* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GOOD MORNING. [00:00:01] MORNING, MORNING, MORNING. IT'S UH, 9:00 AM AND TIME TO START OUR MAY 7TH SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. I DON'T HAVE ONE. AND AS JESSE SAID, SPEAK INTO THE MIC BECAUSE YVONNE CAN'T CATCH IT IF WE TURN OUR HEADS AND TURN LIKE THAT. TALK LIKE THAT. SO WE NEED TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING SO THAT HER MINUTES CAN BE, UM, CAPTURED. OKAY. OKAY. AND SPEAKING OF MINUTES, HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THOSE? AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, BEFORE MOST OF YOU WERE HERE AND DOES HAVE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TODAY. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE OTHERS. UM, SO IS THERE A MOTION ABOUT THE MINUTES? I MOVE. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. OKAY. GAIL MOVES TO APPROVE. DO I HEAR A SECOND? I SECOND. SAL. SECONDS. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? A. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. UM, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE LARRY HERE TODAY, BUT HE SAID HE DOESN'T WANT TO COMMENT. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE AND, UM, ASK OUR GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR, UM, MELISSA TO COME UP AND TALK WITH US ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY CAN BE HELPFUL FOR SENIORS. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. MORNING. MORNING. SQUEEZE INTO THIS BED. BOY. AH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL THIS MORNING. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MORNING, ISN'T IT? YEAH. I WISH WE COULD HARNESS THIS WEATHER A LITTLE LONGER. WELL, BEFORE I GO OVER MY UPDATES WITH Y'ALL, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A VERY SPECIAL PERSON. I, UH, WE TRIED GETTING HER A LITTLE EARLIER. I'M GLAD TODAY IS THE DAY Y'ALL GET TO MEET HER. UM, THIS IS MELISSA SULLIVAN, BUT BEFORE SHE TALKS, I'VE KNOWN MELISSA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UH, SHE, SHE, AND SHE'LL DESCRIBE WHAT SHE DOES AND HOW SHE DOES IT, BUT HER SOFT SPOT IN HER HEART IS VERY SIMILAR TO MINE AND THAT'S HELPING SENIOR CITIZENS. UH, I WANTED TO BRING HER BECAUSE NOW WE ARE FORTUNATE AS THE CITY OF GARLAND TO HAVE HER ON OUR PAYROLL, OUR TEAM. AND SO SHE, UH, WE HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED, UH, A CASE TOGETHER, UH, PRETTY RECENTLY, UH, HELPING OUT, UH, A MARRIED COUPLE, SENIOR CITIZEN, MARRIED COUPLE. AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, I WAS, THE BELL WENT OFF. I WAS LIKE, I GOTTA GET YOU IN FRONT OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY GROUP. SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MELISSA, THIS IS MELISSA SULLIVAN. GOOD MORNING, MELISSA. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UM, I'M A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER. UH, I STARTED THIS JOB ACTUALLY AS, AS A, A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE THROUGH PARKLAND, THROUGH A GRANT. THE GRANT RAN OUT AND THEN THE CITY DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND FUND THAT POSITION. SO I'VE BEEN OFFICIALLY WITH THE CITY SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR OF 25. UM, BUT IN THE CITY TOTAL SINCE ABOUT OCTOBER OF 21, UM, THE GRANT WAS STARTED TO KIND OF TRY TO, UM, DEAL WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING 9 1 1 FOR ISSUES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY 9 1 1 RELATED. SO, UM, MOSTLY MY REFERRALS COME FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MOSTLY IT'S ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO LIKE, THEY MIGHT BE FALLING DOWN MORE OFTEN. UM, A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF SUPPORT SYSTEM, UM, YOU KNOW, NO SAFETY NET TO HELP THEM. SO, UM, WE COME IN, THERE'S MYSELF AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A COWORKER THAT IS THROUGH DALLAS COUNTY, BUT SHE ONLY COVERS THE CITY OF GARLAND. SO THERE'S TWO OF US. UM, SO TYPICALLY OUR REFERRALS MOSTLY COME FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE DO GET SOME FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE GET SOME FROM CODES, SOMETIMES ANIMAL SERVICES. OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LIKE THE HOSPITALS THAT THEY TRANSPORT TO, UM, GOOD SAM SOMETIMES WILL REACH OUT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE OVER THERE. UM, AND SO WE WILL GO TO WHEREVER THE PERSON IS, COMPLETE AN ASSESSMENT, TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM, WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS. UM, I, I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY COMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT. SO THEY MAY HAVE NUMEROUS MEDICAL ISSUES GOING ON. THEY MAY HAVE SOCIAL ISSUES GOING ON. UM, MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE HELPING THEM WITH ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ALONE AND THEIR HEALTH IS DECLINING AND MAYBE THEY NEED SOME MORE HELP. AND SO WE'LL GO IN AND JUST DO AN ASSESSMENT AND DETERMINE LIKE WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY. DO YOU MEET THE FINANCIAL CRITERIA? DO YOU MEET THE MEDICAL [00:05:01] CRITERIA? WE WILL TRY TO, UM, HELP THEM MAKE THE REFERRAL IF THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED, IF THEY CAN'T DO IT ON THEIR OWN, WHICH LIKE, LET'S BE HONEST, LIKE EVERYTHING IS SMARTPHONE NOW. MM-HMM . AND A LOT OF SENIORS DO NOT HAVE SMARTPHONES. THEY HAVE JITTERBUGS OR, YOU KNOW, THE OLD KIND OF PHONE OR THEY DON'T HAVE EMAIL. SO WE JUST KIND OF MEET THEM WHEREVER THEY'RE AT AND TRY TO GET THEM WHAT THEY NEED. SO CAREGIVER SERVICES, CONNECTING THEM TO HOME HEALTH, IF THAT'S GONNA BE A, AN OPPORTUNITY. WHICH THEN IS SOME COORDINATION WITH LIKE THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, IF THEY DON'T HAVE ONE, TRYING TO HELP THEM ESTABLISH THAT RELATIONSHIP. UM, CONNECTING THEM TO HOSPICE WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE. UM, IF THEY NEED MEDICINE AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO EITHER CONNECT THEM TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL OR, UM, IF THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, IF THEY'RE UNDER A CERTAIN LIMIT, THEN THEY QUALIFY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS THROUGH MEDICAID, TRYING TO GET THEM SIGNED UP FOR THAT. UM, ANY EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED AT HOME. SO LIKE IF THEY DON'T HAVE, IF THEY'VE JUST HAD A DECLINE AND THEY'RE NEEDING WALKERS OR HOSPITAL BEDS, AGAIN, COORDINATING WITH THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, TRYING TO GET THEM CONNECTED. UM, TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ADVANCED DIRECTIVES BEFORE YOU ARE ACTUALLY IN THE SITUATION WHERE YOU NEED THEM, TRYING TO GET THAT ESTABLISHED. UM, HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE. SO LIKE IF THEY'RE AT HOME AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO GO TO ASSISTED LIVING OR IN NURSING HOME, THEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE FINANCIALLY WHERE ARE THEY GONNA FALL, UH, WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. AND THEN AGAIN, COORDINATING THAT EFFORT OF GETTING THE MEDICAL RECORDS TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND MAKING SURE THAT FINANCIALLY THEY'RE GONNA QUALIFY. UM, WE DO GET SOME MENTAL HEALTH STUFF AND SOMETIMES THAT'S KIND OF JUST LIKE OVERLAID WITH WHATEVER ELSE IS GOING ON. UM, BUT TYPICALLY IT'S MORE SENIORS AND THEN SOMETIMES THE HOARDER HOMES, WHICH, UH, THERE'S IN IT'S SO FAR IN MY EXPERIENCE, HAS NOT BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTION. SO THERE'S THAT. UM, TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE WITH TRANSPORTATION. THAT SEEMS TO BE A BIG DEAL HERE IN THE CITY. UM, ESPECIALLY AS PEOPLE ARE AGING AND NOT DRIVING ANYMORE, TRYING TO GET 'EM CONNECTED WITH DART PARA TRANSIT OR WHATEVER OTHER SERVICES. SOMETIMES THEY HAVE, UH, A WAY THROUGH THEIR INSURANCE TO GET STUFF SCHEDULED. UM, HOUSING, FOOD, PEOPLE THAT LOSE THEIR ID TRYING TO HELP THEM GET NEW ID. 'CAUSE THAT CAN BE A, A MAJOR BARRIER TO GETTING SERVICES. LIKE, YOU CAN'T SIGN UP FOR ANYTHING WITHOUT PROVING WHO YOU ARE. AND THEN JUST NAVIGATING ALL OF THE HUGE SYSTEMS LIKE MEDICARE, MEDICAID, THE VA, UM, SOCIAL SECURITY, UH, THOSE ARE, EVEN FOR SOMEONE WHO DOES IT LIKE EVERY DAY, IT IS OVERWHELMING. AND IT'S A LOT FOR, I MEAN, EVEN FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, BUT FOR SOMEONE JUST IN THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO NAVIGATE THAT ON THEIR OWN, IT CAN BE A REAL CHALLENGE. SO JUST TRYING TO HELP THEM GET WHAT THEY NEED FROM, FROM THOSE, UM, ESTABLISHMENTS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT IN A NUTSHELL. SHE'S BEING MODEST. UH, MELISSA IS THE CALM DURING THE STORM. AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND, AND I, I MENTIONED THIS WHEN I INTRODUCED HER, I, I WITNESSED HER WORKING FIRSTHAND. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S A SITUATION IN A FAMILY AND WHETHER THE KIDS OR THE GRANDKIDS ARE QUITE AWARE OF THE SEVERITY, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT CHECKING UP ON GRANDMA AND GRANDPA VERY MUCH, AND THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW. WE CALL THEM AND SAY, WE NEED YOU TO COME OVER HERE. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS. AND THEY'RE JUST, THEIR MINDS ARE BLOWN. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. AND SO THIS ANGEL WITH NO WINGS IS THAT CALM VOICE OF, OKAY, DO YOU HAVE THIS? OKAY, YOU DON'T, THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE GONNA GET IT. WE NEED IT. SO SHE IS THAT CALM OF ALMOST STEP BY STEP HELPING FAMILIES WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. AND THAT'S A SCARY FEELING. UH, WE EXPERIENCE THAT IN EMERGENCIES ON MY END. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING A LOT OF FIRST RESPONDERS DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THEMSELVES. IT'S A UNIQUE THING TO HAVE TO EXPERIENCE AND GO THROUGH AND YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO. UH, AND SO MELISSA HERE IS JUST ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I DON'T WANNA OVERWORK YOU, BUT IF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEEDS, AND MAYBE IT CAN ALL BE FILTERED THROUGH LIKE THE SENIOR CENTER, [00:10:01] BUT Y'ALL CAN KIND OF GO TO HER FOR, HEY, SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. YOU KNOW, AND, AND JUST KIND OF HAVE THAT MODEL IN PLACE OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 'CAUSE WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE MELISSA ON THE CITY OF GARLAND'S PAYROLL. I'M, I'M NOT KIDDING. UM, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE. AND IF SHE DOESN'T KNOW THE ANSWER, THEN SHE PULLS IT IN. UM, AND FINDS THAT ANSWER. HAVE Y'ALL MET, UH, KATIE GORSKI AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY CHANCE? OKAY. THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER GUEST FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SHE IS OUR, UH, IN-HOUSE CLINICIAN. MM-HMM . UM, SHE HELPS US WITH MENTAL WELLNESS NEEDS ON STAFF LEVEL. AND THEN SHE HELPS WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SHE WORKS WITH MELISSA BECAUSE KATIE DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS EITHER. MELISSA WORKS WITH KATIE BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE ANSWERS. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS IF WE DON'T KNOW, WE FIND THE ANSWER. UH, AND, AND SO THEY WORK BEHIND THE SCENES GETTING ALL THAT GOING. AND SO ANYWAY, UH, MELISSA IS INCREDIBLE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER, CAN CITIZENS CONTACT YOU OR DO YOU NEED IT TO BE REFERRED THROUGH A CITY DEPARTMENT? THEY, WE HAVE NOT REALLY OPENED IT UP THAT WAY. I THINK OUTTA FEAR OF BEING OVERWHELMED. UM, I WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU'RE HEARING OF A SITUATION AND YOU THINK THAT IT WARRANTS, I MEAN, WE'RE BASICALLY, WE'RE PROBLEM SOLVERS. SO IF, IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S RUNNING INTO SOME KIND OF BARRIER OR PROBLEM OR JUST NEEDS INFORMATION, I, I MEAN, WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO 'EM. 'CAUSE MY, WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS A CITY PRESS ARTICLE ABOUT WHAT YOUR SERVICES ARE, BUT THAT, THAT MIGHT, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IT OPENS UP TO, YEAH. IS THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE IRRITATED WITH THEIR NEIGHBOR OR WANNA TELL ON SOMEBODY, IT TURNS INTO THAT KIND OF DEAL. AND IT'S LIKE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE A PS AND CPS THAT ARE SET UP FOR THAT TYPE OF INVESTIGATION. UM, I MEAN, WE WOULD TALK TO, WE'LL TALK TO ANYBODY WHO CALLS US. UH, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW. I'M A LITTLE, I'M A FEARFUL OF THAT. 'CAUSE I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND IT, IT MAY BE NO BIG DEAL. I MEAN, NO, SURE I UNDERSTAND. BUT NOW THE SENIOR SIT CENTERS HAVE YOUR INFORMATION, SO I'M SURE YOU ALL HEAR THINGS THAT, THAT YOU CAN'T, UM, ANSWER ALL THE TIME. ALL THE TIME. SO YEAH. NOW, NOW YOU HAVE A RESOURCE. SO I'M THINKING THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. I MEAN, SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HELP EVERY SINGLE SENIOR CITIZEN'S INDIVIDUAL SITUATION WITH THEIR FAMILY. 'CAUSE EVEN THE SITUATION SHE HELPED, UH, ME WITH THAT I WAS A PART OF, I MEAN THAT ENCOMPASSED SEVERAL, SEVERAL WEEKS. YEAH. IT'S, IT'S SORT OF LIKE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE RESPONDING TO CRISIS AND WE CAN RESPOND TO CRISIS, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT USUALLY WHAT WE DO. IT'S MORE OF CHRONIC ISSUES THAT ARE GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET, IN MANY CASES, A LONG TIME TO GET FIGURED OUT. I MEAN, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE HAS LOST THEIR ID AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR DOCUMENTS, LIKE THE PROCESS OF FINDING, GETTING YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, GETTING YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE, THEN GETTING YOU TO THE DMV, IT'S JUST A SO MANY STEPS AND IT CAN GO ON FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT LINGER SOMETIMES THAT HA THAT I'VE BEEN, HAVE BEEN IN THIS CITY WITH ME SINCE I STARTED, LIKE THAT DON'T GO AWAY 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE SUPPORT. SO IT'S REALLY UNDERESTIMATED. LIKE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO HELP YOU, IT GOES BAD . AND THEN WE KIND OF END UP BECOMING THAT TO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY LITERALLY DON'T HAVE ANYONE. AND OF COURSE OUR OBJECTIVE IS ALWAYS TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO SOMETHING WHERE THEY DON'T NEED US, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THEY'VE GOT A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. YEAH. AND IN FACT, WE HAVE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT A, LIKE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR OUR SENIORS. 'CAUSE I'M LIKE, IF THERE WAS JUST SOMEONE THAT COULD CHECK ON SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ONCE A WEEK AND THAT THEY KNEW, LIKE IF I'M HAVING A PROBLEM I CAN CALL. LIKE, IT WOULD BE SO HELPFUL. BUT I, I KIND OF LIKE WENT DOWN THAT ROAD AND THEN I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S A LOT. 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO VET EVERYBODY AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE AND THAT THEY'RE LEGITIMATE AND THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO EXPLOIT PEOPLE. AND SO I JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IN MY DOWN TIMES WHEN IT GETS SORT OF SLOW, I GO BACK TO THAT AND THEN IT GETS BUSY AGAIN AND THEN IT GOES TO THE WAYSIDE. BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IT, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO TALK TO THE, THE LOCAL PASTOR'S ABOUT. IT MIGHT BE A PART OF THEIR MINISTRY ALREADY THAT WOULD AWESOME. AND MAYBE THEY COULD HOOK IN WITH YOU MM-HMM . AND THEN THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CONNECTION. I WOULD LOVE THAT. YEAH. [00:15:01] YEAH. VERY GOOD IDEA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU MELISSA. YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SIT UP HERE WITH ME. , OR NO? YEAH. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. YES MA'AM. IT'S, THANK YOU YOU MELISSA. IT WAS GREAT. SHOULD I LEAVE MY CARDS PLEASE? OH YEAH. LET ME SET 'EM OVER HERE. ALRIGHT. IT HAS BEEN A BUSY FEW WEEKS AT THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR MY UNIT SPECIFICALLY. UH, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME FUN THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD GOING ON. SO ON SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH, WE HAD OUR ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET WHERE WE HONOR AND HIGHLIGHT, UH, OFFICERS WHO HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY SAVING LIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UH, WE HAD, I BELIEVE IT WAS 62 AWARDEES, UM, THIS YEAR. AND OUR GARLAND CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, UH, FUNDRAISES AND FULLY PAYS FOR THIS. SO THIS IS, UH, COMPLETELY, UH, FUNDRAISED BY THEM AND THEY ORGANIZE IT AND THEY PROVIDE DINNER AND PAY FOR THE TROPHIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. NOW I AM THEIR LIAISON, SO I KIND OF FILL IN THE GAPS AND GET ALL THAT STUFF. BUT IF I WERE TO DESCRIBE HOW MUCH EFFORT, BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS GOES INTO THIS, YEAH, IMAGINE YOU'RE PLANNING A WEDDING, ALRIGHT, EVERY YEAR, BUT ALL OF YOUR GUESTS HAVE A WRITEUP AND YOU HONOR THEM EVERY TIME. AND SO THIS YEAR WE HAD, UH, 215 PEOPLE COME, UH, TO THE BANQUET. AND SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY THAT GOES INTO IT. BUT IT WAS INCREDIBLE. IT WAS A, IT WAS A PERFECT EVENT. UH, WE HAD VERY LITTLE HICCUPS IN THERE AND THE GUESTS PROBABLY HAD NO IDEA THOSE HICCUPS EVEN EXISTED. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY SPILLED THEIR DRINK IN THEIR CHAIR BY ACCIDENT. SO WE HAD TO GET THEM NEW STUFF RIGHT AWAY BEFORE. SO JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THEN ALWAYS HAPPENS. BUT, UM, HERE'S A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS. UH, THIS IS OUR VOLUNTEER OF THE U YEAR LOU HARDING. SO LOU, UH, HE OPERATES, UM, HE IS PART OF OUR, UH, CAR, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE CAR FLEET GUYS. AND, UH, HE ALSO DOES VACATION WATCH AND HE'S VERY ACTIVE IN THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. SO HE WAS HONORED THAT NIGHT. UH, YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE GUYS IN THIS, UH, UNIT. THIS IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER UNIT. UH, THEY RECEIVED UNIT OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. UH, COREY CAME TO THE DINNER, UH, HE WAS PART OF IT. UH, HE BROUGHT HIS, GOSH, THREE WEEK OLD BABY. UH, AND THEY ENDED UP LEAVING BEFORE UH, WE WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THEM. BUT, UM, HE WAS, HE IS OBVIOUSLY A PART OF THIS UNIT. AND THEN YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THIS GUY. THIS IS OFFICER OF THE YEAR, UH, NICK SHERRY. SO, UH, HE GOT OFFICER OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. SO WE WERE VERY PROUD OF HIM FOR THAT. UM, AND THEN I ALSO HAD MY CPA CLASS 62 GRADUATION. UH, SO YEAH, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL ALUMNI MEMBERS IN THIS ROOM. UH, MR. JESSE JOHNSON HERE WAS IN THIS CLASS. HIS PICTURE IS, HE'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE HIDING. UM, SO WE, WE HAVE THAT CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY PROGRAM. IT'S A COMPLETELY FREE PROGRAM. UH, THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS YOU HAVE TO LIVE OR WORK IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. IT'S 14 WEEKS PLUS THIS GRADUATION. SO I'M TAKING 15 WEEKS OF YOUR TIME TOTAL. UH, BUT IT IS INCREDIBLE. JESSE, DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO, UH, THE CLASS? UH, YEAH, IT WAS DEFINITELY, UH, EYE-OPENING TO SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHAT THE OFFICERS GO THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS. AND DEFINITELY THE DIFFERENT, I GUESS, DEPARTMENTS WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK IT PROBABLY WILL BE USEFUL, OBVIOUSLY IF EVERYONE COULD GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 'CAUSE I THINK IT WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE SOME RESPECT THAT COULD BE GO BOTH WAYS FOR, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS. SO. ABSOLUTELY. I APPRECIATE IT. SO IF YOU HA IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM, OUR NEXT CLASS IS GONNA START, UH, JANUARY 7TH. IT'S THE FIRST THURSDAY IN JANUARY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GRADUATE APRIL 15TH. I BELIEVE. I MIGHT BE OFF ON THOSE, UH, DATES JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE FIRST THURSDAY IN JANUARY AND THEN IT'S THE THIRD THURSDAY IN APRIL THAT WE'RE GRADUATING. UM, NOW I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TIME WAS GOING. I FEEL LIKE, UH, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD. MELISSA MAN WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL. BUT YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES WE HAVE SOME LONG-WINDED SPEAKERS. SHE WAS NOT THAT. SO, UH, THANK YOU MELISSA. DID Y'ALL WANT TO SEE THE CLASS VIDEO? IT'S ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MINUTES LONG. IT'S UP TO YOU. YES. OKAY. SO IT, IT JUST KINDA SHOWS YOU, UH, KIND OF WHAT THE CLASS IS LIKE, WHAT THEY KIND OF, SOME OF THE FUN THINGS THEY DO AND ENGAGE WITH. SO [00:20:02] LET ME MAKE SURE THE VOLUME IS GOOD. OH, YOU GO . I AM SO PUMP. THIS IS A BUG. EVERYBODY SAYS WOMEN CAN'T DRIVE. I'M HERE TO PROVE THAT FEELING. GREAT. JUST HAD A TERRIFIC, UH, RIDE AND A TERRIFIC RIDE. I WAS HOPING I COULD TELL WHERE THE S WERE A COUPLE, BUT I OOH, WHO'S READY TO HAVE SOME FUN HEAR. THAT'S FUNNY. DO ANY OF MY [00:25:01] ACTORS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT THAT ONE. . OH, JOLENE RIGHT THERE. WINDOW. OH NO. EVERYBODY'S IGNORING THE GUY WITH THE WOUND. . I GOT, I HAD HER, SHE WOULD NOT TALK TO ME. THERE IS JUST GOOD. JESSE WAS ON THERE. UH, YOU HAD A GOOD TIME FOR THE RECORD. I ONLY HIT TWO CONES ON THE DRY. THERE YOU GO, . OH, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CLASS? YOU GOTTA BE THIS THING ON. DO YOU EVER BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE OR ANYTHING, OR? NO. SO WE WORK OUT, IF YOU SAW AT THE BOXING GYM, UH, WE HAVE THE CLASS FIGHT ONE ANOTHER. . NO, IT'S, UH, EVERYTHING'S COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY. WE DO NOT DO ANY KIND OF EXERCISE OTHER THAN WALKING SOMETIMES. AND I GIVE PEOPLE A HEADS UP ON THAT. UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY VERY CATERING. UH, IF, YOU KNOW, ON DAY ONE I REALIZE SOMEBODY'S GOT SOME MOBILITY ISSUES. UH, WE MAKE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS. I HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL HELP THEM GET OUTTA THEIR CAR AND WALK INTO CLASS. UH, WE'LL HAVE 'EM PARK IN A SPECIAL AREA WHERE THEY CAN TAKE THE ELEVATOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, YEAH, YOU CAN BE IN A WHEELCHAIR BOUND AND STILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS CLASS THERE YET. NOT YET. NO. THERE'S NO, OTHER THAN BEING ABLE TO STAND, UH, FOR SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR OR SO. AND EVEN THEN I ALWAYS ASK IF SOMEBODY NEEDS A CHAIR, LET ME KNOW. UM, AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO WALK, 'CAUSE WE DO QUITE A BIT OF TOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, BUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAW THEM DOING, DRIVING, SHOOTING, UH, THE EXERCISES, UH, AND SCENARIOS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY. SO IF, AND SOME PEOPLE JUST CHOOSE TO OBSERVE THE CLASS DOING THOSE THINGS SO THEY STILL HAVE A GOOD TIME. WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE? UH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7TH IS THE START DATE. 2027. SO WE HAVE IT IN THE SPRING. AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR FIRE CITIZEN ACADEMY IN THE FALL, AND I BELIEVE THEIR STARTS MID-SEPTEMBER AND IT'S ALSO FREE. THEIRS IS, I BELIEVE EIGHT WEEKS LONG. UH, BUT MAN, THEY GIVE YOU NOW IN THAT ONE YOU NEED TO BE IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER SHAPE 'CAUSE THEY GIVE YOU BUNKER GEAR AND YOU NEED TO WEAR THAT BUNKER GEAR FOR SOME OF THE EXERCISES AND WEIGHS ABOUT 45 POUNDS. SO IT'S, UH, BUT IT IS FUN. I HAVE PERSONALLY GONE THROUGH THAT CLASS JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD GOING ON. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AS WELL. UM, YOU, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO SOME OF THE EXERCISES, LIKE THEY DO A LAPEL DOWN THE SIDE OF A BUILDING, UH, CLIMB A LADDER, UH, FIGHTING A FIRE, A SIMULATED FIRE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THOSE THINGS, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S RECOMMENDED JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT. BUT YOU GET TO DRIVE A FIRE TRUCK AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT'S A LOT. SO WE'LL DO THE, UH, DRIVE DAY THIS LAST YEAR. YEAH. SO TYPICALLY WE DO OUR DRIVE DAY AT WILLIAMS STADIUM. UH, AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET OUR PARTICIPANTS UP TO ABOUT 55, 60 MILES AN HOUR ON OUR POLICE OBSTACLE COURSE BECAUSE THE PARKING LOT IS SO BIG. WELL, THEY ARE RENOVATING WILLIAMS STADIUM AND HBJ STADIUM AT THE SAME TIME. RIGHT. AND THEY ARE USING, UH, [00:30:01] A PORTION OF THEIR PARKING LOT FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. AND SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO UTILIZE EITHER ONE OF THOSE STADIUMS. WELL, WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FRIENDSHIP WITH, UH, THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FRIENDS THAT UTILIZE THE, UH, TRI-CITY POLICE ACADEMY, WHICH IS IN PLANO. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT WAS. UM, I WAS JUST KIND OF TALKING TO THE ME VERSION AT PLANO AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, WHERE DO Y'ALL DO YOUR DRIVE DAY? AND HE WAS LIKE, OH, WE DO IT AT TRI-CITY. I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S AWESOME. I GOTTA FIGURE OUT A PLACE TO DO IT. I NEED A PARKING LOT THAT DOESN'T HAVE LIGHTS. AND YOU WOULD THINK, OH YEAH, THERE'S LOTS OF PARKING LOTS AROUND. NO, EVERY PARKING LOT HAS LIGHTS IN IT. SAFETY, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY HAVE IT THERE JUST IN CASE. AND, UH, SO THEY'RE PARKING AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST COME OUT? AND MAN, IT WAS MUSIC TO MY EARS. THEY WERE SO HELPFUL. SO THANK YOU. PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT, . SO ARE THESE EVERY THURSDAY? IS THAT IT'S, YES. WHEN CLASSES IN SESSION. WE MEET EVERY THURSDAY NOW. WE DO, UH, FOLLOW THE GISD SPRING BREAK CALENDAR. SO THERE IS ONE WEEK OFF FROM CLASS DURING THE GSD SPRING BREAK SESSION, AND THEN THERE'S ONE SATURDAY THAT WE MEET FOR DRIVE DAY. UH, BUT WHAT, WHAT TIME, WHAT TIME DOES IT START? WE MEET FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON THOSE THURSDAYS. I WONDER. WELL, WE HAVE OUR MEETING ON THURSDAY. YEAH. NO, IT'S, IT'S AT 9:00 PM. IT'S NINE, OKAY. YEP. 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AND IT'S FUN. I MEAN, ACTION PACKED. I'VE TRIED TO GET AWAY FROM THE POWERPOINT STRUCTURE AND BE MORE HANDS ON WITH A LOT OF THINGS. UH, NOW OBVIOUSLY SOME PRESENTATIONS STILL UTILIZE A POWERPOINT, BUT, UM, WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS INTERACTIVE AS POSSIBLE. DO WE KEEP YOUR ATTENTION FOR THE MOST PART? DEFINITELY THE WHOLE TIME. GOOD. YOU NEED TO STRESS THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO MISS CLASSES BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE CLASSES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. OH, FOR SURE. YEAH. NO, WELL GET INTO THE SCENARIOS AND WORKING WITH SOMEBODY WHO MISSED A CLASS. YEAH, THAT WAS MY CASE. SHE DIDN'T COME TO THE CLASS WHERE YOU SHOWED US WHAT TO DO. MM-HMM . SHE DID EVERYTHING WRONG. . IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING. . SO GAIL'S TELLING A PERSONAL STORY, NO, BUT WHAT IT WAS FRUSTRATING WHAT WE DO, THE, SO WE HAVE SCENARIO DAY AND THAT TAKES UP AN ENTIRE CLASS. UH, WE PUT THE, UM, THE CLASSMATES THROUGH FIVE SCENARIOS AND WE PARTNER 'EM UP AND THEY GET THAT LITTLE ORANGE CAP GUN AND THEY GET A REAL POLICE RADIO WITH A REAL DISPATCHER DISPATCHING THEM THEIR CALLS. AND, UM, SO THEY GO TO A SCENE AND THEN THEY HAVE CALL NOTES, JUST LIKE WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS 9 1 1 AND HAS A CRISIS HAPPENING. WE GIVE THEM SIMILAR CALL NOTES THAT WE GET AS POLICE OFFICERS. AND SOMETIMES THE INFORMATION'S CORRECT. SOMETIMES IT'S NOT CORRECT, SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION. THAT'S JUST WHAT WE DEAL WITH. AND SO WE PUT THEM IN A VERY HIGH STRESS SITUATION, UM, WITH CLUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN YOUR BRAIN AND YOU GOT AN ADRENALINE RUSH GOING. AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S SIMULATED, WE TRY TO MAKE IT REAL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE NOBODY'S GETTING HURT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE SHOT WITH A CAP GUN. MM-HMM . UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY CLASS WE HAVE A FEW POLICE OFFICER SIMULATED FUNERALS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, . SO, UH, BUT IT, IT IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A VERY FUN EVENING. UH, BUT THE DAY BEFORE THE CLASS, BEFORE WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL PATROL DAY AND WE SHOW 'EM WHAT A TRAFFIC STOP LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WE HAVE THEM TALK WITH OUR MENTAL WELLNESS GROUP AND ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE MENTAL, UH, HEALTH CALL TYPE CALLS. UH, WE, WE HAVE DETECTIVES TALK ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO AN INVESTIGATION WITH A DOMESTIC DISPUTE, WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND THE DANGERS THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO WE HAVE LIKE A TRAINING SESSION THE WEEK BEFORE TO JUST KIND OF PREPARE THE CLASS. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S A LOT OF FUN. TOTALLY FREE. TOTALLY FREE. Y'ALL. ALRIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. YOU MENTIONED VACATION WATCH EARLIER. MM-HMM. WHAT'S THAT? SO VACATION WATCH IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE, UH, IF YOU'RE GOING OUT OF TOWN, YOU CAN FILL OUT A FORM, YOU CAN FIND THAT JUST GOOGLE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT VACATION WATCH. THERE'S A FORM THAT POPS UP AND YOU FILL OUT PRETTY MUCH YOUR ADDRESS WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BE GONE. IF YOU'RE EXPECTING ANY PACKAGES, JUST KIND OF, UM, NOTES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WATCH IT. WE HAVE, UH, VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE IN A SPECIAL UNIFORM AND THEY DRIVE A SPECIAL SQUAD CAR. UH, BUT THEY LITERALLY GO AND CHECK ON YOUR HOUSE AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY. UH, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. THERE WAS A UNEXPECTED FREEZE THAT HAD, UH, WAS HEADED TOWARDS THE METROPLEX. AND WHEN THEY WERE CHECKING THE HOUSE, THEY REALIZED THAT THERE WERE NO HOSE BIBS ON THE HOUSE. NOW THIS IS ABOVE AND WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO, BUT THEY WENT [00:35:01] AND COVERED THE BIBS AND DISCONNECTED THE HOSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN THEY CAME HOME. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE LEVEL OF WHAT THOSE VOLUNTEERS DO. I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING OUT FOR EVERYTHING. AND WHAT'S FUNNY IS THEY KIND OF TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS. IF THE NEIGHBORS ARE OUT DOING YARD WORK AND HEY, YOU SEE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS, YOU NEED TO CALL US. OKAY. AND SO THEY'RE REALLY GOOD GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS AND THEY LOVE DOING IT. THEY LOVE DOING IT. THEY GO OUT AS A GROUP AND, AND JUST CHECK THE HOUSE. AND THEY HAVE THEIR LIST OF HOUSES THEY CHECK AND THEY DO IT. SO IT'S, AND THAT'S A FREE SERVICE AS WELL? YEAH. YES, SIR. START THE HANDICAP PARKING. AND THAT IS A, WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, ONCE UPON A TIME, WE HAD VOLUNTEERS, UM, ENFORCE HANDICAP VIOLATIONS IN THE CITY. AND SO THE VOLUNTEERS WOULD GO AROUND WRITING TICKETS TO PEOPLE IN VIOLATION OF THESE HANDICAPPED THINGS. WELL, WHEN COVID HIT IT, SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN. AND WHEN COVID STARTED LETTING PROGRAMS KICK OFF AGAIN, UM, THAT PROGRAM WAS CONTINUED TO BE STOPPED BECAUSE THERE'S, WHEN LAWYERS GET INVOLVED, THINGS KIND OF, UH, CHANGED SOMETIMES. RIGHT? AND SO IT WAS, WE HAVE AN UNARMED PERSON WHO WEARS A SPECIAL UNIFORM AND HAS A SPECIAL SQUAD CAR, UH, WRITING THE PUBLIC CITATIONS TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $500. UH, AND SO THEN IT WAS, WELL, WE'LL LET THE MARSHALS TAKE THAT PROGRAM OVER. UM, AND SO IT JUST HASN'T, IT'S PROBABLY NOT COMING BACK IF I WERE TO GUESS ON THAT. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN, CERTAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MARSHALS ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST THE POLICE OFFICERS THEMSELVES ARE KIND OF HANDLING THAT. MY, MY FRIEND OF MY, UH, SHE CALLED THE FIRE CITY MARSHALS AND THEY SAID, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW. WELL, IF SHE'S, IS SHE TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM OR IS SHE JUST TALKING ABOUT VIOLATORS? YEAH. 'CAUSE PEOPLE PARKING THAT TOOK PLACES, PEOPLE PARK RIGHT THERE. YEAH. I, IT'S SO TO ANSWER, LIKE YOU SAID. RIGHT? YEAH. AND SO I, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT PROGRAM IS ULTIMATELY GONNA FIND ITS WAY, BUT, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE THE CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS DOING THAT. OKAY. UH, A COUPLE INTERESTING THINGS. SO, UH, WE HAD, WE HAVE A NEW POLICE ACADEMY IN SESSION. UH, THEY STARTED, UH, THE, ABOUT MID-APRIL, UH, WE STARTED WITH 14. AND AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAVE NINE REMAINING. BUT THESE NINE REMAINING ARE VERY STRONG, UM, DEDICATED. WE BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL MAKE IT TO GRADUATION. UH, THEY WERE TASED YESTERDAY, , SO BEFORE THEY WERE TASED, WE HAD 10, AND THEN WE HAD ONE SAY, NAH, I'M GOOD. AND THEY DROPPED OUT AND LIKE, OKAY, . SO, YEAH. UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY WANT THAT PERSON WORKING FOR US IF THEY'RE, UH, NOT WILLING TO EXPERIENCE WHAT, AND SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO USE AGAINST THE PUBLIC. SO, UM, YEAH, LATERALS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY LATERALS IN THIS CLASS. WOW. YEP. SO, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD GROUP. YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT, UH, THERE'S A FEMALE IN THE FRONT CENTER THERE. SHE'S A LITTLE BITTY THING, BUT SHE IS FROM OUR GARLAND BOXING GYM. SHE'S A CHAMPIONSHIP BOXER. AND AS SMALL AS SHE IS, MY GOODNESS IS SHE MIGHTY, SHE IS RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND THESE GUYS. UM, SHE IS DOING MORE CALISTHENICS AND PUSHUPS AND STUFF. I MEAN, SHE IS, SHE CAME READY TO GO. AND MAN, I FEEL BAD FOR ANYBODY WHO CHALLENGES HER ON THE STREETS, . 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY IDEA THE, THE POWER BEHIND THAT YOUNG LADY. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO SEE HER FLOURISH IN THIS CAREER. SHE WORKED IN OUR JAIL, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND SHE ACTUALLY WAS AWARDED DETENTION OFFICER OF THE YEAR AT THE AWARDS BANQUET. UH, SO WE'RE, SHE'S A, SHE'S JUST A SUPERSTAR AT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE EXCITED THAT SHE'S A POLICE TRAINING TO BE A POLICE OFFICER NOW. ZAPATA. YEAH. MARY JANE ZAPATA. MM-HMM . SO THIS IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING THING. WE, UH, ARE HIGHLIGHTING. SO THE GUY IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, HIS OFF, HIS NAME IS OFFICER RAYLEY. UH, HE IS A LATERAL, UH, FROM CALIFORNIA, I BELIEVE, AND I DON'T WANNA GET THAT WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE HE'S FROM CALIFORNIA. UH, HE'S ONLY BEEN WITH US FOR TWO YEARS. UH, HE'S A FORMER ARMY RANGER. AND, UH, HE IS RIDING RIGHT NOW TODAY AS I'M SPEAKING, UH, HE IS PART OF A TEAM. IT'S PRETTY MUCH AN HONOR RIDE. THEY CALL IT THE LONG RIDE. [00:40:01] BUT AT THE END OF HIS LONG RIDE, THEY WILL, THEY WILL HAVE RIDDEN OVER 900 MILES, UH, ON THIS FIRST LEG. UH, AND THEY STARTED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOS ANGELES OVER A PERIOD OF 10 DAYS. AND HE'S RIDING WITH A GROUP, UH, AND THEY JUST GO FROM MEMORIAL SITE TO MEMORIAL SITE OF FALLEN POLICE OFFICERS HONORING THEM AND JUST SHOWING THE FAMILIES THAT WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE SACRIFICE. UH, AND SO HE IS DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. UM, AND THEN NEXT WEEK, SO THIS FRIDAY, TOMORROW, HE AND, UH, OFFICER GR GR I MISPRONOUNCE THAT G-R-U-O-W GRAU, I CALL HER SAMANTHA 'CAUSE IT'S MUCH EASIER TO PRONOUNCE. UH, SHE'S ALSO A LATERAL POLICE OFFICER. SHE CAME FROM NEW MEXICO AND SHE IS JOINING UP WITH OFFICER RAYLEY, UH, NEXT WEEK DURING THE FALLEN OFFICER MEMORIAL WEEK, UH, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK, WHERE WE HONOR OUR, UH, FALLEN POLICE OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY. AND THEY ARE RIDING FROM CHESAPEAKE TO WASHINGTON DC AND THEY'RE STOPPING AT MEMORIAL SITES TO HONOR THE FALLEN POLICE OFFICERS AND BE A PART OF SOME OF THOSE CEREMONIES. SO IN ALL, OFFICER RALEY WILL HAVE VISITED 86 MEMORIAL SITES HONORING FALLEN POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND HE WILL HAVE RIDDEN OVER 1200 MILES. UM, THE SECOND LEG THAT SAMANTHA IS A PART OF, UH, THAT IS 250 MILES OF TOTAL RIDING OVER A COURSE OF, I BELIEVE, THREE DAYS. SO THAT'S NO EASY FEAT. UH, SHE LIKES RIDING BICYCLES, BUT SHE'S NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. BUT MIND OVER MATTER. I, UH, , I ASKED OFFICER RALEY HOW HE WAS DOING, AND HE GOES, MAN, I JUST CAN'T THINK ABOUT THE PAIN . BUT, UH, HE, UH, HE, HE'S A YOUNG MAN, BUT HE ACTUALLY HOLDS THE RECORD FOR OUR OLDEST POLICE RECRUIT IN OUR POLICE ACADEMY. UH, SO I THOUGHT HE WAS 47 WHEN I, UH, HAD PITCHED THIS TO THE CHIEF AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. AND HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED. AND THEN WHEN WE TOOK THESE, UH, PHOTOS IN FRONT OF THE PD, I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, RAYLEY, I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH YOU, MAN, AT 47, YOU ARE GONNA RIDE OVER 1200 MILES. HE'S LIKE, I AM 57 . I WAS LIKE, WHAT ? I JUST, UNBELIEVABLE. SO HE SAYS, MIND OVER MATTER, BUT HE'S INCREDIBLY IN SHAPE AND HE IS INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS RIDE. THIS IS SOMETHING HE'S DONE EVERY YEAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. UH, SO ANYWAY, JUST A VERY POSITIVE THING. WE GOT TOO MUCH NEGATIVITY IN THIS WORLD, RIGHT? SO IT'S NICE TO HEAR THESE NICE GOOD THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. UM, AND THEN THIS WEEK WE ARE IN, IT IS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK. AND SO WE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF OUR FINE DETENTION OFFICERS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT. WE HAVE A FULL-TIME JAIL IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. UH, WE AVERAGE ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 55 INMATES A DAY. UH, BUT THEY TYPICALLY DON'T STAY THERE FOR MORE THAN THREE, FOUR, SOMETIMES FIVE DAYS. IT'S JUST A TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITY TO KIND OF GET THEM OFF TO COUNTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I PERSONALLY WORKED IN THE JAIL FOR FIVE YEARS BEFORE I BECAME A POLICE OFFICER. SO IT'S ALSO A VERY GOOD KIND OF A TRAINING TOOL, KIND OF TEACHES YOU HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE, HOW TO, UM, TREAT PEOPLE. UH, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT TREATING YOU WITH RESPECT, YOU HAVE TO TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT. SO IT'S A VERY GOOD, UM, TRAINING TOOL THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT COME OUT OF THE JAIL, UH, THAT STARTED THEIR CAREER IN THE JAIL AND THEN BECOME POLICE OFFICERS. UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HONORED OUR NATIONAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DAY. THAT WAS, UH, JUST A, A WEEK OR TWO AGO. BUT WE HAVE A AN AMAZING GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, UH, THAT WORK WITH US. AND SO WE WANTED TO JUST GIVE THEM A LITTLE SHOUT OUT, SHOUT OUT, SHOUT OUT. UH, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE VOLUNTEER SQUAD CAR THAT THEY UTILIZE WHEN THEY GO. AND THAT'S THE UNIFORM THEY WEAR WHEN THEY GO, UH, ON THEIR, UH, VACATION WATCH CHECKS. SO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE. OH, NO. UH, I ALSO WANTED TO INVITE YOU GUYS, UH, TO OUR FALLEN OFFICER MEMORIAL SERVICE. SO NEXT WEEK IS THE NATIONAL FALLEN OFFICER MEMORIAL WEEK. AND WE HOLD A SERVICE EVERY YEAR AT THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR, IT IS FRIDAY, MAY 15TH AT 9:00 AM ON OUR, OUR, UH, BACK PARKING LOT WHERE WE PARK OUR SQUAD CARS. AND THESE ARE JUST PICTURES FROM A PREVIOUS, UH, MEMORIAL SERVICE. UH, WE DO FULL 21 GUN SALUTE BUGLE HORN. UH, WE PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND WE INVITE, UM, YOU KNOW, RETIREES, CURRENT OFFICERS, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME. WE ARE, UH, HONORED TO HAVE YOU COME AND, AND REMEMBER, UH, IT'S, IT'S A VERY SOMBER EVENT, BUT IT IS ALSO, UM, A BEAUTIFUL EVENT AT THE SAME TIME. UH, OFTENTIMES WE HA WE HAVE HAD THREE [00:45:01] POLICE OFFICERS. YOU'RE OKAY, SIR. WE HAVE HAD, UH, THAT'S THE CITY MANAGER MIKE BETS. UM, WE HAVE HAD THREE POLICE OFFICERS PASS AWAY IN THE LINE OF DUTY, OR I, I SHOULDN'T SAY PASS AWAY, KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HISTORY. AND, UM, WE STILL HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT COME TO OUR MEMORIAL TYPE EVENTS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. UH, WE TYPICALLY HAVE ALL THREE, UH, FAMILIES HAVE SOME TYPE OF REPRESENTATION ATTEND. SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO SHOW THEM THAT WE STILL CARE AND WE, AND WE THINK ABOUT THEM EVERY DAY. SO I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DID WE MAKE THE NATIONAL NEWS FOR SOMETHING? IT WAS HALFWAY SLEEP THIS MORNING. THIS IS SOME KIND OF, UM, PROBABLY YOU MIGHT BE THINKING OF THE, THERE WAS A ATTEMPTED CARJACKING OFF OF, UH, HIGHWAY 66 AND DERRY ROAD, UH, LAST WEEK. AND, UM, THE OWNER OF THAT VEHICLE HAD HIS FAMILY WITH HIM. AND WHEN HE WAS CONFRONTED WITH THIS GUY, UH, HE PULLED OUT A GUN AND OPENED FIRE ON HIM, UH, TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND THE FAMILY. AND ULTIMATELY HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES, THE GUY WHO WAS TRYING TO STEAL HIS CAR. SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THAT STORY, UH, THAN WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU. FOR EXAMPLE, THAT SAME GUY HAD TRIED CARJACKING, SIX OTHER PEOPLE. UH, HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT OF HIS OWN AND DISABLED HIS VEHICLE AND, UH, WAS RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO STEAL VEHICLES. UH, NOT FUNNY, BUT JUST KIND OF IRONIC ON THE DAY AND AGE WE LIVE IN. HE JUMPED INSIDE OF A VEHICLE THAT WAS A STANDARD OPERATING CAR, NOT AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND HE COULDN'T GET IT STARTED. SO HE JUMPED OUT AND WENT TO TRY TO STEAL ANOTHER CAR. UM, SO THAT IS ACTUALLY BECOMING KIND OF A, A PUBLIC SAFETY THING OF IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR CAR STOLEN BY A MANUAL TRANSMISSION , BECAUSE ALL THE CARS ARE AUTOMATIC THESE DAYS AND SOME OF THESE CAR THIEVES DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE IT. SO, UM, BUT UH, BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE ASKING, THAT IS MOST LIKELY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, UH, NATIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ASKING US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE'S VIDEO. SO ANYTIME THERE'S A VIDEO, UH, A BYSTANDER HAD TAKEN PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE INTERACTION OF THAT CARJACKING ON THEIR, UH, CELL PHONE. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION JUST BECAUSE THERE'S, IT'S 66 IN DAIRY DAIRY ROAD. YES, SIR. MM-HMM . WAS WONDERING, YEAH, VIDEO WAS GOOD QUALITY, IT REALLY WAS. AND CHILD RUNNING AWAY FROM THE, AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S SAD IS, AND, AND THIS IS KIND OF SOMETHING WE TEACH AT THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY CLASS. WHEN YOU WATCH A VIDEO ON TV, YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME. YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END. SO WHEN PEOPLE WATCH A VIDEO, WELL, HE SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP ON THAT CLUE, OR SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT. SHE SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS. THEY SHOULD HAVE RETREATED, YOU KNOW, THE OUTCOME. ALL RIGHT? WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MOMENT, IN REAL TIME, IN SECONDS, NANOSECOND MATTER, YOU DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO PAUSE AND REDO. OKAY? I THINK IN EVERYDAY LIFE YOU SOMETIMES WISH YOU COULD REDO THIS, WAKE UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER 'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW TRAFFIC WAS GONNA BE SO HEAVY, COME INTO THIS MEETING OR WHATEVER THAT IS, RIGHT? AND SO IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, AND I FEEL BAD FOR THE VICTIM OF THIS CARJACKING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SCRUTINIZING THAT HE SHOULD BE PUT IN JAIL FOR MURDER. THAT IS NOT FAIR FOR YOU TO BE SITTING IN AN AIR CONDITIONED LIVING ROOM AND JUDGE THIS PERSON NOT KNOWING THE FULL TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. UH, POLICE OFFICERS EXPERIENCE THIS EVERY DAY WHEN THEY MAKE A DECISION AND SOMETIMES THAT DECISION IS SCRUTINIZED. UH, BUT THIS GENTLEMAN, HE HAD HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN THAT CAR, INCLUDING BABIES. HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE THEY WERE AT THAT MOMENT. BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE IN A HIGH STRESS SITUATION, YOU GET WHAT'S CALLED TUNNEL VISION. YOUR ADRENALINE TAKES OVER, YOUR ADRENALINE WILL TAKE OVER YOUR SENSES, AND YES, YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION GOES AWAY. YOUR HEARING GOES AWAY, AND YOU ONLY FOCUS ON THE THREAT IN FRONT OF YOU. HE THOUGHT THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE IN THAT CAR. HE THOUGHT HIS BABY WAS STILL IN THAT CAR, AND HE WAS NOT GONNA LET THAT PSYCHOPATH STEAL THAT CAR. HE'S NOT BEING CHARGED, IS HE? HE IS NOT BEING CHARGED. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE NEWS IS EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS ARE FLOODING IN. AND THERE [00:50:01] ARE SOME PEOPLE IN OTHER STATES THAT ARE WATCHING THAT VIDEO AND SAYING HE SHOULDN'T HAVE SHOT THAT GUY. SO JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE A WEAPON IN THEIR HANDS DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT A THREAT TO YOU. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UM, WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE KILLED WITHOUT WEAPONS, WITH JUST BARE HANDS. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. ALSO, WHEN THERE'S A SITUATION INVOLVING SOMEBODY WITHOUT A WEAPON, LIKE YOU'RE WATCHING ONE SMALL SNIP OF A SITUATION, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE END RESULT. AND SO IT'S EASY TO, IT'S KINDA LIKE WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING FOOTBALL AND IT'S FOURTH AND ONE, THEY SHOULD HAVE KICKED A FIELD GOAL TO TIE THE GAME, BUT THEY WENT FOR IT INSTEAD TO WIN THE GAME. AND THEY DIDN'T GET IT. BUT IF THEY DID GET IT, EVERYBODY WOULD, OH, THE COACH IS A GENIUS, BUT IF THEY DON'T DO IT, THE COACH NEEDS TO BE FIRED, RIGHT? MM-HMM . IT'S THE SAME THING. WHY DID THEY, WHY DID THEY RUN IT WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE PASSED IT? WHY DID THEY PASS IT IN AN INCOMPLETE PASS WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE RUN IT? IT'S THE WHAT IF SCENARIO. WE SEE IT IN SPORTS ALL THE TIME, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE EXPERIENCE THAT AS FIRST RESPONDERS TOO. BUT ANYWAY, Y'ALL KNOW, I'LL GO ON, STOP ASKING QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK GEAR OFF. . DO YOU HAPPEN TO TALK ABOUT PROMOTE? DO YOU MEAN OUR LIAISON? HUH? I, I, I'M NOT SURE I KNOW HE WORKS FOR YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED IT DURING OUR CLASS TOO. I THINK HE MAYBE WORKS WITH THEM. OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR, OKAY. SO, UM, HE HASN'T BEEN PROMOTED. UH, SO AT THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW, UH, THE REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE FULL POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO A TASK FORCE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE HELICOPTER WE UTILIZE, MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE OF DPS 1 0 1 WILL COME RESPOND TO US. WE HAVE A FULLY PAID, FULLY TRAINED GARLAND POLICE OFFICER THAT WE WORKS WITH DPS 1 0 1 AND THE HELICOPTER FLIGHT TEAM. SO WE GET SPECIAL TREATMENT. UH, IF WE ARE INVOLVED IN A SITUATION AND WE NEED AIR SUPPORT, THEY WILL BREAK OFF WHATEVER THEY'RE CURRENTLY A PART OF AND COME HELP US BECAUSE WE'RE A PART OF THAT PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE A FULLY TRAINED GARLAND POLICE OFFICER WHO IS ON THE FBI TASK FORCE. WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS ON THE DEA TASK FORCE. WE HAVE A POLICE OFFICER ON, UM, THE US MARSHALS TASK FORCE. AND SO WE GIVE THEM A PERSON AND WE GET SPECIAL TREATMENT. WHEN WE GIVE THEM THAT PERSON, IT OPENS US UP TO MORE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, MONEY, MANPOWER, UH, INTELLIGENCE. AND SO IT, THAT PRO, WE WISH WE COULD EXPAND THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'LL USE THE HELICOPTER FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WANTED A HELICOPTER, Y'ALL KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO JUST MAINTAIN THAT? WE ALMOST DID. AND THEN WE REALIZED LET'S JUST JOIN THIS PROGRAM INSTEAD. UH, AND SO, UH, IT'S TEXAS STATE TROOPERS, THEY MAN IT, PILOT IT, TAKE CARE OF THAT HELICOPTER, PAY FOR IT. AND IT'S NOT JUST HELICOPTERS WE HAVE ACCESS TO, THEY HAVE PLANES THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO AS WELL FOR SURVEILLANCE PURPOSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, WE HAVE A FULL JUST, I GUESS, UH, PICK OF WHAT WE NEED HELP WITH. SO, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THAT TASK FORCE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? JASA? YOU KNOW WHAT? RE REWARD? OH, THAT WAS A RE REWARD, RE REWARD TO GET ACOSTA. OH YEAH. YEAH. SO, UH, ABEL, THEY KEPT COMING ACROSS BY YES. SO THE FBI, UH, SO OUR CRIME STOPPERS REWARD WAS I BELIEVE $10,000. AND THE FBI IS STEPPING IN AND THEY, THEY GAVE $50,000, UH, FOR HIS CAPTURE. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE MONEY, NOW IT'S UP TO $70,000. UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE PUBLIC, ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS MM-HMM . WILL SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I NEVER LIKED HIM ANYWAY. AND THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS. UH, THEY CAN ANONYMOUS, BUT WE, WE NEED INFORMATION. SO THE FBI'S GETTING INVOLVED. UM, OBVIOUSLY GARLAND, WE'RE LIMITED TO THE CITY LIMITS, WE'RE LIMITED TO RESOURCES. UH, THE FBI HAS PARTNERSHIPS IN MEXICO, [00:55:01] THEY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS AND UNLIMITED REALLY RESOURCES. AND SO, UH, NOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING INVOLVED, WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME TILL WE SEE HIM IN HANDCUFFS IN OUR GARLAND JAIL. AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT THAT IS ON THE HORIZON. UH, IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. IT MIGHT HAPPEN LATER TODAY. IT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. IT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT MONTH. HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. BUT WE WILL GET HIM, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. WE WILL GET HIM. RIGHT. YOU QUESTION YES. IS KIM PULL BACK ON FULL DUTY. YES. YES. SO HE HAD, UM, ANOTHER SURGERY, ANOTHER PROCEDURE THAT KIND OF FIXED SOME THINGS THAT WERE GOING WRONG. AND HE IS RUNNING AROUND FEELING GREAT. SO SHE'S ASKING ABOUT ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAD A, A REALLY HORRIBLE INJURY, UM, WITH HIS KNEE, HIS LEG. AND, UH, SO IT'S BEEN FIXED AND HE'S BACK DOING WHAT KEEL DOES GREAT POLICE WORK. . YEAH. THANK YOU. IT'S, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE HAVING YOU. YES, YES MA'AM. AND UH, YEAH, UH, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO COREY RECENTLY OTHER THAN AT THE AWARDS BANQUET, BUT THAT BABY IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. SO, UM, AVERY, RIGHT? YEAH. VERY CUTE. ALRIGHT, APPRECIATE Y'ALL. THANK YOU. SO, AND THEN HERE'S MELISSA'S CARDS. I'LL GIVE THEM TO YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM B MARKETING OUTREACH FOR SENIOR UPDATE. TONY HAS PASSED OUT. UM, THANK YOU. UM, A SHEET WITH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES ON IT. TONY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT THIS? PASS IT OVER TO YEAH. PASS THAT TO VENETTA. UH, YES, THIS GOES TO VENITA. WAS, UH, THIS GOES THIS WAY THINKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US IS A, A COMMISSION TO, UH, UH, SUPPORT, UH, THE SENIORS AND TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S, HERE YOU GO, WHAT'S GOING ON IN, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION AND, AND WHATEVER OTHER, UM, INFORMATION WE WANNA SHARE. SO LOOKING AT THE EVENTS THAT ARE, UH, I THINK AVAILABLE TO US, THERE ARE LARGE EVENTS. AND THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE AN EVENT. I TALKED TO DEE AND TO, UH, JALISA ABOUT WHERE DO, UH, MANY OF THEIR PEOPLE SORT OF GATHER THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PASS OUT INFORMATION AT THAT DIDN'T NEED, UH, WASN'T A REAL BIG, UM, EVENT. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE ASIAN AMERICAN, UH, HERITAGE FEST, UH, FESTIVAL THAT IS COMING UP IN MAY. ON MAY 16TH. WE HAVE JUNETEENTH THAT'S ON, UH, JUNE 20TH. AND THEN, UM, AND I WAS GONNA ASK, THAT'S JUST ON ONE DAY, RIGHT, JESSE? OKAY. YES. AND I THINK IT'S THE EVENING. I WASN'T SURE. IT'S NOT ALL DAY, IT'S JUST NO, IT'S NOT ALL DAY. YES. TO NINE. FIVE TO NINE, MM-HMM . FIVE TO NINE. I PUT DOWN 10. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, RED, WHITE AND U WHICH IS THE JANUARY 3RD. JULY, JULY, I MEAN JULY 3RD. I SAID JANUARY. MY BRAIN IS LIKE, IT'S A J. OKAY. ANYWAY, , SORRY, UH, UH, AND THEN I DIDN'T KNOW. SO ANYWAY, I, I PUT THOSE THINGS DOWN THAT I KNOW WERE GENERAL AND LARGE, AND THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, I ASKED DEE AND UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER NAMES TODAY, BUT I'M HAVING THAT DAY. WHAT, WHAT EVENTS DID THEY HAVE THAT MIGHT HAVE THE ATTRACT THE LARGEST PEOPLE? AND THAT'S THE BINGOS. AND SO WE COULD POSSIBLY GO TO BINGO, NOT DURING BINGO, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA GET THROWN OUT , BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LIKE JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE IF WE WANT TO GO THERE, WANNA PASS SOMETHING OUT OR, OR LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND SO BOTH OF THE CENTERS HAVE BINGO FRIDAY AT CARTER, HARVARD, AND, UH, MONDAY AND FRIDAY AT GALE'S. AND SO WE COULD PICK ONE DAY WHEN WE COULD IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT. AND THERE'S NO SETUP NEEDED FOR THAT. AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE THE HEALTH FAIR EVERY YEAR IN OCTOBER. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? MM-HMM . I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY THE DAY. AND THEN, UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BOOTH THAT WE SET UP THEN I BELIEVE. AND THEN, UH, THERE'S THE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE. SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THESE, BUT I WAS THINKING IF WE THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOMETHING ONCE A QUARTER OR LOOKING AT WHAT WILL HELP US, UM, REALLY HELP THE COMMUNITY KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE. SO THESE ARE THE DATES, ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THEM ALL. I THINK WE SHOULD PICK THE ONES [01:00:01] THAT WE THINK MIGHT BE, UH, THE ONES THAT ARE BEST FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN. SO THAT'S THE REPORT FROM BOB AND ME. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME COMMENTS. WHAT ARE WE GONNA HAND IN PEOPLE? WELL, WE WOULD USE THE QR CODES, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SURVEYS AND THE EMAIL BLAST. THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD USE. AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, AT THE, AT THE HEALTH FAIR, WE'VE MADE A COUPLE OF LIKE FLYERS ABOUT WHAT THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION IS AND UM, AND THEN JUST SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION, JUST SOME LINKS OR, OR THINGS. SO IT'D REALLY BE MORE TALKING TO THEM, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE SOMETHING RIGHT TO GIVE THEM, TO CARRY AWAY AND TRY TO GET 'EM TO DO THE SURVEY. MM-HMM . WOULD BE HELPFUL. MY OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE SURVEY IS DO WE HAVE A PAPER SURVEY? AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING THAT WITH THE POPULATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND, AND IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE CELL PHONES. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE SMART PHONES. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT THOSE ITEMS. AND SO IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO HAVE A PAPER FORM THAT WE CAN FILL OUT OR, OR HELP THEM FILL OUT AND THEN ENTER THAT INFORMATION OURSELVES? I'M JUST WAS WONDERING YOU CAN, UH, OR AT THOSE EVENTS, IF YOU HAVE AN IPAD, YOU CAN HAVE THE IPAD THERE FOR THEM TO FILL IT OUT BECAUSE I MEAN, THE HANDWRITING MIGHT BE AN ISSUE, RIGHT? YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR WRITING. OKAY. OKAY. AND I THINK FOR YOUR, UM, EVENTS, THE BIGGEST THING IS AWARENESS, RIGHT? YOU JUST WANNA KNOW PEOPLE. SO WHAT YOU ARE, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND THAT YOU ARE A RESOURCE. I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING. AND FOR THE BINGOS, I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST A ONE TIME THING. I THINK YOU SHOULD PROBABLY COME MULTIPLE TIMES. MM-HMM . JUST SPREAD IT OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OKAY. SO WHAT DO, SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WHAT, WHAT UH, WHAT DO YOU AS COMMISSIONERS THINK? I MEAN, DO YOU WANNA PICK THREE PLUS BINGO OR, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU WANNA HANDLE THIS? WE ALREADY KNOW WE'RE GOING TO THE HE HEALTH FAIR. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE. THAT'S ONE, RIGHT. WHAT OTHERS DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER TO DO TWO OR THREE HOURS IN THE COMMUNITY BOOTH? AND WE CAN MAKE IT SET UP A SCHEDULE AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE NOT THERE ALL DAY FOR THE WHOLE TIME. MM-HMM . YEAH. AND WHILE Y'ALL ARE THINKING ON THAT, WHO, HOW DO WE NOTIFY THE COMMUNITY BOOTH THAT WE WANT TO JOIN THEM? MONIQUE, SHE'S IN SPECIAL EVENTS. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT BOB WAS SPEAKING TO ABOUT THE DIFFERENT EVENTS. OR I CAN TALK TO 'EM EITHER, BUT THEY WOULDN'T NEED, THEY WOULDN'T NEED NOTICE, RIGHT? YES. SO IF YOU WANTED TO, LET'S SAY, I THINK THAT YOU PROBABLY SHOULD NOT TRY TO DO MAY 16TH 'CAUSE THAT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, BUT MAYBE JUNETEENTH OR 4TH OF JULY, JUST DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT WILL BE HOT. UM, AND THEN GO FROM THERE. UM, I'M WILLING TO DO, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THE HEALTH FAIR. I THINK WE SHOULD DO ONE OF THE HOLIDAYS. UM, MY ONLY ISSUE IS THAT BOTH OF THOSE DAYS, I WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THOSE TWO DAYS. UH, ONE BECAUSE MY NIECE IS HAVING SURGERY AND THE OTHER ONE IS OUR FAMILY VACATION. SO, UH, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE. YES. AND, UH, THE BINGOS. UM, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THE BINGOS. AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING IT MORE THAN ONCE. UH, 'CAUSE THAT GIVES US A VARIETY. UH, AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE DETAILS ME THAT THEY HAVE SOMETIMES UP TO 75 PEOPLE TO COME AND PLAY. BINGO. WELL Y'ALL, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD AUDIENCE TO BE ABLE TO, TO UH, GIVE INFORMATION TO. AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE DAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING A FEW MINUTES BEFORE OR STAYING A FEW MINUTES AFTER TO PASS OUT INFORMATION AND TO TALK TO PEOPLE. BUT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING DURING BINGO. UH, DE WARN ME, DON'T DO IT. . YEAH. DON'T MESS WITH BINGO. YEAH. UH, UH, YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE, UH, WHEN THEY, WHEN DEE OR ISSA SPEAK TO US, MAYBE THEY'LL TALK ABOUT ANOTHER ONE. I DID TALK TO THEM SPECIFICALLY AND SAID, WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK WOULD BE BEST TO DO? AND THIS WAS THE ONE THAT THEY, OKAY. AND CHRIS IS ON THE SQUARE WILL BE DECEMBER 4TH. DECEMBER 4TH I DID. OKAY. AND I HAVE THE DATE FOR THE SENIOR FAIR SOMEWHERE. UM, THEY PROBABLY HAVE IT IN. YEAH, I WENT BACK THROUGH MY NOTES. I DIDN'T, I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. THEY GAVE ME A DATE. SO, UM, SO THIS IS, IS IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO? I WANT YOU, [01:05:01] I WANT YOU TO SAY YES OR NO. SO IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO HELP WITH, TO VOLUNTEER A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR TO DO AN OUTREACH EFFORT? SO I WANNA POLL YOU VENITA. YES, I CAN DO A FEW. OKAY. KATHLEEN? I CAN DO OKAY. GAIL. PROBABLY SAL, MORE THAN LIKELY I CAN DO IT. YOU JUST LET YES, I'M, I'M IN. OKAY. SO WE WANNA TRY TO MOVE FORWARD IN ORGANIZING THIS. OKAY. OKAY. SO WHAT HOL WHAT ONES DO YOU WANT TO, UM, TARGET FOR THIS FIRST YEAR? HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING THING, BUT I COULD DO HALF OF THAT, OF THE JUNETEENTH, THAT FIVE TO 10. I WOULD DO HALF AT THE BOOTH IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE OTHER HALF AND IT GOES TILL NINE, NOT 10. SO IT'S NOT, UH, WAS PART OF IT, I THOUGHT BY 10, SOMEBODY'S GOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ALL OF THESE, ARE WE? NO. LET'S DECIDE WHICH ONES WE, WE AS A GROUP WANT TO DO AND THEN WE CAN SCHEDULE. SO WELL, OKAY. HOW, HOW, I THINK ALL OF THESE THINGS, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO DO IT, I WOULD VOTE FOR ALL OF THEM. OKAY. AND AGAIN, THE BINGO THINGS GO ALL YEAR AND I'M, I'M ON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE THERE AT EXERCISE CLASS A BUNCH OF TIMES, AND IT'S GONNA FINISH AT GA'S RIGHT BEFORE THE BINGO. MM-HMM . SO SKIPPING DOWN TO BINGO. MY, MY THOUGHTS WERE FOR THE GAIL FIELDS, WHEN THERE'S FOUR OF US IN HERE, THAT EXERCISE AND WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. JUST RANDOMLY, MAYBE RANDOM UHHUH . UM, AND, BUT WE WOULD NEED, UM, SOMEBODY ELSE THAT DOESN'T EXERCISE DURING THAT TIMEFRAME TO GO OVER TO, TO, UH, CARVER. CARVER AND DO AN OUTREACH THERE. YEAH. TWO OR THREE PEOPLE RANDOMLY, I GUESS. UNLESS, UNLESS THE, THE CENTER LEADERS WANT A HEADS UP BEFORE WE SHOW UP. YEAH. OR, YEAH. YEAH. I CAN HAVE IT WITH A JULY 4TH AND, UH, CHRISTMAS. I'LL BE DOWN THERE ANYWAY. OKAY. I CAN HAVE CHRISTMAS BECAUSE I'LL BE DOWN THERE ANYWAY. I COULD JUST CHANGE SHIRTS. SO LET DO THIS. I EMAIL YOU. WE WANNA DO BINGO, YES OR NO? YES. YES. LET'S DO, OKAY. OKAY. WE WANNA DO THE HEALTH FAIR. THAT'S WE, NO, WE'RE WE'RE DOING THAT. WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT'S TWO WE WANNA DO, WE WANNA DO JUNETEENTH OR JULY 4TH IF WE DON'T DO BOTH, IF, WHICH ONE IS PREFERABLE? I KNOW. ARE WE VOTING ON THREE OR FOUR? BECAUSE THE THIRD ONE WAS GOING TO BE CHRISTMAS. OKAY. 'CAUSE HE WAS GONNA BE THERE ANYWAY. OKAY. SO THAT'S ALREADY THREE. OH. AND HE WAS GONNA BE AT JULY 4TH ANYWAY, RIGHT? YEAH. I'LL BE DOWN THERE ANYWAY. OKAY. SO THAT'S FOUR. OKAY. FOUR. I JUST THINK JUNETEENTH IS IMPORTANT. IT IS. SO, SO I COULD, YEAH, THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE FOUR. AND I'M COUNTED THE BINGO AS, AS ONE. AS ONE. YEAH. ME TOO. YEAH. OKAY. SO VENITA SAID SHE WOULD DO JUNETEENTH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO HALF A BOOTH WITH HER, HER ON JUNETEENTH? WELL, FIVE TO NINE GOT BETTER. MM-HMM . I MEAN, THAT'S THE TIME OF THE NIGHT. I SORT OF FALL OVER THESE. OR YOU COULD GO AT FIVE AND LEAVE WHEN YOU FELT LIKE IT. YEAH. YOU KNOW THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WOULD JOIN ME, BUT I, I JUST THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT WHAT DAYS OF THE WEEK ARE THESE NUMBERS? THOSE? SATURDAY, SINCE IT'S TOO LATE FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN. I DIDN'T PUT IN THOSE ARE SATURDAYS THE 20TH IS THE SAT IS THE SATURDAY. IT'S A SATURDAY. THE JULY 3RD IS A FRIDAY. YEAH. NOT, UH, DECEMBER 4TH FOR CHRISTMAS. ON THE SQUARE IS A FRIDAY AS WELL TOO. NO, NO. THE 20TH IS, UH, UH, SATURDAY. SATURDAY. JUNETEENTH IS A SATURDAY. FIVE TO FIVE TO NINE. MM-HMM . AND THEN OCTOBER SENIOR HEALTH FAIR. CAROL, YOU SAID? I DO HAVE THAT DATE. OKAY. DEE, DO YOU HAVE THAT DATE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? SHE LEFT JALISA, YOU HAVE THE DATE OF THE HEALTH FAIR OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD IN OCTOBER. THIS THE OCTOBER ONE. OH. UM, UH, IT'S NORMALLY THE FIRST, I CAN FIND IT. THURSDAY OF OCTOBER. OH, THE FIRST THURSDAY OF OCTOBER. WE ALWAYS DO IT ON A THURSDAY. IT'S A THURSDAY. SO THE DATE FOR THAT WOULD BE OCTOBER 1ST. IT'S THE EIGHTH. I HAVE THE EIGHTH. OH, IT WOULD'VE TO BE THE EIGHTH. YOU DO THE EIGHTH. OH. 'CAUSE WE HAVE A MEETING CHRISTMAS ON THE FOURTH OF THE DAY. FRIDAY IS THE EIGHTH? MM-HMM. OKAY. ISN'T THAT HER LUNCH? ASSUMING WE HAVE IT THIS YEAR. BLESS YOU. WELL, BUT CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE. IT'S NOT TILL 5:00 PM YEAH, IT'S A FRIDAY. WE COULD OH, YEAH. LUNCH ON THURSDAY, THURSDAYS. SO THAT DOESN'T CONFLICT. SO NOW THAT WE'VE CHOSEN THOSE THREE DASH FOUR, THEN DO YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT WE'LL VOLUNTEER [01:10:01] TO HELP OUT? DID WE WANNA TAKE THE TIME? YEAH, WE PROBABLY SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT WHILE WE'RE HERE, SO, UM, SURE. BLESS YOU. SO VENITA SAYS SHE'S GONNA GO TO JUNETEENTH, UM, AND, AND I'M PUT, I'M PUTTING HER DOWN AS B FOR BINGO AT GAIL FIELDS. THEN KATHLEEN WILL DO SENIOR HEALTH AND BINGO. OKAY. GAIL, I'LL THINK ABOUT IT. OKAY? MM-HMM . SAL, I CAN FILL IN FOR ANYBODY. I GUESS I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M BE DOING FOR SO FAR IN ADVANCE. UM, OKAY. YEAH. THAT, THAT'S, YEAH. PART OF MY PART TOO. IT'S OCTOBER AND DECEMBER. I, MIKE CAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW TODAY. THEN LET'S DO THIS, LET'S FOCUS ON JULY 4TH SO WE KNOW AMADOR CAN BE THERE. ARE WE DOING JULY 4TH? I THOUGHT? YEAH. ONLY IT'S ON THE THIRD. YEAH. I THOUGHT WE WERE, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DO JUNETEENTH. OKAY. LET'S, SHE'S, SHE'S THE ADDED EXTRA. OKAY. THAT'S THE HEAT. OKAY. AMADOR, ARE YOU DOING JULY 4TH? OKAY. I'LL, I'LL DO SOME TIME ON JULY 4TH. I'LL BE OUT THERE ANYWHERE. SO, AND AM AMADOR. ANYBODY ELSE ON JULY 4TH? I CAN DO JULY. I THINK I CAN DO JULY 4TH. WELL, ACTUALLY JULY 3RD. THIRD, YEAH. AND BOB SAID HE'LL ALREADY BE DOWN THERE AS WELL TOO, TOO. AND THAT'S IT. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. HE WILL. AND HE'LL BE A, HE'LL BE A JUNETEENTH TOO. CORRECT? BOB WILL BE A JUNETEENTH WOULD, BECAUSE HE MENTIONED THAT YOU COULD HAVE A SPACE WITH HIM, OR HE COULD JUST GIVE HIM MATERIALS. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SO, SO YEAH. SO BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, Y'ALL TELL ME WHERE, WHO I'M MEETING AND MAYBE , I'LL FIGURE IT OUT. , TONY, I DON'T KNOW. TELL ME, IS JUNETEENTH IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE IN GARLAND? OH, YEAH. I, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR EVERYBODY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. YES. DEFINITELY IMPORTANT. YEAH. I THINK, AND SO I, PEOPLE COME OUT, THEY CELEBRATE. OKAY. YEAH. IT'S AN IMPORTANT DATE. OKAY. SO WE'LL JUST TAKE IT DOWN TO, UH, JULY AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ANOTHER ONE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UH, IS, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT CAN GO OVER TO CARVER EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE? ASK THAT. I'LL DO CARVER. OKAY. WELL, BUT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE IN OUR EXERCISE CLASS. YEAH, BUT I'LL JUST LEAVE EARLY AND JUST GO TO OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU CAN TELL ME IF YOU WANT ME TO GO WITH YOU OKAY. ON WHATEVER DAY YOU GO. OKAY. OKAY. IF I'M THERE, I'LL GO TOO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, OKAY. I THINK, UH, BESIDES THIS, PROBABLY PUTTING A LIST TOGETHER OF THINGS THAT OBVIOUSLY EVERY TIME YOU GO, YOU HAVE THESE ITEMS AND SOME TALKING POINTS, SO THEN EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. WELL, YOU LOT TIMES TO SHOW UP AND ALL THAT. YEAH. YEAH. WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. DETAILS TO BE DETERMINED. OKAY. DETAILS TO BE DETERMINED. RIGHT. I, I DO HAVE THE STUFF IN A BOX AT MY HOME THAT WE DID AT THE HEALTH FAIR MM-HMM . SO I CAN PULL THAT OUT AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, USE THAT AS A BASE TO START WITH. DOES THAT SOUND OKAY? MM-HMM . SOUNDS, SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. I'M GONNA PUT SEE NOTES. ANN IS NOT HERE. AND, UM, BUT SHE DID SEND OUT THE, UH, THE PANTRY LIST. SO, UM, THAT'LL BE IN THE BLAST. AND, AND, UH, IT'LL BE, UM, AVAILABLE AT THE CENTERS BECAUSE SHE DID SEND THAT OUT. ITEM D IS THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION WEBSITE, AND JESSE'S GOING TO SHOW US SOME THINGS. BY THE WAY, TONY, THANK YOU. VERY GOOD WORK. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. UH, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SHOW, BUT I KNOW, UH, LAST MEETING, UH, CAROL WANTED ME TO SHOW, I GUESS OUR PRESENCE ON OUR WEBSITE. LEMME LOG IN. SO IF YOU WERE ON THE CITY'S HOMEPAGE, TIFFANY ADDED US PROBABLY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. YEAH. IF YOU SCROLL DOWN SENIOR SERVICES UNDER LIVING GARLAND, THAT JUST TAKES YOU STRAIGHT TO THE PARK AND REC PAGE AS FAR AS, UH, THE SENIOR CENTERS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY [01:15:01] ONCE GSAC REOPENS, THIS WILL BE UPDATED. WE HAVE CARVER. UM, AND THEN ALSO THE LINK RIGHT HERE HAS ALREADY BEEN POSTED FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE EMAIL BLAST. MM-HMM . SO IN THE FUTURE, ONCE THE WEB OF MASTER IS HIRED ORIENTATED, WHATEVER, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPGRADE OUR COMMISSION PAGE. SO WITH THE COMMISSION PAGE, WE WILL HAVE THE LINKS. WE'LL PROBABLY OPEN UP TO A SEPARATE WINDOW, AND THEN ALL THE LINKS THAT WE DISCUSSED CAN BE PUT ON THAT WEB SEPARATE PA SEPARATE PAGE. SO THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT TASK FOR THAT. UM, AS FAR AS OUR EMAIL BLAST, WE HAVE 254 PEOPLE SUBSCRIBED. WE HAVE 48 PEOPLE SUBMIT, UH, THE SENIOR INTEREST SURVEY. AND IF YOU WANT, I CAN OPEN IT UP AND WE CAN JUST PEEK AT A FEW. SO THIS LADY CARLENE, AND SHE JUST PUT, WHAT SERVICE WOULD SHE LIKE TO SEE THE CITY PROVIDE DAY SURGERY RIDES? OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE COULD CONTACT GSAC AND SHE COULD POTENTIALLY GET A RIDE, UH, FOR HER SURGERIES, APPOINTMENTS AND WHATNOT. UM, SHE RECEIVES HER INFORMATION VIA EMAIL. SHE WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE IT VIA EMAIL. AND SHE KNOWS ABOUT SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST, PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF SOME OF OUR SERVICES, BUT NOT EVERYTHING. SO LET'S SEE IF WE, SO WE DON'T ANSWER HER THOUGH, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO RESPOND TO HER, SO, YES, CORRECT. HOWEVER, IF THE SERVICE ALREADY PROVIDED, I CAN SHOOT IT TO JALISA OR DION AND THEY CAN JUST SAY, HEY, WE ALREADY HAVE THIS SERVICE. AND THEN IF NOT, THEN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE CAN TRY TO WORK ON IF IT'S WITHIN OUR RANGE. RIGHT. 'CAUSE IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME. YES. SOME VOLUNTEER TIME TO, OR SOMEBODY'S TIME TO RESPOND TO THESE. SO LIKE THIS TAI CHI, WE, WE OFFER TAI CHI. OH, SHE GOES TO AUDUBON THREE TIMES A WEEK. SO I'M PRETTY SURE SHE'S PROBABLY AWARE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO I, I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY SOME GOOD INFORMATION, UH, IF YOU HAVE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES RIGHT. IT'S JUST NOT PRINTED OUT THERE. AND I AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER. YES. SO EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER. SO IF WE, IF WE REALLY CONTACTABLE, IF WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER, I COULD GIVE THE INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO CONTACT THEM, SOMETHING YOU COULD DO. MAYBE THAT'S A TO DO FOR NEXT YEAR. A GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR IS REACHING OUT TO SOME PEOPLE FROM THIS INTEREST SURVEY JUST TO ONE, YOU COULD TELL THEM ABOUT THE COMMISSION AND THEN TWO, YOU KNOW, INVITE THEM OUT OR TRY TO GET MORE INPUT FROM, YOU KNOW, AND SEE WHAT OTHER THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. UM, YEAH, I COULD SEE DOING THIS LIKE, UM, ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS, ONCE A QUARTER, LOOKING AT 'EM AND THEN, AND THEN FINDING THE RESPONSES. AND MAYBE DO THAT IN THE, IN THE THING YOU SHOOT OUT, BECAUSE NOW THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THAT EMAIL. RIGHT. SO RATHER THAN DOING IT INDIVIDUALLY, WE RESPOND TO SEVERAL THINGS IN ONE BLAST. JUST BECAUSE THEY DID THE INTEREST SURVEY DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE ON THE EMAIL BLAST. THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE. SO THEY COULD OKAY. BUT WE DON'T, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK AND CROSS REFERENCE. OKAY. BUT WHEN, SO WHEN WE GIVE THEM, WHEN THEY GIVE US THAT, YOU DON'T PUT IT ON THE NO, THEY, THEY HAVE TO SEPARATELY. YES. OKAY. BUT IT, IT PROBABLY WOULD REACH SOME OF 'EM. THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY TO DO IT IS TO NOT TRY TO DO INDIVIDUALS, BUT TO ANSWER SEVERAL QUESTIONS AT ONE TIME. BECAUSE YEAH. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A THEME. IF YOU SEE MORE THAN, I WAS GONNA SAY, PROBABLY, PROBABLY ANSWER MORE THAN JUST ONE PERSON. OTHER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THAT SAME CONCERN AND IT WOULD ADDRESS THAT. SO I CAN SEE THAT FOR A GOAL NEXT YEAR AND DOING IT SOME, YEAH. I CAN ALSO SEE TAKING SEVERAL LIKE THAT HAVE LIKE CONCERNS OR, OR WHATEVER. AND PUTTING A CITY PRESS ARTICLE. YES. I COULD DO THAT TOO. AND I COULD, WE HAD A SURVEY. THIS IS WHAT WAS ASKED. HERE'S, HERE'S SOME ANSWERS. YES. AND WE, I COULD ADD THE QUESTION AT THE END OF THIS, ARE YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE EMAIL BLAST? YES OR NO? AND THEN WE'LL ALREADY KNOW. YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD. YEAH. WE LET WRITE THAT. OR, OR COULD DO LINK. COULD THE SURVEY SIGN 'EM UP FOR THE EMAIL BLAST? YEAH. HE SAID THEY WITHOUT, YEAH, I WOULD RATHER THEM OPT IN VERSUS THEM. AND THEN THEY GET MAD AT ME 'CAUSE I'M SENDING FROM OUR CITY EMAIL. COULD YOU LINK THEM AT THAT POINT TO THE E EMAIL BLAST VOLUNTARILY? CORRECT. NOW THE QUESTION COULD BE, DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE EMAIL BLAST? RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IF THEY SAY YES, [01:20:01] I MEAN, I COULD DO IT FOR THEM, BUT I WOULD RATHER THEM DO IT THEMSELVES. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. COULD YOU, COULD YOU MENTION THAT THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WILL BE SHOWN IN THE EMAIL BLAST WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE? OR WE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, BUT WE WOULDN'T SINGLE, WE WOULDN'T SAY STACY. RIGHT. WE'LL JUST ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT RIGHT. MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE HAD. RIGHT. SO THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SINGLING OUT ANYBODY OR THEM SAYING, WELL, I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE, BUT IN THEIR SURVEY IT WOULD BE MEDICAL, IT WOULD BE THAT DAY. SURGERY. YES. DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A NEED FOR MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING DAY SURGERIES? HERE'S WHAT YOU DO. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE PICK A FEW OTHERS AND ANSWER. I MEAN OKAY, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT'S POPULAR ENOUGH. WE, WE PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER EVERYBODY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD, WE COULD START TRYING TO SEE, SO I, TRANSPORTATION, ISN'T THAT LIMITED TO THE CITY OF GARLAND? CORRECT. SO THEN I, I SEE WHAT GO OUTSIDE. SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T GO TO THE BAYLOR CENTER IN RICHARDSON. SO IT COULD BE A, A PART OF THE EMAIL BLAST. SO I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL SERVICES. SO THEN I CAN JUST INCLUDE THAT, HEY, THIS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ANY MEDICAL SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF GARLAND SENIOR CENTER CAN TAKE YOU THERE, PICK YOU UP, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO THAT COULD TURN INTO AN ACTUAL POINT WITHIN THE EMAIL BLAST. RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. YEAH. SO WE'D TAKE A FEW OF THOSE AND DO THAT. AND THAT'D GO TO WHOMEVER. BUT IT COULD BE A CITY PRESS THING. DO WE IT COULD BE BOTH. DO WE HAVE ANY DAY SURGERY OF THINGS IN GARLAND ANYMORE? I HAVE NO IDEA. SURE. THAT, I'M NOT SURE. CLEARLY THERE IS, BUT, BUT I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I'VE TALKED TO DOUG AND THEY'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAD SURGERIES AND THEY HAD TO STAY WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T HAVE UBER OR LYFT COME THEM UP, UP. SO I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING SURGERIES IN GARLAND. RIGHT. CAN YOU SCROLL BACK UP TO THE TOP OF THE SURVEY? SO THERE'S NO LIKE INTER INTRODUCTORY EXPLANATION? UH, THIS IS JUST THE BACK END, RIGHT? OH, OKAY. IT DOESN'T SHOW. 'CAUSE IT DOES HAVE, UH, REMEMBER WHAT IT, THE, UH, I THOUGHT I DID THOUGH. MM. YEAH. THIS IS JUST THE BACK END. LET ME SEE IF I CAN, IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR TRANSPORTATION, TODAY'S SURGERY, CAN WE INFORM THEM ABOUT THE DART, UH, PARATRANSIT, RIGHT? YEAH, WE COULD, YEAH. AGAIN, TO ME IT WOULD BE, WE PROBABLY CAN'T DO THIS FOR EVERYBODY, BUT WE'D TAKE TWO OR THREE AND, AND DO IT, DO WHAT WE COULD AND THEN JUST KEEP GOING. BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE SOME RESEARCH. I MEAN, COULD WE REFER THEM TO, UM, TO MELISSA AND SHE COULD HELP 'EM DO SOMETHING? DO YOU KNOW? SO TO ME THERE, THERE MIGHT BE A, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE EFFORT MM-HMM . AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME TO DO ALL OF THESE. SO IT JUST MIGHT SAY THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TRANSPORTATION OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, YOU MIGHT CONTACT THE DARK PARATRANSIT. RIGHT. AND GIVE THEM THE PHONE NUMBER AND THAT'S IT. OR THAT CAN BE ONE OF THE RESOURCES ON THE COMMISSION'S PAGE TOO. YEAH. OH YEAH. EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE BACK OF THE SCOOP SHOULD BE ON THE, ON THE RIGHT. RIGHT. OUR COMMISSION PAGE. THIS IS THE SURVEY FROM THE, UH, VIEWER'S PERSPECTIVE. OH, OKAY. WHAT SERVICES WOULD YOU YEAH, YEAH, I THINK I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY WILL ADD AFTER. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO ACCESS INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY SERVICES? HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED TO OUR EMAIL BLAST LIST? I'LL ADD THAT. THEN THEY'D NEED TO KNOW HOW TO, OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO WHERE WHETHER YEAH, KNOW HOW TO SUB, HOW TO SUBSCRIBE IF THEY CHOOSE TO. YEAH. WHEN THEY WANT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION BY EMAIL MM-HMM . THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO PUT, WOULD YOU JOIN THEM WHEN YOU OPT IN LAST? AND IF THEY SAY THEY WANT TO OPT IN, THEN I WOULD DO IT FOR THEM. HOW YOU'D, LIKE FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION? WHAT, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO QUESTIONS? SO FROM THE CITY, HOW ARE YOU ALREADY RECEIVING IT? BUT IN GENERAL, HOW DO, DO YOU WANNA RECEIVE? YES, I DO. SKIPPED A LITTLE WORD THERE. YEP. YEAH. OKAY. WELL IT SAYS MAIL. YOU'RE GONNA MAIL 'EM A RESPONSE. , BECAUSE I THINK WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD GET IN CONTACT WITH SENIORS. LIKE, ARE THEY GETTING EMAILS, ARE THEY GETTING A PIGEON WITH A NOTE ON IT? OR HOW ARE THEY GETTING THIS INFORMATION? SO YOU'RE NOT THERE. SO SAYING THIS IS THE WAY YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA DO IT. THEY JUST SAY YOU'RE FIGURE OUT HOW, WHAT THEY PREFER. [01:25:01] OKAY. BECAUSE THIS LEADS INTO THE INSERT FOR THE UTILITY BILL. WHEN I SPOKE WITH, UH, I THINK MANDY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SHE SAID ONLY 10% OF PEOPLE HAVE OPTED IN TO RECEIVE ELECTRONIC, UH, BILLS. SO THAT PROBABLY WILL BE A WASTE. RIGHT. AND SHE SAID EVEN LESS OF THAT PERCENTAGE IS SENIORS. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A INSERT, WE WOULD HAVE TO PHYSICALLY CREATE ONE, WHICH PM R COULD HELP, BUT IT WOULD COST MONEY IF WE WANTED TO ADVERTISE. ARE ARE YOU, I'M SORRY. ARE YOU ASKING THEM IF THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC NEED OR QUESTION? ARE YOU ASKING THEM HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ANSWERED? ? NO, THIS IS MORE IN GENERAL. OKAY. THAT'S ALREADY THOUGHT. THEY RECEIVE INFORMATION I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE. SO, SO THE SAY THAT ABOUT THE UTILITY BILL AGAIN. SO SHE TOLD ME THAT ONLY 10% OF THE CITIZENS IN GARLAND HAVE OPTED IN TO RECEIVE IT DIGITALLY AS FAR AS THEIR BILL. OH REALLY? YES. SO IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE AS EFFECTIVE AS WE WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE TO TRY TO ADVERTISE OR SHOW GIVE SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES. SO I SUGGEST WE DROP THAT IDEA. YEAH. OKAY. I THINK IT'S OKAY. UM, I KNOW I SKIPPED AHEAD THOUGH, BUT YEAH. ALSO ON UNDER ITEM D WAS, UM, DISCUSSING THE URL GARLAND SENIORS.ORG.COM. DO YOU WANT TO RELATE TO THE COMMISSION WHAT YOU LEARNED? SO IT IS ADVISED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A SEPARATE PAGE. WE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION'S PAGE THAT'S DESIGNED BY THE CITY. SO THAT'S THEIR PREFERENCE. BUT JESSE AND I TALKED ABOUT GO USING THOSE URLS TO STRICTLY POINT TO OUR PAGES. IF SOMEBODY GO GOOGLE'S GARLAND SENIORS AND.ORG.COM COMES UP, YOU COULD JUST HAVE GO HERE. OH YEAH. AND IT'LL REDIRECT YOU BE MAINTAINED. YEAH. IT COULD BE STATIC. 'CAUSE MAINTAINING THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE HARD. IT'S HARD AND, UH, TIME CONSUMING AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER TO DO IT. SO WOULD WOULD THAT BE AS SATISFACTORY UTILIZATION OF THE URLS THAT BOB PURCHASED? WELL, UNDER THAT CON, UNDER THAT CONSIDERATION, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY TO USE, RIGHT. TO USE THEM AS RECOMMENDATION. YEAH. TO CON READ MORE INFORMATION. REDIRECT. RIGHT. GO HERE. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY CITY ATTORNEY. YES. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO WE'RE ON ITEM D. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM D? AND SINCE JESSE'S UP THERE, LET'S SKIP TO F WE'LL GO BACK TO E. SO SHE, HE'S GIVEN US THE UPDATE ON THE EMAIL BLAST. HOW DID THE BEAM SIGNING GO? THAT WENT PRETTY WELL. IT WAS THE 15TH OF APRIL. UH, WE HAD TO MOVE IT TO CITY HALL BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY, UM, A GREAT TURNOUT. PEOPLE SIGNED. UM, SO IT WAS DEFINITELY, IT WAS, IT WAS WORTH IT. SO I'M, I'M, THEY'RE GOING TO DROP THE BEAM IN THE FACILITY AND THEN HOPEFULLY PMR WILL HAVE VIDEO OF WHERE IT'S BEING PLACED. SO THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT VIDEO TOO. OKAY. AND IT'LL BE IN THERE FOREVER. IT WE'LL ABLE TO SEE THE BEAM? OR DO WE NO . IT'LL BE BEHIND. MM-HMM . SHEET ROCK AND EVERYTHING ELSE. OKAY. SO 80 YEARS AGO, WHEN THEY TEAR IT DOWN AGAIN, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS, HE SAID IT WOULD BE COOL IF THEY CAN PUT IT IN THE CEILING. SO THEN WE CAN MOVE THE CEILING TILE OFF THE WAY, AND THEN YOU COULD PHYSICALLY SEE WHERE IT IS. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PUT IT IN. ONE OF THE ROOMS SAID, SAID THEY WERE GONNA TRY TO HAVE IT WHERE YOU COULD SEE IT. YEAH. OKAY. RIGHT. BUT IT GOT WRITTEN ON EVERY SIDE. SO I, SOME SIDES GOTTA BE SECURED. , THERE GONNA BE A PLAQUE ANYWHERE ON THAT THING. IT SAYS JUST, IT'S ALL IT'S GONNA SAY IS, I'M ASSUMING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE BEAM. OH, ON BUILDING, BUILDING. YES. IT'LL BE A, A PLAQUE. YES. OKAY. WITH THE COUN, UM, CITY COUNCIL PEOPLES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. OPENING DATE AND ALL THAT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR JESSE? WE'VE GOT SOME BACK BEHIND THE SCENES WORK TO DO, BUT WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. BRING DOWN BYLAW UPDATE. YEAH. JUST A SECOND. WE'RE WE'RE GETTING THERE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE FOR JESSE? OKAY. [01:30:01] ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO BACK UP TO ITEM E, THE BYLAW UPDATE. AND THE FIRST THING I WANNA SAY ABOUT THAT IS, THANK YOU GAIL, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID ON THAT. YEP. YEP. AND, UH, I GUESS, JESSE, YOU WANNA REPORT ON THAT WHILE YOU'RE THERE? YES. SO, UH, WE WENT TO WORK SESSION LAST MONTH. UH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. AND THEN IT WAS OFFICIALLY APPROVED THIS PAST TUESDAY. SO NEW BYLAWS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. SO, SO ACCORDING TO YVONNE, UM, WE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THOSE BYLAWS ON THE DATE THE COMMISSION APPROVED THEM, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. SO SHE'S GONNA LOOK THAT UP FOR US. BACK TO WHEN WE APPROVED THEM BEFORE WE TOOK THEM TO THE WORK SESSION. UM, I, I HAD THOUGHT IT'D BE WHEN THE COUNCIL APPROVED THEM. SO, BUT IT WAS THE MEETING IN MARCH TO SUBMITTING IT TO THE YEAH, PROBABLY WAS MARCH WE WENT, WE WENT TO WORK SESSION IN MARCH. SO IT WAS PROBABLY FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY, YEAH. WE DISCUSSED IT, THE MEETING AND APPROVED IT FOR SUBMISSION. SO ONCE A DATE IS PUT ON THERE, UM, AND I GUESS THE CITY SECRETARY DOES WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO. MM-HMM . WE ALL GET A NEW COPY FOR OUR BINDERS. DEFINITELY. AND ONE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT THE DEADLINES. UM, SO IF YOUR DISTRICT IS ON THIS EMAIL DISTRICT 1, 2, 4, 5, YOU HAVE UNTIL JULY 1ST, 2026 TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION. I'VE SUBMITTED MINE. AMADOR NEEDS SOME HELP. SO MAYBE AFTER, IT'S BECAUSE I DID SUBMIT MINE. IN FACT, I MET WITH A DISTRICT FULL REPRESENTATIVE. WE DID THE DUCK CREEK CLEANUP LAST WEEKEND AND OH YEAH, THAT'S, AND SO SHE'S REALLY, I MEAN, I LIKE HER A LOT. SHE SEEMS REALLY, CHRISTINA, IS IT? SHE GETS HER FEET WET. SHE'D LIKE TO MAYBE DRESS US, BUT IS IT CHRIS CHRISTINA? SHE CAME ON THE PARK BOARD TOUR AS WELL. YEAH. SO SHE UH, LISTENS TO OUR RECORDINGS. SHE DOES. OH WOW. SHE VERY MUCH INVOLVED. I LIKE HER. SO, SAL, DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE FOR OUR END OF THE YEAR REPORT THAT YOU REPRESENTED? YOU WENT AS THE COMMISSION MEMBER. I KNOW THEY DIDN'T TAKE PICTURES. I, SORRY. WELL START TAKING SELFIE WITH PEOPLE. OKAY. GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD IDEA. IT'S FUN THOUGH. I MEAN, WE WALK, I GOT A LOT OF EXERCISE IN THAT DECK. IT WAS GOOD . LOT OF STEPS THERE. UM, LET'S SEE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE BYLAWS? OKAY, JSA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A SENIOR CENTER REPORT THIS ONE OUT? TAKE OUT THE HDMI. THIS ONE? YES. I GOT A NEW LAPTOP. UM, I GOT A NEW LAPTOP SO I CAN TRAVEL BETTER. IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER AND IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH MY APPLES STUFF. UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, I STARTED WITH BIG ENOUGH. OKAY. UM, I, WE HAD A SINGLE DE MAYO, UH, CRAFT DAY, UM, AT THE CENTER ON TUESDAY. UM, SO THE SENIORS MADE SOMBREROS AND MORAS. UM, SO THE SOMBREROS ARE MADE OUT OF HATS, PLATES, AND THEY DECORATED THEM AND THEY HAVE LIKE LITTLE STRINGS ON THE SIDE. UM, AND THEN THEY, WE MADE MORAS. I KNOW IT'S KIND OF TINY. UH, LET'S SEE IF I CAN SCOOT THIS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE. IS THAT BETTER? OKAY. UM, SO I INCLUDED SOME OF THE PICTURES, UM, OF THEM, DON'T THEY LOOK CUTE? . UM, AND THEN, [01:35:01] UM, THIS IS JUST SOME PICTURES, UM, OF SOME OF THE SENIORS AT THE FACILITY. AND AS WELL AS, UM, WE HAD LOST ONE OF OUR SENIORS UNFORTUNATELY. UM, SO WE DID A BALLOON RELEASE FOR HER. UM, SO THIS FIRST PICTURE HERE IS THE BALLOON RELEASE. UM, AND THEN CODE, NOT CODE, UM, UM, MELISSA ACTUALLY WHO WAS HERE, MM-HMM . UM, SOMEBODY FROM HER AREA DRESSED UP IN THE EASTER BUNNY COSTUME. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHO MELISSA ACTUALLY TOOK THIS PICTURE. AND HER, UM, PARTNER IS IN THE EASTER BUNNY COSTUME. SO THEY JUST CAME BY JUST TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY EASTER. UM, I WORK REALLY CLOSE WITH MELISSA, SO I HELP HER OUT WITH A LOT OF STUFF AS WELL. UM, SO WE KNOW EACH OTHER PRETTY WELL. UM, AND THEN, UH, THIS PICTURE HERE WAS FROM FRIDAY. UM, I ACCIDENTALLY BURNED POPCORN, UH, AT THE FACILITY, BUT THE FIREFIGHTERS CAME OUT, SO THAT WAS ALWAYS A GREAT THING, . SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS SO FUNNY. STEVES ARE ALL STANDING OUTSIDE AND ACCIDENTALLY BURNED THE POPCORN IN THE MACHINE, SO IT WAS A FUN DAY. UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WE HAVE COMING UP. UM, SO WE HAVE A CRAFT DAY ON NOVEMBER 13TH. UM, OKAY, THIS IS NOT RIGHT. I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S NOT CORRECT. NONE OF THIS IS CORRECT. IS THE RIGHT PAPERING GETS YOU IN TROUBLE? SOMETIMES IT DOES. LIKE IT GETS YOU RIGHT IN TROUBLE. HERE WE GO. MOTHER'S DAY LUNCHEON. UH, MOTHER'S DAY LUNCHEON IS FRIDAY. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE PAINTING. AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS PAINTING IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRAW ANYTHING. IT'S ALREADY PRE-DRAWN FOR YOU. YOU JUST FILL IT IN WITH THE PAINT AND YOU HAVE YOUR OWN LITTLE SECTION. SO IT'S LIKE PAINTING WITH A TWIST. UM, WE HAVE A CASINO TRIP, UM, NEXT WEEK ON THE TUESDAY. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY WE'LL BE GOING TO ROSES CAFE WITH OUR GRUB CLUB. WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE ONE IN WILEY. WE HEARD IT'S REALLY, REALLY NICE. UH, WE'LL HAVE A FIREWALL SHOPPING DAY ON THE 27TH. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE SENIORS TO GO TO FIRE WHEEL AND DO A LITTLE SHOPPING. SOMETIMES THEY LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO GO SHOPPING, BUT DON'T AL ALWAYS HAVE TRANSPORTATION. UM, SO WE'LL GO THERE. UH, WE HAVE OUR CANADA TRAVEL MEETING ON THE 15TH. UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE GOING TO CANADA. THIS IS OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP. I KNOW IT'S JUST NORTH, BUT HEY, OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP AT CARVER, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. UM, THEN WE HAVE MJA. WHEN I TELL Y'ALL MJA HAS GOTTEN SO BIG AT MY CENTER, UH, WE HAVE 35 PEOPLE NOW WOW. FOR MJA TO WHERE WE HAD TO MOVE THEM OUT OF THE BACK ROOM. AND NOW THEY'RE IN THE DINING ROOM. SO WE HAVE FIVE TABLES GOING AT ONE TIME. SO THE INSTRUCTOR'S KIND OF MOVING BETWEEN EACH AND KIND OF HELPING. SHE'S REALLY GOOD. SHE TAUGHT ALL THE LADIES WE HAVE NOW. SO IF YOU WANNA LEARN MAHJONG, COME ON BY. WE PLAY MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS FROM 12 TO TWO. UM, AND THEY HAVE THESE CUTE LITTLE SCARVES THAT THEY ALL WEAR AS THEIR LITTLE GROUP. SO, UM, MJA IS VERY BIG IN MY CENTER RIGHT NOW. VERY BIG. UM, AND WE DO PLAY THE AMERICAN VERSION. I DO GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THAT. UH, WE PLAY THE AMERICAN VERSION. UM, NO ONE HAS PERFECTED THE CHINESE VERSION. IT'S A LITTLE HARDER. UM, SO HOPEFULLY NEXT THAT'S ON OUR NEXT THING TO LEARN. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, SPIRIT WEEK, THE WEEK OF THE 18TH THROUGH THE 22ND. UM, AND THEN SUMMER MOVIE DAYS. UM, WE KIND OF TAKE A BACKSEAT DURING THE SUMMERTIME JUST BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE, UM, SUMMER CAMPS. UM, AND THEY'RE UTILIZING THE BUSES. SO, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE DOING MOVIE DAYS AND WE'RE GONNA SET IT UP LIKE A FULL MOVIE THEATER. UM, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET YOUR CONCESSION STANDS, BUY YOUR TICKETS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. OBVIOUSLY YOUR TICKETS WON'T ACTUALLY COST YOU ANYTHING, BUT IT'LL BE LIKE YOU GO TO THE TICKET THING, GET YOUR TICKETS AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF. JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT FUN AND EXCITING FOR THE SENIORS DURING THE SUMMERTIME. UM, WITH US NOT TRAVELING SO MUCH. UM, WE HAVE CROCHETS STILL ON WEDNESDAYS, LANA'S CLASSES EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, UM, CHAIR EXERCISE. AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR NEW INSTRUCTORS. SO IF THERE IS A CLASS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TEACH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO HAVE YOU. UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW, FUN, EXCITING THINGS TO TRY WITH THE SENIORS THAT THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OF. SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY CLASSES THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF OR YOU HAVE AN IDEA THAT YOU WOULD THINK SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE. UM, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE CANADA GOING JUNE 4TH THROUGH THE 15TH. UM, CARLA WILL BE TAKING 18 SENIORS TO, UM, CANADA. [01:40:01] WE HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK, UM, THE FIRST THROUGH THE 11TH. I APOLOGIZE. THERE'S SOME STUFF HAPPENING IN MY CENTER, SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP THEM ALL TOGETHER. UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MAINE, OCTOBER 9TH THROUGH THE 19TH. AND THEN WE WILL BE PLANNING OUR 2027 ICELAND TRIP HERE SOON. SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GO TO ICELAND. UM, I TOLD THEM THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE REQUIREMENT YOU HAVE TO TRY SHARK BEFORE YOU COME BACK. , YOU HAVE TO TRY SHARK, SHARK. MM-HMM . MY BROTHER WENT TO ICELAND AND HE SAID SHARK IS HORRIBLE, BUT I TOLD THEM THEY HAVE TO TRY IT IN ORDER TO GET BACK ON THE PLANE. WELL, YOU NEED IT. YEAH. YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD TO PLAY WITH THEM. UM, AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS FOR YOU. UM, I SEE IF THIS WILL PLAY. OKAY. IS THERE SOUND OKAY? OH, I SHOULD TURN MY SOUND ON. ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. THIS ONE'S AT THE CASINO EVENT. I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR ALL THESE VIDEOS. SO THAT'S, SHE'S PLAYING. UM, BLACKJACK. BLACKJACK, THANK YOU. NAME WENT, WENT, WENT OUTTA MY HEAD FOR A SECOND. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, ANGLE OF THEM. AND THEN WE HAVE THIS ONE. UH, BELIEVE WE'RE PLAYING JET BLACKJACK, THIS ONE TOO. OKAY. YOU'RE A REAL GAMBLER, AREN'T YOU? . SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH THEM. UM, AND THEN, UH, WITH THE, SOME BOROUGHS AND THE MOROCCAN, UH, WE HAVE AN INTERN THAT'S NEW WITH THE CITY. UH, SHE CAME BY TO GET SOME FOOTAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO SHE CREATED THIS VIDEO, UH, FOR THE SENIORS. AND I WANTED TO SHOW Y'ALL 'CAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY CUTE. IT'S A FAMOUS TIKTOK THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO SOUND. IT'S JUST MUSIC. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? IS YOUR NEW YORK TRIP SOLD OUT? NO, IT'S NOT. UM, BUT THE NUMBER, THE NUMBER IS GETTING UP THERE. UM, SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY, IF YOU WANT TO GO, PLEASE LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE NEW YORK TRIP IS GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN. WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THAT ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. DION HAD TO GO TO A, A DIFFERENT MEETING, SO SHE LEFT ALREADY, BUT, BUT SHE DID GIVE US A SCOOP. AND SO THE TRAVEL IS IN THE SCOOP, RIGHT? AND, UH, AND THE PROGRAMS ARE ALL IN THE SCOOP. OKAY. OH, I HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE I SHOULD TELL Y'ALL ABOUT. I'M SORRY. I HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE WHO JUST STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO. HIS NAME IS JERRY. UM, AND HE IS GOING TO BE OUR NEW SERVICE ATTENDED. I WILL HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM NEXT TIME. TIME, I PROMISE. . THANK YOU. JALISA. MM-HMM . OKAY. CITY PRESS ITEM H. UM, YOU EACH HOPEFULLY HAVE THE SENIORS IN THE KNOW. UM, BONITA SENT 'EM OUT LAST NIGHT. MM-HMM . AND, UH, THIS ONE IS, UM, A SUMMARY OF, OF WHAT THE ELDER ATTORNEYS TALKED TO US ABOUT LAST MONTH. UH, HAVE, HAVE Y'ALL HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT? IT WAS EIGHT O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT. SORRY. YEAH, IT WAS KINDA LATE FOR, I GOT AN EMAIL. OH, OKAY. I, I SENT YOU ONE SMALL MINUTE. OKAY. OKAY. UM, I ALSO AM THINKING THAT THE LINKS NEED TO BE TYPED OUT HTTP DOT SLASH BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LINK FROM THE CITY PRESS. OH, RIGHT. SO WE NEED THE LINKS TYPED OUT. OH, OKAY. AND OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I SAW. YOU WANT LET KATHLEEN READ IT. AND SO DO YOU WANNA FIX THAT VENITA OR I CAN FIX IT IF YOU WANT. UM, SURE. UH, [01:45:01] EITHER WAY. UM, LET ME SEE WHAT, CAROL, IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU DO IT. 'CAUSE I'M LEAVING TO GO TO OKLAHOMA. I HATE TYPOS. YOU KNOW THAT? YEAH. THANK YOU. WELL, NO, UM, MY STUDENTS USED TO GET A DOLLAR WHEN THEY CORRECTED ME. GA, I DON'T HAVE ONE WITH ME. . OKAY. PUT THIS ON THIS DOLLAR AND NUMBER TWO SAVED HIS HERE. IS THAT A TYPO? THESE WEIRD, SIR. NUMBER TWO. I'M NOT ANSWERING, SIR. THE LAST WORD. YOU HAD THE CONVERSATION. KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME. B WHERE IS THAT? A G OR A Q? OH, IT'S A Q AND IT SHOULD BE A G. YEAH. OKAY. OH, OH, YOU A DOLLAR TWO? YEAH. OKAY. . OKAY. AND YOU, YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE LINKS, RIGHT? I DID. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU KNOW I CUT AND PASTE IT, SO I HAVE TO SEE IF I JUST CLICK ON TODAY, I SPELL IT OUT HOW TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S OKAY. CLICK ON IT AND IT'LL SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU. COPY IT AND COPY IT. PASTE IT IN. YEAH. WHEN I COPIED THE TOP THOUGH, IT GAVE ME THOSE LINKS. THAT'S WHY. OH, I'LL, I KNOW HOW TO DO IT. I CAN'T THINK OF IT TODAY. OKAY. OR THIS MOMENT, JUST, JUST BEFORE THE 15TH, JESSE, STOP BY OFFICE. JESSE, WE ALWAYS WANT THOSE QR CUBES AND, UM, ON THERE EVERY TIME NOW, RIGHT. WE AGREED TO THAT OR NOT. DID DID RAY INCLUDE THAT IN THE CITY PRESS FOR THE HE DID NOT. SO I DON'T, HE DIDN'T LIKE OUR PICTURES EITHER. YEAH. NO, BUT, BUT HE HAS LIMITED SPACE, I'M SURE. YEAH, I'M SURE HE HAS LIMITED SPACE. WELL, WE PUT RIGHT BELOW US. MM-HMM . I'M SORRY, I, I DON'T, I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SPACE WAS THE DECISION MAKER. IT'S WHAT WAS ROBERT COULD HAVE BEEN PR CODE SO CONDENSED OR IT WAS KIND OF TION OF SOME OTHER STUFF. SO ANYWAY, IT'S HIS, IT'S HIS PRESS. IT'S GOT LOTS OF PEOPLE TO PLEASE. WE SERVE THE PLEASURE OF HIM. SO WHATEVER, BUT OKAY. OUT LET'S, LAST NIGHT I WAS GONNA BRING IT. I DIDN'T, I GUESS I DIDN'T BRING IT, BUT, SO JUST, SO, JUST SO THAT GETS DONE BEFORE THE 15TH SO WE CAN MEET THE DEADLINE. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANTED SOME WAY TO, UH, THANK JOHN THERE WITHOUT SEEMING WHATEVER, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE COULD PUT UM, UH, UH, RESOURCE TO THE COMMISSION AND PUT HIS NAME OR NOT. PROBABLY NOT. WE JUST LEAVE IT OUT. YEAH. YEAH. HE JUST, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER TIME. I WAS TRYING TO DECIDE, BUT THOUGHT PROBABLY, I, I WANTED TO ASK JESSE WHAT HE THOUGHT TODAY. OKAY. SO THE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, UH, LINK IS GONNA BE ABOUT THE SENIOR HEALTH FAIR AND JUST WORK WITH DEE AND JSA ABOUT WHAT TO PUT IN THERE. UH, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE THE NEXT ONE. UH, YES. BECAUSE THE ELDER LAWYER IS JULY AUGUST. YEAH. YOU'VE TOLD ME AHEAD OF TIME SEVERAL THINGS. YEAH. MY BRAIN DIDN'T HAVE IT. IT'S OKAY. AND SO, OKAY, SO NEXT TIME, THE NEXT ONE SHOULD BE ON THE SENIOR HEALTH FAIR, CORRECT? RIGHT BEFORE IT HAPPENS OR AFTER IT HAPPENS? AFTER. BEFORE IT'LL COME OUT. IT HAPPENS BEFORE. OKAY. IT HAPPENS. OKAY. OKAY. 'CAUSE AFTER IT HAPPENS WOULD BE POINTLESS. UM, AND THEN WE, UM, WE CAN DECIDE TOPICS FOR NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY LATER. ANY QUESTIONS OR REMARKS OR ANY TOPICS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE CI CITY PRESS? I DO HOPE ONCE WE KNOW THE OPENING TO DO, IT'LL BE IN OTHER PLACES AND WE, WE'LL DECIDE. I, I GUESS I HOPE THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENT. WE WOULD HAVE A BOOTH. UM, THAT'S THE ONE OTHER THING FOR THIS YEAR, HONEY WOULD, WOULD BE AT THE OPENING OF THE CENTER. I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO FOR SURE. THAT'S, THAT'S A GIVEN. YES. OKAY. YEAH. I, YEAH. WITH, UH, MAYBE LONG SLEEVE T-SHIRTS WITH SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISOR. JUST, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, I WAS THINKING THAT THAT WOULD BE NICE THAT THAT WOULD AH, OKAY. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IN JUNE, KATHLEEN IS GOING TO BE HOSTING IN VISION DALLAS. WE'VE GOTTEN A CONFIRMATION THAT THEY WILL BE HERE AND, UM, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD? NO, I WOULD JUST, I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER KATHLEEN. OKAY. ABOUT CAST IN JULY. UM, WE, WE WON'T BE MEETING, BUT WE WILL BE, UH, HAVING A PRESENCE AT THE RED WHITEN. RED WHITE WHAT? RED. WHITE AND YOU OKAY. OKAY. IN AUGUST, I WON'T BE HERE, GAIL. OH, GOOD. YEAH. GOING ON VACATION. AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE NEED TO DECIDE WHO ELSE. WE HAVE CAPTION CALL, WHICH I'VE HAD THE, UM, WHICH WE'VE MET AT THE LAST YEAR'S SENIOR HEALTH FAIR. OR MAYBE [01:50:01] WE MIGHT HAVE LIKE ONE OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MONTH. WE'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DECIDE ON THAT. UM, SEPTEMBER, WE'VE GOT MANDY PIPPEN FROM THE GARLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOSTED BY ANNE OCTOBER, UH, IS THE ELECTIONS. AND WE CAN HAVE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SCHEDULED WITH THE SENIOR SOURCE HAS A TON OF DIFFERENT TOPICS THEY COULD TALK ON. SO, UM, MAYBE INVITE THE SENIOR SOURCE OR SOMETHING I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IS, AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO ORGANIZE THIS, BUT FIND OUT HOW THE CITY OF GARLAND IS USING AI MM-HMM. AS HOW THEY USING IT TO ANYBODY PROTECT OUR WATER DEPARTMENT TO, TO PROTECT OUR ELECTRIC TO MM-HMM . BUY THINGS TO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD COME FROM IT OR, OR OR WHAT, BUT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. AND IN NOVEMBER, UH, WE HAVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGAIN HOSTED BY ANNE. IT'S JOSEPH ELLIS. UH, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS THERE WHERE WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER TOPICS THEY'D LIKE TO EXPLORE. UH, WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT NOVEMBER? I'M SORRY? NOVEMBER IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE DIRECTOR'S NAME IS JOSEPH ELLIS. AND ANNE IS HOSTING HIM ALSO. ANYTHING, ANYTHING? WELL, WHEN TONY WAS SAYING ABOUT, UM, UH, THAT YOU MIGHT, SHE MIGHT ASK, UM, LOCAL, UM, MINISTERS, PASTORS, WHOMEVER, UH, I'D HOPE RABBIS AT IMAN'S, EVERYBODY WHAT THEY MIGHT BE DOING. UM, I THOUGHT, WELL, WE MIGHT, COULD HAVE A PANEL OF PEOPLE AT SOME POINT ASKED A PANEL OF, OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS WHO MIGHT LIKE TO COME AND SAY WHAT THEIR SERV, WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THEY COULD ASSUME IF, IF PEOPLE NEEDED HELP, UM, THAT THIS MIGHT BE A INTERESTING, DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF GARLAND RELIGIOUS LEADERS HAVE A COALITION OR A GROUP OR, I KNOW THEY MUST. THEY MUST. THEY MUST. BECAUSE ALL OF 'EM DO. OKAY. I MEAN, IF WE COULD FIND OUT OUR SIZE DOES, WE COULD FIND OUT WHO THAT IS AND HOW THAT WORKS. THAT, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO BRING IN KEVIN BILLBOARD. HE'S THE POLICE. POLICE, CHAPLAIN. CHAPLAIN. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. AT 10 52. UM, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.