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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on January 25, 2024.]
CALL THE JANUARY 25TH, 2024 PARKING RECREATION BOARD MEETING IN ORDER AT 10 10:01 AM THE FIRST ORDER OF THIS IS OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, MADAM SECRETARY.THIS MORNING WE HAVE EIGHT PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
I'LL OVERSIGHT THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL GIVE IN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL AND PERTINENT, INAPPROPRIATE, OR SLANDER REMARKS OR VOICE WHILE ADDRESS THE BOARD WILL BE REMOVED.
AND IMMEDIATELY, BARR FROM ME, OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS MR. ERIC KWRIGHT.
YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM, SIR.
I'M PART OF FORENSIC SUPPORTERS OF, UH,
AND, UH, WE COME TO, UH, THE BOARD AS FAR AS THE, UH, STATUS OF THE, OF THE, UH, PART NAME CHANGE.
UH, WE WERE, UH, GIVEN TWO DATES BY, UH, PART MEMBER, MEMBERS OF, EXCUSE ME, UM, TWO DATES TO, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, TO PROCESS THIS AND VOTE ON THIS.
AND ACTUALLY ANOTHER DATE TO MEET ABOUT THIS PROCESS WITH THE FAMILY AND MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE JUST CHECKING ON THIS STATUS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME DEPARTMENT MEMBERS DO HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT WHO MR. FIGHTING JAY WAS, BUT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, HIS HISTORY SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED IN WHAT HE DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO NO ONE SHOULD IGNORE THAT.
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE RESERVATIONS AND, UH, FEELINGS AND DIFFERENT POLITICAL, UH, IDEAS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF, UH, WHAT
AND SO THE THING IS THAT WE WANNA, UM, YOU KNOW, GET SOME OF THESE ANSWERS, YOU KNOW, BUT WE COME FROM RESPECTFULLY TO GET SOME OF ANSWERS AND NOT FOR THIS TO BE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.
UH, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND IN DALLAS CITY OF DALLAS THAT A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO MADE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE SWEPT THINGS UNDER THE RUG AS THOUGH IT DIDN'T EXIST AND IT DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT THE OVERALL DALLAS COMMUNITY NOTED IT DOES MATTER AND THAT MR. MA MATTERS.
AND SO WE ARE COMING HERE TO SAY, HEY, LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, DONE WHAT WE SAID WE COULD DO.
RIGHT? WE'VE DONE WITH THROUGH THE PROCESS AND DONE WHAT THE PART SAID WE SHOULD DO.
SO THE COURT BOARD SHOULD, UH, HONOR ITSELF BY DOING WHAT IT SAID SHOULD DO.
SO THE COLLEGE PARK IS A, IS A COOL, OKAY.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS REVEREND PETER JOHNSON.
UM, WE ARE FAHE NICO'S DAUGHTERS.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T ALLOW POOLING.
IT JUST HAS TO BE THE ONE PERSON WHO'S THAT'S FINE.
UM, WE ARE THE YOUNGEST OF THE BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN.
UM, MY FATHER HAD MANY CHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, HONORARY, UM, BONUS CHILDREN THAT HE REFUSED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO STAY WITH HIS STEPCHILDREN.
UM, WE WANNA LET YOU KNOW THE BACKGROUND.
DO YOU KNOW DOCUMENTATION OF OUR FATHER? WE KNOW HIM.
OUR FATHER ACTUALLY PASSED AWAY MENTORING A CHILD.
HE WENT TO A TRACK MEET AFTER TRACK PRACTICE WHERE I LAST SAW HIM 20 MINUTES BEFORE HE PASSED.
HE WAS COACHING MY OLDEST SON FOR HER, AND HE KEPT SAYING, OH MY, I HAVE TO GET TO THE TRACK TO SEE LACEY.
I PROMISED HER I WAS COMING TO SEE HER ROOM.
SHE LEFT THE TRACK PRACTICE, GOT TO THE FACILITY, SPOTTED LACEY AND COLLAPSED THE DOCTOR WHO TRIED TO
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REVIVE HIM THAT MET THIS ON WHEATLAND.I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SHORT OR NOT, I ALWAYS GET THAT CONFUSED.
UM, SAID THAT HE PASSED AWAY BEFORE HE HIT THE BREAK.
MY FATHER PASSED AWAY, MENTOR COMMUNITY ADVOCATES.
HE COACHED LACEY FROM THE TIME, I BELIEVE SHE WAS LIKE EIGHT YEARS OLD.
LACEY, HER MOTHER AND HER TWO SISTERS MOVED HERE WITH NO FAMILY.
MY FATHER WAS LACEY'S HONORARY GRANDFATHER.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO NAME THE PARK AFTER.
BEFORE ALL OF THIS, MY DAD DID BIKE ROCKS, FISHING TRIPS.
WE RODE BIKES FROM OAK CLIFF TO THE FAIR PARK, LITERALLY DOWN HIGHWAY 45.
WE HAD MEN AND WOMEN WHO, WHO WOULD GO AHEAD OF US AS IF THEY WERE POLICE ESCORTS.
WE HAD MEN AND WOMEN WHO WOULD RIDE BEHIND US AS IF THEY WERE POLICE ESCORTS.
AND WE AS CHILDREN RODE BIKES WITH THE COMMUNITY.
MY DAD WOULD SEE BIKES ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET.
HE WOULD PICK THEM UP, REFURBISH THEM, GIVE THEM TO KIDS WHO DIDN'T HAVE BIKES IN THE COMMUNITY.
MY MOM WOULD FILL THEM WITH FOOD, DRINKS FOR ALL OF THOSE KIDS, 40 PLUS KIDS.
HE DIDN'T ASK FOR A DIME FROM ANYONE.
ALL OF THIS CAME OUT OF OUR HOUSEHOLD FUNDING.
THAT'S WHO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO NAME THE PARK AFTER, NOT JUST SOME RANDOM GUY.
LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW HIM ON PAPER.
YOU MAY KNOW A CREDIT REPORT, YOU MAY KNOW PANTHER PARTY, BUT EVEN THAT HE FOUGHT FOR FREE, FREE BREAKFAST FOR JUDY.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. DAVID CARRANZA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY, UH, THE DALLAS PARK BOARD.
GOOD MORNING TODAY, I COME BEFORE YOU IS NOT AS A PROPERTY OWNER, UH, JUST AS A PROPERTY OWNER, BUT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CAVER COMMUNITY, SERVING AS A PRESIDENT OF THE CAVER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE PRIME WATCH, I'M HERE TO PERSONALLY ADVOCATE FOR THE PROPOSAL THAT HOLDS IMMENSE PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE ACQUISITION OF THE 12 700 CLEAVER PROPERTY AS PART FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANNA EXPRESS THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT MERELY A PERSONAL AGENDA.
IT'S A REFLECTION ON THE COLLECTIVE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THROUGH EXTENSIVE DIALOGUE, TOWN HALLS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE HAVE ACHIEVED A RARE UNIT, AN OVERWHELMING CONSENSUS THAT THE 12 700 AVER PROPERTY SHOULD BE EMBRACED AS A PARK.
THIS IS A SHARED VISION FOR A BRIGHTER AND MARKET, THE NEGATIVE FUTURE FOR AVER.
I WISH TO REASSURE THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE PARK BOARD THAT THE GILBERT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF CRIME WATCH IS WHOLEHEARTEDLY COMMITTED TO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THIS PROPOSED PARK.
OUR COMMUNITY IS READY AND WILLING TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS, ENSURING THAT THE PARK NOT ONLY MEETS THE CITY'S STANDARDS, BUT ALSO ENCAPSULATES THE UNIQUE SPIRIT OF CLEAVER.
MOREOVER, ACCEPTING THE 12,700 CLEAVER PROPERTY AS PART ALIGNS SEAMLESSLY WITH THE LONG WEIGHTED WEST CLAYBURN PLAN, WHICH GAINED CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL IN 2007.
THIS PROPOSAL CAN SERVE AS A CATALYST TO PERFECT START TO BEGINNING THE VISION OF THE WEST FREEBIRD PLAN.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREATHE VITALITY INTO A PLAN THAT HAS BEEN EAGERLY ANTICIPATED FOR OVER A DECADE.
THIS PARK REPRESENTS MORE THAN JUST GREEN SPACE.
IT SYMBOLIZES THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SHARED EXPERIENCE.
A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN GATHER, CHILDREN, CAN PLAY, AND RESIDENTS CAN CONNECT BEYOND THE RECREATIONAL BENEFITS.
IT IS THE INVESTMENT IN THE SOCIAL FABRIC AND WELLBEING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN MY ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF THE CRIME WATCH, I ALSO RECOGNIZE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON SAFETY.
A WELL-DESIGNED AND ACTIVE PARK HAS THE POWER TO ENHANCE SECURITY BY FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP AND A DISCOURAGING AND DESIRABLE ACTIVITY.
ITS INVESTMENT IN NOT JUST RECREATION, BUT THE OVERALL SAFETY AND HARMONY.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE CULTURE AND RECREATIONAL HUB THAT ENHANCES THE APPEAL OF PEOPLE TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALL ALIVE.
I EMPLOY THE CITY DALLAS PARK BOARD TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER AND ENDORSE PROPOSAL AND ACCEPT THE 12,700 FREE WEEK PROPERTY AS PARK.
THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF, OF JUST A PARCEL OF LAND.
IT'S A MANIFESTATION OF A COMMUNITY'S DREAM AND ASPIRATIONS.
WE STAND READY AS PARTNERS TO WORK ELABORATELY WITH THE CITY IN TURNING THIS VISION INTO REALITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND YOUR DEDICATION
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TO THE VETERAN SPEAKER, SPEAKER KELLY GOLET.IMAGINE AN AREA THAT IS ONLY 15 MINUTES TO DOWNTOWN DALLAS, FAR SOUTHEAST DALLAS.
THAT ONCE WAS CALLED CLEAVER, TEXAS.
THAT WAS ANNEXED TO DALLAS IN THE 1970S.
OUR COMMUNITY HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AND HAS BEEN NEGLECTED, BUT HAS THE MOST UNDEVELOPED LAND LEFT IN DALLAS, AN AREA THAT IS A DIAMOND IN THE RUG.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT TURNING THE 23 ACRE LAND ON 12 700 CLEAVER INTO A PARK.
I HAVE VISITED THIS LAND AND IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE YOU'RE IN DALLAS.
IT HAS TREES AND THE PROPERTY IS AMAZING.
I HAVE LIVED IN THE AREA FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
WE NEED AND DESERVE THE CLEAVER TRAIL AND THE 23 ACRE CLAYBROOK PARK.
THIS WILL NOT ONLY BLESS OUR COMMUNITY NOW, BUT GENERATIONS TO COME.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP.
AND WE'RE SO, SO GLAD THAT WE HAVE GRANTS FOR THIS DALLAS PARK AND AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY, WE LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY AND WE SEE THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT, THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT IT WOULD COME UP AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE KNOW THAT ANY PART OF RECREATION WOULD HELP OUT, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG ONES, THE FUTURE OF OUR GENERATION TO BE BETTER OFF IN THIS, UH, COMING DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE, WE URGE YOU TO THIS, UH, CONSIDER THAT PLACE TO BE A, UH, A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND BE PART OF, UH, RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT AND NOT ONLY BENEFIT, BUT DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.
JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
12 700 CLEAVER, UH, PROPERTY SLASH ACREAGE.
I PERSONALLY, UH, HAVE LIVED BESIDE THIS PROPERTY.
I'M NOT TALKING AS PROPERTY, ANYTHING LIKE, BUT LEADING WITH THE CRIME WATCH, UH, HELPING THEM IN TERMS OF SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PROPERTY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ACREAGE BE A PLACE WHERE I COULD SEE NEIGHBORS GO TO INSTEAD OF THE PAST TWO, THREE YEARS.
THERE WE SEE UNSAVORY INDIVIDUALS USING AS A ACTIVITY AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT THE AREA HAS BEEN CLEARED AND I HOPE THAT IT'S BEEN CLEARED THE LAST TIME OF, UH, OF, UH, THAT TYPE OF, UH, ACTIVITY.
AND SPEAKER JESSICA RAMIREZ, BRITTANY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OF THE MEMBERS OF BOARD PARK AND RECREATION.
WE ARE THE ESTEEM RESIDENTS AT BROOK AS STAND TODAY FOR EXCITEMENT AND ANTICIPATION AS WE DISCUSS A MATTER OF SIGNIFICANT
THIS ENDEAVOR IS NOT NEARLY ABOUT ESTABLISHMENT ATION SPACE, BUT IS DEEPLY ROOTED INFORMATION HERITAGE OF
TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES AT A PIVOTAL MOON WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS VISION TO LIFE, TO UPHOLD THE HISTORICAL HERITAGE OF CLEVELAND, AND TO PROMOTE A STRONG RURAL ATMOSPHERE THAT HAS DEFINED OUR COMMUNICATION.
AND THE VISION PARK IS NOT JUST A GREEN SPACE IS A TESTAMENT OF OUR COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING A CONNECTION WITH OUR ROOTS.
AND WHILE FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS US FOR A SENSITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO RECOGNIZE THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PART.
IT IS NOT MERELY, IN ADDITION TO OUR CITY'S LANDSCAPE, A SYMBOL OF OUR DEDICATION TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE SHAPED OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S A SPACE FOR FAMILIES CAN GATHER WHERE CHILDREN CAN PLAY, AND WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE OUR SHARED HISTORY AND ENVISION OUR SHARED FUTURE.
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WILL BE DESIGNED WITH THEIR CONSIDERATION, 18 2007, ENSURING THAT EVERY ELEMENT REFLECTS THE ESSENCE OF BOTH SEA.WHEN THE DESIGN OF THE WALKING TRAILS TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FACILITIES, EVERY ASPECT HAS BEEN METIC, METICULOUSLY THOUGHT OUT TO RESONATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A PART.
IT'S A LIVING TRIBUTE TO THE VALUE THAT HAS DEFINED US.
I URGE EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF SPARK HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR IDENTITY, A COMMITMENT TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND A LEGACY FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME.
BY APPROVING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SPARK, WE ARE NOT JUST CREATING A RECREATION SPACE.
WE CREATING THE LIVING TESTAMENT TO THE SPIRIT OF
LET US EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS, AS STEWARDS OF OUR COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO ENDORSE AND SUPPORT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEW PARK.
TOGETHER WE CAN ENSURE THAT CLEAVER CONTINUES TO THRIVE, RESPECTING ITS TASKS AND EMBRACE
WE HAVE MR. ROBERT KEN MORNING PARK BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME TO HAVE THE AGENDA.
UH, I'M WITH TRUST REPUBLIC LAND AND ALSO REPRESENTING THE DALLAS PARKS COALITION.
TODAY I COME BEARING GIFTS FOR ALL OF OUR PARK BOARD MEMBERS HERE.
THESE ARELY NEW, THE DALLAS PARKS COALITION T-SHIRTS, WHICH I HOPE YOU WILL WEAR WITH PRIDE AT ALL OF THE NEXT, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS COMING UP AND ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR PARKS.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, PARKS AND THE BOND IS JUST AN ESSENTIAL WAY TO FUND THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND THE DALLAS PARKS COALITION.
AND THE MORE THAN 20 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS WE REPRESENT IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PARK USERS.
WE REPRESENT STAND FIRMLY BEHIND THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND YOUR REQUEST FOR FUNDING
UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL PUT IN $350 MILLION FOR PARKS, UM, AND EVEN MORE IF THEY CAN.
UH, WE'D SPEND THE WHOLE BOND ON PARKS IF WE COULD.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO, AND PROBABLY TO MAKE THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS IN DALLAS.
I'VE GOT A BOX OF SHIRTS HERE AND I HAVE A COUPLE THAT I'LL PASS UP TO THE BOARD NOW.
UM, AND THEN STAFF, I'LL LEAVE A FEW I SHIRTS THAT WILL FRONT AS WELL.
I'M GONNA GO BACK TO MR. REVEREND PETER JOHNSON.
SIR, GOOD MORNING FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS PART COUNTRY SINCE 69.
UH, I HAVE A FRIEND WHOSE NAME WAS FRED, THAT FRED AND I STARTED WORKING TOGETHER IN 19 SEVEN, TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF BLACK BOYS GOING TO THE PENITENTIARY IN SOUTH DALLAS AND THE WEST DALLAS.
FRED LITERALLY DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO TRYING TO HELP AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE BOYS MAKE A LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OUR BOYS GOING TO THE PENITENTIARY.
EVERYONE IN THIS CITY, IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS COMMITMENTS TO PEOPLE JESUS CALLED THE LEAST, TO LEAST IT'S FOR HIM.
I REQUEST THAT YOU ALL SIMPLY CONSIDER HAVING A STREET IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR LAND FOR THIS GIANT.
HE SPENT A LIFE TRYING TO HELP THESE PEOPLE, YOUNG MEN, LOST IN THIS SOCIETY.
PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO HAVE AN EXTREMELY CITY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR NAMED FOR A BLACK PANTHER.
IT MEANS SOMETHING FOR THIS CITY.
QUESTION, WOULD YOU MAKE YOUR SPEAKERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR COME SPEAK TO THE
UM, NOW WE MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, MR. SPOTTER? DO I HAVE A SECOND MR. ALL? SOMEBODY TO SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT, ALL, ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MR. CONNOR? DO I HAVE A SECOND? MAKE ONE CLEAR NOTE.
UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE NORTHVIEW TRAIL, THE CORRECTED ADDRESS IN THE SUBJECT OF IT AND IN THE BACKGROUND.
SHOULD BE 1 1, 2, 3 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
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1, 2, 3, 2 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, WE'LL BE GOING OUT OF ORDER BEFORE WE MOVE ON FOR A BRIEFING.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RACHEL BERRY WILL GIVE THE BUDGET UPDATE.
MS. BERRY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO, INSTEAD OF US DOING A LITTLE BIT OF A BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE KIND OF DO THIS TIME OF YEAR
SO BASICALLY THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS A FULL OVERVIEW, UM, AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IS WE KIND OF WANNA GO THROUGH TO SET THE STORY FOR THE CASE FOR OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AS TO HOW WE WENT OR HOW WE MANAGE IN OUR CLOSE YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR
AND THEN KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TOWARDS THE PARK BOARD TO DISCUSS CHILD WORK.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR OUR 24 25 AND ALSO 25 26 AS WE DO TWO BUDGET SESSIONS AT A TIME.
SO EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS PLANNED FOR TWO YEARS.
SO, HEADING OFF WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR 42, 3 BUDGET SUMMARY.
UM, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE GRAPHICS, WE CLOSE THE YEAR AT $113 MILLION 906,051.
UM, WHAT YOU WILL NOTE IS THAT IS NOT HOW WE STARTED OUR FISCAL YEAR.
WE STARTED OUR FISCAL YEAR AT AROUND $106 MILLION.
HOW WE GOT TO THE ONE 13 IS THAT WE DID HAVE TO ASK THE BUDGET OFFICE FOR TWO APPROPRIATIONS.
WE DID A MIDYEAR APPROPRIATION, WHICH WAS AT 4.4 MILLION.
AND THEN, UM, END OF YEAR APPROPRIATION AT 2.6 MILLION.
AND THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP AT THE ONE 13, WHICH YOU CAN SEE, UM, NOTING THERE.
AND THESE WERE JUST, THIS IS A LOT OF, SOME OF THIS IS INFLATIONARY COSTS.
KEEPING IN MIND THAT, THAT A LOT OF THE INFLATION COSTS, A LOT OF THE OTHER COSTS THAT WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH LIKE SECURITY, UM, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS UNTIL THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO THOSE THINGS THAT, THOSE STRUGGLES, THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, THOSE UNPLANNED MAINTENANCE ITEMS KIND OF CARRIED THROUGH IN FISCAL YEAR 23.
SO THAT'S THE TREND WE WANT YOU TO SEE GOING FORWARD.
ALSO, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR REVENUE NUMBERS.
UM, WE ARE BUDGETED AT $11.5 MILLION, WHICH MEANS WE'RE REQUIRED TO BRING IN 11.5 MILLION OF OUR OWN BUDGET NUMBERS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ACTUALLY CLOSED OUT THE YEAR AT 8.9 MILLION.
SO, UM, THANKFULLY THE BUDGET OFFICE DID NOT ASK US FOR THE DIFFERENCES WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE.
UM, IN VERY LEAN YEARS, THEY WILL ASK US FOR THE DIFFERENCE, WHICH IS BASICALLY WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE SAVINGS AND OUR EXPENSE.
AND SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD TWO YEARS WHERE WE MIGHT BE WORKING A LITTLE BIT MORE LEAD, UM, THAT THAT MIGHT BE AN ASK.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO
I KIND OF MENTIONED THEM THAT THE THING, AND I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS IS GONNA BE A TREND.
YOU'RE GONNA KEEP SEEING A LOT OF THESE SAME THINGS THAT HAVE TURNOVER.
UM, OUR HIRING CHALLENGES ARE REALLY CAUSING, ARE STRESSING OUR OVERTIME COST AND IT'S STRESSING OUR O OUR TEMPORARY STAFFING, WHETHER IT BE WE CAN'T GET PEOPLE ONBOARDED ON TIME OR WE ARE JUST NOT GETTING THE RIGHT CANDIDATES.
WE STILL HAVE SOME POSITIONS THAT ARE VISIBLE TO HIRE.
SO THAT HAS, THAT HAS PRESENTED A CHALLENGE BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU HAVE TO MITIGATE THAT, THE COST IS ALWAYS MORE THAN WHAT WE PLANNED FOR.
AND THEN MOVING FORWARD ALSO, WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT PREVENTATIVE MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND THE SECURITY, THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE, WERE NOT IN OUR BUDGET AT THAT TIME.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR BUDGET,
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BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE LAST YEAR.UM, SO THOSE WERE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO COVER INTO THE, INTO THE NEW BUDGET YEAR, FISCAL 2324.
WE ARE STARTING THIS YEAR AT ONE $120 MILLION.
UM, BUT WHAT I DO WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT 17% OF OUR BUDGET, OR AROUND $20 MILLION ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER THE SACRED CODES.
THOSE ARE COSTS, INTERNAL COSTS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL.
WHETHER WE USE THE SERVICE OR NOT, WE PAY FOR IT.
SO THAT IS A SET COST IN OUR BUDGET.
SO WHAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT US WORKING THROUGH
RICHARD, WE GIVE OUR, GIVE THE BOARD EXAMPLES OF WHAT MAKES POLICY, EXCUSE ME, SOME OF THE FIXED COSTS, SAMPLES OF FIXED PUMP.
I, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE, THE LARGEST FIXED COST THAT WE HAVE AND IT AFFECTS US BECAUSE OF OUR STAFFING SHORTFALLS.
UM, HEALTHCARE IS A FIXED COST THAT WE PAY BASED ON THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE ON HAND.
WHETHER WE FILL THE POSITIONS OR NOT, WE STILL PAY THE ALL COST.
SO IT IS STILL A COST TO US BECAUSE WHEN THE INSURANCE IS PURCHASED, IT IS PURCHASED AND IT WILL BE PAID FOR.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE A PERSON IN PLACE TO PAY THEIR INSURANCE COSTS, THE DEPARTMENT IS PAID.
UM, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST SUPPORTS.
UM, AND WHAT WE SEE, WE'LL PROBABLY SEE MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE HUGE IT COSTS JUST FOR OPERATIONS.
UM, SOME OF THE LARGER THINGS THAT ARE AFFECTING US, OUR ELECTRICAL COSTS, IF THOSE GO UP, UM, OUR GAS COSTS, IF THOSE GO UP, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, OUR FLEET IS A COST THAT IS SET IN.
ANY TIME ANY OF THOSE ITEMS INCREASE, IT'S SET IN OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
ONCE AGAIN, WE MUST BALANCE THOSE.
SO WE SAY THIS IS THE SET COST.
IF WE HAVE THE SAVINGS, THEY STILL WANT THE MONEY.
IF WE RUN OVER, THEY WANT MORE MONEY.
SO KEEPING IN MIND WHEN, UM, LAST YEAR, THE ONE THAT AFFECTED US THE MOST WITH THE COST.
UM, SO, AND KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LOOK AT, UM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR SERVICES VERSUS OUR STAFFING COST, YOU, YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
UM, AND, AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CONTRACTED SERVICES IN THOSE CONTRACTED SERVICES STARTING TO COST A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, EVERY TIME WE USED THEM.
SO WHAT WE DID HERE IS, THIS IS JUST A BREAKOUT SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THESE BUDGETS LOOK LIKE BY DELETING.
UM, HERE THE DIVISIONS ON THE SIDE, THE LARGEST COST OF COURSE, ARE SALARIES AND OUR BENEFITS.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT BREAKOUT IS PER DIVISION.
UM, WHAT THEIR SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS MIGHT BE LIKE AND THEIR SERVICES, OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY.
AND THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS, KEEP IN MIND THE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR, THAT'S THE MONEY THAT THOSE DIVISIONS ARE BRINGING IN TO OFFSET SOME OF THEIR COSTS.
UM, WHETHER IT'S
BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF CONTRACTED SERVICES.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT ARE COST THAT ARE THEY, THAT, THAT'S THE OVER WELL ON THEIR PART.
AND OF COURSE THE FUTURE VENUE.
ALL OF OUR CONTRACT PAYMENTS WERE CONSIDERED SERVICE COST.
SO NOW THAT YOU SEE WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT 23, 24, WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY TRENDING AT.
SO I MEAN, WE HAVE THESE CONTINUED COST, UM, ONCE AGAIN, AND HE SAID YOU'RE GONNA KEEP SEEING THESE OVER AND OVER OUR HIRING, UM, THAT OVERTIME THAT WE'RE USING TO MITIGATE OUR STAFFING SHORTAGE, UM, SHORTAGES IS VERY MUCH ARENT AFFECTING OUR BUDGET.
UM, TEMPORARY STAFFING, TEMPORARY STAFFING COSTS ARE 38% HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL STAFF COSTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, PLANNED FOR.
SO, UM, AND IT'S, SOME OF IT COULD BE JUST, UM, THE USED PHYSICIANS, THEY'RE NOT ONBOARDED.
UM, WE CAN'T GET THEM DONE IN TIME OR WE CAN'T GET THEM PROCESSED IN TIME OR WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE COMING IN WANTING TO WORK THOSE SHORT HOURS AT THE AQUATIC FACILITIES.
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AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT GET ANY, UM, LAND, UH, LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUNDS.UM, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, UM, PEOPLE, EQUIPMENT THAT ARE PAST THEIR LIFE CYCLE AND WE HAVE CAPITAL REPAIRS.
UM, OUR ATHLETIC FOOD LIGHTS ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW US INTO THIS YEAR THAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR.
AND OF COURSE, SINCE WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT FOR SOMEONE THAT IS INSPECTING OUR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, THOSE REPAIR COSTS WILL CONTINUES TO FOLLOW US INTO THIS YEAR.
ALSO, ANOTHER BULLET THAT WE HAVE HERE IS SECURITY.
UM, KEEPING IN MIND, YES, WE HAVE SECURITY MONEY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT REMEMBER THAT OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST, AND WE DIDN'T SEE FUNDED THIS WAY, BUT WE'RE, WE'LL PROBABLY ASK FOR IT AGAIN.
OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST WOULD BE THE SECURITY COSTS.
WE KNEW WE NEEDED AROUND 10 MILLION.
SO YOU WILL SEE ADDITIONAL SECURITY COSTS THAT WE CAN PROBABLY BE GOING INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, OUR INFLATIONARY COSTS, WE RECEIVE SOME MONEY FOR INFLATIONARY COSTS, BUT SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING OR HEARING BACK FROM STAFF IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE POOLS THAT COST HAS INCREASED OR THE PORT RESURFACING IS HIGHER THAN WHAT IT USED TO BE.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MONEY COMING NOW, THE COSTS ARE ACTUALLY EXCEEDING WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO NEED.
AND WE WILL PROBABLY SEE THAT CONTINUING INTO THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
SO LOOKING FORWARD INTO FISCAL YEAR 24, 25, TRYING TO DEVELOP THAT YEAR OR WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO, UM, MAKE SOME CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS TO.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE MITIGATE THE, THE PAST CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD AND ALL AND ALSO THE CURRENT TRENDS THAT ARE ALSO FOLLOWING US ALREADY.
UM, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE PARTS SYSTEM.
SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE WILL SEE THESE CONSIDERATIONS COME FORWARD.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS.
WE'RE CONSIDERING WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE PART-TIME VERSUS FULL-TIME, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT STAFF VERSUS CONTRACTED LABOR, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, ANYTHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN INSTRUCTED, IF WE WANT TO REQUEST ANY KIND OF VACANCY RATE, MONEY WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO SUBMIT TO THE BUDGET OFFICE AND THAT WOULD BECOME A BID.
SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU WOULD SEE BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO REQUEST OUR FUNDS BACK.
UM, REPLACEMENT OF LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT AND THESE MAJOR MAINTENANCE PARKING FACILITIES, THOSE ARE TWO BIDS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED IN THE PAST AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUBMIT THEM, UM, EVEN AT SOME POINT THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS. OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, SECURITY, WE ALREADY KNEW WE NEEDED MORE MONEY.
WE WERE NOT FULLY FUNDED FOR THAT.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE LOOKING FORWARD FOR MORE SECURITY COSTS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO OUR INFLATIONARY COSTS AS WE'RE ALREADY EXCEEDING THOSE INFLATION COSTS.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ITEMS LIKE THAT TOWARDS OUR INFLATIONARY COSTS.
AND THEN SECONDLY, WHAT ARE, WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT DOING? WHAT OPERATIONAL CHANGES CAN WE DO TO REST OUR SUSTAINABILITY? UM, SO WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE LIMITATION ON THE COST FOR EVENTS, UM, PROGRAMMING NEW INITIATIVES.
WE, UM, DONE A SOFTWARE PURCHASE THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BETTER HELP US TRACK OUR ASSETS, THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH BETTER NUMBERS ON OUR MAJOR MEETINGS ON REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES.
UM, WE'RE EXPLORING APPROPRIATE FEE CHANGES TO OFFSET SOME OF THE PROGRAM COSTS.
UM, SO THAT MIGHT BE A REQUEST THAT YOU'LL SEE COMING THROUGH.
AND THEN OF COURSE LEVERAGING OF THE NEW SPONSORSHIPS.
SO WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? SO SINCE THIS IS JUST A
UM, BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THIS, IF THERE ARE POLICY ITEMS, UM, JUST BE AWARE THAT WE'LL BRING THEM BACK TO EITHER COMMITTEE OR FULL PARK BOARD IF WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT.
UM, AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO GOING FORWARD, UM, AND THIS IS KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF THE OVERVIEW, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE SOME OPERATIONAL BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, UM, BY DIVISION.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT'S GONNA DO SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT BY DIVISION, THOSE FEES, THE CHALLENGES ARE EVEN OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING MOVING FORWARD THAT WILL HELP US WORK THROUGH OUR BUDGET ITEMS. SO, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT TODAY WE ARE STARTING THAT OFF ALREADY AND PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES WILL COME UP, UM, AND PROVIDE US, UM, AN IMPACT BOARD, UM, WHERE THEY ARE WITH THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES BEING FORWARD FOR INITIATIVES.
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MR. WETA? UH, YES.WHAT, WHAT IS, WHERE'S THE SHORTFALL OF THE $3.43 MILLION IN REVENUE? THE DIFFERENCE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DEPARTMENT DID EXCEED THEIR NUMBER? IT IT'S AN OVERALL DEPARTMENTAL WIDE.
UM, I WILL BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE US SAYING THAT
IF YOU DO THAT
AND BECAUSE WE DID NOT SUBMIT A BID THAT SAYS, HEY, WE WANT TO CUT ALL OF THIS, OR WE WENT TO DO THREE SERVICES OR WE WENT TO THESE TYPES OF ITEMS, THEY DID NOT DECREASE OUR REVENUE NUMBER.
SO YOU MAY SEE THAT, YOU MAY NOT SEE THAT DEPENDING WHAT WEEK.
AND ACTUALLY BACK TO THE PARK BOARD, EITHER WE WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT A BID THAT SAYS BE WITH, WE NEED TO CONTINUE THESE SERVICES WHICH YOU'VE BEEN WILLING TO ACCEPT, REDUCE REVENUES, BECAUSE NORMALLY IF YOU REDUCE REVENUES, REDUCE SERVICES, WHICH MEANS THEY TAKE MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE TRUE OFFSET TO EACH OTHER.
UM, OF COURSE AQUATICS HAS BEEN STRUGGLING TO COME BACK FROM COVID.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE INITIAL PETITION.
UM, SEE, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA PROBABLY WORK ON A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE THIS YEAR TO SEE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND UM, THOSE NEW SCHEDULES, PRODUCE FEES AND ALL OF THOSE FEES, YOU CAN SEE IT REFLECTED HERE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FIRST GRAPH, YOU SEE WHERE WE HAD A LOW BUDGET HERE, WE INCREASED IT HERE, WE HAD A HIGH REVENUE BUDGET.
AND LIKE I SAID, THANKFULLY THEY HAVE NOT COME BACK AND PASSED US FOR THOSE FUNDS YET.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WE CAN
I ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY'RE TELLING US, UM, WHERE WHEN THEY FUNDED US AND GAVE US LEAVE, IT'S BECAUSE THE CITY ACTUALLY HAD EXCESS REVENUES AND THAT'S HOW THEY FUNDED THE PARK DEPARTMENT WITH THEIRS.
AND THEY ARE INDICATING THAT THERE ARE NO EXCESS REVENUES THIS YEAR.
AND NOT ONLY INDICATING THAT THERE ARE NO EXCESS REVENUES INDICATING THAT YOU'RE NOT EVEN NEED THE REVENUE.
AND THAT IS A FOREWARNING THAT WE MUST BE
IT HAS, UH, YOU EXACTLY SAID IT, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GOING UP ON OUR RATES ARE ARE ARE POOL TO CLOSE FOR TWO HOURS TO THE DAY.
SOME DEPENDS ON THE POOL AND CONFIDENCE, BUT WE STILL NEED CHEMICALS.
WE STILL NEED WATER THE FRESH, SO THE POOLS OPERATE 24 7 ONLY OPERATE JUST FOR SIX HOURS, WHATEVER OPERATIONAL HOURS.
AND OUR FLEX CENTERS 10, WE GO DOWN THE LIST, RIGHT? SO OUR CHALLENGE SHOULD BE TO ALL OF OUR, OUR, OUR TEAM IS LIKE, WHO, WHERE DO WE RAISE OUR RATES UP WITHOUT FILLING OUR NUMBER? RIGHT? THAT KINDA MAKES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A DILEMMA EVERYBODY FACES.
HOW HIGH CAN YOU GO WITHOUT HAVING A KID OR PARENTS OR SOMEBODY NOT INVOLVED? SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE.
I I THINK IT'S A HARD CHALLENGE JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY PROGRAMS THAT WERE EITHER LOWER THAN STANDARD COST-WISE, NOT, NOT, NOT PRODUCT-WISE, LOWER THAN STANDARD OR FREE.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO FROM FREE TO 75 HOURS A WEEK.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE, THE NUMBERS MIGHT BE DOWN, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A, A LOAD TREND, BUT AT SOME POINT THEY'LL ALL EVEN DOUBT BECAUSE LESS LESS KIDS OR LESS PEOPLE COMMITT TO YOUR PROGRAM, LESS STAFF OR WHATEVER YOU NEED.
SO THAT MIGHT HELP YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE'RE STILL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE A DEFICIT OF 3.43 MILLION ROUGHLY FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN THIS YEAR WE MIGHT TREND DOWN AGAIN.
UM, WE JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST SUBSIDIZE THAT.
AND APPARENTLY $18 AN HOUR FOR LIFEGUARDS DID NOT WORK OUT.
SO WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH LIFEGUARDS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THERE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS, I I I DON'T KNOW HOW WE BRING THOSE NUMBERS UP AND, AND FIX THE COSTS ON EVERYTHING ELSE.
UH, I KNOW I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE GETTING PRICE AGREEMENTS ON CHEMICALS FOR POOLS AND CHEMICAL AND DIRT FOR, FOR, FOR PMO AND ALL THAT.
I HOPE WE ARE, IF WE'RE NOT, WE NEED TO LOOK AT, GO BACK AND REREAD THOSE CONTRACTS AND TRY TO BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
OR A PRICE GUARANTEE FOR THOSE COMPANIES THAT NEXT FIVE YEARS NOTHING GOES UP, SOMEHOW FIX THAT.
I KNOW, I KNOW I DO THAT A LOT AND JUST TRY TO KEEP MAINTAINING MY COSTS NEARLY THE SAME.
UM, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING, JUST FACTORS.
AND I KNOW THE HIRING PROCESS HAS BEEN BETTER AND SOMETIMES IT GETS REAL GOOD, SOMETIMES IT GETS REALLY BAD.
IT JUST TO KIND OF GO, COMES BACK HAVING TO DO WITH WHAT IS CITY HR.
BUT AGAIN, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA WRITE A DOCUMENT AS A BOARD
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TO TRY TO GET OUR HIRING PROCESS DONE DIFFERENTLY.DID THAT EVER HAVE ANY LEGS OR DID WE JUST NOT DO THAT? CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? JI THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA WRITE FOR OUR HIRING PRACTICES TO BE DIFFERENT IN THE CITIES, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SUBMIT THAT TO THE CITY'S HR AND TRY TO GET HIRING PROCESS DONE FASTER FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
OKAY, SO I, I'LL ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TURN THIS FILTER.
I'LL ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO IN REGARD TO THE HIRING PROCESS, ALTHOUGH THE REPORT THAT RACHEL SHARED WITH YOU DOES SHOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WORKING WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT, UM, WE HAVE DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB IN REALLY REDUCING OUR VACANCY RATE.
THIS YEAR WE HAD SEVERAL JOB FAIRS WE THINK HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
ONE OF WHICH WAS JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO, 416 PEOPLE SHOWED UP FIVE, I THINK IT WAS 56 THAT WERE HIRED ON THE SPOT.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO OFFER THOSE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE OF A COMPETITIVE WAGE.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT AND WE ARE MAKING STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO PRODUCE THAT VACANCY RATE.
AND I THINK IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU START SEEING THOSE REPORTS, YOU'LL BE VERY PLEASED AT THE STEPS THAT WE'VE MADE.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE REVENUE LOSS.
I THOUGHT RACHEL DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE YEARS, BUT YOU ASKED A VERY DIRECT QUESTION ABOUT THE 3.4 MILLION WHO FELL SHORT.
AND BECAUSE WE DID REDUCE COST ON MANY THINGS, THAT IS THE RESULT OF THE DEFICIT, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THAT.
UM, WHEN WE DECIDED TO GO FREE WITH THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS ABOUT $1,000,001.
AND SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT PHILOSOPHICALLY WHAT IS OUR POSITION AND HOW DO WE STILL PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES AT EITHER A FREE OR A REDUCED RATE, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A REDUCTION IN THE REVENUE THAT THE CITY RECEIVES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE WEEKS TO COME.
I APPRECIATE THAT MS. FAR, UH, BECAUSE I'M LET THE, THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM TAKES ONE VAN.
WE PRINT THAT OUT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS, OR WE, WE OWN THE VANS NOW.
UH, WE CHANGED THAT ONE THEN, RIGHT? YES, WE DO.
AND BUT IT TAKES TWO STAFF MEMBERS TO GO PICK UP THE KIDS.
ONE IN THE BACK, ONE IN FRONT.
I KNOW THE, I KNOW THE HOLISTIC POLICY, BELIEVE ME DID.
AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE KEEPING KIDS SAFE FOR, WE'RE DOING IT FREE AND PARENTS ARE JUMPING ON IT, FILL IT IN.
I KNOW IN NORTH
BUT WE, WE ALSO GOTTA TELL PARENTS, HEY, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO MAYBE HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE SOMETHING, IF NOT ALL OF IT, TO HELP US GET BACK TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE AT.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE STAFF AT REC CENTERS AND, AND ALL THAT.
BUT IT'S JUST, IT JUST CHALLENG ME THAT, AND I, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF REVENUE CHALLENGES AND ALL THAT, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A NUMBER THAT'S NOT STANDING.
A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO TOO IF WE GET, AND THAT'S JUST ONE NUMBER.
WE CAN ALSO REDUCE THINGS ELSEWHERE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER, EVERYBODY'S GOTTA GO BACK AND LOOK AND REFRESH THEIR BALANCE BOOK AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DEPARTMENT IS NOT MAKING OUR NUMBER.
TRY TO CHALLENGE THE DIRECTORS CO-DIRECTORS, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, SORRY GUYS, ALL YOU BACK THERE.
UM, HOW TO REAMP THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PROGRAMS AND MAKE 'EM VIABLE FOR THE FUTURE TO COME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. SY HAD A HAND UP.
AND I THINK MY
I THINK EXPECTED EVIDENCE AROUND 11 MILLION SOMEWHERE.
IS THAT ANY BETTER? MUCH BETTER.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IF WE WERE THAT FAR OFF ON OUR REVENUE AND THEY DIDN'T MAKE US PAY THEM BACK AND YET WE STILL WENT TO THEM FOR WHATEVER THE AMOUNT WAS THAT GOT US UP TO 120 MILLION, THAT TO ME IS A, A POTENTIAL REALLY BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY MOSTLY WANNA PUSH OUR BUDGET IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
SO IF WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR REVENUES, THAT'S SUCH A BIG NUMBER AND WE ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY.
IF WE HAVE A TOUGH YEAR, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GIVE US ADDITIONAL MONEY AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE US REPAY THOSE REVENUES AND WE'RE REALLY GONNA GONNA BE IN A TOUGH LOT.
SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN INCREASE OUR REVENUES IF IT'S INCREASING OUR GOALS FOR OUR PROGRAMS BECAUSE I'M JUST NERVOUS GOING FORWARD THAT WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD YEAR, THEY'RE
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NOT GONNA LET US OFF THE HOOK FOR THAT MONEY.AND THEY'RE ALSO NOT GONNA GIVE US EXTRA MONEY FOR OUR EMERGENCIES THAT
SO REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF BETTER ANSWER FROM THAT.
YEAH, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
MS.
AND YOU'RE GONNA, AND THINK RACHEL MAY HAVE TOUCHED ON IT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS GONNA COME TO THE BOARD.
AND I THINK MR. WORK THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT EACH DIVISION, WE'RE GONNA SEE EACH DIVISION MAKE A PRESENTATION ON WHAT'S THE CHALLENGES IN THEIR DIVISION, WHAT ARE SOME OF THEIR PLANS TO OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES.
HOW CAN THEY IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES.
AT THE SAME TOKEN WHERE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO REDUCE THE COST WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE QUALITY OF OUR PROGRAM.
BECAUSE TO MISS HASTON BE POINT, WE KNOW THERE MAY BE TIGHT YEARS IN THE FUTURE AND SO WE ARE GONNA DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE POSITION OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY TYPE OF TRENDS IN THE FUTURE.
CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME AT ALL? A LITTLE BIT.
MY, MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION WAS, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE PAYING INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR PEOPLE THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HIRE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT AND WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS? SO, UM, SO BECAUSE THE, THE CITY PURCHASES OF COURSE INSURANCE, PREREAD INSURANCE, THAT INSURANCE PROCESS BASED ON HOW MANY POSITIONS WE HAVE, HOW MANY WE ESTIMATE WILL BE ONBOARDED
SO WE DO ASSIGN AT SOME POINT, AT SOME TIME A START DATE FOR ALL OF OUR POSITIONS.
SO THE, THE BUDGET OFFICE LOOKS AT THAT NUMBER, THEY CHARGE THE INSURANCE FEE TO THAT, AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE BILL HAS TO BE PAID FOR ANYTHING THAT'S SHORT FOR
UM, SO WE HAVE TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE.
THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR WE PAID CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS FOR INSURANCE COSTS ON STAFF.
OKAY, LET ME, AND LET ME JUST MAKE SURE 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT US GET TOO CAUGHT UP INTO ALL THE TECHNICAL STUFF.
UH, OKAY, SO BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS, YOU KNOW, END OF THE DAY THE CITY IS GONNA BUDGET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR HEALTHCARE, PERIOD.
THEY'RE GONNA BUDGET THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS WE HAVE THAT WE PLAN ON FAILING THAT YEAR.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE HIRING CHALLENGES WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GET MORE CREATIVE SO THAT WE DON'T GET CHARGED THAT ADDITIONAL COST.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAW IN MISS, UH, VERY BRIEFING WAS YOU SAW WHERE TEMPORARY COST IS VERY EXPENSIVE WHERE IT IS BECAUSE WE, BECAUSE OF OUR HIRING PROCESS AND THE CHALLENGES OUT THERE, WE HAVE TO GET CREATIVE.
SO WE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH TEMPORARY SERVICES SO WE CAN GET PEOPLE ON BOARD BECAUSE WE GOTTA GET THE SERVICE TO WORK DONE AND I CAN'T WAIT THREE MONTHS TILL SOMEONE GET HIRED 'CAUSE THAT WORK WON'T BE DONE.
SO GUESS WHAT? WE PAYING A PREMIUM COST.
AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO GET MORE EFFICIENT ON HOW WE BRING PEOPLE ON BOARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL COST WE ARE GOING TO ABSORB.
'CAUSE THE WORK HAS TO GET DONE.
I I CAN APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I'M DOUBLY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ONBOARD THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE PAYING FOR INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR PEOPLE WE HAVEN'T HIRED, BUT WE'RE PAYING A PREMIUM TO FOR TEMPORARY STAFFING AND CONSULTING
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POSITIONS.SO WE'RE, I MEAN WE'RE PAYING SO MUCH BECAUSE OF AN INEFFICIENT SYSTEM AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE WE NEED.
SO THIS IS JUST, TO ME, IT'S LIKE A DOUBLE KICK IN THE GUT.
YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DO WE NOT HAVE THE PEOPLE WE NEED, WE HAVE TO PAY WAY MORE THAN WE SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO HIRE TO FILL IN THOSE POSITIONS.
AND WE'RE GETTING SLAMMED WITH A, IN A MILLION DOLLAR INSURANCE BILL FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, WE DON'T HAVE ON STAFF.
SO I'M SUPER FRUSTRATED ABOUT THIS.
I'M JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE ON YOU TO WORK WITH THE CITY'S HR AND OUR R TO LIKE SEE IF WE CAN DO BETTER ON THIS GOING FORWARD.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY AS THEY MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK WITH MS. BRAS.
UH, BUT OUR HR GROUP ARE GONNA BE COMING IN AND PREVIEW YOU ALL AS WELL SO YOU CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.
AND I THINK YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE SHOCKED AT THE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS THEY HAVE MADE THIS YEAR ALONG WITH ALL THE DIVISIONS.
WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS EXCEPT EIGHT.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE IMPRESSED.
WELL I'M HOPING THAT THE NEXT REPORT WILL BE A GOOD NEWS REPORT ON THAT FRONT, SO THANK YOU.
I SEE THAT, UM, MR. JENKY HAS, HAMMOND HAD THEIR INTENT OF, BUT, UM, MR. CONNOR, OH, HE WAS BEFORE YOU.
UM, WELL, MS. HASSMAN, HE KIND OF SAID EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY, UH, ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
I I WAS, AND DIRECTOR JENKINS MOSTLY ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT, UH, BUT THE, IF THERE COULD BE ANY MORE INFORMATION ON WHY IT'S TH COSTS US 38% MORE FOR THE, UH, TEMPORARY.
AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED THAT.
IT'S JUST YOU'VE GOTTA PAY A PREMIUM FOR THAT KIND OF SHORT NOTICE THING.
SO, BUT I WOULD ADD THAT, UM, I DON'T THINK WE GOT A COPY OF THIS BRIEFING AND IT, DID WE GET A, WERE WE SENT A COPY IN ADVANCE? I WAS WORKING ON IT WITH RACHEL AND, UH, PATRICK UNTIL ABOUT SEVEN SOMETHING LAST NIGHT.
SO, UH, MY SUGGESTION, AND SINCE WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE BRIEFINGS IN THE FUTURE, UH, ON THIS, IS THAT IT WOULD BE TO POSTPONE BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES, AS AN OVERSIGHT BODY, IT HAMPERS US GREATLY WHEN WE'VE GOTTA SORT OF PROCESS THIS INFORMATION.
IT STOPS ME FROM BEING ABLE TO ASK THE MORE PROBING QUESTIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ASK IF I HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THESE POINTS.
AND SO I THINK, UH, IF THERE'S NO CRITICAL TIME FACTOR, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DELAY IT JUST 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION ENOUGH IN ADVANCE TO COME UP WITH SOME GOOD QUESTIONS.
UH, SO GOING FORWARD FOR THESE FUTURE ONES, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND IF THE BRIEFINGS NOT READY ON THE SCHEDULED DATE, THEN DELAY IT UNTIL WE, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS IN ADVANCE.
UM, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE SALARY? THOUSAND? SO WE HAVE 846 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
SO WITH THE, THE GRADE OVER 22 MEANING IS THAT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL AS YOU'RE REFERRING TO? I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT GRADES ARE.
SO I I WOULD SAY ARE YOU REFERRING TO MY LEADERSHIP TEAM? YEAH.
OR PEOPLE LIKE, EVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE TRENDING PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
SO WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT SENIOR ENDS PEOPLE, UH, WHICH AT ONE TIME THEY USED TO BE CALLED EXECUTIVES, THEY DON'T CONSIDER 'EM EXECUTIVES ANYMORE, RIGHT.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT NUMBER, PROBABLY AROUND 30 OUT OF 857, UM, HOW MANY EMPTY POSITIONS DO WE HAVE? UH, VANESSA'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK SHE'S SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT MONTH.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE, TO THE, UH, CAN WE BRING UP THE PRESENTATION? CAN YOU GO TO THE SLIDE THAT BRINGS DOWN THE COST PER DEPARTMENT? THERE
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YOU GO.IT'D BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE, GETS DATA AROUND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY IN EACH, EACH ONE.
THESE APARTMENTS, UH, FOR JUST INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE SO AND WHAT THOSE ACRONYMS MEAN.
SO I'M, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LVM IS.
I COULD TELL YOU THAT VERY QUICKLY.
UM, SO CARE IS WIDE ATHLETIC, UM, RESERVATION AND EVENTS.
THAT IS BY, UM, MS. LAWRENCE LEISURE REVIEW MANAGEMENT IS A SECTION OF ADMINISTRATION THAT IS UNDER A MEETING.
UM, PMO IS PART MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS HEADED BY MS. JOHNSON.
UM, PL MEETING IS PLANNING AND DESIGN THAT IS HEADED BY, UM, MS. TURNER WHERE, UM, REC IS RECREATION BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR ROSS.
AND UM, PSI IS PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AS HEADED BY MR. MEDICINE PRESENTATION.
DO THESE SALARIES INCLUDE, UH, WHICH NEED TWO OR WHATEVER? ALL THE SALARIES PER DIVISION.
AND KEEPING IN MIND ALSO JUST
THEY ALSO VARY BY STAFF COST OUTSIDE
SO I AGREE WITH MS. HASTY AND MR. DICKEY.
I THINK THAT, UH, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MARK BEING, YOU KNOW, A, A COMMON GOOD OR A GREATER GOOD THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY, WHICH I AGREE WITH.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE
I MEAN THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION WHEN WE WENT FREE AFTER SCHOOL.
UM, THERE WERE PEOPLE SITTING AROUND THIS SMALL HORSE SHOOTER DID NOT WANNA DO THAT.
UM, AND UH, I THINK RESULTS OF THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO CHARGE SOME OF OUR SERVICES IMPORTANT.
ALEXA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, ONCE AGAIN, I'M DOING THIS PROCESS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
THIS IS TODAY IS JUST INTENDED AS AN OVERVIEW, JUST AN OVERVIEW.
SO WHEN WE START BRINGING YOU THESE BRIEFINGS, AND I AGREE YOU WILL GET 'EM IN ADVANCE,
BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE FACING AND, AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS AGAIN 'CAUSE AS WE HAVE TO USE YOUR WORDS.
WELL, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TOLD ME K THREE, I NEED TO RIGHTSIZE THIS DEPARTMENT AND YOU ALL NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE REAL CHALLENGES ARE AND THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.
OKAY? SO TODAY WAS NOT INTENDED TO GO THROUGH WHAT TO CUT, WHAT SHOULD WE NOT DO? IT IS TO TRULY MAKE SURE AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU HAVE THIS DOCUMENT AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS GOING FORWARD OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS HERE.
AND WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ALSO WHAT'S THE BALANCE BETWEEN FREE AND A FEE? WHAT SHOULD THAT LOOK LIKE PHILOSOPHICALLY FOR THIS DEPARTMENT? YEAH, FOR SURE.
I THINK THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT, WE TALK ABOUT INFLATION A LOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, AT LEAST WITH THE PLANNING DESIGN COMMITTEE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CHRIS DO THIS MASSIVE EXERCISE ABOUT THE CHANGE ORDERS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
WE'VE INVESTIGATED THAT AS IT RELATES TO COVID AND WE KEPT UP COMMISERATE WITH INFLATION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT.
UM, CAN YOU BRING BACK UP THE PIE CHART THAT WAS ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE BREAKDOWN OF, UH, OF HOW THE MONEY'S SPENT.
SO WHERE ON THAT IS ACTUAL LIKE SO MATERIALS WOULD BE, I KNOW THERE'S A COMBINATION, BUT I KNOW WE KIND OF LIKE LUMP MAINTENANCE IN JOHN.
YOU KNOW, WE SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO FIX SOMETHING OR YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE, SO WE'RE, WE'RE WITH, THERE'S A COMBINATION OF THAT BETWEEN SALARIES, MAINTEN, UH, MATERIALS AND SERVICE.
IT'S COMBINATION BETWEEN MATERIALS AND SERVICE.
UM, IF THEY DO THE WORK THAN THEMSELVES, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GOING TO PURCHASE THE MATERIALS THEY NEED.
UM, IF THEY CONTRACTED OUT AND IT TAKES THEIR SERVICE.
SO IF WE'RE DOING IT IN-HOUSE, SALARY COST, THEN IT'S MATERIAL.
WE DO IT BY CONTRACT, IT IS A SERVICE COST.
UM, LAST THING I'LL SAY, BECAUSE I'M EARNING OUTTA TIME, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS AND I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE PART OF OUR PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATIONS.
WERE MOVING FORWARD, BUT LAND'S
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NOT GETTING ANY LESS EXPENSIVE AND I KNOW THAT WE WANNA BUY LAND.UM, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT.
UM, MARIA, PROBABLY MOST OF ALL, UM, THAT BUYING LAND WHEN WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME PAYING TO MAINTAIN THE LAND WE ALREADY OWN.
I THINK THAT WE'RE, I MEAN LIKE THIS SMACKS ME IN THE FACE OF THAT.
SO, UM, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE BUILDING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN TERMS OF EXPANSION AND I, WE BOUGHT LAND IN DISTRICT 12, BUT, BUT EVEN LAND THAT'S GIVEN TO US AND THEN HAVING TO MAINTAIN THAT, LIKE WE NEED TO BE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT THE LAND.
AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, I'M JUST SAYING THIS FOR THE RECORD, VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING SO WE CAN, WE KNOW WE CAN BE PAID FOR.
SO YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, SO MS. EVAN, WAS THAT ME? I COULDN'T HEAR
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEY'RE UH, PROBABLY VERY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, JUST VERY POINTED QUESTIONS.
SO NO LONG EXPLANATION NEEDED.
UM, SO WITH THE, I THINK I PROBABLY UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN ANYBODY HOW HARD IT IS TO HIRE PEOPLE AT CITY HALL, BUT IS THERE A PARTICULAR AREA OF, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, IS IT ONE OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS? LIKE WHICH POSITIONS ARE WE HAVING TROUBLE HIRING? I JUST DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW THE, THE HISTORY, SO I'M JUST KIND OF ASKING FOR MY OWN INFORMATION.
I CAN TELL YOU, UH, WITH IRRIGATORS, JUST TO GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE, IRRIGATORS WERE OUR TECHNICAL POSITIONS IN THE PAST HAS BEEN HARD TO HIRE.
HOWEVER, FORTUNATELY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRY TO WORK WITH OUR HR AND THE CITY HR WHERE WE CAN OFFER SOME INCENTIVES.
AND SO, BUT WE'RE STILL HAVING A HARD TIME HIRING IRRIGATORS.
SO IS IT MORE, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF AN ISSUE.
IT'S MORE OF THE TECHNICAL POSITIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO OTHER PLACES AND PROBABLY MAKE MORE MONEY AND GET HIRED ON A LITTLE EASIER AND NOT TAKE SIX MONTHS THAT WE'RE WE HAD.
IT'S JUST A COMPETITION IN THE MARKET TYPE THING.
SITUATION, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
YOU'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FACING.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET PEOPLE ON BOARD AND IN LIKE A WEEK WE'RE SAYING FOLKS GO TAKE ANOTHER JOB.
UM, AND FINAL QUESTION IS, WELL I'M SORRY.
LET ME JUST DITTO WHAT MR. DICKEY AND MR. CONNOR SAID, UM, ABOUT GETTING IT AHEAD OF TIME, BUT ALSO, UM, THANK YOU LA UH, MR. CONNOR FOR ASKING WHAT THOSE ACRONYMS MEANT.
'CAUSE I WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING.
SO JUST IN THE LIGHT OF TRANSPARENCY AND FOR US THAT ARE NEW TO THE BOARD, I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT SOME OF THOSE, UH, THINGS MEAN FOR, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY AND FOR PLAIN LANGUAGE.
UM, BUT MY SECOND AND FINAL QUESTION AROUND, AND I HAVE SLEPT SINCE MY CITY HALL DAYS, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT I THOUGHT IN MOST OF THE ENTERPRISE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WHERE YOU'RE REQUIRED TO, YOU KNOW, BRING IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND MAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THOSE AMOUNTS USED TO BE BASED ON A FORMULA.
WHAT IS THE PARK FOR ITS FORM? LIKE WHAT IS IT BASED ON? WHAT'S OUR BASELINE? LIKE, IS IT PAST THREE YEARS? IS IT, DOES IT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT AROUND THE HORSESHOE? UM, OR IS IT JUST A HISTORICAL NUMBER THAT THIS IS WHAT PARKS HAS BOUGHT IN EVERY YEAR SINCE 1989? AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AS INFLATION WORKS, THIS IS WHAT PARKS SHOULD BE BRINGING IN, IN 2023, 2024.
LET RACHEL ANSWER THE ENTERPRISE AND THEN I WILL, I'LL ANSWER THE WHOLE PHILOSOPHY WHEN IT COMES TO PARKS AND REVENUES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PARK DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE SET RATE PERFORM AS THE ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS DUE SINCE.
UM, WE ARE NOT BASED ON FUNDING OURSELVES VIA, UM,
THEY DO SEE THE REVENUES THAT COME IN EXPECTATION, HOW MUCH WE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PAY TOWARDS THE BUDGET, COVER OUR OWN COSTS.
AND ALSO, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THE REVENUES ARE COMING IN, AS I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, IT MAY, WE WANNA DO A REVENUE REDUCTION.
WE, WE TAKE THAT TO THE BUDGET OFFICE AND WE NEED TO HAVE AN EXPLANATION.
AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT GET VOTED ON, UM, BASED ON BUDGET, UM, ENHANCEMENTS.
'CAUSE THAT IS TECHNICALLY, UH, AN ENHANCEMENT TO HAVE LOWER REVENUE COSTS REDUCED.
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HISTORICALLY.THE, WE DID HAVE A HIGHER REVENUE, UH, AT THE BUDGET OFFICE CAME IN.
THEY LOOKED AT OUR REVENUE NUMBERS, THEY LOOKED AT OUR FEES, AND THEY DIDN'T AGREE TO LET US REDUCE OUR REVENUE WITHOUT A LOSS OF EXPENSE FUND.
AND I'LL LET MR. MS. SAM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO MORE DEEPER DISCUSSION BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD REALLY DISCUSSING WHOLE PHILOSOPHICAL, FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE THE PARK SYSTEM MORE SUSTAINABLE? AND PART OF THAT IS WE LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT SHOULD BE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN CHARGING FEES AND HAVING FREE PROGRAM.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS, AS YOU KNOW, AND ALL OF YOU ALL AROUND THE TABLE AND ON THE CALL KNOW, UH, WE'RE IN THE SERVICE BUSINESS, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO FOLKS WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD CERTAIN PROGRAMS OR OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT BALANCE.
BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WHERE FOLKS CAN AFFORD THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
IS THERE A BALANCE THAT WE CAN CHARGE FEES? BUT WHEN I SAY WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A SERIOUS DISCUSSION, BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE HAVE, WE HAVE HAD MASTER, I MEAN, WE HAVE HAD PLANS, RECREATION PLAN THAT HAS RECOMMENDED TO PREVIOUS BOARDS THAT THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD CHARGE.
AND FOR, YOU KNOW, RIGHTFULLY SO, OR WHATEVER THE REASONING, UH, THE BOARD DID NOT GO WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING A LOT OF THOSE ITEMS BACK TO THIS BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
I'LL JUST, UH, WRAP UP WITH THIS COMMENT.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS THAT AS A BOARD WE HAVE TO HAVE AND FIGURE OUT.
AND I THINK TO, TO YOUR EARLIER, UM, COMMENT ABOUT THE STRATEGY, I DO THINK THAT WE AS A BOARD, AS A CITY HAVE TO DECIDE WHERE DOES PARK AND REC FIT, RIGHT? AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE FEE AND HOW, YOU KNOW, OUR AMOUNT IS DETERMINED BECAUSE WE MAY NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE AS WE MOVE INTO A MORE EQUITABLE CITY, IT MAY REQUIRE THAT, UM, WE THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW PARKS AND RECS CHARGE, RIGHT? SO IT MAY NOT BE FAIR TO ASK THE PARK DEPARTMENT TO UP PRICES FOR THINGS THAT SHOULD BE A PART OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN, IN A CITY.
AND IT MAY BE OKAY TO FIND THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'LL BE A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF IT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, LEAK YOU BACK AND I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
HANDS ME, UH, MS. HANBY AND MR. DICKEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, HANDS ABOUT MOST THIS TALK ABOUT THIS TEMPORARY, THIS, UH, SPAN PRAYER.
I GOTTA GIVE THIS EXECUTIVE STYLE.
MR. KINS, CHRIS, MR. CHRISTIAN, UH, RYAN, MR. LAWRENCE AND MS. JOHNSON, THEY WERE FRUSTRAT TOO ABOUT WHY THEY GOT TOGETHER WITH THEIR HUMAN RESOURCES.
THEY STARTED DOING THESE JOB PROGRAM AND I INTENDED IT TO COUPLE, THEY WERE SICK AND TIRED OF THIS EXTRA MONEY.
SHOW YOU WHAT THIS LEADERSHIP WAS.
THEY STARTED HAVING A JOB HIRING SPOT.
YOU KNOW, MISS BARBIE, ONE OF OUR FORMER BOARD BOARD MEMBER, SO FRUSTRATED BY OUR IRRIGATORS BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE HIRE SOMEBODY, IT TAKE THEM SIX MONTHS.
COME BOOM, BOARD HAD TO GO GET FOOD STAMPS TO HIRE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, GET ANOTHER FELLOW SOMEWHERE.
AND I'M JUST, UH, LET'S GET THIS THING ROLLING BECAUSE THIS YEAR, SO HAVE GOOD DAY TIME CITY ATTORNEYS.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, REQUEST THAT WE GET THESE BRIEFINGS IN ADVANCE, REALLY ALL THE BRIEFINGS, BUT PARTICULARLY BUDGET, EVEN IF IT'S 7:00 PM NINE BEFORE.
UM, 'CAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REVIEW IT, THAT FORMAL QUESTIONS.
AND THEN, UM, I ASSUME WE DON'T HAVE THIS NOW, BUT IN A FUTURE BRIEFING, CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF
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THIS WORK PARKS BUDGET AS IT RELATES TO THE OVERALL GROWTH OF THE CITY BUDGET? SO WE CAN SEE HOW, UH, TERRIBLY UNDERFUNDED WE ARE, BUT THE CITY, AND PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE GROWTH OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND NEW DEPARTMENTS THAT POPPED UP IN THE LAST LIKE 10, 20 YEARS.UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE OR ANYTHING OF THIS PRESENTATION I GONNA EVEN REFER TO, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT ARE GENERAL WHEN WE SEE, UM, SOMEBODY'S TITLE IS SAY INTERIM IT, THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE NOT HIRED YET.
AND THEN HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE TO HAVE THEM HIRED? AND DOES IT OTHER, IS IT THE, THE SAME TYPE OF, IS IT BUDGETED THE SAME LINE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE FOR HIRED? SO POSITION THAT IS SOMEBODY WHO IS WITH US.
SO TECHNICALLY THEIR
TECHNICALLY THE VACANT POSITION WOULD COVER THEIR 5%, BUT THE POSITION THEY'RE FILLING INTERIM STILL ZERO VACANT.
AND HOW LONG IS THAT NORMALLY? OKAY.
AND SO THAT IS BASED ON OH, INTO NO, THAT COULD DEPEND ON SEVERAL FACTORS.
AND IT, IT MIGHT JUST BE AVAILABILITY.
IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, WHAT THE FUNDS MIGHT BE, WHAT THE, I MEAN, IT COULD BE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT GO INTO HOW LONG JUST STAYING INTERNAL ASSIGNMENTS, OPPORTUNITY.
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO GET DEVELOPED.
SO TECHNICALLY INTERIM ASSIGNMENTS ARE ACTUALLY WRITTEN UP FOR SIX MONTHS AT TIME.
SO YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY WOULDN'T STAY ON INTERIM FOR SIX, SIX MONTHS.
AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FREE OR CHARGING AND THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENS DOWN THE LINE, CAN WE ALSO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN OFFSET THAT FREE BY GRANTS AND DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS? WHAT YOU GONNA SEE COMING UP? UH, I, MY, IT'S MY LEVERAGE OF BEING ON THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN THE PAST FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
YEARS, HOW WE DO THAT, I MEAN, WITH THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW MY HANDWRITING ON THE LAST, SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AND I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT, UH, IN MY HANDS BEFOREHAND.
I GET UP AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING, SO I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH IT, BUT THANK YOU.
UH, YEAH, JUST TO REITERATE, WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT YES, LET'S, IF WE GET THESE IN ADVANCE, IT'S JUST HARD FOR ME TO REACT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO READ IT THROUGH AND HAVE PREPARED QUESTIONS.
SO I I WOULD LIKELY HAVE MORE.
BUT, UH, AS WE THINK ABOUT ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES, I KNOW I MADE THIS POINT BEFORE, BUT CAN WE INCLUDE IN MODEL INCREASES OUR FEES FOR NON-RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF USE OF OUR FACILITIES, BUT NOT LIVE IN DALLAS.
I KNOW WE DO THIS AT BA BEACH AND IT'S LIKE A $2 SURCHARGE.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT IN ALL OF OUR PARKS FACILITIES.
I THINK THAT'S AN EASY WAY TO INCREASE REVENUE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING THE MODELS.
AS YOU IMAGINE YOUR PLANS FOR 2024, YOU SHOULD ALSO IMAGINE WHAT YOUR WORK WEEK LOOKS LIKE FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE.
WE, WE KNOW THE COST OF OVERTIME IS KILLING US JUST 'CAUSE OF THE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCHEDULES THAT WE HAVE, GET 'EM FOR THE WEEKEND.
BUT EVERY DEPARTMENT SHOULD LOOK AT WHETHER A JOB IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
'CAUSE PARKS IS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
SO TECHNICALLY YOU NEED SOMEBODY OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND NOT PAYING OVERTIME.
MAYBE MOVE THAT, YOU KNOW, MOVE JR TO WORK
IF NOT, WHEN WE HIRE NEW PEOPLE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THEIR PACKAGE.
THEY WORK EVERY WEEKEND THAT THEY ARE ON THE JOB.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, NO MATTER WHAT.
IF IT RAINS, THEY GET AN EASY DAY.
YOU JUST GOTTA FIGURE THAT THAT REIMAGINE THOSE JOB, THOSE JOB POSITIONS AND WHAT THEY DO WORK THAT MIGHT HELP SOLVE YOUR OVERTIME.
MR. UM, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP, DID YOU? ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, WELL, I AGREE WITH MR. HUERTA.
I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT'S IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS AND THAT WE DON'T STAFF WEEKENDS AS WELL, OR FULLY AS WE SHOULD.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN OUR CUSTOMERS REALLY
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COME OUT.UH, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MS. HAMMOND SAID, UM, ABOUT OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND, AND HAVING TO CHARGE FEES, WHICH I THINK WE MAYBE HAVE SOME PHILOSOPHICAL DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT THAT.
I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT EVERYONE ELSE'S OPINION, BUT I, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UH, I ATTENDED THE BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND THE CITY MANAGER CAME TO OURS AND I ASKED HIM THIS QUESTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WITH 62% OF OUR BUDGET IN THE CITY IS POLICE AND FIRE.
AND 1% HISTORICALLY, FOR THE LAST FOUR BUDGET CYCLES HAS BEEN TO HUMAN SERVICES.
AND HUMAN SERVICES CAN HELP US WITH OUR, OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND PRE-K AND UH, AND ALSO, UH, IN THIS LAST BUDGET CYCLE, 6% WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MOSTLY DUE TO $109 MILLION PAYOUT ON A TIF.
BUT IT'S STILL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT 6% HUMAN SERVICES AT 1%.
SO I AGREE THAT IF, IF JUST POLITICALLY EVEN THIS DEPARTMENT COULD MAKE MORE OF A POINT THAT WE ARE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY VERY GREATLY, WE COULD USE MORE SUPPORT IN THE BUDGET.
UH, AND IT, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD WORK OUT WITHIN THE BUDGET, BUT THAT FOR US TO GET MORE MONEY FROM THE CITY BUDGET FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, NOT FOR IT ALL TO JUST HAVE TO COME OUT OF OUR SOPHIE'S CHOICE ON OUR OWN BUDGET.
'CAUSE WE DO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL BENEFIT OF THE CITY AND OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS REDUCE OUR COSTS FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, ET CETERA.
SO I JUST WANT TO AGREE WITH MS. HAMMOND THAT GLOBE, LOOKING AT THIS GLOBALLY, OUR HUMAN SERVICES PRIORITIES IN THIS CITY, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL, AND I CERTAINLY DO LOBBY MORE STRONGLY FOR US TO DEVELOP MORE IN THIS CITY TO HUMAN SERVICES AND NOT JUST TO HAVE THAT CRITICAL COMPONENT OF AFTERSCHOOL COME SO STRONGLY OUT OF JUST THE PARK DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
MR. WOOD, YOU SAY, MR. YES, MR. WOOD.
UM, MR. DICKEY TOOK THE WIND OUTTA MY SAIL.
UM, I, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY, UM, ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS, BUT HONESTLY WE'RE IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY BUSINESS TOO.
UM, AND SOME OF THE POLICE DOLLARS COULD BE GOING FOR AFTER SCHOOL, UM, EVENINGS, UM, WEEKENDS.
UM, BECAUSE WE KEEP THE KIDS BUSY, THEY'RE GONNA BE OFF THE STREET.
THERE'S GONNA BE LESS ISSUES, UM, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
UM, SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE ADVOCATING FOR THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IN SUBURBS, UM, THEY HAVE ADULT LEAGUES PLAYING AT 11, 12 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT TO PLAY DIFFERENT, UM, LEAGUE GAMES.
SO I'M SURPRISED THAT WE DON'T CAPITALIZE ON ANY OF THAT KIND OF PLAY, UM, AT ANY OF OUR CENTERS.
UM, AND AGAIN, I AGREE WITH MR. WTA THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY'S JOB IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
UM, NOT EVERYBODY'S JOB IS EIGHT TO FIVE.
UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN RETAIL THAT WORK, YOU KNOW, UP UNTIL THE HOLIDAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT WORK ON HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW, IT, THERE'S DIFFERENT WORK SCHEDULES.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS AN EXECUTIVE OR A A A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY JOB.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO, UM, CAPITALIZE ON, YOU KNOW, USING DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A DIFFERENT WORKFORCE IF WE'RE DOING SECOND SHIFT, THIRD SHIFT JOBS, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A SECOND JOB AND THAT SECOND JOB, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO A AFTERSCHOOL EVENING SPORTING THING WHEN THEY'RE COMING THERE TO WORK, THEY CAN ALSO BRING THEIR KIDS.
SO IT BRINGS THE KIDS OFF AND IT GETS US STAFFED AND IT PROVIDES COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO, UM, I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO GET CREATIVE AND, UM, WE HAVE TO BE THERE WHEN OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS US.
NOT EVERYBODY'S THERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO FIVE OR EIGHT TO SEVEN, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER OUR HOURS ARE.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, IF WE DO, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE
UM, SO JUST ABOUT MAYBE MARKETING OF A PASS HIGHER THAN, THAN THINKING ABOUT ONE TIME, ONE OFFS
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OF CHARGING THE FORM.JUST SOMEWHERE TO GET TO THE THOUGHT PROCESS.
I, YEAH, MR. WOOD MADE A COMMENT.
I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, WHERE, WHERE IN THE CITY DO WE ABLE TO BE? EXPLAIN 11 OR 12, YOU SAID LIKE, WE FIRST ALL, WE HAVE A ORDINANCE.
I MEAN, FAR IN THE NORTH WE HAVE PEOPLE PLAYING TO CAPITALIZE SUBURBS.
SOUTHERN, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE MONEY ON PEOPLE PLAYING.
I'M JUST GONNA, DANIEL, ARE YOU FOR US TO BEING OPEN LATER? I HAVE, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT WHEN I TALK TO THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY, UM, LEAGUE BASKETBALL, HOCKEY, SOCCER, UM, AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT ON AN ADULT LEAGUE.
UM, AND THEY, THEY GO TO FRISCO.
UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE IN DALLAS, THEY GO TO FRISCO TO PLAY.
I'M JUST CLARIFYING, LIKE, YEAH.
ARE YOU GETTING PRETTY OPEN LATER? YEAH.
UM, MS. BARRY, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
WE HAVE ONE ITEM, PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVE IMPACT.
THIS, THE FIRST ONE IS TEAM MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.
SO, UH, RACHEL, JUST, UH, KIND AN OVERVIEW.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA KIND OF DIAL IT IN A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT MY LITTLE MEAN AND MEME GROUP.
SHE MAY HAVE STEPPED OUT, BUT WE'RE ALL HERE IN COURSE, ROBIN,
PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS PRESENTATION, KIND OF GET ALL OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO, THAT THE MONEY GETS SPENT TOWARDS THESE EFFORTS, THE OUTCOME ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EFFORTS.
IT'S, SO, WITH THAT FULL INTRODUCTION, I'D LIKE TO END IT OVER TO ROBIN.
WE GET A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
UH, ON THE PARTNERSHIP AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVE DIVISION, UM, MANAGERS AND SUPPORTS THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT PARTNERS, INCLUDING CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT,
THE DIVISION ALSO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES, SUCH AS PERFORMANCE REPORTING, COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING, A RECENT EDITION OF THE MARKETING GROUP AND REVENUE GENERATION.
SO, AS FAR AS THE FINANCIAL BUDGET FOR, UM, PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, OUR BUDGET CONSISTS SOLELY OF SALARIES.
UM, BUT THE COLLECTIVE, WELL EXCLUDING THE RECENT EDITION OF THE MARKETING TEAM AT, BUT THE COLLECTIVE WORK OF THE PSI TEAM CONTRIBUTES APPROXIMATELY $128 MILLION TO THE PARK SYSTEM THROUGH ITS VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.
SO, UH, OUR PSI BUDGET IS AROUND 780,000.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THE FIVE MAJOR, UM, REVENUE GENERATING FUNCTIONS THAT PSI, UM, WORKS ON.
AND I WILL SAY THAT THE WORK OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVE DIVISION IS, UH, WE COORDINATE A LOT OF THESE EFFORTS, BUT A LOT OF WORK IS DONE BY THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, IN PARTICULAR, UH, LEISURE VENUE MANAGEMENT, UM, PART MAINTENANCE AND WORKING WITH, UH, THE VARIOUS PARTS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, PARTNER RELATIONS SUPPORTS THE DAY-TO-DAY RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S, MAJOR LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT, CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, AND GOVERNMENTAL PARTNER.
UH, WE ADD APPROXIMATELY $80 MILLION IN OPERATIONAL VALUE BY LEVERAGING THE 20 APPROXIMATE $20 MILLION IN STIPENDS.
SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE MANAGEMENT PARTNER IMPACT, THESE ARE THE, THE, THE PARTNERS THAT BRING IN DIRECT VALUE TO THE DEPARTMENT BY, UH, OPERATING OUR ASSETS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, THE FIRST FIVE ARE THE ONES THAT RECEIVE A STIPEND.
UH, SO THE FIRST COLUMN HAS THE AMOUNT OF THE STIPEND THAT WE, THEY RECEIVE.
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AND THEN THE SECOND COLUMN IS THE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTION THAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE IN OPERATING, UM, EXPENSES, UH, FOR THE TOTAL IMPACT.SO EACH OF THESE PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLIES THE DOLLARS THAT WE GIVE THEM, UM, AND EXTENDS OUR REACH FAR BEYOND WHAT WE COULD DO WITH OUR OWN STAFF.
UH, SO WITH THE 19 ON NEARLY $20 MILLION IN, UM, STIPENDS THAT WE PAY OUT, UH, WE RETURN IN RETURN GET NEARLY $80 MILLION IN OFFERING VALUE.
SO THAT'S LIKE A FULL FOUR TIME MULTIPLIER OF OUR INVESTMENT.
AND THE, THE ONES THAT ARE GROUPED TOGETHER AT THE BOTTOM, THEY DON'T RECEIVE A STIPEND YET.
THEY BRING, UH, COLLECTIVELY NEARLY $9 MILLION, OR, SORRY, $11 MILLION IN OPERATIONAL VALUE.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE THE ADDED ASSET VALUE THAT COMES FROM THESE PARTNERSHIPS.
THIS IS THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY MAKE, ESSENTIALLY INVESTING IN THE CITY'S ASSETS, UM, ON OUR BEHALF.
UH, THIS CAN BE THROUGH, WE HAVE FAIR PARK FIRST, UM, THROUGH THE FUNDRAISING, UM, AND THE MONEY THAT THEY BRING IN TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
UM, THE UPCOMING, UH, FAIR PARK SURCHARGE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BRING $8 MILLION INTO THE SYSTEM FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN THE TIFFS AND KIDS, UH, THAT WE ACCESS MONEY FROM THAT ALSO, UH, BRING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYSTEM.
AND THIS ADDS UP TO NEARLY 26 MILLION.
THE NEXT GROUP IS, UM, OUR PARTNER DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION, AND THAT'S THE MANAGEMENT AND OVER OVERSIGHT, UM, AND FOSTERING OF DEVELOPMENT, FORMAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PART PROJECTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
THESE TEND TO BE THE KIND OF, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, ONE-OFF PROJECTS AS, AS OPPOSED TO, TO THE ONGOING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, THIS SLIDE HAS A SUMMARY OF THE 2223 PARTNERSHIPS, UM, THAT WE HAD, WHICH GENERATED ABOUT 3.7 MILLION IN AVOIDED COSTS.
AND IN 2324, WE'RE ALREADY TO DATE HAVE $13.3 MILLION IN AVOIDED COST PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE.
SO THESE ARE THE, UM, WHERE WE WORK WITH TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION, THE VALUE THAT, UH, THE COOL SCHOOLS BRINGS TO THE SYSTEM.
DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND THEN SOME OF OUR, UH, MORE RECENT ONES, THE ROLAND PARISH PARK PROJECT, UM, THE, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, DALLAS GOLF INITIATIVE, BISD, UH, VARIOUS, UM, PORTS THAT WE'RE HAVING BUILT, UH, THOSE TOTAL 13.3 MILLION.
UM, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION GROUP, UH, OVERSEES THE PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES THE FUND MANAGEMENT ALLOCATION AND EXPENDITURE PLANNING, AND THE GIS MAPPING OF THE PARK SYSTEM.
AND PARK PARKLAND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO OFFSET OPERATING EXPENSES WITH PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGES.
AND JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT, THE, UH, STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A NEW HOUSE BILL ON THIS MOST RECENT SESSION THAT CHANGED THE WAY PARKLAND DEDICATION CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FIVE LARGEST CITIES IN TEXAS CITY, OVER 800,000.
SO WITH THIS CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE, WE, UM, WE WILL, IT, IT CHANGED NOT JUST THE WAY THAT WE COLLECTED AND CALCULATE THE FEES, BUT THE TIMING OF WHEN THOSE FEES ARE COLLECTED.
SO, SINCE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION PROGRAM WAS STARTED IN 2020, WE RAISED NEARLY $14 MILLION IN PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES, AND THE AVERAGES AROUND 3.5 MILLION A YEAR.
UM, WE, AS YOU SEE ON THE CHART, UM, WE'RE EXPECTING OUR REVENUE TO GO DOWN, UM, OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
AND THIS IS, UH, SOLELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT MULTIFAMILY AND HOTEL, UM, DEVELOPERS WILL NO LONGER PAY THEIR PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES AT PERMIT APPLICATION.
THEY WILL PAY THEM AT THE TIME THEY APPLY FOR THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
SO THE, THE COLLECTION OF THOSE FUNDS IS GOING TO BE DELAYED FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES THEM TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT, WHICH WE ESTIMATE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONCE TO TWO YEARS DELAY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO COLLECT SINGLE FAMILY, UM, PARKLAND EDUCATION FEES AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION.
THE, UH, ORDINANCE DID NOT, OR THE NEW HOUSE BILL DID NOT SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR CURRENT METHOD, BUT WE DO EXPECT AFTER THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND AS THAT MULTI-FAMILY AND HOTEL MOTEL FEES START TO COME IN, THAT WE SHOULD STRONGLY REBOUND BECAUSE OF THE NEW FEE CALCULATION METHOD, UH, THAT THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED.
SO, UH, WE, THIS IS GOING TO, UM, ALLOW US TO REALLY INCREASE THE MONEY THAT COMES IN AND IN REWRITING THE ORDINANCE, WHICH WE EXPECT TO GO THE COUNCIL, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UM, WE HOPE TO, UM,
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HAVE, UH, EXPAND THE WAYS THAT WE CAN SPEND THIS MONEY.UM, SO THAT COULD HELP US WITH OFFSETTING, UH, SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE BEAR AS A DEPARTMENT IN LAND ACQUISITION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT.
NEXT, WE HAVE OUR GRANTS AND FUND DEVELOPMENT.
THE GRANTS AND FUND DEVELOPMENT STAFF CREATE AN ANNUAL FUND DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, FROM THE STATE, FEDERAL AND FOUNDATION GRANT PROGRAMS WITH, UH, PICKING IN MIND DIVISIONAL PREFERENCES, TARGETED GOALS, UM, FOR NOTIFICATIONS, SUBMITTALS, AND MONETARY AWARDS.
UH, 20 18 19, UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED $20 MILLION IN GRANTS.
IT'S AN AVERAGE OF 3.1 ANNUALLY, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART, WE ARE KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK THIS YEAR ON OUR GRANT AWARDS.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED NEARLY $8 MILLION THIS YEAR IN ADVANCE.
NEXT IS OUR NEWEST SOURCE OF REVENUE SPONSORSHIPS.
UM, SO THE SALES PHASE, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY KICKING IT OFF, UH, FEBRUARY 1ST, UM, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE NEW SPONSORSHIP AND MARKETING POLICY THAT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UM, AND IT TAKE, WE ARE EXPECTING THAT WE'LL GENERATE AROUND 255,000 IN REVENUE ANNUALLY UNTIL THE PRO UH, PROGRAM REACHES ITS MATURATION, WHICH THEY SAY TAKES ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
SO WE'RE PROJECTING THAT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE SHOULD INCREMENTALLY INCREASE BY THAT AMOUNT TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE SUSTAINING, UH, 1.2 MILLION IN REVENUE ANNUALLY.
UM, AND THE BOARD IN APPROVING THE POLICY, 10% OF THAT WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR A PARK MAINTENANCE ENDOWMENT, BUT THE REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE, UM, ALLOCATED AT THE PREFERENCE OF, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE DIRECTOR AND THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.
SO THIS ALSO HAS OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING REVENUE INTO AREAS WHERE WE MIGHT NEED A LITTLE MORE HELP.
SO THE SUMMARY OF ALL THIS, UM, THE PSI THROUGH ITS FUNCTIONS AND WORKING WITH THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVELY DOUBLES THE BUDGET, THE IMPACT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
SO OUR GENERAL FUND IS, UH, 120 MILLION, 17% OF THAT IS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES BUDGET, ALONG WITH THE STIPENDS.
AND I DO WANNA CORRECT A, A ERROR ON THIS, ON THE ARROWS FOR GROWTH.
IT'S ACTUALLY 128 MILLION THAT GROWS.
AND SO THEN WHEN YOU ADD THAT ADDED VALUE THAT IS BROUGHT IN DARK BLUE, IT INCREASES OUR TOTAL IMPACT TO 200 AND $248 MILLION, UH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE INITIAL BUDGET IS.
SO IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT WITH OUR PARTNERS AND WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES OF
AND THEN HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF, OF THAT LARGER PIE.
AND SO THAT DARK BLUE PIECE OF THE PIE, UH, THE MAJORITY COMES IN, UM, FROM OUR PARTNER RELATIONS FUNCTION.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT BIGGEST IS OUR PARTNER DEVELOPMENT, FOLLOWED BY GRANTS, UM, PARKLAND DEDICATION AND SPONSORSHIP.
SO ON OUR FUTURE MEETINGS WE'RE, UM, OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2016, AND IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED BY 2026.
WE ARE NOW LOOKING, IT'S STARTING THE PROCESS, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE TO COST AROUND 400,000.
WE'RE ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN, UM, GETTING A MARKETING STRATEGIC PLAN TO HELP REFINE AND FOCUS THE EFFORTS, UM, OF OUR MARKETING TEAM.
AND ONGOING, WE EXPECT TO, UH, USE, UTILIZE, UH, SOME OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S OUT THERE TO MAKE OUR OPERATIONS MORE EFFICIENT.
LASER AI IS THE, UM, ESSENTIALLY THE PEOPLE COUNTING SYSTEM THAT IS DONE THROUGH CELL PHONE PINGS THAT WOULD GIVE US MUCH MORE ACCURATE, ACCURATE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS AND HELP US, UH, TARGET, UH, WHERE OUR USERS ARE VISITING POWER DMS WOULD HELP US WITH OUR CAPRA UH, ACCREDITATION.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE OUR EFFORTS IN MARKETING BY USING MEDIA MONITORING SOFTWARE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT ON OUR MARKETING EFFORTS IS, AND, UM, TARGET THOSE APPROPRIATELY.
AND IF I COULD JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND, I WANTED TO EXPOUND ON A COUPLE OF POINTS.
SO I'M GONNA BE, UH, BRINGING MORE
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INFORMATION TO Y'ALL AND TALKING, UH, MORE ABOUT IT, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.SO THE LAST TWO COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE, WHICH IS THE RENAISSANCE PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, REALLY POSITION THE DEPARTMENT TO RECOVER THE SYSTEM.
AND AS AN OUTCOME OF THOSE TWO PLANS, THERE HAS BEEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT AND TO THE SYSTEM TO GET US TO THE EXCELLENT PLACE WE ARE TODAY.
THE THEME OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE THAT I'M REALLY LOOKING TO, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH Y'ALL ABOUT IS, IS AROUND THE THEME OF CREATING THE SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL, CREATING THE SUSTAINABLE AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'VE DONE ALL THIS INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, BUT NOW WE NEED TO, AS WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO IN RACHEL'S PRESENTATION, BRING ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER INTO A GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT WILL REALLY POSITION US TO MAKE IT ALL WORK FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, LOOKING AT FEES AND CHARGES, LOOKING AT CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO DEFER MAINTENANCE COST, LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE RIGHT COST RECOVERY MODELS FOR ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO BRING ALL THAT STUFF TOGETHER INTO ONE DOCUMENT, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE BOARD, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO HAVE A GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT'S WILLING TO GET US TO A PLACE THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS DEPARTMENT FOR THE NEXT 10, 20, 30 YEARS.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE, THAT'S REALLY THE VISION FOR THAT.
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE THERE ON THE MARKETING STRATEGIC PLAN.
AS ROBIN MENTIONED, THAT GROUP IS NOW COMING UNDER KIND OF OUR UMBRELLA.
SO, UH, THERE'S TWO IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE THERE.
ONE IS CREATING THIS MARKETING STRATEGIC PLAN THROUGH THE USE OF A CONSULTANT.
THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE WANT A GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT'S REALLY GOING TO INFORM US ON HOW WE DO TO MARKETING THIS DEPARTMENT.
WHAT IS THE RIGHT LEVEL OF STAFF? WHAT IS THE RIGHT LEVEL OF BUDGET? WHAT THINGS SHOULD BE IN HOUSE? WHAT THINGS SHOULD BE CONTRACTED? SO WE WANT A, A FRAMEWORK, A GUIDING DOCUMENT, BUT WE ALSO NEED A REAL MARKETING PLAN.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF WORKING WITH EACH OF THE DIVISIONS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE MARKETING AND SPONSORSHIP AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND CREATING A ONE YEAR PLAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO REORIENT STAFF TO IMPLEMENT.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK, UH, COMING FORWARD ON THOSE TWO EFFORTS, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE
OKAY, NOW, UM, IN THIS SLIDE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE PSI BUDGET, ALONG WITH THE STIPENDS IN A MORE OF A EXPENSES VERSUS REVENUE.
SO EVERY DOLLAR MANAGED AND COORDINATED BY PSI, WHICH INCLUDES THE STIPENDS, RETURNS $6 AND 22 CENTS IN ADDED VALUE.
UM, AND PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES REPRESENTS LESS THAN 1% OF THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
SO AN ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS, UH, THAT WERE ON THE PREVIOUS PAPER WILL ALLOW, ALLOW US FOR, TO CONTINUE THAT GROWTH, UM, OF THESE EXTERNAL REGISTRY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR EXPENSES ON THE LEFT, $20 MILLION MILLION.
THAT SMALL, UH, YELLOW SLICE OF THE PIE IS THE ACTUAL PSI STAFF BUDGET.
AND THEN THE BLUE, UM, THE VARIOUS SHADES ARE, ARE ALL OF THE PARTNER STIPENDS, 19.8 MILLION YOU CAN SEE IN THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE.
AND THEN AS WE EXPLODED OUT, IT DIVIDES UP TO WHICH PARTNER RECEIVED THAT STIPEND ON THE REVENUE SIDES.
ON THE REVENUE SIDE, UM, THIS IS CATEGOR CATEGORIZING, UM, WHAT COMES IN IN DIFFERENT REVENUE CATEGORIES.
SO IN, UH, IN THE GRAY, THAT'S THE IN KIND THAT WE RECEIVE IN OPERATIONAL VALUE, UM, AND THE COST AVOIDANCE, UM, BY HAVING PARTNERS THAT ARE OPERATING, UH, UH, FACILITIES ON OUR BEHALF.
THE BLUE IS THE ASSET VALUE THAT COMES IN AS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND THEN THE GREEN ARE THE VARIOUS FORMS OF WHAT WE WOULD CALL CASH FROM THE TIFF, THE PSS, THE GRANTS, THIS WILL BE THE SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS, UM, THE FEES AND CHARGES THAT WILL COME FROM THE, UH, THE FAIR PARK, UH, TICKET SURCHARGE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW, UM, UH, KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, UH, AROUND SPONSORSHIP REVENUE, THE GRANT NOTIFICATIONS AND SUBMITTALS AND PARKLAND DEDICATION REVENUE WHERE WE SEE OURSELVES, UH, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND JUST A NOTE THAT THE GRANT NOTIFICATIONS AND SUBMITTALS, IT'S HARD TO PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE ON THAT.
UM, SO WE DO TRY TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS BY HOW MANY, HOW MANY NOTIFICATIONS, UM, THAT WE, THAT WE LOOK AT AND ANALYZE THEN HOW MANY OF THOSE WE SUBMIT.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE SET OUR, OUR BENCHMARKS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL WHAT THE AWARDS ARE.
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SO, UM, AS FAR AS RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO, UM, STREAMLINE OUR OR TRIM OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE FEW OPTIONS AT THE MOMENT FOR COST SAVINGS WITH A BUDGET THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT SALARIES WITH, UM, AS FEW STAFF THAT THERE ARE DEDICATED TO EACH OF THESE REALLY IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS.UM, WE WILL LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE MANAGEMENT FEES, UM, STIPEND, UH, DURING ANY CONTRACT RENEWALS OR NEGOTIATIONS.
UH, WE'LL ANALYZE THE MARKETING BUDGET ONCE, UH, WE FULLY, UH, HAVE RECEIVED THAT.
AND THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MARKETING PLANNER STRATEGY STRATEGY DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO STREAMLINE SERVICES AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE COSTS.
SO REALLY THOUGH, TO TAKE AWAY, IN CONCLUSION, THE, THE INVESTMENT IN, IN THE STIPENDS AND THE EFFORTS OF, UM, PSI DOES RETURN, UH, A VERY HEALTHY $6 AND 22%, OR $6 AND 22 CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR THAT THAT IS MANAGED.
AND THAT CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THESE PSI INITIATIVES, UH, WE EXPECT WILL RESULT IN LONG LASTING, LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK SYSTEM AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUT THESE REVENUE SOURCES.
AND WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY HIGH HOPES FOR THE, THE FUTURE USES OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION MONEY, THE SPONSORSHIP MONEY.
UM, THESE, THESE ARE SOURCES THAT, UM, CAN REALLY GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS OFFSETTING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE EXPENSES THAT WE TRY REDUCE CHAIR.
UH, YOU SEE, YOU ARE GOING TO, YOU'RE THE FIRST GROUP YOU, OTHER SERVICES WILL BE COMING BEFORE THIS WORK WITH DETAILED BRIEF THAT THEY JUST PROVIDE TO YOU.
AND THEY'RE, AND RIGHT NOW, EACH DIVISION RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH ME TO MAKE THEIR ASK, TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION TO ME IN DEPTH ON EACH ONE OF THEIR SERVICES.
AND IF THEY COMPLETE THOSE, WE'RE BRINGING THOSE TO THE BOARD.
MR. PITTON? THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
UM, THANK YOU RYAN AND VIN FOR THIS, UH, PRESENTATION.
THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE GREAT THAT CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, WANT TO HELP US OUT.
AND I, I LOVE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
UH, FIRST IN LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE SLIDE FOUR WHERE WE'VE GOT THE MANAGEMENT PARTNER IMPACT, WE'VE ADDED AN ASSET VALUE, UM, SORRY, WELL THE NEXT PAGE, THE PAGE FIVE, WE'VE GOT THE PARTNERSHIP LISTED BY THIS WE 22, 23, 20 24.
IS THERE A WAY, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THIS ONE TIME STUFF, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THESE BECOME RECURRING PARTNERSHIPS WHERE YOU'VE GOT, UM, YOU'VE GOT CA ON THEIR ONE YEAR, BUT THEY'RE NOT ON THE NEXT YEAR.
OR THE TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION IS ON THEIR ONCE.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE DONE RECURRING.
I IMAGINE Y'ALL THOUGHT OF THAT ALREADY, BUT IF, IF THERE'S A WAY TO EXPAND IT BEYOND THESE ONE TIME GIFTS, THAT'D BE GREAT.
WELL, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF 'EM ARE PARTICULARLY TEXAS TREES.
SO ALTHOUGH THEY MAY HAVE ONLY DONE ONE THING WITH US LAST YEAR, AS THINGS COME UP, WE WORK WITH THEM ROUTINELY.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THEY WERE A KEY PARTNER FOR THE
WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON SOUTHWEST MEDICAL DISTRICT.
SO ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT HAVE DONE A SPECIFIC THING IN A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR, WE ROUTINELY, UH, PARTNER WITH 'EM ON VARIOUS INITIATIVES.
AND THEN, SO LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS, THIS IS ALL MONEY THAT HAS BEEN PAID TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BY THESE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, OR IT WAS AN IMPROVEMENT THAT WAS MADE WITH MONEY THAT WASN'T OURS.
YOU KNOW, AND AVOIDED COST IF YOU'LL, OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND THEN DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF A BREAKDOWN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT NEW STIPENDS AND MONEY COMING IN AND THINGS THAT WE PAY OUT, BUT DO WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE STIPENDS THAT WE PAY TO ORGANIZATIONS AND ALSO A LIST OF ALL MONEY THAT ORGANIZATIONS PAY TO US IN PARTNERSHIP? IS THAT, I THINK THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
WELL, A LOT OF THE, THE GRAPHS THERE REPRESENT THAT.
SO WE CLEARLY KNOW WHAT WE PAY OUR PARTNERS AND WE LITERALLY KNOW WHAT THEIR, WHAT THE OUTCOME IS, WHAT THEIR BUDGETS ARE.
AND SO A LOT OF THE GRAPHS THAT WERE PRESENTED TODAY REPRESENT THOSE VALUES.
UH, RUDY, UH, MR. KABY, I'M SORRY.
I'VE, I'VE BEEN QUIET 'CAUSE I'M NOT FEELING WELL, BUT, UM, I DO HAVE A, A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, SLIDE SLIDE FOUR, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO DOUBT WE HAVE SOME AMAZING PARTNERS IN OUR CITY.
UM, AND IF I MAY, I'M GONNA BRAG ABOUT COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 A LITTLE BIT.
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SHOWS COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 RETURNING ALMOST $11 MILLION OF PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS WITH BASICALLY ZERO DEPARTMENT EXPENSE OR INVESTMENTS.SO IF THE RETURN IS ABOUT FOUR X, WHICH IT SAYS ABOVE, A LITTLE HIGHER UP IN THAT SLIDE, MY QUESTION IS WHY, WHY AREN'T WE INVESTING IN SOME OF THOSE COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 PARTNERS TO POTENTIALLY BURST THAT RETURN FROM 11 MILLION UP TO SAY 44 MILLION? UH, PUT ANOTHER WAY, UH, ARE WE ASKING THOSE PARTNERS LISTED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT TO DO TOO MUCH WITH NO PARK DEPARTMENT INVESTMENT? SO IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, WHY AREN'T WE GIVING THEM A STIPEND? IS THAT THE QUESTION? UH, YEAH, YEAH, BECAUSE THERE WAS, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THAT COLUMN FOR THEM.
WELL, IT'S BECAUSE I GUESS THE OTHER WAY TO CONSIDER THAT IS THOSE ARE THE BEST DEALS.
WE HAVE PARTNERS THAT DON'T ASK FOR ANYTHING IN HIS GIVE.
SO USING FIVE MORE AND PARKINSON EXAMPLE, THEY ARE 100% SELF-FUNDING THEIR OPERATIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN ONE REGARD, THAT SHOULD BE THE MODEL THAT WE STRIVE FOR ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS, THAT THEY ARE FULLY SUPPORTING THEIR OWN OPERATIONS.
SO THE REASON THERE'S NO NUMBER THERE IS BECAUSE THOSE PARTNERS ARE DOING IT ALL BY THEMSELVES.
UH, JR, UH, YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, AND, AND, AND I'M, I'M A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
I SEE 4,000 INVESTMENTS TRYING TO GET THE, UH, PAGE WHATEVER, UH, THIS YEAR, 4 55, AND MOVE IT INTO ONE POINT IN FIVE YEARS.
SO I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, IF WE GET THAT KIND OF SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS, WE GET THAT KIND OF DOLLAR, ARE WE GONNA SPEND THAT THIS YEAR? OR THAT'S FOR 2025? WELL, SO WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE PARK BOARD HAS SET ASIDE 10% OF ALL SPONSORSHIP REVENUES TOWARDS AN ENDOWMENT, A MULTI-YEAR RAIN DATA.
UM, AS EACH OF THESE DEALS COME FORWARD, THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THIS BOARD.
AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO USE THOSE FUNDS.
UM, BUT BEYOND THE FACT THAT WE INTEND TO SQUIRREL AWAY 10% OF THOSE FUNDS, HOW THEY WILL BE USED STILL OVER DISCUSSION.
BECAUSE I MEAN, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT SAVE IT FOR A COUPLE MORE YEARS AND THEN USE IT
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD HAS TO DECIDE THAT.
BUT, UM, SO MY, MY, MY TAKE ON, ON, ON OUR, ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE USE, I CONSIDER, I CONSIDER ALL THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE RENTERS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT 'EM IN A, IN A BIG PICTURE, IF YOU HAVE RENTAL PROPERTY THAT'S A STOREFRONT, YOU CHARGE 'EM A RENT AND THAT IT IS UP TO THEIR JOB TO CREATE REVENUE AND TO MAKE THEIR BUSINESS THRIVE.
SO I I I, I'VE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE, I I'VE TOLD ANYBODY, I'M, I'M PUT ON RECORD, WE LOOK AT THEM AS RENTERS, WHERE THEY PAID US TO, TO IE MAYBE OPERATE THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE ENTITY IS, KAI WARNER STILL HAS TO PAY US BECAUSE AT SOME, AT SOME POINT, THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK TO US AND SAY, I NEED CAPITAL DOLLARS TO IMPROVE YOUR UNITS, YOUR, YOUR AC YOUR YOUR ROOF, OR WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE THEY'RE USING OUR PROPERTY, BUT THEN THEY WANT US TO POINT OUT THE MONEY.
BUT IF WE'RE CHARGING 'EM OUR RENT, WE CAN PUT THAT IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNTS AND HAVE THE FUNDS WHENEVER THEY NEED IT.
JUST LIKE YOU WANT A RENTER AT A STOREFRONT, RIGHT? IF, IF YOU, IF YOU FAMILIAR WITH RETAIL SPACES, THE OWNER REPAIRS A MAJOR STAIN, THE THE STOREFRONT PAYS FOR ALL THE MINOR STUFF.
WELL, AND WE, AND WE DO THAT IN SOME CASES AT FAIR BAR, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THOSE TICKETS IN THERE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RENTING, THOSE ARE LEASE AGREEMENTS.
SO WE DO LOOK AT THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS ON WHAT IS MOST APPROPRIATE TO STRIKING A TRADITIONAL VERSUS WHAT MAKES SENSE TO DO A TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP.
SO WE DO ABSOLUTELY CONSIDER THAT.
AND, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM PAYING THE STIPEND, IS WHAT I'M, I'M WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT'S A HARD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME OLD SCHOOL LISTENING PROBABLY TURNING NOW AS I'M TALKING, BUT WE, WE GET WHY WE PAY SOMEBODY TO MANAGE OUR PROPERTIES WHEN THEY'RE MAKING MONEY FROM OUR PROPERTIES.
WELL, IN SOME CASES, I KNOW THEY DON'T, BUT SOME CASES THEY DO.
ANOTHER WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS IF THEY DIDN'T DO THAT, IT WOULD BE OUR COST, RIGHT? SO THE ZOO FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT A $30 MILLION OPERATION.
IF THEY DIDN'T EXIST, WE'D BE BURYING THAT FULL COST.
SO ANOTHER WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT,
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YEAH.IF WAYS TO JUST REDUCE OUR COST IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
AND, AND JUST, BUT FROM NOW ON, JUST START LOOKING AT AS A RENTAL AGREEMENT VERSUS A, UH, WELL IT'S STILL A PARTNERSHIP.
YOU WE'RE STILL GONNA MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTIES AT SOME POINT.
BUT THE WAY WORDED, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M DOING, OR LESS COST, RIGHT? MENTIONED WE JUST HAVE THE WAY COST BENEFITS.
I MEAN, NOT IF YOU, I GIVE YOU $1, YOU RETURN US THREE.
IF I CHARGE YOU RENT, YOU ARE ONLY GONNA GIMME A RENT PAYMENT.
YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S WHY IT'S TO AROUND FORM.
WE, THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT BECAUSE THE SLIDE, AS YOU SEE, ONLY ONLY GIVING THEM $20 MILLION, WE GET BACK WHAT WAS $127 MILLION, WHICH MEANS IS BRIAN
I WOULD NEED TO GO TO THIS BOARD, COME TO THIS BOARD AND GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, SAY, YOU NEED TO GIVE ME $120 MILLION IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE AN ADDITIONAL LAUNCH OF 20 ON TOP OF OUR 80 MILLION IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO THE CITY.
THAT'S THE WAY YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT.
I'M JUST, I'M LOOKING AT, AND LIKE I SAID, I, I DIDN'T MENTION NOBODY BY NAME.
'CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE GOOD DEALS FOR US, BUT IF OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN CHARGE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, AT EVERY PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT? THERE'S MONEY MAKERS AND THERE'S THINGS THAT THEY PROVIDE SERVICES FOR US.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT NAME ANYBODY SPECIFIC, BUT THEY'RE JUST SOME, THERE'S JUST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
AND IF I CAN JUST REEMPHASIZE DIRECTOR JENKIN'S POINT, AND I REALLY ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR TRADITIONAL PARK TO DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS.
WE SHOULD REALLY ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THAT AS THE PARK SYSTEM, WHICH IS OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND PLUS ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WHO DELIVER THESE SERVICES ON OUR BEHALF.
THEY DIDN'T EXIST TO DIRECTOR JANE'S POINT.
OUR BUDGET WOULD BE LIKE 200 SOME ODD MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DO COLLECTIVELY AS THE PART SYSTEM.
SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE THAT POINT WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU ATTORNEY, MR. BLAKE.
UM, I, I PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT RYAN JUST SAID, WHAT MR. O'CONNOR JUST SAID IS, UM, WE NEED TO, UM, IT, IT IS OUR PARK SYSTEM AND WE NEED TO CREATE THE, UM, WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR CONTRACTS, WE, WE NEED TO STRUCTURE THEM AS SUCH THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY IDENTIFY AS PART OF THE DALLAS PARK SYSTEM.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WORD THAT, BUT WHEN THEY MARKET IT, THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT.
UM, AS PART OF THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE A BIG SYSTEM AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS MAKE US ALL THAT MUCH BETTER.
UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERS, UM, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BAD CONTRACTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS THAT HAVE BAD CONTRACTS AND WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THOSE AND WE'LL GET TO BETTER CONTRACTS AT SOME POINT, UM, WHEN THEY'RE MAKING REVENUE AND THEY PAY A DOLLAR RENT AND WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDINGS AND REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE NOT BENEFICIAL TO US.
UM, SO WE NEED TO DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE CONTRACTS MAKE SENSE.
AND I THINK WE'RE DOING THAT OVER TIME.
UM, I THINK THAT THE WHOLE MARKETING, UM, AND THE SPONSORSHIP, EVERYTHING BEING UNDER, UM, Y'ALL'S SAME UMBRELLA NOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERS, UM, THEY DO MARKETING AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT AS EITHER THEY PAY A FEE FOR US TO MARKET THEM A LITTLE BIT OR THEY MARKET US, UM, IN KIND OF AN AGREEMENT KIND OF THING.
SO LOOK AT THE JOINT MARKETING, UM, BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR PARTNERS.
SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME GREAT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS IS ALL GONNA COME BACK, UM, OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
AND WAS IT SET AT 10% OR DID WE, WAS THAT JUST A RECOMMENDED OR DID WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE 10% FOR THE, IT WAS VOTED ON BY THE POLICY.
OKAY, SO IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY VOTED ON FOR THAT.
AT A MINIMUM OF 10%, YOU, YOU CAN IN IN THE ACTIONS TO APPROVE EACH OUT.
SO WE COULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT HIGHER.
SO LIKE FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS WE COULD RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT MORE OF THE MONEY
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INTO, YOU KNOW, THE KITTY TO, YOU KNOW, SUSTAIN.UM, AND THEN SO THAT WE HAVE MORE TO DRAW ON GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION.
OH, SORRY I LEFT MY HAND UP FROM EARLIER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NORBERT, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE BOND PROGRAM? CHRIS IS COMING UP.
YOU ALL, THE BOND PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY FLUID
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
'CAUSE EVERY TIME WE PUT A PRESENTATION TOGETHER, SOMETHING CHANGES THE VERY NEXT DAY WE WILL TRY VERY, VERY HARD.
LIKELIHOOD IS PROBABLY NOT, BUT I'LL TRY, I PROMISE YOU.
SO WHAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR A SPECIAL MEETING AT TWO, WE'RE PREPARING 75 MILLION, $50 MILLION THRESHOLD IS THE ONES ALREADY BEEN PREPARED, APPROVED.
UM, BUT AS JOHN MENTIONED, EVERY TIME WE COMES DOWN CHANGES, SO THE BEST WE CAN TOGETHER QUICKLY PUT THEM INTO PRESENTATION, UM, YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT AS WELL AS JOHN AS WE CAN TO GET THAT TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I JUST
DID THAT HELP ANYTHING? SO, YES.
DO YOU NEED ME TO REPEAT THAT? YES.
SO WHAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR YOU FOR MONDAY FOR THE TWO O'CLOCK BOARD MEETING IS BASICALLY SCENARIOS FOR 275 MILLION, 300 MILLION, 325,000,300 $50 MILLION SCENARIOS.
THE $350 MILLION SCENARIO HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY PARK BOARD AND THE PARK TRAILS, UM, COMMITTEE.
SO THAT IS THE ONE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE FOR WITH $350 MILLION.
AS DIRECTOR JENKINS INDICATED, THINGS ARE CONTINUALLY CHANGING EVERY TIME I THINK I HAVE A SCENARIO FINALIZED, UM, HE, HE SHOWS UP IN MY OFFICE,
BUT, UM, YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT AS WELL AS, UH, DIRECTOR JENKINS THAT WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN TO GET YOU PRESENTATION AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
THAT IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
AND ALSO EITHER MYSELF OR CHRIS WILL BE REACHING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET INTO $275 MILLION SCENARIO.
AND I NEED TO, WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PARTICULAR CUTS THAT'S GONNA AFFECT YOUR DISTRICT.
SO YOU, YOU MAY HEAR FROM US ON SUNDAY OR SATURDAY OR FRIDAY.
TIM, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? MR. DICKEY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, CHRIS TURNER NOTE WHERE AND THE CREW FOR WHAT YOU'RE HAVING TO DO HERE.
AND, UH, I WOULD, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I KNOW I WE HAVEN'T MADE IT EASIER ON YOU.
UM, I, I FELT THAT THERE WAS AN IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE ABOUT WHO HAD THE AUTHORITY TO TELL OUR STAFF TO MODEL ON CERTAIN SUPER LOW NUMBERS.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, THAT DIDN'T HELP, UH, YOU ALL, UH, GET THINGS DONE IN AN EARLIER WAY.
I WOULD HOPE MAYBE BEHIND THE SCENES YOU DID, I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY MODELED ON 300 MILLION WAY BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, BUT I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO IT.
UH, I KNOW WE GOT SOME REALLY TOUGH CHOICES COMING UP POTENTIALLY AND, UH, I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND I'M AWARE THAT I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
HAVEN'T MADE YOUR JOB ANY EASIER, BUT, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING AND THANK YOU.
PARK BOARD MEMBER D WE APPRECIATE THAT.
THE TEAM APPRECIATES THAT AND THOSE OF THE TEAM THAT ARE NOT HERE OUT IOWA RELAY.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WE'RE THE MEETING IS TWO O'CLOCK ON MONDAY?
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YES, MA'AM.IT WILL BE IN THE PARK BOARD ROOM AND WE WILL HAVE WEBEX AVAILABLE.
UM, MS. YESENIA WILL BE SENDING OUT, UM, INFORMATION ON THAT MEETING LATER TODAY.
MR. SLAUGHTER, ARE WE THERE YET? UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, MR. DICKEY, UH, MY COLLEAGUE
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND I'M REAL SUPPORTIVE OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING WITH THIS.
MS. QUESTION, I'M SORRY WE CAN'T HEAR YOU JANET JACKSON.
I THINK IT'S MAYBE THE EARBUDS.
YEAH, THE GOOD NEWS IS I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS GREAT.
UM, THIS IS JUST REALLY AN OBSERVATION AND I KNOW HOW HARD THE STAFF HAS WORKED ON EVERY TIME WE COME UP WITH A NEW NUMBER, BUT I THINK IT'S INTERESTING, UM, HAVING ATTENDED BOTH OF THE MEETINGS, COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEN THEY DISCUSSED IT, THEY REALLY HAVE KIND OF COMPLETELY STOPPED TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED, WHICH IS THE 350.
SO IF YOU HAVE CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE THAT ARE STILL INTERESTED IN REACHING OUT TO THE COUNCIL, I THINK THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL, UH, THAT THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SPENT HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY.
AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE ALL BEEN, BEEN COMPLETELY ABANDONED IN, IN THE LAST DISCUSSIONS THEY'VE HAD.
SO THAT'S JUST AN OBSERVATION AFTER HAVING ATTENDED THOSE LAST TWO MEETINGS.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET BACK UP MUCH CLOSER TO OUR THREE 50, IF NOT THE TOTAL.
SO, UM, I'M EXCITED THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK, UH, AGAIN WITH OUR FULL AMOUNT.
I I AM, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE PAINFUL FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE THOSE CUTS AT A LOWER NUMBER, SO PLEASE, IF YOU'RE INCLINED, UH, HAVE YOUR PEOPLE REACH OUT TO THE COUNCIL AND REMIND THEM THAT, UH, WE HAD A REALLY LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SPENT A LOT OF TIME BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL AND THE NUMBER THEY CAME UP WITH WAS THREE 50.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY MORE, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. TURNER OVER DANIEL.
UH, MR. WOOD, DO YOU HAVE A, A COMMENT? MAKE A QUICK, UM, AT ONE POINT WE HEARD, UM, PEOPLE SAY THAT THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS ON THE BOND TASK FORCE WERE OVERWHELMING AND WE BULLIED OUR WAY, UM, FOR OUR PROJECTS.
BUT LET'S JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS APPOINTED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO DO JUST THAT FOR OUR DISTRICTS.
SO WE WERE THERE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE TO REPRESENT OUR DISTRICTS AND OUR PROJECTS THAT WE WANTED, UM, TO PUT ON THAT BOND.
UM, SO WE WERE THERE STRONGLY AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT TO SPEAK OF IT.
SO I, I THINK WE'VE PUSHED KEEP PUSHING FOR OUR THREE 50 BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT MAY FALL OFF THAT ARE VERY VIABLE.
AND ESPECIALLY SOME OF OUR PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS LIKE THE ZOO, UM, THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS, CERTAIN PROJECT, AND WE NEED TO SEE THEM HAPPEN, UM, ON THIS BOND.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I BELIEVE IT'S NOW TIME FOR STEP ANNOUNCEMENT, STEP NOTES, STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, I CAN'T SPEAK TODAY.
UM, CHRIS, YOU HAVE THE THANK YOU.
THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT, RIGHT? YES, I DO.
I HAVE QUITE A FEW PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED TO SAY WE HAVE HIRED TWO PROJECT COORDINATORS IN THE LAST, UH, MONTH.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS MS. ROCHELLE JEANETTE.
SHE COMES TO US FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND UM, SHE BASICALLY IS WORKING ON, SHE'LL BE OUR PERSON.
SHE WILL BE OUR PERSON THAT'S CRACKING YOU GET HERE,
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UM, SHE'LL BE THE FIRST THAT'LL BE WORKING ON OUR TRACKING OF OUR PROJECTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.I MENTIONED TO YOU THE RETREAT THAT WE'LL BE HIRING SOME WOMEN TO DO THAT.
SO SHE'LL BE HELPING TO GET US, UM, THROUGH THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
I'M GONNA START THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM OFF CORRECTLY.
AND THEN OUR SECOND PROJECT COORDINATOR IS DOMINIC JOHNSON.
HE'S ALSO BACK BEHIND ME HERE,
UM, DOMINIC, UH, I BELIEVE HE COMES TO US FROM EBS.
I KNOW HE WAS IN EBS AND LET THE CITY AND CAME BACK.
AND, UM, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE HIM HERE.
HE'S GONNA BE FOCUSING ON A LOT OF ACTUAL PROJECT COORDINATION ITSELF, UM, WORKING ON TAKING ON A FEW OF THE, UH, SMALLER PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING AND SEVERAL THE DISTRICTS THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A LITTLE JUMP START OF PROJECTS THAT INSTALLED A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UH, HE'S ALSO VERY GOOD AT MODELING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO BE GOING AND USING EXTERNAL SERVICES AS MUCH OF THAT OR RELYING ON MR. MILLS FOR ALL OF THIS
AND THEN MY THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, WE HAVE OUR SENIOR ARCHITECT HIRED.
UH, MAG JOINS US FROM THE OUTSIDE.
SHE HAS NEARLY 30 OR 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE.
MOST RECENTLY SHE'S BEEN DOING WORK IN SOUTH AFRICA, SO SHE'S VERY, VERY EXPERIENCED IN DEALING WITH CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS AND WE'RE GONNA SET HER ON THE WORST OF THEM AND MAKE HER
PLANNING AND DESIGN STILL HAS THREE VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING TO FILL, BUT WE HAVE HIRED QUITE A FEW IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE FINALLY GETTING STAFFED.
SOME PEOPLE ARE FAVOR BECAUSE THE FOLKS ON TV WERE NAMED TO SEE THE FOLKS COMING ON THE, UH, ON ZOOM.
WE CAN GET THEM TO JUST STEP, STEP UP SO THEY CAN SEE STEP BEHIND ME SO THAT THE PEOPLE ON CAMERA CAN SEE YOU.
SO I NEED TO INTERVIEW FOR YOUR GROUP, GO TO YOU.
NEITHER Y'ALL GONNA COME UP A LITTLE FURTHER, CHRIS.
TELL SAY WHO THEY ARE TOO AS WELL.
JEANETTE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ROCHELLE, WE HAVE MR. DOMINIC JOHNSON.
AND THEN MS. MAGDA ZAKI AND THEIR ROLE AND, UH, ROCHELLE AND DOMINIC ARE PROJECT COORDINATORS AND MAGDA IS OUR SENIOR ARCHITECT.
WE'D ALREADY, WE'D ALREADY INTRODUCED TANYA.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE HER AGAIN.
I'LL REINTRODUCE MS. TANYA LANE.
SHE IS OUR ENGINEERING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.
SHE TOOK MR. YOUNG, YOUNG LI'S POSITION.
UM, IT TOOK US OVER, OH, NEARLY TWO YEARS TO FILL THAT POSITION BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT PERSON.
SO WHEN TANYA BECAME AVAILABLE, UM, SHE AND I WORKED CLOSELY IN PUBLIC WORKS TOGETHER WHEN SHE BECAME AVAILABLE.
WE DEFINITELY TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO FAR SHE'S, SHE WORKED VERY HARD.
HEY, HAVE ONE I KNOW I DON'T WANNA KEEP EVERYTHING.
I HAVE ONE THAT I WANNA SHARE.
IT'S GONNA BE APRIL 6TH THROUGH THE EIGHTH.
UM, THIS IS THE ONLY, SO FAR THE ONLY ECLIPSE EVENT THAT HAS A BUILT-IN FAMILY EVENT WITH IT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR SPONSORS.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYONE LIKE TO RECOMMEND YOU, PLEASE SEND THEM TO MS. CRYSTAL ROSS.
UM, BUT SIX THROUGH THE A TOTALITY IT'S BUILT FAMILY AND ECLIPSE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE ONE OF THE BEST VIEWS IN THIS AREA.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, OKAY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ECLIPSE, THIS IS PART OF THE CLOSEST LOCATION IN DALLAS WHERE THE POOL ECLIPSE GONNA HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT WE'RE GONNA BE DARK, BUT BY SALMON FARM.
COULD BE THE PART OF THE DARKEST AREA IS.
SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CLIPS THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE EIGHTH, IT HAPPENS AROUND NOON THAT MONDAY.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY LIAISON REPORT CHAIR? I'LL DO THAT.
NO LIAISON REPORTS THIS TIME? NO.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS, UM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024 AT 10:00 AM APRIL SEEING NO OTHER BUSINESS.
I NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 1210.