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IT'S SIX O'CLOCK ON THE ON THE DOT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD ALL THE MEETING TO ORDER MS. COURTNEY.
UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, MR. FIELD IS NOT HERE WITH US.
MR. PHIL IS NOT HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT MR. OZ TODAY WILL BE, UM, ABLE TO ASSIST US IN KEEPING US ON TRACK.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE TIME OUTTA YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE AND, UM, ATTENDING THIS MEETING.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN EACH OTHER'S FACES IN QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A PACKET OFF THE TABLE.
IF YOU DID NOT, LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL GET YOU ONE.
UH, YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH 19TH.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE.
SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK AT THAT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 19TH? I MOVE THAT WE, UM, APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 19TH AS PRINTED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION BY ARTHUR GRAY? SECOND BY MS. GLENNA.
THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD HAVE, UH, SOMETHING TO SAY.
WE WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, NUMBER FOUR, COMMISSION REPORT UPDATES, PAST AND FUTURE.
UM, THIS IS WHERE DIFFERENT, UM, SUBCOMMITTEES MAY HAVE MET, OR YOU HAVE GONE TO A CITY MEETING OR YOU'VE GONE TO ONE OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS AND YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT TO BRING BACK TO US.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE DONE SINCE MARCH 19TH MEETING? SO, DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE? DO YOU WANNA SHARE? SINCE YOU LED THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND WAS HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION IN MARCH, Y'ALL ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT.
YEAH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING THE MARCH MEETING, SO, OKAY.
SO CAN WE JUST REVISIT WHAT THAT CONVERSATION WAS? OR WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL, WAS THERE A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD? I THINK MAYBE THAT'S MY QUESTION.
THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
WELL, HE WANTED TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
UM, MORE SO OF A REPORT WHAT OF WHAT WAS GIVEN THE LAST TIME AND ON.
IF THIS IS BETTER TO WAIT, I CAN, I THINK IT'S BETTER
MS. JENNIFER? UH, I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THE TOWN HALL MEETING FOR COUNCIL JOE THOMAS, DISTRICT SEVEN.
UM, WE ALSO ATTEND THE COFFEE WITH COUNCIL, JIMMY TRAN.
LAST SATURDAY IS GREAT TURNOUT.
UH, WE ALSO HOST, ORGANIZE, AND BE AT THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
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HERITAGE FESTIVAL.AND THE RESULT, AS YOU ALL CAN SEE FROM CITY PRESS, LAST YEAR, WE HAVE UNDER 5,000.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE 14,600 ATTENDEES.
AND THEY ALL, THEY CAME ALL OVER FROM FORT WORTH, ARLINGTON, EVERYWHERE.
AND WE HAD JUST HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH VISIT GARLAND, AND WE SENT OUT THE SURVEYS AND 200 SURVEY WAS SENT BACK IN EVERYTHING.
OVERALL, THE CULTURAL PROGRAM INTERACTION, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE CULTURAL, UM, 4.6 OVER FIVE.
THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION MS. JENNIFER.
AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TAKING YOUR TIME AND BEING A ACTIVE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I GUESS IN, I WAS ABSENT THE MEETING MARCH 19TH, BUT I HAD SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD ABOUT, CAN YOU TALKING TO THE MIC? OH, YOU SLIDE.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YOU CAN SLIDE IT FORWARD.
UM, SO I HAD, UM, MAN, NOW RINGING ON ME.
I WAS, UM, I HAD SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD ABOUT, UM, HOW, UH, THE ORGANIZATION, OH, JESUS.
HOW THE ORGAN SOUND GOOD? YOU SOUND GOOD.
IS IS IT RINGING? WE CAN STILL HEAR IT.
SO, UM, I SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD ABOUT HOW THE ORGANIZATION I LEAD IS, UH, MENTORING STUDENTS, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE HAD THE, UH, UM, TALENT SHOW, UH, AT BUSING MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, WANTED TO GIVE, UM, BIG SHOUT OUT TO, UM, MR. ARTHUR.
HE WAS, UM, ONE OF THE JUDGES FOR THAT.
HE CAME AND WAS ONE OF THE JUDGES.
UH, WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE TURNOUT.
180, UH, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WERE THERE.
UM, STUDENTS PUT ON THE TALENT SHOW.
THEY HELPED ME CO-HOST THE TALENT SHOW.
THEY SET UP THE LIKES, TEAR DOWN THE SOUND EQUIPMENT.
SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A LITTLE SLOPPY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY WAS RUNNING IT.
BUT, UM, IT, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
UM, AND UH, SO I WANTED TO JUST GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
DID, UM, MERYL OR ARTHUR, DO ONE OF YOU GUYS WANNA ELABORATE ON WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT EVENT OR YOUR TAKEAWAY FROM IT? IT WAS HARD JOB.
I WANT TO, I WANT TO COMMEND, UM, MOSES, HE SAID IT WAS, IT WAS FOR TO BE RUN BY KIDS, BY STUDENTS.
IT WAS VERY, IT WAS RAN VERY WELL.
UM, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
AND, UH, IT WAS GOOD TO BE IN SUPPORT.
UM, BUT IT, IT, IT, IT WAS A TOPNOTCH PROGRAM.
THAT'S ALWAYS KEEP US INFORMED.
IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT, LET US KNOW.
WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO COME OUT.
AND THAT GOES FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
IF YOU'RE A PORTAL ORGANIZATION THAT HAS SOMETHING GOING ON, YOU WANT THE SUPPORT, SUPPORT, PHYSICAL SUPPORT, LET US KNOW.
WE'LL PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR AND WE'LL COME OUT AND SUPPORT.
WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I'LL GET TO ATTEND THE NINTH STREET BOXING GYM FUNDRAISER.
THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM.
I, WATCHING THE, THE KIDS UP THERE DEMONSTRATING THEIR, THEIR BOXING PROWESS WAS PART OF IT.
BUT EVEN GREATER THAN THAT WAS THE BOXERS WHO SPOKE ABOUT HOW BENEFICIAL THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN TO THEIR LIVES.
BUT NOT ONLY WERE SOME OF THE BOXERS, WE HAD A RING ANNOUNCER WHO WAS ALSO A COACH ON THINGS.
AND HE TRAVELS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
AND HE SPOKE ABOUT HOW EVERYWHERE HE GOES IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE'S GARLAND GAR.
THAT BOXING PROGRAM, WHICH STARTED REALLY SMALL.
THE CITY GOT BEHIND IT AND IS JUST TONS OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING IT.
GARLAND IS GETTING EVERYWHERE.
OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTING OUR CITY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IMPROVING THEIR LIVES AND THEIR DISCIPLINE.
AND SEVERAL TIMES OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THEY GOT UP AND SPOKE ABOUT IT.
AND MOST OF 'EM WERE VERY PASSIONATE.
UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
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KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY RAISED, BUT THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO, TO CONTINUE WITH.WE HAVE ONE IN THE POLICE ACADEMY NOW.
THEY'VE BECOME VERY SUCCESSFUL FROM THAT PROGRAM.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE ONE OF THE SPONSOR
WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR GOOD SAMARI SAMARITAN OF GARLAND.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IN MARCH OR SOMETHING.
NO, MAY THAT WE SPONSOR THE MYSTERY.
FUND ONE OF THE BIG SPONSOR FOR IT TOO.
WE, WE HAVE ATTEND AND SPONSOR AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
SO MANY EVENTS A MONTH THAT I'VE TOTALLY FORGET ABOUT THOSE.
I'VE SEEN JENNIFER EVERYWHERE THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I BELIEVE.
UH, SHEENA HAS STARTED THIS MORNING.
AND THEY'RE GETTING A NEW BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE, BUT I DO HEAR THEY ARE, THEY'RE MOVING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I ATTENDED THE, UM, AND SEVERAL OF US, 'CAUSE WE KIND OF JOKED ABOUT HAVING A QUORUM AT THE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE SWEARING.
JIMMY RE WAS JIMMY AND MOST OF US WERE THERE.
WELL, HE, HE HAD A WHOLE SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH.
VERY LONG SPEECH
IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SO MANY OF US THERE.
IT WAS GREAT JUST TO ALSO SEE THE NEW COUNCIL PERSONS COME IN.
AND, UM, ACTUALLY WATCHED SOME OF THE, THE LAST MEETING ONLINE AND JUST HEARING THEM AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
SO IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE THEM GETTING IN AND MM-HMM
BEING SO ACTIVE ALREADY AND JUST LIKE THEY'VE BEEN THERE
AND ANYBODY ELSE? YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AWESOME JOB.
UH, ME AND MR. CHARLES HAVE KIND OF BEEN UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE THE LAST FEW MONTHS, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BE OUT THERE WITH Y'ALL, BUT I, I WAS DEFINITELY THERE IN SPIRIT.
HOW ABOUT YOU, MR. CHARLES? HE'S BEEN TO A FEW THINGS.
OH, YOU'VE BEEN TO A FEW THINGS.
I, I WASN'T INTO THAT, BUT I, I ATTENDED THE, UH, SLURRING OF JIMMY TRAN.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST IS, UH, NUMBER FIVE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CON CONSIDERATION.
AND WE'LL GO OVER FIVE A, THE FINANCIAL UPDATE.
UH, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT, UH, MS. DARCY IS OUT OF THE OFFICE AND, UM, MS. COURTNEY STEPPED IN AND SHE PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME GENERAL NUMBERS.
UH, NEXT MONTH OR NEXT MONTH WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING.
UH, MS. IT'LL GO BACK TO THE WAY MS. DARCY DOES IT FOR US IN THE, UM, BREAKDOWN.
BUT WE THANK MS. COURTNEY FOR DEFINITELY STEPPING IN.
UM, THE MAIN THING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS THAT WE HAVE AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF 8,000.
AND SO FAR A TOTAL SPEND IS $1,408.
SO WE HAVE A CURRENT BALANCE MONEY LEFT IN OUR FUND, $6,592.
THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT NEEDS TO BE SPENT BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS OCTOBER ONE.
I I KNOW IT'S SEP I SAY SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT HE SAYS OCTOBER ONE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS HOW THESE FUNDS WILL BE, UM, SPENT.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE CANNOT DONATE THE FUNDS TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
UH, WE DEFINITELY CANNOT WRITE PERSONAL CHECKS TO EACH OF US
UM, THERE ARE USUALLY THE EVENTS THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN.
AND THE WAY IT WAS TOLD TO ME WAS GENERALLY WHATEVER THE CITY IS ALREADY, UM, PARTICIPATING IN IS THINGS THAT WE GENERALLY KIND OF GO IN WITH THEM AND PARTICIPATE IN THOSE EVENTS AS WELL.
SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
AND WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FOOD THAT IS PROVIDED, UM, ALSO HAS A DOLLAR VALUE THAT COMES OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR FUND.
SO MYSELF AND MS. COURTNEY JUST DID LIKE A GENERAL, UH, NUMBER.
AND IF WE DO THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS OF FOOD, THAT'LL TAKE AWAY $1,500 OUT OF THE BUDGET.
UH, SO THAT LEAVES US WITH MS. COURTNEY.
CAN YOU DO THE MATH REAL QUICK? 6,592 MINUS 1400.
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BUT I'M, I'M GETTING A LITTLE OLDERGOOD JOB MISS
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY IF WE CAN AT THIS MOMENT TO GIVE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT WE THINK WE COULD USE THE, UH, REMAINING BALANCE FOR.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PEPPERMINTS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE SPINNING WHEEL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE UMBRELLAS.
UM, I WILL PUT IN AN EMAIL REQUEST TO MS. DARCY TO SEE IF SHE CAN DO, UM, AN INVENTORY OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AS FAR AS ITEMS WE HAVE NOTHING.
WE HAVE NOTHING, WHICH MEANS WE CAN SPEND, YEAH, NOT VERY, NOT VERY MUCH.
WELL THAT ANSWERS OUR QUESTION THEN.
SO, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MONTH, I WILL GET WITH DARCY, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT WE CURRENTLY ALREADY HAVE.
THE LAST THINGS THAT WE GOT, THE PHONE CASES, THE UMBRELLAS, THE, UM, I'LL HAVE HER SEND YOU GUYS AN EMAIL.
AND IN THE EMAIL IT WILL ASK WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO PURCHASE AGAIN, FOR OUR GIVEAWAYS, YOU LIST THE ITEMS. I'LL HAVE HER LIST WHAT WE'VE ALREADY, UM, PURCHASED PREVIOUSLY.
AND THEN YOU COME BACK AND LET US KNOW WHAT ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE.
THEN, UM, IF YOU HAVE SOME NEW ITEMS, INTRODUCE THOSE NEW ITEMS AT THAT TIME, WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO VOTE ON THAT TO GIVE US A NUMBER THAT WE CAN JUST GO WITH.
UM, MR. OZ, WOULD IT BE SMART FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE A NUMBER NOW OF WHAT WE WANT TO USE OUT OF THE BUDGET FOR THOSE ITEMS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE NOTHER MONTH? YOU KNOW? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO GIVE WHAT NUMBER YOU GUYS ARE HAVE IN MIND.
AND THAT WAY DARCY DOESN'T, SHE HAS AN IDEA WHAT TO SHOOT FOR.
SO SHE CAN GO AHEAD AND ACCORDING TO WHAT WE EMAILED BACK TO HER, SHE CAN GO AHEAD AND START TO ORDER ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM FOR THE, WE ARE IN JUNE, JULY 4TH IS THE NEXT BIG EVENT.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY TAKERS ON WANTING TO SET A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF SPENDING, UM, SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY? THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS.
UM, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE TO SPEND ON OTHER THAN THE ITEMS, I MEAN, FOR THE YEAR? SO, AND WE CAN, WE CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTER WE GO OVER THE REST OF THE, UH, THE CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR WHERE, WHERE WE CAN SEE WHERE OTHER FUNDS WILL BE, UM, APPROPRIATED.
WE CAN CHECK, WE CAN WAIT TILL THEN TO DO IT.
AND THEN JUST, UH, TABLE THIS FOR NOW AND THEN JUST COME BACK AFTER WE REVIEW THE CALENDAR, IF THAT MAKES MORE SENSE.
SO, UM, WOULD THAT BEING SAID, FINANCIAL UPDATES? ALL RIGHT.
WE CAN GO TO THE MONTHLY CALENDAR UPDATE NOW.
THERE WAS, UM, A PRINTOUT FOR JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST.
UM, WE KNOW WE HAVE THE GENERAL, YOU GUYS CAN LOOK OVER THIS AS I'M READING.
WHEN YOU COME TO A DAY WHERE YOU FIND, FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME, THEN JUST LET US KNOW.
UH, WE HAVE THE WORK SESSION MEETING, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I'M LOOKING AT THE MONTH OF JUNE.
UM, THIS SAYS ALL ABIL, ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING GARLAND CENTRAL LIBRARY.
HONEY, WE ON JUNE 18 OH YEAH, YOU WERE CORRECT.
UH, JUNE 19TH, UH, CITY CLOSED FOR JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY.
WE HAVE THE CELEBRATION DOWNTOWN.
UM, GARLAND, IT STARTS AT 5:00 PM IF YOU WANNA GET A GOOD PARKING, YOU NEED TO COME EARLY.
UH, IF THERE IS A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER WE WILL HAVE A TABLE THERE OR NOT, THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE NO.
AND I AM SAYING THAT IT'S SNOW BECAUSE WE WERE NOT HERE PREVIOUS MONTHS TO SAY YES.
AND TO GET ON THE LIST FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ADD US TO THAT LIST, TO GIVE US A SPACE TO PUT OUR TENT, TO PUT OUR STUFF OUT THERE.
NOW, IF YOU WANNA COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER WITH, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER CITY, UM,
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GROUPS THAT'S THERE, WE'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME OUT AND DO THAT.IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? OKAY.
DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ONE OF THE GROUPS I KNOW FOR SURE WILL BE OUT THERE.
IT'S, UH, ONE OF THE COMMITTEES THAT I REPRESENT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.
OUR CHAIRPERSON, SHARONDA GREEN, SHE WILL HAVE A TABLE OUT THERE.
SO YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, YOU KNOW, SPEND SOME TIME WITH HER.
UM, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY TABLE THAT I KNOW THAT'S SET UP A BOARD TO COMMISSIONS RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND.
AND THEN WE ARE IN BATCH AND JUST MINGLE AND WALKING AROUND.
AND MAYBE SOME OF THE CD TABLES, IF THEY HAVE SPACE, WE CAN, WE CAN PARTICIPATE WITH THEM.
I'LL LET MS. GREEN KNOW THAT SHE MAY HAVE SOME, SOME HELP FROM YES.
WE WOULD LOVE TO, IF YOU CAN HELP WITH US WITH THAT, IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE.
SHOW UP IN UNIFORM THAT SATURDAY.
UH, AND I KEEP SAYING TOMORROW.
I'VE BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR SEVEN WEEKS.
UM, YES, THERE ARE ALWAYS ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT'S HANDING OUT WATER, DIFFERENT CHURCHES, UM, MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE CAUGHT COOL.
SO YES, DEFINITELY GO OUT, SHOW YOUR, UM, SUPPORTS.
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE THERE.
I HAVE TO WORK FRIDAY NIGHT AND I HAVE TO WORK SATURDAY NIGHT, SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE THERE.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS WILL REPRESENT THE CMC WILL.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, THE SAME QUESTION REMAINS, WHAT IS ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING? DO EITHER YOU TWO KNOW? YES, IT'S GO AHEAD.
OH, GLEN, SHE KNOW IT'S THE NEW COMMITTEE THEY MADE FOR LIKE YEAH, I'M THE SECRETARY ON THAT, ON THAT COMMITTEE.
WE'LL BE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY GOOD PEOPLE TO ADVOCATE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEN JUST TO GET INFORMATION ON WHAT THE CITY OFFERS IN TERMS OF SPECIAL NEEDS, AND THEN TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
SO IT, IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING.
WE'LL NOT BE HAVING, I DON'T KNOW IF THE JULY MEETING IS ON THAT CALENDAR, BUT WE JUST FOUND OUT LAST WEEK THAT WE ARE NOT MEETING OKAY.
THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY WITH IT BEING A HOLIDAY.
AND WE THINK PEOPLE MAY BE OUT OF TOWN.
SO WE'LL MEET AGAIN THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST.
SO I HEARD YOU TO COME OUT LIKE IT'S, IT'S INFORMATIVE.
THE NEXT THING ON THE CALENDAR IS THE, UH, JULY 3RD GARLAND, RED, WHITE, AND U DOWNTOWN SQUARE.
UM, FIVE TO 10:00 PM MS. COURTNEY, IS IT TOO LATE FOR US TO REQUEST THE TABLE OR DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN IT TO, UM, GET A TABLE? OR WAS THIS ONE OF THE ONES WE AGREED TO HELP THE CITY WITH? IS IT TOO, FIRST QUESTION.
IS IT TOO LATE TO GET A TABLE? YES, IT IS TOO LATE TO GET A TABLE.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR BEST BET IS GOING TO BE LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH THE JUNETEENTH EVENT, IS TO COME OUT AND TO ASSIST ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
UH, IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE AN ORGANIZATION IN MIND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT, UH, SEND DARCY AND MS. COURTNEY AN EMAIL AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU, UM, AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS LOOKING FOR SOME VOLUNTEERS.
WEAR YOUR SHIRT, UH, AND ASSIST YOUR SHIRT AND YOUR NAME BADGE.
SO ARE, DO WE KNOW WHETHER THEY DOING FIREWORKS OR NOT? ON THE FOURTH? ON THE THIRD? I, YEAH.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THEY'RE DOING DRONES OR FIREWORKS.
AND YEAR BEFORE THAT WAS THE DRONE.
I'M SPECULATING IT'LL BE FIREWORKS AGAIN.
THEN THEY'LL PROBABLY, YOU SEE THE PRESS SAY THAT WE ARE NEW AT FIRE FIREWORKS.
I LOOKS LIKE THAT'S A LITTLE MORE EXCITING.
UM, THEN WE HAVE THE WORK SESSION AT 6:00 PM ON THE SIXTH, MY BIRTHDAY.
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UH, ON THE SEVENTH WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:00 PM AND THEN WE HAVE ON THE 11TH, THE URBAN MARKET DOWNTOWN GARLAND FROM FIVE TO 10.DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT IS? AND LIKE, TO GIVE US A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT IT IS, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE? LIKE FARMER'S MARKET? MM-HMM
IT'S ALL KINDS OF SALES, NOT JUST FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
IT'S POPUP MARKETS FOR EVERYBODY.
THEY SELL ALL KINDS OF CRAFTS AND FOOD AND THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON DOWN THERE.
IT USED TO BE CALLED SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S JUST SUPER HOT RIGHT NOW FOR THAT
IT'S A LOT NICE THINGS TO SEE.
A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE COMING OUT.
MY, MY GRANDKIDS EVEN LIKE TO GO.
THEN, THEN WE HAVE OUR, UH, NORMAL CMC MEETING ON THE SIX.
UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT.
HOW MANY OF US ARE HERE? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
I WANNA SAY WE HAVE TO HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE HERE TO, UM, HAVE A QUORUM.
SO IF YOU HAVE A LAST MINUTE CHANGE, PLEASE LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE.
UM, I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW SOON THEY, THAT THE DARCY PUTS IN THE ORDER FOR THE FOOD, BUT, UM, SOMETIMES YOU GUYS MAY FEEL LIKE WE'RE CANCELING MEETING WAY TOO EARLY, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND STILL TRYING TO KEEP US ON THEIR SCHEDULE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL WE NEED AS WELL.
SOMETIMES THE SOONER, UM, IS EASIER, LESS STRESSFUL FOR THEM, BASICALLY.
SO, SO IF YOU ALL KNOW IN ADVANCE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE FROM HERE UNTIL, UM, THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, DEFINITELY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE US ALL TO TRY TO MAKE OURSELVES READILY AVAILABLE FOR THE MEETINGS, BECAUSE WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO MEETINGS THIS YEAR, JANUARY AND MARCH.
SO WE'RE WAY BEHIND PLANNING CURVES AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET.
SO, KEEP IN MIND, THE NEXT MEETING IS ON THE 16TH.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY CHANGING THE DATE.
IT DOES NOT WORK FOR THE CITY AND IT DOES NOT WORK OVERALL FOR THE, UM, COMMISSION ITSELF.
UH, I DID SEE THE DAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME BACK TO US.
UM, THURSDAY IS THE BEST DAY, UM, TIME WISE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF TIME IS A PROBLEM.
I THINK WE FOCUSED ON THE DAY MORE OR LESS THAN TIME.
UM, AS SOON AS YOU CAN, JUST LET US KNOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU MISS THREE MEETINGS IN A ROW, WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LET YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP KNOW THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, BASICALLY THEIR DISTRICT HAS HAD NO REPRESENTATION FOR THREE MONTHS.
THAT IS WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
BUT NORMALLY IF SOMEONE SAYS, I CAN'T BECAUSE I'VE HAD SURGERY, I CAN'T BECAUSE I'M SICK, I CAN'T BECAUSE I HAVE A FAMILY MATTER, THEN WE DON'T, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A EXCUSED ABSENCE, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, IF YOU HAVE OTHER OBLIGATIONS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WE DO SOMETIMES, LET US KNOW AND AHEAD LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIMES.
UH, AND I ALSO KNOW TOO, THAT SOMETIMES WHAT YOU CAME TO THIS COMMISSION FOR HAS CHANGED.
SO IF YOUR NEEDS HAVE CHANGED AND YOU NO LONGER, UH, ARE AVAILABLE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION, LET YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP KNOW AND LET THE STAFF KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN GET SOMEONE ELSE IN.
UM, AND THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP, YOU KNOW, KEEP THINGS FLOWING.
IF SOMETHING HAS CHANGED FOR YOU AND YOU'RE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, JUST LET US KNOW IN AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, WHERE DO I LEAVE OFF? SO NOW WE HAVE THE WORK SESSION MEETING ON THE 20TH OF JULY.
UH, CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION MEETING.
IT'S AT THE ATRIUM BALLROOM AT 5:00 PM I'D LIKE TO ATTEND.
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS ONE WE SHOULD TRY TO GO TO.
I'M GONNA TRY TO GO TO THAT TOO.
SO YOU GUYS, CHARLES, MOSES AND ARTHUR? YES.
ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
MARK IT ON THIS CALENDAR SO YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR PERSONAL CALENDARS.
UH, THIS COULD GIVE US A TIE IN TO THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT TO GET TO KNOW SOME OF THE STAFF THAT WORKS IN THAT CITY DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SEGUE IN
AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, NORMAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:00 PM ON THAT TUESDAY.
THE NEXT EVENT IS ON THE 25TH, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY CELEBRATION, WHICH WILL BE
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AT THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE FROM 10 TO 2:00 PM.UM, I'VE NEVER ATTENDED THIS EVENT, BUT I AM GOING TO ASSUME THAT THERE ARE COWBOY BOOST AND HATS.
SO, UH, IF YOU'RE INTO COWBOY BOOST AND HATS, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE.
AS ALWAYS COME EARLY SO YOU CAN HAVE A DECENT PARKING SPOT WHEN YOU LEAVE.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO NEXT MONTH THAT WE HAVE IS AUGUST.
UM, WE HAVE THE WORK SESSION MEETING ON THE THIRD CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE FOURTH ALL ABILITIES MEETING ON THE SIXTH.
THEN WE HAVE ALSO THIS URBAN MARKET DOWNTOWN.
THIS EVERY MONTH, EVERY SECOND, EVERY OH, YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
GIRL, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
I DO NOT COME DOWN HERE IF I DON'T HAVE TO.
UH, BUT I THINK I'LL TRY TO COME TO ONE OF THESE.
UM, THEN WE HAVE THE GARY NICHOLSON CHANGE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS PLAZA AT 8:00 PM GARY NICHOLSON AND CHANGE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE TYPO, WHATEVER IT IS, THE EVENT IS AT, UM, IT'S AT 8:00 PM AT THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS PLAZA ON THE 15TH OF AUGUST.
THEN WE HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 17TH CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 18TH.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CMC MEETING ON THE 20TH OF AUGUST.
AGAIN, LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE OR CANNOT BE.
I MOVED MY DAUGHTER IN COLLEGE THAT DAY, SO I KNOW I WON'T BE IN ON THE 20TH.
UM, MS. COURTNEY, THAT MR. MOSES WILL BE PARENTING ON THE 20TH.
HE WILL BE GETTING
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY.
I'LL GO TO THE CULTURAL ARTS MEETING IN AUGUST.
MY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAYS ARE OCCUPIED UNTIL AUGUST.
SO MR. CJ IS GONNA TRY TO ATTEND THAT MEETING ON THE 18TH AND AUGUST.
UM, MS. COURTNEY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THIS IS FOR CD EVENTS ONLY, OR IF WE HAVE ANYTHING GOING ON WITH THE COMMUNITY EVENT.
I WAS ABOUT TO ASK IF ANYONE HAD ANYTHING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS IS IF IT'S NOT ON THIS CALENDAR AND WE BRING IT UP IN THIS MEETING, WE SHOOT AN EMAIL TO MS. DARCY AND SAY, UM, FOR THE NEXT ONE, CAN YOU ADD THIS TO THE CALENDAR? OKAY.
AND SHE'LL SEND US AN UPDATED CALENDAR WITH THE EVENTS.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT THEY ARE, UH, A PART OF AND YOU WANT TO ADD IT TO THE CALENDAR, GO AHEAD AND LET US KNOW.
NOW, THIS IS YOUR, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE AND CAN I SHARE WITH EVERYONE? YES, MA'AM.
WE'LL BE HOSTING THE ASIA AMERICA INTERNATIONAL PASSION AT THE ATRIUM.
WE HOST IT EVERY OTHER YEAR BECAUSE CUTS WAY TOO MUCH MONEY.
IT GOING TO BE ON AUGUST, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST, AUGUST 1ST.
AND, UH, WE ARE SERVING A FULL MEAL, SIX COURSES MEAL.
YOU SAID FIVE TO 10:00 PM 10:00 PM YES MA'AM.
AND THE NAME OF IT AGAIN? ASIA, MISS ASIA, AMERICA INTERNATIONAL PASSION AT THE ATRIUM.
I LOOKED UP THE GARY, GARY, GARY NICHOLSON AND CHANGE.
THAT IS THE NAME OF A BAND AND IT'S APM.
OH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, GARY NICHOLSON AND, AND CHANGE.
SO THAT'S THE NAME OF IT? YES, MA'AM.
YEAH, I WAS LIKE, WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME LETTERS MISSING, BUT OKAY.
UH, AND YES, IT DOES HAVE A PM ON THE CALENDAR, SO IT'S THE BAND GUYS, IF Y'ALL WANNA CHECK THAT OUT ON THE 15TH OR LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW.
ALRIGHT, MISS, UM, JENNIFER, WE GOT THAT EVENT ON AUGUST 1ST FROM FIVE TO 10.
THE MISS ASIA AMERICA INTERNATIONAL PAGEANT AT THE ATRIUM.
ANYONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING? JUNE, THE REST OF JUNE, JULY? YES, MS. MR. MOSES? UM,
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THERE'S A COUPLE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT GISD, SO I'LL JUST SUBMIT A FEW OF THOSE.I KNOW THAT MY ORGANIZATION THAT I'M PART OF IS A PART, IS CONNECTED TO LIKE FIVE OF THEM, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING BACK TO SCHOOL STUFF.
BUT I THINK, UM, AUGUST 1ST, BUSTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS DOING AN EVENT AT 9:00 AM BUT I ALSO THINK THERE'S A BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT WITHIN NAACP AND GISD AT LIKE SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING AT HOMER B JOHNSON STADIUM.
NOW, DON'T SAY IT LIKE SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING, TOO EARLY NINE.
YEAH, IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO BAD.
UH, MS. COURTNEY, I'LL SEND YOU THE ATTACHMENTS.
UH, FOR THAT I'LL BE THERE DUE DOING SOME RAP MUSIC SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
SO REGISTRATION BEGAN JULY WILL BEGIN JULY 8TH.
UM, AND IT, UH, IT'S THE AUGUST 1ST.
I NEED TO MAKE SURE I HAVE A COPY THAT I CAN SHARE, UH, BECAUSE I DO SERVE AS THE SECRETARY FOR THE N-A-A-C-P.
SO SOMETIMES I GET COPIES I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO HAND OUT.
I'LL MAKE SURE I GET THIS COPY.
THIS IS THE RIGHT COPY, AND I'LL SEND IT TO MS. DARCY AND THEN THAT WAY SHE CAN SEND IT OUT TO, UM, EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND YOU HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BY JULY 8TH, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME OR MR. MOSES, 'CAUSE HE SEEMS TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION TOO.
AND WHAT DAY YOU SAY THE EVENT WAS AUGUST 1ST? MM-HMM.
I THINK IT'S AUGUST NIGHT DATE OF EVENT.
SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL TIME.
I THINK WHEN I TALKED TO MS. BLAKES, SHE TOLD ME AUGUST 1ST.
AND THIS EMAIL IS FROM MS. BLAKES.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAY SOMETIMES I GET A, A REVISION SOMEWHERE.
BUT I'LL SEND OUT, I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION AND I'LL SEND IT TO DARCY AND THEN HAVE HER SEND IT TO, UH, YOU GUYS.
OKAY, I'LL CHECK, I'LL MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO SEND IT TO YOU.
YEAH, I HAVE THE, I HAVE THE FLYER HERE.
FOR THE GARLAND AND THE NAACP 23RD ANNUAL HEALTH FAIR BACK TO SCHOOL.
UH, RALLY AT THE, UH, ACTUAL DATE IS, WELL, REGISTRATION IS FROM JUNE 12TH THROUGH JULY 24TH.
THE ACTUAL DATE OF THE EVENT WILL BE SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH FROM 7:30 AM TO 10:30 AM AND THAT WILL BE AT HBJ STADIUM.
CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR? IF YOU HAVE THAT ALREADY PULLED UP, CAN YOU JUST SEND THAT TO DARCY FOR ME REAL QUICK? SURE.
THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I SAY SOMETIMES I GET STUFF THAT'S BEEN REVISED AND YOU KNOW, IF I'M PULL THE RIGHT ONE, THEN I GET DIFFERENT INFORMATION.
BUT IF HE HAS THE FLYER, LET'S GO WITH THE FLYER.
DOES, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY EVENTS IN JUNE, JULY, AUGUST.
SO MS. CORNEL WILL GET THIS INFORMATION TO MS. DARCY.
SHE'LL UPDATE THIS CALENDAR AND SHE'LL SEND US THESE, UM, CALENDARS AGAIN, JUST SO WE HAVE THE MOST RECENT UPDATED ONES.
UH, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA DOUBLE BACK TO THE FINANCIAL UPDATES.
UM, LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, WE HAVE ONE MORE.
WE HAVE C, RIGHT? OH, YOU WANT TO FIVE FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
WELL WE, THAT'S COVER THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DISCUSSION.
UM, THIS SAYS WE WILL DISCUSS DETAILS REGARDING THE UPCOMING 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND UM, I WILL DEFER TO, UH, MR. CJ OR MR. ARTHUR, WHICHEVER YOU GENTLEMEN WANNA DISCUSS IT.
BUT LET'S JUST SAY THIS ON THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH 19TH, IF WE LOOK AT ITEM FOUR, UH, IT HAS 25TH ANNIVERSARY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT.
IT SAYS CHAIR JOHNSON OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE'LL PROVIDE A REPORT FROM THE JANUARY 15TH, 2026 SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBER GREG PROVIDED A REPORT SUMMARIZING THE SUBCOMMITTEE
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SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING HELD EARLIER.THE KEY POINTS INCLUDED 25TH ANNIVERSARY SUBCOMMITTEE METS ON MARCH 19TH AT 5:00 PM DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON POTENTIAL 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT PLANNING, CONSIDERATION OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH PROJECT UNITY.
TOGETHER WE DINE AND TOPICS INCLUDED EVENT STRUCTURED DINNER PLUS ONE, UM-MM.
DINNER PLUS FACILITATED CONVERSATION.
AND THEN WE HAD THE MARKETING SPONSORSHIPS AND CATERING NEED FOR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
NOT YET DISCUSSED, NOTED THAT CHAIR JOHNSON WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THIS REPORT.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THE ONLY THING MISSING FROM THAT IS THAT WE MET, THEY CAME AND PRESENTED THE PROJECT UNITY.
THEY DID AND WE WANTED TO INVITE THEM BACK TO A MEETING THAT, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A, THE LARGER GROUP, I THINK RENEE AND, AND MERRILL THAT, SO THAT WE, WE, BECAUSE WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR THEM THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN OUR MEETING.
THINGS LIKE IF THEY, YOU KNOW, WHO PAYS FOR THE FOOD, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND SO WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO, UM, HAVE THEM ANSWER.
SO THE, WHAT IT LEFT OFF WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA INVITE THEM TO OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND IF YOU, YEAH, AND I SAW THAT ON HERE.
SO THIS ONE SAYS THAT THEY WERE GONNA RETURN TO A SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO WAS IT THE SUB OR WAS IT THE FULL? IT WAS THE SUB, BUT WE WERE GONNA ASK THEM INVITE TO THE FULL INVITE ANYBODY WHO FROM THE COMMITTEE, THE GREATER COMMITTEE TO THE SUB TO SHOW UP.
TO THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEN ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, CORRECTION, THEY CAME AND PRESENTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING? THE REGULAR MEETING, YES.
BECAUSE THESE MEETING MINUTES IS FROM THE REGULAR MEETING AND NOT FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
SO THEY WERE HERE AT THE REGULAR MEETING.
SO ONE, I THINK WE NEED TO DECIDE, 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE ON THE CALENDAR FOR JULY.
I DON'T SEE THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON THE CALENDAR.
SO IF OUR GOAL IS TO GET THEM BACK IN ONE MS. COURTNEY, SINCE THIS IS A LIKE A MONTH AWAY, ARE WE STILL ABLE TO GET THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON THE CALENDAR FOR JULY? YES SIR.
I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE WE INVITE THEM BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL ON THE CORRECT.
AND I THINK ONE OTHER THING WE TALKED ABOUT TOO WAS GET SOME INPUT FROM JENNIFER BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN HERE 25 YEARS AND UH, YOU KNOW, SOME GUIDANCE.
WE WERE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE NEED TO HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO PRESENT WHEN THEY COME BACK.
UH, WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE EACH OF US SEND AN EMAIL OF SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A QUESTION REGARD REGARDING.
I WOULD SUGGEST SEND AN EMAIL TO MS. DARCY AND ASK HER IF SHE CAN SEND OUT A GROUP EMAIL ASKING IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, ALONG THESE, YOU KNOW, GIVE SOME YEAH.
WE MAY HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, AND THEN WE CAN BRING THOSE MM-HMM
AND THEN IF, UH, MS. JENNIFER, OR I MEAN MS. COURTNEY OR MR. OZ WHO WOULD REACH OUT TO TOGETHER, WE DINE EARLY ENOUGH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'D WANT ME TO DO? OR WOULD CITY STAFF REACH OUT TO THEM FIRST? YOU CAN REACH TO GET ON THEIR CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER.
I ALSO REMEMBER AT THAT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WHERE WE, UH, THEY SHARED WITH US THAT THEY'RE OFTEN HAVE THESE DYING AND DISCUSSION MEETINGS AND THAT WE'RE WELCOME TO GO TO THEM.
THEY SENT AND IF THERE'S SENT AN EMAIL, I THINK THEY SENT AN EMAIL TO US WITH SOME DATES MM-HMM
AND I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF US TO GO TO ONE OF THOSE TO SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT BEFORE THIS NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WHERE WE INVITE THEM.
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AND IT WAS A YOU DID GO.AND THE ONE I WENT TO WAS ACTUALLY A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE.
I DIDN'T GO TO ONE IN PERSON, BUT I DID A VIRTUAL ONE MAYBE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? IT WAS AMAZING.
UM, AND THIS ONE, AND IT MAY MAY BE MORE THAN A COUPLE MONTHS, BUT IT WAS REALLY AROUND, UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND SO, UM, EVERYBODY BASICALLY BROUGHT YOUR VIRTUAL MEAL TO THE MEETING OR TO THE SESSION TURNED ON YOUR CAMERAS.
AND WE WERE IN A LARGE BREAKOUT OR LARGE GROUP ROOM VIRTUALLY AT FIRST THAT KIND OF SET THE STAGE, SHARED WHAT THE EXPERIENCE WAS GOING TO BE LIKE.
THERE WERE THREE ROUNDS OF CONVERSATION THE FIRST ROUND WHEN WE BROKE OUT AND WE WERE IN THE SAME GROUPS.
UM, BUT THE FIRST ROUND WAS EVERYBODY PICKED A QUE.
SO WE PICKED THE NUMBER AND BASED ON THE NUMBER THAT YOU SELECTED, YOU GOT A QUESTION.
AND WHEN YOU ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, WHEN THEY RUN AROUND THE TABLE, YOU WERE THE ONLY PERSON THAT COULD SPEAK.
AND THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE LISTENING TO UNDERSTAND THAT INDIVIDUAL'S PERSPECTIVE.
SO THERE WAS NO RESPONSES THE FIRST ROUND.
AND THEN THE SECOND ROUND YOU COULD RESPOND TO ONE OR MORE OF THE QUESTIONS WITH EITHER A FOLLOW UP QUESTION OR THOUGHTS OF YOUR OWN DURING ROUND TWO.
AND THEN ROUND THREE WAS MORE THAT INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WHERE PEOPLE GOT TO RESPOND AND JUST REALLY ENGAGE.
BUT IT WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT LISTENING FIRST AND THEN SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR? WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT? WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU STILL HAVE? AND THEN LET'S TALK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY.
AND THEN WE CAME BACK INTO THE LARGE ROOM PEOPLE SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT, UH, GREAT EVENING.
MS. KIMBERLY WAS THERE AS WELL.
SO I GOT TO SEE HER ON THE MEETING.
UM, SHE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FACILITATORS.
SHE, SO SHE WOULD BE A GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION AS WELL.
I HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMMISSIONS FOR 19 YEARS AND UM, BACK THEN THE COMMISSION PUT TOGETHER A 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AT CURTIS COLDWELL CENTER.
WE TAKE UP THE ARENA AND ALL THE CONFERENCE ROOM BECAUSE WE INVITING A LOT OF FEDERAL STATE AGENCY TO COME IN.
AND THEN WE ALSO HOST THE BREAKFAST, LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST AT THE ATRIUM FOR THE 15 YEARS ANNIVERSARY.
IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, BEING AROUND AND DOING A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED A LOCATION.
SECOND OF ALL, WE NEED FINANCIAL AND THE COMMISSION CAN COME UP WITH OUR OWN AGENDA.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE NEED TO ATTRACT THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
EVERYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY TO COME IN TO OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY IS THE KEY.
UH, I'M SURE THAT WE CAN DO ALL THAT AND POSITIVE THAT WE CAN.
AND WE SIT DOWN, WE CHECK OUT THE TIME AND WE, WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE, WE LIKE TO SEE MM-HMM
AND I'M SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH A LOT AT THE VERY SHORT TIME.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS, OR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVEN'T COVERED? I HAVE A QUESTION.
WITH THIS CURRENT BUDGET, UM, IS THERE A FUNDRAISING OPTIONS AND ABILITY? HOW DOES THAT WORK? OR IS IT KIND OF, IT'S SET AND IT GETS SPENT THE WAY IT GETS SPENT? MAY I ANSWER? YEAH, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE LONGER.
I WAS THERE, I WAS THERE FOR THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND THE 15 YEARS ANNIVERSARY.
WE, WE DO NOT CALL IT FUNDRAISER.
WE ONLY EXPRESS OUR IDEA, OUR OPINION ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE FROM BUSINESSES IN GARLAND.
THEY ARE THE ONE I BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE THERE, RIGHT? UH, CONNIE, UH, IT'S AMAZING.
THEY COME IN, THEY SAY, OKAY, JENNIFER OR OR WHOEVER ON THE COMMISSION, IF YOU HAVE THAT PERSONAL CONTACT, LIKE WHAT WE SAW IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY REACH OUT TO YOU AND THEY SAY, OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF IT.
SO WHAT MY RESPONSE TO THEM WAS, WE
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WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO BRING IN 15 PEOPLE, BRING YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOUR FRIEND, YOUR FAMILY.AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE A CHECK, THEN THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE T-SHIRT UNIFORM OR SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT SORT OF LINE WE DON'T LIKE TO PUT OUT OR PROMOTING A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.
WE CAN DO IT ON OUR NICE WAY AND I BET YOU ANY MONEY, I LOVE THAT WE CAN DO IT.
DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SO MS. JENNIFER, WE NEED YOU AT THE MEETING ON NEXT MONTH SINCE YOU HAVE THE HISTORY.
IF SOMEONE, ME AND YOU COME ME UP, I CAN PICK YOU UP.
I PROMISE I HAVEN'T BEEN DRIVING FOR NINE YEARS.
I'LL PICK YOU UP AND TAKE YOU HOME.
ALRIGHT,
SO MR. MOSES, WERE YOU REFERRING TO OUR CURRENT $8,000 BUDGET OR ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE BUDGET THAT DOES NOT EXIST CURRENTLY FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY? THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION WAS OKAY.
YOU'RE IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, IT, IT MAKES SOUND SENSE TO SAY, OKAY, THERE NEEDS TO BE A BUDGET ALLOCATED FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.
SO I GUESS THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
IS LIKE, OKAY, ARE WE SPENDING OUT OF THIS 6,000 OR WHATEVER WE HAVE LEFT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? DO WE NEED TO BUILD A ACTUAL BUDGET AND PUT STRATEGY TO RE YOU KNOW, GET MONEY IN THAT? I DO BELIEVE WHEN IT'S TIME, I THINK WE'LL NEED TO BUILD A STRAT, BUILD A BUDGET, RIGHT.
WHICH IS, I WOULD LOVE TO SAY, HEY, ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD PAY FOR EARLY? I DON'T THINK WE KNOW ENOUGH RIGHT NOW ON WHAT THOSE EXPENSES WOULD BE.
UM, THAT WAS DEFINITELY IN MY MIND.
BUT I THINK NOT HAVING MET FOR A FEW MONTHS RIGHT NOW, HAVING A QUORUM.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN MIA 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TRAVELING AS WELL.
I, I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET TO KNOW TO SAY, HEY, CAN WE PREPAY FOR THIS BY OCTOBER 1ST? UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY OPTIMISTIC.
AND WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WAS WHEN IT'S TIME COME TIME, WE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY VOTE ON IT.
WE WOULDN'T TAKE OUR ENTIRE BUDGET AND PUT IN THERE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OTHER EXPENSES.
I I DON'T SEE WHY WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, IS ON THIS COMMISSION AT THAT MOMENT WOULD NOT CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, AN EVENT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING WITH THE BUDGET THAT IS GIVEN TO US.
LET ME ADD THIS TOO, PROBABLY TOGETHER, WEINE PROBABLY HAS SOME IDEAS ON WHAT YOU GUYS DO TO GET SPONSORSHIPS OR FUNDRAISE MM-HMM
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S UH, I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE BUDGET NOW WOULDN'T COME CLOSE.
BUT, BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE BACK.
GENERALLY WHAT, WHAT WOULD THIS COST? AND IT GIVES YOU GUYS A NUMBER AND THEN THEY, THEY PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS ON HOW TO RAISE THAT MONEY.
AND I THINK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, WHILE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL TOOK UP THE WHOLE CURTIS CALDWELL CENTER, THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE AN INTIMATE SETTING.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE 200 PEOPLE MAX, SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE INTIMATE SETTING FOR THE BREAKOUTS, FOR THE DIALOGUE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WHAT THE VISION WAS FOR THE COMMISSION FROM, FROM THIS PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE IS TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT ARE THE RESIDENTS OF GARLAND DESIRING BY WAY OF MULTICULTURAL, UM, YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING? AND IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION AND OR PROPOSAL THAT WE COULD CRAFT OUT OF THE FEEDBACK AND THE DIALOGUE THAT WE GET AND SHARE THAT BACK WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL PERSONS TO HELP REALLY MAKE IMPACTFUL CHANGE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
REALLY MUCH LIKE WHAT MS. COURTNEY JUST TALKED ABOUT AND THE ALL, ALL ABILITIES COMMISSION.
AND I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF MY MISSIONS THAT I WAS WAVING THE FLAG.
LIKE HOW DO WE REALLY INSPIRE CHANGE IN THE CITY? AND SO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY LARGE SCALE.
WE'RE TALKING MAYBE 200 PEOPLE MAX.
DOES THAT HELP MS. JENNIFER? YES SIR.
AT THE 15 YEARS ANNIVERSARY, I BELIEVE WE TAKE UP THE WHOLE ATRIUM.
WE USE A LITTLE BIT MONEY OF OUR BUDGET.
AND THEN ALSO THE COMMUNITY PART PARTICIPATION.
THEY COME IN WORK TO COVER ALL THE COSTS.
IS SHE FROM, UH, FBI? UH, I THINK SHE WAS IN, SHE'S
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FROM, UM, EPTEMBER 11TH I THINK.I WAS ON THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME.
ALL RIGHT, WELL I SEE WE'RE
I WANT TO YIELD THE REST OF THE TIME BACK TO MADAM CHAIR, SO.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR ITEM THAT WE WERE HOLDING OFF ON THE FINANCIAL UPDATE WITH THE $5,192 THAT WE HAVE LEFT IN THE FUND UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST.
HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND PRE A LOT FOR MS. DARCY AND MYSELF? USUALLY, UH, THE ONES WE, SHE GIVES ME, WE TELL HER WHAT WE WANT, SHE PULLS A CATALOG BAG, WE LOOK AND WE GO THROUGH AND SAY HOW MANY OF EACH ITEM AND IT KEEPS US FROM HAVING TO GO BACK AND FORTH.
WE JUST PUT A NUMBER OUT THERE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHO WANTS TO BE THE STRONG ONE AND PUT A NUMBER OUT THERE AND SAY, THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE AS A COMMISSION IS GIVING.
UM, MYSELF AND THE CITY SECRETARY THE APPROVAL TO SPEND FOR A FRAME OF REFERENCE.
WHAT DID WE SPEND ON OUR LAST ORDER I WASN'T SPEND BEFORE? WHAT DID WE SPEND ON OUR LAST, UNFORTUNATELY, I PROBABLY CANNOT TELL YOU, IT WAS PROBABLY 1800, BUT LAST TIME WE GOT, UH, WE GOT THOSE WIND BREAKERS PARTICLE IN THE 2000.
YEAH, I WANNA SAY IT WAS LIKE MAYBE 1800.
WE PROBABLY ALLOTTED, I DON'T KNOW WHY 22 KEEPS POPPING IN MY HEAD, BUT I WANNA SAY WE ALLOTTED MAYBE ROUGHLY 2200 BECAUSE WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET.
WE WERE PROUD THAT WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
SO CAN WE SAY MAYBE START WITH THE $2,500 BUDGET? THE OTHER THING THAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME IS I THINK THE WHEEL IS KIND OF RICKETY.
MAY NEED SOME REPAIR, MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
SO WHAT ARE MAYBE SOME OF THOSE OTHER EXPENSES? YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN ADDITION TO THAT 2,500 ON GIVEAWAYS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE WHEN WE DO GO OUT.
SO THAT WHEEL WOULD DEFINITELY BE INCLUDED IF WE OH, OKAY.
WE'VE COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING, WHICH I THINK FIRST OFF, THE WHEEL IS TOO HEAVY, TOO BIG.
IT TAKES TOO MUCH TIME, SPACE UP ON THE TABLE.
SO THERE'S, WE CAN DISCUSS, UM, GETTING, UM, USING A DIFFERENT METHOD IF THE WHEEL DOESN'T WORK, USING THE, YOU KNOW, A SMALLER METHOD.
UM, WHAT ABOUT AO? LIKE WHAT ABOUT A SMALL PLINKO GAME WITH THE LITTLE YEP, THAT WOULD WORK.
SO THAT'S, AND YOU HAVE THE SLOTS AT THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S WHY I SAID Y'ALL SENT AN EMAIL WHAT THINGS Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE SENT IT.
MS. DARCY IS REALLY, MS. COURTNEY WAS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY DID IT.
MS. COURTNEY WAS THE ONE THAT WENT ONLINE AND LOOKED AND FOUND ALL THIS GREAT STUFF THAT BROUGHT, SHE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
BUT SEND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, SHE WILL GO ONLINE AND LOOK FOR IT AND THEN SHE AND I TOGETHER WILL SIT DOWN AND I WILL SAY, OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S COST EFFECTIVE.
NO, THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR THAT AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH AND WE'LL COME UP WITH SOME GIVEAWAYS.
BUT THE BIG, THE BIG GIVEAWAYS ARE THE UMBRELLAS AND THE FLASHLIGHTS.
THE LITTLE I'M, AND I WAS GONNA SAY THE LITTLE BOYS, ALL MALES, BIG BOYS TOO.
BECAUSE THE BIG MEN, THE MEN LIKED THE FLASHLIGHTS TOO.
THEY WERE JUST, THEY WERE GOING REALLY FAST.
SO I KNOW FOR SURE THE UMBRELLAS AND THE, UM, FLASHLIGHTS ARE GOOD.
THE TOWELS, THE FIBER, UH, CLOTH TIE, MICROFIBER CLOTH TOWELS DID REALLY WELL AS WELL.
BUT WHEN DOES THE FISCAL YEAR, IS IT END OF SEPTEMBER OR THE END? OCTOBER.
SO WE NEED TO JULY, WE HAVE THREE MONTHS BASICALLY.
I'M JUST THINKING WHATEVER IT COSTS FOR, WE'RE GONNA SPEND ON MEALS, WHAT ELSE ARE WE GONNA SPEND MONEY ON? WE'VE ALREADY SEE WE ALREADY TOOK THAT NUMBER AWAY.
SO WE, WE, SO THAT'S THE FIVE I WOULD SAY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN SPEND.
AND THEN THAT WOULD LEAVE MONEY NEXT YEAR WHEN WE START OUT.
EVERYTHING GO TOWARDS A 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BUY ANYTHING EARLY.
I KNOW FOR SURE THAT, WHAT'S, WHERE ARE WE AT FOR CHRISTMAS? UH, LET'S GO IN ORDER.
WE ALREADY WENT TO AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
THERE'S A FREEDOM FUND BANQUET.
MS. DARCY'S GONNA CHECK TO SEE IF THE CITY PARTICIPATES.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO TO, IT'S WHEN THEY GIVE THE, UH, SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, MALE AND FEMALE,
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UH, SCHOLARSHIPS, THE N-A-A-C-P HOSTED.SO SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, WHAT HAPPENS IN OCTOBER? THAT'LL START THE NEW BUDGET, WOULDN'T IT? IF IT'S, IF IT'S OCTOBER ONE, THAT WAS OCTOBER.
WELL, WHAT I WAS WE PREPAID THOUGH? SEE I WAS, I WAS IN MY HEAD IT WAS PREPAY.
WHAT IF WE, SO WHAT IF WE, SO IF WE HAVE 65 92, WE TAKE AWAY 1500.
IF WE TAKE $3,500, THAT LEAVES US 1592.
WOULD THAT TAKE CARE OF THOSE, THOSE EVENTS, THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP? USUALLY THOSE TABLES ARE WHAT, $60 A PERSON? 600 FOR A TABLE OF 10.
I MEAN, AND THAT'S JUST, I KNOW JUST ONE EVENT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, I'M, I'M STILL THINKING DECEMBER AND NOT SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO IF SO, IF WE CAN, IF THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO EVENTS COMING UP AND TICKETS ARE $60, THAT'S $1,200.
SO THAT STILL LEAVES ABOUT $392 LEFT OVER POTENTIALLY.
SO I STILL SAY 35, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER.
WELL, I, I WOULD THINK, I MEAN, BUY AS MUCH STUFF AS WE CAN, LIKE I SAY, SO THE REST CAN GO TOWARDS THE 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
BUT ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO CONSIDER TOO IS THESE EVENTS THAT WE BUY A TABLE FOR AND NOBODY ATTENDS.
OR NOBODY AS IN, OR, OR WE PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE GONNA GO AND DON'T GO.
AND THEN WE'VE SPENT THE MONEY.
SO I WILL SAY FOR THIS YEAR, FROM MY EXPERIENCE OF KNOWLEDGE, I THINK THERE WAS ONLY ONE EVENT WHERE SOMEONE SAID THEY WOULD ATTEND, THAT THEY DID NOT ATTEND.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THAT, UM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN THE BYLAWS, BUT THERE WAS SOMEWHERE A DISCUSSION WHERE WE SAID, IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO ATTEND, YOU DO NOT, AND THE CMC PURCHASES THAT TICKET, THEN YOU WOULD REFUND OUR BUDGET.
THE EVENT THAT I'M REFERRING TO THAT SOMEONE DIDN'T ATTEND THE CMC DID NOT.
ALTHOUGH WE SAID YES, WE WANT A TABLE, WE WILL ATTEND.
WE SCOOTED IN UNDER THE CITY'S, UH, BUDGET THEIR TABLE.
SO THEY HAD, UM, SAY A TABLE OF 10, THEY COULD ONLY FILL IT WITH FOUR.
ONE OF OUR FOUR DIDN'T SHOW UP.
WHAT EVENT WAS THAT? SO IT WAS NOT MONEY OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
THE, YOU ASKING ME WHAT EVENT IT WAS FOR? MM-HMM
I WAS GONNA SAY I'M MORE THAN SURE IT WAS THAT ONE.
'CAUSE I, I, BUT I, I LET, I MADE HIM AWARE EARLY ENOUGH, BUT YEAH, YOU DID.
AND I, BUT I EXPLAINED IT WASN'T OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
AND THAT'S THE REASON NO ONE EVER SAID ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WASN'T OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
WE, WE SKIRTED IN ON THE, ON THE, UM, WAS IT THE CITY'S BUDGET? BUT IF WE PURCHASED THE TABLE, IF THE COMMITTEE PURCHASES THE TABLE, THEN I AGREE WITH THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT FOR THE WINNER BALL, WE DID PURCHASE A TABLE.
AND THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE WE SAT HERE AT THE MEETING SCRAMBLING TO FIND PEOPLE.
IT WAS, IT SAYS RIGHT HERE, 7 49, OH WELL, 7 49.
SO MS. COURTNEY, WE WILL HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK FROM MS. DORSEY.
WELL, BECAUSE IF IT SHOWS HERE THAT WE, AND HERE'S THE THING, EVEN MINUS YOU NOT BEING ABLE TO GO.
THERE WAS A WHOLE OTHER THAT WE DON'T NEED TO GET INTO, BUT THE SEATS WERE FILLED AND THEN WE HAD TO UNINVITE PEOPLE.
AND THEN WE HAD PEOPLE STILL NOT SHOW UP THAT SAID THAT THEY WERE COMING AFTER THE FACT.
SO WE MADE, I FEEL LIKE I MADE SOME BAD IMPRESSIONS BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO FILL THE TABLE.
I LOOKED, I'M ASKING, I DID NOT SEE YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE THERE.
I DON'T THINK YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE THERE FOR THAT ONE.
I GOT THERE A LITTLE LATE, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS GONNA, I DID NOT SIT WITH HIM.
AND THEN I HAD, LIKE I SAID, I HAD FILLED THE TABLE AND THEN WE HAD SOME FOLKS I SHOWED UP LATE AFTER THE FACT,
THEY SENT ME WITH THE POLICE AND FIRE.
I WAS ASKED TO UNINVITE PEOPLE THAT WE HAD INVITED TO FILL THE TABLE.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE I PERSONALLY TOOK A HIT BECAUSE I HAD TO CALL PEOPLE BACK AND UNINVITE THEM.
SO IF WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO SHOW UP, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW UP.
NOW IT MAKES PERFECTLY GOOD SENSE.
I THINK, UM, PART OF THAT IS THERE WAS ONLY ONE TABLE PURCHASED, BUT THERE'S ONLY 10 SEATS AT A TABLE.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE WAS MORE GUYS, MORE OF YOU GUYS THAT WERE GONNA ATTEND THAN WE HAD SEATS FOR.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE PIGGYBACKED OFF OF SOME OF THE OTHER TABLES THAT THE CITY HAD ALREADY PURCHASED.
SO I KNOW THAT IT WAS, THAT IT WAS KIND OF A SITUATION.
AND THEN, YEAH, AND I THINK PEOPLE HAD CONFIRMED THEY WERE COMING AND THEN THEY CONFIRMED THEY COULDN'T, AND THEY WERE CALLING LAST
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MINUTE SAYING THEY COULD.SO IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS JUST A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, I RECALL.
I WAS KIND OF ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT, WELL, MY APOLOGIES.
UH, LIKE YOU SAID, I, BECAUSE I KEPT THINKING, WELL, WHAT DID I WEAR? BUT NO, I DON'T THINK I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND.
I HAD, I'VE BEEN HAVING TO WORK A LOT ON THE WEEKENDS, SO SOME OF THESE EVENTS I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT TO.
BUT, UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, SET ASIDE $3,500 FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES, UH, FOR GIVEAWAYS, INCLUDING THE NEW WILL OR PLINKO OR WHATEVER.
I SECOND THE MOTION
JUST, YOU CAN JUST SAY SUPPLIES THOSE.
I'M, BECAUSE HE GOT ME ALL CONFUSED.
UH, IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR,
ALL THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY NAY
UM, I HAVE ONE MORE THING THAT I WANTED, A COUPLE MORE THINGS I WANTED TO BRING TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION.
THERE WILL BE A NEW PERSON, UM, THAT HAS BEEN, UH, APPOINTED BY THEIR CITY COUNCIL REP.
UH, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT, BUT WE HAVE, THE CITY STAFF HAS MADE CONTACT WITH THEM.
SO THIS PERSON IS AWARE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN APPOINTED.
UH, WE DO HAVE VACANCIES IN DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT SEVEN.
THEY HAVE UNTIL JULY 1ST TO APPOINT SOMEONE, UH, TO THOSE POSITIONS.
AND IF NO ONE IS APPOINTED, THEN WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOUR SLOT IS STILL OPEN, CAN YOU PLEASE FILL IT WITH SOMEONE? AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT OVERFLOWS TO, UM, THE MAYOR, UM, IF THAT CITY COUNCIL REP DOES NOT HAVE SOMEONE, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN MIND.
SO PLEASE JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
UH, ALSO, UM, THE ROBBERS RULES OF ORDERS.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE WHEN YOU FIRST CAME ONTO THE COMMISSION OR AT SOME POINT THROUGHOUT YOUR TIME ON THE COMMISSION.
UH, IF YOU DID NOT, YOU NOW HAVE IT.
UH, PLEASE KEEP THIS WITH YOU.
SO ALL THE I'S AND YESES AND THE NAYS, IT IS IN THIS, UH, ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER.
UH, FOR THE NEXT PERSON THAT WILL, UH, BE THE CHAIR FOR THIS COMMISSION, YOU WILL NEED SOME OF THIS INFORMA.
YOU WILL NEED ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
UH, ALSO THERE IS A COPY OF OUR BYLAWS.
IT, IT, IT IS SOME GREAT READING MATERIAL.
UH, SOME GREAT MINDS PUT IT TOGETHER.
AND, UM, I TELL MY COWORKERS WHEN I TRAIN THEM, WHEN THOSE POP UP BOXES POP UP, I SAY, YOU ONLY NEED TO READ IT ONCE.
AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS BOX SAYS, AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SKIP IT.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BYLAWS SINCE THE, UM, CITY COUNCILMEN HAVE PUT IT TOGETHER, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT.
UM, ALSO LOOK AT THIS LITTLE, UM, THE, THE MS. COURTNEY, MS. DARCY, DARCY, DARCY, MS. DARCY PUT THIS TOGETHER.
SO YOU GUYS TAKE A TIME, TAKE SOME TIME TO LOOK AT THIS.
SO WHAT WE HAD BEEN TRYING TO FOCUS ON WAS GETTING PICTURES OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE ATTENDED SO THAT WE CAN GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I WAS TOLD THAT BEFORE THAT MEETING USED TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER, OR IT WAS THE OCTOBER MEETING WE NEEDED TO ATTEND.
BUT YOU GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU GIVE THEM A COMPILATION OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AS A COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU ARE DEFINITELY MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE SERVING A PURPOSE.
SO THAT IF ANY QUESTIONS EVER CAME UP AS TO WHAT DO Y'ALL DO, WE'D HAVE SOMETHING, UM, HARD COPY.
SO I'M GLAD SHE PRINTED THIS OUT FOR US.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MAKE SURE YOU, UM, LET MS. DARCY KNOW.
AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS WAS, THIS HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED, SO I'M SURE SHE'S LOOKING TO TRY TO GET THIS ON THE DOCKET, THE CALENDAR TO PRESENT IT.
SO PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS AND LET HER KNOW.
AND IF, IF IT DOES NOT, UM, IF IT'S OKAY, AT LEAST EMAIL HER BACK AND SAY, I REVIEWED IT.
SO THAT WAY SHE'LL KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS LOOKED AT IT.
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THOUGH YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO GIVE BACK, SHE KNOWS THAT IT HAS BEEN SEEN.ALL GUYS, UM, AGAIN, UM, MY BIRTHDAY IS JULY 6TH.
FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TEXT ME, I WILL BE 49 YEARS OLD.
IS THAT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? YES.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, EVERYBODY, ALL HEARTS AND MINDS CLEAR? YEP.
UH, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:10 PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE ARE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR WORK WEEK.