* 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. LADIES, [00:00:01] UH, IT IS. AND GENTLEMEN, NINE O'CLOCK ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2026. I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU TO TURN YOUR CELL PHONES OFF TO TALKING TO THE MIC AND PLEASE NO CROSSTALK WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE ELSE'S TALKING. RESPECT THOSE WHO HAVE THE FLOOR. AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, VOTE YES ON THE TAX THING WHEN NOVEMBER 3RD COMES AROUND. OKAY? SO, ALRIGHT. THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THEM? OKAY. I DO HAVE A CORRECTION. UM, UNDER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IN NOVEMBER WHERE IT SAYS, COUNCILMAN CARRIED WAY IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING. IT SAYS TO DISCUSS DETERMINING IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO ENTER THE MLK PARADE IN JANUARY. THAT THAT DOESN'T BELONG THERE, . OKAY. BUT HE WILL BE HERE IN NOVEMBER. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A CORRECTION? WHAT PAGE IS THAT ON? UM, IT'S, IT'S UNDER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IN THE MEN AT THE BACK. AT THE BACK. YEAH. AND IT'S FOR NOVEMBER WHERE, UH, COUNCILMAN CARAWAY IS GONNA COME TALK TO US, BUT HE IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA TALK TO US ABOUT THE MLKK PARADE. SO IT'S, DO I HAVE A MOTION IN THAT MINUTES WITH CORRECTION? WITH THE CORRECTION? SECOND. OKAY. TONY MADE THE MOTION. GWEN, SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS, LARRY. AYE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ITEM THREE, UM, UPDATE ON TOPICS PERTAINING TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE CITY OF GARLAND, WHICH IS COUNCILMAN CHRISTINA WHO IS NOT HERE. . SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM B BECAUSE SHAI IS HERE. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP, PLEASE? YES. EXCITED ABOUT THE RAIN. YEAH, ACTUALLY, YES. EXCITED FOR AS LONG AS IT'S NOT ALL, ALL FIVE INCHES IN ONE HOUR. ISN'T THAT TRUE? MANY VERIFICATIONS TRYING TO BUY TICKETS YESTERDAY AND COULDN'T GET IT VERIFIED. I HAVE TO TRY AGAIN TODAY, I GUESS. OKAY. FIRST, BEFORE I, UM, GET INTO MY PRESENTATION, UM, PESA WANTED ME TO SHARE THIS FLYER WITH YOU GUYS. HE IS, UH, JUST CAME UP WITH THIS NEW SCAM PRESENTATION AND HE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE GIVING A DEMONSTRATION OF IT TODAY AT THE PD AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE ASH LOCK ROOM. SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN GOING, HE JUST WANTED ME TO SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS. IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT, JUST LET ME KNOW. [00:05:22] OKAY. UM, SO TODAY I WANNA TALK TO YOU, UM, ABOUT OUR CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT. UM, SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT CRIME ANALYSIS, I THINK MOST OFTEN PEOPLE THINK THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT CRIME SCENE ANALYSIS. WHEN, UM, CRIME ANALYSIS IS ACTUALLY JUST ANALYZING CRIME DATA. IT'S NOT ANALYZING A CRIME SCENE. YOU CAN SEE HERE, LIKE IT'S ABOUT, UM, ANALYZING DATA, CREATING CHARTS, GRAPHS, NERDY STUFF. AND, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU MY BACKGROUND IN IT, UM, I DO HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THEN I WENT TO MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AFTER THAT AND I GOT MY MASTER'S DEGREE IN CRIME ANALYSIS. AND THEN FROM THERE, I ACTUALLY MOVED TO FLORIDA FOR A YEAR AND I WAS A CRIME ANALYST FOR THE SANTA ROSA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN, UH, MILTON, FLORIDA. SO I GOT TO LIVE BY THE BEACH FOR A YEAR, AND THEN I MOVED BACK HERE BECAUSE I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. SO I CAME BACK TO MY HOME STATE. SO WHAT IS CRIME ANALYSIS? SO THE DEFINITION OF IT IS, IT'S A PROFESSION AND PROCESS IN WHICH A SET OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES ARE USED TO ANALYZE DATA VALUABLE TO POLICE AGENCIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. BUT REALLY IT'S JUST THE SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF ANALYZING CRIME DATA. SO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CRIME ANALYSTS ANALYZE WOULD BE CRIME AS A WHOLE. SO CRIME TRENDS AND PATTERNS, WHAT HOTSPOTS, UM, CRIMINALS SO THEY CAN ANALYZE. UM, THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHICH PERSON IN THE CITY IS COMMITTING THE MOST OFFENSES. SO, AND THEN, UM, THEY CAN AFFORD THAT TO POLICE OFFICERS AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. AND WE CAN ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE AND OFFER THEM DIFFERENT, LIKE COUNSELING SERVICES, UM, THINGS TO HELP MITIGATE THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. UM, THEY'LL ANALYZE VICTIMS. SO WHAT, UM, LET'S SAY THAT THERE'S A SPIKE IN, UH, UH, LET'S SAY LIKE ELDERLY CRIME. THEY CAN ANALYZE LIKE HOW MUCH, HOW MANY ELDERLY PEOPLE, UM, WERE VICTIMIZED VERSUS YOUNGER. UM, I MEAN IT'S ALL KINDS OF VARIABLES. UH, TRAFFIC ISSUES WHICH, UM, INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY ARE HAVING THE MOST FATALITY ACCIDENTS AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT FURTHER THEY MIGHT GET WITH OUR TRAFFIC UNIT, POLICE OPERATIONS, INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT, UM, HELPING DETECTIVES WITH CASES. AND THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS CRIME PREVENTION AND REDUCTION. SO THE PROCESS OF CRIME ANALYSIS IS YOU'RE COLLECTING AND BASICALLY ORGANIZING THE DATA, ANALYZING IT, AND THEN CREATING A PRODUCT THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH, UM, OFFICERS. SO MY IDEA CRIME ANALYSIS IS YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE DATA FROM A COMPUTER, SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T TOUCH AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A, SOMETHING THAT OFFICERS CAN GO OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND DO SOMETHING TANGIBLE WITH THAT INFORMATION. AND YOU CAN DO THIS THROUGH CREATING CHARTS, GRAPHS, UM, INTEL BULLETINS, CRIME MAPS, INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT. SO THIS IS KIND OF BASED OFF A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY IN GARLAND. WE'RE DEALING WITH A BURGLAR. UM, AND THESE ARE CALLS THAT I ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO. SO JUST FOR EXAMPLE, LAST MONTH THERE WERE 10 RESTAURANTS THAT WERE BURGLARIZED OVERNIGHT OFF THE SAME MAIN ROAD. ALL OF THE BURGLARIES WERE COMMITTED BY THE SAME SUSPECT WEARING RED GLOVES. HE USED A ROCK TO SMASH A WINDOW, STOLE CASH OUT OF THE REGISTER AND FLED THE LOCATION ON A BLACK BICYCLE. EMPLOYEES NOTICED THE BREAK-INS. THE NEXT MORNING, 10 DIFFERENT DAY SHIFT PATROL OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE CALL AND TOOK THE REPORTS. SO THE PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE HERE IS YOU HAVE 10 DIFFERENT OFFICERS WHO RESPOND TO THESE BURGLARIES. SO THEY ONLY KNOW ABOUT ONE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE DAY SHIFT OFFICERS WHO ARE RESPONDING, WHEREAS THE BURGLARIES ARE HAPPENING OVERNIGHT AND THE NIGHT SHIFT OFFICERS, THEY DON'T KNOW 'CAUSE THEY'RE ASLEEP AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? SO WHAT A CRIME ANALYST IS GONNA DO IS THEY'RE GONNA READ ALL OF THE REPORTS, TAKE ALL OF THE DATA, ALL OF THE INFORMATION, AND SEE WHAT SIMILARITIES THEY CAN FIND AND CREATE [00:10:01] A PRODUCT TO SHARE WITH PATROL OFFICERS. SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY CAN CREATE A CRIME MAP WHERE THE OFFENSE IS OCCURRING, THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. UM, LET'S SAY THAT THE BURGLAR IS MOVING, LIKE EVERY TIME HE COMMITS A BURGLARY, HE GOES EAST ON WALNUT STREET AND NORTH INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT A CRIME ANALYST COULD PICK UP BECAUSE THEY'RE READING EVERY SINGLE REPORT. THEY CAN THEN GIVE PATROL OFFICERS THAT INFORMATION. AND NOW WE KNOW HE MAY LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE GONNA INCLUDE PICTURES OF THE SUSPECT AND POINT OUT KEY FEATURES SUCH AS LIKE RED GLOVES, BLACK BIKE, WHAT ARE THINGS TO LOOK FOR? AND CREATING A TIME CHART. SO I ASKED OUR CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT TO CREATE THIS FOR ME, UM, AFTER THE BURGLAR STARTED HITTING MY AREA. SO YOU CAN SEE THEY CREATED, UM, A LIST OF ALL THE OFFENSES FOR ME. THEN THEY CREATED, IF YOU CAN SEE OFFENSE BE DOW, THAT MEANS OFFENSE BY DAY OF THE WEEK. SO THAT TELLS ME, UM, WHICH DAY IS THE BURGLAR HITTING MOST OFTEN. SO IF I'M GONNA GET WITH MY OTHER OFFICERS AND WORK NIGHT SHIFT AND TRY AND CATCH THIS BURGLAR, THEN I KNOW THAT I SHOULD PROBABLY WORK WEDNESDAY. 'CAUSE THAT'S THE DAY THAT HE'S HITTING THE MOST. AND THEN NEXT TO IT IS THE OFFENSES BY HOUR. SO MORE THAN LIKELY HE'S GONNA HIT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3:00 AM THIS IS ALSO A MAP THAT THEY CREATED FOR ME. SO YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE YOU NEED TO BE PATROLLING AND LOOKING FOR THIS BURGLAR, UM, CAN ALSO DETERMINE WHAT AREA HE MIGHT HIT NEXT. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO POINT OUT KEY FEATURES. SO IN ALL 10 BURGLARIES, HE MIGHT BE WEARING THE SAME SHOES, HE'S WEARING THE SAME WATCH, THE SAME GLOVES. AND THAT WAY IF WE'RE TRYING TO CONDUCT BICYCLE STOPS AND TRY AND CATCH THE BURGLAR, UM, WHILE HE'S JUST RIDING AROUND, IF WE CAN POINT OUT THE SHOES OR THE WATCH, THEN WE KNOW THAT THIS MIGHT BE OUR TARGET. AND THEN, SO IN OUR CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT, WE HAVE THREE ANALYSTS AND ONE SOCIAL MEDIA INVESTIGATIVE ANALYST. I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU GUYS SOME RESOURCES. SO THIS IS THE POLI GARLAND POLICE WEBSITE UNDER THE CRIME STATISTICS SECTION. SO THIS IS GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT CRIME IS HAPPENING, UM, HAPPEN IN A MORE PRECISE LOCATION IF IT'LL LOAD. THERE WE GO. SO, SO HERE, UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS SET TO THE PAST MONTH. YES. SO THIS IS, UM, THE LAST MONTH. SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE RIGHT IN THIS AREA IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. SO, UM, WHAT I MIGHT DO TO USE THIS AS A CITIZEN IS IF I'M THINKING ABOUT BUYING A PROPERTY, THINKING ABOUT MOVING TO A DIFFERENT STREET, LET'S SAY I WANNA MOVE TO DENT STREET, AND THEN I WANNA SEE WHAT IT WAS FOR THE PAST YEAR. SO I'M GONNA GO TO DENT STREET AND I CAN SEE ALL THE OFFENSES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE A VIOLENT CRIME VERSUS PROPERTY CRIME CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. , UH, LET'S SEE. [00:15:05] AND THEN THESE ARE MONTHLY REPORTS THAT THEY MAKE. SO YOU CAN LOOK UP WHAT DISTRICT THAT YOU LIVE IN. UM, IT'LL TELL YOU ALL THE OFFENSES THAT HAPPENED AND WHAT STREET THEY OCCURRED ON. AND THEN THE CRIME ANALYSTS ALSO DO THE ANNUAL REPORTS. SO EVERY YEAR THIS WILL GET PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE. AND SO IT'LL GO OVER DIFFERENT CRIME TRENDS AND PATTERNS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND LET YOU KNOW IF CRIME IS INCREASING OR DECREASING ALL BY DIFFERENT TYPES OF OFFENSES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE. UM, IT'LL GO OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ANALYSIS OF POLICE OPERATIONS, HOW MANY OFFICERS WE HAVE, HOW MANY DISPATCHERS, HOW MANY CITATIONS, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, ET CETERA. SO THIS IS WHAT THE CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT IS IN CHARGE OF. BUT I HAVE A PASSION FOR CRIME ANALYSIS. UM, I LOVE DOING IT, BUT I JUST HAD A CALLING THAT I WANTED TO BE OUT IN THE FIELD. I WANTED TO PUT HANDCUFFS ON PEOPLE. SO DECIDED I DIDN'T WANNA SIT BEHIND A DESK FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER. SO MAYBE ONE DAY I'LL DO IT AGAIN. BUT I LIKE BEING IN THE STREETS FOR NOW. BUT I DO LOVE CRIME ANALYSIS AND THEY HELP US OUT A LOT AS PATROL OFFICERS. UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY SEX OFFENDER. YOU FLIPPED BY THAT ONE PAGE REALLY FAST. I SAW EVERYTHING BUT SEX OFFENDERS. LEMME SEE. DID YOU SEE IT? YEAH, IT WAS, IT WENT BY PRETTY QUICKLY. IT WAS WHERE YOU HAD ALL THE, IN A LITTLE BOX. I SAW IT LITTLE. I DIDN'T WANNA SEE IT, BUT I DID SEE IT. OKAY. CAN'T UNSEE IT THAT WE HAVE THAT CRIME GOING ON. I KNOW IF I, I STILL HAVE ONE ABOUT TWO DOORS AWAY FROM ME. HE'S BEEN THERE SEVERAL YEARS. YOU HAVE UPDATES? OH, KATHLEEN, THAT WAS THE, HOW MANY, UH, CRIMES HAD OCCURRED IN THAT AREA THAT I SAW? OH, I SAW NOT THE LIST OF OFFENDERS. THERE WERE LOTS OF LITTLE BOXES WHEN YOU WERE SCROLLING. OH, SITE FOR THAT. YEAH, THERE'S USUALLY LIKE A SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY. WE DON'T HAVE THAT ON THERE. IT'S NO LIKE DETAILED, DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT IT WOULD, IT'S DOWN THERE ON THAT BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. SEE, BUT THAT'S JUST THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES. RECTANGULAR SQUARES. THERE WAS ABOUT 12 OF 'EM AND THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. GO BACK UP. THERE WAS ONE ON THE RIGHT, RIGHT THERE. IS THAT, NO, THAT'S THE NPOS. THERE MIGHT BE A SEPARATE SECTION FOR THAT IN THE WEBSITE, I THINK. YEAH. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S LIKE A SEPARATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT, THERE YOU GO. ISN'T ON THERE. I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THERE. THERE'S, YEAH. SO INFORMATION ABOUT THAT WILL BE ON A SEPARATE PAGE. YEAH. OKAY. I WAS GONNA LOOK UP. YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. SO IT'S LIKE THE DPS, THE SEX OFFENDER MAP. OKAY. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? SO, UM, UM, SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE PROHIBITED FROM BEING FROM, UM, AT PARKS NOW AS FAR AS LIKE A REC CENTER, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S INCLUDED, BUT IF THERE'S A PARK NEARBY, THEN USUALLY THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THERE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE LIVING THERE. MOST OF OUR REC CENTERS ARE MM-HMM . SO CALL, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THE BEST THINGS ARE, UM, INTELLIGENCE UNIT HANDLES THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY. SO REACHING OUT TO THEM. YEAH, THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER AND A EMAIL ON HERE RIGHT. ABOVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. YEAH. AND THEY'RE GONNA BE KIND OF LIKE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRIES AND WHAT THEY'RE PROHIBITED FROM DOING. UM, PROBABLY BETTER QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THAT THAN JUST CALLING LIKE A PATROL OFFICER. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE MORE LIKE LONG-TERM ISSUES. UHHUH, , ANYTHING ELSE? ALL OF THIS WAS ON THIS TOPIC. MM-HMM . YEAH. LOTS OF RESOURCES. [00:20:01] ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU GUYS. I APPRECIATE IT. OFFICER PESTA HAS A VIDEO ABOUT SCAMS, UM MM-HMM . MAYBE SHOW THAT TO US NEXT TIME. YEAH. OKAY. I CAN DO THAT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. EVERYONE STAYS SAFE IN THE RAIN. SAID THE RAIN WORKS PLEASE. RAIN? YES PLEASE. RAIN. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM C. SENIOR CENTER REPORTS. HELLO. HAIR. GOT WE. AND I CURLED IT. IT WASN'T WHEN I CAME IN, SO I'M KIND OF GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT IS LIKE HATCH DOGS RIGHT NOW. SHIRT'S, WETS. WHAT? GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO, UM, THESE ARE TRIPS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR, UM, THE END OF 26TH AND INTO 27 IRISH SPLENDOR, SPAIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, BOSTON AND GREECE. UM, WE HAVE A SAILING TRIP, UM, ON THE 13TH OF OCTOBER THAT'S AT THE HARBOR IN ROCKWALL. IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT, IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENING. IT'S VERY PEACEFUL BEING OUT ON THE LAKE AND YOU SAIL OUT TOWARDS THE RESERVOIR AND COME BACK AND YOU GET BACK RIGHT AS THE SUN GOES DOWN. SO IT'S A REALLY NICE EVENING. PORTABLE. WE ALL SLIDE BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. OH, THIS WORK? THAT'S GOOD. I WAS JUST TRYING TO TAKE A PICTURE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THEN WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO EDDIE'S DINER AND WILEY FOR GRUB CLUB, AND WE'RE HEADED TO CHOCTAW ON THE 22ND. UM, THIS MONTH WE HAVE OUR DRIVER'S MOVIE CLUB ON THE 15TH. IT'S CALLED ROPE. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT MOVIE. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT'S ABOUT. UM, BUT WE DO GET SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS. AND THEN THE DRIVERS THROW IN SOME OF THEIR FAVORITES AS WELL. OUR OTHER DRIVER'S MOVIE CLUB IS ON THE 29TH. IT'S CALLED MONSTER HOUSE. AND AGAIN, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT ONE EITHER. OH, I LOVE THAT MOVIE. IT'S SUCH A, IT'S A CARTOON MOVIE. IT'S SO CUTE. OKAY, SO CUTE. WELL, TELISA SAYS IT'S REALLY CUTE, SO I'M TAKING IT, UH, HER WORD THAT IT, IT'S VERY, IT'S OLD. I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. I MEAN, I WAS IN COLLEGE WHEN IT CAME OUT. AND THEN OUR NUTRITION EDUCATION IS ON THE 20TH THIS MONTH. UH, PICK A BETTER BREAKFAST FROM HOME AND OUR PAINT WITH ANNA CLASSES ON THE 23RD AT NOON. WE, IT'S USUALLY ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE OTHERWISE ENGAGED ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF OCTOBER. UM, WE WILL HAVE OUR RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY 10:00 AM AND UM, SNEAK PEEKS AFTERWARDS. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR FOURTH QUARTER OPENING. OH, SO STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR THE 30TH IN PARTICULAR? YES. THE RIBBON, THE RIBBON CUTTING. THE RIBBON CUTTING IS STILL GOING TO HAPPEN. YES, CERTAINLY IS. OH, YOU'RE WELCOME. WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET. IT'S RAIN, LIKE CATS AND DOGS . AND THEN THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE PICTURES. WE WENT TO THE RANGER GAME. UM, THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME. IT'S AIR CONDITIONED, SO IT MAKES IT EASIER TO DO AFTERNOON GAMES. THIS WAS OUR MYSTERY DAY TRIP WE TOOK, WE WENT TO PARIS, UM, TEXAS, AND UM, THEY GOT TO LEARN A LOT OF THE HISTORY OF PARIS AND VISIT SOME OF THE, UM, HISTORICAL SITES THERE. AND THEN WE CELEBRATED DOLLY DAY AT THE SENIOR CENTER. IS THAT DEBBIE? MM-HMM . YES. OH, SHE'S SO CUTE. THAT IS OUR DEBBIE. SHE WAS DOLLY FOR US. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME. UM, WE HAD, UH, DOLLY MUSIC. WE HAD A DOLLY LOOKALIKE CONTEST AND WE SERVED FRIED CHICKEN, GREEN BEANS, MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY FOR, UM, LUNCH THAT DAY. CAN YOU SEE YOUR BOOTS? CAN YOU GO DOWN? NO. HER BOOTS WERE GREAT TOO. OH YEAH. SHE HAD WHITE BOOTS. I, I HAD TO PUT ANOTHER PICTURE ON TOP OF THEM. SO THIS PICTURE IS SOME OF OUR, UM, LOOK, THE LIKES OLIVIA BOOTS. SO, UM, AND THEN WE DID AWARD THEM PRIZES FOR THE WINNERS. AND THEY GOT, UM, DOLLY CD, DOLLY T-SHIRT. OH, THAT'S [00:25:01] DOLLY CALENDAR. THE WINNER IN THAT FOLDER. I DUNNO WHERE THE MOUSE IS. UH, NO . IT WAS ANOTHER ONE. BUT, UH, THE LADY WITH THE GUITAR, UM, THAT SHE WAS SECOND. WHICH ONE? UM, PAT HUGHES IS IN THE MIDDLE THAT SHE GOT SECOND. AND THEN THE, UM, OTHER GUITAR WAS THIRD, I THINK. AND THEN FOURTH ON THE END WITH THE OTHER WIG. THIS ONE? YES. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME. WAS THE WINNER IN THIS ONE? NOPE. OH, YES. VICTORIA. OH, OH, MM-HMM . ALRIGHT THEN SHE WON VICTORIA AND THEY CHOSE, WE LET THE MEMBERS CHOOSE BY, UM, CLAPPING FOR THEIR FAVORITE. SO, UM, THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINED THE WINNER. AND, UM, THAT'S BASICALLY IT FOR US. WHAT DAY WAS THAT? BECAUSE I REMEMBER NO, DOLLY DAY. IT WAS THE 25TH LAST FRIDAY. THIS IS, IT'S 9 2 5. AND SO IT WILL BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR US. . EVERYONE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME AND AS WE, UM, WE KIND OF PUT IT TOGETHER. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT WHEN ONE OF US FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. UM, AND SO WE WILL PLAN A BIGGER EVENT NEXT YEAR TO CELEBRATE. DOLLY. ANY QUESTIONS? MM-HMM. OH, UH, HEALTH FAIR NEXT THURSDAY. OH, UM, AT THE HM UM, IT'S OPEN AT FROM NINE TO 12 AND, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE THE TABLE RIGHT INSIDE THE DOOR AND, UM, YOU CAN BE THERE STARTING AT EIGHT TO EIGHT 15 OR SO TO, UM, SET UP. LET'S SEE, NEXT THURSDAY IS THE EIGHTH. THANK YOU. YEP. YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY. CAN YOU SEE EVERYBODY GOOD? MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE HAVE OUR REGULAR CLASSES THAT WE HAVE. UM, WE HAVE TWO NEW CLASSES. OUR NEW BEGINNINGS CLASS MET YESTERDAY. THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME. UM, THEY CREATED VISION BOARDS TO HELP THEM WITH GRIEF, UM, LONELINESS AND, UM, GRIEF, LONELINESS AND, UH, STARTING SOMETHING NEW. UM, SO THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH AT THE END OF THE LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. UM, AND SO GOING FORWARD, THEY WILL BE ON, IT'S AT THE VERY BOTTOM. I WILL GET TO THAT ONE. UM, SO WE STILL HAVE TERRY'S CLASS. WE HAVE CROCHET. WE HAVE BIBLE STUDY ON TUESDAYS, MAGE STILL MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAYS AT NOON, UH, FALL PREVENTION CLASS. THE CLASS, THE DATES ARE OCTOBER 15TH, 22ND AND 29TH. LED BY MS. ANITA. VERY APPRECIATIVE. UM, AND THEN BINGO, UM, IS STILL EVERY FRIDAY. UH, WE HAVE SOME SPIRIT DAYS COMING UP ON OCTOBER 5TH, WE'RE GONNA WEAR ORANGE. WE'LL BE WEARING ORANGE, UM, OCTOBER 12TH. UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR ALL OF OUR SENIORS TO WEAR PINK, UM, IN HONOR OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND THEN ON THE 26TH, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO WEAR THEIR FAVORITE HALLOWEEN SHIRT. UM, JUST TO BE IN THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT. UM, SO TOMORROW WE HAVE, UM, MESQUITE FUNERAL HOME IS GOING TO BE, UM, SPONSORING BINGO FOR US. KIND OF A HALLOWEEN FUNERAL HOME . UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE SHOWING A, UM, HALLOWEEN MOVIE. NOT A SPOOKY MOVIE, BUT A HALLOWEEN FUN MOVIE. UM, EVERY TUESDAY. SO THE SIXTH, THE 13TH, THE 20TH, AND THE 22ND, 27TH. UM, OF COURSE, DION MENTIONED THE HEALTH FAIR. UH, WE'LL BE DOING A PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST, UM, ON OCTOBER 9TH IS THE FIRST DAY. AND THEN JUDGING WILL BE THE FOLLOWING WEEK. UM, WE DO REALLY GOOD PRIZES AND, UH, THE JUDGING COMES FROM EVERYWHERE. WE TRY TO GET IN PARKS FACILITIES AND SOMEONE IN CODE COMPLIANCE, SO IT'S NOT BIASED. UM, THEN WE'LL BE DOING A, UM, MEDICARE 1 0 1 ON OCTOBER 19TH. WEDNESDAY, UH, THE 21ST. WE'LL BE HAVING A WITCHES HAT DECORATING CONTEST. UM, AND I'M GONNA SKIP THE SOFTBALL 'CAUSE I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT ONE. UM, MONDAY THE 26TH, WE'LL DO A FRIDGE MAGNETS WITH LUCY. THAT'S THE NEW BEGINNINGS CLASS ON THE 28TH. UM, ON THE 30TH WE HAVE HALLOWEEN BINGO. WAS GONNA ASK IF I WAS OKAY TO COMBINE [00:30:01] TOGETHER 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE SOME HALLOWEEN BINGO CARDS THAT WE BOUGHT. SO HOPEFULLY MAYBE IT'S ENOUGH FOREVER TO PLAY TOGETHER. UM, 'CAUSE ALL OF US WILL BE OVER THERE. AND THEN ON THE 14TH, WE'RE GOING TO KEARNY FOOD YARD. WE HAD TO CANCEL OUR LAST ONE. CARLA HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T GO TO GRUB CLUB. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT TO, UH, THIS MONTH. UM, SOFTBALL GAME. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE HAVE OUR SOFT, OUR ANNUAL SOFTBALL GAME. IT WILL BE ON OCTOBER 23RD. AND WE'RE USING THE NEW FIELD, WHICH IS RICK OIN, UM, SOFTBALL FIELD. IT'S CONNECTED TO THE SKATE PARK. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OVER THERE IF YOU EVEN KNEW THAT THERE WAS A SOFTBALL FIELD OVER THERE. UM, BUT IT'S SUPER NICE. IT'S BRAND NEW. UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME IF YOU WANNA PLAY, IF YOU WANNA CHEER, WE TAKE BOTH. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RUN. I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RUN BECAUSE WE, UM, GET REC STAFF, UM, FROM THE REC CENTERS. AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GET TO HIT THE BALL AND THEN THE REC STAFF RUNS FOR YOU. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RUNNING, BUT YOU GET A CHANCE TO. AND THEN WHEN WE SWITCH AND DO OUTFIELD, YOU CAN BE IN THE OUTFIELD. UM, I HAVE A REALLY GOOD PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR SENIORS LAST YEAR. HE WAS TRYING TO CATCH THE BALL AND AS HE CAUGHT THE BALL, HE DID CATCH IT. UM, BUT HE DID A TUMBLE. OH. UM, BUT HE WAS FINE. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL MAY KNOW DAVID ROBINSON. HE COMES OVER THERE TO WORK OUT SOMETIMES. HE'S SUPER TALL, UM, GENTLEMAN. BUT HE CAUGHT THE BALL AND THAT ACTUALLY WON THE GAME BECAUSE HE CAUGHT HIM. SO, UM, IT'S A LOT OF FUN. WE HAVE FOOD TRUCKS OUT THERE. UM, IT'S JUST A WAY FOR THE SENIORS TO GET OUT, PLAY CHEER. AND THEN I HAVE A VIDEO OF MR. JOHNSON LEADING THE CHEERLEADERS IN A CHEER THAT VIDEO TOO. UM, SO IT'S A GREAT TIME. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME. IF YOU WANNA SIGN UP, JUST CALL THE CENTER. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA REGISTER PEOPLE THROUGH ACTIVE NET. UM, AND YOU JUST SAY, I WANNA CHEER, I WANNA PLAY. WE WILL HAVE T-SHIRTS. UM, THIS YEAR THEY ARE NAVY BLUE. UM, AND THEY WILL SAY GOLDEN YEARS GRAND SLAMS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. GOLDEN YEARS GRAND SLAMS. UM, SO IF YOU WANNA PLAY, PLEASE SIGN UP BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA KNOW HOW MANY T-SHIRTS WE NEED TO GET. OKAY. UM, WE HAD OUR TRAVEL MEETING THIS PAST FRIDAY. UM, AND SO WE REVEALED ALL OF OUR, UM, PLACES WE'RE GONNA BE GOING. UH, WE'RE GONNA COLORADO SPRINGS. THAT IS IN MAY, MAY 16TH THROUGH THE 22ND. UM, AND THERE YOU WILL SEE WE'RE GOING TO, IT'S ALSO IN THE SILVER. WE'LL BE IN THE NEW SILVER SCOOP GOING FORWARD. UM, WE'RE GOING TO THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, UM, HISTORICAL SPRING. THEY'RE DOING A AIR FORCE MUSEUM. THEY'RE DOING A LOT IN COLORADO SPRINGS. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL. UM, WE'LL GET YOU SET UP. UM, AS WELL AS IN OUR LOCAL OTHER LOCAL TRIP IS TO LAS VEGAS AND TO THE GRAND CANYON AND TO HOOVER DAM. UM, YES, YOU WILL SPEND A DAY ON THE LAS VEGAS TRIP, UM, WHERE YOU CAN GO TO THE CASINOS IF YOU WANT TO, OR YOU CAN DO SOME SHOPPING. UM, BUT YOU WILL HAVE A FULL DAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, AND THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS THEY'RE GOING TO DO, THEY'RE GONNA RIDE ON THIS THING WHERE YOU CAN OVERSEE THE WHOLE PARK. OH, HUH. IS A TRIP. YES. UM, SO YOU'RE GONNA DO ONE OF THOSE AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA TRAVEL SO YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE PARK. UM, AND THAT ONE'S IN OCTOBER. OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH THE 10TH. AND THEN OUR INTERNATIONAL TRIP, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. WE'LL BE GOING TO ICELAND. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NAME OF THIS PLACE BECAUSE I CAN'T PRONOUNCE IT, BUT IT'S ICELAND. IT'S LIKE RAY VIC, WHAT'S IT CALLED? VIC. VICKI. SO , THOSE ARE PLACES. AND YOU WILL GET TO VISIT THE BLUE LAGOON, WHICH IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ABOUT GOING TO ICELAND. THEY GIVE YOU LIKE A, UM, SOME TYPE OF CREAM YOU PUT ON YOUR BODY AND YOU CAN SWIM IN THE WATER. BUT EVERYBODY WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT IT WHEN I SAID IT. SO IF YOU EVER LOOK UP THE BLUE LAGOON IN ICELAND, OKAY, WE ARE GOING THERE AND YOU WILL GET TO SWIM. UM, SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THOSE ARE OUR THREE TRIPS FOR, UH, 2027. UM, AND I, I THINK THAT'S ALL. UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES TO SHOW YOU FROM OUR, UM, FROM OUR, UH, RAINBOW PARTY. SORRY. THERE'S, OH, SORRY. THERE'S, I FORGOT TURNS ON. AND THEN WE HAVE, THAT WAS ME. THEY DID PRICES. RIGHT. AND SO WE HAD ITEMS AND THEY HAD TO GUESS HOW MUCH THE ITEMS WERE. UM, THIS WAS ME BEING MY DONNA, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT? VAN WHITE. VAN WHITE. I WAS BEING [00:35:01] MY VAN WHITE. UM, AND SO THEY JUST HAD TO GUESS HOW MUCH THE ITEMS WERE, AND WHOEVER WAS THE CLOSEST WITHOUT GETTING OVER GOT THE POINT. UM, SO THERE'S THEIR LITTLE CARDS. UM, AND THEN WE DID A WRAPPING CONTEST. THEY HAD 30 SECONDS TO WRAP SOMEONE IN RAINBOW. UM, AND SO ONE PICTURE WE HAVE IS AS, OH, SORRY. THEY INTERMIX, UH, WELL I DIDN'T SAVE IT, BUT, UM, THESE WERE THE GROUPS. THEY WERE ALL SPLIT UP INTO COLOR GROUP. SO THIS WAS OUR RED GROUP, OUR PURPLE GROUP, A GREEN GROUP, YELLOW GROUP, BLUE GROUP, GOT SECOND PLACE. THEN THIS IS OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER. THEY WERE THE PINK GROUP. UM, SO ON THE FRONT OF THE SILVERS GROUP, IF YOU SEE IT'S ALL OF THEIR PICTURES TOGETHER AS A GROUP. MM-HMM . UM, THEN WE DID SOME CONSTELLATION PRIZES. UM, MS, THIS IS MS. NUNEZ. SHE'S VERY NEW. SHE JUST STARTED, UH, SHE PARTICIPATED AND WENT OUT THERE AND DID THE BEST SHE COULD. UH, WE DID A CONTEST WHERE THEY HAD TO TRY TO FRUIT ROLL UP AND THEY HAVE TO TRY TO, THEY COULD ONLY USE THEIR MOUTHS TO EAT THE WHOLE THING. AND SHE WENT IN THERE AND SHE DID IT. SO, UM, WE HAD A VERY GOOD TIME. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE, OH LORD. UM, WE HAD A SENIOR WHO WAS JUST COMMITTED. UM, SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES FROM THE ACTUAL EVENT. OH, THERE SHE IS. RIGHT THERE. SHE WAS COMMITTED, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE. SHE WAS VERY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT SHE GOT ALL OF THAT FRUIT ROLL. SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD A VERY GOOD TIME AT THE PARTY. UM, PARTY. YEAH. AND THAT'S HAPPY YOU LADIES. ITEM B IS, UH, WE'LL START THE ELECTIONS. THIS IS ELECTION MONTH. UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS, UH, THE COMMISSION CHAIR. SO NO. ALL RIGHT, LADIES, BE UM, SO WE HAVE OPTIONS TO NOMINATE YOURSELF. YOU NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE, I GUESS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR CHAIR? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOU CAROL COOPER FOR CHAIR. DO I NEED TO STATE REASONS? NO. OKAY. I SECOND. OKAY. OKAY. SO, UM, I GUESS, UM, THERE'S NO SECOND NOMINATED. OKAY. IS THERE, IS THERE, OKAY. IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION FOR CHAIR? UH, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE NOMINATION NOW A SECOND IN ORDER. OKAY. UH, YOU CAN SECOND. OKAY. MM-HMM . I SECOND. OKAY. OKAY. NOMINATION HAS BEEN MADE FOR CAROL COOPER TO BE THE CHAIR. AND, UH, GWEN MOVED TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS. VENITA SECONDED. SO IF YOU WANT TO WRITE ON YOUR LITTLE SLIP OF PAPER AND I'LL COME BACK. THEN JESSE WILL COLLECT MM-HMM . OKAY. SO YVONNE WILL LOOK AT THOSE AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UM, NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR. DO I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR VICE CHAIR? I MOVE THAT WE NOMINATE, UM, TONY MONTGOMERY FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I MOVE THAT THE NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED AND MOVES THAT THE NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED. IS THERE A SECOND? OH, I COULD SECOND. KATHLEEN WILL SECOND. SO WRITE ON YOUR LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER. PROBABLY POINTLESS, BUT, OKAY. PROBABLY THIS POINT. THANK YOU. SEE THAT. WAS ANN [00:40:05] GETTING US SOME TROUBLE YESTERDAY? SOME TROUBLE YESTERDAY. THOUGHT THEY WERE STILL DRINKING WATER HERE. THANK YOU. I KNOW WHERE THAT CAME. I HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING TO EAT YET. I DID HAVE A, STILL I WAS IN TROUBLE. DO WE WAIT FOR HER TO LOOK AT THOSE OR? I, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN SIX VOTES FOR EACH PERSON NOMINATED. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS TONY. CONGRATULATIONS CAROL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, CAROL. SO WE WILL, WE WILL PRESS FORWARD. UM, SO ITEM F IS GRAND OPENING UPDATE AND THE GARLAND SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITY. UM, VENITA, UM, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US? WELL, I HAVE, UM, THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH SINCE THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE I TOLD YOU IT HAD TO GET COOLER AND IT DIDN'T GET COOLER TILL TODAY. AND RAINY OUT THERE. BUT, UM, WE'RE READY NOW GUYS TO GET WITH IT NOW THAT WE, UH, KNOW, BUT WE STILL DO NOT HAVE A DATE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S THE AWKWARD PART WHEN I'M TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE I WANT TO INVITE THEM TO THE OPENING, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO DO. BUT I GOT, UM, I HAVE ABOUT 20 OF THESE, UH, FROM, I, I WENT TO A NA MY NATIONAL MEETING. SO I HAVE ABOUT 20 OF THESE EXERCISE WIPES FROM THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION. SO I, THOSE ARE A GIVEAWAY IF Y'ALL LIKE 'EM. OKAY. UM, AND MY DENTIST THAT I SAW YESTERDAY, SO I HAVE CLEAN TEETH. UH, HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE 20 OF THOSE BAGS WITH TOOTHBRUSH, TOOTHPASTE, FLOSS IN THEM. UM, AND UM, SO THAT'S WHEREVER I'M GOING. I'M JUST ASKING PEOPLE. BUT NOW I'M READY TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT IT. UM, GAIL ISN'T HERE TODAY AND SHE AND I ARE GONNA GET A TRIP TOGETHER AND, AND GO IN HER DISTRICT. AND THEN AMAD AMADOR WAS GONNA TELL ME IF HE WANTED TO ME TO GO WITH DISTRICT TWO, WHERE I LIVE, WHERE, WHERE IS ALL THE PLACES I GO, UH, OR NOT. BUT, UM, IT, IT IS TIME FOR US TO START GETTING THOSE TOGETHER. UM, ANNE WANTS TO KEEP A LIST OF WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED AS GIFTS. THAT'S GOOD. AND FROM WHOM. SO WE CAN, UH, DO THAT. SO I'LL SEND MY, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT MY DENTIST. UM, UH, HE DIDN'T KNOW THE NEW BUILDING WAS BEING BUILT AND HE'S AT FIRST AND C STREET. OH. DOESN'T GET OUT MUCH. NO. AND NONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES DID. THEY ALL SAID THEY COME FROM OTHER DIRECTION TO GET THERE. I DON'T KNOW. I'M LIKE, HOW COULD YOU NOT SEE THAT CONSTRUCTION THE LAST THREE YEARS? BUT ANYHOW, UM, I, I DID INVITE HIM AND TOLD HIM I WOULD LET HIM KNOW CLOSER TO, TO THE DATE AND HE COULD COME DOWN IF YOU'D LIKE. UM, SO WE'RE READY TO START ASKING PEOPLE AND GETTING SOME THINGS. WE, WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE MORE MEETING BEFORE WE, UM, WOULD, WOULD HAVE. IT IS THE NOVEMBER MEETING. SO SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ONE IN DECEMBER, RIGHT? YES. WELL, WE HAVE TO VOTE. OH, OKAY. WE DID VOTE LAST NIGHT. I THOUGHT WE DID TOO. YEAH. IN FACT, I THOUGHT YOU WERE BUYING LUNCH. . HE'S ALREADY FORGOTTEN. WE, WE VOTED HIM TO PAY AND HE'S FORGOTTEN. NO, YOU, YOU'RE TALKING INTO YOUR MIC, BUT YOUR MIC IS NOT ON . IT MAY BE BROKEN BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THE LIGHT. RIGHT. BUT I CAN HEAR YOU . SO WHAT I SUGGEST FOR THE DONATIONS MM-HMM . I WOULD TELL THEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THEM BY THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER BECAUSE WE PLAN ON HOPEFULLY HAVING A DATE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER. SO I WOULD JUST TELL 'EM YOU WANT THOSE DONATIONS BY THEN, SO THAT THE OPENING MIGHT BE THE MIDDLE OF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING. YES. THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. SO I WOULD SAY JUST IF YOU CAN COLLECT, COLLECT, YOU KNOW, BY THE FIRST WEEK, AT LEAST BY THE, OUR NEXT MEETING. SO THEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS GET BACK WITH THEM WITH THE DATE OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO EVERYBODY HAS THAT. WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR ANY DONATIONS BY THEN. UM, I'M, I'M NOT REALLY CHEERING THE MEETING. GAIL HAS A QUESTION. CAROL. YES, MA'AM. HAVE QUESTION FOR STAFF. GAIL GWEN, I'M, SHE'S SITTING WHERE? GA HER NAME'S IN FRONT OF HER. I HAVE A FOR STAFF. I'M SORRY, GWEN, YOU'RE SITTING RIGHT THERE WITH GAIL. I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. YEAH, I KNOW. YOU KNOW ME. I JUST CAN'T READ AND CHEW GUM . SO I, THIS ALL JUST PROBABLY WENT OVER MY HEAD. MM-HMM . BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO THINGS. I GO TO [00:45:01] WHERE THERE'S A RIBBON CUTTING. MM-HMM . WE'RE EITHER BREAKING GROUND OR A BUILDING'S OPENING. CORRECT. AND WE'RE DOING NEITHER. CORRECT. SO WHY ARE WE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING ON THE 30TH? I JUST, IT'S, IT'S NOT GELLING FOR ME AS FAR AS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE, ON THE AGENDA. RIGHT. I CAN ADD THAT'S WHEN THE DIGNITARIES WANT TO DO IT. SO YES, WE HAVE THE GROUNDBREAKING ON, EXCUSE ME, THE RIBBON CUTTING ON OCTOBER 30TH AND THEN THERE'LL BE A SNEAK PEEK AND THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER WE'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO THERE'LL BE A SNEAK PEEK, MEANING WHOMEVER SHOWS UP FOR THAT RIBBON CUTTING. YES. THAT WE CAN GO IN AND LOOK AROUND. YES. YES MA'AM. OH, WHAT WAS THE DISCUSSION? THAT'S INTERESTING, Y'ALL. I'LL PROBABLY KNEW THAT AND IT WENT OVER MY HEAD. NEVER. SO THE SENIORS ARE PLANNING TO BE BE THERE TOO. CORRECT. THEY'RE BUSING THERE AND WE JUST HEARD THERE'S GONNA BE A BINGO GAME, A HALLOWEEN BINGO GAME. NOT AT THE GSAC. THAT'LL BE AT CARVER. YEAH, THAT'S AT CARVER. SHE SAID, I HAVE ENOUGH CARDS FOR EVERYBODY SO WE COULD DO IT TOGETHER. BUT WE DIDN'T PLAN ON HAVING ANY ONLY ACTIVITY THAT WAS GONNA TAKE PLACE WOULD BE LUNCH FOR OUR SENIORS ON RIBBON CUTTING DAY. THAT WAS IT. THAT'S IT. NOW THAT COULD CHANGE, BUT, BUT LAST WE TALK YES. WAS HAPPENING. BUT BECAUSE THEY DO AT LO BOTH LOCATIONS. OKAY. YEAH. UM, OKAY. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT. EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE GOING TO THE FUNCTION, THE BIG FUNCTION THERE. SOME OF 'EM ARE GONNA BE STAYING AT THE CENTERS. HARVARD, POTENTIALLY LIKE THEIR USUAL ROUTINE. YEAH. BUT THEY WILL BE INVITED. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. OH, THERE YOU ARE. I LOST YOU. THERE WON'T BE ANY SENIOR ACTIVITIES, PHIL. RIGHT? AT FIELDS? NO, NO. GSAC. SO CARVER THOUGH, DEPENDING ON THOSE PARTICIPANTS, IF THEY WANT TO COME TO THE RIBBON CUTTING THEY CAN, BUT SOME MAY CHOOSE TO STAY AT CARVER. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THOSE PARTICIPANTS WILL LIKE TO DO. WELL WHEN I WAS THERE, THEY'RE ALL PLANNING TO COME. OKAY. UM, I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF, BUT THEY, THEY WERE ALL EXCITED. AND THAT'S FINE TOO. YEAH. THEY CAN COME TOO AS WELL. YEAH. BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. OKAY. SO THEN, UM, IN TERMS OF ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING, UM, I HAVE ASKED MY LITTLE FALSE PROVINCIAL GROUP IF THEY WOULD DO, UH, LIKE A FIVE MINUTE DEMONSTRATION IN ONE OF THE EXERCISE ROOMS. AND I'VE ASKED ANGELA, WHAT CAROL? NOT AT THE RIBBON CUTTING NOW? NO, NO, NO, NO. AT THE GRAND, I'M SORRY. STRICTLY THE OPENING TO THE GRAND OPENING. STRICTLY THE OPEN WHEN WE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND THEN AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE, HAVEN'T HAD A DATE. SO NOTHING CAN BE FIRMED. AND THEN WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE THE TWO WOMEN TO COME TO THE RIBBON CUTTING. WE HAVE UM, RUTH, WHO I CALLED WRONG, IF I CALLED HER ROSE, HER NAME IS RUTH. IF I CALLED HER RUTH, HER NAME IS ROSE. SHE'S SO QUIET WHEN SHE SPEAKS, I HAVE TO GET HER NAME STREET. AND THEN WE HAVE DOLORES COMING AND UH, THAT'S ALL SETTLED. SO THE RIBBON CUTTING FROM OUR, UH, POINT OF VIEW IS SETTLED. THE, THE BUILDING. AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE A PART OF FOR THAT. CORRECT. WE HAVE OUR TWO REPRESENTATIVES THERE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE. AND YOU'LL BE HELPING WITH TOURS OF THE FACILITY AS WELL? TOURS OF THE FACILITY ON RIBBON CUTTING DAY. YES. AH, I HAD MISSED THAT. OKAY. SO EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SHOW UP IF THEY CAN. AND, AND THEN WE'LL WALK AROUND. IT'S GONNA BE AT, SO IT STARTS AT 10 OFFICIALLY. SO 9 30, 9 45 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ARRIVE THAT TIME. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO, UH, DO THE TOUR MM-HMM . DO WE GET TO COME IN AND SEE WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AT NINE 30 OR 9 45? NO, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK BEFORE THE SNEAK PEAK. SO OH, THAT WEEK OF WE COULD ALLOW YOU TO COME IN SO YOU CAN SEE THE FACILITY AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE. THAT'S WHY I WANTED THE MAP. YEAH. SO IT WOULD JUST SHOW UP OR WE, YOU'RE GONNA SCHEDULE A TIME. WE'LL SCHEDULE A TIME. SO WITH THAT THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU. 'CAUSE WE DON'T OFFICIALLY HAVE A MAP YET. OKAY. UM, SO I COULD HAVE SENT YOU A PICTURE OF THE, UH, BOARDS IN THE HALLWAY, BUT ONCE YOU GET THERE WE CAN GIVE YOU A ROOM MM-HMM . AND THEN SAY, HEY, YOU'LL BE IN THIS ROOM. OR TOURING. IT ALL DEPENDS RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE STAFF AS WELL GIVING TOURS. SO MAYBE YOU COULD BE ALONG WITH STAFF AND HELPING THEM AS WELL. BUT WE'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. VERY GOOD. YEAH. OKAY. SO FOR THE OPENING IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DOOR PRIZES, APPRECIATION GIFTS. SO WE NEED TO BE GETTING THOSE READY TO HAVE THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. SO REALLY IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD TELL US AT THE NEXT MEETING WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT WOULD BE IDEAL AT THE NEXT MEETING AND OR WHAT YOU'RE GONNA PICK UP WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. SO IF YOU'LL GO IN YOUR DISTRICTS AND GATHER SOME INFORMATION, THAT WOULD [00:50:01] BE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. UM, AND GET SOME ITEMS. WE, UM, WE HAVE MAYBE THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM DOING A FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTE DEMONSTRATION OF EXERCISE CLASS. ANGELA'S INTERESTED IF, AGAIN, WE NEED, SO NEED Y'ALL TO DECIDE. SO I GUESS THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE EASIEST THING. ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, UHHUH GET WITH DION AND THEN FROM THERE YOU CAN FIGURE OUT YES. NO, MAYBE, SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START IS GET ALL THE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AND THEN SET UP A MEETING WITH DION AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN GO FROM THERE. OKAY. IS THAT WHEN, EXCUSE ME, IS THAT WHEN YOU WANT A DJ? IS THAT WHEN WANT A DJ AT THE OPENING? AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING I WOULD GET WITH DION BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S PLANNING SOME THINGS AS WELL, SO WE DON'T WANNA OVERLAP THINGS. SO YEAH. ONCE YOU HAVE A LIST OF THINGS YOU WANT TO DO, I WOULD SAY JUST GET WITH DION AND THEN FROM THERE Y'ALL CAN FIGURE OUT, UH, WHAT'S GOOD. I JUST HAVE A DJ, BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW THE DATE. THE DATE, YEAH. IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE. IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE. YEAH. AND THAT'S ALL. OKAY. OKAY. YOU HAVE IT? I HAVE IT. I DO. OH, WONDERFUL. THEY WILL LOVE THAT WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE MORNING. I MEAN, OH, IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE IN THE MORNING. YES. OKAY. YEAH. HE, YOU THOUGHT EVERYTHING WOULD BE LIKE 10 TO 12 PEOPLE WHO WERE STAYING FOR LUNCH, BUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE PEOPLE NOT STAYING AT THE CENTER BECAUSE IT'S OPEN WOULD BE DEPARTING BY ABOUT 12. THAT'S WHAT YOU THOUGHT BEFORE. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF IT'S A NORM? SO WHEN WE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, IT'LL BE A NORMAL DAY FOR DION. OH. WHICH MEANS EXERCISE CLASSES, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF GOING ON. SO DEPENDING ON HER REGULARS AS FAR AS WHAT THE, UH, THAT PROVIDED BY TRANSPORTATION. MM-HMM . THEY TYPICALLY LEAVE AROUND THAT 12, 12 O'CLOCK TIME. BUT EVERYONE THAT DRIVES OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN STAY LONGER. AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PEOPLE PROBABLY STAYING EVEN LONGER 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA USE THE FITNESS CENTER NOW. SO I WOULD PROBABLY PLAN ON ANY ACTIVITIES IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE. PEOPLE COMING FOR CLASSES, PEOPLE WANTING TO GET A TOUR AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS. AND DID WE EVER LEARN WHETHER, UM, WE SHOULD BE, WE HAD AN INTEREST IN COLLECTING BOOKS FOR THE LIBRARY AND WE HAD ASKED WHETHER THAT IS SOMETHING, UM, THE CENTER WANTS OR NOT. I'LL REFER THAT TO DION. OKAY. OKAY. SO, SO TO BE CLEAR, DION IS THE GO-TO PERSON. YES. BECAUSE SHE'S ALREADY PLANNING THINGS. SO GET WITH DION. YEAH, HE THAT MAKES SENSE. HE'S SAYING WE DON'T WANNA OVERLAP ANYTHING. SHE'S ALREADY, BUT I GOTTA LET'S GO BACK TO THE 30TH. JUST QUICKLY. YES. THIS SNEAK VIEW MM-HMM . DO YOU IMAGINE AROUND 9:00 AM NO, IT STARTS AT 10. SO THE CEREMONY WILL START AT 10 DEPENDING ON HOW LONG, UM, CITY MANAGER TALKS OR WHOEVER ELSE SPEAKS. OH NO, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA GIVE US A SNEAK PREVIEW. OH, I'M SORRY. BEFORE THE RIBBON CUTTING. IT'LL BE THE WEEK OF THE RIBBON CUTTING. SO IT'D BE A SEPARATE DAY. OH YES. SEPARATE DAY. MAYBE ON MY BIRTHDAY. MY BIRTHDAY'S THE 26TH, SO MAYBE THAT DAY. OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO THAT HIS LUNCH. I GET IT. THE REASON FOR THAT DAY, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE YOU OUT TO LUNCH. ACTUALLY, I'LL BE OFF THAT DAY. YOU'LL BE OFF FOR YOU. TAKE YOUR BIRTHDAY. OKAY. SO, SO ON THE NEXT MEETING WE, WE WILL ORGANIZE, EVERYBODY WILL BRING THEIR, THEIR NEWS OF WHAT THEY'VE COLLECTED AND WE'LL MAKE FINAL PLANS. IT'S STILL HARD TO WAIT, SOLICIT THINGS WHEN WE DON'T KNOW THE DATE. I'M JUST GONNA THROW THAT OUT THERE. WELL, UH, JESSE SAID MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER. SO WITH THE DONATIONS THOUGH, YOU REALLY DON'T NEED A DATE BECAUSE YOU JUST NEED THEM TO DONATE WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU. AND, AND THEN ONCE THEY, YOU GET THE DATE, YOU CAN TELL 'EM, HEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATION. THE OFFICIAL OPENING TO THE PUBLIC IS ON THIS DATE. PLEASE COME OUT. YEAH. YEAH. AND I'M LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE I'M, I'M GONNA ASK THE DONUT SHOP I FREQUENT FOR DONUTS. SO THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO KNOW OBVIOUSLY THE DAY OR GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR DONUTS. YEAH. THAT'S HOW WHAT I WANT. I WANT THE DONUTS TO BRING THEM TO THE CENTER. JUST BE SURE YOU BRING 'EM . OKAY. SO NOVEMBER 5TH IS OUR NEXT MEETING. SO THAT WOULD BE TIME, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, TO GET EVERYTHING WRAPPED UP. UM, I'M GLAD THAT ANNE IS GONNA KEEP, UH, UH, TRACK OF WHO DONATES WHAT, BECAUSE I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO WRITE THANK YOU NOTES YEAH. WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER WITH. SO PLEASE WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING THAT, THAT'S THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF EVERYBODY THAT DONATES SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT. AND THEN GET BACK TO THEM WITH THE OFFICIAL DATE OF WHEN IT'S OPENING TO INVITE. AND WITH THAT TOO, I THINK THE DAY OF, WE COULD PROBABLY, 'CAUSE THEY PLAY BINGO, MAYBE HAVE THE CALLERS, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM SOME RECOGNITION. [00:55:01] JUST CALL OUT THEIR NAMES. YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, COULD WE HAVE A LIST, UH, SOMEWHERE TO SHOW THAT WHO DONATED SO PEOPLE COULD, YOU KNOW, PATRONIZE THEM AT ANOTHER TIME. RIGHT. OH YEAH. I TOLD DR. BEN, HE DOESN'T USUALLY PUT HIS CARD IN THOSE LITTLE BAGS. I SAID, YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR CARDS IN THOSE BAGS AND IF YOU'VE COME DOWN, I'LL AT LEAST INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME PEOPLE, UH, BECAUSE, UH, I THINK HE'S A GREAT DENTIST, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT MARKETING ANYBODY TO ANYTHING. BUT HE COULD PUT HIS CARD IN THOSE BAGS. AND I HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT YOU GET WITH DION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT'LL BE THE 30TH BEFORE WE KNOW IT. AND, YOU KNOW, TIME WILL KEEP TICKING AWAY. SO GET WITH HER AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK OR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. YEAH, FOR SURE. SHE'S STILL HERE. SHE LEAVES. GOT THERE. OKAY. YEAH, WE GONNA, OKAY. , WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK. FIRST OF NEXT WEEK, WE'LL GET WITH YOU. OKAY. THEY PLAN TO MEET WITH DION NEXT WEEK. OKAY. AS BECAUSE OFF MIC. UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? EXCITING? YEAH, IT IS EXCITING. OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO G MARKETING OUTREACH FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. UM, TONY, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH FAIR? UH, YES. UM, WE, UH, AND THIS, YEAH. THIS IS, EVERYBODY HAS THIS. EVERYBODY HAS ONE OF THESE AND THANK YOU FOR DOING IT. UM, WE WILL HAVE OUR TABLE SET UP AND WE'VE ALREADY, UH, BEEN TOLD EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE. SO WE'LL BE THERE IN FRONT AND, UH, WE WILL SET UP AT EIGHT 30. YEAH. BE THERE AROUND EIGHT 30. IF, IF YOU'RE COMING, IF YOU'RE COMING EARLY, EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO STAY ALL THREE HOURS. THIS, THIS SCHEDULE IS JUST THERE. UM, I'LL BE THERE FOR ALL THREE OR BA BASICALLY FOUR HOURS BY THE TIME WE GET SET UP AND TAKE DOWN. AND I'LL PROBABLY GET THERE ABOUT 8 15, 8 30. I, AND I THINK YOU'LL HAVE OUR TABLECLOTH. YES. YES. ARE YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE. YES. EARLIER. UM, PROBABLY NOT. I, I DID WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, I HAVE GOTTEN DONATIONS FROM SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS FOR US TO HAND OUT STUFF. UM, YOU KNOW, MANDY PIPPIN FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH GAVE US SOME THINGS, WHICH I THINK IS STILL IN YOUR OFFICE. UH, LAST MONTH I GOT SOME THINGS FROM STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FROM, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE FROM PURCHASING AND FROM, UH, GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT. AND I STILL HAVE SOME FEELERS OUT FOR THINGS THAT WE CAN ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR TABLE. UM, WE'VE GOT THE, WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO. AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WHEN WE DON'T NEED EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE ALL THE TIME, THEY GO AND VISIT THE BOOTHS AND LOOK FOR SPEAKERS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UM, SOMETHING OF INTEREST THAT WE WANT TO HEAR OR TALK ABOUT WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. UM, WHAT ELSE? UH, UH, BRING, UH, A IPAD OR YOUR TABLET. NOW WE HAD, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING PAPER, PAPER SURVEY. UH, HOW, HOW IS THAT COMING? YES, YOU WILL HAVE THAT. YOU HAVE THE NEW QR CODES. I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT OKAY. I'LL GO, I WAS GONNA HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE QR CODES. IF WE ACTUALLY TAKE THE DATA THAT'S IN THE SYSTEM, TAKE IT DOWN AND ANALYZE IT, SORT OF LIKE WHAT THE YOUNG LADY SHOWED US THIS MORNING, THEN WE TAKE THAT DOWN. DO WE NEED A NEW QR CODE? WE JUST THEN ADD MORE DATA IN THAT SPACE INSTEAD OF STARTING ALL OVER? OR, OR DOES IT WORK THAT WAY? SO YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD WANT ME TO DELETE, BASICALLY DELETE THE CURRENT, CURRENT, UH, ENTRIES IF I WANTED TO ONCE THAT DATA AND ANALYZE IT. COLLECTING DATA IS ONE THING. DOING SOMETHING WITH IT IS SOMETHING ELSE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHERE I WOULD THINK WE AS A COMMITTEE WILL LOOK AT THAT DATA, SAY, WHAT ARE THE SENIORS WHO HAVE PUT DATA IN TELLING US THAT THEY WANT, OR THEIR NEEDS ARE, ANALYZE WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE COME AND SAY, THIS IS HOW WE ADDRESSED IT. PUT IT IN THE, THE NEWS. UH, MAKE AN ARTICLE, WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THEN MOVE ON AND NOT HOLD THAT SPACE JUST FOR HOLDING DATA. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. UM, I GUESS BUT ONLY THING YOU JUST WOULDN'T HAVE HISTORICAL DATA. SO THAT'D BE THE ONLY THING. WELL, THAT, AND SEE THAT'S WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW. YEAH. AND SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT IT, YOU COULD DOWNLOAD IT, YOU WOULD HAVE IT IN PDF FORM MM-HMM . BUT IF YOU EVER WANT TO GO, I MEAN YOU WOULD HAVE TO MERGE TWO DIFFERENT LISTS. 'CAUSE YOU WOULD STILL HAVE THOSE EMAILS AND THEN THE BRAND NEW EMAILS. SO IT'S AN OPTION THOUGH. AN IDEA. IT'S JUST AN IDEA. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEEDED TO HAVE A NEW QR CODE OR WOULD IT BE BEST TO FACILITATE HAVING DATA EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA NEED A NEW ONE BECAUSE WHAT [01:00:01] I, I CLEARED OUT, WE HAD DUPLICATE EMAILS, SO THAT CLEARED OUT ABOUT 40 ENTRIES. SO WE'RE STILL GOOD WITH THE CURRENT ONE, BUT EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA RUN OUTTA SPACE. OKAY. WHICH IS A GOOD THING. YEAH. BUT, BUT SHE, SO THE SYSTEM, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD ANN. I JUST DOES, THE SYSTEM DOES NOT TELL US IF SOMEONE HAS ALREADY READ. NO, IT DOES NOT, IT DOESN'T GET BUT CHAT GPT DOES I LOVE IT. I LOVE, SO, SO, BUT RIGHT NOW AS THINGS STAND FOR, UH, THE HEALTH FAIR, WE'RE GONNA USE WHAT WE HAVE OR ARE YOU GONNA CREATE CORRECT. I'M GONNA USE WHAT WE, AND ACTUALLY OH, GOOD. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE INTEREST SURVEY, I ACTUALLY COMPILED SOME OF THE INFORMATION. SO WHEN I GO UP THERE, I CAN SHOW YOU FROM PROBABLY IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO WHAT IT DID COMPILE AND SAY, HEY, THESE ARE AREAS THAT YOU COULD FOCUS ON AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THAT WOULD BE MORE FOR THE REC SIDE AND US, FOR US TO SAY, HEY, THESE ARE PROGRAMS OR DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO, UH, MARKET TO. OKAY. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO USE THAT TO, TO REPORT TO COUNCIL WHAT WE'VE DONE. YES. SO, YEAH. SO I, I THINK WE DO NEED TO ANALYZE THAT AND CAPTURE IT AND PUT IT IN OUR TEAMS OR SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN ALL FIND IT. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT TEAMS? NO. OH, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHEN I GO UP TO PRESENT TEAMS. OKAY. THAT, THAT WAS MY ONLY THING ABOUT THE QR CODE. BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE PAPER SURVEYS AND WE'LL HAVE, AND WE DO, WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WILL COMMIT TO BRINGING THEIR IPAD OR THEIR, UH, THEIR, THEIR COMPUTER. SO WE HAVE ONE, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER? DOES THE, DOES THE PARK DISTRICT HAVE A, A SO THE ONLY THING ABOUT IF YOU BRING YOUR IPAD, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE JOT FORM. SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO HAVE THEM PUT THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS. I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, EMAIL ADDRESS. AND THEN YOU COULD INPUT IT INTO THE JOT FORM LATER. SO YOU COULD DO THAT. WELL, WE COULD JUST HAVE THEM SIGN UP IF, IF, IF, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THAT ALL THE WAY. OR YOU CAN JUST SCAN IT WITH YOUR PHONE AND GIVE 'EM YOUR PHONE. YEAH. Q CODE. YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH THE IPAD. SCAN IT WITH THE IPAD. WELL YOU COULD, YEAH. YEAH. I'M SORRY, BUT YEAH, YOU COULD. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE OUR PHONES AND, AND AN IPAD. AND, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING YOU WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM THE QR CODE SOMEWHAT, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE PAPER COPIES AS WELL TOO. NO, I, MY MY VIEW IS ANYBODY THAT CAN MANAGE A QR CODE, GIVE THEM THAT. BUT IF THEY CAN'T, THEN THIS HAVING TO DO THE WRITTEN. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE SOME PHONES JUST WON'T DO QR CODES AND HMM. OR AT LEAST THAT'S, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THEM ANYWAY. OKAY. UM, ANYBODY THAT HAS SCOOPS BACK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE BACK COPIES OF SCOOPS OR I THINK WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DISPLAY. SO WE HAVE A BINDER WITH THE CURRENT OCTOBER SCOOP IN IT. SO WE PRINTED IT OFF, IT'S ALREADY AT THE CENTER. UM, THE FRONT AND BACK PAGE THAT YOU WANTED. I ALREADY PRINTED THAT OUT. UM, I HAVE SOME JAR OPENERS THAT WE JUST PURCHASED. SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OF THOSE. AND I PURCHASED YOU GUYS THE TABLECLOTH SO I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND IT SHOULD BE HERE BEFORE THE EVENT. BE GOOD. . I LOVE THAT. SO I BROUGHT THESE EXTRAS, SO WE NEED THEM OR WE DON'T NEED THEM. I, I, YOU CAN HAVE THEM. I'M GONNA BRING MY EXTRAS JUST TO GIVE THEM TO PEOPLE. SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THERE'S THE, THERE I HAND YOU THESE. SURE. AND YESTERDAY WAS THE 30TH AND THERE WERE A TON IN THE RACK. MM-HMM . AND I TOOK SOME BECAUSE IT WAS THE LAST DAY. MM-HMM . SO THEY'RE IN MY CAR, CAROL. BUT I CAN RUN AND GET THOSE FOR YOU. SO YOU COULD HAVE THOSE IF YOU WANT. UH, I KNEW YOU WANTED SOME TO DISPLAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, I THINK THIS IS YOU. MM-HMM . THAT'S YOURS. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE HEALTH FAIR TONY? NO, I THINK WE HAVE IT ALL. UH, NOW WILL WE HAVE OUR T-SHIRTS OR, OR WILL, UH, OR DO WE WANNA WEAR OUR T-SHIRTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE? I ORDERED YOU SOME SHIRTS. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE IF THEY WILL MAKE IT BEFORE AS WELL. IF NOT, MAYBE YOU CAN WEAR, I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE GROUNDBREAKING ONE EXCEPT FOR MS. GWEN DOESN'T BUT DOESN'T YEAH, VENITA DOESN'T. OH, YOU DON'T EITHER. OKAY. BUT LET ME DOUBLE CHECK ABOUT THE SHIRTS AND SEE IF THEY'LL BE HERE BEFORE, UM, YOUR EVENT. BUT WE CAN WEAR, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE, YOU CAN WEAR YOUR T-SHIRT IF YOU WANT. YEAH. OKAY. TO THE HEALTH FAIR. AND I'VE GOT ONE WITH, IT'S GOT GRAY WITH GREEN PARK STUFF ON THE FRONT OF IT AND THEN, YEAH. SO YEAH, JUST SOMETHING OR JUST BE COMFORTABLE. YEAH. BECAUSE WE'LL PROBABLY BE STANDING UP FOR MOST OF THAT TIME. I SEE. IN NOVEMBER WE WILL VISIT THE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE SCHEDULE. MM-HMM . OKAY. AND THEN WE NEED TO START WORKING ON 2027. SO, UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON? [01:05:01] LET'S SEE. YOU'RE ON, UM, WHICH WE'RE ON H WE JUST FINISHED G OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANN A HAVE A REPORT FOR US. I DO, BUT UM, I HAVEN'T COMPLETED IT. OKAY. SO I'M YOU'LL SEND IT TO US? YES. I'M GONNA SEND IT. WELL, I'M SENDING IT TO YOU FIRST FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST A FOOD REPORT. UH, MY CONNECT GROUPS AT MY CHURCH ASKED ME TO PUT SOME THINGS TOGETHER, UH, FOR OUTREACH FOR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SO APPROPRIATE FOR YOU GUYS AND I'M, I HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE BY THE EIGHTH. OKAY. AND SO I'M GONNA SEND THAT TO YOU AS WELL. SOUNDS GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. OKAY. I'LL SEND OUT THE, UM, OCTOBER FOOD PANTRY LIST SOMETIME THIS AFTERNOON OR TOMORROW IF IT'S OUT. THEY HAVEN'T SENT IT TO ME YET. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO, I CONSIDER THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION PARTICIPATION IN THE MLK PARADE. GWEN. AND I'D LIKE TO PASS THESE ARE, THEY'RE THE SAME THING. JUST YOU CAN HOLD ONE FOR, FOR YOURSELF. CAROL AND PASS. THAT'S JUST FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK AT. TONY, I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, Y'ALL PROBABLY WON'T BELIEVE THIS, BUT IN JANUARY HERE IN LITTLE OLD GARLAND, WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR 38TH ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, DR. REVEREND, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PARADE AND MARCH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF OUR COMMISSION HAS ENOUGH MEMBERS INTERESTED IN RIDING IN THE PARADE. UH, BECAUSE IF THERE ARE ENOUGH OF US INTERESTED IN RIDING AS A GROUP, THEN WE WILL GET OUR STAFF TO SECURE A VAN, A CITY VAN FOR US TO DO SO IN. BUT WE WOULD NEED, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S ONLY TWO OR THREE, WE MIGHT NEED TO WAIT AND CONSIDER 2028. THE EVENT IS ON SATURDAY. IT'S ON THAT FLYER. CAROL, IF YOU WILL TELL 'EM ABOUT THE DATE AND TIME. IT'S JANUARY 16TH AT 10:00 AM IT'LL BE A, IT'S REALLY SHORT, WE LINE UP. IS EVERYONE FAMILIAR WITH AUSTIN ACADEMY OVER ON BEVERLY DRIVE? THAT'S WHERE THE PARADE IS STAGED. BUT WE WOULD PROBABLY MEET AT OUR NEW SENIOR CENTER AND THE VAN WOULD PICK US UP FROM THERE. 'CAUSE WE WANNA STAY OUT AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS POSSIBLE OVER THERE AT THE STAGING AREA. BUT WHAT WE NEED NOW IS TO FIND OUT DO WE HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS INTERESTED IN GETTING UP OUTTA OUR BEDS AND BEING THERE AT 9:00 AM AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON, IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY TO, UH, ATTEND, SEND THIS TO YOU. I COORDINATE THE ENTIRE WEEKEND FOR THE CITY. SO I WON'T, I KNOW I WON'T NEED A SEAT IN THAT VAN, BUT IF IT IS ANYONE INTERESTED, NOW'S THE TIME TO LET STAFF KNOW SO THAT WE CAN, UH, GET A VAN RESERVED. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GOING, I USUALLY GO WITH THE SIT, UH, THE, YEAH, IF YOU'RE GONNA GO WITH OUR WHAT? WEIGHTLIFTING CLASS, SO, WELL, BUT I, I COULD GO WITH, WITH US ADVISORY COUNCIL RATHER THAN THE OKAY. THE FIT FOR LIFE CLASS. MM-HMM . LAST YEAR I MADE SIGNS AND WE BOUGHT A BUNCH OF CANDY AND THREW IT OUT TO THE KIDS. IT WAS PRETTY COLD. I WAS WITH, YEAH, WE WENT AND IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. I ENJOYED IT. OF COURSE, I, I WANTED TO GO THE YEAR BEFORE, BUT IT GOT, WE AS A CLASS CANCELED THAT, SO, BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS FUN. BUT IF I COULD DO IT ANOTHER VENUE WITH YOU ALL, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT COMBINING THE TWO, THE, THE FIT TO LIVE AND, AND SENIOR CITIZENS GROUP? BECAUSE ACTUALLY OUR FIT TO LIVE CLASS WILL BE OUT OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER FINALLY, BY THEN ANYWAY. YEAH. SO WE ALREADY, UM, THAT'S A KIND OF A SEPARATE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVEN'T CONCRETELY DECIDED FROM THAT GROUP. SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT. WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT IT AT OUR GROUP MEETING. I'LL [01:10:01] BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE FIT TO LIVE CLASS IS PARTICIPATING AND THAT WAY THE CITY WOULD JUST COULD GET ONE VAN. DEPENDS ON HOW MANY, YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO, UH, YVONNE, IF YOU PUT THAT BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH AND, AND IF YOU WILL GET, UM, WITH THE, UM, CARVER CENTER, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA DO, WE MIGHT AS WELL IF WE TIME MIGHT COMBINE AND WE MIGHT AS WELL SEE IF THEY WANT, SOME OF THEM MIGHT WANNA CALL. THAT'S MY REPORT. WHAT, WHAT WOULD IT BE CALLED THEN? IT WOULDN'T BE THE ADVISORY COUNCIL GROUP GOING OR REPRESENTING PARTICIPATORY. I THINK YOU STILL COULD, BUT YOU WOULD JUST HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH YOU. I MEAN, I DON'T, THAT WOULDN'T BE A BIG ISSUE. SENIORS. YEAH. OKAY. SENIORS. YEAH. ADVISORY BOARD. AND THEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER FELLOW SENIORS THAT WANNA PARTICIPATE AS WELL. I DIDN'T WANNA DISRESPECT IF YOU HAD THE IDEA OF THE SAC GROUP GOING, US GOING. YEAH, I KNOW. AND SEPARATE TO LIVE GROUP. SEE, UH, FOR THIS YEAR'S PARADE, 2026, I FIT TO LIVE CLASS, PARTICIPATED WITH TWO ENTRIES. THEY HAD A GROUP WALKING AND THEN ONE VEHICLE. RIGHT. AND, AND, AND THE REASON IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HURRY UP AND GET, I DON'T WANT US TO BE NUMBER 90 IN THE LINE OF, AT THE END. YEAH. SO, AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO CAP HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ATTEND. YEAH. SO I MEAN, I, I'LL PARTICIPATE IN EITHER ONE. , I'M WITH YOU GUYS AND I WILL AS WELL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IT'S A FUN EVENT TO SEE ALL THOSE LITTLE KIDDOS. IT'S JUST, AND THE FAMILIES ARE STANDING THERE AND THEY'RE SO PROUD OF THEIR LITTLE KIDS. AND THEN SOME OF 'EM ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. SO IT'S REALLY NEAT. REALLY NICE. UM, YEAH, THE ONLY THING IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW ABOUT THE WEATHER. WEATHER. TRUE. THAT'S WHY A VAN IS MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN WALKING TO ME. EXACTLY. UH, AND TONY, UH, WHILE YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON OUR SCHEDULING FOR OUTREACH, YOU WANNA ADD THAT TO THE OUTREACH SCHEDULE? OKAY. UM, SHE'S GOT THE DATE ON THAT FLYER. YEAH, I THINK SHE CAN. YEAH, SHE'S GOT HER FLYER. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, SOLIDIFY THAT IN NOVEMBER. IS THAT OKAY? MM-HMM . OKAY. ALRIGHT. JESSE? YES. THIS IS A BINDER OVERVIEW. I THINK IT WAS. WOW. ALL RIGHT LADIES. UM, LAST MONTH I THINK IT WAS, I GAVE EVERYONE A NEW BINDER. UH, SO I JUST WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON IT, GO OVER IT IF ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS. OBVIOUSLY, UH, THAT FIRST PAGE WAS, UH, JUST THE TABLE OF CONTENTS. WELL, EXCUSE ME. NO, NOT TABLE OF CONTENTS, BUT IT WAS THE MEETING SCHEDULE. SO THAT'S OUR MEETINGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UM, THAT WE JUST ENTERED. AND THEN ALSO ON TEAMS, WE HAD THE MEMBERS OF OUR PICTURES, OF OUR COUNCIL. SO LET ME ZOOM IN JUST IN CASE. UM, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY IN OUR BINARY IF YOU NEEDED TO KNOW WHO YOUR COUNCIL PERSON WAS. UM, ALSO WE HAVE THE ROSTER. IF WE NEEDED TO CONTACT ANYONE OR YOU NEEDED TO EMAIL OR CALL ANY OF YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION HERE. AND IF, IF ANYTHING IS INCORRECT, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN FIX THAT AS WELL. I'LL BE UPDATED. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. YVONNE. THEN OUR BYLAWS, IF YOU HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM, UM, COUNSEL, EXCUSE ME. THE COMMISSIONERS DID A GREAT JOB THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR ON UPDATING, UPDATING THOSE. SO COUNCIL DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING WHEN WE PRESENTED, SO THAT WAS A GOOD THING. THEN WE HAVE CHAPTER 10. SO THE CITY ORDINANCE, LET ME ZOOM IN. SO THIS BASICALLY GIVES YOU THE 4 1 1 ON, UH, BOARD PARTICIPATION. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS IN HERE. SO ON YOUR LEISURE, IF YOU WANTED TO CHECK IT OUT, I THINK THAT'D BE SOME GOOD READING MATERIAL. AND LET ME SCROLL TO, JUST TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON THAT. THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION, PART OF THAT 10 POINT 34 YES. NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED DO IN 2027 IS CORRECT, GET ON, WE CAN SUGGEST YES TO THE COUNCIL THAT THEY UPDATE THAT ORDINANCE. SO YEAH, 10, AS CAROL WAS SAYING, [01:15:01] TEN THREE, FOUR IS OUR PART HERE. SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED, BUT AGAIN, WE CAN SUGGEST AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE WITH AND SEE WHAT COUNCIL WOULD ADVISE FOR US TO DO. UM, 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE NO LONGER UNDER HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, SO THAT SHOULD BE AN EASY ONE TO CHANGE FOR US IF WE HAVE THAT REQUEST. AND THEN THE ROBERT RULES, SO THIS IS BASICALLY RULES OF ORDER, ZOOM IN. SO IT'S MAKING SURE WE GIVE MOTIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, AND LIKE CAROL SAID EARLIER IN THE MEETING, JUST NOT THE CROSSTALK AND STAYING ON TOPIC, MAKE SURE WHATEVER'S ON THE AGENDA, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STICKING TO. AND THEN WHEN WE DO HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF THE ITEM IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN ONLY LISTEN. SO WE CAN'T ENGAGE. BUT IF IT'S ON THE AGENDA, THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN HAVE, YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH SAID PERSON. AND ALSO WHAT YVONNE REMINDS ME OF, MAKING SURE I'M SPEAKING INTO THE MIC, SO MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING THAT. AND THEN WE ADDED THIS, UH, YVONNE IS ALSO OUR PARK BOARD, SO SHE SAID, HEY, THIS MIGHT BE SOME GOOD LITERATURE TO PUT IN, UH, FOR THE ADVISORY AS WELL. SO THIS IS KIND OF OVERVIEW OF PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. UH, SO IT SHOWS A DIFFERENT BOARD. SO NOW WE ALSO HAVE THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL AS WELL, UH, THAT WE, UM, TAKE CARE OF TOO. JASON, YOU THE LIAISON FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE? NO, SO FOR PARK BOARD IS DELEE, UM, AND THEN RHONDA AND DARIEN, UH, FOR THE YOUTH COUNCIL, AND THEN JUST FOR ADVISORY. BUT MISSY V SHE DOES THE SECRETARY WORK FOR THE TWO. SO SHE'S INVOLVED WITH PARK BOARD AND WITH THE SENIOR ADVISORY. SO JUST SOME NUMBERS, AND AGAIN, WITH THIS WE WILL HAVE TO UPDATE, BUT WE HAD TO DO THIS FOR CAPRA, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE ACCREDITED, SO THESE WERE SOME NUMBERS THAT WE HAD TO GRAB AND SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO COME, COME UP WITH. UM, IT'S GOOD INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW WE OPERATE AND YOU SEE THIS $11 MILLION BUDGET THAT WE HAVE OF PERSONNEL. BUT, UM, DEFINITELY SOME GOOD READING MATERIAL ON YOUR FREE TIME. AND THEN OUR FAMOUS CITY HALL EVACUATION PLAN THAT WE HAVE. SO DEFINITELY IF WE HAVE ANY EMERGENCIES, WE KNOW WHERE TO GO. AND I THINK THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS IT WITH THE BINDER. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU'RE MISSING ANYTHING IN YOUR BINDER. AND THEN MS. GWYNN, WE'LL HAVE TO LISTEN. I REALLY LIKE THE EXTRA INFORMATION. THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL AND, AND TO SEE THOSE STATISTICS FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT THERE. YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UH, KUDOS TO YVONNE. YVONNE. THANK YOU. AND THEN MS. GWEN, WE CAN TALK AFTERWARDS ABOUT GETTING YOU ON TEAMS. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. ALRIGHT, SO LET'S SEE. ARE YOU, ARE YOU DONE? READY? OKAY. YEAH. WITH THAT ONE. YES. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JESSE? OKAY. YOU WANNA STAY THERE FOR THE WEBSITE DISCUSSION OR? YES. SO BEFORE I GET TO WEBSITE, LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THE TABLECLOTH WILL LOOK LIKE. AH, OH WOW. COOL. GOODNESS. THAT'S VERY GOOD. YES, YOU, SO IT'S FITTED TOO, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE ONES THAT KIND OF MM-HMM . LAP OVER THE TABLE. IT'LL BE NOBODY GOING IT OVER. SO IT'LL BE FITTED. UH, SO I PURCHASED TWO. SO JUST IN CASE ONE GETS LOST OR WE HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE CLEANERS, WE'LL HAVE TWO OF THEM. WILL THOSE BE IN YOUR OFFICE? YES. YEP. ALRIGHT. AND THEN TO MS. TONY'S POINT, UM, ABOUT JUST THE DATA. SO THIS IS WHAT I, A ROUNDUP I DID. WE HAD 43 ENTRIES. THIS IS THE INTEREST SURVEY. THIS WAS EARLY ON, AND THIS IS WHAT CHAT KIND OF GAVE US. SO STRONGEST TRENDS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IS TECHNOLOGY CLASSES, EVENING PROGRAMS, SOCIAL GAMES. NOW, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM THE INTEREST SURVEYS THAT PEOPLE HAVE FILLED OUT SO FAR AT THAT TIME. UH, SO I'LL HAVE TO DO A NEW ONE TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION WE HAVE. UH, SO IT TOLD US THAT I GUESS LIFESTYLE ACCESSIBILITY IS A HIGH DEMAND FOR US. AND AS FAR AS PARTICIPATION, UH, MOST OF 'EM HAVE NEVER OR RARELY ATTENDED THE, OUR FACILITIES. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY AN AREA THAT WE HAVE SOME GROWTH IN IS HOW DO WE ATTRACT PEOPLE INTO OUR FACILITIES. OBVIOUSLY WITH A BRAND NEW FACILITY THAT'S GONNA BRING PEOPLE RIGHT. BUT ONCE THEY GET IN THE DOOR, HOW DO YOU KEEP 'EM IN THERE AND KEEP THEM COMING BACK? AND I CAN I GO AHEAD. YES. UH, FOR THE HEALTH FAIR THAT [01:20:01] WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE TELLING THEM ABOUT THE NEW CENTER AND TELL 'EM ABOUT THE RIBBON CUTTING TOO. TELL 'EM ABOUT THE RIBBON CUTTING AND THE RIBBON CUTTING. ABSOLUTELY. MAYBE IF WE HAD SOME, MAYBE WE COULD YOU WANT A FLYER? YES, I CAN GET YOU THAT. COULD YOU BACK UP JUST YES A LITTLE BIT? SO THE, THE UP THERE I SAW THE TAI CHI, I HAVE HAD, UM, TWO PEOPLE WHO DON'T NORMALLY GO TO EITHER CENTER, COME TO THE FALLS PREVENTION THING MM-HMM . AND BOTH OF THEM, ACTUALLY WE'VE HAD THREE, BUT WE, TWO OF THEM AS WAS TAI CHI AVAILABLE IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEY HAD HEARD THAT THAT HELPS WITH BALANCE AND FALLS PREVENTION. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, WE HAVE IT IN THE REC CENTERS. AND I, AND I KNOW BOBBY TEACHES AT, UM, CARVER, AND I THINK HE DOES SOMETHING AT, UH, GSAC TOO, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S TAI CHI, BUT HE DOES A, A FORMER MARTIAL ARTS. BOBBY DOES BLAKELY AT CARVER. BOBBY DOES THE SITTING CLASS, DOESN'T HE? HE DOES SOMETHING, DOES A, BECAUSE HE DOES KARATE AND HE DOES, HE DOES BOTH. HE DOES CARE EXERCISE. HE SAID HE USED YOU. YOU'RE RIGHT. HE TOLD ME HE USED TO DO THAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT NOW. OKAY. IT'S JUST, I, I'M JUST SAYING WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF INPUT. THERE'S TWO MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN TIDE CHI THAT UM, WHO KNOWS IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DO IT. BUT IT'S A GREAT TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT'S GREAT FOR BALANCE. MM-HMM . AT OUR, UH, STAGE IN LIFE BALANCE IS SO AS WELL, YOU KNOW, ANY STAGE IN LIFE, , WELL, WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT WE WOULD ACCOMMODATE AN EVENING PROGRAM? SO G WHEN YOU'VE GOT SALARIES TO THINK ABOUT, WELL, G SAC WILL BE OPEN UNTIL, UM, NINE, EIGHT O'CLOCK DURING THE WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SO EVENING PROGRAM, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT OUR YOUNGER SENIORS, RIGHT? THEY'RE COMING OFF OF WORK AND THEY WANNA STILL COME AND DO THINGS. SO WE'LL HAVE ACTIVITIES AND THEN WE'LL ALREADY HAVE THE FITNESS CENTER THERE. SO THAT WILL DRAW THEM IN AS WELL TOO. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO THAT'S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. YES. AND THEN FRIDAYS IT'LL BE TILL FIVE O'CLOCK. AND THEN WE'LL BE OPEN ON SATURDAYS AT GSAC NINE TO FOUR. OH, THAT'S AWESOME. YES. MM-HMM. MM-HMM . OH THAT WOULD, THAT COULD BE THOSE CLASSES THAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING. WOW. YEAH. YEAH. IT COULD BE, COULDN'T IT? YEAH. SO IN MY OPINION, WHEN YOU LOOK AT GS A C, IT'S ALMOST A MULTI-GENERATIONAL, MEANING YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE YOUNGER SENIORS THAT ARE 55, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GONNA COME AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR SEASONED SENIORS. UM, SO THAT'LL BE A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY TO COME TOGETHER. AND WE TRY TO HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYBODY IN THE LIGHTLY SEASONED ALSO. YES. LIGHTLY SEASONED. YES. 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA, GOTTA CATER TO ALL YES. THOSE AGES. SO WHEN WAS THAT ACTUALLY DECIDED? I KNOW IT SAYS IT THAT IT'S A TREND. SO IT'S A TRENDING IN THE COUNTRY THEN? OR IS IT A TREND IN TEXAS THAT THESE SENIOR CENTERS ARE GONNA BE OPEN EXTENDED HOURS? OR ARE WE, WELL, AS FAR AS THE HOURS, WE DECIDED THAT, BUT THE TRENDS, THIS CAME FROM CHAD, GBT. SO I'M ASSUMING THEY PROBABLY COMPILE INFORMATION FOR WHAT PEOPLE ARE GIVING IT AS FAR AS WITH SENIORS. SO THAT'S PROBABLY HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THAT TREND. AND PLUS THEY WENT BY THE SURVEYS OF WHAT EVERYBODY WAS SAYING THAT THEY WANTED. OKAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT TO SOME DEGREE. YES. TO SOME DEGREE. OKAY. SO WE ARE STRONGLY THINKING ABOUT, AND THIS WILL CHAD'S SUGGESTION. NOW AGAIN, THEY HAD SWIMMING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDOOR FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE SWIMMING. SO WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, COMB THROUGH THE DATA AND SEE WHAT'S FEASIBLE AND WHAT'S NOT. OKAY. YEAH. INTERESTING. AND ONE THING THEY SAID USERS TYPICALLY COME TWO TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR A AVERAGE USER TO COME TO YOUR FACILITY AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK. NOW, AGAIN, THIS WAS ONLY WHEN WE HAD 43 PEOPLE RESPOND. SO NOW WE'RE AT 107. SO WE NEED TO SEE ONCE I, UH, PUT THAT INFORMATION IN WHAT NEW TRENDS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF WE'LL HAVE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU A SENSE, LIKE I SAID, MS. TONY HAD BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT. AND THEN I KNOW THIS WAS ONE THING, UH, CAROL WANTED TO KNOW AS FAR AS HOW THEY COMMUNICATE, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD EMAIL WITH EIGHT AND MAIL WITH SEVEN. SO 50 SNAIL MAIL, 50% SPLIT. MM-HMM . AND SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T ANSWER TOO, SO, OH, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T ANSWER. AND THEN, UM, AWARENESS, I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING TOO. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE [01:25:01] BEHIND SOME OF OUR REC CENTERS. THEY SAY I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 30 PLUS YEARS AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN INTO OUR FACILITIES. SO I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IF YOU, YOU'VE HAD KIDS PROBABLY, OR YOU'VE NEEDED SOME TYPE OF RECREATIONAL OUTLET, WHY HAVEN'T YOU COME TO A FACILITY THAT'S PROBABLY WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF WHERE YOU LIVE? SO, BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK INTO THAT. SO THE WEBSITE, MAY I ASK ONE MORE THING? YES MA'AM. BACK TO THAT FLYER. WHEN YOU MAKE THAT FLYER, COULD YOU SEND US A COPY VIA EMAIL SO THAT WE CAN SEND OUT YES. OKAY. BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT IN MY NEWSLETTER. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AFTER THE HEALTH FAIR WHEN WE HOPEFULLY TAKE SOME MORE SURVEYS. CAN YOU GET CHAT GPT TO DO THIS AGAIN? SO DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE, I'M THINKING THE HEALTH FAIR OR YOU WANT ME TO DO ONE BEFORE? I'M THINKING AFTER THE HEALTH FAIR BECAUSE SURELY WE'LL GET AT LEAST 10 MORE, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING AND, AND THEN YOU WON'T HAVE TO KEEP DOING IT ALL THE TIME AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AT IN NOVEMBER. YEAH, I THINK IF YOU COULD SEND IT OUT TO ALL OF US BEFORE THAT, YOU CAN DO THAT. AND I THINK MAYBE QUARTERLY. 'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW. OH THAT'S GOOD. YEAH, PROBABLY LOOKING AT IT QUARTERLY, JUST SEEING, YOU KNOW, IF THE INFORMATION'S CHANGED OR HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, RESPONDENTS WE'VE HAD, BUT I WANNA SAY THIS TOO. ALL NEIGHBOR PLANO, ONE OF PLANO SENIOR CITIZEN. MM-HMM. THEY STAY OPEN EIGHT AND NINE O'CLOCK, THREE OR FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK. AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS. AND THE NUMBER OF SENIOR CITIZENS THAT COME TO THOSE LATE CLASSES ARE UNBELIEVABLE. I THINK IT'S WHAT SAM JOHNSON SENIORS, I THINK IT'S CALLED SAM JOHNSON. SO WE DID A, A SURVEY, NOT A SURVEY, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, CHECKED WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO SEE HEY, WHAT HOURS DO YOU HAVE? SO THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH THE HOURS THAT WE'RE OPERATING. AND WE WANTED TO KIND OF GET THE SENIOR CENTERS CLOSE TO THE RECREATION CENTERS AS FAR AS HOURS BECAUSE THE CENTERS ARE OPEN FROM NINE TO NINE, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, NINE TO FIVE ON FRIDAYS AND NINE TO FOUR ON SATURDAYS. SO WE KIND OF MIMICKED WHAT THE REC CENTERS WERE ALREADY DOING HOURS WISE. DO YOU THINK YOU'LL EVER HAVE A LINE DANCING CLASS AGAIN? IT WAS ONE THAT BRADFIELD, NOW I'M, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK THEY'RE MOVING TO HOLAH, BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU THAT, BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY BRADFIELD HAD LINE DANCING. THAT'S WHAT IT SAID IN PARTICULAR. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SENIOR, THE SAC G SAC. G SAC. IT WAS IN THE CITY PRESS, RIGHT? MM-HMM . IT WAS. BUT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ONE STRICTLY FOR SENIORS THOUGH, MS. GWYNN? WELL, THIS WEEK, BUT I HAVEN'T READ ANY OF IT. SORRY. ARE YOU STRICTLY TALKING ONE FOR SENIORS ONLY OR JUST IN GENERAL? THE LINE DANCING. WELL, IF IT'S GONNA BE A G SAC, WE PROBABLY CAN'T ANY, JUST ANYBODY COME TO IT. RIGHT? FACEBOOK 55 AND OLDER. YEAH. 55 AND OVER. YEAH. SO I CAN TALK WITH GWEN. YOU THINK WHAT I MEAN, I'M SORRY WITH DEION ABOUT INCORPORATING LINE DANCE? 'CAUSE I'M, SHE'S LOOKING FOR PROGRAMS AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS I KNOW OF A, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. GOT AN INSTRUCTOR SEND TO DION. YEAH. A FORMER CITY OF GARLAND EMPLOYEE WOULD PROBABLY LOVE TO LEAD THAT CLASS. OKAY, COOL. I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO THAT CLASS. MM-HMM . YEAH, THAT'D BE FUN. I DO. I LIKE, I CAN KIND OF HIDE IN THERE WHEN YOU, SO WE'RE THE WEBSITE LADIES. SHH. WE HAVE OUR LINKS ON OUR ADVISORY PAGE. SO IF YOU GO TO OUR ADVISORY PAGE AND TO THE FAR RIGHT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF RESOURCES. SO THE RESOURCE SHEET THAT Y'ALL SENT ME, WE HAD TO CONDENSE IT AND WE DIDN'T PUT PHONE NUMBERS OF SOME OF THOSE PLACES. 'CAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO VET THEM AND MAKE SURE EVERY WEEKEND OR EVERY MONTH. BUT WE DID AT LEAST LIST THEM. AND THEN THE LINKS THAT WE DO HAVE ARE STRAIGHT TO CITY APPROVED OR CITY OF GARLAND UM, PROGRAMS. BUT THESE NUMBERS ARE THE ONES THAT CAME FROM OUR PLAY GUIDE, EXCUSE ME, OUR SILVER SCOOP. SO THOSE ARE THERE EVERY MONTH. SO WE KNOW THOSE NUMBERS WON'T CHANGE. SO WE CAN ADD TO THIS LIST WHAT WILL NEED TO BE DONE. YOU JUST SEND ME THE INFORMATION, WE'LL REDO THE LIST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO RELINK THE NEW LIST TO THIS AND IT WILL LIVE HERE FOREVER. THEN WE HAVE THE BYLAWS AS WELL. THEY'RE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE NOW. UM, AND THEN THE SURVEY, YOU CAN TAKE IT STRAIGHT FROM THE SITE. AND THEN I ADDED AT THE BOTTOM THAT WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS. EXCELLENT. OH, SO IF THEY SEE THAT AS WELL. SO THE SURVEY, OH, LET ME GO BACK TO THAT. THIS IS ACCESS THE SITE AND TAKE THE SURVEY. THOSE THAT INFORMATION ARE DUMPED STRAIGHT INTO. YES. SO THE INFORMATION THAT I TALLIED UP, IT CAME STRAIGHT FROM THIS INTEREST SURVEY. SO WITH THE JOT FORM ON THE BACK END, LET ME [01:30:03] OH, MM-HMM . AND THEN YOU COLLATE IT. YEP. SO YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ALL THIS INFORMATION HERE AND THEN THE RESPONSE. YES. SO THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE BACK END WHEN PEOPLE, UM, SUBMIT FOR THE JOT FORM. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE EMAIL BLAST AS WELL TOO. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE I'M NOTICING THEY FILL OUT THE INTEREST SURVEY. THEY SAY, HEY, ADD ME TO THE EMAIL BLAST. BUT THEY'RE ALREADY ON THE EMAIL BLAST LIST, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE DISCONNECT IS. UM, BUT I, I GET THAT A LOT. THEY SAY, HEY, ADD ME, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY ON THE EMAIL LIST SO I CAN ANSWER THAT. OKAY. SENIORS DON'T ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY ON. OKAY. FAIR. THAT'S FAIR. . I MEAN, I MEAN THAT THAT'S TRUE. YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT NOT BE YOUR 55 YEAR OLDS, BUT THAT'S YOUR 77 YEAR OLDS. OKAY. AND THEY KNOW IF I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT AND YOU ASKED ME OR AM I ON THAT LIST, I MIGHT SAY NO, I'M, I AM. RIGHT. AND, AND SOMETIMES I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE THE EMAIL THEY SUBMITTED INITIALLY WAS INPUTTED INCORRECTLY. SO I'M LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THE SAME EMAIL, BUT IT'S STILL BEING SUBMITTED TWICE. BUT IT'S OKAY. SO THAT'S, WE'RE VATTED TO OUR SITE. THIS IS FANTASTIC. IT IS. JESSE, YOU HAVE DONE OUTSTANDING. I'M TELLING YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RINGING US INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, 390 PEOPLE ON THE EMAIL BLAST LIST. OH, GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY. WHOA. ANYTHING ELSE WHILE I'M UP HERE REGARDING WEBSITE OR THE BINDER? ANYTHING? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACEBOOK SITE? INDIRECTLY, PARKS AND RECREATION INDIRECTLY, BUT IF YOU WANT SOMETHING ON THERE, I CAN GET IT ON THERE. WELL, OKAY. BUT, BUT I'M, I'M WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE IN, IN RELATION TO CITY PRESS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. MM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF, IF SO YEAH, HOLD ON THERE A MINUTE AND IF CAROL WILL REC, MAYBE SHE'LL RECOGNIZE ME FOR THE NEXT TOPIC. I RECOGNIZE YOU. OKAY, SO CITY PRESS, AND THIS IS MIXED UP WITH THE OPENING. SO WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED IS THAT DION HAS ALREADY DONE BEEN DOING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT. LIKE THEY HAD A FILMING EVENT, UM, THIS WEEK WHERE YOU COULD GO AND SAY THE ONE WORD THAT WAS THE REASON YOU WENT TO THE SOONER. REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT A TREE WHERE PEOPLE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE STILL CAN'T DO IT ON THAT DAY. YEAH, YEAH. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, AND AND SHE'S GONE IS THAT I, I FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT THE CITY AND WHAT IT IT DOES FOR SENIORS AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THAT DAY THAT I NOW FEEL WHATEVER WE DO IS ADDED. RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT A NICE CELEBRATION. SO IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING AND THERE'S BEEN FILMING. IF SO, DO Y'ALL KNOW THE FACEBOOK SIDE? BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN FILMING SENIORS WHO INTRODUCED THEMSELVES AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL AT FIELDS. SO THAT WAS IN HONOR OF, UH, SENIOR CENTER MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER. SO WE WANTED TO GET SOME SENIOR MOMENTS. SO WHAT WE DID, WE INTERVIEWED THREE PARTICIPANTS AT EACH FACILITY. WE ASKED THEM THE SAME QUESTIONS AND THEN WE STARTED RELEASING THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF. AND IT'S, IT'S LOVELY. IT'S LOVELY. SO ALREADY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BEFORE THE OPENING, I DIDN'T REALIZE TRYING TO RAMP UP YES. REALIZE WITH, WITH THE MONTH, BUT A LOT HAS BEEN COMING OUT AND A LOT IS BEING DONE. SO, SO THAT REALLY DOES BRING ME TO THE CITY PRESS IDEAS. SO ONE IDEA CAROL HAD WAS FLOCK CAMERAS AND HOW GOOD THEY ARE. BOY, FROM, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A FLOCK CAMERA WAS TILL THAT PRESENTATION. I'VE HEARD THAT WORD EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE. YEP. I, I MEAN, WHERE WAS I BEFORE THAT PRESENTATION IN HERE? BECAUSE I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THE WORD. AND, AND THEN IT WAS LIKE THE NEXT DAY AND THEN IT WAS ALL THE PROTESTS AND THEN IT WAS ALL THE EVERYTHING. SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT IDEA RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ANIMOSITY. RIGHT. OKAY. I AGREE. SO I'VE HAD A FEW MORE IDEAS. ONE WAS, AND AND JESSE'S JUST ENHANCE THIS, OH, FIRST LET ME THANK JESSE. UM, CAROL THANKED ME. BUT LET ME THINK, JESSE, OUR THING IS BIG BECAUSE JESSE GOT EVERYTHING ADDED ON AND IT'S VERY NICE. SO THANK YOU JESSE FOR ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF US. SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT WE COULD DO WAS, ONE IDEA IS TO HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES THAT ANN DOES THAT I KNOW ARE IN THE CITY BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY DO CITY THINGS AND THEN WE COULD INDICATE NOW THE LINK [01:35:01] TO HERE OR THAT IT'S ON HERE AND PEOPLE COULD GO ON HERE FOR RESOURCES. SO ONE THING, AND IT'S DUE BY THE, I'VE GOTTA GET IT READY BY THE 16TH, BUT ONE THING WOULD BE TO TAKE SOME OF ANNE'S RESOURCES AND SAY, HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME AND YOU CAN GO ONTO THE SITE FOR, UM, OTHER RESOURCES THAT YOU MIGHT WANT. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE, ONE IDEA FOR THE SENIORS IN THE KNOW. THE OTHER ONE WAS TO ACTUALLY, I REALLY ENJOYED THE CRIME DATA INFORMATION AND WHETHER, 'CAUSE I DO THINK SENIORS CARE ABOUT CRIME AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND SO WE COULD DO A SHORT ARTICLE ON WHERE YOU FIND THOSE KINDS OF RESOURCES. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, UH, ABOUT THEM. WE COULD DO THAT. I HAD TOLD YOU THE TENNIS COURT, THE, THE NEW TENNIS PARK, UH, THEY DIDN'T DO MUCH IN THE HEAT, SO, UM, THEY WERE REALLY ONLY, AND THEY, I CAN HEAR THE BALL. I MEAN I CAN'T UNLESS I GO OUTSIDE, BUT I CAN HEAR THE BALLS SO I KNOW WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING OR NOT. AND IT WAS REALLY IN THE EVENINGS FOR THIS HORRIBLE HOT WEATHER. SO I, HE HADN'T STARTED HIS SENIORS PROGRAMS, BUT I CAN GO AND TALK WITH HIM AND SEE IF HE'S READY TO START HIS SENIOR PROGRAMS NOW. UM, OR I COULD DO A THING ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND HOW THAT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD GO AND GET NEWS ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATIONS AND, UM, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY AND HIGHLIGHT THAT WE JUST HAD SENIOR MONTH AND HERE WAS WHAT WAS ON THERE. SO THOSE ARE THE, DID I GIVE YOU FOUR IDEAS? THOSE ARE FOUR IDEAS. I HAVE CHOOSE ONE AND I, I REALLY ONLY NEED ABOUT ONE VOTE TO SAY THAT'S OKAY. SO WHAT, WHAT WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TENNIS, THE HIGHLIGHTING FACEBOOK PARKS AND RECREATION, THE CRIME DATA STUFF AND STUFF, BUT NOT THE FLOCK CAMERA SOURCES WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING READY TO HOLIDAYS AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED. I THINK THAT'S GOOD PLACE TO START. THAT'S MY INPUT. I AGREE. AND, AND TO THE LINK, TO THE LINK TO OUR, OUR NEW RESOURCE PLACE, WHICH WE CAN BE ADDED TO, UM, AS TIME GOES ON. WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. I THINK THAT'LL GIVE YOU SOME GOOD TRACTION TO THE PAGE TOO, WHEN PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE PAGE AND ACTUALLY FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE COMMISSIONS. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. SO THAT'S DECEMBER, I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU. SO IT'S GOT TO BE READY BY THE 16TH. SO I'LL TRY TO HAVE IT READY, LIKE THE 12TH TO START SENDING AROUND. NO LATER THEN MAYBE SOONER. AND UH, AND THEN, UH, GWEN HAD ASKED, UM, THE RULES ABOUT IT. IT'S REALLY JUST MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE EDITOR. UH, I DON'T KNOW RACE TITLE I PROBABLY SHOULD ANYWAY, UH, THE, THE, I'LL CALL 'EM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS IS THAT WE HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT THINGS IN THE CITY, NOT SOMETHING, WHEN WE DID THE ELDER LAW THING, YOU WEREN'T HERE FOR THAT. IT, THAT I, I THINK THAT INFORMATION WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT WHAT SENIORS CAN DO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES LEGALLY. THEIR PROPERTY THERE. THAT WAS PROBABLY MORE ON A FED LEVEL, WASN'T IT? WELL, SOMETHING NATIONALLY. MY ATTORNEY DID IT FOR US. OH. SO BUT HE DOESN'T RESIDE IN GARLAND. BUT WE WEREN'T GONNA PUT HIS INFORMATION. YEAH, YEAH. HE JUST GONNA PUT THE INFORMATION HE GAVE US ABOUT WHAT SENIORS SHOULD KNOW. MAKE A WILL YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR, UH, I CAN'T THINK OF ALL THE RIGHT WORDS NOW, BUT YOU CAN MAINTAIN YOUR OWN AUTONOMY WHILE HAVING SOMEONE WHO HELPS YOU AND ALL THAT. MM-HMM . WE TRIED TO WRITE ABOUT WHAT SENIORS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LAW. IT WASN'T ABOUT THE CITY, SO IT WASN'T PUBLISHED. SO LET ME JUST INTERJECT. DO YOU THINK WE COULD SEND THAT OUT ON AN EMAIL BLAST? DEFINITELY. OKAY. YEAH. OH, WE COULD. DO YOU STILL HAVE IT OR DO YOU NEED VENITA TO SEND IT TO YOU AGAIN? SO WHAT WOULD YOU THE THE ELDER LAW. THE ACTUAL OH, THE ELDER LAW. OKAY. LET ME LOOK, SEND IT BACK TO ME. THAT'D BE A LOT EASIER. YEAH. THAT WAY HE CAN BE AT THE TOP OF MY EMAIL BOX SUPERIOR AND MAKE SURE, AND I'VE LOOKED UP, THERE ARE SOME ELDER LAWYERS IN GARLAND, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANNA MAKE THAT LIST FOR PEOPLE. THEY CAN FIND 'EM THEMSELVES, BUT IT WASN'T LIKE THE PEOPLE CAN'T FIND THOSE SOURCES IN GARLAND. THEY CAN, WE JUST HAD THE SPEAKER THAT HAPPENED NOT TO BE GARLAND, BUT IT WASN'T ABOUT CITY SOMETHING. AND SO YOU HAD ASKED, WHICH I'M, I WAS HOPING MEANT YOU, YOU WERE LOOKING AT IDEAS TO HELP WITH THE CITY PRESS TOO. SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT IT, IT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT GARLAND, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GARLAND, WHAT INVOLVES GARLAND AND WHAT THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT YOU SENT ME. I'LL PROBABLY JUST MAKE IT GENERAL, RIGHT? SO IT WON'T BE ADVERTISING NECESSARILY HIM, BUT JUST MAKE IT REAL GENERAL. JUST GIVE WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU CAN GET THE WILL, YOU CAN GET THIS, THIS INFORMATION THAT MAY BE USEFUL. YEAH. THE ARTICLE DIDN'T MENTION HIM. OKAY. NO, WE [01:40:01] DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T ADVERTISE FOR HIM, BUT APPARENTLY IT WASN'T AN OKAY TOPIC. OKAY. THOSE ARE REALLY GREAT. FOUR GREAT TOPICS. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO START BUILDING FOR 2027, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR THE CITY PRESS ARTICLES? OH, BACK TO WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT. THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM THE SURVEY ARE ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THAT AS A, UH, COMMITTEE OR THE CITY'S ADDRESSING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. 'CAUSE PEOPLE YEAH. 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE GIVING US INFORMATION THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE RESPONDING. SURE. THAT'S, SO THAT MIGHT BE AN ARTICLE. SURE. IT'S A GOOD IDEA. A SUMMARY OF WHEN THE NEXT TIME YOU WANNA PULL DOWN FROM SOME NUMBER WE COULD DO A SUMMARY OF THE, THE KINDS OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING, WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR, THAT SORT OF THING. SURE. BUT GOING BACK, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO TELL THEM HOW TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION. AS FAR AS THE SURVEY OR JUST IN GENERAL? LIKE IN GENERAL. WELL, THEY WOULDN'T BE ACCESSING THAT. AND THIS, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN OUR QR CODES. YEAH. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT JESSE IS WHERE WE, HOW TO GO GO ON THAT WEBSITE AND ALL OF THAT. SO MANY TIMES I HAVE PEOPLE ASK ME HOW TO GET THERE. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THERE. SO BASICALLY AWARENESS AND HOW TO GET TO STEP ACTION CHART. OKAY. A STEP BY STEP TO OUR WEBPAGE. YEAH. OR MAYBE JUST AWARENESS THAT'S TELLING THEM, HEY, THIS IS OUT THERE. YOU GO TO THE CS WEBSITE OR YOU CAN JUST GOOGLE CITY OF GARLAND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THEN IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE HOMEPAGE. SO JUST MAKING THEM AWARE AND THEN PROBABLY GIVING THEM SOME, A FEW STEPS ON HOW TO GET THERE. YES. BUT I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT TONY, THAT IT, WE TELL PEOPLE BACK WHAT WE'VE BEEN GATHERING, NOT JUST GATHER IT. AND, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TOO FOR, AND I THINK IT'S A PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT? SO WE GATHER THE INFORMATION, YOU GUYS ARE ADVOCATES FOR THE SENIORS, YOU GET WITH US THIS RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THEN NOW WE'RE PUTTING ON THESE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S HOW IT, TO ME, HOW IT COMES TOGETHER. OH YEAH. WE CAN JUST DESCRIBE THAT PROCESS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES YOU DO SERVE, AT LEAST I ARE ASKING YOU FOR YOUR OPINION, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT INFORMATION. YEAH. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT IT DOES MAKE AN IMPACT IN, IN WHAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN. AND SO I HAVE NOT, UH, BEEN FOLLOWING THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. SO I'M GONNA LOOK THAT UP AND FOLLOW IT. ME TOO. YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS GOOD. AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU COULD PUT IN THAT SAME HOW TO ARTICLE. YES. HOW TO FOLLOW FACE, HOW TO FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT. YEAH, NEITHER. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT CITY PRESS OTHER THAN OUR, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR AUTHOR IS DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB SO WE JUST WANNA THANK YOU ANITA. YES. GOOD JOB. JUST IN TIME. ARTHUR. HEY, THAT'S WORKS. OUR FUNCTION JUST IN TIME. . THAT WORKS. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, IS THERE ANY ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AS NEW BUSINESS AND A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP OR ANY OLD VIS BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW OR RECYCLE OR WHATEVER? WELL, WE'RE JUST GONNA STILL TALK ABOUT MLK. YEAH. OKAY. IN, IN NOVEMBER. WE'VE GOT THAT. MM-HMM . YEP. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BRING THE DART PEOPLE BACK. OKAY. THAT PRESENTATION WAS SO GOOD. WAS IT LAST YEAR, WASN'T IT? I HAVEN'T HEARD IT. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK. OKAY. WAS IT LAST YEAR JESSE? I THINK SO. I'M SORRY, THE PHRASING IS OF INTEREST TO ME. WHAT KIND OF A GROUP IS IT? DART? THE, THE TRAIN RIDES. OH YEAH, WE HAVE, I TELL YOU. YEAH, THE ACRONYM DART ACRONYM. DALLAS AREA RAPID TRIBE. THEY CAME IN MARCH OF 2025. YES. 2025. SO, OKAY. YEAH. WOO. GOOD IDEA. WE HAVE SOME OTHERS. WE COULD PROBABLY DO THAT TOO. UM, IN NOVEMBER WE'VE GOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITH, WAS INVITED BY ANNE AND COUNCILMAN CARAWAY. HOPEFULLY , BUT THAT PERSON IS NO LONGER THERE. WHO IS IT? JESSE? YEAH. HE'S NO LONGER THERE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHO WILL COME AND REPRESENT. YES. OKAY. OH, I DO HAVE, LET ME CONTINUE TALKING 'CAUSE I'D HAVE SOMEBODY CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE GONNA COME, BUT LEMME LOOK IT UP IN DECEMBER. UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE LUNCH ON JESSE. WE'LL WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHERE LUNCH ON JESSE . HE MAY CATER, YOU KNOW, POTATO CHIPS TO US. I DON'T KNOW. IN, UH, 2027. [01:45:02] UH, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BUSINESS MEETING IN JANUARY WHERE CAN FIRM UP OUR GOALS AND WE CAN SEE WHERE WE, WE ARE ON OUR PAST GOALS AND DO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AS A COMMISSION? UH, WHAT IS OUR FORWARD PROGRESS AND, AND WORK ON THAT. IN JANUARY WE HAD ASKED, UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HAVING A COUNCIL PERSON EV EVERY OTHER MONTH. UM, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT, THAT, UH, THE ONE DIDN'T SHOW UP TODAY. UH, SO I HAD HAD PENCILED IN HERE FEBRUARY AND APRIL AND JUNE AND SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER TO HAVE A COUNCIL PERSON. AND WHAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU IS WHEN WE HAVE A COUNCIL PERSON AND WE HAVE POLICE, DO YOU WANNA HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TOO? OR JUST OUR REGULAR BUSINESS AND JUST THE COUNCIL PERSON WE HAVE. I THINK THAT'S A LOT. I THINK THAT'S A LOT TOO. OKAY. SO NOTHING SUPPLEMENTAL BESIDE WHAT OUR SENIOR CENTER REPORTS AND SO FORTH. SO IT CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL COME NEXT MONTH TO TALK ABOUT AI. IT IS COMING, YES. OKAY. EXCELLENT. OH GOOD. OKAY. CHANGE THAT TO NOVE IT. THAT'S NOVEMBER IN NOVEMBER. AI. YES MA'AM. DENNIS, CHANGING NAME. MAY I ADD SOMETHING TO THE BUSINESS MEETING? YES, PLEASE. DID I SAY THIS ALREADY OR DID I TELL YOU THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR TO SEE EACH COUNCIL PERSON TO TALK, I'M SORRY. EACH COMMISSIONER TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY GET OUT INFORMATION INTO THEIR DISTRICT, WHAT THEY DO TO COMMUNICATE AND HOW THEY COMMUNICATE. YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY'S DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND I THINK IF WE SHARED THOSE IDEAS, WE COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH SOME OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS. OKAY. OKAY. IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS SOMETHING THEY WANNA PUT ON THE BUSINESS MEETING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THAT AGENDA. WE'RE NOT MEETING IN DECEMBER, SO WE'VE GOTTA COMMUNICATE WITH JESSE WHAT WE WANT ON THE AGENDA. UM, I HAD, UH, SOME OTHER, UM, OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA, SO, OKAY, LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN. NO, NOTHING. NOTHING BUT COUNSEL . YEAH. 'CAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA TALK A LONG TIME. THEY MAY OR MAY NOT, BUT IT'S OKAY IF WE HAVE A SHORTER MEETING. UM, OKAY. SO WE, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF OTHER IDEAS FOR THE OFF MONTHS WHEN IT'S NOT COUNCIL, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, UM, WE CAN BRING THEM UP EVERY MONTH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE AGENDAS. SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAD IS, UM, THE ANIMAL SHELTER. UM, WE CAN TAKE AI OFF OF THIS 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM NEXT MONTH. MAYBE WE PUT 'EM SOMETHING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, IF WE WANNA GO BACK TO THAT. UM, THERE WAS A LADY FROM A A RP THAT LIVES IN GARLAND THAT, UH, CONTACTED OFFICER PESTA AND WANTED TO TALK. SO WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, I WAS GONNA ASK THAT. DO WE HAVE IT IN GARLAND? WELL, APPARENTLY WE DO. SO I'LL, YOU KNOW, IF THIS, WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE SCHEDULE. JESSE, DO YOU WANNA PUSH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO JANUARY OR DO YOU WANT NO, JANUARY'S OUR, JUST OUR BUSINESS MEETING. NO, I MEAN, WE'LL LET, WE'LL LET POLICE PRESENTERS POLICE CAN COME AND SENIOR CENTER, BUT NO PRESENTERS. OKAY. SO SINCE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DID CONFIRM INITIALLY, AND WE HAVEN'T, THAT PERSON IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY. UM, I'LL SEE IF THEY HAVE SOMEONE ELSE, BUT IF THEY DON'T, I GUESS THAT WOULDN'T BE A BIG DEAL. OR WE CAN PUT IT TO PUSH 'EM BACK. YOU WANNA JUST PUSH 'EM BACK? YES. YOU WANNA JUST PUSH 'EM BACK? OKAY. WHAT MONTH WOULD YOU WANT DART TO COME? IT DOESN'T MATTER. UM, I MEAN THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE. THIS IS JUST ALL, BUT IF WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PEOPLE ON, ON COUNT, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE OTHER PRESENTATIONS WHEN COUNCIL IS HERE, THAT MEANS WE'VE ONLY REALLY GOT FOUR, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION. RIGHT. SO, SO YOU MAY WANNA THINK ABOUT THAT. AND, UM, HALF THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, OUR COUNCIL PERSON DIDN'T COME. YEAH. SO THEN IT COULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT TIME WITH INFORMATION. BUT IT, YOU KNOW, I'M CONTENT TO STAY TILL 11, BUT IF OTHERS ARE NOT, THEN, THEN THAT IS PART OF IT TOO. IF, IF WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE. BUT I, I'VE LOVED LEARNING THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE LEARNED. WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, SO SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF WE WANT TO HAVE, I MEAN, I GUESS IF, BECAUSE [01:50:01] IF THE COUNCIL PERSON DOESN'T SHOW, THEN WE'LL HAVE POLICE SENIOR CENTER REPORTS IN THIS OTHER, ALL THIS OTHER THAT WE DO EVERY TIME AND NO PRESENTATION. BUT IF THEY DO SHOW UP, THEN WE WOULD HAVE DOUBLE PRESENTATIONS. WELL, SO IF THEY WERE TAKING A LONG TIME, WE COULD ALWAYS ASK THEM TO COME BACK. THE COUNCIL PERSON , WE COULD SAY, THIS IS ALL THE TIME WE HAD TODAY. I MEAN, WE COULD GIVE THEM A TIME RIGHT. AND ASK THEM TO COME BACK. RIGHT. WE COULD. YOU CAN IF YOU WOULD LIKE MEAN THEY, THEY MIGHT SHOW UP AS WELL AS THEY'RE SHOWING UP. NOW. I WAS DISAPPOINTED MY GUY DIDN'T COME. 'CAUSE HE CAME TO MY DOOR TWICE TO GET ME TO SIGN THAT PETITION. SO I WANTED TO SEE HIS COMMITMENT HERE. AND YOU DID . SO, UH, I THINK FOUR THINGS ARE NOT ENOUGH. NOT ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT. LET'S STEW ON THAT AND WE WILL, UH, WE WILL REVISIT ANN KATHLEEN, THE MEETING WAS SHORTER. YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU THOUGHT OUR MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS FROM NINE TO 10, BUT IT, IT GOES TILL 10 15 30. SO I MEAN, ALWAYS TOLD IT WAS NINE TILL 11. OH, OKAY. I DON'T THINK IT'S NINE TILL ANYTHING. YEAH, IT'S JUST NINE TILL IT'S DONE. RIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HOURS OUTTA YOUR MORNING, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT APPRECIATE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T, WHY CAN'T WE ASK THE PERSON THAT'S GONNA PRESENT? THEY'VE GOT 30 MINUTES OF QUESTION AND ANSWER. I MEAN, WHAT'S DIFFICULT ABOUT, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 15 TO 20 MINUTES. WE HAVE A PROCEDURE ON WHAT TO DO WITH PEOPLE THAT WE ASK. WE JUST DON'T GIVE THAT TO THE COUNCIL PEOPLE. YEAH, BECAUSE THEY'RE COUNCIL PEOPLE. YEAH. AND TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM. SO THEN THEY TRY TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. SO WE DID SUBMIT BEFORE AND HE SHOWED UP WITH THE QUESTIONS IN FRONT OF HIM. CORRECT. AND HE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS. THE MAYOR SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR QUESTIONS. YES. YEAH. YEAH. BUT THE OTHERS HAVE NOT. DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T. WE CAN SUBMIT TO THEM. I MEAN, WE CAN STILL SUBMIT 'EM QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL HAVE 'EM, BUT THE MAYOR WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT REQUESTED. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE COULD MAYBE DO ANN'S IDEA ON COUNCIL PERSON DAYS IF WE HAVE MORE TIME. THAT'S WHEN ONE OF US COULD SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING. OH, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. IT'S A GOOD IDEA. IT'S A AND JUST OTHER THAN DOING IT IN I LIKE THAT. YEAH. AND SO WE, WE'D HAVE ONE OF US COULD TALK ABOUT YES. SOMETHING THAT DAY OR WE, WE WOULD END EARLY, BUT ABSOLUTELY. BUT THAT WAY, IF WE WANT THAT WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD BE THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE NO-SHOW. MM-HMM . RATHER THAN DOING IT ALL AT ONCE. I LIKE THAT. IS THAT OKAY? MM-HMM . I MEAN, BUT YOU'LL STILL HAVE SOME THINGS THAT PROBABLY WILL STAY ON THE AGENDA ANYWAY. RIGHT. SO LIKE THE MARKETING, YOUR FOOD INSECURITY. SO THAT'LL, THAT'LL ALWAYS BE ON THERE. SO LIKE YOU SAID, MAYBE THAT'S HAPPENING. ONE PERSON REPORT. THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD DAY. I HAVE ONE OTHER SUGGESTION FOR SPEAKER. OKAY. AND THAT IS VNA MEALS ON WHEELS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? SO EVERYBODY SAW OUR ARTICLE IN THE CITY PRESS OR AT LEAST AND WE MADE IT TO PAGE 11. WE'RE MOVING UP IN THE WORLD. YES. SO, SO . SO, UM, THAT INFORMATION JESSE SHARED WITH US TODAY. YEAH. IT'S SO EXCITING. IT IS. WE COME IN A LONG TIME. COMING WAYS. YEAH. A LONG TIME COMING. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? SIDE NOTE. TAEKWONDO TAKES PLACE AT GSAC ON TUESDAYS 10 30 TO 1130. I KNOW IT'S NOT TAI CHI, BUT THEY DO HAVE TAEKWONDO. I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AND TONY. OH. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, . THANKS FOR DOING. YEAH. OKAY THEN AT 10 54 ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2026. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND CAN YOU STAY FOR A SECOND? * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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