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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on August 17, 2023.]
BUSINESS PUBLIC SPEAKERS THIS MORNING.I'LL READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH DIRECTOR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL AND PER APPROPRIATE FOUR RESORTS TO THROWING OBJECTS WILL BE
UM, I JUST QUICKLY WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING REALLY, IT'S GRATITUDE.
A FEW WEEKS AGO OVER HERE IN DIXON, WE HAD A MURDER.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WALKED PAST ABOUT 40 OR 50 PEOPLE, TOLD THE KIDS TO MOVE OUT THE WAY AND SHOT A MAN FIVE TIMES IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
AND THE PEOPLE HAD SEEN IT SO CLOSELY THEY COULD IMITATE THE MAN TAKING HIS LAST BREATH.
AS A PARENT HERE, I WAS SHOOK.
BUT WITHIN A WEEK I HAD A MEETING WITH THE PARKS AND REC LEADERSHIP, AND YOU ALL CAME THROUGH WITH SWEEPING CHANGES, GAVE US LIGHTS THAT WERE WELL NEEDED IN THIS PARK.
WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER ONE HERE IN DIXON.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME GREAT PROGRAMS AND IN REGARDS TO EMPLOYMENT AND, UH, INTERNET ACCESS HERE IN DIXON, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE ASSOCIATION, AND COLLECTIVE ACTIVISM.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PARK LEADERSHIP BECAUSE, AGAIN, AS A PARENT, I WAS TRULY SHOOK.
UM, I'VE NEVER BEEN THAT CONCERNED IN DIXON, BUT AT ANY RATE, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR, UH, PUTTING THE LIGHTS UP.
AND WE SEE SECURITY PARK SECURITY NOW MORE.
WE'RE DEVELOPING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THE COMPUTERS IN SO WE CAN DO THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AN UPDATED SPLASH PAD WITH THE BUCKET EVERYBODY ELSE GOT, AND THOSE THINGS WOULD BE GREAT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE ONE FINAL REQUEST.
Y'ALL GIVE MY PEOPLE OVER HERE AT THE LARRY JOHNSON REC CENTER, A RAISE
SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I APPRECIATE THE SWIFT ACTION.
I AM GRATEFUL BECAUSE Y'ALL LET ME KNOW YOU CARE.
SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
SPEAKER IS MS. ELVA? YES, MA'AM.
AND YOUR THREE MINUTE SPEAKERS.
MY NAME AT 10 0 3 DALE AVENUE IN DALLAS, 7 5 2 1 1.
AND I THANK MR. WETA FOR REPRESENTING AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR
I COME BEFORE YOU TO SPEAK BEHALF OF A NEW PARTNER WITH RECREATIONS.
THIS CENTER HAS SERVED FAMILIES OF YOUNG 80 80.
IT PROVIDES MEETING SPACE FOR LOCAL CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND A PLACE FOR EARLY VOTING FOR LOCAL AND STATE ELECTIONS.
IT JUST COMPLETED ITS SUMMER CAMPAIGN PROGRAM.
IT PROVIDES A VARIETY OF EXERCISE AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR SENIORS IN
WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS OUT EARLIER THIS SUMMER WHEN THE INDUSTRIAL VAN WAS PLACED THERE, BOX HERE, EXERCISE.
THERE IS ONE ADULT AND ONE CHILD TO THE WING RESTROOM.
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IN THE MAIN RESTROOM, THERE IS ONE STALL AND ONE URINE.THE ENTRANCE DOOR OF THE RECREATION CENTER FLOODS EVERY TIME IT RAINS DUE TO NON-WORKING OR
IN SPITE OF THE CHALLENGES THE CENTER FACES, SENIORS BENEFIT FROM THE FITNESS ROOM, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, LINE DANCING CHAIR AEROBICS, YOGA CLASSES, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
THE OUTREACH THAT WE DO TO THE SENIOR SOURCE GIVES US OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER IN THE CENTER, PROVIDES A COMMUNAL SPENDING FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND SENIORS CAN SOCIALIZE.
WE BELIEVE THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO BE OPEN TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THRIVING AND ENGAGE.
MY NAME IS CHAIR CITA DELGADO, 24 34 SEA, C 7 5 2 1 1, DISTRICT ONE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS, DAILY EFFORTS.
I AM, UM, ALSO WANTING SPECIAL THANKS FROM MS TO MR.
UH, OUR PARK AND REC REPRESENTATIVE FOR BEING SO ATTENTIVE TO SENIORS AT MARTIN WEEKS.
I'M AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MARTIN WEEKS RECREATION CENTER.
I SENT AN EMAIL TO EACH OF YOU TO INCLUDING AN ATTACHMENT OF PICTURES, A LIST OF PROBLEMS AT THE CENTER AS WELL.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A NEW RECREATION CENTER.
THE LAST UPDATE WE HAD WAS WINDOWS.
THEY WEREN'T DOUBLE PAYING, AND IT WAS 1995.
OUR CENTER HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR A LONG TIME.
THE WEST OAK OAKLAND COMMUNITY ARE ASKING FOR THE NEW CENTER FOR SENIOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
THE RECREATION CENTER IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR EQUITY AND EQUALITY FOR MARTIN WEESE RECREATION CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN IGNORED A LONG TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR EFFORTS.
SCOTT, WHICH ONE? YEAH, ITEM FOUR ON THE MINUTES FROM THE, UM, OBVIOUS THIRD MEETING.
FOR LET'S, UH, WE'LL DO APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR JULY 20.
SECOND BY MR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY A AYE.
HAVE IT, UH, FOR AUGUST 3RD, 2023.
ITEM FOUR WAS, THE MOTION WAS MADE BY ME AND SECONDED BY KARIMI.
IT SAYS DICKEY SECONDED BY SLAUGHTER, BUT IT WAS AWESOME.
SO WE, UH, HAVE A CORRECTION ON AUGUST 3RD.
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. GOLDSTEIN.
ANY OPPOSED? I, UM, OUR QUARTERLY SAFETY UPDATE IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT CHIEFS HAD TO ATTEND FUNERAL FOR A FEDERAL OFFICER.
SO THEN HIS SAFETY PRESENTATION.
SO, SO, UH, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RENEE JOHNSON STILL IS GOING TO DO HER PART, BUT FROM THE POLICE CHIEFS, IT'S GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, TODAY, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AS, UH, YOU ANNOUNCED THERE'S A FUNERAL TODAY, UH, FOR AN OFFICER, UH, FROM P P D.
SO, CHIEF WATSON, HE WILL BE THE NEXT MEETING JUST IN ORDER TO UPDATE YOU, ESPECIALLY DURING SUMMER ACTIVITIES.
OKAY? AND SO TODAY, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA, OF COURSE, THAT WE ALWAYS INCLUDE, RIGHT? UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA KINDA MOVE THROUGH SWIFTLY,
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UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A REALLY, UH, WONDERFUL GUEST HERE WITH US TODAY.UH, WE HAVE CHIEF SROS, SERGEANT CISNEROS, I'M SORRY.
AND HE WILL INTRODUCE HIS GUEST.
BUT, UM, SINCE NEROS, UH, AS WE CALL IT, OR AS I CALL, HE IS THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, RIGHT? HE IS THE ONE THAT'S RUNNING THE OPERATION ON A DAY-TODAY BASIS.
SO TODAY, YOU CAN REALLY ASK THE QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON, ON, HE'S WORKING WITH FUNCTIONAL AND THE RANGERS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF IT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SAVE REALLY AMPLE TIME, UM, SO THAT HE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS.
HE'S GONNA GIVE SOME INFORMATION, AND THEN WE CAN OPEN UP THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT YOU CAN KIND OF GO A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH, UH, WITH HIM, BECAUSE HE IS, HE DOES
SO IF YOU PUT THE, UH, PRESENTATION UP.
AND SO I'M GONNA KIND OF GO THROUGH, SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, OUR PURPOSE.
BEAR WITH US TODAY, BE OUR FIRST TIME ADVICE.
UH, SO TODAY ON THE, UH, OVERVIEW, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A FEW METRICS.
UM, MARSHALLS ARE HERE, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THEIR METRICS, THE HOLIDAY OPERATIONS PLAN, AND OF COURSE, UPDATES FROM MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE MISSION, UM, MOVE FORWARD.
AND SINCE THE PARK RANGER PROGRAM, UH, YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU ALL KNOW THE HOURS OF OPERATION SOON, THAT'LL BE CHANGING AS WE GO INTO FALL.
UM, BUT WE ARE JUST ABOUT, UH, AT OUR PROPER STAFFING LEVEL.
SO WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE 12 MARSHALS, UH, THAT ARE FUNDED.
AND, UH, THE LAST TWO, I THINK ARE GOING THROUGH TRAINING.
SO WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, WE WILL HAVE ALL THOSE 12.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VACANCIES, UM, WITH THE RANGERS, BUT WE'RE HIRING NOW.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MAKING STAFF.
WE IDENTIFY THOSE PARKS AND TRAILS AS TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE, UH, EVERY MONTH.
SO OUR RANGER METRICS, WE WANNA GO TO QUARTER THREE.
AND SO TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT'S HAPPENING, QUARTER BETWEEN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE, UH, IN JUNE, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR NUMBERS WENT UP.
OF COURSE, WE COVERED, UH, ALL THOSE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE VISIBILITY WAS REALLY HIGH.
UH, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN JUNE.
UH, AS IT GOT HOT, OF COURSE, WE KIND OF PULLED THE BIKE PATROL BACK BECAUSE IT, UH, SO HOT.
BUT EARLIER IN APRIL AND MAY, OF COURSE WE HAD SOME BIKE RIDES.
TAKES OUR NUMBERS DOWN AS WELL.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT QUALITY MORE SO THAN QUANTITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE TOP PARK INFRACTIONS.
YOU ALL KNOW SEEING THIS, UH, QUARTER PRETTY MUCH, BUT YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE, UH, IN THE SYSTEM.
UH, AND I THINK FOR SURE OUR VISIBILITY HAS BOTH HELPED.
AND, UH, CIS CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE, PROBABLY MORE SO CRIMINAL
AND SO YOU ALSO HAVE THE TOP FIVE INFRACTIONS, UM, PARK, RIGHT, THE SITE BUSINESS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS, UH, CUMULATIVELY OVER THE QUARTER.
UH, THE OFF LEASH, THE PARKING, UH, THAT, THAT MAKES UP THE TOP FIVE INFRACTIONS.
AND SO WHEN YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THOSE CHARTS, YOU CAN SEE THOSE TOP FIVE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR MONTHS.
SO THE BLUE IS APRIL, THE RED IS MAY, AND THE GREEN IS JUNE.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF WORK, WORK THROUGH THAT DATA AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT PARTS ARE BLUE, UH, BEING IMPACTED IN THOSE TOP FIVE COMPLIANCE RATES.
OF COURSE, OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO KEEP UP OUR COMPLIANCE RATE CLOSE TO 90%.
UH, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN THAT.
UM, WE ARE NOT OUT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A TICKET IN THE PARK.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS EDUCATED AND THEY UNDERSTAND AS TO WHAT THE RULES ARE.
AND SO, OF COURSE, OUR, UM, MARSHALLS AS WELL AS OUR ARRANGEMENTS OF HUNDRED THOUSAND EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THOSE VIOLATIONS, UH, ARE HERE TOO.
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SO THE BIKE METRICS.UM, YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY MILES, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO RIDE IN THOSE PARTICULAR MONTHS.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
OF COURSE, EVERYONE'S EXCITED ABOUT OUR INITIATIVE COMING UP IN OCTOBER AND GETTING MORE MONEY, UH, BECAUSE MORE MONEY WITH THE, UH, COUNCIL, UM, IN OUR NEW BUDGET, UH, THAT'S GONNA REALLY HELP US EXPAND THIS PROGRAM WITH MORE MARSHALS AND MORE RANGERS.
BUT OF COURSE, BIKES AND EQUIPMENT, ATVS, THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE REALLY GONNA WORK ON PROGRAM AND BEING ABLE TO COVER MORE PARK AREA.
WE ALREADY HAD SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO THIS.
IT'S ON PAGE 13, THE PARK SAFETY AND STRATEGY MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO REALLY WORK ON ENGAGEMENT.
'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CANNOT POLICE OUR WAY, UH, TO, UH, AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS, THAT IS TOLD TO SAY WE HAVE TO ENGAGE.
GRAYSON FOR RECOGNIZING THE TEAM AND HOW, UM, THE TEAM RESPONDED, UH, AS WELL AS FACILITY SERVICES, MAKING SURE THOSE LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED.
THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY REACHED OUT TO US AND
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS WANT.
WE WANT OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR PATRONS TO KNOW WE ARE HERE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP, AND WE'RE GONNA ENGAGE WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE DEFINITELY THE EYES AND EARS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE
WE CONTINUE, OUR, OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO, TO BE OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, NOT ONLY WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT PRECINCTS AND HAVE THOSE MEETINGS WITH PARK BOARD MEMBERS, UH, BUT ALSO GOING TO, UH, MEETINGS WITH NEXT SLIDE.
WE CAN GO TO PAGE 15, THE MARSHALL METRICS.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA ASK THE SERGEANT IN REGARDS TO PARTICIPANTS, THEIR METRICS, UH, FOR SURE, UH, STAFF LEVELS CHANGE.
SO SEE THE VARIETIES AS FAR AS, UH, THE LEVEL OF VISITS, UH, FOR THE MARSHALS,
SO YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE THEIR TOP IN FRACTIONS AS WELL, UH, BY MONTH.
AND, UH, THEY DO A LOT OF ALCOHOL, PARKING VIOLATIONS, SMOKING.
UH, THEY REALLY HELP US WITH THOSE ENCAMPMENTS.
UH, HAVING OUR OWN STAFF, UH, HAVING OUR MARSHALS WITH OUR TEAM HAS REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE, THE POPULATION AND IT'S UNSHELTERED AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO MEET.
AND, BUT HAVING ACCESS WITH THE MARSHALS WHERE THEY'RE OUT WITH OUR STAFF, AS WE CLEAN UP CAMPS, AS WE HAVE TO APPROACH NEW CAMPS, UH, THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE TO ASSIST, ASSIST THAT, AND ENSURING THAT, THAT WE GET MORE NUMBERS AS FAR AS THE MODULE.
IT, IT REALLY HELPS WITH STAFF SAFETY, UH, AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PART.
UM, DEFINITELY THE SERGEANT CAN SPEAK TO THOSE, BUT OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO, UM, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THESE SUITES THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE CONTINUED, UH, VIOLATIONS.
AND SO THE MARCOS, YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT YOU HAVE A STRATEGY WHERE THEY COME IN AND THEY PROVIDE THOSE S UH, IMPROVE THE, UH,
YOU'LL NOW SEE THE METRICS AS IT RELATES TO CITATIONS AND ARREST FORCE.
I LET THE DEFINITELY MARK SPEAK TO THIS, BUT AS WE KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GONE IN PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE WE HAD CONTINUE VIOLATIONS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, MAKE SURE THAT FAMILIES ARE TO PARK SAFELY.
SO WITH THOSE, WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE.
UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE TOLD US ABOUT, UH, AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE OFF THE PARK AS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, IT REALLY HELPS US TO MAKE SURE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES ARE, UH, GOING ON ON THE PARK.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THOSE.
UM, ON THOSE INSTANCES, PAGE 19, UM, YOU CAN SEE THEIR ARREST PAGE AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS DATA AT YOUR LEISURE, GO THROUGH QUITE A BIT.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO YOU.
SO THIS
AND SO AS YOU CONTINUE TO ASK US TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN PARK AFTER NINE O'CLOCK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, PARK HOURS.
SO ONE INITIATIVE THAT CAN REALLY POSITION US TO DEAL WITH HOURS AFTER THE PARK IS CLOSED.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING A SHIFT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THOSE PROBLEMS THAT HAPPEN IN THE PARKS OVERNIGHT.THAT'S GONNA A WHOLE NEW LEVERAGE IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH ANY TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT SHOULD BE GOING ON.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TARGET PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE WE KNOW, UH, THERE ARE CHALLENGES.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO REALLY LEVERAGE OUR PROGRAM AND OUR SECURITY AND OUR PARKS GETTING THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY OUT OF OUR PARK SITES.
UH, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED, UH, DEFINITELY ABOUT THAT.
ON PAGE 23, UH, HOLIDAY, UH, WEEKENDS, STRATEGY STRATEGIES.
EVERY HOLIDAY, THE MARSHALLS RANGERS, THEY PUT TOGETHER OPERATIONS PLAN.
SO WE KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE IN THE PARKS.
WE ARE ABLE TO GET OTHER MODELS TO COME IN AND CREATE THAT STRATEGY AS TO HOW WE'RE GONNA COVER THE PARK SYSTEM.
WE HAVE HISTORICAL DATA THAT TELLS US THESE OTHER PARKS THAT WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES, UH, AND SO THEY KNOW WHERE TO PATROL.
SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
I CAN SEE HAS, WE'RE TRENDING DOWN.
UH, SO ALL THAT, THAT WE'VE HAD LESS AND LESS, LESS MAJOR INCIDENTS, UH, DURING THESE HOLIDAYS.
AND I KNOW THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE STATE STILL BEING PREPARED.
US HAVING, UH, BOARD DEPUTIES OUT.
IT'S REALLY BEEN, UH, REALLY GOOD FOR OUR HOLIDAYS FOR THE PURPOSE.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH THOSE PARTICULAR HOLIDAYS AND FEED THE DATA FROM THAT
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR SPECIAL EVENT COVERAGE.
YOU ALL SEE THE MARSHALS OUT THERE FOR ALL THE OPENINGS.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY HELPED IN LEVERAGE OUR ENGAGEMENT, OUR BRANCHING OUT EVENTS.
UM, WE, UM, THE CPCS, THE KEEP STOP, UH, SOUTHERN DALLAS IS BEAUTIFUL.
UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THOSE EVENTS, UH, OVER THE SUMMER AND, UM, THE MARSHALS AND, UM, THE RANGERS ARE ALWAYS THERE.
BUT THIS IS JUST A LIST OF ACTIVITIES.
WE WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT OUR, OUR RANGERS AND OUR MARSHALS, UH, ARE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, MARSHALS AND RAVENS ARE THEY SAFE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO, THEY'RE ALSO THERE TO ENGAGE WITH.
UM, AND SO IT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH HAVING, SEEING THE MARSHALS AND THE OUT, UH, AT ALL OF THOSE EVENTS.
KEEPING, UM, LOGISTICS, WORKING WITH THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO I KIND OF WENT THROUGH KIND OF QUICKLY, HOPEFULLY NOT TOO FAST.
UM, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO GET TO THIS PART.
UH, I, I REALLY WANTED TO WANNA SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, SERGEANT.
UH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WORK WITH HIM OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND I AM JUST IMPRESSED, UM, AS TO THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT HE PROVIDES.
WE ARE IN SAFE HANDS, UH, 'CAUSE THIS GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN SO COMMITTED, OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, HE'S BEEN SO ENGAGED WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
HE'S HELPED US WITH STRATEGIES.
HE'S LED US AND HE HAS THE RIGHT, THE, THE NEEDS AS WELL AS RIGHT POSITION AS TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, THE PARK SYSTEM.
AND I WAS JUST, UH, UM, LETTING THEM BOTH KNOW, UM, THAT THE MARSHALS, WHO THEY ARE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM BENEFIT TO, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PARK AFRAID OF, YOU KNOW, THE MARSHALS.
WE WANT, UH, THEY EXPERIENCE, HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH ALS, JUST LIKE WITH THE RANGERS.
SO THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW PARK PINGS.
AND SO WE'RE JUST SO APPRECIATIVE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I RECOGNIZED HIM, UH, AT, AT THIS LEVEL BECAUSE HE'S BEEN HERE AND ALL, YOU KNOW.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT HIM TO KIND OF INTRODUCE, TALK, TALK ABOUT HIMSELF AND WHAT'S BEEN ABLE TALK.
IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE CALLING TO MEET EVERYONE.
I'VE MET A LOT OF YOU HERE AND THERE THROUGHOUT THE PARK IN SOME OF THE SIMILAR EVENTS.
BUT REALLY BRIEFLY ABOUT ME, I'M SERGEANT SNELLS, UH, WITH THE DALLAS MARSHALL OFFICE OVER THE DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT UNIT.
UH, I HAVE 15 YEARS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE IN ONE MORE DAY WILL BE 15 YEARS.
UH, I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE MARK'S OFFICE FOR EIGHT.
UM, UH, BEFORE I CAME HERE, I WAS IN THE DRUG, UH, INTERDICTION, D W I UNIT.
SO WHEN I CAME TO THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, I BROUGHT A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE WITH ME.
AND COMING HERE, I WAS TOLD A LONG TIME AGO, AND I'LL KEEP THIS REALLY SHORT, MAN, OKAY, TELL ME WHAT'S YOUR FIVE YEAR PLAN? I SOLD, TOLD HIM THE SAME THING I'M DOING NOW.
SIT INSIDE THE HIGHWAY WRITING TICKETS, AND THAT WAS IT.
WELL, I WAS YOUNG AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY MUCH KNOWLEDGE IN THE FUTURISTIC OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO I CAME TO THE VERSION TOMORROW TO BEING A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.
BECAME FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AT TO MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
MY FIRST TWO MONTHS HERE, WHILE IN TRAINING, I WAS SENT TO F T L SCHOOL, UM, LIKE CAME, GOT MY RECRUITS AND OFF THE MAJORITY OF 'EM THAT SENT, WENT OFF TO BRANCH OFF TO OTHER AGENCIES WHERE THEY HAD 'EM.
SO BLOSSOM AND BLOOMED AND TOOK GREAT OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS FOUND, WHICH WAS A GREAT FEELING TO, TO SEE LIKE YOUR KIDS GROW
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UP AND GET BIGGER.UM, I WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, UH, DECEMBER OF 2021.
UM, AND I WAS, UH, RENTED OVER TO THE PARK UNIT BACK IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR.
UM, I WAS TASKED WITH, UH, TURNING THE PATH OF THE PARK UNIT WHERE IT'S GONNA GO BUILD A UNITY WITHIN THE UNIT ITSELF.
AND FOR WHICH WE'VE DONE WITH MY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, I'VE GIVEN TO OUR DEPUTIES, OUR L FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, UH, AND WITHIN THE UNIT ITSELF.
AND EVERYONE IN THE PARTS UNIT BUILD LEADERS.
SO WE HAVE JUST DEPUTIES WORKING.
WE HAVE THEM WHO HAVE GOALS SET FOR THEMSELVES.
I WAS TOLD TO ME WITH MY PARENTS AND MY OLD F T O WITH YOUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN, I'M GIVING THEM THEIR FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR FIVE YEAR PLAN IS, BUT I DO.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
SO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED, INTERACTIONS, UH, A LOT OF THE PROGRESSIVENESS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PARK, THE SAFETY, THE CHANGE YOU'VE SEEN IS SOME OF THE PARKS WHERE THEY WERE CHALLENGING.
I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE ABUNDANCE OF CHANGES THAT HAS COME BECAUSE OF GREAT LEADERSHIP AND GREAT CAMARADERIE WITH EVERYONE, AND WORKING AS A BIG TEAM EFFORT WITH THE CITY AND OTHER STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE RANGERS.
UM, BEING A, BEING A RESIDENT OF CITY DALLAS, WHEN GROVE, WHEN I WAS A KID, UH, PLEASANT GROVE AREA, UH, THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF PLEASANT GROVE THAT WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO WHEN WERE KIDS.
BUT NOW, LO AND BEHOLD, I'M GOING TO PARKS WHERE I SEE GRANDPARENTS AND CHILDREN GOING TO.
SO THAT IN ITSELF IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
YOU CAN'T GIVE OR SEE ANYTHING OTHER, EXCUSE ME FOR GETTING SOFT.
THIS, BECAUSE IT'S SO, IT'S SO MOVING TO HEAR, TO SEE A GRANDPARENT AND A CHILD IN A PARK WHERE ONCE WAS SATURATED WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND A BUNCH OF GOOD ACTIVITIES NOW TO WHERE THEY TELL US, THANK YOU,
BUT IT'S A FLOURISHING MOMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TOO, WITH ALL THE OTHER PARTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE OVER ONE MAIN PARTS, UH, HUNDRED MILES OF TRAIL.
GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF THIS, BUT I KNOW NOW THAT WE CAN'T EAT THE WHOLE APPLE AT ONCE.
SO OVER THE YEAR AND A HALF THAT I'VE BEEN IN THE PARK UNIT, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH.
AND IT'S A GREAT FEELING TO HAVE WITH WHAT SO LITTLE WE'VE HAD TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, SOME OF OUR BIG ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD NOW IS TREATING THESE DEPUTIES TO BECOME LEADERS AND TO DO MORE OF AN INVESTIGATIVE STANDPOINT WITHIN PARKS UNIT ITSELF.
OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO MAKE PARKS UNIT ITSELF ITS OWN SELF-SUFFICIENT, UH, UNIT WITHIN ITSELF WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO WORK
WE'RE NOT THERE TO WRITE EVERYBODY A TICKET, NOT THERE TO TAKE EVERYBODY IN JAIL.
THAT'S, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE OUR PARK SAFE.
IF YOU HAVE TO WRITE A CITATION, SO BE IT, ET CETERA.
BUT THE GOAL OF THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IN THE PARKING IS TO EDUCATE EVERYONE AND MAKE OUR PARK SAFE AND TO BE A SELF-SUFFICIENT UNIT.
SO WITHIN THE UNIT ITSELF, I KNOW WE'RE GROWING AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS WAY END OF WHAT OUR STAFF LEVELS ARE.
I KNOW WE'RE TAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE CAN CHEW, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR.
UM, WITH OUR BRANCH GROWING, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD AND MUCH NEEDED.
UH, OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO HAVE, UH, DETECTIVES WITHIN IN OUR UNIT.
BEFORE I PROMOTED A SERGEANT, I WAS A DETECTIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT HERE AT THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
UH, WITH THE CASES HERE, I FILED OVER 350 CASES AND HAVE LOST NONE, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF MY TRAINING EXPERIENCE AND PLUS THE TRAINING I GOT FROM DETECTIVES THAT WERE HERE PRIOR TO ME AT THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
UH, SO I IN TURN AND TELL THAT UNTIL THERE ARE DEPUTIES.
SO WE'RE WANTING TO GROW, UH, OUR OWN MEETING WITH INSIDE TO HAVE DETECTIVES TO HAVE MORE LEADERS AND SERGEANTS, LIEUTENANTS AND CHIEFS AND ET CETERA.
UH, ALSO, UH, TO INTERACT WITH NARCOTICS USAGE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF NARCOTICS, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE COME ACROSS.
UH, THANKFULLY WE'RE PARTNERING UP WITH D P D NEXT WEEK TO WHERE ALL THE SERGEANTS AND FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS ARE GONNA BE GOING TO, UH, DRUG, UM, TESTING SCHOOLS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THE RESOURCES, TAKE AWAY FROM D P D TO DO STUFF WE CAN DO OURSELVES TO BE MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
UM, OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS, UM, DOING INTEL OPERATIONS.
I KNOW A FEW OF YOU HAVE SENT OVER SOME INTEL THAT YOU'VE COME ACROSS OR YOU WERE GIVEN TO ABOUT SOME UN PERMITTED EVENTS OR ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE OR WHATNOT.
UH, BUT THINGS ARE DUE DILIGENCE.
UH, WITH OUR DEPUTIES AND MYSELF ALIKE, WE WERE ABLE TO DEBUNK A LOT OF ILLEGAL EVENTS AND UN PERMITTED EVENTS THAT WERE TO TAKE PLACE.
I HAVE SOME FLYERS HERE, AND THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
AND FORGIVE ME, UH, MY PRINTER DIDN'T PRINT OUT THE WAY I WANTED IT TO, BUT I'M GONNA PRINT OUT TO BOTH SIDES IF I CAN.
AND A COUPLE OF THESE ARE JUST MOST RECENT, UH, MOST RECENT EVENTS WE'VE HAD OVER THE SUMMER.
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A FLYER THAT CAME OUT OVER TO MEETING EARLY, EARLY SPRING ABOUT EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA OCCUR AT OUR PARKS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER.BUT THROUGH EFFORTS AND DPS EFFORTS WILL, UH, WE, WE PAIR A LOT WITH THEIR DDS FUSION AND SOME OF THEIR INTEL UNITS TO GET INFORMATION AND SO FORTH.
SO WE SHOULD, WE COLLABORATE TOGETHER AND GET INFORMATION.
BUT ONE OF THE, UH, SPEARHEADS OF THIS GROUP WHO HAS SUMMER ACTIVITIES ALL SUMMER LONG THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CURTAIL, BUT WE COULDN'T IDENTIFY WHO IT WAS.
I'D RATHER GET TO THE SOURCE, FIND IT AND BE DONE.
IT'S NEVER BEFORE IT GETS ANY FURTHER.
SO RATHER BE PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE.
AND THAT'S HOW THE PARK UNIT OPERATE, WHERE WE'RE MORE PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE.
BUT THANKS TO GOOD EFFORTS, WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY, UH, LOCATE THE PROMOTER OF THESE EVENTS.
FIND OUT HIS NAME, BIRTHDAY, HIS WHOLE HOUSE, ALL NINE YARDS.
I GET A PHONE CALL ONE SATURDAY MORNING ON THE MOST RECENT EVENT, SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE AT LAKE FIVE NUMBER.
UM, HE CALLED ME, HE GOES, WHAT'S GOING ON? HE HAD THIS EVENT, YADA, YADA, YADA.
UH, HE GOES, HOW'D YOU KNOW MY NAME? I GO, WE OVER THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
SO THAT, SO AS A COURTESY TO YOU, AND I TOLD HIM THIS THING, I GOES, AS A COURTESY TO YOU, I'M COMING OUT TO YOU FIRST TO LET YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T HAVE A
THEY'RE COMING TO YOU ADDRESS STRAIGHT UNDER THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
HE GOES, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE IT, BUT HE MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT THIS GUY.
HE MAY PUSH IT FURTHER THAN ME, BUT I'M OUT
SO WE WENT TO LANA'S NORTH, UH, SET UP AN OPERATION WITH THE DEPUTIES FOR THE EVENING SHIFT.
HAD A COUPLE OF RESERVATIONS THAT WERE PERMITTED.
THE FAMILY REUNION, BIRTHDAY PARTY, GO OVER TO THE POOL SITE.
LO AND BEHOLD, A SMALL ENTOURAGE RIGHT BY THE POOL ABOUT TO GET IT.
SO, AND THANKFULLY, SOME OF THE DEPUTIES WITH YOUR RESEARCH CAPABILITIES STUFF, THEY ON LOCATED THEM, FOUND HIS INFORMATION, FOUND HIS NAME.
SO, WALKED OVER TO HIM, CALLED HIM BY HIS NAME.
HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE, WHAT? KIDDING? I GO, HEY, HERE.
SO LONG STORY SHORT, IN A NUTSHELL, HE CAME ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MADE A SMALL
UH, BUT HE MADE A VIDEO, IT WENT VIRAL, AND IT GOT QUITE A FEW VIEWS.
NOTHING DEROGATORY, NOTHING BAD TOWARDS MARTHA'S OFFICE, BUT LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THE MARTHA'S OFFICE ARE OVER ALL 400 PLUS PARKS.
THEY CANNOT, CANNOT HAVE THIS EVENT.
HE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE DID.
IT'S HIM SAYING IT'S NOTHING THAT WE DID.
THEY KNOW OUR NAMES, THEY KNOW OUR ADDRESSES.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO.
SO I'M LETTING YOU KNOW THIS EVENT CAN'T HAPPEN.
THE VIDEO ITSELF GAVE ME CHILLS OF CONFIDENCE.
UM, SO RETIREMENT EFFORTS, IT DOESN'T JUST STOP THERE.
SO THEY MONITOR THE POSTS, GET SOME MORE COMMENTS.
WELL, THANKFULLY, THE SECOND WATCH DEPUTIES IN THE EVENING TIME, WE GOT THE INTEL.
BEHOLD, THEY'RE ABOUT TO START TWO, THEY NEED BUNK DEAD.
NEED TO SAY THE EVENT DID NOT TAKE PLACE AT ALL.
UH, THERE WAS ONE PART, UM, IN DISTRICT FOUR THAT WAS GONNA TAKE PLACE, UH, OFF OF CANADA, UM, WHERE WE WENT TO THE SUSPECT'S RESIDENCE AND SPOKE WITH HER.
UH, THIS EVENT WAS GONNA BE FULL OUT CONCERT DJ, HORSE RIDING EVENT, UN PERMITTED.
UH, WE SPOKE WITH THE MOTHER AND A DAUGHTER.
IT WAS TO TAKE PLACE THAT VERY NEXT SATURDAY.
AND THEY HAD PAID DJ FOOD VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS ALL ALIKE.
WE DEBUNKED EVERYTHING WE WERE IN COMMUNICATION, SCENE, SCENE, UH, PROFESSIONALISM I GAVE WITH THIS GENTLEMAN HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL ME.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET HIM UP AS A COURTESY.
NOW, THEY CALLED ME AT LEAST 15 TIMES.
WHAT ABOUT IF THEY HAD WITH MY HOUSE? SO FORTH AND SO FORTH.
IT'S OUT OUR, AROUND THIS MILL PARKS.
SO THAT'S JUST A SMALL TIDBIT OF WHAT THE PARKS UNIT HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS, THIS SUMMER ALONE.
UM, I KNOW TOWARDS THE END OF THE, TOWARDS THE END OF THE SCHOOL SEMESTER ISSUES, WE WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH, UH, JUVENILES IN SOME OF OUR PARKS.
UH, ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT OF TIVITY.
WE'VE HAD SOME STUDENTS GET INJURED WITH FIREARMS AND SOME OF THE PARKS, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID AND BEING TOLD WE WERE
SO WE STEPPED UP OUR EFFORTS, UH, FOR THE PARK, FOR THE SCHOOLS, AND SOME OF OUR HOT PARKS AREAS SUCH AS SOUTH OF CLIFF, RENAISSANCE, WILLIS WINTERS AND LAKE ISLANDS NORTH, JUST TO NAME A, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
AND WE STEPPED UP EFFORTS FOR AFTER SCHOOL HOURS WHEN SCHOOL LETS OUT NOW AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT, WE'RE ALREADY DONE NOW, BUT WE COME IN EARLY THIS WEEK, PROBABLY EARLY NEXT WEEK, JUST TO CURTAIL SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD GO ON TO STOP AND CONTINUE TO
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BUILD WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED THIS PAST SCHOOL SEASON.UH, SO FAR WE HAVE HAD NOT HAD ANY ISSUES FOR INCIDENTS AT THE END OF THE PARKS OR
UM, WE WERE APPLAUDED BY D I S D P D AND OF COURSE D P D IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR HELPING THEM FULFILL ANY ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
THAT HAS NORMALLY BEEN A NORMAL TREND.
NOT THIS YEAR, NOT ON OUR WATCH.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
UM, OUR STAFFING LEVELS, THANKFULLY HAVE REACHED WHERE WE ARE NOW, FULL STAFF OF 12.
UH, OUR FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, MAJORITY OF PORT MARSHAL'S OFFICE, ARE IN A PARKS UNIT.
UM, THEY ARE IN A ELITE BUNCH, UH, TO BECOME AN F T O A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, WHICH I WAS, UH, FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, AND I ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH TO LEARN SO MUCH, IS WE WERE ABLE TO HANDPICK A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND CONTINUE TO BUILD LEADERS WITHIN THESE FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS.
UH, FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, TAKE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TRAIN BRAND NEW PEOPLE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE ACADEMY.
I'LL INTRODUCE MY LIEUTENANT, LIEUTENANT LES HERE IN A SECOND.
UH, HE IS ALSO AN INSTRUCTOR FOR THE D C C D POLICE ACADEMY.
RECRUITED, UH, A BUNCH OF BRAND NEW CADETS TO BECOME, UH, DEPUTY MARSHALLS AND THEM TOO, HAVE ALSO SEEN THE CHANGES THAT THE MARSHALS HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE TO BE A BIG PART OF OUR FOUNDING ORGANIZATION.
BUT THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS TAKE ON A WIDE VARIETY OF DUTIES.
SO DUTIES THEY TAKE ON THE VICARIOUS LIABILITIES OF TRAINING THESE DEPUTIES BECAUSE THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE DEPUTIES FOR SEVEN YEARS.
IF THIS DEPUTY MISSES UP ANY TIME MOVING FORWARD, NEXT SEVEN YEARS PLAN, SEVEN YEARS SPAN, THAT FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, HE OR SHE BE AS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF WEIGHT THAT ONE PERSON CAN CARRY ALONG WITH THEIR NORMAL DUTIES SO FORTH.
SO FOR THESE UNIQUE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN THESE NEW PEOPLE TO HELP BUILD, ACCOMPLISH, WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY STRIVE TO DO IS GONNA BE GREAT LEADERS IN THEM AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING ON A GREAT PATH FOR WHAT WE HAVE A GREAT, UH, COMPANIONSHIP WITH EVERYONE.
WE WORK WELL WITH EVERYONE AND THE RANGERS IS A HUGE, HUGE TOOL TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
AND VICE VERSA, UH, THEY ARE OUR EYES AND EARS WE'RE NOT AROUND AND VICE VERSA WITH US AND THEM.
UM, AND THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, I THINK IF YOU'RE NOT BADGERING TOO MUCH.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY NEW, UH, SORRY, MEETING LIEUTENANT, LIEUTENANT MICHAEL BALES.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, MY NAME IS, UH, MICHAEL BALES.
I'M, UH, JUST STARTED WITH THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
I SPENT 30 YEARS, FOUR MONTHS WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, DID A LOT OF UNDERCOVER STUFF.
I WAS THE, THE, I WAS THE SERGEANT, UH, OF THE DEFENSIVE TACTICS AT THE CABINET, FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
SO I'M A USE OF FORCE, UM, AND DRIVING EXPERT ALSO.
BUT I'M HERE AT THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO TRY TO HELP, UH, BUILD IT.
UH, I'M OVER FIELD OPERATIONS, SO I'LL BE OVER THE PARKS UNIT, UH, OFFICE OF THE, UH, HOMELESS SOLUTIONS AND E C U.
I'LL BE MAKING MEETINGS AND I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, PRESENT.
OFFICER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
UM, I HOPE, I HOPE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, ON DOING THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW THE RULES SOMETIMES.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE TO FREE YOU UP TO DO MORE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND ALSO, NOW I'LL TOUCH ON THAT REALLY QUICK.
UH, MARSHALL'S HAD THE FACEBOOK PAGE, AND THEN I WISH WE TRIED TO REPORT TO EVERYONE AS WELL.
AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT'S ON THERE, SOME OF THE DEPUTIES AND SOME OF THE ADMIN ACTUALLY, UH, WE'LL TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE THAT WE'RE ON AND PUT, FOR EXAMPLE, CITY ORDINANCES 32 DASH A FOR PARKING VIOLATION.
I KNOW PARKING IS A HUGE ISSUE.
NOW, TOUCHING THAT REALLY QUICK, IN TIMBERLAND, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DISTRICT SIX, UH, WE'VE IMPOUNDED AT LEAST, AT LEAST 10 VEHICLES, WHICH IS BY ALONE FOR OVER THAT PARKING.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL TAKE THE, THEY'LL TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF A SCENE AND PUT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OF ORDINANCE IN THE VIOLATION AND TO HOPE TO EDUCATE OTHERS IN THAT ASPECT AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT SOME DIRECT MESSAGES, YOU KNOW, THANKING FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE, YOU DO IT AGAIN,
IT'S UPHILL BATTLEMENT WE CHALLENGES.
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VERY MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL BRIEFING.UM, DEFINITELY THIS, WE'RE MAKING UP A LOT OF STRIDES AND THAT'S GREAT TO SEE.
UM, A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UM, IN REGARDS TO, I, I KNOW WHEN YOU SAY PARKS, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT TRAILS AS WELL, RIGHT? SO DOGS OFF LEASHES AND TRAILS.
I KNOW WE GOT ALL, GOT THE EMAIL RECENTLY FROM SOMEBODY WHO SAID THAT IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE'S, THEY'RE STILL HAVING DOGS OFF AND TRAILS.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT DISTRICT IT IS.
UM, I THINK IT CAME EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THAT.
UM, WITH THE EVENTS, UM, THAT ARE HAPPENING, I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT PAGE IT IS.
SPECIAL EVENTS, NO, NOT SPECIAL EVENTS.
NO GRAND PARK, UM, IT SAYS THAT THERE'S SOME VIOLATIONS.
UM, AND WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY WHO APPLIED FOR A PERMIT FOR AN EVENT, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT, BECAUSE THE VIOLATION RECORD, UM, THAT LAST MINUTE TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE THE EVENT AND THAT THEY HAD ALREADY SCHEDULED EVERYTHING.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S FLUID COMMUNICATION.
IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR PERMITS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD RECORD, OR THERE SHOULD BE SOME THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO CHANGE BEFORE THEY GET APPROVAL, THAT THERE IS THAT COHESIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU GUYS, THEM AND WHO'S EVER INITIATING THE PERMITS.
UM, SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD.
UM, 'CAUSE A COUPLE OF US IN THE PARK BOARD REACHED OUT.
THEY REACHED OUT TO US AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, IT, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DID ALL THIS KIND OF SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS? AND I GUESS I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T BE AWARE OF EVERYTHING, BUT NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THAT HAPPENED, UM, JUST TO BE MORE, YOU KNOW, OH, PERCEPTIVE ON THE SITUATION.
AND AFTER THAT, AFTER THAT INCIDENT, UM, AND THAT WAS KIND OF SPARKED EVERYTHING WITH US DISCUSSING WITH PRESERVATION.
WE WE'RE NOW IN COMMUNICATION WITH RESERVATIONS AND TRY TO GET A FLUID, UH, COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH US AND THEM.
UH, WE'VE COME ACROSS MANY EVENTS THAT WE'RE PERMITTED OR NOT PERMITTED.
UM, SO WE FINALLY SPOKE WITH RESERVATIONS, AND I THINK NOW WE'RE ON A GREAT PATH TO OPEN DIALOGUE AND COMMUNICATIONS WHERE EVERYBODY'S IN THE LOOP OF EVERYTHING FROM BEGINNING STAGES TO THE ENDING STAGES.
AND THAT'S GOING TO ALSO INCLUDE IF THAT, UH, ORGANIZATION OR GROUP OR WHATNOT, WE'LL BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK, UH, FAITHFULLY WITH JEREMY, UH, WORKING EFFORTS WITH THE, UH, THE BANK OF SOME, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SPORT LEAGUE, UH, VIOLATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH SMOKING AND ALCOHOL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
I KNOW WITH SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, IT'S LIKE, WELL, IT'S MY LEAGUE, BUT IT'S NOT MY, MY, YOU KNOW, MY STAFF WHO'S DOING IT.
IT'S THE TEAMS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
I KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE KINDA A CONVOLUTED LINE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, BUT ALL IN ALL, THAT PERSON WHO'S RUNNING IT IS RESPONSIBLE.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY ABOVE EVERYTHING.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING.
SO IF WE'RE HELD TO A HIGHER, YOU KNOW, ASPECT, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR ACTIONS VERSUS WHO SIGNING THEIR NAME BY THE X SAYING, HEY, I'M TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY.
I DON'T CARE WHAT THE JARGON SAYS ON PAGE 20 CARE, THEN THAT FALLS ON THEM.
SO, UM, I THINK WITH THE COMMUNICATION WE HAVE NOW WITH RESERVATIONS AND EVERYTHING, I THINK NOW WE'RE ON A, WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH.
I, I MEAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ELEVATING IT TO THIS, THIS PLACE, BUT WHAT I DON'T SEE IS IF WE HAD ANYTHING HAPPEN IN OUR POOLS THIS SUMMER, UM, ON THIS.
AND I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A SMOOTH SUMMER WITH THIS, WITH THAT, JIM, SPEAK TO THAT.
UH, ACTUALLY, YES, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY SMOOTH.
UH, I SPEAK WITH RAUL QUITE OFTEN WITH AQUATICS AND GREAT.
THE FIRST WEEKEND WE HAD A COUPLE INCIDENTS, SINGLE GRAND MINOR.
BUT AFTER THAT
AND FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER SO FAR IT'S BEEN A PRETTY SMOOTH SAIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF Y'ALL'S DILIGENCE AND HARD WORK.
MAKING IT A POSITIVE AS OPPOSED TO A NEGATIVE YES.
AS A TEACHING MOMENT AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT.
UM, RENEE AND EVERYBODY, UM, I PROBABLY TEXT RENEE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEKEND, IF NOT QUITE, ASK FOR MARSHALLS.
UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS FRENZY ON OUR PARK, UM, TAKE ACROSS THE STREET KIND OF THING.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS RESPONDING, UM, AND SHOWING UP.
YOU'VE BEEN JUST DRIVING THROUGH HELPS.
SO THE CALLS HAVE GOTTEN LESS AND LESS OVER THE YEARS, I THINK, RENEE.
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OKAY.UM, THANK YOU FOR JEREMY AND YOUR STAFF.
UM, FOR, UM, THE RESPONSE WHEN WE DID HAVE THE MURDER AT, UM, WILLIE MA BUTLER AND LARRY JOHNSON, UM, REC CENTER, UM, I THINK WITHIN A WEEK, UM, YOU GUYS MADE IT A PRIORITY TO HAVE THAT PLACE LIT UP.
LIKE, LIKE MY, MY ASK UP TO YOU WAS LIGHT IT UP SO THEY DIDN'T COMPLAIN THAT IT'S TOO LIGHT.
I DON'T, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS YET, BUT, UM, THAT WAS MY REQUEST TO YOU IS TO LIGHT IT UP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DIAL IT BACK IF WE HAVE TO, BUT, UM, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY IS THANKFUL THAT IT'S SO THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT I RECOGNIZE CHRIS NOWHERE AND HER STAFF AND FACILITY SERVICES BECAUSE WE WORKED WITH THEM AND THEY GOT IT DONE.
SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR QUICK ARMY WORKS UNDER THAT'S, I'M SORRY.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY PARKS
UM, JUST IN GENERAL, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE HAVE TO, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME INCIDENTS AND WE PUT SOME CAMERAS AT EVERGLADE THAT HELPED.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MOVING THOSE AROUND TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT, DO WE ACTUALLY RECORD WITH THOSE? DO WE KNOW, UM, THAT THAT SYSTEM THAT THEY DROVE AROUND, DOES THAT ACTUALLY RECORD? YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE D P D.
SO THEY, THEY DO RECORD THE QUESTIONS.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT HAS BEEN A GREAT DETERRENT AND I THINK WE COULD MOVE THAT AROUND, MAYBE EVEN THE BUILDER DONE.
UM, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MOVE THAT FROM ONE OF MY PARTS TO ANOTHER ONE OF MY PARTS AND THEN SHOW WITH ANOTHER FOLKS.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR SERVICE AND HELPING US.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON, ON THE BIKES WITH RANGERS AND MARSHALLS.
WHAT'S THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE EITHER ELECTRIC OR TRAINING FOR NEW OR WHAT, JUST WHAT DO WE HAVE, UH, AND WHAT'S COMING WITH BIKES? SO AS FAR AS THE MARSHALS, UH, WE'RE GONNA START TRAINING.
THERE'S GONNA BE IN THE EARLY FALL, UH, WITH THE RECRUITS AND TRAINING NOW, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST BATCH TO GO.
UM, THEY SHOULD BE, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA GET WITH OUR, UM, OUR TRAINING COORDINATOR HOPEFUL BEFORE THE SHIFT TODAY.
UH, HE'S IN THE MEETING THIS MORNING AS WELL AND GET THAT COORDINATED AS WELL.
UH, WHEN THE RECRUITS SHOULD BE DONE WITH
AND IS IT TWO BIKES OR FOUR BIKES? FOUR BIKES.
SO THE RANGERS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO HOW WE ARE, WE HAVE, WE CERTIFIED ANY NEW RANGERS THAT WE HIRE ON.
WE'LL, WELL, SO WE'LL HAVE WORK AND RANGERS, WE HAVE RANGER BIKES ALSO.
TWO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SIX BIKES, BUT WE SIX BIKES.
WE, WE PUT THEM OUT TWO AT A TIME FOR WEEKS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE TARC ROTATION AS WELL.
BUT AS OUR RANGER PROGRAM GROWS AND WE START TO GROW WITH STAFF, WE'LL DEFINITELY START TO HAVE MORE BOXES.
UM, THEN, UM, VENDORS VENDING, I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON A VENDING POLICY TO KIND OF NUANCED AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON A WHILE, BUT I KNOW THE VENDING POPS UP A LOT AT BACHMAN ESPECIALLY.
UH, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AT BACHMAN.
YOU'VE CALM PROBABLY WAY, EVEN THOUGH THE STATISTICS DON'T SEEM LIKE THAT'S INCREASED ENFORCEMENT HAS HAD.
I THINK YOU GOT A HIP ON THAT.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S SUCKED, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE.
UM, BUT, UM, JUST TO ASK STAFF IF YOU COULD SOMEHOW, 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE DISCUSSED THE VENDING POLICY AND I THINK IT WE'RE LOOKING AT, 'CAUSE I KNOW AT
AND JUST IF WE COULD GO IN ON THE POLICY, UH, THAT THAT'LL BE GREAT.
AND THEN FINAL THING IS THAT YESTERDAY I WAS WALKING IN EAST DALLAS AND I WALKED BY WOODROW AS SCHOOL WAS STARTING, I SAW THE MARSHALL'S CAR AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I WONDER IF THOSE ARE PARK MARSHALS.
IT WAS WILLIS WINTERSON, I GUESS THEY WERE.
THAT, THAT WAS PART OF THE, UH, THE INITIATIVE TO CURTAIL THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE SCHOOLS.
AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR HOT SPOTS FOR THEM.
WELL, THEY WERE THERE AND THEY WERE NOTICEABLE
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GOT UP AND I SAID, GOD, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GET UP SO I CAN GET TO THE PARK.UH, THIS BOARD IS, I, I I'M SO ECSTATIC.
UH, IT'S THE BEST BOARD I THINK, IN THE COUNTRY.
THE STAFF, OUR LEADERSHIP, UH, FROM OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO OUR ATTORNEYS.
UH, WHEN THEY COME IN THIS ROOM, IN THIS DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY'S ENTHUSED.
I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE A JOB, BUT GOING TO YOUR JOB, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, IT SUPERSEDES EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE WRONG CHRIS FOR A WHILE, AND SHE'S SHOWING THAT SHE'S REALLY A TEAM MEMBER.
SO THANK YOU CHRIS, FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND RENEE, MS. RENEE, YOU ALSO, I LOOK AT SERGEANT RO AND YOU WONDER, YOU SECOND MAYOR MIRROR, YOU'RE SO ENTHUSED ABOUT WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE NOW YOU HELPING WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU GREW UP IN.
UH, YOU GOT DISTRICT GATE LOOKING GOOD.
MATTER OF FACT, A MEADOWS PARK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM COUNCILMAN ATKINS, HE WANTED TO GO OUT HIS BACK DOOR AND NEVER WANT TO COME OUT THE FRONT DOOR.
YOU KNOW, NOW HE'S LIKE A LITTLE KID WITH BALLOONS AND EVERYTHING.
SO AS WE SIT HERE AT STEWARDS OF THIS PARK DEPARTMENT, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT THIS DEPARTMENT, IT'S ABOUT THIS TOWN, IT'S ABOUT THIS LEADERSHIP FROM JOHN JENKINS TO OUR ILLUSTRIOUS PRESIDENT AND
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE.
YOU DON'T THANK THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE US LOOK GOOD ENOUGH.
SO GOD BLESS YOU IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, I'M THERE.
UH, RENEE, JEREMY, SERGEANT CNES, YOU WELCOME.
UM, AND WHENEVER, UH, SERGEANT CTOS, WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, RENEE SAID THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE SUCH A PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU ARE, ARE SO ACCESSIBLE.
SO I ALREADY KNEW YOU AND I WAS LIKE, REALLY? HE HASN'T BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW,
UM, WHENEVER YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, GROWING UP IN PLEASANT GROVE, I GOT EMOTIONAL.
UM, I, I DIDN'T GROW UP IN PLEASANT GROVE, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, HOW THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS YOU COULDN'T GO, LIKE CERTAIN PARKS.
AND I THINK HOLCOMB IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES.
I MEAN, THE COMMUNITY, MCGREGOR COMMUNITY, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE TO TURN THE COMMUNITY AROUND AND, AND, AND JOHN AND, AND HIS STAFF AND ALL THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES.
I KNOW MY PREDECESSOR LOREN MINE DID A LOT OF WORK TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT PARK.
SO I KNOW, I THOUGHT I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF HOLCOMB.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH Y YOU ALL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT A SAFER PLACE.
I MEAN, THERE'S ISSUES HAPPENING AROUND RIGHT.
THE THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE PARK ITSELF IS, IS GORGEOUS AND, AND, AND IT'S ALWAYS, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
BUT MY QUESTION, SO THAT WAS A, UM, MY QUESTION IS ALSO, UM, ON REC CENTERS, DO YOU ALL, AS FAR AS SAFETY AND REC CENTERS, THERE'S BEEN LIKE SOME CONCERNS I'VE FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, CHILDREN, UH, WITH CARRYING A FIREARM LIKE NEAR A REC CENTER AND IN A PARK.
HOW, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, HOW DO YOU ALL, HOW DO Y'ALL WORK WITH THE REC CENTERS? IS THAT, I MEAN, TO KEEP OUR, OUR KIDS SAFE? SO IF, IF, SO IN THE CITY OF JUSTICE, IT'S IN THE ORDER TO HAVE A REPLICA FIREARM, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND I'LL SAY THAT BECAUSE WE'VE LAST YEAR AND THINGS OF THIS INITIATIVE WE'RE DOING WITH THE SCHOOLS, WE'VE COME, WE'VE COME IN CONTACT, UNFORTUNATELY QUITE A FEW STUDENTS THAT HAVE REPLIC A FIREARM.
SO THANKFULLY THE CITY ORDINANCE ALLOWS US TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT IONS WITH THAT.
UH, NOBODY WILL, NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, THEY PROBABLY WON'T GO TO JAIL, BUT A PARENT IS CALLED AND FIREARM SEIZED, PUT IN THE PROPERTY AND WHATNOT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE, THE WAY THE STATE LAWS ARE, YOU ARE ABLE TO CARRY A FIREARM ON PARK GROUNDS, UH, UNLESS IT'S A REPLICA FIREARM.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS ANY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY WITH THE FIREARM IN REC CENTER, SOMEONE FEELS UNSAFE, UH, FOR ANY REASON.
THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CALL US.
UH, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A BLANKET, A BLANKET RESPONSE, BUT GIVEN THAT THE LAWS WORK YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE TO POSSESS A FIREARM IN A PARK, EVEN IF IT'S OPEN CARRY.
UM, I DON'T, IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE STUDENT, UH, SHOOTINGS AND STUFF, IT'S, IT'S JUST HARD TO HEAR.
UM, BUT IF SOMEONE FEELS UNSAFE, SEES IT IN THE OPEN AREA, THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CALL US, CALL THE RANGER HOTLINE.
WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO RESPOND, ADDRESS THE ISSUES, SPEAK WITH WHOEVER THE PERSON IS CARRYING A FIREARM AND MAKE SURE ONE, THEY'RE LEGALLY TO ABLE TO CARRY IT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OR IF THEY CONTACT AND ASSURE OF THAT.
UM, BUT TWO, TO CURTAIL ANY ISSUES HAPPENING IN THE, IN THE REC CENTERS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE KIDS,
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KIDS CAMPS.UH, I KNOW DURING OUR DAYTIME HOURS, WE'D VISIT KIDS, UH, VISIT A SYNDICATED CAMP, UH, REC CENTERS AND SEE THE KIDS AND INTERACT WITH ON THEIR PASSING CREWS.
SO THANKFULLY WITH OUR PRESENCE, HOPEFULLY THERE IS CURTAILED, LOT OF THAT STUFF.
BUT IF THEY DO SEE IT, THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ALWAYS HAVING CALL THE RANGER HOTLINE.
UH, THE RANGERS WILL ALWAYS CONTACT THAT ONE SUPERVISOR'S ON, GIVE MYSELF THE SECOND ONE, THIRD ONE, THE SERGEANT AND MYSELF OR THE SECOND SERGEANT ON ANY DEPUTIES WILL GO MATTRESS ANY ISSUE THEY HAVE JUST TO MAKE THAT PERSON FEEL COMFORTABLE OR SAFE.
AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING TO WHERE WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TO GET SORT OF, AND IN THIS, IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT WAS A CHILD WHO SAW ANOTHER CHILD THAT HAD A FIREARM.
THEY WERE GONNA PLAY LIKE BASKETBALL AND THAT CHILD PUT THE, THE GUN LIKE IN THEIR SHIRT AND PUT IT AWAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THEY COULD PLAY AND, AND I THINK THE CHILD DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE REPORTING FOR RE YOU KNOW, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
YEAH, WELL THAT'S A, THAT'S A CHILD.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CHILD UNDER CEPT.
THAT'S, THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
THAT WITNESS, THAT'S A VIOLATION.
WE CAN TAKE IT ON 9 1 1 FOR, I'LL, I'LL, THIS IS FOR EVERYONE AS WELL.
CALL 9 1 1 FIRST ABOVE ALL BECAUSE SINCE WE ARE ON THE SAME CHANNEL WITH D P D, WE RUN THROUGH SAME RADIO, SAME DISPATCH, SIMILAR REPORT.
NOTHING'S DIFFERENT AT ALL, EXCEPT OUR MAIN GOALS AND FOCUS SECTOR ON DIFFERENT
IF MYSELF OR ONE OF THE DEPUTIES ARE IN THAT PARTICULAR CHANNEL, DALLAS HAS SEVEN CHANNELS AND PLEASANT GROVE IS GONNA BE IN CHANNEL THREE.
IF WE'RE IN CHANNEL THREE HERE, QUALIFY OUT AT A PARK OR REC CENTER IN CHANNEL THREE, WE'RE TAKING PRIORITY ON IT.
IF D P D JUMPS ON IT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE PRIORITY OVER IT, WE'RE GONNA JUMP ON IT.
UM, IF WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT CHANNEL, LET'S SAY WE'RE IN CHANNEL SEVEN, UM, WHICH IS NEXT TO CHANNEL THREE, AND YOU CALL NUMBER ONE, FIRST YOU HAVE TO GET A RESPONSE.
SECONDLY, CALL THE RANGER HAW, THE RANGERS WILL CONTACT THE
AND, AND THEN I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHILD THAT WAS HAD ACCESS TO LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CHILD'S LIFE.
YOU KNOW, SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT AND, AND SUPPORT THAT CHILD TO NOT FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO CARE? YOU KNOW? SO I WORRY ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
AND, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE OUR INVESTIGATING EFFORTS INTO PLAY.
UH, WHAT THE TRAINING THE FTLS HAVE AND THE DEPUTIES THAT ARE COMING UP NOW, THEY HAVE MORE
WE'RE ABLE TO ADAPT IF NEEDING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET SOME OTHER UNIT OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION.
SO IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
A FOLLOW UP AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, I AM SURPRISED IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE.
WE SEE YOU ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I, UM, FOLLOW UP QUESTION, UH, MR. RICE BROUGHT UP IS, UH, SO I KNOW IT'S NOT AGAINST THE LAW THAT HAVE OPEN CARRY, YOU CARRY YOUR ARM IN, IN PUBLIC PARK AS LONG AS YOU'RE LEGALLY ABLE TO.
UM, BUT INSIDE OF OUR BUILDINGS, WE'RE NOT USING THE, THE, UH, 30.05 TO KEEP WEAPONS OUT AT ANY TIME.
AND WE CAN'T, CAN WE DO THAT IN OUR BUILDINGS? NO.
WE SPOKE WITH THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY CAME OUT WITH AS WELL BECAUSE THE WAY THE STATE LAW IS, AND THE SISTER PARK IS A PUBLIC PROPERTY OF THE ENTITY.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD THE ISSUE WITH BAHAMA BEACH, UH, THINK LAST SUMMER.
UM, BUT THE REPLICA FIREARMS WE CAN, WHICH IS, WHICH IT'S, IT'S ODD, THE REPLICA FIREARM, YOU CAN, WE CAN'T ENFORCE THAT.
AND YOU CAN'T HAVE IT A BE GUN
I KNOW THAT ABOUT PUBLIC PARK.
I HAVE A BIG, I I I RUN AN ORGANIZATION.
ONE OF MY, MY, MY POLICIES IS THAT YOU'RE THERE TO WATCH HUGE SPORTS.
YOU CANNOT OPENLY CARRY, YOU CAN HAVE IT UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES.
IT IS JUST ONE, IT'S JUST A THING I DO JUST TO, THE KIDS AREN'T CURIOUS.
WE CAN'T USE THAT IN OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
WE COME IN AND WE'RE ENCLOSED IN THE GYM AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN TO HAPPEN IN VILLE.
YOU KNOW, SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THINGS.
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT JOB, MR. KAMI.
JUST PRAISE, UH, PAR FOR THE COURSE FOR ME.
ON MOST DAYS WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE TWO PARKS IN, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 THAT DIRECTLY ABUT TO D I S D HIGH SCHOOLS, AS YOU KNOW.
THIS IS WILLIS WINTERS PARK AT WOODROW, UH, WILSON HIGH SCHOOL AND COLE PARK AT NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING PROACTIVE THERE.
IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO BE PROACTIVE THAN, THAN THAN REACTIVE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THOSE PARKS AS HOTSPOTS.
I HOPE THEY STAY AS HOTSPOTS FOR, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE,
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BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US.AND LASTLY, I WANNA THANK MR. DICKEY FOR APPARENTLY MAKING SAFETY ROUNDS IN MY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
I HEARD THAT'S MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
AND I ENCOURAGE EVERY OTHER PARK BOARD MEMBERS TO START MAKING SAFETY ROUNDS IN MY DISTRICT TOO.
WITH THAT, UH, I'LL THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO AND YOU CAN SEE THIS APPRECIATED.
YOUR CONSULTATION NUMBER FIVE HAS BEEN PULLED OUT.
SO THREE AND FOUR TO
ANY DISCUSSION THAT ALL IN
MR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR.
UH, JIM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF PROCESS QUESTIONS AS IT COMES TO M W B E ON THIS ONE.
UM, UNDER THE M W B E INFORMATION, UH, BEFORE THE M W B E INFORMATION IS POSTED ON THE GRAPH, IT SAYS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S BUSINESS INCLUSION AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2020 BY RESOLUTION 20 DASH 1430, IT'S AMENDED M W B E PARTICIPATION ON THIS CONTRACT AS FOLLOWS, AND IT'S ZERO.
AND SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT RESOLUTION, IS THAT, LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S ZERO M W B E ON THIS, ON THIS? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
UM, MR. DICKEY, BASICALLY THAT RESOLUTION IS A CITY RESOLUTION THAT, UM, IS APPLICABLE TO EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE.
AND IT ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHES THE M W B E PERCENTAGES THAT IS, THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT WE HAVE FOR CONSULTANT CONTRACTS IS IT'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
AND IN PARTICULAR ON THIS CONTRACT ITSELF, UM, THE ELECTRICIAN ON THE CONTRACT IS HISPANIC AND THAT WORK IS APPROXIMATELY 36.53% OF THE PROJECT.
HOWEVER, HE IS NOT A CERTIFIED M W B E, WHICH IS WHY THIS IS SHOWING 0% M W B E, HE IS HISPANIC, BUT HE'S JUST NOT CERTIFIED.
AND THE CONTRACTOR ALSO CALLED AND EMAILED SEVEN DIFFERENT LANDSCAPING FIRMS, GOT NO RESPONSE.
SO PER B I D FORM, THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 4.21% OF THE WORK.
SO HE DID TRY TO REACH OUT TO LANDSCAPING FIRMS AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE SOME HANDRAIL WORK, PAVING WORK.
WE'RE NOT SURE IF HE, WHAT THE SITUATION WAS WITH THAT, IF HE REACHED OUT TO M W P E FIRMS. WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO HIM THIS MORNING TO GET INFORMATION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE PUT BACK WITH HIM YET.
UM, WE HAVE SOME STONE WORK AND, UM, EXISTING STONE PICNIC TABLES THAT WE WANTED TO USE THE SAME STONE COMPANY THAT DID THE EXISTING ONES.
WE JUST WANTED TO REALLY POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, 36.5% OF THE WORK IS ELECTRICIAN.
AND THAT ELECTRICIAN IS, IS A HISPANIC ELECTRICIAN WHO'S NOT A CERTIFIED M W B E WITH THE CITY.
SO MY QUESTION WAS ON THE NOTES IT SAYS THAT THEY REACHED OUT TO THE ELECTRICAL COMPANY, BUT NEVER WERE RESPONDED TO, TO INQUIRE ABOUT THEIR, UM, CERTIFICATION WHERE THEY STOOD WITH CERTIFICATION.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO WE TRY, DO WE GO ANOTHER STEP? I MEAN, UM, THEY REACHED OUT TO THEM AND THEY APPARENTLY WERE NONRESPONSIVE TO THE INQUIRY FROM THE CONTRACTOR ABOUT WHERE THEY STAND WITH THE CERTIFICATION.
SO ON THE FACE OF IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S KINDA LIKE, OKAY, WELL WE'LL LET 'EM GO AND WITH NO RESPONSE, DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE OR IF THEY AGREE WITH IT OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN OBVIOUSLY IT'S A, THE OWNER HAS A HISPANIC LAST NAME.
BUT, SO I'M WONDERING THAT THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT, 'CAUSE WE KNOW ABOUT, WE HEAR ABOUT GOOD FAITH EFFORTS BEING MADE, BUT THEN TO WHAT DEGREE ARE THEY CHECKED? AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS ON THE SEVENTH, UH, TWO WERE EMAILED AND PHONED.
FIVE WERE EMAIL ONLY, BUT ALL OF THEM WERE NO RESPONSE.
SO DO WE, DO OUR PEOPLE EVER CHECK TO, LIKE, CALL THE PEOPLE TO SEE IF THEY WERE CALLED OR ASK FOR
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COPIES OF THE EMAILS? TO WHAT DEGREE, IF ANY, DO ON OUR SIDE, DO WE VET WHATEVER THEY SAY TO PROVE THEY'VE MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT? ESPECIALLY ON THOSE TWO QUESTIONS.AND THAT WORK IS ACTUALLY DONE BY THE BUSINESS, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE B I D OFFICE, THE BUSINESS INCLUSION DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
THAT WORK IS NOT DONE BY PLANNING AND DESIGN TEAM.
UM, ALL THE M W B E WORK IS DONE BY THE BUSINESS INCLUSION DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
SO IF THEY'RE, IF IF, IF THE BOARD, IF THE BOARD FEELS THAT THEY'RE NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH, WE, WHAT DO WE, WHAT'S OUR OPTION, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR STAFF? IF WE FEEL THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT A
IT'S ONE WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR YEARS.
YES, THEY HAVE AN OFFICE AND UH, SO THAT WILL, I WOULD SAY THAT IS MORE OF A POLICY LEVEL THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT IT STILL HAVE TO BE WITHIN STATE LAW REALLY IS ONE OF THOSE, WE CAN ADDRESS IT HERE.
NOW, THERE'S BEEN TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE I MAY INTERCEDE, I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL 'CAUSE STATE LAW
'CAUSE THEY'RE WITHIN THEIR, WITHIN THE POLICY AND STATE LOAN.
WELL, I WOULDN'T WANNA VOTE NO ON THE CONTRACT JUST BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THAT'S, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO, TO TRY TO ENFORCE IT.
BUT I SEE A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM, UH, AND I, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A DEAL OUT OF AN HERE TO VOTE ON A GOOD PROJECT.
BUT I THINK THAT THE, THAT MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS, WE GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT TO FIND OUT MAYBE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY HERE, WHAT IS IT IN THE STATE LAW THAT SAYS WE CAN'T PHONE SOMEBODY UP AND SAY, HEY, DID YOU GET CONTACTED BY OR SHOW ME THE EMAIL YOU SAY YOU SENT IN THE CITY POLICY.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DOCUMENTATION JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A FLAW AND JUST TO, JUST THE FIRST STEP IS TO LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO, WE WILL ASK THE OFFICE, UH, INCLUSION LIST.
THIS IS AN INCLUSION DEVELOPMENT.
HAVE THEM SCHEDULING THEM TO COME AND BRIEF, BRIEF THE BOARD.
SO YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO IN PLANNING AND DESIGN COMMITTEE THIS MORNING AND NOW TODAY, DURING THIS MEETING, I HAVE SEEN JOEL BROWN AND COMPANY L L C D B A JB AND COMPANY THREE TIMES.
AND SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD TELL ME HOW MANY CONTRACTS THEY HAVE DONE AND IF YOU CAN TELL ME HOW MANY CHANGE ORDERS AND ALL THE CONTRACTS THEY HAVE ASKED FOR.
BASICALLY WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT CONTRACTS THAT, UH, JOEL BROWN HAS WITH US OR IS BEING AWARDED.
UM, ON JANUARY 25TH, 2023, THERE WAS A CONTRACT AWARDED FOR THE FAIR PARK CENTENNIAL BUILDING.
AND BASICALLY THEY HAVE TWO CHANGE ORDERS ON THAT TOTAL, 7.4% ON MARCH 24TH, 2021, THEY HAD A CONTRACT AWARDED FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT.
THERE WAS ONE CHANGE ORDER FOR $2,725.
THAT WAS A 0.72% INCREASE ON AUGUST 3RD, 2023.
THE CONTRACT IS AWARDED COMMITTEE ONLY FOR THE HAM LAKE STATE PARK THAT IS ACTUALLY ON
AND THEN ON AUGUST 3RD, 2023, THE CONTRACT FOR TURTLE CREEK PARK SITE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, WAS AWARDED COMMITTEE AND IS BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW.
SO THE ONE WITH THE CENTENNIAL GO BACK.
WHEN DID THEY GET THE JOB? WHEN WAS IT AWARDED? JANUARY 25TH, 2023.
AND SO THEN IN APRIL THEIR, THEIR M W B E WAS APPROVED ON THAT ONE.
SO THEY GOT THE JOB BEFORE THEY HAD AN M W B E? NO, THERE'S NOTHING I SAID ABOUT M W B E.
I SEE IT ON THE PAPERWORK WHERE IT SAYS ON APRIL OF 2023 IS WHEN WE WERE, WHEN THEY RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATE OR M W B E.
I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO RESOURCE.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY TO UNDERSTAND
I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW SOMEBODY WHO HAS ALL THESE DIFFERENT JOBS APPLIES AND THEN GETS THEIR, CAN YOU
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TELL ME ABOUT THE PROCESS OF HOW THEY, THEY'RE AWARDED THE JOB BUT THEN THEY DON'T HAVE ALL OF THEIR CONTRACTS AND VENDORS IN PLACE BEFORE THEY GET IT? OR CAN YOU JUST TELL ME THE PROCESS? SO I UNDERSTAND.BASICALLY WHEN THEY PROPOSE ON THE JOB, THEY PROPOSE THEIR SUB CON SUBCONTRACTORS AS WELL AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, MADE THEIR GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO REACH OUT AND, YOU KNOW, PROPOSE WHAT THEY, THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS ON THAT JOB.
SO WHEN THEY PROPOSE ON, ON THE PROJECT AND PUT THEIR BID IN, THEY SUBMIT THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS AS WELL, WHICH INCLUDE THEIR M W B SUBCONTRACTORS.
AND AGAIN, TELL ME, BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY HAD A HISPANIC LAST NAME, THAT THEY'RE ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE LATINO, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF HISPANICS THAT ARE NOT, DON'T HAVE A HISPANIC VISUAL LAST NAME, BUT THEY MIGHT BE LATIN.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER,
THE WHAT THE OWNER TOLD YOU THAT THEY'RE HISPANIC? I I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT THE OWNER TOLD US.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE OWNER OH, OKAY.
CURIOUS HOW THIS'S ALL TAKING PLACE.
AGAIN, I I WOULD LOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE AT SOME POINT ON THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND HOW, YES, WE HAVE TO THEN LOOK AT HOW STAFF HAS GOTTEN THE STUFF FROM THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
SO THEN HOW WE HAVE TO THEN COME IN AND VOTE AND THEN JUST TO SEE THIS ONE CONTRACTOR THREE DIFFERENT TIMES IN THREE DIFFERENT BIDS AND THEN SEE THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO FULL DIFFERENT WORK ORDER CHANGES, WHICH I KNOW HAPPENS.
JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ON HOW ALL THIS HAPPENS AND WHEN IT COMES TO US AND WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO VOTE ON IT.
UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU THIS PROCESS AND THEN YOU THE CHANGEOVER PROCESS.
SO I ALREADY, WE MET YESTERDAY STAFF AND I KNOW WE'RE SCHEDULING FOR THE PLAN DESIGN COMMITTEE TO START THE DISCUSSION AND THE CHANGE ORDER PROCESS.
ONCE AGAIN, ONCE WE KINDA GET GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH LEGAL AND WORK WITH THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT, I MEAN, PROCESS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT CHANGE.
I THINK A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP THAT WE JUST SAW WAS HOW THE MARSHALS COME IN WITH OUR MAINTENANCE AND COME IN WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM AND WORK TOGETHER.
I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY GET TO THAT PLACE TOO, WHERE WE WORK IN A COHESIVE, COMMUNICATIVE ENVIRONMENT WITH PROCUREMENT AND OUR PLANNING AND DESIGN AND THEN IT'S PASSED DOWN TO US SO WE CAN MAKE, YOU KNOW, UM, EFFICIENT VOTES AND DETERMINATION OF HOW WE'RE VOTING.
THE FEELING IFFY THAT WIVES VOTED YES ON SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE REALLY WITH.
I MEAN Y'ALL BRING UP GOOD POINTS AND, AND UH, THING WITH THE MARSHALS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY
I'M WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I'M AT THE MERCY OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO MR. JENKINS, YOU HAVE THIS PROCUREMENT THING.
BE SURE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE IT'S COMING AGAIN AND AGAIN.
BUT STILL THEN CAN WE AT LEAST MAKE A STANDARD PROCEDURE THAT WHEN A CONTRACT IS GOING TO ADMIN AND FINANCE, THERE IS THE HISTORY OF THE CONTRACTOR, HOW MANY CONTRACTS THEY HAD LAST IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND HOW MANY CHANGE ORDERS THEY DID.
THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF THEM TO CONSIDER WHILE THEY CALIBRATE TWO.
SO I, I THINK THAT LITTLE DATA TO GIVE IT TO THEM WHILE THEY DELIBERATE, SO AT LEAST THEY KNOW HISTORY OF THAT CONTRACT.
IT MIGHT BE FOR RIGHT REASONS, BUT IT, IT SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF THEM.
MR. SLAUGHTER? YES, I, I'M AND TOTAL AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE MR. DKI AND ALSO MS. DALE.
AND YOU KNOW THESE 'CAUSE SOMEONE HAS A HISPANIC NAME.
IF MS. RICE SHOWED UP TO YOUR OFFICE, YOU WOULDN'T, YOU WOULD, YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS SOME, YOU KNOW, ANGRY.
UH, ALSO I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER END OF GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
THESE COMPANIES SAY THEY CALL YOU ALL THESE SMALL COMPANIES THAT ARE HUNGRY FOR BUSINESS.
IF A BIG COMPANY CALLS ME WITH A CONTRACT, YOU THINK I'M NOT GONNA RESPOND.
SO YOU CALL 10 COMPANIES AND YOU GET, DON'T GET A RESPONSE.
I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH NUMBER SIX.
SO THERE, THERE'S NO ANTICIPATION.
SO I CAN GIVE TO YOU THIS CONTRACT AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU CHRIS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU WERE REALLY, AS WE SAY IN THE HOOD, YOU OWN THE DRIVE, YOU KNOW? AND SO THANK YOU.
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ADD ONE THING.IT ALSO IN THE BACKGROUND, THIS DEFENDER DID NOT MEET WITH THE BID BID OFFICE.
SO IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING A MINORITY CONTRACTOR, I WOULD THINK YOU'D WANT TO MEET AT LEAST MAYBE THEY'VE GOT SOME SUGGESTIONS OR WHATEVER.
SO THAT EFFORT WASN'T MADE SO YET ANOTHER ISSUE I SEE WITH THE WAY THAT IT'S RUNNING, BUT I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
'CAUSE NOT MEETING, IF YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR MINORITY CONTRACTOR, YOU DON'T MEET WITH OUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE CONTACTS TO TRY TO GET SOME.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE MAKING A TRUE GOOD FAITH EFFORT, MS. ICK, THANK YOU.
SO AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THE SKATE PARK AND THIS VENDOR, UM, I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT WE DUE DILIGENCE AND LOOKING AT THIS VENDOR AND THERE IS A LOT OF OVERSIGHT.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T SEE, UM, FOR, FOR WORK ORDER CHANGES OR SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT AS WE REALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THESE PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, DUE DILIGENCE AND, AND LOOKING AT IT AND THEY REALLY, UM, TIGHT KNIT PROCESS, PLEASE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS, UH, BOARD IS LOOKING AT CHANGE ORDERS MUCH MORE MINUTELY THAN THEY HAVE.
HOPEFULLY THIS MESSAGE IS GIVEN TO CONTRACTOR WHEN THE PRESENT CHANGE ORDER.
UH, UH, WITH THAT, NO MORE COMMENTS.
ANY OPPOSED? I, UH, WE MOVE TO OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, SENIOR CONTRACT
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MS HAS SECOND MS. COLLINS, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON IT? THAT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MANY OF THOSE AYE IS HAVING, UH, NUMBER SEVEN, PARKMAN LAKE SKATE PARK, A CONSTRUCTION SERVICE TO A AND COMPANY, UH, MR. MS. LIN SECONDED IT.
ANY, UH, DISCUSSION? THAT ALL IN FAVOR? C I? NO, YOU HAD, SORRY ASKED MR. I'M GOOD TO GO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, ON THIS ONE, IT IS BEEN TRICKY, UH, AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT THERE, THERE IS A PRO A PROCESS ISSUE THAT CAME UP WITH THIS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT, IT TURNED OUT THAT SKATE PARKS FOR DALLAS WHO AND COULD BE ARGUED IT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS EVEN HAPPENING.
'CAUSE THEY KNEW A CITY COUNCIL PERSON WHO COULD GET THE FUNDING DONE, UM, WAS INVOLVED HEAVILY IN THE CONTRACT, UH, THE, UH, DESIGN PROCESS, THEIR INPUT WAS SOUGHT.
THEY HELPED A LOT WITH OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE IN THE, AS IT PROGRESSED AND IT WAS EX BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME BY CITY ATTORNEYS, THERE WERE REASONS THEY COULD NOT BE AS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AS THEY WERE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
BUT I WAS TOLD THAT ACTUALLY THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO EVEN BE INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
SOME KIND OF CONTRACT THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THEM AND CIRCUIT TRAIL CONSERVANCY WHO HAD INPUT ON THE HIGH LINE.
SO NO, WITH NO CONTRACT, UH, OR ANY AGREEMENT, THEY REALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE, AS I'VE BEEN TOLD BY LEGAL, SHOULD NOT HAVE REALLY BEEN.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO FIX THAT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT INPUT AND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROCESS.
UH, AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE, UH, AND IT YOU ALL, UH, TO GET SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT, EVEN IF IT'S A DOLLAR A YEAR AS A CONSULTANT THAT ALLOWS US LEGALLY TO HEAR FROM THEM AS WE GO FORWARD.
'CAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT, UH, WHAT I HEARD IN THE PLANNING DESIGN ABOUT THE INTRICACIES OF THIS PARTICULAR THING.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME OVERSIGHT FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS KIND OF INTRICATE KIND OF CONCRETE POURING.
AND I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE FOR SKATE PARKS FOR DALLAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE INPUT LEGALLY.
AND UM, IF I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE STAFF TO GO FORWARD WITH GETTING THEM ON BOARD.
WE'VE GOT A SKATE PARK IN MR. HUERTA'S DISTRICT COMING UP AND THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LEGALIZE THEIR STATUS SO WE CAN TECHNICALLY LISTEN TO THEM, HEAR THEM.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR PLANNING DESIGN STAFF WILL LISTEN TO THEM CLOSELY.
'CAUSE IT'S THE, YOU GET, WE WERE GETTING ONE SHOT AT THIS.
IT'S $4 MILLION REGIONAL SKATE PARK IN MY DISTRICT.
AND I, I WOULD WANT US TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOTTEN THE BEST POSSIBLE INPUT.
IT'S TO GOOD PRACTICE SO WE COULD GET SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK, IS THAT POSSIBLE TO DO,
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TO GET SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT WITH THEM THAT ALLOWS 'EM TO LEGALLY GIVE YOUR STAFF? YES.AND, AND MR. DICKEY, WE HAD ALREADY AGREED IN PLANNING DESIGN THAT WE WOULD, UM, INVOLVE SKATE PARK FOR DOWN AND LET THEM COME OUT ON SITE WITH US AND YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE SITE AND LOOK AT THE CONCRETE CORES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE HAD ALREADY AGREED INVOLVE THEM IN THE CONSTRUCTION BOXES.
YEAH, THAT REALLY WASN'T MY QUESTION.
'CAUSE THERE ARE OTHER, THERE LIKE IT'S THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
THERE'S THE SUBCONTRACTOR FOR THE CONCRETE POURING, UH, NOT JUST TO HAVE THEM COME OUT AND LOOK, BUT IF I UNDERSTAND WE WERE GONNA HIRE OR LOOKING AT HIRING A SECONDARY FIRM TO VALIDATE THE WORK.
WELL IN THAT CASE, UH, I THINK THEY HAD DIFFERENCES OF OPINION OR WITH THEIR INPUT WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE DIRECTION WE WERE GOING.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE HEARD AND WITH THAT AGREEMENT OF SOME KIND, I, I WILL CONSULT WITH, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WE WILL WORK ON PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER.
'CAUSE I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU DID INVOLVED, BUT I DON'T LIKE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CONSULT WITH ATTORNEY.
HAY, THAT I RESPECT HIS OPINION.
MAKE SURE
JUST JEN, CAN DEFENSE NEEDS BOARDS AUTHORIZATION.
YOU, WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE MR. HAY, UH, HALEY, HE HAS BEEN A HUGE PROPOSAL.
SO MAYBE IF YOU NEED DIRECTOR FROM THE BOARD, YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
THAT BOARD TALK TECHNIC INVOLVEMENT AS A CONSULTANT, HE WANT AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO FOR LEGAL, IF YOU NEED, I THINK THAT
I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT IAND STATE.
GOTTA MAKE SURE I DO MY DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE I MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO THIS MOVE.
UH, AND, AND MR.
I WAS JUST APPLAUDING, UH, UH, MR. DICKEY'S COMMENT THEN NO COMMENT FROM ME.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS IS THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING OR LONGER.
AND PARK STATE, THE STATE PARKS FOR DALLAS IS NOT A NEW NAME.
AND I'M NOT REALLY QUITE SURE IF IT, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE, AND I DON'T REALLY NEED TO BLAME ANYBODY, BUT WHY IT WAS AN APPROACH THEM TO, TO SIGN IN IN A CONTRACT OR TO BE A TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, TO HAVE THAT LEGALITY, UM, IN THE BEGINNING.
UM, BECAUSE IF THEY CAME INTO THE TABLE AND WASN'T ADVISED BY SOMEBODY FROM PARK STAFF, UM, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SAYING, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE A VALUABLE PARTNER IN ORDER TO FIND THIS.
WE NEED TO LIKE THE WAY WE DO FRIENDS GROUPS AND PARKS.
OR, OR MAYBE IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT, I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF IT.
BUT STILL THIS IS NOT, THEY'RE NOT A, A NEW NAME.
UM, AND WE UTILIZE THEIR SERVICES AND THEIR ADVICE IN ALL THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN A LOT OF THE CONNECTIONS.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH, UM, FOR US.
UM, AND AGAIN, THREE YEARS OR LONGER.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE RELATIONSHIP.
I DON'T SPEAK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP I HAVE NOW AS THE DIRECTOR.
I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THE STAFF, BUT IT SOUND LIKE IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED.
IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS DOUBT AROUND THIS TAPE TODAY.
AND SO I WOULD, ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA ASK EVERYONE, PLEASE ALLOW MY TEAM TO CONSULT WITH ATTORNEYS.
AND THEN, NO, AND MS. ELL, THEY WERE CONSULTED DURING THIS PROJECT AFTER MR. D BROUGHT IT UP.
BUT HOW DO WE FORMALIZE SO THAT THEY'RE PART OF IT THAT THE JENKINS IS AD ACCOUNTING TO LEGAL ABOUT WITH THAT? OH, I SEE.
MR. WOOD, JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION.
I BELIEVE, UM, THEY'VE BEEN INCLUDED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PURCHASING OR THE PROCUREMENT SECTION OF IT.
IS THAT NOT MY UNDERSTANDING? IS THAT NOT CORRECT? LIKE SKATE PARKS FOR DALLAS HAS BEEN INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS FOR THE MOST PART, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROCUREMENT.
WASN'T THAT WHERE THEY HAD TO, EVERYBODY HAD TO BE STEPPED OUT.
LIKE WE CAN'T BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCUREMENT.
LIKE THERE'S JUST CERTAIN LEGALITIES WHEN IT WENT FOR PROCUREMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
BASICALLY THEY WERE, THEY WERE NOT INVOLVED IN A SELECTION FOR THE APRIL, BUT NOW YOU'VE AGREED THAT YOU NOW THAT WE'VE SECURED OR WE SHOULD VOTE ON THAT TODAY.
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THAT VENDOR IS SECURED, WE'VE AGREED THAT SKATE PARK FOR DALLAS CAN BE INVOLVED ALONG THE WAY.UM, SO LIKE IF THEY SEE A PORE THAT'S NOT CORRECT WHEN YOU GUYS ARE INSPECTING IT, THEY CAN GO WITH, WE CAN CORRECT EVERYTHING AGAIN.
YOU ALL WELL, I MEAN, BUT GO AHEAD AND FINISH.
THEY CAN EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AT THE TIME SO THAT WE DON'T GET TO THE END OF EVERYTHING.
I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO END UP DOING QUAL THEM FOR US EVEN WORKING WITH THEM.
SO IF I HAVE TO CONSULT WITH ATTORNEYS SO WE CAN DO THIS RIGHT.
BE CAREFUL ON WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
I, I WAS ASKING 'CAUSE I I THOUGHT THAT YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE INVITED OR THEY THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID, BUT I'M PUTTING THAT ON PAUSE S HERE.
I MEAN, CAN WE, CAN WE ASK THE ATTORNEYS LIKE I, YOU, I MEAN THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID, THEY'RE NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'VE BEEN INVITED TO THE TABLE.
WHY WOULD SHE TALKING WITH THAT? HI, THIS IS CHRISTINE LANNER AND I SUPPORT DIRECTOR JENKINS TO, UM, MAYBE LET THE CAO'S OFFICE, IT'S NOT MY PERSONAL PROJECT, TALK WITH STAFF.
I CAN SAY JUST IN GENERAL THAT IF WE WANNA USE SOMEONE'S EXPERTISE, UM, IN THE AREA SUCH AS SKATE PARK, THEY CAN PROVIDE THEIR OPINION, BUT IT'S UP TO STAFF TO EITHER ACCEPT IT OR NOT.
AND ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONSTRUCTION PART OF IT IN OUR AD FOUR DASH FIVE, THERE'S A SELECTION COMMITTEE AND IT'S FORBIDDEN FOR AN OUTSIDE PERSON WHO HAS NO, UM, AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, UM, I WOULD SAY HAS NO PRIVITY, UM, EITHER CONTRACTUALLY, UM, OR INVOLVEMENT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS SELECTION.
I CAN, AGAIN, I'M TALKING GENERICALLY, BUT I, I AGREE THAT, THAT THE CIO'S OFFICE WILL BE HAPPY TO MEET AND CONFER WITH PARK STAFF TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO OUR NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE I'M SURE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS IS GONNA COME UP WHERE AN OUTSIDER WHO WE WANT TO UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE IS GONNA GET INVOLVED IN A PARK PROJECT.
AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? AND IF, HOW WE COMPLY WITH OUR 84 DASH FIVE RULES AND PROCUREMENT RULES.
AND I ALSO AGREE WITH THE DIRECTOR THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT AND B I D COME AND, AND HAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE PARK BOARD.
I, I JUST APPRECIATE THE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF THAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S UP TO OUR PLANNING AND DESIGN AND THE CONTRACTOR TO, YOU KNOW, ACCEPT OR DENY OR USE OR NOT USE THEIR OPINION, BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE A VOICE AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN THE PROCESS AND TO, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE WELCOME.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITMENT FROM STAFF TO INVOLVE OUR, UM, EXPERTS UNTIL WE GET A FORMALIZED SOMETHING IN PLACE, WHICH MAY BE TOO LATE FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT WE DON'T WANNA RUIN THIS PROJECT TO RUIN IT SO THAT IT'S AN UNUSABLE.
SO THAT KNOWLEDGE IS JUST IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THEY'VE EXPRESSED THAT.
I THINK WE BEAT THAT HORSE TO DEATH.
UM, SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR WEIGHING MR. YES, MR.
BUT YEAH, WE DO HAVE ASSURANCE OF DIRECTOR JENKINS WORK ON IT.
AND THEN I'LL COME TO MR. I ACTUALLY NO, I'M DONE.
I'M, I'M GREETING DIRECTOR JENKINS.
THAT'S ALL I WAS HOPING FOR WAS JUST IF WE COULD GET A SOMETHING FORMAL, MAKE IT ALL CORRECT.
I JUST GOT A QUESTION, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, I, I'LL, I I MOVE THE VOTE.
I WITH THAT, UH, ALL QUESTION, UH, JUST PROCESS OF PARLIAMENTARY FOR MR. PRESIDENT.
IS THAT THE CORRECT? SO, UH, I THINK YOU MADE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION AND WE HAD A SECOND.
SO YEAH, WE A SECOND NEED TO VOTE.
WE NEED TO VOTE ON ALL THE QUESTION A AYE, AYE.
SO WE ARE VOTING THAT'S, UH, MOTION APPROVAL.
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ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.YEAH, I THOUGHT WE WERE MOVING ALONG REALLY LY
ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, SO IN OUR CONTINUING EFFORTS TO CREATE A, A MORE SUSTAINABLE PARK SYSTEM, UH, WE HAVE SOME POTENTIALLY EXCITING NEEDS TO SHARE.
SO JOINING ME ON THE TABLE, UH, ARE OUR CONSULTANTS WITH SUPERLATIVE, UH, MATTHEW CORTE IS SITTING NEXT TO ME AND JESSICA BROSKI IS BESIDE HIM.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A SLIDE DECK, UH, THAT WE SHARED ON MONDAY WITH, UH, MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE.
SO SOME OF THIS WILL, UH, NOT BE NEW TO THEM, BUT, UH, NEW TO OTHERS.
SO AGAIN, VERY EXCITING, POTENTIALLY THAT INFORMATION AND, UM, LET THESE GUYS GO THROUGH THE SLIDE DECK.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IN CONCLUSION.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, YOU LETTING US COME, UH, AND ADDRESS COUNSEL HERE THIS MORNING.
UH, JUST BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, MY NAME IS MATT CORIAN.
I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF PARTNERSHIPS AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND I'M JOINED BY JUSTIN BROKAR, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ANALYTICS AND VALUATION.
UH, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON, ON US AS A FIRM AND WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT, AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO JUSTIN HERE TO WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE FINDINGS OF THE VALUATION REPORT.
SO, FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, THIS SUPERLATIVE GROUP HAS FOCUSED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE VALUATION AND SALES OF CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS AND NAMING RIGHTS.
WE HAVE OFFICES IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, AS WELL AS IN, UH, LONDON.
AND A LOT OF OUR WORK, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE WHEN YOU HEAR THINGS LIKE NAMING RIGHTS FALLS IN A TRADITIONAL SCOPE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NAMING RIGHTS TO A, A FOOTBALL STADIUM, A MORE BASKETBALL ARENA.
BUT ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, WE PIVOTED TO REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THE MUNICIPAL MARKETING SPACE WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH CITIES, COUNTIES, STATE, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, MUSEUMS, FINE ARTS INSTITUTIONS, YOU NAME.
AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THAT FOCUS IS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS OR SPONSORSHIPS, THE VALUE OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE ULTIMATELY DERIVED BY AN ORGANIZATION'S ABILITY TO HAVE THEIR NAME, THEIR BRAND IN FRONT OF THEIR POTENTIAL CLIENTS.
AND SO THE MORE VISIBILITY YOU HAVE, THE MORE VALUE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS CONTAIN.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES IN A GIVEN COMMUNITY TO CAPTURE EYEBALLS, WHAT WE CONSIDER IMPRESSIONS, UH, MOST OF THE TIME THE AREAS OF HIGHEST IMPRESSIONS ARE VENUES OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OWNED, CONTROLLED, MANAGED, OPERATED BY A PUBLIC ENTITY.
AND SO IN MOST CASES, UH, LIKE A CITY, THE CITY ISN'T GONNA BE STAFFED TO SAY, WHAT ARE OUR ASSETS? WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WORTH? WHY ARE THEY WORTH THAT? AND EVEN WHEN WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, HOW DO WE TAKE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO MARKET TO MONETIZE THEM IN PAY? THAT STILL MAINTAINS THE INTEGRITY OF THE INSTITUTION, UH, BUT THAT BRINGS IT TO THE MARKET IN A, IN A FAIR MARKET VALUE APPROACH.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO, UH, EXCLUSIVELY.
IT'S A KIND OF A NICHE SPACE THAT WE OPERATE IN.
UH, AND WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE HERE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO GO THROUGH, UH, WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR PHASE ONE, UH, ASSET INVENTORY AND VALUATION.
UH, SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT HERE, UH, AS WELL AS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND NEXT STEPS MOVING AHEAD.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JUSTIN AND LET HIM WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, THANKS MATT, AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
UM, JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOWED IN THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE KICKED OFF BACK IN IN MARCH.
UM, WE FOLLOW AN IMPRESSIONS BASED METHODOLOGY FOR VALUATION, AS MATT ALLUDED TO, AND WE DEFINE IMPRESSIONS AS REALLY ANY SORT OF VISIBILITY, WHETHER IT'S SEEN, HEARD, OR INTERACTION THAT A CORPORATE BRAND HAS WITH A PATRON.
UM, WE TRY TO COLLECT KIND OF THOSE TOTAL CUMULATIVE IMPRESSIONS, UM, AND THEN MEASURE THAT AGAINST LOCAL MARKET MEDIA RATES OR CPMS COSTS PER 1000 IMPRESSIONS, UM, TO MEASURE A FAIR MARKET VALUE OR QUANTIFY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE INCLUDED IN CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP.
UM, VALUATION IS DEFINITELY A MARRIAGE BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY WANNA TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE UNIQUE INTANGIBLE BENEFITS THAT
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THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM HAS TO OFFER, AND REALLY THE INTRINSIC VALUE THAT THAT CAN OFFER, YOU KNOW, A A CORPORATE SPONSOR AND AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE.UM, WE BENCHMARK EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AGAINST, YOU KNOW, COMPARABLE FACILITIES, PARKS, TRAILS, UM, MUNICIPALLY OWNED CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED.
ULTIMATELY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MARKET CAN BEAR WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE PRODUCED IN THIS REPORT DOCUMENT.
UM, AND THAT KIND OF SETS THE STAGE FOR, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY HOW WE SEE THESE OPPORTUNITIES POTENTIALLY GOING OUT TO MARKET FOR, YOU KNOW, NEW GENERATED SPONSORSHIP REVENUE.
UM, SO IF WE TRANSITION OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS JUST KIND OF SHOWS OUR TIMELINE.
SO AS I MENTIONED, WE CAME HERE BACK IN MARCH AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A VARIETY OF PARKS, TRAILS AND FACILITIES ACROSS THE SYSTEM, WHICH REALLY STARTED TO KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE SOME OF THESE EXPOSURE AND BENEFITS COULD EXIST FOR A CORPORATE ENTITY TO INTEGRATE THEIR BRAND INTO THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM.
WE COLLATED AN ASSET INVENTORY, UM, AND WE PACKAGED THESE AS SYSTEM CATEGORY OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF OUR APPROACH TO TRYING TO TACKLE THE SYSTEM AND SHOW, YOU KNOW, IF A PARTNER WERE TO INTEGRATE THEMSELVES ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION RECREATION CENTER SYSTEM, THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT EXPOSURE OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS THAT COULD EXIST IN IT.
UM, WE DELIVERED OUR FIRST DRAFT OF THIS REPORT DOCUMENT BACK IN JUNE AND HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE PROJECT TEAM TO ULTIMATELY, YOU ALL HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, AT THIS STAGE AS WE WRAP UP THE PHASE ONE PROCESS.
UM, AND THIS SUMMARIZES REALLY OUR FINDINGS.
SO AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE SAW A LOT OF VALUE, UM, AND KIND OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE BREADTH OF THE SYSTEM WAS THIS SYSTEM WIDE APPROACH.
SO INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOUR TRADITIONAL NAMING RIGHTS TO AN INDIVIDUAL FACILITY, WHILE THAT OPPORTUNITY COULD STILL POTENTIALLY EXIST, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE AND VISIBILITY FOR A A CORPORATE SPONSOR IS GONNA BE OBTAINED, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE RECREATION CENTERS.
SO 45 TO 50 FACILITIES, 400 PLUS PARKS, YOU KNOW, 30 PLUS TRAILS.
UM, AND THAT REALLY KIND OF HELPED US IN TERMS OF SHOWING THE GREATEST FAIR MARKET VALUE.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE, THE TABLE ON THE SLIDE, SS M B SS M B F M B STANDS FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE ANNUAL BENEFIT OF THE RIGHTS AND EXPOSURE OPPORTUNITIES THAT KIND OF COULD BE OFFERED WITH EACH OF THESE SYSTEM-WIDE CATEGORIES.
UM, WE USE THE INTANGIBLE BENEFITS AND QUALITATIVE FACTORS TO PRESENT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND RANGES AND WOULD CERTAINLY ALWAYS RECOMMEND PURSUING THE HIGH END OF THAT RANGE.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZE THE REVENUE OPPORTUNITY AND THEN MULTIPLY THAT OUT OVER AN EXTENDED TERM LENGTH TO TRY TO SECURE AGAIN, SUSTAINABLE REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF ONE OF THE SYSTEM-WIDE, UM, CATEGORIES THAT WE LOOKED AT.
SO WITH TRAILS, UM, YOU CAN SEE WE KIND OF BROKE THIS OUT BASED ON EXPOSURE CATEGORY.
EVERYTHING FROM TRADITIONAL SIGNAGE EXPOSURE, UM, TO SOME OF THE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION ASSETS THAT THE DEPART THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY FOR A CORPORATE ENTITY TO POTENTIALLY ACTUALLY ACTIVATE AND ENGAGE WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS ON, ON MORE OF A, AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE EACH LINE ITEM HAS A WEIGHTED IMPRESSION FIGURE.
THAT'S THE CUMULATIVE VISIBILITY OF EACH OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES MULTIPLIED AGAINST A, A MEDIA MARKET RATE TO GIVE A FAIR MARKET VALUE.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE TRAIL SYSTEMS KIND OF CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF BENEFITS WOULD YIELD $233,000, UM, TO A CORPORATE SPONSOR IF THEY WANTED TO ULTIMATELY INTEGRATE ACROSS EACH OF THE OPPORTUNITIES LISTED HERE.
THE NEXT THING THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS KIND OF WHAT A EXAMPLE SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACH COULD BE.
SO THE REALITY IS, IS THAT TRAILS PARKS, RECREATION CENTERS, AQUATIC FACILITIES, THEY ALL KIND OF HAVE KIND OF UNIQUE AUDIENCES AND A CORPORATE PARTNER MAY WANNA DIVERSIFY THEIR AUDIENCE IN WORKING WITH DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION AND INTEGRATE THEIR BRAND ACROSS A VARIETY OF FACILITIES.
SO THIS EXAMPLE SCENARIO SHOWS WHAT A CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP COULD LOOK LIKE IF, YOU KNOW, A PARTNER WANTED TO HAVE SOME INVOLVEMENT ACROSS THE RECREATION CENTERS, AQUATIC CENTERS, PARKS, TRAILS, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE ONE ATHLETIC COMPLEX.
AND THEN AGAIN, UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE SOCIAL DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS TO MAXIMIZE KIND OF THEIR LEVEL OF EXPOSURE.
YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THERE'S SIGNIFICANT VALUE IN COMBINING THESE FACILITIES AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF LEVERAGING THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
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BUILDING OFF OF SOME OF THOSE VALUES, WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO AGAIN, GET ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.ANOTHER ASPECT OF OUR WORK WAS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT CURRENT POLICY, CURRENT SPONSORSHIP POLICY, UH, THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD.
UM, AT THE TIME, THE POLICY THAT'S IN PLACE IS REALLY INHERENT TO NAMING RIGHTS AS IT RELATES TO EITHER RECOGNIZING A, A PHILANTHROPIC GIFT OR RECOGNIZING, UH, A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, WELL DONE PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY A COUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF BUILDING POLICY GOING FORWARD IS THAT BECAUSE THAT POLICY DEALS MORE WITH PHILANTHROPY OR COMMUNITY RECOGNITION, YOU WOULD RECOMMEND BUILDING OUT EITHER A SEPARATE OR ADDITIONAL POLICY THAT WILL GO MORE TOWARDS TRADITIONAL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS, CORPORATE MARKETING, UH, NOT OTHERS.
THERE ARE SOME CASES IN THE CURRENT POLICY WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, A NAMING ENTITY, UH, FOR A DONOR WOULD EXIST FOR 60 YEARS.
UH, TRADITIONALLY IN OUR WORLD, UH, WE ARE NOT BRINGING CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, THAT LAST, THAT PERIOD OF TIME'S ESSENTIALLY ALMOST IMPERFECT TWO.
SO BUILDING OUT ELEMENTS OF A SPONSORSHIP POLICY THAT DEAL MORE WITH CORPORATE PARTNERS RATHER THAN THOSE DONORS.
UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE STAFF ON GOING FORWARD, HELPING, UH, OUTLINE AND DEFINE SOME OF THOSE, UH, SPONSORSHIP POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, AND THOSE CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE SETTING A MONETARY VALUE TO WHERE, UH, IT, IT WOULD NEED TO BE VOTED ON BY COUNCIL, EITHER BASED ON A TOTAL MONETARY VALUE OR TOTAL TERM OF THE AGREEMENT.
UH, PUTTING THINGS FORWARD IN YOUR POLICY, LIKE, UH, MAKING SURE TO HAVE A MORALS CLAUSE IN THE AGREEMENT SO THAT, UH, IF YOU'RE ENTERING INTO A LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP WITH AN ORGANIZATION, THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO, TO STEP BACK FROM THAT.
IF YOU ENTER INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT THEN, UH, KIND OF STEERS THEMSELVES IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, UH, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC CATEGORY OPPORTUNITIES, UH, IT'S EASY TO THINK ABOUT BUILDING A, A PARTNERSHIP WITH A, A HEALTHCARE PARTNER OR A TELECOM PARTNER, BUT ARE YOU WILLING TO GO INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH A TOBACCO COMPANY OR AN ALCOHOL COMPANY OR, OR IF YOU ARE, WHAT IS THE, THE BANDWIDTH THAT YOU WOULD YOU DO THAT? SO, UM, A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DIVE INTO ON MORE SPECIFICS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH THE TEAM.
MOVING AHEAD, UH, A COUPLE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT WE'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT HERE.
I THINK IN GENERAL, AGAIN, WHAT I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, THE, THE BENEFIT AND REALLY THE LEVERAGE THAT DALLAS PARK RECREATION SYSTEM HAS IS THE SIZE AND THE, AND THE BREADTH OF IT AND, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERACTING, UH, THESE ASSETS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BUILDING VALUE FOR A SPONSOR, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER A HALF A BILLION ANNUAL WEIGHTED IMPRESSIONS THAT CAN BE GENERATED THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, THAT'S GONNA GENERATE AND FULLY MATURE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM COULD BE PUSHING A MILLION AND A HALF, $2 MILLION ANNUALLY.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT BUILT OUT OVER A LONGER TERM AGREEMENTS, 5, 10, 15 YEAR AGREEMENTS, UH, IT'S CERTAINLY REASONABLE TO THINK THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, OVER A $19 MILLION, AGAIN, FULLY MATURE SPONSORSHIP PORTFOLIO.
SO WHAT JUSTIN WAS GETTING AT WAS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SPONSORSHIPS IS REALLY CREATING AN ANNUITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, LISTENING IN EARLIER IN THE MEETING ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY OR THE DESIRES OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL TO DO, UH, EITHER STAFFING INCREASES OR NEW COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
HOPEFULLY THESE ARE FUNDS THAT, THAT GO TOWARDS IT.
UH, AND, AND I'VE USED THE TERM MATURE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM HERE A FEW TIMES.
FOR US, WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS, AND I THINK TO KEEP IN REALISTIC SCOPE FOR THE COUNCIL HERE, IS THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DOES TAKE A FEW YEARS TO BUILD.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT AND YOU'RE ASKING AN ORGANIZATION TO MAKE A 5, 10, 15 YEAR COMMITMENT TO YOU, UH, THAT COULD BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IT'S NOT AN AD SPEND, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GONNA TRY FOR A QUARTER AND, AND PULL BACK FROM.
SO IT TAKES SOME TIME TO INTRODUCE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE MARKET, TO SELL THE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH, UH, AND TO GET THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE THAT, THAT TYPE OF COMMITMENT.
SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IT'LL BE TO, TO BUILD THAT UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
UH, AND THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK WE WOULD WANT STRESS AND, AND JUSTIN TOUCHED ON WITH A FEW OF THESE EXAMPLES IS THAT FOR US IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO, TO MAINTAIN THE, THE INTEGRITY OF THE CLIENT THAT WE'RE REPRESENTING.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A A PARK SYSTEM TRAIL SYSTEM, WE DON'T WANT TO COME IN AND, AND HAVE A, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS A NASCAR APPROACH TO THIS.
WE'RE NOT COMING IN AND SAYING, WE'RE GONNA BRING FORWARD 57 DIFFERENT CORPORATE PARTNERS SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE GO TO THE PARK FOR THE TRAILS, THEY'RE INUNDATED WITH BRANDING.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS MEANT TO BE.
WHAT WHAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HERE IS BUILDING LARGER, BROADER PARTNERSHIPS, ALLOWING A, A SMALLER NUMBER OF CORPORATE ENTITIES TO BE VISIBLE.
IT PROVIDES MORE BENEFIT AND R O I TO THEM IF THEY'RE NOT COMPETING FOR EYEBALLS.
UM, SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PACKAGING THOSE
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ASSETS ACROSS BUILDING OFFICIAL CATEGORY PARTNERSHIPS FOR US, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF BEST PRACTICE AS TO HOW WE WOULD RECOMMEND GOING ABOUT THIS.UH, IT, IT PROVIDES THE BEST R O I FOR THE SPONSOR AND PROVIDES THE CLEANEST BEST, UH, EXPERIENCE FOR, FOR THE CONSUMER AT THE END OF THE DAY.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE JUST A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS FOLLOWING THIS.
UH, THE NEXT STEP WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE TAKING THESE VALUATION RESULTS OUT TO MARKET AND BUILDING THESE ANNUITIES, BUILDING THESE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WHEN WE ARE REPRESENTING AN ENTITY LIKE DALLAS PARK RECREATION, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
WE'RE NOT OUT ON AN ISLAND, UM, MAKING CALLS, SETTING MEETINGS AND NEGOTIATING DEALS AND THEN SHOWING UP HERE, ASKING FOR THEM TO BE BE APPROVED.
UM, WHEN WE START OUT, WE ARE THE ONES KIND OF KICKING THE TIRES AND, AND GETTING THOSE CONVERSATIONS STARTED AND INTRODUCING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO MARKET.
UM, BUT ONCE THOSE CONVERSATIONS PICK UP, IT REALLY DOES BECOME A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WITH, WITH RYAN AND HIS TEAM.
WE'LL ASK FOR FOLKS TO BE PART OF THOSE MEETINGS.
UH, AS MUCH TIME AS WE SPEND LOOKING AT AND ANALYZING THIS AND, AND WORKING THROUGH SELLING IT, WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO TELL THE STORY AS WELL AS THE FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING AND WORKING IT EVERY DAY.
SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE TEAM A PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UH, WE'RE NOT OUT THERE, UH, MAKING CALLS WITHOUT THE TEAM KNOWING ABOUT THAT.
WE ALWAYS VET OUR PROSPECT LIST BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
UM, SO IT, IT IS A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
AND, AND AFTER THAT IT'S REALLY RELYING ON, UM, OUR 30 YEARS OF HISTORY AND, AND SELLING THROUGH THESE TYPES OF ASSETS AND BUILDING THESE TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS AND HAVING THE EXPERIENCE TO KNOW WHAT WE RECOMMEND PUTTING IN A PARTNERSHIP AND NOT, AND ULTIMATELY KNOWING THAT THE AGREEMENTS ARE NOT BETWEEN THE SPONSOR AND SUPERLATIVE.
THE AGREEMENTS ARE BETWEEN THE SPONSOR AND DALLAS PARK AND REC.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE FOSTER THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THAT IT'S, IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT, UH, MAKES SENSE FOR EVERYBODY.
SO, UM, I THINK WITH THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO BE EFFICIENT IN, IN GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE GROUP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH IMPACTFUL AND REALLY GIVES UNLEASHES A NEW THOUGHT PROCESS IN THIS BOARD.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MS. COLLIN'S WORK ON THIS.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE THAT THE FIRST OTHER COMMENTS WELL FOR.
JUSTIN, WE HAD A VERY GOOD COMMITTEE MEETING ON MONDAY ABOUT THIS AND, UM, SO YOU ALL AS A BOARD FOR SOME HISTORICAL DATA, THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS, UM, ON THE BOARD.
AND SO WHAT WE, AS THE BOARD VOTED ON THEIR CONTRACT LAST FALL, AND SO IT WAS TWO PHASED, THE FIRST BEING THIS VALUE INVENTORY KIND OF AN AUDIT OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PARK SYSTEM AND HOW MUCH IT COULD POTENTIALLY YIELD.
SO THEY CAME BACK, THEY DID THE WORK THAT WAS, I THINK $80,000, RIGHT? ABOUT, UM, SO THAT WAS PHASE ONE, WHICH THEY'VE NOW COMPLETED.
AND IN YOUR APPENDICES IN THIS DOCUMENT, YOU CAN SEE REAL MORE KIND OF GRANULAR EXAMPLES OF HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT A PARTICULAR SPONSORSHIP WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN AT THE VERY END, THEY HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT THIS, THEY USED FOR THE CITY OF BRISCOE, WHAT, UM, SOME WOULD LOOK LIKE.
'CAUSE I, I HAD ASKED THAT LIKE, WELL, DO WE WANT, YOU KNOW, DALLAS PARK AND REC SPONSORED BY AT AND T FOR EXAMPLE? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE FROM A BRANDING STANDPOINT? SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, NOW BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, IT'S NOT A VOTING ITEM, BUT WE ARE, WE, WE, THE BOARD WOULD ESSENTIALLY AUTHORIZE PHASE TWO, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO GO OUT AND START WORKING ON OUR BEHALF TO SOLICIT SPONSORS.
AND YOU SEE IN THEIR PRESENTATION THEY HAD KIND OF 10 AND 15 YEAR TERM.
UM, WE DO, AS THEY POINTED OUT AS WELL, WE WILL BRING BACK, UM, A SPONSORSHIP, OUR OWN INTERNAL DOCUMENT, OUR OWN POLICY AROUND THE SPONSORSHIP.
AND THIS IS GONNA AFFECT PART NAMING AS WELL.
BUT, SO THAT WILL COME BACK TO ADMIN AND FINANCE SEPARATELY AND THEN TO THE BOARD.
BUT WE HAD NEVER HAD THIS, YOU KNOW, A CONTRACT IN PLACE TO DO, TO PURSUE SPONSORSHIPS AT A, AT A TRUE LIKE TERMED LEVEL AT THIS KIND OF HIGH LEVEL.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'LL ALSO BRING BACK SEPARATELY WILL BE A SPENDING POLICY.
SO WE'LL ULTIMATELY HAVE TO DECIDE HOW THE BOARD, HOW THE DEPARTMENT SPENDS THE MONEY THAT THIS BRINGS IN.
SO I DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES, BUT THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE AND THANK YOU MATT, FOR ADDRESSING EXCLUSIVITY.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP ON MONDAYS.
WE DON'T WANNA HAVE LIKE YOUR NASCAR EXAMPLE, LIKE WE REALLY, THEY'RE, THEY WANNA PICK AND CHOOSE THE BEST POSSIBLE CORPORATE PARTNERS THAT ARE GONNA BENEFIT THE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, TOBACCO, ALCOHOL, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT ANYTHING SPONSORED BY A WEAPONS MANUFACTURER AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE THERE, WE DON'T WANNA ENCOURAGE THAT IN OUR PARKS.
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UM, SO WE ARE BEST YOUR BEST, UH, JUDGMENT AND THERE'S GONNA, THERE ARE SOME RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT IN OUR DOCUMENT, IN OUR CONTRACT.SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE BOARD SOME HISTORICAL KIND OF INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY WERE CHARGED TO DO, WHAT OUR CONTRACT SAYS TO DO, AND THEN NEXT STEPS.
SO, AND AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT THEY BRING TO, THEY HAVE TO COME TO US FOR A, FOR APPROVAL, UM, ON, ON THOSE SPONSORS.
SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY FIRST ROUND.
MS. MOND, UH, I WASN'T READY ACTUALLY.
SORRY MR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I WAS PART OF THE COMMITTEE ON MONDAY AS WELL AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE PUT INTO THIS AND, UH, RYAN AND STAFF'S EFFORT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH Y'ALL ON THIS PROJECT.
I'LL RAISE IT AGAIN JUST FOR THE FULL BENEFIT OF THE BOARD IS I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT PUTTING OURSELVES INTO COMPETITION WITH OUR FRIENDS GROUPS AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PARTNER WITH THE FRIENDS GROUPS BECAUSE A LOT OF FRIENDS GROUPS, UH, WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON A PARTICULAR PARK OR ON A TRAIL, THEY MAY BE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL FOR SPONSORSHIP.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT COMPETING WITH THOSE FRIENDS GROUPS.
SO MS. COLLINS, AGAIN, AS I SAID, EXCELLENT WORK AND I THINK WE BEFORE, AS WE AUTHORIZE THE STEP TWO, I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT IDEA TO UH, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE A DELIBERATION ON THESE VALUATION.
ALL OF THEM WORTH GOING SHOULD BE, IS IT EVEN WORTH MONETIZING? SO I THINK AND THINK IS HOW DO WE DELIBERATE TO THE BOARD? MAYBE HE COMES WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO US, WE DELIBERATE BEFORE WE GO TO THE SECOND STEP.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE RIGHT APPROACH TO, TO JUSTICE TO THE GREAT WORK, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW.
I, I UH, PERSONALLY I LOVE THIS JUST 'CAUSE I, I DO A LOT OF THIS THROUGH MY, MY COMPANY.
WE DO A LOT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NAME, NAME A GAME OR, OR WHATEVER IT IS.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY TO UTILIZE THAT.
WE TRY TO GET THE FUNDS AND MAXIMIZE DOLLARS.
SO I, I PUT A LOT OF VALUE INTO THIS BOARD THAT WE, WE USE THIS SOMEHOW TO LEVERAGE MORE DOLLARS TO USE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEED.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS ATHLETIC FIELD FIXES, WE KNOW WHEN WE START THINKING, OKAY, WE CAN GET BOISER OR, OR IF IT'S ON BOISER, IT'S NOT THE THE WAY WE GO.
WE GET GATORADE THAT SPONSOR A COMPLEX AND THEY, AND THAT THAT MONEY'S USED TO FIX OUR FIELDS OR USE A CAPITAL PROGRAM, PUT IT IN A, IN A, IN A, IN A BANK ACCOUNT.
AND THAT'S USED FOR THAT COMPLEX TO BE FIXED AS NEEDED.
SO, I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG VALUE FOR US AND, AND WE GOTTA REALLY APPROACH.
I MEAN, THE NUMBERS, THE NUMBERS OUT THERE, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER TO ME.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO THAT NUMBER BECAUSE THAT IF, IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE PARKS, ALL THE REC CENTERS, THE, THE GOLF COURSES, THE SWIMMING POOLS, ALL THAT, THERE'S ABOUT GIVE OR TAKE, 475, 500, UH, DIFFERENT.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE REC CENTERS AND EVERYTHING COMBINED TRAILS AND ALL THAT, THAT'S ABOUT $38,000 A YEAR POTENTIALLY GET, IF WE GET TO THAT MAXIMUM REACH DOLLAR.
THAT'S A LOT THAT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
SO JUST A WAY TO MAKE MORE REVENUE.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, I TALK ABOUT REVENUES DRIVEN EVENTS AND THIS IS ONE WAY TO DO IT, SUPPLEMENT THE COSTS ON WHAT WE DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATION.
HOPE WE CAN FIND YOU MONEY FOR THE PARK THAT EVERYONE
UM, QUICK QUESTION ON WHO IS PART OF THE COMMITTEE THAT IS, SO I CHAIR IT, MARIA LANE, SCOTT, JEFF AND DANIEL.
UM, AND THEN WHAT OTHER CITIES THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO DALLAS, NOT FRISCO, DO STUFF LIKE THIS AND THEIR PUBLIC LAND? SURE.
IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE POPULAR AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.
WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, CITY OF CHICAGO, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LARGEST, AND THIS IS KIND OF THE NICE PART ABOUT THIS APPROACH IS THAT EVERYTHING IS TO SCALE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOP 10 MARKET IN THE COUNTRY LIKE D F W THE, THE METHODOLOGY AND THE APPROACH STILL MAINTAINS ITSELF, UH, WHETHER YOU'RE LOOKING AT A, A LARGE OR SMALLER CITY.
BUT, UM, MIAMI, CHICAGO, DENVER, DALLAS, WE, WE WORK WITH SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY ON THESE.
AND SO IN THOSE, ARE THEY LOOKING AT SMALLER? ARE YOU DOING SMALLER PARKS OR YOU DOING LIKE, I MEAN I'M, THIS MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS 'CAUSE IT'S
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PUBLIC LAND AND IT'S, UM, AND SO SEEING THIS, IT'S LIKE SOME OF THE NAMES THAT WE HAVE ON THESE, THESE PARKS ARE HONORING, YOU KNOW, HISTORIANS OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE AN IMPACT.UM, AND SO TO COMMERCIALIZE THE PUBLIC LAND, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
LIKE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE, YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT A REC CENTER, YOU KNOW, SO, AND I SEE IT IN THE PRIVATE ENTITIES, BUT PUBLIC LAND IS JUST A, I'M STILL TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD.
YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS JUST THE KIND OF THE ART OF HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS INTEGRATED.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, A PARTNERSHIP COMING TO LIFE ACROSS A SERIES OF REC CENTERS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE ALREADY NAMED, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE AN EXAMPLE FOR, UH, LET'S USE HEALTHCARE AS A CATEGORY AND HOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT PLAY OUT.
IF, IF YOU WERE TO BRING FORWARD A PARTNER THAT WAS AN OFFICIAL HEALTHCARE PARTNER ACROSS THE RECORD, WHAT WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO IN THE PAST IT MIGHT BE WE'VE DONE AGREEMENTS WHERE YOU'RE WALKING IN AND PERHAPS AN INTERIOR OF A BASKETBALL COURT.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME TYPE OF STATIC SIGNAGE THERE THAT, UH, JUST RECOGNIZES THE PARTNERSHIP.
A LOT OF THE REC CENTERS WE WENT INTO HAD, UM, DIGITAL KIOSK WITH DIFFERENT MESSAGING AND THINGS LIKE THAT GOING THROUGH IT.
THAT'S WHERE, UH, A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER MIGHT USE THAT, NOT JUST FOR THEIR OWN VISIBILITY, BUT THEY MIGHT RUN MESSAGING THROUGH THERE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER TO GET YOUR FLU SHOT OR REM YOU KNOW, THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, IT COULD BE, WE'VE DONE IN FRISCO A HEALTHCARE PARTNER, UH, WAS A PARTNER ON BRINGING FORWARD AND HAVING A SUNSCREEN DISPENSERS, BUT THE OUTDOOR AQUATIC CENTER.
SO THEY'RE GAINING THAT GOODWILL BY HAVING THE BRAND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SERVICE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, IT'S NOT WANTING TO TO OVER COMMERCIALIZE.
WE'RE CERTAINLY AWARE OF THAT AND I THINK WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PARK AND REC SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO BE MORE AWARE OF THAT, ANY OTHER TYPE OF PARTNER THAT WE WORK WITH.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT PART OF IT IS UNDERSTANDING AND HAVING BENCHMARKS AND EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDIES OF HOW WE'VE USUALLY GONE ABOUT BRINGING THESE IN.
AND THEN ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AND AGREEMENTS, WE'RE GONNA RELY ON STAFF TO GUIDE US ON, WE GET REALLY SPECIFIC IN THESE CONTRACTS.
WHAT, WHAT DOES THE SIGNAGE LOOK LIKE? WHERE DOES IT GO? WHO IS APPROVING IT FROM COLORS TO SIZE TO DIMENSIONS, QUALITY FABRIC, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA REFER TO STAFF AND COUNCIL.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BRING ANYTHING FORWARD.
SO, UM, BUT I THINK THAT THE QUESTION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A PARK SYSTEM OR A TRAIL SYSTEM, UM, SOMEONE'S OUT THERE TO, TO JOG OR RIDE THEIR BIKE, WE DON'T WANT THEM BEING HIT IN THE FACE WITH SO THE TOP BRAND.
AND MS. DEL, IF I COULD ALSO ADD, I THINK IMPORTANT POINT TO RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE OF THIS APPROACH OF SELLING CATEGORIES, SO THE, THE PLAYGROUND SYSTEM BROUGHT TO YOU BY SO-AND-SO, THAT'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PLAYGROUND TO HAVE A PHILANTHROPIC, UH, NAMING OPPORTUNITY OR SPONSORSHIP.
BUT I WANTED EVERYONE TO BE CLEAR THAT THEIR APPROACH THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A CATEGORIZATION.
THE THE REC CENTER IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PLAYGROUNDS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE TRAIL SYSTEM BROUGHT TO YOU BY, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A SENSE POTENTIALLY RESERVING SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHATEVER, UH, FUNCTION.
SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO WHAT OUR, OUR SIGNAGE POLICY IS? AND, AND SO ALL OF THAT GOES OUT LIKE FOR BACK TO VOTE ON HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS OR YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE HAVE PRETTY SPECIFIC POLICY FOR NAMING AND SIGNAGE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO UPDATE THE POLICY TO GET IN LINE WITH THE MARKETING PLAN.
THAT'S WHAT I SAID WE HAVE TO BRING, WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE MARKETING COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE GOTTA UPDATE THAT POLICY.
AND GOOD POINT, YOU BRING UP SOME OF THE SIGNAGE POLICY, PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE THAT HAVE TO BE MODIFIED UPDATE AS WELL IN ORDER FOR THIS PROGRAM TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN ONE LAST QUE AND I CAN GO TO THE SECOND ROUND, YOU CAN BACK.
UM, HOW DOES THE, THE UH, COMPANIES THAT YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO HERE ARE THEY, THEY WANT PHYSICAL NAMING OR THEY WANT IT JUST ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THE CITY OF IS SOCIAL MEDIA, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN THE REC CENTER.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, WHOEVER IS IT'S SPONSORED BY OR HOWEVER IT IS, HOW'S YOUR BRAND TO BRAND MARKETING HAPPENING WITH THEM? SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY CASE BY CASE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THAT PERSPECTIVE PARTNER THAT WE'RE SPEAKING WITH.
I WOULD SAY THAT OVER TIME IN OUR INDUSTRY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS, IF YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SPONSORSHIP 20, 30 YEARS AGO, IT'S REALLY, GIVE ME THE BIGGEST BOLDEST SIGN YOU CAN.
AND IT'S BECOME MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT NOW.
UH, STATIC SIGNAGE IS STILL USUALLY A COMPONENT OF IT.
OB OBVIOUSLY, ASIDE FROM WANTING TO SEE MORE
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INTERACTION WITH THE, THE DIGITAL OR SOCIAL MEDIA COMPONENT.I THINK WE STARTED TO SEE THIS EVEN BEFORE COVID, BUT EVEN MORE SO NOW, IS THAT COMPANIES ARE LOOKING FOR AUTHENTIC WAYS TO REALLY ACTIVATE AROUND THEIR PROSPECTIVE CLIENT.
AND SO THINGS LIKE ONSITE ACTIVATION OPPORTUNITIES BECOME VERY POPULAR.
YOU KNOW, THEIR ABILITY TO BE PRESENT, SET UP A, A BOOTH OR A TABLE SOMEWHERE, OR BE A PART OF A PROGRAM, UM, THOSE ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR 'CAUSE THEY SEE THAT AS AN AUTHENTIC WAY TO, TO REALLY KIND OF BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THINK THAT TRADITIONALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH A LOT OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON FOR PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS IS THAT YES, THERE'S STATIC SIGNAGE, YES, THERE'S SOCIAL MEDIA COMPONENTS, UM, BUT A LOT OF IT IS TURNING MORE TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMATIC INVOLVEMENT BEING PRESENT EVENTS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE IT'S SKEWING TO GREAT SEGUE.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING, IT'S NOT GONNA BE LIKE AT T SAMUEL GRAND, YOU KNOW, AQUATICS CENTER.
IT'S MORE THE PROGRAM HERE IS BROUGHT BY AT T FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FOR SWIM LESSONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE TAPPING INTO LIKE AT REC CENTERS AND, AND, AND AQUATICS POTENTIALLY THE PROGRAMMING WOULD BE NAMED AND SPONSORED BY.
I MEAN, I THINK, OR IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL OPEN AND WE'RE, YEAH.
I THINK WHAT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THAT WHEN WE PUT FORWARD THESE VALUATION METRICS, IT'S DONE IN A WAY THAT WE SEE HAPPENING ALL OVER, WELL OVER THAT MATTER.
BUT THESE ARE KIND OF INDUSTRY FORMS AND, AND THE BENCHMARK THAT WE SEE, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE WITH A GIVEN ENTITY, THEY COULD STILL BE STEERING THEMSELVES ONE WAY TOWARDS OR ANOTHER.
SO IT, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, INCUMBENT UPON US AND THE TEAM, ONCE THOSE CONVERSATIONS START, WE'RE WE'RE ASKING THEM WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA BE IN MOST IMPORTANT AND WHAT'S GONNA PROVIDE THEM THE BEST R O I, WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING, HOW DO WE MATCH THAT UP AGAINST WITH WHAT'S, WHAT'S POSSIBLE? WHAT'S ALLOWED, WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED? UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FINDING THAT MIDDLE GROUND OF THIS IS HOW THE PARTNERSHIP IS GOING TO LOOK AND FEEL AND BE EXPERIENCED BY THE PUBLIC.
THE RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT IS MORE THE VISIBLE VISIBILITY OF THEIR NAME.
IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT? YEAH.
WELL, THE, THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT.
SO WHEN WE PUT A FAIR MARKET VALUE ON SOMETHING, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT IF WE'RE ASKING SOMEONE TO PAY A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR $500,000 A YEAR FOR PARTNERSHIP, AND WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING AT THAT POINT IS THAT THIS TAKES AWAY ANY, UH, UH, EMOTIONAL CONNECTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS WHAT THE DATA SUPPORTS THAT WE CAN PROVE TO THEM BASED ON THE VISIBILITY AND THE INTERACTION THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET FROM THE PARTNERSHIP, HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH AND SEE AND FEEL AND TOUCH THEIR BRAND.
THAT'S THAT FAIR MARKET VALUE NUMBER.
SO WE, WE HAVE A TRIED TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE WAY THAT THAT PARTNERSHIP COULD BE EXPERIENCED.
AND THEN WE PUT THAT UP AGAINST THE, THE LOCAL MEDIA RATES.
BECAUSE WHAT A, THE VALUE OF A PARTNERSHIP IT IS IN DALLAS IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT THAN IN CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK.
AND, UM, WHERE THANK YOU MR. DICKEY.
UH, JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR MR. O'CONNOR.
THE REVENUE WE WOULD GET FROM THIS, IS THAT SUBJECT TO THE SPLIT WITH THE GENERAL FUND? OR DO WE, DOES THE PARK DEPARTMENT GET TO KEEP ALL THAT MONEY? GOOD QUESTION.
UH, WELL, MR. JENKINSON MAY WANNA WEIGH IN THERE, BUT
IT WOULDN'T STAND IN THE WAY OF THAT CITY, CITY COUNCIL.
I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY COULD.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP A HUNDRED PERCENT, AND OF COURSE, WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL AND THE BOARD POSITION, WE WOULD MAKE THINGS.
SO WOULD THAT BE, WE WOULD DO A RESOLUTION IN VOTER? I MEAN, IT SEEMS FUZZY.
THERE, THERE SHOULD BE, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A PROCESS.
EITHER THERE'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE GET IT OR WE DON'T GET IT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S KIND OF UP IN THE AIR.
AND THEN IF IT IS, HOW DO WE, WHAT'S OUR PROCESS FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING TO AT LEAST ASK FOR IT? SO TO PUT THE COUNSEL IN THE POSITION TO MAKE, BUT WE TAKE TO THEM.
HOW WOULD THAT WORK? I, I JUST THINK THERE HAVING A, WHAT'S OUR PLAN ON HOW WE WANT TO USE MR. FOX HAVING A PLAN? I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE GROUNDS TO JUSTIFY WHY WE NEED TO KEEP IT.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO, TO ALLOW US TO KEEP IT, NO, WHAT THEY, I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS WAYS WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HERE AND WE GOT THIS INFLUX OF CASH COMING OVER HERE.
SO I WOULD RAISE IN BUDGET PROCESS TO YOU.
WE DON'T GIVE 'EM THE MONEY TO SOMEHOW RECOMMEND REDUCING OUR BUDGET IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S WHY I SAID, BUT WE HAVE GOOD
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JUSTIFICATION WHERE WE PLAN ON UTILIZING, WE MAKE OUR CASE AND I THINK WE COULD MAKE A GOOD CASE.AND THE THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT I DON'T WANT IT ACCORDING TO THE CITY CHARTER, UH, FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR PARK PURPOSES BY THE COUNCIL SHALL BE USED FOR PARK PURPOSES.
BUT THIS IS AN EXCEPTION BECAUSE THIS IS NOT MONEY ALLOCATED BY THE COUNCIL.
I HOPE WE COULD UN GRAY THAT AREA SOMEHOW.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
I HAVE NO DOUBT WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY FOR SURE WITHOUT EVEN HAVING A FIGHT, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE JUSTIFICATION.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE IT FOR.
THIS WILL HELP OFFSET TO GENERAL FUND OFFSET FUTURE CAPPER INSTANCE.
WE JUST NEED TO COME UP WITH WHAT WE WANT TO UTILIZE IT FOR.
I'M NO EXPERT, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE RESOLVE IT, THIS BOARD SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL WITH A, AND YOU KNOW, ROBERTS WILL BETTER THAN ME, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S GOOD.
UH, I SAW THE PRESENTATION ON MONDAY AS WELL AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THE OVERALL, UM, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT FOR OUR SYSTEM.
UM, IS THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, I'VE NOTICED, LIKE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S ONLY GETTING US 1800, ALMOST $1,900 A YEAR.
PEOPLE ARE MAKING, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS.
I MEAN, WE MAKE BILLIONAIRES OUTTA SOCIAL MEDIA THESE DAYS.
HOW DO WE GET, YOU KNOW, MORE ENGINE POWER OUT OF THAT? UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCREASE THAT AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DO THAT? CAN YOU GUYS PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT KIND OF YEAH, SO WHAT I WOULD SAY, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE, THE BODY, THE REPORT, THEY ARE BASED ON CPM.
SO, SO COST PER 1000 IMPRESSIONS.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT INCREASING THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THAT, YOU ARE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO INCREASE YOUR AUDIENCE BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF GENERATE INCREMENTAL VALUE OR RETURN FOR HOW THAT SPONSOR WOULD BE EXPOSED.
YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF CONTENT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK PLENTY OF DIFFERENT PROBABLY CASE STUDIES OF HOW A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES HAVE KIND OF GROWN THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA TO CREATE MORE ENGAGING CONTENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND CERTAINLY I THINK THAT CAN BE AS WE KIND OF PICK SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES UP, OUR DISCUSSION WITH A POTENTIAL SPONSOR TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT IS THE ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE WITH A POTENTIAL CONSUMER ON SOCIAL.
AND ULTIMATELY, ARE YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM A PARK PERSPECTIVE TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL VALUE OR MORE MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR THAT POTENTIAL BRAND.
SO IF WE GAIN, OR LIKE WE AMP UP OUR SOCIAL MEDIA NOW, DOES THAT HELP YOU SELL IT BETTER IF YOU GET MORE FOLLOWERS, MORE VIEWS, MORE VIRAL VIDEOS? I MEAN, WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE PARK SYSTEM AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PARTNERS AND A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST WORKING TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, BRINGING EVERYBODY'S SOCIAL MEDIA TOGETHER, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, REALLY BRING IT IN, UM, TO GET MORE FOLLOWERS AND ALL OF THAT, I THINK, IS THAT, WOULD THAT HELP US, SIR? ANYTIME YOU CAN ADD IMPRESSIONS IS IS GOING TO HELP, IT'S GONNA HELP YOUR VALUE, IT'S GOING TO HELP THE STORY THAT AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL THE PARTNER.
I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU GO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THROUGH MORE FREQUENCY OF POSTING OR, OR THE CONTENT ITSELF, ALL THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER KIND OF LONG RUN BENEFIT OR POTENTIAL BENEFIT OF A PROGRAM BEYOND JUST THE DOLLARS THAT ARE RETURNED TO YOU, IS THAT IN A PERFECT WORLD, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OR IT COMPANY OR WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT, YOU KNOW, CHANCES ARE THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTPRINT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE LARGER THAN YOURS.
BUT WHEN THEY ARE, IF YOU'RE CREATING, YOU KNOW, ORIGINAL VIDEO CONTENT OR THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY'RE THE ONES PUTTING IT ON INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK, THAT'S GOING, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE ORGANIC GROWTH BECAUSE YOU, YOU'RE GONNA BE TAGGED IN THOSE THINGS.
HOPEFULLY THAT RESULTS IN MORE FOLLOWERS AND, AND THAT CONTINUES TO BUILD.
SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE SYSTEM TO THE, TO THE MAXIMUM DEGREE.
SO AS THAT STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE AND, AND AGAIN, COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE TEAM, IF THE SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE AND, AND DIGITAL PROFILE, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE, ARE GROWING OVER TIME, THEN CERTAINLY WE WANNA BE AWARE OF IT AND
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YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS WILL BRING BREADTH OF VISIBILITY TO THE SYSTEM AS WELL.I MEAN, ONE OF OUR THINGS IS WE ARE TRYING TO GROW OUR MARKETING AND JUSTIFYING THAT, LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA GET A GOOD RETURN FOR THAT, UM, IS IMPORTANT.
SO THAT'S GOOD KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE FOR US.
UH,
UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED WITH THEM, I LIKE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONE OF THE BEST PARK SYSTEMS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THEIR HOW INTEGRATED.
THANK YOU MS. UM, WITH OUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND THE PROXIMITY TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND HOW WE UTILIZE THE SAME AREAS AND SHARED BORDERS AND SEPARATE BORDERS, OTHER AREAS, HOW WILL ALL OF THAT KIND OF BE LOOKED AT AND WHEN THERE'S ONE COMING BACK INTO THOSE, THOSE DISTRICTS OR THE, THOSE PARKS AND HOW DOES THAT UTILIZE BACK INTO THE SYSTEM? HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, WORK ALREADY IN THIS BOND SITUATION AND SEEING THIS? I HAD HATE FOR US TO GO INTO ANY OTHER TYPE OF, LIKE, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE IN THOSE POTENTIALLY A US WILL HAVE.
UM, AND I HATE TO PUT THAT UP AS A DECI DIVISIVE EXPERIENCE.
WELL, I WOULD SAY, UM, I RECOGNIZE THAT ISSUE.
UH, IF WE AUTHORIZE THEM TO MOVE INTO THE SALES PIECE, INTO THE CONTRACT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, IN THE COMMITTEE ENVIRONMENT AND THE FULL BOARD ENVIRONMENT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SPENDING POLICY THAT WE ALL CAN AGREE WITH.
AND, UM, IT MAKES SENSE, UH, FOR THE PARK SYSTEM IN GENERAL.
SO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS AN ISSUE.
UH, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND CRAFT A POLICY THAT EVERYONE IS SATISFIED WITH.
BUT THE KEY TO THAT IS GETTING THE MONEY IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHICH REQUIRES CUTTING THESE GUYS LOOSE AND DOING THEIR WORK.
AND THEN, AND WHEN WE GO INTO LIKE A MASTER PLAN TYPE OF THING, AND WE HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT, IS THIS GOING OUT INTO THE PUBLIC FOR COMMUNITY INPUT? UH, THAT'S, I, I DIDN'T ENVISION THAT, THAT IT WOULD GO FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.
I, I'LL GO BETWEEN THE BOARD STAFF, WE CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION.
THE PROCESS, NOT PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
UH, MR. SLAUGHTER, YOU GET THE LAST ONE.
ARE WE THERE? YOU
THAT'S WHAT BENEFITED FROM OUR OWN ASSETS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS SHOULD BE A NO BRAINER.
AND I, I THANK YOU GUYS, UH, UH, BEING A PART OF THIS.
AND AS MY MOTHER USED TO SAY, WHEN WE'RE DRIVING THE COUNTRY ALL AND WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING OUT THE AREA, UH, WE SHOULD DO.
RYAN SAID, TURN THESE GUYS LOOSE.
UH, I WANT TO CALL A BOAT, BUT NOT, UH, CAN WE GO TO LUNCH?
I WAS TOLD, I KNOW EVERYONE WANTS FOR NOTHING, BUT I WAS TOLD NEXT BRIEFING IS REALLY SHORT FROM, I THINK WE MIGHT JUST RUSH THROUGH IT AND WE MEETING REAL QUICK.
SO WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH OUR CITY BY AND JARED IT AND PRESS
I GOT A FEW HOURS HAVE QUESTIONS.
UH, WE'RE JOINED BY, UH, JESSICA, SCOTT AND KATHERINE RUSH FROM OUR
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS
UM, HAPPY TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES.
I'M THE
MY JOB IS TO IMPLEMENT THE BIKE PLAN, UPDATE THE BIKE PLAN, AND ALSO THE
SO, UM, JUST WHAT INCREDIBLE GROUP, UM, IT'S BEEN AWESOME TO HEAR TALKED ABOUT TODAY, UH, COMFORTED AGAIN BY THE RANGERS AND MARSHALS, UH, SINCE TRAIL SAFETY WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THROUGH THIS EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO UPDATE THE BIKE PLAN AND EXCITED TO HEAR, UM, THE
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REACH THAT THE TRAIL SYSTEM HAS, UH, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY, LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING IT TO MORE CONNECTIONS TO IT SO QUICKLY TODAY.UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE, WHICH WHY WE TOOK THIS INITIATIVE TO UPDATE THE BIKE PLAN.
UH, DISCUSSED THE DRAFT BY PLAN AND REVIEW.
GUYS KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE, I THINK AT THIS POINT, SO I'LL SKIP AHEAD.
UH, ONE OF THE KEY REASONS WHY WE'RE UPDATING
SINCE 2011, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF PLANS, UH, UH, ALTERNA ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN, TRAILS PLAN, YOU KNOW, NEED TO GET A HOLISTIC OVERVIEW OF ALL THE TRAIL, THE PLANS THAT HAVE, UM, BEEN UPDATED SINCE THEN.
IT ALSO REFLECTS THE CHANGES THAT DALLAS HAS EXPERIENCED SINCE 2011.
UM, AFTER COMING BACK FROM COLLEGE AND COMING BACK TO DALLAS WHERE I GREW UP.
UH, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IF WE LOOK AT THE CACHE THAT
AND ALSO WE WANNA PRIORITIZE, UH, CONNECTING NETWORK GAPS, UH, PROVIDING, UM, SAFE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SAFETY AND COMFORT THAN WAS IDENTIFIED AT THE PREVIOUS, UH, 2011 PLAN.
UH, TO ALSO REFLECT, UM, UPDATED DESIGN GUIDANCE FROM FEDERAL AND NATIONAL STANDARDS AND TO IMPROVE, UM, CITYWIDE TRAIL CONNECTIONS.
AND WE'LL QUICKLY JUST ALSO UPDATING OUR POLICIES.
UM, AND AGAIN, DESIGN STANDARDS TO COLLECT UPDATES, UM, FROM MOST RECENT, UH, DESIGN GUIDANCES.
AND WE ALSO WANTED AN UPDATED, UM, ESSENTIALLY A PROJECT LIST.
UM, ALL OF THE SEGMENTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN.
UM, WE WANTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONE TO 480, WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED, UM, IMPLEMENTATION.
AND TRULY WITH THAT, UM, WORKED TO DISTILL A TOP 15 TO HAVE MORE DESIGN WORK DONE AND MORE DETAILED COST ESTIMATES DEVELOPED TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE NEW, UH, FACILITY TYPES.
UM, OR WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS THAT LOOKED AT LEVEL OF TRAFFIC, STRESS SAFETY IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND EQUITY.
UH, REALLY PROUD OF, UM, THE WORK THAT WENT INTO, UH, LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS TO HELP DEVELOP, UH, THE RECOMMENDED, UH, NETWORK WAS DEVELOPED.
NEXT, AGAIN, UPDATING THE LIKE POLICIES AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
AND LASTLY IS THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY, UM, NICE LOOKING DOCUMENT, WHICH YOU BASED HERE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, HOPEFULLY THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS, UM, LEGIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO YOU ALL SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS, UM, WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THE ON STREETS, UH, BICYCLE FACILITIES AND HOW THEY'RE CONNECTING TO OUR AMAZING TRAIL SYSTEM.
SO INCLUDED IN THE PLAN IS THE METHODOLOGY FOR UPDATING BIKE NETWORK, THE BIKE NETWORK ITSELF, UH, HIGHLIGHTED DESIGN STANDARD RECOMMENDATIONS, POLICY REVIEWS, AND A CHAPTER ON IMPLEMENTATION.
SO QUICKLY HERE WITH THE METHODOLOGY MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS, A DEMAND ANALYSIS, A LEVEL OF STRESS ASSESSMENT, UM, ALSO LOOKING AT EQUITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH DATA TO PRIORITIZE WHERE, UM, THESE FACILITIES ARE GOING IN.
AND THIS ALSO IMPACTED THE CRITERIA SCORING CRITERIA FOR HOW TO PUT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS IN AN ORDER.
AND AGAIN, USE THE TRAIL PLAN, THE THREE SIX PLUS 360 PLAN AND
SO THE RESULTING NETWORK IS 536 MILES, UM, OF TOTAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.
THIS, UM, RESULTS IN 175 MILES OF MY BOULEVARDS, 140 MILES OF PEOPLE SEPARATED ON STREET BIKE LANES, 91 MILES OF PHYSICALLY SEPARATED BIKE LANES AND 130 MILES OF TRAILS.
SO YOU MIGHT BE, HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THESE, UM, LOOK LIKE.
THIS MIGHT BE A BIT SMALL, BUT, UH, AT THE TOP THERE WE HAVE THE
UM, THOSE ARE MAJORITY OF WHAT WAS IMPLEMENTED, UM, FROM THE LAST PLAN.
WE HAVE SEVERAL ROUTES THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO KEEP.
UM, THOSE ARE ON LOWER VOLUME, LOWER STRESS ROADWAYS.
WE'RE JUST KEEPING THOSE SHARED LANE MARKINGS, UM, IN THE ROAD.
AND, UM, A NEW FACILITY TYPE FOR DALLAS, BUT HAS SEEN SUCCESS AND STUDIES LIKE PORTLAND, SEATTLE, DENVER, UM, IT'S MIKE BOULEVARDS, SOMETIMES KNOWN AS NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
UM, THESE ARE TAKING THOSE LOW STRESS, UM, LOW VOLUME NEIGHBORHOOD ROADWAYS AND, UH, REQUIRING THE ADDITION OF TRAFFIC CALMING.
UM, THOSE TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES.
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YOU SEE IN THE, THE GREEN SECTION.THERE'S, UM, SPEED BUMPS, UH, PEDESTRIAN MEDIAN REFUGE ISLANDS, CHICANES, UH, TRAFFIC DIVERSION, OTHER THINGS TO HELP EVEN FURTHER SLOW THE TRAFFIC AND LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THOSE ROADS SO THAT THOSE ARE SAFER, THOSE FEEL SAFE FOR CYCLISTS TO, UH, RIDE.
AND REALLY THOSE ARE THOSE, THOSE NETWORKS THAT CAN HELP GET KIDS TO SCHOOL AND INTO THE PARKS THAT ARE WITHIN.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE HIGH STRESS BOUNDARIES THAT ARE, ARE, UM, ARTERIALS, SIX LANE ROADS, VISUALLY SEPARATED BIKE LANES YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, PHYSICALLY SEPARATED BY LANES.
AGAIN, WE WANTED SOME ENHANCED DETAIL IN THIS BACK FORTH.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE SOME FLEX POSTS OUT ON SOME FACILITIES ON THE COMMERCE BRIDGE, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR UPDATED GUIDANCE ON, UH, SOME POTENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGHER IMPACT, HIGHER LEVEL OF COMFORT, HEALING FACILITIES THAT HAVE MORE CONCRETE SEPARATION.
HOUSTON STREET WITH CONCRETE SEPARATOR, IT FEELS A LOT SAFER.
UM, WE RECENTLY ALSO HAVE THAT ON ABRAMS AND EAST DALLAS.
SO, UH, JUST LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT GUIDANCE AND THAT IMPLEMENTATION.
WE ALSO HAD A FOCUS ON INTEGRATING, UH, THESE MICRO FACILITIES UPDATING STANDARDS TO INCORPORATE, UM, THE DART BUS STOPS.
'CAUSE THAT'S, I DON'T LIKE SHARING THE LANE WITH THE BUS, SO I WANT, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THAT A LITTLE SAFER.
SO WE'RE UPDATING, UM, ALL THE STANDARDS TO FACILITIES FEEL SAFER AND APPROACHABLE.
SO HERE IS THE TOP 15 PROJECTS, UM, IDENTIFIED ON THE MAP.
AND, AND THIS ISN'T, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT 15 THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, THESE ARE THE HIGH SCORING PROJECTS.
UM, BUT THESE ARE WHAT, UM, THOSE HIGHER, MORE DETAILED COST ESTIMATES AND A LITTLE BIT, UM, MORE WORK IN DESIGNING WHAT THIS SPECIFIC LOOK LIKE, UM, WENT INTO.
AND WE HAD SEVERAL REASONS FOR THAT.
ONE OF THEM WAS TO SHOW WHAT THESE FACILITIES COULD LOOK LIKE.
SO JUST WE WANTED MORE DESIGN WORK.
AND ALSO WITHIN THE IMPLEMENTATION WHERE, UM, IDENTIFYING WAYS TO MEASURE THE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPINE PLAN.
IT'S CALLING FOR FINDING PLAN, WORKING GROUPS, WORKING STAFF, WORKING GROUPS.
UM, ALSO A FINE SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BE MADE UP OF, UM, PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES AND QUICKLY TO OVERVIEW THE, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAD DISTINCT PHASES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
AND SO PHASE ONE, UM, THIS WAS A VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT PHASE WHERE WE HAD AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE MAP.
WE RECEIVED SO MANY COMMENTS ON THIS MAP, IDENTIFYING, UM, AREAS WHERE PEOPLE WANTED TO BIKE TO IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE THEY FELT CONCERNED.
AND IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE, UM, KICKOFF TO UPDATING THIS PLAN AND HAD GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE, WHY, AND HOW RIGHT PEOPLE.
WE HEARD SENSIBLY ABOUT, UM, THE EXCITEMENT THAT THE, UM, THE GIRLS NETWORK IS SPY, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, RAMP OFF THAT S SPINE NETWORK WITH THESE ON STREET FACILITIES.
UH, BUT JUST WE CAN'T OVERSTATE THE KUDOS TO, UM, S DEPARTMENTS.
UM, APPROXIMATELY IMPLEMENTING A AMAZING TRAIL SYSTEM ANALYSIS.
UH, PHASE TWO, WE, UH, WERE SEEKING FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT NETWORK AND, UH, WE WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE DESIGN STANDARDS, WHAT ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ON STREETE BIKE FACILITIES.
AND ALL THAT WAS DISTILLED TO OUR, UM,
UM, THAT'S BEEN RECENTLY, UM, CLOSE THAT ONE OUT.
WE HAD BLAST TO INTERACT WITH MAP PHASE.
UM, AGAIN, SEEING A LOT OF COMMENTS, UM, AND SUPPORT OF THE PLAN.
UH, SOME COMMENTS AND OPPOSITION TO, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC ROUTES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
UM, OVERALL SUPPORT AND EXCITEMENT FOR IMPLEMENTING
SO GUIDING US, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WERE TWO COMMITTEES.
THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, WAS MADE UP OF RESIDENTS NOMINATED BY, UH, EACH MEMBER OF COUNCIL.
UM, SOME, THERE WAS SOME CROSS-POLLINATION LANE.
UM, COMING AT THE END OF THE PROCESS AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, WAS MADE UP OF STAFF OF MANY DEPARTMENTS, UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AFTER CHRIS, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR PROVIDING, UM, THIS INPUT PROCESS.
UM, I REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, UM, THE GUIDANCE WE'VE RECEIVED, WHICH IS TRULY AN, A REALLY HELPFUL REVIEW AND, UM, CAN'T THANK, SO, SO OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, ARE TO UPDATE THE DRAFT PLAN, UM, WITH THE
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COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND FROM THAT MOST RECENT PHASE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH.UH, LAST COMMENTS, UM, PREVIOUS MEETINGS, TECHNICAL, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE BIKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO APPROVE COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY IT'S COMING UP IN OCTOBER 18TH.
AND FROM THERE WE WOULD INCORPORATE ANY COMMENTS THAT WE HEAR THEN, AND THEN TAKE IT TO COUNSEL PLAN, ADOPTION PLAN FOR NOVEMBER, 2023.
AND WE CAN FINALLY GET STARTED ON CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT.
WE HAVE, UM, JUST CONTINUE, CONTINUE, UM, TO IMPLEMENT THESE UPDATED DESIGN GUIDES AND STANDARDS.
AND SO WITH THAT, I THINK THE PROCESS IS OPEN UP QUESTIONS.
I WISH EVERY BRIEFING IS THIS INCORRECT.
I CAME IN AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, UM, BUT EVEN THE PART THAT I CAME IN ON WAS WE HAD TO WORK VERY HARD.
UM, IT'S A LOT LIKE US SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE IN THAT ROOM.
UM, A LOT OF OPINIONS THAT WERE BEING SHARED ABOUT THIS.
AND YOU GUYS, UM, DID A, DID A GREAT JOB.
IT'S RUSH FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK.
I'M LIKE TEXTING RUDY RIGHT NOW, ASKING FOR E-BIKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
FINALLY, READY TO BITE THE BULLETS.
I'M BEHIND THE TIMES, BUT AFTER, UM, TAKING MY FAMILY CYCLING THROUGH, WE, WE BIKED THROUGH PARIS AND THERE IS NOT A STEADY, YOU THINK OF IN TERMS OF BIKE, UH, BIKE SAFETY AND TRAILS, BUT I WAS SO IMPRESSED.
THE BIKE LANES, THE SAFETY, THE, UM, SOME WERE SEPARATED, SOME WERE NOT.
SO I LOVE SEEING THE VARIETY THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE HERE.
I'VE WORKED RIGHT DOWN, UM, VERY CLOSE TO THE DESIGN DISTRICT.
AND SO ALL THE NEW, THE NEW PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON, UH, WHITECLIFF ON, UM, JUST RIGHT BY THE A**L TOOK A, A LANE THERE.
BUT I JUST THINK THIS IS THE WAY DALLAS NEEDS TO GO.
WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM, WE'LL NEVER TOTALLY GET AWAY FROM CARS, BUT THINKING IN MICRO MOBILITY.
I DO ALSO OWN ELECTRIC SCOOTERS.
SO WE, I'M A CHAMPION FOR, UH, NO, WE CAN'T USE 'EM ON OUR TRAILS.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE COMPREHENSIVENESS THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THE BIKE PLAN.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS CAN BE A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES ONCE IT'S IMPLEMENT, FULLY IMPLEMENT.
NER, YOU ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I, I DON'T EVEN NEED MINUTES, PRESIDENT.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS MY OPINIONS ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING WITH BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THANK YOU TO THE THREE OF YOU AND INCLUDING JARED THERE, BECAUSE I THINK BETWEEN THE THREE OF Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE RIDDEN ALMOST EVERY PORTION OF THE TRAIL, UH, NETWORK WITH ME AND WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD AS WE'VE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND FOR PRIORITIZING BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS AS, UH, CALVER POINTED OUT WITHOUT CARS AND GETTING WAYS GETTING AROUND ON OUR BICYCLE.
YEAH, THIS BRIEFING IS VERY TIMELY AS WE EXIT THE SUMMER OF SIZZLE HERE IN A FEW WEEKS AND GET BACK ON OUR BIKES AND JOIN PARK BOARD MEMBER KIDNER AND DIRECTOR JENKINS ON THOSE RIDES.
WE'VE HAD THE GOOD GRACES OF BEING ABLE TO RIDE WITH CATHERINE AND OTHERS, UH, JARED INCLUDED.
AND, AND THE THINGS THAT WE SEE AND LEARN ON OUR TRAILS ARE JUST PRICELESS.
I MEAN, WHEN I JOINED THE PARK BOARD A LONG TIME AGO, SOMEONE SAID, WHAT'S YOUR MOST, WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR BEST TOOL, UH, TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THIS JOB? IT'S MY BIKE.
SO TO HEAR FOLKS LIKE CALVER SAY, WHO WANTS TO GET A, GET A NEW BIKE AND JOIN US AND OTHERS, I KNOW HARRISON HAS AN E-BIKE.
UH, DANIEL WOOD HAS AN E-BIKE.
I MEAN, JUST FORGET THE ELECTRIC PART, YOU KNOW, JUST BIKE IN GENERAL.
JUST, JUST JOIN US ON THESE RIDES.
YOU SEE THE GOOD, THE BAD OF YOUR CITY AND, AND YOU SEE IT IN A VERY EFFICIENT AND HEALTHY WAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS BRIEFING AND I'M FULLY ON BOARD WITH IT.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, I, UNFORTUNATELY, I MISSED THE PUBLIC INPUT SECTION AND IT MAY BE A LITTLE WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE, BUT I, I'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IT.
SO I WOULD JUST POINT IT OUT NOW ON THE 15 PROJECTS.
I'M SURE THEY WERE WELL DEBATED AND CHOSEN, BUT THERE, THERE'S ONE MISSED OPPORTUNITY THAT THE LOOP IS GREAT.
UM, BUT CURRENT LOOP, IT ENDS AT THE INWOOD STATION, A SECOND PHASE TWO OF THE TRINITY STRAND TRAIL, AND TWO MILES NORTH ALONG DENTON DRIVE OR CEDAR SPRINGS, YOU'VE GOT THE WESTERN TERMINUS OF THE NORTH HAVEN TRAIL.
SO THERE'S A TWO MILE SECTION, AND THE COUNTY'S PUT UP A MILLION DOLLARS OF M C I P MONEY THAT DALLAS HAS NOT YET MATCHED TO DO A COMPLETE STREETS THERE.
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CLOSED, IT, IT VASTLY EXPANDS THE MILEAGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET OUR BRIDGE OVER CENTRAL TO BE ABLE TO DO A MUCH BIGGER LOOP THAN EVEN WHAT THE CIRCUIT TRAIL CONSERVANCY HAS DONE.BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S NOT IN ANYBODY'S FRONT BURNER, EXCEPT FOR THOSE OF US IN NORTHWEST DALLAS WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS BETTER THAN WE DO TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
BECAUSE I CAN GO TO THE NORTH AGENT TRAIL AND I'LL BE ABLE TO CROSS CENTRAL AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN AND GO TO THE TRINITY FOR, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, GET ALL THE WAY BACK UP ACROSS TOCA, OVER TO TRINITY STRAND, THEN THERE'S BOOM, THERE'S A STOP.
AND ALL THAT'S KEEPING US FROM THAT ENORMOUS LOOP, WHICH 70 OR 80 OR A HUNDRED MILES IS THAT TWO MILE STRETCH LOG, EITHER DEAD OR CEDAR SPRING.
SO I JUST HOPE YOU ALL WOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
AND YOU HAVE IT ALREADY 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE TOP ONE, THE 15, OH, IT'S NOT ONE OF THE 15.
UM, BUT UH, IT'S PROBABLY IDENTIFIED IN THE OVERALL NETWORK, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, DRIVE OR ANOTHER CONNECTION, I'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THE OVERALL NETWORK AND I'M SURE THAT WE HAVE A CONNECTION IN THAT AREA.
UM, MISS MUD, THAT CAN WE ADD? IT'S ON.
UM, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT, UH, WHILE IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE TOP 15 PROJECTS, BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE, UM, M C I P FUNDING, IT IS LIKELY GOING TO BE PRIORITIZED, UM, 2024 BOND.
UM, BUT IT ISN'T A, UH, AN INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE PROJECT DENTON DRIVE.
SO I THINK WE'LL STILL BE, UH, FEELING THAT AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE A DECADES LONG WORK TO GET THAT CONNECTED, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ON PEOPLE'S RADARS.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN ENJOYING WORKING AGAIN WITH JARED, BUT JARED STAYS HERE IN PARK, CAN'T HAVE BACK
I, UH, HAD THE PLEASURE OF RIDING, UM, ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS WHEN DART AND THE CONNECTIONS WITH DART, UM, IN THE TRAIL SYSTEM WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
I WAS DOWNTOWN, UM, RODE DART TO FAIR PARK, MET EVERYBODY, AND WE RODE ALL THE WAY UP TO WHITE ROCK, UM, DOWN MOCKINGBIRD, UM, DOWN TO DOWNTOWN AMERICAN AIRLINES AND BACK DOWN INTO DOWNTOWN AND THEN BACK, YOU KNOW, AND MADE A FULL LOOP.
AND VERY RARE DID WE HAVE TO GET ON THE ROADS.
UM, IT WAS A REALLY, AN AMAZING, UM, VISION FOR BEING OUT OR IN OUR CITY IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
UM, SO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS GREAT.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS IS A PRIORITY, I THINK.
UM, I THINK THAT OUR, UM, ABILITY TO CONNECT THE NORTH, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A GOING UP NORTH TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT OUR NORTHERN FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, UM, TO THE NEW SILVER LINE, WHICH IS GONNA BE A, UM, 26 MILE, UM, FROM PLANO TO, UM, D F W.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE A TRAIL ALONG THE ENTIRE THING.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING, UM, OPPORTUNITY.
LIKE YOU COULD RIDE YOUR BIKE TO D F W AND, YOU KNOW, RIDE THE TRAIN HOME OR, YOU KNOW, RIDE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S JUST GONNA CONNECT EVERYTHING.
IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY, A GOOD, UM, CONNECTION ALL THE WAY AROUND.
SO, UM, OUR CITY HAS SEEN DIFFERENTLY.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY, IT, IT WAS EYE-OPENING WHEN RUDY FINALLY GOT ME OUT THERE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH DIRECTOR JENKINS, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HOW, I MEAN, WE EVEN GOT MS. ARNOLD OUT THERE ON THE BIKE.
UM, HARRISON WAS OUT THERE WITH US.
UM, WE, IT, IT WAS AN AMAZING, UM, ADVENTURE.
AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY HERE TO, YOU KNOW, JOIN US ON ONE OF THOSE RIDES BECAUSE SEEING OUR CITY ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM IS NOT LIKE DRIVING ANYWHERE OR WALKING ANYWHERE, GOING TO A PARK.
IT'S, IT'S A REALLY COOL NETWORK AND THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT HAS WENT BEHIND THAT, UM, IN THE YEARS.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
DONE, MR.
UH, YES, YOU ALL ARE INVITED, ENCOURAGED TO PLEASE JOIN US.
I THINK WE'VE DONE SEVEN OR EIGHT OF THESE TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RIDES, AND I GIVE DIRECTOR JENKINS A LOT OF CREDIT BECAUSE THIS WAS PROBABLY FOUR YEARS AGO.
UH, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KLEINMAN AND I CAME TO HIM WITH A CRAZY IDEA THAT LET'S RIDE, UH, NORTH HAVEN, WHITE ROCK CREEK, COTTONWOOD CREEK,
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SOAK AND LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHERE THE CHALLENGES ARE.AND I REMEMBER ON ONE OF OUR INITIAL RIDES, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO CROSS GREENVILLE, JUST THE THREE OF US TO CONNECT BETWEEN WHITE ROCK CREEK AND SOAK AND COUNCIL MEMBER KLEINMAN, IF YOU KNOW HIM, HE CAN GET, UH, QUITE VOLATILE SOMETIMES.
AND HE CALLED, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ON THE PHONE AND SAID, WE NEED TO GET THIS FIXED RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT'S THE IDEAL WAY TO SEE THE CITY IS BY BICYCLE.
SO THANK YOU DIRECTOR JENKINS FOR, UH, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE RIDES WITH US.
THEY ARE FUN, UH, BUT WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN DOING THOSE.
AND, UH, I DID WANNA MENTION ALSO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, BIKE PLANNING, LOOK AT THE PRIORITY AREAS, IT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH FOCUSED IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE LITTLE PORTION IN NORTH DALLAS, WHICH IS MEANDERING, WHICH IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL AND THE PRESS STORAGE TRAIL.
AND RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO EASY WAY TO DO THAT OTHER THAN GOING ON MEANDERING, RIGHT? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE RIDDEN AND LOOKED AT.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT IN THE, UH, PRIORITIES AS WELL.
WITH THAT, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE AMAZING WORK AND TO MAKE, UH, S A BANK FRIENDLY CITY STAND THIS COME TO
WITH THAT, ANY BUDGET UPDATES MS. PERRY? I GUESS NONE, RIGHT? THE TOWN
YEAH, THE BOND PROGRAM DIRECTOR JENKINS HAS WORKED, WHICH IS GOING TO SUBCOMMITTEE AFTER IT COMES FROM US.
WE WILL DISCUSS, I THINK WE NEED TO VOTE AS TO, BECAUSE THIS WAS A VOTING ITEM, RIGHT? SO DO WE NEED TO, IT'S JUST A WORKSHOP.
IT WAS JUST A WORKSHOP BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD, WE DEFERRED IT TO TODAY.
ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? WE HAVE ONE.
SORRY, SEPTEMBER 8TH THROUGH THE 30TH.
THAT'S THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I'VE, OKAY, SORRY.
UM, NOT TWO THINGS, NOT LIAISON REPORT, BUT, UM, WE HAD OUR, UH, COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE MEETING.
UM, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COME OUT, UM, TALK ABOUT PARKS.
I'D PROBABLY SAY OF THE 40 SPEAKERS, OKAY, ABOUT 30 OF, PROBABLY 30 OF THE 40 SPEAKERS CAME OUT AND TALKED ABOUT PARKS.
WE NEED TO KEEP HAMMERING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE.
I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU AS PARK BOARD MEMBERS TO GET YOUR PEOPLE OUT.
RUDY, ADD A SMALL ARMY THERE,
UM, SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THE SENTIMENT WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT 14 ALWAYS COMES OUT.
UM, AND SO, UM, LET'S, UH, LET'S GET OUR PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE, COME AND TALK ABOUT PARKS, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL LISTEN.
SECONDLY, A KUDOS TO SOMEBODY WHO'S SITTING AROUND THE, THE HORSESHOE HERE.
TAYLOR, I CAME OUT TO, UH, YOUR EVENT, YOUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOT BEEN THERE OR SEEN THAT EVENT BEFORE, IT IS A PRODUCTION.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY, RECORD.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU MR.
UH, COMING UP THIS SATURDAY OR FINAL, OUR AQUATIC SEASON, BUT WE'RE ALSO, UH, PROMOTING SKIN AND SUN SAFETY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN.
SATURDAY AT 11:00 AM AT BACHMAN.
WE'RE GONNA DO ONE LAST SLIDE CHALLENGE, UH, BUT ALSO PROMOTE SKIN AND SUN SAFETY WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM UT SOUTHWESTERN.
SO BO, WE COMING OUT, YOU CAN DO THE SLIDE CHALLENGE AND I KNOW I'M DOING A SKIN SIGNAL.
SO, UH, TIM, AND I'LL BE OUT THERE IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO JOIN US.
YOU WANT WHICH ONE? SO WHAT'S 11TH SUNDAY AT BOX? SATURDAY? SATURDAY, MS. TYSON.
THE WHOLE MONTH OF AUGUST IS DOLLAR DAYS AT THE ARBORETUM.
SO YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT WANNA GO A LITTLE HOT, BUT, UM, $3 FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST AT THE ARBORETUM, AND IT'LL BE COMING UP, UH, SEPTEMBER 9TH IS HISPANIC HERITAGE AT THE ARBORETUM.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS OF THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
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THAT'S GOOD TONIGHT.TONIGHT AT, UH, THE
WE'RE DOING OUR RIBBON CUTTING, UM, 68.
UM, IT IS THREE YEARS IN THE COMING FOR THIS RENAMING, SO PLEASE COME OUT AND THANK YOU, MR. DEPUTY.
YOU WON'T, DON'T FORGET, UH, YOU
THANK, THANK YOU PRESIDENT AGARAL.
I JUST WANTED TO ALSO, UM, ADD TO WHAT MR. CONNOR HAD SAID AND ALSO SHOUT OUT TO, UH, RUDY
I MEAN, FOR BRINGING ALL, UH, SO MANY ADVOCATES FOR PARKS.
AND I WANTED TO SHARE A QUOTE.
I WAS TAKING NOTES OF ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT SPOKE AT THE TASK FORCE, UM, COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY, SHE WAS ACTUALLY FROM DISTRICT THREE, UM, TIANA.
AND SHE TALKED ABOUT BEING, UH, SHE WAS, SHE WAS 19 YEARS OLD, BUT SHE TALKED ABOUT AS A CHILD BEING HOMELESS AND FINDING SOLACE IN THE PARKS.
AND SHE SAID A QUOTE THAT TO ME WAS VERY POWERFUL.
SHE SAYS, A PARK IS A PILLAR THAT ACTS AS A BACKBONE TO A COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UH, THE PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT MR. RICE JUST MENTIONED WAS, UH, SHE WAS HERE, UH, IN THE PARK BOARD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND I'M GLAD THAT SHE GOT THE INFORMATION TO GO SPEAK.
THAT MESSAGE WAS POWERFUL AND IT WAS DELIVERED GORGEOUSLY JUST BEAUTIFULLY BY THE YOUNG LADY.
I ALSO DO WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. CONNOR'S STATEMENT.
UM, FOR AUGUST 22ND, REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING.
MAYBE SO MANY PARK LOVERS ALREADY HAVE SIGNED UP, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT STOP YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR UNCLES AND YOUR AUNTS FROM GOING.
YOU CAN GO SIT IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU CAN BRING SIGNS AND SAY, I LOVE PARKS.
YOU CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
UM, THE IMPACT, UH, THERE WAS AN IMPACT, UH, ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE IMPRESSION WAS THAT, HEY, THESE PEOPLE LOVE PARKS.
SO AGAIN, EVEN IF YOU'RE SHY, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK, YOU CAN STILL COME SIT IN THE AUDIENCE AND JUST BRING A LITTLE SIGN THAT SAYS PARTS.
YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE DO IT AT CITY HALL.
UH, JUST, JUST, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO CONSIDER THAT.
MR. WILL, I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO A FELLOW PARK BOARD LOVER, MR. BRIAN CO-CHAIR OF THE, UH, TASK FORCE.
SO THANK YOU FOR PARTS COMMENTS, AND I WANT TO GIVE SHOUT OUT TO MR. TOS.
YOU HAVE NOT SEE THAT THE WAY THEY HANDLE ALL THINGS SHOWS THE PASSION.
SO, MR. TOY, THANK YOU FOR, BUT THAT'S NO MORE.
MR. CLAIRE, WELCOME BACK TO A BAD COP.
LOOK, I, I'M, I, I'M SO GLAD TO BE HOME AND THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT FOR, UH, THE QUICK RECOGNITION
UH, AND I WANNA SAY ALSO THAT BROTHER TWINS, UM, THE IMPACT WAS FELT EVEN ACROSS THE, THE POND.
UM, WE GOT TO SEE A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT HE'S IMPACTED, AND I GOT TO BE THERE YEAR ONE.
AND NOW I'M SEEING HOW, HOW LARGE AND MASSIVE THIS EVENT IS.
AND JUST FOR, UH, BROTHER TWINS' ADVOCACY FOR DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN GLENDALE, BUT HE'S DEFINITELY DRIVING A LOT OF THAT IMPACT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE GIVE SOME KUDOS WHERE KUDOS ARE DUE.
AND HE HONORED ONE OF, UM, ONE OF THE LEADERS WHO PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR, WHO MADE A LOT OF IMPACT, MR. TURNER COOPER.
SO THE, THE ART AND DESIGNS WERE VERY INTENTIONAL AND THEY REALLY IMPACTED COMMUNITY.
SO FOR THE TOS, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
WITH THAT, UH, OUR NEXT PART BOARD MEETING WILL BE AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2023.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE BOND WORK.
SO IT MIGHT BE A LONG MEETING.
SO WHEN, WHEN SEPTEMBER 7TH, THIS IS WHEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, SUGGESTIONS WILL COME BACK TO US.
WE HAD GENERAL FOX INVITATION FOR MEETING.