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HELLO EVERYBODY.[Dallas Area Partnership Meeting]
TODAY IS, WHAT DAY IS IT? THURSDAY, JUNE 20.AND WE'RE CALLING THE MEETING OF THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP ON ENDING HOMELESSNESS TO ORDER.
AND WE'RE GONNA ASK AARON TO HELP US ESTABLISH A QUORUM.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, ANYBODY WHO'S VIRTUAL, IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR CAMERAS ON PLEASE.
UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER THERESA DANIEL, WHO I SEE IS ONLINE AND DRIVING.
THAT'S, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KIRA MENDELSON.
SHE HAD SENT ME A NOTE THAT SAID SHE WAS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO JOIN.
UH, MR. HAYES IS OUR NEW APPOINTEE FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS.
ASHLEY BRUNDAGE ON MUTE? YEAH, SHE'S THERE.
AND CHIEF BRENT HURLEY PRESENT.
MADAM CHAIR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
SO I'M JUST GONNA START OFF ASKING, UM, OUR ONLINE PEOPLE, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEE? ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME? YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEE.
IT'S THE TABLE, RIGHT? SO LIKE, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE BACK OF ME? LOOKING AT BACK OF THE COMMITTEE.
UM, 'CAUSE OTHERWISE I'LL JUST FLIP AND THEN THEY COULD SEE EVERYBODY.
WELL, UM, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING IN THIS BUILDING, SO I AM APOLOGIZING FOR BEING LATE, BUT WE WENT TO THE OLD RECORDS BUILDING CATTY CORNER AND, UH, CHECKED OUT THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM.
UM, IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR ONLINE, I'LL JUST SAY, I HOPE THAT, UM, AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE CAN COME IN PERSON AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I JUST THINK WE'RE GONNA, UM, WE'RE GONNA WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVELY THAT WAY.
SO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? WE, AND I AM GONNA FLIP THIS AROUND IF YOU WANNA SIT RIGHT HERE.
HELLO? YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I AM THE NEW HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR WITH CITY OF DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, WORKING UNDER MS. SHANNON ADAMS IN THE ADULT PROGRAMS AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UM, I HAVE WORKED AS, UM, MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY, PEER SUPPORT.
UH, I HAVE SIX YEARS, UM, REAL-TIME LIFE EXPERIENCE, UH, FROM SUBSTANCE USE, MENTAL HEALTH.
AND I ALSO AM A COMBAT VETERAN.
SO I'VE EXPERIENCED, UM, A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT, UH, MORE OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH AND THE LOCALIZED AREA HAVE, UH, ARE GOING THROUGH.
AND, UM, I'M SOMEWHAT THE SUCCESS STORY AND KIND OF NERVOUS RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, WE DO HAVE A, A ARRAY OF PROGRAMS, UM, THAT WE ARE, UM, INITIATING AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT THIS PRESENT TIME.
I WASN'T PREPARED TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I DO THE, UM, INTRODUCTIONS AND I WILL HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO THE STAFF AND EVERYONE ELSE, UM, WHEN ASKED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
WELL, WELCOME TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO, UM, OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO, MOTION.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE APPROVING THEM, PLEASE SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION ABOUT COMMITTEE RESTRUCTURING.
UM, SO WE HAD A PRE-MEETING, UM, TO SORT OF TALK ABOUT LAYING THIS OUT, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AND I'LL JUST ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS BECAUSE I'M NEW, I DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU, AND MAYBE LUIS,
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IF YOU COULD HELP, WE HAVE BINDERS FOR EVERYBODY.AND IN THE BINDERS, UM, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND IS THE FIRST ITEM IS ORANGE.
IT'S A ROSTER OF ALL OF OUR CURRENT MEMBERS.
SO ROB IS BRAND NEW, HE'S INCLUDED.
THE GREEN TAB ARE THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
SO NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE THOSE.
THIRD IS BYLAWS, FOURTH IS GOALS.
AND UNDER THAT GOALS, THE BLUE ONE, IT'S GOT THE FOUR COMMITTEES AND IT'S GOT WHO'S ON WHICH COMMITTEE.
THE PROBLEM IS OF COURSE, THAT HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT ON THE DAP ANY LONGER.
SO THE, AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, THE GROUP APPROVED KEEPING THESE FOUR COMMITTEE NAMES, BUT NOT WHAT THE DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEES ARE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED IS BECAUSE I'M NEW AND I'M LIKE, WELL, SHOW ME ALL THE FORMATION DOCUMENTS.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS, TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
START GOING THROUGH THE BYLAWS AND THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE POWER TO DO DON'T NECESSARILY NECESSARILY ALIGN WITH THOSE COMMITTEES.
AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST IS THAT WE TEMPORARILY SAY, LET'S COMMIT TO A COMMITTEE FOR ONE MONTH.
AND WHAT YOU'LL DO ON THE COMMITTEE IS YOU'LL MEET VIRTUALLY AND YOU'LL HAVE READ THE BYLAWS AND YOU'LL HAVE READ THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND YOU'LL SAY, GIVEN THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS, WHAT DO WE THINK THIS COMMITTEE OUGHT TO BE DOING? SO IF I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S, UM, GIVEN TO US TO DO IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION IS TO ACTUALLY HOLD ALL OF THE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE EVALUATED ALL OF THE HOMELESS PLANS IN OUR AREA.
AND NATIONALLY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND ALL OF THE HOMELESS SYSTEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR MEETING OUR GOALS.
BUT THERE ISN'T ACTUALLY A PLAN AND WE HAVEN'T PUT ANY METRICS IN PLACE.
SO THERE'S A COMMITTEE WITH, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WHOEVER'S ON THAT COMMITTEE SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PUT SOME GOALS IN PLACE AND WE NEED TO PUT DOWN WHAT METRICS WE WANNA LOOK AT.
SO ALL OF THIS LED TO ANOTHER DISCUSSION OF, WOW, WE MIGHT NEED A RETREAT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH AN ALIGNMENT OF WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE'RE ACTUALLY CHARGED TO DO AND HOW ARE WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THOSE? HOW, HOW ARE THOSE ACTUALLY IN PLACE? BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF GOOD WORK HAS HAPPENED HERE, BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE THE ACTUAL PURPOSE OF WHAT THE ORGANIZATION IS.
THIS IS A SUPER UNIQUE ORGANIZATION AND BOTH THROUGH THE COMMITTEES AND ALL OF US TOGETHER, WE CAN DO THINGS THAT NO OTHER GROUP CAN DO.
WE CAN ISSUE DEBT, WE CAN ACQUIRE LAND, WE CAN HAVE STAFF, WE CAN APPLY FOR GRANTS.
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER GROUP THAT CAN DO THAT SAME SORT OF THING.
AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE FULL POWER THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THIS L G C TO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE ALL WANNA DO.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I'M WONDERING IF PEOPLE MIGHT SELF-SELECT TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF, I'LL JUST TAKE THE FIRST ONE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET TOGETHER WITH, LET'S SAY THERE'S THREE, FOUR, UM, OF MY OTHER DAP MEMBERS.
AND WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT THOSE GOALS COULD BE.
AND THEN AT THE RETREAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH AND WE'RE GONNA ALL TALK ABOUT IT.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A FAIR THING? OKAY.
SO THE FOUR COMMITTEES, UM, I MEAN RENITA, YOU WANNA TAKE DOWN NAMES AS PEOPLE MAYBE SELF-IDENTIFY WHERE THEY FIT? YES.
I CAN'T SEE WHEN PEOPLE RAISE THEIR HAND.
UM, ERIN, IF YOU'LL HELP US MAYBE IDENTIFY WHO'S RAISING THEIR HAND AND THE FOUR COMMITTEES, WHICH IF YOU LOOK SO LUIS, IF YOU'LL PASS OUT THE BINDERS, THEN EVERYONE WILL HAVE THAT IN FRONT.
SO IF YOU LOOK BEHIND THE BLUE TAB, YOU'LL SEE THE FOUR COMMITTEES SYSTEM, PERFORMANCE, POLICY ALIGNMENT, INVESTMENT STRATEGY, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THE FOURTH ONE IS PUBLIC EDUCATION, HOUSING AVAILABILITY.
SO RANDOMLY IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THIS ONE.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SEEMS APPROPRIATE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE PUBLIC EDUCATION HOUSING COMMITTEE.
WELL WE GOT THREE PEOPLE RIGHT THERE.
I'D LIKE TO DO THE, UM, THE PERFORMANCE METRICS ONE IF POSSIBLE.
IT'S CAROL, I'D LIKE TO STAY ON
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THE PERFORMANCE, UH, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE PLEASE.TERESA, DANIEL, I'D LIKE TO BE INCLUDED.
COULD YOU SAY IT AGAIN? I WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED ON THE, UH, PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE SYSTEM, PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE.
I'D LIKE TO BE ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
SO THAT LEAVES POLICY ALIGNMENT AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.
SO THIS GROUP CAN RAISE MONEY, BE GIFTED MONEY, GIFTED PROPERTY ISSUE DEBT.
I'LL DO INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS.
ASHLEY, I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN YOU.
WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TOGETHER IN A WHILE, SO THAT LEAVES POLICY ALIGNMENT.
ANYBODY UP FOR THAT ONE? ASH? ROB HAYES, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
ROB SAID SYSTEM PERFORMANCE EARLIER.
WHAT'S THAT? I WAS ON THE PERFORMANCE FORM.
SO ASHLEY, I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD, UM, MAYBE WE'LL DO BOTH OF THEM.
POLICY AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY TOGETHER.
CELESTE, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? CELESTE? OH, WE DON'T HAVE YOUR SOUND.
SHE CAN TYPE THAT'S IN THE JET POLICY ALIGNMENT.
AND THEN, UH, WHAT ABOUT LAKEISHA? WE HAVE HER LAKEISHA'S,
UM, AND ANYBODY WHO'S MISSING? SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN? WHO'S ON EVERYONE? NO, I'VE ASKED THEM TO PUT IT IN THE CHAT AND I'M WRITING THEM DOWN.
SO, SO THE REQUEST IS IF YOU COULD PUT IT IN THE CHAT, THEN RENITA'S GONNA WRITE 'EM ALL DOWN.
WE'RE GONNA SEND THIS ALL BACK UP IN A FOLLOW UP EMAIL BEFORE WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THE MINUTES.
WE'RE GONNA SEND THIS MAYBE LIKE LATER TODAY.
OKAY, SO THAT'S THE COMMITTEE RESTRUCTURING DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WITH THE COMMITTEES? I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO, UM, HAVE A CHAIR OF THOSE COMMITTEES WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN ON EACH COMMITTEE, WHO'S ALREADY BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE.
IT'S JUST THAT NOT ALL THE CHAIRS ARE STILL MEMBERS OF THE DAP.
SO THIS IS A TEMPORARY COMMITTEE.
AND SO HOW ABOUT WE REACH OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAID YES TO A CERTAIN ONE? WE'RE GONNA PUT ONE OF YOU IN CHARGE OF SETTING UP THE MEETING WITH THE OTHERS SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN GET THIS WORK DONE BEFORE WE HAVE THE, UM, BEFORE WE HAVE THE RETREAT.
A SO THE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WITH THE COMMITTEES? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU THINK WE'RE MISSING FOR NOW? NO.
WELL LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM THEN.
THIS IS DISCUSSION WITH POSSIBLE ACTION REVISION OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
SO WITH THIS IDEA OF HAVING A RETREAT, THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO FLUSH OUT THERE BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT MANY OF US DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION UNTIL, UM, MAYBE THIS WEEK.
SO, UM, ARE THERE THINGS ANYBODY KNOWS RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER SPECIFICALLY FOR CHANGES WITH THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION? THIS IS NOT LIKE A ONE-TIME ONLY CHANCE TO SAY IT.
I, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SURE.
THE ARTICLES INCORPORATION, I AM ASSUMING THAT, THAT OUR GROUP IS NOT THE ONE THAT CAN CHANGE THE ARTICLES, RIGHT? WE CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.
OR, OR ARE WE ALLOWED TO MAKE THE CHANGES TO THE ARTICLES OURSELVES? UM, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THE CHARTER.
I KNOW FOR DEBT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT APPROVED BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
I WOULD IMAGINE THE CHARTER WOULD BE AFFIRMED BY THEM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW IT WAS WRITTEN.
UM, THE DALLAS COUNTY, UM, CIVIL DISTRICT ATTORNEY
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ISSUE.UM, I JUST
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION TO HAVE AT THE RETREAT.
LIKE, I THINK THAT'LL BE A WHOLE SECTION ABOUT OUR BYLAWS.
ARE THERE THINGS IN THERE THAT WE WANNA CHANGE? IF SO, WHAT WOULD THOSE CHANGES BE? WHAT WOULD THE PROCESS BE TO GET THAT DONE? UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE READ IT TWICE BRIEFLY, LIKE I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T FOCUS ON IT AND UM, REALLY TRY TO ALIGN IT WITH THE OTHER THINGS, JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE.
BUT IT'S LIKE, WOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT FOR SURE WE'RE NOT DOING.
LIKE THERE'S NOT AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT'S BEEN PRODUCED OUT OF THIS GROUP AND IT'S REQUIRED IN THE ARTICLES INCORPORATION.
SO I THINK THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT TELLS US WE SHOULD BE DOING AND THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF US.
AND THEN ARE WE DOING THOSE? AND THEN LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL PROBABLY FOR THE RETREAT PART, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY TO THE COMMITTEE, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS BEFORE WE HAVE THE RETREAT SO THAT WE'RE ALL, UM, WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT, UM, WHAT KINDS OF ADJUSTING WE MIGHT WANNA DO.
SO THE NEXT ONE, THE NEXT ITEM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? NO.
NEXT ITEM IS THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, L G C BOARD REPORTS.
UM, THERESA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS? I, UH, IF YOU'RE TALKING, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
UM, HOW ABOUT ANY OF THE COMMITTEES? DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN UPDATE FROM ANY OF THEIR COMMITTEES? OKAY, SO I'M GONNA SAY PROBABLY NOT.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET THAT ALIGNMENT THAT WE NEED AT THIS RETREAT.
SO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS, THIS IS WHERE I REALLY HOPE YOU CAN PULL UP YOUR CALENDAR AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
SO THERESA, UM, AND I CAME UP WITH A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS ON TIMES WE COULD MEET.
THE FIRST ONE IS MONDAY THE 26TH FROM 1230 TO FOUR.
THE SECOND ONE IS TUESDAY, JUNE 27TH, EIGHT 30 TO NOON.
THIRD ONE IS THURSDAY, JUNE 29TH, EIGHT 30 TO NOON.
OR WE COULD TAKE THAT JULY 6TH MONTHLY MEETING WE HAVE.
AND INSTEAD OF DOING THE ONE HOUR, WE WOULD INSTEAD LOOK AT DOING THAT 1230 TO FOUR.
I THINK THERE'S CONCERN THAT JULY MONTH TO
AND IF WE DO THAT RETREAT, PERHAPS WE WANNA JUST NOT HAVE THE JULY MEETING IF WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CORN PROBLEM ANYHOW.
SO, UM, WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS INPUT ON, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CALENDAR, HOW MONDAY, 1230 TO FOUR TUESDAY, EIGHT 30 TO 12 THURSDAY, EIGHT 30 TO 12, AND THIS IS 20, 27TH AND 29TH.
HOW ABOUT ONLINE? I'M STILL LOOKING.
I I WOULD LEAN TO THE SIXTH IF THAT WAS STILL ON THE TABLE.
I'M OUT OF TOWN FOR THE SIXTH.
SO OF THE PEOPLE HERE, HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD DO THE 6TH OF JULY? JULY? I'M GOOD.
THAT'S I'LL BE OUTTA THE COUNTRY.
AND YOU WERE A NO FOR SIX? YES.
SO, SO LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND THURSDAY, THE 26TH, 27TH AND 29TH OF JUNE.
AND KARA, I THINK, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AND THE, THE COMMITTEE KNOWS TO THE EXTENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M A HOTEL OWNER.
I'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT HOTELS IN DALLAS COUNTY, UM, AND WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO HOST IF WE WANT TO GET OUTSIDE OF ONE OF THE CITY PROPERTIES OR WHATNOT.
I'M HAPPY TO KIND OF HOST EVERYBODY AT ONE OF OUR HOTELS IN ONE OF OUR MEETING ROOMS. CONSIDER IF WE WANNA KIND OF GET OUT OF AN OFFICE SPACE YOU MEAN, SO LIKE PEOPLE DON'T GO TO THE WRONG BUILDING
UM, DOES IT COME WITH SNACKS? YES, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE SNACKS HAPPEN.
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TALKING ABOUT MONDAY, THE T JUNE 26TH, 1230 TO FOUR, TUESDAY, JUNE 27TH, EIGHT 30 TO 12 OR THURSDAY, JUNE 29TH, EIGHT 30 TO 12.SO IN THE ROOM I HEARD, UH, I THINK TWO PEOPLE SAY JUNE 29TH, EIGHT 30 TO 12 WOULD BE BETTER.
WOULD THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE? FOR AN IN-PERSON? WORKS FOR YOU.
29 SEEMS TO BE YOUR CHAT PREFERENCE AS WELL.
OKAY, WELL LET'S DO IT AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHERE WE WANNA HAVE IT TO BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY GENEROUS OFFER TO HAVE IT AT M B C SUITE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR DOING THAT.
AND I DO WANNA SAY DEEPEST APOLOGIES FOR, YOU KNOW, IF WE RULED THE WORLD IT'D BE DIFFERENT SOMETIMES
YOU'D STILL BE IN THAT OTHER BUILDING
WHEN, WHEN I HEARD YOU SAY THAT, I THOUGHT I UNDERSTAND VERY WELL.
I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE SINCE COVID
BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN WE HAVE CONTROL OF AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
SO APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING ALONG.
LINING UP THE RETREAT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
SO WE CAN GET BACK ON TRACK WITH AN IDEA.
ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT LOCATION? ABSOLUTELY.
SO, ROB, DO YOU WANNA PUT THE HOTEL IN ADDRESS IN THE CHAT FOR EVERYONE OR YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT IT OR, UH, IT'S YOUR MEETING NOW.
I'M GONNA SKIP OVER MY AVAILABILITY AND EVERYTHING.
LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT THREE PROPERTIES, SO LET ME JUST SEE WHAT KIND OF PARKING CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ALL.
THIS IS THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION ON THAT.
NO, WE, WE'VE GOT FREE PARKING AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, SO IT'S EASY.
UM, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT GOING TO MEETINGS NOW IF PARKING HAS BECOME AN ISSUE.
AND SO I ALWAYS ASK, SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF SURFACE PARKING.
THAT'S A, AND YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR VERY GENEROUS OFFER TO, UH, MEET IN A A DIFFERENT PLACE AND EXPLORE OTHER AVENUES.
WE DO, WE DO IN OUR OFFICES TOO, IF YOU GUYS WANNA
SO, OKAY, WELL, SO NOW WE'VE GOT LOTS OF OPTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE, UH, WE MAY HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE AT THIS, WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN AT THIS RETREAT AND DEPENDING ON WHETHER THERE IS A NEED FOR BREAKOUT GROUPS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO LET US BE IN CONVERSATION TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO, UH, BE THE BEST MATCH ALL AROUND, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.
EVERYONE'S SHAKING THEIR HEAD YES.
I I THINK LET'S GO NEXT LEVEL.
THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I MEAN, ALL OF US HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS SPACE FOR A WHILE AND THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST 6, 8, 10 YEARS, UH, IN DALLAS COUNTY, CULLEN COUNTY, THE, YOU KNOW, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAVE BEEN HUGE.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY FIGURING OUT, OKAY, SO HOW DO WE NAVIGATE IN THAT SPACE, UH, TO A BETTER DEGREE.
AND ASIDE FROM BOARD MEMBERS, CAN WE HAVE OTHER GUESTS COME PARTICIPATE AS, AS IT RELATES TO REPURPOSING? 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK JOLIE WOULD BE REALLY ACCRETIVE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITHOUT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THAT, THAT'S JUST AN IDEA.
I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO, I MEAN HER EXPERIENCE, HER INSIGHTS AND IT MOST DEFINITELY IS, IS RIGHT ON TARGET TO WHAT? THE PARTNERSHIP, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT FOR ME, I'M GONNA PASS ON THAT IDEA BECAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS THE STRUCTURE OF THIS ORGANIZATION, WHICH THEY'RE NOT PART OF.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A STRUCTURE IN PLACE THAT REFLECTS AND, AND PUTS THOSE SYSTEMS SO THAT WE HAVE A PLAN AND THAT WE HAVE ACTION HAPPENING AND WE KNOW WHERE WE SHOULD BE.
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY A GROUP THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MEASURING, NOT THEM TELLING US HOW WE SHOULD BE.
I JUST SAW IT FROM AN EXPERIENCE LEVEL, BUT I SEE WHERE THAT CONFLICT YEAH.
MAY NOT BE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE IN OUR BEST INTEREST DOESN'T HAVE A SECOND RETREAT AT SOME POINT WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF PROVIDERS WHO MAY BE LIKE, MAYBE WE DETERMINE THAT WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN LIKE THE LIBRARY MANY AGES AGO AND, AND I'M SORRY I DON'T WANNA GET OFF TRACK.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RETREAT.
UM, THE, THE, THE UNDERSTANDING OF UM, OF OUR, OF OUR POLICY ALIGNMENT AND, AND HOW THAT FITS IS IMPORTANT.
BUT I THINK FIRST WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STRUCTURED TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TASKED WITH.
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I THINK I ALREADY SEE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS LINING UP THEN, WHICH WOULD BE WHO ARE, WHO ARE OTHER MAJOR PLAYERS WHO WOULD HAVE INPUT AND VALUABLE INPUT INTO WHAT WE DO.AND SO THAT MAY BE AFTER, AFTER THE RETREAT.
SO WE'VE GOT RETREAT JUNE 29TH, 12 TO, UH, EIGHT 30 TO 12.
I THINK ROB'S DOING BREAKFAST FOR US.
YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT.
NOW THERE'S CERTAIN PERKS TO BEING IN THE HOSPITALITY BUSINESS, SO, OKAY, SURE.
WELL THEN WHY DON'T WE, WE'LL BE TALKING WITH YOU, UH, IN ORDER TO GET ADDRESS AND, AND SOME OF THE SPECIFICS AND THEN, AND THEN JUST KIND OF PLOT OUT YEP.
WHAT THE RETREAT WILL REQUIRE TO MAKE IT AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND REALLY DO APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR OFFER TO, UH, TO HOST TO AND TO GIVE US BREAKFAST.
YEAH, SO I THINK FOOD IS GOOD, JUST, JUST THE HOMEWORK THAT, I MEAN, THIS IS HOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE MEETING THAT THERESA WAS GONNA GIVE OUT HOMEWORK.
UM, FOR THE GROUPS THAT ARE NOW PART OF THIS, THESE COMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE GONNA COME TO THE RETREAT WITH IDEAS OF WHAT YOUR GOALS SHOULD BE BASED ON THAT ITEM, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE STUCK IN THAT COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK IT'S FAIR GAME AFTER THAT.
THERE MIGHT BE CHANGES TO THE GOALS.
IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT WANNA ADD, MIGHT WANNA TAKE AWAY, BUT THEN EVERYONE WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY WILL BE ACCOMPLISHING AND WHERE THEY THINK THEY BEST FIT IN.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS IN TRANSITION.
UM, WITH THE POINT OF IT BEING TO USE THIS GROUP TO ITS BEST ADVANTAGE AS YOU'VE ALREADY NOTED, BECAUSE WE CAN RAISE MONEY, HIRE STAFF, UM, AND MANAGE MONEY, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM MOST OTHER GROUPS IN THE, UH, HOMELESS ARENA.
AND HAVING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTY IS ALSO A UNIQUENESS THAT I THINK JUST ADDS STRENGTH.
DEFINITELY AN ADVANTAGE AND POTENTIAL TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT LOOKS LIKE, GEE, YOU GOT IT.
I CAME RIGHT AT THE RIGHT TIME.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE DISHES ARE DONE, SO IF YOU AREN'T HERE, WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU THAT BINDER.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXTRA SECTIONS, UM, AND WE'VE LEFT THEM BLANK.
UM, I THINK Y'ALL WERE GONNA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AGENDAS THAT YOU'RE GONNA ADD IN, UM, OR NOT THIS TIME.
WE'RE GONNA PULL PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS.
SO THE, THE, THE LAST THREE TABS.
I THINK WE WERE GONNA DO MINUTES, SO I'VE LEFT THAT ONE A BLANK.
MAYBE TEAL AND THEN PRESENTATIONS WE'VE LEFT FOR PINK AND DARK BLUE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE WAS, UH, PAST PRESENTATIONS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT, I KNOW WE'VE GOT THEM, SO IT'S PROBABLY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE, IF IF, IF WE TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GETTING YOU GETTING THOSE BACK TO YOU, THE BINDERS THAT HAVE BEEN PICKED UP TODAY, CAN WE HAVE THOSE SO THAT WE CAN FINISH FILLING THEM AND THEN WELL LET'S JUST SEND OUT THE MATERIAL 'CAUSE THEN THEY CAN AT LEAST READ THE BYLAWS AND THE ARTICLES INCORPORATION AND THEN WE'LL JUST, WELL JUST MAIL OUT THE, THE REST OF IT FOR WHICH COLOR.
CAN YOU EMAIL IT AND THEN WE CAN YEAH.
YEAH, I THINK P WOULD BE GOOD TO WORK WITH IN PREPARATION FOR THE RETREAT.
AND THEN WE COULD HAVE NICE COMPLETE BOOKS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO UPDATE OUR OURSELVES THE FIRST TIME
'CAUSE MINE WILL BE IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING, OKAY, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THIS IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS IN THAT POSITION OR IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO KEEP THEIR BINDER, KEEP IT.
BUT I'M, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO UPDATE.
AND I'M GONNA, I'M JUST GONNA PENCIL YOUR NAME IN ON THIS.
ANYBODY ELSE? I ALWAYS PUT TOO MANY C'S IN YOUR NAME.
I THINK THIS WAY IT WAS MADE
SO WE'LL GET THIS BACK TO YOU COMPLETE BEFOREHAND SO THAT YES, IN FACT YOU CAN READ THROUGH IT, BUT YOU'LL HAVE, IT'LL BE MORE COMPLETE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, OBSERVATIONS? ARE WE AT THAT POINT FURTHER? GOOD.
AND IT IS GOOD TO SEE FOLKS IN PERSON.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING AN EFFORT TO BE HERE.'CAUSE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I THINK WE'RE REAL LIFE PEOPLE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WORKING ON REAL LIFE ISSUES.
SO WE'LL SEND OUT LATER TODAY, UM, WHO'S ON WHAT COMMITTEE AND WE'RE GONNA PUT A STAR BY YOUR NAME, BUT WE'LL TALK TO YOU FIRST IF YOU'RE THE PERSON WHO'S GONNA COORDINATE THE MEETING WITH THE REST OF YOUR PEOPLE.
AND UM, AND THEN WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ROB WITH THE ACTUAL RETREAT INFO.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STANDING ADJOURNED THEN.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR WORLD.