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WE CALL THIS, UH, OUR FIRST, UH, BOND COMMITTEE.
AS YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB WE CAN DO TO SERVE THE CITY, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU WILLING TO SERVE.
THIS IS WHAT WE CAN HELP SHAPE THE CITY FOR YEARS TO COME AND YOU WILLING TO PUT YOUR SERVICE IN IS SO, SO APPRECIATED.
I REALLY AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK WITH ALL THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND CHAIRS WHO REALLY ARE BRINGING SO MUCH EXPERTISE TO WHAT WE ARE DOING.
YOU KNOW, MAYOR HAS CLEARLY DEFINED AS THREE PRIORITIES, THREE P'S.
HE CALLS IT PUBLIC SAFETY PARKS AND, UH, POTHOLES.
AND I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MR. BROADNAX, AND YOU KNOW, HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GO WITH WHAT THE BUDGET, AND, YOU KNOW, STREETS ARE IMPORTANT.
SO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HE HAS LAID OUT HIS BUDGETS AND ALL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE WILL ALL BE SHARING AND THEN WE WILL BE DEBATING WHAT BEST TO BRING IT TO HIM AND THEN TO PRESENT IT TO THE COUNCIL.
AGAIN, I THINK AS THIS GROUP REPRESENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, 15 MEMBERS, ONE FROM EVERY DISTRICT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE PARAMETERS WE WILL BE DISCUSSING WILL NOT ONLY BE, UH, IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCILS, BUT FOR THE CITY.
SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I WOULD DO IT IS, YEAH, OF COURSE COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT WE LOOK AT ONE CITY AS A WHOLE AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, DEFINE WHAT THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR THE CITIES ARE.
SOME OF THE KEY THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A NEED INVENTORY, WHICH, UH, SPANS TO, YOU KNOW, 15 TO $7 BILLION AND WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS TO SPEND, WE'LL HAVE TO BE VERY JUDICIOUS ON HOW WE RECOMMEND MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'LL BE, YOU KNOW, MY, SOME OF THE, WHICH I SPOKE TO ALL THE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS.
ALSO, THE KEY THINGS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, AND WITH MR. NIK SUGGESTED ME THAT HOW DO WE KEEP THE EQUITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE KEY, BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S HOW REALLY WE CAN MAKE THE BIG DECISION, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATE THAT MONEY AND HOW, YOU KNOW, REALLY ONE THING, WHICH I REALLY WOULD, UH, LOVE TO HAVE THAT WITH EVERY SUBCOMMITTEE.
HOW DO WE HAVE ONE PROJECT, WHICH IS LIKE A FLAGSHIP PROJECT, WHICH IS A KEY SIGNATURE PROJECT, WHICH CAN DEFINE THE CITY AS A CUTTING EDGE CITY FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT PROJECT IT IS, AND ALSO, I KNOW NOT EVERY COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN DO IT.
HOW DO WE LEVERAGE OUR DOLLARS? IF CITY IS PUTTING $1 BILLION? IS THERE ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS WE CAN BRING THROUGH SOME WAY? HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS? IF WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, GOING TO BE, WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PUBLIC AND ALL, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL WITH THAT.
UH, I INVITE MR. BROADNAX, UH, OUR FEARLESS LEADER HERE TO SAY THE WELCOME REMARKS.
THANK YOU ARUN, AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
AND SO IN ORDER TO LEVEL SET, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT ACCORDANCE WITH 12 ONE C, BECAUSE ARUN HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHAIR OF THE TASK FORCE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION PROPOSITION WILL NOT BE ALLOWED THIS YEAR,
AND SO I, I'M JOKING, I JUST WANTED TO GET, I RESIGNED DIRECTOR JENKINS REACTION TO THAT.
UH, BUT I, I ASSURED, UH, ARUN THAT I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD, UH, NOT ONLY, UH, IS HE THE BOARD CHAIR FOR PARKS, BUT HE'S THE BOARD CHAIR OR COMMITTEE CHAIR.
AND HE IS GOING TO, AS HE SAID, ENSURE THAT HE IS LOOKING AT THIS AT A LENS THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE CITY AND ALL THE THINGS AND THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.
AND I THINK THE WORK THAT I THINK EVERYONE HERE HAS SIGNED UP TO DO, INCLUSIVE OF STAFF WHO WILL BE YOUR RIGHT HAND, UH, AS IT RELATES TO PROVIDING INFORMATION AND INSIGHT AND HOPEFULLY ALLOWING YOU TO GET OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TO REALLY EXPERIENCE THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND THE CHALLENGES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO SEE FROM A PRIORITY PERSPECTIVE ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WILL ALLOW EACH SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT REALLY REFLECT A CROSS SECTION OF PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES AND NEEDS THAT REALLY BALANCE, I THINK THE EQUITY, UH, THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING QUITE A BIT ABOUT, BUT ALSO JUST TRYING TO GET AT IMPROVING OUR CITY.
AND SO AS WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT, AND I'M GOING TO BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN CUZ I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE TIME YOU NEED TONIGHT TO BEGIN TO DIG IN AND DO THIS WORK.
WE'VE LAID OUT, UH, AT THIS POINT A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FINANCIAL CAPACITY THAT WE BELIEVE THE BOND PROGRAM WILL CONTAIN.
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THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS A PORTION OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.OBVIOUSLY THE NEEDS INVENTORY IS VAST, BUT FROM STREETS AND PARKS AND FLOOD CONTROL, DRAINAGE, ALL KINDS OF CRITICAL FACILITIES, I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS.
SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU EVEN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND CAN INFORM THIS GROUP UP HERE ABOUT JUST HOW WE SITUATE PROPOSITIONS.
I'VE HEARD CONVERSATIONS AROUND SPECI, UH, SPECIAL PROPOSITIONS FOR CULTURAL FACILITIES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO REALLY CALL OUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
SO THOSE WILL BE INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO OVER THESE NEXT MONTHS FOR THE CITY.
I, OUR 2017 BOND TASK FORCE AND SUBCOMMITTEES DID A GREAT JOB.
AND IF YOU HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PARTICIPATING IN THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS, I WOULD HOPE WE COULD MIRROR AND IMPROVE UPON WHAT WE DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
BECAUSE I THINK THIS WAS REALLY ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE CONVERSATION, NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS, BUT LISTENING TO HOW PEOPLE REALLY FEEL AND GETTING THE TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT THAT I THINK WE CALL OUT IN OUR VALUES.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO REALLY SPENDING SOME TIME MY TEAM SPENDING TIME WITH YOU AND COMING BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, AGAIN, BENEFIT THIS CITY.
I WOULD JUST SAY AS AN EYE TO THE FUTURE, SO YOU DON'T BEAT YOURSELF UP TOO MUCH.
IT'S MY IMPRESSION THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS, UH, IF WE CAN CONTINUE, UH, IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, THAT WILL COME WITH ANOTHER BOND ISSUE TO GET AT IT.
SO DON'T FEEL LIKE IF THERE ARE THINGS LEFT ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR THAT WE MIGHT NOT GET A CHANCE TO DO IT.
IT'S ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE REPRIORITIZE AND EMPHASIZE WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO AGAIN, YOUR WORK IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
I'M GOING TO VALUE YOUR INPUT, UH, YOUR WISDOM, YOUR THOUGHTS, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO YOU REFLECTING AND REPRESENTING YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A CITYWIDE BOND PROGRAM.
AND SO SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND THEN SOME FOLK GET A LITTLE BIT LESS AND OR BALANCE THE NEEDS BASED ON WHAT WE DO.
SO WELCOME, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR WORK.
PLEASE, UH, CONTINUALLY LIFT MY STAFF UP WHO ARE GONNA DO THEIR BEST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE INFORMATION AND INSIGHT AND SHOOT STRAIGHT WITH YOU ON WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO YOU TO WORK WITH US TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET A PROGRAM, UH, THAT COMPRISES THE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT NEEDS AND CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP TO DO THIS.
UH, YOU WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT IN THE PROCESS, SO FEEL IMPORTANT.
UH, IF YOU FEEL PRESSURE, WELCOME TO MY WORLD.
AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT GOING AROUND THIS ROOM AND CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF WHAT THIS COMMUNITY EXPECTS FROM US.
AND THAT IS TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS AND DO 'EM IN THE TIMES WE NEED TO DO THEM AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE PRIORITIZE.
SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ARUN, UH, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A BIG JOB IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I KNOW THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO HELP YOU BALANCE THAT LOAD.
SO WITH THAT, MY REMARKS ARE DONE.
I JUST LOOK FORWARD AGAIN TO WATCHING THE PRODUCT, UH, BE PRODUCED BY THIS GROUP.
SO THANK YOU AND WELCOME AGAIN.
WELL, THANK Y'ALL FOR THE AROUSING APPLAUSE
I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE KEY THING, AS HE SAID, LET'S BUILD THIS AS A LEGO SYSTEM, I THINK A BILLION DOLLARS IN HOW DO WE GET TO THE NEXT ONE? SO WHAT WE ARE BUILDING, THAT'S A BUILDING BLOCK AND WE PUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT BLOCK WHERE, YOU KNOW, NEXT TIME WE MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER.
EQUITY IS THE WORD WE'LL HEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND IT'S A WORD WHICH WE NEED IT IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE WHERE SOCIETY IS GOING AND NO ONE BETTER THAN HER TO PRESENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ENLIGHTEN US ON HOW, HOWEVER WE CAN DO THE RIGHT JOBS, UH, WITH THE EQUITY.
AND, AND GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY BOND, UH, TASK FORCE AND SUBCOMMITTEES AS MENTIONED, I'M DR.
LINDSEY WILSON, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
UM, TO GIVE A BRIEF AND BRIEF BEING NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES, I WAS TOLD OVERVIEW OF THE INTENTIONAL WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION ENGAGES IN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE VITAL ROLE THAT EQUITY WILL PLAY, UH, IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND AND DECISIONS.
AND SO, IN OUR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'LL HAVE TOGETHER, WE'LL START WITH JUST SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S MOST RECENT, UH, ADOPTED RACIAL EQUITY PLANS, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT SOME OF BONDS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES THAT ARE RELATED
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TO, UM, THE BOND UPCOMING BOND, BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS.AND THEN FINALLY, WHY EQUITY IS CRITICAL IN BOND DECISIONS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD, UM, IN OUR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS THE WORD EQUITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR OFFICE LIKES TO DO IS REALLY TO SET A FOUNDATION AROUND WHAT IT IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY.
UH, AND SO THIS IMAGE, UH, DEMONSTRATES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUALITY AND EQUITY.
AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS SLIDE IS THE HISTORIC, UH, EXCUSE ME, WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS SLIDE IS THE SLOPE.
AND WE LIKE TO DEFINE THE SLOPE AS THE HISTORIC POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND DISIN INVESTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN COMMUNITIES.
YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE ON THIS SLIDE THAT EQUALITY GIVEN EVERYONE THE SAME EXACT THING, RUNS THE RISKS OF PERPETUATING CURRENT INEQUITIES THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO HERE AT THE CITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, WE ARE DESCRIBING THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE UNIQUE NEEDS, CIRCUMSTANCES, CHARACTERISTICS, AND EXPERIENCES OF COMMUNITIES.
AND SO, JUST AS A HIGH OVERVIEW, UM, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS MADE UP OF FOUR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, FAIR HOUSING, EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, WELCOMING COMMUNITIES, AND IN IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, WHILE WE LEAD WITH RACE AND ETHNICITY, WE CERTAINLY TAKE AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH.
AND ON THIS SLIDE HERE, IT DESCRIBES SOME OF THE HISTORIC HISTORY OF THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF EQUITY INITIATIVES.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS, UH, IN 2018, WE STARTED OFF WITH THE 2018 RESILIENT DALLAS STRATEGY 9 20 19, WE RELEASED THE DALLAS EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT, WHICH OUTLINES THE DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
ACROSS FIVE SEPARATE THEMES, THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED TOOLS SUCH AS THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL.
AND IN 2021, THE CITY DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS, I S D, THE BROADBAND AND DIGITAL EQUITY STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THEN FINALLY, IN 2022, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
AND SOME OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING, OKAY, GREAT, WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? AGAIN, THIS SHOWS THE INTENTIONAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES ACROSS AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH.
EVERYTHING FROM THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, UM, TO WELCOMING COMMUNITIES AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS.
AND SO THE WORK THAT WE DO SURROUNDING EQUITY IS NOT DONE IN ISOLATION, BUT IT IS A PART OF A BROADER CITYWIDE FRAMEWORK TO PROMOTE EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION ACROSS ALL SECTORS.
AND SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, IN OUR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WE WILL ZONE IN ON THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN IS A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS THE CITY IN NOT ONLY UNDERSTANDING THE DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE ACROSS, UH, THE CITY HERE IN DALLAS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TO ADDRESS THOSE DISPARITIES.
IT WAS CO-DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITIES AND REALLY GUIDES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, AS A ENHANCEMENT TO THEIR CURRENT POLICIES AND PLANS INITIATIVES SET BY MEASURABLE GOALS THAT ADDRESS RACIAL, ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC EQUITY.
SO WE WOULD SAY THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE PLAN IS TO PROVIDE CITY LEADERS WITH ACTIONABLE LEVERS, RIGHT? SHORT TERM AND MIDTERM GOALS TO ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE IN THE CITY.
NEXT SLIDE, AS MENTIONED, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN, IN, UH, COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND THIS SLIDE REALLY HIGHLIGHTS, UH, THE INCLUSIVE, INTENTIONAL, AND IMPACTFUL APPROACH, UH, THAT WE TOOK AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE PLAN.
AND FROM THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE HEARD THREE PARTICULAR THEMES.
ONE WAS AROUND, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO EXPERIENCED THE GREATEST NEED, SHARING THEIR
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DESIRE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, UH, AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE CITY'S SHARED PROSPERITY.THE SECOND WAS AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEADERSHIP, NOT ONLY FOR THE PLAN, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THE DECISIONS THAT THE CITY MAKES.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, FINALLY, EXCUSE ME, THE THIRD KEY THEME WAS AROUND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES AND AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HOUSING.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE CONSISTENTLY HIGHLIGHT IS EQUITY IS BOTH A PROCESS AND AN OUTCOME.
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MOUNTAIN, THE ADOPTION OF THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN WAS THE STARTING POINT TO ADDRESSING THE DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND AT THE TOP OF THAT, UM, MOUNTAIN IS REALLY DALLAS BEING THE MOST EQUITABLE CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SO THIS REQUIRES US TO BE INTENTIONAL ON TWO FRONTS.
ONE IS THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES, AND THAT IS ACROSS, AGAIN, ALL 42 DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY'VE IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC SHORT AND MIDTERM GOALS THAT THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS TO ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE IN THE CITY.
FROM THERE, YOU SEE THE ACTION TARGETS, AND THAT'S MOVING UP THOSE THAT MOUNTAIN TO MID TO LONGER TERM ACTIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY, IN ALIGNMENT WITH COMMUNITY INPUT ARE OUR FIVE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS, HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC WORKFORCE, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS.
AND OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS ARE OUR 15 TO 20 YEAR GOALS THAT REALLY WILL REQUIRE US TO COLLABORATE WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS, AC ANCHOR, ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, THERE WAS A QR CODE ON THE, THE START OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WILL LEAD YOU TO THE ENTIRE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
THIS SLIDE HERE HIGHLIGHTS BONDS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT'S GOALS AS IT REGARDS TO THEIR DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
YOU'LL SEE TWO OUTTA THREE OF THEIR GOALS ARE DIRECTLY SPEAKING TO, UH, INFORMING BOND DECISIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, WHAT IS NOT SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE IS THROUGH THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
THERE IS A BONDS, UH, ACTION TARGET, AND THAT'S CAN BE FOUND IN THE APPENDIX.
AND SO I THINK I MET MY 10 MINUTE MARK, AND IF YOU
AND SO A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS TO REMEMBER AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE APPROACHING INEQUITY IS ONE, WE CONSISTENTLY HEARD FROM COMMUNITY THE IMPORTANCE OF CENTERING EQUITY IN OUR UPCOMING BOND AS A MEANS TO, UH, DISRUPT LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF INEQUITY.
AND DISIN INVESTS AS A MEANS TO ADDRESS HISTORIC DISIN INVESTMENTS THAT, UH, CAN LEAD TO ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR EVERYONE HERE IN DALLAS AND REALLY TO DEVELOPING GOALS AND OUTCOMES BASED ON THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES THAT DEMONSTRATE THE GREATEST NEED.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER.
I THINK IN A FEW CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH MANY OF YOU.
I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTION WAS, UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE LEGAL SUPPORT? WHO DO WE GO IF WE HAVE THAT QUESTION? WITH THAT COMES, UH, UH, TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND, UH, OUR PATH FORWARD.
I'M WITH THE DALLAS CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND, UM, I'M GONNA BRIEFLY DISCUSS THIS EVENING, UM, THE ROLE OF THE AD HOC COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE.
THE AD HOC COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE IS AN INFORMAL GROUP OF CITIZENS FORM, SPECIFICALLY TO ASSIST THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.
IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, REALLY PROVIDING A SECOND SET OF EYES AS THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPED THE BOND PROGRAM AND RECOMMENDING WITH THE CITY MANAGER A PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, 2023.
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THE AD HOC COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ADVISORY ONLY AND DO NOT BIND THE CITY OR THE CITY COUNCIL.AFTER THE AD HOC COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE MAKES ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISIONS ABOUT THE 2024 CAPITAL BOND PROGRAM AND WILL CALL THE ELECTION FOR MAY, 2024.
THE CAPITAL BOND PROGRAM WILL ULTIMATELY BE DETERMINED BY THE VOTERS.
THE AD HOC COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE, AND ITS SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE NOT BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBERS.
THE TASK FORCE IS AN INFORMAL BODY, NOT ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE OR THE DALLAS CITY CHARTER.
THUS, ITS MEMBERS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE CHAPTER EIGHT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, QUALIFICATIONS, OR BOARD COMMISSION RULES.
FURTHER, THE AD HOC COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE AND ITS SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE NOT CONSIDERED CITY OFFICIALS AND ARE NOT, THEREFORE, SUBJECT TO THE CODE OF ETHICS AND THE DALLAS CITY CODE CHAPTER 12 A OR THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULES IN THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 1 71.
BUT THE CODE OF ETHICS IS AN EXCELLENT GUIDE FOR THE MEMBERS.
FINALLY, THE INTENT OF THE AD HOC COMMUNITY TASK FORCE IS TO FIND THE ALMOST 100 CITIZENS WHO WOULD KNOW THE AREAS THEY REPRESENT, UNDERSTAND CITYWIDE AND OTHER DISTRICT NEEDS, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, AND PROVIDE A THOUGHTFUL 2024 CAPITAL BOND PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS AND WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THEN I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, BUT THAT MIGHT BE ADDRESSED IN JENNY'S NEXT BOND 1 0 1.
UM, SO YES, SO I'M HERE TO TODAY TO TALK ABOUT, WELL START, MY NAME'S JENNY, NICE WONDER, AND I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE IN BONDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA GO OVER, UH, BOND 1 0 1.
SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE ROOM WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PAST BOND PROJECTS, AND THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WHO, UH, THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME AT IT.
SO WE'LL JUST START FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO WHY ARE WE HERE TONIGHT? WHY DID YOU VOLUNTEER TO TAKE TIME AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THE NEXT, UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS TO HELP OUT THE CITY? NEXT SLIDE.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE NEED MONEY.
SO THE CITY RELIES ON BOND FUNDING FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION OF ASSETS THAT HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR SERVICE LIFE.
UM, AS EXAMPLE OF THIS IS OUR STREETS, UM, STREETS COST ABOUT $2 MILLION A LANE MILE.
AND THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU SEE HERE, THAT'S A FOUR LANE ROAD.
SO A MILE LONG, THAT'S, IT'S AN $8 MILLION ROAD, UH, PROJECT IF IT'S ONLY A MILE WIDE, EXCUSE ME, A MILE LONG.
NEXT SLIDE, LIBRARIES ARE, ARE 13 MILLION EACH, AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING, UM, ANY LAND ACQUISITION FIRE.
FIRE STATIONS ARE $12 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S BUILDING ONLY, NOT LAND ACQUISITION.
UH, HERE AT DALLAS CITY HALL, WE HAVE AN, AN ESTIMATE FOR NEW GENERATORS AT 6 MILLION.
UM, ELECTRICAL UPGRADES AT 5 MILLION AND WATER AND FOUNDATION LEAKS AT OVER 36 MILLION.
SO BOND FUNDS, THEY PROVIDE THE CITY WITH ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAM TO TAKE LARGER PROJECTS THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE, OUR REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE CITY.
IT ALLOWS US TO FULFILL MASTER PLANS AND UNPREDICTABLE AND TI UH, CONSISTENT TIMEFRAME AND ALLOWS FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE OF ITEMS WITHOUT IMPACTING OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BUDGETS.
THE BOND PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH VOTER ISSUED DEBT.
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE SOLD AND, AND PAID BACK, UH, WITH CITY TAXES OVER 20 YEAR PERIOD PROJECTS SELECTED.
AND WHAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, LARGE ENOUGH TO WARRANT THESE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND HAVE A SERVICE LIFE OF AROUND 20 OR AT LEAST 20 YEARS.
CAPACITY OF THE BOND IS LIMITED TO WHAT THE CITY CAN BORROW WITHOUT INCREASING THE TAXES TO OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS CAN WE PUT IN THE BOND? A LOT OF RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, SO RECONSTRUCTING ALLEYS AND STREETS.
UM, WE HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, RO UH, FLOODING EROSION CONTROL PROJECTS, UH, REHABIL, REHABILITATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES.
WE HAVE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITIONS, HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOMELESSNESS FACILITIES.
SO WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED, WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED ARE OUR REGULAR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
UH, MAINTENANCE OF OUR GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF OUR BUILDINGS AREN'T INCLUDED.
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OF IT AS WE WOULD REPLACE THE AIR CONDITIONER WITH OUR BOND DOLLARS, BUT NOT THE FILTERS FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER.THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS A GENERAL HISTORY OF WHAT THE CITY HAS PRIORITIZED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS THROUGH OUR BOND FUNDS.
YOU CAN SEE STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION HAS THE LARGEST, UM, DOLLAR AMOUNT THERE, FOLLOWED BY STORM, UH, STORM DRAINAGE, AND THEN PARKS, AND IT DROPS OFF QUICKLY AFTER THAT NEXT SLIDE.
SO HOW ARE OUR PROJECTS SELECTED? AND WE'LL BE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BUT THE CITY MAINTAINS AN INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS INVENTORY LIST, AND THAT LIST IS, UH, INCLUDES THE COST OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS BASED ON THE CONDITION MAINTENANCE RECORDS, MASTER PLANS, UH, AND INPUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF RANKS AND PRIORITIZES THE PROJECTS.
UM, AND IT'S CONDUCTED THROUGH OUR TECHNICAL CRI CRITERIA PROCESS.
AND WE'LL ALSO GO THROUGH THAT, UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WELL.
ONCE THE CITY NEEDS INVENTORY IS RANKED AND PRIORITIZED, A RECOMMENDED LIST OF THE, UM, CAPITAL PROJECTS IS VETTED THROUGH THE CITY, UH, UH, VARIOUS COMMITTEES, UH, BEFORE FINALIZING NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS OUR NE THIS IS, THIS IS OUR NEEDS INVENTORY.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE NEEDS INVENTORY IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
AND RIGHT NOW, IF YOU PULL OUR NEEDS INVENTORY LIST, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT 12.2 BILLION NUMBER, THE, UM, THE OTHER COLUMN SHOW WHAT THAT LI WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO ESCALATE THE COST AT 5% FOR INFLATION.
I WILL SAY THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET YOU GUYS THE, THE LATEST, UM, UPDATES TO THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
AND SO THESE NUMBERS WILL BE CHANGING AND WE'LL GET TO GET THOSE TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN.
SO, CITYWIDE AND COUNCIL SPECIFIC PROJECTS, THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
CITYWIDE PROJECTS ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, TYPICALLY LARGER THAN, UM, THEY'RE LARGER PROJECTS THAT THE RESIDENTS FROM ACROSS THE CITY CAN UTILIZE, SUCH AS OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY, OUR LARGE SCALE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, ARTERIAL ROADWAYS, COUNCIL SPECIFIC PROJECTS, OR SMALLER ONES LIKE YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY OR LIKE LOCAL FIRE, UH, POLICE STATION.
SO THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME THAT WE'VE DONE THIS FOR OUR BOND PROGRAM.
SO, UH, WE'RE STILL LEARNING AS AS WE GO.
SO I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER THAT.
UM, SO WE, WE, YOU ARE ALL, UM, IT'S A 15 MEMBER TASK FORCE.
THE CHAIR IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, AND AS YOU KNOW, YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RECOMMENDED YOU FOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE'LL ASSIST THE CITY, UM, CITY DALLAS CITY COUNCIL IN REVIEWING AND SELECTING PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND THE SUBCOMMITTEES WILL, UM, DO THE SAME THING, BUT AT THE, UM, AT THE PROPOSITION LEVEL.
AND THOSE WILL, YOU WILL THEN REPORT THAT UP TO OUR TASK FORCE.
THE TASK FORCE, ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER, WILL RECOMMEND A 2024 BOND PROGRAM TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 2023.
SO THESE ARE, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT, WELL, THE, THEIR NEXT YEAR REALLY.
SO WE'VE GOT TWO, TWO MEETINGS IN MAY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO MEETINGS IN JUNE.
ALSO IN JUNE, WE HAVE, UM, VARIOUS COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
SO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR, UM, FACILITY DEPARTMENTS WILL BE GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, COMMITTEES AND, UM, BRIEFING THEM ON THEIR NEEDS INVENTORY AND, AND BOND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN OUR BOND TOWN HALL HALL MEETINGS TO GARNER COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN JULY.
WE HAVE NO SCHEDULED MEETINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY BOND TASKFORCES, BUT WE ARE LEAVING THAT OPTION OPEN.
IF IN THE SUBCOMMITTEES YOU, YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ANOTHER MEETING, THAT'S CERTAINLY UP TO YOU.
UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SCHEDULED AS OF YET.
WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO MEETINGS IN AUGUST AND THAT LAST MEETING IN AUGUST, THE SUBCOMMITTEES WILL THEN WILL BE BRIEFING THE TASK FORCE ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM IN SEPTEMBER.
OUR BUDGET MANAGEMENT SERVICES SERVICES WILL FINALIZE THE THEMES AND THE BONDING CAPACITY AND THE BOND TOWN HALL MEETINGS WILL HAPPEN AT CITY HALL IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
THE, UM, SORRY MY EYES ARE BAD.
THE CITY BRIEFING, UM, UPDATED FINANCIAL CAPACITY BASED ON, UH, THE CERTIFIED TAX TAX VALUES ABOUT THAT NEXT SLIDE.
SO IN OCTOBER THROUGH MAY, UH, OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN NOVEMBER, THE CB THE TASK FORCE WILL FINALIZE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROJECTS IN DECEMBER.
THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WILL BE BRIEFED BY OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR TASK FORCE CHAIR OF THE PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING THE 2024 BOND.
IN JANUARY, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC INPUT MEETING AND CITY COUNCIL WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE RECOMMENDED BOND PROGRAM IN JANUARY, 2024.
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CITY COUNCIL WILL FINALIZE THE BOND PROGRAM AND CALL FOR AN ELECTION IN MAY.LOTS OF INFORMATION VERY FAST.
I SAW SOME OF THOSE COST ESTIMATES AND MR. BROADNAX, I ALREADY ADDED AROUND 3 BILLION, SO, AND I DIDN'T INCLUDE PARKS, SO, UH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL ALL HAVE FUN DOING THIS TOGETHER.
UH, I KNOW WE DIDN'T KEEP MUCH TIME FOR MAYBE FEW QUESTIONS.
UH, UH, IF ANYONE HAS, UH, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, UH, WE, WELL MAYBE I'LL ASK A QUESTION, I THINK, WHICH WE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASKED IS WHAT WOULD BE THE SUPPORT MECHANISM FROM THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IF ANY OF THE, THE, OUR TASK FORCE MEMBERS? THEY WOULD WANT SOME QUESTION OR HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, AND THAT WOULD BE FINE.
AND WE WOULD JUST SCHEDULE A MEETING AT THE CONTACT WOULD BE YOU OR THEIR STAFF.
UH, WOULD BE THE CONTACT, THE STAFF WOULD BE THE CONTACT THAT COULD REACH OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO PERFECT QUESTION INTERRUPT.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION ON PREVIOUS ONE PROGRAM, HOW WERE THEY, AND WERE THEY PRIORITIZED INTO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SET MEETING ASSESSMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, UM, PROGRAM? DO YOU WANT TO ASK HIM? SO, UH, I THOUGHT JENNIFER LOOKING AROUND LIKE I WASN'T HERE.
I DON'T KNOW
AND WE REPACKAGE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND SO IT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE LAST THINGS CONSIDERED, HOWEVER, OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, SOMETHING ELSE MAY HAVE COME UP.
AND I THINK IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A, A, A LINEAR APPROACH TO IT.
AND SO I THINK THE COMMITTEE ALONG WITH STAFF WILL THEN RE-REVIEW.
AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND, I THINK EQUITY COME IN WHEN YOU START TO THINK THROUGH HOW THE BOND PROGRAM AND THE PROJECTS WHERE THEY ENDED UP STICKING TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW YOU EVALUATE NOW A FRESH START, RIGHT? AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHO AND WHAT AREAS MAY NOT HAVE BENEFITED ENOUGH.
I THINK WE START OUT WITH A PRINCIPLE OF ROUGHLY PROPORTIONAL WHEN IT COMES TO DOLLARS ACROSS THE DISTRICTS, BUT THEN THERE IS SOME SPECIFICS AND SOME NEWING AROUND HOW WE CLASSIFY THINGS.
SO BOTTOM LINE IS, I THINK WHEREVER IT ENDED, WE RESTART AGAIN, BUT WITH SOME CONSIDERATION AND CONVERSATION AROUND HOW WE ENDED LAST TIME TO GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE ON HOW CLOSE ONE COMMUNITY WAS AND NOT WANTING TO CONTINUALLY PUSH THEM BACK TO THE BOTTOM.
SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT WILL BE AN APPROACH, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE SUBCOMMITTEES WITH THE SPIRIT AND THE LENS OF EQUITY, I THINK WILL NEED TO DISCUSS.
AND I THINK WITH THIS BROADER BODY, THE CHAIRS AND OTHERS, WHEN THEY GET TO THOSE BIG DECISIONS, BEING ABLE TO ARTICULATE KIND OF THE HISTORY AND WHERE YOU'RE AT AND THEN WHAT WE SAW IN THIS ITERATION OF WHAT WAS NOW ON THE LIST.
HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
AND I THINK THERE WAS A PRIOR QUESTION YOU ASKED US TO REPEAT A QUESTION.
I THINK IT WAS THE QUESTION, RIGHT? AND I FORGET WHAT THE INITIAL STATEMENT WAS THAT ARUN MADE, UH, THAT THEN WE ANSWERED.
I CAN'T RE OH, IT WAS ABOUT HOW AND WHO TO COORDINATE ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE.
I THINK HE ASKED THAT AND I THINK THE ANSWER WAS YOU WOULD START WITH THE LIAISON OF YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE WHO WOULD THEN CONNECT YOU WITH THE RIGHT PERSON WHETHER TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO THE ENTIRE GROUP OR YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO THE APPROPRIATE ATTORNEY THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR PARTICULAR QUESTION OR CONCERN.
MR. MR. DICKEY, UH, I NOTICED THE HOLES IN THE WALL, YOU COULD EASILY ATTACH SOME SORT OF SOUNDING.
SO IS THAT THE KINDA THING? COULD WE, COULD THAT BE ELIGIBLE FOR?
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I I I THINK WE COULD SUBMIT PROJECTS THROUGH, UH, JUNE, AUGUST.SO YEAH, WE, WE CAN SUBMIT THAT AS A PROJECT.
IS IT REALLY THAT BAD TO HEAR OUT THERE? THAT'S A STRATEGY JUST SO, YEAH, AND I HONESTLY THOUGHT IT WAS ME BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO THIS SYSTEM, BUT THANK YOU MR. DICKY.
WILL THESE MEETINGS BE LIVE STREAMED RECORDED AT ANY POINT? SO ALL THESE MEETINGS, THEY WILL BE RECORDED AND WE'RE WORKING WITH IT NOW TO, TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET 'EM ON OUR BOND WEBSITE, BUT THEY WON'T BE LIVE STREAMED.
THE SUBCOMMITTEES AS WELL, OR THEY'RE IN INDIVIDUAL MEETING ROOMS OR THESE, OR THIS MEETING.
ALL THE MEETING ROOMS HAVE, ARE ENABLED WITH A WEBEX MONITOR.
AND SO WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE, UH, RECORDING 'EM TO THAT.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY THEN POSTED LIKE ON A WEBSITE TO WATCH THEM BACKWARDS, JUST NOT LIVESTREAM.
SO WHAT THAT THEN MEANS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HEAR THIS, THAT YOU NEED TO BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR WHEN YOU'RE IN THOSE MEETINGS.
I, I, I'D LIKE, THIS IS FOR YOU AND TC, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOOD WORK THAT'S DONE BY ALL OF THESE MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES IS, IS PAID SOME HEED WHEN IT GETS UP TO COUNCIL THIS TIME? BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED LAST TIME DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I'LL SPEAK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND THEN I'LL, UH, LET MR. BRADICK TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR OBJECTIVE AS A GROUP IS THAT WE BACK UP OUR SUGGESTIONS WITH SUCH GOOD ARGUMENT THAT THEY HAVE NO REASON TO SAY NO.
AND, UH, TRULY I THINK IF WE BACK IT UP WITH A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT SUPPORT AND WITH SOME DATA ANALYTICS, THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO SAY NO.
UH, THAT THAT'S WHAT OUR OBJECTIVE, AT LEAST I WOULD THINK AS A GROUP WOULD BE IN.
I'LL LET MR. BROCK NEXT GIVE HIS VIEWPOINT.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST TO LEVEL SET, I THINK WE'VE TRIED TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHETHER IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF AND WITH THE COMMITTEES, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY HAS THE FINAL SAY AND THEY'VE GOT A WAY AND BALANCE NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU DO, UH, THE TYPES OF PRIORITIES AND THINKING AROUND WHAT THEY ULTIMATELY WILL SUPPORT.
I THINK THE ADVENT AND INDUCEMENT, QUITE HONESTLY, OF USING A SUBCOMMITTEE AND A COMMITTEE FRAMEWORK LIKE THIS IS BECAUSE IF IN FACT WE ARE, I GUESS PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THESE GROUPS HAS BEEN, AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN I THINK WE'VE GOT BUILT IN 150 PLUS OR MINUS AMBASSADORS TO GO OUT AND GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND RELAY TO THEM THAT THIS WAS A COMMUNITY-BASED DISCUSSION.
AND OR EVEN WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES, YOU'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND AND WITHIN THE DISTRICTS AROUND ISSUES AND PRIORITIES THAT YOU CAN ALSO SUPPORT OTHER AREAS IN THE BOND PROGRAM, EVEN IF YOURS IS NOT ONE THAT BENEFITS.
SO I THINK THAT IS THE BEAUTY AND THE NATURE OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM ACROSS THE CITY TO REALLY DEAL WITH AND STRUGGLE THE CHALLENGES.
BUT I THINK IT'S UP TO YOU TO WORK WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO APPOINTED YOU AND ALSO HAVE THEM MAKE SURE THAT THEY SHARE ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING THAT THIS GROUP DID.
BUT AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION.
AND ME AS A CITY MANAGER, I DO KNOW I MAKE WONDERFUL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY SHOULD NEVER NOT APPROVE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO THE THINGS THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AS WELL AS I DO, BUT ALSO THEIR DISTRICT.
SO AGAIN, THEY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND EVEN COMING IN THAT THEY DO GET TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
BUT TO ARON'S POINT, BUT THE DATA, THE HISTORY, THE UNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT IT WILL MEAN TO HAVE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS, HOWEVER, THAT WE POSITION THE BOND, WHETHER IT'S THE PROPOSITION AMOUNTS, I THINK IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE GUIDED BY A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET EVERYTHING THAT YOU ASK FOR AS A SUBCOMMITTEE OR A BODY.
I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION.
MY QUESTION IS, OOH, THAT'S LOUD.
ON, ON THE VIDEOS THAT ARE GOING TO BE STREAMED OR, OR RECORDED OR SHOWN.
WILL THERE BE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION
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FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE SPANISH SPEAKING ONLY? SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UM, DEPARTMENT TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.I WILL ADMIT THIS FIRST MEETING, UM, IT MAY BE A BIT DELAYED BEFORE WE GET THAT TRANSLATION, UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM FOR THE, THE NEXT ROUND OF MEETINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT TRANS, UH, TRANSLATION GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I KNOW WE WILL KEEP THIS Q AND A ON AND THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE QUESTION AND ANSWERS AS THE PROCESS GOES, BUT RIGHT FOR NOW, WE MOVE ON AND I GIVE FLOW TO DR.
I AM AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, HERE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, FIRST I, I JUST WANNA, UM, I GUESS SAY THANKS, UH, TO, UH, THE CITY STAFF, UH, THAT'S HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
UM, I, I'LL TELL YOU AS, UH, TASK, UH, TASK MEMBERS AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, UH, TO GET TO THIS EVENING THAT, THAT CITY TEAMS HAVE DONE.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, UM, CITI TEAM, THANK, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, UP TO THIS POINT.
UM, I'LL, I'LL LET THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW THAT, UH, THAT THIS PROCESS, UH, IS INNOVATIVE.
UM, ALTHOUGH IT IS OUR SECOND, UM, UH, ROUND OF, UH, USING, UH, COMMITTEES, UH, FOR OUR BOND PROGRAM, WE ARE REALLY, UH, COMMITTED TO USING DATA, UH, AS A CITY TO HELP DRIVE DECISIONS.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA LET, UH, YOU KNOW, AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, THAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ALONGSIDE, UH, VERY GREAT AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF, UM, WHO, WHO KNOW THEIR, UM, THEIR SUBJECT MATTER, UM, VERY WELL.
SO, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY TEAM AND ALSO TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE A VERY, UH, COMMITTEE INCLUSIVE, UH, PROCESS AND, UH, TC AND, AND ARUN HAVE, UH, NOTED.
I THINK BY THE TIME THAT WE GET TO CITY COUNCIL, I THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE A VERY, UH, COMMUNITY BACKED, UH, AND STAFF BACKED, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, SO THANK YOU, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU WILL BE DOING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
AND I'LL TURN OVER TO ARUN, UH, TO CLOSE OUT FOR THE BREAKOUT.
AGAIN, I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HAD, UH, QUESTIONS THAT YOU KNOW HOW THE PROCESS AND ALSO HOPEFULLY WE, WE HAVE, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? AND HOPEFULLY CLARIFIED FEW OF THEM.
AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A DYNAMIC PROCESS.
I THINK IT'LL, THERE MIGHT BE THINGS WHICH WE PLAN AND IT MIGHT CHANGE.
SO ANYTIME YOU FEEL WHICH CAN MAKE THE PROCESS BETTER, PLEASE, PLEASE BE COMMUNICATIVE.
AND WE WOULD MAKE THOSE CHANGES WHICH ARE PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE TO KEEP, UH, THAT ONE OBJECTIVE IN MIND.
THAT IT'S INCLUSIVE, IT'S TRANSPARENT, AND, UH, IT IS BENEFITING, UH, THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT.
WITH THAT, UH, I THINK WE'LL MOVE TO OUR, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE BREAKOUT ROOMS AND THEN ASSEMBLE BACK, UH, UH, AT SEVEN 30, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND WE, YES, THE CHAIRS WILL COME BACK AND BRIEF THE TASK FORCE AT, AT SEVEN 30 AND WE'LL, WE'LL ASSEMBLE BACK.
AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE QUESTION WAS, THE 30 MINUTES FOR GETTING BACK IS NOT ENOUGH.
TODAY IS TRULY A WARM ENOUGH TO KNOW OUR, YOU KNOW, TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND ALL.
SO I THINK, UH, AND WE'VE SEEN, I THINK SO FAR WE HAVE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE WANTED TO DO TODAY.
AND, UH, WE WILL BREAK OUT INTO THE SUBCOMMITTEE ROOMS AND MEET HERE AGAIN.
SO IF WE WANNA AND JENNY YEAH, YOU MIGHT WANNA REPEAT.
SO WHAT I WAS THINKING WE COULD DO IS WE COULD START WITH THE CRITICAL FACILITIES GROUP.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE LIAISONS RAISE THEIR HANDS AND ANYBODY IN THAT COM, ANYBODY IN THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, IF YOU COULD FOLLOW THEM.
AND, UM, AND IF YOU COULD SHOW THEM TO THE ROOM.
AND I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO THE AUDITORIUM.
JOHN JOHNSON AND BRIAN THOMPSON.
WHERE IS THAT? I'M GONNA PUSH IF IT, IF IT'S ON.