City of Laredo, Texas Laredo Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, 20 Nov 2020

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Laredo Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Meeting 112020

A

Thing I think we have to reschedule right.

B

Yeah, if we, if we don't or if everybody I don't know, if, if we want to wait another five minutes but yeah, nobody else shows up.

A

Right, okay, and then I mean in the meantime I can just let you know that there are a lot of um things that we need to do in terms of the documents that we sent. uh I don't know if you have a chance to actually look at them.

A

What the rules and regulations and then also the lease agreement I um there is also some comments that I have about that.

A

So there's a lot of things that we need to talk about and that we echo like some action from the board so.

A

We're gonna have to reschedule.

B

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B

I haven't forgotten about you I'll I'll, send you those contact uh yeah.

C

Folks, yeah yeah, because I was searching uh in the web and home depot and knows we don't have open grants right now online at least online. I know we can do something locally right.

B

Yeah yeah um and so blasita will send me. uh I don't think she has a contact. I think she's got a contact with lowe's and then also heb and so- um and I think walmart has a grant program open right now: okay, uh but.

D

B

On lowe's and heb uh they've just helped out keep loretta beautiful um uh that she just gotten those those grants directly with the store manager or the regional manager.

C

E

Says he just logged on.

A

Oh awesome, okay. I.

D

Sounded really excited when I said that right, like.

A

Yes, hey. That's awesome, hi busy.

A

One two three, four, five: six, we need one. No, we still need two more people.

F

Yeah, we have four board members on.

C

Yeah well, okay, can we count coach, thomas yeah? That's not.

F

She doesn't have her camera or microphone working she's at her desktop, but she is able to chat so that counts.

A

Yeah we have five members, kirby just came and said that he's not going to be able to be at the meeting. So it's bobby kirby um and maita who can't and then we need.

F

Roger and priscilla.

A

Priscilla, what's going on with crystal, I haven't heard from christina in a while.

F

um Yesterday she sent me the information on the accountant, but um I didn't ask her if she was going to come to the meeting.

A

I mean if we can get priscilla and jj and coach gomez.

A

We can probably have this movie and at least we can induct megan, so she can become part of the board. So.

F

A

Morgan, I don't know what I'm you see, you see how high I'm telling you.

E

All four of my siblings, we all start with the letter m. I have never been called the right name in my.

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And I know you're morgan, I just don't know what happened to me.

E

It's totally fine. My parents picked a weird name. That's all.

F

So at home I have uh two daughters and it's megan and melanie had we had a third daughter. It would have probably been morgan.

E

Really my sister's name is melody.

F

Yeah, it's cool.

E

And my baby sister's madeline.

F

That would have been a good one.

E

A

I, like the other names, they're good, melody.

A

Sorry, there's.

E

Another number here, yeah miguel, is my brother.

A

Morgan melody and again.

E

A

Melody miguel madeline.

E

Oh, my parents are militant maria, so wow.

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Yeah, I'm gonna wait two more minutes: it's 11 15. I just text uh priscilla.

A

If we can get priscilla and coach uh gomez, we might be able to continue with this meeting if we don't get them we're just gonna reschedule, because we cannot have this board meeting in the meantime, please revise the documents that um that we talked about and and that would be our meeting for also december. So if we reschedule this one, we only have one more meeting. I've been trying to get another person to serve uh like to beat my my spot and apparently I haven't been very successful.

A

I invited two other people to this meeting and apparently I haven't been very successful. I will keep trying. I will keep trying jose. Have you heard from.

C

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Okay, so one more minute: okay cool, so I am with richie last she's texting.

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C

Well, just to keep talking, I guess I wanted to share with you that I had the opportunity to participate this morning around.

D

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C

In the united high school career day,.

C

So I got the opportunity to talk to some young students this morning and share what we have been doing for the past months in in the gardens right.

A

So what happened.

C

uh Nothing I mean they're interested and they want to volunteer. So I let them know how to how to proceed and we want. We need more hands.

A

Okay, so let me look at the calendar. I think we're gonna have to reschedule the meeting.

A

I mean I don't know how is your week of december 7th to the 11th? The original meeting was scheduled for the 17th for the december, but if we have to reschedule, we can either do it.

F

How about the third.

A

The third thursday.

F

You know we can just make it a point to call everybody and make sure that they know it's the third and we can move this one to the third and still keep the 17. That would give two weeks in between.

A

That sounds like a good idea.

F

A

Perfect, okay, thank you so much guys for joining us today. I'm sorry we have to reschedule, um but, as I said, um I mean derek is officially out of the board so right now we do need at least seven members. So if you can meet here next thursday, the third it will be great, so we can add more.

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C

uh Well, yes, so everyone knows we had a long conversation last week about marketing, so we would like to explore youtube youtube initiative. So we'll be talking about that right right here.

D

Yeah definitely teaching the community through youtube channels, I think, is really exciting and uh hopefully that'll get more engagement from the community and start some of our educational objectives. um So thank you for bringing that up.

D

You know, and I just wanted to make sure you know that if, as a board, you know we weren't together today to to support you in your role, but um hopefully the december 3rd, and so I want to make sure you feel supported by us and if there was anything you needed immediately that we make sure we take care of that. While you have us on here.

C

Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Also. There are two brands on the scope right now. One of them is lbp for 2021 and the other one is is. It is through the usda and local right local office, so I sent them an email two days ago. They haven't replied it, but I don't know if anyone here also someone in the nra says in the in nrsc office, local local office, so that we can go directly my plan, if they don't reply, I mean by today or monday, I'm gonna stop by next week.

D

Sounds good, thank you for following up with them.

F

Okay, um if you could kind of send us an email on the grants that you are pursuing, that way, at least we know about it, and we could kind of you know, provide any type of assistance that you can, uh that you would need.

C

I would need the help of everyone, because we have to write a compelling project for two or three compelling projects to.

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A

The other thing is that we can, if you can have uh written comments um on the lease agreement or the rules and regulations, please send them to us uh beforehand.

A

That will also be very helpful, uh so I mean, whenever you have time, just send us, like the second at least, send us the the comments on the rules, regulations and this agreement.

A

um I talked with viviana and she has a lot of comments on the lease agreement, so I think, there's a grounds for discussion and also she suggested that we need to consult a lawyer, because some of those terms are not um beneficial to us. um I mean I'm gonna, try to find someone. I don't know, do you know a lawyer that cannot any of you have a friend.

F

You know if there's anything that does need to be reviewed, we can send it to the city attorney's office and they could possibly provide a an opinion on it.

F

I'm sure they wouldn't mind as long as it doesn't get. uh You know as long as there's not too much of of it uh for them to review.

A

Maybe ceci, who is actually help us with this? I don't know you might know a little bit more about this.

A

Oh, I think she's left.

D

I could see the value of uh also on the private uh attorney right, because I think uh the city wrote out the lease agreement. So if we get the city to advise us on on there at least I can see um viviana's concern. So at least the conversation right it doesn't have to be something formal. I think somebody would be willing to help us uh give us some general direction, I'll start looking into. Who might be able to do that for us at least a conversation.

A

Jesse I was saying that if I don't know you are a realtor and you might have a little bit more information about the lease agreement and if you have a attorney that can look at the lease agreement, because I think that there are a couple of things that are not.

A

I mean they might not be very beneficial to us as an organization. So I mean I can give you a call, and probably we can. I can give you some of the comments. I mean.

D

I'm gonna share all the.

A

Comments with you all, uh but I mean, of course I can have a one-on-one with them, so she knows what I'm talking about. So, if you're, okay with that, that would be very.

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I don't know: okay.

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That would be perfect. Yes, thank you so much jesse, yes, okay,.

A

Okay, if you don't have any more comments.

A

Okay, well, thank you so much.