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[Park, Trails, and Environment Committee on November 6, 2023.]
GOOD MORNING.I'M CHAIR OF PARKS, TRAILS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
I AM CALLING THE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2023 MEETING TO ORDER AND THE TIME IS 9:13.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? THANK YOU. ALL OPPOSE, I MEAN ALL IN FAVOR? SORRY. OKAY.
OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE OUR AGENDA AROUND JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE AND THEN MOVE FROM THERE.
SO I WANTED TO MOVE THAT UP IN THE AGENDA.
OKAY, SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL HEAR A BRIEFING ON THE SOUTHWEST SHOWCASE GOLF TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT THAT WILL BE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE. AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS EVENT.
AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH THE GOLF PROS AND THE GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE STAFF.
AND SO TODAY I HAVE THE I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION WITH US.
WE HAVE DAVE RIDLEY WHO'S THE CHAIRMAN.
WE HAVE IRA MOLAYO WHO'S THE VICE CHAIR.
WELL, THANK YOU, JOHN, AND GOOD MORNING.
AND BEFORE I GET STARTED ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AS A TAXPAYER IN DALLAS AND PROPERTY OWNER, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT PARK SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE.
AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
THAT'S EITHER GOOD OR BAD. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, MR. RIDLEY JUST SET THE RECORD IN THAT REGARD.
I AM CO FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION AND I'M PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO BRING WITH ME IRA MOLAYO, WHO IS THE CO FOUNDER AND OF THE FOUNDATION AND THE VICE CHAIRMAN, AND CHUCK WALKER, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE TIME TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OUR BACKGROUND OF OUR FOUNDATION, WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW NEXT WEEK WE ARE GOING TO SHOWCASE ONE OF THE GREAT, IF UN TOTALLY RECOGNIZED ASSETS OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND THAT'S CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
I'M A GOLFER. FOUNDATION WAS FORMED FIVE YEARS AGO WITH A MISSION TO BE YOUR PARTNER, TO BE THE CITY'S PARTNER, IN HELPING TO BE A CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND REVITALIZATION THROUGH THE PROGRAMING, PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF HISTORIC CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE.
I'LL COME BACK TO THE HISTORIC PART IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT FIRST, I WANT TO POINT OUT IN A COMMUNICATION FROM MAYOR JOHNSON IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, WHEN HE SAID, LAST WEEK, I JOINED SOME OF DALLAS'S FIERCEST PARK SYSTEM ADVOCATES TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCH THE DALLAS PARKS COALITION.
I LIKE THE WORD FIERCEST THAT MAYOR JOHNSON USED, BUT PERHAPS PASSIONATE IS AN EQUAL SYNONYM.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE AMA GOLFER FOUNDATION IS.
MR. JOHNSON FINISHED HIS COMMENTS WITH THIS ELOQUENT VISION.
GREAT CITIES NEED AND DESERVE GREAT PARKS, AND NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE THIS CITY'S EFFORTS TO MAKE DALLAS GREENER AND GREATER FOR ALL, AND TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
HE WENT ON TO SAY, DALLAS NEEDS AND DESERVES SUCH, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP THE CITY DO SO.
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WE WERE FOUNDED FIVE YEARS AGO AS A 5013C NONPROFIT.YOU SEE SOME OF THE GENTLEMEN HERE WITH ME.
WE HAVE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT.
AND THEN WE HAVE A STAFF LED BY OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHUCK WALKER.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STAFF.
I THINK IT WAS THE PREVIOUS, PROBABLY PREVIOUS SLIDE THERE.
BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STAFF.
LOCALLY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE SOME FOLKS LOCALLY, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY ARE INVOLVED ON A STAFF BASIS WITH US.
BRENDA LOPEZ, WHO'S WITH US TODAY, GRADUATE OF SMU LOCALLY.
AND THEN ONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS HAS ALSO COME ON BOARD AS A STAFF MEMBER.
AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 300 PLUS PEOPLE WHO MOVED TO DALLAS DAILY.
AND THAT'S ROSA JONES, WHO COMES TO US FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
THAT'S TELVIN, WHO COMES TO US FROM TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND RICK KLAASSEN FROM JACKSONVILLE.
AS YOU HEARD DAVE MENTION, OUR MISSION IS TO BE A CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY RENEWAL.
OUR NAME IS THE I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION, BUT OUR MISSION IS TRULY TO UTILIZE GOLF AND THE ASSETS CONNECTED TO THE GOLF COURSE THERE TO BE THAT CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY RENEWAL IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
THERE IS A STORY THAT THAT PRECEDES US EAST LAKE GOLF COURSE IN ATLANTA.
EAST LAKE WENT FROM BEING ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGED COMMUNITIES IN ATLANTA TO NOW A FLOURISHING COMMUNITY WITH ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS, ONE OF THE BEST EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND THEN ALSO A FANTASTIC GOLF AMENITY AND A VISION.
PART OF THE VISION WITH THE I'M A GOLFER FOUNDATION IS TO HELP CEDAR CREST RENEW AND TRANSFORM IN A SIMILAR MOLD THE WAY THAT EAST LAKE HAS DONE IN ATLANTA. WE DO THAT THROUGH THE PROGRAMING OF CEDAR CREST, THROUGH THE PRESERVATION OF CEDAR CREST, AND THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF CEDAR CREST.
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
MOST RECENTLY, WE WERE HIGHLIGHTED ON ESPN WITH A FEATURE 30 MINUTE FEATURE ON THE I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION AND OUR PGA JUNIOR LEAGUE PROGRAM THAT WE DO. AND THEN ALSO RECENTLY IN THE NEWS, OUR WORK WITH THE CARTER HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TEAM AND THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP RECENTLY WAS QUITE A BIT OF THAT IS THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMING AND ACTIVITIES AT CEDAR CREST.
THE NEXT THING WE DO IS PAID INTERNSHIPS AND FIRST JOBS.
THOSE PAID INTERNSHIPS AND FIRST JOBS HAPPEN AT CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE, WHICH SOME WOULD SAY IS A LITTLE BIT OF A JOB IN ECONOMIC DESERT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO GET TO THEIR FEET WET INTO INTERNSHIPS.
AND SO WE'VE PROVIDED SINCE INCEPTION 91 PAID JOBS AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, ANYTHING FROM EVENT MANAGEMENT TO OPERATIONS TO NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOUNDATION.
WELL, CAN WE MAYBE JUST KEEP MOVING? SORRY. WE HAVE A HEAVY DOCKET TODAY, SO WE.
WELL, I'VE GOT IT ON MY COMPUTER.
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WE CAN ALL WATCH IT. IT'S GOING TO GO BAD.YES. LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
THIS VIDEO BASICALLY SHOWS A TESTIMONY FROM OUR INTERNS WHO'VE GONE TO VARIOUS JOBS AROUND THE CITY OR ENVIRONMENTS AROUND THE CITY TO ENGAGE BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND THEN THEY SHOW THEY TESTIFY TO HOW VALUABLE THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN TO THEM. AND JUST TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW, WHEN OUR GRAND VISIONS IS TO TAKE A 6 OR 7 YEAR OLD, INTRODUCE THEM TO GOLF, GIVE THEM THEIR FIRST JOB WHEN THEY'RE 15 OR 17, AND HELP THEM GET TO COLLEGE.
SO I'M A GOLFER FOUNDATION IS A SIX YEAR OLD TO 22 YEAR OLD CONTINUUM IS OUR VISION.
THE NEXT SLIDE. AND ONCE IT ONCE IT COMES BACK ONLINE, THE NEXT SLIDE IS SIMPLY AN INTRODUCTION TO SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH IN AND AROUND CEDAR CREST, ALL OF THE AREA, LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS SURROUNDING CEDAR CREST.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BEHIND EVERY DOOR AND THEIR WORK WITH THE CEDAR CREST COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WAS THE OLD SALVATION ARMY, AND THEN ALSO CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH JUST DOWN THE STREET.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS.
THE OTHER TWO ARE PRESERVATION AND ALSO PROMOTION OF CEDAR CREST.
I'LL LET DAVE RIDLEY SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE PRESERVATION WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING.
THIS GOLF COURSE WAS CREATED IN 1919 BY ONE OF THE GREAT ARCHITECTS IN THE HISTORY OF GOLF.
FURTHERMORE, THE HISTORY OF CEDAR CREST AND SOME OF THE LEGENDS THAT HAVE WALKED THESE FAIRWAYS IS AS IF, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A GOLFER, AS IF BABE RUTH OR JACKIE ROBINSON HAD PLAYED BALL IN SOUTHERN DALLAS AROUND CEDAR CREST.
SO THE I'M A GOLFER FOUNDATION, THROUGH COOPERATION AND WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT LAST SUMMER, SPENT $600,000 IN CREATING A NEW ENTRANCE WAY TO CEDAR CREST TO TELL OUR STORY.
IT GIVES A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FEEL.
A WELCOME TO CEDAR CREST THAT YOU ARE SOMEPLACE SPECIAL AND THE FACT IS, IT IS A SPECIAL PLACE.
THEN WE ALSO, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
TOOK A OLD PRACTICE PUTTING GREEN THAT YOU SEE THERE.
AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE TURN IT INTO LEGENDS PLAZA.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT ON THE SLIDE ARE STATUES LARGER THAN LIFE STATUES, THE ONLY ONES IN THE WORLD OF DOCTOR CHARLIE SIFFORD, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK TO PLAY ON THE PGA TOUR AFTER WINNING A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP AT CEDAR CREST IN 1954. AND THE OTHER ONE IS OF WALTER HAGEN, A THE THE BABE RUTH OF GOLF IN THE 20S AND 30S.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE ONLY STATUES IN THE WORLD OF THESE GENTLEMEN, AND WE NEED TO CELEBRATE THEM.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR PRESERVATION INITIATIVE IS DOING.
THREE P'S, PROGRAMS, PRESERVATION.
AND THEN WE'RE PROMOTING THIS GOLF COURSE.
IRA. AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE THE GOLF COURSE.
THE NUMBER ONE THING WE WANT TO DO WHEN WE START TO PROGRAM AND DO MANY GOOD THINGS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND WE START TO PRESERVE THE GOLF COURSE, THEN WE NEED A WAY TO LET EVERYONE KNOW.
AND OUR PROMOTION PILLAR IS JUST THAT.
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THAT INITIAL PROMOTION THAT'S IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF US IS THE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SHOWCASE AT CEDAR CREST THAT STARTS NEXT WEEK AND NOVEMBER 13TH THROUGH 15TH.IN THIS EVENT, WE'LL HAVE 42 PLAYERS, THE TOP 42 PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
AND THERE IS A THE TOP OF THOSE 42 PLAYERS.
WE HAVE 21 MEN, 21 WOMEN, AND IT REALLY IS AN ALL STAR EVENT.
WE HAVE THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY.
PLAYERS PLAYING IN THIS EVENT DO GET RANKING POINTS FOR THE WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKING, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY. THESE PLAYERS HAIL FROM 33 DIFFERENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND 21 STATES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, ALL COMING TO DALLAS TO COMPETE FOR THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT PARTNERS.
FIRST BEING SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.
TO HAVE SOUTHWEST STEP UP TO SPONSOR AND BE TITLE SPONSOR OF THIS EVENT SPEAKS TO THEIR COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO DALLAS, BUT TO SOUTHERN DALLAS, AND TO CREATING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN THE SPORT AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN RECRUITING RANKS HERE AMONGST OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS.
OTHER HOMETOWN HEROES, OMNI HOTELS AND RESORTS.
CBRE, UT SOUTHWESTERN AND TOPGOLF.
ALL HOMETOWN HEROES THAT ARE ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN, ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER SPONSORS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THERE IS A COMMUNITY IMPACT.
IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE HAD THE ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE OF DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD TO HELP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND STREET CLEANUP, WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE, AND THAT'S REALLY HELPED TO HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
WE'VE ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY TO BE PART OF THIS THROUGH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE HAVE NEARLY 200 VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL BE HELPING US PUT THIS EVENT ON COMING UP THIS WEEK, AND ALSO PRE-REGISTRATION ACCESS FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO COME SPECTATE AT THE EVENT.
THERE IS NO CHARGE TO THE PUBLIC TO COME AND ATTEND THIS EVENT, AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO PRE-REGISTER AND WE'LL EXPECT NEARLY 300 SPECTATORS PER DAY OUTSIDE OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
SO THIS REALLY IS A COMMUNITY WIDE EVENT.
THOSE THAT LOVE CEDAR CREST LOVE DALLAS PARKS ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE CEDAR CREST TO THE NATION, AND THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, I SHOULD SAY ALSO TO WORK WITH LEADERSHIP IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR JENKINS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CRYSTAL ROSS AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JOHN LAWRENCE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR WELL OVER A YEAR, AND TO GET TO THIS POINT TO WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING NEXT WEEK IS REALLY EXCITING, NERVE WRACKING TOO, BUT EXCITING FOR US. AND SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL COME JOIN US ALSO TO COME SEE THESE ALL STARS NEXT WEEK.
AND WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE GOLF COURSE, TO THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
SHE INVITED ME AND IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
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DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE? WELL, I DO, AND I REALIZE, EXCUSE ME, WE DO HAVE JUST A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME TODAY, AND IT REALLY WOULD TAKE ME PROBABLY ANOTHER HOUR AND A HALF PLUS SOME ADDITIONAL MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TOURNAMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY OF DALLAS. AND SO I WILL NOT TAKE THAT ENTIRE THE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE TO DO THAT.I KNOW I HEAR YOUR HEART BEATING, GOING LIKE, PLEASE DON'T, PLEASE DON'T.
AND SO NOW IT'S REALLY BECOME A WIDER ON A WIDER SCALE AND AND THANK ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS.
I DON'T WANT TO START CALLING EVERYONE'S NAME, BUT I KNOW MISTER RIDLEY AND MISTER WALKER, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS WHEN I START CALLING NAMES, DON'T LEAVE SOMEBODY HIS NAME OFF.
SO BUT QUICKLY, JUST VERY QUICKLY, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT.
IT IS GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON A NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE HAVE MORE MONIES THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN CEDAR CREST, BECAUSE CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT YEARS AGO.
AND SO I THINK THIS PARTICULAR EVENT WILL PUT SPOTLIGHT THERE.
I ALSO WILL NOTE, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT IN MY VISITS TO THE CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE, YOU HAVE GOLFERS WHO ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE CITY. BUT I DID PARTICULARLY WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS THAT I RECEIVED FROM GOLFERS, AND THEY WERE FROM FORMER COUNCILWOMAN WOMAN JENNIFER GATES COMMUNITY.
AND I SAID, DO YOU ALL LIVE OUT HERE? AND THEY SAID, NO, WE JUST COME TO GOLF HERE.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE? AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE IN COUNCILWOMAN GATES DISTRICT.
AND THEY SAY, AND THAT MEANS THAT DOESN'T MEAN BELOW, YOU KNOW, TRINITY.
SO THEY SAID, LISTEN, THIS IS THE BEST COURSE IN THE CITY.
AND SO I HAVE A PICTURE OF THEM.
SO I HAD TO DOCUMENT ALL OF THEM.
I'M GOING TO PUT THEM UP ON FACEBOOK THIS WEEK TO, TOO, TO BACK UP THEIR TESTIMONY.
BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSCORE THAT, NUMBER ONE, THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION AS AN ECONOMIC CATALYST. YOU HAVE HERE, ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH AND STRENGTHEN THAT RELATIONSHIP.
YOU HAVE A STRONG NEIGHBORHOOD, CEDAR CREST NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS A VERY STRONG COMMUNITY.
IT IS WHAT WE CALL PROBABLY YEARS AGO, ONE OF THOSE UPPER CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS, IF YOU WILL.
IT STILL MAINTAINS THAT THAT GLAMOR AND THAT STATUS.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER PARTNERS THAT I THINK WE CAN BUILD ON WITH THIS SHOWCASE.
YOU HAVE THE MARK CUBAN, WHAT IS IT, THE RECREATION CENTER OR THE COMMUNITY CENTER? YOU HAVE THE HONEYCOMB TRAIL THAT THE COUNTY HAS RECENTLY PUT IN.
YOU HAVE THE CADILLAC NEIGHBORHOODS WHO IS DEPENDING ON THIS PARTICULAR TOURNAMENT AND DEPENDING ON THIS PARTICULAR GOLF, CEDAR CREST GOLF CLUB OR CEDAR CREST GOLF CENTER TO BE A CATALYST FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I WANT TO JUST CONTINUE TO IMPLORE ALL OF YOU AND IMPLORE YOU TO GO TO CEDAR CREST, COME TO OUR COMMUNITY, SUPPORT US.
WE HAVE ALSO, THIS IS A PART OF THE EAST OAK CLIFF VISION PLANNING, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ALL OF CEDAR CREST CORRIDOR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHAT WE WANT TO CONNECT FROM LANCASTER CORRIDOR ALL THE WAY TO FAIR PARK, COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA, BECAUSE THAT IS A CORRIDOR WORTH INVESTING IN.
WE HAVE THE EYES OF MR. MICHAEL MORRISON WITH US AS WELL.
HE'S WILLING TO WORK WITH US IF WE DO OUR PART.
I THINK THEY WILL DO THEIR PART FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I THANK ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS.
WE WANT TO LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD AND KNOW THAT THIS CITY EMBRACES THIS GOLF COURSE.
WHATEVER IT IS YOU ALL NEED, I'M HERE FOR YOU.
IT IS IN A POSITION WHERE IT CAN BE WHAT WE ALL CLAIM WE WANT EQUITY TO BE.
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AND I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.I KNOW THAT I WILL PROBABLY BE ON WHICH HOLE AM I SUPPOSED TO BE ON? YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT, HOLE FOUR AND I WILL BE DRESSED APPROPRIATELY.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.
AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT I GET EXCITED ABOUT, CHAIR, I'LL JUST COME BACK TO SECOND ROUND BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS HIGH DOLLAR AND WE NEED TO ALL BE EXCITED AND BE PRESENT, IF YOU CAN SHARE IN THAT MOMENT TO SHOW THAT WE TRULY MEAN BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY AND INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. MADAM CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO IRA AND ALL OF THE TEAM.
I LOVE MY TIME OUT THERE AT CEDAR CREST.
THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION AS WELL.
IT'S HUGE OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY FOR YOUR GOLF COURSE, BUT FOR OUR CITY.
THIS IS UNPARALLELED TO ANY OTHER EVENT WITH THIS SPORT THAT WE HAVE.
I THINK WE WE MADE A RUN AT HAVING A BIG TOURNAMENT IN OUR CITY THAT WAS VERY SHORT LIVED, AND SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE STILL HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT ONLY PROMOTING OUR MUNICIPAL ASSETS, BUT ALSO THE YOUTH, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK OUR MUNICIPAL COURSES SHOULD BE ASSETS TO AND PROMOTING SPORTS TO INNER CITY KIDS.
IS GOLF IN PARTICULAR IS SOMETHING HUGE THAT COULD BE A TICKET OUT, A TICKET TO A NEXT CHAPTER.
AND I'M WATCHING IT WITH MY DAUGHTER AND SEEING THE ENTHUSIASM IN THE YOUTH.
BUT I'M ALSO SEEING THE DISPARITY GAP THAT EXISTS WITHIN THIS SPORT.
AND SO I KNOW WHAT YOU ALL DO WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GIVE TO OUR CITY, WHAT YOU GIVE TO OUR ASSETS.
SO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMMENTS DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT.
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SIMPSON, DID WE HAVE STAFF INPUT FOR THIS ITEM OR WAS THAT A DIFFERENT ITEM YOU WERE? CARL SIMPSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
NO, I THINK WE'RE FINE, MA'AM.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YES, PLEASE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS TO THE TEAM.
BUT DID YOU ALL MENTION THAT THIS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? AND WE'RE GOING TO FOOD TRUCKS AND ALL OF THOSE? YOU MAKE SURE YOU MENTION ALL THAT.
AND IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC, NO COST.
THEY'RE JUST REGISTERING ONLINE, OKAY? OR THEY CAN JUST SHOW UP.
OR THEY CAN SHOW UP AND WE'LL HELP THEM REGISTER WHEN THEY GET THERE.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WON'T.
WE DON'T PLAN ON TURNING ANYONE AWAY.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SO WE CAN GET THAT BROADCAST TO THE CITY.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE TO GET TO THIS POINT.
AND GOOD LUCK. WE'LL CROSS OUR FINGERS FOR YOU.
THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE WILL MOVE TO.
SORRY. WE'RE JUMPING AROUND ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, BUT.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM E, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, AND MR. O'CONNOR IS GOING TO BRIEF US.
GOOD MORNING, RYAN O'CONNOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION.
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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.OKAY, SO WE'RE HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT SOME CHANGES TO STATE LAW THAT OCCURRED IN THE MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR EXISTING PARK DEDICATION ORDINANCE.
NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR A LITTLE CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND, WE'VE HAD OUR PART DEDICATION ORDINANCE IN PLACE FOR A FEW YEARS, FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
THE EXISTING FUNDS ARE LIMITED TO LAND ACQUISITION AND PARK DEVELOPMENT.
SO AGAIN, THE MOST RECENT TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AMENDED CHAPTER 212 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THROUGH HOUSE BILL 1526, AND IT IMPACTED FIVE CITIES IN TEXAS.
THESE ARE CITIES THAT HAVE A POPULATION OF OVER 800,000.
SO DALLAS, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, FORT WORTH, AND SAN ANTONIO.
THE STATE LAW WILL BE IN IN EFFECT, IN FORCE ON JANUARY 1ST.
AND SO WE HAVE A FEW THINGS TO DO WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
AND I GAVE A VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION TO PARK BOARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ABOUT THE HOUSE BILL 1526.
SO IT AFFECTS MULTIFAMILY AND HOTEL MOTEL.
IT MAKES NO MENTION OF SINGLE FAMILY.
AND SO CITIES HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR EXISTING REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE FOR SINGLE FAMILY. IT REPLACES THE RESPONSIBILITY ON CITIES TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO REQUIRE LAND, DEDICATION OF FEE ASSESSMENT, OR BOTH.
AND THAT'S A CHANGE FROM HOW OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE IS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S DEVELOPER DISCRETION ON HOW THEY CHOOSE TO SATISFY THE ORDINANCE.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S TWO WAYS TO ESTABLISH THE FEES.
AND I'M GOING TO GET INTO GREATER DETAIL HERE.
BUT THE SIMPLE WAY TO SAY IT IS THERE'S A KIND OF A CONVOLUTED CALCULATION YOU CAN USE, OR THERE'S A KIND OF A SIMPLE PATH WHICH IS SIMPLY 2% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, WHICH IN DALLAS IT'S $1,164 TIMES THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INTERESTING ABOUT THE STATE LAW.
FEES ARE CHANGING WHEN WE COLLECT THEM ARE CHANGING FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT TO THE CO.
SO EFFECTIVELY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS ONCE THIS LAW GOES INTO EFFECT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A GAP IN TIME BETWEEN WHEN WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY COLLECT FEES, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TAKES A WHILE.
THE LAW REALLY HAS NO MENTION OF NEXUS PRINCIPLE, HOW TO USE THE FEES, REIMBURSEMENTS, ETCETERA.
SO NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE TIME LEFT IN THE YEAR.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEED TO OCCUR.
ONE IS WE HAVE TO ASSIGN ALL TERRITORY, ALL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND 1 OR 3 DESIGNATIONS SUBURBAN, URBAN, AND CBD. AND I'M GOING TO SHOW A MAP HERE IN A SECOND THAT WILL HAVE THAT MAKE A LITTLE MORE SENSE.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE DESIGNATED IN THE MAP HAVE A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THE FEE FORMULA, THE KIND OF MORE CONVOLUTED WAY TO CALCULATE THE FEES.
ONCE THAT MAP IS ESTABLISHED, WE WILL TAKE THAT MAP TO THE VARIOUS APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AND THEY WILL COME BACK TO US WITHIN 30 DAYS WITH THE AVERAGE LAND VALUE FOR ALL THE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE AVERAGE PER ACRE LAND VALUE.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS YEAR IS SET THE DWELLING UNIT FACTOR AND THE DENSITY FACTOR.
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AND THEN THE DENSITY FACTORS YOU CAN SEE THERE.ONE IS FOR SUBURBAN, FOUR IS FOR URBAN AND 40 IS FOR CBD.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE DENSITY FACTORS IN THE FORMULA ARE WHAT YOU DIVIDE BY.
THE NEXT CHEAPEST, SO TO SPEAK, WOULD BE URBAN.
YOU'RE DIVIDING BY FOUR AND THE CHEAPEST WOULD BE CBD BECAUSE YOU'RE DIVIDING BY 40.
NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE'S THE MAP.
SO THIS WAS KIND OF OUR ORIGINAL TAKE OUR ORIGINAL LOOK AT WHAT WE THOUGHT MADE SENSE.
AND SO THE WAY WE GOT HERE AND FOR CONTEXT.
SO THE BLUE THE KIND OF ROYAL BLUE IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING URBAN.
THE KIND OF YELLOWISH MUSTARD COLOR IS SUBURBAN.
THAT'S AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S KIND OF CLEVER RILEY, SUPER SOUTHEAST, DISTRICT EIGHT.
AND THEN THE OTHER COLORS, THAT WAS AN EFFORT TO SAY THAT THESE ARE THE TRINITY RIVER.
THESE ARE EXISTING PARKLAND AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
IF AT SUCH TIME IN THE FUTURE THAT THESE CHANGE FROM WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY ZONED AS COMMERCIAL, FOR INSTANCE, TO RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY OR SINGLE FAMILY OR HOTEL MOTEL, I'M SORRY, EXCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY, THEY WOULD TURN INTO URBAN.
SO THAT WAS REALLY THE INTENT OF SHOWING THAT DIFFERENT COLOR.
SO THIS THIS PRESENTATION REQUIRES MATH WHICH IS ALWAYS A BIT CHALLENGING.
BUT SO THE STANDARD FEE CALCULATION.
IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE THAT OPTION YOU TAKE THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS TIMES THE DWELLING UNIT FACTOR WHICH FOR MULTIFAMILY IS 0.005. IF IT'S HOTEL MOTEL IT'S 0.004 TIMES THE AVERAGE LAND VALUE, WHICH WE WILL GET BACK FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS BASED UPON OUR MAP.
AND YOU DIVIDE BY THE DENSITY FACTOR.
SO IF IT WAS SUBURBAN, AGAIN, YOU'RE DIVIDING BY ONE.
IF IT'S URBAN, YOU'RE DIVIDING BY FOUR.
IF IT'S CBD, YOU'RE DIVIDING BY 40.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE LOW FEE CALCULATION, WHICH AGAIN IS, AS I'VE BEEN KIND OF DESCRIBING IT TO FOLKS, IS THE SIMPLE WAY, WHICH IS SIMPLY 2% OF THE EXISTING MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME TIMES THE NUMBER OF UNITS EQUALS THE FEE.
AND SO FOR FOR BETTER CONTEXT OF THOSE FORMULAS I DID A FEW EXAMPLES HERE.
THE FIRST ONE BEING A KIND OF NORMAL 250 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX IN AN URBAN DESIGNATION, WHICH, AS YOU'LL RECALL FROM THE MAP, IS MOST OF THE CITY. YOU TAKE 250 TIMES 0.005, WHICH IS THE DWELLING UNIT FACTOR TIMES, I'M USING $1 MILLION AS KIND OF AN ESTIMATE OF THE AVERAGE LAND VALUE DIVIDED BY FOUR URBAN EQUALS $312,500.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE MATH IS THERE USING THE LOW FEE AGAIN, SIMPLY 250 TIMES THE 1164.
AND THEN FOR FURTHER CONTEXT, I GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE WOULD BE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FEES ARE GOING UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION THERE BEING THE USING THE STANDARD CALCULATION.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE EXAMPLES THAT I PROVIDED FOR THE CBD AND SUBURBAN.
REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING THESE FORMULAS IS WHAT YOU'RE DIVIDING BY AND THE VALUATION OF THE LAND.
THAT'S REALLY THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME IN THESE FORMULAS.
WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE LAND DEDICATIONS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND CHARGE A FEE, BUT KNOWING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A A IRREGULAR OCCURRENCE, BECAUSE THE STATE LAW ONLY ALLOWS CITIES TO TAKE 10% OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOOTPRINT.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, SO GETTING 10% OF AN ACRE AND A HALF IS GOING TO BE A VERY SMALL PIECE OF LAND THAT WOULDN'T HAVE A TON OF UTILITY AS A PARK. MEANWHILE, WE WOULD BE PAYING FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THAT PIECE OF LAND.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT'D BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
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FOR CITIES TO ACTUALLY REQUIRE DEDICATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING FAIR MARKET VALUE, AND BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY GET 10% OF THE DEVELOPABLE SITE, WE NEED TO FURTHER ASSESS WHICH FEE METHODOLOGY WE WILL ULTIMATELY CHOOSE. AND I WOULD REALLY DESIRE TO TO HEAR Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK ON THAT TODAY.A FEW OTHER FURTHER THINGS AS WE GET INTO THE ORDINANCE PIECE OF THIS EXERCISE, WHICH WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL START ON EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND IT WILL GO THROUGH EITHER ZODIAC OR SUBDIVISION REVIEW COMMITTEE OF CPC.
BUT WE WE WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER OUR PARK DEDICATION ZONES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER FEWER OF THEM, BECAUSE WE'VE LEARNED THAT HAVING THE SEVEN ZONES HAS CREATED KIND OF TIGHT AREAS, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCRUE THE FEES AT A RATE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT AND USE THEM.
FOR INSTANCE, IN SEVERAL OF THE ZONES, WE STILL HAVE LESS THAN $1 MILLION IN LAND ACQUISITION.
AND AS WE KNOW, THAT'S THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PROPERTIES WE CAN BUY FOR UNDER $1 MILLION.
SO BY INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE ZONES, THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCRUE MORE QUICKLY, AND WE'LL HAVE LARGER AREAS BY WHICH TO GO OUT AND ACQUIRE PROPERTIES. SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CONSIDER.
SO THINGS LIKE A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM COULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE ORDINANCE.
THE OTHER THING, SINCE THE STATE LAW IS SILENT ON SINGLE FAMILY, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO CONTINUE ASSESSING A FEE FOR SINGLE FAMILY AT THE CURRENT RATE, WHICH IS ABOUT $1,000 PER UNIT PER HOUSE.
AND THEN WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BRING THIS FORWARD, THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT AN ORDINANCE IN EFFECT AND IN PLACE.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT WILL BE ON YOUR FULL COUNCIL AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY.
SO THERE'S A 30 DAY ADVERTISEMENT REQUIREMENT IN THE STATE LAW.
SO WE HAVE THE ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON NOVEMBER 8TH.
AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD ACTUALLY BE HELD ON DECEMBER 13TH.
BUT AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO JUST HAVE THE CBD CONTAINED WITHIN THE FREEWAY, WHICH IS HOW WE ALWAYS CLASSIFY CBD AND THEN THE REST OF THE CITY BE URBAN, BECAUSE THAT GETS TO THE MATH EQUATION.
IF WE GO IN THAT DIRECTION, THE THE URBAN IS KIND OF THE MIDDLE PATH, THE SUBURBAN BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE DIVIDING BY ONE URBAN BEING THE NEXT OPTION, DIVIDING BY FOUR AND THEN CBD DIVIDING BY 40.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH BUILDING INSPECTION AND OUR AND OUR OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CHANGE IS KNOWN AND IT'S COMING.
LET'S GO TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND SINCE I STARTED ON MY LEFT LAST TIME, I'LL START ON MY RIGHT THIS TIME AND CHAIR WEST.
THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS.
APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING, RYAN.
SO JUST IN THE VERY LAYMAN'S TERMS, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR FORMER PARKLAND ORDINANCE VERSUS WHAT WE HAVE NOW REQUIRED WITH THE STATE? IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, THE STATE LAW IS LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND IT'S HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FEES THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR ORDINANCE.
OKAY, UNDERSTOOD, THAT'S HELPFUL.
WHY DO WE NOT HAVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT THE TABLE WITH YOU?
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BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.WHY IS IT JUST PARKS UP HERE? I WOULD SAY IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF BEEN COMING FAST AND FURIOUS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE VERY INTENTLY, AND IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR. I HAVE BEEN, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS FREQUENTLY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT TREK.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND TRYING TO DIGEST ALL THIS AND HAVE IT MAKE SENSE.
YOU'RE THE MESSENGER, BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DIGESTING ALL OF THIS AND MAKING A RECOMMENDATION LIKE TODAY WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT ON THIS, ON OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I NOTICED YOU DID BRIEF THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ARE EXCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION. BUT WHEN YOU'RE DOING A FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THE COST OF THE OF THE MARKET RATE UNIT IS ALSO CALCULATED INTO THE OVERALL PROJECT.
SO IF WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL COSTS INTO MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT, YOU STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL, EVEN IF THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE LEFT OFF TO STILL IMPACT THE OVERALL AFFORDABILITY.
IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK YOU SAID IT IN A WAY THAT IS PRETTY ACCURATE.
YEAH. YOU'RE STILL ADDING COSTS ON UNDER THIS LAW TO TWO MIXED INCOME PROJECTS.
SO IT COULD STILL HURT OUR AFFORDABILITY.
AND THAT I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE I WOULD SIGN OFF ON THIS.
WHY DOESN'T THIS ORDINANCE OR DOES THIS ORDINANCE PREVENT US FROM APPLYING DEDICATION FEES TO INDUSTRIAL OR NON MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL PROJECTS? I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT.
AND THAT WAS A THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON MY PART.
THAT'S CRAZY, WHY SHOULD THE HOUSING UNITS BEAR THE BURDEN OF OF THIS? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
THAT WAS A DECISION THAT THE STATE MADE.
PREACHING TO THE CHOIR. SO WE CAN'T EVEN ON OUR OWN ADD A FEE FOR THAT.
WHO CAME UP WITH THE FEE CALCULATIONS ON SLIDE SEVEN? SLIDE SEVEN.
OH, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE STRICTLY TAKEN OUT OF THE STATE LAW.
SO I JUST EXTRACTED THE KIND OF CONFUSING LANGUAGE AND TRIED TO MAKE A SIMPLE SLIDE.
SO I WOULD WHAT LOOKS SIMPLER TO ME IS THE LOW FEE CALCULATION.
SO IF INDUSTRY WOULD SUPPORT THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LEAN AT LEAST.
AND THEN FEES VERSUS ACTUAL LAND DEDICATION.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT AT THIS POINT.
I THINK I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF BOTH OF THEM BETTER, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
OKAY. JESSE OR EXCUSE ME, CHAIR MORENO.
THANK YOU. CHAD, YOU DIDN'T BRING YOUR BIG LAYOUT ON THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER ONE TO THIS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON PARK BOARD WHEN WE FIRST PASSED THIS LAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, AND I KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VITAL IN THE GROWTH OF OUR PARK SYSTEM AT THE TIME. LUCKILY, HERE, IN A MINUTE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT THE THE GREENING INITIATIVE.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER BIG TOOL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USE TO GROW OUR PARK SYSTEM AND EXCITED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO WHETHER WE'RE ACQUIRING NEW LAND OR DEVELOPING IT.
AND NOW, MORE IMPORTANTLY, MAINTENANCE.
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IN PARTICULAR, WHERE WE'RE ONLY GETTING 10% MAX OF THAT PROPERTY, THERE STILL HAS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN SPACES WITHIN THOSE AREAS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT TEN MINUTE WALK CHALLENGE, ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT JUST GREEN SPACES, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY RECREATION THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND RESIDENTS THAT LIVE AND WORK HERE HAVE ACCESS TO.I AM CURIOUS AT WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS FROM PARK BOARD.
IT WAS A I WOULD SUMMARIZE IT AS A LIVELY DISCUSSION.
THERE WAS NOT A CLEAR OPINION.
WHICH WAY? WHICH OPTION ON THE FEE PIECE.
BUT THERE IS ALSO ADVOCATES FOR KEEPING IT SIMPLE, DOING THE 2%.
THERE WAS THERE WAS ADVOCACY FOR BOTH BOTH OPTIONS.
AND SO, IT IS REASSURING THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS DON'T COME INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT, IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS 20% AFFORDABLE AND 80% MARKET RATE, THEY'RE STILL THEY STILL HAVE TO PUT THAT FEE IN SOMEWHERE IN ORDER TO RECOUP THOSE DOLLARS.
RIGHT. AND SO WHEN DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS AND HAVE IT IN PLACE FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE? SO AGAIN, THE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE MAP WHICH THE FIRST STEP IS WEDNESDAY CALLING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE OTHER PIECE IS WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE DENSITY UNIT FACTOR AND DWELLING UNIT FACTOR.
AND AGAIN THOSE ARE ONLY APPLICABLE IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THE FORMULA.
I KNOW THAT CHAIR WEST HAS SOME QUESTIONS LINGERING AS WELL, AND I MIGHT, DEPENDING ON SOME MORE QUESTIONS THAT GET ANSWERED TIMELINE WISE.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD AT OUR NEXT MEETING, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE HELD OFF FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TIME? WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE 30 DAY REQUIREMENT OF THE ADVERTISING PERIOD, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS MONTH SO A PUBLIC HEARING CAN BE HELD IN DECEMBER AND KEEPING WITHIN THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE GOING DOWN THAT PATH.
OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? EXCUSE ME. I SUPPORT THE WHOLE NOTION OF OF GETTING ADDITIONAL CLARITY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPOKEN AND I NEED TO DO THAT.
BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT ON BOTH OF THE NEXT ITEM AS WELL, I DON'T REPRESENT A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS PUTTING MORE PARKS OVER HOUSING.
IT JUST DOESN'T PENCIL OUT THAT WAY.
OF COURSE, WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, I'M TRYING TO STUDY THE BILL NOW AND SEE WHO THE AUTHORS ARE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO SEE WHAT THE REAL INTENT IS.
BUT JUST ON THIS FACE, I WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY PROPOSAL THAT PLACES PARKS OVER HOUSING IN PARTICULAR WHERE THERE'S MARKET OR AFFORDABLE.
SPEAK ABOUT THE PARKS, WHICH I LOVE.
EVERYBODY SAYS THAT. I DON'T EVEN KEEP SAYING THAT.
BUT IF WE'RE SAYING AS A CITY, WE'RE IN A CRITICAL STATUS RIGHT NOW AND WE NEED HOUSING, WE CAN'T TALK OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF OUR MOUTH, AND PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE IN PARKS AND PARKS IN SOME COMMUNITIES, YES, IT'S GOOD FOR IT'S A CATALYST FOR A SIGNAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE GETTING IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT SOME WOULD CALL ECO DEV BENEFITS, WE'RE GETTING THESE LITTLE STORES THAT ARE SMOKE SHOPS, VAPE SHOPS.
THOSE ARE NOT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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WE LOVE OUR CHURCHES.WE HAVE MORE CHURCHES THAN WE DO PARKS, PROBABLY.
AND I LOVE THE LORD, AND HE HEARD OUR CRY.
BUT WE'RE OUR PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR HOUSING.
BUT AT THE END OF OUR CONVERSATION AND OUR VOTING, IT SHOULD BE ON BEHALF OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE WHO PAY PROPERTY TAXES, WHETHER THEY'RE HIGH OR LOW SPECTRUM, THEY'RE PAYING TAXES, AND THEY KEEP ASKING US TO GET BENEFITS FROM THEIR DOLLARS.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HOUSING, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HOME REPAIR.
SO I WANTED TO I WANT TO BE VERY BLUNT, VERY STRAIGHT ON THAT.
WE CANNOT TALK OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF OUR MOUTHS.
IF I COULD JUST ADD, I FULLY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID.
SO BECAUSE OF THE STATE LAW IS KIND OF OPEN ENDED AND FLEXIBLE ABOUT HOW THOSE FEES CAN BE USED.
THEY COULD BE USED FOR LAND ACQUISITION TO BUY MORE PARKS.
OKAY. CHAIR, LET ME ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO ASK.
AND IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, PERHAPS WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN.
SO SINCE WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING UP, WHAT IS IT ABOUT A TWO YEARS? IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD REVISIT THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION.
AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE ADVOCATES OUT THERE WHO AND EVEN WITH US, WHO CAREFULLY LOOKING AND EXAMINING THE BENEFITS TO US, ESPECIALLY AS A CITY THAT SUPPORTS OVER A MILLION PLUS PEOPLE WHO OF COURSE, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO HAVE A REPUTATION OF HAVING POOR HOUSING, NO HOUSING, REGULAR DILAPIDATED HOUSING THAT WE ARE PROUD OF.
AND BUT WE HAVE PARKS THAT ARE PRISTINE.
SO THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO, CHAIR, IS FOR US TO AND I THINK I'LL DO THAT AS WELL.
SO IT SPEAKS TO WHAT THE DIALOG IS ABOUT US AROUND THE HORSESHOE, BECAUSE I KNOW I'M ONE OF THOSE, I DON'T COME TO WORK AND COME TO THIS HORSESHOE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND REMEDIES THAT DON'T SUPPORT THE VISION OF THE CITY THAT WE TALK ABOUT, WHICH IS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE, BE PROUD OF OUR HOME, AND BE PROUD OF OUR HOUSING STOCK, AND NOT KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF HOUSING.
SO I TAKE YOUR POINT, BUT I THINK FOR ME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, I NEED TO REALLY KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THIS BILL, THE CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT MORE HOUSING, QUALITY HOUSING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND HOW, OF COURSE, WE WANT WE RESPECT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUSINESS HAS A LITTLE LOOPHOLE HERE.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME CHIME IN ON THAT, BUT I'M VERY ADAMANT ABOUT US NOT BACKING OFF ON OUR PLEDGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BY THE CONSTITUENTS AND THE TAXPAYERS AND THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
THANK YOU. SINCE I'M VIRTUAL, YOU MAY NEED TO KEEP THE, IT'S ECHOING.
SO, RYAN, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
YES, MA'AM. SINCE THIS IS STATE LAW, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE OTHERWISE WHAT HAPPENS? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
WE HAVE TO DO THESE TWO THINGS THAT YOU'VE SAID.
SO. SO THE FIRST THING YOU WANT IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE OPENED THIS WEDNESDAY, AND YOU WANT US TO SUPPORT THAT IN ORDER TO GET A MAP AND A DENSITY DWELLING FACTOR SET UP.
AND THEN YOU SHOW ON THIS SLIDE EIGHT, THE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES SCENARIOS.
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WE HAVE TO PICK ONE.WE CAN'T YOU CAN'T FLUCTUATE BETWEEN A STANDARD CALCULATION AND A LOW FEE.
IN OTHER WORDS WE COULD DO A LOW FEE WHEN THERE IS A AFFORDABLE UNIT PROJECT AND USE A STANDARD FEE WHEN IT'S IN A, SAY, A MARKET RATE AREA.
IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU NEED TO PICK ONE OF THE TWO.
THERE'S NOT REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THE METHODOLOGIES.
SO I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.
IT'S EITHER WE'RE GOING TO USE THE STANDARD FORMULA OR WE'RE GOING TO USE THE LOW FEE METHODOLOGY.
AND THAT WAS SPECIFIC IN THE LAW ITSELF THAT IT'S NOT SPECIFIC IN THE LAW.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN CONSULTING WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THAT IS THE OPINION AS OF NOW.
AND BECAUSE IN MY UNDERSTANDING WITH STATE LAW, IF IT'S NOT EXPLICIT, THEN WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION AND UNTIL WE'RE TOLD OTHERWISE, WE COULD CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO. SO I GUESS I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE HOUSING AND WE DON'T WANT TO CHARGE A HUGE FEE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IF IT'S IN A, IF IT'S IN AN AREA THAT CAN THAT MAY BE WARRANT THE STANDARD CALCULATION, THEN MAYBE YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT TO DO WAY TO DO BOTH.
SO I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THAT.
OKAY. OKAY, THEN I'LL GO TO MY NEXT ONE.
OKAY. AND SO WHEN YOU, DOES IT TAKE INTO EFFECT ADJACENCIES TO PARK OR TRAIL? SO SAY YOU'RE AN AREA THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED AND MAYBE I THINK WHAT IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE 15 MINUTE WALK.
YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO PUT PARKLAND OR HAVE A FEE OR A DEDICATION.
WELL, SO IT'S IT'S REALLY THE CITY'S CHOICE.
SO THAT'S THAT IS A CHANGE IN STATE LAW.
WE WOULD SIMPLY REQUIRE THE FEE.
OKAY, SO WE ARE GOING TO GET CASH REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE PUTTING SOMETHING IN OR NOT.
AND THEN SO MY QUESTION IS DOES IT STAY WITHIN THE LIKE THE UNIT IF IT'S AN URBAN CVD OR SUBURBAN OR EVEN A GEOGRAPHICAL SPACE, OR IS IT GOING TO BE USED ACROSS THE CITY. THE THE FEES.
SO THAT GETS TO THE NEXUS ZONE ISSUE.
AND AS I WAS DESCRIBING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN ZONES.
RIGHT. AND I, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD CONSIDER TO HAVE FEWER ZONES BUT LARGER ZONES.
SO THE PRINCIPLE THERE IS WHEREVER THE FEE IS GENERATED, IT SHOULD BE SPENT WITHIN THAT NEXUS ZONE.
AND I'M PROPOSING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BIGGER ZONE THIS TIME AROUND.
SO IT WOULD, WHEREVER THE FEE IS GENERATED, WOULD STAY IN THAT ROUGHLY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.
OKAY. BECAUSE AND THEN AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT COMES BACK THROUGH COUNCIL FOR US TO MAKE THE DETERMINATIONS ON WHICH PROJECT OR DOES IT ONLY STAY WITHIN THE PARK BOARD FOR ITS DISCRETION? ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT OR ANY SORT OF EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS THAT WE WOULD BE UTILIZING TO ACQUIRE LAND OR TO BUILD OUT A PARK THAT WOULD ALL COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
THOSE ARE ALL MY QUICK QUESTIONS.
JUST WONDERING ABOUT BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT MISTER WEST IS SAYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GOING TO KILL A PROJECT, BUT THERE'S A LOWER FEE, THEN WE SHOULD TAKE THE LOWER FEE AND WORK WITH THEM AND MAYBE PHASE IN HOW THE PROJECTS COME INTO PLAY VERSUS ALL IN ONE YEAR.
IT ALL JUMPS DOUBLE AND AND SO AND SO.
IF WE COULD DO A STANDARD CALCULATION FOR MORE MARKET RATE PROJECTS, BUT DO A LOW FEE FOR THOSE THAT AND HAVE IT LIKE GO AND RYAN, CAN WE I MEAN BECAUSE LIKE ONE OF THEM BASICALLY IS A DOUBLE LIKE THE 68 VERSUS A LOW FEE AT 116, YOU'VE VIRTUALLY DOUBLED IT.
THAT'S RIGHT. SO IN YEAR ONE CAN YOU SAY WE'RE ONLY WE'RE GOING TO STAGE IT UP AND GO LIKE 20% EACH TIME TO GET TO THE LOW FEE OR THE STANDARD CALCULATION AMOUNT.
WELL, I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THE 2% IS THE MAXIMUM.
SO THEORETICALLY YOU COULD CHOOSE TO DO 1% OR 1.5% OR OKAY, IT'S REALLY THE STATE LAW GIVES YOU MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM THRESHOLDS YOU HAVE TO ADHERE TO.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THIS AS WELL, THEY HAVE GONE FORWARD AND ADOPTED ALL OF THE STATE STANDARDS. SO AND BY THE WAY, THE OTHER THE OTHER THING TO POINT OUT IS THE OTHER CITIES, TO THE BEST OF OUR INFORMATION, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF THEM.
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THEY'RE ALL GOING WITH THE STANDARD FORMULA.SO IF WE CHOSE TO GO WITH THE 2% METHODOLOGY, WE WOULD KIND OF BE OUT THERE BY OURSELVES.
AND SO WHEN THEY DID THEIR ORDINANCES, THEY ONLY WENT WITH ONE WAY VERSUS A OKAY.
AND SO WAIT. WELL THEN TO THAT, IF YOU GO WITH THE STANDARD CALCULATION, CAN YOU.
AND THAT'S A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOU CAN CHARGE THERE AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN PLAY WITH THE FORMULA.
YOU CAN. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY.
COULD YOU DO THAT RYAN? SO YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD TAKE AFFORDABLE UNITS OUT OF THE EQUATION PERIOD.
WE'RE ALWAYS OUT THERE ON OUR OWN.
AND SO CAN YOU GO BACK AND JUST KIND OF DO IT ON A FEE SCENARIO.
YOU BRING UP AN INTERESTING IDEA.
THAT'S MY GIFT TO YOU ALL FOR THIS MONDAY MORNING.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU CHAIR BLACKMON I THINK WE HAVE AN ANSWER HOPEFULLY TO YOUR QUESTION.
YES, CHAIR BLACKMON THE WAY THE STATE LAW IS STRUCTURED, THAT IF YOU ARE IN ONE SECTION WITH THE HIGH FEE, YOU CANNOT ALSO BE IN THE OTHER SECTION WITH THE LOW FEE OR VICE VERSA. SO YOU CAN ONLY PICK ONE EITHER THE STANDARD FEE OR THE LOW FEE.
BUT YOU HAVE A MAXIMUM FEE AMOUNT THAT YOU CAN CHARGE CORRECT.
FOR THE LOW FEE, THE MAXIMUM IS 2%.
BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY AND IT AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANYTHING THAT IS AFFORDABILITY.
LIKE YOU COULD HAVE A CARVE OUT CLAUSE THAT TALKS ABOUT JUST AFFORDABILITY.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO EXPLORE A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE HEARD IT FROM THIS BODY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE OUR HOUSING PROGRAM AND INITIATIVES, AND WE WANT TO MAKE THIS ALL WORK TOGETHER. SO I THINK, I THINK IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND PENCIL IT AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, I THINK IT MAY IT AND YOU ALL ARE WAY SMARTER THAN ALL OF US AT THE TABLE. YOU ALL COULD FIGURE IT OUT.
THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN STEWART.
THANK YOU, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS MORNING.
I AM THE MANAGER OF PUBLIC POLICY FOR THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A VARIED INTERESTS WITH OUR MEMBERS.
THEY REPRESENT MANY INDUSTRIES.
ONE THING THAT WE ALL SHARE, THOUGH, IS A DESIRE TO MAKE A STRONGER DALLAS.
WE BELIEVE IN RESPONSIBLE, SUSTAINABLE, EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE CONTINUOUSLY LOOK FOR WAYS TO PARTNER WITH OUR WITH OUR MEMBERS HERE AT THE CITY AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO BUILD A STRONGER DALLAS, WHICH IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL.
THAT'S WHY WE WORK VERY CLOSELY BACK IN 2018 WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, WHICH IS SEEN OVER $12 MILLION, THAT'S BEEN DEPOSITED INTO INTO THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FUND SINCE THEN.
WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT PRESERVING GREEN SPACE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
IT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR CITIZENS PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL WELL-BEING.
WE BELIEVE THAT PARKS BUILD HEALTHY AND STABLE COMMUNITIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE CONCERNS THAT WERE ALLUDED TO IN THE FIRST IN THIS ROUND OF QUESTIONING ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT A DRASTIC FEE INCREASE OF A POTENTIALLY 100% OR MORE ON A PER DWELLING UNIT BASIS WOULD HAVE ON THE AVAILABILITY AND COST OF HOUSING IN OUR CITY.
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DALLAS IS IN A CRITICAL POSITION RIGHT NOW WITH WITH RESPECT TO OUR HOUSING.BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF RISING INTEREST RATES, SURGING BUILDING LABOR AND MATERIAL COSTS, AND INCREASED REGULATORY BURDEN, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPERS WHO ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS, BY THESE PROPOSED CHANGES, WE'RE ALREADY FACING AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT TO MEET THIS UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND FOR HOUSING IN OUR CITY. IT BRINGS ME TO THE SECOND POINT THAT I WANT TO SHARE AS WELL.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY FOR THE LAST 30 PLUS YEARS SINCE OUR FOUNDING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH FOLKS AT THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT OR COME UP WITH AN ORDINANCE ULTIMATELY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TO MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE LAID OUT BY THE NEW LAW, AS WELL AS BALANCE THE, THE, THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY THAT ARE LAID OUT BY YOU, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME SPEAK WITH YOU THIS MORNING, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONTINUE TO WORK WITH WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN MORENO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
RYAN, I KNOW THIS IS RELATIVELY NEW, AND I'M NOT SURE IF OTHER CITIES HAVE ADOPTED THESE TOOLS YET OR NOT, BUT I AM INTERESTED IF WE WERE TO DO THE STANDARD CALCULATION FEE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS.
IF THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR CAPACITY IN TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS PRIOR TO JUST ONE BEDROOM UNITS, SINCE IT WOULD, IN ESSENCE BE MORE OF A BENEFIT TO HAVE FEWER UNITS.
BUT THERE WOULD BE TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.
THAT'S A, THAT'S AN INTERESTING THOUGHT.
SO THE STATE LAW DOESN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DWELLING UNITS.
IT TREATS A ONE BEDROOM UNIT OR A STUDIO APARTMENT THE EXACT SAME WAY AS IT TREATS A THREE BEDROOM.
SO THE LAW DOESN'T MAKE DOESN'T DISTINGUISH IN ANY WAY.
SO KNOW PERHAPS AN OUTCOME OF THIS WOULD BE THAT THERE WOULD BE A A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD THAT MULTI BEDROOM APARTMENTS GET DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THIS.
OKAY I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
AS I LOOK AT WHAT I CALL THE SIMPLE CALCULATION.
I BELIEVE IF YOU INSTEAD OF 2%, IF YOU LOWERED THAT TO ABOUT 1.2%, YOU WOULD BE FAIRLY CLOSE TO WHAT WE ARE COLLECTING TODAY. SO IF WE LOWERED IT TO 1.2, WE WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE ARE TODAY, EXCEPT WE WOULD HAVE SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF THE NEXUS ISSUES AND OTHER FACTORS.
MR. REYNOLDS, CAN YOU THINK OF ANY PERSPECTIVE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT TYPE OF SCENARIO? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
WE WE WOULD, I THINK, WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK ONE OTHER PIECE THAT PEGGING THE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE TO AMI.
IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESPECT TO HOUSING, BUT IT ALSO INCREASES A NATURAL ESCALATOR TO TO THE TO THE FEE WHICH IS WOULD BE A CHANGE FROM OUR CURRENT STATIC CALCULATION THAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
SO IT WOULD IT WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE BASED OFF OF CPI YEAR OVER YEAR.
OKAY. AND CURRENTLY IT'S $687 REGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPE OF WHERE YOU ARE IN THE CITY.
RIGHT. IT'S JUST A FLAT, CORRECT MULTIPLIER OF 687.
AND ACTUALLY, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, THERE'S THERE'S FEES FOR ONE BED AND TWO PLUS BEDROOM.
I JUST AVERAGED THEM WHEN I WAS DOING THOSE WHEN I WAS DOING THOSE CALCULATIONS.
OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER NOW.
AND SO THEN IF, IF WE FELT LIKE THE MARKET, THE HOUSING MARKET COULDN'T BEAR THE ADDITIONAL FEES, WOULD WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME BACK. AND LET'S SAY WE GET A BOOMING MARKET AND THERE'S LOTS OF MONEY AND AND THERE'S A NEED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PARK FUNDS.
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IS THAT FLEXIBLE? CAN WE GO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A CITY ATTORNEY QUESTION OR RYAN, YOU MAY KNOW THAT.CAN THE CITY GO IN AND MODIFY THE 1.2 OR THE 1.5 TO BEING CLOSER TO THE 2 OR 2 ALL THE WAY TO TWO? OH, I CAN'T IMAGINE A SCENARIO WHERE THE COUNCIL WOULDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO AMEND THEIR OWN ORDINANCE.
BUT THAT WOULD I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE PURELY A COUNCIL DECISION.
I JUST WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE STATUTE'S NOT IT'S A ONE AND DONE.
YOU PICK YOUR, YOUR YOUR FEE AND YOU'RE STUCK WITH IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT COULD BE AGAIN, A GOOD THING IN THIS, IN THIS CHANGE IS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AND IT'S MAKING US RETHINK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FOUND A GOOD BALANCE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, RIGHT? WE HAVE MADE PARKS A PRIORITY.
WE'VE ALSO MADE HOUSING A PRIORITY AND ONE SHOULDN'T BE HURTING THE OTHER, SO TO SPEAK.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR HERE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO GOING TO TAKE A BIT.
AND THEN RYAN, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE NOT EVEN ON WEDNESDAY.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S BEING SET IN STONE.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON A RATE AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE JUST GOING TO KICK OFF THE PROCESS WITH A FRAMEWORK I BELIEVE IS HOW YOU SAID IT.
WELL, SO TWO, TWO PROPOSED ITEMS ON WEDNESDAY.
ONE IS TO CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MAP.
THE OTHER IS TO SET THE DENSITY UNIT AND THE DWELLING UNIT FACTORS ON WEDNESDAY.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE FORMULA.
AND THAT'S THE MORE COMPLEX FORMULA THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT CHOOSE.
AND IF WE SET IT AT THE MAXIMUM RATE.
AND AT THAT POINT WE COULD USE THE LANGUAGE SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF WE SAID IT TO THIS AMOUNT.
HOLD ON, LET ME GET MY GLASSES ON SO I CAN NOT TO EXCEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE STATE LAW FOR THE DWELLING FACTOR, IT'S NO GREATER THAN 0.005 OR 0 ZERO FOUR.
AND FOR THE DENSITY FACTOR, IT'S NO LESS THAN THE ONE 4 OR 40.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT STATE LAW SAYS.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S IN OUR FRAMEWORK LANGUAGE ON WEDNESDAY.
THEN IT GOES THROUGH A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ET CETERA. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WILL WRESTLE OVER WHICH FORMULA WE WILL USE AND WHAT FEE WE WILL USE.
IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? BECAUSE I THINK THE FEAR IS WE'RE SETTING FORMULA, YOU KNOW, ON WEDNESDAY.
AND AND I AGREE WITH EVERYONE WHO'S SPOKEN AND SAID THAT'S TOO FAST AND TOO FURIOUS.
WE NEED TIME TO SORT THROUGH THIS AND FIND OUT HOW WE CAN APPLY THIS.
AND IF THERE ARE SOME IF THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT WE CAN WE CAN CALL ON.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HELD ON DECEMBER 13TH, THE ULTIMATELY WILL BE CLOSED.
THE CITY IS GOING TO CHOOSE TO USE THIS FORMULA OR THIS METHODOLOGY.
SINGLE FAMILY WOULD STAY THE SAME PER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
YOU KNOW, A FEW BIG ROCKS IS PERHAPS A PATH TO DEFINE A FRAMEWORK FOR A POLICY UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE ORDINANCE IS FULLY BAKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHICH WILL PROBABLY TAKE SIX MONTHS, APPROXIMATELY.
OKAY, SO WE WOULD BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR IN DECEMBER, WE WILL BE DECIDING SOME OF THOSE BIG ROCKS, AS YOU SAY, WHICH WOULD BE CHOOSING THE FORMULA AND CHOOSING THE RATES WITHIN THOSE FORMULAS.
OH GO ON JIM. OH, THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND CHAIR.
I JUST WAS GOING TO JUST AFFIRM THAT I AGREE WITH YOUR SUGGESTION ON SETTING A MAXIMUM RATE TO THE FEE THAT WE COULD THEN BACK OFF IF WE NEEDED TO, AND A MINIMUM RATE TO THE TO THE UNIT COUNT.
THANK YOU. AND AS I'M PROCESSING, I WAS PREPARING SOMETHING FOR THE ATTORNEYS TO ASK THEM, JUST THAT I'M LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUSTIN AND THEY'RE NOT EXTREMELY THEY'RE NOT HAPPY RIGHT NOW ABOUT THIS.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE MAKING THEIR ADJUSTMENTS.
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PALESTINE, TEXAS AND SPRING, TEXAS.AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THIS PARTICULAR POLICY.
YES, MA'AM. THAT'S THAT'S MY FIRM BELIEF.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE THE THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE LAW AND THE REAL IMPACT IS LIMITING THE CITY'S ABILITY TO REQUIRE DEDICATIONS, BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU CAN ONLY REQUIRE 10% OF THE DEVELOPABLE SITE AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FAIR MARKET VALUE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A THAT IS A QUITE A DEVIATION FROM HOW OTHER CITIES THAT IMPLEMENT PARK DEDICATION DO IT. SO I THINK THE STATE LAW, IN MY OPINION, THE STATE LAW WAS REALLY A REACTION TO THOSE CITIES THAT HAD AGGRESSIVE LAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS. AND THIS LAW CERTAINLY ADDRESSES THAT.
SO THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE AND I COULDN'T REALLY SEE THE MAP VERY GOOD IN TERMS OF DISTRICT FOUR, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THAT AREA, WOULD THAT GO UNDER AN URBAN ? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE GOING CORRECT ME BECAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT PROPERTY VALUE, IS THAT THE PROPER TERM? YES, MA'AM. SO SO ONCE WE HAND OVER THE MAP TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A RIGOROUS EXERCISE TO DETERMINE THE AVERAGE LAND VALUE PER ACRE, LAND VALUE FOR EVERY SINGLE PARCEL OF LAND IN THE CITY.
AND THAT THAT NUMBER, WHATEVER IT IS, MAYBE IT'S A MILLION BUCKS.
MAYBE IT'S 2 MILLION, MAYBE IT'S HALF A MILLION.
SO WOULD NOT THE VALUE BE PRETTY MUCH CLOSE TO WHAT IT IS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, WHICH WE VALUED? LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAXES BY LAND VALUE IS MUCH LOWER IN COMPARISON TO, LET'S SAY, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE OF THE CITY.
SO BASICALLY WHEN I LOOK AT DISTRICT FOUR.
DISTRICT EIGHT, PROBABLY DISTRICT SEVEN, LET ME JUST MAYBE PARTS OF THREE, WE'RE PROBABLY THE VALUES ARE JUST MUCH LOWER.
AND SO I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD COME WAS HOW MUCH? EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TASKED WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO LOOK TO TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A DEVELOPER SHOULD PAY BASED ON THE MARKET VALUE OR A FEE IN LIEU OF IT, SEEMS TO ME THEY'RE ALMOST THE SAME, BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL DEALING WITH A LAND THAT HAS BEEN DEEMED LOWER ON THE TOTEM POLE, AND SO NOW THE DEVELOPER HAS TO DECIDE, EVEN IF I PAY THE FEE IN LIEU OF I'M STILL NOT, I'M STILL GOING TO BE LOCKED INTO BUILDING WHAT WE CALL AFFORDABLE HOMES.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? YES IT DOES.
SO AGAIN, THE MAP IS A PRODUCT OF THE KIND OF CONVOLUTED FORMULA.
AND SO IF WE IF WE COLLECTIVELY CHOOSE TO DO THAT AS A CITY, THAT IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A PROCESS.
HOWEVER, IF WE CHOOSE THE THE SIMPLE WAY, AS COUNCILWOMAN STEWART DESCRIBED IT, THAT TAKES A LOT OF THAT, A LOT OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT CAN BE COMPLICATED TO UNDERSTAND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OFF THE TABLE, AND WE JUST SIMPLY GO WITH THE SIMPLE PATH.
SO BUT IF I'M A DEVELOPER, I'M GOING TO BE LESS LIKELY, I WILL BE LESS LIKELY, LESS LIKELY TO BE INTERESTED IN BUILDING MARKET RATE HOMES. IN AN AREA THAT WHERE HE REALLY CAN'T.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE NOT MAKE MUCH MONEY.
AND IF WE KEEP IF WE KEEP ATTRACTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON A WHAT WE STILL CALL LOCKED IN MAYBE 250,000 OR LESS AFFORDABLE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO IN MY OPINION, WE'RE GOING TO STILL, NUMBER ONE, GET BEAT UP BY THOSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN MY COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WHO ARE ASKING FOR MARKET RATE.
AND TWO, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE YEARS AGO WHEN WE ENDED UP IN COURT, BECAUSE WE'RE CONTINUING TO SATURATE AREAS WITH WHAT WE CALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE JUST DOING THE SAME THING.
WE'RE GIVING A DIFFERENT NAME.
IT'S JUST THE PIG WITH THE LIPSTICK.
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YOU'RE STILL IN THE SAME POSITION.AND SO I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FOR US IN DALLAS IS WE HAVE BEEN IN THAT THE COURT CONVERSATION AROUND SATURATING THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE HIGHER OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY DON'T WANT THE AFFORDABLE.
SO WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR IN TERMS OF HOW WE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE PUT ON PAPER, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE AS IN AUSTIN AND OTHER CITIES, WE'RE IN A RUSH TO GET IT DONE.
BUT I BELIEVE AND JUST IN MY THINKING, WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH THE SAME OLD THING WITH HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH LOCKED INTO THAT AFFORDABLE AND THE TAX CREDITS AND ALL THAT GOES WITH IT.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET WHAT WE REALLY ARE ASKING FOR, WHICH IS A GOOD BLEND OF OF MARKET RATE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE IN THOSE IN THOSE DISTRICTS WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY THE MARKET RATE, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY GO TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I AM NOW, JUST WILLING TO SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE.
AND OF COURSE, I EXPECT IT TO BE A LONG DAY.
IF WE'VE GOT TO HASH THIS OUT IN FRONT OF THE REST OF THE MEMBERS.
WERE NOT ON THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT'S CLEAR AS MUD AS IT'S BEEN SINCE.
WELL, NO, I GUESS IT'S THE MUDS CLEARING A BIT FOR ME, BUT STILL MUDDY.
BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THIS.
AND AS I SAID BEFORE, WE NEED TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE THAT REPRESENTS ALL OF THE DISTRICTS WELL AND PROMOTES HOUSING MARKET RATE, HOUSING ALL ACROSS THE CITY. AND SO WE HAVE OUR GOALS PRETTY CLEAR.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ORDINANCE ISN'T GOING TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THAT IN SOME WAY OR MAKE PUT HURDLES IN PLACE THAT THAT WE DIDN'T INTEND. SO ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU TRAVIS. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO.
SEE, WE'VE GOT QUITE A MAZE OF AN AGENDA TODAY.
I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO, OH THE GREENINGS ARE INITIATIVE. THERE WE GO.
OH, EXCUSE ME. AND MR. BOONE'S WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE GREENING CZAR HIMSELF IS JOINING US.
THANK YOU. I'M CHRIS TURNER-NOTEWARE, ASSISTANT PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ROBERT KENT FROM TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND.
AND GARRETT BOONE, OUR GREENING CZAR.
AND ROBERT WILL BE TAKING THE LEAD ON THE PRESENTATION.
SO I WILL ACTUALLY TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
OR DO I CONTROL THE SLIDES? OKAY. WHILE WE'RE WAITING.
I'M THE TEXAS STATE DIRECTOR FOR TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND.
GARRETT, DO YOU WANT TO SAY HELLO? HI. MY NAME IS GARRETT BOONE. I'M THE GREENS ARE THE EX-CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF THE CONTAINER STORE AND INVOLVED IN A LOT OF CONSERVATION PROJECTS.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE NOT ONLY LAND NOT BEING USED, BUT ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF THESE PIECES WE'VE LOOKED AT ARE WATER DEPARTMENT PROPERTY, AND THEY NEED THEM FOR FOR STORMWATER MAINTENANCE.
BUT SO WE'RE GETTING DOUBLE USE OUT OF THEM BECAUSE THE STORMWATER PART IS DOWN LOW.
AND THE PERIPHERY AROUND THOSE RETAINMENT PONDS ARE FREQUENTLY HEAVILY VEGETATED.
SO WE CAN UTILIZE THAT LAND TWICE.
IT'S WE NEED TO DO THAT IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU. WELL, A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE MAYOR'S GREENING INITIATIVE.
IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO NOW WHEN MAYOR JOHNSON, DURING HIS STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, REQUESTED AN INVENTORY OF ALL UNUSED LAND OWNED BY THE CITY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE TURNED INTO PARKS.
AND THEN IN APRIL, GARRETT WAS APPOINTED AS THE GREENING CZAR.
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SO BY LATE SPRING OF 2023, ALL THE INGREDIENTS WERE PLACED TO MAKE A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND HAS A BEST IN CLASS DATA AND ANALYTICS TEAM THAT SPECIALIZES IN WORKING WITH CITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO MAP THE LOCATIONS OF WHERE THERE ARE PARKS, WHERE THERE ARE NEED FOR PARKS, AREAS THAT ARE CALLED PARK DESERTS, ALL WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN CITIES HAS A PARK OR TRAIL WITHIN A TEN MINUTE WALK OF HOME.
THIS IS JUST A SCREEN GRAB SHOWING WHAT THAT DATA TOOL LOOKS LIKE.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT COLORS ON THE MAP, ALL INDICATING DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFORMATION ABOUT NOT ONLY WHERE THERE ARE PARKS, BUT ALSO WHERE OUR EXISTING PARK GAPS, WHERE OUR URBAN HEAT ISLANDS, WHERE ARE THERE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND WHERE ARE THERE EQUITY INDICATORS? WORKING WITH CITY STAFF, WE TOOK AN INVENTORY OF LAND THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY THAT IS VACANT AND ADDED IT INTO OUR DATABASE TO SEE WHERE THE OVERLAPS ARE, WITH THE GOAL OF REALLY PRIORITIZING THOSE LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN PARK GAPS, BUT ALSO IN URBAN HEAT ISLANDS, ALSO IN AREAS WITH HEALTH DISPARITIES, ALSO IN AREAS WITH EQUITY INDICATORS.
WE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU BUILD HIGH QUALITY PARKS, THEY CAN HELP COMBAT THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.
AND AFTER THE SUMMER WE'VE JUST HAD, WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 100 DEGREES AND 106 DEGREES.
AND WE CONSIDER THE MANY HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT ARE COMMON ACROSS THE CITY.
WHEN YOU LOOK FOR AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE PARK ACCESS, AND YOU CAN CREATE PARKS THAT CAN HELP PROMOTE HEALTHY RECREATION, WE CAN SEE HOW PARKS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF BUILDING A HEALTHY CITY.
AND FINALLY, WE KNOW THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT PARKS PLAY IN BUILDING EQUITY IN OUR CITY.
AND THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS DALLAS THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO PARKS.
IF WE CAN GET THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. SO LOOKING THROUGH ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES, WE HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED ONE, TWO, THREE HIGH PRIORITY OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.
THESE ARE ALL PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS AND CURRENTLY VACANT.
ALSO LOCATED WITHIN A PARK DESERT, SO THERE'S NO PARK ACCESS WITHIN A TEN MINUTE WALK, AND ALSO LOCATED IN AREAS THAT HAVE EITHER AN URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT OR A HIGH PREVALENCE OF HEALTH DISPARITIES, OR A NUMBER OF EQUITY INDICATORS PRESENT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING EACH OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND MEETING WITH STAFF, PARK BOARD MEMBERS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE SUITABILITY AND SUPPORT.
OUR PROPOSAL AT THIS POINT IS FOR THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND TO WORK WITH PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE GREEN CZAR, MR. BOONE, THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER AND TRANSFORM THESE UNUSED CITY OWNED LAND INTO NEW PUBLIC PARKS. WE'RE PROPOSING LAUNCHING A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL DEVELOP THE TOP 15 HIGHEST PRIORITY PROPERTIES.
SO THERE'D BE ONE PROPERTY PER COUNCIL DISTRICT PLUS ONE CITYWIDE PROPERTY.
THESE WOULD BE DEVELOPED OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 4 YEARS IN THREE ANNUAL COHORTS OF FIVE PROPERTIES EACH.
AND AT THE END OF THE DEVELOPING THESE PARKS, WE WOULD IMPLEMENT A VOLUNTEER STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM WITH NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THESE PARKS, SUPPLEMENTING THE WORK THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE.
NEXT SLIDE. ALTHOUGH I'D LOVE TO HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN CONSTRAINTS OF BUDGETS, AND SO THESE WILL BE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS THAT WILL BE FOCUSED ON NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES.
WON'T BE HAVING MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENTS, BUT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD A PACKAGE OF PROPOSED AMENITIES THAT WE WOULD GO TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND ASK, WHAT DO YOU WANT? THIS IS A MENU OF OPTIONS, AND EACH PARK WOULD NOT GET EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST, BUT RATHER THROUGH A VERY ROBUST, MULTI MONTH LONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
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FOR THESE PARKS.AGAIN, ENTIRELY DRIVEN BY WHAT DOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT DO SURROUNDING RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE IN THEIR NEW PARK? NEXT SLIDE. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL DRIVE THIS PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH.
MONTH LONG PROCESS THAT'S REALLY DRIVEN AROUND THREE MAIN MEETINGS HELD WITH EACH COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY HUBS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN BETWEEN THESE MEETINGS. THE FIRST MEETING WOULD BE A SITE PLAN OVERVIEW AND A DISCUSSION ABOUT AMENITIES.
AT THE SECOND MEETING, WE'D ACTUALLY DO A POP UP PARK ON SITE, SO WE'D GO TO THIS VACANT LOT AND WE'D SPEND A WEEKEND INSTALLING TEMPORARY PARK AMENITIES JUST FOR 48 HOURS, AND INVITE NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS TO COME OUT AND INTERACT WITH THIS VACANT LOT AS A PARK TO GATHER FURTHER FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
AFTER THAT WEEKEND, ALL THOSE AMENITIES WOULD GO AWAY, AND THEN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, WE'D COME BACK AT MEETING THREE WITH A DESIGN UNVEILING AND ASK FOR FINAL THOUGHTS AND INPUT ON THAT DESIGN BEFORE IT MOVES INTO CONSTRUCTION.
NEXT SLIDE. OUR GOAL IS TO WORK WITH PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE PARKS, AND HOPEFULLY PARK AND REC WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD SOME OF THESE AMENITIES IN-HOUSE, WHICH WILL HELP SAVE TIME AND MONEY.
NEXT SLIDE. AND OF COURSE, THE BIG QUESTION IS, WELL, WHAT DO WE DO ONCE THESE PARKS ARE OPEN? WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP OUR PARKS LOOKING BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAN.
THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL, OF COURSE, PROVIDE THEIR STANDARD MAINTENANCE.
THESE WOULD INCLUDE IDEAS SUCH AS FORMING NEW FRIENDS OF ORGANIZATIONS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PARKS.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS WHOLE PROJECT GOT STARTED WITH THE NOTION OF THE MAYOR CALLING FOR DALLAS TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PARK CITY IN TEXAS, AND WE'VE DONE A TEN MINUTE WALK ANALYSIS IMPACT TO SEE HOW WOULD THESE PARKS IMPACT THE CITY OF DALLAS TEN MINUTE WALK FIGURES.
NEXT SLIDE. OUR TIMELINE, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR APPROVAL PROCESS WITH CITY STAFF AND WITH CITY COUNCIL AND PARK BOARD TO DISCUSS THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN ONCE THAT IS SECURED, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT FOR THE TOP FIVE PROPERTIES IN OUR FIRST COHORT OF PROPERTIES, FINALIZED PARK DESIGN AND PROCURE EQUIPMENT.
AND THAT'LL HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW THROUGH NEXT SUMMER.
STARTING IN THE FALL, WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THAT COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR, AND IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, WE MIGHT BE CELEBRATING SOME NEW PARKS AS SOON AS THE SUMMER OF 2025.
AND OF COURSE, AFTER THE PARKS ARE OPEN.
NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR NEXT STEPS.
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS ON TRACK FOR US.
AND THEN WE'LL START SCHEDULING THOSE INITIAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR THE FIRST FIVE PROPERTIES.
WE'D WELCOME THE CHANCE TO VISIT THEM WITH EACH OF YOU AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THEM.
AND WE'LL WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO FIND A DATE AND TIME THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE'S SCHEDULES.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS A PROJECT I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT.
LET ME OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
YEAH. CHAIR BLACKMON DO YOU HAVE DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST THIS TIME?
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SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY OR JUST TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT IN GPM WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE PROPERTIES AS WELL.THE CITY OWNS TO SEE WHERE TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF OUR NEEDS, NOT JUST WITH PARKS, BUT HOUSING, DEV, ALL THAT SORT OF THOSE FACTORS.
SO CAN I JUST ASK THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WE ARE NOT STEPPING ON EACH OTHER'S FEET? AND IF YOU HAVE THE LIST, I GUESS YOU'VE GOT THE FIRST FIVE IDENTIFIED, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MAY HAVE ALL 15 SOMEWHERE.
IS THAT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION? YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE IN CONTROL OF THESE PROPERTIES.
ADDITIONALLY, WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THEM.
IF IT TURNS OUT THAT IT'S NOT A SUITABLE PROPERTY FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, COUNCILMEMBER, BUT I'M HAPPY TO VISIT WITH YOU AND GO OVER THAT LIST TOGETHER IF THAT'D BE HELPFUL. YES, BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE TRYING TO DO I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH SOME OF THIS PROPERTY THAT MAY NOT BE USED FOR PARK AND MAY BE USED FOR OTHER MEANS.
AND SO AND IF AS LONG AS ARE YOU WORKING WITH OUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT? CHRIS. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM AS WELL.
OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.
SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BE THE HUB FOR PROBABLY BOTH OF OURS, BOTH OF OUR COMMITTEES.
IS THAT? CAN THAT BE? IS THAT? THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY TO JUMP NOW.
CHAIR, VICE CHAIR BLACKMON HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ON MY MY QUESTION TO JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE WORKING ALIGNED AS A CITY AND NOT WORKING IN SILOS ON THIS REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS. SO THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU TO TWO GREAT LEADERS IN OUR PARK SPACE, GARRETT AND ROBERT.
Y'ALL HAVE BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL IN GROWING OUR GREEN SPACE HERE IN DALLAS AND PROTECTING IT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE A COMMITMENT, LIKE THE MAYOR DOES, TO ENSURING THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR GREEN SPACES AND THAT WE'RE CLIMBING THAT LADDER TO BEING THE BEST PARK SYSTEM, NOT ONLY IN NORTH TEXAS, BUT IN TEXAS AS A WHOLE.
I HAVE A QUESTION. ONCE THESE SITES ARE IDENTIFIED, WILL THE CLASSIFICATION BE CHANGED TO PARKLAND? I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PROTECTIONS THAT COME WHEN AN AREA IS IDENTIFIED AS PARKLAND.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO, GIVEN THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THESE PARCELS ARE DWU LAND, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH DWU ON THE AGREEMENTS AND HOW EXACTLY WE'RE GOING TO DESIGNATE THIS LAND.
IT MORE THAN LIKELY WILL REMAIN DWU LAND, AND WE WILL JUST HAVE USE AGREEMENTS WITH DWU.
GIVEN THE FACT, AS I SAID, THAT THEIR DRAINAGE EASEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY JUST HAVE A USE AGREEMENT WITH DWU AND IT WILL NOT BECOME PARK LAND OFFICIALLY.
OKAY. AND I THINK THAT CAN WORK.
MY HESITATION, THOUGH, IS THAT IF WE'RE INVESTING DOLLARS INTO IMPROVING THE AREA AND DWU COME BACK OR ANOTHER ENTITY WITHIN THE CITY AND THEY'LL CHANGE THE USE OF IT AND TAKE AWAY THAT IMPROVEMENT IS MY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE USING BOND DOLLARS OR PARTNERSHIP DOLLARS TO IMPROVE A PARCEL.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL COVER IN THE USE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH DWU.
AND AS FAR AS THE TERMS AND THE LENGTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE USE OF THE LAND.
AND ROBERT, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT CITY DOLLARS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING MORE INTO ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN THE OVERHEAD OF IT.
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ACTUALLY INTO THE PARK AND NOT SO MUCH ON THE DESIGN OR ON THE INPUT.BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS USED TO WORKING WITH WITH TIGHT BUDGETS.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT, WE'VE HAD SOME STRONG SUCCESS WITH LOCAL FOUNDATIONS TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE, AND WE'LL BE SHARING SOME EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS THAT WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THE MONEY THAT THE CITY IS CONTRIBUTING THROUGH THE ARPA FUNDS WILL BE MATCHED. AWESOME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.
YOU KNOW THAT I WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND PARKS AND PARK DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK WHAT I NEED TO GO BACK, KIND OF WALK BACK A LITTLE BIT ON PARKS THAT WE HAVE A LAND THAT WE OWN, PARTICULARLY, I WOULD SAY, IN THE AREAS THAT NEED HOUSING, I WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.
AND AS COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON AND COUNCILMAN WEST STATED, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER IN TANDEM TO SO THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE COUNCIL SUPPORTS AN INITIATIVE THAT OVERALL SPEAKS TO WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO AS A CITY.
AND OF COURSE, WE'RE STILL NEEDING HOUSING.
I WOULD SAY THAT MY PARKS NEED TO BE THE PARKS THAT I HAVE NEED TO, TO HAVE SOME ENHANCEMENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, CADILLAC HEIGHTS.
YOU CAN'T BUILD NEW HOUSING THERE.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A CORPORATE BUILDING THERE.
BUT I DON'T HEAR A CRY FOR ADDITIONAL.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MARKET, A HOUSING STOCK THAT WILL HELP GROW OUR SCHOOLS, HELP BRING IN NEW EMPLOYEES AS WE GET NEW BUSINESSES.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
I CONTINUE TO UNDERSCORE THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE SENT US HERE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.
SO FOR ME, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE AVAILABLE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE, NO MATTER WHERE IT IS, TO SEE HOW IT CAN BE CONVERTED TO A HOUSING STOCK OR SOME TYPE OF USE THAT WOULD HELP THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE COUNTY DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIVISION HAS IDENTIFIED ABOUT FOUR OF THE ZIP CODES IN DISTRICT FOUR AS BEING IN MOST THE MOST NEED OF SOME TYPE OF HEALTH CARE, PROVIDED WITH SOME TYPE OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
AND SO IF WE ARE SICK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPER FOOD, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP REPEATING THAT, I KNOW, BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, WE'RE IN THE FOOD DESERT.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY BEING FED A STEADY DIET OF INFERIOR PRODUCTS WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD SUPPLY.
WE'RE NOT ATTRACTING BUSINESSES THAT WILL PROMOTE THE HEALTHIER STYLE OF LIVING, WHICH BASED ON WHERE WE'RE GOING NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT JUST HOW WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE AS A, AS A, AS A, AS A CITY, AS A NATION, BECAUSE OF OUR HEALTH DIETS AND WITH THE COST OF, OF COURSE, MEAT GOING UP.
AND THE PRICE OF MEAT IS PROBABLY MORE THAN YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT IT NOW.
SO I WOULD SAY WHERE WE HAVE A NEED TO PUT IN WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR HEALTH CARE, HOUSING, FACILITIES THAT WILL PROMOTE AND TAKE CARE OF, I GUESS THE HEALTH CARE AND I'M KIND OF RUMBLING GOES BACK TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
AND THE PARKS THAT WE DO HAVE AND I LOOK ON THE BOND PACKAGE, YES, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I'M SURE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL DO THAT TO SUPPORT THE UPGRADES. BUT I HAVE A PARK THAT'S COMING IN BECAUSE IT CAN'T.
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HUB SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE FRUITS OF THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.THEY'RE RIGHT BEHIND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, YOU KNOW, SO THEY NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LOOP. BUT THE LAND THAT THEY HAVE CAN'T BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
I WOULD SAY THAT'S THE DECISION YOU HAVE TO MAKE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.
IN MY COMMUNITY, I'VE BEEN GIVEN MY ASSIGNMENT.
I KNOW WHAT MY ASSIGNMENT IS AND IT IS TO PUSH FOR MORE QUALITY OF LIFE FEATURES.
BUT AS I CLOSE CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVEN THE PUBLIC, I THINK IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND NOT IN SILOS, AS WE TALK ABOUT TAKING CITY OWNED LAND AND MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THEM.
AND I GUESS IT WILL, IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED, CHAIRMAN, ON THIS PARTICULAR BOND? AT THIS POINT, I THINK THERE'S A SMALL ALLOCATION IN THE BOND FOR THIS PROGRAM.
IT BASICALLY WAS A $1 MILLION MATCH MATCH.
SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A $1 MILLION MATCH, EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL HAVEN'T FINISHED THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR YOU HAVE HAD CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND DWU? CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING.
ALL RIGHT. SO SO THE $1 MILLION AND CAN IT BE REALLOCATED.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, SURE. OKAY.
I THINK THERE'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN OUR HEALTH CARE SECTOR AND THE PARK SYSTEM TO DO PROGRAMING AND TO MAKE THOSE PARKS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN TERMS OF IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.
AND CHAIR MORENO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THE PARCELS OF PROPERTY FROM WITHIN, ESPECIALLY DWU, IT'S HARD TO SAY, BUT GARRETT, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE EXTENSIVE WORK IN CLEANING UP OUR PARKS, ESPECIALLY OUR GREENBELTS AND A LOT OF THE THE BIOHAZARDS AND LITTER THAT ARE IN THOSE AREAS. AND SO I THINK IF WE IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, RIGHT, IT'S GOING TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP CLEAN UP SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PLAGUED BY BY JUST DEBRIS, TRASH, ENCAMPMENTS, ETCETERA.
AND SO I KNOW THAT CHAIR STEWART AND I ARE LOOKING TO BRING A BRIEFING BETWEEN PARKS DWU AND OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS ON HOW TO IDENTIFY WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD AND DILIGENTLY AT.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR WORK.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO JUST HELP CLEAN UP THOSE PARCELS ALONG CREEK BEDS AS WELL.
THANK YOU. WHAT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT IS THE FACT CARL SIMPSON IS ONE THAT STARTED THIS.
YOU CAN KNOW SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN CAN CALL FOR A GROUP TO COME TOGETHER TO DO A CLEANUP AND CODE WILL WILL BRING OUT ALL THE THE GRABBERS, ALL THE EQUIPMENT YOU NEED TO DO A CLEANUP. SO I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM, GIVING WINGS TO THE COMMUNITIES ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING.
IT MAKES IT EASY FOR A COMMUNITY TO HAVE A CLEANUP.
IT'S LIKE KIND OF LIKE CLEANING UP IN A BOX.
YOU JUST SHOW UP AND AND START PICKING UP TRASH.
ABSOLUTELY. I COULD NOT AGREE MORE.
OKAY. CAN I JUST SAY ONE MORE THING? YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.
WE. I'M CERTAINLY VERY AWARE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THINGS.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE I THINK OF ALL THE PROPERTIES WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT A ONE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WE CERTAINLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING OUT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LEFT THERE AND NOT FOR PARKS.
VICE CHAIR. BLACKMON YOU HAD IT.
LAST QUESTION. SO BACK ONTO THE PARCELS OF LAND.
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AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SELL THEM.I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ON WHY WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE LIST.
I COULDN'T HEAR HIM. WE JUST DON'T WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC THE LIST THAT THEN IF THERE IS NOT FINAL PERMISSION FROM DWU TO USE THOSE PROPERTIES, THEN WE'D GET THE HORSE AHEAD OF THE CART.
AND SO WE'RE IN THE FINAL DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW WITH DWU.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THE REST OF US HAVEN'T MADE AWARE.
AND YOU CAN JUST TALK THAT OFFLINE.
AND THEN SECONDLY, IF THERE'S $1 MILLION IN BONDS FOR THESE AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HALF A MILLION PER LOCATION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO FIND ANOTHER MILLION IN OUR HALF AND OUR GENERAL FUND TO DO THOSE OTHER FIVE.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE MONEY.
OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO GO LOOK THROUGH.
NO, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THAT TO COME FROM GENERAL FUND.
OKAY. JUST MAKING I MEAN, WE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO DO IT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING.
WE HAVE A PENSION PROBLEM WE HAVE TO SOLVE.
SO NO, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS JUST MAKING SURE OF.
OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
THIS IS GREAT NEWS AND EXCITING NEWS.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT MOVE FORWARD AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE LIST.
THANKS. WHERE YOU ALL DOING THIS COMMITTEE.
THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMMITTEE.
OKAY I'M GOING TO LOOK AT PARKS FOR A MINUTE.
WE'RE RUNNING LATE AND ENVIRONMENT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME TO THE TABLE AT ALL.
SO WE'LL MAKE THAT ONE REALLY QUICK, PLEASE.
YEAH, IT'S IT'S ABOUT A TWO MINUTE PRESENTATION IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. JUST TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME.
AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING IN COMING UP.
THERE YOU GO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
I AM KEISHA RANDALL. I AM THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW I'VE GOT THE PRESENTATION READY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT IT HAS BEEN BACK TO DALLAS SINCE 1985.
AND WE WERE SO EXCITED AND SO BLESSED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EVENT TO COME TO DALLAS.
WE ALSO WE GOT WORD IN 2015 THAT THE CONFERENCE WAS COMING.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND IT FINALLY HAPPENED.
JUST A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAPPENED.
WE WERE THE, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THREE SPEAKERS AT THE OPENING SESSION, WHICH INCLUDED OUR MAYOR, OUR PARK BOARD CHAIR, AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. IT WAS SO WELL RECEIVED.
IT PUT US IN A NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT AND EVERYBODY WAS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE ALSO HAD ONE OF OUR PARK PARTICIPANTS.
THIS WAS HER SPEAKING DEBUT ON A NATIONAL PLATFORM.
SHE'S 11 YEARS OLD, LILY, AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY A PAID SPEAKER AT THE CONFERENCE AND ABLE TO TELL HOW THE COMMITMENT OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT REALLY MADE AN IMPACT IN HER LIFE. AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SUPER IMPORTANT WAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SHOWCASE DALLAS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT THROUGH THE CONFERENCE.
WE WERE A RECORD BREAKING CONFERENCE WITH 9000 ATTENDEES SO FAR REGISTERED THROUGH NPR.
SO THEY ARE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR HIGHEST ATTENDANCE, HIGHEST ATTENDED CONFERENCE.
OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CRYSTAL ROSS, WAS INDUCTED AS A FELLOW THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WAS AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
SO WE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAD OVER 497 VENDORS THAT CAME TO THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE.
DALLAS HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THAT ACTUALLY SPOKE THIS YEAR.
AT THE CONFERENCE, WE HAD 28 PRESENTERS.
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COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.WE'VE RECEIVED SO MANY KIND WORDS IN REGARDS ABOUT OUR OFFSITE INSTITUTES THAT WERE HELD.
WE HAD A TREE PLANTING OVER AT LAKE CLIFF PARK.
WE WERE AT CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE, DALLAS ARBORETUM, FAIR PARK, TRINITY RIVER, AUDUBON.
AND THE ATTENDEES REALLY RECEIVED THAT VERY WELL.
SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF.
AND WE WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
MANY OF YOU DID ATTEND THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD DID ATTEND.
AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS A FANTASTIC SHOWING.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YOU DID THAT IN RECORD TIME.
CATCH US UP. CHAIR, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? JUST REAL QUICK COMMENT.
IT WAS FROM MY LIMITED VIEW ABILITY OF IT I WENT TO WENT BY THE TREE PLANTING AT THE BEGINNING, AND THEN I RAN THE FIVE K AND THE TWO THINGS I SAW WERE FANTASTICALLY RUN AND PULLED OFF WITHOUT A FLAW.
SO I KNOW THAT'S NEVER THERE'S ALWAYS STUFF BEHIND THE SCENES YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT YOU'RE DOING LAST MINUTE HAVING PLANNED MANY EVENTS, BUT I THOUGHT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND HOPEFULLY WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE PARK, TREE PLANTING AND THE CANVASING.
THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR BLACKMON DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT OKAY.
NO QUESTION. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I SEE CRYSTAL OVER THERE SMILING.
I KNOW SHE'S PROUD OF HER TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DID.
AND YOU ALL MADE, REALLY MADE DALLAS SHINE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE ENVIRONMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WE JUST HAD A LOT TO COVER ON PARKS TODAY.
NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A BRIEFING ON RECOMMENDATION OF A VAPING POLICY FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE, WHICH IS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. EXACTLY.
SADE AFOLABI, WHO IS ON OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE AND REGISTERED NURSE RENEE ROBERSON, WHO'S A DISTRICT A DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.
THEY'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE'S VAPING RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT TO DR.
AFOLABI. IS THIS ON? HI. I'M A PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGIST HERE IN THE AREA, AND THIS IS REALLY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, BUT I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE OVER TIME, SO I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.
NEXT SLIDE. WHAT I CAN ULTIMATELY SAY IS NEXT SLIDE.
AND IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES MEANS ANY PRODUCT CONTAINING OR DELIVERING NICOTINE OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANCE THAT'S INTENDED BY HUMAN CONSUMPTION THAT CAN BE USED BY A PERSON IN ANY MANNER FOR THE PURPOSE OF INHALING VAPOR OR AEROSOL.
THERE'S A MILLION DIFFERENT PICTURES FOR A MILLION DIFFERENT DEVICES.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THE DEFINITION OF SMOKING, WHICH MEANS INHALING OR EXHALING ANY LIGHTED OR HEATED CIGAR, CIGARETTE, HOOKAH, OR ANY OTHER DEVICE THAT CONTAINS TOBACCO.
NEXT SLIDE. AND SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT E-CIGARETTES.
THEY FIRST CAME ON THE MARKET IN 2008.
THESE INCLUDE E PENS, E PIPES, E HOOKAHS AND E CIGARS.
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VEGETABLE GLYCERIN THAT YOU'RE INHALING THAT HAVE BEEN RELATED TO OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS AND ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS IN THE PAST.AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, TOO, IS NICOTINE SALTS IN E-CIGARETTES.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
NEXT SLIDE. AND WHAT'S REALLY CHALLENGING IS THAT E-CIGARETTES ARE THE MOST COMMONLY USED TOBACCO PRODUCT BY YOUTH, MEANING THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY TRYING TO USE CIGARETS FIRST. THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING E-CIGARETTES FIRST.
AND SINCE 2014, THE RATE HAS NEARLY DOUBLED FROM 2000.
AND IT'S AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY CONCERNING.
THERE WAS A LITTLE PLATEAU DURING THE PANDEMIC IN THE IN 2020, BUT IT'S CONTINUED TO RISE AGAIN.
THE SURGEON GENERAL ACTUALLY REPORTS THAT E-CIGARETTE USE AMONG YOUTH IS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN, AND MANY ADOLESCENTS HAVE NEVER USED COMBUSTIBLE CIGARETTES, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE.
SO PEOPLE WHO USED TO MAKE POPCORN FLAVORED POPCORN USED TO GET THIS.
AND THEY USED TO INHALE THE VAPOR AND THE OIL AND THEY GET SOMETHING CALLED POPCORN LUNG.
AND THEN IT'S ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VAPING ASSOCIATED LUNG INJURY THAT REACHED ITS HEIGHT IN 2020 THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW OXYGEN HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.
NEXT SLIDE. AND IT WAS PRETTY BAD ACTUALLY, IN TEXAS.
IT WAS PRETTY E-VALLEY WAS PRETTY BAD IN DALLAS.
IN 2016, THE SURGEON GENERAL REPORTED THAT INCLUDING E-CIGARETTES OR THOSE DEVICES IN FREE INDOOR AIR POLICIES TO ELIMINATE HEALTH RISKS.
THE PREVALENCE OF SECONDHAND E-CIGARETTE AEROSOL EXPOSURE HAS INCREASED TO 16% FROM 2014 TO 2019, AND EXPOSURE HAS BEEN LINKED TO INCREASED BRONCHIECTASIS SYMPTOMS AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH IN YOUNG ADULTS.
NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THESE HAVE BEEN NATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, THE CDC, AND THE SURGEON GENERAL.
NOT ONLY THAT, OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THIS, AND IT IS ACTUALLY ILLEGAL TO VAPE ON CITY PROPERTY.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD EXTEND THIS TO THE REST OF THE CITY AS WELL.
WE ARE CURRENTLY BRONZE STATUS FOR THE CITY HEALTH SMOKE FREE.
AND WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE A GOLD, SILVER OR GOLD STATUS.
AND THAT'S IT. I DID IT AS FAST AS I COULD.
THANK YOU. CARLOS, REFRESH MY MEMORY.
ARE WE. IS THERE ANYTHING BEFORE US TO VOTE ON TODAY OR UPCOMING FOR COUNCIL? WE. WE CAN USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE, OR WE CAN VOTE LATER ON.
BUT I THINK I THINK THEY'RE SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT IN, YOU KNOW, UPDATING THE CODE TO INCLUDE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
OKAY. I JUST WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE QUORUM AND WE MIGHT JUST HAVE LOST QUORUM.
GOTCHA. THAT IS VERY, VERY UNFORTUNATE.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WE WILL JUST NEED TO BRING THIS TO NEXT MONTH.
SO LET'S DO THAT. AND OKAY I KNOW YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS.
YEAH THAT'S COOL. HE'S JUST YEAH.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK I GUESS I'LL LET ME JUST MAKE ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THAT.
I HAVE ASKED BOTH THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY AND THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE AND PRESENT THEIR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AT THE NEXT MEETING. AND ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HAVE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
HOW'S THAT? I'LL JUST GO OVER. OKAY.
PERFECT. MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.