* 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. EXCELLENT [00:00:01] COMMUNICATOR. I AM LOVING HIS NEWSLETTERS. YEAH. MM-HMM . HE'S DOING THE JOB. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. UH, WE ARE CALLING THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR JULY 16TH AT 6:00 PM UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE A MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, WILL BE HELD AT THE AFO LOCATION. DATE AND TIME TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS, COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS TO, UM, WELCOME YOU GUYS. I GUESS I'VE NEVER READ NUMBER ONE, UH, . I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT WEEK, UH, GREAT MONTH SINCE THE LAST TIME WE'VE SEEN EACH OTHER. UH, HOPEFULLY WE ARE ALL ENJOYING THE SUMMERTIME. IT WILL SOON BE OVER. AND THERE'S RAIN THAT WE ARE GETTING IN GARLAND. I'M LOVING IT. UM, HONESTLY, I LOVE THE RAIN. UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TODAY. UH, QUITE A BIT OF US. WERE HERE WAY PAST EARLY, WHICH WAS A GOOD THING. A GOOD SIGN, GREAT SIGN. SO IT'S GOOD SEEING YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT, AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR, YOUR DINNER. THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA ITEM ARE, IS THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE TAKE TIME, LOOK INTO YOUR PACKETS. UH, THE PACKETS WERE PUT TOGETHER BETWEEN MS. DARCY AND MS. ANGELA. GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT YOUR PACKET MEETING MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH, JUNE 18TH, UM, 2026, MEETING MINUTES. IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED OR CORRECTED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE 18TH MEETING BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED. SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND. UM, SO ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE. OH, DO, GO AHEAD . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. NAY. THANK YOU. BEING FUNNY. NOW WE ARE STILL LEARNING. OH, LORD. WELL, HMM. I'M SORRY. A REAL NAME. NO, IT WAS NOT TEACHER. NO, NISH. BE OBSTINATE. THAT'S ALL. UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA ITEM, UM, IF POSSIBLE, CAN EVERYBODY PLEASE JUST MAKE A MENTAL NOTE THAT, UM, WHENEVER WE'RE COMING UP TO THE MEETING, THERE'S A EMAIL THAT GOES OUT FOR YOU TO R-A-S-V-P. CAN YOU PLEASE R-A-S-V-P AND LET, UM, THE CITY STAFF KNOW THAT YOU WILL OR WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE? IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR QUORUM, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, UM, PROCESS TO ORDER THE FOOD. IT HAS TO BE ORDERED BY A CERTAIN TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT TAKES PLACE. SO IF YOU GUYS MAKE SURE, IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT COMING AND WHETHER YOU'RE COMING OR NOT COMING, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW. IF NOT, I SEND OUT TEXT MESSAGES AND ASK YOU TO RESPOND TO THE EMAIL. UM, JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE OUR GALLERY. SO WE WILL MOVE ON PAST, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE COMMISSION REPORT UPDATES, COMMISSION REPORT, UPDATES, PAST AND FUTURE. WE'LL START WITH CALENDAR. UM, SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR JULY CALENDAR, UM, WHICH WE WILL HAVE THE WORK SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS NEXT WEEK, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, [00:05:01] WE'LL HAVE, UM, OUR PLAN COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 27TH CITY WIDE TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE HARFORD REC CENTER AT SIX 30 ON THE 28TH. WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT FIVE TOWN HALL MEETING AT SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY AT 6:00 PM ON THE 29TH. UM, TURNING TO AUGUST, WE HAVE SOME, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED, UM, BACK TO BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 9:00 AM AND THE MISS AMER ASIAN AMERICAN PAGEANT AT THE ATRIUM, UM, THAT AFTERNOON. UM, IF YOU GUYS ARE RSVPING FOR THAT, YOU HAVE A FLYER I PRINTED OUT FOR YOU. THE PURPLE ONE SHOULD BE THE FIRST ONE IN YOUR PACKET. UM, THAT ACTUALLY HAS A GENERAL ADMISSION FEE OF $70 AND A VIP ADMISSION FEE OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS. IT'S A SIX COURSE MEAL INCLUDED, UM, 7:00 PM THERE WILL BE FOOD SERVED TO THE TABLE. UM, IT'S A 4:00 PM TO 10:00 PM EVENT AT, UM, AT THE ATRIUM. SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO RSVP TO THAT, PLEASE LET MYSELF OR ANGELA KNOW, UM, AND WE CAN GET TICKETS FOR YOU GUYS. UM, WE HAVE OUR REGULAR WORK AND WORK SESSION, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, SCHEDULED PARKS AND REC BOARD MEETINGS AS WELL. UM, ANOTHER CITYWIDE TOWN HALL MEETING, UM, AT THE SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY. UM, THOSE HAVE BEEN SEEN ON. UM, AND SO WE HAVE A 23RD HEALTH FAIR AND BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY AT HBJ STADIUM AS WELL. AND, UM, LET'S SEE. WE HAVE OUR NEXT CMC MEETING ON AUGUST 20TH. AND MS. DARCY, WHILE YOU'RE THERE, CAN WE ADD A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE 20TH? YEAH. YES, OF COURSE. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO SEPTEMBER. OH, I'M SORRY, THE, ON AUGUST 8TH, THE 23RD, UM, HEALTH FAIR AND BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY. YOU ALSO HAVE A FLYER IN YOUR PACKET FOR THAT AS WELL. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE IN INFORMATION ON THAT, UM, THAT IS PROVIDED FOR YOU. UM, IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE THE, UM, YOUR NEXT TMC MEETING FOR THAT, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED. I REACHED OUT TO CHARLENE EDWARDS AT PROJECT UNITY. SHE WILL BE ATTENDING THAT TO HAVE THE PROJECT UNITY PRESENTATION FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. UM, AND THAT WILL BE ON THE 17TH. SHE DID CONFIRM HER ATTENDANCE FOR THAT. SO, UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ON THE 19TH, WE HAVE THE DOUBLE A CP 35TH FREEDOM FUND BRUNCH AND SILENT AUCTION AT THE HYATT, UM, FROM 10 TO 12:00 PM UM, YOU ALSO HAVE A FLYER ABOUT THAT IN YOUR PACKET THAT, UM, ALSO IS STARTING FROM AROUND $65. IF YOU GUYS WANT TICKETS TO THAT, UM, OR A TABLE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW OR ANGELA KNOW. YES. AND WE WILL, WE'LL GET THOSE FOR YOU GUYS. SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RSVP TO THAT, UM, AS WELL. AND WE HAVE COMING UP IN OCTOBER, WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE NEXT CALENDAR FOR YOUR A THREE MONTH CALENDAR. BUT IN OCTOBER, WE HAVE THE SAFETY FEST FOR 2026 AND WE WILL HAVE THAT, UM, FLYER FOR YOU GUYS AT THE NEXT MEETING. UM, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CALENDAR OR THE SAFETY FEST IS OCTOBER 3RD? YES. OKAY. YES. YES. SHE SAID 20 SOMETHING. UM, OKAY. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON, UM, IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL. WE HAVE A FEW THINGS TO COVER TONIGHT. I AM SORRY GUYS. IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF RAPID FIRE. PLEASE STOP ME AT ANY MOMENT. UM, SO WE HAVE THE CMC SWAG INVENTORY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO NEXT. UM, SO I WENT AHEAD AND COUNTED ALL OF THE INVENTORY FOR YOU GUYS. UM, SO YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT MORE OF OR WHAT YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP OR, UM, DON'T WANNA BUY IN IF YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, THROW OUT SOME MORE OPTIONS. I KNOW YOU GUYS SENT A FEW MORE THINGS OVER. UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, WITH ANGELA GET LINKS TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY ORDER THEM AFTER THIS MEETING. GET WITH RA, SIT DOWN, HAVE A MEETING, AND ACTUALLY ORDER THEM. I KNOW YOU GUYS SET AN ACTUAL BALANCE LAST MEETING, UM, WHICH IS AMAZING. SO WE HAVE THAT TO GO OFF OF NOW. UM, SO WE HAVE ABOUT 50 RED UMBRELLAS, 30 PURPLE FANNY PACKS, SIX BLACK AND WHITE PENS. WE'RE KIND OF JUST [00:10:01] OUT OF PENS ALL AROUND. TWO BLUE PENS, UM, ZERO YELLOW PENS NOW HALF A BAG OF MINTS, UM, FOR YOU GUYS TO GIVE OUT 80 RED FLASHLIGHTS. THAT'S A BIG KIND OF ESTIMATE. Y'ALL HAVE A BIG BOX OF THESE LITTLE, UM, RED FLASHLIGHTS AND THERE'S JUST A WHOLE BUNCH IN THERE, UM, ABOUT 50 GREEN LIME, GREEN TOWELS. UM, AND WE'LL ALWAYS LIKE PROVIDE WATER FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL. SO WHATEVER YOU GUYS, UM, WANNA THROW OUT. WE HAD A FEW SUGGESTIONS AS WELL THAT WERE EMAILED TO ME. SO I AM DEFINITELY TAKING THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. OKAY. CAN, YES, FROM, FROM THE LAST MEETING, DID WE TALK ABOUT A PLINKO COMING OUTTA THAT BUDGET AS WELL? YEAH, WE, YES WE WILL. OKAY. YOU ALREADY GOT THAT. UM, OH, WE OF SOME SORT. YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. DID YOU SPECIFY WHAT TYPE OF WHEEL? WELL, IN THE EMAIL I DIDN'T, 'CAUSE WE DISCUSSED IT, SO I HAVEN'T SENT AN EMAIL. I CAN, YEAH, YOU JUST SAID PLINKO, PLIN. WHAT WE USED TO HAVE WAS, UM, YEAH, THAT WHEEL'S KIND OF WOBBLY. SO IF YOU DO A PLINKO WITH THE LITTLE CHIPS, IT JUST KIND OF FALL DOWN IN THERE TO THE BOTTOM. OKAY. BUT I'LL SEND Y'ALL A LINK TO WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT. YES, I GOT YOU. YES, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC ONE, YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEND THAT OVER TO US. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, MOVING ON TO THE BUDGET, UM, THAT'S THE PINK SHEET. SO I HAVE PROVIDED THE, THE ACCOUNTING DATES, THE LINE MEMOS, AND THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS AND THE TOTAL AT THE BOTTOM. UM, SO RIGHT NOW YOU GUYS HAVE USED ABOUT, UM, $3,000, UM, OF THAT, OF THAT 8,000. UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT RIGHT NOW. I HAD TO GO THROUGH AND, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR BUDGET TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL YOUR LINE ITEMS ARE, ARE PUT IN PLACE AND AT THE RIGHT, UM, IT'S LIKE A NON-DEPARTMENTAL FUND RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S ALL ALLOCATED CORRECTLY. UM, SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING, UM, EXPENSE. RIGHT. AND, UM, RIGHT NOW YOUR DINNER FOR TONIGHT IS NOT ON THERE BECAUSE IT HAS TO HIT THE CARD FIRST AND THEN WE'LL PUT IT IN THE EXPENSE. SO IF YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THAT, UM, THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT BUDGET. SO YOU CAN LOOK OVER THAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. UM, SO OUT OF THE 8,000, THAT'LL BE ABOUT $4,950 THAT YOU GUYS WILL HAVE LEFT ON THE NEXT ONE THAT YOU DO. UM, MS. DARCIA, ANGELA, CAN YOU PUT WHAT OUR RUNNING BALANCE, UH, LEFT? THE AMOUNT WE HAVE LEFT IS YES. YES. AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE LESS THE NEW ORDER THAT YOU'RE PLACING. IT SHOULD BE. SO THAT'LL BE LIKE, IF IT HITS THE CARD BEFORE THEN, THAT'LL BE LIKE REAL WORLD. YES, MA'AM. I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A SECOND TO THAT. LEMME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE OR THE ASIAN, THE MISS AMERICA ASIAN? YES. MISS ASIA, AMERICA INTERNATIONAL AND LITTLE PRINCESS PAGEANT 2026. OKAY. UH, THIS IS AT THE ATRIUM. SO THIS IS NOT AN EVENT THAT I'VE ATTENDED BEFORE. HAS ANYONE ATTENDED THIS EVENT BEFORE? THIS EVENT WAS PROVIDED TO ME BY JENNIFER. YES. YES. SO SHE WAS KIND OF THE, UM, LIAISON FOR PROVIDING THIS, UM, TO THE COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS WILL BE ON AUGUST 1ST, WHICH IS A SATURDAY NIGHT. MM-HMM . SO WE NEED TO DISCUSS, UM, HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT, UH, WE NEED TO, YOU SAID WE HAVE 4,000 LEFT. WE NEED TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANNA SEND A COUPLE OF REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVES OR IF WE WANT TO TABLE, HOW DO WE WANNA REPRESENT AS THE COMMISSION? YEAH. SO AUGUST 1ST IS, IS A SATURDAY NIGHT. YES. AND WE HAVE 49, UM, 4,950. AND I, I KNOW PERSONALLY I CANNOT MAKE IT. I KNOW I HAVE TO WORK AUGUST 1ST, NINTH THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 1ST. UM, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE OUR VICE CHAIR DEFINITELY ATTEND IF HE'S AVAILABLE. I'LL HAVE TO. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. I DO HAVE SOMETHING. [00:15:01] WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION? I, I, IF I DO GO, I'M, I'M LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE THERE UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK. OH, NO, NO, NO. SO THAT I, THAT I'LL TELL YOU. YEAH, NO. SO GENERALLY FOR MOST EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE, IT SAID IT WAS A SIX COURSE MEAL. SO THERE'S BEEN EVENT THAT I'VE GONE TO WHERE THERE WAS A SIX COURSE MEAL, AND IT IS DEFINITELY SIX COURSES. OKAY. UM, AND I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SORRY, I AM SENSITIVE TO HAVING MONEY SPENT. I LIKE TO MAKE SURE EXPECTATIONS ARE UNDERSTOOD. I'M NOT GONNA SPEND SIX HOURS, I HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT WEEKEND. I'M BE GONNA BE WRAPPING UP MY GRADUATE PROGRAM SO I CAN, I CAN GO, BUT I WON'T BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME. SO I WILL VOLUNTEER TO GO. SO NORMALLY AT THESE EVENTS, LIKE SAY FOR INSTANCE IF I GO AS THE CHAIR, MISS JENNIFER, THERE'S A TIME WHERE THEY HAVE, UM, I GUESS THE APP ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND RECOGNITION. YES. OKAY. SO THERE IS A TIMEFRAME WHERE SHE DOES THAT. AND GENERALLY THAT'S CLOSER TO THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF OF THE EVENT WHERE SHE DOES DO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, UM, I GUESS WE COULD CHECK WITH HER TO SEE WHEN THOSE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WOULD BE DONE. BUT IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE, WE SHOULD BE THERE FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AS LONG AS IT'S NOT TOWARDS THE END. I GOT YOU. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. IT WILL BE VERY OBVIOUS IF YOU'RE GOING IN AND OUT. WELL, I'M NOT SAYING IN AND OUT, BUT I'M NOT GONNA STAY UNTIL THE END. SO IT'S BETTER, LIKE IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER COMMITMENT FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY BE THERE, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO RAISE FROM PLACE TO TO PLACE. YEAH. BUT I DIDN'T SAY IN AND OUT. I JUST SAID I'M NOT GONNA STAY TILL 10. OH. BUT ISN'T THAT LIKE GOING AND LEAVING, BUT IT'S NOT IN AND OUT. I JUST SAID NOT UNTIL 10, THAT'S SIX HOURS. SO WE NEED TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO GET, GO AHEAD. I ALSO JUST WANNA REMIND YOU GUYS, AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU GUYS ALLOCATED ABOUT $3,500 FOR GIVE GIVEAWAY ITEMS. SO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 49 50 AND TAKING THAT OUT OF YOUR BUDGET IS YOU'LL SAY AROUND $1,400. AND THAT'S TAKEN AWAY DINNER FOR TONIGHT AS WELL. AND LAST TIME WAS LIKE 500. THAT'S NOT INCLUDE DINNER FOR, TONIGHT'S NOT EVEN INCLUDED. THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT $400, UM, AS WELL. SO IF YOU, UM, SAY ABOUT 10 OF YOU GO TO THIS, NO, NO. 10 OF US WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THIS. OKAY. WELL, 70, IT, IT WILL BE EITHER ONE OR TWO IS WHAT I'M THINKING. WELL, OUR, OUR NEWEST MEMBER WAS THINKING ABOUT GOING. OKAY. UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO. OKAY. SO IF ABOUT TWO PEOPLE GO, IT'S ABOUT 1, 1 40 I'D SAY. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL STILL BE SITTING ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, KINDA LEFT IN THE BUDGET. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND? I'LL GO. YOU'LL GO GLEN. OKAY, GREAT. SO GLENNA AND ALEX WILL GO MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. COOL. OKAY, WELL I GUESS I'M VOLUNTEERED OUT. , LET'S MOVE ON. WHY, WHILE WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT, CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE FREEDOM FUND? BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF WHAT'S REMAINING, RIGHT? IS THAT BRUNCH? IS THAT OKAY? AND ONE SECOND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS WHAT WE, WE COVERED THAT ONE. UM, YES. FREEDOM. BEFORE WE GET THERE, I DO WANT TO SAY IF WE'RE GOING TO SIGN UP, THEN WE NEED TO BE THERE BECAUSE WE HAD FOLKS TO SIGN UP FOR THE LAST NAACP BANQUET THAT DID NOT SHOW UP. SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT IN THE MESSAGING THAT'S BEING GIVEN. AND MS. DARCY, THE CITY IS ALREADY AS THE WE'RE IN JULY, HAS THE CITY ALREADY SENT IN THEIR YES TICKET. SO, UM, THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS, UM, IN OCTOBER. SO THAT'LL ROLL OVER IN A FEW MONTHS. UM, SO YOU GUYS KIND OF ARE AT THE, AT THE END, BUT YOU WANNA BE KIND OF MINDFUL OF WHERE YOU'RE AT. AND, UM, DINNER YOU'RE WANTING, YOU KNOW, 400 OR $300 WORTH OF DINNER EVERY TIME. YOU KIND OF NEED TO BE MINDFUL IF YOU'RE LEAVING YOURSELF. UM, YOU KNOW, SCRAPING MY, SO WE HAVE ONE MORE DINNER IN AUGUST BEFORE THE PHYSICAL YEAR ENDS AND SEPTEMBER. OH, IT SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO YOU HAVE TWO MORE. SO THAT'LL BE AROUND HUNDRED, $700. AND THAT'S KIND OF LEAVING YOURSELF. SO THIS IS ANOTHER EVENT WHERE WE MAY NEED TO JUST HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES ATTEND INSTEAD OF PURCHASING A WHOLE TABLE. YES, MA'AM. UM, JUST GET SOMETHING SUPER THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. IS IT NOT POSSIBLE TO GET A LESS EXTRAVAGANT DINNER? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WITH THIS POT BELLY OR, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT SUPER EASY. UM, YEAH, THAT'S FINE. [00:20:01] LOOK INTO THAT. MAYBE EVEN JUST LIKE PIZZA. SUPER EASY. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WELL, LET'S LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE FREEDOM FUND? UM, BRUNCH? I LIKE, I'M NOT SURE. YEAH, SO MUCH DATE WISE IT'S IN SEPTEMBER. SO DO WE KNOW WHEN THE CUTOFF DATE IS THAT WE HAVE TO PURCHASE THAT TICKET BY? UM, I DO NOT. LAST TIME WE DID IT, UM, THE WEEK OF GARY. AND SO I THINK THAT THEY DON'T EVEN DO THE CUTOFF. I THINK IT, IT JUST MAKES IT HARD FOR SEATING. YES. BUT I, I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE , SO IF WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, DECIDE THE NEXT MEETING, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. SO, UM, DO WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND SET A SEAT AMOUNT? DO WE WANNA SAY THREE OR FOUR? OR HOW DO WE WANNA LOOK AT THAT? HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT BUDGET WISE, I WOULD LOVE TO GO AND I WOULD PROBABLY GO EVEN IF THE CMC DOESN'T HAVE BUDGET, 'CAUSE I HOPEFULLY I'LL BE DOING VOTER REGISTRATION AGAIN AND IT'S RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION. BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO, OKAY. SO POSSIBLY ARTHUR AND AND I'LL BE THERE, BUT I'LL BE THERE WITH THE, YOUR NA N NA AACP. OKAY. YEAH, I'M, SHE'LL HAVE HER SECRETARY HAT OUT. YEAH. . AND THAT'S A BRUNCH. THAT'S A MORNING, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S A BRUNCH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND? YES, IT ALEX. OH, GREAT. THEY'RE TALKING, TALKING ABOUT THIS. NO, NO, GO. IT'S, THAT'S BACK SCHOOL. IT'S THE ONE BY THAT HAVE THREE SEATS. WE HAVE THE THREE. NO, WE DON'T HAVE, HAVE, WE DON'T ONLY HAVE, I WAS JUST, JUST WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY AS WE NEED. COST WOULD BE DIFFERENT ON THE FOOD SIDE MAYBE. 'CAUSE AT THE TABLE SITTING, I'LL BE MOVING AROUND. SO YEAH, I'M GOOD. THAT'S FINE. WE'LL HAVE THE VICE CHAIR REPRESENTATION. MS. DARCE, YOU CAN ADD ME AS WELL. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. SO WE HAVE MS. BER LANE, MR. ALEX, MR. ARTHUR AND MR. CJ. AND THE ONLY REASON I, WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE NAMES AND NUMBERS NOW IS BECAUSE CUTOFF DATES, THEY ARE REAL. ALTHOUGH WE MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN THEM OR, UH, ADHERE TO THEM. CUTOFF DATES ARE REAL . ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT THE FREEDOM FUND BRUNCH, WE GOT THE MISS, UM, MISS ASIA AMERICA, THE HEALTH FAIR. UM, WITH THE HEALTH FAIR, IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ANYONE WHO IS A PART OF THE N-A-A-C-P AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET, UM, GIVE YOU A LINK THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP TO SIGN UP ON, SIGN UP THROUGH THE LINK, OR YOU CAN SHOW UP AT THE LOCATION. IF IT'S SUPPOSED TO START AT, IT SAYS SEVEN 30. IF YOU SHOW UP AT SEVEN 30, YOU CAN SHOW UP THERE AT SEVEN AND BE THERE TO BE, UH, AVAILABLE TO VOLUNTEER. IF YOUR NAME IS NOT ON THE LIST, THEY WILL NOT TURN YOU DOWN. IF YOU HAVE FREE TIME, YOU UP EARLY, YOU CAN'T SLEEP. YOU WENT OUT TO GET BREAKFAST AND DECIDED YOU GOT A HOUR TO KILL, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SHOW UP AT THE STADIUM AND ASSIST YOU. JUST TELL 'EM, HEY, I'M HERE TO VOLUNTEER. I'M WITH THE CMC AND I WANNA VOLUNTEER. UH, IF YOU HAVE KIDS, GRANDKIDS, UM, THERE'S A QR CODE. FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILIES. THERE'S A QR CODE ON HERE. MM-HMM . UM, PLEASE USE THE QR CODE REGISTER. UM, THE N-A-A-C-P IS RECEIVING DONATIONS FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UH, GROCERY STORES, JUST DIFFERENT. AND IF YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE A HUNDRED DOLLARS. IF YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE $20, IF YOU WANNA CONTRIBUTE $10, WHATEVER IT IS YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CONTRIBUTE. IF YOU GO TO OUR LINK ON THE WEBSITE, THE N NACP GARLAND UNIT, UH, TYPE THAT IN AND IT, IT'LL PULL UP OUR LINK ON THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN GO, THERE'S A LINK WHERE YOU CAN GO FOR THE, UM, BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR, HEALTH FAIR. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, MY NUMBER IS PUBLIC. YOU CAN TYPE IN MY NAME IN GOOGLE AND IT WILL GIVE YOU MY PHONE NUMBER. YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME. I CAN GIVE YOU MS. CAROL BLAKE'S PHONE NUMBER. SHE IS THE PERSON THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE HEALTH FAIR. UH, THERE ARE SOME DATES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE CALENDAR BECAUSE USUALLY THEY DO THE SHOTS, THE IMMUNIZATIONS, AND THE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT [00:25:01] ALL AT ONE TIME. IT'S TAKING PLACE AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE SOME YOUTH THAT NEED TO HAVE THEIR IMMUNIZATION, I CAN'T SAY THE WORD, UH, Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IMMUNIZATIONS. THE DOCTOR SAYS THAT THEY ARE NOT SHOTS. THEY ARE IMMUNIZATIONS IF THEY NEED THOSE DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, IT HAS IF, AND I WANNA SAY YOU CAN GO TO GARLAND'S WEBSITE TOO, GISD WEBSITE TOO. AND IT'LL TELL YOU THOSE DATES AND THOSE LOCATIONS, UM, FOR THOSE KIDS TO GET THOSE, UM, SHOTS. IMMUNIZATIONS. YES. THE, THE IMMUNIZATIONS . UH, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY. YOU CAN TEXT ME, YOU CAN CALL ME, YOU CAN EMAIL ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU MS. CAROL BLAKE'S NUMBER. UH, EVEN IF YOU WANT TO DONATE FINANCIALLY, I WILL GIVE YOU MS. CAROL BLAKE'S NUMBER AND SHE WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND SHE WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE HOW, WHAT PROCESS TO GO THROUGH, WHETHER IT BE ZELLE, WHETHER IT BE, UM, CASH APP, PAYPAL, HOWEVER, SHE'LL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY. AND TRUST ME, NO MONEY IS TOO SMALL. NO AMOUNT OF MONEY IS TOO SMALL. IF YOU ONLY GOT $10, $10 GOES A LONG WAY. UM, THAT'S THE HEALTH FAIR. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT? YOU, WE CAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AS A GROUP TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS. THOSE OF US THAT ARE A PART OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR JUST WAKE UP EARLY. MR. CHARLES, IF YOU GET UP EARLY, YOU CAN JUST GO OUT THERE IF YOU WANT TO AND YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME. THEY ALWAYS NEED HELP. ALWAY ALWAYS THERE IS NOT A HAM THAT WILL NOT BE USED. YES. NOT, NOT ONE. I GET TO DO IT EVERY YEAR. ELVIA DOES IT EVERY YEAR TOO. YES. UM, BEFORE WE GO ON, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT BRUNCH. I JUST, THE FREEDOM FUND. THE FREEDOM FUND. SO, OKAY. YOU CAN REMOVE MY NAME. YES, SIR. YOU GOT THAT. MS. DARCY? YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. SO WITH THE BUDGET, WE'VE ALREADY ASKED THAT THERE BE A RUNNING BUDGET NEXT TIME. UM, THE SWAG, MS. DARCY IS GOING TO SET UP A MEETING, UM, WITH MYSELF AND PROBABLY MS. ANGELA FOR SOMETIME NEXT WEEK FOR US TO GO ONLINE AND ORDER SOME THINGS. UM, IF YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAND OUT, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE WILL BE BUYING THE MINTS FOR THE FILLER THINGS BECAUSE WE CAN'T ALWAYS HAND OUT THE UMBRELLAS AND THE TOWELS. WE RUN OUT OF THE, THE, THE MORE COSTLY GIFTS. SO WE ARE USING PEPPERMINT, UH, CANDIES AS A FILLER. UM, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE IN PARTICULAR, LET US KNOW. WE HAVE A VERY DECENT SIZED BUDGET, SO LET US KNOW. I AN IDEA. UM, THERE'S A LITTLE PHONE, A LITTLE FAN YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR PHONE. YOU CAN PUT IT WHERE YOUR CHARGER GOES. MM-HMM . AND IT'S A, IT'S A, A FAN, A COOLIN FAN. SO THAT BABY, YOU GOT THAT MISS DAR DARCY. OH, REALLY? YEAH. AND YOU CAN JUST, YOU CAN PUT 'EM, YOU CAN WHERE YOUR CHARGER GOES. YEAH. AND YOU CAN PUT 'EM IN THERE. NOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PHONE AND FAN AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TWO THINGS. DOES IT RUN THE POWER DOWN? I DON'T KNOW ALL THAT, BUT I JUST KNOW IT KEEPS YOU COOL. IT RUNS, IT KEEPS YOUR POWER. COOL. I, I'M JUST IMAGINING LIKE IT'S GOTTA USE THE BATTERY, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT THAT'S A COOL THING. YES. THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING. ALL RIGHT. AND IF Y'ALL, WHAT? WHATEVER IDEA YOU HAVE, LET US KNOW. AND MR. CJ, YOU GONNA SEND US THIS LINK FOR PLINKO? YES, I WILL. OKAY. IT'S ON MY LIST AND I, I JUST MARKED IT DOWN TOO. UH, ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER IDEA? NO. OKAY. AND MS. DARCY, I'M SORRY. I KNOW I JUMPED IN AND TRIED TO GET SOME DATES AND STUFF. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY COVERED? ATTENDANCE, BUDGET, NEXT EVENTS. I ATTENDED THE, THE COUNCIL MEETING. UM, OKAY. THAT'S THE LAST ONE. SO THAT WAS IN JUNE? MM, NO, IT WAS LAST WEEK THAT I WENT. SO THAT HAD TO BE JULY, RIGHT? THIS, THIS JULY 7TH. JULY 7TH, YEAH. OKAY. WAS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR WE NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF OR MADE THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF? JUST THE, UM, [00:30:01] WELL, RENEE GROUP WAS THERE. THE, THE POLICE. POLICE. AND THEY GOT A, UM, AN ACCOMMODATION THAT WAS REALLY COOL. THE GARLAND CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ASSOCIATION. AND, UM, JUST SOMEONE WHO I DIDN'T KNOW, UM, THE KID, THE YOUNG KID WHO WAS, UM, MURDERED OR, AND THEY, THEY, UM, THE MAYOR GAVE A PROCLAMATION TO HIS FAMILY. UM, AND THIS MAYBE EIGHT YEARS AGO, MAYBE. NO, THAT WAS, IT WAS BACK IN THE LONG TIME AGO. WAS KIM, KIM WYNN? YEAH. I, THAT WAS, THAT WAS NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. AND THEN I THOUGHT A ABOUT, THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, JUST DIFFERENT ZONING AND DIFFERENT, UM, BUSINESSES. AND A LOT OF FOOD PREP PLACES ARE COMING TO SEEM LIKE A FOUNDING GARLAND HOME. UM, THEY HAD, I THINK IT WAS TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT, THAT DO FOOD PREP, SOME TYPE OF FOOD PREP, UM, AND, UM, A BUSINESS AND, UM, FIRE WHEEL. THEY TALKED ABOUT LOCATION ZONING, LOCATIONS ABOUT ONE BUSINESS. ONE, THEY SELL JEWELRY, BUT THEY DO BODY PIERCING. AND THEY WANTED TO MOVE AND JUST DO BODY PIERCING, BUT IT'S CLOSE TO THE OTHER PLACE THAT DOES TATTOOS. IT WAS A REAL BIG THING. IT'S A CONVERSATION. YEAH. IT WAS A REAL DEEP CONVERSATION ABOUT BODY PIERCING AND TATTOOS AND FIREWOOD. BUT PROXIMITY, I, I THINK IT WAS AN INTERESTING PIECE OF, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WITH HEB COMING, HOW THEY WANT IT, HOW, UM, FIRE WILL, WILL BE VIEWED, THINKING ABOUT WHAT REALLY IS GOING IN FIRE WHEEL. MM-HMM . HOW THAT WILL AFFECT MAYBE HEB MM-HMM . SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION TO FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING IN FIRE MALL. AND THEN HOW THAT WILL LOOK TOO. DO THEY TO BE, HAVE A, LIKE ARE THERE BUSINESSES WHO ARE WAITING TO GO INTO FIRE WHEEL CURRENTLY? I KNOW THAT THERE'S A COUPLE, LIKE TWO MORE THAT JUST GOT ANNOUNCED, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL EMPTY SPACES THERE. SO I'M, I'M REALLY HOPING THAT HEB BRINGS A, AND THAT'S, THAT WAS A COMP THAT, THAT THEY DID COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE. THEY'LL BRING MORE. 'CAUSE I KNOW J CREW IS IS SETTING UP, SO THEY'RE RIGHT ACROSS FROM GLS NOW AND THEY'RE GONNA OPEN SOON. BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. THEY THINK THAT HOPEFULLY THE HEB WILL BRING SOME MORE HIGHER END BUSINESSES INTO FIRE WHEEL AS OPPOSED TO SMALLER, UM, LESS SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES. MM. WAS THAT THE MEETING WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT DATA CENTERS? UM, YES. YES. OKAY. BECAUSE I GOT, I GOT ONLINE TO WATCH THAT PART OF IT. AND THAT, THAT TO ME IS A REALLY INTERESTING DISCUSSION. RAN PRETTY LONG. YEAH. WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A BIG DEAL. BUT I, I LOVE THE ASSURANCES OF WHO WE HAVE HERE AND WHAT WE'RE BUILDING, BEING NOT WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE. AND THAT WAS KIND OF REASSURING, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE WHOLE THING. DID ANYBODY ATTEND ANY OTHER MEETINGS OR EVENTS SINCE JUNE? I ATTENDED MEETING THE CROWN ACT EVENT, UM, THAT REPRESENTATIVE RTA ANDREWS BOWERS HAD THIS PAST WEEKEND. SHE HAD IT IN RICHARDSON. IT WASN'T IN GARLAND, BUT DID ATTEND. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, UM, LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN, UH, MR. LESLIE MONTANA'S ART GALLERY. SO THEY'VE EXPANDED. UM, AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THE CROWN ACT IS A BILL THAT WAS PASSED HERE IN TEXAS TO, UM, TO REALLY PROVIDE THAT PROTECTION FOR INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES, NATURAL HAIR, NATURAL HAIRSTYLES IN SCHOOLS AND WORKPLACES, AND BE FREE FROM BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION. SO IT WAS GREAT TO BE IN THE BUILDING WITH HER. AND THERE WAS A GREAT PANEL DISCUSSION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD EXPERIENCED, UM, THAT TYPE OF DISCRIMINATION OR BIAS. UM, ONE GENTLEMAN, UH, WORKED AT DART, UH, WHO HAD BRAIDS WAS ACTUALLY, UH, PUT ON LEAVE FROM HIS JOB FOR OVER 12 MONTHS, UM, BECAUSE HIS HAIR WAS BRAIDED AND THEY DEEMED IT UNPROFESSIONAL. AND SO IT'S THE REASON, UM, THAT IT EXISTS FOR INDIVIDUALS LIKE THAT, OR, YOU KNOW, KIDS IN SCHOOL WHO ARE, UM, BULLIED OR TAUNTED TALKING ABOUT THEIR NATURAL HAIR. SO IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT EVENT. THEY HAD IT IN A BEAUTY SALON. I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME, BUT THERE WERE BRAIDERS OVER BRAIDING HAIR. THEY HAD ACCESSORIES, THEY HAD VENDORS. UM, THEY HAD SOME NEWS COVERAGE THERE AS WELL. SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU SAW IT ON THE NEWS, BUT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. CHARLES. I WAS WITH THE, UH, 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION ON THE SQUARE IN A DOUBLE CAPACITY. OH, [00:35:01] ONE ONE WAS HANDING OUT BROCHURES FOR THE CARL AND SYMPHONY AND, UH, FOR, FOR THIS UPCOMING SEASON. ALSO CARDS, THE BUSINESS CARDS FROM THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION. SO, OKAY. SO, UH, GLAD YOU'RE HANDING OUT THOSE BUSINESS CARDS. THEY'RE TERRIBLY HOT. OH, . BUT ANYWAY, YEAH. WE NEED TO REMEMBER TO HAND OUT OUR BUSINESS CARDS. DEFINITELY DO THAT. MS. KIMBERLY, DID YOU, YOU HAD A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. , WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT? WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE, WE HAVE ATTENDED SINCE OUR JUNE MEETING. LET ME REMEMBER. I'LL REMEMBER. OKAY. I DID. BUT IT'S TOTALLY GONE. UM, WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, UM, ALEX, I HAVE ORDERED YOUR BUSINESS CARD. THEY'LL COME IN AND, UM, WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE ALEX. ALEX, YES. POKEMON. MY, MY FULL NAME IS ALEX ALEXANDER. YES. AND I HAVE BEEN IN D GARLAND FOR THE LAST 44 YEARS. 44. WOW. SO EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY IS VERY FAMILIAR TO ME. . WOW. SO YEAH. YOU, YOU GUYS CAN CALL ME ALEX. WELCOME. I'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH Y'ALL. THANK YOU. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. DID YOU REMEMBER YOU, MS. KIMBERLY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, FOR TOM'S SAKE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE NEXT, IN I, NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, NUMBER FIVE, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. UH, DISCUSSION AND PREPARATION FOR PROJECT UNITY'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION. THE COMMISSION WILL PREPARE FOR CHARLENE EDWARDS PRESENTATION ON PROJECT UNITY'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY BY DISCUSSING POTENTIAL QUESTIONS AND TOPICS OF INTEREST. UM, I AM GOING TO ALLOW OUR VICE CHAIR, MR. CJ TO TAKE OVER AT THIS POINT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PART. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE YOU. UM, AS WE PREPARE FOR, UH, MS. EDWARDS, UM, MEETING WITH US IN SEPTEMBER, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR IDEAS, YOUR QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN HAVE AS DISCUSSION POINTS AND QUESTIONS FOR CLARITY AS SHE COMES IN AND MEETS WITH US. SO WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO DO IS, AS YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, AND IS EVERYONE FAMILIAR WITH PROJECT UNITY AND THE TOGETHER WE DYING CONCEPT? IS ANYONE NOT FAMILIAR? YOU, MR. ALEXANDER'S? YEAH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT. ALRIGHT. SO, AND MS. BERLAND CAN PROBABLY DO A MUCH BETTER JOB, BUT I'LL START. UM, IT IS A FORUM THAT IS CONDUCTED BY PROJECT UNITY AND THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THERE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS, WHATEVER YOUR PREFERENCE IS. AND YOU WANT THE DIVERSITY IN THE ROOM. AND SO THE ONE THAT I ATTENDED WAS REALLY AROUND, UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND THERE WERE QUESTIONS. SO YOU BREAK OUT, SO YOU HAVE A LARGE GROUP AT THE BEGINNING, THEN YOU BREAK OUT INTO SUBGROUPS, SMALLER GROUPS FOR THAT INTIMATE DISCUSSION. AND THE FIRST ROUND YOU'LL GO AROUND AND EVERYBODY PICKS A, A NUMBER. AND WHEN YOU PICK A NUMBER, THAT NUMBER IS EQUIVALENT TO A QUESTION. AND DURING THE FIRST ROUND IN YOUR GROUP, YOU WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT CORRELATES WITH THAT NUMBER IN THE FIRST ROUND, THERE IS NO RESPONSES, THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS BACK TO THE PERSON ANSWERING THE QUESTION. BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT LISTENING AND HEARING THAT PERSON'S PERSPECTIVE TO UNDERSTAND, NOT TO RESPOND AND NOT TO QUESTION. AND THEN THE SECOND ROUND, YOU COME BACK AND YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION OR YOU CAN PROVIDE AN INSIGHT, SOMETHING THAT YOU LEARN FROM IT, YOUR COMMENTARY TO THAT QUESTION. AND THEN THE THIRD ROUND IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN WHERE YOU CAN HAVE THAT BACK AND FORTH DIALOGUE ABOUT THOSE TOPICS THAT YOU'VE DISCUSSED. AND HOW DO WE MAKE ADVANCEMENTS OR HOW DO WE ADDRESS THOSE THINGS? OR HOW DO WE WORK BETTER TOGETHER REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE COME FROM? AND SO THE THOUGHT FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS COMMISSION IS WE WOULD LOVE TO DO ONE OF THOSE, RIGHT? FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND, BRINGING ALL OF OUR BACKGROUNDS, ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT GARLAND, WHAT'S WORKING WELL IN GARLAND? WHAT HAVE BEEN THE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN GARLAND? WHAT DO WE THINK MAYBE COULD BE BETTER OR DIFFERENT TO ENHANCE OUR LIVES IN GARLAND? AND [00:40:01] HOW DO WE AS A COMMISSION TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE IT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY? ONE OF MY BIG THINGS I HARPED ON WHEN I GOT HERE IS HOW DO WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND A CHANGE AND HOW DO WE INFLUENCE WHAT HAPPENS? AND I THINK WHEN YOU GET A GROUP OF 150, 200 PEOPLE MAYBE IN THE ROOM THAT REPRESENT THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO HEAR TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ADEQUATE DECISIONS IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S THE CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE. AND MS. CHARLENE EDWARDS IS, UM, I THINK SHE'S THE CHAIR OR THE REPRESENTATIVE? SHE'S THE DIRECTOR. DIRECTOR OF EVENTS. YEAH. UH, MORE THAN EVENTS, BUT IT DOES. AND SO SHE'S GONNA COME AND SPEAK WITH US IN SEPTEMBER ABOUT WHAT A PARTNERSHIP WOULD LOOK LIKE BETWEEN THE CMC AND PROJECT UNITY ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. SO I DEFINITELY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. UM, YOU NEED A TOPIC AND IF YOU CAN HONE IN ON A TOPIC, THEN DEVELOPING THE QUESTIONS WILL BE REALLY EASY. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL TOPICS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE. THE CITY OF CAPELLE JUST WON AN AWARD LIKE JUNE 16TH OR 17TH BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN A PROJECT UNITY PARTNER FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS. BUT WE DO, I'M A PROJECT UNITY FACILITATOR AND HAVE BEEN SINCE 2019. WE DO THREE OR FOUR DINES EVERY YEAR WITH CAPELLA AND THEY CHOOSE A DIFFERENT TOPIC EVERY TIME. LAST WEEK, THE ONE THAT WE DID, UH, FOR THIS QUARTER WAS ON CIVILITY, NOT POLITICAL CIVILITY, JUST CIVILITY. AND IT'S A GREAT TOPIC WHEN YOU BRING TOGETHER A DIVERSE TABLE. AND THE TABLE DIVERSITY, TO YOUR POINT IS YOU WANT GENERATIONAL BACKGROUND, FAITH, TRADITION, OR NON, UM, GENDER AND IDENTITY. YOU WANT AS MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AS YOU CAN HAVE AT A TABLE. AND THE TABLE IS NO MORE THAN SEVEN PEOPLE AND A FACILITATOR, TYPICALLY THEY'RE MORE LIKE SIX BECAUSE YOU WANT THERE TO BE SPACE FOR EACH PERSON. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT TOPIC IS REALLY GONNA BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS LAUNCH FROM THAT. AND THERE ARE CANNED QUESTIONS AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SOME. BUT IT'S REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN WE, WE DO WOMEN'S HEALTH, WE DO CIVILITY, WE DO POLITICAL CIVILITY WITH COMMON GROUND. WE DO, UM, UH, RELATIONS WITH, UH, KIDS RELATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE DO THAT. THERE ARE LIKE 18 DIFFERENT TOPICS ALREADY. AND IF YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, THAT'S FINE TOO. UM, BUT GOING IN WITH A TOPIC MAKES IT A LOT EASIER. AND THE CONVERSATIONS ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE. THAT'S THE SECRET SAUCE BECAUSE NO ONE CAN JUDGE. EACH QUESTION IS ABOUT YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE AND NO ONE CAN TELL YOU YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE. SO IT'S REALLY SO THAT PEOPLE PRACTICE LISTENING TO EACH OTHER. YEAH. SO WHAT, AND LISTEN TO UNDERSTAND. YES. SO AS YOU ALL HEAR THAT AND YOU THINK ABOUT GARLAND, WHAT ARE SOME TOPICS THAT COME TO MIND FOR YOU ALL AND YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT PROBABLY INSIGHT DIFFERENT FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS ACROSS THE CITY? UM, WE DON'T WANNA SHY AWAY FROM THOSE TOPICS. WE WANT TO, WE WANT THOSE TO COME UP. YEAH. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE THOSE AND BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME GOOD INFORMATION BACK. I WILL SAY ONE THING K SHA YEARS AGO SHARED SOMETHING WITH ME THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF ABOUT THE NORTH SOUTH THING. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO BRING INTO CONVERSATION. 'CAUSE WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION ONCE SHE TOLD ME ABOUT IT. I WAS LIKE, TELL ME MORE. AND WHEN YOU SAY NORTH, SOUTH, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? NORTH? NORTH GARLAND AND, AND SOUTH GARLAND. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I HEARD A, SOMEONE SAY THE OTHER DAY, AND I THINK I READ IT ON, ON THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THING, WHY IS HEB CON GOING TO FIRE WHEELS? AND WHY IS ENJOY V'S GOING TO MM. SOUTH GARLAND? UM, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM. WHY AS OPPOSED TO HEB, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAYING, WELL THEY WILL ACCEPT JOEY V'S. 'CAUSE JOEY V'S. IS A HEB KIND OF KNOCKOFF. WELL, IT'S THERE IT IS THERE A SMALLER CONCEPT. IT'S THEIR SMALLER COMPANY. IT'S THEIR SMALLER CONCEPT. YEAH. BUT IT, IT'S STILL, I GREW UP WITH HEB, SO I I'VE NEVER HEARD OF JOEY V'S. UNTIL I GOT HERE. IT'S WHAT THEY PUT IN SMALLER NEIGHBORHOODS. COULD HAVE SAID THAT. YEAH. YEAH. BUT IS THERE SMALL? IS THERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN A TRADER JOE'S, BUT NOT MUCH. YEAH. BUT I, AND THAT, BUT THAT, THAT WASN'T THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS I READ. SO, UM, I JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, AND [00:45:01] IT SEEMED LIKE IT GOT, AS I READ THE, THE COMMENTS, IT STARTED TO REALLY SAY, YOU COULD SAY A DIVISION. SO THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT THAT'S A TOPIC. IT'S NOT, IT WASN'T EVEN THE BETTER, WORSE. RIGHT. IT WAS A, THERE'S A, SHAR CAN TELL YOU THERE'S A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE. SHE EXPLAINED IT TO ME. THERE'S A NOTICEABLE, NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORTH GARLAND AND SOUTH GARLAND. AND I'M SURE EAST AND WEST GARLAND FEELS THE SAME WAY. THAT THERE'S A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE AREAS. AND IF GARLAND IS LOOKING AT THE MINDSET OF TRYING TO MAKE ALL OF GARLAND FEEL INCLUSIVE, HOW DO WE MAKE ALL OF GARLAND FEEL INCLUSIVE? AND YOU STICK IN CERTAIN THINGS IN CERTAIN CERTAIN AREAS. I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL IN THAT CONVERSATION. I LOVE THAT TOPIC. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A, A GOOD ONE. JUST IF, IF IT'S JUST A QUESTION IN THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE TO DISCUSS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED IN GARLAND AT THAT POINT. IT HAD BEEN 30 YEARS AND HAD NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT UNTIL SHE EXPLAINED IT TO ME. AND I WAS LIKE, WHOA. I DON'T THINK I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. I HEARD I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THAT LONG, BUT, BUT I NEVER, YOU KNOW, I LIVED WHERE I LIVE 'CAUSE I BOUGHT THE HOUSE THAT I COULD AFFORD. RIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS TO BE IN NORTH GARLAND AND IT'S LIKE, I HAD NEVER HAD A CLUE. BUT IT BECAME SO CLEAR WHEN YOU EXPLAINED THAT TO ME AND I WAS LIKE, THERE HAVE TO BE OTHER PEOPLE WHO FEEL THIS WAY. RIGHT. AND THAT, AND, AND THIS MEETING, THIS TOPIC THAT WE COME UP WITH, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IT WILL BE, UM, IT WILL BE NEAR AND DEAR TO SOME PEOPLE. MM-HMM . IT MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO OTHERS. IT'S A VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE COME UP WITH. AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY PROJECT UNITY HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE. SO THAT'S A REASON WE FACILITATE. WE ARE FACILIT LEADERS TO FACILITATE. BUT YOU'RE DOWN BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE START TO SPEAK WITH EMOTIONS, THEN THINGS TEND TO GET, YOU WANT THAT MISCONSTRUED, YOU WANT THAT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT A FENCE. RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT. NOW, A TOPIC THAT I WAS PERSONALLY CONSIDERING WAS, UM, GROWTH. AGAIN, BEING ON THIS IN THE GARLAND AND LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE, UM, UPGRADING IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS ON THE SOUTH END OF GARLAND, WE'RE GOING UP AND I, I'VE SAT IN SOME MEETINGS WHERE THEY SAID, WE'RE RUNNING OUTTA LAND LEFT TO RIGHT. SO THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS GO UP. BUT TO GO UP FIVE STORIES, YOU ASKING FOR A PROBLEM TO GO UP FIVE STORES, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO UP, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE FIVE STORIES. SO BEING MINDFUL, WHETHER IT'S A BUSINESS, A OFFICE BUSINESS, IT DEFINITELY RESIDENTIAL. YOU DON'T NEED TO GO FIVE STORIES HIGH. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO GO UP, IF THAT'S THE ONLY OPTION THAT WE HAVE, WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UH, HVAC UNITS. BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S WAY HIGHER, THAT'S A LOT CLOSER TO WHATEVER HEAT THE COVERING. YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA BE MINDFUL OF ALL THAT STUFF WHEN THE PIPING, THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF STRUCTURE. YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY MINDFUL OF ALL OF THAT. AND YOU PUT THESE APARTMENTS SO CLOSE TO THE FREEWAY, THERE'S ONE RIGHT HERE ON 30. THEY PUT IT UP. I MEAN, THEY PUT IT UP IN A MATTER. I, IT SEEMED LIKE IT TOOK A WEEK TO PUT IT UP, BUT I KNOW IT TOOK LONGER THAN THAT , BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE CONSIDERED THAT. IT'S SO CLOSE TO THEY HAD TO THE FREEWAY. THEY HAD TO, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NING AND ZONING FOUR OR FIVE DOES A WHOLE LOT OF WORK, I THINK ABOUT KIDS. BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT MANY DO. BUT IT'S LIKE, THIS WORK IS DONE IN PUBLIC AND THE DECISIONS ARE MADE IN PUBLIC, BUT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD. RIGHT. AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THINGS OUT AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS CONSIDERING. YOU ARE A RESIDENT, YOU HAVE A SAY IN THIS. SO LIKE I SAID, GROWTH WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD CONSIDER A TOPIC. UM, WE COULD AND TRAFFIC IS ALIGNED WITH THAT AS WELL. YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT EVEN JUST OVERALL ENGAGEMENT IN THE CITY, LIKE MAYBE KNOWLEDGE OF CITY RESIDENTS OF HOW TO BE ENGAGED. WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING? AND IT HAS BEEN, THEY HAVE AT LEAST 150 PEOPLE EVERY TIME. AND CAPEL HAS DONE THAT. AND THEY ARE JUST, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE PHENOMENAL BECAUSE AS A RESULT, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THEM THERE FOR LIKE TWO OR THREE YEARS, BUT THEIR PEOPLE COME OVER AND OVER AGAIN. RIGHT. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE MADE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY WERE AT THE TABLE TOGETHER AND HAD VERY DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW AND BOTH OF THESE TWO TOPICS THAT YOU ALL JUST TALKED ABOUT. RIGHT. THAT GOES BACK TO ENGAGEMENT. IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE ROOM, IF YOU'RE NOT MAKING CONNECTIONS, HOW DO YOU GET THE INFORMATION? HOW DO YOU INFLUENCE, HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD IN YOUR AGREEMENT AND OR YOUR OPPOSITION. YEAH. AND YOU, YOU CAN EVEN LOOK AT IT AS UM, HOW YOU ENGAGE MM-HMM . UM, A GROUP OF FOLKS WHO DON'T WANT TO BE ENGAGED. YEAH. THEY NEED TO BE ENGAGED. THERE'S A BENEFIT FROM BEING ENGAGED. THEY GOT SIDEBAR CONVERSATION. BUT HOW DO YOU ENGAGE A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT NEED TO BE ENGAGED [00:50:01] BUT DON'T WANT TO BE? THE IMPORTANT THING WILL BE GETTING PEOPLE THERE. DEFINITELY. BECAUSE YOU REALLY DO WANT ALL VOICES, VOICES THAT FEEL LIKE THEY ARE MARGINALIZED OR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER PLEASANT EXPERIENCE ARE NOT GOING TO COME. AND YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE ONES WERE BACK IN THE BEGINNING AND THOSE WERE AROUND LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEY STARTED AFTER THE, UM, THE SHOOTING OF CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH HIT MAYBE MICHAEL, MAYBE MICHAEL BROWN, WHERE, WELL, WE FERGUSON AND YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE WERE HOT CONVERSATIONS ALWAYS. AND IT WENT ON, YOU KNOW, AH, MAUD ARBERY AND THEN GEORGE FLOYD. AND YOU KNOW, THOSE CONVERSATIONS GET VERY WARM. YEAH. AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. AND I THINK THAT CAN BE A VERY TIMELY TOPIC GIVEN WE HAVE OUR NEW CHIEF COMING IN. ALWAYS THE THING, YOU KNOW. BUT IT'S THAT YOU WANT THAT BECAUSE YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO DON'T NORMALLY SPEAK TO EACH OTHER TO HEAR EACH OTHER. YEAH. AND GIVEN THAT WE HAVE OUR NEW CHIEF COMING IN, IT'LL BE JUST OVER A YEAR. MM-HMM . GIVEN THAT HE'S MOVED TO PERMANENT MM-HMM . IT'LL BE GOOD TO UNDERSTAND THE VIEWPOINTS OF CITIZENS, OF DO YOU SEE CONSISTENCY? DO YOU SEE ENHANCEMENT? DO YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT, WHAT DO YOU NEED EVEN YEAH. WHAT DO YOU NEED? RIGHT. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING. YEAH. YEAH. SO FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, MS. DARCY, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL WITH WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A TOPIC AND THEN YOU SEND IT OUT TO ALL OF US AND THEN WE VOTE ON WHICH TOPIC? UM, SEEMS TO BE THE, THE THE MOST VALUED ONE AT THE NEXT MEETING. LIKE AS AN AGENDA ITEM? IT WOULD, WE WOULD VOTE ON IT AT THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE COMING IN SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? YES. YES. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON IT THE NEXT MEETING. AND HERE'S THE THING, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OVERALL THEME. SO I THINK, I DON'T KNOW THAT THESE ARE BAD QUESTIONS. I THINK ALL OF THESE ARE VALID, THESE ARE ABILITY, BUT WHAT IS THE OVERARCHING THEME OF THE MEETING? RIGHT? BECAUSE EVEN THE ONE THAT I WENT TO, NOT ALL THE QUESTIONS WERE THE SAME, THEY WERE SIMILAR IN TOPICAL. EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT QUESTION. YEAH. AND YOU WANT TO YEAH. EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT QUESTION. SO YOU'RE GONNA NEED A LOT. SO ONLINE YOU HAVE A QUE NUMBER. YEAH. 'CAUSE THE FACILITATOR IS A, SHE AT THE PHYSICAL DIME, THE QUESTIONS ARE PASSED AROUND A TABLE, THEIR BUSINESS CARD SIZE. GOTCHA. EVERYONE TAKES A QUESTION AND THEY'RE FACE DOWN AND WE ALWAYS SAY THE QUESTION PICKS YOU. THE QUESTIONS ARE ALL DIFFICULT. YEAH. BUT THEY'RE ALL RELATED IN TOPIC. YEAH. AND EACH PERSON ANSWERS THEIR OWN QUESTION, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE TABLE. EACH PERSON HAS TWO MINUTES OR TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO ANSWER AND YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE AROUND THE TABLE. YEAH. THE SECOND ROUND YOU GO BACK THE OTHER WAY AND EACH PERSON HAS TWO SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY HEARD, WHAT RESONATED. SOMETIMES IT'S, I LIKE THAT PERSON'S QUESTION BETTER AND I WANNA ANSWER THEIRS. AND THEN THE THIRD ROUND IS VERY OPEN DISCUSSION AROUND A SINGLE QUESTION AND IT ENDS WITH A PERSONAL CALL TO ACTION. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT OF HAVING HAD THIS STEIN EXPERIENCE, WHAT IS ONE THING YOU CAN DO DIFFERENTLY THAT YOU THINK WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY? YEAH. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO YOUR QUESTIONS, UM, WHAT ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR MS. EDWARDS? YOU KNOW, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE THAT I KIND OF PULLED UP WERE, YOU KNOW, HOW HAVE WE ADOPTED THIS FOR COMMUNITIES? AND SO YOU TALK ABOUT PROPEL, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ROLE DO WE PLAY AS LOCAL PARTNERS? DO WE BECOME FACILITATORS? YOU KNOW, SINCE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ASPIRING TO DO FOR THE CMC IN OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY, WHAT ROLE DO WE PLAY? SO I'VE GOT A FEW OF THOSE KIND OF OPERATIONAL SUCCESS MEASURE TYPE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE THAT I'LL SEND TO YOU AS WELL, DARCY. BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE THOSE SUCCESS AND OR OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS, UM, COST IS DEFINITELY A, A FACTOR THERE. UM, I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, BY WAY OF NUMBERS, LIKE WHAT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER THAT'S GONNA CORRELATE TO A COST THAT WE FEEL LIKE IS AFFORDABLE OR ATTAINABLE AS WELL. THERE'S A MEAL INVOLVED. YEAH. SO YEAH, I THINK WE ALL OF THAT'S IN THE MINUTES. WE TALKED ABOUT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, POTENTIAL COSTS, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT WHO WOULD PURCHASE THE FOOD. SO I THINK LOGISTICAL, I THINK ACTUALLY LOGISTICS IS PROBABLY, WE WANT TO GET THAT STRAIGHT BEFORE WE REALLY GO INTO TOPIC BECAUSE WE, WE CAN GET THE LOGISTICS DOWN THEN TOPICS WILL BE, I THINK THAT'S A, A ONE TO TACKLE. BUT I THINK THE LOGISTICAL THINGS WILL DETERMINE HOW FAR, HOW MUCH WHAT WE CAN REALLY DO. SO I THINK IF WE START FROM A LOGISTICAL PERSPECTIVE AS IN COST [00:55:01] AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. YEAH. THAT, AND I THINK MY QUESTION AROUND THAT WAS JUST KIND OF FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, LIKE HOW MUCH DOES IT COST THEM TO NORMALLY PUT IT IN JUST SO WE HAVE A FRAME OF REFERENCE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR HER. LIKE WHAT? YEAH, I'M, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I WASN'T DOUBTING YOUR QUESTION. WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING WAS THAT WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST, PERIOD. YES. WHO DOES THOSE THINGS? THE HOST USUALLY DOES THE FOOD AND THE MAJORITY, WELL IT'S NOT EVEN THE MAJORITY CAN, BUT A LOT OF DINES. SO WE DO ABOUT A HUNDRED YEAR. I'M JUST, AND A LOT OF DINES ARE WITH BUSINESSES. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT DO THEM REGULARLY WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES. UM, THE OTHER SECOND LARGEST GROUP IS CHURCH GROUPS. SO FAITH GROUPS WILL HAVE DINES AND THEN THE COMMUNITY DINE IS A MONTHLY ONE THAT IS IN PERSON TWICE A YEAR AND ONLINE ALL THE REST OF THE MONTHS. BUT IF, IF YOU'RE THINKING OF SPONSORS, IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL FOR THAT TO BE PUBLIC, PRIVATE. IF GARLAND BUSINESSES WOULD SUPPORT THAT COULD BE GOOD. YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS THERE, BUT YOU SET THE BUDGET BASED ON YOUR BUDGET. SO IT, SOMETIMES IT'S BOXED LUNCHES AND SOMETIMES IT'S A WHOLE FULL BLOWN MEAL. GOTCHA. YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, FOOD BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. THAT'S WHY IT'S TOGETHER WE DIE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK NUMBERS WILL HELP US DETERMINE WHAT OUR BUDGET IS. YEAH. YEAH. SO THE OTHER THING WAS TO DISCUSS HOW FREQUENTLY THE SUBCOMMITTEE NEEDED TO MEET, BUT WERE WE GOING TO DISCUSS HOW FREQUENTLY WE WERE GOING TO MEET? WELL, TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT ON THIS ITEM, AT THE LAST, UM, MEETING, YOU GUYS KIND OF, I GUESS WANTED TO, UM, HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, BUT, UM, THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED TO HONE IN ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE, UH, 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. UM, NOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE KIND OF, UH, HONED IN ON, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT UNITY AND YOU'RE GOING WITH, UH, HAVING CHARLENE EDWARDS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NAILING DOWN THE SPECIFICS ON THAT EVENT, UM, TYPE, I THINK THAT YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT SUBCOMMITTEE. YOU'RE KIND OF IN THE PHASE OF, UM, EVERYBODY KIND OF NEEDS TO TALK AND GET THE SPECIFICS DOWN. WHAT TOPICS DO YOU WANT, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU WANNA ASK? UM, WHAT LOGISTICS DO YOU WANNA HONE IN WITH HER WHENEVER SHE COMES? AND I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE. AND I THINK THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, IF I'M, UM, OBVIOUSLY I WASN'T THERE, BUT IF I'M RIGHT IN WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, IT KIND OF SEEMED YOU GUYS WERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WANTING EVERYBODY TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. SO YOU WERE ADVOCATING LIKE, HEY, COME, EVERYBODY COME AND COME TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING. WHEREAS, UH, AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UM, IN THE LAST SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING I, WE HAD, UM, ACTUALLY THE PREVIOUS TWO, I THINK, UM, IT KIND OF JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS, IT WAS JUST DYING DOWN A LITTLE BIT. AND UM, AND THAT'S OKAY. IT JUST KIND OF SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THAT PHASE WHERE UM, THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF ESTABLISHED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. OKAY. NO, THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE POSSIBLY HAD, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DISCUSS THEM RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. I THINK IT'S MORE OF A GROUP DISCUSSION. UM, RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE GET TO THAT, THAT EVENT NOW, NO. IF IS AS A COMMITTEE, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DISCUSS THE COMMITTEE MEETING FREQUENCY, UH, NOT THE, THE ACTUAL COMMISSION MEETING FREQUENCY, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN, CAN PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, UH, FOR THAT TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. BECAUSE WHAT WHAT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN IS IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA WANT CHANGE THE, YOUR, YOUR MEETING FREQUENCY, IT'S GOTTA BE A CHANGE IN THE BYLAWS, BUT IT'S GOTTA BE A TWO THIRDS VOTE. SO IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO DISCUSS THIS, THE, THE COMMISSION'S MEETING FREQUENCY, YOU CAN DO THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING. AND THEN BASED ON WHAT YOU GUYS DECIDE, WE CAN KIND OF GO FROM THERE AND REWR THE BYLAWS IF YOU GUYS WANNA CHANGE ANYTHING. OKAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SAY THAT WE AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM AT THAT SPOT WHERE IT SAYS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. UM, WE HAVE HAD A REALLY HARD TIME THIS YEAR GETTING A QUORUM. SO WHAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WAS THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT MEET ONCE A QUARTER, SO THAT'S ONCE EVERY FOUR MONTHS BEING THAT WE HAVE THIS CELEBRATION COMING UP THREE MONTHS. THREE MONTHS, I'M SORRY, UH, THE, THIS EVENT COMING UP NEXT YEAR, GOING TO ONCE A QUARTER MAY HAVE ITS CONS. IT MAY NOT BE A BENEFIT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS EVENT COMING UP AND WE NEED TO, UH, SPEAK TO EACH OTHER MORE FREQUENTLY. MAYBE, MAYBE NOT. WE ADD IT TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH, WE CAN BE THINKING ABOUT IT. YES. AND THAT'S, IT COULD BE EVERY OTHER MONTH. THAT'S WHY I'M A LOT OF YES, EXACTLY. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EVERY QUARTER. IT CAN BE EVERY, IT COULD BE EVERY OTHER MONTH. IT CAN BE [01:00:01] TWI. I MEAN IT'S WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DO. IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DO NOTHING AT ALL, IT'LL, IT'LL SAY THE SAME. BUT YEAH. UM, WE CAN, WE CAN ADD THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT TIME. YES. YEAH. THIS IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM FOR TONIGHT FOR US. YES. YEAH. YEAH. THE SUBCOMMITTEE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT IT OUT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS A POSSIBILITY THOUGHT PROCESS. SO WHEN WE GET TO FOUR, IF YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK UP AGAIN AND THEN YOU'LL NEED A SECOND. GOTCHA. THEN THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS, WILL WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME? SO ONCE WE I THINK MEET WITH MS. EDWARDS AND THERE ARE ACTION ITEMS THAT COME OUT OF THAT, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE DEDICATED TIME IN THIS MEETING FOR THOSE DISCUSSION AND THOSE ACTION ITEMS REPORT OUTS? AND IF SO, I'M FINE WITH THAT. IF WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT BY SEVEN, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO RECONSIDER SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS. SO, SO WITH THAT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN ALWAYS SCHEDULE A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING. AND ALSO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS MEETING'S TIME SLOT IS NOT SIX TO SEVEN. THIS MEET, WE KEEP IT AT SEVEN TO BE MINDFUL OF THE CITY STAFF, SOMETIMES WE CAN RUN OVER THE SEVEN 15, SOMETIMES SEVEN 30, UM, IF WE NEED TO, EVEN IF WE GO TO EVERY OTHER MONTH FOR A MEETING. IF WE NEED TO CALL A MEETING, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO CALL ANOTHER MEETING. THIS WILL BE JUST A, A GOING FORWARD, A BLUEPRINT JUST GOING FORWARD TO SAY WE'LL DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO BE THAT IT'S A LITTLE TROUBLESOME FOR US TO GET A QUORUM AND TO, TO, TO, TO SHAKE THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS AN OPTION. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH IT. YEAH. BUT YEAH. ANYTIME WE NEED A MEETING, WE CAN, IF WE HAVE A MEETING TODAY AND WE NEED A MEETING NEXT WEEK, Y'ALL LET ME KNOW. AND WE GOT THIS TAKES TWO THIRDS, 72 HOURS. 72 HOURS. YEAH. TWO THIRDS. OH AND 72 HOURS. YEAH. WE AS CALL A MEETING WHENEVER WE NEED TO, AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE THERE AT THE MEETING. OKAY. AND LET ME ADD THIS, THERE HAS TO BE A WAY WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET A VENUE AND ALL THAT STUFF. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, WELL HOPEFULLY THAT WAS ON . WHAT'S NOT SAID IS UNDERSTOOD. HOPEFULLY. OKAY. I GOT, YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, SO WAS THERE A, UM, DISCUSSION ON THE MEETING FOR CJ? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING? YES. OR THE SUBCOMMITTEE. YES. HOW FREQUENTLY DO YOU WANT THE MEETINGS TO HAPPEN? OH, . I THOUGHT WE HAD JUST SAID WE WERE GONNA MOVE AWAY FROM THEM. I MEAN, I WOULD, YEAH. , I'M, I GOT CONFUSED. UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S MEET NEXT MONTH AND THEN I THINK ONCE WE HAVE OUR MEETING WITH MS. EDWARDS, I THINK I'D BE WHERE WE'D BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT OUR ROLE IS, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AFTER THAT IN PREPARATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT NOW TO, TO REALLY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A, A SOLID ON THAT, BUT I'M OPEN TO ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR IDEAS. SO YOU WANNA BRING IT BACK IN OCTOBER AFTER THE SEPTEMBER MEETING WITH CHARLOTTE? YES, PLEASE. OKAY. AND I HAVE A QUESTION. HAS GARLAND DON A DON BEFORE, SO REP HOURS DID A DISTRICT ONE, 13 D AT THE LIBRARY AT LIKE MARCH, FEBRUARY. OKAY. AND WE HAD SEVERAL OF OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE WERE THERE. UM, IT WAS, IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND IT WAS IN THE LIBRARY'S NEW COMMUNITY ROOM SPACE AND REP BOWERS FUNDED THAT DINNER. MM. UM, AND THEN SHE DID ANOTHER ONE 13 DINE IN MESQUITE. I FACILITATED BOTH OF THOSE. MESQUITE HAD NOT AS MUCH OF A TURNOUT. I THINK GARLAND PROBABLY HAD LIKE, MAYBE, MAYBE SEVEN OR EIGHT TABLES. SO THAT'S WHAT 60, 70 PEOPLE MESQUITE I THINK HAD FIVE, BUT THEY WERE FULL AND BUT THE CITY, NO, THE CITY ITSELF HAS NOT DONE IT. UM, CHURCHES IN GARLAND HAVE DONE IT AS PART OF EITHER PRESBYTERIES OR UNITED METHODIST CONFERENCE. UNITED METHODIST CONFERENCE DID, DID ONE WITH 1100 AREA METHODIST. GOTCHA. FOR THEIR BIG CONFERENCE THING. SO IT'S THAT KIND OF THING. BUT GARLAND SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I CAN THINK OF THAT WE'VE DONE IN GARLAND. OKAY. WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM GARLAND JOIN THE, THE VIRTUAL DINES OFF ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, AND THE ONE THAT, UM, CJ ATTENDED, WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM GARLAND. WE DID. OKAY. UM, ALSO NOTE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, UH, PHONE CONTACT LIST. CONTACT LIST. YES. TAKE A PICTURE. UH, SO THAT WAY WHEN WE ARE AT DIFFERENT EVENTS AND WE CAN'T GET AHOLD OF SOMEONE, YOU CAN GO TO YOUR CAMERA AND PULL IT UP AND THEN YOU CAN, YOU CAN CALL US. I HAVE YOU GUYS ALL SAVED IN MY PHONE. . [01:05:01] UH, WE ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THE ROBERT RULES. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S A HARD COPY. IF YOU RECEIVED ONE LAST TIME, 'CAUSE I KNOW I RECEIVED ONE LAST TIME. IF YOU RECEIVED ONE LAST TIME, UM, MS. DARCY, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO GIVE YOU THESE BACK OR YOU WANT US TO KEEP TAKING 'EM? YES. YES. PLEASE GIVE THEM BACK IF YOU HAVE THEM. OKAY. I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL, UM, I'M SURE YOU ARE ALL AWARE, BUT JUST REMIND ME AGAIN, UM, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ANY GROUP CHATS, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A OH YEAH, I KNOW FORUM. UM, FOR, FOR THOSE. SO PLEASE TEXT INDIVIDUALLY IF YOU ARE GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. YES. WHEN I HAVE TO REACH OUT, I TEXT INDIVIDUALLY. I DO NOT GROUP, YES MA'AM. DO NOT GROUP TEXT. YEAH. BUT EVEN IF WE GATHER FOR A DRINK, WE HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW. YES. WE HAVE TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW. RISK OF A QUORUM. UM, THAT WAS ONE OTHER THING. MR. ALEX, DID YOU, UM, GET A BINDER? YES, I DID. YOU DID GET A BINDER. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, BEING THAT YOU'VE MADE THIS MEETING, DO YOU STILL WANT TO HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING? UH, I DON'T MIND HAVING ONE PROFESSOR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. IS THERE ANYTHING NEW I CAN LEARN FROM YOU GUYS? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. SO I DON'T MIND IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA TIME, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET YOU. YEAH, NO PROBLEM. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE NO, NO, NO. I'M, I'M HAPPY WITH TODAY'S. OKAY. SO I, I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY WITH GARLAND CITY OF GARLAND BECAUSE HEY, I, I WAS SINGLE WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT MY BRAND NEW HOME HERE IN GARLAND MM-HMM . AND, UH, THE ENGLISH SIDE AT THAT TIME WAS 18 AND A HALF. AND THE CITY OF GARLAND GAVE ME A 10% BOARD MONEY . SO I GOT MY FIRST HOUSE WHEN I WAS SINGLE. I GOT MARRIED WHEN I WAS IN GARLAND. UH, UH, I GO AND WORK FOR EVERY, ME EVERYTHING. I'M VERY ACTIVE. I USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR 10 YEARS AND, UH, MY PROFESSION IS, I USED TO WORK FOR GE GENERAL ELECTRIC AVIATION ENGINEERING FOR 30 YEARS. AND THEY LAID ME OFF. I TOOK MY PACKAGE AND RUN AWAY AND I'M HAPPY. I GRANDFATHER OF THREE KIDDOS AND REALLY ENJOYING THE LIFE. NOW I HAVE TIME TO COME AND MEET YOU. BEAUTIFUL, EXCELLENT GUYS. AND WORK WITH YOU ALL. I'M HAPPY, EXCITED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. I, I LOVE YOUR ENERGY MR. ALEX. THANK YOU. I LOVE IT. WE ARE DEFINITELY GONNA GET YOU IN AND GET YOU INVOLVED. OUR CITY COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT THREE. HE'S SUPER OKAY. YEAH. I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN, UH, VERY CLOSE TO HIM FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SEVERAL OVER YEARS. YOU'VE BEEN IN THE YOU. YEAH. YOU'VE SEEN ME. I'M SENIOR HERE. YES. I'M QUIET. I, I'M, YOU JUST SEE MY FACE. I DON'T SAY MUCH. WHY ? GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UM, FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. AS ALWAYS. IT WAS RAINING WHEN I GOT HERE, SO Y'ALL BE CAREFUL GOING HOME IN CASE IT'S RAINING. UH, ALL THE EXTRA RUBBER RULES PLEASE. LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET THEM BACK TO MS. DARCY. AND, UM, GOING FORWARD, UM, IT WILL BE MR. OZ AND MS. ANGELA THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH US. UM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE TRANSITION. UH, WE HAD A MEETING, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK SOMETIME, UH, BEFORE THE WEEK OF THE FOURTH MAYBE. WE HAD A MEETING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS. UM, THEY DO, THEY DEFINITELY TRY TO KEEP IN COMMUNICATION WITH US, WITH ME, ME, WITH Y'ALL TO SEE WHAT IT IS WE NEED, HOW THEY CAN ASSIST US. AND I APPRECIATE IT 100%. UM, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THIS NEXT CHAPTER BRINGS. UM, I DON'T WANNA BUY ANY MORE FERNS, SO DON'T GO NOWHERE. I GOTTA STAY, UH, MISS ANGELA, UM, I'M GONNA NEED YOUR CELL PHONE IF POSSIBLE. 'CAUSE MS. DARCY SENDS ME THINGS AND THEN SHE HAS TO TEXT ME AND TELL ME SHE SENT THEM TO ME. , I DO WORK, I STILL HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB AND I STILL WORK 10, 12 HOURS A DAY SOMETIMES. SO I DO NEED TO BE REMINDED AND TEXT IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. OKAY. WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL SEND THE BOARD OUR, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION. YOU'LL SEND WHAT? WE'LL SEND THE, THE COMMISSION OUR CONTACT INFORMATION. OH YEAH. I, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT THEM TEXTING Y'ALL. , THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WAY THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS THIS IS SO SPECIAL BECAUSE HAVING CITY STAFF BE PART OF IT MEANS THAT WE ACTUALLY GET INFORMATION WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAY. AND WE GET RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO DO A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT GUYS. READY TO HIT ON NUMBER SIX? NUMBER SIX. OH, I DID NOT LOOK, I DIDN'T PUT MY WHOLE THING. FUTURE AGENDA. SEE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. OH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS TO, FOR THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WE'RE GONNA PUT ON THERE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT, UM, HOW FREQUENTLY WE [01:10:01] WANT TO MEET AS A COMMITTEE. YOU NEED A SECOND ON THAT. OH, I'M SO SORRY. THANK YOU. UM, I SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. OKAY, WE'LL ADD IT FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. GOOD LOOKING OUT. OKAY. 'CAUSE I WROTE A NOTE TO MYSELF. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALL HEARTS AND MINDS ARE CLEAR. MR. CHARLES, YOU GOT ANYTHING FOR US? NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST CHECKING WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT GUYS. UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING AT SEVEN 10. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. * 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.