Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, Mr. Secretary. All right, Felicia Style is Justin Tr. Jerry is absent. Uh, Jackie here. Omar here. Maline is absent. Correct. Yes. Um, Suzanne present. Zoom. Hi everyone. Elsa is here. We have Cor. So we're okay. Yeah, because she doesn't score.

And Trinette is still Oh, that was Sorry. My Charles James. Okay. And then guest we have what was your name again? Carlos. Carlos. How do you spell your last name? Nigo.

N A R. Okay. Got it. Thank you. Now I heard it. Okay. Okay. Carlos leadership. Oh, hello. My name is Carlos Lazario. I'm highly interested in the cultural affairs committee uh by reason of I've already field intern with the department at county. I'd like to let you know I'm sociologist. I'm here just to listen today and I would I'm going to be looking forward to to this meeting. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for being here.

Um any deferrals additions delions? I'd like to add one item that um I thought um there was a suggestion about um adding something regarding the advertising in the newspapers for the 4th of July. So I will make that new business agency uh advertising. We do it all in Miami. We have a motion. I mean I made the motion. Any second?

Okay. Who second it or um discussion? All in favor? We're just adding the Yeah, just add

event. Okay. Review and approve the minutes of April 8th. You see that as needed. Thank you. someone's name.

No, that's a subcommittee. Okay. Motion to approve the minutes. Uh, I make a motion to approve the minutes of the May 13th meeting. Discussion. All in favor?

If you look at the agenda, I put little red asterisks, which means those are the ones are important that we have to vote on. was uh let's do this that really quick uh sending annual report to the council that was in briefing for you guys. We we met um they basically discussed collaborating with the other committees. So, you know, we don't I mean, there's about I think 46 or events. Um, and then we went over which one were the most attended ones and it was uh Fourth of July was number one. The two was Nightmare on Marros. The Halloween one. Yeah, the Halloween. No,

that's No, wait. Fourth of July was Oh, let let it be known that was uh in uh Fourth of July was number one. Um midnight on Mud Rose, which is the Halloween one, number two, and Spring came out as number three. So those are the three most attended pointing to directives. So um council members Sanchez spoke about you know collaborating not duplicating events and so forth you know things that I've been talking about previously. So um we'll see what how we can collaborate and uh everybody gave their report and so forth. Uh chairman's quarterly meeting that was also in April real quick. Um unfortunately we presented the the request for the man of distinction. it was turned down. It was not approved. So, uh that's we'll see next year we can because you know it was going to be complicated. So, um that was briefly uh any questions on no to vote on this uh old business um Main Street Live. I'm going to give a real quick report on that. We had it very very successful on the April 17th one. It was very well attended. I think it was very lively. Um, a lot of people were dancing and having a fun. Um, next one is this coming Friday. uh whether permitting because this is kind of and uh basically uh one thing that I hope and maybe we can be a vote on this or not is for next year to see if we can allocate some money for for the food for the the right now I've been paying for all the sandwiches and soda and water and so forth. I

for the band. Yeah. For the paying for I didn't know that.

Yeah. I've been paying it. Yeah. Yeah. because the first one didn't need any just four, but the other ones, you know, like bigger. They they uh they want the food. So, uh this one is going to be less expensive because it's only three. So, it's actually um so basically, um I need to know who's going to be there helping out and we're going to set up the table. Um I spoke to uh actually met, uh the the DJ. He's uh he's looking forward to it. So, we can come. It's going to be fun. It's going to be he's going to be performing different kinds of genres of music, Mediterranean, Afro Cuban, and just Latin. So, it's it's going to be a little bit crazy. I told him I asked him if he didn't mind you. I told him crazy. I said, "No, no, I love it." So, um so I look forward to that one. This is the last time the season. So, so please if you can come, just let me know. And then um that's a benefit, huh? Okay. Paint the picture for me.

Yeah. Before we jump through that, just a suggestion for when we do this again, I think it would be helpful if we can um spread out the the um Main Street live events between the members. So maybe we can do like a sign up form who what day people are going to be there. So it doesn't fall on the same members to be there every time. So maybe, you know, we say these are the dates. Um you sign up for what date you can attend. So obviously it's not so much on the same people, you know. I think that will be beneficial for probably not obviously this is the last event, but for the next time we do it, it would have to get started for the next season. Yeah. Yeah. It would be good just because we're all here and we should all be participating as much. Yeah. And after one of us

as a member, you have to attend the events for sure. But I think obviously I know like schedules and stuff. So if someone knows that these are the events, we can all say, "Hey, I can definitely be there at this day to be there to present uh represent for our, you know, committee, right?" So it doesn't, you know, it's a lot. I know you're always there and everything, which is a lot on you. Yeah. Uh to the chair, uh even though I wasn't here last, I'm sorry I wasn't here last month, could you give me a general consensus of why they didn't want to do the father um of the father's

man of distinction of distinction? They they said uh actually one of the council members you can watch the video if you want said we don't need to uh award men they said well the the group wanted to do it so that was one of the comments of the of the council members that we don't need to give an award to to the men. Uh so you know that was they say I'd rather use that money for uh Hispanic heritage and I know somebody wants to use that money for Fourth of July. So, uh, let's see if next year we can try. What did we decide here? Did we bring it up here? We No, we we decided to present it as part of the you remember we did the form. Yeah, but it was a new event.

It was a new event. So, we have to ask permission for it. I explain it. If you look at the package there, there was a package in the one council member said we don't need to do it. And so, the is the new form that we have because

this is the new form that we have to fill out now and basically I tell the end of the section award to honor prominent men in our community uh initial refunding will be used you know the same money so now that money you know it needs to if we do it for the next event it falls in the following fiscal year so I guess it's getting you know but um let's I mean if you want to submit it again we can do it but it's they they're trying to cut down on events that's the thing for the the quarterly meeting they they they say there's too many there's 51 events you know that the town puts together and I can give you the list if you want so they're trying to combine them so fortunately you know that was the first thing you know that's what they said and the council said that you know so unfortunately that's what happened we're still going to do the the Black History Month you know that's you know that we want to do it because I know you wanted to use your money but unfortunately you know let's see how we can what we can do with with that so um okay anything else that we want kind of lost time oh go ahead okay uh the painting picture for mom this year was at the veterans park and we had a total of 42 people attend. Um like always, we had like a hundred um people register on Eventbrite. Out of the 100, only 13 came from the 100.

So that is, you know, incredible. But anyway, uh it came out really nice. Everybody had a great time. The children did a great job. Um I sent all the photos to Linda from the Laker. She was very happy with the photo. She thinks she's going to do a spread uh a page for us. Um I personally liked the pavilion and Veterans Park. It worked out nice. Yes, it worked out very nice. Uh the reason is because if we cannot get the town to bring the tables or the chairs there, they were already there. They already we used the benches which were great.

Um we didn't need chairs other than the three tables which really with two tables was enough. And Oh, plus the water accessibility. The water I brought my the actual counter where the barbecue is. Exactly. To have all the materials before. Yeah, that's very nice. That's what we had. So, it was a nice breeze. Um, uh, you know, I want to thank Juan. Juan was incredible bringing all the boxes and setting everything up with us. Isle was incredible. She was there before me.

Isabella. Isabella was there before me. So, thank you, Isabella. By the time I got there, she was already setting up the water and the juices and everything. Um, so like I said, you know, uh, this time what I did is we had five students from Our Lady of the Lakes help us. We had two high school students help us. One my granddaughter who's been doing it for four years. Um, and I had them do a an inventory of our So now I have an actual inventory of everything that we had. So I was able to consolidate everything into the five black and yellow boxes because one of the boxes that had the canvases was somewhere else and by the time we saw it

we had all the canvases. So the bottom line is next year I don't think we have to order anything except the water for the people and the juices. We're in great shape for next year. Um so here is the uh post event report and the sign uh from the from the adults so that you always keep of course I made a copy for you. Okay. So, um, so then you have the email so that you can send the volunteer hours because the student there from I put down

Oh, you wrote down the time. Okay. 91. Okay. So, we're in good shape. Everything was good. Yeah, it it was fine. It was some some kids. We were pulling them from the playground. Well, see, we were we pulled 18 walkouts. So, um, yeah, some of them have I don't know, maybe what we can do, I don't know, maybe extend the event, right? Because you were saying some people were calling that it was closed. So, maybe we should just extend it and not close it, you know, so that people at the last minute want to come, let them come. So, it's much better to Yeah. open it, keep an order. Okay.

Next, um, Pette, Father's Day, Pat, you have an update for us.

Yes. Um, okay. I um I talked to onto he gave me a quote for 635 for the same things that we had last time. The buckets, the oxygen uh little pill, and then the lines bait, um the chips, water, and snacks. Oh, no, sorry. Chips, waters, awards, and the the raffle gifts for the kids. They all came down to $916. We have a budget of 500 from the town and um we were able to get our sponsor that always sponsors the event, Herz Law. He's willing to come in for the difference. Um I asked him if he can come in at 500 even though the difference was like $416 just in case we had a last minute, you know, something change. We have, you know, a little a little leeway.

Um like Elsa mentioned, I know last time we spoke to Isle, she said we couldn't get tables or chairs for this event because it's outside of that. So, we have to um get at least two tables. I have I have a table in my car that I bought. Okay. It's a folding chair. I mean, folding table. I have two chairs. So, if that works, we have one. Okay. We can use that one. And I have an extra one, too. So, I guess that that'll take care of it because at the park, we do have tables that we've used before, but we need one for the sponsor. Table. Yeah, just one. Awesome. Okay. We have one for the We need one for the sponsors. We we use that one and one for the check-in

and that's it. And if we can um have as many as many bodies possible there to help because um I'm trying to get one of my friends to to to sp um to give more attention to the fishing tournament because he's kind of a big deal in the fishing world of social media and he was going to announce it for us. One suggestion that we did one year was the guy from the I think it's a state while he comes in. He's like a policeman and then he was helping the kids with fixing their their rods. I want to see if we can get a hold of him. We have to call him ahead of time because I know the kids love because it's it's from the wildlife uh department of fishing and wildlife

Florida. Florida. Yeah. and they tell them ask them ahead of time and it's good because that way you know they can advertise it too and and so forth. The more the more advertising we have is uh the better because that that event is sort of like uh you know suffering and I to me it was one of my favorite ones. So let's see if we can it's a tradition you know just a picture from Yeah. through the chair. Yes. When we were at that meeting with the subcommittee meeting, remember there's another Yes. fishing. Yeah. They the legion the the the the legions. Yeah. The American Legions.

American Legion. They they do have another fishing tournament which which is not coincide with Father's Day. So, and again the town wants to combine them. Uh because I mean two fishing tournaments. One time I remember the Italy affairs wanted to do a fishing tournament for for the seniors for the seniors. I said just bring the grandpas. It will be a category. So, it's just I don't know why the committee want to just do their own thing when we can collaborate. I don't mind collaborating with other committees. And uh like with the 4th of July, we're going to get everybody involved. Okay. So, that's very important. Um when it comes to fishing licensing, we don't really require them, right?

Yeah. Fishing license is required from 16 to 65. Okay. So if if you fall into that and you're going to be fishing this, the guy's going to be checking. I mean, he's an official. So yeah, from 60 to 65, you require fishing less. So what happens would be fresh water or salt water. Here it's fresh water. Normally when they sign up, they have that um disclosure on on the website. I think when they sign up telling them that they have to sign up for the license like five bucks I think it was less I don't think it's the it's it's yeah for freshwater I don't think it's that much and also they they can sign up on the spot and their phones the ones that have done it like last years they were able to do it right on the spot to get their license

for the ones that are just walkings and it's a fish what is it called passion release so we're not we're not catching the fish to sell it but they still require the Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's how it makes money. Um Okay. So, I want I want to make the motion then to approve the budget. What's the total? It's um 916 including the the 500 from the town and then we're going to have another 500 from Herz law. 500. So, is a total of I just round it off to a,000. Yeah. So, we're covered then.

Yeah. I think we might have just one left over. We don't have any surprises. Yeah, don't just rank 500 sponsor 600 budget. Like so far I have it at 960. Perfect. Okay. Do I hear a motion to approve? I approve. Second. Okay. So, I made a motion. Second. Charles second. Yeah, Charles second. So all in discussion.

Um any favor? Is it already on event? No, no, not yet. Is it the same what we had as last year? Same time? Yeah, same everything. Same everything. Okay. And I think you also have the logo from the sponsor that he did last year. So it's going to be from 8:30 to 11:30. Yeah, we cut it down an hour last year because it got really hot. Okay. So, 8:30 to 11:30. So, we'll have to get old. Yes. So, there's an event, right? Enl that you guys did last year. Okay. All right. What was the ending time? 8:30.

11:30. Yeah, that's better, right? Yeah. Uh, I have the the weights. I don't know what else the weight of this one. I know you buy two. I have one, too. Yeah. What else do we need? I have the tickets. The tickets for Well, you have the list of what we need. Oh, and also the forms. We need those forms for the for the Yes, the forms for the the categories and the fishing pond. Yeah. Check Check your files. I don't know. So, I'll give you the original and he has to say 2026. Okay. And remember to sub. Well, you're you're not requesting anything for the time.

I'm not I'll just wait to get this approved. Yeah. Okay. So, uh just basically anything else that we need like the water we will need the juice. Yeah, I already have that saved on my thing. give me one. I can email it to you so you can pick them because I know that sounds like Amazon has the taxi something. Yeah. If it was Amazon last year for you also what I do is I buy the little packages that are fishes. Kids love it. Oh, okay. Oh, the fishes. That has been the good idea. Do you want me to add it? I mean, we're

Make sure that you get the little packages because one time it was order and it was like open and you don't want that. How many uh big expect to go to the Yeah. Well, it's it has changed because at the beginning we didn't have so many sports and stuff and now people they have sports that they need and so forth. Anyway, hopefully we'll if we get it well advertised and we we even call the the legion people to come they can they can participate. It's open to everybody. It's for the kids and the fathers. like 20. Okay. Maybe. Yeah. So, um that was approved.

Oh, you didn't vote. No, I am because I have water to donate. Do you have what? Water. Oh, water. You want to donate the water? Yes, I have water in my house. I don't use Okay. Okay. Donate. That was that much. And then we know how much extra to Okay. How many cases you have? I I need to uh Check with my husband. Sometime he he get from his little water little like 36 or I can know how much you have. Yeah. But then she can figure out how

Okay. Just talk to each other about it. That's fine. Yeah. Just let her know and then I'll send her like this is amount of water and then she could buy more. Yeah. But this day I can't vote because I am out of We have two cases. Oh, we can use that. We have two cases. I have it at home. I have water at home that was left over for or we can use that. We can use it for which we did run out of water that for the concert. No, it's We'll see. We have We'll have plenty of water. Okay. Well, the water's not that expensive, but I mean, if we order more

That's true. We ran out of water for the concert. Yeah, the concert. Yeah. Okay. Save it for the ran out of water. We have two cases of that. If we need to get more, I think we may need four. Anyway, um so uh all in favor of this budget, the 9 16 16 I I We already discussed it. All in favor? I miss carries. Want to confirm one more thing. So on the website we had it that the first 30 participants to arrive would have live bait. Same number. Yeah, that's the same amount. Okay. And then I think it's important, right, to put that on there because we don't want if a lot of people show up because bring their own bait. Correct.

Okay. And they're responsible for fishing poles, lions, books, their own equipment. Yeah, they need their own. Right. Because I'm trying to get my friend to like advertise him on my social media and he has like a huge following. So I don't want like this thing to explode and then not have the baby. Right. Okay. And then and then once the flyer is set, then you send it to us and then we can also advertise it on a social media. Is there any other details on the flyer that we want to say included open sponsors? I can't to no I I make another I can to make. Yeah. Okay. Let's uh

July one Juliet. Okay, this is next item is 7D. It's the 200 independence day celebration. We uh we had our subcommittee meeting on the Tuesday here. I think they made May 5th. May 5th.

Well, there we had an extensive Yeah. On how could I forget? Yeah. Everybody gave me I said, "Well, that's what they pick." Um, they look at me. Here we go. Uh, basically, and real quick, uh, the stage was selected, um, for, uh, or actually was the town wanted to do. They were nice enough to to provide us a big stage. uh which was important because the band that we're using for um for this event is um 34 or 36 members. It's a military band. They're going to play all kinds of music. They're going to at one point they're going to wear the uniform. It's going to be very hot that day. But um basically the stage light and sound is going to be done by lightex. Um and if you can read the notes is um they're doing everything. Um we are getting a list from from the band so the the DJ doesn't duplicate um

the music the music we have confirmation that William Perez from the veterans going to be our MC they wanted me to MC doesn't know and the band is the 13th Army band that's the correction on it's the 13th 13th okay army band and they're going to be you you know, they're going to provide us free of charge the national anthem singer. I don't know if it's a woman or a man. And thanks to Jackie, uh, this band is not costing us anything. Nice. So, we're saving we're saving money on on the band. Normally, it's like $50,000.

It's a do I have to redo the minutes to change the name of the band? No. Um, you can send me the update with it, but as long as it reflects in this meeting that I see that army remember that 13,000 13 this is why I listen to our meetings.

They put it and then the pledge of allegiance is going to be done by the American Legion and the veterans committee like they always do. uh the sponsorship letter has been uh provided has been kind enough to spearhead that we already have an official sponsor for the kids sound I think it's member no so we're working on the sponsorship so please let's help Elsa out with names so she can she knows a lot of people but it's good that we get sponsors the more the I mean the category do you have a copy of the sponsor chief pack of chef Email them also.

Oh, you have it. She has it. So, let me read it real quick. Okay. We have Does anybody have a prospective sponsor? I have an extra copy. Okay. So, basically these are the sponsor stage sponsors is $7,000,000. The platinum is 4,500. Hit stone is 3500 which we already have. It's only this one is only it's limited to one. The other ones we can have as many. The stage is important because you know wow that is pretty. So Baptist is the kids. Baptist

the silver is 1500 the bronze is a th00and and the deadline is June 18th. And this is the form that you know we can email them to you and you can tell us we don't want to get efforts so people sometimes we bombard people then then they get discouraging and then yeah let me let me let her handle it. She's encouraged of that. So and we also have a confirmation from Miami Automo. He hasn't told me what level. Yeah. as as soon as we get the money and I think Baptist already submitted the money then they become the official sponsor.

So if you know anybody give Elsa the name and she'll handle it. Okay, we're going to cover here. Yeah, hold on. Hold on. Uh we're going to have the good trucks and she was going to be here. He's not here.

He's not here. Uh the sensory zone with her levy is kind of we're doing the usual thing. She buys the stuff for the kids and I suggested that she just the kids, you know, give them little things like hats, stuff to make it more I mean they all from that era from that era. So then they blend, you know, very inside. I know they always film them and all that. So it be nice if they you keep the same. Um, we had the gates and I think Gerald being provided the a lot of the stuff she it wasn't a thing.

Yeah. wasn't the package for the subcommittee meeting. All plans are stopped and um I believe we needed to have a motion to include a red one and blue balloon in the entrance to the kids. The arch the arch

arch and uh I know you're going to speak. Let me let me uh u I know I think I have the list of the food. We're combining because I know you you will help the uh help out with that. The food trucks, they provided us preliminary list. You're going to provide us with a updated list. I'm hearing now and Oscar Omar is going to be helping with that. Um I received an email from today regarding um well is the list and the the so basically you know someone has to be there to help Oscar with the with the trucks the setup the setup uh we requested a site plan so we know where everything's going to be uh we're still I guess working on it and Um, Omar said that he had somebody volunteer to do the arch. I like to see it. They probably accept it because, you know,

of course. Yeah. Go ahead. The um I I have the the Instagram page. They're doing it for free. It's um Miami balloons. Um red, white, and blue. Simple red, white, and blue. They could do the the actual art. And also a couple of balloons stands around like columns. Yeah. Like a kind of almost create that imaginary fence, right? To you know, within the area. And they're willing to do that at no cost. is called Miami Miami Gathering.

We also That's Miami balloon garden. Yes. At the meeting, we also discussed having little red, white, and blue lights on the trees to make it more festive. I think this again, I don't know if you can do that, but we need approval from the community to take on this. I know it's free, but Oh, no. Yeah. Yeah. Just so the chair I have a question. Yes. Okay. Would that company be considered a sponsor? A product sponsor? Yeah, but I'm saying they can maybe, you know, be a product. Well, I I spoke to them and I said if they were approved and they could have their logo and their QR reader somewhere cost to what they provide.

Yeah. Just to have an idea what it is. Yeah. They say that could be if they were to charge for that, it's anywhere between $6 $800. Oh okay. Yeah. So yeah that's that's one of the discussion that we have inside committee meeting this is to approval from the rest of the committee and uh let me see what else uh member we also and I know this is taking longer than I want to but the thousand so anything under a thousand will not be considered a sponsor for that.

Right. Right. I don't know how much it is. She, you know, they gave me like a thousand the balloons for the what they said. It's like a thousand. They told me it's gonna be somewhere between 800 the little balloons. I'm sorry. Yeah, it could be anywhere between 800 to,00 if we decide to do you know like I said for we like to see it before. How how can how can we see my the page? Yeah, I have the Instagram page. uh send it to Isabella so she can we can we log into it or no? I don't have access to Instagram. Okay. Do they have a website? I can pull up the website.

Yes. A lot of people are doing just Instagram. Why don't they pay you through the chair? Usually when you contract people like that, sometimes they do the design and then send it to you. do this side and then send it across of the red, white, and balloon art. She can do that. She can b it up for you. It's It happened. She's done it before. Okay. that and then ask her just the get an invoice from her for what the total cost would be for so that we know the cost for sponsorship. They're just talking about that. Clarify.

Okay. Okay. Um again, let's continue with real quick. Uh there's going to be historic displace and reenactment. Justin met with Danny from Neil D. So he connected me with somebody else. I can't remember the guy's name now. and they were asking about the stipen and I said well I don't know what you are going to need in terms of cost for your actors for to do it I said so please let me know what that would look like you know and then I have to bring it up to the committee and see if it's something that they want to spend on that like you share this with you this is the link that I submitted last time and I got to print all the outfits and they're not expensive

and I told him about the outfits that you I said that we you know we would be providing the outfits you know, out to see which ones they You're super involved with the theater. Yeah. Would you mind um piggybacking on this with me just because you have you know that's Yeah. So that maybe you can go hey you know Justin emails about the so when I come on the u next meeting I have whatever they have to uh yeah something because I don't know them. 20 years. Yeah. So, if you can help me with that, that'd be awesome. I will proceed. Awesome. Thanks, Charles.

The charger said at the subcommittee that you were going to information about information that they were going to do the enactments. I don't remember. Yeah, the enactments and the costumes. The costume. Yeah. He said those are from Amazon. They're very inexpensive. I may even get one myself. I think we should also dress up for the occasion. It said, I mean, he basically said in the email that they're interested in it. They wanted to know what we were going to pay them to do is pretty much what they were asking, but I said, you know, we don't know what it is that you charge to do that. Right. So, so they need to submit an proposal, correct?

Okay. Um, so we're going to Are you okay with uh using these outfits if we can afford? Yeah, that was nice. Okay, just look just look around. Very nice. This organization is free. This very custom of the eh heroes free. They present and of gay night too. This is in show. Yes. They're they're actor they're actors or what if they're volunteers. Volunteers. Yeah. They have the all cost going to what what's the name of the group?

I don't remember but the contact is Kimber Kimberly Tes because they present will present in game night this Friday. Oh game night. Yes. Oh uh when is can you go and talk to them? Yeah I I will go there. Okay. Okay. And you asked to Kimberly what is the contract to request uh to going to the for July to free is it free? Okay. No, we can um because we're going to have another subcommittee meeting. We and as we get closer to the fourth we're going to I mean it's already May so we we may have two more to wrap up everything. But yeah. So Kimberly has the content. Kimberly traits.

Yes. I don't know. She used to be my neighbor. Okay. So, yeah, if we can get them and they already have the custom, you know, but yeah, very cute. And then they have the soldiers and they have the pioneer people. It's very nice. And they're not I mean, I thought they were going to be expensive. There's another website that they have the really expensive ones, but this I guess they're just to dress up, you know. So, u Okay. uh please look into that and um that way we can know how much it's gonna cost us and yes it will be nice if we get to create that ambiance in the park you know having the

festive and and the games I know it's games that we approve we uh want to have some of the games to per it otherwise the other ones are too um they have to have some kind of safety and so forth so let's keep the ones that way making it more get chaotic. So, but we'll use the same ones and then we'll just decorate the park with you know the red one and blue and oh and then I think it was Omar uh who said to have like a backdrop for people can go and get their picture taken and they can get their picture taken with the impersonators. So, so it's is to you know get people engaged in the whole event. So, um that's basically what the the motion that I want is to get approval for the the balloons and again we have to have cost attached to it. But um I'd like to make a motion to get approval for the uh kids on balloon and decoration. Uh it involves any money. Uh so we don't have to engage any. So there a motion regarding that motion.

You made it. No, no. I I made the motion to get the kids some balloons and decorations. um you know what I described what we want to do what we did in the subcommittee meeting so uh that's my motion then second second okay good not to exceed not to exceed not to exceed well you said it was free it's free so well it's free but it has to be compliment complimentary or okay so uh like and we're going to approve that declaration so Um, all in

paper. So, we're we're doing the balloons. Uh, what else? It was your music for America. Music for America. No, no, wait. No, we're already improved the everything of stuff with that. Fourth of July is is a big one. So, the next one, music for America.

Music for America. In your package, you have the the proposal for the the August concert. The price stay the same, 3,800. So, uh this, you know, the motion will be to they're going to do it from 7:30 to 9:30. The same thing that we do every year. Last year was very successful. So, hopefully we'll get faced this year. It's going to be uh 7:30 to 9:30 and 30 musicians. And the only thing that we need to make sure that we have is enough water when we the uh the fee is 3800 approved. Um I make a motion to accountable the cost of the music at the Americas for 1300 contest. Second it production discussion on this event we've been doing for over 15 years. So is and we have them back. So I'm very happy to have them back. Um so um all in favor

I Yes. Um your voice is I know I'm listening. So nice. So that's it for today.

So independence was approved. Approve book. Book. The agenda says September 10th, but it's not September 10th. It is September uh 17th. 17th. Yeah. Yeah. We moved it. We moved it. December 17. 17. Okay. Okay.

I think I found the book, but I wanted to bring it to everyone. Um there's a very dear person uh Elizabeth Castillo. This book is hot off the press is called Dear Healing Heart. Um basically, so you know, Elizabeth Catho shares her journey through special needs parenting in this memoir. the tender moments, the unspoken struggles, and the growth that emerges along the way. Uh, Elizabeth Castillo was born and raised here in Miami Lake. She doesn't live here, but that's she was born and raised here. She's a mother of a child with special needs, uh, Down syndrome. And she basically speaks about her journey. And what's been happening is that many times we hear about special needs and the children and that have special needs. But in this case, what about the parents and of children of of special needs? So I spoke to her and she's willing to come and speak uh free to our book talk regarding the our book, this book, her book. And I think it might be a good idea because we do have a committee in the town for special needs.

We have schools. Uh Maline is not here, but she teaches special needs in Ray Ali Gardens. So there's a lot in this community of people that I think who probably have an interest, but it's worthwhile knowing about anyway. Yes, it's very worthwhile knowing about. I bought the book. is uh Barnes & Noble and Amazon and um I just think you know I wanted to bring it to the community. I haven't even started reading. Oh, okay. Yeah. What do you think is something that I think it's something that that is going to um impact the

Yeah, impact impact people. Yes, definitely impact people. Uh she's a beautiful person and uh and u this has been her her vocation, her calling. Catholic child the child is about 9 years old that is a girl you know always smiling you know a beautiful through the chair since she's not charging would buy some books and have them available and then give her the proceeds and autograph we could we could do that we've done that before remember one time that we bought books and we we raffle them and gave her the proceeds you heard since she's matured

right and Then she also founded healing heart healing heart company. So she does have a foundation you know to continue Mhm. her work with this. So um wonderful. Can I make a motion? Will you make a motion? I want to make a motion that this year for book talk we have uh author Elizabeth Castillo in person present uh her book Dear Healing Heart. E I S T I L O Healing Heart. H E A R. No. What do you want? Castillo. Castillo. C A S. Elizabeth Castillo.

Elizabeth. C A S T I L. So Elizabeth Castillo I'd like to add that will be healing her you know buying the buying the books for giving her what was it for the foundation. No, from the healing heart foundation. Maybe to bring on the person to talk. We we hear about the the book. Yes.

Another person. No, the author. What we do is we invite people to come in person and then you have questions and answers, you know. So, you can ask questions. Sometimes uh the editor or any person in the to know about the books about the uh present the out the author talk to one one any for the from the house edition uh representative or any person we don't we don't need anyone else just the author who will present a often ask a question.

Yeah. Usually what we do is and and I might get some of the food donated for this event and then we always bring a bottle of wine and procco. All of us take turns bringing one. This year we might Excuse me. Okay. Last year we did. No, we had it donated last year. This year you want most likely. I'll let you know as it gets closer as we get closer to the to the election. What's the detail? Time. Usually we do this uh at 7 the book talk 6:30 or seven I can't remember now. Yeah that's why I'm questioning it.

Yeah but 6:30 because you have to give people a chance to come home go you know and be able to come so 9 usually do 6:30 we should be there at 6:30. Yeah should be there 6:30 to 9. So, you know, as we get closer, you can give us more information and update on, you know, status of the books, uh, how we're going to handle the donations and so forth. Okay. We don't I don't have much money. I've got $150. Yeah. No, I know. I know. So, uh, you know, how much is that? This one. How much is it? Is she charging anything? $16. Okay. But she's not charging.

No, he's she's not charging. She's not charging, which is good. No, because last time we had a sponsor. Yeah. Yeah, we had to get a spor I thought, you know, she's a local person. She was raised here and there's so many unfortunately children with special needs, but I think it's a good message out to the community. Very appropriate. So, let's make it already approved the the book. No, not yet. because you made the motion. You made that we approve your book uh Dear Healing Heart, Elizabeth Castillo, who will join us for book talk on the 17th of September. September. Yes.

At what is she arriving at 7 p.m.? Well, we'll see. I'll talk to the motion. Oh, and we're bringing a bottle. Well, that's not but the motion is to approve the part the book author Elizabeth Co. Yes, I'll second the motion um for discussion. Do you have enough like to buy books or do you need like for us to donate the books to? Yeah, I'm asking. Do you want Okay, I could do this. All right. Okay. How many 10? Yeah, 10 would be good. Thank you, Trin. I know you donated some last year. I'll get you 10 then. Perfect. Okay. So, um in Amazon they have for 16 months I think. Yeah. Yeah.

So, um the motion we second it discussed the motion itself because people get sidetracked and start talking about second. I'm sorry. Seconded by I second and she's gonna delay to raffle. Right. To wrap. Okay. But that's not the motion. The motion is the approval. No, the approval of the author and the book for book talk. So, everyone in favor? Everyone in favor? Cars. Okay, great.

Through the chair. Are we still going to give something to the lady for her expenses of coming back here? That's what I thought. We were going to sell the book, but if we're going to donate the book, she's still not getting anything. So, she's still going to spend $400 or $500 coming here to do the presentation. Is she? No. No. She's local. She's local. Oh, I thought you said that uh she had to come back here. No, she lives she was raised here, but she lived in Miami. No, no. Yeah, she lived in Miami. No, no problem expenses for her. Oh, no.

Okay. So, everything is working out, you know. just is getting the publicity of the flyer, the social media, putting it in my in in event bride in the my, you know, the all of that that people are going to be buying her book. So that's at least 10 books for her. So it's good. Yeah. Yeah. You put a rough like I I one donate a um uh the little piece of the book to separate book.

Oh, the paper uh bookmark. Okay. Okay, donate. I can put uh the logo for the for the cultural affairs and later my uh website or you are or maybe for my print company. You're going to be a sponsor then? Yes. It's okay for for all. I mean I' I've had other members sponsor events. So yeah. Yeah, it's free. Yeah, it's free. Okay. So you get we get a bookmark. Really nice. We we need to approve. I know the counties. I I approve. It's an excellent idea. It's very nice.

And promote the the next book uh we need that anything any graphics has to be approved by us. Of course, write it down because they have the little you know criteria for all the graphics. Of course, first I I pass the next time and review it and have time review. Yeah. Okay. Okay. move on to the next one. Spending a gentleman.

Um, so I'll look deeper into this flyer because I just saw it today and I didn't pay to see it in the thing. Um, but the time is wrong. So, um, it's 4 to 9:00 p.m. for the event. Um, I know Isabella's uh work was working with Isle and I saw an email go out today about trying to see if the county would provide at least a stage for us so we won't have that cost because they do have the the mobile stages. Um, I started sending out to the vendors that I had that were interested the sign up form. So, if you guys have anybody who's interested in um selling, you know, Hispanic re Hispanic culturally related items at this event or even if it's something has like, you know, some connection of that, um send them our way or um I can send you all the or Isabella can send you all the um the link that they can sign up.

Please send them the link. Um, it's a $100 for each vendor. And that's also gonna obviously maximum tents are you going to have? Uh, well, that's that's the other part of it. Yeah, because um

so we originally were going to do it on the old part of Main Street and then um the Grams informed me that there's possibility that there's going to be construction on Main Street at that time starting maybe in September. So, uh, we we were discussing about moving it to the new section of Main Street. So, across right in front of Chelas and also where, um, Estraga used was used to be and taking over that whole section in the front there, which actually is going to I think work well. Part of part of the main street, too. Yeah, we can go down Main Street if we need to connect even more.

Not not too much because it gets into the residential block is fine because Yeah. you know, we'll wrap it up. I don't mean to annoy you, but Shell is pretty noisy. Yeah. And Chel was is going to be loving that because it'll be they'll be kind of the center of attention there. Um and then doing the stage and the there's a grassy area right next to Chelas on the left. So do the main stage there and do the secondary stage against the wall um by uh on Miami Lakes A House. Okay. So that they're separate. So that will be smaller stage on by the Ae House. So like similar to what we use for the Main Street live there and then the larger stage over here and then seating in front of the stage area for the main stage and the smaller stage would probably be more like people walking around and stuff

so then I mean I was looking at the layout there. There's a lot What's nice there too is you have a lot of the sidewalks that kind of just like random sidewalks there that are perfect for putting vendors lined up against it. that you have a lot of rows that you can use there. Um so in theory actually may work out better there. Yeah. Yeah. Um so now the next thing is going to be um collaborating with the restaurants that are on Main Street and seeing if they want to have like a like popup location at the event. So maybe they're going to be selling maybe something like more specialty that they obviously won't have their full menu, but maybe they'll sell something special for them, you know, and that will work out really well. I think too and if people want to eat no freezing this time going to have to buy.

Yeah. And if people want to eat at the restaurant for the restaurant, they can go to the main restaurant, of course.

Um what else? Um obviously performers are still being worked on. There's a few that have um the the free performers. there's local schools and stuff that are doing dance pro promoting their dance schools doing um u like salsa or you know different kinds of um representations of the different cultures and dance- wise and obviously um I've just been waiting in terms of booking any kind of paid performers because I don't know costwise what we're going to be incurring. So, if I know that we're getting the stage for free, then we have a little bit more money to work with in terms of getting like a really strong I really want somebody who has a following to attract people.

Otherwise, it's just going to be, you know, so I really I would that's the goal is to really get somebody like that as the the so then we can promote this person performing here, right? And then that would be really the

Yeah. Um, I messaged my friend who works for Demundo uh as well and she's working on to see if maybe they can help us promote and um and get the word out there and maybe be a part of the event as well. Um, and again for the committee, do you guys have anybody that you can think of vendor-wise or even sponsors? Because obviously the more money we have, the bigger we can make this event and the better we can make it. And the whole goal is to bring people to Miami Lakes and have them experience, you know, some of what we have to offer here, people who have never been here. So, yeah, the more we can do, the better.

I'd like to add that I spoke to um former member Morelis and her daughters um they attend or they're part of the dancing academy. Okay. And I wanted to bring them for the main short notice. So maybe in the future. So I told her the the event for the Hispanic dances. So they have enough time for them to rehearse. I don't know how much it's going to charge. Maybe they do free. But I'll follow up with her and say that, you know, if we as a committee approved to have, you know, a dance group. Do you have another dance group already? Yeah. There's Dan City and the other one. There's two of them. Jerry has danced because that's where

Yeah. My granddad. Yeah. Oh, is city the same the same? I think we're talking about the same thing. We've contacted everybody. I don't I don't think GG's I don't think Jesus responded to us. You're talking about I I know the the mother of Gigi and Gigi too. Don't blame me to They have But they have a group that I'm trying to think. The one the ones that we contacted were all they had like groups that specialized in some kind of Hispanic.

Yeah, there's some Gaza represents in town in um in the lights festivals. She present in Miami lights for she born here. If you guys have contacts at any of these places, feel free and and to kind of lead it and then connect me with them and that way it's already the connection's been made. A lot of these studios since we're people that they don't know, it's like a random connection. But if you know somebody that's a good person. Yeah. And we like the school idea because obviously those people will bring families and stuff to the event and that's the goal.

That's what we do at our you know we had one time we had one time years ago. We did it actually on the tech stage and it was our one of our first Hispanic here and it was a dance academy and it was fabulous. Um especially the flamingco ones. So um they're going to ask about the stage right away and the size. Yeah. So my fear with the stage that the county gives you. Yeah. I have they have really the county will provide it for free but it's not a good looking stage. It has like it's all metal. It's you know I think the one that we do for the main street live is is nicer.

The one that they had at because they had one at Cars for the cure and the reason Sorry for the reason so small is because we can have the cars because we use them in the other show. I'm not sure which one was that the other question. Well, they're going to come back. That's what I Yeah, cuz I think they have different sizes. That's what she was saying. Give us a size actually. We can Jose and see what size he can

because the one for the uh uh spring festival is a huge thing and it's covered and everything. Okay. Yeah. Any any help with that kind of stuff is to the contact for them. Yeah. It's the same guy that Jose. Yeah. And through the chair also too. Uh I think it was um the Graham K8. They have a large Hispanic u they always perform for the Veterans Day parade. So they have like 35 or 40 kids that do all the different kind of dances and such. I don't know. I think I think now M and she had K M I thought that's what she uh I don't know.

Yeah, I think that's what she had. So we we'll coordinate with her and see if they can get the contact because what's next school year anyway? Yes. the same thing this variety of you know Spanish, Mexican, package Columbia and and the idea that I also had is for each booth that is different foods to to do like we always do get the consulate to give us handouts so people learn about that culture the food and stuff that way it's not a mix and match and people are eating and they don't even know what what country it is and so it's like our mission says uh for the benefit and if they know a lot about other citizens

through the chair to what your idea is. I've been contacting um I'm hoping that they come through um uh Pace High School which I used I attended to see if the high school students can do it as a project. So they'll have different booths. We'll have our the booths spread out throughout the event for the different countries and they'll be run by high school students that it was like a project. They had to put together a booth um representing that country and and the and the different details of it and that kind of thing so that way people have information the schools do that all the time the Hispanic one and you do a different country. So I figured high school would probably be the best or it would be the most

Yeah. uh elevated.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Let's move on. The next item, new business, special committee and proposed budget. Uh in your package, you have the list. Let me see something that we we we did it last year. So, we have what we have and what we we want to do and our wish list. Um so uh I know some committees um are short of money and uh we you just add how much we want in the wish list. Um the proposed budget. Uh Isabella, can you update us a little bit on this because I know we have to present it. We do the wish list and then we do it like a like a package or something and it's going to be presented on the 4th at this. We only had I think 10 15 minutes to present but it's going to be quick because this is what we want and so forth. We did it last year and unfortunately we didn't get anything. So

but it's an exercise that they make us do every year. So uh so let's go down the list real quick.

And then this these are all events that we we have from the beginning. So some of them we don't do anymore. Um, special events cultures committee. Nothing. Culturers committee. Nothing. Art in the park. Araso. Oh, as a matter of fact, this is one of our our years ago. This was a one of our vasel events. And you know it's it's something that you know I think we should bring back as and I think we did it uh or mentioned it one time about um art around town. I think this is actually I think it was in the budget for something that we did. Uh so that was the poster that they did and and it's good because it's called night of art and culture. So I don't know who do the design

late December. Kind of December too. December. Yeah. It was it was something for our vassel that Neil wanted to do. Yeah. To make it. It was very successful. We had Barbara Baron bring her to art and uh it was very nice. We had a guitar player. But that that's the flyer. It's very pretty. I think it's simple and it's I don't know what year it was but it was it was done. Just pass it on. Sure. Could we increase the uh the Black History Month uh fund search? If not, we may have the same problem again next year that we have this year because you know what happened? You cannot just give them the money.

Yeah, I know. I'm just saying. Even Even if we don't get it, we ask for it. Okay. So, let's go down the list. We're down to our castle 500. Uh let's get to our 500. I'd have to draw a line to forget the ebooks. That way I don't get everybody has a copy of this. Yes. What time is it? 11.

Okay, let's see. Never end this. But anyway, this is important. Okay. So, number is called Miami or something else. Basel. Okay. So our

basel keep it at the same time the same amount you add 500. Okay. Black history month you uh right now it's 3,000 now. Right now it's 3,000. So remember add to that you will need to add the cost of the facility. paying the sun guide. That's about what 150 plus I'll be about uh 3 about 75 uh 30 3750 3700 3750

3700 should next one is a book reading and that again is is combines the the two it was it was it was Mrs. Cross Mrs. class and a book and the regular book.

So um this year we're thinking of maybe uh collaborating with education advisory no task force they already have a sense and the Mrs. cost. Maybe we can, you know, use some money for them and then we think they're less booked up or increase them to 900 4,000,000. Yeah. Put a thousand dollars to come. Yeah. More concert in the fairway. That's the money that's being moved to uh Main Street.

Main Street. Uh I would say increase it to to cover the food to um let's say 11 is not more than let's say 11 11,000 11,000 worst case scenario. Um concerts I think this is the 5,000 that's the no

in the Americas. Um, I would keep it the same. I think we're okay with and we get sponsor. The thing is that we get sponsors for the major ones and then these need sponsors too and we never get so we we stuck with with the budget that we have uh car show. We don't have any more. Let's jump to Fourth of July. We have 11,000. Um, of course the town provides a lot of stuff too because they pay for the fireworks. the stage this year. So, should we make it 12? Let's make it 12.

Um, fishing tournament. Um, keep that. And as long as we have a sponsor, we're okay, right? Yeah.

Hispanic heritage. I think that one needs some to increase it. Justin, how much? 3,000. What you need? 500 event.

Yeah, whatever you think. I mean, we'll figure go four. That's fine. Huh? 4,000. You're so good. Justin, why am I Junth more? What's your love story? I can't do anymore. Let's jump back to spring plane and a picture. You want to increase? No, that's plenty. 750. Uh, Scott is going to do anymore. Women history month. Um, what should we provide this report? Okay. How much does she want? 500.

Yeah. 500 more than 4,000. She want four grand and they grants and aids or is this is this like donations? Yes, that would be donations from the committee to in other words we donate. I don't think we have money to donate. What is it about 40,000? I don't know. Okay. Can we add Somebody add this up? 500. Are you adding edge somebody get yours? Yeah. Math does not just count it out.

37 3,700 1,000 Uhhuh. 11,000 5,000 12,000 500 4,000 750 and 4,000. Yeah, maybe the 600. That's um 42,450. I said 41 42,000 450 450 Okay, so that's an increase of how much? Uh 42,450. Yeah, cuz I took out 39. You still have 39 3800.

38500. What we're asking for? 3951. No, no. 42 42,450 minus 38,500 3,950 950 yeah 3950 So that's not okay that's Oh 4,000 no we're asking 4,000 more it's 42450us 38500 is 3950 okay

and worst case scenario if we don't get the money from the town. This is how much we need from sponsorship to spread it for each event, whatever, because definitely for the Black History Month, we do need sponsors for that. So, I'm just telling you that we need sponsor for this. Um, the reading, you can get the books. We need sponsors. So, I'm just telling you. Um the let me ask you Isabella. I know the economic development for the matrix live because I know the chamber said they were going to sponsor but did they ever get

I haven't received the check for April or May sponsored. That's why I said the logo last year we did their logo and they so I'm going to talk to the other people. to actually because they're they're working they're working with the marketing and the promotion and all that but if they say they're going to come in I mean they need that's why I said don't put yeah we okay so yes definitely we need more

and then the concert is you can get sponsors for for music of the Americas that will be good so all these sponsors. I know the big ones.

Fourth of July. So that's what we Yeah, we do get that one. Picture. No, that's fine. That's fine. This is fine. We do that. And there's the other one is women's room. amount. Okay. So, um I'm going to clean this up, submit it to Sabella, and then that day, um we'll present it and see what they say to us. Okay. This is going to be presented in June. June. Yeah. But we needed to have it ready by when?

The deadline is in April 22nd. So along with this budget that you're all discussing, remember that you also have to do the dates for your proposed events, the estimated attendance for your events from last year, um number of sponsorship dollars for the event that was collected at each event in the prior year. Can you provide me through that because I don't I don't have Do you know your attendance an estimate? We have we actually have the that's what that's the reason I was request for the it goes on the bottom event form because the post event because here we know how many people attended. So

so all that information goes on this template that you use Alicia all your events for this year and then the event dates. Okay. And then if there's any Exactly. Fill in this Excel so I can fill it in. Yeah. Okay. So I if I have anything that I need from you I'll ask. Exactly. Yeah. So by the 22nd that's almost here. Okay. So um I'd like to make a motion to approve our wish list for the 26 27 here. Second by Jackie. Uh discussion we already discussed this. Um in favor

I again motion carries. I will be working on this and uh present it. I think we approve the numbers and and the numbers is we don't disapprove the attendance or whatever but these numbers we approved and we're submitting it on June 4th and the deadline is May 22nd. Okay, thank you very much. Um let's move on to the next item real quick. Call for artist registry proposal. I know we have a artist musician registry already but we don't get too many artists in that. I think we I have something I'm working with some artists potential you know something I don't want to discuss it here because I don't have all the information and I don't want to confuse we I would like for I I don't know if I is back or how she can do it just do one for just artists and maybe have like a call for artists so they can get all the local and we may get people from outside to participate. So it's something to you know revive the the art scene manipulates because I mean we have a beautiful town but still some things need to be done. So I'll have more information next next meeting and then we uh we'll discuss it more but I definitely need to get started on this artist registry. So uh we'll talk more about it Isabella see how we can do it but it has to be separate from the musicians. So, we don't want to mix them up.

Okay. And our organization one is very lengthy and they keep calling me and asking to enter. Um and then the last item which is AC which we added um I I got an email from the Miami Lakers um recommending if we wanted to have a you know an ad in the paper. I don't think we need it. Uh because that event, the 4th of July is pretty pretty much uh um well attended. So, but if you really want to have something because it's a historic one. So, uh it's up to you. You want to do buy an ad in the paper. I have to check how much it's going to cost us or maybe get a discount from Linda. I mean, she always puts stuff from us. So, so but I think this is part of the advertising uh department or something but I wanted to bring it up because you know in case you want uh we can get a full page or any size u so if we approve it the town will work we need to work on the positive thing with the ad is I wouldn't say a whole page but maybe even half a page that should be around $800900 $100. But if we have sponsors, then the logos going to so that's an additional publicity for the sponsors, you know.

That's something that Yeah. Plus, she had do the 250th, you know, commemorating the 250th anniversary historic. It will be part of the document. We just have to find out what the the size how much Linda would charge for that. Okay. So, page. Okay. Um, would you like to make Yeah, I would like to make a motion that we consider doing a half a page ad in the Miami Lake include the sponsors to include right to include the the sponsors for this year's u 4th of July. Could I could I Okay, let's make a motion,

second it, and then we discuss and then we approve it. We have to, you know, approve the motion. So make a motion. What I wanted to say was depending the size. No no no that the way it works she makes the motion somebody second it and then we discuss and that from that discussion we decide yeah or okay. Yeah. Did you get the motion? Get the motion. Can you repeat it if you don't mind? Please do. Alicia made a motion. No. Oh, I also made a motion to u pay for a half page ad that would include the sponsors um advertising 4th of July.

Okay, we'll second it. Just second it. We second it. No, we're still under discussion, right? No, no, we have to. Yeah, I can second. Okay, you second. Okay, discussion. Seconded by what will be the ideal budget? Because how about if it's a little bit more we get the full page like what would be the ideal budget to spend on that? Uh my experience but that has been a few years a half a page would run you around 7 to700 to $800 for half a page in club. Okay. I mean I ideally would be nice to figure out what the price is, right? That's why for the full page

we have to have to find out. I think they have it. They have it. It's 875 per issue for half a page horizontal and 900 vertical per I wasn't far. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me write this down and then you can continue. 815 for horizontal. No, 875. Oh, 875. 875. Half of you know that they'll just give us that color. Horizontal. Okay, let me write it down. Half a page 875 horizontal and book page 900 vertical 900 vertical or half a page half a page. Yeah.

Okay. So now we have a class. Uh anybody else who would like to is this gohead. Seeing as we have such a a fairly close connection with Linda. Is it Linda? Linda. Yeah, I think we should inquire as to whether or not she would indeed give us any discount. I think the town has a contract with them, right? Uh as per that email that I got from the contract, but he's happy for an advertisement before in the mining. Yeah.

Yeah. She said, "Bring it to the attention and they'll do the graphics and um I think they naturally already advertise certain events in the Miami Library. It's just if you want more of an advertisement, you have to pay all of that." Yeah. Yeah. So, so through the chair, is this done? Yeah. Dr. Okay. go through the chair. Is this for cultural affairs to to advertise? What in the town going to advertise it and all the other committees going to advertise?

No, no, no. This is just us. Remember the 4th of July is our event. The 4th of July is the cultural affairs event. It's our signature event that we've been doing since 200 two I think or three. So the other committees that you know participate like the elder not elderly the veterans and the special needs uh and so forth. So you know it's it's just the decision is do we want to advertise or not we are discussing it is but the funds will come out on the 4th of July.

Yes. Okay. Any more discussion? All in favor? I raise your hand. Okay. Keep keep it up. Keep it up. Okay. One, two, three, four, five, six. Okay. Oh, here. Seven. Okay. So, seven. So, seven in favor to do that. And then this is just a one time thing. Yeah. One time thing. Yeah. And the idea is like you said, if we get the sponsor's name on it, we we can, you know, it's an extra publicity. It's an extra publicity

because they it's a day and this is going to be in pre so people going to see their name prior to and even if they don't go to the event because the the sponsors get their name on the screen and so forth. So, okay. So motion passes. Thank you. Seven. And if anybody was against it was Charles. Okay. One against Charles. So this is Yes. And this is okay. Good. And then we'll work further. We'll make it better. Sure. It's 8:30. If you want feedback now, we need to like kind of get it rolling though. So whatever feedback we can start working on.

Okay. Uh how would you improve this? I mean what would be the difference? You know uh I think I think we need to make it more likely that it feels strict. Look at the difference. Look how clean this is. Simple but it has color. It's this is very monochromatic. It's too black. I know. And then we have to add information on it. I think it's that beigy yellowish background. I found that throws you off. But that is the composition. Yeah. Graphic designer. I am graphic designer. I mean I will put you to work.

The blog are more hard and compete with the pile and compared to the information. information absolely same fly as last year if you guys want to not change it up the same repeated I mean the idea I mean I like that one better the the design if you want I I

No what you need to do is sit down with your Dallas which is what I did for the anniversary one and mark it up if we can change that a little bit um I can give you the one from last year I don't want it Because lately we've been using the same flyers. I get confused when I look for flyers. It's the same flyer or we do it a day. I like to create things every year different so people see otherwise the same old fly. But there's a a time here. We need it as soon as possible. As soon as possible. See you tomorrow. Okay. For me not. Okay. Okay. So you have one. Yes.

What you need to do is sit down with and then we need to approve it. Okay. Isabella is okay. Tomorrow and you can read me propos another remember if 250th anniversary. I really don't see that little little there's a there's a little bit that says celebrate 250. No. Yeah, we can put the logos on here. Well, we already have the for our branding guidelines. If you want to just design a look, we'll go from there. But either way, we're going to have to add all the logos for the sponsors and all of that. No, the loss for the Miami. Yeah, we can add it on our end. The cultural affairs.

Yeah, those are the two main ones. And I think they can I think and then we have see the sensory. They always get advertised. Uh I don't know if we have the logos. No, they need Yeah. No to make the design. Yeah, I you have I have them. I have them. You can send me Yeah, I can send you those. Thank you. But we and with this information I redesign look at send her the the old one but I don't want it to look exactly like the old one because it's like repeating uh it's basically

so you normally the criteria that you know my my cousin who's a former journalist is retired now is the what when where and when. Those are the four things. what

through the chair 833. So, okay. So, um so again you're going to vote on that. Thank you. Any any announcements? Through the chair, what what time is the June 4th meeting? 6:30. 6:30. Okay. Thank you. 630 and then I'll have this information for you by the 22nd. Okay.

Okay. Any announcements, Charles? Anything? Okay. Um, our next meeting is going to be June 10th. Uh, it's going to be after this June 4th meeting. So, motion to adjourn at 8:30 vote. Second. Thank you very much for your patience and I think we get a lot of comfort. We got a lot of stuff. Yes. Right.