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WELCOME TO, UH, MARCH 11TH, UH, ECAP MEETING, UH, 2026.
I WANNA OPEN WITH, UH, THE START OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
HAVE WE ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK THEM OVER? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AND A SECOND.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SLIGHT AMENDMENT.
WHAT WAS THE CORRECTION? INSTEAD OF BOA, IT SHOULD BE BAO.
SO WE'LL MAKE THAT CORRECTION.
AS MR. DOBBINS SAID, BEFORE WE DO THE SECOND, CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL? OKAY.
JIM DOBBINS, DISTRICT ONE, ALBAS.
MARIA BGA, DISTRICT TWO, SHARONDA GREEN, DISTRICT EIGHT.
LAUREN SAUDI BRUNS, DISTRICT DISTRICT SEVEN.
BILL INGRAM, MAYOR'S APPOINTEE.
CAN WE GET A SECOND ON THE MOTION WITH THE CHANGES? WE'LL SECOND IT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY BILL TO CHANGE, UH, AND A CHANGE BY, WHAT'S IT? E CORRECTION.
AND THEN SECOND BY JAMES DOBBINS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NOPE.
ITEM THREE FOR, UH, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, SO WE'RE CONSIDERING WAIVING WAIVING ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD BYLAWS, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION ONE.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT? SO WHAT THAT MEANS, LET ME, LEMME TELL YOU GUYS REAL QUICK.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, UH, PER OF THE BYLAWS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ELECTIONS ONLY ONCE PER YEAR.
SO RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE VOTING ON WAIVING THAT THE, THAT, UM, UH, SPECIFIC CLAUSE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE, UM, ANOTHER, UM, NOMINATION FOR A VICE.
I MOVE THAT WE WAIVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING FOR A VICE CHAIR.
WE HAVE A BILL INGRAM WOULD VOTE AND SECOND BY ALBIN ALBIN.
SO CAN ANY, SO HERE'S THE TIME TO VOTE.
SO ANY, SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, YOU WOULD VOTE ON HIS MOTION, WHICH IS OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
ALL EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND OR WHATEVER.
SO EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF BILL GRAM? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, YOU'RE, YOU'RE VOTING ON, ON THREE A WAIV, THE, WHICH IS WAIVING THE CLAUSE.
SO YOU CAN, SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE VOTE.
SO NOW THE NEXT ONE WILL BE BECAUSE WE'RE BEING RECORDED FOR THE VICE CHAIR.
SO NOW THE NEXT VOTE IS FOR THE CHAIR.
AND WHO WANTS TO NOMINATE SOMEONE, RIGHT? ANY NOMINATIONS? YES.
IT HAS TO START WITH THE NOMINATION, RIGHT? I NOMINATE, UM, BILL INGRAM.
I MEAN, BOB DOBBINS, YOU RAISE YOUR HAND FOR BILL.
AND ALL IN FAVOR OF, UM, ALVIN.
SO BILL INGRAM IS, CONGRATULATIONS.
SO, UH, WE ARE ON THREE B, NO, WE ARE ON THREE C.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD ENGAGEMENT.
SO GO AHEAD AND READ THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOW.
SO THE CHAIRPERSON, SHARONDA GREEN WILL PRESENT STRATEGIES FOR EXPANDING THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
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AS I THOUGHT, AS I WAS SPEAKING UPON, UH, WITH A FEW PEOPLE, IS THAT I WANNA BRING AN, A DIFFERENT VIEW OF OUR BOARD SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO AND HOW WE CAN HELP.UM, WE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY, AND SO FROM WHAT I'M READING AND WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING AS I'M GOING ALONG, AS CHAIRPERSON, OUR BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INFORMATION, RIGHT? AND, UH, BE ABLE TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION.
AND SO, I THINK THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB AT THAT IF WE START TO DO MORE OUTREACHING TO PEOPLE.
UM, I FIND THAT, UM, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS BOARD, A LOT, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS ARE, WELL, HOW COME YOU GUYS DON'T LET US KNOW INFORMATION BEFORE IT COMES OUT IN THE NEGATIVE WAY? AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A QUESTION TO BEGIN WITH.
RIGHT? OR I PER SE DIDN'T KNOW, UM, WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT DO, OR CAN AND CANNOT SAY, RIGHT? AND SO NOW THAT I'VE BEEN LEARNING AS CHAIRPERSON, WE HAVE MORE OBLIGATIONS THAN WE CARE TO THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, RIGHT? AND SO I WANT TO GET EVERYONE'S VIEW, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, ON WHAT YOU SEE.
LET, IF YOU CAN JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE THIS BOARD NOT ONLY BECOMING AND THE THINGS THAT WE, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO DO AS FAR AS THE OUTREACH PART, THEN I THINK THAT AS A TEAM, WE CAN MAKE THIS BOARD A BETTER BOARD TO REACH MORE PEOPLE AND TO REACH OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP AND ASSIST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA? MM-HMM.
UM, I'LL, I'M GONNA START HERE.
UH, SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN, THAN THE BYLAW? THE PURPOSE AND MISSION STATEMENT THAT, UH, IDENTIFIES THESE THINGS? OKAY.
SO OUR PURPOSE AND OUR MISSION STATEMENTS THAT IDENTIFIES THAT WE SHOULD BE GIVING INFORMATION AND WE SHOULD BE, UM, PROVIDING THE CITIZENS WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED AS FAR AS COMMUNITY BEING COMMUNITY BASED.
LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, UH, SHOW RESIDENTS HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY DECISION MAKINGS.
WE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, SHOW HOW, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS BENEFIT COMMUNITIES.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ANY OF THESE BENEFITS.
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T NECESSARILY MANEUVER THROUGH THE WEBSITE.
SOME, SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON OUR CITY WEBSITE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE SHOWING THEM, LIKE, YOU KNOW ABOUT ESY, DO YOU KNOW ESY? YEAH.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE KNOW ABOUT ESY? OKAY.
YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW ABOUT EES.
I'VE HEARD OF IT, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S YOU YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
AND, AND YOU E ASSIST IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING APP, AND IT'S A WAY TO BE ONLINE.
BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DON'T KNOW? DO YOU KNOW? HOW MANY DON'T KNOW? IF YOU MET 10 PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, ONE, ONE WOULD PROBABLY KNOW.
AND IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT'S SO HARD TO MANEUVER THROUGH THE WEBSITE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION THERE, RIGHT? AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE COME IN AT.
WE ARE INFORMATION SOURCED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE, UH, WE ARE NOT ONLY ARE WE ENVIRONMENTAL TO HELP CLEAN AND SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY, TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL, TEACH 'EM HOW TO RECYCLE, TEACH 'EM HOW TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP TIRES.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, REPORT STUFF, YOU KNOW? BUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS.
AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
WE DON'T DO ANY OUTREACH TO DO THAT.
AND SO PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE.
SO THE BYLAWS IS TELLING US THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THEM.
SO THIS IS WHY I ASKED EVERYONE TO JUST GIVE A VIEW OF WHAT YOU SEE THIS BOARD SHOULD BE DOING IN THAT ASPECT OF, OF THE BYLAWS.
WHAT MORE CAN WE DO TO GET PEOPLE TO SEE US AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW, NOT ONLY THE WEBSITE WORK, BUT HOW THE CITY ITSELF WORK AND HOW AS A COMMUNITY WE HAVE THE THINGS AND THE TOOLS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE, BUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
SO HOW DO WE GET MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE? WELL, WE, CAN I TALK? YES.
THIS IS AN OPEN DISCUSSION BETWEEN YES.
UM, WELL, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO GO TO GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY FORMED IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKE CRIME WATCH GROUPS OR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, THAT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? I, AND I, I 100% TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, RIGHT? IF I OWN A HOME, I KNOW TO GO TO MY HOA, RIGHT? MM-HMM
IF I OWN A HOME, I KNOW TO TALK TO MAYBE MY NEIGHBOR, RIGHT? WHAT IF I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT? THERE ARE A LOT OF APARTMENTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF APARTMENTS THAT HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS CITY A LOT.
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WE EXCLUDE THEM FROM ALL THAT INFORMATION? SO IF WE TARGET EVERYONE, WE CAN'T MISS ANYONE, WHETHER IT'S HOUSE OR APARTMENT.A LOT OF THINGS ARE DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WITH A, APART WITH HOMES.
THEY'RE NOT A DESIGN FOR PEOPLE IN APARTMENTS OR CONDOS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THE RENTERS, LET'S SAY THAT UHHUH
RIGHT? SO, BUT IF WE OUTREACHED, WE CAN REACH EVERYONE INSTEAD OF SOMEONE INSTEAD OF SOME, LIKE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT I'VE FOUND IN APARTMENTS DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY MEET QUARTERLY.
AND THAT WITH, UH, GARLAND POLICE, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU CAN MEET QUARTERLY WITH THE GARLAND POLICE ABOUT YOUR NPO.
WHAT'S AN NPO NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBOR? BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, NP IS DIFFERENT IN THE MEDICAL LAW.
SEE WHAT I MEAN? NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT A NPO IS.
WHY MY MOUTH? RIGHT? WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE KNOW WHAT THAT IS? MM-HMM
SO WE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE BOARD WAS TO START A RECYCLING EVENT, UM, A FEW TIMES A YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY COMES OUT TO THESE EVENTS.
UM, IF ANY OF OUR MEMBERS WANTED TO JOIN OR IF WE WANTED TO PRINT SOMETHING THAT, UH, COULD IT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PASS OUT TO RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE EVENT? UM, THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT SPONSORS THE EVENT, AND IT'S FREE TO RESIDENTS.
AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THEM, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO PROMOTE IT.
UM, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS, LIKE YOU'VE MENTIONED, THAT WE COULD BE PROMOTING AT THE EVENT TOO.
SHOULD ANYBODY WANNA VOLUNTEER AND ATTEND AND JUST TALK TO PEOPLE MM-HMM
UM, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE EXPRESS SOME OF THE THINGS AND MAYBE WE CAN NARROW DOWN WHAT IS GONNA BE OUR MISSION MM-HMM
FOR MAYBE THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR.
UH, WHAT, WHAT DO WE FEEL IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN HELP OUR COMMUNITY? YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT EIST OR, UM, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS OTHER IDEAS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW THE VOLUNTEER, UM, NETWORK IS REALLY BIG TOO.
AND MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD RESOURCE AS WELL.
ANYONE ELSE? OTHER WAYS THAT I DO THE OUTREACH? MM-HMM
WELL, I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU, LAUREN.
UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DUCK CREEK CLEANUP AND THE, NO.
UM, THE CITY, UH, SPONSORS A RECYCLING DRIVE.
IT'S, UH, TIRES, ELECTRONICS, UH, PAPER SHREDDING AND TEXTILES.
UH, SO WE DO THAT IN THE, UH, DALLAS COLLEGE PARKING LOT OFF OF WALNUT, RIGHT OVER HERE.
PEOPLE CAN BRING ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND A LOT OF THOSE SERVICES YOU'D NORMALLY HAVE TO PAY FOR.
I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT WE'RE DIVERTING FROM THE LANDFILL IS SO SIGNIFICANT AT EACH EVENT, YOU WOULD BE SHOCKED.
AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT.
HOW MANY TIMES VOLUNTEERED WITH IT LAST TIME? AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT MORE OFTEN BECAUSE OF THE SHEER VOLUME OF STUFF WE'RE, WE DID IT FOR LIKE TWO HOURS AND IT WAS MOUNTAINS OF TIRES AND ELECTRONICS.
AND THERE WAS LIKE A MUSEUM, THE ELECTRONICS THAT CAME IN WERE LIKE, WHOA, LOOK AN IPOD.
YOU KNOW? SO I WAS LIKE, WE SHOULD DO THIS MORE OFTEN AND I'LL HELP PUBLICIZE IT WITH THE GARLAND GAZETTE, WHATEVER.
'CAUSE PEOPLE WERE ASKING, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS MORE OFTEN? AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD VOLUNTEER MORE OFTEN BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S DONE EVERY YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO DO MORE OUTREACH? WHAT, WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH? I JUST WANNA GET EVERYONE'S POINT OF VIEW.
WHAT OTHER OUTREACH CAN WE DO TO REACH THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION THAT'S ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE? ALL OF IT.
BECAUSE I GO TO THE WEBSITE A LOT.
ONE IN PARTICULAR IS, YOU KNOW, I'M INTO SAFETY AND I'M ALL ABOUT, UM, ANYTHING GPD IS DOING ANYTHING THE CITY IS DOING, ESPECIALLY WITH APARTMENTS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THE MOST TRAFFIC OF UNSAFETY IS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT APARTMENTS IS BECAUSE I'M IN THAT FIELD.
AND IT JUST AMAZES ME HOW THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY'RE NOT PRIAL TO, THEY ARE PRIAL TO THE SAME INFORMATION.
THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS WOULD MAYBE BE A GREAT THING TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT.
BECAUSE THEY ARE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
THEY'VE COME HERE NUMEROUS TIMES AND SPOKE TO US AND TOLD US ABOUT ALL THEIR RESOURCES AND HOW THEY WORK WITH THE HOMELESSNESS.
AND, UM, THEY BASICALLY ARE A LIAISON FOR EVERYTHING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO MAYBE CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH THEM WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO YOU'RE CONNECTED WITH HOAS? MM-HMM
YOU CAN ALSO ASK THEM MM-HMM
IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR ISSUE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
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AS WE HAVE DONE, YOU CAN ASK THEM, OF COURSE, TO GO TARGET.LIKE, WE HAVE A LAKEFRONT DOWN ON, UH, LAKE GRAY HUBBARD AND THE SHORES OF WELLINGTON.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS A BOARD.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ADDING A LIGHT DOWN THERE.
BUT THE POLICE OFFICER WAS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENFORCING OUR STOP SIGN WHEN YOU FIRST COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE WERE LIKE, HEY, GO DOWN THERE AND ENFORCE ALL THE PEOPLE SITTING DOWN THERE SMOKING POT AT NIGHT.
AND FOR A WHILE HE WAS DOING THAT.
WELL, ANY MORE OUTREACH THAT WE CAN DO TO GET TO THE PUBLIC? UH, I HAVE SOME CHALLENGES.
'CAUSE I KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, MICHELLE HERE, AND I KNOW I VOLUNTEERED A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING THE RECYCLING DAYS IN THE DALLAS COLLEGE.
SO I TRIED TO INFORM MY HOA ABOUT HAVING AN EVENT IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'VE BEEN HAVING EMAILS WITH HER, BUT THEN I WAS, I WAS REALLY PLANNING TO HAVE IT THIS MARCH.
BUT IT FELL FOR SOME REASON BECAUSE SHE SAID, OUR RESOURCES ARE LIMITED.
WE CANNOT GO OUT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKING, CAN WE HAVE A RECYCLING FOR APPLIANCES, OLD APPLIANCES AND CLOTHES? AND SHE SAID, NO, I CAN'T DO THAT.
BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY MUCH CLOSE TO A RECYCLING EVENT.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MICHELLE COMING OUT TO YOUR SPECIFIC YEAH.
BUT SHE DID OFFER, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE EVENTS THAT WE DO THAT WE SPONSOR.
THEY HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT IT CAPTURES THAT THEY BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CITY.
WE CANNOT SELECT SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND GO FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY, TAKES A LOT OF PLANNING, A LOT OF RESOURCES.
SO FOR THAT REASON, WE, WE FIND LOCATIONS THAT ARE CENTRALIZED AND THAT'S WHAT WE PICK, UH, WHERE WE HAVE IN OUR, OUR EVENTS.
LIKE THE TRANSFER STATION OR THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON WALNUT.
SO OTHER THAN HOAS AND THE RECYCLING EVENT, ANY OTHER WAY TO OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITY? A, A SUGGESTION, AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHERE I'M COMING FROM HERE.
WE'RE ALL APPOINTED BY OUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON.
AND I GUESS YOU'RE BY THE MAYOR.
THE, I REALIZE THEIR INTEREST PROBABLY VARY IN THIS GROUP.
PROBABLY VARIES GREATLY, BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN LIAISON WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND KNOWING HOW POLITICIANS WORK, THEY LIKE TO KEEP THEIR NAME OUT THERE.
SO MAYBE USE USING OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE AS A CONDUIT TO GET INFORMATION OUT BECAUSE THEY LIKE PUTTING THEIR NAME ON THINGS AND GETTING THEIR NAME OUT THERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY, YEAH, THEY'VE GOT MORE OF A BULLY PUL PULPIT THAN WE DO.
BUT ANYTHING THAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, PASS IT ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND MAYBE SUGGEST THAT THEY INCLUDED IF THEY DO A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OR HOWEVER THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR CONSTITUENCIES.
BUT I WOULD SAY, YEAH, LET'S LEANING ON THEM WOULD BE THAT THAT CARRIES A LOT MORE WEIGHT THAN ANYTHING ANY OF US WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT.
BUT YEAH, LET'S, LET'S USE THEM.
AND THEY'RE IN POLITICS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET THEIR NAME OUT THERE, SO LET'S USE THEM.
ESPECIALLY ANY OF THE GOOD IDEAS WE COME ACROSS.
I WOULD SAY THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE SMART WAY TO, TO TRY TO APPROACH IT.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED, THEN, THEN YOU CAN MAYBE LOOK AT OTHER WAYS, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE AT LEAST A FEW OF THEM WOULD BE OKAY.
JUST TO KIND OF ADD ON TO WHAT MR. DOBBINS SAID.
AND ALSO WHAT, UM, OSWALDO SAID WAS, OUR RESOURCES ARE VERY LIMITED TIME AND PERSONNEL IS LIMITED.
SO DO YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WANNA BE PUSHING FORWARD AS PART OF THE OUTREACH? BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.
SO DO YOU HAVE ONE OR TWO, UH, ITEMS THAT YOU THINK WE COULD KIND OF BRAINSTORM A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING REALLY PUSH IT OUT MORE AND FOCUS ON THAT? SO I HAVE A FEW.
LET, LEMME CLARIFY SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
WHEN, WHEN YOU GUYS COME UP WITH IDEAS OR INITIATIVE THAT WILL REQUIRE, UH, STAFF TIME, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE VERY LIMITED MM-HMM
BUT ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO AS A COMMITTEE, YOU CAN.
I MEAN, THE LIST IS LIMITLESS PRETTY MUCH.
I, 'CAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GONNA, ARE GONNA BE THE ONES DOING IT.
SO I HAVE A FEW THINGS, RIGHT? EACH YEAR, THIS CITY HAVE MANY AND MULTIPLE EVENTS.
I SEE LIBRARY, I SEE MULTICULTURAL.
I EVEN SEE TIFF SOMETIMES, OR, UH, WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE I SEE PLANNING.
WHY THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW WHO WE ARE.
WHY? WHY ARE WE THE ONLY ONE WHO IS INFORMATIONAL DRIVEN? NOT OUT THERE, OUT WHERE, AT
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ANY OF THE EVENTS.SO WHENEVER YOU MEAN LIKE HAVE A TABLE AT A YES.
WHEN THERE'S A CONCERT OR SOMETHING, MULTICULTURE IS OUT THERE.
WHERE IS THE INFORMATION TEAM? I AM WHERE ARE WE? WE ARE AN INFORMATION TEAM.
AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUE THE CALL WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, HOW DO I TURN MY WATER OFF? WHERE DO I GET A WATER THING FROM? WELL, LET'S ASK THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU FOLLOW ECAP OR IF YOU TUNE INTO ECAP, WE CAN GET THE WATER DEPARTMENT OUT AND IF YOU TUNE IN, THEY'LL TELL YOU HOW TO DO IT AND WE CAN SEND YOU THE PRESENTATION.
SEE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WE EXIST BECAUSE WE DON'T OUTREACH.
AND SO I FIGURED IF I HAVE A GREAT TEAM, LIKE I KNOW I DO
OR EITHER GO TO ECAB, UH, ON THE WEBSITE, UH, LIKE I SAID WITH EIST, WE CAN PASS OUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS AT THOSE EVENTS AND LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR SIDEWALK.
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING OVER THERE, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR, TOO MANY TRASH CANS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO EIST AND REPORT THAT TO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT AND YOU CAN TRACK IT.
UM, URIEL, WHO HANDLES EIST? COULD WE GET SOMEONE, MAYBE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
MAYBE SOMEONE COULD COME SPEAK TO US ABOUT THAT.
WE SPREAD THE WORD, WE'RE WELL INFORMED ON THAT SUBJECT.
WE'LL TRY TO LINE THEM UP FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN THAT.
WE'RE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, UH, UH, DO THIS NOW.
TECHNICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE MEETING WHEN, WHEN, UH, THE CHAIR WILL ASK FOR.
WELL, WE'LL JUST MAKE A WE'LL NOTE AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL MAKE A NOTE, BUT, BUT WE'LL MAKE A NOTE.
JUST SO THE, FOR THE INFORMATION OF EVERYONE, IF YOU WA IF YOU GUYS WANNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY OR HAVE A SPEAKER, JUST WAIT TILL THE END OF THE, THE MEETING AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL TAKE A LIST OF THOSE.
SO, SO WHAT IS THE NEXT BIG EVENT HERE IN GARLAND THAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE CAN WELL, UM, THE SUMMER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS COMING UP.
WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK, I CAN, WE CAN DOBBINS SAID TALK TO COUNCIL, BUT IF ALL ELSE FAILS, CHECK INTO DOWNTOWN GARLAND.
I'M ALWAYS KEEPING UP BECAUSE I, I'M IN TUNE WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND.
I AM ALWAYS ON THE WEBSITE AND I AM ALWAYS FOLLOWING, UH, DOWNTOWN GARLAND.
SO I ALWAYS KNOW WHEN THERE'S AN EVENT AND IF ALL ELSE FAILED, I TALK TO COUNCIL.
LET, LET ME ADD, UH, THE CITY HAS A CALENDAR THAT IF YOU GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE EVERY SINGLE EVENT.
IF YOU JUST GO TO THE GOOGLE BOX, I MEAN THE SEARCH BOX, AND YOU JUST TYPE CALENDAR CALENDAR, IT'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO IT.
CITY'S DOING THEIR MONTHLY WHAT? FIRST FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC EVENT LIKE THEY DID THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THEY'RE DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
WELL, THERE'S, OKAY, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S ANYWHERE FROM A FEW HUNDRED OF SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE SHOWING UP RIGHT THERE.
BUT WE GOTTA GET THE SWAG FIRST.
WE CAN'T JUST GO OUT THERE EMPTY HANDED.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SHOW WHAT EAB, WHO ECAB IS AND, AND REPRESENT.
DO WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR FLYERS, PRINTING, PAMPHLET PRINTING? WE'RE PRINTING IT ALL ON THE BINDERS.
THAT'S NOT NORMALLY WHAT, WHAT OUR COMMITTEES DO.
UM, NO, BECAUSE LIKE THE NEXT A TABLECLOTH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PURCHASE FOR YOU GUYS.
IF, IF THERE'S AN EVENT THAT REQUIRES A REGISTRATION FEE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ABSORB, UH, IN THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT.
BUT WE CANNOT GET MERCHANDISE FOR YOU TO HAND OUT TO RESIDENTS.
SO WHAT IF WE HAD, THE NEXT EVENT THAT I'LL BE AT FOR SURE IS APRIL 25TH, THE RECYCLING EVENT.
WE ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PEOPLE.
I'M SURE WE CAN GET FLYERS AND STUFF TO PUT OUT ON THE TABLE, RIGHT? FROM THE STATE YES.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ADVERTISE AND WE PUT ECAP ON THOSE FLYERS.
THE ONLY ISSUE IS WE NEVER GET ANY PARTICIPATION.
I MEAN, I WAS AT THE LAST ONE, NOT THE LAST ONE THAT WE JUST HAD ON SATURDAY, BUT THE REALLY BIG ONE THAT WE HAD THROUGH IN, BACK IN NOVEMBER, CLOSE TO 300 PEOPLE, BUT THERE WAS NOBODY FOR ME, G EXCEPT FOR ME.
ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY SORT, I MEAN, EXTRA ONES LEFT FROM, 'CAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN TO DIFFERENT RECYCLE EVENTS AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE GIVING OUT LITTLE GARLAND ME STUFF.
DO WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THEM? WE HAVE SOME.
THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT HAS TO GIVE OUT NOW.
WE WERE GIVING OUT A TON OF STUFF LAST TIME.
IF I HAD SOME OF THE FLYERS FOR THIS BOARD, I COULD HAND THOSE AS WE'RE PICKING UP, PEOPLE ARE HANDING STUFF LIKE, HEY, HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS.
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RIGHT? YEAH.IF YOU GUYS COME UP WITH A SPECIFIC FLYER, I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE PROBABLY PRINT THOSE AND JUST HAND THEM OUT TO YOU GUYS IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE LEAD AND, AND SAY, HEY, I'LL BE IN CHARGE OF THOSE AND PASSING THEM OUT.
LIKE I SAID, THE ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST IS WE GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF REALLY GOOD IDEAS, BUT NO PARTICIPATION SHOWING UP.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN AT.
I'M NOT A DESIGN GUY, BUT I'M A DOER.
IF YOU GIVE ME, IF WE DESIGN SOMETHING, WHO ELSE CAN BE THERE? APRIL 25TH ON SATURDAY.
IS IT GONNA BE IN DALLAS COLLEGE AGAIN? YEAH.
IT'S ON WALNUT MINUTES FROM IN GLENBROOK? YEAH.
WHERE THE TIME IS IT? NINE TO 12.
BECAUSE I'M GOING ON A CRUISE THE NEXT DAY.
CAN WE GET A TABLE, A TABLE CALL? WELL SEE.
SO YOU'RE GOOD THAT DAY? IT'S THE NEXT DAY.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, MORE OUTREACH, RIGHT? I WANTED TO DO MORE OUTREACH.
NOW, ANOTHER THING I HAVE, DON'T BITE MY HEAD OFF.
UM, I BELIEVE IN US, UM, WE MEET QUARTERLY CALLING EVERYBODY THAT EVERYBODY LIKES QUARTERLY.
WE, WE, WE MET, WE KNOW, MONTHLY FOR YEARS.
AND THAT GOT, UM, DIFFERENT TIME, DIFFERENT BOARD.
I THINK IT'S A LOT OF ENERGY OVER HERE.
MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, MY SUGGESTION, IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, UM, UM, THE FREQUENCY OF THE MEETINGS IN MAY, YOU'RE GONNA GET SOMEONE FROM 1, 2, 4, AND SEVEN.
SO YOU CAN GET FOUR, SEVEN, UH, FOUR NEW PEOPLE.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO WAIT UNTIL YOU GET A NEW BOARD.
UH, EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY THAT, UH, THAT, UM, I, 1, 2, 4.
WHO'S THE OTHER ONE? OZ, YOU SAID SEVEN.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING, LAUREN? FIVE.
OH, I WAS GONNA SAY, WHERE YOU GOING? LAUREN
THERE'S, THERE'S ANOTHER, MY POINT IS THERE'S GONNA BE FOUR, FOUR NEW ONES, FOUR NEW MEMBERS.
IT MIGHT BE WISE IS TO WAIT UNTIL YOU GET 'EM ON BOARD SO THEY CAN VOTE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT ITEM, JIM, JIM, UH, MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT.
WE USED TO, FOR YEARS WE WERE MEETING, LAUREN WAS PART OF THIS.
WE WERE MEETING ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
WE WENT ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS WITHOUT A QUORUM.
SO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT, THAT WHEN YOU VOTE, I MEAN, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SHOW UP.
NOW, CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE AN ATTENDANCE RECORD.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT SHOWING UP, YOU, YOU GET REMOVED FROM THE BOARDS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE MEET QUARTERLY NOW, BECAUSE PREVIOUS MEMBERS WERE NOT SHOWING UP AND WE, WE'LL NOT MEET 'EM.
BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF BEFORE WE VOTE NEXT TIME.
IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO COME MONTHLY, THEN VOTE NO, BECAUSE WE'D BE BETTER OFF MEETING QUARTERLY WITH A QUORUM THAN MONTHLY WITHOUT ONE.
'CAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM.
AND WHEN WE MET MONTHLY, WE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT WERE AS SHORT AS 20 MINUTES LONG.
SO THAT'S WHY WITH DOING THESE QUARTERLY MEETINGS, WE GET TO STACK UP THE AGENDA.
SO WE'RE HERE FOR AN HOUR OR MORE.
BUT YEAH, THERE'S NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT EVERY MONTH.
OH, THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT EVERY MONTH THAT WE'RE NOT SHARING AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK I'VE, I CAN GRAB TWO YEARS WORTH OF WORK OFF THAT WEBSITE TO TALK ABOUT AND BRING IN HERE TO THIS TABLE AND, AND SHARE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THE, WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR THE FOUR NEW MEMBERS RIGHT? BEFORE WE EVEN TALK ABOUT BEING MONTHLY.
BUT YES, THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO TALK ABOUT.
WELL, I THINK IF WE HAVE AN EVENT, LIKE THE RECYCLE EVENT OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PUT EVERYTHING FROM THE WEBSITE ON A, ON A LEAFLET TO GIVE OUT TO PEOPLE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO PICK HIGHLIGHTS.
WHAT'S OUR MESSAGE? SO OUR MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION.
OUR, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INFORMATIONAL, RIGHT? WHEN PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BRING THEM TO THE FOREFRONT AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
LIKE I SAID, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT SYS.
WHY? WHY ONLY HOMEOWNERS KNOW? WHY ONLY HOMEOWNERS KNOW ABOUT, UM, NPOS.
WHY ONLY HOMEOWNERS ARE THE ADVANTAGE? WHY ONLY HOMEOWNERS, UH, DO MOST OF THE CITY ANYTHING.
RIGHT? UM, I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LARGE PART OF THIS CITY
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THAT IS MISSING OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS CITY BECAUSE INFORMATION IS NOT BEING SHARED.WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE APARTMENT, I MEAN, RENTERS, ALL JUST APARTMENTS.
WELL, I MEAN, THE ONES THAT ARE BEING MISSED, SOME OF THEM ARE HOUSES, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY IS APARTMENTS AND
WELL THEN WE SHOULD FOCUS ON APARTMENTS.
BUT YOU THEN YOU'RE GONNA BE MISSING THE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSES THAT'S MISSING
I WOULD SAY THAT A ASIDE, PEOPLE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION AND NOT BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE WEBSITE.
THERE ARE A GROUP, BASICALLY OUR POPULATION.
SOME JUST WANNA WORK, GO HOME, SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY.
AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST TO PUT BLAME THAT PEOPLE CAN'T ACCESS INFORMATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE TO BE VERY SURGICAL AND VERY PRECISE IN WHAT WE NAVIGATE AND PRESENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IT'S MORE OF A, IT'S A FUN EVENT, UH, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE AN OUTREACH AND NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET BOMBARDED.
BUT I WANT MAKE SURE, DO WE KNOW, KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE VOTED IN THE, IN THE RECENT ELECTION? I BET IT'S NOT A HIGH PERCENTAGE.
PEOPLE DON'T EVEN SHOW UP TO VOTE.
AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO IN A CITY, IN A COMMUNITY, IN A COUNTRY.
SO IT'S UP TO US TO LASER FOCUS ON TWO OR THREE THINGS.
LIKE, AND LIKE RECYCLING IS SOMETHING PEOPLE DO WANT TO DO.
THEY WANT TO COME, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS DON'T LIVE IN GARLAND, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO RECYCLE STUFF WITH THEIR NAME ON IT.
AND WE HAD ALL THESE PEOPLE COME MOSTLY MY PARENTS' AGE, WANTING TO SHRED EVERY PIECE OF MAIL THAT HAS THEIR ADDRESS ON IT.
PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT THAT, AND THEY'LL SHOW UP TO DO IT.
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS? I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT IS OUR SANITATION DEPARTMENT IN CITY OF GARLAND IS EXCEPTIONAL IN COMPARISON TO LIKE, RICHARDSON, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THEIR SANITATION DEPARTMENTS AREN'T SPONSORING THINGS LIKE THIS.
SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHT.
AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTING EIST AND SPREADING THE WORD ON THAT IS GREAT BECAUSE THAT HELPS WITH LIKE CODE COMPLIANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS GRASS UP TO YOUR SHOULDERS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
IT HELPS TO NOTIFY OR DUMPING OR JUST GENERALLY IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT RESOURCE EXISTS.
AND IT HELPS THE CITY TOO, BECAUSE IT COMES IN AN ORGANIZED FASHION AND PEOPLE AREN'T JUST CALLING AND SAYING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, IT'S DOCUMENTED AND THERE'S A PROCEDURE FOR THAT.
I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD VOTE ON A COUPLE'S SUGGESTIONS OR A MESSAGE WE WANNA FOCUS ON MAYBE THIS YEAR OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT SO MUCH ARGUING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WANNA CONVEY A MESSAGE, BUT LIKE, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT MESSAGE WE DO WANNA CONVEY.
WHAT DO WE WANNA CONVEY? UM, DOES THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM HAVE ANY IDEAS ON ANY MESSAGES WE, YOU FEEL MIGHT BE IMPORTANT? AND LET ME ASK, UH, YOU GUYS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT.
THIS IS AN OPEN DISCUSSION ON, ON WHERE THE CHAIR WANTS TO TAKE THE COMMITTEE.
UH, IF YOU GUYS ARE LIKE ME, YOU'RE GONNA GO HOME AND YOU'RE GONNA LIKE, OH, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS.
SO YOU HAVE THE NEXT THREE MONTHS TO COMMUNICATE, TO TALK TO EACH OTHER, TO COME UP WITH IDEAS.
AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING, THEN YOU CAN FOCUS ON VERY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW BOARD IN PLACE.
THEN MAYBE THERE'LL BE PASSIONS FROM THOSE PEOPLE TOO.
AND THEN WE CAN COME DOWN TO TH MAYBE THREE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO LASER FOCUS ON FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, ARIEL, IF YOU COULD, AS THE CITY REP, IF YOU COULD HAVE PERHAPS GUIDE IN THAT THERE'S PROFESSIONAL STAFF, PEOPLE GET PAID TO DO SOME OF THIS JOB.
SO LIKE, LET'S PUT A LINE SOMEWHERE LIKE, OKAY, THIS SIDE LINE, THE CITY'S PROFESSIONAL STAFF WILL DO IT.
THIS LINE IS OPEN FOR YOU GUYS TO DO SO.
BUT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL.
'CAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S SOME OF THIS STUFF.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT, THAT'S THEIR JOB TO DO IT.
I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT RECYCLING EVENTS THAT WE, THE PEOPLE THAT GET PAID, WE, WE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL SPONSOR THE VAN.
WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE LOGISTICS WITH THE VENDORS.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE ASK FROM THE COMMUNITY IS TO COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER OR PARTICIPATE.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO.
UM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT TALKING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT IDEAS AND STUFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT THAT OPEN, YOU KNOW THAT TRAINING WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT, UH, OPEN MEETINGS AND ABOUT, UM, WELL, THERE
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WERE RULES I THOUGHT YOU COULD YES.SO AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT FIVE OF YOU RIGHT IN, IN THAT EMAIL CHAIN, OR IN THAT YOU GUYS GO TO LUNCH OR DINNER TOGETHER, AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT FIVE OF YOU, OKAY.
IT'S A AND TECHNICALLY AT THAT POINT IT IS CONSIDERED MEETING'S.
BUT, BUT WHAT I MEANT IS MEETING NO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU GUYS HAVE EACH OTHER'S EMAIL ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER AND BILL WANTS TO CALL LAUREN AND SAY, HEY, LISTEN, I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS.
CAN YOU BE MY SECOND? THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I MEANT.
SO, WELL, I SHOULD HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
I DIDN'T WE ALL GET THESE? I, I THINK SO.
DID EVERYONE GET EVERYONE'S NUMBER? I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE IT.
OZ, DID YOU PUT UH, EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION IN THE, UH, IN THE BINDER? NOPE.
I DON'T, IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE IT, WE CAN EMAIL THAT TO YOU GUYS.
OZ, CAN YOU, CAN YOU MAKE A NOTE OF THAT PLEASE? OSWALDO SENT THIS OUT.
YEAH, BUT IT'S, IT'S A BLIND COPY.
SO, BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE MEETING REQUIREMENT.
WELL WE GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS TONIGHT.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HOLD EVERYTHING OVER UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT I THINK THAT WE GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS POURED OUT ONTO THE TABLE.
I LIKE EVERYBODY'S WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AND BRING FORTH A BETTER, UH, BOARD.
SO, ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? INTRODUCTION.
SO STAFF WILL PRESENT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD A DRAFT OF THE AMENDED BYLAWS.
DID EVERYONE GET A COPY OF THE BYLAWS AND COMMITTEE? I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THAT.
SO BASICALLY, UH, THE CITY, UM, THERE'S I BELIEVE 25 DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY.
EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION HAD THEIR OWN TEMPLATE FOR BYLAWS.
AND SO THE CITY WANTED TO BE MORE UNIFORMED.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT WAS CHANGED IN THE BYLAWS IS THE TEMPLATE.
THE CONTENT IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO THIS WAS REWORKED TO COMP COMPLY WITH A TEMPLATE? CORRECT.
BUT THE LANGUAGE ITSELF IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO THE MOTION ANYTHING.
UH, SOMEBODY WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE BYLAWS.
WELL, I, I HAVE, UM, SOME CONCERNS.
JUST ONE ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION TWO.
THIS IS THE ONE WE SAID WE WAS GONNA PUT ON THE BURNER BACK.
THE BACK BURNER THAT'S ON YOU GUYS AS A COMMITTEE.
BUT ULTIMATELY YOU GUYS AS A COMMITTEE CAN, OH, WE WANNA WAIT FOR THE OTHER FOUR OF THE FOUR MEMBERS.
I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT MEETING MONTHLY.
THAT'S WHY WE HERE, THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE,
BUT WE, DO WE WANNA WAIT FOR THE OTHER FOUR OR DO WE WANNA MAKE THE DECISION NOW? PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND MONTHLY EITHER.
OH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I THINK IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO WAIT, BUT IF, IF, I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY DECIDED OR YOU GUYS DON'T THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT, I'D RATHER NOT MAKE IT IN CONVENIENCE.
IF WE'RE NOT GONNA MEET MONTHLY, THEN DON'T SAY WE'RE GONNA MEET MONTHLY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
ARE THERE OTHER WAYS WE COULD COMMUNICATE? MAYBE YOU WANNA SEND OUT, IS SHE ALLOWED TO SEND OUT LIKE AN EMAIL WITH, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT FIVE PEOPLE AND GIMME AN EXAMPLE.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF ON A MONTHLY BASIS SHE WANTED TO SEND OUT SOME SORT OF NEWSLETTER OR AN EMAIL TO THE GROUP? NO.
UM, IF YOU GUYS, UH, THE BEST WAY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT MM-HMM
THE CHAIR CAN REACH OUT TO US AND MYSELF AND THEN WE WOULD SEND IT TO THE GROUP.
WELL MAYBE THAT'S AN OPTION TO HOW ABOUT ACTION ITEMS? YEAH.
LIKE THIS MONTH, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO REPRESENT THE BOARD AND BE AT THIS WHATEVER IT IS.
I LIKE THAT ONE ACTION ITEM THAT INCREASES OUR VISIBILITY.
AND WE HAVE THE FLYERS TO HAND OUT AND MAYBE A TABLECLOTH ON A TABLE.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A TABLECLOTH FOR YOU GUYS.
I MEAN, WRITEOFFS THREE MONTHS.
MAYBE JUST SOMETHING TO SAY, HERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO VOLUNTEER AS A BOARD.
AND MAYBE WE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OKAY, I'LL DO IT, YOU'LL DO IT.
SO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE MY ACTION ITEMS. THAT'S, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY MEETING EVERY MONTH, BUT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING EVERY MONTH.
I'D RATHER DO SOMETHING THAN MEET ALSO.
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WE'RE DOING A RECYCLING EVENT IN APRIL.SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA BE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT, YOU, YOU, YOU ARE WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS FOR SURE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN ECAP SHIRT? I DO.
DID EVERYBODY GET A ECAP SHIRT? I THINK I STILL GOT MINE.
I HAVE A VERY OVERSIZED WEAR IT.
MINE WAS A SMALL AND IT NEEDED TO BE AN EXTRA LARGE.
OH, I THINK YOUS GOT MIXED UP WITH MINE.
MINE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MEDIUM OR A SMALL
YEAH, I GOT AN EXTRA LARGE, LIKE, OH, IF IT DOESN'T FIT, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL GET YOU A NEW ONE.
I'LL TAKE HIS EXTRA LARGE AND HE CAN HAVE MINE.
I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AGAIN.
JUST CROSS OUT THE NAME AND WRITE IN THE, UM,
OKAY, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
JIM, DOES YOURS HAVE YOUR NAME? YOUR NAME ON IT? IT DOES, IT DOES HAVE HIS NAME.
I THOUGHT MINE, THIS HAS THE DISTRICT.
I THINK THAT MY NAME MIGHT'VE BEEN LIKE, OH, THIS IS YOURS.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE TIME TO AGENDA.
WHEN WE REPRESENT THE BOARD AGENDA, THE, THE, THE, THE, UH, MONTHLY WE ARE GONNA NOT AMEND.
ARE WE OKAY? WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING AN AMENDMENT.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, UH, I SHOULD SAY THAT YOU'RE MEETING QUARTERLY.
IT SAYS QUARTERLY, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA MEET EVERY MONTH.
SO THEREFORE, SO THEN YOU WOULDN'T MAKE, WE'RE NOT ANY MOTIONS.
'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY AMENDING THEM.
LIKE HE SAID, WE SHOULD DO AN ACTION ITEM.
WHERE WE JUST GO OUT AND VOLUNTEER.
SO, SO LET'S, LET'S JUST FOCUS, WE'VE GOTTA STAY ON THIS.
SO THE NEXT MOTION WOULD BE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS, THEN NEEDS TO MAKE A MOTION.
IF YOU I THAT WE ACCEPT THE BYLAWS AS WRITTEN, THEN EXACTLY.
SO IF SOMEBODY CAN MAKE THAT MOTION, SOMEBODY WILL SECOND IT AND THEN YOU GUYS VOTE.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING KEEP IT THE WAY IS, KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.
MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT.
SO FIRST BY, UH, BILL GRAHAM, SECOND BY ALVIN.
UM, WHAT ABOUT THIS PAMPHLET? WHAT ABOUT IT? WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, EVENT AND WE WANNA HAND OUT PAMPHLETS ABOUT WHAT ECAB IS DOING, SOMEONE'S GOING TO NEED TO WRITE IT AND WE'RE GONNA WRITE, OH YEAH, LET'S, SO WHO WANTS TO BE IN CHARGE OF, UH, OUR MARKETING, OUR PAMPHLET FOR ECAP? FOR, UH, WELL, WE, FIRST WE HAVE TO PICK, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO DECIDE, CHOOSE WHAT WE WANNA PUT ON IT.
WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO IS ONCE WE JUST SEND YOU GUYS A ROSTER, THEN YOU GUYS AMONGST YOURSELVES AND KIND OF COORDINATE THAT.
JUST MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ANY GROUP LARGER THAN FIVE.
WE'LL GET YOU GUYS COMMUNICATION AND YOU GUYS, TWO OR THREE, FOUR, YOU AT A TIME.
KIND OF WORK OUT THE DETAILS AND THE FLYER.
HERE'S A, IF YOU WANNA APPOINT A SUBCOMMITTEE AND LET THEM TAKE CARE OF IT, THEN THEY CAN PRESENT THE PROPOSED FINISHED PRODUCT TO THE BOARD.
SO PICK THREE PEOPLE AND SAY YOU, YOU AND YOU.
THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY ASK.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA IS BASICALLY THE SAME PRINCIPLE AS EMAIL.
IF, IF SOMEBODY PUTS A POST ON THE NEXT RECYCLING EVENT AND FIVE OF YOU COMMENT ON THAT, AT THAT POINT IT BECOMES OKAY.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO EVERY POST AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT FOUR OTHER PEOPLE THAT ALREADY COMMENTED.
WHAT IF WE SHUT OFF COMMENTING AND WE ONLY POST INFORMATION, BUT THEN NO, BECAUSE THEN THEY COULDN'T ASK US QUESTION.
THE, THE PUBLIC COULDN'T ASK, ASK QUESTIONS.
NO SOCIAL MEDIA, JUST SO WE DON'T RUN INTO PROBLEMS. YEAH.
I WOULD BE ON A COMMITTEE TO, TO DO THE MARKETING TO DO THE TO OH, DON'T SAY THAT WORD PLEASE.
WELL FIRST WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT ON THE FLYER, RIGHT? AND SO LET'S DO THAT FIRST AN INTRO.
WHAT IS ECAP? LIKE THAT? WHAT IS ECAP? OKAY.
HOW DO YOU CONTACT ECAP? OKAY.
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MAYBE WE CAN GET IDEAS.'CAUSE IT CAN BE EACH ONE OF US JUST GIVING YOU WHAT WE THINK COULD BE ON IT.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT YOU GUYS CAN ALWAYS DO.
YOU CAN SEND US YOUR IDEAS, THE EMAIL.
WE CAN COMPILE THE LIST MM-HMM
AND THEN WE CAN SEND IT TO EVERYONE.
AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN COMMUNICATE AS WELL.
YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
SO WE SEND IDEAS TO SHARONDA OR TO YOU? NO, TO US AND MYSELF.
AND THEY'RE GONNA COMPILE EVERYBODY'S IDEAS INTO A LIST AND WE CAN COME OFF THAT LIST AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOUR FLYER IS LOOKING LIKE SO FAR, YES OR NO? THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND YOU SAY WE DO, WE DO HAVE FLYERS FROM THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT AND ALSO HA IT DOES REFER TO ECAP ON IT.
SO THAT COULD BE OUR TEMPORARY WHILE WE GET OUR PHASE OUT THERE FIRST.
AND WHILE WE KIND OF BRAINSTORM IDEAS, WELL, WE'RE GONNA USE THE SANITATION FOR THE RECYCLING IN APRIL, RIGHT? ARE WE USING SANITATION? YEAH.
THAT'S IN APRIL FOR THE RECYCLING.
BUT WHEN WE GO OUT INTO THE EVENTS, LIKE THE DOWNTOWN EVENTS, WE REALLY WANNA BE ABLE TO PUSH LIKE EIST, NPO AND WHATEVER ELSE THAT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT.
RIGHT? PICK LIKE THREE CATEGORIES MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON FOR THE YEAR.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN SEND YOU GUYS SOME IDEAS AS WELL.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER INTERNALLY.
UH, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M GETTING A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT SHARON IS TRYING TO DO.
SO WE'LL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND WE'LL, WE'LL BLAST THAT OUT TO EVERYONE.
AND THEN WE CAN JUST GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND SO ON FUTURE AGENDAS, WE DID HAVE A FEW, I'LL SAY BEFORE YOU GET TOO FAR AHEAD, IT'S ARTICLE SIX, SECTION ONE OF THE BYLAWS, UH, DEALS WITH, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEES.
ARTICLE SIX, WHAT WAS IT? ARTICLE SIX, SECTION ONE AND TWO.
ARTICLE SIX OF THE BYLAWS, WHICH IT'S UNDER TAB FOUR.
I, I I THINK WE CAN RIGHT HERE, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU GUYS WANT JUST FROM THE IDEAS YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE MENTIONED TODAY.
AND THEN SEND IT OUT TO STAFF.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE A COMMITTEE IS NEEDED AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE, WE'LL COMPILE SOME IDEAS, PUT SOME FLYER IDEAS TOGETHER, AND THEN SEND THAT TO YOU GUYS FOR REVIEW.
YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT ARTICLE SIX.
WHAT, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, THE BYLAWS AMENDED? NO, IT'S, IT, IT DEALS WITH, UH, SETTING UP AD HOC COMMITTEES.
OH, THAT'S FIVE, ISN'T IT? NOW IT'S GOT MOVED TO ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION TWO, ARTICLE SIX.
ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION ONE AND TWO.
YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE DRAFT? NO, NO.
IT'S THE BYLAW IS NOT, NOT, UH, THAT'S THE OR THE OTHER.
WHAT ARE THESE BYLAWS OR WHAT ARE THEY? YEAH, THIS IS ALSO BYLAWS.
SO I GUESS WHAT MR. JAMES HOBBINS WAS REFERRING TO IS IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE OLD BYLAWS, IT WOULD BE ARTICLE SIX, SECTION TWO, BUT THE NEW ONE WOULD BE ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION TWO.
AND THEN THE NEW ONES TEMPLATE.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE ANYWAY.
I DON'T THINK I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOUR AND OZ THE INFORMATION AND THEY CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING FOR US.
SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO A SUBDIVISION.
I MEAN, UNLESS YOU GUYS DO LET ME KNOW.
AS LONG AS IT GETS THE JOB DONE.
WHAT'S NEXT? OH, WE, FUTURE AGENDA.
WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR FUTURE AGENDA? I KNOW THAT WE SAID WE GOT EIST.
WHAT ELSE WAS IT? WE WANTED TO GET SOMEBODY OUT HERE FOR EIST, RIGHT? WE, WE NEED, UH, NEED A SECOND.
I MOVE THAT WE HAVE EIST COME TO THE NEXT MEETING ALL IN, UM, A, A SECOND THEFT.
IT OKAY FOR THAT? YOU JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND OKAY.
FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO YOU GUYS DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? I THINK.
AND THEN WHAT, WHO ELSE DO WE NEED OUT FOR THAT? WAS IT JUST EIST? I THINK SOMEBODY SAID M PS NPOS.
HUH? YOU SPOKE TO THEM BEFORE THEY'VE YEAH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
JUST TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, HOW IT WORKS AND IS
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THAT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR? NO, I MEAN, AGAIN, IT'S TO GET INFORMATION OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE WHEN WE DO THAT.THEY WILL, I CAN PUT THE PRESENTATION IN THE GARLAND GAZETTE NP THAT'LL SPREAD MORE.
I MOVE TO ADD THE, UH, NPO AGENDA ITEM SECOND.
WHO'S THE FIRST SECOND? I'M SORRY.
FIRST WAS, SO EIS AND NPO LAUREN, REMEMBER THAT PRESENTATION YOU DID BEFORE THE CHILD CAME ALONG THAT SORT OF WAS LEFT HANGING.
DID YOU WANNA WELL, I DIDN'T, IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AS I RECALL, BUT I LEFT IT AS WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT THEN I WASN'T AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THERE WASN'T ANY, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA THAT CARRIED ON.
UM, YEAH, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, I'D LOVE TO REVISIT THAT.
HOW WAS IT MAYBE HOW MANY PEOPLE OR NEW MEMBERS DID WE HAVE SINCE THAT WAS, UM, CERTIFYING BUSINESSES AS I REMEMBER THAT LIKE GREEN BUSINESSES.
PLANO GARLAND DOESN'T HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE HAD SOME DETAILS TO NAIL OUT WITH THAT, BUT I KNOW THE CITY'S, UM, CONCERNS WERE THAT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO THAT PROGRAM.
BUT IT, THE IDEA WAS THAT WE COULD SERVE AS THE, UM, FILTER FOR THOSE BUSINESSES APPLYING FOR GREEN CERTIFICATION.
LAUREN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THE REASON WHY THAT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE IS 'CAUSE NOBODY WANTED TO VOLUNTEER EXCEPT FOR YOU.
I THINK WE WERE SETTING A SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE WERE SETTING UP A SUBCOMMITTEE AND COULDN'T GET ENOUGH.
WE COULDN'T GET ENOUGH, UH, MEMBERS TO, TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.
I USED TO DO THAT WITH THE NBA.
WE DID, UH, KATHY AND I, WE BOTH, UH, VOLUNTEERED FOR THAT ONE RIGHT BEFORE SHE WENT ON MATERNITY LEAVE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO REQUIRE THREE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO PRESENT THAT AGAIN.
UH, I MOTION TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA.
WHAT DO YOU WOULD CALL THAT LAUREN? CLEAN BUSINESS INITIATIVE.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT I CALLED IT.
I JUST DON'T THINK OF HOW TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA.
BUT GREEN BUSINESS, GREEN BUSINESS INFORMATION.
IT WAS A SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.
GO FAR ENOUGH BACK IN THE, UH, AGENDAS.
THERE'S SO MANY, SO MUCH, MANY PAGES.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR FUTURE AGENDAS OR IS THAT IT LADIES? I'M, I'M INTERESTED ON THIS HOUSEHOLD.
IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN INVITE SOMEBODY IN? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? A DISCUSSION.
LIKE DISPOSAL ALSO, THERE'S ONLY ONE LOCATION FOR THAT.
SO THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH TO PRESENT.
THERE'S, UH, IT'S ON, ON PLANO ROAD, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY, THEY DON'T ENUMERATE LIKE COMMONLY USED.
I MEAN COMMONLY USED, I MEAN, COMMON HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE.
LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW LIKE WHAT IS CONSIDERED, WHAT IS IT HOUSEHOLD WASTE? I MEAN, HAZARDOUS WASTE? NO, NO, NO.
I MEAN THIS EVERY, IT HAS A LABEL IN THE BACK THAT WHOEVER TAKES IT HOME CAN, CAN READ IT.
WELL, THE TRASH CANS HAVE A LIST.
THE TRASH CAN HAS A LIST OF THINGS YOU CAN'T PUT IN IT WHAT TRASH CAN, TRASH CANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I DON'T READ MY TRASH, BUT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE CLASSIFICATION.
AND SO IN THE LABEL, IT HAS THE CLASSIFICATION OF EXACTLY WHAT IT IS AND WHAT TO DO IF, IF IT'S SPILLED OR IF SOMEBODY DRINKS IT.
IS THAT, IS IT A COMMON KNOWLEDGE OR JUST, I'M JUST ASKING WELL, WHAT'S ON THERE? PAINT WHAT SOMEONE SAID.
I, I GUESS THINK OF YOU GUYS GOING TO HOME DEPOT AND YOU PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU DO? YOU FLIP IT TO THE BACK TO, AND YOU LOOK AT THE LABEL.
WELL, SOME PEOPLE JUST ASK QUESTIONS TO THE PERSON IN THERE OR YOU.
THEY DON'T GO TO HOME DEPOT AT ALL.
THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE DON'T PROVIDE EDUCATION ON THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CANNOT CONTROL.
HOMEOWNERS WHAT TO BUY OR WHAT TO TAKE TO THEIR HOME.
WELL WHAT WHAT ABOUT THE PROPER DISPOSAL? I MEAN, THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT TO DALLAS COUNTY.
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TO EVERYBODY? I'M JUST, I'M JUST, SO WHEN, WHEN CITIZENS CALL US, KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT, WHEN CITIZENS CALL US, WE, WE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE TELL 'EM.'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE LOCATION IN DALLAS COUNTY, WHICH IS THAT.
SO WHEN I HAD ALL THAT PAIN, I WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT TO DALLAS.
SO THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS OF GETTING RID OF PAINT.
I MEAN PROBABLY THAT'S AN, AN QUESTION ON MY PART AT THE HOSPITAL.
I'M HER, MAYBE WE NEED SOMEBODY TO TELL US WHAT TO DO WITH THIS STUFF.
ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN HAVE MICHELLE, UH, GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEF, UH, PRESENTATION ON THE WASTE WIZARD.
IT'S AN APP THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU TYPE WHAT YOU HAVE AND IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
I THOUGHT YOU JUST THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE.
IF IT'S LIQUID, NO, I JUST THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE.
MARIA, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT? FOR THE PRESENTATION? I MEAN, IF YOU THINK IT'S WORTH DISCUSSING.
NO, THAT, THAT'S, I GOT THE IMPRESS THAT I CANNOT, UH, ITEMS FOR YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY.
SOMEBODY, PEOPLE DO CALL AND EVEN ASK OUR BUSINESS.
WHAT IF THEY CAN BRING US PAINT? SO REALLY, IT'S A THING.
IT IS A THING IM TRYING TO TELL Y'ALL.
LIVE AND WITNESS AND LIGHT IS DEFINITELY A THING.
ARE WE NOT SUPPOSED TO THROW LIGHT BULBS IN THE TRASH
DID YOU, UH, DO WE, OH, I BATTERY HILL BULBS.
I'M GONNA HILL TRASH OR FLUORESCENT TRASH.
WHAT THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU, IT IS SO USER FRIENDLY.
IT'S A SEARCH BOX AND YOU TYPE WHAT YOU HAVE LIGHT BULBS, BATTERIES, WHATEVER.
AND IT'S GONNA TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW TO GET RID OF IT THE RIGHT WAY.
SO, SO WE'LL COVER EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, THE REASON WHY I'M RAISING THIS UP, BECAUSE IT DOES WELL FOR ME BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY LISTED HERE IN OUR PURPOSE AND MISSION AND STATEMENT.
IF SOMEBODY WILL ASK ME LETTER E HERE ABOUT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, AND, AND ME AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER CANNOT EVEN EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO MANAGE IT, THEN THAT'S EMBARRASSING ON OUR PART.
SO IT'S BETTER TO REALLY GET EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND REALLY EDUCATED.
BUT WHAT IS OUR MAIN GOAL AND MISSION FOR THIS COMMITTEE, AS YOU MENTIONED, EDUCATION IS, IS, IS ESSENTIAL.
I DON'T WANNA GO BACKWARDS, BUT THAT'S A GREAT MESSAGE TO CONVEY AT THE RECYCLING EVENT, IS WELL EXPLAINING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR HAZARDOUS WASTE.
THAT IF MICHELLE'S ABLE TO SEND SOMETHING TO EVERYBODY, LIKE, UH, JUST A BRIEF EXPLANATION OR IF SANITATION, DO YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE A WEBPAGE OR SOMETHING ON HAZARDOUS WASTE? YOU GUYS CAN JUST GOOGLE THAT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLAIN IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO COME TO THE EVENT, BECAUSE THAT IS A QUESTION WE GET.
BUT HONESTLY, THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO THE WASTE WIZARD.
AND IT'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW TO DISPOSE OF IT, WHATEVER, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.
CAN YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO TEACH US AT THE WASTE? YES.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS, UM, AGENDA ITEM WILL BE.
DO YOU STILL HAVE THE CALENDAR? I LIKE THAT.
THERE WAS A CALENDAR THAT SHE PUT OUT AT ONE TIME FROM, IT WAS ABOUT JUST GARBAGE AND WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH IT.
AND PART OF IT WAS THE WASTE WIZARD.
WHY DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? I KNOW WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE ON THE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND MONTH BY MONTH IT'LL SHOW YOU EVENTS AND EVERY, THE, THE RECYCLING SCHEDULE.
THIS, THIS WAS SOMETHING YOU COULD PUT IT ON YOUR WALL.
WAIT, SO YOUR WEBSITE HAS A CALENDAR TO TELL US? YES.
NOW HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT? YOU SEE, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING INFORMATION.
AND I'M SITTING ON THE BOARD AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT.
KEEP IN MIND GUYS, THIS IS NOT STAFF DRIVEN.
OKAY? SO THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU CAN'T EXPECT THE STAFF TO TAKE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS COMMITTEE DRIVEN.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WANNA DO THE OUTREACH RIGHT THERE.
YOU GUYS TELL US WHAT AGENDA ITEMS WE WANNA HAVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
AND WE WILL EDUCATE YOU ON THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS AS A CALENDAR.
WE WIZARD WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE ADDRESS.
CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY TO PRESENT? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? KEEP AMERICA.
COMMUNITY APPEARANCE INDEX METHODOLOGY, UH, METHODOLOGY.
IS THAT, SEEMS LIKE A MOUTHFUL.
SO, SO LET'S, WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEXT, UH, THAT'S WHAT YOU STARTED AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE CANNOT HAVE A DISCUSSION AND, AND HONESTLY RIGHT NOW WE REALLY GOT OUT OF THE TOPIC.
IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION AND THEN SOMEBODY WILL SECOND TO DEFINE WHATEVER THAT IS THAT YOU JUST READ THE SPECIFIC ARTICLE
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NUMBER, THEN WE CAN HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION.BUT RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO FOCUS THAT RIGHT NOW IS JUST AGENDA ITEMS, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.
OH, NOW WHICH ONE IS IT? READ IT AGAIN.
BUT DO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING LEGAL BEFORE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OR WE'RE NOT TALKING? WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
OH, WASN'T HE SUPPOSED TO TELL US? HE ARE YOU TRYING TO PUT A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION WITH SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING AND SOMEBODY WILL SECOND IT.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT MEETING THEN WE CAN HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION ON THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO HAVE EITHER A CITY STAFF OR THE COMMUNITY GROUP PRESENT ABOUT KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY APPEARANCE INDEX METHODOLOGY.
WHAT IS THAT? SOMEBODY? WE NEED A SECOND ON THAT, RIGHT? BUT CAN, WHAT IS THAT LIKE CHILD ABDUCTION? NO, NOT THAT
IF WE, AND GUYS KEEP IN MIND THIS BYLAWS WERE PUT TOGETHER BY PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS.
SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T APPLY ANYMORE, NOW THERE IS A BIG INITIATIVE THAT IS CALLED KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL.
SO I GUESS TO CLARIFY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD SOMEWHAT OF A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT KEEP AMERICA A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY APPEARANCE INITIATIVE ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
WHAT BYLAW NUMBER IS THAT? DID YOU SECOND MARIA? YES.
WHAT NUMBER IS THAT SECOND MARIA DID? IT'S UNDER THE PURPOSE AND MISSION.
WE HAVE A NICE LONG MEETING PLAN FOR NEXT TIME.
THAT MEANS WE'RE WORKING HERE.
AND ONCE AGAIN, GUYS, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THE RESPONSE IS WE DON'T HAVE SUCH AN INITIATIVE BECAUSE THIS WAS MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WAS STARTED BY SOMEONE 20 YEARS AGO.
NOW KEEP IN MIND, ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, THIS IS COMMITTEE DRIVEN.
OKAY? SO IF YOU GUYS SEE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, THAT'S HOW WE WENT OVER THE BYLAWS TO MAKE AMENDMENTS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANNA CHANGE.
WE, YOU GUYS BASICALLY TELL US WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE OR IF YOU WANNA CHANGE ANYTHING.
SO THE FIRST THING IS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS.
AND IF SOMETHING'S NOT A THING ANYMORE, WE SHOULD MOVE TO STRIKE IT FROM THE BYLAWS.
HUH? SAID DO YOU WANT ME TO ENLIGHTEN THEM OR NOT? SURE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE THE MOST SENIOR, UH, EUP MEMBER.
BUT ANYWAY, BUT THERE, IT'S A, THERE'S, YOU'VE BEEN ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FIVE MEMBERS HERE THAT WERE ALSO MEMBERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
THAT'S WHY THE THING WENT TOGETHER AND THEY'VE BASICALLY, ONE BY ONE FELL AWAY AND THAT, BUT THERE WAS A LOT, THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF OVERLAP.
SHE WAS A LONG SERVING MEMBER.
AND UH, BUT UH, THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY NOWADAYS THAT'S ON THIS, THIS COMMITTEE THAT'S PART OF, UH, UH, KEITH CARLA.
MICHELLE IS A BOARD MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
BUT IS THAT THE SAME THING AS THIS? YEAH.
THIS IS THE BIG OVERALL NATIONWIDE INITIATIVE.
IS THE CITYWIDE THE LOCAL INITIATIVE, THE LOCAL CHAPTER, IF YOU WILL.
BUT, BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND YEAH.
DOES HAVE A PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE TOO.
SO I KNOW THAT WE APPROVED THE, UM, THE, UM, BYLAWS.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA CIRCLE BACK ON IT AND ADD TO A FUTURE AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT, AT LEAST MAYBE FOR NEXT YEAR.
MAYBE WE CAN ADD IT TO ADD MORE OUTREACH TO, WHAT I RECOMMEND IS YOU GUYS TAKE THE NEXT THREE MONTHS OR AT LEAST A MONTH TO REALLY GO THROUGH THE BYLAWS.
UH, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE SPOT.
WE WENT OVER THE BYLAWS AND, YOU KNOW, WE MADE A MOTION.
WHAT IF, IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA PUT THIS ITEM BACK ON THE AGENDA, REALLY LOOK AT THEM, MAKE A LOT OF NOTES SO THAT WHEN WE COME BACK IN THREE MONTHS, THEN WE CAN FOCUS ON VERY SPECIFIC THINGS
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LIKE WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.I SKIPPED OVER MY PART AT THE ADDING OUTREACH TO THE BYLAWS 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN THERE.
AND I TOTALLY SKIPPED OVER IT.
WAS THAT IT? ANY, ANY MORE ITEMS? NO MORE FUTURE AGENDAS.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO? PUT THE, UH, THE BYLAWS BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING? NO, I DON'T.
ARE WE DONE? AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN, JUST REMEMBER IF YOU GUYS THINK OF SOMETHING AFTER THE MEETING OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, UH, SEND US AN EMAIL.
UH, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA CHECK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF TIMES YOU THINK OF THINGS AFTER THE FACT, NOT DURING THE MOMENT.
SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO US AND LET US KNOW.
ANY, ANY OTHERS? ARE WE ADJOURNED? MOVE THE, WE ADJOURN AT 8:06 PM ALL IN FAVOR? YES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.