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GO FOR.I CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS.
TODAY IS MARCH 19TH, 2026 AND THE TIME IS 5:02 PM THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM AT CITY HALL WILLIAM E DOLLAR MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 200 NORTH FIFTH STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PERSON PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SUBCOMMITTEE? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT TYPE.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, ITEM THREE, A DISCUSSION RELATED TO 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT.
TYPE TO, DO WE HAVE ANY SEE WITH DISCUSSION AND INPUT ON THE, ANY INPUT, ANY DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE TODAY? ANYTHING? I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET, LET'S ESTABLISH WHEN ARE WE WANTING TO DO THIS? MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S NOT UNTIL 2027 THAT WE'RE PLAYING THE EVENT FOR.
WE'RE, WE'RE TWO YEAR A YEAR OUT.
YOU SAID OCTOBER, WAS IT SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER? I, THE SEPTEMBER RINGS.
SO WE JUST, I JUST HERE TO DISCUSS WHAT EVENT TYPE DO WE WANT TO HAVE.
AND WE DO HAVE, UH, THE MINUTES FROM THE, AND I CAN SAY, UM, WE DO HAVE CHARLENE EDWARDS WITH, UM, PROJECT UNITY COMING TO OUR REGULAR MEETING AT SIX O'CLOCK AND SHE'LL BE SPEAKING ON, ON THAT FOR A POSSIBLE, UM, A POSSIBILITY FOR, FOR THAT EVENT FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
UM, AND PHIL AND I HAD A MEETING WITH HER, UM, ABOUT THAT TO MAYBE USE THE REC CENTER, UM, OR MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD PARTNER WITH THEM TOO.
AND THEY HAVE, UM, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED, UM, CIRCULATORS WHO KIND OF ASK QUESTIONS TO YOU GUYS AND WE'LL FACILITATE THAT.
AND UM, SO IT'S KINDA LIKE, IT'S KINDA LIKE THE DINNER DIALOGUE KIND OF YEAH.
THE DINNER ROUND TABLE KIND OF DINNER CONVERSATIONS WITH FACILITATORS.
AND I, I THINK IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, KIM LANE IS ALSO OF THAT TOO, SO SHE MAY KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
THAT, THAT, AND THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION AT THE LAST, AT OUR LAST GENERAL MEETING.
AND, AND I KNOW KIMBERLY WAS GONNA PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
SO, SO YOU ALL HAVE MET WITH HER.
AND YOU SAID HER CHARLENE? UM, YES.
SO SHE'LL BE AT THE MEETING TO KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE PROPOSED, UM, EVENT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS AROUND THE EVENT? I REMEMBER THEM TALKING ABOUT THAT EVENT AND I, I THINK ALL OF US WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE'D KINDA WANT TO GO.
UM, IS THERE ANY REASON FOR US TO DISCUSS OTHER OPTIONS OR CHOICES? UH, I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA WHERE THE WAY IT LOOKS ONCE WE HEAR WHAT PRO, WHAT PROJECT UNITY DOES WITH THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'LL PROBABLY SOLIDIFY THE EVENT OR WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO.
UM, AND, AND ACTUALLY I'VE DONE THEM BEFORE.
I HAVEN'T DONE WITH PROJECT UNITY.
AND SO THEY'RE, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY ENLIGHTENING.
UM, AND I THINK WE'LL GET SOME GOOD INFORMATION THAT WE CAN UTILIZE FROM THE GROUP IN THIS COMMISSION, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING OR SERVICES OR INFORMATION TO TAKE, TO TAKE BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
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EDWARDS FROM PROJECT UNITY AT OUR GENERAL MEETING.UH, NEXT ITEM NEXT IS ITEM THREE B, UPDATE REGARDING POTENTIAL MARKETING, SPONSORSHIP AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR ANY EVENT.
SO I GUESS THAT WILL'S MORE TO HOW WE WOULD GET THE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THE ACTUAL EVENT, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH MARKETING, WHAT ROLES WE WOULD NEED TO PLAY, UM, AND UM, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER WISE, UH, PARTICIPANT WISE.
'CAUSE USUALLY THERE'S A NUMBER, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THEY ARE.
I GUESS SHE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT COULD POSSIBLY ATTEND.
UM, AND SO I GUESS WE THINK BACK, GOING BACK AND LOOK AT THIS, WHAT IF WE WOULD NEED, WE PROBABLY WOULD NEED SOME SPONSORSHIPS IN THERE.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK YOUR BIGGEST EXPENSE IS THE FOOD.
IT'S USUALLY THE BIGGEST EXPENSE.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAY, TO GET THE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR WHO WOULD COME IN AND WANT TO HELP SPONSOR OR UNDERWRITE.
UM, OR IF WE WOULD'VE TO DO SOME FUNDRAISING PARTNERING WITH SOMEONE, AND THEN MARKETING AND THE PUBLIC RELATIONS, GETTING THAT WORD OUT.
AS FAR AS FOOD IS CONCERNED, HERE'S AN IDEA.
THE, UM, GARLAND CRIME STOPPERS, THEY PUT ON THE, UH, TASTE OF GARLAND AND WE COULD ALWAYS GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM, SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR REFERENCES THAT CAN HELP US GET SOME DONATIONS.
I I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF YOU GET THE FOOD DONATED.
'CAUSE ANY FUNDS THAT WE NEED, WE'D PROBABLY NEED TO START EARLY 'CAUSE EVERYBODY BE UP BY JUST LIKE OURS SEPTEMBER.
YOU KNOW, IT'D BE RUNNING OUTTA MONEY.
I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING INTERESTING AS FAR AS GETTING FOODS, IF ANY OF US KNOW A CHURCH GROUP THAT WHERE THEY, I KNOW CERTAIN CHURCH GROUPS, THEY HAVE, UH, PEOPLE THAT FEED CHURCH MEMBERS FOR MEETINGS AND SUCH.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I WENT TO, UH, A CATHOLIC EVENT AND I THINK IT WAS THE, THE DAUGHTERS OF SOMETHING OR THERE HAS TO DO WITH THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
IT'S THE, THE FEMALE VERSION OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
AND THEY PROVIDED FOOD FOR AN EVENT THAT I WENT TO.
SO I GUESS PART OF, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO ASK OUR MEMBERS YEAH.
GET BACK WITH OUR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO MAYBE IN THEIR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES OR IF THEY WORK WITH IN WHO INDIVIDUALS THAT WE MAY WANT TO TARGET TO UNDERWRITE OR SPONSOR FOOD.
THAT'S, I CAN SAY THAT'S USUALLY THE LARGEST.
THAT'D BE ANOTHER WAY TO, TO REACH OUT TO OTHER CULTURES TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PROVIDE SOME, SOME FOOD FROM THEIR PARTICULAR CULTURE.
UH, MAYBE IT'S SMORGASBORD OF, OF FOODS RATHER THAN JUST HAVING ONE CATERER.
BUT THEN AGAIN, DEPENDS ON WHERE WE HAVE IT.
WE MAY BE LOCKED INTO JUST ONE CATERER TOO.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA REALLY TOO DEPEND ON WHO, IF IT'S, IF WE PARTNER WITH THE REC CENTER OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE CERTAIN CATERERS THAT THEY WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE AT A PLACE WHERE WE CAN BRING THE FOOD IN.
WE WOULDN'T BE LOCKED INTO ONE GROUP.
WELL, IF IT'S A CITY REC CENTER, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH, I, YEAH.
YOU CAN BRING FOOD THERE BECAUSE I HAD MY BIRTHDAY PARTY AT ONE OF THE REC CENTERS.
YOU HAVE YOUR OWN CATER EVERYTHING.
BUT, UH, RED, RED DRINK
LET, LET ME ADD THIS AS WELL AS WHEN, WHEN, UH, WHEN CHARLENE DOES HER PRESENTATION, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THEY DO.
AND I'M SURE THEY WORK WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO WHEN SHE STARTS TALKING ABOUT HER, UH, HER EVENT AND HOW THEY DO IT, PROBABLY A GOOD TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN ALSO, UH, TAKE CARE OF.
I'M SURE SHE'S GOT A LOT OF CONTEXT.
I'M ALMOST THINKING WE, WE WERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS.
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO JUST DEFER THIS UNTIL AFTER OUR MEETING, UH, OUR UPCOMING MEETING HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
I, I WASN'T TRYING, I'M THINKING THAT WE WOULD MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW.
BUT TOGETHER MORE INFORMATION.
WE AL ALMOST FEELS LIKE WE JUST NEED TO DEFER THIS UNTIL WE HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS, UH, UH, HEAR FROM CHARLENE EDWARDS.
AND FROM OUR MEETING, UH, THAT WE HAD WITH CHARLENE, PHIL AND I, UM, SHE DID TALK ABOUT, UM, WE WILL START TO PLAN THAT EVENT ABOUT, UM, SIX MONTHS OUT.
UM, AND IT'LL BE MAYBE 200, 300 GUESTS.
SO, UM, THAT'LL KIND OF BE THE, THE
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AMOUNT OF FOOD WE'LL NEED.UM, AND MAYBE THE EVENT WILL BE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF, TWO HOURS.
UM, AND SHE DID SAY THAT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP WITH EVENT REGISTRATION LISTS, INVITATION AND PROMOTIONS.
UM, HELPING, UM, GETTING THE FOOD CATERERS.
UM, LOGISTICS TABLE PHOTOS, UM, THAT WE COULD DO AT THE END.
UM, THEY HAVE A PERSON THAT'LL GO AROUND, TAKE PICTURES, UM, AND SHE CAN SEND THOSE TO US.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE A ONE STOP SHOP.
SHE'S ALMOST LIKE A ONE STOP SHOP.
I MEAN THEY, THEY DO THESE EVENTS REGULARLY.
SO, UM, AND SHE ALSO, I GUESS HAS A SURVEY, UM, POST EVENT FOR, YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE PURPOSES AND YOU CAN KNOW WHO WAS THERE, WHAT THEY LIKED ABOUT THE EVENT.
AND I KNOW AT A MEETING YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT, UM, WANTING TO GET FEEDBACK FROM, FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHE SAID THAT SHE COULD HELP WITH THAT, THAT SURVEY AS WELL.
WELL, THAT'S A ALMOST MORE THAN THAT.
SO I LOOK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HER, UM, HER REPORT OR HER PRESENTATION, UH, LATER ON THIS EVENING IN THE, IN THE GENERAL MEETING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, DARCY.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE AT I ITEM NUMBER FIVE, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST FOR A FUTURE AGENDA? NONE THAT I CAN THINK OF.
I WOULD SAY MAYBE ADD, UM, TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS THE PRESENTATION AS A COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, I DON'T YEAH, BY ALL MEANS.
WE, HERE, HERE IS ONE THING I JUST NOW THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, FOR THE NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON THIS.
WHEN WE WANNA START NARROWING DOWN, SHOULD WE CONSIDER INVITING CHARLENE EDWARDS BACK FOR A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS COULD ASK HER ALSO WHILE SHE YEAH, WHILE SHE'S
THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR US? UH, SUGGESTIVE OUR FUTURE AGENDA THAT CJ CANNOT TAKE ANYMORE.
ANY OTHER GENERAL THOUGHTS OR, UM, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, ANY LAST CALLS FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I CAN'T THINK OF ANY, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WE AD WE ADJOURN THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING THEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR? VOTE BY THE SIGN OF AYE.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 5:16 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.