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OH, NO, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON.
HEY, COMMISSIONER CHASE, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT YOUR CAMERA'S WORKING.
SO I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHEN YOU, WHAT'D YOU SAY? OH, COOL.
YOUR, YOUR SOUND DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CLEAR.
ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? WELL, I HEAR YOU FINE.
YOU SEE ME RIGHT? AND I CAN, I CAN HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? SO THAT, THAT IS BETTER.
I DUNNO IF MAYBE YOU MOVED CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE, BUT YEAH.
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HELLO, DR.HOW ARE YOU? WELL, AND YOURSELF? GOOD.
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UM, SO FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE ONLINE WAITING, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HOLD OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER, HOPING THAT WE HAVE A FEW MORE.WE NEED TWO MORE TO, TWO MORE COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE QUORUM.
WE HAVE FOUR PRESENT, PHYSICALLY, ONE ONLINE.
WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER BELL, WHO JUST JOINED.
JUST, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON, PLEASE.
I'M HEADING BACK TO MY DESK THAT'S HERE.
BUT I'M HEARING THE LINE THEN.
UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH AS WELL.
SO, UH, CHAIR AYERS, WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
[Veteran Affairs Commission on August 14, 2025.]
MEETING FOR THE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR THE MONTH OF, UH, AUGUST IS CALLED THE ORDER.UH, DISTRICT TWO, PRESENT OR NOT PRESENT? UH, DISTRICT FIVE, NOT PRESENT.
MR. HASLEY, HE'S UP THERE, RIGHT? MR. HUNTERS IS ABSENT.
SO WE HAVE A QUORUM CALL OF ORDER.
ALL AGENT, UNITED STATES AMERICA
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING IN JULY.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION CARRIES THE MINUTES, UH, HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND I SIGN, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK AS A MODIFICATION THAT YOU CHANGE THE DATE FOR THE SEPTEMBER DATE.
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OKAY.FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO HAVE A QUICK ING RUNDOWN, UH, ON THE VETERAN'S WELLBEING ASSESSMENT.
COMMISSIONER A I'M SORRY, EVERYBODY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AS USUAL.
UM, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, UH, A LITTLE BIT, SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE, THE NOTES THAT WERE SENT TO YOU ALL, UH, FOR LAST MONTH UP THROUGH THE 14TH.
UM, AS FAR AS THE QUALITATIVE METHODS OF THE STUDY ON JULY 14TH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE VETERANS INNOVATION AND INSIGHT FORUM GATHERED VETERANS SERVICE PROVIDERS, GOVERNMENT LEADERS, AND RESEARCHERS FOR A FULL DAY OF DIALOGUE AND SOLUTION BUILDING.
UH, WE HAD ABOUT, UH, OF THE SURVEY RESULTS, UH, THAT WE HAD 89%, UH, SHARED THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED, UH, OVERALL SATISFACTION.
AND 95% OF THEM SAID THAT IT FOSTERED MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE, WHICH IS TERRIFIC BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAD HOPED TO ACHIEVE.
SO, UH, THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS.
UH, SOME STRENGTHS, UH, FROM, UH, FROM THAT WE GLEANED FROM THE SURVEY IS THAT THEY HAD A CHANCE TO SHARE DIVERSE, UH, PERSPECTIVES, AND THEY APPRECIATED THE INTERACTIVE STRUCTURE.
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT INCLUDED SHORTER FORMAT, MORE ACROSS GROUP INTERACTION AND THE AGENDA IN ADVANCE.
UM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, ALL COMPONENTS WERE DELIVERED AS PLANNED, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY ANALYZING PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK USING QUALITATIVE CODING TO SURFACE THEMES.
UH, FINANCIAL RE MOVING ON TO FINANCIALS, UH, WRAP UP AND REIMBURSEMENTS ARE ON TRACK.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF HICCUP HICCUPS INTERNALLY AND, AND, UH, BUT WE ARE AIMING TO FINISH ASAP, UH, NO LATER THAN THE END OF AUGUST.
BUT ASAP AND ALL VIIF FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED AS INTENDED.
UH, PARTICIPANT, A PARTICIPANT LIST WAS SHARED WITH COMMISSIONER COLE FOR TARGETED OUTREACH.
UM, THERE WAS A, A HOPE THAT THOSE THAT DID NOT ATTEND THE NO SHOWS WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE AND SHARE THOUGHTS, NOT ON ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF, AND ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL WHO ATTENDED, PARTICIPATED IN, BUT WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD DO A SAMPLING.
AND SO THE PROCESS WOULD BE THAT HE WOULD SEND OUT A INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE.
WE WOULD HEAR FROM THEM, AND THEN WE WOULD SEND OUT QU QUESTIONS AND WE WOULD INCORPORATE 'EM INTO OUR CODES AND INTO OUR ANALYSIS.
UH, THAT WON'T BE IN PERPETUITY.
IT WILL PROBABLY, I, YOU KNOW, I FIGURED MAYBE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AT THE MAX BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT ALL WRAPPED UP.
AND I DON'T WANNA HAVE A LOT OF, UH, STRAGGLING PIECES.
UH, BUT I THINK IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED, THEN DEFINITELY WE CAN, WE CAN ENCOURAGE, UH, THEIR, THEIR PARTICIPATION AND WE CAN INCORPORATE THOUGHTS.
AND REMEMBER, I'M YOUR QUANT, UH, I'M SORRY, QUANTITATIVE METHODS.
AND REMEMBER, I'M YOUR QUALITATIVE PERSON.
UH, AND OUR OTHER FACULTY MEMBERS ARE ON THEIR WAY BACK FROM THEIR SUMMER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS, SO HAVE PATIENCE WITH ME, AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I CAN'T ANSWER, I WILL WRITE THE QUESTIONS DOWN AND I WILL BE SURE TO ANSWER 'EM AS SOON AS I CAN.
BUT, UH, REMEMBER THAT THE GOAL OF THE QUANTITATIVE WORK IS TO IDENTIFY THE SERVICE GAPS FOR DALLAS AREA VETERANS AND EDUCATION JOBS, HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, AND TRANSPORTATION.
UH, THUS FAR, UM, 28, UH, CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AS WELL AS 29 MEETING VIDEOS, UH, FOR PATTERNS.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SUMMARIES AND KEYWORD TOPIC MAPS AND GEOSPATIAL DATABASE BEING, UM, DEVELOPED TO SHOW SERVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
WE ARE PULLING DATA RIGHT NOW FROM THE US CENSUS,
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THE A-C-S-C-A-D STARTING TO USE, UH, MEASURING COMMUNITIES.ORG AND THOSE DATABASES.UH, THERE WAS A SHIFT FROM WHAT WE HAD HOPED TO GET SOME CELL PHONE MOBILITY DATA, BUT BECAUSE OF THE EXORBITANT COST OF IT, UH, UH, DR. MCGEE HAS SHIFTED TO ANALYZING REDDIT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SERVICE ACCESS FROM 2020 PRESENT.
SO USING THAT SOCIAL MEDIA AS A SOURCE.
UM, THE, THE GEOSPATIAL TEAM HAS BEEN DIGITIZING, PARTICIPATING, PARTICIPATORY MAPPING FROM THE FORUM, UH, FOR INTEGRATION INTO THE GEOSPATIAL DATA SET.
SO ALL THOSE MAPS THAT YOU DID ON THE TABLES, WE'VE BEEN PULLING THAT, THAT DATA, UM, PROJECT, UH, ACCORDING TO THE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHERS IS ON TRACK AND UNDER BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAD ONE, UH, STUDENT WORKING THIS SUMMER, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE STUDENT STAFF JOINING US THIS SUMMER.
AND STUDENTS, UH, WE HAD A MEETING BOTH NON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AS WELL.
UM, THERE ALSO IS IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW, A CONSIDERATION OF A NEW TOOL TO EXPAND SOCIAL MEDIA DATA COLLECTION SETS.
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT TOOL IS, BUT I COULD GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU FROM DR. MCGEE.
SO, BIG PICTURE, I GUESS ALL WORK, UH, IS RIGHT NOW, UH, POSITIVELY MOVING TOWARD AN INTERACTIVE SYSTEM THAT WILL SHOW WHERE VETERANS ARE WELL SERVED AND WHERE GAPS REMAIN.
UH, HELPING YOU ALL HELPING HOPEFULLY AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FOCUS RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE? I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IT'LL COME OUT OF THERE, BUT THEY DECIDE TO SPEND IT THERE.
GER, THANKS AGAIN FOR, FOR COMING AND, AND KEEPING US UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S ALL GOING ON.
UM, SO I, I APPRECIATE, UM, 'CAUSE I, I, I'VE BEEN WRITING NOTES OUT BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE LISTING AND THE NON-ATTENDANCE LISTING, UH, TO, TO PEOPLE THAT CAME IN THAT WEREN'T PART OF THE COMMISSION THAT, YOU KNOW, SAID, HEY, THANKS FOR COMING, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW I WAS GOING TO APPROACH THE, UM, THE FOLKS THAT DIDN'T SHOW.
AND SO, BUT I, BUT NOW I SEE IN, I SEE IN YOUR REPORT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO, LIKE FOR ME TO ASK THEM TO EMAIL THIS SO THEY CAN, THEY CAN EMAIL YOU SOME KIND OF SURVEY AND THAT WAY THAT YOUR INFORMATION YES, SIR.
SO SIR, I THINK IT, YEAH, I THINK IT IS EMBEDDED IN THE REPORT.
IF IT ISN'T, THEN I MIGHT'VE EMBEDDED IT IN THE EMAIL AND I'LL DOUBLE CHECK.
'CAUSE I THINK I MIGHT'VE, UH, JUST TO MAKE IT AN EASY LIFT FOR YOU, I WROTE, UH, A QUASI SCRIPT FOR YOU, UH, TO PERSONALIZE, OF COURSE, BUT JUST TO MAKE IT AN EASY LIFT FOR YOU.
WELL, WELL, I, I WOULD RATHER THE, I WOULD RATHER THE SURVEYS COME FROM YOU GUYS BECAUSE, I MEAN, I JUST FINISHED MY SUMMER COURSE, WHICH WAS ALL ABOUT HOW TO WRITE SURVEYS AND I MADE AN A, UH, BUT, UH, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'M, I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT IT.
IT'S, WHAT'S WHAT'S WONDERFUL OF COURSE, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS KIND OF WORK IS TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS A CONNECTION AND HAS A MAYBE A LITTLE MORE CLOUT THAN WE HAVE.
SO, UM, WELL, I JUST, THE, THE FACT OF THAT YOU'RE SENDING THESE NOTES AND, AND REINFORCING THE EXPERIENCE WITH A, A POSITIVE THANK YOU, BUT ALSO OPENING UP THE OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLY INVALUABLE.
SO IF THEY'RE INTERESTED AND THEY GET BACK TO US, THEN I WILL BE SENDING OUT, UM, IT'S A, LIKE, AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA SEND OUT ALL QUESTIONS TO THEM, BUT IT WOULD BE LIKE A SAMPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT'LL GO TO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF I GET THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED, THEY'LL PROBABLY GET RIGHT ACROSS SECTION OF QUESTIONS.
AND I, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND THE SAME QUESTION TO EVERYBODY WE CAN
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE REAL QUICK IS, IS ON THE, ON THE GEOSPATIAL DATA, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, OUR FINE SUPPORT STAFF, MS. SMILE, I'LL, HAS CYNTHIA, YOU GUYS, UM, THE CONTACT POINTS FOR MOST, WELL, IF NOT ALL OF, OF THE DATA THAT THE DATABASE IS THAT, THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS AVAILABLE.
IF WE CAN GET TO THEM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF PROBABLY THE GEOSPATIAL GUY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF OFF DOING THEIR THING TOWARDS SCHOOL STARTS ANYWAY.
AND, UH, I, AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW IF THEY'VE CONTACTED THOSE FOLKS TO, UH, TO, TO GET ACCESS TO ALL THAT DATA, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'LL BE A REAL NICE CROSS CUT ACROSS WHAT THE CITY OF DALLAS KNOWS THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT THE OTHER PARTS OF CITY OF DALLAS
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DOESN'T KNOW.AND SO I, AGAIN, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW IF THEY'VE TALKED TO 'EM OR NOT, BUT DO ME A FAVOR AND FIND OUT IF THEY, IF THEY HAVEN'T, OF COURSE.
I MEAN, I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM WITH FOLLOWING UP.
I MEAN, I, I'M RETIRED, I CAN DO WHATEVER I NEED TO GO DO.
IN FACT, THE, THE MEASURING COMMUNITIES, I WAS TALKING TO DR. MCGEE AND AS SHE HEADED OUT TO, UM, HER VACATION, SHE HAD SAID THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE APPROVED ME TO GET ACCESS TO PURDUE'S INFORMATION, BUT SHE'S GOING ON VACATION.
AND I SAID, IS THAT YOUR WAY OF ASKING ME TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR, WE HAVE.
SO THE ANSWER WAS, I GOT THE NOD, YES, IT IS.
WELL, TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UM, WHETHER THE GEOSPATIAL TE TEAM HAVE CONNECTED, OKAY, SO THIS IS A RECOLLECTION I SHOULD, UH, SAY FOR THE RECORD, BUT I DO BELIEVE I HAVE SEEN AN EMAIL EXCHANGE WHERE DYLAN HARVEY HAS HAD CONTACT WITH AND POTENTIALLY HAS MET WITH THE TEAM.
ZAGA JUST CAME INTO TOWN LAST WEEK, AND, UM, I'M HOPING TO MEET WITH HER THIS WEEK, IF NOT FOR SURE.
WE DO HAVE A TEAM MEETING, A TEAM HUDDLE, UM, TUESDAY, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK.
AND EVERYBODY WILL BE PRESENT.
I WILL, UM, SEND HER AN EMAIL AND LET HER KNOW THAT, UM, WE'LL WANT TO HAVE IN THE NEXT REPORT OR EVEN EARLIER, UM, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY GOT, WHERE THEY'RE AT, WHAT THEY NEED, ET CETERA.
SO, BUT I, I, I DO FEEL LIKE THAT DIALOGUE HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS.
I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU, UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE DETAILS JUST YET.
NO, AND, AND I, I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW THE DETAILS ON THAT STUFF.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A QUANTITATIVE GROUP WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING,
AND SO THERE, I, BUT I DID TALK, BONNIE DID SAY THAT SHE'S GONNA PUT DYLAN IN TOUCH WITH ME BECAUSE THERE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE ENOUGH DATABASES, I THINK WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF THAT IF WE CAN GET ACCESS TO 'EM, IT WILL, IT WILL GREATLY ENHANCE THE INFORMATION THAT HE GETS FOR HIS GEOSPATIAL CLOTTING.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
UH, THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ORTEGA.
SO GETTING USED TO MY TITLE, UM, NOTICE ON THE FIRST PAGE SAYS 19 RESPONDENTS.
WHAT WERE THE TOTAL ATTENDANCE? UH, I BELIEVE STAFF WE WERE AT, UM, I SHOULD HAVE THIS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, AND I DON'T, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE LIKE 33%.
UM, WE HAD, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
I THINK WE WERE AT, I HAVE TO PULL UP THE, I HAVE TO PULL UP WHAT I SENT TO COMMISSIONER COLE.
I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
IF WE CAN JUST DO THE AMENDMENT NEXT TIME, UM, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL DO THAT.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER COLE, I DON'T THINK IT'S A PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE A PEEK AT THE ROSTER.
UM, AS LONG AS IT'S, UH, FAIR THAT WE KEEP IT AMONG OURSELVES, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THE SPONSORS OF THE GRANT, SO WE COULD, WE COULD SHARE THAT.
AND YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHO ATTENDED, WHO DIDN'T ATTEND.
WELL, I THINK WHAT, WHAT COMMISSIONER ORTEGA IS AFTER, IS THAT, IN YOUR OPINION, ENGAGEMENT, DID YOU GET ENOUGH ENGAGEMENT? DID YOU GET ENOUGH SAMPLE? YEAH.
USUALLY YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU GET 10% ON A RESPONSE, RIGHT? SO TO GET, YOU KNOW, OVER 30% IS A REALLY, REALLY A GOOD THING.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FEELING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE OF THEIR EXPERIENCES.
YOU KNOW, BOTH PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE VERY HONEST ABOUT WHAT THEY WISHED THEY COULD SEE AND ALSO, UM, WHAT THEY LOVED ABOUT IT.
AND IT, IT, IT, IT MATCHES UP.
SO, UH, WE'RE FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE CONTENT WITH IT.
YEAH, I FEEL, I FEEL CONTENT WITH IT.
UM, DID YOU, I, I HAVE A QUESTION ACTUALLY WANNA ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER COLE, THIS QUESTION TOO.
UH, DID YOU NOTICE ANY, UH, COMMONALITY BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE, AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP? UM, IT SEEMED LIKE THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A FEW MORE JUST, UH, CITY AND OR NONPROFIT PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP AS OPPOSED TO RANDOM PEOPLE.
BUT, UH, WAS THERE ANY COMMONALITY? COULD YOU TELL? I CAN'T, I, I, I DON'T WANNA ANSWER THAT OFF THE CUFF EITHER, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL LOOK AT THAT AND I'LL, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU A CHARACTERIZATION.
STEVEN, DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING, ANY COMMONALITY? I DID NOT, AND I ALSO DIDN'T LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
I, I, WHAT I DID WAS EVERYBODY WHO, WHO
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ATTENDED THAT WASN'T PART OF THE COMMISSION.YOU KNOW, I STARTED TO WRITE PERSONAL NOTES TO, AND THEN I STARTED, I SAID, SO THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T ATTEND THAN ATTENDED MM-HMM
AND SO AT THAT POINT, I WENT, OKAY, SO DO I JUST GO DOWN AND HAVE MY PRINTER, YOU KNOW, PRINT ME OUT A A, A NICE POSTCARD SORT OF THING THAT SAYS, HEY, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THEN I PUT A PERSONAL NOTE WITH THE COAST GUARD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT WHERE WE WERE FOR THE WHOLE SHOOTING MATCH AT THAT POINT TO DECIDE WHICH TO DO.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO, BY THE WAY, IS I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA HAVE A POSTCARD MADE ON MY PERSONAL STATIONARY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NAVY MAKES YOU DO FOR THE DEAL.
AND, UH, AND THEN I'LL WRITE A PERSONAL NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT.
BUT THIS, AND, AND I MISSED IT, BUT I'M GLAD THAT IN, IN HER REPORT, DR.
GERS REPORT, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, HAVE 'EM EMAIL US AND THEN WE'LL MAIL 'EM BACK THE SURVEY AND THEN THEY CAN MAIL IT BACK TO US.
IF WE CAN DO THAT, OR THEY, OR MAYBE WHEN THEY EMAIL, THEY SAY, GO TO THIS WEBSITE, OR WHATEVER THEY'VE GOT SET UP FOR 'EM, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR 'EM.
BUT THAT'S, BUT THAT'S CLARITY I NEEDED.
WHY CAN'T YOU DIRECTLY SEND THE, SEND THE LINK TO THEIR EMAIL? WE HAVE THEIR EMAIL.
I, I COULD, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT IN TODAY'S WORLD, THERE'S SO MANY EMAILS OUT THERE.
I MEAN, GUYS LIKE YOU AND ME, YOU KNOW, EMAIL'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP.
BUT EVERYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STUFF YOU THROW AWAY.
YOU GET SOMETHING IN THE MAIL AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL LOOK AT IT AND YOU'LL GO, IS THIS JUNK MAIL OR NOT JUNK MAIL? SO I JUST, I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE PERSONAL.
I MAY FOLLOW IT UP WITH AN EMAIL ONCE I KNOW THAT THE MAIL HAS PROBABLY BEEN DELIVERED.
AND, BUT I'LL ALSO NEED TO COMPARE THAT AGAINST WHO'S CONTACTED SMU.
AND IF, IF FIVE PEOPLE HAVE CONTACTED SMU, WE WILL KNOW WHO THEY ARE, AND THEN I CAN, I CAN GO BACK AND REVISIT THE FOLKS THAT DIDN'T RESPOND EITHER WAY.
I, I HAVE A, A COMMENT, UH, IN YOUR BRIEFING, YOU SAID YOU GOT FEEDBACK ON THE MEETING THAT WE HAD, UH, WITH, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE IT MORE PRODUCTIVE.
WE GOT, UM, IN THE, IN THE FEEDBACK, WE GOT RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE, UH, THEY WANTED A SHORTER FORMAT, MORE CROSS GROUP INTERACTION, AND THE AGENDA IN ADVANCE.
WELL, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF A DESIGN, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LAST TWO WERE MORE OF A, A DES WELL, THEY WERE ALL ACTUALLY DESIGN CHOICES FOR THE, FOR THE, THE, THE DESIGN THINKING PROCESS.
AND I, BUT I, I TAKE THEM, I PRIDE IT GOES LIKE THIS TO ADDRESS WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER CHASE AND COMMISSIONER COLE HAD TALKED ABOUT.
IS IT POSSIBLE WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER IN-PERSON GET TOGETHER SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE HAD, BUT INCORPORATED THE CHANGES AND WHATNOT, AND MAYBE WE WOULD GET BETTER AT PARTICIPATION IF WE INCORPORATED THOSE CHANGES OF, OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT AS IT AS IT HAS TO DO WITH LIKE THE, THE DESIGN OF THE, OF, BECAUSE TO DO DESIGN THINKING PROCESSES, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANNA DO FAST, RIGHT? IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANNA DO SLOW, BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT'S THAT DOWNTIME SOMETIMES THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS MORE TO THE SURFACE RATHER THAN, AND ALSO ALLOWS MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO BE, YOU KNOW, STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH Y'ALL IS COST.
UM, THAT WAS A PRETTY, IT'S A, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT COST A LOT TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
AND SO, AND WE UTILIZED ALL THE FUNDS, AND SO WE COULD LOOK AT WHERE WE AT ARE AT OVER WITH OVERALL WITH THE BUDGET.
AND IF THERE ARE, UH, AND IF THERE ARE AREAS THAT WE DON'T SEE OURSELF SPENDING MONEY, THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY.
BUT THE WAY THAT IT, WE HAVE APPROACHED IT IS TO BUILD A BUDGET, SPEND THE MONEY EXACTLY HOW WE HAD INTENDED.
AND, UM, THAT WOULD NOT LEAVE US WITH EXTRA FUNDING FOR AN EVENT LIKE THAT AGAIN.
BUT IF YOU DO THAT GA, WE COULD ANOTHER CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAVE A, A SHORTER EVENT, MAYBE HALF DAY, UH, WITHOUT ALL THE OTHER BILLS AND WHISTLES.
YEAH, I MEAN, THAT, THAT COULD BE, I COULD THINK, I COULD THINK THROUGH THAT MAYBE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND SOUND LIKE AND FEEL LIKE.
BUT I WOULD STILL WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU A BUDGET FOR THAT.
WELL TAKE A LOOK AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU YES, SIR.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR WELL, I, I DON'T WANNA GET ANYBODY EXCITED ABOUT THINGS THAT I DON'T WANNA TELL YOU TOO MUCH ABOUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE
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WANNA GET THE DATA TOGETHER AND THEN SYNTHESIZE IT AND NOT LOOK AT IT IN CHUNKS.BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO UNPACK ALL THE WORDS, ALL THE PHRASES, ALL THE INFORMATION.
IT'S A VERY LABORIOUS TASK, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
AND ALSO TRYING TO READ PEOPLE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT CHICKEN SCRATCH, IT'S KIND OF HARD.
BUT, UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING, UH, TO WRITE THESE THINGS DOWN AND EVEN START TO PRECO CONCEPTUALIZE SOME THEMES.
AND, UH, SO THE DATA WAS VERY RICH.
I'M, I'M SUPER PLEASED WITH, UM, THE DATA THAT WAS CAPTURED.
UH, IT TAKES BOTH HIGH LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION, ENTHUSIASTIC ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN REALLY GOOD FACILITATORS WHO DID A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY DESCRIBE THINGS AND THEN THE NOTE TAKING TOOLS.
SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE CAPTURED.
AND, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE ALREADY SEEING SOME PRELIMINARY TRENDS THAT I WON'T, I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT 'CAUSE THEY COULD CHANGE, BUT IT'S PRETTY FUN, PRETTY FUN TO UNPACK.
SO I'M REALLY NERDING OUT ON YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT BOY, IS THAT A FUN THING FOR A RESEARCH TO, TO HAVE A CHANCE TO DO.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND COMMENTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? NO.
COMMISSIONER COLE HAS DRAFTED A, UH, OPPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER FOR THE COMMISSION TO ALLOW US TO OFFICIALLY, UH, APPOINT SUBCOMMITTEES AND SO FORTH.
DID YOU GIVE EVERYBODY THAT? RIGHT? OKAY.
SO LOOK IT OVER AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR, OR SUGGESTIONS, WE'LL ENTERTAIN THOSE.
I DO HAVE YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHING? NO, UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, I KNOW IN THE PAST WE USED TO FORM SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, I KNOW WE DID ONE FOR THE VETERAN WELLNESS ASSESSMENT.
UM, SO WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE USED TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL HAPPEN BESIDES IT BEING MORE OFFICIAL? YES, THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
AND, WELL, HERE'S, HERE'S THE THING.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT TRANSPARENCY WORKS AND, AND GOVERNANCE AND, AND GO OF MUNICIPALITIES, IF WE MAKE SUBCOMMITTEES, THEN THE CITY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL ANYBODY WHEN THEY'RE HAVING MEETINGS.
THEY CAN DO THEIR, WHAT THEY'VE GOTTA DO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU MADE THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND DO FOR THE WELLNESS, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD BASICALLY BE TELLING THE CITY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THIS.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT REALLY DOESN'T, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION, DOESN'T GO WITH WHAT THE CITY'S INTENTION IS OF BEING TRANSPARENT TO, TO THEIR CITIZENSHIP.
UH, I WOULD ALSO JUST POINT OUT THAT, UH, IT DOES GIVE US BETTER, UH, COVERAGE FOR ANY KIND OF, UH, OFFICIAL NOTICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IF WE HAVE THESE SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE OR AMENDMENT, BUT I ASK, I HAVE A QUESTION, WHICH IS, UH, STEVEN, HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS YET? UH, I DID NOT.
I, UH, I CIRCUMVENTED THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS.
I WENT TO MY DAUGHTER WHO USED TO WORK AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SAID, IS THIS THE WAY THIS SHOULD BE FORMATTED AND WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE? AND SHE SAID, YES.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
I MEAN, AND I, AND, AND, AND SCOTT, PLEASE, I KNOW THE WAY YOU WRITE, PLEASE RUBRIC ALL OVER THIS THING AND FIX IT.
'CAUSE MY, UH, MY PHRASEOLOGY IS PROBABLY NOT SO, UH, SO WELL DONE AT YOURS.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS NOT MY POINT.
ULTIMATELY, IT HAS TO GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WE HOPE IT GOES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AT SOME POINT BECAUSE IF YOU, IF YOU AMEND AN ORDINANCE, IT'S GOTTA BE VOTED ON BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT, UH, I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS, BUT, UH, AT SOME POINT THE
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CITY ATTORNEY'S GONNA HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON IT.OKAY, WELL AGAIN, EVERYBODY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
IF YOU, UH, WANNA MAKE GOOD CHANGES OR ADDITIONS OR VERBIAGE, PLEASE DO SO.
AND AT OUR NEXT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WE'LL VOTE TO APPROVE IT AND THEN SEND IT FORWARD, UH, THROUGH THE
UH, NEXT IS, UH, NUMBER SIX ON OUR AGENDA REAPPOINTMENT UPDATE.
UH, EVERYONE THAT HAS SERVED MORE THAN A YEAR HAS TO REAPPLY, UH, IF YOU SERVED LESS THAN A YEAR, BUT, UH, EVERYBODY THAT SERVED AT LEAST A YEAR, UH, HAVE GOTTEN THE EMAIL THAT THEY SENT IN TO THE CITY.
YOUR INTENT TO, UH, REAPPLY, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION.
AND, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS AT THIS POINT, DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE THAT HASN'T, UH, INDICATED, UH, THEIR INTENTION TO NOT REAPPLY.
WE'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE YOU INDICATED THAT YOU'LL REAPPLY, UH, AND THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW, UH, UH, RESPECT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REAPPOINTMENT? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, COMMISSIONER PRECIADO, IS THERE A WAY TO CONFIRM THAT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE RECEIVED IT? YEAH, I STILL RECORD.
BECAUSE I SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION, BUT I NEVER GOT AN EMAIL SAYING YOUR APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU DID? THIS IS COMMISSIONER ORTEGA.
I APPLIED AND I HAD TO, UH, INCLUDE BOTH GENTLEMEN IN THE SAME EMAIL.
'CAUSE THERE WAS THE TWO DIFFERENT, SO RYAN, I BELIEVE RYAN DAVIS, IS THAT CORRECT? SO THAT WAS YOUR, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER LIAISON? YES.
SO PART OF MY COMMUNICATION WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, 'CAUSE WE WERE HELPING OUT ALSO COMMISSIONER SHERMAN, UH, HE WAS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE ONLINE APPLICATION, UH, COMMISSIONER SHERMAN, YOU WANNA SHARE WITH THEM WHAT, WHAT THE END RESULT WAS SO THAT THEY COULD ALSO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR? UH, SURE.
UM, COMMISSION SHANE, DISTRICT FIVE, UH, WHAT HAPPENED IS, UH, WHEN THEY HAD TWO DIFFERENT, UH, OPTIONS TO APPLY AND IF YOU APPLIED ON ONE, UH, ON THE OLD SYSTEM, THEY CAME UP WITH A NEW SYSTEM OR THE CITY SECRETARY, UH, OFFICE IN.
SO I WAS WORKING WITH THAT SYSTEM.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY WILL GIVE YOU A REPLY BACK SAYING IT WAS APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED.
BUT WHILE I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS, I CONTACTED, UM, TO GET SOME HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING.
SO, UM, UH, SHOULD, SHOULD, UH, KINDA GAVE ME, UH, IN CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT PERSON TO, UH, NAVIGATE THAT SITUATION TO GET IT, UH, APPROVED.
AND ONCE IT WAS APPROVED, UH, THEY, THEY REPLIED BACK THAT, UH, EVERYTHING'S GOOD.
SO HOPEFULLY Y'ALL HAVEN'T GOTTEN A REPLY BACK.
YOU SHOULD OR TRY TO MOVE BACK AND, UH, SEE IF EVERYTHING IS, UM, DONE CORRECTED.
THIS COMMISSIONER ORTEGA AGAIN, UM, ADDING TO THIS, ARE WE GONNA GET LIKE A, A GRACE PERIOD OR SOME SORT OF, UH, KIND OF BIG BROTHER TO BE YOU? YOU'VE GOT UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH.
WILL THEY CONFIRM OR, OR WHETHER YOUR APPLICATION WAS SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED OR SOMETHING'S PENDING OR, OKAY.
JUST SOME SORT OF LIKE SECOND LOOK OR SOMEBODY'S GONNA LOOK ADDRESS.
WELL NOW THEY ASK ARE PEOPLE TO CHECK ONE POINT CONTACT CITY, JUST VERIFY WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND COMMITTEE THE APPLICATIONS DO THAT.
WHO MANAGES ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS? WE, WE HAVE A MEETING, I BELIEVE IT'S THIS MONDAY.
AND, UH, I'LL ASK FOR AN UPDATE.
I'LL, I'LL SEE WHAT THE PRESENTATION IS, BUT THEN I'LL ALSO ASK FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER.
BUT, UH, TO, TO, AND TO CONCLUSIVELY SAY THAT WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED ONLINE, THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING OF A RESPONSE THAT YOU GET INDICATING THAT YOUR APPLICATION WAS COMPLETELY OR CORRECTLY UH, SUBMITTED.
I THINK AT THAT POINT I GOT GOT, I GOT AN EMAIL LIKE THAT.
SO IT IT, IT IT IS BEING DONE.
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE FOR EVERYBODY THOUGH.
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I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND YOU.COMMISSIONER CHASE, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? I SAID I GOT MY EMAIL CONFIRMATION EMAIL, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE NOT EVERYBODY'S GETTING ONE.
AND SO THAT MAY BE A CONCERN THAT SOMETHING IN THE PROCESS MAY HAVE, UH, GLITCHED THAT IT MAY HAVE NOT GONE COMPLETELY THROUGH.
BUT PERHAPS TO BETTER HELP WITH THAT, LIKE IN THE CASE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ORTEGA, IF YOU DO GET YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER LIAISON INVOLVED, THEY CAN VERIFY FROM THEIR SIDE.
BUT OTHERWISE I'LL STILL CHECK ON MONDAY AND SEE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REAPPOINTMENT UPDATE? OKAY, UH, NUMBER SEVEN, ANNOUNCEMENTS.
COMMISSIONER COLE WILL UPDATE THE COMMISSION ON HIS OUTREACH TO THE VETERANS INNOVATION.
SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS I TOOK THE ORIGINAL LISTING.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY'S SEEN IT.
SO THE LISTING WAS SHARED WITH EVERYONE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL HAVE RECEIVED THE EXCEL FILE THAT WAS, UH, EMAILED TO COMMISSIONER, CO-CHAIR COLE FROM SMU.
ALL OF US BASICALLY HAVE THE SAME FILE.
AND SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS, UM, I HAVE A, A LOT OF OF, UH, STATIONARY LEFTOVER CARD STATIONARY LEFTOVER FROM THE NAVY.
AND SO I'VE, I'VE WRITTEN PERSONAL NOTES TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO IT OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION AND SAID, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, CON YOU CAN CONTACT THE COMMISSION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT FURTHER INFORMATION INTO IT.
AND, UH, AND ALSO, UM, I WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I DO HAVE MOST OF THEIR EMAILS WITH AN EMAIL HERE NEXT MONTH.
AND JUST SAY ONCE AGAIN, HEY THANKS.
AND THEN I'LL ALSO PUT THIS OTHER EMAIL BACK TO SU.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO SU, EMAIL 'EM AND SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT MORE INFORMATION.
NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT, UH, WHAT, UH, DR.
GER HAS, IS THAT THE PROCESS SHE WANTS ME TO FOLLOW.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD HAVE, HAVE CARDS MODE THAT FIT MY ENVELOPES AND WHICH HAS ALL THAT INFORMATION ON IT.
AND THEN I'LL PUT, I'LL WRITE A PERSONAL NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF ALL THOSE AND THEN I'LL SEND THOSE OUT AND I WILL FOLLOW THOSE UP WITH THE EMAILS WITH WITHIN FEW WEEKS BECAUSE, UH, THE MAIL'S PRETTY GOOD HERE ACTUALLY.
SO EVEN THREE DAYS, THEY'VE GOT WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA SEND OUT.
AND THAT WAY THAT'LL, THAT'LL DO THAT.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S MY PLAN.
AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY IT OR, OR UM, MAKE SUGGESTIONS, I AM OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS 'CAUSE I AM NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR PRODUCER COLE? UH, I I DO HAVE A, I DON'T COMMENT OR NOT, UH, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE PARADE NOVEMBER.
AND UH, I KNOW IN THE FORUM WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, HAVING DARTS DISPLAY, YOU KNOW, THAT IT IS VETERAN'S AWARENESS MONTH AND ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE VA KIND OF USING THE DARK SYSTEM TO TAKE ANY VETERAN LEADS LEAD TO DALLAS TO THAT PLACE.
AND I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL PARADE, PARADE, HAVING A COUPLE BUSES, THOSE, UM, BANNERS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEING PART OF THE KIND OF LEADING, LEADING THE, THE TROOPS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA COST, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO START GETTING THAT CONVERSATION WITH DAR NOW.
SO, I MEAN, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH PAT, WHO'S CHAIR OF THE VETERANS PARADE, AND SO I COULD DEFINITELY BRING THAT UP TO HIS ATTENTION AND SEE HOW WE COULD GET IN COORDINATION WITH DART, UH, SEE HOW WE COULD ADVERTISE, UM, THE PARADE AND ALSO BE ABLE TO, UH, TRANSPORT VETERANS
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT IDEA.
YEAH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, CITY OF DALLAS, THE VETERAN OF THE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, THE VETERAN AFFAIRS HOSPITAL ITSELF, UM, JUST DIFFERENT ADDRESSES.
JUST AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A BANNER.
IT'S ADVERTISEMENT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE CONSTANTLY.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S JUST A GREAT COLLABORATION.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAST TWO YEARS,
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SAILORS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA MELT IN THE RAIN AMONG, SOME OF IT'S OUR SUGAR, SO WE'RE OUR SWEETS.AND THEY, YOU KNOW, IF IF THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE BEING OUT KNOW, THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ALTERNATIVE FOR AN INDOOR CEREMONY.
NOT JUST ONCE, SAY THE WHOLE, THE LAST TWO YEARS IT'S BEEN CANCELED WEATHER.
AND WHAT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA PREFACE THIS JOKE AS IT AS A JOKE.
AND SO YEAH, WE STOPPED ALL OPERATIONS.
YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T 72 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND 70, SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, YEAH, UNLESS YOU WERE IN SAN DIEGO, YOU WERE NOT OPERATING ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO THAT'S MY NORTH FOCUS CENTER OF
DO I HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT, UH, NEEDS TO BE, UH, ADDRESSED? ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DISCUSS, UH, THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED? SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR P COMMISSIONER.
CHASE, DO YOU HAVE THAT? DO YOU HAVE THAT EDIT DONE YET?
I THINK YOU WROTE PI THINK YOU WROTE PR PURE POETRY ALREADY.
ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE A COMMENT.
SO LAST MONTH, WELL ACTUALLY BACK IN JUNE, WE CELEBRATED THE ARMY'S 250TH BIRTHDAY IN THE FLAG ROOM.
UH, WE HAD CAKE, WE HAD, UH, COMMISSIONERS COME OUT.
WE HAD COUNCIL COME OUT, GIVE A SPEECH, UM, OUR CHAIR, HE GAVE A SPEECH.
SO WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS FOR THE, UH, NAVY'S BIRTHDAY COMING IN OCTOBER, WE PLAN ON DOING THE SAME THING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE THIS COMMISSION AWARE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO.
UM, I JUST WANNA HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS, UH, FOR THOSE THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE ARMY AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THE NAVIES BETTER.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE GONNA, DO WE HAVE TO PLANT SOMETHING FOR THE MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY IN, IN NOVEMBER? YEAH, BUT WE CAN INCLUDE THEM.
THEY'RE THE MEN'S DEPARTMENT FOR THE MEDICAL.
THE, THE, UH, MARINE'S, UH, BIRTHDAY IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM THE NAVY.
SO WE COULD DO SOMETHING IN CONJUNCTION SINCE THEY ARE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AS HOSPITAL.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS? DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
SO, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING FOR THE NAVY, SO WHAT'S THE CLOSEST POST AND DID ANYBODY OR THE ARMY COME FROM THE CLOSEST POST? IS THAT WE OR SOMEBODY OR, WE DID HAVE A COLONEL WHEN WE HAD, WHEN WE HAD THE, THE 204, WE HAD THE, NO, I DON'T THINK THEY HAD EQUAL.
I WAS GONNA SAY, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, NAS DALLAS, NAS FOR ORACLE, IT'S VERY CLOSE.
AND SO IF YOU WANT, AND I STILL DRILL THERE, SO
WELL, AND, AND, AND I, AND I KNOW THE, I KNOW THE PROTOCOL PEOPLE 'CAUSE I, THE ADMIRAL IS ON THE INTEL SIDE.
I USED TO DO THE PROTOCOL FOR THEM.
SO, BUT THE BAND IS STILL AVAILABLE OVER THERE.
I MEAN, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WANTED TO DO, THEY'LL HONOR GUARD.
THEY'LL PROBABLY MAKE IT SAY, YEAH, I, I LIKE THAT.
NO, THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY A WAY WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER THAN IT ARMS. SO YEAH.