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HOPEFULLY EVERYONE IS DOING WELL ON THIS AMAZING THURSDAY FALL EVENING.
UH, IT IS NOW 6:01 PM AND WE WILL CALL TO ORDER, UH, THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MEETING IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM HERE.
UH, AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, CONVENE AT 6 0 1.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE OUR MINUTES FROM OUR SEPTEMBER 17TH MEETING.
SO IF WE COULD TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THOSE AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ONCE YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY.
I AGREE THAT WE APPROVE THOSE AS WRITTEN.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. KIMBERLY AND A SECOND BY MS. MARIA.
ANY OBJECTIONS, UH, OR ANY COMMENTS? IF NOT, MAY I HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SIGN OF? I AGREE.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM, OR THE THIRD ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SEEING THAT WE HAVE NO ONE HERE FROM A PUBLIC COMMENTS PERSPECTIVE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS COMMISSION REPORTS, UPDATES, STAFF UPDATES, PAST AND FUTURE.
UM, SO IF ANYONE HAS ATTENDED ANY EVENTS, ANY, UM, CEREMONIES THROUGHOUT THE LAST MONTH SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN TOGETHER, UM, CAN YOU SHARE, UH, WHAT YOU'VE ATTENDED AND ANY TAKEAWAYS THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE, UM, FOR THIS COMMISSION? I, I ATTENDED THE FALL FIRST LAST SATURDAY.
UH, AND DID THE, UH, GARLAND GUZZLER RUN? SO I, I WAS REALLY INVOLVED WITH THAT.
I, I DIDN'T REALLY GO WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, OF THE CMC, BUT, UH, ANYWAYS, IT WAS A FUN EVENT.
I MEAN, WE COULDN'T HAD A TABLE THERE.
THERE WERE, THERE WAS A HUGE LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
IT WAS A REALLY BIG TURN ISSUE.
SO, HEARING THAT, WOULD THERE BE VALUE THEN IN US CONSIDERING THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, ADD TO A FUTURE PLANNING? I KNOW THAT OPPORTUNITY DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR US TO GET INTO DETAIL NOW, BUT IF WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S, UM, POTENTIAL FOR A TABLE NEXT YEAR, I THINK WE SHOULD BRING THAT BACK AND HAVE FUTURE DISCUSSION.
THERE'S A CAPTURED AUDIENCE, SO I GUESS THAT'LL BE A GOOD THANK.
WE'LL MAKE, WE'LL MAKE A NOTE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S MATTHEW PLAYED, REMEMBER? OH YEAH, I DO REMEMBER.
OH, I WAS WORKING THE, UM, PROP A TABLE.
UM, STILL, I GUESS THE EARLY VOTING STARTS MONDAY 19TH AND, UM, SO I'VE JUST BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, PUTTING SIGNS OUT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND AS FAR AS, UH, I THINK THEY STILL A FEW MEETINGS YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE CITY.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE DIRECT CENTERS COMING UP.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATES, BUT I THINK THERE'S TWO OR THREE MORE OF 'EM FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE, UH, GET MORE INFORMATION ON IT.
SO THERE ARE SIGNS ALL OVER TOWN, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW TO VOTE.
I I'M WONDER ABOUT HOW, HOW THAT COULD BE.
AND HAND OUT IS ON YOUR UTILITY BILLS.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE PRINT COPY OF THE FLYERS BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN VIETNAMESE.
I BELIEVE THAT THE PACK COMMITTEE PRINT OUT THOUSANDS OF THEM.
AND THAT WOULD BE GIVEN OUT THIS WEEKEND AT THE FESTIVAL AND THEN ALSO ON SUNDAY, RIGHT AFTER THE FESTIVAL, WE HAVE THE PERMISSION TO BE AT ONE OF THE PICKIEST CATHOLIC CHURCH.
THEY HAVE THOUSANDS OF CATHOLIC GOERS.
UH, FORMER GUARD COMMUNICATION.
MYSELF AND FORMER MAYOR SCOTLAND MAY.
AND COUNCIL JIMMY TR WILL BE THERE FROM
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NINE O'CLOCK UNTIL TWO ON SUNDAY.AND WHAT IS THE LOCATION AGAIN? IF YOU COULD, UH, SHARE FOR ANYONE THAT LISTENING TO THE RECORDING? UM, THE LOCATION, UH, THE, I HAVE TO LOOK AT, LOOK UP 'CAUSE JIMMY SENT IT TO ME THIS AFTERNOON AFTER WE GET THE APPROVAL, UM, FOR THE CHURCH.
SO WE WILL BE THERE ABOUT NINE, NINE O'CLOCK UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK TO GIVE OUT INFORMATION.
WE ARE NOT TELLING PEOPLE WHO TO VOTE, WHO TO VOTE FOR.
WE JUST GIVE THEM AN IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN THEY GO TO THE VOTING POLL.
IF THEY ARE LIMITED IN ENGLISH, THEY CAN HIT THE BUTTON, SAY VIETNAMESE AND WE HAVE THE, UH, THE SAMPLE TO SHOW THEM WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
EVERYTHING IS READY AND IT WILL BE THERE TOMORROW AT THE FESTIVAL.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ITEMS? NO.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO SAFETY FEST, BUT THEY CANCELED IT.
SO GO TO THE WEATHER, RIGHT? YEAH, I UH, WE WERE READY.
I ACTUALLY HAD, UM, I HAD MET WITH AN AND PULLED ALL OF THE ITEMS, UM, FOR THE SAFETY FEST EVENT.
SO THEY ARE STILL AT MY HOME AND DO BRING THEM BACK FOR THE NEXT EVENT OR KEEP THEM FOR THE NEXT EVENT EITHER WAY.
ALL OF THE ITEMS LOOK AMAZING.
UM, SO WE ARE READY FOR THE NEXT EVENT.
ALL WE NEED TO DO IS JUST GET THE ITEMS TO WHO THEY NEED TO GO TO NEXT.
SO IT WAS DEFINITELY, UH, SAD TO SEE SAFETY FEST GET CANCELED.
I KNOW THAT THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD MADE A PRETTY LARGE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN GETTING READY FOR SAFETY FEST.
THEY NEED TO HAVE A RAIN DATE.
DID THEY RESCHEDULE THAT? WELL, IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESCHEDULE AT THAT MOMENT 'CAUSE I THINK THEY HAD SOME THINGS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR THAT DATE.
UM, BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW, UM, WHAT THEY PLANNED, HOW THEY INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY TO BRING ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT TO THAT POINT, UH, I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY AND REALLY JUST, UM, WANT TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE TO LEARN FROM OUR FIREFIGHTERS, FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF THAT DEPARTMENT, HOW THEY REALLY SHOW UP FOR GARLAND IN TIMES OF NEED.
UM, GETTING TO PUT ON THE GEAR.
SO AS PART OF THE ACADEMY, YOU ACTUALLY GET FITTED FOR YOUR GEAR THE APPROPRIATE SIZE AND MOST DAYS THEN NOT YOU'RE IN THAT GEAR SO THAT YOU GET THAT REALISTIC EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN THEY'RE BATTLING FIGHTERS OR OTHER TRAUMAS AND THINGS AND THEY HAVE TO GEAR UP.
IT'S ABOUT 90 ADDITIONAL POUNDS.
MERRILL CAN SPEAK TO THAT MORE SO THAN I CAN.
BUT THEN, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DID AS WELL, UM, IS THEY DID DO SOME CPR TRAINING, UH, DURING ONE OF OUR, UH, PRIOR SESSIONS AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ARE WE LEARNING, BUT WE'RE GETTING HANDS ON.
WE AS CITIZENS ARE GETTING TO LEARN HOW TO HELP AND ASSIST AND AID IN LIFESAVING TECHNIQUES.
SO IT HAD BEEN A WHILE FOR ME, SO IT WAS A GREAT REFRESHER AND NEW TO SOME OTHERS.
UM, SO JUST TO SEE THEIR COMMITMENT AND THEIR PASSION IS, UH, REALLY, UH, OUTSTANDING.
AND HE JUST HAPPENED TO GET VIDEO WITH THE CHIEF'S UNIFORM.
THAT'S A LIKE UNIFORM, RIGHT? THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED, I USUALLY IS FIREFIGHTER ON WHAT US NAVY S**T ON A CARRIER.
ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SPRAY, YOU HAVE TO EXTRACT THEM UP.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER OH, YOU SO WELL, AND I HAVE TWO PATHS, EVENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WALK BACK TO THE BOARD ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, MAYOR PATRICK, COUNCIL DUTTON, COUNCIL THOMAS AND MYSELF ATTENDED A GROUNDBREAKING AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST TEMPLE BUDDHIST TEMPLE DOWN THE STREET.
IT'S NEW TO ME, BUT WE ALL DID IT REALLY,
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REALLY WELL.AND THEN ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 10TH, WE ATTENDED ANOTHER 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE TEMPLE DOWN THE STREET AT TWO 10 KD STREET.
SO THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, AND SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBER WERE THERE AND STAY.
AND BURTON AND BEST OFF ALL IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY POLICE OFFICERS, GHANA AND PD ATTEND AND COME UP TO THE STAGE BECAUSE IN ASIAN, AS YOU ARE AWARE OF, WE, SO, WE ARE SO AFRAID, WE STILL ARE SOMETIMES AFRAID OF THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY CAN STOP YOU, PULL YOU ASIDE AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM MONEY.
BUT HERE IN THE US WE AS AN ASIAN, WE, WE, WE COMBINE VIETNAMESE, LA, OCEAN, CAMBODIAN, SOME CHINESE, ANYBODY AT ALL.
WE, WE STILL AFRAID OF THE POLICE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND WE DID SO WELL IN PROMOTING THE UPCOMING CITY OF GOLAND ELECTION CITY MANAGER.
I ASKED HIM BEFORE WE SPOKE, WHILE WE WERE ON STAGE, I TURNED AROUND ASK HIM, HE SAID, APP FOR US TO PROMOTE UPCOMING ELECTION.
AND HE SAY, YES, THIS IS A PRIVATE EVENT, NOT CITY EVENT.
SO YOU CAN DO WHATEVER EVER YOU WANT.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU VOTE YES.
AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU JUST KNOW EVERYBODY JUMP UP WITH JOYS AND THEY SAY VOTE FOR, FOR THE PROPOSITION A AND IT'S OVERWHELMING.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE THERE AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO PROMOTE OUR CITY AN UPCOMING ELECTION.
SO WHERE IS THE NEW BUDDHIST TEMPLE? IT'S NOT, IT IS NOT NEW.
THE ONE DOWN NEXT TO CITY HALL IS TWO 10 K STREET UHHUH THE GROUNDBREAKING, THE ONE IS THE GROUNDBREAKING.
THE GROUNDBREAKING IS NEARBY WINTER SPOT.
SO IT'S, YOU SEE THE BIGGEST ONE.
AND WE WILL COME BACK, WE WILL COME MAYBE AFTER THE FESTIVAL, AFTER THE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PROMOTION.
WE WILL COME BACK TO THE TEMPLE, UH, NEARBY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE, WHAT NEED TO BE DONE, IF THEY NEED A TRANSLATOR, THAT SORT OF THING.
YOU SEE WHAT? THANK YOU JENNIFER.
UH, THE OTHER UPDATE THAT I WOULD PROVIDE IS ON SEPTEMBER THE 19TH, MYSELF, MS. KIM LANE, UH, MR. MURLE, MR. CHARLES, UH, GLENNA, WHO, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE, SHE'S STILL A CNC AS WELL AS KHAW MM-HMM
ALL DID REPRESENT AT THE NAACP FREEDOM FUND BANQUET.
I DO HAVE, I, I'M NOT SURE IF I SHARED THIS, BUT I DID PUT TOGETHER AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING.
UM, THERE WAS, UH, SEVERAL KEY NOTES THAT WE HAD.
YOU KNOW, AND I'LL SAY THAT THE THEMES THAT WE HAD WAS, YOU KNOW, MERELY HOLDING ON IS REALLY NOT AN OPTION THAT IN WHATEVER, UM, OPPORTUNITY OR SPACE WE ARE OPERATING, WE HAVE TO REMAIN VIGILANT, USE OUR PROUDNESS, AND CONVERT RESILIENCE INTO PROGRESS.
UM, AND WE HAD A SPEAKER, MR. CHARLES O'NEILL, WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS COMMERCE AND THE BOARD CHAIRMAN OF THE US BLACK CHAMBER AS WELL.
AND HE STRESSED SOME REALLY KEY FACTS THAT, UH, 17 HOUSE MEMBERS REPRESENT TEXAS', 5 MILLION AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS WITHIN A POPULATION OF 30 MILLION.
SO WITH THAT, HE IS SPENDING ABOUT 80% OF HIS TIME ENGAGING IN STATE LEGISLATION, ADVOCACY, DEFENDING BATTLES TO PROTECT OVER 350,000 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
'CAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT HOW LEGISLATION AND FUNDING IS GETTING PULLED FROM A LOT OF THOSE MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES FROM RESTRICTIVE BILLS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
HE ALSO COMMENDED REPRESENTATIVE BOWERS FOR BEING ON THE FRONT LINE OF THAT LEGISLATION AS WELL.
UM, AND ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT HE LEFT US WITH AS I CLOSED CITING LANGSTON
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HUGHES.I TOO, HE AFFIRMED THAT THE TACTICAL PRESERVATION TRANSITIONS FROM DEMANDING A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO ASSERTING OUR RIGHTFUL CIVIC BELONGING.
THEY HONORED COUNCILMAN BJ WILLIAMS HONORING HIS 12 YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS 15 YEARS AS THE NAACP PRESIDENTS.
UM, THEY HAD AN EDUCATORS AWARD, ENTREPRENEURS AWARD, BRIDGE BUILDERS, AWARD PRESIDENT'S AWARD.
AND THEY HAD SEVERAL, UH, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES.
UM, ONE WAS, UM, THE HONORABLE MRS. UH, LINDA LORRAINE GRIFFIN, LONGSTANDING GARLAND ISD TRUSTEE, AS WELL AS MS. LILY SCRUGGS HOPKINS, UM, WHO WAS THE EMERITUS MEMBERSHIP CHAIR FOR 40 YEARS PLUS.
SO, UM, PRETTY POWERFUL EVENT.
AND THIS
YOU KNOW, ALSO THAT THE FREEDOM FUND, UH, BRUNCH IS ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UH, IT'S PHENOMENAL HOW THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PERFORMING.
NOT ONE OF THEM HAD LESS THAN A 4.5 GPA.
OF COURSE THE HIGHEST GPA WAS FROM OUR OWN HIGH SCHOOL DID MALS.
UM, BUT, UH, IT WAS OUTSTANDING.
AND ALSO LEWIS AND KAY MOORE WERE HONORED AS THE BRIDGE BUILDERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN SUCH WONDERFUL FRIENDS TO THE CITY AND TO EVERYONE AND IT'S, IT WAS JUST REALLY NICE TO SEE THEM BEING UP.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL ADD IS THAT WE DID ALSO HAVE AN INAUGURAL GARLAND ISD FIRST BLACK SUPERINTENDENT SCHOLARSHIP.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY FUNDED BY COUNCILMAN BJ WILLIAMS AND HIS WIFE.
SO, UM, THAT WAS A PRETTY GREAT HONOR TO HAVE THAT SCHOLARSHIP BEING PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME AS WELL.
UM, I DID GO TO SOMETHING THAT I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
I DID, I ATTENDED THE NAACP UM, CANDIDATES FORM.
OH, DID YOU? UH, COUPLE OF SATURDAYS AGO.
MY DAYS ARE ALL, UM, VERY, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
UM, MOST OF THE OPPONENTS OR NOT ALL THE CANDIDATES WERE THERE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS VERY, UM, INFORMATIVE.
UM, I KNOW NOVEMBER, OUR NOVEMBER MEETING IS THE SAME NIGHT AS THE DEAL BOARD INFORMATION.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER REPORT OUTS? GREAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SO ENGAGED MS. JENNIFER.
I, I FORGOT ON SATURDAY THE 10TH.
WE ALSO ATTEND THE RIBBON CURLING FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER SEVEN AT THE 1910 PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MY HOUSE.
YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE WE WE LOOKED FOR, EH? YEAH.
THIS FIRE STATIONS ARE GORGEOUS.
WE NEED TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM.
I HAVE NOT NOTICED THE ONE THAT'S GOING TOWARD DAIRY ON M AND D.
IS IT? YEAH, THAT'S, AND IT IS ON MY MEALS ON WHEELS DELIVERY ROUTE.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS BIG THING? THEY, IT IS LIKE GORGEOUS.
WELL LOOK, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR BEING ACTIVE AND BEING PRESENT AROUND SO MANY THINGS AT THE CITY.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY AS WE'RE THERE, THE ONLY POINT OF ENCOURAGEMENT THAT I WOULD MAKE IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU ARE THERE AS A REGULAR CITIZEN, MR. CHARLES, I HEARD YOU SAY YOU'RE ALWAYS REPRESENTING CMC.
UM, SO IF YOU SEE ANYONE MAKE THE CONNECTION, ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD DIALOGUE AT OUR TABLE.
I WAS ABLE TO SHARE ABSOLUTELY ACTUALLY OUR QR CODE, UM, WITH ONE OF THE ATTENDEES THAT WAS AT THE TABLE THAT WE ALL SET IT AS I WAS ASKING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.
THEY HAD A CONCERN THAT THEY HAD CALLED ABOUT AND WANTED TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL EYES AND ATTENTION TO A SITUATION IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD SOME BREAK-INS AND THINGS.
AND SO I WAS ABLE TO SHARE THAT, GET THEM CONNECTED SO THAT THEY COULD GET THEIR REQUEST AND GET THE LINK FOR THE CITY.
SO KEEP THAT QR CODE, KEEP YOUR BUSINESS CARDS WHEN WE ARE THERE.
LET'S NOT JUST ATTEND, LET'S ASK PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.
HOW'S THINGS GOING IN GARDENING FOR YOU? ARE YOU ENJOYING YOURSELF? IS
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THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW COULD MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE BETTER? AND HAD I NOT ASKED THAT QUESTION, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THOSE FOLKS.UM, SO WE NOW THE PICTURE, OH YES, WE DID TAKE A, A AMAZING PHOTO.
SO CAN THAT IT'S IN THE REPORT.
I THOUGHT I MAYBE SENT IT TO ANGIE.
IF NOT, I WILL SEND IT TO HER.
BUT I DID DO AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FROM THE REPORT OUT.
WELL REAL QUICK, UH, BEFORE JUST GOT A COUPLE OF STAFF UPDATES.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, WHERE WE GET, WE GOT JENNIFER A GETWELL UH OH YES.
SO HOPE WE COME BETTER WITH YOU.
EVERYONE, THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CARD I EVER SEEN.
ANSWERED A GREAT JOB PICKING THAT OUT.
BUT ANYONE WITH THE LOVE AND SUPPORT, I WILL KEEP ON FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE.
YOU WILL SEND ME AROUND FOR YEARS.
WE'VE GOT MR. ALEXANDER ALSO A SYMPATHY CARD FOR HIS RECENT LAWS.
UM, UH, WE DID REACH OUT TO, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE PLANNING AND THEY, THEY WANT TO COME TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS AT SOME POINT, BUT THEY COULDN'T MAKE THIS MEETING OBVIOUSLY.
BUT WE ARE GONNA GET THEM SCHEDULED AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, BUT THEY'RE MORE THAN, UH, THEY'RE VERY HAPPY TO COME SPEAK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT HOW THE CITY BRINGS THEM DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT FACTORS THAT THAT GOES INTO.
SO, UH, REMINDER ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL COMING UP.
WE HAVE, UH, VOLUNTEERS, UH, CJ, COREY, AND MS. BANKS.
YOU GUYS STILL PLANNING TO I CAN'T DO IT ON SATURDAY.
I CAN DO SATURDAY CAN YOU? ALRIGHT.
YEAH, I WAS GOING BRING OTHER FOLKS.
YEAH, WE, WE HAVE, JENNIFER CAN BRING A HUNDRED PEOPLE MORE THAN WELCOME CHILDREN AS WELL.
HE, HE, UH, EMAILED US EARLIER.
YOU COULDN'T MAKE THE MEETING, BUT HE'S GONNA BE AT THE EVENT OKAY.
SO HE'LL STILL BE THERE TO HELP.
MAKE SURE THEY COME, THEY COME TO THE VIP AREA BY THE STAGE.
AND LOOK FOR ME SO WE WE CAN TAKE GOOD JOB.
BECAUSE YOU WANTED US TO VOLUNTEER SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO POINT EVERYONE WHERE YOU NEED THEM.
WHAT YOUR LAST, AND I'M SORRY I CAN'T BE THERE.
SO BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS FROM FIVE TO 10.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY CAN STAY THE ENTIRE TIME.
I AM PLANNING TO STAY THE ENTIRE TIME.
AS LONG AS YOU NEED ME BOTH DAYS.
UM, AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS ABLE TO ATTEND SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE SHOW MR. JENNIFER SOME SUPPORT.
I DON'T REALLY BE YOU WANT US TO, BUT YOU CAN BE THERE BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK.
I WILL SEND OUT A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE VOLUNTEER.
IF YOU WANNA SEND IT TO ME, WE'LL GET IT TO THE BOARD, SEND IT TO YOU.
TELL RIGHT NOW WE NEED AFTER SEVEN 30 ON SATURDAY, I CAN BE THERE, BUT THE THING I HAVE TO GO TO IS FIVE 30 TO SEVEN.
SO BE, I'LL BE ING AROUND MONDAY, SEVEN 30.
BECAUSE WE WILL BE THERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
YOUR CC SHIRTS IF YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE.
SO YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE A TABLE, A BOOK, ANYTHING WITH THE CMC TABLECLOTH.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE OPTED NOT TOO MUCH, JENNIFER, ONLY BECAUSE I THINK, UM, UH, CITY STAFF O AND SHARED THAT THE REQUEST WAS REALLY FOR VOLUNTEERS LABOR, LABOR HANDS TO HELP VOLUNTEER FOR THE EVENTS AND STUFF.
SO WE REALLY WANTED TO COME AND BE HANDS ON AND TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU VERSUS JUST THERE WITH THE TABLE.
SO WE WANTED TO COME AND PARTICIPATE.
IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
FINALLY WHAT I WANT TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT, DID YOU GUYS GET ALL THE, THE INVITE FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE? YES.
ABOUT THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEE? DID EVERYONE GET ONE? YES.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS, DID YOU GET ONE? YEAH.
BUT IF YOU GUYS, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT YOU GUYS TO ATTEND, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO BRING SOMEBODY, UH, LET US KNOW.
'CAUSE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS THEY WANNA RESERVE TABLES.
SO EVERYONE CAN SIT TOGETHER, BUT THEY WANT A GOOD A COUNT.
SO, UM, IF YOU GUYS CAN GET THAT TO, TO ANGELA AND I PRETTY QUICKLY WITH YOUR ATTENDANCE, IT'S MY EMAIL.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE BRINGING ANYBODY AND LET US KNOW, THAT WAY THEY CAN SET ASIDE, YOU KNOW, SPACES AT TABLES FOR YOU GUYS.
YOU GUYS CAN ALL SIT TOGETHER.
SO I ALREADY REPEAT TO HERE, BUT ALSO LET YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT CAME AFTER THE FACT.
THEY WANTED TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER SIT TOGETHER.
UM, BUT THEY WANTED US TO KIND OF TALK TO THE BOARD PERSONALLY AND SAY, HEY, LET US KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU'RE BRINGING SO WE CAN MAKE THE ARRANGEMENT FOR TABLES.
I WANT A COUPLE INTRODUCTIONS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, MCKAYLA BUTLER.
MCKAYLA, SHE'S OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPERVISOR.
JULIE PROMOTED CUSTOMER SUPERVISOR SANITATION.
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US AS AN INTERN.UH, FOUR YEARS AGO SHE WAS DOING RECYCLING, UH, CART AUDITS WITH OUR OUTREACH PERSON, MICHELLE STUYVESANT.
AND WE JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO GET HER ON BOARD FULL TIME.
AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING HER WAY UP THE RENT SINCE AND SHE RECENTLY GOT PROMOTED.
BUT SHE STILL LOOK LIKE IT'S DON'T LET, DON'T LET HER USE.
SHE, SHE, SHE'S GOT SOME IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS.
AND I WANT TO, UH, INTRODUCE YOU GUYS TO MR. ROBERT RA.
AS SOON AS HE FINISHES HIS PAPERWORK, IT'LL BE PART OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSION AS SOON AS HE GETS DONE WITH THIS TRAINING.
SO HE'LL BE JOINING US AT THE NEXT MEETING.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO, UH, TO HAVE YOU WITH US AND, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO YOU GET HERE NEXT MEETING.
I'M SO USED TO CALLING YOU COUNCIL
I COUNCILMAN I STILL CALL HIM COUNCIL WHEN I TALK TO MS. WALKER.
SO WITH THAT WE THINK YOU GOT FROM, OH, OKAY.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION OF EITHER RESCHEDULING OR CANCELING OUR MEETING MEETING IN NOVEMBER SINCE IT DOES OVERLAP WITH, UM, THE RECOGNITION, UH, EVENING.
AND SO I THINK, UH, YOU SAID THAT THERE COULD BE SOME SCHEDULING COMPLICATIONS WITH ROOM AVAILABILITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO I GUESS MAYBE WHAT I WOULD ASK IS ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS GIVEN THAT WE DO ALREADY HAVE A COMMITMENT THAT DAY? I WOULD REALLY HATE TO, TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS TO YOUR CALENDARS.
UM, ANY OBJECTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH US CANCELING OUR NOVEMBER MEETING AND RECONVENING IN DECEMBER? ONLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE A SHORT MEETING BEFORE THE DINNER IN THE PAST.
SO I THINK IT'S BETTER TO EITHER CANCEL OR RESCHEDULE.
AND, AND TO Y'ALL'S POINT, I WILL MAKE SURE, I'LL LET THE ORGANIZERS KNOW THAT THIS MEETING IS ALWAYS SCHEDULED ON ONE OF ALLALL MEETING STATES.
SO I'LL SEE IF THEY CAN MOVE THAT AROUND.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, IN DECEMBER, I KNOW WE USUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE, I BELIEVE.
AND UM, SO JUST IF THEIR INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY TRY TO GET TOGETHER AND, AND DO SOMETHING I THINK AS A, AS A BOARD TO CELEBRATE SO WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE DINNER.
I MEAN THE, THE, THE RISK OF A QUORUM FOR EVERY COMMISSION IS AT THE DINNER, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT OZ I THINK I SKIPPED AHEAD OF FUTURE PLANNING WHERE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT OUR CALENDAR.
UM, SO ONE, ARE WE OKAY WITH CANCELING? THEORETICALLY WHAT I'LL SAY IS LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE CALENDAR.
LET'S GO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO GET TOGETHER AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND SETTLE IN ON IF IT'S OKAY FOR US TO CANCEL.
ALRIGHT, LOOKING AT THE REMAINDER OF OCTOBER, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS ON OUR CALENDAR.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. UM, CAN WE PULL OUT OUR CALENDARS THAT'S IN THE PACKET? AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND, CAN YOU PLEASE LET US KNOW? UM, BY SCANNING THE CALENDAR IF YOU HAVE YOUR CALENDARS WITH YOU, UM, EVEN IF IT IS TENTATIVE, JUST SO WE CAN TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT SOME COVERAGE.
SO WE HAVE OFTEN SUPPORTED THE DEAL
I MEAN, I'LL BE A REALLY SPEARHEADED THAT ALWAYS WITH THE SHRINE AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND MEET AND GREET AND IT'S USUALLY, I'M NOT SURE IT, IS IT AT THE, THE IT IS, UH, I THINK IT'S DOWNTOWN ON SQUARE, RIGHT? OH, IS IT? I'M SURE IT SAYS, IT SAYS DOWNTOWN VIEW.
UM, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF.
WHAT I'LL ASK IS, ARE THERE TABLES OR VENDORS HERE, OZ, THAT YOU KNOW OF? AND ARE WE TOO, DO WE WANT A TABLE AND ARE WE WITHIN THE WINDOW TO EVEN REQUEST A TABLE? IF WE WANTED ONE, I WOULD'VE TO ASK.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SHRINE? I'M SAYING SHRINE, BUT IT HAS A NAME.
PEOPLE THAT ARE, HAVE THOSE ON DISPLAY WITH, YOU KNOW, THE LOVED ONES WHO I DON'T REMEMBER US HAVING A, WELL, MAYBE WE DID HAVE A TABLE HOME.
WE ALL, WE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE SHRINE.
WE HELPED SET UP AND EVERYTHING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE
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HAVE A TABLE.I DON'T THINK WE DID, BUT I DON'T THINK WE DID.
SO WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN FIRST OF ALL SEE IF THERE'S AVAILABILITY AND IF THERE IS I CAN SEND YOU GUYS AN EMAIL AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THEN WE CAN, WE CAN PASS I AM FREE ON THE 24TH.
AND THEN IF, TO YOUR POINT, MS. KIMBERLY, IF THERE ISN'T ROOM OR AVAILABILITY FOR A TABLE, IF THERE WAS SOME VOLUNTEERISM THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS DONE IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LET US KNOW THAT AS WELL AS IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEND ANY MANPOWER WOMAN POWER YEP.
NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, I CAN, I CAN DO THE, UH, SWEATER TOSS ON THE 24TH.
YEAH, I CAN DO I, YEAH, I CAN DO, WE HAD A TABLE THERE LAST I'M SURE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID IT, WE DID IT EVERY YEAR FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
WELL, ELVIA WASN'T HERE LAST YEAR THOUGH.
'CAUSE I, BECAUSE ME AND LYNN WORKED IT, WE DIDN'T, IT WASN'T A WHOLE LOT TO DO THERE.
ACCEPT CALL ALL AND HELP THEM SET UP.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT NEED HELP.
SO I WILL CHECK TO SEE ONE IF WE CAN STILL GET A TABLE IF THERE'S AVAILABILITY.
IF NOT, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR US TO GO AND LEND OUR SUPPORT, UH, THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM, UM, AND HELPING TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EVENT IS SUCCESSFUL.
CAN WE FLIP OVER TO NOVEMBER AND ANY ITEMS ON THE CALENDAR IN NOVEMBER? WE DO SEE THE BOARDS IN COMMISSION THERE IS ON THE 19TH.
I WOULD STRONGLY ASK, UM, AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF US PLEASE BE THERE.
THIS IS FOR US, FOR YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'RE SPENDING, UM, IN VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME AND TALENTS AND GIFTS TO THIS COMMISSION.
AND IT'S ALWAYS FUN THEME OR DCO, I DON'T KNOW, IS THE THEME IS THE COMEDY, COFFEE AND COMEDY.
AND THE, THE TIRE IS, UH, BUSINESS CASUAL.
BASEBALL CAN BE A COMEDIAN THAT'S PERFORMING HIS COMEDIAN SCOTCH THAT DAY.
WHERE'S THAT GONNA BE? AT? THE ATRIUM AT THE COOL.
UM, LOOKS LIKE NOVEMBER IS PRETTY LIGHT.
THERE IS ALSO THE CHRISTMAS AT THE PULLMAN.
WHAT IS THAT ON THE 28TH? I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THAT BEFORE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY? THIS IS THE LANDMARK MUSEUM WITH THE TRAIN.
AND YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES ON THE TRAIN.
I THINK THE HAVE A CONDUCTOR DRESSED UP LIKE, UM, SANTA AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PICTURES AND VISIT THE MUSEUM.
AND IS THIS IS AN EVENT TO GO AND PARTICIPATE AND NO, IT, IT IS MORE, THEY JUST HAVE IT SET UP FOR, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, TO GO THROUGH THE MUSEUM AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN THEIR OWN SET OF ON THAT BOARD.
SO NO NEED FOR US TO HAVE A TABLE THERE.
AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS AROUND THE CITY AND REALLY QUICKLY, UH, SKIPPING OVER TO DECEMBER, UH, CHRISTMAS ON CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE, SINCE WE MAY NOT BE HERE FOR, UM, OUR NOVEMBER MEETING LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE, WE DID NOT HAVE A TABLE.
WE ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED AND WE STUFFED, UM, PERSONAL HYGIENE PACKETS, UH, FOR SOME OF THE SHELTERS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO DISTRIBUTE THEM.
SO OZ, I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO CONSIST OF THIS YEAR AND OR WHAT THE ASK WILL BE, BUT WE GAVE OF OUR TIME AND TALENTS LAST YEAR.
UH, I WILL SAY YOU PICKED A BETTER APPROACH.
SO I, I DID THE TABLE THE YEAR BEFORE MM-HMM
AND WE JUST HAD VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S ABOUT 57 SQUARE IS A CELEBRATION.
YOU KNOW, SO THEY WORE IT LIKE ROAMING, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO COME VOLUNTEER.
UM, IF WE DO THAT GREEN, YOUR DOUBLE LAYERS OF CLOTHES.
AND IT HAD US IN THE CORRIDOR BACK THEN BETWEEN THOSE TWO BUILDINGS AND THE WIND WAS WHIPPING.
IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOD, THIS IS AWFUL.
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AND I, I MEAN, I THINK OUR SHAKES WERE ONLY AN HOUR.
I COULD, I COULD REACH OUT TO THE ORGANIZERS TO FIND OUT WHAT VOLUNTEERS OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN MAYBE IF WE COULD DO THAT ASYNCHRONOUS, UM, IF YOU COULD SEND THAT OUT TO US, IF WE DECIDE TO CANCEL AND THEN, UM, FOLKS CAN LET YOU AND ANGIE KNOW, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BE THERE.
AND THEN MAYBE WE SEND OUT A, A FINAL ONCE WE HAVE EVERYBODY, IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL SAY IS, UM, AM I ALLOWED US TO ASK ABOUT A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION NOW? SINCE WE MAY NOT MEET IN NOVEMBER? YOU CAN.
UH, AFTER OUR MEETING LAST DECEMBER, WE DID DO OUR, UM, BOARD CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION OR HOLIDAY SOCIAL.
UM, AND I WANTED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE INTERESTED IN DOING.
WE WENT TO, UH, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT THERE.
THEY SAW YOU GUYS IN THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE.
WE DID OUR, UM, OUR UH, CHRISTMAS GIFT EXCHANGE SWAPPED AND, UH, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE US DO THAT AGAIN IF YOU ALL ARE OPEN TO IT AND DO IT AFTER OUR MEETING.
SO I, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, I, WE SWITCH OUR PLACE AND GO TO THE AISLE.
WHERE IS THAT? OH, THE NEW PLACE.
WELL, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YEAH.
CAN YOU TAKE THE LEAD AND MAKE A RESERVATION FOR US? SURE.
I, I WENT THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER, UM, THE GUZZLER AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS REALLY NICE.
THE PRICES ARE REASONABLE AND YOU KNOW, THE SQUARE IS A PLACE.
NOW I'M LIKE, WAIT, I'VE BEEN GONE FOR 34 YEARS AND NOT, IT'S LIKE PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO COME HERE.
I WOULD PREFER TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, SPEND OUR MONEY HERE.
SO, BUT IT'S THE, THE SPIRIT IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
SO IF YOU CAN'T GET A RESERVATION THERE, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK LOCKWOOD, COOL.
LOCKWOOD HAS A ROOM, THEY DO A PRIVATE ROOM.
AND IF NOT, IF YOU WANT ME TO JUMP IN, UH, WITH THEM, LET ME KNOW.
BUT UNLESS YOU TELL ME OTHERWISE, I'M ASSUMING YOU CAN.
BUT IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, MAKE ALRIGHT SIR.
I MEAN I CAN DO IT, BUT IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, DON'T GO RIGHT AHEAD.
ANY, ANYTIME SOMEONE SAYS, UH, IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, I'LL JUMP IN.
THAT WAS A IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, IF YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, I'LL COME BACK TO NOW OUR NOVEMBER MEETING.
I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED WHAT WE NEED TO.
SO ANY UNREST IF WE CANCEL OUR NOVEMBER MEETING NEXT MONTH? OKAY.
CAN WE GET A, UH, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE.
UH, I MOVED THAT WE CANCELED THE MEETING FROM I SECOND, FIVE SECOND.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT A, A MOVE, UH, MOTION BY MS. KIMBER LANE AND A SECOND BY MR. ALEX.
UH, LET ALL OF US WHO AGREE SAY AYE.
UH, THE OTHER THING, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY SKIP HERE ON THE AGENDA DOWN TO ITEM D.
UH, ACTUALLY ITEM C UH, BEFORE WE GO, HEY, ON DECEMBER THE 17TH, ARE WE STILL MEETING AT SIX O'CLOCK OR WE HAVE TO MAKE REAL EARLIER? UH, NO, WE STILL MET AT SIX AND SO WE WENT OVER, WE DID SIX TO SEVEN AND WE GOT RIGHT OUT OF HERE AND HAD RESERVATIONS AND I THINK WE WRAPPED UP THE EVENING AROUND NINE O'CLOCK.
DECEMBER IS USUALLY A SHORT MEETING ANYWAY.
I MEAN, AND IF WE GET OUT EARLY, WE CAN ALWAYS GO OVER EARLY AS WELL.
NO, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL GO TO ITEM C.
UH, THIS YEAR WE HAVE A, UH, OUR FIRST ANNUAL REPORT, UH, THAT WE WILL GIVE TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND I BELIEVE OUR DATE IS NOVI, UH, EXCUSE ME, DECEMBER THE 15TH.
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OKAY.UM, AND SO WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO THIS, SO IT'S PRETTY NEW.
UH, THERE WAS A TEMPLATE OF SOMETHING OUT THERE.
I DID TAKE, UH, THAT AGENDA OR TAKE THAT TEMPLATE AND PULL TOGETHER.
YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, CITY OF GARLAND MULTI CULTURAL COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, I WANTED TO PUT THIS AT LEAST A DRAFT OF THIS TOGETHER FOR YOU TO REVIEW TO SEE WHAT FEEDBACK, IF ANY YOU ALL HAVE ON THIS.
UH, WHERE I THOUGHT WE PROBABLY COULD MAKE A FEW UPDATES JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EARLY ON IS MAYBE GETTING WITH AN OZ TO SEE WHAT PICTURES WE HAVE TO MAYBE COMMEMORATE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. IT IS VOID OF ANY PHOTOS AT THIS POINT, BUT IF WE COULD TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE CONTENT AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND OR CONCERNS WITH US MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THIS.
THIS IS A LOT TO JUST LOOK AT.
ONCE YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND YOU GUYS SELECT THE CONTENT AND WE WHAT ANGELA AND I'LL DO, WE'LL PUT THAT IN A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND THAT AS MANY PICTURES AS WE CAN.
LOOK, I LITERALLY KIND OF JUST WENT BACK THROUGH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAD DONE AND THE REPORT OUTS FROM THE MEETING MINUTES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I REALLY TRIED TO PULL OUT THE ESSENCE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
AND I KNOW IT NEEDS SOME EDITING, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO DO THAT AN AND OZ.
BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY TELL OUR STORY AND HOW WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY.
UM, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT WE'RE CHARGED TO DO, RIGHT? SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO TELL HOW WE'RE IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, WHICH IS WHY YOUR REVIEW AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF, HEY, THIS LOOKS GOOD OTHER THAN EDITING OR YOU'VE FORGOTTEN SOMETHING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, UM, ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, IF YOU CAN EMAIL ANGE AND OZ, THEY'LL LET ME KNOW.
WE'LL GET TOGETHER AND, UM, WE WILL UPDATE THAT.
I WILL SAY, OZ, THAT MEETING ON THE 14TH OF DECEMBER IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? SO REGULAR WORK.
SO WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE, UM, AS MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD AND AS WE GET TO TELL OUR STORY TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO IF THEY, IF YOU COULD PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR AS ONE NOT TO MISS THAT APPRECIATE SEVEN O'CLOCK IT AT, UH, SIX O'CLOCK.
AND WE'LL GIVE YOU, WE'LL SEND OUT ALL THE FINAL DETAILS OF THE CLOSURE.
NEW CELEBRATION AT FINAL TOWN CENTER.
DO WE HAVE ONE AT FIRE CENTER LAST YEAR? YEAH.
UM, I DID NOT KNOW THE FIRE WHEEL CENTER.
YEAH, I THINK IT WAS KELLY S YEAH, IT, IT'S, I DON'T THINK THAT FIRE, WHAT PAGE IS IN PAGE NUMBER THREE? ALMOST THE BOTTOM NEXT TO THE LAPTOP.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CATCH RIGHT.
AND SO MANY OTHER MEMBER, BUT THERE'S NOT A FINE WILL TALK TO HER.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE I, I GET IT UPDATED.
SO PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT.
UM, AS EVIDENCED BY MS. JENNIFER CATCHING SOMETHING, PLEASE REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW.
LET US KNOW IF WE'VE MISSED ANYTHING.
THE 14TH IS ON BOTH CALENDARS AND HAVE US PRAY EVERYTHING SO THAT, THAT LINE TO GET BACK WITH YOU THE, ANY CORRECTION OR ANY, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU SEND 'EM TO S AND, AND, AND THEN THEY'LL WORK WITH ME AND WE'LL, WE'LL FINALIZE IT TOGETHER.
AND THEN BEFORE THE ACTUAL MEETING DATE, WE'LL SEND YOU THE FINAL VERSION SO YOU CAN OKAY.
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HAVE TIME THE THAT LINE TO TURN IN.ANY SUGGESTION? UH, WE NEED TO HAVE THE FINAL PRESENTATION THAT THE SIX THREE STARS PROBABLY BY PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE DECEMBER 14TH.
BUT JUST PLAY, SAY IT'S NO LATER THAN THE END OF NOVEMBER.
END OF NOVEMBER 12, ONE OR SOMETHING.
I'LL BE SPENDING SOME TIME TO PLAY IT TOGETHER AND ALL THAT.
SO ALL INCLUDED? NO, BECAUSE THE SUBMISSION DID NOT PARTICIPATE.
UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH, D, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION MEETING FREQUENCY.
SO OVER THE LAST FEW MEETINGS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE HAD PRETTY EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATION OR, UH, SEVERAL TOUCH POINTS ABOUT MEETING FREQUENCY.
I KNOW EVERYONE'S SCHEDULES ARE BUSY WITH OTHER OBLIGATIONS, YOUR WORK AND OTHER CIVIC THINGS THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED IN.
SO WE DID WANT TO GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AROUND THE FREQUENCY OF THIS COMMISSION MEETING.
DO WE CONTINUE ON A MONTHLY CADENCE OR DO YOU ALL HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS AND IDEAS? BIMONTHLY, QUARTERLY.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO YOU? UM, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO DEPTH, TOO DEEP INTO THAT.
I JUST WANT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS, UM, AND HAVE A DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WIND THIS UP HERE WITHIN LESS TIME BOX OURSELF TO NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.
SO AF AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS OF MONTHLY MEETINGS AND MANY, MANY TIMES WHERE QUORUM WAS NOT PRESENT JUST BECAUSE LIFE INTRUS, I REALLY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS TEND TO BE A READOUT.
THEY DON'T REALLY TEND TO BE A LOT ABOUT ACTION, BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE CADENCE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERING ALL THE ACTION THAT WE NEED TO COVER, COVER.
I, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF CHANGING TO BIMONTHLY.
MAYBE THERE ARE SOME MONTHS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET BECAUSE OF LIKE ELECTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I WOULD WORK BIMONTHLY BASED ON THOSE MONTHS THAT WE HAVE TO BE HERE.
BUT I KNOW I HAVE BEEN ALONG HERE MULTIPLE TIMES.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES WE HAVEN'T HAD.
AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, I'M RACING AND IT IS NOT BAD TO RAISE FROM THE OFFICE 'CAUSE I'LL GET HERE BECAUSE I, I COMMITTED TO THIS, BUT IF I COME IN AND THERE'S NOBODY HERE, I'M LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED? OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING MS. JENNIFER.
MY PERSONAL OPINION HAVEN'T HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMISSION FOR THE LONGEST TIME.
WE ARE A WORKING COMMISSION BOARD MEMBER.
WE, OUR JOB DESCRIPTION, WHEN WHEN I SIGN UP ON THAT APPLICATION, I ALREADY KNOW THE MEETING TIME AND DATE AND THE LOCATION BEFORE I SIGN UP.
SO IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE I TRY TO MAKE THE MEETING THINGS HAPPEN, HEALTH JOB, ALL THE OBLIGATIONS.
BUT LIKE I SAID, WE ARE WORKING COMMISSION, WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK LEFT NEED TO BE DONE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ATTENDING EVENTS.
THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
IF WE SKIP ARE NOT MEETING EVERY MONTH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AS MUCH.
EVEN THOUGH I'M GETTING TIRED, I'M OLD AND I'M SICK, I STILL COMMITTED ONCE A MONTH BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DISCUSS.
IF I FEEL LIKE I'M NO LONGER CAPABLE OF, I WILL RESIGN.
I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH WORK TO KEEP US GOING FROM TOP TO MIND.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS COMING ON AND SO I THINK, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TRANSITION, UM, RECENTLY AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW BEFORE, BEFORE THIS, BUT I THINK THE MONTH TO MONTH GIVES US, IT BUILDS UP KNOWLEDGE AND IT HELPS AS IT CONTINUES SOME CONSISTENCY.
UM, IN PARTICULAR WITH NEW PEOPLE COMING ON AND LEARNING
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AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW CHAIR EVERY YEAR.I JUST THINK THAT IN A MONTH TO MONTH IT WORKED FOR ME.
IS IT EVERY YEAR? IT'S NOT EVERY TWO YEARS.
WHAT I WILL SAY TO THAT IS WE JUST HANDLED THREE MONTHS OF BUSINESS IN THIS MEETING AS FAR AS EVENT PLANNING.
SO IF WE'RE MEETING JUST TO PLAN EVENTS, LET'S CONSIDER THAT FROM AN EFFECTIVENESS POINT OF VIEW.
WE JUST HANDLED EVERYTHING THROUGH DECEMBER.
WELL THAT WAS JUST MY OPINION.
NO, AND I OPINION, I'M SAYING I HEAR YOU.
BUT IT IS LIKE WHAT ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT IF IT'S JUST UPDATES ON EVENTS? WELL THAT'S A DIFF YOU KNOW.
UM, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HEAR EVERYONE WHO HAS AND THOUGHTS.
I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET IT OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
WELL, I, I THINK, I MEAN MONTHLY.
'CAUSE WE WE'RE, EVERY YEAR RIGHT NOW, UNLESS THEY CHANGE IT, WE'RE NOT GONNA MEET IN NOVEMBER IT LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN DECEMBER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER KIND OF MEETING WE HAVE.
BUT IF WE SCHEDULE 12 MEETINGS A YEAR AND WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM FOR FOUR OR FIVE, THEN THAT'S EIGHT.
SO IF WE SCHEDULE SIX A YEAR THEN AND WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM FOR TWO OR THREE OF THOSE, THEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE MEETING TWICE A YEAR.
WELL, MY THOUGHT WAS THAT IF WE SCHEDULED THE SIX THAT WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE EVERYONE COMMIT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
YEAH, I I MEAN IT'S JUST SO COME UP, YOU KNOW, IT'S A THOUGHT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT EIGHT EIGHT IS MORE REALISTIC AND THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS WHERE IT WAS SIX.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT LIKE IF YOU, WE SCHEDULE 'EM EVERY OTHER MONTH.
WELL I SAY YEAH, I CAN DO EVERY OTHER MONTH WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP THEN YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IN MARCH OR JULY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE ALSO OTHER CADENCES.
BUT, BUT I ALSO THINK TOO, UM, IN OUR BYLAWS OPERATING BY BYLAWS, IF YOU KNOW WE HAVE IT IS THE SAME INDIVIDUAL OR THE SAME INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MISSING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MEETINGS WITHOUT LETTING YOU KNOW, OR I MEAN WITH WITH THE BYLAWS SAY MM-HMM
AND WE, WE OPERATE THROUGH THE BYLAWS.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR PERSPECTIVES.
UM, I WANTED TO HOLD MY THOUGHTS UNTIL THE END BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO INFLUENCE ANYBODY EITHER WAY.
UH, BUT THAT BEING SAID, I AM OF THE MINDSET I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MEET MONTHLY IF WE CAN BUILD THAT INTO OUR SCHEDULES.
AND I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID MS. JENNIFER AND I DO AGREE WE SIGNED UP TO BE HERE AND WHILE IT DISAPPOINTS ME WHEN WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM, I DO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE WORK AND WE HAVE OTHER COMMITMENTS.
I AM ONE OF THE BUSIEST PEOPLE ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE HERE.
I GET IT TO FIRE ACADEMY, WHICH I'M LEAVING HERE AND HEADING STRAIGHT TO UM, ON THE SAME DAY.
BUT UM, I BELIEVE IN WHY WE'RE HERE AND I BELIEVE IN THE MISSION BEFORE US.
AND IF I THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE WITH OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS WHERE I'M GONNA GO NEXT, WE TALKED ABOUT WITH MS. EDWARDS THAT THIS NOT BEING A ONE TIME THING.
I'D LOVE TO SEE US DO MORE OF THESE TOGETHER.
WE DINES AND OTHER EVENTS BEYOND JUST ATTENDING EVENTS.
AND WHEN I SAY JUST ATTENDING EVENTS, IT IS IN NO WAY SHAPE, FORM OR FASHION MEANT TO DEMEAN WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT.
BUT I DO STILL WANT TO SEE US TRANSFORM INTO HOW WE IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO SO MUCH MORE.
SO IF WE'RE NOT MEETING AS FREQUENT, DO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRAINSTORM AND EVOLVE AND TRANSFORM THIS COMMISSION INTO WHAT WE ASPIRE TO HAVE IT TO BE.
TO YOUR POINTS TO SAY IF WE'RE ATTENDING.
SO HOW DO WE GO BEYOND JUST THAT? I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS AND THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCE.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN THE ROOM.
AND IF WE'RE NOT HERE, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU AND WE CAN'T HEAR YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR CANDOR TO HELP US GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
TO THAT POINT, I THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON AGENDAS THAT WILL PUT US INTO ACTION.
WE DO A LOT OF TALKING AND LIKE I SAID, PLANNING EVENTS AND ATTENDANCE IS AN EMAIL.
IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVE AND I'M REALLY A HUGE PROPONENT OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB AND I VOLUNTEER FULL TIME TOO, BUT I COME HERE.
YOU GOT OFF OF PLAYING AND CAMP.
SO, AND WAS HERE BEFORE PEOPLE SO IT'S NOT LIKE I WON'T COME.
BUT COMING JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE EVENTS WE'RE GONNA ATTEND.
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PAGE.SO TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE OUR PLANNING MEETING, WHICH I TALKED TO OZ AND ANGE, UM, AND I THINK KIND OF COMING OUT OF HERE NOW WITH THIS CONVERSATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE PREVAILING THOUGHT, AND WE CAN TAKE A A SHOW OF HANDS IF WE NEED, BUT I THINK WHAT I HEARD FROM THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS THAT SPOKE IS THAT WE WOULD PREFER TO REMAIN MONTHLY, BUT WE DO WANT TO SEE A CHANGE IN HOW WE OPERATE.
WE WANT TO BE EXECUTIONERS OF STRATEGIES AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, THINGS THAT WE'RE DRIVING FOR THE CITY AND NOT JUST ATTENDING.
Y'ALL HEARD ME PREACH WHEN I GOT HERE, SO I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT AGAIN.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T WANT BELABOR OZ.
I THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR OFFSITE PLANNING THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO DO LAST YEAR, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.
AND I WOULD LOVE FOR FOLKS TO BRING YOUR IDEAS ON HOW WE TRANSFORM THIS COMMISSION OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
I MEAN, CONSIDERING I'M NEW TO THIS, TO THIS COMMITTEE, I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE THREE MONTH CALENDAR THAT YOU INCLUDED HERE.
SO THAT GIVES US A CHANCE TO ALREADY PREPLAN AHEAD OF TIME AND BE INVOLVED IN ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES.
SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS.
AND THEN MAYBE EVEN A AND OZ, ME, YOU AND AN CAN TALK ABOUT, UM, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO EVEN SEND OUT THAT CALENDAR AHEAD OF TIME AHEAD OF THE MEETINGS AND LET PEOPLE LOOK AT THEIR PERSONAL CALENDARS AND WHEN WE COME TO THE MEETING, IF WE COULD HAVE COLLECTED WHO CAN GO WHERE WE CAN SPEND A LOT LESS TIME HERE AND WE CAN EITHER BE ABOUT EXECUTION OR WE CAN END OUR MEETINGS EARLIER IF WE'RE NOT TAKING TIME TO GO THROUGH THAT.
SO I THINK MAYBE THOSE WOULD BE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD MAYBE TAKE OFFLINE AND SEE HOW WE CONTINUE TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE.
AND ALSO DOING SO WE CAN, WE CAN ANTICIPATE DEFINE THE RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THAT EVENT.
SO EVERYBODY'S CAN FREELY PERFECT.
LOOK AT THEIR SCHEDULE AHEAD OF TIME.
ONE MORE THING IS WE CAN DO EVENT UPDATES IN WRITING, YOU KNOW, IF WE ATTEND SOMETHING AND THEN WE CAN CALL OUT LIKE SPECIAL THINGS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK THROUGH EVERYTHING WE DID.
AND SO TO THAT POINT, Y'ALL SAW ME PULL UP MY LITTLE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE THESE.
IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT IS A REQUIREMENT, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO ATTEND SOMETHING, LET'S BRING SOMETHING AWAY THAT CAN BE SHARED BACK WITH THIS COMMISSION BY WHAT HAPPENED.
UM, BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET BACK HERE 30 DAYS LATER, MOST OF THE TIME WE DON'T REMEMBER ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF WHAT TRANSPIRED AT THAT EVENT.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GO OFF OF A LITTLE BIT OF MEMORY AFTER MANY DAYS OF SLEEP TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, PLEASE CONSIDER CAPTURING YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR TAKEAWAYS, AND EVEN IF IT'S NO MORE THAN A PARAGRAPH OR TWO, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A WHOLE PAGE.
WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT? WHAT IS VALUE ADDED FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR THIS PERMISSION TO KNOW AND HOW WILL IT CONTINUE TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE? SO I WAS JUST THINKING LIKE IF WE DO GO TO SPECIFIC EVENTS AND WE HAVE A TABLE, DO WE HAVE LIKE A CHECKLIST OR AN OUTLINE? LIKE WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS TO ASK? I MEAN, SPECIFIC, UM, I MEAN THIS COMMITTEE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT THERE WILL BE NO MEMBERS COMING IN.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S ALREADY OUTLINED? LIKE WHAT QUESTIONS, HOW TO ENGAGE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT MAY MEET ON THIS EVENT? YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN, UM, IT HAS REALLY BEEN MORE OF WHEN WE GO, WE HAVE A TABLE, WE HAVE OUR PAMPHLETS, WE HAVE OUR INFORMATION THAT WE HAND OUT, WE HAVE OUR BUSINESS CARDS.
I DO LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OUR NEW WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS, WHERE THEY CAN SUBMIT ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM.
THEY CAN MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO THIS COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN HELP TO TAKE THOSE THINGS, DIRECT THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CITY MANAGER, POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO GO.
UM, DEFINITELY IN FUTURE MEETINGS, WILLING TO ENTERTAIN, UM, IF WE NEED TO HAVE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
I MEAN FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE MOST RECENTLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN, UM, NEEDED.
IT IS REALLY ENGAGE WITH THE PEOPLE, SHOW YOURSELF FRIENDLY, THEY'RE GONNA COME UP TO THE TABLE.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT, UM, MULTICULTURALISM IN GARLAND.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU? AND I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST ENGAGING THEM IN GENERAL QUESTIONS.
WHAT'S THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE? WHAT DOES MULTICULTURALISM HERE IN GARLAND MEAN TO YOU? UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD THINK WE NEED TO PRESCRIBE THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS, BUT IF WE TRULY
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WANT TO BE AN EXECUTION ARM OPPORTUNITIES, DOES THAT HELP? I MEAN IT'S POSSIBLE TO CREATE AN OUTLINE.OTHER PART ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
ARE WE, ARE WE ABLE LISTEN? YEAH.
WHAT ARE WE LISTENING TO RESPONSE? YEAH.
BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS REALLY DEAD.
YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S POSSIBLE.
THE OTHER PIECE IS IT'S BEST TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED LAST MONTH, ONE PERSON STOOD UP FOR EACH THING AND THAT'S A HARD, THAT'S A HARD LIST.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ARE MORE COMFORTABLE IF THERE ARE TWO OF YOU OR EVEN THREE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE EVENT BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION'S MORE NATURAL.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, CONVERSATION ON MEETING CADENCE, WE'RE KIND OF GETTING LITTLE OFF TOPIC.
SO I'M GONNA BRING US BACK TO THE AGENDA SO WE CAN KEEP MOVING.
UM, BUT WE CAN ADD THAT TO A FUTURE AGENDA.
I WANT YOU TO NO, I HEARD YOU
UM, SO I'M GONNA GO BACK TO ITEM B, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION OF ELECTION TIMING IN THE COMMISSION BYLAWS.
GIVEN THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE IN A MONTH TO MONTH CADENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THIS BODY A DISCUSSION AROUND THE TIMING OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS, UH, WITH THE CONSIDERATION TO MOVE, UM, THAT ELECTION BACK A MONTH.
WHAT WAS THAT LAST SEPTEMBER? SEPTEMBER.
UM, WE HAD OUR BRAND NEW, YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMISSION MEMBERS JUST JOINING US AND THEIR FIRST MEETING WAS AN ELECTION.
AND SO IS THAT FAIR TO THEM? HAVE THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN, TO ACT, TO ACCLIMATE THEMSELVES TO THIS COMMISSION, GET TO KNOW US, HOW IT'S OPERATING? SO WOULD LOVE TO ENTERTAIN THOUGHTS OF MOVING THAT, UM, THAT ELECTION BACK.
IS OCTOBER THE RIGHT TIME GIVEN THEM A MONTH? IS NOVEMBER THE RIGHT TIME? I WOULD PROBABLY SEE IT BEING EITHER ONE OF THOSE IS NOT TO GET TOO FAR INTO, ESPECIALLY THAT HOLIDAY SEASON.
I MEAN, PERSONALLY TO ME, I THINK OCTOBER WOULD BE GREAT GIVING THEM THE OC UH, THE SEPTEMBER MEETING TO GET IN TO GET COMFORTABLE TO START MAKING RELATIONSHIPS AMONGST THE REST OF THE MEMBERS.
AND THEN WE HAVE ELECTIONS IN OCTOBER, BUT WOULD LOVE TO ENTERTAIN.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR IDEAS? A QUESTION? IS THERE A TIME THAT EVERYONE IS NOMINATED? IT'S SEPTEMBER WHEN? MOST NOVEMBER.
SO THIS, THAT WAS THE FIRST MEETING.
SO I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF NOT THEIR FIRST MEETING.
THE OTHER THING IS, THIS YEAR WE DID NOT DO THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY REDID THE GUIDELINES.
SO WE GOT, THERE WAS A DISBANDING OZ, AND YOU KEEP ME HONEST, BUT WE'VE KIND OF SUNSET THE NOMINATION PROCESS AND THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE, IT IS IN THE MEETING NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
AND YOU EITHER ACCEPT, UM, OR DECLINE YOUR NOMINATION OR YOU SELF NOMINATE.
AND WE HAVE THE ELECTIONS ON THE SAME DAY.
WE DON'T, BUT WASN'T THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE IN THE BYLAWS THE BYLAWS, BUT WE NEED TO UPDATE THE BYLAWS TO SAY THE BYLAWS HAD BEEN UPDATED.
THEY'D BEEN UPDATED TO TAKE THE NOMINATED TO MINNEAPOLIS AND DIDN'T VOTE ON THAT.
DID I JUST MISS A MEETING? IT WAS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE CITY.
IT WAS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE CITY, ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THEY, THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP ALL THE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS KIND OF THE SAME.
IT MAKES CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE.
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU CHANGE THE PROCESS, PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW.
I, I I THINK IT MUST MISDEMEANOR.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE ACTUALLY HANDED OUT COPIES.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GET A I UPDATE.
YEAH, THERE'S A, DID THEY GET EMAIL? UH, THEY WERE GONNA PACKET IT.
I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE, BUT YEAH.
BUT, UH, CAN WE MAKE AN ACTION ITEM TO MAYBE SEND THOSE BY EMAIL? WE CAN.
WELL, THEY'RE ALSO ON THE WEBSITE, RIGHT? THEY ARE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS OR OTHER THOUGHTS BEYOND MOVING IT BACK MONTH TO OCTOBER TO GIVING OUR NEW MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEMSELVES ACCLIMATED TO THE BOARD? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN JUST ADDRESS OR THAT BE, HAS TO BE CHANGED IN THE BYLAW? IT'S THE BYLAW.
SO IT HAD TO BE AN OFFICIAL MOTION AND BECAUSE THE BYLAWS CHANGED.
AND I'M JUST GETTING THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND THEN WE'LL DO A, A FORMAL MOTION JUST FOR THE ENTERTAINING THOUGHTS RIGHT.
NOW ANOTHER IDEA IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO OZ MAY SLAP MY HAND, BUT COULD WE CONSIDER DOING A NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION FOR LIKE, THE FIRST PART OF THEIR FIRST MEETING? THAT'S
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AN EXCELLENT TOPIC FOR OUR PLANNING MEETING.YEAH, THAT'S, WE CIRCLE WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THAT.
T PLANNING BEING THE TOPIC YES.
IF WE MAKE A CHANGE IN THIS BYLAW IN, IN BYLAWS WITH THIS, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT OR CAN WE DO THAT IF IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD? IF IT'S GREAT QUESTION.
SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE PROCESS, WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE MONTH IN WHICH WE'RE EXECUTING THE PROCESS.
AND HONESTLY, THIS IS A PROBLEM ACROSS ALL THE BOARDS THAT THEY'RE DOING THE ELECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN IT'S WHEN MEMBERS ARE COMING BOARD.
SO I WAS PART OF ANOTHER BOARD, THE ECAP AND IT'S THE SAME THING.
THE, THE ELECTIONS ARE IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, IT, IT DOESN'T GIVE ANYBODY ANY TIME TO ASSIMILATE, SO.
I I WAS JUST WONDERING THOUGH, IF THEY WERE ACROSS THE SAME, ACROSS THE BOARD, WOULD IT HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERYBODY OR WE CAN JUST SAY WE CAN MOVE IT BACK? I THINK EVERY, I THINK EVERY BOARD IS MAKING THAT SAME CHANGE.
WE CAN BE THE MODEL FORGE AWAY.
I'M NOT HEARING ANY OTHER TOPICS OR SUGGESTIONS COME TO THE TABLE.
SO, UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR ON A OCTOBER ELECTION TIME? SO, MOTION.
ALRIGHT MO, UH, MOTION FROM MS. KIMBERLY.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND AND A SECOND FROM MS. MARIA.
ANY OPPOSED? NAY? ALRIGHT, THE AYES HAVE IT.
WE WILL, UM, AYE PUT FORWARD A, A AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS FOR ELECTIONS TO MOVE TO OCTOBER.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE WILL THEN ALSO MOVE TO TOPIC E, WHICH IS, UM, AND ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO SKIP E FOR A MOMENT.
I'M GONNA GO TO F REALLY QUICKLY.
OZ AND ANG JUST GOT, UM, AN UPDATE TODAY, UH, FROM MS. EDWARDS, MS. CHARLENE EDWARDS WHO VISITED WITH US LAST MONTH, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT UNITY TOGETHER.
WE DIE EVENT FOR OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
THERE IS A PACKET IN THE LARGER PACKET.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND THEN THE SECOND IS THEIR PLANNING GUIDELINES.
UM, UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AS A COMMISSION, UH, WAS TIMING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE GONNA BE IN GOOD POSITION TO EXECUTE IN SEPTEMBER.
AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK FIRST AND FOREMOST AT THE PLANNING GUIDE, THEIR LONGEST TIMEFRAME OUT IS 120 DAYS.
AND SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, I WANT TO PUT EVERYONE'S MIND TO REST, UM, THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO EXECUTE THIS EXPERIENCE FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
MS. EDWARDS AND THE PROJECT UNITY ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS AND THEY HAVE IT DOWN TO A SCIENCE.
AND SO I LOVED HER PRESENTATION LAST MONTH AND HOW THEY WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL KNOW WE WILL BE SUPPORTED, WE WILL HAVE GOOD PARTNERS AT THE TABLE AS WE EXECUTE THIS.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS AROUND FUNDING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND WE WILL HAVE TO SPEAK TO.
UM, BUT REST ASSURED WE ARE WELL WITHIN A VERY EARLY PLANNING WINDOW AND GLAD THAT WE STARTED EARLY AND ARRIVED AT THIS POINT.
SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PACKET.
WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT WE DO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST REVIEW THE PACKET AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS AS YOU REVIEW THE PACKET.
I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T, YOU MENTIONED THE TIMELINE OF IT.
WE CAN GET YOU A COPY BUT THEIR, THEIR LONGEST TIMEFRAME OUT.
SO IT IS 120 DAYS MAX PLANNING TIMELINE.
SO AGAIN, OUR ANNIVERSARY WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE MARCH, IT'S NOT APRIL, IT'S IN SEPTEMBER.
SO THAT DOES GIVE US THE RUNWAY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PLANNING IN ALL ASPECTS OF THIS EVENT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER WELL, UM, WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME.
SO THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS BASED ON WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PACKET? I WILL PUT
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THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH WILL BE THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE WE CAN REALLY DIVE INTO THIS.SO, UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS AND IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC.
JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION, VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
UM, THIS FOOD COUNT TOWARDS THIS BUDGET, LIKE WHAT I'M SAYING, I'M LOOKING AT THESE LIKE VARIOUS TIERS THAT WE COULD, THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD PAY TO DO THIS.
DOES, DOES THIS FOOD IS INCLUDED? FOOD IS NOT INCLUDED.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT MS. EDWARDS DID SHARE WITH US WHEN SHE WAS HERE LAST MONTH IS OFTENTIMES THEY WILL WORK WITH RESTAURANTS, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND THE FOOD IS OFTEN DONATED WHEN YOU GO TO BUSINESSES AND YOU'RE SHARING WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE CITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PLACES HERE IN GARLAND THAT WANT GOOD PRESS, THAT WANT THEIR DOORS TO BE OPEN AND FULL WITH PEOPLE LINED UP TO COME IN.
AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF US TO WHERE WE CAN GO TO SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ONCE WE DECIDE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT THE MENU TO BE, RIGHT? I THINK THE FOCUS IS ON THE CONVERSATION AND THE DIALOGUE.
WE WILL ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE FOLKS HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT AND THAT IT'S GOOD AND JUST NOURISHING.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE OPTIONS IN THAT SPACE AND WE'LL EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS AROUND, UM, DONATIONS AND OR ANY, UH, FUNDRAISING OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
BUT THAT'LL BE PART OF SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I DO WANT TO SKIP BACK TO ITEM E, UM, FOR THE FREQUENCY OF THE SUB COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO GIVEN THAT WE DO HAVE OUR 120 DAY, UH, WINDOW THAT WE WILL NEED, I THINK SOMETHING I'D LOVE TO SEE US DO, UM, IS, EXCUSE ME, REVIEW THE PACKET, COME TOGETHER, REVIEW THE PACKET, AND DECIDE WHICH OF THESE PACKAGES WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON AND PURSUE AND HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO BE A COMMITMENT AND AS WE CAN PROBABLY TALK THROUGH THAT, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T MAKE THOSE FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS.
WE'LL HAVE TO RUN THAT BY YOU AND LET YOU TAKE THAT BACK TO THE CITY.
SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS AT LEAST WE BRING THIS COMMITTEE TOGETHER FOR NOW, BIMONTHLY.
AND THEN AS WE GET CLOSER, SO WE WOULD MEET WITH THIS COMMITTEE IDEALLY, AND I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS IN DECEMBER FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR MEETING AFTER, THAT MIGHT BE A LONG DAY FOR FOLKS AND I'M OKAY IF WE POSTPONE IN JANUARY AND THEN IF WE FEEL LIKE ONCE WE GET THERE WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR FREQUENCY AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION FROM MS. EDWARDS, WE CAN ALWAYS DO THAT.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA IF WE DON'T ABSOLUTELY NEED IT EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
CAN I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? ABSOLUTELY.
ONCE WE PICK OUR FIRST DATE OR THE DATE MM-HMM
I THINK THEN WE NEED TO LOOK BACK AND SAY THE FIRST MEETING IS AT THAT 120 DAY POINT.
AFTER THAT THERE'S NOT AS MUCH MEETING ACTIVITY UNTIL YOU GET CLOSER BECAUSE YOU DO A LOT OF WORK IN THAT FIRST MEETING, BUT CLOSER YOU GET IT MAY ALL, IT MAY BE AS CLOSE AS LIKE BIWEEKLY.
WELL LOOK AND IT COULD BE WEEKLY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET LIKE YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE, THERE'S NOT A LOT TO DO ONCE YOU ESTABLISH YOUR BASELINE STUFF.
SO CAN I MAKE A REQUEST OF YOU? SURE.
CAN WE MOVE THE, UH, THE CHAIR OF OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY TO YOU SINCE YOU MS. KIMBERLY HAVE SO MUCH EXPERIENCE IN THIS PLACE? ME? OH HELL YES.
WELL, AND I ASK THAT, I ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LANE.
YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, YOU ARE A PLANNER.
YOU WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MS. EDWARDS.
AND I FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD BE MORE SUITED TO GET A NASTY.
UM, SO THEN MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AND BRING THIS BACK AS YOU HAVE TIME TO DIGEST.
HAVE SOME CONVERSATION WITH MS. EDWARDS AND WITH
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OZ AND, AND OR ENG AND THEN WE'LL RE ENTERTAIN IDEAS FROM YOUR C AS THE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR.DO WE HAVE A DATE IN MY, DO WE HAVE A DATE IN SEPTEMBER? NO, FOR THE TIME.
THAT IS GONNA BE IN SEPTEMBER.
IS GONNA BE IN THE SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE LOCATION YOU HAVE, WE NEED, WE WILL, WE WILL GET THAT.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THE LAST ITEM WE HAVE IS A BUDGET UPDATE AND OZ, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY? YEAH.
SO IT'S IN YOUR PACKET AND UH, WHAT WE GOT LISTED FOR YOU GUYS, THERE IS REALLY LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND YOU GUYS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB STAYING UNDER.
YOU GUYS HAVE $7 AND 14 CENTS LEFT.
SO GREAT JOB GETTING ALL THAT USED.
UH, WE HAVE NOTHING, UH, SO FAR THIS YEAR.
THIS THE, UH, DINNER TONIGHT WOULD BE THE FIRST EXPENSE OF THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, ONCE WE GET THOSE FINAL LUMPS TOGETHER, WE'LL UPDATE THE BUDGET.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A ZERO BALANCE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY FUTURE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PLACED ON THE AGENDA BEFORE WE MOVE TO ADJOURN? ANYTHING WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT TODAY THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IN OUR DECEMBER MEETING? WE ARE GONNA TRY TO GET PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE IN DECEMBER.
SO WE'LL TRY TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
I THINK THAT TO UH, TIMBERLAND'S POINT, UM, MAYBE TALK ABOUT ONBOARDING OR, OR UM, ORIENTATION.
ORIENTATION FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THAT LAW GONNA SAY ALSO, UH, MAKE THAT SEPTEMBER WHEN THE NEW PEOPLE COME IN, THAT'S WHEN THEIR ORIENTATION SHOULD BE EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE AGENDA.
THAT'S, I GOT ONE THING THROW HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE UM, IT'S LIKE POPPING OUT THERE.
IT'S GOT THE MOVIES THAT HAVE UH, HISPANIC, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE.
YOU KNOW, WITH OUR UH, COMMISSION BEING A MULTI-ETHNIC EXPRESSION, IT MIGHT BE WORTH SEEING IF WE CAN MEET WITH SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN FOLKS TO, 'CAUSE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS DISCUSSING LIKE WHAT ARE SOME CULTURAL THINGS WE CAN DO? AND I KIND OF GOT HEMMED UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TO UM, NANCY WHO WORKS IN DOWNTOWN.
SHE WAS LIKE, DO YOU KNOW, UM, VIETNAMESE CULTURE THAT WE CAN HAVE OUT HERE? AND I'M LIKE, OH MY GOD.
AND I'M LIKE, OH, MAYBE WE NEED TO, MAYBE OUR COMMISSION COULD SPEAK INTO THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT WE HAD TO ASK THEM TO COME, COME IN WITH YOU.
SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS YOU LIKE US IN OUR NEXT MEETING TO TALK ABOUT CONNECTION.
HOW WE CAN CONNECT AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHERS IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND TO BUILD A STRONGER NETWORK AND, AND AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CULTURAL REPRESENTATION AND CONNECTIVITY.
BUT I WAS MORE SO LEANING ON THE CITY SIDE 'CAUSE THEY'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS IN THE, IN THE DOWNTOWN DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S MORE SO SAYING, THEY MAY SAY, OH WE HAVE THIS COMING UP, LIKE THEY'RE DOING THE MOVIE THING RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE WE COULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK INTO THAT AND SAY, UM, WITH OUR REPRESENTATION HERE IN OUR NETWORK, GIVE VALUE TO THEM AS THEY'RE BRINGING CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS IN DOWNTOWN.
DOES THAT MAKE BETTER SENSE? SORRY IF YOU'RE ASKING LIKE THE PERSON THAT COORDINATE SAW THE EVENTS YES.
THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT TEAMS THAT DO THAT.
YOU, YOU MENTIONED TALKING TO AN NANCY ELLE.
UH, SHE IS THE, UH, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT MAN I BELIEVE.
BUT MOST OF THE EVENTS ARE PUT ON OUR CVD BOARD OR OR VISIT VISITORS BOARD.
SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT GROUP ALTOGETHER.
SO GOT, LET ME FIND OUT WHO WOULD BE THE BEST POINT OF CONTACT TO SEE IF HE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS.
THEN YOU ALSO HAVE CULTURAL ARTS.
YEAH, SHE, SHE COMES BUT YOU KNOW, TO THAT POINT WE NEED TO BE TALKING WITH THEM WELL IN ADVANCE OF THESE THINGS.
BECAUSE THESE, THESE CELEBRATIONS ARE, ARE CALENDAR AND IT'S LIKE IT SHOULDN'T BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT FOR US TO BE HELPING WITH IT.
SO MAYBE IT IS CULTURAL ARTS AS WELL AS VISITORS AND HOW WE CONNECT WITH THEM AND TIE IN TO KIND OF REALLY BRING THE FULL EXPERIENCE.
I MEAN WE HAD, WE HAD A BETTER THING WORKING FOR A WHILE AND IT JUST TIMES CHANGED.
ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA NOW ALL THESE MAY NOT BE IN THE NEXT MEETING 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE AGENDA TO BE SUPER LONG.
WE'LL TRY TO GET BUT WE WILL GET AS MANY AS WE CAN.
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ANYTHING ELSE? NO.WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:21 PM AND I'M SORRY FOR SNEAKING AWAY.