[Trinity River Corridor Local Government Corporation Board on May 19, 2023.]
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GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE AND WELCOME, UH, THIS DAY ON MAY 19TH, 2023 TO THE TRINITY RECORDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
UH, I WANNA WELCOME EVERYONE THIS MORNING.
UH, UH, SARAH JACKSON ON WEBEX HERE.
HELLO, MS. JACKSON HERE AT KUK.
AND SO WE, WE HAVE QUO TODAY, AND SO WE WANT TO GET STARTED.
UM, WE'LL ORDER, FOLLOW THE ORDER OF AGENDA AS IS PRINTED AND IT'S BEEN POSTED.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, SO WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR NEXT ITEM, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JANUARY 20TH, 2023.
SO IN YOUR BOARD PACKET ARE THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY MEETING, AND DO WE HAVE, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE? AND THAT'S GONNA BE REAL EASY.
THERE'S ONLY TWO OTHER FOLKS
CAN WE GET A MOTION FROM ONE OF THEM? YES.
MS. JACKSON, I NEED YOU TO SAY SECOND OR SOMETHING.
UM, WE, UM, WE HAVE NOT MET SINCE JANUARY, AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, THE BOARD HAS SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT WE HAVE RESPONSE ANNUAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
TWO OF THOSE INCLUDE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THEM ON THE AGENDA.
TWO OF THOSE INCLUDE ONE FIRST ONE IS THAT, UH, THIS OR THIS BOARD, THE TRINITY RIVER, L G C, MUST PRESENT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO, UM, TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS DUE IN FEBRUARY.
AT THE END OF WHAT, END OF JANUARY, BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.
WE DID RECEIVE AN, UH, PERMISSION TO EXTEND ITS, UM, UH, TURNING THAT REPORT IN.
SO, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, I DID, IT WAS IN YOUR BOARD PACKET, UM, THAT YOU RECEIVED ON YESTERDAY.
WE DID GET, I DID ASK YOU FOR FEEDBACK EARLIER IN THE YEAR, IN FEBRUARY, AND I HOPE YOU HAD TIME TO JUST DO A QUICK REVIEW OF THE, OF THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE ARE SENDING.
WE WANT TO SEND IN THE, UM, SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
UM, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE FINAL, THIS BOARD MUST APPROVE IT SO WE CAN OFFICIALLY SUBMIT, SUBMIT IT.
SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THE ANNUAL REPORT IS BASICALLY A SUMMARY OF, OF THE WORK, UM, OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2022.
AND IT ALSO LISTS THOSE, UH, NOT ONLY OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT ALSO SET CERTAIN GOALS FOR, FOR 2023.
UH, IT IS A PUBLIC REPORT, SO EVERYONE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REVIEW IT.
I THOUGHT I HAD IT IN MY OPEN.
NO, THAT'S THE REPORT FROM, FROM THE TPC.
I'M TALKING, I'M REFERRING TO THE REPORT THAT WE, RIGHT, DANIEL REPORT FROM THIS BOARD TO THE CITY, MA.
AND IT WAS IN THE PACKET THAT WE RECEIVED ON YESTERDAY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT? YOU SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.
LET ME JUST MENTION, UM, IF YOU COULD SCROLL THROUGH TO, UH, THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2023.
I JUST WANNA REVIEW THOSE REAL QUICK.
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THE WORK GROUPS COMMITTEES THAT WE ESTABLISHED IN NOVEMBER, 2022.UH, REVIEW THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE TRINITY RIVER FOR US LGC AND TO PRESENT OF TERM SHEET FOR STAFF REVIEW.
UH, NUMBER THREE, OBJECTIVE NUMBER THREE, UH, IS TO REVIEW AND MODIFY THE CONTRACT BETWEEN US, THE L G C AND THE TPC, THE TRINITY PARK CONSERVATIVE CONSERVANCY, BASED ON WHATEVER CHANGES THAT ARE MADE, UH, IN THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE LGC.
OBJECTIVE FOUR, TO PRESENT A WORKING DRAFT FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TO THE HAR, UH, FOR THE HEALTH CENTERS PART.
AND ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL BUDGET AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.
FIVE, DEVELOPED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADVO ADD FOR ADVOCACY OF HOUSING STABILIZATION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND NUMBER SEVEN OR NUMBER SIX, SUPPORT AND APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MARKETING STRATEGY.
AND NUMBER SIX, UH, SEVEN, FORMALLY UPDATE THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEES.
SO THOSE OF OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THE UNIT YEARS ABOUT HALF GONE.
UM, BUT WE, THOSE ARE, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE OBJECTIVES AND WE'LL SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GET IN MEETING GOES.
UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN I, WE NEED A, I NEED A, UH, AN OFFICIAL VOTE FROM THIS BOARD TO, TO PRESENT THIS TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, PRESENT THIS TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT WE ACCEPTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY, UH, AND MOVED BY STEPHANIE KNIGHT AND SECONDED BY GARY KUK.
AND WE WITH THE TRINITY RIVER RECORDER, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, WOULD SUBMIT, UH, OUR FINAL ANNUAL REPORT TO THE, UH, TO THE CITY'S OFFICE FOR ITS REVIEW.
UM, THEN OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO HEAR FROM OUR PARTNER HERE, UM, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HARRELSON PARK, THE TRINITY, UH, TRINITY RIVER, THE TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY, LED BY, UM, LED BY TONY MOORE.
HE'S GOING TO COME AND PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL REPORT TO US, THIS, THIS FOR 2022, AND SHARE WITH US WHATEVER OTHER INFORMATION HE WOULD LIKE AND WHATEVER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS WE'D LIKE TO, UH, OBSERVATIONS WE'D LIKE TO MAKE.
SO WE WANT TO HEAR, UM, FROM MR. MOORE, WHO'S DOING A MR. TONY MOORE, WHO'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
HE IS, COME RIGHT ON IN AND HOW, YOU'VE GOT A YEAR AND A HALF IN NOW.
UM, SO WE ARE IN YOUR HANDS, PASTOR PARKER, MEMBERS OF THE OGC BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, UH, FRIENDS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON OUR 2022, UM, ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, IT'S BEEN A BUSY YEAR FOR US, AS EVERYONE KNOWS.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER IS DOING WITHIN THE FLOODWAYS FROM A FLOOD MITIGATION POINT OF VIEW WITH THE WIDENING AND THE FLATTENING OF THE LEVIES.
AND SO WITH THAT WORK BEING DONE, WE'RE ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE ON THAT GREAT WORK AS IT PERTAINS TO THE WORK WE'LL BE DOING WITHIN BETWEEN THE LEVIES AND THE FLOODWAY.
AND WITH THAT SAID, UM, WE'VE BEEN ON OUR OVERLOOKS AND THE OVERLOOKS ARE OUR GATEWAYS, THE FLOODWAY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PUT BRICK AND MORTAR, UM, BUILDINGS AND, UM, ATTRACTIONS THAT WILL, UH, ULTIMATELY COMPLIMENT THE, THE FLOODWAY WHEN, WHEN IT'S FINISHED.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON THE BOUNDARIES OF, OF THOSE OVERLOOKS AS WELL AS WITH THE CONTENT SELECTION OF THOSE OVERLOOKS.
UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WILL BE THE GUEST EXPERIENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND FOR, FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, UH, SPORT COURTS, UH, SKATE PARKS, BIKE PARKS, UM, A LOT OF THIS, UH, DRIVEN BY INPUT FROM THE, FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR COMMUNITY FIRST AND CIVIC FOCUS.
AND SO WE HAVE LISTENED, WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF THAT, AND WE'RE ADVANCING THOSE TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT CONTENT MIX TO ENSURE THAT HAROLD SIMMONS SPARK FROM A GUEST EXPERIENCE IS, IS, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE ONE.
AND WITH THAT SAID, I'LL, I'LL MOVE TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE INFORMATION WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY IS INFORMATION WE'RE USING
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IN, IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR ARCHITECTS AND OUR DESIGNS TO, TO ADVANCE, UM, OUR CONTENT SELECTION AND THE DESIGN OF THE PARK.AND SO PRIOR TO THIS, PRIOR TO 2022, WE'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME, I BELIEVE, UM, OVER 3000 DIFFERENT SURVEYS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN UNDERSTANDING FROM THEM AND SHARING WITH THEM WHAT THE PARK WILL MEAN TO THEM.
BUT IN 2022 SPECIFICALLY, WE, UH, MET AND ENGAGED OVER 600 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM NEARBY ON AFAR.
UH, WE MET IN HOMES, WE MET IN SCHOOLS, AND WE MET IN CIVIC CENTERS AS WELL AS, UM, AT THE CONSERVANCY BASE.
AND THE INTENT WAS TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE PARK MEETS TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WHAT, AND HOW THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL INTERACT WITH THE PARK, UM, CONTINUE.
IN 2022, WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK SPECIFIC TO WE NEED SHADE, WE NEED GREEN SPACES, WE NEED AN AREA FOR PROGRAMMING AND FESTIVALS.
WE NEED THIS TO BE ACCESSIBLE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO HEARING THAT, UM, WE ALSO NEED THE PARK TO BE, UH, A SECURED ENVIRONMENT.
UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALSO SHARED CONCERN ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE TO THE NEARBY COMMUNITIES TO AVOID THE CONGESTIONS, UM, WITH THE PARK CROWDS AND PARKING AND THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS THEREOF.
AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PARK AND PARK EXPERIENCE AND HOW THE COMMUNITY INTERACTS WITH THE PARK AND HOW THE PARK MEETS THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY, THERE IS A CONSTANT NEED, UM, SPECIFIC TO THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY OF THE GENTRIFICATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE AREA AND THE DISPLACEMENT.
AND WE ARE PART OF THAT DIALOGUE.
AND SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEEK TO UNDERSTAND AND TO FIND OUR ROLE, BUT THIS IS A REAL ISSUE THAT SURFACES EVERY TIME WE SPEAK ABOUT THE PARK AND THE INTERACTION OF THE PARK.
UM, WE ALSO LAUNCHED IN 2022, THE, THE WEST DALLAS VISION PLAN AND THE WEST DALLAS VISION PLAN IN ASSOCIATION WITH, UM, UM, BUILDINGS OF HOPE IS A PLAN IN WHICH THE 14 COMMUNITIES OF, UM, THE WEST DALLAS, LA, BAJA, LOS ALTUS, AND ALL THE WAY TO LED BETA, HOW THEY IN AN ORGANIZED EFFORT CAN BE ADVOCATES OF THEIR OWN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY, WORKING WITH THE CITY, AND ADDRESSING HOUSING AND, UM, RELATED ISSUES.
AND SO WE'RE PLEASED TO SAY THAT THAT OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN 2022.
AND BUILDERS OF HOPE IS CERTAINLY AT THE TIP OF THE SPARE AS THEY CONTINUE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO, TO BUILD ON THAT ADVOCATE BASE AS IT RELATES TO, UM, HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN, UM, CAN SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE HAVE ALSO STARTED WHAT WE'RE CALLING DISCOVERY SESSIONS SPECIFIC TO THE HARIM PARK BRAND.
AND SO THE HAR SIMMONS PARK BRAND IS A BRAND THAT'S UNDER THEIR, THE PARENTAL UMBRELLA OF THE TRINI PARK CONSERVANCY.
BUT THE HARIM PARK BRAND IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING A CONSUMER BRAND IN HOW THE PUBLIC WILL RELATE TO THE HARIM PARK BRAND.
AND SO, SO WITH THE HELP FROM OUR MARKETING TEAM, UM, WE'RE GOING AND HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS AND IN ESTABLISHING THAT WE WILL NEED A WEBSITE SPECIFICALLY TO SHARE THE EXCITEMENT OF THE PARK, BUT THE CIVIC AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION OF THE PARK AS IT RELATES TO ALL OUR DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES FROM CONSERVATION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, UM, COMMUNITY, AND HOW THAT CONNECTS IN AN AUTHENTIC MANNER.
AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, OR I SHOULD SAY WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS IN 2022 IN DECIDING WHAT THAT BRAND WOULD LOOK LIKE, FEEL LIKE, AND NOW WE'RE HARD AT WORK AND CREATING A WEBSITE THAT WILL APPROPRIATELY REPRESENT THAT BRAND FUNDRAISING, UH, THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR, FOR HAROLD SMITH'S PARK HAS CONTINUED, UM, AND WE INTERNALLY CALL IT THE QUIET PHASE, BUT OUR TEAM REPRESENTED BEHIND ME HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD WITH DONOR CULTIVATIONS WITH A LOT OF IN-PERSON DONOR MEETINGS AS WE SHARE THE PARK AND, AND WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE PARK WILL HAVE ON THE COMMUNITIES OF DALLAS.
AND FOR 2022, WE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE, UH, 11.8 MILLION TOWARDS OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL.
AND, UM, YEAR TO DATE, THAT BRINGS US YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE ABOUT, UM, 130 TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
UM, A VERY IMPORTANT STEP AS EXPRESSED BY THE CONFIDENCE OF THE DONOR AND PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY.
BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS NOT JUST BUILDING THE PARK, IT'S HOW WE OPERATE THE PARK IN PERPETUITY IN A VERY SUSTAINABLE MANNER.
AND SO, LIKEWISE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS OF, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF, OF, OF THE CITY AND CITY MANAGERS IN, IN, IN CREATING OUR CASE OF HOW WE COULD PERHAPS FUND IN PERPETUITY, UM, AND MAKING THE PARK SUSTAINABLE
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THROUGH A VALUE CAPTURE MECHANISM.THIS IS CONTINUED DIALOGUE AND CONTINUED CONVERSATION, BUT CRITICAL, CRITICAL FOR THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PARK.
AND SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL, UM, AND, AND EXCITED ABOUT THE COLLABORATION AND THE SUPPORT WE WILL GET FROM THE CITY IN THIS REGARD.
AND THIS IS A CONTINUED CONVERSATION AND ONE IN WHICH WE'LL, UM, OBVIOUSLY BE ESCALATED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT AND, AND VERY OPTIMISTIC FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY IN THAT REGARD, UM, FROM A PLANNING AND DESIGN POINT OF VIEW.
LET ME INTERRUPT YOU FOR, I GOT A QUESTION.
IN UNDER THE FUNDRAISING PIECE, YOU SAID THERE WAS 11.8 MILLION AND YOU'RE HAVING THESE SMALL AND IN-PERSON GROUPS.
WHAT, WHAT HAS, WHAT'S THE GENERAL ATTITUDE TOWARD IN THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY, THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE ENGAGED, WHAT ARE THEIR CONCERNS? WHAT HAS BEEN, WHAT HAVE BEEN THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE ASKED, UM, REGARDING WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM ABOUT POTENTIALLY FUNDING THIS, THIS PARK? SO THERE IS THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THIS PARK HAS HAD SOME FATIGUE IN THE TIMELINE OF COMING TO FRUITION.
AND, AND TO THAT RESPONSE, I OFTEN SAY THAT THE PARK THAT WE WOULD'VE HAD FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PARK IN WHERE WE'RE HEADED TODAY.
AND SO TIME HAS ALLOWED US TO REALLY MATURE A MUCH BETTER PRODUCT, AND OUR DONORS UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND I THINK THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
UM, THERE IS TRULY A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE PARK AS THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT.
UM, THE HARRELSON'S PARK, BY, BY SCALE IS A MUCH LARGER PARK THAN THE CURRENT PARKS THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE THINK WE WILL COMPLEMENT THIS RISING TIDE OF PARKS IN DALLAS.
BUT CERTAINLY OUR POINT OF DIFFERENCE BEING, UM, OVER 200 ACRES AT THE CENTER OF DALLAS, WHERE THE RIVERS AT THE CENTER.
AND SO NATURE AND CONSERVATION TENDS TO BE ONE OF OUR FOCUS, AS WE HEARD AFTER COVID THE VALUE OF GREEN SPACE.
SO OUR, THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING, PASTOR PARKER IS A POSITIVE ONE, IS ONE OF SUPPORT, IS ONE OF, UM, BELIEF, TRULY BELIEVE IN WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE PARK WILL BE, BUT ALSO ONE AS WELL TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY AND THAT WE NEED TO MOVE TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION ARE, ARE THEY SENSING US? UH, YOU MENTIONED THE WORD FATIGUE, I GUESS I WANTED TO, IS THAT A FATIGUE AMONG DONORS? FATIGUE AMONG WHO NO, ABSOLUTELY.
FATIGUE IS IN REFERENCE TO THE TIMELINE THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE, UM, 2019.
IN, IN THE, FOR, FOR ALL THE OBVIOUS REASONS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY COLLABORATE WITH THE CORE AS IT ALIGNS WITH A BALANCED VISION PLAN, WHICH IS GONNA BE A GREATER AREA IN THE FLOODWAY, BUT IT'S FATIGUED FOR THE TIMELINES, SIR.
ABSOLUTELY NOT A FATIGUE IN TERMS OF THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM OR FOR THE PART.
WELL THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TWO, $300 MILLION PART THAT'S PRIMARILY FUNDED BY DONORS, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING ON THIS END WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
AND IF I MAY ADD, UM, YOU MENTIONED CONCERNS.
THE ACHILLES HEEL FOR ALL PUBLIC PARKS IS THAT THEY WILL OPEN TO GREAT F FEAR AND THEY'LL LOOK AWESOME.
THE OPENING DAY AND THE, WHAT WE CALL THE THREE YEAR ITCH, THREE YEARS AFTER ROBUST OPERATION VIEW, ENTER THAT PARK.
AND THERE'S AN OBVIOUS DECLINE IN THE QUALITY IN WHICH YOU CALL PASTOR PARKER, EXCELLENCE IN OPERATIONS.
AND HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THAT? AND SO THERE IS A CONCERN, UM, FROM THAT COMMUNITY THAT AFTER THIS INVESTMENT TO BRING THE PARK TO FRUITION, OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THAT PARK WITH THE SAME STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, UM, FIVE YEARS AFTER, 10 YEARS AFTER.
AND THAT THEN SUPPORTS THE CONVERSATION OF OUR NEED, OUR DESPERATE NEED FOR HELP ON THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE LONG TERM.
SO DO YOU THINK THAT THIS O AND M PIECE IS, IS CRITICAL AND, YOU KNOW, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WHEN WE HAVE OUR LIAISON MEETING, HOW CRITICAL DO YOU SEE THAT IN YOUR CONVERSATION WITH DONORS? HOW, I KNOW YOU FLESHED THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO THE COMMITMENT OF THE DONORS IS TO BUILD A PARK, AND WE NEED THE COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THAT THAT COMMITMENT IS REINFORCED AND PROTECTED INTO PERPETUITY.
UM, AGAIN, AS EARLIER STATED, UH, ATTENDANCE WILL HAVE A WEAR AND TEAR IMPACT ON PARKS FROM BENCHES TO SIDEWALKS TO THE QUALITY.
UM, AS MENTIONED, THE COMMUNITY SESSIONS SECURITY CAME UP QUITE
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A BIT AND, UM, NOT UNDERSTANDING THE DEGREE OF OPERATION OF THE PARK.UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ASKING, WILL THIS BE A SAFE SPACE? AND A SAFE SPACE IS IMPLIED BY THE ACTIVE PRESENCE OF EMPLOYEES WALKING, UM, SECURITY PRISONS, SURVEILLANCE SCENE AND UNSEEN.
AND, AND THOSE ARE HARD COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
AND SO WE MUST GET THAT RIGHT TO ENSURE THAT THIS INVESTMENT IS PROTECTED FOR THE LONG TERM, FOR THE LONGEVITY OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, FOR THEIR CITIZENS AND FOR THE QUALITY OF THE PARK.
UM, WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD HERE IN DALLAS IN THE SUCCESS OF, UM, CLYDE WARREN PARK AND WHAT IT HAS DONE, UM, THIS, AND, AND WE ARE WRITING ON THAT SUCCESS, BUT THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK BY SCALE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER.
AND SO TO OPERATE SUCH A LARGE FOOTPRINT, UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN.
ARE THERE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TIED TO ONM? ARE THERE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TIED TO O AND M? YEAH, SO THERE ALWAYS IS.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SOURCES ARE
UM, WE'RE CERTAIN THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, UM, RELATED TO REVENUE GENERATION IN WHAT THE PARK CAN GENERATE.
UM, TO BE CLEAR, FOR A FREE PARK, YOU ARE HANDICAPPED, UH, CUZ YOU ARE NOT CHARGING ADMISSIONS BASED ON VOLUME.
THERE'LL BE TIMES THROUGH FOOD AND OTHER, UH, AND BEVERAGE AND OTHER, UM, UH, RENTALS THAT YOU CAN GENERATE SOME REVENUE.
BUT A PUBLIC FREE PARK IS NOT, UM, FUNDED AT THE EXPENSE OF ITS VISITORS.
AND SO IT HAS TO BE, UM, SUPPLEMENTED THROUGH SPONSORSHIP AND, UM, AND THE TEAM IS WORKING HARD IN FIGURING OUT THOSE OTHER SOURCES THAT WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HAVE DESTINY OVER.
BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST, WE ARE GONNA NEED HELP FROM, FROM THE CITY ON ANOTHER END OF THIS.
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION BECAUSE IF, IF, ARE THEY, I GUESS LET ME BE MORE FRANK OF DIRECT.
ARE THERE FUNDERS OR DONORS WHO WOULD, WHO ARE WAITING FOR SOME KIND OF O AND M, UM, PROPOSAL AND MAYBE FUNDING WOULD, UM, WOULD LOOSEN UP A LITTLE BIT? SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY ARE, IS THERE FUNDING TIED TO O AND M, AN O AND M PRO, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM? THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THE O AND M IS WHAT PROTECTS THE INITIAL INVESTMENT OF THE BUILD.
AND SO OUR FUNDERS, UM, FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS ARE SAYING WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU IN A VERY CLEAR AND UM, AND A VERY CLEAR AND SUSTAINABLE MANNER EXPLAINED TO US WHAT WILL PROTECT THE INVESTMENT.
AND CONTRACTUALLY WE ARE BOUND WITH A, WITH SOME OF HER PLEDGED GIFTS THAT ARE TIED TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS O AND M FUNDING.
AND SO THE MOMENT OF WHICH WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, PROPERLY ARTICULATE, UM, AS, UH, EVIDENCED BY A CONTRACT OF SUPPORT, THEN THERE'S MORE FUNDING THAT WILL ACTUALLY ACCELERATE THE, THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK.
SO IF WE GET ALL IN PLAN, WE GET MORE MONEY.
AND AN ACCELERATED TIMELINE, IF I MAY ADD
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THIS? I'M SORRY.
THERE'S TWO OTHER AREAS, UM, THAT TO, TO, TO COMMENT ON.
ONE IS THE PLANNING AND DESIGN AND, UH, MARCUS SHARP SHIRE, OUR DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, ALONG WITH, UH, MOLLY CARROLL AND THE CITY OF DALLAS, HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AS WE ADVANCE OUR DESIGN AND WITH THEIR BLESSING.
AND, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY WORKING WITH THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND SEEKING THEIR BLESSINGS AS WE SHARE, UM, OUR, OUR DESIGNS AND, AND MOVING FORWARD IN 2023 TO ADVANCE THOSE DESIGNS.
AND SO PROGRESS IS BEING MADE AND WE'RE EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND, UM, LAST BUT BUT NOT LEAST, UH, WANT TO THANK THE L G C AND, AND, AND THE CITY AND, AND MOLLY CARROLL AND ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES AS WE, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE IN 2023 AND, UM, WE'RE MOVING FULL SPEED, BUT WE'RE BEING VERY METHODICAL AND VERY INTENTIONAL AND WE'RE EXCITED AND WE'RE, HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET ON A LOT OF THE AREAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, YOU MENTIONED ALSO I JUST, UH, THAT THE CONSERVANCY HAS IN THIS FINANCE SECTION, UM, HAS I THE FORMER CITY MANAGER, UH, MR. GONZALEZ, TO CONSULT IN THIS AREA OF PROGRAMMING, NOT PROGRAMMING, BUT FINANCING ON
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AND M YES, SIR.THE, THE STRATEGY THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS ONE OF VALUE CAPTURE, VALUE CAPTURE BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF THE PARK.
UM, WE, BASED ON NATIONAL MODELS, UM, WE FEEL STRONG.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? VALUE CAPTURE? YOU KNOW ME, TONY? YES, SIR.
YOU GOT TO SIMPLIFY IT FOR ME, BRO.
AND SO THE IDEA IS THE PRESENCE OF THE PARK WILL INCREASE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UM, TAX INCREMENT AND EXTRACTING FROM THE, THE, THE PREMIUM OF THAT TAX INCREMENT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE USE THE PREMIUM FROM THAT, FROM A, AS A FUNDING MECHANISM, TRADITIONALLY THROUGH A TIF, UM, OR A SIMILAR MECHANISM.
BUT THE IDEA IS FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE PARK, THE ADDITIONAL TAX INCREMENT GENERATED BY THE PARK, WE EXTRACT FROM THAT PREMIUM TO FUND THE PARK.
SO OUR CONSULTANT, UH, MR. GONZALEZ HAS BEEN PERFECTING THAT MODEL FOR US AND SHARING THAT MODEL PUBLICLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND OTHER, UM, LEADERS OF THE CITY.
AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN HAS BEEN ONE OF SUPPORT, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS TO GET TO FRUITION AND WE'RE POSITIVE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO SOME DEGREE SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN IN, UM, SIMILAR OR CLOSE.
BUT THAT'S THE, THE, THE STRATEGY THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING AND, AND, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE CITY TO SEE IF THAT COULD COME TO FRUITION.
SO VALUE CAPTURE DOESN'T MEAN THAT TEXTILES ARE GOING TOWARD THE PROGRAM, TOWARD THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK.
IT, IT MEANS THAT THE FUNDS FROM THAT ULTIMATELY GOES IN AND ALLOWS US TO OPERATE THE BAR, NOT BUILD, OPERATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JUST TO FOLLOW UP.
SO THERE'S A LAG TIME THOUGH BETWEEN THAT VALUE ADD, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THERE IS THE NEED FOR SOMETHING IN THE INTERIM OR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
IS THERE ANYTHING, ANY, UM, SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW THAT GAP MIGHT BE BRIDGED? YES, DOC KNIGHT, UM, WE ESTIMATE THAT PERHAPS WILL BE A THREE TO FIVE YEAR GAP THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED.
UM, WE MAY BE INTENTIONAL IN FUNDRAISING FOR THAT, UM, TO COVER THAT GAP, BUT YOU'RE SO RIGHT IN, IN RECOGNIZING THAT AND, UM, THERE ARE OTHER MODELS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL THAT PERHAPS WILL ALLOW US TO BRIDGE THAT GAP.
THERE, HERE, ANYTHING ON THANK TRINITY PARK? YEAH.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
AGAIN, IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS, UH, BUT WANTED TO THANK OUR PARTNERS AT, UH, TPC FOR THIS REPORT AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
AND PASTOR PARKER THANKS LEADERSHIP, UH, AND THE DISCUSSION AROUND KIND OF WHAT'S NEEDED TO KEEP THE CATALYSTS MOVING.
AND SO I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY, BUT I'VE ENJOYED THE CONVERSATION AND APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK I'VE, EVERYTHING IN THIS SPACE.
UM, UH, NUMBER SIX, UH, JUST OUR WORK GROUPS COMMITTEES, UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, FIVE OF THEM THAT ARE PART OF, UH, THAT WE STARTED BACK IN NOVEMBER.
UM, AND SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR AT LEAST THREE OF OUR COMMITTEE, UH, PERSONS ARE HERE WHO SERVE WITH THESE COMMITTEES ARE HERE.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE RE IS THE REVIEW OF OUR CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE, THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY AND, AND LGC AND THE TPCS CONTRACT WITH THE LGC.
THERE'S NO REPORT THERE, LET ME BE FRANK ABOUT THAT.
THIS O AND M IS SO, IS REALLY THE LYNCHPIN TO WHATEVER, NOT ALL THE CHANGES, BUT SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WITH THE CONTRACT, THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THE CONTRACT, UM, THAT THIS, THIS ONM, THAT'S WHY I WAS PRESSING SO MANY QUESTIONS TO, TO TONY MORE ABOUT THAT ON M BECAUSE IT IS CRITICAL, UM, TO SO MUCH, UM, TO FUNDING TO OUR CONTRACT REVIEW, UH, REVISIONS THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND, AND SO, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S NO REPORT THERE, BUT WE PARK OP OPERATIONS AND EXCELLENCE.
SO WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE TPC ON AND STRATEGIZING, UH, HOW WE GO FORWARD WITH, UH, BOTH THE CITY AND, UH, OPTIONS FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
CAUSE WE'LL BE, UH, AS TONY INDICATED IN
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THE, IN HIS UPDATE WAS, UM, REVENUE GENERATED BY THE PARK PLUS, UM, PLUS OPERATIONS, UH, FUNDS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED THAT THAT WOULD CREATE THE, THE ANNUAL, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT WE'RE SAYING, PROTECTION OF THE INVESTMENTSO DIANE AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN, UH, BEEN MEETING P C AND UH, AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOUR MEETINGS ARE GOING.
YOU'VE ATTEMPTED TO, HOW YOU YES, I'M PUTTING YOU OUT THERE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RESCHEDULING, BUT WE'RE, UH, TRYING TO BE PERSISTENT.
UM, I ATTENDED, UM, A MEETING VIRTUALLY ON MARCH 14TH.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IN THE REPORT I WAS ABLE TO, TO HEAR ABOUT AS, AS WELL.
I'M STILL GETTING TO KNOW, UH, EVERYONE AND ALL THAT, UH, THE COMMITTEE DOES.
SO, UH, I'M, UH, I'VE GOT THIS STEEP LEARNING CURVE.
BE PATIENT WITH ME, UH, FOR A WHILE, BUT I'M, I'M WITH YOU.
UH, ON MAY 2ND, I ATTENDED, UH, AN INTERESTING MEETING THAT, UH, TRINITY PARKS CONSERVANCY WAS ALSO AT, AND THIS WAS CONVENED BY THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL AND BY, UM, UH, WEST DALLAS ONE AND BY THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY VISION, UH, TO LOOK AT WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO FISH TRAP LAKE, WHICH IS, UH, ADJA, I'D SAY ADJACENT TO THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL, BUT POTENTIAL FOR A, UM, FOR A COMMUNITY, UH, AREA AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE, UH, WITH THE WEST DALLAS STEM SCHOOL.
AND I, I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS IN THIS SMALLER, UH, AREA MIGHT BE THINGS WE'D WANNA CONSIDER FOR THE LARGER PART WHEN IT, UH, WHEN, UH, IT IS OPERATIONAL IN RELATION TO EDUCATION AND CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOLS IN THE WEST DALLAS, UH, AREA.
SO IT WAS, UM, UH, AN INTERESTING GROUP.
WE ARE ARE FOLLOWING, WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON THIS AND THERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS, UH, INVOLVED, IF NOT THEN PARK DESIGN ADVOCACY.
THAT WAS A DIFFERENT NAME, BUT I, I'M GONNA GO WITH THAT.
SO THERE IS A MILESTONE TO REPORT HERE IS IS THAT, UH, THE, THE DESIGN FOR THE WEST OVERLOOK IN FIELD
SO, UM, SO THIS IS NOW READY TO SCHEDULE A REVIEW WITH THE CITY.
UH, THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE TPCS, WORKING THROUGH THE REGULATORY PROCESS WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND UM, AND SOME GOOD NEWS IS THAT, UH, THE RFQ REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION FOR THE, UH, TO SOLICIT GENERAL CONTACT COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION HAD BEEN PUT OUT THAT THAT WILL CLOSE ON 5 23 AND GET LIST OF CANDIDATES AND, UH, RUN THROUGH THIS SELECTION PROCESS AND THAT WILL INCLUDE AS WELL.
UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARK SARAH JACKSON.
HEY, UH, I ASSUME I AM OFF MUTE OFFICIALLY AND CAN BE HEARD, CORRECT? I, I SAY THAT AGAIN.
WELL, I'M GLAD I STARTED WITH THAT.
UM, CAN I BE HEARD? YOU CAN HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
AND ALL RIGHT, WELL, UH, YES, ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE'RE SEEING MOVEMENT AND SO, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR THE TPC CONVENED A COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING MEETING.
UM, W THERE, A COUPLE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS WERE, UM, A COMMITMENT, A RENEWED COMMITMENT, I WOULD SAY, TO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TPC TO DEVELOP THE PARK STORY.
AND SO, UH, EXCITED TO, UH, CONTINUE THE WORK.
AS WE'RE SEEING FROM THIS MEETING, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND A LOT OF WHAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON IS, IS ALIGNING THAT TO, TO BETTER TELL THE STORY.
ALSO CASE STRATEGIES HAS BEEN HIRED, UH, AS A COMMUNICATION CONSULTANT,
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UM, ON THIS PROJECT.AND SO THAT, UH, MORE TO COME THERE.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, IN THE COMING MONTHS, BRIEFINGS WILL BE SCHEDULED BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME UPDATES TO SHARE WITH THE L G C.
AND SO ALL OF YOU, UM, SHOULD BE GETTING A NOTE ABOUT THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY.
AND THOSE ARE THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, ONE MORE MEETING COMING UP THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S MY REPORT.
TELL US WHAT CASE STRATEGIES WE'LL BE DOING.
UH, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO OUR PARTNERS, BUT I, UH, THEY, I KNOW THERE WAS AN RFP PROCESS AND, AND, AND PEOPLE BID AND THEY WERE SELECTED.
AND SO I SEE MR. TONI MOORE GOING IN THE MIC, AND SO SINCE THEY'RE MANAGING THE CONTRACT, I'LL DEFER TO THEM.
CASE STRATEGIST IS A COMMUNICATIONS FIRM THAT'S WELL RESPECTED IN THE DALLAS AREA, KNOWN FOR THEIR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, KNOWN FOR THEIR, UM, ABILITY, UH, TO CONNECT TO COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO COMMUNICATE.
AND SO AS WE PREPARE OURSELVES FOR GOING PUBLIC AND SPEAKING MORE ABOUT THE PARK, AND ALSO CONNECTING WITH ALL OUR COMMUNITIES NEARBY N FFR, NOT JUST SUR GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE PARK, BUT IN A MORE MACRO MESSAGE FOR ALL OF DALLAS AND DALLAS METRO.
TO BE SPECIFIC, WE NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF A MORE WELL POLISHED, UM, WELL ESTABLISHED FIRM.
AND SO CASE, UH, WE WENT THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS AND THE STRATEGIES WAS THE SELECTED, UM, AGENCY THAT WILL HELP AND ASSIST US WITH THAT TASK.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT FROM OUR TEAM, OUR WORK GROUPS.
UM, ARE THERE, IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? ANYTHING WE CAN, ANY QUESTIONS FOR TPC? CRICKETS.
AGAIN, THAT MEANS, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS?
THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
WITH THAT SAID, THEN WE WILL ADJOURN.
UM, AND OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.