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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
[Dallas Commission on Disabilities Meeting on May 23, 2023. ]
I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO CHAIR PEY.THANK YOU MS. JACKSON FOR MAKING SURE.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY THE 23RD.
THE TIME IS NOW 2:23 PM THIS IS THE MAIN MEETING OF THE CITY OF DALLAS COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
EVERYONE HAS A COPY OF THE AGENDA, CORRECT? OKAY, GOOD.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ROLL CALL.
UM, STAFF HAS ALREADY CONCLUDED THE ATTENDANCE FOR QUORUM, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
YOU ARE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES IN ADVANCE.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS NEEDED? IF THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT AS WRITTEN? MADAM CHAIR.
COMMISSIONER REEVE, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE, UH, MINUTES AS SUBMITTED AS WRITTEN.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND I NEED A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER SHAW SECOND, THE MOTION VICE CHAIR CAL CONLEY.
THANK YOU BOTH VICE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER SHAW.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED ON THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES? OKAY, THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED AS WRITTEN OR APPROVED AS AMENDED.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS REGISTERED FOR TODAY'S MEETING? NO, MA'AM.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SAY THIS TO ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS AND EVEN, UM, OUR TECHNICAL PANEL.
IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE INFORM THEM, UH, HOW TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
AND WHEN OUR MEETINGS ARE, WHICH IS THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 2:00 PM WE DO INVITE AND ENCOURAGE, UH, NEIGHBORS, FAMILY MEMBERS, CONSTITUENTS, CHURCH MEMBERS, FRIENDS ALIKE AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO COME AND SPEAK, UM, ON OUR FLOOR ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES.
SO SINCE THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS, OKAY, ALSO, KEEP IN MIND ONE OTHER THING.
THEY DO HAVE A THREE MINUTE TIMEFRAME TO SPEAK AND HAVE THEIR COMMENTS AND OR CONCERNS ADDRESSED.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OFFICER REPORTS.
I WILL BEGIN, UM, WITH MY UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES AS CHAIR, AND THEN I WILL TURN OVER TO VICE CHAIR AND THEN ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY HAVE AN UPDATE.
UM, I DID A SITE VISIT WITH THE STAFF AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, THE MULTIMEDIA, UM, CENTER, BOTH AT FAIR PARK AND ALSO THE DALLAS ARBORETUM.
I, UM, WE WENT TO THOSE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND SITES TO LOOK AT THE A D A ACCOMMODATIONS.
LOOKED AT SOME MEASUREMENTS, UM, I E THE OUTSIDE WALKWAYS, THE DOORWAYS, UM, THE BATHROOMS, ENTRANCEWAYS AREAS WHERE THERE WERE SOMETHING THAT BLOCKED AN AREA FOR THOSE WERE WHO WERE EITHER, UH, VISUALLY IMPAIRED SO THAT IF THEY WERE HAD A CANE AND, OR A WHEELCHAIR, OR EVEN IF THERE WAS BRAILLE OR ANY OF THOSE, UM, ACCOMMODATIONS THAT COULD BE FIXED OR LOOKED INTO FOR A SOLUTION AND, OR A RESOLUTION SO THAT PERSON WITH DISABILITIES HAVE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS AND MORE ACCESSIBILITY IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
I ALSO FOLLOWED UP ON A SERVICE REQUEST AT THE TOMMY ALLEN RECREATION CENTER IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
THERE WERE SOME, UM, A FEW CHANGES MADE ON THE DOORWAYS THERE.
THEY WERE SHAVED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
THERE ARE STILL, UH, SOME DIFFICULTY IN OPENING THOSE DOORS.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UH, BEING COMPLETED AND DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER.
I ALSO VISITED THE, UH, KATHLEEN GILLIAM COLLEGIATE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT EIGHT ON THEIR FIELD DAY WITH OUR, UM, N P OS AT STANDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS IN DISTRICT EIGHT AT THE SOUTH CENTRAL SUBSTATION PATROL STATION, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A FEW STUDENTS AT THAT COLLEGIATE SCHOOL WITH DISABILITIES, MORE SO SPECIFICALLY AUTISM.
SO THAT WAS FUN TO BE COMMUNITY ENGAGED.
I TURN IT OVER TO OUR VICE CHAIR.
UM, THANK YOU CHAIR HUI FOR TURNING IT OVER TO ME.
UH, LAST TUESDAY, MAY 16TH, I WAS TRULY HONORED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CELEBRATE TUIA EVENT.
THIS EVENT WAS HOSTED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A PART OF THEIR, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH ACTIVITIES.
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POWERFUL EVENT IN THAT THE ESSENCE OF OUR CULTURE WAS SHARED OPENLY.UM, AND THERE WAS A DIVERSE GROUP OF AUDIENCE, PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO LEARN ABOUT OUR CULTURE.
THERE WAS A DELICIOUS TURKISH CUISINE, FOOD ARTS, AND JUST THE PRESENTATION OF IT IN GENERAL.
I SINCERELY WISH TO APPRECIATE MS. JACKSON FOR PASSING ALONG THIS GENEROUS INVITATION, AS IT WAS REALLY A DISTINCT PRIVILEGE TO A PART OF IT.
WHEN I WAS AT THIS EVENT, I WAS HONORED TO SHARE WITH MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED, INCLUDING THOSE FROM MY COUNTRY AND EVERYWHERE ELSE ABOUT THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES AND THE WORK THAT WE DO.
ANOTHER SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY WAS THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING THE CITY MANAGER, MR. TC BROADMAX, WHOM I HAVE ALSO SHARED ABOUT THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES.
MR. BROAD WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR COMMISSION, AND HE SHARED THAT HE WAS TRULY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH US IN MAKING SURE THAT WE PROMOTE A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE CITY FOR ALL CITIZENS LIVING IN DALLAS.
AND I DO ALSO WISH TO APPRECIATE MS. JACKSON, WHO PLAYED A ROLE IN THE TWO OF US COMING TOGETHER.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION OF MY REPORT.
AND I WANTED TO ADD THAT UPON US MEETING QUORUM.
UM, I TOO HAVE ALSO MET WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS COMMISSION AND MOVING FORWARD IN ANY WAY AND CAPACITY, UM, TO HELP US GROW AND CONTINUE TO BUILD, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING? PLEASE BE ADVISED.
UM, COMMISSIONERS IN YOUR PERSPECTIVE, DISTRICTS, IF THERE ARE ANY TYPE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, EVENTS MORE SO SPECIFICALLY AS IT, UM, HAS TO DO WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
WE EVEN WELCOME THOSE SUGGESTIONS.
SO THERE'S NONE OTHER COMMENTS, SHARING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO TODAY'S BRIEFINGS.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH A BRIEFING ON THE RIGHT CARE PROGRAM, WHICH IS LED BY MS. TABITHA CASTILLO, WHO IS THE MANAGER OF THE WRIGHT CARE PROGRAM.
ALSO, IN ATTENDANCE, WE HAVE LIEUTENANT WENDY LOCKEY.
I'LL ALLOW MS. CASTILLO TO INTRODUCE THE OTHER GUEST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME SPEAK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO OUR OTHER, UH, PANELISTS THIS MORNING.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WORK FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WITH PARKLAND HEALTH, AND I MANAGE THE CLINICIANS THAT ARE ON THE RIGHT CARE TEAM.
I'M THE CLINICAL MANAGER OF CARE COORDINATION FOR THE NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
UM, AND I MANAGE, UM, THE CALL.
TAKE THE NINE ONE ONE CLINICIANS IN THE CALL CENTER.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR THE PANELIST EVEN IN VIRTUAL COMMISSIONERS? IS EVERYONE GOOD? YES, I CAN HEAR IT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO A MIC CHECK.
AND I AM TABITHA CASTILLO, THE MANAGER, UH, OVER THE RIGHT CARE UNIT.
UM, I WORK IN THE OFFICE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS.
UH, I SIT BEFORE YOU, NOT AS A MEDICAL EXPERT, A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL, UM, BUT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, COORDINATING THE FOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT MAKE UP THE UNIT, UH, AND PROVIDING OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE THAT OUR UNIT IS MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS, UH, AND GOALS SET FORTH BY CITY CITY LEADERSHIP.
AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, WE'LL START WITH IF AUDIO WILL ALLOW, WE'LL START WITH A, A BRIEF VIDEO, AN OVERVIEW OF THE UNIT.
WE CAN MOVE, WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO TODAY OUR TIME TOGETHER, WE WILL COVER JUST AN, WE WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE OPERATIONS FOR OUR UNIT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES OUR UNIT, UH, UNIQUE WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER, UH, SIMILAR UNITS.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR OUTCOMES AND TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL EXPANSION FOR OUR UNIT.
SO WE ARE THE RAPID INTEGRATED GROUP HEALTHCARE TEAM KNOWN AS W RIGHTCARE.
WE ARE THE CITY'S MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE UNIT.
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WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANSWERING ALL OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALLS THAT ORIGINATE FROM THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER.UH, OUR FOCUS, UH, IS TO, UM, PROVIDE DEESCALATION TO STABILIZE THOSE IN CRISIS, UH, AND TO OFFER A SAFEGUARD OR TO SAFEGUARD THOSE FROM, UH, IN CRISIS, FROM EITHER BEING, UH, GOING TO JAIL OR BEING HOSPITALIZED.
OUR PROGRAM STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2018.
WE STARTED IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION OF DALLAS, WHICH IS, UM, COVERS PRIMARILY THE COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, AND WE SEE IN THAT, THAT DIVISION SOME OF THE MOST HIGHEST CALL VOLUMES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS.
UM, AND THEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, OUR, UH, UNIT MOVED OUR, EXCUSE ME, IN THE SUMMER OF 2020.
OUR UNIT WAS THEN MOVED UNDER THE OFFICE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS.
INITIALLY, THE, UH, THIS UNIT WAS LED UNDER, UH, THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, UM, AND THEN UNDER THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT UNDER THIS, THE CITY MANAGER'S DIRECTION UNDER THE REAL CHANGE INITIATIVE, UM, THIS, UM, OUR OFFICE WAS BORN AND THEN THIS UNIT WAS EXPANDED TO PROVIDE CITYWIDE COVERAGE.
SO WE WENT FROM A PILOT PROGRAM TO, UH, A PERMANENT PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY.
SO THESE ARE OUR TEAM MEMBERS.
UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE FOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT MAKE UP OUR UNIT.
UH, FIRST WE HAVE THE NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR STAFFING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UH, CLINICIANS IN THE CALL CENTER.
UH, THEIR PRIMARY ROLE IS TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE CALL TAKERS TO PROVIDE DEESCALATION CONSULT AND TRIAGE, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE MOST APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FIELD COMPONENT, OUR FIELD TEAMS. UM, THEY ARE, UM, TEAMS MADE UP OF ONE, UH, DALLAS FIRE RESCUE PARAMEDIC.
THEY PROVIDE THE MEDICAL ASSESSMENT ON SITE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, ONE OFFICER IS ALSO IN THE VEHICLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, PARKLAND, UH, LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER WHO ACCOMPANIES WHO, WHO IS ALSO IN THE VEHICLE.
THEY PROVIDE THE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION.
I'M IN A MEETING, BUT I, NO, THAT'S OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, COULD YOU PLEASE MUTE YOUR MIC SO THAT THERE ISN'T ANY EXTERIOR NOISE OR ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION SO THAT WE DON'T INTERRUPT OUR PANELISTS TO BE RESPECTFUL? THANK YOU.
COULD EVERYONE PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THEIR MICS ARE MUTED SO THAT IT DOESN'T CAUSE AN INTERRUPTION? OR MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
AND THEN, SO YES, OUR, OUR, THE LAST COMPONENT, UM, WOULD BE OUR PARKLAND, UH, SOCIAL WORKER WHO ALSO ACCOMPANIES, UH, THE PARAMEDIC AND THE POLICE OFFICER IN THE VEHICLE.
THEY PROVIDE THE MEDICAL EVALUATION AND THEY REALLY HELP SPEARHEAD, UM, THE COLLABORATION AND DETERMINING THE NEXT STEPS OR OUTCOMES OR TREATMENT FOR THE PER PERSON IN CRISIS.
SO HERE ARE OUR PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, UM, UH, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
THE FIRST ONE LISTED HERE IS THAT THE, THAT OUR UNIT WOULD PROVIDE, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE ONSITE SERVICE SO THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO MOBILIZE AND ADDRESS, UM, THOSE IN CRISIS ON SITE.
SECONDLY, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF CARE, UM, AND NEXT STEPS FOR THOSE IN CRISIS.
AND THEN THIRD, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, ADDRESS AND REDIRECT INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO ARE CHRONICALLY UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY 9 1 1 SYSTEM.
AND THEN LASTLY, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DISENGAGE OR AGAIN, REDIRECT, UM, FIRST RESPONDERS FROM ANSWERING THESE TYPES OF CALLS, UH, SO THAT WE COULD ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT PROFESSIONALS ARE, UM, PROVIDING A RESPONSE AND ASSISTING THOSE IN CRISIS.
SO THERE ARE, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 18 TEAMS, UM, CURRENTLY, UH, AND AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE CALLS ORIGINATE FROM THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER.
UM, WE, AGAIN, HANDLE HIGH EMERGENT CALLS, UM, AND EACH, EACH TEAM DEPLOYS FROM A, A POLICE STATION.
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WE HAVE SE SEVEN PRIMARY TEAMS, SO ONE ALLOCATED TO EACH, UH, POLICE DIVISION.AND THEN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS, UM, WE HAVE, UH, NINE TEAMS DESIGNATED, UM, DURING THOSE HOURS, TWO OF THOSE TEAM, TWO OF THE NINE TEAMS ARE ROVING TEAMS. SO THEY ACT AS SUPPORT TEAMS. TWO ARE PRIMARY, UH, TEAMS. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO OVERNIGHT TEAMS, UH, PROVIDING, UH, CITYWIDE COVERAGE OVERNIGHT.
I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE, THE WORKFLOW PROCESS.
UM, SO, UM, A CALL ORIGINATES TO THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER.
UM, EITHER BY AN SOMEBODY CALLING THEMSELVES OR SOMEBODY CALLING ABOUT SOMEONE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
UM, THE CALL TAKER TAKES THE CALL AND, UM, THEN ROUTES THE CALL IF THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER CLINICIAN TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL TRIAGE OR FIND OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UM, THE CALL GOES TO DISPATCH AND THEY DETERMINE WHICH TEAM WOULD BE SEEING THAT PARTICULAR PERSON BASED OFF THE LOCATION.
UM, THE RIGHT CARE TEAM IS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.
UM, ONCE THEY'RE ON THE SCENE, UM, THE, WE HAVE A, A PARTICULAR PROTOCOL THAT WE FOLLOW THAT WE GO THROUGH.
UM, AND ONCE WE FOLLOW THIS PROTOCOL, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIAN DOES AN ASSESSMENT, UM, PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TREATMENTS, AND THEN WE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH, UM, SECURING RESOURCES OR TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UM, ARRANGING, UH, FOR FOLLOW-UP, UM, WITH THE PARTICULAR PERSON THAT WE SEE.
UM, THE, THE WAY THAT DALLAS IS A BIT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER, UM, TEAMS, UM, THERE'S, UH, WHAT RIGHTCARE IS BASED OFF OF IS, IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH MEANS THERE'S PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES THAT ARE RESPONDING TO A CRISIS.
SO SOME CITIES, YOU KNOW, ONLY HAVE LIKE, UM, A PARAMEDIC AND A SOCIAL WORKER, OR SOME OF THEM ONLY HAVE, UM, A POLICE OFFICER AND A SOCIAL WORKER.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE ELEMENT OF HAVING SOMEBODY IN THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT, WE FIND THAT WE DO THINGS VERY WELL HERE, AND THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE CALL CENTER THAT WE HAVE THE THREE DIFFERENT SERVICE LINES THAT ARE ON OUR TEAMS, UM, AND THAT WE ENSURE THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF FOLLOW UP COMPONENT AFTER THE CALLS.
UM, ASHLEY, ASHLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT ONE? THIS IS, THIS IS ASHLEY'S AREA OF EXPERTISE.
SO WHEN A CALL COMES IN TO NINE ONE ONE, THE NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKER INITIALLY GETS ON THE CALL.
UM, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THEY WILL MERGE US INTO THE CALL, UM, IF THEY'RE NEEDING, LIKE, MENTIONED BEFORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, OR MAYBE THEY'RE JUST NOT SURE WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL'S NOT GIVING A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, AND SO OUR CLINICIANS DO A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH, UM, VERBAL DEESCALATION ON THE PHONE.
IF THE INDIVIDUAL'S IN OUR CRISIS CRISIS IN THAT MOMENT, UM, OR IF, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THAT CALL DOESN'T REQUIRE A POLICE ELEMENT, UM, AND CAN BE HANDLED IN THE CALL CENTER BY THE NINE ONE ONE CLINICIAN.
UM, THEN WE WILL HANDLE THE CALL IN THE CALL CENTER, UM, OFFERING RESOURCES, CONNECTION TO SERVICES WITHOUT HAVING TO DIS DISPATCH A TEAM OUT.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITH THAT.
AND THEN ALSO CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS TO, UM, THE DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE WELL OVER 32 DIFFERENT PROVIDERS THAT OFFER MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, UM, THAT WE CAN ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH THAT CONNECTION TO THOSE SERVICES DIRECTLY FROM THE CALL CENTER OR FOLLOWING UP AFTER THE TEAM, UM, DISPATCHES AND MEETS WITH THEM.
AND THEN I, I DO WANNA GO THROUGH, SORRY.
I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS ONE MORE SLIDE THAT WENT THROUGH OUR, OUR STANDARD, LIKE OUR OPERATING PROCESS ONCE WE WERE ON THE SCENE AT, THAT'S WHY I WAS A LITTLE BIT LESS SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO THERE, THE PROCEDURE THAT WE GO THROUGH IT WAS THAT THE OFFICER IS THERE TO, UH, SECURE SCENE SAFETY, UM, AND ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT ANY KIND OF, UM, THREAT TO THE SOCIAL WORKER AND TO THE PARAMEDIC.
UM, AND ONCE THEY'VE DETERMINED THAT THE SCENE IS SAFE, THEN THAT IS WHEN THE SOCIAL WORKER AND THE PARAMEDIC WOULD PROCEED WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE PERSON THAT'S ON THE SCENE.
SO, UM, WHILE THE OFFICER KIND OF CONTINUES TO MONITOR FOR SAFETY.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO ADD THERE.
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OKAY.THE NEXT SLIDE OUTLINES OUR THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALL SIGNALS.
UM, AND IT'S IN IT EVEN WELCOME TO CHIME IN WHENEVER.
SO THERE ARE THREE, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALL SIGNALS, ONE THE 46 C I T, UH, SIGNAL.
UM, THIS IS THE STANDARD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALL SIGNAL FOR OFFICERS, UM, PRIOR TO RIGHTCARE, UM, PRIOR TO RIGHTCARE, FOUR OFFICERS AND A SUPERVISOR WOULD BE DISPATCHED FOR THIS PARTICULAR CALL.
NOW WITH RIGHTCARE, UM, RIGHTCARE IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO ACT AS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS RESPONDING TO THE SCENE.
UM, AND SO, AND SPEAKING OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING RIGHTCARE, UH, NOW THAT RIGHT RIGHTCARE IS ABLE TO DEPLOY WITH PATROL, UM, ONCE PATROL IS TYPICALLY ON SCENE, THEY WOULD NEUTRALIZE OR MAKE SURE THAT THE SCENE IS SECURE.
UM, BUT NOW WITH RIGHTCARE, WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE SCENE IS SAFE AND, UH, RELEASE THE OFFICERS TO GO BACK TO THE SCENE, SO TO ANSWER OTHER HIGHER, HIGHER PRIORITY CALLS.
UM, AND SO THEN RIGHTCARE HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE OVER THAT CALL, UM, AGAIN, UH, PROVIDING SAVINGS OR TIME SAVINGS FOR OFFICERS IN THE FIELD.
AND THEN SECONDLY, WE HAVE THE 46 A CALL, WHICH IS ANOTHER CALL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALL THAT, BUT THIS CALL WOULD INCLUDE AN AMBULANCE BEING DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.
UM, AND THEN THIRD, WE HAVE 46 RC, WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO OUR UNIT FOR THIS CALL SENT SIGNAL.
UM, THIS WOULD BE A, A, A CALL WHERE THERE IS NO KNOWN THREAT NORE AGGRESSION.
UM, AND MOST OFTEN, IF NOT, THESE ARE CALLS WHERE MAYBE THE TEAM IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PERSON, UH, OR THEY'VE BEEN TO THE LOCATION MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE SAME DAY.
UM, UH, ONE THING THAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS THAT IT SHOWS THAT, UH, ABOUT ROUGHLY 50% OF ALL OF OUR CALLS ARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALLS.
UM, THE OTHER 50% ARE TIMES WHERE THE CALL, WHERE THE TEAM IS BEING REQUESTED BY PATROL ON OTHER CALL SIGNALS.
UM, AND SO I THINK I LOVE THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO THE DEMAND OF OUR UNIT.
WE'RE NOT JUST, UM, ANSWERING CALL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALLS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO ASSIST, UH, WHEN, YOU KNOW, OTHER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMPONENTS COME UP IN OTHER SITUATIONS.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST, UH, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OUTCOMES FOR THIS FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
UM, WE ANSWER ROUGHLY BETWEEN, UH, A LITTLE WELL OVER A THOUSAND CALLS A MONTH.
UM, THIS PAST APRIL, WE ACTUALLY ANSWERED, UH, OVER 1200 CALLS.
UM, AND SO WE, WE SERVE ABOUT 700, UH, PATIENTS A MONTH.
AND ON AVERAGE, WE ARE ABLE TO DIVERT, UM, 24 INDIVIDUALS PER MONTH FROM JAIL.
UM, LAST YEAR THERE WERE OVER 20,000, UM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALLS THAT CAME INTO THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER.
THE RIGHT CARE UNIT ANSWERED 61.9% OF THOSE CALLS.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT IN DECEMBER, WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST OVERNIGHT TEAM.
UM, AND SO THIS PART ON THIS SIDE OF THE NEW YEAR, UH, 2023, WE HAVE, UM, CURRENTLY AT, AT THE 65% MARK.
RIGHT NOW, RIGHTCARE IS ANSWERING ABOUT 65% OF ALL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALLS.
UM, AND WE AS WE, UM, BEGIN TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THE, THE, THE UNIT LOOK FOR WAYS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, UM, WORK ALONGSIDE OUR, UM, OUR, OUR OTHER ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE UNITS, CRISIS INTERVENTION, ANOTHER SUPPORTIVE UNIT THAT, UM, ASSISTS IN ANSWERING, UM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALLS AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FOLLOW UP.
WE ARE CERTAIN THAT WE WILL, UM, REACH OUR GOAL OF ANSWERING A, YOU KNOW, HIGHER PERCENTAGES IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OUTCOMES THAT PARKLAND ALSO TRACKS.
UM, BUT WE, WE TRACK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ARRESTED, UM, AS A RESULT OF THE CALL, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IS A VERY LOW AMOUNT.
UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DIVERTED FROM A JAIL OR AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CONNECTING PEOPLE TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE, OUTPATIENT CLINIC, UM, OR RESOURCES.
UM, HOW MANY ARE RECEIVING, FOLLOWED BY RIGHT CARE, UM, WHICH I SHOULD ADD, WE ALSO CAN DESIGNATE FOLLOW UP TO
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OTHER GROUPS, UM, THAT DO FOLLOW UP WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, NOT, UM, THE C I T TEAM THAT TABITHA MENTIONED, AND SOME OTHER GROUPS THAT HELP CONNECT PEOPLE TO CARE IN THE COMMUNITY.UM, AND THEN, UH, 19% ARE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
UM, SO ALSO WITH PARKLAND, UM, WE TRACK EMERGENCY DETENTION ARRIVALS.
SO AN EMERGENCY DETENTION IS, UM, WHEN AN OFFICER DOES AN APPREHENSION BY PEACE OFFICER WITHOUT WARRANT, THEY'RE TAKING SOMEBODY INVOLUNTARILY TO THE HOSPITAL OUT OF CONCERN FOR IMMINENT RISK OF HARM TO THE, THE PERSON'S, UM, SAFETY OR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS.
UM, AND PRIOR TO W RIGHTCARE STARTING, THERE WAS A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF, OF EMERGENCY DETENTION ARRIVALS TO PARKLAND BECAUSE, UM, WE WERE, UM, ESSENTIALLY THE ONLY FACILITY THAT HAD A PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND SINCE RIGHTCARE, UM, BEGAN, THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE IN EMERGENCY DETENTION ARRIVALS.
UM, THIS IS JUST TRACKING, UM, SINCE FISCAL YEAR 21, UM, UP UNTIL I THINK JANUARY OF FISCAL YEAR 23.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A GRADUAL DECREASE IN EMERGENCY DETENTION ARRIVALS, ALMOST 27% DECREASE.
UM, WE DO ATTRIBUTE THAT TO RIGHT CARE, UH, UH, ANSWERING MORE CALLS IN OF THEMSELVES AND DETERMINING THAT AN EMERGENCY DETENTION TO A HOSPITAL IS NOT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION.
ALSO, PROVIDING MORE EDUCATION TO, UM, POLICE DEPART, UH, THEIR, UM, POLICE OFFICERS ON SCENE, THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, OTHER FACILITIES THAT MIGHT BE CLOSER AND MORE APPROPRIATE TO TAKE THAT PERSON TO.
OR, UM, YOU KNOW, DISENGAGING THEM FROM, UH, A CALL THAT, UM, IS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RELATED, BUT THAT CAN BE MANAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO RIGHT CARE, BUT WE, WE DO, UM, COMMUNICATE TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT, UM, PARKLAND DOESN'T RECEIVE, UH, OR THAT ISN'T A, A HOSPITAL THAT HAS THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC CARE.
AND SO WE PROVIDE EDUCATION THAT OF OTHER, UM, FACILITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH THOSE THINGS.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION FROM THE RIGHTCARE TEAM.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE NOT JUST YOUR PRESENCE, UH, BUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION SO THAT WE, WITH THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, ARE ALSO INFORMED AND THE COMMUNITY WHO DOES WATCH, UM, THEY ALSO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS SHE, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND THEN I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR VICE CHAIR AND ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON PAGE FIVE UNDER TEAM MEMBERS.
UM, I DIDN'T SEE WHERE IT ALSO CONNECTED THE POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HERE AT CITY HALL.
I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE CALLS THAT YOU MAY GET WITH THE RIGHT CARE TEAM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, PLEASE INFORM ME.
HOW DOES THAT CONNECT WHEN YOU HAVE CALLS, WHETHER IT'S OR PM, UM, IS THE COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME, IS THE POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, UM, ENGAGED WHEN YOU HAVE ANY MENTAL HEALTH CALLS? SO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, SO WITH THE POLICE OVERSIGHT, UH, COMMITTEE OR OFFICE, ANYTIME, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A COMPLAINT THAT MAY BE MADE, UM, REGARDING AN OFFICER OR THE UNIT, UM, THAT THAT PROCESS WOULD, IT WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS THAT IT WOULD FOLLOW, UM, FOR PATROL.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, MS. MCCLARY AND HAVE PRESENTED ACTUALLY TO THEIR COMMITTEE AS WELL, UM, UH, IN THE PAST.
UH, BUT THAT PROCESS WOULD, SHOULD BE THE SAME IF SOMEONE HAS A COMPLAINT OR, UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO SUBMIT THEIR COMPLAINT HERE AT CITY HALL OR DO SO THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MORE, SO SPECIFICALLY, UM, WITH MS. MCCLARY, A LOT OF THE CALLS THAT THEY DO RECEIVE ARE MENTAL HEALTH.
SO I'M AS MORE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT ENGAGEMENT MAY LOOK WITH, UM, EITHER A POLICE OFFICER AND OR A MEMBER OF THE RYER TEAM.
UM, LIKE HOW WAS THAT HANDLED? BECAUSE OF COURSE, THE POLICE TRAINING IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE RIGHTCARE TRAINING.
SO HOW, COLLECTIVELY, HOW WOULD THAT ENGAGEMENT, ARE YOU TALKING ENGAGEMENT RESPONSE TO CALLS? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS GET ROUTED TO RIGHTCARE.
UM, OH, NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, SAY THE SAME THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF SPECIFICALLY THEY GET ROUTED TO RIGHTCARE FROM THE, THE, THE COMMITTEE.
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RESPONSE AS RIGHTCARE WOULD STILL BE THE SAME.IT WOULD STILL BE THE POLICE OFFICER WOULD ENGAGE, MAKE SURE THE SCENE IS SAFE, AND THEN LET'S BRING IN THE, THE PARAMEDIC AND THE CLINICIAN TO DISCUSS AND TRY AND HELP THE INDIVIDUAL IN CRISIS AND FIND OUT WHAT THE, WHAT IS, HOPEFULLY FIND OUT WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE CAUSE FOR THE CRISIS.
AND THE REASON FOR ME ASKING THAT IS JUST FOR CLARITY, BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT SAY, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER? EXPLAIN IT TO ME IN LAYMAN TERMS, EACH ONE OF THESE STEPS.
YEAH, SO I MEAN, WE WOULD SAY THE BEST WAY TO REACH RIGHTCARE IS TO CALL 9 1 1 IF YOU'RE EXPERIENCING AN EMERGENCY.
THAT'S, WE ARE DESIGNATED FOR THAT KIND OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY DO ANY KIND OF CASE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE OR, UM, IF WE DO GET A LOT OF CALLS, NOT A LOT, BUT WE DO GET CALLS THAT ARE ROUTED FROM LIKE CITY COUNCIL OR FROM, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF'S OFFICE OR, UM, VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHERE THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, WE JUST HAVE GENERALLY THIS CONCERN ABOUT THIS PERSON.
UH, WE MAY GO DO LIKE AN OUTREACH AND ASSESS WITH THAT PERSON, BUT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY, THAT'S NOT WE'RE NECESSARILY DESIGNATED FOR, BECAUSE THERE, THERE ARE OTHER TEAMS THAT DO THAT SORT OF THING.
WE'RE MORE FOR THE, LIKE A FIRST RESPONDER EMERGENT RESPONSE MM-HMM.
SO, UM, IF THERE IS A QUESTION OR IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT SOMEBODY'S WORRIED ABOUT, UM, TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEM, I WOULD SAY CALL 9 1 1 TO, IF IT'S A, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEND IT OUR WAY AND WE COULD PROBABLY FIGURE OUT WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
IN REFERENCE TO, UM, WHEN THEY'RE RECEIVING ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES WITH OUTSIDE PARTNERS, UH, PARTNERSHIPS SUCH AS PARKLAND, MAYBE EVEN METROCARE, UM, OR ANY TYPE OF BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION, THERE WASN'T A MENTION OF COST.
AND SO ARE THESE SERVICES PROVIDED AT COST, MEDICAID, MEDICARE? UM, IS ANY, ARE THERE FREE SERVICES? KIND OF DEBRIEF ME ON THAT.
YEAH, SO WITH, UM, AT THE TIME OF CRISIS, COST-WISE, IT DOESN'T COST AT THE TIME OF CRISIS, UM, THAT FALLS UNDERNEATH THE CRISIS SERVICES, UM, THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN RECEIVE SAME DAY MEDICATIONS, UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT AM I GOING TO PAY FOR THIS DOCTOR'S VISIT OR THIS MEDICATION, UM, THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE, YOUR LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, UM, WHICH IS THE NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
UM, ON PAGE 10 UNDER THE CALL CENTER, UH, CLINICIAN, THE CONNECTIVITY TO 32 SERVICE PROVIDERS, CAN YOU NAME JUST A FEW WHAT THOSE PROVIDERS ARE? YEAH, SO YOU HAVE, I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THEM EARLIER, METROCARE.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE, EXCUSE ME, SOUTHERN AREA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, WHICH IS ALSO OUR URGENT CLINIC, UM, THAT OPERATES ON THE WEEKENDS AS WELL.
UM, YOU HAVE I P S, UM, YOU HAVE INNOVATIONS, UM, YOU HAVE HOMEWORK BOUND, UM,
UM, IT'S ALSO LOCATED IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO SERVICES.
UM, IF YOU JUST GO TO NT BHA.ORG, UM, YOU CAN ACCESS, UM, ALL THE LISTS OF SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, NPAS CATCHMENT AREA, WHICH WE SERVE SEVEN OR YEAH, SEVEN DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
I'M GONNA TURN OVER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS NOW TO MY VICE CHAIR AND THEN OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.
I DO NOT HAVE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT MAY HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND ALL MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED, SO THANK YOU.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M SORRY, CHAIR.
UM, COMMISSIONER WHITE HAS HER HAND RAISED.
COMMISSIONER WHITE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? UH, I, WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY.
I WAS CURIOUS IF Y'ALL ARE CALLED OUT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS.
SO NORMALLY WE ARE NOT RESPONDING AS RIGHT CARE TO, UH, FAMILY VIOLENCE UNLESS THE PATROL OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE SCENE REQUEST, UH, RIGHT.
UM, BUT IF THERE IS A, UH, AN OFFENSE OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, THEN, UH, THE OFFICERS WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT.
BUT RIGHTCARE COULD GO OUT THERE TO ASSESS ANY MENTAL, UH, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT, THAT WERE OCCURRING.
OH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, AS A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I KNOW THERE'S, UH, THE, THE VICTIM, WHICH I HATE THAT WORD, BUT ANYWAY, SO TO BE DESCRIPTIVE, UM, HAS A LOT OF PSYCHE, PSYCH,
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PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES AT THAT POINT.THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WHITE.
UM, AND TO, UM, PIGGYBACK ON THAT, YES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, UM, DO, UH, DEAL WITH TRAUMA THAT COULD ESSENTIALLY LEAD TO DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, UM, UNFORTUNATELY AT TIMES SUICIDE.
SO AT THAT POINT, AND NOT EVEN BEING AWARE OF ANY PAST TRAUMA, THERE COULD BE SOME, UH, UNDERDIAGNOSED OR DIAGNOSES THAT MAY LOOK LIKE WHEN THE POLICE DO ARRIVE BEHAVIORS BECAUSE OF MENTAL HEALTH.
SO, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WHITE, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WANNA THANK THE RIGHT CARE TEAM AND PANEL FOR THEIR PRESENTATION AND FOR THE INFORMATION SHARED.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A BRIEFING.
YES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE RIGHT TEAM.
WHAT'S THE YOUNGEST AGE THAT YOU SERVE, AND IF YOU SERVE THE YOUNGER CLIENTELE, WOULD THEY STILL BE TAKEN TO PARKLAND OR DO YOU HAVE, UM, ACCESS TO THE CHILDREN'S NETWORK? WE ONLY CURRENT, UH, BRIGHT CARE IN THE RESPONSE TO THE, TO CALLS IN THE FIELD ONLY SEES PEOPLE THAT ARE 18 AND ABOVE.
CURRENTLY, UM, THE, UH, CALL CENTER CLINICIAN MAY RESPOND TO CALLS THAT ARE ROUTED TO THEM BY A NINE ONE ONE CALL TANKER THAT INVOLVE, UM, SOMEBODY THAT'S, UM, AN ADOLESCENT OR A CHILD AND WOULD PROVIDE, I GUESS, RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT SETTING.
THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEND OUT A MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH TEAM, UM, BUT OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE PD THAT WOULD BE RESPONDING TO THOSE CALLS.
YEAH, IN THE FIELD IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, 18 AND ABOVE FOR THE RIGHT CARE TEAM.
BUT IN THE CALL CENTER, UM, WE HELP WITH ANY AGE.
SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL CALLS IN ABOUT THEIR CHILD OR EVEN THE CHILD THEMSELVES CALLS IN, A LOT OF TIMES OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMISSION IS ADDED TO THAT CALL, UM, WHERE WE WILL GET OUR MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH TEAM OUT, WHICH OPERATES TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIANS THAT GO IN TANDEM TO THE CALL, AND THEY'LL MEET PATROL ON SITE A LOT OF TIMES AND HELP FACILITATE IF IT IS AN INPATIENT REQUEST.
UM, THEN WE WILL HELP FACILITATE THAT TO ONE OF THE APPROPRIATE FACILITIES WITHIN THE DALLAS AREA.
THAT'S GONNA BE HICKORY TRAILS OR DALLAS BEHAVIORAL, OR IF THEY'RE FURTHER NORTH PERIMETER IN GARLAND.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, OH, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, UM, IN THE OFFICE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY, WE HAVE ANOTHER, UM, UNIT, UH, CRISIS INTERVENTION WHO ACTUALLY SUPPORTS OUR, THE RIGHT CARE TEAM AND ANSWERS, UM, ACTS AS A BACKUP TO OUR UNIT.
THEY ALSO CAN PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICE REFERRALS OR FOLLOW UP FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UH, UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
UM, I DID ALSO WANNA HAVE, I HAVE A FEW OTHER NOTES THAT I WANTED TO, SOME THOUGHTS THAT HAVE COME UP THAT WE DIDN'T EXPOUND UPON.
UM, ONE, ANOTHER EXCEPTION TO SERVICE WOULD BE, UM, THAT WE, ONE, DON'T SEE THE JUVENILES, BUT THEN SECONDLY, UM, FELONY WARRANTS, UH, ANYONE THAT HAS A FELONY WARRANT, THOSE, UH, MEASURES COME FIRST BEFORE BEING, UM, GETTING THE ALTERNATIVE, UM, OPTIONS FOR, UH, TREATMENT OR CARE.
UH, AND THEN, UM, I THINK THAT WAS IT.
WE DO HAVE STAFF HERE THAT ASSIST WITH IF WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE VIRTUAL, AS I DID MISS YOUR HAND.
SO, UM, MS. JACKSON, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE'S HAND RAISED AND I MISS IT, PLEASE, UM, ASSIST TO INFORMING ME.
UM, STAFF IS HERE TO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION, UM, IN THAT MANNER.
DOES ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER HAVE A QUESTION, COMMENT OR CONCERN IN REFERENCE TO THE WRIGHT CARE TEAM IN THEIR PRESENTATION? I DON'T WANNA MISS ANYONE.
UH, AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION SHARED.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A BRIEFING FROM MS. CHRISTIE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I GET YOUR LAST NAME CORRECT.
THIS IS A, UH, ALOS THAT'S CORRECT.
AM I SAYING IT CORRECTLY? YES, YOU ARE.
AND, UM, SHE WILL SHARE THE A D A OVERVIEW, UH, WITH THE COMMISSION.
UH, AS SHE SAID, MY NAME IS CHRISTIE ALOS, UM, I AM PRESIDENT AND C E O OF A COMPANY CALLED OLOGY.
AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS ON THE, UM, AS ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS ON THE A D A TRANSITION PLAN PROJECT.
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WE'RE GONNA TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF THE A D A, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO INTO HOW IT APPLIES TO YOU, UM, AS COMMISSIONERS.AND SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE SHORT SUITE, UM, DESCRIPTION OF THE AGENDA.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, A D A WAS SIGNED IN 1990, THAT MAKES IT 33 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR.
AT THE TIME, IT WAS REALLY A WAY TO GET PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.
IT'S, IT'S AN EMPLOYMENT BASED CIVIL RIGHTS LAW THAT WAS DESIGNED TO GET PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FROM BEING TAX USERS OR TAXPAYERS AND IN, UH, UH, TO BECOME TAXPAYERS AND, UM, GET JOBS AND, AND GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.
SO THAT WAS THE BIG PUSH BEHIND IT FROM THE DISABLED POPULATION.
AND, UM, AS SUCH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PUT TOGETHER, UM, A SERIES OF LAWS, BUT THEY HAD TO START SOMEWHERE.
AND THEY STARTED, UM, REALLY BACK IN 1968 WITH A LAW CALLED THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS ACT.
THEN THEY DID THE REHABILITATION ACT, UM, THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, AND THEN THE A D A, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT IN 1990.
THEN ON TOP OF THAT, EACH STATE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO EITHER ADOPT THE FEDERAL STANDARDS AS WRITTEN OR CREATE THEIR OWN.
SO TEXAS HAS THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE TEXAS RESIDENTIAL CODE, AND THEN EVERY JURISDICTION CAN BE EVEN STRICTER IF THEY WANT TO.
SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SETS THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM.
A STATE CAN BE STRICTER AND A MUNICIPALITY CAN BE EVEN STRICTER IF THEY CHOOSE TO BE.
NEXT SLIDE, SECTION 5 0 4 OF THE REHAB ACT, WHICH CAME OUT IN 1973, CALLS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL PROGRAM SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.
SO, UM, FOR INSTANCE, THE EMERGENCY 9 1 1 IS A PROGRAM, SIDEWALKS ARE PROGRAMS, ANY SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED, UM, BY THE CITY TO PEOPLE, UM, WHICH IS DEFINED ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, PROGRAMS ARE OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS FOR EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, ARTISTIC, REGULATORY PURPOSES.
SERVICES ARE ACTIONS PROVIDED BY THE CITY TO THE, THE INDIVIDUALS OR THE RESIDENTS INTENDING TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND THAT CAN BE THINGS LIKE WATER SERVICE AND TRASH PICKUP AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN ACTIVITIES ARE, ARE THE EVENTS OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE CITY FOR THE RESIDENTS, UM, AND VISITORS OF DALLAS, SUCH AS FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE HOSTED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS FALL UNDER SECTION 5 0 4 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT, AND IT HAS A VERY SPECIFIC, UH, LIST OF REQUIREMENTS WHEN THE CITY IS RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF A PROGRAM, SERVICE, OR ACTIVITY.
NOW, THE A D A HAS FIVE DIFFERENT GOVERNING AUTHORITIES.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS THE OVERALL AUTHORITY.
THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS THE AUTHORITY OVER THE TRANSPORTATION RELATED OPERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, SPECIFICALLY OVER MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, US POSTAL SERVICE, UM, OVER BOTH THE CARE, UH, FACILITY AND OPERATION OF A, OF POST OFFICES.
AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IS OVER ANY HOUSING RELATED PROGRAMS AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS.
THE A D A ALSO HAS FIVE DIFFERENT TITLES.
SO TITLE ONE IS EMPLOYMENT OR, UM, SO THE CITY OF DALLAS AS AN EMPLOYER HAS RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER TITLE ONE.
A TITLE TWO ENTITY IS AN ENTITY THAT RECEIVES PUBLIC FUNDING AND IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ANY CITY, ANY, UM, COUNTY, YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YOUR UNIVERSITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, ALL FALL UNDER TITLE TWO.
AND THEN TITLE THREE IS THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY THAT MAKES UP YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO ALL OF THE RESTAURANTS AND THE MOVIE THEATERS AND THE MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT ARE BUILT AND OPERATED WITH PRIVATE FUNDS, THOSE FALL UNDER TITLE THREE, TITLE FOUR DEALS WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND TITLE V WAS A BUNCH OF MISCELLANEOUS, UM, UM, THINGS THAT JUST KIND OF TIED EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
SO, A TITLE TWO EN ENTITY, LIKE I SAID A SECOND AGO, IT'S STATE AGENCIES, MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, STATE FUNDED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, OR ANY STATE OR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM, WHEREAS TITLE THREE.
NEXT SLIDE IS ALL OF YOUR PRIVATE INDUSTRY, UM, I'M SORRY, TITLE TWO IS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN A D A POINT OF CONTACT.
EVERY TITLE TWO AGENCY IS REQUIRED TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CAN GO TO, TO
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FIND OUT IF THAT ENTITY IS DOING WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO UNDER TITLE TWO.THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO CREATE A, UM, SELF-EVALUATION OF THEIR PROGRAM SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES AND A TRANSITION PLAN, UM, FOR THE PHYSICAL CHANGE OF THEIR BUILDINGS, WHICH CAN HAPPEN OBVIOUSLY OVER TIME.
UM, SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ARE VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY OLD.
AND, AND SO THE, THE SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN IS WHAT, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS, IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
SO, THE CITY OF DALLAS, A D A MANAGER IS GARY COPELAND.
UM, HIS PRONOUNS ARE HE, HIM AND HIS, HE IS THE, UM, THE POINT OF CONTACT.
SO IF, UM, IF SOMEBODY COMES TO SOMEBODY IN THE CITY AND THEY HAVE AN ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S A FACILITY THAT ISN'T COMPLIANT OR A PROGRAM THAT THEY COULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN OR WHATEVER, IT WILL ULTIMATELY GET TO GARY.
AND GARY HAS A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY THAT HE CAN, UH, WORK WITH TO HELP GET A RESOLUTION FOR, UH, FOR THE, UH, RESIDENT.
NOW THEY COME TO HIM THROUGH THE THREE ONE ONE, UH, CALL SYSTEM.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CITIZEN THAT IS TALKING TO YOU THAT, THAT HAS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO GET TO THE CITY, THEY CAN DO THAT.
AND, AND YOU CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO THROUGH THE THREE RO ONE ONE SYSTEM, AND THEY'RE TRAINED TO FILTER THINGS OUT THAT NEED TO GET TO GARY, AND THEY WILL GET TO GARY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, YOUR YOUR PRIVATE INDUSTRY, YOUR SHOPPING MALLS, YOUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, THEY ARE, UM, ALTHOUGH THEY GET BUILT WITHIN THE, THE, THE, UM, CITY OF DALLAS, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS NO AUTHORITY, UH, OVER THE, THE BUILDING OF A PRIVATELY FUNDED ENTITY.
SO THEY GET BUILDING PERMITS, AND THEY GO THROUGH A STATE PROCESS OF PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTION TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE DESIGNING AND, UM, BUILDING WITHIN THE, THE STATE REQUIREMENTS.
BUT THE CITY OF DALLAS DOESN'T HAVE THE, THE, UM, AUTHORITY OR INFLUENCE OVER THE TITLE THREE OTHER THAN THROUGH PERMITTING AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING.
ENFORCEMENT BY THE DIFFERENT LAWS ARE, IS DONE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
A D, A AND A B A, THE FEDERAL LAWS ARE ALL, UM, COMPLAINT DRIVEN.
SO A PERSON WITH A COMPLAINT WOULD GO TO ONE OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES OR TO A LOCAL ATTORNEY, UM, WHEREAS THE TEXAS STATE GOVERN GOVERNMENT CODE GOES THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS THAT'S BEEN SET UP BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION.
AND THEN BUILDING CODES ARE ENFORCED THROUGH THE BUILDING PROFIT, UH, PROCESS.
AND THAT OFTEN INCLUDES PRIVATE, UM, LAWSUITS AND OR CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
SO, ONLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN ENFORCE THE FEDERAL LAW.
SO THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS NO AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE A D A.
OKAY? IT'S ONLY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL, UM, PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT CAN ENFORCE THE FEDERAL LAW.
THE STATE GOVERNMENT CAN ENFORCE THE STATE LAWS.
THE CITY CAN ONLY ENFORCE WHAT THE CITY HAS ADOPTED.
SO WHEN THE CITY ADOPTS A BUILDING CODE, WHEN THE CITY ADOPTS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE CITY CAN ENFORCE WHAT IT HAS ADOPTED.
UM, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE AUTHORITY OVER, OVER THE FACILITIES THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY.
LIKE I SAID, THEY CAN'T, UM, PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT OVER THE TITLE THREE ENTITIES, FOR INSTANCE.
NOW, THE STATE LAW, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT, UM, CODE, THAT'S A CONSTRUCTION LAW.
ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES IS WITH A CONSTRUCTION LAW, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OCCURS.
THEN WHAT THAT SCOPE OF WORK IS DETERMINES WHAT ELSE HAS TO BE DONE TO BRING THAT FACILITY INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE A D A, WHICH IS A CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, AND IT HAS A CONTINUING OBLIGATION FOR BARRIER REMOVAL UNTIL ALL BARRIERS ARE REMOVED IN CERTAIN AREAS.
OKAY? SO THEY'RE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT LAWS, EVEN THOUGH THE STANDARDS ARE VERY MUCH THE SAME, THE LAWS THAT DRIVE THE STANDARDS ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT.
SO, I MENTIONED BEFORE THEY HAD TO START SOMEWHERE.
SO A D A STARTED WITH BUILDINGS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE A D A, IT WAS MOSTLY TO RETURN, REMOVE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS.
OKAY? THEY DREW A LINE IN THE SAND AND SAID, FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, LET'S BUILD A BUILDING FOR EVERYBODY.
OKAY? AND THEN THEY SAID, WELL, THIS LAW DOESN'T REALLY WORK
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FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T WORK FOR OUR SIDEWALKS AND OUR INTERSECTIONS, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T WORK FOR HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS AND, AND PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.SO THEY'VE DEVELOPED OTHER TYPES OF, OF, UM, GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS.
THEY ALSO, UM, JUST IN THE, THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, REALLY GOT INTO, UM, ENFORCING MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT.
SO, A TITLE II ENTITY, OR A, A CITY NEEDS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WITHOUT DISCRIMINATING.
PROBLEM IS A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO, WE EVALUATE EVERYTHING THAT IS OFFERED IN THE PROGRAM SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO, UM, DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
FOR INSTANCE, MOST LIBRARIES USED TO SAY YOU HAD TO, UM, HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE IN ORDER TO CHECK OUT A BOOK, BUT IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T DRIVE, THEN THAT'S A DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE.
SO IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT, THAT, UM, THAT CAN DETERMINE WHETHER A POLICY OR A PRACTICE IS DISCRIMINATORY.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH.
SO, ALL DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, UM, NEED TO BE REVIEWED.
UH, EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, LEASES AND, AND AGREEMENTS WITH THIRD PARTIES.
IF THEY'RE USE UTILIZING, UM, BUILDINGS OR SPACE THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS, ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EMERGENCY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, IT INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, UM, THAT IT IS NOT.
MOST EMERGENCY PLANS HAVE A SENTENCE IN IT SOMEWHERE THAT SAYS, AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BUT WE HAVE TO REALLY WORK IT INTO, UH, THE EVACUATION PROCESS OR THE SHELTERING PROCESS IF PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE SHELTERING IN DALLAS, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS.
UM, SO THE EMERGENCY PLANNING PROCESS, EMPLOYEE TRAINING, UM, ALL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION, EVERYTHING THAT IS PUT OUT BY THE CITY OF DALLAS NEEDS TO, UH, BE BOTH AUDIBLE AND VISUAL.
SO IF SOMEBODY CAN'T SEE OR SOMEBODY CAN'T HEAR, THEY'RE STILL RECEIVING THE SAME LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
UM, THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES, OR REASONABLE MODIFICATIONS FOR, UH, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM, SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OFFERED BY THE CITY.
COMMUNICATION IS OBVIOUSLY ESSENTIAL.
UH, A WEBSITE IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION TOOL, AND IF IT'S NOT SET UP RIGHT, THEN IT'S NOT COMMUNICATING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
SO, LOOKING AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE CITY COMMUNICATES IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE SELF-EVALUATION PROCESS.
THE A D A DOESN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE, AND THE REASON IT DOESN'T IS THERE'S JUST NO WAY THEY COULD, BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN THAT, THAT NOBODY EVER EXPECTED.
SO IT LETS AN ENTITY DECIDE WHAT IS REASONABLE BASED ON HOW EACH DEPARTMENT OPERATES, AND WHAT KIND OF ACCOMMODATION THAT PARTICULAR PERSON MIGHT NEED BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER DISABILITY.
UM, THE IDEA IS NOT TO EXCLUDE AN INDIVIDUAL BY BEING UNWILLING TO MAKE AN ACCOMMODATION OR MODIFICATION, UH, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS FAIRLY SIMPLE, UM, RELATIVELY EASY TO MAKE.
AND SO IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THE EDUCATION IS PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES ARE, AND THEY CAN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING IT TO THE COMMUNITY EQUALLY.
AN ENTITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PERSONAL DEVICES LIKE WHEELCHAIRS OR INDIVIDUALLY PRESCRIBED DEVICES LIKE EYEGLASSES AND HEARING AIDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICES OF A PERSONAL NATURE, LIKE HELPING SOMEBODY IN THE RESTROOM OR THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, AND THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ANYTHING THAT WOULD FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER THE PROGRAM, SERVICE OR ACTIVITY THAT IS BEING OFFERED.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T, IT MEANS YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO.
SO IN A LARGE FACILITY, IF YOU WANNA OFFER, UM, CARTS FOR PEOPLE THAT THAT CAN'T WALK LONG DISTANCES OR WHEELCHAIR SERVICES, ALL
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OF THOSE THINGS ARE ABSOLUTELY ACCEPTABLE TO PROVIDE, BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE A D A.NOW, SERVICE ANIMALS ARE DIFFERENT.
THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICE ANIMALS.
ENTITIES MUST ALLOW A PERSON USING A SERVICE ANIMAL TO GO EVERYWHERE THAT THE PERSON IS A LOVE TO GO, OKAY? AND A SERVICE ANIMAL IS EITHER A DOG OR A MINIATURE HORSE.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO ANIMALS RECOGNIZED AS SERVICE ANIMALS UNDER THE A D A A DOG OR A MINIATURE HORSE, AND THEY HAVE TO BE TRAINED TO PERFORM A FUNCTION.
OKAY, SO IF THEY'RE NOT TRAINED TO PERFORM A FUNCTION, THEN THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED A SERVICE ANIMAL.
THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF ANIMALS THAT ASSIST PEOPLE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A SECOND.
BUT WHAT A, AN EMPLOYEE CAN ASK IS, IS YOUR ANIMAL TRAINED TO PERFORM A FUNCTION TO SERVE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY? AND THEN WHAT FUNCTION IS THE ANIMAL TRAINED TO PERFORM? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO QUESTIONS THAT THEY CAN REALLY ASK ABOUT THE ANIMAL.
UM, YOU, YOU MUST NEVER PET A SERVICE ANIMAL.
IF THEY HAVE A HARNESS ON AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE HANDLER IS HOLDING THE HARNESS, THEN THE ANIMAL IS WORKING.
AND YOU DO NOT DISTRACT A WORKING SERVICE ANIMAL IF THEY'RE JUST LAYING THERE AT THEIR FEET.
YOU MAY ASK IF IT'S OKAY TO PET THEM, BUT, UM, IT IS, IT IS AGAINST PROTOCOL TO PET A SERVICE ANIMAL, ESPECIALLY WHILE THEY'RE WORKING.
UM, AS A RULE, WE CANNOT EXCLUDE PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SERVICE ANIMAL.
UM, THERE ARE SOMETIMES LEGITIMATE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL MAKE IT NE NECESSARY TO EXCLUDE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY.
UH, BUT IT MUST BE BASED ON ACTUAL RISK, NOT ON A STEREOTYPE OR A GENERALIZATION ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
NOW, THE A D A MAKES A BIG DISTINCTION BETWEEN PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE ANIMALS AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY HAS AN ANXIETY DISORDER AND THEY HAVE A DOG, AN EVALUATION OF WHETHER IT'S A SERVICE DOG OR AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOG, WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER THE DOG HAS BEEN TRAINED TO SENSE THAT AN ANXIETY ATTACK IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND TAKES SPECIFIC ACTION BECAUSE OF IT.
AND IF SO, THE DOG WOULD QUALIFY AS A SERVICE ANIMAL.
HOWEVER, IF THE DOG'S NEAR PRESENCE JUST MAKES THEM FEEL BETTER, UM, THEN THAT'S A COMFORT ANIMAL, AND THAT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A SERVICE ANIMAL UNDER THE A D A.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ALLOW COMFORT ANIMALS INTO, UM, ALL OF YOUR FACILITIES.
PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BIRDS AND IGUANAS AND BOA CONSTRICTORS AROUND THEIR NECK AND PEACOCKS, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, UM, ARE NOT CONSIDERED SERVICE ANIMALS AND THEREFORE ARE NOT REQUIRED, UM, TO BE ALLOWED INTO, UM, FACILITIES THAT ARE, UM, OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE THE CITY.
SO YOU CAN ASK, UM, IF A PERSON, UM, WHAT DID WE GO TO? OKAY, YEAH, HERE WE GO.
UNDER POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, I MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU NEVER PET A SERVICE DOG.
UM, IF THEY'RE WORKING, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING TOO FAST HERE.
UM, IF WE'RE, IF THEY'RE WORKING, THEN YOU NEVER PET THEM.
BUT IF THEY ARE SITTING, THEN IT IS, UM, IT, IT IS OKAY TO ASK.
WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, WE WANT TO REFER TO PEOPLE AS PEOPLE, OKAY? WHETHER THEY USE THE TERM DISABLED OR BLIND, OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR DIFFERENTLY ABLED, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS RECOGNIZE THEM FIRST AS A HUMAN BEING.
A PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR, DON'T JUST SAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT FOUR WHEELCHAIRS HERE.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE SITTING IN THOSE WHEELCHAIRS.
OKAY? SO IT'S A PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR, A PERSON WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, A PERSON WHO CAN'T HEAR, OR A PERSON WHO IS DEAF.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CORRECT, UM, TERMINOLOGY.
UM, YOU WANNA USE UP-TO-DATE LANGUAGE, FOR INSTANCE.
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UM, DISABLED OR ACCESSIBLE, LIKE ACCESSIBLE PARKING, NOT HANDICAP PARKING.HANDICAP IS KIND OF A, AN OLD FASHIONED WORD THAT, THAT SOME PEOPLE TAKE OFFENSE TO AND I GENERALLY DON'T USE AT ALL.
UM, YOU DON'T ASSUME A PERSON NEEDS YOUR ASSISTANCE.
YOU ALWAYS ASK WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU ASK, BELIEVE THEM.
OKAY? WE, WE, ONE THING THAT, THAT, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE BODIED TEND TO DO, UH, HEY, CAN I HELP YOU? AND WHEN THEY SAY, NO, I'M FINE.
ARE YOU SURE? WELL, THEY'RE PRETTY SURE.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO ASK THEM TO CONFIRM ONCE YOU ASK THE QUESTION, BELIEVE THEIR ANSWER.
UM, SO HOW YOU CAN HELP, UH, UM, THROUGH YOUR COMMISSION, UNDERSTAND AND HELP EXPLAIN THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY OVER THAT RESTAURANT OVER THERE.
UM, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, UH, PRIVATELY OWNED.
IF THEY HAVE A LEGITIMATE PROBLEM OR COMPLAINTS, SEND THEM TO THE 9 1 1.
UM, AND THEY WILL BE FILTERED AND, AND ULTIMATELY GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE WORLD, AND SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND, AND, AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BEST HELP THEM, UM, BRING THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TO THIS COMMISSION AND, AND UTILIZE THE COMMISSION TO REALLY IMPROVE LIFE AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO, UM, LIVE WITHIN THE DALLAS AREA.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO ENCOURAGE THEM, UM, TO GET INVOLVED IN LOCAL COMMITTEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND BE A SUPPORT TO THE COMMITTEE, UM, AND BY EXTENSION TO THE CITY THROUGH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR HEART OF SERVICE.
UM, AND, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO BRING INFORMATION TO PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY NOT OTHERWISE KNOW.
NOW IT IS TIME FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO, TO TAKE, TAKE ANY OF THEM.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, NOT ONLY WAS IT ENLIGHTENING AND INFORMATIVE, I, I SAW SOME SMILES AND SOME AGREEMENTS AND SOME CHEERLEADING AND SOME AMENS THAT WERE MENTIONED, ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE WE ALL LOVE OUR FUR BABIES, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND, AND TERMS OF SERVICE ANIMALS.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, BEFORE WE GO INTO QUESTIONS, UM, MY VICE CHAIR IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
SO WE HAVE AN HONORARY VICE CHAIR.
UM, HIS, UH, SERVICE DOG IS, UM, HIS NAME IS DEPUTY.
SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING, HE WAS LISTENING.
HE, HE HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS HE WANTED TO KIND OF THROW IN, OR LIKE, WE CAN HEAR, HE CAN HEAR YOU
SO I ALWAYS WANNA RECOGNIZE, UM, DEPUTY BECAUSE, UM, VICE CHAIR, UH, CAL CONNIE, THAT IS HIS SERVICE DOG.
UM, AS CHAIR, I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION ON PAGE 13 UNDER ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE MOST INDIVIDUALS DO KNOW, UM, THE ACRONYM A D A, UM, INDICATES, UM, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT, COULD YOU PLEASE DEFINE A B A YES, SIR, OR, UH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THE A B A IS THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS ACT, AND THAT WAS WRITTEN VERY MUCH LIKE THE A D A, BUT IT WAS ONLY FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS, FEDERAL PROPERTY, FEDERAL MONEY.
SO THE A B A ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS ACT CAME OUT IN 1968.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
'CAUSE I'M SURE SOMEONE'S WATCHING AND LISTENING AND SAYING, DOES THAT APPLY BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS? THANK YOU.
IMM GONNA TURN OVER THE QUESTIONS, RIGHT? I'M LIKE, HOLD ON, DEFINE THAT PLEASE, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY.
AGAIN, I'M GONNA TURN OVER THE QUESTIONS TO VICE CHAIR AND THEN ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR COMMENTS.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR QUAY FOR PASSING THIS ALONG AND ALSO FOR RECOGNIZING DEPUTY.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UH, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, MS. ABLO, YOU STATED ABOUT A, AN EMERGENCY PLAN THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS THAT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
HOWEVER, WHAT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT IS THE STEPS.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT, UH, HOW PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE HELPED, ESPECIALLY IN AN EVACUATION SYSTEM LIKE MYSELF, WHO HAS A SERVICE DOG OR ANYONE WHO HAS A WHEELCHAIR? THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, UH, AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
UM, NOW THE, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING ALL OF THE EMERGENCY PLANS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS.
UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S A VERY LARGE PLAN.
ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE WANNA GET TO
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IS A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN THAT IS SET UP FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE IS A, A PLACE WE'RE TAKING PEOPLE TO SHELTERING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A, A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR, UM, PEOPLE TO GET MEDICATION IF IT NEEDS TO BE REFRIGERATED.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE TO GET THERAPEUTIC OXYGEN SHOULD PEOPLE NEED IT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PLACE IN, IN, UM, FOR, UH, SERVICE ANIMALS TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES.
THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS THOUGHT OF AS PART OF A SHELTERING, UM, TYPE OF, OF SITUATION.
UM, THE CITY AS A WHOLE NEEDS TO DECIDE WHAT IS, WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT TO SELF DISCLOSE? FOR INSTANCE, SOME CITIES WILL SET UP A VOLUNTARY HOTLINE SO THAT, UM, THIS, THE, THE FIRST RESPONDERS KNOW EXACTLY WHERE PEOPLE ARE AND, UM, THAT'S GONNA HELP THEM FIGURE OUT A PLAN.
UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANNA SELF DISCLOSE AND THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO, BUT IF WE SET UP A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME, THEN WE CAN WORK THAT INTO THE PLAN A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
SO WHEN, WHEN THE, WHEN THE PLAN GETS PULLED TOGETHER, UM, IT WILL BECOME A, UM, A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY THAT LIVES WITHIN THE DALLAS AREA AND, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE BEST IN PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT, THAT'S UNDERWAY, BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S BY NO MEANS DONE YET.
AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS REGARDING THE WORDING.
YOU TALKED IN YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW THE CITY CANNOT ENFORCE THE A D A, YET IT IS REQUIRED TO, UH, ABIDE BY THE PROVISION SET FORTH.
UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO ME IN TERMS OF WHY A CITY CANNOT ENFORCE THE A D A AS THIS IS A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAW THAT IN REALITY APPLIES TO ALL PEOPLE IN ALL PLACES.
THE, UM, BUT THE CITY, THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ONLY HAS THE AUTHORITY OVER THE FEDERAL LAWS.
AADA A IS A FEDERAL LAW, SO THE LAWSUITS GO THROUGH THE FEDERAL COURTS.
UM, THE, UM, IF SOMEBODY FELT LIKE THE CITY WASN'T DOING WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, THEN THEY WOULD SUE THE CITY, UH, OR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WOULD SUE THE CITY.
SO THE CITY ITSELF ISN'T THE ENFORCEMENT, BUT BECAUSE THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS ADOPTED THE TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS, WE DO HAVE SOME AUTHORITY, UM, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BY, BY ENFORCING THE STATE LAW, USUALLY CITIES ADOPT A BUILDING CODE.
AND THIS IS THE THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YOU CAN HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT LAWS TOUCH ONE BUILDING, FOR INSTANCE, LET'S SAY A STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT.
YOU'VE GOT THE FAIR HOUSING ACT INVOLVED.
YOU'VE GOT THE TEXAS STATE LAW INVOLVED.
THEN BECAUSE OF, UM, THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT GO TO THE SCHOOL, YOU COULD ALSO HAVE SECTION 5 0 4 INVOLVED, WHICH BRINGS IN ANSI.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A LOCAL LAW THAT'S INVOLVED.
SOME CITIES LIKE THE CITY OF AUSTIN, IF YOU WANNA USE ANY CITY OF AUSTIN MONEY, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE 10% OF THE ROOMS ACCESSIBLE INSTEAD OF JUST 5%.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, EACH, EACH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY RUNS THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT.
THEY DON'T RUN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SETS THE BARE MINIMUM, AND EVERYBODY HAS TO COMPLY WITH THAT.
BUT IF THEY DON'T, AND SOMEBODY GETS SUED, IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE FEDERAL COURTS.
IT'S EITHER GONNA GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OR IT'S GONNA GO TO A LOCAL ATTORNEY WHO IS GOING TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT COMPLIANCE IS REACHED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
REALLY QUICKLY, AND I DO SEE COMMISSIONER WHITE'S HAND, I SEE IT THIS TIME.
UM, WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS HER QUESTION.
UM, WE WANT TO INFORMED THAT YOU WERE GONNA BE VIRTUAL.
UM, IT'S NOT, UH, CONSENSUS WORDS AND OBJECTION, HOWEVER, WHEN, WHEN SPEAKING, AND YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED, PER SE, TO HAVE ON YOUR CAMERA, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHO WE'RE SPEAKING TO SO THAT WE CAN GREET YOU PROPERLY.
UM, SO IF YOU WANNA TURN YOUR CAMERA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
IF NOT, THAT'S ALSO OKAY, JUST SO THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, KIND OF HAVE A, AN EYESIGHT, UM, COMMISSIONER WHITER, UM, HAND IS UP.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER SHAW HAS A QUESTION OR COMMENT.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT.
I'M ACTUALLY UP AT THE NATIONAL A D A SYMPOSIUM WHERE I'M A SPEAKER, UM, TOMORROW.
AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT I'M NOT THERE, UH, IN PERSON.
AND I WOULD HAVE MY CAMERA ON, BUT THERE IS NO NOTHING HERE THAT TELLS
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ME I CAN TURN IT ON.UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE WAY I WAS SET UP, BUT I, THERE, I CAN'T, I CAN'T TURN IT ON, OR I WOULD BE HAPPY TO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
AND THANK YOU FOR INFORMING ME AS AGAIN, AS CHAIR, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION HANDY.
AND AGAIN, WE STILL DO INVITE YOU, UM, TO, WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR THAT, AND GOOD LUCK AT THAT SYMPOSIUM, I'M SURE.
I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR VERY, VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
UH, I WOULD JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, I HAVE PERSONALLY USE 5 0 4, UM, TO REPRESENT MY DAUGHTER IN SCHOOL.
SHE WAS TYPE ONE DIABETIC, AND I ACTUALLY SUED TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION UNDER 5 0 4, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH BOTH.
AND BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE LAWS, I WORKED WITH THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION TO CHANGE THE LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR CHILDREN WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES IN SCHOOLS.
AND BASICALLY, THEY USED MY DAUGHTER'S 5 0 4 PLAN.
SO, UM, ANYTIME YOU CAN ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY TO USE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THE PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY NICE.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS WITH THAT.
AND I, I, I LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE ON 5 0 4.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT 5 0 4 IS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE IN, IN WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THAT.
I ACTUALLY ALSO, UH, HELPED WRITE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, HELPED WRITE 5 0 4 PLANS FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I, I'LL BET THAT THAT WAS, UH, THAT, THAT THAT WAS BOTH CHALLENGING AND REWARDING.
IT WAS, AND IT WAS AN EYE-OPENER.
COMMISSIONER W AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER SHAW, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR A VERY THOROUGH, UH, PRESENTATION.
LOT OF, LOT OF GOOD DETAILS THERE.
MY QUESTION, UH, IT KIND OF PIGGYBACKS ONTO VICE CHAIR CAL CONLEY'S, UH, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
MY QUESTION IS, UM, SHOULD THERE BE A VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL LAW THAT THE CITY CANNOT ENFORCE, BUT SOMEONE, BECAUSE I'M SURE THIS DOES HAPPEN, THAT IT WOULD GO TO 3 1 1 AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN, CAN ENFORCE.
WHAT IS THE, IS THERE, IS A LAWSUIT THE ONLY OPTION? IS THERE A CHAIN OF COMMAND? IS THERE A REPORTING SYSTEM FOR REPORTING THESE VIOLATIONS ON A FEDERAL LEVEL, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CANNOT HANDLE? UH, YES, THERE IS A CHAIN OF COMMAND.
AND IF YOU GO TO ADA.GOV, UM, THE, ON THE VERY FRONT PAGE, IT SHOWS HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT DIRECTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
NOW, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MAY GET AHOLD OF SOMEBODY AT THE CITY TO HELP, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT IS RIGHT THERE IN THE CITY.
SO THE CITY MAY GET INVOLVED THROUGH THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
UM, BUT IT WOULD, IT WOULD NORMALLY GO TO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
NOW, WHAT I ENCOURAGE VARIOUS CITIES TO DO, AND AGAIN, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIDN'T WANT TO TELL YOU HOW TO RUN YOUR GOVERNMENT.
SO, UM, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, A D A NEVER SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIDEWALKS.
OKAY? YOU GET TO DECIDE AS A CITY WHERE AND WHEN YOU WANT SIDEWALKS.
A D A JUST SAYS, IF YOU HAVE 'EM, THEY HAVE TO WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THAT'S TRUE WITH ALL ELEMENTS OF THE A D A.
SO THE A D A DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE TOILETS.
PLUMBING CODE SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE TOILETS.
A D A SAYS, AND THEY HAVE TO WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
OKAY? AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THAT'S REALLY THE WAY THAT A D A WORKS.
IT JUST SAYS, YOU DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO IF YOU WANTED TO SET UP A, UM, UH, A, A, AN OUTREACH PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING WITHIN, UM, THE DALLAS AREA, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A, HERE'S WHAT YOU, YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE A D A AND INFORMATIONAL BASED SYSTEM, I ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT TO CITIES, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PROVIDE GOOD INFORMATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN DO A BETTER JOB WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN ADOPT WHATEVER LAWS YOU WANT TO ADOPT SO THAT YOU CAN ENFORCE THOSE LAWS.
EVERY CITY HAS THAT AUTHORITY TO, TO, UM, RUN AGAIN, THEIR CITY YOUR WAY AND ADOPT WHATEVER YOU WANNA ADOPT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE MORE EFFECT OR AFFECT MORE CHANGE WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
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EXCELLENT.DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE QUESTION CONCERNS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
AS CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A STRATEGIC PLANNING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT RETREAT FOR OUR COMMISSION.
AT THIS RETREAT, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE AS A COMMISSION, AS AN ENTIRE BODY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, KIND OF BRAINSTORM, COMPLETE SOME COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, DISCUSS SUBCOMMITTEES AND DEVELOP PLANS, UM, IN REFERENCE TO OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND THE PROPOSAL IS THAT WE HOLD THE RETREAT ON TUESDAY, JULY THE 25TH.
THAT IS THE DATE OF OUR USUAL MEETING.
HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT HAVING A MEETING THAT MONTH, WHICH IS WHY WE, UH, I'M PROPOSING, UH, THE RETREAT.
IT WOULD BE FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 3:00 PM AT THE FAIR PARK MULTIMEDIA CENTER, WHICH IS HOUSED AT THE FAIR PARK SOUTH DALLAS, DISTRICT SEVEN.
THIS RETREAT WILL BE HELD IN THE NEWLY RENOVATED STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY THAT IMPOSE ITS HISTORICAL CHARM.
UM, I DID, AGAIN, HAVE A SITE VISIT, UM, WITH THE, UH, STAFF LIKE THAT.
UH, THE ACCOMMODATIONS IN PLACE, PARKING, UH, THE SPACE, SET UP OUR TABLES FOR BREAKFAST, MAYBE SOME SNACKS AND SOME LUNCH, UM, TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME CONVERSATIONS AND THEN HAVE SOME LITTLE TREATS THERE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR, UM, FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, I SEE SOME SMILING FACES, YAY, ABOUT THEIR TREAT.
UM, I'M GONNA FIRST RECOGNIZE, UM, VICE CHAIR AND THEN ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY HAVE THEIR HANDS RAISED TO INDICATE THEIR INTEREST ON SPEAKING ON THE TOPIC.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR POY FOR THIS.
UM, I REALLY LIKE YOUR IDEA OF HAVING A RETREAT, AS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO ONE, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER, AND TWO, TALK ABOUT WAYS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS A COMMISSION, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND I AM JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, WHAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HERE.
I SEE A HAND RAISED, BUT I CAN'T SEE THE NAME.
THAT'S THE SMILEY FACE I WAS MENTIONING.
HOW CAN I HELP
UM, I, IN SO WELL, WE HADN'T GOT TO THAT POINT YET, BUT AT LEAST I HAVE A CONFIRMATION IN A YES.
UM, YOU CAN HELP A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO TO BE, UM, INTERACTIVE AND ENGAGED, TO ASK QUESTIONS, TO MAKE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
AND ALSO WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART, POSSIBLY, UH, VOLUNTEER FOR ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IN THAT NATURE.
'CAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A QUESTION WITH SOMEONE ELSE AS WELL.
UM, THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
OKAY, SO THIS IS WHERE, UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED RETREAT TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY 25TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT THE THIRD PARK MULTIMEDIA CENTER.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET A UNANIMOUS YES.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A MEETING SCHEDULED THAT MONTH MEETING, SO I MADE OTHER PLANS PERHAPS.
AND THE, UM, TO THAT POINT, UM, WE WILL HAVE A VIRTUAL OPTION FOR THOSE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE UNABLE TO, UH, BE THERE PHYSICALLY PRESENT.
AND ANY INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE SHARED, WE WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE SURE, UM, YOU ARE INCLUDED, UM, AND INFORMED AND MADE AWARE OF EVERY SINGLE, UM, PART OF THE AGENDA, THE ITINERARY AND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, UH, BECAUSE OF MY MS, I JUST DON'T GENERALLY GET OUT WHEN IT'S AS HOT AS IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO IN, IN REFERENCE TO THAT, UM, WE CAN, UM, DISCUSS, UH, AT ANY OF THAT TIME THAT YOU ARE AVAILABLE, BECAUSE IT IS FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO JOIN US SOMETIME DURING THE DAY IF YOU'RE ABLE TO VIRTUALLY.
SO, UM, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE DO HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE.
UM, THE IN THE MOTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED TREAT TO BE HELD AGAIN ON
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TUESDAY, JULY 25TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT THE FAIR PARK MULTIMEDIA, UH, CENTER, AND IT HAS PASSED.NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE THAT MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
WE ARE INTENTIONAL IN INVITING THE RIGHT CARE PROGRAM TO THE MAY MEETING.
WE WANT TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE FACT THAT ONE IN FIVE US ADULTS PER THE NATIONAL ALIENS ON MENTAL ILLNESS, ADULTS EXPERIENCE MENTAL ILLNESS EACH YEAR AND LESS THAN HALF OF THEM RECEIVE TREATMENT.
THIS IS WHY WE ARE PROUD OF THE EFFORTS HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE COMMISSIONAL DISABILITIES OF THE W RIGHT CARE PROGRAM AND THIS COMMUNITY RESPONSE SYSTEM TO OFFER ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES AND HOPE OVER HANDCUFFS WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER A PERSON HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
MAY IS ALSO A L S AWARENESS MONTH.
THE ATROPIC LATERAL SCOLIOSIS, ALSO KNOWN AS MO RIG DISEASE, IS A PROGRESSIVE DISEASE IN WHICH A PERSON'S BRAIN LOSES CONNECTION WITH THE MUSCLES, SLOWLY TAKING AWAY THEIR ABILITY TO WALK, TALK, EAT, AND EVENTUALLY BREATHE.
ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF THE A L S ASSOCIATION, FIVE OUT OF EVERY 100,000 PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED WITH A L S EVERY YEAR.
FINALLY, WE WANT TO BRING AWARENESS TO ASTHMA AND ALLERGY AWARENESS MONTH ABOUT ONE IN 13 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IS LIVING WITH ASTHMA.
IT IS A LONG-TERM CONDITION THAT AFFECTS BREATHING ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE.
ASTHMA SUFFERERS LIKE MYSELF, ARE OFTEN IMPACTED BY AIR QUALITY, FOOD ALLERGIES, AND OTHER COMMON SUBSTANCES.
UH, WHILE THERE IS NO CURE FOR ASTHMA, THE NATIONAL CENTER OF HEALTH STATISTICS ENCOURAGES THOSE WITH ASTHMA TO REVIEW, UM, THEIR PLANS IN PLACE FOR THEIR PHYSICIAN.
I DID FEEL TO MENTION ONE THING, UM, WE DO HAVE A VENDOR LIST.
WE'VE ALSO, UM, BE MAKING SURE THAT WE CONSIDER ALLERGIES FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS AT THE RETREAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE BREAKING OUT OR NEEDING, YOU KNOW, UM, ORANGE TO THE THIGH AND BLUE TO THE SKY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSIDER, UM, ALLERGIES AND FOOD ALLERGIES OF THAT NATURE IN THE RETREAT.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT FOR ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE, UH, WE DO WELCOME THAT.
ALSO, ONE MORE THING, IF ANY COMMISSIONERS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I DO.
AND I DID INVITE, UH, DYLAN RAPID, WHO IS ON OUR TECHNICAL PANEL.
HE HAS A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES.
ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE QUESTION, CONCERN, COMMENT PRIOR TO MR. RAPID SPEAKING? UM, YES.
UM, I REMEMBER IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY MAKING A TRIP TO THE DALLAS HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM AS A COMMISSION, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT IS STILL ON THE BOOKS.
WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, DO THAT.
I, UM, FEBRUARY WAS, UM, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT MORE SO SPECIFICALLY AT THAT TIME.
WE CAN, UM, BECAUSE I'M AWARE THAT YOU ARE A DOCENT AND YOU ARE A MEMBER.
SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE, FOR THOSE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE WANTING TO VISIT, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT, UM, BECAUSE IT IS WELCOMED AND INVITED.
UM, BECAUSE BEING INCLUSIVE IS NOT JUST A NARRATIVE IS INTENTIONAL WITH THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITY.
SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, GET OUT SOME CORRESPONDENCE, SCHEDULE A FIELD TRIP PER SE SO THAT WE CAN ALL GO AND, AND GET SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION.
SO SINCE I DON'T HAVE ANY HANDS THAT I CAN SEE WAIVED OR ANY COMMISSIONERS HERE SITTING, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ALLOW, UM, AND INVITE AND WELCOME, UH, DYLAN RAFFERTY, WHO WAS ON OUR TECHNICAL PANEL WITH SOME VERY IMPORTANT, VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, SO I WANTED TO, UH, LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT AS OF LAST NIGHT, UH, THE CITY OF PLANO HAS, UH, ADOPTED AND PASSED A RESOLUTION, UH, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING ADDING CAPTIONS ON ALL PUBLIC FACING, UH, TELEVISIONS WITHIN CITY, UH, FACILITIES, UH, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS AND ACCOMMODATION TO VARIETY OF AUDIENCES THAT YOU WISH TO HAVE.
THAT I SHARE THAT NEWS BECAUSE THE COMMISSION'S PURPOSE IS TO ADVISE CITY COUNCIL ON CITY RELATED ISSUES AND PROVIDE A FORUM FOR VOICING
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CONCERNS AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY.AND PART OF THAT IS YOUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THOSE, UH, TWO OF THE SEVEN ISSUE AREAS THAT THIS, UH, THE DUTIES OF THIS COMMISSION IS ONE, DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES, AND TWO, IS TO DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO ENSURE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
WHILE CITY OF PLANO HAS ADOPTED THIS RESOLUTION, IT IS NOT A LAW AND IT DOESN'T ENFORCE, BUT IT DOES IMPLEMENT A STANDARD THAT THE CITY OF PLANO WISHES TO ADOPT, UH, TO PROVIDE ALL PUBLIC FACING TELEVISIONS TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF ADDING CAPTIONS.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT, UH, TO THE CITY OF PLANO, IT DOES NOT COST THEM ANYTHING.
AND SO I SHARE THIS NEWS TO YOU BECAUSE I'M HOPING THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE OR CONSIDER ACTION IN RECOMMENDATION TO PER ADVISE CITY COUNCIL ON INVESTIGATING AND POSSIBLY RECOMMENDING EITHER A, UH, RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE.
UM, WE'RE, UH, PART OF MY MISSION, UH, UH, AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND, UH, AS A, UH, ADVISOR TO THE COMMISSION, UH, MYSELF AND ANOTHER LADY NAMED MERRILL EVANS, WHO ARE LEADING THE EFFORT TO INCLUDE, MAKE SURE THAT BUSINESSES ARE CONSIDERING THE IDEA OF PUBLIC FACING TELEVISIONS TO INCLUDE CAPTIONS, BUT ALSO TO ENCOURAGE WHERE OUR HOPE IS TO, UH, INCLUDE 99 OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS TO ADOPT A SIMILAR RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE, WHICH AN ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY ENFORCES, WHEREAS RESOLUTION DOES NOT.
BUT THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS TO ENCOURAGE MORE CITIES INVOLVED AND TO HELP EDUCATE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREAS TO PURSUE THAT EFFORT.
KEEP IN MIND, BASED ON THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST NIGHT FROM THE CITY OF PLANO, CITY OF PLANO IS THE EIGHTH CITY IN AMERICA TO ADOPT EITHER A RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE.
AND THE, UH, OTHER CITIES INCLUDE THE CITY OF BOSTON, UH, CITY OF SEATTLE, THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, UH, AND, UH, A COUPLE OF OTHERS.
SO, UM, I THINK WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB.
AND I THINK THIS COMMISSION DOES GREAT WORK.
AND BY DOING THAT, A SIMPLEST THING TO DO IS TO INVESTIGATE AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY TO DETERMINE WHAT ACTION THEY WISH TO PROCEED.
I LIKE THE IDEOLOGY AND APPROVAL.
UH, AN ORDINANCE WILL BE GREAT.
WE DO HAVE, FOR OUR MAYOR THAT BIG DALLAS ENERGY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE NINTH CITY TO GET THIS DONE.
UM, IT MAKES SENSE AS YOUTH BEST PRACTICE SO THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED THAT ACCOMMODATION, UM, IT IS IN LIGHT OF A RECOMMENDATION.
CITY OF PLANO, WHICH IS A LARGE CITY HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS IS CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, MAKING US AWARE OF THIS, INFORMING US OF THE INFORMATION OF THE OTHER CITIES AND EVEN, UM, UH, THE STATE THAT HAS THAT INFORMATION, UM, AS A AS CHAIR.
AND I'M HOPING THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS, UM, IN LIGHT OF BEING AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION WOULD ALSO, UM, STAND WITH ME TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO, UM, DEBRIEF THEM ON THE INFORMATION.
AND LET'S GET THIS, UH, MOVED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THANK YOU, UH, DYLAN, UM, FOR THAT INFORMATION, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS TO, UM, MR. RAPID'S INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION? NO.
UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, AND DOES STAFF HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE, UH, PRIOR TO, UM, WE CAN US CONCLUDING BUSINESS TODAY? YES, MA'AM.
ONE, IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE STAFF TO TAKE ACTION, THEN THE COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO VOTE TO DECIDE TO, UM, SEND THAT FORWARD.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE MOMENTUM WAS LOST ON THAT ITEM THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE.
UM, SO CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, AND HAVE A VOTE AT A LATER TIME? I DON, EXCUSE ME, I DON'T WANNA ENTERTAIN IT.
UM, AND I DO NEED FOR US ALL TO STAND AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE YOUR PERSONAL DECISION TO EITHER, UH, MOVE FORWARD AND, AND MOTION, UH, TO ADHERE
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AND ACCEPT AND AGREE OR TO PROPOSE AND DENY AND OR REJECT.SO YES, LET'S HAVE A VOTE ON THAT.
MAY I HAVE, UM, A COMMISSIONER TO, UM, MOTION FOR THE CITY BROUGHT CITY COUNCIL, UH, VICE CHAIR COLE CONLEY.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS MOTION PASS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
UM, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INFORMATION MOVING FORWARD IS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU BOTH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM THAT I HAVE AS A GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL OF OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT UNDER ORDINANCE 3, 2, 0 7, 0, CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE 21 A SECTION TWO DASH 15, 2.1 B, THAT'S A LOT TO GET OUT.
UM, ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE JUNE 14TH, 2023.
AND SO EACH OF YOU, BECAUSE THIS WAS A NEW COMMISSION WHEN YOU WERE APPOINTED, THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO GET US FULLY STOPPED, UM, AND FULLY, UM, TO HAVE ALL OF OUR COMMISSION SEATS FILLED.
SO THEY SAID IT SUCH THAT THE FIRST YEAR OR THE FIRST TIME EVERYONE'S SEATS WOULD EXPIRE, UM, JUNE 14TH BECAUSE OF THOSE EXPIRATIONS.
UM, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION, PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR COUNCIL OFFICE TO EXPRESS THAT INTEREST SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REAPPOINT, UM, THEY CAN MAKE REAPPOINTMENTS, UM, JUST AS A NATURAL PROCESS, UM, TYPICALLY THROUGH AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, I THINK THERE'S A MORE DETAILED PROCESS, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT.
BUT THE, I KNOW I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ANNOUNCED, LET, EXCUSE ME, AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT, UM, YOUR INITIAL APPOINTMENT WILL EXPIRE JUNE 14TH, BUT, UM, EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT REAPPOINTED, UM, YOU ARE ABLE TO SERVE THROUGH, UM, SEPTEMBER, AND THAT'S A PART OF THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION.
UM, THAT'S A PART OF YOUR NEW, UH, ORIENTATION BINDER.
THANK YOU MS. JACKSON FOR THE INFORMATION.
UM, TO ADD IN DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLE ATKINS HAD AN APPRECIATION RECEPTION FOR ALL THOSE WHO DO SERVE ON COMMISSION AND BOARDS.
AND IN DISTRICT EIGHT IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE SERVING AND BOARD MEMBERS THAT, UM, IT IS COMING UP FOR, UM, UH, REAPPOINTMENTS.
SO, UM, AS MENTIONED, PLEASE GET WITH YOUR, UM, DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
I DO SEE, UM, A HAND RAISED COMMISSIONER OLSON.
YES, MY DARLING, UH, COUNCILMAN IS LEAVING IN JUNE.
UM, HOW DO I, UM, GET REAPPOINTED WITH THE NEW COUNCILMAN WOMAN THAT, UM, YEAH, HOW, HOW, HOW DO I DO THAT IF, IF MY COUNCILMAN IS, UH, LEAVING? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER OLSON, I'LL CONTACT YOU AND WE'LL DISCUSS OFFLINE HOW TO GET, UM, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE FOR YOU, OKAY? OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER THANK YOU, MS. JACKSON.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS? I WANNA MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS ANYONE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSIONER DISABILITIES.
IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND ALL OF OUR PROSPECTIVE DISTRICTS, UM, YOUR EXPERTISE, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR AWARENESS AND INFORMATION IS GREATLY, UM, APPRECIATED.
AND WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS CHAIR, UM, THAT I AM APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO SERVE, UM, RESPECTFULLY SO AND HUMBLY SO.
AND I'M HONORED THAT EACH ONE OF US ARE SERVING TOGETHER SO THAT WE MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT JUST THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, BUT THE CITY OF DALLAS GROWS AND WE CONTINUE TO BUILD AND EVOLVE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY, AND ALSO, UM, OUR CONSTITUENTS AND MORE SO SPECIFICALLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DISABLED AND NEED THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS IN PLACE.
UM, SET FORTH THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES BY THE MAYOR AND CITY OF DALLAS, UH,
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COUNCIL MEMBERS.WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS AND STATED ON THE AGENDA, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED.
COMMISSIONER SHAW, SECONDS I'LL.
ARE YOU AYE, INTO OPPOSE OR FAVOR? YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.
AND THE MOTION CARRIES FOR THE MEETING TO BE ADJOURNED.
IT IS 3:58 PM AND I CALL THIS MEETING ON THE DALLAS CITY OF DALLAS COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES TO AN END.
AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS, UM, JUNE.
WE HAVE, I, WE ALSO HAVE INAUGURATION IN JUNE.
GET WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE INVITED TO THE INAUGURATION FOR THOSE REELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR DISTRICT.