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GONNA CALL THE MEETING[Citizen Homeless Commission on April 13, 2023.]
TO ORDER.UH, THE TIME IS NOW 3:01 PM AND BERNITA, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL FOR US? YES.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND CALL THE ROLL.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOURSELF.
PRESENT, VICE CHAIR OWENS PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, LET ME MAKE SURE I CAN SEE EVERYBODY ON CAMERA.
COMMISSIONER CLAPTON HALL PRESENT.
AT THIS TIME, CHAIR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
AND SO THE MINUTES FOR MARCH 9TH, 2023.
CAN YOU CUT OUT? I'D BE HAPPY.
MOTION IF YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? IT? COMMISSIONER? I CAN NOW.
IT LOOKED LIKE EVERYBODY WAS MUTED.
PERHAPS YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE VOTE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND REPEAT THE VOTE, PLEASE.
YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL REPEAT THE VOTE.
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? EVERYONE WHO'S ONLINE? OKAY, GREAT.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GARNER AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR OWENS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR MARCH 9TH, 2023.
COMMISSIONER SILHAN IS THE SECOND.
HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED, UH, FOR MARCH 9TH, 2023.
WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM.
UH, BY DIRECTOR CROSSLEY, WE HAVE DIRECTOR CROSSLEY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU TODAY, DIRECTOR.
AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AS SOON AS YOU GET THERE.
HE'S GONNA BE CO-PRESENTING TODAY.
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INTRODUCE OURSELVES HERE BEFORE WE GET STARTED.CHRISTINE CROSLEY, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, CITY OF DALLAS DIRECTOR, ARE YOU, ARE YOUR MICS ON? SORRY,
I'LL BE SITTING IN FOR MY DIRECTOR.
I'M KEVIN ODEN FOR THE INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS OFFICE.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICE.
UM, AND WE SHOULD HAVE SOMEONE HERE FOR THE CITY MARSHALS, BUT IN THEIR ABSENCE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THEIR SLIDES FOR THEM.
SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE PLEASE.
CHRISTINE, I'M ON, I'M ONLINE AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME IN THE CHAMBERS.
YOU, THIS IS CHRIS CHRISTIAN, DIRECTOR OF COCO COMPLIANCE.
WELL GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR COMMISSION MEMBERS.
TODAY WE ARE HERE TO GO OVER THE CONTINUED PROGRESS OF THE HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE OR HEART TEAM APPROVED AS A 2.5 MILLION MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL HOMELESSNESS CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM BY CITY COUNCIL IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 WITH A RAMP UP PERIOD OF OCTOBER THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 2022.
PARK CAME FULLY ONLINE IN DECEMBER OF 2022.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE TEAM HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY.
TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT'S COMPRISING HEART ARE HERE TO GIVE A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF EACH TEAM COMPONENT, OUR ANTICIPATED GOALS, PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO DATE, AND NEXT STEPS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS OF OUR OPERATIONS THUS FAR, AND THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN FINE TUNE THEM AND HARNESS DATA TO INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY.
AS STATED, OH, ACTUALLY, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
AS STATED, THE HART TEAM WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2022 TO 2023.
HART IS DESIGNED TO EXPAND THE CITY'S OUTREACH FOOTPRINT TO MORE QUICKLY SOLVE EXTREMELY UNSAFE ENCAMPMENTS BY RESPONDING WITHIN A 24 TO 48 HOUR WINDOW OR ONE TO TWO BUSINESS DAYS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS.
THE PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF TWO UNITS KNOWN AS THE PRIMARY TEAM OPERATING IN SH UH, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEAMS OPERATING IN SHIFTS, GUARANTEEING FULL COVERAGE FOR ALL CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY, EIGHT TO SEVEN, 8:00 AM TO 7:00 PM THESE ARE SUPPLEMENTED BY ANCILLARY DEPARTMENTS AS NEEDED KNOWN AS THE SECONDARY TEAM.
IT'S THE MAIN TEAM THAT RUNS IN TWO SHIFTS, IS THE PRIMARY TEAM, AND THEN ANCILLARY IS SECONDARY.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE WE SEE, HERE WE SEE THE PRIMARY TEAM DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE PRESENTING HERE TODAY.
THESE COMPRISE THE TWO UNITS THAT COVER ALL CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY, 8:00 AM TO 7:00 PM MINUS MOBILE CRISIS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE PRIMARY TEAM.
THE SECONDARY TEAMS ARE EQUALLY AVAILABLE AS NEEDED BY THE PRIMARY HEART TEAM, BUT DO NOT CONSISTENTLY ACCOMPANY THE MAIN TEAM TEAM AT ALL TIMES.
THE OH HS PORTION OF THE TEAM AND LARGER PRIMARY UNITS ARE SPLIT INTO TWO TEAMS PLACED IN A NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN LOCATION THROUGHOUT EACH WEEK TO ENSURE EQUITABLE AND QUICK ACCESS TO ALL DISTRICTS.
OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE AS LISTED BELOW.
NUMBER OF SERVICE REQUESTS CLOSED WITHIN 10 DAYS.
NUMBER OF SERVICE REQUESTS PENDING CLOSING NUMBER OF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS RECEIVED PER WEEK.
NUMBER OF ENCAMPMENTS VISITED, NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED NUMBER OF HM I S ENTRIES MADE, AND THE NUMBER OF, NOT PANHANDLER, BUT ILLEGAL SOLICIT, ILLEGAL SOLICITORS ENGAGED.
THE O HS STAFF POSITIONS CONSIST OF ONE SUPERVISOR AND SIX OUTREACH STAFF, ALL OF WHICH ARE FILLED.
THE OH HS PORTION OF THE 2.5 MILLION BUDGET APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IS $644,968 WITH AN ESTIMATED 300,950 INCURRED TO DATE.
NOW I WILL HAND THE PRESENTATION OVER TO CODE DIRECTOR CHRIS CHRISTENSEN TO OUTLINE CODE COMPLIANCE PORTION OF THE TEAM.
THANK YOU CHRISTINE, AND GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, CHRIS CHRISTIAN, DIRECTOR OF COCO COMPLIANCE AND I WILL TALK ABOUT OUR ABATEMENT ARM AS PART OF THE HEART TEAM.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
CODE COMPLIANCE SERVICES RESPONSE TO ISSUES RELATED WITH
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HOMELESSNESS WITH TWO TEAMS. THE HART TEAM, WE HAVE THE ABATEMENT ARM OF THE HART TEAM, THE IN OUR NUISANCE ABATEMENT DIVISION.THIS TEAM WAS FUNDED OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AND CLEANS ENCAMPMENT SITES AS REFERRED FROM OH H S TO HART.
OUR CURRENT PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THIS TEAM IS TO ABATE ALL HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT REFERRALS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF RECEIPT FROM O H S HART AND ABATEMENT OF ALL HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT REFERRALS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIPT FROM OH HS AND HART.
AND THE REASON FOR THE SEVEN DAYS FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY IS IN COCO COMPLIANCE.
WE HAVE A DUE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW.
WE HAVE TO ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A TIME TO VOLUNTARILY COMPLY THE LITTER OR DEBRIS THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE WE CAN CLEAN IT UP FOR 'EM.
BECAUSE THOSE CLEANUPS DO OFTEN RESULT IN LIENS AND BILLS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL RECEIVE FOR OUR SERVICES.
IN ADDITION TO THE HART TEAM ABATEMENT ARM, WE ALSO AS A PILOT PROGRAM, STOOD UP A LITTER REMOVAL TEAM IN JANUARY AS A PILOT.
UM, THE L R T IS SCHEDULED TO OPERATE THROUGH JUNE 1ST, 2023, AND THE L R T FUNCTIONS PROACTIVELY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THEY FIND, UH, LITTER SITES OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH HOMELESS ACTIVITY, BUT NOT ACTIVE ENCAMPMENTS UNDER BRIDGES ALONG SERVICE, ROADS, FREEWAY ENTRIES AND EXITS, AND ALSO ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
THE CURRENT PERFORMANCE METRIC FOR OUR L R T TEAM IS THE ABATEMENT OF EIGHT RIGHT AWAY LE LETTER SITES PER DAY.
FOR STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT OF THE HEART ABATEMENT TEAM, THIS TEAM WAS FUNDED TO OPERATE WITH A 30 YARD COMBO ROTO BOOM.
THAT'S OUR BIG TRUCK WITH A ROLL OFF ON THE BACK WITH THE, WITH THE ELECTRIC ARM THAT WILL GO OUT AND PICK UP YOUR BULK TRASH AND DEBRIS.
ALSO AN F FIVE 50 WITH A HEAVY DUTY, HEAVY DUTY TRAILER TO HAUL A BOBCAT AND ALSO A REAR LOADER TRASH TRUCK.
THE HART TEAM WAS FUNDED WITH EIGHT POSITIONS OF WHICH I BELIEVE SIX ARE FILLED.
CURRENTLY, UM, THE LITTER REMOVAL TEAM IS OPERATING WITH FOUR RENTAL TRUCKS AND TWO CITY TRUCKS, A REAR LOADER TRASH TRUCK.
THE SIX CREWS OPERATE WITH EIGHT CITY STAFF AND 12 TEMPORARY STAFF TO SERVICE ABATEMENT SITE CITYWIDE.
AND JUST TO NOTE, AS OF MARCH 20TH, 2023, THE L R T HAS COMPLETED 1,117 SITE ABATEMENTS AND REMOVED APPROXIMATELY 310 TONS OF LITTER FROM CITY OF DALLAS STREETS.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE DALLAS MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
AND I BELIEVE AS THEY'RE NOT HERE, I SAID I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THEIR SLIDES.
UM, WE CAN TAKE DOWN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE FOR THE MARSHALS TO GET BACK TO THEM AT THE END.
SO THE MARSHALS OPERATE UNDER THE LEGAL LIMITATIONS AS SET FORTH IN THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
PENAL CODES AND RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE INVESTIGATIVE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES AT ALL.
HEART SCENES STAFFING FOR THEM ARE TWO DEPUTY MARSHALS DEDICATED FULL-TIME TO HEART.
TWO MARKED VEHICLES ARE USED FOR INCREASED VISIBLE PRESENCE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROGRAM COST ALLOCATION IN THE 2.5 MILLION BUDGET WAS 396,269.
SALARY COSTING CARD TO DATE IS AN ESTIMATED 32,240,000.
AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, ACTUALLY, UM, AS PART OF THE HEART RESPONSE, THE CITY MARSHALS CREATED OUR SECURITY PLAN, WHICH IS ACROSS THREE TIERS.
AND SO TO GO BROADLY OVER THIS, AND IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE'VE IMPLEMENTED ACROSS ALL OF OUR ENCAMPMENT, UH, REMOVALS, CLEANINGS, DECOMMISSIONING THROUGH THE HOMELESS, UH, DALLAS REAL-TIME RAPID RESPONSE SYSTEM.
ALL OF THOSE ARE UNDER TIER ONE THROUGH THREE.
AND SO TIER ONE IS AN ENCAMPMENT CLEANING ONLY.
THERE'S NO INTELLIGENCE ON A THREAT OF, UH, VIOLENCE AND THE SECURITY THAT THAT ENTAILS.
TIER TWO IS WE HAVE INTELLIGENCE THAT THERE MIGHT BE, UM, ACTIVISTS AT THE LOCATION PROTESTING.
AND SO WANTING TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE WHILE PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING THEIR, UH, FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, THE SECURITY THAT THAT ENTAILS, UH, TIER THREE HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE.
WE DON'T EXPECT THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
UM, BUT KNOWN, UM, KNOWN PROTESTING INCLUDING, UH, POTENTIAL HIGH POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE OPEN CARRY.
AND SO AGAIN, WANTING TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE AND PROACTIVELY HEAD OFF ANY POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE, UM, AND THE SECURITY THAT THAT ENTAILS.
UH, AND AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO AD PAUL RAMONE FOR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS PAUL RAMONE WITH DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
I'LL BE PRESENTING FOR, UH, THE UNIT.
UH, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES RECEIVE FUNDING TO PROVIDE TWO FULLY SUPPORTED
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AND EQUIPPED ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS.THESE OFFICERS PROVIDE SITE SECURITY AND ANIMAL WELFARE ASSESSMENTS.
THE TEAM OFFERS SITE SECURITY RELATED TO LOOSE STRAY AND LOOSE OWN PETS WITHIN THE ENCAMPMENT DAY ENCOUNTER.
OUR TEAM ALSO LOOKS FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE NEEDED FOR THOSE WHO OWN PETS.
ON THE, IN THESE ENCAMPMENTS, THE TEAM HAS PROVIDED FOOD TO THE ANIMALS, BLANKETS, LEADS, COLLARS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL REGARDING PET REQUIREMENTS, RESOURCES, AND CRATE FOR POSSIBLE NEEDS OF TRANSPORT.
DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES IS COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE HEART TEAM AND ENSURE THAT WE FILLED THESE TWO POSITIONS WITH FULLY CERTIFIED OFFICERS TO SAFEGUARD THE HEART TEAM AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WHILE IN THE FIELD.
THE DEDICATED BUDGET FOR DAS WAS OVER 276,000.
TO DATE, WE HAVE INCURRED 120,000.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO THE OFFICE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOLUTIONS.
UM, OUR OFFICE WAS ASSIGN, UM, OUR OFFICE IS PROVIDING TWO POSITIONS FROM THE MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.
THESE COORDINATORS ARE ASSIGNED TO HEART.
THEY'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING THE SERVICE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS IN CRISIS.
UM, AS THEY APPROACH A SCENE, THEY'LL OBSERVE AND ASSESS THE CRISIS TO DETERMINE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND OR SOCIAL SERVICES NEEDED.
THEY'LL CONDUCT ASSESSMENTS TO DETERMINE IF AN A A IS NEEDED.
THEY'LL COORDINATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WITH LOCAL PROVIDERS.
UM, OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES WILL BE OUR, I MEAN, NUMBER OF SERVICE REQUESTS RESPONDED TO NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CLIENTS SERVED WITHOUT NEEDING AN APAC.
UM, OUR ANTICIPATED GOALS, WHICH AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, REFLECTED IN OUR PROGRAM MEASURES, WHICH WE'LL GO OVER SHORTLY.
INCREASED SAFETY BY ADDRESSING EMERGENCY SERVICE REQUESTS.
FEWER MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE.
UH, OFTEN THESE ARE WHERE THE EMERGENCY REQUESTS COME FROM.
UH, WHEN CITIZENS FEEL LIKE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD VIA THE SRS OR WHEN SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED, UM, OVER THE WEEKEND, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL OFFICE.
UM, A REDUCTION OF PEOPLE IN CRISIS, INCREASED ENROLLMENTS IN THE COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM AND HOMELESSNESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
THAT MEANS WE'RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE ON THE PATH TO HOUSING THROUGH HOUSE HOUSING READINESS APPROACH.
UM, UTILIZING OUR O OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS OFFICERS TO REALLY JUST FOCUS ON GETTING PEOPLE INTO THOSE PATHWAYS, WHICH THEN LEADS OF COURSE, INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING.
A DECREASE IN ILLEGAL SOLICITATION, HOSTED SIGNAGE AND MORE ENFORCEMENT.
AND ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT MEAN, UM, CRIMINALIZATION OF HOMELESSNESS, UM, OR OF THOSE WHO ARE LEGALIST OF THOSE WHO ARE, ARE OUT ON THE STREET.
BUT JUST WHEN WE HAVE CLOSED A SITE, UM, WE OFTEN, OR WHEN WE CLOSE SITES, WE POST A SIGN SAYING THE SITE IS CLOSED.
UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE, THROUGH THE DALLAS REALTIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE, WE HAVE HOUSED THOSE PEOPLE.
SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO BE THERE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND SO THAT ALLOWS US TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE DOWN A SITE SO THAT IF THERE'S ANYONE NEW, THEY COME ALONG AND THEY SAY, OKAY, WELL THIS SITE'S BEEN CLOSED.
AND SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE AND SAY, WELL, ACTUALLY, THIS SITE'S PERMANENTLY CLOSED CUZ WE HOUSE EVERYBODY.
CAN WE HELP YOU? UM, AND IT HELPS US TO CLEARLY DEMARCATE OFF AS WE GO WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'VE CLOSED SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST KIND OF RECREATING THE MEAL EVERY TIME WE GO TO AN ENCAMPMENT.
AND THEN APPROPRIATE REFERRALS IS NEEDED FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
AND ACTUALLY, UM, THESE HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.
THEY'VE INCREASED, UM, SINCE THE FIRST TIME WE PRESENTED THIS LAST MONTH.
UH, BUT FOR THE CURRENT NUMBERS, SO ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE, UH, THE DECEMBER OF 2020 TO LAUNCH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WE'VE CLOSED 143 SERVICE REQUESTS WITHIN 10 DAYS.
VISITED 110 ENCAMPMENTS, CLEAN, 94 LOCATIONS, ENGAGED, 210 INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED 42.
AND AGAIN, PANHANDLER, WE NOW CALL THAT WERE VERY SPEC SPECIFIC, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ILLEGAL SOLICITATION.
UM, PANHANDLING IS A LARGER UMBRELLA, ENTERED 189 PEOPLE INTO H HM I S UH, APPROXIMATELY DONATED 67 POUNDS OF FOOD TO UNSHELTERED PETS.
FIVE PETS SPADE ARE NEUTERED, EIGHT TRANSPORTED TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AND 37 PETS ASSISTED OVERALL.
UM, AS A PART OF OUR NEXT STEP, O I P S S IS GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH THE PROPOSED TWEAKING OR WHAT WE ARE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY TWEAKING HEART DATA DRIVEN RESPONSE TO SYSTEM TO INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY THROUGH, UH, EFFICIENCY OF, UH, DATA.
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PERFECT.UM, OUR OFFICE IS IMPLEMENTING A NEW INITIATIVE.
UM, THIS PAST MONDAY WE, WE SHARED RESULTS OF, UM, THE DICE.
UM, DICE'S STANDS FOR DA DATA INFORMED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, THIS PROCESS IS SUPPORTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL INTERVENTIONS, SO CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, CLEANING AND GREENING URBAN BLIGHT ABATEMENT, OUTDOOR PUBLIC LIGHTING ENHANCEMENTS, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, COORDINATION OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT AND COMMUNITY PROSECUTION.
OKAY, IF WE CAN GO TO THE FINAL SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR NEXT STEPS, MARCH ONWARD, WE WILL BE INTEGRATING INTO THE DATA INFORMED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM.
UM, THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP REVAMP HOW WE APPROACH THINGS BE LESS OF A WHACK-A-MOLE.
ONE-OFF APPROACH IS EMERGENCIES ARISE AND MORE DATA DRIVEN AND HOLISTIC, WHICH WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THOSE SERVICE REQUESTS, UM, AS MSS SAID.
AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK FOR A PROGRESS REPORT TO HHS AND OF COURSE TO THE C H C IN JUNE OF 2023.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU TO ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, UM, BRINGING THIS TO US.
THIS IS SOMETHING OF OF INTEREST TO ME.
I THINK THE, UH, INTERDISCIPLINE APPROACH IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO SEE MORE OF.
THAT'S THE PATHWAY TOWARDS A MORE, MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH ACROSS THE RANGE OF CITY NEEDS.
UH, SO VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS TYPE OF COORDINATION.
UM, I'M GONNA OPEN THE FLOOR TO COMMISSIONERS, UH, WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UM, WE'LL DO, UM, TWO MINUTES PER COMMISSIONER.
UM, IF YOU, UH, HAVE A QUESTION, UH, COMMENT, PLEASE, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE'LL GO FIRST WITH COMMISSIONER GARNER AND PLEASE LEMME KNOW PROCEEDING COMMISSIONERS IN THE CHAT THAT WISH TO.
THANK YOU MR. GARNER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I LOVE YOUR INTERN LITTLE FLETCHER THERE.
SO, UM, EVERY PRESENTATION THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE TO US, IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER.
AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS DON'T HEAR IT ENOUGH THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING OUTSTANDING WORK AND WITH COMPASSION.
UM, THE G WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL AND, UM, YOU GUYS ARE REALLY ACHIEVING IT.
AND THIS PRESENTATION IS DEFINITELY, UH, A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
AND, UM, THIS PROCESS, THE HEART TEAM IS INITIATED BY A THREE 11 REQUEST OR NO.
SO WE TAKE THROUGH ON ONE REQUEST INTO ACCOUNT, BUT THIS IS, UM, HART IS EMERGENCY SPECIFIC AND A LOT OF TIMES THOSE REQUESTS COME THROUGH THROUGH THE MCC AND THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.
AND IF SOMETHING COMES THROUGH THREE 11, IT'S A NON-EMERGENCY AND THAT GETS TAKEN CARE OF THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS, WHICH COULD INVOLVE ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, THAT'S WHY HART IS PULLED TOGETHER THE WAY IT IS, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE ALWAYS TOUCHED THIS WORK.
UM, BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR EXTREMELY UNSAFE, UM, ISSUES THAT CANNOT WAIT.
AND THEN FOLLOW UP, UM, IT SAID, UH, QUICKLY AMELIORATE EXTREMELY UNSAFE ENCAMPMENTS.
CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT THAT, HOW THAT'S CATEGORIZED? SURE.
UM, AND IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE AN ENCAMPMENT.
UH, SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE USED, UM, THAT HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY IF IT, IF AN ENCAMPMENT IS NEXT TO A SCHOOL OR ON PARKS LAND OR IF THERE'S, UH, CONFIRMED VIOLENCE, YOU KNOW, IF I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS, UH, SWINGING A MACHETE ON THE PARK TRAIL, UM, OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT ALLOW TO MAINTAIN, UH, WHERE THEY ARE, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE TENSION THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE IS WE WOULD REALLY RATHER LEAVE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE UNTIL WE CAN HOUSE THEM.
BUT SOMETIMES THAT CURRENT ITERATION OF A SITE, JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON, IS CREATING VIOLENCE OR IS TOO CLOSE TO A FACILITY, UM, THAT MIGHT HAVE SMALL CHILDREN OR A HOSPITAL, WHAT HAVE YOU.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE SEE ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, A BUILDING THAT, UH, THE LANDLORD HAS BEEN IGNORING FOR YEARS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HAS COME OVER AND SAID, OH, UM, THERE ARE 50 PEOPLE SQUATTING IN THIS BUILDING.
I NEED THEM ALL OUT IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
WELL, THOSE PEOPLE NEED RESOURCES NOW.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO.
UM, OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO IS, UH, IN AN AREA AND WE JUST FOUND OUT, WELL, THERE'S BLACK MOLD.
AND SO HOW DO WE ENGAGE SOMEONE WITHOUT GOING IN OURSELVES BECAUSE THAT'S DANGEROUS, AND HOW DO WE GET THEM THE TREATMENT THEY NEED? SO IT REALLY RUNS THE GAMUT.
BUT ANY OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED WHO NEED RESOURCES, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO QUICKLY PIVOT AND BE THERE IN A WAY THAT
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ARE NORMAL TEAMS, WHICH HAVE SCHEDULES AND VENDORS THAT COME OUT WITH THEM TO DO CLEANINGS AND MAINTENANCE, DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT OFF THAT CLEANING OR THAT VENDOR THAT WAS PAID FOR AND SCHEDULED.AND THEN THAT DISRUPTS THE NORMAL SCHEDULE.
AND THEN LAST QUESTION, I KNOW I ONLY SAID I HAD ONE.
UM, WOULD MURDERS OR OVERDOSES ALSO BE MAKE, BE CONSIDERED? WELL, THAT WOULD BE, NO, THAT WOULD BE EMERGENCY.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE, THERE WAS AN ENCAMPMENT THAT HAD A MURDER, UM, IN EARLY MARCH, AND THAT ONE IS STILL OPERATING.
SO THAT WHERE THE PERSON WAS SHOT AT C***S.
UM, SO YES, WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY MONITORING.
SOME OF THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE MOVED ON IT QUITE YET.
UM, AND IT, IT'S, I I CAN'T, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN REALLY, I AM HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT OFFLINE.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
COMMISSIONER SIJA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THIS WAS VERY SUCCINCT AND I'M TRYING TO LIKE, INGEST IT ALL
THE WHOLE, THE ABATEMENT SCENE IS LIKE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO THEIR BUDGET
SO I'M WONDERING, I MEAN, THE, DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST MOVE SOME OTHER FUNDS OVER TO TAKE CARE OF ONE IF ANOTHER ONE ISN'T PACING THE SAME WAY? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MA'AM.
IF, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, IT WAS ABOUT THE COCO COMPLIANCE ABATEMENT TEAM AND HOW FAR ALONG WE ARE IN THE BUDGET ALREADY FOR THAT TEAM.
SO TOTAL ESTIMATED COST INCURRED TO DATE THE $660,664 AND 69 CENTS.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING WAS FOR THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU SEE THERE LISTED THAT NEEDED TO BE PURCHASED TO SUPPORT THIS TEAM.
UH, A LOT OF THAT EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ORDERED AND PURCHASED, BUT IT HASN'T ARRIVED YET.
SO THE DEPARTMENT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN USING IN-HOUSE EQUIPMENT THAT WE ALREADY HAD IN OUR NUISANCE ABATEMENT DIVISION TO SUPPORT THIS TEAM.
BUT THAT LARGE, UM, AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE EQUIPMENT MOSTLY, WE STILL HAVE THE FUNDING REMAINING TO PAY THE STAFF AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE THIS TEAM THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR.
COMMISSIONER SOHAN, UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? NO.
UM, SO AGAIN, AS I, AS I SAID EARLIER, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH.
UM, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, SINCE TH THIS IS MORE OF AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE SITUATION, UH, YOU'RE RESPONDING IN ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE RE VERY QUICKLY AS OPPOSED TO, UH, SAY THE, UM, THE DALLAS RAP, UH, RAPID REHOUSING RESPONSE PROCESS, WHICH IS MORE DELIBERATE ON PURPOSE.
SO FIRST QUESTION IS, H HOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, DO YOU SEE THOSE THINGS IN REAL TIME? UH, DO YOU SEE THEM COINCIDING? DO YOU SEE, UH, ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE APPROACHES? ARE YOU HAVING TO RESPOND WITH THE HEART TEAM TO ENCAMPMENTS, UH, LOCATIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH DR R R T R? WHAT'S YOUR ASSESSMENT? AND, AND I GUESS THE, THE FINAL END OF THAT WOULD BE IF YOU'RE RESPONDING IN, IN, IN A, YOU KNOW, SHORT TIMEFRAME AND EMERGENCY AND A TIMEFRAME, UH, TO LOCATIONS THAT, UH, THE D R R T R TEAMS HAVE NOT REACHED.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE HANDOFF PROCESS? OR IS THERE ONE? UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AND SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE TENSION THAT WE LIVE WITH, UM, OUR SYSTEM WILL GET TO A POINT, I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE WILL, WHERE WHEN WE FIND A NEW ENCAMPMENT, WE CAN SAY, YOU CANNOT BE HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE POWER TO HOUSE THEM.
WE'RE CERTAINLY ON OUR WAY, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE IS A SYSTEM THAT DOES ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING, BUT IT TAKES TIME.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, UM, THERE ARE SOME SITES THAT WE CANNOT, THERE ARE SOME SITES THAT WE CANNOT MEET, UH, THE NEED FOR, AND WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO, WELL
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NOT MEET THE NEED FOR IT.THERE ARE SOME SITES THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET TO JUST YET.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY TRY AND LEAVE THEM UNTIL WE CAN GET TO, UNTIL WE CAN GET TO THEM THROUGH THE DALLAS REALTIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE AND PUT THEM INTO HOUSING.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A LONGER PROCESS.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RAMPING UP TO DO MORE OF THOSE MORE QUICKLY.
UM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF WE HAVE AN ENCAMPMENT THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, EXTREMELY SMALL, SO MAYBE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE D R T R R IS GOING TO, UH, USE RESOURCES TO RESOLVE BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT LARGER ENCAMPMENTS.
AND SO THEN WE MIGHT GO OUT AND TRY AND GET EVERYBODY, UH, ON THE COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM, MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN HM I S SO THEY'RE AT LEAST ON A PATHWAY TO HOUSING AND SEE IF THEY NEED RESOURCES.
UM, BUT WHEN WE, I THINK THE MAJOR SOURCE OF TENSION IS WHEN WE HAVE AN AREA THAT IS LARGER BUT HAS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT IS CONFIRMED OR IS JUST DEEPLY UNSAFE.
AND WE HAVE TO SAY, LOOK, WE WOULD REALLY HAVE PREFERRED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TIME TO GET TO THIS AREA WITH THE D R T R R, BUT WE CAN'T.
AND IT ALSO CANNOT SAY IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SITES THAT I KNOW IF WE, IF WE LEFT IN THE PAST, WHEN THEY'VE BEEN LEFT ALONE, IT RESULTS IN GUN VIOLENCE.
WELL, IF I SEE THAT AREA STARTING TO REFORM, WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE KIND OF MIXTURE IS OF, OF PEOPLE AND TERRAIN THERE, IT JUST ENDS UP IN A SITUATION THAT IS VIOLENT AND UNSAFE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE ENCAMPMENT AND THE NEIGHBORS.
AND SO THEREIN LIES' THE TENSION OF, WE'RE NOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN IMMEDIATELY HOUSE THEM YET, BUT THEY ALSO CAN'T STAY THERE.
SO SOMETIMES THERE'S A HANDOFF, BUT WHEN THERE IS, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, KIND OF, WE'RE FORTUNATE FOR THAT, BUT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PIVOT QUICKLY ENOUGH YET THAT WHEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE THROUGH HEART, WE CAN HAVE THE D R T R R COME PICK IT UP.
THAT'S JUST NOT A SUSTAINABLE METHOD OF, UH, METHOD OF DOING WORK FOR THE D R T R R RIGHT NOW.
SO I UNDERSTAND, AND, AND IN REGARD TO THAT, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ACTIVELY, UH, ENTERING PEOPLE INTO H M I S THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, SO IN, IN TERMS OF, OF, UM, THOSE DISCONNECTS, WHICH I WOULD, I WOULD ATTRIBUTE TO GROWING PAINS AS WE TRY TO CATCH UP TO SITUATIONS.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE REAL TIME IMPACT? WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY SEEING HAPPEN TO PEOPLE WHEN YOU HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN A SITE? UH, BUT YOU CAN'T ENACT THE D R R T R PROCESS.
THEY'RE MOVING ELSEWHERE AND SETTING UP ANOTHER ENCAMPMENT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL UNSHELTERED.
WE HAVEN'T HOUSED THEM, WE HAVEN'T BROKEN THE CYCLE.
SO, AND THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE RE THE, I GUESS ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD IS WHEN YOU CONSIDER SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THIS SITE, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE CLOSING A RESTAURANT OR A STORE, YOU'RE CLOSING SOMETHING THAT WASN'T MEANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, AN ENCAMP IN, IN THE FIRST PLACE, I GUESS, AT LEAST BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, IN MOST CASES.
SO EFFECTIVELY WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING IS YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE AREA WHERE YOU SAW THE ACTIVITY, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THE SAME SITUATION FORM RIGHT OUTSIDE THAT AREA.
HOW ARE YOU DEFINING THAT, THAT THE AREA ITSELF? LIKE HOW ARE YOU DEFINING THE BORDERS OF THE AREA THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH WHEN YOU GO IN LIKE THAT WITH THE HARD TEAM? WELL, SO THE SIGNAGE IS USED FOR THE DALLAS REALTIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE.
SO WE USE SIGNAGE TO DENOTE A PLACE THAT'S BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE HOUSED.
AND THAT IS DETERMINED BY OUR TEAMS. UM, GENERALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT A, A CROSS STREET OR A SERIES OF BLOCKS, UM, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE CAMPING.
SO IT'S, IT IS STREET BY STREET OR MILE BY MILE TRAIL MARKER BY TRAIL MARKER IN A PARK.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IF I LOOKED AT IT, I CAN SEE THAT THERE'S AN OUTLINE OF THE AREA, BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T RESPECT A, A LINE ON A MAP.
SO SOMEONE MIGHT DECIDE TO MOVE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE IMAGINARY LINE.
I'VE DRAWN, WELL, THEY'RE STILL PART OF THE ENCAMPMENT.
WE STILL KNOW THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BEING THERE FOR SIX TO EIGHT TO 12 WEEKS THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY'RE ON THE, THE BY NAME LIST SAYING WHO LIVES HERE AND WHO DOES NOT.
SO IF SOMEONE SHOWS UP A WEEK BEFORE, WE'RE GONNA HOUSE PEOPLE AND SAYS, I'VE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH AND WE KNOW OTHER PEOPLE LONG ENOUGH TO SAY, I'M SORRY, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS PART'S CLOSED.
UM, BUT IF YOU'RE ALREADY ON THAT LIST, IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'VE GONE MISSING.
AND I'VE BEEN ON A RIDE ALONG WHERE WE THEN FOUND 'EM AT A GAS STATION AND SAID, I HAVE HOUSING FOR YOU.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU EVERYWHERE.
SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE GONE SOMEWHERE TEMPORARILY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL STILL WORKING ON HOUSING YOU.
AND SO THAT, THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO LET ME ASK, IN A SITUATION WHERE, UM, YOU'RE RESPONDING TO, UH, A VIOLENT OR DANGEROUS ISSUE IS, REQUIRES YOU TO GIVE AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
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INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IN THE MIDST OF, YOU KNOW, 20, 30, 40 OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT.YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE WHO ARE JUST BYSTANDERS EFFECTIVELY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THAT, IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION? SO IT, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE AREA.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN WE'VE, THE ONLY TIME WE'VE HAD SOMETHING THAT LARGE, UM, IT WAS NOT JUST ONE PERSON.
I THINK THAT, AND AT THAT POINT, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN ISSUE LIKE THAT, UM, WE ARE GOING IN AND WE'RE GOING IN WITH THE ADVICE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SAFETY FIRST FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS OF THE ENCAMPMENT WHO ARE NOT SAFE BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES.
AND NOW YOU SAID THAT I THINK IT WAS, UH, WAS IT 110 SITES THAT YOU HAVE ADDRESSED SO FAR? CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
DO YOU, DID HAVE YOU, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A HEAT MAP? YOU KNOW, CAN YOU TELL US LIKE WHERE THESE LOCATIONS ARE? IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH IDENTIFYING THEM, THE LOCATIONS? NO.
UM, WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT THOSE.
I THINK, AND, AND I SAID THIS TO, TO HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS AS WELL.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE BY THE TIME WE COME BACK IN JUNE IS THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING JUST NUMBERS AND AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED REPRESENTATION OF DATA BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH THE DICE MODEL, THROUGH O I P S S.
UM, AND PART OF THAT WILL BE A TOPOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION.
UH, AND, AND THE IMPORTANT THING THERE IS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING FROM SR TO SR BECAUSE SOMEONE REPORTED IT.
WE'RE GOING OUT AND ASSESSING THE TERRAIN ITSELF FOR RISK.
AND THAT IS A RISK NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE IN THAT ENCAMPMENT, BUT A RISK TO THE AREA TO AREA RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AS WELL.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, PEOPLE IN AN ENCAMPMENT ARE NOT BY NATURE VIOLENT, BUT VIOLENCE IS OFTEN VISITED UPON THEM.
AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE THESE AREAS, YOU'RE ASSESSING IT FOR, UH, YOU'RE ASSESSING THEM FOR RISK AND SAYING, OKAY, WELL WHERE ARE THE HIGHEST AREAS OF RISK IN OUR CITY BASED ON THE THREE 11 SRSS THAT WE HAVE AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE, AND LET'S TACKLE THOSE AREAS AND MAKE THEM LESS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE METHOD THAT WE'RE SWITCHING TO.
IT'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, AND I THINK THE, THE PRESENT REPRESENTATION OF DATA WILL BE VERY INTERESTING.
UM, SO LET ME ASK YOU, I, I HEARD YOU REFERENCE THAT THREE 11 CALLS ARE KIND OF PUT IN A PERSPECTIVE IF THEY'RE NOT AN EMERGENCY LINE.
SO HOW DO INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, UH, BE IMPACTED BY SOME VIOLENT OR DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCE? UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THE LEDBETTER CORRIDOR, CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS THERE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
SO HOW DO INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HEART TEAM RESPONSE? UH, I MEAN, IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, PLEASE CALL 9 1 1 3 1 1 IS NOT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THAT IS A, A DATA SYSTEM THAT WE CHECK IN ON AND WE REVIEW IT DAILY.
UM, SO IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, SYSTEMIC ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S COMING THROUGH THREE 11, PLEASE DO MAKE A SERVICE REQUEST BECAUSE THAT'S THE DATA THAT INFORMS OUR RESPONSE.
BUT IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, CALL 9 1 1.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, CAUSE I'LL HAVE ESSENTIALLY ASKED THIS.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THE SITUATIONS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE, WE HAVE SOMEBODY AT A CHURCH WHO'S HAD A BREAK IN DUE TO A NEARBY, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE FROM A NEARBY ENCAMPMENT, YOU WANT THEM TO CALL 9 1 1, AND YOU EXPECT THAT THAT WILL BE ROUTED TO A HARD TEAM RESPONSE.
SO AT THIS POINT, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE ARE SWITCHING TO, WE'RE SWITCHING TO A MODEL THAT IS MORE INFORMED BY THE SRS.
I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S NOT AN, WELL, I WISH WE HAD LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE CUZ I, I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION AND IN A WAY THAT DELINEATES WHAT, WHAT CAUSES WHAT RESPONSE.
BUT I CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IF IT'S ALREADY OVER AND PEOPLE ARE SAFE, AND YOU CAN LET US KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SHOOT US AN EMAIL, WE'RE GONNA PUT IN AN SR AND DOCUMENT IT AND WE'RE GONNA GO CHECK IT OUT.
UM, IF IT'S ACTIVELY HAPPENING, PLEASE CALL 9 1 1.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF AN ENCAMPMENT.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST AS LIKELY TO HAVE VIOLENCE VISITED UPON THEM.
SO WHAT, WHAT WE KNOW IF SOMEONE'S HAD A IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A BREAK-IN.
AND SO AT THAT POINT, POLICE SHOULD PROBABLY BE CALLED, YOU KNOW, IF IF IT COMES TO US AND IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH CRIME, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BRING LAW ENFORCEMENT OUT.
BUT I WOULDN'T, I THINK IT'S A QUESTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO, AND I, LIKE I SAID, I, IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC SITUATIONS THAT I'M, I'M REFERRING TO, UH, WE KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES, UH,
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REOCCURRING IN EFFECT AND INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS NOT HAVING A RECOURSE OR NOT KNOWING WHO TO GO TO OR HOW TO GET THE PROPER RESPONSE.AND D P D NOT IN THE POSITION SOLELY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND RESOLVE.
SO HOW DOES THAT TRACK THROUGH TO GET TO YOU GUYS OR GET TO A MORE HOLISTIC RE RESOLUTION OF THAT SITUATION? SO IF YOU PUT IT IN AN, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S IN AN SR AND THREE 11, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT VIA THE RISK TERRAIN MODEL NOW.
AND I THINK, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT A BIT MORE? YEAH.
UM, TO ADDRESS THE CERTAIN QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH DICE, UM, WE HAVE A CRIME PREVENTION UNIT THAT'S GONNA BE WORKING ON PROPERTIES.
UM, THESE PROPERTIES ARE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING THESE HIGH RISKS, UH, THESE HIGH VIOLENT CRIMES THAT OCCUR.
UM, THEY PROVIDE SURVEYS TO THE RESIDENTS.
SO WE'RE LEARNING DIRECTLY FROM THE WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
UM, WE HAVE THESE, WE HAVE THESE INDIVIDUALS ALSO, UM, CONDUCTING AN ASSESSMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO THE VIOLENT CRIMES, UM, THAT, THAT INFORMATION'S PROVIDED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO CORRECT THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE, WE PUSH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT'S WHERE WE LEARN THE MOST.
WE LEARN THE MOST FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE, UM, THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE ACT ON.
SO I MEAN, IN TERMS OF, OF, OF, OF INSTIGATING THAT OR, OR, YOU KNOW, INITIATING THAT PROCESS, WHAT DID THE CITIZENS DO? WHAT DOES A CITIZEN WHO IS SEEING THIS RE REOCCUR ON A PARTICULAR, IN A PARTICULAR INTERSECTION FOR YOU? I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UH, WHICH I'M SURE WILL BE RECURRING, IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PERHAPS COLLECTING IN A PUBLIC PARKING LOT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS ARE BEING IMPACTED, UH, YOU KNOW, BY, BY VARIOUS ISSUES.
UM, AND THAT, THAT IMPACTING IS, IS OCCURRING ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS, BUT IT'S OCCURRING, SAY, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
AND SO WHEN A RESPONSE IS SENT OUT IN THE MORNING OR MIDDAY, THERE'S NO NOBODY THERE.
BUT AGAIN, WHEN COME MIDNIGHT, IT STARTS AGAIN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STUCK IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY SAY, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THERE'S NOT A NUMBER OR ANYTHING.
SO WHAT DOES THAT PERSON DO TO ENGAGE YOU GUYS TO START TO DEAL WITH THE, WITH THE AREA ISSUES? I, I LIKE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID IS DEALING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, PERSPECTIVE TO SEE WHAT THE, ALL THE RISK FACTORS ARE AND COME UP WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE RESOLUTION FOR, FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO HOW DO THEY ENGAGE THAT? HOW DO THEY INITIATE THAT PROCESS? WHO DO THEY TALK TO? WHAT DO THEY DO? UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
WE DO, OUR TEAM IS OUT IN THE EVENINGS.
THEY GO VISIT THE SITES AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
UM, WHEN YOU PUT IN THE REQUEST FOR THREE 11, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING.
WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE TIMES THAT THEY'RE SEEING THESE CONCERNS.
IT IS SOMETIMES AT, AT MIDNIGHT OR AT 2:00 AM SO WE HAVE OUR TEAM OUT THERE, UM, OBSERVING AND ASSESSING THE SITUATION.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IS MAKING SURE WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH THE RESIDENTS ON HOW TO HANDLE THOSE SITUATIONS.
I'M WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH O H S ON HOW TO, UM, REPORT LIKE WITH, SO I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES OR BUSINESSES.
UM, THEY'LL COMMUNICATE WITH ME THE STRUGGLE OF WHO DO I CALL IF THIS HAPPENS, OR WHAT DO I DO IF THIS HAPPENS.
UM, WE'RE IMPROVING THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ON MAKING SURE WE EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, AND THE RESIDENTS ON THE MORE, THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF MAKING THIS CALL OR LIKE LETTING US KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S THEIR CONCERN.
AND AGAIN, ALL OF THAT IS STARTED BY THREE 11.
SO I THINK THE, THE ANSWER IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE SKEPTICAL OF THREE 11, BUT WE'RE GETTING A LOT BETTER AT INTERACTING TOO AND REACTING WITH IT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF, UM, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AND SAYING, LOOK, WE REALLY DO NEED YOU TO USE THIS SYSTEM BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA BE DATA DRIVEN, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DATA.
AND THIS IS HOW WE KNOW, KNOW WHO TO INTERACT WITH.
BUT SO YOU, YOU ARE THEN SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE UTILIZE THREE 11, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MORE OF AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE STRUCTURE.
AND AGAIN, I, I CAN'T, I MEAN, SO I, I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY MORE INFORMATION THAN I'VE ALREADY GIVEN, WHICH IS, IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, CALL 9 1 1.
IF IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY, CALL THREE 11.
IF YOU CALL 9 1 1 AND IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE GONNA TRANSFER YOU TO THREE 11.
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UM, BUT IF A THREE 11 ISSUE COMES TO LIGHT AND WE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS MORE OF AN EMERGENCY, IT'LL GO TO HEART.SO HART, THE WAY THAT HEART CHOOSES TO RESPOND TO THINGS IS IT'S INTERNAL.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PULLED, THEY'RE FLAGGED IN THREE 11 OR THEIR FLAGS FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE.
IT'S, EXCUSE ME, NOT A TEAM THAT REALLY HAS LIKE AN OUTSIDE HOTLINE MM-HMM.
YEAH, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT THE FINAL COMMENT ON THAT IS THAT IT JUST SEEMS THAT THAT PART THAT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY INTERFACE AND HOW CITIZENS ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE, UH, AND ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT, THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HARD TEAM WOULD RESPOND TO THIS, THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT, UH, UH, REPORTS ARE GETTING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THEY'RE GETTING A RESPONSE IN, IN REAL TIME.
AND AS I SAID, WE ARE SWITCHING TO MORE OF A, A MODEL THAT TAKES THE SRSS INTO ACCOUNT TO WORK.
I MEAN, HAR HART IS MEANT TO RESPOND TO WHAT WE CONSIDER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, KNOWING THAT ANYTHING THAT'S TRULY A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION IS GONNA GO THROUGH 9 1 1.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA MISTAKE IT FOR ALMOST LIKE WHEN YOU CALL AN AMBULANCE, YOU'D CALL HART, IT'S NOT THE SAME THING.
AND I THINK SOME, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK TO SEE HOW IT DEVELOPS AGAIN, THE WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT, UH, I THINK I'D DEFINITELY LIKE WHERE THAT'S ARE GOING.
SO LET ME, LET ME, UH, TABLE FURTHER COMMENTS TO SEE.
DO WE HAVE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO WANNA SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS, THIS ITEM? WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO TURN THE TABLE AT THE, AT THE TURN OF THE HOUR.
YES, WE DO HAVE COMMISSIONER BROWN, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER BROWN, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU.
SO JUST GOING BACK TO THE THREE 11 AND KNOWING HOW TO DIRECT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CUZ I KNOW A LOT OF US ON HERE WORK A LOT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO CAN WE SAY THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A PLAN IN MOTION BY MAYBE JUNE, SO THAT WAY WE'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT HEART AND WE'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT THREE 11, SO THAT WAY WE CAN BETTER KNOW SO WE CAN BE A BRIDGE TO THE COMMUNITY.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT TO COME BACK TO, WELL, THE, THE PLAN IS TO HARNESS THIS VIA THREE 11.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA CHANGE.
THE, WHAT'S CHANGING IS OUR INTERNAL RESPONSE SYSTEM AND HOW WE REACT TO THOSE THREE 11 CALLS.
SO THAT INSTEAD OF JUST MM-HMM.
WE CAN SAY, OKAY, WELL BASED ON THE THREE 11 CALLS, WE CAN SEE THESE, WE CAN SEE THIS MODEL EMERGING, AND HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THE LARGER, TO THE LARGER MODEL, UM, AND THE RISK TERRAIN.
SO IDENTIFYING, LOOKING AT THE LARGER PATTERN INSTEAD OF THE SPECIFICS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA CHANGE.
SO THIS, THIS IS MORE DESIGNED TO GAUGE THE METRICS THAN ANYTHING ELSE? UM, YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S MORE DESIGNED TO THE WAY THAT WE'RE SHIFTING TO A RESPONSE THAT'S MORE STRATEGIC.
UM, AND THAT HAS A MORE STRATEGIC OUTCOME THAN JUST ONE-OFFS.
BUT ALL OF THAT IS DRIVEN AGAIN BY THREE 11.
SO THE WAY TO ENGAGE IS THREE 11.
BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY AS, AS COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, IF AN ISSUE COMES TO YOU, PLEASE DO SEND IT TO US.
I'D RATHER HAVE IT FIVE WAYS THAN NOT AT ALL.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
COMMISSIONER CLATON, HOPE YOU HAVE A FLOOR.
UM, ON THE, BY THE NUMBERS PAGE, YOU GUYS REFERENCED THE PANHANDLERS ENGAGED AND THEN HAD A COMMENT THAT THAT WAS REALLY MORE ILLEGAL SOLICITATION.
WHERE DOES THAT CHANGE FROM PANHANDLING TO ILLEGAL SOLICITATION? SURE.
UM, SO PANHANDLING, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO NOT USE THAT WORD ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S NOT TERRIBLY SPECIFIC.
PANHANDLING IS, THERE'S NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT IT.
YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR MONEY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THAT'S THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.
UM, ILLEGAL SOLICITATION IS IN A, UH, CITABLE OFFENSE.
UM, AND AGAIN, I WISH I HAD COMMERCIALS HERE, BUT IT MEANS THAT YOU WERE ACTIVELY STANDING IN THE ROADWAY.
UM, AND THAT'S IMPEDING TRAFFIC.
THAT'S ALSO THE RISK OF YOU GETTING RUN OVER.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY ILLEGAL SOLICITATION.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM?
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OKAY.I'M GONNA GIVE MYSELF A SECOND ROUND CAUSE I JUST HAVE LIKE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, ACTUALLY, I, I DO WANNA SAY BEFORE I GO, I APPRECIATE THAT DISTINCTION TO STOP THE MOVE AWAY FROM THE PANHANDLING ISSUE AND TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR AS OPPOSED TO PANHANDLING OR NOT DEFINING PANHANDLING AS A LEGAL BEHAVIOR.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD MOVEMENT.
UM, SO A QUESTION FOR ANIMAL SERVICES, UM, AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, UH, FOR MANY OF OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS, UH, WHO DO HAVE ANIMALS, UH, THOSE ANIMALS ARE ALMOST LIKE SERVICE ANIMALS, UH, IN THE SENSE THAT THEY HAVE VERY CLOSE TIES.
THEY, THEY PROVIDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DISTRESS.
UH, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IN SITUATIONS WHERE, UM, YOU'RE RESPONDING IN THIS MANNER AND YOU HAVE THE ISSUE OF NEEDING TO CLOSE DOWN A LOCATION, YOU HAPPEN TO MOVE PEOPLE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ANIMALS THERE.
HOW IS, HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH THE ANIMALS VERSUS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY BELONG TO? ARE YOU MOVING THE PERSON WITH THE ANIMAL? ARE YOU HAVING TO MOVE THE ANIMALS SEPARATELY AND RECONNECT THEM? OR WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I THINK IT'S MORE GAUGE TOWARD, UH, ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO OWNS THE PET.
AND IT'S PROVIDING ANY RESOURCES THEY NEED TO TRANSPORT, WHETHER IT BE A CA A A, A POP-UP KENNEL, OR A CRATE OR A LEASH COLLAR.
UH, AND THEN WHEN WE DO ENGAGE, WE A WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR STAIN NEUTER, MICROCHIP, VACCINATIONS AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN IF THEY ARE IN NEED, WE OFFER RESOURCES TO, TO GET THAT TAKEN CLEAR OF.
BUT IT'S MORE KEEPING THEM INTACT AND ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE WITH THE ANIMAL AS THEY GO.
AND, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF THEY NEED SPARE DUTY OR WHATEVER YOU, YOU'LL PROVIDE THAT WE HAVE A PARTNER THAT WE WILL, UH, WORK WITH, UH, TO FACILITATE THAT MOVE TOWARDS THAT ORGANIZATION AND IT'S SUBSIDIZED.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY DO THIS BAY NEUTER AND THEN THEY ALSO OFFER THE VACCINATIONS MATCH.
UM, I THINK MY FINAL, UH, WELL, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UH, THE ASSESSMENT ASPECT, WHEN YOU SAY CONDUCTS ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE IF, AND I'M ON INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY, MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE, UH, I THINK IT'S SLIDE 11.
UH, WHEN YOU SAY CONDUCT ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE IF ARREST BY POLICE OFFICER WITHOUT WARRANT IS NEEDED, CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE ON THAT AND TELL ME WHAT'S YOUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND YEAH, YEAH.
UM, THE MOBILE CRISIS COORDINATOR WILL ASSESS THE SITUATION.
WE'LL SEE WHETHER, IF THE PERSON IS, UM, DISPLAYING ANY TYPE OF BEHAVIOR THAT MIGHT SUGGEST THAT THEY'RE HAVING, EXPERIENCING A MENTAL EPISODE OR IS A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
UM, ONCE THEY IDENTIFY IF THAT PERSON IS A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, THAT'S WHEN THEY MAKE THE CALL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COME AND DO THE ARREST.
AND THAT'S AN ASSESSMENT SIMILAR TO, UM, UH, A PERSONNEL THAT'S SIMILAR TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
CARE TEAM, UH, CRISIS RESPONSE.
UM, THIS COORDINATOR IS TRAINED, TRAINED, UM, THEY HAVE THE BACKGROUND.
THEY, THEY COMPLETE MONTHLY TRAININGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL AND, UM, CORRECTLY ASSESS THE SITUATION AND THAT INDIVIDUAL AND BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH, UM, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE MEN MENTAL HEALTH, UM, PROVIDER.
AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DIRECTING, YOU KNOW, WHAT COURSE WOULD PURSUE FROM THAT POINT.
AND, UH, FINAL QUESTION, UM, I COULD COME UP WITH MORE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA DO, UH,
SO JUST, JUST IN TERM, I REALLY JUST IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, NEXT STEPS, UH, AND THE, THE DATA INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, I'M, UH, DIRECTOR CROSSLEY KNOWS I'M, I'M VERY DATA DRIVEN.
UH, AND THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING DATA AS WE, YOU KNOW, STAND UP THESE TYPES OF, OF, OF, OF TEAMS, UH, AND AND ENGAGEMENTS, I THINK IS KEY, UH, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PERFECTING THE PROCESS TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S THE REAL IMPACT AND DEFINING BASED ON REAL IMPACT OF SUCCESS.
AND SO WHEN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, DATA INFORMED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM,
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AND THE PRO I THINK YOU GUYS SPOKE TO THAT WHEN I WAS ASKING ABOUT RESPONSE TO A LOCATION AND HOW YOU DETERMINED WHAT TO DO AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT'S IMPORTANT.UM, CAN, SO JUST UP TO THIS POINT, DO YOU HAVE EXAMPLES THAT YOU CAN RELATE TO TO GIVE ME A REAL TIME EXPLANATION OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? YEAH, THANK YOU.
UM, I DO HAVE AN EXAMPLE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SIT WITH YOU AND, UM, SHOW YOU, I THINK ONCE YOU SEE THE DATA, UM, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR A WHILE.
WE WORK WITH D P D, WE WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND, UM, THE DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
IT'S BEEN, IT SHOWS GREAT IMPACT.
UM, THE, OUR TEAM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, TWO TIPS, TWO P AND I, UM, DPDS, UM, UNIT THAT LED TO TWO PRETTY LARGE BUS, DRUG, BUS WHERE THEY COMPENSATED, UM, LARGE AMOUNTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRUGS AND, UM, STOLEN WEAPONS AS WELL.
UM, SO IT'S BEING, UM, IT'S WITHIN THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT OUR HEART TEAM DO GO VISIT BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING CALLS FOR THESE AREAS.
SO A LOT OF OUR WORK DOES OVERLAP.
UM, BUT OFF CALL, I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU AND SH SHARE THAT DATA.
AND I JUST WILL SPECIFY THAT, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, HEART TEAM AND UTILIZATION OF DICE, WE'RE PLUGGING IN, UM, WE'RE PLUGGING IN HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER, UM, OHS SRS.
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT CRIME.
IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THIS ASSUMING THAT HOMELESSNESS HAS A CRIMINAL ASPECT, BECAUSE OF COURSE IT DOES NOT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT PLUGGING THEM INTO THE SAME DATABASE AND USING THE SAME ALGORITHM TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR RISK TERRAIN WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND SO, AND THERE IS SOME OVERLAP.
IT'S THERE, IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING SYSTEM AND I'M REALLY HA HAPPY THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR THIS KIND OF HUMANITARIAN, UH, ASPECT AS WELL.
I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT POINT TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO THE SITUATION, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT BEING ABLE TO ASSESS WHAT THAT SITUATION IS, IS THE KEY TO THAT.
I WILL, I WILL DEFINITELY, UH, UH, CALL YOU ON THAT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN SEE THAT, UH, THAT SPECIFIC DATA.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMITTEE CHAIRS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED AS WELL, UH, IN, IN FURTHER COMMUNICATING WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.
UH, SO, UM, I, I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, ENLIGHTENMENT.
UM, AND AS I PROMISE, THAT'S MY FINAL QUESTION,
I WANNA REITERATE AGAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE.
SO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE GROWTH AND CHANGE OF A DRAMATIC NATURE.
AND SO I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO COMMEND ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME BEFORE US, WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THE SPECIFICS AND, YOU KNOW, WE MAY ADD SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UM, UH, MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE OR SEEMS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IN AN ADVERSE POSITION.
I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF, UH, INTER INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, THIS TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING REAL TIME AS ANY REAL TIME SITUATION THAT'S OCCURRING IN, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ON A STREET, WHEREVER THE CASE MAY BE, WILL NEVER JUST FALL INTO ONE SILO.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS OCCURRING IN THAT SITUATION.
AND SO THE ABILITY TO INTELLIGENTLY RESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND PROVIDE REAL, REAL BENEFIT AND SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS IS, IS, IS KEY.
AND I REALLY SEE YOU GUYS MOVING WHAT YOU KNOW, STRONGLY IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CONTINUATION OF THAT, UH, THE INCLUSION OF QUALITY DATA, UH, THE INCLUSION OF MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS SPOKE TO THAT.
AND OVERALL, I WILL SAY THAT, THAT, UH, I REALLY LOVE WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SEEING HERE WITH THE HEART TEAM, UH, WITH WRIGHT CARE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE SEE, UH, INTERDISCIPLINARY BEHAVIOR.
AND WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO YOU GUYS JUST, YOU KNOW, GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT THIS AS YOU'RE ALREADY SHOWING.
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH YOU IN THAT PROCESS.
SO THANK, THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING, UH, AND PRESENTING THIS TO US.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE UPDATE IN JUNE.
AND I THINK WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP ON CERTAIN SPECIFICS OFFLINE, UH, A LITTLE SOONER THAN THAT.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
AND THANKS FLETCHER, FOR, FOR, FOR COMING.
I WANNA SAY WE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CHAIR FOR YOU, SO YOU CAN COME ANYTIME,
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OKAY.ITEM FIVE, UH, CITIZENS HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION'S, UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS.
UM, SO WE'LL GO TO EACH CHAIR, UH, TO GET THE CURRENT STATUS.
I KNOW, UH, WE AT LEAST HAD ONE MEETING TODAY.
UH, I KNOW WE ARE STILL SCHEDULING MEETINGS AS WELL.
UH, SO JUST LOOKING FOR AN UPDATE AS TO, UH, WHERE YOU ARE.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE MET, UH, TO FACILITATE YOUR MEETINGS AND THE LIKE, OR IF YOU HAVE MET, JUST GIVE US A, A, A RUNDOWN OF, OF, UH, WHAT YOU'RE FOCUSED ON OR WHAT YOU'RE MOVING TOWARDS.
UH, SO FIRST WE'LL GO TO, UH, CHAIR JOHN SHALENE FOR HOW, FOR THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.
UH, CHAIR CHALENE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, WE CAN.
SO WE, I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO ACTUALLY HAVING A MEETING.
WE TRIED TO SCHEDULE ONE FOR THIS PAST MONDAY, AND I SUBMITTED THE AGENDA THE WEEK PRIOR, BUT, UH, IT WASN'T, I GUESS IT WASN'T, IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T REACH THE OFFICE IN TIME TO GET POSTED.
UM, SO I'M, I'M LEARNING JUST HOW EARLY IT NEEDS TO BE, UH, SUBMITTED SO IT CAN GET POSTED.
UM, WE DO HAVE OUR VIRTUAL LINK SET UP.
WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING ELSE DONE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING A, AN AGENDA POSTED IN TIME TO HAVE OUR, HAVE OUR MEETING.
UH, SO THERE'S A LARGE QUANTITY OF DATA I'VE ASKED FOR TOO, FOR OUR COMMITTEE ON THE, UH, CURRENT HOUSING GAPS, UH, AND THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THAT, UH, DATA SHOULD BE READY.
I, I UNDERSTAND IN MAY AND TIME FOR OUR MAY MEETING.
UH, YES, JUANITA, YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.
WHEN YOU'RE REQUESTING DATA FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, IT MAY TAKE, YOU KNOW, KNOW, TWO TO FOUR WEEKS TO ACQUIRE IT, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IT MAY TAKE, TAKE TWO WEEKS, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME OF OUR NON, NON OUR PARTNERS, IT MAY TAKE THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.
SO IF YOU HAVE A BASIC AGENDA THAT YOU COULD SEND THAT AGENDA TO ME WITH FOR FIVE DAYS, UM, I HAVE TO HAVE THE ATTORNEYS TO APPROVE IT, AND THEN I HAVE TO MEET THE THREE, THE 72 HOURS POSTING TIME.
BUT JUST TAKING CONSIDERATION THAT, UH, WE WILL DO OUR VERY BEST TO, UM, OR FAILURE YOUR REQUEST, UH, TO SEE IF, UH, ANY PARTNERS ARE AVAILABLE, ARE ANY DATA THAT IS REQUESTED.
WE CAN ACQUIRE THAT IN A TIME OF FASHION.
SO GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GET, GET WITH THE DATA SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE IT FOR YOUR MEETING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THAT'S MAY I, I SUBMITTED THE AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE MEETING BEING SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY.
BUT IT SOUNDS, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUESTED, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUESTED WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY.
AND, UH, I, I, I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SUBMITTED AGENDA, THE AGENDA I SUBMITTED, I SUBMITTED IT ON WEDNESDAY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE I SHOULD HAVE SUBMITTED ON TUESDAY.
I NEED THREE DAYS TO, WELL, I NEED A DAY TO HAVE THE ATTORNEY STILL POST IT.
I NEED THREE DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR MEETINGS TO POST.
AND SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEED TO BE DELETED, YOU NEED TO TELL ME THAT IT'S OKAY TO DELETE IT, TO DELETE THAT ITEM.
UH, SO I WAS WORKING WITH OTHER STAFF, ME, UH, MEMBERS TO ACQUIRE THE DATA THAT YOU REQUESTED.
I SENT SEVERAL EMAILS OUT TO YOU, AND IF YOU COULD JUST RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER, I'LL DO VERY, MY VERY BEST TO WORK YOUR, UM, AGENDA AND HAVE IT READY AND POST IT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AND I ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR THAT DATA BACK IN JANUARY, SO THIS WASN'T MY FIRST REQUEST FOR THAT DATA.
SO IT'S BEEN, I MEAN, IF WE WANT TO GET INTO THE DETAILS, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS NOW THAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT.
UM, AND I WILL SAY SINCE I'M NEXT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, UH, SAY THAT I FULLY UNDERSTAND AND DEALING WITH THE SAME THINGS IN TERMS OF TIMEFRAME, THE NEED TO FOLLOW TOMA IN THE COMMITTEES, WHICH WASN'T ORIGINALLY INTENDED, BUT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, DETERMINED TO BE NEEDED IS PUTTING EXTRA STEPS IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE'LL CHALK THAT UP TO GROWING PAINS.
UH, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF GETTING, UH,
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GETTING ALL OF THAT IN A SYSTEMATIC FLOW.UH, BUT TO THE POINT OF, UH, DATA, BELIEVE ME, I, I KNOW, UM, EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN TERMS OF, OF THE, UH, DATA WARS
UM, ALSO THE DIFFICULTY, UH, ON, ON THIS IS PLACED ON RENITA.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF STEPS THAT'S BEEN ADDED, UM, WITH THE INCLUSION OF TOMA IN OUR COMMITTEE PROCESS.
UH, AND SO WE'RE JUST HAVING TO WALK THAT WALK, BUT TO THE POINT OF DATA, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DATA YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AND I'LL, I'LL STICK WITH YOU ON THAT TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO EFFECTIVELY OPERATE, UH, AND ACHIEVE YOUR, YOUR OBJECTIVES.
UM, SO MOVING ON, UH, THE RACIAL EQUITY.
UM, SO I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I, I BASICALLY, UH, HAD TO GIVE UP ON, I, I STILL HAD A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS THAT I DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM ON AVAILABILITY.
UM, I ALSO HAD TO, WAS DEALING WITH A COUPLE OF THE SAME THINGS IN TERMS OF THE TIMEFRAME, UH, FOR GETTING AGENDA POSTED VERSUS SCHEDULING.
UH, SO AT THIS POINT, UM, WHAT WE'VE SCHEDULED, AND I'VE WORKED WITH RENITA TO SCHEDULE, IS A MEETING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE EVERY FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, UH, FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM.
UH, SO JUST A NOTICE TO, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS ON MY COMMITTEE.
THAT IS THE SCHEDULED, UH, TIME, UH, FOR OUR MEETINGS.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THE, UH, FIRST MEETING, UH, THE NEXT FOURTH THIR, FOURTH WEDNESDAY, UH, THAT COMES UP, UH, THE, BASICALLY THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THIS MONTH.
UH, SO PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
WE'LL BE FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM UH, WE'RE FINALIZING THE LOCATION, BUT YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY.
UH, SO YOU WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM THERE.
UH, BUT WE, WE SHOULD, UM, I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE ANY PROBLEM IN KEEPING THAT SCHEDULE, UH, ALREADY ESTABLISHED AN AGENDA, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UM, THE CITY'S RACIAL EQUITY PLAN THAT THEY'VE ALREADY ADOPTED.
WE'LL ALSO BE GOING OVER OUR OBJECTIVES, UH, BUT JUST TO ADVISE, UH, COMMISSIONERS ON THE RACIAL EQUITY COMMITTEE, OUR MEETINGS WILL BE THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM UH, STREET OUTREACH, UH, VICE CHAIR OWENS, WHO'S AHEAD OF US AND HAS, HAS BEEN ABLE TO AT LEAST THE FIRST MEETING.
UH, SO PLEASE, PLEASE, YOU HAVE A CALL.
YES, COMMISSIONERS, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET TODAY AT 2:00 PM HERE.
UH, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER SI, SI HAND, AND COMMISSIONER CLAPTON HOFF WERE HERE WITH ME.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH MR. DYSON, WHO IS, UH, PART OF STREET OUTREACH WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
WOODY ATTENDED OUR MEETING TODAY, AND WE WERE, UH, DISCUSSING HOW WE COULD COLLABORATE.
UH, WE HEARD THEIR OBJECTIVES AND THEIR SUCCESS STORIES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME OR SOME VICTORIES THAT THEY'VE HAD, AS WELL AS WE WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW WE COULD BE A PART OF THE PROCESS IN GOING OUT WITH THEM, UM, TO SERVE WHEN THEY'RE PROVIDING FOOD OUTREACH, SO WE COULD GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING, AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT, UH, PROCESS.
WE DID LEARN TODAY THAT IT WAS A PRETTY MUCH SIX WEEKS PROCESS OF HOW THEY DO THE REMOVAL OF THE ENCAMPMENT.
LIKE SOME OF US SOMETIMES BELIEVE THAT THEY JUST KIND OF GO IN THERE AND GET RID OF THEIR BELONGINGS, BUT, UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT BEFORE, BUT WE GOT A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING TODAY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE JUST WERE LEARNING THAT COMMUNICATION WAS KEY, AND THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW WE CAN ASSIST.
SO OUR NEXT GOAL IS TO GO OUT WITH THEM AND ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE HOW THEY PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE ENCAMPMENTS.
AND NEXT WE HAVE, UH, SUPPORT SERVICES, CHAIR, CHAIR, GARDNER.
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THANK YOU, CHAIR KING.UH, WE, I GUESS WE'RE ALL HERE ON A LEARNING CURVE ABOUT, UM, BOOKING OUR FIRST MEETINGS.
UM, UH, I DID NOT GET MY, UH, AGENDA AND TIME.
I GOT IT ON A THURSDAY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS IN THE, THE CORRECT TIMELINE, BUT THAT IS MY FAULT.
SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING OUR INITIAL MEETING SCHEDULED.
I HAVE A TIME, DATE IN PLACE THAT I'M WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION IN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.
AND, UM, THEN, UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR INITIAL MEETING AND ESTABLISH OUR GOALS AND MISSION STATEMENT.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE DISSEMINATED AS SOON AS I GET IT.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA ADD THAT I ATTENDED PART OF, UH, VICE CHAIR OWENS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING FOR STREET OUTREACH, AND THERE WAS SOME EXCELLENT INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED DURING THAT MEETING.
AND IS IT RECORDED? WE ARE, WE DON'T, IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED, BUT THIS ONE WAS RECORDED.
UM, SO I ENCOURAGE ALL COMMISSIONERS TO WATCH THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, UM, DURING THAT MEETING.
AND I'LL JUST FOLLOW THAT UP BY, BY, UH, REITERATING THAT SINCE, UH, OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE NOW, UH, PUBLIC, UH, THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME QUORUM ISSUE THAT WAS A CONCERN PRIOR.
UH, SO IF WE DO HAVE COMMISSIONERS WHO WANNA ATTEND ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, IT'S YOU, YOU, YOU SHOULD, YOU'LL BE FREE TO DO SO.
IT'S JUST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.
UH, SO IF YOU WANT TO JUST WITNESS WHAT'S GOING ON THAT, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF, OF CORTOMA, IF THERE'S, UH, ATTORNEY WHO DISAGREES WITH THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UH, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DO THE SAME THING THAT WE ARE COMMENDING CITY STAFF FOR DOING IN TERMS OF, UM, BEING MORE INTERDISCIPLINARY.
YOU KNOW, EVERY ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN COM, IN EACH COMMITTEE OVERLAPS INTO ANOTHER ONE.
AND SO WE WANT TO, UM, BE ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH EACH OTHER TO THE EXTENT THAT IT HELPS US DEVELOP OUR OWN COMMITTEE AGENDAS AND BRING ITEMS OF, OF MERIT, UH, TO THE FULL COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION.
UH, SO I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY TO, TO ALL COMMITTEE CHAIRS, JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, AS I KNOW THAT THIS, UH, HAS TURNED INTO MORE THAN WAS ANTICIPATED INITIALLY.
UH, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE DEDICATION.
UH, AND I THINK THAT AS WE GET THIS MORE STREAMLINED, WE'LL SEE THAT IT HAS A, A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE FOCUS THAT WE TAKE IN THE FULL COMMISSION AND ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH, UH, FOR COUNCIL.
UH, SO THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYBODY, AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME, UH, AS WE WORK OUT THE KINKS TO SEE HOW WE CAN BETTER OPERATE THIS SO IT'S MORE CONVENIENT AND MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM FROM COMMITTEE CHAIRS BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THIS ITEM? AND ANY COMMENT FROM ANY COMMISSIONER, UM, REGARDING THE COMMITTEES COMMENT OR QUESTION? OKAY, GREAT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM SIX.
UH, SO COMMISSIONERS, UM, ITEM SIX, WHICH IS PROPOSED ITEMS FOR NEXT OR FUTURE MEETINGS.
AND YOU SEE IN PARENTHESES, THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION, DEBATE AND OR BOTH.
UH, SO FIRSTLY, WELL, LET ME JUST PREFACE, UM, THIS IS AN ITEM, UH, THAT I'M LOOKING TO ADD TO EACH MEETING THAT WILL ALLOW ANY COMMISSIONER TO PRESENT, UH, AN ITEM.
UH, THEY MAY WISH TO BE ADDED TO A COMMISSION AGENDA.
AND THE PURPOSE IS, AND THIS IS AFTER, UH, UH, COMMUNICATION, UH, WITH, WITH COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN DEALING WITH CERTAIN TOPICS.
AND THE CONCERN FOR HOW THAT GETS TO THE PERMISSION AGENDA.
UH, THE FOCUS OF THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS' VOICES CAN BE HEARD, UH, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE DETERMINE DIRECTION AND FOCUS FOR THE COMMISSION OVERALL.
UH, SO WHAT I'LL SAY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM SPECIFICALLY IS, UM, WE STILL WANT THE BULK OF WHAT THE COMMISSION GENERATES TO THE, TO THE MAIN AGENDA
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TO GO THROUGH COMMITTEE.UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS AN ITEM THAT A COMMISSIONER WISHES TO ADDRESS THAT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF A COMMITTEE, UH, THEN I, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMMISSIONER IS ABLE TO BRING THAT AND THAT WE CAN CONSIDER IT.
UH, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO, UH, UM, KEEP THIS AS AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMISSIONERS.
UH, I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU HADN'T BEEN VERSED ON THE PURPOSE OF THIS, AND SO WHETHER OR NOT PREPARED TO BRING ANY ITEM AT THIS TIME, IF YOU ARE, YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, TO PRESENT IT, UH, AT THIS TIME.
UH, AND SO I'LL CALL ON YOU FOR THAT, UH, AFTER THIS EXPLANATION.
UH, BUT JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND THE REQUIREMENTS HERE, WHY YOU SEE NO DISCUSSION, DEBATE AND OR VOTE IN PARENTHESES IS BECAUSE THE PROPOSED ITEM WOULD NOT BE KNOWN AT THE TIME THE AGENDA IS POSTED.
AND SO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE ITEM MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC, UH, PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE DISCUSSED AND OR VOTED ON.
UH, SO THE WAY THAT THIS WILL WORK IS THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT YOUR ITEM IN THE MEETING, UH, WITHOUT IT BEING ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEETING, BUT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT OR, OR VOTE ON IT.
OKAY? UH, BUT THAT ITEM THEN READ INTO THE RECORD AND PROVIDE IT TO, TO, UH, ME, WE CAN LOOK TO SCHEDULE IT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA ONCE IT'S SCHEDULED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
UH, THEN OF COURSE IT'LL BE POSTED, AND THEN WHEN WE ACTUALLY ENTERTAIN THE ITEM, THERE'LL BE FULL DISCUSSION DEBATE, AND A FULL VOTE, UH, IF, IF NECESSARY, IF CALLED FOR.
UH, SO THAT'S JUST THE EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW THIS WILL WORK.
AND AGAIN, THE FOCUS IS JUST AS A CATCHALL TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT JUST DON'T FIT INTO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COMMITTEES, THAT THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO RECEIVE THAT.
AND SO THAT BEING SAID, I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANY COMMISSIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM QUESTIONS AS TO HOW IT WORKS, OR IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM, UH, THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, YOU CAN PRESENT THAT AT THIS TIME.
UH, SO I'M OPENING THE FLOOR TO COMMISSIONERS.
ANY, ANY COMMISSIONERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
COMMISSIONER GARNER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE VIRTUALLY, PLEASE, JUST, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, PUT THAT INTO THE CHAT SO RENITA CAN SEE IT.
UH, COMMISSIONER GARNER, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
UM, I THINK WE'VE SAID THIS A COUPLE TIMES, BUT THE ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING, UM, SHOULD BE, UH, AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NOW, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A LANGUAGE THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR ME, UM, WHAT INITIATES IT? UM, THE PROCESS, THE TEAMS THAT ATTEND, UM, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THIS IN BITS AND PIECES, UM, OVER TIME, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S CONCISE, WALKS US THROUGH, UM, THE TIMELINE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE TEAMS, UM, AND, UM, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PERSON, WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR BELONGINGS, UM, THE, ALL THE ISSUES THAT, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO HAVE CONCERN ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH IT, IF WE COULD ADDRESS ALL OF THAT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARNER.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, EITHER QUESTIONS OR AN ITEM THAT YOU WISH TO PRESENT?
SO, AND I, LIKE I SAID, I, WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER BROWN, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
OH, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING I WANTED TO ADD.
I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON BRINGING THIS TO LIGHT AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY.
SO KUDOS TO YOU IF THIS WAS YOUR IDEA TO COME UP WITH THIS.
I JUST THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA, CUZ I KNOW SOMETIMES WE OFTEN HAVE QUESTIONS AND WHEN WE LEAVE WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME THINGS.
SO BEING ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING ON RECORD THAT CAN LATER ON BE PUT ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA NEXT GO AROUND, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON RECORD THAT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA BY YOU IF YOU CREATED THIS
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. BROWN.
AND I WILL SAY THAT COMMISSIONER JACOB, UH, UH, ACTUALLY MADE US A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS.
THIS IS, UM, I WOULD SAY A, A FORMATION OF THAT CONVERSATION, UH, IN A LOT OF WAYS IN TERMS OF THIS ITEM BEING ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
SO I'LL, I'LL COMMEND COMMISSIONER JACOBS AS
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WELL, UH, FOR HIS COMMENTS.UM, IN ADDITION, WHAT I'LL SAY IS THAT THAT'S THE OVERALL INTENTION AND ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES FOR THE COMMITTEES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HEAR ALL VOICES, THAT EVERYBODY'S ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE IN A, IN A MUCH MORE DETAILED WAY, IN A MUCH MORE INVESTIGATIVE WAY, IN A DEVELOPED WAY.
UH, BECAUSE THE, THE OVERALL GOAL, I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE PROACTIVE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR POSITION AS A COMMISSION, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AND ESTABLISH, UH, UH, A FORMAT OF PLATFORM OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE STAND BEHIND AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO CHAMPION IN OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AND AS A WHOLE BODY BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
UH, SO DEFINITELY WE WANT THE COMMITTEES THEMSELVES AS WELL AS THIS OPPORTUNITY HERE TO ALLOW ALL COMMISSIONERS TO VOICE WHAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS THAT, THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, UH, IN A FORMAT THAT THAT ALLOWS US TO, TO ADDRESS AND FOCUS ON THEM AND COME TO A SOLUTION MIX THAT LEADS US TO A BETTER OUTCOME.
UH, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT.
I'LL SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO COMMISSIONER JACOB FOR HIS COMMENTS.
AND AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING FROM ALL COMMISSIONERS, UH, IN, IN EITHER OF THESE FORMATS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FURTHER DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE HERE TO DO.
UH, NOT, WE'RE NOT JUST HERE TO REVIEW INFORMATION.
WE'RE HERE TO BE PROACTIVE AND, AND DIRECTLY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BRING HOMELESSNESS TO AN EFFECTIVE END IN OUR CITY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
AND I'LL SAY FOR OUR, OUR, ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.
CAUSE WE'VE IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE THE LEAST, WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE EVERYBODY'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
UH, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE COMMENT.
AND, UM, WELL, LEMME JUST ASK ANY OTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION ON THE ITEM.
I THINK FOLKS, WE, WE MIGHT, UH, FINISH EARLY TODAY.
UH, SO I THINK I ACTUALLY, I'M VERY SURE OF IT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THIS ITEM.
WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, ITEM SEVEN ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THAT FRONT? UH, VICE CHAIR, OWEN, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES, I JUST HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A HOMELESS EXPO COMING UP ON JUNE 3RD AT OAKCLIFF BIBLE FELLOWSHIP FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 PM ANY, UH, COMMISSIONER THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE WITH THAT OR BE A PART OF IT, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW.
YOU CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL, BUT IT IS A HOMELESS EXPO HAPPENING AT OAKCLIFF BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH IN OAKCLIFF ON JUNE THE THIRD FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 PM THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, VICE CHAIR AND I, I WOULD ASK, UM, WE COULD GET THAT IN EMAIL OUT TO EVERYBODY, UH, SO THAT, THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UH, I THINK THAT WILL BE, UH, SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY WANNA PUT ON OUR CALENDARS.
UH, SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY KIND OF ANNOUNCEMENT? UPCOMING EVENTS? UPCOMING MEETINGS? OKAY.
I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THE, UH, THE UPCOMING, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UH, SO I THINK THAT, UH, I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER COMMENT.
I THINK THAT THAT'S THE END OF OUR LAST ITEM AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE.
LOOK GUYS, UH, I'M, I'M HERE AT THE ADJOURNMENT ITEM AND IT'S 4:25 PM HOW EARLY.
I'M GETTING YOU GUYS OUTTA HERE TODAY,
SO I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, BE BEFORE WE ADJOURN AGAIN, THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, UH, TO THIS ISSUE.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOCUS.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE EXTRA LEGWORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE, WE'RE KINDA SHIFTING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN OUR PROCESS.
THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF, UH, THANK YOU TO RENITA WHO KEEPS US ALL ON TRACK AND ON SCHEDULE AND UM, UH, UH, TO OUR ATTORNEYS WHO ARE HERE, UH, AT EVERY MEETING, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY SILENT, UH, BUT DEFINITELY THERE WHEN WE NEED THEM.
UH, SO ALL ARE APPRECIATED IN THIS PROCESS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT'S TO COME.
CAUSE I THINK THAT WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP REALLY QUALITY WORK THAT'S GONNA IMPROVE LIVES, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL, HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY.
UH, GREAT WEEKEND AT THIS TIME IT IS 4:26 PM AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.