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ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY, GOOD MORNING.
[Workforce-Education and Equity on January 8, 2024.]
IT IS 9:01 AND WE ARE CALLING TO ORDER THE JANUARY 8TH MEETING OF THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
OUR FIRST ACTION IS TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 11TH COMMITTEE MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS, CHANGES? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
WE HAVE TWO BRIEFING ITEMS AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR BRIEFING MEMOS.
SO, THE FIRST BRIEFING IS ITEM A.
IT'S AN INTERNAL EQUITY PRESENTATION THROUGH THE BOND THE BOND EQUITY COHORT UPDATE.
LINDSAY WILSON, JENNY KURZMAN AND CANDY GREEN.
YOU GUYS CAN TAKE IT FROM HERE.
PLEASE BEGIN WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
WONDERFUL. AND I THINK THE PRESENTATION MIGHT BE BEING PULLED UP.
PERFECT. WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
DR. LINDSAY WILSON, DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO JOIN YOU THIS MORNING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC FINANCE INITIATIVE BONDS AND RACIAL EQUITY COHORT.
JOIN WITH ME TODAY IS JENNY KURZMAN FROM THE CITY COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, CANDY GREEN FROM BONDS AND CONSTRUCTION AND BERNARDO SALAZAR FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
SO, DURING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, WE'LL START WITH HIGHLIGHTING JUST SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, SUCH AS THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS WHO WERE A PART OF THIS NINE-MONTH COHORT NATIONAL AND LOCAL CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, LESSONS LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND REALLY END WITH SOME CONSIDERATIONS THAT COULD STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT OF CENTERING EQUITY IN THE BOND.
SO, TAKING A MOMENT TO THANK BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA FOR SHARING THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, SPECIFICALLY DINA, WHO IN PARTNERSHIP WAS KEY TO DALLAS SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION TO BE SELECTED AS ONE OF EIGHT.
RIGHT? FOR THIS FIRST BONDS MARKET AND RACIAL EQUITY COHORT.
THE PROGRAM WAS LED BY PUBLIC FINANCE INITIATIVE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH PFM CONSULTING GROUP, THE GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE ON RACE AND EQUITY, AND OTHER NATIONAL PARTNERS.
THE BASIS OF THE COHORT WAS REALLY TO SUPPORT ISSUERS WHO WANTED TO EITHER STRENGTHEN, TEST OR PILOT RACIAL EQUITY STRATEGY AND BOND ISSUANCES OR THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
WE HAD CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, OF COURSE, OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, BONDS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, HOUSING, CITY COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
WE'RE ALL A PART OF THE CONVERSATION TO SOME CAPACITY.
AND THE COHORT REALLY TOOK ON TWO PARTS.
ONE, THE FOCUS ON THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS AND THE SECOND ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AS IT REGARDS THE GRANT FUNDING.
THE DECISION WAS MADE TO ALIGN THE FUNDING TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE THAT WE FOUND BOTH LOCALLY AND HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE MORE TO THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE YET BEFORE WE MOVE TO SLIDE FIVE.
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MULTIPLE LANGUAGES TO REALLY SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND UNDERSTANDING MORE ABOUT THE BOND PROCESS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THEM.ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY IS SEEKING TO PROCURE SOCIAL PINPOINT, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE MAY HAVE SEEN BEING USED WITH FORWARD DALLAS, AND THIS FIVE-YEAR INVESTMENT WILL SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, ESTABLISHING ANOTHER PLATFORM FOR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK BOTH ON THE ONGOING PROJECTS AS WELL AS IDENTIFY NEW PROJECTS AND PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT BOND.
AND SO, WHILE DALLAS FACES OUR OWN VERY UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND INTEGRATING RACIAL EQUITY INTO THE BOND WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION, THE CITY ALSO FACED SEVERAL OF THE SAME OBSTACLES AS OUR PEER CITIES.
RECENT RESEARCH FROM THE PUBLIC FINANCE INITIATIVE FOUND THAT THERE WERE FOUR PRIMARY CHALLENGES TO INTEGRATING EQUITY INTO THE BOND MARKET, AFTER THEY HOSTED 100 FOCUS GROUPS WITH BOND ISSUERS AND INVESTORS AND OTHER BOND MARKET STAKEHOLDERS.
AND SO, I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE FOUR THAT STREAMLINE BOTH NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY, WHICH WAS COMMON PRACTICES EXIST BUT [INAUDIBLE]. LET ME TRY THAT AGAIN.
COMMON PRACTICES EXIST BUT MARKET LACKS A UNIFORM APPROACH.
AND THEN THIRD, DATA WIDE CHALLENGES ARE WIDESPREAD.
AND SO THAT REALLY SPOKE TO WHY OUR FOCUS FOR THE GRANT DOLLARS WENT TOWARDS THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY PROMISING EMERGING PRACTICES LACK VISIBILITY.
AND SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I WILL PASS THE PRESENTATION TO JENNY TO SHARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO EXPAND EQUITY EFFORTS ON THE ISSUANCE SIDE.
AND THIS IS A VERY HIGHLY REGULATED PROCESS.
HOWEVER, THE CONCEPT OF EQUITY, IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE CITY'S BOND ISSUANCE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, THE CITY BUDGETS THE PROPOSITIONS AND THE SELECTION OF BOND ISSUANCE PARTNERS.
AND THIS IS IN TERMS OF THE REPORTING AND THE INVESTORS RELATIONS.
THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS A VERY ROBUST INVESTOR RELATIONS SITE WHERE, UM, ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET INFORMATION ON THE BONDS ISSUANCE AND THE PROCESS CAN ACCESS THIS WEBSITE AND OBTAIN INFORMATION OF EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
SO, WORKING WITH THE COHORT AND TO INCLUDE ESG, WHICH IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE FACTORS. SO, WE WANT TO INCLUDE IN ESG AND EQUITY REPORTING IN THE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS.
SO, WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION REPORTING, ADHERING TO THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDING ON THIS WEBSITE TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE EQUITY FACTORS SPECIFICALLY.
AND SO, I WILL PASS IT ON TO CANDY GREEN.
AS JENNY SAID, I'M CANDY GREEN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
THE RACIAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK PRESENTED BY THE COHORT INCLUDES FIVE KEY COMPONENTS THAT OFFER MUNICIPALITIES A ROADMAP TO ACHIEVE RACIAL EQUITY ACROSS THE VARIOUS PHASES OF THE BOND ISSUANCE.
THE FRAMEWORK CHALLENGES MUNICIPALITIES IN SEVERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING ENGAGEMENT.
DID WE ENGAGE PUBLIC OFFICIALS BEFORE WORK COMMENCED IN THE BOND PROGRAM? DID WE CONSULT A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD TO INFORM OF PROJECTS TO BE FINANCED WITH BOND PROCEEDS?
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AND DID WE ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE AREAS WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED? SO BASED ON A HIGH-LEVEL REVIEW OF THIS FRAMEWORK THE 2024 CAPITAL BOND PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES SEVERAL STRENGTHS.THE CITY ALSO ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE AND FIVE SUBCOMMITTEES, A TOTAL OF 90 PEOPLE, TO REVIEW THE CITY'S NEEDS, INVENTORIES AND TO RECOMMEND PROPOSITIONS AND PROJECTS FOR THE BOND.
THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE AND SUBCOMMITTEES HELD 42 MEETINGS FOR THAT EFFORT.
THE CITY STAFF ALSO PRESENTED INFORMATION AT 24 MEETINGS THAT WERE INITIATED BY THE COMMUNITY.
VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
LOCAL CHAMBER AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY-INITIATED MEETINGS, WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL AND HOSTED 43 TOWN HALLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND AS WELL AS SIX VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES.
IN OCTOBER, WE HAD A VERY NOTABLE EFFORT A WONDERFUL MEETING HOSTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.
IT WAS OUR ALL-SPANISH LANGUAGE 2024 CAPITAL BOND PROGRAM HOSTED HERE AT DALLAS CITY HALL.
IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ, PARK BOARD VICE PRESIDENT AND KTF DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE PRISCILLA RICE, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, OFFICE OF EQUITY, INCLUSION, BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, AND WELCOMING COMMUNITIES AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS.
AND WORKING TOGETHER, WE WERE ABLE TO DELIVER INFORMATION REGARDING THE CITY'S BOND PROCESS TO OUR SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ATTENDEES TO ASK US QUESTIONS AND STATE THEIR PRIORITIES AS IT RELATED TO THE BOND.
SO, THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THIS COHORT WE PLAN TO BUILD UPON THIS STRENGTH AND THESE STRUCTURES TO DEVELOP A MORE ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY THAT SEEKS ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION AND ALSO FACE THE GREATEST CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION.
HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M BERNARDO SALAZAR, I'M THE OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST AT OAI.
THESE FOUR AREAS INCLUDE REFRAMING EQUITY DATA, WHICH DEALS WITH HOW WE RETHINK, HOW TO RETHINK HOW WE COLLECT BOND PROJECT DATA WITH EQUITY IN MIND.
HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRACKING, MONITORING AND REPORTING ON PROJECT IMPACTS.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE EQUITY IMPACT ANALYSIS TOOLS, BUT I WILL FOCUS ON THE OTHER OTHERS BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE NEW AREAS FOR US TO EXPLORE AND FURTHER EQUITY IN THE BOND PROCESS OR IN THE BOND PROJECTS.
AND SO, IN RETHINKING HOW TO COLLECT DATA WITH EQUITY IN MIND, WE STARTED WITH SIMPLY LOOKING AT THE EXISTING BOND, UM, PROJECT DATA AVAILABLE. SO, WE TEAMED UP WITH THE DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO TRACK DOWN BOND PROJECT DATA FOR 2003, 2006, 2012, AND 26.
AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE NOTICED THAT MUCH OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE CURRENT AND HISTORICAL BOND RECORD OR BOND DATA RELATES TO COST, PROJECT DESCRIPTION, SCOPE, APPROVAL REQUESTS AND LOCATION.
YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
AND SO, THEY DIDN'T REALLY SPEAK TO COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AND SO, THIS IS WHY WHEN I, WHEN WE SAY THAT THE CHALLENGE WAS EQUITY RELEVANT DATA IS BECAUSE IT REALLY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DIDN'T GET A SENSE OF WHICH SPECIFIC COMMUNITY NEEDS THE BOND PROJECTS WERE ADDRESSING.
RIGHT. AND SO, BUT THAT'S NOT THE FAULT OF ANYONE.
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AND SO, DALLAS HAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE LEAD IN CREATING A NEW WAY, A PROCESS THAT CAPTURES THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IN THIS DATA SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE INTENTIONAL AND TRANSPARENT IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS WHEN WE WHEN IT COMES TO ALLOCATING BOND FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.NEXT SLIDE. SO, ONE OF THE KEY PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY IS INCLUSION.
AND I KNOW KENNEDY SPOKE A LOT ABOUT INCLUSION.
THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK AROUND BEING INCLUSIVE WITH PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE INVENTORY DATA TO SEE HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE IN THE CURRENT DATA SET? UM, AND WE DIDN'T SEE TOO MUCH IN TERMS OF A LOT OF DETAIL REGARDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND WE SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS IN THE INVENTORY LIST COME FROM DEPARTMENT REQUESTS, AND THERE IS A BIT OF PUBLIC INPUT HERE THROUGH RESIDENT REQUESTS AND COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A SMALL PORTION OF THE TOTAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE INVENTORY LIST.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS PACKAGE, WE DID SEE THAT THERE WERE 92 PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T IN THE INVENTORY LIST, SO ABOUT 12% OF THOSE PROJECTS GENERATED THROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT.
NEXT SLIDE. AND IN THINKING AND RETHINKING HOW WE COLLECT DATA WITH EQUITY IN MIND. SORRY, LET ME RESTART AGAIN.
WHEN WE MAP OUT THE AVAILABLE DATA, WE CAN TRACE BOND PROJECTS GOING BACK 20 YEARS.
HOWEVER, THIS 20-YEAR TIME FRAME ONLY PROVIDES A PARTIAL PICTURE OF HISTORICAL INVESTMENT.
WITHOUT THAT COMPLETE PICTURE, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF CURRENT PROJECTS.
AS REGARDS TO HISTORICAL INVESTMENTS, IT IS CHALLENGING AND MAY NOT SINCE THIS IS IS THIS WITHOUT THIS INCOMPLETE, WITHOUT THIS COMPLETE PICTURE, YOU KNOW, IT CREATES A CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FULLY REFLECT THE LONG-TERM TRENDS AND CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF PAST INVESTMENT DECISIONS.
NEXT SLIDE. AND SO, ONCE WE ADDRESS AND REFRAME EQUITY DATA WITHIN OUR BOND PROJECTS, WE CAN START FINDING WAYS TO OPTIMIZE THESE INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, BORROWING ON FEES, RACIAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK.
AND ON THIS SLIDE, I'VE PUT THE DEFINITIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
SLIDE 14. AND SO AGAIN, REFRAMING EQUITY DATA NOT ONLY HELPS OPTIMIZE INVESTMENTS, BUT ALSO MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO TRACK IMPACT OF EACH BOND PROJECT OVER TIME.
WE CAN PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND UPDATES TO REPORTS AND OTHER INDICATORS OR OTHER MEASURES.
WHILE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
OUR OFFICE IS UPDATING THE 2019 EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT, AND WE WONDERED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BOND AND EQUITY INDICATORS DATA. A TRUSTED DATA SOURCE USED BY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ENGAGED IN THE BOND PROCESS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN REFRAMING DATA IN THE BOND PROCESS, WE CAN CREATE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ALIGN WITH EXISTING CITY LED INITIATIVES TO TRACK, MONITOR AND REPORT IMPACT.
NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE ARE A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE OUTLINED TO HELP US PUSH PRINCIPLES OR EQUITY PRINCIPLES MOVING FORWARD AGAIN.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPORTANT PIECES HERE IS HOW DO WE BEGIN CAPTURING THE EQUITY RELEVANT DATA AND OUR BOND PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN BUILD ON THE OTHER KEY AREAS, LIKE OPTIMIZING INVESTMENTS AND TRACKING AND REPORTING?
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THE OTHER PART IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A PARTIAL PICTURE OF HISTORICAL INVESTMENTS THAT ONLY COVERS THE LAST 20 YEARS.WE LIKE TO GO A BIT FURTHER BACK THAN THOSE 20 YEARS.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPING THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THESE PROJECTS BEING DEVELOPED WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS IN MIND? RIGHT NOW, THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT COMMUNITY NEEDS IN MIND ARE USING EQUITY IN PART OF THE EQUATION IN THE AFTERWARDS, BUT RATHER WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EQUITY BE PART OF THE INITIAL DRAFTING AND DEVELOPING AND PLANNING OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND THEN HOW DO WE ALIGN SOME OF THE WORK WITH OTHER ADDITIONAL EQUITY INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON? AND AT OUR LAST RECOMMENDATION, IS CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH NATIONAL, LOCAL AND STATE PARTNERS.
WONDERFUL AND HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO BEGIN HERE IN THE HORSESHOE.
IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
ALL RIGHT THEN I'M GOING TO. OH, YOU DO? VICE-CHAIR ARNOLD, PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING. SO, I WAS LISTENING AND ONE OF THE I THINK IT WAS SLIDE FOUR WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE GRANTS AND THE OUTREACH, I WAS LISTENING TO YOU ALL WITH THE DOCUMENTATION OF YOUR OUTREACH.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SUGGEST TO YOU, BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED THIS IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU HAVE TO REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW? AND SO, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I KNOW WE NEED TO WORK ON, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF OUR FAITH-BASED LEADERS, IS WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON A BETTER JOB WITH REACHING THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND THOSE ARE GOOD POCKETS WHERE YOU CAN REACH TO THEM.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE DONE THIS ONLY WITH CODE AND DPD, WHERE WE ACTUALLY WENT TO A CHURCH SERVICE AFTER CHURCH, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A SESSION.
AND SO, WE MAY BEGIN TO BE LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BE MORE CREATIVE IN DOING THAT.
NOW. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A SPONSOR TO FEED THEM.
SO, I THINK AT LEAST ONE GOOD HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF, THEY WILL BE WILLING TO STAY.
BUT I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE NAME OF A COUPLE OF GROUPS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE YOU SPEAK FIRST TO THAT PASTOR'S ALLIANCE, AND SO THAT YOU KNOW HOW MANY CHURCHES MIGHT BE ABLE TO TIE IN ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY ON A SUNDAY, OR EVEN ON A WEDNESDAY.
BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I KEEP TALKING TO THE PASTORS AND PARTICULARLY IMMA WITH PASTOR DAVID WILSON AND THAT GROUP, AND THEY'RE WANTING TO BE MORE INVOLVED AND GET MORE INFORMATION.
THEY FEEL RIGHT NOW THEY'RE KIND OF OUT OF THE LOOP.
THANK YOU. AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, LET ME ADD THAT ONE OF THE MANDATES OF THE WE COMMITTEE IS TO OVERSEE THE E OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OVERALL.
AND SO, I THINK YOUR POINT AND THE APPROACH THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK LOOKING AT EACH COMMUNITY AND THEIR WAYS THAT PEOPLE ENGAGE AT A LET'S JUST SAY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A DISTRICT LEVEL AND CRAFTING A UNIQUE STRATEGY FOR EACH COMMUNITY.
IT WILL BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS ENGAGEMENT PIECE THAT THEN CAN BE USED AS A TOOL, WHETHER IT'S FOR BOND OR OTHER WORK, YOU KNOW, BUDGET ALL THE TIMES THAT WE WANT TO GET THAT FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO, OF COURSE, GIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT ANYTHING ANYTIME.
SO, THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO MISS WILLIS.
SO, I REALIZE SOME OF THIS IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE IN THE BOND WORLD, WE TEND TO LIVE IN A VERY QUANTITATIVE SCENARIO WHERE WE'VE GOT NEEDS INVENTORIES AND OTHER WAYS TO COLLECT DATA TO CREATE A RANKER.
BUT ON SLIDE 11, GOING BACK TO TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT INPUT.
BUT DO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO GO BACK THROUGH SOME KIND OF ASSESSMENT DEPENDING ON WHICH KIND OF CATEGORY THEY'RE IN, SO THAT THEY'RE ALIGNED WITH WHAT OTHER PROJECTS HAVE BEEN EVALUATED AGAINST? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
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AND I ACTUALLY WILL PASS IT TO CANDY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.YES. WE TAKE THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE, WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED IN THIS CASE, WE, WE PRESENTED TO OUR COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE. AND SO, THEY ARE OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE A CONSIDER THAT IN THEIR DECISION MAKING AS THEY PREPARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, WE PRESENT THAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT IT AND PRESENT IT TO THEM.
I DON'T THINK THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
AND SO, AT SOME POINT THAT'S GOING TO RUN UP AGAINST A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT MAYBE HAVE HAD SOME OBJECTIVELY COLLECTED DATA ON THEM THAT HELP US CREATE A LIST OR HELP CITY STAFF CREATE A LIST SO THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF RANKING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF SOME THINGS ARE COMING IN THAT ARE NEEDED OR THE COMMUNITY WANTS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO EVALUATE THEM AGAINST HOW MUCH OF THIS IS A WANT VERSUS CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE AN IMPERATIVE TO MAYBE GIVE MORE WEIGHT TO. I MEAN, THIS IS COMPLEX.
WE'VE GOT QUALITATIVE AND WE'VE GOT QUANTITATIVE HERE.
AND SO, MY QUESTION IS, IF OTHER PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASSESSED OR EVALUATED IN A CERTAIN WAY, AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN EVALUATED IN THAT WAY, WHAT STEP ARE WE TAKING TO RECONCILE THAT? MAY I ALSO ADD TO THAT [INAUDIBLE].
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WITH DIRECT OVERSIGHT OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, AS YOU STATED.
AND SO, I THINK WHAT ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BERNARDO MENTIONED WAS TO HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HAVE INCLUSION, HAVE EQUITY UP FRONT AS WE'RE BUILDING THE NEEDS INVENTORY. RIGHT. BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, THERE ARE COMPETING INTERESTS.
AND SO, IF WE'RE GOING TO WAIT TO ADD AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT AFTER THE NEEDS INVENTORY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, MOVING AHEAD, NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT THIS YEAR'S OR NEXT YEAR'S BOND, UM, BUT, UM, INTO THE FUTURE.
HOW DO WE HOW DO WE TAKE SOME OF THESE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND BUILD EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE IN THE UPFRONT OF THE PROCESS? THAT'S ONE THING I HAVE TO ADD.
I DON'T KNOW IF JENNY WANTS TO ALSO ADD TO THAT.
THANK YOU. JENNY NISWANDER, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
SO RIGHT NOW, OUR NEEDS INVENTORY TRADITIONALLY HAS ALL BEEN QUANTITATIVE.
IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WHERE WE HAD THAT EQUITY COMPONENT.
IT WAS A SMALL COMPONENT, BUT IT WAS PART OF THE OVERALL TECHNICAL SCORE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF WRAPPED UP INTO HOW THE PROJECTS WERE BEING SELECTED.
BUT I THINK PRIMARILY AS ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE, IT WAS UM, THEY WERE LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT THEY NEEDED WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. UM, AND NOT NECESSARILY BY THE RANKINGS.
AND I THINK STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MORE ON THE QUANTITATIVE WITH THE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY.
SO, MY QUESTION IS, WE'VE HAD THESE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, THAT'S A VERY VALUABLE EXERCISE.
AND THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY LIVE WITH YOU ALL.
YES. THANK YOU. I THINK THE RIGHT MAN IS COMING UP TO, WITH REGARD TO.
ALL RIGHT NOW, WE'VE HAD SOMETHING IDENTIFIED THAT WASN'T ON THE RADAR.
HOW DO WE GO THROUGH? AND AS WE DO WITH OTHER PROJECTS ASSESS AND EVALUATE TO UNDERSTAND THAT COMPONENT.
SO, WE'RE NOT SO WE HAVE A MORE COMPLETE.
SOME INFORMATION THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE COMPLETE IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE HARD DECISIONS.
GOOD MORNING. HONORABLE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, ROBERT BETTIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
SO, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE GROUP THAT WE DID SCORE AND PROVIDE EQUITY SCORE FOR EVERY PROJECT THAT CAME AS PART OF THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
AND WE USED THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
AS FAR AS THE CENSUS TRACKS THE SCORE FROM PRIORITY 1 TO 5, WE DID THE GRID EXERCISE TO GET AN IDEA, OF THE EQUITY SCORE, UH, BEING THAT THE CENSUS TRACK WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE WITHIN THAT GRID WAS APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE
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GRID. AND SO, THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE SCORES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT.UH, WE DID SAY, I THINK, BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION, I THINK SOMEWHERE 40 PLUS PERCENT OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE IN THOSE, UH, HIGH EQUITY SCORED GRIDS.
SO, WHEN WE GET A FINAL, WHEN WE GET A FINAL PROJECT LISTING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASSESS EACH PROJECT AT THE CENSUS TRACK LEVEL TO GET AN IDEA AS TO HOW MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE ACTUALLY IN THOSE HIGH EQUITY SCORING CENSUS TRACKS.
SO, THERE'S NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER TEST CASES TO COMPARE WITH.
AND SO, I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE THIS PROCESS.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO US TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING, ACTUALLY, AND THAT'S GREAT.
DALLAS SHOULD BE ON THE CUTTING EDGE.
LET ME ASK THIS A DIFFERENT WAY.
ARE THERE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN ASSESSED OR EVALUATED AS PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THE NEEDS INVENTORY HAVE BEEN EVALUATED AS WE AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, ANY PROJECT THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THE NEEDS INVENTORY HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
SO YES, SO ADDED BUT NOT EVALUATED, JUST ADDED.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SCORED, BUT THEY'RE ON THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
THEN THEY'LL HAVE A SCORE AS WELL.
SO, AS WE WENT THROUGH UM, I MEAN OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WE'VE ADDED TO OUR NEEDS INVENTORY.
SO, IT'S GONE THROUGH SOME SORT OF.
OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER.
THANK YOU. LET ME BEFORE I CALL THE NEXT PERSON, LET'S JUST GET SOME CLARITY, BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT IF OF THESE 18,632 PROJECTS, THAT THEY'VE ALL BEEN EVALUATED EQUALLY, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY CAME TO US AND IF THEY AND SO THAT WAY, IF WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WHERE SOMETHING IS LOWER ON ONE SCORE OR ANOTHER, AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING WAS SCORED.
HAVE ALL 18,632 PROJECTS BEEN EQUALLY EVALUATED? SO, ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE NEEDS INVENTORY, THEY GO THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY GET SCORED SYSTEMATICALLY AS THEY WOULD ANYWAY.
SO YES, IF THEY'RE ON THESE INVENTORIES WITH A TECHNICAL SCORE, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN THERE MAY BE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT ON THE NEEDS INVENTORY THAT ARE BEYOND THE 18,632 PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED TO US AS POTENTIAL BOND ITEMS. IS THAT CORRECT? THERE ARE. THERE ARE A FEW PROJECTS THAT I THINK WERE OUTSIDE THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
YEAH, YEAH. AND I KNOW THE PROJECTS THAT I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT JUST THEY WEREN'T TO THE POINT THAT THEY NEEDED THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT WE WOULD STAFF WOULD NORMALLY LOOK AT TO MAKE IT TO THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
SO, WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT THEM ON THE NEEDS INVENTORY.
THEY JUST HAVE A LOWER TECHNICAL SCORE BECAUSE OF THAT.
YEAH. OKAY. DID THAT HELP? OKAY, GREAT. SO, YES, MISS WILL.
SORRY, MISS BLACKMON. THANK YOU.
WHERE ARE WE WITH ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK AND LOOKING IN? BECAUSE I WOULD FIGURE YOU WOULD ALREADY HAVE HAD THAT ALMOST DONE.
IF NOT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE SHOULDN'T BE JUST PUTTING THIS OUT NOW.
SO, I'M JUST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AND I WOULD SAY IT'S REALLY TWOFOLD.
WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THE WAYS IN WHICH THE EQUITY HAS BEEN APPLIED, INFUSED HAPPEN, COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT THE START OF THE PROCESS, WHICH WOULD HAVE HAD A STRONGER IMPACT.
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SO, WHAT WE WERE CALLED TO DO DURING THE LAST MEETING WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE CURRENTLY AT AND WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD WE HAVE MADE.AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TODAY.
BUT WHAT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION HAS DONE IS GONE BACK AND SAID, WHERE SHOULD WE HAVE STARTED WITH THE EQUITY PINPOINT? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY MENTIONED IS USING THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL IN ISOLATION WAS NOT HOW THE TOOL WAS ESTABLISHED, REALLY NEED SOME OTHER KEY FACTORS AND SO ON.
NOW, AS UM, DOCTOR PEREZ MENTIONED, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF, OF THIS WORK.
RIGHT. AND SO EVEN USING THE EIA IS FURTHER THAN WHAT SOME OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.
BUT IS THAT CENTERING EQUITY IN THE BOND? I DON'T THINK THAT AS A CITY WE CAN MAKE THAT CLAIM.
OKAY. SO, TO BE CLEAR, IT'S BEEN KIND OF IT HASN'T BEEN CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT TO SAY THAT? BECAUSE I GUESS WE'VE CREATED THIS WE'VE ADOPTED THIS POLICY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL THESE PARTS IN, I THINK.
I MEAN, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION, LIKE WE'RE THE DISINVESTED AREAS ARE I MEAN LOOKING AT THE DATA SHOWING IS THIS A TRUE STATEMENT WOULD PROBABLY HELP IN UNDERSTANDING AND HELPING OUR CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND WHY ARE WE INVESTING IN THIS AREA VERSUS THIS AREA? BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE STORY IS BIGGER THAN JUST THE SNAPSHOT OF THE LAST YEAR.
I ADD ALSO, LINDSAY, THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS POINT AND FOR THE CRITIQUE.
THIS HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE A PART OF THIS NATIONAL COHORT, FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE WITH US AT THIS TABLE AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LOOK AT IT IN REAL TIME, SORT OF DESIGN THE AIRPLANE, FLY IT AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF COUNCIL, RIGHTLY SO, WHEN WE BROUGHT THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY FORWARD, WAS, WELL, ARE YOU GOING TO INTERVENE IN THE BOND THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY? AND, AND WE SAID WHERE WE CAN AND OTHER TIMES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOND.
LIKE UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE HERE VERSUS THERE.
THAT'S IT. MADAM CHAIR, AND BECAUSE THE IN YOU KNOW, TO USE OUR OWN LANGUAGE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BAKE THIS INTO EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE ISN'T BUILT YET.
AND SO, THIS IS CHOPPY, AND WE ARE GOING TO AND THAT'S WHY THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING OVERALL IN ALL OF THESE EQUITY EFFORTS ARE GOING TO THEN BECOME PART AND PARCEL THE WAY THE CITY WORKS, THE SAME WAY THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DECISIONS ON STREETS, THEY'VE GOT THE SYSTEM THEY NOW HAVE THE ROAD MAP, THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE DECISIONS.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT SAME KIND OF LENS THAT THEY CAN USE FOR TECHNICAL.
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THE VIRTUAL AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
MS. ARNOLD. LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING, AND I THINK THIS MAY SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT, MISS ARNOLD, AND THAT IS THAT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THE EQUITY EFFORTS IN THIS BOND AREN'T BEING PUSHED AS FAR AS OUR STAFF AND WE, THE COUNCIL, ARE CAPABLE OF DOING AT THIS POINT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO APPLY ALL THE TOOLS WHICH HAVE YET TO BE DEVELOPED HERE IN THE CITY.
SO, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO OUR VIRTUAL WORLD.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR PRIORITIZING THIS, I WILL AGREE WITH SOME STATEMENTS THAT MS. BLACKMON MADE. AND IN SEEING THAT IT'S COMING AT THIS POINT, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE ANSWERING TO US, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO FRAME THIS IN A WAY THAT I DON'T THINK Y'ALL NECESSARILY CAN, AND THAT IS THAT I THINK THE BIGGEST RECIPE IN US BEING SUCCESSFUL AT ALL IN IMPLEMENTING EQUITY IN WAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T IN OUR PAST, IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.
THE WILL OF WHO IT IS THAT WE APPOINT BECAUSE ONE THING THAT'S MISSING FROM THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IS WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE MOST EQUITABLE ALL WE WANT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE WILLING TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE PUT FORWARD TO MATCH THAT NEED OF EQUITY VERSUS WISH LISTS FOR OUR DISTRICTS.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
IT'S WHAT I KNEW WE WERE GOING TO BE UP AGAINST.
ONCE IN A LIFETIME INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.
THESE BOND OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE OUT DEBT WHERE WE CAN INVEST IN INFLUX OF DOLLARS IN WAYS THAT WE CAN'T IN OUR NORMAL GENERAL FUND BUDGETS IF WE'RE NOT SEEKING TO CLOSE IN THE EQUITY GAPS THAT EXIST IN OUR CITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME WHEN I REQUESTED FOR THIS DATA.
SO, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SAID IT SAID IT BEST.
THERE ARE COMPETING INTERESTS.
AND SO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR, YES, THIS TO BE CONSIDERED MORE IN THE FRONT END, BUT ALSO FOR OUR CITY MANAGER TO BE VERY EXPLICIT WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE COMPETING INTERESTS.
AND THERE SHOULD BE NO COMPETING INTERESTS IF THAT'S WHAT OUR CITY STANDS FOR.
AND THEN WE JUST START GETTING INTO THE POLITICS OF THINGS.
IT'S NO LONGER ABOUT WHERE OUR COMPETING INTERESTS ARE.
IT'S MORE ABOUT PERSONAL INTERESTS AND POLITICAL GAIN.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M AFRAID THIS IS GOING TO GO TOWARDS, LIKE MINI BONDS OF THE PAST WHEN WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE WISH LIST ITEMS THAT COULD EASILY BE ADDRESSING SOME MUCH GREATER NEED WHEN IT COMES TO INEQUITIES IN OUR CITY.
AND THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING.
SO AGAIN, I DO APPRECIATE THIS COMING UP, MADAM CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WORK STAFF.
BUT THIS IS AN EYE OPENER TO HOW THIS SHOULD BE APPROACHED GOING FORWARD.
AND THE BIGGER CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ON POLICY DECISIONS, ON HOW SERIOUS ARE WE WITH OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN VERSUS IS THIS JUST AN OPTION TO WEIGH OUT? UM, EVERY TIME WE COME INTO THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR IT, I WILL SAY I'M NOT LEAVING WITH ANY MORE CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ANY MORE SERIOUS AS A CITY WITH ADDRESSING THE INEQUITIES.
BUT I GUESS I'LL JUST LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE, MADAM CHAIR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER.
ARNOLD, PLEASE. SO ONCE AGAIN, I DID NOT SAY THANK YOU AS I LISTENED TO.
SEE, MY MIND IS WORKING ON A HOLISTIC.
I'VE BEEN ON THIS SINCE 20 LISTENING TO THIS CONVERSATION SINCE 2015 WHEN WE'VE BEEN DOCUMENTING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDER-RESOURCED, UNDERSERVED. WE'VE HAD DATA FROM PRIOR COUNCILS WHO HAVE GIVEN US THE ZIP CODES THAT THAT ARE IN NEED.
AND I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO.
WE HAVE ALL THE DATA THAT WE NEED.
WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE 15 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
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AND AS WE VOTE AS COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA STATED JUST HOW SERIOUS WE ARE.WELL, WHEN WE VOTE, AS WE DEBATE, AND VOTE AND YOU CAN REALLY DETERMINE JUST HOW SERIOUS EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IS IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. THERE'S NOT EVEN THAT.
AND IF I CAN JUSTIFY A PROJECT BASED ON NEED OF THE LACK OF EQUITY, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO DO THAT THERE, THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE, AND I WILL SAY THIS TO YOU ALL IN TERMS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY WE'RE COMING UP ON AN ELECTION AND FOLKS TRY TO IMPLEMENT THAT FEAR FACTOR AND YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOUR CALLING IS.
AND SO, YOUR CALLING IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE PEOPLE OR IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A PROFIT.
AND SO, WHEN YOU GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I TRY TO STRESS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF I HAVE TO, IF WHEN I MAKE A DECISION, IT'S ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE AND THESE PROJECTS THAT WE PUSH THROUGH.
AND I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO KEEP PUSHING THROUGH.
SO, IF YOU NEVER, EVER, EVER HAD, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR ME TO JUST RUN OVER AND SAY THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS IS ALSO GOING TO BE HARD FOR US TO KEEP LOOKING AT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMING TO THE TABLE TO SAY, WE HAVE 20 MILLION.
WE WANT YOU TO PARTNER WITH US FOR 20 MORE MILLION.
I HAVE, I'M PULLING THE DATA NOW, JUST RECENTLY ON FOLKS WHO ARE BEHIND WITH THEIR WATER BILLS.
AND I'M SITTING HERE GOING, DANG, THAT'S ALMOST HALF OF MY DISTRICT THAT NEEDS SERIOUSLY NEEDS.
AND SO, I DON'T OPERATE OUT OF FEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO BREAK IT ON DOWN BY THE ABILITY TO, TO ACTUALLY FUND IT.
AND SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TIMELINES, OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE RIGHT NOW, AND I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THEY FELT WHEN I FELT THAT WAY, TOO. 2017, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE NEED TO PUSH IT OUT FOR THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE IF WE KEEP DIDDLY BOPPING AROUND AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WORDS, I GREW UP WITH DIDDLY BOPPING AROUND, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS A CITY.
AND SO, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE BOND.
YOU KNOW, IT'S DAY TO DAY SERVICES IN TERMS OF THE EQUITY.
SO JUST KNOW IT'S BEEN AROUND.
WE HAVE ALL THIS DATA, AND WE APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF MISS LIZ COMING IN AS WELL.
BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED.
IT'S JUST THAT WHEN WE GET READY TO VOTE, ALL OF YOU HERE ON THESE COMMITTEES AND THE COMMUNITY WILL GET TO SEE HOW EACH COUNCIL MEMBER VOTES. WHEN IT COMES TO RACIAL EQUITY.
SO, CHAIRWOMAN, I WOULD SIMPLY SAY THIS WE'VE GOT TO HANDLE OUR BUSINESS.
AND AS I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON SAY, YOU KNOW IT.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS? BECAUSE WE'VE PUSHED IT AROUND AND PUSHED IT AROUND.
SO, THANK YOU FOR COUNCIL MEMBER FROM LISTENING THIS MORNING.
I MEAN THE DIRECTORS; WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BUT I'M READY TO GET DOWN TO THE BUSINESS OF INCLUDING FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR A REASON.
AND IT'S SYSTEMIC, IT'S HISTORICAL, IT'S DEEPLY ENTRENCHED.
AND WE'VE GOT TO GO DOWN WITH ONE OF THOSE BIG, DR.
PEREZ, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE BIG PLOWS THAT YOU DIG DOWN AND GET ALL THE DEEP ROOTS.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY, IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO HANDLE UP.
THAT'LL TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHO WE ARE AS ADVOCATES, AND WHO WE ARE IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEES, OF THE PEOPLE WHO HIRED US TO DO A JOB.
I HAVE TWO QUICK TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION ON SLIDE SIX.
THEN ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'LL BE ADDING EQUITY IN THE FUTURE, JUST LIKE THE ESG CONCEPTS ARE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT? DO YOU THINK ULTIMATELY, WE'LL BE CALLING OUT EQUITY IN DALLAS REALLY LEADING THE COUNTRY IN THAT AREA?
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YES. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.YES, ESG HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF IT.
SO NOW, OBVIOUSLY, AFTER THE APPROVAL AND IMPLEMENTATION, THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN AND WORKING WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, WE ARE WORKING ON HOW WE CAN ADD TO OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT SETUP WITH THE BONDS.
OBVIOUSLY, THE BONDS ARE VERY SPECIFIC, AND YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW SOME REGULATIONS.
BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE WHAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS DOING AND WHAT TYPE OF BONDS WE'RE ABOUT TO ISSUE, WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON.
THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S FANTASTIC.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT DOWN THE ROAD WILL BE FANTASTIC PR FOR OUR CITY.
ABSOLUTELY. UM, ON SLIDE 13, UM, WHAT WILL YOU I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PART OF EQUITY OR PART OF OTHER TECHNICAL CRITERIA, I GUESS IS THE QUESTION REALLY FOR JENNY AND DOCTOR PEREZ AND THAT IS, WHAT ABOUT AREAS THAT WILL REDUCE IN VALUE IF NOT REINVESTED? SO, AREAS THAT MAY HAVE HAD INVESTMENT 50, 60 YEARS AGO.
BUT IF WE DON'T LIKE THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ESSENTIALLY.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF EQUITY OR IF THAT'S PART OF THE MORE TECHNICAL NEEDS LISTS.
SO, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, I THINK LOOKING AT THAT.
SO, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS ONE.
BUT YEAH, I SEE THAT AS MOVING FORWARD AS IS LOOKING INTO THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION, PERHAPS AS YOU CAN FEEL THE TENSIONS RISING AS WE, THE COUNCIL, GET CLOSER TO THE BOND DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT QUESTION OF REINVESTMENT VERSUS NEVER HAVING BEEN HISTORICAL DISINVESTMENT, I THINK, IS THE TENSION THAT WE'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW POLITICALLY.
BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A COUNCIL ON THE REINVESTMENT VERSUS DISINVESTMENT QUESTION, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BE ABLE TO USE YOUR PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE IN HELPING US MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE SO THAT IF WE MOVE TOWARD HIS, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN NEVER HAVING BEEN INVESTED, THEN FOR THOSE WHO ARE COMING FROM REINVESTMENT AREAS THAT NOW WE'RE SAYING NO TO THOSE AREAS ARE GOING TO NEED RESPONSES TO THE CONSTITUENCY AND VICE VERSA. THERE'S GOING TO BE PARTS OF AREAS THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S REINVESTMENT AND HERE'S WHY.
AND THAT'S GOING TO GO THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR NEW PROJECTS.
YOU'VE DONE A BRILLIANT JOB AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL.
I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY USE SOME OF IT AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AS A BODY.
AND I THINK A LOT OF WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED IS MUCH MORE THE REALM OF POLICY.
AND THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE BELIEVE TO BE MORE OF A PRIORITY IN THOSE SCENARIOS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LACKING.
SO, THERE MAY BE TENSION, BUT I THINK IT'S A PASSIVE TENSION BECAUSE WE HAVE YET TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ON RECORD AND TO ACTUALLY SEE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO PRIORITIZE THE RESOURCES.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B WHICH IS BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EQUITY.
AS YOU RECALL, THE TODAY IS A HEAVY EQUITY CONVERSATION.
LAST MONTH WAS ALL ABOUT WORKFORCE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO EDUCATION.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN OUR FORECAST HOW WE DO THIS.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE EVERY TEXAN HERE.
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SO, THANK YOU. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU RIGHT NOW.WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL DISCUSS THE CITY OF DALLAS EQUITY 2023 INDICATORS REPORT TO LAY A FOUNDATION, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR NEWEST MEMBERS, TO THE WEE COMMITTEE.
IN 2018, DALLAS WAS ONE OF FIVE CITIES SELECTED TO RECEIVE SUPPORT TO DEVELOP A TOOL TO HELP US UNDERSTAND, TRACK AND MEASURE PROGRESS AS IT REGARDS TO EQUITY.
THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF THE WORK WITH THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION AND 100 RESILIENT CITIES.
THE ORIGINAL REPORT WAS ACTUALLY PUBLISHED IN 2019 AND PROVIDES A TWO-YEAR SNAPSHOT OF DATA, BOTH A BASELINE AND A SECOND DAIRY YEAR.
THE ORIGINAL REPORT CONSISTED OF FIVE THEMES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATION, NEIGHBORHOOD AND INFRASTRUCTURE, JUSTICE AND GOVERNMENT, AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND AS A RESPONSE TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM MANY OF YOU, FROM OUR COMMUNITY, FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, THERE IS A NEW THEME IN THE 2023 REPORT, WHICH IS THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN, AS THIS SLIDE INDICATES, SLIDE TWO, THE PRESENTATION OVER TO PRESENTATION OVERVIEW WILL START WITH JUST THE IMPORTANCE RIGHT OF DISAGGREGATED DATA AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EQUITY.
WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THE WAYS IN WHICH THE 2019 EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT HAS BEEN UTILIZED.
AND THEN A CODA FROM EVERY TEXAN WILL WALK US THROUGH THE 2023 EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT, TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY, WHO ALL WAS INVOLVED IN THE UPDATED PROCESS AND THEN GIVEN US SOME, AT-A-GLANCE UPDATES BOTH ON WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND AND WHERE WE HAVE SEEN SOME INCREASES IN EQUITY AND SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH DISPARITIES HAVE WIDENED OVER THE YEARS.
AND SO, WE UNDERSTAND UM THAT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT DISAGGREGATED DATA IS ONE OF THE KEY CORNERSTONES TO AN EQUITABLE GOVERNMENT, RIGHT, ALONG WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY, BENEFITS AND BURDENS TO REALLY MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS THAT WILL ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES THAT WE KNOW EXIST HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS DISAGGREGATED DATA SUPPORTS US IN SPOTLIGHTING NOT ONLY THE NEEDS AND THE DISINVESTMENT IN POPULATION, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY STRENGTHS, THEIR ASSETS AND PRIORITIES.
AND SO, IN BOTH THE 2019 AND NOW IN THE 2023 EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT, WE ANALYZE RACIAL, ETHNIC, SOCIOECONOMIC, AND IN SOME CASES, GENDER DISPARITIES ACROSS THE SIX THEMES.
BUT WHAT CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVANCING THE WORK OF EQUITY IN CITY GOVERNMENT, AND HOW WE MUST CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON MOVING THAT NEEDLE.
SO, THE 2019 EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT REMAINED A VITAL TOOL AS IT ALLOWED THE CITY TO USE TRUSTED DATA SOURCES TO ADDRESS THE OUTCOMES ALONG WITH RACIAL, ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC, REALLY CENTERING OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE THE GREATEST NEED.
DEPARTMENT LEVEL CONVERSATIONS, PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES, AS WELL AS BUDGETING FOR EQUITY AND WALKING IN ON OUR FIFTH EQUITY INDICATORS SYMPOSIUM, WHICH IS AN EXTERNAL EVENT THAT ALLOWS US TO REALLY ORGANIZE AS AN ENTIRE CITY AROUND THE DISPARITIES THAT THAT WE SEE.
AND SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL PASS IT TO CODA, WHO IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY, AND SHE WILL WALK US THROUGH THE 2023 UPDATED REPORT CODA.
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GOOD MORNING. I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME WELL.THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU ALL THIS MORNING, AND ESPECIALLY TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE FOUND IN THE MOST RECENT EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT. IF WE COULD MOVE OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THEN THE FOLLOWING ONE.
GREAT. SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EVERY TEXAN.
AND SO, AT EVERY TEXAN, WE ENVISION A TEXAS WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS CAN FULFILL THEIR POTENTIAL AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE SO PROUD OF THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS TO UPDATE THIS EQUITY INDICATOR REPORT, THIS WORK AND THE VISION OF EQUITY THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS CONTINUES, MAINTAINS, AND DOES.
AS DOCTOR WILSON MENTIONED, THE EQUITY INDICATORS TOOL WAS DEVELOPED BY THE BY THE CUNY INSTITUTE FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE, AND IT CONTINUES TO HELP CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY UNDERSTAND AND MEASURE EQUITY IN THEIR CITIES.
THE REPORT SERVES MANY PURPOSES, INCLUDING TO BE USED AS A FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHLIGHT AREAS WHERE NEW POLICIES AND INITIATIVES ARE NEEDED ARE NEEDED.
SO, ONE IS THE OVERALL CITY SCORE THAT IS LISTED.
BUT IT'S THAT OVERALL SCORE WE GET AFTER WE'VE FACTORED IN THESE OTHER THREE LEVELS.
THE SECOND ARE THE THEMES, UH, THE THEMES WITHIN THE REPORT.
AND THESE ARE BROAD CATEGORIES THAT REPRESENT PRIORITY AREAS FOR THE CITY.
WITHIN EACH OF THESE 24 THEMES LIVE, UH LIVE, UH, 24 DIFFERENT TOPICS.
SO, WITHIN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, WE LOOK AT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
WE LOOK AT EMPLOYMENT INCOME AND POVERTY AND NESTED WITHIN THE TOPICS ARE 64 INDICATORS.
AND SO, THE INDICATORS THEMSELVES THEY SERVE AS PROXIES FOR THAT SPECIFIC DISPARITY THAT IS EXPERIENCED WITHIN THAT WITHIN THAT TOPIC. AND SO, THE INDICATORS COMPARE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS AND MEASURE THE EXISTING DISPARITY.
WE USE DATA THAT IS REGULARLY COLLECTED, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING ABLE TO DO THIS OVER TIME.
AND IT MUST BE DISAGGREGATED BY AT LEAST ONE CHARACTERISTIC SUCH AS RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AGE, NEIGHBORHOOD ANY VARIETY OF SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC FACTOR THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE THAT BEST COMPARISON BETWEEN THE MOST ADVANTAGED AND THE LEAST ADVANTAGED GROUP.
I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE INDICATORS ARE NOT CORRELATORS.
SO, THE INDICATORS ARE THAT IS TO SAY, THEY PROVIDE US INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE CHANGE IS HAPPENING AND HOW THOSE CHANGES MIGHT ALIGN WITH LOCAL AND OTHER EFFORTS TO REDUCE DISPARITIES.
SO, THEY'RE NOT CORRELATORS, BUT THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTERS, AND THEY DO AND GIVE US REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE CHANGES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE DIFFERENT THEMES AND TOPICS.
SO, EVERY TEXAN, THIS PROCESS FOR US WAS A COLLABORATIVE, CO-CREATIVE PROCESS WE DID A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT.
WILSON AND DR. RAINEY AS WELL.
THIS ACTUALLY BEGAN IN JULY OF 2023.
AND WE MET WITH BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS.
WE MET WITH AT LEAST SEVEN DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAD EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING COMMIT DALLAS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, INTERNALLY, THE CITY OF DALLAS YOUTH COMMISSION, WHICH WAS ALSO PLAYED A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN HELPING US UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF THE INDICATORS WEREN'T ACTUALLY PROVIDING WHAT WE WANTED IN TERMS OF MEASURING PROGRESS TO EQUITY.
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AND SO, YOU'LL SEE LATER ON HERE, SOME OF THE INDICATORS THAT WERE REPLACED AND WHY THEIR PARTICIPATION AND INSIGHT WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR THIS NEWLY UPDATED, UM, FOR THIS NEWLY UPDATED REPORT.NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, AT A GLANCE.
SO WHAT? WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THAT IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL CITY SCORE IN 2023, WE, THE CITY SCORED 42.35 OUT OF TEN.
EVERY REPORT HAS TWO YEARS, A BASELINE YEAR AND A COMPARISON YEAR.
UM, THE BASELINE YEAR WAS 2022.
THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE 2019 REPORT.
HOWEVER, THAT INCREASE WAS OF ABOUT 1.02-POINT INCREASE IN THIS YEAR'S REPORT, WE SEE AN INCREASE OF 1.56. SO, IT IS A BIGGER INCREASE THAN THE LAST TIME THE REPORT WAS PRODUCED.
WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE MOST PRONOUNCED DISPARITIES ACTUALLY PERSISTED FROM THE 2019 REPORT INTO THIS REPORT, THIS NEWLY UPDATED REPORT, THAT MEANS THAT WITHIN THE THEME OF JUSTICE AND GOVERNMENT, WE'RE STILL SEEING THE GREATEST DISPARITIES.
UH, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, THE MOST EQUITABLE, UH, THEMES, UH, ALSO SAME PATTERN WHERE WE'RE SEEING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND INFRASTRUCTURES AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'M SORRY, CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST EQUITABLE THEME ACROSS ALL THE OTHER THEMES.
I'LL JUST QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT ABOUT THE JUSTICE AND GOVERNMENT THEME AS CONTINUING TO BE THE MOST, UH, THE MOST DISPARATE THEME AMONG ALL OF THEM IS THAT WE DO HAVE THE LARGEST OR SOME OF THE BIGGEST DISPARITIES WITHIN THE ENTIRE REPORT LIVE IN THIS THEME SCORING AT A ONE WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, AS DR.
WILSON MENTIONED, THE SCORE FROM 0 TO 100.
AND THE INDICATORS THERE INCLUDE JAIL ADMISSIONS, JUVENILE DETENTION, ARRESTS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE INDICATORS THAT ACTUALLY SHOWED AN INCREASE IN SCORE. SO, THIS THIS MEANS A REDUCTION IN DISPARITIES.
THERE WERE 27 INDICATORS THAT EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN SCORE.
OF THOSE WE BROKE THEM OUT BY THEME.
I'M SORRY, THAT'S A YELLOW SLIDE.
EDUCATION FIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THEME FIVE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH THEME SIX IN THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THEME, AND THE SAME NUMBER IN THE JUSTICE AND GOVERNMENT THEME.
SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCED DISPARITIES.
THEN WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE INDICATORS THAT EXPERIENCED A DECREASE IN SCORE.
SO, THIS MEANS THAT THE DISPARITIES BETWEEN THE GROUPS THAT WE LOOKED AT ACTUALLY INCREASED.
AND OF THOSE 24 INDICATORS THAT EXPERIENCED A DECREASE, WE BROKE THEM OUT AGAIN BY THEME.
SO, ON THE LEFT SIDE YOU HAVE THE BREAKOUT BY THEME.
SO, TWO IN JUSTICE AND GOVERNMENT.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE WE'VE GOT THE INDICATORS THEMSELVES WHICH FOR IN THIS INSTANCE IT'S UH TRAFFIC STOPS AND SEARCHES AND PROPERTY CRIME 4 IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, 5 IN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, 6 IN PUBLIC HEALTH, SEVEN IN EDUCATION.
SO, TO GIVE YOU A MORE TANGIBLE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE INTO WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT INDICATOR 45 TRAFFIC STOPS AND SEARCHES WITH THE DATA THAT WE UTILIZED TO MAKE THIS ANALYSIS, WE LOOKED AT THE MOST ADVANTAGED AND THE MOST DISADVANTAGED GROUP, AGAIN, BASED ON THE DATA WITH THE DATA WAS PROVIDING US.
AND WE LEARNED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BLACK RESIDENTS OF DALLAS ARE ALMOST FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY.
THAT'S ACTUALLY 3.90, TO BE EXACT, PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO BE STOPPED.
AND THAT THE STOP RESULTS IN A SEARCH THEN OUR ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER RESIDENTS.
SO, THIS IS SORT OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO TAKE AN INDICATOR, GET THE DATA, ANALYZE IT, GENERATE A RATIO, PRODUCE A SCORE, AND THAT SCORE FEEDS INTO THE TOPIC AND THE TOPIC INTO THE THEME.
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SO, THAT'S, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH A MORE TANGIBLE EXAMPLE OF THAT, BUT WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE WE'RE THEN NOW LOOKING AT INDICATORS THAT ACTUALLY SAW NO CHANGE BETWEEN THE BASELINE AND THE COMPARISON YEAR.THERE ARE ACTUALLY NINE OF THOSE INDICATORS.
SO, THIS MEANS THAT THERE WERE NO GROWING DISPARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS WE LOOKED AT.
BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THERE WAS NO PROGRESS TOWARDS EQUITY MADE.
JUST NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED BETWEEN THOSE TWO YEARS.
AND SO, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ONE IN EDUCATION AND AGAIN CATEGORIZED.
SO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THAT ONE THAT EXPERIENCED NO CHANGE WAS UNEMPLOYMENT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A NEWLY ADDED INDICATOR.
SO, EVICTIONS AND STREET QUALITY AND FOUR WITHIN THE JUSTICE AND GOVERNMENT THEME UH JAIL ADMISSIONS, JUVENILE DETENTION, ARRESTS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UM AND THEN AGAIN NOTING THAT THOSE UH SCORED THE LOWEST UH AMONG THE 64 INDICATORS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, WE ACTUALLY HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR EQUITY INDICATORS THAT WERE REPLACED IN THIS REPORT. AND IN LARGE PART THIS WAS DUE TO, AGAIN, THE UM, THE, THE COLLABORATION WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, FIRST YEAR TEACHERS REPLACED ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMIC QUALITY.
WE HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS YOUTH COMMITTEE AS WELL AS COMMIT DALLAS AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR INDICATOR AND FOR THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS PARTICIPATING IN ADVANCED COURSES, THERE WAS A SENSE THAT REPLACING THESE, THESE INDICATORS WOULD TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE ONUS FROM JUST THE STUDENT ALONE AND FACTOR IN MAYBE SOME OF THOSE MORE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IDENTIFYING WHAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE TO CLOSE GAPS.
SO THAT APPLIES TO PARTICIPATION IN ADVANCED COURSES BEING REPLACED OR REPLACING DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM GRADUATION AND THEN PEDESTRIAN AND MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES THAT REPLACED COMMUTE TIME.
AND THIS WAS ALSO A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
THERE WAS SOME SYNERGY WITH THE CITY'S VISION ZERO PLAN.
YOU KNOW, THE GOAL BEING TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC FATALITIES BY 2030.
SO, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TOGETHER THE GOAL OF TWO DEPARTMENTS ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF EQUITY AND THEN FENTANYL REPLACING OPIOID OVERDOSES WITHIN THE PUBLIC HEALTH THEME.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, THERE IS A TOTAL OF 11 NEW EQUITY INDICATORS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE 2023 REPORT.
THREE OF THEM FELL WITHIN THE EDUCATION THEME.
3 IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH THEME, FOOD INSECURITY WAS ALSO A BIG ONE.
AND I THINK IT'LL RESULT IN MEASURING SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY REFLECTS WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEED IS, BUT ALSO INTERNALLY, THE GIVES PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN BETTER TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE LINGUISTIC ISOLATION.
NEWLY ADDED ALSO TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH THEME.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR BIG ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THEME.
SO, ALL OF THESE INDICATORS, THESE FOUR INDICATORS WITHIN THIS THEME ARE NEW.
IT'S A GOOD START FOR EVOLVING THIS PARTICULAR THEME.
WITHIN THE REPORT, WE LOOKED AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TOOL DEVELOPED BY THE EPA.
AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CARLOS AND HIS TEAM, VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THEIR INPUT AND SUPPORT.
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AND WE GENERATED AN AVERAGE SCORE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE AN INDICATOR FROM THAT DATA, TREE CANOPY COVERAGE.AND AGAIN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS TREE FOUNDATION, THEY WERE GRACIOUS.
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEIR DATA TO DEVELOP SOMETHING HERE AS WELL AS SOLAR ACCESSIBILITY AGAIN.
EXCELLENT CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL WORK HERE.
AND THEN LASTLY, FOOD ACCESS, WHICH WAS ALSO A NEW INDICATOR THAT UTILIZED FEDERAL LEVEL DATA.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW THESE WILL EVOLVE OVER TIME.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT BACK TO DOCTOR WILSON.
AND SO, THAT SHE CAN CLOSE THIS OFF.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU HAVE LED OVER WITH EVERY TEXAN.
SO NEXT STEPS, WE HAVE THE FIFTH ANNUAL EQUITY INDICATOR SYMPOSIUM THIS FRIDAY THE 12TH, AND WE WILL RELEASE AN AT A GLANCE OVERVIEW AT THAT INDICATOR SYMPOSIUM.
OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EVERY TEXAN TO FINALIZE AND RELEASE THE ENTIRE REPORT, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AIMING FOR MARCH 1ST, AS WELL AS COLLABORATE, CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEW INDICATORS AND OTHER CHANGES, AND THEN FINALLY CONTINUE TO USE THE REPORT TO OPERATIONALIZE BOTH EXTERNALLY WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS AS WELL AS INTERNALLY WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THIS IS TREMENDOUS WORK.
I THINK, IN FACT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU REALLY DIVE INTO THE DETAILS, THIS WILL TELL US WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE WE ARE AN EQUITABLE CITY AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON ANECDOTES TO DO IT.
BECAUSE THIS IS THE DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO EQUITY IN OUR CITY.
I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.
TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEMOS.
IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT EFFORT IN TERMS OF REALLY DIGGING INTO THE EQUITY INDICATORS.
SO, WITH THAT, QUESTIONS HERE AT THE HORSESHOE.
HAVE A COMMENT. YES, MR. RESENDEZ, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW I WAS LOOKING AT PAGES TEN, 11, 12, I BELIEVE.
I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT, HOW WERE THE INDICATORS DETERMINED TO HAVE INCREASED, DECREASED OR STAYED CONSTANT? SO, I WILL PASS IT TO YOU TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO, THE INDICATORS, THE WAY WE ARRIVE AT WHETHER THERE WAS A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE CHANGE IN THE SCORE IS BY TAKING THE TAKING DATA BETWEEN TWO GROUPS.
THE DATA TELLS US WHAT THOSE GROUPS ARE GOING TO BE.
AND THEN BETWEEN THOSE TWO GROUPS WE GENERATE A RATIO.
THEN THAT RATIO GETS CONVERTED INTO WHAT WE CALL A CUNY SCORE.
AND THAT SCORE LANDS ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 100.
WE DO THAT, WE TAKE THAT, AND WE REPLICATE IT FOR THE COMPARISON YEAR.
SO, WE DO IT FOR A BASELINE YEAR, AND THEN WE DO IT FOR THE COMPARISON YEAR.
AND THEN THOSE TWO SCORES WILL TELL US THE CHANGE, WHETHER IT WAS A NEGATIVE OR A POSITIVE CHANGE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. AND THAT'S HOW THAT'S BASICALLY THE PROCESS FOR EVERY SINGLE INDICATOR AND EVERY SINGLE INDICATOR HAS A CHANGE SCORE, AND THEY HAVE A STATIC SCORE, AND THE STATIC SCORE COMES FROM THE, FROM THE BASELINE YEAR, MEANING WE'RE LOOKING AT 2022 AND THEN WE'RE PULLING 2023.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THOSE YEARS.
OKAY. WHERE DOES THE DATA COME FROM, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M WONDERING.
IS THIS A COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TYPE OF THING OR SECTOR DATA OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.
THE PRIMARY SOURCE FOR THIS DATA IS COMPLEX.
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IT'S A SURVEY DATA FROM THE US CENSUS.PRIMARILY. WE USE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA, ONE-YEAR ESTIMATES FROM AND WE PULL THOSE FROM AN ORGANIZATION CALLED IPUMS. AND SO, THAT DATA HAS BEEN HARMONIZED WHICH MEANS IT'S BEEN LOOKED AT AND IT'S BEEN PREPARED FOR RESEARCHERS TO ANALYZE.
SO, IT GOES A LITTLE BIT BEYOND, YOU KNOW, THE DATA THAT YOU'LL FIND BY USING THE US CENSUS, YOU KNOW, QUICK, FRIENDLY SEARCH ON THEIR WEBSITE.
WE ALSO USE A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE DATA.
AND THIS DATA IS SUPPLIED BY INTERNALLY BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE SOLAR PERMITS.
INDICATOR DATA FOR THAT INDICATOR WAS SUPPLIED FROM YOUR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE DATA.
SAME THING FOR A LOT OF THE DATA WITHIN THE JUSTICE AND GOVERNMENT THEME.
SO, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DATA, ARREST DATA AGAIN, THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE DATA.
SO, WE'VE GOT FEDERAL SURVEY DATA.
WE'VE GOT ADMINISTRATIVE DATA.
IN SOME INSTANCES, FOR EXAMPLE, TREE CANOPY DATA, WE USED TEXAS TREE FOUNDATION'S DATA.
BUT WE ALSO USE GIS DATA FOR THAT AND FOR THE FOOD ACCESS INDICATOR.
THAT WAS ALSO A COMBINATION OF GIS AND THE USDA DATA.
SO, ALL OF OUR DATA SOURCES ARE EITHER COMING FROM SURVEY, SAMPLE OR ADMINISTRATIVE DATA.
AND IF I CAN ADD EACH ONE OF THE INDICATORS, IT HAS THE DATA SOURCE UNDERNEATH OF THE INDICATORS.
SO, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE PULLED THAT DATA FROM.
I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION ON PAGE NUMBER 14.
HOW WAS THE DECISION MADE TO REPLACE EQUITY INDICATORS? SO, THE DECISIONS TO REPLACE THE EQUITY INDICATORS MOSTLY STEM FROM OUR STAKEHOLDER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.
WE INTERNALLY DID AN ALIGNMENT TO SEE WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD BE ON SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE USED THE INDICATORS REPORT TO INFUSE IT IN OTHER BODIES OF WORK. RIGHT. SO, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T REPLACING SOMETHING THAT WE TIED SEVERAL DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES TO, BECAUSE THEN HOW WOULD WE TRACK THAT.
AND SO TWOFOLD, THE INTERNAL REVIEW AROUND WHICH INDICATORS MAY HAVE BEEN LESS LIKELY TO BE USED, AS WELL AS THE EXTERNAL CONVERSATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
AND SO, EACH ONE OF THE INDICATORS LISTED THERE, AND I'M SURE CODA COULD GO IN ADDITIONAL DETAIL, STEM REALLY FROM A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD EITHER WITH COMMIT OR INTERNAL CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO SAID, HEY, THIS INDICATOR DOESN'T HAVE WE COULD HAVE A STRONGER INDICATOR THAT WE COULD BE MORE IMPACTFUL TOWARDS. MAY I ADD TO THAT ALSO THAT THIS COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS SPACE.
SO, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU SEE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ONE ADDED, OR WHY DO WE TAKE ONE OUT, DO WE NEED TO ADD IT BACK? CHAIR BLACKMON, WHEN SHE WAS CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE, WAS VERY MUCH AN ADVOCATE OF YOU LEFT OUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INDICATORS.
AND SO, WE WORK THAT IN OVER THIS PROCESS.
WE COULDN'T DO IT RIGHT AWAY. RIGHT, BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO WAIT FOR THE DATA TO BE AVAILABLE.
BUT CERTAINLY, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR INPUT AND MAKE CHANGES NOW.
GREAT. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I MEAN, I'M A HUGE FAN OF SEEING PEDESTRIAN AND MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES HIGHLIGHTED.
SO, YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, MADAM CHAIR.
I ACTUALLY WANT TO ADD THAT WE USED COMMUTE TIME TO MAKE A MAJOR DECISION, NOT SOLELY, BUT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A FACTOR IN THE I 345 DECISION. AND SO, COMMUTE TIME IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK SHOULD BE ELIMINATED.
AND SO THAT WAS EXACTLY MY QUESTION OF WHY REPLACE AND NOT JUST SIMPLY ADD ON THAT ONE.
IT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO, I HEAR YOU, I JUST WANT TO ADD ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM HERE AT THE HORSESHOE.
MR. BAZALDUA? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AND I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU ALL.
I'M GLAD TO SEE US COLLABORATING WITH YOU ALL.
MORE IN THE CITY AND IN MORE FORMAL CAPACITY.
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I WAS GOING TO GIVE THE SAME FEEDBACK ON NOT ONLY THE PEDESTRIAN AND MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES.I DON'T THINK THAT IT NECESSARILY SHOULD BE IN LIEU OF I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE IN ADDITION TO COMMUTE TIME BECAUSE OF EXACTLY WHAT MADAM CHAIR MENTIONED WITH THE 345 CONVERSATION.
I THINK IT OPENED A LOT OF EYES AND SPOKE SPECIFICALLY TO DISPARITIES THAT I THINK, WITH A LOT OF OTHER INVESTMENTS WE'RE GOING TO SEE ROLLING IN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE IMPORTANT. INDICATORS IN ADDITION TO THAT THE FENTANYL I'D LIKE TO HEAR MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON WHO I WORK WITH ON OUR OPIOID STRIKE FORCE.
I DON'T, I'M PERSONALLY NOT A BIG FAN OF SEEING THAT FENTANYL SPECIFICALLY IS REPLACING OPIOID, KNOWING THAT WE ARE BEHIND THE MARK IN SOME SUBSTANCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AS FAR AS THEM BEING PREVALENT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO CHIME IN ON THAT.
YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I FIGURED WE COULD COME BACK AND CHANGE IT.
WHAT FENTANYL IS, IS A COMPONENT OF AN OPIOID.
AND SO, YOU'VE GOT HEROIN, YOU'VE GOT MORPHINE.
SO AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE XYLAZINE COME IN.
I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT, WHICH IS THE TRANQ DRUG.
I MEAN, SO AND THEY'RE ALL OPIOIDS, SO CAPTURING IT AS AN OPIOID OR AN OPIATE IS A BETTER WORD THAN JUST SAYING FENTANYL, ONLY BECAUSE YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WHEN YOU'RE A FENTANYL USER, YOU WILL PROBABLY USE METH BECAUSE YOU NEED AN UPPER TO GO WITH THE DOWNER.
THERE'S AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT COME WITH IT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE.
AND AND WHILE WE'RE FINDING FENTANYL OR TRACES OF FENTANYL IN MOST OF OUR ILLICIT DRUGS, UM, THERE'S USUALLY SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES IN IN ORDER TO FIX THAT DOPE SICKNESS. SO THAT'S THAT.
I'VE GONE AND GONE DOWN A LOT, SO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
AND WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT REMAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
SO, I APPRECIATE THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THERE.
GREAT. MR. BAZALDUA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON.
DO WE HAVE GOALS? I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM IN A VACUUM.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT BECAUSE SO MUCH OF OUR BUDGET RELIES ON THIS DATA AND THAT WE'RE INVESTING AS A CITY, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, IN ORDER TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FROM HERE TO THERE, WE NEED TO INVEST X NUMBER OF DOLLARS OR CHANGE A POLICY TOWARD THIS.
I THINK THAT IF WE GET TO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, USING THESE INDICATORS IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN EXERCISE WITH THE COUNCIL THROUGH STAFF.
FIRST, OF COURSE, YOUR EVALUATION, BUT WHERE WE ACTUALLY SET GOALS SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHERE WE COULD SIGNIFICANTLY MOVE THE NEEDLE IN AREAS BY CERTAIN INVESTMENT, UM, AND TAKE THIS OUT OF THE VACUUM.
YOU KNOW, COULD WE HAVE DONE BETTER IF WE HAD INVESTED ANOTHER 10 MILLION? NO IDEA. AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP US AS POLICY MAKERS AND FISCAL AGENTS TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ON THAT.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT'S IN THE SAME VEIN IS CODA AND DR.
WILSON. ARE SOME INDICATORS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS IN MOVING US TOWARD BECOMING AN EQUITABLE CITY? AND IF THEY ARE, I KNOW.
AND IF THEY ARE, THEN I THINK OUR NEXT ROUND OF CONVERSATION AROUND THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN OUGHT TO BE AROUND HOW WE MAKE DEEPER INVESTMENTS IN THIS, BECAUSE IT COMES BACK TO OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THROUGH THE BOND, OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, LET'S MOVE THOSE NEEDLES THAT WILL REALLY CHANGE LIVES, PERHAPS MORE THAN OTHERS.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, MAYBE WE CAN KNOCK OUT AND REALLY RAISE THE SCORE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE SIMPLY A POLICY DECISION AND EASIER TO MOVE FORWARD. MAY I START AND THEN PASS IT OFF? SINCE I WAS HERE WHEN WE STARTED THE EQUITY INDICATORS WORK INVESTMENTS, IT WAS WE SAID WAS WE HAVE TO DO THIS OVER TIME.
RIGHT? SO, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.
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BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT, CHAIR, IT'S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.AND SO, SOME OF THESE INDICATORS THE CITY DIRECTLY HAS JURISDICTION OVER OTHERS OF THEM.
WE DON'T. AND SO, I THINK MAYBE WOULD BE HELPFUL IS FOR US TO BRING THOSE INDICATORS THAT WE HAVE DIRECT JURISDICTION OVER FOR TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON, ON WHAT OUR PRIORITIES AGREED.
AND I THINK FOR THE IN OUR NEXT INCARNATION OF THIS IN, I KNOW OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICE IS WORKING REALLY HARD WITH OUR, PARTICULARLY OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS.
SO, WE CAN I THINK WE SHOULD CALL THOSE OUT, THOSE THAT REQUIRE EXTERNAL ACTION AND THEN AND THEN BE ABLE TO MEASURE THEIR INTEREST IN THIS, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE AS CITIZENS OF DALLAS AND VOTERS.
SO, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
AND LET ME JUST STATE AGAIN THIS THIS IS THE CORE OF OUR EQUITY WORK.
SO, I REALLY ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THIS PRESENTATION AND LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION HERE THAT'S SURPRISING, PARTICULARLY REGARDING OUR BUDGET AND HOW WE BUDGET FOR THINGS.
SO, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR MEMOS.
I'M GOING TO, I THINK WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS TAKE THEM AS A WHOLE.
I'M GOING TO ASSUME YOU'VE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK, AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THEM.
SO I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU, MR. RESENDEZ. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE BRIEFING MEMOS? OKAY, MISS BLACKMON.
I'M MAINLY LOOKING AT METRICS.
I KNOW, LIKE ON C, WHICH IS OUR LIBRARY ONE.
ARE WE PUTTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
LIKE REALLY UNDERSTAND IS THE PROGRAM DELIVERING WHAT WE THINK IT WILL.
UM AND THEN ON NUMBER ON THE F ON THE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 350.
OUR GOAL WE HAVE 350 IN THE PROGRAM.
ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT C I MEAN IS SUCCESS JUST HAVING PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM OR IS SUCCESS MEANING BEING PUT BACK TO WORK, YOU KNOW, RECIDIVISM. WHAT IS THAT NUMBER OR THAT OR THAT THING WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE.
SO THAT WAY IF WE WANT MORE MONEY, THEN WE CAN SAY THIS WORKS AND WE NEED MORE INVESTMENT.
SO, THAT'S MY THING IS BUILDING OUT METRICS AROUND THESE PROGRAMS, SO WE KNOW WHAT, UM, WHAT WORKS.
AND WE HAVE JESSICA GALLISHAW, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE, STEPPING UP.
AND SHE DOES HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES LISTED ON PAGE 115.
BUT THOSE ARE YOUR POINT. YEAH, THOSE AREN'T THE FULL.
I GUESS IT'S JUST THAT WE'VE MET OUR GOAL OF GETTING PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM.
THEN WHAT'S OUR NEXT GOAL? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I'M JESSICA GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE.
EXCUSE ME. THAT WAS A BIT LOUDER THAN I ANTICIPATED.
YES. SO, WE'RE LOOKING TO TRACK ADDITIONAL METRICS INTO THE RENEWAL.
THIS CONTRACT WAS INITIALLY AUTHORIZED FOR THREE YEARS, AND THERE WAS SOME ISSUE WITH THE LANGUAGE AND HOW WE ACCEPTED THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING, AS WELL AS THE RENEWAL LANGUAGE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TAKING IT BACK TO COUNCIL VERSUS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING INTO THE NEW RENEWAL IS ADDITIONAL METRICS RELATED TO HOUSING STABILITY RELATED TO THE ACTUAL RECEIPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. SO, FOLLOWING THROUGH TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT SERVICES AND WHAT SUPPORTS FOLKS ARE GETTING.
BUT I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT THOUGH THE PROGRAM DOES CONNECT WITH JOB PLACEMENT AND HIRING OPPORTUNITIES, THE FUNDS THEMSELVES THROUGH THIS CONTRACT ARE SUPPORTING THE SOCIAL SERVICES SIDE OF IT.
SO, WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH OTHER PARTNERS, THE PARTNERS THAT WORK WITH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER FOR EXAMPLES, OUR CBA, AND EVEN SOME OF THEIR OWN INTERNAL PARTNERS AS WELL, TO TRACK THAT WORK.
BUT IT'S NOT A DIRECT FUNCTION FROM WITHIN THIS CONTRACT.
CORRECT. BECAUSE WHAT I'D HOPE IS THAT WE'RE SO SUCCESSFUL THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY TO THEN UTILIZE IT FOR EVEN MORE INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE ISN'T THAT WHAT WE WANT? I MEAN, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, CORRECT? YES. AND WE'VE HAD RECENT CONVERSATION WITH TDCJ.
THERE'S A TRANSITION IN THE CONTACT PERSON FOR OUR CONTRACT.
SO, HE HAD SOME RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AS WELL.
AND THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH OUR PERFORMANCE AT THIS POINT.
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EVEN BIENNIUM, BY BIENNIUM.AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO BUILD THESE PARTNERSHIPS FOR A LONGER TERM.
AND THEN SO YEAH, THEN ON THE LIBRARY ONE, JUST BUILDING OUT METRICS, BECAUSE IF WE WANT TO ADD THIS OR KEEP IT IN THE BUDGET OR MAKE IT MORE ROBUST, I THINK HAVING THOSE NUMBERS CAN MAKE A BETTER.
IT CAN HELP US INVEST MORE IN IT IS WHAT MY WHOLE GOAL.
AND THEN ON D, IT SAYS RIGHT HERE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SELECTING A VENDOR FOR THE, DO WE IS THAT DO WE KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND ARE WE UNDER ANY TIME CONSTRAINT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR LAST PART OF THE QUESTION.
ARE THERE ANY TIME CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DONE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? I MEAN, IS THIS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUE? AND THEN SECONDLY, IT SAYS THAT WE NEED TO SELECT A VENDOR.
WHEN WILL THAT BE COMING TO US, OR IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE A SIMPLE ACTION ON Y'ALL'S PART? I BELIEVE IT'LL BE COMING TO YOU.
SO THAT'S REALLY OUR TIMELINE AND OUR TIME FRAME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. WILLIS. MS. ARNOLD, MR. BAZALDUA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON MEMO F AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF JESSICA IS STILL THERE.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING BOND DISCUSSIONS NOW, AND ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US CLOSE IN A GAP THAT EXISTS NOT JUST FOR, IN THIS REALM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD ALSO TOUCH ON, ON MANY OF OUR OTHER CITY'S EFFORTS WITH OPIOID RESPONSE WITH OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH IS A JAIL DIVERSION CENTER THAT IS SIMILAR TO THAT IN HARRIS COUNTY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST KIND OF SEE IF WE COULD GET SOME EXPANDED DATA THROUGH OUR PROGRAM THAT EXISTS NOW ON WHERE THE BARRIERS OF HOUSING AND THE NEED FOR WRAPAROUND SERVICES AS A HOUSING COMPONENT WHERE IT EXISTS WITH THOSE WE HAVE PARTICIPATING.
AND HOW WE COULD MAYBE CLOSE IN THOSE GAPS, IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE TO THAT ON THE PRIORITY.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT COLLABORATION WE CAN HAVE WITH THE COUNTY TO GET THIS DONE.
ARE YOU ADDRESSING THAT QUESTION TO ME? COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA OKAY.
SO, SPEAKING TO THE HOUSING BARRIERS THAT WE'VE SEEN FOR A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE RETURNING, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE TEND TO ENCOUNTER.
AND SO, THEIR FAMILIES ARE RENTERS.
SO THAT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT CALCULUS, I THINK, FOR A LOT OF THOSE FAMILIES TO ADDRESS.
AND OF COURSE, TO AMEND THE LEASE, YOU RUN INTO THE ISSUE OF THE PERSON'S BACKGROUND POTENTIALLY BEING A BARRIER, WHICH IS A BARRIER FOR OFTEN FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR OWN RESIDENCE IN THEIR NAME, AND SECONDARILY, OF COURSE, AND, OR MAYBE PRIMARILY IS, OF COURSE, THE ISSUE OF INCOME HAVING STEADY AND STABLE INCOME.
WHEN YOU'VE BEEN INCARCERATED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS, AS MENTIONED, THROUGH OUR SMALL BUSINESS CENTER AND A LOT OF GREAT PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE WILLING TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS WITH BACKGROUNDS. BUT EVEN SO, IT CAN BE HARD TO GET GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT TO MAINTAIN THAT LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE THE INCOME NECESSARY TO GET A LEASE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE JUSTICE OR THE IMPACT OF THEIR RECORDS ON THEIR ABILITY TO GET A LEASE IN THEIR NAME OR EVEN TO RETURN TO THEIR FAMILY HOME, CAN BE AN ISSUE AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS POINT UP BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE JUST NEED TO LOOK HOLISTICALLY AT A LOT OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN AND CLOSING IN SOME OF THOSE GAPS. AND RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS KIND OF, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, OF COURSE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD BE ADDRESSED MORE HOLISTICALLY IN CLOSING, IN SOME OF THE GAPS THAT WE KNOW EXIST WITH ADDRESSING THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION, WHICH IS HOUSING AND THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT COME WITH BEING IN PLACE WITH A HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS POPULATION.
AND SO, I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING IN OUR BOND AND SEEING IF WE COULD, UM, PARTNER WITH OUR COUNTY TO HELP BRING BETTER RESOURCES AND CLOSE IN THESE GAPS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY.
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AND IN FACT, I HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT, AS WE CREATE OUR WIDE VARIETY OF MATRICES IN THE CITY, ONE OF THEM WILL BE TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT POPULATION GROUPS WHO RESIDE IN OUR CITY AND LOOK THROUGH THOSE LENSES THAT WE WERE JUST GIVEN IN THE BOND, YOU KNOW, THOSE FOUR BIG CATEGORIES AND JUST SAY, OKAY, WHERE DO EACH ONE OF THESE DIFFERENT POPULATION GROUPS, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE FOR THEM IN GENERAL IN OUR CITY SERVICES? AND WHERE CAN WE LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE COUNTY AND OTHERS TO BRING FORWARD THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE? BECAUSE THE MORE CLARITY WE CAN HAVE ABOUT THE NEED, THE EASIER IT WILL BE TO SERVE POPULATIONS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RIDLEY. THE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE AND THEN WE'LL BE DONE.
IN ADDITION TO THE QUESTION OF METRICS THAT MISS BLACKMON BROUGHT UP, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE HOW THIS IS PROMOTED AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROMOTE IT, ESPECIALLY AS IT MOVES TO ALL THE LIBRARIES.
UM, AND THEN ON ITEM D, UM, COULD YOU JUST SHARE WITH US HOW THIS FITS INTO THE OVERALL HOUSING PLAN FOR THE CITY? AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANSWERED NOW IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER READILY AVAILABLE.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THE LAST THING IS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MISS GALLISHAW GIVES US A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE MLK COMING UP AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR FORECAST.
OKAY. AND ITEMS THAT FOR SURE, YOU WANT TO SEE US COVER IN THIS SPRING.
JESSICA GALLISHAW AGAIN, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT WHILE I HAVE YOU HERE TO ADVISE YOU ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL WEEK OF CELEBRATIONS LAUNCHING TOMORROW FOR DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR CELEBRATION WEEK, OUR TEAM AT THE MLK CENTER, AS WELL AS OUR MLK BOARD MEMBERS.
YOUR APPOINTEES HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS PULLING THIS SUITE OF EVENTS TOGETHER.
WE'LL ALSO BE TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THOSE WHOM WE'VE LOST.
WE HAVE A JOB FAIR ON WEDNESDAY.
WE'RE TOLD IT'S THE SECOND BIGGEST JOB FAIR THAT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS HOSTS ANNUALLY.
THE YOUTH CEREMONY WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HONORING RECOGNITION OF DR.
THE SIGMA ALPHA SIGMA LAMBDA CHAPTER OVER AT THE KING CENTER WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL OCCASION.
AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING, WE WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MLK COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAY WITH HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL HELP US CLEAN UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR TO PREPARE US FOR OUR PARADE ON MONDAY.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S EVENTS.
WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND PARTICIPATE, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN HELP US SHARE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE EVENTS, WHICH SHOULD BE IN YOUR INBOXES AND OUR MANY, MANY FLIERS. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT.
I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH PROMOTION.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND ANYTHING ABOUT THE FORECAST? IF NOT, IT IS 1046 AND I ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY
COMMITTEE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.