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PLEASE FORGIVE THE DELAY.TODAY IS DECEMBER 11TH AND IT'S 9:09 A.M..
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 10TH COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE ASK FOR APPROVAL? IF NOT, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANYTHING BEFORE? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS ONLINE, JUST TO BE CLEAR.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM, WHICH IS AN INTERNAL EQUITY ISSUE.
AND IT'S THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES UPDATE AND HUBSITE LIVE DEMONSTRATION WITH DOCTOR LINDSAY WILSON, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND DOCTOR BRITTA ANDERCHECK, DIRECTOR OF DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY ENJOY THIS PRESENTATION.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT COMES OUT OF IT.
THANK YOU. I'LL LET YOU GUYS TAKE IT FROM HERE.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
JOINING ME, I HAVE DOCTOR LISA RAINEY, WHO IS OUR EQUITY OFFICER, AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS WITH DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, INCLUDING GIS MANAGER MARISSA GARZA.
AND AND, UH OH, WE GOT TO ECHO, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DOCTOR BANGER.
TODAY. WE'LL PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL UPDATE ON THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES AND THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, UH, DASHBOARD, WHICH DURING THE ADOPTION OF THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, WE IDENTIFIED THE DASHBOARD AS A MEANS TO SERVE AS ONE OF THE MANY WAYS TO TRACK ACCOUNTABILITY, INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND OUTREACH WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AS WE MOVE TO SLIDE TWO, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE JUST A QUICK NOTE THAT DURING THE PRESENTATION, I WILL BE DESCRIBING THE IMAGES ON THE VARIOUS SLIDES AS AN INCLUSIVE PRACTICE FOR OUR BLIND AND LOW VISION.
SLIDE TWO PROVIDES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING DURING OUR BRIEFING, STARTING WITH THE IMPORTANCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCE OF EQUITY AND EQUALITY AND OEI'S ROLE IN SUPPORTING DEPARTMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTING THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
THE BREAKDOWN SURROUNDING THE IMPACT OF THE MEASURES, AND OUR DEPARTMENT WILL WALK YOU THROUGH A HIGH LEVEL EXAMPLE OF HOW WE TRACK THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
AS DISCUSSED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE, THERE'S AN IMAGE OF THE FRONT PAGE OF THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, WHICH CAPTURES DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS ON THE COVER WITH BOTH OEI'S AND THE CITY OF DALLAS LOGO ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
THESE TWO CONCEPTS OFTEN GET CONFUSED AND MISUSED, AND SO ONE OF THE COMMON PRACTICES THAT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION DOES IS SUPPORTS DEPARTMENTS AND UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE AND CONSIDERATION TO REDUCING THE LIKELIHOOD OF PERPETUATING INEQUITIES.
TO THE LEFT OF THE IMAGE, WHICH IS LABELED EQUALITY, THIS IMAGE HIGHLIGHTS THREE INDIVIDUALS ATTEMPTING TO LOOK OVER A FENCE AT THE DALLAS SKYLINE, AND THERE'S A SLOPE THAT IS PREVENTING ACCESS FOR ALL.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUITY AND EQUALITY.
WE KNOW THAT EQUALITY PROMOTES SAMENESS WHILE EQUITY PROMOTES FAIRNESS.
THE EQUITY DIVISION CONSIDERS THE GRASSY HILL TO REPRESENT THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES AND HISTORIES, INCLUSIVE OF INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL DISINVESTMENTS. AS WELL AS THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES COMMUNITIES HAVE WITH THE SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HIGHLIGHT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO EQUALITY IS THROUGH EQUITY.
SLIDE NUMBER FOUR HIGHLIGHTS WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES ARE.
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NEED. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EQUITY IS ABOUT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE GREATEST NEED.IDENTIFYING A BASELINE AND SETTING A MEASURE 3 TO 5 YEARS THAT INCLUDES A COMPLETION DATE.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES BY THEMSELVES WILL NOT GET US TO BEING THE MOST EQUITABLE CITY. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KEY THAT THIS REMAINS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE IMAGE, YOU WILL SEE A THE FRONT COVER OF OUR DALLAS EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE VARIOUS DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE ACROSS FIVE THEMES.
AND I WILL PASS IT TO DOCTOR LISA RAINEY TO WALK US THROUGH.
WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILSON.
AND SO WHILE ALL DEPARTMENTS USE DATA CONSISTENT WITH THEIR INDUSTRY AND THE 2019 EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT, I WILL HIGHLIGHT JUST ONE EXAMPLE AND WALK US THROUGH HOW A DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED A PROGRESS MEASURE USING THE 2019 EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT.
SO THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES USED A REPORT TO ONE TARGET MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISES FOR INCREASED ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES, ALSO TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON BUSINESS OWNERSHIP AND COMMUNITIES WITH THE LARGEST DISPARITIES, AS MEASURED BY THE 2019 REPORT. AND THIRD, TO ADDRESS WORK AND POVERTY BY TARGETING EFFORTS THAT CAN IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS WHO ARE EMPLOYED AND LIVING AT OR BELOW THE 200% POVERTY THRESHOLD.
SO, FROM A RECENT COUNCIL BRIEFING, WE UNDERSTAND THAT PROCUREMENT SERVICES, ALONG WITH CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS WORK FOCUSED ON BUSINESS OWNERSHIP THROUGH MULTIPLE PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER, UM DALLAS PROJECT, GROUND MAINTENANCE, AND OTHER PROJECTS.
AND SO SLIDE SIX HIGHLIGHTS 2023 DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES AND THE OVERALL NUMBERS.
SO FOR SOME CONTEXT AS IT REGARDS COMPLETED MEASURES, DEPARTMENT MEASURES NOTED WITH AN ANNUAL INCREASE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A STATUS UPDATE FOR YEAR OVER YEAR PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, MANY MEASURES NOT ONLY HAVE INTERNAL TOUCHPOINTS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS ARE INVOLVED AS WELL, SUCH AS THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT, DALLAS COLLEGE, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, TO NAME A FEW.
AND SO, CONTINUING WITH THE 2023 DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES, AT A GLANCE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT 20 OR APPROXIMATELY 31% ARE COLLABORATIVE, MEANING TWO OR MORE INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON A MEASURE, WITH ONE DEPARTMENT SERVING AS THE LEAD.
25 OR 39% ARE PROCEDURAL SHIFTS.
THESE ARE DEPARTMENT MEASURES WHERE DEPARTMENT STAFFERS ARE THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THEIR WORK.
AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, ONE MEASURE FROM EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS HOW THE TEAM IS THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT GENDER DIVERSITY AND THE TARGETED APPROACHES TO RECRUIT FEMALE TECHNICIANS.
9 OR 14% OF THE MEASURES HAVE A POLICY IMPACT, AND 23 OR 30% OR 36% HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL OR HUMAN CAPACITY COSTS, SOME PROGRESS MEASURES ARE IN MORE THAN ONE OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES.
SLIDE SEVEN ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE NUMBER OF 2023 UH DPMS OR DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES THAT ALIGN WITH THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL.
AND AS A QUICK REMINDER, BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS, OR SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS BAGS, ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND INSTITUTIONS TO ENGAGE IN THIS COLLABORATIVE WORK.
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TO GATHER UPDATES AND FOR ME TO THEN SHARE FEEDBACK.SO WHILE THIS IS A BIDIRECTIONAL WORK BETWEEN OEI, THE DEPARTMENT AND SOMETIMES EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT, IT INVOLVES A FEW THINGS SUCH AS RESEARCH IN THE SPECIFICS, ANALYZE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR EQUITY AND NOTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEN LEAD TO FURTHER COLLABORATION.
AS A QUICK NOTE, THE EBBS AND FLOWS OF THE VISUAL HIGHLIGHT THE MANY SHIFTS AND FLUCTUATIONS THAT CAN AND OFTEN TAKE PLACE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEASURE. OEI HAS RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THE CHAIR ON THIS GRAPHIC, AND ARE OPEN TO ADDITIONAL EDITS AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE.
SO AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOW WALK THROUGH ONE DEPARTMENT EXAMPLE OF THE EBBS AND FLOWS AND SOME OF THE MANY, UM, THE MANY THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE IN IMPLEMENTING A MEASURE.
UM, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE HERE FROM THE CITY COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE IN TERMS OF ANALYSIS AND A FEEDBACK LOOP THAT OEI ENGAGES IN WITH EACH OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO, UM, THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE IS NEAR COMPLETION, MEANING THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT REPORT FROM THE DEPOSITORY BANK. OE HAS REVIEWED THE HAS REVIEWED THE WORK AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK.
AND THEN BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK, CITY CONTROLLER'S OFFICE REENGAGED THE DEPOSITORY BANK AND SCHEDULED AN INTERNAL MEETING TO ONE UPDATE STAFF AND THEN SECONDLY, TO JOINTLY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RESPONSIBLE BANKING ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL IN MAY OF 22. AND SO NOW THAT AN INTERNAL MEETING HAS TAKEN PLACE, THE FINAL STAGE OF THIS WORK AROUND NEXT STEPS, UM, ARE FORTHCOMING AS WE ANTICIPATE AN UPCOMING MEETING.
I THINK, AGAIN WITH THE DEPOSITORY BANK.
BUT WITH MORE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROOM.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR RAINEY AND DOCTOR WILSON.
UM GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
UH, MALINI BANERJEE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO DO THIS LIVE DEMONSTRATION FOR YOU.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS HUB SITE IS TO TRACK RACIAL EQUITY, PLAN PROGRESS MEASURES, AND PROVIDE YOU A LIST AND STATUS OF THOSE MEASURES AT THIS POINT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, MOST OF THESE MEASURES WERE ORGANICALLY DEVELOPED, AND VERY LIKELY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE WITH TIME.
THIS WEBSITE PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE STATUS OF THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, PROGRESS MEASURES FOR EACH CITY DEPARTMENT AND CITYWIDE, AND ALLOWS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN TEAM.
DATA FOR THE SITE WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY AS PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENTS.
A CONCERTED EFFORT WAS MADE TO ENSURE THE SITE AND EMBEDDED CONTENT ARE ADA COMPLIANT, SUCH AS INCORPORATING APPROPRIATE FONT SIZES AND COLORS, EMPHASIZING HYPERLINKS INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE TEXT WHERE AVAILABLE, AND ACTIVATING CLOSED CAPTIONS WHERE APPLICABLE.
AN IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILITY TOOL WITHIN THE HUB SITE IS THE TRANSLATION WIDGET, WHICH TRANSLATES TEXT ON THE SITE IN SECONDS AND HAS OVER 110 LANGUAGES TO CHOOSE FROM.
NOW WE CAN SELECT THE X ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER TO RETURN TO THE DEFAULT ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
THE WEBSITE INCLUDES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, AND PROVIDES THE CITY OF DALLAS DEFINITIONS FOR THE TERMS EQUALITY AND EQUITY. THIS STAY IN THE KNOW SECTION IS AN IMPORTANT AREA AS IT IS WHERE VISITORS TO THE SITE CAN OPT IN TO FOLLOW THE
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RACIAL EQUITY PLAN HUB SITE.THIS LAST SECTION OF THE HOME PAGE PROVIDES GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT A BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL IS, AND DISPLAYS THESE FIVE INTERACTIVE CARDS WITH THE CITY'S BIG, AUDACIOUS GOALS.
HOVER OVER A CARD TO READ A MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GOAL.
SELECT A CARD TO NAVIGATE TO THE RESPECTIVE GOAL PAGE.
NOW WE ARE AT THE ECONOMIC, WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAGE.
EACH PAGE WILL HAVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL AND AN INFOGRAPHIC THAT HIGHLIGHTS A FEW PROGRESS MEASURES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS RELATED TO THE RESPECTIVE BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL TO ENHANCE USER EXPERIENCE.
THE TWO DASHBOARD EXAMPLE TEMPLATES ENACT EQUITY, AS THE TEMPLATES PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMATION FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, WHILE CHOOSING A TEMPLATE THAT BEST COMMUNICATES THAT DEPARTMENT'S DATA.
A DROP DOWN MENU WAS CREATED TO EASILY FIND THE DEPARTMENT OF INTEREST.
HERE I WILL SELECT MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE PAGE SCROLLS RIGHT DOWN TO THE MCC DASHBOARD.
THE TOP ROW OF EACH DASHBOARD HAS A QUICK, AT A GLANCE VIEW OF PROGRESS.
MEASURE METRICS FOR THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE NOTE SOME DEPARTMENT DASHBOARDS OR METRICS MAY STATE DATA FORTHCOMING WITH A TENTATIVE DATE PROVIDED AS SPECIFIC MEASURES WITHIN DEPARTMENTS ARE IN THE DATA GATHERING PHASE.
THE DASHBOARD ON THIS PAGE PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF PERFORMANCE METRICS CITYWIDE AND INCLUDES TWO ADDITIONAL FILTERS, ONE TO FILTER BY DEPARTMENT. AND ANOTHER TO FILTER BY CALENDAR YEAR.
IF A VISITOR TO THE SITE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THEY CAN SEE THE FAQ SECTION ON THE RESOURCES PAGE, WHICH INCLUDES QUESTIONS LIKE HOW DO I FIND THE DEPARTMENT I'M LOOKING FOR? THE RESOURCES PAGE ALSO INCLUDES INFORMATION RELATED TO THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN AND EQUITY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS ORGANIZATION.
THE HOW TO VIDEO ON THIS PAGE INCLUDES SUBTITLES OR CLOSED CAPTIONS AVAILABLE IN OVER 100 LANGUAGES.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THIS WEBSITE WILL PROVIDE TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STRIDES THE CITY IS MAKING TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF THE CITY OF DALLAS RACIAL EQUITY PLAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
I WILL NOW HAND IT BACK TO DOCTOR BANERJEE.
THANK YOU MARISSA, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR US.
WE HAD A JUST ONE LAST SLIDE ON NEXT STEPS, SO I'LL HIGH LEVEL COVER THAT.
UM, THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES IS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS AND COMPLETING THEIR 2023 MEASURES TO FOCUS ON THE INTER DEPARTMENT COLLABORATIONS TO ALIGN THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES WITH OUR BAGS, OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS.
UH, TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR PHILANTHROPIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR, INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC BUSINESS CASE, TO RACIAL EQUITY, TO FINALIZE THE 2023 EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT.
THANK YOU. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
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I'M GOING TO START HERE IN THE AT THE HORSESHOE.AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE ONLINE.
UH, CHAIR WILLIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THIS.
UM, MY QUESTIONS ARE KIND OF AT A HIGHER LEVEL.
IS ARE THERE ANY OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE CREATED DASHBOARDS LIKE THIS? SO I WILL ACTUALLY PASS IT TO DEBBIE TO HIGHLIGHT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED DASHBOARDS THAT ARE THIS EXTENSIVE. I'VE SEEN JUST SOME VERY HIGH LEVEL STORY MAPS AROUND EQUITY AND CAPTURING THE HISTORIC DISINVESTMENT IN WHAT CITIES ARE MOVING TOWARDS DOING. BUT OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN IS VERY UNIQUE IN ITS STATE THAT IT TOUCHES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO YOU DON'T REALLY SEE THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND SO THIS DASHBOARD ALIGNS WITH JUST HOW EXTENSIVE THE THE PLAN IS IN GENERAL.
BUT I WILL PASS IT TO THE WELL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR A GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE ARE QUITE EXCITED AND HAPPY.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS BRINGS TRANSPARENCY TO THE PROCESS WE ARE FOLLOWING.
WELL, AND I'LL TELL YOU, I'M ASKING THIS BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THIS FROM A 40,000 FOOT LEVEL.
AND I KNOW THAT FROM HAVING SERVED ON THE VISIT DALLAS BOARD, SOMETIMES WE LOSE BOOKINGS.
SOMETIMES IT AFFECTS OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AROUND THE STATE AND IN DALLAS.
AND THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY TANGIBLE WAY TO SHOW COMMITMENT TO FOLLOWING THROUGH ON ON EQUITY SO THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT THRIVES AND THAT THAT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE IN GENERAL, BUT IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR A BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND IT MIGHT HELP US COUNTER SOME OF THE NARRATIVE THAT PEOPLE ARE HEARING AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. AND I LOVE HAVING A TOOL LIKE THIS THAT WE CAN USE TO JUST TOUT THAT.
UM, I WOULD ALSO I'M CURIOUS IS IF IF THERE'S A FORM, IF THIS IS WHAT I SHOULD LOOK AT KIND OF FOR THE LANGUAGE OR IF THERE'S A LINK THAT WE ARE THAT'S A DRAFT, OKAY, THAT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT AND WORK THROUGH AND KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, TEST IT IF WE'RE EVEN AT THAT POINT.
AND OF COURSE WE CAN SHARE IT WITH FULL COUNCIL.
UM, BECAUSE WE WANTED YOUR INPUT FIRST.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO PERHAPS WHAT WE CAN DO IS GIVE A WINDOW OF TIME FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK BEFORE IT GOES LIVE TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND THEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT ALSO MORE SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
I THINK THAT IT'S, UH, SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, AT CITY HALL.
AND, UM, BUT TO THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK JUST FOR A LITTLE GRACE.
UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TOOL.
UM, AND IT IS ONE THAT PROVIDES MORE TRANSPARENCY.
WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T TURN INTO IS A TOOL THAT MAKES US FEEL GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES INSTEAD OF BEING TRANSPARENT, BECAUSE, UM, IF I USE THE EXAMPLE FROM MY LINE OF QUESTIONING DURING OUR COUNCIL MEETING AND IF WE WERE TO SEE THIS, UH, DATA SET.
PARALLELED TO THAT OF THE BOND INITIATIVE.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE VERY EXCITING.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TOUT AS A WIN.
AND AND SO AS MUCH AS THERE ARE A LOT OF WINS THAT Y'ALL'S WORK HAS CONTRIBUTED TO, I THINK THAT IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT THAT Y'ALL'S WORK HIGHLIGHTS SOME FAILS. AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT THIS COULD ALSO BE VERY HELPFUL.
UM, IF WE WERE ABLE TO ARTICULATE HOW THIS DOESN'T TOUCH, UH, RACIAL EQUITY IN WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON SUCH A LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT WITH BOND CAPACITY OVER $1 BILLION, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THAT WE'RE MISSING A KIND OF A ONE SHOT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO I AM ENCOURAGING NOW IT'S NOT LIVE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE INCLUSIVE OF THE NOT SO GREAT NEWS, UM, AND HOW THAT IS A STARTING POINTS FOR US TO WORK TOWARDS, UM, SOME WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE.
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PER DISTRICT AND WHEN YOU SEE IT, IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT AS EQUAL AS POSSIBLE.AND THAT'S THAT CONFLATION OF EQUALITY VERSUS EQUITY.
AND AS LONG AS THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STRIVING TO GO WITH THESE BIG DECISIONS AS A CITY, I THINK THAT IT'S CONFLICTING WITH US REALLY INVESTING TIME AND EFFORTS AND RESOURCES INTO, UM, ADDRESSING THE WHAT THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, UM, SAYS THAT WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? I WOULD LOVE THAT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS.
PIECE OF IT NOW REMEMBERING WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY OVER ANY DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WE CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO FORTH.
BUT IN LIEU OF A DEPARTMENT JUST SAYING, HEY, I'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS GOAL.
THERE'S AN ENTIRE PROCESS WHERE IT'S, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE'RE ABLE TO UNPACK SOME OTHER INEQUITIES, WHICH WE HAVE JUST BY DEPARTMENT SAYING, HEY, I CAN'T REACH THIS GOAL EITHER BECAUSE THERE'S STATE LAW PROHIBITING OR THERE WAS ANOTHER INEQUITY THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED UNTIL WE ACTUALLY TRIED TO GET TO THAT GOAL THAT'S PREVENTING US TO DO THAT.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT, UH, PARTICULARLY HOW WE, UH, SHOW OUR OPPORTUNITIES OR OUR WAYS OF, UM, WHERE WE MAY BE PERPETUATING SOME INEQUITIES RIGHT.
LIKE WE CAN TAKE A STEP FORWARD AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE REVISITING THIS PARTICULAR REALM.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S AN EQUITABLE BOND.
THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO ADD SOME PIECES IN IT, BUT WHAT HAVE WE NOT LOOKED AT? AND SO REALLY, EQUITY IS BOTH A PROCESS AND AN OUTCOME.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO, UM, BE VERY INTENTIONAL ON NOT JUST GETTING TO THE OUTCOME, BUT HOW ARE WE ACTUALLY CHANGING THE PROCESS, LIKE HOW ARE WE SHIFTING THE WAYS THAT WE'VE OPERATED BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN BENEFICIAL FOR SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES IN LIEU OF JUST LOOKING AT, OKAY, DOES THIS MEET THE MARK? SO I APPRECIATE THAT, CERTAINLY OUR TEAM IS HAPPY TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS UM, HIGHLIGHTING WHERE WE NEED TO GROW.
THANK YOU. I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON 100%.
I THINK THAT, UH, YOU HAVE ARTICULATED VERY WELL HOW IT COULD BE, UM, IT COULD BE HELPFUL NOT JUST WITH, UH, I GUESS ALLOCATIONS PER SE, UM, AND PROJECTS, BUT ALSO PROCESSES.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I HAVE HAVE SAID SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE BOND PROCESS, SPECIFICALLY IN SOME OF THE EQUITY SCORING, UM, THAT WAS PRESENTED WAS NOT SO EQUITABLE.
AND I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY INCLUSION HAVE MUCH MORE INTEGRAL PART IN WEIGHING IN TO WHAT WAS, AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, I THINK, CONFLATED TO BE EQUITY.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEVELING A PLAYING FIELD, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT GRAPHIC THAT YOU'VE HAD, THAT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SKYLINE FROM THE SAME POINT.
UM, WHY ARE WE NOT INVESTING MORE IN ADDRESSING THE INEQUITIES THAT EXIST IN OUR CITY OF THOSE WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE A SIDEWALK, OR THAT THOSE WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE APPROVED SURFACES? UM, VERSUS THAT OF COMPARING IT TO PEOPLE WHO NEED TO REPAIR A SIDEWALK, THAT OR A ROAD THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN FOR DECADES NOW.
UM, IT'S NOT EQUITABLE, THAT'S EQUALITY.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE, UM, THIS DASHBOARD REFLECT.
AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S OKAY THAT A TOOL LIKE THIS HIGHLIGHTS, I MEAN, A RACIAL EQUITY PLAN SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTING WHAT WE'VE DONE WRONG, HOW WE CAN DO BETTER.
WE MAY BE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE NOT ROCKING IT.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A TOOL THAT WOULD DO THAT.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS WORK, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN INVALUABLE TOOL GOING FORWARD.
YES. CHAIR, MAY I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? AND JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT ABOUT WHEN THE COUNCIL CONSIDERED THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN IT HAD IN THAT THE STATEMENT THAT WE WOULD STAFF WOULD COME BACK AND PROVIDE AN ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD.
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AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.RIGHT. SO IT'S THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR, IS TO BE AN INTERNAL TOOL TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL AS AN EXTERNAL TOOL FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALL TO SEE WHERE WE HAVE MADE STRIDES AND WHERE WE STILL HAVE CHALLENGES.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS Y'ALL'S INTENT.
I IN FACT, I THINK THAT Y'ALL'S WORK, UM, HAS BEEN VERY SPOT ON.
AND I KNOW THAT JUST AS MENTIONED, I KNOW THERE'S NOT JURISDICTION TO UNILATERALLY TELL DEPARTMENTS WHAT THEY SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO, SO THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE, WE JUST SEE A DRAFT AND WE SEE SOME REALLY GOOD STATS.
AND IT WASN'T ABOUT Y'ALL TOOTING YOUR OWN HORNS.
IT WAS ABOUT US AS A CITY, OR EVEN US AS POLICY MAKERS.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S DISINGENUOUS OVERALL.
THANK YOU. SO BEFORE WE GO TO, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, LET ME JUST RESPOND TO ONE THING ON THAT.
AND THAT IS IN TERMS OF THE PROCESSES, ONE OF THE BIG GOALS OF MOVING THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS RACIAL EQUITY PLAN FORWARD IS TO BAKE THOSE PROCESSES INTO EVERYTHING THE CITY DOES.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE DEPARTMENT MEASURES THAT AS THEY ACCOMPLISH THEM, THEY HAVE TO THEN PUT IN WHAT'S THE NEXT PHASE? BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE I HAD A MEETING WITH THE BANKS THIS YEAR, IN TWO YEARS IT'LL ALL BE FORGOTTEN.
AND SO HOW DO WE BAKE THOSE? AND THAT'S ONE. BUT INTERNALLY THE ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS YEAR IS, IS FOLD INTO EVERY COMMITTEE'S WORK, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AS FOR EXAMPLE, QUALITY OF LIFE, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT REPORT TO QUALITY OF LIFE, THEN YOU CAN ALSO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS ALMOST ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER IMPACT THE COMMITTEE.
SO THAT GIVES US, AS POLICY MAKERS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SO.
IT'S THE WHOLE TO ME, THE WAY I LOOK AT THE WHOLE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, YOU KNOW, 2.0, IF YOU WILL, OR NEXT PHASE IS THAT IT'S A BELT AND SUSPENDERS AND BELT AND SUSPENDERS.
IF WE JUST CONSTANTLY CHECK IN, CHECK IN, CHECK IN AND ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS.
AND SO THIS HUB IS A GREAT WAY TO LOOK AT THE DATA PIECE OF IT.
BUT THEN THE ONGOING PROCESS PIECE WOULD GO TO OUR COMMITTEES TO LOOK AT.
OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM PLEASE.
THANK YOU. WE HAD A HAD TO FINISH UP THAT.
BUT AS I STATED LAST WEEK, UM.
A CITY AND REALLY JUST PEOPLE ARE AN ENTITY.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THE CITY, WHICH IS THE ENTITY.
UH, WE WILL BE REMEMBERED BY THE POLICIES WE EMBRACE AND SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR, YOU NEED TO REMEMBER YOUR NAME.
AND SO DON'T GO OUT OF THIS HOUSE EMBARRASSING US.
AND SO LIKEWISE HERE AS A CITY, WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHO WE ARE.
AND WE SHOULD NOT, AS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES, UH, EMBARRASSED THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO LOOK TO US FOR HELP AND WHEN THEY NEED IT THE MOST, WE TURNED OUR BACKS ON THEM.
SO THIS PARTICULAR PLAN AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, I WOULD ALSO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET, UH, WITH YOU SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, IN TERMS OF DATA, STATISTICALLY, WHAT WE ARE NOT RESPONDING TO, UH, IN TERMS OF THESE GOALS AS IT RELATES TO THIS BOND IN PARTICULAR, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, ONE OF THE MECHANISMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ABOUT, MANY OF THESE BONDS THAT WE ARE SEEING NOW AS WE VOTE ON THEM, WE MAY OR MAY NOT.
BUT WE NEED TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE ARE ASKING.
AND YOU STARTED ME, SO I HAVE TO BLAME IT ON MY COLLEAGUE HERE, BAZALDUA.
WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPAID.
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AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT REPAYMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THE SAME PEOPLE THAT YOU TURN YOUR BACK ON TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES SO THAT WE CAN PAY OFF THESE BONDS DOWN THE ROAD.SO THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WE NEED TO DEFINITELY AS A COUNCIL, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE, UM, A LANDMARK DECISION AS IT RELATES TO RACIAL EQUITY.
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE THAT COUNCIL.
SO I WOULD SAY I'VE SEEN IT, I'VE LIVED IT.
BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY ABOUT IT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP MENTIONING THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE GET IN THAT HOT SEAT, PEOPLE BEGIN TO DO WHAT I CALL THE MOONWALK. THEY BACK YOU BACK PEDAL.
AND SO WE NEED TO KNOW WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING ALL FOLKS UP, BUT WHEN IT COMES ACTUALLY COME TO IT, THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXCUSE, OR WE CHANGE THE RULES.
SO I'M SIMPLY SAYING, UH, AND I'M GLAD MY COLLEAGUE ALSO, UH, MISS WILLIS, COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS, TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR STATE AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE UNITED STATES.
I WAS ON A PANEL LAST WEEK WITH THE, UH, VISIT DALLAS.
THEIR QUESTION WAS, WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO FACE, SOME OF THE FACTORS THEY NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN THEY COME TO TEXAS? AND ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT OF THE AGENDA THAT'S BEING SCRIPTED FROM THE STATE HOUSE.
AND SO, AS I TOLD THEM, WE'RE GOING TO NOT EMBRACE THAT AGENDA.
I HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION WITH THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION.
WE HAVE TO BE, WE HAVE TO STAY WOKE WHETHER FOLKS WANT THAT STATEMENT OR NOT.
BUT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO TURN THE HANDS BACK ON THIS CLOCK.
SO RACIAL EQUITY, WHEREAS IT'S AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION ABOUT MANY FOR SOME.
BUT IF EQUITY IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS SO EVERYONE CAN SIT AT THE TABLE AND EAT A MEAL THAT IS HEALTHY.
THEN GUESS WHAT? WE NEED TO DO THAT.
AND I'M IN ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS AND I'M REFLECTED, FOR EXAMPLE, OF LET'S SAY, HOUSING.
BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, I'VE GOT TO COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE AS MUCH AND NEED.
SO IT'S TO ME IT'S ABOUT NEED, AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.
SO YOU CANNOT BE AFRAID AROUND THE HORSESHOE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
BECAUSE WHAT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE US ALL TO DO, I DO TRY TO DO IT.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
SO I CANNOT BE AFRAID TO MAKE DECISIONS TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
SO I WANT TO CLOSE BY SIMPLY THANKING ONCE AGAIN, UH, MR. TC BROADNAX FOR BRINGING THIS CONCEPT WITH HIM UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP OF EQUITY AND BRINGING IN THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO DEMONSTRATE AND BE THE MODEL FOR THE OTHER CITIES.
SO, CHAIRWOMAN, I'M AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AROUND THE HORSESHOE, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CONVERSATION.
I SEE THE FORMER CHAIR, UH, CASEY THOMAS IS HERE.
AND BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENT, OF COURSE.
AND I THINK HE'S STILL DOING THAT ON THE STATE LEVEL IN HIS NEW POSITION.
BUT WE HAVE GOT TO DO MORE THAN DRIVE DOWN THE 1500 MARILLA, GET A LITTLE TIME ON TV AND DA DA DA DA DA, AND NOTHING REALLY CHANGES . IN EDUCATION, WE SAY YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED TO MAKE THAT PARADIGM SHIFT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE AND EMBRACE IT, UH, GET IT ENACTED, IMPLEMENTED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK THAT ONE OF THE KEY THAT'S AGAIN WHERE THIS HUB WILL COME IN, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TELL US VERY CLEARLY EVERY SINGLE DAY WHAT PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING AND WHERE WE'RE NOT. SO IT'S TERRIFIC.
UH ANYONE, JUST SORT OF RAISE YOUR HAND TO ME SO I CAN SEE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.
UH, JUST QUICKLY WANT TO WANTED TO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.
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UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TOOL.I'M IMPRESSED BY THE DASHBOARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CHAIR WILLIS, YOU HAD A FOLLOW UP? YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE DASHBOARD AND THE STUDY OF EQUITY IN OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AS AN ENTITY, A MUNICIPALITY.
IT IS ALSO FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A COMMUNITY.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BOND FUNDS, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH PRESENTING IN A VACUUM.
UM, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
EVERY YEAR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND AND WHAT WE SPEND AGAINST HOMELESSNESS, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THIS LOW NUMBER AND WE'RE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH AROUND THIS. WELL, WE'VE STARTED ADDING AN ASTERISK THAT SAYS WE'RE GETTING OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE NOT PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND THAT ARE HELPING US ADDRESS THIS.
SO THE REAL NUMBER IS MORE LIKE THIS VERSUS WHAT OUR GENERAL FUND IS REFLECTING.
AND SO I WOULD JUST ADVISE THAT, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE PORTRAY ON THIS SITE SAYS, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE MIGHT BE PUTTING IN A BOND PROGRAM, BUT HERE IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS DOING WITH REGARD TO NONPROFITS, STATE, FEDERAL, ETC..
AND THEN WE ALSO, IT SOUNDS LIKE PHILOSOPHICALLY NEED TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH OR WITH EACH OTHER ON, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE CREATED INFRASTRUCTURE DECADES AGO AND NOW IT'S CRUMBLING.
TO WHOLESALE SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, TO PERPETUATE THE CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT A GOOD POLICY EITHER.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S A BIGGER DISCUSSION THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE.
I REALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, CHAIR MAY I MAY I RESPOND TO THAT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK? THERE IS THAT THIS DASHBOARD IS CENTERED ON DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES, RIGHT, WHICH ARE OUR INTERNAL GUIDES FOR DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE PROGRESS WITHIN 3 TO 5 YEARS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE BAGS AND THERE AND THERE'S OVERLAP.
SO THAT WE CAN SHOW WHERE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ACROSS VARIOUS SECTORS.
I'LL BE QUICK. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT PINNING ANYONE AGAINST EACH OTHER.
UM, BEING CITYWIDE SHOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE GOALS THAT ARE SET OUT FOR THIS RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT PRIORITIES HAVE TO BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TO ONE ANOTHER.
UH, WHAT I, WHAT I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO AND THEN WONDER WHY AN ENTIRE PORTION, GEOGRAPHICALLY OF OUR CITY DOESN'T CONTRIBUTE TO THE TAX BASE.
OKAY, UM, THERE'S A REASON WHY NORTH DALLAS CONTRIBUTES FAR MORE TO OUR TAX BASE, BECAUSE THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTED IN.
THERE WAS A STARTING POINT THAT WAS EQUITABLE.
AND SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO TIPTOE AND PLAY A GAME THAT ESSENTIALLY IS REMINISCENT OF THE HUNGER GAMES TO WHERE WE ARE PINNED UP AGAINST EACH OTHER, OR WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE MENTALITY THAT WHAT IS GOOD FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS IS GOOD FOR ALL OF DALLAS, BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR NORTHERN DALLAS IS GOOD FOR ALL OF DALLAS.
WE'VE SEEN THAT IN HOW OUR GENERAL FUND IS DIVVIED UP.
THOSE RATIOS SPEAK VOLUMES IN THEMSELVES.
SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR THIS TO BE A HIGHLIGHT SO THAT WE DON'T IMPROVE UM, DEGRADATED, UH, SURFACES.
BUT I'M SAYING THAT IF YOU THINK THAT INVESTING DOLLARS IN THAT VERSUS GIVING US IMPROVED SURFACES IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR SO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A STARTING POINT TO BRING IN INVESTMENT AND ACTUALLY PAY OUR PART TOWARDS OUR TAX BASE, WE HAVE TO AT SOME POINT HAVE A STARTING POINT.
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WE'VE GOT TO BE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THAT STARTING POINT.AND THAT STARTING POINT IN THAT FIGHT ISN'T ABOUT, UM, YOU VERSUS ME.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY MOVING FORWARD, OR WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK IN SILOS AND AND BE THE KING OF OUR KINGDOM IN THESE ARBITRARY LINES THAT HAVE BEEN SET BY REDISTRICTING.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WANT US TO HAVE ANYTHING BETTER.
I'M SAYING THAT I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE TO DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME TO HOUSING, THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME BECAUSE THE JOBS THEMSELVES DON'T PENCIL OUT, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MADE IT A PRIORITY AS A CITY THAT HAS INVESTED IN THE BEGINNING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS TO OCCUR.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIND WHERE THAT BALANCE IS ON HOW WE CAN GIVE A LITTLE TO GET A LITTLE, BECAUSE GETTING A LITTLE IN THE SOUTH IS GOING TO MAKE OVERALL A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NORTH TO GET MORE GOING FORWARD.
AND SO THAT SHOULD WE SHOULD HAVE A REPORT BY FIRST QUARTER.
UM, THAT'LL BE UH, THAT'LL BEGIN JUST AS THE EQUITY INDICATORS HAVE AWAKENED MANY TO THE SHOCKING DISPARITIES IN OUR CITY AND THE HISTORICAL DISINVESTMENT, THIS WILL DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE IN THE SENSE THAT IT WILL ASSURE THE PEOPLE WHY THIS INVESTMENT IS WORTHWHILE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE ECONOMICS OF IT. NOW. WE JUST NEED TO WE KNOW THE THEORIES OF IT.
WE JUST HAVE TO APPLY IT TO DALLAS WITH OUR OWN DATA.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM B, WHICH IS AN INTERNAL WORKFORCE.
IT'S OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING UPDATE YEAR TO DATE WITH JOYCE WILLIAMS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER, DOCTOR DINA OWENS, MANAGER OF THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER WORKFORCE INITIATIVES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS FANTASTIC PRESENTATION YOU JUST GAVE.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
JOYCE WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
TODAY WE WILL BE PRESENTING AN UPDATE AND HIGH LEVEL UPDATE OF WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.
I WILL REMIND YOU AS A COMMITTEE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ASK US TO DO IS TO BRING BACK THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE TRANSPARENCY, AS WELL AS INFORMATION THAT THE PUBLIC COULD SEE, BUT ALSO FOR YOUR COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO SEE ON WORKFORCE AND TRAINING.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION AND EXCUSE ME, I APOLOGIZE.
UH, THE I HAVE DOCTOR DEENA OWENS, WHO'S ALSO GOING TO BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY, WHO IS OUR MANAGER FOR WORKFORCE INITIATIVES, AND THAT WE ALSO HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT'S GOING TO A DASHBOARD PRESENTATION ON OUR OVERALL WORKFORCE EFFORTS THAT INCLUDE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS OUR REENTRY WORKFORCE. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE BY DOCTOR BRITA ANDERCHECK AND HER TEAM AS WELL.
THE OVERALL PRESENTATION TODAY WILL PROVIDE YOU NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE PRESENTATION OVERVIEW IS THE PURPOSE, THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT PURPOSE, WORKFORCE PROGRAM METRICS, THE DRAFT DASHBOARD FOR YOUR INPUT, AND ANY ADDENDUMS AND CHANGES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN, YEAR ONE FOR WORKFORCE AND TRAINING DEVELOPMENT.
AND OF COURSE, NEXT STEPS FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
THE PURPOSE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, STARTED WITH THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVES ON WORKFORCE AND UPSKILLING, UH, TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF CRITICAL NEEDS FOR EMPLOYERS AND THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SKILLED RESIDENTS IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS, ADVOCATE FOR STABLE AND FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE RETURNING FROM INCARCERATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
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FORCE. PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY POSITIONS TO BE FILLED WITH QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, AND COORDINATE WITH CITY STAFF TO DEVELOP AN INTERNAL WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM TO ADDRESS EMPLOYER SKILLS GAPS.THAT IS OUR HR PROGRAM, IN WHICH WE'RE ALSO WORKING IN ALIGNMENT WITH.
THE RACIAL, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE RACIAL THE REENTRY RACIAL EQUITY PLAN ALIGNMENT OF COURSE IS OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL, WHICH GOES ALONG WITH SERVING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. TARGET ONE IS TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY FOR EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS, TO ENCOURAGE MID AND LONG TERM GROWTH, UH, FOR PLACING ALL RESIDENTS IN OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.
IMPLEMENT WORKFORCE DALLAS WITH LEADERSHIP FROM THE MAYOR'S WORKFORCE CZAR TO ADDRESS YOUNG ADULT MALES RESIDENTS 18 TO 24. FROM, UH, LOOKING AT THOSE AS EQUITY PRIORITIES.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT OUR REENTRY PROGRAM, LOOKING AT OUR INTERNAL FRESH START PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND OF COURSE, ON THE JOB TRAINING, WHICH PROVIDES EMPLOYERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPSKILL CURRENT WORKERS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT THOSE EQUITY INDICATORS ARE THERE.
UH, THEY CONTINUE TO BE LABOR FORCE, UH, HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO HAVE LOW WAGES AND HOW WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE AND HOW THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALSO ADDRESSED THOSE FOR INTERNAL EMPLOYEES.
I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR OWENS TO PRESENT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THE PROGRAM METRICS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, FOUR SUBRECIPIENTS FOR REENTRY OR PRERELEASE.
UM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SOME OF THE SUBRECIPIENTS PROVIDE TWO TYPES OF SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S TRAINING OR PRE-EMPLOYMENT OR PRERELEASE SERVICES. FOR EXAMPLE, DALLAS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION, UM, PROVIDES PRERELEASE TRAINING TO THOSE WHO ARE STILL INCARCERATED, AND THEN THEY PROVIDE HVAC AND CONSTRUCTION TRAINING FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN PRISON ALONGSIDE, UH, RVCA.
THEY HAVE PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING.
AND THEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THEN ENROLL IN THEIR CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM.
AND DLF AND RVCA, THE FIRST TWO, UM, WELL, DLF WILL EXPIRE NEXT YEAR.
UM, FIRST STEP AND VOA VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA WILL EXPIRE IN 2024.
THE PROGRAM METRICS FOR WORKFORCE UPSKILLING.
WE HAVE FIVE SUBRECIPIENTS UNITED WAY AND OAK CLIFF EMPOWERED EXPIRED LAST MONTH.
UM, METRO CARE AND DALLAS COLLEGE WILL EXPIRE IN 2024.
AND THEN JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES PROVIDES JUST PRE-EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, JUST BASICALLY HELPING INDIVIDUALS WHO COME IN WHO, UM, NEED ASSISTANCE, EITHER SECURING A JOB OR MOVING INTO A NEW POSITION THAT PAYS MORE.
UM, IT'S THROUGH FUNDED THROUGH D12'S, ARPA ALLOCATION.
AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF WE HAVE A THEY DO A VARIETY OF TRAINING FROM IT TRAINING TO REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WE WILL BRING UP DVI TO DO THE DEMONSTRATION ON THE WORKFORCE PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD.
MALINI BANERJEE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR OMENS AND AND DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. WE HAVE TWO DASHBOARDS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING BACK TO BACK.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE WORKFORCE DASHBOARD.
AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON THE FRESH START DASHBOARD.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO THE LEAD ANALYST OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, MR. PHILIP CAO, TO PRESENT THE DASHBOARD TO YOU.
AND GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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THE DASHBOARD IS ORGANIZED INTO THREE PRIMARY SECTIONS, INCLUDING UH THREE SIGNIFICANT NUMERICAL INDICATORS ON THE TOP, FOLLOWED BY A BAR CHART ON THE LEFT THAT COMPREHENSIVELY DISPLAYS THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE DATA ACROSS ALL GRANT TYPES, AND A FUNNEL CHART ON THE RIGHT TO ILLUSTRATE METRICS AND DATA SPECIFIC TO EACH GRANT TYPE.THESE CERTIFICATIONS ARE VERY HELPFUL FOR THEM TO PROVE THEIR JOB QUALIFICATIONS IN THE MARKET.
EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THE ELECTRICAL CAR MECHANIC CERTIFICATES.
ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS CAN BE ACCESSED BY HOVERING OVER THESE CARDS.
GRANTS. FOR ENHANCED USER INTERACTION, WE HAVE INTEGRATED A CONTROL PANEL STYLE AS THE FORCE CARD, ENABLING THE USERS TO SELECT A SPECIFIC WORKFORCE GRANT TO BE SHOWN ON THE DASHBOARD.
CURRENTLY, THE DASHBOARD INCLUDES TWO GRANT TYPE THE REENTRY AND THE UPSKILL.
THE BAR CHART ON THE BOTTOM LEFT SHOWS THE PERFORMANCE DATA OF PARTICIPANTS ACROSS ALL GRANTS.
AS WE CAN SEE, A TOTAL OF 1256 PARTICIPANTS HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE WORKFORCE GRANT AND 811 OF THEM HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PROGRAMS. THE USER CAN ALSO SELECT AND SEE THE PERFORMANCE DATA OF A SPECIFIC GRANT TYPE, FOR EXAMPLE THE UPSKILL GRANT.
THEN, IN THE FINAL CHART ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, IT DISPLAYS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS ACROSS ALL THE GRANT RECIPIENTS UNDER THE UPSKILL GRANT. AS WE CAN SEE, THERE ARE 407 PARTICIPANTS BENEFITING FROM THE UPSKILL GRANT AND 199 OF THEM HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PROGRAMS. IN CONCLUSION, WE.
WE BELIEVE THIS DASHBOARD IS GOING TO BE A REALLY HELPFUL TOOL FOR BOTH THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER AND THE PUBLIC TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND KEEP TRACK OF THE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING AND HAVE A HAND IT BACK TO DOCTOR BANERJEE.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A SECOND DASHBOARD.
THIS WAS THE WORKFORCE DASHBOARD.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE IT NOW.
OR WE CAN WAIT TILL THE SECOND DASHBOARD.
UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE ON FRESH START.
THE FRESH START DASHBOARD ISN'T WE'RE GOING TO COME WE WILL DO THE FRESH START NEXT, I THINK.
OKAY. SO THAT'S NOT IN THE PRESENTATION.
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SHOW IT TO US LIVE.
UM SO WE ARE GOING TO SHOW THIS DASHBOARD.
THIS IS THIS ISN'T EXACTLY A NEW DASHBOARD.
WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING DASHBOARD ON THE FRESH START PROGRAM.
AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO THE LEAD ANALYST, MR. MCCAIN, TO WALK YOU OVER THE PAGE THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE EXISTING FRESH START DASHBOARD.
GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE ARE VIEWING THE NEW AND NOW FIRST PAGE OF THE FRESH START DASHBOARD.
THE DATA WILL BE UPDATED MONTHLY.
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STAGES BY CHART TO BREAK DOWN THE SIX DIFFERENT STAGES, ALONG WITH THE COUNT OF CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FUNNELED THROUGH EACH STAGE SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE PROGRAM.HERE, WE CAN SEE THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, 1610 CANDIDATES WERE PRESCREENED, 1273 HAVE BEEN DEEMED ELIGIBLE, 308 HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO A POSITION, 162 HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED, 95 HAVE BEEN HIRED AND ONLY 18 SEPARATED.
AS IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FUNNEL COUNT OF CANDIDATES WHO HAVE PASSED THROUGH EACH STAGE, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE COUNT OF CANDIDATES IN EACH STAGE AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT OF TIME, USERS GET TO SEE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BEING SERVED AND IMPACTED.
THE SMALL INFO ICON GIVES THE USERS NOTES AND DEFINITIONS ON THE RECRUITMENT FUNNEL STAGES.
THE THREE VERTICAL BAR CHARTS TO THE RIGHT OF THE DASHBOARD DISPLAYS THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF FRESH START CANDIDATES BY PERCENTAGES, AND USERS CAN FILTER THESE THREE CHARTS BY SELECTING A STAGE OF INTEREST FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU ABOVE THE RACE BAR CHART.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN PRESCREENED.
WE ALSO CAN VIEW THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR EACH OF THE OTHER STAGES.
THIS IS TRUE FOR ALL THREE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARTS.
THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE FRESH START PROGRAM DASHBOARD PROVIDES NEW, TANGIBLE METRICS AND INFORMATION THAT INSTILLS HOPE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH GAINING EMPLOYMENT DUE TO PAST MISTAKES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND I WILL HAND IT BACK TO DOCTOR BANERJEE.
WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS FINISH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT EVERYTHING.
CHAIR, IF I COULD TAKE JUST A LITTLE, UH, MINOR PRIVILEGE HERE.
THE REASON WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME BACK AND SHOW THE FRESH START.
THE SECOND PHASE OF THE FRESH START, UH, DASHBOARD, WAS BECAUSE OF SOME THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS LAST WEEK ABOUT LOOKING AT HOW WE WERE WORKING WITH HR, HOW WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT INTERNALLY, WHERE WE ARE ON OUR HIRES, ALL OF THAT.
SO TO BE ABLE TO SHOW HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY TRACKING THOSE.
THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER FOR YEAR ONE.
THROUGH OUR CONSULTANTS, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THAT'S REORIENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SO THAT EVERY TRAINING PROGRAM IS A PIPELINE INTO FAMILY SUSTAINING JOBS IN HIGH DEMAND AND HIGH WAGE INDUSTRIES.
WE PROCURE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS WITH A FOCUS ON SKILL BASED PLACEMENT AND JOBS.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT, HOW WE WILL NOW LOOK AT ACCOUNTABILITY OF OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS WITH A FOCUS NOT JUST ON PRE-EMPLOYMENT SKILLS, BUT ALSO ON HARD WORKING OR TECHNICAL SKILLS TRAINING THAT THEY CAN GO INTO JOBS, RESTRUCTURE THE GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN EMPLOYMENT METRICS AND PROGRAMMATIC ACCOUNTABILITY, CLARIFY NON COMPLIANCE OF PERFORMANCE CLAUSE AND WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR GRANTS HAVE A NON COMPLIANCE CLAUSE SO THAT EARLY ENOUGH AFTER AFTER PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, IF FUNDING IS NOT BEING SPENT AND PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING EMPLOYED, THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE THOSE FUNDS RETURNED TO THE CITY AND RE PROCURED OUT TO NONPROFITS WHO CAN OFFER BETTER PERFORMANCE.
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ISSUES, EMPLOYMENT JOBS THAT HAVE BEEN OPEN WITH THE CITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME.HOW CAN WE NOW CREATE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS INTERNALLY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? IMPLEMENT EMPLOYER ROUNDTABLES.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME ROUNDTABLES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
THESE WERE THE FUNDS THAT WERE ANNOUNCED BY THE MAYOR THAT HE HAD PROVIDED FOR THE NAVIGATORS TO WORK WITH WORKFORCE DALLAS AND, OF COURSE, CONTINUE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NLC THROUGH GOOD JOBS, GREAT AND GREAT CITIES LEARNING NETWORK AND PROVIDING US TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR INTERNSHIP, UH, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALSO BEING BEING OPERATED IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE NATION.
THESE NEXT STEPS WILL BE COMING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE WILL IMPLEMENT A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT, A CRM TOOL FOR TRACKING CASE MANAGEMENT IN WHICH WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR REGISTRAR CLIENTS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE ANY DASHBOARD TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES TO BE SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE.
ONCE WE START AND OF COURSE, INCREASE EXTERNAL EMPLOYER COLLABORATION FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE CITY FUNDING. WE ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO START WITH THE FOLKS ONLINE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ONLINE? YES. CHAIR BLACKMON.
I THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON YOUR METRICS.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD, IT JUST SAYS COMPLETED PROGRAM.
CAN YOU ARE YOU ALL PLANNING TO EVEN DEFINE THIS FURTHER TO SEE IF PEOPLE HAVE STAYED EMPLOYED OR NOT RETURNED TO PRISON? OR IN OTHER WORDS, KIND OF I MEAN, IS OUR SUCCESS JUST DID THEY COMPLETE THE PROGRAM? IS THAT ON THE WORKFORCE ONE OR THE FRESH START ONE COUNCIL MEMBER? I BELIEVE IT WAS WORKFORCE ONE.
OKAY. ON THE WORKFORCE PROGRAM, UH, THAT WOULD BE ON SLIDE SIX, PLEASE.
OR ARE YOU TALKING FIVE? IF YOU WERE TALKING, GO TO FIVE.
BUT IS OUR SUCCESS GOING TO JUST BE MEASURED IF YOU COMPLETED THE PROGRAM OR IF YOU DID, YOU KNOW, X, Y, AND Z ? OKAY. THE DASHBOARD, CAN YOU ALL PULL THE DASHBOARD PRESENTATION UP AGAIN? IT'S ABOUT HOVERING OVER SOME OF THE DATA.
PROGRAM, COUNCIL MEMBER IS ONE OF THE STEPS AND, UM, I THINK WE HAVE INCLUDED DEFINITIONS OF ALL THE STEPS IN THE ICONS THERE.
I THINK WHAT HER QUESTION IS, AND I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED IT ON THE 30, 60, 90 DAY, UH, WHETHER AND THAT DATA GIVES YOU THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED FOR 30 DAYS, 60 DAYS AND 90 DAYS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ARE YOU WANTING TO SEE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN OUTSIDE OF THE 90 DAYS FOR RETAINING OF EMPLOYMENT? WELL, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
SO AFTER 90 DAYS WE DON'T TRACK THEM ANYMORE? OR DO WE ASSUME THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY? BECAUSE I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, IS OUR INVESTMENT NOW GOING TO PAY OFF IN YEAR THREE AS WELL? SOME OF OUR SUBRECIPIENTS DO REPORT 180 DAY RETENTION, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM, WHICH IS WHY IT'S NOT INCLUDED HERE.
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CONTRACTS, I WANT TO INCLUDE STRONGER LANGUAGE TO SAY THAT IT IS AN EXPECTATION THAT THEY PROVIDE US UPDATES, UM, SIX MONTHS AFTER THE GRANT HAS ENDED, ONE YEAR AFTER THEIR GRANT HAS ENDED.I THINK THE CLAUSE NOW JUST SAYS WE CAN ASK FOR DATA UP TO SEVEN YEARS, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DROPPED OFF AFTER BEING, WHAT, FOUR MONTHS IN THE PROGRAM, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY DROPPED OFF.
THAT WAS MY THING IS LIKE, WHAT ARE WE MEASURING? AND IT AND IT SHOULD BE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT A DAY LONGER BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST THESE DOLLARS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IS THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THIS, NOT JUST A 90 DAY OR 120 DAY.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, WE CAN, UH, SPEAK WITH CAO'S OFFICE ABOUT ADDRESSING THAT IN THE CONTRACT FOR RETENTION IN THE LENGTH OF THE RETENTION THAT WE CAN DO. THANK YOU. MA'AM.
AND I THINK JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT QUESTION, WHEN WE DO BRIEFINGS ON THESE, WHEN WE GET A CHANCE TO REALLY DIG INTO THE PROGRAM ITSELF AS OPPOSED TO THE DASHBOARD, I THINK BOTH FOR THIS AND FOR FRESH START, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE BARRIERS FOR THAT RETENTION.
RIGHT. WHY IS IT THAT ONLY 10% OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE IN, FOR A START, ACTUALLY GET EMPLOYED, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING? SO IT'LL BE I THINK THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL DATA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER ONLINE QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL GO TO CHAIR WILLIS.
THANK YOU. SO, UM, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THIS FROM A REALLY BROAD PERSPECTIVE, UH, ON PAGE THREE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS AND CRITICAL WORKFORCE SKILLS.
DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE UNIVERSE IS VERSUS WHAT'S BEING SERVED? UM, AND I'M LOOKING IN CATEGORIES LIKE REENTRY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE UNIVERSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING RELEASED AND COMING BACK INTO SOCIETY VERSUS HOW MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS? AND WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY NONPROFITS OUT THERE AND OTHERS WHO HAVE REENTRY PROGRAMS. UM, WHAT THAT GAP IS, DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF THAT? UM, WE HAVE A SENSE OF IT.
BUT WHAT WE DO NOT HAVE IS THE HARD DATA THAT GOES WITH IT.
IT'S MORE OF, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY ANECDOTAL, YOU KNOW, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS FOR TO WORK WITH THEIR RESEARCH STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ASSIGNED FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, UH, NOT ONLY THE UNDERGRADUATE SENIORS WHO ARE GRADUATING, BUT MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK ON THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS THE AVAILABILITY OF MARKET OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT ONLY TRANSFERRING OUT OF PRISONS THAT ARE IN TEXAS, BUT ALSO FROM OTHER PRISONS THAT ARE ALSO THEN RELEASING THEM TO TEXAS, BUT SPECIFICALLY ALSO THEN TO DALLAS COUNTY AND TO TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER AND GET US THAT RESEARCH INFORMATION.
WHAT WE WOULD THEN ADD TO THAT IS THE COMMENT YOU JUST MADE.
THEN HOW ARE HOW MANY AGENCIES AROUND ARE ACTUALLY SERVING THAT POPULATION AND WHAT THEY'RE SERVING THEM IN? WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, GOOD NEWS ON CITY POSITIONS BEING.
FILLED WITH QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH HR DIRECTOR ARIAS ABOUT THIS ON ON OUR SENIORS AND TAKING THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THEIR MEDICAL BENEFITS, THEY'VE GOT TONS OF EXPERIENCE AND HOW WE CAN TAP INTO THAT AUDIENCE.
THEY'VE ALSO GOT AVAILABILITY.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WERE BEGINNING TO ADDRESS ON.
I MEAN, I WILL TELL YOU ON THE PROGRAM METRICS SOME GREAT OVER DELIVERIES HERE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE, UM, CONTRACTORS WHO ARE OVER DELIVERING.
I DO SEE SOME ON WORKFORCE UPSKILLING THAT ARE UNDER AND IT SOUNDS LIKE.
WELL, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO FOLLOW UP ON UNDER DELIVERY? BECAUSE TO THE POINT YOU MADE, DO WE NEED TO GO BACK OUT AND PROCURE A DIFFERENT AGENCY, OR DO WE JUST NEED TO TWEAK WHAT THEY'RE DOING? HOW ARE WE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE UNDER DELIVERY IS ABOUT? UH, WE DO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER HERE.
UH, MATTER OF FACT, HE'S HERE.
RASHAAN CARTER IS ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
WE TRACK THEM EVERY MONTH, AND WE WE STARTED MONTHLY TRACKING.
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MILESTONES WE NEED TO HAVE, THEY ARE THEN ASKED TO HAVE A DEFICIENCY PLAN.WE THEN REVIEW THAT DEFICIENCY PLAN TO SEE IF IT'S GOING TO BE ON TRACK WITH PROJECTIONS.
IF IF IT IS NOT BASED ON THAT, THEN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT NON COMPLIANCE.
AND WE THEN WORK WITH CAO'S OFFICE TO DRAFT A NON COMPLIANCE.
OKAY. SO WE'RE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL THE END OF THE CONTRACT TO GET IT RESOLVED.
MY LAST POINT IS ON PAGE EIGHT WHERE WE TALK ABOUT INCUBATE NEW STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT DAY LABORERS.
SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.
BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT INCUBATING NEW STRATEGIES ARE WE JUST ARE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS AS WELL AS OUR INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, LIKE WORKING WITH DPD, WORKING WITH SOME OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
ON WORKING WITH DAY LABORERS, BECAUSE THE DPD HAD A CONCERN OR HAS A CONCERN ABOUT WHERE THOSE DAY LABORERS ARE AND HOW THAT THEN RELATES TO AN UPTICK IN CRIME OR NOT, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO THEN DO A FULL STRATEGY OF NOT JUST ADDRESSING SAFETY, NOT JUST ADDRESSING THE HEALTH ISSUES, ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS, BUT FAMILY DYNAMICS AS WELL AS WORKFORCE.
SO BEING ABLE TO BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE SO THAT THAT INCUBATE WAS ABOUT HOW DO WE GO IN AND TRULY LOOK AT THE ENTIRE OVERVIEW OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SERVE THIS POPULATION.
THANK YOU. AND TO THAT POINT, ONE OF THE BIG GOALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ACHIEVE THIS YEAR IS A CONVENING OF THE WORKFORCE PROVIDERS AROUND THE AREA TO SEE WHAT THEY SEE AS THE AS THE ROLE THAT THE CITY OUGHT TO BE PLAYING BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE GAPS IN THE MARKET.
AND SO WHAT ROLE SHOULD WE BE PLAYING IN THAT? SO THAT'S PART ONE OF THE [INAUDIBLE].
WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY BE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING WITH THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY IS WHAT ROLE SHOULD THE CITY BE PLAYING IN THAT? SO, CHAIR BAZALDUA.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS WORK.
UH, IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT WORK.
I WANTED TO JUST ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS NOT NECESSARILY SPELLED OUT, BUT THERE'S A GAP THAT I'VE BEEN, UM, UH, APPRIZED TO FROM PEOPLE THAT I'VE HEARD THAT ARE IN NEED OF SOME ASSISTANCE.
AND ONE IS, IS HOUSING FOR, UM, SECOND CHANCE OR FOR FORMER OFFENDERS.
AND I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, OFTEN THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR WORK.
UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH IN THE SPACE OF, UH, PROVIDING A MORE CONDUCIVE, UH, CITY TO LIVE IN FOR THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW THIS COULD CROSS, UM, INTO SOME TYPE OF INITIATIVE WITH HOUSING THAT HAS SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE AS A CITY INVEST IN.
AND AS SHE'S COMING UP, CHAIR BAZALDUA, UH, WE TOOK PURSUANT TO THE CHAIR'S DIRECTIVES, YOUR INPUTS ON WHAT OUR GOALS SHOULD BE FOR THIS YEAR AND IN FEBRUARY, WE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY AND EQUITY UPDATE REGARDING TO THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL EFFORTS OF OF SBC, OF COMMUNITY CARE, OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND OFFICE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS AND DPD, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT A FULL SPECTRUM OF SUPPORTS FOR REENTRY POPULATIONS, FOR JUSTICE IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS, ETC..
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TO BRINGING THAT PRESENTATION TO YOU.
AND WE'LL ASK JESSICA ALSO TO TO SPEAK TO WHAT SHE'S DOING AND COMMUNITY CARE AROUND HOUSING.
THANK YOU. YEAH. AND I WANT TO JUST GIVE A QUICK CAVEAT.
AND IF WE SEE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
SO PERHAPS WE DEVELOP A BRIEFING IN A REAL ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
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SO IF YOU JUST WANT TO GRAZE ON IT NOW, SO WE HAVE TIME FOR EVERYTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA.JESSICA GOUGH, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE.
SORRY, THAT WAS A LITTLE CLOSE.
UM, AS FAR AS SENIORS AND HOUSING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO REENTRY, I CAN'T ACTUALLY SAY THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY ALIGNED WITH THAT OVERLAPPING POPULATION RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
WE DO HAVE SOME PARTNERS THAT HAVE SOME HOUSING THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS AND OLDER ADULTS, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK THROUGH OUR SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION AND RESPONSE TO THEIR, UM, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIORITIES THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED.
AND JUST GENERAL FEEDBACK AND INSIGHT WE SEE WHEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND TO TRY TO LOOK MORE INTENSIVELY AT THE ISSUE OF OLDER ADULTS AND HOUSING.
UM, SO I CAN'T NECESSARILY SAY THAT WE HAVE A PRESCRIBED SOLUTION, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE DO INTEND TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH OUR SENIOR RELATED PLANNING AND STRATEGY PROCESS. BUT THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE DOES COORDINATE VERY CLOSELY, AS ACM, LIZ MENTIONED, WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, ETC.
WHEN IT COMES TO REENTRY SERVICES AS WELL, WE ACTUALLY ADMINISTER SOME PROGRAMING AND CONTRACTS WITH SEVERAL NONPROFIT COMMUNITY PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES, WRAP AROUND AND KIND OF CONNECTIONS TO DIFFERENT ISSUES AND NEEDS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH TDCJ TO HELP TO REALLY CREATE A PLATFORM OR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR FOLKS UPON RELEASE TO HELP THEM TO GET INTEGRATED INTO THE WHOLE SERVICE SYSTEM HERE LOCALLY.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION AND SEE US, UM, BE MORE INTENTIONAL WITH SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT I THINK WOULD CLOSE IN SOME OF THE GAPS THAT THAT YOU ALL ARE ALREADY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
BUT, UM, IN YOUR OWN RESPECTIVE FIELD.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE COLLABORATING.
I THINK, FOR IT TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS IT CAN.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'LL JUST END WITH THIS, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, UH, IF IF WE COULD, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF BRIEFING REGARDING THE, UM, COLLABORATION HAPPENING WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AT THE JAIL.
SPECIFICALLY, I'D LIKE TO TO SEE IF WE COULD MAYBE EVEN BEEF UP SOME OF OUR, UH, MARKETING OUTREACH IN SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE ARE HAVING HERE IN THE CITY WITH OUR INITIATIVES. BUT HOW THAT IS, UM, WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THOSE, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR JAILS IN ADDITION TO, UM, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT THAT WE DEAL WITH.
AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AS WELL, JESSICA, WITH, UM, A LOT OF OUR, UH, UM, UH, FORMERLY INCARCERATED ESSENTIALLY BEING DROPPED OFF, UH, IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF MAYBE WE COULD EVEN BE A LITTLE BIT PROACTIVE WITH A DROP IN CENTER, UM, TO PREVENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT POINT WHEN THEY TOUCH THE GROUND IS THE MOST CRITICAL, UH, AND THAT POINT WHEN THEY TOUCH THE GROUND IS WHEN THE FORK IN THE ROAD COULD EITHER BE TO, UH, INDEPENDENTLY SEEK, UH, RESOURCES THAT WE LIKE TO THINK ARE, ARE HERE TO HELP OR GO IN OTHER DIRECTIONS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY NOT ONLY HURT THEIR OWN CYCLE, UM, BUT PERPETUATE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF PENETRATE IN.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ANOTHER GAP THAT'S MISSING THAT WE COULD ALSO BE WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY ON.
BUT INSTEAD OF ALLOWING FOR A PROBLEM.
I'D LIKE TO SEE US CLOSE THAT GAP IN AS WELL.
THIS WAS AN IDEA, OF COURSE, AS YOU YOU'VE ALREADY STATED FROM THE FORMER CHAIR, UH, CASEY THOMAS.
AND SO THOSE PRERELEASE PROGRAMS ARE FROM OUR HUTCHINS, IN WHICH THEY ARE TRANSITIONING OUT THROUGH DALLAS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION, GOING INTO HOUSING THAT THEY HAVE THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
AND IF ONCE THEY FINISH THEIR TRAINING PROGRAM, THEY'RE PLACED ON EMPLOYMENT AND THEY ARE WORKING, THEY ARE ACTUALLY THEN MOVED INTO THAT FACILITY, THAT 62 UNIT FACILITY.
SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT WHILE THE THE CITY IS NOT PAYING FOR THEM, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH COUNTY PARTNERSHIPS OR DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM OTHER NONPROFIT AGENCIES THAT ARE THERE.
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THANK YOU.UM, AND JUST THE SIMPLE MARKETING PIECE IS WHAT ALSO I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE.
I DON'T GET, UM, MUCH OTHER THAN I COULD GET MY STAFF PROBABLY TO GO OFF OF SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT YOU HAD, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME UNIFORMED MESSAGING FOR US TO PUSH OUT AS THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE.
BUT I'D ALSO LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MARKET TO CERTAIN BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.
ONE IN PARTICULAR IS OUR GREYHOUND BUS STOP.
GREAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM C, OUR INTERNAL WORKFORCE EDUCATION EQUITY, SUMMARY OF STATE LEGISLATIVE WE PRIORITIES AND THE CONSIDERATION OF THE NEXT, UH, 2025 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WITH CARRIE ROGERS.
CARRIE. YOU'VE GROWN, JUST KIDDING.
UM, I AM PINCH HITTING FOR CARRIE ROGERS TODAY.
I'M JAKE ANDERSON. I AM THE MANAGER OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
UM, ALONG WITH ME IS LINDLEY YOUDERIAN, OUR SENIOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COORDINATOR.
THANK YOU. JAKE. GOOD MORNING.
CHAIRWOMAN. UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, THIS MORNING, JUST BRIEFLY REVIEW THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND QUICKLY LOOK OVER LAST YEAR'S STATE AND FEDERAL, UM, AGENDAS AND THEN REVIEW THE PROPOSED PRIORITIES FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION EQUITY.
ALL RIGHT. SO TO QUICKLY REVIEW THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS PRIOR TO EACH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA OUTLINING THE OFFICIAL CITY OF DALLAS POSITIONS ON VARIOUS LEGISLATIVE ISSUES.
THESE PROGRAMS WILL SERVE AS A GUIDE IN AUSTIN WHEN IN AUSTIN IN D.C.
FOR CITY STAFF COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN ADVOCATING FOR SPECIFIC POLICY AND LEGISLATION.
AND SO HERE YOU SEE OUR 88TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
YOU CAN FIND THIS ON OUR OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
AND HERE IS THE FEDERAL 118TH CONGRESS ADOPTED AGENDA WHICH YOU CAN ALSO FIND ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO JUST TO QUICKLY GO OVER THE 88 ADOPTED PRIORITIES.
UM, AND THE 88TH SESSION, WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING MANY OF OUR KEY PRIORITIES ADDRESSED.
UM, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE.
YOU'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON ALL THESE.
BUT JUST QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THESE.
WE HAD HB 567, WHICH WAS THE CROWN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION OF HAIR TEXTURE.
AND SB 1319, THE MAPPING BILL, WHICH SHOWED OVERDOSE INFORMATION UM, FOR PURPOSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, A LOT OF THESE PRIORITIES YOU SAW FROM THE STATE AGENDA, BUT JUST ENSURE PROPER HEALTH CARE FOR ALL DALLAS RESIDENTS AND SUPPORT FUNDING AND RESOURCES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS AND IN THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE.
WE CAN GO TO SLIDE 11, ACTUALLY, PLEASE.
SO HERE ARE THE PROPOSED RE PRIORITIES FOR THE 89TH AND 119TH CONGRESS.
UM, A FEW OF THESE, UM, WERE REPEAT ITEMS FROM LAST YEAR.
EXPAND FUNDING FOR THE ELIGIBILITY OF OUR WICKED SNAP PROGRAMS. UM OK ITEM AGAIN FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, AGAIN THIS LAST YEAR AND PROTECT IMMUNITY IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
THIS WAS AN ITEM WE GOT SUBMITTED FROM DALLAS COUNTY.
UH, JUST KIND OF IN EFFORTS OF THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH RIGHTS, UH, PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN THE STATE SENIOR OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM FOR FOR NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
DURING THE 88TH SESSION, THERE WAS A BILL INTRODUCED THAT WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED THIS ROLE.
THIS WAS AN ITEM SUBMITTED FROM OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE.
UM, SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT EXPANDS RESOURCES FOR FOSTER AND POST FOSTER CHILDREN.
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UM CHAIR SCHULTZ, SUBMIT THIS IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANY LIGHT COLOR TO THAT.UM, AGAIN, THESE WERE FROM LAST YEAR'S UM PROGRAM.
AND SO JUST TO GO OVER KIND OF NEXT STEPS AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS THIS AFTERNOON WE THERE WILL BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TO KIND OF REVIEW THE INITIAL PRIORITIES FROM ALL COMMITTEES.
UM, KIND OF TAKING THE ROUGH LANGUAGE AND LET THE COMMITTEE VET THAT OUT.
WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT HAS ALL THAT FEEDBACK.
UM, HAVE THAT BE VETTED THROUGH COMMITTEE AS WELL.
UH, DECEMBER 15TH WILL BE THE LAST DATE FOR TO SUBMIT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
AND THEN BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 18TH, FOLLOWING ALL THE COMMITTEES, OUR OFFICE IS WORKING ON PREPARING MEMOS FOR EACH COMMITTEE CHAIR THAT WILL BE SENT TO CHAIR MENDELSOHN OF THE AD HOC, UM, OF ALL THE PRIORITIES YOU WANT TO SEE ON OUR AGENDAS.
AND THEN JANUARY 8TH, UM, ONCE WE GET BACK FROM THE HOLIDAYS, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER AD HOC COMMITTEE WHERE WE'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK FROM THIS AFTERNOON'S COMMITTEE, HOPEFULLY HAVE A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURED LANGUAGE ON ALL THOSE PRIORITIES.
AND THEN JANUARY 24TH, THIS WOULD BE THE SOONEST DATE WE COULD SEE THE PROGRAMS GO TO FULL COUNCIL.
BUT THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED KIND OF WHERE ALL THAT LAYS OUT.
AND THEN AGAIN JUST CONTINUE COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH.
SO WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START WITH CHAIR BAZALDUA.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, I, UH, JUST WANTED WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE.
UM, I SAW ON THE FEDERAL, UM, PRIORITIES AND, UM, THE STATE THAT PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF ALL VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING LGBTQ, IA, SENIORS AND REFUGEES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THE LANGUAGE TO SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE, UM, MIGRANTS AS WELL.
UM, I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE SPECIFIC TO REFUGEES.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, BANNING THE BOX IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED ON THERE.
UM, THERE WAS A BIPARTISAN BILL, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST SESSION, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT.
BUT I'D ALSO LOVE TO HEAR FROM Y'ALL ON WHAT WE COULD DO AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STARTED TO PICK UP LAST YEAR.
I'D LOVE TO SEE US GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WITH OUR PRIVATE SECTOR.
I HAD INTEREST IN SUPPORT FROM OUR PARTNERS WITH THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER.
UM, AND FOR US TO KIND OF SPEARHEAD THE WAY SO THAT THIS NEXT SESSION, THERE'S TANGIBLE EXAMPLE OF MUNICIPALITIES WHO HAVE ALREADY WORKED WITH OUR PRIVATE SECTOR AND HOW THAT CAN SHOW SOME MINIMAL IMPACT, I THINK WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE LEGISLATORS WHO HAVE FILED THIS BILL.
YES, SIR. AND I WILL NOTE ON OUR CHART WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING.
WE DO HAVE A COLUMN, IF YOU WILL, THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, IS THIS SOMETHING WE WANT TO ADDRESS AT A STATE, FEDERAL AND ALSO A COLUMN THAT SAYS THIS IS A LOCAL ISSUE WE CAN ADDRESS. WE'RE ALSO TRACKING THOSE AS WELL.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS, IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO SEE THIS NEW GENERATION OF WORKFORCE IN OUR CITY PRESENTING TO US AND REALLY TAKING ON MORE RESPONSIBILITY.
SO KUDOS TO YOU ALL AND OUR FORMER SPEAKERS.
NICE. THANK YOU, CHAIR WILLIS.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO AS I LOOKED AT THE PROPOSED PRIORITIES, I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE REFLECTING AT A MORE BROAD LEVEL, SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS REALLY UNDERTAKEN, AND THAT IS THAT WE HAVE SHOWN COMMITMENT TO WORKPLACE INTEGRITY BY PUTTING IN OFFICE OR ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF AN INSPECTOR GENERAL.
WE HAVE FUNDED, FUNDED THIS ROLE AND HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO CREATE THIS OFFICE.
SO OUR EMPLOYEES, SO VENDORS CAN AND OUR RESIDENTS CAN REPORT FRAUD, WASTE, MISCONDUCT.
AND I'M TALKING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL.
UM, I THERE'S A NONPROFIT THAT HAS BEEN CREATED CALLED LIFT OUR VOICES THAT ARE SHINING A LOT OF LIGHT ON SILENCING MECHANISMS THAT EXIST IN WORKPLACES WITH REGARD TO NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS AND, UM, AND FORCED ARBITRATION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP QUASH WORKPLACE TOXICITY.
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NECESSARY. I MEAN, AROUND, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY, UM, PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.BUT IF IT IS ABOUT QUASHING ANY KIND OF TOXICITY AND KEEPING SOMEONE FROM BEING ABLE TO SHARE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER TYPES OF BEHAVIORS, I'D LIKE TO SEE US PROTECT THAT.
AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE OGA WORK ON A LINE AROUND THAT.
IT CAN BE KIND OF GENERAL BECAUSE THIS CAN BE MENTAL.
THANKS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHERS FROM THE VIRTUAL WORLD? YES. CHAIR. BLACKMON.
UH, THANK YOU, AND THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, MR. BAZALDUA AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE FENTANYL STRIKE FORCE, AND WE DO WE DO HAVE A LIST OF THINGS, UH, THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOES IN THIS OR QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT LIKE ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDICAL ADDICTED TREATMENT, UM, FUND IN INCREASING OUR FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UM, AND THEN LOOKING FOR RECOVERY HOUSING AND SOBER HOUSING.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH AREA IT GOES IN.
AND SO UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I BRING IT TO THE FULL OR BRING IT TO THIS ONE OR WHAT.
UM, I KNOW, MICHELLE, YOU SUGGESTED HAVING, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE COLUMN THAT SHOWS THAT.
AND SO WE'VE COLLECTED ALL THAT FEEDBACK AND WE'LL KIND OF HAVE IT TO THE COMMITTEE, HAVE YOU GUYS DISCUSS HOW YOU WANT TO SEE THAT PRESENTED AND WHERE YOU WANT CERTAIN PRIORITIES TO FALL UNDER. SO REALLY THAT WILL COME UNDER THE ADVISEMENT OF YOU GUYS.
OKAY. SO UM, IT MAY NOT BE IN A TRUE COMMITTEE, BUT IT'LL BE ORGANIZED LOOKING LIKE A COMMITTEE.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? WELL, WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING TO STAFF IS THAT THEY SHOW THERE'S THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT SEVERAL COMMITTEES HAVE SHOWN THE, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY WITHIN OUR REGULAR AGENDA, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE EXPRESSED IS A HIGH PRIORITY, THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED THERE, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY OR MAY NOT OFFICIALLY FALL UNDER IT MAY FALL UNDER QUALITY OF LIFE.
BUT GOOD, LET'S SAY. AND ALSO WE SAYS THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, I'LL SEE YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON THEN.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, PLEASE.
I'M JUST REALLY KIND OF WALKING AND THINKING THROUGH THIS.
BUT SOMEWHERE ON THIS, UH, ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WE NEED, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO.
AND THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE MORE, UM, THEY'RE STRONGER IN THIS BACKGROUND THAT I'M IN.
BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE DISTRICT, UH, I GUESS THE RED LINING OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO.
ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THEIR HEALTH.
UH, THAT ARE LOCATED IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
AND SO THEREFORE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS US TO INCENTIVIZE THESE BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY WILL GO TO THESE COMMUNITIES. SO WE'RE NOT ALWAYS HAVING TO EITHER TRAVEL 35 MILES TO GET A DECENT HEAD OF CABBAGE, AND THAT THEY WILL GET SOME INCENTIVES FOR BEING IN THESE AREAS, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
BUT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO GIVE $1 MILLION INCENTIVES AND AND SOMETIMES THAT YOU SEE WHAT WE HAD TO DO JUST TO GET A TOM THUMB, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT TO FEED OUR PEOPLE HEALTHY SO THEY CAN FIGHT THE DIABETES AND THE RESPIRATORY ISSUES THAT ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THEIR HEALTH.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THAT, TO SEE.
AND I'LL REACH OUT TO SOME OF MY REPS, SOME TYPE OF WAY THAT THE CITY AND THE THE STATE SHOULD BE IN TANDEM WITH SUPPORTING THE FOLKS WHO PUT THEM IN OFFICE OR WHETHER THEY VOTED OR NOT.
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GETTING AT THE TIME WE SHOULD BE.AND SO I WANT US NOT TO ALWAYS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS THAT SAYS WE MUST, UH, ARE EATING HEALTHY, EATING MUST BE RELEGATED TO SOME TYPE OF SPECIAL EVENT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT I'M NOT ADVOCATING THAT WE BEG ANY, UH, MAJOR, UH, STORE, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, THIS MORNING IS ALMOST RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT NO STORE TO BEG THEM TO COME TO A COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITIES, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU ALL AROUND THE HORSESHOE WOULD NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION THAT FOLKS HAVE WHEN THEY COME TO ME AND SAY, CAN'T WE GET A STORE? AND I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT IS A PERSONAL THAT'S A THAT'S A BUSINESS DECISION.
THEY'RE CHOOSING WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT CHOOSING US.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE, UH, STORES THAT HAVE MEAT STORED AT LESS THAN, UH, THE ILLEGAL STANDARDS FOR STORING THEIR MEAT.
YOU'RE GETTING DAY OLD THIS, DAY OLD.
THAT. AND I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE, UH, IN THIS POSITION AS A CITY.
PROUDLY STATING WE DO THINGS BIG AND BIG D, BUT WE CANNOT GET A DECENT STORE TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITIES OR THOSE THAT ARE THERE. WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THEM TO LIFT UP THEIR STANDARDS? SO WE'RE NOT SMELLING EVERYTHING? THAT'S, UH. BELOW STANDARDS WHEN WE WALK IN THE DOOR, AND I'VE ONLY HAD ONE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO GO WITH ME AT THAT TIME.
MARK FROM DISTRICT NINE AND HE WENT OVER AND HE WAS JUST SHOCKED.
LOVE WHAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH MARK CLAYTON.
YOU ALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO RESEARCH WHAT SOME, MAYBE THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING TO GET SOME OF THESE MARKETERS TO COME SIMPLY TO FEED THE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN HAVE HEALTHY, UH, HEALTHY EATING, AND THAT OUR NUMBERS WILL BEGIN TO GO DOWN AS IT RELATES TO THOSE, UH, INCIDENCES THAT WE SAW HERE. EVEN COLD COVID REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE ILLNESSES THAT WE HAVE IN SOME OF OUR, UH, UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES.
SO IF WE COULD GET SOME GENIUS ON THAT, I SURE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE MEMOS? ANYBODY HERE. IF NOT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS TO HAVE STAFF SEND OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS GREAT.
AND AND I THINK THE META ISSUES AROUND EQUITY ARE VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE FIGURE OUT WAYS TO ADDRESS.
GO. I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK BEFORE YOU ALL LEFT.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ON THE MEMOS THAT YOU.
THAT YOU ASKED, SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T CHIME IN.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE MENTIONED.
I LOVE CHAIR'S SUGGESTION ON JUST EMPHASIZING THEM MORE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS ANY LEGISLATION THAT IS REQUIRED.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TO KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE IRONING OUT ANY OF OUR NEED, UM, TO WORK WITH OUR DELEGATION TO ALLOW FOR US TO FACILITATE AND BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED AS A TAX ENTITY IN, UM, MAT, UH, TREATMENT CENTERS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, UH, FUNDING.
WE WE IT'S THAT ONE IS NOT NECESSARILY AS HUGE OF AN ISSUE WITH LEGISLATION.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT TOUCHES ON A LOT OF OUR, UM, PRIORITIES.
SO JUST JUST WANTED TO, UH, PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
PEOPLE'S CALENDARS ARE ALREADY FILLING UP FOR THE YEAR.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYBODY? IF NOT, HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN JANUARY.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.