Please hold the role. Yes. Barbara, [Music] present. Present. Geraldine Amando. Present. Justin. Charles James. Suzanne uh Crosslin. Maline Santana present.
Zean, Jacqueline, and Omar Sea. Is he officially Is he officially? Yes. Omar. Let me go. He wasn't in the role you sent me. But
give me one second. It was a guest. Last time. I mean, I haven't been notified that there was a swearing for cultural affairs. Okay. I mean, I'll double check, but right now I don't have anything. I guess
if you guys want to continue, but I don't want to stop here, but I'll double check. Okay. So, um, any public comments? We have some guests here. Madam Chair, we have guests if we can get their names, too. Sir, hi. My name is Mario Halan. Oh,
Mario. I know you. Yeah. Can you spell your last name? Remind you is spell it. Spell it. Can you spell your last name? V as in Victor. U A S A N O.
V as in Victor. I C. But Sunday I I have to say something. The emails were shared with you guys. So you guys should have it information. [Music]
I'm Yeah, I know. I never saw you only on Yeah. This is your opportunity to give a public comment because after that they're going to continue with their agenda. I know you're here to talk. You mean right now? Oh, thank you. I want to introduce myself. Uh, I'm a professional guitar
player. I play the Spanish acoustic guitar and I was looking for opportunities to perform and to play and to entertain for your events. I even came prepared to do a demonstration if I was allowed to do so. It would take less than two
minutes if you grant me that. If not, I understand. No, we uh I have you you register in our registry. It's just that we're trying to fit you in into into the right uh we have events coming up the right venue. Sure. So I always have you
in mind. So don't feel discouraged. It's just that I I want to make sure that you have the right audience. So thank you for coming and meeting. So uh we'll you know, like I said, as soon as we find something, of course, they have to approve the performers and
all that. So thank you for coming. Okay. Thank you very much. Anybody else? Oh, we have Nancy Rogers. She's not saying anything. She said she and Professor Aador. Um, and then we have Lisa Martinez who she's
going to be doing the presentation for us. So, um, any moving on any deferrals, additions, and deletions? Okay. review and approval of the minutes on April
9th real quick. Hope you all right. There's a couple things that we have to fix [Music] and missing. Everything is fine except anybody wants to move the motion so we
can discuss it. No, we we well correction corrections we need some extent corrections. So I make a motion to uh review the minutes and make the corrections that we think need to be added on in favor.
You can make I would make the motion I motion to approve the minutes with corrections and get your correction. I make the motion to make correction as follows. Um Ro was uh Tren was put as present and she
wasn't absent of course is um Daisy corrections that I saw needed. So anybody else is anything else? Oh, well, we need a second now. I need a second. Any discussion?
Second. Okay. Discussion. Okay. Okay. All in favor of uh accepting the minutes as corrected. I guess your next item um chairperson's
report. Um, we had a guest today, um, Lisa Martinez from the Frost Science and Museum. She she was, uh, invited by I guess the the town to do because we
Okay, I'll let you. Hey, well, thank you so much for for giving me a little bit of time on your agenda. I'm here on behalf of Cross Science. They are going through a ma master planning process and we have my firm LMG Genuine Solutions has been engaged to being able to do 25
different listening sessions across the county. Um we want um Commissioner um Garcia, no Commissioner Garcia, your commissioner wanted to make sure that we touch spaces with um representatives from Miami Lakes. And so here we are um wanting to be able and we have reached
out proactively um trying to be able to gauge the right group to be able to connect with and we were guided to your committee and so I really appreciate chair and city staff giving us the opportunity and we have 10 minutes and my the process that we're going through
the the museum that's located downtown I'm going to learn why not we um they're going through a master planning process and they want to be able to get insights from districts across the entire county from uh families, from teachers, from
higher ed. And so we've been listening across the entire county and this happens to be last but never least um my last um listening session. And so in being able to um ask some questions and I'll gather that information through this process and then it'll be
appropriately represented in the um report. then they will take all the information that we've gathered um from the um community into their master planning process. And so I know that you do have a packed agenda. So then for the most part, I just have a few questions to be able to ask and I'll take that
information back and and go from there if if you would all indulge me on that route. Great. And so um how many of you um have been to um Frost Science Museum? So we've got one, two, three. Used to be a member actually. Oh, a member. There
you go. So I used to used to be. So we got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven people out of the whole group. Okay. So then um if if when you were um visiting, what did you like about it? Everything. What do you Okay, so that's
very specific. What was your favorite part? Specific. The Okay, so you like the planetarium with the with the lights and the Yeah. And a low. Okay. So, and then you like the location downtown. It's like a good
by the water. Yes. But I remember that. Oh, yes. Yes. And how was it? Did you visit long ago? Yeah, it was right when it opened. Oh, right when it opened. Okay. Um and so yes, aside from the events or the displays, it was very clean, very well
organized. It was pleasurable to be in that environment overall. Okay. And so then you liked u and so you liked just the way that the building was maintained and the order the way that was structured besides all your displays and events and what have you. Okay. Thank
you for that. In addition to Yeah. Got it. Any other things? I like the they had the manta. Oh interacting with the fish. Okay. Okay. And then if you haven't attended,
why haven't you attended? I meant to attend a long time ago. So it's been a long time ago. Okay. And then what about you? I think I at some point I did especially when it opened up. I think as a military I went in and
they were able to provide for service me. I think it was ticket or for you and your family and I think they switched it to like only one ticket for the service member now. and everybody else would pay. So, I think that kind of changed
the whole idea of the cost. So, the cost um would be challenging. And then I did hear a couple of you already say, I've been once, but it was like a while ago. And so, what made you kind of you went once, what makes you not want to keep coming back?
Yes. It became to me more like the children museum. Okay. It starts getting worn out and the same. Okay. So it's it's it becomes like a tourist trap in my but this is good input because what what they're trying to be able to gauge is feedback from the locals right if you
right it kind of becomes something that for locals is once every room like going to the monkey jungle where you used to be or going back to par jungle monkey jungle I remember monkey jungle par jungle the places that you go once and then you won't go back for a very long
time unless you're here showcasing showcasing the Miami to somebody that's visiting. Does that make sense? And you get stuck going. Okay. All right. Um, any other feedback just in general about the museum that if you haven't the views from from the building down was awesome.
You like that? So then the location resonated with you. My my oldest son had the the run to the city of Miami police run before graduation and after that we actually walked through the you have dogs and cats stat the park. Yeah,
right. Yes, that's correct. That was very nice. That was very clean and neat. So, you like the area around you? The offices and the location is, you know, even if you don't go into the museum, you still have some things to do. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I've been meaning to go. And
you've never been? I've never been. Is it because of the distance or what? What? What is it? No, I was going to go with my daughter-in-law cuz she's a member and then it just didn't work out. I really want to go with the children. With the children? Yeah, with my grand some of my grandmother. Yes. So, you see it as a connection when you're going to
go with kids. You see that as the as a family? Okay. Do you have any tickets? Actually, we do have tickets. We do have some tickets for you for participating. I think I'll have enough for two for everybody. I think I have 20 there. So, um, so it giving me the 10 minutes are
going to get you some ticks. I always told you go with the ladies, uh, the ladies that went on a field trip, but then I was away. Oh, so there was a field trip. Um, tell me a little bit about that. The elderly. Elderly affairs. Oh, you came you came you went as an elderly elderly affair. Yes. What
were your thoughts? Outings of our events. They loved it. Okay. Yeah. And um as it was said, even the walkth through the the animals, the um cats. Oh yeah, the dogs. Do dogs and cats.
Exactly. You I couldn't stop with my camera. So you like the photo ops. It's It seems like you're going to a special place to be able to go. Absolutely. And I showed it off at home and I had taken my grandchildren there, but that was
prior to that outdoor exhibit. Okay. Okay. And then um what about as a cultural affairs committee? Do you have any um science or STEM activities in Miami Lakes? Schools? No. School school activities.
Yeah, we we haven't had any. Yeah. I'm just because I'm we're trying to be able to say. And then with the science museum, are there any um idea? Would you like to be partnering with the science museum here if if it's far? What what do you think here at the in Miami Lakes? What would you like to if there ideas
that you could be able to accomplish? Wait, I was thinking when when I got the email is um does the museum have like a mobile or something that they could bring to Miami Lakes and have the the the children here or even the adults supposed to to not just advertise in the
museum but little kids. And this is the kind of feedback that they're trying to be able to gather based upon their master planning. Where are they going to invest museum here? Well, and if you did if you had a branch of a museum like a satellite, do you
feel like it's it's having it be so far it would be better if it was closer? Yes. Yes. Okay. Okay. And then um do you find that there are a lot of science activities for the children in the in the in the town? Not necessarily. Not necessarily. And do you think that are
there a lot of um children, families um looking for activities? Absolutely. And then um what if you have are there other institutions that you think would be good partners for the science museum if we were thinking about partnering with institutions in the in
the town? What do you mean institutions? If there are other museum like if it's um arts, cultural organizations, nonprofits, are there other partners that you work within? We're trying to get an art culture art center, but it's been a struggle. So, okay. If we could
partner or collaborate and bring all that here because we are a beautiful little town, but we we needed our you know, our own little center for activities to to do exhibits and so forth. And we we prepared back in 2020.
um a white paper we presented to the council and COVID happened and it was put in the back burner but um that's still actually in my report to the council that we do um by by you know semianual or whatever. Uh that's part of
my initiative center because that way we can bring you know museums like yours to have like temporary exhibits or permanent exhibits and that's what we want with for with the town. Okay. Okay. any and so any other science or STEM or
even if it's not science or STEM cultural activities that you are working on or that you would like to be able to have at the town just to get a sense of what your priorities are as a committee. Miami Lakes has a youth um another company I believe right youth
and they have their own clubhouse and we have yeah they have their building we don't we have to like go to do our activities like at the church for the for the I see concerts or in the park or here okay or in the community center so
we sort of like gypsies yeah trying to be able to find your home yes um and so do you do activities as a group outside other than the field trips outside of of the town. No. No. The culture personal regular. Okay. And so then if you were to have a
the a an exhibit, you took off um your roles of regular life and you become the CEO of the Frost Science Museum, what exhibit would you want to see happen there? Hard to tell. Animals. The children. Okay. Any other final ideas on that
front? Because I know that it's 10 minutes. So I want to make sure interactive um activities interactive activities technology technology I think the future is AI whether we like it or not I think um even for ourselves even for our
elderly affairs committee I think technology is is that's the only way we're heading. Do you think that that could be an area where you could partner with the science museum if they bring technology with the arts? Would that be an area that you would be interested in exploring? Yes.
Yes. You know. Okay. Yeah. Any other ideas for the exhibits that you if you were if you were the one who was in charge what you would like to be able to see happen and its interconnectivity to you? Like a flight simulator. Okay. Because they had a flight section. I remember when we went was interesting. Okay. And we're having a lot of issues
not having enough um airspace people in the controls right now. Okay. They were talking about that being an area to experience. So thinking about how do you connect workforce um opportunities and and careers and introducing careers to people. Okay. And any final thoughts.
Well, thank you so much for your time. I really really appreciate it. I know that you have all a full agenda and I just wanted to make sure to say thank you. Frost Science Museum, just so that you know, wants you to be able to if you haven't been there in a while, I will leave it with your chair. Um and we have
20 passes to be able to distribute to the group. Um And then um we hope that you get to visit if you haven't visited in a long time and um really appreciate your participation in this. Have a great day. Yeah. Yeah. If you want to distribute
two per person and then if there's um if there's leftover how you could be able to distribute it as thank you so much. Okay. Have a great day. Thank you. Thank you. Bye. Bye. Okay. Yeah. Keep any ideas you want to send my way then let me know. Okay. Okay. Thank you.
um through the chair. We have one more guest if we can get his name, too. He just want Oh, that's right. We're We're out of the public comments, but I know he was before. Go ahead. Um I'm back. So, we have proposed uh What's your name, sir? Sorry. Hi. Sorry. Uh Amas
Torres from Family Food Trigger Events. Family food truck event. We have to open it up again. We have to open up uh to do public comments again. So, do I hear a motion to open up public comments again? I make a motion to open public comments. Second in favor. I go ahead. All right.
So, uh I'm Oscar Flores. I run family food truck events. I do a lot of the events here and the activities for the town for uh some of the committees. We have proposed last time that we were here to do a an old school festival and we kind of got it going. Uh we're still
in that process. Um, I had that date also proposed for Fourth of July to bring uh Lenier, a Grammy singer, award winner. He's a salsa singer. Um, I just wanted to make sure and and to follow up on this to see if we can make it happen.
I had talked to the mayor of the town. He loved the idea, but it's on 4th of July, so we had to uh connect with you guys to see if we're able to make it happen. Um, in the process there is some uh expenses attached to it, but I wanted to see if we could include them in the
sponsorship proposal that you guys are uh have or are creating for Fourth of July to give it a little bit more value and to help uh pay some of the cost for the artists. Uh last time, I know we we discussed that we had to move money around.
Unfortunately, we had to get the the council approval and it sort of like, you know, plays out. But, um, we'll, you know, for the 4th of July, we we already have a ban, unfortunately. Uh, if we can fit in another type of entertainment,
we'll we'll let you know. Uh, how soon do you need to to know this? Really soon. I mean, this is this is a one once in a lifetime opportunity really for the town. we have the artist that day and this is something that is not easy to put together. Um, you know, we just want
to be able to I guess try to add him if you guys are have a a presentation so then we could give more value to the sponsors by adding on an A-list artist um that we could do meet and greets with. We could
have them go to their venues. Yeah, there's a lot of different things to be able to raise more money because now you give it more value. It's not just a local band and the same thing. So, okay. Um, like I said, we'll we'll get in touch with you. We have other events
coming up. So, we'll keep you in mind. And the package remains the same. You had all the information there. The one that you gave us before. Well, that package was for something different. That package was for you. I share more or less what posting again. So we do you
want me to share something for Fourth of July or you guys are totally off the off? Uh we we're still holding we're still um working on it. uh the town is the staff is is doing. We we basically are
the culture affairs is responsible to get the band and the and and the singer the singer for the national anthem national anthem and uh but you will have to get in touch with and of course whatever you propose it
has to be approved by us and so forth. Absolutely. But um yeah just send her the information and then share with us. Perfect. Okay. Thank you. Sounds good. Back to to item. We're back in
6B. Okay, that's going to be quick. Um the quarterly debriefing. We had each committee present their, you know, what they've been working on and so forth, what they're they're planning to do. And then we also
had um they spoke about the Robert rules and as you you know real quick I don't want to spend too much time I hope everybody read it that um the changes that they they want to it was already you know
approved approved by them and was uh so um as you know uh some members in the committee have been absent for for a while. So we um we need to address that. Um I will get in touch with council
member people that have sex excessive absences. So um because you know today we barely make formal but um it happens and you know we have a lot of things to cover. So, um, any if you have any
questions, um, if you have any questions, we we thought we were going to have someone from the town, um, council member to to explain or not because they're the ones who wrote this, but I'll have I'll explain more. No, just to Felicia's point, I wanted to
make sure to let you guys know that yes, there will be somebody um our town attorney or between our town attorney and our and our council members. They will be coming to all the committee meetings kind of to fill you guys in on the rules, but essentially they haven't shared with you guys via email. So, please take a look at them. If you have any questions, I guess come prepared.
Hopefully, maybe they do it next time. I don't know. I don't have confirmation yet, but they will be coming in soon. Um and just wanted to highlight the attendance. Very important. There's been a lot of changes on that, but I do want to mention that this doesn't work retroactively. It's essentially we're starting now. So, it's from now moving
forward. I do mention that because I know some committees including you you guys have had issues with people repeatedly um being absent. However, it's not we're not retroactively removing anybody. It's essentially starting. So, where was absent before can start from scratch? Yeah, it's not
starting from scratch. They're just not being removed. Like the rules didn't apply back then. The rules start as of now. Okay. So with this meeting? Yes. Okay. Because this is the first meeting you guys are having since well they started last council meeting but this is the first meeting that cultural affairs
meets for after that after the rules took place. So for example if somebody's already been absent three times this year they're not getting removed based off of these rules that's starting now. So how about someone that has like all the rules start from this meeting on
this meeting on. Okay. So if this person was going to be she had like five in a row, uh, okay, she comes next time, she's back in. Okay. It's not back in. They were never removed. The rules don't apply until like essentially if
somebody's absent me. I was a member. I'm absent today. I'm in June. I'm absent July. Then this applies to me. The rules are not starting. Starting with this meeting. Starting with this meeting. Starting with that. That was a question that I that I sent to Clarissa,
but she didn't clarify it for me. So, thank you for clarifying it. So, from from today, May 14th on is rules or anything else. Okay. Thank you for the chair. Yes. Do you want to explain the attendance rule?
Okay. Well, the attendance rule is, you know, is here. Uh, would you like me to? No, no, no. It's uh attendance is um section 10. Will you open it real quick? And any questions
you have, please write them down. We don't have time to go over all this. We have experts to come and explain it better than I am because I was confused as you are because I thought this it was retroactive. That mean so u quick and they were calling it
the the rolling calendar year to to me it's the fiscal year you know to September right oh depends so much sense I don't want to yeah calendar year yeah so it's calendar year it's not this week
so the calendar year is from January to December So, um I'm going to just read the the attendance portion which is the one that has been affecting us. Um just read it. I don't want to read that much. So if
you have three excused absences on a regular meeting so if we have a subcommittee meeting that doesn't happen um unexcused unexcused and then but then it says here second
regular during the 12 months whether excuse or unexcused. So you you have you have to have a maximum three absences and then you will be removed. So, right. No. Okay. How do you interpret it? Okay. The
item 10B I or the first one. If you accur three unexcused absences from regular scheduled committee meetings during the same 12 month rolling calendar year, you're
January to December. Yes. Then also if you accured three consecutive like we're now May, June, July, three consecutive regular schedule meetings during the same 12-month rolling calendar. Regardless of whether excused or
unexcused, you'll be automatically moved. So three consecutive or three three consecutive or three unexcused. Okay. And then they acute five absences regular schedule meeting during the same 12
month of whether excuse or inexcus unexcused. So if you miss three consecutive, you're out. If you miss three unexcused, you're out. If you miss five total, it doesn't matter if it's excused or unexcused, you're out. So
it's 335. Okay. And then and then for the excuse of And I and I told this to them because I know some people were um you know for medical reason death of the family unexpected related work you know and so
forth military service another reason that the chair in their own discussion would classify as excuse. Um there was one item here. Oh about the zoom. Can you explain aisle about the zoom? Uh because I know
the maximum of two that you can attend correct via Zoom and the chair cannot be in the Zoom meeting. Well, the chair could be in the Zoom but you can't act as chair if you're doing okay. You can't chair the meeting that meeting. Oh, okay. So, any of you are allowed to, but
please be you know please be mindful of that. It is telling you that you do have to coordinate this with your leazison in advance. You can't just submit it before the meeting say, "Hey, I'm gonna via Zoom." Participate via Zoom. 24 hours before you need to contact her and and
then if you're in the Zoom, it doesn't count as a quorum, but you can vote. It's kind of confusing, but that's correct. I think those are the ones that are more relevant to us. There's a lot of other stuff here, but again, if you have any any any questions, write them down and then when we meet with the
council member who's going to come and explain this letter to us better answers for us, I appreciate it. Otherwise, we'll be all here reading this and through the chair. Nowhere here says that the persons in the committee are
required to attend the events that we put together. No, because no because that has been an issue before that. Well, if you look at the page 10, it does say conduct committee members
shall it doesn't say it specifically. Keep in mind, but it does say shall arrive at meetings and events prepared and on time. Shall attend as many events hosted by their committees as possible. Shall act with professionalism whenever they are attending events. So that's all
relevant to you. Make sure you read this. I know we originally had one and and never follow it, but this is this is it. This is these are the rules. This is done by the council and let's hope make sure that we don't get in trouble for not following us. So,
uh [Music] okay. I'm not going to make a motion. No, no, it's just for information. So again, if you have any questions, write them down and and then we'll gather all you know all the information and we'll
meet with the council member whoever comes to your thank you very much. Next u picture for mom Elsa real quick. Okay. Facts. The paint picture for mom was held Saturday at farmers market and it was a beautiful event. The children enjoyed
it. The parents enjoyed it. We had um it was a maximum of a hundred for event price right and we were sold out supposedly but we only had 27 walk up 13
from event bright made a total of 40 plus the eight helpers that they sat down and and cut and painted also. So it was a total of 48. Uh the venue is the one that we need to always have the farmers market. Uh
unfortunately, you know, I was away and um I had confirmed with Diego, but when Diego got there and he didn't see the tables or the chairs, he thought that we were not going to do the event that day. So, there was a little bit of uh hiccup. Yeah. Because he didn't have the tent.
But he was very nice that he went to the warehouse and got the tents for us. So, one of the things to keep in mind that we have to confirm with him uh before the event to make sure that he has the tents out there. And I think another situation was the plant booth who had
that truck and all his plants blocking part of the area where we set up. Um, I think from now on if I'm chair, I'm going to walk the venue with uh Diego to make sure that we know exactly where we're going to be so we don't have that
problem of that. Um, I order more tables, we got less tables. I ordered more chairs, we got less chairs. The tables, we were able to deal with the chairs. Sometimes the children were there standing with the
parents waiting to sit down to color. So in the future if the town doesn't have enough chairs then uh Justin and I were talking that some of us have chairs that we could bring from our from our house to compensate for that.
Um other than that I gave the postevent report to uh to Felicia. Do you need one? Um sure. I'll upload it as part of Other than that, it it's a beautiful event. Um, and it went very well. The children from our lady of the lake
school were a big help. So was my granddaughter and uh the girls from uh the new world also. So we had a great response from them. Thank you for the committee members that were there. Oh, highly successful. Yes, it always is.
It's a beautiful event and they and you could see it in the faces of the children especially the mothers you know when they received that and we were lucky enough to have the education advisory board bring the books and the quality of the book selection was they were wonderful it was great they did a
good job they were very happy to to be there and looking forward to another Oh and we even had the juice containers to hand out for the children. Yeah the juice and the water in the cooler that that worked very nice little touch. Yeah. Okay. Thank you, Elsa. Moving on.
Fishing tournament. You have anything to report? Yes. Um I actually I hope you were able to see we circulated. Yeah, these are I'm trying to copies here, but the proposed budget for the um fishing tournament which is going to be held
June 14th. It's a Saturday before Father's Day. And I remember last year we voted to put it one hour because it started to get really hot at noon. So, the event will be from 8 in the morning to 11 in the morning. And the event
budget that we normally have is 500 for the Father's Day fishing tournament. We were able to secure a sponsor. Um, he's willing to come up with the 515 that's missing for the proposed budget. And pretty much it includes the same as last
year with the exception of the porta potty. Um, last year no one used it and it was difficult where it was located because we were having trouble picking it up and delivering it um the times that the Grams wanted it to. So, we ended up having to put it across the street in the veterans park which most
people didn't really see it. So, um we're just not going to have it this for two hour. Yeah. And since we cut it to three hours now, I don't think, you know, we could use it. Um the restroom facility is pretty much at the Mary Collins, so it is far, but there is one if people really need to use it. Um I
don't know have to go through the whole entire um request but I would just go to the last page for the for the budget which is what um we have the total the total cost will be $,150. Yeah, we we um I would like to make a
motion uh to approve the proposed budget for the 2025 Father's Day fishing uh tournament. And so basically I'll go through all the items but yes the the total will be no more than 1,5 and the way that number came across
was um with items that we have used in the past. So we have garbage bags coming at nine paper towels $7. Fishing uh weight and the measuring tape if we get two of them it was 20. Awards and medals came down to 30. Raffle ticket rolls if
we need one will be $8. The raffle prices last year more or less I think it was $200 where we bought um toys and things for the kids. Uh assorted snacks were 54. Water bottle packs if we get three that are 24 or they come down to 27. Ice bag an estimate of two bags will
be $10. And then from one stop bait he quoted me anywhere from 580 to 650 but today he actually sent the the final quote and it's close to the 580 something which was the same that we had last year. Um, however, I don't want to change it. I just want to leave what we have proposed in case if we have any
leftover money, we can always roll it over because we do have a secured sponsor that has already committed, thank God, to the final. So, um, the sponsor would be the Herz law and he sponsored last year as well along with with Morero. Um, this year I I I spoke
to him. He's willing to do the full 515. So, I'd like to make a motion um to approve the budget as presented, including the sponsor for 515 and then the full $500 that are allocated to the fishing tour. Second the motion. Okay.
Discussion. Discussion. My my thought is why $200 for raffle prices? That seems high to me. That's how much we were able to get last time. And normally we have around like 30 kids that participate. So we tried to do the raffle but at least for every kid to to have something and
not have like you know everybody participate and somebody be left out not having a price which is that's what happened last time within budget so that's fine. Yeah. All the kids were like you know because like this right we want to do
the raffle but at the end of the day we don't want anybody you know emptyhanded empty-handed because most of the kids that go are little. The veterans just tired of fishing. Oh yeah. Amen. Yeah. Right there. April 20. And I go, "Oh, no. April 20 something." Yes. I saw
it in the lake. Yeah. Yeah. They had they had the fishing in the lake and then they had the picnic in the park and it's been fully advertised as far as Okay. Yeah. Because we haven't approved the budget or anything. That's why, you know, I was like scared. I
said, "Oh, no. We I mean, it's a it's a traditional event. So the the moment we approve this uh I you're going to starting it right. All right. Okay. So uh any any more discussion any questions? Okay. All in favor of the
budget and um yes the break. Yeah. Yes. I mean did everybody vote because I I would like to I have two eyes. High five. Okay, good. You say by the
bell we always and thank God for the sponsor. So we need to thank Brian Brian was Joshua Herz. Joshua Joshua. Yeah, okay. So um legal I start
advertising. Well, we'll start adding into our circulation. Yes. Okay. No, I know the the calendar here, the electronic one already has it, right? But I would need to put it on social media. Okay. Next, on June 6, the Miami
Laker comes out. June 6. June 6. So, let's make sure that we have it in the I just sent out the invite to the Laker. Um, I know it comes out June 6th, but we have to make sure. We have to check when the deadline is. I know I've shared it with you guys, but I'll pull it up now. Remember that they do it very well in
advance. Yeah. I and Herzaw also sent you the you guys. Thank you. Okay, that's it. Now, let's move on to the next one. Fourth of July. Um, real quick, I finally got a reply
from the the proposed U person Antoine Mubio. I'll give you the spelling a moment. Um, he he's delighted to speak for us and I told him I sent him a reminder two days ago or yesterday. Please, I've
been telling him to send a little bio, a little video. The This is a young guy, but his voice is amazing. Uh he's a tener. So, um, like I said, he said, "I'm I'm thrilled to participate, but I
I want you to send some to send us something so you can listen to it or or see who he is and um and then have, you know, I want to have a plan B just in case." But he he said yes, but he hasn't said information. So, for the next meeting, please. We're having a meeting
tomorrow or Wednesday, I told him. So, but at least he he said yes. So I'm looking forward to this information. I'll share you know Senator share through the chair. We for the 4th of July we have the band and then we're
going to have Antoine singing hopefully. Yeah. Antoine and his spangle band. He's going to sing the and then and then we will have the timeline ready. I guess uh um William Perez from the Venice uh committee. He he always
has, you know, the the color the the color guard and so forth. So he's he's doing that for us. And she [Music] study spelling of Anton's name is A as
in apple. N t H U A N as in Nancy. And Rubio is R U V B I O. Okay, that must mean his artistic name. Okay, but it's Antoine Rubio. You
can look him up. He's he's participating in other events. He I met him in an event here in the town. So I was very impressed with the same. So um um through the chair I just want to ask too will we be able to include um as
the that's that's something that you know if we have the budget I mean we're still working on the sponsorship and so forth. So it it's just a matter of we can put them in you know it's like I would love to have you know another entertainer besides the band and the
band is is um man trap they they have been approved by us. So oh I I'd like to make a motion to of course the name I mean we we still haven't heard you know the rest of the information from Antoine Rubio.
So Pepi I'd like to make a motion to to approve Antoine Bubio as our uh singer for the national anthem. Okay, I second discussion of course more information on it, but but I do the chair I I don't
know if it makes sense to do a tenative motion because either you're not making a motion that you know we'll use him. He said well then the motion is to approve of not tenative, right? Okay. I I revise my motion. uh uh to uh approve
Antoine Rubio as our singer of the national anthem for the 4th of July. I second. Okay. Are we we're not paying him or anything, right? We're waiting for him to send us the you know the proposal. That's the thing.
Okay. I mean, he's he said, "Yeah, yeah, I'll do it. I'll do it. I send me the information." But we're in the past. But the motion is that we approve him, but we don't know how much. So if we make the motion to approve him,
that means we're we are have to get him. The last the last singer that we I mean that's the direction you guys are giving me. So yeah, that's that's what I'm thinking. Please, the last uh singer that we had, we paid her $100. So if he says more, I said sorry, you know, $100
it. So uh so we can approve a budget for that. No, no more than 150 motion to approve. There's to the chair. There's currently a motion on the table. Okay. You want to amend your motion? Um, I'd like to amend the motion to propose Antoine Rubio as our singer
for the national anthem and um session not to exceed $150. I second that amendment. Okay. Vote to approve the amendment. Approve the amend. All in favor? I guess yes. Passes
unanimously. Okay. Passes. So back to the main motion is to approve Rubio as our singer for the national another motion. We have back to the main motion. So uh
the main motion was to approve Antonio as the singer for the national anthem for the 4th of July. Second, but we still No, no, no. We we moved we voted to amend the motion, right? Yeah. And that's been approved. So, the motion on
the table is to use Antoine Rubio, right, to sing a national anthem for the 4th of July would not to exceed payment of $150. Yes. Second. Second. Second. Second. Okay.
Discussion. All in favor? I okay now. Okay. Uh, next item is music for Americas. We all said, "Have I sent you the papers?" I meant to remind her, but I
reminded her to know the emails. So, that's that's a status. We we have a contract that it was sent back to them to sign it. They haven't sent it back. So, but we we approved them for for our concert on August 16th. So, um that is
pending I guess pending their the paperwork. Um I think a motion could make that uh book talk. Elsa. Okay. Book talk. Um our last discussion at the last meeting, we approved Christina Diaz
Gonzalez. Christina with an H neck. Diaz Gonzalez, the author of The Red Umbrella to be the guest uh author at our book talk and uh her fee of
$1,000. We've already received a sponsorship from Miami Lakes Automo for $500. Uh the committee approved $500 uh dollars extra for that. Um, did she did she send she sent the agreement back,
right? Signed or you signed it and send it to me. Um, honestly, I can't go into my laptop and just download. Okay. But I but I remember before I left that you had signed it and has sent it. Yeah. Okay. So, u I'll double check with her anyway. She's traveling right now
promoting uh some other books at different schools, but we're set with her. Uh Bicki Bakery is going to sponsor the the food and I have one family, the Dumas family, who I'll be going with them to Costco. They offer to uh to fund
the uh procco and and wine or whatever we need. So what's the name of the family? The what the name of the family? Dumas. Dumas. Du mas to sponsor that. Um it is a beautiful book, The Red
Umbrella. It's based on the uh ureetica it is based on the Pedro Pan children that uh that um that came here. Um we have a big community in Miami Lakes that are Pedro Pan children including myself.
So, it is I think it's going to be an incredible turnout and instead of having an author via Zoom like we've done in the past, this will be in person and she'll be here to sign the books also. She'll sign them and selling them at the
same time. No, no, no selling. Yeah. If you bring your own book and she'll she'll sign. No selling them. Well, this is just September 4th. Thursday at 7 PM in town hall. Yeah. By
7 in the in the 6:30. 6:30. 6:30. We open the doors. We open the doors. The the flyer for our discussion says 6:30. 6:30. Okay. Yeah. That was confusing. And be there at 6:00 p.m. Yeah. We'll be here. And the flyer
says, "Read the book in advance and bring your copy for signing. book will not be sold at the end. Exactly. Thursday. Exactly. Hopefully people didn't. And by the way, if you uh I got my book at Barnes & Noble and if you buy that book, I don't know if we still have
any left. Uh if you buy a second book, it's 50% off and it's it's not that expensive. The book is a paperback. Should have anyways. I should have voted. Thank you. You think we need to
make a motion on any of this? No. Okay. Thank you. Next is Main Street Live. Um we still haven't heard from u from Matthew regarding the June ban approval for they did. No, EDC did not move forward with Okay. He was going to talk
to uh the Chamber of Commerce. Okay. But through EDC Yeah. And EDC did not Well, I shouldn't say nothing. To be fair, EDC is is um supporting the role by putting in dollars for advertising. Okay. So, EDC is doing a
replace that and um this this Friday we have Jackson Bond who was um you know he was with us. Yeah. No, but we his his um counselor was going to
be in January, but he got rained out. So, he's coming this s this Friday from 7:30 to 9:30 on Main Street. So, please press spread the word. Uh he's very excited to to be playing for us and everything is, you know, ready to go.
The stage, the the lighting and the band through the through the chair Jack and Bond. Jackson like Jackson and Bond is B U N. Thank you. If you go by Main Street, you you can see the the the
They posted in the kiosk the the the the Grahams uh paid for that one because if the general one was cancelled they were generous enough to pay for this one. So the only one that we're still hesitant is is the June one. So and it runs from
from January to June. So if we don't do June then we'll next year we'll start planning and and getting um sponsored and so forth. So um that's about it. uh new business Hispanic Heritage Month
update. Um we can kind of go through it kind of quickly. So we're doing uh Peru this year. It's going to be Saturday, October 4th from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Roberto Alonzo. Um we have the estimate of 150 guests. Our budget is
3,000. Um we were able to um get Marionetta dancers um which we were able to negotiate down to 450. It's going to be two dancers. They're going to do a 15 minute. So, it's two sets. First set is Marina and then the second set they're going to do audience participation and
get the crowd dancing um as well. Well, that's me. Um and then uh we also found a a band, a Peruvian band um that was able to negotiate them down as well. It's a fivepiece band. Um they originally asking like 750. I was able to get them down to 550 for a 45 minute
sale. So, um, so that would be kind of good. So, you'll get a little music, a little dance, right? We thought that the the band would be better first, right? Yes. We're going to start with the band first while people are eating and getting into the event. Then they can do Right. Yeah.
So, you're not going to have a baby? We do. Um, because then what we figure is after everybody kind of does the interactive portion, then everybody can join out dancing and kind of end it how we did last year, which was really nice. And I think people were happy, you know,
danced a lot. One you're gonna like. And then um so we do have the DJ is there, but we also found a Peruvian artist. And so they're gonna he's going to display 15 art pieces in the hallway when you walk in
to Roberto Alonzo. Um and he for for nothing, he's just going to display his art. And I told him obviously if someone comes and wants to purchase his art then that's on him you know but um he can share. Nice. Um good. Great. I guess you have to coordinate with the staff at the
virtual also to make sure that the pieces don't get damaged or knocked over. Yeah. Once I know exactly what he's going to be, you know, showing off at the event. Then we can kind of, you know, kind of do a layout of the event, which you couldn't help us with, I'm sure. Um and of where everything's going
to be placed. Um, Dr. Lemon has offered to help us with the food. I kind of gave him a a pretty much no budget and he's going to work with whatever we give him and he's going to he said he'll do above and beyond there for us. Um, so he
offered to do ceviche, pastas, sushi rolls, and chafa rice for us. And then we're trying to figure out the dessert. Um, so that's that. And then um balloons are going to be donated by Miami Balloon Garden like they were last
year. Um which is um Councilman Mura's wife. Yeah. Um Catherine. Catherine. Yeah. Um and then uplighting. We'll have uplighting because I'm donating. And then um we also talked about you know doing the same thing that that we did last
year that everybody kind of look like a group which we kind of liked that you know you wear the the bandana with um white dress shirt white dress shirt black or yeah black pants or black skirt to kind of all look like we're going to have bandanas. Ruby and the bandanas.
Yeah. Have bandanas with the colors with the colors. So what do we have to wear the same outfit and then the different band? Yeah, just a bandana. Yeah, like was this an Argentinian one? Yeah, I think you did. Yeah, you're wearing white over black. Is that what you're saying? Yeah,
just because it seems like the simplest and then obviously the decor and stuff is still everything's still in kind of in the works, you know, because but um you know, we're in between doing something very colorful, which Peru obviously has like a lot of color, or doing just the colors of Peru, which is
the red and the white. um telling me um 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. 6 to what time do you want us? Um I would say an like an hour beforehand. The other thing that I an hour and a half beforehand. Um the other thing I was going to ask and I mentioned
to Isle too about possibly seeing if we could get like volunteers from maybe the high school, maybe from Pace maybe. Oh, because of the question. Yeah. that help serve food so that the committee doesn't have to be doing that the whole time.
You're going to have liquor. We are. Yes. Okay. Yeah. I will get back to you. And also Dr. Leer. Yeah. Oh. [Music] Okay. One at a time. One at a time.
Justin, how about other members from other committees to volunteer to volunteer instead of kind of keeping everyone involved with the committees even from the elderly? We have two already.
You have more than three. Yeah, you have. I know there's four here. Yeah, she was she's right. Perhaps we can reach out to other committees and have them participate
just like committee or support and we have to reach out like externally and we kind of give them something to do as well. See? Yeah, usually we handle it with us.
Yeah, thank you for the idea. What is needed is um so right now we're on budget, but there's still some aspects need missing. So if anybody knows of any sponsors that would be a good fit for this event, that would also be helpful.
Okay. So that's important. Question for you. Um essentially Manny Pong Garden and Dr. Ling should be honored as sponsors. Um, and I asked for the purposes of space. Are you going to be giving those two a table? Do they need
it? So, Catherine's probably not gonna have a table. Dr. Mo and I did offer it to them if they wanted to. And it theirs might be as simple as just having probably where the food is. Okay. I'm asking cuz then that opens up space for the other two sponsors to do that are
maybe not rel related directly to 100%. Yeah. So, I'll get you a package essentially the same as last year, but I'll update it. Mhm. Okay. Any questions? And I would say Maxure because it is a it's a big event but it's a small space. Yeah, it sounds
wonderful again. Yeah, it's going to be We've never done it there. So, let's hope we get it with her. Yeah, we will. People will come. People will come. They'll come because it's the same people that come to They come all the time. Yeah. And they know where it is.
And hopefully we'll get outside. We estimated 150 guests, but I don't think we're going to have that many. But yeah, no, we don't want to have no. But they do have 16 tables. 16 tables.
Yeah. Okay. What you can do is when you do the what is it? Yes. Please, you know, do the layout and help you, you know. Yes. And now there you don't have carpet. So you don't carpet.
And you asked me about the you asked me about the um the check on the uh stage size. They have an 18 by an 8 by 24. Okay. Yeah, we can use that to to have the singers or whatever. Uh one
one uh concern that I have because here I know every year we've been doing is this the video um uh show of the different I don't know Suzanne has contacted the the consulate. Uh if not I'll volunteer myself to
contact them and and ask them for the information because we need to you know that's the one we're waiting this I need time we're waiting for Suzanne to come back. She should be back. Yeah. she doesn't respond, please let me know because we need to get those done. You
have to Oh, and find uh because we don't have um the screens screens over there. So, and I don't want that to be an extra expensive. No. So, I have projector and screen. So, yeah. So, if we need to do it that I can even we can even project on a blank wall that's there. There's a
lot of blank walls there. Okay. Well, that's you know, think about it, you know, because that's my concern. I think that that's important because people enjoy, you know, learning about each country and then like I normally do is I I talk about the history, the the
astronomy, the the people, the the places and so forth. So that's that's an important element I think of of the event is to educate the people about each that we and through the chair just so you know that we are also plan on doing um little
um what is it called brochure like um just so that people kind of can see a little bit about the country. Yeah. The consul will probably but we're going to we want to do one actually for the event. It's going to look like a like a boarding pass kind of thing. like you're traveling and it's going to have all the
information about, you know, the country and um what's happening at the event as well as mention the sponsors on there, too. And now you have a pope. For that boarding pass idea, if you want if you guys want to send me the text of what you want on there and we can have
the team kind of put the layout. Yeah. Design the layout. Um I spoke briefly yesterday with um what's the namealis I always get confused and I I told her to when she does the poster to
make sure that she you know like show like Machu Picchu and typical like you know to look at their previous um flyers from different countries so people can see you know we're going to have dancers you know with the nice hats that the Peruian people have and
Metropia course is very place to go. So, uh work with her, you know, uh I guess they have to find images that are not copyrighted. So, uh she's she's very willing to help out. So, reach out to and tell her more
or less with information on the flyer for the correct information, a time and place and so forth. So, any any other questions regarding the event? stuff next time, right? Yeah. And if anybody knows anybody that has a llama,
I got a quote to have a llama there at the entrance. You want a live llama? Llama. I have one in my backyard. Yeah, there you go. Please. That's a goal. So, have you got
any know anybody with a Okay. Okay. Moving on. Yeah. Look sent to me. She's in Peru. There you go. Anyway, okay. Thank you very much. And um any announcements? Yes. Okay. Good evening everyone. Hi.
Hi. I'm sorry. Is it deputy amador? No, it's just officer for you guys. Whatever. No, no. Deputy deputy. Thank you. I wanted to clarify that because I called you officer before and they told me deputy.
So, um I think you guys got the emails already for the RAD class. U maybe a couple months ago that that there you go. I didn't. That's it. Oh, you having those again? Yes. Uh May 27th through the 29th, so it's coming up at the end of the month and um it's filling up
quickly. Uh I spoke to him last week and he said the class will go home already. So this point it might be to capacity. Uh, Robert Alonso, 6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. And, um, everybody that goes says it's
great. Um, women that have done it once, want uh, do it again because that's the thing, you can go as many times as you want. Uh, three days of intense um, training, basically intense training uh, to ward off any type of attack or
many styles of attack. Uh, it's all only women, only for women. And then you get to beat up on some men that are there with some uh equipment. So it's good for stress relief. I hear any husbands. Excellent.
Yeah. Royal location. It's filling up. I mean, it's it's it was very um uh last time they had it, it filled up so quickly that there the many of the people that are there now is people that couldn't make it last night because they just got filled up. So, and you take
your daughters, I think you were able Yes. I think right now I think I think 13 I don't Oh, 13. Okay. 14 13 14 14 14. Yeah. And it's mandated the three nights. Yes. Yes. All three nights.
Correct. Yeah. Um it's it's it's a it's a condensed it's supposed to be a week long course that's done in two three nights with the four hours each so that it's not um five nights. And did you say it's it's sold out? Did you say that? No, it's almost it's filling up. Yeah,
almost. Yeah. And where do we both sign up? Can I send you the email again or send you and then send it to them? It says to register, email
radccate. Is that it, deputy? Yeah, I have a I'm pretty sure it's on our website. I have a flyer that they sent me. Yeah. That has all the information. That one right there. Send me all the information. Yeah. To our Yeah. Bradam
because in the in the email it talks about a little bit more about the class. Basically what I'm telling you now the class from the instructors [Music] yeah it's on our website there to
announce uh Friday's uh concert on Main Street Main Street live please come and support uh the arts because it's part of our Do you want tickets to Oh, yes. Two more. Thank you.
Okay. It's two for me and then I take my glasses. Okay. Can I get an extra two parents? I'm sorry. Anyway, um okay.
Um next meeting is June 11. Make sure to to come uh and it's 8:25 and I make a motion to adjourn. Okay, I second. All in favor?
Well, but all the stuff that we just