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          FRIENDS, COMMUNITY 
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INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT 
          [Community Inclusion and Engagement Commission on September 17, 2026.]
COMMISSION IS NOW IN SESSION, AND TODAY IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 17TH, UM, WITH THE TIME OF SIX 30. 
          UM, I'M KRISTEN CAESAR, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION, AND I'LL CHAIR THIS MEETING TONIGHT. 
          UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CALL ANY VISITORS TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? YES, ITEM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO REVIEW AND THE, AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, WHICH WAS ALL THE WAY BACK ON JULY 16TH. 
          UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION FROM ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS TO APPROVE, UM, THE MINUTES? I WILL. 
          THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          SO, AUDREY, I NEED A SECOND. 
          WE DO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SECOND, I'LL SECOND . 
          I SHOULD A SECOND. 
          AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR THE, FROM THE FIVE OF US. 
          OKAY. 
          OR FOUR OF THESE. 
          FIVE OF US. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR, UH, IF I MAY, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORDING, IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE NAMES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND. 
          OH, YES. 
          UM, AUDREY, SORRY, WHICH ONE HAS SHE OKAY. 
          YOU UP NORTH AND GOD, THANK YOU. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE EISMAN CENTER'S CULTURE, CITY SENSORY INCLUSIVE CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION, INCLUDING THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS, ACCESSIBILITY AND SENSORY INCLUSIVE ACCOMMODATIONS, AND HOW THAT CERTIFICATION SUPPORTS A MORE WELCOMING EXPERIENCE FOR PATRONS OF ALL ABILITIES. 
          UM, GREG, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR WONDERFUL NEXT SPEAKER? IT IS A PLEASURE TO. 
          SO, UM, OH, AND THEN ALI'S GONNA CORRECT MY TIMELINE HERE, BUT, UH, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, UH, AND, AND GOING COINCIDING WITH CEC'S, UH, GOALS FOR, UH, INCLUSIVE INCLUSIVITY, AND THEN OF COURSE AADA A GOALS AND THINGS ALONG THOSE NATURE. 
          WHEN I SAW COME ACROSS MY DESK, THIS CULTURE CITY CERTIFICATION, UH, I INSTANTLY THOUGHT, HEY, WE GOTTA BRING EISMAN CENTER OVER HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, SO THIS DOES GO, AND THAT'S A LITTLE KIND OF A PREVIEW OF THIS GOES ALONG THE LINES OF THAT A DA INCLUSIVITY EXPERIENTIAL WITH, UH, THE EXPERIENCES WE TRY TO BRING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO ALI IS GOING TO FILL US IN AND HOW THAT WORKS AT EISMAN CENTER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, SO I'M ALLIE HANLIN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE EISMAN CENTER. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, OUR PATH WITH CULTURE CITY THUS FAR. 
          AND I'M GONNA START OUT WITH A VIDEO THAT KIND OF, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THE VIDEO, BUT IT REALLY HELPS US SUMMARIZE LIKE, WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHY WE CHOSE CULTURAL CITY. 
          USE THE MOUTH. 
          IT'S JUST BACK. 
          WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? JUST BRING YOUR OWN, JUST SPEAK UP. 
          JUST GONE DOWN. 
          MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE PLACE FOR YOU. 
          MAYBE THE PROBLEM IS YOU, IT'S JUST A BAG, BUT ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE WITH INVISIBLE DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR LOVED ONES. 
          IT'S MORE, IT'S EARS. 
          IF YOU CAN'T HEAR THROUGH THE VOICE, IT'S A VOICE. 
          IF YOU CAN'T BE HEARD, IT'S AN ANCHOR HOLDING YOU FAST. 
          AND , IT'S A DOOR, OPEN DOOR. 
          THERE'S SO MANY SLANGS SHUT. 
          IT'S A DECLARATION. 
          YOU DEFEND, YOU WALKING HERE, YOU NOT WELCOME HERE AS YOU ARE. 
          NOT A DISABILITY, NOT A PROBLEM TO SOLVE. 
          YOU ARE HUMAN. 
          SO YOU ARE A MIRACLE. 
          YOU DESERVE TO SING OUT LOUD. 
          YOU SHAKE THE STICK. 
          I SHARE A PASSION. 
          YOU DESERVE TO BE SAFE, TO BE TRUTHFUL, SUFFER YOU DESERVE TO EXPERIENCE ONE YOU DESERVE. 
          HERE. 
          IT'S JUST ABOUT 
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IT. 
          BUT IT IS SO MUCH MORE CULTURE CITY. 
          WE MAKE THE NUMBERS POSSIBLE. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE VIDEO CULTURE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE THAN JUST PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ORIENTED. 
          UM, THEY ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING, UM, VENUES OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES FOR ALL SORTS OF PURPOSES ACCESSIBLE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, OUR FOCUS IS ON PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE EISMAN CENTER IS, UM, CULTURE CITY. 
          IT'S, THEY ARE THE CERTIFYING ORGANIZATION FOR SENSORY INCLUSIVE VENUES, UH, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM OF THEIRS THAT THEY, WE PARTICIPATED IN. 
          UM, AND THEY MAKE THE NUMBERS POSSIBLE BY CREATING SENSORY ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION FOR THOSE WITH INVISIBLE DISABILITIES. 
          AS THEY SHOWN IN THE VIDEO, ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE HAVE A SENSORY NEED OR AN INVISIBLE DISABILITY THAT INCLUDES PTSD, AUTISM, DEMENTIA, STROKES, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, A WHOLE LIKE REALM OF VARIOUS NEEDS THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND THROUGHOUT OUR WORLD ALL THE TIME. 
          AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW ARE STRUGGLING WITH THIS AND THEY JUST KEEP IT VERY WELL HIDDEN. 
          UM, COMMON SOUNDS, LIGHTS, CROWDS, CERTAIN SMELLS THAT MIGHT BE OVERWHELMING OR ACTUALLY EVEN CAUSE PHYSICAL PAIN FOR SOMEBODY THAT HAS A SENSORY DEFICIT CHALLENGES. 
          UM, AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE AIMING TO ADDRESS WITH THIS. 
          SO, INDIVIDUALS WHO STRUGGLE WITH THESE, UM, ISSUES, THEY TEND TO WITHDRAW FROM COMMUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES BECAUSE THEY WORRY ABOUT BEING TRIGGERED OR THEY WORRY ABOUT BEING JUDGED BY THOSE AROUND THEM. 
          AND CULTURE CITY IS A PROGRAM THAT CHANGES THAT BY, AS THEY SAID, MAKING THE NEVER POSSIBLE. 
          AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT ATTRACTED US TO, UM, CULTURE CITY, JUST BECAUSE THEIR, THEIR MANTRA AND THEIR ETHOS ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH WHAT THE EISMAN CENTER, UM, WANTS TO ACHIEVE WITH MAKING OUR FACILITY ACCESSIBLE TO AS MANY FOLKS AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS. 
          THERE ARE 3000 VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE ACHIEVED CULTURAL CITY SENSORY INCLUSIVE VENUE CERTIFICATION. 
          AND THE EISMAN CENTER IS SUPER PROUD TO BE AMONG THOSE. 
          UM, AND I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT CULTURE CITY TO US. 
          UM, THAT IS GARY GARCIA, OUR PATRON SERVICES MANAGER. 
          . 
          YEAH, HE FOUND CULTURE CITY A FEW YEARS AGO AND STARTED PITCHING IT TO ME, PITCHING IT TO OUR TEAM. 
          UM, HE DID ALL THE RESEARCH AND CONNECTED WITH THEM AND BROUGHT ALL THE INFORMATION FORWARD AND REALLY ADVOCATED AND REALLY WAS THE CATALYST TO PUSH THIS FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT IT DONE AND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T DELAY ANY LONGER THAN WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, BUDGET CYCLES, NOT WITHSTANDING AND WHATNOT. 
          UM, BUT I'M JUST REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL TO GARY AND SUPER PROUD TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF THE EISMAN CENTER TEAM. 
          GARY ALSO, UM, SO HE OVERSEES, HE OVERSAW, PARDON ME, OUR INITIAL CERTIFICATION PROCESS. 
          UM, HE ROLLED IT OUT. 
          HE FACILITATED IT WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. 
          UM, HE ALSO IS FACILITATING OUR SUBSEQUENT ANNUAL RENEWAL. 
          WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE RECERTIFICATION PROCESS EVERY YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN HE ALSO, UM, FACILITATED OUR SOCIAL STORY, WHICH APPEARS ON A CULTURE CITY WEBSITE, WHICH WE'LL GET TO ON A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          UM, SO AS I SAY HERE, THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS IS QUITE RIGOROUS. 
          IT INVOLVES TESTING ALL OF OUR STAFF AND ALL OF OUR PATRON FACING VOLUNTEERS. 
          UM, WHICH THAT NUMBER GROWS PRETTY QUICKLY WHEN YOU INCLUDE ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK AT THE EISMAN CENTER. 
          UM, IN THE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS IN THE TICKET OFFICE, BUT WE'VE GOT VOLUNTEER USHERS, VOLUNTEER GREETERS VOLUNTEERS AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE FRONT DESK, UM, ALL SORTS OF VOLUNTEERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. 
          SO RIGHT NOW I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 130 TO 140 VOLUNTEERS. 
          SO IT'S A SIZABLE NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS AND ENSURE THAT THEY TAKE THE TRAINING AND THEY ALSO TAKE AND PASS THE TEST. 
          SO FORTUNATE, THE TRAINING IS OFFERED DIGITALLY. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY COMPREHENSIVE IN ITS SCOPE FOR UNDERSTANDING THOSE WITH INVISIBLE DISABILITIES AND APPROPRIATELY RESPONDING TO INDIVIDUALS WITH SENSORY NEEDS. 
          AND ALSO RECOGNIZING WHEN SOMEBODY IS HAVING A CHALLENGE THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK OUT TO YOU AND, UM, OFFERING THEM THE SUPPORT THAT THEY MAY NEED. 
          UM, THE TESTING REQUIRES A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ALL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS TO PASS. 
          AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IT'S A VERY TOUGH TEST. 
          ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I AM, UH, A PERSON WHO IS A PARTNER AND A CAREGIVER OF A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SURVIVOR. 
          HE IS TOTALLY DISABLED AND, UM, DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE. 
          I HAVE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. 
          WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 18 YEARS TOGETHER FOR 21. 
          I'VE SPOKEN AT A LOT OF CONFERENCES. 
          I'VE SPOKEN AT LOTS OF CONVENINGS. 
          I'VE EVEN SPOKEN ON A PANEL WITH, UM, DADDY GIFFORDS AND HER HUSBAND SENATOR MARK KELLY ABOUT CAREGIVERS OF FOLKS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. 
          I SERVED ON THE 
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GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL SPINAL AND HEAD INJURIES IN ARIZONA, AND I DID NOT PASS THIS TEST THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT. 
          HMM. 
          WHICH WAS HUMBLING. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO WAS A LITTLE BIT GRATEFUL BECAUSE TO ME IT WAS A REAL TESTAMENT FOR HOW RIGOROUS THIS TEST IS AND HOW MUCH WE CAN TRUST THAT THE PREPARATION AND KNOWLEDGE THAT'S REQUIRED TO PASS THIS TEST IS DEEP. 
          AND SO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE PASSED THIS TEST REALLY KNOW THEIR STUFF AND THEY REALLY HAVE, UM, A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE TO OUR PATRONS THAT WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR AND NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP. 
          SO, AT THE EISMAN CENTER, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. 
          UM, THIS IS THE TOP OF OUR PAGE ON THE CULTURE CITY WEBSITE. 
          AT THE EISMAN CENTER, WE ARE DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE FINDS THE LIGHT. 
          AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE A CULTURE CITY SENSORY INCLUSIVE, CERTIFIED VENUE. 
          THIS IS A DESIGNATION THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING EVERY GUEST FEELS WELCOMED, SUPPORTED, AND INCLUDED. 
          THIS CERTIFICATION MEANS OUR STAFF IS SPECIALLY TRAINED TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH SENSORY NEEDS, AND THAT WE OFFER TOOLS SUCH AS SENSORY BAGS, QUIET AREAS, AND CLEAR COMMUNICATION TO MAKE LIVE EXPERIENCES MORE ACCESSIBLE. 
          ACCESSIBILITY ISN'T JUST A FEATURE FOR US, IT'S A CORE VALUE. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THE ART SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE CAN CONNECT, PARTICIPATE AND BELONG. 
          BY PARTNERING WITH CULTURE AND, AND BELONG BY PARTNERING WITH CULTURE CITY, WE ARE TAKING MEANINGFUL STEPS TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS, CREATE COMFORT, AND ENSURE THAT EVERY VISITOR HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE MAGIC OF LIVE PERFORMANCE IN A WAY THAT FEELS SAFE AND EMPOWERING. 
          THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR WEBPAGE THAT'S ON THE CULTURE CITY WEBSITE. 
          THAT IS OUR SOCIAL STORY. 
          IT WALKS PATRONS THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY WILL HAVE AT THE EISMAN CENTER SO THEY CAN PROPERLY PREPARE FOR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY PHYSICALLY COME TO THE EISMAN CENTER. 
          CULTURE CITY HELPED US TO CREATE THIS SOCIAL STORY. 
          UM, THEY PROVIDE US, THEY HAVE ALSO PROVIDED US WITH SENSORY BAGS, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE IN, UM, THE BOX NUMBER FIVE, THESE SENSORY BAGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE TICKET OFFICE AND CAN BE CHECKED OUT BY ANY PATRON THAT NEEDS THEM FREE OF CHARGE. 
          THEY CHECK THEM OUT, THEY LEAVE AN ID, THEY RETURN THE BAG AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. 
          99% OF THE TIME WE LOST ONE SENSORY BAG SO FAR, BUT THAT'S QUITE RIGHT, . 
          UM, AND, UM, AND HELP, YOU KNOW, FINDING YOUR SEAT, AND IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE TICKET OFFICE SO YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET YOUR SENSORY BAG. 
          UM, THE VIDEO THAT WE STARTED OUT WITH, I THINK REALLY, UM, SHOWS BEAUTIFULLY THE WHY BEHIND OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT THE NUMBERS ARE POSSIBLE. 
          THE SOCIAL STORY CONTINUES WITH AND IMAGE OF OUR WONDERFUL STAFF. 
          THANK YOU, GARY, FOR BEING OUR  . 
          UM, AS WELL AS INDICATES THAT ALL OF OUR VENUES ARE NOW RECOGNIZED BY ALL OF OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AS HEADPHONES ZONES. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO WEAR HEADPHONES WHILE THEY'RE IN A PERFORMANCE, AS YOU SOMETIMES KNOW, THE PERFORMANCE CAN GET VERY LOUD AND VERY SOFT, AND THEN VERY LOUD AGAIN, SOMETIMES UNPREDICTABLY. 
          SO PATRONS NEED TO WEAR HEADPHONES TO HELP MUFFLE THOSE SOUNDS AND ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND THEN I'LL ASK THEM TO REMOVE THE HEADPHONES. 
          UM, IT'S A, IT'S A HEADPHONE SAFE ZONE. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN IMAGE OF WHERE SNACKS AND DRINKS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE CONCESSION STAND. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT HERE, BUT THANKS TO OUR TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONS MANAGER, VIRTUAL JUSTICE, WE NOW FEATURE THREE SEPARATE QUIET ZONE AREAS THROUGHOUT OUR LOBBIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED OR JUST NEED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THE NOISY LOBBY TO SIT AND CENTER THEMSELVES AS NEEDED. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE IN PICTURE NUMBER 10, WE HAVE SEVERAL SETUPS. 
          WE CALL THESE POD SEATS. 
          SO YOU CAN SIT IN THE SEAT, SIT BACK AND IT SURROUNDS YOU, HELPS CUT OUT SOME OF THE EXTRA NOISE OR SOME OF THE PERIPHERAL VISION THAT CAN BE DISTRACTING OR ALARMING, AND GIVES PATRONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SIT AND CENTER THEMSELVES AND NOT BE DISTRACTED BY ALL THE NOISE AND ALL THE VISUALS THAT ARE IN THE LOBBY. 
          AND IT BUFFERS SOME OF THE SOUND AS WELL. 
          WE EVEN HAVE A NOOK IN ONE OF THE LOBBIES FOR CHILDREN. 
          SO THERE'S A NICE SOFT BEANBAG IN THERE. 
          THE COLOR IS A VERY NICE PALE GREEN THAT'S NOT HURTFUL TO THE EYES. 
          AND IT GIVES THAT SORT OF COCOON FEELING FOR A CHILD THAT JUST REALLY NEEDS TO SIT IN A CALM SPACE AND NOT HAVE A BIG WIDE SPACE AROUND THEM AND JUST, UM, SIT IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN FEEL NICE AND CALM. 
          AND THEN THAT ALSO, UM, OUR SOCIAL STORY ALSO TALKS YOU THROUGH HOW TO NAVIGATE THE RESTROOMS, UM, WHICH CAN BE VERY HELPFUL FOR ANY PATRON REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU MAY HAVE SENSORY NEEDS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE SOCIAL STORY WRAPS UP WITH THE PATRON'S FINAL STEPS, UH, AT THEIR EISMAN CENTER VISIT. 
          THIS IS THE, UM, DOORS THAT MOST OF OUR PATRONS EXIT FROM. 
          AND THEN A BIG THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING AN EVENT AT THE EISMAN CENTER AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR RETURN. 
          OUR CULTURE CITY CERTIFICATION REALLY EXCELLENTLY EXCELLENTLY ENHANCES OUR ALREADY ROBUST A DA ACCESSIBILITY AT THE EISMAN 
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CENTER. 
          THIS ENSURES THAT ALL OF OUR AUDIENCES FEEL WELCOME, SAFE, AND ARE ABLE TO ENJOY THE WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES THAT WE OFFER. 
          IN ADDITION TO CULTURE CITY, WE HAVE, UM, ALL VENUES HAVE ACCESSIBLE SEATING AT ALL LEVELS AND ALL PRICE POINTS. 
          OUR ACCESSIBLE SEATING INCLUDES TRANSFER SEATS, AS WELL AS COMPANION SEATS FOR A DA PATRONS. 
          WE OFFER A SL INTERPRETATION SERVICES ON DEMAND FOR ANY PERFORMANCE. 
          WE ALSO CAN CREATE LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS BY REQUEST. 
          AND ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCE SPACES ARE FULLY ACCESSIBLE FOR PERFORMERS AND BACKSTAGE STAFF ALIKE. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, ADDING CULTURE CITY TO THE MIX WAS A NATURAL FIT TO REALLY ENSURE THAT OUR, UM, INCLUSIVE OFFERINGS AT THE EISMAN CENTER REALLY WERE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY, OR GARY WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          AND COMMISSIONER, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH. 
          SO FIRST, UH, REALLY LIKE TO, UM, CONGRATULATE YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, BEING IN A FAMILY WHERE WE HAVE ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE SENSORY CHALLENGED, UM, SOMETHING THAT I NEVER EVEN UNDERSTOOD MYSELF TO BE HONEST. 
          LIKE I, I, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND LIKE WHY, YOU KNOW, THEY RESPOND IN A CERTAIN WAY. 
          AND, UM, BUT NOW I DO RIGHT? HAVING GROWN THROUGH IT. 
          SO I REALLY THINK THAT INVISIBLE DISABILITIES, LIKE WE CALL THEM, THEY'RE FAR MORE COMMON THAN WE THINK, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING THEM. 
          AND IT DOES LEAD TO CASES WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY JUST NEED TO STAY AT HOME. 
          THEY DON'T WANNA GO OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE AROUND SO MANY PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO I REALLY THINK THIS IS EXCELLENT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PLAN TO ACTUALLY TAKE THIS AND MAYBE, UH, LOOK AT IT FROM PERSPECTIVE OF HAVING IT IN OUR LIBRARY OR SOMETHING. 
          IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LIBRARY PERHAPS THAT WE, IT MORE? UM, WE HAVE NOT HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LIBRARY YET, UM, BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND OF THE OTHER FESTIVALS THAT PARKS AND REC PRODUCES ABOUT HOW CAN WE, UM, GET THE FESTIVAL CERTIFIED ON SENSORY INCLUSIVE AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. 
          UM, THERE, BUT THE LIBRARY IS ALSO A GREAT IDEA. 
          I'LL PROB I'LL THINK I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AND ASK THEM IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED. 
          I, I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE THE NOTE HERE, BUT YEAH, IF YOU CAN, THAT'S AWESOME. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          YEAH, JUST GO AHEAD. 
          UH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT. 
          UH, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE, UH, THE BOARD ON, UH, CULTURE CITY. 
          YEAH. 
          LIKE HIGH LEVEL SUPPORT AND HOW, HOW DO YOU GUYS GET FUNDED IN THIS ENVIRONMENT? INDIVIDUAL DONORS OR? WELL, UM, YOU MEAN FUNDED FOR A CULTURE CITY OR JUST FUNDED IN GENERAL? I THINK CULTURE CITY, AND THEN, I MEAN, I'M SURE THE CITY DOES THE LOCAL FUNDING, BUT MM-HMM . 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO THE EISMAN CENTER IS FUNDED THROUGH THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WE ALSO, UM, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE THROUGH OUR OWN ACTIVITIES. 
          UM, WITH THE PERFORMANCES. 
          WE SELL TICKETS, UM, WE EARN REVENUE FROM THE CONCESSION STAND FROM THE PARKING, UM, AND FROM A COUPLE OF OTHER ANCILLARY SOURCES. 
          SO WE ARE ABLE TO GENERATE ABOUT, UM, 40 TO 50% OF OUR BUDGET. 
          AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF OUR BUDGET COMES FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          AS FAR AS RICHARDSON GOES AND THE EISMAN CENTER GOES. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN CULTURE CITY WAS, UM, IT'S SURPRISINGLY AFFORDABLE. 
          UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE A LITTLE BIT SCARED OF BECAUSE WE THOUGHT, WELL, IT WAS GONNA BE REALLY EXPENSIVE IN PART BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED, THEY'RE THE BOARD OF CULTURE CITY IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF CELEBRITIES AND THERE'S A LOT OF BIGWIGS. 
          UM, SO WE WERE A LITTLE NERVOUS, UM, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WAS ACHIEVABLE AND, UM, WE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO FIND SPACE IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE IT WORK AND HAVE IT BE A PERPETUAL RENEWAL. 
          SORRY. 
          NO, GO AHEAD. 
          DO YOU HAVE YOU FOLLOW UP, I MEAN, THE, THE PUSHBACK IS JUST, WELL, NOT PUSHBACK, BUT FOLLOW UP IS LIKE, IT'S PROBABLY OUTSIDE. 
          I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUSHBACK FROM, UM, YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDING AT ALL? SO THERE'VE BEEN NEW INITIATIVES SPECIFICALLY AGAINST, UH, DISABILITIES. 
          AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAN DO THIS, BUT AGAINST ALL DISABILITIES. 
          I MEAN, I'M INVOLVED IN A NONPROFIT THAT ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND, UH, UH, YOU'RE NOT AFFECTED, I GUESS, BECAUSE THERE'S PRIVATE FUNDING OR SO, SO, UM, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          IN PART, WE DO GET PRIVATE FUNDING, UM, THROUGH SOME OF OUR DONORS AND OUR SPONSOR RELATIONSHIPS. 
          UM, WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE ANY FEDERAL FUNDING THAT COMES TO THE EISMAN CENTER. 
          WE DON'T GET ANY GRANTS FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS OR EVEN THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, WHICH IS PARTIALLY FUNDED FROM THE NEA, THAT HAS SOME FEDERAL FUNDING TIES TO THAT. 
          UM, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE, UM, WE AREN'T TYPICALLY SUBJECT TO FEDERAL, UM, GUIDELINES THAT ARE IMPACTING FUNDING BECAUSE OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE ALSO REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE OPERATING IN A CITY LIKE RICHARDSON 
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THAT SUPPORTS INITIATIVES SUCH LIKE THIS. 
          WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT, IT WAS A VERY EASY YES. 
          WHEN WE PROPOSED IT TO THE CITY MANAGERS TEAM. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK IT IS YOUR COMMENT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THIS IS AMAZING CERTIFICATION, EH, A VERY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE. 
          AND MY QUESTION WILL BE, EH, HAS, IS, UH, EASTMAN CENTER HAS THOUGHT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY TO START CELEBRATING LIKE A, A DISABILITY FESTIVAL, NOT ONLY FOR RICHARD, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT NATIONWIDE, PROBABLY WORLDWIDE, LIKE WITH THAT SCALE LEVEL TO, TO SCALE THE CERTIFICATION UP TO THAT LEVEL. 
          RIGHT? YEAH. 
          HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, THAT POSSIBILITY TO, TO, TO BRING ALL THESE, UH, UH, DISABLED COMMUNITIES, FOR THEM TO EXPRESS ARTS, EH, IDEAS, THOUGHTS, EH, UM, NEW POSSIBILITIES, ET CETERA? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, SO A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, I THINK IT WAS AS WE WERE JUST COMING OUT OF COVID, UM, THE EISMAN CENTER AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE CAME TOGETHER TO, UM, PRODUCE A WEEK LONG SERIES OF EVENTS, UM, UNDER THE BANNER OF ACCESS AND INCLUSION, UH, FEATURING KEVIN, OH, GARY, HELP ME, WHAT'S HIS LAST NAME? I, KEVIN. 
          KEVIN, UM, GARY BLAIR. 
          UM, BLAIR? NO, KEVIN, UH, WHAT'D YOU SAY? KEVIN BLAIR. 
          MM-HMM. 
          KEVIN BACON. 
          KIND OF A SIMPLE NAME LIKE SMITH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT HE'S A, HE IS, UM, A FORMER PROFESSIONAL MUSIC, UH, MUSICIAN MAGICIAN WHO, UM, KIND OF EVOLVED HIS PRACTICE INTO WORKING WITH, UM, UH, SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          HIS PHD IS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND HE, UM, HAS, HE NOW ENTIRELY DOES, UM, PROGRAMMING THAT'S CENTERED TOWARDS WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE INVISIBLE DIS INVISIBLE DISABILITIES, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. 
          AND SO WE HAD AN ENTIRE WEEK OF PROGRAMMING WITH HIM. 
          UM, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS WE CONTINUED WITH, UM, MORE PROGRAMMING FOCUSING ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          AND WE HAD, UM, A SEASON THAT WAS FOCUSED ON, UM, I THINK, UH, HEARING DEFICIT. 
          AND SO, SO THAT ALL THAT SERIES OF PROGRAMMING HAS SORT OF EVOLVED INTO KIND OF ONGOING PROGRAM THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY CALLED OUT AS A SEPARATE WEEK IN OUR SERIES, BUT MORE, UM, SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAMMING. 
          SO LIKE, IF YOU'LL SEE ON THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENT SEASON THIS SEASON, WE ARE PRESENTING A ONE WOMAN SHOW CALLED NOT THE RIGHT MOM, WHICH IS A ONE PERSON SHOW WE'RE TOLD, UM, WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY A WOMAN WHO IS THE MOTHER OF AN AUTISTIC CHILD. 
          AND SHE, YOU KNOW, TALKS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE RAISING AN AUTISTIC CHILD AND, UM, GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND LEARNING ABOUT HER CHILD. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT, TO GET AROUND TO YOUR QUESTION, UM, THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOSTING, UM, AN ACCESSIBILITY FESTIVAL FOR THE ARTS HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, AROUND OUR PROGRAMMING TABLE WHEN WE'RE BRAINSTORMING NEW IDEAS. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO COME UP ON THE HORIZON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          WELL, UM, THEN LET ME, I JUST MADE A COUPLE NOTES. 
          FIRST, UM, GARY, LET ME COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR WORK, BECAUSE, UM, YOU CAN HAVE AN IDEA AND THEN YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE AND WIND THE ROADS AND ALL OF THE, THE BUDGETING AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          AND TO HAVE THE TENACITY TO CONTINUE DOING IT AND TO, UH, CONTINUE SEEING, UM, YOU ALMOST HAVE TO PAINT THE PICTURE BEFORE EVERYBODY HAS SEEN IT. 
          AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR EFFORTS THERE. 
          CAN I GET ALLIE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PROPS TOO FOR YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, FACILITATING THE VISION, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY, UM, IT WAS PREVIOUS TO ALLIE BEING THERE, I HAD BROUGHT IT UP TO OUR PREVIOUS, UH, DIRECTOR UHHUH, AND HE WAS LIKE, OH, THAT SOUNDS COOL. 
          WE'LL LOOK INTO IT ONE DAY. 
          AND JUST KIND OF WAS LIKE, BUT THEN AS SOON AS I BROUGHT IT TO ALLIE, SHE'S LIKE, YES, LET'S, LET'S GET THIS GOING. 
          LET'S, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THIS. 
          LOVE THAT AGAIN, TAG TEAMING A BALL ROLLING. 
          AND I AGAIN APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD AS WE WRAP IS, UM, GETTING THE, THIS WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT HAVE YOU, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A GREAT COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, UM, BUT ARE YOU FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH PLANS TO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? ARE YOU FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH THE AVENUES THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH THE D OR WITH THE COMMUNITY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          JERRY, DO YOU WANNA, UM, EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE TRY TO MAKE VISIBLE, YOU KNOW, ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          AND THEN WHEN PATRONS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CALL OR ASK US ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE TICKET OFFICE STAFF IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE. 
          WE TRY TO MAKE SURE TO HAVE PLENTY OF SIGNAGE UP IN THE LOBBY SO THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, OKAY. 
          YES. 
          BECAUSE MORE AND MORE VENUES ARE STARTING TO DO THIS, SO PATRONS ARE STARTING TO EXPECT TO SEE, OR THEY, THEY KIND OF LOOK FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF MORE AND MORE NOW. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THAT VISIBILITY AND YEAH, GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, 
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COMMUNICATIONS AND THEN OUR OWN INTERNAL MARKETING DEPARTMENT IS GREAT ALSO. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANKS TOO. 
          AND IN ADDITION, SO WHEN THEY GOT THE CERTIFICATION, WE INCLUDED 'EM IN OUR NEWSLETTERS, BUT WE ALSO GAVE 'EM IT HALF A PAGE. 
          WE GAVE 'EM TIME, SPACE IN WHICH SENDS A DAY, WHICH GOES TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          NOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE RUN EVERY MONTH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          UH, BUT WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS, FOR INSTANCE, THIS IS ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IS IT GIVES US, WE HAVE IT IN OUR BACK POCKET. 
          IT'S, IF YOU THINK OF THE TOOLBOX OF, OH, OKAY, SOMEBODY BRINGS UP THIS TOPIC OR THIS REALM, THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY THINGS WE CAN PULL FROM TO SAY YES THE CITY HAS, AND WE CAN GIVE OUR LIST. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE THIS NOW TOO, IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO DO AN ADDITION THAT FOCUS MORE ON, AND PARTS AND RECREATION HAS THIS KIND OUTREACH THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR ABOUT AS WELL, THEY, AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES MM-HMM . 
          'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HERE, IS WE PULL THESE SELECTIVELY WHEN WE NEED TO. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING. 
          NOW THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED AND YOU'RE MENTIONING THAT, THAT I NOTICED THEY HAVE BRANDING AND MAYBE ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO, BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THIS, THEY CAN CONNECT VISUALLY WITH, I AGREE. 
          THEY, THEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE STORY. 
          AGREE. 
          YOU COULD JUST HAVE THE THING. 
          SO MAYBE FROM NOW ON, WE COULD USE THAT ICON ON SOME OF THE, WHENEVER, 'CAUSE WE HAVE, EVERY MONTH WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT EISMAN, AND MAYBE WE JUST START INCLUDING THE ICON, EVERY SINGLE, UH, ADDITION SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR IT KNOW THAT'S THAT POINT AS IT BECOMES MORE POPULAR, AS IT BECOMES MORE POPULAR. 
          FOR SURE. 
          I'LL WRITE A NOTE TO MYSELF IF YOU INCLUDE IT. 
          PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WILL BE CURIOUS ENOUGH TO WANT TO GO AND FIGURE OUT, BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME YOU WERE SHOWN CULTURE CITY, I REALLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS. 
          AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, SHOULD I LOOK THIS UP ON MY PHONE? I WAS LIKE, OKAY, YOU'RE GONNA EXPLAIN IT. 
          BUT . 
          SO IT ACTUALLY ALSO PROMPTS PEOPLE TO BE CURIOUS ABOUT WHY I'M WRITING TO MYSELF RIGHT NOW AND, UH, THE NEXT EDITION OF RICHARDSON TODAY. 
          SEE, WE THAT WE VERY WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'LL BE IN THERE. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL LOOK OUT FOR US. 
          WELL, UM, ALLIE, GARY, AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          PERFECT. 
          PERFECT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION FOR NOW? OKAY, PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU WELCOME. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          A YOU CAN JUST FORWARD AT ONE RESIDENT. 
          UM, YOU ARE, UH, OF COURSE WELCOME TO STAY, BUT WE ARE NOT OFFENDED IF YOU ARE READY TO HAVE HOME. 
          SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. 
          YES, PLEASE DO. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROMOTION FOR OUR OPENING NIGHT SHOWS, SO WE'RE GONNA NOW PLEASE DO GIVING US PLEASE DO. 
          I'M OKAY. 
          NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION REGARDING ADAPTIVE PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING CURRENT SERVICES, PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES, ACCESSIBILITY, CONSIDERATION, CONSIDERATION, EXCUSE ME, AND WAYS THAT CITY SUPPORTS INCLUSIVE RECREATION FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL ABILITIES. 
          UM, LET ME ALSO ADD FOR THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS IN THE PACKET TOO. 
          UM, SO GREG, WOULD YOU MIND PLEASE INTRODUCING OUR NEXT SPEAKERS? REALLY, THIS IS ALONG THE SAME LINES AS, UH, WHAT WE JUST HAD. 
          IT'S TO EXPOSE YOU AND, AND LOOK FOR THIS, THESE SAME KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE. 
          WE JUST IDENTIFIED TOO, THIS LAST, LAST SESSION. 
          SO, UM, HAVE, UH, OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM TALK ABOUT ANOTHER, THIS IS MAYBE HALF A DOZEN TIMES I'VE BEEN BEFORE THIS COMMISSION. 
          NOW, NOW JUST, UH, AND SO JONATHAN, TAKE IT AWAY. 
          WE LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY TIME. 
          JOHN . 
          YEAH. 
          UH, WE HOPE SO. 
          UM, WELL, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. 
          UH, MY NAME IS JONATHAN WINTERS AND I'M OUR RECREATION, UH, SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND WITH ME THIS EVENING IS ALAN GATTEN, WHO'S OUR THERAPEUTIC, UH, RECREATION COORDINATOR AT HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER. 
          UM, AND TONIGHT WE'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT OUR ADAPTIVE RECREATION PROGRAM, OR AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT, OUR WRAP PROGRAM, WHICH STANDS FOR RECREATE, ADAPT, AND PLAY. 
          UM, SO BEFORE WE KIND OF DIVE INTO THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FEW STATS, ACTUALLY I THINK YOU SAW IN THE LAST PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT THE, THE FIRST ONE IS THAT ONE IN FOUR US ADULTS LIVE WITH SOME TYPE OF DISABILITY, UM, IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          UH, OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITH A DISABILITY, 47% OF THEM GET LITTLE TO NO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, UM, AT ALL THROUGHOUT THEIR, THEIR DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES. 
          UM, AND NEARLY ABOUT FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY ON A DAILY BASIS TO HAVE SOME TYPES OF MENTAL DISTRESS, UM, IMPACT THEM AS COMPARED TO THE GENERAL POPULATION. 
          UM, SO WITHIN RICHARDSON'S, UH, UH, MISSION STATEMENT FOR OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WE SAY THAT WE STRIVE TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH INNOVATIVE RECREATION AND LEISURE EXPERIENCES. 
          AND WE FEEL THAT OUR PROGRAM, OUR WRAP PROGRAM, IS DOING EXACTLY THAT FOR THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY. 
          SO WHO DO WE SERVE? UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 50 TO 60 PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THIS PROGRAM EACH YEAR. 
          UH, 10 TO 40 AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FOR EACH ONE OF OUR, UH, PROGRAMS OR EVENTS OR OUTINGS. 
          UM, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2004, 
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AND WE HAVE 14 EITHER EVENTS OR OUTINGS THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR. 
          UM, THE PROGRAM OR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR PROGRAM, UM, DO HAVE EITHER SOME TYPE OF COGNITIVE OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY. 
          UH, BUT WE DO SERVE, UM, POPULATIONS OF ALL AGE RANGES. 
          SO FROM, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH OLDER ADULTS. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          AGAIN, MY NAME IS ALAN GATTON. 
          I'M A-C-T-R-S CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALIST, AND I AM THE ADAPTIVE, UH, THERAPEUTIC COORDINATOR, UH, AT HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST TALK ABOUT OUR CORE CLASSES THAT WE HAVE AT, UH, IN RICHARDSON. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, BEYOND KARATE, WHICH IS A CLASS, UH, THAT IS, THAT HELPS BUILD FOCUS, DISCIPLINE, AND CONFIDENCE IN THE PARTICIPANTS THAT, UH, ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM. 
          UH, THOSE INSTRUCTORS ARE ALL, UH, SPECIFICALLY TRAINED TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
          UH, MOST OF THEM HAVE, UH, KIDS WITH DISABILITIES THEMSELVES, SO THEY KNOW FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT BEHAVIORS TO EXPECT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          OUR ADAPTIVE SOCCER PROGRAM, OR SOCCER SPORTS PROGRAM IS A, UH, SOCCER PROGRAM WHERE THE, UH, INSTRUCTORS, UH, HELP, UH, BUILD TEAMWORK AND WORK ON THE BALL HANDLING SKILLS. 
          AND, UH, THEY ARE ALSO SPECIFICALLY TRAINED TO WORK WITH, UH, KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, UM, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPECIAL NEEDS. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE AN ADAPTIVE DANCE CLASS, UH, WHERE, UM, MOSTLY ADULTS ARE IN THAT CLASS. 
          UH, BUT THAT CLASS IS GEARED, UH, TO HELP THEM, UH, WORK ON BEING COMFORTABLE WITH THEMSELVES AND BEING ABLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN FREELY EXPRESS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, UH, MOVEMENTS AND, AND, AND HOW, HOW THEY, UH, DANCE AND HOW THEY ASSOCIATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 
          AND, UH, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, YOU KNOW, LINE DANCING OR PARTNER DANCING, UH, IT HELPS THEM TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, UH, WITH BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND ALSO BY THEMSELVES AS FAR AS WHAT KIND OF DANCING THEY'RE DOING. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A GROUP FITNESS CLASS, UH, THAT IS, UH, IT HAS INSTRUCTORS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED ON, UH, WHAT TYPE OF FITNESS CAN BE DONE FOR DIFFERENT, UH, SPECIFIC DISABILITIES, SO THAT WHENEVER A CHILD COMES IN, UH, WITH WHATEVER DISABILITY THEY HAVE, THEN THEY KNOW WHAT THEY CAN AND WHAT THEY CAN'T DO AS TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM GROW AND NOT HARM. 
          UM, SO THESE ARE OUR YEAR ROUND CLASSES THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, UH, AT HEIGHTS AND AT HUFFINES RECREATION CENTER. 
          WE ALSO DO MONTHLY SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY OUTINGS. 
          UH, WE DO, UH, SPECIAL GROUP OUTINGS. 
          UH, THIS WOULD BE LIKE GOING TO A RODEO, UH, HAVING A PROGRESSIVE DINNER, UH, GOING TO THE MOVIES. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE LIKE HAVING A PARTY, LIKE A ST. 
          PATRICK'S DAY PARTY OR A MARDI GRAS PARTY. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO DO SPORTING EVENTS. 
          WE, WE GO TO, UH, BASEBALL GAMES, HOCKEY GAMES, BASKETBALL GAMES. 
          UM, WE HAVEN'T GONE TO A SOCCER GAME YET, BUT SINCE THAT'S BEEN REAL HIP LATELY, MIGHT BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, WE GO BOATING ON LAKE RAY HUBBARD. 
          THAT IS, UH, ONE OF OUR ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, A LOT OF THE, UH, ADULTS REALLY LOVE TO DO. 
          THEY, THEY DON'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT ON THE WATER AND BEING OUT ON THE WATER. 
          UM, IT, IT DOES THINGS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU'RE ON THE WAVE, SO YOU'RE MOVING AROUND. 
          SO IT, IT, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WITH BALANCE ISSUES, IT CAN HELP THEM KIND OF WORK WITH THAT. 
          UH, PLUS IT ALSO GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS. 
          UM, NORMALLY WE GO ON A PARTY BOAT. 
          UH, SO THERE'S AN UPPER LEVEL, LOWER LEVEL, UH, FOR LIKE, THE LOWER LEVEL IS AIR CONDITIONED. 
          SO IN THE HOT SUMMER IT CAN BE COOL. 
          UH, WHEREAS IF IT'S NICE OUTSIDE, THEY CAN BE UP ON THE TOP WHERE YOU GET THE WIND IN YOUR HAIR. 
          OR LIKE ME, I GET THE WIND IN MY FACE . 
          AND SO WE GET TO BE TOGETHER AND JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST SEE AND, AND, AND, AND JUST, IT, IT'S, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT YOU JUST, YOU JUST HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IT. 
          UM, THEN WE HAVE THE ADAPTIVE VENTURE DAYS. 
          UH, THAT'S A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 
          UH, THAT IS A PROGRAM WHERE ADULTS GO OUT AND THEY LEARN ABOUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE AREA. 
          UH, SOMETHING THAT THEY, THEY CAN LEARN THAT THERE IS, THAT THEY CAN DO, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE 
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DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO. 
          UM, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY CAN'T DO. 
          THEY WANT, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO. 
          AND SO THIS PROGRAM IN THE SUMMERTIME, IT'S, IT'S A DAY PROGRAM. 
          SO WE GO OUT AND WE DO THINGS IN THE, IN THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE, UH, WE'VE GONE TO MUSEUMS AND, UH, JUST KINDA LEARN ABOUT YOUR YOURSELF AND ABOUT THE WORLD THAT YOU LIVE IN. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, HOLIDAY, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO. 
          UM, THESE RANGE FROM, UH, ADAPTIVE NIGHT AT SANTA'S VILLAGE TO, UH, GO TO SEE THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS. 
          UH, WE TAKE A SENIOR CENTER VAN AND, AND JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SOMETIMES GO TO A SPECIFIC PLACE THAT SPECIALIZES AND HAS MILLIONS OF LED LIGHTS THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT. 
          AND, UH, THEN SOMETIMES WE GO TO THEATRICAL PLAYS, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO HELP THEM GET OUT AND, AND ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          AND THEN THE, SOME OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE DO, UH, THE SUMMER LUAU, UH, THAT IS HELD AT HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER, THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE GUYS DON'T GET A CHANCE TO GO TO HAWAII A LOT. 
          AND I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, I NEVER GOT TO SEE A LUAU TILL I WENT TO HAWAII. 
          WELL, WE BRING THE LUAU TO TEXAS. 
          AND SO IN THAT EXPERIENCE, THEY GET TO HAVE AUTHENTIC, UH, LUAU FOOD, HAWAIIAN FOOD. 
          UH, THEY GET TO HAVE AUTHENTIC ENTERTAINMENT. 
          UH, THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD A STEEL DRUM PLAYER. 
          UH, IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE'VE HAD HULA DANCERS. 
          WE'VE HAD A FIRE BATON, UH, PERSON TO, UH, DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SEEING THAT AT NIGHT, I MEAN, THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AWESOME TO SEE. 
          AND THEN ONCE THE ENTERTAINMENT IS DONE, THEN THEY HAVE THE AMENITIES AT THE, UH, FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER TO WHERE THEY GET TO GO AND, AND HAVE A BIG POOL PARTY. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG HITS THAT WE HAVE. 
          THEN WE HAVE THE VALENTINE JUBILEE, THE WILD WEST HOEDOWN AND THE HALLOWEEN BASH. 
          THOSE ARE THREE DANCES AND DINNERS THAT WE PROVIDE AT HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY GET A THREE-COURSE MEAL. 
          UM, AND, UH, A LOT OF THESE GUYS HAVE, UH, EATING, UH, REQUIREMENTS. 
          UH, SO WE DO OUR BEST TO STAY WITHIN THOSE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT WAY THEY CAN PARTICIPATE AND EAT IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE A DJ AT THESE EVENTS, UH, SO THAT, UH, THEY CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR AND HAVE A PROFESSIONAL DJ COME IN AND, AND, UH, PLAY MODERN MUSIC. 
          UM, UH, GOOD OLD FASHIONED MUSIC FOR THOSE OF US THAT, THAT LIKE THAT. 
          UM, BUT OUR HALLOWEEN BASH IS, IS REALLY TOP NOTCH BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY GET TO DRESS UP AND THEY GET TO WEAR COSTUMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEY LOVE IT. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THEY ALL WANT TO DO. 
          NOT ALL OF THEM DO IT, BUT A LOT OF 'EM WANT TO DO IT. 
          AND, AND SOME DO. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, TROPHIES THAT WE GIVE ON, YOU KNOW, COSTUME CONTEST, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, AND THIS YEAR I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, UH, FACE PAINTER. 
          SO THEREFORE EVERYBODY WILL GET A CHANCE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF COSTUME, WHETHER THEY WEAR ONE OR NOT. 
          AND, UH, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN ALL PARTICIPATE IN THAT. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE A BOWLING NIGHT, WHICH IS, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTO SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOWLING, UM, THAT IS HUGE IN THIS AREA. 
          AND SO THE BOWLING NIGHT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO GO TO A LOCAL BOWLING ALLEY, AND THEY GET TO, UH, SHOW OFF THEIR BOWLING SKILLS TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 
          UH, SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS LIKE TO COME AND JUST WATCH 'EM BOWL AND, AND OF COURSE, THEIR FRIENDS WHO, WHO ARE PARTICIPATING OR WHO DON'T PARTICIPATE GET TO SEE IT, AND THEN THEY GET TO PARTICIPATE. 
          AND, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, OUR NEXT BUILDING LIGHT IS TOMORROW NIGHT, AND WE HAVE OVER 30 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO GO. 
          SO IT, IT'S, OR PRETTY CLOSE TO IT. 
          UM, THAT'S A BIG, UH, EVENT THAT THEY LIKE TO DO. 
          UM, ONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS, UH, SHE WANTED TO GIVE HER OPINION OF WHAT OUR RAC PROGRAM MEANS TO HER. 
          AND SO, UH, FOR HER, SHE SAYS IT'S LIKE THERAPY. 
          WE COME IN AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR LIVES AND GIVE EACH OTHER SUPPORT. 
          BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT FOR HER. 
          UH, BEFORE SHE STARTED THE ADAPTIVE PROGRAM, UH, SHE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE VERY MANY FRIENDS, UH, UH, DUE TO HER NEURODIVERGENCE. 
          AND, UH, BUT AFTER COMING TO THE WRAP PROGRAM, UH, SHE'S GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SHE NOW CONSIDERS FRIENDS AND SHE GETS TO SOCIALIZE WITH THEM ONCE 
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A MONTH, UH, IN THESE ACTIVITIES. 
          AND ACTUALLY, SHE HAS THOSE FRIENDS MEET WITH HER OUTSIDE OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL NOW. 
          AND SO NOW SHE HAS A SUPPORT GROUP BESIDES JUST AT OUR PROGRAMS, BUT IN HER EVERYDAY, UH, LIVING. 
          UH, ALSO FOR MY MOM, IT'S A PLACE SHE FEELS SAFE DROPPING ME OFF WHILE SHE GOES TO DINNER WITH FRIENDS. 
          AND IT GIVES HER TIME AWAY, LITTLE BIT OF RESPITE TIME SO THAT SHE CAN REJUVENATE HERSELF AND BE ABLE TO BE THE SUPPORT THAT SHE NEEDS WHENEVER SHE COMES BACK TO PICK UP HER CHILD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UM, AS ERICA MENTIONED IN HER COMMENTS THERE, AND AS ALAN SEES EVERY DAY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE FOUR MAIN COMMUNITY IMPACTS, UM, THAT WE KIND OF SEE THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM. 
          FIRST ONE IS SOCIAL CONNECTION. 
          SO AS ERICA TALKED ABOUT, MAKING THOSE FRIENDS WITHIN THE GROUP, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THOSE CONNECTIONS WHILE THEY'RE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING WITHIN OUR GROUP, BUT IT'S FORMING THOSE CONNECTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THOSE FRIENDSHIPS THAT CARRY FORWARD INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY CAN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT THEY'RE HANGING OUT WITH AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO DO LIFE WITH, UM, OUTSIDE OF JUST OUR PROGRAM. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY OUR PROGRAM CAN PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO MEET THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, CAREGIVER RESPITE, UM, JUST AS ERICA MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, HER MOM FEELS COMFORTABLE DROPPING HER OFF TO, TO OUR PROGRAM AND IS ABLE TO GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME DINNER WITH SOME FRIENDS OR WHATEVER. 
          UM, WE HOPE THAT ALL CAREGIVERS FEEL THAT WAY, WHETHER IT BE FOR A DAY THAT WE'RE TAKING THEM OUT ON ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS, UM, OR ONE OF THE EVENING ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE A PARENT OR A GRANDPARENT, WHOEVER IT IS THAT THAT CARETAKER IS, FEELS THAT THEY CAN FEEL SAFE DROPPING THEIR LOVED ONE OFF WITH US, AND THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, GO TO DINNER, GO TO THE GYM, DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO TO RECHARGE SO THAT WHEN THEY COME BACK AND PICK UP THEIR LOVED ONE, THEY'RE RECHARGED AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE BETTER SUPPORT, UM, TO THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT'S WITHIN THEIR FAMILY. 
          UM, AND THEN INDEPENDENT LEISURE. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY OUR, OUR, UM, ACTIVITIES ARE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO RECREATION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          BUT WHAT IT'S MORE ABOUT IS ALSO TEACHING THEM AND GIVING THEM THE CONFIDENCE SO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND EXPERIENCE THOSE THINGS ON THEIR OWN AS WELL, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING THEM THE SKILLS AND GIVING THEM THE, YOU KNOW, THE FEELING OF COMFORTABLE THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THESE THINGS OUTSIDE OF OUR PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND THEN COMMUNITY INTEGRATION AS WELL, YOU KNOW, AS ALAN TALKED ABOUT, WE GET THESE, UM, INDIVIDUALS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PART OF THAT IS TO, TO NORMALIZE, YOU KNOW, THE FEELING OF INCLUSION FOR THEM SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THEY'RE OUT IN RICHARDSON, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THESE SPACES AND THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE, WHETHER IT BE GOING OUT TO THE STORE OR TO RECREATE IN SOME WAY OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS, UH, ONE THING YOU GOTTA HAVE IS A BUDGET. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS OUR BUDGET THAT WE WORK ON. 
          UH, THIS BUDGET, UH, PAYS FOR ALL OF THE PROGRAM AND EVENT COSTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, PAYS FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES NEEDED, UH, FOR THE ACTIVITIES. 
          AND ALSO THE, UH, COMMUNITY ADDING AND LOGISTICS, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE TICKETS, UH, TO SPORTING EVENTS AND, UH, OR OTHER EVENTS THAT WE DO. 
          UM, AND, UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE BONES BEHIND WHAT WE DO. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO REGISTER, UH, REGISTER ONLINE, UH, BY PHONE OR IN PERSON. 
          AND YOU CAN REGISTER AT ANY ONE OF THE REC CENTERS, UH, THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, SO THERE'S VERY, UH, WIDE VARIETY OF HOW, HOW YOU GET YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE CLASS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I THINK PROBABLY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM CAN AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, A BIG PART OF EQUITY IS MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE IN THE PROGRAMS CAN ACTUALLY BE IN THE PROGRAMS. UM, AND THAT IS WHY WE OFFER THIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO ALL THE, YEAH, THE INCOME LEVELS THAT YOU SEE ON HERE ARE BASED ON ISDS, UM, INCOME LEVELS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          SO IF THEIR NUMBERS WERE TO CHANGE, OUR NUMBERS WOULD CHANGE AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT ANYONE THAT QUALIFIES FOR THIS CAN GET UP TO 50% OFF, UM, FROM OUR PROGRAM, IF THAT REALLY ANYTHING CROSS PARKS AND REC. 
          BUT IF THAT WOULD INCLUDE OUR ADAPTIVE RECREATION PROGRAMMING AS WELL. 
          UM, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT TO OUR PARKS ADMINISTRATION, PARKS AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, UM, AND WE WILL GET THAT, UH, TURNAROUND FOR THEM SO THAT THEY CAN GET THAT, THAT DISCOUNT ON THERE, UM, FOR THEM AS WE, AND HOPEFULLY WE GET MORE INDIVIDUALS INTO OUR PROGRAM. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THAT WE OFFER THIS IS JUST TO BREAK DOWN THAT BARRIER, THAT, THAT COST BARRIER. 
          WE DON'T, WE WANT TO OFFER THIS PROGRAM TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THE PROHIBITIVE FACTOR TO BE THAT THEY JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO COME IN AND BE A PART OF IT. 
          UM, SO AL AND I REACHED OUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LOOKED INTO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT ALSO OFFER ADAPTIVE RECREATION PROGRAMS, UM, JUST TO KIND OF SEE HOW WE STACKED UP. 
          UH, SO THE FIVE CATEGORIES THAT WE LOOKED AT WERE, YOU KNOW, DO THEY HAVE DEDICATED ADAPTIVE PROGRAM? ARE THEY A YEAR ROUND PROGRAMMING, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, UM, COMMUNITY OUTINGS AND SOCIAL EVENTS AND SPECIALTY OFFERINGS. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, BOTH RICHARDSON AND PLANO OFFER ALL OF THOSE ITEMS. 
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UM, GARLAND DOESN'T OFFER ALL OF THEM, BUT THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE A FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER DEDICATED JUST TO THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB AT, AT DISTANCE OF OUTREACH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS PROGRAM THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          AND I BET YOU ASKED YOURSELF WELL, HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS HAPPEN? WELL, WE MAKE IT HAPPEN THROUGH SPECIALIZED RESOURCES, EQUIPMENT, AND A LOT OF PLANNING. 
          UH, TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE HELP WITH, UH, WE USE THE CITY SENIOR, UH, SENIOR CITY BUSES, UH, WHICH ARE ALL WITH, UH, CAPABLE OF HAVING, UH, CHAIR LIFTS, UH, THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO MEET ANY PHYSICAL DISABILITY THAT, UH, UH, COMES, UH, WITH PROGRAM. 
          AND, UH, THEN, UH, WITH REGARDS TO OUR ADAPTIVE PROGRAMMING, UH, THE EACH CLASS, UH, IS INDIVIDUALLY, UM, SET UP TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE CLASS. 
          UH, AS BEING A-C-T-R-S, I'M ABLE TO GIVE SOME OF MY EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE, UH, TO THE INSTRUCTORS IF THEY COME UP WITH, UH, AN ISSUE THAT THEY, THEY'RE NOT SURE OF HOW TO HANDLE. 
          UM, I CAN EITHER, I EITHER KNOW ABOUT IT OR I CAN GET THE INFORMATION TO HELP THEM, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE NEEDS MET, UH, SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN, UH, BE ABLE TO, UH, SUCCESSFULLY HAVE A GOOD TIME DURING THE PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN, UH, FACILITY ACCOMMODATIONS, OF COURSE, OUR REC CENTERS ARE, UH, UH, CLEARLY MADE, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE ANY KIND OF, UH, MOBILITY ISSUE. 
          UM, I DO GO OUT, UH, TO THE PROGRAM SPACES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AT, UM, SUCH AS, UH, THE, UM, UH, BRECKENRIDGE PARK, UH, AND THE, UH, UH, FRISBEE GOLF COURSE. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE, UH, THERE ARE, UH, SOME, SOME, UH, THERE'S ABOUT NINE OF THE HOLES THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY PLAY ON. 
          UM, BUT I GO OUT THERE AND I, AND I CHECK 'EM ALL OUT BEFORE WE HAVE AN EVENT. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT WAY I CAN TAILOR IT TO, UH, WHAT WE'RE, UH, UH, WHO WE'RE OFFERING IT TO, AND THAT WAY THEY, THEY HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TIME. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, IF WE GO TO A SPECIAL EVENT SOMEWHERE, I GO OUT THERE AND I CHECK OUT THE SURFACES AND EVERYTHING, MAKE SURE THAT IF I HAVE SOMEBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR THAT, UH, IF THEY HAVE NOTHING BUT GRAVEL, YOU KNOW, THAT I CAN, UH, EITHER FIND A WAY TO, UH, GET THEM THROUGH THAT OR, UH, TALK TO THEM ABOUT MAYBE HAVING SOME, UH, PLYWOOD OR SOMETHING OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE, UH, THE, THE TRANSITION EASY FOR THE PERSON THAT IS, UH, USING SOME KIND OF MOBILITY, UH, SERVICE. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION IDENTIFIES THREE PILLARS IN PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          UM, AND WE FEEL THAT OUR PROGRAM ADVANCES TWO OF THEM. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE HEALTH AND WELLBEING. 
          SO NRPA DEFINES THAT AS PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS PLAY A ROLE IN ENSURING ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES TO GET ACTIVE, UM, WE FEEL WE ARE DOING THAT BY ADDRESSING THAT 47% THAT IS INACTIVE, UM, ACROSS THIS POPULATION BY OFFERING THOSE FITNESS CLASSES, KARATE AND DANCE CLASSES, UM, AS WELL AS THOSE MONTHLY OUTINGS AND SOCIAL EVENTS, UH, TO SUPPORT MENTAL WELLBEING AND COMBAT ISOLATION THAT CAN COME WITH THIS GROUP. 
          UM, THE SECOND ONE IS EQUITY. 
          UM, SO NRPA DEFINES THAT AS ENSURING ALL PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE BENEFITS OF LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          UM, AND OUR PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT IT IS BREAKING DOWN THOSE BARRIERS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THOSE PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DISABILITIES AND GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, AS WELL AS ALSO OFFERING THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN OFFER IT TO MORE INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO THIRDLY, THE, UH, COMMUNITY OUTINGS THAT HELP INTEGRATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR CITY, UH, SO THEY CAN FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, NOT ONLY IN OUR PROGRAMMING, BUT ALSO JUST PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSION MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND OR COMMENTS? CONGRATULATIONS. 
          YOU'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB AS WELL. 
          EH, QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY TO CONNECT THIS COMMUNITY TO COMPANIES AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM HERE IN RICHARDSON? IN TERMS OF LIKE, SPONSORSHIPS, AND I LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, COMPANIES HERE IN RICHARDSON OR ALL THESE, UH, HEADQUARTERS THAT WE HAVE SEEN HERE IN RICHARDSON, MEDIUM 
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COMPANIES, SMALL COMPANIES. 
          HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY TO EMPOWER THESE COM, THESE, THESE, UH, CITIZENS, THESE COMMUNITIES THAT SUFFER ANY KIND OF DISABILITY? WELL, MOST, MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY HAVE JOBS, UM, A LOT OF 'EM WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS AT GROCERY STORES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SO, UM, YES, FUNDING IS VERY HARD TO COME BY, UH, UH, WITH, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, UH, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH, UH, THAT'S ON THEIR PLATE. 
          UM, THAT'S WHY WE DO TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING AS COST, UH, EFFICIENT. 
          YES. 
          WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE AGE RANGE OF YOUR PARTICIPANTS? LIKE WAS THE YOUNGEST TO OLDEST? UM, IN OUR, UH, LIKE OUR, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS WHERE WE GO OFF CAMPUS, THAT IS 18 AND UP. 
          UM, FOR, FOR AT THE RECREATION CENTER, UH, IT'S USUALLY ABOUT, UH, 14 AND UP FOR THE DANCES. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF 'EM ARE ADULTS AND, AND 14 YEAR OLDS REALLY DON'T WANNA ASSOCIATE WITH THE ADULTS YET 'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL KIDS. 
          UM, BUT THEN IN THE CLASSES WE DO HAVE, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE MOST OF OUR YOUNG FOLKS, UM, WHO ARE PARTICIPATING LIKE BEYOND KARATE. 
          I BELIEVE THEY START AT, UH, FIVE OR SIX. 
          UM, SO IT, IT'S, UH, IT'S MORE OR LESS IN OUR CLASSES THAT ARE ONGOING WHERE WE HAVE OUR, UH, CHILDREN, UH, THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN MAYBE SECOND QUESTION IS THAT, DO YOU HAVE TRANSLATION SERVICES AVAILABLE? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SPANISH OR OTHER LANGUAGES? THAT'S THE THIRD MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN TEXAS FOR SOME. 
          UM, NOT AT THE MOMENT, NO. 
          BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO IT. 
          HAS ANYONE EXPRESSED A NEED FOR IT OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT COME UP? UM, NOT AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, MOST, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN, UM, ARE JUST REGISTERING FOR MEMBERSHIPS, UH, THAT SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 
          AND SO MOST OF THE, UH, LANGUAGE BARRIERS IS HELD AT THE FRONT DESK, UH, WHICH WE ARE, UH, FORTUNATE AT HEIGHTS. 
          I, UM, CAN'T SPEAK FOR HUFFINES 'CAUSE I WORK AT HEIGHTS, BUT FORTUNATELY FOR US AT HEIGHTS, WE DO HAVE, UH, SEVERAL EMPLOYEES THERE THAT DO SPEAK SPANISH AND, AND VIETNAMESE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO. 
          AND LASTLY, THIS IS A PROGRAM ONLY OPEN TO RICHARDSON RESIDENTS? NO, IT'S OPEN TO RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS ALIKE. 
          WOW. 
          UH, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS A $2 NON-RESIDENT FEE, UH, THAT THEY PAY. 
          AND IF THE, UH, IF THE PROGRAM IS NOT SPECIFICALLY AT HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER, THEN NORMALLY WE'LL WAIVE THAT BECAUSE TO TRAVEL IT IS USUALLY A MORE EXPENSIVE, UH, BECAUSE THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE USUALLY ABOUT $30 OR HIGHER, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO WE NORMALLY WAIVE THE NON-RESIDENT FEE JUST BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF HOW MUCH IT COST. 
          UH, YES, YES. 
          OH, UM, I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY WHEN, HOW LONG THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR? UH, 2004. 
          2004, WE STARTED WITH, UH, A CAMP, UH, A CAMP OUT AND I CAME ON AT TWO IN MARCH OF 2006. 
          AND THAT'S WHENEVER WE REALLY STARTED TO, UH, GET GOING, UH, WITH THE SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          AND THEN SLOWLY BUT SURELY, UH, WE STARTED IN WITH THE, UH, UH, CLASSES THAT WE OFFER. 
          UH, HOWEVER, I LEARNED VERY EARLY THAT, UM, BECAUSE THE MONEY SITUATION IS SO TIGHT, UH, UH, IN REGARDS TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO COME IN AND DO CLASSES ALL THE TIME. 
          SO THEY, AND, AND WITH OTHER CITIES LIKE PLANO AND, AND GARLAND, THEY, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF OPTIONS AND SO THEY PICK AND CHOOSE MM-HMM . 
          AND SO WE DISCOVERED THAT SPECIAL EVENTS IS MORE, UM, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S EASIER TO ATTRACT THAN CORE CLASSES. 
          SO I FEEL GREAT THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE FULL, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MORE SPECIAL EVENTS THAN WE DO CLASSES. 
          AND WITH OUR EVENTS AND OUR CLASS AND EVERYTHING, UM, ALAN IS CONSTANTLY CHECKING WITH THE OTHER CITIES SO THAT WE'RE NOT OVERLAPPING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AS SIMILAR. 
          UM, 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ENJOY ONE TYPE OF ACTIVITY, SO THEY MIGHT GO TO PLAINTIFF FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT ACTIVITY THIS MONTH, BUT THEN IN TWO OR THREE MONTHS THEY MIGHT COME TO RICHARDSON. 
          UM, 
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SO HE'S KIND OF CONSTANTLY IN CONTACT WITH THOSE OTHER FOLKS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE THIS POPULATION. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, KNOW WE'RE NOT TRYING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, HOLD 'EM TO OURSELVES. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHATEVER. 
          AND, AND ON THAT NOTE, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 20 YEARS, UM, WE, WE ALWAYS KIND OF DO THINGS ON THE SAME WEEKEND. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, EVERY MONTH. 
          SO THEREFORE PLANO HAS LIKE THE FIRST WEEKEND AND THEN WE GET THE THIRD WEEKEND AND GAR, IT MIGHT TAKE THE SECOND WEEKEND AND CARROLLTON MIGHT TAPE THE FOURTH WEEKEND . 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF WORK THINGS AROUND SO THAT WE DON'T STEP ON EACH OTHER'S TOES. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I'M IN WITH THEM TO SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, ARE Y'ALL DOING RODEO THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING RODEO, BUT IF Y'ALL ARE DOING RODEO, WE WON'T DO RODEO. 
          WE'LL DO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          SO IT'S THAT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT CITIES TO WHERE WE CAN OFFER MORE TO THEM AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, NOT HINDER THEM FROM, OH, I REALLY WANT THIS ONE, BUT I REALLY WANT THIS ONE. 
          WHAT AM I GONNA DO? . 
          YEAH, THAT'S REALLY GREAT. 
          I MEAN, I, I THE COOPERATION AND THE COMMUNICATION, ABSOLUTELY. 
          IT'S, UM, OR IT'S SOMETHING THAT OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD DO. 
          LIKE IT'S PHENOMENAL. 
          UM, DO YOU HAVE, HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET DEMOGRAPHICS ON IT TO SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING? I MEAN, LET'S SAY COGNITIVE VERSUS PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR JUST REGULAR DEMOGRAPHICS? HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO DO ALL THAT, OR, UM, I CAN JUST TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE MORE COGNITIVE DISABILITIES THAT WOULD DO PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO DO HALF THE PROGRAMS, BUT I'M, I'M TOTALLY MISTAKEN. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, UH, THE, UH, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO DISABILITIES, UM, AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO IS, UH, IT BENEFITS BOTH, SO RIGHT. 
          BUT, UM, AS OF NOW, THERE'S NO REAL POOL OF NUMBERS TO REALLY LOOK AT AND SEE WHERE WE CAN NOT OFFICIALLY, NO. 
          OKAY. 
          DO YOU FIND THAT, UH, INDIVIDUALS SINCE, SINCE POINT OH AND ALL OF THEM ARE CLOSE BY, IF YOU MAY HAVE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE DIFFERENT CITIES PARTICIPATED? ABSOLUTELY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I HAD A COUPLE RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          OH, NO. 
          UM, THE SPONSORSHIPS, SPONSORSHIP AND DONATIONS, CORPORATE OR OTHERWISE, YOU CAN ACCEPT CORPORATE? WE CAN, YES. 
          BUT, AND DO YOU HAVE A TOP SPONSOR RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS DOLLAR AMOUNT GOES FOR THIS PROGRAM? WE DO NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          HOWEVER, WE JUST, UM, THINK WE'RE WORKING RE-DESIGNATED SOMEBODY WHO IS NOW OUR SPONSORSHIP COORDINATOR MANAGER. 
          UM, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS ON HIS RADAR TO START SEEKING SPONSORS FOR PARKS AND REC. 
          THAT PERSON HAS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR PARKS. 
          AND SO, OKAY. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT ALAN MENTIONED, THERE ARE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OR DONATION OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S FOOD OR IN KIND SERVICES. 
          AND I THINK YOU DO WORK WITH SOMEBODY ON IN KIND ALREADY? WELL, WE, WE, WE WORK WITH A, UH, A PERSON THAT, UH, PLAYS PING PONG, UH, AT HEIGHTS, HE IS A CHEF BY TRADE, AND SO HE WORKS WITH ME A LOT ON THE FOOD. 
          SURE. 
          UH, THAT WE OFFER HIM OUR DINNERS. 
          AND HE HAS, UH, GRACIOUSLY VOLUNTEERED A LOT OF HIS TIME OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, UH, TO HELP. 
          'CAUSE HE HAS A HEART FOR FOR SURE THE POPULATION. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S HOW WE ARE ABLE TO FUNCTION WITHIN OUR, EXCUSE ME, WITHIN OUR BUDGET. 
          BECAUSE I FOUND OUT LAST YEAR, UH, WHEN WE, UH, UH, ACTUALLY CATERED ONE OF OUR DINNERS. 
          WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT, HOW MUCH THEY COST. 
          IT WAS LIKE $1,500. 
          AND I WAS JUST, I WAS CURIOUS WHAT THE DOLLAR ABOUTS BE CORPORATE. 
          SO USUALLY OUR FOOD BUDGET IS ABOUT $600 PER DINNER. 
          UM, SURE. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH SAM'S AND WALMART AND ALL THAT. 
          UH, BUT WITH, WITH HIS INPUT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO COME UP WITH THE, THE FIVE STAR MILLS THAT, UH, THEY, THEY'VE COME TO . 
          SO, YEAH. 
          WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR SINGLE MOST POPULAR EVENT THAT YOU WOULD SAY TODAY? OH, GOODNESS. 
          UM, OR IS THERE ONE THAT YOU'RE, YOU FIELD CALLS FOR THAT SAY, WHEN'S THIS OPEN? IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BOAT RIDE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SAY THAT ENGINE MAKES THE HOT WIND BASH AFTER THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          DO YOU HAVE PO UH, I'M PIGGYBACKING A LITTLE BIT OFF AUDREY. 
          WHEN YOU SAID, DO PEOPLE, UH, FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FOLLOW AND DO THAT TOGETHER, UM, DO YOU HAVE PO I'M THINKING ABOUT LIKE, MY POSSIBILITIES. 
          I'M THINKING ABOUT HEROES. 
          I'M THINKING ABOUT, UH, UH, ORGAN NONPROFITS IN THE AREA WHO SERVE A SIMILAR 
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POPULATION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ARE THERE PO ARE YOU IN COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE, THOSE RESPECTIVE GROUPS TO OFFER OR TO, TO, UM, HOW TO EDUCATE ON OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE? WELL, A LOT OF OUR PARTICIPANTS COME FROM MY POSSIBILITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY HELP US GET, SO WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S A SHARED, UH, COMMUNICATION CHANNEL THERE TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          WHAT IS ONE POSSIBILITY? UM, THEY SERVE, THEY SERVE PEOPLE WITH VARYING ABILITIES, LIKE FOR BOTH. 
          I MEAN, UH, IT'S A NON-PROFIT, UM, IN RICHARDSON. 
          UH, THEY, ARE THEY HEADQUARTERS OUT OF PLANO? MAYBE NOW BOTH. 
          THEY USED TO BE IN RESEARCH ON YES. 
          BUT THEY HAVE, I SEE. 
          THEY HAVE A GOOD FOOTPRINT AND HEROES. 
          AND THERE'S A COUPLE, OTHERS ARE REALLY GREAT ABOUT HELPING INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE A DISABILITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DISABILITIES. 
          SO THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE, IT'S FANTASTIC. 
          AND WE THINK IT'S A GROWING POPULATION. 
          RIGHT. 
          THE I SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY, YOU WOULD KNOW MORE, BUT YEAH. 
          I WOULD SAY YES. 
          I THINK UNFORTUNATELY WE KNOW BETTER AND WE DO BETTER MAYBE TODAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO NOT NECESSARILY GROWING, BUT MAYBE IDENTIFIED BETTER THAN COULD BOTH BE, THAN WHAT WE HAVE. 
          YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. 
          SURE. 
          THAT'S TRUE. 
          I AGREE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          ANY OTHER YES. 
          YES. 
          I WANT NO, GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          SO, UM, JONATHAN, UH, SO, EH, UM, MY QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU ARE SERVING 50 TO SIX, 50 TO 60 EH, PARTICIPANTS PER YEAR, ARE THEY COMING BACK EVERY YEAR OR THEY'RE THEY'RE MOVING. 
          IT IS LIKE A DYNAMIC GROUP THAT EACH YEAR ARE CHANGING. 
          THEY'RE COMING BACK A LOT. 
          THEY'RE NOT, WE HAVE A HIGH TURNOVER RATE OF PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY COMING IN AND DOING OUR PROGRAM. 
          LIKE 90%, A HUNDRED PERCENT OR OH, IN REGARDS TO RETENTION. 
          RETENTION, EXACTLY. 
          YEAH. 
          I'LL PROBABLY SAY ABOUT 95% RETENTION. 
          YEAH. 
          IT MEANS SOMETHING. 
          IT DOES. 
          ONCE THESE INDIVIDUALS FIND THESE PROGRAMS, THEY SEEM TO STICK TO THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          WOW. 
          AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. 
          YES. 
          THEY ARE MAKING CONNECTIONS THAT CARRY OUTSIDE OF OUR PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHEN THEY GO TO THIS, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN GOING TO HANG OUT WITH THEIR FRIENDS. 
          YES. 
          HIGH SCHOOLERS OR JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING IN THOSE ACTIVITIES, STAYING HERE, THEY HAVE A CONNECTION AND THEY'RE KEEPING THAT CONNECTION AS CLOSELY AS THEY CAN. 
          I MEAN, UH, ERICA'S QUOTE ON HERE IS THE, YOU KNOW, PERFECT EXAMPLE OF YES. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S WHY SHE'S BEEN IN THERE FOR YEARS NOW, RIGHT. 
          SHE, SHE'S BEEN IN OUR PROGRAM FOR EVER SINCE COVID. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I MEAN, PROBABLY NEVER LOSE HER AS LONG AS SHE LIVES HERE, SO THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          MAYBE, MAYBE WHILE I OVER HERE YES, PLEASE. 
          NO, GO AHEAD. 
          START IT TOWARDS, UH, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE JUST WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IS THIS A, IS THERE A WAY IN WHICH SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS COULD BE TAKEN AND HIGHLIGHTED IN RICHARDSON TODAY? AND MAYBE IT'S ALREADY BEING DONE, BUT IT'D BE NICE, LIKE IF THERE'S A SPOTLIGHT AND, AND EVERY, EVERY MONTH THERE'S, UH, ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS IS SPEC AND HIGHLIGHTED AND YEAH. 
          SO I, I WOULD SAY, WHETHER IT BE YOU OR IF YVONNE WERE CALLING ME ASKING FOR THE SAME THING, I WOULD SAY WE CAN'T DEDICATE THAT KIND OF SPACE IN RICHARDSON TODAY TO SAY, EVERY MONTH WE'RE GONNA DO AN ARTICLE ON THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          UH, IT, IT COMES TO, 'CAUSE WE GET THAT REQUEST ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          I MEAN, THERE'D BE, EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO, TO DO. 
          SO WHAT WE DO WHEN WE DO THOSE THINGS, FOR INSTANCE, EISMAN CENTER THAT WAS HERE BEFORE, THEY HAVE A DEDICATED SECTION IN WHICH EVERY EDITION, WHICH SINCE TODAY, THEY GET BELOW OUR COMMUNITY CALENDAR LIBRARY. 
          AND THE SENIOR CENTER SENIOR CENTERS PROBABLY SINCE BEFORE I GOT HERE, WE HAVE A SECTION. 
          THEY, THEY NOT ONLY GET WHAT, WHAT TWO PAGES. 
          A LOT OF STUDENTS, THEY, THEY GET A LOT. 
          UM, HE KEEPS LOOKING BACK AT ME, , IT HAPPENS TO BE A BUILDING I EVER SEE . 
          UM, AND THEN THE LIBRARIES. 
          SO BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH HIGHLY USED PROGRAMS AND WE HAVE A, A VERY LARGE AUDIENCE FOR THAT, THAT'S WHAT KIND OF DICTATES OUR SUPPLY AND DEMAND, SO TO SPEAK, FOR, FOR WHAT WE DO. 
          BUT AGAIN, THROUGHOUT WHICH, WHICH YOU DID KIND OF NOTE, I MEAN, YES, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE DO TAKE THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND FOR INSTANCE, WHENEVER THEY HAVE THESE SPECIAL PROGRAMS, EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY HAVE THESE SPECIAL PROGRAMS, WE DO IT ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          IT'S ON OUR DIGITAL CHANNELS, IT IS IN OUR PRINT. 
          UM, AND MUCH LIKE THE DISCUSSION WE HAD BEFORE WITH SEEING THE ICON, THEIR ADVERTISERS ADAPTIVE, UH, PROGRAMS, SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR IT CAN EASILY RECOGNIZE IT. 
          AND, AND THAT'S HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO, TO, WE, WE PUT THEM IN THERE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE IN THERE WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING AND, AND PEOPLE CAN GRAVITATE TOWARDS 'EM. 
          UM, BUT WE DON'T DO ON A REGULAR BASIS OR ON A MONTHLY BASIS, A COMMUNITY PROFILE, SO TO SPEAK, WHERE 
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WE'RE CONSTANTLY DOING A CHURN OF THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE TYPICALLY, UH, DEDICATE THAT SPACE FOR THOSE TYPES OF PURPOSES WHEN THEY'RE, UM, COUNCIL DRIVEN. 
          SO, UH, FOR INSTANCE, SOME, THE, THE TWO MOST RECENT ADDITIONS LIKE THAT, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'VE MADE, UH, IS NOW HAPPENING QUARTERLY. 
          AND IT'S THE INSERTS WE DO. 
          ONE IS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN ONE IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THE, AND IN FACT, OCTOBER EDITION THAT'S COMING OUT, YOU'LL SEE AN INSERT. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT ADDS PAGES TO OUR, OUR, OUR PUBLICATION WHERE WE SPECIFICALLY DO COVERAGE OF, OF THOSE. 
          BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN THOSE, THOSE AREAS. 
          WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THIS? ON THE, UM, RICHARDSON WEBSITE. 
          IT'S UNDER THE PARK. 
          AND, AND THEY KNOW, SO THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED CLASS, AND IT'S WHERE EVERYBODY GOES TO SIGN UP FOR, UH, THE PARKS RECREATION PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S, I MEAN, AND THAT'S GONNA BE ADVERTISED EVERY, IT'S SIX TIMES A YEAR IN THE RICHARDSON TODAY AMONG, AS WELL AS, UH, THE, THE DIGITAL PLATFORMS THAT, UM, WE ADVERTISE FOR. 
          HERE'S, SO THAT'S ANOTHER INSERT THAT WE DO SIX TIMES A YEAR, UM, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF THE YEAR WE PUT ANOTHER INSERT THAT HAS AN ENTIRE LISTING OF EVERY PROGRAM THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH THE RECREATION CENTERS, GYMNASTICS CENTER, UH, SUMMER PROGRAMMING. 
          AND SO THOSE IDENTIFY, UH, IDENTIFY THE, THE INCLUDING THE SENIOR PROGRAMS ALSO AND THE VOLUNTEERS AND ALL THAT. 
          WELL, THE SENIOR PAGES HAVE THE SENIOR PROGRAMS. YEAH. 
          BUT, BUT VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEER ASSISTANTS AND STUFF. 
          WHEN WE LOOK FOR VOLUNTEERS, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, UH, COTTONWOOD WAS THE MOST RECENT ONE WE ADVERTISED THAT, HEY, COTTONWOODS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS AGAIN, WALLFLOWER WEBSITES, WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES. 
          AND TO JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON GREG'S POINT TO FIND THESE CLASSES ONLINE, YOU CAN GO TO OUR REGISTER ONLINE, UM, SECTION. 
          WE'VE GOT IT ON MULTIPLE PAGES IN THE PARKS AND REC, UM, WEBSITE SECTION. 
          AND THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO EVERY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THAT IS ONLINE AND ABLE TO BE REGISTERED FOR, INCLUDING OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          AND THEN THE VOLUNTEER SIDE, WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL PAGE DEDICATED JUST TO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          SO GREG'S POINT, WE ADVERTISE THAT IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH OUR VARIOUS EVENT, SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, BUT WE HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE YEAR ROUND. 
          THERE'S ONE PROGRAM, UM, THAT WAS PRESENTED WHERE IF A SENIOR NEEDED HELP FIXING UP LIKE THEIR FENCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THERE'S A PROGRAM IN RICHARDSON. 
          IS THAT PART OF PARKS AND REC, OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE? NO, NO, THAT'S THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICES. 
          SO THAT WAS, I DUNNO IF YOU REMEMBER HER NAME, LINDSEY YEAH. 
          PRESENTED TO THIS GROUP. 
          AND THAT'S ALSO LISTED ON THE VOLUNTEER PAGE, UH, WITH VOLUNTEER PAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S COURT MEANT FOUR SLASH VOLUNTEER AND SO ON, THAT IT GIVES YOU EVERY, IT'S NOT JUST PARKS AND RECREATION, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONNECT YOU WITH THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES. 
          SO IT'S, EVERY, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE THAT'S GOT A VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY IS LISTED ON THAT SITE. 
          OKAY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THOUGH, WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OUR CLASSES ONLINE, IF YOU LOOK FOR ADAPTIVE OR INCLUSIVE, THOSE WORDS, UH, WOULD BRING UP THE, UH, CLASSES. 
          BECAUSE IN ACTIVE NET IT HAS A SECTION AS, WHENEVER YOU LIST CLASSES, WHAT WOULD YOU LIST THEM UNDER? AND IT'S AN ADAPTIVE, INCLUSIVE, UH, UH, SELECTION. 
          AND SO IF YOU LOOK FOR THOSE TWO ORDERS, THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THEM A LOT EASIER. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'LL FILTER EVERYTHING IN. 
          AND REALLY, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT WITH THAT. 
          IT'S ALMOST BEEN BRANDED. 
          I MEAN, UH, THE USE OF THE WORD ADAPTIVE IN, UH, CITY OF RICHARDSON PUBLICATIONS, IT HAS BEEN SO CONSISTENT THAT IT'S ALMOST BRANDING THE PROGRAMS TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS SO MUCH SO THAT THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH RAP. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, TO, UM, I, I PERSONALLY FELT A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE AS A BRAND OF ADAPTIVE MM-HMM . 
          I WANTED TO NAME IT SOMETHING ELSE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY, UH, WE CAME UP WITH RAP MM-HMM . 
          UM, JUST BECAUSE TO ME IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE FUN, YOU KNOW, HEY, COME RAP WITH US, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT YES. 
          UH, CITY OF RICHARDSON HAS HAD ADAPTIVE IN THEIR, UH, KEY WORD FOR PROGRAMMING FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          WELL, IF THERE WONDER IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE. 
          THANK, WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AGAIN, FRIENDS, WE APPRECIATE AND APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND AGAIN, MUCH LIKE I TOLD ALLIE AND GARY, YOU WON'T HURT OUR FEELINGS IF YOU  EDIT OUT AGAIN. 
          MOM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, THANK YOU GUYS. 
          OKAY, 
          [01:10:01]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CITY'S ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          ESSAY CONTEST AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART CONTEST, INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF THE CONTEST, PAST PARTICIPATION, AND THE PROMPTS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE 2027 ANNUAL EVENT. 
          SO, UM, GREG IS GONNA TAKE THAT AWAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO FOR A FEW OF YOU, YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE , UH, BUT UH, FOR A FEW OTHERS YOU HAVEN'T, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH, UH, I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH IT AS QUICK AS I CAN. 
          AT THE END OF THIS THOUGH, WE WILL HAVE SOME HOMEWORK FOR YOU. 
          WHEN I SAY HOMEWORK, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE ROOM WORK, UH, BECAUSE I'LL ASK FOR YOUR RESPONSE, UH, HERE THIS EVENING. 
          SO, WELL, LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY ALSO COMMISSION MEMBERS. 
          THIS IS IN YOUR PACKET TOO. 
          THIS PRESENTATION IS ASSIGNED. 
          YES. 
          AND SPECIFICALLY, YOU MAY WANNA GRAB THIS PAGE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO BE RESPOND TO THIS MONTE MONICA. 
          SO JUST A QUICK, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE SEEN THIS ALREADY, UH, BUT I THINK GIL, YOU MAY BE THE ONLY ONE WHO HASN'T SEEN OUR ESSAY AND R CONTENT. 
          SO, UH, FOR MOST, MOST OF OUR TEAM, IT'S, IT, THIS IS A REGURGITATION OF INFORMATION FROM LAST YEAR. 
          ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, I BRING THIS BEFORE YOU GUYS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE HAVE A ART AND ESSAY CONTEST. 
          IT'S COUNCIL DRIVEN. 
          SO CITY COUNCIL HAD A STRATEGIC GOAL A FEW YEARS AGO TO HAVE RESIDENTS, OR, SORRY, THIS IS ONE AMONG THEIR GOALS, IS TO HAVE RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS CHOOSE RICHARDSON. 
          IT'S BEST PLACE TO LOCATE, CONTRIBUTE, AND ENGAGE. 
          IT'S AN ONGOING COUNCIL TACTIC. 
          AND SO AMONG THOSE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD ADOPTED WAS IN 2021 TO LAUNCH, UH, FROM, UH, TO LAUNCH THESE CONTESTS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. 
          WE HOLD THESE IN PARTNERSHIP. 
          NOW, INCLUDED WITH THIS IS THE CULTURAL INCLUSION COMMISSION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, UH, THAT HELPS US WITH, UH, THE JUDGING. 
          THE CIEC HELPS US, WELL, I'LL GO WITH THAT ACTUALLY, THAT'S ONE OF MY FUTURE SLIDES. 
          UM, UH, RICH SIDE OF PLATO, ISD, THEY'RE ALSO PARTNER AGENCIES WITH THIS, AS WELL AS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, BASICALLY, TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOU RESIDE IN RICHARDSON OR YOU ATTEND SCHOOL IN RICHARDSON, AND YOU'RE IN GRADES ONE THROUGH 12. 
          THAT'S ALL WE REQUIRE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN, IN THE CONTEST. 
          YOU CAN BE HOMESCHOOLED, YOU CAN BE IN RISD, PISD, DOESN'T MATTER. 
          UM, AS LONG AS YOU ARE WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS, ESSENTIALLY, THEN YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO, TO DO MORE. 
          THE OUTREACH WE DO WITH THIS GOES AGAIN ON ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR CHANNELS, DIGITAL PRINTS, EVERYTHING WE DO. 
          WE USE RICHARDSON'S FACE, SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR NEWSLETTERS, AND WE GIVE THIS TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UM, AND FACT, I'M FINALIZING THE POSTER RIGHT NOW THAT WE DELIVER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEXT MONTH THAT HELPS ADVERTISE THIS FOR THE TEACHERS AND FOR THE STUDENTS. 
          LET THEM KNOW, UH, THAT WE HAVE IT COMING UP, OUR JUDGES. 
          SO WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY ROUND OF JUDGING THAT, UH, FOR THE ESSAY. 
          CONTEST IS DONE BY OUR LIBRARY, UH, OUR LIBRARIANS OVER THERE. 
          AND THEN FOR THE ARTS, UH, COMPONENT OF THE, THE CONTEST, UH, THE SAME CREW THAT DOES, UH, PUTS TOGETHER THE COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL. 
          ESSENTIALLY, THEY CHOOSE OUR FINALISTS FOR THE ART JUDGING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S THE PRELIMINARY. 
          SO THE FINALIST JUDGING COMES TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. 
          THEY HAVE A JUDGE FOR BOTH. 
          UH, THEY SELECT AMONG THE ARTS COMMISSION. 
          THEY, UH, I THINK IT'S THEIR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. 
          I THINK THEY DO THE SAME AS WE DO. 
          THEY HAVE, SOMEBODY DOES THE ART, AND THEN THEY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT DOES THE ESSAY. 
          SAME WITH THE, UH, THIS GROUP, THE CULTURAL INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION AS THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WHO SERVE AS ART AND SA CONTEST, UH, JUDGES. 
          AND THEN R-A-S-D-P-I-S-D IN UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS. 
          THEY ALL ASSIGN PEOPLE TO BE THE FINALIST JUDGES. 
          AND WHEN I SAY FINALIST JUDGES, WE, WE, WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE HUNDREDS OF ENTRIES. 
          AND SO WE WILL LET DOWN TO MANAGEABLE NUMBER FOR THEM. 
          UH, SO THAT, UH, WE, WE FOUND THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID THIS, THAT WE NEEDED TO, TO HAVE, UM, A BETTER PROCESS THAN, THAN WHAT WE GAVE THE, THE JUDGES THE FIRST TIME AROUND. 
          UM, SO THE ENTRY INFORMATION, JUST, UH, FOR THIS, IT IS, IT'S OPEN FOR FOUR. 
          SORRY, I, I THINK I, EARLIER I SAID YOU HAD TO BE FIRST THROUGH 12. 
          THE GRADES ARE ACTUALLY DIFFERENT FOR THE ART AND ESSAY CONTEST. 
          SO FOR THE ESSAY CONTEST, YOU'RE IN GRADES FOUR THROUGH 12. 
          OUR SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN UP ON JANUARY 1ST. 
          THEY CLOSE ON THE END AT THE END OF JANUARY. 
          AND OUR PROMPT, PROMPT THIS YEAR WAS THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF KINDNESS AND JUSTICE. 
          DR. KING ONCE SAID, LIFE'S THE MOST PERSISTENT AND URGENT QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR OTHERS? SHARE EXAMPLES OF HOW YOU FEEL ACTS OF KINDNESS, BIGGER, SMALL CAN CREATE, UM, CAN CREATE CHANGE. 
          WE LIMIT TO ONE ESSAY ENTRY PER STUDENT. 
          THEY CAN'T GIVE US MORE. 
          IT'S NOT TO EXCEED. 
          500 WORDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO US AS A PDF DOCUMENT. 
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THIS HELPS US BECAUSE OF THE PLATFORM THAT WE USE. 
          WE, WE CAN'T TAKE IT ANY OTHER WAY. 
          UM, ESSAYS MUST BE TYPED, DOUBLE SPACED AND SUITABLE. 
          SUITABLE FOR PUBLICATION, MEANING THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY USE, NO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THE AUTHOR CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE BODY OF THE ESSAY. 
          UH, THE CONTENT MUST BE ORIGINAL, NOT INCLUDE CONTENT THAT IS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'VE BEEN RUNNING INTO. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY HAD TO DISQUALIFY, SO OUR JUDGES, OUR, OUR PRELIMINARY JUDGES, THEY BROUGHT DOWN HERE, HERE'S WHAT WE THINK ARE THE BEST. 
          AND THEN BEFORE I SENT THE, THOSE FINAL SUBMISSIONS OFF TO OUR FINALIST JUDGES, WE WERE GETTING SOME ESSAYS FROM FOURTH GRADERS THAT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE DONE BY HIGH SCHOOLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO I, I FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY AN AI CHECKER THAT'S DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS. 
          AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE SCRUBBED THOSE ENTRIES THROUGH IT, AND LO AND BEHOLD, WE FOUND, SO IT IS ABLE TO TELL THE TELLTALE SIGNS OF WHAT WAS AI GENERATED AND WHAT WAS NOT. 
          UM, IT WAS INTERESTING. 
          THERE WAS ONE OF THE SUBMISSIONS THAT I HAD TO DISQUALIFY BECAUSE IT QUOTED DR. KING AS HAVING SAID SOMETHING, BUT HE NEVER SAID IT. 
          AND SO IT, BECAUSE AI CAN PULL FROM YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT, AND IF YOU'RE TELLING IT, HEY, GIVE ME A A WRITE ME A, A THING, WELL, IT'LL FIND, SOMETIMES IT MAKES STUFF UP. 
          UM, AND SO THAT IT, THOSE KINDS ESPECIALLY MAKE IT REALLY EASY TO, TO DISTINGUISH. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ADDED IN, UM, RECENTLY, IS IT CAN'T BE AI GENERATED, CAN'T BE LICENSED, CAN'T BE COPYRIGHTED OR TRADEMARKED. 
          EACH PARTICIPANT MUST GRANT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON PERMISSION TO USE THE WORK OR TO USE THEIR NAME, UH, AND THEN BE ABLE TO USE THEIR WORK. 
          BASICALLY, BASICALLY, WE WOULD PUBLISH IT. 
          UH, AND I'LL SHOW YOU AN IMAGE OF THAT HERE IN A SECOND. 
          THE JUDGING, UH, FOR THE ESSAY CONTEST, HOW WELL DOES THE ESSAY RELATE TO THE TOPIC THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM? THE PROMPT, UH, THIS IS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SELECT THIS EVENING, IS THE PROMPT FOR OUR NEXT CONTEST. 
          UM, WE NEED IT NOW BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEXT MONTH TO HELP START TO PROMOTE, PROMOTE THE PROGRAM, UM, THEIR JUDGE ON THEIR MEDICAL STRUCTURE, CREATIVITY, CONTENT, VOICE IN THE ORGANIZATION, HOW THEY BROUGHT THEIR THOUGHTS TOGETHER FOR THE ESSAY. 
          UH, AND SO THEN WE HAVE THREE ROUNDS. 
          BASICALLY, UH, WE BREAK IT UP TO THE FOURTH TO SIXTH GRADE, SO TO NINTH GRADE, TO 12TH GRADE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT OUR AWARDS ARE GIVEN. 
          THEY GET A CASH AWARD, UH, AS WELL AS WE PUBLISH THEIR WORK. 
          AND THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A PICTURE WITH COUNCIL, UM, FOR THAT RECOGNITION. 
          OUR CONTEST, UM, THIS ONE, SO THIS ONE IS FIRST THROUGH 12TH. 
          I, I, I THINK I SAID BEFORE, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, BUT I FORGOT THE ART CONTEST THAT DID GO DOWN TO, UH, TO FIRST GRADE. 
          UM, SO A SUBMISSION, THIS ONE'S OPEN FOR TWO MONTHS. 
          SO THE ESSAY CONTEST, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BIRTH, UH, HIS BIRTHDAY WAS IN JANUARY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THE ESSAY IS CONNECTED TO THE MONTH OF JANUARY. 
          THEN BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS IN THE MONTH OF, OF FEBRUARY. 
          SO WE OPENED BOTH CONTESTS TO JANUARY 1ST, BUT FOR THE ART CONTESTS, WE CONTINUE IT THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY FOR THOSE SUBMISSIONS. 
          UH, ANOTHER REASON IS A LOT OF THE ART TEACHERS ARE WORKING. 
          SOME OF THEM COULD BE LONG-TERM PROJECTS WITH THEIR ART STUDENTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO WE, WE ACCEPT, THINK I'M GOING TO, WELL, HERE IS THE PROMPT FOR THIS YEAR. 
          UNSUNG HEROES, NOT ALL HEROES MAKE IT INTO HISTORY. 
          VOTES CREATE, UM, A TRIBUTE TO A LESSER KNOWN FIGURE IN YOUR LIFE. 
          A COMMUNITY LEADER OR A FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS MADE IT, MADE, MADE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT. 
          SO WHAT THEY CAN DO IS THEY CAN TAKE THAT PROMPT AND THEY CAN DO EITHER A 2D WORK, IT COULD BE A DRAWING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEY COULD ALSO DO 3D WORKS. 
          THEY COULD, THEY COULD SCULPT SOMETHING, UH, THEY CAN CREATE A DIORAMA. 
          THEY CAN DO ANY NUMBER OF OF THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, UH, WHY WE GIVE THEM, WHAT I WAS KIND OF ALLUDING TO BEFORE IS THEY HAVE TWO MONTHS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK. 
          UM, AND SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE EXTENDED THAT AS WELL IN, IN ADDITION TO IT COINCIDES WITH THOSE OTHER, OTHER RECOGNITIONS. 
          SO SAME AS THE ESSAYS, NO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. 
          REALLY A LOT OF THE SAME CRITERIA, JUDGING ON THOSE AS ORIGINALITY, ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, AND THE REFLECTION OF THE THEME. 
          AND THEN OUR, OUR WINNING CATEGORIES ARE FIRST AND THIRD, FOURTH, SIXTH, EIGHTH, 19TH AS WELL. 
          THIS IS THE LOOK JUST OF WHENEVER WE DO THE, THE FULL PAGE, UH, PAGE SPREADS ON THE WINNERS. 
          THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE THIS YEAR. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE ARTS OVER HERE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE ESSAYS OVER HERE. 
          UH, THE ART TOO. 
          WE HAD TO RUN THROUGH AI BECAUSE WE NOTICED THAT WE STARTED GETTING AI SUBMISSIONS. 
          AND WE'VE HAD E EVEN THOUGH WE CLEARLY STATE NOT AI WORK IS ACCEPTED, UM, SOMETIMES IT'S GETTING A LITTLE, GETTING A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO IDENTIFY. 
          BUT WE ALSO RUN THESE THROUGH, UH, AN AI 
          [01:20:01]
IDENTIFIER AS WELL. 
          AND IT BRINGS OUT THE SIGNS. 
          AND SO, UH, IT DID CONFIRM ALL OF THESE, AND YOU CAN KIND OF TELL BY LOOKING AT THESE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAND DONE. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT COMPUTER GENERATING. 
          SO THIS COMES DOWN TO YOU GUYS, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU, WHAT I'LL ASK IS IF YOU COULD TEAR THAT PAGE OUT, THAT THE LAST TWO YEAH, THAT'S, UH, PAGE, UH, EIGHT. 
          SO IF YOU GO LOOK, AND I KNOW IT'S REALLY SMALL, BUT I'VE GOT IT BIG UP HERE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO OVER IT, AND YOU CAN JUST PUT AN X NEXT, GENERALLY NEXT TO THE AREA. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU COULD PUT A VOTE, UH, EXCUSE ME. 
          AND THEN, UM, SO FOR THE ARC CONTEST, THESE ARE THE PROMPTS, UH, OPTIONS THAT, THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH FOR SOME REASON ON MY COMPUTER, THE SPACING LA BUT, UH, IT'S COMING HERE AND IT'S, AH, BUT, UM, SO OPTION ONE IS BUILDING ON A LEGACY CREATIVE WORK OF ART, SHOWING HOW THE ACHIEVEMENTS, COURAGE, OR CREATIVITY OF BLACK AMERICANS HAVE HELPED SHAPE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. 
          TODAY. 
          STUDENTS MAY HIGHLIGHT A HISTORICAL FIGURE, COMMUNITY LEADER, CULTURAL TRADI, TRADITION, AND IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT OR EVERYDAY ACT THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          AND I'M, I'M GONNA TAKE, I'M TAKING THE TIME TO REACH EACH ONE OF THESE SO YOU CAN TAKE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT THEM AS YOU, AS YOU GO THROUGH. 
          OPTION TWO IS MANY STORIES. 
          ONE, COMMUNITY CREATE A WORK OF ART, SHOWING HOW PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS CAN LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, CELEBRATE THEIR UNIQUE STORIES, AND BUILD A STRONGER COMMUNITY TOGETHER, STUDENTS MAY EXPLORE FRIENDSHIP, BELONGING, COOPERATION, CULTURAL TRADITIONS, OR THE WAYS DIVERSITY MAKES A COMMUNITY MORE WELCOMING AND CONNECTED. 
          AND THEN OPTION THREE IS THE FUTURE THAT WE CREATE TOGETHER. 
          CREATE A WORK OF ART, SHOWING YOUR VISION, VISION FOR A FUTURE WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOME, VALUED, AND EMPOWERED TO CONTRIBUTE. 
          STUDENTS MAY ILLUSTRATE WHAT FAIRNESS, OPPORTUNITY, AND INCLUSION OR UNITY LOOKS LIKE IN THEIR SCHOOL, NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMUNITY, OR WORLD. 
          AND SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE JUST PUT AN X NEXT TO ONE OF THESE THREE. 
          AND, UH, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL TAKE YOUR VOTE, BASICALLY, AND THAT THIS, THIS IS WHAT WILL LEAD OUR PROMPTS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S FOR THE ART CONTEST. 
          I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THIS UP THERE FOR A SECOND. 
          LET YOU THINK ABOUT IT FOR MAYBE 30 SECONDS, AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, YES, I'M SORRY. 
          CORRECTLY. 
          A, SO WE NEED TO CHOOSE ONE OPTION OF THE THREE. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          JUST ONE OPTION. 
          JUST ONE. 
          JUST ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A, THE ESSAY CONTEST IS NEXT. 
          SO I'LL RUN THAT ONE. 
          BUT THIS IS FOR THE ARC CONTEST AND THE PROMPT TOS FOR THAT. 
          AND IF EVERYBODY'S ALREADY DONE, THEN I CAN CONTINUE. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE NOT, IS THERE ANYBODY LEFT STILL THINKING? I THINK WE, YOU GOOD SAID WE'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          CUT YOU OFF. 
          IF YOU WERE SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          GOTCHA. 
          SO, ESSAY CONTEST OPTION ONE, THE COURAGE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 
          SHOWED THAT COURAGE, SERVICE, AND DETERMINATION CAN HELP CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE. 
          DESCRIBE A PERSON, PERSON, ACTION, OR IDEA THAT INSPIRES YOU TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR SCHOOL, NEIGHBORHOOD, OR COMMUNITY. 
          EXPLAIN WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS EXAMPLE AND HOW YOU COULD PUT THOSE LESSONS INTO ACTION. 
          THAT IS OPTION ONE. 
          OPTION TWO, BUILDING THE BELOVED COMMUNITY. 
          DR. KING ENVISIONED A BELOVED COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, RESOLVE DIFFERENCES PEACEFULLY, AND WORK TOGETHER FOR COMMON GOOD. 
          WHAT WOULD BE A BELOVED COMMUNITY? WHAT WOULD A BELOVED COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE WHERE YOU LIVE? DESCRIBE THE QUALITIES IT WOULD HAVE AND THE STEPS STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD TAKE TO HELP CREATE IT. 
          AND THEN OPTION THREE, USING YOUR VOICE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. 
          DR. KING USED HIS VOICE TO PROMOTE JUSTICE, UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY. 
          HOW CAN YOUNG PEOPLE USE THEIR VOICES TO HELP OTHERS FEEL WELCOMED, RESPECTED, AND INCLUDED, PROVIDING SAMPLES OF CHALLENGES YOUNG PEOPLE MAY ENCOUNTER AND EXPLAIN HOW SPEAKING UP LISTENING AND WORKING TO THE TOGETHER CAN STRENGTHEN A COMMUNITY. 
          AND AGAIN, I'LL TAKE A MOMENT. 
          YOU CAN SEND THE JEOPARDY SONG, . 
          OKAY. 
          ANYBODY LEFT? 
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? OKAY. 
          SO THOSE ARE OUR PARTNER ESSAY CONTEST. 
          UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST PICK UP ANY, ANY QUESTIONS. 
          SO WHILE I'M PICKING UP YOUR RESPONSES, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT GART ESSAY CONTEST? UM, JUST IN GENERAL, ANYTHING? I WAS GONNA SAY THAT I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO, UH, SOLVE THIS AI PROBLEM WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY GET ALL YOUR CONTESTANTS TO KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND SAY THAT, OKAY, THIS IS THE DAY WHEN THE ESSAY IS GONNA BE WRITTEN. 
          I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO DO IT WITH ART, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE LIKE A SCULPTURE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, HOW DO YOU DO IT? BUT I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO KIND OF GET THIS AI THING OUT IS, UH, JUST SAY, OKAY, TODAY'S THE DAY EVERYBODY GETS TOGETHER AND YOU WRITE YOUR ESSAY LIKE AN SAT EXAM OR SOMETHING. 
          YEAH. 
          LIKE SAME TIME PLACE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY, BECAUSE THIS AI THING IS JUST, I MEAN, IT'S GETTING INSANE. 
          AND THE PROBLEM IS HAPPENING IS THAT, UH, LITTLE KIDS ARE STARTING TO USE IT RIGHT? BEFORE IT WAS ONLY LIKE ADULTS. 
          AND SO, OKAY. 
          AND KIDS WOULD SHY AWAY, BUT NOW IT'S LIKE, EVERYONE'S LIKE GETTING THIS IDEA THAT THEY CAN DO IT. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO TELL WHETHER SOMETHING IS AI. 
          I MEAN, BEFORE IT WAS SO EASY, YOU JUST READ LIKE, THIS LOOKS AI GENERATED, BUT IT'S GETTING SO GOOD NOW. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING WORRIED ABOUT IS YES, THIS, I WOULD SAY AS SOON AS OUR NEXT COMPETITION, YOU CAN LITERALLY GO IN AND SAY, MAKE THIS SOUND LIKE A 4-YEAR-OLD WROTE IT MM-HMM . 
          CORRECT. 
          AND YOU, YOU KNOW, GOOD LUCK GETTING AN AI THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY KEEP UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TO CATCH UP TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, I, I AM GETTING WORRIED BECAUSE I'M THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR TAKING IT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THAT WE'LL PUBLISH SOMETHING AND THEN SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND SAY, WAIT A SECOND, YOU MISSED THIS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO I'M, I AM GETTING CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. 
          BUT, UM, I MEAN, THE ONLY WAY IS THAT JUST DESIGNATED MAKE IT LIKE AN SAT EXAM, WHERE YOU JUST, EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN IT KIND OF GETS TOGETHER AND, UH, THEY GET LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE HOUR OR TWO HOURS, WHATEVER, AND THEY WRITE IT UP. 
          THAT'S, UM, I, I LIKE, I LIKE THAT. 
          I'M WONDERING IT MAYBE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WELL, THAT'S AN INTERESTING ONE, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AN INVITATION TO THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO A SINGLE LOCATION TO DO TAKE PART IN THE CONTEST. 
          THAT'S HOW WE WOULD DO THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S HARDER. 
          BUT, UM, IT ALSO SKEWS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOOD AT TESTING. 
          YEAH, I KNOW. 
          TRANSPORTATION. 
          EXACTLY. 
          SO IT, IT REALLY, IT'S, THERE'S NO ANSWER. 
          THERE'S NO BEST ANSWER. 
          IT'S, IT'S, UH, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT IS, IT'S, UH, BASED ON, UH, HONOR SYSTEM. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE BEST ANSWER WE HAVE FOR YOU. 
          COULD WE HAVE SOMETHING WHERE YOU HAVE EITHER YOUR TEACHER OR A PARENT SIGN OFF AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I HEREBY ATTEST UNDER THE PENALTY  , YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M PRETTY SURE THAT A LOT OF LIABILITY THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I THINK IT'D BE NICE TO GET IN ADULT TO SIGN UP OR SOMETHING. 
          SO AN ADULT DOES HAVE TO, WHEN THEY SUBMIT, WHEN THEY'RE UNDER, BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER AGE. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, UNLESS THEY ARE 18, WHICH SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE ACTUALLY 18 YEARS OLD BY THE TIME THEY SUBMIT. 
          UM, BUT WHEN THEY SUBMIT, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE, BECAUSE WE REQUIRE THAT, THEY ALLOW US TO PUBLISH THEIR NAME AS WELL AS THEIR WORK, THEY, UH, A CHILD, A MINOR CAN'T SIGN OFF ON THAT. 
          SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A FORM THAT THE PARENT ALREADY HAS TO SIGN TO APPROVE THEIR WORK IN THE SENSE THAT THEY CAN GIVE IT TO US, TO, TO REPRODUCE. 
          UH, AND SO THAT'S KIND, AND, AND COULD YOU HAVE THE RULES ARE THERE THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, I GUARANTEE OR, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS WORK WAS NOT GENERATED THROUGH AI, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST ADD ONE LINE. 
          WELL, THEY, THEY ARE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY AGREE TO OUR RULES THAT IT'S NOT AI GENERATED AS WELL AS EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          I GOTTA BELIEVE THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY ACTUALLY IS LOOKING AT THIS VERY HARD. 
          LIKE OUR A SD MUST BE LOOKING AT IT, PISD AND PROBABLY THE COLLEGE, THEY MUST, 'CAUSE THIS IS THE BASIS OF ORIGINAL WORK. 
          SO THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF FORMULATION OF A SOLUTION OUT THERE. 
          SO THEY, THEY ARE. 
          AND, AND I'M SORRY, JUST REAL QUICK, WHEN I FIRST STARTED GOING IN, IT WAS A TEACHER. 
          SO I CALLED AND I SAID, LOOK, THIS IS THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING. 
          THEY SAID, HERE'S WHAT WE USE. 
          BUT THEN THEY ALSO SAID, BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM. 
          IT'S ONLY AS GOOD AS TODAY. 
          WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TOMORROW. 
          UM, AND EVEN THE TOOL THAT THEY GAVE ME SITS THERE AND SAYS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, 85% ACCURATE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S WHATEVER. 
          SO, UM, IT, IT'S NOT A FULL PROOF SYSTEM. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THERE, I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S KIND OF IN MOTION RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, I MEAN, I'M SURE TOMORROW THERE'S GONNA BE A DIFFERENT ANSWER. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          BUT AI IS EVOLVING SO RAPIDLY. 
          IT IS. 
          UM, IT IS. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S NOT, THERE'S, IF YOU, IF YOU LIKE MARKET FORCES, THERE 
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SHOULD BE, ONCE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, THEY HAVE A, A MARKET, UH, COUNTER COUNTERWEIGHT TO THAT. 
          I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S VERY DEEP INTO EDUCATION AND HE'S VERY CONFIDENT THAT THESE THINGS WILL COME UP. 
          BUT THERE WILL BE, AI WILL ALSO PROVIDE A COUNTER TO THE, UH, THREAT. 
          I MEAN LIKE PLAGIARISM OR WHATEVER. 
          SO I MEAN, THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT, THEY'RE PROBABLY MORE FRONTIER TYPE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS. 
          BUT THEY HAVE TO BE SOMETHING OUT THERE. 
          OTHERWISE WE'RE JUST TRAINING PEOPLE TO PUNCH BUTTONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR SPEAKING TO A MICROPHONE. 
          UM, IT'S DAMAGING TO THE ENTIRE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY. 
          A LOT OF CONCEPTS, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A DEEPER PROBLEM, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT AT THE RATE IT'S MOVING, UM, AND WHAT IT'S ABLE TO GENERATE, IT'S GONNA KILL US ALL. 
          I GOT IT. 
          YEAH. 
          I WITH YOU. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          KILL THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE CAN GET TO, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. 
          I'M JUST SAYING I'M WITH YOU. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S REALLY IMMENSE FAST AND IT'S EXPONENTIAL OR WHATEVER THE NEXT STEP OVER IS BEEN BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS FIRST WORLD ALL THE TIME. 
          IT'S BEST OF BREED ALL THE TIME AND BUILDS ON WHATEVER'S THE LATEST AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DREAM OF. 
          YOU'RE JUST FEEDING IT INTO THE SYSTEM, RIGHT? SO CORRECT. 
          A BOOK THAT'S WRITTEN BY CAMERAS, BY FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE, THIRD GRADE. 
          NOW WHEN YOU'RE FEEDING THAT INFORMATION IN, YOU'RE PUTTING THE CLASSIFICATION AND SAYING, OH, THIS IS HOW A FIRST GRADER WRITES. 
          THIS IS HOW A SECOND GRADER WRITES. 
          THIRD GRADER WRITES. 
          SO IT'S NOW GOING TO CRAFT EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO THAT HAS ENOUGH DATA TO CRAFT A FOURTH GRADE, UH, WRITING. 
          AND THERE'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO BUY THEIR BOOKS, RIGHT? ALL THEIR MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOKS. 
          YOU'RE TRYING TO BUY ALL OF THAT UP. 
          JUST FEED IT INTO THE SYSTEM, FEED IT INTO THE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, GREG, WILL YOU BRING TO US? NOPE. 
          I LET Y KNOW FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          DID YOU NOTICE THAT THOUGH? I DIDN'T CUT ANYBODY OFF. 
          . 
          SORRY, THAT WAS OFF TOPIC AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE RECORDED, BUT I GUESS IT HAS. 
          IT'S GOING INTO THE, IT'S JUST MORE STATEMENT. 
          SORRY, GREG. 
          WILL YOU, UH, HOW WILL YOU SHARE WITH US WHO OR WHICH PROMPTS WE, UH, COLLECTIVELY DECIDED? CAN YOU BRING THAT TO NOVEMBER MEETING? UH, SURE. 
          OR I COULD SEND YOU AN EMAIL. 
          OKAY. 
          EITHER, EITHER ONE. 
          YOU GET IT DONE TONIGHT? EITHER ONE. 
          , THERE'S ONLY, I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, UH, WE'LL JUST SAY, HERE ARE OUR PROMPT SCORE, ART AND ESSAY CONTEST. 
          OKAY. 
          PERFECT. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, SO, BUT LET ME GET TO, OKAY, UH, THAT WRAPS UP THE TOPICS FOR OUR MEETING THIS EVENING. 
          UM, LAST ON THE AGENDA OR ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS, UM, ARE THERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? UH, YES. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          SORRY. 
          NO. 
          COULD WE TALK ABOUT, UH, SETTING ON COMMITTEES OR SOMETHING? UH, ACTUALLY I'M ABOUT TO, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I'LL BRING UP FOR THIS SECTION, WE CAN WE'LL ADDRESS THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          HE, RIGHT. 
          CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, THAT'S THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, JUST ASK THE OH, THANK FOR ASKING. 
          OH, YEAH. 
          OH, THAT HAS BEEN SINCE OUR LAST ONE, UM, THAT LOOK, I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT ON MY QUESTIONS OR UPDATES FOR THE GROUP BECAUSE I WAS THINKING WE HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT IN HERE. 
          I THINK IT WENT, I THINK IT WENT WELL. 
          BUT THAT FEELS A LITTLE SELF-SERVING SINCE I PRESENTED ON YOUR BEHALF . 
          IT WAS AWESOME. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M THE OBJECTIVE PERSON TO TELL YOU, BUT I WILL SAY I DO THINK, AND PLEASE JUMP IN, JUMP IN, BUT I DO THINK THERE WAS, UM, LIKE A GOOD LEVEL OF THIS IS WHAT WE SEE. 
          WHAT DO YOU LIKE? THERE WAS A, UM, ALTHOUGH I WAS PRESENTING ON YOUR BEHALF, I THINK THAT THERE WAS SOME STILL SOME DIALOGUE WITHIN THAT. 
          WOULD YOU AGREE? OR THAT'S, THAT'S SURE. 
          HOW IT CAME ACROSS. 
          I ALSO THINK THAT THEY WERE ASKING SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT MADE IT SOUND LIKE WE WERE A FEW STEPS AHEAD IN JUST OUR STRUCTURE AND THE WAY THAT WE WERE THINKING. 
          WE HAVE DIFFERENCES IN JUST HOW WE'RE SET UP. 
          BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE THOUGHT THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE KIND OF ON THE CUSP OF THINKING THROUGH NOW. 
          SO I THINK IT WAS MUTUALLY, I GUESS, BENEFICIAL. 
          IT FEELS LIKE IT, WE WERE WELCOME TO ALL THAT. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD OR GREG, YOU WOULD ADD? WELL, I THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION WAS OUTSTANDING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I DIDN'T TELL HIM TO SAY THAT BEFORE. 
           NOT REALLY. 
          AND THEY'RE, I WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE LEARNING TO, TO ENSURE BEST PRACTICES FIRST AND TO START LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE BUILDING UP THIS RELATIONSHIP AND I THINK IT'S GONNA EVOLVE AND MATURE AND EVENTUALLY GONNA BE MUCH MORE INVOLVED OR THE SYNERGY WILL WILL, RIGHT. 
          RAISING MORE IN A MORE CONSISTENT AND A STRUCTURED WAY. 
          BUT IT'S A VERY FANTASTIC FIRST STEP TO, TO START BUILDING UP LIKE A MORE GLOBAL VISION ABOUT COMMUNITY 
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DIVERSITY INCLUSION AND, AND SO ON. 
          I AGREE. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT WOULD GREAT. 
          THAT WOULD BE MY HIGH CENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NO, NOT NECESSARILY. 
          WELL, I, I AGREE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE, THE KRISTEN, THE POINT YOU WERE MAKING THAT WE PROBABLY FEEL A LITTLE AHEAD OF THEM IN CERTAIN RESPECTS. 
          UM, I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED 'CAUSE I THINK, I THINK YOU HAD, WELL IT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT, WE'VE HAD, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS WE'VE HAD COME FORWARD, BUT YOU HAD GIVEN THIS OVERVIEW AND THEY WERE LIKE, WE DON'T EVEN DO THAT AT ALL. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF INPUT OR IMPACT. 
          UM, AND SO IT DEFINITELY MADE US APPRECIATIVE OF THE RELATIONAL NATURE TO JUST HAVE GEN, OR SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE HERE, HAVE GREG HERE. 
          LIKE, UH, YEAH, WE'RE OFFICIAL CITY, UH, COMMISSION AND AGAIN, AD HOC, UH, RIGHT. 
          AND SO WE ARE DEFINITELY STRUCTURED DIFFERENTLY, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW AND ACCESS THEY MAY NOT HAVE. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND ADVOCACY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT WAS, IT WAS CLEAR. 
          IT WAS CLEAR. 
          SO, UH, GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          SO CAN WE INTEREST, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY, I I DO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. 
          JUST REAL QUICKLY. 
          UM, DID YOU, IS CULTURE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THIS REAL QUICKLY? YOU ALL HAVE I AM. 
          THAT'S ONE OF YOUR THINGS. 
          I'M RIGHT NOW, YES. 
          OKAY, THEN HOLD, HOLD THAT THOUGHT. 
          UM, CAN I CHECK ON TWO OTHER CALENDARING THINGS REAL QUICKLY? UM, I'M REALIZING THAT WE JUST HAVE A NOVEMBER, SORRY, NOVEMBER WILL BE OUR LAST, UM, MEETING OF THIS GROUP BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND SO WHAT I WONDERED IS IF AT THAT NOVEMBER MEETING, TWO THINGS AS IT, YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR FOR 2027, I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR FOR 2027, UM, JUST PULLING THIS GROUP KIND OF UNOFFICIALLY RIGHT NOW, I REMEMBER THE SIX 30 START TIME BEING A GOOD START TIME BECAUSE OF SOME, I JUST WANT TO, I, I WANNA DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND CHECK IN AND MAKE SURE THAT'S STILL A GOOD START TIME. 
          'CAUSE YOU'RE COMING FROM WORK AND THIS IS WHAT TIME YOU CAN GET HERE. 
          AND SIX 30 IS STILL WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THIS ISN'T THE AND SWITCH, IT REALLY IS A, LEMME ASK BECAUSE I LIKE TO ASK ONCE A YEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT STILL IS GOOD. 
          AUDREY, THAT GOOD WITH YOU? IT'S GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN I WONDERED ALSO THEN, GREG, DO YOU THINK FOR THE NOVEMBER MEETING YOU MIGHT MAKE A FIRST PASS AT THE POTENTIAL MEETING DATES FOR 2027? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE THE SCHEDULE. 
          YOU'LL HAVE BOTH TACTICS AND SCHEDULE. 
          OH, BOTH AT THAT MEETING. 
          YES. 
          FABULOUS. 
          I DIDN'T MENTION THE SCHEDULE SHOULD BE EASY BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS, WE USUALLY DO THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY OTHER MONTH. 
          AND THAT'S, SO WE'LL JUST HAVE IT OUT THERE. 
          BUT YOU'LL LOOK AT, UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TIE THAT BREAK CALENDAR OR YOU'LL GET SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT IMPACT IT. 
          YES. 
          OR HOLY, I THINK THERE WAS ONE. 
          UH, SORRY. 
          HI. 
          HOLY DAY. 
          UH, YES. 
          UM, ON THURSDAY. 
          WELL, AND, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL ALSO TRY TO TIE YOUR TACTICS DEPENDING ON WHAT COMES OUTTA THAT PART OF THE MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHEN CAN WE AND HOW THAT WOULD PERFECT. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE WERE THE ONLY LIKE, I GUESS, UH, LOGISTICAL BUSINESS. 
          SO TAKE IT AWAY, GREG, IF YOU HAVE THIS AND YOUR CULTURE AND THE COURSE SHEET. 
          SO LET'S SEE, UH, ORDER, WELL, SINCE WE'RE ON IT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK WITH, UH MM-HMM . 
          SO OUR LAST MEETING OFFICIAL, YOU KNOW, OUR LAST CIC MEETING WHERE WE TALKED BUSINESS IS NOVEMBER. 
          UH, I, I THINK BILL MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE THAT, THAT, UM, WOULD BE NEW TO THIS. 
          BUT NOVEMBER IS THE TIME THAT WE HAVE THE TACTICS, DISCUSSION TACTICS ARE, WHAT IS IT THAT TO WORK ON IN THE FUTURE? SO, UH, AS SEAN HAD JUST MENTIONED, UH, THERE WAS A, A DISCUSSION EARLIER THIS YEAR RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, DO WE CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE? DO WE DO TO LOOK INTO CERTAIN TOPICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO IT WOULD BE BRINGING THIS GROUP BACK TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT, ALRIGHT, FUTURE LOOKING, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, SEE, THINK ABOUT. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT THOUGH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, JUST LIKE TONIGHT, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS COMING IN. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S A BALANCE OF HOW MUCH TIME A AS WELL AS THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO TRY TO GET OUTTA THIS MEETING BY EIGHT 30. 
          UH, AND SO WE'LL MEET THAT TONIGHT, BUT, UM, THE, TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE TIME, BECAUSE IN, IN YEARS, UH, OR MONTHS OR A YEAR PAST OR SO WE WERE GOING TILL 10. 
          I MEAN, I THINK YOU EVEN 10 30 AT NIGHT. 
          AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO CONDENSE, I MEAN, THERE AND YEAH. 
          LAUNDRY. 
          YES. 
          EARLIER THIS YEAR WE HAD SOME OF THOSE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE TIME TOO, TO CONDENSE. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GONE TO EVERY OF THE MONTH ON THAT. 
          I'M SORRY, THAT AS WELL. 
          SO THAT IS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER. 
          PLEASE, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S COMING UP. 
          HAVE HIM START RUNNING IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD WHAT YOU ARE AGREEING TO THAT MEETING. 
          UH, AND THEN WE WILL, NOVEMBER IS THE TIME WE REALLY SIT DOWN AND KIND OF DISCUSS, DISCUSS IT. 
          AND THEN WHAT I DO IS I TAKE NOTES AND THEN I TRY TO 
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FIGURE OUT A SCHEDULE BASED ON, BASED ON THAT. 
          SO YOU HAVEN'T UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY FOR NEXT IN NOVEMBER, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THIS CALENDAR OR NO, NO, NO. 
          THIS IS THIS YEAR'S CALENDAR. 
          SO WE ARE NOW, OH, SORRY. 
          YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS HAS ALL THE TOPICS I'VE DONE THIS YEAR, SORRY. 
          UM, AND SO BASICALLY I'M GONNA TRY TO START FILLING OUT THINGS NEXT YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SO, BUT IT'S BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I HEAR BACK FROM, FROM THE COMMISSION. 
          AND THAT FEEDBACK WILL HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER. 
          IN NOVEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          THAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER. 
          THAT THAT ENTIRE MEETING IS DEDICATED TO THE, THE TACTICS. 
          AND WE'LL GO OVER THE SCHEDULE TO GET THE DAYS. 
          AND THEN I, I TRY TO START TO LINE UP HOW, HOW WE CAN MAKE EVERYTHING HAPPEN. 
          UH, NEXT UP IS, UH, THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY WORKSHEET. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, AT, AS WE, OR, UH, AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 19TH, WE HAD THE PUBLIC SAFETY EXPO. 
          A FEW OF THE MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE AT THE CIC BOOTH, WHICH WILL BE SET UP AT, UH, AT THAT EVENT. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          I'LL BE OUT THERE. 
          UM, AND I'LL HAVE IT ALL SET UP AND YOU'LL NEED TO GO, IT OPENS NINE O'CLOCK UNTIL NOON, I BELIEVE. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, ANY LAST LIMITING CONDITIONS, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THAT, THAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS OCTOBER 17TH AND 18TH WITH THAT HARVEST FESTIVAL. 
          UM, WELL WE COULD HAVE THE BOOTH THERE AS WELL, AS WELL AS CULTURE OF THE CORE, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 7TH, UM, AS WELL. 
          THAT'S THE BOOTH, UH, AS WELL. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE FINAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR. 
          UM, GREG, WILL YOU, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS MATTERS FOR NOW, BUT YOU'VE PUT MY NAME UNDER THE JUNE 24TH, THE FRIENDSHIP CITY SIGNED, UM, CEREMONY. 
          AND THEN ALSO AROUND THIS TIME, I THOUGHT IT HELPFUL FOR YOU ALL, UM, TO, THERE IS A, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ATTENDED PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE GET ON BOARD FAIR THAT THE CITY HOSTS, UM, WHERE EACH OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS REPRESENTED, UM, THAT IS HAPPENING NEXT WEDNESDAY. 
          AND SO I'LL BE THERE TO REPRESENT YOU ALL AND ANSWER THE QUESTION WEDNESDAY. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, FOR COMMUNITY WHO IS JUST INTERESTED IN EXPLORING DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND DO MY BEST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND REEL 'EM ON IN . 
          OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME FOR YOU TO MENTION. 
          SO, UH, KRISTEN MENTIONED SHE'LL BE AT THE BOARD. 
          UH, THE CHAIRS OF EACH OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE ASKED TO BE AT THE GET ON BOARD EVENT. 
          UM, RASHMI HAS, UH, SHE HAS EXCUSE FOR TONIGHT'S AND, AND FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR. 
          UH, BUT SHE HAS ALSO INDICATED TO ME THAT SHE WILL NOT BE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION, UH, BECAUSE OF FAMILY AND PERSONAL REASONS. 
          AND SO, UH, THE, THIS NOVEMBER THE CITY COUNCIL AND SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM HAD, HAD RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ME, UH, THAT THIS NOVEMBER CITY COUNCIL WILL BE GOING OVER NEW, UH, UH, NEW MEMBERS OR REAPPOINTMENTS AND THAT GOING THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROCESS AGAIN. 
          UH, AND SO I, I WON'T KNOW ANYTHING UNTIL NOVEMBER PROCESS. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO RASHMI, AMY, UH, WHO IS, UH, I MEAN FOR ALL WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, SHE COULD BE IN A HOSPITAL HAVING HER, HER NEW, UH, ADDITION TO HER FAMILY. 
          UM, SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE OF THE NEW EDITION, SHE HAS ALSO INDICATED THAT SHE WILL NOT BE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION EITHER. 
          SO THOSE ARE TWO POSITIONS THAT I KNOW ARE COMING UP, UM, HERE FOR THE, THE COMMISSION. 
          SO COME JANUARY WE'LL HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS, UH, JOINING JOINING THIS GROUP. 
          UH, AND THEN FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO I HAVE EMAILED WHO ARE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, IF YOU GOT THAT EMAIL FROM ME, THEN UM, I THINK I'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY. 
          SO, UH, I'VE, I'VE PASSED THAT INFORMATION ALONG TO, TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND SHE'S WORKING ON THAT. 
          UH, GREG, YOU CAN ALSO PUT ME DOWN ON THE  FRIENDSHIP CITY FAN. 
          RIGHT. 
          I COULDN'T, AND I'M SORRY, I, I HAD, I ALMOST SAID, AND THEN I THOUGHT, I'M NOT CRAZY. 
          WE DID SIT THERE AND BECAUSE I REMEMBER TALKING NO WORRIES ON THAT. 
          AND THEN GET ON BOARD ON WEDNESDAY. 
          WHAT TIME IS IT? I MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME, I THINK. 
          WELL, WELL THAT, THAT YOU CAN JUST GO IF YOU WANT TO GO. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT'S THE CHAIR WHO'S SO, JUST WANTED TO HELP. 
          CRYSTAL WILL BE BEHIND THE DESK WITH ME TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY LIMIT, LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN BE BEHIND THE BOOTH. 
          'CAUSE TRUST ME, I DID. 
          I HAD TAKEN YOU UP ON THAT OFFER, . 
          NO WORRIES, NO WORRIES. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THEY DO THAT FOR ALL OF THEM. 
          , YES. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          SEPTEMBER 19TH AND THEN OCTOBER. 
          I AM OUT THOSE WEEKENDS AND SO I CANNOT, OTHERWISE THEY REALLY WOULD LOVE TO BE ON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE, UH, YEAH. 
          BUT I'LL BE THERE FOR NOVEMBER 7TH IF YOU OKAY. 
          FOR CULTURE. 
          PERFECT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, SO WE HAD THE CULTURE OF THE CORE EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          WE HAD THE PRESENTATION AND CULTURE AND CORE 
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EVENTS. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS COMMISSION HAD GIVEN THIS FEEDBACK IS THEY SAW THE BRANDING, BUT IT WAS LIKE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE, THE FEEDBACK LINE, WHAT IS THAT? I SEE CULTURE FROM THE CORE. 
          SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS TO YOU. 
          THIS IS OUR, OUR REFRESHED OR UPDATED BRANDING. 
          YOU'LL SEE IT LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME WITH ONE MINOR EDITION WHERE IT SAYS FOOD AND MUSIC FESTIVAL. 
          AND SO WE HAVE NOW ADDED THAT TO ALL OF OUR BRANDING FOR THE CULTURE AND THE CORE EVENT. 
          AND THAT IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM THIS GROUP. 
          UM, YOU MAY STILL SEE, SO FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF THESE BANNERS ARE GONNA BE GOING UP, UH, OCTOBER 5TH. 
          UM, NOW WE, WE CHANGED, IT'S LIKE THE CITY LOGO. 
          YOU COULD SEE OUR OLD, THIS, THIS IS OUR NEW ONE. 
          YOU COULD SEE THE OLD CITY LOGO STILL ON WATER TOWERS ON, ON, ON THINGS. 
          WE REPLACE 'EM AS WE GO BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER. 
          THE SAME IS GONNA BE TRUE FOR THIS. 
          THE BANNERS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BOUGHT, THEY CAN STILL LAST US A FEW YEARS, SO THEY'RE GONNA GO UP. 
          UM, BUT WHEN A BIG WOOD STORE COMES THROUGH AND IMAGES 'EM, UH, AND WE BUY NEW ONES. 
          I KNOW AS WE ALSO  AND WE BUY NEW ONES, THE NEW ONES ARE GONNA HAVE THE FOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL. 
          SO, BUT, BUT FOR OUR DIGITAL, AND THEN THE RICHARDSON TODAY THAT YOU'LL SEE COME OUT NEXT MONTH, UH, AND IN NOVEMBER, UH, YOU WILL SEE THE, THE REFRESHER UPDATED BRANDING BASED ON THAT. 
          SO I, I WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE OF THAT AND BRING IT FORWARD TO YOU. 
          NICE. 
          SO IS ANOTHER, ANOTHER IMPACT. 
          WELL, AND GREG SLASH NORMA, WOULD YOU MIND BRINGING THAT, THIS AT LEAST ONE COPY OF THIS TO OUR NOVEMBER MEETING TOO, AGAIN, BECAUSE IT WITH VICTORIA AND RAJA. 
          I MEAN, THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT SPOKE INTO THAT, UM, THAT I WOULD LOVE. 
          I, I LIKE WHEN WE CAN TIE THINGS UP ON A BOW AND WE CAN SEE THE OUTCOME OF THOSE. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ANY, UH, ANYTHING ELSE, ANYTHING ELSE THAT I MIGHT BE MISSING OR THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? GO GOING ONCE. 
          GOING TWICE. 
          OKAY. 
          SAID I HIT HIM WITH MY WATER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING WITH NO FURTHER ITEMS TO DIS TO DISCUSS THIS MEETING AS ADJOURNED AT EIGHT 18. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU GUYS.
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.