i feel like it went well oh by the way so I guess whatever God wants and I'm practicing that thing you guys wearing blue i have my bracelet nice i've got this blue shirt and this bracelet that says
Hello hello my my favorite me and I don't tell everybody that say my favorite person i'm like "Oh my god all my favorite." Yes yes the cookies
were a long time ago there's the bike right and brought like bunch of gifts for the kids and they were having so much like "Oh my god there wow so nice." No I thought
or actually family will say "Hey we would like you know where are you where am I what am I see i'll do the I'm [Music]
here late will be acting as secretary today [Music] that can help them allow for longterm so order of business does anybody have
anything to add or the from the agenda today okay moving on um public comments uh we have the the Moya Foundation here
um presentation i had the pleasure of meeting with them uh last week and uh I'm very excited for um new things that are going to be happening in the town and uh I will give
you the floor thank you very much um excellent so good evening everyone thank you very much for your time um just to kind of I brought a couple folders for everyone to kind of share with with each other about
our program our goals and what we focus on um how much time do I have um about 30 minutes perfect i can do that i can do it in three minutes thank you um so our goal at the De Foundation is to
focus on creating employment opportunities for young adults with unique abilities that means um young adults with autism developmental disabilities TBI cerebral pausy uh of various um you know uh unique abilities
our goal is to target companies so we partner with different companies from Miami Dade to Broward all the way into Monroe and we see what their businesses need first then we match those needs with one of the candidates that we have
that has a unique skill set that fits those needs um our partnership here with the town of Miami Lakes is first we would love to get you all some help here in the offices of the town of Miami Lakes with an office assistant or a clerical assistant somebody that can
help you um here within the town then use that as an example of why it works and why our job coaching model works for other businesses throughout the town of Miami we have an 85% retention rate with
our job coaching because our job coaches are there every single day for the first three weeks 20 hours a week and we also come in and do a disability and sensitivity training for all of their co-workers in order to give them full education and training to best suit how
to work with a uniquely individual um our you know partners range from Baptists to Pinres Bakery uh to dog salons dog grooming engineering firms IT firms we have 85 employer partner
schools um we have 85 employer partners and 154 young adults working paid livable wages from 20 hours a week to 40 hours and 25 of them have five years of employment at the same company long-term
employment solutions is what we're looking for and I'd love to start right here in this office and hopefully other uh companies in the town works so please reach out to us if you have any questions if you're looking for work
if you have a need at your business whatever it may be we're open we need more employer partners desperately okay so so you you look for employer supporters yes we look for companies uh
like employer partners so any company that is willing to open the door okay and um the the person with the disability do they lose their benefits i love that question no they do not it is a common
misconception okay what gets reduced is the SSI income but not health benefits not health benefits not health benefits the SSI can equate to $6 an hour okay versus maybe making $22 an hour if they
work at Bright Line okay $18 an hour if they work at Wawwa so if they have a um a ABLE account it doesn't affect the ABLE account so that helps to that actually you can have an ABLE account absolutely the only thing that gets
slightly reduced is the SSDI the the social security income check that comes in okay um that is the only thing that gets a little bit reduced um but they will not lose their health benefits they will not lose their Medicare or Medicaid that is a
misconception unfortunately Social Security offices will always send our guys nice little letters saying you're losing your benefits but that's all it says not specifically what is going down what's going down is what the taxpayers
pay for um but their wages and their livable wages are boosted tremendously they're go going from a $900 check a week to 2,000 you know based on if they're working 35 hours 40 hours they
have a career they have independence it's a heck of a lot better than saying so so what has it been that you like you experience of an employer that says "I don't want to try." Why why do they
don't want to try like to to to win someone with a disability to their point some employer partners or employers that maybe don't want to take that step is because they feel like there's a liability okay right well for us we tell
them uh flat out I'm sorry but no there is no liability you're going to gain one of the most loyal dedicated employees that you have ever seen and they're like well what about the job coach you know you we have provide a job coach and we
are working in a warehouse and there's forklifts and that's a liability no it's not because our job coaches are under our insurance okay so they're covered by us so they're working at your station let's say there's you know lots of liabilities within that it's okay our
job coach can still be there they're covered by our insurance and they're not liable for you you know in that sense um we also provide a disability and sensitivity training to the staff and to the companies so that kind of letting
them know like we're you're not doing this alone you're not just opening the door we're going to give you somebody that's neurodeiverse and say good luck no our job coach is going to be there day one before that
uh for every single day for the first three weeks of employment and then they will taper off little by little okay but if the supervisor ever says "They struggled today the it was just a bad day for whatever reason it
could be something at home nothing to do with work we come back in all the way to there's pure natural support they have co-workers that they can rely on the co-workers have been trained they've been educated um u in in
our field and they're ready to support and if they struggle they can call us come right back in this partnership never goes away it is always uh there for them and for the co-workers so it's not just about supporting the young adults that were look that are looking
to work if we support the businesses and the co-workers around them they feel like they have somebody to rely on just as much as the young adult and it really you know that's kind of how we break down those barriers we say we're not you're not doing it alone so do they
start like Okay so you you you are partner with a program from the state right so yes we are we are with a vocational rehab vocational rehab yes so the vocational rehab is they have how many months do they have to start they
have six to eight months to start that's what vocational rehab tells us can they reapply yes 100% and how much how many times can they as many times as they want vocational rehab cannot turn down a family do they have to stay in the same
job or do they have to switch to different jobs nope they can stay within the same job they can have that security and that sustainability okay so so the Moya Foundation will help that family to stay if for example that individual Mhm
for example they they love doing working in a in a a angel he loves working in a in a cartoon store but he was only able to just work there for three months then the mom reapplied they gave him a three
more months but after those three more months he didn't have a job so why do you think it happens to the kid it's like he's happy they're happy with him but now he doesn't have a job and so so
where is when a you know like a partner comes in and say "Hey we're going to help this family because he's doing a good job and he want to keep his job maybe the the the the job doesn't
doesn't have the the financial situation to pay but it's the government has like a long term so I I understand that's on the job training that they do right yes where it's paid by vocational not by the
company correct um we actually promote for the companies to pay yes which is okay right so we encourage that they are being paid by the company they work for um a company like that we can start on
OJT to help them get started but we tell them and we expect that they will pay their employee um afterwards uh we do give them a form all companies get a form for WOTC tax credits to maybe help with the finances if it's a small
company and they need some tax credits on hiring a young adult who's neur neurodeiverse is very similar to hiring a veteran they get the same amount of tax credits that company we provide form for them to be able to do that as well
um and we promote for them to be hired and get paid livable wages this is real pay this is not an internship nothing lower than the minimum wage minimum wage and up nothing lower the state of
Florida uh no longer allows that um so if you do catch that please let me know because that or like you know the sub minimum wage um is no longer allowed in the state of Florida do you know when that
happened that happened [Music] June of last year okay and it's going to pass again it's going to pass in Georgia next um and then you know also uh supported decision- making
also just passed in June you know in terms of guardianship it doesn't have to be full guardianship so I have a question for you so when I met with the mayor with Manny um so that was one of the concerns that I really had with the with the with the town not giving the
opportunity to someone with a special need to work in the in the city mhm and I actually asked him is it a way of possible pass and you know start from like little by little just have one person in the office one person you know
helping the mayor like when they do events and things like that they they can do everything absolutely thank you and but his concern was just like you say he wanted someone to coach he wants someone to to be there and that's what
we do um we don't follow vocational rehabs guidelines where a coach comes in and for 150 days the coach is no longer there our model goes further than that okay we're funded by um grants uh
fundraising events um and we lobby to the state for extended services which means after VR finishes we keep going so our job coaches are a part of our staff and they will keep going as long as the
young adult needs it okay if they need the support we're there the employer needs the support we're there okay um because after 150 days that's not enough that's awesome you know and and also even if they have the natural support
let's say they're doing really well and you give them a new task well let us come back in so we can put proper accommodations in place so they can do the task to the best of their ability that we know they can do awesome okay
excellent excellent awesome um by the way one-on-one sessions if anybody wants them open i like coffee thank you and we can you have we have your number we can we can reach oh 100% as a matter
of fact she has my number personally uh you know with Oliva Cigars one of our employer partners her mom hired one of our young adults and so you know he's been there for three plus years doing an excellent job george yeah I know and no was she asked for your name what's your
full name uh George Deoya demoya george yeah I know and do you have a business card and you can sign i do i do and you can do used to be part of our You guys have an office yeah we do have
an office it's at West um yeah that that's just where we do like our trainings um we'll do power up sessions like peer-to-peer support groups um office skill workshops um this month we are having a uh a guest speaker who is a
doctor in sexual sexual education come talk to all of our young adults and just you know have a good oldfashioned sexual education talk so so let me ask you something just sorry it's very interesting
it's very interesting because I think I see that's the more the most they the adults need because now they're adults and they want to work they want to be out there and they get a lot of struggle like finding a job and when
they do find a job for example I had a um a 32 year old she she she found the job i found I found her the job and she did great for a whole year but of course after one year she all she was doing
just cleaning tables at Chip and um she wanted to do something else right she wanted to like put like the the the French fries inside the box do other things that makes her feel like she's advancing or doing something within a
career and they didn't give her the opportunity and uh and unfortunately they didn't give the opportunity i understand because of the pace of that chip is very fast and maybe they didn't have the right people at that right time
but I do want that to be changed absolutely and uh I and I'm very inspired about that because I do believe they can do anything like any other any other person so so uh having a we promote for that career growth i I will
I will let you know we're not perfect we have a wait list of eight young adults looking for work because we don't have the businesses open so it and it's tough to get those businesses going but once you do it's really a great match so do
you think if the business will have like an incentive meaning but something you know legally incentive they will do it more have the taxes they well they have the tax they have the incentive um the
incentive in my opinion is that there's going to be less turnover because you're getting somebody that's super dedicated to your to your you know job you get someone that is very hyperfocused very
detail oriented and provides a different perspective to your work culture um statistically it's proven if you hire someone uh on you know neurode divergent or on the spectrum consumers of whoever
you're reaching out to find you 65% more favorable they see that and they're much more approachable they see a demoya partner sticker on the waw wa sign they walk in and they go "Oh that's right deiani's here i'm gonna have a break conversation because I need my morning
coffee and they're going to go to this coffee station." They're gonna like those kinds of things matter so that's kind of what we tell them is the incentive i work with N oh yeah i work with Karolina she's in Baptist so Karolina's
at Baptist so where's Karolina there's a couple Yeah so Karolina is a perfect example where she worked at one job then went to Pinerest Bakery did really well we had some struggles she had to step away but
then Baptist was the next best fit it's okay to have that kind of career growth um we skip VR when it comes to that like when a case opens and they get let go the parents usually have to reopen the
case sometimes we say "Nope we're not waiting for that because we found them a better job or a good job over here you can go reopen the case but we're going to continue we're going to take that young adult from this position to that position."
Um someone working at Chick-fil-A was just hired at TD Bank actually yesterday up in Cypress Creek well this girl she she she wants to work in a bank so so I we have a couple banks so
possibility and I and I tell her you of course you can do it you could be a greeter you could just you know follow steps if you know someone they need to just chats and you take them to the right person and you can and that's how they started going they're starting as a greeter the first one started as a
greeter and now works the drive-thru teller um because we learned drive-thru teller is less stressful they're in their car they're a little bit further away right so it's not like please hurry up they know that it takes some time and
usually they're on their phone maybe answering a couple emails they know they got to go to the bank so they're they're also not in a rush versus a teller coming face to face yeah i go to the El Car wash and the one in Margate a lot
and because of that because I love to see them working and and they're happy and they're doing such a great job they are car wash they had like 12 I think throughout so you know the the employers once they're on they're on like and it's
just gross but there's so many you know there's so many you know that want to work we need to add some less logos here i would love nothing more we will the first one will be the town of M
yes lead by example yes well the last mayor said that he had one position so I am recording and we do have we can fill that position i have already just so you know three candidates that live close to
my legs all very efficient in data entry and office skills we start skills and we work our way up and Press Baker said that one of their most tenured employees is from the Deoya Foundation yes
wonderful thank you all very much um happy to maybe for more questions or what is do I Irish exit i mean you're welcome
but um you can you're free to development we know it's after hours no no no it's okay i I I appreciate the time um you know and I really do look forward to getting more here um kind of Miami Lakes has a special place in our
heart for us because there are golf tournament in the golf courses uh when COVID was really bad we weren't sure if we're going to continue with funding and your golf course opened up and said "We'll do a golf tournament we'll keep our distance you know that's an easy way
to do it you'll be able to still raise money and keep everything going and so you know we're really appreciative to the dedication this particular town shows to their people so thank you and they're redoing it yeah and they're redoing it and I already talked to Dave
this year we're at Trump because of they're redoing it i told him "Don't worry I'm coming back it's a little too expensive over you know you guys are a better cause." and he lets me do whatever I want he
doesn't bring a big pine crest bus and serve cavito all day he's like "Yeah bring it i don't care." What do they need for qualifications for to start the program um anybody that wants to start they go and talk to their VR counselor with the division of vocational rehab
and they say that they would like to be added to Demoya's case load okay um you may get a little push back but don't worry because we're on a pause with that wait list just say "I don't care about the pause i want to go with
the moya when they open and you know we just we have to trim away at that weight list a little bit." So we're on a pause right now i don't know if that'll affect Miami Lakes because you guys are so further north you know it's not like central Miami Dade you know so that
might help so what you're saying is from the alien weight list not necessarily it might be whoever lives will probably be a lot of I'm just checking there's a lot of south not so much north actually they're everywhere out of the 80 we have
I would say 10 to 15 in Broward we have 10 to 15 Dorado 20 Homestead a little bit more further south but they're spread out okay um just from that 80 weight list I was able to find three to four uh candidates that are close to
this uh town that's just where they you know they live a little bit everywhere so pleasure to meet you all good to see you again pleasure to meet you thank you all very much for your time i'll be reaching out to you later i'll be reaching out to you later i have
something to discuss thank you so much two people on Zoom for public comments so I'm gonna ask the phone number to unmute you have to click unmute on your screen i'm not sure hello
hi hi hi my name is Melissa Parsons and I'm with an organization called Bike to the Beach i wasn't sure if now was the appropriate time uh to speak up i was
just uh listening and getting acquainted with the group yes you can speak now you're in public comments okay wonderful so I am the executive director of Bike to the Beach and uh Bike to the Beach has a couple different
events throughout the uh Eastern Coast what we do is we uh partner with local nonprofits that serve the autism and disabilities community locally and we help them raise funds so
a lot of nonprofits are smaller they have limited staff they have limited bandwidth and so what we do is we help them uh by putting on this cycling event once a year and they can then reach out to their networks and their boards their
committees and really get people excited and fundraising through this annual event so this year we we used to be Miami to the Keys and this year we moved up a little bit further north so we're going to be starting in Deerfield Beach and going up to L's for Autism up in
Jupiter and then coming back down uh so we are just just wanted to get the word out and see if anybody would like to uh be involved volunteering as uh all of you know it's it's autism acceptance month i know that there are an array of
activities and things going on in uh Broward and Palm Beach counties but I just wanted to um to uh mention this one and we're we're just really excited and uh are looking for for further partnerships
uh when is it i'm sorry I'm trying I'm also in what is that media handle or Sure it is Saturday April 26th and you can find more information
on our website it's rides r i dike 2 t the beach.org back slash Florida backslash Is this bicycles or motorcycles
bicycles uh that's a great question it's it's bicycles yeah and we we have people of varying fitness levels we have some families that will ride with us it is on uh the main road we don't shut any roadways down we do have police support
uh safety vehicles mechanics rest stops so it's fully supported but we don't shut any road roadways down thank you all right thank you Melissa thanks thanks for allowing me the opportunity
thank you put you back on mute thank you Melissa um that was it for public comments next we have the approval of minutes sorry to bring out the order of business i forgot to mention earlier then I want to add election for secretary the agenda because I don't see
it on here right to have the secretary the election so for future minutes we can so I have a motion to reopen order of business right i second all those in favor
I move to add um elections secretary to the agenda to open old business yeah yeah 6 I turn
6 I second all those in favor the only thing I have is the May 8th estate planning workshop if that's still happening to get that planned was discussed during
the last meetings in the calendar i think Miss Cruz was discussing that updates we were we were just discussing dates okay oh so much faster
honestly i mean she she just had one review with you on car okay i don't know i I know that what she mentioned is
she wanted to do that uh paper yeah oh the one now was a um class the one now she wanted to be more specific about maybe something else that
we needed not just only guardianship under public i I don't Are we in discussion or are we doing motion to add add it yeah if you want to add it to the agenda i guess we'll add it to discuss it make
a motion to add uh special needs trust event planning discussion with Stephanie Cruz for possibly May 8th 2025 i second all those in favor I
to all business I'm sorry yeah so that will be 6J i was election so couple of minutes is it addition deletions deferral the the changing of the order of the uh old business
the changing of Yeah like if we could move I to the top yes that would be in three the order of business i make a motion to move from old business 6 I to the top
6A or I mean to the top of the of old business when we get there election elections yeah 6 I so be moving to 68 No no we just move it to the top we'll start with six I instead
of eight move the order i all those in favor i I Are we closing it now yes unless there's something else you want to add or deleted so close now we're back to my minutes
[Music] okay are we ready to approve these minutes uh so much I have a lot of changes oh um for starters it doesn't say who did the minutes like who was secretary
or who was taking the minutes and I don't remember personally oh wow okay so then that's she has to change okay um yeah you need to change what I need to change whatever she say oh okay well
once we approve with the changes no I'm just saying so she can make notes of it oh okay add secretary of minutes for that meeting i work secondary
just I guess after roll call okay also on old business item C item C oh is old business always six six sorry
oh number six is old business always six i I believe so this is your the usual agenda template that we use for so this add add item I mean to item 6C and under
old business it doesn't it says we have a motion to add pictures to safety package all in favor but it doesn't say who made the motion and who second it [Music] 6e there's another motion
second bullet point doesn't say who and who second it what is it 6e resource fair art for autism there's a motion but it doesn't say who motioned it who second and it should say
arts for autism oh so research arts you really had to be this technical stuff 6f please remove the E off my name but you like them right new
business 7 B no sorry 7 A uh the motion to allocate for decorations also and who second it
[Music] bullet one [Music] second is do we have to under 7 C do we have to write out the whole line item
for the budget um the main thing is just have the motion on who made the motion and seconded so uh do you mean like the boards that were part of the like the whole line item instead of just saying like a where for like the whole name of
the whole line item um I don't you don't have to have that in the minutes the main thing is just the motion itself including like who made it and who second it we have those numbers on 7C it doesn't show that we even made a motion motion to approve the
minutes second in favor i approve the minutes with the changes sorry to approve the minutes with second all those in favor i moving it on um I'm gonna move to
defer the sensory park feature update because the parks and record [Music] oh sorry yeah okay no okay but yeah you got to open up deferral bin
wait well the first thing is now election for secretary because you made that motion for that to be first is being nominated i would like to nominate Emily Tris as our secretary i second are you sure after all of this
stuff that I did not know we were supposed to do i'll be there okay the main thing is motion second motion second okay who made the motion who second it did it pass like state the motion that you know
you don't have to put a lot of details of what we talked about or like no you just basically the agenda okay we voted the agenda and you Yeah and I I would turn it into you after the meeting yes like is there a certain time
I have to turn in my ass no just like with agendas it has to be delivered to me at least three business days before um the next meeting so that excludes holidays weekends so three full days before the next meeting the wait so
the um the notes from after like let's say today's meeting after the meeting I'd have to deliver the meeting the minutes to you but then also the agenda for the next meeting no it helps oh okay agenda you just have to do the minutes
so it's the same that you have to link and I can just add stuff in for fun so it looks similar to the agenda but you're just doing like the motion do you accept this is how you do she does the agenda before I accept I just
have a question a clarifying question if on days like today where I'm waiting for my sitter to get there that way I don't have to bring two screen kids into the room with me if I'm late like five or 10 minutes I'm not holding up anybody if they make someone else today we just
Okay okay then the only time that would be a problem we don't have form then we have to wait for you right yeah yeah yeah like today I said "Hey if you make form or form um Okay then." Yes set makes sense i hope I make you guys
cry okay oh wait so what do I need to So I know for next time you had motion it see I don't Okay but I need to learn now right [Laughter] no no
let me learn from you yeah she's elected now she still has to be updated in the roster and things okay so that's fine i just thought it was Okay um so under that that uh item which would
have been six I Okay um I made the motion you would have to write I made the motion and what what the motion was that has to be in detail maline without an I made a motion without an E no
without a without an without an I and then Vivian seconded okay you can start using your own shortand when you get used to it perfect uh and now
we're like I could have just put me but whatever like that's mad this is not a Okay so we're gonna we're gonna vote now on Kimberly being our secretary all in favor all in favor
congratulations [Music] alex cake and Okay now you got to open up before we open it up do you have anything else we want to move or anybody else want to defer
okay i make a motion to open up order of business i second all those in favor i okay so let's I'm going to defer the sensory card feature update because uh
the parks and rec uh people are not here so I don't I don't have an update uh I had sent them an email um letting them know that I was putting them on the agenda and they I never got a reply so
um we're going to have to follow up on that okay and also I just noticed here transport group March 20 that already happened so let's get rid of that
but that was delete six that it would be huh that would be better no no no no minutes is done she's done yeah the agenda why are we here no it's all business on this agenda right
so we're deleting what we do what you're going to do is this part this here this is moving this is the agenda yeah and these are the minutes that's right well the same so that you know that's what she think okay i know but if I'll be discussing
old business so Kimy I'm going to tell you what it is okay you know the first motion was to defer Sentry Park which is item 6A so you can put deferred item 6A until our next meeting or just defer okay
item 6G we are deleting from our agenda because it already happened no but that would be her so I don't think that's something okay i mean we'll still put it but we we're not making a motion for that she's
just commenting on it yeah we don't we don't have we didn't have to make a motion to defer this she just said deferring oh yes you're making a motion to delete it right
right i got it there's a motion that we put everything together in one motion we can do a motion for everything right yes okay anything else okay so I'm going to make a motion to defer 6 A and delete 6G
you're deleting because you guys didn't do anything with that event no they already passed like you guys weren't involved yeah we weren't oh but that's what she was asking if there was an update on like what happened with the event and that's what she's saying why are we deleting if you want to talk about it
yeah usually it's like an update you want confused sorry no you're right you're right usually when it's an old business I think it's just since it didn't say then it's that would make sense so it's not
like hey let's talk about Did you want to do an update or can we just delete it okay I'll do an update all right so So she's re she's changing her motion to be to defer 6A uhhuh until next meeting
that's it and actually you're the one that started oh no that was all right agenda's closed yeah okay seconded right yes so let's move on because we got a lot of things uh 6B the
ESAC swap flyer we have that right yes um it's all and we're also going to use that for the resource it was Oh I have here sorry i don't remember
oh my goodness that's so great sit down [Music] how much did you It was 1,000 so we're going to be we're going to have these at the table on Friday i mean on Saturday
at the resource fair um no it says Fox yeah I'm just mentioning um is anybody going to the Asax walk obviously I'm We're not having a table there or anything we're just doing this and all the goodie bags so how many bags
is like 200 oh we have 200 yeah yeah okay i was just trying to do the math thing okay so we have 248 of them no you have 1,000 flyers the amount was 248 oh okay i was like wait a minute sure yeah no I was asking just so we know for next
time how much printing would cost because I think we ended up allocating like 500 or something and I was like way less just wanted to say like I I any other discussion about I do but maybe I have a
cheaper guide for you hi any other discussion about the class walk oh I'll be there to walk with you guys and I don't have confirmation from Northwest
with the big bus and the ATVs and stuff because of the transition from the sheriff everything's everything's rolled out uh but the comfort dog at least one will come up so we have that comfort what time is it again
[Music] yes 10 to what [Music] but that's that's 10 they don't start the walk till like 11 okay usually though at 1 though because they
come back from the walk then they do the performances they do play the basketball game i actually had a question i'm going to be going to the bike ride on on Saturday well coming okay so moving on um I have an update on
the animation programs uh it's going to be starting back up uh May 3rd through June 21st at Mary Collins at 2 p.m and it got extended from six week it's going to be eight weeks now
friday or six weeks about eight weeks Monday so May May 3rd is a Saturday so it's gonna be Saturdays and what are the ages again i remember there was it's for young adults like 21
and older so that's registration will be open when Yeah i don't have that information yet are we still planning on doing um kick off i don't know what the correct word is but like with house um
because John had that idea with the arcade um arcade the bringing in the for the kickoff like bringing in the games like if we could hire a local company to bring in some games the arcade
for the kickoff i think that was for No that was for for the animation [Music] I thought we were doing some sort of kickoff event for it we usually actually Last time I don't think we did an open house it's mostly cuz I talked about
that in open com yeah we did we had like a phone meeting no or was that first that was Roboto Alono that was the first one yeah i don't think we did a me and Julie went to something i think it was the ending no it wasn't they had a
presentation but at Mary Collins right but that was like for the first semester i don't think we did one for first semester to sign up to present it
right and then me and Julie went to one at Mary Collins that I thought was for the second semester that's when we learned about um the last class
of of the program this is going to be our third semester right that's when we learned about the Garfield field movie and that they would have to move that last class to accommodate the Garfield movie
so we did have a open house presentation well I know that they had a table at the healthcare but they were going to be registering people i don't know how many if that was a good target
audience but um I'll talk to them and and see if we're going to do one because mostly they're they're going to target the the old students i don't know if we need one i just remember because I was I
remember specifically animation program because I spoke in public comment when John had mentioned that I had you guys had reopened public comment and I had said oh I know the owner of Flynn's arcade that for my company for the company I work for I've done events
where I've I brought in you know the arcade machines um so that's like one idea I have but now new to that there's a brand new card and gaming store that just opened right here in 96 it opened a
few months ago it's in the Windexi shopping center so even that's something that if we did do a kickoff we could partner with a company a local company like that and you know maybe have like for the kickoff like have you know card
tournaments i'm not a card or a game or a person but you know they do like those tournaments whatever they're called a good idea yeah you like that right i mean young adults would love that if they are in the animation program i think it's like a no-brainer you know if
it's something we have to fund for i think it's too short notice to try to put something together like that okay but I will make a motion that we spend usually how much 200 300 i want to make a motion to provide
snacks food for the animation open house if if the Miami Day Cultural Affairs is having one not to exceed $200
out $300 out of Give me a second because I'm writing okay no Vivian out of what program it's usually social recreation program out of social and recreation i second all those in favor
i All right so so you'll find out okay um next item is special safety program so I spoke to the town attorney about um the pictures for the the packets and he
said that there was no legal issues that he could find with it especially that we have the backing of um the fact that if they request a public um a public information request
we're not going to give them the picture or and we're going to re read back all information anyway so we didn't find anything wrong with them so I'm looking at a way to the to start contacting everybody and for the pictures to attach
the picture to the application so if an officer go out there he has access to it right yeah because what I what I'll do is I'll take their picture and I'll add it to the to the packet myself you know like a
like a copy of a picture and then forward that with the information that I forward to the officers and then they upload it or whatever yeah because it's just it's just a a spreadsheet with the person's information and now we add the picture when I when I update
it [Music] and oh so I went to a blasting committee workshop and in there I saw something that I think would be would benefit um us the community in general
um and I we don't have these one of these um retractable stands banners banners the thing is like six feet tall we had something you know special needs QR code that would go to the special
needs registry the you know the the web page yards is something we can bring to any of the events and have them easy you know put it up have them scan and and it's easier you know sometimes we've run out of flyers and stuff like that there's your flyer right there just scan
the the QR code because they have one and they're not very expensive for So I don't know about the digital stuff that you put on there so what I'm hearing is that you're going to bring us a proposal of how much it costs and and do the
shopping for us and then we can just decide at our next meeting to do it i can do all that i got a guy who could print it in two days looks graphics oh there you go it's like 120 bucks and um I know the the bin
thing is they have to put it on that Yeah typo they It comes with the theolo I don't know how else to call it it comes printed already and if you ever update anything you update the QR code you update anything you don't have to buy that whole metal contraption again
you just send them the new artwork and they will replace the photo oh yeah but when when they sell it do they sell it with everything they sell it with everything yeah well there it is i see and look how fast how efficient I was saw it you were so efficient
thank you thank you since you spoke up he just passed the buck to you so I need you to come up with a proposal and what you right now yeah the price doesn't change it from the company yeah that's fine it there
everything that you do with them is online and they're local you pick it up locally so you don't have to pay for shipping it's really not a lot that's super cheap i think that's it can be used when you get it done through like forimprint.com it's they say it's only $60 but when you add in the fees and all
that stuff it just happens to decide like what's yeah that I mean your the price doesn't include the yeah the design itself you could create I'm going to add it to
next what is that thing called it's a retractable banner And it is 60 years old yeah you're good at designing i mean yes I'd be happy to do it too i just need to know everything that's going to be on just a a copy of our flyer for the
safety program safety program no for SNAP but it's no program no so that's how I envisioned it but I mean why not have like everything you know like the com
the the special needs committee maybe a cure code that goes directly just to the the main and another one that says that but there's also a special needs program and then another QR code you know to showcase you know it can be used anywhere it can be used at any event not
just a specific event you know you guys can use it where you can use it for anything so we have a QR code for the safety program a QR code for our website or But isn't isn't our web page isn't
everything on our web page the special safety program like information about us but I like the idea of of having one QR code just for the safety program that takes them directly
in have you seen the latest website how But that's why that's why we have to do that research and see the QR code where in the website it's going to take you have to see
now don't we have one on the flyer that's why we got to research it because if you have the website is done instantly it's free idea I said because like you said you run out on fire you can just get and you scan it on
the spot and if it takes them directly to it even better now it doesn't have to be three but we can do the safety program on top or on the bottom and then our website for the top like uh pan lake special needs advisory board and our
website and all the QR code for that and then on the bottom a direct QR code to the safety only because the safety B has an application you got to make it as easy as possible no the application still has to be printed though
yeah it can't be filled out online okay marketing is it like unusual to have like several apples in one thing like that it's I don't see it often i'll be honest
i know me neither that's why I was saying two though we can have two break it up by one of this one which is everything else and then this one just put Yeah you could definitely have different you know like the the um and then the safety program and then
there's a QR code for the three foot bottom and then a QR code for the three foot top think of a few things to just remember that it's printed so just like you could update anything you know on the on the
SNAB program if you update the website you're going to have to update the QR code yeah I was thinking about that so I mean you could always put a sticker over it but it's not going to be the same that's not going to be the same yeah when you're rolling it too it might get off yeah part of the ring and you put it
outdoors it gets dirty believe it or not you know then it gets stuck on there so then is the cure code even to begin with i feel like we could do more code on top of the
table on top of our table i'm just saying because like the website did a custom design you can do like an a nice engraved one like a square one it's not expensive just a square like 4x4 one and
you have it on the table yeah like scan for the safety card or you can even have the same thing that's there we put it on like one of those like plastic things and our machine and then it'll be like the same thing it's just that one is
like a the general that one's a general to get your attention of oh this table is about Yeah I like that better cuz this is 180 versus that you could always just print something else in the retractable bag right a general one exactly to get their attention of what
this booth is for exactly because I I think I I mean cuz I'm thinking the QR code even changes it's easier to have the website changed not and then everything had to be changed our flyers weren't working anymore so it was a
whole like situation yeah that's the only reason why like a little just like our logo like a statement you know the town's logoite slash special needs whatever just basic very basic stuff but that is
pretty and like calls attention i think of that yeah and then we can have two of those classic things one this the special need safety program and we can have the one that's just the the website itself so we can have two separate ones
and then we can have a flyers for it over here you know we can divide it that way sure go ahead are you gonna be joining us on Saturday to the resource fair yes yes yes after
the bike ride yeah both oh my gosh you're gonna be like three of them there's a bunch of stuff going on yeah I saw a vet too yeah I'll bring the um the helmets so in case uh anybody needs and then when
we're done with that then jump over to By the way we jump to 6E yeah all right i just won't be won't be able to have the the autism the electric autism
car was a good idea have an electric car for events it's dead can be trashed okay so I guess we Let's discuss the neighborhood improvement bike ride um
who's going be there it's at registrations at 8 in the morning i'll be there where is it going to be by the farmers market okay i'll be there you'll be riding a bike yeah I I
actually just bought a bike today for this well I needed a bike anyway good excuse to buy okay um so be attending and me too
we're going to give out some so you're going to be um you're bringing the I got Yeah okay i have the and to the resources my card okay all right moving on the resource
fair uh who's going to the fair i will be there too so I can go to the fair i will be at the bike because I have to be at the store but I will go to the store do you need any help setting up Vivian
um except for our table of course um not really everything's very simple it's a superhero theme we got all this cute for Well we're we're gonna actually we're
going to be giving out like the first first come first serve like little capes and things so um But everything is super cute i can't wait so we're we're gonna have
a a photo booth nice yes that's something new um so yeah it's going to be going to be really Okay so we're good with that what time would you meet us
there uh well the event starts at 11 i'm going to be there I'm going to pick up the food at 9:30 at Publix and then head over to Mary okay
so I'm only going to be at the bike ride from 8 to 9 but by 9:00 they should have got registration is at 8:30 like half an hour the ride wherever you guys going 45 minutes 45 minutes
okay okay any other questions about the resource fair okay moving on um uh don't forget to wear your shirts i don't know i don't think you have a shirt yet did you ever get your new shirt no no I got the um the quote but
then she resigned wow yeah are you wear or superhero i don't know what else to tell you actually I have an extra shirt i mean it's gonna be
Is it like Yeah I wear a cheesec of your beautiful okay so I'll do a little update on the um part um for autism parent support group that I attended it was
um uh behavior analyst was the speaker it was amazing he's from uh he's from hospital it was super informative we talked about um behavior
techniques and uh it was super helpful to to all the parents i there was like between 25 and 30 people there so it's really good any questions about
that okay moving on the talent show is April 12 um I need to order food for that resource there
um we uh I do have a few extra tickets anybody want to go [Music] you you don't you okay are you interested i'll have to let
you know on Saturday okay april 12th okay april 12th it's a Saturday so not this Saturday yeah there's there's going to be food and dancing and a show and it's 80s music theme so
people be dressed up like it's always a lot of fun so Okay and then we have the May 8th workshop [Music] um my opinion
is we had a workshop last week uh on guardianship with you on right here in my think that was on with I saw it today right so I feel like
then the one with the card um not that many people want she has aspects of books maybe she's covering the same topic and same crowd as would be attending
right yes it is the same topic that's why I feel like it's it's kind of like overkill and I I I think it's gonna be like you know very few people if any
showing up because she's already having it in the area twice in one month three times and I think also because of time like to actually be able to promote it we definitely need more than a month and you're talking about we're like at the
month mark we haven't even done a flyer i mean I don't know if she wants to do it that she that she wanted September september was the one at Alonso and she
wanted to do another one here she wanted to do a big one at Alones September this one says July 13 or September 13 expo inviting 100 businesses related to special needs and lectures
not September it says July 13 or September 13 that's what it says on the thing right september was put in for September it was because July was middle of summer and Yeah and she I think she said maybe
because we didn't know the date for the mayor's gallant which do we have a date for the mayor's call okay well we're supposed to have a meeting Tuesday are we allowed group calls right now let's FaceTime no
um my mom and if I remember correctly also she wanted to do that workshop for me a she gave us a list of of opportunities of website I mean workshops however she was willing to um run the whole thing if I
remember correctly and even possibly pay for the food yeah just pretty much put our name on it as a Right that's Yeah cuz I remember she had mentioned something that the town was kind of giving her a hard time about reserving the room or something the room the Yeah
council chambers was that for this yes yes I think so council chambers no no I think she was trying to go through parks I believe at least for easier to go through us yeah directly and she's not here and we don't
know what was her plan for May and May 8th will be after our main meeting mhm then I will be really close to on May 7th okay i I'm rather difficult
with I contact her and you guys okay with telling her that we should always have at least at least if not newer that's usually what the tongue asks us to do
and what if she told me that she wants to do it right that's what I was going to say what if she already has done all of the leg work but she just wants to like her own but then she So do we know if she's still you know on for that or not i'm going to
have to talk to her we're not allowed to talk to her now right obviously no okay she would have zoom in on public comments well then when you business the De Mo
Foundation okay so I had a meeting with Clarisel Deoya Foundation and Isa and uh they did you know a little bit more thorough presentation that they
than what they did here today but um the the town wants is willing to um you know open up a position um so
that we can you know hire through the bas so the way that you know it works is like we need to bring it up for a vote so they can add it to the agenda of the town council right
yes trying to remember [Music] also I know that we um bring this initiative to the council so they can add it to the to the
agenda um to work with demo foundation to open up a position so that we can find a candidate with special needs or unique abilities
i second all those in favor wait we have discussion before we vote oh I got questions so this position would be something they paid they and paid for open up a position we don't know what
kind of position right and then they paid for it ste they pay their income tom pays for it tom paid for it yeah why do we need a motion to add it to the agenda so they can speak about it at the
town council meeting and decide to open this initiative to town council so they can then because it's going to it's going to require them to spend money right in opening the position so I'm just curious
how it works with the council so usually councilman or person makes that motion or something and then they vote on it but this time we're going to be asking them for approval no we're going to be asking them to add it to the agenda so that they can discuss
it and then approve it okay all right and then George could go and like publicly speak on it in public comment or or how does that work if it's added to the Yes okay it'd be great if we represented to him that's how we did it
like with arts for autism is he went and presented to the council so I got all those in favor [Music] I for autism in paper 12 i put it on new business uh actually
it should have been like under announcements but I think we need to go around anything just that event that's happening um um
says 9 to 11 9 to 11 and what is it besides run fraud and um they're gonna the money is that they raise is going going to go to Hopey um do you know what a color line
is okay so they do that they're going to be showing the same video that we showed up except that we recorded some of the kids thinking barber home i remember that i think it was last year
um I forget her name victory Victory well sometime he not only had so much fun but he was like pouring it on everybody and oh my gosh I've never How is there a website or who's selling the tickets how's it going to work or
you just show up at Barbara Bowling and everything there but you have to buy a ticket or something you register yeah okay okay [Music] that's that's
just doesn't talk to doesn't say anything so last but not least we have business therapy sponsorship she she's she was sick so she couldn't come so maybe we should
just move it to her next one next so she can get her next [Music] is this her yes okay all right so I move to defer to the next I second all those in favor
i All right so do we have any announcements i guess for the next agenda to include the Fourth of July sensory room so we can start planning that yes next one is me yeah I know
which is why it's important to inventory what we have we do have a box i don't know if you saw it but it has like backpacks and water bottles so uh flyer holder not that I There's some
flyers but I don't see plastic i tried to take pictures i didn't see them one of the actual has bottles and bags may 7th is the next meeting may 7th
we're missing the the plastic flyer holders for a table john says he doesn't have [Music] [Music] Oh also the May meeting i'm going to be on vacation the first week of May
you guys are welcome to have the meeting without me but if you want to change the meeting to a week after even though I don't mine's perfectly capable of running expect you to change it because
of me but I'm not what all I'm going to be in town i believe it's May 3rd next meeting is May i'm thinking uh is about what's the what's the next available date if it's not May 7th
november 14th oh by the way what I'm aiming at is rescheduling the meeting yeah we figured that just checking there's uh two meetings six and seven on the 14th
so that can it be in a different day yeah you don't have to do Wednesday so Wednesday I know one of them was it's that the 14th it's not going to be open because we have elderly affairs and we have culture that I know for sure yeah um any
available on Tuesday Thursday fighting [Music] so the workshop going on on Thursday in council chambers for mental health task force um
and we still have our meeting there's nothing in the community there's a meeting at 7 in the community conference room okay can we have 5:30 would you be done by Sunday yeah yeah we'll make it we'll make We'll make sure
of it how's that okay so May 15 oh May 15 or I thought it was the 13th okay oh no it's fine i mean May 15 works there's something council chamber 6:30 yeah so
there's something in council chambers but there's nothing in this room on Tuesday if you prefer May 13th what's better for you guys a Tuesday or a Thursday thursday yeah so Tuesday so May do we make a motion for it yeah
5:30 so I motion to have our next meeting May 13 at 5:30 here in the conference room second all those in favor i [Music] is six which
so at 6:00 in council chambers this supported the committee chair Yeah usually that shows one person she will say that much any more announcements anybody i don't think I' mentioned it before
sorry and whenever we get a chance thank you i don't think I've mentioned before and I'm sorry because there's been so much stuff going on that I think I think I haven't mentioned before i have my
12-year-old and my 13-year-old daughter my 10-year-old son and my wife is pregnant so I have another minute for a minute I thought he was going to say I've been to I'm like "Oh please don't thank you thank you yes it was an oops
but we're very excited and we know it's a boy a boy when is she boy right when When don't you do in June oh my gosh yes so she's far along and like three months in you know we
started like we told the kids and stuff and then like just that's why I was saying I don't know if I mentioned it because everything spiraled into I don't know who I told is another baby running around yeah yeah it's exciting it really is
that's awesome that is a great way to end the meeting it's better than I've been promoted no today was April 1st that was what a good one we want you to be promoted but we want
you to Thank you i I I don't plan on going anywhere else all right so I will make a motion to end the meeting at 711 all those in favor I