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[Workforce-Education and Equity on October 10, 2023.]
IT IS 9:05 AND I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE OCTOBER 10TH MEETING OF THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE OUT OF RESPECT AND STANDING WITH THE RESIDENTS OF ISRAEL.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT I'VE RECEIVED PERSONALLY.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR WHOLE CITY STANDS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE VICTIMS. LET'S START WITH APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH.
NO. ANY ADJUSTMENTS? ANY COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, THANK YOU. ANY OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THESE BRIEFINGS OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT FROM ON THE BOND, BECAUSE THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US RIGHT AWAY AND IMMEDIATELY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH BRIEFING C, WHICH IS AN EXTERNAL IN THE SENSE OF THE BOND ON EQUITY, AND IT'S AN UPDATE ON ALIGNING THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN WITH THE CITY'S PROPOSED 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL.
STAFF AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHAIR.
HONORABLE CHAIR OR HONORABLE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I'M DR.
LINDSEY WILSON AND I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND I AM EXCITED TO SHARE THE COLLECTIVE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN ACROSS ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY EMBED EQUITY IN OUR 2024 BOND.
THIS IS DIRECTLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
SO, WE'LL START THIS MORNING BY HIGHLIGHTING THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, SPECIFICALLY ZONING AND ON BONDS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE AND ACTION TARGET IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BAG.
FROM THERE, I'LL PASS IT TO JENNIFER TO SPEAK TO WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT AND THE BONDS PROCESS.
DR. ANDREW CHECK WILL HIGHLIGHT THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE WITH NEXT STEPS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AN UPDATE FROM THE TEAM ON THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE.
SO AS A VERY QUICK REMINDER, THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN IS A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK THAT FRAMES THE SPAN OF ALL 42 OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, REALLY WITH THE INCREASE TO FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE DISPARITIES WHILE IMPROVING OUTCOMES SPECIFICALLY BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITY AND TRUSTED DATA SOURCES SUCH AS THE EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN HELPS US UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES IN DALLAS WHILE MAKING INTENTIONAL INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN DISINVESTED IN.
AND SO WITH THAT HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE FOR THE BONDS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, REALLY THE PROGRESS MEASURE NUMBER TWO WAS TO DEVELOP AN OUTREACH STRATEGY THAT USED A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES AND OUTREACH METHODS TO CREATE BI DIRECTIONAL CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION AMONG THE CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS TO ZONE IN ON INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
AND LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION, BONDS WILL HIGHLIGHT AN UPDATE TO THAT DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE.
THE SECOND BIG COMPONENT WE KNOW TO OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN IS OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS, SPECIFICALLY AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH A GOAL TO CLOSE INFRASTRUCTURE GAPS WHERE HISTORIC DISINVESTMENT PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE IN BAG 4.1 THAT THERE IS AN EMPHASIS TO PRIORITIZE THE UPCOMING BONDS TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYONE AT THIS TABLE AND BEYOND HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING HARD TO DO THAT, TO EMBED EQUITY THROUGH THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL, THE DATA OVERLAY PROCESS FOR GIS, TECHNICAL SCORING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY CHECK OF STARTING GOAL OF 30% OF THE BONDS. NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO BEFORE I PASS THE THE MIC OVER TO JENNIFER, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WHY BEHIND EQUITY AND BONDS, RIGHT? AND SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CORE VALUE OF SERVICE AND THE DIRECTIVE GIVEN BY CITY COUNCIL.
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BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER VITAL REASONS.SECONDLY, IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
SO THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, AS WE JUST NOTED, SPECIFICALLY CALLS FOR THIS.
AND WITH THAT SAID, JENNIFER, THANK YOU.
SO JENNY NISWANDER, I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE HOUSING OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.
AND PART OF THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA METRIC WAS USED TO SCORE THE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN EQUITY METRIC.
AND FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES DR.
ANDREYCHUK WILL ADDRESS EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU ALL MAKE SURE THAT THE SLIDES REFLECT THE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, BRITAIN AND DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
ON SLIDE EIGHT, SO IN JULY OF 2022, THE BOND OFFICE AND ACM PEREZ REQUESTED ASSISTANCE TO UPDATE THE METHODOLOGY AND THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT THEY SELECTED PROJECTS FOR INCLUSION IN THE BOND.
IT WOULD STILL PRIMARILY BE BASED OFF A TECHNICAL SCORE, BUT WERE THERE WAYS THAT WE COULD GAIN EFFICIENCIES IN OUR PROJECTS AND BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO DETERMINE ARE THERE PROJECTS THAT OVERLAP? RIGHT. WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL? AND THEN ALSO, COULD WE FOCUS INVESTMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS IN OUR CITIES THAT THAT WE KNOW HAVE ISSUES IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE? AND SO WE HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE ON THE LEFT IS THE IS A MAP WITH SOME SELECTED PROJECTS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE GRAPHIC.
WE'VE GOT A DEPICTION OF THE DATA THAT WAS USED.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ELEMENTS THAT ARE MEASURED DIFFERENTLY.
IF THERE IS A CERTAIN STREET THAT WOULD BE REDONE THAT'S REALLY REPRESENTED AS A LINE.
AND THEN SOMETIMES IF WE'RE REDOING A BUILDING, WE MIGHT HAVE A SHAPE OR AREA.
AND SO, WE USED A SPATIAL ANALYSIS.
WE ESSENTIALLY LAID A GRID OVER THE CITY TO DETERMINE WHERE THESE VARIOUS ELEMENTS TOGETHER IN THOSE GRIDS OR NOT, SO THAT WE COULD CREATE THIS POINT OF COMPARISON. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT WERE INCORPORATED INTO THIS LAYER.
AND SO, THE GRID ON THE RIGHT REFLECTS THE HIGHEST EQUITY SCORE THAT IT INTERSECTED.
SO IF ANY PART OF THAT GRID WAS A FIVE, THAT LARGER ONE BY ONE MILE GRID BECAME A FIVE.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THIS.
IT MADE THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS POSSIBLE.
SOCIAL ISSUES SUCH AS POVERTY OR EQUITY DON'T END AT A CENSUS TRACT LINE, RIGHT? THEY CAN BLUR OVER OR A CITY LIMIT SIGN LINE OR A COUNCIL DISTRICT LINE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TWO SHAPES ARE SIMILAR, RIGHT? BUT THE ONE ON THE ONE ON THE RIGHT KIND OF BLURS OUT, BLEEDS OVER THE LINES TO ENSURE THAT WE DID NOT MISS ANYONE.
SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO JENNY TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON NEXT STEPS.
ANDREW TECH JUST SPOKE OF REGARDING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AT OUR FALL TOWN HALL.
AND WE'RE COLLECTING THAT DATA SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO TO BOTH DR.
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ANDERSON AND DR. WILSON.SO FOR OUR FALL TOWN HALLS AND AS PART OF OUR RAP GOAL, WE HAVE AN ONGOING AN ONGOING METRIC AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH AND MARKETING AND INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
THAT GOAL IS FOR Q1 OF 2024, AND THAT'S TO DEVELOP AN ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, DIGITAL GRAPHICS SURVEYS AND OTHER MEDIAS TO CREATE INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND FOCUS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE ESTABLISHING A DEDICATED PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL SO RESIDENTS CAN CONTACT THE TASK FORCE DIRECTLY AND OFFERING AN ORAL INTERPRETATION AND MULTILINGUAL, MULTILINGUAL, CLOSED CAPTIONS AT VIRTUAL AND HYBRID TOWN HALLS AND SCHEDULE AN SPANISH TOWN HALL.
WE HAVE A STARTING GOAL OF 30% OF THE BOND PROGRAM IN THOSE AREAS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS VERY HELPFUL.
I JUST WANT TO DO A COUPLE BEFORE I OPEN IT UP.
ONE IS, WILL YOU BE DOING IT AT ANY AT ANY POINT, THE EQUITY IMPACT WHEN YOU GO BACK? I THINK IT WAS EARLY IN THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, MAYBE THREE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WILL YOU ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT THE LET'S SEE WHAT IT WAS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLIDE IT WAS.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, JUST IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, JENNY, WILL YOU BE GOING TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE EQUITY PROCESS? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T JUST GO DOOR TO DOOR AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THOSE THE GRID IMPACT ON EACH OF THE BOND PROPOSITIONS.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO START WITH OUR VICE CHAIR.
DO YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK TO YOU? PLEASE DO. OKAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE FOR THE IDENTIFIED CENSUS TRACTS THREE, FOUR AND FIVE.
IS THAT BASED SOLELY UPON AVERAGE INCOME OR OTHER STATISTICS? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
IN ADDITION, IT LOOKS AT RACE AND ETHNICITY, AGE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS BY BREAKING OUT IN TWO FOLDS ONE HOME OWNERSHIP AND THEN INCOME.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A CENSUS TRACK THAT'S PRIMARILY OVER 65.
IT WOULD SCORE IN ONE OF THOSE HIGHER CATEGORIES FOR CENSUS TRACKS.
CORRECT. SO AGE IS CONSIDERED IN THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL.
AND SO EACH ONE OF THE FACTORS IS SCALED THE SAME.
SO IN FACT, IF THEY'RE OVER THE THRESHOLD, THEY WOULD GET 11.
DO I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS HERE? YES, CHAIR BAZALDUA.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR WORK.
BUT A LOT OF WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF REEVALUATING TO DO, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE CRITERIONS WERE FOLLOWED THROUGH THE TASK FORCE SUBCOMMITTEES PROCESSES.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT EQUITY VERSUS EQUALITY, AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE ARGUMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE, WE'VE GOT TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO. DR.
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SO HERE WE ARE WITH NOT THE SAME CRITERIA AND SCORING STREETS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED EVER WITH STREETS THAT ARE NEEDING REPAIR.I PERSONALLY THINK THAT CONSTITUENTS OF MINE WHO HAVE NEVER HAD AN APPROVED AN APPROVED SURFACE ALLEY OR SIDEWALKS SHOULD TAKE WAY HIGHER PRECEDENT IN SCORING WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVING EQUITY THAN THOSE WHO NEED TO REPAIR THEIRS BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO INVEST IN THEM WHEN WE DID NOT INVEST IN MY CONSTITUENCY FOR MANY YEARS OF OUR CITY'S HISTORY.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US JUST AS A PAPER, AND IT CAN LOOK GOOD.
SO I WANT THIS PROCESS TO BE AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THESE MAPS, THEY'RE GLARING.
AND WE KNOW WHO HAS BOOTS IN THIS CITY AND WHO DOESN'T.
SO, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO USE Y'ALL'S EXPERTISE, Y'ALL'S HARD WORK AND ALL OF THIS RESEARCH TO BE IN LOCKSTEP WITH US THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, LARGEST BOND IN HOWEVER LONG THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDRESSING EQUITY AND WE'RE NOT USING FLUFF TO TELL OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE ABOUT EQUITY, BUT WE'RE NOT WILLING TO FUND IT.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WHAT WE HAVE COMING COMING TO US FROM OUR BOND TASK FORCE.
MADAM CHAIR, I PROVIDE SOME RESPONSE TO THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
CHAIR BAZALDUA AND I WANT TO INVITE DR.
PEREZ TO ALSO TO GIVE SOME DISCUSSION.
AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALL HAD SEVERAL OF THEM BY NOW, BUT THAT'S PART OF OUR FRAMEWORK IS TO TO CHECK OUR WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE INPUT AND FEEDBACK AND HOPEFULLY CIRCLE BACK TO THIS BODY AND HAVE THROUGH US AND THROUGH THEM HAVE THAT FEEDBACK BE GIVEN.
SO, SO WE COULD PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK TO YOU AS WELL.
DR. PETTIS. GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE CHAIR.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. ROBERT PETTIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
CHAIR BAZALDUA TWO. TO YOUR POINT, SIR.
WE HAVE HELPED GUIDE THE COMMITTEES, THE TASK FORCE, AS FAR AS GOALS FOR EQUITY.
BUT ULTIMATELY, I MEAN, IT'S A COMMUNITY.
IT IS A COMMUNITY TASK FORCE THAT'S PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE LISTS.
I DO WANT TO ALSO REITERATE, AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE BEFORE BRINGING IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND AS FAR AS AS FAR AS THE EQUITY PIECE, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WAS IN A DISTRICT EIGHT MEETING LAST WEEK AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDED STREET LIST, WHICH I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE, THAT DISTRICT EIGHT HAS SOME HIGH EQUITY NEEDS.
THEY HAD THE HIGHEST THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF PROGRAMED STREETS DOLLARS.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE LARGEST ROAD MILES OF ANY OTHER DISTRICT.
SO, I THINK PROBABILITY WOULD SHOW THAT.
AND AGAIN, THE THE CITIZEN BOND TASK FORCE AND SUBCOMMITTEES ARE PUTTING TOGETHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO CONSIDER, NOT NOT JUST COUNCIL, BUT ALSO JUST JUST PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINALIZE THE LIST BEFORE WE BRING IT FORWARD TO COUNCIL.
SO AND WE'RE HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR AS FAR AS THE DIRECTION, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND WHEN WE SEE CERTAIN THINGS THAT LIKE PRIORITIES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS HAS LED FOR PRIORITIES OF OUR CITY, LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOR INSTANCE, AND WE SEE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DON'T REFLECT THAT BEING A PRIORITY IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF WHAT THE OVERALL DEBT CAPACITY IS, THEN WHO ARE WE REALLY GEARING THIS TO?
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BECAUSE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FROM YOU ALL, EVEN TO A VOLUNTEER BOARD, ARE ABSOLUTELY BEING LED BY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.AND IT SHOULDN'T BE, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DATA DRIVEN AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE DIRECTION FROM DEPARTMENTS, THEN THIS ISN'T A TIME FOR DEPARTMENTS TO BE FINDING HOW MUCH THEY CAN GET. THIS SHOULD BE ABOUT THEM GOING TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF WHAT A PRIORITY OF OUR CITY IS.
AND WE CAN'T HAVE SUSTAINABLE, UNSUSTAINABLE RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE WE HAVE FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, FOR INSTANCE, THAT DOESN'T HAVE CONSIDERATION FOR ALL OF THE OTHER NEEDS THAT WE HAVE COMING INTO THIS BOND.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU. SO TO BUILD ON THAT COMMENT, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE NEED TO GET TO THE RIGHT BALANCE OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE.
AND SO THERE'S A ROLE FOR BOTH OF THESE AT THE TABLE.
AND FOR THIS 2024 BOND, QUANTITATIVE IS GOING TO PLAY A ROLE LIKE IT NEVER HAS BEFORE.
AND THE CITY INVESTS IN COLLECTING DATA OBJECTIVELY, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE A VOICE.
SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL.
AND SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AROUND THIS.
I KNOW WE'VE LOOKED AT THE 30% NUMBER AS AN IDEAL TO HAVE AS A AS AN EQUITY INVESTMENT.
AND I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY HOW WE LANDED ON THAT NUMBER.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS MORE QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE OR A MIX.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS A 20% GOAL TO INVEST THEIR DOLLARS IN AREAS WITH HIGH EQUITY NEED.
BUT FROM THE QUANTITATIVE PERSPECTIVE, WE STARTED THE 20% FIRST AND WE'RE LIKE, HEY, IF EQUITY IS TRULY IMPORTANT, LET'S STRETCH WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO THROUGH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN AND GO FOR THE 30%.
SO ONE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT AS OUR BOND, AS OUR MAIN BOND APPOINTEES AND COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD IS THAT WE HAVE THE EQUITY SCORE AGAINST THE RAW OR BLIND SCORE AS WELL.
WILL WE BE I MEAN, I'M REQUESTING THAT NOW SO THAT WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT GAP IS.
SO. I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TO SEE THAT.
BECAUSE THE OTHER ASPECT OR THE FLIP SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT THAT WE JUST HEARD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS STILL INVESTED IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S CRUMBLING AND NOT EVERYBODY LIVES IN A BIG FANCY HOUSE.
AND THAT GETS TO MY NEXT POINT, WHICH IS ABOUT OVER THE PAST 2 OR 3 YEARS, WE'VE SEEN AN INFLUX OF FEDERAL MONEY COMING IN VIA I MEAN ARPA AND IRA AND IJLA AND ALL OF THAT.
SO ARE WE HOW DO WE FACTOR IN THE PROPOSED PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING INVESTED IN WHICH WAS THOUGHTFULLY DONE, I THINK DIRECTING MONEY TOWARD EQUITY WITH ARPA AND THAT SORT OF THING.
IS THAT HOW IS THAT PLAYING A ROLE AGAINST THESE BOND PROJECT LISTS? SO COUNCIL MEMBER. I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE AND I THINK IS IS GOING TO BE THE APPROACH MOVING FORWARD FOR THE FACT THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF A PROJECT IS GOING TO BE PICKED UP AS A FEDERAL GRANT OR THROUGH FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS.
SO, WHAT WE DO IS WE DO SELECT THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THE BOND OR THROUGH ANY OTHER FUNDING SOURCE, WHETHER IT BE GENERAL FUND OR SO FORTH.
AND THEN WE USE THAT BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY REQUIRE A MATCH.
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AND WE JUST WE'RE SITTING ON THAT MONEY.AND I'LL GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
OUR BRIDGES, I MEAN, THERE, YOU KNOW, 20 OR $30 MILLION EACH TO TO FUND.
AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A FEW BRIDGES PROPOSED FOR THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
WE HAVE THE FULLY FUNDED PROJECT PROPOSED.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS MINDFUL OF.
BUT THEN WE ALSO WANT OUR DEVELOPERS TO BE FULLY INVESTED AS WELL.
SO AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS ON PAGE EIGHT, JUST TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE LAST BULLET PROJECT INTERSECTION OVERLAP. AND I JUST COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT ONE AND GIVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL? YES, MA'AM. SO, THE IDEA WAS IF WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED TO REPLACE, SAY, A SIGNAL WAS PART OF A BOND PROJECT AND WE WANTED TO REDO, SAY, THE ROADWAY THAT INTERSECTED THAT SIGNAL, WE WANTED TO SAY, LOOK, THERE'S A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GAIN AN EFFICIENCY.
THAT WAS REALLY AN EFFICIENCY METRIC TO SEE IF WE HAD PROJECTS THAT WERE OVERLAPPING.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OH MY GOSH, YES. AND IT EXCITES ME AS WELL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR BLACKMON.
THANK YOU. SO GOING BACK KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT MS. LEWIS WAS SAYING, THE LAYERING OF MONEY.
SO, BECAUSE WE'VE CREATED NEW POTS OF MONEY LIKE WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND AND ALL THAT, HOW IS THAT INTERJECTED INTO THIS AS WELL? BECAUSE THAT IS MONEY THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE AND IT'S NOT WAITING ON SOMETHING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR HOW DO ALL THESE LAYERS, GENERAL FUND, INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, OTHER ARPA FUNDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT EARMARKED GRANTS, BUT I'M NOT SEEING IT.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THAT IS GOING? AND THAT'S COMING INTO PLAY? SO. CHAIR BLACKMON, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS OFTEN THAT WE LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
BUT WE ALSO MAKE SURE TO REMIND FOLKS, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? LIKE THERE'S ALSO DISTRICT EIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I USE DISTRICT EIGHT AS AN EXAMPLE.
THERE'S ALSO IN ADDITION TO THE BOND, THERE'S CDBG, CDBG, CDBG DOLLARS GOING IN THERE.
WE HAVE ARPA DOLLARS GOING INTO DISTRICT SEVEN.
SO I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION NECESSARILY EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING PROGRAMED OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WORK IS GETTING DONE.
AND AS WE EXECUTE THOSE PROJECTS, THEY COME OFF THE LIST.
BUT I THINK WE'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO TELL A STORY TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE BUILDING OUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND NOT JUST ONE SPECK OF IT. AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS SOME OF THE WORST, BUT I'M NOT AN EQUITY AREA, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW AM I GOING TO GET MY STREETS DONE.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THE SYSTEM GETS BUILT AND NOT JUST THE SECTION OF THE SYSTEM.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE INTENT OF THE OF EQUITY, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO LOOK FOR DISTRICT NINE.
AND THAT'S A THAT'S A BALANCE.
AND I'M SLIPPING EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT IT.
AND I MEAN, IF YOU START THINKING ABOUT IT.
WE WILL PUT MORE MONEY WHERE THE CONDITION IS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT LIES ACROSS THE CITY.
SO, I'M HOPING THAT WE ADDRESS YOUR CONCERN THROUGH THAT.
AND THIS MAY BE A GOOD VISUAL BECAUSE I KNOW AT ONE TIME YOUR DEPARTMENT DID ONE WHERE IT SHOWED WHERE ALL THE PROJECTS WERE WITH WHAT TYPE OF MONEY, AND IT WAS LIKE RED WAS X MONEY. AND AND IT SHOWED THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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IT'S GETTING DONE.IT JUST MAY NOT GET DONE NEXT WEEK OR NEXT YEAR, BUT IT IS GETTING DONE.
AND THEN SO I GUESS THAT'S IT, CAUSE I COVERED MY SECOND QUESTION IN THAT FIRST ONE.
THANK YOU. THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD POINTS.
ANYONE ELSE HERE IN THE HORSESHOE? I WANT TO ALSO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
RESENDEZ. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I DO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
SO, I MEAN, I'VE STATED BEFORE THAT I'M A FAN OF THE FRAMEWORK.
IS THE CITY OF DALLAS FOLLOWING OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DOING THIS OR ARE WE LEADING THE WAY? OR COULD YOU SOMEBODY DESCRIBE THAT TO ME, PLEASE? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR THE QUESTION.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THIS THINKING.
RIGHT. AND SO REALLY THAT STARTING GOAL OF 30% IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE TO SEE IF THE OVERLAY IF THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL IS ACTUALLY REACHING THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE GREATEST NEED.
AND THEN HOW ARE WE, IN FACT, TAKING IN SOME OF THAT QUALITATIVE DATA? RIGHT. AND SO WHO DID NOT SHOW UP ON THE NEEDS LIST AND HOW DO WE FACTOR IN OUR EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS THAT MAY NOT HAVE HAD A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SCORE? SO, YES, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO FOLLOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH A FEW OTHER CITIES WHO ARE ALSO ENGAGED IN THIS WORK.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
YOU MENTIONED THE 30%, THOUGH, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S LIKE A MINIMUM TYPE OF TYPE OF THING.
WHAT WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM? WHY DON'T WE START OFF AT THE MAXIMUM AND THEN, YOU KNOW.
ACTUALLY AS A COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER THESE LISTS.
WE CAN PROVIDE ALL THE DATA, WE CAN PROVIDE, PROVIDE ALL THE QUANTITATIVE DATA, AND AND WE CAN TRY TO STEER THE TASK FORCE IN THE DIRECTION OF, YOU KNOW, HEY, THESE BASED UPON EQUITY AND SCORING AND SO FORTH, THESE ARE YOUR PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO GET YOU THE MOST RETURN ON YOUR EQUITY INVESTMENTS.
HOWEVER, I DID SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE AS, AS WE SET THE 30% GOAL, WE KNOW THAT IF WE, YOU KNOW, SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, 100% EQUITY, WE KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY THAT THAT WOULDN'T GET BOND DOLLARS.
AND SO, YES, I DO BELIEVE THAT 30% IS A GOOD STARTING POINT.
I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE NATURALLY IF WE'RE USING THE CENSUS TRACKS ONE THROUGH FIVE, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY SEE MORE THAN 30% IN THE IN THE THREE FOURS AND FIVES BECAUSE THE THREE FOURS AND FIVES CENSUS TRACKS WHICH INDICATE HIGH EQUITY NEED OR ACROSS THE CITY. AND SO, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NATURALLY SEE MORE THAN A 30% INVESTMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM FROM THE TASK FORCE WHERE WE'LL HAVE MORE THAN THAT 30%.
I THINK, AGAIN, ALSO BEING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THE COMMUNITY'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
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AND WE WORK WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO ENSURE THAT THAT WE'RE MEETING THE PRIORITIES OF OF EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY.SO WE WILL GET BEYOND THE 30%, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT.
AND SO WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SIR.
YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE.
I THINK IT'S A VERY THOUGHTFUL WAY OF APPROACHING IT.
I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE PUSHING THE MESSAGING AND THE REALITY OF IF WE ARE INVESTING IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN LONG NEGLECTED, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT WE PUSH FOR MORE THAN THE 30% AS A BASELINE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE GO EVEN WE GO BEYOND THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK.
AND I THINK THAT CAN HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT, YOU KNOW, MR. BAZALDUA AND OTHERS HAVE POINTED OUT.
SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU. AND I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.
AND THE MORE WE SHOW THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF THIS INVESTMENT, THE EASIER IT WILL BE TO INVEST.
I DO HAVE ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT AS WELL, SO I KNOW THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE LONG.
I BELIEVE I ADDRESSED MOST OF THE ISSUES ON EQUITY LAST MEETING.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'LL JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS WILL JOIN THE VOICES THAT CONTINUE TO CRY OUT AND UNDERSCORE THE NEED FOR REAL EQUITY AND NOT JUST LIP SERVICE, WHICH WHICH WE'RE GETTING.
AND SO, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP PUSHING NOW SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE NEVER EVER HAD A NEVER, EVER WILL UNLESS WE TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AROUND THE HORSESHOE WITH THOSE WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE TIME IS NOW.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE LATER, A GREATER LATER.
WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THE HOW NOW.
AND SO, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL OF US HAVE THOSE POCKETS.
SO, IN LISTENING TO YOU ALL WITH THE DATA, I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO, MS. LIZ, MAYBE TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO START GOING.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALSO REACH OUT TO OUR PARTNERS ON THE DIFFERENT OTHER JURISDICTIONS BECAUSE THE OTHER LEVELS OF JURISDICTION PARTICIPATED IN THIS SEPARATION THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW OF REDLINING.
THEY PARTICIPATED WITH THIS WITH THOSE OF US, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO SIT AROUND THE HORSESHOE.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT REDLINING IS BECAUSE THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS. AND SO NOW WE'VE GOT TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL WHERE WE REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THIS BEAST ALONE.
AND SO TO YOU, CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO SAY THAT'S WHERE MY MIND IS.
THE REAL CONVERSATION IS YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS HISTORICALLY, YOU'LL FIND THE DATA.
SO, WE NEED TO GET THEM TO PARTICIPATE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT IF WE CHOOSE TO DO IT AND NOT SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES WORRYING ABOUT BREAKING IT ON DOWN SO WE CAN REALLY FIGURE OUT JUST HOW HUNGRY A COMMUNITY IS WHEN THEY'RE JUST ABOUT TURNING INTO A RETURNING TO THE DUST FROM WHICH THEY CAME.
CHAIR I'M GOING TO SAY I'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER, I THINK, PRIORITIES, BUT I THINK THE PRIORITY IS JUST ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND DO WE HAVE THE BACKBONE AND THE STRENGTH TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO? SO REMEMBER, THERE ARE MANY FOLKS WHO ARE ON STILL ON IN THEIR ZIP CODE IS NEVER, NEVER.
AND SO, WE'VE GOT TO BRING THEM UP TODAY AND NOT WORRY ABOUT.
WELL, I HAVEN'T HAD AN ALLEY IN A MINUTE.
SOME FOLKS HAVEN'T EVER HAD AN ALLEY.
THEY HAVEN'T EVER HAD A STREET.
THEY'VE BEEN LIVING WITH ALL OF THAT FILTH IN THE IN THE IN THE IN THE TRINITY FOR MANY YEARS.
THEY'VE GOT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL.
OTHERWISE, WE'LL BE SITTING IN THESE CHAIRS FOR IN VAIN.
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WE'RE IN THIS PREDICAMENT FOR A REASON BECAUSE WE HAVE INVESTED OPPOSITE IN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.SO, THE PERPETUATION, THE APPEASEMENT AND THE I GUESS, POLITICAL WILL THAT IS NEEDED DOES NOT HAVE TO CODDLE A MODEL THAT HAS LED US TO THIS PREDICAMENT.
AND WE KNOW WHAT PARTS OF TOWN IT'S GOING TO BE PUSHED BACK FROM.
BUT IF THE PUSHBACK IS COMING FROM NEEDING TO MAINTAIN STREETS, FROM NEEDING TO MAINTAIN ALLEYS, THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE AGAIN WORKING IN SILOS. INSTEAD OF COUPLING IDEAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FLOATED AROUND LIKE A STREET FEE, MUNICIPAL STREET FEE THAT WOULD HELP US MAINTAIN ALREADY PAVED ROADS AND DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM OUR ABILITY TO GIVE THOSE NEVER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HASN'T HAD IT.
THERE'S ALSO THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT FEES FOR THOSE WHO REQUIRE REAR TRASH PICKUP.
AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE.
IT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE COUPLED WITH US MAKING POLICY DECISIONS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BRING IN SUSTAINABLE REVENUE SOURCES THAT CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM AND THE ISSUES FROM THE PARTS OF TOWN THAT DON'T HAVE THE EQUITY CONCERNS SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS A BOND ON AN ACTUAL GENERATIONAL CHANGE FOR OUR CITY.
SO, I'M REQUESTING ON RECORD THAT WE GET IN A TIMELY MANNER BRIEFED AND PROPOSED DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE CAN BRING IN SUSTAINABLE REVENUE SOURCES TO HELP US ERADICATE THIS ARGUMENT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE INEVITABLE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
OKAY, ONE MORE AND THEN WE REALLY DO NEED TO WRAP THIS UP.
WE ARE CONSIDERING A STREET IMPACT FEES OR TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES FOR DEVELOPMENT.
ANYTIME A DEVELOPER COMES IN AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO EITHER UPGRADE A SIGNAL OR TO UPGRADE A STREET.
SO YEAH, YEAH. SO, YEAH, SO IT'S GOING TO BE EXPLORED.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A REAR ENTRY GARAGE, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT OUR SANITATION PICKUP? WE KNOW IT'S MORE EFFICIENT TO PICK UP AT THE STREET AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS.
YEAH, IT'S MORE LIKE A 720 OR A 1440, BECAUSE IT'S.
THIS IS IMPORTANT PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS A CITY.
BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, I WANT TO JUST GET A CHECK IN.
DOES ANYONE I KNOW ONE PERSON? DOES ANYONE ELSE NEED TO LEAVE BEFORE 11? I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HOLD QUORUM.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO LOSE QUORUM.
IT LOOKS LIKE ONE, TWO, THREE.
YEAH, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LOSE QUORUM.
AT WHAT TIME DO YOU TWO NEED TO LEAVE? ALL RIGHT, THEN.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOSE HIM AFTER THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE EMPLOYEES HERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OVER TO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OVER TO BRIEFING ITEM B, AND MAY I ASK A FAVOR OF THIS COMMITTEE MOVING FORWARD? IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE EARLY, WOULD YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN ADVANCE SO THAT I CAN ADJUST THE AGENDA? THANK YOU. I KNOW.
LET'S SEE. WE HAVE HOW MANY? ONE, TWO. OH, WE MIGHT MAKE IT.
WE MIGHT MAKE IT. BUT LET'S GO TO ITEM A WHILE.
I WAS GOING TO BE OKAY, I THINK.
I THINK WE MAY BE GOOD THEN, BUT LET'S GO TO ITEM A.
IT'S ITEM B, WHICH IS AN EXTERNAL WORKFORCE EDUCATION BRIEFING ON THE FRESH START EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM UPDATE REGARDING PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS, METRICS AND IMPACT.
JOYCE WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FRESH START EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
OUR LAST PRESENTATION, YOU ASKED US TO COME BACK.
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WHAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO, FIRST OF ALL, IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES WITH US TODAY THAT ARE FROM OUR FIRST START PROGRAM, AND SO I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO STAND.SO AS WE PROVIDE YOU THIS UPDATE TODAY, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE EXCITEMENT THAT NOT ONLY THAT WE HAVE, BUT YOU ALL AS A COMMITTEE HAVE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THE PURPOSE THE PRESENTATION UPDATE.
PURPOSE IS RACIAL EQUITY ALIGNMENT.
HOW DOES HOW DO WE ALIGN? HOW DOES THIS PROGRAM ALIGN? PROGRAMMATIC MODIFICATION, THE FRESH START PROGRAM METRICS PROGRAM IMPACT AND NEXT STEP.
THE PURPOSE OF THE FRESH START PROGRAM IS TO INTERRUPT RECIDIVISM, TO ADVOCATE FOR STABLE AND FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RETURNING TO OUR CITY TO BE EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS TO MANAGE THOSE WHO HAVE MISDEMEANORS OR NON INCARCERATION INFRACTIONS, TO ENSURE TRAINING OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS AND TO, OF COURSE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY POSITIONS TO BE FILLED WITH QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE HIRED 80 FRESH START EMPLOYEES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS INCLUDE TARGET 1.9, ENHANCE ECONOMIC VIABILITY FOR EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS TO ENCOURAGE MID AND LONG TERM GROWTH BY PLACING ALL RESIDENTS IN AN OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE WITH INCREASED ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
NOW, I READ THAT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL JUST GOT TO TALKING ABOUT WAS THAT TERMINOLOGY OF EQUITY AND THE ABILITY TO ENSURE THAT EQUITY IS NOT ONLY HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITIES, BUT IT'S ALSO HAPPENING WITHIN THE PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
THE COUNCIL APPOINTED A ALSO INCLUDED THE FRESH START PROGRAM TO ALSO ENERGIZE THIS EFFORT WITH WORKING WITH WORKFORCE DALLAS AND LOOKING AT THE AGE GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY, WHICH IS AGAIN ONE OF THE HIGHEST INCARCERATED RACIAL DUE TO RACIAL PROFILING WITHIN THAT AREA FOR TRAINING 18- TO 24-YEAR-OLDS.
THE OTHER ACTION TARGET WAS 5.5.8 PRIORITIZED COMMUNITY IMPACT TO MITIGATE LOW LEVEL OFFENSES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUTSIDE ENTITIES AND WORK WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO CREATE THAT CIRCLE OF LIFE IN WHICH AN EMPLOYEE OR AN APPLICANT THAT APPLIES FOR THE FRESH START PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THAT CIRCLE OF LIFE WHERE THEY DO NOT SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.
AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO ALSO THEN INTRODUCE DR.
DINA OWENS, WHO IS THE MANAGER OF OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT SHE HAS STAFF HERE TODAY.
SO SOME OF THE PROGRAM PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
AND WE PILOTED OPEN OPENING UP ALL NON NON CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS IN 2022.
WE MODIFIED THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
WE DID A FULL IMPLEMENTATION TO OPEN UP ALL NON CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS TO FRESH START CLIENTS.
WE CREATED A CENTRALIZED REPOSITORY FOR TRACKING THE CLIENTS AND WE IMPLEMENTED PRE SCREENING AT THE PLEASANT GROVE CENTER IN 2023. WE IMPLEMENTED THE REVERSE TRANSITION PORTAL FOR WORKFORCE DALLAS AND THAT ALLOWS US TO REFER CANDIDATES WHO MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM OR WHO HAVE AN EXTENSIVE WAIT PERIOD TO WORKFORCE DALLAS AND FOR THEM TO REFER CANDIDATES TO US AS WELL.
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WE MADE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ENHANCING THE CURRENT FRESH START DASHBOARD AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE AND LATER THIS QUARTER.AND WE ARE IMPLEMENTING JOB READINESS TRAINING ON SITE, WHEREAS WE'VE BEEN REFERRING THOSE CANDIDATES OUT TO EXTERNAL PARTNERS SUCH AS THE LIBRARY AND TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. WE'RE GOING TO START OFFERING THAT IN-HOUSE AS WELL AS LEARNING LABS FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES SO THAT WE CAN DO LIKE A ONCE A MONTH OR ONCE A QUARTER TYPE TRAINING TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE CONFLICT RESOLUTION OR SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT THEY MAY BE DEALING WITH ON THE JOB.
THIS IS JUST A SCREENSHOT OF THE CURRENT DASHBOARD.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ARE WORKING WITH DVI TO DEVELOP A MORE INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD.
THIS DASHBOARD SHOWS THE NUMBER OF CONTINGENT OFFERS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH THE LIFETIME OF THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIRES AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS NOT HIRED.
IT SHOWS THE HIGHEST BY DEPARTMENT, BY GENDER, RACE AND BY AGE.
WE HAD OUR FIRST FRESH START ROUNDTABLE IN JUNE AT THE LIBRARY.
WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE HIRING NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT AS WE REFER CANDIDATES FOR ROLES THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT A HIRING MANAGER IS LOOKING FOR IN A CANDIDATE. WE WANTED TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN INCREASE EMPLOYEE RETENTION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, STARTING TO DO SOME LEARNING LABS AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO CULTIVATE THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAD SIX DEPARTMENTS ATTEND AND WE ALSO AWARDED PRESENTED AN AWARD TO PARKS AND RECREATION AS THE DEPARTMENT WHO HAS HIRED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CANDIDATES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IT WAS EASY TO GET THE JOB WITH FRESH START AGAIN.
ONCE I MET HIM AT THE JOB FAIR.
I FILLED OUT THERE OR THEY SENT ME AN EMAIL AND I FILLED OUT ALL THE PAPERWORK.
I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING MY BACKGROUND CHECKED, REVIEWED, AND THEN I CAME TO A JOB FAIR FOR THE CITY AND I WENT TO A DIFFERENT FEW DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, LIKE WATER DEPARTMENT AND AND MAYBE PARK RANGERS.
SO I FELT LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NICHE.
AND I ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ME AND THE PEOPLE AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES, WE HAD A GOOD INTERVIEW AND THEY WERE THEY RECOGNIZED THAT I HAD, YOU KNOW, PRIOR SKILLS FOR THE JOB. SO, THEY HIRED ME RIGHT ONTO THE TEAM.
I WORK FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THE POSITION THAT I HOLD A CUSTODIAL IN NOW CURRENTLY WORK HERE AT DALLAS CENTRAL LIBRARY.
I STARTED IN DECEMBER OF 2022.
I WORK HERE AS A PUBLIC SPECIALIST AND IT'S VERY IT'S VERY ENJOYABLE JOB.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR FIVE MONTHS, BUT THE PREVIOUS POSITION, I GOT A PROMOTION IN MY FIFTH MONTH WITH 311 TO THE TO BE A CLERK WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS A WEEK PROGRAM.
A FRESH START MEANS TO ME WHAT IT SAYS IN THE TITLE, A FRESH START.
WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH IN PERSONAL LIFE, PROFESSIONAL LIFE, AND THOSE BARRIERS SOMETIMES CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES YOU GET JUDGED BY WHAT'S ON THE PAPER AND WHAT'S ON THE PAPER IS NOT NECESSARILY THE PERSON.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S JUST THE BEST THING FOR ANYBODY WHO WHO'S BEEN INCARCERATED, EVEN FOR THE SMALLEST OFFENSE TO THE BIGGEST OFFENSE. I JUST WANT ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JUST TRY THE PROGRAM OUT AT LEAST.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THIS LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, I CAN HELP MY MOM OUT OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, ALL YOU GOT TO DO, MAN, IS JUST, YOU KNOW, COME AND THEY'LL HELP YOU.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO CITY OF DALLAS FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE.
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HOW ARE YOU DOING? MY NAME IS ANTHONY MURPHY, AND I CURRENTLY WORK AS A PUBLIC SERVICE SPECIALIST AT THE DALLAS CENTRAL LIBRARY DOWNTOWN, AND I RECENTLY HAVE JUST BEEN PROMOTED TO OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY SPECIALIST WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.IT WAS A LOT HARDER WITHOUT FRESH START.
SO NOW I'LL BE WORKING AS AN OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY SPECIALIST WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, WHERE I WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS WITH A VARIETY OF RESOURCES. MY MANAGER WAS AMAZING.
WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT THE JOB IS THAT IT'S BEEN VERY WELCOMING.
EVERYONE WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS. IT'S BEEN LIKE A FAMILY.
I LOVE IT AND IT'S BEEN HEAVEN EVER SINCE.
WORKING WITH THE FRESH START PROGRAM HAS BEEN GREAT.
I MEAN, WE DID A LOT OF INTERVIEWS.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
THE ONE I CURRENTLY HAVE, DIANA, SHE'S BEEN GREAT TO THE DEPARTMENT.
THE FRESH START PROGRAM ALLOWED ME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES AS MYSELF BECAUSE THEY ENCOURAGED ME TO NEVER GIVE UP AND ALWAYS KEEP TRYING.
SO AS WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH OUR THE CANDIDATES OR THE EMPLOYEES, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT OR THAT THEY'VE MENTIONED TO STAFF, AND I DO HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS HERE. MARCUS STEWART IS OUR REENTRY COORDINATOR AND SHAWN CARTER IS OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, IVORY SIMMONS IN THE VIDEO IS HERE AND LEVI SHIPMAN IS HERE AND THEN ANTHONY.
BUT THEY TALK ABOUT THE PERSONAL PRIDE THROUGH PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE DESIRE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY OR BECOME A ROLE MODEL, HAVING STABLE EMPLOYMENT WITH BENEFITS AND THEN BEING WORTHY OF A DIFFERENT LIFE.
AND ANTHONY IS HERE TO HIT ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
OH, HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? COUNCIL? THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING ME, DR.
OWENS AND MS.. WILLIAMS. MY NAME IS MR. MURPHY.
I'M 39 YEARS OLD FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO, AND I CAME AWARE OF THE FRESH START PROGRAM IN DECEMBER 2022.
I MET MR. STEWART, ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT THEY MENTIONED AT OUR HIRING FAIR, AND EVER SINCE THEN THEY'VE GIVEN ME A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SEEK OTHER TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY. I STARTED OFF AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AS A PUBLIC SERVICE SPECIALIST, AND I WAS THERE FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY INTERESTING.
MR. STEWART WOULD CONTACT ME EVERY WEEK TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN A LOT OF THESE STRATEGIC PROGRAMS ARE PUT IN PLACE, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO SEE THE ACTUAL RESULTS AND WHO IT AFFECTS.
SO, I'M SITTING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IT HAS AFFECTED.
NOW, MIND YOU, I'M GOING TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH YOU.
I HAD AN ADDICTION TO CRACK COCAINE FOR A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS. DON'T LOOK, THEY DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN PICTURE WITH THEM.
I WAS A PROFESSIONAL TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE.
I WAS MARRIED. I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE, YOU KNOW.
SO WHEN I TURNED THAT WAY, OBVIOUSLY MY LIFE TOOK A TURN.
BUT THERE'S PROGRAMS LIKE THIS AS WE SPEAK ABOUT EQUITY AND EQUALITY.
THE OPPORTUNITY IS PROVIDED TO ME TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
SO ONCE I APPLIED WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, BARRY DYSON, ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS THERE THAT I USED TO WORK WITH AT DVI, YOU KNOW, GAVE ME A GOOD SPEECH ABOUT, HEY, THIS IS A TIME FOR YOU TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE AROUND.
SO I LIKE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BY HELPING OUR CITIZENS OF DALLAS WHEN WE GO TO THESE ENCAMPMENTS, I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE I SEE HOW I USED TO BE.
AND IN FACT, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM SITTING HERE HAVE BEEN INSPIRATIONAL TO ME.
MS. LEE, AS I SPOKE WITH YOU SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT HOW I CAN NAVIGATE MY WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
MS. WILLIAMS RIGHT HERE, SPOKE TO ME IN THE HALLWAY.
MAYOR PRO TEM, YOUR ASSISTANT, MR. PHILIP FOSTER, HE SPEAKS TO ME EVERY WEEK ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
MR. MARCUS STEWART, LIKE I MENTIONED, CALLS ME EVERY WEEK.
MS. ANN BEAVER BEHIND ME, MY DIRECT SUPERVISOR AT THE LIBRARY.
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SO OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'M DOING TODAY.WELL, I AM IN MY SECOND SEMESTER OF GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL WORK, AND I AM CURRENTLY ON THE DALLAS ACCESSIBILITY EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP AS A COMMUNICATION OFFICER. AND I PLAN TO, IN A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, HOPEFULLY WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, FORM OR FASHION.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE.
THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE LATER THIS QUARTER.
REVISE THE HIRING WORKFLOW PROCESS WITH THE HR DEPARTMENT PARTNERS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRESH START APPLICANTS AND INCREASE EXTERNAL AND COMMUNITY PARTNER COLLABORATIONS FOR WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT REFERRALS.
BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE A CANDIDATE COME TO US, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HIRED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS OR THEY DON'T GET A JOB WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REFER THEM TO OUR EMPLOYER PARTNERS OR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR ANY ASSISTANCE THEY MAY NEED.
THANK YOU. IS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR SHARING YOUR STORY.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN THE VIDEO AND OUT HERE.
I BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS HERE, I HAD A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
SHE HAD TO STEP AWAY. SO, SHE ASKED ME TO ASK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ANY KIND OF FOCUSED DETERRENCE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, IS PART OF THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS SO THAT WE CAN GET FOLKS BEFORE THEY BECOME INCARCERATED.
IS THAT AT ALL PART OF THE FRESH START, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WILL BE WORKING ON SEPARATELY? ARE WE DOING THAT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, CHAIR.
WE ARE WORKING WITH DPD ALONG WITH OK AND ALL THE INITIATIVES FOR REENTRY, ALSO WITH KEVIN ODOM AS HE IS ALSO LEADING HIS AREA AS WELL.
AND FOCUS DETERRENCE IS PART OF THAT.
WE'VE DONE SOME COLLABORATION WITH CHIEF ANDERSON ON SOME INITIATIVES THAT WE HAD MADE, SOME OPEN DOOR INTRODUCTIONS TO OUR PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL.
SO YES, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM NOW.
THEN WE ARE WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH DPD AS PART OF THAT.
THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
I HAVE SHARED ON RECORD A COUPLE OF TIMES MY FATHER WAS ALSO A CONVICTED FELON AND WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY WITH FRITO-LAY FOR AND HE JUST WE JUST CELEBRATED HIS RETIREMENT 44 YEARS WITH A COMPANY THAT GAVE HIM A SHOT.
I KNOW WE'RE DOING OUR PART IN THE CITY, AND IT'S EVIDENT BY Y'ALL'S PROGRAM, BY Y'ALL'S COMMITMENT.
AND MADAM CHAIR, I'D LOVE FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP BANNING THE BOX TO OUR PRIVATE SECTOR.
IT'S ONE THAT I'VE ALREADY MET WITH SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN CHAMBERS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO BREAK DOWN ALL THE BARRIERS THAT WE CAN FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY. I ALSO KNOW THAT CHAIRMAN THOMAS, WHEN HE WAS SERVING, WORKED WITH HR TO TRY TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE ONBOARDING PROCESSES TO TO NOT TAKE AS LONG AS THEY ARE.
AND I ENCOURAGE US TO HAVE MORE OF A FAST TRACK EXPEDITION OF HIRING.
THAT FOUR MONTHS IS ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO LOSE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN HELP.
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OURS WITH HIRING.SO, IF WE COULD BE BRIEFED ON THAT AS WELL TO SEE WHAT'S BEING DONE WITH HR TO HELP EXPEDITE THOSE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS SO THAT IT IS CONSISTENT, I'D APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
YES, COUNCILMAN, SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO WHEN THEY'RE GOING WHEN THEY'RE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR STORY, I APPLAUD YOU.
I MEAN, THAT IS COURAGEOUS TO TELL US YOUR STORY AND BE HONEST.
I NOTICED THAT WAS THE LAST BULLET AND PEOPLE ARE WORTHY.
BUT MY QUESTION ON THIS IS, WHEN THEY'RE INCARCERATED, CAN WE WORK WITH THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO START GETTING TRAINING DONE BACK, YOU KNOW, GETTING QUALIFICATIONS? AND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO LOBBY FOR THAT? BECAUSE IS THAT IN A REGULATION OR IS IT A LAW LIKE HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE EVERY MOMENT THEY HAVE? THAT WAY WHEN THEY COME TO OUR COMMUNITY, THEY'RE READY TO HIT THE HIT THE JOB AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST START BUILDING UP THEIR RESUME BECAUSE THE ULTIMATE THING IS TO LET THEM FLY AND BE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE.
RIGHT. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE.
TIME AND OPPORTUNITY INSTEAD OF WAITING.
AND IF IT'S ALREADY BEING DONE, THEN GREAT.
CHAIR. CHAIR BLACKMON THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON OUR REENTRY PROGRAM.
REENTRY WORKFORCE INITIATIVES ARE PRERELEASE PROGRAM AS WELL, WHICH WE HAVE NONPROFITS THAT ARE ACTUALLY DELIVERING SERVICES WHILE THEY ARE INCARCERATED. WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT'S WITH OUR DALLAS LIFE FOUNDATION, WHO WAS HERE AT THE LAST BRIEFING, AS WELL AS THE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA'S PROGRAM, WHICH IS PART OF OUR PRERELEASE PROGRAM, THAT WE SERVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHILE THEY ARE INCARCERATED TO PROVIDE THEM SUPPORT AS WELL AS WORKFORCE READINESS.
AND WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A NEW INITIATIVE FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN WHICH THEY WILL BE PROVIDING TRAINING, SKILLS, TRAINING, TRADES, TRAINING WHILE THEY ARE INCARCERATED.
SO THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE COMING DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE AND THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH OK AS WELL AS SBC, TO SEE HOW WE CAN THEN HAVE THOSE INITIATIVES EMBEDDED IN THE GRANT THAT THEY PROVIDE US EVERY YEAR.
GREAT. AND IS THERE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO I MEAN, TO TO COVER THE SPECTRUM THAT'S NEEDED? IN OTHER WORDS, DO WE NEED TO GO FIND MORE? BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S THOSE EARLY INVESTMENT DOLLARS ARE PROBABLY THE ROI IS THERE THEN WAITING FOR WHEN THEY'RE LATER ON.
WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR GRANT DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS FOR LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS TO POSSIBLE DOLLARS FROM THE STATE, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
JAKES OFFICE, AND WENT TO A COUPLE OF THEIR GRADUATIONS.
AND IT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WANT TO WORK, LET'S JUST BE HONEST.
KIMBERLY BIZOR TOBER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND I WANTED TO THANK JOYCE FOR THE COMMENTS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY TRIED TO DO AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL THIS YEAR GOING INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT WE HAD IN THE PRIOR YEAR, SO THE PROGRAM DID NOT GET CUT.
AND SO JOYCE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE GRANT APPROACHES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE, BUT WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE GOT TO CREATE SOME MORE PARTNERSHIPS AND MAYBE EVEN GET THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TAKING THE FIRST START PROGRAM AND SINCE THE CITY HAS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE INITIATED AND WE'RE MOVING IT FORWARD, HOW DO WE GET OUR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS ENGAGED TO WHERE NOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE AND DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR? SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THIS UPCOMING YEAR, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WILL BRING BACK.
PRE ENTRY IS ALL GENERAL FUND DOLLARS REENTRY.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM FROM THE STATE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.
I THINK YOU'LL BE A GREAT RESOURCE TO THEM, SO DON'T LOSE THAT NOTE.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.
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ROLE TO PLAY IN REENTRY.BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS OFTENTIMES AND I'VE I THINK ALL OF US HAVE WE HAVE, SIR, WE ALL HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR FAMILIES WHO HAVE FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE.
IF I COULD HAVE A WHOLE AUDIENCE HERE, WE'D HAVE SOME EVERYBODY WOULD STAND UP.
WE HAVE ALL SOMEONE IN OUR FAMILY.
WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO TELL IT TODAY.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
I LOVE THE ENERGY THAT YOU ALL BRING TO THE TABLE.
JUST GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY, THE FUNDING, AND I'M GOING WITH IT.
WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR DALLAS DELEGATION WHO I KNOW SEND MONEY BACK APPROPRIATIONS FOR US TO UTILIZE SO THAT WE CAN STRENGTHEN THOSE PROGRAMS. I KNOW YOU KNOW, HONORABLE GIDDINGS AND ROSE AND DAVIS, I KNOW THEY'VE ALL HAD THEIR HAND IN PROVIDING FUNDS.
SO, I THINK THE COMMENT THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON MENTIONED ABOUT JUST THE WORKING, PROBABLY THE CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY TOLBERT, WORKING SERIOUSLY, WORKING WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS AGGRESSIVELY THE SAME WAY THAT I SPOKE ABOUT WORKING AGGRESSIVELY WITH THE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF EQUITY JUST IN QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND YOU, SIR, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH LAW DEGREES, ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS.
SO I KIND OF KNOW THOSE STORIES, BUT YOU LEARN THEM JUST THROUGH LIFE.
BUT YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
BUT REMEMBER, YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF FIRST AND FOREMOST TO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF SO THAT YOU CAN BEGIN TO PAY IT FORWARD AND OTHERS WILL SEE YOUR LIGHT AND DUPLICATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT ACTUALLY IS MINUTE BY MINUTE, HOUR BY HOUR, DAY BY DAY THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP GIRDING YOURSELF.
SO YOU JUST WE'RE TELLING YOU, DON'T GIVE UP.
I DO KNOW IT'S HARD TO DO THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR YOUR HARD WORK, BUT THANK YOU.
CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY MANAGER TOLBERT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE MUST WORK WITH OTHER PARTNERS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND DO IT WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
ANY? COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ? NO COMMENT. THANK YOU.
GREAT. WELL, THIS WAS VERY, VERY INSIGHTFUL.
AND AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR WORKDAY TO BE WITH US TODAY.
AND YOU SEE HOW ACCESSIBLE EVERYONE IS.
SO, I EXTEND OUR OPEN DOOR TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR LEFT, SO I WANT TO JUMP OVER FOR A SECOND AND MAKE SURE ON THE BRIEFING MEMO SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP TO OUR CITY COUNCIL AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA.
ITEM ON APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CITIES GRANT.
I KNOW WE'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE TODAY.
ARE THERE ANY. I KNOW I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON THAT MATTER.
YES. JESSICA GALLISHAW COMES TO THE TABLE.
IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT WE ARE HEARING THE COMMITTEE WE BROUGHT FRESH START AFTER AFTER COMMITTEE SAID LET'S LET'S CENTER FRESH START AND THE PROGRAMS AROUND IT HEARING HOW WE NEED TO BE HOLISTIC AND FINDING PARTNERS WHO CAN HELP US.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT BACK TO COMMITTEE.
THAT'S GREAT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTERS? IF NOT, DIRECTOR GALLISHAW, YOU'RE BACK TO YOUR OFFICE.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS CENTER NOW.
THEY'VE BEEN PUSHED OFF ON TWO AGENDAS, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
OKAY. SO LET'S GO TO ITEM EIGHT, PLEASE.
JOYCE WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
I HAVE WITH ME TODAY SARAH SALON, WHO IS WITH HR AND CONSULTING FOR TAYLOR AND TAYLOR KAY, WHO IS ALSO WITH HR AND CONSULTING.
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TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS A SMALL BUSINESS CENTER UPDATE.WE KNOW THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS ASKED THAT.
BUT BEFORE I START, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER HAS BEEN COMMITTED AND DRIVEN BY BY OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN. AND SO, AS WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO.
NEXT. OH, YEAH, YOU ARE ALREADY THERE.
ACTION TO BECOME THE MOST ECONOMICALLY INCLUSIVE CITY BY ELIMINATING THE WEALTH GAP THROUGH WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION, FOSTERING FULL PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL AND CIVIC LIFE OF DALLAS BY ACKNOWLEDGING CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND INVESTING IN ECONOMIC AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
ACTION ITEM TARGET 1.2 INCREASE THE PROCUREMENT ACCESSIBILITY BY BUILDING A PIPELINE OF DIVERSE CONTRACTORS THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR MWP PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THAT'S UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
1.11. INVEST IN SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS TO SUPPORT AN INCREASED BANKING TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE USUALLY NOT GIVEN TO INDIVIDUALS OR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
1.12 IMPLEMENT WORKFORCE DALLAS LEADERSHIP.
AGAIN, THAT INITIATIVE WITH THE MAYOR'S WORK TASK WORKFORCE PROGRAM THAT THEN SPEAKS TO EQUITY ISSUES AMONG OUR WORKFORCE.
AND TARGET 1.14 IS AN HR INITIATIVE IN WHICH THEY DO THE FUTURE OF WORK.
AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH EQUITY.
AND WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND NEXT STEPS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN OCTOBER OF 2021, WE OPENED AND LAUNCHED OUR OPENING DECEMBER 15TH OF 2021.
THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER WAS PULLED FROM THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND EFFORTS TO MAKE TO DESIGN AND HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE FRONT DOOR FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT WERE GOING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THREE AREAS ON THOSE AREAS.
WHEN THEY PULLED THE AREA, THEY PULLED BUSINESS DIVERSITY FROM PROCUREMENT, WORKFORCE AND BUSINESS INCLUSION WAS PULLED FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE ALSO HAD SERVICES THAT WERE PULLED FROM OK.
THE SERVICES THAT WERE PULLED FROM OK WERE ACTUALLY PULLED INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON YOU DON'T SEE OK HERE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER BECAME THE FRONT DOOR TO ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO WALK IN AND RECEIVE SERVICES, ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE BEING ABLE TO SERVE FROM, I THINK, UP TO 99.
I THINK WE DO 1 TO 99 EMPLOYEES AS A MICRO BUSINESS.
AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE LESS THAN 500 AS A SMALL BUSINESS.
OUR MISSION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER ADDRESSES TWO PROBLEMS. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS NOT EQUITABLE, EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED IN DALLAS.
SO, THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE FIND OURSELVES NOW ADDRESSING.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
STARTING AGAIN. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
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I'M FROM HR ADVISORS AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH DIRECTOR WILLIAMS AND THE DEDICATED AND TALENTED MEMBERS OF SBC OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT CHAPTER OF SBC'S WORK AND IMPACT COULD LOOK LIKE.SO WHEN WE DIRECTOR WILLIAMS JUST LAID OUT TWO PROBLEMS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS NOT EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED IN DALLAS AND TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES HAVE NOT BEEN SERVING MARGINALIZED WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAMILY SUSTAINING JOBS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 17% OF ALL WORKERS IN DALLAS QUALIFY AS WORKING POOR, MEANING THAT THEY EARN LESS THAN 200% OF THE POVERTY LINE.
WORKERS OF COLOR ARE OVERREPRESENTED.
JUST 4% OF WORKERS ARE WORKING POOR.
IN DALLAS, 27% OF LATINO AND 19% OF BLACK WORKERS.
SECOND INDICATOR FOR INEQUITABLE ACCESS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP.
OWNERSHIP RATES AMONG AMONG PEOPLE OF COLOR IN DALLAS ARE LOW.
4% OF SMALL BUSINESSES ARE OWNED BY BLACK RESIDENTS, 7.6% BY LATINO RESIDENTS AND 20% BY WOMEN.
THE LOWEST INCOME COMMUNITIES IN DALLAS HAVE THE FEWEST BANKS, AND NATIONALLY, 24% OF MINORITY OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES REPORT THAT INACCESSIBLE CAPITAL FUNDING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR AFFECTING THEIR GROWTH.
AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IS THAT ACCESS TO CAPITAL IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO MANY OF THE LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAMS THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER RUNS COULD BE THAT SMALL INFUSION OF CAPITAL THAT COULD HELP THEM BE A BIGGER EMPLOYER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES IN THE WAY THAT THEY WANT TO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THIS AS A WAY TO GROW AND SUSTAIN THEIR BUSINESS, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT.
EVEN THOUGH DALLAS HAS THIS BOLD GOAL OF 32% PARTICIPATION IN MANY OF ITS CONTRACT CATEGORIES, MANY OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE TALKED TO WERE MWB CERTIFIED AND STILL HAVING TROUBLE FIGURING OUT HOW TO BECOME A CONTRACTOR.
WE ALSO HEARD THAT THERE ARE ISSUES WITH COMPLIANCE.
SO THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES AHEAD.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME REALLY PROFOUND OPPORTUNITIES SO EMPOWERED BY DALLAS'S EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY, WHICH WAS PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER IS REALLY NARROWLY FOCUSED ON SEIZING THREE BIG OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES IN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND HONE NEW TOOLS AND APPROACHES THAT ARE TAILORED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
SO THAT'S THE ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF NEW JOBS THAT WILL BE ADDED TO DALLAS'S ECONOMY IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS THAT PAY MORE THAN THE MIT LIVING WAGE STANDARD FOR DALLAS, WHICH IS $15 AN HOUR, AND DO NOT REQUIRE A POST-SECONDARY DEGREE.
BECAUSE IN DALLAS RIGHT NOW, ONLY 5% OF THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OLDER POSSESSES AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE, AND LESS THAN A THIRD OF THE WORKING POPULATION POSSESSES A BACHELOR'S DEGREE. THE SECOND IS $7 MILLION.
SO THAT'S THE VALUE OF THE LOAN AND GRANT FUNDING THAT SBC CURRENTLY ADMINISTERS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES GET STARTED, SCALE, EMPLOY MORE PEOPLE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIES.
THE THIRD BIG NUMBER THAT SBC IS FOCUSED ON IS 2 BILLION.
NEXT FIVE YEARS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
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OUR APPROACH OF USING PROVEN STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT WORKERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY LEFT BEHIND.AS YOU CAN SEE, WITHIN OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, OUR PLAN INCLUDES INTENTIONAL STEPS TO TRANSFORM INTO A HUB OF OPPORTUNITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. AS YOU SEE, WE WILL.
THE CHART ILLUSTRATES A LADDER OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY REDUCING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT.
THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE STRIVING FOR CREATING UPSKILLING OPPORTUNITIES IN WHICH THIS COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED THIS COMMITTEE HAS SUPPORTED THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DIVISION, SUPPORTING NEW AND EXISTING ENTREPRENEURS TO ENTER INTO THE MARKET, TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND TO GROW TO HELP WITH GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND SBC'S MWB DIVISION IS HELPING TO ESTABLISH MWB BUSINESSES.
AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS NOT JUST WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT ALSO PREPARING THEM FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY AS WELL.
THE ROLE OF THE SBC WILL PLAY WILL HAVE A FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE NEED AND OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BY BUILDING A SERIES OF PRODUCTIVE FOCUS GROUPS AS THE ONES THAT ARE CONDUCTED ON OUR BEHALF THIS SUMMER THAT COULD CONSISTENTLY GIVE US REGULAR INPUT INTO THE PROCESSES AND WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE TO CONTINUE ON OUR GOAL TO ENSURE EQUITY AND ALSO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A WORKFORCE STRATEGY, INCUBATE NEW STRATEGIES LIKE THE ONE THAT CAME NOT ONLY FROM THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS, BUT ALSO THAT WERE PUSHED THROUGH THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE AND CHAIRED THROUGH CHAIR SCHULTZ AND THAT CHAMPIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
AND THAT IS OUR DAY LABOR CENTER AGAIN AFFECTING OUR WORKFORCE FORCE MULTIPLE, HAVING MULTIPLE PARTNERS AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO CREATE IMPLEMENTATION OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL IMPACT WHAT WE DO BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT DO IT ALL.
WE CANNOT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE CREATE AND DEVELOP THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR CONTINUE TO SUPPORT NONPROFITS AND SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH CONTRACTS AND SERVE MANY MORE PEOPLE IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE, AS WE FOSTER THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, SERVE AS A STRONG OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT AND HOLD THE CITY AND CONTRACTORS TO MWB COMMITMENTS IN COMPLIANCE.
THE TWO YEAR OPERATIONAL GOAL BY DIVISION.
WE WILL ENSURE EVERY POSSIBLE PUBLIC CONTRACT DOLLAR IS AWARDED TO AND STAYS WITH THOSE MWB WHO ARE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE WILL STRENGTHEN THE ENFORCEMENT.
AS HRA CONDUCTED THEIR MEETINGS THIS SUMMER, THEY HAD SOME ISSUES THAT CAME UP AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE AS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS PULLED TOGETHER TO LOOK AT A OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A PROMPT PAYMENT PLAN IN WHICH WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT HOW OUR CONTRACTORS, OUR PRIME CONTRACTORS ARE PAYING OUR SUBS.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND WORKING WITH OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE TO LOOK AT HOW WE DO BUSINESS, HOW DO WE SET UP LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LEARNING LABS TO HOW DO WE DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, DEPLOY EVERY AVAILABLE LOAN AND GRANT DOLLARS? THAT ENTIRE $7 MILLION THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO LAUNCH NEW INITIATIVES? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS BEING ABLE TO HAVE MICRO GRANTS, MICRO GRANTS FOR BETWEEN 5000 AND $7500.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH CLOSELY WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A PROCESS IN WHICH CONTRACTS FOR THOSE MICRO GRANTS CAN BE EASILY DONE OR AGREEMENTS CAN BE WRITTEN AND NOT DELAYED AS WELL.
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ONE WANTED. I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO OF THE AREAS IN WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON AS WELL AS WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE WILL REWRITE OUR AND PROCURE OUR WORKFORCE GRANTS TO ENSURE.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS ASKED US FOR IS METRICS TO ENSURE WHAT ARE THE PLACEMENT METRICS, HOW ARE WE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE? HOW ARE WE GOING BACK AND LOOKING FOLLOWING UP ON THE 80% AS WELL AS LOOKING AT AND SUPPORTING OUR PROGRAM FOR OUR PAID APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND THE TEXAS WORKS PROGRAM THAT IS ALSO OFFERED AT THE STATE? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE SECOND IS THAT IT'S INFORMED BY EFFECTIVE APPROACHES USED IN PEER CITIES AND COUNTIES.
WE LOOKED AT OTHER PEER CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT HAVE PROFOUND ECONOMIC INEQUITY AND HAVE PUT IN PLACE INTENTIONAL AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT THOSE INEQUITIES.
THE THIRD IS THAT IT FILLS A UNIQUE AND NEEDED ROLE WITHIN CITY GOVERNMENT AND WITHIN THE REGION.
SO IT ADDS TO AND DOESN'T DUPLICATE WORK THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY.
AND THE THIRD IS THAT YEAR ONE OR FOURTH IS THE YEAR ONE.
STRATEGIES CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITH EXISTING RESOURCES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT THE THREE AREAS IN WHICH THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER FOCUSES ON, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE MWB PARTICIPATION. WHAT IS THE IMPACT? AS OF TODAY, SBC HAS WHAT WE CALL A, B2B, WHICH IS BUSINESS TO BUSINESS CONNECT NETWORKING EVENTS THAT BRINGS SMALL BUSINESSES MOSTLY MWBES INTERNALLY TO MEET WITH OUR INTERNAL CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DIRECTLY WITH THOSE DIRECTORS OR ASSISTANT DIRECTORS WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO HEAR FACE TO FACE ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND THE NEEDS.
THE CITY OF DALLAS'S MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM THAT IS ALSO BEING DEVELOPED THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER IN WHICH WE WILL BE WORKING WITH CURRENT OR EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO DEVELOP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO WORK AND MENTOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
MWB IS THE DALLAS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM IN WHICH I WANT TO THANK THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL FOR FUNDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXISTING FROM FOR 3 TO 5 YEARS THAT ARE NOW WANTING TO ACCELERATE THEIR GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED. AND OF COURSE TO INCREASE CONTRACT COMMITMENTS TO MWB AND PRIME ROLES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION FROM 2021 TO 2023 IN THE CONSTRUCTION AREA AND PRIME ROSE MWB HAD A COMMITMENT OF $312 MILLION.
SO, THE TWO-YEAR PLAN FOR MWB IS ONE TO BUILD AN ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY THROUGH SITE VISITS.
WE WILL START TO DO AUDITS THAT WILL THAT CAME OUT OF OUR 2016 2020 ACTUALLY DISPARITY STUDY THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THAT WE WILL LAUNCH NEW EDUCATION TOOLS THAT WILL HAVE QUICK START TO HELP MWB AND OF COURSE IMPLEMENT THE MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM.
THE SBC CURRENTLY HAS FOUR DIFFERENT INCENTIVE PODS.
WE HAVE THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY LOCATED IN DOLLARS FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN AND LOCATED AND SERVED FOR THOSE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK AREA.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERPRISE ZONE TEN IS MOSTLY FOR THE PLEASANT GROVE AREA, AND ADAPTIVE REUSE, AGAIN IS FOR ALL OF THE AREAS OF DALLAS TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUITY.
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THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK, FIRST LOAN OR LOAN THAT WAS MADE WAS MADE IN 2000, AND IT WAS CLOSED IN 2010. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2021, THERE WAS NO OTHER DOLLARS THAT WERE USED FROM THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND UNTIL THE UNTIL THE SOUTH. THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER ACTUALLY OPENED.FUNDS WERE THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER TO BE ABLE TO FUND THIS INITIATIVE.
AND AND OF COURSE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN INCLUDES OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF IS TO IMPLEMENT CITYWIDE MICRO GRANTS THAT ARE NOT JUST FOCUS ON THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S DISPARITY ON THE NORTHERN SECTOR AS WELL.
NOW THAT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIVE NATURE OF IT.
SO THE TWO YEAR PLAN FOR THE ENTREPRENEUR IS TO LAUNCH AGAIN, THE NEW MICRO GRANT PROGRAM, WORKING WITH THE CEO'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO FAST TRACK THOSE DOLLARS INTO AN AGREEMENT, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE BETWEEN 5000 AND 750 REWORK THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROCESS FOR LOANS AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE CHANGES WITHIN THAT AND LUNCH HOUR LEARNING LABS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND SO THAT THEY CAN BE FINANCIALLY PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO FOR THE LOANS OR FINANCIALLY PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS.
WE FOUND THAT THERE IS THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'VE HAD IS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE NOT FINANCIALLY PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTATION.
SO, BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE LEARNING LABS IN WHICH THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO, ONE ON ONE COACHING, THE ABILITY TO LEARN FROM YOUR PEERS, THE ABILITY TO GET A SMALL INFUSION IN A MICRO GRANT AND HELP THINKING ABOUT RENT, RIGHT? HELP THINKING ABOUT YOUR SPACE.
AND SO, THROUGH THE MOTOR CITY MATCH PROGRAM, ENTREPRENEURS RECEIVE ONE ON ONE COACHING TO HELP WITH A BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, SMALL GRANTS AND REDUCED RENT IN A VACANT STOREFRONT THAT'S IDENTIFIED BY DETROIT'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HELP APPLYING FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
AND THIS HAS BEEN REALLY CATALYTIC FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN DETROIT.
THE CITY OF DETROIT ITSELF HAS MOVED OVER $14 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING TO THESE SMALL BUSINESSES AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP THEM SECURE OVER $73 MILLION IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
NEXT SLIDE. THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREA AND OUR FOCUS, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY QUICKLY, THAT WE HAVE SERVED OVER 700 PARTICIPANTS THAT HAVE BEEN ENROLLED.
OVER 300 CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN AWARDED AN AVERAGE WAGE OF $19.82 AN HOUR.
OUR RETENTION IS AT 80% AND OUR OUTREACH HAS BEEN OVER 400 OR 4800 RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS BASED ON THESE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS.
I REALLY DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, WHICH IS THE TEXAS WORKS PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION AT THE STATE.
THEY HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A TEXAS WORKS PROGRAM.
WE ARE HOSTING A MEETING BY TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION TO ACTUALLY START WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND SEE IF THIS IS A POSSIBILITY NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY OR IS IT JUST A POSSIBILITY FOR OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS.
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REIMBURSE THEM $10 PER HOUR FOR EVERY INTERNSHIP THEY START.SO AGAIN, WE SEE THAT AS AN ADVANTAGE.
JUST TO MENTION ONE THING HERE ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ON THE PLAN FOR YEAR TWO.
BASICALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING AFTER IS THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR DAY LABOR CENTER TO INCREASE THAT, TO ALSO FEEL THE CHRONIC VACANCIES OF THE CITY AS WELL.
AND I WANTED TO SHARE VERY QUICKLY A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT I MEAN THERE.
SO OSCEOLA COUNTY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THEN THEY HAVE ORIENTED ALL OF THEIR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS AROUND IT, INCLUDING USING $12 MILLION TO PAY FULL TUITION AND FEES FOR EVERY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR GRADUATING IN THE COUNTY AND SUPPORT EVERY INTERESTED ADULT IN UPSKILLING TO BE ABLE TO JOIN TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING FIELDS.
SO STARTING FROM FOUR WEEKS ALL THE WAY UP TO A PHD.
THERE IS A PLATFORM OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE COUNTY IS NOW MAKING MONEY ON THIS INVESTMENT.
SO, THERE IS $38 MILLION IN INCREASED SALES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE EARNING HIGHER WAGES THAT THE COUNTY IS RECEIVING $1.5 MILLION IN NET BENEFIT FROM SALES TAX.
SO, FLORIDA LIKE TEXAS IS A STATE WITHOUT INCOME TAX.
EMPLOYERS ARE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN DESIGNING THE CURRICULUM.
SO, THERE'S OVER 90% PLACEMENT IN JOBS EVEN AFTER JUST FOUR WEEKS OF TRAINING.
AND BECAUSE THE PROGRAM INCLUDES ROBUST WRAPAROUND SERVICES, BUS PASSES, FOOD PANTRIES, CHILDCARE, HOUSING SUPPORT, MANY, MANY STRATEGIES TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN SUCCEED IN THE TRAINING.
THERE'S AN OVER 90% RETENTION RATE.
SO THIS IS GOLD STANDARD, BUT VERY POSSIBLE IF YOU'RE THINKING STRATEGICALLY.
YEAH. SO WE WILL GO TO NEXT STEPS.
WE WILL COME BACK AND UPDATE THIS COMMITTEE ON OUR WORKFORCE DASHBOARD FOR SPRING OF 2024.
WE WILL SUBMIT THE PROPOSED REVISIONS FOR PROGRAM STATEMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE Z10 IS MORE PROPERLY ALIGNED ALIGNED TO SERVE SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE CITYWIDE MICRO GRANTS BY DECEMBER OF 2023.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE IT. LET ME START WITH ANY QUESTIONS HERE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, JUST A COMMENT.
PLEASE FORWARD TO HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TEN.
DID YOU HEAR HIM? I DID GREAT.
I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT, AS WE DEVELOP OUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT LIST OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO HAVE IS WHETHER THERE PLANS TO WORK WITH THE KEY LENDERS ON THE LOANS AND GRANTS BECAUSE THERE'S CRA, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR LENDERS.
AND AS I TALK TO MORE AND MORE BANKERS, THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SBC.
THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, I THINK ON THE MICRO GRANTS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HOW BUREAUCRATIC THE CITY IS AND TO GET INTO TINY LITTLE LOANS WITH INDIVIDUALS IS GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE FOR EVERYONE.
AND SO WHAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FUND ONE WITH A NONPROFIT THAT COULD THEN ADMINISTER THOSE MICRO GRANTS RATHER THAN US BEING THE MANAGER OF THOSE GRANTS.
SO AND THERE'S NO REASON TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.
THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO START FROM SCRATCH ON THIS.
GREAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, I THINK MAYBE WHERE WE COULD REALLY WORK ON IS INCLUDING US, THE CITY, AS THE DELAYS IN PAYERS TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM MORE THAN ONE SMALL CONTRACTOR HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET PAID BY THE CITY.
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SO, WE OUGHT TO LOOK INTERNALLY FIRST BEFORE WE REALLY WORRY ABOUT IT TOO MUCH ON THE OUTSIDE.OKAY. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IS THE 6000 ON THE NEW JOBS, IT SEEMS RATHER LOW, FRANKLY.
IS THAT IS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S A COMPARATIVE TO.
SO THAT COMES FROM DALLAS THRIVE'S ANALYSIS AND I'M FOCUSED.
JUST THERE ON JOBS THAT PAY ABOVE THE LIVING WAGE.
RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT I THINK WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET MAYBE JUST AS A SECONDARY AS AN ANSWER WOULD BE OF THE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, GIVE US A COMPARISON. GIVE US HOW MANY JOBS DO PAY ABOVE IN DALLAS LIKE SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE REALLY DID A GREAT JOB.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY 7,000,002 BILLION, THOSE ARE HAPPY.
YEAH, THOSE ARE GOOD NUMBERS, RIGHT? SIX IS SURE.
I THINK GIVEN THAT SORT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS MEETING, THE FACT THAT WE LOST ALMOST HALF THE COMMITTEE, I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF ON THE ITEM, THE ONLY ITEM WE DIDN'T GET TO, WHICH IS ITEM C, SORRY, ITEM D, I APOLOGIZE.
WE DID NOT GET ITEM D, WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT OR MAYBE WE'LL GET IT IN A MEMO.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.