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I,

[Senior Affairs Commission on November 27, 2023.]

THEY'VE DONE THAT.

THIS IS THE BILL.

NUMBER FOUR.

WHATEVER.

TOLD THAT IT.

FIVE.

PLEASE WAIT.

IT IS TIME TO BEGIN OUR MEETING.

I'D LIKE TO CALL THE, UH, NOVEMBER 27TH MEETING OF SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION, UH, TO ORDER, UH, I BELIEVE MISSING PLAYER.

JUST WALKED IN THE ROOM.

SO WE HAVE A FORUM, AND FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE OR IN PERSON HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK FOR THE TODAY? SEEING DONE? WE'LL MOVE ON.

UH, EVERYONE RECEIVED THE MINUTES? YES.

OF OUR LAST MEETING AND I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

I MOVE.

SECOND.

OKAY.

UH, DID ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? HEARING NONE.

LET'S, UH, PROCEED.

WOULD VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING.

A OPPOSED? THEY'RE APPROVED.

UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY BRIEF MEETING TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.

AND SO THE ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY ARE JUST, UH, CONCRETE THINGS THAT YOUR, THE TOMA REQUIREMENTS ON VIDEO CONFERENCE.

PEOPLE NEED TO BE VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED INDEPENDENCE.

UH, AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE HAD IS JUST, UH, TO ASK FOR, UH, ANY UPDATES THAT ANY OF THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS HAVE REGARDING THINGS INCURRED IN THEIR DISTRICT OVER THE PAST MONTH.

UM, RIGHT.

I'M JUST GONNA PASS OUT AND HERE.

JUST A THOUGHT.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS IS GONNA GO, BUT WE'LL SEE.

RIGHT, MRS. NICE.

THANK YOU.

UM, I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP.

IS THIS THE TIME? YES.

OKAY.

ON NOVEMBER 9TH, IN THE AFTERNOON, THERE WAS A RIBBON CUP RIBBON CUTTED CEREMONY FOR A NEW PROJECT THAT'S OVER 200 UNITS IN OAK CLIFF.

AND IT'S CALLED THE OAKS.

IT'S A GORGEOUS BUILDING.

TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF AMENITIES AND MATERIALS THAT ARE DURABLE YET VERY ATTRACTIVE.

THEY DON'T, THEY JUST DON'T LOOK LIKE CEMENT STANDING WITH HOLES IN IT.

AND, UM, IT'S ALREADY FULL.

AND IT'S A SENIOR PROPERTY.

IT'S ONLY FOR SENIORS.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PLANS DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE YOU COULD POSSIBLY QUALIFY FOR.

YOU START WITH ONE BEDROOM AND GO, I KNOW THEY HAVE TWO BEDROOM.

THERE WAS A DEBATE WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO FINISH OUT SOME AS THREE BEDROOMS, BUT FOR SURE.

BUT EVEN THEIR ONE BEDROOM IS SO NICELY DIVIDED.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE USE OF SPACE.

IT SEEMS LARGER.

ALL THE APARTMENTS INCLUDING, UH, THE, UH, ONE BEDROOM HAVE WASHER AND DRYER IN THE UNIT.

SO IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE IF ANYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO GO BY.

UH, LOTS OF PARKING ON PROPERTY.

THEY ALSO HAVE A BUILDING THAT THEY'RE FINISHING OUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A CLINIC THEY'RE TRYING TO SETTLE.

EXACTLY.

IF IT'S GONNA BE JUST FOR RESIDENTS OR RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S NOT FINISHED.

SO THERE'S TIME.

SO IF ANYBODY HAS A PROPERTY THAT IN THEIR DISTRICT THAT IS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW OR REMODELED, YOU MAY WANNA GO LOOK AT IT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT YOUR DISTRICT TO GET SOME VERY GOOD IDEAS.

THERE IS, IS THIS A BRAND NEW, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION OR WAS THIS A RENOVATION OF SOMETHING? OH, NO, NO.

THERE WAS ONCE UPON A TIME, UM, A BUILDING THERE, BUT EVERYTHING WAS DEMOLISHED TO THE GROUND.

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THEY JUST SPARED AS MANY TREES AS THEY COULD.

UH, IT, IT'S LOCATED, I DID SAY OAK CLIFF, BUT THIS IS ON, UH, LOU WELLEN, THE CORNER OF LOU ELLEN AND PEMBROKE.

THAT WOULD BE, IF WE GO TO, UH, MENTALLY GO TO, UH, JEFFERSON, WE GO SOUTHWARD, UH, ON JEFFERSON ON LUELLEN PAST 12TH STREET AND YOU CAN'T MISS IT.

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

UH, SHE DIDN'T SEND OR I DIDN'T CATCH THAT CAR.

HOW MANY UNITS DO THEY HAVE? I THINK IT'S TWO 20.

AND IT'S ALL FOR SENIORS, IS THAT CORRECT? CARMEN? YES, MA'AM.

YES MA'AM.

YEP.

AND YOU SAID A IT WAS FULL ALREADY? YES.

WOW.

BE BECAUSE THEY CREATED THE SAME PLAN OF WHERE I WORK.

I GUESS YOU ALL KNOW I WORK FULL TIME ALSO IN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH FINANCING.

AND NOT FAR FROM THERE.

BY THE WAY.

YOU COULD PROBABLY WALK.

UM, YES, THE ANSWER IS YES, THEY DO HAVE FINANCING, BUT THAT WASN'T MADE AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF, UH, MO IT WAS A MATTER OF, WE HAVE IT A CERTAIN DIFFERENT PLANS WERE QUOTED.

UH, 'CAUSE REMEMBER WE'RE IN AN OPENING AND CUTTING CEREMONY AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.

BUT THERE WAS NO SHEET THAT I CAN READ TO YOU, AND I'M HOPING TO GET ONE MAYBE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND THERE'S GOING TO BE BY, UM, WENDY'S.

THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE PROBABLY FOR JANUARY.

THAT ONE I'LL HAVE A SHEET WITH ME IN JANUARY.

BUT THAT, SO FAR IT'S GONNA BE MIXED.

IT WILL, THERE WILL BE AN AMOUNT OF THOSE APARTMENTS THERE, THE ONES THAT I MENTIONED NOW, WHICH IS BY WENDY'S.

BUT I'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS SOON AS I GET IT CONFIRMED.

BUT THE LEASE THAT WOULD BE, WOULD BE ONLY A PORTION WILL BE RESERVED FOR SENIORS AND ALSO, UH, A BETTER FINANCING IN TERMS OF WHAT WOULD BE THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENT.

YOU SEE IN OAK CLIFF, THERE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS THAT ARE ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD OR SO, THEY'VE BEEN STANDING THERE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AND BASICALLY THEY'RE EMPTY, BUT A ONE BEDROOM IS COSTING YOU 1,200 OR OR MORE.

AND SO MOST SENIORS CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

THAT'S WHY IT'S EMPTY.

SO NOW THE ONES THAT ARE COMING UP ARE GONNA HAVE ALONGSIDE, UM, UM, BETTER FINANCING, EVEN IF PART OF THE BUILDING IS, AND PART OF THE BUILDING ISN'T, IT'S BETTER SUM THAN NONE.

AT LEAST THAT'S THE WAY I THINK WHO ACTUALLY DEVELOPED THIS? THE ONE WHICH ONE? THE ONE THE FIRST ONE I MENTIONED.

YEAH.

UM, IS THERE A PRIVATE DEVELOPER? THERE'S A PRIVATE DEVELOPER AND IT'S, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE SHARED.

UH, THEY'RE ON HAMPTON ROAD.

OH, WHAT'S THE NAME AGAIN? D-A-D-H-A.

SORRY, I'VE GOT PEOPLE WAVING IN FRONT OF MY OFFICE.

LIKE, DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CURTAINS ARE OPEN OR CLOSED.

OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU.

AND IF YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL PROVIDE THE, THE, UH, PARA SHEETS OR HANDOUTS ON THAT, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING, OR SHARE THEM WITH THE KYLE.

YEAH.

IN THE MEANTIME, HE CAN FORWARD THEM TO EVERYBODY.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

I'LL ALWAYS SEND IT TO MACKAY.

UM, THERE MIGHT BE A THIRD SHEET, ANOTHER ONE THAT I MAY HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON IT ALSO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SO CARMEN, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S ON FORT WORTH AVENUE THAT'S NEW CONSTRUCTION AS WELL? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR 55 AND PLUS.

OKAY.

YEAH, I KNOW, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS OF THE FIRST TWO PROPERTIES I, I BROUGHT UP IS BECAUSE OF I KNOW THE PEOPLE THERE, AND I'M, I'VE SEEN THIS SINCE GROUNDBREAKING.

OKAY.

BUT THE ONE ON FOURTH GRADE, FOURTH WORTH AVENUE, I DON'T, I, I DON'T HAVE THAT CLOSENESS, BUT I, BUT I CAN REACH IT.

OKAY.

SO AS SOON AS I REACH YOU CAN, I WAS WANTING TO FIND OUT MORE BECAUSE IT IS A OVER 55 SENIOR PLACE.

MM-HMM.

.

AND IT, UH, IS BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION THERE IN OAK CLIFF AS WELL.

I WOULDN'T BE SO CONCERNED.

AND THIS IS MY OPINION, UH, I DO AGREE WITH YOU.

WE, WE WANNA SEE IF IT'S FOR SENIORS, BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED HOW MUCH IS THAT GONNA BE A

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MONTH? WILL THERE BE SOME KIND OF FINANCING TO REDUCE THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS SO THEY CAN AFFORD IT? YOU CANNOT SURVIVE.

YOU CANNOT SURVIVE WITH FIVE OR $600 A MONTH AND PAY YOUR ELECTRICITY AND PAY YOUR PHONE.

OH, BY THE WAY, I OVERLOOKED THIS, THE FIRST PROPERTY I MENTIONED THAT'S CALLED THE OAKS.

IT'S WITH ALL EXPENSES PAID, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY UTILITIES.

SO, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO HAPPEN, BUT IT CAN HAPPEN.

SO WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS ME THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, IT IS POSSIBLE.

SO I'LL, I'LL TRY AND GET AS MUCH AS I CAN FOR THE ONE ON FORT WORTH AVENUE.

AND, UM, I MIGHT BE ABLE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH THE GROUP, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING MY COUNCILMAN, UH, TO GET MORE INTO WHAT I JUST BROUGHT UP TO YOU.

OKAY.

IF THAT'S OKAY, YOU LET ME KNOW.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS SCHEDULE IS, SO I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

OKAY.

WE'LL GET THAT.

YEAH.

UM, ANYBODY ELSE, UM, HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM THEIR DISTRICT JUST IN, IN YES.

THE DISTRICT THREE.

I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER THAT.

WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL PERSON THAT ATTENDED OUR, ONE OF OUR LAST GROUP, UH, COUNCILMAN GRACIE, UH, HELD ON OCTOBER THE 27TH.

UH, HIS STATE OF THE DISTRICT MEETING, UH, HIS FIRST 100 DAYS WHERE HE SURE.

UH, WELL, WE, I GUESS RESHARED OR REVIEWED HIS GOALS FOR THE DISTRICT, UH, CURRENTLY AND INTRODUCED ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS SO THAT WE COULD BE AWARE OF WHO ELSE IS WORKING AND SERVING.

AND, UM, PRETTY MUCH, I THINK WE HAVE A MEETING, I THINK IT'S NEXT WEEK WITH JUST COMMISSIONERS, UH, WHERE HE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH US, UH, OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT HIS EXPECTATIONS FOR US AS, AS COMMISSIONERS.

THANKS.

THAT'S GOOD.

THERE IN, HE HAS APPOINTED ME TO A ANOTHER, UH, IT'S A COMMITTEE.

UH, THERE'S A PROPERTY THERE ON HAMPTON, AND I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF THE STREET RIGHT ACROSS FROM PEACE PARK, UH, THAT HAD BEEN SLATED FOR HOMELESS PERSONS.

AND OF COURSE THE COMMUNITY DID NOT WANT THAT.

AND SO YOU WANNA LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY MAY ACCEPT.

AND THE ONE THAT IS PRIORITY IS FOUR SENIOR.

OKAY.

JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION AND REALLY A QUESTION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE 55 AND PLUS APARTMENT PROJECTS.

WE HAVE ONE AT, UH, SHILOH AND FEST, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE GONNA GO IN TO TAKE PLACE OF ANOTHER CHURCH ON FERGUSON, THE WHITE ROCK, UH, CHURCH OF CHRIST.

BUT THE ONE ON SHILOH IS A BEAUTIFUL EDIFICE, BUT IT ONLY ALLOWS 8% OF ITS RENTAL UNITS TO BE REASONABLE.

THANK YOU, KAREN.

AND SO IT'S SORT OF MISLEADING.

AND MY PREDECESSOR IN THIS CHAIR LIVES IN ONE AND PAYS FULL RATE OUT IN FAR NORTH DALLAS, BUT HE SAID THEY DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE OR RE FELLOW RESIDENTS THAT ARE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE PLAN OF LESS RENT.

AND I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S A LINE OF DEMARCATION OR AN EXPLANATION OF THAT, BECAUSE DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED IT.

WE'VE EXPERIENCED IT ONCE.

RIGHT.

LISA'S BACK IN YOUR BACKYARD AND THEN WE'RE GETTING READY TO EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN.

I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, MIKE.

UH, BECAUSE THAT, THAT GOES THROUGH THE CITY.

YES.

AND THE CITY MAKES, I THINK, AND WE, BECAUSE THERE IS ONE IN, IN FAR NORTH DALLAS NOW ALSO 8% OF THE UNIT, UNIT HAS TO BE, UM, EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

60% OF THE AM UH, THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME IN THE AREA OR SO, AND THAT, THAT, THAT IS BEING WORKED THROUGH THE CITY.

BECAUSE I HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF IT SAYING THAT THE CITY HAD APPROVE THAT.

WELL, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR THAT ONE.

THAT'S LOWER RENT AND EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY.

55 AND OLDER.

YEAH.

THESE ARE NOT WELL, I WOULD, I WAS, I'LL SPEAK TO THAT.

I MEAN, THE CITY HAS A NEW ORDINANCE THAT WHEN YOU BUILD A, UH, UH, MULTIFAMILY YES.

THAT MUST BE, YOU HAVE TO SET ASIDE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT IS FOR LOW INCOME.

OKAY.

OR WHAT THEY DEFINE AS LOW INCOME.

IT IS AN INCENTIVE.

RIGHT.

KAREN? I THINK, WELL, THEY HAVE ISSUE SOME KIND, BUT THIS IS STARTING TO A DISCUSSION THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND ALSO RELATED

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TO VARIOUS ORDINANCES AND FOR WHICH WE'RE NOT PREPARED AND DON'T HAVE THE APPROPRIATE FOLKS IN THE ROOM AND THAT TO OUR AGENDA TO DISCUSS.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR WORKSHOP SHORTLY, WHICH YOU KNOW, WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO START TALK ABOUT THINGS WE WANNA PRIORITIZE AND WE'VE ALREADY HEARD HOUSING.

THANK YOU.

AS AN AREA.

I'LL MIND, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

NOT AT ALL.

SORRY.

THAT'S FINE.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER DISTRICT REPORTS? YOUR DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, NO, I, NO, I, I KNOW WE'RE MINDFUL OF TIME, SO I, THAT WAS WHY I PRINTED THEM AND PASSED OUT.

RIGHT.

SO, YEAH.

THAT'S, SO, PORTIA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I HAVE.

OKAY.

NO, MARIANNE DOES.

HERE.

I CAN'T, I CAN'T DEAL WITH THAT.

I MACAL SHE SAID NO.

OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE NEVER SEE ANY FACES ON THIS SCREEN? UH, NO, SIR.

I MEAN, I, THEY'RE VERY CLEAR ON MY SCREEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE NOT SHOWING UP THERE.

.

IT MAKES THE, IT MAKES THE CONDUCT OF THE MEETINGS DAMN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.

AND I, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THAT IN THE NEXT MEETING.

MR. CHAIR? UH, YES.

THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE REQUIRED TO BE ON CAMERA ARE ACTUALLY THE BOARD MEMBERS THEMSELVES.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

I'VE GOT ONE PICTURE AND THEY'RE NOT ON CAMERA, THEY'RE JUST COUNTED AS ABSENT.

BUT THEY'RE ON, THEY'RE ON HIS, ON THIS SCREEN AND IT DOESN'T PROJECT.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

THAT'S IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CHAIR THE MEETING, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.

YEAH.

SO WE CAN SEE THEM ON BROADCAST.

YEAH.

AND WE CAN'T SEE 'EM AT ALL.

YEAH.

WOW.

THAT HELPS EXPLAIN.

I CAN SEE HER.

I CAN'T, YOU CAN'T SEE PORSCHE, BUT NOBODY ELSE.

I CAN'T SEE KARMA WAS TALKING.

OKAY.

WELL APPARENTLY THERE'S NOBODY ELSE THAT'S GOT ANYTHING TO ADD.

IS DEBBIE AUSTIN ON NOW? I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN 10 TEXTS FROM HER.

OH, SHE'S NOT SAYING THAT.

SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO BE HONEST.

SHE WAS ON AND THEN FELL OFF AND, OKAY.

MARY.

YEAH, I DID SEE ONCE TO A REPORT.

I AM A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY IN DISTRICT SEVEN, HAD A THANKSGIVING, UH, DINNER AND ALSO SOME, UH, WORKSHOPS ON DIFFERENT FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR THE SENIORS.

AND ALSO IN, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN.

WE ARE HAVING A BOARD OF COMMISSION TRAINING, UM, ON THE 28TH TO, UH, MEET WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS AROUND THE DISTRICT TO GIVE UPDATES AND LEARNING WHAT EVERYONE'S DOING.

AND 11, ALSO MARIANNE, WE'RE THE COMMISSIONERS ARE MEETING AT 11 ALSO, RIGHT? IS THAT PART OF THIS? NO, SORRY, SORRY.

THAT'S ON THIS MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, DISTRICT 11, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WILL BE MEETING, UH, ON DECEMBER.

I'D FORGOTTEN THAT.

RIGHT.

WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN YOUR SENIOR.

VERY DIFFERENT.

YES.

YEAH.

I'M JUST, JUST A OKAY.

A LITTLE LESS THOUGHT.

JUST A LITTLE.

CAN I ASK A, A QUESTION ABOUT THE REPORTS? UM, IKA, WHO IS YOUR, THE DISTRICT? THE WEST DALLAS DISTRICT.

I AM.

WHO IS ? HI.

SO I WAS THERE WHEN WAS THE GIVEAWAY OR MACKAY IS ON THE PHONE.

OH, THERE WAS A UNBELIEVABLE, UM, ON WHICH, WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT? YEAH.

THE TURKEYS.

YES MA'AM.

WE HAD A THREE.

YEAH.

SO I WAS THERE HELPING TO DISTRIBUTE TURKEYS IN WEST DALLAS.

YES.

IT WAS REALLY AMAZING.

THEY TOTALLY, I SAID ALL THE TRAFFIC ON SINGLETON , THEY WERE AROUND THE BLOCK, RIGHT? IT WAS, UM, I WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT 400 CARS CAME THROUGH, UM, UH, NATIONAL COUNCIL, JEWISH WOMEN PROVIDED ALL THE TURKEYS.

UH, AND THE CITY HAD A RESOURCE FOR WHICH WE RAN OUT OF EVERYTHING.

UM, UH, CARROTS, POTATOES, CABBAGE.

OH, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS REALLY NICE.

IT WAS A THANKSGIVING TURKEY GIVEAWAY.

SALMON ALSO DID THE SAME THING ABOUT GIVING OUT TURKEYS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, GAVE DINNER DINNERS TO, UH,

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FAMILIES.

30 DIFFERENT FAMILIES WHOLE.

NOT JUST THE CHURCHES, BUT ALL THE SIXTIES TOO.

AND IN DISTRICT, IN DISTRICT THREE, WE HAD SEVERAL GIVEAWAYS.

ONE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL, UH, THAT WAS A FULL TURKEY DINNER.

THIS ONE WAS SPONSORED BY, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE, UH, AT NORTH TEXAS, UH, ON, I THINK IT WAS SATURDAY.

AND IT WAS SPONSORED BY I THINK THE MAVERICKS AND THAT I SPOKE TRANSFER, WELL ON THE SIXTH IN MINES IN DISTRICT SIX, THEY HAD A COMMITTEE TO COME IN AND SERVE THE SENIORS FOR THANKSGIVING.

AND THEY DID THAT ON THE 12TH, ON THE 27TH, NOT ON THE 12TH.

AND THEN THEY TURNED AROUND AND THEY GAVE OUT TURKEYS TO THE SENIORS AND CARDS, LIKE A $10 DEBIT CARD.

AND THEN THE TURKEY STUFF, THEY TOOK CARE OF IT, BUT SHE'S RIGHT, IT WAS ABOUT 400 OUT THERE.

YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS IN THAT SERIES.

UH, THE SENIORS RIGHT INSIDE MS. T IS THE SENIOR DIRECTOR THERE.

SHE'S NOTHING SORT OF AMAZING.

HOW WAS, HOW WAS THAT PROMOTED OR HOW WAS IT, HOW DID PEOPLE FIND OUT THAT THAT WAS INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH? BADLY.

AND SO I'M GONNA SORT OF RAISE THAT WHEN WE HAVE TIME.

UM, UM, IT WAS PROMOTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK RATHER, WELL IT WAS PROMOTED.

I SAW IT TWICE LIKE ON THE NEWS, BUT WITH LIKE VERY LITTLE INFORMATION.

SO THERE WAS, AND MACKAY WAS THERE, SO THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CONFUSION, WHICH YOU, IT WAS LIKE, SO, UM, YEAH.

SO, UH, THE PROMOTION DIDN'T GIVE THE INFORMATION THAT IT NEEDED TO GIVE.

SO IT TOOK WAY LONGER.

PEOPLE GOT IN LINE WHO WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE FORMS THEY NEEDED.

THEN IT HELD UP, WHICH IS WHY THERE WAS SUCH A MESS ON SINGLETON.

SO, UM, YEAH.

OKAY.

I KNOW INSIDE THE PEOPLES COME, IT'S ON THE FIRST MONDAY AND THE THIRD MONDAY THAT THEY COME IN AND THEY SERVE ALL THE VETERANS.

SO ON THE FIRST AND THE THIRD, IT'S JUST SQUARES.

THEY COME AND SERVE THE VETERANS, BUT THEY DECIDED TO SERVE US SENIORS.

SO THEY ALREADY FROM NORMAL.

OKAY.

REALLY.

THEY, AND IT WAS GOOD.

BUT JEWISH BEEN DOING THAT AT WEST DALLAS.

I'VE BEEN IN THAT CENTER FOR 15 YEARS.

YEAH.

AND THAT'S HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN DOING.

THIS IS MY 10TH YEAR.

I DO IT WITH MY GRANDKIDS.

UM, AND WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.

THEY BE IN THERE HELPING.

YEAH.

THEY WERE IN THERE HELPING.

THEY KNEW THE STAFF DOWN THERE, SO.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ? YES, LISA? UM, IT'S NOT MY DISTRICT, BUT IT'S DISTRICT TWO IS HAVING THEIR, I GUESS IT'S AN ANNUAL SENIOR BRUNCH ON THE SEVENTH OR BREAKFAST ON THE SEVENTH FROM NINE TO 12 DOWN AT THE BOMB FACTORY.

I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS.

I HEARD THIS IS LIKE SOME BIG, I WAS INVITED IN MY DISTRICT NINE.

IT'S LIKE SOME BIG TO-DO THEY BUS IN SENIORS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

JESSE MORENO IS GONNA BE HOSTING IT.

THERE'S LIKE DORM PRIZES AND AND ALL THAT.

DISTRICT TWO.

DISTRICT TWO.

YEAH.

AND EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS INVITED TO THAT AND THEY WERE REQUESTED TO, UH, INVITE THEIR SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER FOR THE DISTRICT.

DISTRICT.

SO IT'S, WE, WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THE, CAN WE DO THAT, PETER? 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE, YEAH, WE'LL SEND THAT OUT.

RIGHT.

EY, YOU GONNA GIVE ME THE UH, ADDRESS AGAIN? IT'S THE BOMB FACTORY WHERE THE OLD BOMB DOWN THERE DEEP.

IT USED BE USED CALL THE FACTORY WENT TO.

SORRY PETER, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS? YEAH, RIGHT.

OKAY.

JUST GIMME MINUTE.

OKAY.

PETER'S GONNA SHARE.

RIGHT.

PETER, I'LL SHARE.

HUH? WHAT CHAIR? WHAT, WHAT IS THE DATE OF THAT ACTIVITY OF THE BAIN FACTORY? THERE'S SEVENTH, SEVEN.

DECEMBER 7TH NUMBER SEVEN.

YEP.

YEAH.

SO THE 7TH OF DECEMBER? YES.

YES.

IT'S UH, THURSDAY.

THURSDAY.

YES.

THURSDAY.

AND AT WHAT TIME IS IT STARTS AT NINE IN THE MORNING AND GOES TO NOON, NINE IN THE MORNING AND IT GOES, IT JUST GOES IN THERE.

WE'LL DISTRIBUTE THE FLYER TO ALL THE COMMISSION.

OKAY.

AND GETS UP AT THE SAME TIME.

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OKAY.

OKAY.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING.

SO I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE STANDARD.

I SECOND.

ALL FAVOR.

AYE.

ADJOURN.

AYE.

SO BY MISS KATIE, WHERE, WHAT IS SHE DOING?