[Mayor’s Youth Council on April 9, 2024. ]
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GOOD.UM, WELCOME TO OUR MEETING ON APRIL 9TH.
IF, UH, FOR ALL OF Y'ALL VIRTUAL, CAN YOU PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERAS? I UNDERSTAND SOME OF Y'ALL MIGHT BE COMFY.
WE JUST HAD A GOOD, UH, GOOD TUESDAY.
A GOOD START FOR THE WEEK SO FAR.
AND, UH, DO Y'ALL ALL HAVE BREAK OFF TOMORROW? ELISE? HIC, AND O DOES.
ANYWAYS, UM, SO AT THE CURRENT TIME OF, UH, ON TUESDAY, APRIL 9TH, 2024 AT, UH, 6:13 PM I CALL THIS MEETING'S ORDER.
I DUNNO IF Y'ALL HEARD THE GAVEL.
UH, I'LL NOW CALL ON OUR SECRETARY, AUDREY TO CALL ATTENDANCE.
I'M TRYING TO SET EVERYTHING UP.
UH, MICHAEL PRESENT, JEREMY PRESENT.
DORY SHOULD ALSO BE A, SHE SAID SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL, BUT SHE WOULD ATTEND VIRTUALLY IF SHE COULD.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE HER SOME MORE TIME.
I LOST THE ACTUAL MEETING SCREEN.
UM, SAHE BELLA IS COMING AT SIX 15, SO I'LL WAIT ON THAT.
ANNA? YEAH, I SAW HANNAH EARLIER, RIGHT? OH, YEAH.
UH, KO, I BELIEVE I SAW RIGHT PRESENT.
UH, SUE, WHO? AND JOCELYN IS HERE.
SHE TOLD ME HER MIC DOESN'T WORK, I BELIEVE.
ASHTON IS NOT COMING EVEN PRESENT.
MARIEL NOT HERE, AND EDRICK IS ALSO NOT COMING.
AND I'LL CALL ON OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, ALEX, FOR OUR QUORUM STATUS.
AND I'LL CALL ON OUR VICE CHAIR, JEREMY, FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
OH, AND I'M MOVING TO OUR EXECUTIVE REPORTS.
UM, JEREMY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO COVER? I DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS.
AND THEN I KNOW ALEX DOES, UM, TE IS TAYLOR AT THE MEETING? I DON'T THINK SHE IS TODAY, NO.
AND THEN, UM, AUDREY, SHE DID HAVE ANYTHING TO COVER? NOPE.
UH, JO ON IS, IS JO HERE OR NO? NO.
SHE SAID SHE WASN'T FEELING THAT WELL, SO I THINK SHE'LL JOIN IF SHE IS FEELING BETTER.
UH, AND THEN, UH, IS ER HERE IF HE HAS ANY REPORTS, UM, JUST TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THE INSTAGRAM ABOUT THE TRIVIA NIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN OCCUPIED WITH.
SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE UPDATES.
UM, THIS THURSDAY THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL HAVE ITS FIRST MEETING, SO, UM, PLEASE TRY TO BE THERE.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU DO HAVE CONCERNS, UM, AROUND OPERATIONS AND EVERYTHING OF THE MYC.
UM, SO IF YOU WANT, UM, I CAN SEND THE TEAMS LINK TO THE, UM,
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TO ALL OF Y'ALL, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE LIKE SOME SORT OF LIKE, COMMENT, UM, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU HAVE YOUR CONCERNS.I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONCERNS WITH LIKE SOME PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO COME BACK, WHICH IS LIKE VERY HORRIBLE TO HEAR.
I, I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO RETURN.
UM, BUT IF YOU CAN SHOW UP AT THAT MEETING, VOICE YOUR CONCERN SO THAT WE CAN FIX OUR BYLAWS, WE CAN IMPLEMENT NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, UM, GOING FORWARD SO THAT, UM, WE CAN HEAR ALL YOUR, WE CAN ANSWER ALL YOUR PROBLEMS, IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME.
UM, UNLESS ANYONE WANTS TO RESPOND TO THAT OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
WELL, I'LL MOVE INTO, THANK YOU ALEX.
WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
WE'LL FIRST START WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT FOR OUR COMMITTEE, SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING COMING UP IS ON APRIL 20TH, WE HAVE OUR EARTH DAY EVENT AT EVELYN'S PARK.
SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD ALL SHOW UP.
UM, AND I KNOW WE WERE ASKING FOR PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES TO BE DONATED.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN PERSON AND BROUGHT THEM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.
AND AT OUR EVELYN'S PARK EVENT, WE'LL BE MAKING HANGING GARDENS WITH YOUNGER KIDS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TEACHING THEM ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MITIGATE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINTS AND THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THEN ALSO TODAY, FOR ANYONE WHO'S IN PERSON WHO BROUGHT THEIR CLOTHES FOR OUR CLOTHING DRIVE, WE'RE GONNA BE DONATING THOSE TO A HOMELESS SHELTER.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME POTENTIAL SERVICE PROJECTS, UM, AND COMMITTEE PROJECTS COMING UP, BUT THEY ARE ALL STILL TENTATIVE.
SO ONCE WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU GUYS.
BUT THAT'S IT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING, UH, ANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING REPORTS? UH, MICHAEL, I HAD A QUESTION.
SORRY, I'M RAISING MY HAND, BUT YOU PROBABLY, OH, SORRY.
YEAH, I, I SWITCHED HAVE, NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
UM, BELLA, CAN YOU JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT TIME THE, UH, EARTH DAY EVENT IS? YES.
SO FOR OUR COMMITTEE, WE ARE GETTING THERE AT 10:00 AM AROUND 10:00 AM 10 45 TO SET UP.
BUT THE ACTUAL EVENT DOESN'T START TILL 12, AND IT IS 12 TO FOUR ON THAT SATURDAY.
WHEN I'LL MOVE INTO THE, UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, ARGUING THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
SO, UM, UH, AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW, DEFINITELY MOST PRESSING, UH, LIKE MOST PRESSING THING REGARDING THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE IS THE TRIVIA NIGHT.
THAT'S GONNA BE IN THREE DAYS.
SO IF YOU CAN, UH, PLEASE TALK TO ANY, LIKE, COMMUNITY CENTERS OR LIKE CHURCHES, TEMPLES, MOSQUES, ET CETERA, SCHOOL, LIKE YOUR SCHOOL, ANYTHING THAT, TRYING TO LIKE SPREAD THE WORD FOR THE EVENT SO WE CAN HAVE LIKE, AS MANY PEOPLE COME AS POSSIBLE.
UH, YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30 AT, UH, CITY HALL ANNEX.
SO YEAH, ALSO LIKE PLEASE COME AND LIKE, HELP US SET UP AND HELP US, LIKE DO EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ON THAT FRIDAY.
AND THEN ALSO WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THE, UM, BARK, UH, BARK ANIMAL SHELTER.
SO OUR NEXT SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT FOR MAY IS EITHER GONNA BE AT HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, LIKE A VOLUNTEERING EVENT THERE, OR AT HOUSTON FOOD BANK.
SO MORE INFORMATION IS GONNA COME OUT ABOUT THAT IN LIKE THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
AND YES, PLEASE GUYS, REACH OUT TO ANYBODY YOU CAN.
UM, FOR OUR, UM, YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT THAT'S GOING ON ON THE 12TH, NEXT FRIDAY, UH, WE POSTPONE THAT EVENT DUE TO REASONS AND WE WANTED TO REALLY BE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND, AND HAVE A GOOD TIME THAT NIGHT.
SO PLEASE, UM, REACH OUT YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY OR, UH, ANY COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND ANYTHING? THEY'RE UP TO.
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IS, THAT IS, YEP.ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? OKAY, SO I'LL THANK YOU ARIAN.
AND I'LL MOVE, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE UPDATES FROM HANNAH.
SO, UH, OUR HEALTH MUSEUM, I WILL SAY, I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR ABOUT THIS, BUT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE TURNOUT.
THERE WAS ONLY LIKE FIVE OF US THERE.
UM, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE WHOLE COUNCIL.
AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY FOR YOU GUYS.
'CAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USUALLY AT SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTED FOR Y'ALL, BUT IF YOU HAVE LIKE CLOSE PERSONAL CONTACT OUTSIDE OF NYC WITH OTHER NYC MEMBERS, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT, UM, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, EVERYONE OR MOST PEOPLE SHOULD BE PRESENT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS HAPPEN AND LIKE THINGS COME UP OR YOU HAVE THINGS SCHEDULED.
SO I'M NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, CHANGE AROUND YOUR ALREADY PRE, PRE-PLANNED SCHEDULE.
UM, BUT EVERYONE WAS GIVEN AMPLE NOTICE OF THIS EVENT, UM, AS WELL AS THE TIME.
AND I KNOW IT, UH, WE WERE BETWEEN TWO TIMES, BUT WE LIKE SETTLED THAT ABOUT TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NYC, WE WANNA BE TREATED AS SUCH.
SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD SHOW UP AS SUCH.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY FOR Y'ALL.
JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OUTSIDE OF, UM, I MEAN, YOU HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE IN NYC THAT AREN'T PRESENT TODAY, JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT TURN OUT TO ALL, AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE EVENTS.
ALL SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT EVENTS, UM, HAVE BEEN VERY LOW.
AND THAT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR FUTURE PURPOSES.
SO WE COULD END ON A END THIS YEAR ON A GOOD, A GOOD NOTE.
UM, THAT BEING SAID THOUGH, I ACTUALLY REALLY ENJOYED THE, THAT HEALTH MUSEUM, UM, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT.
I WAS LIKE SHOCKED A LITTLE BIT WHEN I FIRST SAW IT, BUT, UM, IT WAS REALLY NICE.
UH, AND THEN, OKAY, SO THE, SO OUR MOST UPCOMING SERVICE LAUNCH LEARNING PROJECT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE MAY 18TH, AND THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
UM, AND I REALLY STRESS THAT POINT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO NEED Y'ALLS HELP.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE SPOKEN TO MS. GUSSY WHO'S OVER IN NAMI OF GREATER HOUSTON, AND, UM, WE'VE COME UP WITH THE IDEA TO HOST A KIND OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, YOUTH JAMS BOOTH AFTER PARTY.
I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, UM, WE'RE, WE WE'RE CALLING IT QUITE YET.
UM, BUT WE HAVE BROKEN, UM, EACH PART OF THE PROJECT UP INTO THREE, INTO THREE SECTIONS OR THREE TEAMS. SO THE YOUTH TENT, SO MYC WILL HAVE A TENT AT THE EVENT, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUTH TO STOP BY TO LEARN ABOUT MYC, TO LEARN MENTAL HEALTH, UM, TO LEARN MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THINGS THEY CAN DO, COPING SKILLS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
USEFUL INFORMATION, UM, REGARDING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH.
OH, AND THEN FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DUNNO, NAMI STANDS FOR NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS.
UM, SO YEAH, SO OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE BIG ON ON ON MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AND ANOTHER ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS TO HAVE A WALK TEAM, SO THAT'S LIKE UNDER NYC'S NAME.
SO WE, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL WOULD SET UP A WALK TEAM, A REGISTER WALK TEAM FOR THE NAMI WALK, AND WE'D GO OUT INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND, UM, HAVE KIDS REGISTER TO JOIN THE WALK.
WE, I THINK WE SAID WE WANTED AT LEAST A HUNDRED STUDENTS, A HUNDRED YOUTH, UM, TO BE A PART OF OUR WALK TEAM.
AND LIKE I SAID, IF, IF EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL LITERALLY GOES OUT AND GETS LIKE FIVE PEOPLE, I THINK THAT'S ALREADY MORE THAN A HUNDRED RIGHT THERE, UM, TO SIGN UP, INCLUDING YOURSELF.
UM, AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, SO WE'VE GOT THREE TEAMS, SO THE YOUTH TENT, SO WE'LL NEED HELP SETTING THAT UP.
AND SO, UM, YOU'D COME IN AND YOU'D BE THERE AT SEVEN 30, UM, TO 12.
YOU CAN GET VOLUNTEER HOURS, UM, 12 NOON FROM THE START OF THE RIGHT BEFORE THE EVENT STARTS TO, UM, THE END OF THE EVENT, THE WALK TEAM.
SO WE WILL HAVE YOUTH AND IT'S OPEN TO YOUTH OF ALL AGES.
UM, SO WE JUST KIND OF WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE UNDER OUR NAME ARE REPRESENTING US AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES TEENAGERS OR HIGH SCHOOLERS, EVEN YOUNG KIDS, CAN GET A LITTLE UNRULY.
SO IT'S JUST WALKING AROUND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE'S BEING SAFE, UM, MONITORING, MONITORING THEM, ORGANIZING THE WALK TEAM, YOU KNOW, IF WE DECIDE TO GET A GROUP PICTURE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS GO, HEY, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE FROM MAYORS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE AFTER PARTY TEAM.
SO THIS IS FROM 10 30 TO NOON.
UM, THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL GET THERE, BUT THAT'S WHEN YOUR PART WILL REALLY TAKE PLACE.
UM, SO AFTER THE WALK, THEY ALWAYS DO A SORT OF, UM, I DON'T, I'M CALLING IT AN AFTER PARTY, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A MORE SOPHISTICATED NAME FOR IT.
UM, BUT, UH, WHAT HAPPENED? OH, YEAH, AFTER, AFTER PARTY IT WORKS.
YEAH, AFTER PARTY, UM, WHERE EVERYONE AFTER THE WALK, YOU KNOW, UNWINDS, CHITCHATS, UM, MS. GUSSY SAID THAT SHE, IN HER WORDS, WANTED TO DO A FLASH MOB SLASH COMMUNITY TIKTOK MOMENT.
SO MAKING A TIKTOK, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, LIKE I SAID, I, UM, PART OF YOUR JOB WOULD JUST TO MAKE, BE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUTH STAY AND ARE STAYING ENGAGED AND PRESENT SO THAT IF
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WE DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THAT YOUTH REPRESENTATION, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING YOUTH INVOLVED AS WELL.UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DJ.
UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WHERE, WHEN THE, WHEN I'M SAYING YOUTH, BUT, AND KIDS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP UNDER A WALK TEAM, THEY CAN SUBMIT LIKE SONG REQUESTS.
OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TO BE APPROPRIATE, CLEAN, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
BUT SONG REQUESTS, UM, FOR THE DJ TO PLAY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I HAD THE, I, THE BRIGHT IDEA WHEN I THOUGHT THAT EVERYONE WAS GOING TO BE HERE, OR MOST PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE HERE TO, UM, HAVE EVERYONE REGISTER FOR A TEAM.
LIKE, UNLESS THIS IS MORE THAN A MONTH AWAY.
SO AGAIN, AMPLE TIME, AMPLE NOTIFICATION OF THIS EVENT, UNLESS YOU KNOW FOR SURE RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST HALF OF YOUR DAY ON MAY 18TH, THAT SATURDAY, MAY 18TH, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO OR SOMEWHERE TO BE.
I EXPECT EVERYONE TO SIGN UP FOR A TEAM, UM, AND TO DO THEIR PART.
AND LIKE I SAID, SO THE MAYOR EXCUSE COUNCIL, I MEAN, THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY GONE AHEAD AND SIGN ASSIGN TEAM LEADS.
SO IF YOU ALREADY, IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE A TEAM LEAD, WHICH IS EVERYONE ON THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND LIKE JOIN ANOTHER TEAM OR ANYTHING.
AND LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE, THERE'S GONNA BE AT LEAST FIVE TO SIX PEOPLE ON EACH TEAM, INCLUDING THE LEAD.
SO YOU'RE NOT DOING ANY SUPER HARD TEDIOUS WORK ALONE.
AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ADULTS.
UM, WE STILL WANT THIS TO BE A FUN EVENT, BUT WE ALSO WANT IT TO BE AS ORGANIZED AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE YOUTH TENT, SO THAT INCLUDES, I MEAN, THAT ENTAILS ENSURING VENDORS ARE SITUATED, HELPING WITH THE SETUP, ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR SLASH ABOUT MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL AND THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT INVITING THE AUXILIARY COUNCIL AS WELL.
UM, SO ONCE WE'RE KIND OF FINALIZED WITH THE PLAN, UM, I GUESS WE WILL REACH OUT TO WHOEVER HAS ACCESS OR WHOEVER HAS THOSE EMAILS FOR THE AUXILIARY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AND GO AHEAD AND INVITE THEM TO THE EVENT.
UM, THE WALK TEAM WOULD ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE YOUTH ARE OKAY, MAKE SURE NO, NO KID IS OVER EXERTING HIMSELF AND LEFT HIS INHALER AT HOME.
LEADING AND ORGANIZING THE WALK TEAM AS WELL AS MONITORING THEM, MAKING SURE THAT WHERE EVERYONE'S BEING SAFE, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE STILL YOUTH, THEIR PARENTS WILL PROBABLY BE THERE IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, UNDER A 1516, BUT STILL JUST, YOU KNOW, TO BE SAFE.
AND THEN THE AFTER PARTY THAT WILL INCLUDE TEMPERATURE CHECKS.
SO WALKING AROUND GOING, THE YOUTH INTERACTING AND BEING LIKE, HEY, HOW IS YOUR, OH, WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO? THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, MANAGING AND ORGANIZING YOUTH AND THEN HELPING THEM CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED UNTIL THE END OF THE EVENT.
THE WALK ENDS AROUND 10 30 TO 10:00 AM DEPENDING ON HOW FAST YOU WALK.
UM, YOU CAN RUN, YOU CAN BIKE, UM, AND UNTIL ABOUT NOON, SO IT'S LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF OF THE AFTER PARTY.
SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING SUPER STRENUOUS.
AND LIKE I SAID, I KNOW SEVEN 30 TO NOON SOUNDS LIKE A LONG TIME.
UM, BUT IT'LL FLY BY AND I KNOW IT AND IT'S RIGHT HERE AT THIS.
OH, I CAN'T, DO YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE PARK? MR. MCLENDON? SAM HOUSTON PARK.
IT'S LITERALLY LIKE A TWO OR THREE MINUTE WALK FROM CITY HALL.
SO I KNOW AT LEAST FOR EVERY, WELL I WOULD SAY EVERYONE HERE, BUT NOT EVERYONE'S HERE, BUT USUALLY WE, AT LEAST EVERYONE'S BEEN TO CITY HALL, WE, WE KNOW THE AREA.
SO, UM, IT IS, I THINK, GENERALLY ACCESSIBLE TO MOST PEOPLE.
UM, SO EVERYONE THAT'S NOT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, UM, YOU GUYS GET FIRST, COME FIRST SERVE AS TO WHAT TEAM YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON.
LIKE I SAID, UNLESS SOMEONE TELLS ME A CONFLICT TODAY, APRIL 9TH, I'M PUTTING SOMEBODY, I'M PUTTING Y'ALL ON THE TEAM SO THAT EVERYONE THAT'S NOT HERE, NOT IN THIS MEETING ON SLACK, I MEAN ON SLACK ON TEAMS, UM, OR IN PERSON.
I'LL SEND OUT LIKE A GOOGLE FORMS KIND OF THING FOR THEM TO FILL OUT.
AND IF THEY DON'T FILL IT OUT, I'LL PUT THEM ON THE TEAM.
UM, AND THEN I'LL SEND OUT REMINDERS FOR EACH TEAM PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW, A WEEK OR TWO PRIOR TO THE EVENT, UM, JUST AS A REMINDER.
UM, AND THEN AS AT, AT OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL.
SO DOES ANYONE WANNA HAVE FIRST DIBS ON WHAT TEAM THEY'RE ON? AND LET'S TRY TO MAKE SURE IT'S AS EVENLY DISPERSED AS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, NOT 17 PEOPLE ON ONE TEAM AND TWO PEOPLE ON THE OTHER.
UM, OKAY, IF I, IF Y'ALL DON'T PICK, I'LL PUT YOU ON THE TEAM.
HEY, YOU, YOU FORGOT SOMETHING.
WHAT I, YOU AND I ATTENDED EARLIER.
AND THERE'S ALSO, BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH, UM, WE, WE, MR. GREEN AND I ATTENDED A, UH, ITS NAMI'S, UH, CEO AGAINST STICK CEOS AGAINST STIGMA.
UM, AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A LUNCHEON THING THAT THEY HELD AT THE DYNAMOS HEADQUARTERS.
I THINK IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY NICE.
UM, I GOT TO SPEAK TO THE MAYOR'S DAUGHTER.
UM, SHE HAS HER OWN MENTAL HEALTH, UM, CONSULTANT FIRM.
SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO KIND OF KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, IN CITY HALL THAT'S IN OUR CORNER.
UM, AND, AND JUST KIND OF NETWORK WITH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE AND PEOPLE WHO OWN IT AND RUN COMPANIES WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND WORKING WITH YOUTH, I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE'S INFORMATION TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
UM, AND I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT, UM, EVERYTHING WILL HAPPEN THIS, THIS TERM OR THIS YEAR, BUT I AM DEFINITELY NOT BEYOND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN NOT ABOVE GIVING THAT INFORMATION TO MR. GREEN TO PASS DOWN FOR Y'ALL NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT WAS REALLY NICE.
UM, WE GOT TO LISTEN TO SOME DYNAMOS PLAYER AND THE, AND THE DASH PLAYER TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, AND YEAH, I, I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
I FEEL LIKE I LEARNED A LOT, UM, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THEIR INITIATIVE
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AND THINGS LIKE THAT.'CAUSE YOU NOW YOU WORK WITH THE GROUP, YOU PARTNER WITH THEM AND THEN IT'S LIKE, OH, SORRY, UNTIL THE NEXT TIME WE NEED TO DO A PARTNERSHIP.
BUT I FEEL LIKE, UM, SHE WAS REALLY NICE.
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HER DAUGHTER'S IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MAYBE HER DAUGHTER MIGHT JOIN NYC NEXT YEAR.
SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, YES, CONTINUE THE LEGACY.
BUT, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY NICE.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THEM, UH, GOING AHEAD AND REACHING OUT AND INVITING US TO THAT.
UM, BUT YES, SO ANYONE, OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE YOUTH TENT, THE WALK TEAM, AND THEN THE AFTER PARTY TEAM.
I'M GIVING, I'M GIVING EVERYONE THAT'S IN THE MEETING OR HERE, UM, ACCESS TO IT NOW.
BUT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'M GIVING Y'ALL FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE 'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE ACTUALLY ATTENDING THE MEETING TODAY.
BUT EVERYONE, EVERYONE ELSE WILL JUST GET A GOOGLE DOC AND IF THEY DON'T RESPOND, I'LL PUT THEM IN A TEAM.
COULD YOU ALSO, THAT SATURDAY MARLEY? NO, IT'S NOT THAT SATURDAY, BUT I GO TO ST.
BECAUSE MY FINALS ARE MAY, I'M NOT GONNA COMMIT TO THAT AND IT'D HAVE TO CANCEL.
HANEY, YOU SAID THERE'S THREE TEAMS? YES.
THE YOUTH TENT, THE WALK TEAM AND THE AFTER PARTY.
YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN FOR THE, UM, THE, THE WALK.
WHICH ONE? WHERE THE SECOND ONE IS OKAY.
UM, HANNAH, YOU CAN PUT ME
UM, I ALSO HAVE MY, UH, JEREMY, GO AHEAD.
I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN DO, ARIAN WAS BEFORE ME, SO ARIAN YOU GO.
UH, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK LIKE WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THE TIMING FOR THE UM, UH, LIKE TENT AGAIN? 'CAUSE I KNOW AFTER PARTY IS NOON TO SEVEN 30, BUT UM, THE YOUTH TENT IS 7:30 AM TO TO NOON AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SWITCHING OUT AS PEOPLE COME THROUGH.
YOU GUYS WON'T BE STANDING THERE FOR THAT FULL AMOUNT OF TIME.
THAT'S JUST HOW LONG IT'LL BE UP.
SO I'LL PROBABLY SAY FOR YOU GUYS, IF YOU DO COME AT SEVEN 30, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE DONE CLOSER TO NINE IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WALK PORTION.
AND THEN THE UH, WALK IS WHAT TIME AGAIN? THE WALK IS FROM EIGHT 30 TO 10:00 AM OKAY.
SO WHO AM I LOOKING? I CAN'T SEE WHO'S THERE.
I THINK THAT'S, OH, DREW'S ON THE TEAM.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAD LIKE WRITTEN OUT DESCRIPTIONS AND LIKE TIMING SO THEN LIKE WE CAN ALL JUST LIKE VISUALLY SEE YES.
YEAH, I'LL SEND THAT IN THE THING.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL GIVE YOU ALL TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LONG TIME AND I JUST WAS LIKE, UH, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE.
UM, I'LL SEND THE GOOGLE FORM OUT AND IN THE GOOGLE FORM, UM, UNDER LIKE EACH OPTION IT'LL HAVE THE TIMES AND THEN THEY'RE JUST THE DESCRIPTIONS AS WELL.
DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE? NEXT MEETING? YOU CAN SIGN PEOPLE YEAH, IF NO ONE'S STILL SENT.
YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN FOR SEVEN 30.
YEAH, SO, UM, AND THEN IF, YEAH, IF NO, IF I DON'T FEEL LIKE ENOUGH PEOPLE OR AN AMPLE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP BY OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS LIKE, PROBABLY LIKE MAY 11TH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT EVERYONE OR EVERYONE ELSE DOWN FOR A TEAM.
I MEAN IT WAS, IT WAS HOT WHEN WE DID IT.
I HOPE IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME, UM, THIS YEAR ROUND.
BUT IT'S UH, IT'S FAIRLY SHORT.
HOUSTON PARK TO WALL AND THEN BACK YOU, DEPENDING ON YOUR PACE, UH, YOU PACE YOURSELF, IT GOES THROUGH PRETTY, PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO UM, ANNOUNCE WHICH TEAM THEY'D BE, UH, WANT TO BE A PART OF FOR THE WALK OR ANYTHING MENTAL HEALTH RELATED? MICHAEL HANNAH SAID THAT SHE'S GONNA GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT AND THEN IF NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP, THEN SHE WILL, UH, PUT PEOPLE ON TEAMS AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE MAY, MAY 14TH.
HANNAH, YOU'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, AND IS MS. SHELLY BAKER ON THE CALL TODAY OR THE MEETING? SHE IS NOT.
UM, TWO, ONE FIRST THING THOUGH, I DID WANNA MENTION THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING A HYBRID MEETING THIS
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MONTH.SO HANNAH, FEEL FREE TO GET, JUST ASK AGAIN DURING THAT MEETING IF PEOPLE STILL HAVEN'T SIGNED UP YET.
UM, AND THEN I'LL BE TAKING THE UPDATES FOR VOTER ENGAGEMENT I GUESS BECAUSE THE CHAIR AND THE SECRETARY FOR THAT SUBCOMMITTEE JUST TOLD ME LIKE LAST MINUTE THAT THEY WON'T TO COME.
UM, AND LET ME KNOW IF I'M LAGGING 'CAUSE I'M LAGGING ON MY SCREEN AND IF I AM I'LL JUST TURN OFF MY CAMERA.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE SIGNIFICANT UPDATES.
WE ARE TRYING TO PLAN FOR A COLLABORATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF LIKE REGISTERING VOTERS ON THAT EVENT OR DURING THAT EVENT.
UM, BUT WE'LL SEE JOCELYN AND BELLA, I'LL DEFINITELY LET Y'ALL KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT MS. BAKER AND MR. GREEN ARE GOING TO BE MEETING THIS WEEK TO GIVE US MORE UPDATES ON FUTURE SLPS.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF MR. GREEN COULD LIKE TALK ABOUT THAT IF HE HAS ANY UPDATES ON HIS END.
I I'LL MEET WITH MS. UM BAKER LATER THIS WEEK.
SO ONCE I HAVE THAT, THEN I'LL COMMUNICATE THAT THROUGH SLACK.
UM, AND THEN I DID HAVE ACTUALLY A QUESTION.
SO THOSE ARE JUST THE UPDATES FOR THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR BELLA IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH PEOPLE OR LIKE SPACE IN YOUR TABLE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE.
JUST 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT Y'ALL GOT A SPECIFIC TABLE AND I DON'T WANNA LIKE OVERWHELM YOUR EVENT AS WELL.
I THINK, UM, AT OUR BOOTH THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH ROOM FOR BOTH OF OUR COMMITTEES BECAUSE OUR PROJECT IS GONNA BE VERY MESSY.
LIKE IT INVOLVES SOIL AND SEEDS.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR BOOTH WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR YOU GUYS TO SIT UP SET UP WITH US 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN THOSE, THEIR BOOTH AND THEY'RE NOT SUPER HUGE.
BUT IF YOU GUYS WANNA LIKE WALK AROUND AND ASK PEOPLE TO VOTE, UM, YOU COULD TOTALLY DO THAT AND THEN STORE LIKE YOUR SUPPLIES AT OUR BOOTH.
UM, BUT I MEAN, YOU COULD ALWAYS TRY TO BE AT OUR BOOTH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE YET, BUT I HAVE A FEELING WITH BOTH OF OUR COMMITTEES AND GIVEN THE TERMS WITH THE PROJECT WE'RE DOING, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT CHAOTIC.
I WAS JUST MORE SO ASKING ABOUT JUST GENERAL VOLUNTEERS FOR LIKE, PEOPLE NOT JUSTICE COMMITTEE TO COME LIKE VOLUNTEER AT YOUR BOOTH.
LIKE IS THAT SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD WANT? IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
IS THAT SOMETHING Y'ALL HAVE SPACE FOR? OH, ARE YOU ASKING LIKE IF YOU WANT, IF WE WANT VOLUNTEER OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO VOLUNTEER? UM, I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD BE FINE.
I DON'T WANT IT TO GET TOO CHAOTIC.
UM, BUT I MEAN WE WOULD LOVE NYC TO SHOW UP AND SUPPORT AND JUST ATTEND ALL THE OTHER BOOTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A REALLY COOL EVENT.
AND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S IT FOR ME.
ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE? OKAY.
UH, AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO COVER, UM, FOR NOTHING'S ON THE AGENDA FOR INITIATIVES OR UPCOMING EVENTS.
I'LL UP ON THE FLOOR FOR A FEW MOMENTS.
ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY HAS TO MENTION REGARDING THAT OR NO? HI.
UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO PULL A HANNAH TOO.
UM, OUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
THE EVENTBRITE IS, I BELIEVE IN THE YOUTH COUNCIL.
AND UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO FRIDAY, UM, THAT'S LIKE AN EMERGENCY OR LIKE YOU HAVE A TEST, WHICH I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, I DO EXPECT SOME OF Y'ALL TO BE THERE TOO.
WELL, YEAH, SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION IF WE ARE GOING TO GO, BUT WE'RE NOT LIKE GOING TO BE A PARTICIPANT 'CAUSE WE'RE LIKE VOLUNTEERING TO HELP.
DO WE STILL SIGN UP USING EVENT BRIGHT LINK? JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA LIKE TAKE A TICKET FROM SOMEONE WHO'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A PART OF THE EVENT EVEN THOUGH I'M LIKE VOLUNTEERING.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I DUNNO IF I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
UH, CHANGE MY, AND CHANGE WHAT I JUST SAID.
IF YOU ARE GOING, CAN YOU PLEASE TEXT ME OR ARIAN OR JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND LIKE IN, IN THE, UM, YOUTH COUNCIL GROUP CHAT AND SAY LIKE, I'M GOING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG ALONG THE LINES OF THAT.
SO WE KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE.
OKAY, SO JUST DON'T SIGN UP THROUGH THE EVENT EVENTBRITE, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, HI.
UH, IT'S OKAY IF YOU SIGN UP THROUGH THE EVENTBRITE JUST BECAUSE THAT ALSO IS KIND OF GIVES US LIKE A HEADCOUNT OF LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE THERE.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE LIKE A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS EVEN THOUGH THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF TICKETS THAT ARE ISSUED FOR THE EVENT.
SO, UH, EITHER LIKE TEXAS OR SIGN 'EM THROUGH THROUGH THE EVENT, BRI DOES NOT REALLY HAVE LIKE A MAJOR IMPACT.
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SO WE CAN GET A COUNT ON, UH, FOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.SO THAT'S WHY I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SIGN UP ON IT.
UH, SO I CAN KNOW HOW MUCH TO PURCHASE, WHAT TO PURCHASE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? YES, GO AHEAD.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION.
SO, UM, ON THE, NOT ON THE TOPIC OF, BUT I KNOW I MENTIONED EARLIER THE AUXILIARY COUNCIL ARE LIKE, DO WE, LIKE, ARE WE, OH MY GOSH, INSTILLING CONTACT WITH THEM? OR DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION? LIKE FOR FOR, I'M JUST SAYING LIKE FOR THE, THE TRIVIA NIGHT, LIKE DO THEY GET ANY OTHER INFORMATION EXCEPT WHAT WE PUT ON THE INSTAGRAM QUESTION MARK? LIKE DO WE SEND A MORE LIKE PERSONALIZED INVITE TO THEM IN THEIR GROUP? THERE'S A EMAIL LIST.
UM, THEY'RE NOT ON THEIR OWN SLACK JUST YET 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ACCESS TO MY EMAIL.
UM, SO I CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE TRIVIA NIGHT OR ANY OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS? OKAY.
AND I'M GONNA PASS IT BACK TO YOU, MR. GREEN.
UM, FOR FINAL REMARKS AND ALSO FOR OUR GUEST SPEAKER, MR. GUTIERREZ.
ALRIGHT, IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HADN'T SEEN YOU GUYS SINCE, UM, SPRING BREAK ACTUALLY WAS OUR LAST MEETING, UM, IN PERSON.
SO THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN PERSON, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AND VIRTUAL.
UM, WE HAVE A GOOD OLD FRIEND OF OURS, UH, MR. GUTIERREZ WHO, UM, NOW WORKS AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
HE HAS SOME AMAZING INFORMATION HE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, MR. GUTIERREZ ACTUALLY USED TO OVERSEE THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE HE WENT ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, SOME OF THE OLDER MEMBERS REMEMBER HIM AND, UH, SOME OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OBVIOUSLY DO NOT, BUT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU, MR. JESSE, UM, GUTIERREZ.
ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME, UH, TONIGHT.
AND, UH, GREAT SEEING, UH, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, UH, DOING GREAT THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, OVER HERE AT THE, UH, PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, WE KEEP OUR, OUR OUR EYES OUT AND OUR EARS OUT, UH, LISTENING AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU GUYS.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH ALSO FOR, FOR PARTICIPATING.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS WERE AT THE, UH, AT OUR TEEN, UH, SYMPOSIUM, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND OVER THERE AT, UH, HCC NORTHEAST.
UM, MY NAME IS JESSE GUTIERREZ.
I'M A DIVISION MANAGER HERE WITH THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND I ACTUALLY OVERSEE ALL THE COMMUNITY CENTERS, UH, IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON.
UH, I ALSO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT, THAT BELONG TO ME AS WELL, THAT ARE OUTTA SOUTHWEST HOUSTON THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA.
UH, WHICH INCLUDE, UH, EMANCIPATION COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, STEWED COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? HUFFY COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, BESSIE SWINDLE, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS CLOVER LAND AND ALAMEDA COMMUNITY CENTER ALSO BELONG TO ME.
SO I'M HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE I WANTED TO SHARE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A, UH, A HIRING PUSH FOR THE, FOR THE SUMMER.
SO WE HAVE, UH, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS IN OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THE SUMMER.
UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR LIFEGUARDS, UH, THROUGH OUR AQUATICS DEPARTMENT.
SO IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN HERE WITH YOU.
UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN PULL THIS UP.
ALRIGHT, CAN EVERYBODY SEE THAT? YES, SIR.
SO, HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UH, WE ARE INVITING EVERYBODY TO COME AND JOIN OUR TEAM.
UH, WE ARE HIRING FOR RECREATION ASSISTANCE AT VERY COM VARIOUS, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND TENNIS CENTERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, THE PAY RATE IS STARTING AT $13 AN HOUR.
NO EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED, AND YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST, UH, 11 YEARS OF FORMAL SCHOOLING A DRIVER'S LICENSE IS REQUIRED.
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THE FLYER I'M GONNA SHARE WITH THIS, UH, SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL.AND IF YOU GUYS WANNA GO INTO YOUR PARTICULAR NECK OF THE WOODS TO YOUR SCHOOLS, TO YOUR AREAS, AND YOU WANNA DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION AS WELL, THEN YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HERE VIA THE FLYER, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE, UH, AND IT'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
YOU CAN ALSO CALL 8 3 2 3 9 5 7 2 9 5 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE, UH, LINK, UH, TO THE CITY'S JOBS PAGE AS WELL, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY FILL OUT YOUR APPLICATION.
LIFEGUARDS, HEAD LIFEGUARDS, UH, AQUATIC CENTER SUPERVISORS.
SO THE HOURS FOR THAT ARE TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 12:30 PM TO 7:30 PM THE PAY RATE FOR THAT, UH, IS $16 AN HOUR TO $20 AN HOUR DEPENDING ON THE, UH, THE POSITION THAT YOU GET IN AQUATICS.
THERE IS A $500 INCENTIVE TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
SO I BELIEVE YOU GET, UM, TWO 50 AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN TWO 50 AT THE END IS THE WAY IT WORKS.
UH, TRAINING IS PROVIDED AT NO COST, SO YOU WILL BE CERTIFIED THROUGH US AT NO COST.
UH, NO EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED FOR LIFEGUARDS.
SOME EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED FOR HEAD LIFEGUARDS OR AQUATIC CENTER SUPERVISORS.
OKAY? SO I'M GONNA SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL.
LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, I OVERSEE THE SOUTHWEST REGION, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS DIVIDED UP INTO FOUR QUADRANTS AND, UH, WHEREVER YOU ARE IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS, AND THERE IS A CITY OF HOUSTON COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, WE HAVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR THE SUMMER.
AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS, UH, HAVE POOLS.
SO AT THOSE LOCATION LOCATIONS WITH THE POOLS, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD HAVE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES, UH, IN AQUATICS AS WELL.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS HERE ABOUT, UH, ANY OF THE POSITIONS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS OR REQUIREMENTS OR ANY OF THOSE? UH, WITH OUR AQUATICS DEPARTMENT? MR. JESSE? UH, WHEN YOU ALLOW THE KIDS HERE, THEY ACTUALLY, UM, USE YOUR Q USE YOUR QR CODE TO SIGN UP IF YOU WOULD SEND THAT TO ME IN SLACK, SO, OKAY.
IF YOU COULD EMAIL ME THAT, THEN I CAN GET IT OUT TO THEM, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR SLACK.
I'LL DEFINITELY SEND IT TO YOU HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
UH, IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED, LIKE I SAID, SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS, UH, WITH YOUR CLASSMATES AND ANY OTHER GROUPS THAT YOU'RE IN.
AND, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH YOUTH, UM, WORKING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE SENIOR POPULATION, UH, ANY OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, UH, WORKING IN THE, IN THE OUTDOORS, RIGHT? UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL OF OUR PARKS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TO DO OUT THERE AND TO SEE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THIS SUMMER FOR SURE.
UH, ALSO COMING UP HERE, IF I CAN SHARE THIS AS WELL, AND I WILL SEND THIS TO PAUL AS WELL.
UH, WE ARE HAVING ONE LAST HIRING FAIR.
IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE APRIL THE 20TH AT MOODY COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS IN THE NORTHWEST SIDE, 37 25 FULTON STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 0 9 FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.
SO, UM, IF THERE IS A POSITION THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, WHETHER IT'S IN COMMUNITY CENTER OPERATIONS AS A RECREATION ASSISTANT AND IN OUR SUMMER CAMPS OR, UH, IN AQUATICS, IF YOU FILL OUT THE APPLICATION BEFOREHAND, YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME, UH, TO THIS HIRING EVENT AND WE WILL, UH, COMPLETE YOUR PROCESSING THAT DAY.
SO ONSITE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA FILL OUT ALL YOUR PAPERWORK WITH HR, THEY'RE GONNA DO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE MOBILE DRUG TEST UNIT THERE TO GET EVERYBODY SQUARED AWAY WITH THAT AND EVERYTHING.
SO YOU'LL BE GOOD TO GO AS FAR AS BEING HIRED, UH, THAT DAY IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THE HIRING EVENT.
NOW, THIS IS THE LAST ONE ON APRIL THE 20TH.
I'M ALMOST CERTAIN THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA ADD SOME ADDITIONAL ONES, BUT AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IN THE NOW, UH, UH, THE NEXT ONE OR THE LAST ONE IS APRIL THE 20TH.
AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY, SO WE, WHOEVER SHOWS UP THAT DAY, WE'LL HIRE ON SITE PROCESS YOU ON SITE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE AQUATICS POSITIONS AND THE, UH, LIFEGUARDS THAT NEED CERTIFICATION, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME INITIAL PROCESSING WILL TAKE PLACE THAT DAY AND THEN IT'LL START THE, THE PROCESS
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OF YOUR CERTIFICATION AND THEY'LL KIND OF LET YOU KNOW, UH, WHERE TO GO FROM THERE.ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? NOW, THIS IS SEPARATE.
I KNOW THAT THE, UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON ALSO HAS ITS, UH, HIGHER HOUSTON YOUTH PROGRAM, WHICH IS STILL DOES, UH, THAT'S BASICALLY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, STUDENT INTERNSHIPS, PAID STUDENT INTERNSHIPS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, UH, WITH THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO, TO GO THAT ROUTE AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IF, UH, YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN WORKING IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WORKING IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WITH THE CITY.
UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS ALSO, UH, AN OPTION, UH, ON THAT END AS FAR AS A HIGHER HOUSTON YOUTH.
UH, IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR THING IS NOT WORKING, UH, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY CENTERS OR AT THE PARKS, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE SOME POSITIONS HERE, UH, INTERNSHIP POSITIONS AT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, UH, AT 6,200 WHEELER WHERE I AM AT RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, HOW EVERYTHING WORKS FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE END AND, UH, FROM THE BACKGROUND, SO TO SPEAK.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS FROM ANYBODY? UH, IN REGARDS TO THESE POSITIONS OR, OR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT? UH, I AM HERE TO ANSWER THEM.
SO I KNOW YOU SAID ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WAS A DRIVER'S LICENSE, BUT COULD IT ALSO BE LIKE AN ID, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR LIKE A AGE LIMIT, BUT I HEARD, I GUESS 11 YEARS OF FORMAL SCHOOLING, SO I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 16 OR 17, LIKE A JUNIOR 16? CORRECT.
YEAH, NO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
ALSO, TO REAL QUICK, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, Y'ALL PAY MORE THAN THE ACTUAL CITY OF HOUSTON INTERNSHIP, RIGHT? SINCE THE CITY INTERNSHIP'S $10, Y'ALL STARTS AT 13, CORRECT? OKAY.
SO, UH, AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN A, IN A MEETING TODAY WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW, NOT JUST FOR US, BUT UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, IN REGARDS, UH, YOU KNOW, TO GETTING POSITIONS FILLED, UH, IN THE WORKFORCE, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY, UH, FOR YOUTH IN THE SUMMER.
SO WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DISCUSSING, UH, POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR, FOR FOLKS, UH, FOR THE YOUTH THAT ARE GONNA BE WORKING FOR US IN THE SUMMER.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LIFEGUARD ALREADY HAS A, UH, UH, A $500 SIGNING BONUS.
UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM THE MEETING THAT WE HAD TODAY, UH, I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED, UH, UH, VIA MR. GREEN, BUT THERE MIGHT BE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS COMING AS WELL, UH, TO ENTICE FOLKS TO, YOU KNOW, TO JOIN US FOR THE SUMMER AND WORK.
AND, UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, LIKE, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE, UH, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE CITY, WE HAVE A LOT OF POSITIONS.
UM, IF, UH, IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR PARK THAT YOU WANT TO WORK AT, UH, WE WILL DEFINITELY DO OUR BEST, UH, TO, TO PLACE YOU OKAY.
AT THAT PARK, AT THAT COMMUNITY CENTER, OR AT THAT SWIMMING POOL, FOR SURE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ELSE, MR. JANY? YES, SIR.
AM I TOO OLD TO SIGN? I, I, I DON'T HAVE TO WORK.
YOU JUST WANT TO
YOU PROMISE, I PROMISE YOU KNOW HOW TO SWIM.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TEACH OR SAVE A LIFE WHEN I CAN SWIM.
DOES HE KNOW IT'S ME? UH, BUT AGAIN, UH, WE DO, UH, PROVIDE THE TRAINING, TRAINING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WILL TEACH YOU ALL THOSE THINGS TO GET YOU CERTIFIED AND THE SUMMER IS QUICKLY APPROACHING.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE COVID, UH, AND WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH FOLKS JUST NOT WANTING TO WORK, UH, LIKE THEY DID PRE COVID, UH, TO, TO, TO GET ALL THESE POOLS OPEN.
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POOL OPEN THIS SUMMER, UH, SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY COMMUNITY CAN, CAN, CAN GO TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD POOL AND HAVE A, A GOOD, SAFE TIME, RIGHT? UH, I KNOW LAST YEAR, UH, BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE, UH, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO OPEN ALL THE POOLS SIMUL SIMULTANEOUSLY.WE, WE KIND OF HAD, UH, UH, TO OPEN THEM IN, IN SHIFTS.
SO A COUPLE WERE OPEN ONE WEEK, ANOTHER COUPLE WERE OPEN ON ANOTHER WEEK, AND WE KIND OF DID THAT ON A ROTATING BASIS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL OUR POSITIONS FILLED, ESPECIALLY WITH LIFEGUARDS.
THAT WAY WE CAN, WE CAN OPEN THOSE POOLS, OPEN ALL OF 'EM.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THE SUMMER, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SUMMER CAMP, SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, LAST SUMMER WE, EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS, WAS OPEN.
UH, SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO DO THE, UH, THE SAME, UH, THIS SUMMER IN REGARDS TO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, I GUESS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR US HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE, THE LIFEGUARD POSITION BECAUSE OF THE, UH, UH, THE SWIMMING, RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY IF YOU, IF YOUR SCHOOL HAS A SWIM TEAM, I MEAN, THIS WOULD BE DEFINITELY SOMETHING, UH, TO SHARE WITH THEM.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOME SWIM TEAMS RIGHT NOW AT SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPANTS ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKED, HAVE WORKED AS LIFEGUARDS FOR US, UH, UH, IN, IN PAST YEARS.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTION, MR. GREEN? ANY QUESTIONS? OR YOU WANNA BE A LIFEGUARD FOR THE SUMMER? UH, NO.
I CAN BARELY TREAD WATER, SO, OH GOD.
WELL, I'LL TAKE THAT 500 THOUGH.
UH, WE'LL SAY THIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE KNOW YOU'RE ONTO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.
AND, UM, IF YOU GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE FLYERS OUT TO ME, THEN I CAN DEFINITELY GET IT OUT TO SLACK FOR THOSE THAT, OR NOT IN ATTENDANCE OF TODAY'S MEETING.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS WITH YOU AND LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR ROLE AS, AS WELL.
UH, DEFINITELY I, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I GUESS IT'S BEEN 21 YEARS WITH THE CITY, UH, TWO YEARS WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
AS PAUL SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LEFT I WAS OVERSEEING THE, UH, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL AND FOR THE, FOR THE SHORT TIME THAT I WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME.
UH, YOU KNOW, I HOLD IT, UH, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WISH NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR IT.
UH, AND, AND, UH, ALL YOU GUYS, AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UH, I'LL SHARE MY EMAIL AND MY PHONE NUMBER WITH YOU GUYS.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT TWO YEARS IN OVER HERE I'VE GOTTEN SETTLED IN
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I CAN, UH, DO FOR ANY OF YOU, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO, UH, UH, PARTNERSHIPS OR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OR INTERNSHIPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I'M AN EMAIL AWAY.
GET WITH MR. GREEN IF YOU CAN'T REACH ME.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL DEFINITELY HELP FACILITATE THAT.
MY NEXT GUEST, UH, SPEAKER, MR. DEONTAY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? UM, GOOD EVENING.
HANNAH COVERED IT ALL, I BELIEVE.
OH YEAH, I THINK SHE COVERED IT ALL.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
OH, JUST SOME GENERAL UPDATES I GUESS I CAN, UH, GO INTO.
UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE UM, WE'VE SELECTED AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER THE POSITION TO, TO BE PART, UH, WELL THE NEW ADULT ADVISOR FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
HOPEFULLY THAT, UM, HAPPENS FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UM, AND YOU GUYS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THAT INDIVIDUAL BEFORE THE END OF YOUR TERM.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M STILL HERE AND SO, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF WAIT, SORRY, MR. GUTIERREZ, YOU'RE SHARING YOUR SCREEN.
HE DON'T KNOW WHAT DOING, WE CAN SEE IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHY I CAN'T SWIM.
SO HE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DOING.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
I'M, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW
BUT, UH, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF AMAZING SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS COMING UP BEFORE THE END OF THE TERM AND SO, UH, I'M DEFINITELY
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EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UM, MOVING INTO THE FUTURE.AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MR. MICHAEL.
I HOPE, UH, SOME OF US HERE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
I DID THE, UM, THE HYDRATION YOUTH INTERNSHIP LAST YEAR AND IT WAS, UH, VERY GOOD.
THE PAY COULD BE BETTER, BUT IT DOES THE JOB AND IT'S A FUN EXPERIENCE TO SPEND YOUR TIME DOING OVER THE SUMMER IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
UM, ALRIGHTY, WELL I'LL KEEP THINGS SHORT.
UM, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A FEW MOMENTS TO ANY QUESTIONS OR FINAL, UM, COMMENTS ON ANYTHING? HI.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, UM, THE NEW ADVISOR.
WILL WE BE A PART OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS? UH, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT OFFLINE.
UH, I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION, MR. GREEN, FOR OUR CLOTHING DRIVE.
ORIGINALLY, WE PLANNED TO DO IT TODAY, BUT GIVEN THAT SO MANY OF US ARE ONLINE, THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL REACH OUT TO ME SAYING THAT THEY LIKE HAD CLOTHES BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BRING THEM IN.
DO YOU THINK IT'S OKAY, WE CAN ALSO DISCUSS THIS OFFLINE, BUT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY IF WE POSTPONE IT TO NEXT MEETING? AND IF THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO LEAVE ALL OF THE CLOTHES THAT WE BROUGHT HERE? YEAH, I WAS GONNA TAKE THOSE CLOTHES WITH ME TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE, UM, HOMELESS SHELTER LIKE WE DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT.
BUT IF SOMEONE HAS OTHER CLOTHES AND OTHER ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN, UM, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
I'LL, I'LL HOLD OFF ON THAT BEFORE I, UH, DISTRIBUTE THEM.
SO THEN, UH, IF ALL OF YOU GUYS WHO MAYBE WEREN'T ABLE TO COME IN TODAY ARE ABLE TO BRING CLOTHES OR OTHER ACCESSORIES THAT ARE IN SOMEWHAT GOOD CONDITION TO OUR NEXT IN-PERSON MEETING, THAT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
NOT TO LIKE DOUBLE DIP OR LIKE IMPEDE ON LIKE THE YOUTH UM, NIGHT.
WOULD IT BE OKAY IF WE BROUGHT THE CLOTHES TO LIKE ON FRIDAY IF WE'RE GOING INTO VOLUNTEER? JUST BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE IN CITY HALL.
SO LIKE CAN WE JUST LIKE DOUBLE DIP, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
IT'S JUST LIKE MY ONLY CONCERN IS, MY ONLY QUESTION IS DO YOU THINK MORE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WOULD BE LIKE THERE FRIDAY OR AT OUR NEXT MEETING? IS THERE A REASON WHY IT CAN'T, IT CAN'T BE LIKE A RUNNING THING TOWARDS LIKE THE LAST I'D AGREE IF IT WAS BOTH.
LIKE IF YOU JUST WANNA GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY, JUST BRING IT FRIDAY AND IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, JUST BRING IT NEXT MEETING.
THERE'S A LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT ROOM BACK THERE, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO JUST KEEP THE CLOSE IF PEOPLE YEAH, EITHER WAY THERE'S A PLACE FOR IT.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE OUT IN THE OPEN DURING THE YOUTH NIGHT IF THAT'S A CONCERN OR ISSUE.
BUT A HUNDRED PERCENT I AGREE.
AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE HYBRID, UH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO THAT WOULD ALSO MEAN MAYBE NOT I WOULD BE GOING IN PERSON.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON THE 24TH.
DO Y'ALL WANT IT TO BE HYBRID? 'CAUSE THAT'S MEETING, THAT MEETING IS ONLY SCHEDULED FOR VIRTUALLY 'CAUSE IT'S OUR LAST MEETING OF THE MONTH.
'CAUSE THIS IS OUR HYBRID MEETING TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF MICHAEL MISSPOKE THERE, BUT IT SHOULD BE VIRTUAL.
SO THIS SINCE THAT'S LIKE OUR WEDNESDAY VIRTUAL MEETING MONTH.
I KNOW ONLINE IT'S WAY MORE ACCESSIBLE, BUT I'M JUST GONNA THROW OUT THAT OPINION.
SO ARE Y'ALL MARLEY'S IN FAVOR OF IN-PERSON AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF HYBRID OR VIRTUAL, BUT ISN'T OUR SECOND MEETING ALWAYS VIRTUAL ANYWAY? I THINK JUST TODAY 'CAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
IT WAS, IT WAS SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE I MEAN YOU SAID IT'S THE 24TH.
YEAH, LIKE I, I DON'T WANNA SAY I HAVE THINGS TO DO, BUT I WAS JUST PLANNING ON IT BEING VIRTUAL.
SO I ALSO AGREE VIRTUAL MIGHT BE EASIER.
AND THEN ALSO IF ANYBODY COMES TO THE EVELYN PARK EVENT ON THE 20TH, THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BRING CLOTHES.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT BRINGING THE CLOTHES THIS FRIDAY WOULD BE A LOT EASIER THAN BRINGING IT TO EE EVELYN'S PARK BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT HERE ITSELF.
SO IT'D PROBABLY BE EASIER FOR MR. GREEN TO GET THAT.
I'M JUST SAYING LIKE IN CASE ANYONE'S NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
JUST, YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH BELLA.
AND THEN I DID WANNA ASK LIKE, MR. GREEN, ARE YOU PLANNING ON ATTENDING EVERY SLP? BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE,
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THEN LIKE, COULDN'T WE, LIKE, OBVIOUSLY BRING IN THE CLOTHES AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT LIKE, CAN'T WE JUST GIVE THE CLOTHES TO YOU AS WELL AND YOU CAN JUST LIKE BRING IT TO CITY HALL.WOULD THAT WORK AS WELL JUST TO LIKE, GIVE PEOPLE MORE OPTIONS SO LIKE WE CAN GET THIS CLOTHING DRIVE LIKE AN MISSION COMPLETED? YEAH, I'LL BE, I'LL BE AT THE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, SO YOU CAN GIVE ME MORE WORK AND BRING ME CLOTHES.
TAKE TAKE UP MY WHOLE BACKSEAT, MY TRUNK.
NO, BUT IF, IF FOLKS DO HAVE CLOTHES AND THEY WANT TO BRING THEM FRIDAY, IF THEY WANT TO BRING THEM, UM, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, THOSE THINGS, I JUST ASK THAT YOU SEND ME A MESSAGE ON SLACK FIRST, RIGHT.
SO I CAN MAKE SURE I'M PREPARED AS WELL.
SO, OH, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED OR ACCIDENT? UM, OKAY, SO, OH, GO AHEAD MARLENE.
UM,
UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, CAN Y'ALL PLEASE SHOW UP TO CIVIC, UH, CITY HALL BY FOUR OR FOUR 30? JUST WANNA SHOUT THAT OUT RIGHT NOW.
SO, BECAUSE SOMETIMES COMMUNICATION GETS A LITTLE BIT LOST ON SLACK, SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT SINCE THE MAJORITY OF US ARE HERE AND THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING, BECAUSE, UM, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE BASKETS TODAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL FINISH JUST BECAUSE WE FINISH.
WE, WE WILL FINISH ACCORDING TO MR. GREEN, BUT JUST IN CASE, AND WE STILL DO NEED TO SET UP FOR THE EVENT.
SO COULD Y'ALL SHOW UP AROUND FOUR OR FOUR 30? OKAY, THAT'S IT ON MY END.
IF WE'RE VOLUNTEERING BUT WE'RE NOT IN THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, WHAT TIME SHOULD WE SHOW UP? UH, SAME TIME.
IS THAT, OH, SO FOUR TO FOUR 30? YEAH, BUT BASICALLY AS, AS EARLY AS YOU CAN BECAUSE IT'S GONNA LIKE TRY, WE WANNA JUST START BY LIKE FIVE 30.
DO YOU WANT US TO WEAR OUR MYC SHIRT OR NO? UH, YEAH.
M-Y-C-M-Y-C STUFF IS LIKE PERFECT.
CAN I ASK A SILLY QUESTION? OH, SORRY.
WHAT, AND I HOPE THIS ISN'T LIKE KIND OF THE SPOILER OR ANYTHING.
IS IT LIKE, I DON'T WANNA SAY, I KNOW IT'S NOT A CAHOOT OR A QUIZLET, BUT IS IT LITERALLY LIKE YOU'RE UP THERE WITH THE MIC BEING LIKE, SO WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT? IS IT LIKE I KIND OF QUIZ OR IS IT LIKE MORE ONLINE VIRTUAL? IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE A JEOPARDY STYLE.
SO FOR THE JEOPARDY, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A TEAM KIND OF WE'RE SPLITTING UP TEAMS. YEAH.
SO IT'S LIKE, YEAH, IT'S LIKE A, IT'S NOT INDIVIDUAL LIKE JEOPARDY.
IT'S LIKE A MIX BETWEEN FAMILY FOOD AND JEOPARDY.
TO GIVE IT LIKE THAT, JUST TO REITERATE, UM, IF YOU'RE LIKE TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR FRIDAY TO COME AND VOLUNTEER AND HELP WITH US, WHICH IS NEEDED, UM, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT AT FOUR TO FOUR 30, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
JUST BECAUSE MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE THERE.
SO IT, YOU CAN SHOW UP THE SAME TIME AS EVERYBODY ELSE BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THE FLYER SAYS THAT, UM, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET THERE BY FIVE 30, BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY GET THERE BY FIVE 30, WHICH IS EXPECTED.
SO IT'S PROBABLY WON'T START AROUND TILL SIX.
BUT IF YOU CAN GET THERE AT FOUR 30, SURE.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE TOO.
IF YOU CAN COME, PLEASE HELP OUT ON THAT.
UM, ALEX HANDS RAISED, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY SIGNUPS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
UH, YEAH, LIKE THE EVENTBRITE, THE SIGNUPS ARE KIND OF LIKE ALWAYS CHANGING.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING AT AROUND LIKE 35, AT LEAST PEOPLE WHO'VE BOUGHT THE TICKETS, SO SOLID NUMBER.
ALSO TRYING GET THAT UP THOUGH GUYS.
SO I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE A CAP IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
LOGISTIC QUESTION, UH, WHICH SINCE YOU SAID IT'S IN THE, OR SINCE IT'S IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX, WHICH ROOM IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX? IT WOULDN'T BE IN OUR HORSE ROOM IN THE MEETING ROOM, NO.
OR IS IT, UH, WHICH ROOM IN THE ANNEX IS IT IN THE
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CHAMBER? SAME ROOM THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS REGARDING MEETINGS? THE TRIVIA NIGHT, THE, THE, UM, THE, UH, CLOSE DRIVE ALSO, UNLESS WE'RE, UH, GONNA PUSH THIS ONTO DISCUSSING IN SLACK.
ARE WE DECIDING ON A VIRTUAL MEETING FOR THE 24TH? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, SO I GUESS WE'LL STICK WITH VIRTUAL MEETING FOR THE 24TH.
UM, AND OH, MR. GUT, SIR, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I HEARD SOMEBODY MENTION EARLIER, UH, SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT IN REGARDS TO EARTH DAY.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE, I, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING, LEMME SEE IF I CAN SHARE HERE REAL QUICK.
WE'RE HAVING THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT, CITY OF HOUSTON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE APACHE CORPORATION.
UH, WE'RE DOING ON APRIL 22ND AT 3:30 PM AT WATONGA PARK.
UH, WE'RE GONNA PLANT 2,500 TREES ON THAT DAY.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO, UH, PARTNER UP AND TAKE PART AND THAT AS WELL.
UH, I, I SENT THIS EMAIL TO, UH, TO MR. GREEN, UH, AS WELL TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.
SO IF, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WANTED TO SEND A CO A CONTINGENT OF MYC MEMBERS TO THAT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS WELL.
SO I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
MAYBE IF I, MAYBE I MISSED THIS.
IS IT, UH, LIKE THE ACTUAL, LIKE THE 22ND THAT MONDAY? OR IS IT LIKE, OH, OKAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS THE SAME THING THAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, BUT THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY HERE.
JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE IN CASE, UH, YOU GUYS WANTED TO TAKE PART.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT IS A DIFFERENT EVENT THAN WHAT WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING FOR EARTH DAY.
UM, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY, UM, PUT THAT ON OUR CALENDARS, UM, AND SEE WHO CAN POSSIBLY COME AND ATTEND.
WE'D LOVE TO COME HELP UP OUT AT THAT.
UH, IS THE 22ND ON A, IS THAT A WEEKEND OR A WEEKDAY? I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT MY CALENDAR.
SO THAT WILL BE A SCHOOL DAY FOR MOST OF US.
AND, UH, WHAT TIME WAS THAT AT AGAIN? IT'S AT THREE 30.
THAT WOULD CONFLICT WITH MOST SCHOOLS.
I MIGHT STILL BE IN AT THAT TIME ANYWAYS.
WELL, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN HOPEFULLY SOME OF US WILL ABLE MAKE IT OUT TO THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, CONCERNS REGARDING ANY EVENTS? I KNOW I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY FOR SLIP FROM MY MIND.
AWESOME MR. GREEN, ANYTHING ELSE TO MENTION? I'M GOOD.
GREAT MEETING, VERY PRODUCTIVE AND EFFICIENT.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN, CAN ALWAYS BE LIKE THIS.
LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE YEAR ON OUR, FOR OUR TERMS. SEE YOU ALL
UM, AND I HOPE TO SEE Y'ALL ON FRIDAY.
LET'S, UH, HOPE IT'S AN AWESOME EVENT AND EVERYTHING GOES WELL.
WE'VE BEEN PLANNING OUT FOR A LONG TIME AND, UM, GREAT WORK EVERYBODY.
BEST OF LUCK WITH SCHOOLS AND THE REST OF Y'ALL'S, UM, SCHOOL YEARS AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
JUST, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, OVERSIGHT MEETING THIS THURSDAY? YES.
AND THAT'S AT SIX O'CLOCK, CORRECT? SIX 30.
ALRIGHTY, YOU'RE ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
AND AT THE, UM, ON APRIL 9TH, 2024 AT 7:17 PM I ADJOURN THIS MEETING.