* 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. [ AGENDA MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road May 21, 2025 6:00 P.M. ] [00:00:03] ALRIGHT, TIME IS, UH, SIX O'CLOCK ON THE 21ST OF MAY, WEDNESDAY. I'M CALL THE WORD THE BER HEIGHTS MILITARY AND BUSINESS COMMISSION. WE START BY SINGING THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE, ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG, TO FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH IT STANDS. NATION. I NEVER INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ANY INDICATION. COVER PLEASE, FATHER GOD, PLEASE WATCH YOUR AS WE COME TOGETHER AS LIKE MINE. FOR ONE PURPOSE. GOD, PLEASE. THOSE MILITARY VETERANS, ALL THOSE MILITARY SERVING AND THEIR FAMILIES. FATHER GOD, JESUS, PRAY. AMEN. CAN HEAR THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. ANTHONY WINDOR. HERE. CHARLES . HERE. CHRIS, ER. HERE. KEVIN MCDONALD. HERE. BRUCE. HERE. JOHN. I'M THE ONLY BRUCE. YEP. GREG MCDONALD HERE. NEXT ITEM. APPROVAL MINUTES. WE MAKE A MOTION. DID ANYBODY, DID ANYBODY GET A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH? YOU QUESTION ON THE MINUTES. I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE IT. BE A SECOND. SECOND. IT'S BEEN APPROVED PROPERLY. SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF APRIL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I. AYE. NAYS HAVE THE SAME RIGHT. MOTION PASS. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. UM, YEAH. UM, I'M SORRY, RYAN. RYAN, YES. RYAN HERE IS FROM THE RED CROSS. UM, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE RED CROSS EARLIER, UM, JUST LATE TODAY ABOUT, UM, THEM, UM, MON TO VOLUNTEER FOR SOME OF THE ASSISTANCE FOR THE EVENT THAT'S COMING UP. IF POSSIBLE, WHAT IF THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE FOR US? I JUST WANT TO LIKE, I I KIND OF LAST, UM, APPROACHED, UM, PERSON WHO'S IN CONTACT WITH ME FROM HIM WAS, UM, HE'S HIS LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE HERE FOR RED CROSS AS FAR AS, UM, SUPPORT THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR US FOR THE EVENT. AND I'LL JUST LET HIM SPEAK AND, AND, AND STAY WITH WHATEVER HE WOULD LIKE OR OKAY. WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR OR LET THEM PROVIDE FOR US FOR MONDAY'S EVENT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I APPRECIATE IT. NO, NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. UM, SO MY NAME'S RYAN FERRIS. I'M THE REGIONAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR SERVICE TO ARMED FORCES AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE RED CROSS. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IN ANY WHICH WAY THAT THE RED CROSS INTERACTS WITH MILITARY OR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, BUT HERE STATESIDE, THAT ALL FALLS UNDER MY LINE OF BUSINESS. SO, UM, I, IT'S THE BOTTOM 49 COUNTIES. SO I RUN THAT AND THEN I HAVE A MOBILE SPECIALIST, ANGELA, WHO'S YOU THAT'S YOU SPOKE TO. AND THEN WE MANAGE TOGETHER ABOUT 80 VOLUNTEERS. UM, SO THE ONLY TWO PAID STAFF, AND THAT'S STANDARD FOR RED CROSS. RED CROSS IS 92% VOLUNTEER BASED. SO PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE YOU GO THERE'S ONE OR TWO MAIN STAFF AND THEN VOLUNTEERS AND CARE APPLICATION EVERYWHERE ELSE. UM, OUR LARGEST CONCENTRATION VOLUNTEERS ARE, ARE AT WRIGHT PAT. UH, THAT'S PROBABLY 40 TO 45. AND THEN ALL THE REST OF 'EM ARE KIND OF SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE STATE. UM, WE'D LOVE TO HELP YOU HAVE A, WE CAN, UM, I, MYSELF AND CURRENTLY IN THE AIR FORCE, UH, RESERVES MY CAREER FIELD MEDICAL. I NOTICED YOUR TAG THERE. YES. . BUT I COME FROM LONG ARMY FAMILY, EVERY GENERATION BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR. MY GRANDPARENTS ACTUALLY MET, UM, IN THE PHILIPPINES, WORLD WAR II. UM, SO I GREW UP IN THE MILITARY. IT'S SUPPORTED ME. I CAME A LITTLE BIT LATER IN LIFE. AND SO BOTH SIDES OF MY LIFE RIGHT NOW EITHER, 'CAUSE I'M AN NCO, SO I'M RUNNING A WHOLE PROGRAM IN THE AIR FORCE OR I AM, UH, SERVING THE MILITARY CONNECTED COMMUNITY ON THIS SIDE. SO IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY EVERYTHING I DO ALL DAY EVERY DAY. SO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN SUPPORT YOU GUYS. I KNOW IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY LAST MINUTE. I CAME JUST STRAIGHT OUT OF THE MEETING TO HERE FROM, I WAS IN ANOTHER CITY. UM, BUT YOU LET ME KNOW AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. I KNOW IT'S A SHORT TURNAROUND, BUT WE'D LOVE TO SUPPORT. ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU HAVE IF CONTACT YEAH, I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU. OKAY. YEAH, I GOT EARLIER, LATER THE DATE TODAY. OKAY. I'LL FORWARD THAT TO ALL THE NUMBERS HERE AND, UM, GOT WHATEVER WE CAN DO OR THIS SHORT NOTICE, YOU KNOW, NOT TO SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE COMMISSION HERE, BUT YEAH, MAYBE, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE AS, AS OTHER EVENTS COME UP TOO, YOU KNOW? RIGHT. MORE THAN WILLING THAN I'M SURE COMMISSION WOULD BE ALL [00:05:01] IN APPROVAL OF UTILIZING THE RESOURCES THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I CAN SAY, AND I DON'T TAKE ALL THE AIR OUT THE ROOM, BUT I LOVE WHAT I DO. I'VE TALK ABOUT WHAT I DO ALL DAY. AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I MEAN IT'S, I'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT CAREERS. I'VE BEEN AN ARBORIST AND A WATCHMAKER, UH, COMMERCIAL PRINTING, BUT I LOVE GOING TO WORK. THIS IS, I SHOULD'VE BEEN DOING THIS THE WHOLE TIME. SO, UM, YEAH, I CAN TALK ABOUT IT ALL DAY. AND IN ANY WHICH WAY BEYOND THIS EVENT THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU GUYS AND SUPPORT AND HELP YOU. THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT OUR VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, STAND BY TO STAND BY. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. AND, AND IT'S AMAZING. LIKE, I CONSTANTLY MEET VOLUNTEERS THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MORE QUALIFIED THAN ME. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE, RIGHT? YEAH. BECAUSE THEY LIVED THEIR WHOLE LIFE. DO ALL THIS STUFF RETIRE, THEY WANT TO GET BACK. SO, UM, I MEAN, IT JUST, IT JUST HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. SO HIGHLY SKILLED, HIGHLY ENGAGED, HIGHLY MOTIVATED, SUPER COMMITTED PEOPLE. AND THEN I JUST GET TO DO THAT LEADERSHIP THING. JUST GET OUTTA THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT A GOOD LEADER DOES. LIKE HOW DO I SUPPORT YOU? YOU GO DO IT. YOU KNOW? UM, SO YEAH, THIS EVENT, BUT REALLY JUST IN GENERAL, I'M HERE FOR YOU GUYS. OKAY. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, MAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SAVING, BUT YOU GOT IT FOR SURE. UM, YOU WANT ME TO STEP OUT OR STAY? I JUST HAD, UH, ONE QUESTION. YEAH. IN REGARDS TO, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT OFFER OR, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S KIND OF FIVE MAIN SIZES. THERE'S, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, ALL VOLUNTEER BASED, RIGHT? BUT THE, THE BIGGEST, MOST PRESENT ONE ARE VOLUNTEERS IN THE VA SYSTEM. SO IN, IN THIS REGION, WE GOT FLORIDA, DAYTON, COLUMBUS'S, NATIONAL COFFEE, AND WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS IN EACH VA, RIGHT? AND VOLUNTEERS WITHIN THE VA CAN DO AS MUCH AS THE VA WILL ALLOW IT. AND HERE IN CENTRAL SOUTHERN OHIO, NOTHING CLINICAL UNFORTUNATELY. BUT IN OTHER PLACES LIKE WALTER REED AND WHATEVER, CLINICAL VOLUNTEERS. SO, UH, WE HAVE NURSES, DOCTORS, BUT THEY DON'T VOLUNTEER IN THAT CAPACITY IN THE VA, BUT THEY DO A RIGHT PATH. IF YOUR CREDENTIALS TRANSFER AT THE NTF ON BASE, YOU CAN DO ALL THAT. SO LIKE, I HAVE A DENTIST THAT DOES IT. I GOT DOES MASTECTOMIES, I'M NOT MAKING THAT UP. I MEAN, SO THE, THE HOSPITAL ON BASE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT CREDENTIAL SIDE. SO VOLUNTEERS, WE CALL IT HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN THE VA, IN THE, IN MILLER HOSPITALS. UM, WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT GIVE MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS. UM, SO THEY HAVE TO BE CURRENTLY LICENSED ON ENCUMBERED AND ACTIVE. AND, UH, WE CHECK THOSE CREDENTIALS EVERY ONE TO TWO YEARS. SO THEY'RE UP TO SPEED, THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING THAT. AND THEN THEY DO FOR US, FREE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS. UM, WE HAVE THE, I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE HERO CARE CENTER, I ALWAYS WEAR THESE BRACELETS. SO IF YOU'RE IN A CRISIS, YOU'RE MILITARY CONNECTED, WHETHER YOU'RE A VETERAN, ACTIVE DUTY SPOUSE, CAREGIVER DOES MATTER. IT'S LIKE A, IT'S SEVEN DEGREES OF , RIGHT? YOU GOT A CONNECTION TO MILITARY, YOU CAN CALL HERE OR CARE. AND THEN THAT'S A MAIN CALL CENTER FOR SILL. BUT DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, THEY DISPATCH YOU BACK TO A CASEWORKER. SO IN THIS CASE HERE. SO WE HAVE CASEWORKERS THAT DO THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AS LITTLE AS, UM, I NEED HELP WITH MY LIGHT BILL TO AS MAJOR AS I LOST EVERYTHING. WE HAD PEOPLE CALL FROM SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE WHOLE SPECTRUM. JUST CALL THE NUMBER AND SEE WHAT WE DO. SO THAT HERO CARE AND THEN THE INTERNATIONAL, WE CALL IT ISUS. SO IN, IN WAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE HERE, BUT CONNECTED TO AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT STILL FALLS UNDER ME. SO LIKE, LET'S PRETEND YOU AND I CAME HERE FROM GUATEMALA AND WE'VE LOST CONTACT WITH A FAMILY BACK HOME AND WE'RE WORRIED WE CAN GO TO THE RED CROSS, PUT OUT WHAT'S CALLED INTERNATIONAL TRACING, AND THEN WE, OUR CASEWORKERS DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO RECONNECT FAMILIES. AND WE SEE THAT ALL THE TIME. I JUST HAVE ONE COME THROUGH. WE'RE FROM SOMALIA AND ONE BEFORE THAT THROUGH SYRIA. SO ALL THAT FALLS UNDERNEATH. UM, WE TEACH THE BOOK ABOUT INTERNATIONALLY MANDATORY AND LAW. WE CALL THAT IHL. AND THEN WE DO IT FOR TEENAGERS AND WE CALL IT YAK. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE VETERANS, YOU LEARN ABOUT THAT IN THE MILITARY, BUT THE AVERAGE CIVILIAN DOESN'T KNOW HUMANITARIAN LAW, RIGHT? SO WE GO EDUCATE PUBLIC ON THAT. UM, AND WE GO DO PRE AND POST-DEPLOYMENT BRIEFINGS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN AND OUT THE DOOR. UM, AND THEN MEPS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JOIN THE MILITARY, YOU GO THROUGH MEPS. SO WE PUT OUR MEPS. SO ALL THAT STUFF FALLS UNDER ME. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO ENGAGE PEOPLE. SO VOLUNTEERS COME ALONG AND THEY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, IDEA FAIRY, THEY HAVE A GREAT IDEA IF I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, SUPPORT IT. SO WE HAD A GUY COME THROUGH RIGHT BACK AND HE LITERALLY SAID, I'M RETIRED JACK, SO A LAWYER, I DON'T WANNA DO PAPERWORK. SAID NOBODY'S EVER SAID THAT TO ME. NEVER. SO WE, I'LL FIND, I DON'T WANT DO PAPERWORK. PAPERWORK. SO WE GOT HIM LINKED UP IN THE OFFICE AND HE DID THAT I THINK FOR ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE HE MOVED ON. WE HAD ANOTHER GUY DO THE SAME THING, BUT FOR THE GOLF COURSE ON BASE. HE SAID, I JUST WANNA MAINTAIN A GOLF COURSE. OKAY? SO WE SENT A CIVIL ENGINEER THROUGH. SO WE DO HAVE THESE KIND OF ONES E TWOSIES, WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND IF WE CAN SUPPORT IT, WE ENGAGE THEM THAT KIND OF FALL OUTSIDE OF THAT SCOPE. AND YOU SEE THAT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. LIKE I MENTIONED WALTER REED, UM, SOMEBODY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA IN RED CROSS TO FLY DRONES AS A FORM OF PHYSICAL THERAPY. WALTER REED LIKED THAT. WE BUILT THAT WHOLE PROGRAM, BOUGHT DRONES, AND THEN PEOPLE WHO ARE THEY BROADLY INJURED? USUALLY IT'S COMBAT INJURY, BUT JUST INJURED WHERE THEY NEED PT WITH THEIR FINGERS, WITH MOBILITY. THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, FLY DRONES WITH RED CROSS FREEWAY AND WE MAINTAIN THE DRONES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE WALTER REED BUILT THAT UP. SO THAT'S KIND OF A CONSISTENT [00:10:01] THING, YOU KNOW. AND THEN IN THE AIR FORCE, YOU KNOW, I, I'M CONSTANTLY DOING STUFF THAT WAY. I JUST CAME BACK FROM CAMP HAMILTON, SO WHEN I'M OUT THE BOTTOM PUSHING WHAT I DO AND MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS. SO I WAS OUT THERE IN SAN DIEGO TALKING TO THOSE DIRECTORS ABOUT HOW OHIO AND SAN DIEGO CAN CONNECT. SO JUST THINGS, YOU KNOW, POP UP THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT SCOPE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE LIKE PAMPHLETS AND BROCHURES FOR YOU GUYS, BUT I'M JUST RUSH OVER HERE SO I CAN GET YOU ALL THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. AS FAR AS THE SHORT NOTICE, UM, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION, I'M JUST, WOULD YOU KIND OF, UM, AND I THINK WITH APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION AS WELL, UM, YOU JUST AS A SET UP AN INFORMATIONAL TENT, UM, FOR THE EVENT. SURE. UM, KIND OF GET OUR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN ANYONE'S APPROVAL OR YES. NO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE QUITE A, A GOOD SIGN TO BE THERE. LOVE THAT. YEAH. WE CALL THAT OUTREACH OR TABLE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN FOR THE EVENT. I THINK THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT'D BE FANTASTIC. YEAH. AND I'LL, I'LL FORWARD ALL YOUR INFORMATION TO THE CHAIR AND GET YOU THE INFORMATION ON THE ITINERARY AND EVERYTHING'S HAPPENED AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND WE'LL MAKE THIS MOVE AS FAR AS WE CAN. YEAH, THAT'S FANTASTIC. AND, AND SO YOU HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION WITH ANGIE, SIR? I THINK SHE CC'D ME. YEP. SO EITHER ONE OF US. THAT'S FINE. EITHER WAY. YEP. UM, ANGIE'S AMAZING. SHE ACTUALLY DEPLOYED LABIA FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO SUPPORT THE ARMY OUT THERE AND BEFORE THE RED CROSS. THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE DO AS WE GO OVERSEAS. SO, UH, SHE'S REALLY HIGH SPEED AND I'M SUPER LUCKY TO HAVE HER. I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF WE'RE IN AGREEANCE OF THAT. IT SOUNDS GREAT. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I LOVE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I, I PUSH THAT OUT TO VOLUNTEERS AND THEY GO MANNA, BUT IF IT'S A LAST MINUTE SITUATION, I DON'T WANT TO SELL ANYBODY SHORT. SO IF THEY CANCEL, I GO OUT AND DO IT MYSELF. SO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I LOVE ONE I YOU ALL THE INFORMATION AND KIND OF TRADE EMAILS BACK AND FORTH FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND SEE THAT'S CORRECT. WORKS FOR YOU. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, IN THE WORLD THEY CLEARLY AM BIASED WITH. THAT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO ME. SO, CERTAINLY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THEY DO A GOOD JOB OUT THERE AT THE VA, MAN, SO I SEE. OH ME. SO, YEAH, THAT, YOU KNOW, SO GOOD. THANK YOU. THEY DO, THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB OUT THERE, MAN. I JUST SPENT $60,000 AND BOUGHT FOUR GOLF CARTS. ONE FOR EACH VA BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE GOLF CART'S IMPORTANT AND UH, IT TURNS OUT GOLF CARTS ARE EXPENSIVE. THEY'RE, YES, THEY'RE SO, UH, BUT, BUT WE JUST GOT A NEW GOLF CART. IT'S ON ROUTE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE, WE GOT ONE LAST YEAR TOO, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET TWO OUT TO DAYTON. AND, UM, WHEN WE GOT THE ONE LAST YEAR, I CAME BACK A WEEK LATER JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S RUN IN, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T SELL YOU A LIVING. RIGHT. AND, UH, THIS VOLUNTEER CAME UP, HE WAS CRYING AND HE SAID, I'M THE MAIN GUY THAT DOES THIS. NOT FOR YOU GUYS. RIGHT. BUT, UM, I WAS ABLE TO, TO GET 200 PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH IN SINGLE DAY WITH YOUR GOLF CART. WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'VE ONLY DONE THIS A YEAR AND A HALF AND I DID NOT REALIZE HOW KIND OF CRUCIAL THAT WOULD BE. YES, IT IS. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S INTIMATE WEATHER. IT'S EVEN, YEAH. IF YOU GUYS ACTUALLY HAVE TO SHOVELS GO AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF IT, THE PLASTIC, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT. YEAH. YES. SO THEN I WENT STRAIGHT BACK TO HEADQUARTERS AND MADE A BIG PITCH. I WAS LIKE, GIMME MORE MONEY, GIMME MORE GOLF CART. AND THEY SENT ME 50,000 AND I RAISED ANOTHER 10,000. I BOUGHT FORMER GOLF COURSE. I'LL KEEP DOING IT. I'LL SEND A GOLF CART EVERY YEAR. IT'S A BIG DEAL. YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. FOR SURE. ALRIGHT, THANKS GUYS. TAKE CARE. I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, YEAH, YOU SAID THAT'S A BLESSING MAN THERE. THAT'S AT THE SAME TIME. YOU NEVER KNOW. ALRIGHT, MOVING ALONG. GO AHEAD AND GET DOWN TO THE MEETING CEMETERY. OUR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT. UM, I SEEN THE BIO. THANK YOU. IT HAS A BIO FOR, UH, MR. WALKER AS WELL. SO I'M GOING TO SEND OUT, UM, THE ACTUAL ITINERARY THIS EVENING. I WANT EVERYBODY TO LOOK OVER IT. YES. OR NOS. SO I THINK BEFORE, BUT, BUT BEFORE WE DO THIS, BEFORE I SEEN THAT HERE, YOU GUYS STILL COMMENT ABOUT THE NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. THAT WAS A MISTAKE. UM, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY HAD THIS SETTLED ALREADY. YEAH, WE, THAT WAS A MISTAKE BY, UM, LINDA INNOCENT. OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS, I WAS, I WAS ALREADY GET MYSELF. NO, THAT WAS BECAUSE SOON AS SHE, SHE PUT THIS OUT, I I IT WAS EVENING AND I TOLD HER, I SAID THIS, THIS IS THE EVENT THE ARETHA MILL IS IN QUESTION OF, SO YES, THIS IS NO QUESTION. YES. ARE WILL BE THERE. YES. UM, THE PASTOR IS WHEN, YEAH. YES. UH, MS. UH, HER NAME IS, SHE'S MILITARY. SO YEAH. HOLD ONE SECOND. [00:15:01] CHAPIN BENITA SANDERS. S-A-N-D-E-R-S. TAYLOR. OKAY. I I, I SEND IT TO, LIKE I SAID, I'M SEND IT TO YOU. SO WHO IS THAT? THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THATS THE CHAPTER THAT WE'RE USING FROM THE VA THERE. SO I, I GOT A BIO FOR HER, LIKE A SMALLER BIO THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND SHE WAS LIKE, OH, I FOUND MY BIO. SHE SENT IT TO ME. I WAS LIKE, WOW, . LIKE THAT'S A GO ALONG. WELL JUST, JUST, I'M JUST GONNA DO SOMETHING SMALL. I TOLD HER I'M CUTTING ALL THAT DOWN. WE'RE NOT USE THAT. WE USING ONE THAT'S AT THE, ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE ACTUAL SMALL LITTLE SECTION RIGHT THERE. WE'RE GONNA USE THAT INSTEAD. SO JUST SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY ARE, THAT'S ALL YOU. LIKE, WE'RE GONNA GET, YOU KNOW WHO THEY'RE, YOU PICK SOMEBODY OUTTA NOWHERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MILITARY OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO, OKAY. UM, MIKE, I KNOW YOU GOT EVERYTHING TOGETHER ON YOUR END, SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. CORRECT? CORRECT SIR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. WE GO DOWN THE LINE. GO AHEAD. SO IF WE WANT TO PUT THE, SO KNOW WE'RE DOING THE BUG MM-HMM . PLAYER. MM-HMM . PUTTING A NAME IN THERE. WE JUST PUTTING, UM, LAST TIME WE HAD NAME, DID WE ACTUALLY HAVE HIS NAME I PUT DOWN? NO. SO LIKE IT ALL, IT JUST SAYS IT IS YOUNG MARINES. RIGHT? LAST TIME. YEAH. YOU THINK SHE WOULD MENTION COME HERE. OH, OH, THAT'S RIGHT. DO WE? WELL SEND IT TO ME SO WE CAN PUT THAT IN THERE. CAN PUT THAT IN. I'LL LOOK THAT UP. OKAY. YES. THE, THE VIEW DOOR. YES. RON WHITE. THERE YOU GO. I KNOW HE CONTACTED ME THROUGH YOU OR I KNOW IT. SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. THE COMEDIAN ME. SO THE COMEDIAN? NO, NO. . YOU GOT FREE DRINKS FOR EVERYBODY. TATER TATER TOP. YEAH. YEAH. SO HE'LL BE PLAYING TAPS MM-HMM . RIGHT? SO THE YOUNG MARINE CROSSING THAT. OKAY. SO RIGHT STATE DOES THEIR HOLDING ANOTHER FLAG. MM-HMM . THEN WE'LL GO. OKAY. SO ARE WE GOING TO ANNOUNCE HIM ? YEAH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT IT WOULD BE THIS RIGHT STATE, AND WE'LL GET TO THEM IN A SECOND, BUT RIGHT STATE DOES THE FOLDING OF THE FLAG. YES. AND THEN, UM, UPON COMPLETION OF THAT, UH, THEN THEY'LL HAVE A PLAYING THE TEST. YES. SO DO WE WANT TO BREAK THAT TO SAY WHO WAS PLAYING TEST OR WE JUST GONNA NO, WE, WE, WE CAN'T ANNOUNCE IT AT THE SAME TIME WE ANNOUNCED THE RIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY AIR FORCE, ROT DETECTIVE AT 6 43 ACCOMPANIED BY RON WHITE PLAYING TAPS COPY CAN SAY THAT. THAT BE OKAY? YEAH. THAT SOUND OKAY TO EVERYBODY? OKAY. SIX. SO DOES HE HAVE, LIKE, DO THEY HAVE LIKE A, I KNOW HE COMES FROM AN ORGANIZATION, DOES THEY HAVE AN ORGANIZATION HE BELONGS TO? IS IT JUST, UH, DOUGLAS ACROSS AMERICA REGISTER THAT SAID, I THINK APPROPRIATE SAY BROWN WHITE FROM ACROSS AMERICA PROGRAM ACROSS AMERICA PROGRAM. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT BE OKAY? I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT. BUT THAT WAY ALSO TELL WHERE YOU FROM IT. SOME OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SERVICES, SEE ALL THE SERVICES THEY OFFER. YES. YES. OKAY. OKAY. I TALKED, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM TOO. HE, HE SEEMS VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHEN YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT LIKE THAT TO TRAVEL, LIKE DO THAT. THEY, THEY'RE REALLY, THAT'S THEY BRING IT IN THEIR HEART, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOVE, YOU KNOW, THINGS. YES, YES. SO, OKAY. BOOM. BOOM. WHAT BE VICE, BUT DO WE KNOW THE MAYOR'S GONNA BE THERE? WOULD IT BE SOMEBODY WE JUST REPRESENTATIVE? SHOULDA MAYOR. I PUT CITY REPRESENTATIVE THERE SO WE KNOW. OKAY. I HEARD BACK FROM TONY MAYOR OR NOT, BUT OKAY. BE OKAY. SO, UM, WITH WRIGHT STATE, UH, THEY ASKED TO MEET FRIDAY. OKAY. AT 10 O'CLOCK. YEAH. WORK. YOU CAN'T, I, I'LL BE OKAY. I'LL JUST SAY YEAH, IF ANYBODY IS AVAILABLE, WE'RE GONNA, UM, WE'LL MEET WITH BRYCE STATE AT 10 O'CLOCK SO [00:20:01] THAT THEY CAN DO KIND OF LIKE JUST A WALKTHROUGH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE. UH, AND THAT WILL BE 10 O'CLOCK FRIDAY, UM, 23RD, FRIDAY THE 23RD AT CLOUD PARK. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ADDRESSED THIS, BUT, UM, WHO WAS PRESENTING THE COLORS? IS WAYNE THAT YEAH. YES, WAYNE. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. YOU JUST PUT PLUG IN, YOU KNOW, WEBUT THERE AND A COUPLE MINOR THINGS. BUT THAT ALL FROM THE ORIGINAL OR FOR THE ONE THAT I, I SAID EARLIER TO TELL YOU A, A TIMELINE AND HOW, HOW THE PROCESS GOES FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR IS WE JUST PLUG IN NAMES. SO, AND THEN, UH, WEATHER YES. MIGHT RIGHT? THE CONTENTIOUS, SHE SAID THAT IT, THE OTHER PEOPLE SAID THAT IT MIGHT, SO YEAH. WHITE RAMP. YEAH. PROBABLY A, IT'S PROBABLY A HIGHER PROBABILITY AND IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE GUST UP TO 20 MILE MILES AN HOUR. JESUS. SO ARE WE ABLE TO PUT UP, CAN, CONSIDERING THAT THE WAVES, IS THAT WHERE THE ONLY CAPABILITY WE CURRENTLY ARE IN HAND OF WOULD BE A LIKE, MEAN? YEAH. YEAH. A I NEED, BUT I GOT QUITE A FEW, BUT I, I'M NOT MEAN FROM CITY WISE, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE FOUR. OKAY. THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT. I DUNNO. THINK GOT 12. WE CAN USE, I MEAN WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T TAKE ANY DOOR. WE, WE DON'T, WE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. SOMETHING THAT I THINK NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT, WE NEED TO HAVE IT DOORS ONE TIME IT'S GONNA ACTUALLY KNOW IT'S GONNA STORM REAL BAD AND WE HAVE FACILITY HERE AND PEOPLE THAT WE BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT CONTINGENCY POINT. MM-HMM . I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE, I KNOW WE WOULD TO, I THINK THAT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE THEIR CAFETERIA IS WHERE THEY DO A LOT OF THIS STUFF. JEWELRY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YEAH. SO SOMEONE TO REACH OUT TO, BUT YEAH. YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO SAY WE'RE TALK ABOUT THAT. RIGHT. WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT OFF AIR TOO. WE THAT, BUT LET'S KEEP ON MOVING WITH THE EVENT. SO, BUT YEAH. SO MIKE, ARE YOU ABLE TO BRING THE CANOPIES? LIKE I SAID, I CAN GET WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND I'LL BRING THEM ALSO. ONE, TWO IS ANCHORING. WE TROUBLE HOLDING. I KNOW. WE GET, OH MY GOD, WE DON'T HAVE SAND, WE DON'T HAVE SANDBAG. THE OLD SCHOOL SANDBAGS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE ALL GOT CORN. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. SO AT LEAST FOR, YEAH, I, I I GUESS THE CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THIS EVENT HAS NEVER BEEN SPOKEN, HAS BEEN FOR THE BEVERAGE BECAUSE OF SNOW. UM, FOR THIS ONE, I MEAN, INSTEAD OF IN CONSIDERATION. SO, UM, I I I COULD ONLY SAY MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WITH THE NEW GOVERNMENT, IT'S CENTER SOMETIME THAT MIGHT BE A PLAN FOR, FOR IT FUTURE. OKAY. FOR FUTURE EVENTS. UM, BUT, UM, I, I, I DUNNO WHAT TO, I WOULDN'T RESCHEDULE IT. THAT'S, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. I DON'T REALLY WANNA, SO ARE WE GOING TO, ARE WE GOING TO DO A CONTINGENCY PLAN? ARE WE JUST GONNA THE PLAN, THE PLAYER RIGHT NOW IS GONNA HAVE TO BE USING THE, USING THE CAN. I MEAN THAT THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW. IF YOU CAN THINK OF ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE. WE CAN DRAW MANY IDEAS YOU WANT. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT. WE, WE'VE BEEN IN THE RAIN BEFORE, WE'VE BEEN IN THE RAIN BEFORE AND THE COLD AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THAT EXCEPT BEFORE. I MEAN, IT HAPPENS RAIN OR SHINE, RIGHT? YES. YES. THE ONLY THING YOU REALLY GOTTA WORRY ABOUT IS POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING. YEP. THAT'S, SO WE'RE SAYING RAIN OR SHINE, WE'RE STILL GOING. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S IT. THAT'S, IT'S IT. MAYBE, WELL, LIGHTNING COMES IN, WE'RE GONNA ALL GO TO OUR CARS. WE'RE THE OLD FASHIONED BASEBALL GAME. WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR CARS AND STAY WAITING ON METAL POLE. THAT'S SURE. I HAVE THE UMPIRE. GIVE US A RULING HOW MANY MINUTES WE GOTTA WAIT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SEE IF, IF THERE IS LIGHTNING, THEN WE JUST TOO [00:25:01] MUCH TOO DANGEROUS. WE CAN'T JUST GET CANCEL. YES. UNFORTUNATELY. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF ANYBODY GETTING HURT. THAT'S THE LAST THING WE NEED. SO, OKAY. SO DUE TO LIGHTNING, THIS EVENT, IT'S, I WOULD JUST SAY AND IF IT'S RAIN YEAH. YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT'S INCLEMENT WEATHER. YES. YOU COULD CALL LIGHTNING OR NOT. I MEAN, IF IT'S, IF IT'S FOUR INCHES OF RAIN COMING DOWN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA KNOW ANY, JUST YEAH, YEAH. IT'S NOT WORKING. SO WE'RE OUT. RIGHT. RIGHT. I JUST SAY IN THE EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE CALL WILL WE MADE BY, YOU KNOW, TIME BEEN RIGHT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE FOR EVERYONE? YEAH, IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S COMMON SENSE. STAY UP THERE. YES. COMMON SENSE. THANK YOU. COMMON SENSE. THANK YOU. . A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. WE'RE ALL MILITARY. SO I MEAN IN SIMILAR SITUATION OR DISSIMILAR. I'VE BEEN IN A SITUATION WITH THE, THE FIREWORKS EVENT. YEAH. WHERE IT WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFORE SUNDOWN, WHICH IS WHEN THEY SET THE FIREWORKS OFF AND WE HAD A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD. AND DID THEY, DID THEY CANCEL IT? NOPE. IT WENT ON AND THEN STUFF DRIED OUT AND WE, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY I WAS HUSTLING TO DO SOME THINGS THAT HAD TO BE DONE, BUT, SO, WHICH WE, YOU CAN'T PREDICT MOTHER NATURE AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO OR, OR ANTICIPATE. OH. IS, UM, IS THE COMMANDER OF THE, UM, UM, THE ROTC FOR, UM, FOR RIGHT STATE, IS HIS WIFE STILL GONNA DO THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR US? I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. MAYBE SHE, SHE, BECAUSE YOU SAID SHE ALREADY ASKED ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU. DID THAT ALREADY. YOU SENT ME, I REMEMBER YOU SENT ME SOMETHING. I THOUGHT YOU SAID SHE WAS YEAH, I, I I'M ONLY SURE YOU SENT ME SOMETHING. I SAID YOU WILL. YEAH, I'M ALMOST POSITIVE, BUT WE CAN REACH OUT THOUGH IN CASE, BECAUSE I THINK I, I THINK THE LAST THING THAT I SEEN WAS THAT THEY WERE ON BOARD, BUT I DIDN'T INCLUDE HER AND NATE. BUT I I I CAN ASK THEM DOUBLE. IS IT BACKUP THE, OR YOU PLAY BACKUP JUST MANY TIMES BEFORE I TAKE A LOOK. YOU KNOW, MEAN BLUETOOTH YOU PLAYED IN THERE SO NOTHING TWO. YEAH. IF OKAY. WE'RE STILL ONLY HAVING ONE SPEAKER THOUGH, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. YES. DISCUSSION. BUT YES. AND I APPRECIATE THAT LIEUTENANT AS SOMEBODY ELSE INSTEAD OF CANCELING ON THIS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S, THAT'S, YEAH. SHE GOT BACK TO YOU PRETTY QUICK TOO, SO I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT. YES. AND THEN THEY, SO YOU SAID THAT THEY WANTED THIS UPDATED ITINERARY. YES. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I'VE BEEN OUT TONIGHT. THE BASE LIKES A LOT OF DETAILS. OF COURSE. THAT'S, THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDABLE. SHE DIDN'T ASK YOU ASK THIS ONE RECENTLY, BUT SHE'S ALWAYS ASKING ABOUT MEDIA IF WE'VE CONTACTED MEDIA. SARAH'S IN CHARGE. SHE'S BEEN DOING THE CITY. YEAH. THE CITY MEDIA THING. UH, WHAT DID, LIKE WHAT IS SHE LOOKING FOR? THEY JUST WANT KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE THERE MAINLY. OH. THAT WE WANT KNOW UNTIL THEY SHOW UP. CAN THEY, CAN THEY GET IN FRONT? OH YEAH. YEAH. WELL THAT'S PART OF THE ITINERARY. LIKE WHO WE HAVE, WHO'S GONNA BE THERE. THAT'S PART OF THIS ITINERARY THAT WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. WHO'S GONNA BE THERE? I MEAN, THEY JAIL, JAIL 45 BE, YOU NEVER KNOW ABOUT THAT. YEAH. THEY SAID PRESS RELEASE OUT TODAY. RED CROSS SHOWED UP. SO I WOULD, I WOULD JUST TELL THEM TO ASSUME THAT ALL MAJOR NEWS SOURCES ARE GONNA BE LOCAL, LOCAL NEWS SOURCES. LOCAL NEWS SOURCES ARE GONNA BE THERE AND THEY'VE BEEN INFORMED. YEAH. YEAH. WE PUT A PRESENCE OUT TOO. AND SO, AND USUALLY WE ALWAYS HAVE AT LEAST ONE OR WE USUALLY HAVE TWO, USUALLY SEVEN, SIX SEEMS TO BE, THERE'S JUST TWO DIFFERENT, UH, UH, UH, NEWSCASTERS THAT COME OUT THERE. SO TWO DIFFERENT, UH, UM, STATIONS. SO YEAH. OKAY. UM, THE, UH, THE, ARE WE HAVING, UH, THE MASTER SERGEANT OF THE YEAH. THE, THE PRESENTER WOULD BE THE REEF. THE REEF? YES. OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE HER AND THEN WHATEVER CITY OFFICIALLY HAS? YES. OKAY. THE MAYOR AND MAYOR THAT THE YOUNG PRESENTING WITH THE REEF [00:30:01] AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE THE REEF AND PLACE IT OKAY. ON THE STAND. AND I GUESS WHEN SHE GETS THERE, WE WALK THROUGH IT REAL QUICK. YES. SHOW WHAT SHE'S GONNA DO. YEAH. THERE, THERE'S, WE STILL DO THAT SCHEDULE FOR A WALKTHROUGH PRE. YES. OKAY. SO EVERYBODY'S LOOKING BE THERE AT THREE O'CLOCK, I TOLD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO CORRECT. RIGHT HERE. OKAY. ALL ALL IN YEAH. BETWEEN 3, 3 30 YOU SAID SHOWTIME. 1500 HOURS START TIME. 1600 HOURS. SO, UM, I KNOW YOU, ANYBODY ELSE, THEY USED TO GET THERE ON PROPERLY, THEY THREE LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT. SO THROUGH EVERYTHING LAST TIME THEY COUNTED STEPS AND EVERYTHING THEY WANTED GET THAT KIND OF STUFF TOGETHER. SO THAT'S ALL IT. I'M SURE THEY PROBABLY COME ON FRIDAY TO GET THAT, OR I WAS, I WAS GOING TO SAY IF, WELL, WHO CAN BE HERE? I SAY WE COULD PUT OUT ALSO WHEN WE SEND THIS, THAT WE'LL BE THERE FRIDAY, ANSWER ANY QUESTION QUESTIONS. OKAY. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE MAINTAIN. I, I, WE LIKE TO BE IN FRONT. I WOULDN'T DO, BUT I WOULD TELL THEM ABOUT THE WEATHER AND THE FLAG JUST TO BE PRACTICE IN THE YEAH. MM-HMM . PRACTICE IN THE YEAH. YEAH. MY BRAIN PROBABLY SHOOT. NO, LOOKS PRETTY GOOD ON FRIDAY. YEAH. FRIDAY. BUT IF, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE IN CONTACT WITH THE, THE BASE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING I THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S TOO BIG. BUT, AND AS FAR AS READING THE BIOS, THE, THE BIOS ARE NOT GONNA BE ON ITINERARY. THE BIOS BE NEED TO PREPRINT OUT SEPARATE, SO, OKAY. SEE, I KNOW I DON'T PUT ON, WE DON'T PUT, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, I MEAN, 'CAUSE I READ OVER HER BIO AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE A FULL, THAT'S A NOT PRETTY LONG. YEAH. YES. SO IT'S GONNA BE A SUMMARIZED YES. VERSION OF, VERSION OF IT. IF, IF THERE IS, AND IF YOU COULD JUST SEND THEM AN EMAIL AND JUST LET THEM KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT SHE WANTS TO MENTION TO JUST LET US KNOW. BUT OVERALL, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A BRIEF READ OUT OF WHO SHE IS. WHICH THE FIRST CONFERENCE, THERE SPEAKERS, TWO SPEAKERS I GOT FROM WHO THEY, BUT THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH STUFF WHERE THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MANY THINGS. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HIT, YOU KNOW, GOLD STAR. WE HAD THE PEOPLE LIKE THAT AND THEY, THEIR LIST IS THIS, YOU KNOW, THEY NOT GOT TO THE END. LIKE THEY HAVE A PODCAST ON THURSDAY. THEY'RE LIKE, OH YEAH. SO THERE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT SHE WANTS TO HEAR, UM, JUST LET US KNOW. BUT IF NOT, THEN RE IT'S GONNA BE A COUPLE, IT'S GONNA BE A PARAGRAPH OR SO I FUTURE REFERENCE I WOULD ASK THAT OR RECOMMEND WHEN ASKING YOU KEEP IT LIMITED TO A BIO OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY WORDS. OKAY. RIGHT. YEAH. WELL THE ONES THAT GIVE ME, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, EVERY BOTTLE OF 'EM HAVE THAT SAME SETUP. YEAH. WELL IT'S THE SAME SETUP. I MEAN, YEAH. I LIKE THIS, THIS, AND THIS. THAT'S THE 250 WORDS I'M GONNA GIVE YOU. LAST TIME I HAD TO GO THROUGH, I NEEDED THE CHOICE OF WHAT TO CUT OUT, WHAT TO KEEP IN. I'M LIKE, MAN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO COUPLE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO YEAH, WE TO JUST SUGGEST THAT, JUST, JUST GIVE US A 32ND SOUND. THAT'S YOUR BODY. YOU GOT 30 SECONDS, YOU CAN 30 SECONDS. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. OKAY. AND THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD, YOU GOT CLOSE TO THAT. YEAH. I ALSO ASK HIM IF SHE'S BRINGING IN GUESTS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GOT ENOUGH SEATS RESERVED. OKAY. SO THEY HAVE THREE, TWO OR THREE PEOPLE USUALLY HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT DAY. YEAH. THEY, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS PEOPLE USUALLY DON'T SIT. HOW MANY CHAIRS ARE WE GOING? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU REQUESTED MORE CHAIRS, BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH SPACE FOR CHAIRS. WE, WE DID 80 LAST TIME, I THINK. AND OKAY. WAS THAT PLENTY? IT WAS GOOD. I THINK IT WAS GOOD. YEAH. I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE USED MORE, BUT I MEAN WITH WEATHER. AND THE PROBLEM IS I'VE HAD THIS BUILDING, THIS, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M LOGISTICALLY WITH CHAIRS RIGHT NOW. I'M GONNA HAVE TO RENT IT. OKAY. AND SO THROW EMPTY SEATS, BUT PEOPLE STILL STOOD. SO THERE WAS . YEAH. BUT I, YOU GET WHAT I'M, I'M I I GOTTA GET THIS YEAH. TOMORROW, RIGHT? YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M LIKE, I CAN'T GO PLAN TO HAVE A HUNDRED CHAIRS ON HAND. IF NOT, YOU KNOW, BY TOMORROW. BECAUSE IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN MONDAY. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW OR FRIDAY. AND BY FRIDAY TO GET A PLAN TO GET, GET [00:35:01] THOSE CHAIRS. WE HAD EIGHT, WE HAD 80 LAST TIME. YES. I THINK THAT'S COULD BE ALRIGHT. I'LL, I COULD MAYBE COULD ROUND UP HERE. BUT I MEAN, WHAT I'M SAYING IS LIKE THIS BUILDING HAS CLOSED WHERE WE USED TO GET IT FROM AND SOME OF 'EM ARE HERE NOW WHERE THERE'S A RENTAL NOW. BUT THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S MY PROBLEM. SO I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY SOLUTION NOW. YOU JUST GO TO THE RENTAL ON EXECUTIVE. YEAH, I COULD DO, YEAH, THAT'S GO TO THE ANYWAYS. UM, KEEP ALL MOVING HERE. OKAY. SO WE KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT ITINERARY IS. UM, TO ADD TO IT, MARSHALL, CONFIRM THAT MS. GREGORY BE ALLOWED TO. I'LL SEND, I'LL SEND HIM, SEND HIM AN EMAIL. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE UH, ON THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT? ALRIGHT, NEW BUSINESS. UH, WE GOT, SEE WE AN UPDATE ON THE MILITARY FOOTBALL GAME TROPHY, WHICH I CAN TOTALLY EXCITED ABOUT. LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. I EXCITED ABOUT I FOOTBALL FOR FOOTBALL. THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S, I VEGAN DOWN VETERAN MADE A BASE FOR ME. YEAH. LIKE THAT. SO HE, IT'S ALL NICE AND IT'S NICE THERE. THE CHAMBER GUY GHOSTED ME. HE, HIS BOOTS. I MAY NEED YOUR BOOTS. I GOT, I GOT BOOTS. I GOT BOOTS ACTUALLY I GOT BRING CAN YOU BRING 'EM? I GOT, I NEED BOTH OF, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA MAKE A MISTAKE. I NEED, I'M GONNA PUT, I MINE ONE FROM THE DESERT. CAN YOU USE THOSE? YEAH, YEAH. I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA, UM, LIKE RON'S BRUSH 'EM. OKAY. SO COMES OUT. YEAH. I GOTTA DRILL TWO HOLES IN 'EM. WHAT SIZE? I'LL TAKE MY, COME ON MAN. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THEY CAN'T BE TOO BIG, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NO. THEY GONNA BE SIZE 10 AND A HALF. YOU SAID SIZE FIVE? WHAT'S THAT? 10 AND A HALF SIZE. WHAT SIZE? NO, 10 AND A HALF MAX. OH, MAX. YES. OKAY. OKAY. I'LL MAKE IT WORK. OKAY. I'LL MAKE IT WORK REGARDLESS. I GOT YOU. I GOT YOU. YEAH. PLUS, PLUS IF THEY VOLUNTEER SERVICE THE VA, THEY GOT IT. THEY GOT, WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE DO, UM, STAND DOWN EVERY YEAR, THEY GIVE AWAY BOOTS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE TO WEAR. SO. YEAH. YEAH, BECAUSE I, I KNOW I'M GONNA SCREW UP ONE OF THEM. OKAY. OKAY. GOT GOT THE SANDS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I GOT ONE FROM, FROM THE DESERT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO IF YOU WANT REGULAR BLACK, WE CAN DO THAT. YOU KNOW, I GOT THE, I GOT REGULAR, I HAVE TO BRO, WHATEVER THEY ARE, I'M MAKING 'EM, I'M NOT TRYING TO DO THE, YOU KNOW WHAT THEM OLD 1985, WHAT YOU GOT RIGHT. , SWEET THREE BOOKS. THE THREE QUARTERS YOU GOT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE CAN ALWAYS, WE CAN ALWAYS CALL RAY. YEAH, I'M, I'M SURE HE, YEAH, HE BETTER BELIEVE IT. HE PROBABLY GOT, HE PROBABLY KNOW. SO I GOT, I GOT A GUY THAT'S GOT A WHOLE GARAGE FULL OF BOOTH AND THEREFORE LET ME GET A HOLD OF HERE FOR YOU. SO, OKAY. THEN, THEN, UM, SO THAT'S, I, I HAVE THAT MOTION. OKAY. THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS, UM, THE CHAIN. I, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE, THAT CARD WE SENT EVERY SINGLE, LIKE THE CARD, BUT IT'S ONLY GOT A SUGGESTION FOR IT. THE CHAMBER GUY'S DESIGN MM-HMM . FOR THE, UH, PAPERS. YES. WHAT? SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE PAGE. HE DID REMEMBER HE DID, I SENT THE THING OUT TO MAKE THE PAVER WITH MORE APPEALING. OH, THE PAVER FLYER. OKAY. PAVER FLYER. OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. I MEAN, YOU HAD, YOU HAD THE, YOU HAD THE FIRST PART OF THE CITY WEBSITE ON THERE WEBSITE, LIKE GO HERE. YEAH. THAT THE, THE BOTTOM PAGE. AND I, AND I WENT THERE AND THEN IT TOOK ME LIKE THREE MORE PAGES DOWN DEEP TO GET TO WHERE THE THING WAS. SO I JUST THOUGHT WANTED JUST PUT THE WHOLE STICK THE WHOLE ADDRESS ON THE BACK, KEEP IT CLEAN ON THE FRONT, STICK THE FULL ADDRESS ON THE BACK SO PEOPLE JUST, OKAY, SO I UNDERSTAND YOU SAID SOMETHING I THE PULL ADDRESS ON THAT. SO YOU'RE SAYING IT JUST TOOK YOU TO LIKE THE MAIN WEBSITE? YEAH. IT TOOK YOU TO, TO LIKE THE FRONT PAGE YOU WENT, YOU WENT, WENT DIRECTLY TO YEAH. AND I HAD TO HUNT AROUND. SERIOUSLY, I HAD TO HUNT AROUND. I THOUGHT I KNEW MY WAY AROUND THE CITY WEBSITE. I YOU CAN DO CREEK TOO. YEAH, I KNOW. WOULD BE 19. OH YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. THEY DO EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC, BUT AT OUR CHURCH NOW, ON THE BACK OF THE SEATS ARE THE SAME WAY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST PUT YOUR PHONE UP TO IT AND IT OPENS UP THE WEBSITE. YEP. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TYPE NOTHING IN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. AND I WAS LIKE, HOW DID YOU DO THAT FROM A PIECE OF PAPER? THIS GO INTO YOUR APPLE WALL TOO. [00:40:03] GEMS. DON. I'VE BEEN, OKAY, WE'RE GETTING ON TOPIC. SORRY, SORRY, SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. UM, ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT, SO YOU NEED, YOU NEED THE, YOU NEED THE BOOTS TO CONTINUE ON FROM WHERE YOU'RE AT, CORRECT? YEAH. I, I NEED BOOTS TO CONTINUE ON. RIGHT. SO, SO I WOULD SAY WHAT DO YOU NEED BEST WORDS TO GET MORE THAN ONE PAIR BOOTS? YES. YES. BECAUSE I, I KNOW I JUST IN CASE. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. I'LL GET YOU. YEAH, WE'LL THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO. AND I, I THINK I HAVE A PAIR. LIKE I YOU GONNA TAKE HIM YOUR MIRROR? NOW I'M GONNA TURN. OKAY. UM, NOW I SEE YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SUPPLYING T-SHIRTS. WE DON'T, WHAT HAPPENED? THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SAID LAST YEAR THE CITY GAVE YOU T-SHIRTS TO FRO THEIR CROWDER. HE WAS WONDERING IF THEY WOULD BE DOING THAT AGAIN. AND I SAID I WOULD BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY. WAIT, A WHY? ONE THEY GAVE US THAT TIME, THE WHITE ONES THAT WAS IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. YEAH. YEAH. I WANNA SAY THAT WAS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT WE HAD DWAY GAME. THEY HAD BOXES AND BOXES OF, THEY WERE LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PO CAME FROM. WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT. YEAH. OKAY. I HAD TO FIND THAT THE CITY BROUGHT THAT. I MEAN, UM, IF THAT WENT TO THE CHAMBER OR IT WAS, IT WAS FOR MILITARY NIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I KNOW NOTHING. OKAY. DID HE, HE, I'M NOT SAYING IT DIDN'T CUT FROM THE CITY. I'M JUST SAYING I NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS. OKAY. HE SAID MARILYN MASON. HE SAID MARILYN LAST NAME. HE JUST SAID MARILYN, UH, GOT THE CHURCH. MARLENE, MARLENE. MARLENE. MARLENE. OKAY. I WITH THAT . YEAH. I, I, I, AGAIN, THAT SHOULD HAVE WENT THROUGH ME. SO I'M NOT SURE. I KNOW WE WERE JUST GOING EMAILS AND HE, I WAS, HE TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL. SO I THOUGHT I THROW IT OUT THERE AGAIN, DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM. YEAH. BUT FOR ME, FOR ME TO SAY, OKAY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO KNOW THAT. SO WHEN YOU SAID, WELL WE, YOU BET THE CITY, NOT THAT THE CITY I MEANT, AND I PUT IT IN THERE. I THOUGHT I SAID THE CITY PROVIDED THEM. OKAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT WORD OUT BACK TO THE CITY. IF THEY REVIEW OUR MINUTES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THIS WOULD NOW BE, THERE WAS NO MINUTES. OKAY. THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE EVER HEARD OF IT. YEAH, I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE LINDA ASKED ME ABOUT TODAY. SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS T-SHIRTS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO FROM MEMORIAL DAY EVENT. I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S, AND WE'VE GOT TIME BECAUSE WE, SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THERE'S, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. BUT IF THE COMMISSION AGREES ABOUT THAT, 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A BUDGET, THE COMMISSION DOES IT. SO, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM AT THAT TIME. WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK HIM WHEN YOU SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW, HE SAID THE CITY. SO YOU GUYS LAST YEAR WE SO WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T. NO, NO, NO. HE SAID THE CITY GAVE THEM TO US. SO COME FROM THE CITY AND IF WE GET A LIMITED BUDGET AND THE CITY WANTS, WE WOULD, I PREFER THEY COULD DO IT. OH YEAH. WORTH. WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE CITY, WHERE THEY, I'M TELLING YOU, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE VERY UNDISCRIMINATING OR UNKNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT THE CITY OR THE COM COMMERCE OR WHO THE SCHOOLS OR WHOEVER SOMETHING'S COMING FROM. AND THAT COMES FROM MY OKAY. 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE. I NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOU NEED. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN MOVE ON TO PROVIDE. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. OKAY. AND MIKE, WE ALSO LIKE TO THINK THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE SEAT DOES, WE DON'T WANT BE STEPPING ON YOUR TOES AT THE SAME TIME. NO. IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS PROVIDING THAT, I DON'T TOES EITHER. SO I, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE ON, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE ON THE CITY. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. DAD ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. OKAY. WE GET THEN WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. YEAH. WHAT'S NAME? I'M NOT SURE. YEAH, HE, HE, MY BOSS DEALS WITH HIM. MY PAY GRADE. YEAH. OKAY. UM, WE MOVING ON TO THE, UH, THE ESSAY FOR THE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO START, YOU WANT TO MAKE A BIG PROGRAM FOR THAT? YEAH. WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE JUNIORS AND SENIORS JUST COME UP WITH A TOPIC OF LATE WE CAN COPY FROM, UH, AMVETS THEIR TOPICS AND JUST PUT IT OUT THERE. THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO DO AT THE BASE, I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS AT WHOEVER. I'M GONNA USE MY SON AS AN EXAMPLE. WHEN HE WAS GOING TO, HE WAS GOING TO DO DIFFERENT RANKS. HE WOULD DO VOLUNTEER WORK AND I WAS THINK COULD WE GET VOLUNTEERS THAT WAY? PAT AIRMAN DIDN'T WANT TO GET, UH, BELOW THE ZONE OR SOMETHING TO GRADE HIM AND PICK THE LETTER VERSUS US READING. UNLESS WE WANNA READ IT. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. I I THINK THAT, SO MS. DAVIS, UH, WORKS OVER AT THE, UH, THE, UH, CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILDING. UH, SHE WORKS WITH MILITARY FAMILIES. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ON A TEACHER LEVEL. YES. UH, BECAUSE [00:45:01] SHE CAN PULL FROM HER RESOURCES. SO I CAN CC YOU ON AN EMAIL AND EMAIL HER AND THEN PUT YOU GUYS IN CONTACT. OKAY. THAT'D BE GOOD. THAT'D BE GOOD. BUT IN WAYS THEN WE WOULD WANT TO GIVE THE, WHOEVER THE WINNER IS, UH, SINCLAIR 500 SCHOLARSHIP. SO, SO, SO THIS QUESTION BECOMES WHERE DO WE GET THE MONEY AT FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO START ABOUT NOW. FUNDRAISER. WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA DO WITH $500. THE NUMBER WE'RE GONNA SETTLE ON THIS GOING BE, SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT HAS TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. I NO, I'M FINE. YEAH. WE GOTTA GET WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS OKAY. YEAH. THAT, THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD REQUIRE, WOULD REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL. YES. BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD TAKE TO COUNCIL FROM THE COMMISSION CHAIRS OR AS THE COMMISSION ITSELF AND, AND ASK APPROVAL. HEY, WE WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE HONOR WALL FOR W HC, WE ASK FOR THAT. THAT KIND THING. OKAY. SO, SO WE HIT THAT MEETING. I BROUGHT THAT UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL. YES. WE GO IN THERE. I MENTIONED THAT IN THAT MEETING. SO, SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD HAVE A PLAN FOR? OR A, A SHELL, SOMETHING THAT, SO WE CAN PRESENT IT TO THE CITY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO, WE CAN GET DONE BY NEXT MEETING OR DO YOU NEED MORE TIME THAN THAT? NO, IT'S OKAY. NEED MORE TIME? FINE. BASICALLY PLAGIARIZED AMBITS AND JUST PUT OUR TEMP OUR, OUR STUFF OVER IT. THAT'S FINE. I THINK WHAT ANTHONY'S TRYING TO SAY IS GET A PLAN IN PLACE. YES. THIS IS HOW WE'RE DOING IT. YEAH. AND PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL AND WHEN WE'RE GONNA PRESENT TO COUNCIL. AND THEN, AND THEN ONCE WE, AND THEN ONCE WE PRESENT THEM, THEY SAY THAT WE CAN, WE GO AHEAD AND SOMETHING AS A GROUP WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE ON TO SAY THAT YOU, WE AGREE WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, WHO'S GOING, WHO'S GOING TO GRADE IT? WHO'S GOING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO COME TO. WE CAN'T JUST SAY, OKAY, ONE PERSON DECIDED IT'S NOT RECOGNITION. DO, DO WE NEED APPROVAL FROM COUNSEL? IT IT'S COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET. SOMETHING. YES. THEY'RE STILL GOING. THEY STILL, IT STILL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OUR, SUPPOSEDLY OUR MONEY, IT STILL COMES FROM THEM. SO THEY'RE GOING NEED KNOW WHERE WE SPEND OUR MONEY AT. THEY'RE GONNA WANT THE INFORMED INFORMATION. YES. OKAY. SO THEY CAN'T HAVE MONEY. THE QUESTION IS, IS IS IT MORE OF INFORMING OR IS IT MORE OF ASKING? THAT WON'T BE THE QUESTION. BOTH. OKAY. OKAY. WHAT I'LL DO IS FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS IN, IS IT JUNE? YES SIR. OKAY. JUNE. I'LL EMAIL EVERYBODY WITH THE HUB HEIGHTS LOGO WITH THE PLAN IS. OKAY. AND I'LL BRING, I'LL, I'LL HOPEFULLY I'LL MAKE PRINT SOME COPIES IF I THINK WE MAKE COPIES. OKAY. YOU GOTTA KNOW. I CAN MAKE, SO, OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL THAT'S, THAT GOES INTO, YEAH. YEAH, GO AHEAD. SO THAT, THAT, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE JUST GOTTA, WE JUST GOTTA GO AHEAD AND GET IT TOGETHER, THE PLAN IN PLACE FOR, SO WE CAN PRESENT IT IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PRESENT IT, YOU ALL APPROVE UPON IT HOW IT'S GONNA GO. YEP. AND THEN TAKE IT TO SAY, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PRESENT IT TO COUNSEL AND SAY, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE INFORMED OF, OF HOW THIS IS GONNA BE DONE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS ANYONE, AS A LEADER DOESN'T LIKE TO BE INFORMED MINUTE. IT MAKES SENSE. MAKES PERFECT SENSE. OKAY. UM, WE'RE GONNA ASK, SO WE'RE DOWN TO THE 4TH OF JULY GRADE. UM, MR. HANCOCK, I BELIEVE THAT YOU YEAH, I I MEAN IT IS THE SAME THING AS IT WOULD BE LAST YEAR. UH, JUST SEEING WHO ALL WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. UM, AND SO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR IS WE HAD OUR BANNERS ON MY TRUCK AND THEN WE PASSED OUT FLYERS TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE BANNER PROGRAM AND NOT OKAY. THE PROGRAM. YEAH. AND, UM, WE PASSED THOSE OUT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET MORE INVOLVED IN. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR OF TEAMING UP WITH, UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WE CAN DO. UH, THERE IS A GUY THAT DOES, UM, THE STATUE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? THE MARINE STATUE AND HE HAS IT ON A TRAILER BED. OH YEAH. ROAD PINNACLE. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO WHO'S YOUR NEIGHBOR? HE MOVED. DID HE MOVE? YEAH, HE MOVED. SO HE, HE'S NOT DECE NO MORE. I, I DON'T REMOVE TO, I I DIDN'T EMAIL HIM AND ASK HIM HIM ABOUT IT, BUT HE NEVER RESPONDED BACK TO ME. NO. OKAY. YOU JUST KNOW, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE YOU WHERE HE LIVES, RIGHT? YEAH, I KNOW. I I KNOW WHERE HE LIVES. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. BUT I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF. UM, SO JUST PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR FOR NOW TO SEE IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE [00:50:01] IN. AND I LIGHTS OFF. IT'S NOT ON THE 4TH OF JULY. IT'S THE WEEKEND FRIDAY BEFORE I THINK. YEAH, LATELY BEEN FALLEN IN JUNE. SO IT'S LAST SATURDAY IN JUNE. LAST SATURDAY. JUNE. OKAY. SATURDAY. THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, 28TH. YES. THAT'S CRAZY. IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE FOURTH. IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THAT FRIDAY. WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS? YOU KNOW, MEAN I HATE THAT THEY DO THAT. AT LEAST IT'S NOT LIKE A MONDAY. THAT'S THE REASON. YEAH. WELL OVERALL JUST FOR US TO HAVE A PRESENCE THERE AND, AND BE INVOLVED IN IT. AND THAT GOES ON THE NEXT DISCUSSION. UH, IT'S NOT HERE, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A BUDGET. SO IF WE CAN START THINKING OF THINGS TO DO FOR THAT, UH, IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE INVOLVED IN IT. EVEN IF WE SHIRTS, MAYBE NEED TO CREATE SOME SHIRTS, THROW SOME SHIRTS THERE, CREATE SOME, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. SO CAN'T THROW A CANDY. NO. I DUNNO. WHY? WHAT'S GOING ON? IT'S LIKE A PARADE. CAN'T YOU CAN'T THROW A CANDY? NO, NOT ANYMORE. WELL, YOU CAN. SO YOU CAN HAND OUT CANDY. YOU CAN, YOU JUST CAN'T THROW IT AGAIN. OKAY. THAT'S TRUTH. THAT'S A LIABILITY. SO YOU CAN WALK A HORSE, BUT YOU CAN'T RUN. RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. SOMEONE COMPLAIN TO PROBABLY. SO IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY. IT'S YEAH. THINK, I DON'T THINK ON PER THEY HAPPENED HERE, BUT I'M SURE SOMEWHERE THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, THERE'S BEEN SOME LAWSUIT KIND OF ISSUES. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. RAMIFICATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, KIDS ROLL OUT AND THEY GOT RAN OVER BY, YOU KNOW, JUNIOR THE CLOWN. I DON'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, OR STEPPED ON THEM. I JUST, EVERY, YOU KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW HOW THINGS ARE THESE DAYS. I MUCH PARADES ARE DANGEROUS THINGS. EVERYTHING. CANDY DANGEROUS. WE GROWING UP YOU WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GET CANDY AT A PARADE. THROW CANDY PARADE. THAT'S ALWAYS BE HERE. WHAT IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT THAT'S CLOSE? IS THAT, THAT'S IN, UM, SEPTEMBER. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S WAY WAY. OKAY. NOTE YOURSELF. YOU PUT A TABLE IN NEXT. TRY TO GET NEAR THE FOOD. YES. . OH, YOU WANNA DO THE FOOD? I DON'T CONTROL THAT. OKAY. SO WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, YOU WANNA DISCUSS THE MILITARY BANNER PROGRAM? IS IT THAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS? OH, SO WE HAD TOUCHED ON IT LAST MEETING. UM, SOMEONE HAD BROUGHT IT TO, UH, THE ATTENTION THAT MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN TURN INTO A, UM, SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE CAN, UM, GET ASSIGNED TO A SPONSOR FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHATEVER BUSINESS, UH, TO WHERE WE CAN GO OUT AND WE CAN ELIMINATE THAT, UM, THE PRICE ON WHAT IT COSTS TO DO THE, THE, UM, THE VENDOR. SO IT'LL BASICALLY JUST BE US CREATING A, UH, SOMETHING THAT THE BUSINESS CAN DISPLAY IN THEIR BUSINESS, STATING THAT THEY ARE SPONSORING THE, THE RIGHTS, UH, BANNER PROGRAM AND THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST COVERING THE COST OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO HAVE SOMEONE DISPLAY THAT GAME. SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE WOULD'VE TO DO IS CREATE A, UM, STICKER OR PLA OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DISPLAY IN THEIR BUSINESS. AND THEN IT WILL REQUIRE US TO GO OUT AND GET THOSE SPONSORSHIPS. OKAY. UH, FOR THE PROGRAM. SO BASICALLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT SIDE OF THINGS WILL WORK AS FAR AS DIRECTING PEOPLE WITH SPONSORS. UM, MAYBE IF SOMEONE PUTS IN FOR THE BAND PROGRAM, UH, THEN IF THERE'S A SPONSOR, THEN WE HAVE THE, THEN WE CAN JUST AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGN THEM. UM, THEN WE, FOR THE AND ALL THAT THINGS OF THAT NATURE. RIGHT. OKAY. RIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO WE GOT WE GOT SOME, WE GOT SOME, SOME IN THERE. THAT'S, BUT I THINK WITH THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LEAN ON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO INITIATE. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. UM, AND THEN EVEN THEY CAN DISPLAY THE INFORMATION HOWEVER WE WRITE IT UP. UM, THEY HAVE A WEBSITE, [00:55:02] THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. YEAH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN DISPLAY ON THEIR WEBSITE, BUT WEBSITE TELL LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ASSOCIATED WITH IT HAS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON THERE. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD, UM, WHERE WE CAN START ENGAGING MORE DIRECTLY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE COMMUNITY AND I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S GOING ON THAT IS GOING TO HAVE POSITIVE OUTCOMES. THE FOOTBALL GAME, THE ESSAY, UH, WE GOT THE THING ON OVER AT WAYNE WITH THE HONOR WALL. UH, AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO GET CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITY. ALRIGHT. THE HONOR WALL'S. FANTASTIC. HAVE YOU SEEN IT? YES. THAT IS AWESOME. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. IT'S, I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE, BUT I'LL HAVE TO GO OVER THERE AND LOOK AT IT. SO WHAT'S MY NAME OUT ON HERE WITH THE OUT ON HERE? IT NOT, I DON'T THINK MY NAME ON THERE. I HAD SOMEBODY GO LOOK AT IT. THEY SAID THEY LOOKED AT IT, BUT I WANT TRY TO SEE MY NAME OVER THERE NOW. BETTER BE ON THERE. I SO YOU BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR LONG MILITARY? I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN THE, UM, THE REVEAL DATE IS, UH, FOR IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY HAVEN'T, IT'S, IT'S UP. UM, YEAH, BUT THEY'RE GONNA DO LIKE A RIBBON CUTTING TYPE CEREMONY FOR IT. UH, I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER HERE WELD WHILE, SO VERY GOOD. KIND OF LIKE THAT. IT'S, IT'S, OH WOW. IT'S VERY EYE CONNECTION. IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE TO THE OF A DESIGN. GO BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL TOPIC OF TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. MILITARY PROGRAM. YES. UM, SIMILAR TO OUR, OUR LAST DISCUSSION, WHAT WE HAD THAT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE REQUIRED BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND DOING IN THE SENSE OF, BUT I JUST NEED TO PLAN SO I CAN PRESENT, OR THE COMMISSION CAN PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL SO THEY CAN SAY, OKAY, THIS IS, YOU START AGAIN. YOU START GETTING COLLABORATIVES WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT SO MUCH OFFICIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CITY FUNDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT REQUIRES A MOVE OF CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. WELL WE WOULDN'T BE USING CITY FUNDS FOR IT. IT WOULD BE FUNDS. BUT IF YOU WOULD BE, BECAUSE WHO'S PUTTING THEM UP? THEIR CITY FUND? WE'RE ORDERING THEM THE PROGRAM. YES. RIGHT. SO IT'S GONNA, IT, ALL I'M SAYING IS THEY NEED TO BE INFORMED OF SOME OF SOMETHING TOGETHER TO PRESENT TO. UM, THAT'S ALL I WOULD ASK. THEY GET INFORMED. THIS SOUNDS GOING TO BE, THIS IS WHAT YOU AS THE COMMISSION AGREED UPON AND, AND MOVE FORWARD TO . OKAY. SO I COULD, I COULD WORK ON LIKE A WRITE OUT OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AND GIVE US LIKE A, AND A BASIC THING TO SAY, LIKE OUR PITCH, IF WE'RE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TALKING TO BASIC AND ONLY SAY THIS TO, AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE JUST, YOU KNOW, UN POSITIVE, THIS IS HOW THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY SET UP. IS, IS I DON'T THINK THERE'S, IT IS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH IT, BUT IT'S BECOMING BIGGER NOW AND AS THE COMMUNITY AND THEY, THEY SEE THE, THE VALUE IN IT. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW TOO IS, UM, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY DO YOU KNOW, AS THE COMMISSION WE WOULD MAKE A DECISION TO, TO FURTHER AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BUILD A PROGRAM OUT MORE FOR CERTAIN OTHER AREAS OR, BUT THAT'S A DECISION THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THE COMMISSION THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL NEED TO START HEARING OKAY. SOME THINGS THAT YOU NEED THINKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE COMMISSION ITSELF. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE, THE PEOPLE, THEY JUST WANT A BANNER. OKAY, SO IT COST THIS MUCH MONEY. WELL THEN THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT SOMEONE, THAT PEOPLE DON'T, PEOPLE DON'T READ A FULL FORM ALL THE TIME TO BE, TO MAKE THEMSELVES FULLY INFORMED. SO WE TAKE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS OF LIKE, THIS IS HOW IT WORKS, THIS IS HOW, THIS IS HOW IT GOES, WHICH IS, THAT'S PART OF OUR, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATION AND OUR JOB. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THINGS COMPLETELY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHOLE NEW MINUTIA. BUT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THERE TIME. YEAH. YEAH. TWO YEARS. AND THAT DOES THAT, I MEAN, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THOSE, I MEAN THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN ONES THAT HADN'T LASTED LONG THAT HAD TO REPLACE JUST FOR CERTAIN ASPECTS OF REASON OF SUNLIGHT HITTING THIS ONE OR CERTAIN LAYERS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WEATHER, IT BLEW AWAY. AND IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I SAID IF YOU READ THE WHOLE POLICY, THERE'S CERTAIN ASPECTS THAT, THAT CAN BE REPLACED UNDER THIS OR THAT, [01:00:01] OR YOU HAVE TO REPLACE IT YOURSELF, PAY FOR IT. SO, OKAY. THAT'S ALL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S, I GET THOSE STUFF OUT IN ORDER, YOU KNOW, AND I CAN WRITE THE POLICY FOR, AND I CAN, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU GUYS WITH, YOU KNOW, PRESENTING IT TO COUNSEL AS FAR AS THE POLICY IF YOU WANT, WITH THE CHAMBER AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S A QUESTION. MM-HMM. AND I, I THINK I KNOW WHY AND I THINK BECAUSE THIS IS FOR CITY ALL CITIES, BUT IS THAT WHY THEY CHOSE THIS PROGRAM? THAT WAS THE DECISION WHEN, WHEN THE PROGRAM FIRST CAME ABOUT, THEY CHOSE THIS TO BE VETERANS WAY BETWEEN 2 0 1, 2 0 2, AND THEN THEY CHOSE THE BANNER PROGRAM BETWEEN THIS HERE WAY. SO YEAH, THIS IS THE, LIKE IN BETWEEN 2 0 1, 2 0 2, IT'S WARRIOR WAY. OKAY. SIMILAR. SO THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA CAME FROM TO BE HERE. BUT I CURIOUS CITY HALL? WELL, NO, BECAUSE ACTUALLY TRI WAS ALWAYS HERE, GOT LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES NOW MOVED TO ANOTHER. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO, OKAY, WELL, BUT THOSE ARE FUTURE WHAT I'M, THERE'S ROOM FOR WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS EVEN MOVING DOWN TO THE GOVERNANCE CENTER WHERE MOVE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION WILL BE, BE OPERATING OUT OF, THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT FOR US TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER RIGHT NOW WITH THE CHAMBERS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T BE KIND OF LIKE DRAWN OUT. DISCUSS. YES. OKAY. I DON'T WANNA TELL YOU ANYTHING IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I MAKE A PLAN. WE CAN TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT. ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE WITH A PLAN. YES SIR. YES SIR. SO JUST I'M CLEAR, THE GOAL OF THIS THOUGH, IS JUST TO SHOW PEOPLE SUPPORT FOR VETERANS. ULTIMATELY THAT WILL BE, BUT I MEAN, ALSO, ARE WE GONNA CREATE A LIST SHOWING THAT THESE COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, ARE SUPPORTING VETERANS? IS THAT GONNA BE DISPLAYED SOMEWHERE? SO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT HAVING SOMETHING TO WHERE THEY CAN DISPLAY IN THEIR BUSINESS THAT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE A CROWD SPONSOR OF THE, IT'S LIKE A BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU THING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, SAYING WOULD THAT BE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE ALSO, OR SO WITH HIM, YOU, BUT THAT, THAT'S IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RAISE IT DOWN. THINK ABOUT, WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT FROM, FROM CITY COUNCIL WHAT WE CAN, WHAT WE CAN'T DO. SO YEAH, THERE'S OTHER ASPECTS OF, OF LEGALITY OF HOW OR WHY A BUSINESS IS ABLE TO BE, YOU TALKING ABOUT WEBSITE, MAN, YOU OPEN THAT PANDORA'S BOX, RIGHT? YEAH. I THINK IF ANYTHING IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY DISPLAY THEIR WEBSITE ON THEIR PROPERTY RATHER THAN THE CITY. YES. AND I, I CAN, LIKE I SAID, LEGAL, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. I'M, THAT'S, I MEAN, YEAH. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL WORK IT OUT. LIKE I SAID, I BASICALLY, WHAT I SAID IS COME UP A PLAN, WE'LL WORK IT OUT I ABOUT WHO NEEDS TO TALK TO ABOUT IT AND WE SAY, OKAY, THIS APART THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, SIR. AND IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE A BACK AND FORTH, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, OUR INPUT. GO BACK TO THE DRAWING, TRY TO T TWEAK THIS. AND LIKE, ALMOST, YOU ALMOST THERE REARRANGE A, B, AND C. YEP. OKAY. SO WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE INDIAN FELLAS, SO, BUT I, I DO THINK THAT WITH, UM, RED CROSS, THERE'S SOME GOOD TOO. THEY STILL, THEY STILL WANNA BE PART OF OUR, SO, AND EVEN LIKE PUT A FOR WE FOR VETERANS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING ABOUT LIKE US BEING ABLE TO BROADEN OUR EVENTS. LIKE EVEN IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VETERANS, THAT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN VETERANS DAY, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO GET OUT MM-HMM . FOR VETERANS' DAY AND KNOW, I KNOW WE ALL ARE GONNA GO GET THE FOOD, BUT BRING TODAY . SO. WELL, I THINK TODAY'S, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING FOR THE MEETING. SO, UM, I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE OF THIS. AGAIN, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT AS SOON AS YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE OUR MEETINGS, PLEASE LET US KNOW RIGHT THEN AND THERE. I KNOW THINGS COME UP AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL, WE ALL HAVE A LOT, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE MEETING OR YOU MIGHT EVEN JUST IN AN INKLING THAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, LET'S KNOW AHEAD OF TIME SO WE MAKE SURE WE MAKE CORN. SO SPEAKING OF THAT, HOW ABOUT RETRIEVEMENT? IS THERE ANYBODY BLEEDING ON DECK? BECAUSE [01:05:01] WE CAN'T, WE OKAY. ALRIGHT. I TOLD HIM I WASN'T SURE, SO OKAY. OUT SELL YOURSELF . I I I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY. NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE CAN ONLY AFFORD TO DROP ONE, RIGHT? YEP. THAT'S IT. YEAH. WE GOTTA GET TWO MORE. OKAY. LET'S GET, LET'S GET, LET'S GET PAST OUR, OUR BIG WE GOT COMING UP AFTER WE CAN RECHARGE AND, AND, AND HIT THE BRICKS AGAIN. SO WITH THAT, UH, YOU'LL BE SENDING OUT THE ITINERARY. YEP. I'M ABOUT TO GO HOME AND TONIGHT AND GO AND GIVE YOU SOME ON THE PLATE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ? YEP. IF THEY BREATHY FIGURES. SO YOU'LL BE REACHING OUT TO, UH, RAPE PAT. YES. IF THERE, LIKE I SAID, IF THERE IS ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT UH, MS. THAT ADDRESS YEAH, YEAH. THAT SHE WANTS ADDRESS, UH, LET US KNOW. AND THEN, UH, IF ANYBODY IS AVAILABLE TO MAKE IT FRIDAY, I'LL BE THERE. OKAY. I'LL TAKE THE DAY OFF. YEP. SO FRIDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK CLOUD PARK AT THE MEMORIAL, UH, WILL BE WITH RIGHT? THAT FOR SURE. BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO ATTEND, THAT'S GOOD. I'M GONNA PUT THAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WHAT CALL TOO. THAT PRACTICE WILL BE AT MAIN. SO BECAUSE I'M DONE ON IT ANYWAY, I MEAN I LIKE DO ANOTHER WALKTHROUGH EVENT. WILL BE FRIDAY, 10 O'CLOCK. YES. FIVE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, WE SAY A QUICK PRAYER. FATHER LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TOGETHER. FATHER BE TRAVELING BACK TO OUR HOMES, FATHER TO SEE OUR FAMILY. LORD, FATHER, LET FORGET EARTH THANK YOU US TODAY. ALRIGHT. IT IS 1908 HOURS ON THE 21ST OF MAY, WEDNESDAY NOW PRONOUNCED THE HU RIGHT MILITARY VISION COMMISSION ADJOURNED. YOUR JOB TODAY. * 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.