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HEAR ME? WE HAVE[Senior Affairs Commission on August 21, 2023.]
SOME SPEAKERS, BUT THEY'RE PART OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, UH, NOTE THEM YET UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO SPEAK.UM, BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, TO DO A ROLL CALL.
AND SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
CARMEN, ARE YOU ONLINE? I CAN'T SEE ALL THE WAY OVER THERE.
UM, PORTIA, I'M NOT SEEING, CAN YOU CONFIRM? IF YOU CAN SEE AND HEAR ME, CARMEN, I CAN SEE YOU AND HEAR YOU.
UH, PORTIA? I DON'T SEE, UH, VERNA MITCHELL IS NOT HERE.
SHE SAID SHE WAS GONNA TRY TO CALL IN IF SHE COULD.
UH, SHE SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING THAT SHE HAD, UH, SOMETHING GOING ON WITH, WITH, UH, I THINK WITH A FRIEND THAT OKAY.
MEDICAL RELATED, BUT SHE WAS GONNA TRY TO CALL IN.
SHE MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE POLICE.
UH, MARIAN, UH, MARILYN DANIELS.
MARIAN WILLIAMS IS HERE NEXT TO ME.
UH, DAVID, I CAN SEE THEM AND THEY'RE TELLING, OR SEE.
IS JERRY BAKER HERE? BUT SHE'S SHE'S NOT GONNA BE MAKING IT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO'S OUT AND WHO'S NOT.
UM, PETER, YOU'RE THERE? I'M IS HERE.
SO NICOLE, DO WE HAVE A QUO OR LINDA, DO WE HAVE A FOUR? I DON'T THINK SO.
UM, AS A REMINDER, UH, FOR THE TMA REQUIREMENTS, UH, MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDIA BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.
HOWEVER, YOUR FACES SHOULD BE VISIBLE AND THEIR VOICE IS AUDIBLE AT THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF HERE.
UM, YOU'RE CONSIDERED ABSENT, UH, FROM THE MEETING DURING ANY PORTION OF THE MEETING WHERE YOUR AUDIO OR VIDEO IS LOST.
UM, YOU'RE CONSIDERED THAT ABSENT FOR THAT PART OF THE MEETING WHERE THE COMMUNICATION IS LOST, AND YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING, WHICH WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE DOING TODAY.
UM, SO, UM, JESSICA IS GONNA MAKE A PRESENTATION LATER ON THAT WILL INCLUDE ONE OF OUR, UH, AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH IS A CALENDAR OF DUE DATES FOR VARIOUS REPORTS AND, UM, DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMISSION THAT INTERFACES THE CITY AS WELL.
UM, EXCUSE ME, CAN I ALLOW ME TO INTERRUPT? SURE.
CARMEN, I JUST WANNA VERIFY THAT YOU CAN SEE ME AND HEAR ME.
WE CAN SEE YOU AND WE CAN HEAR YOU.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA START OFF THIS MORNING.
UH, IF OUR PRESENTER IS HERE, DR.
LINDSEY WILSON, TO GIVE US A BRIEFING ON THE CITY OF DALLAS'S RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
LINDSAY, YOU WON'T BE ON CAMERA THERE.
YOU'LL NEED TO STAND UP HERE, OR YOU CAN SIT IN THE CHAIR.
PETE, IS THAT OKAY? YES, SHE SIT.
YEAH, AS LONG AS SHE'S VISIBLE.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS' FIRST RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
THERE'S SOMETHING ON, OH, THERE.
UM, SELENA, I THINK WE MAY NEED TO SHARE IT DIFFERENTLY, OR MAYBE YOU STOP SHARING
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AND WE CAN SHARE HERE.MAY NEED TO GO ON POWERPOINT MODE.
WELL, WHEN WE DO THAT, CAN WE GO BACK WHAT ITEM MINUTES HERE? OH, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
JESSICA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING MADE ON TRACK.
WE DID HAVE, UM, A COPY OF THE MINUTES, UH, INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET FOR THIS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? KAREN HAS A, UH, MADE A MOTION.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING? EVERYONE IS IN FAVOR OF APPROVING, SAY A OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE ASTERISK NEXT TO OUR NAMES, UH, I KNOW IT SAYS IT INDICATES THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESENT BY VIDEO UHHUH
SO IS THAT A DEMERIT ON US? IS IT AGAINST US? NO, THE AS, UH, I JUST, JUST, UH, READ ON THE TOMA.
IT IS PERFECTLY OKAY FOR YOU TO BE ATTENDING, UH, BY VIDEO CONFERENCE.
IT'S JUST A NOTATION OF WHO WAS PRESENT AND WHO IS NOT, OR WHO IS, UH, HERE IN THE, IN THE ROOM.
NO, I, I KNOW THE TOMA, UH, REGULATIONS.
I KNOW THE GOVERNOR ABBOTT APPROVED THEM.
I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT WHY WE HAVEN'T ASTERISK NEXT TO OUR NAME.
SO, OTHER THAN THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE AGAIN, EVERYONE WHO'S IN FAVOR RAISE THEIR HAND, UH, THE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY NOS? UH, I'M ON MY PHONE AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU ALL SEE ME AS PRESENT OR NOT, BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE YOU.
SO THE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED NOW, LINDSAY, YOU MAY MOVE US.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND SO, DURING OUR TIME TODAY, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL START BY JUST GIVING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PLAN IS, UH, TALK ABOUT HOW WE DEVELOP THE PLAN WITH, UH, COMMUNITY, AND THEN DIG INTO THE FRAMEWORK, HIGHLIGHTING OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS AND OUR DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES, AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE FIND TO BE KEY, WHICH IS COMMUNICATION, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, OF THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
UM, ON THIS SLIDE, THERE IS A QR CODE.
AS WE KNOW THAT DALLAS HAS MANY ATTRIBUTES AND A THRIVING ECONOMY IN A VARIETY OF SECTORS, RIGHT? WHETHER WE'RE TALKING SMALL BUSINESSES, TECH, ENGINEERING, MEDICINE, UH, LAW.
YET WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A LARGE WEALTH DISPARITY IN OTHER, UH, DISPARITIES IN REGARDS TO, UH, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.
AND SO THAT QR CODE LED US TO OUR 2019 EQUITY INDICATORS, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS, UH, THE DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE NEED FOR THIS PLAN.
AND SO, SOME OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING, OKAY, EXACTLY WHAT IS THE PLAN? IT'S A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT THE CITY IN UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING THE DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE ACROSS DALLAS.
IT WAS DEVELOPED OVER A COURSE OF 16 MONTHS WITH COMMUNITY, AND IT REALLY ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ENHANCE THEIR CURRENT PLANS, THEIR POLICY, AND OTHER INITIATIVES WITH MEASURABLE GOALS, UH, SO THAT, AGAIN, WE CAN ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES THAT WE KNOW EXIST HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THE OVERALL PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE CITY LEADERS WITH ACTIONABLE LEVERS BY ESTABLISHING SHORT, MID, AND LONGER TERM GOALS.
AND THEN WE'LL GIVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE GOALS LOOK LIKE.
AND SO, THERE'S A LOT THAT I CAN SAY ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, BUT I, I PROMISE I'LL BE BRIEF WHEN WE'RE REFERENCING COMMUNITIES, UH, AND, AND LET'S, LET'S BE FRANK, UH, COMMUNITIES WHO MAY HAVE MISTRUST FOR, FOR GOVERNMENT, FOR VERY GOOD REASONS.
WE LED THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THIS PLAN, UH, WITH THREE IMPORTANT FACTORS, AND THAT WAS TO BE INTENTIONAL, INCLUSIVE, AND IMPACTFUL.
AND SO SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE WERE INTENTIONAL WAS TO SET UP A VARIETY OF TOUCH POINTS AND MULTI-CHANNEL, UH, MULTI-LINGUAL MARKETING STRATEGIES TO CREATE
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AWARENESS AROUND THIS PLAN.UM, WE HAD WEBSITE VIEWS, WE DID TELEPHONE CALLS, AND ALSO IN-PERSON, UH, MEETINGS.
WE OFFERED SURVEYS IN OVER 56 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, NEWSLETTERS, AND OTHER TYPE OF COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES.
AND SO ON THIS SLIDE, IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS A FEW OF THE INCLUSIVE EFFORTS THAT WE TOOK.
UM, ON THE TOP THERE, YOU'LL SEE SPANISH ONLY EVENTS.
WE HELD SEVERAL SPANISH ONLY EVENTS.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT RESEARCH CONTINUES TO SHOW WHEN YOU HOLD SPANISH ONLY OR ANY, UM, OTHER LANGUAGE EVENTS THAT YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A BETTER TURNOUT.
UM, SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE LISTED ON HERE, BUT WE'RE A PART OF THIS PROCESS, UM, WAS WITH THE JC REC CENTER AND THE SENIOR ADULT PROGRAM, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT, UM, AND SO FORTH.
THREE MAIN OVERARCHING THEMES THAT WE HEARD DURING THIS ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WAS, ONE, THE NEED FOR SHARED PROSPERITY.
UH, COMMUNITIES WHO EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST DISPARITIES DESIRE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE CITY'S TREMENDOUS SHARED PROSPERITY.
THE SECOND IS ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEADERSHIP.
AS WE WERE OUT ENGAGING COMMUNITY, WE HEARD VERY LOUD AND CLEAR LESS PLANS MORE ACTION, WHICH AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, MADE IT FOR AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT INQUIRING ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN A PLAN.
AND THEN FINALLY IS CONNECTED COMMUNITIES AND AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HOUSING.
AND SO, AS WE HEARD FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITIES OVER THAT EXTENDED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, PROCESS, WE THEN STARTED TO FORMULATE INTERNALLY ALONGSIDE ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, WE CALL OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS.
AND SO WHAT THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS IS HOW WE TOOK WHAT WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY AND THEN MADE THEM A PART OF, UH, THE STAPLE OF THE PLAN.
UH, AND SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS.
ALL RIGHT, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL.
AND SO THERE'S TWO BIG COMPONENTS WITHIN THIS PLAN THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
ONE OF THEM ARE THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
SO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES THAT ARE SHORTER AND MIDTERM GOALS.
THEY'RE THREE TO FIVE YEARS IN, IN LENGTH, AND THEY NAME WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO BY WHEN.
AND SO IT'S ALMOST A LAYER OF ACCOUNTABILITY BAKED INTO THE PLAN.
AND THEN AS YOU MOVE UP THAT MOUNTAIN, RIGHT, AND WE GO TO THE ACTION TARGETS, THOSE FALL UNDER THOSE FIVE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS.
AND THOSE ARE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS.
AND I THINK I PASSED MY QUIZ FOR TODAY.
I GOT ALL FIVE OF 'EM, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, AND SO REALLY AGAIN, WHAT FED INTO THOSE GOALS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY.
AND THOSE GOALS ARE LONGER TERM IN NATURE.
WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY HAS A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN ADDRESSING THE DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE ACROSS, UH, OUR CITY, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
AND SO THOSE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS IS WHERE WE REALLY LEAN INTO EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS AND, AND NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.
AND SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE JUST OF ONE POTENTIAL PROGRESS MEASURE NAMED HERE, UH, OUR OFFICE OF COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT, RIGHT? ONE OF THEIR DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATION SERVING SENIOR RESIDENTS AND EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT, AGAIN, WOULD BE A DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE.
AND SO AT ANY MOMENT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CALL THAT DEPARTMENT AND SAY, HEY, WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THIS? HOW HAVE WE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THIS GOAL? WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT? YES.
THE, THE GOAL TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS SERVING SENIOR RESIDENTS AND EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS AS OFFICE OF COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT COMPLAINT INTAKE SITES.
AND SO I CAN ALSO GET YOU A COPY IN THE ACTUAL PLAN AND OR THE PRESENTATION SO THAT WE CAN BREAK DOWN WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU AND I CAN TALK LATER.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A DEPARTMENT
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PROGRESS MEASURES.WE TALKED ALSO ABOUT THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL.
WELL, WHEN WE LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS, OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL, WHAT EVERYONE IS WORKING TOWARDS IS MAKING DALLAS COMMUNITIES SAFE IN WAYS THAT PREVENT HARM AND PROMOTE WELLNESS, HEALING AND JUSTICE.
AND SO, AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE A, UM, A ROLE IN THAT, BUT ALSO HOW ARE WE LEVERAGING EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO HELP US GET TO THAT GOAL? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, AGAIN, I, I SHARED THAT AS WE WERE OUT TALKING ABOUT THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD IS LESS PLANS, MORE ACTION.
AND SO IT WAS EXCITING THAT, UM, THE FY 2223 BUDGET TRULY ALLOCATED INVESTMENTS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST YEAR.
ALL OF THOSE INVESTMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON, UH, THE WEBSITE, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION'S WEBSITE.
AND A VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE INVESTMENTS WENT TO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT.
I SEE THRA HERE, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF, OF OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THAT'S VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT IN WHAT THEY HEARD AS THEY WERE DOING, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO $16.5 MILLION WENT TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE.
ARE THEY ALL CHARTED LIKE THIS? I MEAN, ONLY ONE OF 'EM WAS PASSED THE MIDDLE, I GUESS LIKE 60% DONE.
ARE THEY ON SCHEDULE? SO ALL OF THEM, UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN FIVE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S FIVE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE, NO, NOT GOALS, THESE WERE ACTUAL PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE.
OH, SO YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING TO THE FIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
SO YES, THEY ARE ON TRACK AS THE, IT IS ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT, WE, UH, PROVIDE QUARTERLY UPDATES TO, OKAY, SO WHEN DID, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S TALK ABOUT JOB.
WHEN DID IT START? IT WAS FUNDED.
IS THAT INSIDE HERE SOMEWHERE? I MISSED IT LAST TIME.
SO IT'S NOT IN THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION HERE, BUT IT SHOULD BE YOU ON THE WEBSITE.
WELL, I WENT TO THE BIG AUDACIOUS CALLS WEBSITE.
UHHUH, I DON'T KNOW IF I SAW A START DATE.
IS THERE ONE IN THERE? I DON'T, I, I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE IF WE ACTUALLY LIST THE START DATE ON THERE.
AND THEN I WON'T BE BACK AGAIN.
ALL OF 'EM ARE INFRASTRUCTURE 4.4 AND ONLY ONE WAS 4.5 AS WELL ON THAT.
WHAT, DOES THAT HELP ME OUT ON THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO IF WE ACTUALLY GO BACK ONE SLIDE OR TWO SLIDES, FIVE PROJECTS, ALL OF 'EM ARE INFRASTRUCTURE 4.4 AND ONE HAS 4.5 AS WELL.
ACTUALLY, TAKE ME, IF IT CAN TAKE ME FORWARD ONE SLIDE THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
FOUR UHHUH, KEEP GOING RIGHT THERE.
UM, SO HERE ARE THE QR CODES TO THE ACTUAL RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
TO YOUR LARGER QUESTION ABOUT HOW YOU THINK ONE AS A 4.4 VERSUS 4.5, UNDERNEATH EACH ONE OF OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS, WE HAVE SPECIFIC ACTION TARGETS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S THE LARGER GOAL.
AND THEN THE 4.5 AND 4.4 WOULD BE THE ACTION TARGETS THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS UNDER THAT BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL.
HOW DID THE, I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW IS THE EQUITY INDICATOR, UH, COMPOSER, WHAT DOES THAT 32 MEAN TO AN UNWASHED PERSON? YES, GREAT QUESTION.
AND SO ON THE ACTUAL PRINTED PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT.
UNDER THE REPORT, THERE'S 60 DIFFERENT INDICATORS.
AND SO THE INDICATOR THAT YOU SEE ON THE WEBSITE CORRELATES TO THAT REPORT AND WILL TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE DISPARITY IS.
SO YOU GO TO THAT LIST OF 60 AND NUMBER 32 WOULD APPLY TO JOHN.
WAY TO BRING IT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
WELL, SINCE THIS ALL CAME UNDER BUDGET, IS THERE, UH, WHAT ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT COMING, THE BUDGET WE'RE CONSIDERING NOW? IS THIS IN, IN THAT, OR WILL YOU GET TO THAT LATER? YEAH, SO I ACTUALLY WON'T, UM, TAKE JESSICA'S THUNDER.
SHE WILL BE GIVING UPDATE AROUND, UM, RIGHT,
AND THEN TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE INTERSECTIONALITY BETWEEN THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN AND THEN SOME AND SOME IMPORTANT
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SPECIFIC, UH, SENIOR INVESTMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DOES ANYONE OPEN UP, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? UM, COULD YOU REPEAT THE AMOUNT THAT YOU HAD FOR THE IN INFRASTRUCTURE, PLEASE? FOR THE FIRST YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE, IT WAS 16.5 MILLION.
AND SO THIS 40 MILLION IS FOR ALL, UH, RACIAL EQUITY ACTIVITIES IN THIS 16.4 WAS JUST AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE? YES.
SO THE 40 MILLION SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS, ALL OF THOSE, AND THOSE ACTUALLY WENT TO THE DEPARTMENTS TO ADVANCE THE WORK.
AND SO THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION DID NOT GET THAT FUNDING.
SO LIKE WHEN WE'RE TALKING INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC WORKS GOT THE FUNDING TO DO FUNDING, UM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WAS MENTIONED, UM, EARLIER, UH, OFFICE OF, UH, O E Q S AND AND SO FORTH.
SO IT IS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE AREA.
AND THIS IS 40 MILLION PER YEAR OR PER FIVE YEARS? THAT WAS JUST THAT FIRST F F Y 20, 22, 25.
SO WILL THERE BE AN EVALUATION AT THE AFTER, I MEAN, NOT, YOU KNOW, THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT OF THIS YEAR'S PERFORMANCE AT SOME POINT? YEAH, SO OUR OFFICE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS WORKING WITH OUR DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT TO STAND UP NOT ONLY A DASHBOARD SO THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE PROGRESS, BUT ALSO, UM, SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING SOME START DATES AND SOME OTHER INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU MAY BE AN ADDED YEAH, NO, NO, NO.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.
60% THIS WOULD LIKE, JUST STARTED.
SO YES, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, THE 24TH ACTUALLY IS THE, THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN.
SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING, UH, POLICE IF AT SOME POINT WOULD THAT EVALUATIONS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING TOO, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES, THE POVERTY AND THE RACIAL STUFF, I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THE CITY'S ING, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE'RE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND SHARE, UM, MORE ABOUT THE, THE DASHBOARD ONCE THAT STOOD UP AND OR JUST GIVE SOME UPDATES ON SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ABOUT, OR ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE EXPLAIN EQUITY IS IT'S LITERALLY EVERYONE'S WORK.
AND SO THE BEAUTY OF WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS, UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING OR WHEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE HERE ASKING THEM ABOUT IT, THEY'RE ABLE TO AMPLIFY IT AS WELL, UM, BECAUSE OF THE INTENTIONALITY THAT'S GOING BEHIND IT.
UM, BUT IF WE GET THE WHOLE CITY TRULY WORK ON THIS, IT'D BE AMAZING, ISN'T IT? SO, THANK YOU.
SO WAS THERE A PRECURSIVE IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE INPUT OR THE CITY OR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE INPUT? YES.
SO THAT WAS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
AND REALLY WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE IS BEFORE WE DEVELOPED, EVEN STARTED DEVELOPING THE, UH, PLAN, WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAID, HEY, WHAT SHOULD THIS LOOK LIKE? HOW, LIKE, WHAT APPROACH SHOULD WE TAKE? AND WE HEARD FROM SOME COMMUNITIES, OKAY, YOU GUYS JUST ASKED US ABOUT ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, LIKE WE'RE TAPPED OUT.
AND THEN WE HEARD FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, NO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU GUYS ARE ASKING US.
UH, THAT REALLY GUIDED THE NUANCE OF HOW WE WERE GONNA APPROACH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
AND SO, UH, DURING THE PROCESS, WE, WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITIES, WE MET WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS SEVERAL TIMES AROUND THE MEASURES, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEASURES WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO WERE ACTUALLY MEASURES THAT, UH, DEPARTMENTS COULD STAND BEHIND, RIGHT? NO ONE WANTS TO GET UP AND SAY, HEY, YEAH, I COMMITTED TO THIS AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN REALLY DO.
AND SO WE SERVE KIND OF AS THAT, UM, BILATERAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN, YOU HAVE LIKE A LIST OF COMMUNITY CONTACTED AND CONTACT PERSON? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE WORKED, ONE, WE WORKED WITH A OUTSIDE VENDOR AS WELL CALLED SPARROW CONSULTANT.
UM, BUT WE DID KEEP A RECORD OF, OF THE VARIOUS, AND SOME OF 'EM WERE ON, UM, ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT, THAT WE PROVIDED.
BUT WE HAVE A, THE FULL EXPENSE OF IT.
WHAT IS IT ON THE PLAN? IS THERE AN APPENDIX THAT WOULD SAY, UM, IN THE PLAN WHO YOU TALK, YOU TALK TO? YEAH.
UH, SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY IN THE PLAN.
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OF THE COMMUNITIES, UM, IN THE PLAN.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOTH? ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU OUT THERE IN VIDEO LAND? NO.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND WE'RE GONNA INVITE YOU BACK.
WHEN DO YOU THINK THOSE REPORTS WILL BE READY? WELL, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE FINALIZING THAT DASHBOARD.
AND SO HOPEFULLY
UM, AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE HAS DONE A PROJECT TO THIS CAPACITY AS WELL.
HOPEFULLY I TOOK DOWN FOR DECEMBER.
YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET DONE BEFORE THEN.
YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD TALK CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
UH, WHAT WAS THE WAY THAT THEY ANSWERED YOU, DID YOU ALL DO A SURVEY? DID YOU ALL CALL
THE ENTIRE CITY WAS ABLE TO GIVE INPUT.
SO WE HELD, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS IN ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.
NOW THE COMMUNITY ON ALL DISTRICTS.
WE HELD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.
NOW, COMMUNITIES THAT SHOW THE HIGHEST DISPARITIES.
WE ALSO DID THINGS LIKE BARBERSHOP TALKS.
WE DID THINGS, UM, VIRTUALLY IN PERSON.
WE LEANED INTO CURRENT EVENTS THAT WERE ALREADY HAPPENING INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE TRIED TO DO, UM, YES, SOME SURVEYS.
WE ALSO WERE A PART OF, UH, PARENT GROUP CONVERSATIONS AND TRIED TO INTEGRATE IT THERE SO IT WASN'T JUST LIKE A STANDALONE EVENT.
AND SO THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE TRIED TO, TO DO THIS ENGAGEMENT.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS LIKE EQUITY.
IT'S NEVER ENDING, RIGHT? AND SO IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU HAVE COMMUNITIES IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD EITHER WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PLAN OR WOULD WANT TO GIVE INPUT ON WHERE IT IS NOW, OUR OFFICE IS CERTAINLY ALWAYS OPEN.
THIS IS VERNA VERNA MITCHELL VERNA.
UH, JUST JUST TO COMMENT, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL DID, UH, PRIOR TO ACTUALLY COMPLETING THE PLAN, UH, BY COMING TO DISTRICT THREE AND GETTING OUR INPUT AND ALSO PROVIDING THE SURVEY.
AND SO PAULA, I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR YOU TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY TO SHARE THE INFORMATION.
I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO GO BACK TO THE DISTRICTS AS WELL, UH, TO SHARE THE INFORMATION THERE.
UM, OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE BEST WAYS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES, RIGHT? BECAUSE AS WE'RE EVEN TALKING TO SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, THE PROGRESS THAT THEY'RE MAKING ON IT IS JUST VERY SUBSTANTIAL.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT HIGHLIGHT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT BEING THAT IT IS OUR FIRST YEAR, UM, HOW WE START TO SHARE SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE.
AND IF I CAN JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE, UM, INSIGHT INTO WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
THE WAY THAT THIS PLAN IS, IS IMPACTING PEOPLE, PLACES, UM, POLICIES AND PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GONNA FRAME SOME OF THE UPDATES FOR, FOR WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THAT FIRST YEAR AND HOW IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GUIDE MOVING FORWARD.
SO EVEN LIKE A CITY COUNCIL PERSON DO IT DOWN HALL THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
YOU GIVEN THE COMMENT, PLEASE.
I, I THINK THAT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A PROGRAM THAT'S IN PLACE WHERE THEY DID GET COMMUNITY INPUT AND TRIED.
IT ALSO DEMONSTRATES HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SPECIFIC THINGS TOWARDS SENIOR AFFAIRS, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE DISTRICT MEETINGS THAT OCCUR ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I I, UH, MADE THE POINT IN THE OP-ED PIECE THAT, YOU KNOW, ONLY 55,000 PEOPLE VOTED IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS THIS YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE 4% OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS.
AND THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO GETTING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND IF, IF WE CAN
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ENCOURAGE SENIORS TO PARTICIPATE IN MORE MEETINGS THAT ARE NOT SENIOR SPECIFIC, BUT JUST THOSE CITY CON THE, THE AREA CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEN THEY OCCUR IN THE BRIEFINGS, SENIORS CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THAT.AND AS CAN MINORITIES AS IT RELATES TO THIS EQUITY PLAN.
AND I, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR THINKING WHEN WE TRY TO, IM IMPLEMENT MORE, MORE THINGS IN FUTURE FOR SENIORS SPECIFICALLY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I, I'M JUST GONNA ADD TO THAT.
I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU WOULD THINK YOU'RE SO ON TARGET, AND I KNOW THAT'S A BIG DEAL, UM, FROM WHAT DR.
WILSON SAID, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY, THEY DID USE SOME CREATIVE, UH, METHODS OF REACHING THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE.
I I DON'T MEAN THEY WOULD TRANSFER TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, PARENT GROUPS WOULDN'T BE WHAT WE WOULD DO, BUT IT DID SOUND LIKE THEY WERE VERY CREATIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY, UH, EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY.
UM, LET'S SEE, JESSICA, I THINK YOU, UM, ARE GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TODAY ON THE OVERVIEW OF THE CITY BUDGET TIMELINE AND THE SENIOR BUDGET I CONCLUSIONS.
AND FOR ALL OF US ON THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION WHO STRUGGLED WITH OUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, I CONSIDER WHAT JESSICA HAS, JESSICA'S GONNA PRESENT TO BE A BIG WIN FOR US AND FOR THE, UH, SENIOR CLAIRE'S COMMISSION AND FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE.
ALRIGHT, GOOD JOB, MADAM ASSISTANT CHAIR.
BEFORE JESSICA SPEAKS, IF I MAY, I'D JUST LIKE TO COMPLIMENT JESSICA AND GIVE HER A PAT ON THE BACK AND SOME PRAISE FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT SHE MADE, UH, AT THE DISTRICT THREE MEETING.
UH, SHE WAS, UH, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR YOU, JESSICA.
EVERYONE WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH NOT ONLY HER PRESENTATION, UH, BUT HER PRESENTATION STYLE.
UH, SHE WAS SO, UH, SPECIFIC AND EXACT IN EVERYTHING THAT SHE SAID AND RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS IN A VERY, VERY, UM, INTELLECTUAL WAY.
AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, JESSICA.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER MITCHELL.
THAT'S, UH, THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
I HAVE GOT TO TELL YOU WHEN I SEND, UH, PETE A NOTE, BECAUSE I WAS AT A DISTRICT 11 BUDGET HEARING.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE MOST POSITIVE THING ON THAT BUDGET WAS THE SENIORS.
IT WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
SO I SENT PETE A NOTE SAYING KUDOS TO HIM, AND KUDOS TO YOU GUYS.
SO THANK YOU VICE CHAIR JARVIS.
JESSICA
AND I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL GUESTS HERE.
UH, WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
I KNOW WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM PARKS, BUT I DID NOT CATCH YOUR NAME.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU FROM PARKS? NO, SHE'S WITH, OH, HE'S FROM HOUSING.
SHE'S WITH, UH, SHE'S WITH THOR PARKS IS ONLINE.
AND THOR FROM OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOME FOLKS ONLINE FROM THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND REC.
AND, UM, IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST KIND OF POP UP AND CHIME IN AND LET US KNOW WHO'S HERE, UH, FOR THE AWARE OF OUR SAC BEFORE I GET STARTED.
UM, AND JARED, I'LL ASK IF YOU ARE, UH, POSED A QUESTION OR, UM, PROVIDE ANY, UH, CLARIFICATION TO TURN YOUR CAMERA ON AT THAT POINT.
BUT IT'S OKAY FOR STAFF NOT TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON DURING THE PRESENTATION.
UH, COMMISSIONERS IT IS NOT OKAY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON THE FULL TIME FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE TO BE COUNTED
UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON HERE? I THINK THAT WE WERE EXPECTING, UM, THAT CRYSTAL OR SOMEONE FROM HER TEAM WAS GOING TO TRY TO BE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY? IS SHE ON? OKAY.
MIKA IS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SHE IS PRESENT.
SO, UM, FOR YOUR AWARENESS AGAIN, UM, OKAY.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST GET STARTED.
UM, AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
I WILL SAY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, MOVING ON TO THE SECOND SLIDE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WITHIN THE STUDY THAT ARE EITHER FOCUSED ON OR THAT SERVE A LARGE, UH, NUMBER OF OLDER ADULTS AND
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SENIORS.AND SO WE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THOSE.
SO OBVIOUSLY WITHIN OUR OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE, WE HAVE OUR COMMISSION, WHICH IS YOU ALL, UM, AND YOU ALL ADVISE AND OF COURSE REPRESENT THE SENIOR PERSPECTIVE TO THE CITY.
AND YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLICY AND PROGRAMS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS, WHICH OUR DEPARTMENT SERVE AS A LIAISON FOR, UM, THE SENIOR DENTAL PROGRAM, THE SENIOR EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, AND OF COURSE THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DART.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR TEAM OF FOUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE, UM, IN FACT, I JUST GOT A CALL FROM SOMEBODY LOOKING FOR HELP FOR HIS, UH, SENIOR MOTHER WHO'S GOT AN ISSUE WITH, WITH A GAS LEAK.
SO, UM, THESE CALLS COME IN ALL THE TIME THROUGH ALL CHANNELS, THROUGH OUR HELPLINE, THEIR DIRECT LINES, MY DIRECT LINES COUNCIL OFFICES.
SO WE ALSO HAVE, UH, OUR, UH, REFERRAL INFORMATION AND REFERRAL PROGRAM, AND YOU'LL GET THE UPDATES ON THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF THAT DURING THE NEXT BRIEFING.
UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR ASAP PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S ACTIVE SENIOR ADULTS PROGRAM.
SO THE P MIGHT BE DUPLICATIVE THERE.
UM, BUT, UH, CRYSTAL, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT, THAT, THAT STANDS FOR THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARIES GENERALLY, OF COURSE, IS JUST AN OPEN SPACE THAT'S SAFE FOR SENIORS.
THEY HAVE ADULT PROGRAMMING, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THEY HOPE TO HAVE SOME SENIORS FOCUS PROGRAMMING IN IN THE COMING YEAR.
UM, DALLAS WATER UTILITY HAS THE OPERATION WATER SHARE PROGRAM THAT'S NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR SENIORS.
UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR, UH, SENIORS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL LINE, UH, FREQUENTLY, UH, UTILIZE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE, UH, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES IS ABLE TO USE DONATED FUNDS TO HELP, UM, OFFSET OR REDUCE THE COST OF, UH, WATER UTILITY COSTS FOR, UH, ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, OF COURSE, HOME REPAIR AND SPECIFICALLY SENIOR HOME REPAIR, WHICH I KNOW THOR AND HIS, UH, TEAM WILL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER.
UM, THERE'S OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT ENGAGEMENT WITH SENIORS, UM, THAT WE WORK WITH FREQUENTLY.
DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, A WHOLE HOST OF OUTREACH RELATED TO SENIORS, PUBLIC SAFETY, OF COURSE.
UM, AND EVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL CRIMES AGAINST SENIORS OR FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, DOES A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ORIENTED THING FOR SENIORS.
UH, WE OFTEN CALL ON THEM WHEN WE FIND, UH, COMPLICATED HOARDING SITUATIONS.
UM, SITUATIONS WHERE A RESIDENT MIGHT BE IN A A PLACE THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS, ET CETERA.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS AREN'T JUST FOR SENIORS, BUT, UH, WE KNOW THAT THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION HAS HAD THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN AND IMPROVING WALKABILITY, UM, AND SAFETY AT THAT, UM, TOP OF MIND FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, SANITATION SERVICES, WE'VE HAD SOME BRIEFINGS FROM THAT, UH, DEPARTMENT TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES AND OUTREACH TO THOSE NEW SCHEDULES.
I THINK WE HAD A BRIEFING FROM THEM JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY ANY DEPARTMENT IN THE SENIOR IN THE CITY DOES THINGS THAT RELATE TO SENIORS, BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SPOKEN TO OR HEARD FROM, ET CETERA.
SO MOVING FORWARD, I WANNA CALL OUT SOME, UH, SOME OF THE PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS, UH, THAT HAVE MADE THEIR, I'M LOOKING AT THIS BACKWARDS.
I WAS LIKE, WHY IS THIS OUT OF ORDER? OKAY, NOW I GET IT.
UM, SO SINCE THE PROPOSED ENHANCEMENT, SO THERE ARE A FEW ENHANCEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENT MEANS IN OUR CITY BUDGET PARLANCE.
IT IS A SPECIFIC ADDITIONAL FUNDING BUCKET ALLOCATED FOR A PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS NOT INSTEAD OF, BUT IN ADDITION TO THE BASE BUDGET.
UM, SO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE REMAIN, THEY ARE NOT CHANGING BEING REDUCED OR CHANGED.
SO MOVING TO THE PROPOSED ENHANCEMENT, I SAY PROPOSED, THEY ARE STILL PROPOSED AT THIS TIME, OF COURSE, UNTIL THIS BUDGET IS ADOPTED.
AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO THESE BEFORE THAT.
UH, SO THE FIRST ONE IS A FUND FOR AN AGE FRIENDLY OFFICER POSITION.
SO THIS KIND OF GETS AT THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED TO DR.
WILSON AS WELL, UH, ALTHOUGH ABSENT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF HOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT WORK.
UM, BUT ONE RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS COMMISSION THROUGH YOUR FUNDING PRIORITIES, WHICH I WILL SAY WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND IMPORTANTLY, AND I WANNA GIVE CHAIR KLEIN OF COURSE, SOME GREAT CREDIT FOR THAT TOO.
THE TIMING WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, THIS YEAR WE GOT IT OUT WHEN WE REALLY NEEDED TO, AND THAT THAT HELPED A LOT 'CAUSE IT ALLOWED IT TO BE CONSIDERED WITH ALL THE OTHER REQUESTS AND, AND BALANCED AND NOT, WHEN IT COMES A LITTLE TOO LATE, THEN IT BECOMES AN ISSUE WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TO REQUEST SOMETHING AT THE DEFICIT OF SOMETHING ELSE.
AND IT IS MUCH EASIER TO BE CONSIDERED DURING THOSE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS.
SO THE FUNDING FOR THE AGE FRIENDLY POSITION IS RESPONSIVE TO THE REQUEST THAT THIS COMMISSION HAD INCLUDED TO HAVE A, A SENIOR KIND OF EXECUTIVE.
UM, THIS IS A THIRD TIER EXECUTIVE THAT WOULD HAVE OVERSIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR REALLY ENSURING ALIGNMENT AND COORDINATION OF DIFFERENT SENIOR FOCUSED RESPONSIBILITIES ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS PERSON WOULD BE HOUSED IN OUR OFFICE, UH,
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BUT THEY WOULD WORK CLOSELY AND CONSISTENTLY WITH THOR AND WITH JOE AND DR.WILSON AND PUBLIC WORKS AND EVERYONE ELSE TO SAY, WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR WORLD WITH SENIORS? HOW CAN I HELP? HOW IS YOUR WORK AND OUTREACH GOING? HOW CAN WE PROMOTE YOUR PROGRAMS? HOW CAN WE MAKE ACCESS MORE READILY AVAILABLE? UM, SO THIS PERSON WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO OUR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SENIOR SERVICES TEAM, UM, AND WOULD REALLY BE KIND OF THAT LEAD IN CORE POINT PERSON.
UM, YOU KNOW, BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER ON AT LEAST A QUARTERLY BASIS TO REALLY JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY ALIGNED.
ANOTHER BIG TASK HERE, I THINK I SAW SUSAN ON THERE, WHICH REMINDS ME, WE DID MISS THE PUBLIC SPEAKER, SO WE'LL NEED TO CAPTURE THAT AT THE END.
OH, I THOUGHT, OH, DID WE CALL FOR THAT? OKAY.
I MISSED THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS PROBABLY 'CAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY DROPPING WATER BOTTLES ON MY FOOT.
AH, THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY, NEVERMIND, I THOUGHT WE MISSED THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, BUT I SAW SUSAN ON HERE EARLIER.
UM, WE'RE WANTING TO LOOK AT THE H FRIENDLY DALLAS PLAN FOR SOME UPDATES, UM, AND PARTNER WITH OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY TO CREATE KIND OF A AGE-FRIENDLY AND EQUITY-BASED CROSSWALK TO CREATE THE NEXT IT ITERATION OF AGE-FRIENDLY DALLAS.
SO THIS OFFICER WOULD HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY IN HELPING WITH THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS THE ONE TIME CONSULTING RESOURCES.
THAT WAS ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION OF THIS COMMISSION THAT I THINK GREW OUT OF, UM, IN PART OUR EXPERIENCE, UM, IN PULLING TOGETHER ALL THAT DATA, THE GREAT WORK OF DR AND HICK AND HER TEAM.
UM, AND THEN THE LIMITATIONS OF COURSE WE RAN INTO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO SPECIFIC OR UM, UM, INTERSECTIONAL POPULATIONS OF OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY, UH, WHERE WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW AS MUCH.
AND SO THESE FUNDS WILL ALLOW US TO KIND OF DO A, A FULLER SCALE TYPE, UH, NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO HOPEFULLY GROW AND EXPAND ON SOME OF THAT MISSING DATA ON NEEDS AND, UH, AND, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I HOPE THAT WE CAN USE IT TO HELP, UH, DESIGN AND DEVELOP A STRONG OUTREACH STRATEGY FOR HOW TO KIND OF WORK WITH AND COMMUNICATE WITH SENIORS.
SOMETHING LIKE AN OUTREACH TOOLKIT THAT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS CAN POTENTIALLY WORK FROM AND LEARN FROM, AGAIN, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR, OF OUR OFFICER.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS FUNDING FOR SENIOR PROGRAMMING THROUGH THE LIBRARIES.
AND OF COURSE, UH, AS I MENTIONED, JOE GOODIS IS HERE AND SHE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIBRARIES, UM, OR THE PLANS FOR THOSE PLANS.
UM, BUT THEN NEXT ONE IS OF COURSE, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE SENIOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, OF COURSE THOR IS HERE, UM, AND HE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL TAKE, I'LL TAKE YOU TO IS JUST SOME THINGS TO BE AWARE OF, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, I KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED IN JUNE, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE AGE 65 DISABLED EXEMPTION, UM, FOR PROPERTY TAXES THAT WENT FROM 115 FIVE UP TO 1 39 4.
AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF EXEMPTION THAT OLDER ADULTS CAN CLAIM, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, ANOTHER THING IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CURRENT PROGRAMMING WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT IS MAINTAINED.
AND OF COURSE THIS THE WORK OF AN AGE-FRIENDLY OFFICER IN THE NEXT YEAR AND THE DATA AND THE WORK THAT WE HOPE TO DO THAT CAN HELP US REALLY PUT A GOOD LENS ON THAT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENTS WE MIGHT TO MAKE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE.
UH, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE MAINTAINING THEIR PROGRAM AND OPERATION LEVELS FOR THAT ASAP PROGRAM, UM, INCLUDING THEIR DAILY SPECIAL INTEREST PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S NO REDUCTIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED THERE AND THAT WILL CONTINUE FORWARD.
UH, THE LIBRARIES, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS, UH, OF INTEREST IN NO-TILL TO OUR POPULATIONS OF COURSE, IS THAT THEY'RE EXPANDING THE FACILITY HOURS TO SIX DAYS A WEEK FOR THOSE REMAINING 15 SITES.
SO AGAIN, JOE CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR, UM, AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS.
SO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM, MADE AN IMPORTANT EQUITY-BASED DECISION AND THEY HAVE INCLUDED, UH, SENIORS AS ONE OF THE EQUITY POPULATIONS FOR THEIR SIDEWALK PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS THAT SENIORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERAGE AND SIDEWALK ASSISTANCE.
UM, AND THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DETAILED PROGRAM, SO I DON'T REALLY GET, WANNA GET ANY DEEPER ON THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEBODY FROM THAT DEPARTMENT BEING RIGHT NEAR ON THE LINE AND ABLE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS TO IT.
UH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET INCLUSION AND, UM, EQUITY RELATED TO OLDER ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE SOME IMPORTANT AREAS AND IF THERE'S OTHER AREAS, OF COURSE, DURING DISCUSSION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OR WANNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY SHOW UP IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE IT DOWN AND TRACK IT DOWN AND, AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
UM, AND SO AT THIS POINT I WANNA MOVE ON NEXT TO THE BUDGET PROCESS TIMELINE.
SO, UH, IN MARCH, 2023, THERE WERE SOME LISTENING SESSIONS THAT WAS KIND OF THE FIRST FOR US TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE BUDGET TOWN HALLS IN AUGUST, BUT ALSO THE LISTENING SESSIONS IN MARCH.
UM, THEN MOVING FORWARD KIND OF TO AUGUST, OF COURSE
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ALL THAT INFORMATION FROM THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND THE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND EVERYTHING IS TAKEN FORWARD.AND ON AUGUST THE EIGHTH, UM, THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, RECOMMENDED BUDGET WAS BRIEFED TO COUNCIL IN THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP.
UM, ON AUGUST 10TH, WE BEGAN A SERIES OF TOWN HALLS.
EACH DISTRICT HAS HAD THREE TO FOUR PUBLIC TOWN HALLS.
THOSE ARE STILL HAPPENING THROUGH, UH, MARCH THE 24, AUGUST THE 24TH.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME TONIGHT AND THERE'S SOME TOMORROW NIGHT AND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS AS WELL.
UM, AND THOSE TOWN HALLS ARE OF COURSE, UM, AS SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE ALREADY ATTENDED THEM, AS WE'VE HEARD, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, HEAR THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE ASK QUESTIONS, ET CETERA.
UM, AUGUST 16TH, WE HAD OUR NEXT KIND OF FULL SCALE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
AND THAT ONE REALLY WENT INTO THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, TAX RATES AND REVENUES AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS.
UM, ON AUGUST 23RD IS THE FIRST, UH, BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING.
AND OF COURSE THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK IN A PUBLIC FORUM ON THEIR OPINIONS, THOUGHTS, ET CETERA.
RELATED TO THAT, UH, ALREADY NOTED THE END OF BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS ON AUGUST 24TH ON THE 30TH WILL BE A BUDGET WORKSHOP UNLESS IT'S CANCELED.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY MIGHT MERGE THE TWO, UM, MEETINGS INTO ONE, BUT AS SCHEDULED, THERE WOULD BE A WORKSHOP ON THE 30TH.
UH, AND THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS.
UM, AND SO THIS IS THE POINT WHERE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY PROPOSE AMENDMENTS.
THOSE HAVE TO BE FULLY BALANCED.
SO IF THEY RECOMMEND AN INCREASE TO ONE PROGRAM, THEY HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE SAME AND EQUAL INCREASE FROM ANOTHER OR MULTIPLE OTHER PROGRAMS TO MAKE THAT A BALANCED AMENDMENT.
UM, THE FOLLOWING WEEK IS THE NEXT, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOPED WHERE THERE WOULD BE AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED, AND THEN THAT'S THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET.
SO IF THE 30TH MEETING DOES NOT TAKE PLACE, THEN ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS WOULD BE THEN CONSIDERED ON THAT SEPTEMBER 6TH DATE, AND THEN THEY WOULD ADOPT THE BUDGET ON THE FIRST READING.
UM, PER OUR STATE LAW, THERE HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, TWO, TWO READINGS FOR ADOPTION AND A REQUIRED NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETING, PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, AND OF COURSE REQUIRED DATES OF POSTING.
AND THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF COMPLICATED RULES THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED WITH THIS TIMELINE.
UM, BUT OUR BUDGET OFFICE KNOWS THAT AND THEY FOLLOW IT VERY WELL.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST READING AND ADOPTION.
UM, THE 20TH WOULD BE A COUNCIL BRIEFING, UM, AND OF COURSE THE SECOND READING, WHICH IS THE FINAL ADOPTION.
SO, UM, EVERYTHING WOULD THEN BE ADOPTED AND MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN OF COURSE ON OCTOBER 1ST, THE, UH, NEW FISCAL YEAR BEGINS, WHICH IS WHEN THIS, UH, NEW PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD GO INTO PLACE.
SO THAT IS A QUICK SUMMARY OF O C C AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
INCLUSIONS OR IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE PLANNED WITHIN THIS YEAR'S OR THIS NEXT YEAR'S, UH, PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET.
I DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT OUR BUDGETS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER DOES A BIENNIAL BUDGET.
SO WHEN HE PUTS FORWARD A BUDGET, HE PUTS FORWARD A TWO YEAR BALANCED BUDGET.
HOWEVER, THAT DOES STILL HAVE TO BE ADOPTED ANNUALLY.
SO WE'LL ADOPT 24 AND APPROVE 25, BUT STILL IN 25 WE'LL GO BACK AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING WHAT WAS APPROVED AND THAT'S WHERE THE NEW ADJUSTMENTS WOULD START FROM.
SO, UM, YOU'LL HEAR CONVERSATIONS EVEN IN THE BUDGET TOWN HALLS AND PRESENTATIONS.
YOU'LL HEAR CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, FUTURE YEARS AND WHAT FUTURE YEARS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOK LIKE BECAUSE OUR STUDY MANAGER IS ALWAYS LOOKING AHEAD SO THAT WE HAVE A BIENNIAL BUDGET SO THAT WE'RE NOT IN A SITUATION WHERE WE COME TO SEPTEMBER 20TH OF ONE YEAR AND WE ADOPT A BUDGET AND THEN EVERYTHING IS JUST DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE LIKE 10 DAYS TO FIX STUFF AND THAT IS JUST NOT AN IDEAL PLACE TO BE.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO OUR, FOR OUR PERFORMANCE AND ABILITY TO MANAGE, UM, KNOWING, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETHING IS KIND OF THERE AND PLANNED FOR AND TO FUTURE YEARS, YOU KNOW, REALLY HELPS PLAN TIMELINES 'CAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS DO TAKE SOME MONTHS TO GET THROUGH VARIOUS PROCESS AND GET STARTED.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE PARKS AND REC, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, WE HAVE LIBRARIES, WE HAVE EQUITY, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE HAS ANY SPECIFIC BUDGET QUESTIONS BEYOND WHAT SHE ALREADY ADDRESSED.
AND OF COURSE, HOUSING HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO I'D LIKE TO JOIN JARVIS, LOOK FORWARD TO OUR COMMITTEE FOR ANY QUESTIONS FOR JESSICA OR ANY OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM THAT CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
SO, SO PETE, AT OUR LAST MEETING, YOU HAD REQUESTED THAT WE ALL, WE EACH TALKED TO THE COUNCIL PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICTS TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE ON THE, ON SUPPORTING THE SENIOR, UH, AFFAIRS RECOMMENDATIONS OR THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO I GOT AN AFFIRMATIVE FROM DISTRICT 11.
SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD BE SUPPORTING ALL OF THE, THE ADDITIONS TO THE SENIOR BUDGET PROCESS.
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SO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT RIGHT, UH, MADAM, UH, CHAIR, I WAS ABLE TO DO SO AFFIRMATIVE FOR DISTRICT THREE, UM, UH, FROM OUR COUNCILPERSON WHO ALSO SUGGESTED THAT ON THE DATES.AND I, I DON'T REMEMBER THEM, UH, JUST OFFHAND, BUT THAT SOME OF US ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND SPEAK FOR, UH, THE ADOPTION OF THOSE PARTICULAR AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, THAT AS SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSIONERS WE SHOULD SIGN UP TO DO.
SO WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT AT THE BUDGET MEETINGS IN OUR DISTRICTS VERNA, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CITY HALL? THE CITY HALL.
SO THAT WOULD BE EITHER THE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATES.
THE SIXTH, OR IS THAT THE 20TH THAT YOU, YOU COULD PROBABLY THE SIXTH EACH OF THOSE, BUT YES, THE 30TH IS ONE.
THE DATES THE SEPTEMBER 6TH AND THE DATES THAT WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED OR JESSICA WOULD BE AUGUST 30TH, SEPTEMBER 6TH OR SEPTEMBER 20TH MEETINGS.
SO AS SHE INDICATED EARLIER, THE AUGUST 30TH AND SEPTEMBER 6TH MEETINGS MIGHT BE CONSOLIDATED.
SO, UM, WE'LL TRY TO KEEP YOU INFORMED, UM, AND OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, JESSICA.
UH, FELLOW SIR, LAST THURSDAY AT UM, WILLIAMS CENTER, UM, MS UM, I'M GONNA GET HER NAME RIGHT BECAUSE SHE GOT THAT LONG ONE DEPUTY BILL PROTON, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD IS MY COMMISSIONER, AND WE HAD A FANTASTIC MEETING OVER A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING MORE PEOPLE WAS THERE.
AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY WAS TALKED ABOUT AT OUR MEETING AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND SHE'S ON BOARD WITH THE SENIORS AND WHATEVER SHE CAN DO TO HELP.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, MOST OF THE STUFF HERE AND I WANT JUST TELL MS. KISHA I HEARD YOUR NAME ON ON THURSDAY AS WELL BECAUSE I KNEW SHE WAS GONNA, UM, THEY SAID SHE MIGHT BE HERE.
THEY WANTED ME TO TELL YOU ALL, BUT SHE'S HERE TO SPEAK FOR HER OWNSELVES.
BUT WE DID HAVE A VERY GOOD MEETING AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, UM, DEPUTY PRO TIP ARNOLD, UH, EVEN TOLD OUR, I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST FOR DISTRICT FOUR, SO I DON'T WANNA SEEM SELFISH, BUT WE ARE GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE, AND MS. KISHA CONTINUE, IT'S GONNA BE SOME NEW PROGRAMS COMING OUT FOR SENIORS AND SHE WANT OUR SENIOR TO BE ABLE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.
SO WE GONNA OPEN UP OUR CENTERS, PROBABLY ASK OTHER CENTERS TO HELP WITH APPLICATIONS, SO WE'LL ABLE TO GET ON BOARD AND NOT BE SO CONFUSED AND DISCOMBOBULATED WHEN YOU'RE DOING ALL THAT PAPERWORK.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, ONLY ON BOARD AND SHE'S, UM, WE HAD A BIG TOWN HOME.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION THEN FOR ON THAT, ON THE, UH, BUDGET HERE WHERE IT SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, 1.7 MILLION IN HOUSING.
IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE MINION TWO? IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
WHERE IS THAT FUNNY, JEFF, FROM THE BUDGET? IS THAT ON TOP OF IT OR INSTEAD OF EXACTLY.
SO, UM, HI THAX AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, KISHA GREER.
KISHA IS OUR INTERIM, UH, REDEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
SHE'LL BE, UH, YOUR POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL HOME REPAIR QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD.
UH, THE NEXT MONTH SHE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EVERYTHING.
UH, THE 200,000 DEDICATED TO US LAST BUDGET IS ALL COMMITTED.
WE HAVE THOSE 10, UH, IDENTIFIED.
WE'RE WORKING WITH 'EM ON UNDERSTANDING THEIR, THEIR NEEDS AND EVERYTHING.
NOW THE MILLION DOLLARS WE HAVE COMMITTED THROUGH OUR FEE NEW PROGRAM, UM, OR FOR THE, FOR THE PROGRAM IS STILL THERE.
UH, WE WERE GETTING READY TO START.
UH, NEW LOTTERY IS AGAINST THAT.
HOWEVER, THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS YEAR HAS COME OUT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 1.7 MILLION TO THAT PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, PART OF THAT ACCOUNTS FOR A STAFF MEMBER TO JOIN OUR TEAM TO BE DEDICATED TO PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS, UH, SEVERELY NEEDED IN ORDER TO MOVE, UM, THAT AMOUNT OF FUNDS, UH, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO THAT WILL BE ABOUT 1.5 MILLION DEDICATED TO THE SENIOR HOME CARE PROGRAM ITSELF.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE SEEKING TO DO IS TO DO A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT PROGRAM.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT ONLY ALLOWS FOR MINOR HOME REPAIR TO $10,000.
SO WE WOULD ADVOCATE THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT RECEIVING 720 PLUS APPLICATIONS FROM SENIORS IN OUR FIRST GO ROUND, AND WE GET ABOUT 10 TO 15 CALLS A DAY ASKING HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE TO APPLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT APPLIED YET, UH, TO THE PROGRAM.
SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD SEEK AN AMENDMENT TO DO
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ALL HOME REPAIR NEEDED, INCLUDING SOME RECONSTRUCTIONS EACH YEAR, WHERE WHEN HOMES ARE EXTREMELY, UH, FAR GONE, WE COULD DEMO THAT AND REBUILD HOMES.WE WOULD DO A COUPLE OF THOSE A YEAR SIMILAR TO OUR OTHER MAJOR HOME, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, CALLED HIP.
UM, BUT THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BETTER SERVE SENIORS WITH THEIR VARIETY OF NEEDS THAT ARE HOMEOWNERS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME FOLKS AROUND THE TABLE SO FAR ABOUT BEING ABLE TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM.
UH, WE WOULD BE BRINGING THAT AMENDMENT TO CITY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER TO ALIGN WITH THE FUNDING THAT WOULD BE APPROVED, UM, SO THAT WE COULD BETTER SERVE SENIORS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT IN DISTRICT 11, THAT WAS A MAJOR QUESTION THAT CAME UP AT THE BUDGET, UH, MEETING.
AND, UM, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, I JUMPED IN WITH WHAT LITTLE BIT I, I KNEW THAT HOW RESPONSIVE YOU GUYS WERE, WHICH WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE.
BUT THE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT, WHICH ADDS TO THE FRUSTRATION FOR EVERYBODY, DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PERSON COMING ON WHO'LL FIGURE OUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE, BUT THOUGH I DID, WE DID SEND A NEWSLETTER WHEN YOU DID A PRESENTATION LAST TIME SAYING WHAT WAS AVAILABLE AND STILL THERE WAS SO MUCH.
AND WE HAD WORKSHOPS IN LIBRARIES ACROSS TOWN AND REC CENTER ACROSS TOWN, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO DO THAT PART OF OUR MATERIAL.
THIS NEXT ROUND, WE'LL GO OUT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IF YOU APPLIED LAST YEAR, YOU DON'T NEED TO REAPPLY.
I ALREADY HAVE YOUR APPLICATION.
UH, AND IT WILL HELP NEW PEOPLE BE ABLE TO APPLY.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE LOTTERY BECAUSE WE FIND VALUE IN THAT.
IT REMOVES THE NEED FOR, FOR SENIORS TO QUEUE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING TO TURN IN AN APPLICATION ON A, ON A SINGLE DAY.
UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE NEED IS TREMENDOUS AND, UH, OUR RESOURCES WILL STILL BE FINITE.
AND SO WE, WE WANNA STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN ANY PROGRAM AMENDMENTS TO STILL SERVE AS MANY SENIORS AS WE CAN WITHIN ALLOTTED TIMEFRAME.
SO WILL WE GET ALL OF THOSE DATES THAT YOU MENTIONED OR LIKE WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BE AT THE LIBRARY SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET THAT OUT IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICT? ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU ALL, ALL THE MATERIAL, EVERYTHING WILL BE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AS ALWAYS.
UH, EVERYTHING WILL BE IN A FONT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, UH, LARGER, UH, AS OUR, OUR LAST MATERIAL, UH, WAS REQUESTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE JUST ACCOUNTING FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAT OLDER ADULTS I FACE.
THIS, UH, THE DETAILS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, THEY ARE AVAILABLE ON YOUR WEBSITE ALSO, CORRECT? NO, NOT YET, MA'AM.
UH, WE'RE RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT SENIOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM IS ON OUR WEBSITE YES.
HOWEVER, THE CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT MY TEAM WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
OKAY, SO THIS 1,700,000, IS ALL OF THAT FROM THAT IN LIEU OF FEE? NO, THAT, THAT'S NEW MONEY.
SO THAT'LL COME OUTTA THE CITY BUDGET.
SO THIS IS COMING FROM GENERAL FUND, THIS ENHANCEMENT.
SO THIS ROSE OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGET BY 1.7 MILLION THIS YEAR.
SO I WOULD HAVE ESSENTIALLY, UH, 2.7 MILLION DEDICATED TO SENIOR HOME REPAIR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, I WILL STRESS IT WILL TAKE ME A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET THROUGH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, ESPECIALLY IF I DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM AMENDMENT RIGHT.
UH, SO WE WILL PRIORITIZE THE GENERAL FUND MONEY IF APPROVED IN THIS NEW BUDGET TO SPEND FIRST, BECAUSE THAT HAS A YES, A TIME CLOCK THAT'S FASTER THAN MY RESERVE FEE ON NEW FUNDS.
UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO BRINGING BACK TO THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION EVERY MONTH WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT BUDGET, WHO WE'VE SERVED, WHO'S APPLIED, AND ALL THAT DATA AS YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED TO.
AND WE'LL GET THAT WORK TO YOU ALL NEXT.
AND, AND THIS IS STRICTLY FOR SENIORS? YES.
AS DEFINED BY YOU ALL AS 65 A AGE AND OLDER.
SO MY NEXT BRIEFING KIND OF JUST GOT COVERED.
UH, IS IT, IS IT REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE THAN THE $10,000 IS IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET CONTRACTORS TO DO THE $10,000 PROJECTS? YEAH.
THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A PART OF IT.
UM, WHEN YOU DO A COUPLE OF 'EM, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF THEM COMING, UM, MANY CONTRACTORS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PROFIT IN SMALLER JOBS.
UM, AND, UM, WITH IT BEING REIMBURSABLE TO THEM, UH, TO KEEP KEEP GOING THERE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WON'T DO SMALLER JOBS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A NEED TO DO A SMALLER JOB ON A HOME.
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I LOST YOU.THAT IS, WE HAVE MORE MONEY COMING TO THE PROGRAM.
THIS FIRST YEAR PILOT PROGRAM WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ADVOCACY IN SAYING LET'S TRY A SENIOR HOME PREPARED PROGRAM.
IT HAS BEEN THE MOST WIDESPREAD, UH, PROGRAM.
WE HAVE HAD MORE APPLICATIONS THAN WE CAN, UH, WE CAN MANAGE.
AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT SITUATION, BUT IT DOES HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THE NEEDS OF THE SENIOR COMMUNITY WITH HOME REPAIR ARE, ARE VERY SUBSTANTIAL.
AND SO WITH THE ADDITIONAL DEDICATED FUNDING, THANKS TO YOUR ADVOCACY, WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE THE SENIOR POPULATIONS.
HOW MANY APPLICATIONS DO YOU HAVE PENDING THAT, THAT IF YOU HAD THE FUNDS, YOU WOULD AND THE STAFF? I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL ELIGIBLE.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE DONE THE LOTTERY AND WE PULLED THE FIRST, SAY, 20 OF THEM, AND SOME OF THEM WERE NOT ELIGIBLE AND SOME WERE.
AND THE FIRST 10 THAT MET ELIGIBILITY.
UM, HAVE DONE INSPECTIONS AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WHAT THOSE, THOSE, AS I RECALL, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 800, I THINK IT WAS 726 IF I RECALL.
AND OUT OF THAT, YOU WERE ABLE TO SERVE 10 FOR THE FIRST A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
AND THEN WE WERE WORKING THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT THAT LOTTERY AND PROCESS WORKED TO SPEND LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, BEFORE WE STARTED TO MOVE ON TO OUR FEE MOVE FUNDS.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S WORKING AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE TO YOU ALL NEXT MONTH ON LIKE WHO APPLIED AND WHO WE SERVED THROUGH THAT TO SHOW THAT THAT PRIORITY HERE TO LOTTERY DID, DID WORK WELL.
WELL, I'M GOING TO MY BUDGET MEETING AND IT'S ACTUALLY FOR DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT TWO, UM, THURSDAY.
SO, UM, I'M SORT OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY APPLICATIONS FROM JUST THAT ONE EFFORT DO YOU HAVE THAT ARE, THAT HAVEN'T YET BEEN ADDRESSED.
AND I AM GOING TO, MY HEARING IS THE LA ONE, PROBABLY THE LAST ONE OR MY HEARING.
AND IT IS DISTRICT 14 AND DISTRICT TWO.
AND, UM, I WILL BE SPEAKING TO BOTH COUNCILMEN ABOUT, ABOUT THIS AND THE WHOLE, WHOLE SENIOR BUDGET, ESPECIALLY HOUSING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THOR WHILE HE'S UP TALKING ABOUT HOUSING AND THE SENIOR IMPROVEMENT, UM, PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE? UM, QUESTIONS? YES.
WE HAVE A HAND RAISED AND I'M SORRY, I CAN'T SEE WHO THAT IS.
I WANTED TO ASK THOR, COULD YOU GIVE US YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION? IS THAT POSSIBLE? YOUR EMAIL? YOUR EMAIL AND A CONTACT LIKE A PHONE? YEAH, IT'S, UH, THORERICKSON@DALLAS.GOV AND MY DESK PHONE IS FOUR.
COMMISSIONER ORANA, I'LL ASK MACKAY TO SEND OUT THE CONTACT INFORMATION AFTER THIS AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE ON, WELL, THE SIDEWALKS WERE IN HERE.
IS THAT FOR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OR SOMETHING? YEAH, I'LL LET, I'LL LET, IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S A MICRO THING, BUT I I REALLY, WE'VE HAD THAT COME UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL LET PUBLIC WORKS SPEAK TO, THAT'LL CHECK PAY HALF AGAIN.
WHAT IS IT FOR SENIORS THOUGH? IT'LL BE FOR REPLACEMENT.
FOR REPLACEMENT AND THEN THAT'LL BE ASSESSED BY THE CITY STREETS AND THEY'LL IS THAT RIGHT? IT'LL, IT'LL BE BY MY TEAM.
UH, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM WILL GO OUT THERE AND ASSESS EVERYTHING AND MARK UP WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
AND IF IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, IT'LL BE AT NO COST.
WELL, SO THE, I THINK 50 50 IS THE TRADITIONAL SHARE, BUT THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS A HUNDRED PERCENT COST, UM, SHARE TAKEN BY THE CITY FOR CERTAIN POPULATIONS.
I THINK SENIORS IS ONE OF THAT.
DID I GET THAT? DISABLED SENIORS? YEAH.
UH, WE DO HAVE A 50 50 COST SHARE PROGRAM, BUT FOR THE SENIORS IT IS, UH, 100% FREE.
UM, SO I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE LIBRARY.
JOE
AND I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S NOT TO JUST EXPAND THE FACILITY HOURS FROM FIVE TO SIX DAYS.
SO DID, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THIS IS A FIRST AND IT'S ALL
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THANKS TO YOU ALL.I'M HERE TO APPLAUD YOU, WHICH IS WHY I CAME IN PERSON AND I'M HERE TO DO MY HAPPY DANCE.
SO WHEN, THIS IS REALLY JUST COME ABOUT IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, UH, AND, UM, IT IS 100% UNUSUAL FOR ME TO GET A CALL FROM THE, THE C F O SAYING, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU MONEY
AND IT'S BECAUSE THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION WROTE THIS MEMO AND THEY DEMANDED IT.
SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS THEY WERE GIVING US A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER TWO YEARS.
SO WE'RE GETTING $50,000 IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR WITH A GUARANTEE FOR ANOTHER 50,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 25.
SO WE'RE GETTING 50,000 IN IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UM, DEDICATED SENIOR PROGRAMMING.
IT IS JUST PERFECT, UH, COORDINATION BECAUSE WITH MY ENHANCEMENT THAT I HAD ALREADY ASKED FOR, WHICH WAS INCREASING HOURS FOR THE LIBRARY, SO IN THE LAST BUDGET YEAR, WE DID HALF THE LOCATIONS SIX DAYS A WEEK.
WE WERE ASKING TC TO INCREASE THE, THE REMAINING 15 LOCATIONS TO SIX DAYS A WEEK, WHICH SO FAR SO GOOD.
WHERE, UM, IT'S IN THE BUDGET IF IT'S APPROVED AS PROPOSED.
UM, WE ALSO WERE ADDING A POSITION ALREADY DEDICATED TO ADULT SERVICES
SO THIS IS JUST COMING TOGETHER NICELY THAT I WAS ALREADY ADDING A PERSON THAT WAS GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO PROGRAMMING.
LUCKILY, NOW THAT PERSON WILL HAVE MONEY TO CREATE PROGRAMMING SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIOR ADULTS.
UM, BEFORE I WAS JUST GOING TO HAVE THIS PERSON, YOU KNOW, GIVE HER A PAPERCLIP AND A, YOU KNOW, TWISTY TIE AND SAY, CREATE SOMETHING.
RIGHT NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE FUNDING TO DO IT, SO IT'S GONNA BE SPECTACULAR.
UH, WE ARE USING PART OF OUR STRATEGIC STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW TO GIVE, USE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE COLLECTING RIGHT NOW, BUT ALSO WANNA HEAR FROM YOU ALL.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING PARTICULAR THAT YOU NEED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT YOU WANT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
UM, OTHERWISE WE WILL PROCEED WITH OUR ARTS PROGRAMS. WE'VE BEEN DOING DANCE YOGA ARTISTS AND RESIDENT RESIDENTS.
UM, YOU TELL US WHAT YOU WANNA SEE IN YOUR LIBRARIES WITH REGARDS TO SENIOR PROGRAMMING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO, SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO OUR, LIKE WEST DALLAS, THERE, THERE IS A LIBRARY IN THE WEST DALLAS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER MM-HMM.
AND, UH, NORTH DALLAS, FRED PARK, AND THEN THE RECREATION CENTER MM-HMM.
SO IS THERE GOING TO BE, AND WILL THIS BE THE NEW STAFF PERSON? WILL THERE BE COMMUNICATION? SO I'M THINKING, HOW RICH COULD THIS BE? IF THE, IS IT, SO WHO DOES IS THAT? PARKS AND RECREATION PARK,
AND WE DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THAT.
THE DIFFERENCE REALLY IS WHAT, WHAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES IS MORE PHYSICAL THAN WHAT THE LIBRARY DOES.
WE'RE THEY'RE DOING MORE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, RECREATION CLASSES, PICKLE BALL AND MATH SORT OF STUFF.
THE LIBRARY IS PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE PASSIVE GAMING,
AND I'LL SAY WESTFALL IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
'CAUSE THAT'S A COMMUNITY CENTER VERSUS A RECREATION CENTER THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE RESIDENT, THEY'RE LOCATED.
I KNOW SERVICES STAFF, AND OF COURSE THE COUNTY HAS THE, UH, SENIOR PROGRAM.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE.
I MEAN, THE PARTNERSHIP DOES DEPEND ON, YOU KNOW, THE INDIVIDUAL MANAGER OF WEST DALLAS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER AND THE MANAGER OF THE WEST DALLAS LIBRARY.
AND OUR STAFF AT THIS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER BEING IN CLOSE CONVERSATION AND UNDERSTANDING.
BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT THE OFFICER CAN HELP KIND OF ELEVATE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH I THINK IT, IT DOES HAPPEN A LOT.
UM, BUT REALLY KIND OF CREATE AND FORMALIZE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROCESSES.
WE GET OUR NEW PERSON TOGETHER IF YOU ARE NEW YES.
THAT, THAT WAS EXACTLY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE BEST FRIENDS.
AT LEAST IN A PROFESSIONAL SENSE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
UH, WILL, WITH THE ADDITIONAL 15 CENTERS GETTING OPEN, WILL THAT RESTORE YOUR HOURS OF OPERATIONS TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE COVID? UH, YES.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE, WE WON'T BE MIRRORING THE SAME HOURS, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY DARN CLOSE.
AND IT, SO SIX DAYS A WEEK WAS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE COVID.
PRIOR TO COVID, WE HAD EIGHT LOCATIONS THAT WERE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
BUT, UM, IN THIS, OUR SIX DAY A WEEK LOCATIONS
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ARE OPEN A LITTLE LONGER EACH DAY.SO THE NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE MORE HOURS THAN WHEN WE WERE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WE KIND OF, WE DID A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, WE DID A SLIDE OF HAND THERE,
UH, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE GIVEN THAT DALLAS DOESN'T FUND SENIOR CENTERS PER SE, THERE'S A FEW QUASI EXCEPTIONS TO THAT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SENIOR CENTERS HAVING, UH, SENIOR ACCESS TO LIBRARIES AND PARKS AND REC ARE MM-HMM.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF, OF WHERE WE ARE.
SO THE, THERE WILL SIX DAYS A WEEK IS THE GAME PLAN GOING FORWARD, NOT SEVEN, YOU, YOU DON'T VISUALIZE THIS GOING BACK TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, EVER? WELL, NOT RIGHT NOW, NOT IT'S, UM, RIGHT NOW WITH THE WAY THE BUDGET IS TRENDING, IT WILL PROBABLY BE A FEW YEARS BEFORE WE'LL PROBABLY GET TO AMP UP TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
IT'S NOT THAT WE WILL NEVER ASK FOR IT, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE CARDS FOR THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THIS IS DEBBIE AUSTIN, COMMISSIONER AUSTIN.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ALZHEIMER'S, UM, KIT OR, UM, I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CALL IT A KIT OR WHATEVER WE CALL IT MEMORY CARE KITS.
IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND I LOVE THE IDEA, BUT I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT EXISTS.
AND I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UH, FROM MARIA, UH, COUNCILMAN ATKINS, UM, PERSON IN HIS OFFICE ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S.
I'M ALWAYS DELIVERING BROCHURES TO THEM AND STUFF.
IS THERE A WAY THAT THE LIBRARIES CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THE LIBRARIES MIGHT ALREADY DO THIS, BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT THEY CAN PUBLICIZE THAT THESE ARE AVAILABLE YEAH.
TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY? YEAH, WE WILL, I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE A NOTE OF THAT AND WE'LL TRY AND DO A BETTER JOB.
I'LL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY ARE WEAKEST, THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A BUDGET FOR PR AND MARKETING.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, WE ARE REEVALUATING ONE OF OUR POSITIONS, UM, WHO WILL BE FOCUSED RIGHT ON THAT.
UM, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR SUPPORT FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY TO HELP US DO SOME PAID MARKETING.
AND, UM, AND ACTUALLY IN OUR PROGRAM BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPAND OUR MEMORY CARE KIT.
SO WE'LL EVEN HAVE MORE OF 'EM.
SO I WILL ASK MELISSA DEESE, WHO DOES THAT FOR US TO DO SOME, UM, CONCENTRATED MARKETING ON THAT FOR US.
AND THAT WAS GONNA BE MY OTHER QUESTION, IF YOU ALL WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE? YES.
I, THAT'S ALREADY, THAT'S ALREADY IN THE PLANS.
I'M A, I'M A VOLUNTEER FOR ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION AND AN ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION EDUCATOR.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I COULD DO, I COULD MAKE YOU SOME HANDMADE POSTERS THAT I BUY POSTER BOARD FROM DOLLAR TREE, IF THAT WOULD HELP.
THEY WON'T BE PROFESSIONALLY MADE, DON'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOU THAT I CAN IF YOU, IF YOU'LL ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTE 'EM, WE WILL GIVE YOU PROFESSIONALLY MADE ONES.
THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER AUSTIN MAR.
UH, QUESTION THE LIBRARIANS AND THE EACH LIBRARY, HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU AN AS, UM, A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OR A WISHLIST OR THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE? UM, PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR SO FAR AS, UM, WE COLLECT THAT DATA MONTHLY FROM 'EM AND WE, NOT PARTICULARLY FOR SENIOR PROGRAMMING.
SO YOU ALL NEED TO BE MORE VOCAL.
YOU'RE NOT TELLING THEM WHAT YOU WANT.
BECAUSE THEY, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY SEAT AT EVERY, YOU KNOW, AT EVERY SINGLE LOCATION AND THEY REPORT MONTHLY.
SO THERE'S A GREAT ACTION PLAN FOR EVERYONE HERE.
GO OUT TO YOUR LIBRARY AND POKE AROUND AND ASK AND, AND TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND TELL EVERYONE THAT YOU KNOW, IN YOUR AREA TO GO TO THE LIBRARY.
POKE AROUND AND ASK WHAT, GET WHAT THEY WANT.
PHYLLIS, DID YOU ALSO HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, UH, WHEN SHE WAS SPEAKING IT JUST, UM, HAVE MY MEMORY ON SOMETHING I WAS ASKED TO DO HERE.
THIS MIGHT NOT BE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THROW IT OUT REAL QUICKLY.
THEY HAVING A PICKLEBALL A TOURNAMENT COMING TO DALLAS OR FORT WORTH OR SOMEWHERE.
AND I WAS IN CHOICE TO ASK HOW DO WE GO ABOUT TO GET THE CITY TO MAYBE GET US SOME PICKLEBALL TICKETS SO WE CAN ALL GO OUT SINCE I'M PART OF THE, IN, UH, INCLUSION TO GET US TO GET OUT MORE.
THAT'D BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT MIGHT BE THE PARKS PERSON.
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THAT'S CRYSTAL.KAREN, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT AS WELL FOR THE LIBRARY? I HAVE A COMMENT AND THEN I, I WOULD ALSO LIKE JESSICA IF YOU WOULD INCLUDE HER INFORMATION.
UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I LIVE, UH, IN LAKEWOOD IS MY LIBRARY.
AND I DON'T SEE A LOT OF, WHEN I'M IN THOSE PLACES, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF CROSS COMMUNICATION OF, YOU KNOW, JUST THE HANDOUTS OF DO THIS.
AND I DO THINK BOTH AREAS, BOTH, UM, BOTH OF THEM FOR THEIR, THE NUMBER OF SENIORS THAT PARTICIPATE MM-HMM.
SO THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I'VE NOTICED.
AND I KNOW COMMUNICATION IS HARD AND, UH, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S SOMETHING I'M SUGGESTING AND, AND WHATEVER ELSE I NEED TO DO.
I HAVE MET WITH THE LIBRARY IN A COUPLE TIMES AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOVELY UP THERE AND I LOVE MY LIBRARY, BUT GOOD.
YOU KNOW, UH, AND AT THE REC CENTER, THE REC CENTER HAS SOME GREAT PROGRAMS AND I DON'T SEE IT, SEE IT.
THEY HAVE THIS WONDERFUL NUTRITION PROGRAM THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE ADVERTISED.
THE LIBRARY WAS THE REC CENTER'S RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT'S, THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT TOPIC? PETE? NO, NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR JOE SPECIFICALLY.
I, I, I IS THIS COMMUNICATIONS ISSUE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE STUDIED AS PART OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE CONSULTING MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE.
WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT GETS DONE, I THINK A KEY ELEMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN NEEDS TO BE HOW CAN WE STRATEGICALLY DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING ALL SERVICES FOR SENIORS TO SENIORS ACROSS THE CITY.
AND I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THAT PLAN THAT THAT IS NOTED.
AND I, I REALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
ANDER AND I'VE ALSO TALKED TO, UH, CATH, UH, CATHERINE ER, AND OUR COMMS TEAM ABOUT THIS UPCOMING, UH, HOPEFUL, HOPEFULLY BUDGET ENHANCEMENT.
UM, AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, UH, THE DATA AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES WE NEED.
'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD PRETTY QUICKLY TO, UH, PROCURE THE RIGHT, UH, PARTNER AND GET THAT WORK MOVING QUICKLY.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET, YOU KNOW, SPECS UP AND OUT LIKE A S A P AS SOON AS WE CAN AT THE START OF THE YEAR, ASSUMING IT IS ADOPT, ADOPTED SO THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE SOME ACTIONABLE INFORMATION AND RESULTS.
BUT YEAH, I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU AND I ENVISION THAT, YOU KNOW, OFFICER IS HAVING A REAL ROLE IN HELPING TO KIND OF FOLLOW, FOLLOW UP WITH AND TRACK DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP WITH AND TRACK DOWN.
AND FOLLOW UP WITH, AND TRACK DOWN AND PULL TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION FROM ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS AND KIND OF MAYBE BECOME A CENTRALIZED POINT FOR HELPING TO PUSH THINGS OUT EVEN INTERNALLY, UM, AND EXTERNALLY.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN DO IN BOTH OF THOSE AREAS FOR SURE.
I, I JUST, I FULLY AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO OUR NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS A SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM AND CONTRACTS BRIEFING THAT JESSICA'S GONNA DO.
SO, UM, IF THERE'S, YOU WANNA HIT ON THE HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW.
SO I HAVE JAMES HERE, I'LL LET JAMES TALK ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY AND THEN YOU GUYS HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO IF THERE'S A QUESTION OR SOMETHING YOU WANT THAT'S, THAT'S SCREAMING AT YOU THAT YOU WANNA ASK ABOUT, THEN WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT OTHERWISE I'LL JUST LET JAMES RAMIREZ, UM, ONE OF OUR, UH, FOLKS ON THE SENIOR SERVICES CASEWORK TEAM, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS AND OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS TO YOU ALL.
I'M JAMES AND I'M WITH, UH, SENIOR SERVICES.
AND I'M GONNA BE DOING AN OVERVIEW OF THE, UH, THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE, FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST.
UH, SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE PROVIDED, SO, SO FAR IS, UH, ONE AT THE DAL, UH, DALLAS COLLEGE COMMUNITY FAIR.
WE ALSO, UH, PROVIDED OUTREACH AT EATING WELL AS A SNAP WHERE WE PARTNER WITH NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK.
UH, ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE JUNETEENTH FAIR AT THE M L K COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND IN JULY WE HAD SEVERAL OUTREACH EVENTS, UH, I'LL HIGHLIGHTS OF THESE.
UH, ONE OF 'EM WAS WITH THE VETERANS RECOVERY CENTER OUTREACH.
UH, WE DID TWO PROGRAMS WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF 'EM WAS THE WALK AND TALK OUTREACH AT THE ROSELAND TOWN HOME COMMUNITY.
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UH, THE OTHER ONE WAS WITH THE NORTHEAST DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT WAS WITH THEIR ANNUAL WELLNESS SAFETY OUTREACH.UH, WE ALSO DID A, UH, OUTREACH AT THE SENIOR WELLNESS CENTER AT PIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH.
AND THEN WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A HOUSING WEB WEBINAR IN JULY.
AND FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, THIS CURRENT MONTH, WE DID SEVERAL AS WELL.
WE HAD THE DALLAS COLLEGE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR.
WE ALSO PARTICIPATED AT THE, UH, U N I CITIZENS DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
WE DID A CITY SITE VISIT THERE.
UH, WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN PROVIDED OUTREACH AT ANOTHER DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, OUTREACH WITH THE LAKELAND MANOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR THAT THEY DO ANNUALLY.
WE DID, UH, ANOTHER, WE WILL BE DOING ANOTHER ONE WITH THE VETERANS RECOVERY OUTREACH AS WELL, UH, WHICH IS IN A COUPLE DAYS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE HISPANIC OUTREACH WITH THE, UH, BRADY SENIOR CENTER, WHICH IS COMING OH, GOOD.
SO THOSE ARE THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR UP THROUGH AUGUST.
AND, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A SUMMARY OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE FOR TODAY? I KNOW WE'RE REAL CLOSE TO THE END, SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT IF YOU CAN GET US, UH, THE, THE PLANS THAT Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO DO FOR SEPTEMBER SURE.
SO WE CAN GET 'EM ON OUR CALENDAR.
UM, IT'S, THERE'RE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO ATTEND AND WELL, I'LL PUT THAT TOGETHER AND THEN I'LL SEND IT OVER TO M VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, QUICKLY.
SO IF NINE ONE ONE GETS A PHONE CALL RIGHT.
OR SOMEONE YOU THAT COMES TO YOU, DOES IT MATCH 3 1 1 OR 9 1 1? NO, THIS WAS A NINE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS WAS A 9 1 1.
WHAT I, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED, BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN ROYAL AND I HAVE, UH, IN ROYAL OAKS, I THINK, UH, CONDOMINIUMS. AND THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT A NEIGHBOR.
AND SO THEY KEPT CALLING 9 1 1.
I I, I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY MORE THAN WHAT I GOT.
THE 9 1 1, UM, SOMEHOW REACHED OUT TO THE DISTRICT AND WE, I MEAN WE DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ELDERLY PERSON.
BUT DO YOU NEED THAT ON YOUR STATISTICS? AND WHY DID IT GO TO 9 1 1? YOU HAVENT IT RIGHT.
IF, IF SOMEBODY CALLS 9 1 1, THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT'S NOT GONNA COME TO US.
UH, 3 1 1 A LOT OF TIMES WILL COME TO US, CALLS DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT.
UM, THE DISTRICT OFFICES USUALLY PUSH THOSE TESTS, BUT 9 1 1, PROBABLY NOT.
AND YES, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL REQUEST A WELLNESS CHECK.
SOME PEOPLE DO THAT THROUGH 9 1 1.
THERE'S ALSO A NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, UM, THROUGH D P D THAT YOU CAN REQUEST THOSE THINGS IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY.
THIS WAS AN ISSUE FIT SPOT, BUT YEAH.
IF IT WAS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF 9 1 1 WAS APPROPRIATE FOR WHATEVER THE NEED WAS OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEED WAS.
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN WE, WE CERTAINLY, UH, WHEN IT'S A, A SOCIAL SERVICE OR HUMAN SERVICE ORIENTED NEED INFORMATION REFERRAL OR SOMETHING, UM, WE DO LIKE TO BE INCLUDED.
AND THEN WE DO, THERE IS ALSO THE, UM, INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS TEAM.
THEY HAVE, UH, CRISIS INTERVENTION.
UM, SO SOMETIMES CALLS ARE RELATED TO LIKE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND, AND THEY CAN DEPLOY, UH, YOU KNOW, A TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TO GO OUT.
AND AGAIN, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS BEHIND THE CALL THAT YOU'RE ING, BUT, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS, BUT YEAH, IF SOMETHING GOES TO 9 1 1, IT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALS ARE NOT GONNA, THEY, THAT'S HOW I, THEY, YEAH.
AND I WILL ASK, UH, NOT UNLESS Y'ALL NEED US TO.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THE REST OF THIS REPORT THAT JESSICA HAS PROVIDED, EITHER ABOUT THE SENIOR SERVICES, UM, UNDUPLICATED INFORMATION, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT LESS BUSY IN JULY THAN BEFORE.
RIDERS PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, THAT YOU AND I, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE, IF NOT, UM, I THINK WE WILL TRUST YOU TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT YOU REVIEW THE REPORT AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, LET JESSICA KNOW.
UM, AND THEN OUR LAST, UM, AGENDA ITEM IS TO QUICKLY DO SOME SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER'S DISTRICT REPORTS.
I KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF YOU ABOUT HAVING
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TO ATTEND THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, SO WE DON'T NEED TO, UM, DISCUSS THAT AGAIN.BUT IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH US REGARDING A DISTRICT UPDATE, UH, SHALL WE START OUT THERE IN THE TV LAND? ANYONE OUT THERE? YES.
UH, THE ONE FOR THE BUDGET WAS QUITE INTERESTING 'CAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FOR THE BUDGET, THINGS ABOUT SENIOR AFFAIRS CAME UP VERY DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, THEY WOULD JUST TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND NOTHING ELSE.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AUDIENCE.
UH, BUT IT TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD.
A LOT OF THEM REALIZE THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING HERE TO TRY TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR INTERESTS.
SO I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WORKING SO HARD'S.
GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'VE MADE AN IMPACT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, FOR ME, ONE, IN DISTRICT EIGHT WE HAD A, OUR, UM, COMMUNITY COALITION MEETING, WHICH IS MADE UP OF THE, UM, A AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
AND IT WAS OUR LARGEST MEETING EVER.
WE HAD IT AT COUNCILMAN PROTE, COUNCILMAN ATKINS OFFICE INSTEAD OF AT OUR, UM, SOUTHWEST DIVISION POLICE STATION OFFICE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT CODE COMPLIANCE, UM, AND, UH, SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS WERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A LOT OF SENIORS IN IT.
COUNCILMAN ATKINS HAS ASKED US TO DIVIDE INTO COMMITTEES AND EACH COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE WORKING TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS TO TRY TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS AND THE ISSUES THAT SENIORS HAVE IN GETTING IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE, BUT IT WAS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN, UM, AUGUST.
I DID A, UM, UH, I'M SORRY, I DID A RESOURCE FAIR FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION AT A CHURCH IN SOUTHEAST OAK CLIFF AT THE COLLEGE PARK BAPTIST CHURCH.
IT WAS, UH, VERY ENLIGHTENING.
I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE, DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION.
AND SOMETHING UNUSUAL HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK.
I WAS AT THE BEAUTY SHOP AND THE, THE TOPIC CAME UP ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S AND I ACTUALLY DID A POP-UP RESOURCE EVENT THAT I DIDN'T INTEND TO DO.
'CAUSE I ALWAYS HAVE THINGS IN MY TRUNK OF MY CAR.
SO I WENT OUT AND PULLED A LOT OF STUFF OUT AND DID A POP-UP.
BUT IT HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE ONE OF THE LADIES IN THE BEAUTY SHOP, ONE OF THE OPERATORS IS A CAREGIVER WHO'S TRYING TO HELP A COUPLE WHO BOTH ARE VERY OLD AND VERY SICK.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
UM, ANYONE ELSE HERE? MARION? NO.
MAYBE IT'S NEW BUSINESS THOUGH.
YOU GET THAT? NO, THAT'S OKAY.
UH, THIS SORT OF AFFECTS ALL OF US.
IT'S FUNDING POSSIBILITY FOR A SENIOR CENTER.
UH, DISTRICTS TWO, SEVEN, AND NINE.
UH, WE'RE GETTING A VERY HARD PUSH BY, UM, FERGUSON ROAD INITIATIVE TO GET $24 MILLION.
THEY'VE DONE THIS FOR 28 YEARS TO PUT IT ON THE BOND PACKAGE FOR, TO ME, A SUPER RECREATION CENTER, WHICH AN ORGANIZATION I'M PART OF, WE'RE VERY MUCH FOR A SENIOR CENTER HERE.
AND YET THEY WANNA PUT A BEHEMOTH.
THEY'VE RAISED MONEY OVER THESE YEARS TO GET THE PARK.
THERE'S A WHITE ROCK HILLS PARK.
WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FROM SEVEN AND NINE AND, UM, UH, 7, 9 2, SORRY, TWO, I'M IN TWO NOW.
KEEP FORGETTING NOT NINE AND MAYBE 14 TO GET TOGETHER BECAUSE FOLKS, WE SHOULD BE IN THERE ADVOCATING FOR A SENIOR CENTER, SENIOR CENTER ONLY.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THE CITY CAN USE.
AND MAYBE WE CAN CARVE OUT 6 MILLION FOR A SENIOR ONLY CENTER, WHICH WOULD ANSWER HORSES REQUEST BEFORE, NOT MAYBE LIMITED BY LABELING JUST AS L G B T Q.
BUT LET'S HAVE A SENIOR OWNER ONLY CENTER.
IT WOULD BE LOCATED AT THE CORNER, ALMOST EXACTLY THE CORNER OF I 30 AND FERGUSON.
THIS IS REALLY AT FERGUSON AND HIGHLAND ROAD.
BUT I ASK YOU, UM, CHAIRMAN AND
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MS CO-CHAIR, WHERE DO WE GO TO DO THAT? SHOULD WE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE BOND WHICH WILL COME UP NEXT YEAR, BUT THEY ARE PUSHING FOR 24 MILLION.I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CROSS PURPOSES.
OR WHY COULDN'T WE HAVE OUR OWN SENIOR CENTER FIRST AND ONLY IN DALLAS TO HAVE ONE FUNDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP? THERE CERTAINLY COULD BE SOME OVERLAP IN PROGRAMMING.
UH, I DON'T THINK US SENIORS WANNA BE PLAYING BASKETBALL IN THE EVENING.
NOW, PICKLEBALL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 36 MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, ONE 10TH OF OUR POPULATIONS PLAYS PICKLEBALL.
WELL, SO, UH, MIKE, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD SUPPLY TO US? I DO.
THEY HAVE BEEN HEAVILY, UH, RIGHT, LISA, YOU'VE SEEN THIS, UH, WHAT IS IT, A 20 PAGE, UH, POWERPOINT WITH SOME HISTORY.
LISA, YOU AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS THING? IT'S RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SENIOR CENTER.
WHY CAN'T WE WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE ONE? WHAT DO YOU THINK, PLEASE? I THINK I'M ALL FOR IT.
I'VE GOT A MEETING WITH PAULA BLACKMAN ON FRIDAY, BUT SHE'S ALL, SHE'S DOING A GROUP MEETING WITH ME AND TWO OTHER PEOPLE FROM OUR AREA.
I KNOW SHE AND THE TWO AND SEVEN ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH HER OUR WAY A LITTLE BIT.
I I ATTENDED THEIR BUDGET MEETING, UH, THE FRY BUDGET MEETING FOR THE REC CENTER ON THE 17TH.
AND, AND TO ME IT'S JUST WILLY-NILLY ALL OVER THE PLACE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE A PLAN, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAN.
THEY'RE NOT SURE THEY'LL GET THE MONEY THEY WANT FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM BONDS.
SO NOW THEY'RE KIND OF SCRAMBLING ON HOW CAN WE PAY FOR THIS? I WAS ON THE F R I BOARD THAT WE'VE BEEN TURNED DOWN TWICE YEARS AGO.
UM, THEY WERE TOLD BY THE CITY, WE'LL DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT IF YOU WANT 24 MILLION, GO SEE MCDONALD'S CORPORATION OR WELL MET OR SOMEBODY ELSE.
WE'RE JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN OVER A PERIOD OF 28 YEARS.
SO I'M, YEAH, I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR COUNCIL, UM, CHAIRMAN PETE, WHAT, UM, WHAT CAN WE DO? CAN WE FOUR OR FIVE, UH, COMMISSIONERS MEET SEPARATELY AND COME UP WITH SOME COMMISSIONER KLEIN, BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT, CAN I SAY TO HIM THAT THAT IS HOW WE GOT OUR SENIOR ONLY CENTER IN OAK CLIFF, OUR WILL CENTER SENIOR ONLY.
AND COUNCILMAN ATKINS AND COUNCILMAN, UH, UM, CASEY THOMAS ADVOCATED FOR IT.
AND THEY WORKED HARD AND IT GOT REJECTED.
BUT WELLMED LISTENED TO THEM AND THEY BROUGHT THAT CENTER TO OAK CLIFF AND IT IS A WELL ESTABLISHED SENIOR ONLY CENTER.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST POSE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
FIRST OF ALL, BOND DISCUSSIONS ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THE ELECTION'S GONNA BE IN MAY OR NOVEMBER.
THAT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT'S HAPPENING AT THIS MOMENT.
UH, THE BOND PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HAPPENING NOW TOO.
UM, I DON'T, I, WE'VE EVEN TALKED TO A A R P AND THE EQUITY OFFICE AND THE BOND OFFICE ABOUT DOING SOME OUTREACH SPECIFICALLY TO OLDER ADULTS TO GET THEM ENGAGED IN THE BOND CONVERSATION.
UM, I HEARD THE DESCRIPTION OF WELLMED.
I HEARD YOU DESCRIBED THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS IT A, IS IT A FUNCTION OF PARKS AND REC IN THE FIRST PLACE? LIKE WHAT IS A SENIOR CENTER? AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET SOME MAYBE CLARITY OR VISION ON, ON KIND OF WHAT THAT DIRECTION IS.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A RECREATION CENTER FOR OLDER ADULTS OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AN ALL-INCLUSIVE SENIOR CENTER INCLUDING A VARIETY OF SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS? BECAUSE A RECREATION CENTER FOR OLDER ADULTS, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WITHIN, I DON'T KNOW IF PARKS IS NECESSARILY PUSHING FOR THAT OR NOT.
AND I'M NOT AS WELL CLUED IN ON THE INS AND OUTS OF THE BOND, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW OR MAY KNOW, VERY INFRASTRUCTURE ORIENTED.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S PUSH FOR HOUSING, MORE HOUSING.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF KIND OF CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY RELATED TO THE BOND PLANNING AS WELL.
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO, TO GET A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD OTHER ASKS FOR SENIOR CENTERS COMING FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO I'M HEARING IT NOW FROM YOU.
I'M HEARING, UM, COMMISSIONER AUSTIN OF COURSE HIGHLIGHT THE WELLNESS CENTER, WHICH IS A FABULOUS CENTER, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, THAN I THINK WHAT YOU DESCRIBED, BECAUSE
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I DON'T KNOW IF MT HAS PICKLEBALL, MAYBE THEY HAVE IT INDOORS.NO, THEY DON'T HAVE PICKLEBALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE UH, UH, A SPACE FOR THAT.
BUT THEY DO HAVE A RECREATION AREA.
THEY HAVE CLASSROOM AREAS, THEY HAVE COOKING AREA, THEY HAVE, UM, THE, UM, EQUIPMENT OF THE GYM, EQUIPMENT.
BUT PICKLEBALL, BUT PICKLEBALL WASN'T THE THING WHEN IT WAS, UM, PUT UP.
THEY HAVE DOCTOR'S OFFICES, THEY HAVE, UH, UNITED HEALTHCARE REPRESENTATIVES THERE ON STAFF EVERY ALL DAY.
THEY HAVE MEALS THAT COME IN FROM DALLAS COUNTY.
SO NO, THEY DON'T HAVE PICKLE BALL, UNFORTUNATELY.
WELL, YOU WOULD TAKE FROM THOSE 75,000 PEOPLE AT SERVICE AREA AND YOU WOULD, UH, TAKE THE SENIOR ACTIVITIES FROM HARRY STONE FROM YOUR FRIEND AT HARRY GRANT.
SAME GRANT SAMUEL, SAME GRANT.
IT'S SAMUEL REC CENTER ON GRANT.
BUT YOU WOULD TAKE THOSE AND BRING THEM TO THIS CENTRAL SENIOR ONLY CENTER? I DID NOT KNOW WE HAD ANY PLACE IN DALLAS CALLED A SENIOR ONLY CENTER.
SO YEAH, THERE AND I THINK THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION, UH, VISITED THE WELLNESS CENTER MAYBE BACK IN 2020.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE COULD FACILITATE THAT.
AND SO THEY CAME IN AND THEY DID A SIGNIFICANT SPONSORSHIP.
THEY PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND CHAIR KLEIN, I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS OFFLINE, BUT THERE'S OTHER ENTITIES SIMILAR TO WELLMED WHO HAVE ALSO, YOU KNOW, BEEN INTERESTED IN ENGAGING WITH THIS COMMISSION.
WELL, THEY, BUT I DO WANNA BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET TOO DEEP INTO A CONVERSATION THAT'S NOT HERE ON THIS SHIFT.
JUST LET, LET ME MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS OR I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
HAS THE $24 MILLION BEEN RAISED WITH PRIVATE MONEY, ARE YOU SAYING OR IS THAT A GOAL? NO, THAT IS NOW A GOAL.
AND THEY'RE PUTTING IT ON OUR BACKS AS CITIZENS.
I JUST THINK IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT.
AND I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE AND I'VE DID IT OVER THE WEEKEND.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO MARRY THE TWO AND COME OUT WITH WHAT OUR SENIOR CITIZENS NEED.
AND AND IF NOTICE, BECAUSE YOU PUT THE NUMBERS, THOSE THREE DISTRICTS ARE HEAVILY WEIGHTED TOWARD ELDERLY CITIZENS.
I, I THINK THAT IT, IS THIS A PROPOSAL TO ADD A PARKS AND REC SUPERCENTER? IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? THAT'S, UH, THEY, THEY'VE CAGED IT THAT WAY.
THEY'VE DONE SOME GREAT, UH, POLITICAL LEVERING OR IF YOU WANNA CALL IT YES.
THAT'S KINDA WHAT IT'S, BUT IT'S CALLED A RECREATION CENTER.
AND IT'S A SUPER ONE SIMILAR, I THINK WHAT GRAND PRAIRIE HAS, ADDISON, THEY'RE TRYING THAT ROUTE.
WELL, I, MY REACTION TO IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IF IT'S FOR THOSE DISTRICTS AND THOSE, UH, IT WON'T HAPPEN AT ALL WITH BOND ISSUE UNLESS THE COUNCIL, PEOPLE FROM THOSE DISTRICTS ARE ALL OVER IT.
AND I THINK MAKING SURE THAT THE COUN THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW WHAT'S MISSING FOR SENIORS, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE MOST PALATABLE IF INCORPORATED INTO THE PLANNING FOR THIS SUPERCENTER WOULD BE A, A DEDICATED WING OR A DEDICATED SECTION OF THAT CENTER TO FULFILL THE PURPOSE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I DON'T, IT, IT WOULD, I I THINK TIME JACKING THE WHOLE THING WOULD PROBABLY BE DIFFICULT.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, THE FOLKS WE BROUGHT ON WERE PREPARED TO SPEAK ABOUT BOND ANYWAY.
'CAUSE IT WAS MOSTLY A BUDGET CONVERSATION.
BUT THE FEEDBACK YOU'RE PROVIDING IS IMPORTANT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO DIG AROUND, YOU KNOW, AND TRY TO ANS FIND SOME MORE INFORMATION AND SEE WHAT I CAN FIND OUT.
I APPRECIATE IT IN TERMS OF DATE WISE AND PROCESS AND OTHER THINGS.
I ACTUALLY LIVE OFF FERGUSON MYSELF, SO ASSISTANT CHAIR.
AND, AND HAVING, YOU'RE TALKING, IF THE COMMISSIONERS FROM THOSE THREE DISTRICTS WOULD TALK TO THE COUNCIL PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THEIR TAKE ON IT, I THINK WOULD BE VERY USEFUL.
UH, AND YOU MIGHT DISTRIBUTE THAT REPORT THAT YOU SHOWED OF WHAT THE PROPOSAL ACTUALLY IS.
ASSIST THAT WOULD BE ASSISTANT.
ONE SECOND, UH, BARON, I'LL BE RIGHT WITH YOU.
SO THAT WOULD BE DISTRICTS 2, 7, 9, AND 14, IS THAT THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO IF YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF GETTING
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THAT TO THOSE MEMBERS AS WELL AS TO THE CHAIR, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.I'M SORRY, YOU HAVE A COMMENT AS WELL.
I WILL JUST CLARIFY THAT A MEETING BETWEEN THAT MANY COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT IT COULD REQUIRE POSTINGS.
I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.
BUT, AND THEN TO FOUR OR FIVE, KIND OF, KIND OF MOVING INTO THAT TERRITORY.
I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION IT MIGHT BE GOOD.
I KNOW THAT, UH, BEFORE COVID, UM, OUR COUNCIL PERSON CARRIED US TO GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, TO VIEW, UH, THE SUMMIT MM-HMM.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT SENIOR CENTER AND LOOK AT THE WELLMED CENTER THAT, THAT IS HERE IN OAK CLIFF, THEY REALLY DON'T COMPARE, UH, BECAUSE OUR, WELL, MED CENTER IS ONE THAT, UM, WELL IT'S SMALL, IT HAS A LOT OF RESOURCES.
BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A SENIOR CENTER, UH, THEY HAVE A, A POOL, UH, WHERE YOU CAN DO AEROBICS AND OTHER THINGS, UH, AND IT, I'M SORRY, CONTINUE.
BUT, BUT IT'S JUST A, A, A WELL MORE EXPANDED PROGRAM.
AND I GUESS MY COMMENT WOULD BE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DALLAS HAVE A SENIOR CENTER, NOT JUST A SENIOR CENTER FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS WITHIN DALLAS.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS MINE AS WELL.
UM, WELL, WE'VE GONE OVER OUR TIME AND I WOULD LIKE GET BACK TO SENIOR AFFAIRS.
DO WE HAVE TO GO, UH, DO YOU NEED A DISTRICT UPDATE? IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? WELL, I, I JUST, I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE TRYING TO SAY, UH, I HAVE SPOKEN JUST TO ONE OTHER PERSON.
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SENIOR CENTERS AND NOT JUST THIS ONE, BUT HAVING, AND MAYBE USING THE PARK, THE REC CENTERS TO DO MORE.
AND I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE WE WANT TO CONSIDER HAVING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN AD COMMITTEE, UM, IF WE HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT MAYBE WHAT THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO DO IS HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT DOES LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF SENIOR CENTERS.
PERSONALLY, I'VE HAD TO TRY, I'VE TRIED TO HELP SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS WITH SENIORS GOING TO A SENIOR CENTER AND IT'S, IT IS A, IT'S NOT WORKED OUT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE NEED, WE NEED, I THINK WE DO.
WE'RE HEARING WHAT WE'RE HEARING.
SO THAT'S, AND THAT I SPEAK AS, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I DID IN MY DISTRICT.
I, I THINK I HEARD PETE SAY SOMETHING THAT CLARIFIES THIS.
'CAUSE I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
I THINK ONE IS A SENIOR CENTER AND THE OTHER IS A SENIOR RECREATIONAL CENTER.
SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT MIKE IS TALKING ABOUT A RECREATIONAL CENTER, SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
WE NEED RESEARCH ON WHAT YEAH.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I AGREE.
BUT AGAIN, I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS TURNING INTO AN UNPUBLISHED CONVERSATION ON SENIOR CENTER STRATEGY.
SO YEAH, I JUST, I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO EXPLORE.
AND WE'VE BEEN ASSIGN, I SUPPORT THE, I THINK THE CHAIR IS VICE CHAIR, MY SENIOR CENTER.
I JUST, AND AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOO HARD TO GET THAT THING OVER HERE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? YES.
SECOND, IS EVERYONE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD ADJOURN THIS MEETING? I SECOND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE OUTTA CONTROL.