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JUST TO GIVE A BACKGROUND, DALLAS PARKS CULTURE, WE
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ARE A GROUP.UM, UM, LARGE PARK TRAIL CAME TOGETHER, ADVOCATE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED EXISTS CITIES AROUND THE, UM, STANDPOINT.
SO WE FOUNDED THE DALLAS PARKS COALITION AND, UM, INVEST IN THIS IDEA TO ADVOCATE FOR
[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on June 15, 2023.]
AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS APRIL.UH, MY NAME'S ROBERT KENT AND I'M ALSO A FOUNDER OF THE BRONX COALITION.
AND I WORKED FOR THE TRUST PUBLIC LAND FROM TEXAS STATE DIRECTOR.
UM, AS APRIL SHARED, UH, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPE, UM, ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND REALIZED THERE'S A BIG GAP IN DALLAS, THE NEED FOR A STANDALONE ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, AND WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, THE PARKS BOARD, UM, TO HELP ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS OF, UM, BEING A GREATER AND GREENER CITY, AS WE'VE HEARD THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT BEFORE WITH THE BOND FIRM COMING UP.
WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH ALL OF YOU.
WE WANNA TAKE A MINUTE AND THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT.
UM, WE KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL 400 PARKS IN DALLAS ARE LOOKING GREAT, UM, AND TO MOVE THE PARK SYSTEM FORWARD TOWARDS ITS GOAL.
AND SO FOR EVERYONE ON THE PARK BOARD, THANKS FOR THE TIME AND ENERGY TO INVEST, UM, AND TO ALL THE STAFF AS WELL.
THANKS FOR THE TIME AND ENERGY YOU ALL INVEST TO.
UM, WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT DALLAS PARKS ARE HEADING IN, AND WE KNOW THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE GREAT WORK THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM DOES, AND THE PARKS COALITION IS SO EXCITED ABOUT GETTING TO PARTNER WITH EACH OF YOU, UM, TO HELP MOVE THAT WORK FORWARD, PARTICULARLY, BUT YOU LOOK AT THE BOND AND WHAT'S AHEAD.
PHILLIP PIE HA WITH THE LOU DALLAS.
UH, I DO WANNA ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR OTHER DALLAS PARK COALITION MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE, LIKE BRIAN
UH, WE WANT TO BE AS INCLUSIVE TO AS POSSIBLE.
UH, BUT I THINK I HAVE THE BEST NEWS TO SHARE IS THAT WE WILL BE SUPPORTING, OUR FIRST BIG ACT IS SUPPORTING, AS ROBERT MENTIONED, IN APRIL, THE BOND, BUT AT THE NUMBER THAT Y'ALL RECOMMENDED, UH, 399, 3 99 OR 98 3 99 99.
UH, BUT WE WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITIZEN ON TASK FORCE AS WELL AS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, BRINGING THAT TO THE PUBLIC AND WE'LL SEE OUR PEOPLE, UM, OUT AT THE NEXT TOWN HALLS NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEK AFTER.
AND I HOPE THEY'LL Y'ALL WORRY BUTTONS TOO.
YES, WE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND SO WE'LL BE DEFINITELY ADVOCATING AND AS THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE MEETINGS COME UP, UM, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO WORK WITH Y'ALL TO TURN OUT YOUR NEIGHBORS AND SUPPORTERS, PARK SUPPORTERS.
WE'RE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WEARING BUTTONS, WEARING GREEN.
WE REALLY WANNA DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF FOLKS IN DALLAS, ALL OF DALLAS REALLY CARES ABOUT.
SO WE'LL BE CONTACTING EACH OF YOU TO KIND OF WORK WITH YOU ON, ON THAT AS WELL.
AND WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE KATIE AND TRISHA HERE AS WELL.
HELLO? UM, THEY'RE WITH TRINITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND THEY ARE PROVIDING, UM, A HUGE ASSIST, UH, TO HELP MOVE THE WORK FORWARD AS WELL.
SO YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM US OR FROM THEM, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO SET UP MEETINGS AND HELP BRING PEOPLE OUT TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
YEAH, WE APPRECIATE, WELL NEEDED.
CAN I SAY THAT REAL QUICK? YES.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF US THAT SIT ON THE BOND COMMITTEE AND THE MORE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU GUYS CAN BRING OUT, NOT JUST YOU, BUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HELPS US ON THE BOND COMMITTEE.
I'M GONNA TRY OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKER ONE MORE TIME.
THIS IS TRACY WILLIAMS. YES, I'M ON THE LINE.
I'M SORRY IF I MISSED YOU EARLIER.
MY NAME IS TRACY WILLIAMS AND I'M A RESIDENT OF D 10 AND LIVE VERY CLOSE TO ORBITER PARK, WHICH IS THIS TOPIC OF MY WORDS.
TODAY I'M URGING THE INCLUSION OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ORBITER PARK AND THE UPCOMING BOND PACKAGE.
THE PARK NEEDS AN INCLUSIVE MASTER PLAN THAT CONSIDERS INPUT FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO LIVE CLOSEST TO THE PARK.
THE PARK IS CURRENTLY UTILIZED.
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FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE ARE A TENNIS COURT THAT GOES NOW PICKLEBALL COURT, A DOG WALKING AREA, UM, AND WE'RE ADJACENT TO AND WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE WHITE WALL CREEK, UM, TRAIL.THERE'S ONLY ONE ENTRANCE INTO THE PARK FROM A RESIDENTIAL STREET.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, THIS IS CRITICAL TO THE MASTER PLAN, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS REAL CONCERNS ABOUT ONE ENTRANCE IN THE PARKING LOT LOCATION.
I BELIEVE THAT THE PARK HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE AN EVEN GREATER ASSET TO THE NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOODS OF NORTHWOOD ESTATES AND URBAN RESERVE.
BY INVESTING IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ORBITER PARK CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE SPACE THAT BENEFITS MOST AND ALL RESIDENTS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS DATA, MIGHT BE THE MEDIAN AGE, ABOUT 57 YEARS OLD, AND THAT'S EXCLUDING THE RESIDENTS AT PRESBYTERIAN VILLAGE NORTH.
UM, SO WE'RE INTERESTED IN ON DEVELOPING A PARK THAT HAS LIGHTING, THAT HAS, UM, BENCHES, IT HAS LANDSCAPING.
RIGHT NOW THAT PARK IS VACANT WITH ONLY A TENNIS COURT, AND WE NEED TO BE SOMETHING VIBRANT THAT REPRESENTS ALL OF DALLAS AND D 10.
IT INCLUDES INPUT FROM ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, NOT JUST A SELECT FEW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THESE, UM, POINTS FOR THE BOND PACKAGE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. LISA GUDO.
YOU CAN TURN YOUR AUDIO OR YOUR VIDEO ON MA'AM.
YOU CAN, YOU'RE THREE MINUTES BEGINS.
UM, MY NAME IS, UH, LISA GRANADO, AND I AM A 35 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE NORTHWEST ESTATES AND D 10 AREA.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PARK FOR, UM, FIRST OF ALL FOR RECOMMENDING, UM, THIS, UH, PROPOSED BOND PACKAGE FOR ORBITER PARK, UM, AS A RESIDENT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST OFF JUST, UH, KIND OF ELABORATE AS TO, UH, THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE AREA THAT WE'RE IN AND JUST TO, UM, MAKE IT SO THAT EVERYONE IS INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSED MASTER PLAN.
UM, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES.
UM, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF INCOMING, UH, YOUNGER COUPLES STARTING OFF.
AND, UM, AS A PARENT OF THREE CHILDREN, TWO OF WHICH ARE STILL IN, UM, THE R I S D SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT AT, UM, OPPORTUNITY AND VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE WHOLE, UM, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF, UH, UH, YOUNG, YOUNGER CHILDREN THAT DON'T HAVE AN AREA TO PLAY.
UM, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS THE ONLY THING THAT WAS AVAILABLE, UM, SINCE AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PLAYGROUND IS OFF LIMITS, UH, DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE, OUR, ALL OF THE OTHER FEEDER PATTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA HAVE SOME SORT OF PARK, UM, SOMEWHERE FOR THE CHILDREN TO GO AND, AND PLAY.
AND, AND WE DON'T, UM, OUR, OUR, THE CURRENT ORBIT PARK IS JUST AN OPEN SPACE WITH JUST THE TENNIS COURT AND THE PICKLEBALL.
BUT, UM, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE, YOU KNOW, DURING THESE PAST, UM, THE PAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF YOUNGER FAMILIES THAT HAVE MOVED IN AND, UM, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, OVER 35 FAMILIES WITH SMALL, UH, CHILDREN THAT ARE EITHER, UM, GETTING READY TO HEAD INTO SCHOOL OR ARE ALREADY CURRENTLY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, JUST MAKE IT TO WHERE, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
UM, EVEN THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, PAST, UH, UH, FOR THE PAST, UH, 35 YEARS LIKE MYSELF, WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST NEED TO, UM, HAVE A PLACE, UH, TO, UH, CON YOU KNOW, CONVENE MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST NEED SOMEWHERE TO GO.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST THANK THE PARK BOARD FOR YOUR TIME ALSO, UM, JUST TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FULL FUNDING OF THE PARK BOARDS, UH, 39, UM, $399 MILLION, UM, UH, BUDGET.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. LISA MILLER.
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HI EVERYBODY.I'M LISA MILLER AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES, UM, WITH DALLAS UNITED CREW.
AND I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH THREE THINGS, WHO WE ARE, THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING TO MAKE OUR SPORT OF ROWING MORE ACCESSIBLE, INCLUSIVE, AND DIVERSE.
AND THEN SOME EXCITING NEWS THAT I THINK IS GONNA BLOW YOUR SOCKS.
SO WHO WE ARE, DALLAS UNITED CREW.
WE ARE 5 0 1 C THREE ROWING AND DRAGON BOATING TEAM.
WE FOCUS ON YOUTH ROWING PARTICULARLY, AND WE HAVE 150 MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE ROWING.
SO IF YOU'RE AT WHITE ROCK LAKE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR KIDS OUT THERE.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DUNNO THAT ROWING CHANGES KIDS' LIVES.
OVER THE COURSE OF, UH, THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD 76 STUDENTS RECRUITED TO ROW IN COLLEGE ON SCHOLARSHIPS.
LET ME TALK ABOUT 0.2, THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING TO MAKE THE SPORT MORE INCLUSIVE, DIVERSE, AND ACCESSIBLE.
MANY OF YOU WHO REMEMBERS THE ARSHAY COOPER EVENT, AND I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU WERE THERE, AND THIS IS ARSHAY COOPER RIGHT HERE.
AND HE IS ACTUALLY IN TOWN RIGHT NOW DOING P E TAKEOVERS.
OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, WE'VE HAD A THOUSAND STUDENTS AT IRMA, AL BARACK OBAMA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, ST.
PHILLIPS, INTRODUCING THE SPORT OF ROWING TO THESE KIDS.
AND IT IS SO EXCITING, IT'S ELECTRIFYING TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND IT'S CHANGING THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY'RE RAISING THEIR HANDS TO COME OUT AND FRY ROWING.
AND SO A THOUSAND STUDENTS SO FAR, BUT WE'RE HAVING OUR EXCITING NEWS.
I WANTED TO SHARE SATURDAY, AND THIS IS THE FLYER THAT YOU GUYS JUST GOT RECEIVED.
SATURDAY, WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING AN EVENT.
AND SO FAR, 70 KIDS OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS FROM THOSE THREE SCHOOLS HAVE SIGNED UP TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SPORT OF ROWING.
AND SO ARSE COOPER IS IN TOWN.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE AN EVENT SATURDAY MORNING, BUT IF YOU CAN COME BY AFTERWARDS AND CHECK THIS OUT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE BOAT TOURS.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ERG TRAINING AND GET A CHANCE TO BE ON THE WATER.
AND OUR BIG REVEAL IS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, DALLAS UNITED CREW IS GETTING TWO GRANTS TOTALING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SECRET NOW.
IT'S NOT, I KNOW THAT'S NOT
THE TWO GRANTS, ONE IS $75,000 FROM DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, 75 FOR 75.
WE WERE CHOSEN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE FIRST TIME ROWING HAS BEEN, HAS RECEIVED A GRANT LIKE THIS FOR THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FOLKS THERE.
ARSHAY COOPER HAS A FUND, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING, INCLUSION FUND, $25,000.
WE'RE GONNA GET HERBS AT SCHOOLS.
WE'RE GONNA DO TRAINING AT THE SCHOOL.
MS. MILLER, THAT'S YOUR, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT ON SATURDAY.
AND WE'RE ELEVATING THE SPORT OF GROWING AND THE CITY OF DALLAS.
MR. PROCTOR COUNT, MR. SLAUGHTER.
PROCTOR CAN BE NEW YEAR, RIGHT?
I'D LIKE TO SEE A COUPLE THINGS, UH, ABOUT MR. PROCTOR.
UH, IS THAT ALL RIGHT, CAROL? WELL, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LET HIM SPEAK FIRST, BUT I'LL DEFER.
SORRY, I LET HIM, HE REQUESTED AND I'LL, WHO, WHO, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT? NO, GO AHEAD.
SO I'LL SEE YOU IN THE PARKING LOT.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, MR. JOHN PROCTOR'S HERE TODAY, SOMEBODY THAT I REALLY LOOK UP TO, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED ABOUT MR. PROCTOR, HE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BLACK CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION.
HE'S ALSO AN ADVOCATE FOR OFFENDERS TO BE BACK, UH, ACCLIMATED BACK INTO THE CITY.
UH, MR. PROCTOR IS ONE OF OUR LEADERS THAT I REALLY HOLD IN HIGH ESTEEM.
AND AS SOCIETY, WHEN PEOPLE HELP YOU, WE DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO KNOW.
'CAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE'VE DONE IT OURSELF.
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YEARS AGO, UH, I MADE A BAD BUSINESS DEAL FOR SOME FRIENDS AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.MR. PROCTOR MADE SURE THAT MY FAMILY WAS OKAY FINANCIALLY.
HE'S ALSO THE REASON WHY I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR PRAYER COURT.
FIRST, HE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUCH A BIG ADVOCATE FOR HIM.
SO, MR. PROCTOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UH, JOHN PROCTOR, UH, TODAY I'M SPEAKING AS A CITIZEN OF DALLAS AND, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT M B E W E C M A R C S P P AIN'T GOT TIME.
TAKE THREE MINUTES TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU GOT A PROBLEM ALREADY.
YOU DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM TO HIRE BUSINESSES OUT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO A C S B, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LOW B.
YOU CAN HIRE A AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPANY ON A LOW BID PROJECT AND HE'S BROKE AFTER END OF THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE OTHER ADVANCEMENTS AND THE PARTICULARS OF CHANGE ORDERS 'CAUSE YOU GOING TO HAVE ONE.
SO THAT AFFECTS OUR BUSINESS RUSHING THROUGH THIS.
OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN DISTRICT, DISTRICT I JUST NAMED IS OVER 20%.
WE GOT A BIG RETURNING CITIZEN IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DON'T HAVE JOBS.
AND WHEN YOU, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY I'M A BIG ADVOCATE OF, OF FIRE PARK IT BECAUSE THEY HIRE THESE PEOPLE.
AND ANYBODY HIRE THESE PEOPLE, THEY'RE A FRIEND OF MINE BECAUSE I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR, MOST OF MY INVESTORS IN DISTRICT THREE, IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
SO WHEN WE TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE TALKING ABOUT ADVANCE OF PEOPLE NOT RETURNING BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM, BUT DIDN'T GET A GOOD PAYING JOB AND STATE OUT OF TROUBLE THAT ADVANCE OUR COMMUNITY HAS INVEST THE TAX BASE.
I DON'T SEE NO INTEREST IN THAT.
WHEN I HEAR GOOD FAITH EFFORT, WHAT I HEAR, I WENT, LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND I DIDN'T SEE NOBODY SO FAR
WE KEEP DOING THIS LIKE WE DO.
YOUR NUMBERS IS
WHEN YOU, WHEN I HEAR MWB, I HEAR WB.
I DON'T HEAR NO MIND, NO MWB TALK.
I AIN'T GOT TIME TO EXPLAIN THAT.
BUT THIS IS THIS AND IT'S AMAZING TO ME WHEN YOU WOULD NOT CONSIDER THE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BLACK MALE IN THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICT OUR NAME, I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU STUDIED IT.
I NEED YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND BE ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHY I'M ON THE BOARD OF THREE MANY.
I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE LARGEST DRUG PROGRAM IN THIS TOWN, AND I'M ON THE BOARD OF PARKER.
IF IT FOR, IT'S FOR A STRATEGIC REASON.
WE GOT BLACK MALES, THEY HAVE PHYSICAL IN 30 YEARS.
IT'S MY DECISION TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
WE GOTTA RUN AND WRAP IN OUR COMMUNITY DRUG PROBLEM.
THAT'S WHY I CHOSE THAT TO BE, WE BROUGHT THE FIRST ONE ON LED BELT, THIRD BLACK PROGRAM IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE HISTORY OF DALLAS MINUTES.
WHEN I SEE Y'ALL TAKE I B C TALKING ABOUT COMING DOWN TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, YOU KNOW WHAT I HEAR? I HEAR WE HAD SOMETHING AND YOU'RE TAKING IT AWAY.
FAIR PARK HAD A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE AT IT AT A CONCERT TWO WEEKS AGO.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR BUSINESS? AND THEN WE HEAR ABOUT YOU.
YOU GONNA GET SOME MAJOR TO US? WE TALKING ABOUT SOCCER NOW AND BRING IT DOWNTOWN.
HELP ME TO CONSIDER STUFF AND JUST HOW IT IS.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. ROBERT WHITE.
FIRST UP, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR SERVICE TO THIS CITY.
TAMMY ROBERT, WE GET TO SIT ON THE BOARD, TWO ORGANIZATIONS BASED OUT OF FAIR PARK RIGHT AWAY, DALLAS
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BASED UNI CALL THE FAIR PARK AND THE DALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHICH IS BASED OUT OF THE HALL OF STATE.YOU'LL HEAR A REPORT TODAY THAT SINCE OUR FRIENDS AT FAIR PARK FIRST TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT OF FAIR PARK ON JANUARY 1ST, 2019, THE COTTON BOWL ATTENDANTS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE TWO BIG FOOTBALL GAMES.
THE RED RIVER RIVALRY AND THE STATE FAIR CLASSIC TOTALS APPROXIMATELY 625,000 PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU ADD THE ACTUAL ATTENDANCE OF THOSE FOOTBALL GAMES, THAT NUMBER COMES TO 1,000,050 7,784 PEOPLE IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.
THE TOTAL ATTENDANCE AT THE MUSIC HALL AT FAIR PARK WAS 1,306,516 PEOPLE.
SO YES, THE TOTAL ATTENDANCE AT FAIR PARK DURING THAT TIME PERIOD EXCEEDED THE COTTON BOWL BY ALMOST EXACTLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE.
THESE NUMBERS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE YEARS PAST.
YET OVER THOSE YEARS, WE HAVE INVESTED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE COTTON BOWL AND ONLY PENNIES ON THAT AMOUNT TOWARDS THE MUSIC HALL.
THE 98 YEAR OLD MUSIC HALL AT FAIR PARK IS AT A BREAKING POINT.
WE HAVE EXTREME PATRON AND EMPLOYEE SAFETY ISSUES.
ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS ARE FAILING ON A REGULAR BASIS.
JUST RECENTLY, WE HAD TO HAVE EXTERNAL CHILLERS DURING PERFORMANCES BECAUSE THE AC WAS NOT PROPERLY WORKING.
BOILERS AND THE H V A SYSTEMS NEED A METEOR REPLACEMENT.
THE BUILDING NEEDS A NEW ROOF AGAIN.
VERY RECENTLY WE HAD A PERFORMANCE INTERRUPTED BECAUSE THERE WAS FLOODING ONTO THE LIGHTBOARD.
DURING THE SHOW, DURING PERFORMANCES, WE HAVE TO CURTAIN OFF PART OF THE MEN'S RESTROOMS SO THAT THEY CAN BE USED BY WOMEN.
AND EVEN WITH THAT ISSUE, WE STILL HAVE PATRONS THAT ARE UNABLE TO UTILIZE THE RESTROOM FACILITIES IN TIME TO RETURN TO THEIR SEATS AFTER INTERMISSION.
THEREFORE MISSING PART OF THE SHOW.
A RECENT OVERLAND PARTNERS ASSESSMENT SAYS THAT JUST ADDRESSING THE BASIC NEEDS THAT THE MUSIC HALL WILL COST APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
THE COST TO TRULY BRING THE MUSICAL HALL TO INTO ITS NEXT CENTURY EXCEEDS THAT GREATLY.
THE MUSIC HALL, IN ALL FAIRNESS, A BUILDING THAT BRINGS MORE PEOPLE TO FAIR PARK THAN THE COTTON BOWL SHOULD BE FUNDED ON A LEVEL COMMENSURATE.
WITH THAT, I WANNA MAKE VERY CLEAR, OUR BOARD PROUDLY HAS MEMBERS OF BOTH OU AND UT ALUMNI, MYSELF INCLUDED.
I HAVE ONLY MISSED THAT NAME, WHICH I REFER TO AS OU, TEXAS ONCE SINCE 1985.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY THAT WE INVEST IN THE MUSIC.
PEOPLE WILL LOOK TO THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS A REFLECTION OF WHAT WE PRIORITIZE.
AND I SIMPLY ASK, WHAT WILL OUR STORY TELL? THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE CURRENT CHAIR ELECT FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN LEY DALLAS.
DURING MY TERM AS CHAIR IN 2025, WE WILL PROUDLY CELEBRATE THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR HOME, THE HISTORIC MUSIC HALL AT FAIR PARK.
AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE ARE ACTIVELY PLANNING ON WHAT OUR NEXT CENTURY WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE MUSIC HALL THAT WE ALL LOVE SO DEARLY THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN.
HOWEVER, UNLESS THE SIZE POINT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THE BUILDING AND FAIR PARK MADE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THIS BOARD MEETING.
AS BOARD MEMBERS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS FIDUCIARIES DICTATES THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE INSTITUTION WE LOVE SO MUCH IS PUT IN A POSITION THAT CAN SUCCEED.
IT ALSO MEANS ENSURING THAT OUR PATRONS CAN ENJOY SHOWS SAFELY AND THE SETTING WORTHY OF THE SHOWS THAT THEY ARE SEEING.
FORTUNATELY, OUR TICKET HOLDERS IN DISNEY CAST TO BECOME ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE SAFETY AND MODERNIZATION CONCERNS THAT HAVE GONE, GONE UNRESOLVED FOR YEARS.
THOUGH SOME MIGHT SAY SENIOR BROADWAY SHOW IN DALLAS IS A LUXURY, SAFETY AND SECURITY ARE NOT LUXURIES, THEY'RE NECESSITIES.
AS FIDUCIARIES OF OUR COMPANY, WE MUST ALSO LOOK TO OUR FUTURE.
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THAT FUTURE WE HOPE, WILL BE IN THE MUSICAL AS IT HAS BEEN FOR GENERATIONS.HOWEVER, WE CANNOT IN GOOD FAITH CONTINUE TO ASSUME THE NECESSARY AFFAIRS UPGRADES THAT WE'VE MADE.
WE NEED ASSURANCES AND COMMITMENTS.
OUR TICKET HOLDERS AND SUBSCRIBERS CAME OUT IN LARGE NUMBERS TO VOTE FOR PROPOSITION A.
THEY DID SO THE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT FINALLY THE MUSIC HALL AND FAIR PARK WOULD RECEIVE THE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS TO HELP ITS RETURN.
THE MAGNIFICENCE AND BEAUTY THAT IT WANTS.
READING AND HEARING THAT THESE BOND FUNDS MAY BE REDIRECTED AWAY, HAS LEFT
WONDERING IF WE WILL EVER SEE THAT OUR ORGANIZATION HAS MADE A SIZABLE INVESTMENT, TIME, TALENT, AND DOLLARS TO ADOPT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING FAIR PARK.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GROW THESE INVESTMENTS EVEN MORE AS PART OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL D N A.
HOWEVER, THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IF BARRIERS CONTINUE TO BE PUT UP IN FRONT OF US.
IN CLOSING, OVER THIS PAST CENTURY, THE MUSIC CALL HAS BUILT A LEGACY THAT NO PEER OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK THAT HAS NO AND NO PEER OUTSIDE THE BIGGEST NAMES OF STAGE AND SCREENING FOR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MUSICALS IN THE WORLD RACE OUR STAGE.
YOU AND THOSE WHO FOLLOW YOUR LEAGUE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE MUSICAL HALL CAN SHAPE A SIMILAR LEGACY IN THE CENTURY.
AS WE KNOW FROM HAMILTON, HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON OUR AUDIENCES AND GENERATIONS TO COME.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. JIMMY.
GOD, MR. PRESIDENT, CAN I, CAN I, I'M SORRY.
I PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED I WAS.
AND SO FUNNY BECAUSE DURING OUR LITTLE BREAK, IF WE HAD, I WAS ACTUALLY TICKETS TO LAY MISS.
AND SO, BUT THE LAST TIME BLAME IS WAS IN DALLAS.
I WENT, UM, I USED TO BE PART OF THE ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS AND, UM, IT, THE HEATING BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PERFORMANCE AND IT WAS LIKE A HUNDRED DEGREES IN THAT THEATER AND HALF THE GROUP LEFT HALF THE, HALF THE THEATER LEFT BECAUSE IT WAS SO HOT.
YOU COULDN'T, YOU COULDN'T STAY.
SO IT'S FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO.
I MEAN, THIS IS A REAL THING THAT'S HAPPENING AT FAIR, AT, AT THE MUSIC HALL, AT FAIR PARK, AND NOT YOU CONJECTURE.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR RECOMMENDING ORBITAL PARK FOR FUNDING, UH, FOR PLAYGROUND.
IT MEANS A LOT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THERE ARE NUMEROUS REASONS WHY A PARK WOULD BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, UH, AND CHILDREN.
AND I'M HERE AS A LONG TIME RETIRED.
I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE 40 PLUS YEARS.
AND I WANNA EXPLAIN A FEW REASONS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS BOARDED, UH, AS YOU KNOW, I'M SURE, BY NORTH, BY FOREST LANE, EAST BY GREENVILLE AVENUE, SOUTH BY ROYAL LANE, AND WEST BY CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
AND PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM THAT WE ALL HAVE IS JUST TO LIVE IN A, HAVE, BE A RESIDENT AND LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE CAN RAISE OUR FAMILY AND VISIT THE SUPERMARKET, GO TO SCHOOL, ATTEND CHURCH, GO TO PARK WHERE OUR KIDS CAN RUN AND PLAY.
A PLACE TO GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN NEED AND GREETED AND JUST BOND AND RELAXED, UH, ENVIRONMENT.
AND THESE ELEMENTS HELP BUILD A STRONG, VIBRANT COMMUNITIES.
UH, WELL, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS MISSED PIECE OF THE DREAM FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AT LEAST FOR MY 40 PLUS YEARS THERE, THE PARK PIECE.
AND AS A GRANDPARENT, I CANNOT WALK WITH MY GRANDCHILD TO A PARK WITHOUT DRIVING OR WALKING ACROSS A MEGA BUSY STREET THAT BORDERS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND A PARK WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL PROVIDE AN OASIS OF FUN AND PLEASURE, NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT FOR OUR GRANDCHILDREN, BUT ALSO FOR PARENTS WHO WORK HARD EVERY DAY.
AND IT WILL PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE NEIGHBORS CAN GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER BETTER IN A RELAXED ENVIRONMENT.
A PLACE TO SIT, TALK, BREATHE, OR JUST ENVIRON AND ENJOY NATURE.
UH, WITHOUT A DOUBT, KIDS NEED A PLACE TO RUN AND PLAY AND JUST BE KIDS.
WE LIVE IN A BUSY, FAST PACED COMPLEX, UH, WORLD.
AND A PARK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL PROVIDE A PLACE JUST TO SIMPLY ENJOY NATURE AND FAMILY.
AND I SUGGEST PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO JUST HAVE A SMALL PIECE OF SIMPLICITY.
I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND DENY OR NOT ADMIT THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY MORE THAN SEVERAL PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS OUTSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT TRUST ME, AFTER 40 YEARS OF LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD,
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I KNOW WHERE ALL PARKS ARE PERSONALLY.I KNOW WHERE THEY'RE ALL LOCATED.
BUT THE TIME IS NOW IN SO LONG WILL DO FOR A PARK AND ARCTIC FOOT, A PARK THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO PACK UP THE CAR AND TAKE A ROAD TRIP.
AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE SENIORS, THESE PARKS ARE NOT EXACTLY IN WALKING DISTANCE BY ANY MEANS.
SO I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS, MOST OF WHICH ARE WORKING PARENTS.
AND THEY CANNOT TAKE TIME TO BE HERE TODAY AS I CAN.
THEY CANNOT TAKE TIME FROM THEIR JOBS AND TO SIT HERE BEFORE YOU ARE STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY.
SO I REPRESENT A LOT OF THOSE.
I'VE TALKED TO THEM PARENTS WHO WOULD LOVE TO RETURN HOME THIS VERY EVENING AND JUST TAKE A WALK TO THE, TO THE, WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO A PARK.
MS. SCOTT, THAT'S YOUR THREE MINUTES.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING US.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR PARKS AND REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING TO KEEP THINGS BEAUTIFUL AND ACCEPTABLE.
LEADING BROADWAY, DALLAS AND KEN, NOVICE PRESIDENT AND THE C E O OF BROADWAY DALLAS.
LEADING BROADWAY DALLAS HAS BEEN A JOY FOR ME THE PAST SIX AND A HALF YEARS AS WE EXPANDED TO 300,000 TO 500,000 VISITS EACH YEAR.
TWO ELEMENTS OF OUR MISSION AND STRATEGIC PLAN HELP US DO THAT.
ONE, WE SECURED THE BEST OF BROADWAY SHOWS IN DALLAS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA.
AND THEN WE ENDEAVOR TO CREATE A PATRON EXPERIENCE THAT MATCHED THE QUALITY ON STAGE, EASING TRAFFIC FLOW IN AND AROUND FAIR PARK, SIMPLIFYING PARKING, CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, IMPROVING OUR RESTAURANT, AND CREATING ONE-ON-ONE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
RECEIVED BOND FUNDING IN 2017 TO REPLACE ABOUT 80% OF THE CRACKED SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF A MUSIC HALL.
IMPROVED OUR A D A SERVICE WITH A NEW ELEVATOR.
IMPROVED OUR LIGHTING THROUGHOUT PATRON FACING AREAS AND MUCH MORE.
AUDIENCES GREW ATTITUDES ABOUT THE MUSIC HALL CHANGED THOUSANDS, ENJOYED SHOWS REMARKED ON HOW MUCH BETTER IT FELT.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, BROADWAY, DALLAS EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ACTIVITIES.
WE ESTABLISHED A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP WITH DALLAS I S D.
WE HIRED TEACHING ARTISTS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS IN AND AROUND FAIR PARK TO TEACH IN OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE INVITED OUR, OUR NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS TO THE MUSIC HALL, MANY WITH FREE SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS.
WE DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANT PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN FAIR, ARKANSAS, DALLAS, AND MUCH MORE.
AS THE MUSICAL HALL APPROACHES ITS HUNDREDTH YEAR, ITS ESSENTIAL BUILDING COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS REQUIRE URGENT AND IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
A RECENT OVERLAND PARTNERS ASSESSMENT INDICATED THE NEED FOR JUST THE BASIC IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MUSIC HALL APPROACH TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
WE WERE THRILLED TO JOIN OUR FRIENDS AT FAIR PARK FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER BEZEL AND SO MANY OTHERS TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN FOR PROP A, WHICH PROMISED A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE MUSIC HALL.
THAT PROMISE SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR WHEN WE LEARNED THAT THE FIRST $75 MILLION OF FUNDS FROM PROP A WOULD ALL GO TO THE TITLE RULE.
IT WAS FURTHER DISAPPOINTING TO LEARN THAT THE $2 ADDITIONAL FEE PLAN BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, A PLAN THAT ESSENTIALLY FUNCTIONS AS A TAX ON OUR PATRONS TO ACCOMPLISH A PROGRAM THAT WAS PROMOTED AS THE VOTE THAT COSTS US NOTHING, CHANGES EVERYTHING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE IN GOOD FAITH AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF RAISING NEEDED FUNDS FOR BEAR PARK AND MUSIC HALL.
GIVEN OUR EXISTING CONTRACTUAL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS, WE NEED FLEXIBILITY IN DETERMINING HOW TO GENERATE ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM OUR VALUED PATRONS AND SUBSCRIBERS.
WITH THAT WE MOVE TO NEXT POINT OF BUSINESS APPROVAL OF MEETINGS FOR 7 23.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MR.
WE MOVE TO PARK IN CREEKSIDE PART.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MS. PARDON? DO I SECOND? UH, MS. MONDELL, ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? YE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? OLD CITY PART.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? UH, MS.
ANY DISCUSSION? MS. MONDELL? GO AHEAD.
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MUCH.I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING TO WORK WITH, UM, THE PLANNING AND DESIGN DEPARTMENT AND THE CONTRACTOR, UM, S W A.
AND SO I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED THAT TODAY THIS IS, UH, BEING VOTED ON, UM, THAT WE CAN THEN START TO ASSESS EVERYTHING OUT
ANY OTHER COMMENT? BUT THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
NEXT STEP WITH THAT, ALL OF YOU WILL SAY I ANY OPPOSED AYES HAVE IT.
SO ALL THE VOTING ITEMS ARE GONE.
OUR FIRST ONE IS, UH, MS. BERRY ON OUR W M B PROGRAM.
SO, UM, GOOD MORNING, RACHEL BERRY, ADMINISTRATION OF BUSINESS SERVICES.
SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE M W B E PROCESS AND THE POLICIES AND SOME OF THE RECENT MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO TODAY WE HAVE WITH US, UM, MR. JESSE SALDANA FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
UM, HE'S THE MANAGER OVER BUSINESS INCLUSION, AND HE'S BEEN READ US A PRESENTATION.
HE'S GONNA PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM AND THEN OF COURSE, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT CHUCK MIGHT HAVE.
SO IF I'LL HAND THAT OVER TO MR.
UH, I DID HAVE, UH, LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT MS UH, MS UH, WILLIAMS COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE'S, UH, OUT OF TOWN.
SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I WOULD SAY WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION ON HOW, 'CAUSE THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT HOW WE STRENGTHEN M W B E PARTICIPATION, UH, FROM A POLICY LEVEL.
THIS BOARD, WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION.
IF AFTER, AFTER YOU HEAR THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO REASSURE YOU ALL THAT, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER OFFICE, UH, AND SO WE CAN MEET THE GOALS OF THE BOARD, OF HOW WE CAN INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS, UH, JESSE SIA.
I'M THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A PROGRAM MANAGE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY'S MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESS PROGRAM.
AND, AND IN THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
SO THE SMALL WOMEN CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN, UH, 2021.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO BRING TOGETHER THIS INITIATIVE OF THE CITY OF BUSINESS DIVERSITY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, UM, TO CHAMPION GROWTH IN THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN DALLAS.
UM, IT ADDRESSES THE CHALLENGES OF IMPACTING WORKFORCE READINESS, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND MINORITY WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESSES, BUSINESS STARTUPS, RETENTION STRATEGIES, AND RESIDENT REENTRY SERVICES.
SO THE WEBSITE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER IS A SOURCE DALLAS.ORG, AND YOU'LL FIND THE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS COVERED IN THERE WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
AS DIRECTOR JENKINS MENTIONED, UH, MY, MY, THE DIRECTOR OF SMALL BUSINESS CENTER IS, UH, JOYCE WILLIAMS. AND WE HAVE ME.
AND THEN I HAVE FOUR OTHER SENIOR CONTRACT COMPLIANCE ADMINISTRATORS, UH, THAT REVIEW THE
THEY ALSO HAVE MIKE, UH, COLLEAGUE, MY STAFF, UH, ROBERT PAUL, WHO WORKS WITH THE PARK DEPART PARTS DEPARTMENT ON THE, THE B I D CONTRACT COMPLIANCE.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA BE GIVING YOU ALL IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE M W B PROCESS, KIND OF INVOLVING THE, THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS REPORTS DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, THE BLUE AREA KIND OF FOCUSES ON THE, UH, M W E PORTION IN REGARDS TO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
UH, THE BROWN AREA AND YELLOW, IT'S MORE FOCUSED ON THE EVALUATION PROCESS.
AND THEN THE LAST GRAY SECTION IS THE, UH, CONTRACT COMPLIANCE SIDE AFTER WAS THE APPROVED BY, UH, COUNSEL.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THE SLIDES.
SO THE CITY OF DALLAS OFFERS A PROCUREMENT QUARTERLY OR A THREE MONTH FORECAST OF UPCOMING SOLICITATIONS OF GOOD SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION OVER 50,000.
UH, THIS INFORMATION IS POSTED ON THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, PROCUREMENT PAGE.
IF YOU GO TO UNDER DEPARTMENTS, YOU'LL FIND PROCUREMENT, AND YOU'LL FIND THIS INFORMATION, UH, POSTED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
SO THIS GIVES THE
THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, CATEGORY CODES AND THE SCOPE OF WORK.
SO THE M W DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED IN A LOT OF OUTREACH AND CAPACITY BUILDING.
UM, WE, WE HAVE A, OUR B TWO B CONNECT
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EVENT, WHICH IS A NETWORKING EVENT WITH, UH, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, B I D STAFF CITY OF DEPARTMENT, WHICH HELP FOSTER NETWORKING BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND THE N WBS.ANOTHER INITIATIVE IS WE HAVE OUR M W, UH, METRO PROTEGE, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH IS SUPER, A LARGE PRIME CONTRACTORS MEETING WITH A SMALL S ON A, ON MONTHLY BASIS TO GROW THEIR FAST.
UH, A RECENT INITIATIVE AT, AT THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER IS OUR DALLAS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM, WHICH WILL PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, UH, TO SOLIDIFY THE STABILITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO IN THIS PROGRAM, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, UH, THREE OPERATORS, UH, WHICH IS THE B C L, UH, THE DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER, AND THE GREATER DALLAS HISPANIC CHAMBER, UM, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF
SO THE NEXT THING IN THE, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCUREMENT IS, UH, THE B I D REVIEWS, THE PROPOSED, UH, PROCUREMENT SPECIFICATIONS THAT DETERMINE THE MW CATEGORY, WHICH DETERMINES THE MW GOAL.
SO THE CITY ESTABLISHED, UM, IN SEPTEMBER, 2020.
THESE, UH, CATEGORY IS 32 FOR CONSTRUCTION.
ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING IS 34% PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, 38, UH, GOODS 32, AND OTHER SERVICES EFFECTIVE IN OCTOBER OF 2023.
WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING, UH, MARKETING AVAILABILITY, SETTING THOSE GOALS BASED ON THOSE ON THE AVAILABILITY, AVAIL AVAILABILITY OF THEIR, SO THE, THE MW DEPARTMENT CREATES A A LIST M W LIST FOR EACH COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT.
UH, THE STAFF CREATES A M W LIST BASED ON THE KEYWORD SEARCH, AND WE USE CERTIFICATIONS DIRECTORY.
THE CITY RECOGNIZES THREE, UH, CERTIFICATION AGENCIES AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN, UH, TRIBAL CARD.
UH, IF A PROJECT IS FED FEDERALLY FUNDED, UM, THE CITY WOULD RECOGNIZE THE D B E CERTIFICATION.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE A T PROJECT IN THE CASE D B GOAL WOULD, WOULD BE SET BY TDOT, AND A D B E LIST OF, OF FIRMS WILL BE CREATED FOR THAT
SO THE THREE AGENCIES THAT THE CITY RECOGNIZED AS THE FIRST ONE IS THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL CERTIFICATION AGENCY.
SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PROVIDE THE M W B E W B E FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS TO THE D B E CERTIFICATION.
THE NEXT, UH, TWO AGENCIES ARE THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WHICH PROVIDES, UH, M W B CERTIFICATION AND THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS COUNCIL'S, UH, SOUTHWEST, WHICH PROVIDES THE W B E CERTIFICATION.
AND THE LAST ONE IS OUR NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL PARK, RECOGNIZED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS CITY.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROCUREMENT ADVERTISEMENTS, THESE ARE POSTED IN BONFIRE, UM, WHICH IS THE CITY'S ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT PORTAL, DALLAS CITY HALL DOT BONFIRE DO.COM.
SO VENDORS ARE ASKED TO REGISTER ON THE PROCUREMENT AND THE PORTAL TO LOG IN AND REGISTER.
UH, WHEN THEY REGISTER, THEY'LL RECEIVE A UPCOMING, A NOTIFICATION OF PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENTS, UH, THE, THE PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS ON ANY EVENTS SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROPOSAL.
SO THE V I D, UH, WE DO NOTIFY THE M W ADVOCATE C ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CURRENT PROCUREMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY POSTED, UH, IN THE BONFIRE PORTAL.
SO WHEN WE MOVES ON TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PRE-BID AND PRE-PROPOSAL PROCESS, UH, THE B I D IS PART OF THE EVALUATION, UH, MEETINGS.
AND SO WE DISCUSSED THE B I D PROGRAM, THE FORMS
IN THE PREVI MEETING, UH, THE B I D STAFF, UH, RESPONDS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND THE QUESTIONS AND RESPONSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS GET, UH, FROM VENDORS GET POSTED IN BONFIRE, AND THEN ALSO IN BONFIRE ALSO GETS POSTED AS THE PREVI SIGN IN SHEETS, WHAT'S HELP, WHICH HELPS MWS CONNECT WITH PRIME PROJECTS AND ALSO THE REVERSE PRIME LOOKING FOR MWS FOR THE PROJECTS THAT THAT ARE BEEN ON.
SO AS PART OF THE PROPOSAL EVALUATION, WHEN THE BIDS ARE RECEIVED, THE THE, THE CONTRACTOR WILL SUBMIT THE CREW PROPOSAL BID FORM 6 23.
SO, AND IT HAS THREE COMPONENT AREAS, UH, WHICH IS THE BUSINESS INCLUSION AFFIDAVIT.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE HISTORICAL BREAKDOWN, UM, WHICH IS FIVE POINTS.
AND THEN THE LAST PART IS THE TEAM MAKE OF WHICH IS THE NW SUBCONTRACTORS.
AND THEY PLAN TO UTILIZE IN THEIR PROPOSAL, WHICH IS UP TO 10 POINTS, SO THAT THE B I D OVERALL REPRESENTS 15 POINTS OUT OF THE A HUNDRED HUNDRED POINTS, UH, EVALUATION, UH, CRITERIA.
SO THIS, AFTER THAT, THE, THE, UH, EVALUATION STUDIES IS THE FORM THAT
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IS, UH, EITHER SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO THE, UH, THROUGH BONFIRE OR PROVIDED TO THE, TO THE DEPARTMENT'S PROJECT MANAGER.SO THE, UH, B I D UH, REVIEW OF THE, UH, PRIME VENDOR IS SELECTED BY PRIME VENDOR RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE REVIEW THE, UH, FORMS, UH, SUBMITTED BY THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR.
WE VERIFY THE CERTIFICATIONS VENDOR PERCENTAGE, AND THIS IS KIND OF, THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE, UH, FORM TWO 13, WHICH HAS
WHEN THEY HAVE THE ACTUAL CONTRACT AMOUNT, THEN THEY CAN ACTUALLY GIVE THE ACTUAL M W PERCENTAGE AMOUNT, AND THEN THE, THE, BASED ON THE NIS CODES AND THE CERTIFICATIONS.
SO I INCLUDED THAT PICTURE OF THE FORM THERE.
SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THE, DURING THIS PROCESS, THE, THE CONTRACTOR, UH, WILL, WILL REACH OUT TO THEIR, THE RECOMMENDED M W B VENDOR AND ASK THEM TO COMPLETE THE, UH, SUBCONTRACTOR INTENT FORM.
WE ASK 'EM THAT, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE FORM IS SIGNED, UH, BY BOTH PARTIES, BY THE PRI AND SUBCONTRACTOR, UH, WITH THE END OF REGION DOLLAR
SO THE BUSINESS CONCLUSION AND DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTATION FORM, UH, THE B I D STAFF VERIFIES THE GOOD FAITH EFFORT INFORMATION FORM SUBMITTED BY THE CONTRACTOR.
SO THEN ON THE, ESSENTIALLY THE G F E FORM, WE ASKED THAT THEY WENT WITH THE BUSINESS INCLUSION DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WHERE THEY PROVIDED AN M W B LIST.
UH, DID THEY PROVIDE ANY, THE PLANS SPECIAL ATIONS TO MWS ABOUT THE BID? THE NEXT AREA IN THE FORM ON THE FORM IS, UM, PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED AND REJECTED.
YOU KNOW, DID THEY ATTACH ANY DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS? PROJECTION LETTER NOTES MEETING.
AND THE LAST THING IS WE ASK 'EM TO FURTHER EXPLAIN THEIR FAITH EFFORTS ON THE PROJECT.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY DOCUMENTATION EFFORTS, WE RESPONDED PROPERLY TO THE, UH, TO THE NOTICE THAT FROM THE
SO THAT IS INCLUDED ON A FORM AND ON PROVIDE TO THE RECOMMENDED CONTRACTOR.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A LIST OF JUST A RUNDOWN LIST OF ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY INCLUDED IN
IT'S PROVIDED TO THE PRO PROJECT MANAGER, UM, WHICH ESSENTIALLY HAS THE LIST OF THE PROPOSED MW SUBCONTRACTORS AND THE LETTER INTENT, ANY GOOD FAITH EFFORT DOCUMENTATION, UH, TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.
SO FOLLOWING THAT, UH, SECTION OF THE PARK AND REC BOARD APPROVAL, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN AFTER THAT WOULD BE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE CONTRACT.
SO THAT'S ON THE, MORE ON THE CONTRACTING PROCESS AND APPROVAL.
AND THEN AFTER, THEN, THE LAST SECTION OF MY, MY CHART THAT I HAD, UM, IS THE, UH, MORE OF THE CONTRACTING PROCESS.
SO ONCE THE VENDOR SELECT AND AWARDED, UM, WE HAVE A CONTRACT COMPLIANCE SYSTEM, UM, WHICH, WHICH THEY PROVIDE MONTHLY, WHICH IT PROVIDES A, UM, MONTHLY REPORT OF THE PAYMENTS FROM THE PRIME TO THE SUBCONTRACTORS, AND THE SUBCONTRACTORS CONFIRM THE PAYMENTS ELECTRONICALLY IN, IN THE SYSTEM.
SO WE, THE V I D STAFF UPLOADS ALL THE CONTRACT INFORMATION.
SO IT'S A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PRIME AND THE SUB.
SO ALONG WITH THAT, SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SYSTEM OR THE B I D STAFF PROVIDES, UH, UM, ANY KIND OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN REGARDS TO ANY SUBCONTRACTORS HAVING ANY ABOUT THE SYSTEM, OR YOU ALSO ASSISTING PRIMES AND GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE SAME SYSTEM TO HELP START CONFIRMING THIS, UH, SUBOR.
SO IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE ORDERS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS, THOSE ARE ALSO TRACKED THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
AND, AND THEY'RE ALSO BACK BROUGHT THROUGH THE PARK BOARD PROCESS AND THEN TO CITY COUNCIL.
BUT THINK WE HAVE STAFF ALSO INFORMATION, UH, WE ASKED WHEN THERE'S A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT, WE ASK FOR THE OVERALL PARTICIPATION OF THE PROJECT.
SO WHERE ARE THEY AT TO DATE, AND THEN WHERE, WHAT WOULD THE PROPOSED, UH, CHANGE ORDER AND HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT THE PARTICIPATION, THE PARTICIPATION SPECIFIC FOR THAT.
AND SO THE LAST PART IS THAT WE WORK WITH THE, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE PROJECT MANAGER TO CLOSE OUT THE PROJECT, UH, CONFIRMING THAT M W PARTICIPATION THROUGH THEIR A T G SYSTEM AND ALSO THE, THE, THE FORM SUBMITTED BY THE CONTRACTOR SHOWING THE PROGRESS, THE DATE, AND THEN WE CLOSE OUT THE PROJECT AND THEN WE DOCUMENT ANY REASON
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OF NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE PRIOR PROJECT.SO ONCE AGAIN, I INCLUDED MY CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE, UH, BUSINESS INCLUSION DEVELOPMENT STAFF, UH, FOR THE, THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE WORK WITH, UH, VERY EFFECTIVELY WITH ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ON EVALUATION OF THE BIDS AND PROPOSALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
TAKE IT BACK TO THIS LAST CHART FOR RECAP AND THEN VIDEO.
I SURE HAVE FEW QUESTIONS WITH
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, MS. COLLINS? YEAH, IT'S HERE.
SORRY, IT'S NOT, IT'S A LITTLE SLOW, BUT THAT'S GO GO.
GO AHEAD MS. THANK YOU, MR. SALANA, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
I DO NOT ENVY YOUR JOB BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF STEPS AND I APPRECIATE THE DI THE DILI.
SO THIS TOPIC COMES UP A LOT IN OUR CONTRACTS, AS YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T OFTEN KNOW IF YOU'RE TO BLAME OR PROCUREMENT OR WE JUST PASSED A LOT OF BLAME, LOTS OF PLACES BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTERNATION ON THIS BOARD AND COUNCIL THAT WE'RE NOT DOING, THE CITY IS NOT DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF REACHING OUT TO MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
HOW IS THAT REALLY DEFINED? AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE WAYS THAT IT'S ADVERTISED, BUT IS KIND OF TO MR. SLAUGHTER'S POINT EARLIER, MR. PROCTOR WHO SPOKE ARE, ARE THERE, DO WE HAVE A DEARTH OF MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES THAT ARE EITHER NOT APPLYING OR THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, THESE CITY FOCUSED PROJECTS, CITY FUNDED? OR DO YOU THINK, UM, ARE THERE, IS THERE LACK OF QUALIFIED VENDORS, LACK OF JUST GENERAL VENDORS TO CHOOSE FROM? KIND OF WHERE DO YOU SEE THE CHALLENGES AS WE HAVE THESE BIG PROJECTS TO UNDERTAKE AND WE WANNA PARTNER WITH? SO OUR DEPARTMENT WORKS DILIGENTLY WITH DOING A LOT OF M W OUTREACH, UH, REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH THE MINORITY CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, LIKE THE, THE BLACK CONTRACTORS, ASSOCI CONTRACTORS.
SO THAT OUTREACH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC CAN BE A SPECIALIZED AREA INDUSTRY OF CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE
SO INCREASING THAT CAPACITY AND AWARENESS OF, YOU KNOW, YES, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS A LOT OF PARK PROJECTS AND UPCOMING PROJECTS, POSSIBLY THROUGH A BOND PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE, WE FOCUS ON, ON REACHING OUT.
THERE IS A LOT OF COMPETITION IN OTHER PUBLIC M W B PROGRAMS. FOR US, WE ARE ALWAYS HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE AND EDUCATE, UH, ABOUT NETWORKING EVENTS.
AND I MENTIONED THE B TWO B, SO CONNECTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
SO A LOT OF MWS LIKE TO HAVE AN INTERACTION OR A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT ARE, AND THE EVALUAT PROCESS.
SO BEFORE JUST BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE WORK HARD TO, TO REACH OUT TO A LOT OF, THERE IS A LOT OF CAPACITY OUT THERE, BUT IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, FINDING INTEREST IN THE CITY.
THERE IS A LOT OF, THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF PROJECTS, NOT JUST CITI, BUT TDOT AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES AS WELL AND THAT HAVE THE HI THE HIGHER REQUIREMENT.
BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT, HOW YOU DEFINE GOOD FAITH EFFORT? SO THAT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION OF THIS BOARD AS WELL.
THAT, AND I KNOW SOME OF THAT'S ON PROCUREMENT SEPARATE FROM YOU ALL.
SO THAT THE INFORMATION IS, UH, FOR THE GOOD FAITH I'VE HEARD IS
THE EVALUATION, WE ASKED 'EM TO PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTATION IN WHICH REACHED OUT TO HIM MEETING, WHEN THEY HAD THIS SOLICITATION, WHAT EFFORTS DID THEY INCLUDE? UM, AND WHO DID THEY CONTACT? WHO DID THEY EMAIL? THE GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR DEPARTMENT, THAT YES, IT'S NOT, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT EFFECTIVE TO INCREASE
UM, AND LIKE, BECAUSE IT COMES AFTER THE, THE CONTRACTING PROCESS, UH, WHEN THE VENDOR SUBMITS THEIR BID.
UH, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO, YOU KNOW, TIGHTEN UP THE LANGUAGE OF THE, THE GOOD FAITH BECAUSE, UM, IN THE CURRENT LANGUAGE OF THE CURRENT FORMS, UH, FROM THE CITY'S POLICY, WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE STRENGTH OF THAT LANGUAGE, BE AND ALSO BE MORE FAIR AND CLEAR TO THE CONTRACTORS SO THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN MEET, MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS TO, UH, ACHIEVE THE N W COMMITMENT.
'CAUSE IF IT IS MORE CLEAR AND UH, TO THEM THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFULLY, YOU KNOW, TYING UP THEIR PENCILS, ALSO INCLUDE MW PARTICIPATION IN THEIR AND THEIR RESPONSE AND, AND MAKE IT
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A MEANINGFUL PROJECT AND SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT I WANNA SEE MORE, WILL WORK WITH YOU ALL TO HELP BUILD THIS PARTICIPATION.
THAT'S, THAT'S VERY POSITIVE TO HEAR.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE MR. BLAIR WHO RUNS THE DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON OUR BOARD.
AND SO, UM, HE'S BEEN A BIG PROPONENT OF SUPPORTING AND, AND, AND DEVELOPING BUSINESSES BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
PROBABLY ARE PROBABLY LIKELY BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA GO UP.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING AND CREATING MORE W B OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.
I REALIZE THAT'S NOT THE CITY'S JOB, BUT IF THERE'S WORK TO BE HAD, THEN WE MORE COMPANIES THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO DO THE WORK.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I, I, ONE THING I DON'T AGREE WITH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE LUCKY HAVE HARRIS OR NOT.
UH, THIS IS A FRESHER BREATH AIR.
UH, NOT ONLY RACHEL AND MY MAN HERE, AND ALSO, UH, PROCURED DEPARTMENT HERE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS GOOD FAITH EFFORT WHERE GOOD FAITH WAS.
UH, IF I CALL YOU AND YOU'RE NOT THERE, I'LL SEND YOU A BID IN.
BUT WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IS NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY PUTTING SOME TEETH IN THIS THING.
WE'RE NOT LETTING THESE COMPANIES GET BY WITH GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
AND THAT'S BEEN OUR MAIN PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY OF DALLAS PROCUREMENT AND WITH RACHEL AND THIS DEPARTMENT AND OF COURSE OUR DIRECTOR.
UH, WE'RE REALLY GONNA PUT SOME TEETH IN THIS THING.
SO, UH, MINORITY COMPANIES WON'T BE GETTING CALLED AND SENDING THEIR BIDS IN AND THEY DON'T GET ANY WORK.
SO I'M GONNA COMMEND YOU, UH, I WAS GONNA LEAVE, BUT WITH YOU GUYS, I'M GONNA STAND FOR THE REST OF THE PARK GETTING, 'CAUSE I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
JUST POINT TO CLA I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE IS A SEPARATION BETWEEN PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE BUSINESS INCLUSION AND DEVELOPMENT SMALL BUSINESS THAT MEMPHIS SIA REPRESENT.
I WILL HAVE PROCUREMENT HERE MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE FOLLOW MEETING IN OCTOBER.
UM, ON PAGE SEVEN, YOU DISCUSSED THAT, OR YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE, UM, NETWORKING EVENTS.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW YOU MARKET THEM? SO WE, IT IS PART OF THE, THE, THE CERTIFICATION DIRECTORY, WHICH IS LIKE THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS CERTIFICATION AGENCY.
SO I HAVE A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE CERTIFIED FIRMS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BASED ON THE SCOPE OF SERVICES.
AND SO IF WE WANNA HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC EVENT OR PARKS, WE, IT'S MAYBE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING.
I'LL FOCUS ON THE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING, CIVIL ENGINEERING FIRMS. SO THIS THROUGH FLYERS, IS IT EMAILERS, IS IT CALLS OR POST? ON OUR SOURCE BALANCE WEBPAGE, WE HAVE A, A FACEBOOK AND A LINKEDIN PAGE.
UH, AND THEN I EMAIL 'EM THE FLYER, THE, THE M WS, THE FLYER ABOUT THE EVENTS.
AND THEN ON PAGE 20 ABOUT THE GOOD FAITH EFFORT, IS THAT, UM, IS THAT PUBLIC, UM, OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON, ON WHO, HOW THEY'RE DOING THEIR GOOD FAITH? THE THE DOCUMENT JUST FOR THE, THE CONSULTANT OR THE, IT'S JUST FOR THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR THAT WE GO BACK AND ASK THEM FOR TO COMPLETE THE FORM.
SO IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT OVER RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND ON PAGE 24, I I SAY I HAVE TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY, QUESTION MARK.
SO I THINK YOU GO TO THAT REAL, UM, UM, YOUR COMPLIANCE SUPPORT, UH, ALL THE SUBCONTRACTORS.
SO DID I UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT WHEN THE CONTRACTOR GETS THE JOB, IT SHOWS HOW, WHO, HOW, HOW MUCH THEY PAID OUT EACH SUBCONTRACTOR? YES.
THAT'S WHERE WHEN THE PRIME GETS PAID, THEN THEY EARN THE PAYMENTS TO THE SUBCONTRACTOR THROUGH THE SYSTEM, IT'S
AND THEN, UM, IF SOMEBODY DID NOT MEET THEIR M W V E, ARE THEY PENALIZED? DO THEY JUST GO BACK INTO THE SYSTEM? ARE THERE MARKS AGAINST THEM? WE'RE, WE'RE DOCUMENTING THOSE CASES AND SO WE'RE KEEPING A HISTORY HISTORICAL FILE.
AND SO IF OTHER PROCUREMENTS DO COME ON, WE DO KEEP THAT AS A CONSIDERATION.
SO IF THEY COME TO US TO PARK FOUR, I MEAN PARK DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'RE UNDER LIKE THE THREE, YOU KNOW, BIDS, DOES IT SHOW THAT THEY DID NOT COMPLY THE LAST TIME OR THE TIME OF COMES OUT WITH AN FWB? NOTHING THAT, IN REGARDS TO SHOWING LIKE PUBLICLY THAT THEY DIDN'T COMPLY.
SO HOW ARE WE, HOW, WHERE'S THE OVERSIGHT IN THAT? LIKE HOW ARE WE ABLE WHEN WE CLOSE OUT A PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN WE ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHAT THEY, DID THEY ACTUALLY REACH ACHIEVED IN THEIR
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VEHICLE, RIGHT? BUT FOR THE NEXT JOB THAT THEY APPLIED FOR IN THE CITY AND THEY DIDN'T MEET THAT, UM, IT JUST KIND OF GOES TO THE WAYSIDE.OR, OR IS IT BEING DOCUMENTED ON, IT'S BEING DOCUMENTED THE FILE THAT WHEN THEY APPLIED FOR THE, THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, JOB OR GIG, THEN THOSE, THOSE WOULD BE KIND OF MORE TIED TO THE CITY'S POLICY BETWEEN SANCTIONS AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH, AND ALSO TALKING TO THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT ACTIONS DO GOING FORWARD.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, CLEAR DOCUMENTED REASONS AND STUFF.
YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT, UNDERSTANDING THE CONTRACTOR'S REASON AND DEPARTMENT'S REASON.
AND AND ALSO THEY END UP BEING UNDERSTANDING WHY, WHY, YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T UTILIZED ON THE PROJECT WOULD CAUSE 'EM TO HAVE ISSUES ON THE PROJECT.
THERE COULD BE NUMEROUS REASONS, UH, OR AN ISSUE, UH, NOT MEETING EVENTUALLY LEADS DOWN THE ROAD TO NOT MEETING THE PARTICIPATION.
YEAH, I JUST HOPE THERE'S, WE CAN DO MORE TRANSPARENCY, MORE OVERSIGHT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I SEE WHERE IT'S 30% ACROSS THE BOARD OF, BUT IN A, UM, IN THE, THE WAY THAT EVERYTHING'S CHANGING SO MUCH, I HOPE THAT WE GET TO A 50%.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE A DISPARITY STUDY WE WENT, DID BACK AROUND 2016.
SO, UM, THAT'S IN WHICH WE WOULD REVIEW ALL THE RECORDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION AND CONTRACT COMPLIANCE AND SEE WHAT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE VIETNAMS IN THE CURRENT MARKET.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE SET THE GOAL DEFENSE CONSIDERED.
MR. URA, UH, YES, THANK YOU CHAIR AND UH, THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ANSWERING A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS.
THANK BRING YOU BACK ON MS ON BILL'S MESSAGE.
SO THE 32% COMES UP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE REGISTERED CONTRACTORS WITH US NOW IT'S, IT'S THROUGH THESE, THE 32% BASED ON THE CERTIFICATION DATABASES, WHICH IS MORE THE NOR TEXAS FIRMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CERTIFIED.
'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GONNA REVISIT THAT AGAIN HERE SHORT AND I JUST SHOWED THE AVAILABILITY OF IT'S WILLING TO LOCAL MARKET, DALLAS MARKET TO RESPOND TO OUR PIECE.
AND ALSO THE, THE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER IN OUR, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES WITH THE BONFIRE.
HOW CAN WE, AND I KNOW YOU, YOU'RE GOING OUT READ AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AND LET 'EM KNOW THIS HERE, BUT HOW CAN WE GET THAT TRANSLATED TO OUR, ARE WE DOING SPANISH ALSO SPANISH CONTRACTORS? THE PORTAL? I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IN SPANISH, BUT WE CAN LOOK AND DEFINITELY LOOK AT ADDRESSING THAT.
WE, WHEN I DO SEND A NOTIFICATION OUT, IT'S TO THE, THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU, UH, DO.
IT WOULD BE FOR ABOUT 11 YEARS NOW SINCE A LOT OF IT'S CONTRACTS.
LIKE DEFINITELY CONSIDER LOOKING INTO THAT.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT ADVERTISING, NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THE CONTRACT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN SPANISH.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET, PEOPLE HAVE LAWYERS AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT CLEAR THAT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ADVERTISEMENT.
THEY, YOU KNOW, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW YOU CAN REGISTER FOR BONFIRE HERE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN GET FROM, AND OPPORTUNITIES, UH, IT'S, IT IS REALLY, AND I KNOW WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT LANGUAGE BARRIER AND NOT JUST SPANISH, ALL LANGUAGES.
I, I SHOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD BE OPEN TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SIGN UP.
SO THAT'D BE ONE THING I WOULD RECOMMEND IS MAYBE FIGURE OUT THAT WAY TO MAKE THE, MAKE IT MASH UP AND, AND, AND GET MORE CONTRACTORS THAT MAYBE DON'T SPEAK ARMED FLUENCE ENGLISH TO DO IT.
MAYBE, MAYBE IT'S A HUSBAND, WIFE, SMALL GROUP THAT DOESN'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE LIKE WE DO, BUT KNOWS THE WORK.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE, WITH BONFIRE, WHEN THE VENDOR GOES INTO THE PORTAL, THEY CAN SEE THE PROCUREMENTS, THEY START CLICKING ON SOMETHING, BUT THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY REGISTER THE BUSINESS TO ACTUALLY OPEN THE DOCUMENTS.
BONFIRE IS GREAT IN THAT ASPECT THAT IT PROVIDES ALL THE BID AND SPECS.
SO ONCE THEY REGISTER, THEY CAN SEE ALL THE CONTRACT, WHICH IS NOT FOR THEM TO CONSIDER THEIR BID AND THEIR TECHNOLOGY.
AND, AND I, I THINK BONFIRE IS GREAT.
YOU JUST MAYBE NOT GETTING IT OUT, INFORMING PEOPLE HOW TO SIGN UP OR HOW TO GET REGISTERED FOR THAT.
IT'S PART OF WHERE WE'RE KIND OF MISSING THE BOAT THERE A LITTLE BIT.
SO THE CONTRACTORS SIGN THE SHEET THAT THEY MAKE THE GOOD FIT E EFFORT TO GO OUT AND TRY TO FIND THE CON SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE MINORITY OWNED.
HOW OFTEN DO WE AUDIT THOSE SHEETS THAT THAT'S REVIEWED EVERY TIME THEY, WE SUBMIT BY THE STAFF WHEN THEY SUBMIT IT.
IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT WE UTILIZE WHEN WE RECEIVED THE PARTICIPATION EXPECTATION.
IT'S FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO BE REACHING OUT TO BONFIRE.
UM, SO THAT INFORMATION THEN COMES BACK IF THEY'RE NOT ACHIEVING THEIR GOALS.
SO WE ASK 'EM WHAT DID THEY DO? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS SUBMITTING TO, IS WE'RE LOOKING TO CLARIFY,
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PROVIDE MORE CLEAR LANGUAGE TO THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE EXPECT 'EM TO DO THE, THE GOOD FAITH EFFORT DOCUMENTATION AHEAD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TOSO HAVING CLEAR EFFORTS OF NOT JUST A FORM SAYING, WHAT DID YOU DO? WHERE, WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE MORE CLEAR CONTRACT LANGUAGE TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT YOU TO DO.
SO, SO YOU, YOU GUYS ALREADY JUST DONE ONE FORM AND JUST RANDOMLY CALL THAT PERSON AND ASK THEM IF THEY HAD THE MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE DO VERIFY.
HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? EVERY, EVERY SHEET.
MR. BLAIR, I'LL COME TO YOU AFTER THIS.
WELL, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
I HAVE A PRETTY SPECIFIC QUESTION.
I GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT CAME TO US.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PROCUREMENT OR B I D I THINK THEY'RE BOTH COMBINED, BUT AT SOME POINT, PROCUREMENT'S NOT THE SAME AS BUSINESS INCLUSION AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO US, IT'S ALL THE SAME.
AND WE HAD A CONTRACTOR WHO CAME THROUGH GOOD.
DIDN'T MAKE THE, THE NUMBER GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
SO I GO INTO THE BACKGROUND COMMISSION AND ON THEIR G F E FORM, THEY LISTED SEVEN MINORITY BUSINESSES.
THEY OUTREACH, EMAILED FIVE PHONES, TWO EVERY SINGLE ONE.
I WAS TEMPTED TO CALL THE VENDORS.
I WASN'T SURE LEGALLY IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR A PARKOUR VENDOR MEMBER.
AS A CITIZEN TAXPAYER, I SHOULD BE, I'D LOVE TO KNOW FROM OUR ATTORNEYS IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO.
'CAUSE I WAS DYING TO CALL THOSE PEOPLE AND SAY, THIS GUY, DID THEY EVER CALL YOU? 'CAUSE I, I DIDN'T SEE A SENSE THEY DID.
SO I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD DO THAT.
NOT JUST GIVE THEM MORE INFORMATION.
LIKE, I WANTED TO, UH, TO PROTECT US.
'CAUSE OUR ONLY OPTION IF WE THINK IT WAS FUNKY, IS JUST TO DENY THE PROJECT HERE AT PARK BOARD.
AND I DON'T LIKE THAT JUST HAVING THAT OPTION.
I FEEL LIKE MY HANDS ARE TIED AND THING ON THIS VERY SAME CASE IS ON THE G F E FORM.
THE QUESTION, DID YOU REACH OUT? DID YOU MEET WITH THE B I D PEOPLE? THE ANSWER WAS NO.
SO THEY, THEY EXPRESSED A GOOD FAITH EFFORT, BUT THEN THEY NEVER EVEN MET WITH YOU ALL.
AND SO AT PARKWOOD, I'M TRYING TO DECIDE DO I SAY NO TO THIS AND ARGUE AGAINST THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE I THINK THEY DIDN'T DO A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
THEY DIDN'T MEET WITH YOU WHEN THEY, YOUR OFFICE WASN'T GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE THERE.
WE'VE APPROVED THAT CONTRACT AND I THINK THAT'S A WHOLE, WE GOTTA CLOSE IF IT'S US OR YOU OR SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS TO FIX THAT.
BUT IT IS NOT HELPING THE CITY.
AND TO YOU AGREE TO YOUR POINT, AND WITHOUT GOING INTO A LOT OF DETAILS, BUT I KNOW IN MY CONVERSATION, I HERE WITH MS. WILLIAMS THIS WEEK, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS SHE JUST, SHE SHARED SOME INFORMATION WITH ME THAT AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS POLICY
'CAUSE IT'S REVERSED IN THE PREVIOUS, UH, PROCESS USED TO BE DOWN THERE WHERE WE JUST KIND OF PUT IT RIGHT ON THEIR OFFICE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION BEFORE WE SELECT THE VENDOR IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING THAT GOAL.
BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'RE NOT SHOEHORNED AT BOARD LEVEL INTO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FEELING LIKE WE'RE BEING, UH, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE GONNA WORK, WORK THE SAFE, WE'RE GONNA WORK IN HER OFFICE, YOU KNOW, AND THE TEAM THERE TO, UH, WORK ON A POLICY.
I THINK WE CAN BRING BACK TO THE BOARD TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, IF I HAVE ANY TIME LEFT OR I 40 SECONDS LEFT 40 SECONDS, I CAN DO THIS.
I KNOW THAT PROCUREMENT IS COMING AND THAT'S A BRIEFING THAT'S COMING.
BUT I HAVE A QUESTION SPECIFIC TO THAT.
BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO LET OUR CITY ATTORNEYS KNOW THAT I'M INTERESTED IN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING A LIMIT OUR, THE CONCEPT OF LIMITING CHANGE ORDERS WHEN THERE'S NOT A CHANGE OF SCOPE OR WHATEVER THAT WE COULD SAY.
IF YOUR CHANGE ORDERS ARE MORE THAN THE SECOND BIDDER, THEN IT IS A GOOD THING.
WE'VE MENTIONED THIS ASK THAT WE ASK THE CITY ATTORNEYS TO LOOK INTO IT LATER.
I LEARNED THAT THEY NEED A WORK ORDER TO LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I, I WANT TO KNOW FOR THE NEXT MEETING, DO, DO WE HAVE TO DO A RESOLUTION OR WHATEVER, A VOTE TO HAVE A WORK ORDER TO FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO THAT LEGAL QUESTION? NO, NOT AT ALL.
AND THEY REQUEST A WORK ORDER JUST FOR THEIR TRACKING SYSTEM SO THEY CAN ASSIGN IT TO THEIR ATTORNEYS.
BUT, UH, I KNOW CHRISTINE IS HERE TODAY, BUT WE'LL STILL SUBMIT THAT WORK.
OKAY, CHRISTINE, THANK YOU MR. DICKEY.
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PRESIDENT, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY.UH, I WANNA START BY THANKING MY COLLEAGUE, UH, CALVER JUST FOR, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, TOWARD M W B E.
UH, AND I, THE ONLY THING I WOULD, UH, SAY DIFFERENTLY IS THAT I THINK THIS IS THE WORK OF OUR CITY.
UM, AND I CAN SAY THIS CONFIDENTLY BECAUSE A LOT OF MAJOR CITIES AROUND US ARE CONNECTING WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HELP SMALL BUSINESSES GROW BECAUSE THAT'S A, AN ENGINE FOR THEIR CITY TO GROW.
SO JUST LIKE THE PARK BOARD IS QUALITY OF LIFE, THIS IS QUALITY OF BUSINESS GROWTH, ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
AND I POINT TO THIS BECAUSE THE CITY OF DALLAS IS ALREADY WORKING WITH, UH, A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS TO DO JUST THIS KIND OF WORK.
THIS IS, UH, THE, THE DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER AND THE HISPANIC CHAMBER BEING A PART OF THIS IS JUST THE CITY OF DALLAS, FORMALLY, UH, INCLUDING OUR ORGANIZATIONS AS OFFICIAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WORKS WITH IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THIS IS ALSO A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER AND THE HISPANIC, UH, THE GREATER DALLAS HISPANIC CHAMBER.
AND PURELY BECAUSE THE HISPANIC POPULATION IS, UH, SOME 42% OF THE POPULATION HERE IN DALLAS, THE BLACK POPULATION IS 22%.
SO IF THESE TWO POPULATIONS ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND WE CAN PULL OUR BUSINESSES TOGETHER AND PULL RESOURCES THAT THE CITY IS HELPING US TO PROVIDE, UM, THIS HAS A MARKED IMPACT ON A BUNCH OF, UH, DOWNSTREAM OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, FOR ONE, MOST OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WORK WITH AND NONPROFITS THAT WORK WITH US ARE COMING TO US BEFORE THEY GET THEIR CERTIFICATION.
SO WHEN THEY REACH US, THE CITY MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT THIS BUSINESS EXISTS.
UM, AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE FOR US, THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER IS NOW AN OFFICIAL PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HELPS US CONNECT OUR MEMBERS, UM, AND LIAISE A LOT OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU MIGHT HEAR ABOUT.
THEY MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BONFIRE BECAUSE EVERY CITY OR EVERY ORGANIZATION MAY USE A DIFFERENT TWEAK TO GET THESE KINDS OF, UH, PIECES OF INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, BEEN STOPPED IN YOUR TRACKS BY AN ADVERTISEMENT FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS OR SOME SMALL, YOU KNOW, SOME SMALL DEPARTMENT THAT'S GOT A BIG JOB.
SO A LOT OF TIMES THE CITY NEEDS CONNECTIVE TISSUE TO REALLY GET THESE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THEM.
AND THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD IN SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES THAT WE WORK WITH, AND A LARGE CITY LIKE THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO THIS IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AND TO MY COLLEAGUE MR. DICKEY'S POINT, GOOD FAITH EFFORTS, UH, REALLY DON'T WORK.
AND TO, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUE BOSE POINT, GOOD FAITH EFFORTS DON'T REALLY DO A LOT.
AND THE REASON THAT THEY DON'T WORK IS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF RELATIONSHIP.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER MET WITH AN OFFICIAL OF THE CITY IN PROCUREMENT OR THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER, WHEN THEY GET READY, OR PARKLAND OR ANY OF THESE LARGE ENTITIES THAT BID OUT THESE KIND OF JOBS, WHEN THEY CALL YOU ON THE PHONE BECAUSE THEY LOOKED YOU UP ONLINE AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS CALLING YOU, THERE'S A, A PRETTY LOW PERCENTAGE CHANCE THAT YOU'RE GONNA ACTUALLY TAKE THAT CALL.
OR THAT YOU MIGHT RESPOND TO SOMETHING FROM THE CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THESE BIDS ARE COMING OUT AND THEY, THEY'RE PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE.
JUST THE, WE WALKED THROUGH TO GET, UH, INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, UH, WAS PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE.
SO PEOPLE NEED HELP IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FOR GROWTH.
AND I APPLAUD PERSONALLY, THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE THE CITY OF DALLAS IS NOW GAINING PARODY WITH MAJOR CITIES THAT ARE NEXT TO US AND IN THE STATE LIKE AUSTIN OR FORT WORTH, WHO OFFICIALLY PUT, YOU KNOW, BUDGET TOWARD ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS TO DO THIS KIND OF WORK.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME KUDOS TO THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER FOR OFFICIALLY INCLUDING OUR CHAMBER AND OTHER CHAMBERS INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO GO BACK TO WHAT MY MR. ERTA HAD SAID ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT MAY NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, SPEAK ENGLISH, BUT THEY KNOW THE WORK.
UM, I KNOW THAT MR. SALANA AND, UM, SEVERAL PARK BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERSHIPS AS MR. BLAIR JUST MENTIONED ALSO WITH THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, BUT SPECIFICALLY LIKE WITH THE HISPANIC CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, I KNOW THERE'S A FEW IN THE CITY, HAS THERE, I DON'T KNOW, THE CITY HAS DOES, LIKE, SOMETIMES THEY'LL, THEY'LL POST THE FLYER IN SPANISH AND THAT'S IT.
AND I MEAN PEOPLE, IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO OR WHERE TO LOOK, THEN THE INFORMATION.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, AND FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE ON THIS.
WHEN Y'ALL REACH OUT TO THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DO Y'ALL JUST GIVE OUT THE FLYER OR IS THERE ACTUALLY AN EFFORT LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, UH, LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S HAVE A, AN INFORMATION SESSION AND WE'LL PRESENT THE INFORMATION IN SPANISH.
UH, OR, OR IS IT JUST SENDING, I DON'T KNOW.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
SO WE DO WORK WITH EITHER THE, THE GREATER DIALYSIS CHAMBER,
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TO NOTIFY 'EM.WE DO, WE DO SHARE THEIR ARE EVENT FLYERS WITH THEM.
WE ATTEMPT TO HAVE SOME NETWORKING EVENTS LINKED TO THE CHAMBERS, UH, TO INCLUDE, TO ENCOURAGE MORE MIGRANT SPANISH SPEAKING, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE ON THE CITY CONTRACTS.
THAT THAT IS AN EFFORT THAT WE SEE GREECE, UM, LOOKING BUT WORKSHOPS, UH, COURSE SMALL BUSINESSES IN IN SPANISH OR A LEGAL WORKSHOP TO ENCOURAGE THEM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS AND THEN WHAT QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
BUT I THINK, YES, IT, IT DEFINITELY, UM, THEY MIGHT BE A SMALLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THEN KIND OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S GOAL IS TO REACH OUT TO THEM TO LEARN WHAT THEY DO AND THEN HELP, UH, GROW THE CAPACITY, UH, MAYBE CONNECT WITH THE CHAMBER, UH, TO HELP THEM PROVIDE, PROVIDE THEM ANY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
AND WITH, HARRISON WAS MENTIONING OUR
MS. YOU, I'M SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE, ONE MORE THING.
UM, UM, PARDON THE INTERRUPTION, BUT, UM, WHENEVER Y'ALL OFFER THE WORKSHOPS, IS THERE, 'CAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST SPANISH, THERE'S OTHER LANGUAGES IN THE CITY.
IS IT, DOES THE CITY OFFER INTERPRETATION OR WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE LANGUAGE, UM, ACCESS EFFORTS OR ARE THERE ANY AT THIS, AT THIS POINT THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONNECT WITH THE, UH, THE COMMUNICATIONS, UH, DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT I LIKE PARTICIPATING WITH THE, UH, FILIPINO CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, EDUCATED ABOUT DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND SO THERE'S LANGUAGE, THERE'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITIES.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RESIDENTS AND EDUCATED THEM ABOUT UNITIES WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT ALSO WITH OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT IT'S SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO, TO, SO WE CAN LIVE AND THRIVE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES ARE IS OUR GOAL.
YEAH, I, AND I WAS GONNA KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THAT, THAT THERE'S A HUGE ASIAN COMMUNITY, INDIAN COMMUNITY, ISRAELI COMMUNITY, THERE'S SO MANY CULTURES OF DIVERSITY HERE THAT I HOPE THAT WE REALLY DO MAKE AN EFFORT OR YOUR OFFICE AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS DO MAKE AN EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES BUT ARE QUITE CAPABLE, UH, VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS TO APPLY.
SO IT'S LIKE A TWOFOLD EFFORT.
IT'S INVOLVING THE WORKING WITH LIKE THE MINORITY CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEN ACTUALLY KIND OF WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS REACHING OUT TO THEM.
AND ALSO CITY LIBRARIES REACH OUT TO THE RESIDENTS, ARTS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S, THEY'RE ON LOT OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
DO YOU HELP WITH THE FINANCIAL LITERACY TO THESE, UH, MINORITY VENDORS? BECAUSE SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT BE FINANCIALLY AS STRONG AS BIG CONTRACTORS WOULD BE.
SO I KNOW THE PAYMENT TERMS HAVE TO BE SAME FOR EVERYONE LEGALLY, BUT HOW, HOW CAN THEY OBTAIN FINANCING ONCE THEY GET THE CONTRACT AND HELP WITH THAT? UH, GET, THAT'S ONE OF THE INTENTS OF THE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS TO KIND OF RECEIVE THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN, UH, REGARDS TO THEIR FINANCIALS, YOU KNOW, HOW TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS IN CONTRACT LANGUAGE.
WE'VE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN DOING A FULL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, WHICH SHOULD INVOLVE SOME MINORITY WELLKNOWN COMPANIES.
GO THROUGH A 12 WEEK, 12 MONTH CLASS IN REGARDS TO, UH, HOW TO DO PROCESS, MAKE BUSINESS COUNTY FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO JUST THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF PHOENIX SUCCESS, SUCCESS, SUCCESSFUL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IS WHAT WE WORKED ON FOR THAT.
AND SO THIS IS LIKE THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE HAVE
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
THIS WAS INFORMATIVE AND, UH, KEEP ON DOING THE GREAT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'LL DEFINITELY COME BACK TO HELP ADDRESS THE FUTURE QUESTIONS.
UM, BEFORE WE GET TO MR.
UM, TODAY WE HAVE, UM, MR. BRYANT WELLEN WHO IS BRINGING US OUR ANNUAL, UM, UPDATED REPORT FOR OUR RECORDS.
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LOVELY TO VISIT WITH OUR FRIENDS ON THE PARK BOARD, ECHOING EVERYONE ELSE'S SENTIMENTS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR OF OUR PARK SYSTEMS. UH, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO, UH, WALK THROUGH OUR LAST YEAR.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE SOME EXCITING UPDATES FOR YOU AND, UH, FOR THOSE THAT OF YOU THAT MAYBE KNEW TO THE PARK, WE USED TO COME IN HERE WITH LIKE 69%, 80, 80, 80.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SECOND YEAR.
UM, YOU WERE POLITELY INSTRUCTED TO NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.
SO REALLY TRY TO STRIP THIS DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE MORE SUSTAINABLE.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH QUITE A LOT TODAY.
BUT OBVIOUSLY QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS AS I GO THROUGH THIS, PLEASE LOOK AT ALL IF IT'S A DEEPER QUESTION THAT REQUIRES OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, WE WANNA FOCUS ON A SNAPSHOT IN TIME AS WE CLOSE OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THIS IS A YEAR TO DATE SNAPSHOT, SO YOU BEGIN TO SEE SOME OF THE FINANCIAL HELP OF THE ORGANIZATION.
WE HAD A VERY POSITIVE YEAR AS WE CLOSED THAT LAST FISCAL YEAR.
THE TIMING OF THIS BRIEFING EVERY YEAR IS ALWAYS A LITTLE TRICKY 'CAUSE WE MATCH THE CITY OF DALLAS'S, UH, THEIR FISCAL YEAR.
WE'LL ALSO SEE A SNAPSHOT OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 TO 24 BUDGET.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THAT FACE BEAR PARK.
UH, YOU WILL NOTICE ONE OF THE REASONS, UH, THAT WE ARE TRACKING, UH, DECREASED ATTENDANCE IS WE ANTICIPATE A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT IN THE COTTON MOLD FOR THE 2324 FISCAL YEAR THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY TAKE THAT VENUE OFFLINE.
AND SO WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, WE DID SEE, UH, A COUPLE OF SOCCER EVENTS THAT WE ANTICIPATED MOVING FORWARD, MOVE TO, UH, OTHER STADIUMS UNFORTUNATELY 'CAUSE THE FACILITY SIMPLY WASN'T ABLE TO MEET SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON THAT.
SO I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE COTTON BALL LATER.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACILITY CHALLENGES AT FAIR PARK, INCLUDING THE MUSICOLOGIST TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS IN ORDER TO ASSURE THAT THERE AREN'T BUDGETARY IMPACTS TO HOW WE'RE ABLE TO, ONE, DELIVER ON OUR KPIS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT TWO, ALSO GROW OUR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AT TEXAS.
A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE LAST YEAR HAS BROUGHT US IS, OF COURSE TREMENDOUS WINDFALL.
AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, BOTH STAFF APPOINTED OFFICIALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR HELPING
TO CALL BACK A GAME CHANGER WOULD BE A GROSS STATEMENT AND WE WERE VERY PROUD, UH, TO BE ASKED BY THE DEPARTMENT REC DEPARTMENT TO HELP STEER THAT PROJECT TO HELP THEM THAT SUCCESSFUL PLAN.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M ALSO PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, UH, THAT WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE LAST FISCAL YEAR WITH OVER 400, I'M SORRY, $44.8 MILLION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN FROM OTHER SOURCES.
UH, THESE INCLUDE, UH, THINGS LIKE
UH, I'M PLEASED TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING BACK ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT NAMING OPPORTUNITY NEXT MONTH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S AN IMMENSE SAVINGS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT HAS BEEN REALIZED BY THE CITY SINCE WE ARRIVED HERE.
UH, THE PARK WAS FUNDED AT A CERTAIN LEVEL AND OF COURSE WHAT WE PROPOSED WAS A GAP FUNDING MECHANISM, WHERE, IN OTHER WORDS, AS WE GROW OUR BUSINESS, THE CITY OF DALLAS PROVIDES A DECLINING STIPEND EVERY YEAR.
AND WE FILL THAT IN THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT BASICALLY CREATE FUNDRAISING FOR THE PARK.
AND SINCE THE DAY WE GOT HERE, UH, IT'S A VERY HEAVY SAVINGS WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE TOTAL IMPACT OF US WORKING TOGETHER FROM PROPOSITION A TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE IN TERMS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SUPPORT FROM CITIES OTHER THAN THE CITY OF DALLAS, AS WELL AS THOSE SAVINGS.
UH, I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP IS WORKING EXCEEDINGLY WELL AND I HOPE YOU AGREE WITH AS PART OF THAT FUNDING.
FIRST, IN ADDITION TO OUR POSITION TO DELIVER ON THE COMMUNITY PARK, WHICH IS AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR US, WE'RE CURRENTLY OVERSEEING 39 CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY, UH, SUNCAST BOND EFFORTS.
AND SOME PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO US SUCH AS PARK RESTORATION PROJECTS OR LEVERAGED FUNDS FROM THE 2006 BOND, WHICH WERE SIMPLY NEVER SPENT.
UM, THAT WAS A WONDERFUL REALIZATION WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS OF THE OFFICE AND CULTURE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ON A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS, UH, THAT SIMPLY HAD NEEDS THAT WERE GREATER THAN THE CITY COULD BE.
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE MAGNOLIA LAB.
AND IT WAS NEAR AND DEAR TO TIM DICKEY'S HEART.
THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY HISTORIC BUILDING
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AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY, UH, THAT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'LL HAVE CLOSED OUT 6 MILLION DEVELOPERS OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL RESTORATION AND PREPARE THAT BUILDING FOR SUCCESS COMPLETELY FOR THE FUTURE AND ALLOW US TO BRING IN A NEW TENANTAND I LOOK FORWARD TO A BRIEFING COMING FROM US IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TOUCH ON SOME OF THE OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS AND HOW WE IMPACT THE PARK FROM A FUNDRAISING PERSPECTIVE, BUT I REALLY DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE CONVENING PARK.
THIS IS THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT EVERY CARRY FORWARD.
I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE HIT THE MILESTONE OF A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS WE SIT TODAY ON THIS $67 MILLION PARK PROJECT, UH, WE HAVE INFINITE SECURED 22.5 MILLION, WHICH IS 34% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT WITH OTHER MAIN OPPORTUNITIES HORIZON, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE CLOSING.
THAT WILL TAKE US UP TO A FULL 49% OF THE PROJECT, UH, POTENTIALLY BY THE START OF THE NEW YEAR.
AND THAT IS EXCELLENT TIMING BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHING THIS THAT INTEND TO BREAK GROUND ONCE WE GET THE 50% MILESTONE.
SO IN ESSENCE, WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY CITY'S PRODUCTIVE RECORD STAFF AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, IMPACTS OF THAT SITE.
UH, I THINK AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE SITE THAT WAS CHOSEN FOR THE CONVENIENT PART WAS FORMALLY THE SITE OF MANY MINORITY HOMES, WHICH WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE DOMAIN.
AND THERE ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WHICH ARE REMEDIATED.
UH, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO PARTNER IN CITY'S BROWNFIELD'S OFFICE TO BRING FORWARD SOME OF THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THE
WE'RE NOW WORKING THROUGH CHIEF CITY STAFF AT MANY DEPARTMENTS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION FOR THAT SITE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO FINALLY CLOSE THIS PROJECT, OPEN UP PERMITTING
UH, WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED TO DELIVER ON IT VERY PARTICULARLY.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PLAYGROUND BECAUSE THIS IS ANOTHER $5 MILLION GIFT THAT WE SECURE THIS YEAR, GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY THE REESE JONES FOUNDATION THAT WILL ENTIRELY FUND INTO THE MAIN PLAYGROUND OF THREE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WILL BE OVER THE ENTIRE 18 ACRES SITE.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A PRAIRIE WONDERLAND ENVISION UTILIZING THE COLORS FOR A ANA OF THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN INDIGENOUS TO THIS SPACE PRIOR TO ITS DEVELOPMENT PARK.
MOVING ON TO THE COTTON STADIUM, I'M GONNA BE VERY, VERY BRIEF, VERY EXCITED, UH, ABOUT IMPENDING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT YOU'LL BE BRIEFED ON SHORTLY HEAR YOU SEE RENDERING YOU A LOT MORE DETAIL ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PRIVATELY SOURCED FUNDS TO ADVANCE A DESIGN AND CONCEPT THAT YOU'LL SEE LATER.
AND I THINK IT IS GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING.
WE HAVE BEEN DEALING SOME VERY SERIOUS HISTORIC ANOMALIES AND CHALLENGES THIS FACILITY.
UH, ONE ARTICLE DATED TO 1968 IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER CITED HOW WORRIED PEOPLE WERE IN THIS EDITORIAL THAT THEY MIGHT LOSE THIS GREAT BETWEEN THE DALLAS COWBOYS BECAUSE IT WAS SO CONGESTED ON THE CONCOURSES OF THE COTTON BALL.
WELL, SINCE THEN, WE'VE ADDED 30,000 SEATS WITHOUT ADDRESSING INGRESS, EGRESS RESTROOMS AND CONCESSIONS.
MAGNOLIA LOUNGE, AS I MENTIONED, IS GONNA BE A PHENOMENAL PROJECT.
WE, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC FACILITIES IN FAIR PARK.
AND WHEN OUR FRIENDS AT THE PARK BOARD AND RECREATION PARK CAME FORWARD AND SAID, WE NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE ON A FUNDRAISING PROJECT, HAPPY TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND IT.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH,
UH, I WON'T SAY THAT AS THIS TIME, TIME I GET THAT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THAT LEASE MONTHS, BUT THIS IS REALLY GONNA TAKE AN ASSET THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, AN IMPORTANT PART OF FAIR PARK'S LEGACY AND AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ACTIVATION FORWARD.
IN ADDITION, THIS WAS FORMALLY, UH, HOME TO THE HISTORIC GROUP FRIENDS WITH FAIR PARK, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THE ALIGNMENT WITH FRIENDS OF FAIR PARK.
UH, THEY HAVE FULLY COME ONTO THE FAIR PARK FIRST TEAM.
THEY NOW REPRESENT OUR FRIENDS COMMITTEE WITH EX OFFICIATED MEMBERS AWARD.
AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY AT LONG LAST BRING THAT 40 YEAR OLD ORGANIZATION SUBMISSION TO A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE AND HAVE 'EM ALL WORKING WITH US FOR THE FUTURE OF FEAR PARK.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING FORWARD A FEW OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS, THINGS THAT SIMPLY WEREN'T FUNDED IN THE LAST BOND REFERENDUM.
WE'VE SINCE TRANSFORMED THAT AND
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DID FAIR PARK VISITORS, THOUGH WE ARE STILL DOING SOME MECHANICAL UPGRADES IN ORDER TO BRING A POTENTIAL CITY OFFICE, UH, COMMUNITY FACING SIDE OF DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, TO HELP ACTIVATE THAT BUILDING, WE'RE ABLE TO WELCOME PEOPLE TO FAIR PARK CLEAN RESTROOMS, MAPS INFORMATION ABOUT OPEN UPCOMING EVENTS, AND HOST A VARIETY OF, UH, LOCAL COMMUNITIES EVENTS.THIS WEEK ALONE, WE'VE HOSTED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, M W B E BUSINESS GROUPS AS WELL AS, UH, TOWN HALL FOR, UH, LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE SUMMER RELIEF FOUNDATION TO BRING FORWARD CRITICAL FUNDING FOR THE BEAUTIFUL BOTTLE LEAF BARGAINING AND THE FEDERAL MEDALLIONS ON THE FACADE OF THIS BUILDING.
WHILE THIS BUILDING HAD FUNDS ALLOCATED IN 2017 ON, WE SIMPLY LEARN, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ART RESTORATION.
AND SO WE HAVE FULLY FUNDED THAT.
AND SHORTLY AFTER THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS WILL BE
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE, UH, BROADWAY, DALLAS, THAT HIGHLIGHTED IN L YEAR'S PRESENTATION THIS YEAR.
I WANNA HIGHLIGHT A RECENT GRANT THAT WE PARTNERED WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN NEEDS BRING FORWARD FROM THE LOWEST CORPORATION THAT DIVIDED, UH, SIX FIGURES OF FUNDING TO HELP REHAB THEIR BEAUTIFUL ATRIUM AND THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AT THE CENTER OF THE MUSEUM.
SORELY NEEDED SOME INVESTMENT.
UH, THEY DESPERATELY NEEDED SOME HELP IN TRYING TO MAKE A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE AND, UH, FULL CREDIT TO MY CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER ALYSSA ARNOLD TOO WAS AS WELL AS I HAD A FUNDRAISING AFTER STEVENS.
WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THAT BRICK FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN AROUND THE TIME JUST AS WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS TO SOURCE $40,000 WITH REHABILITATION.
FINALLY, WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO DISCOVER THOSE FUNDS BY OUR INVENTION FOR OUR PRESERVATION.
UH, THIS IS A PAINTING CALLED PEACOCK AND F I THINK MOST OF YOU CERTAINLY WELL KNOW THAT FAIR PARK IS FULL OF BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC ART, BUT A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN COVERED UP OVER THE YEARS AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS OUT FIRST TIME IN MANY DECADES AND BEGIN A RESTORATION PROJECT THAT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS PROGRAM THAT YOU SEE THERE.
AND WE'LL BE COMPLETING THIS RESTORATION ONCE THE STATES ARE IN TEXAS.
COMPLETES, UH, COMPLETES IT TEST UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF OUR FRIENDS AT THE OFFICE OF ARTS.
AND COME FINALLY, OPERATIONS ARE A CORE DELIVERABLE FOR US AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT FAIR PARK IS SAFE, THAT THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE DELIVERED IN A TIMELY AND EFFICIENT MANNER, THAT PARKING MOVES FORWARD IN AN IMPROVED WAY, AND THAT WE'RE ALSO TAKING CASH OFF THE FIELD AND PROTECTING MODERNIZED SALES SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW US TO ENSURE THAT THE DOLLARS THAT COME TO FAIR PARK GET WHERE THEY, UH, WITH THAT, I'M PLEASED TO SAY WE BROUGHT IN A NEW YEAR-ROUND 24 HOUR SECURITY TEAM PARTNERSHIP WITH STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, SUPPORTING A SIGNIFICANT SAVING OF US AS WELL AS THE STATE FAIR WITH ANDY FRAME SERVICES WITH THE INDUSTRY LEADERS FOR EVENT SECURITY.
WE BROUGHT IN OUR PROGRAM MANAGER AECOM, WHO'S DELIVERING THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AS WELL AS HELPING THE GATES WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FOR COTTON PROJECTS STAFF ON A NEW OPERATOR FOR OUR PARKING LOTS, WHICH IS PARKING SYSTEMS OF AMERICA.
AND FINALLY, PARK HUB AS A P O S FOR THOSE TRANSACTIONS TO MAKE IT EASIER, FASTER TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR GUESTS COMING IN FOR PARKING.
WE KNOW THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE FOR FAIR PARKING EVENTS.
NOW WE CAN PRE-SELL THOSE SLOTS, TAKE CASH OFF THE FIELD, AND WE A MUCH MORE MODERN, UH, EXPERIENCE COMING PARK.
I THEN WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ARE VERY PLEASED.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER FOUR YEAR AVERAGE OF 63% IN W PARTICIPATION.
UH, THAT IS A GOAL THAT COMES FROM THE INTENTION AND EVERY PROJECT THAT WILL TAKE OUT.
WE SEEK TO HAVE A TRIPLE NET IMPACT WHERE EVERY DOLLAR'S COMING FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, ONE OF OUR MANY OTHER FUNDERS, IT'S DELIVERED TO THE PROJECT IT WAS INTENDED TO BE.
WE'RE ALSO GENERATING ECONOMIC IMPACT OUTSIDE OF THE PARK, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A SOCIAL IMPACT BY HIRING THE COMMUNITY OF THE COLOR AND SO UNDERSERVED SURROUNDING FAIR PARK.
IN THE PAST, WE HELPED DELIVER THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
AND IN ADDITION, THIS YEAR TO OUR PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS, WE WERE ABLE TO UNDERWRITE A NUMBER OF SOCIAL AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS COMING INTO THE PARK, UH, AT LOW OR NO COST, UH, THANKS TO OUR GROWING FUND RISK ACTIVITIES THAT OF COURSE INCLUDES JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTED ACTIVITIES YEARS BACK TO SCHOOL.
WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY BRING DOWN COST TO THAT IN THE CITY.
UH, OF COURSE SEVERAL EVENTS FOR PARTS OF
BUT THAT IS ONLY THE START OF WHAT WE DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
EVERY YEAR AS PART OF OUR CONTRACT, WE DELIVER ON AN INCREDIBLE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE ARE GROWING EVERY YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LINCOLN BEST.
WE BRING IN 10 STUDENTS PER SCHOOL FOR A SEVEN WEEK FULLTIME PAID INTERNSHIP THAT DOES RESULT IN A SCHOLARSHIP GOING HOME TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS,
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BUT IT'S ALSO TARGETED BY LOCAL EDUCATORS FROM THOSE SCHOOLS.STAFF SPECIAL SPEAKERS COME IN AND THEY'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE RESIDENT INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT TENANT INSIDE FAIR PARK AND BE EXPOSED TO INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE HELP SUPPORT NON-PROFITS, MARKETING, EVENT OPERATIONS, ET CETERA.
WE REALLY THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM, VERY PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN.
AND THEN FINALLY, BEYOND THAT, UH, FOR THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER OVER 109 FREE PROGRAMS TO
THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UH, CHARGES FROM THIS GROUP.
WE FIRST GOT OUR CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE THAT BRINGING IN PEOPLE ON AN EQUITABLE BASIS AND OFFERING A WIDE VARIETY OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WE'RE ALWAYS HAVING A CONTINUED GROWING THAT PROGRAM.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME PHOTOS FROM THINGS LIKE ART DISTILLERIES.
INCREDIBLE IN SPITE OF HISTORY EVENT, PARTNERED WITH NOT ONLY US, BUT ALSO OUR FRIENDS IN BROADWAY, DALLAS, WHICH ACTIVATED AN IMMERSIVE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE.
YOU SEE THAT PROJECTION YOU HAVE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TOWER BUILDING AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PHOTOS FROM SOME OF THOSE 109 FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO WELCOME OVER 253 EVENTS, RETURN INTO FAIR PARK FOR VARIOUS SOURCES RANGING IN SIZE FROM THE ENCHANT CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, UH, THE S M R I FOUNDATION'S, CHRISTMAS OF THE PARK FESTIVAL, A HOT CHOCOLATE RAISED, A DALLAS PRIDE FESTIVAL, UH, THE WORLD FOOD CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER EVENTS.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THOSE RETURNING LEGACY EVENTS, THEY'RE ALREADY PART OF THE FAIR PARK FABRIC.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO BRING FORWARD A NUMBER, NEW EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, NEW EVENT DAYS, INCLUDING RECENT, UH, CONCERT WITH CAROL G THAT DREW OVER 70,000 PEOPLE.
THAT IS THE SINGLE LARGEST SOLO PERFORMANCE IN FAIR PARKS HISTORY.
AMAZING, UH, NEW EVENTS LIKE THE MULTI-DAY, MULTI-STAGE.
SO WHAT MUSICAL FESTIVAL AND INCREDIBLE STRAY OF MEDIA,
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
I HOPE I'VE TOUCHED ON A LOT OF THE KPIS THAT WE DELIVER ON WITH TIMELY FASHION.
OKAY? AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTION BY THAT THOUGHT.
MR.
FIRST OF ALL, GREAT PRESENTATION.
YOU KNOW, UH, THE JOB THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN IS REALLY APPRECIATED.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYBODY IN THIS TOWN ON SPORT FOR AFFORD TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT YOU REPRESENT,
I REALLY THRILLED ON THE INTERNSHIP AND YOU WERE ONE OF THE GREAT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN THIS TOWN.
AND, UH, WORK SPECTRUM CALLED WHEN YOU WANT TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY PUSHBACK FROM HIM, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS ONE OF THE SKEPTICAL, YOU KNOW, I, I VOTED AGAINST THIS CONTRACT UNDER WILLIAMS AND I, UH, BUT WHEN YOU DON'T GET ALL THE FACTS AND GET ALL THE KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, UH, CAN'T GO BY THE OFFICE.
SO I'M ON BOARD WITH THIS AND, AND I'M GOING.
THE FIRST ONES TO SAY THAT, UH, WHEN I VOTED NO, I SHOULD HAVE VOTED YES 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A FACTS QUOTE.
YOU WERE NOT ON BOARD WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND, AND DARREN JAMES AND WHAT'S THIS GROUP 360 CHIEF
I'M A PRODUCT I GREW UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WENT TO JUST THOMPSON AND FIRST BUILDING I SAW, WE SAW THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WAS THE MUSIC HALL THAT BROADENED MY HORIZON.
I NEVER TAUGHT BUILDING LIKE THAT.
THE KIDS AND OLD PEOPLE, ANIMALS DON'T FORGET KINDNESS.
THANK YOU, MS. WELL, I APPRECIATE THE WORK, ESPECIALLY THE FUNDRAISING THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT INTO FAIR PARK THAT HAS NEVER BEEN, NEVER HAPPENED, NEVER COME TO FAIR PARK, NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT FAIR PARK.
SO HEATHER AND ALYSSA, THANK YOU ALL AND THE TEAM, MICHAEL.
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THAT'S TURNOVER, BUT AS HAS AS HAPPENS AND VENUE MANAGEMENT, CERTAINLY NOT EASY, BUT A LOT OF FOLKS COMING TO FAIR PARK THAT NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT OUTSIDE THE STATE FAIR.AND I LOVE THE DIVERSITY OF THE EVENTS.
UH, LOOK AT CAROL G I THINK HAD MORE PICKET SOLD THAN COLDPLAY OR JUVENTUS, THE BIG SPORTING EVENTS BATTLE TEAM.
SO, UM, I WAS NOT THE DEMO
I'M THRILLED ABOUT BREAKING GROUND IN THE SPRING, UH, ON THE COMMUNITY PARK.
'CAUSE I THINK ONCE WE SEE PROGRESS, THEN THAT JUST, UM, REALLY ACCELERATES FUNDRAISING EVEN MORE BARRAGE.
I KNOW NOT A SEXY THING TO RAISE MONEY FOR, UH, BUT CRITICAL FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE OF FAIR PARK.
BUT WE, WE HAVE TO DO RIGHT BY OUR PARTNERS AT FAIR PARK AS WELL.
AND I KNOW PRIMER'S, BRIAN'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT.
IT DIDN'T COME IN WHERE WE HOPED OR WHAT WE SAID.
AND SO WE GOTTA HAVE A, HAVE MORE FRANK DISCUSSIONS AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR OTHER PARTNERS, UM, ON THE, OUR LONGTIME RESIDENT INSTITUTIONS AREN'T SUPPORTED AS WELL.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE FOCUSED ON THAT.
PARK STAFF IS FOCUSED ON THAT.
BUT THIS IS THE, THE HOPE THAT WE HAD PLANNED ON WHEN WE VOTED ON THIS CONTRACT SIX YEARS AGO.
SO, UM, ONWARD AND NOTE BOARD AND I'M SO GLAD IT WAS ONLY 18 SLIDES.
IT WAS, UH, WELL, PRETTY AND CONCISE AND, AND UM, MORE TO COME.
SO THANK YOU BRIAN AND THE WHOLE TEAM BECAUSE IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND 277 ACRES IS NOT EASY TO PROGRAM OR MAINTAIN.
AND SO, UM, WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE GROWING PAINS AND, UH, YOU, YOU ALL CONTINUE TO IMPRESS.
I DO NEED TO GIVE SOME CREDIT TO OUR PARTNER, MIKE.
YES, I GIVE, GAVE MIKE A SHOUT OUT.
THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE TEAM, MR. GOLDSTEIN.
UM, THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
I THINK IN THE YEAR LEADING UP TO PROP A I WAS ON MORE PHONE CALLS WITH YOU THAN ANYBODY.
I WANTED TO JUST DRILL DOWN ON A COUPLE THINGS.
YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE ATTENDANCE BUDGET FALLING SHORT.
CAN YOU JUST DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT, UH, THAT NUMBER FOR THE CURRENT YEAR? OKAY.
AND THEN HOW LONG THE COTTON BOWLS OFF IS EXPECTED TO BE OFFLINE FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE TWO MINUTES OR I WANT TO MAKE SURE VERY DISTINCT ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE CURRENT YEAR, WE SIMPLY HAD SOME EVENTS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SET OUR BUDGET A YEAR AND A HALF IN ADVANCE AND MAKING SURE THE LIVE EVENTS BUSINESS IS THAT IT FUNCTIONS WITHIN THAT 18 MONTHS.
AND YOU FREQUENTLY SEE, YOU FREQUENTLY SEE THINGS IN AND OUT OF THAT SEASON.
UM, WE HAD A COUPLE EVENTS ON THE HORIZON THAT, UH, FELT SECURE SO THEY WERE INSERTED INTO BUDGET AND THEY ENDED UP GOING TO OTHER VENUES.
UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS, UH, MUSIC CALL, UH, CERTAINLY TO PSYCHE SAM THEATER.
AND WHEN OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE NOT INVESTED IN ADEQUATELY, I THINK THAT REALLY ECHOES THE STATEMENTS WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS FROM KEN WAY DOWN THIS, UH, IT MAKES IT VERY CHALLENGING.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A SHORTFALL THERE.
UH, LUCKILY BY THE END OF THE MONTH, THANKS TO, UH, KENDALL JEAN AND THE, UH, INCREDIBLE SUCCESS OF THAT CONCERT, YOU WILL SEE, UH, VERY POSITIVE YEAR, UH, WHEN WE CLOSE, UH, THE BUDGET.
WE'RE A COUPLE OF WEEKS OUT FROM THAT.
AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR FORECAST.
WE'RE GONNA LAND A REALLY GOOD PLACE.
WE WILL HAVE MADE UP SOME
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE SEPARATE CHALLENGE.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST VENUES THAT WE HAVE THAT CAN DRIVE, UH, THE GREATEST INCREASE, THE GREATEST INCREMENTAL, UH, NUMBER OF VISITORS, WHICH IS THE COTTON BOWL, WHICH ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DRIVE GROWING NOT ONLY THE
WE'LL LIKELY BE OFFLINE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE YEAR.
UM, YOU'LL SEE A BRIEFING SHORTLY THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE WHERES AND WHYS OF THAT.
BUT EVERY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT THE C**K BOWL SINCE 1948, HAS BEEN BUILT WITH ONE METHODOLOGY DUE TO THE LIMITATIONS OF HAVING THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS AND THE TREMENDOUS GAMES THAT THEY BRING IN AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL TRADITION, BOTH GREATER PRAIRIE VIEW AND TEXAS
YOU HAVE TO BUILD FOR ROUGHLY 10 MONTHS AS HARD AND FAST AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
AND THEN YOU DEESCALATE, YOU BRING IN THE FAIR, YOU BRING IN THOSE GAMES 'CAUSE WE SIMPLY CANNOT DESTABILIZE 'EM THEM 'CAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THEY PROVIDED AT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THEN YOU BUILD FOR A SECOND YEAR.
SO THERE WILL BE A TWO YEAR IMPACT FOR OUR ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE AND VISITATION OFF THE COTTON BOWL.
BUT AT THE END OF IT, UH, AS YOU'LL SEE IN
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THAT PRESENTATION, I THINK YOU'LL BE VERY EXCITED FOR POTENTIAL.UM, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DID A HIGHLIGHT LAST YEAR, BUT BE BECAUSE OF THE SPEAKERS BEFORE, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT THE MUSIC HALL AND HOW WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THOSE IN THE LONG TERM.
I KNOW IT'S A QUESTION FOR RYAN TOO, BUT WANTED TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING INCREDIBLY CLOSELY TO BROADWAY, DALLAS.
THEY WERE A ANCE SUPPORTER OF, UH, POSITION A.
WE WERE VERY PROUD TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND HELP EXPOSE PEOPLE TO ITS POTENTIAL.
UH, THE MUSIC CALL IS TIED FOR OUR NUMBER ONE, UH, THE COTTON BOWL HAS AN IMPACT, BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEIR PART MUSIC CALL.
AND SO IT IS CRITICAL TO DELIVER ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT WILL BE WELL POSITIONED FOR SUBSTANTIAL FUNDS, UH, AS SOON AS THEY CAN POSSIBLY MOVE FORWARD.
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT RYAN'S GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
BUT IT IS AN MISSION CRITICAL ITEM TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN MUSICAL HALL SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DRAW VISITATION THAT THEY CURRENTLY FUND AND BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE THESE CULTURAL VENUES.
UH, WHEN YOUR FLYING WHEEL SYSTEM IS INDICAT, YOUR RESTROOMS HAVE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES.
AND I RECENTLY WALKED WITH, UH, JOSEPH, WHO'S THE GM AND VP FOR MUSIC HALL.
ALL OF THE SIDEWALKS OUT FRONT FROM TRYING TO SOURCE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM A PRIVATE SOURCE THAT MAY BE ABLE TO COME IN AND HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE CONDITIONS.
THE REALITY IS, HOWEVER, GIVEN THE VERY EXPENSIVE CAPITAL FAIR TOTAL, ROUGHLY $600 MILLION, UH, THERE WILL INDEED BE TOUGH DECISIONS FOR THIS GROUP IN THE MONTHS, WEEKS AHEAD AS WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO PRIORITIZE THOSE SPENDS.
WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS GONNA COME AND WHAT PERIOD OF TIME FROM PROP A TO FAIR PARK? UM, BASED ON THE LAST ESTIMATES THAT WE GOT WORKING WITH C'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT, I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCESS 300 MILLION.
I BELIEVE THE ESTIMATE ON THE LOW END WAS, UH, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $350 MILLION THROUGH THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ANALYSTS.
HOWEVER, THAT IS OVER THROUGH THE YEAR PERIOD.
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, UH, THAT THE CITY FACES.
UH, YOU CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE HOW MANY DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THERE ARE AT ALL OF THE VARIOUS PARKS, AND THAT'S ONLY ONE PART OF THE CITY, OF COURSE.
UM, THE CITY NEEDS TO PUT OUT AN AGGRESSIVE BOND.
AS A MEMBER OF THE DALLAS PARKS COALITION, I VERY MUCH SUPPORT $399 MILLION FOR PARKS IN OUR NEXT BOND.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE HELPING ADVOCATE FOR THAT IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE DID FOR PROPOSITION A.
THE CHALLENGE IS AT SOME POINT, UH, THERE ARE MORE NEEDS THAN THERE ARE OF FUNDS AT ANY ONE TIME.
AND THAT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THE PUBLIC HEARD THE MILLION DOLLARS.
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THE IMPACT IS GOING TO EXCEED THAT.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE SID'S ABILITY TO FINANCE IS IN LIGHT OF THAT PENDING BOND.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THE FUNDRAISING UPDATE ON THE, UM, ON THE PARK.
SO WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO BREAK GROUND EXACTLY.
AND WHEN, WHEN DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE OPEN? IT'S GONNA BE AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
I'M SOMEWHAT HESITANT TO SAY BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THIRD PHASE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCOVERED AS WE WORKED WITH THE BROWNFIELDS DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE CITY'S ENVIRON, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICE WAS A FORMER GAS PUMP, UH, WAS IN THE SITE BACK IN THE 1960S BEFORE MOUNTAINS WERE REMOVED, HAS A TANK.
AND AT SOME POINT THAT'S GONNA NEED TO BE REMOVED, UH, THERE WILL BE A SOIL REMEDIATION PLAN INSTALLED AND ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE SECURED PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD ON FULL PERMITS.
COURSE THE CITY OF DALLAS CONTROLS THAT PROCESS.
AND, UH, IN SHORT, WE'RE WELL POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND.
IT'S A QUESTION OF WHEN CAN WE GET THROUGH THOSE PUBLICLY CONTROLLED PROCESSES THAT WILL THEN ALLOW OUR PRIVATE FUNDING TO COME FORWARD AND BUILDING.
CAN YOU GIVE US KIND OF A SENSE OF LIKE THE CRITICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY NEEDS THAT STILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY A LONG LIST, BUT, UH, IT IS A REALLY LONG LIST, UH, MR. GOLDSTEIN AND, UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE WORK WITH STAFF ON ALL YEAR LONG HERE WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE CAPITAL NEEDS AT FAIR PARK ARE EXTENSIVE AND THEY TOUCH ON THINGS FROM FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS THAT ARE ANTIQUATED, THAT ARE FALLING APART NEED TO BE SUBSTANTIVELY APPROVED.
UH, YOU ALSO HAVE ISSUES, UH, SUCH AS A D A ACCESS THAT, UH, IS VERY CHALLENGING.
THE COTTON BOWL AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE RAMS. THOSE NO LONGER USED IN ANY MODERN FACILITIES 'CAUSE THEY SIMPLY DON'T MEET CODE REQUIREMENTS AND THEY'RE A VERY INEFFICIENT WAY OF MOVING PEOPLE.
WE KNOW THAT IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO LOAD THAT BUILDING AND UNLOAD THAT BUILDING.
UH, OTHER EXAMPLES WOULD OF COURSE INCLUDE, UH, THE FATIGUE STATE OF OUR PAVING.
UH, ONE OF OUR FIRST ASKS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL PARTNER MATCH PROGRAM INDEED WAS FOR PAVING SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE PARK BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE DONORS TEND TO WANNA STEP FORWARD ON THAT THEY VIEW THAT AS A PUBLIC, THEY VIEW THAT AS A PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND YET THE NEEDS ARE SO GRAND.
UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS WITH MANY, BUT PLEASE KNOW THERE ARE
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BIG CHALLENGES AHEAD AND ALL DIRECTIONS.UM, THE COMMITTEE TOOK IT UP EARLIER, BUT CAN YOU, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE DONATION THAT, I MEAN, IT'S PUBLIC NOW THAT THE COMMITTEE TOOK IT UP? 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS NECESSARILY KNOW.
UH, WE WERE VERY RECENTLY BLESSED WITH, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS ENDORSED BY THE BOARD EARLIER TODAY, WHICH WAS A $5 MILLION GRANT, UH, FROM FORMER SENATOR JOHN
AND WE WILL BE RENAMING THE COTTON BOWL PLAZA, THE COTTON BOWL PLAZA IN ED FAIR PARK WITH YOUR BLESSING.
AND ULTIMATELY THAT PROJECT WILL HELP FUND PORTIONS OF THE MAGNOLIA LOUNGE AS WELL AS A COMPLETE REDESIGN AND REHABILITATION OF THE COTTON BOWL PLAZA, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO TAKE ON AS PART OF PROPOSITION A EFFORTS.
SO IN ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PARK, WE HAVE TO LEVERAGE A STACK OF CAPITAL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE GREATEST AND WISEST AND MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS WITH YOUR BLESSING, OF COURSE, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CLIENT.
I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE HAD A CHANCE TO THANK THE CORONAS IN PERSON SOON.
UM, THAT WILL BE COMING UP AND I'M ALSO PLEASED TO SAY WE'LL BE VISITING NEXT MONTH WITH ANOTHER GIFT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE MAKE LIKE YES,
UM, YEAH, I, I TAKE THIS PARTNERSHIP E EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PLAY OUR OVERSIGHT ROLE, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE STAFF AND, AND RYAN RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE SOME, SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WELL, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO THE DETAILS, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNICATION WITH RYAN AND JOHN IS THERE AT ALL TIMES.
AND SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY, UM, MISCOMMUNICATIONS OR MISUNDERSTANDINGS AGAIN WITH PRIORITIES THAT FAIR PARK FIRST MIGHT HAVE THAT HAVEN'T RUN THROUGH THIS BOARD AND OUR STAFF.
UM, AND WE DON'T NEED TO GET REH ALL THE DETAILS, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO INDEED AND, UH, I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'RE ONBOARDING AND NEW LOBBYING EVENING VERY CLOSELY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES YOU HAVE PARTNERS THAT, UH, DON'T MOVED IN A NEW DIRECTION.
I THINK OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY IS VERY STRONG AND WE'LL GET STRONGER OVER TIME 'CAUSE WE'VE BROUGHT THE RIGHT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, UM, SAID EARLIER.
UM, I HOPE WHEN YOU REDO THE COTTON BOWL PLAZA, YOU DON'T GET RID OF THE BEER BARN THERE.
'CAUSE UH, THAT'S THE CHEAPEST BEER STATE OF FAIR IT SEEMS. YES SIR.
WE THINK THAT'D BE VERY, VERY USEFUL TO THE ST FAIR IN TEXAS.
WE'D JUST LIKE TO SEE IT BE A LITTLE GREATER, A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE AND LESS REFLECTIVE OF THE LOVELY AESTHETIC OF THE WALMART, INCLUDING
I HOPE CHEAP BEER DOESN'T NOT CONFLICT WITH THAT
UM, SO I'VE GOT A QUESTION IN NINE THREE WE HAD THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER.
IS THAT FAIR PARK? AND IN ALL OF THE RUN UP TO THIS AND ALL OF THE TALKS ABOUT, ARE WE GONNA GET IT? ARE WE GONNA GET IT? IT'S ALWAYS THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WAS FAIR PARK, WHICH SEEMED LIKE GREAT 'CAUSE WE'RE IMPROVING THE COTTON BOWL.
AND THEN I FOUND OUT JUST SURPRISINGLY THAT IT IS GONNA BE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO TO THE EXTENT YOU'RE ABLE, CAN YOU SHINE ANY LIGHT ON WHAT LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED THERE? 'CAUSE IT'S A PARK BOARD MEMBER.
OUR PARK FACILITY LOST WELL, WAS A BIG DEAL.
AND FOR THE COMMUNITY, AS WE HEARD THIS MORNING FROM ONE OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS AS PART OF, UH, THE PUBLIC COALITION THAT THEY'LL PURSUE YOUTH WORLD CUP.
I HAVE TO BE SOMEWHAT CAREFUL ABOUT HOW I ANSWER THIS.
UH, THE SHORT ANSWER IS, UH, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
UH, AND WE WERE CERTAINLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING FAIR POINT.
BUT AGAIN, I I THINK THIS GOES BACK TO THE FINANCING COLLECTIONS, WHICH ARE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBLE.
THINK ABOUT HOW IT'S PUBLIC DEBT IS LEVERAGED FOR VARIOUS NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY IN LIGHT OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AT FAIR PARK, MY IMPRESSION IS THERE'S SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH FUNDING CONVERSATIONS.
HONOR MYSELF, OF COURSE, THE CITY'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR ADVISORS WHO'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH A FUNDING CHALLENGE AS IT IS A TIMING ISSUE.
IT'S SO MUCH MOVING FORWARD ALL AT ONCE THAT THAT IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE.
UH, WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ENTICE, UH, FIFA WORLD GONNA CONSIDER FAIR PARK FOR THE, UH, BROADCAST CENTER.
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MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS GONNA STAY IN DALLAS.AND WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE DALLAS WHEN SOMETHING COMES TO FAIR PARK OR NOT.
I'LL ALSO SAY THAT THERE IS AN EFFORT UNDER, UH, CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO EXPLORE OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR FUNDING THAT.
AND, UH, SHOULD SUCH FUNDING BECOME A PIVOTAL, THERE'S NOTHING MORE EXCITING.
HOWEVER, IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THAT WAS ONLY ONE OF THREE PROGRAMS THAT WE SAW FROM FIFA WORLD CUP.
AND WHILE I CAN'T SPEAK ANY FURTHER ON THOSE OTHER ATTRIBUTES, THERE IS MORE NEWS TO COME IN THE
UH, JUST WANT FOLLOW SOME OF THE COMMENTS TO MY, MY COLLEAGUES AND SAY THANK YOU TO BRIAN LEWELLEN, WHO HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB, UH, ESPECIALLY GIVEN ALL OF WHAT FAIR PARK NEEDS.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S STILL GONNA BE A BIG LIFT EVEN WITH MONEY FROM THE PRIMER BILL AND OTHER PRIVATE DOLLARS AND PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT HAVE COME IN.
UH, I KNEW, LOOK, I VOTED THE FIRST TIME FOR THIS GROUP BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF FAITH IN WHAT YOU GOT, WHAT YOU GUYS PRESENTED.
SO HONORED THAT, UH, WE GET TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING NOW.
UM, MY ONLY QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT, UM, JUST ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THE PREMIER GYMS OF THE CITY.
UM, AND I WANT TO JUST REALLY GET MORE INSIGHT ON WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND HOW DOES FAIR PARK FIRST ENGAGE? SO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DO WITH OUR PARK ORGANIZATIONS IS KIND, MAKE ASSUMPTIONS AND STEP ON THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
WE TRY TO BE A CONNECTOR, A CONVENER, AND THE SUPPORT ORGANIZATION FOR ALL OF THE TENANTS IN THE PARK.
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INCLUDED, UH, I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO CALL DR.
HARRY ROBINSON CLOSE SPRING AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WITH HIM IN ADDITION TO THE GRANT THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
WE'RE ABLE TO HELP SOURCE FOR THEM.
BUT OUR SUPPORT GOES IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
UH, SOMETIMES THAT INVOLVES US GROWING THEIR BUSINESS FOR THEIR FUNDRAISING EVENTS.
I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT BY MODERNIZING THE TICKETING, UH, SYSTEMS AND THE WAY THE TICKETS ARE SOLD FOR THE, UH, ANNUAL BLACK INVITATIONAL RODEO, THEIR NUMBER ONE FUNDRAISER, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER THEIR ONLY SELLOUT CROWDS AND GROW THEIR NET INCOME TREMENDOUSLY.
ADDITION TO THAT, WE WERE ABLE PROMOTE, UH, SYNERGIES BETWEEN SAFE HERE OF TEXAS AS WELL AS AN F F A RODEO COLISEUM.
THEY GREATLY REDUCED THE COSTS ON THAT EVENT IN TERMS OF LOADING IN AND OUT SOIL.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THEIR NET REVENUES BEEN DELIVERED.
AND I'M ALSO PLEASED TO SAY THAT OUR HEAD FUNDRAISING IN STEVENS, UH, HELPED OVERSEE, UH, A PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE NEW FUNDRAISING COLLATERAL FOR, UH, THEIR LEGACY CAMPAIGN TO HELP SUSTAIN THEM INTO THE FUTURE.
UH, IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL COLLATERAL.
UM, WE LOVE THAT WE CAN BRING THESE RESOURCES, VISION A FAIR WORK FIRST WHEN APPROPRIATE AND WHEN INVITED BY OUR PARTNERS TO HELP GROW THESE RELATIONSHIPS.
SO, AND, AND BRIAN, THANK Y'ALL FOR WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING THERE.
UM, SOME OF WHAT I'M HOPING TO SEE IN THE FUTURE WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IS MAYBE A CAPITAL PROJECT.
ROBINSON AND SOME OF THE, UH, THE OTHER LEADERS AND SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE MUSEUM ABOUT, UM, HOW WE MIGHT WORK WITH AN ORGANIZATION LIKE FAIR PARK FIRST FOR SOME KIND OF CAPITAL, UH, CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD HELP MAKE SOME MUCH NEEDED UPGRADES TO A VERY IMPORTANT BUILDING.
AND I, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE ART THAT IS COVERED UP IN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ART DECO BUILDINGS.
AND I, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE CONNECTION HISTORICALLY TO THE BLACK CHAMBER, UH, THROUGH LEADERS LIKE A MACEO SMITH, UH, WHO HAS A FEDERAL BUILDING, UH, WHO PUT THE NEGRO HALL OF LIFE RIGHT THERE IN, UH, FAIR PARK.
AND WHAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT IT THAT WE OFTENTIMES DON'T TALK ABOUT IS SOME OF THE GREATEST ART FROM WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE, WAS IN THAT BUILDING AND IT WAS LOST.
UM, AND SO THE, THE, THE LIVING LEGACY OF THAT SPACE IS OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
SO IT'S DEEPLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT NOT ONLY IS IT MAINTAINED, BUT AS EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND IT GROWS AND CHANGES THAT IT ALSO EVOLVES WITH IT.
AND OF COURSE, I'M NOT ASKING THAT, YOU KNOW, FAIR PARK FIRST COME IN WITH ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, PLANS WITHOUT TALKING WITH DR.
ROBINSON, BUT I'M SURE HE HAS A, A LONG LIST THAT WE'VE ALSO TALKED THROUGH, UH, JUST SOME MUCH NEEDED UPGRADES, ESPECIALLY AS THEY BRING IN WORLD-CLASS, UH, EXHIBITS, UH, LIKE THE ONE FROM NANDO'S.
JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE WE'RE THINKING OF HOW WE DO THAT.
AND I, I KNOW YOU MAY HAVE PLANS FOR THAT, SO I JUST WANT TO ASK AND UNCOVER WHAT SOME OF THAT MAY BE.
UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT CAMPAIGN THAT I MENTIONED, AND THAT IS NOT ONLY GONNA PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED CAPITAL, UH, BUT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO SOURCE, UH, CERTAIN ENDOWED FUNDS THAT WILL REALLY ENSURE, AND, UH, THE STAFF THAT IS THERE NOW AND THE STAFF THAT WILL COME IN THE FUTURE ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
UH, I THINK THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
ROBINSON AND BRIAN, THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING.
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IT'S MY PLEASURE.UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION.
I JUST SIT HERE IN AWE, UH, AFTER MOVING TO DALLAS 30 YEARS AGO AND GOING TO FAIR PARK AND MAKING MY LITTLE CONTRIBUTION TO, UH,
SO JUST THE EVOLUTION IN A VERY SHORT TIME THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THERE, IT'S JUST STUNNING.
SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY ON YOUR CHEEK BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY SORT OF OVERWHELMING SITTING HERE LISTENING TO SO MANY FACETS.
I HAVE ONE TEENY TINY LITTLE QUESTION THAT RELATES TO PARKING.
YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S PARKING CHARGES, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU GO TO THE STATE FAIR.
I KNOW I WENT TO SOMETHING AT THE MUSIC HALL.
THERE WAS A CHARGE FOR THE PARKING FOR THAT EVENT.
AS FAR AS JUST THE, THE PARK GROUNDS, IS THERE, UH, CHARGES THAT YOU JUST TO GO THERE? NOT AT ALL.
DURING THE DAY, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER PARKING CITY IN DALLAS, WE'RE WORKING FROM THE EARLY MORNING TILL EVENING, AND PEOPLE ARE FREE TO ENTER HOPE THAT PEOPLE ENJOY THE INCREDIBLE PUBLIC ART, THE ARCHITECTURE, AND A NUMBER OF THE OTHER FREE ATTRACTIONS LIKE, UH, A HALL OF STATE, UH, CURATED BY THE DALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THEY HAVE THEIR INCREDIBLE ALIMO EXHIBITION, WHICH YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE FREE OF CHARGE.
THEY HAVE AMERICAN MUSEUM'S WORK, UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE BIG ATTRACTIONS AT THE CHILDREN'S AQUARIUM, T D G, ET CETERA.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, 'CAUSE WE SAW THAT INFORMATION ABOUT PARKING AND JUST WHEN YOU VISIT THOSE ATTRACTIONS, EVEN ON A DAY WHERE WE MIGHT BE CHARGING FOR PARKING, BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF AN EVENT PROMOTERS DEAL.
UH, I'M PLEASED TO SAY IF YOU ARE HEADED TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, YOU
UM, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH YOU, MR. LULE, AND REGULARLY COMING TO THE FAIR PARK FIRST BOARD MEETINGS.
AND I, I HAVE A BELIEF THAT WHEN THIS WAS ALL BROUGHT IN, I DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE SET UP FOR SUCCESS, AND I THINK YOU SURPRISED EVERYBODY.
I THINK THIS ORGANIZATION HAS COME TOGETHER, WORKED HARD AND SURPRISE EVERYBODY.
UM, AND YOU'VE FAST BECOME A FUNDRAISING, UM, ENGINE THAT IS NOTHING SHY OF AMAZING.
UM, YOU'VE ASSEMBLED AN AMAZING TEAM THAT DOES THAT, AND I'M IN AWE WHEN I COME AND SEE THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, SECURED ON THAT GROUP.
IT'S A, IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BE PART OF.
UM, THERE'S SO MANY CHALLENGES, AND I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, THE AQUARIUM, BROADWAY, DALLAS.
I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS OF THEIR FACILITIES FALLING APART.
UM, THAT'S FROM OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FOR GENERATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE NOT TAKEN CARE OF THE ASSETS OF THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BUILDINGS FOR SURE THAT HAVE FALLEN DOWN OVER THE YEARS, BUT WE'VE LOST SEVERAL BUILDINGS AT BEAR PARK BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MAINTAIN.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT ANYMORE.
WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN THE BEST WE CAN.
UM, AND WHEN WE HIT STRUCTURAL STUFF, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THAT QUICKER, UM, TO OUR PARTNERS AT, YOU KNOW, BROADWAY, DALLAS IS HERE.
I I WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE TOGETHER.
UM, I THINK WE'RE ON A BETTER PATH NOW THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN AT FAIR PARK AND, YOU KNOW, WITH PARTNERS LIKE YOU, UM, COMING IN, FILLING SOME OTHER, UM, NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET THERE VERY QUICKLY.
UM, YOU GUYS ALL DO AMAZING WORK VERY FIRST.
UM, I KNOW WE GOT A LOT MORE THINGS COMING, UM, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE NEXT YEAR HOLDS.
I I THINK THAT NEXT YEAR IS GONNA BE AMAZING.
THANK YOU MR. GOOD, THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE QUESTION FOR THIS BRIEFING, SO BEAR WITH ME.
UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING IS WONDERFUL OUT THERE.
UM, I DO REALLY APPRECIATE PRESERVING OLD, NOT KNOCKING DOWN OLD AND BUILDING NEW SHINY.
UM, I'M PROBABLY GONNA PUT MY FOOT IN MY MOUTH WHEN I SAY THIS PART SOUNDS GREAT.
BUT LIKE, WHERE IS THE MUSIC HALL ON THIS MAP OF, UM, OF MAKING IT BACK TO NEW WHERE PEOPLE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, AND THE THEATER EXPERIENCE? UH, SO THE MUSIC HALL, AGAIN, IS HIGH.
THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY COMING OUT OF PROPOSITION A FUNDS.
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BE INCLUDED.UH, WE'RE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATE ALONG WITH THE CITY NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CHANGE IN STATE LAW.
WE'RE ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT IN REFERENDUM LANGUAGE.
AND I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE RYAN IS, UH, MOVING AHEAD AND EARTH WITH THE CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO DELIVER SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO, UH, WELL COORDINATED WITH DALLAS IN TERMS OF LONG-TERM FUNDRAISING.
UH, THE INTENT HAS LONGED, BUT THEY WILL KICK OFF THEIR OWN CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, UH, ONCE WE COMPLETE FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HELP SUPPORT THAT, UH, THAT WILL GROW WHENEVER THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION IN TERMS OF SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WILL BE INTO THAT VISION THAT KEN HAD SINCE THE DAY HE GOT HERE AS A GAME CHANGER AND A CHANGE MAKING, WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE VISION GO.
SO IT'S NOT ON YOUR, YOUR LIST, JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT, WE WOULD NOT MANAGE THAT PROJECT.
THE NATURE OF THEIR CONTRACT IS THAT THEY MANAGE THOSE, AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PROPOSITION $8, UNLESS OTHERWISE ASSIGNED TO FAIR PARK FIRST, UH, WOULD BE MANAGED BY THE CITY.
SO THERE IS A REASON THAT THAT IS NOT THERE.
IT SIMPLY HAS TO DO WITH THE GOVERNANCE.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SUCH A PROJECT FROM A COORDINATION STANDPOINT, JUST AS WE ARE IN ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT MOVE FORWARD TO FAIR PARK.
BUT IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
IT IS AT THE VERY TOP OF THE LIST, RIGHT.
WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND COTTON BOWL PROJECTS THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED IMPROVEMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
I JUST SAW ALL OTHER BUILDINGS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE WHERE CALL WAS ON IT, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT LEFT OUT.
THAT'S AS IMPORTANT AS, YOU KNOW.
IT'S SIMPLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DIRECTLY ADMINISTRATOR UNLESS ASSIGNED BY THIS GROUP AND CITY COUNCILS TO, UH, MORE DIRECTLY MANAGE SUCH A PROJECT.
AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR HARD WORK.
UH, THEY RECENTLY CREW COMPLETED, UH, BACK OF HOUSE BACKSTAGE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE TOURING GROUPS, UH, AT A PRIVATE INVESTMENT OF $4 MILLION.
WE ALL AS A CITY, NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND HELP SUPPORT THAT COLLECTIVE VISION OF FAIR PART AND ALL PARTICULAR.
UH, THANK YOU BRIAN FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND FOR BEING A TERRIFIC PARTNER OF OURS.
A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS TO RUN THROUGH.
UM, LOOKING AT THE FAIR PARKS, UH, FIRST CAPITAL PROJECTS PAGE, WHICH IS FOR THE, UM, THE TIMELINE OF THE COTTON BOWL PROJECT.
LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GONNA GO FOR A WHILE, BUT OBVIOUSLY I KNOW SOME OF THAT WORK CAN'T TAKE PLACE WHEN THERE'S FOOTBALL GAMES HAPPENING.
SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT PROCESS AND WHAT YOU ENVISION FOR THE TIMELINE THERE? WE NEED A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION SHARED ON THAT IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION, BUT SHORT, IT WILL MIRROR WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
UH, EVERY AND EVERY SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE CAPITAL AND THE COTTON 1948, IT HAS TO BE BUILT AS A TWO YEAR MULTI-PHASE PROJECT IN ORDER TO NOT DISPLACE THOSE GAMES.
UH, THE WAY IT WOULD WORK IF YOU DID DISPLACE THEM IS YOU WOULD NOT ONLY LOSE IT FOR ONE YEAR, YOU'D LOSE IT FOR AT LEAST TWO.
AND, AND OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS THE CONCERN ABOUT HOW DO WE BRING BACK OUR GOOD PARTNERS AND ANY OF THE UNIVERSITIES.
AND WHILE I THINK A LOT OF ATTENTION IS PAID TO TEXAS
WHEN YOU LOOK AT COTTON AND BOWL SCALE STADIUM EVENTS, TYPICALLY OVER 50% OF THE ATTENDEES COME IN FROM OUTSIDE THE DRIVE MARKET.
AND THAT MEANS HOTEL OCCUPANCY, WHICH CAN BE
AND SO THE INTENTIONALITY ON CONCEPT THAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY IS BUILT IN THESE NEXT SAME TWO PHASE APPROACH THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
UH, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, SLIDE AGAIN, IT'S, UH, IT SHOWS THAT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS MEAN THE PARK PARKING GARAGE.
THAT IS IT, IS IT ESTIMATING COMPLETION OF DECEMBER, 2027? OR IS THAT IT? THAT'S, IT GOES TO THE VERY END OF THE, SO YOU SEE THEM PHASE I LIKE THAT IS THAT PHASING FOR THOSE TWO PROJECTS IS IMPACTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE STILL
SO THAT DETERMINES WHEN WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND PARK CLUB'S 20 LENGTH BUILD PROJECT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE GARAGE 'CAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE PHASE, JUST LIKE THE COTTON BOWLS WAS TO NOT DISPLACE THE TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF SALMON THEATER, WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO FAIR PARK'S FUTURE, UH, STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, AND MANY OF THE OTHER FESTIVAL EVENTS WE BRING MEANS IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE TODAY PRECISELY WHEN WE WILL REACH THE END OF THAT PROJECT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY NUMBER ONE
AND YOU'VE TOUCHED ON MY NEXT TWO QUESTIONS.
THE NEXT BEING THE COMMUNITY PARK.
I SEE THE SLIDE HERE, IT'S GOT A RENDERING, BUT IS THE DESIGN.
WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU IN THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE COMMUNITY PARK? WE'RE AT 100% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
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WE'RE GONNA BE CLOSING THAT OUT EXTREMELY SOON AND THEN MOVING INTO, UH, PLANT SETS.AND SO IS THIS ROOSTER LOOKING CREATURE PART OF IT? IT LOOKS, I THINK IT IS.
THAT IS THE, UH, CUSTOM PLACE STRUCTURE DESIGNED, UH, BELIEVE BYLINER, UH, THAT EVOKES THE GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN, AN ANIMAL THAT WOULD'VE BEEN IN INDIGENOUS, THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, IN THAT SPACE PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAIR PARK MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
AND THEN, UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PARKING GARAGE.
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT AND HOW IS THAT GONNA GET BUILT IN THIS PROCESS? SO WE'VE BEEN OUT FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT THE REQUEST OF THE, UH, LOCAL ING COMMISSIONER RELATIVE TO A POTENTIAL ZONING CHANGE.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE IS A
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE LIMITED TO A HARD HEIGHT OF, UH, 54.5 FEET.
AND, UH, WE NEED 57 AND A HALF FEET TO HAVE THE ELEVATOR OVERRUN TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A D A GUEST TO THE TOP OF A THREE STORY PARKING.
UH, THAT IS STILL AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.
WE HOPE TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF PLANNING AT SOME POINT IN OCTOBER, BUT NOBODY LIKES PARKING GARAGES, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE REALITY.
WE'VE LOOKED AT WHETHER WE CAN
THERE ARE TWO CREEKS UNDERNEATH THE SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY PARK AND THE GARAGE.
UH, WE WILL SIMPLY HAVE TO, UH, NAVIGATE THAT PERMITTING PROCESS.
IF FOR SOME REASON, UM, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADVANCE THE CURRENT DESIGN ON IT, UH, WHICH IS ALSO FULLY A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, THEN UH, WE WOULD'VE TO GO BACK AND CONTROL.
AM I, AM I LIVE? HAPPY NEW YEAR THAT BRIAN, BEFORE WE GO, I WANT MAKE JUST PERFECTLY CLEAR, THERE WAS A STATE BEING MADE.
UH, THIS CONTRACT WAS BY A BROTHER OF FRONT SHERIFF TO THE COMMUNITY FAIR PARK TO THIS TIME, STATE OF DALLAS, PEOPLE HERE AT THIS BOARD ARE BEHIND YOU.
YOU WERE NOT PART OF THIS CONTRACT FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND THIS WAS NOT SET UP FOR YOU TO FAIL.
YOU DONE INDICATED, MAN, I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD'VE TAKEN THE JOB IF YOU THOUGHT WE WERE DOING THIS CONTRACT FOR YOU TO FAIL.
SO YOU WERE NOT SET UP TO FAIL.
'CAUSE WE WERE BEHIND THIS A HUNDRED PERCENT.
I I'M MAKE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR.
AND, UH,
SO I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT COMMENT.
UH, SINCE THE DAY I WALKED TO FAIR PARK, UH, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT FAIR PARK COULD BE WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
AND I OCCASIONALLY HAVE PEOPLE PICK ON ME FOR WORKING ON A VISION OF, UH, WHAT THEY CALL OUR DECK OF DISNEYLAND.
THERE IS NO REASON THE FAIR PARK NOT BE WORLD CLASS INCREDIBLE YEAR-ROUND DESTINATION.
AND, UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THAT PEOPLE SINCE THEY ARRIVED.
THE SAME IS TRUE OF TEENS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE LONG TIME.
THIS IS REALLY AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT AND IT'S THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE OF MY CAREER FAR WHAT IS BEEN GOT FAMOUS, MY OPINION.
BRIAN, AGAIN, THANKS FOR COMING, MAKING SURE PRESENTATION.
AND AS MR. SLAUGHTER SAID, I'M THINKING EVERYONE IN THE CITY AND THIS BOARD WANTS THIS TO SUCCEED.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.
WE JUST NEED TO COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, SINCE, UH, THOSE PARTNERS ARE IN THE ROOM AS WELL, AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE EXPRESSED HIS FRUSTRATION AND USED, SAID PROPERLY INCLUDED MUSIC HALL AND THEY, I FEEL ARE THE, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTNER WHEN WE SAY DAILY ACTIVATION PEOPLE INTO THE ROOM.
SO HOW, HOW DO WE ASSURE THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T BE LEFT BACK? OF COURSE, THERE'S A NEW PLAN WHICH BOTH WILL AS WITH THEM ALL, BUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THEIR FRUSTRATION, WHICH IS A TRUE FRUSTRATION THAT YEAH, PROPERLY THEY WEREN'T SUPPORTED AND ALL NOW ONLY THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS, THERE'S NO ONE THAT LOVES THE IDEA OF TICKET FEES.
HOWEVER, IT IS RIDICULOUS IN OUR INDUSTRY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IN PRINCIPLE COULD BE QUITE POWERFUL.
HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE ON WHAT MINE'S DONE, IF THAT IS DESIRABLE.
AT THE SAME TIME, I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS GREAT NEED AND THOUGH $300 MILLION CHANGES THE ENTIRE NARRATIVE OF FUTURE SUCCESS AND SUSTAINABILITY,
AND AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL CONTROLS HOW THOSE PROJECTS WILL ULTIMATELY MOVE.
DO NOT SINCE THE DAY WE HAD THE IDEA OF GIVE APPLICATED FIRST
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AND FOREMOST THAT THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT FACILITIES HAVE TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY RENOVATED FOR BOTH THE COTTON POOL AND THE MUSIC HALL.AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE CHALLENGES, UM, THAT THE CITY'S FINANCE OFFICE MIGHT HAVE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING FALL AND EXPERTS THAT THAT MATTER.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT IS MY IMPRESSION THAT CITY STAFF FROM PARKS TO FINANCE, UH, ALL THE WAY UP TO CITY COUNCILS, THERE IS TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR
I BELIEVE EVERYBODY'S DOING THE BUBBLE NEST TO HELP DELIVER ON AS MANY PROJECTS IN AS APPROPRIATE SCALE AS IS ACHIEVABLE, UH, FOR FAIR PARKING IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW COMMUNITY PARK IS IN BURS AND THINKING A GREAT JOB OF WHAT MONEY HAS BEEN RAISED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE ATTENDANCE AT FAIR PARK? BUT FOR THE EVENTS DONE BY FAIR PARK FIRST, NOT BROADWAY, DALLAS, NOT, UH, UH, THE STATE FAIR, ET CETERA.
BECAUSE I THINK THE ATTENDANCE TODAY IS LESS HALF OF WHAT THROUGH WOULD BRING OR HALF OF WHAT TUM WOULD BRING.
WHEREAS FAIR PARK TRUST HAS EQUAL PROJECT, THERE IS TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FUTURE.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IS RELATIVE TO THE CONDITION OF FACILITIES, UH, THE HEALTH AND HUMAN COMFORT, UH, THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU'RE IN CERTAIN FACILITIES SIMPLY ISN'T, UH, AT THE STATE OF THE NOT EVEN STATE OF THE ART, THE STATE OF THE INDUSTRY.
UM, WE SIMPLY HAVE FACILITIES THAT LAG BEHIND.
AND, UH, AS WE MAY TOUCH ON DURING THE POTABLE CONCEPT PRESENTATION, UH, WE'RE SIMPLY NOT ALWAYS THE VENUE OF CHOICE, BUT THAT IS REALLY HOW WE SHOULD BE LEVERAGING PROPOSITION A FUNDS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, SHOULD BE PUT INTO THE FACILITIES THAT CAN DRIVE THE GREATEST ATTENDANCE.
UH, THE EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU GET INTO THE CARNIVAL AND YOU'RE IN YOUR SEAT IS INTIMATE.
UH, MY DEAD WORST SEAT AT THE TOP OF THAT FACILITY IS CLOSER THAN SOME OF THE BEST CLUB LOAD AT AT T STADIUM THAT AFFORDS AN INTIMACY ENERGY, INCREDIBLE ACOUSTIC EXPERIENCE.
LIVE CONCERTS, LIVE SOCCER AND OTHER EVENTS LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN'T MATCH IT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
HOWEVER, IT'S INCONVENIENT TO GET IN.
IT IS INCONVENIENT TO GET OUT.
THE LINES ARE INEXORABLY LONG AND THOSE ARE THE EXACT SAME CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACED AT THE MUSIC HALL.
IT IS NOT THE MOST ACCESSIBLE.
IT'S TOUGH TO GET IN RESTROOMS SIMPLY
AND THOSE ARE COMPANY OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW THAT.
WE HAVE MARKET AGGRESSIVE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS WE DON'T BRING UP 'CAUSE WE CAN'T MEET SPECS FOR THOSE EVENTS.
UBIQUITOUS WIFI IS A REQUIREMENT AND WE HAVE EXACTLY THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE YOU WOULD EXPECT OF A SITE BUILT IN 1936.
UM, WE'VE MADE ADVANCEMENTS, WE'VE LEVERAGED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IT BETTER, BUT IT'S STILL NOT ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE IT NEEDS TO.
BY FULFILLING THOSE NEEDS, SUDDENLY ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE TO FAIR PARK.
WE'LL GROW THAT ATTENDANCE THOUGH WE ARE EXCITED HAVING ALREADY SECURED ANOTHER MULTI-DAY MULTI-STAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL OR NEXT YEAR AND, UH, A SECOND ONE POTENTIALLY ON THE HORIZON.
AND THERE'S AN AGGRESSIVE EFFORT, PARTICULARLY THROUGH OUR PARTNERS MARKET.
THE PARK MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY CHALLENGE IS GONNA BE CLOSING MORE OF THAT BUSINESS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING IN AND NOT HAVING THAT GO TO OTHER MARKETS AROUND THE NATION OR OUR SISTER CITIES.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, NO, I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.
IF THAT'S THE NEED, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SPENT FULLY.
UH, WELL AGAIN, THAT WAS A SNAPSHOT.
UH, THAT WAS NOT THE YEAR END.
UH, THERE IS A SEASONALITY OF MAINTENANCE FAIR PART, AND YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY SEE THE FULL BUDGET SPENT STATE FAIR MADE READY CARRIES, UH, A LARGE SECTION OF THAT WEIGHT.
AND TYPICALLY YOU SEE THOSE FUNDS FULLY BY STATE FAIR ACCESS READY.
BY THE TIME WE MEET THE END OF THE YEAR, WE NEVER HAVE ENOUGH MAINTENANCE DOLLARS.
SO THOSE FUNDS ARE ALWAYS SPENT.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOU SEE THAT SEASONALITY IS ALSO THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM.
WE TAKE MORE AGGRESSIVE STEPS IN A YEAR WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM.
YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF THAT MAINTENANCE EARLIER.
AND, UH, THERE'S JUST CONSTANTLY AN EBB AND FLOW FOR WHEN WE SEE PROBLEMS ARISE.
UH, JUST THREE YEARS AGO, I'M SORRY, WE HAD TO WORK WITH D W U ON WARMING, UH, BELOW OUT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CHILDREN'S QUERY AND RIGHT NEXT TO K N R A AND W R R, UH, THOSE ARE ALL PUBLICLY OWNED AND IMPORTANT FACILITIES.
ONE IMAGINES SOMETHING THAT MIGHT WE'RE IN A FEW WEEKS LATER.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE FACILITIES, BUT ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH NEEDS TO BE CRITICALLY ADDRESSED.
AND WE LEVERAGE MOST OF OUR CAPITAL FOR THOSE PURPOSES.
AND ONE THING I THINK I HAVE EXPERIENCED
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TO YOU IN ONE PERSONALLY AND I IN FRONT OF BOARD ALSO, WE DO, I THINK HERE WE WANT TO GET FAIR SHARE WHERE DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS RECOGNIZED IN ANY EFFORTS, IT SEEMS O P G GETS MORE RECOGNIZED THAN DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION AND WE REALLY WANT THAT.SO DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED IN EVERY, THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACT IS.
I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT AND I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT IT.
YOU, UH, LIKELY HAVE ALREADY SEEN A SHIFT IN THAT DIRECTION AND, UH, IN FACT THERE IS AN UPCOMING, UH, PRESS RELEASE, UH, THAT ONCE COUNSEL AFFIRMS A CERTAIN GIFT, UH, YOU'RE IN IT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT HIGHLIGHTING.
THIS PARTNERSHIP IS CRITICALLY WORKING US AND THERE'S NOBODY THAT WORKS AT FAIR PARK FOR ANY ORGANIZATION.
IT'S NOT WORKING FOR DALLAS PARKS RECREATION BECAUSE IT HELPS US AND THIS TEAM ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH FOR WHATEVER INITIATIVES WE NEED EVERY DAY TO, BECAUSE THIS IS, AS YOU SAID, IT'LL TAKE A VILLAGE TO MAKE EVERYTHING HAPPEN.
ON THAT PAR, THANKS AGAIN IS MY PLEASURE.
I THOUGHT WE WILL FINISH ALL THE BRIEFINGS.
I KNOW WE HAVE GUESTS WAITING HERE, BUT GIVEN THE TIME, I THINK WE'LL TAKE A 30 MINUTE LUNCH BREAK.
EVERYONE IS DRAWING THEIR LUNCH AND YOU CAN KEEP THEM ENJOYING BY MR. CONNOR TELLS US WHAT EXCITING THINGS WE ARE DOING NEXT.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PRESIDENT, THE BOARD, UH, UM, SO TITLED THIS PRESENTATION FUNDING FAIR PARK FOR THE FUTURE.
ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, TO START, I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, OUR DIRECTORS.
SO MR. JENKINS, UH, REMINDS US ALL THE TIME THAT A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING MODEL IS REALLY CRITICAL TO DISCUSS WITH OUR SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE FOR US IS NOT TO CONTINUE TO RELY UPON THE GENERAL FUND AND TO HAVE MORE IN TAX SPACE, UM, AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GROW AND REDEVELOP.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, CONTINUE TO THINK KIND OF OUTSIDE THE BOX AND LOOK AT NEW WAYS TO DO BUSINESS.
I'LL GET THE SEQUENCING DOWN HERE IN A SECOND HERE.
UH, SO THE PURPOSE TODAY, WE WANT TO PRESENT A LONG, WE WANT TO PRESENT A CONCEPT CONCEPT FOR A LONG-TERM FUNDING SOLUTION THAT ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF FAIR PARK CAMPUS.
SO THAT IS POSITIONED FOR FUTURE SUCCESS SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO INITIATE THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP A DETAILED PLAN WORKING WITH THE CAMPUS PARTNERS ON IMPLEMENTATION.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, UH, A RENDERING THAT Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
THIS IS FROM THE 2020 MASTER PLAN SHOWING THE VISION FOR A GREENING AT FAIR PARK AND THEN GETTING TO THE BACKGROUND.
SO REALLY THE CONTEXT HERE IS, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDINGS, UH, THAT WE HAVE AT ON THE FAIR PARK CAMPUS, OR FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE HOLDING AND THEY'RE CHALLENGING AND THEY HAVE BEEN FUNDED IN A WAY THAT'S PROVEN TO BE SOMEWHAT UNRELIABLE, LARGELY RELYING UPON GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAMS, WHICH, AS WE ALL KNOW, UM, OCCUR AT IRREGULAR FREQUENCIES.
AND SOMETIMES THERE'S AN APPETITE TO, TO HAVE MONEY GOING TO FAIR PARK, SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT.
THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER AND AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, UM, THE FACILITIES OF FAIR PARK ARE THE ONLY MASS ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS THAT DRIVE TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE OF THE CITY.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THESE CRITICAL AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
SO, AS BRIAN MENTIONED, THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, THERE HAS, UH, BEEN IDENTIFIED 600 MILLION CRITICAL IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED ON THE CAMPUS, LARGELY THROUGH THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT 2020 MASTER PLAN, ALONG WITH THE A ECOM STUDY THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND REITERATE WHAT I SAID A SECOND AGO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE FAIR PARK CAMPUS AND THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT UNIQUENESS AND OUTSIDE THE BOX, UM, FUNDING STRATEGY NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.
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SO BEGINNING TO GET INTO THE ELEMENTS OF THIS CONCEPT, AND THERE'S REALLY THREE SIGNIFICANT PIECES.THE FIRST OF WHICH, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ALREADY TODAY, IS THE PRIMER.
SO AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS WAS A FUNDING SOURCE.
IT'S EXPECTED TO GENERATE 300 MILLION OVER 30 YEARS.
THE CITY INTENDS TO ISSUE DEBT IN THE AMOUNT OF $75 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT FUNDING CAN BE USED SIX BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS, THE LOCATIONS LISTED THERE.
THE NEXT ELEMENT OF THE PLAN IS, UM, THE NEW PIECE.
AND THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO CREATE A DEDICATED REVENUE STREAM ON THE CAMPUS BY WAY OF SOME SORT OF STIR CARD ON PAID ADMISSIONS.
AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF TO DO CURRENTLY OUT AT FAIR PARK THAT'S FREE.
SO THIS IS REALLY, UH, TARGETED TOWARDS PAID ADMISSIONS AND EVENTS.
IF WE HAD A A $2 SURCHARGE, UM, WE KNOW WE HAVE ABOUT 4 MILLION ANNUAL VISITORS THAT WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $8 MILLION A YEAR.
TIMES 30 WOULD BE 240 MILLION THAT COULD BE LEVERAGED, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE VISION, UH, FOR THIS NEW FUNDING STREAM, WHICH I'M CALLING THE FAIR PARK CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH THE OVERSIGHT, UH, OF THE PARK BOARD.
AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IS JUST GENERICALLY WHAT I'M CALLING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
SO AS WE ALL KNOW, UM, STATE FAIR GENERATES EXCESS REVENUES, WHICH WE PARTICIPATE IN.
UM, I'M PROJECTING THAT OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS, WE COULD PROBABLY GET $75 MILLION FROM THOSE STATE FAIR NET EXCESS REVENUES EVIDENCE.
I'M ALSO GOING TO RELY UPON, UM, FAIR PARK FIRST TO DELIVER NEW ATTENDANCE, UH, FROM THESE IMPROVED FACILITIES.
THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY KEY ELEMENT OF THIS OVERALL PLAN.
IF THEY CAN BRING IN 750,000 AND NEW YEARLY ATTENDANCE, THAT WOULD EQUATE TO $45 MILLION OVER 30 YEARS.
AGAIN, IF USING THAT $2 TICKET AND SURCHARGE.
AND THE LAST PIECE OF THAT IS SPONSORSHIPS, FUNDRAISING, AND NAMING RIGHTS.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE THE ITEM THAT WAS ON YEAH, COMMITTEE THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS FOR A $5 MILLION DONATION TO, UH, TO ENHANCE THE COTTON PLAZA.
SO IN SUMMARY, THOSE THREE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN PRIMER PIECE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PIECE, AND THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES COULD ADD UP TO $660 MILLION OVER 30 YEARS, WHICH MORE THAN ADDRESSES THE CURRENT, UM, FUNDING REQUIREMENTS OUT OF THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THE CAMPUS, WHICH IS 600 MILLION.
SO, TRANSITIONING TO, UH, HOW THE CITY INCLUDES DEBT, THIS IS JUST REALLY KIND OF FOR CONTEXT, BUT, UH, THERE'S REALLY TWO SIGNIFICANT WAYS THAT THE CITY ISSUES LONG-TERM DEBT, ONE OF WHICH IS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
WE'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT RIGHT NOW WITH THE WORK THAT WE HAVE, UH, BEEN UNDERTAKING, UH, IN PREPARATION OF THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
BUT THIS IS LONG-TERM DEBT, TYPICALLY 30 YEAR DEBT THAT'S BACKED BY THE FULL OF FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE CITY THAT'S FUNDED BY ADOR PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THE DEBT IS, UH, UH, THE DEBT IS, UH, UH, ISSUED THROUGH A, UH, APPROVAL PROCESS IN THE ENTIRE ELECTORATE.
UH, THAT DIFFERENTIATES FROM CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH IS SHORTER TERM DEBT.
THIS IS 10 YEAR DEBT THAT'S AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S TYPICALLY BACKED BY A DEFINED REVENUE SOURCE, SUCH AS, UM, A REVENUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
IT COULD BE USE FOR FEES, ET CETERA.
SO THE FUNDING METHOD FOR THIS CONCEPT, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING ABOUT $75 MILLION IN THE VERY NEAR TERM, UH, FOR BRIMER.
IF WE CAN AGGREGATE THOSE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, UH, ADDITIONAL INCREASED ATTENDANCE, FUNDRAISING, UH, SURCHARGE, ET CETERA, WE EXPECT THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE AN ADDITIONAL 100 TO 125 MILLION, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A, A DEBT CAPACITY ISSUE VERY NEAR TERM.
UM, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 175 AND $200 MILLION.
SO AGAIN, AGGREGATING BRIER NEW, UH, REVENUE, DEDICATED REVENUE STREAM, AND THE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES, WE BELIEVE WE COULD ISSUE DEBT IN THE VERY NEAR TERM THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS IN THAT RANGE, 175,000,200.
SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, HOW WOULD WE USE IT? SO AS WE TALK A LOT ABOUT TODAY, THE KEY PRIORITY PROJECTS ON THE CAMPUS
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ARE THE COTTON BOWL, MUSIC HALL, AFRICAN AMERICAN, THOSE ARE REALLY THE THREE, THE THREE PILLARS OF, OF ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO OUT THERE.YOU CAN SEE SOME OTHER FACILITIES IN THERE THAT HELP DRIVE REVENUE ATTENDANCE.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER GETTING SOME FUNDING TO BUILDING SHOW THIS P D A A FEW PRETTY PICTURES.
THIS IS A INTERIOR RENDERING OF THE COTTON WALL.
CONCOURSE, YOU CAN SEE IS EXPANDED WITH SOME PRETTY MURALS OF THE CEILING, AN IMAGE OF THE COTTON BOWL.
THE MOST RECENT SHOW THAT'S WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT TODAY, THE CARROLL G CONCERT A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM ATTRACTIVE, UH, IMAGE OF THE MUSIC HALL AT NIGHT, UH, DO EAST PAVILION AND THE CHILDREN'S AQUARIUM.
SO THE IDEA HERE IS THAT YOU ISSUE DEBT THAT'S BACKED BY THOSE DEDICATED REVENUE STREAMS AND YOU DO 10 YEAR NOTES, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
THE IDEA IS ONCE YOU PAY DOWN THAT DEBT, HOPEFULLY IN EIGHT OR NINE YEARS, SO IF A LITTLE BIT
SO PROJECTS TO BE CONSIDERED ON PHASE TWO COULD BE CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN COTTON BOWL OR
AND ADDING SOME NEW FACILITIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE ATTENDANCE REVENUE OUT THERE.
PRIMARILY THE LARGE, UM, EXHIBIT HALL SPACES, WHICH ARE CENTENNIAL OFF CENTENNIAL BUILDING AND AUTOMOTIVE.
AND THEN COLOS, ANOTHER SERIES OF IMAGES.
THIS IS THE RE-IMAGINED COSSUM INTERIOR SHOT OF THE COLOSSEUM.
AND THEN FOR PHASE THREE, KIND OF DOING THE WHOLE THING AGAIN.
SO AGAIN, AFTER THAT SECOND, UH, TRANCHE OF DEAD HAS BEEN SATISFIED, HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN 10 YEARS TO DO IT ONE MORE TIME.
AND ADDRESS OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS THAT HAD NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE PREVIOUS TWO PHASES.
THINGS SUCH AS TOWER BUILDING, BRAND, PLACE, PAN AND MARINA, ET CETERA.
AND THEN JUST A, A PRETTY IMAGE AT NIGHT OF FAIR PARK.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO, UH, SEEK SUPPORT AND APPROVAL OF FAIR PARK CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND AND REALLY THIS CONCEPT IN GENERAL, IF THAT SUPPORT IS THERE, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE A A, AN EFFORT TO GET IT TOGETHER WITH ALL THE CAMPUS PARTNERS, FIND A WAY, UM, TO HAVE A PROCESS BY WHICH WE CAN CREATE A VERY DETAILED PLAN, ULTIMATELY ISSUE THAT.
BUT THE, UH, NEXT STEP, IMMEDIATE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TAKING ITEM, THIS ITEM TO THE PARKS, TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 2ND.
AND THEN REALLY I WANTED TO HAMMER HOME THE POINT THAT WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS ACTION QUICKLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET UNDERWAY ON DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE KEY PHASE ONE FACILITIES WITHIN
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE FOCUSED AND FIND A WAY TO MAKE VERY MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO CALL AFRICAN AMERICAN COTTON MOLD IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
THANK, I THINK, BUT
AND THEN WHEN WE WENT TO THE FINANCING, SEEMS LIKE FIRST RANK WILL BE 75 MILLION AND ALL THE FACILITIES, OF COURSE, WERE EXPECTING THAT REVENUE AND THAT 75 MILLION ALSO IS NOT ENOUGH TO GET THE COTTON BOWL DONE.
SO HOW DO WE COME UP WITH A, WHICH I CALL A
'CAUSE IF WE DO IT, WE'LL FIX IT AND BEFORE WE FIX IT AGAIN, IT'LL BE BROKEN AGAIN.
SO THIS WAS, HONESTLY, RYAN AND MR. JENKINS CAME UP WITH THIS, UH, REALLY INCREDIBLE PROPOSAL, WHICH I THINK IS A WIN-WIN.
AND RIGHT NOW IT'S LOTS OF DETAILS TO BE WORKED OUT THAT WILL WILL BE IN THE DETAILS.
BUT THIS WAS A CONCEPT WHICH WHAT IT WOULD PRESENT INTO THE, TO THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL, AND THEN TAKE NEXT STEPS.
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THANK YOU MR. UH, PRESIDENT.SO, AND I KNOW, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT ABOUT THE DETAILS.
I DON'T WANNA GET TOO FAR INTO THE DETAILS ON THIS BECAUSE THERE'S, SEEMS LIKE THIS IS VERY CONCEPTUAL.
UM, BUT I FEAR YOU'RE GONNA GET, OTHER QUESTIONS ARE GONNA BE VERY DETAILED.
BUT, UM, THE $2, UM, WOULD THAT BE ON, ON ALL EVENTS THAT WOULD HAPPEN AT AT FAIR PARK? IS THAT KIND OF THE THINKING? THE ALL PAID EVENTS? YES.
THERE'S QUESTIONS BEFORE ABOUT PARKING, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, PARKING AT NON, AND SO THIS WOULD JUST ALL BE, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO, TO AGAIN LAYMAN THIS, YOU'D HAVE AN EXTRA $2 THAT WOULD BE TACKED ON HERE.
SO, SO I WOULD SAY THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN EXERCISE BY WHICH WE NEED, WITH ALL THE PARTNERS REALLY UNDERSTAND THEIR CONTRACTUAL OR OTHER RESTRAINTS AND FIND A WAY TO, UM, ACHIEVE THE GOAL, WHICH IS TO ESTABLISH A DEDICATED FUNDING STREAM.
IT TURNS OUT TO BE $2 OR A DOLLAR 50, AND THERE'S SOME PIECE OF PARKING.
I THINK THOSE DETAILS WILL BE FLUSHED OUT ON A PROCESS.
BUT THE, THE INTENT HERE IS TO HAVE A DEDICATED REVENUE STREAM THAT WE CAN SATISFY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS ON CAMPUS.
SO, AND, AND I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MY BUSINESSES IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND, UM, WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF LARGE VENUES, O B G, WE PARTNER WITH O B G, UM, ON A LOT OF THINGS.
AND, AND SO THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON OUT IN THE INDUSTRY.
THIS IS VERY COMMON, UM, TO DO THIS.
UM, AND SO, UH, MY, UH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK THE WORD SURCHARGE SHOULD NOT BE USED.
UM, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT WORD AND IT'S, SO PEOPLE WANNA CALL IT THE CAPITAL, THE FAIR FAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS.
BUT YEAH, THAT WORD HAS KIND OF A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION MARKET VERSUS THANK YOU HAVE TO PAY $5 PER CAR
'CAUSE FOR ME, IF I SAW THAT ON ANYTHING THAT I BOUGHT AT FAIR PARK AND I WALKED AROUND, I WOULD FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS BEING CHARGED, THAT THERE WOULD BE NO QUESTION ABOUT WHY THEY NEEDED THE MONEY.
SO, UM, AND THAT WILL AFFECT, DOES THAT AFFECT, LIKE CONCEPTUALLY, IF YOU WENT TO THE CHILDREN'S AQUARIUM, IF YOU WENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, ANYTHING THAT YOU WENT TO IN THERE THAT, THAT, THAT YOU PAY FOR A TICKET OR ENTRANCE, IT WOULD BE A SUR TRUCK OR IT'D BE AN ADDITIONAL FEE ON THOSE? THAT'S THE INTENTION.
I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT WITH, UH, GREAT REGULARITY, YOU CAN GO TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE.
SO THAT WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
BUT YES, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE GOING TO FAIR PARK FOR A PAID EVENT THAT YOU'RE BUYING A TICKET TO GO TO OR, OR A PROGRAM THAT YOU WOULD ENJOY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE ADDITIONAL GOTCHA.
UM, AND THEN JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, IT'S, I I, I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I THINK WE'VE TALKED ENDLESSLY AND YOU, I'M SURE YOU'RE TIRED OF HEARING ME SAY IT, BUT WE JUST DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ASSETS.
AND I THINK THIS IS VERY CREATIVE.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THE ALREADY, UM, POSITIVE OR PEOPLE HAVE SAID, YES, WE WANNA HELP SUPPORT YOU.
OKAY, LET'S LEVERAGE THAT AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REALLY GET THE MOST OUT OF IT.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT, AND I THINK OUR PARTNERS, NOBODY'S GONNA LOVE A PRICE INCREASE, BUT ULTIMATELY I THINK THEY CAN ALL APPRECIATE THAT IT'LL CREATE A BETTER, UM, OVERALL EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY.
I DO DID JUST HAVE ONE KIND OF BIG PICTURE QUESTION.
I, I'M NOT, I I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN MADE AWARE OF WHAT KIND OF UPGRADES ARE NEEDED AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
LIKE, I, I KNOW I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE OTHER ONES, BUT WHAT, WHAT IS, IS THAT A REALLY BIG MULTIMILLION OR IS IT SORT OF JUST SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAPPENED? WELL, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES AT
IT'S LIKE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GOT KIND OF SITUATION.
BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME, SOME THINGS THAT, THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO BE DONE IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS, UM, AT THE AMERICAN, AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
BUT IF THE, IF THIS FUNDING TRAIN COMES TO PASS, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY SIT DOWN WITH 'EM AND IDENTIFY THEIR MOST CRITICAL THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, COMPLETED.
AND WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM TO DO THAT.
YOU GIMME AN IDEA OF ANY OF THEM, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING.
BRIAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO JOIN.
I MEAN, I'VE HEARD ALL ABOUT AND MUSICAL WELL, THE REASON FOR THAT, OF COURSE IS THAT, UH, STATE RACKET THAT ESTABLISHED OUR ABILITY TO UNIQUELY USE, UH, THE BRI ARE EXCLUDING THE MUSEUMS CORRECT.
AS NEGOTIATED BY OUR LEGISLATORS DOWN.
BUT ULTIMATELY, UH, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CRITICAL FACILITY NEEDS INCLUDING, UH, VERY SERIOUS, UH, MAJOR BACK ISSUES IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
UH, VERY RECENTLY, UH, THEY WERE HOSTING A BLACK TIE EVENT OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE.
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UH, AND IT WAS SUNDAY AT SIX O'CLOCK.IT WAS 112 DEGREES OUTSIDE, AND THEY'RE A CHECK.
UM, THERE WERE NO BLACK PIE, THERE WERE NO BLACK JACKETS.
THEY COULD, BUT THERE'S A LIMITED POLITE SOCIETY, RIGHT.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF THE CONTEXT OF A MUSEUM, IT IS EVEN MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR THE PRESERVATION ARTIFACTS AND ART THAT ARE ON DISPLAY.
AND RIGHT NOW, THAT FACILITY SIMPLY CAN'T MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACILITIES THAT WERE, UH, UPGRADED WITHIN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AS PART OF THE 2017 BOND, BUT THERE IS A GREAT NUMBER, WHICH WE'RE NOT.
AND, UH, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FLOOR SYSTEMS, RESTROOM UPGRADES IN ALL OF THESE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT I VERY RARELY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EXCITING QUICK, YOU KNOW, SEXY PROJECTS.
A LOT OF THIS IS BRICK AND MORTAR, AND THAT IS REALLY WHERE THEIR GREATEST NEED LIES.
I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK TO AGAIN.
WE, WE, EVERY, EVERY BUILDING THERE NEEDS ALL THESE THINGS.
YOU, THE WHAT WAS ON THIS LIST WAS THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO, UH, IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT ALSO WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT DRIVE THE BIGGEST REVENUE? BECAUSE THE FASTER YOU FIX THE, THE STUFF THAT DRIVES THE BIGGEST REVENUE, THE MORE REVENUE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIX THE STUFF THAT DOESN'T DRIVE THE BIGGEST REVENUE IS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, EVEN IN THAT AS FAR AS REVENUE, OR IT WOULDN'T BE A SIGNIFICANT T CONTRIBUTOR, BUT THEY ARE ONE OF OUR TWO BUSIEST EAR WOUND DISTRACTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
THEY, UH, THAT'S THE, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IS THE HEART OF THE SOUTH DALLAS BLACK EXPERIENCE OF, OKAY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
AND WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO WELCOME PEOPLE FOR SUSTAINING EVENTS LIKE THE BLACK TIE AGAINST THE BENCH IN JUST A MOMENT AGO, UNFORTUNATELY THEY LOSE THEIR RESULTS.
THEY LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE REASONING I WAS LIKE FOR, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT APPEAR AT, AT THAT HIGH UP ON ANY OF OUR LIST OF, IT'S THE CULTURAL ANCHOR OF GOTCHA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOUR HONOR.
ON PAGE SEVEN, UM, YOU LIST, UH, SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE MUSIC CALL FIRST, UH, ABOVE, YOU KNOW, THE COLISEUM, UM, COTTON BOWL, UM, 'CAUSE OF WHAT WE JUST HEARD ALREADY, MONEY GOING TO COTTON BOWL, UM, OUT OF A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.
SO, UM, JUST, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S PRIORITY OR IF THAT'S JUST KIND OF, THAT'S HOW IT LANDED ON THE PAPER.
UM, SO THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS DOCUMENT, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT, AT THE STATE FAIR, REMIND ME HOW MUCH REVENUE OR PROFIT WE GET FROM THE STATE FAIR AND DO WE PUT THAT TO OUR MAINTENANCE BACK AT THE PARK, OR HOW DO WE PUT THAT MONEY THAT'S MADE FROM STATE FAIR BACK INTO, UM, THIS YES, MA'AM.
UH, WELL, AND TO BE CLEAR ON SLIDE SEVEN, AND THAT'S NOT ANY SORT OF EFFORT TO PRIORITIZE.
THAT WAS JUST SIMPLY A LISTING OF THE PROJECTS OR ALL NO PRIORITIZATION WHATSOEVER.
UM, BUT YES, SO, SO FOR THE STATE FAIR, SO WE HAVE OVER THE PAST, UM, SEVERAL YEARS, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COVID YEAR, OF COURSE.
UM, THE FAIR HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL WHEN THAT OCCURS.
WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH 'EM THAT WE GET EXCESS REVENUES AFTER THEY SATISFY ALL THEIR EXPENSES AND MAINTAIN THEIR, THEIR PROPER RESERVE BALANCES.
SO THE WAY THAT WE USE THOSE FUNDS IS TO IMPROVE THE CAMPUS.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A, A MAINTENANCE USE, IT'S A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT USE.
NOW IT COULD BE MAJOR MAINTENANCE THINGS LIKE
AND WHERE DOES THAT GO BACK INTO OUR BUDGET WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS CAME FROM, UM, WHEN WE'RE VOTING ON STUFF LIKE WHERE, WHERE'S THAT SOURCE THAT MONEY COMING FROM? WHERE IS THE MONEY, WHERE ARE THE STATE FAIR NET ACCESS REVENUES COMING FROM? WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT FUND? OR THAT MINE? WELL, SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS THOSE ARE HELD BY THE STATE FAIR.
THOSE DOLLARS, WHEN WE COMPLETE A PROJECT, WE ARE REIMBURSED THE EXPENSES OF THAT PROJECT.
WE WE DO HAVE A STATE FAIR TEXAS EXCESS, UM, REVENUE FUND.
IT'S A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
SO ONCE WE COMPLETE, WE'RE TALKING OUR PROJECTS TO THAT FUND.
AND THEN ONCE WE SEND THOSE BILLINGS OVER TO THE STATE FAIR AND SAY, WE HAVE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT, WE'D LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED, THEY SEND US A CHECK AND WE DEPOSIT IT TO THAT FUND, THE NET IS ZERO.
HENCE WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY WITH THE CENTENNIAL BUILDING AND ALL OF THE, UH, CHARGES THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WORK ORDER CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY, BUT IF IT'S COMING BACK AS
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A REIMBURSEMENT THAT, SO I JUST KIND OF WANNA BE CLEAR ON THAT.AND ANYTIME YOU SEE THOSE, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THOSE WOULD BE EXCESS REVENUES AND IT BECOMES A NET ZERO FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN THAT P C I F IS, THAT'S THOSE NAME FOR THE, THE, THE TERM THAT MR. CONNER.
SO IT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST WE PART OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS.
THAT, THAT ONE, THAT ONE, YEAH.
IS THAT ALSO BE INTO, WOULD THAT ALSO BE, UM, CHARGED THE STATE FAIR? LIKE IF IT WAS PART TICKET OR DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT? NO, THIS WOULD BE A, ASSUMING THIS CONCEPT BECOMES A REALITY OF ESTABLISHING A NEW DEDICATED REVENUE STREAM, WE WOULD ESTABLISH A FUND, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH IN RACHEL'S PURVIEW THAT WOULD RECEIVE THOSE REVENUES.
UM, BECAUSE THE BRIER BILL WAS A VOTING BASE, UM, FROM OUR, YOU KNOW, FROM EVERYBODY IN THIS IN DALLAS, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS STATEWIDE OR JUST DALLAS WIDE.
ARE WE GIVING OUR PUBLIC A CHANCE TO VOTE ON WHERE THEY WANNA SEE THIS MONEY GOING TO INTO FAIR PARK, WHETHER IT IS THE VISA CALL, WHICH IS COMING UP TO A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT THE REFERENDUM SAID WAS THE FUNDS THAT ARE GENERATED BY THIS HOTEL TAX CAN BE USED AT THESE LOCATIONS.
THERE WASN'T, UM, ANY SORT OF BALLOT LANGUAGE ASSOCIATED WITH HOW MUCH OF THESE FUNDS WILL GIVE TO EACH OF THOSE FACILITIES.
IT WAS JUST THE FUNDING CAN BE USED AT THESE FACILITIES.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE SAYS.
SO TO CLARIFY, IS THAT COMING FROM US AS A VOTING OR IS THAT JUST SOMEBODY WHO, WHERE'S THE OVERSIGHT AND HOW THAT'S ALLOCATED ON HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE USED OVER TIME? WELL, ANY SORT OF CONTRACT THAT, THAT THE CITY WOULD IMPLEMENT WOULD COME TO THIS BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO IT'LL BE VERY CLEAR WHEN A PROJECT COMES BEFORE THIS BOARD, WHAT THE FUNDING FORCES ARE.
AND Y'ALL CERTAINLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE THAT AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THIS
UM, I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE SO FAR.
I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE CONCEPT AND, UM, AGREE WE NEED TO GET IT DONE QUICKLY.
IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU THAT, UH, TO DO THAT WORK QUICKLY,
WE HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS BEING CONCEPTUAL.
SO I THINK A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ALREADY SENT YOU ARE JUST MORE GUIDANCE FOR WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, UM, AND HOW WE ADMINISTER IT.
AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TO MS. MONDELL RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE THE ONES WHO WILL THROUGH THE OVERSIGHT.
UM, AND THEN I WANNA ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION I ASKED MR. LYON, HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU EXPECT IN OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME FROM PRIMER FOR FAIR PARK NOW? WELL, ALL THE PROJECTIONS THAT I HAVE SEEN HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT, AND THAT IS, IT'S PROJECTED TO BE $300 MILLION OVER 30 YEARS.
SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HOPEFUL THAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE LARGER.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S ALL BASED UPON PROJECTIONS IN THE FUTURE.
AND EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN HAS BEEN CONSISTENT.
UM, WHAT OTHER FEEDBACK HAVE YOU RECEIVED FROM OUR, UH, PARTNERS, OUR PARTNER TENANTS AT FAIR PARK, ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL? WELL, I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL THAT, UM, EVERYONE IS VERY INTERESTED IN GA IN THE PROCESS, AND I THINK EVERYONE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SIT DOWN AND FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THE MESSAGE THAT I'VE, THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD FROM SPECIFICALLY STATE FAIRS AS WELL AS THE BROCO DALLAS FOLKS.
ARE WE STILL PLANNING FOR ANTICIPATING THE POTENTIAL, UM, FOR I B C TO, TO BE BASED TO FAIR PARK? WELL, UH, THERE WAS CERTAINLY A PROPOSAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
AS BRIAN MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF COMING IN TIME.
SO I THINK IF, IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, WE ARE CERTAINLY, UH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TO HOST THAT EVENT BECAUSE IT'S, IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO FAIR PARK.
UM, SPECIFICALLY SEVERAL BUILDINGS ON THAT CAMPUS COULD RECEIVE, UM, RENOVATIONS AS A PART OF THAT WORK.
SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC FOR FAIR PARK.
SO IT'S JUST REALLY A MATTER OF FUNDING AND TIMING.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
THANKS FOR THIS SUMMARY AND THANKS FOR CHATTING WITH ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY.
I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE FOR, UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER IDEAS AND QUESTIONS.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT I'D, I'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT MAYBE DOING THIS ON SOME KIND OF A SLIDING SCALE.
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SO IT'S NOT JUST $2 REGARDLESS OF THE EVENT OR THE ADMISSION, BECAUSE SOME THINGS ARE GONNA BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN OTHERS.AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING IS MORE COSTLY, MAYBE THE SURCHARGE IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER, AND IF SOMETHING IS LESS EXPENSIVE, THEN SLIGHTLY LOWER.
UM, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING FOR THIS KIND OF CONCEPT AS WELL.
TAKES SOME GUIDANCE FROM THAT.
UM, ALSO, CAN WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE'S GETTING A SEASON PASS, MAYBE THEY DON'T PAY ANYTHING EXTRA ON TOP OF THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO PURCHASE SEASON PASSES.
AND SO IF WE DO THAT, THEN MAYBE MORE PEOPLE WILL BUY SEASON PASSES BECAUSE THEY WANNA AVOID PAYING THE ADDITIONAL FEES.
I LIKE THE, UH, CONCEPT AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH OUT OF THIS IS THAT WE NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY WHERE OUR PARK IS IN SUCH BAD DISREPAIR AGAIN.
UM, WE AS A CITY HAVE DONE OUR HISTORIC FAIR PARK POORLY FOR GENERATIONS, AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT THAT WRONG.
UM, I THINK FAIR PARK FIRST COMING IN WAS OUR FIRST RIGHT.
UM, NOW WE CAN GO WITH THE SECOND RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN WHATEVER THE THIRD ONE IS GONNA BE THE HOME RUN.
UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE THE PRIMER WAS THE SECOND ONE, AND THIS IS THE HOME RUN.
MAYBE THAT'S THE, UM, CONCEPT THAT WE CAN GO WITH.
BUT I, I REALLY THINK THAT, I AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF SLIDING SCALE.
UM, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THE AQUARIUM, THEIR, THEIR TICKET PRICES ARE LOW.
FAMILY, UM, PASSES ARE VERY LOW AND VERY REASONABLE, AND THAT IS ONE OF THEIR SELLING POINTS.
AND IF WE ADD A LARGE SURCHARGE OF $2 TO THAT, THAT WILL PUT THEM OUTTA THAT PRICE, UM, THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE FAMILIES.
UM, SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LOWER END, MAYBE EVEN DO THE CHARGE, LIKE IF WE DO THE TICKET FOR THAT, MAYBE THERE'S ALSO A, A CHARGE ON THE PARKING.
YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE A SURCHARGE ON THE PARKING AS WELL.
I THINK IF SOMEBODY IS BOOKING A WEDDING IN AN EVENT THAT'S FREE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ARBORETUM CHARGES A FEE FOR YOU TO COME IN AND TAKE BRIDAL PICTURES OR WHATEVER PICTURES.
SO, YOU KNOW, CHARGE A FEE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BOOK A, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE FREE FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND, BUT THE BOOKING COMPANY, YOU KNOW, COULD MAYBE DO A FEE AS WELL.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE OUR PEOPLE AT THE TABLE.
UM, THEY'VE GOTTA KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW.
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN OVER THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS WITH THEIR, UM, CONTRACTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DISPLACE ANYBODY BECAUSE OF THIS.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUT ANYBODY OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THIS.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT, SO THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS, SO WE'LL GET THERE.
UM, GOT A QUESTION ON THE EXCESS REVENUE PROTECTION.
UH, HISTORICALLY, UH, AS RECENTLY AS 2018, THERE'S A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT VOTED BEEN DIRECTOR WINNERS.
IT'S LIKE, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN FAIRLY TRUE SINCE IT, LIKE 5 MILLION A YEAR SET NUMBER, AND YET YOUR PROJECTION FIGURES OUT TO TWO AND A HALF MILLION A YEAR.
UM, WHAT'S, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE, JUST BEING CONSERVATIVE BY NATURE.
UM, AND NOW JUST WHAT'S A LITTLE ANECDOTE HERE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, PEOPLE FIRST THOUGHT OF WHAT WE COULD USE PRIMER FOR PARK FOR FAIR PARK, IT CAME ABOUT 'CAUSE THERE WERE THESE 300 PLUS MILLION IN NEEDS.
AND SO, WELL, HERE'S A, HERE'S A, HERE'S A WAY WE COULD MAYBE DO IT.
AND SO THEN, UH, THE HOUSE BILL 10 48 GOT FILED AND STARTED GOING DOWN THAT PATH.
AND, UM, IT WAS, UM, INTERESTING 'CAUSE AS IT WENT IN AUSTIN, IT HAD TO BE BECAUSE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOTEL GUYS.
IT HAD TO BE SELECTED AS, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE SIX FACILITIES THAT COULD PUT HEADS AND BEDS.
BUT THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS, WELL, THIS COULD TAKE CARE OF OUR GLOBAL PROBLEM OUT THERE.
BUT THEN IT QUICKLY BECAME OBVIOUS, WELL, THERE'S GONNA BE SIX VENUES, WHICH LEFT EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THE MORNING OF THE HEARING, UH, I WAS, UH, NOT SPEAKING, BUT I WENT TOSSED AND I WAS THE FIRST, ME AND THE, UH, HOTEL LOBBY, UH, CHIEF LOBBYIST, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOTEL, TEXAS HOTEL IN WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION.
SHE AND I WERE THE FIRST ONES IN THE ROOM.
AND THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE BILL, AS YOU KNOW, THEY, WE WERE GOING AFTER THEIR MONEY.
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UM, AND SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION THAT WAS SORT OF BACK AND FORTH, AND HE WAS BASICALLY SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL DON'T NEED TO DO THIS.I MEAN, YOU COULD, YOU COULD TAX TICKETS.
A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE PUT A TAX ON TICKETS.
UH, AND WE LIKE, OH, OKAY ON THAT, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO FOR THE FULL MONTE HERE.
BUT WITH THIS, WHAT YOU'VE GOT IS THE HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TWO SCENARIO.
YOU'VE GOT THE ONE TIME THING FOR THE BIG VENUES AND YOU HAVE SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH WE'VE NEVER, EVER HAD.
AND JUST IN TERMS OF OUR PLACE IN HISTORY AND OUR LEGACY FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS THIS BOARD FORTUNATE TIMING THAT WE'RE THE ONES WHO MIGHT, AND WE HAVE A SHOT WITH THE COUNCIL.
THEY GO FOR IT, OF FIXING THIS, UH, ON THAT, ON THE ONE TIMES BIG THING FOR THE SIX VENUES SIDE AND FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
AND I KNOW THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF A SURCHARGE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT IT WORKS EVERYWHERE ELSE.
AND AS TIME GOES ON, PEOPLE WILL FORGET.
I THINK IT'LL JUST BE BAKED IN TO WHAT THEY EXPECT TO PAY WHEN THEY COME TO.
BUT WE'LL HAVE OUR LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
AND THAT'S WHY REALLY LIKE THIS CONCEPT.
LET ME COME BACK TO YOU, MR. CONNOR, MR. WARD.
AND, AND, UM, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT GUYS.
THIS IS A WAY WE CAN FIX THIS AND, AND MAYBE SEE A LONG FUTURE TERM FOR IT.
AND MR. KITNER TALKING ABOUT A SCALE WILL ACTUALLY HELP YOUR CRAY OUT WOOD WE TALKED ABOUT INSTEAD OF THE, MAYBE NOT THE, IF IT'S $2, $1, $4, WHATEVER THE, THE UPCHARGE IS TWO CREDIT OR TAKE THE, THE LAST DOLLAR OR 50 CENTS, WHATEVER HAPPENS TO BE THE NUMBER WE ON A SCALE WORKS GREAT.
I THINK MR. K HIT THAT RIGHT ON THE POINT.
THERE SHOULD BE A SCALE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF A TICKET OR THE, THE VENUE YOU'RE GOING TO, WHATEVER HAPPENS TO BE.
AND YOU CAN ALSO DRAW MORE DOLLARS.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY ISSUE I SEE IS THAT IN YOUR PLAN, UM, MR. O'CONNOR, IS THAT IT'S A 30 YEAR PLAN.
'CAUSE IT'S FIRST 10 YEARS AND THE SECOND AND 10 YEARS AND THE THIRD 10 YEARS.
BY THE TIME WE GET TO ALL THE BUILDINGS, I THINK THAT WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT, MAYBE GET TO SOME OF THE BUILDINGS A LITTLE SOONER.
AND, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, HE COULD SAY THAT, PUT A BANDAID ON 'EM FOR A MINUTE AND THEN COME BACK AND, AND, AND FIX 'EM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THAT A LONG TIME.
BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW WE GOT A PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA COME BACK THE, THE SECOND THIRD, THE SECOND THIRD 10 YEARS.
WE, WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE OUR WINDOWS AT.
BUT I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY FLAW THAT I SEE, THAT WE CAN'T FIX EVERYTHING RIGHT AWAY AND WE, WE NEED TO, UH, AND WE CAN'T BORROW THAT MUCH MONEY 'CAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THEY GOTTA SEE THE DYNAMICS TO PAY IT BACK.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MY TWO POINTS THAT I, I LOVE THIS, I LOVE THE SCALE AND JUST TRYING TO GET BUILDINGS FIXED A LITTLE FASTER.
SO, WELL, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE INTENT WOULD BE FOR US TO, TO PAY DOWN THIS DEBT AS ABSOLUTELY QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND SOON WE WOULD HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT GET MADE ON EARLY ON DRIVE TIMES ATTENDANCE WOULD, WOULD HELP, UH, CONTINUE TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND AND WE COULD PAY THINGS OFF QUICKER.
AND IF THAT OCCURS, WHICH YOU GO BACK OUT ON MARKET AND ISSUE MORE DEBT QUICKLY.
SO I VERY MUCH, UM, UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
AND I THINK THE GOAL FOR FUTURE BOARDS AND FOR FUTURE STAFF SHOULD BE TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND PAYING DOWN THE DEBT AND TRY TO GET THESE IMPROVEMENTS MADE.
YEAH, I I MEAN THE, THE FUTURE OF FAIR PARKS, IT'S BEEN AROUND A HUNDRED YEARS, SORRY SIR.
IT'S BEEN AROUND A HUNDRED YEARS AND WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A PLAN ON HOW TO KEEP PAYING AND FIXING IT.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS, WE'LL DO THE NEXT BOND AND THEN NOW WE'RE AT THE NEXT BOND AND, AND WE'LL BE AT THE NEXT BOND, EXCEPT THERE'LL BE 14 NEW PEOPLE HERE IN SEVEN YEARS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA FIX FAIR PARK AGAIN.
SO WE JUST GOTTA GET IT DONE AND TRY TO HAVE A BIG PLAN FOR THE NEXT 50 TO 60 YEARS THAT WE CAN LEAVE A MARK IN THIS CITY.
SO RYAN JUST TOUCHED ON, WE PAID DOWN SOONER BECAUSE OF ALL THE NEW EVENTS AND IMPROVING THE BUILDINGS, WHICH SHOULD DRIVE UP ATTENDANCE, THAT THE EXISTING ATTENDANCE, YOU KNOW, PARTNERS OUT THERE.
UH, JUST REMEMBER THE STADIUM IN ARLINGTON, REMEMBER THEY PAID IT OFF.
THEY HAD A 30 YEAR AND THEY ENDED UP PAYING IT OFF, I THOUGHT RUNNING LIKE 18 YEARS BECAUSE THEY DID SO MUCH BETTER WITH ATTENDANCE.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE TO PAY DOWN THE DEBT A LOT SOONER AND HE WASN'T AFRAID OF UPCHARGE TICKETS.
THIS 10 YEARS BEING, I KNOW CONNOR BEING WHO CONSERVATIVE, I THINK WE'LL PAY SOON.
I THINK HE HAS REALLY KEPT IT VERY CONSERVATIVE.
MR. UM, MR. SLAUGHTER, GO AHEAD.
YOU NOT HAD YOUR
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I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.SOME ON BOARD JUST, BUT WE ALSO GOTTA REMEMBER, UH, A TENANT THAT WE HAVE THE LIGHT STATE FOR AND WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTE.
AND THAT'S WHY BRINGING THEIR FACILITIES UP THE PARK, YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE US $4 MILLION EVERY TIME FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 35, 30 $7 MILLION.
AND THEY GIVE US $4 MILLION EVERY YEAR FOR IMPROVEMENTS ACTIVE.
BUT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT THE STATE FIRE IS A TEAM MEMBER AND WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COTTON BOAT IS ONE OF OUR REVENUE DRIVING VENTURES.
SO WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
I, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE ALWAYS, UH, UH, AN ANGLE PERSON WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING
THANK YOU, MR. NEEDED YOUR END ENDORSEMENT, MR. CON.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA, UM, I HAD WRITTEN THAT DOWN AND SO I'M GLAD MR. NER SAID THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I CHIMED BACK IN IS BECAUSE SLIDING SCALE I THINK IS A GREAT, GREAT, UM, UH,
UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE, THOSE, UH, TICKET PRICES GO UP.
THE OTHER THING IS THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, UH, NATIONAL EX, UH, EXPOSURE NOT RIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF NATIONAL HEAT RIGHT NOW ON JUNK FEES.
AND SO AS YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS, I MEAN THE C F P B AND THE F T C ARE LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY THROUGH OBAMA, THROUGH A BIDEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
THIS IS NOT A JUNK FEE, THIS IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FEE.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAY LIKE A SURCHARGING THING, BUT JUST LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE WE DEAL WITH THAT ALL THE TIME AND IN, IN THAT KIND OF ELEMENT.
SO I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS STUFF AND, AND THERE IS ARTICLES WRITTEN THIS WEEK BY SOME OF THE MAJOR PUBLICATIONS, C F B AND THE
SO I'M JUST SAYING LIKE, PREPARE YOURSELVES TO SEPARATE YOURSELVES FROM THOSE JUNK FEES.
'CAUSE THESE AREN'T JUNK FEES.
MR. CONNOR TO, UH, ADD TO THAT, ACTUALLY DALLAS MORNING NEWS STARTED AND THEIR EDITORIAL SERVED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN.
THEY THOUGHT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE HAS COME FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FAIR PART.
I THINK THAT IF YOU SEE THIS IN THE RESTAURANT CHARGES, LIKE I TOOK AN ORDER TO GO THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS LIKE $2 EXTRA.
AND YOU SEE THIS EVERYWHERE NOW.
UM, AND IT WASN'T A DELIVERY FEE.
AND SO I'M NOT REALLY QUITE SURE, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS ANYMORE, BUT IT WAS LIKE AN ON ADDITION TO, UM, IT WASN'T BEVERAGE EITHER, SO IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS TAXED ON TO A TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S AN ADDITIONAL OVERCHARGE,
SO I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA KIND OF BE, IF WE DON'T JUMP ON BOARD NOW, UM, THE TIME IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING, UM, ON EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INNOVATION.
YOU CAN ADD A TIP BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM.
WE ARE USED TO THESE DAYS, THIS HAVE BEEN JUST THINKING OUT LOUD ON HOW TO MAKE IT AS PALATABLE AS POSSIBLE TO THE END USER.
AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS, BUT IN ALL THE YEARS I'VE GONE HERE, I KNOW YOU PAID PARKING AND STATE $20 OR SOMETHING RIDICULOUS.
YOU PAY WHEN YOU, I THINK YOU PAY FOR PARKING WHEN YOU GO TO
BUT I NEVER REMEMBER PAYING FOR PARKING GOING INTO FAIR PARK UNTIL RECENTLY.
IT'S FOR SOMETHING AT, AT THE MUSIC HALL.
AND I WAS SURPRISED 'CAUSE IT, I HAD BOUGHT MY TICKET, I PULLED UP TO THE GATE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, THAT'S GONNA GONNA BE $5 FOR PARKING.
I'M LIKE, WELL, I'VE NEVER PAID FOR PARKING HERE BEFORE JUST TO GO TO SOMETHING.
I'M WONDERING IS IS THAT THE ONLY USER THAT'S HAVING TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO CAN STAND AT THE GATE TO COLLECT THAT MONEY? AND COULD YOU SOMEHOW SAY, TAKE THAT AWAY AND JUST SAY THERE'S ALWAYS A PARKING FEE THAT GOES TO THE FUND THAT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY THERE COLLECTING THE MONEY AT THE GATE.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO ANYTHING AT FAIR PARK THAT REQUIRES PAYING ADMISSION, THERE'S A PARKING FEE BECAUSE NINE OUT OF, WELL, NINE AND A HALF OUT OF 10 OF OUR VISITORS ARRIVE BY CAR.
SO MAYBE IT'S A WAY TO MARKET IT OR MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE THAT YEAH, YOU PARK IN OUR PARKING LOT AND WE'RE CHARGING YOU FOR THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO THIS FUND TO HELP TAKE CARE OF OUR PARK.
YEAH, I THINK THAT JUST THINKING OUT LOUD YEAH.
I THINK THAT'LL CERTAINLY BE SOMETHING THAT WE EXPLORE WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND TEACH THESE PARTNERS.
REMEMBER THAT LITTLE YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
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IP CRED.YOU DON'T EVER DO, I PAID THE $5 RIGHT ON THROUGH.
I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE THE HARDEST PART OF THE NEGOTIATION IS WITH OUR ESTABLISHED, UM, AGENCIES, AS WE BUILD NEW BUSINESSES COMING IN, NEW VENUES COMING IN, UM, WE BAKE THAT IN, UM, TO THE CONTRACT AND WE GET A RESTAURANT ON BOARD, THEY AUTOMATICALLY HAVE A SERVICE FEE ATTACHED.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, CATERING, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A SERVICE FEE ON THAT.
UM, I, I, THERE'S JUST NO WAY THAT YOU CAN NOT, UM, TAKE CARE OF THE PARK AND PREPARE IT FOR THE FUTURE WITHOUT US SEEING THE BAD, UH, FAIR PARK AGAIN.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THIS CAN SPILL TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO HOWEVER THAT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A PORTION OF THAT HELPS FUND THE SIDEWALKS COMING TO THE PARK.
SOMETHING, UM, MAYBE PART OF THE M L K CENTER REDO, UM, SOMETHING.
BUT I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT REALLY LOOKS, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY NEEDS AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET STARTED ON THOSE NEEDS.
SO MR. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE A MANDATE FROM THE BOARD TO PROCEED WITH THIS.
MY ONLY THING IS PLEASE HAVE EVERY PARTNER INVOLVED IN IT.
WE WANT THEM TO BE FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT, NOT THINKING THAT WE ARE IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK.
REALLY, REALLY EXCITING TO SEE HOW WE TAKE NEXT STEPS.
SO, BUT THAT WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING, WHICH AGAIN IS COTTON BOWL.
THAT'S A, A FAIR PARK INTENSIVE MEETING TODAY.
UH, SO THE NEXT PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE WELLEN BACK.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BRIAN TRUBY, UH, WITH OVERLAND PARTNERS.
AND IT'S BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE DESIGNS AND CONCEPTS THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IN THE PRESENTATION.
I WISH
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG PART.
WE HAVE TO THINK BIG ABOUT SOLUTIONS.
WE HAVE TO THINK BIG ABOUT CHALLENGES.
UH, I'M VERY PLEASED TO JOIN YOU TODAY WITH BRIAN TRUBY.
HE'S A LOCAL ARCHITECT, UM, THAT HAS OVERSEEN PROJECTS LIKE AT T STADIUM BY THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, SOFI STADIUM AND BENZ, A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.
AND AS A LOCAL DALLAS SITE, HE HAS LONG WANTED, UH, TO DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT.
UH, THE TRICK IS HE'S VERY MUCH IN DEMAND AND OUR CHAIRMAN AND I HAD TO PROMISE HIM THAT WE WOULD TRY TO BRING FORWARD A PLAN.
WE WOULDN'T JUST SIT ON A SHELF THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT.
AND I TOLD HIM AT THE TIME, COULDN'T MAKE THAT PROMISE THAT THERE WERE YOU FOLKS THAT WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE
AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY BEFORE WE PASS THIS OVER TO MR. TRIVIA HERE WITH HIM.
AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WE GIVE FROM THEM.
WE'LL COME BACK AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
BUT WHAT YOU KNOW IS THE COTTON BOLT TODAY HAS ALREADY CHANGED MANY, MANY TIMES.
UH, IT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS SIGNIFICANTLY.
SEE, UH, THERE IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, IT'S ORIGINAL DIRT BERM CONFIGURATION, WITHSTAND INSET.
UM, YOU SEE THAT GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND THEN VERY SIGNIFICANTLY IN 1940S, A PLAYER NAMED DOUG WALKER, UH, BASICALLY REBUILT THE COTTON BOWL BECAUSE OF SPAIN.
SINCE THAT PROJECT, ALMOST EVERY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THIS STADIUM HAS RESULTED IN MAKING IT BIGGER.
BUT IN SOME WAYS, I QUESTION WHETHER IT'S REALLY MADE.
UM, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FROM RAMPS,
WHILE WE KNOW THE BUILDING IS SAFE AND ENJOYED BY MANY PEOPLE, IT ISN'T ENJOYED BY AS MANY.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M REALLY THRILLED TO HAND THIS OVER TO MR. TRUBY TO BEGIN WALKING US THROUGH THE EVOLUTION OF THE BUILDING AND SOME CONCEPTS FOR HOW WE REALLY WANT THIS EXPERIENCE AND MAKE THIS MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'LL THANK BRIAN FOR THAT REALLY NICE INTRODUCTION.
DIFFERENT PROJECTS KNOWN AS DEAR TO ME AS, UH, PROJECTS HERE, DALLAS, ARLINGTON IN PARTICULAR.
UH, BUT EVEN WITH ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS WE'VE WORKED ON IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE WORLD, I'M JUST A KID FROM A PLACE CALLED OAK CLIFF, UH, TEXAS.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT MAKES ALL OF THIS SUPER SPECIAL TO
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ME AND MY FIRMS. THANK YOU.UH, JUST A FEW THINGS ON THE BUILDING.
UH, IT'S ALL QUITE A BIT LIKE
MINUTE AGO, IT WAS ABOUT THE TIME OF THE CENTENNIAL AND THEN THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS MADE.
48, 19 49, YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE THE RED IMPROVEMENTS AND REALLY THE FRONT OF THE BOWL THAT WE THINK OF RIGHT NOW DIDN'T EXIST AT THE TIME OF THIS.
AND THEN OF COURSE IN 1992 WHEN THE WORLD CUP WAS HERE THE FIRST TIME, ANYTIME HOPEFULLY, UH, THE FRONT PART THAT WE THINK OF IS THE ICONIC FRONT WAS EXPANDED, DEEPENED.
AND SO THE OLD PART OF THE FRONT, UH, REALLY IS SUB WAS SUBSUMED BY THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE IN 2007, THE END ZONES WERE BUILT, AS BRIAN ALREADY HAS SAID, ADDING SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY TO THE BUILDING WITHOUT REALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS RELATES TO THE AMENITIES OF THE WHOLE FACILITY.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE, I THINK WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, LOOKS PERIOD IN KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL INTENT.
THESE WERE JUST A FEW LITTLE SLIDES OF A LARGER BODY OF WORK.
OF COURSE, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE COTTON BOWL, BUT DONE IN A WAY THAT DIFFERS TO, AND, UH, IS VIEWED WITH THE FORM MATERIAL AND THE AESTHETIC OF THE EXISTING COTTON BOWL.
SO THIS IS THE VIEW LITERALLY FROM ABOVE SHOWING THE IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REALLY TELL A DIFFERENCE AS WE ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, SORRY ROB, WE'LL SHOW YOU REALLY THE FIRST SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT CHRONIC ENTRY IS THE SAME AND THEN CHANGE.
AND WHAT YOU SEE THAT WE'VE DONE TO ADD DEPTH AND UH, CONVENIENCES SUCH AS ESCALATORS, CONCOURSES IS WE'VE PULLED THE SKIN OUT IN THE FRONT OF THE EXISTING SKIN.
NOW WE'VE DONE TWO THINGS THAT ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THIS CASE TO MAKE THIS WORK CORRECTLY AND TO WORK THE PROJECT THROUGH, UH, LANDMARKS IN THE TASK FORCE.
WE'VE DONE A SKIN IN FRONT OF IT THAT EMULATES THE ORIGINAL SKIN.
AND THE PART THAT YOU SEE IN THE BACK IS REALLY THE ONLY PART LEFT.
SHOW YOU THAT IN A MINUTE OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, COTTON BOWL FROM 1948.
SO, UH, I THINK, THINK YOU'LL SEE THIS, THIS IMPROVEMENT DIFFERS TO THE ORIGINAL FORM ARCHITECTURE OF COTTON BOWL ITSELF.
THIS IS THE SPACE THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE FRONT.
SO THE ORIGINAL WALL IS TO THE RIGHT.
ALL THE SPACE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS BEING ADDED TO IT.
YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING OUT THE RAMPS.
SO THE EXISTING CONCOURSE SPACE, IT'S AS IT IS, WILL SEEM TWICE AS WIDE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE OUR VERTICAL CIRCULATION RAMPS, WHICH FACT ARE NOT AADA A COMPLIANT, THEY'RE QUITE STEEP.
SO WE'RE ALSO REUTILIZING THAT SPACE.
BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE IMAGE OF THE LOFT, THE GRANDEUR OF THE SPACE.
THESE ARE THINGS WE'RE EMULATING OF COURSE FROM ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS IN FAIR PARK.
THERE REALLY AREN'T THAT MANY GRAND SPACES IN THE COTTON BOWL EXCEPT FOR THE BOWL ITSELF.
SO WE'RE ADDING SOME APPROPRIATE GRAND PUBLIC SPACE, UH, WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT THE COTTON BOWL ITSELF IS A LITTLE MORE, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE FAIR PARK IN THOSE VERY IMPORTANT BUILDINGS.
AND THEN THIS DRAWING ACTUALLY SHOWS, I THINK, REALLY CLEARLY THE BLUE, IT'S WHAT WE'RE ADDING.
THE YELLOW IS THE ONLY PARK LEFT FROM 1948 IN THE ORIGINAL, UH, EXPANSION CONVOLT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S LOWER, IT'S PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF.
SO WE ADD CONCOURSE SPACE ALL THE WAY TO THE UPPER DECK.
THE CONCOURSE SPACE ON THE UPPER IS OUTDOOR.
IT'S AN OUTDOOR
AND IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO, TO A LOWER VOLUME, BRIDGE VOLUME OF THE COTTON BOWL.
SO THE TOP OF THE COTTON BOWL, AS YOU LOOK AT IT AS A PEDESTRIAN, REMAINS UNCHANGED IN TERMS OF THIS FORM AND DETAIL.
SO AGAIN, BEFORE, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE WHOLE STEPS.
A REALLY LONG RAMP THAT GOES IN THE GATE IN FOR INSTANCE, UH, RIGHT, MAYBE THE 10 OR 20 YARD LINE.
THEN THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT WE'RE AT THE LARGER VOLUME TO
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THE RIGHT THAT YOU CAN SEE.THAT'S DONE CONSISTENT WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE FRONT OF THE COTTON BOWL.
AND THE MAIN ENTRY FOR US TO EXPAND OUR VERTICAL, UH, CIRCULATION SO THAT WE HAVE, UH, CORRECT LIFE SAFETY SITUATION.
ONCE WE MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE CAN EXIT, UH, ALL OF THE EXISTING FANS NOT ACTUALLY INCREASING THE SEED COUNT OF THE COTTON BOWL OR ACTUALLY INCREASING THE SPEED WITH WHICH THOSE FANS CAN EXIT THE BUILDING, UH, CONVENIENTLY AND IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, KIND OF A FINAL RENDER OF WHAT THAT ALL LOOKS LIKE TOGETHER.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BLENDING OR THE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE, THE NEWER PORTIONS AND PORTIONS FROM ARCHITECTURAL MATERIAL AND FORM STANDPOINT.
JUST TO WALK YOU THROUGH A FEW MINUTES, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CONCOURSES THEMSELVES.
UH, THIS DRAWING'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE AT THE SCALE THAT SHOWN UP ON.
JUST GO THROUGH THESE FOR A MINUTE AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE CLOSEUP IMAGES.
SO THIS IS THE TYPICAL CONCOURSE IMPROVEMENT.
THIS IS GRADE BETWEEN THE MAIN COTTON BOLT ENTRY AND THE ENTRY THAT'S TO THE LEFT OVER BEHIND THE TOWER BUILDING.
SO, UH, ABOVE YOU SEE THE EXISTING LAYOUT WITH THE RAMP AND THE STEPS THAT GO IN BELOW.
YOU SEE IN BLUE, UH, REALLY LARGE ADDED RESTROOMS THAT ARE AT GRADE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE FOR THE PATRONS ON THE MAIN CONCOURSE WE CAN UTILIZE FOR OTHER EVENTS FOR THE REST OF THE FIELD PARK.
THIS IS INTENTIONAL AND IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN A LARGER FOOTPRINT ON THE MAIN CONCOURSE ABOVE ESCALATORS.
LEAVE FROM THIS GRADE LEVEL AND TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO MAIN, TAKE YOU DIRECTLY, UH, WITH ONE STOP, UH, BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THE UPPER DECK.
AND SO WE'RE IMMEDIATELY BRINGING PEOPLE IN UNDER GRADE AND GETTING THEM UP TO THE CONCOURSES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS BESIDES INCREASING THE DEPTH OF THE CONCOURSE.
WITH THIS ADDITION, WE ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE OFF UP INTO THE BUILDING MORE QUICKLY SO THEY'RE NOT ALL COMING IN THROUGH THE MAIN CONCOURSE AND TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY UP THROUGH THE BUILDING, WHICH EACH OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED LIKE I HAVE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE KINDA CRITICAL, UH, CHANGES THAT WE THINK WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE TO THE WAY THE COMMON BOWL ACTUALLY OPERATES.
SO HERE YOU SEE THE MAIN CONCOURSE LEVEL ESCALATORS YOU SEE BEFORE, ABOVE AND, AND OUR NEW, UH, ADDITIONS BELOW.
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE TAKEN OUT THOSE GIANT RESTROOM BLOCKS ON THE MAIN CONCOURSE THAT ARE DOWN AT THE END THAT CREATE THE HUGE PINCH POINTS BETWEEN THE MAIN CONCOURSE AND THE END ZONE CONCOURSE.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ADDED SOME SMALLER RESTROOMS UP AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF BALLS.
KEPT THE CONCOURSES VERY OPEN, UH, NOT CONSTRUCTED.
ONE OF THE MEZZANINE LEVELS IS WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE ESCALATORS LANDING AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO THE UPPER CONCOURSE.
SO WE'VE EXPANDED THE CONCOURSE AREA AT THE BACK OF THE LOWER BOWL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO UP THE LOWER BOWL ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, THERE'S A VERY SMALL PARTIAL CONCOURSE.
SO WE'VE EXPANDED THAT AREA AND WE HAVE ESCALATORS ARRIVING AND WALL 'CAUSE IT SERVICES THE HIGHEST SEATS IN THE LOWER GOAL, LOWER SEATING.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE UPPER CONCOURSE, WE HAVE THE SAME EXPANDED DEPTH ESCALATORS ARRIVING.
THERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, UH, DOUBLING THE DEPTH OF THE CONWELL EX.
WE'RE GOING ABOUT THREE TIMES DEEPER ON THE CONCOURSE BECAUSE WHEN YOU LAND ON THE UPPER DECK, THE RAMPS NOW TAKE UP ALMOST ALL THE UPPER CONCOURSE SPACE.
SO WE'VE GOT THREE TIMES THE DEPTH THERE AND WE'VE ADDED SESSIONS, THE RESTROOMS, YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN AND BLUE BLOCKS AND SOME VENDOR DEPOTS SO THAT WE CAN SERVICE THOSE SESSIONS.
I'LL GO THROUGH THESE KIND OF QUICKLY.
IT'S THE SAME PATTERN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO THIS IS ON THE SIDELINE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COTTON BOWL.
ALL THE BEIGE AREA IS IS NEW ADDED UH, CONCOURSE.
AND THEN ON THE EXISTING CONCOURSE WE'VE DOUBLED THE SIZE OF IT BY LITERALLY LOOKING OUT THE RAMPS, ADDING SLAB IN.
'CAUSE WE'VE CHANGED OUR ENTIRE VERTICAL CIRCULATION PATTERN.
SO I'LL JUST SPEED THROUGH THOSE.
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SINCE WE WERE TAKE ON MANAGEMENT, UH, AND PARTNERSHIP WITH PARK RECREATION, WE'VE ENJOYED OVER 625,000 BUSINESS OF COTTON OUTSIDE OF THE KIND OF ONE, TWO EVENTS THAT PEOPLE TYPICALLY THINK OF.THIS, THIS FACILITY IS HOSTING AND IT'S BEEN A WIDE VARIETY.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BROUGHT THOSE FORWARD.
UH, BUT IT'S REALLY AN UNDERSTATED NUMBER IN TERMS OF THE POTENTIAL OF THIS FACILITY.
WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, BOOK, UH, B T S GOLD PLAY, THE ROLLING STONES BARCELONA INTO SOCCER, THE OLD CUP, ET CETERA.
WE'VE ILLUSTRATED THAT THIS STADIUM HAS THE ABILITY TO COMPETE WITH NOT ONLY FACILITIES AROUND THE METROPLEX BUT ALSO AROUND THE STATE.
TYPICALLY WHEN THESE VERY LARGE EVENTS COME IN, WE ARE COMPETING ACROSS THE REGION AND ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND ACROSS THE NATION FOR SOME OF THOSE EVENTS.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE MISS OUT ON 'CAUSE WE SIMPLY DO NOT MEET SPEC.
AND I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR US TO BEGIN ADDRESSING REAL CUMULATIVE CHANGES THAT BEGIN TO DRIVE THIS FORWARD.
UH, MUCH OF THIS I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME DEPTH OF INFORMATION AND WHAT BROUGHT US FORWARD.
UM, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN IMPLEMENTING THINGS LIKE MODERNIZATION OR CHANGING THE FLOW OF THIS FACILITY 'CAUSE IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT HISTORICALLY PRESERVED BUILDING AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
IT IS AN INTRINSIC PART AND THE CENTERPIECE TO OUR NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK FAIR PARK.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO BRING FORWARD THESE VARIOUS NEEDS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AS DEVELOPED BY THE OVERLAND TEAM, UH, TO THE FAIR PARK.
UH, LANDMARK TASK FORCE, THE LANDMARK COMMISSION, THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
THEY'VE BEEN IN INTRINSICALLY INVOLVED AS WE'VE, UH, MOVED THESE FORWARD.
AND WE BEGAN TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES.
UH, COTTON BOWL IS ONE OF MANY FACILITIES.
FAIR PARK LED THE MUSIC CALLED TAX SUFFICIENT POWER TO BRING IN MODERNIZED SHOWS.
TYPICALLY THAT HAS TO BE SUPPLANTED WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY UNSUSTAINABLE GENERATORS AND THINGS THAT LIKE TO SEE THAT COME UP.
THE COTTON BOWL IS VERY DEFICIENT AND IT'S PREMIUM SEED.
AND WE MISS OUT ON A NUMBER OF THINGS, WOULD OTHERWISE POTENTIALLY COMPETE TO HOST MANY EVENTS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE NO PREMIUM STOCK.
AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.
WE TALK ABOUT PREMIUM SEATS, SUITES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT THE REALITY IS, IN MANY TOURING EVENTS, BOTH IN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION SPACE HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THOSE FACILITIES IN ORDER SIMPLY TO MEET, SPEC AND SUBMIT ON THE EVENT.
UM, RECENT CONCERTS WE KNOW HAVE GONE TO ARLINGTON THAT WE WERE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN CONVERSATION AND BECAUSE THEY OUTPERFORM US AND THEY'RE ABLE TO MEET SPECS THAT WE SIMPLY CANNOT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT INGRESS AND EGRESS IS A MAJOR CONCERN.
UH, NOT ONLY FOR CERTAIN OBVIOUS SAFETY REASONS, BUT BEYOND THAT VISITOR EXCUSE.
IT IS SLOW TO LOAD THIS BUILDING.
LIKEWISE, ONCE YOU'RE INSIDE, WE ARE DEFICIENT AND POINTS OF SALE AND WE'RE TO, UH, SAFELY, EFFECTIVELY, AND EXPEDITIOUSLY SERVE FOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE AND REVENUES FOR THE OVERALL PART IN OUR EVENT PARTNERS, THAT IS CRITICAL.
UM, WIFI AND DATA IS CRITICALLY LACKING IN ALL OF OUR FACILITIES.
THAT IS TRUE OF THE COTTON BOWL AS WELL.
WE'VE RECENTLY SEEN SOME LIMITED COMMERCIAL SHOOTS, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BRING MORE COMMERCIAL FILM ACTIVITY, UH, TO FAIR PARK, PARTICULARLY THE COTTON BOWL, IS BECAUSE THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ENOUGH DISTRIBUTION OF DATA.
THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE DON'T NEED SPEC ON WHEN WE LOOK AT MAJOR SOCCER TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE ALSO INCREASINGLY REQUIRING, UH, UBIQUITOUS WIFI.
AND LASTLY, PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS THERE IS A DESIRE TO COME TO FAIR PARK 'CAUSE IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
BUT WHEN YOU STAND IN THE COTTON BOWL, WHILE I ADMIRE THE ARCHITECTURE, IT'S VERY GR IT'S VERY CONCRETE.
AND INCORPORATING CERTAIN AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL MAKE THIS MORE ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE IS ALSO A MAJOR SELLING POINT FOR VISITORS.
UM, BEYOND THAT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION AND VISIT DALLAS TO ANALYZE THAT, UH, WE FEEL ARE RIGHT IN OUR COMP SET.
THAT MAY BE A VERY, UH, REAL POSSIBILITY WITH THESE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, I WANNA VERY QUICKLY, UH, BUT DIRECTLY POINT OUT THIS IS NOT AN ANNUAL AMOUNT, BUT THIS IS A HANDFUL OF POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS THAT COLLECTIVELY PAY DALLAS BACK FOR MAKING THE INVESTMENTS IN THESE FACILITIES.
IN A WAY OUR SISTER CITIES HAVE SIMPLY OUTPERFORMED THIS.
BEYOND THAT, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES THAT DID AFFECT IN 1968.
MY FIRST BRIEFING, I MENTIONED A GREAT ARTICLE THAT
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TALKED ABOUT LOSING THE DALLAS COWBOYS 'CAUSE IT WAS SO CONGESTED IN THE CONCOURSES.AND SINCE THEN WE'VE ADDED 30,000 SEATS WITHOUT MEANINGFULLY ADDRESSING THAT PROBLEM FROM 1960.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE GATE, A SIDE OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE WE SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF VISITORS WANTING TO ENTER THROUGH THAT SIDE REGARDLESS WHERE THEY'RE SITTING.
THESE ARE OUR MOST CONGESTED SPACES.
UH, VISITORS SIMPLY WANT THAT PHOTO, THAT SELFIE IN FRONT OF WHAT THEY PERCEIVE TO BE THE HISTORIC 1948
BUT NOW THEY CAN MOVE EFFECTIVELY AROUND THE SPACE, MAXIMIZING OUR MAIN CONCOURSE LEVEL AND THE FIRST TIME PROVIDING A PROPER CONCOURSE LEVEL FOR THE UPPER BOWL IN A WAY THAT THOSE VISITORS DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK DOWN TO THE MAIN CONCOURSE.
AND FURTHER CON CONGEST A POOR VISITOR EXPERIENCE.
NOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THIS, INCLUDING SQUARE FEET PER PERSON.
WE ARE RADICALLY DEFICIENT, UM, ON THE MAIN CONCOURSE.
WE'RE EFFECTIVELY DOUBLING THAT SPACE.
THE UPPER CONCOURSE, IT'S BEING TRIPLED.
IT'S UH, WE'RE THE SOCIAL COMMONS RECREATIONAL COMMONS FOR DALLAS.
AND WE SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR GUESTS WITH VARIOUS VILLAGE, WHICH IS SIMPLY NOT TODAY.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS SAVING THAT I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE, BUT ARE CRITICAL FOR US TO ADDRESS.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS PART OF A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.
AND THE WAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN CONDUCTED HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEING GRANTED, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE NEEDED TO DO THAT BEFORE WE BROUGHT THIS APART FOR SIMPLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS A WELL-VETTED CONCEPT THAT WHEN WE PRESENTED IT TO YOU, WE KNEW WAS ACHIEVABLE AND IMPLEMENTABLE.
YOU DIDN'T WANNA COME FORWARD WITH AN IDEA.
LANDMARK LATER SAID YOU CAN'T.
SO WE'VE BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL IN THAT PRESERVATION APPROACH AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT HOW WE'VE APPROACHED THIS THAT I THINK MAY ANSWER VERY DETAILED QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE COTTON BOWL.
MATERIALITY AND FORMS ARE EFFECTIVELY GOING TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THEY ARE TODAY.
WE ARE INCORPORATING, UH, OUR DECO STYLE ART MURALS THAT WILL ESTABLISH SOME PLACEMAKING AND MAKE IT LOOK VERY BEAUTIFUL IN SOME OF THE GRANT BUSINESS THAT BRIAN TALKED ABOUT.
AND, UH, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A NEW PAVILION, UH, LEVEL ON THAT UPPER MEDICINE THAT LOOKS DOWN OVER COTTON BOWL PLAZA.
THE VIEW FOR OUR VISITORS DURING SAFE AIR TEXAS AND OTHER EVENTS IS GOING TO BE SECOND, SECOND TO NONE.
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY EXCITING.
UM, THERE WILL BE CANOPIES OVER THE ESCALATORS.
YOU SEE THIS IS VERY OPEN DESIGN, BUT WE WILL HAVE, UH, NEW MATERIAL OUT COVERING THAT UP TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, DURING, DOWN TOWARDS, DURING THE SUN THERE'S NO DAMAGE.
IN SHORT, WHILE THIS ISN'T EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IN THE BUILDING, I'D LIKE TO USE OUR FRIEND M**K JAGGER STANDING IN FRONT OF THE OLE TO ILLUSTRATE THAT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
I LAUGH BECAUSE, UM, WORK WITH A LOT WHITE ROCK AND PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SAYING, WELL, WE WANT IT, WE WANT IT HOW IT WAS ORIGINALLY.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU WANT IT TO BE HOW FAST? BECAUSE LY SO GET BACK TO IT.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS A DIRT STADIUM, SO GREAT JOB, UH,
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROVING THE AESTHETICS INSIDE WITH YOUR MURALS, WHICH I THINK GOES WELL WITH ALL YOUR OTHER BUILDINGS, I DIDN'T SEE SORT OF, UM, VERY VISUAL.
I DIDN'T SEE LIKE FROM THE TOP.
I KNOW YOU'RE EXPANDING THAT WHOLE FRONT SIDE AND THE FACADE.
ARE YOU EXPANDING THE CONCOURSES AND DOING THE SAME TREATMENT ON THE BACK SIDE, UH, LIKE ALL THE WAY AROUND AND IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE FANCY FACADE ON IT.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, UH, FUNDING SIMPLY WOULDN'T ALLOW FOR THAT AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, HAVING OPERATED A NUMBER OF STADIUM SCALE EVENTS ARRIVED, THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES LOAD THROUGH THAT FRONT, THROUGH THAT SIDE.
THAT THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE, UH, THE ENTRANCE TO COTTON BALL AND DUE TO VARIOUS CHALLENGES, SETTING UP EVENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE A 360 1 SAY HAVE A MAJOR, MAJOR CONCERT 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A OCK FOR TALENT THAT IS SECURED FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE'VE SEEN CALC HIGHER THAN 70% OF VISITORS WITH THE TOTAL STADIUM, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF
SO BY FOCUSING IN THERE, WE ADDRESS THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S ALSO WHERE WE SEE THE
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MOST CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF LEVEL AND SPEED OF SERVICE FROM OUR, SO THAT SIDE OF THE CITY WILL HAVE PROVEN ALL THE CONCOURSES AND THE ESCALATORS FROM THE BATHROOMS AT THE CONCESSIONS.WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE UPGRADES IN THE RESTROOMS ON THE BERT SIDE.
UH, WHICH I THINK IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
BUT SOME OF CIRCULATION CHANGES BECAUSE FRANKLY, UH, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND THERE'S A REASON THIS HASN'T BEEN ADDRESS SINCE 1960.
HOWEVER, THIS IS A CRITICAL CHANGE THAT WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE OUR ABILITY TO ACTIVATE THIS FACILITY ON A MUCH BASIS.
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR OUR TALK ABOUT POTENTIALLY BRINGING A A SECOND FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, THAT IS NOT REALISTIC DISCUSSION, UH, IN THE CURRENT FACILITY.
PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE THERE COULD BE A PROGRAM WE BEGIN MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE REALLY
SO I THINK IT'S USED TO SEE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, UH, ARENA A LOT WHERE THEY WOULD BUILD MORE CLASSROOMS AND MORE SPACE, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BUILD A BIGGER CAFETERIA OR MORE SPACE FOR THE, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN I JUST, I WAS AT A BALLGAME, WHICH I DON'T GO TO VERY OFTEN IN THE A IN ARLINGTON AND THAT STADIUM, THE CONCOURSE ARE HUGE AND THE PEOPLE ARE WITH SAID THAT THE, THE STUDY THEY HAD DONE WHEN THEY BUILT IT WAS, THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT PEOPLE ASKED FOR THE BIGGER CONCOURSES, WHICH YOU THOUGHT BE, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE FOCUS OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I THINK SHOWED YOU OPENING UP THE VIEW TO THE REST OF THE PARK WILL BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
UH, I THINK THIS IS GREAT HAVING NEW HERE.
I'M, I'M BIG ADVOCATE OF OF OF FAIR PARK AND STATE FOR, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND I, TO SEE COWBOYS PLAY THE COTTON BOWL WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY CLA FENCE.
YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE ON IN LIFE, YOU GO OUT TO TEXAS LIFE, I DON'T WANT, I'M A BIG TEXAS
I'M SAYING, WHY DO I WANNA KEEP GOING TO CONDO? YOU KNOW? UH, BECAUSE THE CONDITION, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA GO OUTSIDE TO GET WATER SOMETIME BEFORE YOU CAN GET WATER INSIDE THE STADIUM AND THE CONCESSIONS AND EVERYTHING.
AND, AND THIS IS A, A GREAT ASSET FOR US.
WE WANTS SOMETHING NICE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THIS IS LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE, UH, A FRED FLINTSTONE PLAY A FOOTBALL TRADITION OF THE GUY I CHANGE.
AND I LIKE THIS IDEA AND I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I JUST SAW, YEAH, IN 1948, I SEE THE
THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT
THAT WAS MY QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS ON LANDMARK COMMISSION FOR A YEAR AND WHEN IT SAYS THAT THIS PROJECT DOESN'T CONFORM WITH SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS, MY TIME ON LANDMARK COMMISSION HAS SEEN THAT.
THAT SEEMED TO PROMPT ANYTHING WE COULD COME UP WITH AT THE CITY LEVEL.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
BUT APPARENTLY YOU'VE GOT YOUR CERTIFICATE APPROPRIATE.
WE ALSO, THE PARALLEL TRACK TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMUNITY, UH, WE HAVE TO
'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS FACILITY LIKE MANY IN FAIR PARTS,
AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ENGAGE ALL THREE WOMEN TO ENSURE THIS PROJECT FURTHER DIPLOMAS FORWARD WITH YOUR BLESSING.
THAT OF COURSE, UH, WE MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMPLIMENT MR. TRUBY AND YOUR TEAM.
I AS A, UH, A PRESERVATION WISE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THE LOOK AND THE, UH, ACTUAL STRUCTURE.
THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WANT.
UH, BOOTS ON THE GROUND LEVEL, BUT THE APPEARANCE JUST NAILS IT IN MY OPINION.
AND SO I'M GLAD
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IT'S CRITICAL TEAM THAT, UH, MR ALSO WAS ALSO, UM, WORK MEMBERS.UH, HE QUICKLY REALIZED, AND I'D JUST LIKE ALSO TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING DALLAS PROUD AND DOING YOUR GREAT WORK ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY, UH, THE REST OF THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD OF WHEN OAK CLIFF KID GROWS UP AND MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD IN GENERAL, IT'S A GREAT THING FOR DALLAS.
WHAT HIGH SCHOOL? WHAT DID GO TO CARTER? CARTER SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL HAD THIS
YOU LOST ME AT CARTER IN SKYLINE.
SO, BUT THANK FOR BEING PRESIDENT OR RAISING, BUT, UH, YEAH, I LOVE THIS.
UM, CON IS I LOVE GOING GAMES AND CONCERTS THERE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESTROOMS. IS THE DRESS RESTROOM PEOPLE
SO THIS IS GREAT FOR, FOR A CONVO TO GET MORE ROOM AND HAVE MORE PEOPLE SPEND MORE DOLLARS WHILE THEY'RE THERE.
MAYBE EVEN SURCHARGE 'EM A LITTLE BIT ON, ON, ON WHAT THEY'RE BUYING.
UM, BUT, UM, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START THIS IN TWO YEARS, HOW LONG, IF WE START THIS IN THE END OF THIS SEASON, IT'LL GO FOR 10 MONTHS.
UH, SOME OF THAT WILL DEPEND ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY FOREST THAT NOW TODAY IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONSTRUCTION COMMENCE AS QUICKLY AS FUNDING FINANCE FOR YOUR FUTURE CONSTRUCTION.
ULTIMATELY, WE NEED TO GET THIS PROJECT ENGAGED DIRECTLY.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS NOT ABOUT, UM, OUR OUR COLLEGIATE CAMPUS, GREAT STATE
IT DOESN'T, IT'S PRETTY NORMAL SPORTS FACILITY YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT.
BUT WE'VE DONE RENOVATIONS, I WORKED ON RENOVATIONS ON DODGE, SEVERAL OTHER OLDER WORK.
YOU'RE ALWAYS HAVING TO WORK IN THE OFF SEASON FROM CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT SCHEDULE.
SO IT'S A LEFT SIDE AND THE RIGHT SIDE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
THERE'S A LEFT SIDE BEING BUILT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE ENTRANCE.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN DO JUST ONE SIDE OR THEY BOTH GOTTA OPERATE AT THE SAME TIME TO GET 'EM DONE.
FROM AN EXITING STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE REAL POINT OF THOSE FIRST THREE SLIDES COLORS ON DIFFERENT DATES IS WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF OUR SEATS ON THE SIDELINES BECAUSE THAT'S MORE VALUABLE.
AND THE, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS GOTTEN IN THE WAY OF FUNCTION LIKE THE TWO LARGE RESTROOM BLOCKS,
I'M READY FOR THE COTTON TO BE BIGGER AND WE WILL NEVER CHANGE THE BLEACHERS.
WE LOVE THAT EXPERIENCE AND WE ACTUALLY GIVE PHENOMENAL FEEDBACK ON WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
I, I, I WISH I COULD PRINT THIS ON A BILLBOARD, BUT WE GOT COMPLIMENT
THAT IS THE FEELING THAT I THINK IS CRITICAL TO MAINTAIN, NOT ONLY FOR CONCERTS, BUT ALSO FOR SPORT EVENTS.
WE HAVE THE MAYBE ARGUABLY PITCH FOR SOCCER IN NORTH
WE, IT'S THE SAME WAY IN DODGER STADIUM, RIGHT? FIELD HAS A, STILL HAS THE BLEACHERS.
THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED THOSE THINGS OUT SINCE THE FIRST DAY.
ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE
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COULDN'T MAKE IT THAT TIGHT, COULDN'T DO ALL THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE IT.WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE NOW OF IMPROVING ALL THE STUFF THAT DOESN'T DETRACT MAKING THE REST OF THE BUILDING REFLECT MORE STATED.
AND SO IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE SITUATION.
THERE'S ONLY THREE OR FOUR ICONIC THINGSS LIKE THIS STILL LEFT IN LET'S ANGELES IN THE COUNTRY.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A VERY UNIQUE MUSICIAN.
WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IT.
AND I THINK ULTIMATELY BRIAN SAID, YOU KNOW, BRING EVENTS THAT WOULD NOT COME HERE.
THAT WOULD BE THE GREATEST THING.
THANK YOU, MR. MR. WOOD, DO YOU GET FINAL ONE? THANK YOU.
A QUESTION LIKE I KNOW WE CAN'T DO FRONT AND THE BACK.
UM, WHEN WE GO THROUGH, WE'RE GONNA PUT THOSE MURALS ON THE NEW PART.
CAN WE NOT PULL THE MURALS THROUGH THE BACK PART TO KIND OF TIE IT ALL TOGETHER? LIKE WE DESCRIBED, WE DID OUT.
THERE WILL ABSOLUTELY CAN ENHANCEMENTS, UH, WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED GIVEN, UH, WHAT WE PERCEIVE TO BE CONVERSATIONS FINANCE EARNEST.
UH, IT'S THE CIRCULATION CHAIN.
UH, THERE'S A REASON THAT THEY HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE.
IT TAKES SO MUCH TO TAKE OUT THE RAMPS PUT, UH, CIRCULATION THAT IS UNACHIEVABLE, BUT RESTROOMS, CONCESSIONS AND THE VISUAL AESTHETIC WILL ABSOLUTELY BE IMPROVED FOR EVERY VISITOR AT THE CONFERENCE.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT IN THERE, IT'S GONNA BE IMPROVED OR IT'S GOING TO VISUALLY BE IMPROVED.
THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT EVERY VISIT TO THE COTTON FOR EVERY EVENT HAS A SUBSTANTIVE IMPROVEMENT IN IT.
AND WHILE I DON'T THINK IT'S THE ONLY ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AT THE FAIR OR AT THE PARK, I THINK THAT IT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT START.
AND SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, IS IN MY NEIGHBOR.
SO I, UH, I LOVE HAVING SHUT UP.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA BUILD A, UH, REC CENTER OVER THERE.
SO WE NEED TO TALK RIGHT BY SKYLINE.
SO TOTAL FOR NOT HAVING 80 SLIDES.
DID YOU HAVE 80 DIVIDED BY THREE.
WITH THAT TWO BUDGET UPDATE WAS BETTY WHAT? UPDATE YES, YES.
UH, IT, IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION, BUT I WAS CONCERNED WHEN I SAW THAT THE CITY MANAGEMENT HAD REQUEST FOR AN ENHANCEMENT FOR FORESTRY AND THERE WAS A REQUEST TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY TO, UH, INVENTORY OUR TREES, RECYCLE WOOD.
AND, UH, I KNOW IT'S DONE NOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED THOROUGHLY ON
WE HAVE SEVERE WEATHER RELATED PARTS.
SUMMER PRE LIMBS ARE DROPPING IN BLOCK LAKE PARK AND, UH, THE, THE, UH, SHORE CREST PARKWAY.
AND SO OUR TREES ARE DISTRESSED.
OUR, WE HAVE A LOCOMOTIVE COMING AT US AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE OTHER THING THAN WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
WE SAID WE NEED MORE PEOPLE SO WE CAN AT LEAST DO THE INVENTORY.
AND I THINK WE'RE LOSING GROUND IN THAT AREA.
AND BUDGET IS ALWAYS THE ANSWER.
MONEY'S ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE THE ANSWER.
AND I WAS JUST WANNA SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED.
I CAN HOPE THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN REINFORCE IN OTHER WAYS WHAT WE DIDN'T GET WITH THESE ENHANCEMENTS.
'CAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR TREES AND OUR ABILITY TO, UH, HIRE
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PEOPLE AND KEEP PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT TO DO THE RIFLE THING BY OUR TREES.AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY, UH, MR. SIMS WAS ALL ABOUT 14 FOOT, UH, TRAILS.
AND MY GUESS IDENTIFYING ISSUE IS GOING TO BE, I'M A TREE HUGGER, BUT I JUST GOTTA SAY THIS ABOUT THE TREES.
AND I HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T GET THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET, THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN MAKE UP FOR THAT.
'CAUSE I, I THINK WE, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
UH, WITH THAT, I GUESS WE MOVE TO, THERE IS NO
CAN WE, CAN WE GET JUST AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE UH SURE WE ARE.
CHRIS RENEE, WHAT WE WANT, RENEE, I THINK RENEE WAS PASSING ON GIVING ANOTHER UPDATE ON THE BOND.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
BASICALLY, WE GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE TUESDAY EVENING, ALONG WITH THE OTHER FOUR SUBCOMMITTEES.
UM, WE WERE THERE TILL ABOUT NINE 30 PORT ATTEND, UM, ON THE EVENING.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE BASICALLY IN A HOLDING PATTERN.
UM, WE DO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS STARTING NEXT TUESDAY, UH, THE 26TH.
THEY'LL RUN PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
UM, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OF VARIOUS MEETINGS THAT WE BE HELD IN VARIOUS COUNCIL DISTRICTS, ET CETERA.
I BELIEVE THAT SCHEDULE IS POSTED ON THE BOND WEBSITE AS FAR AS WHAT THE MEETINGS ARE AND WHAT TIME, UM, WHERE WE LEFT THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY MOCK TASK FORCE AND A RIGHT.
FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT WHERE WE LEFT THINGS WAS THAT BASICALLY THEY WANTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE HAPPENING BEFORE THEY MADE SOME DECISIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY, WHAT'S THE BASIC POT MONEY WOULD BE GOING TO THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES.
SO THEY WANTED TO HEAR SOME OF PUBLIC BEFORE THEY MET TO DEBATE THAT.
SO WE STILL DON'T HAVE OUR FINAL NUMBER YET AS FAR WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.
SO THAT INFORMATION FAIRLY QUICKLY, FAIRLY SOON.
AND THEN, UM, AFTER THE INPUT ON THE, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY BASICALLY CAN BE BY TASK FORCE.
IF WE ALL HAVE TO RECONVENE OUR INDIVIDUAL SUBCOMMITTEES TO, UM, UPDATE PROGRAMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE'LL DO THAT AS WE NEED TO, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE HEAR AS FAR AS A FINAL NUMBER.
AND THEN CHRIS DID AN AMAZING JOB TO PRESENT TO THE TASK.
WE WERE AT THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK BOARD MEETING, UM, FOR THREE AND A HALF HOURS THE OTHER NIGHT, STARTING AT SIX, GOING TILL NINE 30.
UM, AND SO WE WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, DW STREETS, EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AROUND THE HORSESHOE WERE A LITTLE, UH, FATIGUED TO SAY THE LEAST.
UM, THE ONE THING I'LL SAY THAT WAS ASKED BY A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY UPON TASK FORCE WAS FOR HIGH AND A LOW.
UM, SO I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GONNA PROVIDE THAT.
AND I WILL SAY HIGH LOW, LIKE MEANING IF WE'RE SHOOTING FOR 3, 9, 9 IS THE HIGH, WHAT'S THE VERY MANY, YOU KNOW, GO TO AND, UM, BUILDINGS DID THAT OR UH, UM, YEAH, CRITICAL, CRITICAL DID THAT.
BUT THEIR, THEIR DIFFERENCE WAS LIKE $20 MILLION.
I MEAN IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS LIKE HERE'S THE HIGH AND THEN THEY GOT PRAISE FOR THAT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE TO DO THE DOLLARS, IT WAS LIKE, HOLD ON A SECOND.
THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW.
SO JUST FY I PROCESSES ON, PROBABLY THE APPLICATIONS BECOME MID OCTOBER TO THE SUBCOMMITTEES AGAIN.
SO WILL IT EVER COME BACK HERE OR I GOOD QUESTION.
JUST TO PAY IT MAY NOT, I THINK IT MIGHT MOVE SO FAST.
I THINK WITH THE PRIORITIES, WE MIGHT HAVE TO COUNTER DIRECTOR JENKINS, LIKE THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE MIGHT MAKE A RECOMMENDATION DIRECT TO COUNCIL WITHOUT EVER COMING BACK.
NO, WE GO TO SUBCOMMITTEE FOR SURE.
IT'LL COME TO THE PARK TRAIL SUBCOMMITTEE.
SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEN WE WOULD MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT COMMITTEE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO COMMITTEE BOND TASK FORCE BACK TO THEM.
AND THEN THEY WOULD ULTIMATELY MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO SEE THE COUNCIL.
IF WE THINK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS, UH, TO COUNCIL, IT GOES IN DECEMBER.
AND I, AND I WOULD JUST SUGGEST TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE, WE KNOW SOME MEMBERS THERE, INCLUDING MYSELF AND SAID, MAYBE WE SHOULD NOT, IF THEY ASK US TO TRIM IT DOWN, WE SHOULD MAYBE NOT TRIM IT DOWN.
LET THE BIG GUYS THAT Y'ALL MAKE THE DECISION.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT PUTTING'S, WHAT I FEEL BE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THIS
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AND SUBCOMMITTEE THE, THE BIG BOMB COMMITTEE WILL HAVE TO DO THE CUTTING.SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUSHING BACK HARD ON THAT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOND COMMITTEE, LIKE HERE ABOUT TASK, THIS IS ALL ABOUT BOX BOARDS.
I I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY PUT YOU GUYS ON THE BIG CHAIR.
SO MOST OF THE OTHER, I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER PROPOSITIONS DID THAT.
SO WE DIDN'T GIVE A LOW NUMBER, BUT I MEAN, YOU JUST READ EACH PAGE.
IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY PRIORITIZED.
NO PLAN WAS AS COMPREHENSIVE AS PARKS DEPARTMENT PARK COMMITTEE PRESENTED, WHICH
SO I THEN IT GOES, WELL, WE START WITH DISTRICT ONE AND WE DONE DISTRICT SEVEN AND WE'RE GOOD
WITH THAT, I CAN, WE CAN, NO MORE QUESTIONS FROM THAT.
ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? I THINK I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I SENT CALENDAR INVITES TO EVERYONE THAT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, IF IT'S OF INTEREST TO YOU'LL BE
AND MR. W FOR THE FIRST PARTNER UPDATE, I, IT'S KIND OF A PARTNER UPDATE AND IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS CREATED THIS YEAR WITH, UM, ONE OF OUR VERY YOUNG MR. WTA.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THE, UM, PARK DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE.
UM, THE EVENT AT EAST PARK THIS WEEKEND WAS, OR LAST WEEKEND WAS A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE THAT MADE IT OUT THERE, UM, THAT I DIDN'T SEE, BUT THERE WERE PROBABLY FOUR OR 500, UM, HOT RODS OR STREET CARS, SORRY.
UM, AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE, UM, THE WORTH.
THE FAMILY FOUNDATION FED NOT ONLY ALL OF US THAT GOT THE GO, BUT LIKE ALL OF THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BRING IN PEOPLE'S MOMS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT I THINK THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT CAN USE, UM, GOING FORWARD.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT WITH YOUR FAMILY AND GIVING THE PARKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
BUT I, I'LL LEAVE IT SAY THAT THE PARKS GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT BECAUSE IT WAS THE BLESSING OF THE DIRECTOR, BOTH MS. JOHNSON AND OF COURSE DIRECTOR JENKINS THAT HELPED ME MAKE THAT PARTNERSHIP AND ALL THE STAFF THAT DISTRICT FOUR, CHRIS STEEL AND, UH, MS. CROCKETT, I, I CAN GO MENTION HER IF I'M TRYING NOT TO SAY EVERYBODY'S NAME BECAUSE I MIGHT FORGET SOMEBODY
IT WAS AMAZING WHAT WHAT THEY DID TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, OUR VISION CAME, CAME, CAME LIVE.
IT WENT WAY BEYOND WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE, BUT IT WAS A PHENOMENAL DAY.
SO YOU'RE TRYING TO CHECK MY TIME.
UH, SATURDAY, THIS SATURDAY AT 9:00 AM UM, COME TO HARWOOD PARK PUBLIC DEDICATION.
UM, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT DAY, SUNDAY, UM, D D I IS DOING A HARDWOOD PARK GRANT OPENING FESTIVAL, UM, FROM 12 TO FOUR, IT'S FREE.
UM, COME OUT IN R S V P, COME WITH THE KIDS, COME WITH THE FAMILY.
UM, AND, UH, FULL OF CARWOOD PARK WE WEEKEND ACTIVITIES.
HELLO, MR.
SO WE HAD, UM, THIS LAST WEEK, UM, I'M SORRY MR. BLAIR TO BRING THIS UP 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S A HOT, A SORE SPOT FOR YOU.
BUT SS M U PLAYED FAIRVIEW A AND M, UM, AND, UH, IT WAS A GOOD GAME FOR ONE OF US,
UM, WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF THE, UH, THE SOUTHERN S UH, I THINK LIKE LINCOLN AND, AND, UH, TOWNVIEW AND, AND SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS PLAYED WITH PRAIRIE VIEW BAND.
IT WAS AN AMAZING ATMOSPHERE AND JUST HOPING THOSE KIDS HAD FUN.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE THIS A ANNUAL THING AND DO IT AGAIN YEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP ON THAT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU NUMBERS.
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MAKE SURE WE HAD GREAT REPRESENTATION.THERE WERE 475 ATTENDEES, 380 WERE KIDS, UM, 125 PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS, STAFF, AND CAME FROM 30 DIFFERENT RECREATION CENTERS AND TWO OF OUR OFF OR OUT OF SCHOOL TIME SITES.
SO I'M THINKING NEXT YEAR THEY'RE GONNA BE REALLY EXCITED TO RETURN.
MAYBE WE'LL HAVE SOME SS M U SWAG TO WEAR.
UM, BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL
LET TONE DOWN I'M PRAYER VIEW TOO, SO DON'T GET HARRISON, I TO GET YOU.
WELL WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.
NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING WILL BE 10 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH AND IS 2 54.
WE, JIM DALLAS PARKS EXPECTATION CODE MEETING.