OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED.
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THANKS FOR WAITING FOR ME.IT IS 5:09 PM WELCOME TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE ARE JOINED BY, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER DUTTON, OUR INTERIM COMMITTEE COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR THE TIME BEING EASY FOR YOU, MR. ED MOORE.
AND I AM THE NEW CHAIR, INTERIM CHAIR, I GUESS UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MIKE BETS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PHIL UIA AND OUR FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OFFICIAL TITLE IS.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENT OR I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR TWO.
PLEASE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 23RD MEETING.
SECOND, I HAVE, UH, MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER MOORE.
AND SECOND BY COMMITTEE MEMBER DUTTON.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY? NO.
IS DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
ITEM THREE, A REVIEW OF APPOINTEE EVALUATION CALENDAR.
I'M HAPPY TO WELCOME CLEAR CAREER PROFESSIONALS.
UH, BRIAN BEASLEY WITH CLEAR CAREER PROFESSIONALS, UH, SUB IN FOR MIKE
THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR HERE AND WE'RE, UH, PLEASED TO GET TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
I KNOW THAT PHILIP AND MIKE HAVE WORKED ON THE CALENDAR.
I'M READING THAT 'CAUSE IT WASN'T SENT IN A PRESENTATION.
WERE Y'ALL EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO, TO VIEW IT ON? WE PROVIDED THAT AS A, UM, ATTACH, RIGHT? THEY SHOULD.
BUT WE CAN PUT IT ON THE SCREEN IF WE, WE NEED TO.
NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT UP TO YOU.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IF YOU WANNA JUST GO THROUGH IT ON PAPER IS FINE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE ON THE SCREEN IF POSSIBLE.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE AN ATTACHMENT ON, ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T CATCH MY, I DIDN'T EVEN GET THE, SURE.
AND I GUESS NOW I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT I APOLOGIZE.
I'M NOT TURNING MY BACK ON YOU,
AND I ALSO HAVE IT ON A 57-YEAR-OLD VIEW
UM, SO WE ARE, WE ARE ACTUALLY ENTERING INTO THE BEGINNING OF PHASE TWO.
UM, ARE THERE MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE DO OR SHOULD I DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT? YES, LET'S JUST DO A RECAP SINCE WE HAVE TWO NEW OR ONE NEW MEMBER.
SO, UH, IN THE PAST WHERE WE HAVE PROVIDED WERE REVIEWS FOR EACH OF THE APPOINTEES, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GAVE FEEDBACK AS WELL AS WE DID A, UH, SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR EACH OF THE APPOINTEES.
AND WE CAPTURED THAT ON AT THE SAME TIME.
WE WOULD ALSO DO A FULL COMPENSATION REVIEW FOR THOSE APPOINTEES FOR THE CITIES THAT YOU ALL SPECIFIED.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT NOW TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
THIS YEAR WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING, BECAUSE IT WAS ASKED, ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ASKED FOR, UH, BASICALLY A 360 FEEDBACK.
SO WE HAVE, UH, INCLUDED THAT THIS YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE THAT PACKAGE TOGETHER AND THE, THE BIGGEST PUSH WILL BE WHEN MIKE COMES TO MEET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTEES AND THE INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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TO EVALUATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.AND THEN ALSO GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THIS 360, UH, ASSESSMENT.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE AD THIS YEAR.
UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT.
UH, WE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING THIS YEAR A RUNNING, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, TOTAL FOR COMPENSATION SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT AND MAKE, UH, WELL ADVISED DECISIONS THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO IT'S QUITE IN DEPTH AND AND TIME CONSUMING, BUT IT'S A PRETTY GOOD PRODUCT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WE HAVE CONFIRMED, UH, JARED, DID YOU SAY THAT YOU MIGHT BE CHANGING THOUGH, OR NO, I'M THE NEW.
UH, PHASE TWO, WE WILL OFFICIALLY KICK OFF AUGUST 27TH AT THE A SE MEETING.
UH, IN THAT PROCESS, WE WILL BE CONFIRMING WHAT EXACT DELIVERABLE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS AN EXAMPLE.
MAYBE YOU WANNA SEE A DIFFERENT SET OF CITIES, UH, THAT YOU COMPARE TO.
WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE WILL GET, GET THAT FROM YOU, THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU, THAT YOU GIVE US AND INCORPORATE THAT.
UM, CONFIRM WHICH TWO NIGHTS THOSE COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL HAPPEN.
WE HAVE FOUND IN THE PAST THAT THEY GO QUITE LENGTHY AND SO WE'VE, LAST YEAR WE DIVIDED THAT INTO TWO EVENINGS.
THAT WORKED REALLY WELL AND GAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK BETWEEN, UH, THE APPOINTEES, SPLITTING THEM IN HALF.
UM, THEN IN LATE AUGUST, UH, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE WILL DO THE COUNCIL SURVEY AND IT'S OPENED UP FOR THE MEMBER INPUT.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THAT CLOSED OUT AND ALL CONSOLIDATED FEEDBACK BACK FOR DRAFT FOR, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AUGUST 31ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 18TH, UH, SELF-EVALUATIONS WILL BE ISSUED.
AND SO EVALUATIONS ARE DUE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH.
SO WE'LL HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME TO, UH, PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND THEN ONE-ON-ONE APPOINTING MEETINGS HAPPEN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH.
SO MIKE WILL ACTUALLY BE DOING THAT PERSONALLY WITH THAT.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UM, CLARIFY MIKE BAYES BAYES, I'M SORRY, MIKE BAYES.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST THROUGH OCTOBER 9TH.
UH, DIRECT REPORT INTERVIEW SCHEDULED IN BLOCKS BY BY APPOINTEE.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE BUFFERS FOR THE SCHEDULES BECAUSE WE RUN INTO THAT ISSUE IN THE PAST.
UM, OCTOBER 12TH THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, WE WILL DRAFT THE EVALUATIONS, PREPARE ALL THE COMPENSATION.
THIS IS RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY 'CAUSE IT TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME FOR THE CITIES TO GATHER THEIR DATA AND PUT IT BACK, GET IT BACK TO ME AND THEN I CRUNCH THE NUMBERS SO THAT Y'ALL CAN READ THE REPORT AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WHILE MIKE BASE IS DOING HIS PIECE, I'M DOING THE COMPENSATION PIECE AND WE WILL PRE PREPARE THE EXHIBITS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH AT THE A SC MEETING.
UH, REVIEW OF PACKET FORMAT AND READINESS.
CONFIRM COUNSEL NIGHT FOR THE FACILITATION AND THE PLAN.
SO WHEN WE WILL ACTUALLY BE MEETING, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY ON, ON NOVEMBER 5TH, SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE PACKET.
UM, SHOULD THAT BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? IS THAT ALLOWED OR I, I JUST, SOME OF THAT INFORMATION SHOULDN'T BE RELEASED BEFORE THE FULL COUNSEL SEES IT.
SO, SO SOME OF THE INFORMATION MAY, UM, ONCE WE GET CLOSER AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT'S AT HAND, WE CAN SEE IF IT FALLS UNDER THE APPROPRIATE, UM, OPEN MEETINGS ACT EXCEPTION TO ALLOW IT TO BE ENCLOSED.
AND IF SO, WE'LL POST IT ACCORDINGLY AT THAT TIME.
I'VE SEEN THAT THAT WAY BEFORE TOO.
SO, AND IT DOES DEPEND ON WHAT'S HAPPENING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH THROUGH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, INDIVIDUAL DRAFT REVIEW SESSIONS WITH EACH APPOINTEE.
FINAL EDITS ARE MADE IMMEDIATELY AFTER EACH MEETING SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE IT ALL.
AND THEN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, FINAL PACKET PROVIDED TO YOU CITY FOR COUNT COUNCIL REVIEW, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS SUPPORTED BY CONSULTATION.
THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD BE BACK TO, TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.
AND THESE ARE ALL PLACEHOLDERS, PHILLIP MADE SURE TO TELL US THAT OBVIOUSLY IT COULD EBB AND FLOW BASED ON YOUR SCHEDULE, UH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS.
AND THEN BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, SECOND INVOICE WOULD BE ISSUED.
SO YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WE PROVIDED, WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST FOR NEW MEMBERS IS THE, UH, MEMBERSHIP ACTUALLY MAKES THE DECISION, RIGHT.
THEN WE TAKE THE NOTES, WE PROVIDE A CONSOLIDATED, UH, PACKAGE BACK
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SO THAT THE HR TEAM HERE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO EXECUTE AGAINST.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? BE VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
CAN YOU JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, GET SENT THIS TIMELINE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT FOR OUR OWN REFERENCE? 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY OF US SAW THE ACT, THE ACTUAL ATTACHMENT.
AND SO I WOULD PERSONALLY JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE DATES IN FRONT OF ME.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN, I'LL ENSURE THAT WE SEND THOSE OUT.
WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS, UH, OKAY WITH THE DATES TODAY.
AND SO ONCE WE GET THAT BLESSING, WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET IT SENT OUT TO YOU.
AND WE'LL ALSO PUT, UM, CALENDAR INVITES FOR THE A SC ON YOUR OUTLOOK CALENDAR AS WELL.
UM, WHEN ARE THE CITIES BEING EVALUATED? THE COMPARISON CITIES? THE COMPARISON, COMPARISON CITIES WHEN WE COME BACK OKAY.
UP HERE AND ASK FOR DELIVERABLES.
I'LL HAVE THAT LIST OF CITIES.
WELL I'M GOOD WITH THESE DATES.
IS EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THESE? OKAY.
HAVE A SAFE TRIP AND GETTING TO PARTNER WITH Y'ALL AGAIN.
LAST, LAST TIME I GOT MY BED NIGHT.
OKAY, ITEM THREE B, DISCUSS FORMATION OF A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COALITION.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY? THIS IS UH, OBVIOUSLY A SCOPING SESSION.
WE WANTED TO GET, UH, MORE INFORMATION FROM THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE BROUGHT ANY ADDITIONAL STAFF IN ON THIS ONE.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DENTON, YOU BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD.
SO, UM, SO THE IDEA OF THIS WOULD BE A COMMITTEE, UM, MADE UP OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, WHETHER THAT'S CHURCHES, INDIVIDUALS, UM, YOUR HOA PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY ACTIVE.
UM, JUST, JUST A REALLY STRONG CORE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY, UM, THAT ARE ALL DOING GOOD.
UM, BECAUSE AS A CITY WE HAVE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS THAT DO REALLY GOOD AND AMAZING THINGS, BUT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ALSO WANT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.
AND SO, UM, MOST, I THINK MOST OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, LARRY WALKER.
UM, MR. WALKER DID, UM, CONNECT THE DOTS.
UM, THAT WAS KIND OF A PROJECT HE STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
UM, AND IT, HE HAD A LOT OF, HE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE GETTING IT TO REALLY BE WHAT IT IT WAS INTENDED TO BE BECAUSE HE WAS DOING IT ON HIS OWN.
AND SO, UM, MR. WALKER AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WELL WHAT IF WE HAD A COMMITTEE THAT IS AN OFFICIAL CITY, YOU KNOW, THING, UM, THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE FOCUSED ON DOING THE SAME THINGS THAT YOU WERE ALREADY DOING, WHICH IS REALLY JUST TRYING TO CLOSE THE GAPS WHERE NEEDED AND, UM, HELP.
WHY IS THIS SO LOUD ALL OF A SUDDEN? SORRY.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE OF, ONE OF THE THINGS IS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, CHURCHES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE SQUARE AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE PLACES.
AND THEN SOME GIVE OUT CARE KITS FOR THE UNHOUSED.
BUT YOU DON'T NEED FIVE DIFFERENT PLACES GIVING OUT CARE KITS TO PEOPLE WHO CAN ONLY USE IT ONCE A WEEK.
AND THE PLACE THAT THEY CAN USE IT ONCE A WEEK ALREADY GIVES THEMSELVES SHAMPOO.
SO IT'S MORE OF A HOW DO WE COLLABORATE ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS AND HELPING, UM, THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING BENEFICIAL AND NOT WASTING THEIR RESOURCES, THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR DONATIONS.
UM, AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF CAN STOP OR MAYBE MITIGATE A LITTLE OF THE LIKE SELFISH GIVING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SELFISH, UM, DONATE OR IT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH ZERO REGARD OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
UM, PAM AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN HELPING AND HINDERING AND WELL PAM, IF YOU GIVE THEM SOAP AND SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER AND THEY DON'T HAVE A SHOWER, CAN YOU BE MAD THAT HE WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND USED THE NEXT BEST THING, WHICH WAS YOUR NEIGHBOR'S WATER HOSE? AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHEN GOOD SAM STOPPED GIVING OUT PEER KITS 'CAUSE SHE WAS LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT.
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AND SO BLOW'S SAME THING.THEY LET EVERYONE TAKE THEIR BLANKETS AFTER AN ACTIVATION.
NOW THIS, IT'S KIND OF A HARD SUBJECT 'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE COLD.
BUT ALSO WHEN YOU GO AND TOUR OUR WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, UM, AND WHEN YOU DO A TRI-CITY CLEANUP OR DUCK CREEK CLEANUP, YOU SEE SO MANY OF THESE BLANKETS AND COMFORTERS THAT END UP IN OUR STORM WATER SYSTEM.
AND IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST HELPING.
AND THEIR INTENTIONS ARE THERE, BUT THEY DON'T THINK OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE HAVING THIS GROUP, THE COMMUNITY, UM, COALITION WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS, UM, TO EDUCATE PEOPLE IN WHAT, WHAT IS THE BEST PRACTICES FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS? UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA GO GIVE FOOD OUT, COOL, BUT CAN YOU TAKE A TRASH BAG? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, IT ENDS UP ON THE GROUND.
UM, AND SO REALLY JUST LIKE HELPING JUST CONNECT ALL OF THOSE DOTS, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, BUT JUST CONNECT THOSE DOTS SO THAT THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE THE PEER INTENTIONS ARE BEING IMPACTFUL AND NOT HARMFUL.
IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN REALLY KIND OF CREATE A LOG OF WHAT THOSE ENTITIES ARE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF KNOW WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE AND WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE.
DO YOU SEE THAT AS LIKE A, A BOARD OR COMMISSION OR MORE OF A JUST LIKE A, AN ARM OF VOLUNTEER GARLAND OR NO, I WOULD, I WOULD DO LIKE A BOARDING COMMISSION, UM, JUST SO THAT WAY THERE'S THE CITY STRUCTURE WITH IT.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT WAS A LOT OF WHAT GARY OR LARRY, I'M GONNA TELL HIM I RENEWED HIM.
UM, MR. WALKER, THAT WAS A LOT OF WHAT THEY STRUGGLED WITH WAS EVERYONE WOULD COME TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, BUT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH US, OR WE DON'T HAVE THE BACKING OF THE CITY.
AND SO AFTER HAVING A MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. WALKER, UM, AND JUST TRYING TO FILL OUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE RIGHT PATH, IT JUST KIND OF WENT BY THE WAYSIDE FOR ONE, YOU KNOW, ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
AND SO, UM, I THINK DOING IT AS A BOARDING COMMISSION, UM, WOULD HELP GIVE IT THAT CITY BACKING AND THAT THAT STRUCTURE, UM, TO REALLY JUST HELP IT STAY TOGETHER AND DO WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO.
BECAUSE WHO, WHO DOESN'T WANT COMMUNITY LEADERS TO BE INVOLVED IN THEIR, THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALSO? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, ESPECIALLY GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE AS A CITY GOING HEAD FIRST INTO RIGHT NOW WITH OUR, OUR GROW GARLAND AND OUR GAR GARLAND ON THE RISE AND GROW GARLAND.
I JUST BE MAKING STUFF UP TODAY.
UM, PUT OUR GARLAND ON THE RISE.
UM, IT'S VERY CRUCIAL THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE 985,000 CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF GARLAND
RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU CANNOT, YOU, YOU CAN'T BLINK AND NOT SEE A CHURCH IN GARLAND.
AND SO THIS WOULD GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THOSE CHURCHES AND LET THEM DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AS A CHURCH, WHICH IS GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE NEED ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE HELP AND MANPOWER TO MAKE, UH, GARLAND ON THE RISE ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'VE GOT THE, THE, UH, FRATERNITY, UM, THE FRATERNITY GUYS LIKE HAVING ONE OF THEM ON THIS BOARDING COMMISSION, RIGHT? BECAUSE LARRY WALKER MIGHT HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL, UH, OVER THE AGE OF 60.
LIKE THOSE ARE HIS CORE PEOPLE.
BUT THE FRATERNITY HAS GUYS THAT ARE IN THEIR TWENTIES AND THIRTIES, LIKE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS.
AND SO REALLY JUST LIKE TO LET THEM BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE AND BE BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY TO RESIDENTS, BUT TO THEIR, THEIR, UM, WHATEVER THEIR LOVE PROJECT IS THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEIR VALUES.
UM, BUT SO THAT EVERYONE BENEFITS FROM IT AND IT'S A LITTLE LESS, THE T STANDS ALONE AND MORE OF A WE CAN LIKE, LET'S COME TOGETHER AND ALL BENEFIT FROM EVERYONE MAD.
I, UM, SUGGEST MADAM CHAIR AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN DUTTON ENDED WITH.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GONNA ASK THE COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO THIS SCOPE WAS, AS I
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MENTIONED DURING THE PRESENTATIONS ON GARLAND ON THE RISE, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY EFFORT, A SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY EFFORT TO VOLUNTEER.WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AT THE CITY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WILL NEED TO BE DONE AND OVER THE NEXT DECADE.
AND, AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY OF HOW DO WE HELP, HOW CAN WE GET INVOLVED.
AND SO IF WE HAD A, UH, PARTNERSHIP OF THIS TYPE WHERE WE HAD SOME FORMAL STRUCTURE SO THAT WE COULD MAYBE HELP COORDINATE THE VARIOUS NUMBER OF CHARITIES WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET THEM PARTICIPATING IN THE GROWING ON THE RISE STRATEGIC PLAN IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER COORDINATION PARTS THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DUTTON MENTIONED ALREADY.
AND, AND HOW TO HELP THEM BE, BE BETTER PARTNERS TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO THEY SERVE.
IF WE COULD HARNESS THE POWER OF SOME OF THESE, UH, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND DIRECT THEM IN THE SAME, UH, SAME DIRECTION TOWARDS THE GOALS FOR SEEKING UNDER THE PLAN, IT WOULD REALLY BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT IN SCOPING THIS, YOU CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE COULD CONSIDER AND HOW WE COULD ALIGN THOSE CHARITIES TOGETHER TO, UH, TO ASSIST US IN THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE CAPACITY FOR STAFF TO, UM, ADMINISTER ANOTHER BOARD? UM, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW.
AND IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY BOARDS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KIND OF COALESCE INTO THIS THAT AREN'T REALLY AS ACTIVE OR HAVE, UM, HAVE A SIMILAR KIND OF MISSION? I DON'T KNOW.
ECAB COMES TO MIND A LITTLE BIT.
IF WE DID ANYTHING WITH EAB, I'D RATHER SEE EAB JUST, WELL THAT'S KIND OF, NO ONE EVEN KNOWS WHAT EAB DOES, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE ON 'EM.
I'LL SAY WITH RESPECT TO THE CAPACITY OF THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY THE QUESTION OF WOULD YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH COMMUNITY INTEREST FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO FILL A BOARD MM-HMM
WHETHER THE STAFF CAPACITY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE MEETING A MONTH, AND THAT STAFF PEOPLE, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT WE COULD MAKE.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INVOLVED ARE LIKELY TO BE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE, UH, VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THAT WE HAD THAT ARE, AND WE ARE COORDINATING UNDER THE GARLAND CARES PROGRAM AND UNDER THE VOLUNTEER GARLAND PROGRAM.
I ACTUALLY THINK IT WOULD BE A USEFUL, EVEN IF IT WAS GONNA BE SOME LIMITED AMOUNT OF EXTRA STAFF CAPACITY, I THINK IT WOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH VALUE THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT WORTHWHILE.
UM, COULD WE EVEN KIND OF INTEGRATE OUR, UH, IT'S NOT THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE ANYMORE.
IT IS CALLED, UH, YOU CAN, WE CAN WE SOMEONE CAN WAYWARD ENCAMPMENTS.
SOMEONE CAN YOU CERTAIN CERTAINLY WOULD INCLUDE THEM ON YEAH.
SO PEOPLE THAT BEING ABLE TO, I MEAN, COORDINATED, I WOULDN'T WANT TO NECESSARILY JUST FOCUS ON THAT.
SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO TIE THEM UP TOO MUCH INTO IT BECAUSE UM, THAT'S ONLY LIKE A LITTLE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.
NO, IT'S QUITE A BIG UMBRELLA.
AND I, AND I ALSO, I, I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, UM, IN YOUR OPINION, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH, UM, THE, THIS CHRIST, THE YOUTH COUNCIL MM-HMM
UM, LIKE RECENTLY, LIKE WE'VE BEEN ABLE AND WE HAD, WE'VE HAD THREE, LIKE THIS PAST PAST YEAR WE GOT THREE APPOINTEES.
AND SO WOULD THAT BE VIABLE FOR THIS? 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA LIMIT IT AND HINDER OURSELVES IF WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST LIKE, YEAH, I WANNA BE A PART OF THAT.
JUST, JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I THINK THAT HAVING A BOARD THAT HELPS COORDINATE THESE, THE COALITION, I THINK THE YOUTH COUNCIL CERTAINLY WOULD WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THE COALITION OF, OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PROJECTS AS OUR, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO THAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL LEADERSHIP SCHOOL IN INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP SCHOOL AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS.
THEY TOO WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
AND, AND, AND I'LL, I'LL MENTION AS AN ASIDE, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT, WHEN I DISCUSSED GARLAND ON THE RISE WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE, A BUNCH OF THEM STAYED AFTER TOOK, ASKED ME QUESTIONS.
AND THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION I GOT WAS, HOW DO WE HELP PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTEER EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? MM-HMM
AND SO I THINK THAT THE NEED IS THERE AND, AND A COMMITTEE WHO WOULD FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE HELP COORDINATE THESE VARIABLE, VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD ACTUALLY BE QUITE, AND WOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL HAVE SEEN WHEN WE HAVE TIMES OF DISASTER AND JUST CHAOS FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP AND WILL HELP.
THEY JUST NEED SOMEONE TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO.
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OR WHERE TO GO OR WHAT TO BRING MM-HMMUM, AND SO EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TORNADO, UM, MR. PASTOR GREEN FROM LVO HAD CALLED ME RIGHT AFTER I GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH SCOTT AND HE'S LIKE, CARISSA, WHAT DO WE BRING? I'M LIKE, GO TO LOWE'S RIGHT NOW, HOME DEPOT RIGHT NOW, LIKE, BUY IT UP.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD HEARTED PEOPLE THAT GENUINELY WANT TO HELP AND WHO DOESN'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER.
YOU KNOW, UM, AND SO THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO GO, WHEN TO GO, WHAT TO BRING.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT, I THINK WE COULD FILL A ROOM WITH PEOPLE, UM, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN REALLY BEING A PART OF THAT.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, MAY I, UM, ONE THING I WOULD, UH, SUGGEST AND NOW, NOW THAT HEARING THE SCOPING, UM, UH, COME THROUGH, WE HAVE SEVERAL GROUPS THAT HAVE, UH, TYPES OF INTERACTIONS OF THIS NATURE AND IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO COME IN AND SPEAK AS WE, AS WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE HOA INTERACTION, AND WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GROUP THAT'S DOING THAT.
YOU HAVE GROUPS AND, AND I CAN SAY IT BECAUSE I'M THE STAFF LIAISON FOR LIKE THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
THEY'RE REALLY STRUGGLING FOR A PURPOSE.
AND WHAT THEIR, THEIR NEXT STEP IS AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE A GROUP THAT I THINK HAS, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHURCH DENOMINATIONS, UH, UH, ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS THAT THEY'RE, UH, PLUGGED INTO.
AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BE A CONDUIT TO THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE MAY LOOK AT WHAT EXISTING PROGRAMS WE HAVE SO WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING MESSAGES, BUT ALSO, UM, KNOWING THAT THE COMMENT THAT WAS OUT THERE EARLIER THAT SOMETIMES WE MOVE AT THE SPEED OF GOVERNMENT.
MAYBE THIS IS NOT A FORMAL BOARD AND COMMISSION, BUT MORE, MORE OF A COORDINATED MEETING AMONGST THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE, UH, WE CAN GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT POSTING MEETINGS AND HAVING QUORUMS. WE JUST GET PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY ACTIVE, VERY INTERESTED, UH, TO, TO MEETINGS.
AND WE, WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, WE GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE AND WE HAVE THAT SPREAD THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S JUST AN IDEA I WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE.
BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE COMPONENTS ALREADY IN THE CITY.
AND JUST SO WE DON'T DUPLICATE THOSE, THOSE MESSAGES AS THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE AREAS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONNECTING TO.
UM, I, YEAH, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE ANYTHING THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.
UM, BUT I DO, I DO FEEL LIKE HAVING AN ACTUAL BOARD WOULD BE, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE, THE STRUCTURE IS ALWAYS GOOD HERE, RIGHT? UM, IT, MR. MARK TEND TO, UH, PULL MORE TOWARD WHERE I, OR FEEL IT PRESENTLY AS I HAVE LISTENED.
HOW WOULD THIS BOARD BE STRUCTURED ORALLY IN THAT DECISIONS BEING MADE? WHO LEADS IT? WILL THERE BE BYLAWS THAT CURTAIL OR CUR RETAIN OR DIRECT PEOPLE INTO A PARTICULAR AREA OR, UH, DIRECTION? AND I'M, I'M SAYING ALL THAT BECAUSE I'M, I'M KIND OF ONE THAT I'M VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW I INTERJECT GOVERNMENT INTO THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY THAT WE COULD UTILIZE FOR THIS.
WHEN I HEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CHURCHES AND HOAS, AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT WE'RE TAKING ON A BOATLOAD OF STUFF HERE THAT, UH, WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON PRESENTLY, I JUST, I, I SEE A LOT OF HAVOC.
I SEE ONE OF THE REASONS THERE'S SO MANY CHURCHES OUT THERE IS THAT
AND SO THEY, THEY GO OFF AND THEY START SOMETHING NEW.
AND I, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS I, I SEE THAT MAYBE HAPPENING HERE.
AND THAT IS, THERE'S JUST SOME PEOPLE THEY LIKE DOING IT THEIR WAY AND THERE ARE OTHERS WHO LIKE DOING IT THEIR WAY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE MONIES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WE SEE DUPLICATION IN THEIR SERVICES ALL THE TIME.
BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT LEADERS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, GROUP DYNAMICS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, THEY EACH KIND OF LIKE THEIR, THEIR WAY OF DOING.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE, THAT WE WANT TO, IT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA, A VERY GOOD THOUGHT OF HOW CAN WE HELP THEM? THAT'S THE KEY.
HOW DO WE HELP THEM? HOW DO WE ASSIST THEM IN THE FUNCTIONS AND PERFORMING? HOW DO WE BRING THEM TOGETHER IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCIES? BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS
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ALREADY THAT KIND OF DO A LOT OF THAT.WE MAY NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THE WAY OF HOW WE UTILIZE THEM.
BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED, UM, I HEAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY DOING A COMMITTEE OR A BOARD COMMITTEE OR A BOARD.
THAT'S WHEN I BEGIN TO SAY, OKAY, HOW'S IT GONNA BE STRUCTURED? WHO'S GONNA BE THE LEADER? ARE YOU GOING TO ATTAIN THAT LEADER? ARE YOU GONNA VOTE ON, ON IT? WELL, AND THEN ARE YOU GONNA HAVE BYLAWS FOR IT? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO REALLY MAKE DECISIONS SAY IN THE WAY OF, OKAY, UH, WE THINK THIS IS THE WAY WE OUGHT TO GO, BUT YOU GOT ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE OVER.
ARE WE GONNA MAKE THEM GO THE DIRECTION OF THE, OF THE MAJORITY? SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE CONCERNS THAT I WOULD HAVE WITH IT.
SO WE'RE NOW IN THE TALKING STAGES AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING.
BUT I THINK THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO, UH, LOOK AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT I JUST HEARD HERE WITH PHIL.
AND THAT IS, LET'S FIGURE OUT, FIRST OF ALL, ALL THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN GO ABOUT DOING THIS WITHOUT NECESSARILY PUTTING A WHOLE NEW LAYER,
IT'S OKAY WITH ME BECAUSE I GOT EIGHT MONTHS
BUT I WOULD REALLY BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW I WENT FORWARD.
AND SO BEING ON THE COMMITTEE THAT THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT I'LL, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL BE LOOKING AT AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND I'LL PROBABLY INTERJECT TIME TO TIME.
THESE ARE CONCERNS THAT I THANK YOU MA.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, IF, IF, IF PLEASES THE COMMITTEE, MAYBE WHAT WE DO SINCE THIS IS SCOPING MEETING IS LET ME COME BACK WITH, UH, A FRAMEWORK FOR A DISCUSSION WITH EVERYTHING FROM A LIGHTER TOUCH TO HOW MIGHT WE PARTICIPATE IN COORDINATING AND HOW MIGHT THE CITY, UH, FACILITATE COORDINATING VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE, THE HEAVIER TOUCH OF COMMITTEE AND JUST LAY IT OUT AND SAY, HERE'S THE VARIOUS OPTIONS, HERE'S THE PROS AND CONS, AND THAT'LL CREATE A FRAMEWORK MEETINGS, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE FOR AND THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO COME BACK AND PRESENT, HERE'S THE OPTIONS FROM LIGHT TOUCH, UH, AS PHYLL IS SUGGESTING, UH, AND COUNCILMAN MOORE IS SUGGESTING TO, UH, A MORE STRUCTURALIZED APPROACH AND WE'LL JUST LOOK AND SAY, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT WHEN WE HAVE IT ALL OUT IN FRONT OF US.
AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COMMITTEE.
UH, WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE HEAVIER TOUCH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, I MEAN, WE DO ALREADY HAVE, UH, NORMALIZED BYLAWS FOR ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
BUT IN THAT, I'D LIKE THE MISSION PART OF THEIR MISSION TO BE TO, UH, CREATE A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN CONTACT IN CASE OF ANY, LIKE AN EMERGENCY OR ANY KIND OF NEED.
A NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS CLEANED UP.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK AT ONE TIME MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION KIND OF TOOK ON, UH, THEY'VE TAKEN ON SEVERAL PROJECTS.
ONE OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH BRINGING ALL THE HOAS TOGETHER.
ANOTHER ONE HAD TO DO WITH PUTTING A, A LIST TOGETHER OF THE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS.
AND THEY ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO
SO, SO PART OF THAT SCOPING WOULD ALSO BE, UM, HANDING OFF SOME OF THESE, UM, SOME OF THESE ITEMS TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING.
NOW, AGAIN, NOT SAYING THAT WHAT YOU'VE SAID, THE IDEA THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT FORWARD, I FELT THOSE, I FELT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IN THE MANNER BY WHICH YOU, YOU'RE FEELING THAT WE NEED TO, AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
IT'S JUST, AND I THINK THAT WE ALSO NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF JUST BECAUSE, UM, THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION HAS BEEN DOING X, Y, AND Z, THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE WHAT THEIR ACTUAL MISSION STATEMENT IS.
I'M WONDERING IF THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR MISSION
AND, AND THAT'S, I MEAN, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN TRYING TO BE UGLY.
CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE ON EAB, ON MULTICULTURAL THAT ARE LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
LIKE STAFF STAFF HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAN WHAT OUR, OUR GARLAND WEBSITE SAYS THAT THAT COMMITTEE IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
SO I, SO I, THEY MIGHT BE DOING SOMETHING QUASI, UM, ON, YOU KNOW, TRACK WITH THIS, BUT IS THAT ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? WE DON'T.
COURSE, AND, AND THE ONE THING LIKE WITH MULTICULTURAL IS, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE DOING THESE THINGS WHICH WOULD BE LIKE, OH, WELL IT ALIGNS WITH THIS.
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MULTICULTURAL TO ME IS A VERY, VERY WHOLE DIFFERENT SENSITIVITY.RIGHT? AND SO I WOULD HATE TO DO ANYTHING TO AFFECT THAT.
UM, THE NAME IS QUITE LITERALLY CULTURAL, CULTURAL, MULTICULTURAL.
SO IF THEY'RE DOING THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON PAR WITH MULTICULTURAL, THEN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT VERSUS TRYING TO MEND THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS.
AND SO I JUST USED THEM AS A YEAH, NO, NO, NO EXAMPLE.
I THINK A LOT OF OUR COMMITTEES NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR REAL MISSION IS.
WELL THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REPORT TO COUNCIL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS NOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE THAT YET.
UM, HELEN, WE HAVE A LOT THAT HAVEN'T EVEN MET IN MONTHS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD A QUORUM.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA SHOW UP TO ME 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY'RE THERE FOR
AND SO I THINK THAT, YEAH, IT, EVEN JUST LOOKING AT THAT I THINK IS GONNA BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR EXISTING TOWARDS ANNUITIES AS WELL AS ANYTHING NO HARM, NO FOUL.
I CERTAINLY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, I CERTAINLY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SCOPE THIS FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER AND, AND SHOW YOU ALL THE POTENTIAL OPTIONS AND WE CAN THEN THE C THE COMMITTEE CAN DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS AND PRESENT THIS DIRECTION OF HOW YOU WANT US TO PROCEED.
I THINK I HAVE ENOUGH, UH, TO FLUSH THIS OUT WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE PERMUTATIONS AND I'LL COME BACK TO THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL SEE YOU ALL BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND AS OF 5 46, WE ARE ADJOURNED.