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WE GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ORDER.
UM, HI TO NEW FACES, OUR ATTORNEY FACES, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING AND ALL.
UM, I WOULD LOVE THE COMMITTEE TO FIRST CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 2ND MEETING MINUTES, UH, SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF YOUR POCKET WHEN YOU CAME IN.
CAN YOU SPEAK LOUDER, PLEASE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO, JUST TO REITERATE, JUST ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL FOR THIS SEPTEMBER 2ND MEETING.
THAT ALL IN FAVOR? I? ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.
UM, I DO GIVE A MOMENT FOR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS IF THERE'S ANYONE.
ALRIGHT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS LILY CLARK CLARK, MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAMS FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UM, AND SHE'S GOT A PRESENTATION FOR US THIS GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
UM, I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR 23 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ROLES.
LEADING UP TO MY MOST RECENT ROLE AS MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR THIS EVENING, I WANTED TO CHAT WITH EACH OF YOU ABOUT THE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS THE CITY OFFERS.
WHAT I BROUGHT FOR EACH OF YOU THIS EVENING IS A PRESENTATION, UM, WHICH I WILL ALSO HAVE DISPLAYED UP HERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND, UM, ALSO BROUGHT EACH OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY BUSINESS CARD.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS IN ADDITION TO SOME CAREER CARDS HERE THAT ARE, UH, PLACED ON THE TABLE IN THE BACK TO GET STARTED, I HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT I WANTED TO COVER WITH EACH OF YOU THIS EVENING.
SO, FIRST, I WILL KEEP GOING OVER OUR TALENT PIPELINE.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR APPLICANTS? HOW TO, HOW DO WE RECRUIT AND WHAT PARTNERSHIPS DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY? UM, THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND PATHWAYS.
WE OFFER, UM, FOR OUR, UM, FOR OUR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN OUR APPLICATION SELECTION PROCESS.
AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP WITH BUILDING ON WHAT OUR CURRENT EFFORTS AND OPEN HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION AS WELL.
SO AS FAR AS OUR CURRENT, UH, TALENT PIPELINE, SO WE HAVE A VARIETY OF WAYS WE OUTREACH TO CANDIDATES.
SO THE FIRST IS, OF COURSE, TO OUR CITY CAREERS WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, CAREERS DOT GARLAND TX.GOV, INDEED.
WE HAVE OUR, OUR, ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR, UM, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES POSTED, UH, REPOSTED TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CHANNELS.
UH, WE POST THROUGH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, UM, WHERE ANYONE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, GO TO LOOK AT, UH, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATIONS CIRCA, WHICH IS OUR, UH, JOB DISTRIBUTION PARTNER AS WELL.
THIS PARTICULAR PARTNER FOR US, UM, ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTE ALL OF OUR JOB POSTINGS TO A VARIETY OF DIVERSITY, UH, WEBSITES.
SO IT HELPS US, UH, REACH OUR COMMUNITY WORKFORCE PARTNERS SUCH AS BEST BUDDIES DALLAS, NONPROFIT, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER.
AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, THAT ARE THROUGH THE ERFA JOB DISTRIBUTION PARTNER.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PARTNER WITH INDUSTRY JOB BOARDS.
SO IF WE WERE POSTING FOR AN ENGINEERING POSITION, WE WOULD POST WITH, OF COURSE, UM, JOB BOARDS IN THE INDUSTRY AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, THE SKILLSET IS THAT WE WOULD NEED.
WE DO PARTNER WITH A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE ALSO HAVE CAREER FAIR ACROSS DFW IN ADDITION TO THE ONE THE CITY HOSTS AS WELL FOR ALL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE HAVE ALSO ATTENDED THE TWC HIRE ABILITY EVENT, UM, WHERE THIS IS AN EVENT SUPPORTING JOB SEEKERS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND SO OUR HR TEAM ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO THE, UH, HIRE ABILITY, UM, CAREER
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FAIR AND, UM, LEARNED, YOU KNOW, ABOUT DIFFERENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND PARTNERSHIPS, AND ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH, UM, CANDIDATES.UM, WE DO ATTEND THOSE IF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE INVITED TO THOSE.
AND THEN AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE WORK, THE FUTURE WORKFORCE, UM, WE PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, AGAIN, UM, AREAS THAT WE ARE RECRUITING FOR.
UM, THAT ALSO INCLUDES TRADE AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND, UM, IN ORDER TO CONNECT STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL ACTUALLY DIVE INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THE CITY HAS DONE TO, TO ACTUALLY HELP IN THESE AREAS.
SO AS FAR AS OUR PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND PATHWAYS, SO THE FIRST ONE IS OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
WE HAVE, UM, HISTORICALLY OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS HAD A STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, UM, WHERE WE HAVE, UM, OFFERED EIGHT WEEK PAID INTERNSHIPS TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, UM, IN CITY DEPARTMENTS.
UM, IT'S, WE OPEN IT UP TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT HAVE, MAY HAVE AN INTEREST, AND THEN WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT TAKING THOSE, UM, OPENINGS AND ACTUALLY PARTNERING WITH, UM, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, HIGH SCHOOLS TO, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING COUNSELORS FOR THEM TO CONNECT US WITH STUDENTS AS WELL.
AND, UH, IT INTRODUCES THE STUDENTS TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND, UM, WE'VE AGAIN, DONE THAT PROGRAM OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO I HAVE PARTNERED WITH PROJECT SEARCH FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
IT WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GARLAND ISD.
AND IT OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONNECT WITH.
UM, WE TYPICALLY TOOK ABOUT, UH, OR PARTNERED WITH ABOUT EIGHT FAMILIES, UM, WITH STUDENTS THAT HAD, UH, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DISABILITIES.
AND, UM, I WOULD WORK WITH GARLAND, ISD TO, UM, AGAIN, GO THROUGH A JOB MATCHING PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHERE WE COULD HAVE POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT, UM, WHERE WE COULD HAVE SOME ACCOMMODATIONS.
AND WE DID THAT SUCCESSFULLY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS, UH, BEFORE.
AND THEN, UM, DURING THIS NINE MONTH PROCESS, IT WASN'T JUST, OH, WE GOT THE STUDENTS AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SENDING 'EM OUT TO DEPARTMENTS.
WE ACTUALLY DID DISABILITY AWARENESS TRAINING WITH THE HIRING MANAGERS, WITH THE MENTORS THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO AS WELL, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE ALSO PREPARED TO, UH, WORK WITH THE STUDENTS.
THEY WERE, UM, THEY WERE PARTNERING WITH, THIS WAS ALSO PART OF THEIR GRADUATION, PART OF THEIR GRADUATION.
AND SO IF THEY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE PROGRAM, THEY WOULD GET THEIR, UH, THEIR GRADUATION AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, THIS ALSO INVOLVED, UM, OUR HR TEAM, UM, WORKING WITH THE STUDENT TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THEY WENT THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
THEY DID AN INTERVIEW WITH US.
WE DID A NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION.
SO ALL OF THE STUDENTS WENT THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF GARLAND OFFERS, OF COURSE, WORKING WITH CARLIN, ISD, AND, UH, PROJECT SEARCH, UH, TWC, UM, AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD, UM, ALL OF OUR, UM, ACCOMMODATIONS TOGETHER FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE.
AND THEN AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT, UH, AND PATHWAYS AVAILABLE FOR, UM, THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN, UH, WE DO OFFER SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM, UM, UH, ASSIGNMENTS THROUGH OUR TEMPORARY STAFFING TOOL.
UM, SO AGAIN, IF MAYBE SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE THAT COMMITMENT TO, UM, WANT TO GO INTO A FULL-TIME POSITION, OR WOULD WE WANT THIS, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL VISIBILITY TO TRY OUT A POSITION, IT'S TEMPORARY.
SO THAT IS, THAT IS AN OPTION THERE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FAIR CHANCE HIRING FOR QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AS WELL.
AND SO THE FAIR CHANCE HIRING IT ALLOWS, UM, OR IT, IT PARTNERS WITH QUALIFIED APPLICANTS THAT HAVE HAD PRIOR CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS.
BUT OF COURSE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PARAMETERS THAT WE WORK WITH.
WE HAVE, UH, DESIGNATED POSITIONS ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, WITH DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, POSITIONS THAT, UM, FALL UNDER OUR FAIR CHANCE HIRING PROGRAM.
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AS FAR AS OUR APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS, WELL, WE'RE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL ABILITIES, RIGHT? AND WHAT WE DO AS A CITY TO, UM, PARTNER WITH, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE.SO EVERYONE DOES GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS TO APPLY ONLINE.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, OUR HR TEAM, UM, IS THERE TO HELP IF ANYONE REACHES OUT THAT NEEDS AN ACCOMMODATION TO, MAYBE THEY NEED SOMEONE TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE TO HELP THEM COMPLETE THE APPLICATION TRANSLATE.
UM, WHATEVER REQUESTS WE'VE RECEIVED, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM.
WE'VE HAD CANDIDATES WHO COME UP AND SAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANNA GO UP AN ELEVATOR.
AND THAT'S OUR GOAL IN HUMAN RESOURCES TO ENSURE WE, WE PROVIDE THEM ALL THAT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY AND THEY GO THROUGH THE STANDARD PROCESS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE HELPED WITH RESUME GUIDANCE.
IF WE HAVE, UM, A FAMILY THAT REACHES OUT AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, MY, UM, ANY, ANY REALLY ANY CANDIDATE THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITH THE RESUME OR WITH, UH, JUST SOME GENERAL GUIDANCE OF, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS MY SKILLSET.
WHAT, WHAT DO I QUALIFY FOR? WHAT CAN YOU ACCOMMODATE? AND THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
SO IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, YOU DO NOT HAVE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
LIKE, THESE ARE THE ONLY POSITIONS YOU CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR.
'CAUSE THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO ASSESS EVERY SINGLE POSITION AND ENSURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE MEETING A CANDIDATE WHERE THEY ARE, BUT ALSO ENSURE THAT WE'RE HIRING BEST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE POSITION, UM, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT INCLUDE AN INTERVIEW, UH, AN ASSESSMENT.
UM, AND IF WE RECEIVE AN ACCOMMODATION, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDED, ON MONDAY, I HELD THE LARGEST SOCIAL SERVICE ENTRANCE EXAM, AND I HAD FIVE ACCOMMODATIONS, AND I RAN A, UH, A SUCCESSFUL EXAM WITH TWO FLOORS AND OVER 1200 CANDIDATES AND A SEPARATE ROOM WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ACCOMMODATIONS.
AND SO, UM, WE DO HAVE THEM LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT THE, WHAT THE ACCOMMODATION REQUEST IS, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I RESPOND WITH WHAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE OKAY WITH THAT ACCOMMODATION.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO FOR, FOR THE DAY OF THE TEST.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE, BUT THAT'S JUST, UH, A RECENT ONE THAT I SHARED.
SO AGAIN, THEY CAN CONTACT HR OR IF THEY'VE MADE IT THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS, DEPARTMENTS REACH OUT TO HR FOR GUIDANCE IF, IF THEY RECEIVE THE REQUEST DIRECTLY.
UM, IF THEY'RE IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND, UM, AND THEY NEED AN ACCOMMODATION, THEY REACH OUT TO US AND WE SUPPORT THEM, WE TOO.
SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR, UM, OUTREACH EFFORTS ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESSES, YOU KNOW, HOW WE ACCOMMODATE.
SO I WANTED TO LEAVE THIS LAST PORTION OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, BUILDING ON THE CURRENT EFFORTS.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND, UM, THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL FOR, UM, A CAREER FAIR.
AND SO SINCE THE CITY ALREADY INVESTS THE TIME AND, UM, TO HOST AT LEAST A CAREER FAIR EACH YEAR, UM, A CONSIDERATION WOULD BE TO ADD ON TO THAT, UM, VERSUS HAVING A DEDICATED ONE.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN ADD A COMPONENT, UM, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE NEED ON RESUME ASSISTANCE, UM, UH, INTERVIEW SKILLS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, ON HERE, WHAT I'M HOPING TODAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERSONALLY INTRODUCE MYSELF TO EACH OF YOU.
BUT, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR JUST, UH, HOW WE CAN, HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH YOU AND, AND, UH, OR IF YOU HAVE RESOURCES THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SHARED THAT, UM, LIKE MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER.
AND SO I WANTED TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION HERE TOWARD THE LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY, WELL, MY, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, UM, AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TEST, UM, CIVIL SERVICE TEST EXAMPLE, SPECIFICS OF TYPES OF ACCOMMODATIONS YOU WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THAT PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE.
CAN YOU GIVE US SOME MORE NEED, SOME SPECIFICS? ABSOLUTELY.
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IS, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY, UH, READ THE EXAM TO THE CANDIDATE, OF COURSE, WITHIN AN ASSIGNED HR PROCTOR.UM, AND, UH, WE HAD, UH, ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL TIME.
UM, WE HAD ANOTHER ACCOMMODATION TO HAVE A CELL PHONE NEARBY, UM, FOR MEDICAL REASONS, HEALTH MONITORING.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THAT, UH, AN HR PROCTOR WAS WITH THE CANDIDATES AT ALL TIMES TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE HAD EVERYTHING WE NEEDED.
AND SO, UM, WITHOUT DISCLOSING SPECIFICS OF WHAT THE ACCOMMODATIONS REQUESTS WERE, BUT THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES.
THAT WE SHOULD ADD A CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.
SO THAT'S WHY SHE'S MENTIONING THAT THERE'S AN HR PROCTOR.
AND WE ALSO ASK FOR THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO ENSURE THAT 100% OBJECTION.
I'LL ACTUALLY PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT.
DO YOU HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF ACCOMMODATIONS ON THE JOB? ON THE JOB? MM-HMM
SO WE HAVE HAD, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE NEEDED ACCESS OR MAYBE LOSING THEIR SIGHT.
AND SO, UM, YOU NEED A, A, A MONITOR THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SEE THE, THE ACTUAL, UM, SCREEN, LIKE ALMOST LIKE A MAGNIFYING GLASS.
UM, I'M NOT IN THE DAY TO DAY AS FAR AS LIKE ALL OF THE ACCOMMODATIONS, BUT THAT'S ONE RECENT ONE THAT COMES TO MIND.
UM, UM, MORE SO ON, ON MY END FROM THE, IT'S ON THE SCREENING, THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
IF THEY NEED TO HAVE A TRANSLATOR.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT ENGLISH NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING, BUT THEY HAVE ENOUGH SKILL SET TO ACTUALLY PERFORM THE JOB.
AND SO HAVING A TRANSLATOR ON SITE AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST FEEDBACK FOR THE CAREER FAIR, IS TO HAVE A LISTING OF POTENTIAL ACCOMMODATIONS.
UM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY NEED OR WHAT TO ASK FOR, UM, AND WHAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO.
AND SO HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT A CAREER FAIR MAY KIND OF TIP THE HAT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED, BUT MAY BE COUNTING THEMSELVES OUT UNTIL THEY SEE, OH, WELL THEY, THEY OFFER THESE MAGNIFYING MONITORS OR WILL OFFER WHATEVER THE OTHER LIST COMES UP WITH.
AND WITH OVER 700 DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TRY NOT TO PUT LIKE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY TRY TO NARROW DOWN SOME THAT WE CAN INCLUDE FOR THE CAREER FAIR.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY 700 CLASSIFICATIONS? WELL, DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
YOU'RE USING HR, I'M THINKING INVESTIGATIONS.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROLES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAY VARY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WORK AT A CALL CENTER VERSUS A NINE ONE ONE DISPATCHER VERSUS, UM, YOU KNOW, A DAY TO DAY ACCOUNTING REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, NOT, UH, I THINK, UH, WORDED THIS REALLY WELL, UM, EARLIER THIS SUMMER ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO DO MORE THAN THE BARE MINIMUM, LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WANTING TO PROPOSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR ABOVE THE BARE MINIMUM.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE SEEN WITHIN YOUR WORK WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND OR THAT THE CITY HAS ENTERTAINED THAT IS ABOVE THE BARE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, A DA ACCOMMODATIONS OR SURE.
SINCE, UM, SO IN THIS ROLE, SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK IN DECEMBER, UM, WE HAVE NOT REALLY LOOKED INTO, YOU KNOW, GOING OUTSIDE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
HOWEVER, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M WANTING TO LOOK INTO AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT OF THESE, UM, PROCESSES.
I'M A DEAF INDIVIDUAL, SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY DEAF INDIVIDUALS WHO LOOK FOR JOBS, THEY LOOK FOR INTERVIEWS, OPPORTUNITIES, APPLICATIONS, THE WHOLE PROCESS.
UM, AND ONE IS, THAT'S A BIG NIGHTMARE, UM, IS FILLING OUT AN APPLICATION.
UM, HOW DO WE REQUEST AN INTERPRETER? UM, THERE'S NOT A CLEAR
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SPOT.I MEAN, IF YOU SAY CONTACT HR, DOES IT HAVE A PHONE NUMBER OR AN EMAIL ADDRESS, OR HOW DOES THE PERSON GO ABOUT CONTACTING HR? YES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND WE DO HAVE, UH, BOTH A PHONE NUMBER AND AN EMAIL ON OUR APPLICANT CARDS.
UM, WE HAVE IT LISTED HERE AS WELL AS OUR WEBSITE.
SO WE HAVE INFORMATION HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, UM, AN INTERPRETER.
AND WE DO HAVE, THE CITY DOES HAVE A, A, AN ACTUAL PARTNERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO YOU.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOU OR TO ACTUALLY SCHEDULE SOMETHING WITH OUR, UH, DEDICATED RECRUITER TO, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT PRIVACY AS WELL, TO, UH, ENSURE ANYONE FROM THE, IN OUR DEAF COMMUNITY IS, IS UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S WANTING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ENSURE, YOU KNOW, THEIR SUCCESS AS WELL.
DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAVE SOMEONE EMPLOYED WITH DISABILITY? AND IF SO, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR STAFF WOULD YOU SAY ARE EMPLOYED AHEAD? UM, I, I, AS FAR AS DISCLOSED DISABILITY, WE, IT, IT COULD VARY.
'CAUSE WE MAY HAVE SOME THAT DON'T HAVE, THAT HAVEN'T DISCLOSED THE DIS THE DISABILITY.
UM, BUT I CAN, I CAN TAKE THAT BACK AS AN ACTION ITEM AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE, I'M SURE THAT THEY MAKE THEMSELVES AWARE THAT THEY HAVE A DISABILITY OF SOME SORT AND YOUR RECRUITER OR WHOEVER HIRES IF, IF, IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF, UM, TO SET THE EXAMPLE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSMEN.
SO YOU'RE SAYING IF SOME, IF WE HAVE CURRENTLY THAT WE HIRED OR, OR IF WE HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF THAT IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE RIGHT, THAT'S DEAF OR WHATEVER, RIGHT.
CURRENTLY STAFF, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, WE CAN RESEARCH AND SEE WHAT WE CAN BRING BACK.
I I CAN'T THINK OF, UH, I MEAN THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISABILITIES THAT ONE COULD HAVE.
IT'S HARD TO, TO, TO CALCULATE A NUMBER BECAUSE THAT, AS LILY SAID, SO MANY OF 'EM GO NONDISCLOSED AND BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, I THINK THAT'S BACK AND BACK TO MR. LAD'S POINT ON, MANY PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN'T JUST CONTACT HR AND THEY WILL PROVIDE AN ACCOMMODATION, BUT IT'S NOT PRESENTED ANYWHERE ON THE WEBSITE.
SO BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE SUMMER, I THINK AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS, A GREAT IDEA THAT Y'ALL HAVE COME UP WITH IS HAVING A ONE TIME STOP SHOP.
AND, UH, MR. LAIRD ACTUALLY SENT, UH, OUT A LINK TO, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE AND WE CAN SEND IT OUT TO EVERYONE AND TO LOOK AT IT THAT THE DALLAS MAYOR ACTUALLY HAS A VERY SIMILAR COMMITTEE AND ON THEIR WEBSITE IT LISTS OUT ALL THE THINGS OF WHERE YOU CAN GO TO GET TO GET THE NEEDS THAT YOU WANT.
IF IT'S FROM AQUATICS, IT'S HR, IF IT'S FOR LIBRARIES, AND BEING ABLE JUST TO HAVE THAT ONE STOP SHOP OF THIS IS WHERE I GO TO GET THESE RESOURCES.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU GO TO HR, YOU GO TO HR AND YES, YOU CAN CALL HR AND EMAIL HR, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPES OF ACCOMMODATIONS THEY HAVE.
BUT AT LEAST HAVING TO WORD OUT THAT THERE ARE ACCOMMODATIONS IS TO ME, A BENEFIT.
AND IT'S JUST NOT PRESENTED BY NOW ON WEBSITE.
AND, AND WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSMEN? I BELIEVE IN GETTING TAXES TO EVERYBODY.
DISABILITY PEOPLE WOULD COME UP FAST, DEPENDING ON, OF COURSE, I'M ONE OF THESE GUYS THAT BELIEVE IN IT.
I HAD 400 EMPLOYEES AT ONE TIME.
WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO THE BUSINESS THEN TO, OTHER THAN THEIR HEART, TO GIVING THEM A CHANCE? WELL, AS FAR AS BENEFITS FOR US, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY AS, AS AN ORGANIZATION, A BENEFIT IS THAT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ONLY BEING AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO SETTING THE, THE STANDARD AND THE EXAMPLE.
UM, SO ASIDE FROM JUST A HIRING MANAGER, UH, TAKING THAT, UM, OR GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT INSPECTION, ESPECIALLY FOR A COMMUNITY LIKE GARLAND.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS, BUT, UM, DO YOU EVER ATTEND OR OR ONE OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES EVER ATTEND A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETINGS WHERE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE, I BELIEVE MONTH, MONTHLY
DO YOU EVER HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE UP THERE TALKING AND, AND EXPLAINING, ENCOURAGING THEM TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM? WE HAVE NOT HAD AS ACTUAL SPEAKER, UM, BUT WE HAVE ATTENDED THE DIRECT CONNECT BEFORE FROM THE CHAMBER.
UM, AND WE ALSO ATTENDED THE
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WELL.I DO THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA JUST TO HAVE SOMEONE THERE I TO EXPLAIN IT HERE, SOME OF THE BEST TEAM MEMBERS WE EVER HAD FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY.
SO ANOTHER THOUGHT, UH, BACK TO THE CAREER FAIR, BUT SO DALLAS'S CAREER FAIR HAS GROWN SO BIG THAT MM-HMM
WELL, MOSTLY IT'S FROM THEIR CHAMBER FROM DOING SOME RESEARCH RIGHT? THAT, UH, THAT IT IS JUST NOT CITY OF DALLAS POSITIONS, IT'S THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS.
ALL EMPLOYERS ARE WELCOME TO COME FOR THE SPECIFIC FAIR.
UH, WHAT I THINK WE'RE LOOKING TO IS, BECAUSE I THINK I'VE TALKED ENOUGH AND YOU KNOW, THAT I'M THE MONEY GUY, THAT WE'RE MONEY'S TIGHT, BUT THESE THINGS KIND OF HAPPEN WITH GRASSROOTS, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOMETHING STARTED, MAYBE GETTING THE INITIAL FAIR GOING AND THEN PARTNERING EVEN, EVEN RIGHT OFF THE BAT, MAYBE PARTNERING WITH THE CHAMBERS TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE HAVING THIS TYPE OF AFFAIR.
CAN YOU PLEASE ADVERTISE THIS OUT TO ALL YOUR PARTICIPANTS TO COME IN? REALLY AS FAR AS DIRECTING OTHER, INCENTIVIZING OTHER BUSINESSES THAT AREN'T CITY OF, UH, GARLAND POSITIONS TO COME IN, I THINK THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN REALLY DO THAT IS OFFER A VENUE FOR THEM TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT TYPE OF FAIR.
I THINK THE CITY CAN SET A PRECEDENT THAT CORRECT LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS CAN ASPIRE TO.
YOU KNOW, IF IF THERE'S, IF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS ARE SEEING THAT THE CITY IS WILLING TO GIVE SOMEONE A CHANCE, I THINK SMALLER BUSINESSES WOULD BE MORE WILLING TO DO IT.
UM, THE, THE HESITANCY THAT I'VE SEEN IN BOARD, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WITH THE UNDERLINE, SAME THING WITH THE SENIORS.
WHAT'S IT GONNA COST ME? THE INSURANCE RATES, YOU'RE, I'M NOT ABOUT THE CITY, I'M TALKING ABOUT LOCAL BUSINESSMEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE UNSPOKEN UNDER THE TABLE.
THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST UNDER ONE YOUNG WE ENDED UP BEING GREAT FRIENDS.
THIS GUY WAS COUGHING, WALKED IN, COULD BARELY WALK WITH A CAN.
HE SAID, I ONLY USE THE CAN BECAUSE I LOOKED OVER THAT.
I SAID, YOU LOOK FAN
THEY DIDN'T WANT HIRE ALL LIFE PRESIDENT.
I SAID, YOU TURN OUT TO BE A GREAT BOY.
BUT HE KNEW, HE SAID, YOU KNOW HOW MANY INTERVIEWS I WENT TO TOMMY AND THE FIRST THING THEY ASKED YOU, WHICH IS ILLEGAL, HOW MANY TIMES DID HE GO TO A DOCTOR? WHERE ARE YOUR MEDICAL REQUIREMENT? AND AND THEY ASK YOU IS NOT SO MUCH DIRECTLY JUST QUESTION BY QUESTION LIKE A PUZZLE, BUT HE THE TOGETHER, WHICH IS WRONG,
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT KIND OF PIGGYBACKS OFF OF TOMMY'S FIRST QUESTION ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EMPLOYEES OF CITY OF GARLAND MAY HAVE AN IDENTIFIED, UM, DISABILITY OR DIFFERENCE? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S CUMBERSOME AND AND HARD TO COME BY 'CAUSE YOU ARE RELYING ON THEM TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.
BUT I WOULD LOVE THE CITY TO, UM, ENACT A, UH, LIKE A, I'M THINKING OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND HOW THERE WERE REQUIREMENTS THAT OF A, A CERTAIN EMPLOYEE WHO WE HAD TO MEET THESE MINIMUMS. UM, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU PROBABLY START LOW, RIGHT? UH, AND MEET THAT GOAL AND THEN YOU CAN UP IT.
BUT WOULDN'T THAT BE REALLY AMAZING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY OUR CITY HAS X AMOUNT OF THEIR TOTAL, UH, EMPLOYEE POOL THAT HAS, UH, AN ACCOMMODATION NEED OR A DIFFERENCE.
UM, SO I GET BACK, ACTUALLY, THIS FEEDBACK IS HELPFUL AND MAYBE EVEN NICHE WITH THE, I LOVED HEARING ABOUT THE FAIR CHANCE EVEN SAYING LIKE, X NUMBER OF APPLICANTS THAT QUALIFY FOR FAIR CHANCE, UM, ARE HIRED WHEN LIKE TENURE LOOKS LIKE IS JUST GREAT DATA POINTS TO HAVE.
LILY, BY THE WAY, I DON'T WANT TO GET, I THINK YOU'RE DOING GREAT THINGS FOR THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THESE JUST QUESTIONS I HAD.
BUT I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT JOB.
CITY GUARD, ESPECIALLY THE MATHEMATICIANS, THE BUDGET BROWN.
BUT JUST LIKE WITH ANYTHING ELSE, I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR OPPORTUNITY.
SO I I I THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT FEEDBACK.
I HAVE A WONDER IS THERE ANY DATA POINTS AS FAR AS WHICH, HOW MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE CONNECTED THROUGH GARLAND, IED, THE PROGRAM AND HOW MANY ACTUALLY END UP EMPLOYED OR, UM,
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FOR ALL OF THE PROGRAMS OR SPECIFICALLY STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM? ALL OF THEM.I CAN ADD THAT TO MY LIST OF THEY POINTS.
I KNOW A FORMER LIN STUDENT THAT WORKS HERE.
I WAS THIS THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT THE LIBRARY.
OH, SORRY, YOU WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT YOU.
NO, I'VE TAKEN TWO OF THE STUDENT AMBASSADORS.
OH, I ACTUALLY WOULD QUESTION.
IT'S REALLY MORE OVERALL IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RELATED SOMEWHAT TO HR, BUT, UM, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, THE, THE, THE DIFFICULTY FINDING A, AN INTERPRETER OR ASKING FOR AN INTERPRETER, IT, MY EXAMPLE IS THERE WAS A, THERE'S A PARTNER NEAR MY HOUSE AND IT WAS RENOVATED A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND NEW EQUIPMENT WAS PUT IN AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE ACCESSIBLE.
BUT ONE OF THE WEIRD THINGS IS THEY HAVE LIKE THIS WEIRD XYLOPHONE THING, WHICH IS DEFINITELY FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIR AND, AND KIDS WHO, WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY, BUT THEY INSTALLED IT THE WRONG WAY SO THAT IT'S FACING AWAY FROM THE SIDEWALK.
SO MY QUESTION IS THIS, UM, WHEN YOU FIND STUFF LIKE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY, IS, IS THERE, I MEAN, APART FROM HERE NOW, IS THERE A WAY TO CONTACT THE, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A HOT, NOT HOTLINE, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME ACCESS POINT WHERE WE CAN SAY, LOOK, THIS DUMB THING HAPPENED, OR BOY, I REALLY WOULD NEED MORE ACCESS FOR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN IT COMES TO, SO THERE'S ON OUR WEBSITE, AND I CAN GET THE LINK SENT OUT.
UH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER IN THE SUMMER FOR A DA REQUESTS.
THERE'S A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ALL AADA A REQUESTS AND THEY WILL FILTER TO OUR A DA ADMINISTRATOR AND THEY WILL DETERMINE WITH THE WORK, WITH WORKING WITH WHICHEVER DEPARTMENT IN THAT THAT CASE IT BE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR TYPICALLY IT'S WITH ENGINEERING STREETS.
'CAUSE USUALLY IT'S RELATED TO ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.
THEN THEY WORK THROUGH THAT TO SEE IF IT IS MEETING, IF THE, UH, IF IT IS MEETING AADA A REQUIREMENTS BY THE FEDERAL LAW OR IF IT IS NOT.
AND THEN WHAT REMEDIATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO DO THAT.
THE, UH, THE OTHER CAMPAIGN ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU JUST GOOGLE CITY OF GARLAND A DA COMPLIANCE, IT WILL PULL UP THE, UH, THE PAGE THAT YOU NEED TO GO.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE FASTEST WAY TO GET THERE.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT, UH, LINK, BUT WE CAN GET THAT BACK SENT BACK OUT.
BUT YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND PUT IN AN OFFICIAL A DA REQUEST OR A COMPLAINT AT THAT POINT AND BE ASSIGNED TO THE ADMINISTRATOR WHO WILL EVALUATE THAT.
SEE, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE THERE WAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT WOULD BE NICE TO, TO HAVE EASIER ACCESS TO THAT KIND OF THING.
AND AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE WAS WORKING.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND A ONE STOP SHOP.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS KIND OF WHAT AND WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER, IT'S NOT HODGEPODGE.
THERE'S 44 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY AND PEOPLE HAVE THIS STUFF SCATTERED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A DA REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE KIND OF IS A GLOBAL OVERARCHING THING WHILE THOSE 44 DEPARTMENTS THAT HAS A ITS OWN WEB LANDING, BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO GET THERE.
BUT THE EASIEST WAY TO GET THERE, IT'S VERY EASY.
I GO TO THE CITY OF GARLAND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND IT'S ACCESSIBILITY AND THEN IT TAKES YOU, THERE'S A DA COORDINATOR IS HYPERLINKED TO SOMETHING.
AND, AND ANOTHER METHOD IS THAT YOU JUST ASKED ME, OH, WE HAVEN'T MET YET, MATT WATSON, BUT I CAN, I CAN, IF YOU TELL ME THE PARK AFTERWARDS, I CAN CHECK TO SEE WHY THEY DID THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S A REASON, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENED ON SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS TOO.
COMMUNICATION DEVICES NOT ACCESSIBLE, BUT THEY LOOK GREAT.
AND THIS THING IS DEFINITELY SUPPOSED TO BE HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE AND IT'S FACING AWAY ONTO THE WOOD CHIPS.
SO THERE'S NO WAY SOMEBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR WITH ANY SORT OF MOBILITY PROBLEMS WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY WITH IT.
IT JUST, IRONICALLY, FUNNY WHEN I SEE IT
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE, UM, A WAY TO ASK CENTER OR CONTACT THE POLICE TO, YOU KNOW, FIND SOME WAY TO LET THEM KNOW WHEN WE NEED AN INTERPRETER FOR THIS SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT.
IF IT'S A COURTHOUSE, IF IT'S LIKE WHATEVER IT IS, SOME WAY TO FIND, UH, A REQUEST FOR INTERPRETER, THAT'S NOT BEEN VERY EASY.
AND I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE A SHORTER WAY TO DO THAT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY, AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH IT, THAT OUR COURTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET INTERPRETERS WHEN THEY NEED 'EM, BUT NOBODY KNOWS
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THAT.YOU, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO FIGURE IT OUT.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO OUR RESOURCE BOOK AND THIS LINK BEING IN OUR RESOURCE BOOK, THIS ONE STOP SHOP FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO JUST REFERENCE THIS BOOK AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS HIGHLIGHTS FROM HR AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED AND PARKS AND REC AND SOME OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS AND STUFF THAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I'M, UH, CURIOUS IN PAIN TO HEAR IF ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE NOVEMBER VOTE ARE ARE EVALUATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO, UM, I KNOW BOTH STUDENT AMBASSADOR AND THE UH, UH, PROJECT SEARCH FOR THIS, FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.
UM, WE DID NOT HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS ACTIVE, BUT AGAIN, I WASN'T HERE DURING THAT TIME, BUT I
HOWEVER, AGAIN, MY PRIORITY IS TO EVALUATE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND, BUT DURING THE TIME I, THESE PROGRAMS WERE INITIATED AND ENDED, I MEAN, I I WAS ACTIVELY IN THOSE PROGRAM OR LEADING THOSE PROGRAMS. SO, UM, WE DID DO THAT FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
AND, UM, SO THOSE ARE PARTNERSHIPS THAT I'M REESTABLISHING.
OF COURSE, WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, ADJUST US WITH ANY PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
I'LL, YOU KNOW, LEAVE IT UP TO MATT TO SPEAK ON THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN, WELL, I MEAN, THE REALITY IS THE, THE ELECTION, YES OR NO, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, UH, OFFER AS MANY PROGRAMS AS WE CAN, ESPECIALLY FROM THE HR PERSPECTIVE.
BUT I THINK WHAT I WOULD LEAVE EVERYONE WITH THIS IS WE MAY JUST HAVE TO GET A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE.
I MENTIONED THE GRASSROOTS TYPE FAIR.
IT MAY NOT BE THE, THE AT DALLAS LEVEL, UH, JOB FAIR, BUT BEING ABLE TO AT LEAST GET SOMETHING STARTED TO BUILD UPON MAYBE WHERE WE WERE LOOKING.
BUT, UH, YEAH, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, UH, STUDENT, UM, AMBASSADORS, BUT IT WASN'T NECESSARILY JUST BECAUSE OF FUNDING.
THERE WAS ALSO TIMING OF, OF GETTING A NEW HR DIRECTOR.
AND, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING ON.
SO IT WASN'T NECESSARILY JUST FUNDING.
I GUESS I'M LOW KEY ALSO SAYING THAT THERE'S, IN ALL THE DISCUSSIONS THAT I'VE HEARD, INCLUDING YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT THE VOTE, UM, THERE'S SOME IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, UH, PROS AND CONS LIKE WE WILL OR WON'T GET ADDITIONAL DISPATCH AND POLICE AND FIRE AND VEHICLES.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS LIKE MISCELLANEOUS AND SOME OF THESE REALLY AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT MAKE GARLAND DIFFERENT FALL UNDER THAT.
AND I, I HOPE THAT VOTERS DON'T OVERLOOK THAT NEXT MONTH.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT, I ALSO WONDER, LIKE WITH PROJECT SEARCH, UM, IT REQUIRES STAFFING IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO GO OUT TO THE JOBS WITH THE KIDS AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TEACHER.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF LOGISTICS IN THE 18 PLUS TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR OUR KIDS.
UM, AND WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING THE WAY IT IS, AND, UM, IT'S, IT MAKES, IT, PROGRAMS ARE GETTING CUT, ESPECIALLY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
UM, AND OUR MEMBERS ARE GOING UP.
SO I THINK, UM, THAT IS A CONSIDERATION TOO.
LIKE, UM, PROGRAMS ARE, ARE BEING CUT AT IT.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ISD, BUT AT A DISTRICT LEVEL THEY'RE BEING CUT BECAUSE EITHER THEY'RE NOT MANDATORY, UM, TO HAVE MULTIPLE TYPES OF 18 PLUS PROGRAMS. AND SO, UM, SOMETIMES THEY GET CUT BASED ON, UH, WHICH ONE COSTS THE MOST MONEY.
SO IT, IT COULD BE, IT COULD EVEN BE THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T NECESSARILY CUT IT, BUT THAT THE DISTRICT WAS LIKE, WELL, WE CAN'T SUPPORT THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE ADAPT TO ONE.
HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR ME, HOPEFULLY THE LAST, OKAY.
SO HOW DOES THE HR MEASURE YOUR SUCCESS IN HIRING, HIRING, RETAINING, AND, AND SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITY? HOW DID YOUR DEPARTMENT MEASURE THE SUCCESS? UM, IF THEY REMAIN EMPLOYED AND ANY, DEPENDING ON OUR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, UM, CHECKPOINTS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OUR FAIR CHANCE HIRING PROGRAM, IT'S NOT AS AN EXAMPLE, WE DON'T JUST HIRE THEM AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MET THE CRITERIA AND YOU'RE OFF IN THE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? UM, THEY HAVE, IN ADDITION TO THEIR ORIENTATION, THEY HAVE, UM, SPECIFIC TRAINING THAT THEY'RE PROVIDED ON DAY ONE.
SO TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN, UM, GOING INTO THE, BEFORE THEY EVEN GO TO THEIR DEPARTMENT AND THE HIRING MANAGERS, THEY ARE PROVIDED GUIDANCE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL CHECKPOINTS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CANDIDATE THAT IS BEING HIRED IS SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR, IN THEIR ROLES.
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EXAMPLE.UM, FOR DISABILITIES, UM, AGAIN, SINCE MY TIME BACK, I HAVE NOT SEEN, UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS THAT, UM, FROM BEGINNING TO END.
UM, AND SO, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD DEFINITELY TAKE.
I MEAN, YOU SIT THERE AND YOU MEET WITH YOUR TEAM SUPERVISORS, NOT BE BY NOTHING AND SAY, OKAY, WHATEVER WE STAND WITH YOU.
YOU HAD SOMEONE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOU HAD SOMEONE IN THE CITY, WHERE DO WE STAND THAT THEY STILL HAVE, AND EVEN MORE SO, ONE MORE QUESTION, SORRY, ABOUT THE ADVANCEMENT, CAREER ADVANCEMENT.
DO THEY GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES? YES, THEY GIVE THE SAME.
EVERYONE WITH THE CITY OF CAR THAT'S EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS THE EXACT SAME OPPORTUNITY TO, TO APPLY FOR PROMOTIONS IF THEY, UH, EVEN OUR FAIR CHECK TIRES.
UH, OF COURSE, UM, JUST LIKE WITH ANYONE ELSE, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, MEET THEIR, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
UM, AND THAT WE PARTNER WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, FOR CONTINUING SUCCESS.
I USED TO TELL MY MANAGERS, I SAID, YOU GOTTA BE LIKE A GOOD TEACHER WHEN YOU LOSE AN EMPLOYEE, WHICH COST ME 10 TIMES MORE FOR TRAINING.
AND YOU KNOW, I GO, YOU HAVE TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT YOU MISS IT IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
DID YOU STOP TRAINING THE GUY? WAS HE TRAINED? RIGHT? DID YOU FOLLOW THROUGH IT? A GOOD EMPLOYEE, A GOOD EMPLOYER SHOULD CARE WHEN A GOOD TEACHER LOSES A STUDENT, SHE HAS TO TAKE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY.
WHY WOULD I NOT ABLE TO REACH THAT KID? THEY DON'T ALL LEARN THE SAME.
I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, I WHAT I'M HEARING, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR DATA COLLECTION.
YEAH, JUST REFLECTING ON THE SUCCESSES AND THE MISSES AND WHO, WHO THE CITY MIGHT BE MISSING, JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ILL-INFORMED.
YES, WE GENERALLY COLLECT DATA LIKE PENSION RATES, THAT IN GENERAL, YES, THEY ARE COLLECTING, UM, RETENTION AND UM, ALSO NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS WE SEE EACH YEAR.
AND SO, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THAT WE COULD ADD IN AS FAR AS OF THIS, UM, OF THIS COMPONENT.
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS FROM WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE DATA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING, YOU KNOW, TO SEPARATE THAT FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL POPULATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR PROVIDING ME.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR US TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN EXTENSION OF OUR HR TEAM AND, AND, UH, GET THAT FEED DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM SEVERAL OF YOU THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT ALSO HAS, UM, WHAT HE'S PREPARED FOR THE
SO I JUST WANTED, UH, SO ON NOVEMBER 2ND, UH, EACH YEAR WE NEED TO, WE PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S BEEN WORKING ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, SHE SAYS TO ME, I WANT TO GET A SHOUT OUT TO COURTNEY.
Y'ALL ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE BEST PERSON OUT OF CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
DON'T TELL ANYONE ELSE TO SAID THAT.
SO IT RECORDED ANY, OUR MESSAGE, WE'RE A LITTLE PARTIAL.
SHE HAS ACTUALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR US.
AND I, ALL I WAS ASKING WE DID WAS LOOK AT IT AND SAY, IT LOOKS GOOD.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS JUST GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.
I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, US TO GO UP THERE AND FIND THAT, UH, UH, AN UPDATE WITHOUT Y'ALL SEEING IT, WITHOUT Y'ALL GIVING US SOME FEEDBACK ON THIS.
SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SLIDES AND THEN, UH, AT THE END WE CAN JUST START TAKING SOME MORE QUESTIONS AND SOME FEEDBACK ON SOME CHANGES THAT Y'ALL MIGHT LIKE TO SEE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 2ND AT THE WORK SESSION THAT MONDAY.
SO YOU'RE ALL OBVIOUSLY ALL WELCOME TO COME AND GET RECOGNIZED AT THAT POINT, THAT THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, A, A PROCESS THAT WE GO UP THROUGH, THROUGH ALL OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WHERE THERE'S AN UPDATE ON THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON, JUST SO COUNCIL'S AWARE OF WHERE THE COMMITTEE'S AT AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
AND SO, AND Y'ALL AREN'T THE ONLY ONES THAT'S EVERY COMMITTEE IN THE CITY.
UH, SO TO START THE FIRST SLIDE, THE FIRST SLIDE IS REALLY JUST AN, AN OVERVIEW OF, AND THIS IS A BRAND NEW COMMITTEE, AND REALLY Y'ALL
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DONE QUITE A BIT IN THE FIRST YEAR.I KNOW IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT, THE COMMITTEES ARE USUALLY SLOW TO GET STARTED AND KIND OF SLOW ROLL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MEET QUARTERLY.
Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING UP WITH THESE MONTHLY MEETINGS.
WE'VE HAD EIGHT MEETINGS, UM, OR, AND, AND THROUGH THOSE WE'VE LOOKED AT NINE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND CAME RIGHT NOW OUR WORKING LIST.
WE HAVE TRACKED 29 DIFFERENT WORK ITEMS THAT, UH, WE CAN START WORKING ON AS WE CONTINUE ON THROUGH OUR PROCESS IN THE NEXT YEAR OF REFINING.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT BREAKING UP IN SMALLER GROUPS AND START GETTING SOME REAL ACTIONABLE ITEMS COMING OUT, BUT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN MOSTLY FOCUSED ON Y'ALL GETTING TO KNOW US AND US GETTING TO KNOW YOU.
HERE'S JUST A LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OF, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE, THE, THE LAST YEAR.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY, WE ESTABLISHED A COMMITTEE THEN INITIALLY BROUGHT IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
UH, WE'VE SEEN CULTURAL ARTS, RECREATION AND AQUATICS, POLICE, LIBRARY CODE, COMPLIANCE, FINANCE, AND TODAY HR.
BUT I THINK IT SHOWS WELL IS THAT THE ACCESSIBILITY ISN'T A RESPONSIBILITY OF ONE DEPARTMENT.
I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, IT TOUCHES PROGRAMS, FACILITIES, COMMUNICATION, EMPLOYMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE 44 REALLY DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND ALL OF US HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEED AND NEED TO BE LOOKED AT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF ALL THE BUILDING.
SO JUST QUICKLY, I WAS JUST GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE MONTHS AND WHAT WE COVERED.
SO IN MARCH, UH, WE LOOKED AT, UH, THE, THE OMNI IN CIRCUITS, RIGHT? AMY ROSENTHAL CAME AND TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT ALSO TALKED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT, EVENTS INCLUDING ACCESSIBILITY, PARKING, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PATHWAY, PAN MATS AND SENSORY FRIENDLY PROGRAMS THAT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT PUTS ON.
UH, THAT DURING THAT TIME, THE COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED SOME PRACTICAL OPPORTUNITIES, BETTER DROP OFF LOCATIONS.
WE TALKED ABOUT INTERPRETERS, CAPTIONING, CLEAR COMMUNICATION OF ACCOMMODATIONS AND POTENTIALLY AND ALL ABILITIES, INFORMATION TABLE AT THESE EVENTS.
BUT WE ALSO STARTED EXPANDING THE CONVERSATION BEYOND JUST PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY AND THE TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION BACK TO THE AADA A DISCUSSION.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHEN THAT CAME ALONG, THAT A LOT OF WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING OVER THE LAST YEAR IS JUST LOOKING TO EXPAND THOSE A DA BASIC ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE MORE, MORE INCLUSIVE.
HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE ACCOMPLISHED? WE HAVE MOSTLY JUST BEEN LOOKING AND, AND CREATING A LIST FOR RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T REALLY, THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE DONE TANGIBLE IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS WE HAVE FITTED ALL OF OUR REC CENTERS AND OUR LIBRARIES WITH CLOSE CACHING SO THAT, UH, ANYTIME THERE'S A PRESENTATION OR A TOWN HALL, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO DO THAT.
SO THIS FIRST ONE IN APRIL, UH, THIS IS WHEN WE FOCUSED ON THE RECREATION AQUATICS HERE.
WE LEARNED ABOUT THE ADAPTIVE SWIMMING INSTRUCTIONS, UH, ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND SENSORY FRIENDLY ACCOMMODATIONS.
MOST OF THOSE WERE AT OUR NEW FER REC CENTER, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL FACILITY.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATION AND PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS.
UH, ONE THING THAT STARTED BECOMING CLEAR HERE AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS THAT WE ALREADY OFFER QUITE A FEW PROGRAMS AND ACCOMMODATIONS, BUT PART OF THE OPPORTUNITY IS SIMPLY MAKING SURE RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND HOW TO ACCESS IT.
SO IN THIS MEETING IS WHEN THE IDEA OF HAVING A ONE STOP SHOP KIND OF CAME TO FRUITION BECAUSE AQUATICS HAS, IF YOU EVER BEEN TO THE PARKS WEBSITE, IT BY ITSELF IS A MAMMOTH.
IT'S JUST GOT, IT'S GOT EVERY REC CENTER TO EVERY AQUATIC ACTIVITY, EVERY PROGRAM.
AND HAVING ALL OF THOSE ITEMS FROM ALL THOSE DIFFERENT FACILITIES IN A
AND THEN IN MAY, UH, WE HAD OUR WONDERFUL POLICE DEPARTMENT WALK US THROUGH THEIR PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDED THE RESIDENTIAL LOCK BOX, SAY AT HOME, THE VACATION WATCH, AND OTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACHES.
UH, THIS DISCUSSION EXPANDED ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE, DEESCALATION COMMUNICATION.
UH, PEDRO TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT POLICE OFFICERS GO THROUGH TO DEESCALATE, UH, CERTAIN SITUATIONS AND TO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH ALL PEOPLE WITH ALL DISABILITIES AND DEAL
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WITH ANYONE WITH ANY MENTAL DISABILITIES.UM, THAT'S WHERE THE CONCEPT OF ALL ABILITY RESOURCE GUIDE OR COMMITTEE WEBPAGE, AGAIN, WAS TALKED ABOUT NEXT UP IN JUNE, LIBRARIES.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT COMPLIANCE AND BYLAWS.
UM, OVER THE SUMMER WE CONTINUED WITH LIBRARIES AND I BET THIS WAS ALSO CODE ENFORCEMENT CAME.
SO THE LIBRARIES HAD A NUMBER OF EXISTING RESOURCES, SENSORY FRIENDLY PROGRAMMING, TALKING BOOKS, LIBRARY AT HOME, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND THE STAFF TRAINING THAT THEY, THE LIBRARY STAFF GOES THROUGH CODE COMPLIANCE, WALKED US THROUGH THE SERVICE PORTAL THAT THEY HAVE NEWLY CREATED AND OPENED UP THE CIVIL CITATION PROCESS AND GARLAND CARES.
AND THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED ACCESSIBILITY OF THE PORTAL, NOTICINGS AND HEARING PROCESSES COMMITTEE ALSO COMPLETED AN IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION PIECE HERE AND, UH, APPROVED THE BYLAWS IN AUGUST.
AND SO THOSE ARE SET IN STONE AND READY TO GO.
AND FOR THE, DID THE NEW MEMBERS GET THOSE BY ANY CHANCE? YES.
YOU'VE ALREADY DONE SOMETHING.
NEXT UP, UH, WAS, UH, FINANCE.
SO IN THE FALL WE PROVIDED KIND OF A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE TAX ELECTION.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THAT TAX REELECTION AND UH, WHAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED FROM THE BUDGET, UH, IF THE TAX ELECTION IS, UH, IS NOT PASSED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, TONIGHT WE'VE HAD HR HERE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION WITH THEM TO GET THE BALL ROLLING ON ALL THINGS EMPLOYMENT AND REALLY WHAT, WHAT IT KIND OF BOILS DOWN TO.
AND, AND COURTNEY DID A GOOD JOB OF KIND OF SUMMARIZING THE, THE FIRST, UH, EIGHT MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD REALLY KIND OF ALL FALLEN INTO ONE OF THESE FIVE CATEGORIES.
SO FIRST, UH, MAKES MAKE ACCESS VISIBLE.
WE MAY ALREADY PROVIDE AN ACCOMMODATION THAT RESIDENTS HAVE NO HAVE TO NOTES ABOUT.
SECOND DESIGN FOR PARTICIPATION, ACCESSIBILITY AND JUST PHYSICAL ACCESS.
IT INCLUDES SENSORY NEEDS, COMMUNICATION, AND TECHNOLOGY.
AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE ADA A POINT, UH, MANY ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN GOVERNMENT, LARGER ORGANIZATIONS, FIND THEMSELVES STRICTLY LOOKING AT JUST A DA PHYSICAL ACCOMMODATIONS WITHOUT EXPANDING THAT TO A BE BEYOND INTO COMMUNICATION.
AND THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIG, UH, COMPONENTS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS COMMUNICATION.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME.
AND, UH, SPEAKING FROM SOMEONE WORKS IN THE GOVERNMENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T ALWAYS DO WELL.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'RE STRIVING TO DO.
THIRD, CONNECT EXISTING RESOURCES.
WE HAVE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE EASIER FOR RESIDENTS TO FIND FOURTH, LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE, LOOK AT WHAT WORKS, EVALUATE OTHER EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, AND LEARN FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, OTHER CITIES, OTHER GOVERNMENTS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WELL WITH THEIR JOB FAIR, THAT THERE WAS MANY, MANY DIFFERENT EXAMPLES.
I REMEMBER ONE IN RICHARDSON, UH, RELATED TO THEIR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING FOR A, FOR A SENSORY FRIENDLY TYPE, UH, ACTIVITIES.
SO THERE'S JUST THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF THINGS WE CAN DO IS JUST BEYOND, I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE 29 ON OUR, OUR, IT JUST OVERWHELMS ME, BUT WE CAN PROBABLY DOUBLE THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, TURN DISCUSSION INTO STANDARDS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF JUST DISCUSSION.
UH, WHEN THE SAME ISSUE CONTINUES TO COME UP, THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO TURN THOSE INTO CHECKLISTS, EXPECTATIONS OR UH, MEASURABLE FOLLOW UPS.
SO YEAH, BACK TO WHAT, TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE DATA, UNDERSTANDING WHAT, WHAT THE CITY IS.
AND SO THOSE ARE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.
SO REALLY WHAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST EIGHT MEETINGS IS KIND OF FALLS INTO ONE OF THOSE FIVE THINGS.
AND I PROBABLY WILL JUST PAUSE HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT I HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING TO COMMUNICATE TO CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS JUST FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, BUT REALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING, I'VE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A FIRE HOSE, BUT THEY ALL KIND OF FIT IN ONE OF THOSE FIVE, FIVE COMPONENTS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
I MEAN, I, I SEE A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT IN, IN THE YEAR BASICALLY CAPTIONS IN THE LIBRARIES AND A DISCUSSION ABOUT RESOURCE GUIDE.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE MODEL OF THIS COMMITTEE IS THAT WE DISCUSS HERE AND THEN WE FORMULATE A PLAN THAT WE THEN PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL AND THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE REINS AND VOTE AND FIND STRUCTURE AND FINANCES FOR.
AND SO WE ARE NOT, WE'RE THE IDEA PEOPLE.
AND SO THIS NEXT YEAR IS WHEN WE WORK ON THE PLAN.
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SURE.UM, YEAH, I, I THINK THAT'S THE PLAN.
MATTHEW HAD MADE A RECOMMENDATION OR SUGGESTION, WHICH I ALLOWED.
WE, WE DIDN'T CREATE SUBCOMMITTEES.
SOME OF US HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND DO THE FOOTWORK.
WE'RE ALL BUSY, ALL, BUT THAT'S AN EXCUSE I GOT.
I'M BUSY AS ANYBODY ELSE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M READY TO DO MY PART.
WHEN AMANDA SAYS THAT SMALL COMMITTEES, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAPPEN? I'M GOOD TO GO.
BUT SHE'S THE CHAIR AND, AND I WAIT TILL SHE MAKE THAT CALL.
AND WE STARTED WITH JUST ALL INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS WILLING TO COME TOGETHER AND HELP THE CITY OF GARLAND BE RECOGNIZED AS A COMMUNITY, ULTIMATELY BE A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS ALL ABILITIES.
SO WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE VERY GROUND OF THE, WE'RE BUILDING THE FOUNDATION STILL.
AND I FEEL LIKE, 'CAUSE I MEAN THERE WERE TWO MONTHS THAT I WASN'T ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, OR MAYBE, NO, THERE WAS ONE.
I REALIZED I MISSED AUGUST, DIDN'T REALIZE I MISSED AUGUST, BUT I DON'T THINK I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE IN AUGUST.
UM, BUT I FEEL LIKE MATT MENTIONED WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN EIGHT MONTHS OR EIGHT MEETINGS.
I FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, FOR THEM WE'VE BEEN VOMITING ALL THESE THINGS TO THEM AND THEY'RE STEP, THE CITY IS STEPPING UP.
THEY ARE, UM, GETTING RESOURCES AND GETTING PEOPLE TO US TO KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE.
'CAUSE I MEAN, I'VE BEEN IN GARLAND SINCE 91.
BUT NOT ONLY GARLAND, BUT I HAD NO IDEA ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND OUT THERE.
AND SO THAT'S, I THINK WHAT WE ARE REALIZING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE SETTING, WE'VE GOTTA GIVE THIS, WE'VE GOTTA COMMUNICATE BETTER.
SO I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE MEETINGS WHERE WE GET INFORMATION AND THEN WE MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND YOU GO BACK AND TRY AND IMPLEMENT THOSE? OR ARE WE WORKING TOWARDS LIKE PUTTING TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
I GUESS I I WE'RE STILL IN VERY MUCH IN THAT INFORMATION GATHERING PHASE OR WE HAVE BEEN, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU SAY EIGHT MONTHS, BUT EIGHT MEETINGS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ABOUT EIGHT HOURS OF GATHERING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
UM, AND TO TOMMY'S POINT, UM, I THINK GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO SET GOALS FOR EACH OF US OF WHAT THOSE COMMITMENTS, THE TIME COMMITMENT WILL LOOK LIKE ON SUBCOMMITTEES AND WHATNOT.
UM, BUT, UH, I, I MEAN I HEAR YOU.
I ALSO KNOW WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT IT'S THE, THE TYPE OF CHANGE IN GROWTH THAT WE ARE WANTING AND AND SPEAKING ABOUT WILL TAKE SOME, SOME TIME AND NATION FOR SURE.
UM, AND YOU MAY ASK FOR THIS AND GET THIS RIGHT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T ASK FOR THIS, YOU WON'T GET THIS
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THE PLAN IS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IF YOU WERE HERE FROM DAY ONE, CAN YOU IMAGINE ALL OF FEELING LIKE YOU'RE FEELING JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN, RIGHT.
BELIEVE ME, I WALKED DOWN HERE AND SAID, WHAT ARE WE DOING? BUT I GET A BETTER, THE MORE MEETINGS ATTEND, THE MORE INFORMATION.
AND YOU, THE CITY VISIT, NOT LIKE MATTHEW'S JOB TO GO AND DO THAT.
BUT ONCE HE FORMED HIS COMMITTEES, I'M GOOD TO GO WITH.
I THINK WE WERE ALSO, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS GOING INTO, UH, THIS EARLY IN YEAR THAT WE WOULD PAID NEARLY HALF OF OUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR COUNCILMEN.
AND UM, SO WE LOST FOUR, FOUR PEOPLE OUT OF THE INITIAL COMMITTEE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER.
AND SO COMING BACK FROM THAT ONE'S BEEN REAPPOINTED, BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD TURNOVER.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE IN THE NEW YEAR LIKE IT WAS THIS YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR TERM, BUT I KNOW THAT CAN COME.
UH, COUNCILMAN MOORE ASKED ME IF I'D BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
HE CLEARLY SAYS, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COMMITMENT FOR TWO YEARS IF YOU CAN DO IT.
OOD, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CHANGE IS GOOD FOR THAT'S TRUE.
I ATTEND A LOT OF TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
I'VE NEVER, NEVER, NEVER SEEN THEM.
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COMMIT A SMALL FRACTION OF TIME OR A PERCENTAGE OF THAT MEETING TO MENTION SOME OF WHAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER AT THESE MEETING.I THINK IF THEY DEDICATED SOME OF THIS MEETINGS, HOW MANY TOWN HALLS THEY HAVE A YEAR? THREE, FOUR.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THEY DEDICATE A SMALL PERCENTAGE? I KNOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH THE CORRECT AND THE COMPLAINTS OF THE COMMITTEE, BUT THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY.
BUT IF THE COMMUNITY DON'T KNOW, AND EVERY EVERY COMMITTEE I CAN PROMISE YOU HAS SOMEONE, THEY CAN USE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, IT'D BE GREAT FOR THEM TO MAKE A COMMITMENT WITHIN THEMSELVES TO SPIN A SMALL FRACTION AND TALK ABOUT THIS KIND, EDUCATE THE COMMITTEE.
SO POSITIVE IT MIGHT THE CONVERSATION A BIT.
LET'S TELL START WITH THE POSITIVE.
CAN WE ADD TO THE IN NOVEMBER AGENDA TO SET GOALS FOR 2027 SPECIFICALLY FOR SPECIFICITIES? HEY, DINNER.
LET'S, LET'S GET, CAN WE, LET'S, UH, CLOSE THIS ITEM AND THEN WE MOVE TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. CAN WE DO THAT? YEAH.
SO MAKING SURE I FOLLOW COURTNEY'S RULES, NOT ROBERT'S
UH, THE LAST SLIDE, JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ON DECK AS FAR AS INFORMATIONAL TYPE OF THINGS.
SO PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS WILL BE HERE AT THE NEXT MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
UH, WE HAVE FIRE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER AND THEN OUR BUDDY LEAVE IN JANUARY.
SO AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SCHEDULED INTERNAL STAFF, MUCH LIKE WHAT JUST HAPPENED TONIGHT TO COME AND PRESENT ON THEIR SPECIFIC AREA.
SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM PUBLIC IMMEDIATE RELATIONS SHOULD BE A BIG ONE.
'CAUSE A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS COMMUNICATION.
SO THEY'LL BE HERE IN NOVEMBER.
UH, FIRE WILL BE HERE IN UH, DECEMBER.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR BUDDY LEE FROM OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, IN JANUARY.
BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST THE INFORMATIONAL THEN JAR, I'LL LET YOU CLOSE THIS SECTION AND WE CAN, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ON THE, UH, THIS LOOKS GREAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SUGGESTED EDITS.
ARE YOU OPEN TO THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK IT WAS, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO.
UM, I MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTS OR ORGANIZATIONS, WE COULD CONTINUE AT THIS PACE OF HAVING AN IDENTIFIED SPEAKER OR WE COULD ALSO EACH IDENTIFY SOMETHING THAT WE DO OUR OWN LITTLE PRESENTATION ON.
AND WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOCK THROUGH, UM, AT LEAST SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU, YOU MAY HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE OR KNOWLEDGE OF THAN I DO.
SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER GREAT, UM, THING TO ADD TO SETTING PRESENTATION, LIGHTING, ALL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
PRETTY GOOD AT COVERING MY, WHEN I HAD THE DOCK, YOU OPENED THE DOOR.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL ADJOURN UNTIL NOVEMBER.