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ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO APPROVE THIS MOTION? APPROVE.
ALRIGHT, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SECOND? I SECOND IT.
SO THE FIRST THING WE HAVE IN OUR AGENDA IS WE'RE GONNA GO OVER, OVER THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING, WHICH ARE RIGHT OVER THERE.
UM, WE HAD OUR ELECTIONS, UM, OF COURSE, MY NAME'S ANDREW.
UM, THIS IS BRIA, YOUR HISTORIAN IN AURORA SECRETARY.
UM, NOW WE SPLIT INTO OUR THREE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES, TEAM EVENTS, AND SOCIAL PROMOTIONS.
YOU GUYS SHOULD BE IN THE GROUPING FOR THAT.
I DON'T HAVE EVERYONE'S MEMORIZED, SO JUST, AND MS. RHONDA AND MS CAN ALSO DO FOR THAT.
UM, WE THEN STARTED TALKING ABOUT OUR SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WITH VOLUNTEER GARLAND PARTS AND REC AND GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
UM, THEN WE RECAP OUR VOLUNTEER EVENTS.
COMING UP ON OCTOBER 3RD, WE HAVE OUR SAFETY VEST.
OCTOBER 13TH, WHICH IS TODAY WAS A GYC MEETING.
OCTOBER 23RD, WE HAD THE GARLAND GRAY GUARD S HOUSE IN TRUNK RETREAT, WHICH IS COMING UP OCTOBER 24TH.
AND ON THE 27TH, WE HAD THE GYC SOCIAL.
AND NOW WE GOT TO MEET AND GREET COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS STUDY.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON WITH THAT.
WE HAVE A FIRST SPEAKER TODAY.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE WE LEAVE THE MOTION.
MR. YOU HAVE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND TO APPROVE.
NOW THAT HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
DO WE NEED A SECONDA MOTION? MOTION? WE NEED SECOND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THIS.
NOW, MR. MOORE, PUT AN ANTOINE ALSO.
I AM ED MOORE AND I'M A DISTRICT THREE CITY COUNCILMAN.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE IN DISTRICT THREE? COME ON.
WE SHOULD HAVE SOME HERE THAT ARE SERVING ON, ON OTHER DISTRICTS, EVEN OUT OF OUR DISTRICT, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, BROUGHT IN DISTRICT THREE.
I HAVE BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER NOW FOR SIX YEARS.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SIXTH YEAR, RIGHT? IT'S CALLED TURNING OUT.
WE REALLY SERVE TWO YEARS OF, OF SIX YEAR TERM.
EVERY TWO YEARS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ELECTION PROCESS.
AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH AT LEAST SIX OF THEM AT THIS POINT.
SIX OF THEM, BECAUSE YOU GO THROUGH THE ELECTION FIRST, BUT IF YOU HAVE A RUNOFF, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.
SO SIX TIMES YOU, YOUR PARENTS HAVE GIVEN MANY OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND FOR THAT, I'M GONNA YOU SIX YEARS.
NOW, WE HAVE SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, BUT AS A GARLAND CITY COUNCIL PERSON, WE SERVE ON A LOT MORE THAN JUST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING A COUNCIL PERSON.
MY DISTRICT ENCOMPASSES, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH MILLER AND CENTERVILLE, MILLER AND CENTERVILLE ALL THE WAY BACK OVER TO BROADWAY.
BROADWAY ALL THE WAY BACK TO 30, AND THEN 30 BACK DOWN TO GUTHRIE AND GUTHRIE ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE BIG BASS PRO SHOP.
MY DISTRICT ENCOMPASSES ABOUT 85% OF LAKE RAY HUB.
AND REALLY, THAT IS REALLY WHERE THE NEXT FRONTIER IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I TRULY BELIEVE SOFTBALL IS WHERE'S GOING BE HAPPENING? HOUR.
I WAS ASKED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN DISTRICT THREE DURING 19 YEARS.
BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND IT HAPPENED PRIOR TO MY BECOMING A BALL CITY COUNCIL PERSON.
AND I SERVED SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING TONIGHT.
I SERVED ON WHAT'S CALLED THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
MULTI-CULTURAL, MULTI-MED, MANY CULTURES.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE CITY OF TON THERE ARE OVER 100 LANGUAGES, 100 CULTURES
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HERE IN THE CITY OF TON.CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT 100 CULTURES? I'VE JUST COME BACK FROM A COUNTRY BY THE NAME OF TAIWAN.
TAIWAN IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY, A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND.
IT SITS RIGHT OFF THE COAST OF CHINA.
AND IN THE AREA THAT I WAS, WHICH IS TAI FAITH, 2.1 MILLION PEOPLE.
THEY'RE VERY DIVERSE ALSO, BUT THEY'RE NOT AS DIVERSE AS GARLAND.
GARLAND IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WHAT I TALK ABOUT GO, LIKE, I WENT TO TAIWAN, I'VE BEEN TO UH, BEIJING, I'VE BEEN TO ROME.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TO ALL, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES IN MY LIFE, BUT GARLAND IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT I FEEL THAT YOU CAN GO ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD AND NEVER HAVE TO LEAVE THE CITY BECAUSE THE CULTURE IS RIGHT HERE.
I SAID, WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE? WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ALL THESE CULTURES TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME AND EXPERIENCE THEIR CULTURES IN WAY OF SINGING, IN THE WAY OF DANCE, IN THE WAY OF ART, IN THE WAY OF POETRY, IN THE WAY OF WHATEVER EXPRESSION THEY WANT TO SHOW US IN THE WAY OF THEIR CULTURE? WHAT WOULD THAT BE LIKE? AND I TOOK IT TO THE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSION THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
AND WE SAT DOWN AND WE PUT TOGETHER WHAT IS CALLED THE MOSAIC FESTIVAL.
MOSAIC, MEANING WHAT? MANY, MANY DIFFERENT FACES, DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
MOSAIC FESTIVAL GAVE GREAT TIME.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.
AND I HEAR THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT DOING.
IS THAT TRUE? IS IT TRUE? YES.
WELL, IF IT IS TRUE, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU TONIGHT IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE.
AND THERE IS A YOUNG LADY, TWO LITTLE OLDER BY THE NAME OF JENNIFER GWEN, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU KNOW HER, BUT SHE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOSAIC FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE NOW FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
SO WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT DAY? AND WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO ME? IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME.
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME REASON THAT I BECAME A BALLROOM CITY COUNCIL PERSON.
AND THAT WAS, I WAS A PASTOR OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR 25 YEARS.
I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES PRESENTLY, INSURANCE COMPANY.
I DO CATERING, LOUISIANA, ACCUSING GUM, LOW ET FEDS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE TO GET OUT ON THE WATER AND GET BEHIND THE BOAT AND ALL THAT, I DO THAT.
I KNOW ALL THAT, OKAY? AND I ENJOY IT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I ENJOY THE BOAT.
ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING THAT I DO, IT HAS TO DO WITH ONE THING.
YOU KNOW WHAT BUSINESS I'M LIVING IN? I'M IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS.
I'M IN THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.
US HAVE THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE TO ENJOY, TO APPRECIATE, AND TO GET THE VERY BEST OUT OF LIFE THAT WE CAN HAVE.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO DO THE
I REALLY WANTED US TO COME TOGETHER SUCH THAT IT'S ONE THING FOR ME TO SIT AND TALK WITH YOU, BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING FOR ME TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CULTURE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE.
WHAT IS IT THAT REALLY TURNS YOU ON? YOU LIKE TO DANCE
AND IN SO DOING, GUESS WHAT? THEN WHEN WE GET ON THE CITY COUNCIL OR WHEN WE GET INTO LEADERSHIP OR BE, WE HAVE A REAL RELATIONSHIP, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
IT'S ABOUT HAVING A RELATIONSHIP.
IT'S ABOUT KNOWING PEOPLE, NOT JUST BY THEIR NAME, BUT WHO THEY REALLY ARE IN THEIR HEARTS.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, GUESS WHAT HAPPENS? YOU GET ON CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE GONNA BE GREAT.
YOU GET IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, YOU'RE GONNA BE WONDERFUL.
WHY? BECAUSE YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE.
AND WE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE BEGAN TO, WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIKENESS.
AND AT THAT POINT WE HAVE A SHARED LIKENESS AND WE KNOW WHAT THOSE LIKENESSES ARE.
WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE POLICY AND DECISIONS IN SUCH A MATTER THAT'S RELATIONAL AND IT'S NOT FIGHTING ONE ANOTHER.
THAT IS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO SAY.
I'M NOT GOING PUT THE PREACHING, BUT WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO GIVE MORE LOVE.
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DO YOU DO THAT? BY GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.SO IT TOOK US A YEAR TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
SO WE BEGAN TO WRITE THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
WE SENT LETTERS TO THE EAST ASIAN.
WE SENT LETTERS, UH, TO THE VIETNAMESE.
AND WE SENT LETTERS TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN, SENT LETTERS TO THEM.
AND WE TOLD THEM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS ONE BIG DAY WHEN WE'RE GONNA ALL COME TOGETHER.
AND WE WANT YOU TO SIT DOWN AND PUT TOGETHER WHAT IN HERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISPLAY.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PERFORM? WHAT DID YOU'D LIKE TO FORWARD? AND THEY BEGIN.
HOW MANY ACTS WE HAD THAT DAY? WE HAD OVER 35, 40 DIFFERENT ACTS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
IT WENT ON FOR AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR HOURS.
THEY WERE COMING ON THE SPACE AND THEY WERE DOING ALL THE THINGS.
THEY WERE TALKING THEIR LANGUAGES, THEY WERE PRINTING, THEY WERE, UH, A PAINTING, PAINTING FACES.
AND THERE WERE SOME OF THEM THAT ACTUALLY KEPT, HOW MANY OF YOU SEEN, UH, THE, THE COLLEGE STEPPERS? YOU SEEN THOSE YOU ENJOYED THAT WE HAD STEPPERS.
THERE WAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU MAY WANT TO ENCOMPASS ON THAT DAY.
AND IT TOOK PLACE AS A RESULT OF WHAT'S CALLED THE MOSAIC FESTIVAL.
NOW, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE FOR ME, THAT IS PROBABLY BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I'VE DONE SINCE COMING TO GARLAND.
AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS IN THE SOUTHERN BUSINESS IN DISAGREE.
I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TAKING PLACE THAT I COULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE OUT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I'VE HEARD THAT I REALLY FEEL THAT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IT, SOMEBODY SAID THERE'S NOTHING TO IT.
BUT TO DO IT, YOU CAN DO THIS QUESTION, ANYBODY.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO, LIKE WE DID AT OUR CLASS MEETING, WE'LL DO ONE QUESTION NOW.
AND SO IF SOMEONE'S RAISED A HAND, THEY CAN DO THAT.
AND WE'LL CALL ON ONE QUESTION.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME, MS. RON AND MS. DARIEN, THE GYC EMAIL ADDRESS, AND WE'LL GET YOU HOOKED UP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MORE.
AND THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN CONNECT AND GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA DO ONE FOR TIME PURPOSES RIGHT NOW.
SO WHO'S GOT A QUESTION FOR US? WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE HARDEST OBSTACLE YOU FACED WHEN PUTTING TOGETHER THAT FESTIVAL? THE HARDEST OBSTACLE I FACED WHEN PUTTING IT TOGETHER WAS TO KEEP GOING, TO KEEP GOING.
BECAUSE THOSE LETTERS, WE, THEY DID COME AND THE PEOPLE DID EVENTUALLY PARTICIPATED.
BUT INITIALLY IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK IN.
WHEN YOU SEND A LETTER, THAT'S ONE THING, YOU DON'T GET A RESPONSE.
WHAT DO YOU DO? NOW? YOU PICK UP THE PHONE AND YOU CALL NO RESPONSE.
WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU MAY HAVE TO GO KNOCK ON A FEW DOORS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IN HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
WE'RE OLD, WE'RE MULTICULTURAL COMMISSIONER, AND WE'RE A LITTLE OLDER PEOPLE.
ALRIGHT, BUT WHO DO YOU THINK REALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE MOSAIC GOVERNMENT? IT, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO YOU, YOU WERE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY CAME AND DID IT.
AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE WITH IT THAN WE DID.
BUT THE HARDEST THING, LIKE I SAID, IT TOOK A FULL YEAR TO REALLY PULL IT TOGETHER.
THE HARDEST THING WAS TO KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP PUTTING ONE FOOT AHEAD OF THE OTHER.
FIRST OF ALL, I HAD A PASSION TO DO IT.
AND BY THE WAY, LET ME SAY THIS TO YOU.
I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS IN LIFE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO EXPERIENCE AND DO, THERE HAS TO BE A PASSION.
I MEAN, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU TRULY ARE NOT GOING TO LET OBSTACLES STOP YOU.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD HAVE QUIT SCHOOL MANY A TIMES, SOMETHING
SOMETHING HAS KEPT YOU, OH, KEPT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PASSION FOR IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, FOCUS OF IT.
AND IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT JUST FOR YOU.
YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN.
THE DIFFERENCE, YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE REASON SAY SONG, IT'S SOMETHING WITHIN WE, THERE'S SOMETHING, ME THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT WAS THE HARDEST PIECE OF IT.
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OKAY? NOW FOR THE NEXT MINUTE, OUR AGENDA, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MATT WATSON, WILL, UH, TALK TO US HOW TAX DOLLARS TRANSFORM US.WHAT DO YOU MEAN HERE KNOWS WHAT A BUDGET IS ME, WHAT A BUDGET REALLY IS, IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK IS IT'S JUST A BUCKET OF MONEY AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT.
BUT IT'S REALLY MORE THAN THAT.
AND AS COUNCILMAN MOORE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE MOSAIC CUSTOMER TALKING ABOUT SOME HELP, WHAT THE HARDEST THING IS, USUALLY WHAT THE HARDEST THING IS, IS AFTER YOU PAY FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES AT A CITY, THERE'S NOT MUCH MONEY LEFT OVER FOR FESTIVALS, FOR THINGS THAT ARE QUALITY OF LIFE, FOR THINGS LIKE YOU SEE AT THIS REC CENTER FOR ALL NEW PROGRAMMING TO GO AROUND.
SO IT COMES DOWN TO PRIORITIES.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SET PRIORITIES FOR A CITY THAT HAS 250,000 PEOPLE LIKE GARLAND, IT GETS DIFFICULT.
AND SO MOST OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY IS HOW WE, WHAT TYPE OF MONEY WE COLLECT, HOW WE SPEND IT, WHAT WE SPEND IT ON.
SO WHO, WHO HERE HAS USED THE CITY SERVICE TODAY? AND CAN YOU NAME IT? ANY, ANY IDEAS? DID ANYONE FLUSH A COMMODE TODAY?
THE LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY SPEAKING TONIGHT.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT THE BUDGET PAYS FOR.
AND EVERY YEAR COUNCIL GOES THROUGH A PROCESS WITH CITY MANAGEMENT TO PRIORITIZE HOW WE SPEND THESE.
AND HERE'S JUST A LIST OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AT THE CITY.
SO POLICE AND FIRE, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL THOSE AMBULANCES THAT ARE DRIVING AROUND FOR ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE ON THE AMBULANCE.
EVERY POLICE OFFICER YOU SEE IN YOUR SCHOOL, THOSE SROS, EVERY POLICE OFFICER YOU SEE DRIVING, WHEN YOU CALL 9 1 1, THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS TO PICK UP AND NOT JUST PICK UP, BUT THEY NEED TO PICK UP FAST AND HAVE GOOD RESPONSE TIMES.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES, YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT, WELL, MAYBE WE NEED TO GET MORE STAFF HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU CALL 9 1 1, WE GET SOMEBODY THERE 'CAUSE IT'S LIFE OR DEATH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT PRIORITIES, THOSE ARE THOSE PRIORITIES.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ROADWAYS AND YOU'RE SEEING CRUMBLING ROADS, WE HAVE TO DO THOSE FIRST.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR WATER MAINS, WE FLUSH THE TOILET, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE IT GETS TO OUR TREATMENT PLANT.
WHEN YOU TURN ON A LIGHT SWITCH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR LIGHTS TURN ON SO YOUR AIR CONDITIONER WORKS.
SO THERE'S TONS OF DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.
WE'RE WRESTLING EVERY YEAR AND WE HAVE $1 BILLION BUDGET.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A LOT OF MONEY? WHAT WOULD Y'ALL DO WITH $1 BILLION SHOP,
IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF STREETS WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, WE HAVE 2,600 MILES OF ROADWAY IN THE CITY.
IF YOU, IF YOU JUST TOOK THAT STRAIGHT OUT, THAT IS A ROADWAY ALL THE WAY TO SEATTLE THAT WE NEED TO MANAGE IN ORDER TO REPLACE EVERY ROADWAY IN THE CITY.
RIGHT NOW, THAT'D BE ABOUT $50 BILLION.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE, THE ROADWAYS THAT NEED IT QUICKLY AND THEN THAT WE NEED TO REFRESH THOSE SO THAT THEY, THEY HAVE A FOOD FOR A BETTER SURFACE BACK TO THE PRIORITY.
EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IS A PRIORITY THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT A BUDGET IS FOR A CITY.
IT'S NOT JUST A BUNCH OF NUMBERS ON THE SPREADSHEET, IT'S WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO I MENTIONED THE $1 BILLION.
SO WHAT A BUDGET IS, IS EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS.
SO IT'S A PLAN OF SPENDING THOSE FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BUT THIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE IS WHAT US CITY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS EXTREMELY CONCERNED WITH THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THE GENERAL FUND YOU CAN SEE IS 271.6 MILLION, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY IS 1 MILLION.
AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS IN THE, IN THAT REST OF THAT 800 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS, THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE BILLION.
THOSE ARE USUALLY OUR UTILITIES.
SO WE HAVE GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT.
THEY HAVE A MASSIVE BUDGET BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE, I CAN SEE 'EM RIGHT HERE.
TRANSMISSION LINES, DISTRIBUTION LINES TO MOVE THE ELECTRICITY TO Y'ALLS HOMES.
THERE'S SUBSTATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE REFURBISHED EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE
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THAT THE ELECTRICITY IS MOVING TO YOUR HOMES.YOU GOTTA HAVE PIPES UNDER THE GROUND.
YOU GOTTA MOVE BOTH THE WASTEWATER AND THE WATER AND THE STORM WATER TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
SO MOST OF OUR BUDGET IS SPENT ON UTILITIES.
BUT THEN YOU GET INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
WHAT THE GENERAL FUND IS IS MOSTLY BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX.
BUT IT IS PAYING FOR THE, THE SERVICES YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU THINK OF A CITY DOING STREETS, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, PARKS, MAINTENANCE PARK STAFF, LIBRARIES.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE PAID FOR FROM OUR TAXES.
AND SO MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE TIME, THIS IS WHERE MOST OF OUR CONCERN IS.
SO THE GENERAL FUND IS WHAT I'M GONNA SPEND MOST OF MY TIME ON.
AND IT FUNDS 2,360 FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
SO ABOUT 70% OF OUR BUDGET IS JUST PAYING FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW UP EVERY DAY TO WORK.
SO WHERE DO WE GET OUR MONEY? THE BIGGEST PIECE IS PROPERTY TAXES.
DID ANYBODY KNOW WHAT PROPERTY TAXES ARE? SO BASICALLY WHAT A PROPERTY TAX IS, IS WHEN YOU BUY A HOME AT THE, IN THE CITY, THERE'S A RATE AND YOU GET CHARGED BASED OFF OF THE VALUE OF THAT HOUSE TO HAVE THAT HOUSE AND THOSE PROPERTY TAXES GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO FOR YOUR HOUSE.
SO THINK OF YOU HAVE A $200,000 HOUSE, YOU'RE GONNA GET CHARGED EVERY YEAR A TAX, AND IT GOES INTO A BUCKET FOR US TO PAY FOR POLICE OFFICERS SALARIES, FIREFIGHTERS SALARIES, SO ON AND SO ON.
THE NEXT BIG ONE IS SALES TAX.
SALES TAX IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WHAT SALES TAX IS, IS WHEN YOU GO TO WALMART OR WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR FAVORITE STORE, HOT TOPIC, WHEREVER IT IS TO BUY CLOTHES, THERE'S A 1% CHARGE FROM ANYTHING YOU BUY THAT GOES INTO THIS BUCKET TO PAY FOR FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, LIBRARIANS, ALL THOSE THINGS.
THEN THE OTHER BIG ONES IS GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT.
THEY UH, THEY ALSO PAY THE CITY, UH, UH, THROUGH A INTER INNER FUND TRANSFER, WHAT WE CALL A RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
'CAUSE WE ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST CITIES.
WE HAVE OUR OWN ELECTRIC UTILITY AND SINCE WE OWN THE ELECTRIC UTILITY, THEY CAN PAYING YOUR SHAREHOLDERS, THEY PAY THE CITY A PORTION SO THAT UH, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE, THE ELECTRIC UTILITY IN THIS CITY WITHOUT PAYING ANY TAXES.
ANYBODY KNOW WHERE OUR LANDFILL IS? IT'S KIND OF STRANGE.
IT'S GOT A LITTLE CARVE OUT THAT GOES UP NORTH, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROFIT CENTERS FOR THE CITY.
'CAUSE WE TAKE TRASH FROM SAXE.
WE TAKE TRASH FROM ROLLETTE, WE TAKE TRASH FROM WILEY FROM DALLAS.
SO IT'S A REGIONAL LANDFILL THAT HELPS US CLOSE THE GAP SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CHARGE SO MUCH ON PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX.
SO THESE TWO THINGS ARE SOMETHING KIND OF UNIQUE TO GAR.
NOT MANY CITIES HAVE A LANDFILL, NOT MANY CITIES HAVE AND ELECTRIC FACILITY.
BUT THAT HELPS US KEEP OUR PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX LOWER.
AND THEN THERE'S EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THIS COULD BE JUST BUILDING PERMITS.
YOU WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING, YOU GONNA HAVE TO PAY A FEE FOR SOMEBODY TO GO OUT THERE AND INSPECT IT.
WHEN YOU GO MAKE A COPY AT A LIBRARY, YOU PAY FOR THOSE COPIES AT THE LIBRARY.
SO THERE'S TONS OF DIFFERENT OTHER LITTLE CHARGES THAT MAKE UP THAT EXTRA BUCKET.
SO WHERE'S THE MONEY GO? YOU CAN SEE THOSE FIRST TWO LINES ARE BY FAR THE BIGGEST EXPENDITURE FOR THE CITY.
AND I THINK Y'ALL CAN UNDERSTAND WHY.
'CAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING EVERYONE HERE SAFE.
THAT IS THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY IS TO KEEP YOU SAFE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF FIREMEN AND AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF POLICE OFFICERS TO DO THAT.
64% OF THE GENERAL FUND IS TO PAY FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE THE NEXT BIG GUY'S UP.
WE HAVE MADE AN EXTENSIVE, UH, INVESTMENT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS IN PARTISAN RECREATION.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ITEM AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS IN OUR INPUT PROCESSES THROUGH BOND PROGRAMS AND OTHER THINGS HAVE SAID WE WANT BETTER PARKS, WE WANT BETTER RECREATION CENTERS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE LISTENED AND WE ARE PUTTING MONEY TOWARDS PARTISAN REC, OUR LANDFILL, I MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR LANDFILL MAKES US A LOT OF MONEY.
SO WE GOTTA SPEND MONEY TO MAKE MONEY.
AND THEN OUR LIBRARIES, OUR LIBRARIES ARE ALSO SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN A A TON.
HAS ANYONE BEEN TO THE CENTRAL LIBRARY RENOVATION OR TO THE WEST LIBRARY? THE BRAND WEST LIBRARY.
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WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE OPERATIONS TO RUN THOSE.AND SO MOST OF IT, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE, AGAIN, OVER 2000 EMPLOYEES, IT'S MOSTLY GOING TOWARDS SALARIES.
ABOUT 70% OF OUR BUDGET IS PEOPLE IN THOSE FACILITIES HELPING Y'ALL.
YOU GOTTA HAVE PUT FUEL IN THE FIRE TRUCKS, YOU GOTTA PUT FUEL IN THE POLICE TRUCK.
UM, THERE'S OPERATIONAL COSTS.
SOME OF THE STUFF YOU'RE SEEING HERE.
YOU JUST GOTTA HAVE THINGS FOR THE RIGHT CENTER FOR THE PROGRAMMING.
SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP MOST OF THE REST.
AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO AGAIN, IT'S AN ANNUAL PROCESS, BUT WE START THIS THING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE LAST ONE'S DONE.
SO WE USUALLY KICK OFF IN FEBRUARY AND AT THIS TIME WE'RE ASKING FOR DEPARTMENTS TO SUBMIT WHAT DO THEY WANT NEW IN THEIR BUDGET THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE COLLECTING ALL THAT DATA AND WE'RE PROJECTING WHAT OUR REVENUES ARE GONNA BE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN COVER.
SO IN MARCH AND APRIL, THAT'S WHEN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WILL START COMING TO CITY MANAGEMENT WITH THEIR REQUESTS.
SO THESE MAY BE NEW PROGRAMS, NEW PERSONNEL I MAY NEED, NEED THIS, THIS NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
I HAVE THIS OLD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, I NEED TO REPLACE IT.
SO WE'RE LISTENING TO EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT, ALL 44 DEPARTMENTS AND SEEING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
AND THEN IN MAY WE START THE CITY MANAGING REVIEW PROCESS.
SO THE CITY MANAGER'S, MY BOSS AND HIS JOB, HIS PRIMARY JOB IS TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT'S CALLED A PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
SO HE HAS LISTENED TO ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
HE'S LISTENED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, HE'S LISTENING TO RESIDENTS AND HE'S PUT TOGETHER WHAT HE THINKS ARE THE PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING YEAR.
BUT THEN IT GOES FOR ADOPTION TO OUR CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAKES THE FINAL DECISION.
SO COUNCILMAN ED, NOR IS ONE OF, UH, THE NINE OF SIT ON THE D AND THEY HEAR ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS REQUESTS.
THEY HEAR FROM OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT WHY HE'S PUT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET, BUT ULTIMATELY WHY WE WANT THEM TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISIONS BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT Y'ALL.
THEY'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WHOSE JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE LISTENING TO THEIR RESIDENTS.
AND WE ARE PRIORITIZING BASED OFF OF THEIR NEEDS.
SO WHILE CITY MANAGEMENT PUTS TOGETHER A PROPOSAL, IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO CITY COUNCIL.
NOW WE DON'T JUST DO THAT IN THE BACK EITHER.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF Y'ALL NEXT AUGUST IF Y'ALL WANNA, UH, SPEND AN EVENING WITH US ON THE BUDGET TO COME LISTEN TO ONE OF THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND AT THAT POINT YOU CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
YOU CAN GO UP THERE AND TALK TO CITY COUNCIL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE X, Y, Z IN THE BUDGET AND THEY WILL LISTEN TO YOU.
AND THEN WE WILL PRIORITIZE BASED OFF OF ALL THOSE.
AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S GO TIME.
OCTOBER 1ST IS WHEN THE NEW BUDGET FOR THE NEW CYCLE STARTS.
SO OCTOBER 1ST HIT AND WE'RE RUNNING WITH A BUDGET BASED OFF OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE SET DURING THAT PROCESS.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER BUDGET, THE CIP, WHICH STANDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO WHEN I MENTIONED EARLIER PROPERTY TAXES, WHEN YOUR PARENTS PAY PROPERTY TAXES, THERE'S TWO BUCKETS THAT THOSE GO INTO.
ONE IS CALLED THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PORTION.
AND IT FUNDS WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THE GENERAL FUND SALARIES, OPERATIONAL COSTS.
THERE'S ANOTHER BUCKET THAT FUNDS DEBT.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT DEBT IS? HAS ANYONE HEARD OF A MORTGAGE OR WHEN YOU TAKE OUT A CAR LOAN THAT'S DEBT.
BUT AT THE CITY'S SCALE IT'S MUCH LARGER.
WHAT WE USE THAT FOR IS BIG PROJECTS LIKE THIS REC CENTER TO BUILD A REC CENTER.
THE NEW ORFORD REC CENTER, ANYONE MEANT TO SURF AND SWIM.
PRETTY COOL, RIGHT? THAT WAS USED.
AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE DEBT FINANCED IT.
WHAT DEBT FINANCING DOES IS ALLOW YOU TO STRETCH YOUR DOLLARS FURTHER.
SO WHAT IT IS, IS BASICALLY I'M GOING TO PAY BACK YOU GIMME $20 MILLION NOW SO I CAN BUILD A SURF AND SWIM INVESTOR AND I WILL PAY YOU BACK OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS WITH INTEREST.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOW US TO STRETCH OUR DOLLARS FURTHER, BUT IT ALSO MAKES IT WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UTILIZING THESE FACILITIES, IT'S CALLED GENERATIONAL TAX, ARE PAYING FOR IT.
SO YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST BE THE ONE THAT PAID FOR THE S SWIM BECAUSE IN 20 YEARS YOU MAY NOT LIVE IN DARWIN, YOU'RE GONNA PAY YOUR PORTION OF IT THE ONE, TWO YEARS WHILE YOU'RE LIVING HERE AND THEN THE NEXT GENERATION WILL CONTINUE TO PAY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT INTEREST AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE ACTUALLY GET VERY LOW INTEREST RATES BASED OFF OF OUR, WHAT'S CALLED A
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BOND RATING, WHERE WE GO OUT, UH, TO, UM, THE BOND RATING AGENCIES AND THEY BASICALLY SAY THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD SAFE INVESTMENT.SO IF IT'S A SAFE INVESTMENT, INVESTORS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU AS MUCH.
IF THE MAIN THING THAT IT DOES IS AGAIN, ALLOWS YOU TO STRETCH OUT THOSE PAYMENTS, THAT WE PAY THOSE OFF.
AND AS WE PAY THOSE OFF, WE CAN BUILD NEW THINGS.
SO THIS IS A LOOK AT THE CIP FOR 2026 AND YOU'LL SEE ONE BIG OUTLIER.
IT'S OUR ELECTRIC UTILITY COST A LOT OF MONEY TO RUN AN ELECTRIC SYSTEM.
SO THAT IS ALL THAT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROADS ON YOUR WAY HOME, JUST LOOK UP IN THE SKY AND YOU'LL SEE 'EM.
I SEE SOME OVER THERE TRANSMISSION LINES THAT ARE MOVING THOSE ELECTRONS ACROSS THE WAY TO Y'ALL'S HOUSES.
THAT'S HOW MUCH IT COSTS A YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
OUR NEXT BIG PRIORITY WHEN IT COMES TO CIP OR CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
WE HAVE A HUGE INITIATIVE IN ORDER TO GET OUR STREETS UP AND RUNNING.
THERE'S THIS BEEN A, A LAG IN MAINTENANCE OVER THE YEARS.
THIS CITY OF GARLAND GARLAND'S AN OLDER COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS TO GET THAT BACK UP AND RUNNING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S OVER 200 PLUS STREETS AND ALLEYS IN OUR CIP THIS YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT OF STREETS TO GET THROUGH, BUT AS YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND AND SEE THOSE YELLOW CONES, THINK ABOUT THAT NUMBER, A HUNDRED 0.7 MILLION PARKS ALWAYS GONNA BE A BIG INVESTMENT FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THESE FACILITIES.
A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH THIS OPENING OF SURFACE WIND FOR THIS BUDGET, UH, WASTEWATER.
AND IF Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW, WE HAVE TWO TREATMENT PLANTS.
SO EVERY TIME YOU FLUSH THE COMMODE, THEY GO TO THESE TREATMENT PLANTS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS SAFELY PUT BACK OUT IN LAKES.
SO THAT'S WHAT A WASTEWATER PLANT DOES.
PUBLIC SAFETY, ALWAYS IMPORTANT.
WATER, MAKING SURE YOU HAVE WATER THAT GOES TO YOUR HOUSE, TO ALL THESE FACILITIES.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR CITY.
UH, WHY DO YOU THINK WE LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? YOU ALL KNOW WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS.
SO THINK ABOUT, I MENTIONED PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX.
HOW DO YOU GET MORE OF THAT? DO YOU JUST CONTINUE TO TAX THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE OR YOU TRY TO GET NEW BUSINESSES IN AND NEW RESIDENCE IN TO HELP TAKE THAT BURDEN ON? THAT'S WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TRYING TO GET MORE RETAIL, MORE STORES.
SO PEOPLE COME FROM OUTSIDE OF GARLAND AND SPEND THEIR MONEY IN GARLAND.
SO WE CAN HAVE SALES TAX FROM THAT RATHER THAN JUST TAXING THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.
SO HOW PROPERTY TAXES WORK? SO THE FIRST THING IS, IS WE'RE NOT THE ONLY TAXING ENTITY IN TOWN.
WE MAKE UP ABOUT 29% OF THE TOTAL TAX BILL THAT, UH, YOUR PARENTS OR A PROPERTY OWNER GETS.
AND ANYONE THINK OF SOME OF THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES.
YOU'RE PROBABLY HAVING ONE OF 'EM TODAY OR YOU AREN'T ACTUALLY BECAUSE Y'ALL WEREN'T IN SCHOOL.
SALES, TAX SCHOOL PROPERTY TAXES.
THERE'S ALSO COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES.
THERE'S A PARKLAND HOSPITAL TAX AND THERE'S ALSO DALLAS COLLEGE HAS, ITS A VERY SMALL TAX, BUT WE'RE ABOUT 29% OF YOUR TAX.
SO WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY PROPERTY TAXES, IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY.
AND I MENTIONED THAT THERE'S TWO PORTIONS.
SO THE M AND O THAT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND SO THAT HALF OF IT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR POLICE, FIRE, ET CETERA.
AND WHAT'S CALLED THE INS, WHICH STANDS FOR ENTRANCE AND SINKING FUND.
THAT'S THE DEBT SERVICE TO PAY FOR ALL THE FACILITIES AND THE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING THESE FACILITIES.
ONE THING JUST TO TO MENTION ON THE M AND O SIDE ARE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS SIDE.
THAT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WE ARE CAPPED AT A 3.5% EACH YEAR.
SO IF THE VALUES OF ALL THE BUSINESSES AND HOMES GO UP 12%, WE CAN ONLY COLLECT 3.5% OF THE REVENUE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS.
ONE, IT HELPS THE STATE DID THIS TO HELP KEEP PROPERTY TAXES LOW, BUT A LOT OF THE THINGS WE BUY ARE, ARE GOING UP IN COST MORE THAN 3.5%.
SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST JOBS WE HAVE AS A CITY IS BACK TO THOSE PRIORITIES.
IF WE ARE CAPPED AT OUR REVENUE AND OUR COSTS ARE GOING UP 7%.
IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA STAY IN BUSINESS VERY LONG, ARE YOU? IF YOU'RE ONLY COLLECTING 3.5% OF REVENUE IN 7% IN IN COST AREA.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICES WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO EITHER LOWER OUR EXPENSES OR RAISE OUR TAXES, WHICH IS WHERE THIS COMES INTO PLAY.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THEM AROUND TOWN.
THERE ARE, THERE IS GOING TO BE A TAX RATE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD THIS YEAR.
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AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE IS I MENTIONED THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO LOWER OUR DEBT SERVICE SIDE AND WE ARE REQUESTING TO ALL THE VOTERS TO MOVE A PORTION OF THAT INTO OUR GENERAL FUND SIDE TO HELP PAY FOR ALL THE OPERATIONS OF ALL THE NEW FACILITIES THAT YOU HAVE SURF AND SWIM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO RUN.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS UP TO THE VOTER, SO IT'S NOT OUR DECISION.
SO IF IT IS A, UH, IF THE CITIZENS SAY YES, OUR TAX RATE WILL BE 67.99, WHICH IS ABOUT 1 CENT LOWER THAN LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SOME PORTION OF THAT BACK.
BUT IF THEY WERE TO NOT APPROVE THAT, THEIR TAXES ARE GONNA GO DOWN TO 64, 33.
SO JUST LIKE WE HAVE TO MAKE PRIORITIES AND DECISIONS, WE'RE ASKING THE TAX PAYERS TO MAKE PRIORITIES AND DECISIONS.
SO THERE ARE THINGS IN THIS BUDGET IF YOU GO AHEAD AND CLICK THE NEXT ONE THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMMED IN THIS BUDGET, UH, RELATED TO POLICE, FIREMEN, DISPATCHERS, AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED TO THE VOTERS, BUT IT'S REALLY ULTIMATELY THEIR DECISION.
SO WHAT THE DECISION IS REALLY ON THE BALLOT IS DO I SAY NO TO THE TAX RATE ELECTION? I SAVE $106 A YEAR, BUT IF I SAY YES TO THE TAX RATE ELECTION, I WILL WILL SPEND MY $106, BUT I'M GOING TO GET THESE SERVICES, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU AFTERWARDS.
SO WE'VE LISTED OUT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD GET WITH THAT.
SO REALLY THAT'S WHAT THIS TAX RATE ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT.
IT'S FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR, OUR VOTERS TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL FUND, THERE'S 10 NEW POLICE OFFICERS, THERE'S NINE FIREFIGHTERS, EIGHT DISPATCHERS, LIBRARY MATERIALS, PARKS, UPKEEP, CITY SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO REQUESTED TO PUT SOME OF THIS IN RESERVE FOR THE FUTURE.
BUT YOU GET A LOT FOR THAT EXTRA A HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR, BUT IT'S STILL, IT'S UP TO ALL OF OUR, UH, VOTERS IN THE CITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR US.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG THING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT.
BUT EITHER WAY, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE CITY EITHER WAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR LIGHTS TURNED ON, YOU'RE GONNA SEE ELECTRICITY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE WATER WASTEWATER.
BUT THESE THINGS ARE THERE TO SEE IF WHAT THE VOTERS WANT TO DO, WHAT KIND OF INVESTMENT DO THEY WANT TO MAKE IN THE COMMUNITY.
HERE'S A LITTLE LOOK AT THE EARLY VOTING.
IT STARTS OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH THE 30TH.
ELECTION DAY FOR US IS NOVEMBER 3RD.
AND BY NOVEMBER 17TH WE'LL CERTIFY THOSE NUMBERS AND KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO OPERATE THIS BUDGET WITH THAT EXTRA 10 MILLION OR IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT IT BACK.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF OUR BIG, BIG INITIATIVE COMING UP FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT THIS YEAR.
WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? AND I PUT ONE UP HERE JUST TO TO, TO TRY TO GET Y'ALL THINKING, BUT IF YOU RAN THE BUDGET, WHAT'S ONE OF THE SERVICES YOU WOULD PROTECT OUT OF ALL THOSE THINGS I LISTED? IF YOU HAD TO BE THE ONE SITTING UP HERE MAKING THOSE PRIORITIES, IF YOU HAD TO BE ON COUNCIL, WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO PROTECT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS FULLY FUNDED? THAT'S JUST ONE QUESTION.
Y'ALL CAN ASK ME WHATEVER YOU WANT.
I GUESS YOU ONLY GET ONE IS WHAT I HEARD.
UM, IS THAT QUESTION FOR ME, LIKE FOR ME TO, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD SPECIFIC.
SO, BUT IF I WAS THE CITY MANAGER OR THE ONE RUNNING THE BUDGET, I'D PROBABLY PROTECT THE POLICE BUSY.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING DIFFERENT? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? WHAT YOU, BESIDES, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT'S NOT REGARDING THIS? UM, COULD WE GET A PICTURE WITH YOU? SURE.
THAT'S, WE HAVE A QUESTION OVER HERE.
HOW DID YOU PAY YOUR TAXES THIS YEAR? WHO, WHO HAD THEIR HAND UP OVER GEORGE, GO AHEAD.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON PROPOSITION MEAN? I UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T TELL YOU MY THOUGHTS.
AND, AND SO MY, OUR JOB IS JUST TO PROVIDE YOU FACTS.
THE, THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE DOESN'T WANT STAFF MAKING DECISIONS OR TELLING YOU HOW YOU SHOULD VOTE.
SO ALLS I CAN SAY IS JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU LIKE.
I MEAN, YOU HEARD SOME THINGS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT THIS IS A DECISION FOR ALL OF THE VOTERS, NOT FOR ME.
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AS IN STAFF.YES, WE CANNOT HELP YOU WITH THAT
HE SO GRACIOUSLY, UH, AGREED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO THE CITY IS DOING CITYWIDE TOWN HALLS TO, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR RESIDENTS, TO OUR VOTERS ABOUT PROPOSITION A AND THEN WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER SAYS AT THOSE TOWN HALLS.
EXACTLY WHAT MATT SAID, THAT, THAT ANY STAFF MEMBER, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, TO TELL YOU HOWS OR WHY, UM, OR IF THINGS ARE BETTER OR WORSE, WE CAN PROVIDE NUMBERS, BUT IF YOU DO WANT OPINIONS, TALK TO NEIGHBORS.
THERE ARE ADVOCACY GROUPS ON EITHER SIDE, UM, OF THE ELECTION THAT, THAT ARE OUT THERE TOO, THAT YOU CAN, UM, TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE.
THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO, WHEN THEY'RE NOT LIKE AT A COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THEIR OWN TIME.
LIKE IF YOU SAW A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OR, OR YOU KNOW, OUT AT A RESTAURANT OR RESTAURANT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE OPINIONS.
UM, WE CAN'T JUST STAFF MEMBERS WHEN THEY ARE LIKE ACTING AS A STAFF MEMBER OR LIKE A COUNCIL.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE AN OPINION.
BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT CAN GIVE, UH, OPINIONS THAT YOU CAN GO TALK TO.
ANYTHING ELSE? LOOKS LIKE I'M GETTING CALLED OFF.
SO LET'S GO GRAB OUR PICTURE WHILE WE'RE PULLING KAREN'S PRESENTATION.
WE TYPICALLY DO IT OUT IN THE HALL.
SO WE ALL, EVERYONE GROUP AROUND THE QUESTIONS.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONE TONS OF QUESTIONS.
OOH, CAN I HAVE SOME FOR THE ART CENTERS? YEAH, WE, BECAUSE WE, WE'VE ALWAYS, AND I ALWAYS SEND THEM OUR THE SITE HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE GET SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, HEY GUYS, WE NEED ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
PLEASE EMAIL ME MORE AND I'LL SEND 'EM SOME OTHER, THE REC CENTERS ACTUALLY.
'CAUSE WE NEED THIS IN OUR YEAH, YOU YOU CAN GO ON THE GROUND.
OKAY, EVERYBODY LOOK RIGHT HERE.
EVERYONE UP POSITIONS WE'RE GONNA A REPRESENTATIVE FROM.
ALL RIGHT Y'ALL, WE HAVE A NEXT SPEAKER.
OKAY GUYS, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, A POTENTIAL SERVICE
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PROJECT.I'M FROM GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
UH, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL PROJECT, I DO JUST WANNA ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND THEN REITERATE SOMETHING THAT MATT SAID.
THREE OF OUR LIBRARY LOCATIONS SERVE AS POLLING LOCATIONS FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND, SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY, UH, WEST GARLAND LIBRARY AND OUR
IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL TO BE ABLE TO GO AND EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE, UH, EITHER WAY ON ALL THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES YOU ARE VOTING FOR AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AT THE STATE LEVEL, FEDERAL LEVEL, LEVEL, LEVEL, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
IT'S NOT
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A LIBRARY CARD? UH, I LEFT A COUPLE OF HANDOUTS WITH MS. RHONDA.
WE HAVE A TON OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES.
SOME OF THEM, UH, THE TWO THAT I'VE LEFT ARE FOR TEST PREP, UM, AND FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
SO A LOT OF, YOU'RE GETTING READY TO TAKE A CT
THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN USE ONLINE FOR FREE THAT WILL GIVE YOU, UM, SOME REAL TIME, UH, ASSESSMENT TESTING, UH, AND HELP TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THOSE SCORES.
SO THAT'S MY MY WOOD LIBRARY PLUG.
SO WE HAVE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WE HAVE EXTERIOR BOOK DROPS, MATERIALS DROPS AT ALL FOUR OF OUR LOCATIONS, BUT FROM TIME TO TIME, WE HAVE TO UTILIZE, UH, A MOBILE EXTERIOR BOOK DROP FOR WHATEVER REASON.
WE'VE USED THEM A LOT WHEN WE'VE HAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UH, WE'RE, WE ARE USING ONE NOW AT SOUTH ISLAND LIBRARY, WHILE SOME WORK BEING DONE ON THE BUILDING.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE, THE DROPS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE MANUAL ARE, THEY'RE UGLY
THEY'RE JUST GRAY METAL BOXES.
THIS ONE IS STARTING TO RUST AND, UM, IT JUST LOOKS BAD.
SO WE'VE GOT THIS ONE OUT, UM, IN THE WILDS DEPLOYED RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT TWO OF THESE.
BUT WHAT WE WERE THINKING IS, WOULD REALLY LIKE TO USE THIS AS A PUBLIC ART PROJECT TO TRANSFORM IT INTO SOMETHING MUCH MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE DO, WHO WE ARE AT THE LIBRARY, BUT ALSO WHO WE ARE AS THE CITY OF FIREARMS. SO IF YOU ARE UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IT, UH, AND THE ANSWER BEING NO IS NOT GONNA HURT MY FEELINGS WHATSOEVER IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN IT.
UH, WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN YOUR IDEAS ON CREATING, MAKING THIS A PUBLIC ART PIECE THAT IS ATTRACTIVE.
THINK WELL, I'VE GOT INSPIRATION ON THE NEXT ONE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
THREE OUT OF THE FOUR OF OUR LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED SOUTH, GETTING READY TO BE TRANSFORMED.
THEY'RE COLORFUL, THEY'RE BRIGHT, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ART PIECES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR RESIDENCE AND WHO WE ARE AS A CITY.
AND THAT BOOK DROP DOES NOT REPRESENT WHO WE ARE AS A CITY.
THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT IT THAT WOULD MAKE YOU LIKE NOTICE IT IN A GOOD WAY.
THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT IT THAT CALLS YOU IN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S AN OPERATIONAL NEED, BUT IT'S JUST UNSIGHTLY AND HORRIBLE.
WE LOVE THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OR, YOU KNOW, TRANSFORMATIVE IN NATURE AND WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, IF YOU'RE UP FOR IT, IS HOWEVER, WHATEVER WAY THAT, UH, THE ART PROJECT IS, UM, DESIGNED, IT WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO, TO HOLD UP TO THE EXTERIOR ELEMENT.
SO IT'LL BE OUTSIDE RAIN, WHEN HEAT HOLDS, IT'LL BE EXPOSED TO ALL OF THAT.
UH, WE NEED TO PREP THE, THE SURFACE.
SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF RUST ON HIM, BUT THAT'S AN EASY ENOUGH THING TO BE ABLE TO DO TO PREP IT.
SO TO ALLOW FOR SOMETHING KIND OF SIGNAGE, UM, THERE IS, UH, A DOOR THAT WE'LL NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS.
SO WE CAN'T WRAP IT, UH, NECESSARILY IN ONE PIECE.
UH, WE REALLY NEED TO PAINT SOMETHING, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS, TO GET THE MATERIALS OUT OF IT AND CHECK IT IN.
IT NEEDS TO BE COLORFUL AND FUN.
UH, IT REALLY, THAT, THAT'S A REALLY BIG ONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS REALLY AMAZING BRANDING, UH, CAMPAIGN THAT WE USE AT THE LIBRARY.
WE HAVE A MASCOT WHO'S THE CAT.
WE'D REALLY LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THE CAT INTO, UH, THE ART PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, AND IF YOU WANT, WE'VE GOT A GREAT MARKETING TEAM, UH, PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS HAS A GREAT TEAM.
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IF THERE'S A SOLID COMMITTEE THAT WANTS TO WORK ON IT AND BRAINSTORM AND GET A DESIGN READY TO IMPLEMENT ON THE, UH, THE BOOK DROPS.AND THEN JUST AS FURTHER INSPIRATION.
AND THE LAST SLIDE, WE USE THIS COLOR PALETTE A LOT.
THESE ARE THE, THE CHOSEN COLOR, UH, COLORS THAT WE USE FOR A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN WE'RE USING MARKETING AND, UM, WORKING AROUND THAT BRANDING CAMPAIGN.
YOU'RE NOT LIMITED TO THESE COLORS, BUT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO USE THIS, THESE COLORS TO, TO KEEP THINGS, UM, FEELING, UH, OH COHESIVE.
AND THEN ALSO THAT THESE ARE JUST FUN, VIBRANT COLORS AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR LIMITED TO ONE QUESTION THAT WELL I DO, I I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU AND THEN YEAH, YOU CAN OPEN IT UP.
UM, AS FAR AS KIND OF TELL ME AND TELL, TELL THE GROUP IF YOU DON'T MIND.
LIKE, WHAT ARE WE NEEDING IF IT, IF THE GROUP IS INTERESTED IN THIS, UM, KIND OF WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT THEY WOULD TAKE? THEY, IF THEY, THEY DECIDE MAYBE THAT IT'S GONNA BE PAINT, I GUESS JUST DECIDE WHAT THE, THE MEDIUM IS AND THEN COME UP WITH A DESIGN, SOME IDEAS FOR A DESIGN.
AND THEN ARE THEY THE ONES PAINTING IT? ARE THOSE THE DIFFERENT STEPS TO, TO TAKE THIS ON AS A PROJECT OR BASICALLY, UH, YES, BUT IT ALL WILL DEPEND ON THE MEDIUM THAT'S CHOSEN.
IF IT'S PAINT, WE WORK WITH OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, UM, ORGANIZATION, WHICH I KNEW, UH, YOU SAID THAT THERE'S, I THINK YOU SAID I'M GETTING MY MEETINGS MIXED UP AS FAR AS SUPPLIES ARE OUR FRIENDS GROUP.
WE, WE HAVE TONS OF PAINT HERE.
AS LONG AS WE'RE ABLE, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS WHAT TYPE OF PAINT DO THEY USUALLY USE FOR THAT? 'CAUSE OUR LITTLE DIFFERENT SPECIAL? YEAH, IT MIGHT A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S A, A METAL SURFACE.
SO WE'VE, UH, WORK WITH THE FRIENDS ON, UM, TWO THINGS.
ONE, THE COSTS, UH, OF THE MEDIA.
WHEN I SAY TWO THINGS, IT'S EITHER GONNA BE PAINT, UM, THE PREP WORK THAT GOES CORRECT INTO, UH, PREPPING THE, UH, UNIT ITSELF, WHICH WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WILL HELP WITH THE, THE PREPPING OF THE BOX.
AND THEN IF, UH, IF IT'S PAINT PRETTY EASY, IF IT'S NOT PAINT, UH, AND WE CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH LIKE A, THE, A VINYL WRAP FOR IT, WHICH IS POSSIBLE, IT'S A MORE EXPENSIVE OPTION, BUT IT IS A POSSIBLE OPTION, OUR FRIENDS WOULD KIND OF PAY FOR THAT OPTION AS WELL.
UM, BUT YES, I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS TO SEE ONE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IT, TWO, UH, TO START THE EXPLORATORY PROCESS WITH OUR TEAM, KIND OF GET A DESIGN READY, UM, FOR IT, AND THEN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT ON THE, THE BOXES ITSELF.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN OVERNIGHT PROJECT.
SO THIS CAN, WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY A TIMEFRAME THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR LIKE JANUARY ONE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
DO WE HAVE, WOULD Y'ALL GUYS THINK OKAY.
UM, I DO KNOW A LOT OF PLACES AROUND GARLAND HAS HAVE KIND OF THESE ELECTRICAL BOXES MM-HMM
THAT ARE KIND OF PAINTED AS SOMETHING LIKE WITH USING THOSE COLORS, WOULD THERE KIND OF BE LIKE SOME CONSIDERATION HAVE SOMETHING SOLAR TO THAT? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE OF COURSE, EXACTLY LIKE THEM.
THEY MIGHT BE CONFUSED FOR ELECTRICAL BOXES, BUT MAYBE LIKE SOMETHING ALONG THE THEME OF THE RESPECTIVE LIBRARY.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
UM, IT IS SIMILAR TO THE ELECTRICAL BOXES.
UH, THAT'S A WRAPPED, UM, BOX.
IT'S JUST, UH, I THINK WE WOULD WANT IT TO BE A LIBRARY FOCUSED AND THERE'S SOME DEFINITE THINGS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ON THE BOX.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SAY VIDEO DROP, UH, EXTERIOR LIBRARY.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WORDING ON IT TO HELP THE PUBLIC REALIZE THAT THIS IS A, THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO RETURN YOUR LIBRARY MATERIALS OUTSIDE OF COMING INTO THE LIBRARY AGAIN, BASICALLY.
UM, AREN'T ALL LIKE THE ELECTRICAL BOXES, LIKE BEING RUN BY LIKE A SPECIFIC ARTIST.
LIKE THEY ALL HAVE LIKE THE SAME STYLE.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE WENT TO THE, THERE'S LIKE A GALLERY IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND.
AND THAT ARTIST, I REMEMBER ALL THESE DISPLAYED THERE AND LIKE ALL THE ELECTRICAL BOXES, LIKE, SO I'M PRETTY SURE IT WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT.
I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE WOULD STYLE BECAUSE I PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THE ELECTRICAL BOXES USED THE SAME ARTIST.
THEY, THEY DID ALL, THEY, IT'S THE ONE ARTIST THAT PUT 'EM ALL, THERE WAS LIKE, THERE'S 52 BOXES I BELIEVE THAT WERE COVERED IN ALL.
AND THEY, UM, EACH ARTIST, I THINK THEY DID LIKE 13 ARTISTS.
EACH ARTIST GOT LIKE FOUR BOXES THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO, TO COVER.
UH, AND THEY SUBMITTED THEIR DESIGNS AND IT WENT THROUGH LIKE A WHOLE, THAT WAS THROUGH OUR ARTS GROUP.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAD SOME OTHER, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GROUP WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AND EVERYTHING TOO.
BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, SO THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF THOSE ARTISTS HAD THEMES THAT THEY CARRIED OUT THROUGH ALL FOUR OF THEIR BOXES.
LIKE SOME, YOU KNOW, DID NATURE THEMES AND SOME DID, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE EDWARD SCISSOR HANDS AND THOSE, THEY HAD SOME OTHER CHARACTERS THAT KIND OF WENT TOGETHER.
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THOSE, THIS DEFINITELY COULD BE, COULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT THAT THOSE, UM, TO A POINT EARLIER, THOSE WERE ALL WRAPPED.SO, I MEAN, THAT IS, VINYL WRAPPING IS AN, IS AN OPTION.
POTENTIALLY A PAINT IN ADDITION TO PAINT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AN OPTION AS WELL.
BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN I, I THINK THAT THIS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIT IN BUT ALSO BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE BRANDING THAT WILL BE ON THIS ONE.
AND I WOULD SAY, UH, TO A COUPLE OF YOU, I THINK SAID IT, IT TOTALLY CAN BE DIFFERENT FROM THE WRAPPED BOXES, DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEME, DIFFERENT, UM, IMAGERY ON THEM.
UM, IT'S JUST THE SAME KIND OF CONCEPT AND THE PROCESS.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THE INSPIRATION FROM THE BUILDINGS, THE, THE RENOVATED FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE, UM, AS WELL AS CURIOSITY AND THE, THE BRANDING CAMPAIGN THAT WE HAVE.
Y'ALL THINK Y'ALL ARE UP FOR THE PROJECT? YES.
WELL I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL MEET WITH THEM AND GET YOU GOOD WITH YOU WITH MORE DETAILS.
SO SINCE THEY SAID THEY DID SAY YES,
DO YOU, CAN YOU SEND ME WHERE THE BOX WILL BE AT SO I CAN GO LOOK AT IT AS WELL? OH, I KNOW WHERE THE SOUTH GARDEN IS.
CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH YOU AS WELL? OKAY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE GONNA GET UP ONE MORE TIME.
YEAH, EVERYBODY REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE? GO BACK TO BIG SMILES.
NATALIE, I CANNOT SEE YOU RIGHT THERE, SWEETHEART.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
ALRIGHT, MAKE SURE Y'ALL HAVE SIGNED IN AT THE FRONT.
UM, BEFORE WE SPLIT UP INTO OUR COMMITTEE GROUPS, UM, WE JUST HAVE FOUR MORE UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT.
UM, OCTOBER 17TH, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY WE HAVE THE CAMERA CHILI COOKOFF.
ON THE 24TH, WHICH IS NEXT SATURDAY, WE HAVE DIA DETO.
THEN ON OCTOBER 28TH, WHICH IS THE THURSDAY I THINK, UM, IS THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
THEN ON OCTOBER 30TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY IS GARLAND GRAVEYARD HAUNTED HOUSE IN TRUCK AND TREAT.
AND SO EVERYBODY LIKE PAY ATTENTION TO THE GROUPME BECAUSE MS. RHONDA HAS BEEN POSTING WHO IS SIGNED UP TO VOLUNTEER AT EACH EVENT.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP AND THERE ARE SPOTS AVAILABLE, DO SIGN UP.
'CAUSE REMEMBER IN OUR EXPECTATION AGREEMENTS WE DO HAVE, UM, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE VOLUNTEERING FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF EVENTS PER SEMESTER.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS KIND OF TAKING US THROUGH OCTOBER.
SO WE'LL HAVE A FEW EVENTS IN NOVEMBER AND A FEW IN DECEMBER.
BUT, BUT GET 'EM, GET 'EM IN NOW.
AND REMEMBER ONCE I DROP THEM IN THE GROUP ABOUT THE CALENDAR EVENTS, Y'ALL PLEASE GOTTA TRY TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THESE, UH, A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS IS NOT ASKING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BE THERE LIKE 10 OR 11.
LIKE THE CAMELO THAT'S COMING UP.
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SHE ONLY REQUESTED ABOUT 10, NO MORE THAN 11 MEMBERS TO BE THERE.OKAY? THEN OF COURSE WITH THE TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT THAT'S COMING UP AS WELL.
THEIR ONLY REQUEST IS VERY LIMITED.
AND A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRUNK OR TREAT, I TALKED TO MS. JSA TODAY, SHE NEEDS FOUR CONCRETED PEOPLE THAT'S ABLE TO BE THERE AT LEAST ABOUT 4:00 PM TO HELP WITH THE KIDS GAMES.
WHO CAN BE THERE AT FOUR ON OCTOBER THE 30TH? IT'S A FRIDAY.
WHO CAN BE THERE AT FOUR ON A FRIDAY? 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW OF Y'ALL THAT'S ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THE TRUCK AND TREAT EVENT AND HAUNTED HOUSE.
I'LL GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I CAN GO.
AND CAN YOU BE THERE AT 4:00 PM YES MA'AM.
OKAY, I, I NEED WE LITERALLY TONIGHT WHO COULD BE THERE AT 4:00 PM IT UP TO A LOT OF FUN.
WHO WAS THERE LAST YEAR? XAVIER WAS THERE LAST.
WHO ELSE WAS THERE LAST YEAR WAS SOPHIA, WAS SHE HERE LAST YEAR? JULIANA WAS THERE LAST YEAR, BUT I NEED FOUR CONCRETE PEOPLE THAT'S ABLE TO BE THERE BECAUSE WE NEED HELP WITH THE TRUNK OR TREAT OUTSIDE GANG.
ANYBODY ELSE NEED THREE MORE? THANK YOU.
I'M NOT LIKE CONCRETE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU BACK.
ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S MOVE UP INTO OUR COMMITTEE GROUPS.
UH, WE'LL HAVE C ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROOM.
UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE ON THIS SIDE AND SOCIAL PROMOTIONS.
ARE Y'ALL LOOKING FOR GEORGE? OH, OKAY.
I GAVE Y'ALL EACH A PLANNING LIST CHECKLIST.
PLEASE SHOW IT TO YOUR GROUP AND IT WILL HELP ALL, IT WILL HELP EACH INDIVIDUAL GROUP ON THEIR PLAN.
I PUT IT SO LIKE, KIND OF LIKE TOGETHER POPCORN.
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SO TODAY THEY THINGS WE HAVE SUPPLIES, MARKETING BUDGET TABLE.LOCATION, I, WE GOTTA DO WHAT I,
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IT'S A GOOD IDEA THOUGH, BUT OKAY.MAYBE WE HERE AND WE HAVE A BIG LIKE MOVIE SCREEN THING.
AND THEN ENTERTAINMENT WE ALREADY HAVE.
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IT WOULD, WE HAVE A AFTER WE, THEY'RE IN COMMITTEE THAT IS SOCIAL AND THAT IS,[01:21:06]
THANK YOU.THEY SURVEY YOU TO GET WHAT THEY HAVE TO PUT SURVEY USUALLY IN DECEMBER HERE.
IT'S LIKE I SAID, WHY ARE YOU GUYS, BECAUSE HE SAID IT.
PEOPLE AT THE FRONT, THEY A TO GO LOOK AT SUPPLIES FOR THE, WE'RE GONNA GO LISTEN TO, THEY'RE LEAVING, THEY'RE TAKING A TRIP TO THE FRONT SOCIAL.
IF Y'ALL HAVE A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TO STAY AND WANNA KEEP YOUR DISCUSSIONS, BY ALL MEANS, WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU STOP RIGHT NOW AND, AND LEAVE.
BUT WE ALSO DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEED TO TALKED TO THEIR ABOUT
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ASKED WHAT THAT ENTAILED.BUT IF I COULD, UM, GET THAT DOWN.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET VERY HARD TO FIND WHAT WE, WHAT WE LIKE DO.
ALRIGHT Y'ALL, IF YOU WANT A HALLOWEEN, COME DO THE SURVEY.
IF YOU A HALLOWEEN, PLEASE COME TO THE SURVEY TO GO DROP MY SISTER OFF.
SHE WILL COME PICK ME UP, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE HER A BIT OF TIME.
THAT'S WHY I'M STILL GONNA BE HERE.
IF YOU WANT A HALLOWEEN AT 7 0 2, WERE ADJOURNED.