE PAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE NOT. 
          WE'VE SEEN ACTUALLY A DECREASE OF PEOPLE USING THE SCHOLARSHIP. 
          AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN FROM COVID. 
          OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE FINDING OTHER WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME OR, YOU KNOW, FIND WAYS TO DO OTHER THINGS. 
          BUT AGAIN, FOR THE LUNCH, THERE'S NO INCOME. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO WITH LUNCH YOU JUST, YOU TALK WITH ELDA, AS LONG AS YOU'RE 60 YEARS OLD, YOU FILL OUT HER APPLICATION AND THEN YOU'RE ON THE LIST. 
          SO THE SCHOLARSHIP WOULD HELP THE 55 TO 60? WELL, POSSIBLY IT COULD HELP ANYONE THAT'S A RESIDENT. 
          SO IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE $20, THEN THEY COULD APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP AND THEN GET IT DISCOUNTED BY 60%. 
          THAT'S FOR THE REC CENTER. 
          THAT'S NOT, THAT'S ONLY FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. 
          THAT'S FOR ANYONE. 
          THE SCHOLARSHIP WORKS ON THE REC SIDE AND THE SENIOR SIDE. 
          AH. 
          SO I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW THAT MANY, THAT BUDGET. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE TO ME, SO THE LUNCH PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY DALLAS COUNTY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW 40,000 COULD BE SPENT. 
          THAT'S SEPARATE. 
          YES. 
          EVERYBODY WOULD GET, BUT I SEE NOW IT CAN BE ANY RESIDENT. 
          CORRECT. 
          NOT A SENIOR. 
          AND SINCE I'VE BEEN IN WORKING FOR THE CITY, SENIORS TYPICALLY DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE TO ME. 
          POSSIBLY. 
          'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT AND MOST USUALLY, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY WOULD NEED IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO GSAC OR CARVER, MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAMS ARE FREE. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE GOING ON THE TRIP, YOU PROBABLY HAVE THIS DISCRETIONARY INCOME. 
          AND ONE OTHER THING IS THIS WILL BE UP TO COUNCIL. 
          THEY COULD SAY NO. 
          SO IT'LL BE ALL UP TO COUNCIL. 
          DID DID THEY CARE IF WE SUPPORT IT OR NOT? I'M PRETTY SURE THEY WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE 
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YOUR INPUT. 
          IF WE SAY, HEY, OUR ADVISORY BOARD IS ON BOARD WITH THE FEES, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WOULD DEFINITELY INFLUENCE THEM. 
          EITHER WAY. 
          I THINK THIS SEEMS REASONABLE SINCE THERE IS THE LUNCH PROGRAM THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS AGREE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? I, IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO ME. 
          UM, WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL? SO MOVE, SHE MOVED I SECOND. 
          OH WAIT, DO YOU HAVE MORE? YES. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU. 
          OH, I, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE RENTAL FEES. 
          THERE'S MORE. 
          WAIT, THERE'S MORE, MORE MONEY. 
          WE MIGHT WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. 
          SO CURRENTLY IF YOU COME TO ANY OF OUR REC CENTERS OR SENIOR CENTERS AND YOU WANT TO RENT OUT A ROOM OR THE GYMNASIUM, OBVIOUSLY THE CLASSROOM, WHICH IS OUR SMALLER ROOM, IS 60 PER HOUR. 
          OUR LARGER ROOM, WHICH WE CALL MULTIPURPOSE, IS $80 PER HOUR. 
          AND THEN THE GYM, THEN THE GYM IS ALSO 80 PER HOUR. 
          SO WE'RE JUST PROPOSING A $5 INCREASE WITH THOSE FEES. 
          UH, IF WE LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORS WITH OUR BENCHMARKING, WE'RE STILL BELOW THE AVERAGE. 
          AND THEN THE NEW PROPOSED FEE FEE, I'M SORRY FOR, UM, NON-RESIDENTS, WHICH WE NEVER HAD A NON-RESIDENT RENTAL FEE. 
          SO NOW WE'RE PROPOSING THAT TO HAVE A NON-REAL, EXCUSE ME, A NON-RESIDENT FEE WOULD BE $85 FOR THE SMALLER ROOM, 105 FOR OUR BIG ROOM AND 105 FOR OUR GYM. 
          THAT'S PER HOUR. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE STILL LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE IN THE, IN THE AREA. 
          I THINK THOSE ARE REASONABLE S VERY REASONABLE. 
          IT'S A ONE DAY RENTAL HOUR PER HOUR. 
          NOW ON THE SENIOR SIDE THOUGH, WE, YOU GET A DISCOUNT. 
          SO IF CURRENTLY, IF YOU WANT THE SMALL, ONE OF THE SMALLER ROOMS IS $30. 
          IF YOU WANTED A CLASSROOM AT CARVER $30 AND THEN THE KITCHEN IS $30. 
          SO THOSE FEES WOULD, WOULD STAY. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY FOR THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, THAT WOULD BE A NEW FEE BECAUSE CARVER DOESN'T HAVE A LARGE ROOM, BUT G SAC WILL. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE 45 PER PER HOUR. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE FOR GARLAND RESIDENTS ONLY, THAT ARE SENIORS THAT WOULD GET THAT RATE. 
          THAT CAN BE RAN OUT FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER. 
          AS LONG AS YOU BRING THE MONEY. 
          CORRECT, YOU NAME IT. 
          WE PROBABLY HAD IT AT THE, AT THE FACILITY. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, THIS GOES INTO THE PROPOSED SENIOR FEES. 
          SO BESIDES THOSE DISCOUNTS, OBVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA BRING THEM UP POTENTIALLY FOR THE NEW FACILITY AT GSAC. 
          SO A BIG ROOM WOULD BE 80 AND THEN THE SMALL ROOM WOULD BE 60. 
          SO WE KIND OF WANT THEM TO MATCH. 
          BUT AGAIN, YOU STILL WOULD HAVE THE SENIOR RATE ON THE SLIDE PRIOR TO THIS WILL JUST BE FOR NON SENIORS, SO TO SPEAK. 
          AND THEN ADD A NON-RESIDENT FEE. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THAT IT? YEAH, THAT'S IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO I THINK WE HAD A MOTION TO GREAT. 
          SAY IT AGAIN. 
          TO SUPPORT THE, UH, PROPOSED RENTAL FEES. 
          THE PROPOSED FEES, FEES, FEE, SCHEDULE, MEMBERSHIPS. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED FEES FOR THE NEW SENIOR CENTER AND ALL RECREATION CENTERS FROM THERE AFTER THE SENIOR CENTER OPENS. 
          YEP. 
          SO THEN THE RENTAL FEES WOULD INCREASE AFTER YES. 
          ALL THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OR AFTER THE SENIOR CENTER OPENS. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, SO I DON'T, DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA TELL THEM THIS. 
          UH, OR DO YOU JUST WANNA SAY IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION? ACTUALLY, IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL THEM, YOU COULD DO THAT AS WELL, BUT OKAY. 
          THEN WHEN, UM, MONTERO, EXCUSE ME, ALBERT, WHEN HE GIVES HIS PRESENTATION, I'LL SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THE BACKING OF THE ADVISORY BOARD AS WELL TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, IF EJ IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND WHEN ARE YOU GONNA PRESENT THIS? UH, HE WILL PRESENT IT IN APRIL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU COULD GIVE US A HEADS UP. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE, SO IF WE COULD GIVE IT CLOSE TO THE TIME HE IS GONNA PRESENT IT, WE COULD EACH EMAIL OUR COUNCIL PERSON AND LET 'EM KNOW OR SEND THEM. 
          I CAN DO IT. 
          I'LL MAKE A NOTE, A MESSAGE NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          MOVING ON. 
          UH, LET'S SEE. 
          AND DO YOU HAVE A UPDATE FOR US? ME? MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, YES I DO. 
          UM, 
          [01:30:01]
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 200 CHURCHES IN GARDEN AND OUT OF THAT 200 I WOULD SAY ABOUT 70% OF THEM HAVE A FOOD BANK. 
          AND OUT OF THAT 70%, THERE'S PROBABLY 22 THAT ARE EXTREMELY ACTIVE WITH THEIR FOOD BANK. 
          AND I'M, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, TONY IS WORKING WITH ME WITH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT HAS SO MANY, BUT I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE, A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF SOME THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. 
          AND I DID EMAIL YOU AND JESSIE ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS FIRST, UM, WHAT WAS IT? UM, OH MY GOD, I JUST WENT BLANK WITH, UM, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YES. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HAS A CLINIC CALLED HOPE CLINIC. 
          UM, WHEREAS YOU CAN GO FOR ANY MEDICAL ISSUE, UH, THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERS FROM EVERY ENTITY OF MEDICINE THAT YOU CAN THINK, DOCTORS THAT VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME. 
          AND WE WILL HAVE, UM, WHICH I SENT TO YOU TIME AND EVERYTHING. 
          ARE YOU GONNA PUT THAT ON? UM, YES. 
          'CAUSE I INCLUDED THE FIRST BAPTIST IN THE EMAIL THAT CAME OUT LAST MONTH, RIGHT? OH, DID I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DIDN'T. 
          YEAH, HE DID. 
          YOU DID? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WILL SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO EVERYBODY ABOUT FIRST BAPTIST BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT SO THAT YOU GET THAT OUT IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          THEY DO A WHOLE LOT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED. 
          AND I THINK, JUST LIKE I SAID, JUST TO GIVE YOU A, A REALLY BRIEF SYNOPSIS. 
          FIRST BA UH, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN ON WEST AVENUE, UM, B NINE 30 WEST AVENUE B, EVERY WEDNESDAY 11 TO ONE. 
          THEY DISTRIBUTE FREE NON-PERISHABLE SACK LUNCHES, UM, TO ANYONE IN NEED. 
          AND EVERY SATURDAY FROM 8:00 AM UNTIL EVERYTHING, UM, USUALLY UNTIL 10, UH, THEY HAVE FREE BREAKFAST. 
          UH, NEW LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH HAS A HOT DINNER EVERY TUESDAY FROM FOUR TO SIX. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST, UH, I DIDN'T DIDN'T DO ALL OF THEM BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S SO MANY AND SO MUCH. 
          BUT, UM, I WANNA PUT SOME TYPE OF LEDGER TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THIS ON SO THAT YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE IT IN YOUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THESE CHURCHES ARE DOING THIS AND IT'S APPLIED TO ANYONE, BUT THEY REALLY FOCUS ON THE SENIOR ASPECT OF IT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, BUT I WILL BE SENDING OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION TO YOU ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY, YES, I WILL HAVE ADDRESSES, I WILL HAVE ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS AND TIMES. 
          OKAY. 
          WHERE, WHERE AND WHY AND HOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANNE? THANK YOU TO ANNE FOR DOING THAT HARD WORK. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S EASY TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THE IDEA, 'CAUSE THEY JUST COME TO ME WHEN YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, SO WHAT THE COMMISSION COULD DO, MAYBE WE COULD BE ALLOWED TO LIKE, UM, DEVELOP A STICKER THAT SAYS THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS ITS NAME. 
          UM, UH, THINKS THIS ORGANIZATION FOR ITS SUPPORTIVE SENIORS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT PEOPLE COULD NOTE IN THEIR STUFF THAT THEY'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THIS COMMISSION AS SUPPORTING SENIORS. 
          I'D LOVE TO, I'D LOVE TO HAVE THOSE. 
          WHEN I GO TO MORE PLACES DOWNTOWN AND SAY, WE MIGHT GIVE YOU A STICKER, YOU'D STICK ON YOUR, UH, WINDOW AND IT SAYS YOU OFFER SOME SUPPORT TO SENIORS. 
          I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO BE SEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WELL THAT'S ONE WAY IS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE, WE ARE THANKING PEOPLE FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR SENIORS, BUT IT ALSO SHOWS THAT THE COMMISSION EXISTS AND THEN PEOPLE COULD ASK ABOUT SOMETHING. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. 
          I MEAN, IT'LL BE BASED ON THE BUDGET. 
          SO, WELL, NOT ONLY THAT, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED SOMEBODY'S PERMISSION. 
          YEAH, YEAH, I'M SURE. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHO ALL THAT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          BUDGET, PERMISSION, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. 
          YEAH. 
          WE CARE WHAT WE DID. 
          NOT SURE WHO'S PERMISSION WE'D NEED, BUT WE PROBABLY WOULD NEED THAT. 
          I THINK BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE TAKING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WITH THIS. 
          [01:35:01]
WHAT AS COMMISSIONERS. 
          I, I REALLY BELIEVE THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE US A LITTLE MONEY TO DO SOMETHING. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          WHAT I'M THINKING OF IS, UH, ENDORSING, RIGHT. 
          AND, AND IT WOULDN'T, CITIES DON'T ENDORSE, WOULDN'T, IT WOULD BE A THANK YOU MORE. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          BUT DO YOU THINK THAT THE CHURCH, THE CHURCHES WOULD CARE? WOULD THEY HAVE PUT IN THEIR NEWSLETTER? DON'T, AND WE GOT A THANK YOU FROM THE SENIOR COMMISSION. 
          I THINK THE CHURCHES WOULD RATHER A LETTER COMING FROM ALL OF US THAN THE STICKER JUST THANKING THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO WITH THE FOOD BANKS AND SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, THAT WOULD BE MY OPINION. 
          AH, AND ONE OTHER THING, I, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE COMMISSION, I CONTACTED THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN AND AT THAT TIME, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION WAS GOING ON AND SO THEY WERE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO NOW IT MAY BE DIFFERENT WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING OVER THAT. 
          WELL, I JUST ASSIGNED MYSELF TO THAT BECAUSE I WAS INTERESTED IN IT AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A SENIORS IN THE NOTE COLUMN. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY WERE STRUGGLING VERY BADLY WHEN I FIRST CAME ON. 
          UH, I THINK THEY WOULD BE HAPPY AT THIS POINT TO GIVE SOME KIND. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, MY THOUGHT WAS THAT WHEN I DID THIS WAS THAT THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY AND DECIDE WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK THAT THEY WOULD DO IT. 
          AND NOT ALL DO IT ON THE SAME DAY OF THE WEEK. 
          THERE IS A KIND OF, UH, DOWNTOWN ORGANIZATION THAT THE, THAT THE BUSINESSES HAVE SO WELL ISN'T AFFILIATED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          YOU REMEMBER THAT LADY? NO. 
          IT'S, IT'S DOESN'T CARE ABOUT AFFILIATED WITH ANYBODY, BUT I DO KNOW THERE IS ONE. 
          AND MAYBE THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET IN THE, IN THE, YOU KNOW, THAT LITTLE SHOP THEY HAVE MIGHT KNOW OKAY. 
          WHO THAT IS. 
          IT'S LIKE, I ONLY KNOW THAT RUNS THAT I PASS BY THAT THE TAVERN FLASHES THAT ON ONE DAY OF THE WEEK THEY GIVE A DISCOUNT TO SENIORS AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          AND ESPECIALLY THEN THE SENIORS, UH, CENTERS COULD MAKE A POINT OF GOING THERE. 
          LIKE THEY GO TO OTHER PLACES FOR LUNCH, MAKE A POINT OF GOING DOWN THERE. 
          UM, THEY LIKE TO TAKE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY BECAUSE THEY AH, THEY CAN GO IN THE CITY. 
          SO WHAT IF IT'S A GOOD DISCOUNT, LIKE IN MAIN STREET CAFE THAT THEY WANNA GO ? WELL AT LEAST POST IT AT THE CENTERS AND BOOK. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO WE, CAN WE SIGN A LETTER, JESSE, FROM THE COMMISSION THAT WE WOULD DRAFT A THANK YOU LETTER FOR, FOR THESE, UH, ENTITIES THAT ARE REACHING OUT TO SENIORS AND JUST DO A THANK YOU NOTE. 
          CAN THAT, DOES CAROL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM SOMEONE ELSE? I MEAN, A SIMPLE THANK YOU. 
          I MEAN THIS IS LIKE AN EMAIL, SO, RIGHT. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE, I THINK WE COULD DO THAT BECAUSE THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE POSTED OR STUCK TO SOMETHING. 
          NO, IT WOULD JUST BE  AND IT, I THINK THEY WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. 
          WOULD YOU HAVE THE ENERGY TO DRAFT THAT? THANK YOU. 
          NOT SURE. 
          IT WOULDN'T TAKE ME ABOUT A MINUTE,  AND I'LL SEND IT TO CAROL  WHEN YOU GET YOUR, YOUR MATRIX PUT TOGETHER. 
          YEAH, YOU CAN. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THAT'S ALL OF THEM. 
          AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW. 
          YEAH. 
          SO YEAH. 
          AND, AND CAROL, I I GUESS I'M VOLUNTEERING FOR THE POSTAGE IF YOU OH. 
          NEED THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET. 
          SO WE, WE DO NOT HAVE A BUDGET, BUT YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK OUR ANNUAL BUDGET IS RATHER SMALL. 
          YEAH. 
          RATHER SMALL. 
          WHAT DID YOU SAY, GAIL? I DIDN'T EVEN IF YOU, I THINK OUR ANNUAL BUDGET IS RATHER SMALL. 
          , WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT IT, IT WAS A HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR. 
          OH MY GOODNESS. 
          WELL, SO, AND THAT FOR THEM TO DO THE PRINTING FOR US, WHICH WE, THEY ALREADY PROBABLY USED A HUNDRED DOLLARS THIS YEAR. 
          THE PRINTING, THE, THE MAILING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT. 
          I MEAN THAT WAS GONE. 
          OH MY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE MOVE ON. 
          SHOWED UP. 
          UM, SO LET'S SEE, WHERE WAS THAT ON THIS? UH, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
          OKAY. 
          WEBSITE. 
          UM, HC SAYS, UH, OKAY, SO YOU HAVE AT YOUR PLACE THE, THE CONSOLIDATED RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE DEPARTMENT SO FAR. 
          SO FAR. 
          AND THEN JUST TODAY I ADDED DOWN THERE UNDER FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY, UM, HAVE FREE SMOKE DETECTORS FOR ANYBODY TRULY IN NEED. 
          AND THEY WILL CHANGE BATTERIES THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED OUT. 
          AND I THINK VENITA IS GONNA INTERVIEW, UM, MAY, MAYBE, UM, PHILIP CRAWFORD OR SOMEONE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO FOR SENIORS FOR AN ARTICLE, SO WE CAN FILL THAT OUT MORE. 
          I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THIS FROM EVERYBODY, SO THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. 
          SO WE'LL KEEP, KEEP THAT UP TO DATE AS WE'RE GOING ALONG AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH IT. 
          UM, 
          [01:40:01]
LET'S SEE. 
          I WONDERED IF OUR CITY PRESS ARTICLES HAS BROUGHT ANY RESPONSE YET. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW THE CITY PRESS JUST CAME OUT. 
          WELL WE HAVE 213 PEOPLE SUBSCRIBED, SO I'VE SEEN QUITE A UPTICK PROBABLY OVER THE LAST WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF. 
          SO THEY'RE SEEING IT. 
          AND THEN I ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE WEBSITE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S ON, IS THAT THIS ONE? YEAH, THIS IS, SO GO AHEAD. 
          SO AFTER OUR MEETING WITH, UH, THE CITY SECRETARY, UH, WE DECIDED THAT AS FAR AS WHAT FIRST WITH OUR GARLAND PARK SITE, WE WILL HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, A BUTTON OR SOMETHING ON THE FRONT PAGE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIG LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UH, WITH COUNCILMAN THOMAS. 
          ALSO, WHAT YOUR COMMISSIONS PAGE, WE CAN PUT PDFS, BUT WE CANNOT PUT LINKS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO WE CAN PUT PDFS TO SAY, UH, A PRESENTATION OR IT CAN LINK BACK TO MAYBE WHERE THE CITY OF GARLANDS PAGE TO VIEW A, IF SOMEONE HAD A POWERPOINT. 
          UM, AND ALSO WE CAN ALSO LIST THE RESOURCES THAT ARE IN THE SILVER SCOOP, LIKE THE SENIOR SERVICES. 
          WE CAN LIST ALL THOSE AGENCIES ON THERE. 
          SO ON, ON OUR, ON THE COMMISSION PAGE. 
          SO WE DID GET THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THAT. 
          IT NOW WOULD JUST BE ME WORKING WITH RAY AND FIGURING OUT IF HE WILL DO IT OR HE WILL SHOW ME HOW TO DO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ON OUR COMMISSION PAGE WE CAN PUT PDFS, PDF PDFS. 
          YES. 
          BUT NOT LINKS. 
          NO LINKS. 
          NO LINKS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND AND INFO YES. 
          INFO ABOUT THE CENTERS. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE CAN DO ALSO IS LIKE ON THE PARK PAGE WE CAN LINK THE COMMISSIONS PAGE. 
          SO YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A RESOURCE TOO. 
          THEY GO THERE, THEY CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD, CLICK THAT LINK AND IT'LL TAKE 'EM TO THAT PAGE. 
          SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO HELP THAT HAPPEN? NOTHING. 
          NOTHING. 
          I LIKE THAT ANSWER. 
          YES. 
           OKAY. 
          STANDS SO YOU'LL JUST KEEP US POSTED? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE GARLAND NEWSPAPER, HAS SOMEBODY SEND ME THAT ARTICLE FOR THE SENIORS IN THE NOTE? 'CAUSE I NEED TO SEND THAT TO YES, YES, YES. 
          I HAVEN'T SEEN THE NEWS PRESS. 
          WE HAVE 'EM AT FIELDS. 
          IF YOU, ARE YOU COMING TOMORROW? THERE SHOULD BE ONE AT THE FRONT DESK. 
          OH YEAH, YEAH. 
          IT MIGHT BE ONE OUT THERE TOO. 
          SHE NEEDS A SOFT COPY. 
          I NEED A SOFT COPY. 
          OKAY. 
          COME IN. 
          IT SHOULD BE ONE AT THE FRONT DESK. 
          I NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT AND THEN JUST SEND TO CJ. 
          WELL HERE, PASS THAT DOWN. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL JUST SCAN THAT AND THEN SEND THAT TO HER. 
          OKAY. 
          I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT. 
          OKAY, VERY GOOD. 
          YEAH, I'M SORRY KATHLEEN. 
          OH, NO PROBLEM. 
          THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          SO, UH, THIS DEBORAH MORRIS HAD AN, UH, PUT THE CITY PRESS ON HER FACEBOOK AND TELL TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT, THE, THE FRONT OF THE CITY PRESS. 
          AND SO I WENT ON THERE AND ADDED, SAY, GO LOOK AT THE SENIORS IN THE KNOW AND, AND SCAN OUR QR CODES. 
          'CAUSE WE REALLY DO WANT TO KNOW. 
          SO DEBORAH HAS PRETTY BIG FOLLOWING ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE. 
          SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL HELP MORE PEOPLE SCAN THOSE QR CODES AND, AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY THINK, UH, THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE DONE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. 
          JALISA, WELCOME. 
          HI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK WITH US? YES. 
          SORRY FOR TARDINESS. 
          I TOOK THE SENIORS TO SEE THE BIG HAT DOWNTOWN, UM, AND TO THE LANDMARK, UH, TO GO SEE THE HAT EXHIBIT OVER THERE. 
          SO I WAS WITH THEM OVER THERE AND I JUST LEFT THEM. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU  , THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS. 
          UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WE DO HAVE COMING UP. 
          UM, I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A SILVER SCOOP 'CAUSE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR INFORMATION IN THERE. 
          UM, SO THE BIG THING, YES, ON THE FRONT OF THE PAGE, UM, IS OUR MJA GROUP. 
          UH, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM. 
          UM, THAT WAS, THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN OUR FIRST FULL CLASS. 
          SO NOW THAT PICTURE IS ACTUALLY DOUBLED AND WE NOW HAVE SIX TABLES GOING OF MJA MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAYS. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA LEARN, PLEASE COME BY. 
          IF YOU DO PLAY, PLEASE COME BY. 
          UM, IT IS A LOT OF FUN. 
          UM, THEY'VE TAUGHT ME AND THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. 
          THEY'VE TAUGHT ME , SO I'M NOT THE BEST PLAYER, BUT I CAN GET BY. 
          SO, UM, YES, IF YOU WANNA PLAY SOME MJA, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME BY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY'S 12 O'CLOCK. 
          UM, AS WELL AS, UM, ANOTHER BIG THING I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS GOING TO BE OUR NIGHT IN VEGAS. 
          UM, IT IS GOING TO BE OUR CASINO NIGHT. 
          [01:45:01]
IT WILL BE AT HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER. 
          UM, I SAY NIGHT, BUT IT WILL BE THE MORNING TIME, UM, ON MARCH 19TH. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME AND JOIN US. 
          UM, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE GAMES, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON SLOT MACHINES. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE REGULAR TABLES. 
          SO, UM, THE PLAN FOR THAT DAY IS WE'LL HAVE, UM, SOME BLACKJACK TABLES, UM, ROULETTE TABLES. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE TABLE OF MJA, ONE TABLE OF MJA, UM, SPADES, A TO SPADE TABLE, DOMINO'S TABLE, UM, AND THEN A CRAPS TABLE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL TRY TO HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL PLAYED CRAPS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THE GUY TOLD ME, OH, OKAY. 
          THE GUY TOLD ME CRAPS TABLE. 
          SO I SAID, OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, WE WILL HAVE LIKE A LITTLE STATION WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET DRINKS. 
          UM, WE HAVE A BARTENDER WHO WILL BE THERE, UM, MAKING MOCKTAILS FOR EVERYBODY. 
          UM, AS WELL AS WE WILL ALSO HAVE, UM, LAZY DOGS IS GONNA BE CATERING FOOD. 
          SO, AND THEY'RE GONNA BRING A LOT. 
          SO YOU CAN JUST COME BY, GET FOOD, UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SOCIALIZE. 
          AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER PART OF IT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS YOU'LL GET FAKE MONEY TO GAMBLE WITH. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE YOUR OWN MONEY. 
          IT IS FAKE MONEY THAT THE COMPANY PROVIDES. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WILL PROVIDE MONEY AS WELL FOR YOU. 
          UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BUY RAFFLE TICKETS AND ONCE YOU PUT IN YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS, YOU CAN PUT IT IN ON DIFFERENT PRIZES. 
          SO ONE THING WE'RE RAFFLING OFF IS, UM, A TRIP TO, UM, NEW YORK, OUR TRIP TO NEW YORK. 
          UM, WE'LL BE IN THE RAFFLE. 
          WE'LL HAVE A RAFFLE FOR LIKE A HOTEL NIGHT. 
          WE'LL HAVE A RAFFLE FOR LIKE A DINNER PLACE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SMALL BASKETS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PUT, SO YOU'LL GET, UM, EACH RAFFLE WILL COST A DIFFERENT AMOUNT. 
          SO YOU'LL HAVE, IF YOU WANT TO GET, YOU KNOW, RED RAFFLES FOR THE CHRISTMAS TRIP, YOU KNOW, IT MAY COST YOU LIKE FIVE FAKE DOLLARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND YOU CAN PUT IN AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA BE LIKE OUR BIG INCENTIVE FOR, UM, OUR EVENT. 
          SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME. 
          UM, WE ALSO ARE HAVING TABLES, SO THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IF Y'ALL WANTED TO COME BY AND HAVE A TABLE TO GIVE OUT MORE INFORMATION FOR THE SENIOR ADVISORY AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. 
          JUST LET ME KNOW SO I CAN MAKE SURE I PUT YOU DOWN ON, UM, WHEN WE DO THE LINEUP. 
          OKAY. 
          DID YOU SEE THAT DATE AND TIME? YES. 
          MARCH 19TH. 
          AND IT WILL BE MARCH 19TH. 
          IT IT, YES. 
          IT SHOULD BE ON CARVER'S PAGE. 
          AND IT, IT SHOULD SAY COMING, IT SHOULD SAY LIKE SPRING FORMAL. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE OUR VERSION OF OUR SPRING FORMAL THIS YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT WILL BE ON THE FIRST PAGE. 
          OKAY, SO IT'S IT'S IN THE DAYTIME? YES, IT'S IN THE MORNING TIME. 
          IT'S IN THE MORNING, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CALLING IT A NIGHT IN VEGAS, THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE OVERALL NAME OF IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND IT'S, UM, THERE'S A FEE OR NO FEE. 
          NO FEE TO COME, NO FEE TO COME. 
          UM, IT IS, YOU JUST NEED TO SIGN UP SO WE CAN KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE, BUT IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE A TABLE, THEN IT CAN, THAT CAN COUNT AS OUR REGISTRATION FOR YOU AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE STARTING ABOUT NINE 30 AND WE'LL GO UNTIL ABOUT NOON AND IT'LL BE AT HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER. 
          JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT SAYS EIGHT 30 IN HERE. 
          EIGHT 30. 
          WELL, THE SENIORS START TO ARRIVE BY EIGHT 30. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SNACKS AND FOOD FOR YOU IN THE MORNING, BUT FOR Y'ALL, IT WILL, LIKE, PEOPLE WILL START WALKING AROUND AT NINE 30. 
          WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME. 
          EVEN IF YOU WANNA PLAY SOME GAMES, HOP ON A MJA TABLE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE MUSIC, WE'LL HAVE A DJ THERE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND SO CAROL, JUST LET ME KNOW, YOU CAN TEXT ME OR CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT A TABLE AND EVERYTHING. 
          I, I NEED TO ASK IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. 
          I HAVE A COMMITMENT THAT DAY, I JUST LOOKED IT UP. 
          BUT IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, UM, PLEASE DO. 
          EVEN IF YOU JUST GO WITH YOUR BADGE ON, YOU KNOW, MOVE AROUND AND TALK TO PEOPLE. 
          YES. 
          IT'LL BE A GREAT WAY BECAUSE WE'RE COMBINING SENIOR CENTERS. 
          SO IT'LL BE GSAC AND CARVER TOGETHER DOING THIS EVENT. 
          SO MARCH 19TH, THURSDAY IT'S A THURSDAY AND IT'S AT NINE 30. 
          YOU CAN GET THERE FOR EIGHT 30 IF YOU WOULD LIKE. 
          OKAY. 
          I KNOW WE TRY TO, WE WERE GONNA DO IT ON A FRIDAY, BUT THEN BINGO, WE WOULD'VE BEEN LINED UP, SO WE DECIDED TO GO AWAY FROM FRIDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, LIKE I SAID, EVEN IF Y'ALL, AND IF YOU CAN'T COME AND YOU WANNA MAYBE LEAVE LIKE SOME INFORMATION THAT Y'ALL MAYBE WANT TO PUT OUT, LET ME KNOW. 
          WE'LL HAVE A REGISTRATION TABLE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OR A QR CODE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          [01:50:01]
OKAY. 
          AT LEAST THE FLYER. 
          YEAH, THE FLYER. 
          AT LEAST THE FLYER. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, JUST IF YOU GIVE IT TO ME, I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S AT THE REGISTRATION TABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, WE WILL BE GOING TO CANADA IN JUNE. 
          THAT TRIP HAS MADE, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. 
          IT'S GONNA BE FUN. 
          IT'S OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP AT CARVER, SO THAT'S EXCITING. 
          UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE MAINE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US AND THEN, UH, CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK. 
          NICE. 
          YES. 
          UM, THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR TRIPS. 
          UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? YOU HAVE WAIT LIST FOR THOSE TRIPS? ANY WAIT LISTS? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY. 
          WAIT, WE STILL HAVE SPOTS AVAILABLE. 
          YES. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA COME, JUST GIMME A CALL. 
          ONE OF MY CPA, UH, POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI HAD ASKED OH YES, WE, YES, WE STILL HAVE, UM, SPACE. 
          TELL THEM TO GIMME A CALL OR THEY CAN, I TOLD YOU AND MY NUMBER'S ON, I'M STILL IN THE CP ALUMNI, SO TELL 'EM THEY CAN, THEY CAN CALL ME IF THEY NEED ANYTHING. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? YES MA'AM. 
          I HAVE A STUPID ONE, BUT, UM, THE CASINOS MM-HMM . 
          ARE THOSE STILL SMOKE FIELD? OH, UM, AT THE CASINO WINDSTAR. 
          SO THEY HAVE TWO SECTIONS. 
          THEY HAVE A SECTION THAT IS SMOKE AND THEN THEY HAVE A NON-SMOKING SECTION. 
          AND, AND IS IT NOT SMOKEY? I WILL TELL. 
          NO, IT'S NOT BAD. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT BAD BECAUSE I HAVE REALLY BAD ASTHMA. 
          UM, BUT WHEN, NOW I WILL TELL YOU WHERE WE DROP OFF. 
          THE SECTION THAT WE DO DROP OFF IS IN THE SMOKING SECTION, BUT AS SOON AS YOU WALK THROUGH, IT'S THE NON-SMOKING SECTION RIGHT THERE. 
          SO IT'S JUST THAT FIRST INITIAL DROP OFF? YES, IT IS IN THE SMOKING SECTION. 
          UM, AT CHOCTAW, UM, CHOCTAW TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, SO I THINK THEIR SMOKING SECTION IS SMALLER. 
          UM, SO I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE. 
          AND IT MAY BE THAT THEY DON'T EVEN DO SMOKING THERE AT THAT ONE. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, I KNOW FOR SURE WIND STAR IS THE THAT ONE. 
          THEY DO A LOT OF SMOKING AT THAT ONE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN'T SEE 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH SMOKE. 
          I JUST HATE SENIORS TO GO. 
          I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          BUT YEAH, WITH, UM, THEY LOVE, THEY, WELL SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS WHO DO ACTUALLY UNFORTUNATELY SMOKE CIGARETTES. 
          SO, UM, BUT YEAH, WITH THAT ONE, IF YOU'RE, IF LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT BAD ONCE YOU WALK THROUGH AND THEN ONCE YOU GO TO THE SECTION YOU'RE GOOD. 
          $20 IF YOU WANNA GO. 
          ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, UM, NEXT, NEXT SILVER SCOOP. 
          WE WILL HAVE, UH, THE PICTURE OF THEM ON THE FRONT FROM THE, THEY WENT DOWNTOWN TO TAKE A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE HAT AND THEY HAD A BIG SIGN. 
          UM, SO, AND THEN THEY GOT A VIDEO OF THEM RUNNING THROUGH THE SIGN, WALKING THROUGH THE SIGN, NOT RUNNING, UM, WALKING THROUGH THE SIGN AND BREAKING IT. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE THAT IN THE NEXT SILVER SCOOP CITY PRESS TOPICS. 
          UM, AT YOUR PLACE AS, UM, THE DRAFT OF VENI, WHAT VENITA WROTE UP FOR OUR NEXT CITY PRESS, WHICH WILL BE MAY, JUNE, THE DEADLINE TO GET IT TO THEM IS THE 13TH OF THIS MONTH. 
          UM, I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU TO READ IT AND COMMENT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING REALLY LONG TODAY. 
          AND, UM, BUT IF YOU WOULD SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO ME AND VENITA, UM, SO THAT SHE CAN GET THAT FINALIZED AND WE CAN GET IT IN BY THE 13TH OR EVEN BEFORE THE 13TH PLEASE. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND THEN I THINK YOU'VE COME UP WITH SEVERAL OTHER IDEAS TODAY. 
          WELL, I HAVE, BUT UM, AND WE, I DID GET A PICTURE OF THE MAHJONG GROUP YESTERDAY AT FIELDS, BUT I, I WANTED, I STILL AM COMING. 
          I WAS GOING TO COME AND SEE YOUR GROUP ON FRIDAY, UH, AT, BUT, BUT I MAY NOT BE DONE WITH MY PHYSICIAN THING. 
          SO, UM, BUT, BUT THAT OTHER PICTURE, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY'LL ADD PICTURES TO OUR THINGS. 
          AND I HAVE A, I'M GETTING A PICTURE OF THE 42 DOMINO GROUP, SO I WOULD, I WOULD OFFER PICTURES ALSO TO THE CITY PRESS TO GO WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, NO, I CAN, WHAT I CAN DO IS I COULD JUST TAKE IT AND SEND AND SEND IT TO ME. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND, AND I WANT YOU TO BE SURE THAT THAT DESCRIBES Y'ALL. 
          YES. 
          WHAT, WHAT I HAVE IN THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING ONE ON, ON SMOKE ON THE FIRE HOUSE HEALTH, UH, YOU KNOW, MY INTERESTS GO IN THAT DIRECTION, CAROL, BUT, UM, BUT HOW TO, TO MAKE YOUR HOME, UM, FIRE SAFE. 
          YES. 
          UM, BUT I, I, THEY HAVE 
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MORE THAN JUST THAT FOR SENIOR, SO IF YOU INCLUDE EVERYTHING IN AN ARTICLE, THAT'D BE GREAT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BY THEMSELVES. 
          I CAN TRY THAT. 
          THEY, I PHILLIP THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T WOULD TOO LONG BE, UH, PROBABLY EASIER TO GET A HOLD OF THAN, THAN JERRY. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA DO WHAT I LIKE TO JERRY, UH, HE WAS SAYING THAT JERRY'S SESSIONS ARE FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          YEAH, GREAT. 
          GREAT WEEKS. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CITY PRESS? AND WE, IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS. 
          UM, LET'S PAUSE. 
          OKAY. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS. 
          WE, WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE ELDER LAWYER NEXT MONTH. 
          AND, UH, REMEMBER THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SPONSORING SPEAKERS FOR US THAT WE HAVE THAT PRO, THAT PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW SO THAT JESSE CAN BE IN THE LOOP AND, UM, THEY'LL ALSO HAVE THE POLICE NEXT MONTH. 
          AND THEN IN MAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CITY'S SOCIAL WORKER, MELISSA, WITH THE POLICE AND SKIPPING ON DOWN AND ANSWER YOUR EMAIL THAT YOU SENT ME. 
          NOVEMBER FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          NOVEMBER UHHUH. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL GET BACK WITH, WITH, UH, YEAH. 
          HE, HE REALLY WANTS TO COME AS YOU SEE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I'VE FORGOTTEN. 
          HOW DO I GET THAT ATTACHMENT FOR SENDING INFORMATION TO HOW THEY NEED TO PRESENT IT? UM, IT, IT'S ON TEAMS ON, OKAY. 
          I JUST FORGOT WHAT, WHERE TO FIND IT. 
          WHERE IS IT ON TEAMS? IT'S IN THE, I'LL EMAIL IT TO YOU. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JESSE. 
          IS THAT PART OF THAT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS? THE PERSON I CONTACTED EARLIER AT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS THAT SHOULD BE, I THINK SAME THING. 
          I TALKED WHO DID YOU TALK TO HIM? JUST WHO WAS, I'M SORRY. 
          WHO WAS WHO, WHO WAS YOUR CONTACT THERE FOR? UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          HOLD ON. 
          I TOLD YOU IT'S JOSEPH ELLIS. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          JOSEPH ELLIS. 
          IT'S NO BIG DEAL. 
          I TALKED TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND THEY SAID, YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY WANT TO COME AND TALK. 
          YEAH. 
          HE TALKED TO AARON. 
          WELL, IT'S ON THIS, IT'S ON WHO HE TALKED TO. 
          SO, UM, AND HE GOT A LOT OF, WELL MAYBE THAT'S SOMEONE HE WORKS THAT WORKS WITH HIM. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT I CONTACTED HIM AND HE HAS BEEN, FROM THE TIME I CONTACTED HIM, HE CALLED. 
          OKAY. 
          HE HAS BEEN VERY EAGER TO COME TO THIS. 
          AND SHE SEEMED EAGER TO, SHE SAID, IN FACT, THEY ALREADY DO STUFF. 
          THE LAST ONE WAS AT GALE FIELDS RECREATION CENTER. 
          THEY HAVE, AND THEY HAVE LITERATURE AND EVERYTHING. 
          YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT. 
          EV THE EVERBRIDGE PROGRAM, THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION PROGRAM. 
          IT'S GREAT. 
          THAT'S ALL ON THIS, THAT'S ALL. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          RIGHT UP TOP. 
          YOU GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. 
          UM, OKAY, SO ANYBODY THAT'S HERE FROM COUNCIL DISTRICTS, 1, 2, 4, AND FIVE, IF YOU WANNA STAY ON THE COMMISSION, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. 
          SO PLEASE DO THAT RIGHT AWAY. 
          DEADLINES OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT AWAY. 
           RIGHT AWAY. 
          LIKE TODAY, UM, I'M, I'M, AND YVONNE SENT OUT A, AN EMAIL, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DEADLINE. 
          THE APPLICATION IS ALSO ONLINE. 
          YOU CAN FILL IT OUT ONLINE AND YOU CAN SUBMIT IT INSTANTLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          CITY, CITY SECRETARY. 
          CITY SECRETARY CITY SECRETARY'S WEBSITE. 
          1, 2, 4, AND FIVE. 
          OH, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE EIGHT, WHAT YOU GOT? SO I'M IN TWO, BUT I WAS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, SO, OKAY. 
          WELL, THE, DO I STILL NEED TO, IS IT BECAUSE THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE COUNCIL PERSON? NO. 
          OH, THAT'S, LEMME SEE. 
          I'M SORRY, WHAT IS IT? BECAUSE THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE COUNCIL PERSON. 
          YES. 
          IT, WELL, WE HAVE TO REAPPLY EVERY TWO YEARS ANYWAY, EVEN IF THERE'S NO CHANGE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO LIKE, BUT MINE HADN'T BEEN A YEAR. 
          I'M INTO THAT. 
          I'M NOT APPOINTED BY TWO. 
          YOU DO NOT NEED TO REAPPLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOT YET. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DO I HAVE A WAIT TO BE APPOINTED BY SOMEBODY AFTER I APPLY? YES, I'LL SUBMIT IT AND THEN WHOEVER'S THE COUNCIL PERSON. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THEN THE APPOINTMENT MAY NOT HAPPEN UNTIL LIKE, AUGUST. 
          SO YOU KNOW, YOU'LL STAY ON HERE TILL, TILL THAT TIME COMES. 
          AND THEN THEY'LL STAY UNTIL THEY TELL YOU. 
          WELL, IF YOU'RE LUCKY. 
          IF YOU'RE LUCKY, THEY TELL YOU. 
          IF NOT SOME, YOU'LL JUST FIND OUT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS BEEN APPOINTED. 
          BUT, UM, I DID, I DID JUST WANNA REMIND YOU ALL OF THAT. 
          SO IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OH NO. 
          WE COMMUNICATE. 
          I MOVE, WE ADJOURN. 
          I THINK THIS IS HIS LAST GAIL MOVES. 
          WE ADJOURN. 
          SECOND KATHLEEN SECONDS. 
          REQUEST SECONDS. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S BEEN GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YAMAN THOMAS WAS REALLY GOOD. 
          HE WAS REALLY GOOD. 
          WE SHOULD SEND HIM A THANK YOU. 
          I'LL SEND HIM.
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