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NINE O'CLOCK ON APRIL 2ND, AND WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.THE FIRST ITEM WE'D LIKE TO DO IS REMIND YOU TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES, PLEASE.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH? I MOVE.
I SECOND GAIL MOVES AND TONY SECONDS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE HERE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, LEGAL NEEDS FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS.
AND SO HAPPY TO WELCOME MR. MCNAIR AND VENITA.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE HONORS OF INTRODUCING HIM? SURE.
UM, JOHN MCNAIR IS A, UM, AN ELDER LAWYER.
I'M MATT, HIM, UM, UH, CASUALLY, UH, IN A GROUP WE WE GO TO ABOUT PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SCIENCE AND OTHER THINGS, AND LEARNED.
HE WAS THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP ME PERSONALLY.
YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN LOOK ANYBODY UP, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS A GOOD GUY OR NOT.
AND I DISCOVERED THAT, THAT JOHN WAS A VERY GOOD GUY.
HE'S ACTIVE IN HIS PROFESSION, WHICH ALWAYS MATTERS TO ME.
HE GIVES HIS SERVICES FREELY TO PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM.
AGAIN, OF COURSE, HE WOULD LIKE SOME BUSINESS BACK, BUT HE SPEAKS FREELY TO THEM AND TRIES TO HELP THEM, UM, LEARN WHAT ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
HE'S NOT AN ESTATE PLANNER, ALTHOUGH HE DID MY ESTATE PLANNING, BUT, AND IS, IS VERY EXCELLENT AT THAT, SO THAT I DON'T HAVE WORRIES FOR MY CHILDREN.
BUT HE'S AN ELDER LAWYER, SO HE LOOKS AT THE WHOLE LEGAL SITUATION, NOT JUST YOUR MONEY AND WHAT PORTION OF IT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BILL YOU FOR.
AND TWICE SINCE WE'VE DONE ALL MY PAPERWORK, I'VE ASKED HIM, DO WE NEED TO UPDATE OR DO ANYTHING, WHICH AGAIN, HE WOULD CHARGE ME, I WOULD PAY HIM.
HE SAID, NO, YOU'RE STILL FINE.
SO I VALUE SOMEONE THAT, THAT, THAT DOESN'T OVERCHARGE.
THAT'S A, A NICE ETHICAL, WONDERFUL LAWYER.
SO WITH THAT, JOHN KELLY, SPEAK TO THE GROUP.
ARROWS GET THE, THE, OKAY, I ASSUME YOU WANT ME TO SIT RIGHT?
JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT VENITA SAID, UM, I AM BOARD CERTIFIED IN ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE BY THE STATE BAR.
SO I STILL DO A LOT OF ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE, AND I'M A CERTIFIED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY THROUGH THE NATIONAL ELDER LAW FOUNDATION.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY OVER 50% OF MY PRACTICE.
AND TODAY, SINCE I HAVE A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO A LOT OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT ELDER LAW ATTORNEYS DO.
HOWEVER, I WANTED TO HIT ON A FEW HIGHLIGHTS AND, UM, ALSO TALK ABOUT SOME RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SENIORS, UM, IN THE METROPLEX IN GENERAL AND IN GARLAND IN PARTICULAR.
AND SO WHAT ARE WE, OR WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO? WE TRY TO ADVOCATE AND IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OLDER, UH, CITIZENS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH WE, I SPEND A LOT OF MY TIME ON, IS, UH, THERE ARE ALSO SENIORS THAT HAVE NOT PLANNED PROPERLY FOR LONG-TERM CARE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE FUNDS TO, UM, TO PAY FOR THAT FOR A LENGTHY STAY IN SKILLED NURSING OR ASSISTED LIVING.
AND WE HELP THEM QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID AND VA BENEFITS TO PAY FOR THAT CARE.
AND I WOULD SAY TO PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, THE MEDICAID PROGRAM IS NOT A PROGRAM FOR THE INDIGENT.
IT IS A PROGRAM THAT CAN AND DOES PROVIDE, UH, TREMENDOUS CARE BENEFITS FOR MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE.
THE OTHER PART OF WHAT WE DO IS TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA, AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T BECOME THE VICTIM OF FRAUD, ABUSE, EXPLOITATION.
I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS BRING ELDERLY PEOPLE TO ME.
AND THE REASON AND THE IMPETUS
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WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE THE, THEIR SENIOR FAMILY MEMBER WAS THE VICTIM OF SOME KIND OF A SCAM AND LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
AND, UH, WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO HONOR THE AUTONOMY OF OLDER ADULTS.
THERE'S SOME TENSION BETWEEN HONORING THE AUTONOMY OF SOMEBODY THAT HAS A DI DEMENTIA AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROTECTED.
SO THERE'S A TENSION THERE, BUT WE TRY TO TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO ALLOW AS MUCH AUTONOMY AS WE CAN, BUT ALSO PUT THEM IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE PROTECTED.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE USE DOCUMENTS.
AND ONE OF THOSE BULLET POINTS IS TRUST PLANNING.
I ALWAYS TRY TO GET, IF IT'S A SUFFICIENT SIT, IF IT'S A AN APPROPRIATE SITUATION.
I ALWAYS ASK THE CLIENTS TO CONSIDER A REVOCABLE TRUST BECAUSE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WANT THEM TO CONSIDER IS HAVING A TRUST THAT OWNS THEIR ASSETS, PARTICULARLY THEIR FINANCIAL ASSETS THAT IF THEY'RE IN EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA, MAY BE, UH, AT RISK, PLACE THEM IN A TRUST.
YOU ARE NO LONGER YOUR OWN TRUSTEE.
YOU'RE SEEDING YOUR SOME DEGREE OF AUTONOMY TO FAMILY MEMBERS, AN ADULT CHILD, A SPOUSE, BUT YOU ARE NO LONGER A TRUSTEE.
YOU ARE NO LONGER IN CONTROL OF YOUR ASSETS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FINE LINE ABOUT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, BUT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN SOMEBODY IS VULNERABLE.
OKAY? THEY HAVE HAD A, A DIAGNOSIS OF SOME EARLY STAGE OF DEMENTIA.
AND ONE OF THE MYTHS AS WELL, THERE'S THIS DOCTOR'S LETTER THAT, WELL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T SIGN DOCUMENTS.
EVERYBODY THINKS, WELL, THERE'S THIS DOCTOR LETTER THAT'S TOO LATE.
BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THOSE DOCUMENTS, UH, TRUST A FINANCIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY, A MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY IS TO AVOID A GUARDIANSHIP.
THAT'S THE BIG EVIL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID BECAUSE A GUARDIANSHIP IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
IT IS NEVER IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ANYONE.
AND SO ALL PUTTING THESE KIND OF PROVISIONS IN PLACE IS IMPORTANT.
WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE A FINANCIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE BULK OF THEIR FINANCIAL ASSETS AND RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS, AND A RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS CAN'T BE PLACED IN A TRUST.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE STRONG FINANCIAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AS, UH, THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO CONTROL THOSE RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT PERSON.
OFTENTIMES, WE'RE DOING IT FOR A MARRIED COUPLE WHERE, UM, ONE SPOUSE IS IN THOSE EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA AND ONE IS NOT.
WELL, IS THE, THE ONE WHO IS NOT.
DO THEY HAVE ALL OF THEIR DOCUMENTS FROM YEARS AGO THEY DID WHEN THEIR KIDS WERE YOUNG AND NOW THEY'RE, THEY THEIR SIMPLE, UH, SYMMETRICAL DOCUMENTS WHERE EACH APPOINTED EACH OTHER AS THEIR AGENT UNDER FINANCIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY, UH, EXECUTOR ON WILL AGENT UNDER MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY.
IS THAT STILL APPROPRIATE? PROBABLY NOT.
IF YOUR SPOUSE HAS DEMENTIA, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE ONE OF THE ADULT CHILDREN NAMED INSTEAD OF THAT PERSON.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT PERSON THAT WE'RE PROTECTING, WE'RE PROTECTING THE, UH, WHOLE FAMILY.
AND THERE'S A NUMBER HERE THAT, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE RESOURCES.
UH, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF SOME TYPE OF FINANCIAL ABUSE, UH, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES IS ALWAYS THE APPROPRIATE FIRST STEP.
UH, THEY'RE GOING TO DO AN INVESTIGATION.
THEY'RE TYPICALLY NOT GOING TO STEP IN AND JUST TAKE OVER AND START A GUARDIANSHIP.
IN EXTREME SITUATIONS, THEY DO, BUT THAT'S VERY RARE.
USUALLY IF THERE'S, IF THERE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS AROUND, THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO WORK WITH THE FAMILY TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE CALL.
UH, AND AS I SAID, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OTHER, UM, RESOURCES.
ONE OF THE TREMENDOUS RESOURCES HERE, THE METROPLEX IS THE SENIOR SOURCE.
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SENIOR SOURCE PROVIDES MANY SERVICES FOR, UH, SENIORS.UM, AND ONE OF THOSE IS THE ELDER FINANCIAL SAFETY CENTER.
AND SO THEY CAN WORK WITH PARTICULARLY CLIENTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO COME MEET WITH AN ELDER LAW ATTORNEY LIKE MYSELF.
UH, AND THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS A, UH, OFFICE OF SENIORS.
SO THESE ARE ALL RESOURCES THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY IN THAT SITUATION.
THE OTHER THING WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS OF, IS SUPPORT AUTONOMY, AGAIN, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AGAIN, IF THAT'S A TENSION WITH PROTECTING SOMEONE, AS I SAID, WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID A GUARDIANSHIP THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT AND VERY TIME CONSUMING AND VERY EXPENSIVE.
THERE'S A CONCEPT IN TEXAS GUARDIANSHIP LAW CALLED LESS RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVES.
COURTS DO NOT WANT TO IMPOSE A GUARDIANSHIP ON SOMEBODY, EVEN IF THERE'S A, PERHAPS A MEDICAL NECESSITY IF THEY FIND THAT THERE ARE OTHER LESS, LESS RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE IN PLACE.
SOMEBODY CALLS ME AND SAYS, WELL, I'VE GOT MY DAD'S FINANCIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY, BUT I THINK I NEED A GUARDIANSHIP.
WELL, WHY DO YOU NEED A GUARDIANSHIP? THE COURT IS GONNA SAY, WHY DO YOU NEED A GUARDIANSHIP? YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A FINANCIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY THAT IS A LEAST RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO MANAGING FINANCIAL ASSETS.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT A MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY.
THAT'S A LEAST RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE.
WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO PLACE THEM IN A GUARDIANSHIP IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS IN PLACE THAT MAY ALLEVIATE THE NEED FOR A GUARDIANSHIP.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE TALK WITH CLIENTS ABOUT IS THE ADVANCED DIRECTIVE OR LIVING WILL OR DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIAN.
AND THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC DOCUMENT THAT RELATES TO IF YOU'RE ON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, YOU'RE IN A FATAL CONDITION AND YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF RECOVERY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN? MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE MAINTAINED IN THAT SITUATION.
AND THIS IS YOUR, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOUR FAMILY, TELL YOUR DOCTORS WHAT YOUR CHOICE IS, UH, BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
ANOTHER, UH, DOC, ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS CALLED THE, UH, CONVERSATION PROJECT.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO CONVERSATION READY NORTH TEXAS.
THIS IS A, UH, ORGANIZATION WHICH HELPS PROMOTE PEOPLE SITTING DOWN WITH THEIR FAMILY AND TALKING ABOUT END OF LIFE'S CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND I WILL SAY IT'S PROBABLY MUCH BROADER CONVERSATION THAN JUST KEEP ME ON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS OR TAKE ME OFF THERE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR FAMILY ABOUT IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
AND THE CONVERSATION PROJECT IS ONE OF THOSE RESOURCES WHERE, UH, THEY GIVE YOU GUIDELINE AND HELP AND A SUPPORT IN TRYING TO START THAT CONVERSATION.
WHETHER IT'S A SENIOR FAMILY MEMBER TRYING TO, UH, TALK TO THEIR ADULT CHILDREN AND SPOUSE.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT
AND THEN SOMETIMES IT'S THE CHILDREN AND SPOUSE AND THEY SAY, LOOK, WE NEED SOME GUIDANCE HERE.
CAN YOU SIT DOWN WITH US AND TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES? AND SO, UH, THAT IS A VERY USEFUL, UH, RESOURCE THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.
THERE IS A, UM, A MOVEMENT IN, UH, THE UNITED STATES TO HELP MAKE COMMUNITIES DEMENTIA FRIENDLY.
SO MAKING IT EASIER FOR SOMEBODY WITH DEMENTIA TO, TO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACCESS TRANSPORTATION.
UM, THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM THAT IS PART OF THAT.
UH, THERE ARE ALSO THE GARLAND'S ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE, UH, THE CODE COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE, WHICH HELPS PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT, UH, MAY HAVE LET THEIR HOUSE DETERIORATE BECAUSE THEY JUST ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND SO HELP THEM GET UP TO CODE COMPLIANCE.
AND THERE'S A SENIOR MEALS PROGRAM AS WELL.
UH, AND THESE ARE SOME QR CODES IF
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YOU LIKE, TO, UH, ACCESS THE DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COMMUNITY RESOURCES.UH, I RECOMMEND EVERYBODY THAT IS DEALING WITH SENIORS IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS A, AN INTERESTING AND GOOD, UH, RESOURCE TO LOOK INTO.
SO WHAT WE DO IS TRY TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
WE TRY TO HELP THEM PAY FOR CARE IF THEY NEED IT.
AND, UM, THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES OUT THERE TO HELP PROTECT PEOPLE.
AND HOPEFULLY MY PRESENTATION TODAY HAS GIVEN YOU SOME IDEAS ABOUT ACCESSING THOSE RESOURCES TO THE EXTENT THEY MAY BE APPROPRIATE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT FOR THE TIME YOU WANTED IT ALLOTTED.
THERE'S A TON OF INFORMATION AND, AND WE CAN SHARE THESE SLIDES, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S A TON OF INFORMATION ON THERE AND RIGHT.
I DID WANNA ASK, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A MENTAL HEALTH POWER OF ATTORNEY? YES.
IS THAT SOMETHING PEOPLE, SO HERE'S THE SITUATION.
A MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY CANNOT BE USED TO INVOLUNTARILY PLACE ANYBODY, WELL, FRANKLY, ANYWHERE, BUT PARTICULARLY IN THE STATUTE INTO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.
SO IF YOU GAVE SOMEBODY A MENTAL HEALTH POWER OF ATTORNEY, YOU'D BE SAYING, I'M OKAY WITH THEM DOING THAT AT THE POINT THAT I NEED THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
I WOULD JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T NORMALLY PROVIDE THAT AS A DOCUMENT FOR ALL OF MY CLIENTS.
I THINK IF THERE WERE SOMEBODY THAT HAD DEMONSTRATED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE PAST AND THEIR, THEY AND THEIR FAMILY HAD TALKED IT OVER AND THEY, THEY WERE GOOD WITH THAT, UH, OF COURSE SOMEBODY IN THE THROES OF A MANIC EPISODE MAY NOT BE
SO THERE CAN BE SOME TENSION THERE.
IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT WHERE YOU WOULD RECOMMEND A TRUST INSTEAD OF A WILL? SO IT'S NOT THE ISSUE OF A DOLLAR FIGURE.
IT IS MORE ABOUT DO YOU HAVE ASSETS? DO YOU HAVE ASSETS? IF YOU HAD ONE CHECKING ACCOUNT WITH LESS THAN $5,000 ON IT IN IT, I KNOW A LOT OF MY CLIENTS THAT DON'T WANT TO COME TO ME, THEY'LL PUT AN ADULT CHILD ON THAT ACCOUNT, AND THAT'S FINE FOR A VERY, VERY SMALL ESTATE.
BUT IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE A HOUSE, IF THEY HAVE, UH, THE POINT OF A TRUST IS NOT SO MUCH, AGAIN, GETTING BACK TO THE PROTECTION ISSUE, IT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE.
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH MAKING SURE THAT YOU DON'T END UP IN A GUARDIANSHIP.
BECAUSE THE OTHER THING I DIDN'T MENTION IN THE PRESENTATION IS I TRY TO AVOID POWERS OF ATTORNEY, FINANCIAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE BIG BOX BANKS AND ALSO, UM, INVESTMENT FIRMS, TITLE COMPANIES, THEY HAVE A HOSTILITY TOWARDS POWERS OF ATTORNEY BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT LIABILITY EXPOSURE IF THEY ALLOW A FAMILY MEMBER TO JUST WALTZ IN AND TAKE OVER AN ACCOUNT.
SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF BARRIERS TO ACCEPTING ONE OF THOSE.
MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WHEN YOU HAVE A TRUST, THOSE THERE'S LESS BARRIER BECAUSE THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IS ALREADY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
UM, TRUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW ABOUT IT IN ADVANCE.
IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE INCAPACITATED AND DO YOU HAVE ASSETS THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED IN THAT SITUATION? IS THAT A, IS THAT THE SAME AS A LIVING TRUST? YEAH.
A LIVING TRUST IS JUST, IF YOU HAVE THE TRUST AT THE END OF THE NAME, IT'S JUST A TRUST
YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT ITS TERMS AT ANY TIME.
AND THEN AFTER YOU PASS AWAY, YOU CAN ROLL IT INTO A TRUST FOR THE BENEFICIARY OF THE TRUST.
MAYBE IT DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
SOMETIMES YOU GIVE IT OUTRIGHT TO THE BENEFICIARY.
SOMETIMES IF THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT YOU'LL GIVE, YOU'LL CREATE IRREVOCABLE TRUST FOR YOUR CHILDREN THAT PROVIDES CREDITOR PROTECTION AND DIVORCE PROTECTION FOR THEM.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE REVOCABLE TRUST.
DOES THAT PROTECT YOUR ASSETS FROM ANY KINDA LIABILITY OR SO? NO, THE, A REVOCABLE TRUST IS NOT SOMETHING YOU USE TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM YOUR OWN CREDITORS.
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THERE ARE STATES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE SELF SETTLED, CREDITOR PROTECTED TRUST.TEXAS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE, I KNOW ATTORNEYS THAT WILL SET UP THOSE KIND OF TRUST FOR THEIR CLIENTS ALL THE TIME IN THOSE OTHER STATES FOR THAT KIND OF CREDITOR PROTECTION.
UH, THERE ARE PROS AND CONS OF THAT KIND OF A CONCEPT, UM, BEYOND THE COURT
TONY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I, YES.
I KNOW GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY THAT HAS BEEN ON FILE WITH THE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
DO I NEED TO GET MORE SPECIFIC? IT IS HARD TO ANSWER THAT WITHOUT SEEING THE ACTUAL POWER OF ATTORNEY.
ALL POWERS OF ATTORNEY IN A SENSE ARE GENERAL, BUT DO THEY HAVE THE SPECIFIC POWERS AND AUTHORITIES THAT WILL MAXIMIZE THEIR USEFULNESS FOR YOUR AGENT IF THEY ARE NEEDED? AND THAT, I COULDN'T SAY WITHOUT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IT.
I USED ONE SIMILAR IN ADDRESSING SOME ISSUES WITH MY AUNT'S BANK, AND IT WAS HONORED SINCE IT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY AND SEEMED TO COVER EVERY RANGE OF NEEDS.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHAT THINGS BANKS THINK ARE NOT COVERED BY A QUOTE, GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY.
AND BY THE WAY, YOU CAN IF YOU WANT, BUT THERE IS NO NECESSITY TO FILE A POWER OF ATTORNEY ANYWHERE.
IT JUST SEEMED TO OFFER A LITTLE MORE LEGITIMACY TO THE, IT DOESN'T, THE THE TIME.
THE, THE ONLY TIME YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO THAT IS IF SOMEBODY IS EXERCISING AUTHORITY UNDER THAT POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THEY ARE TRANSFERRING REAL ESTATE OR DOING SOME KIND OF A DEED FOR YOU UNDER THE TERM, UNDER THEIR AUTHORITY AS AN AGENT, UNDER THE POWER OF ATTORNEY, YOU'D HAVE TO FILE THAT POWER OF ATTORNEY.
SO A TITLE COMPANY LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD WOULD DETERMINE THAT IT WAS A LEGITIMATE TRANSACTION.
SO TO HER POINT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FILE, SAY YOU HAVE A WILL, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FILED ANYWHERE FOR SOME WHILE YOU'RE ALIVE.
NO, YOU CAN, BUT NOBODY DOES THAT.
WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, IT CAN'T BE USED UNLESS IT'S GOES THROUGH A COMPLETE PROBATE, IT FILED ALONG WITH AN APPLICATION TO PROBATE AND ALL OF THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE A WILL, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH PROBATE.
THE POINT OF A WILL IS TO GO THROUGH PROBATE.
THERE IS NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE TO, IF YOUR NAME IS ON AN ASSET MM-HMM
AND YOU DIE LIKE A HOUSE, LIKE YOUR HOUSE, RIGHT.
AND YOU DIE IN 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, YOUR SPOUSE WANTS TO SELL THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEY COME TO ME AND THEY SAY, UH, I WANNA DO SOME ESTATE PLANNING, AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SELL THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND I SAY, WELL, I NOTICED IN CHECKING THE DEED RECORDS THAT YOUR DECEASED HUSBAND'S NAME ON WAS ON THE HOUSE.
DID YOU DO ANYTHING WHEN HE DIED? WELL, NO, I GET THE PROPERTY RIGHT.
I'M THE SURVIVING SPOUSE, MAYBE.
BUT HOW DO TITLE COMPANIES KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO PROBATE THE WILL? OKAY, BUT NOW A TRUST DOES NOT GO THROUGH PROBATE.
A TRUST DOES NOT GO THROUGH PROBATE.
BUT THAT IS A QUOTE, BENEFIT OF A TRUST.
WHY NOT? BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S IN THE NAME OF THE TRUST.
RIGHT? WHEN YOU DIE, YOUR TRUST DOESN'T DIE.
NOBODY HAS TO CLEAR YOUR NAME OFF OF THE TITLE TO THAT ASSET BECAUSE YOUR NAME IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
A TRUST IS, AND THE TRUST, UNLIKE HUMANS, CAN LIVE FOREVER.
DOES THAT WORK? UH, SO THAT'S ANOTHER DO IT YOURSELF WAY TO DO YOUR ESTATE PLAN.
AND THAT RESOLVES SIMPLE, UM, TRANSFERS ON DEATH OF THOSE ACCOUNTS.
IT DOESN'T RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU BECOME INCAPACITATED AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MANAGE THOSE ACCOUNTS FOR YOU.
AND, UH, I HAD MANY, I HAD A CASE NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THIS IS A PERFECT
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ILLUSTRATION OF THIS PROBLEM.MOM LIVED IN NEW MEXICO, SHE WAS NOT DOING GREAT.
SO SON MOVED HER TO HOUSTON TO BE NEAR HIM AND CHANGED MANY OF HER ACCOUNTS TO BE PAYABLE ON DEATH.
TO HIM, HER WILL SAID EVERYTHING GOES 50 50 BETWEEN SON AND DAUGHTER.
THE DAUGHTER CAME INTO MY, UH, OFFICE AND SAID, MOM'S DIED AND HE'S GETTING ALL OF THESE ACCOUNTS.
AND I SAID, YEAH, HE IS, BECAUSE
SHE WAS, NOW YOU CAN GO AND GET A LITIGATION ATTORNEY.
I'M NOT, I DON'T FIGHT ANYBODY IN COURT.
BUT THAT'S THE, THERE CAN BE PROBLEMS WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WELL, MY DAUGHTER'S HERE IN TOWN.
YOU'VE ALSO DISINHERITED ALL YOUR OTHER CHILDREN AS TO THAT ACCOUNT WHEN YOU DO THAT.
MY, UM, MY TRUST OWNS MY HOUSE, BUT WHEN UPON MY DEMISE, WHAT ABOUT ALL MY PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THAT HOUSE? PERSONAL EFFECTS DON'T HAVE A TITLE.
IT'S BASICALLY WHOEVER HAS POSSESSION UNLESS THEY'VE STOLEN IT.
I TELL PEOPLE, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT YOU WANT, LEAVE A WRITTEN, WRITTEN MEMORANDUM.
IF YOU REALLY WANT IT TO BE ENFORCED, LIKE YOUR KIDS, WERE GONNA FIGHT OVER IT.
WHICH MOST OF MY CLIENTS ARE NOT IN THAT SITUATION.
YOU COULD DO IT AS A WHOLE HOLOGRAPHIC ENTIRELY IN YOUR OWN HANDWRITING WI, UH, DOCUMENT, WHICH COULD BE, UH, PROBATED AS A HOLOGRAPHIC WILL, WHICH I DON'T RECOMMEND DOING IT THAT WAY, BUT NO, I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA, I DON'T GO THROUGH PROBATE.
I'M AVOIDING WELL, YOUR PERSONAL EFFECTS DON'T HAVE TITLES.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE PROBATE TO QUOTE CLEAR TITLE TO THOSE.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA GO TO WHOEVER.
WELL, IT'S A THIRD PARTY THROUGH AN ESTATE PLANNING BANK.
I MEAN, THE ESTATE, THEY'RE YOUR BENEFICIARY.
WELL, THE BENEFICIARY, ALL THE BENEFICIARIES ARE CHARITIES.
SO, BUT THE, THE, THE BANK IS GOING TO GIVE THOSE PERSONAL PROPERTY ITEMS TO THOSE BENEFICIARIES, OR THEY'RE GONNA SELL 'EM AND GIVE THEM WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER.
SO I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
SO IF YOU HAVE A TRUST, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A WILL.
SO HERE'S WHAT I DO WITH A TRUST.
ALL ATTORNEYS THAT DO REVOCABLE TRUST PLANNING HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED POUR OVER WILLS.
THEY SAY, I GIVE EVERYTHING IN MY ESTATE TO THAT TRUST.
MY GOAL IS TO NEVER USE THAT WILL, THAT WILL IS A BACKUP DOCUMENT.
BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES CLIENTS HAVE COME TO ME AND SAID, YEAH, I HAD ONE, I DID A TON OF ESTATE PLANNING FOR THIS COUPLE.
THEY HAD A TON OF, THEY WERE VERY WEALTHY AND THEY HAD A TON OF HEALTH PROBLEMS. MOM ENDED UP, WELL, ACTUALLY, DAD, THEY BOTH ENDED UP HAVING ACCOUNTS THAT WENT INTO THE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACCOUNTS WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, BECAUSE THEY JUST DIDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO, BECAUSE OF THEIR HEALTH ISSUES, OF MY INSTRUCTIONS, TO GET EVERYTHING INTO THE NAME OF THEIR TRUST.
SO DAUGHTER HAD TO PROBATE TO CLEAR TITLE TO ALL OF THOSE ACCOUNTS.
SO WE HAD A POUR OVER WILL, JUST AS EVERYTHING GOES TO TRUST AGAIN, UH, MY GOAL IS TO NEVER HAVE TO USE THAT TRU WILL, BUT WE HAVE IT AS A BACKUP PLAN.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW THIS HAPPENED, BUT I GOT A LETTER OR SOMETHING ABOUT UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.
I DID HAVE SOME UNCLAIMED MONEY IN MY NAME FROM YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
AND SO I FOLLOWED UP ON THAT AND I DID CLAIM MY MONEY.
SO WHAT IS THE, I FORGET WHAT THE ADDRESS WAS.
UNC, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DEPARTMENT IN AUSTIN.
I DON'T HAVE THE KIND, KNOW THE WEB.
SO Y'ALL SHOULD TRY TO TRY THAT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOMETHING IN YOUR PAST
WE USED TO HAVE CERTAINLY GIVEN US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.
AND YOU DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF BOILING IT DOWN TO A NUTSHELL.
SO, AND YOUR NUMBER'S HERE, YOUR CAN? YEAH.
OH, THAT'S YOUR, IS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION ON THESE SLIDES? I BELIEVE IT IS.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE IT'S NOT, I
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DON'T SEE IT, SEE IT.I'M NOT SURE IF I, THIS IS, THIS IS JOHN.
HE'S MARKETING THE INFORMATION HE WANTED.
Y'ALL KNOW, BECAUSE HE'S, I HAVE A FEW CARDS.
I'LL TAKE AN HONEST, ETHICAL MAN.
I KNEW Y'ALL WOULD FIND HIM INTERESTING, ISN'T HE? HE IS.
TAKE HIM AROUND AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
WHAT IS IT, ESQUIRE? I'VE NEVER ASKED YOU THAT.
IS THAT WHAT IT SHOULD BE? ESQUIRE MC.
THAT BRINGS US UP TO THREE B, WHICH IS THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND MATT IS HERE WITH A GUEST TO GIVE US INFORMATION.
HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? HEY, IT'S A GOOD LOOKING GROUP.
ALRIGHT, SO I AM GONNA GET THEM INTRODUCED AND THEN I'LL, I GOTTA, I DO HAVE MAYBE FIVE MINUTES AFTER THEY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES THAT I WANTED TO SHOW Y'ALL SOME STUFF.
UH, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM NOT OFFICER JONES, UH,
HE HAS BEEN, HIM AND HIS FAMILY HAVE GROWN BY ONE.
SO HIM AND HIS WIFE, UH, HIS WIFE MORE SPECIFICALLY, HAD A BABY
UH, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR HIM.
UH, SO HE CALLED ME IN A LITTLE BIT OF A PANIC ASKING IF I COULD, UH, COVER, 'CAUSE THIS HAPPENED ON TUESDAY.
SO ANYWAY, WE'RE SUPER HAPPY FOR 'EM.
SO HERE I AM AND I WANTED TO BRING TWO OF OUR NEWEST NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS TO INTRODUCE YOU.
SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER UNIT IS A SPECIALIZED UNIT, MAN, THAT IS LIKE WEIRDLY GOING IN AND OUT.
IS THAT ANNOYING TO Y'ALL? ARE YOU USED TO THAT? LET ME, MAYBE IF I USE
UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER UNIT, I'M SURE YOU KNOW MOST ABOUT IT, BUT WE, THEY HAVE 16 OFFICERS WHEN THEY'RE FULLY STAFFED.
PLUS TWO LIEUTENANTS, CAPTAIN, ASSISTANT CHIEF, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE CHIEF.
UH, AND WE HAVE TWO NEW NPOS THAT I WANT TO PROUDLY INTRODUCE YOU TO.
SO, UM, FIRST WE HAVE OFFICER MARLER.
SHE, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE, MA'AM.
UM, SHE IN A NUTSHELL, HER, HER AREA OF TOWN IS GONNA BE THE, UH, DOWNTOWN AREA SPECIFICALLY.
BUT HER, UH, BORDER GOES ALL THE WAY TO, UM, PRETTY MUCH THE MOST WEST PART OF OUR CITY.
AND, UH, IS THIS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET? DO Y'ALL KNOW? YEAH, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO.
LET PULL UP OUR MAP REAL QUICK.
UM, BUT MA'AM, IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW.
UM, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
UH, I GREW UP IN FLOWER MOUNT AND PRETTY MANY YEARS OLD.
I KNEW I WANTED TO WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO I GOT MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
AND THEN I WENT TO MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE I GOT MY MASTER'S DEGREE.
BEFORE I DID THIS, I WAS A CRIME ANALYST, WHICH IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THE NERDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE DO LIKE CRIME STATISTICS, RESEARCH, KIND OF DETERMINE WHAT CRIME TRENDS AND PATTERNS ARE HAPPENING.
AND YOU PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO POLICE OFFICERS.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GOT KIND OF TIRED OF BEING THE NERD AND I WAS LIKE, I WANNA BE A POLICE OFFICER.
SO, UM, DECIDED TO COME HERE, BECAME A POLICE OFFICER.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND I LIVED IN GARLAND FOR SALES ORDERS.
I HAVE A BUSY, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HER.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN INTERESTING FELLOW HERE.
UH, THIS IS OFFICER
SO, UH, IF YOU SEE HIM ON THE MAP AND I WANNA POINT SOMETHING OUT.
CAN YOU SEE MY MOUSE? YOU CAN.
WE ACTUALLY HAD TO, UH, ENLARGE
'CAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS A COMMON SPELLING
BUT IT, UH, THIS IS HIS AREA OF TOWN RIGHT HERE.
HE PRETTY MUCH HAS THE MOST WEST PART OF GARLAND, UH, THAT BUTTS UP KIND OF NEAR, UH, RICHARDSON IN DALLAS.
SO, UH, HE GOES AFFECTIONATELY BY Q.
SO Q YOU DON'T, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
UH, MY NAME IS QUINLAN ANO, EVERYONE AT THE DEPARTMENT CALLS ME Q I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR A LITTLE OVER NINE YEARS.
UM, PATROL THAT ENTIRE TIME WAS FOR A WHILE.
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SO I TRAINED OFFICERS, UH, SWAT TEAM WITH OUR DEPARTMENT FOR FOUR YEARS.UM, FATHER KIND OF HAD SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND DOING WORK WITH, SO I KNEW THAT THE PATH THAT I WANTED TO GO TO GET SOMEONE GOT A DEGREE FROM TEXAS TECH AND MANAGEMENT, DIDN'T USE THAT.
BIGGEST THING IS WHERE WE'VE COME.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE, UM, FORWARD.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR NPO UNIT IS FILLED WITH ALL STAR OFFICERS, VERY ENERGETIC.
UM, THE NICE THING ABOUT THE MPO UNIT IS THEY'RE NOT CALL DRIVEN.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'LL GO LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WITH A, UM, A WARRANT WHO'S WANTED FOR ROBBERY MURDER.
UH, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE FIELDING PHONE CALLS OF LIKE NUISANCE THINGS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD DISPUTE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN NEIGHBORS.
'CAUSE A DOG WON'T STOP BARKING AT NIGHT.
ARE WE GETTING INTO THE ILLEGAL CODE VIOLATION REALM YET? WE DON'T KNOW.
BUT TWO NEIGHBORS THAT ARE FIGHTING OVER A BARKING DOG.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER HAD SMALL CHILDREN THAT HAVE A HARD TIME SLEEPING AT NIGHT, YOU WOULD WANT TO MURDER THAT DOG
HOWEVER, IT'S A NUISANCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO A LOT OF THE M THE MPOS WILL GO AND TRY TO MITIGATE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY GOOD PROBLEM SOLVERS.
UH, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THINGS THAT DON'T REALLY HAVE SOLUTIONS.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE BLESSED AND HONORED TO HAVE THEM PART OF THE TEAM.
AND, UH, THEY'RE EAGER TO GET STARTED.
THEY JUST STARTED THIS WEEK, SO THEY'RE STILL KIND OF FIGURING THINGS OUT.
UH, THEY'RE THROUGH A TRIAL PERIOD, SO THEY'VE SURVIVED THEIR FIRST WEEK.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ORDER 'EM.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE BUSINESS CARDS YET.
UH, BUT THAT IS THEIR INFORMATION.
WE ASSIGNED THEM PHONE NUMBERS A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
SO, UH, THAT'S THEIR INFORMATION.
AND YOU CAN JUST GOOGLE GARLAND NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER MAP AND IT'LL, IT'LL POP UP.
UH, BUT ALRIGHT, SO LET ME JUST MOVE ON A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I WANNA PLAY YOU SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY AWESOME.
SO I GAVE A PRESENTATION YESTERDAY TO, UM, A GROUP OF SENIOR CITIZENS AT A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY.
AND ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE I GAVE THAT PRESENTATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A VIDEO POPPED UP FROM ANOTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND IT WAS LIKE A SERENDIPITY MOMENT BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
AND I HAD MY, ONE OF MY PARTNERS, HE'S A CIVILIAN.
I HAD HIM SAVE IT AND DOWNLOAD IT SO I COULD SHOW IT AS PART OF MY PRESENTATION.
AND I, I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO SEE THIS.
NOW, LET ME FIND MY VOLUME CONTROL, 'CAUSE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE LOUDER.
BURSON POLICE CHIEF BILLY CORDELL.
AND THERE ARE TWO TOPICS OF DISCUSSION WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
FIRST, I WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE OF A NEW CURFEW THAT WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT MANY WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BURLESON.
DUE TO AN INCREASE IN GRAFFITI BEING SPRAYED AT NIGHT, ALL PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 50 MUST BE INDOORS BY 7:00 PM AT NIGHT OR FACE A FINE OF UP TO $200.
IF YOU BELIEVE THIS VIDEO, THEN YOU TOO ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO AI SCAMS,
'CAUSE THIS VIDEO, HE IS FAKE.
THIS BACKGROUND IS FAKE, THIS UNIFORM, IT ISN'T REAL.
THAT IS HOW EASY IT IS TO BE FOOLED BY AI GENERATED VIDEO AND VOICE BEFORE YOU BELIEVE IT, SHARE IT OR ACT ON IT.
THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO STAY INFORMED.
BURSON,
IT, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN SOMETHING MADE LIKE THAT.
IT, IT'S ESSENTIALLY A-P-S-A-A PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC IN BURLESON.
AND I WAS JUST LIKE, DUDE, THAT IS AWESOME.
UH, BUT AS YOU GUYS KNOW, SCAMS ARE YOUR WORST ENEMY.
THE SCAMMERS, IT'S A BUSINESS.
AND THEY TARGET SENIOR CITIZENS AT AN ALARMING RATE.
WE ALL GET THE 10 TO 12 PHONE CALLS, AN HOUR OF A SALESPERSON, SCAMMER, WHAT HAVE YOU.
UH, BUT THIS IS A COMPLETE DIFFERENT
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TOPIC.I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT SCAMS TODAY.
I HAVE A LOT OF GOOD TIPS AND TOOLS FOR YOU.
I'D LOVE TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU.
BUT DON'T EVER GIVE YOUR MONEY OUT TO ANYBODY.
BUT, UH, EVEN AFTER THAT PRESENTATION YESTERDAY AT I, I GAVE IT FROM THREE TO FOUR, AND I HAD TWO LADIES COME UP TO ME AFTERWARDS, SWEET AS CAN BE.
ONE OF THEM WAS SCAMMED AT A $20,000.
SO I CALL ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES ON MY WAY HOME AND I SAY, HEY MAN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M JUST NOT OFF BASE.
THERE'S LIKE LITERALLY NOTHING WE CAN DO, RIGHT? AND HE GOES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PROVE NOT ONLY THERE WAS A CRIME COMMITTED, WE HAVE A VICTIM, BUT WE HAVE TO PROVE WHO DID IT, RIGHT? SO LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
LET'S SAY WE HAVE A MURDER MAN.
WE HAVE CELL PHONE TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE FINGERPRINTS, DNA, ALL THOSE THINGS TO LINK ONE PERSON OR TWO, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT IN THIS STORY, ONE PERSON.
AND WE THEN GO AFTER THAT ONE PERSON AND WE DEVELOP EVIDENCE THAT HELPS SOLIDIFY WHY OR HOW THAT ONE PERSON DID IT.
WHEN IT IS A VOICE ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE, HOW CAN WE PROVE IT'S YOU VERSUS YOU VERSUS YOU VERSUS YOU VERSUS YOU? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY GET MONEY, IT'S DONE WITH BITCOIN OR CRYPTOCURRENCY OR GIFT CARDS, AND THEY'RE LITERALLY GIVING THE CODES OVER THE PHONE AND THEY'RE WIPING THEM OUT, OR THEY'RE TRANSFERRING MONEY ON A BANK WIRE TO AN ACCOUNT THAT IS MADE UP OR QUICKLY DISSOLVED.
ONCE IT'S TRANSFERRED, THAT'S HARD ENOUGH TO TRACE IN AMERICA.
NOW, ADD IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, THE BEST THING PEOPLE CAN DO.
IF YOU'RE THE VICTIM OF A SCAM, WE WILL HELP YOU VERIFY THAT YOU'RE BEING SCAMMED.
BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO AS THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HOWEVER, THE FBI HAS A SPECIAL WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN GO TO AND, UM, LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN A SCAM.
AND WHEN IT REACHES A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT, THEY WILL GO AFTER THOSE PEOPLE WITH THE HELP.
AND I'LL USE INDIA AS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THAT, HERE, HERE'S THE WEBSITE, THE FTC WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND THEN THIS IS THE FBI'S WEBSITE.
UH, THE FBI WILL PARTNER UP WITH WHATEVER COUNTRY THAT IS.
AND IN INDIA, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THEY ARE GOING AFTER THESE SCAM BUSINESSES.
AND MARK MY WORD, IT IS A BUSINESS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN LE LAYERS OF SALESPEOPLE, AS YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL IT, UH, TO SCAM US OUT OF MONEY.
AND THE DETECTIVE I WAS TALKING TO, I TOLD ABOUT THE LADIES COMING UP TO ME, HE GOES, MAN, I KNOW IT'S SICKENING.
HE GOES, I HAD SOMEBODY, THEY WERE PART OF THE LOVERS SCAM.
THE CUPID SCAM OVER $500,000 WAS GIVEN TO THIS SCAMMER.
AND SO THE FBI CAN GET INVOLVED.
AND IF THE OTHER COUNTRY IS ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM, THEY WILL SEIZE ALL THEIR ASSETS AND THEN TRY TO BACKTRACK WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM.
AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE ABLE TO GET SOME MONEY BACK.
UM, BUT ONCE IT'S GONE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH GONE, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO OUR JOB IS THEN PREVENTION AND TRY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE FOCUSED ON.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ME, SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE A GREAT SOFT SPOT IN MY HEART AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR VULNERABLE POPULATION, YOU KNOW? UM, AND SO ANYWAY, UH, THAT'S NOT A SCAN PRESENTATION PER SE.
I'M NOT GIVING YOU LIKE ALL THE TIPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A NUTSHELL OF KIND OF WHAT I'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON LATELY.
UM, I, BY TITLE, I'M ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS.
I'M ALSO ONE OF OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS, AND ONE OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES IS OUR CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY CLASS.
UH, I HAVE A FEW ALUMNI MEMBERS IN THE ROOM, IF YOU DON'T MIND RAISING YOUR HAND TO SHOW THAT I'M NOT MAKING IT UP
IT IS 14 WEEKS PLUS A GRADUATION.
WE DO IT ON THE OPPOSITE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS A REALLY INTERESTING ONE.
AND IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THE FIRE ONE, DO IT.
IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S EIGHT WEEKS.
WHEN CAN YOU DRIVE A BIG OLD FIRE TRUCK AROUND A TRACK? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
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IT'S A GOOD TIME.BUT I HOLD MY CLASS IN THE SPRING AND, UH, DUGGAR AND THE FIRE TEAM, THEY, THEY HOLD THEIR CLASS IN THE FALL.
UH, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, EVEN LIGHTLY, FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.
JUST GOOGLE GARLAND CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY, THERE'S GONNA BE AN APPLICATION.
FILL IT OUT, EMAIL IT TO ME AND I'LL PUT YOU ON MY LIST.
AND THEN IF IT'S CONVENIENT FOR YOU IN YOUR LIFE, YOU'RE GONNA GET AN EMAIL FROM ME INVITING YOU TO THE CLASS.
AND IF YOU CAN MAKE IT GREAT, IF YOU CAN'T, NO BIG DEAL.
I'LL JUST PUT YOU ON THE LIST FOR THE NEXT ONE.
SO, UH, WHEN PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED, I ENCOURAGE 'EM, HEY, GO AHEAD AND FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, GET IT TO ME SO I CAN GET YOU ON THERE.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING A FRIEND, A SPOUSE, BEST FRIEND, NEIGHBOR.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, INTERESTING PEOPLE IN THE CLASS.
UH, NEARLY ALL OF OUR SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE GONE THROUGH IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF JUST INTERESTING PEOPLE IN THE CLASS.
UM, I MAY HAVE A CURRENT STUDENT IN THE CLASS RIGHT NOW WHO'S, SEE, ARE YOU ENJOYING IT? YES,
BUT IT, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY BRINGING BACK THE CURTAINS.
WHAT YOU SEE ON TV IN MOVIES IS NOT ACCURATE.
AND SO WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THE REALITY OF OUR JOBS.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE UNIFORM.
THIS IS JUST A YEAR-ROUND HALLOWEEN COSTUME FOR ME,
UH, I DON'T LIKE WEARING IT, BUT THE CHILDREN LOVE SEEING IT.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, I'D LOVE YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT CLASS.
AND THEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING ON, UH, THIS WEEKEND, AND LET ME MUTE THIS 'CAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY HAD MUSIC ATTACHED TO IT.
UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING ON THIS WEEKEND, THERE IS A FUN, UH, LITTLE EVENT GOING ON.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY, UH, APRIL 4TH, AND IT IS AT CENTRAL PARK.
THEY'RE CALLING IT THE SURF AND TURF AT CENTRAL PARK.
UH, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN EASTER EGG HUNT.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE LIVE MUSIC.
UH, THERE'S FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE GONNA BE OUT THERE.
NOW, THE FOOD TRUCKS COST MONEY, BUT THE EVENT ITSELF IS COMPLETELY FREE.
UM, AND IT'S JUST A PICNIC IN THE PARK, UH, FROM 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING ON AND YOU WANT SOMETHING GOING ON THIS SATURDAY, IT'S GONNA BE FUN.
CENTRAL PARK JUST DOWN THE STREET OFF DANCE.
SO ANYW, WHO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS, MAN.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, UM, MELISSA, THE SOCIAL WORKER SCHEDULED FOR MAY AND YES, I THINK YOU WERE COMING WITH US.
WELL, SHE HAS A TREASURE TROVE OF INFORMATION, SO I WILL ABSOLUTELY GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO STEAL FROM HER TIME OR MAKE Y'ALL SIT HERE FOR AN HOUR.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO GO OVER A, A QUICK, UM, YOU KNOW, ANSWER QUESTIONS, STUFF LIKE THAT, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY.
OR I CAN COME BACK AND JUST GIVE YOU A SCAN PRESENTATION.
SO WE'LL TALK, YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU'D LIKE.
SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU WERE AT A, A COMMUNITY SENIOR FOR YESTERDAY.
SO CAN WE BOOK THAT FOR YOU? ABSOLUTELY.
I I'LL COME TO Y'ALL'S, UH, PARKS AND REC, UH, PARK LOCATIONS, YOUR CHURCH, YOUR, UH, IF THERE'S A LIVING FACILITY YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IN MIND.
NOW YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO MY DUMB JOKES.
I MEAN, I, I HAVE A LOT OF REALLY JUST COOL COP STORY PRESENTATIONS, LIKE HEINOUS CRIMES THAT WE'VE DEALT WITH.
AND I GOT LIKE PHOTOS, DISPATCH, AUDIO, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I'VE DONE THAT AT LIBRARIES, JUST LIKE A CRIME CON KIND OF THING TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN I HAVE ACTIVE SHOOTER PREPAREDNESS.
I HAVE, UM, MY SENIOR SCAM PRESENTATION, UH, AND JUST DIFFERENT TALKING GROUPS, YOU KNOW, FOR KIDS AND STUFF.
UH, AT TWO O'CLOCK TODAY I AM DOING A, A KINDERGARTEN CLASS, CAREER DAY KIND OF THING.
SO I, I LOVE DOING THAT AT CHURCHES TOO.
LIKE SUMMER PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT CHURCHES HAVE.
I'M GONNA SEND IT OUT TO COMMUNITY SO YOU CAN YEAH.
THIS SLIDE, PESA M@GARLANDTX.GOV.
SO RIGHT HERE, THIS IS MY INFORMATION, BUT PESTA M@GARLANDTX.GOV, I AM ATTACHED TO MY PHONE AND EMAIL, BUT I AM NOT ATTACHED TO MY DESK LINE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UM, SO YES.
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THE AWARDS DINNER? I AM.ARE YOU GONNA BE THERE? I REQUESTED A TICKET.
OH, WELL THEN YOU'LL BE THERE.
I ALSO HANDLE THE INVITE LIST.
SO WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS ON, UH, APRIL 25TH.
IT'S OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT'S AWARDS BANQUET.
AND, UM, I HAVE SOMEHOW FOUND MY WAY INTO MCING THE EVENT
SO IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF FUN THOUGH.
I TRY TO, UH, HAVE A GOOD TIME.
A LOT OF MAD JOKES AND PRANKS.
SO IF YOU FILL OUT AN APPLICATION FOR THE POLICE ACADEMY, YOU MIGHT MENTION THAT YOU'RE ON THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISS ON THAT APPLICATION.
THAT STARTS WHEN? UH, SO THIS YEAR IT STARTED THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY.
WHAT, 11? YEAH, THIS, OH, SO TONIGHT HE HAS CLASS AND WE'RE DOING PATROL DAY.
SO THEY'RE GONNA ROTATE AROUND TO DIFFERENT STATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA MEET THE SRO UNIT, BUT, UM, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END.
HE'S ONLY GOT THREE COUNTING TODAY.
I THINK THREE CLASSES LEFT VERY FAST, ISN'T IT? LAST SATURDAY WAS DRIVE DAY UHHUH.
YEAH, THAT'S HOW'D YOU DO? I HAD TWO CONES.
I DIDN'T WE CALL THOSE OUR CHILDREN.
HOW FAST DID YOU GO? I THINK WAS THE C 60, 63? I THINK 63.
YEAH, HELEN COST SHE THE GUN MORE.
BUT YOU DIDN'T GET THE LICENSE.
IT'S NOT TOO OFTEN YOU GET TO DRIVE A SQUAD CAR WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS WITH NO, NO CONSEQUENCE BEHIND IT.
SO YOU SIGN UP NOW FOR NEXT JANUARY? YEAH.
SO I HAVE YOU, AND THEN I'LL, UM, NOTIFY YOU AS WE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TYPICALLY IN THE CLASS? I, MY GOAL IS TO GRADUATE 30 TO 35.
UH, BUT HISTORICALLY, SO I HAD 41 SIGNED UP TO ATTEND AND THREE DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THE FIRST DAY.
AND THEN I HAD A COUPLE HAVE TO DROP AS IT PROGRESSED.
I'M DOWN TO 34 RIGHT NOW OUT OF THOSE 41.
AND SO, BUT WE'RE HOLDING STEADY AT 34.
SO IF I SIGN UP NOW, THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE I'LL GET IN.
SO SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISOR, YOU'LL GET IN.
I THOUGHT IN AND I HAD, I WASN'T ON THE SENIOR CITIZENS AT THE THREE COUNCIL THEN.
APPRECIATE YOU TO OUR NEW NPOS.
OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CITY HALL EVACUATION PLAN.
YOU'VE GOT, UM, ENCASED PLAN IN FRONT OF YOUR SELF AND JESSE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
SO YES, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE EVACUATION PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO THIS DIAGRAM OBVIOUSLY OF, UH, WE'RE IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM, WE'RE JUST AT THE FAR RIGHT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE COULD GO OUT THE DOOR, DION JUST WENT OUT.
OR WE COULD GO THROUGH THE KITCHEN.
UM, OR YOU COULD ACTUALLY GO DOWN THIS HALLWAY THAT'S IN BETWEEN NICE MEETING WITH YOU.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE LOBBY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I THINK THAT MAP IS PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE, LIKE I SAID, THIS RED BOOK WILL BE OVER THERE BEHIND MISS UH, YVONNE.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA STOP AND READ IT IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY.
IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, WE'RE RUNNING.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I, IS THERE TIMES FOR FIRE DRILL? I'M A, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IT'S A, A FORMER TEACHER AND WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE DRILLS.
SO
YES, WE CAN CHECK THAT OFF THE LIST.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UM, MARKETING OUTREACH FOR THE SENIOR CENTERS.
AND TONY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US? NO, UH UH, I DON'T, UH, I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE GOING TO TALK WITH, UM, THE DIFFERENT CENTERS TO TALK ABOUT WHEN IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR US MAYBE TO COME.
AND, AND THE THINKING BEHIND THIS IS THAT
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WE WOULD FIND TIMES AS A COMMITTEE TO GO AND GREET PEOPLE, TELL THEM ABOUT THE SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD, GET THEM TO SIGN UP TO, UM, UH, TO ACTUALLY, UH, TAKE THE SURVEY.AND THAT WOULD GIVE US AN IDEA, UM, OF WHAT THEY WERE THINKING.
BUT IT WOULD ALSO GIVE US MORE VISIBILITY THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE EXIST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE EXIST.
WE CAN TALK WITH JSA AND DEE ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, JUST TO GO TO A COUPLE OF THE MAJOR EVENTS AND SHOW UP AND UH, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT US AS A COM AS A, UH, COMMISSION, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD.
I WOULD, I WOULD NEED THE WHOLE CO I WOULD LIKE THE WHOLE COMMISSION'S BUY-IN BECAUSE IT TYPICALLY, THERE'S ONLY BEEN TWO OR THREE OR FOUR OF US SHOW UP.
AND SO IF WE ARE GOING TO DO OUTREACH EFFORTS, SO I'D LIKE THE BUY-IN OF EVERYONE, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE HAD SOMETHING AT THE, AT THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COULD TAKE SHIFTS AND NOT HAVE TO BE THERE ALL DAY.
SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT.
UM, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT WITH YOUR PRESENCE, IF WE DID HAVE SOMETHING AT THE 4TH OF JULY OR, UM, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE OR THE, SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT THE RECREATION CENTERS COME UP WITH.
THE OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT WE'D HAD ACTUALLY FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN THOMAS WAS TO CONTACT THE HOAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY.
AND SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, I THINK THE, UM, DEPARTMENT HAS THE CONTACT LIST YES.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S THE LOGISTICS.
LIKE IF WE DID GO TO THE 4TH OF JULY, WOULD WE BRING OUR OWN TABLE? WOULD WE JOIN SOMEBODY ELSE'S BOOTH? YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD WE DO? SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT DETAILS OR HAVE AT LEAST PARAMETERS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IF WE DO.
SO COULD YOU WORK ON THAT, TONY? MM-HMM
AND WE, I MEAN THE OPEN INVITATION FOR Y'ALL TO JOIN US AT OUR TABLE.
AND THEN I THINK LAST MEETING I DID PULL UP THE HOA LIST.
I'M SORRY, I PULLED UP THE HOA LIST LAST WEEK.
UM, WE'LL BE VENDING AT ALL OF THOSE SO WE CAN HAVE ONE OF OUR, UM, TENTS SET UP.
IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN JUST HAVE THE KIDS BRING AN EXTRA TENT AND SET UP A TABLE.
AND WE'LL PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT DOWN.
SO I CAN'T WORK THE BOOTH, BUT I CAN PROVIDE A BOOTH EITHER WAY.
SO PEOPLE WOULD COME BY, COME FUN.
IT GETS, GETS REALLY BUSY BY US.
WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK OF THAT? DOES THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WIN? SOUNDS LIKE A WIN.
SO IF, IF YOU, THEY MIGHT NOT, THEY MIGHT NOT ALLOW US TO PLACE RIGHT NEXT TO US, BUT WE CAN BRING A TENT AND SET IT ALL UP AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SET UP, PUT SOME CHAIRS IN THERE AND STUFF.
SO TONY, IF YOU WOULD WORK WITH BOB.
SO WHERE WOULD WE GET SIGNAGE TO? UH, NOT FOR, FOR BOB, BUT I'M SAYING US AS A COMMITTEE, WHERE DO WE GET SIGNAGE? SO WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING THERE FOR US.
GET US SOME DETAILS AND IF WE CAN HAVE 'EM NEXT MONTH, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PLAN THEIR CALENDARS.
THAT WOULD BE ACTUALLY WONDERFUL.
I PROBABLY HAVE SOME A-FRAMES THAT WE COULD JUST SLIDE A YEAH, OKAY.
AND PUT THEIR, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SANDWICH BOARD.
SO EITHER, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
SO WE'LL GIVE 'EM BACK TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
SO YOU WANNA MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW JULY 3RD.
WE DO 11 OF THOSE 4TH OF JULY EVENTS.
THAT'S WHY YOU ON THE SQUARE? YES.
SO I GUESS CAROLYN, IN RESPONSE TO, WOULD WE PARTICIPATE, I, I'VE PARTICIPATED WITH YOU TO DATE WHEN I CAN AND I SELF-ASSIGNED MYSELF TO GO OVER TO TUCKER V AND THE TENNIS COURT COMPLEX BECAUSE THEY WERE CONTACT YOU HAD GIVEN ME AND I PUT ON MY BADGE AND ACTED LIKE I WAS THERE FOR US.
UH, AND, AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE SERVICES THERE.
BUT IT WOULD ALWAYS DEPEND ON THE DATE, I THINK, TO GET EVERYBODY THERE.
I DON'T THINK MAYBE, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD WANT EVERYBODY THERE 'CAUSE THAT'S A QUORUM.
BUT IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT SHIFTS SO SOMEBODY'S NOT THERE THE WHOLE 10 HOURS OR WHATEVER.
IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD COMMIT TO DOING THREE HOURS, EACH OF US ARE DOING THREE EVENTS A YEAR OR FOUR EVENTS
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A YEAR.'CAUSE THEY'RE, SO THE JULY 3RD IS MY HUSBAND'S 80TH BIRTHDAY AND I'VE INVITED EVERYBODY IN.
WE ARE RELATED TO, TO COME CELEBRATE.
SO I ALREADY KNOW THAT I COULDN'T TAKE ANY SHIFTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, BUT I'LL COMMIT TO SOMETHING IN THE YEAR.
SO MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT THE EVENTS ARE AND COMMIT COTS CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE.
WHAT IS, WHAT COTS CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARES IS ON THE SQUARE.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE HUGELY BUSY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE BEST PLACE BECAUSE, BUT SOME OF THE SMALLER, THE MUSIC ON THE SQUARES AND STUFF, MUSIC MAY HERE WE MIGHT ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE STOPPING BY.
UM, THE, THE CHRISTMAS AND 4TH OF JULY ONE.
IT IS, WELL IF, IF TONY, THAT URBAN MARKET TOAST THAT TONY AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S THERE, THERE'S THERE'S STILL PARKING, THERE'S PEOPLE, THERE'S ROOM TO WALK AROUND AND THERE'S TIME TO TALK.
AT THESE OTHER ONES, THEY'RE, THERE'S NOT.
BUT ANY, IF THE THREE OF YOU ALL COULD GET TOGETHER BEFORE AND GIVE US OPTIONS AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN DECIDE AS A GROUP WHICH ONES DO WE WANNA TRY.
I MEAN, THIS'LL BE A TRIAL YEAR, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT AND HAVE OPTIONS.
AND THEN MAYBE A BACKUP PLAN IF SOME OF THE OPTIONS DON'T WORK, BUT, BUT JUST SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT AND THROWING IDEAS AROUND, WE NEED TO CAPTURE THAT AND GET IT IN WRITING AND PUT IT ON A CALENDAR OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER METHOD YOU WANT TO USE.
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT? I AM WRITING MONIQUE UM, DOES THE EVENTS FOR THE CITY RIGHT NOW AND ASKING HER WHICH ONE SHOULD BE THE BEST FOR US.
I WAS WONDERING WHO WAS WHO WE WOULD ASK.
WHO IS THIS? MONIQUE? UH, SHE WORKS IN SPECIAL EVENTS.
SHE WORKS WHERE? IN SPECIAL EVENTS.
I MEAN WITH THE EVENTS THOUGH, COTS AND JULY 4TH ARE OUR BIGGEST EVENTS.
SO YOU'LL PROBABLY GET THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE.
BECAUSE THE OTHER ONES WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT WHERE WILL SENIORS COME OUT? WHICH EVENTS ARE THEY GONNA COME TO? YEAH.
AND DON'T FORGET THE HEALTH FAIR, WHICH IS IN NOT COVERED.
THE HEALTH FAIR BECAUSE WE'VE COMMITTED TO THAT ALREADY.
IT ALSO SET UP SOME INFORMATIONAL STUFF AT THE, UM, THE LITTLE STORE ON THE SQUARE.
YOU KNOW, SOME, UM, LEADS FOR CITY ASSETS FOR SENIORS OR, OR A CONTACT NUMBER OR SOMETHING YOU ALL PLACARD UP THERE THAT GETS A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND I'VE MET OTHER PEOPLE OUR AGE IN THERE BEFORE.
EVIDENTLY IT'S TRAVELED BY OUR KIND
SEE I'M GOING IN THERE AFTER THIS BECAUSE I GOTTA PUT A, OUR WHEEL DECAL ON MY BLACK CUP.
UM, ANN, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US? UM, NO.
I DO BUT I DON'T IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
UM, WHAT I'M TRYING TO ENSURE IS BEFORE I GIVE YOU ALL THE CALENDAR THAT THE DATES ARE NOT CHANGING FROM SOME OF THESE CHURCHES.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT, UM, ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I WANNA PUT ALL THE ONES THAT ARE CONSISTENT, NOT THE ONES THAT JUST FREQUENTLY POP UP.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING ON.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT FINISHED.
IT HAS BECOME A VERY HUGE PROJECT.
SO, UM, FIRST WE'LL START OFF WITH AN UPDATE ON THE BLAST IN THE SURVEY.
SO, UH, ACTUALLY BEFORE WE CAME TO THIS MEETING, ME AND DION, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SURVEY.
SO WE HAD TECHNOLOGY CHAT, GBT HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS WHAT THE INTEREST SURVEYS, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TECHNOLOGY CLASSES AND EVENING PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S THE AREA THAT OBVIOUSLY WHEN G SAC REOPENS AND THEN WITH CARVER THAT THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO FOCUS ON IS TECHNOLOGY CLASSES.
UM, AND WE ALSO, PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO, UM, RECEIVE THEIR INFORMATION,
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I GUESS VIA MAIL, UM, AND PHONE VERSUS I GUESS SOCIAL MEDIA.UM, AND THEN, UH, ONE ROOM FOR GROWTH IS AWARENESS.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE COULD GET THE AWARENESS OUT FOR THE SENIORS.
SO MY MIND, I'M THINKING WE HAVE TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THESE STEREOTYPES, RIGHT? OF WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE THE SENIOR CENTERS ARE NURSING HOMES OR THEY JUST THINK THERE'S ADULT DAYCARE, RIGHT? SO WE PUT SOME INFORMATION OUT ON SOCIAL, JUST SHOWING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WHEN THEY'RE ON THE TRIPS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT VERSUS YOUR STANDARD, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER CLASS THAT PEOPLE THINK.
ME AND DEION WERE BRAINSTORMING AND I THINK WE'LL GET WITH, UH, HOSTWAY, WHICH IS OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR.
WE CAN GET SOME HELP WITH TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? FOR FREE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN COME IN AND TEACH THESE CLASSES.
SO THINK WE'RE GONNA MOVE IN SOME GOOD DIRECTION.
HAVE WE HAS ANY MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THE BLAST? 244 44.
SO WHEN WE GET INTO THIS NEXT PART, JESSE'S GONNA PULL UP OUR, UM, WEB, OUR WEBSITE.
AND, UM, ALSO, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S ON THE PARK SITE ALSO.
SO HE'LL PULL UP OUR COMMISSION SITE SO THAT WE CAN ALL SEE IT.
WE'LL START WITH OUR, WITH THE GARLAND SITE.
SO CURRENTLY, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT, YOU KNOW, CAROL KNOWS, HAVE MENTIONED AS FAR AS TRYING TO GET TO THE SENIORS.
UH, WE WILL HAVE A BUTTON, BUT YOU DO KIND OF HAVE TO DIG A LITTLE.
SO SENIOR CENTERS, SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE JOT FORM.
SO IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE NEWSLETTER, AND THEN ANY INFORMATION REGARDING OUR SENIOR FACILITIES.
SO THERE'S NOT A WAY TO GET THAT ON THE HOMEPAGE.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I GO BACK TO THE DISCUSSION WAS EITHER ADD THE BUTTON HERE OR JUST MAKING IT A LINK.
SO IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE, EITHER A BUTTON OR A LINK.
WE'LL SEE IT'S ALREADY HERE, BUT AGAIN, WE WANT IT A LITTLE MORE VISIBLE.
'CAUSE YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T THINK TO LOOK UNDER RESERVATIONS FOR ANY SENIOR ACTIVITIES.
YOU WOULD PROBABLY EXPECT SOMETHING TO SAY SENIOR OR WHATEVER.
SO I WOULD CONSIDER AS PART OF THAT REC BEAT, THE VERY TOP LINE.
SO THE REC BEAT IS SEPARATE FROM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE SILVER SCOOP, YOUR CLASSES, WELL, EXCUSE ME, THE SENIOR CLASSES ARE IN THE REC BEAT, BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE SEPARATE, SO LET ME GO BACK TO, COULD WE BE ONE OF THOSE BLUE BUTTONS? YEAH.
SO IT, IT'D BE A BUTTON OR IT'LL BE A LINK.
THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD.
YEAH, IT WOULD'VE TO BE A BUTTON.
IT NEEDS TO BE BUTTON IN THE TOP LINE.
AND WE ARE LIMITED WITH BUTTONS.
SO THAT MEANS WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE AWAY SOMETHING TO ADD A BUTTON.
OH, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SIX UP THERE.
DO WE COMBINE TRAILS AND PARKS AND THEN ADD THE BUTTON? UH, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT.
SO WHAT WE COULD DO, WE DISCUSS MAYBE MOVING VOLUNTEERS TO THIS SIDE WINDOW.
AND IT LOOKS DIFFERENT ON YOUR CELL PHONE AND WHEN YOU'RE ON THE DESKTOP MM-HMM
JESSE, IF YOU GO AHEAD, IF YOU GO GO FAR BACK AS YOU CAN TOWARDS THE MAIN GARLAND PAGE, IF, IF YOU DO A SEARCH ANY POINT, SO IF WE GO NOT JUST TO PARK AND RECREATION, DO YOU WANT OUR REGULAR GARLAND, DO A SEARCH, DO WITH SENIORS? YOU WANT THIS ONE? UHHUH,
AND THEN IF YOU SEARCH FOR SENIORS, WHERE DOES IT GO? LET'S SEE.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WANT HAVE A, WHERE IT WOULD GO TO OUR PAGE.
WELL, IN THE SEARCH, WHAT YOU'RE WANTING, WE WOULDN'T DO THAT IN THE SEARCH, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THIS IS JUST GONNA PULL UP ANY DATA FROM OUR WEBSITE THAT HAS SENIORS ON THAT PAGE.
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SO FOR WHAT YOU'RE PROBABLY WANTING, AGAIN, IT WOULD NEED TO BE, LEMME SCROLL.'CAUSE EVEN IF IT WENT UNDER THE PROGRAMS EXISTING, SO THE MAIN PAGE, YOU WOULD ESSENTIALLY, YOU WOULD WANT A BUTTON OR A LINK.
SO THEN YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TYPE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S JUST GONNA PICK UP SENIORS.
BUT WHEN I, YOU KNOW, I SEARCHED A LOT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND I DIDN'T KNOW TO LOOK UNDER PARKINSON RECREATION AND I FELT LIKE IT, YOU KNOW, I SEARCHED AN HOUR AND I FOUND NOTHING.
SO I GUESS WHAT I WANT IS PE THE, THE LEAST, EASIEST AMOUNT OF THE LEAST AMOUNT OF STEPS TO GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.
AND, AND COUNCILMAN THOMAS WAS, THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE A SENIOR BUTTON ON THE, ON THE HOMEPAGE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO FLESH OUT WHAT WE WANT.
THAT TO SAY AND DO, WHICH IS I THINK AN, I WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE THAT DISCUSSION TILL WE GET THIS.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO CAN WE GO TO THE COMMISSIONS PAGE? IN A SIDE NOTE, WE WILL BE HAVING A WEB MASTER COMING ON BOARD.
SO HOPEFULLY NOT FOR THE PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT, BUT FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE THAT POSITION IS VACANT.
HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME WE PRESENT TO COUNCIL IN MAY, THAT THAT PERSON IS HIRED.
AND THEN WE CAN START TO EDIT THIS PAGE.
SO THIS IS OUR, OUR SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION PAGE.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN PERMISSION TO PUT PDFS CORRECT ON IT.
WHERE, WHAT IS, WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE? DO YOU KNOW? SO IT'LL LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN, THIS WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO CHANGE COMPLETELY, UH, JUST TO MAKE SPACE.
SO IN MY MIND, WHATEVER HEADING WOULD BE HERE.
AND THEN THE ACTUAL INFORMATION.
SO THE PAPER THAT YOU PRINTED OUT FOR US, THAT INFORMATION CAN BE HOUSED ON THIS PAGE.
NOW, IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO BE SKIMMED DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, SO DEPENDING ON, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY SUGGEST.
TRYING TO GET THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU WANT.
SO HE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE? MM-HMM
AND THE FIRST PART, ANNE DID, UH, AND SHE PUT INTO CATEGORIES, DIFFERENT ASSISTANTS FOR SENIORS.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND, AND IT'S UP TO EVERYBODY.
AND, AND PERMISSION, OF COURSE, A LINKS ON HERE.
I THINK YOU COULD LINK TO ANOTHER GARLAND, CITY OF GARLAND SITE.
SO LINKS TO THE SENIOR, UH, SCOOP AND THE, YES, WE CAN LINK TO CITY SITES, BUT WE CAN'T LINK TO LIKE DALLAS COUNTY OR WHOEVER ELSE.
SO LINKS FROM OUR COMMISSION PAGE TO THE SILVER SCOOP AND TO THE SENIOR CENTERS.
AND THEN UNDER THE, OH, AND WITH THE E WITH THE QR CODES FOR THE, AND THE LINKS TO
IT WOULD BE LINKED TO THE QR CODES.
AND THEN UNDER THE, THE NEXT LINE, WHEN WE GET OUR BYLAWS PROPO APPROVED, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE BYLAWS ON THERE BECAUSE THIS SAYS NOTHING ABOUT MM-HMM
OR NOT MUCH ABOUT WHO WE ARE OR WHAT WE DO OR WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO.
SO, AND I GUESS THE QUESTION, ONCE WE GET THE, THE WEB MASTER IS, I MEAN, 'CAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THIS, THIS INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY ON THE PAGE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CONDENSE SOME OF THIS, MOVE IT UP, AND THEN ADD THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.
SO TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, AND WHAT'S ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER OR THESE PIECES? THESE THREE PAGES.
UM, AND WOULD, WOULD, DO WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL WE GET THE WEBMASTER TO WORK ON THIS? OR I WOULD SAY START WORKING ON IT NOW.
AT LEAST IF YOU CAN PA IT DOWN.
SO THEN WHEN WE GET THE WEBMASTER, WE ALREADY HAVE WHAT WE WANT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND THEN HE OR SHE CAN TELL US NO OR YES.
AND NOT, NOT STATIC, OF COURSE THINGS CHANGE AS THINGS CHANGE, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? THAT'S PRINTED OFF AS TO WHAT WE SUGGEST TO OUR, WHOEVER WORKS OUR PAGE AS BEING ADDED AS PDFS AND OR LINKS ON OUR PAGE.
WE CAN'T PUT, I MEAN WE CAN, WE CAN TYPE LINKS ON THERE, BUT YOU CAN'T ADDRESS, BUT YOU CAN'T CLICK ON THE LINK.
YOU COULD ADD EMAIL ADDRESSES BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL PHONE NUMBERS AND WE KNOW WE'RE ALL GOING TO PHONE HELL IF WE, UH,
WELL, LET ME, LET ME ADDRESS THE PHONE NUMBERS BECAUSE I PRETTY MUCH PUT THIS LIST TOGETHER.
AND THE REASON WHY THEIR PHONE NUMBERS OPPOSED TO EMAIL ADDRESSES, BECAUSE IN DEALING WITH THE NUMBER OF SENIORS THAT I DEAL WITH,
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THEY DEAL WITH THE PHONE NUMBERS RATHER THAN THE EMAIL ADDRESSES.I CHOSE NOT TO PUT THEM ON THERE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE.
IN ADDITION TO, BUT YOU'RE GONNA FIND MORE OF THEM GONNA BE DOING THE PHONE THAN THE EMAIL.
I THINK YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE SPECTRUM.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR BOBS MM-HMM
BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME OF OUR SENIORS THAT GO TO GSAC THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EMAIL.
THEY'RE GONNA WANT A PHONE NUMBER.
AND THAT'S WHY I CHOSE, I I WEIGHED IT OUT.
I MEAN, THE EMAILS COULD BE PUT ON THERE AND I JUST HAVE TO, THEY WERE THERE FOR ME, BUT I CHOSE NOT TO PUT 'EM ON THERE.
NOW I WISH I WOULD HAVE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA ASK ME TO GO GET THEM.
SO, BUT DOES ANYBODY THINK THERE'S ANY VALUE INTO HAVING A TYPED OUT LINK? BECAUSE YOU CAN COPY, YOU CAN COPY IT AND PASTE IT INTO YOUR URL, BUT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD DO THAT? I MEAN, TRY TO, THEY PROBABLY TRY TO CLICK ON IT AND IT WON'T WORK.
IS THERE, ONCE YOU USE A LINK AND PASTE AND GO AWAY, THEN IT'S NO LONGER A LINK.
ONCE YOU CLICK ON A LINK AND USE IT UHHUH AND THEN HAVE TO GO OUT MM-HMM
TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, YOU TRY TO CLICK ON IT AGAIN.
CAN USE SHOULD BACK UP AND BACK ARROW.
WELL, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU CLICK A LINK, IT'LL OPEN A NEW TAB.
SO IF YOU BACK CLICK, THERE'S NOTHING THERE BEFORE IT.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO MOVE BACK A TAB.
AND SO ON YOUR PHONE, IT'S DIFFICULT IF YOU DO IT ON YOUR PHONE, IT IS PAIN.
THE PHONES ARE HARD NECK PART.
I REMEMBER EXPLAINING THIS TO MY MOTHER RECENTLY AND IT'S, THE SHIT'S NOT CLICKED BEFORE.
I HAD A MEDICAL GROUP SEND ME A LINK.
WELL THAT PHONE NUMBER IS IN ANOTHER AREA OF MY PHONE.
JUST SO ONCE I GO THAT AND CAN'T GO BACK TO THE LINK, THEY DO.
SO IT'S JUST, I FOUND READING SOMETHING OFF MY PHONE, WRITING IT.
THAT WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER IF WE COULD PUT LINKS ANOTHER PART OF MY PHONE.
SO IN THERE, SO THIS ONE IS, THIS ONE IS TO MY EMAIL RATHER THAN TO MY PHONE.
EITHER THAT OR I CAN SAY, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD HAVE DOWNLOAD IT AS A PDF FOR THOSE, THAT COULD, IF IT COULD BE A LINK THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE SPACE ON A PAGE AS COMPARED TO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
AND I WAS LOOKING AT JUST OTHER COMMISSIONS PAGE.
SO THE ONE WITH THE KIDS, WHATEVER YOUTH COUNCIL LOOK AT THEIRS IS A LOT DIFFERENT.
THEY HAVE, SO THEY HAVE ALL THEIR YOUTH COUNCIL STUFF AND THEN THE VIEW LINKS, IT SHOULD JUST BE THOSE.
WELL THIS, THE CITY'S, IT'S THEIR GYC PAGE RAN BY THE US.
THE LAND COMMISSION HAS STUFF, BUT THEY'RE A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
WOULD WE HAVE A, A PLACE ON OUR PAGE THAT IS A LINK TO, UM, UH, THE RESOURCE ASSISTANCE SHEET AND YOU GO OVER THERE AND IT HAS THIS, OR ARE YOU SAYING YOU WANT EACH OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS TO HAVE A LINK SOMEWHERE? WELL, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL, BUT HE, HE'S, SO FAR HE IS SAYING WE CAN'T HAVE OUTSIDE LINKS.
SO, UH, THIS PDF WOULD JUST BE, HOW, HOW WOULD THAT SHOW? I WONDER THOUGH, MAYBE TO HER POINT, IS THAT THE WORKAROUND, MAYBE IT'S NOT ON OUR PAGE.
IT TAKES US TO A SEPARATE PAGE.
I MEAN, THAT'S A QUESTION I CAN ASK.
WHAT IF ALL THAT INFORMATION IS HOUSED, NOT ON THIS PAGE, BUT ONCE YOU CLICKED IT SOMEWHERE SEPARATE? I MEAN, THAT COULD BE AN OPTION.
IF NOT, THEN IT HAS TO BE, OH YEAH, GO AHEAD.
A LOT OF TIMES IF IT'S JUST A PDF, BUT YOU TYPED IN THE LINKS, YOU CAN LINK OFF.
SO YOU WOULDN'T, THE THE CITY PAGE YOU'LL BE LINKING OFF.
SO THAT'S, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A WORKAROUND THAT WOULD MAKE IT ACTIVE.
SO, OKAY, SO IF WE DO THAT, WOULD WE WANT A LINK TO A PDF THAT SAYS FOOD ASSISTANCE OR,
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AND ANOTHER ONE THAT SAYS RENT AND HOUSING AND ANOTHER ONE THAT SAYS UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND SO FORTH.BECAUSE THAT WOULD HELP SOMEBODY GO TO EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GUESS WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE.
I THINK YOU PROBABLY HAVE TWO, I GUESS, DOCUMENTS YOU WOULD WORK ON.
ONE WOULD HOW YVONNE JUST STATED, AND THEN ONE THAT SAYS, HEY, WE ONLY CAN PUT PDFS ON THE SITE.
SO THE CURRENT ONE, IF YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE LINKS, THEN IT COULD BE LINKED OFF LIKE YVONNE.
IF NOT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN FIT ON THIS PAGE.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WE ALREADY HAVE QUITE A, YOU KNOW, BIT OF INFORMATION CURRENTLY AND TRYING TO CONDENSE THAT TO ADD WHATEVER ELSE THAT YOU WOULD WANT POTENTIALLY.
SO LET'S BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THIS, THIS LIST THAT ANNE PUT TOGETHER.
EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH THAT? YES OR NO? OKAY.
SOMETHING, LET ME ASK THE QUESTION.
UH, I, I SEE ALL THE SUBCATEGORIES.
I GET TO STEP BY STEP PLAN FOR SENIORS.
WHAT IS THAT? YEAH, THAT WAS, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I'M SAYING IS THAT SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT? OH, NOT TO SAY THAT IT SHOULD, DOESN'T BELONG HERE.
IT'S JUST THAT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THAT, THAT SORT OF INCORPORATES SOME OF THIS INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY.
AND SO IF THIS IS A SUGGESTED PLAN FOR SOMEONE THAT NEEDS TO LOOK FOR FOOD, FOR RENT, WHATEVER, THEN MAYBE WE HAVE THAT HOUSE SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AND THEN THESE ITEMS ARE THEN THE ITEMS THAT WE SAY, HERE ARE YOUR RESOURCES.
AND TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I DID EMERGENCY HELP, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT WITH THE, THE REMAINING OF THE THINGS.
I WANTED TO, WHERE IF THEY NEEDED HELP IMMEDIATELY, THEY COULD GO UNDER HERE.
SO TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THAT EMERGENCY HELP NEEDS TO BE SEPARATE.
SO DOES, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I DID IT.
DOES MY STEP PLAN FALL UNDER EMERGENCY HELP? IT APPEARS SO.
OR IS THAT JUST A HELPFUL PLANNING TOOL? IT'S A HELPFUL PLANNING TO, BUT ALSO EMERGENCY HELP FOR THOSE WHO WERE IN EMERGENCY IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED HELP VERY QUICKLY.
BUT AGAIN, TO THIS SHEET, CAROL, I HAVE UPDATED THIS.
I RECENTLY SENT OUT AN UPDATED BECAUSE UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE GOTTEN MONEY, UH, FOR RENT AND UTILITIES THAT I ADDED TO THIS LIST.
SO BESIDES ADDING THE EMAIL ADDRESSES, CAN YOU ADD THE URLS IN CASE WE CAN LINK TO IT TO THE YEAR LIST? I DON'T KNOW.
CAN KNOW WHEN YOU NEED THIS? WELL, NOT TODAY.
IT, I HAVE A LOT ON MY PLATE RIGHT NOW.
BUT I, I THINK WITH THIS, THIS DOCUMENT THOUGH, IT CAN BE KEPT IN-HOUSE TO WRITE AND, AND IT COULD BE A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT YOU, WE CAN PUT ON TEAMS. SO THEN WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW NEED THESE RESOURCES, IT CAN BE EMAILED OUT.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT GOES ON THE WEBSITE, I THINK WE CAN STILL JUST HAVE THIS DOCUMENT AND HAVE IT LIVE ON TEAMS UPDATED MONTHLY, WHATEVER, QUARTERLY.
AND THEN WE KNOW THAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE THERE THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY SEND OUT TO PEOPLE.
OR MAYBE IT'S SENT OUT WITH THE EMAIL EVERY MONTH.
SO I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS.
SO THAT GETS TO THE POINT OF KIND OF THINKING ABOUT, I ALWAYS HIT THAT THING WITH MY TALKING HANDS.
UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS KIND OF THING.
BUT ALSO THE MORE THAT IT, IT GOES SOMEWHERE THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE.
UM, TITLES OF ORGANIZATION, THE ONE THAT WAS NOW FORWARD FORMALLY, WHATEVER, EMAILS CHANGE, THINGS CHANGE.
IF, IF WE CAN'T UPDATE IT EASILY, IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WEBMASTER AND GET APPROVAL, THAT CAN TAKE MONTHS OR LONGER HAVING WORKED IN A UNIVERSITY.
AND IT, UM, SO THEN WHAT YOU HAVE ON THERE IS OUTDATED INFORMATION.
SO IF WE CAN LINK IT TO US IN A WAY, AGAIN, IF IT WAS A PDF, WE CAN JUST ADD OR SOMETHING, THEN IT COULD BE UPDATED AND WE COULD HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN ANNUAL REVIEW OR SOMETHING WHERE WE MAKE SURE THINGS, THE LINKS ARE ALL STILL GOOD.
IT, IT'S, I JUST WANT IT TO NOT GET OUT OF DATE AND THEN JUST BE THERE FOREVER.
'CAUSE SHE'S WORKED VERY HARD AND, BUT THINGS DO
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CHANGE.AND, AND IT DOES BECAUSE THEY RUN OUTTA MONEY AND THEN THERE'S NO MONEY HERE.
AND THIS IS WHY I HAVE UPDATES.
SO, I MEAN, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS IS GONNA GO OUT AND, AND MAYBE FOR THE WEBSITE, IT'S JUST THE MAJOR PLAYERS, DALLAS COUNTY, THOSE MAJOR PLAYERS.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A SEPARATE DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT COULD THEN BE DISPERSED.
MR. BOB, WHEN, UH, WE RAN INTO THIS PROBLEM OF KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL, I BOUGHT KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.COM AND POSTED THE SITE ON ONE OF MY SERVERS.
AND THEN THE CITY FINALLY GAVE ME THE.ORG BACK.
AND WE COULD DO THE SAME THING HERE.
UM, WE CAN BUY A URL AND HOST OUR OWN LIST, WHICH WE EDIT.
LIVE RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE GOING.
AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THEM RUNNING OUTTA MONEY OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
BUT THAT'S, WE DON'T WANT THE, THE LIST.
WE DON'T WANT THE LIST OUT THERE OUT THERE MIGHT CALL ON THE RIGHT DAY.
BUT THE MORE COMPLETE THE RESOURCE LIST, THE MORE BENEFICIAL IT IS TO PEOPLE AND THE MORE LINKS YOU'LL PICK UP.
BUT, BUT TO THE MONEY SOURCE, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO ME BECAUSE IF THAT PERSON CALLS AND THERE'S NO MORE MONEY THERE AND THEY NEED HELP, WHO ARE THEY GONNA CALL THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST? IT MAY NOT BE THAT.
SEE, THAT'S, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S ALL YOU GOT.
BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WORRY ABOUT WHEN I PUT THESE LISTS TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST THE LIST, IT'S ABOUT HELPING THOSE PEOPLE IN NEED.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE WRITE IT DOWN.
CINDY, YOU NEED TO GET IN AND I'M SO SORRY.
UM, THE, UH, UM, THE, THE LIST IS COMPLETE AS POSSIBLE WITH A, WITH A VERY CLEAR EXPLANATION AS TO THESE ARE CHARITIES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND THEY MAY HAVE FUNDS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
ALL OF THAT AS A PRECURSOR TO YEAH.
IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ADD THOSE AND THEN THE CITY CAN EITHER LINK TO THAT OR NOT LINK TO THAT OR POST OUR UPDATED PDF, WHICH WE COULD UPDATE QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY IN A MEETING.
I SIT AND DO THIS AT, ON OTHER BOARDS WHERE I EDIT WEBSITES WHILE WE'RE TALKING.
BUT THEN THAT'S, THIS LIST WAS EFFECTIVE AS OF THIS DAY.
SO, SO GARLAND SENIOR GARLAND SR.COM IS AVAILABLE, IF YOU LIKE THAT NAME.
I'LL BUY IT IS SENIORS IN THE KNOW.
LEMME SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU GOTTA KEEP THAT SAME CONSISTENT TITLE.
BUT IT'S, UH, I CAN LINK, I CAN CALL THE LINK SENIORS IN A NO.
BUT YOU, WHAT YOU WANNA DO IS LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PECKING WE HAVE TO DO.
'CAUSE NONE OF US ARE REALLY GOOD AT THAT.
IF YOU'RE DOING IT ON YOUR PHONE, GARLAND SENIOR IS A LITTLE SHORTER.
UM, UM, BUT SENIOR'S IN THE NOTE, AND IF YOU'VE GOT FAT FINGERS, YOU MIGHT END UP WITH SOMETHING.
YOU MIGHT LOOK AT 'EM,
IT DOESN'T EVEN GO ANYWHERE AT ALL.
SENIOR AND SR IN THE KNOW.COM IS AVAILABLE IF YOU'D LIKE TO TYPE OUT THE WHOLE 23 LETTERS.
UM, WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS IF HE BUYS A URL, ARE WE GOING TO SUPPORT HIM? YEAH.
ARE WE GONNA, IF WE DO, WE CAN.
I'M NOT, UH, GONNA RUN OUTTA RESOURCES.
I ALREADY, I ALREADY PAY FOR SERVERS AND UH, SO THIS WOULD BE JUST LIKE THE OTHER SITES I DO IS KIND OF SOMETHING TO DO.
WELL, I DON'T SLEEP
I, I HAVE 340 EUROS RIGHT NOW, SO I GET A DISCOUNT
BEFORE YOU PURCHASE, LET ME MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS YES.
SO, BUT TO ME THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BETTER IDEA BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE CONTROL AND YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND HE CAN CHANGE AND EVERY TIME SOMETHING YEAH.
YOU CAN CHANGE VERY QUICKLY ACROSS SOMETHING.
UM, WE CAN EVEN GET THE POST IN FOOD BANKS
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AND STUFF AND MAYBE AWESOME.WE COULD HAVE A LINK ON OUR COMMISSION PAGE TO THAT ONE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ASK ASK BECAUSE HOW ELSE ARE THEY GONNA KNOW IT'S THERE.
AND THEN WITH THIS, THIS, AND WE JUST PUT IT IN LANGUAGE.
YOU KNOW, AND WITH THIS COMMISSION PAGE, I WILL THEN WE CAN JUST YEAH.
MAKE THIS ONE BASIC, JUST UPDATE THIS, MAYBE ADD THE MAJOR PLEASURE PLAYERS WITH RESOURCES THAT PROBABLY HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, RECOGNITION OR HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.
SO WE MAKE SURE THEY DON'T RUN THE FUNDS AND THEN DIRECT 'EM TO THE NEW SUB SITE.
THE OUTS ORG
THAT, THAT SOUNDS WAIT, GARLAND SENIORS ORG.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOT THE.COM, BUT WE'D HONESTLY ORG'S OKAY THOUGH.
SO WHERE'S THAT GONNA BE? THAT'S THE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE DISCUSSION.
BUT IF YOU DO COME UP WITH SOMETHING, WHAT ARE WE AT? YES.
BUT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, JUST PUT A, A COMING SOON SIGN.
MAYBE IT'LL BE ON THE INTERNET.
OR WE, WE MIGHT DO SOME LANGUAGE.
FIND OUT IF WE IN THERE THAT SAYS, OR SENIOR ASSISTANCE RESOURCES GO TO GARLAND SENIORS.ORG.
BUT I THINK WHAT JESSE'S SAYING, IF IT IMPLIES THE CITY, WE GOTTA SEE IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THEM.
THE OTHER THING IS TO HAVE A DISCLAIMER ON THAT PAGE THAT SAYS THESE ARE SUGGESTIONS FROM, UH, THE COMMISSION, UM, WITHOUT OFFICIAL APPROVAL.
OR I, I MEAN SOME LANGUAGE LIKE THAT, I DON'T COME UP WITH THE EXACT WORDS, BUT WE COULD PROBABLY, THEY'D BE OKAY IF WE DO A DISCLAIMER THAT IT'S NOT SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF GARLAND.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY DON'T WANNA GET INTO A LIABILITY THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THEM.
THEN SOMEBODY GOES SOMEWHERE THEY'RE VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE SERVICES AND BLAME US FILE SOME COMPLAINTS OR EVEN RISES TO LITIGATION.
THAT'S WHEN THE CITY DOESN'T WANNA DO IT.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME THERE'S SOME WAYS TO DO SOME THINGS.
THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD SUGGEST SOME LANGUAGE, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
ALSO THAT THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO FOLLOW THE LINK BACK TO THE CITY'S SIDE.
'CAUSE HACKERS CAN DO THAT IF, IF IT, IF IT WERE LINKED AND NOT JUST LANGUAGE.
WELL IT WOULD PROBABLY HOST THE LINKS TO VARIOUS CITY CODE COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS OR WHATEVER MM-HMM
THAT ALSO FREQUENTLY RUN OUTTA MONEY.
BUT WITH, WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY THEN TO PUT EVERY RESOURCE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS WE DEVELOP 'EM, WE JUST ADD ONE ADD CATEGORIES.
WE PUT ALL THE DAMN BUTTONS WE WANT ON THERE.
YOU KNOW, RENT ASSISTANCE, FOOD ASSISTANCE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ASSISTANCE.
BUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT, GO TO HIGHFALUTIN
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.
MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WOULD LIKE TO PUT A LITTLE ADVERTISEMENT ON THERE TOO.
THAT MONEY CAN GO TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
I WAS THINKING SHE WANTS AN AD.
SHE'S A WONDERFUL YES PROPRIETOR.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT ON THIS? YEAH, WHERE ARE WE?
ARE WE GOOD WITH THIS DISCUSSION? OKAY.
WHAT DID YOU SAY JESSE? I WAS SAYING ARE WE GOOD WITH THIS DISCUSSION? MEANING WE'RE GOOD WITH THE DISCUSSION, BUT I WANNA, I, I WANNA PASS FORWARD.
SO, UM, YEAH SHE WANTS A SUMMARY.
FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, OBVIOUSLY MR. BOB HAS ALREADY PURCHASED THE U-R-L-U-R-L.
UM, FROM, FOR ME, I WILL FIND OUT WHAT LIMITATIONS WE HAVE WITH THIS.
MEANING IF YOU GUYS DO THE SITE YOURSELF, CAN WE LINK IT ON THE PAGE AND THEN FROM THERE, IF THEY SAY NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, THEN JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SITE START DEVELOPING IN MY OPINION.
BUT IF THEY SAY NO, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SEE WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WE HAVE AND IT'LL JUST BE FOCUSING ON WHAT WE CAN PUT ON OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION PAGE.
SO SO YOU GET BACK TO US NEXT MONTH.
ACTUALLY WHEN I LEAVE HERE, I'M GOING TO TRY TO TALK TO TIFFANY.
AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON IT IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE WORK ON DIFFERENT PIECES IN BETWEEN.
BUT REGARDLESS, YOU CAN STILL START COMPILING THE, THE, THE DATA, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT.
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'CAUSE EITHER IT'S GOING ON THIS COMMISSION'S PAGE OR YOUR WEBSITE.I BOUGHT THE DO COM AND THE ORG
LOVE THE DO STUFF, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT'S GOOD TO TALK ABOUT IT AND, BUT LET'S DO SOMETHING.
I AGREE WITH WE, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF LIFE TO LIVE.
SO THERE'S ONE OTHER THING UNDER THIS.
HE'S GONNA FIND OUT OUR, OUR PARAMETERS AND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON WHAT EXACTLY WE WANT.
WHICH MEANS WE STILL WANT THE EMAIL ADDRESSES AND THE LINKS TO WHAT YOU'VE PRODUCED.
ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? YES MA'AM.
AND UM, AND WE CAN STILL PUT ON MAYBE THE LINKS TO THE SCOOP IN THE SENIOR CENTER CAN PUT THAT ON THE COMMISSION PAGE.
AND THEN OUR BYLAWS ARE ARE HANGING IN THE WIND TILL.
SO, AND UM, I KNOW YOU EMAILED REGARDING INSERTS IN THE UTILITY BILL.
SO TALK TO, I THINK HER NAME IS MANDY.
SO IT IS A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND I DON'T, DIDN'T WANT A PRINTED ONE.
IS THERE A FEE WITH A LINK? SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT LINKS, BUT I'M GONNA FOLLOW BACK UP WITH HER BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING TO WHERE IT COULD BE REC MAY USE IT AND WE JUST SLIDE SOME SENIOR STUFF IN THERE.
YOU NEED TO GET YOUR ELECTRIC OR UTILITY BILLS ELECTRONICALLY.
YOU PROBABLY NEVER READ 'EM, BUT THEY DO, THEY HAVE THE SAME RULES LINK STUFF IN THERE, UH, IN THE UTILITY BILLS THAT YOU CAN GO TO HERE AND THERE AND THERE.
UM, I KNOW WE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING PRINTED 'CAUSE I KNEW THAT COST MONEY 'CAUSE WE USED TO BUY IT IN PURCHASING.
BUT, UH, THE LINK, IF THERE'S NO COST TO PUT A LINK IN THERE, THEN FIND THAT OUT AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WANT THE LINK TO GO.
IT MIGHT GO AND I'LL EMAIL IT BEFORE WE LEAVE.
AND THEN ONE OTHER NOTE, APRIL 15TH AT THE NEW WELL CONSTRUCTION SITE OF GSAC, WE WILL HAVE A, UM, SIGNING OF THE BEAM.
SO IF YOU WANT TO COME ON APRIL 15TH AT 10 O'CLOCK TO SIGN IT EITHER GONNA BE A PIECE OF METAL OR SOMETHING THAT WILL BE THEN INSTALLED INTO GSA.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY.
'CAUSE IT'S INVITE ONLY FOR THIS EVENT.
WHERE AT THIS SITE? WHAT SITE? THE SENIOR CENTER.
WE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU CAN LET ME KNOW AT LEAST BY THE END OF THE DAY WE'LL BE THERE OR BE THERE 10 O'CLOCK.
ME RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST EXERCISE CLASS.
I HAVE TO LEAVE IN TIME TO GET MY HAIR CUT THOUGH.
THIS IS NOT A FORMAL PRESENTATION, IT'S JUST THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER, DEPENDING ON WHO CAN BE THERE MAY SAY A FEW TALKING POINTS AND THEN GET A SHARPIE SIGN, THE MEDAL, WHATEVER THEY HAVE FOR US.
AND THEN THEY MAY ALLOW YOU TO LOOK AROUND FROM THE OUTSIDE.
NOT WALK INTO THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT.
AND THEN FROM THERE YOU JUST GO GET YOUR HAIR OR MATCH YOU.
IF YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE TO DO IT FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, I, NO, SO THEY'LL HAVE THE PIECE OF METAL STAGED SOMEWHERE FOR US TO SIGN, BUT THEN AFTER THAT, IF YOU WANT TO JUST LOOK AT THE SITE, THE PAD, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY DO THAT.
SO THE BEAM'S NOT ACTUALLY GONNA BE HANGING THERE NO.
READY TO DROP IN PLACE? NOT YET.
BUT THE PLAN IS WHEN IT IS MAYBE VIDEO THAT SO THEN EVERYONE CAN SEE WHERE YOUR SIGNATURE WILL LIVE FOREVER.
SO ALL NINE OF YOU, SEVEN OUT OF NINE WILL SHOW UP OR SOMETHING.
SO THEN IF YOU MAKE IT, YOU MAKE IT.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
SO WHILE THEY'RE GETTING SETTLED, I HAD TOLD CAROL I WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL THAT THE VEGAS PARTY THAT THEY DID WAS JUST WONDERFUL.
I WENT BY, I TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE.
EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.
AND I WANT THE COMMISSION TO THANK THESE GUYS FOR DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS BECAUSE IT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EVENT.
Y'ALL WERE TALKING AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN HEAR MY I DID.
WE WERE, UH, COMPLIMENT TALKING ABOUT THE COMPUTER.
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WAS Y'ALL, IT WAS GREAT.AND I WANTED THE COMMISSION TO THANK YOU BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENT AND EVERYBODY, I TALKED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE I MADE A POINT TO AND THEY ALL SAID IT WAS JUST FUN, FUN, FUN.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SLOWNESS.
WE HAD TRUNK AND HUNT LAST NIGHT AND I DIDN'T GO TO BED TILL 11 LAST NIGHT, SO I'M A LITTLE EXHAUSTED.
UM, COUPLE OF THINGS WE HAVE COMING UP.
UM, WE HAVE OUR EASTER, WE'RE GONNA DO AN EASTER CELEBRATION.
IT'S GONNA BE ON APRIL 17TH AT CARVER.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
WE'RE GONNA DO A SMALL EGG HUNT.
IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO BE BENDING DOWN A PICKUP X, UM, BUT YOU WILL COLLECT X.
UM, AS WELL AS ON, UM, APRIL 22ND IF Y'ALL CAN JOIN US.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AN EARTH DAY, UM, CRAFT TO KIND OF GO ALONG WITH EARTH DAY.
UM, AND THAT ONE WILL BE A CARVER AS WELL.
UM, IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS THEY'RE GONNA BE LEAVING FOR CANADA.
WE STILL HAVE A FEW SPOTS, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO.
UM, BUT THAT TRIP IS GEARING UP, READY TO GO, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING.
THIS IS OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP, EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY IT'S JUST RIGHT ABOVE US.
AND CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YOU OKAY? OH, WE ALSO HAVE MAINE AND WE HAVE, UM, CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK.
SO, UM, THOSE TWO TRIPS ARE COMING UP, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
UM, AS WELL AS LIKE, UM, KATHLEEN SAID, NOT KATHLEEN VENITA.
UM, WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE CASINO NIGHT.
UM, PEOPLE WON A LOT OF GOOD STUFF AND UM, THEY JUST HAD A FUN TIME, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
UM, SO, UH, SOMEONE DID WIN THE FREE TRIP TO NEW YORK.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FREE TRIPS THAT THEY WANT TO CASINOS AND STUFF, SO IT WAS VERY, VERY NICE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO.
DO USUALLY HAVE A WAIT LIST ON YOUR TRIPS ON, ON OUR EXTENDED TRIPS OR CASINO TRIPS? EXTENDED.
EXTENDED TRIPS? UM, NO, NORMALLY BECAUSE WE GO UP UNTIL 45, UM, AND WE NORMALLY DON'T HAVE A WAIT LIST MOST OF THE TIME.
I THINK THE ONLY ONE WE GOT CLOSE TO WAS ACTUALLY TO SAN ANTONIO.
THAT ONE KIND OF, UH, WE WERE ALMOST OUT OF SPACES FOR THAT ONE.
IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANNA GO, JUST CALL ME
YOU WANNA GO? CPA MEMBERS WAS ASKING SO I GET BACK TO THEM.
YEAH, JUST TELL 'EM TO CALL ME.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY.
SO, UH, WE JUST GOT BACK FROM CROATIA.
WE JUST GOT BACK FROM CROATIA.
UM, MY TWO REC SPECS ARE GETTING READY TO LEAVE ON THE 15TH OF APRIL, HEADED TO WASHINGTON DC THAT TRIP IS FULL.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT A TRIP FOR BILOXI IN JULY, THE RHINE AND AMSTERDAM RIVER CRUISE.
THAT ONE'S PRETTY CLOSE TO FULL IRISH SPLENDOR IN OCTOBER, SPAIN, NEXT YEAR IN FEBRUARY.
AND WE'RE STILL FINALIZING DETAILS ON GREECE IN 27TH.
UM, WE HAVE A GRUB CLUB, UM, THIS MONTH ON THE NINTH.
AND, UM, OUR CHOCTAW NEXT CASINO TRIP IS IN JUNE.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? MM-HMM
IS I GOING IN AND OUT? YEAH, HE'S RIGHT.
UM, WE HAD OUR EGG HUNT FOR OUR MEMBERS THIS MORNING AND, UM, WE HID THE EGGS AND THEY GOT TO FIND THEM
UM, WE HAD I THINK FOUR PRIZE EGGS.
AND THOUGH I DID GET PICTURES, UH, I WILL HAVE THEM NEXT MONTH.
AND, UM, THEY DID COLLECT THEIR PRIZES AND, UM, THEY
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HAD A GOOD TIME.OUR NEXT DRIVERS, UM, WE ARE HAVING A TRAVEL MEETING ON THE EIGHTH.
UH, WE HAVE MAILED OUT POSTCARDS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY GONE ON OUR TRIPS.
AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE TRIPS THAT I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT.
PLUS, UM, SOME STUFF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I THINK LATE 27 AND MAYBE 28.
UM, OUR NEXT DRIVER'S MOVIE CLUB IS NAPOLEON DYNAMITE ON THE NINTH.
HAVE YOU SEEN THAT? I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT.
SO, UM, WE GET, UH, SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS AS TO WHAT THEY MIGHT WANNA SEE.
I'M NOT SURE WHO PICKED THAT ONE.
THIS MONTH IS ON THE 21ST AND IT'S EATING PLANT FOODS, SO MAYBE TALKING ABOUT VEGETARIAN DIET.
UM, OUR PAINT CLASS WITH ANNA IS ON THE 24TH AT NOON.
SHE IS A NEW INSTRUCTOR FOR US.
AND IF YOU'RE JUST WANTING TO TRY TO PAINT, HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT, HEY, IT MIGHT BE FUN.
THOSE PICTURES COME OUT REALLY INCREDIBLE.
THEY'RE NOT ALL ALIKE BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT THEY DO COME OUT INCREDIBLE.
YOU COULD PUT 'EM ON YOUR WALL.
UM, THIS MONTH IT'S IN THE SCOOP.
SO THEY WILL BE PAINTING THIS PARROT.
I CALL IT A PARROT, I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT, UM, LOOKS LIKE A PARROT.
I THINK SHE CALLED IT A CONER.
IT'S EASIER TO SAY THAN CONER.
UM, BUT THE PICTURES WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS.
SHE'S GOT A LOT OF BRIGHT COLORS, SO SHE'S VERY, UM, ENTHUSIASTIC.
UM, SO, UM, THEN OUR NEXT DRIVER'S MOVIE CLUB IS STAND BY ME ON THE 23RD, AND OUR STAPLE COFFEE WITH THE NURSE IS ON THE 27TH.
UM, OUR NEW CENTER, THIS IS A TINY PICTURE, BUT IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BY THERE, THE, I CALL IT TYVEK IS GOING UP ON THE OUTSIDE.
SOMEBODY TOLD ME THERE'S SOME ROOFING MATERIAL.
IT'S ACTUALLY LOOKING LIKE A BUILDING.
AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING TO BE IN THERE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO PROGRESS IS BEING MADE AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PARTY.
THEN THESE ARE JUST PICTURES OF SOME OF OUR MEMBERS.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF OUR CHAIR CLASSES.
THIS IS A LITTLE BENCH RIGHT OUTSIDE IN THE LOBBY.
AND EVERY DAY I HAVE PEOPLE SITTING THERE.
SO I CALL IT THE BENCH GROUP
UM, SO I TRY TO GET A DIFFERENT SNAP OF WHO'S SITTING ON THE BENCH.
UM, LET'S SEE WHO ELSE IS UP THERE? CHAIR CLASS.
UH, HERE'S LARRY ROY ON THE LEFTOVER.
IS THAT THE LEFT? HE'S TALENTED.
ONE OF THE, THAT IS THE LAST PICTURE THAT THEY PAINTED IN, UH, MARK.
SO I'M TELLING YOU, YOU, HE MAY HAVE ARTISTIC, UM, TALENTS, BUT I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WITH NO ARTISTIC TALENT OR WHAT THEY'VE TOLD ME.
THEY DON'T HAVE IT
AND THEN THIS IS A GROUP OF OUR LADIES WHO LIKE TO SIT AND PLAY GAMES.
SO, UM, WE WILL BE EXPANDING GAME DAY ONCE WE HAVE BIGGER SPACE AND BACK INTO OUR OWN BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE IN 20, NO 30.
AND THEN IF YOU SAW THE COVER OF THE SCOOP, UH, CARVER AND GSAC WENT DOWNTOWN TO VISIT THE BIG HAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE PICKED A VERY WINDY DAY.
AND ONE OF OUR SENIORS HAD TO SIT ON OUR BANNER.
UM, SHE WAS SITTING THERE TO HOLD IT DOWN FOR US,
UM, BUT WE DID GO TO THE BIG HAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE HERITAGE MUSEUM, WE WENT THERE BECAUSE THEY HAD A, A HAT EXHIBIT, SO THEY GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT MUSEUM.
AND FROM WHAT I HEAR, I WASN'T, IT WAS ACTUALLY COOL.
UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY LAST MONTH ON OUR MARCH MEETING DATE, AND JSA WENT WITH OUR SENIORS AND THEY HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME.
AND THEN THIS IS SOME PICTURES THAT CAME BACK FROM CROATIA.
SO THE ARCHITECTURE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
THEY SAW, UH, SCENERY, LANDSCAPES, AND UM, SO WE HAVE A VERY, UM, ACTIVE TRAVEL GROUP AND UM, THEY SEND PICTURES BACK AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO SEE, UM, WE'RE NOT ALL JUST ABOUT THE CENTER.
OUR TRIPS ARE, UM, EXPANSIVE TOO.
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THEY HAVE A REALLY GREAT TIME ON THOSE TRIPS.SO WE'RE HELPING THEM TO ENJOY LIFE.
AND THAT'S, YES, IT'S, SO ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I WAS, UM, THINKING THAT PERHAPS THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE TO US, MR. MCNAIR EARLIER, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE PICKED, HE MIGHT COME OUT AND DO SOME CLASSES.
I WROTE THAT DOWN AND I HAVE WRITTEN HIM DOWN FOR SOME OTHER SPECIAL PROJECT I'M THINKING ABOUT.
I JUST, COULD I ASK ABOUT APPRECIATE THE ELDER APPRECIATION? YES.
UM, UM, BEFORE YOU GUYS, BEFORE Y'ALL LEAVE MM-HMM
UM, VENITA HAD AN IDEA THAT ABOUT THAT WILL IN INVOLVE EVERYBODY, THE SENIOR CENTERS AND, AND EVERYBODY.
SO WELL JUST TO BRING IT UP TODAY AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT LATER.
SO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M, UM, IF IT'S BEING BEEN DONE A TON, I'VE SEARCHED ONLINE FOR HISTORIC THINGS OF GARLAND SENIOR APPRECIATION DAY AND NOTHING COMES UP.
SO, UM, AUGUST 21ST IS DECLARED BY FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE US WAS DECLARED SENIOR APPRECIATION DAY, NATIONAL SENIOR APPRECIATION DAY.
AND IT'S ALWAYS THAT DAY, THIS YEAR IT'S ON A FRIDAY, WHICH TO ME IS NOT AN IDEAL DAY TO, TO DO THINGS.
BUT I'VE BEEN REAL INTERESTED IN THIS IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER DONE IT IN GARLAND.
WE DO, AT MY CENTER FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE DO LIKE A SPECIAL GIFT ON SENIOR APPRECIATE DAY.
AND I THINK SOMEDAY, I THINK ONE, ONE YEAR WE DID LIKE GATORADES, REMEMBER WE HAD WRAPPED THEM FOR SENIOR APPRECIATION DAY.
UM, SO WE'VE DONE LIKE, LIKE THEY SAID, LIKE, STAY HYDRATED HAPPY.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN WHETHER THE, SINCE THAT DAY MAY NOT BE A GOOD DAY ON A FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC OR SOMETHING, IF WE MIGHT DECLARE GARLAND'S APPRECIATION DAY WITH THE OPENING OF THE CENTER AND HAVE AN EVENT DOWNTOWN THAT WOULD CORRESPOND WITH THAT.
UM, I'VE BEEN READING A LOT ABOUT THE APPRECIATION DAYS.
I, I'VE JUST MADE UP THIS THING A LITTLE BIT AND WE, WE DON'T, UH, I DON'T, I'M NOT TRYING TO PROMOTE ANYTHING THAT INTERFERES WITH WHAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO BECAUSE I, I TOLD THE MAYOR AND I TRIED TO TELL Y'ALL, I THINK GARLAND HAS THE FINEST ACTIVITIES AND THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW OF ANY PLACE I'M AWARE.
I MEAN, I HAVE RELATIVES AND SISTERS IN OTHER CITIES AND THEY DON'T HAVE WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
BUT Y YOU KNOW, ON THESE DAYS THEY DO THINGS LIKE, UM, LIKE A CRAFT BOOTH WHERE, UH, SENIORS SHOW A CRAFT, THEY'VE A HISTORIC CRAFT MAYBE.
AND THEN YOUTH TEENS OR OTHER PEOPLE SHOW A CRAFT THEY DO ON THEIR PHONE.
AND, UH, THEY JUST, THEY DO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT WOULD BE LIKE A DOWNTOWN AFFAIR AND IT WOULD HAVE SOME BOOZE AND MAYBE SOME SPONSORS.
I DID, UM, SPEAK TO THE MAYOR BECAUSE I WENT TO AN OPENING AND HE SAID HE WOULD ENTERTAIN A PROPOSAL.
HE SAID, WE HAVE STUFF DOWNTOWN ALL THE TIME.
I JUST, I JUST WANT THE NEW CENTER TO BE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I WANT THE CITY TO BE ENGAGED WITH IT AND, AND SAY IT'S A GOOD THING.
SO I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF CITY BUSINESSES AND THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED.
THE NEW, THE NEW WHISKEY PLACE, THE NEW DISTILLERY GUY, HE SAID WE'RE THE FIRST PLACE THEY'RE COME DOWN.
WE WANT 'EM TO KNOW US IF THEY WALKED OUT FROM THE CENTER AND THEY, THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD FOOD.
I THINK THE ONLY THING I'M, I AM THINKING ABOUT IS WE MAY HAVE TO TALK TO DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.
JUST BECAUSE IT IS THEIR DOWNTOWN IS CONSIDERED THEIR DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THEIR WHOLE THING.
THERE WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT OF TALKING GOING.
AND THEN JUST MAKING SURE THAT SPECIAL EVENTS BECAUSE, UM, YES, IN THE SEASON OF AUGUST IS WHEN THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THEIR, UM, MUSIC MADE, LIKE THE CONCERTS AND STUFF.
THEY'RE FINISHING OUT THE CONCERT YEAR AND GETTING READY FOR OCTOBER FEST.
UM, SO WE WOULD JUST CHECK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE DON'T FOLLOW ANY OF THEIR STUFF.
WELL, AND I'M INTERESTED IN THE OPENING OF THE BUILDING.
SO WHEN DO WE HAVE A TENTATIVE OPENING OF THE BUILDING? YEAH.
2030 NINTH OF WHAT DAY? 2030
I THOUGHT THAT WAS, I'M JUST KIDDING.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERNAL, LIKE ISN'T IT LIKE THE SECOND QUARTER? UH, THE FOURTH QUARTER.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL DATE YET.
UM, BUT ONCE WE DO, WE CAN LET YOU KNOW.
NOW, DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE OF THIS EVENT, THAT WILL DICTATE A LOT BECAUSE THAT MEAN WE WOULD NEED TO BUDGET AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.
SO, I MEAN, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUGUST, IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF AN EXISTING EVENT.
AUGUST? NO, I, I'M, THAT'S, THAT'S THE NATIONAL DATE.
BUT I'M INTERESTED IN WHEN WE REOPEN, DOING IT WITH THE OPENING.
SO WE HAVE THE OPENING AND THEN PEOPLE GO DOWNTOWN AND HAVE LIKE, THEY CAN GO HAVE LUNCH SOMEWHERE THAT'S GIVING THE SENIORS A DISCOUNT THAT DAY BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE TOLD ME THEY WILL, OR, UH, I'M INTERESTED IN A THING THAT I DON'T THINK IS EXPENSIVE, BUT IT MAY BE LIKE A,
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A MAP OF DOWNTOWN, WHICH I, I WENT IN THAT CENTER.I WENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN OFFICE AFTER I LEFT LAST MONTH.
BUT A MAP THAT WOULD SHOW IF YOU WALK, TAKE THIS ROUTE, IT'S ONE MILE, TAKE THIS ROUTE, IT'S TWO MILES, TAKE THIS ROUTE, IT'S THREE MILES.
IT COULD BE USED FOR ANYBODY, BUT THE SENIORS MIGHT COME OUT OF THAT CENTER AND TAKE A WALK.
I, I, YOU KNOW, SO, AND AGAIN, MAYBE THIS ISN'T A GOOD YEAR.
MAYBE WE START THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR A YEAR FROM NOW, BUT I'M REAL INTERESTED IN, IN THE, AS YOU KNOW, ONE FOURTH OF THE CITIZENS OF GOD AND Y'ALL KEEP TELLING ME YOU'RE SENIORS.
SO I THINK IF WE, IF WE HAVE CONCERTS IN THE DOWNTOWN, WE CAN HAVE A ONE SENIOR DAY A YEAR.
SO SOCIAL REALLY INVITES THEM.
ANITA HAS WRITTEN UP AND SHE AND SHE WILL PASS IT OUT.
THIS IS FOOD FOR THOUGHT TODAY.
WE'LL, ONE, BRING IT BACK UP LATER AND IF, IF NOBODY'S INTERESTED, I HAVE OTHER THINGS IN MY LIFE TOO.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST, I'M INTERESTED.
I'M, I'M JUST, I GOT INTERESTED IN IT AND I, WHEN I LEARNED THERE WAS A NATIONAL DAY AND THEN I'M INTERESTED IN GARLAND BECOME A SENIOR FRIENDLY TOWN THAT ACTUALLY THERE'S A BOARD FOR THAT.
AND ACTUALLY GET THE DESIGNATION.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW TILL JOHN SPOKE TODAY THAT THERE WAS THE DEMENTIA FRIENDLY DESIGNATION.
SO I JUST THINK GARLAND COULD DO THOSE THINGS AND THE COMMISSION COULD HELP.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TELL YOU, IF YOU THINK AUGUST IS KIND OF TOO HOT, MAY IS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH.
SO YOU COULD MAYBE POTENTIALLY GO AROUND THAT.
PLUS THERE'S ACTIVE AGING WEEK.
AS IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND MOVES INTO EARLY OCTOBER.
SO THOSE ARE OTHER, UM, SENIOR FRIENDLY TIMES
SO, BUT I JUST WANT THE CENTER TO BE REALLY CELEBRATED.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE FAMILIES WOULD COME AND BRING THEIR SENIORS, BRING THEIR PARENTS OR FAMILY MEMBERS.
BRING THEIR PARENTS, BRING THEIR PARENTS.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST VISIT US AND BRING YOUR PARENT.
IT'S MORE LIKE GRANDPARENTS, BUT, OKAY.
UH, SO JUST THIS IS SOMETHING, THINK ABOUT IT WOULD BE WORK AND WE HAVE TO GET PERMISSIONS AND, AND THE SCENE, THE EVENTS, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO ENDORSE IT AND BE INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THESE THINGS AND WE DON'T.
AND UH, AND YOU GUYS AND AND US AND US WE KNOW HOW TO DO 'EM TOO.
YOU KNOW HOW TO, YOU, WE GOT, YOU.
WE'RE TALKING A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS.
ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY.
UM, SO, UH, WE UH, APPROVED A CITY PRESS ARTICLE FOR SENIORS IN THE KNOW ON BRAIN HEALTH.
I HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD BACK, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE IN THE CITY PRESS OR NOT IN MAY.
USUALLY THEY SEND IT TO US TO APPROVE, TO LOOK AT.
I HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT YET, SO, BUT I HAVEN'T SAID, THEY HAVEN'T SAID THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.
AND THEN THE DEADLINE FOR THE JULY ONE IS MAY 15TH.
AND, UH, VENITA, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? I WAS THINKING SOMETHING, ALTHOUGH ONE YOU ENCOURAGED ME TO THINK ABOUT WAS ALL THE SERVICES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT IS ONE THAT AFTER WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE FIRE, THE SMOKE DETECTORS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE OR DIFFERENT OR BEFORE THAT OR? NO, I WAS THINKING NOT NOT NECESSARILY FOR JULY, BUT WHAT, UH, MR. MCNAIR SHARED WITH US.
I, I THINK THAT, YEAH, I THINK THAT'D BE A REAL GOOD THING WITHOUT ALLUDING TO HIS PRACTICE, BUT THE RESOURCES AND THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, I MEANT TO LOOK LIKE 10 DIFFERENT TIMES AND I DIDN'T TO SEE IF WE EVEN HAVE A CERTIFIED ELDER LAWYER IN GARLAND.
AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY DOESN'T DO ESTATE PLANNING.
HE'S LIKE, NO, I WANT ALL THESE PEOPLE TO CALL ME AND DO THAT WITH ME.
BUT, UM, HE, HE JUST, AGAIN, HE CARES ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE OF, AND HE DIDN'T MENTION TODAY, BUT HE HAS SHARED WITH ME HE DOES A LOT OF WORK WHERE CHILDREN ARE STEALING THE MONEY OF THEIR PARENTS AND HE DOES A LOT OF WORK ON HELPING THEM
SO IT, BUT SO SOMETHING ALONG, THERE'S THE NATIONAL ELDER LAWYER THINGS, SO WE COULD PUT IT SOURCES FROM THERE AND SOME OF THE SOURCES HE'S GIVEN.
SO, UH, LET'S SEE, THE SEPTEMBER DEADLINE IS IN JULY 18TH, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ONE ABOUT THE HEALTH FAIR FOR SURE.
AND SO, UM, AND I WAS WONDERING, AND I'M GONNA ASK JESSE IF AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY ARTICLE THAT WE PUT IN SENIORS IN THE KNOW, IF WE COULD HAVE A TINY, TINY QR CODES, THE
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TINY QR, LITTLE QR CODES FOR OUR BLAST AND SURVEY AT THE END OF EVERY ARTICLE.YES, BUT I THINK THE LINK WILL BE EASIER.
'CAUSE IF YOU'RE ON YOUR PHONE, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE.
SO, SO IF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE LINKS, UH, THE LINKS FOR THE QR, IT'LL BE THE INTEREST SURVEY, EMAIL BLAST, AND THE SURVEY AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY ARTICLE FROM NOW ON.
ANYTHING, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT CITY PRESS? UH, MOVING ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IN MAY WE HAVE THE, UH, SOCIAL WORKER FOR THE CITY NAMED MELISSA.
AND SHE'S GONNA COME AND MATT'S GONNA COME WITH HER IN JUNE.
WE HAD THE ENVISION, UH, VISION REHABILITATION CENTER THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HAVING.
AND WE NEED TO NAIL DOWN WHO'S GONNA BE THE HOST FOR THAT.
WHO'S GONNA CONTACT THEM AND ASK THEM IF THEY CAN COME IN JUNE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S HAPPENED YET.
SO VENITA OR KATHLEEN, UM, WILL ONE OF YOU, UH, VOLUNTEER TO BE THE HOST FOR THE ENVISION VISION REHABILITATION? THIS IS PEOPLE THAT WE MET AT THE HEALTH FAIR LAST YEAR.
WILL KATHLEEN, WILL YOU VOLUNTEER TO BE THE HOST FOR KATHLEEN WILL.
KATHLEEN, IF YOU'LL CONTACT THEM AND SEE IF THEY CAN COME IN JUNE.
OR TALK TO ME KATHLEEN, IF YOU YEAH, IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA.
I AROUND AND MET 'EM AND THEN THEY CAME, CAME OUT TO THE TABLE AGENDA.
YEAH, IT'S INVIS ENVISION VISION REHABILITATION CENTER.
IS THAT THE ONE IN CARROLLTON? AND THEN THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I WANNA GO OVER.
WE DON'T NEED TO GO OVER EVERY MONTH FROM HERE ON OUT, BUT IN JULY THIS FOURTH, THIS FOURTH CELEBRATION IS ON FRIDAY AND IN DECEMBER, THE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE IS ON FRIDAY.
SO NEITHER ONE OF THOSE WOULD PREVENT US FROM MEETING IN JULY AND DECEMBER.
SO I WANT TO SAY, WELL, BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE THE PARKING CLOSED OFF STARTING TUESDAY.
NOT IN THE BUILDINGS, NOT IN THE PARKING GARAGE.
VENDOR SET UP STARTS AT LIKE NINE IN THE MORNING.
BUT THEY START THE BARRICADE LIKE TWO OR THREE DAYS EARLY, WHICH MEANS EVERYTHING.
WELL IT WON'T, THEY WON'T SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL NEED TO GET IN OUT.
UM, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY STILL HAVE A MEETING ON THURSDAY.
'CAUSE TYPICALLY WE DIDN'T HAVE IT ON THURSDAY IN, UM, DECEMBER BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ACTUAL DAY OF THE EVENT.
AND THEN THEY WERE PUTTING UP HARD BARRICADES FOR THE STREETS.
AND OUR BYLAWS DO SAY WE MEET 12 TIMES A YEAR.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A MONTH, WE'LL HAVE A MEETING JULY 7TH.
NO, I'M ASKING BECAUSE THUS FAR WE'VE NEVER HAD A MEETING IN JULY AND DECEMBER.
BUT WE CAN, BECAUSE WE CAN ALL WALK A BLOCK IF WE HAVE TO PARK A BLOCK AWAY TO GET TO THE MEETING.
I THINK THE DINNER IN DECEMBER, WELL LUNCH IS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS GOOD.
DECEMBER'S METER, THAT ONE METER EAT.
SO DOES DO, DO YOU ALL WANT TO HAVE A JULY? WE'LL START WITH JUST JULY, A JULY MEETING.
I WON'T BE IN ADDITION TO ORTON INSTEAD OF, WE'VE NEVER HAD A JULY MEETING AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION.
SO WHY WOULDN'T WE NOW WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR CHANGING IT? BECAUSE OF THE BARRICADES AND AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THE BUILDING.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WE HAVEN'T MET IN THE PAST.
YES, BECAUSE WE HAD A 4TH OF JULY EVENT.
WE MIGHT HAVE SHORTER MEETINGS IF WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE ONE MORE MEETING.
THAT'S THE ONLY ADVANTAGE PROBABLY NOT, MAYBE NOT.
AND NO, I WAS ASKING WHY WOULDN'T WE CHANGE IT TO HAVING A MEETING? BECAUSE WE CAN, AND OUR BYLAWS SAY WE MEET 12 TIMES A YEAR AND WE DON'T.
WHO WANTS TO HAVE A MEETING IN JULY? RAISE YOUR HANDS,
IF YOU HAVEN'T SUBMITTED DISORDER MEETING YOUR APPLICATION TO DECEMBER.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION TO, UM, IF, IF YOU ARE NO, EVERYBODY HAS TO RIGHT? EVERY, NO, EVERY, IT'S JUST THE ONES THAT ARE, THE ONES THAT ARE BEING ELECTED.
IF THEY APPOINTED YOU AND YOU WANNA STAY ON THE COMMISSION AND YOU HAVEN'T SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION, PLEASE DO.
SO IS THERE AN ELECTION IN MAY? YES.
THERE IS AN ELECTION IN MAY, BUT IT'S ONLY, IT IS ONLY FOR DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL? NO.
I KNOW, BUT ONLY, ONLY DISTRICT FIVE IS HAVING A ACTUAL VOTE.
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AND FOUR.FOUR AND ONE MORE TWO, I THINK.
BUT WE CAN SUBMIT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT AFTER FIRST IF YOU WANT.
YOU STILL HAVE TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION.
YOU STILL HAVE TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION IF YOU'RE IN ANY OF THOSE FOUR DISTRICTS.
LIKE ME, I'M DISTRICT ONE, SO I HAVE SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION.
SO NOT IF OUR TERM IS EXPIRING, BUT IF THERE'S A NEW PERSON COMING IN.
'CAUSE LAST TIME YOU ARE DIFFERENT TIED TO THEIR TERMS. YEAH, WE'RE TIED TO WHO'S EVER IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO I DO HAVE A NEW PERSON COMING INTO TWO.
BUT SEE, BUT YOU'RE THE MAYOR AND, AND SO YOU DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING.
ANYTHING ELSE? HAVE WE, I'M SORRY, I MUST HAVE MISSED IT.
DID Y'ALL APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST TIME? YEP.
UM, AT 1106, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.