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I'M WAY TOO BUSY.OKAY GUYS, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
SO EVERYONE COULD TAKE A SEAT PLEASE.
SO FIRST ON OUR AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 24TH MEETING.
SO GUYS WANNA LOOK TO THE SECOND PAGE PLEASE.
SO MAIN THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR LAST MEETING.
WE DID A CITY COUNCIL MEET AND GREET.
WE GOT TO KNOW, UH, GARLAND STATE COUNCIL MEMBER JOE THOMAS, JR.
HE DISCUSSED HOW SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL MEANS PUTTING OTHERS ABOVE SELF AND HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL CURRENT INITIATIVES WHICH ARE AIMED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS IN GARLAND.
UM, WE ALSO HAD TALKED ABOUT OUR RECRUITMENT CHALLENGE KICKOFF.
SO THE FIRST TWO, THE TOP TWO GYC MEMBERS WHO RECRUIT THE MOST APPLICANTS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WE'RE SEEING A PRIZE.
UH, THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR NEW APPLICANTS FOR NEXT YEAR IS MAY 31ST.
AND THEN WE BROKE OUT INTO OUR COMMITTEE GROUPS WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE UPCOMING FIELD DAY EVENTS, UM, SUCH AS THE EVENT WE HAVE NEXT WEEK SATURDAY.
AND WE PLAN A STATION FOR ACTIVITIES, FOOD REGISTRATION, PROMOTION, AND VOLUNTEERS.
UM, AND THE LAST THING WE DISCUSSED WAS THE UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT LAST MEETING? NO.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY, MARCH 24TH MEETING.
DOES ANYONE SECOND THE MOTION? I SECOND.
UM, ALL IS IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, SO TODAY WE'LL GET TO KNOW, UH, GARLAND MAYOR DYLAN HENDRICK SO EVERYONE CAN ROUND APPLAUSE.
I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE ENJOYING YOUR COUNCIL.
I KNOW YOU GUYS DO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES.
IT'S GREAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT COME AND TALK TO YOU.
IT'S JOE WEARING HIS LOS ANGELES DODGERS HAT LAST TIME.
YEAH, HE WAS PROBABLY, I BELIEVE SO.
YEAH, YOU GOTTA GET HIM A NEW HAT.
SO, BUT THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
THEY ASKED YOU TO COME AND TALK A LITTLE BIT, KIND OF A ABBREVIATED STATE OF THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE, HAVE A STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS OR, AND THE, UH, MAYOR SOMETIMES WE GIVE A STATE OF THE CITY TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.
I GAVE ONE A FEW MONTHS AGO, MAYBE A MONTH OR TWO AGO AT THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE ACTIVITY.
I'D LOVE TO JUST GO OVER SOME OF THOSE THINGS WITH YOU THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW.
SO FIRST THING IS, UH, ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN BERLIN, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN AS A RESULT OF OUR 2019 POND PROGRAM WHOLE FOR RECREATION AND AQUATICS CENTER THAT OPENED UP LAST SUMMER.
IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GO OVER THERE TO THAT NEW REC CENTER AND THEY HAVE AN INDOOR WALKING TRACK, THEY HAVE AN AQUATICS CENTER WITH A LAZY RIVER AND SLIDES AND IT'S A REAL NICE AQUATIC CENTER.
WE'VE DONE, UM, A WEST GARLAND LIBRARY, A BRAND NEW LIBRARY THAT RECENTLY OPENED UP, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE BIG STAINED GLASS AND THE, THE LIGHT THAT COMES IN IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE STAINED GLASS.
OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTED.
ALL NEW EXTERIOR, ALL NEW FACADE, UH, KIDS AREA DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
ALL NEW INSIDE IN THAT AREA IS TOTALLY RENOVATED.
THERE'S A PODCAST STUDIO IN THERE.
THERE'S A MAKER SPACE WITH 3D PRINTERS MORE, YOU KNOW, LIBRARY'S NOT JUST BOOKS ANYMORE.
IT'S ALL THIS KIND OF NEW STUFF.
SO WE'VE DONE GREAT THINGS AT, AT TWO NEW LIBRARIES SOUTH COVERING LIBRARY AND NEXT BUDGET SEASON WE HAVE SOME MONEY TO RENOVATE THE INTERIOR.
WE'VE ALSO DONE THE OUTSIDE OF NORTH GARLAND RANCH LIBRARY TOO.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE BIG YELLOW LIBRARY SIGN RIGHT ACROSS FROM WINTERS PARK AND WOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE.
SO, GREAT THINGS YOU'RE DOING THERE.
JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO WE OPENED UP A NEW PARK IN GARLAND.
IT'S AT THE BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER.
SO HAS ANYONE PLAYED TENNIS IN HERE? TENNIS FAN? YEAH.
IT'S A BRAND NEW TENNIS FACILITY.
IT'S, WE HOPE TO HOST TOURNAMENTS THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN COME AND, UH, BRING OUT OF TOWN PEOPLE TO, TO OUR CITY.
SO THEY'LL COME SPEND THEIR MONEY IN HERE, SPEND THEIR TAX DOLLARS HERE, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, ENJOY A NICE TENNIS FACILITY.
THEY HAVE LESSONS THERE AND YOU CAN RENT OUT THE COURTS IF YOU WANT TO USE THEM YOURSELF.
SO WE HAVE THAT BRAND NEW TENNIS FACILITY AND OUR OLD TENNIS FACILITY IS TURNING INTO PICKLEBALL COURTS.
SO IF YOU ANYONE PLAY PICKLEBALL? YEAH, PLAY PICKLEBALL.
SO THAT OLD FACILITY WILL NOW BE, THEY'LL TURN THOSE COURTS INTO PICKLEBALL COURTS.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING WE GET REQUESTED FOR PREPARATION IS PICKLEBALL.
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IN GARLAND CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THOSE SURF AND SWIM.WHO'S BEEN TO THE OLD SOURCE AND SWIM? DO YOU, WERE YOU EVER SWIM WITH THE OLD CIRCUIT SWIM WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER? SO IT'S BEEN CLOSED DOWN FOR A COUPLE YEARS WHILE THEY'RE REBUILDING IT.
BUT THIS SUMMER FOR THIS SWIM SEASON, IT'S GOING TO OPEN UP AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ALL NEW SURFACE WIND.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE OUR BIGGEST WATER AQUATIC FACILITY IN GARLAND.
IT'LL HAVE ANOTHER LAZY RIVER AND IT'LL HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A WAVE RIDER.
IF YOU EVER BEEN TO SLITTER BOND, YOU CAN DROP IN ON A BOOKING BOARD AND ACTUALLY LIKE SURF.
AND IT HAS JETS THAT PUSH WATER BACK AT YOU.
SO IT'LL BE LIKE A, A REAL SURF AS CALLED SURFACE WHEN WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A REAL SURF TYPE, UH, TYPE FEATURE THERE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE.
THAT SHOULD BE VERY SOON COMING UP WITHIN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO, WE HOPE TO OPEN THAT UP FOR SWIM SEASON BY THE TIME ALL THE SWIMMING STARTS.
AND RIGHT AT MEMORIAL DAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FIRE STATIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
WE OPENED UP FIRE STATION SIX LAST YEAR.
THIS IS RIGHT OFF OF GEORGE BUSH.
HAS A BIG RED SIX IN THE FRONT, RIGHT BETWEEN CAMPBELL AND PULFORD ROAD ON GEORGE BUSH.
WE HAVE TWO OTHER FIRE STATIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION TOO.
CENTRAL FIRE STATION, WHICH IS REAL CLOSE TO HERE.
IT'S JUST NORTH RIGHT UP THERE.
AND FIRE STATION SEVEN, WHICH IS ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE'RE BUILDING A LOT OF THINGS IN GARDEN.
ALL OF OUR CITY FACILITIES, WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THEM ALL UP.
THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS WHO VOTED YES TO GIVE US THE MONEY TO ALLOW US TO BUILD THESE NEW FACILITIES.
YOU GUYS ARE A LONG WAY FROM THIS, BUT OUR SENIOR CENTER IN GARLAND, WE HAVE A SENIOR CENTER, JUST LIKE REC CENTER.
WE HAVE A SENIOR CENTER THAT YOU HAVE TO BE 55 OR OLDER TO GO TO.
SO YOU GUYS ARE A LONG WAY FROM THAT.
BUT WE HAD AN OLD SENIOR CENTER BUILDING.
YOU'RE STILL, I'M CLOSER, A LOT CLOSER THAN YOU GUYS.
SO WE HAVE A SENIOR CENTER BUILDING.
WE WERE GOING TO RENOVATE IT, BUT WHEN WE GOT INTO IT, WE REALIZED IT'D BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO JUST TEAR IT DOWN WITH AS MANY PROBLEMS AS WE FOUND AND REBUILD A NEW ONE.
IT IS JUST SOUTH OF OUR DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND THE BIG, THE STEEL BEAMS ARE UP RIGHT NOW AND WE HOPE TO OPEN THAT ONE UP BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO NEW SENIOR CENTER, YOU CAN TELL YOUR GRANDPA AND GRANDMA TO GO IF THAT'LL BE OPEN SOON.
UH, WE'VE DONE A LOT IN UH, AROUND GARLAND.
WE ARE STARTING A PROGRAM TO BEAUTIFY OUR STREET MEDIANS AND CORRIDORS.
SO ALONG WITH OUR STREETS THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE A PLAN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO FIX OUR STREETS, FIX POTHOLES, RESIDENTIAL STREETS, ALLEYS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE THE CORRIDORS THE MAIN INTERSECTIONS MORE BEAUTIFUL.
WE WANT TO FIX UP THE LOOK OF THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE MAIN ENTRANCES TO OUR CITY.
AND WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH GARLAND, WE WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, YOU HAVE ARRIVED IN GARLAND.
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE COMING FROM DALLAS TO GARLAND OR MESQUITE GARLAND OR RICHARDSON TO GARLAND OR WHEREVER.
WE WANNA KNOW WHEN YOU COME ACROSS OUR BORDER, YOU ARE IN GARLAND.
SO AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, BIG MAIN INTERSECTIONS AROUND THE CITY, RIGHT AT THOSE ENTRANCES WHERE WE'RE CONSTRUCTED THE MEDIANS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BIG, UH, KIND OF A STATUE OR A BIG SIGN SAYING GARLAND ON IT AND IT'S GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS AND OUR, OUR FIRE WHEEL SYMBOL.
SO YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ARRIVED HERE IN GARDEN.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS LOOK AND FEEL OF OUR CITY A LOT NICER WITH THESE KIND OF, THESE NEW, UH, THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION AROUND ALL OF OUR INTERSECTIONS.
SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
A LOT THAT'S BEEN BUILDING IN GARDEN.
AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE A NEW EXCITING PROJECTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, LET US KNOW.
BECAUSE I IMAGINE IN THE FUTURE WE'LL BE HAVING ANOTHER BOND PROGRAM.
WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR ONGOING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.
THAT'S HOW WE PAY FOR THESE BIG IMPROVEMENTS EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S PART OF OUR BUDGETING PROCESS THAT WE DO.
SO BUDGETING BIG PROJECTS LIKE THAT INTO OUR BUDGET IS KIND OF AS PART OF WHAT WE DECIDE AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON CITY COUNCIL.
HOW TO SPEND THE TAX DOLLARS THAT YOU PAY WHENEVER YOU GO TO THE STORE.
YOUR PARENTS PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT PROJECTS, WHAT DO WE WANT TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON.
SO YOUR INPUT IS VALUABLE INTO THAT PROCESS.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING IN GARLAND OR ANYTHING ELSE, I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PROJECT THAT YOU'VE WORKED ON? SO I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER.
I DO CIVIL ENGINEERING AND THAT'S A LOT OF ROADS AND STREETS AND ALL THESE BIG FANCY PROJECTS ARE, THEY GET ALL THE HEADLINES AND ALL THE PRETTY PICTURES.
WE HAVE A FEW DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT I THINK ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE I'M AN ENGINEER, I DO DRAINAGE WORK.
'CAUSE WHEN SOMEONE'S HOUSE FLOODS, THAT'S CATASTROPHIC, RIGHT? SO THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT DON'T DO AS MUCH DEPRECIATION.
I BUILD STREETS AND DESIGN STREETS.
LIVING TO THE STREETS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE CITY.
THAT'S HOW YOU GET AROUND EVERYWHERE.
THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE ONES, YOU
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KNOW, AND THE FLASHY PARKS AND STUFF, THEY GET ALL THE PRETTY PICTURES BUT THE STREETS AND THE DRAIN, I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TOO.WHAT'S THE NEWEST PROJECT Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON? THE NEWEST PROJECT.
I MEAN THERE'S SOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW THAT I TALKED ABOUT THAT SURF AND SWIM IS ALMOST READY TO BE.
I MEAN WE'RE ABOUT READY TO CUT THE RIBBON ON THAT IN ABOUT A WEEK FIRE, OR EXCUSE ME, A MONTH OR SO.
SO THAT'S, THAT'LL BE BRAND NEW.
UH, THE UH, THE TENNIS FACILITY WAS THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT WE HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING ON.
ABOUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO LIKE, KIND OF LIKE THE PROCESS, LIKE HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? SO YOU TALKED, HOW LONG DOES THE PROCESS TAKE TO DO IT ALL? SO THESE PROJECTS WERE CONCEIVED THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS ARE WE GONNA ASK GO TO THE VOTERS FOR BACK IN 2019.
SO THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, A BOND STUDY COMMITTEE THAT WE DECIDED A BUNCH OF CITIZENS GOT TOGETHER, DECIDED THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE TO THE VOTERS AND LET THEM VOTE ON.
PART OF THAT WAS THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER.
HAS ANYONE BEEN TO THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER? ANYONE? ALL THAT SHELTER.
HAS ANYONE ADOPTED A PET FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER? I HAVE A CAT FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
YOU GOT A DOG THERE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT SIMPSON SAID, WE HAVE AN OLD SHADOW SHELTER.
IT WAS JUST A CONCRETE BUILT IN THE FIFTIES.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.
SO THOSE POOR ANIMALS OUT IN THE SUMMER ARE IN THE WINTER TIME WHEN IT'S COLD.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY AIR CONDITIONING.
SO THEY, UH, WE DECIDED THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.
SO THAT WAS ONE WE PUT FORWARD.
STREETS ARE ALWAYS POPULAR 'CAUSE EVERYONE WANTS BETTER STREETS.
UH, NEW DOWNTOWN SQUARE WAS PART OF THAT.
THREE FIRE STATIONS A PART OF THAT.
SO ALL THOSE PROJECTS GOT DECIDED.
THEN IT WENT TO THE VOTE FOR THE VOTERS.
THE VOTERS THANKFULLY SAID YES.
THAT ALLOWED THE CITY TO SELL BONDS.
THAT'S HOW THE CITY'S LIKE TAKING A LOAN.
WE SELL BONDS TO GET THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THESE PROJECTS.
SO ONCE IT WAS VOTED ON IN 2019, WE GOT THE MONEY, THEN THE DESIGN WORK STARTED.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER TWO, THREE YEARS FOR THE ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTS TO DESIGN.
AND THEN ANOTHER 18 MONTHS TO GET CONSTRUCTED.
AND THEN YOU FINALLY GET TO OPEN IT.
SO IT COULD TAKE FIVE TO SIX YEARS FROM THE TIME YOU ACTUALLY START THINKING ABOUT A PROJECT TO WHEN IT'S FINALLY OPENED.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
MY FIRST ONE IS LIKE, YOU TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE NEW PROJECTS MM-HMM
OR THE ONES THAT WILL BE COMING ALSO.
WHICH ONE, LIKE OUT OF THOSE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, DO YOU THINK IS GONNA BE MOST IMPACTFUL ON OUR CITY? AND THEN MY SECOND ONE IS LIKE IF I WANTED TO INSTALL LIKE AN ORGANIZATION OR AT LIKE A CHANGE OR SOMETHING AND LIKE ONE OF THE GARLAND LIKE WRECKS OR LIKE, LIKE A LAW OR LIKE SOMETHING ELSE I WANNA BRING ATTENTION TO.
HOW WOULD I DO THAT? ALRIGHT, SO THE MOST IMPACTFUL ONE, OUR FIRE STATIONS ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL ONE.
WE HAVE 11 FIRE STATIONS, IS THAT RIGHT? 11 FIRE STATIONS AROUND THE CITY AND THEY PUT THOSE IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY.
THEY HAVE THE BEST RESPONSE TIME.
SO WHEN YOU CALL 9 1 1, YOU'RE GONNA GET A FIRE ENGINE COMING FROM ONE OF THOSE FIRE STATIONS.
SO IF WE PUT THEM IN PLACES WHERE WE CAN GET THE QUICKEST RESPONSE TIME TO WHERE YOU'RE CALLED.
SO HAVING A NEW FIRE STATION AND TAKING CARE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THE NEW FIRE STATIONS, THE OLD ONES, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD SLEEP THERE 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A 24 HOUR SHIFT.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO SLEEP IN THE OLD FIRE STATIONS BUT HAVE JUST A BIG ROOM WITH BEDS IN IT.
SO ALL THE FIREMEN SLEPT TOGETHER.
WELL IF ONE HAD A COLD OR SOMETHING DURING COVID, THEY GOT ALL EVERYONE SICK.
NOW THE NEW FIRE STATIONS, THEY HAVE LITTLE INDIVIDUAL DORMITORY ROOMS WHERE THEY CAN SLEEP AND SEPARATE THEMSELVES AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEAR THAT OTHER FIREMEN SNORING NEXT TO YOU 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN ROOM, RIGHT? SO YOU GET BETTER SLEEP, YOU'RE FUNNY.
SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS, TAKING CARE OF A FIREMEN, IT'S GOING INTO THE NEW DESIGN OF THESE FACILITIES.
SO THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE.
ANIMAL SHELTER IS BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR.
THEY GOT THE MOST VOTES FROM THE VOTERS.
AND, BUT THINKING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING YOU WOULD'VE PUT IN PLACE, YOU GOTTA TALK TO ME, YOU GOTTA TALK TO COUNCIL AND BEARD.
YOU GOTTA BRING IT UP WITH US AND THEN WE LIKELY WILL TAKE IT TO ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES.
IT'LL GET, I GUESS GET DISCUSSED AT ONE OF OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
THEY'LL THINK ABOUT IT, THEY'LL REFINE IT, THEY'LL GO OVER IT WITH THE LAWYERS AND IF IT'S GOOD THEY'LL BRING IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR A VOTE.
UH, WHAT TYPE OF MAJOR WOULD YOU, UM, LIKE WOULD YOU RECOMMEND I PURSUE ONCE I GO TO COLLEGE? TO BE A CIVIL ENGINEER? IF YOU WANNA BE A CIVIL ENGINEER.
SO LIKE, AND LIKE ANY OTHER, LIKE OTHER THAN THE OBVIOUS CIVIL ENGINEER.
YEAH, A LOT OF MATH AND SCIENCE.
YOU WANNA DO A, A LOT OF MATH AND SCIENCE.
PHYSICS IS GREAT 'CAUSE YOU DO IT A LOT WITH PHYSICS.
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ALL RIGHT.AND I WILL SHOW THEM THE VIDEO.
DON'T LAUGH, DON'T LAUGH TOO HARD.
I HAVE TO RUN TO PLAY REHEARSAL PRACTICE.
I'M GONNA FUNDRAISER PLAY THIS WEEKEND FOR GOOD SAMARITAN.
SO IT'S A MURDER MYSTERY PLAY.
SO WE'LL SEE IF I'M THE MURDERER OR NOT.
OKAY, NEXT ON AGENDA, WE'LL GET TO KNOW GARLAND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS, BE EVERYONE.
Y'ALL BARELY CAUGHT ME BEING ON COUNCIL.
THIS IS THE END OF MY SECOND YEAR OF MY FULL TERM.
MAY 12TH WILL BE MY LAST DAY ON COUNCIL.
I'M HAVING SOME HEALTH ISSUES, SO I'M STEPPING ASIDE.
BUT OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT IS JUSTIN CARAWAY AND HE IS FROM THIS AREA, GREW UP JUST DOWN THE STREET AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HIS KIDS RIGHT HERE IN THIS REC CENTER.
SO, UM, HE'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL TO TAKE OVER.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GIVEN SOME QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO ANSWER.
SO I WAS ASKED WHAT COUNSEL SERVING ON COUNCIL MEANS TO ME.
UM, IT'S BEEN A VERY HUMBLING AND EYEOPENING EXPERIENCE.
I NEVER THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS SOMEBODY THAT WOULD RUN FOR CUSTODY COUNCIL.
IN FACT, I, AND THE ONLY REASON I DID RUN IS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WHY AREN'T YOU RUNNING FOR COUNCIL? AND WHEN IT GOT TO BE FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE SAYING, WHY AREN'T YOU RUNNING FOR COUNCIL? AND THEN I RE LOOKED AT MY RESUME AND WENT, OH, I'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR COUNCIL APPARENTLY FOR WHOLE LIFE.
IT IS, IT IS A LOT OF WORK FOR EACH OF OUR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
WE EACH SERVE APPROXIMATELY 35,000 PEOPLE IN EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS.
SO GARLAND'S A BIG CITY AND WE'VE ONLY GOT EIGHT DISTRICTS.
UM, SO WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF, A LOT OF COMPLAINING
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO SEE WHAT THE REAL CONCERNS FOR THE DISTRICT ARE.
UM, I SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SO I KNEW MOST OF THOSE COMPLAINTS ON A SMALLER LEVEL, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE JUST HOW FAR SPREAD A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WERE.
SO MY BIG THING WHILE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, MY BIG INITIATIVES HAS BEEN ONE CLEAN UP THE AREA.
AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN EYESORE FOR YEARS AND A COUPLE OF THOSE HAVE BEEN ON FEDERAL LAND.
AND I'VE NEVER REALIZED WHAT STEPS HAD TO BE TAKEN TO CLEAN UP FEDERAL LAND, SUCH AS AROUND RAILROAD TRACKS.
AND UM, IF YOU JUST GO IN AND CLEAN UP, SAY, OH LOOK, THERE'S TRASH ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS, I'M GONNA GO CLEAN IT UP.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING DOING THAT.
UM, THE RAILROAD DOES NOT CARE IF YOU'VE GOT GOOD INTENTIONS OR NOT.
THEY JUST DON'T WANT YOU ON THEIR TRACKS.
SO WE DID GET A COUPLE OF AREAS CLEANED UP THAT ARE AT THE END OF A COUPLE OF OUR RAILROAD TRACKS IN DOWNTOWN THAT WERE JUST HORRIBLE.
BUT MY MAIN THING I WANT FOR DISTRICT TWO AND FOR THE CITY, AND I'VE SAID THIS A LOT, IT'S NO VACANT LOTS AND NO EMPTY BUILDINGS.
UM, ALL OF OUR PARK, PARK REGULAR PARKS AND UH, FIRE STATIONS AND ALL ARE JUST FABULOUS.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT IN THE CITY.
BUT WE NEED TAXING TAX DOLLARS.
AND THE WAY WE'RE GONNA GET TAX DOLLARS IS TO
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HAVE PRIVATE CITIZENS AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES COME IN AND INCREASE OUR SALES TAX AND OUR TAX LOAD.SO THEY'RE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES THAT VACANT LOT THAT'S AT THE CORNER OF THIS, OF WHATEVER STREET.
IF IT'S A VACANT LOT, IT'S NOT BRINGING IN MUCH, MUCH TAX MONEY BECAUSE IT'S A VACANT LOT.
THERE'S NO TAX VALUE OR VERY MINIMAL TAX VALUE.
SO GETTING IT ESTABLISHED AS A BUILDING, AS A BUSINESS, THEN YOU'VE GOT PROPERTY TAX ON THE BUILDING.
YOU'VE GOT SALES TAX FROM THE BUSINESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I REALLY WORKED WITH A LOT OF CONTRACTORS AND A LOT OF BUSINESSES.
WE'VE GOT THREE NEW RESTAURANTS IN DOWNTOWN THAT I PERSONALLY, UM, HELPED GET TO DOWNTOWN.
UM, SO I'M REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT BRINGS IN A LOT OF SALES TAX.
UH, IT BRINGS IN A PLACE FOR US TO GO WHEN WE'RE DOWN ON THE SQUARE FOR A PLAY OR A CONCERT.
GIVES US A MORE VARIETY OF PLACES TO GO AND EAT.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL DEVELOPERS TO GET NEW HOMES BUILT IN DISTRICT TWO, UM, TO WE'RE WORK.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS TO SEE IF EITHER ONE OF 'EM WILL PUT, PUT IN A GROCERY STORE AT THE CORNER OF, UH, CENTERVILLE AND MILLER ROAD.
THERE'S A REALLY NICE 10 ACRE LOT THERE THAT A SMALL GROCERY STORE WOULD FIT PERFECTLY.
AND THERE'S FIXING TO BE 400 NEW HOUSES RIGHT THERE.
SO, UM, JUST PUT IT OUT THERE AND I CAN'T BUILD IT.
I CAN'T PROMISE THEM ANYTHING.
ALL I CAN DO IS SAY, HERE'S THE LAND AND Y'ALL DO THE MATH AND SEE IF IT WORKS FOR YOU.
BUT THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF, I DO A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS.
UM, NEVER THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF BEING ON CITY COUNCIL.
SO IT'S
UM, BUT I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED MY TWO YEARS.
I WISH I COULD STAY ON LONGER.
UM, I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT I COULD SERVE AS TO THE FULL EXTENT THAT I WOULD WANT TO.
UM, CITY COUNCIL CAN BE A FULL-TIME JOB.
UM, IT DOESN'T PAY YOU ANY MONEY.
WELL, I'M SORRY, IT PAYS YOU $85 A WEEK.
SO IF Y'ALL WANNA BE ON GARLAND CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND MAKE IT MAKE THOSE BIG BUCKS, IT IS $85 A WEEK.
AND YOU'RE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FOUR MEETINGS A MONTH TO GET THAT $85 A WEEK.
YOU MISS A MEETING, YOU DON'T GET THAT $85.
SO, UH,
AND IF YOU TURN 18, YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE, BE ON CITY COUNCIL.
I GUESS MY BIG QUESTION FOR ALL OF Y'ALL IS IT'S NOT WHO IS LOOKING TOWARDS A CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND PUBLIC SERVICE IS NOT JUST POLITICS.
PUBLIC SERVICE IS IN THE, IS NON-PROFIT.
IT'S SOCIAL WORK, IT'S PSYCHOLOGY, IT'S EDUCATION, IT'S WORKING IN REC CENTERS.
IT IS WORKING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A POLICE OFFICER OR A FIRE OFFICER FIREFIGHTER TO WORK IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT STAFF THERE TOO.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT CAREERS, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT AVENUES.
I NEVER PLANNED ON BEING DOING WHAT I DID.
THAT'S, I WAS GONNA BE A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.
THAT IS NOT HOW IT NEVER WORKED AT.
I DID TEACH ONE SEMESTER OF SPECIAL ED, THAT IS MY SCHOOL CAREER AND THAT WAS LONG BEFORE PROBABLY YOUR PARENTS WERE BORN.
SO MY CAREER JUST KIND OF WENT IN A WAY THAT I WASN'T EXPECTING IT TO GO AND THAT WAS THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE GONE.
SO DON'T GET, Y'ALL ARE TOO YOUNG TO BE LASER FOCUSED YET.
SO BE FOCUSED, BUT TAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT ALL OF Y'ALL ARE PART OF THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL.
WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR Y'ALL TO BE THERE.
UM, AND WE'RE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT ARE RETURNING, UM, UH, MEMBERS FROM LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I HAVE TO OPEN IT UP FOR Y'ALL TO ASK ME QUESTIONS.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, YOU SAID THAT LIKE, TO NOT BE LIKE LASER FOCUSED, LIKE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.
WHAT WERE LIKE ALL, I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE WHAT WERE THE JOBS THAT YOU DID BEFORE YOU BECAME LIKE A CITY COUNCIL? OKAY.
MY CAREER, I WAS PSYCH PSYCHOLOGIST BY DEGREE.
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I WAS GONNA BE A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST.THAT'S WHAT MY WHOLE GOAL WAS.
UH, THAT'S WHERE I WENT TO GRAD SCHOOL.
UH, THAT ACTUALLY TOOK A KIND OF A DETOUR AND I ENDED UP WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE DEAFBLIND.
AND SO I WENT BACK AND GOT A, MY ACTUAL, LIKE I WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND GOT A DEGREE IN DEAF BLIND REHABILITATION.
AND SO I DID THAT, WHICH MEANT I HAD TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE, I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO READ BRAILLE.
I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO WALK WITH A DOG, SEEING EYE DOG.
I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO TEACH SOMEBODY TO WALK WITH A CANE THAT WAS VISUALLY IMPAIRED, THAT SPENT A LOT OF HOURS BEING BLINDFOLDED AND EARPLUGS IN TO LEARN TO DO THAT STUFF.
'CAUSE I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, TO BE ABLE TO TEACH IT.
UM, WHEN I RETIRED, I TOOK EARLY RETIREMENT.
I HAD DONE ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
I WORKED FOR DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
I WORKED FOR, UM, A GUTTER COMPANY AND SOLD GUTTERS.
AND THEN I'M NOW ON CITY COUNCIL.
BUT, UM, I'VE ONLY HAD THREE PROFESSIONAL JOBS, BUT I HAVE WORKED, I DID ALL KIND, I'VE WORKED SINCE I WAS 14.
SO, BUT SINCE GRADUATING I'VE ONLY HAD THREE JOBS.
SO WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU'VE BEEN ESSENTIALLY LIKE PREPARING YOUR WHOLE LIFE FOR CITY COUNCIL, LIKE WHAT POINTS IN YOUR JOB OR EDUCATION MADE YOU REALIZE THAT? UM, I STARTED VOLUNTEERING WITH GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ACTUALLY I STARTED WITH GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I I WAS ON OUR CERT TEAM, WHICH IS, UH, CITIZENS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, LIKE IN 2019 98, 19 99 BECAUSE IT WAS BEFORE UM, NINE 11.
SO I STARTED THERE AND THEN I VOLUNTEERED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN I VOLUNTEER WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE GOT ABOUT 2000 HOURS VOLUNTEERING IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WAS PRESIDENT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MM-HMM
UM, I WAS INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL CITY COMMITTEES AND, UM, I, AND THINK I, I GUESS THE BEST WORD TO SAY IS A THINK TANK WHERE THEY BROUGHT COMMUNITY LEADERS TOGETHER AND SAID, OKAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? AND HOW YOU SHOULD WE APPROACH THAT? IT WASN'T A PLAN, IT JUST MM-HMM
I SPENT ALL THIS TIME WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I SPENT ALL THIS TIME WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I SPENT ALL THIS TIME AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, I HAVE VOLUNTEERED DOING THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS AND THIS, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
AND IT WAS LIKE, OH, I GUESS I AM QUALIFIED TO BE ON CITY COUNCIL
I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
I, LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T, THIS WAS NOT, THIS WAS NOT IN THE, THE PLAN.
UM, I RETIRED, I WAS DOING PART-TIME WORK, MY HUSBAND'S FIXING TO RETIRE.
WE WERE JUST LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TRAVEL.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET, I JUST, THIS KIND OF HIT AND I PROBABLY WOULD CONTINUE, BUT UM, I GOT SLAPPED WITH SOME MEDICAL ISSUES THAT ARE REQUIRING MY UNDIVIDED ATTENTION WHETHER I WANT TO THINK ABOUT 'EM OR NOT.
OH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW LIKE YOUR TIME WITH CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAD TO DO A LOT OF UNEXPECTED THINGS, UHHUH,
WHAT WAS LIKE THE MOST LIKE, UNEXPECTED OR LIKE SURPRISING THING YOU HAD TO DO? OH MY GOD, THERE'S SO MANY.
UM, THE WEIRDEST THING WAS BEING CALLED AT 5:58 AM BY SOMEBODY BECAUSE HIS NEIGHBOR'S BULK TRASH HAD NOT BEEN PICKED UP THE DAY BEFORE.
UM, UH, THE MOST SURPRISING THING, UM, I KNEW I'D BE DOING RIBBON CUTTINGS.
I KNEW I'D BE DOING GROUNDBREAKINGS.
I KNEW I'D BE SPEAKING AT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS.
UM, I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE MEETING WITH DEVELOPERS AS MUCH AS I DO.
UM, I KNEW THERE WOULD BE SOME MEETINGS LIKE THAT.
I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE IT WOULD BE AS MANY AS IT TRULY IS.
UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS IT DOES.
UM, IT, THIS CAN BE A TRULY FULL-TIME JOB IF YOU ALLOW IT TO BE.
UM, SO I GUESS I WASN'T TRULY EXPECTING THAT.
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CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU ARE WILLING TO GIVE IT.AND UM, I HAVE DISTRICT TWO WHICH INCLUDES THIS, THIS WONDERFUL REC CENTER.
BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES DOWNTOWN AND THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN THAT THEY, THAT REQUIRES COUNCIL ATTENDANCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WASN'T EXPECTING.
SHE WAS IN THE PICTURE WITH THE MAYOR.
WE THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TERM.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF APPOINTEES IN HERE AND THEN ONE THAT I WANTED TO APPOINT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE GOT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME FOR THE YOUTH COUNCIL BECAUSE I KNOW IT DOES TAKE FROM YOU.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ON WITH THE MEETING.
SO TODAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO BREAKING OUT INTO OUR COMMITTEE GROUPS.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL BE TALKING, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING OUR BUILDING EVENT WE HAVE NEXT SATURDAY.
UM, JUST A QUICK SHOW OF HANDS.
UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP IN GROUPME TO ATTEND THE EVENT AND ARE CONFIDENT YOU'RE ABLE TO GO.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE A REALLY BIG EVENT.
SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GO PLEASE TRY AND SHOW UP.
UM, WE WILL BE DECIDING WHAT WE ARE PAIRING YOU GUYS UP FOR THE BOOTHS.
WE'LL HAVE AROUND I THINK 13 OR 14 BOOTHS, UM, THAT WILL BE HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THESE FIELDS.
SO WE'LL BE PARTNERING YOU PEOPLE UP.
SO WHOEVER'S SIGNED UP ON GROUP WILL BE ASSIGNED TO A PARTNER, UM, TO A BOOTH.
SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ASSIGNED THIS, THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO PARTNER YOU UP.
UM, NEXT THING WE WANTED TO DISCUSS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY NO.
HAVE Y'ALL TOLD THEM WHAT'S GONNA BE, WHAT BOOST WE HAVE OUT THERE, GABE? YEAH, THEY TOLD THEM THAT.
ARE WE GONNA THINK ABOUT IT? WE DISCUSSED ABOUT IT LAST TIME, BUT I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST SAY WHAT YEAH, WE NEED TO GO, WE'LL SAY WHAT THE FINAL ONES ARE.
SO WE HAVE THREE-LEGGED RACE MUSICAL SPOTS, UM, TUG OF WAR TEAM, HULA HOOP CONNECT, CHALLENGE, RELAY RACE, HEAD, SHOULDERS, CUP, LEAD IN THE HOOP, GIANT RING TOSS, UM, CUP NOODLE GAME.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BOUNCY HOUSE.
AND I THINK WE HAD THE SRAS, WAS IT UH, BOUNCY HOUSE? YEAH, I THINK I PUT G UP THERE IN BOUNCY HOUSE.
YEAH, THINK G GOT SO AROUND LIKE 11.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S GONNA BE OUT THERE.
SO WE DEFINITELY NEED A LOT OF THE MEMBERS TO BE THERE.
I KNOW WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT CAME IN TODAY THAT IS, UM, UH, NEWCOMERS.
UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING AT THE EVENT ON APRIL 25TH.
UM, DEFINITELY I'LL GIVE YOU MY BUSINESS CARD, UM, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
THAT WAY YOU ABLE TO GET SOME VOLUNTEER HOURS.
UM, AND IT DEFINITELY LOOKS GOOD.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, UM, BECOMING A MEMBER ON NEXT YEAR FOR GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL, IT'LL DEFINITELY, YOU ALREADY HAVE A GOOD, UH, BACKGROUND, BACKGROUND WITH US.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO, UM, I THINK WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED? WE TALK ABOUT HOW ON THE 24TH, SO THE FRIDAY BEFORE THIS, THE EVENT, UH, WE'LL BE MEETING HERE AT FIELDS RECREATION CENTER JUST SO WE CAN PREP ALL THE MATERIALS WE NEED FOR SATURDAY.
SO ON SATURDAY WE WILL ARRIVE AROUND 7:30 AM TO HELP TO GRAB ALL OF OUR STUFF AND GO OUTSIDE AND SET UP AND WHEN THE EVENT WILL START AT 10:00 AM SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S LIKE APPRO LIKE ORGANIZED FOR US TO GO OUTSIDE.
SO BASED OFF THE BOOTH, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, WE SHOULD, WELL DECIDING ON WHO SIGNS UP TODAY FOR THE, UH, ON THE CALENDAR EVENT, WE'LL DECIDE LIKE WHAT GROUPS GETS PUT INTO WHERE, AND THEN BASED OFF OF THAT, UH, AND THEN BASED OFF OF THAT, UH, NEXT WEEK WE'LL SEND TO YOU GUYS WHAT, WHO YOUR PARTNER IS AND
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WHAT BOOTH YOU'LL BE IN CHARGE OF.UM, SO THAT'S JUST GONNA BE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
AND THEN WHEN WE COME ON FRIDAY, YOU GUYS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING WILL BE LAID OUT IN THE STORAGE ROOM AND THE, THE GYM, BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE OF GETTING ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT, SETTING IT UP AND PREPARING IT FOR SATURDAY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THAT WAY ON FRIDAY YOU CAN JUST COME IN, GET YOUR STUFF, WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING LIKE LAID OUT IN THE FRONT OR IN THE GYM.
SO WHEN YOU WALK IN ON SATURDAY, YOU'LL JUST GET YOUR STUFF AND GO.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND DO LIKE A MAP OF WHERE ALL, LIKE, WHERE YOUR STATIONS ARE GONNA BE.
SO IT'LL ALREADY BE PREPARED OR LIKE PRE-MADE FOR WHERE EXACTLY YOUR STATION'S GONNA BE AT.
UM, ALSO THERE WILL BE MARKERS.
SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE LINES OUTSIDE WHERE THE BOOST SHOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE PAST AT ALL.
SO, 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE POTHOLES AND STUFF OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS DON'T GO TOWARDS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WHO'S EVER VOLUNTEERING THAT DAY.
WE DO HAVE A FANNY PACK FOR Y'ALL TO WEAR FOR THE DAY, UH, JUST IN CASE IF WE NEED TO DISTRIBUTE LIKE A BANDAID OR ANYTHING.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE ONES THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING TO MAKE THESE LOVELY PASSES, VOLUNTEER FIELD DAY PASSES.
AND THEN OF COURSE WHO'S EVER WORKING THE REGISTRATION TABLE.
THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE A NAME BADGE WITH THEM.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING OF, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I KNOW YOU SAID THAT LIKE IF WE HAVE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE FROM SCHOOL WHO WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO EMAIL YOU, RIGHT? YES.
THAT'S STILL MM-HMM
AND THEN OF COURSE ME, MS. TIFFANY, MS. JEN WILL HAVE TO SET UP LIKE A MINI MEETING WITH THEM TO GO OVER THE BREAKDOWN FOR THAT DAY.
AND I THINK THEN I THINK ONCE THEY SHOW UP TO THE ACTUAL EVENT, WE'LL DECIDE WHERE THEY'LL BE PLACED FOR THE DAY, WHO'S ABLE TO COME APRIL 24TH TO HELP START SETTING UP THAT EVENING ALL THE HANDS THEY RAISED.
SEE Y'ALL HEARD WAIT, WHAT TIME? WAIT.
YEAH, WHAT TIME? UM, WE CAN DO FIVE.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO, YOU CAN STILL COME BETWEEN THAT'S FINE.
SO FROM FIVE TO EIGHT ON FRIDAY, I'LL PUT A CALENDAR THING INTO THE GROUPME SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GO.
UH, JUST TO GET AHEAD, ARE WE WEARING LIKE SPECIFIC SHIRTS OR LIKE JUST LIKE THE GRADE YOU C SHIRTS OR LIKE IS THERE LIKE SHIRTS? I WANNA SAY JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ORGANIZED THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHO WE ARE, JUST WHERE THE COUNCIL SHERIFF NOW BOTTOMS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE APPROPRIATE.
BUT JUST THE GY SHIRTS FOR FOR SURE.
AND THEN OF COURSE IT IS, YOU KNOW HOW TEXAS WEATHER IS DEFINITELY PUT ON SPF UM, AS WELL TOO.
BUG SPRAY AND WE WILL BE PURCHASING BUG SPRAY AND SPL FOR Y'ALL TO BE, FOR BEING OUTSIDE.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ALLERGIES LIKE MISS RHONDA, JUST BE SURE TO TAKE SOME ALLERGIES.
BUT DEFINITELY I THINK THAT'S IT.
UM, I WILL HAVE TWO OF MY OTHER STAFF HERE THAT IS, UH, CPR FIRST STATE CERTIFIED.
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS ON OUR END.
'CAUSE WE WILL BE FLOATING FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
WE WILL HAVE WATER HERE, UM, TONS OF WATER ON THE OUTSIDE.
UM, OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE LUNCH, UM, AS WELL TOO.
UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND SOLIDIFIED UH, CHICK-FIL-A FOR THAT DAY.
OKAY, I, SO WE'RE HAVING CHICK LIKE IT'S A PRETTY BIG EVENT.
LIKE WE WANT THIS TO BE AN EVENT THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TOTAL OF WHO WANTS TO GUESS THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY WE HAVE.
Y'ALL ALWAYS HEAR WHEN I SAID THE NUMBER, OH CAN I GUESS NONE.
HOW MANY? 50 CLOSE FOR NUMBER 55.
CLOSE FOR NUMBER SOMEBODY 74 CLOSE FOR NOW.
OH WE HAVE 69 PEOPLE REGISTERED.
DID YOU GO OVER THE PROCEDURES AND STUFF WITH BOUNCES HOUSES? YES.
OKAY, SO I GOT YOU ON THAT ONE, HUH? I GOT YOU ON THAT.
SO IF YOU ARE AT THE BOUNCES HOUSE STATION, UM, DO NOT LET ALL THE KIDS IN THERE.
UH, I BELIEVE IT IS ONLY FOUR KIDS OR FIVE KIDS AND THEY HAVE TO BE AROUND THE SAME AGE.
SO IT CAN'T BE LIKE A LITTLE FOUR, 3-YEAR-OLD WITH A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, OLDER KIDS.
SO JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, USE YOUR UM, BEST AWARENESS TO JUST
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MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.AND THEN NO MORE THAN FIVE KIDS IS PUSHING IT, BUT NO MORE THAN FIVE KIDS IN THE BOUNCE HOUSE AND SHOES OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO JUST HAVE UM, SOCKS OR JUST NO SHOES.
UM, AND THEN I BELIEVE ALSO WIND IF IT'S ABOVE.
BUT WE'LL TELL YOU GUYS GUYS, IF IT'S ABOVE 15 MILE PER HOUR WE CAN HAVE THE HOUSE.
SO I REALLY WANTED THE BOUNCE HOUSE'S FOR LIKE THE 10 AND UNDER, WELL THE NINE AND UNDER AND FOR THE GAGA PITS FOR THE 10 AND ABOVE BECAUSE MY BIGGEST, WELL 11 AND ABOVE, ABOVE BECAUSE MY BIGGEST ISSUE IS IF THOSE OLDER KIDS GET IN THAT MOUSE HOUSE, THEY'RE GONNA RUIN MY MOUSE HOUSE
BUT I'LL LET Y'ALL LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT, GO AHEAD.
OKAY, SO, AH, YOU WANNA DISCUSS WHAT YOU WANT ME TO, I'LL DISCUSS.
OKAY, SO HERE AT THE FRONT WE HAVE OUR GYC BROCHURES.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE FURTHER LIKE GOING OFF OF OUR UM, OFF OF OUR UH, GYC LIKE COMPETITION BASICALLY MOST PEOPLE.
SO THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR YOU TO HAND OUT TO THEM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF HERE IF YOU GUYS WANNA TAKE SOME AND JUST PASS OUT.
UM, THIS RIGHT HERE, THEY CAN SCAN THE QR CODE THAT'LL TAKE THEM TO THE G YC WEBSITE WHERE THEY CAN FIND OUR APPLICATION FOR NEXT YEAR ONLINE.
AND AGAIN, YOU JUST SEND THAT APPLICATION, JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU CAN JUST SEND THAT APPLICATION, EMAIL IT TO THE GAR GYC.
BUT WITH THE APPLICATION, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE TWO RECOMMENDATION LETTERS ATTACHED.
AND THEN OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT ALL OF THE QUESTIONS, HAVE EVERYTHING SIGNED.
I'VE BEEN GETTING APPLICATIONS, UM, JUST THE APPLICATIONS AND NO RECOMMENDATION LETTERS, RIGHT? EVEN, UH, SO IF Y'ALL HAVE YOUR FRIENDS DO IT, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA IS FOR THE APPLICATIONS.
AND IN SOME OF Y'ALL THAT IS RETURNING NEXT YEAR, I THINK I'VE GOT ABOUT THREE APPLICATIONS AND THAT'S IT.
SO PLEASE DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO GET THE APPLICATION IN.
IF YOU ARE A RETURNER, GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE IT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS UH, DO THE ESSAY THAT WE DID.
WHAT WAS THE ESSAY? WHAT IMPACT? YEAH, WHAT IMPACT, UH, DID UIC HAVE ON YOU AND WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? AND THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS THE APPLICATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING REAL SIMPLE, REAL EASY.
SO YEAH, AND THAT LITTLE ESSAY RESPONSE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE LONG.
BUT PLEASE PUT THE ESSAY RESPONSE ON A WORD.
DON'T EMAIL IT TO ME 'CAUSE I I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THERE AND COPY AND PASTE IT ON THE WORD DOCUMENT.
SO JUST MAKE SURE TO ADD IT IN A WORD DOCUMENT FOR ME.
SO THIS IS, THIS SAYS THE APPLICATION, IT COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FORM AND ANSWER.
I REQUIRE QUESTIONS, SUBMIT TO LETTER RECOMMENDATION FOR MY TEACHER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? DO WE HAVE TO JUST GIVE THAT JUST A FIRE TO THEM? YOU CAN.
I ONLY PUT THIS BACK HERE BECAUSE WE TOOK THIS, I THINK SOPHIA AND THEM HAD THIS AT THE EVENT THIS PAST WEEKEND IF ANYBODY WANTED IT.
SO, UM, LIKE I LIKE SHE STATED BEFORE, WE DO HAVE A COMPETITION.
I THINK FIRST PLACE WAS WHAT TAMARA, HOW MUCH WAS FIRST PLACE? TWO, $200 FROM AMAZON.
AND SHE SPENT HERS VERY WISELY.
BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE ALL, EVERYTHING IN RECOMMENDATION LETTERS, ALL THE MATERIAL IN AND SECOND PLACE.
MY FAVORITE SHOES MAKE, WHAT DID I BUY? PUT NAME SHOES, TWO HOODIES, LA LIKE THREE LASH PACKS, LIP LINERS, PUT PAIR OF SHOES.
EVEN THE ONES ARE, THEY CAN STILL BE.
SO WHAT DID I HAVE YOUR FRIENDS APPLY? AND THEN I HAVE REACHED OUT TO SOME HIGH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOLS.
I'M NOT REALLY GETTING THE ANSWERS THAT I WANT.
WELL I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I'M NOT GETTING NO ANSWERS AT ALL.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT I'M ABLE TO GET IN CONTACT FROM, UH, YOUR HIGH SCHOOL, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW TO REACH OUT TO ME OR EITHER SEND ME THEIR CONTACT BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING ANY ANSWERS FROM ANY GARLAND HIGH SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK TAXI WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WELCOMED US WITH OPEN ARMS. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER SCHOOL WE WENT TO? NORTH.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE THAT'S WELCOMED US WITH OPEN ARMS. SO EVERYBODY ELSE IS LIKE, I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE US, SO, BUT TELL ME, WE'RE REALLY SWEET.
SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ASKING ME ABOUT YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS.
I DO HAVE YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS IF YOU NEED THEM.
IF I DO NEED TO TYPE UP SOMETHING TO SEND, UM, TO A TEACHER OR ANYTHING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? YES.
UM, ON THE APPEAL DATE, I'M GONNA BE COMING BACK FROM WACO, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE EVENT I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE, BUT IF I MAKE IT BACK DURING THE
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EVENT, IS IT OKAY IF I PROMISE, LIKE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.BECAUSE I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE LIKE THE FRIDAY I'LL ONLY BE ABLE TO MAKE LIKE THE, LIKE THE DAY OF.
I'LL BE, I'LL MISS LIKE A GOOD AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK TOO.
SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S OKAY IF I CAN STILL COME COUCH.
UH, WHEN YOU GET HERE WE'LL JUST ASSIGN YOU SOMEWHERE.
SO WE JUST WON'T PUT YOU IN LIKE AN ASSIGNED SPOT JUST YET, BUT LIKE WHEN CUT.
YEAH, BUT IT IS A, IT IS A BIG MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK IN TIME.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD, DID YOU TALK ABOUT THE END OF YOUR CELEBRATION? NO, WE'RE TRYING TO FINISH THE FIELD DAY BEFORE WE GO ON.
UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT FIELD DAY? ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE REALLY? NO.
ARE WE STILL DOING LIKE THE, THE GROUPING BY AGES AND IF SO, LIKE HOW IS THAT GONNA WORK? LIKE DO THEY JUST ROTATE BY THEMSELVES OR LIKE IS IT A THING WHERE LIKE THE GROUP LEADER TAKES IT, THEIR, THEIR GROUP, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MM-HMM
YEAH, SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE AGE GROUPS.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, I THINK IT'S FROM SIX TO NINE TO FROM 10 TO SIX 17.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN THERE? I THINK SINCE WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE YOU GUYS BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR BOOTS UHHUH.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE LESS CHAOS THAT WAY.
YEAH, I THINK WE'LL HAVE LIKE FLOATERS GO AROUND.
WE HAVE FLOATERS AND IF ANYTHING WE'LL PROBABLY LIKE JUST MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO LIKE EVERYBODY LIKE OKAY, TIME TO SWITCH BOOTS, GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
AND THEN SO THAT WAY YOU'LL WE'LL ALL BE ABLE TO SEE THE KIDS MOVE.
BECAUSE THE BOOTS WON'T BE FAR FROM EACH OTHER.
THEY'LL BE LIKE, OH, THEY'RE ALL KIND OF GONNA BE LINE.
YEAH, THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE LINED UP NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
SO I FEEL LIKE THE TRANSITION WON'T BE AS HARD.
AND THEN OF COURSE OUR NPO WILL BE HERE AS WELL TOO TO HELP MONITOR THE EVENT.
SO JUST GIVING Y'ALL THE HEADS UP ON THAT, AROUND HOW MANY LIKE KIDS ARE WE GONNA HAVE IN EACH GROUP OR LIKE TWO? IT'S 15 TO ONE RATIO.
UH, IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON LIKE HOW MANY OF THE AGE GROUPS SIGN UP.
THAT'S JUST, WE HAVE A LOT OF SIX YEAR OLDS.
WE HAVE A LOT, WE HAVE A LOT OF SIX YEAR OLDS AND EIGHT YEAR OLDS.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO LIKE SHORT OR LIKE CONDENSE THE GROUPS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YEAH, IT MIGHT JUST DEPEND BASED ON THE REGISTRATION ON FRIDAY.
ARE THE PARENTS IN THE GROUPS TOO OR JUST THE KIDS? SO THE PARENTS WILL BE, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PARENTS THAT WILL BE HERE AS WELL THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THEIR GROUP WHERE THEIR KIDS IS AT.
NOW I HAVE A PARENT THAT JUST SIGNED UP FIVE KIDS, SO HER KIDS IS OLDER AND SMALL, SO MORE THAN LIKELY MOM WOULD PROBABLY BE WITH HER SMALLER KIDS, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
BUT NOT ALL THE PARENTS ARE COMING IN.
YEAH, A LOT OF PARENTS IS GONNA DROP OFF AND LEAVE.
OH, WHAT, HOW LONG IS Y'ALL DAY BACK FROM ONE TO ONE? IT'S FROM 10:00 AM TO TWO.
AND THEN OF COURSE I'M REALLY BIG ON THIS.
I AM OVER OUR SUMMER CAMPS AND UM, SAFETY OF THE KIDS.
SO ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE EARBUDS THAT THEY DO NOT AND I DO MEAN DO NOT WEAR THEM WHILE Y'ALL ARE, WHILE THIS EVENT IS GOING ON BECAUSE IT AUTOMATICALLY TELLS ME THAT YOU'RE NOT FOCUSING ON THE KIDS THE EARBUDS IS IN.
SO PLEASE DO NOT HAVE THEM IN WHILE Y'ALL ARE, UM, PARTICIP, UH, WHILE Y'ALL ARE WORKING THIS EVENT.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE MUSIC PLAYING TOO.
UM, THERE WAS ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
THE, OH, THE PARENT DROPPED OFF AND STUFF.
IF THERE'S A PARENT THAT COMES EARLY TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS, UM, JUST GET A, GET A FLOATER.
DON'T LEAVE YOUR STATION, DON'T DO ANY OF THE SORT.
JUST LOOK FOR ME ON Z MISS RHONDA.
UM, AND THE OTHER FLOATER THAT WE'LL HAVE, UH, JUST LOOK FOR ONE OF US TO BRING THE KID OVER TO HIM.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE AT YOUR STATION A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME, UNLESS YOU NEED TO GO USE RESTROOM BREAK THEN LIKE GET ONE OF THE FLOATERS AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER, COVER YOUR STATION UNTIL YOU'RE READY TO COME BACK.
OKAY? THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE REMEMBER Y'ALL, THESE ARE MINORS LIKE, I MEAN I KNOW Y'ALL ARE MINORS, BUT THESE ARE MINORS WE HAVE, I'M REALLY BIG ON SAFETY OF THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS A PUBLIC AREA OUT HERE, I WANNA MAKE SURE KIDS IS BEING PROTECTED.
THEY'RE BEING WASHED OVER AND MONITORED 24 7 UNTIL PARENTS COME PICK THEM UP.
OKAY? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT FIELD DAY? NO.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS MAY 12TH, OUR END OF YEAR CELEBRATION THAT WILL BE HAPPENING ON AT FIELD DAY OR BACK FIELD DAY, SORRY, AT
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING, IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, PLEASE TRY AND ATTEND OR OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT BE GETTING A SENIOR.
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WHAT IS THAT GIFT? SENIOR GIFT SENIOR BOX.SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE THING FOR A SENIOR, UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE GRADUATING.
SO IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, MAKE SURE YOU COME.
UM, FOOD'S INCLUDED, IT'S NO, WE GET LIKE SOME FREE PLAY TIME TO GO USE AT THE ATTRACTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND THAT WILL BE AT STRIKE WORLD.
UM, DOES ANYONE, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO.
SO NOW WE HAVE OUR GSC PRESENTATION, THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE'LL JUST BE DOING A QUICK PRESENTATION.
I WOULD LIKE ALL GYC MEMBERS TO COME OUT AND JUST SUPPORT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL BE INTRODUCING US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THEY DID LAST YEAR, BUT PROBLEM SOLVING THEY MIGHT, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK IT DEPENDS HOW MUCH WE WOULD HAVE COMING, BUT PLEASE COME JUST SHOW UP.
SUPPORT SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT LONG.
MAYBE LIKE 30 MINUTES, 45 MINUTES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, IT'S JUST A QUICK PRESENTATION, JUST TELLING THEM, GOING THROUGH WHAT THINGS WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR, OUR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, OUR PROJECTS AND SUCH LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'LL BE HAPPENING ON MAY 18TH.
THE EVENT IS ALREADY IN THE CALENDAR FOR THE GROUPME, SO PLEASE CLICK IN IF YOU CAN CANNOT OR MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO, UH, I THINK IT'S FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30.
IT SHOULD NOT TAKE THAT LONG, BUT THAT'S JUST THE TIME RANGE THAT WE WERE GIVEN BASED OFF OF LIKE WHEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PUT US INTO THEIR SCHEDULE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS MAY 31ST.
THAT IS THE END DATE FOR THE RECRUITING CHALLENGE.
SO PUSH OUT RECRUITMENTS, JUST TRY AND GET AS MANY PEOPLE INTO GSA AS POSSIBLE OR AT LEAST TO APPLY, YOU KNOW.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, OUR FLYERS ARE UP HERE.
OH, I DIDN'T SAY THIS FLYER RIGHT HERE.
IT JUST BASICALLY TELLS THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO FOR THE APPLICATION.
IT DOESN'T GIVE THEM ANY LIKE SPECIFIC THINGS.
IT'S JUST LIKE A CHECKLIST BASICALLY.
UM, SO THERE'S THAT RIGHT HERE AND THEN THERE'S THESE THAT YOU CAN GET LIKE A BUNCH, LIKE PASS THEM OUT TO YOUR SCHOOLS, YOUR FRIENDS OR WHATEVER.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE.
MS. JEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? MS? UM, WE REALLY NEED, UM, Y'ALL THERE ON THE FIELD EVENT, LIKE I, I UNDERSTAND BUT UM, I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE ALL HALF OF Y'ALL THERE, UM, FOR THE FIELD EVENT REGARD FOR G YC BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT Y'ALL ARE HAVING AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL THIS, WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE A RECURRING EVENT AND OF COURSE GET SPONSORS MOVING FORWARD FOR THIS EVENT.
AND UM, Y'ALL WILL BE THE FIRST ONE TO BREAK GROUND ON THIS ONE.
UM, OF COURSE, I THINK WHEN Y'ALL CAME UP WITH THE, UH, CLOTHING DONATIONS, THAT WAS HUGE.
Y'ALL BROKE, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 20 TO 30 BAGS IN.
I WANTED TO ADD TOO, LIKE I KNOW I WAS TALKING TO SOME OF YOU GUYS ON SATURDAY AT THE SKATE PARK CLEANUP, BUT I THINK PUTTING IN A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS EVENT COULD MAKE IT A STAPLE GYC EVENT TO WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PLAN A NEW EVENT EVERY YEAR.
SO I THINK ABSOLUTELY PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD ONE COULD HELP US ESTABLISH THIS AS A G YC EVENT.
AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY LIKE THINGS YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT IN FOR GY FOR LIKE THE FIELD DAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW, SALLY, WE COULD TRY AND LIKE GET IT GOING IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO GUYS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE CONTINUING, SO IF YOU GUYS WANT HOW SOMETHING YOU WANNA DO, LET US KNOW.
UM, IS THAT ALL WE HAVE? UM, THE MAYOR WANT ME TO SHOW Y'ALL THE VIDEO THAT WE DID? SO GIMME I'M GET TO IT.
OKAY, WELL WE DON'T ALL HAVE FAMILY.
CAN SOMEONE PLAY PONG? HEY, WHEN DO Y'ALL INVITE ME, BRO? I, I'M NOT GOOD.