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[Dallas Area Partnership Meeting]
AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.CAN YOU HEAR ME? GIMME A THUMBS UP.
WE'LL, WE'RE JUST TESTING THE SYSTEM, UM, AND GIVING IT JUST A, JUST ONE MORE MINUTE AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? SPREAD OUT, HUH? I GUESS THOMAS.
OKAY, SO HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ONE? WHY DON'T YOU COME? 4, 5, 6.
WHO'S THE SEVEN? I'VE GOT THOMAS, DANIEL PEWS, HAMLET.
WHERE'S HAIT? HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M NOT HAIT.
UH, THAT DOESN'T, I DON'T SEE YOUR FACE.
I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO VIDEO AT THE MOMENT.
WELL THEN, UH, GIVE ME A COUPLE MINUTES.
WHY DON'T WE COME UP 1, 2, 3, MS. TOWN ON IN? NO, LET'S, LET'S EMAIL HER.
I GUESS WE'RE SLIPPING INTO AFTERNOON, AREN'T WE? IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND MUTE YOUR PHONES, PLEASE.
UM, COMMENT HERE, PERIOD, I GUESS THEN.
YOU'RE THERE AND YOU BROUGHT FRIENDS, IS THAT WHAT? THAT IS? HELPING WITH THE WHITE.
AND I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I DON'T, SO DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE DO.
CERISE, CAN YOU TURN YOUR VIDEO ON JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE? YOU HAVE TO JUMP OFF REAL EARLY, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
WELCOME TO THE DALLAS RE PARTNERSHIP TO END AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION OR AN L G C, UH, THIS FEBRUARY 16TH, THURSDAY MORNING AT 1:00 PM UM, AND IN, IN A DIFFERENT MEETING SPACE.
IT ECHOES A LITTLE BIT, UH, BUT I DO WANNA SAY WELCOME.
AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, UM, AND THAT ALL LEGAL NOTICES HAVE BEEN POSTED AND THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED.
UM, WHY DON'T WE START OFF WITH A PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THAT IS A LIMIT OF TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
AND I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON HERE.
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REAL WELL.I'M HERE AS A MEMBER OF DALLAS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, AND WE WANT TO, UH, UNDERSCORE THE FACT THAT, UH, HOMELESSNESS IS AN ISSUE, THAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO OUR FAIR SHARE TO HELP SUPPORT HOME HOMELESS SERVICES AND FACILITIES.
AND TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE 2,900 HAMPTON ROAD PROPOSAL THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS ATTEMPTING TO BRING BEFORE DALLAS COUNTY AS A PARTNER.
THIS WAS NOT BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY WITHIN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, THERE WAS NO REAL FRONT END PARTICIPATION.
THE LOCATION FOR THE FACILITY IS THE WRONG LOCATION.
IT'S NEXT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A PUBLIC PARK, TWO SENIOR DEVELOPMENTS OF NATURE CENTER, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AGAIN, IN THE OCTOBER 27TH MEETING THAT THE CITY HAD, THERE WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT UNANIMOUS OPPOSITION TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL.
THE CITY IS ALSO WANTING TO, IN ITS ATTEMPTED FAIRNESS AND EQUITY, PROVIDE A HOMELESS SERVICES FACILITY OF SOME TYPE IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT, WHICH IN PRINCIPLE SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA, EXCEPT FOR THE COUNCIL.
DISTRICT THREE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO, ONE THAT'S IN, IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REHABILITATED.
AND THE OTHER, UH, PROPOSAL FOR A 16 ACRE SITE FOR BASICALLY A MEGA CENTER.
THE CITY HAS NOT PROVEN ITSELF TO BE CAPABLE OR TO BE A GOOD PARTNER.
SO IF ANYTHING, WE WANT TO AT LEAST START WITH A SMALL CENTER FIRST AND SEE HOW THE CITY DOES BEFORE WE GIVE THEM ANY TYPE OF SUPPORT FOR A 16 ACRE MEGA CENTER THAT THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A PLAN FOR.
SO, IN, UH, SUMMARY, IN, IN THE SHORT WAY OF PRESENTING THIS, THIS IS MY PUBLIC COMMENT TO DALLAS COUNTY, UH, A POTENTIAL PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ONLINE THAT NEEDS TO, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ONLINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY.
THIS CLOSES YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
WE'RE GONNA DO A COUPLE THINGS A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER, UH, AT THIS MOMENT.
SO WE WILL BE MOVING TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE NOMINATION AND CONFIRMATION OF BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
UM, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE ARE, UM, OKAY.
IS THAT ANY BETTER? YES, THANK YOU.
UM, THAT THERE ARE, UH, THREE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT APPOINTING.
TWO OF THOSE ARE THOSE THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE CHAIR OF THIS GROUP.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INTRODUCE CHIEF HURLEY FROM BOLT SPRINGS, WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE IN PERSON.
AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, DAN MEK, WHO IS A DALLAS I SD TRUSTEE IS ONLINE.
IS THAT TRUE? RIGHT BEHIND YOU,
DO YOU KNOW VIRTUAL MEETINGS ARE, ARE STILL INTERESTING, AREN'T THEY?
UM, AND I THINK THAT THE RESUMES OF, OF THOSE TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE INFORMATION PACKET THAT WAS SENT OUT.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, NO MA'AM, BUT THEY WILL BE.
YEAH, I GUESS LET'S DO THAT, UH, GO THROUGH THAT, THE PROCESS FIRST.
UM, AND THEN, UH, UH, MICHAEL PES, YES.
HE'S ONLINE, IS THE, IS THE, THE THIRD POSITION, AND IT'S A DIRECTOR POSITION, NUMBER FOUR.
AND, AND HE IS AN APPOINTMENT OF THE MAYOR OF DALLAS.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, I GUESS IT'S, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE NOMINATION AND CONFIRMATION.
UH, IS THERE A NOMINATION? LET'S TAKE THEM, UH, UM, PERSON BY PERSON.
I I CAN MOVE ON THE GROUP IF YOU WANT, OR I CAN, UH, GO DOWN THE LIST.
WHY DON'T WE DO IT ONE BY ONE? AND SO, IS THIS, IS THIS, UH, DR.
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WELL, GOOD.I, I, UH, NOMINATE DAN, HELP ME OUT.
I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY DISCUSSION GOING ON.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE.
UM, ALL THOSE? ANYONE OPPOSED? DO YOU SEE ANYTHING ONLINE THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT? NO, MA'AM.
OKAY, THEN CONGRATULATIONS, DAN MEK.
UM, GLAD YOU'LL BE JOINING OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR GROUP HERE, UH, MOVING ALONG TO DIRECTOR POSITION 13.
AND THAT IS THE POLICE CHIEF AT BRENT HURLEY FROM VAULT SPRINGS.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? I'LL MOVE.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? I DON'T SEE ANY, THERE'S NO, NO DISCUSSION GOING ON HERE.
THEN LET US MOVE FORWARD, UH, THOSE, UH, UH, IN SUPPORT OF, UH, THE NOMINATION FOR POLICE CHIEF BRENT HURLEYS.
ANYONE OPPOSED? I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
THEN CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF HURLEY, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE JOINING THIS GROUP AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR WILLINGNESS.
LET'S MOVE ALONG TO THE THIRD APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL PES.
HE, HE IS APPOINTED, HE ACKNOWLEDGES, UM, I MOVE TO NOMINATE MICHAEL.
DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? THEN? APPARENTLY THE, THE, THE MAYOR GOES THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
CERISE, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE HERE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MICHAEL PEUS.
UM, ANOTHER NEW ADDITION TO OUR GROUP HERE.
UM, AND NOW SINCE, BECAUSE I GUESS IT'S JUST YOU AND ME ARE, WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN PERSON TODAY.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS PIECE? I THINK WE'VE CONDUCTED OUR BUSINESS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO NEW MEMBERS.
UM, LET'S GO ON WITH THE BUSINESS OF WHAT WE DO HERE.
UM, NOW GOING BACK TO NUMBER FOUR, SEEMS A LITTLE OUT OF, UH, LET'S GO BACK TO NUMBER THREE, APPROVAL OF, OF THE MINUTES FROM THE PAST MEETING.
THOSE, THE MINUTES SHOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THEM ONLINE, UM, GONE THROUGH THEM.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE THERE? WHY DOES IT SEEM PARTICULARLY AWKWARD TODAY? AND I'M NOT SURE WHY.
I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE, I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD MOVE OVER THERE SO I CAN AT LEAST SEE WHO ELSE IS THERE.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS
YEAH, I DON'T, I'M, I'M NOT REAL.
YEAH, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.
I GUESS I CAN MOVE RIGHT OVER THERE AND THEN I COULD SEE, I WANNA DO THAT.
UH, DISCUSSION OF BOARD MEMBERSHIP STATUS.
UH, HAS THERE BEEN ANY MORE MOVEMENT ON THAT
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AS FAR AS, UH, RESIGNATIONS CREATING A BOARD VACANCY? I DON'T THINK THAT I'VE, DR.I DON'T THINK WE HAD A MOTION, UM, AND TOOK A VOTE ON THE MINUTES.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT, HUH? UM, UH, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
IS THERE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, WERE THERE ANY CHANGES? UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2022 MEETING? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, REPRESENTATIVE CASEY THOMAS.
UM, BUT I, I THINK IT IS TRUE THAT I, I, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, RESIGNATIONS OR CHANGE IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE, OF THE GROUP AT THIS POINT, WITH THE AFTER, AFTER THE, THE THREE HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN, UM, NOMINATED AND, AND, UH, APPROVED IN HERE.
WELL THEN THAT'LL BE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
POINT NUMBER SIX IS THE DISCUSSION TO RETAIN OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND, UM, THE HONORABLE CASEY THOMAS, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? SURE.
I'VE BEEN, UH, HAD SOME PRIOR COMMITMENTS AND I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE HERE, UH, FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT I WANNA DISCUSS WITH THIS, AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU, AND FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW, UM, NEW TO THE, UH, TO THE BOARD, WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOU WILLING TO SERVE, UH, WITH US.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, UM, THE CITY IS REPRESENTED BY THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS, AND THE COUNTY IS REPRESENTED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS.
AND SOMETIMES WHENEVER WE HAVE AN ISSUE, IT'S LEFT UP THE INTERPRETATION OF EACH OF THE ATTORNEYS.
SO, UM, AS A RESULT OF, UH, PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, ME AND THE CHAIR, UH, HAD, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER LOOKING FOR, LOOKING AT OUTSIDE COUNCIL.
THAT WAY THAT COUNCIL WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING, UH, LEGAL ADVICE TO THE BOARD ITSELF AS OPPOSED TO, UH, ONE ENTITY PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE FOR THE CITY AND ANOTHER PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE FOR THE COUNTY.
AND SO, UM, I'M OPEN IF THE CHAIR IS TO ANY DISCUSSION, ANY THOUGHTS THAT ANYONE ELSE MAY HAVE.
AND, AND IF, UM, WE'RE IN AGREEMENT, WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.
AND WITH THE CHAIR'S, UH, UH, APPROVAL, I CAN, UH, KIND OF BEGIN THE LEADING THE PROCESS AND COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
OKAY? YES, COUNSEL, WE SAT THROUGH SOME MEETINGS WHERE WE HAD SOME DISAGREEMENT.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA, A GREAT PLAN.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATION HERE AT NPA BY, UH, CARBON ATKINS.
HE HAS A LAW FIRM THAT PRIMARILY REPRESENTS, UH, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, UM, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIKE THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION, I CAN CERTAINLY SEND THAT TO YOU.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT THE RETENTION OF OUTSIDE COUNCIL TO REPRESENT THE BOARD AS OPPOSED TO ANY OF THE, UM, UH, CONTRIBUTING ENTITIES? I KNOW, I, GOOD QUESTION.
IS THERE, UH, IS THERE A, A BUDGET FOR OUTSIDE COUNCIL, SINCE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE, AND IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN ANY PRIOR BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK, THAT THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE PROCESS? UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS DISCUSSION SINCE I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE BOARD BEFORE, SO THIS WOULD BE AN INITIAL DISCUSSION.
SO WE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD DO ALL OUR DUE DILIGENCE, AND THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND I WILL REPORT THAT BACK TO THE BOARD.
I, I TOO AGREE THAT, UM, THE, THAT THERE MAY BE AN OPPOR,
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THERE MAY BE A, A TIME WHEN THE INTEREST OF THE BOARD MAY NOT BE EXACTLY IN LINE WITH EITHER, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS OR DALLAS COUNTY, AND THEREFORE IT, IT, IT'S A WORTHWHILE, UM, POINT IN GOING FORWARD TO HAVE ITS OWN COUNSEL.THE, THE LAST QUESTION I, I HAVE, AND THAT IS, IS, IS THIS AN RFP PROCESS OR IF WE APPROVE THIS, HOW DOES THE PROCESS GO FORWARD? I WOULD COME BACK WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.
UH, JUST WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KINDA LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY ONCE THE BOARD APPROVES US MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, AND COME BACK WITH, WITH ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, POTENTIALLY BY OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, OBSERVATIONS? WELL THEN ALL THOSE, UH, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS PROPOSAL? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE BEGIN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT, UH, RETAINING OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
SOUNDS LIKE IT'S, UH, ACCEPTABLE THEN.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WERE THERE ANY, OKAY.
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WERE NONE IN OPPOSITION.
AND THANK YOU, UH, UH, MEMBER THOMAS TO, TO, UH, UH, DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GATHER THE INFORMATION AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF, UH, POSSIBLE, UM, ATTORNEYS TO FILL THAT ROLE.
AND FEEL FREE TO CALL ME YOUR VICE CHAIR,
WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? IS THAT CHAIR OF VICE? NO, WE DON'T DO THAT.
UH, THERE IS A, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, I GUESS WE ARE NOT READY TO REVIEW THE REVISION OF ARTICLES AND CORPORATION.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN PULLED UNTIL THE NEXT, UM, MEETING OF THIS, OF THIS BODY.
UM, SO THEN THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP TO AN AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, UH, L G C CORP IS LOOKING AT, UH, THE BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS, INVESTMENT STRATEGY, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, AND I HAVE BEEN THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TAKEN ON PRIMARILY BY THE TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS GROUP, THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTY.
AND EACH, EACH ENTITY HAS, UM, UH, EXPANDED A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY, THOUGHT AND FUNDS INTO ACTUALLY AFFECTING THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING UNITS IN GENERAL, AND THEN MAKING THOSE HOUSING UNITS APPROPRIATE FOR, UM, MANY OF THE, THE, UH, SPECIFIC GROUPS WITHIN THE, IN THE, THE COUNTY, UH, LOOKING AT VETERANS, LOOKING AT KIDS, LOOKING AT SENIORS, AT FAMILIES.
AND EVEN MEMBERS ON OUR BOARD, I KNOW HAVE BEEN, ARE, UH, ARE INVOLVED IN A VARIETY OF THOSE ENDEAVORS.
UM, AND SO I HATE TO SAY, WELL, I DON'T HATE TO SAY, BUT IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST, IT'S A, EVERYTHING IS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
IT SEEMS WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING OF ALL TYPES WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER, UM, VICE CHAIR THOMAS WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DALLAS WORK TOGETHER ON A VARIETY OF THOSE PROJECTS, BUT NOT EVERYTHING.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD, UH, PROBABLY ADD, AND AS I SAID, I MISSED THE LAST COUPLE OF MEANS, OF COURSE I SEE THE AGENDAS, BUT, UM, FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW, THE DALLAS, UH, REAL-TIME HOUSING IS PROBABLY THE, THE, THE LARGEST, UH, PARTNERSHIP WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT INVESTMENT AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, UH, THAT WE HAVE.
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UM, CONTINUING TO GET, UH, QUARTERLY OR, OR, OR MAYBE EVERY OTHER MONTH UPDATES FROM THEM FOR, UH, FROM THIS, FOR, TO THIS BODY OF, UH, HOW THAT, UH, PARTNERSHIP IS, IS, IS PROGRESSING, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, UH, BEING HOUSED AND, AND THINGS OF, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD, UM, AS RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.
CAUSE I THINK THE LAST MEETING WE DID HAVE A REPORT, UM, AN UPDATE OF THE, OF THE RAPID REHOUSING, UM, ENDEAVORS.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN VERY PROUD THAT IT HAS BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE, UM, BECAUSE I THINK UP TO THIS POINT, IT'S, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE IN FACT WHO HAVE BEEN HOUSED THROUGH THOSE EFFORTS.
BUT THEN I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT, ABOUT, UH, IN PARTICULAR THE ITEMS THAT, THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, IS THAT IT'S PAYING ATTENTION TO NOT ONLY THE FACT THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE UNITS, BUT IT'S ALSO MAKING SURE THAT, UM, IT'S A LIVABLE SITUATION SO THAT, UH, SERVICES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, UH, OUTFITTING THE PLACE SO THAT IT ACTUALLY IS INCREASING HOMING HOME UNITS AND LIVING SITUATIONS FOR PEOPLE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A WIDER PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT HOUSING MEANS.
UH, THE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HOUSING AVAILABILITY COMMITTEE, UM, DOES, DOES, HAS, DOES NOT HAVE A CHAIR AT THE MOMENT.
AND I THINK PART OF WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO THEN IS TO, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW MEMBERS OF HAVE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING OF, UH, WHERE MATCHES COULD BE MADE AND INTERESTS COULD BE A ALIGNED, UM, BE WITH THAT.
UH, THE THIRD COMMITTEE IS THE POLICY ALIGNMENT COMMITTEE, AND THAT IS OUR VICE CHAIR.
CASEY THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON THAT? UH, UH, YES, MA'AM.
I THINK AS WE, UH, AS I SPOKEN, SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, THE DALLAS REALTIME HOUSING, I THINK THAT, UH, ALSO, UH, PROVIDES, UH, SOME ALIGNMENT AS RELATES TO POLICY BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE MOVE INTO OUR DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER NINE, I THINK THAT ALSO IS GOING TO, UM, ALLOW US TO KIND OF TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT WHERE OUR COMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY ARE AND WHAT COMMITTEES MAY BE REDUNDANT.
THEN ALSO, UM, IF WE NEED TO, UM, SUNSET SOME OF THE COMMITTEES COME UP WITH NEW, UH, COMMITTEES.
UM, I THINK WE'RE IN A, A, A LOT DIFFERENT SPACE THAN WE WERE, UM, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC WITH SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING ON WITH HOUSING FORWARD WITH THE 20 MILLION THAT THEY JUST RECEIVED FROM HOOD.
UH, I'M SURE ALL OF US GOT THAT, UH, EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, AND SO I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT POLICY ALIGNMENT, UH, LOOKING AT THIS DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER NINE IS GOING TO REALLY, UH, ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
OH, I MOST DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU ON THOSE POINTS, THAT WE ARE IN A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT SPACE TODAY THAN WHEN, UH, WHAT IN 2017, WHEN THIS COMMITTEE WAS PUT TOGETHER.
UM, SO THAT, AND, AND I, I WOULD ALSO AGREE WITH YOU THAT WANTING TO MAKE THIS COMMITTEE IN REFLECT BETTER WHERE WE ARE AND, AND TO REFLECT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, UH, MAKES, MAKES AN AWFUL LOT OF SENSE.
UH, ASSISTANT PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE, UH, DR.
CERISE, IS HE STILL ONLINE? I THINK HE HAD TO LEAVE, BUT I THINK PART OF, AND IT GOES BACK TO WHAT, UM, VICE CHAIR THOMAS WAS JUST REFERRING TO, AND THAT'S REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT, UM, MAKING THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP, UH, MORE IN LINE WITH WHERE WE ARE TODAY THAT WE MAY WANT TO, UM, CONSIDER THAT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE HAS REALLY FOCUSED IN ON THEIR RAPID REHOUSING AND THAT THEY ARE DOING REGULAR, UH, REPORTING BACK TO US.
UM, SO IT'S, UH, I GUESS THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT
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I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UM, THE SYSTEM, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE, AS WE, IN THE WORLD WE ARE TODAY, AND WHERE WE ARE SITTING AT THE MOMENT, UM, SEEMS LIKE A REDUNDANCY.DANIEL, I AM ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH, UH, DR.
UM, AND I AGREE, WE, WE DECIDED THAT IT WAS NOT, UH, MEANINGFUL FOR US TO TRY TO GATHER DATA AND PUT THAT TOGETHER WHEN HOUSING FORWARD IS DOING THAT AND PRODUCING THOSE, UH, REPORTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND THEY HAVE A PRETTY POWERFUL DASHBOARD OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGH TIME.
SO WE HAD KIND OF DEFERRED TO THEM.
UM, AND I THINK THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD FORMALIZE THAT PROCESS, UH, SOMEWHERE IN HERE, BUT YEAH, LET'S NOT BE DUPLICATIVE AND GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE BEST SOURCE, WHICH IS HOUSING FORWARD.
AND I'M, I'M LOOKING AROUND IN PARTICULAR AT, WELL, JUST BECAUSE CHIEF HURLEY IS SITTING IN FRONT OF ME, UM, BUT, UH, COMING FROM B SPRINGS, BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A, A VIEW IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT I THINK IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, FOR EXAMPLE, MY VIEW AS AN ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY WORDS THAT YOU WOULD, OR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON, UM, HOW THIS, HOW THIS GROUP, HOW THIS PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE IT IS EVERYBODY WITHIN THE COUNTY, UM, CAN BE MORE RESPONSIVE, CAN BE MORE HELPFUL, CAN MOVE THINGS FORWARD? UM, I THINK A LOT FOR ME IN HERE IN THE BEGINNING, UH, GETTING MYSELF ACCLIMATED TO THIS BOARD, UM, ONCE I KINDA LEARNED FROM, UH, THE DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS AND MAYBE SPEND A LITTLE TIME TALKING WITH, WITH FOLKS THAT, UH, DEFINITELY FROM THE, OH, THANK YOU.
UM, FROM, FROM THE LAW, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE OF, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE CAN DO IN RESPONDING TO OUR HOMELESSNESS.
UM, OUR OFFICERS A LOT OF TIMES ARE, YOU WANNA USE THIS, COME JOIN ME.
MAYBE EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME NOW.
UM, UH, JUST BEING THE, A NEW MEMBER ON THIS BOARD AND, UH, LEARNING EXACTLY WHAT THIS, THIS CORPORATION HERE DOES, UM, AND WHAT PART I CAN PLAY, UH, I DID PARTICIPATE IN OUR LAST POINT IN TIME COUNT MM-HMM.
UM, WE DO HAVE, JUST, JUST IN OUR AREA, BORDERING THE, THE SOUTHEAST OF, OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF DALLAS COUNTY, UM, IT SEEMS THAT WE'VE HAD A, A LARGER POPULATION OF HOMELESSNESS MOVE INTO OUR AREA.
BALL SPRINGS IS A LITTLE UNIQUE.
THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF STILL UNDEVELOPED LAND.
SO WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF AREAS WHERE HOMELESSNESS WILL BE ABLE TO CONGREGATE, UM, TO WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO CAMP AND STILL HAVE THEIR PRIVACY.
SO, UH, LEARNING, LEARNING WHAT WE CAN DO THERE TO EDUCATE THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WITH BALD SPRINGS, MESQUITE, SUNNYVALE, AND SEVILLE, WE DO HAVE A RESOURCE THAT WE USE IT WITH OUR HOMELESS POPULATION A LOT, UH, WHICH IS OUR, UH, RESPONSE TEAM, UH, WHICH WAS A BIG PART OF WHAT THE, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT FUNDED.
SO THAT HELPS ADDRESS A LOT OF OUR MENTAL ILLNESS AND, UH, NOT ONLY JUST IN, IN MENTAL ILLNESS CALLS, BUT ALSO WITH OUR, WITH OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, UH, AS WELL THAT WE HAVE THAT RESOURCE THAT'S ABLE TO COME OUT.
SO I'M JU I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST, AGAIN, LEARNING ABOUT THIS BOARD, UH, LEARNING WHAT INPUTS THAT I CAN PUT INTO IT, SO.
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CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.I, I HAVE, I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, IN LIGHT OF HAVING THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS WHO JUST WERE, UH, APPROVED TODAY, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION OR SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE SEND OUT THE COMMITTEES AND THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS OR THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH COMMITTEE AND BY, UH, AND WE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO BE PREPARED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF, UM, RESTRUCTURING THE COMMITTEES, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE COMING ON SAYING, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE COMMITTEES ACTUALLY DO.
AND SO, UH, I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MORE, UH, UH, MEATY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, UH, DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO RESTRUCTURING THOSE COMMITTEES WHEN THEY'VE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THE COMMITTEES ARE, WHAT THE, WHAT THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH COMMITTEE IS, AND THEN WE CAN, UH, BE MORE PREPARED TO, UH, MAKE THOSE RESTRUCTURING RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY LOOK AT THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO IT.
YEAH, I WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH THAT.
LET'S, IT MAKES FOR A, A, UH, INFORMATION INFORMED DECISION MAKING RATHER THAN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH END IS UP.
UM, SO TO ME, THAT MAKES AN AWFUL LOT OF SENSE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS ABOUT, UH, WHERE WE ARE IN THE COMMITTEE RESTRUCTURING? UH, YES.
UM, I DO COMMISSIONER, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT, OR MAYBE IT'S JUST A COMMENT, NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION, JUST THINKING ABOUT THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HE MENTIONED HE WOULD BE, UM, BUILDING LAST YEAR, AND THEN I GUESS IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, THINK ABOUT THEIR, THAT THAT ROLE.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING OF OUR COMMITTEES AND OUR GOALS, HOW WE CAN EITHER, YOU KNOW, WORK IN TANDEM OR PARALLEL, UM, TOGETHER IN SOME WAY, UH, TO JUST, I DON'T KNOW, REALLY UP MAKE THE IMPACT THAT MUCH STRONGER, I SUPPOSE, NOW THAT THEY WILL ALSO BE, UM, IN THE SPACE.
THAT, THAT TOO MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME.
IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, SINCE THIS GROUP HAS BEEN FORMED IN THAT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH ACTIVITY THAT, UH, REEVALUATING IT.
AND IN PARTICULAR WITH THE, IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE, UH, UH, MAYOR JOHNSON OF, OF THE CITY OF DALLAS IS STARTING A HOMELESS TOP TASK FORCE.
UM, BUT THEN THAT ADDS, THAT GOES IN TOGETHER, ALONG WITH THE, UM, UH, UH, GROUPS WITHIN THE, THE CITY OF DALLAS GROUPS WITHIN, UH, DALLAS COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
CUZ I KNOW, YOU KNOW, MISS MESQUITE AND ARLINGTON, I MEAN, NOT AR UH, IRVING AND, UH, GARLAND RICHARDSON ALL MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH THEIR OWN, UM, COMMITTEE STRUCTURE WITHIN THOSE CITIES.
SO IT'D BE, UH, SOMETHING TO EVALUATE, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE TODAY? AND MAKE A BETTER, UH, A BETTER RECOMMENDATION OF OPTIONS FOR THE BASIC ACTIVITIES OF THIS GROUP.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, YES, COMMISSIONER, UH, THIS IS DAN.
UM, I, I WANT TO ECHO THE, THE IDEA ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE DON'T DUPLICATE, UH, EFFORTS, UH, THAT, UH, ARE ALREADY, UH, IN PLACE AND THAT WE, WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO COMPLIMENT, UH, EFFORTS THAT ARE ALREADY, UH, BEING UNDERTAKEN.
UM, THE, THE SECOND, THE SECOND THING IS, UM, AT, AT SOME POINT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IMMEDIATELY, BUT WHAT DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS ARE WE USING? SO, IN THE, UH, EDUCATION SPACE, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A FEDERAL STATUTE CALLED THE MCKINNEY-VENTO STATUTE.
UM, BUT, BUT THAT, UH, DOESN'T NECESSARILY EQUATE WITH A PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF, OF HOMELESSNESS.
HOMELESSNESS UNDER THE VETO, UH, STATUTE.
UM, WOULD, WOULD COVER THINGS LIKE PEOPLE LIVING SHORT TERM IN MOTELS OR, YOU KNOW, SLEEPING ON A, IN, IN THE GARAGE AT A, OR ON A COUCH OF A, A FRIEND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST SORT OF LIVING IN THE STREETS IN THE PARKS.
SO, UM, AT, AT SOME POINT I'D LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION AS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHAT, WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT
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WHEN WE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.I JUST PULLED UP THE ARTICLES OF, OF INCORPORATION AND, UH, JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE IS
VERY GOOD OBSERVATION, CUZ I DON'T SEE ONE IN THERE.
AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON, HAVE YOU SEEN THESE? YES, I HAVE.
I THINK CAUSE WE SENT 'EM OUT TO YOU, DIDN'T YOU? UM, INTERESTING.
HOW COULD WE NOT? WELL, THE FACT THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY A VERY GOOD IDEA, UM, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT IN THE LAST VERY, VERY FEW YEARS THAT THE EFFORTS OF SO MANY ENTITIES TO ADDRESS, UM, HOUSING AND MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED, BUT ALSO THOSE THAT ARE NOT IN A, A STABLE HOUSING SITUATION, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED, UM, TRUSTEE MUK.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, IN ADDITION TO EVALUATING THE, UH, UH, COMMITTEE STRUCTURE OF THIS, OF THIS, UH, PARTNERSHIP GROUP, UM, I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE WE TAKE, UM, A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM THIS GROUP AND MAKE A, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR OUTLINE WHAT THAT MIGHT, WHAT THE DEFINITIONS OF HOMELESSNESS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, UM, TRUSTEE MITCH KAY, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO, TO WORK ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM ALONG WITH, UM, YOU HAPPEN TO BE HERE, CHIEF HURLEY? SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UH, YEAH, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, YOU'D BE WILLING TO WORK WITH MM-HMM.
WHAT ARE WE REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE, UM, IN, IN THE TERMS HOMELESSNESS? I, I DO THINK IT KIND OF VARIES BASED ON PROGRAM AND FUNDING, UM, AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND, I DON'T, I'M NOT VOLUNTEERING AT THIS POINT, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND COMMUNICATING WITH HOUSING FORWARD.
UH, MAYBE SARAH KHAN OR SARAH CRAIG, UH, WHO COULD GET YOU SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS AND HOW THEY'RE USED WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOME CLARITY FOR US.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA.
I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS, I ALWAYS LOVE TO GO DIGGING INTO THE INFORMATION AND THE, THE DATA JUST TO SEE WHO'S DOING WHAT AND HOW CAN WE USE THAT INFORMATION TO BETTER GUIDE, UH, WHAT WE DO HERE AND HOW DOES IT ALL FIT IN.
SO I, I I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION.
WELL THEN, UH, THERE WILL BE THE, THE THREE OF US LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE IDEAS AND COLLECTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT DEFINITION.
SO AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU STEPPED UP? YES.
WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF THE, AND, UH, I'M PROBABLY THE COMMITTEE RESTRUCTURING RECOMMENDATION.
UM, VICE CHAIR, CASEY, DO YOU, AND I WANNA, THOMAS, DO YOU AND I WANT YEAH, NO, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE ACTUALLY ON ITEM NINE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD SEND OUT THE COMMITTEE.
UH, ALL THE COMMITTEES AND THE, THE DUTIES TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEE, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE A MORE, UM, UH, THOUGHT OUT DISCUSSION, UH, OKAY.
I THINK ANY OTHER INSIGHTS, QUESTIONS, OBSERVATIONS AS WE ARE LOOKING AT WHY, WHY ARE WE HERE AND WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO AND HOW DOES IT FIT IN, UM, TO FILLING IN GAPS IN OUR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, UM, SPACE.
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ITEM NUMBER 10, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS.UH, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN THE, UH, UH, OBSERVATION THAT THE, THE MAYOR OF DALLAS HAS CREATED A HOUSING TASK FORCE AND THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE TODAY, WHICH, UH, I HOPE WILL ADD GOOD NEWS.
DO THERE ANY, UH, UH, UH, MR. THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? YEAH, ACTUALLY HOMELESSNESS TASK, TASK FORCE INSTEAD OF HOUSING.
UM, UH, I, I, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE THREE CO-CHAIRS, UM, WHO'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO, UM, UH, LEAD THAT EFFORT.
EACH OF THEM HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE EXPERIENCE AND THEY'RE ALSO, UH, LEADING ALREADY IN CAPACITIES.
AND THEN ALSO THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THE ACTUAL TASK FORCE.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT, I'M SURE, UH, RENITA, I KNOW THE, THE, THE COUNCIL DID, WE CAN SEND THAT TO ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT, UM, THE MEMO THAT CAME FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH THE NAMES OF THE CO-CHAIRS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE.
AND SO I THINK, UM, GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR WORK, THE EXPECTATION IS THEY'LL BE READY TO DELIVER A REPORT, UH, BY JUNE.
UH, AND SO KIND OF CUZ I'M, AND WHAT I CAN DO IF EVERYONE IS, IS IF THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE PART OF THE BOARD ARE INTERESTED IN, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST THE CO-CHAIRS, IF NOT OTHER MEMBERS, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND GET YOUR INPUT, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THIS, SINCE YOU'RE, UH, SERVING ON THIS BOARD, UH, I CAN HAVE THEM TO TOUCH BASE WITH EACH ONE OF YOU AND GET YOUR, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR THOUGHTS AS THEY BEGIN TO DEVELOP THEIR REPORT.
AND THEN, UM, SEE IF AT SOME POINT IN TIME BEFORE THE FINAL REPORT COMES OUT, THEY'RE READY TO BRIEF, UH, THIS, UH, BOARD.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY, UH, ASTUTE OBSERVATION BECAUSE I THINK THE, THE SPACE OF, OF HOMELESSNESS HAS CHANGED SO MUCH AND IT'S, IT'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEN, UM, HAS BEEN NOTED TOO THAT NOT TO DUPLICATE WHAT OTHER ENTITIES ARE DOING, BUT USING THIS PARTICULAR, UM, UM, PARTNERSHIP TEAM TO FILL IN GAPS.
SO THAT MAKES AN AWFUL LOT OF SENSE TO GET TOGETHER WITH THEM, WITH THE, THE NEW CHAIRS OF THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS OR MEETINGS? WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON OUT THERE? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS.
ANYTHING ELSE HERE? UM, COMMISSIONER, I, I'LL JUST PUT A PLUG IN FOR HOUSING FORWARDS HARD CONVERSATIONS, UM, THAT THEY'RE HOSTING TOMORROW, UM, WHERE THEY BRING IN, UM, A BOOK OR A LEADER.
AND TOMORROW THE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT, UH, FIXER UPPER, HOW DO REPAIR AMERICANS, AMERICA'S BROKEN HOUSING SYSTEMS. UM, AND THEY HAVE 'EM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT IT'S, IT'S TOMORROW, I WANNA SAY IT'S AROUND, UH, THE LUNCH HOUR FROM 12 TO ONE 30 IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED OR HAS THE ABILITY TO JOIN.
AND WHO IS SPEAKING PLEASE? APOLOGIES.
ANY OTHER EVENTS OR, UH, MEETINGS COMING UP THAT ARE OF INTEREST HERE? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS, I DON'T HEAR ANY VOICES.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S COLD OUTSIDE, BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL I KNOW.
WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING HARD, UH, CONSIDER CONSIDERING THAT.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE, UH, TO BE BROUGHT UP TODAY.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING TIME OUTTA YOUR DAY TO BE HERE, TO SHARE THOUGHTS, UM, AND TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO USE THIS GROUP, UM, AS A, AS A, AS A TOOL TO MAKE, UH, DALLAS COUNTY, THE CITY OF DALLAS AND ALL THE OTHER CITIES
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INVOLVED, UM, PROVIDE A BETTER SPACE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THANK YOU.
THE MISSION TO OUR NEW MEMBERS.
DO WE, DO WE NEED A MOTION? I DIDN'T THINK WE DID, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE IT NEEDS A SECOND TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST.
GO OUT AND, AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND DO ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN OUR ASPIRATIONS TO DO.