[Mayor’s Youth Council on February 13, 2024.]
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WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET THE MEETING STARTED NOW.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER IN THIS MEETING, SO WE WANNA START EARLY SO WE'RE NOT HOLDING Y'ALL TOO MUCH.
WE GOT VALENTINE'S DAY TOMORROW AND EVERYBODY HAS WORK TO DO AS WELL.
UM, SO AT, UH, WHAT TIME IS IT AT 6 28 ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH.
WE'LL BE CALL, I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, AND I'LL TURN IT TO OUR SECRETARY, AUDREY, TO CALL ORDER.
LANCE PRESENT? UH, ANNA IS VIRTUAL.
AND I'LL TURN TO OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, ALEX XAVIER, FOR THE QUORUM STATUS.
UH, NOW WE'LL TURN TO OUR VICE CHAIR, JEREMY, FOR APPROVAL OF OUR, UH, MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING ON THE 9TH OF JANUARY.
I'M TO APPROVE THE YING MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING ON JANUARY THE NINTH.
UH, AND JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, WE'LL BE SKIPPING EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS FOR NOW.
UH, WE'LL NOT BE MOVING TO OUR CITY OF HOUSTON UPDATES.
UH, DIRECTOR HERBERT SIMS. IS HE PRESENT TODAY? YES.
UM, HOPE Y'ALL ARE DOING WELL.
HOPE YOU ALL ARE STAYING BUSY.
HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL IN SCHOOL.
ANYWAY, WELL, I JUST WANT TO COME BY AND INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE MET ME BEFORE, BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, UH, DIRECTOR FRANCIS HAS MOVED ON.
SHE'S RUNNING FOR, UM, DISTRICT JUDGE IN THE DISTRICT OF 1 52, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, CIVIL COURT, UM, IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
SO SHE, UM, HER LAST DAY WAS SADLY ON FRIDAY.
UM, I'M CURRENTLY THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COME BY AND TALK TO YOU GUYS.
I WAS ABLE TO VIEW YOUR LAST MEETING ON, UM, TELEVISION, THE REBROADCAST.
AND SO I TOLD PAUL I WANTED TO COME BY AND ADDRESS, UM, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING THAT MEETING AND SOME OF THE, UM, MISINFORMATION YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD.
SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, SO I'M SURE YOU'RE NOT QUESTIONING IF I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT OR NOT, BUT MANY MOONS AGO I WAS THE ADVISOR FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL FOR ABOUT THREE TO FOUR YEARS.
AND, UM, I JUST RECENTLY AND STILL AM WAS THE CFO FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THE FIRST THING I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAD CONCERNS ABOUT WAS FUNDING.
SO I'LL START WITH OVERALL FUNDING AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAD ABOUT OVERALL FUNDING.
UM, I WASN'T AWARE THAT YOU GUYS ASSUMED OR WAS TOLD THAT YOU GUYS, YOU ALL DIDN'T HAVE ANY FUNDING.
THERE IS FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR MAYORS YOUTH COUNCIL.
THERE IS NOT A LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET FOR MAYORS YOUTH COUNCIL.
THAT'S NOT TO BE MISCONSTRUED THAT THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION OF FUNDING, IT MAY NOT BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT THERE IS FUNDING FOR PROGRAMMING FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
SO, UM, AND THERE ARE, UM, MEMOS THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND APPROVALS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO HAVE CONCESSIONS FOR THAT FUNDING SUCH AS FOOD AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET ON ON OTHER FUNDS.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST CONCERN, UM, THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS WITH YOU TODAY.
UM, THE SECOND WAS I HAD SOME QUESTION ABOUT A FUNDRAISER YOU GUYS HAD.
UM, THE CITY HAS VERY STRICT POLICIES ON FUNDRAISERS AND TO UM, PUT IT PLAIN AND SIMPLE, YOUR FUNDRAISER WAS, UM, AN UNAUTHORIZED FUNDRAISER.
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WE ARE WORKING TO GET THEM A FUNDS RELEASED SO THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SPEND THEM FOR MYC ACTIVITIES, SUPPLIES, SERVICES, AND WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SPEND IT ON.HOWEVER, WHEN YOU RAISE FUNDS IN THE NAME OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S POLICIES HAVE TO BE ABIDED TO EXPEND AS WELL AS OBTAIN THOSE FUNDS.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL THAT THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL IS A CITY OF HOUSTON SPONSORED BODY.
AND SO THERE ARE CERTAIN POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY WITHIN THIS BODY AND WITHIN MAINTAINING THE BODY AND THE PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES AND FUNDING, THEREFORE.
THE OTHER WAS THE LACK OF SUPPORT FROM, I'M ASSUMING THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
UM, DIRECTOR FRANCIS AND I SPOKE ABOUT THAT CONCERN 'CAUSE SHE, SHE WAS IN CHARGE AT THAT TIME.
AND I BELIEVE YOU GUYS WERE QUOTE UNQUOTE INVITED TO A, THE TREE LIGHTING AT CITY HALL.
I CAN TELL YOU, AS YOUR DIVISION MANAGER'S DIRECT SUPERVISOR PROTOCOL WAS NOT FOLLOWED.
THERE'S CERTAIN PROTOCOLS THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED WHEN ATTENDING THOSE EVENTS.
WE, YOU, ME, PAUL, ANY ADVISOR YOU HAVE IN THE FUTURE CANNOT JUST SHOW UP TO THE EVENT AND EXPECT TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS PRESENTED TO THEM.
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN POLICIES WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
I'M JUST GIVING YOU THAT AS A BACKGROUND.
SO I WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT WITH MR. GREEN, WHO'S YOUR REACTING ADVISOR NOW, AND ANY FUTURE ADVISOR THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE POINTS CLEAR BECAUSE YOU ARE TELEVISED.
AND SO THOSE POINTS ARE MADE, UM, AND BROADCASTED AND I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THOSE UP FOR YOU GUYS AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME.
UH, WHY ARE WE JUST BEING MADE AWARE OF THIS NOW? I'M THE STUFF THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO US MM-HMM
BESIDES THE TREE LIGHTING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE TO US WHEN WE WERE, UM, INDUCTED TO THIS PROGRAM FOR STUFF TO BE COMING OUT WHEN IT'S FEBRUARY AND THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN INITIATED SINCE SEPTEMBER.
WE COME HERE, WE TAKE TWO HOURS OUT OF OUR DAY.
WE MEET THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AND INFORMATION IS BEING MADE AWARE OF NOW.
WE WEREN'T AWARE OF A BUDGET OR ANYTHING.
I'M, IT'S, I'M, I'M NOT, LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION BEFORE YOU, 'CAUSE THERE'S NO EMOTION HERE.
I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AN ADVISOR.
THAT ADVISOR IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
IF YOU WERE NOT INFORMED, I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT'S UP TO YOUR ADVISOR TO ADVISE YOU WHAT I AM TELLING YOUR ADVISOR AND WHAT I'M TELLING YOUR DIVISION MANAGER.
SO ALL I CAN DO AT THIS POINT IS I APOLOGIZE IF YOU HADN'T HEARD THOSE THINGS.
IF YOU WERE MISINFORMED, WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE AND THAT'S ALL I CAN DO.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE MEETINGS YOU HAVE HAD AND THAT WASN'T PASSED ON TO YOU.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS, YOUR ADVISOR WAS WELL AWARE THAT YOU HAD A BUDGET.
YOUR ADVISOR WAS ADVISOR WAS WELL AWARE THAT SHE COULD REQUEST THOSE THINGS FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU AT THIS TIME.
BUT I CANNOT TELL YOU WHY THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT PASSED TO YOU.
I CAN SAY THAT IN YOUR ORIENTATION, I WAS THERE AND I DID SAY YOU HAD FUNDING AND I DID SAY THAT'S HOW YOU GOT THESE LOVELY SWEATERS.
SO YOU KNOW THAT FUNDING IS THERE.
LIKE I SAID, THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE AREN'T PROJECTS THAT WE SAY WE CAN'T DO, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN, I HEARD THAT YOU HAD NO FUNDING AND I DON'T WANT MISINFORMATION OUT THERE THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE.
SO, SO I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHY YOU HAVEN'T HEARD 'CAUSE I WASN'T HERE FOR THOSE MEETINGS, BUT I WAS THERE FOR YOUR ORIENTATION.
SO IF SOMETHING CHANGED BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AND YOU WERE MISINFORMED, I DO APOLOGIZE AND WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR BEST.
YOUR AGENDAS WILL BE APPROVED BY MR. GREEN BEFORE YOUR MEETING OCCURS.
SO THINGS LIKE UNAUTHORIZED FUNDRAISERS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE NO FUNDING WILL NOT BE ITERATED TO YOU.
WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY YOUR MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST NOW.
THAT WAS A REQUEST I WANTED TO MAKE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE YOUR MEETINGS AND NOT, IT'S NOT A CLOSED SESSION.
YOU ARE THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL AND SO YOU REPRESENT THE YOUTH OF HOUSTON AND THE YOUTH OF HOUSTON SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE MEETINGS.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE AS OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
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KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ANSWER I CAN GIVE YOU.I'M SURE YOU GOT ANOTHER QUESTION AND, UM, UH, MS. SHELLY BAKER IS WAITING IN THE LOBBY FOR THE MEETING.
I I'M IN THE ROOM, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN TERMS OF LIKE HOW MUCH FUNDING WE HAVE? 'CAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, LIKE WHAT'S LEFT OVER FROM ANOTHER PROJECT THAT Y'ALL HAD? MM-HMM
I THINK THAT'S LIKE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT JUST BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S OTHER YOUTH COUNCILS AROUND THIS STATE THAT HAVE $81,000 TO THEIR NAME.
WE, WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT WE HAD THAT.
UM, WE MAY NOT HAVE A LINE ITEM THAT SAYS MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL THIS.
BUT I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEXT BUR BUDGET SEASON, WHAT IS AUGUST, UM, AROUND THAT TIME IS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMPLISH THAT AND THAT WE GET A LINE ITEM WHERE THE MAYOR'S, YOUTH COUNCIL'S ABLE TO HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY.
THE CHILD, THE CITY JUST BECAME A CHILD FRIENDLY CITY.
WE NEED TO START INVESTING IN YOUTH INITIATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD DISCUSS WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS YOUTH.
UM, THOSE DECISIONS I CAN PUT IN THE BUDGET.
YOU WON'T HAVE A, AND WHEN I SAY LINE ITEM GUYS, YOU WON'T HAVE A LINE ITEM THAT SAYS YOUTH COUNCIL.
THERE THERE IS, THERE IS NOT A LINE ITEM THAT WILL SAY YOUTH COUNCIL.
UM, AS FAR AS YOUR INCREASING YOUR BUDGET, I JUST WANT TO LET THIS BE VERY CLEAR.
MOVING INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE FACING CUTS.
SO AN INCREASE IN YOUR BUDGET, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S FEASIBLE.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO FUND YOU WHERE WE CAN AND BEST AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING WITH THEIR FUNDING AND THEIR TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
THAT'S NOT FOR HERB TO, TO STAND HERE AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF FINANCIAL SHAPE THEY'RE IN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALLOCATIONS LOOK LIKE OR WHERE THAT FUNDING IS COMING FROM.
SO THERE IS ONE THING WE ARE TRYING TO DO IN THE UPCOMING YEAR UNDERNEATH INCREASE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU ACCESS TO MORE FUNDING.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, YES, THIS FUNDRAISER WAS UNAUTHORIZED, BUT WE, THERE ARE POTENTIAL FUNDRAISERS.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MAKE THE ASK.
SO I, I GET THE QUESTIONS, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND TOO THAT THOSE, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THOSE QUESTIONS WEREN'T THOSE INFORM, THAT INFORMATION WASN'T POSED TO YOU.
YOUR CONCERNS RIGHT NOW WAS NOT POSED TO US.
SO I GET THE CONCERN AND I SAW IN YOUR LAST MEETING THE FRUSTRATION AND THAT'S WHAT MADE ME COME TODAY.
BECAUSE THERE SHOULDN'T BE THAT IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS IN SEPTEMBER, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TILL FEBRUARY FOR THOSE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS TO GET TO THE PEOPLE THAT IT NEEDS TO GET TO, TO GET IT DONE.
I SAW ANOTHER HAND, BUT THE CONCERNS WERE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE DIDN'T NO, NO, I DIDN'T SAY YOU DIDN'T.
BUT YOU HAVE AN ADVISOR THAT SHOULD BRING THOSE CONCERNS TO US.
YOUR ADVISOR DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE THAT.
SO WHEN MR. PAUL HAS SOMETHING I SAY, YOU KNOW, YOUTH COUNCIL WANTS TO FILL IN THE BLANK, THEN THAT CONCERN HAS TO GO THROUGH PROTOCOL TO GET APPROVED AND GO FORTH.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A REQUEST FROM YOUTH COUNCIL THAT WAS DENIED FOR ANYONE TO SAY, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING ANYONE TO SAY WE CAN'T DO THIS.
SO I HAVE TO GET AN ASK TO SAY NO.
SO THERE HASN'T BEEN A NO, BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ASK.
SO I, I'M TRYING TO PHRASE MY QUESTION.
SO JUST, JUST FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD, THERE WAS NEVER AN ASK FROM OUR PREVIOUS ADVISOR FOR, FOR X AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED.
GIVE GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE AND I'LL TELL YOU A YES OR NO.
YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR THAT.
YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME AFTER, UM, AFTER THE FACT.
AND I SAID, WELL, WHY, WHY DO YOU NEED A FUNDRAISER FOR A YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT? I COULD HAVE FUNDED BUZZERS AND THINGS.
YOU NEED FOOD FOR A YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT.
SO NO, THAT, THAT REQUEST WAS NOT ASKED OF ME.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, WAS DID HE, DID YOU EVER SAY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? I I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED THAT.
NO, I DIDN'T SAY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
USUALLY YOUTH COUNSEL'S ALLOCATED ABOUT BETWEEN 20 $505,000.
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OKAY.AND THEN, UM, YOU SAID THAT WE CANNOT BECOME A LINE ITEM.
NO, THERE IS NO LINE ITEM FOR YOUTH COUNCIL.
SO YOU'RE A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET.
SO I HAVE A BUDGET FOR MIS FOR SERVICES SUPPLIES THERE.
THAT'S HOW THE BUDGET IS WRITTEN.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WANT A LINE ITEM THAT SAYS YOUTH COUNCIL.
THAT'S JUST NOT HOW THE BUDGET IS CREATED.
SO YOU HAVE DEDICATED FUNDS IS DIFFERENT THAN A LINE ITEM BECAUSE THAT'S THE WORD I KEPT HEARING WAS A LINE.
WE DON'T, WE LACK A LINE ITEM.
YOU DON'T HAVE A LINE ITEM THAT SAYS YOUTH COUNCIL DOES THAT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BECAUSE THE CITY'S BUDGET IS SPLIT INTO SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.
YOU GUYS NEED WHAT? SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.
SO AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A DEDICATED AMOUNT, THAT'S HOW THE CITY'S BUDGET IS DONE.
WHO'S NEXT? I'M, I'M POINTING TO PEOPLE.
UH, SO EARLIER YOU MENTIONED, I GUESS THE, WHATEVER THE CHRISTMAS PARTY THAT WE WENT TO AND YOU SAID SOMETHING LIKE WE COULDN'T JUST SHOW UP OR WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO JUST SHOW UP.
SO WE WERE NEVER INVITED TO THAT EVENT.
THERE ARE CERTAIN PROTOCOLS YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT WERE NOT FOLLOWED.
AND SO DIRECTOR FRANCIS WAS CALLED THAT DAY.
AND SO THERE ARE CERTAIN PROTOCOLS YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW WITH MOSES, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THOSE EVENTS.
AND WE, WE TALKED TO THEM, NOT GOING IN DETAIL, ANY DETAIL, BUT WE DID TALK TO MOST ABOUT THE EVENT.
SO I I DO APOLOGIZE THAT YOU GUYS WENT THROUGH THAT BECAUSE AS THE CITY OF HOUSTON, I OWE YOU THE APOLOGY.
AS THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, AS THE CITY AS WAS SAID IN THE LAST MEETING, THE CITY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
THERE WAS NO, NO ONE DENIED THE YOUTH COUNCIL ANYTHING.
THERE ARE CERTAIN PROTOCOLS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED.
SO THAT YOU WERE ON THAT LIST.
YOU, UH, YOU MENTIONED REQUIRING LIKE CERTAIN PROTOCOLS TO BE FOLLOWED MM-HMM
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW LONG THAT WOULD TAKE.
RIGHT? FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WANTED TO HOST A FUNDRAISER, HOW LONG WOULD THESE PROTOCOLS TAKE TO GET THIS APPROVED? BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS PLANNING THESE THINGS, UM, A LARGE REQUIREMENT, UH, IT'S A TIME COMMITMENT, BUT ALSO LIKE IF WE NEED TO FIRST GET THE PROTOCOL LIKE SET IN STONE MM-HMM
THEN IT WOULD BE A MUCH LONGER TASK FOR EVEN SMALLER THINGS SUCH AS A FUNDRAISER.
WELL, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN DO.
WE CAN SET UP A DEDICATED FUND FOR YOU COUNCIL.
THAT WAY YOU DO HAVE A DEDICATED FUND THAT MANY OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT.
SO IF YOU DID FUNDRAISER, WE CAN PUT IT POSSIBLY IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
UM, AS A CHARITABLE GRANT FUND, THERE ARE OPTIONS.
SO THE OPTIONS EXIST IF YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE WOULD LIKE TO DO FUNDRAISERS, WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON IS THE SOPS FOR THOSE FUNDRAISERS.
UM, HOW WOULD FUTURE YOUTH COUNCILS CARRY OUT THOSE FUNDRAISERS? SO YOU WANT SOMETHING SET IN STONE BECAUSE THE YOUTH COUNCIL HAS TURNOVER AND THOSE SOPS NEED TO BE SET IN STONE BEFORE WE CREATE THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND OR THE CHARITABLE GRANT TO BE FOLLOWED.
'CAUSE THAT WAY YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DEPOSIT MONEY AND THEREFORE YOUR USE.
THE OTHER THING WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS DESIGNATE WHAT THOSE FUNDS COULD AND COULD NOT BE USED FOR.
SO THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN AS WELL.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, FUNDRAISERS.
WE AS A CITY OF HOUSTON CAN DO THAT, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO GO THROUGH CERTAIN PROTOCOLS.
IT'S NOT, IT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO GET SPECIAL PERMISSION FOR, BUT THERE'S, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU, THAT IS COMPLETELY OFF LIMITS.
HAD THAT BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, WE COULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS WITH YOU GUYS AT THAT TIME.
BUT THERE ARE PROTOCOLS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE MAYOR TO HAVE A FUNDRAISER.
AND SO I GUESS LIKE ANOTHER ROUTE WOULD BE LIKE COLLABORATING WITH THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP IN TERMS OF LIKE DOING A FUNDRAISER, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN COLLABORATE WITH GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP, YOU CAN GET SPONSORSHIPS, UM MM-HMM
THAT IS NOT CASH DONATION, BUT THOSE STILL HAVE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
AND THEN, AND 'CAUSE IT'S A GIFT.
SO YOU, YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THERE ARE POLICIES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
I KNOW WE'RE ANXIOUS AS A BODY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE HEARING IT, SO I LIKE THE QUESTIONS.
BUT YOU GOTTA REMEMBER TOO THAT IT IS THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UH, MY NEXT QUESTION IS IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP FOR FUNDRAISING, WAS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE EVER BROUGHT UP? NO.
I I HAVE NOT HEARD OF A CONFERENCE.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT IT I THINK WHEN JESSE WAS YOUR ADVISOR.
ANYBODY WANNA GO? I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT.
WHERE AM I LOOKING LANCE? UM, SO AS FAR AS THE FUNDRAISER THAT WE ALREADY DID, UM,
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IT HAS BEEN MONTHS NOW AND I KNOW A LOT OF US REACHED OUT TO OUR FAMILIES IN SUPPORT OF THIS GROUP THAT WE'RE A PART OF.AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING WHEN WE CAN EXPECT TO HAVE AN ANSWER ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE MAY NOT EVEN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DURING OUR TIME AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU FACE WHEN YOU HAVE AN UNAUTHORIZED FUNDRAISER.
SO I'M WORKING WITH FINANCE AND LEGAL NOW TO GET ACCESS TO THE MONEY.
UM, WE WERE TRYING TO WORK ONE ROUTE AND FINANCE AND LEGAL SEND US ANOTHER ROUTE.
AND THAT'S THE ROUTE I'M WORKING CURRENTLY TO GET ACCESS TO THE FUNDS.
HOWEVER, YOU DON'T HAVE AN A AUTHORIZATION FOR SAID FUNDS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE WORKAROUND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK NOW.
NOW WE KNOW YOU GUYS RAISED THE MONEY IN EARNEST, SO WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO USE IT.
BUT UM, THAT IS A PROCESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE THE FRONT END WAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF.
SO WE, I'M WORKING ON THE FRONT END AND THE BACK END RIGHT NOW.
FORGIVE ME IF THIS QUESTION HAS ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED BEFORE 'CAUSE I JUST CAME IN THE MEETING.
HOW MUCH OF THE NYC'S ACTIONS SO FAR HAS BEEN OUT OF PROTOCOL? LIKE HOW MANY OF LIKE THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HELD OR THE, LIKE VOLUNTEERING EVENTS THAT WE'VE HELD OR, UM, LIKE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
HAS ALL OF THAT BEEN OKAY? IS IT JUST THIS FUNDRAISER THAT WAS THE ISSUE? I'LL LET PAUL SPEAK TO THAT.
YOUR SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN FUN.
IT'S JUST BEEN THE FUNDRAISER.
I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST, UM, THE ISSUE AS DIRECTOR SIM SAID, WE'RE WORKING ON THE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WASN'T DONE PROPERLY NOW WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG TO, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN, AND THAT'S TO AND THAT'S I GOT ON MY RADAR.
BECAUSE I'M, I'M THE FINANCE GUY.
SO WHEN THE FUNDRAISER CAME ABOUT, THAT'S HOW IT GOT ON MY RADAR.
'CAUSE I HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET THOSE FUNDS TO YOU.
SO YEAH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A DEDICATED FUND THAT WE COULD OPEN UP.
UH, JUST WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO THAT IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT THIS, THIS TERM AND IT, IT WOULD BE TOUGH THIS QUICK BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, YOU GOT A FUNDRAISING IS IS NOT LIKE SCHOOL WHERE FUNDRAISING ISN'T SOMETHING DONE FOR A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO YOU GUYS ARE A SPECIAL GROUP.
I WOULD DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR WAYS TO GET YOU THE ABILITY TO DO SOME OF THE PROJECTS YOU WANNA DO, WHETHER IT'S YOU OR FUTURE YOUTH COUNCILS.
SO EVEN IF YOU GUYS MISS IT, SETTING IT UP.
SO FUTURE YOUTH COUNCILS MAY NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LOOK TO.
'CAUSE THAT'LL BE SOMETHING YOU ALL CREATED AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE ABILITY TO DO SOME THINGS BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAD THE FORETHOUGHT TO DO IT.
HOW, HOW MUCH TIME WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT TAKE, LIKE TO SET UP THE, THE FUN LIKE YEAH.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE SEED NOW? IT DEPENDS ON HOW WE SET THIS UP.
I COULD, WE COULD USE IT AS A FOUNDATION AND LAUNCH FROM THERE.
SO IT WOULD, IT, IT MIGHT CUT DOWN THE TIME.
THE, THE THING THAT WE CANNOT LEAP IS PERMISSION FROM THE MAYOR.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT AND THEN GO, GO FROM THERE.
UM, SO HEARING ABOUT ALL THESE PROTOCOLS AND POLICIES AND THINGS, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT THAT ACTUALLY IS SO THAT WHEN WE'RE CREATING THESE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, SO WE'RE COMING UP WITH IDEAS ON HOW TO FUNDRAISE OR NOT, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO? SO IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL PART OF THE PROGRAM, THAT'S NOT FOR YOU TO COME UP WITH WHAT NOT TO DO.
NOT THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE AN ADVISOR.
SO YOUR ADVISOR SHOULD BE ADVISING YOU OF WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO.
YOUR YOUR SURFACE LINING PROJECTS, AS PAUL SAID HAS BEEN FINE.
IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S, IT'S WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO.
WHEN, WHEN YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT WHERE AN EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE KNOW WHAT POLICIES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AS THE CFO FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
I KNOW WHAT POLICIES I HAVE TO FOLLOW AS FAR AS FINANCIAL REPORTING, AS FAR AS FINANCIAL, UM, GRANT WRITING AS FAR AS RECEIVING GRANTS, RETURNING GRANTS, GENERAL FUND DOLLARS VERSUS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND DOLLARS VERSUS REVOLVING FUNDS.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO WHEN YOU START BRINGING MONEY IN.
AND THEN, AND THE POLICY I CAN PROVIDE FOR YOU, BUT THAT ISN'T GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
WHAT WE NEED FROM MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL FOR YOU TO MOVE FORWARD AND FOR YOU TO WANT TO MOVE INTO THIS REALM OF RAISING MONEY TO DO THINGS THAT YOU GUYS SEE FIT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE NEED TO COME UP WITH AN SOP INTERNALLY THAT ALSO ABIDES BY THAT POLICY.
SO I KNOW YOU HAVE CERTAIN COMMITTEES THAT WOULD BE A GREAT COMMITTEE THAT WAS.
AND THIS IS ALSO REFERENCING THE, UM, THE TREE LIGHTING.
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WE HAD TO, WE HAD TO HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME SPECIAL APPROVAL TO GO AND THINGS LIKE THAT.NO, I PUT LIKE THIS SO Y'ALL CAN STOP ANSWERING.
IT WASN'T THAT SPECIAL RIGHT? IT WAS JUST NOTIFICATION.
IT WAS JUST TO LET THEM KNOW WHO WAS COMING WHEN YOU WERE COMING, HOW MANY SEATS YOU NEEDED.
IT'S JUST THAT IN THE FUTURE YOUR ADVISOR WILL KNOW THAT WHEN ATTENDING EVENTS LIKE THAT, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS FOLLOW FOLLOW A PROTOCOL.
WE CAN'T JUST SAY WE'RE THE MAYORS YOUTH COUNCIL, YOU, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW A CERTAIN PROTOCOL.
'CAUSE THOSE EVENTS ARE PRETTY LARGE AND THOSE DOES A GREAT JOB OF ORGANIZING AND VOLUNTEERING THEM.
AND WE ALSO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FALL IN LINE WITH THEIR GUIDELINES AS WELL.
I WAS JUST HOPING IN AN EFFORT FOR LIKE EFFICIENCY, IF WE KNEW WHAT WE COULD OR COULDN'T DO, WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK.
NO, BUT YOU, I I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ARE ARE KIND.
THAT'S WHY I SAY I WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT IS FOR YOUR ADVISOR TO DO.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE AN ADVISOR.
THE ADVISOR IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND SO AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE EXPECT YOU TO DO.
SO I I REALLY APPLAUD THAT YOU WANNA KNOW AND WE WILL, WE CAN GET YOU THAT I CAN GET PAUL TO GET YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAN READ 'EM.
SO I WELCOME YOU GUYS TO READ THEM.
BUT I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU HANNAH TO, TO, TO HAVE TO, TO HAVE TO DO THAT.
JUST KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE IF YOU ARE ON YOUTH COUNCIL, JUST ASK LIKE, DO IS THERE ANY STEPS WE NEED TO TAKE BEFORE MOVING ON TO THIS EVENT? UM, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE PROTOCOLS WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE.
PAUL NOW WILL APPROVE ALL AGENDAS SO THAT, THAT NO AGENDA SHOULD BE PRESENTED THAT HASN'T BEEN SIGNED OFF ON BECAUSE THERE COULD BE SOME IDEAS LIKE HANNAH JUST SAID THAT BROUGHT UP AND PAUL'S LIKE, UH, WE GOTTA DO SOME THINGS WITH THAT.
SO LET ME BRING THAT UP TO YOU GUYS WHEN YOU PRESENT IT THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT FINDING OUT IN FEBRUARY.
DOES IT HAVE TO BE APPROVAL FOR EVENT SUPPLIES PURCHASED BY PARTNER ORGANIZATION? SO YES AND NO.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE MADE AWARE THAT YOU HAVE A PARTNERING ORGANIZATION AND WHAT SUPPLIES ARE THEY SUPPLYING? 'CAUSE WE DO THE SAME THING WITH VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? SORRY TO SHELLY.
UM, SO THESE WOULD BE, UH, SO SORRY THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT AND LIKE, IT'D BE LIKE STUFF THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT BEING GIVEN TO THE MAYOR YOUTH COUNCIL.
IT'S STUFF THAT'S BEING GIVEN OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S UM, LIKE STICKERS FOR LIKE VOTER ENGAGEMENT AND LIKE A TABLE LIKE, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO NOTHING, IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT GETTING GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL
BUT YOU KNOW, YOUR ADVISOR SHOULD APPROVE THOSE ITEMS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE MESSAGE IS BECAUSE REMEMBER YOU'RE GIVING THEM OUT AS THE CITY OF HOUSTON MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
SO JUST LOOKING OVER AND MAKING SURE THE MESSAGE IS WHAT WE WANT TO PUT OUT AS THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
THAT WOULD BE THE, THE BIGGEST APPROVAL YOU WOULD NEED.
UM, DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING OUR EMAILS AND OUR BADGES? YOU GUYS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET EMAILS AND BADGES.
I'LL LET MR. PAUL SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, BUT BEFORE YOU SPEAK, TELL ME YOUR NAME AGAIN.
I, I, I KNEW IT WAS, I DIDN'T WANT TO, I DIDN'T WANNA SAY IT WRONG 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAVING A GREAT CONVERSATION.
BUT WHERE I AM NOW, I'M KIND OF ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
I FEEL DISRESPECTED AND I FEEL LIKE MY TIME HAS BEEN WASTED AND I DON'T LIKE TO FEEL THAT WAY.
I'M, I'M, AND TO BE FRANK, I UNDERSTAND WHAT POSITION YOU'RE IN, BUT I'M, WE'RE ALSO IN A POSITION BECAUSE OF, I I'M, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA PUT BLAME ON ANYBODY RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU DON'T TREAT KIDS HOW WE WERE TREATED AT THE MAYORS YOUTH COUNCIL.
I, I, I REALLY, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE PROTOCOL, BUT THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT AT ALL.
EVEN IF PROTOCOL WASN'T FOLLOWED, YOU DON'T DISRESPECT KIDS.
IF PEOPLE WENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND TOLD WHAT HAPPENED, IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE.
YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T TALK TO KIDS THE WAY WE WERE TALKED TO.
AND I UNDERSTAND PROTOCOL WASN'T FOLLOWED, BUT YOU DON'T TREAT PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST NOT OKAY AT ALL.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T APPLY FOR STUFF TO BE TREATED LESS THAN I'M, I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR A WHILE.
I DON'T TAKE TIME OUT OF MY SATURDAY TO BE DISRESPECTED.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST POINT BLANK PERIOD FOR ME.
SO I UNDERSTAND PROTOCOL WASN'T FOLLOWED, BUT YOU DON'T TREAT PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
ONCE AGAIN, MARLEY, ALL I CAN DO IS APOLOGIZE.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW YOU WERE TREATED.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PERSON YOU'RE SPEAKING OF.
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ALL I CAN SPEAK OF IS THAT WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE AND MOVE ON FROM THERE.SO I CAN'T BELABOR WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND FEBRUARY.
I WAS AN ADVISOR FOR YOUTH COUNCIL.
SO ALL I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IS ALL I CAN DO IS WHAT'S IN MY CONTROL.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT IS IN MY CONTROL AND WHAT I CAN DO IN THE FUTURE IS ENSURE THOSE INTERNAL CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE.
SO THINGS LIKE THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND I DO APOLOGIZE ONCE AGAIN, ALEX XAVIER, I WASN'T AT THE EVENT, BUT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT IT WAS CITY EMPLOYEES THAT WERE, THAT TOLD Y'ALL WHATEVER Y'ALL NEEDED TO.
AND SO AS A CITY AND AS AN EMPLOYER, LIKE THAT SHOULDN'T BE OKAY.
UM, NOT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UM, I UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS MAYBE A VOLUNTEER, MAYBE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A MISCOMMUNICATION.
I UNDERSTAND THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MISCOMMUNICATION IN TERMS OF LIKE PROTOCOL.
BUT AS A CITY OF HOUSTON EMPLOYEE YOU SHOULDN'T BECAUSE YOU'RE HELD TO A STANDARD AND MM-HMM
YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THAT STANDARD.
UM, BUT GOING INTO ANOTHER TOPIC, JUST TO STATE FOR THE RECORD, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GONNA BE BUDGET CUTS 'CAUSE THERE'S A, A BILL FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS EXPIRING THIS YEAR IN FUNDS THAT ARE EXPIRING.
UM, AND SO I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE GONNA BE BUDGET CUTS, BUT, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T APPROVE THE BUDGET, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR THE CITY.
BUT JUST TO STATE FOR THE RECORD IS THAT WE HAVE, I BELIEVE LIKE THE SECOND LARGEST BUDGET IN THE STATE.
I BELIEVE AUSTIN'S FIRST, AND I BELIEVE DALLAS IS THIRD OR FOURTH.
AND SO, UM,
AND SO THEY GO TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN DC TO CONNECT WITH OTHER YOUTH COUNCILS FROM AROUND THIS COUNTRY.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND IT WASN'T BROUGHT UP TO YOU, WHICH I WAS TOLD IT WAS, UM, TO LEARN AND BUILD AND LEARN HOW TO GET MORE FUNDING FOR THEIR INITIATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOW THE YOUTH COMMISSION, WHICH IS DIFFERENT, UM, IN DALLAS, GETS A TOTAL OF $81,000 AND $501.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF LIKE BUDGET CUTS, IT'S, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT LIKE AT THE SAME TIME I BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR FOUR YEARS, I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD THIS MONEY SITTING THERE.
UM, BUT ALSO TOO THAT IT'S NOT GOING UP EVERY YEAR.
UH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING LIKE WE NEED TO CONSIDER.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE WE ALL NEED TO DO INDIVIDUALLY WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE THE PERSON AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT APPROVES THE BUDGET.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD SO Y'ALL KNOW HOW MUCH OTHER YOUTH COUNCILS AROUND THE STATE ARE GETTING.
ONE THING YOU ALSO SHOULD DO IN DOING YOUR RESEARCH FOR, UM, COMPARISON TO OTHER MAJOR CITIES, MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM.
'CAUSE THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM.
UM, WHETHER IT BE, UH, GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, WHICH IS GENERALLY TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WHETHER IT BE FEES COMING FROM A FEE, ARE, ARE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, 'CAUSE THAT WILL HELP YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM.
UM, WHEN DOING BUDGETS, WE GOTTA COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES AND ORANGES TO ORANGES.
UM, SO I, I JUST WANT TO, FOR, FOR YOUR RESEARCH, WHEN YOU BRING THAT TO EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS OR YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING GOOD TO KNOW ON OUR SIDE, HOW THEY'RE OH, OH YEAH, FOR SURE.
AND I TALKED TO, I BELIEVE ONE OF THEIR CITY EMPLOYEES THAT MANAGES THEIR YOUTH COMMISSION AND A COUPLE OF THEIR YOUTH, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, NO, I THINK IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE.
IT COULD BE SOMEONE ELSE, BUT, UH, IT JU IT IS, UH, TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
UM, IT'S UNDER THEIR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UM, AND IT'S IN, IT'S IN THAT BUDGET.
BUT YEAH, I UM, SO I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE ARE DOING THAT, A POPCORN FUNDRAISER MM-HMM
WAS TO BE ABLE TO GO ON A TRIP.
AND I, I KNOW, UM, THE PREVIOUS ADVISOR TALK TO US ABOUT IT.
LIKE WHOEVER FUNDRAISER IS THE MOST LIKE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON THIS TRIP.
LIKE, ARE THINGS LIKE THAT STILL ON THE TABLE OR ARE THEY LIKE WIPED? THEY'RE NOT WIPED.
THEY'RE STILL ON THE TABLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT, YOU
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KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TRIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY GOTTA PLAN FOR.AND WHETHER IT WAS YOU OR WHETHER IT WAS PAUL GOING ON A TRIP, ALL THOSE COME ACROSS OUR OFFICE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE PRESENTED.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, ALL YOU CAN SAY IS NO.
AND SO, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE ASK.
SO THAT'S WHY I CAME TODAY TO HEAR THE ASK.
UH, JUST FOLLOWING UP WITH ASHTON, SO I KNOW WE WERE PLANNING TO DO THIS TRIP OVER SPRING BREAK, WHICH IS COMING UP PRETTY SOON.
SO ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE MAKING PLANS FOR THIS OR NO? I GOTTA ASK Y'ALL A QUESTION.
HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU THINK YOU RAISED? YOU RAISED 1600.
YES, THEY TAKE, BUT YOU ONLY GET HALF.
THEY, THEY AFTER YOUR FEES AND WHAT THEY TOOK, THEY ONLY GAVE US, THEY'RE ONLY WILLING TO GIVE US 1600.
SO, AND WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH WITH THE SIDE AND WITH LEGAL AND FINANCE.
SO YOU'RE GETTING 16, SO I KNOW, I MEAN THAT YOU GUYS WERE PLANNING IN THEORY TO, TO USE THE MONEY FOR A TRIP.
BUT 1600 IS ONLY GONNA GET US SO FAR.
WHAT, SO DO WE THINK THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THE TRIP ANYMORE? PROBABLY NOT.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPRING BREAK, WHAT IT TAKES TO GET YOU GUYS TO GO ON A TRIP AND THE AUTHORIZATIONS AND THE FUNDRAISING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO GET ALL OF THAT DONE.
UM, THE TRIP WAS JUST PRESENTED TO US RECENTLY.
UM, REGISTRATION, TRAVEL PLANS, THOSE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN STILL SEND A PROPOSAL TO MR. PAUL.
I I CAN'T SAY USING CITY MONEY TO GO ON A TRIP.
UM, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO OTHER METHODS AND THIS TRIP, I'M SURE THAT'S THE SAME CONFERENCE THAT XAVIER'S TALKING ABOUT FOR FUTURE COUNCILS COUNSELS.
I, I I, I GET YOUR PASSION AND I GET YOUR FERVOR, BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND I'M GETTING THIS INFORMATION TODAY, SAME AS MARLEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WITH THE INFORMATION SHE'S GETTING TODAY AND I CAN LOOK INTO IT.
BUT SPRING BREAK IS, IS A, IS A QUITE IMPOSSIBLE TASK AT THIS POINT.
AND I'M BEING HONEST AND UPFRONT WITH YOU.
JUST TO ADD REAL QUICK TO THAT.
UM, EVEN IF THERE WAS MONEY, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T GO.
REGISTRATION'S ALREADY FILLED UP.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S, CAN Y'ALL DIRECT ME TO THE NEXT QUESTION? 'CAUSE I'LL PICK MS. MARLEY IF NO ONE ELSE HAS A QUESTION.
WHO HAS QUE I TALKED TO? I I I'LL GO ASK WHO HAS QUESTIONS? NO, SO I GO AHEAD.
ARE YOU SURE THAT I YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? Y'ALL FOLLOW UP? GO AHEAD.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT WASHINGTON DC'S OFF THE TABLE, BUT UM, UH, LAST YEAR, I THINK WHEN BIANCA WAS HIS LAST CHAIR, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WELL, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT LIKE GOING TO, UM, AUSTIN AS LIKE A TRIP AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S DOABLE BY THE END OF THE YEAR MAYBE.
WELL, OR THE, LIKE, THE END OF THE SESSION.
LIKE THERE'S OTHER IDEAS THAT FLOAT AROUND.
WELL TALK ABOUT IT WITH PAUL OFFLINE.
WHAT, UM, WHAT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED IN GOING ON THAT TRIP.
UM, YOU CAN TALK TO HIM, HIM ABOUT THAT.
THAT TRIP WAS A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT AND IT WAS FUNDED BY ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT SHE WAS PARTICIPATING WITH.
SO THAT'S WHY SHE WENT ON THE TRIP.
IT WAS A, EVEN THOUGH SHE WENT, UM, IT WAS A VOTER EDUCATION TYPE OF DEAL, UM, BUT IT WAS WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AS A PARTNER ORGANIZATION.
SO THAT'S HOW
IF I'M, IF I'M NOT, UH, MISTAKEN ON THAT, SHE WENT.
ANYBODY ELSE? IS IT MS. MARLEY? I THINK IT'S YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH, ER, GO AHEAD.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY LIKE, BEFORE WE START, LIKE LOOKING AT TRIPS, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE, MORE LIKE UPFRONT STUFF THAT I FEEL LIKE WE KINDA HAVE TO DEAL WITH JUST TO SAY.
I'LL, I'LL LET YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THAT AFTER MY EXIT
UM, WHAT'S THE DESCRIPTION OF AN ADVISOR FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL? IT'S ONLINE HERE.
YEAH, IT IS, IT IS DEFINITELY ON PUBLIC.
AND IF YOU WANT, I'LL HAVE PAUL DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU OFFLINE.
HE CAN, HE CAN DISCUSS IT WITH YOU.
HE'S MORE THAN, I'M MORE THAN WELCOME TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU.
AND THEN, UM, JUST TO REITERATE, YOU'RE
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GONNA BE POSTING THE POLICY FOR NO, WHAT I SAID IS I'LL HAVE MR. PAUL GIVE YOU ANY POLICY.YOU ASK FOR WHAT YOU GUYS SHOULD DO INTERNALLY FOR FUTURE YOUTH COUNSELORS TO CREATE THE POLICY IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE MONEY.
SO ONCE WE GET A PLATFORM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN SOPI MEAN, SO I DON'T, BEFORE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, I'M GONNA FINISH THIS.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN, HUH? OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, UM, OPERATING YEAH.
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR HOW FUTURE MYC MEMBERS WILL MOVE FORWARD.
ONCE WE GO THROUGH OUR POLICIES AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU, YOU HAVE TO THEN HAVE INTERNAL CONTROLS OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL ON HOW THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED, WHERE YOU CAN USE 'EM BECAUSE YOU'RE THE BODY THAT ARE UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE TASK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE.
MY TASK IS GETTING YOU TO THE POINT THAT YOU CAN HAVE THOSE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
UM, SO I GUESS MY KIND OF QUESTION IS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS, HOW THIS GROUP HAS BEEN LIKE AN ORGANIZATION FOR SO LONG AND HOW ALL YOUR ANSWERS ARE FOR FUTURE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH YOUTH COUNCIL WHEN I'M THE ONE WHO APPLIED FOR THIS TERM AND THEN I COME AND DRIVE AN HOUR FOR THESE MEETINGS.
WELL, I HATE, I HATE TO HEAR YOUR DISPLEASURE.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOUTH COUNCIL WAS REVIVED A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY EARLY ON IN, IN, IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL.
WE KIND OF WANNA WAIT FOR A YEAR, FEW YEARS AND BE BROUGHT BACK.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS I'M, WHAT I'M ASKING OF YOU ARE NOT THINGS NOT EXPECTED OF YOU.
SO WHAT'S EXPECTED OF ME IS YOUR ASK.
I'M SORRY, DID I DISRESPECT YOU? I'M SO SORRY MS. MARLEY.
NO, I'M, I'M BEING SERIOUS AT THIS POINT.
I I'M SORRY IF I CAME OFF AT ANY POINT IN THE MEETING.
UM, BUT THE, UM, SOPS WOULD HELP FUTURE COUNCILS TO SPEND THE MONEY ON HOW WE SEE FIT.
AND IF THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT WE YOU WANT US TO DO ON OUR END, THAT'S FINE TOO.
BUT I WOULD LIKE YOUR INPUT BECAUSE AS THE INPUT YOU'RE GIVING ME TODAY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'M NOT AWARE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE MONEY ON.
SO IF THEY COME UP WITH SOPS AND THERE'S NO TRAVEL IN THERE AND YOU GUYS HAVE EXPRESSED TRAVEL, I WOULD WANT THAT IN THERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.
I, LIKE I SAID, I CAN'T MAKE UP FOR THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE JUST, THAT HAS NOT PLEASED YOU.
BUT I CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND MOVE FORWARD AND I AM THE SOUNDING BOARD.
I'M THE ONE UP HERE TAKING IT AND I, AND I'M WILLING TO WORK TO MAKE IT BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH OUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY, UH, COMMITTEE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WHAT PROTOCOLS WE'LL NEED TO FOLLOW AND WHAT APPROVAL WE'LL NEED TO GET MOVING FORWARD.
AND ALSO ANY SORT OF TIMELINE WE CAN GET ON THAT IN THAT APPROVAL FOR NOW, MR. PAUL HAS BROUGHT THE U TRIVIA NIGHT, SO HE'S WELL AWARE OF IT AND YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH HIM ON THAT ONE.
YEAH, THAT WAS JUST KIND OF PART OF MY OTHER QUESTION.
SO FOR THESE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO CREATE FOR OUR SESSION, WE WE'LL WORK, WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU ON THEM.
SO I'M, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I'M NOT EXPECTING YOU TO DO THEM ON YOUR OWN AND I APOLOGIZE IF IT CAME OFF THAT WAY.
I JUST WANTED A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY.
SO, SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE ASK OR WHATEVER THAT, HOWEVER WE POSE THAT QUESTION TO GET THAT POLICY AND PROTOCOL THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING THAT MR. GREEN KNOWS, YES, MR. GREEN KNOWS, UM, HE WOULD BRING THAT TO US AND THEN FROM THERE WE WOULD CREATE OUR OWN POLICY SAYING THE SAME THING OR WITHIN NO, IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME.
SO WHAT YOU'RE CREATING IS SOMETHING BRAND NEW.
SO WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING IS TO FUNDRAISE AND WHEN FUNDRAISING, WHAT THEN WILL WE SPEND THAT MONEY ON? WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO GET FROM THOSE FUNDS? RIGHT? OR LIKE EVEN LIKE THE YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT.
SO WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO GET FROM THOSE FUNDS? SO WE ARE FUNDRAISING FOR, 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE THE QUESTION.
SO WE'RE FUNDRAISING FOR YOUTH COUNCIL AND WE'RE FUNDRAISING FOR YOUTH COUNCIL TO FILL IN THE BLANK.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS COME IN, RIGHT? I MEAN ALSO LIKE HOW DO WE ASK THESE QUESTIONS? 'CAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S A WAY WE HAVE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN AS WELL? HOW DO WE ASK THESE QUESTIONS TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS? HOW DO WE ASK THESE QUESTIONS? UM, TO OUTSIDE, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT AS WELL THAT, THAT IS WHERE THE ADVISOR WILL, WILL, SHOULD BE WORKING TO CREATE THOSE PUBLIC PARTNER PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
I'M NOT, I APOLOGIZE IF THEY CAME OFF THAT WAY TOO.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO CREATE THOSE.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOUR ADVISORS SHOULD BE CREATING FOR YOU.
SO OUR, SO OUR SOPS SHOULD JUST MAINLY BE ABOUT FINANCES.
AND THEY SHOULD ADVISE YOU YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU GUYS SEE
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AS IMPORTANT THAT THIS FUND SHOULD BE USED FOR? OKAY.AND THEN FUTURE COUNCILS THINGS COULD CHANGE AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT NECESSARY.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO FILL IN THE BLANK.
I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING BEEN TAKEN AWAY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO LIMIT YOURSELF MM-HMM
BUT YOU ALSO WANNA, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOUR INTEREST.
YOU DON'T WANT RIGHT KNOW A FOUR, 5-YEAR-OLD MAN COMING UP WITH Y'ALL.
SO LIKE IN REGARDS TO YOUR POINT ABOUT WORKING WITH US, UH, ON THESE SOPS, HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO LIKE, COMMUNICATE WITH YOU MORE DIRECTLY? BECAUSE AT LEAST LIKE AS CHAIR OF THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COUNCIL OR COMMITTEE, SORRY, FOR THE PAST, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG.
TWO MONTHS, MAYBE EVEN TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, WE'VE KIND OF BEEN WITHOUT AN ADVISOR AND WE'VE JUST BEEN IN THIS LIMBO WITH TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD ON EVENTS AND COME UP WITH, COME UP WITH LIKE NEW WAYS TO LIKE CONTINUE THAT CAN TO CONTINUE THE COMMITTEE WITHOUT HAVING ANYONE TO LIKE, UH, GUIDE US SIR.
AND NOW YOU KIND OF COME HERE FOR LIKE, THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE TERM STARTED AND I DON'T REALLY LIKE UNDERSTAND HOW WE, WE ARE GONNA BE EXPECTED TO COME UP WITH THESE NEW, UM, WELL, LIKE THESE NEW TERMS AND REVISE THE WAY WE'VE BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT SOMEONE TO LIKE DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH.
YEAH, I GET YOUR CONCERN AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO START OVER AT ALL AND I'M, I'M COMING FOR THE FIRST TIME 'CAUSE I'M NOW THE DIRECTOR.
I WASN'T BEFORE TODAY, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S MY FIRST TIME COMING TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
AND I DO APOLOGIZE IF YOU HAVE FELT NEGLECTED BEFORE.
NOW, UM, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO REVISE ALL YOUR POLICIES.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M, MAINLY WHAT I'M FOCUSING ON NOW IS THE FUNDING AND THE FUNDING THEREOF.
THE ONLY OUTSIDE ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THE ISSUE AT THE CHRISTMAS EVENT.
SO WHILE I'M FOCUSING ON NOW IS THERE IS NO FINANCIAL POLICIES FOR YOUTH COUNCIL.
THERE IS NO FUNDING POLICY FOR YOUTH COUNCIL.
SO LIKE, UM, WHAT WOULD BE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE FUTURE TO KIND OF AVOID THIS SITUATION WHERE WE'VE BEEN DOING AT LEAST THE FUNDRAISING, DEFINITELY FUNDRAISING PART WRONG FOR SO LONG AND WE'RE ONLY NOW JUST GETTING IN.
LIKE, I DON'T, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT ONLY BEING ABLE TO GET LIKE, ACTUALLY UPDATED ON THE SITUATION ONCE EVERY MONTH.
LIKE, WHICH IS WHY I CAME TODAY.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE DO NEED OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND YOU CAN'T CONTACT ME WITH VIA MY EMAIL ADDRESS WOULD PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO CONTACT ME.
AND IT'S HERBERT, H-E-R-B-E-R-T DOTSIMS@HOUSTONTX.GOV.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT PAUL GIVES THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, REAL QUICK, WERE YOU AWARE THAT WE HAD A FUNDRAISER LAST YEAR FOR THE LAST YOUTH COUNCIL? NO, I WAS NOT.
SO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NEW ADVISOR THAT'S GONNA COME IN, UM, HE, OH, THEY WILL BE DEBRIEFED VERY WELL ON ON OKAY.
SO THERE'S NO NEED TO EVEN WORRY ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN REAL QUICK, UM, I UNDERSTAND YOU SAID THAT WE DON'T NEED TO REVISE ALL OUR POLICIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IN REALITY WE KIND OF REALLY DO.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW THE MAYOR'S, YOUTH COUNCIL'S IN A POSITION WHERE WE WERE, WE WERE GOING GREAT AND THEN IT IMMEDIATELY WENT DOWN.
UH, I'VE BEEN ON THE YOUTH COUNCIL FOR FOUR YEARS.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON HERE FOR THREE OR TWO YEARS.
UM, AND I'VE HAD QUESTIONS FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE ASKED AND TONIGHT IS BARELY WHEN THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOTTEN ADDRESSED.
UM, AND SO I THINK MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, FOR, 'CAUSE WE KEEP SAYING FUTURE YOUTH COUNCILS, FUTURE YOUTH COUNCILS.
SO FOR FUTURE YOUTH COUNCILS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE NEED TO GO IN AND RE UM, REVISIT ALL OUR, OUR POLICIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BEFORE WE EVEN MOVE ON WITH ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS YOUTH COUNCIL.
BECAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE LITERALLY JUST GONNA SET THE NEW YOUTH COUNCIL UP FOR FAILURE JUST AGAIN FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND LIKE WITH JESSE WAS HERE, WE WERE JUST COMING BACK FROM COVID AND WE WERE OFF TO A GREAT START.
AND SO, UH, JUST PUTTING IT BACK INTO A POSITION TO WHERE IT WAS PRE COVID, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD ON THAT TRAJECTORY RIGHT, IS, IS NOT OKAY.
AND SO I KNOW SOME, SOME PEOPLE, UM, HAVE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS COMING UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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BE ATTENDING THOSE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.BUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, I THINK THIS YOUTH COUNCIL NEEDS TO COME UP WITH LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE A ACHIEVE 60 PLAN TO WHERE LIKE IN 60 DAYS THIS YOUTH COUNCIL IS IN A POSITION TO WHERE IT'S GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THE LONG TERM AND NOT THE SHORT TERM.
BECAUSE IT'S CONSTANTLY BEEN SHORT TERM.
SHORT TERM, SHORT TERM MM-HMM
AND NOW I DON'T WANT THE NEW ADVISOR TO COME IN, UM, AND KIND OF SEE LIKE, OH, THIS IS VERY DIS DYSFUNCTIONAL RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE RESPECTFULLY THAT'S WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I JUST THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN LITERALLY MAYBE MARCH 1ST, UM, AND PUT EVERYTHING ON A PAUSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, EVERYTHING SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT DONE SO THAT EVERYONE ELSE CAN, WE CAN BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S ELSE TIME AND WE CAN GO AND LIKE DO WHAT MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN DOING AND THEIR, AND THEIR, UM, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT TWO, JUST TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME BEFORE, IT'S LIKE, HOW DID THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL GET TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS? I THINK THAT'LL, THAT'LL HELP SOME, LIKE, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
HOW DID THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL GET TO THE DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOODS? YEAH.
SO LIKE WHY, WHY IS IT NOT LIKE IN THE OFFICE OF THE DIVISION OF ENGAGEMENT AND YOUTH, UH, EDUCATION AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.
SO KIND OF WHAT I I I CAN TELL YOU HOW IT GOT HERE, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
THAT WILL BE AN ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION OF WHERE IT WOULD END UP.
I, I DON'T, I'M NOT EVEN AWARE.
UM, I'M NOT EVEN SURE YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
IT GOT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION, WHICH IS ANTI-GANG.
AND, AND SO THAT WAS ABSORBED IN NEIGHBORHOODS FROM MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THAT'S HOW YOU GOT HERE.
SO THE REQUEST THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE IS, IS TO BE UNDER ANOTHER DIVISION THAT'S, UM, CLEAR THE RECORD.
I JUST, THAT'S A QUESTION YOU HAVE TO MAKE TO, YOU KNOW, HIGHER UP.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T REVISE ALEX XAVIER YOUR POLICIES AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT.
IT'S JUST THAT THAT WASN'T MY ASK.
BUT IF YOU THINK THAT'S THE NEED, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
SO I GET, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING FOR THE RECORD.
UM, IS THERE, SO IS THERE ANY KIND OF, IN THE PROTOCOL, IS THERE ANY KIND OF LIKE CHECKS AND BALANCES? LIKE, AND THIS IS LIKE NOT SHADE TO ANYBODY IN THE ROOM, BUT IS THERE A WAY FOR US IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE TO GO MAYBE TO YOU EVEN, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY E TO EMAIL, BUT I'M SAYING LIKE, IS AND, AND HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT THINGS ACTUALLY GET DONE? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE 15 OTHER JOBS, BUT YEAH.
SO YOU, YOU, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTION AND I'M GONNA ANSWER THAT WITH THE, THE POINT THAT WAS BEEN RAISED TODAY.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
AND I, I'M, I'M REALLY ABSORBING YOUR CONCERNS.
THAT'S WHY I CAN'T, 'CAUSE I SAW IT ON THE TV.
I SAW YOUR PASSION AND CONCERNS AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME, BUT I'M HERE NOW AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
AND THOSE CONCERNS WHEN, IF UNDER A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE YOU HAVE AN ADVISOR SHOULD FIRST BE BROUGHT TO MR. GREEN, IF THERE'S NO RESPONSE TO ME, UM, IF YOU WANT TO COME STRAIGHT TO ME, I KNOW THE PROGRAM PRETTY WELL.
I'LL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND I'LL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU IF THERE'S SOME CONCERNS, RIGHT? BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT, AND LIKE, AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY FOR YOU, BUT JUST BASED ON THINGS IN THE PAST, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT HE'S ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I'M, I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M NOT LIKE, I'M NOT GO BEHIND ANYBODY'S BACK.
HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT HE'S ACTUALLY TELLING YOU AND HE'S ACTUALLY RELAYING THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING TO YOU AND, AND THEY'RE GETTING DONE.
AND THEN WHAT I CAN DO IS BE ON YOUR AGENDA.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU WANT ME TO COME? I'M BEING SERIOUS.
HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE, WHETHER IT'S ME OR ANY DIRECTOR, HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT COME ADDRESS YOUTH COUNCIL? I, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I THINK PERSONALLY EVERY, EVERY MEETING THAT WAY YOU CAN HEAR WHAT, I KNOW YOU'RE APPROVING THE AGENDA NOW I CAN START THE MEETING.
WE CAN START WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
NO, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I I I DON'T MIND DOING IT ALL.
SO YES, THAT'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER WAY IS GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED TO YOU.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS PUT YOUR ITEMS ON THERE AND THAT WAY CAN, WE CAN VET IT.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS HOW CAN WE VET THAT THIS INFORMATION'S GETTING, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS INFORMATION WASN'T FLOWING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
MISS ANNA, MISS MARLEY, UM, I'M TRYING TO LEARN YOUR NAMES WHILE Y'ALL ASKING QUESTIONS.
MAR IT'S BEEN, UM, MENTIONED THAT, UM, OUR ADVISOR NORMALLY HAS SOME OTHER TASK OR SOME OTHER COMMITMENT TO DO OTHER STUFF.
AND WHERE I AM TOO, JUST IN OUR PAST ADVISOR, I UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY AN EXCUSE, BUT UM, WHAT WAS TOLD IS THAT SHE HAD MULTIPLE OTHER THINGS ON HER PLATE
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BESIDES US MM-HMMAND I DON'T FEEL THAT THAT IS RIGHT.
ALSO, UM, YOU HIRE A PERSON TO BE OUR ADVISOR, THAT PERSON JUST NEEDS TO BE OUR ADVISOR.
I, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I FEEL AS IF IF UM, IF THAT THAT PERSON DIDN'T HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER TASKS TO DO, MORE FOCUS WOULD'VE BEEN PUT ONTO US.
BECAUSE THE WAY I FEEL IT'S JUST BEEN, EVERYTHING'S JUST BEEN SWEPT UNDER THIS PRETTY LITTLE RUG.
AND NOW THE STUFF IS JUST COMING FROM OUT.
THE DUST IS THE DUST IS JUST SETTLING.
BUT I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHAT YOU WERE TOLD THAT YOUR ADVISOR DOES.
BUT THE POSITION CALLS FOR THE PERSON TO BE THE ADVISOR TO THE YOUTH COUNCIL AS WELL.
CONDUCT TOURS OF CITY HALL, UM, UPON REQUEST AND AM I MISSING SOMETHING? AND MANAGE INTERN PROGRAM, WHICH ALL ALIGN WITH EACH OTHER.
SPEAKING OF LIKE A DIVISION, LIKE, LIKE EDUCATION, THAT ALL ALIGNS WITH THOSE DUTIES.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT ANY MISINFORMATION.
AND THAT'LL PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, BE THE SAME.
AND AS THE PROGRAM GROWS AND, AND AS I SEE IT GROWING, YOU WOULD WANT A DEDICATED PERSON TO YOU.
BUT IT HAS TO GROW INTO THAT BECAUSE JUST WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS ALSO WHAT I SEE.
AND I NEED TO SEE THE YOUTH COUNCIL GROW.
AND AS ALEX XAVIER WHO'S BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS, I WANT TO SEE IT MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO THAT'S ALSO A CONCERN OF MINE AS WELL, THAT YOU HAVE TO GROW.
IT CAN'T BE THE SAME ORGANIZATION I LEFT, YOU KNOW, SO IT HAS TO IMPROVE AND GROW.
AND THAT GOES INTO PICKING THE RIGHT ADVISOR THAT GOES INTO ME BEING MORE ACCESSIBLE TO YOU SO THAT YOU'RE NOT SO FRUSTRATED WITH YOUR CONCERNS.
UM, WHERE WE CAN, AND IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, COMING EACH MONTH, WHAT I CAN ALSO HELP YOU DO IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY STUFF LIKE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS DAUNTING, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT A DAUNTING TASK.
SO IF I COME HERE EVERY WEEK BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MOVE ON WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF AND IT'LL, IT'LL HELP MOVE FORWARD.
AND THAT WAY A NEW COUNCIL WON'T HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS YOU HAVE.
'CAUSE I REALLY HATE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THOSE CONCERNS SPEAKING FOR ME RIGHT NOW.
IF THERE'S, I'M SURE THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS, BUT JUST TO SAY, 'CAUSE I WAS, I WAS AN ADVISOR TO THIS BODY, AND YOU GUYS DO TAKE YOUR TIME OUT.
YOU ARE VOLUNTEERING, YOU ARE CARING, YOU ARE CONCERNED, THERE ARE ISSUES YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AND SO I DO HATE THAT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS COULD, COULD TARNISH OR RUIN IT.
AND, AND I TAKE IT ALEX XAVIER'S WORDS TO HEARTS AND THAT, I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT WAS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AT THAT TIME.
AND, UM, WE WANT TO GET IT BACK TO THAT, THAT STATUS AGAIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT DIDN'T LOOK SO NICE, SO, AND I'M SORRY IF I TOOK TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH TIME GUYS, SO, NO, I THINK IT WAS A MUCH NEEDED CONVERSATION.
I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE YOU GUYS, YOU, I KNOW YOU HAD A LOT ON YOUR PLATE AND I KNOW YOU HAD A LOT TO DO AND I DO APOLOGIZE.
I'M, I'M, I REALLY AM, UM, WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WITH ANY DISRESPECT YOU HAVE, I'M THE PERSON FROM THE CITY STANDING HERE TODAY, AND ALL I CAN DO IS APOLOGIZE TO YOU GUYS AND MOVE FORWARD.
AND ANY ACTION YOU SEE FROM ME, THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED, OR, HEY, I KNOW WE TOLD YOU THIS, BUT WE'VE BEEN THINKING THIS.
IF IT'S WITHIN REALM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE, WE CAN TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS BEST AS OUR ABILITY MOVING FORWARD.
UM, WE WILL MAKE OUR ASK, AND I WILL LOOK INTO THAT XAVIER FOR AUSTIN AND DALLAS.
LIKE I SAY, THERE'S OTHER VARIABLES 'CAUSE WE DO IT WITH OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE CITY AS WELL.
AND, AND THERE'S MANY OTHER VARIABLES.
AND I'M NOT GONNA PROMISE YOU GUYS $81,000.
THERE'S OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE DO WELL HERE AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND, AND SO, BUT, UM, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S THAT, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS START WITH THE ASK FIRST.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY THE ASK.
SO IT'S GREAT TO BE UPFRONT WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN, IT'S GREAT TO ALSO HAVE THE ASK.
SO I'LL KNOW HOW TO PRIORITIZE YOUR MONEY AND HOW TO PRIORITIZE PAUL'S BUDGET AND WHAT'S YOUTH COUNCIL AND HOW TO PUT IT THERE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY, BY THE ASK MARLEY HAD ANOTHER, IS IT MARLEY OR HANNAH HAD THEIR HAND UP.
UM, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AGAIN.
UM, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS FOR ME, SO YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S JUST MY FIRST TIME I'M TALKING TO YOU.
SO I'M, I KNOW YOU'RE STILL JUDGING.
I KNOW YOU STILL LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, WELL, SO, UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I WILL SEE YOU ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF MARCH.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF MARCH AND THE SECOND TUESDAY OF APRIL.
AND IF I CAN'T BE HERE, UM, HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, PAUL WILL LET YOU KNOW EARLY ON IF IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, AS THE AD.
'CAUSE I WAS THE AD FOR A LONG TIME AND I COULD HAVE STOOD HERE TOO AND
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ANSWERED A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS.SO NOW I SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALSO ON OUR END, MAKE A TEAM EFFORT FOR.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE IN A SILO EITHER WHERE I'M THE ONLY PERSON THAT KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
I WANT THE AD TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I WANT MR. PAUL TO BE IN THAT GROUP THAT WAY THAT, THAT YOU GUYS CAN, WE HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION.
SO AS HANNAH SAID, HOW, HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT INFORMATION IS NOT REACHING YOU? SO, SO THAT'LL, THAT'LL HELP THAT TOO.
BUT PRIORITY IS ME BEING HERE.
UM, I'M PART OF ANOTHER, UM, PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF THIS.
UM, AND I, THAT'S UNDER THE MO I, SO I DON'T KNOW IF BUDGET GOES A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, BUT, UM, THE STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO DURING THAT PROGRAM THAT I'M A PART OF, I'M PART OF CFCI, UM, CHILD FRIENDLY CITY INITIATIVE.
UM, AND OUR ADVISOR, SHE LIVES ALL THE WAY IN LOS ANGELES.
I'M AWARE, I'M REALLY, UM, SAD TO SAY THAT I'VE ACCOMPLISHED MORE THERE THAN I HAVE HERE DURING THIS TERM.
AND, UM, WE'VE, IT'S, IT'S NOT EVEN MORE BUDGET, BUT WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO TO, WE'VE ASKED TO RENT OUT SPACES.
I KNOW FOR A FACT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT PROGRAM, THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO, I DON'T WANNA SAY GIVE US SPACES, BUT LET US USE SPACES INSIDE OF CITY HALL.
THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EASY ASS MARLEY MAN.
'CAUSE UH, THE CIVIC ENGAGE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HOST OUR YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT FOR MONTHS.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LETTER SO I COULD GET A PLACE AND THE LETTER WAS NEVER BROUGHT TO ME.
THAT'S, UH, SEE, MOLLY, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT.
ALL I CAN SAY FOR THAT ONE, THAT WAS THE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SIMPLEST THING I CAN TELL YOU YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT UP TODAY THAT I CAN TELL YOU IF IT TOOK A LONG TIME, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE, I CAN SPEAK AFFIRMATIVE TO THAT.
I DO KNOW THAT THAT PROGRAM IS GRANT FUNDED AND JUST LIKE US, IF IT WAS A GRANT, THERE ARE, THE GRANT DICTATES THE, THE, THE SPEND AUTHORITY.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY YOU GUYS CREATING THE SOPS, WHICH IS A GOOD SEGUE.
I'M GONNA LET YOU FINISH, BUT THAT WAS A GOOD SEGUE WHAT I MEAN BY YOUR SOPS.
SO I'M GONNA WORK WITH YOU ON THEM, BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY THE GRANT DICTATES HOW WE SPEND THE MONEY.
I HAVE TO ABIDE BY THAT GRANT, JUST LIKE ON THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANT YOUR INPUT ON HOW THAT, HOW THAT FUND IS SPENDING.
I'M SORRY IF I'M NEGLECTING THIS OUTTA THE ROOM 'CAUSE I TOLD Y'ALL WE WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW YOUR NAMES
OH, SO YOU'RE WRITING THE GRANTS? YES.
I DO KNOW THERE'S, UM, NO, I'M NOT INTERRUPTING A LOT OF MONEY ALLOCATED IN THESE TYPE OF GRANTS.
UM, JUST FOR, UM, EDUCATION AND YOUTH.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF A BIGGER WAY TO RAISE MONEY SINCE WE KNOW THAT DALLAS IS GETTING $81,000 FOR THEIR, UM, YOUTH CAMP, YOUTH COUNCIL.
I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S GRANTS THAT ARE A HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT WE CAN BE USING FUND TRIPS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN ONE MORE THING BACK TO OUR JEOPARDY NIGHT.
SO IF OUR CHAIR AND SECRETARY, WELL, I'M THE SECRETARY, BUT IF THE CHAIR AND ME GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU, ARE WE ABLE TO GET THE LEGACY ROOM IN THE CITY OF HALL? CITY HALL? WE'LL WORK WITH MOLD TO DO THAT.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU GUYS EXPECTING? UM, 50, A HUNDRED.
WE'RE SHOOTING, WE ARE SHOOTING FOR LIKE ONE YOU WRITING DOWN.
UH, LET'S SAY 100 TO ONE 50 AROUND THAT.
I, I BELIEVE THE, IT'S THAT, IT'S THE CAPACITY.
SO WHAT'S THE, I'M SORRY AND I'M NOT GONNA BELABOR IT.
YEAH, DON'T, DON'T EVEN, LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS ONE OF THE EASIEST THINGS YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP TODAY.
UM, MS. MAR, AS SHE FI AND I'M WANNA MAKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, FINE, YOU KNOW WHAT, EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, IT, I MEAN IT IS BEEN GOOD CON IT'S BEEN GOOD CONVERSATION.
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, BUT IF I CAN DO ANYTHING, CAN I DO THIS? Y'ALL, CAN WE MAKE THIS TRIVIA NIGHT HAPPEN?
CAN THAT BE THE START? THE OTHER THING IS THAT MS. MARLEY BROUGHT UP IS, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND, AND WHEN WE'RE CHOOSING YOUR NEW ADVISOR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND GRANTS.
'CAUSE MOLLY IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT ON GRANT FUNDING.
UM, NOT SAYING THAT ALL GRANTS WILL FIT YOU, BUT I'M SURE EVEN THE FOUND SMALL FOUNDATION GRANTS MAY BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO YOU.
AND ACTUALLY, UM, I USED TO HAVE ONE FOR, FOR YOUTH
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COUNCIL.SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT AND CAN BE DONE.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ONE.
UH, GIVEN THE CONCERN OF TIME, I KNOW WE HAVE THIS, THIS IS A VERY FRUITFUL DISCUSSION.
I'LL, I'LL BACK AWAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, MAKE SURE PAUL GIVES YOU MY EMAIL ADDRESS.
Y'ALL GOT, Y'ALL GOT SOMETHING ELSE? I'M SORRY, HERBERT.
HERBERT SIMS. H-E-R-B-E-R-T-A.
BUT HERBERT.IN R DOT SIMS. SIMS TWO M1 M@HOUSTONTX.GOV.
AND IF I SEND YOUR EMAIL YEAH, I'M VERY HE'S GONNA KNOW YOUR EMAIL.
I AM, I'M VERY, HE'S HE'S GONNA SEND IT TO SPAM.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I I KNOW WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T.
SO I, I GET YOUR LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL SEE HOW ACCESSIBLE YOU ARE.
NO, I GET YOUR CONCERN, BUT NO, HE RESPOND.
I, I AM VERY ACCESSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GUYS DID TONIGHT, YOU GUYS MADE YOU GUYS A PRIORITY FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE CONCERN YOU HAVE.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I, I, I WASN'T COMING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE NEW COUNCIL MY PRIORITIES.
BUT THE THINGS YOU BROUGHT UP IS GOOD.
SO I APPRECIATE IT AND I'M NOT GONNA BELABOR IT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS, WE'VE TALKED ENOUGH.
SO I'LL TURN IT TO YOU, MICHAEL.
MIKE, I AM, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA SAY SOMETHING ON THE NEXT, ON THE AGENDA, BUT I'LL FOREGO MY TIME TO MOVE TO THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
AND I WILL SAY THIS, UM, IF YOU WATCH COUNCIL ON A REGULAR BASIS, LIKE WE DO, YOU GUYS DID EXACTLY WHAT CITY COUNCIL DOES, RIGHT? YOU, YOU ASKED QUESTIONS, YOU FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, YOU ASKED MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
YOU DID AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB.
AND SOMETIMES SOME CON CONVERSATIONS ARE DIFFICULT TO HAVE, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE HAD.
AND AS THE VOICE OF HOUSTON YOUTH, I APPLAUD YOU 'CAUSE YOU ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH JUST THAT RIGHT THERE.
SO, UH, GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO, LIKE I SAID, I'LL FOREGO MY TIME AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO YOUR COMMITTEE REPORTS REALLY QUICK.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SIMS, UM, FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME COMING OUT HERE TO SPEAK WITH US.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONVERSING AND WORKING WITH YOU, UH, TO BRING SUCCESS TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS GOING ON THAT ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, UH, RAISED AND I WILL TABLE THIS DISCUSSION, UH, OFF RECORD TO BE DISCUSSED LATER.
SO GIVEN THAT AND GIVEN THE CONCERN AND TIME, WE NEED TO MOVE ON AND GO TO OUR OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, I'LL QUICKLY PASS IT TO, UM, JEREMY FOR YOUR CONCERN.
YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
UH, MR. SIMS, ARE YOU ABLE TO STAY AFTER TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO WERE, HAD, DIDN'T GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, ASKING YOU OR NO? YOU ARE OKAY.
ALRIGHT, GIVEN THAT WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
FIRST ON ORDER IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF Y'ALL SAW OUR SLACK MESSAGE, BUT WE ARE DOING A SUSTAINABLE CLOTHING DRIVE.
SO SHOW OF HANDS, WHO BROUGHT CLOTHES TODAY? UHOH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING.
BUT, UM, PLEASE, PLEASE, NEXT TIME.
THIS IS IN PER AN IN-PERSON REMINDER PLEASE.
NEXT, UH, COUNCIL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.
WE'RE TRYING TO REACH A GOAL OF 150 ITEMS, WHICH SHOULDN'T BE TOO DIFFICULT TO REACH.
UM, AND SO YEAH, PLEASE, WHATEVER YOU CAN BRING.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CLOTHING CAN BE OTHER ACCESSORIES TOO.
LANCE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, LIKE USED CLOTHES, RIGHT? YES.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SUSTAINABLE DRIVE, SO YEAH, WE HAVEN'T PICKED OUT AN ORGANIZATION YET THAT WE'RE GONNA DONATE TO, BUT WE'LL UPDATE YOU ALL ON THAT, UH, NEXT TIME.
SO YES, WE REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD BRING, UH, ANY CLOTHING ITEMS. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, UM, THIS SATURDAY WE HAVE A TREE PLANTING EVENT.
IT'S ON THE AGENDA FROM SEVEN 30 TO 3:30 PM SO IF ANY OF Y'ALL ARE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT ARE THE CLOTHES, WHAT ARE THE ITEMS? UM, JEWELRY, UH, PURSES, SHOES, JUST OTHER ACCESSORIES SIMILAR TO THE HATS, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN, UM, LAST THING, WE WERE GOING TO ORIGINALLY VOLUNTEER AT PLANT APPALOOZA AND HOST A BOOTH THERE.
UM, BUT WE LEARNED THAT THEY AREN'T DOING IT THIS YEAR.
SO INSTEAD WE'RE GONNA HOST A WORKSHOP AT EVELYN'S PARK AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IN CONTACT WITH THEM.
IT'S BEEN A BIT DIFFICULT, BUT IF, UM, THAT WORKSHOP DOES HAPPEN, IT'LL BE APRIL 20TH OF THIS YEAR, UH, KIND OF AN EARTH DAY EVENT.
UM, BUT IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM, WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO USE ONE OF THE CITY HALL ROOMS TO HOST AN EVENT.
BUT THAT'S ALL FROM ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
ARE WE, UM, PLANNING TO INCORPORATE SCHOOLS THIS TIME? OR IS JUST THIS JUST US BRINGING CLOTHES?
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JUST BRING CLOTHES.I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA TELL YOUR SCHOOL ABOUT IT, GREAT.
SO YEAH, SO I SEE THAT THERE'S TWO SOPS THIS SATURDAY.
ONE FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, WHICH HANNAH LAUREN ADDRESS.
SO WHICH ONE DO WE PRIORITIZE? BECAUSE THIS, THIS MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE THAT I'M ASSUMING, LIKE THAT SLP HAS BEEN LIKE DONE, WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THAT FOR LIKE A WHILE, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SLP.
SO LIKE WHICH ONE DO WE PRIORITIZE? IS THERE, YEAH.
AND WHEN YOU SAY BY PRIORITIZE, ARE YOU SAYING WHICH ONE DO YOU COME TO? OR ESSENTIALLY YEAH, WHICH ONE DO WE COME TO? IT'S UP, IT'S UP TO YOU.
WHICH ONE THAT MAKES, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS ARE MORE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, SOME FOLKS ARE MORE MENTAL HEALTH.
SO IT'S REALLY HOW YOU WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT SUITS YOU BEST.
UM, I JUST KNOW IN THE PAST ORIGINALLY IT WAS, UH, PRESENTED AS, UM, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS ARE A REQUIREMENT AND IF TWO ARE MISSED, THEN YOU ARE, UM, ESSENTIALLY KICKED FROM THE PROGRAM.
AND I JUST SEE THAT TWO WERE SCHEDULED ON THE SAME DAY.
SO I IS JEREMY, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT BY PRIORITIZE? I'M JUST, YES.
SINCE TWO WERE SCHEDULED ON THE SAME DAY AND I IT'S FEASIBLE TO ATTEND BOTH, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY OH, IT, I LIED GUYS.
NOT FEASIBLE AT ALL FOR SOME PEOPLE.
LIKE I SAID, IF YOU MISS, IF YOU COME TO THE MENTAL HEALTH DEAL OR IF YOU GO TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DEAL AND YOU MISS ONE OR YOU DON'T TEND TO, IT'S OKAY.
WE, WE WANT YOU TO GO TO EITHER OR I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO TO EITHER OR, BUT YOU CAN HAVE, YOU CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, UM, BASED ON HOW YOU FEEL OR BASED ON WHAT'S A PRIORITY TO YOU.
'CAUSE SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE A PART OF, UM, ENVIRONMENT INJUSTICE AND YOU WANT TO GO AND, AND PLANT THE TREES.
SO GO AHEAD AND YOUR, AND PLANT YOUR TREES.
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH PART AT A LATER TIME.
ALSO, WHO WILL BE THE, I'M GUESSING THE ADVISORS FOR SUPERVISION AT THOSE EVENTS WOULD BE THE, THE ADVISORS FOR THOSE COMMITTEES? CORRECT.
BECAUSE I WAS SAYING SINCE WE DON'T HAVE TWO OF YOU, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YEAH, SO I'LL, I WILL BE HERE FOR THE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH DEAL.
MS. RACHEL WILL BE AT THE, UM, THE HEALTH, THE HEALTH MUSEUM, UH, PART WHERE THE, THE PLANTING OF THE TREES.
SO, AND AS WELL AS THE ADO ADVISORS FOR THOSE COMMITTEES.
SO WE, WE WILL BE HERE WITH YOU.
I THINK IT'S, UH, IMPORTANT THAT WE AT LEAST ESTABLISH LIKE WHO'S GOING TO WHAT, IF YOU GUYS KNOW, JUST IN CASE LIKE, SO WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE GOING TO ONE AND NO ONE GOING TO THE OTHER.
SO I GUESS WE SHOULD DO LIKE A RAISE OF HANDS OR SOMETHING.
I THINK, I THINK WHAT WOULD HELP, I WAS TO ASK, DO Y'ALL HAVE DETAILS IN BOTH THOSE EVENTS? LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DID YOU ENTAIL? OKAY.
YOU REPORTS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE.
HOW ABOUT THAT? WE'LL TABLE THIS UNTIL THE END OF THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
UH, BELLA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE? SURE.
UM, I WASN'T AWARE OF THIS EVENT UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO, BUT, UM, ALL I KNOW, WELL IT'S ON ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE.
ONE IS ON THE FLYER THAT WAS HANDED OUT TO EVERYONE.
SO YEAH, ALL I KNOW THAT IS THAT IT'S PLANTING TREES, IT'S FROM 7:30 AM TO THREE 30 AND, UH, WE MEET AT THE HEALTH MUSEUM.
I'M JUST GONNA ADD REAL QUICK, IF Y'ALL'S CONCERN IS ABOUT ATTENDANCE, THERE'S PEOPLE SITTING IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE MISSED MORE THAN TWO SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS.
SO IF YOU, YOU, YOU'LL BE FINE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING THAT PROTOCOL.
SO I KNOW LIKE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD, LIKE I SAID, LIKE IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS STARTING IN PROBABLY MARCH, MAYBE WE CAN REVISIT THAT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS YOU'RE GONNA MISS.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T GO TO ONE OF 'EM, THAT'S, YOU'RE YOU'LL BE FINE.
YOU WON'T BE KICKED OUT 'CAUSE YOU SOME PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN.
AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE'RE, THAT'S GIVING Y'ALL THE EXCUSE TO GO SKIP THINGS.
BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IN THIS INSTANCE IS DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE'S A SCHEDULING CONFLICT WITH TWO SERVICE PROJECT ON ONE DAY, AS LONG AS YOU ATTEND ONE, YOU'D NOT NEED TO SPLIT YOURSELF AND GO TO ANOTHER ONE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN, I KNOW THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN HERE.
JUST CHOOSE WHICH ONE YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE BETTER CONNECTED TO AND YOU'LL HAVE MORE FUN AND IMPACT GOING TO SAHA.
I GUESS, UM, THE REASON I, I TALKED ABOUT LIKE MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHO'S GONNA, WHICH IS, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GONNA SHOW UP TO THIS, TO THE, THE TREE PLANTING ONE.
I MEAN LIKE JUST IN GENERAL BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE MENTAL, THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE ONE IS, HAS
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BEEN PLANNED EARLIER AND I GUESS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE PLANNING ON GOING THERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD PREFER TO GO SEE SOMEONE LIKE THAT THAN PLANT TREES.JUST WANNA LIKE JUST, I GUESS TAKE A VOTE OR SOMETHING.
LIKE I JUST WANT, YEAH, I I, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THE VOTE TO THE TABLE BACK TO THE END OF THE DISCUSSION.
BUT BELLA, SO IT'S AT THE HEALTH MUSEUM.
IS THIS LIKE AN A OFF CAMPUS THING THOUGH, OR WE'RE TAKING A BUS SOMEWHERE OR SHE DOES NOT KNOW? YOU HAVE NO CLUE, THAT'S FOR SURE.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING.
'CAUSE I CAN SEND WHAT MR. GREEN SENT ME TO OUR GENERAL CHAT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT IS JUST THE INFORMATION THAT IS ON THIS FLYER.
BUT I'LL DO THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I WOULD'VE, 'CAUSE THAT WOULD ALSO BE, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING ON A SATURDAY, SO, AND YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW, IT'S EIGHT HOURS LONG.
I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO DISCOURAGE ANYBODY, BUT LIKE, PLANNING THINGS.
NO, I MEAN IT, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG COMMITMENT THAT'S LONGER THAN A SCHOOL DAY ESSENTIALLY.
UM, I NEED TO GO, LET ME, JEREMY, GO AHEAD.
THERE IS NO SIGNUP REGISTER LINK ON THIS S FLYER.
AM I CORRECT? HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SIGN UP? REGISTER HERE.
UM, QUICK, CAN WE JUST CALL A VOTE TO JUST LIKE NOT GO TO THIS ONE? I MEAN, WE NEED TO ASK OUR ADVISOR BECAUSE WE'RE AN OFFICIAL MYC PARTNER.
CAN EVERYBODY OFF BELLA, GO AHEAD.
UM, JUST REALLY QUICK, IT SAYS THAT MORE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AT OUR IN-PERSON MYC MEETING TODAY.
CAN WE JUST LIKE MOVE ON? OKAY.
WAIT, I, I'LL I'LL MAKE THE, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THIS.
SO LET ME, LET ME ASK IN GENERAL, IS ANYBODY INTERESTED IN GOING TO THIS? AND ANY HANDS? MAY I ADD SOMETHING? OKAY, TALK.
IT'S ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL, I LOOKED, I LOOKED INTO IT WHERE IT IS, IT'S IN LIKE CASHMERE GARDENS IF Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S AT FLEMING MIDDLE SCHOOL, IF Y'ALL ARE, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS, BUT THAT'S IN CASHMERE GARDENS.
SO 59, PROBABLY PAST THE SIX 10 I WOULD ASSUME.
UM, SO IN THAT INSTANCE, THAT WOULD MEAN YOU'D HAVE TO BE AT THE HEALTH MUSEUM AT SEVEN 30 TO CATCH A BUS TO GO TO FLEMING MIDDLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, UNLESS YOU ARRIVE THERE AFTERWARDS, WHICH WOULD BE SCHEDULING CONFLICTS AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, SO I UNDERSTAND.
BELLA, WHEN WAS THIS MENTIONED TO YOU? I KNOW THIS WAS KIND OF LAST MINUTE THING.
WOULD Y'ALL BE FINE ON, ON, YOU KNOW, JUST EXPUNGING THIS FROM THE, FROM OUR RECORD? FROM YES.
WE NEED TELL, CAN WE GET A RULE FROM ADVISOR? YEAH.
MR. GREEN, UH, GIVEN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CONFLICT ISSUE WITH THE TWO SERVICE PROJECTS AND THERE'S NOT MUCH ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THE COUNCIL FOR GOING TO PLANT TREES ON SATURDAY, CAN WE JUST REMOVE THAT FROM AN OPTION FOR A SERVICE PROJECT AND JUST FOCUS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH PODCAST? I THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE A VOTE AND THIS SIZE.
I WAS JUST CHECKING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOOD.
UM, SO WE'LL NOT BE TAKING A VOTE FOR REMOVING THE, UM, THIS SATURDAY'S MINI TEEN SUMMIT PLANT TREE PLANTING SERVICE PROJECT.
I KNOW THE ENTHUSIASM ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT IS OFF THE RECORD.
PLEASE MAKE SURE AUDREY, MAKE SURE NOBODY LIKE SEND OUT A MEETING, A MESSAGE.
NOBODY GOES TO THIS AT SEVEN 30.
I KNOW ANYBODY THERE ALONE IN THE COLD MORNING.
SO THAT MEANS ALL FOCUS AND ALL HANDS ARE ON DECK FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH PODCAST.
THANK YOU BELLA, FOR THE UPDATE THOUGH.
UM, ALRIGHT, GIVEN THAT BELLA, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES? AWESOME, THANK YOU.
THE FLOOR IS NOW, UH, GIVEN TO ARNE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
UH, YEAH, I MEAN MOST OF, LIKE WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, IT WAS KIND OF ALREADY ADDRESSED IN THE, UM, MEETING WITH MR. HERBERT AND LIKE IN THE DISCUSSION WITH MR. HERBERT, UM, I THINK WE ALL HEARD THAT INSPIRING SPEECH BY HIM.
SO
CAN I ASK HIM A QUESTION TO MR. MR. GREEN OR MR. GREEN OR, YEAH.
OH, MR. MR. HARVEY QUESTION, MR. DIRECTOR.
SIMS, WE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU? YES, SIR.
SO FOR THIS, UM, I'M ON THE, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THIS YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT.
AND SO I WAS ABLE TO SECURE SOME SORT OF, UM, POPEYE'S KIND OF SPONSORSHIP WHERE THEY WOULD PROVIDE FREE FOOD AT THE EVENT.
AND SO I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE PROTOCOLS WOULD BE FOR.
GOOD QUESTION FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'D BE POSSIBLE AND WHAT I SHOULD GET BACK TO WITH MY CONTACT, IT IS POSSIBLE.
SO IT VERY MUCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
ASK THEM IF THEY NEED ANYTHING FROM US AS FAR AS THE SPONSORSHIP, AS FAR AS LETTERS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, A SPONSORSHIP LETTER FROM THE CITY.
'CAUSE THAT'S NORMALLY WHAT WE DO ON OUR END, BUT A SPONSORSHIP OF GOODS, UM, IS NO PROBLEM.
DIRECT SPONSORSHIPS IS, IS A LOT OF TIMES THE BEST WAY TO GO.
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AND YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN YOUR LIKE Q AND A THAT STUFF LIKE BUZZERS OR PROJECTORS WOULD BE PROVIDED MM-HMMDO WE NEED TO DO, IS THERE ANY PROTOCOL INVOLVED WITH THAT OR IS THERE ANY YEAH, THE BEST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS JUST GIVE US WHAT THE, THE ASK 'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WE HAVE.
SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO PROCURE 'CAUSE WE WANT TO GET 'EM IN TIME FOR YOUR EVENT.
SO JUST, SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT I WOULD DO FOR MR. PAUL, Y'ALL MAKING ME WANNA TALK ABOUT IT NOW, BUT LIKE, SO HOW MANY PROJECTORS WOULD YOU NEED? AND THEN WHAT ARE YOU PROJECTING? BECAUSE THAT ALSO MAY DETERMINE THE BEST VENUE.
SO, YOU KNOW, LEGACY ROOM IS REALLY NICE, BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST VENUE DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE GOING.
SO DETERMINING HOW MANY YOU NEED, WHAT YOU'RE PROJECTING, UM, AND THEN HOW MANY BUZZARDS AND GET THAT TO MR. GREEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
'CAUSE SO WHAT'S YOUR DATE AGAIN? YOU WANT A DATE? WE DON'T HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE A DATE.
SO WHEN YOU COME UP WITH YOUR DATE AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MARCH, YOU WANT TO GET THAT TO MR. GREEN, UM, AT LEAST BY YOUR NEXT MEETING.
'CAUSE YOUR NEXT MEETING'S THE SECOND TUESDAY IN MARCH.
SO YOU AT LEAST WANT TO GET HIM BY THE NEXT MEETING.
IS IT COMING OUT OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE? UH, YES.
IS IT OKAY FOR THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO GET HIM THAT LIST BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING? YES.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT GET HIM THE SUPPLY LIST AND, AND NEEDS.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS ALL THE SUPPLIES MAY NOT NEED TO BE PROCURED.
SOME OF THE SUPPLIES WE PROBABLY HAVE.
SO, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT THAT.
I HOPE I DIDN'T CONFUSE YOU MORE.
YEAH, SO JUST FOR THE, UH, FACILITATING THE PROTOCOLS, SO I KNOW ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE, SUHO OVER THERE MM-HMM
HE ACTUALLY TALKED TO A SCHOOL AND HE ALREADY GOT THE BUZZERS AND UM, SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHETHER OR NOT HIM PROVIDING IT WOULD BE A LITTLE EASIER IN TERMS OF PROTOCOLS AND THE SPEED OF PROCESS.
I MEAN, IF HE WOULD LIKE, BUT IF YOU GUYS WANTED IT FOR FUTURE COUNCILS, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET IT FOR YOU, RIGHT? BECAUSE I'M SURE FUTURE, I MEAN YOU CAN MAKE IT AN ANNUAL THING.
I KNOW TECHNICALLY THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A SECOND ANNUAL, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL, THIRD ANNUAL, YOU KNOW, GAME NIGHT AND YOU CAN MAKE IT INTO AN EVENT.
AND EACH, EACH EVENT COULD BE A DIFFERENT, CAUSE EACH EVENT COULD BE TO BRING AWARENESS TO A DIFFERENT ISSUE OR A GAME.
SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD SUGGEST GETTING IT FOR THE COUNCIL SO THAT IF YOU'RE THINKING OF IT, IF IT'S A SUCCESS, YOU CAN, YOU'LL HAVE THE SUPPLIES AND THAT COUNCIL THEN YOU CAN USE THAT FUNDS FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE THAT NEXT YEAR.
THERE'S CERTAIN PROTOCOLS THAT, THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTIONS.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DECIDE AND ARE THERE CERTAIN PROTOCOLS HE HAS TO FOLLOW IN GETTING THOSE WITH THE SCHOOL, LIKE HIS SCHOOL ALREADY OFFERED TO? RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THEM ON A, A NORMAL BASIS, NOT A PROBLEM.
THOSE, THOSE THINGS, IF YOU GET SOMETHING YOU KNOW, DONATED AS LONG NOW, IF YOU WANT FOR YOUR PURPOSES TO HAVE A LETTER FROM THEM SAYING WE, WE ARE LOANING THIS OR DONATING THIS IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD ADVISE ON DOING THAT JUST FOR YOUR RECORDS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
ESPECIALLY SOMETHING'S ON LOAN, UM, I WOULD DO THAT.
THERE THERE IS, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING.
AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME? UH, I'M SA I'M A I MET YOU AT THE THING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? YES SIR.
SO YEAH, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY ABOUT WHAT THE THING, UH, ABOUT THE BUZZER SYSTEM, UH, FROM THE SCHOOL SIDE FOR OUR PURPOSES WE MAY NEED A LETTER OF YEAH, I WOULD.
SO SO IF THEY'RE LOANING YOU SOMETHING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD JUST GET THAT FOR YOUR, FOR FOR THE COUNCIL'S RECORDS.
THE OTHER THING IT MAY DO IF YOU PASS THAT ALONG TO THE ADVISOR AND THEY KEEP THAT ON RECORD OR THEY SHOULD BE KEEPING THAT ON RECORD BECAUSE THAT MAY BE A GO-TO THE NEXT TIME.
HEY, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, GOT THAT DONATED.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO AGAIN, BUT LIKE I SAY, SOME THINGS ARE BETTER OFF GETTING AND THAT'S, THAT'S A REASONABLE ITEM.
SO I DON'T WANNA DISCOURAGE YOU FROM BEING PROACTIVE AND, AND GOING OUT AND GET IT, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS ARE GOOD TO HAVE.
IF YOU WANNA REPEAT AN EVENT, IF IT'S A ONE TIME EVENT, THEN I DO SUGGEST THAT THAT WAS IT.
I KNOW Y'ALL GOT THE LEGACY ROOM IN MIND AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE THAT ASK IF AVAILABLE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE CONFIGURING YOUR ROOM IS THAT, IS MAKE SURE THAT'S THE BEST VENUE FOR YOU AND JUST KNOW THE RISERS ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
SO JUST CONFIGURE THAT AROUND YOUR GAMES, AROUND THE RISERS.
IF THEY WANT TO DO THE LAKE, MAYBE WE CAN DO A TOUR.
YEAH, WE CAN DO A TOUR IN THE, THESE TUESDAY.
I SAY PUT THAT ON YOUR AGENDA TO GO VIEW IT SO YOU CAN SEE HOW YOU WANNA SET IT UP.
'CAUSE YOU, YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT BEFOREHAND.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR? NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, UM, ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD REGARDING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE? OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.
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AND LASTLY, THE FLOOR IS ACTUALLY, NO, NOT LASTLY HANNAH.THE FLOOR IS YOURS FOR MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE.
UM, SO YEAH, YEAH, OUR SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT ISH IS ON A SATURDAY.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, HEALTHY MINDS, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I TALKED ABOUT IN THE JANUARY MEETING, BUT THE JAKE JUST GOT PUSHED BACK TO, UH, SATURDAY THE 17TH.
I CAN SEND EVERYONE A SCHEDULE, UM, OR WELL I'LL, I'LL TALK TO YOU, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT, UH, SEND EVERYONE A SCHEDULE AND KIND OF WHAT THE DAY IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
WE DO HAVE, UM, PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF NYC WHO ARE GOING TO BE ATTENDING, WHO HAVE REGISTERED TO COME, UM, INCLUDING ONE LADY WHO JUST SO KINDLY REACHED OUT TO ME PERSONALLY, UM, AND IS LIKE A LICENSED COUNSELOR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND LIKE WORKS WITH UM, A YOUTH ORGANIZATION OR THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORGANIZATION.
SO, UM, SO SHE WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
SO DRESS CODE IS, UH, BUSINESS CASUAL.
UH, WE WILL ALLOW NYC SWEATERS, BUT BUSINESS CASUAL, NO JEANS, NO TENNIS SHOES.
Y'ALL KNOW WHAT BUSINESS CASUAL IS.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN TRIED TO ARRIVE AROUND 9 15, 9 30 JUST 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, PARKING GETS KIND OF BAD ON HERE.
THERE'S ALSO, IT'S A SATURDAY IN CITY HALL.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE, SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A QUICK LIKE, SYNOPSIS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE UM, RECORDING MINDFUL MOMENTS.
I THINK WE TALKED, OH GOSH, I WISH I COULD REMEMBER.
UH, WE HAD TWO TOPICS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SPLIT THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE IN HALF AND HALF OF THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE IS GONNA TALK ABOUT ONE TOPIC.
UM, AND THEN, UH, HEALTHY MINDS, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, UM, LIKE DIRECT, UH, DIGITAL IMPACT LEAD.
SYDNEY WILL BE THERE AND SHE'S GONNA BE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A ROUND TABLE KIND OF THING.
UH, RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE, THE SCREEN SPACE.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA RECORD THAT.
WE'LL HAVE, UM, A BREAK IN BETWEEN THE TWO SESSIONS.
AND LIKE I SAID, FOR YOU ALL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T ON THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, THIS IS ALSO A WAY FOR YOU TO KIND OF JUST LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
JUST LIKE WITH THIS ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, JUSTICE COMMITTEE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT.
I THINK US AS COMMITTEE LEADERS, WE NEED TO LIKE JUST BE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHEN WE'RE HAVING STUFF AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT'LL BE A NICE INTRODUCTION TO LIKE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING.
UM, AND THEN JUST ALSO THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY OF YOUTH THERE.
I THINK I SAW, LIKE ON THE EMAIL LIST, I THINK I SAW SOME PEOPLE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE GONNA BE THERE.
SO JUST, UM, A GOOD TIME TO TO, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? MEET OTHER PEOPLE.
ALL THESE WONDERFUL, UM, SYNONYMS. SO LIKE I SAID, THERE'S THAT.
AND MR. DEONTAY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING SAY OUR WONDERFUL ADVISOR WHO IS IN THE HOUSE TODAY? YES.
UH, AS HANNAH HAS SAID, THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB TO MAKE SATURDAY HAPPEN.
IT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY SET, UH, SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, BUT DUE TO LIFE WE HAD TO UH, RESCHEDULE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE FOR PIVOTING AND FOR EVERYONE UNDERSTANDING.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I FORGOT HER NAME.
RE REMIND US IN THE SELECT TO BREAK.
REMIND US IN THE SELECT TO BRING CLOTHES BECAUSE I COULD HAVE BROUGHT SOME TODAY.
I NEED TO GET RID OF 'EM, SO PLEASE REMIND US IN THE SLACK.
UH, BUT YEAH, SATURDAY WE HAVE THAT.
WE DO HAVE BREAKFAST, UH, FROM 9 9 15 TO 9 45.
UH, HANNAH, DO WE HAVE A, A REPORT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED YET? UM, SO 25.
SO ON, ON THE EVENTBRITE ONLY LET ME ALLOW 25 PEOPLE TO COME.
UM, AND PLUS I'M SURE SOME OTHER ADULTS WHO HAVE NOT ACTUALLY REGISTERED AND ARE JUST GONNA END UP SHOWING UP.
SO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY ABOUT 40 PEOPLE.
EXCLUDING THE ACTUAL LIKE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN LIKE I SAID, SO SOME OF THOSE WILL BE YOUTH ON THE THING.
IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT AGE, SO YOUTH OF ALL AGES.
UM, AS WELL AS SOME OFFICIALS AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD FOR SURE.
SORRY, IT'S GONNA BE IN THE ANNEX.
JUST, THAT'S JUST, I WAS GONNA SAY IT'S GONNA BE IN THE SAME ROOM THAT WE'RE MEETING IN NOW, SO IT'LL BE HERE SATURDAY.
I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE PLEASE BE ON TIME.
WE WANNA START WITH THE RECORDING ON TIME.
THE FIRST SESSION I BELIEVE IS ABOUT FINDING YOURSELF FI YES.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS ABOUT HANNAH'S GONNA FIGURE IT OUT, BUT I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UH, IT IS GONNA BE THE BETTER COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT SATURDAY.
THANK YOU HANNAH, DO WE NEED TO REGISTER MORE? HANNAH, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FOR BEN TELE COMMITTEE? NO.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, THE ROLE FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE WOULD JUST TO BE TO LIKE, UM, LISTEN TO WHAT Y'ALL DO AND THEN ALSO LIKE INTERACT WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE GONNA COME IN.
AND ALSO THERE MAY OR MAY NOT, SORRY, I'M LIKE IN THE MIC.
THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO DO LIKE A LITTLE BEHIND THE SCENES STUFF
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WITH UM, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA DO A PHOTO.'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, THIS IS BASICALLY GONNA END UP LIKE AS SHORT FORM CONTENT FOR THE MENTAL YOUTH.
UM, HEALTHY MINDS, HEALTHY MINDS, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
'CAUSE THEY'RE REBRANDING AND KIND OF MAKING IT YOUTH FOCUSED.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE ON THEIR PAGE.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING LIKE, I WANT EVERYONE TO BE THERE BECAUSE LIKE IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE.
UM, AS, AND THEN LIKE I SAID, A CHANCE FOR BEHIND THE SCENE THINGS.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF TO LISTEN AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU GUYS HAVE TO TAKE NOTES.
I'M NOT GONNA QUIZ YOU ON ANYTHING WE SAID, UM, BUT JUST TO KIND OF MEET AT THERE POTENTIALLY MIGHT BE COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE.
SO JUST KIND OF TO MEET THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE WE'RE THE YOUTH COUNCIL, BUT YES.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE? HANNAH? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE HEALTH COMMITTEE? AWESOME.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, LANCE FOR VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
I SEE Y'ALL HAVE AN SLP ON THERE.
UH, I'M GONNA KEEP IT VERY BRIEF.
UM, SO JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, IT SAYS ON THE AGENDA OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS, THAT IS NOT TRUE.
OUR, UH, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT AT MOODY, MOODY DINING HALL ON THE 24TH IS ONLY FOR THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
UH, WE'LL BE HAVING MARLEY, OH, WE'LL BE HAVING A TRAINING FOR THAT ON THE 15TH, UH, WITH OUR ADVISOR, MS. BAKER, UM, TO PREPARE FOR THE 24TH.
AND THEN WE WILL BE, UH, INFORMING OR LETTING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT HOW TO GO OUT AND VOTE, UH, FROM ONE TO THREE ON THE 24TH.
UM, I KNOW I MENTIONED IT IN SLACK, UM, ABOUT POSTING ON OUR INSTAGRAM, UM, ABOUT THE PRIMARIES, UM, THAT'S COMING UP AND JUST TO KNOW LIKE MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE, I THINK THE LAST DAY IS THE 23RD.
UM, AND WHEN EARLY VOTING STARTS TOUGHER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER ANYTHING REGARDING THAT OR IF I NEED TO TALK TO AN ADVISOR, UH, ABOUT THE PROTOCOL FOR POSTING.
NO, I WAS ABLE TO, I FEEL LIKE AS LONG AS YOU REQUEST IT AND I JUST KIND OF ASK MR. GREEN IF IT'S OKAY AS I DID DURING THE FREEZE THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS MONTH.
SO I THINK IT, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE FINE.
SO, UM, IF I SEND YOU A UM, FLYER, UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO POST THAT? YEAH, OF COURSE.
I JUST WANNA CLARIFY WITH DIRECTOR SIMS IF IT IS OKAY THAT WE POST IT ON INSTAGRAM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL.
I ALSO WANTED TO ADD, UM, KEEP IN MIND THAT IS ONLY FOR VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
WHAT I MEAN IS, LEMME REITERATE THE SERVICE LOAD PROJECT AT MOODY DINING HALL ON THE SATURDAY THE 24TH FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM I PRESUME THAT'S SATURDAY.
YES, THAT IS ONLY OPEN TO VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO THAT DOES NOT, THAT MEANS IF YOU'RE NOT ON VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE ACCOUNTING AS AN ABSENCE TOWARDS YOUR SERVICE ZONING PROJECTS ONLY.
THAT'S THE ONLY A WORRY FOR, FOR MEMBERS OF THE VOTING ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, AS FAR AS POSTING, MAKE SURE YOU SEND IT THIS WAY FIRST AND THEN I'LL GET IT TO TOPPER.
UH, CHRISTOPHER, HOW ABOUT THAT? A GOOD WAY.
CHRISTOPHER, UM, IS FOLLOW THE DEPARTMENT'S PAGE, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF YOU FOLLOW THAT PAGE, ALLOW THE POSTING THAT WE'RE DOING AS A DEPARTMENT AND REGARDS TO VOTER EDUCATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING, BUT FOR INDIVIDUAL FLYERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST SEND 'EM MY WAY.
I'LL GET 'EM OVER TO YOU ONCE I OVERLOOK 'EM.
UH, IN TERMS OF COMMITTEES, SO, UH, IS ANYONE HERE 17 IN 10 MONTHS? DID ANYONE REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE MARCH PRIMARY? BECAUSE I KNOW I DID.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE REGISTER TO VOTE? 2, 3, 4.
JUST LET Y'ALL KNOW WHEN Y'ALL TURN.
17 IN 10 MONTHS, Y'ALL CAN REGISTER TO VOTE.
UM, HOW OLD ARE YOU? 17 IN 10 MONTHS.
WHEN'S YOUR BIRTHDAY? JUST DO THE MATH.
WHEN'S YOUR WORK? JUST DO THE MATH.
ALRIGHT GUYS, WE'RE WE'RE GETTING ON A TIME CRUNCH HERE AND OUTTA RESPECT FOR EVERYBODY'S TIME.
OH, MY MS. BAKER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I'M SO SORRY FOR DRAGGING YOU ON FOR LIKE TWO MINUTES.
UH, NO, I MEAN, I JUST, HOLD ON.
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THERE YOU GO.YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
UM, I KNOW I, I TALKED WITH MR. GREEN THAT LIKE, UM, MAKING SURE, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE GETTING LIKE AN OFFICIAL MOU WITH LIKE NEXT GEN.
THAT'S THE ORGANIZATION I WORK FOR.
UM, BUT, UM, I CAN SEND OVER PICTURES AND STUFF OF THE STICKERS, BUT WE ALSO DO, UH, WE LIKE LEGALLY ONLY DO LIKE C3 NONPARTISAN YOUTH VOTER ENGAGEMENT.
SO, BUT IF, UM, YOU NEED LIKE, UH, PICTURES AND STUFF OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE PASSING, I WAS ALSO GONNA LIKE ORDER LIKE SOME DONUTS AND STUFF TO PASS OUT IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, BUT JUST LET ME KNOW LIKE IF THERE'S ANY SPECIAL APPROVAL OR WHATEVER I NEED FOR THAT.
UM, MR. SIMS IS SHAKING HIS HEAD, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, GUYS REGARDING COMMITTEE UPDATES IN ANY SENSE? OKAY, AWESOME.
UH, SO WE OUT OF RESPECT RORY'S TIME AND SINCE THINGS HAVE KIND OF, WE HAVE A BUNCH TO COVER EVERY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, OR THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH THE DIRECTOR, UM, SIMS OR ANYTHING ELSE, LET'S KEEP IT SLACK OR OFF THE RECORD.
UM, SO WITH THAT I'LL PASS THE FLOOR TO, OR I'LL, WELL LET'S MOVE ON TO THE, UM, EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS.
UM, I MYSELF DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO COVER WITH MY TIME.
UM, SO I WILL PASS IT TO JEREMY.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I THINK WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT REPORTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AND JUST INTEREST EVERYONE'S TIME.
I'M JUST GONNA LIKE, STRIKE THAT.
UM, I DID JUST WANT TO GIVE THE MIC TO MR. GREEN FOR THE PROGRAM MANAGER.
WE'LL, WE'LL COME, WE'LL NO, WE'LL COME BACK.
WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT AFTER THE, THE UH, EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS.
WE DO HAVE EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORTS FROM
OH, MR. GREEN HAVE NO, WE DON'T HAVE, YEAH, I HAVE REAL QUICK.
REALLY QUICKLY AND FOLLOWING UP FROM OUR CONVER I'M GONNA KEEP THIS LIKE TWO MINUTES, OUR CONVERSATION FROM EARLIER TODAY WITH, UH, DIRECTOR SIMS, IN TERMS OF LIKE MOVING FORWARD, DOES THE COUNCIL WANT TO REORGANIZE, RESTRUCTURE, VISIT OUR PROTOCOLS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT SO THAT ON MARCH 1ST, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO DO OR DO WE WANNA CONTINUE WITH THE MY JUST REGULAR BUSINESS FOR THE MYC? ARE WE HAVING A VOTE? YEAH.
UH, I'M BASICALLY CALLING FOR A VOTE, BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEAN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF A WAIT, QUICK QUESTION.
WHAT WOULD THAT, LIKE, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN EXACTLY? LIKE IF WE WERE TO STICK WITH OUR CURRENT BUSINESS AS USUAL? YOU CAN, I THINK CIVIC EN UH, IF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT HAS ONE EVENT, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY THAT CAN'T OCCUR.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF EVERYONE ELSE'S BUS, EVERYONE ELSE'S BUSINESS.
UM, SO LIKE WE DON'T DO OTHER COMMITTEES DON'T DO SERVICE PROJECT.
'CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE THE LAST EVENT, THE IN, IN IN MARCH.
UM, BECAUSE JUST I HEARD A LOT OF YAS CONCERNS, UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WANNA BE ADDRESSED PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND SO, UM, I THINK WE NEED, IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SOON BECAUSE WE'LL BE MOVING INTO LIKE SPRING BREAK AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S LIKE SENIOR SEASON FOR A LOT OF OUR SENIORS.
SO THIS WOULD BE LIKE REVISITING THE CONSTITUTION, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE, THE BYLAW.
YOU COUNT THE CONSTITUTION, THE BYLAWS, LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, LIKE REVISITING IT AND ACTUALLY LIKE PUTTING IN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE.
I'M JUST REAL QUICK, JUST SO, SO LIKE WHAT HE SAID TO TO, SO YOU DO HAVE BYLAWS.
SO WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING, WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING IS AMENDING YOUR BYLAWS.
CAN I, CAN, CAN WE PICK LIKE ONE DAY THAT'S LIKE, NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF LIKE AN IMPORTANT LIKE, SEASON OF ANYTHING AND JUST COME IN AND SIT DOWN AND DO THAT? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OR ARE YOU CALLING LIKE AN EMERGENCY ROOM? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
LIKE I'M NOT SAYING LIKE TOMORROW OR ANYTHING.
I'M JUST SAYING LIKE WHEN WE, WHEN WE IF OR WE DO OR DON'T PAUSE REGARDLESS, OBVIOUSLY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE.
SO IS IS THAT AN OPTION? IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY MINUTE OR IS IT LIKE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS, WE TAKE A WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE BY LAW? LIKE YOU, I DON'T SEE, I SEE IT GOING LONGER THAN A DAY JUST BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION FOR TODAY.
UM, AND YOU WANNA TAKE YOUR TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA BE VERY, 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA BE IN THIS POSITION AGAIN.
UM, SO THAT, UM, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I ALSO AGREE WITH HANNAH THOUGH TOO.
I FEEL LIKE MOST OF OUR WORK GETS DONE WHEN WE'RE IN HERE FACE TO FACE.
DEFINITELY ADDRESSING OUR ISSUES THEN WHEN STUFF HAPPENS ONLINE, BECAUSE
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A LOT OF STUFF FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS ONLINE.SOME MEETINGS DON'T EVEN HAPPEN SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT EVEN LET INTO MEETINGS AND THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE WHERE THAT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
SO, SO LET US KNOW, LIKE IF YOU, BECAUSE YOU WANT, YOU WOULD NEED A, WOULD YOU LIKE PREFER A WORKING SPACE VERSUS THIS TO WORK ON THAT? IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO WOULD WOULD IT, WOULD YOU LIKE A WORKING SPACE VERSUS I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WORKING SPACE.
SIMILAR TO KIND OF WHAT WE DO OVER THE SUMMER.
SO YES, IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO OVER THE SUMMER, BUT SUMMER'S LITERALLY ONE DAY.
INUITY AT THE END OF YOUR TERM.
SO IT'S SIM IT'S GONNA BE SIMILAR.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T TAKE LIKE THE REST OF OUR TERM.
I REALLY HOPE IT DOESN'T, BUT, UH, JUST TAKING THE TIME AND MAYBE THE MONTH OF MARCH JUST TO LOOK OVER EVERYTHING.
JUST LAST THING, FINISH THOUGHT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANOTHER IN THE BYLAWS.
THE YOUTH COUNCIL SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE IN-PERSON MEETING AND ONE VIRTUAL MEETING EVERY MONTH.
SO THAT, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP FROM OUR MONTH, OUR IN-PERSON CONVERSATION VIRTUALLY, UH, THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO ATTEND.
I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR TO, TO THOUGHTS AGAIN.
ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A DAY, AS HANNAH SAID, FIND A DAY THAT IS NOT DISRUPTIVE WITH ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE BUSY SEASON THAT WE'RE IN.
UM, AND DISCUSS AND PLAN OUT WHAT PATH OF, UM, REINVENTING AND REFORMING THAT WE SHOULD TAKE.
BUT I DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND JUST CALL IT QUITS AND PUT AN X ON EVERYTHING MYC RELATED.
I THINK WE STILL HAVE GOOD THINGS JUST DESPITE THE DISRUPTION AND AND CONFUSION THAT HAS GONE ON OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
I THINK WE STILL HAVE GREAT THINGS GOING FOR US, BUT, BUT I THINK 'CAUSE THAT, I THINK STOPPING THINGS WOULD JUST AFFECT US MORE.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP GOING WITH THOSE THINGS AND TAKE TIME TO REFORM IN THE BACKGROUND AND, AND BETTER OURSELVES.
UM, I AGREE MICHAEL, SINCE WE HAVE SOME STUFF GOING ON, BUT I ALSO THINK SINCE NOTHING, UM, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MARCH YET THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THAT MEETING IN A DAY TO FIGURE OUT RECONSTRUCTION BECAUSE STUFF CAN'T MOVE FORWARD IF WE'RE STILL LIKE SMALL STUFF LIKE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
WE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MEET BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, THERE'S, THERE'S NO LINK FOR US.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FRUSTRATING BUT WE'RE HERE NOW AND I CAN'T BE STUCK IN THE PAST AND WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT, UM, MARLEY, MARLENE, BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, LET ME ASK, HAVE YOU COMMUNICATED, HAVE YOU FOUND ANSWERS TO WHY THE LINK? 'CAUSE AND I ONLY ASK BECAUSE OF MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE MEETS WHAT, WHY HAVE Y'ALL NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET? SO, UM, EVERY TIME WE PRESS ON THE LINK IT ALWAYS SAYS EXPIRED.
WE'VE TALKED TO MR. GREEN ABOUT IT.
EVERYONE HAS A SET MEETING LINK.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE I'M SURE BECAUSE THOSE WERE FROM THE PREVIOUS ADVISOR.
THOSE WERE SET THIS PAST TIME.
THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING MET AT, MET.
I SENT A LINK SO THAT Y'ALL CAN USE.
SO THIS GOES BACK TO MICHAEL AND I ARE GETTING ACCESS AGAINST OUR EMAILS SO THAT IN A SITUATION THAT HAPPENS LIKE THIS THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, IT WON'T OCCUR BECAUSE MICHAEL AND I CAN LET Y'ALL IN AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE SETTINGS TO WHERE EVERYONE CAN INSERT AND THERE'S NO LIKE WAITING ROOM PROCESS.
THERE WAS A PERMISSION ISSUE LAST WEEK.
SO YOU, THE, THE LINKS THAT WERE SENT OUT A COUPLE SATURDAYS AGO, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SENT THAT, UM, DID NOT KNOW THAT SHE HAD TO OPEN UP THE PERMISSION.
SO THE LINKS THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED, THAT'S WHY YOU HAD THE ISSUE WHERE SOME OF YOU COULD NOT GET IN AND OTHERS DID NOT.
WHEN, AND I HAD THE TIME OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO ALEX, XAVIER AND MICHAEL THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED.
SO WHAT, WHAT THE, THE GOAL WILL BE, THE LINKS WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE, UM, NOT THE COMMITTEE ADVISORS, THE THE CHAIRS FOR THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.
THEN YOU WILL SHARE THAT LINK WITH, UM, YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THEN THAT WAY EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN.
AND TWO REAL QUICK, ONCE WE GET THOSE LINKS, I'M GONNA BOOKMARK IT ON YOUR SLACK CHANNEL.
SO ONCE YOU GO INTO Y'ALL'S PRIVATE COMMITTEE CHANNELS, IT'S GONNA BE BOOKED AT THE TOP.
SO YOU JUST CLICK THAT AND THAT LIKE, THAT'S THE LINK YOU'RE GONNA USE LIKE MOVING FORWARD.
OH, I'M JUST SAYING LIKE IN THE MEANTIME, JUST 'CAUSE THE DATE WAS LIKE NEXT WEEK, IF YOU DO NEED A MEETING LINK, PLEASE CONTACT ME.
I'LL TRY TO MAKE ONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND ALSO JUST FOR THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT, 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A MEETING THIS THURSDAY AND I DON'T THINK Y'ALL ARE GONNA GET THOSE EMAILS SOON, LIKE THAT SOON.
SO YEAH, IT SHOULD HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
THERE IS, UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW I HAD TO THE, FOR THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, I
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HAVE BEEN CREATING THE LINKS FOR THOSE MEETINGS.I DON'T HAVE, I'M NOT DOING THAT THROUGH ANY CITY RELATED THING.
I'M DOING THAT ACTUALLY THROUGH MY SCORE RELATED EMAIL.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY ACCESS TO TEAMS IN SOME FORM, WHETHER IT'S A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OR A SCHOOL ACCOUNT, WHICH I ASSUME MOST OF Y'ALL DO, YOU CAN CREATE A, A MEETING, UM, THROUGH THAT ON YOUR OWN AND SEND IT OUT TO THE, AND THROUGH THE MEETING.
AND ALL YOU DO IS GO TO THE CALENDAR AND YOU CLICK LIKE MAKE AN EVENT.
AND YOU, SO IN THE WORST CASE, IF ONE OF US IS NOT CONTACTABLE IN THE TIME WHERE RICHARD'S STILL FIGURING THIS OUT, THAT'S THE, THE, THE METHOD YOU SHOULD DO TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR MEETINGS WITHOUT DISRUPTION AND, YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T I JOIN ET CETERA.
I THINK WHAT'LL BE BEST IS WHEN YOU DO THAT, IF YOU RECORD ON TEAMS, YOU CAN EMAIL IT TO MR. PAUL AND MR. UH, UH, SIMS. I THINK THAT'LL SO SOME FORM OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON THERE.
OTHER THING I WAS GONNA ECHO WHAT OUR CHAIR SAID ABOUT, WAIT, HOW MANY SENIORS DO WE HAVE? SENIORS.
I I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT PAUSING EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU HAVE, UH, THESE ARE YOUR LAST FEW DAYS OF SERVICE, BUT I DO THINK THERE'S ENOUGH OF YOU ALL THAT YOU CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I THINK, UH, AS, AS WE'VE DONE WITH COMMITTEE REPORTS, MAYBE A COUPLE OF YOU ALL REVIEW IT, BRING IT BACK AND LIKE ASK FOR UPDATES AND SUGGESTIONS.
UH, BUT I DON'T WANT US, I WOULDN'T WANT US TO PAUSE FOR 90 DAYS OR EVEN 30 DAYS.
UH, 'CAUSE YOU GOT A LOT YOU CAN DO IN 90 DAYS.
I, I DEFINITELY HEAR YOUR CONCERN.
I JUST THINK IT'S, ONCE WE GET INTO THAT, IT'S GONNA GO INTO A TIME COMMITMENT TYPE OF THING.
SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO BEING AT THE MEETINGS FOR THE BYLAW CHANGES AND EVERYTHING.
UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF US ARE SENIORS, A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, SO MAY MAYBE YOU, YOU AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO OTHER PEOPLE MAY, MAYBE IT'S NOT A, UH, HIS OWN COMMITTEE, A STANDING COMMITTEE, BUT JUST TWO PEOPLE THAT CAN PROBABLY ADVISE AND PROBABLY JUST SAY, HEY, IT CAN BE A RUNNING DOCUMENT.
I'VE DONE IT BEFORE WHERE YOU SAY, HEY, LOOK, ADVICE ON THIS COMMENT, YOU BRING IT BACK.
'CAUSE, 'CAUSE I'M BE HONEST WITH YOU, EVERYONE DOES NOT WANNA DO THAT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE A RECOMMENDATION.
SO YOU ALL CAN KEEP YOUR PROJECTS GOING AND ALSO, UH, GET THE DOCUMENTS APPROVED.
UM, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT YOU DON'T WANNA PAUSE EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO TAKE AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
LIKE, I, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANNA KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING, MOVING.
I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S AN ISSUE WHERE WE CAN'T JUST NEGLECT IT.
EVEN IF IT'S JUST GIVING A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS.
I, I DO THINK THAT DESERVES SOME AMOUNT OF DEDICATION.
AND TO THAT NOTE, TO MY SECOND PART, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE TALK BETWEEN MEETINGS SO THAT WHEN YOU COME HERE, OUR TOWN COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PRODUCTIVE.
UM, AND YES, MARLA, I DUNNO IF THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN MISSED WHAT I SAID EARLIER, BUT YET A HUNDRED PERCENT WE SHOULD TAKE AT LEAST A DAY OR TWO AND DISCUSS THESE CONCERNS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, PLAN FURTHER ON WHAT, WHAT STEPS YOU MAY TAKE RATHER THAN JUST SHUTTING EVERYTHING DOWN.
REAL QUICK ON NOTE ON THAT SAME NOTE BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, MICHAEL.
UM, WE HAVE A PARENT WHO BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT WHO WORKS WITH ORGANIZATIONS ON BYLAWS AND BOARDS WITH BYLAWS.
AND HER SUGGESTION WAS TO HAVE A SMALL GROUP WORK ON THE BYLAWS AND BRING IT TO THE BIGGER GROUP TO, UM, REVIEW AND VOTE ON VERSUS THE ENTIRE BODY TRYING TO CREATE THE BYLAWS.
ALSO, YOU SHOULD GET SOME, SOME VETERAN MEMBERS AND THEN SOME NEWER MEMBERS SO THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE SOME DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS ON WHEN YOU'RE CREATING THOSE SO THAT WHEN YOU BRING 'EM BACK TO THE BIGGER BODY THAT YOU HAVE SOME COHESIVENESS WHEN YOU BRING 'EM BACK.
SO, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO A SELECT COMMITTEE, UM, IN TERMS OF LIKE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE WORKING ON THE BYLAWS AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK THAT'S, I THINK WE DID THAT LAST YEAR TOO.
UM, UM, BUT I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY EXPLORE THAT PATH.
I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER'S GONNA BE, WHOEVER'S GONNA BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, IT'S OKAY WITH YOU IF THERE'S LIKE A TIME COMMITMENT ISSUE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT AND THEY'RE PROPOSING THESE CHANGES WHILE YOU'RE NOT IN THE MEETING.
BASICALLY PASSIONATE AS Y'ALL ARE.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE TIME COMMITMENT, BUT WE'LL COME WITH UPDATES AS WE GET 'EM.
SO THE WAY YOUR BYLAW COMMITTEE WOULD WORK IS THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BREAK DOWN YOUR BYLAWS.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE A WORKING SESSION WHERE EACH, UM, COUPLE OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS IN THE BYLAW COMMITTEE AND THEN THEY WOULD MAKE SUGGESTIONS, POSSIBLE THINGS THAT, UM, THE, THE GREATER COMMITTEE SHOULD VOTE ON.
THEN THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK TO THE BIGGER MEETING AND SAY, HERE'S THE LANGUAGE WE THINK SHOULD BE IN THIS AND HERE'S WHY.
BUT IT WOULD BE UP TO YOUR LARGER COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO BYLAWS COMMITTEE WOULDN'T MAKE ANY ACTUAL CHANGES.
IT WOULD BE YOUR CHANGES IN THE BIG COMMITTEE, BUT THAT WAY YOU HAVE A SELECT GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY LOOKING CLOSELY AT YOUR BYLAWS.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA TAKE IT, YOU'RE RIGHT.
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A WHILE TO DO IT.YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA WANNA CUT OUT A MORNING OR TWO TO, TO LOOK AT BYLAWS AND THEY'RE NOT FUN.
THEY'RE NOT FUN TO LOOK AT, BUT THEY'RE PRACTICAL AND YOU NEED THEM.
THANK YOU, UM, SO MUCH FOR, UM, FOR THAT.
SO I, I GUESS I MOVE THAT WE, WE MAKE A SELECT COMMITTEE THAT'S FOCUSED ON BYLAWS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND THEN IF YOU WANNA BE APPOINTED TO THAT COMMITTEE, JUST LET US KNOW.
UM, I'LL PUT SOMETHING IN THE SLACK 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH OF Y'ALL'S TIME ANYMORE.
UH, BUT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE, IF YOU WANT TO GO, JUST GO LIKE IF YOU CAN DO THE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
IT'S LIKE A LOT OF THE COUNCIL BECAUSE IF IT'S, IF IT'S MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL, THEN MIGHT AS WELL THE WHOLE COUNCIL DO IT.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS LET'S NOT MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT.
LIKE, LIKE IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF IT, YOU WANNA BE PART OF IT.
I MEAN, WE'RE EXPECTING THE WHOLE COUNCIL BE PART OF IT.
UM, JUST, WELL, EVEN IF THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMITTEE, YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR BYLAWS AND YOU BREAK THEM INTO CHUNKS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND SO YOU CAN DO IT ON, EVEN ON A ZOOM MEETING WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, DIFFERENT ROOMS. SO DO IT IN, UM, AND YOU SAY, OKAY, THESE FOUR PEOPLE ARE GONNA LOOK AT THIS CHUNK, THESE FOUR PEOPLE ARE GONNA LOOK AT THIS CHUNK AND YOU JUST BREAK IT UP.
IF YOU HAVE A SMALLER COMMITTEE, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM ALL TOGETHER.
BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S BUSY WORK AND SO YOU WANNA GET IT DOWN TO A SMALLER LEVEL AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS UPWARD.
SO, UM, I'LL SEND SOMETHING IN THE SLACK, UM, IN REGARDS TO THIS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING FINALIZED BY THIS FRIDAY.
AND THEN WE WILL, UH, LET BOTH OF Y'ALL KEEP ME POSTED SO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE TO BE INCLUDED.
BUT KEEP ME POSTED ON SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT, I DON'T WANT US TO GET TO THE END THEN HERE COME BIG MEAN HERBERT SAYING I CAN'T DO THAT.
SO, SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN INVOLVED IN AS MUCH AS I CAN BE.
I'M NOT GONNA MAKE THE PROMISE I'M GONNA BE IN, IN EACH ONE OF YOUR SLACK MEETINGS, BUT AS MUCH AS I CAN.
YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU ON THE LOOP.
I HAVE CAN WE JUST LIKE THE VIRTUAL COMMITTEE MICHAEL IS SO FREE.
IS IT, IS IT, SPEAKING OF TWO MINUTES.
OKAY, EVERYBODY, THIS IS GONNA BE VERY QUICK.
Y'ALL NEED PAY ATTENTION COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE HEADS PLEASE PAY ATTENTION.
SO REGARDING OUR FUNDING AND OUR BUDGET AND STUFF, I WOULD LIKE ALL OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS TO LIKE MEET WITH YOUR, MEET WITH YOUR COMMITTEES AND JUST GATHER AN APPROXIMATE NUMBER AS TO WHAT FUNDING YOU WOULD NEED FOR LIKE, THE REST OF THIS TERM.
I JUST LIKE THE END OF THE WEEK WOULD BE PREFERRED OR JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND DO YOU WANT US TO SEND THAT TO YOU, JOY? YES, PLEASE.
UM, HOW MANY UM, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS DO WE HAVE TO SCHEDULE AGAIN, PER TERM? WASN'T IT LIKE SIX? OKAY.
ONE A MONTH, LIKE SIX AT THIS POINT BY THE TIME TO AUGUST, JULY.
NO, BUT LIKE, YES, ONCE A MONTH, BUT JUST LIKE FOR FUTURE SLPS THAT YOU WANNA DO.
SO THEN WE CAN LIKE ALSO LIKE TELL UH, MR. SIMS AS WELL, LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED AS WELL.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND IT REALLY DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE END OF THIS WEEK WHENEVER Y'ALL MEET AGAIN.
JUST MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE AGENDA AND THEN GET THAT BACK TO ME.
SO WHEN HE WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, LIKE WHERE IT WAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN LIKE 1500 AND 5,000, ARE WE BASING IT OFF THAT LIKE SO TO NOT GO OVER SAY YOUR NEEDS AND WE'LL DETERMINE THAT? YEAH.
DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF TO WHAT I SAID.
SHOOT FOR THE STARS, BASICALLY.
BELLA, WHAT WAS YOUR 20 GRAND BELLA GET TO GO OFF? UM, I, SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TAKING A BREAK FROM SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS TO DO RECONSTRUCTION.
SO SHOULD WE STILL CONTINUE? OKAY.
I, I THINK THE CONSENSUS ON THAT IS CONTINUE NORMAL OPERATION AND IN THE BACKGROUND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON REINVENTING AND RESTRUCTURING.
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AWESOME.BUT LET, WE'RE NOT GONNA ONE DEDICATED MEETING.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IN THE BACKGROUND.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE, OH, THERE'S, THERE'S THE ALARM ASIDE, LIKE GAVE P OKAY.
ASIDE FROM THAT FIRE FLIGHT RESPONSE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MEETINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS WHETHER, HOW, HOWEVER MANY IS NEEDED.
BUT I'M SAYING WHAT, WHAT I MEANT WHEN I, I DIDN'T WANT TO CREATE CONFUSION WHEN I SAID THAT.
WHAT I MEAN IS I DON'T WANNA SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING JUST TO FOCUS ON RE RESTRUCTURING.
I WANT TO CONTINUE ON NUMBER MORE OPERATION AND NOT INTERRUPT THAT AND HAVE RESTRUCTURING IN THE BACKGROUND WITH HOLDING THOSE MEETINGS AND GETTING THOSE THINGS GOING.
'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING IT ALWAYS ANTICIPATED FOR MORE.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE HAVE A LOT TO GO OVER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE PLAN FOR THE WORST, HOPE, FOR THE BEST.
UM, OKAY, MISS, SHOULD I GIVE FINAL REMARKS? NO.
MR. GREEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.
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