[Disaster Relief Committee ]
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WE WILL PROCEED TO START OUR MEETING.
THE DRC OF SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE NEW MEMBER.
WE TYPICALLY MEET ONCE A QUARTER.
AND AS I SEE FIT BY THE CHAIRMAN SHE DOESN'T NEED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND THAT'S WHAT, IN THE WAKE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF HURRICANES WE HAVE.
AND WE CURRENTLY HAVING ONE NOW, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO CALL A MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBILITY TO TO REACH OUT AND, AND POTENTIALLY AND I REALIZE, OH, ATTORNEY DIDN'T QUITE HEAR YET, BUT BUT ANYWAY YEAH.
SO, SO IT'S REALLY POTENTIALLY CONSIDERATION OF EXTEND A HELPING HAND TO THOSE COMMUNITY THAT THAT BEEN IMPACTED BY HURRICANE BERYL.
SO WE WILL I WILL DEFER TO NOT HAVING AN AUDIENCE.
I WOULD DEFER TO MISS LEFFLER TO FOR ROLL CALL.
SHE IS ABSENT, MR. GALBRAITH. HERE.
I WILL CONTINUE IN THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES.
ANYBODY NEED A MOMENT TO GO OVER THIS LAST MEETING? ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S TIME TO DO IT.
SHOULD WE NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERN? I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES.
AND THIS IS MARCH 2023, RIGHT? THE LAST. YEAH. LAST TIME WE MET.
YEAH. MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF MARCH 20TH, 2023.
IT'S THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 12TH.
YEAH. SEPTEMBER. THAT'S CORRECT.
THANK YOU. YEAH. MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR QUESTION? NO. ALL RIGHT.
AYE. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
SO WE HAVE MR. POPPY AND DANIEL IN THE ROOM.
SO THIS PAST 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET AN EXTRA 25 SPACES IN THERE TO GET IT UP TO 75.
BASED BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS, IF WE DID IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT RAISING 1700 OR SO DOLLARS.
SO MISTER BOBBY, IS THAT SOMETHING WE STAFF REALIZED AFTERWARDS DOING? BECAUSE THIS IS ON ITS SECOND OR THIRD YEAR.
WAS IT DUE TO THE LAYOUT OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE REALIZE AFTER THE FACT? BECAUSE I KNOW EARLY ON WE STOPPED SELLING DUE TO.
YEAH, I THINK WHEN WE STARTED OUT, WE, WE WERE DOING THE 50 THAT WE DID THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
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AND AND LIKE I SAID, WE STAFF LOOKED AT IT, WE HAD AN AERIAL AND WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND DETERMINE THAT, THAT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE REALLOCATION OF SPACE AND EVERYTHING, WE COULD FIT 25 MORE CARS IN THERE.SO I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MOST OF IT WAS THAT PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED.
I THINK AS TO WHAT WAS BEING ASKED FOR AS FAR AS PAID.
AND SO THERE WAS IT CREATED SOME CONFUSION.
BUT I MEAN, IT I MEAN, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT SWAYED ANYBODY FROM STAYING AWAY FROM THE EVENT.
YEAH. SO IT WAS I THINK WE STARTED A LITTLE BIT LATE, THOUGH, DIDN'T WE? YEAH. TWO WEEKS LATER.
YEAH. BUT BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, THE LAST FEW DAYS PICKED UP A LOT OF MOMENTUM.
I THINK WE EXTENDED, WE EXTENDED BECAUSE WE HAD SPACE FOR A COUPLE PEOPLE, BUT I THINK WE HAD HOW MANY DO WE HAVE AT THE END? ON THE, ON THE, ON THE BACK SIDE OF THAT.
SO I THINK, I THINK AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WERE LIKE AT 21 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE REST OF IT KIND OF FILLED UP RIGHT TOWARDS THE END.
DO YOU THINK BETTER SIGNAGE WOULD HAVE MADE THAT A LITTLE BETTER? NO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MOST OF IT'S DONE DONE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND AND PEOPLE DO IT ONLINE AS WELL.
SO. I MEAN, I DON'T, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T DO A LOT OF HEAVY ADVERTISING AND WE, WE GOT ALL BUT ONE SPACE THAT WAS ALLOCATED. THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SHARED WAS A SHARED THERE LIKE WITH THE PARKING ATTENDANTS OR WAS IT SHARED ONLINE? PROBABLY ONLINE. IT WAS ONLINE.
YEAH. THE ONLY THING I THINK WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW MAKING COPIES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE. I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE MORE SOPHISTICATED THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE NUMBERED THIS TIME.
YES. YEAH. YEAH, I KNOW I WAS PROVIDED TO SO AS BEING COUNCIL MEMBER.
BUT THE BOARD MEMBER GET GET VIP TICKET AS WELL.
I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD BUY THEM.
BUT I KNOW, YOU KNOW I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
YEAH, I THINK I THINK WE WELL, I THINK THE, I THINK THE THE THE THE, THE, THE PARKING PROVIDED PARKING RECREATION ARE, IS IN THE, IN THE AREA OF PARKING.
IT WAS NOT I DON'T THINK IT WAS PART OF THE PAID PARKING WAS IT.
YEAH. AND WE USED A TRANSACTION ID TO MAKE SURE.
OKAY. SO THAT WAS NOT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE PAID AREA.
YEAH. THAT'S JUST IN THE OPEN PARKING AREA THAT WE DESIGNATE FOR FOR VENDORS AND STAFF.
OKAY. NO, I PROBABLY WAS REFERRING BACK IN WHEN PARK AND REC ADVISORY BOARD.
I KNOW WE WE EXTEND THAT COURTESY TO THE PARK AND REC ADVISORY BOARD.
YES, SIR. NO, I WAS JUST SAYING.
SO I'D SAY I MEAN, WE DON'T DO OBVIOUSLY DO THIS FOR PERKS OR ANY KIND OF PRIVILEGE, BUT I'D SAY WE COULD PROBABLY EXTEND THAT TO THIS BOARD AS WELL IN THE FUTURE.
SHOULD THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, CHOOSE? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT? BUT THAT'S JUST ME THROWING IT OUT THERE.
THAT WE CERTAINLY CAN DISCUSS THAT.
SO IT'S A FUNDRAISER? YEAH. I AM 200%.
I'M 200% OKAY WITH WITH WITH PAYING FOR MINE.
OKAY. OKAY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO A GREAT FUND.
AND, I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A LOT.
I THINK IT'S IT'S GOING TO GO TO A GOOD CAUSE AND I SUPPORT IT.
YEAH. NO I AGREE. THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD WANT TO THROW OUT THERE.
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SO. YEAH I AGREE TOO I MEAN I WAS A VENDOR.THE VENDOR PARKING WAS AWESOME.
I MEAN, I HAD NO PROBLEM GETTING IN AND GETTING OUT.
GOT TO WATCH THE GREAT, YOU KNOW, FIREWORKS DISPLAY AND ROLL ON OUT.
IF WE WERE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH, SAY, 75, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT STAFF? IT'D BE OKAY.
GREAT. YEAH. I MEAN, I'M THE STAFF IS ALREADY THERE.
AND BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S PREPAID AND ALL THAT STUFF, EVERYTHING REALLY WOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE.
I WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU IF I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON US.
DO WE HAVE A SECTION THAT'S FOR DISABLED VETERANS? WE HAVE WE HAVE HANDICAPPED AREA, BUT THAT'S I DON'T THINK, BUT IT'S JUST HANDICAPPED.
YEAH. SO IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO DISABLED VETERAN.
IT'S ANYBODY WITH A DISABILITY.
4TH OF JULY IS THEM FIGHTING FOR US.
SO AND OUR INDEPENDENCE WAS THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.
SO YOU'RE SAYING INCREASE IT FROM 75 TO 85 FOR THE TEN SPOTS FOR THE DISABLED VETERANS? NO SIN. THERE WAS 25 MORE.
I'D PUT TEN OF THEM FOR DISABLED VETERANS.
SO I DON'T WANT TO OVER PROMISE ANYTHING, BUT.
GOTCHA. IF WE'RE LOOKING AT LIMITED SPACES FOR DISABLED VETS.
I MEAN, I THINK WE COULD FACTOR THAT INTO OUR REGULAR PARKING AREA.
I MEAN, SO WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITHOUT IMPACTING YOUR THE PAID PARKING.
IN THE PLANNING PHASE AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT.
AND WE CAN LAY IT OUT ACCORDINGLY.
AND WE COULD, WE COULD JUST DESIGNATE IT FOR THAT PURPOSE.
ALRIGHTY. THERE'S TWO ITEMS A NEW BUSINESS ITEM.
SO WE KIND OF JUMP. I JUMPED AHEAD A BIT GOING INTO THE NEW BUSINESS ITEM.
SO WE NEED A MOTION TO FOR THIS ITEM.
THE UPDATE ON VIP PARKING AT THE 2024 INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENT.
DO WE NEED TO ADD THAT MR. POPPY OR YOU GUYS, YOU KIND OF NEED DIRECTION? YEAH, I THINK JUST YOU ALL TELL ME THAT YOU WANTED IT 75.
UNLESS. UNLESS TERRY NEEDS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, I MEAN, WE HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY ANTICIPATED THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY ALREADY LOOKED AT IT TO SEE WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.
ALSO, IN ADDITION, WHAT MR. HAMMER MENTIONED REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR I THINK DANIEL'S MADE A NOTE OF IT, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
DO YOU ALL MAKE THE MOTION OR WHATEVER? OKAY. YEAH.
YEAH. GO AHEAD. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THE 75 AND TEN FOR DISABLED VETERANS.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S JUST CIRCLE BACK REAL QUICK.
DANIEL, YOU HAVE WE STARTED TO DISCUSS SOME TOPICS.
LAST YEAR, THE THE SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETINGS.
CAN WE DID WE I KNOW WE DIDN'T QUITE FINISH.
CAN WE HEAR WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE FOR US? SO SORRY ABOUT MY VOICE.
SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE WAS KIND OF THREE IDEAS I THREW OUT THERE.
I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL GOOD, YOU KNOW, DOING CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.
YOU KNOW, YOU COULD COMBINE THAT WITH A CONCERT OR A BARBECUE OUT THERE.
A REGIONAL WE TALKED ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER WITH THE DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE AS WELL FOR FUNDRAISING.
AND THEN ALSO DOING, LIKE, A FUN RUN YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE COULD THEIR PAYMENT WILL BE THEIR REGISTRATION INTO THE FUN RUN AND ON THAT AT LEAST FOR DATES.
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I MEAN LIKE, YOU GUYS KNOW FALL AND WINTER, WE'RE VERY BUSY ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND. SO PROBABLY IN THE SPRING TIME WE GET SOME OPENINGS IN THE PARK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THIS WHERE IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY OR FEW EVENTS GOING ON IN THE CITY.OKAY, DANIEL, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU GO OVER THE THREE? THREE RECOMMENDED EVENTS.
CAN YOU GO OVER THEM AGAIN ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE? YEAH. SO THE FIRST ONE COULD DO CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.
WE HAVE A WE HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN CORNHOLE SETS ON HAND THAT WE COULD UTILIZE.
YOU KNOW, AND THEN HAVING SOME FOOD TRUCKS OUT THERE, AND WE COULD THEME THAT IF WE WANT.
AND FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT REVENUES FROM THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TEAM REGISTRATIONS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE LIKE DOOR PRIZES, SILENT AUCTIONS.
AS FAR AS ALCOHOL, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS WITH THE MUNICIPAL FUND.
COULD APPLY FOR A TEMPORARY WINE AND BEER.
COULD APPLY FOR A TEMPORARY ALCOHOL PERMIT.
IT DOES INCLUDE MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL.
I WAS READING ON THE STATE SITE TO CONFIRM TODAY.
AND THEN DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
AT LEAST MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE FULL FANCY BUFFET OF FOOD.
WE DO HAVE FIVE CS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF RUNS THAT HAPPEN AT THE REGIONAL PARK.
BUT THOSE WITH RUNS, OBVIOUSLY THE ENTRY FEES WOULD BE KIND OF THE DONATIONS.
YOU HAVE DOOR PRIZES FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO EVERY ENTRY COULD GET A TICKET FOR A DOOR PRIZE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO EXTRA DOOR PRIZE TICKETS AND THEN SHIRTS AND MEDALS OR SOME TYPE OF THING FOR THE PARTICIPANTS WILL PROBABLY BE THE ONLY EXPENSE FOR THAT. OKAY.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? I CERTAINLY WELCOME ALL.
I THINK THEY'RE ALL GREAT IDEAS.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF, YOU KNOW, REALLY INVOLVE NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS, BUT FAMILIES.
SOMETHING YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR FAMILY.
IT'S FUN, OUTDOOR, YOU KNOW, ONE, YOU KNOW, SEMI-FORMAL.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE IDEAS ARE GREAT.
WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? AND THEY THEY HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL TO RAISE FUND AS WELL.
SO. YEAH. HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT DURING FIRST FRIDAY OR FUN FRIDAY? IT'S CALLED NOW. THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
I THINK YOU'LL GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
MIKE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE EFFORT.
YOU ALREADY HAVE AN AUDIENCE POTENTIALLY THE PLAYERS ARE THERE.
SO IT'S REALLY THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE SYNERGY.
MORE PARTICIPATION RIGHT THERE.
YEAH. THAT WORKS. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
THAT WOULDN'T BE TOO HARD TO ADD.
I DO KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO, LIKE, PEOPLE REGISTERING AND PURCHASING FOR THE MUNICIPAL FUND, IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH LIKE THE CITY SOFTWARE SYSTEMS. WE GOT TO UTILIZE PAYPAL FOR THAT.
I SEE SO IT IS A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
BUT WE'VE WORKED WITH FINANCE AND IT SEEMS TO WORK OUT PRETTY WELL.
ONCE WE GET IT ALL SET UP AND EVERYTHING.
SO. AND THE CORNHOLE BOARDS ARE ALREADY THERE.
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THAT'S WHERE OUR STORAGE IS, WHERE FUN FRIDAY IS.SO. SO IT'S IT'S A MATTER OF HOW WE MARKET IT.
RIGHT? SO REALLY THEY CAN STILL MARKET IT SEPARATELY.
YEAH. IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE NIGHT OF.
ONE THING WOULD BE INCENTIVES, THOUGH.
LIKE PRIZES FOR SO SIMILAR TO THE MAYOR'S BALL, IT WILL, YOU KNOW, IF THE BOARD IS ABLE TO GET PRIZES TO GIVE AWAY THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO DONATE THINGS.
THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE PRIZES ON HAND TO GIVE OUT TO THE WINNERS OF THE TOURNAMENT.
AWESOME. ALSO ANOTHER THING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORD LIKE HOW THE TEAMS ARE, IF IT'S TEAMS OF TWO OR IF IT'S EACH PERSON PUTS IN.
AND WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS HOW TO HOW TO TRACK THE TOURNAMENT.
YOU KNOW, TRACK ALL THE THAT WE DO IN-HOUSE.
OKAY. PICKLEBALL ALL THAT STUFF.
WE GOT EXPERIENCE STAFF WITH TOURNAMENTS, SO THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
I THINK MY QUESTION IS JUST GO BACK AGAIN TO STAFF.
YOU KNOW HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU GUYS.
I MEAN, THEY ALL SOUND GREAT IN THEORY.
THEY ALL SOUND LIKE SOMETHING WE COULD MAKE WORK.
I JUST YOU KNOW, WORRY ABOUT THOSE OTHER COSTS.
YEAH. AND AT LEAST WITH SCHOOL STARTING UP, I HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNSELORS.
SO GETTING HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS SOMETHING I COULD DO.
EVERY EVENT'S GOING TO TAKE STAFFING.
YOU KNOW, AND PIGGYBACKING OFF THE FUN FRIDAY, WE ALREADY HAVE STAFF THERE.
IT'S JUST. YEAH, I THINK THE IDEA OF HAVING A COMBO LIKE THAT AGAIN, WHERE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU WERE MOVING FROM 50 TO 75 AND THE STAFFING IS ALREADY THERE WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING, YOU KNOW, TO COMBINE EVENTS LIKE THAT, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE HOME OF THE EVENTS, WITH STAGE, WITH THE STAGE, AND WITH THE EQUIPMENT ALREADY STORED THERE.
YEP. AND WOULD YOU GUYS BE OPEN TO OTHER ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN CORNHOLE? REASON I BRING THAT UP IS WE HAVE THE COURTS THERE FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS.
YOU KNOW, OUR PICKLEBALL MIXERS ARE VERY POPULAR.
SO MAYBE THAT COULD BE WE ALTERNATE THEM THROUGHOUT THE FUN FRIDAYS AND SWITCH IT UP.
SOUNDS GREAT. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
IT'S INTERESTING YOU SAY THAT.
THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE INTEREST IN.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO FORCE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
SO I KNOW LIKE THE MAYOR'S BALL.
YEAH. HE HAS HIS COMMITTEE FOR THE MAYOR'S BALL.
AND THEY KIND OF GO OUT AND GET THE SPONSORS.
OKAY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL THE FACILITATION OF, YOU KNOW, STAFF GETTING THE CHECK AND GETTING IT THROUGH FINANCE AND STUFF, BUT IT'S THE EFFORT OF THE BOARD TO GO OUT AND GET THE SPONSORS.
OKAY. SO IT'S REALLY AND THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL, RIGHT.
THERE'S NO EXPECTATION ON ANY BOARD.
AND AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING JUST TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT.
ABSOLUTELY. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL COULD COMMIT TO.
THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ALWAYS ESTABLISHED THAT.
QUESTION. IF WE DO GET SOMEBODY TO DONATE FOR THESE RAFFLES, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO SET UP A TENT AT THE EVENT? BECAUSE I DO THAT WITH ALL OUR SPONSORS.
AS LONG AS THEIR DONATION GOES TOWARDS THE RAFFLE.
SO. SO TO ME, WHEN I TALK TO THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THESE FUNDRAISERS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE YOU CAN GENERATE.
OKAY. SOME OF THESE IDEAS ARE GREAT IDEAS.
AND THERE WERE SOME PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT UP BY SOME BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE GOOD IDEAS.
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EXCEPT WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THEM, IT PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH UP FRONT FUNDING.RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SECURE DIFFERENT THINGS.
YOU GOT TO PAY FOR FACILITIES FOR ENTERTAINMENT, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THEY COST YOU MONEY AND THEN YOU'RE BANKING ON THAT.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET ENOUGH PARTICIPATION TO MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE.
TO ME THAT'S, THAT'S A THAT'S A PRETTY BIG GAMBLE, RIGHT.
FOR US WHEN WE DO THOSE THINGS, THAT'S WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND THERE'S AN EXPECTATION, RIGHT.
SO AS VOLUNTEERS LOOKING AT THIS STUFF, IT TAKES ON A LITTLE DIFFERENT COMPLEXION.
SO YOU ONLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON THAT PORTION OF IT.
RIGHT? RIGHT. AND THE REST OF THE EVENT IS ALREADY PLANNED.
IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PLAN THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, IF YOU DID ONE, IF YOU DID A DANCE, THAT'S ONE EVENT, OKAY.
IF YOU DID A RACE, THAT'S ONE EVENT THIS WEEK WE COULD PROBABLY INTEGRATE.
WE COULD ALTERNATE OR WHATEVER.
AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE EVERY MONTH YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A FUNDRAISER, RIGHT? SO, SO FOR THE BIGGER PICTURE.
AND THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY CONCERN.
IF YOU'RE PUTTING A LOT OF ENERGY INTO SOMETHING AND YOU'RE ONLY MAKING $1,000, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF TIME INVESTED FOR FOR A REALLY, REALLY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR US I DON'T THINK WE'D HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH IT.
AND, AND IT ACTUALLY PROBABLY HELPS ME AND I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T EVEN SAY THIS, BUT IT HELPS ME WITH MY CAYCE ON BUILDING PICKLEBALL COURTS BECAUSE WE THE FIRST PLACE I WANTED TO TARGET WAS VETS PARK.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR FUN FRIDAYS.
SO. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO HAVE THOSE COURTS IN PLACE.
WE COULD ONE MONTH DO CORNHOLE.
NEXT MONTH WE CAN DO PICKLEBALL.
AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING IN OUR LEAGUES AND EVERYTHING.
THERE'S BEEN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.
AND THAT'S WITH JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF FACILITY ACCESS WE HAVE NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN THERE WAS TO TO BUILD EIGHT COURTS AND THAT'S ENOUGH WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE CAN DO A PRETTY NICE JOB OF PUTTING ON A TOURNAMENT. AWESOME.
SO I THINK I THINK IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT IN THAT LIGHT.
I KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT FUN. THAT FUN, FUN DAY.
YEAH. FUN FRIDAY, BUT WE DIDN'T.
NOW, CORNWALL. CORNWALL IS, IS.
OR I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WAS IT SPRING? YOU MENTIONED SPRING.
YEAH. BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER AND SO ON.
I MEAN, ON EACH I LIKE ALL THREE PARTICULARLY.
I DO TOO. I'M A FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS AND I KNOW THE MEANING OF THAT TO ME AND MY GIRLS.
AND THEY KNOW A LITTLE BIT OLDER NOW, BUT STILL ANY, ANY FATHER WITH DAUGHTERS, I KNOW MR. EDWARD WOULD, WOULD AGREE WITH ME.
SO BUT I'VE PARTICULARLY GREAT INTEREST IN IT, AND I KNOW POTENTIAL ILL RAISE MONEY AS WELL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPONSORSHIP.
BRING SOME SERIOUS SPONSORSHIP.
THIS IS ONE EVENT THAT WILL DO IT.
YEP. LIKE I KNOW MOST DADDY DAUGHTER DANCES AT LEAST.
AS YOU KNOW, I CAME FROM MIAMI, SO A LOT OF THEM TAKE PLACE AROUND VALENTINE'S DAY.
IS USUALLY A DATE AROUND THERE, WHETHER IT'S BEFORE, DURING, OR AFTER VALENTINE'S DAY.
BUT IT'S USUALLY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT PROBABLY FIRST.
SHOULD WE MAYBE CONSIDER FIRST WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY? SO WHAT I'M SAYING WE CAN PLAY WITH IT, BUT IF WE CAN SOMEWHAT SOMEWHAT OF A PLACE MAKER PUT A TENTATIVE DATE TO IT.
YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
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THAT'S THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT, BUT YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
IT'S CITY OWNED BECAUSE VALENTINE'S DAY IN 2025 IS ON THE SECOND FRIDAY.
OKAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST FRIDAY, FIRST FRIDAY, FIRST FRIDAY.
SO THAT'S THE THING YOU GOT TO BE.
SO OUR FUN FRIDAYS ARE ON THE FIRST FRIDAY.
THAT'S RIGHT. SO OKAY SO THE SECOND FRIDAY THEN.
OKAY. SO THE SECOND FRIDAY IS ACTUAL VALENTINE'S DAY.
BUT LIKE FRIDAY AT THE SENIOR CENTER IS GOING TO BE TOUGH BECAUSE SATURDAY.
YEAH. SATURDAY IS USUALLY FRIDAYS.
LIKE 10:00. CAN WE CONSIDER THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? YEP. FIRST SATURDAY.
WELL, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE EIGHTH? THE FIRST SATURDAY IS THE FIRST IS THE FIRST.
EIGHT OF FEBRUARY AND THEN ALL.
WELL, THE RUN MIGHT BE IN THE SPRING.
WHAT'S HARD WITH THE RUN IS HAVING TO LOOK AT RUNNING ZONES CALENDAR AS WELL.
THEY KIND OF HAVE A MONOPOLY IN BREVARD COUNTY WITH RUNS.
SO YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER REACH IF THEY HAVE A RUN UP NORTH.
DO YOU WANT TO CIRCLE BACK ON THAT? YEAH. GIVE US A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
LOOK, I MEAN, I KNOW, AT LEAST FOR ME, WHEN I WAS FIRST APPROACHED WITH THIS.
I KNOW IT WAS TO BRING ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT IDEAS TO THE BOARD.
I DON'T THINK AT LEAST I WASN'T TOLD THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO ALL THREE.
THAT'S SOMETHING AND THAT'S FINE.
YEAH, I CAN WE CAN BYPASS THE FUN RUN BECAUSE I MEAN I'M OKAY.
BUT ADDING 2 OR 3 EVENTS THUS IS PRETTY HARD BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY STRETCHED OUT ALREADY.
SO AND I'M TRYING TO EXPAND A LOT OF THE EVENTS.
SO IT'S TAKING A LOT OF WORK, RIGHT.
SO OKAY, SO BOARD ARE WE GOOD WITH THE TWO THE CORNHOLE AND ALTERNATE.
AND A LITTLE GOOD WITH IT, TOO. OKAY.
SO IT'S WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO, I MIGHT MENTION MAYBE EVERY QUARTER.
SO IT'S WITH THE POTENTIAL EXTENDED ON A MONTHLY BASIS ON THE EVERY FIRST FRIDAY.
YEAH. OKAY. THE ONLY ONES WE DON'T DO IS JULY AND DECEMBER.
JUST BECAUSE OF THE PARADE AND INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.
BUT. SO THERE'LL BE TEN A YEAR.
DO YOU WANT TO DISCUSS WHEN YOU WANT TO START THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT? LIKE A DATE.
WELL, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS MORE FOR DANIEL.
WHAT? WHAT WOULD WORK FOR YOU OR HOW SOON? I MEAN, WHICH MONTH? IF YOU COULD GET ME PRIZES, WE COULD START NEXT MONTH.
I WOULD THINK WE WOULD NEED 90 DAYS TO GET ENOUGH STUFF TOGETHER.
OKAY. PLUS, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS FOR ADVERTISING MARKETING TEAM.
THERE IS, THERE IS, THERE IS A LOT OF CORNHOLE.
GROUPS ON FACEBOOK THAT, THAT I CAN REACH OUT TO AND DISCUSS THAT WITH.
AND, AND ONCE WE GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER, YOU'LL GET 70 TO 80 PEOPLE OUT THERE.
OKAY. SO WE ARE THIS IS AUGUST.
I MEAN, YOU THINK IF WE SAID OCTOBER 1ST FRIDAY IN OCTOBER, WOULD THAT NOT ENOUGH TIME? YOU DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE TOO.
IF WE DO OCTOBER, THAT MEANS WE COULD GET WHAT, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER IN THERE.
AND THEN DECEMBER, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
CORRECT. SO WE WOULD GET TWO THIS YEAR.
OKAY. AND THEN THAT MIGHT SET A LITTLE PRECEDENT THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE DO NOW.
YEP. I LIKE THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, OF PIGGYBACKING ON THESE OTHER EVENTS LIKE MR. POPPY WAS SAYING WITH YOU KNOW, THESE ONE OFF EVENTS, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO BUILD AS MUCH MOMENTUM.
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WHEREAS THIS I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT COMBINATION.SO I MEAN, NOW YOU DO TRUNK OR TREAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO INTERFERE WITH IT.
IS IT. BECAUSE YOU DO THAT OUT AT.
OKAY. AND UNFORTUNATELY I WON'T LET YOU DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE FULL.
WE'RE FULLY STAFFED FOR THAT EVENT.
WE CAN'T PIGGYBACK ON THE TRUNK OR TREAT.
I JUST I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND DO SOMETHING THERE, YOU CAN, BUT I WE CAN'T GIVE ANY STAFF UP FOR THAT ONE, OKAY? I WAS JUST MAKING I WAS JUST MAKING SURE IT'S NOT GOING TO INTERFERE WITH IT.
SO SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE THIS IS SOMETHING I CERTAINLY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT HAVING SOMETHING ON AN ONGOING BASIS A REVENUE STREAM. AND I DON'T NEED THAT.
AND WE REALLY CREATING SOME SORT OF YOU KNOW, ACTIVE, DID, YOU KNOW, VALUED ACTIVITY.
SO LET'S GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
WE. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE CONSENSUS.
WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT. WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
I WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT.
GENTLEMEN. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MOTION EVERYTHING IS STATED AS DISCUSSED.
LET ME TAKE A STAB AT IT. YEAH.
YEAH. MOTION FOR CORNHOLE AT THE OCTOBER.
AND THE FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE ON FEBRUARY 8TH.
TENTATIVE. TENTATIVE? YES. TENTATIVE. YEAH, RIGHT.
YEAH. SO THE ALTERNATE ON A MONTHLY BASIS, YOU WANT TO DO IT ON MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY? I THINK WE WE AGREED THEY CAN DO STARTING EXCEPT FOR THE MONTH THEY DECEMBER AND MONTHLY IS JULY.
SO THOSE TWO MONTHS BECAUSE OF JULY AND DECEMBER BUT NOT EVERY MONTH.
OKAY. SO MOTION FOR CORNHOLE AT FIRST FRIDAY STARTING OCTOBER 1ST FRIDAY AND COINCIDING EVERY OTHER MONTH BETWEEN THAT WITH PICKLEBALL OTHER THAN DECEMBER AND JULY.
THEN THE FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE IS GOING TO BE THE FEBRUARY 8TH, THE DAY FOLLOWING VALENTINE'S DAY.
PRECEDING. PRECEDING, PRECEDING.
MOTION AND A SECOND TO HAVE ONGOING CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.
AND I'LL ALTERNATE WITH PICKLEBALL EVERY MONTH, EXCEPT FOR THE EXCEPTION OF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND JULY AND A TENTATIVE FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE FUNDRAISER ON THE 8TH OF FEBRUARY, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE ON NEW BUSINESS.
GENTLEMEN, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THE.
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, ABOUT A MONTH AGO WITH HURRICANE BARRELS.
HURRICANE BARRELS WAS VERY STARTED OUT REAL STRONG.
MADE LANDFALL IN THE CARIBBEANS.
SEVERAL NATIONS IN THE CARIBBEANS GOT IMPACTED, PARTICULARLY MORE SO THE ISLAND OF. GRENADA.
AND THERE'S A SMALL ISLAND PARTICULARLY IN GRENADA IS CARACOL.
AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WAS VERY DEVASTATED, DEVASTATED.
THE DEVASTATION WAS TREMENDOUS.
AND ALSO IN YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL DAMAGE AS WELL.
THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE IS COMPLETELY WIPED OUT.
SO AS WE LEARNED THAT AND ALSO THEY DIDN'T STOP THERE, CAME UP WEST TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, MADE LANDFALL IN TEXAS, MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS GOT IMPACTED TREMENDOUSLY.
I THINK THE ASCENT I SHARED AN EMAIL EARLIER WHICH AT LEAST STAFF SHARED IT WITH US.
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ALSO THE DEVASTATION AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE REACH OVER 20, 32,000,000,000 BILLION WITH A B. SO AND WE'VE SEEN THE IMAGES EARLY ON LAST, LAST MONTH.I THINK THE IDEA OF US, YOU KNOW, THE QUICK HISTORY, I KNOW MIKE HASN'T BEEN ON THIS BOARD.
THE THE VERY IDEA OF THIS BOARD BEING FORMED WAS TO IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, WHETHER IT'S HERE.
IT'S ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO EXTEND ALL HELPING HAND TO HELP.
I KNOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF HOME FIRST.
BUT ALSO IT DOESN'T STOP, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, SUFFERING HUMAN BEING, WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD OR YOU'RE HERE BACK HOME, THIS IS A HUMAN BEING IN NEEDS.
YES, YOU CERTAINLY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF HOME FIRST.
BUT ALSO, IF WE CAN, IT DOESN'T HURT TO DO THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE SEE THESE THINGS FORM BECAUSE IT COULD VERY MEAN THAT SOMEDAY PALM BAY IS IN A HORRIBLE SITUATION. WE WOULD WANT OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
AND THIS FORM, THIS BORNE OUT FORM WHEN MARIA HIT PUERTO RICO.
A FEW YEARS BACK AND HAITI WAS IN THE MIX WITH THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI.
WHEN FOLKS WERE CALLING CITY HALL, HOW CAN WE HELP? HOW CAN WE HELP? AND BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS A MUNICIPALITY TO DO THAT.
ALTHOUGH THIS BOARD IS NOT DIRECTLY IT'S A NON-FOR-PROFIT, A SEPARATE 500 AND 1C3.
BUT WE THAT'S WHAT THE DRC WE ARE NOT.
IT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY REGISTERED OR OR ATTORNEY CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK HISTORY.
AND THE FINAL DECISION MAKER IS COUNCIL THAT HAVE THE FINAL SAY.
RIGHT. SO, BUT THESE TWO AREA MY RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS TO CONSIDER TEXAS WHICH IS AT HOME.
THEY THEY WERE THE HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL AS A CAT ONE VERSUS IN THE CARIBBEAN.
IT'S STILL THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE DAMAGES.
BUT IN THE CARIBBEAN, I THINK IT LANDED AT CAT FIVE TO TO SOME AREA A LITTLE LESSER.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY TO GET THE SPECIFIC IT'S THE, THE NATION OF GRENADA.
SO AS WE YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOU GUYS WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.
BUT THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO AREAS I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO TO TO MAKE A DONATION TO THEN WE CAN CONSIDER ORGANIZATIONS AND SO ON.
BUT BEFORE WE DO SO, I'D LIKE TO ASK MISS LEFLER IF SHE CAN SHARE WITH US CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS OUR FINANCIAL.
SORRY, THE THE AVAILABLE BALANCE CURRENTLY IS $7,220.78.
AND AS MR. POPPY JUST ADVISED, WE DID EARN $1,133.36 FOR THE VIP PARKING, BUT THOSE FUNDS HAVE NOT YET BEEN TRANSFERRED, SO THEY'RE NOT YET AVAILABLE. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE SAVED ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE.
SO HISTORICALLY I KNOW FOR THE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBER, BY THE WAY, AND I WAS GOING TO WAIT FOR A REPORT, BUT I GUESS I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TWO GENTLEMEN TO THE BOARD. I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY HAVE A, HAVE A REPORT AREA SECTION, BUT SO HISTORICALLY, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TO IS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS NOT TO EXCEED $1,000 WHEN WE DO MAKE A DONATION, BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO A
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NUMBER WE WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE.AND AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WISH TO DO AND HOW WE WISH TO DO IT.
BUT ON AVERAGE, WE'LL DO ABOUT A THOUSAND 1500 OF DONATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE EMAIL, AND IT WAS ALL YEAH.
YOU KNOW, VERY LAST MINUTE, BUT MY, MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
HAVE WE SELECTED OR ARE THERE ORGANIZATIONS THAT QUALIFY AS BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR, I GUESS, EITHER ONE OF THESE TWO LOCATIONS AND OR BOTH OF THESE LOCATIONS OR SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CONSIDER AS QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE AND OR EXECUTE ON WHAT WE PROVIDE.
SO THERE'S ONE ORGANIZATION I LOOKED AT TO TO TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I LOOK BEFORE THE MEETING, I DID KIND OF SCAN TO SEE WHO'S OUT THERE PROVIDING SERVICE.
ONE THING WE ALWAYS, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK AT IS SO WHEN WE MAKE A DONATION, HOW MUCH OF IT THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO THE PEOPLE OR IS IT, YOU KNOW, SAY AT 30% GOES TO THE PEOPLE.
70% GOES TOWARDS ADMINISTRATION.
RIGHT. SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE.
I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS AS TO HOW MUCH GOES TO THE PEOPLE.
THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT I KNOW OF IT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
WE CERTAINLY CAN LOOK INTO THEM.
BUT WHAT THEY DO, WHATEVER THEY RECEIVE, 100% OF IT GETS SENT.
BUT IT DOESN'T GET SENT TO ONE ORGANIZATION.
THEY HAVE MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS.
THE, YOU KNOW WE IT HAS GREAT RATING.
OKAY. AS FAR AS ORGANIZATION, TOP TEN HAVE FOUR STARS FOR 100% EFFICIENCY.
THEY ALSO LOOKED AT ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, TOP TEN MOST INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD POSITIVE STUFF.
YEAH. SO THIS IS ONE ORGANIZATION AND THEY CAN WHEN YOU LOOK THEY CAN DO WE CAN DO THE DONATION TO THEM AND WE CAN DICTATE EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT IT TO GO.
SAY FOR INSTANCE, SAY IF WE DO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DO $2,000, WE CAN SAY A THOUSAND.
WE SPECIFICALLY CAN TELL THEM, OKAY A THOUSAND GOES TO HURRICANE RELIEF, HURRICANE BERYL RESPONSE IN TEXAS, RIGHT.
OR HURRICANE BERYL RESPONSE IN THE CARIBBEAN.
SO WE CAN SPECIFICALLY TELL THEM WHERE WE WANT, HOW MUCH OR HOW.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE THAT'S GOOD AND CARRIES ANOTHER ONE THAT SPECIFICALLY I KNOW IT'S DOING SOME GOOD STUFF IN TEXAS CAR CARE.
BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.
SO WE ONLY SEND MONEY, WE DON'T SEND GOODS.
WE CAN. BUT THE MEANS, THE MEANS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S USUALLY USUALLY A COST FACTOR TO THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE COLLECT THE GOODS.
YEAH. WHEN, YOU KNOW, SOME, YOU KNOW, BACK IN HAITI AND I FOUND IT A LOT, LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO DO THAT BECAUSE SOME COST FACTOR ASSOCIATED AND THE OTHER THING AS WELL.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF MISSION TRIPS ALL OVER THE WORLD PARTICULARLY HAITI.
NUMBER TWO, THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
YOU KNOW THEY CAN PRODUCE THAT.
YEAH. BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO IS, IS HURTING THAT LOCAL ECONOMY.
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INSTEAD OF HELPING.WELL THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING BECAUSE THE STORAGE.
BUT GOODS THAT CAN BE PRODUCED.
OKAY. IN MAYBE ANOTHER SECTION OF THE OF THE NATION.
SO WE'RE SPENDING A MAJOR AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION, BUT YET THAT GOOD WITH THE MONEY IT COULD BE PURCHASED, WHICH IS YOU INFUSING.
YOU'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY, RIGHT? WELL, I WAS THINKING BUYING GOODS FROM THEIR ECONOMY INSTEAD OF BUYING IT HERE AND SHIPPING IT.
ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. BUYING IT DIRECTLY FROM THE LOCAL.
YEAH, WELL, I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE SAYING.
YOU WERE SAYING THE OPPOSITE. YEAH.
NO, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT.
BUT THE NATURAL THING, PEOPLE THINK, OKAY, WHAT CAN I DO? RIGHT. IF I CANNOT DO MONEY, MAYBE I CAN SEND.
YEAH. BUT OFTENTIMES, YEAH, THERE'S ALWAYS A BALANCE.
IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO TRANSPORT SOMETIME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY DONATE.
YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW I ATTEND A BIG CHURCH AND ONE ORGANIZATION A WALL CARIBBEAN.
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TRIP.
THEY HAVE A CRUISE TO LABADEE, NORTHERN HAITI.
THEY ARE ABLE TO DONATE, YOU KNOW THAT TRANSPORT FOR FREE.
SO IN THAT SENSE, THAT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? SO BUT IF WE HAVE TO PAY TO TRANSPORT.
YEAH. YOU'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO WASTE MONEY ON THAT, RIGHT? SURE. GO AHEAD.
SO IF THEY IF WE WERE ALLOWING THEM TO BRING CLOTHES OR BRING.
THAT'S ANOTHER. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO STORE IT.
SO THAT'S WHY IN THE BYLAWS, IT SAYS WE CAN'T ACCEPT.
WELL, THERE'S PLENTY OF LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT ALREADY DO THAT ANYWAYS.
JUST JUST FOR THE JUST FOR THAT.
ALSO, OUR PANHANDLE IS GETTING ROCKED RIGHT NOW FROM A HURRICANE THAT MIGHT COME BACK TO US.
DID YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THAT AT ALL? YEAH. BECAUSE, YEAH.
WE DON'T KNOW. WE CANNOT REALLY QUANTIFY OR OR, YOU KNOW, MEASURE WHAT ANY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY NOT ON ON THE AGENDA ITEM THAT MAYBE COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COME BACK NEXT WEEK OR WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'LL HAVE TO REACT INSTEAD OF YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I WOULD BE, I WOULD BE 100% ON BOARD ON TAKING WATER TO WHOEVER'S.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO KIND OF WAIT AND SEE IN THAT SENSE AND HOW WE CAN MOVE.
MAYBE THAT COULD MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE CALL ANOTHER MEETING NEXT, NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO.
OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE OF THE LITTLE ISLAND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? MAYBE LOOKED IT UP FOR YOU.
YEAH. LET ME SHOW YOU REAL QUICK.
IT'S IT'S YOU'RE AT A POINT WHERE ANYTHING REALLY HELPS.
YEAH. CAIRO CO C A R R I A C O U.
GRENADA AND CARRIACOU C A R R I A FEW.
YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR HOME.
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I KNOW WHEN WE'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY HURRICANES, YOU KNOW, WE GET HELP FROM OTHER AREAS AS WELL.SO AGAIN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE USUALLY DOING 1500 OR $1000.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A PRETTY HEALTHY BUDGET COMPARED TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY WE HAD.
MAYBE JUST LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU SEND IT, WE SEND IT TO ONE, DO 2000, DO ONE FOR TEXAS, ONE GRANT FOR TEXAS, THE OTHER HALF, YOU KNOW, FOR GRENADA AND KIND OF MOVE FROM THERE.
OKAY. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? I TOTALLY AGREE.
THIS ONE'S YOURS. YOU GOOD WITH THAT? MICHAEL, YOU MAY WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW.
AS A COMMITTEE, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO. WELL, MY PLEA TO YOU TO TO THE DRC COMMITTEE MEMBERS IS TO PLEASE WHEN THIS GET ON THE ON THE AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COME AND MAKE PUBLIC SHOW UP.
I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU TO DO SO.
STILL DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S GOING TO MEAN.
IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR IT.
BUT WE CAN TALK. WE CAN SAY SOMETHING THAT'S THAT THAT MEETING AS WELL TOO.
IT CERTAINLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO, TO AS A BOARD MEMBER.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST VOICE OBVIOUSLY ON ON THAT.
AS WE MAKE THE DECISION, I'D LOVE TO SEE THE, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS DO CARRY CARRY IT OVER, BUT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.
RIGHT? OR AT LEAST THE WAY I'D LIKE IT TO HAPPEN.
IT'S LEFT TO DO 2000 TO THE RELIEF.
ONE SECOND DIRECT RELIEF IS THE ORGANIZATION AND.
AND AND STRUCK THEM WITH A THOUSAND TO GO TO TEXAS AND A THOUSAND THOUSAND TO THE CARIBBEAN, SPECIFICALLY GRENADA AND CARRIACOU.
OKAY. SO THE BOTH THE DONATIONS YOU'RE WANTING TO GO TO DIRECT RELIEF 1000 TOWARDS THE ISLANDS OF GRENADA AND CURACAO? I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT. AND 1000 TO TEXAS.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WE JUST NEED THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION AND THEN A VOTE.
IS IT OKAY, I MOTION TO FOR A TOTAL OF 2000 TWO DIRECT RELIEF, ONE FOR 1000 TO GRENADA.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? YES, SIR. NO.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025 AT 6 P.M..
AND AS AS WE ARE ALL AWARE, SHOULD AS THE NEED THAT ARISE.
CERTAINLY IF YOU GUYS THINK, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMUNICATE.
BUT IT IT COMMUNICATE WITH ME AND I CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.
ANY ADDITIONAL THING THE BOARD WISH TO DISCUSS? OTHER THAN THAT SPECIAL MEETING WE WERE DISCUSSING, I THINK I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL I'LL GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE DATES AND GET BACK WITH THE BOARD.
I'LL EMAIL THE BOARD SOME DATE, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SO WE WE GOT THE DATE TO THE NEXT, NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING.
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AND IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL THING TO DISCUSS.MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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