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LAREDO CENTER FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE & SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 071521
A
Okay,
and
so
actually
just
quick
introduction,
just
you
know,
want
to
get
everything
together.
Thank
you
all
for
for
for
joining
us
on
this
in
this
meeting,
jay
white
and
mr
nevado's
department.
Thank
you
for
for
joining
us
on
this
new
venture
and
we'll
we'll
have
to
set
a
meeting
aside
so
that
we
can
really
get
into
all
the
different
projects
that
we're
currently
working
on
and
see
how
you
know
we
can
work
together
on
these
things.
A
B
A
You
know
we,
this
board
was
really
put
together,
so
we
could
have
subject
matter
experts
and
lend
insight
to
jose
to
help
develop
this
organization
right,
make
sure
the
resources
are
there
for
him
to
develop
the
organization
the
he
has,
the
right
people,
the
right
team,
so
we're
here
to
help
organize
some
of
those
things
give
insights,
provide
those
resources
and
he
does
a
lot
of
the
the
day-to-day.
Since
you
know,
I
understand
it's
a
volunteer
board
right
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
A
I'm
always
going
to
try
to
be
respectful
every
time
try
to
run
through
these
meetings
as
quickly
as
possible,
because
I
know
we
have.
You
know
a
lot
of
things
to
do
and
for
outside
of
these
meetings,
I've
created
a
slack
that
is
really
where
we
can
start
to
have
some
more
ongoing
conversations
about
how
we
develop
this
organization
and
and
lend
support
to
jose.
So
because
of
you
know,
open
meetings,
act
and
things
like
that.
A
We
do
have
to
keep
that
board
or
that
organize
that
slack
group
to
a
minimum
in
terms
of
how
many
members
we
have
on
there.
So
if
you're
interested
in
it,
I
created
the
slack
already.
I
just
want
to
be
very
selective
about
who
we
bring
on
there.
So,
if
you're
really
interested
about
being
active
more
on
the
day-to-day
operations,
please
send
me
a
direct
message
via
email,
and
that
way
I
can
add
you
on
there.
A
If
you
really
want
to
be,
you
know
helping
with
all
of
the
different
projects,
so
just
to
kind
of
reiterate
what
the
some
of
the
goals
are
for
this
organization.
As
a
mission
statement
right,
I'm
going
to
read
verbatim
what
we
had
kind
of
presented
to
the
city
council
so
that
we're
all
kind
of
on
the
same
page,
and
if
that
is,
if
you
want
to
help
with
any
of
those
projects,
please
send
me
a
message
so
that
we
can.
A
I
feel
like
we're
touching
a
lot
of
these
things
already
we're
developing
a
lot
of
these
great
programs,
and
you
know,
there's
there's
some
more
things
like
on
the
entrepreneurial
side
that
I
really
want
to
start
digging
into.
So
thankfully
we
also
have
some
restaurant
tours
on
on
the
board.
So
this
is
this
is
what
this
board
is
about
right.
It's
really
just
collaborating
and
we
fit
onto
these
projects
where
we
see
best
and
again.
A
C
A
C
Sure
you
know
anytime,
we
can
that's
what
we're
here,
for
you
know,
I
know
we
got
councilman
mark
is
really
pushing
them
for
that
as
well,
and
we're
actually
going
to
start
setting
up
like
a
office
space
in
the
second
floor
kind
of
circle
there.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
back
into
medium
rooms.
For
now.
A
E
A
A
I'd
really
like
to
just
give
most
of
the
time
to
jose
to
to
update
us
on
the
current
projects,
and
also
just
remind
you
of
the
the
slack
group,
if
you're
interested
in
that
and
some
of
the
projects
that
we're
working
on
on
a
more
day-to-day
basis
or
week
to
week
you
know
weekly
meetings
and
more
collaborative
before
just
you
know
once
a
month
meetings.
Then
please
reach
out
to
me
directly.
So
I
can
add
it
to
that
group
and
we
can
work
on
projects
together.
A
E
All
right
secretary
report-
actually
I
was
speaking
to
bobby
earlier-
he's
not
available
for
today's
meeting,
so
I'll
be
doing
both
reports
for
the
secretary
report.
I
just
I
do
want
to
advise
the
board
that
our
executive
director
jose
his
contract
is
up
very
soon
so
I've
put
on
the
agenda
that
we
should
discuss
his
contact
his
contract
and
either
whatever
we
want
to
do.
Whether
we
want
to
do
another
contract,
extend
it,
terminate
it
whatever.
Whatever
we
all
want,
somebody
would
have
to
make
a
motion
as
the
way
it
reads.
E
At
the
same
time,
bobby
also
gave
me
a
balance
in
the
account
we
have
seventy
seven
thousand
one
hundred
and
seventeen
dollars
and
seventy
two
cents
if
we
do
decide
to
extend
jose's
contract
for
another
year
at
the
same
rate,
we
have
enough
in
the
account
to
cover
it
and
still
have
a
little
bit
of
cushion.
However,
we
do
really
have
to
have
a
serious
conversation
about
you
know.
A
I
would
like
to
say
I
have
been
incredibly
impressed
by
his
ability
to
to
make
such
a
fruitful
garden
right.
Such
a
just.
The
green
thumb
element
of
this
is
just
drive
so
much
credibility
to
to
our
organization.
I
think,
to
to
have
someone
who
knows
what
they're
doing
with
this,
the
educational
programs
he's
been
able
to
teach
a
lot
of
people
he's,
I
think,
he's
incredibly
driven.
A
I
know
we've
had
some
concerns
on
maybe
the
the
grand
side
of
things,
and
so
you
know
we
we
can
work
on
that.
I
believe-
and
you
know
it
has
been-
a
one-man
shop
for
pretty
much
for
an
entire
year
of
having
run
this
organization,
I
think
for
being
a
one-man
shop
with
the
limited
resources
he
really
has
done
an
outstanding
job.
So
that
would
be
my
piece,
but
I
of
course
open
it
up
to
any
other
comments
from
any
other
other
board.
Members.
F
If
I
may
roger
with
my
experience
as
both
an
executive
director
of
another
non-profit
organization
and
working
with
jose,
first
and
foremost,
jose,
has
really
been
able
to
manage
that
garden.
Very,
very
well,
even
you
know,
with
the
limited
resources
that
he
started
with
he's,
had
consistent
produce
at
our
farmers
market,
consistent
activity
with
our
farmers
market
and
I've
seen
him
all
over
the
place.
You
know
with
tamiu
and
so
many
different
organizations
that
he's
partnering
up
with
besides
the
farmers
market.
F
So
that's
that's
the
pro
right
and
then
we
did
mention
about
the
the
grants
as
an
executive
director
from
of
a
non-profit.
That
is
a
very
large
task
for
one
person
you
know
to
be
managing
that
size
of
a
garden
that
size
of
a
volunteer
group,
this
size
of
a
board,
and
then,
on
top
of
that,
managing
that
I
would
suggest.
I
think
that
it
is
something
that
we
can
work
on.
F
If
we
can
get
him,
you
know
the
easier
low-hanging
fruit
ones
would
be
would
be
helpful
that
he
kind
of
maintain
those,
but
I
think,
as
a
board,
maybe
until
he
gets
more
staff
or
you
know
we
get
to
a
higher
level
that
us
as
board
members
commit
to
kind
of
helping
that
a
little
bit
more.
I
think
that's
where
us
as
volunteers
can
really
use
the
connections
that
we
have
from
you
know
mayhap
and
our
expertise.
Some
of
us
might
have
some
more
expertise
on
writing
grounds
or
not.
F
You
know,
but
a
lot
of
the
grants
that
he's
going
to
be
going
after
are
fda
grants
and
those
are
huge,
federal
grants.
They're
not
easy
to
put
together.
It's
not
just
a
quick
one
or
two
days.
You
sit
down
and
write
it.
It
just
just
doesn't
work
like
that.
You
have
many
partners,
you
got
to
get
together
and,
and
you
know,
commitments
that
you
have
to
make
and
things
like
that
all
prior
and
then
it
might,
you
might
not
even
get
it
so
it's
it's.
F
E
If
I
may,
I
I
just
want
to
agree
with
priscilla.
I
think
she
hit
the
nail
right
on
the
head
with
the
word.
Consistency.
Jose
demonstrates
solid
consistency.
You
know
he
is.
You
know
you
know,
speaking
from
the
term
of
city
of
the
secretary
for
the
board,
you
know
it's
really
easy
to
put
together
my
reports,
the
biannual
reports,
because
he
has
all
his
executive
director
report.
You
know
in
on
time
every
single
time.
If
I
ask
a
question,
he
responds
immediately.
E
F
E
If
we
do
decide
to
do
it
at
the
current
rate,
we'll
have
a
balance
of
27
000
in
the
account
moving
forward
for
expenses
for
one
year.
So
yes,
we
do
have
enough
money
to
to
afford
him
for
one
more
year,
but
we
don't
have
enough
for
two.
So
this
is
the
kind
of
little
wake-up
call
for
us
as
board
members
to
say
you
know,
let's,
let's
figure
out
what
we're
going
to
do
this
next
year.
E
You
know
it's
going
to
be
easier
with
a
good
executive
director
and
a
consistent
one
like
we
have,
but
we
have
to
find
alternate
sources
of
income
at
a
good
amount
so
that
we
can
continue
this
ongoing
multi-year
project.
I
didn't
say
it
like
that
the
first
time,
but
I
think
the
second
time
came
out.
F
Better,
okay
is
there-
and
this
is
just
me
just
thinking
out
loud,
but
is
there
an
opportunity
that
maybe
we
can
do
like
an
extension
of
six
months
and
have
it
be
25
000,
and
then
that
way,
we're
we're
not
committing
the
whole
50
000,
but
we
still
kind
of
commit
him
to
half
of
what
his
salary
would
be.
I
don't
know
what
you
what
you
all
think
about
that.
A
A
A
F
I
can
go
ahead
and
make
that
motion
so
based
on
the
conversations
that
we
had
in
executive
session.
I
would
like
to
motion
that
we
extend
the
executive
director's
contract
for
six
months
for
25
000,
which
is
half
of
the
amount
of
his
previous
contract,
and
then,
after
those
six
months,
we
will
review
his
contract
again
and
see
where
we
at,
where
we're
at
at
a
financial
point
and
then
from
there
we
can
revisit
to
renew
his
contract
or
or
close
it
off.
B
B
E
E
E
The
first
checking
account
we
would
move
25
000
from
our
general
account
into
that
that
new
account
and
that
25
000
that
new
account
would
be
labeled
payroll
account.
That
way,
we
don't
run
into
any
problems
where
we
spend
money
that
we
don't
really
have,
or
you
know
right
here.
You
guys
know
what
I'm
talking
about.
E
G
A
A
E
A
A
G
We
had
a
great
turnout
over
35
total
participants,
but
eight
people.
We
had
eight
graduates,
they
committed
to
six
seven
or
eight
sessions
throughout
the
two
months,
so
they
got
a
certificate
and
we
provided
some
refreshments
and
the
closing
ceremony
it
was.
It
was
great.
We
were
added
to
the
loretta
municipal
court
list
of
community
service
providers,
the
the
car
that
leads
judge
cui
dominguez,
so
we
have
started
to
get
new
volunteers
from
from
the
court.
We
have
three
three
people
right
now
that
are
getting
their
hours
with
us
at
the
community
garden.
G
G
Coffee
bar,
so
we
we
designed
this
initiative
to
get
lower
volunteers
after
the
course
we
need.
We
still
need
what
impressions
have
been
done
in
the
garden,
so
we
decided
to
to
implement
each
thursday
morning
a
garden
session
with
muffins
and
and
coffee.
Today,
we've
got
about
10
to
12
people
and
a
great
mix
of
four
volunteers
class
graduates
and
new
new
monitors.
So
it
was
awesome.
Today
we
we
almost
harvest
harvested
everything
for
saturday,
which
normally
we
are
struggling
one
day
before
and
the
day
of
the
farmers
market.
G
G
We
have
two
ongoing
projects
with
the
boys
counts.
One
is
brandon
lopez,
he's
true
241
and
he's
he's
leading
a
team
to
plant
10
secret
freeze
in
kansas.
They
have
been
digging
holes
so
we're
there.
The
six
fifty
percent
of
the
project
so
far
david
has
troop
407
and
he's
planning
a
vegetable
garden
at
the
sacred
heart
children's
home.
So
we
have
our
first.
G
G
The
deadline
was
today,
but
I
sent
it
two
days
before
ahead
of
the
deadline
should
be
under
review
right
now.
I
included
that
data
in
this
report,
so
you
can
have
the
time
to
read
it.
So
hopefully
they
will
invite
us
in
the
following
weeks
to
submit
the
full
proposal
and
that
friends
that
trust
them.
We
are
requesting
20
000
dollars.
B
A
F
G
G
G
G
Actually,
I'm
including
here
the
name
of
the
project
that
I'm
writing
is
growing:
food
security,
expanding
organic
food,
education
and
social
entrepreneurship
in
laredo.
The
main
goals
are
this
trade
advancing
sustainable
urban
act
in
greater
increasing
accessibility
of
food
education
in
laredo
and
expanding
social
entrepreneurship
opportunities
in
laredo,
I
see
our
main
partners
farmer's
market,
double
data,
already
life
extension
health
department,
charming
you
probably
malwan.
I
don't
know
chiami
usbc
as
the
main
partners
for
this
particular
project-
that
I'm
writing
upcoming
funding
opportunities.
We
have
at
least
some
of
these
are
mini
brands.
G
C
B
A
A
Yeah
so
hopefully
we
can
get
some
funding
so
that
we
can
start
getting
you
more
resources
and
more
help.
I
think
overall
you're
doing
an
incredible
job
being
able
to
touch
on
all
these
different
objectives
that
we
have
as
an
organization,
and
you
know
just
you
need
more
people
and
to
help
you
do
all
the
you
know,
extra
things
that
we'd
like
to
do,
but
overall
great
job.
Thank
you.
F
So
you
can
receive
snap
benefits,
as
you
know,
like
a
store
like
if
you
would
go
to
walmart
they
they
accept
snap
benefits
so
that
if
someone
wanted
to
come
to
the
garden
and
purchase
some
produce
from
you,
they
could
do
that
with
their
snap
benefits.
So
that's
another
income
opportunity
that
gets
a
small
fee.
It's
a
small
fee.
Every
month
you
have
to
pay
and
I
think
it's
like
30
or
maybe
not
even
30
dollars
and
then
there's
a
small
transaction
fee.
F
So
when
you
swipe
the
card,
I'm
not
too
sure
what
those
numbers
are
now,
but
it's
it's
very
little
compared
to
what
the
benefit
of
that
is,
especially
in
your
district
that
you're
in
I'm
sure
that
district
is,
you
know
a
low-income
community
and
has
all
of
those
things.
So
your
community
would
benefit
that
as
well.
A
A
F
I'm
sorry
he
cut
off,
so
I
didn't
hear
him,
but
their
main
street,
before
I
came
on
main
street,
had
gotten
a
grant
one
time
to
match.
I
think
it
was
like
a
dollar
for
dollar
grant.
Where,
if
you
spend
ten
dollars
at
the
farmers
market
losing
your
snap
benefits,
then
we
would
give
you
another
ten
dollars,
so
you
would
essentially
get
twenty
dollars
worth
of
produce.
Whatever
you
got
so
there's
grant
opportunities
attached
to
having
that
snap
machine
ready.
A
That's
awesome
yeah
that
would
that
would
be
perfect
for
this
stuff.
I
mean,
like
I
said
the
residents.
I
think
that's
our
low
income
and
goal
right
is
really
where,
where
this
has
kind
of
been
created
from
so
this
is
probably
a
big
part
and
probably
should
maybe
what
we
can
do
is
even
like
a
priority
list
right,
there's
a
ton
of
things
we
want
to
do.
I
would
say
this
is
one
of
those
higher
priorities.
F
A
Okay,
so
this
next
is
the
food
policy
council
partnership
report-
I
don't
see
karen
on
here
today,
but
just
I
guess,
quick
overview.
They've
done
some
pretty
incredible
things
over
april
city
as
our
loretta
food
policy
council
committee.
As
part
of
this
organization,
they
were
able
to
use
a
lot
of
their
resources.
A
A
If
you
don't
have
access
to
that
drive,
let
me
know-
and
I
can
forward
that
email
to
you
they
have
just
drives
of
just
all
of
this
information
from
the
entire
community
people.
You
know
in
the
uisd
food
procurement
department,
there's
a
lot
of
great
insights
on
there
yeah
it's
just
incredibly
well
organized
it
doesn't
I'll
ask
now:
does
anybody
not
have
access
to
that
drive.
F
A
D
Wednesday,
in
this,
in
the
main
floor
of
the
consecutive
house,
we're
going
to
set
up
a
table
and
some
we're
going
to
bring
a
table
a
conference
table
with
some
chairs
set
up
there
and
that
way
leave
it
during
the
meantime,
that's
that
until
we,
until
we
look
back
or
furnish
it,
so
we
ever
want
to
have
meetings
we
want.
Somebody
wants
to
have
meetings,
I'm
more
than
welcome
to
have
meetings
there.
Okay,.