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[Economic Development on February 5, 2024.]
IT IS NOW ONE OH FIVE.WE CAN CALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO HONOR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE? YES.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE THE K BAYLOR HUTCHIN CONVENTION CENTER.
K-B-H-C-C-D, MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
I'M ROSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR OF CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES.
I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH ME TODAY WHO'LL BE BRIEFING DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE, OF THE BRIEFING WITH ME AS WE GO THROUGH IT.
BUT WE'LL START FIRST IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO TODAY IS REALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE MOVING FROM CONCEPT TO IMPLEMENTATION.
THE PROJECT'S PROGRESSED AND WE ARE EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
THE LAST TIME WE BRIEFED COUNCIL ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION, THE DECK PARK AND DEMOLITION WAS FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023.
AND WE WENT INTO PROCUREMENT PHASE SHORTLY AFTER THAT IN MARCH AND INTO A SILENT PERIOD.
AND SO AFTER THAT, ALL OF OUR BRIEFINGS TO COUNCIL WE'RE PRIMARILY FINANCIAL.
AND SO TODAY WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE HOMEWORK THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE WE SELECTED THE PROJECT MANAGER IN SEPTEMBER.
SO WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON EVENT REVENUES ON OUR HOTEL TAXES AND OTHER FINANCING COMPONENTS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONFLICTS THAT CAME INTO PLAY AFTER WE SELECTED THE PROJECT MANAGER.
WE'LL TALK, WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON ENGAGEMENT.
AND WHEN WE GET TO ENGAGEMENT, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A SPLASH PAGE.
WE'RE TRANSITIONING THE DALLAS CC MASTER PLAN.COM SITE FROM ONE THAT LOOKS AT CONCEPTS TO ONE THAT MOVES TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE MICHAEL MORRIS IS HERE AS WELL AS DR.
BEES AND, AND GUS AND CARLY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT ORIGINALLY WHEN WE BRIEFED YOU IN FEBRUARY, WE WERE LOOKING AT A RECOVERY FROM THE COVID O YEARS IN 2025.
WE ACTUALLY RECOVERED IN 2022.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE SLIDES HERE, YOU'LL SHOW THAT IN 22 WE WERE AT 67 MILLION IN HOT ALONE IN 2380 5 MILLION.
AND THEN BRIER, WHICH HAD ITS FIRST YEAR IN 23 WAS ABOUT 17 MILLION.
THE PFC, THE PROJECT FINANCING ZONE, WHICH IS A THREE MILE RADIUS THAT'S DRAWN AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND PICKS UP HOTELS, AND THEN WE COLLECT FROM THE STATE, THE STATE'S INCREMENTAL PORTION OF HOTEL RELATED TAXES IS PERFORMING VERY WELL.
SO WE FORECASTED 22 AND 23 AT ABOUT 15 MILLION PER YEAR.
WE'VE ACTUALLY GARNERED SETTLING AROUND JUST UNDER 30 MILLION FOR 22 AND 23.
THEY'RE STILL CLOSING THAT UP FOR US, BUT LOOKING AT ABOUT 41 MILLION.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M GONNA ASK ANTHONY LOPEZ, HE IS UP HERE WITH ME.
HE'S THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE K-B-H-C-C-D AND CRAIG TO HELP ME WITH THE NEXT TWO SLIDES.
BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY EVENT RELATED REVENUE ALSO IS PERFORMING WELL AS WELL AS OUR ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE.
UM, I, I'D LIKE TO STATE OR START BY SAYING THAT, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP ALITY, COULD YOU GET THE CLOSER TO THE MIC, PLEASE? I'M SORRY.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? YEAH.
UM, THE, THE VISIT DALLAS TEAM, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBG 360 SALES TEAM CONTINUES TO PUT VERY GOOD BUSINESS INTO THE FACILITY.
UM, IN, IN 2023, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2023, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, TO GREATLY EXCEED OUR, OUR, OUR PROJECTIONS FOR A BUDGET BY ABOUT $6 MILLION, UH, IN TOTAL.
SO IT, THAT NET ENDED UP RESULTING IN A A NET POSITIVE CASH FLOW FOR US, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL FOR A CONVENTION CENTER,
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RARELY EVER HAPPENS.UH, AND THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THAT WAS WE'RE ABLE TO INVEST ABOUT $550,000 BACK INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING TO HELP US GET THROUGH AS WE'RE STARTING TO TRANSITION THE BUILDING INTO A SMALLER FOOTPRINT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK IN AND DO SOME MAJOR HVAC WORK WITHOUT HAVING TO USE CAPITAL FUNDS THIS YEAR.
AND REALLY SORT OF, WE'RE SORT OF LIKE THE, UM, UH, SQUIRREL PUTTING AWAY NUTS FOR THE WINTER.
WE KNOW THAT COMING AHEAD THAT YEARS AREN'T GONNA BE QUITE AS ROBUST AND WE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON SOME THINGS.
AGAIN, THIS YEAR WE'RE RUNNING AHEAD OF BUDGET PROJECTIONS BY ABOUT $400,000.
UM, AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UH, UH, THERE, WHILE WE'RE DOING GOOD BUSINESS IN THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW, WE CAN REALLY ONLY DO ONE MAJOR EVENT AT A TIME.
AND, UH, WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES COMING AHEAD WITH THE TRANSITION, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO PUT TWO OR THREE, UH, MAJOR EVENTS IN THERE AT A TIME WORKING, UM, ON SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SCHEDULES.
SO, BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
UH, UH, THE, THE, UH, BUSINESS SEEMS TO BE VERY WELL RECOVERED.
I'LL PASS OFF GREG TO TALK ABOUT THE TAXES.
SO, ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR, NOT ONLY OUR, OUR VISIT DALLAS SALES TEAM, BUT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OVG 360 HAVE BEEN WORKING TO SELL A BUILDING THAT ISN'T REALLY THERE.
WE KNOW THAT, AND YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT LATER ON IN THIS, UH, PRESENTATION, JUST WHAT THE FOOTPRINT LOOKS LIKE.
WE'VE BEEN TELLING OUR CUSTOMERS ABOUT THIS NEW FOOTPRINT AND IN OUR WORLD OF CONVENTIONS AND VISITORS AND, AND EVENTS, THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER IN DALLAS IS A BIG DEAL.
AND SO WE HAVE SOLD IT AS A COMMUNITY 41 TIMES A BUILDING THAT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN, UH, IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN IDEA.
SO THAT TELLS YOU THE POWER OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR CUSTOMERS THAT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE POWER THAT IS PERCEIVED IN DALLAS, THAT WE WILL, WE WILL DO WHAT WE SAY, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
SO FROM 2029 AND BEYOND, WE HAVE 41 DEFINITE CONVENTIONS THAT HAVE, UH, THEY HAVE LEASE AGREEMENTS INVOLVED WITH THEM.
WE HAVE ANOTHER 96 OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE WAITING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL BEFORE THEY'LL, THEY'LL GO FORWARD.
JUST ANOTHER ASIDE, USUALLY IN THE COURSE OF NORMAL BUSINESS WITH THE PRESENT CONVENTION CENTER, WE HAVE A CLOSING OR DEFINITE RATIO OF ABOUT 30, 31%.
THAT MEANS THAT OUT OF 10 CONVENTIONS WE SELL DEFINITE THREE.
NOW THAT WE'RE SELLING THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER, THAT RATIO HAS INCREASED TO WELL OVER 60%.
SO THE PENT UP DEMAND FOR DALLAS AND THIS CONVENTION CENTER IN PARTICULAR, BASED UPON WHAT WE KNOW IS REALLY HITTING THE MARK, RIGHT? SO WE'RE VERY, VERY OPTIMISTIC WITH THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE A LOT MORE BUSINESS, BUT OUR CUSTOMERS, THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T ADOPTED RIGHT YET, ARE WAITING IN LARGE PART TO SEE HOW THIS PROGRESSES AND WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN ON THE TIMELINE THAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UM, THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED AND VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS FOR US THAT WE SOLD IT 41 TIMES.
SO WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK, UM, MICHAEL MORRIS AND GUS, KEN, CARLY TO, TO JOIN US AS WE WALK THROUGH, UH, THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, CHRISTIAN TEKI FROM INSPIRED DALLAS HAS ALSO JOINED US.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO, UH, ADVANCE CONCEPTS TO DESIGN AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION, AND WE'RE STILL GONNA REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THE GOALS THAT WE OUTLINED FOR YOU DURING THE MASTER PLANNING PERIOD.
BUT WE HAVE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE, IN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOW THE SELECTION OF INSPIRED ALICE AS OUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR COMPONENT ONE, WHICH IS THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION, THE DECK PARK, AND THE, THE TAKE DOWN, EVENTUAL TAKE DOWN OF THE EXISTING CENTER.
AND WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT RELATED TO TDOT UNION, PACIFIC RAILROAD, AND OBVIOUSLY THE, THE HIGH SPEED RAIL.
AND THEN WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD IN MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS REMAIN INFORMED.
SO AS WE PROMISED IN, IN THE VISION AND THE MISSION OF THE, OF THE PROJECT, THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING IS GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN REALLY GET THE VANTAGE POINTS OF DOWNTOWN, THE VANTAGE POINTS INTO SOUTH DALLAS WITH THE GLASS BUILDING THAT REALLY MAKES USE OF THE, THE URBAN AND GREEN SPACE ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL CREATE ALONG LAMAR STREET AND BOSTON JEAN.
SO HERE WE OVERLAID THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT, THE THREE C WEST OF LAMAR WITH THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME UP FROM TDOT, UM, IN THE LAST, UH, FEW MONTHS.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE YELLOW ON THESE.
AND THOSE ARE THEIR REQUESTS FOR THE USE OF SPACE FOR A FEW THINGS.
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UM, U UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND FOR THEIR USE OF A, FOR A FLYOVER, BASICALLY OVER, WHILE THEY DO CONSTRUCTION UNDERNEATH.THE OTHER IS FOR SPACES FOR TDOT THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED TO STAGE EQUIPMENT AND TO STAGE, UM, DIRT, ET CETERA AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE 30.
SO THESE REQUESTS CAME, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO THEM.
THERE'S NOT AN OPTION FOR THEM NOT TO USE THESE SPACES.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT AS WE SELECTED INSPIRED DALLAS IS THAT THEIR JOB WAS TO LOOK AT OUR CONCEPT AND HELP US TAKE IT ON TIME AND ON BUDGET TO CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO THEY NEEDED TO TEST THE MODEL GIVEN ANY OF THE CURRENT CONS, CONSTRAINTS, OR CONFLICTS THAT COME UP.
AND SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE, IF WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE TOLD THE VOTERS, WHAT WE TOLD OUR CLIENTS, WHAT WE TOLD YOU AS CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT WE MAINTAINED THE GROWTH OF THE BUILDING AND THE PLANNED EXPANSION OF THE SITE.
SO THE EXHIBITION HALLS WILL STILL BE 800 SQUARE FEET, THERE'LL BE IN BALLROOMS THAT TOTAL 170, THE LARGE BALLROOM WILL BE THERE, AS WELL AS THE BIGGEST THING THAT IS IS SELLING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE EXPANSION OF THE MEETING ROOMS AND THE PARKING ON THE NEXT SLIDE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT TEXDOT AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH THE HIGH SPEED RAIL.
UM, WE'VE HAD TO MOVE THE BUILDING BACK JUST A BIT.
THE ORIENTATION WON'T CHANGE, THE NUMBER OF STORIES WILL NOT CHANGE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE THE BUILDING BACK AND BARRING ANY, ANY DISAGREEMENT WITH IT ON MARCH 6TH, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK A LITTLE MORE FLESHED OUT SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT'LL BE IN EACH OF THOSE SPACES.
THERE IS A LEGEND THAT WALKS YOU THROUGH IT.
AND, UM, THE DOTTED LINE, THE DOTTED BLUE LINE IS ACTUALLY THE HIGH SPEED RAIL INITIALLY ON THE THREE C WEST OF LAMAR.
ORIGINAL CONCEPT, IT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CORRIDOR TO GO THROUGH THE BUILDING IN ORDER FOR IT TO PASS.
THAT'S THE ALIGNMENT THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW THAT IS PUBLICLY SHOWN.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY ALIGNMENT THAT WE'RE RESEARCHING RIGHT NOW, OR THAT, UM, MICHAEL MORRIS AND HIS TEAM ARE, ARE STUDYING AS PART OF THE REQUEST TO GO UNDERGROUND.
SO IF WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THESE JUST GIVE YOU THE VANTAGE POINTS OF THE SECOND AND UPPER FLOORS STILL HAVING THE ROOFTOP, ET CETERA.
SO NUDGING IT BACK A BIT IS WHAT IS REQUIRED.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ON THE NEXT SLIDE ABOUT WHAT THAT DOES FOR US IN TERMS OF, OF LOT E, IF YOU LOOK AGAIN AT THE, AT THE YELLOW, THOSE ARE THE INTERSECTIONS WITH UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND TDOT THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.
SO NOW BECAUSE WE ARE NOT BUILDING ON LOT E OR FLOWING OVER LOT E IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD LOT E BECOMES VERY VALUABLE FOR US.
WE'LL HAVE TO USE IT FOR MARSHALING, WE'LL NEED TO USE IT TO PUT OUR, ALL OF OUR LOGISTICS, ALL OF OUR POTENTIAL PARKING AND OUR CENTRAL PLANT FOR THE BUILDING.
IT'S ALSO A LOCATION WHERE WE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT A POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR THE VERTI PORT AS WE MOVE IT.
IF YOU RECALL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE SITES THAT THEY LOOKED AT FOR LOCATION OF THAT.
AND WE DID COMMIT TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE STATION TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY AT CANTON THAT'S GOING TO BE REMOVED.
AND SO LOT E WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
IT'LL LEAVE US A SMALL PORTION OF LOT E FOR ANY FUTURE EXPANSION IF WE NEED TO DO THAT.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN, TURN THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES OVER TO DR.
BETIS AND HIS TEAM AND MICHAEL MORRIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
ROBERT BETIS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UM, AS MENTIONED, UM, AS ROSA HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT, UH, COORDINATION WITH THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, INITIATIVES AROUND, UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER.
UM, WE DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF THESE ITEMS ALSO TOO, WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UM, AND I'LL REFER TO THAT HERE MOMENTARILY.
SO AS FAR AS THE RAIL DISTRICT, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON UNION STATION
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BEING A FOCAL POINT AS A TRANSPORTATION HUB IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER MASTER PLAN AS WELL.
SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
UH, ROSA HAS ALREADY MENTIONED THE SIGNIFICANT, UH, COORDINATION WITH TXDOT, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE I 30 PROJECT AND HOW THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, WILL, UH, BE COORDINATED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH DART, UH, GIVEN, UH, THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER STATION WOULD BE, UH, IN ITS CURRENT OR NEAR, UH, NEAR ITS CURRENT LOCATION.
UH, IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE, THE ITEMS JUST MENTIONED, UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THE, UH, DALLAS STREET CAR EXPANSION, UH, AS PART OF THE, UH, CONVENTION CENTER, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, CONNECT, UH, THE M LINE TROLLEY AND THE DALLAS STREET CAR, UH, WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER LOOP, UH, AS SHOWN IN THE MAP.
UM, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS, UH, SOME INTEREST IN EXPANDING, UH, THE STREETCAR, UH, BEYOND THE CENTRAL LINK.
UM, AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS PLAN, WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE POTENTIAL, UH, FUTURE EXPANSIONS.
AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, UH, THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL INITIATIVES.
AS WE DISCUSSED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, WE HAD BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, THE COG AND, AND OTHERS ON HIGH-SPEED RAIL INITIATIVES, UH, AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, TO INCLUDE THE LEG BETWEEN FORT WORTH AND DALLAS AND THE DALLAS AT HOUSTON.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WITH THE PLAN THAT THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL STATION, UH, IS LOCATED, UH, JUST SOUTH OF I 30 AND THE CEDARS.
UM, IN OUR LAST DISCUSSION WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, WE DID DISCUSS A VISION, UH, OF AN ELEVATED SIDEWALK OR PEOPLE MOVER THAT WOULD CONNECT THE HIGH SPEED REAL STATION TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, TO THE EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON UNION STATION AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT, UM, I GUESS TO, UH, CONNECT TO A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN WEST DALLAS.
UM, IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, IF WE CAN GO BACK, UH, IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE, UH, WORK WITH THE COG TO DEVELOP, UH, CONCEPTUALS, UH, EITHER, UH, ILLUSTRATIONS OR, OR MAPS.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COG TO HAVE THAT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE MARCH 6TH BRIEFING WITH CITY COUNCIL.
SO, AS WITH THE MASTER PLANNING PHASE AND THE CONCEPTING ENGAGEMENT IS SUPER IMPORTANT AS WE GO INTO IMPLEMENTATION.
IF YOU RECALL, WE DID MORE THAN 300 MEETINGS, UM, AS WE DID THE MASTER PLANNING.
THOSE WERE STAKEHOLDER, COMMUNITY, CITY LEADERSHIP, OUTSIDE LEADERSHIP AND AND PARTNERS.
AND SO ONE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING WITH INSPIRED DALLAS AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND PARTNERS TO REALLY RECALIBRATE AND LOOK AT HOW WE DO THAT.
GOING INTO IMPLEMENTATION ON MARCH 6TH, WE'LL BRING BACK, WITH YOUR PERMISSION A, UH, MORE FLESHED OUT ENGAGEMENT PLAN.
BUT TODAY WE WANTED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE WEBSITE THAT IS THE MOST VISIBLE COMPONENT OF THE PLAN.
SO IF WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE'RE LAUNCHING A SPLASH PAGE TODAY, DALLAS CC MASTER PLAN.COM WILL REMAIN THE SAME NAME OF THE SITE, BUT WE'LL ARCHIVE THE CONCEPTING COMPONENTS OF IT AND WE'LL LAUNCH INTO IMPLEMENTATION.
AND SO I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CLICK ON THE LINK AND LET US WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE SITE IS GOING TO, GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
THERE SHOULD BE A HYPERLINK ON THE PAGE, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO IF NOT, YOU CAN TYPE IN ON A BROWSER, DALLAS CC MASTER PLAN.COM.
SO AS YOU'LL SEE, WE'LL GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THE PAGE.
AND SO THIS IS THE, UM, HERO PAGE FOR THE SITE.
IT'LL OPEN UP TO THIS PAGE AND TALK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.
IF YOU CLICK ON THE DISCOVER MORE, AND THERE IS A MOBILE VERSION FOR THIS, SO IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT ON YOUR PHONE, YOU CAN, BUT IT'LL TALK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STILL FOLLOWING THE MISSION, VISION, AND GOALS THAT WE TALK TO YOU ABOUT AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS.
AND IF YOU GO DOWN AND CLICK ON, WE ARE, WE'RE PROVIDING INFORMATION
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ABOUT THE, THE PLAN IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE DID IN THE CONCEPT.AND THIS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING JOB DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE'RE TRACKING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND TRACKING SPENDS AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE ECONOMY.
IF YOU'LL CLICK VIEW PROGRESS, YOU CAN START TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
NOW WE'LL START TO WORK ON THIS PAGE.
NOW, THIS IS NOT A STATIC PAGE.
WE WELCOME YOU TO LOOK AT THE PAGE TODAY AND AT YOUR LEISURE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS THROUGH MARCH 6TH.
WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE COVERED AND ANTICIPATED THE THINGS THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT TO SEE, WANT TO KNOW, WANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UM, WE'VE INCLUDED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A, UM, AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
AND UNDER THAT WE'LL LINK TO THINGS SUCH AS THE SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM, TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, SUCH AS RBCA, OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR HCA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING AND WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT OUR CONNECTIONS TO SOUTH DALLAS ARE NOT JUST A PHYSICAL CONNECTION WITH A, WITH A, WITH A PARK AND A AND A OVER WALK, BUT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT ACTUALLY GROWING THE COMMUNITY BY INVESTING, BY ENCOURAGING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, JOB DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THIS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO SEND IT TO MY EMAIL OR CALL ME IF YOU HAVE CHANGES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
SO WE'LL BE TESTING IT THROUGH THROUGH MARCH 6TH.
IF YOU'LL GO TO PAGE 18, PLEASE.
OKAY, SO AS SHE'S WORKING TO PULL IT BACK UP, PAGE 18 IS A DISCUSSION OF THE DECK PARK.
AS YOU KNOW, WE, THAT IS A PROJECT THAT WE WILL NOT GET TO TILL 2028.
I'VE BRIEFED BEFORE ON FEBRUARY 7TH.
AND PRIOR TO THAT, SOME OF THE, UM, CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH TXDOT ORIGINALLY BEFORE GOING OUT FOR PROPOSITION A, WE HAD, UM, ABU THE BUILDING GOING OVER INTERSTATE 30 WHEN WE SPOKE TO TDOT.
AND AS THEY LOOKED AT THEIR TIMELINES AND SAW SOME OF THE CRITICALITY OF THEIR WORK WITH UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH, THEY ASKED US TO RECONSIDER AND LOOK AT A, AT PARK SPACE.
UM, AS WE WORKED ON THE PARK SPACE WITH THEM, WE LOOKED AT VENTILATION AND OTHER THINGS, AND WE SETTLED ON DOING SOMETHING AT EAST AND WEST LAMAR.
BUT CONNECTING DEFINITELY INTO SOUTH DALLAS, OPENING UP ONTO PARK SPACE, UM, ON, IF YOU'LL LOOK RIGHT THERE AT THE SIDE, YOU, WE CROSS OVER INTO SOUTH DALLAS, THE CEDARS OVER I 30 OPENING UP INTO A PARK.
NOW, THIS IS WHERE ENGAGEMENT WILL BE CRITICAL AND WILL BE PART OF THE PLAN BECAUSE THIS DOES NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL 2028, SO THAT WE AVOID CONFLICT WITH TXDOT AS THEY RECONSTRUCT AND CONSTRUCT INTERSTATE 30.
WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR ENGAGEMENT TO WORK WITH SOUTH DALLAS AND WITH YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO SEE WHAT THAT PARK SPACE WILL LOOK LIKE.
WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE IS ENTER INTO WHAT ARE CALLED ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENTS THAT YOU ALL APPROVED ON APRIL 12TH OF LAST YEAR, WHERE TEXDOT APPROVED OUR LOADING FOR THIS ON BOTH SIDES, EAST AND WEST LAMAR.
AND FOR, UM, SOME FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AT, UM, THE THREE FINGERS LEADING INTO HERITAGE VILLAGE.
WE'VE ALREADY TRANSFERRED FUNDS TO TDOT SO THAT THEY CAN START THE DESIGN FOR THOSE.
SO THERE'S ALREADY SOME WORK UNDERWAY FOR THE DROPPING OF THE DECK CAPS, BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE TO
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ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT SPACE WANTS TO LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY WELL, THAT THE CONNECTION IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND CAN, AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A PLAN IN, IN OUR CONCEPTING OF ACTUALLY PUTTING A RESTAURANT AND SOME OTHER THINGS ON THAT SIDE SO THAT IT BECOMES AN ALMOST INCUBATOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SPACE.AND SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE DECK PARK PLANNING.
SO HERE'S AN UPDATED PROPOSED TIMELINE.
SINCE WE HAVE GONE BACK AND WE'VE LOOKED AT THE, AND TESTED THE CONCEPT AND ARE NOW GOING TO ENTER INTO ARCHITECTURE, ENTERING DESIGN AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT STARTING WORK IN 2024, AS WE'VE TALKED TO WITH THE STATE.
WE HAVE BASICALLY ALREADY STARTED, IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF TURN DIRT AS WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES TO START TO MOVE THE UTILITIES THAT IMPACT NOT JUST THE CENTER, BUT ALSO THE INTERSTATE 30 PROJECT.
AND SO AS WE'VE DONE THAT, UM, THERE HAS BEEN A MOVE BY ENCORE, DWU ATMOS AND AT AND T AS THEY'VE MOVED THE UTILITY LINES.
AND SO WHERE WE GO FROM HERE AFTER MARCH 6TH IS TO WORK WITH PROCUREMENT ON ISSUING ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION SOLICITATION.
UM, THAT STILL GETS US TO WHAT CRAIG DAVIS SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT EARLIER IN THAT WE'LL HAVE CLIENTS IN THE BUILDING IN 2029.
AND SO THAT STILL REMAINS OUR, OUR GOAL TO HAVE THE BUILDING OPEN AT THAT TIME.
SO TODAY WE'RE JUST REQUESTING THAT YOU MOVE THE BRIEFING FORWARD TO MARCH 6TH, SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT THE REORIENTATION AND THE PLAN FOR MOVING FORWARD TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS, OBVIOUSLY WILL CONTINUE BASED ON YOUR COMMENTS TODAY TO REFINE AND, AND LOOK AT THE FACILITY LAYOUT BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND QUESTIONS TODAY, WE'LL COME BACK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REFINE THOSE WITH, UH, INITIAL COST ESTIMATES.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE WON'T HAVE A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE UNTIL THE ARCHITECT IS IS ON BOARD.
UM, WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR MWBE PARTNERS SO THAT WE CAN START TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT.
OUR GOAL IS TO START WORKING ON THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND PARTNERING WITH THE RBCA AND OTHERS SO THAT WE START SOME OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER, UM, AS WE GO INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
AND SO, AGAIN, THE NEXT STEPS, RFQ FOR DESIGN, RFQ FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT WOULD BE SOME OF THE NEXT IMMEDIATE STEPS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
BEFORE WE STARTED, UH, WE GOT COMMISSIONER PRICE HERE.
I KNOW HE ALWAYS INVITED US TO SPEAK WHEN WE COME DOWN TO THE COURT.
SO COMMISSIONER PRICE, DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING SINCE YOU'RE HERE? THANK YOU.
UH, ROSA, UH, FIRST THING I WANT TO ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
THE FIRE STATION IN THE HEER PORT, WHEN WE GET TO A TIMELINE, UH, RELOCATING THE HEER PORT, IF SO, UH, WHAT ABOUT THE PARKING UNDERNEATH THE HELIPORT? SO, YEAH, UM, I'M GONNA ASK CHRISTIAN TO OPINE, UM, ON SOME OF THIS, BUT WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL LEAVE HERE, UM, AND WE WILL GO AND START TO PUT A MORE SOLIDIFIED TIMELINE TOGETHER BASED ON YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONCEPT, GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE WITH, WITH TEXT TDOT AND UNION PACIFIC.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY THE HELIPORT WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH AVIATION.
THEY'VE TOLD US A PROCESS ALREADY.
UM, THE DIRECTOR THERE HAS BEEN AMAZING IN TELLING US WHAT WE COULD AND COULD NOT DO.
AND SO YES, THERE WILL BE PARKING.
WE'D LIKE TO, AS WE TOLD YOU BEFORE, MAKE SURE WE BRING IT INTO THE 2023 TIMEFRAME.
AND SO IT'LL HAVE THE FUELING, ET CETERA.
AND SO THE REQUISITE PARKING AS WELL.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE FIRE STATION, THE LOCATION IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE TALK THROUGH WITH CHIEF ARTIS AND HIS STAFF EARLY ON WHEN WE FOUND OUT WE NEEDED TO BE A GOOD PARTNER AND INCLUDE THE FIRE STATION AS PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WE OFFERED UP THREE LOCATIONS AT THE TIME.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY SELECTED.
THEY HAVE DRIVEN IT, THEY HAVE LOOKED AT AT PATHS WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT RESPONSE TIME WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE OBVIOUSLY TO WORK WITH THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I KNOW ONE SLIDE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 2000 PARKING SPACE.
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IF YOU RELOCATE THE HELIPORT, THE PARKING, UH, IS THAT PARKING IS PART OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.SO THERE'S 2000 SPACES, UM, UNDER THE CENTER.
WE HAVE TALKED TO THE LANDOWNERS AROUND US AND LOOKED AT THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY'LL BE DOING AND THAT ARE EITHER UNDERWAY OR WILL BE UNDERWAY.
AND SO WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH THEM ON SOME OF THE PARKING THAT'S RELATED TO THAT.
BUT THE HELIPORT WILL HAVE PARKING.
AND MY LAST QUESTION, GET BACK TO THE STAFF, UH, TO COMMITTEE, UH, IN THIS BRIEFING.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR TO ADD TO THE BRIEFING FOR MARCH 6TH? I WANNA BE CLEAR, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO GATHER FROM US FOR MARCH SIX? I KNOW CERTAIN THINGS WENT TO TRANSPORTATION.
BUT I WANT TO KNOW SPECIFIC, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT IS YOUR ADS AND WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR MARCH 6TH? SO FOR MARCH 6TH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE CONCERNS ABOUT US PUTTING FORTH THE PUSHBACK OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE WAY FOR TX DOT'S NEEDS AND FOR UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND FOR THE ABUTMENT OF THE CURRENTLY PUBLISHED ALIGNMENT OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL.
IF THERE ARE NO CONCERNS WITH THAT, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO, UH, COMPLETING THE DRAFT OF THE SOLICITATION FOR ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN.
WITH THAT, UH, DEPUTY ARNOLD
UM, THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY FOR ME AT LEAST, UM, THAT WE HAVE WORKED SO MANY YEARS AND THE VOTERS SPOKE AND WE'RE HERE, WE'RE FINALLY GETTING TO GET TO DESIGN, GET TO THE ISSUES THAT ARE GONNA COME UP WITH THIS MASSIVE, UM, NEW BUILDING.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT, IT'S A HUGE ECONOMIC, UM, DRIVER AND IMPACT FOR, UM, THIS ENTIRE AREA.
BUT THE RE CONNECTIVITY THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR SOUTH DALLAS IS HUGE.
UM, I LIKE ALL THE STEPS THAT ARE IN THERE AS FAR AS THE PARK, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A CONNECTION THAT WE, UM, HAVE THE DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, IT, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE IN THERE SO FAR.
UM, ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS, DOES DART AT THE TABLE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PART OF THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LINE THAT'S GONNA GO HERE, SO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE BEEN AT THE TABLE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS? SURE.
THEY'VE BEEN AT THE TABLE WITH US, UM, THE ENTIRE TIME.
THEY ISSUED A MEMO, UM, LAST MARCH WHERE THEY TOLD US KIND OF WHAT THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT WAS, WHAT SOME OF THEIR PERHAPS COMMITMENTS WOULD BE.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW IS GO BACK TO THEM AND MAKE SURE WE ARE STILL ON TRACK.
WE HAD A MEETING EARLY ON WHEN INSPIRED.
ALICE FIRST CAME ON IN EARLY OCTOBER, AND WE HAD THEM IN THE ROOM WITH US AS WE TALKED TO, UM, COG, AS WE TALKED TO AMTRAK, ET CETERA, TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
SO THEY WERE ALL THERE STILL IN AGREEMENT TO BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THIS PROJECT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS PART OF THE VISION AND THE MISSION OF THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO DAYLIGHT IT, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE CONCERNS THE ENTIRE TIME.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AT THE CURRENT CONVENTION CENTER, THE DARKNESS UNDERNEATH WHERE THE, WHERE THE LINE CURRENTLY IS, HAS BEEN, UM, A CONCERN NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN DALLAS, BUT FOR OUR VISITOR AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE COMMITTED TO WORK ON WITH DART.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
'CAUSE THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION WAS ABOUT SAFETY.
SO I MEAN, YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE FIRE STATION, WHICH WAS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT WAY EARLY ON, UM, MAKING SURE IT'S, UM, PART OF THIS AS WELL AS, UM, LIGHTING.
I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT JUST LIGHTING SOMETHING UP MAKES IT MORE SAFE.
UM, THE BAD GUYS LIKE TO HIDE IN DARK SPACES.
IT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT TO DO YOUR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, UM, IN THE DAY OF LIGHT IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO SEE.
UM, SO KNOWING THAT Y'ALL ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO EVEN THAT SHOWS YOUR COMMITMENT TO ALL THE DETAILS.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UM, I I, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IT'S LIKE I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MR. CHAIR, I'M GONNA ASK ONE MORE BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE IS GREAT.
THE FINANCIAL, UM, THE FINANCIALS ARE GOOD.
UM, SO YAY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD A MORE OF A GRIM IDEA ON THAT BEFORE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
SO LET'S KEEP GETTING PEOPLE TO SPEND MONEY AT THE HOTELS AND KEEP DRINKING AND HAVING ALL YOUR FUN AT THE HOTELS AND, UM, SO WE CAN GET THOSE DOLLARS IN HERE TO PAY FOR THIS.
AND THEN, UM, AND IT'S REALLY, UM, I, I'LL JUST, I NO VISIT DALLAS, CRAIG, YOU'RE OVER THERE, BUT GREAT JOB.
40 PLUS CLIENTS ALREADY READY TO COME TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
UM, SO FANTASTIC JOB ON THAT AS WELL.
FOLKS WANT TO SEE THIS IN DALLAS.
THEY'VE BEEN WANTING IT FOREVER, AND WE'RE FINALLY GONNA
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GET TO IT.UM, MY LAST QUESTION WILL PROBABLY BE, UM, WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER IT MIGHT BE MICHAEL MORRIS.
UM, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH NOT JUST TECH TEXT AND UPR, BUT THE HIGH SPEED RAIL.
I KNOW YOU, YOU, YOU'RE NOT READY TO PRESENT US THE, THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE AND YOU HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND CHANGES, BUT, UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE OUR FULL BRIEFING THEN.
SO DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT, UM, ALIGNMENT READY TO LOOK AT, AT THE CON AT THE MEETING? MR. CHAIRMAN FOR THE RECORD, MICHAEL MORRIS, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AT THE COG.
UM, I WANNA PUBLICLY THANK ROSA FOR ALL THE COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH, UH, SHE HAS DONE.
UH, WE WILL BE READY BY MARCH 6TH.
UH, WE ARE REQUESTING AMTRAK TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL BRIEFING BECAUSE I, I THINK THE CONVERSATION ON HIGH SPEED RAIL BEGINS WITH HOUSTON TO DALLAS.
AND THEN THE CONTEXT OF DALLAS TO THE WEST IS ONLY UNDER THAT PARTICULAR CONDITION.
AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, IT, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE ALL DO OUR THING.
BUT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, I WANT YOU TO SEE THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT'S BEFORE YOU.
YOU HAVE POTENTIALLY A HIGH SPEED RAIL STATION, UH, OF WHICH THE LAND VALUES ARE SEVERAL TIMES HIGHER AS A RESULT OF HIGH SPEEDED RAIL.
I REQUEST YOUR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO GET YOU THAT DATA.
THE DENSITY OF BUILDINGS AROUND A HIGH SPEED RAIL STATION IS MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN WITHOUT.
I ASK YOUR STAFF TO GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU THAT, UH, INFORMATION.
UH, YOU HAVE THEN THE BENEFIT OF A NEW CONVENTION CENTER, AND IT HAS ITS OWN ECONOMIC, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU HAVE A NEW INTERSTATE 30 WITH NEW, UH, THOROUGHFARE STREET CONNECTIONS TO HELP YOU WITH GROWING TOWARDS THE CEDARS, WHICH HAS ITS OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, BENEFITS.
YOU HAVE THE NEW HUB AT THE EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON UNION STATION.
THEY'RE IN THE SHADOW OF EACH OTHER.
YOU'VE SEEN SOME CONCEPTS OF HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY CONNECT THEM AS OTHER, UH, INTERNATIONAL CITIES ARE DOING.
UM, BUT YOU, YOU ARE ON THE NOT ONLY A GREAT DAY FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER, UM, IF IN FACT YOU CAN CONNECT THE DOTS BY THIS, UH, ROSE'S INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION PLAN.
SO I 30 IS ABLE TO PROCEED THE RAIL DISTRICT 'CAUSE WE'RE WE'RE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL RAILROAD TRACKS ON THE RAIL BRIDGE OVER 30.
THE CONVENTION CENTER CAN PROCEED, UNION STATION CAN PROCEED.
PEOPLE THAT WISH TO BUILD TALL BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN AROUND A HIGH SPEED RAIL STATION CAN PROCEED.
HIGH SPEED RAIL ITSELF CAN PROCEED.
THIS IS A TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY AND THE FACT THAT ROSA HAS REACHED OUT AND ALL OF US HAVE REACHED OUT, UM, IN A STRONG COMMUNICATION STYLE WHERE WE'RE NOT ASKING OUR ELEMENT TO TAKE, TO TAKE PRECEDENT, BUT WE COLLABORATIVELY WORK TOGETHER.
SIMILAR TO WHAT SOME OF YOU SAW YESTERDAY IN THE, UH, FIFA, UH, PRESENTATION WHERE IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, UM, BY MONICA PAUL LEADING A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN A, IN A FEDERATED APPROACH.
YOU'RE SEEING THAT AGAIN HERE.
AND, UM, I ASKED YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO, TO LOOK AT THE MAGNITUDE OF EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT TOGETHER AS A PACKAGE.
UH, THIS IS A GAME CHANGER FOR, FOR DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND DALLAS ITSELF.
UH, BUT IT'S A HOME RUN FOR THE WHOLE DALLAS-FORT WORTH REGION.
AND I WOULD ARGUE, COULD YOU IMAGINE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT FIFA IF WE ALREADY HAD HIGH SPEED RAIL UP AND RUNNING AS WE ANTICIPATED? SO JUST THINK OF THAT ADDED ELEMENT TO BE YOU BEING ABLE TO SELL CONVENTIONS, UH, AS PART OF THAT PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, ROSA FOR BEING HERE.
BUT I THANK ROSA FOR THE OUTREACH AND THE COMMUNICATION TO CONNECT THE DOTS OF THESE SYSTEMS AND HOW EVERYONE HAS CHECKED THEIR EGO AT THE DOOR TO CREATE THE, THE BENEFIT OF YOUR CITY MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THIS, THIS IS THE GAME CHANGER THAT WE PROBABLY DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT OR THINK IT WAS GONNA BE, BUT WHAT IT WILL BE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING TOGETHER.
AND SO, UM, I'M EXCITED AND ROSA, UM, I'M GONNA CONCUR WITH MR. MORRIS.
UM, YOU HAVE BEEN THE CHAMPION OF THIS AND HAVE LIKE CROSSED EVERY T DOTTED, EVERY I AS BEST AS YOU CAN.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT COME UP, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DONE YET, RIGHT? BUT YOU'RE, EVERY SINGLE TIME ONE OF THOSE ISSUES COMES UP, YOU, UM, DEAL WITH IT, UM, WITH GRACE AND ARE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BROUGHT ALL PARTNERS TO THE TABLE AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS LOOKING SO SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.
UM, IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR, UM, LEADERSHIP.
IT'S JUST NATURALLY IN YOU TO DO THIS.
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WAIT TO SEE AS WE MOVE DOWN EACH MONTH PASSES AS WE START TO SEE MORE THINGS HAPPENING.AND, UM, REALLY GREAT TO HEAR THAT DIRT'S ALREADY TURNING.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ABOUT THE UTILITIES.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE GET MORE THINGS GOING, UM, IN THE POSITIVE LIGHT AS THEY ARE.
AND, UM, MR. CHAIR, JUST, I, I, SINCE MICHAEL SAID IT, I GOTTA SAY IT, MAN, WE'RE BRINGING THE WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO, UM, THIS IS REALLY AWESOME.
AND NINE GAMES, IT'S ALL WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $1 BILLION FOR OUR CITY.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF HOTEL STAYS FOR, UM, HELPING PAY OFF THIS CONVENTION CENTER AS WELL, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, MR. DAVIS, COULD YOU COME BACK TO THE MIC? SO, MR. DAVIS, OF THE 41 DEFINITE BOOKINGS FOR THE NEW FACILITY AND THE, UH, COUNTLESS NEW OPPORTUNITIES, UH, ARE YOU INCORPORATING IN THOSE CONTRACTS A PROVISION THAT IF THE CONVENTION CENTER COMPLETION IS DELAYED FOR ANY REASON, WE KNOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS WHY A MAJOR BILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT COULD BE DELAYED, THAT, UM, THE CITY, UH, WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO RESCHEDULE OR CANCEL THE CONVENTION? YES, COUNCILMAN, WE ARE, UH, GIVING THEM A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION SHOULD IT BE, UH, THE, THE CASE THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER DOESN'T BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON TIME.
SO YES, THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN EACH ONE OF THEM WITH PLENTY OF TIME FOR US TO HELP THEM FIND ANOTHER CITY.
AND ROSA, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE SHIFTING OF THE BUILDING, UM, I UNDERSTAND FROM THE GRAPHIC ON PAGE NINE THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FLOOR SPACE WILL NOT CHANGE, BUT THE CONFIGURATION CHANGES.
AND SO MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT THE, UH, BALLROOM NEAREST I 30 IS GOING TO SHRINK.
UM, WILL THAT AFFECT ITS USABILITY AS AN EVENT SPACE? I KNOW YOU'RE ADDING ON ADDITIONAL SPACE TO THE NORTH, BUT THAT'S A MUCH SMALLER CONFIGURATION.
SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS GO BACK AND LOOK AT, WE'VE ALREADY HAD, AND I'LL HAVE CHRISTIAN SPEAK TO THIS, LOOKED AT WHAT'S ON EACH FLOOR AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE BALLROOM AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL GET THE SIZE THAT, THAT WE NEED.
IT'S JUST A, A MOVEMENT OF IT FROM ONE FLOOR TO ANOTHER.
AND I'LL LET CHRISTIAN KIND OF OPINE ON THAT FROM THE TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE.
UH, CHRISTIAN TEKI WITH INSPIRED DALLAS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, COUNCILMAN RIDLEY.
WE, AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THE REORIENTING, MOVING, LOOKING AT, UH, KEEPING THINGS BOUND BY THE UP AND AND I 30, WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE EARLY TEST FITS WITH OUR MEMBERS OF OUR DESIGN TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T COMPROMISE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE PER LEVEL OF BALLROOM SPACE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO CRAIG AND HIS TEAM THAT ARE SELLING IT.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE BELIEVE WE CAN, UH, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
THE SQUARE FOOTAGES SHOULDN'T CHANGE, AND NOW THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO GET AS, AS ROSA SAYS, TO GO OUT ISSUE A AN R-F-Q-R-F-P FOR THE DESIGNER AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY DESIGN A BUILDING THAT SATISFIES THOSE, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
AND WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT RFP BEING ISSUED? SO IDEALLY, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT DRAFTED, UM, FOR REVIEW INTERNALLY, THE SOLICITATION DRAFTED BY, UH, MID TO THE END OF MARCH AND END TO ISSUE IT IN IN APRIL.
MM-HMM,
YEAH, I'D HAVE TO, I'D HAVE TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH PROCUREMENT AND GET A TIMELINE FOR THAT.
AND BARRING ANY ISSUES TODAY, WE'LL START WORKING ON THAT TIMELINE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE, UH, HELIPORT, HAS ANYONE REALLY EXAMINED HOW MUCH THAT IS CURRENTLY USED AND WHETHER WE REALLY NEED ONE OR IS THIS JUST A BELL AND WHISTLE? SO WE DO HAVE DATA ON THAT.
I DID, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT SPECIFICATIONS WITH ME TODAY OR THE NUMBER OF USES, BUT IT IS USED AND IT IS USED IF, UH, CRAIG CAN OPINE ON THAT BY SOME OF OUR CONFERENCES, SOME OF OUR HIGH YIELDING CONFERENCES THAT WOULD NEED TO USE IT.
IT'S ALSO USED BY, UM, SOME OF DPD ET CETERA.
SO, WE'LL WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU IN A MEMO.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE A CUSTOMER THAT HAS USED US IN THE PAST AND HAS MADE O OVERTURES THAT THEY WANT TO PUT US ON A ROTATION OF
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EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS CALLED THE HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION.AND, UM, THEY LITERALLY FLY THE HELICOPTERS ONTO THE HELIPAD AND THEN THEY WHEEL THEM DOWN INTO THE COMMISSION CENTER.
SO THERE'S, UH, ABOUT 20 BELL HELICOPTERS THAT END UP INSIDE THE COMMISSION CENTER THAT, THAT DROP OFF THERE.
WE'RE ONE OF THE VERY FEW CITIES THAT CAN HANDLE THEM, AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO KEEP THIS AND PRESERVE IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS, THIS IS GU AND CARLY, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION.
IF I CAN ADD TO WHAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING AT THE STATE LEVEL ON THE ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY, UH, RULES AND THE CONVENTION CENTERS.
VERTI PORT IS A CRITICAL NODE IN THE OPERATION IN THIS AREA HERE FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL BE UPCOMING.
SO, UH, VERY CRITICAL IN ADDITION TO WHAT, UH, CRAIG AND, AND ROSA HAD MENTIONED.
CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN BOWS DOING THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND Y'ALL'S HARD WORK.
UM, Y'ALL KNOW I'M A BIG SUPPORTER, UM, AND, UH, THIS IS, IT, IT, WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING THINGS.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THOUGH.
UM, I'D, I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE COMPARATIVE DATA, UM, OF PREVIOUS YEARS SIMILAR TO THAT THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR SLIDE FOUR, UM, WITH THE FOOD AND, UM, ALCOHOL TAX.
UM, IT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, WITH TREND, IT'S, IT'S GOOD THINGS, BUT I'D, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, UH, BE EQUIPPED WITH, UH, ARGUMENT ON CONVENTION CENTER BUSINESS, UH, NOT BEING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO SUSTAIN SUCH A PROJECT.
AND I THINK THAT THE NUMBERS PROVIDED HERE SHOW A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY THAN SOME OF THE NARRATIVE THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY POST COVID THAT WE'VE NOT ONLY RECOVERED, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXCEL.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL DATA.
UH, ON SLIDE FOUR, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY, UM, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PERFORMING WELL IN MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE SPACE RENTAL AND OUR REVENUES ARE NOT MEETING OUR, UH, ANTICIPATED BUDGETS.
ON SPACE RENTAL, THAT IS WHERE, AND, AND CRAIG AND ANTHONY CAN, CAN SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL.
THAT'S TYPICALLY OUR GIVE BACK FOR HAVING A DEFICIENT BUILDING.
AND SO IF WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH A CLIENT OR THERE IS A POTENTIAL TO LOSE A CLIENT, WE ACTUALLY CUT BACK ON WHAT WE'RE CHARGING FOR THE SPACE RENTAL RIGHT NOW.
ONCE WE HAVE THE NEW BUILDING, WE WON'T HAVE THE DEFICIENCIES TO HAVE TO SPEAK TO.
AND IS THAT DONE WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT IT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH SOMEWHERE SOME OF THESE OTHER REVENUE? YES.
SO FOOD AND BEVERAGE TYPICALLY PARKING, ET CETERA.
SO IT, THEY DO ALL BREAK EVEN AND WE CAN DESCRIBE THAT ON MARCH 6TH A LITTLE BETTER SO IT'S CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND DR. PEREZ, I KNOW YOU WERE PROBABLY ANTICIPATING THIS ONE, UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET DR. PEREZ BACK AND TALK, UM, ABOUT, UM, SLIDE 14.
UM, THIS IS, THIS ISN'T, THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY A DIG, BUT I, I WANT Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND MY EMPHASIS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET AWAY FROM THIS LANGUAGE OF SAYING THAT THIS IS DOING ANYTHING FOR SOUTH DALLAS.
SOUTH DALLAS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD, OKAY? AND SO I LIKE CONFLATING THAT WITH THE CEDARS OR AN EXTENSION OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE, BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THIS IS NOT GIVING ANYTHING TO MY CONSTITUENTS IN SOUTH DALLAS.
AND, AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THAT TO BE ARTICULATED.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHAT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY THIS IS, TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO SOUTH DALLAS.
AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AN EXPANSION OF A STREETCAR NETWORK, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ESSENTIALLY THE PROJECT OF FAIR PARK THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT IN BRINGING FUNDING FOR THIS HUGE PROJECT FOR THE ALIGNMENTS OF AN EXPANDED STREET NETWORK, ALTHOUGH I'VE BEEN IN THE BACK SCREAMING IT SINCE IT'S, IT'S EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED.
FOR THAT TO BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT TO ME IS A SLAP IN THE FACE.
AND THE ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US TO EXPECT AS A COUNCIL TO CONSIDER NEEDS TO BE CONNECTING THOSE TWO ASSETS.
IT NEEDS TO BE INCLUSIVE OF CLOSING IN THOSE GAPS OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE HAVE.
AND WHAT I SEE PROPOSED HERE, IT COVERS A LOT OF WHAT I HEAR ON THE, THE BOXES WE'RE TRYING TO CHECK, EXCEPT THAT ONE.
SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH ANOTHER MONUMENTAL HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY.
I, I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THAT WE'VE GOT A HUGE GAP IN OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM.
WE'VE HAD A HUGE UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THERE IS A DISCREPANCY OF WHERE SOUTH DALLAS RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THESE ASSETS
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THAT WE CONTINUE TO THROW INVESTMENT IN.AND I CANNOT TELL YOU ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS, WITH OUR, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH COG, WITH THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING ALONG THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CORRIDOR WITH THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING AT FAIR PARK AS AN ASSET WITH THE NEXUS OF VISIT DALLAS, BEING ABLE TO PROMOTE BOTH EVENT SPACE, UH, AT, UM, FAIR PARK, IN ADDITION TO THIS CONVENTION CENTER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE TWO PROJECTS IN SILOS.
SO I ASK YOU ALL TO PLEASE GET TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND GIVE THIS COUNCIL AN OPTION TO CONSIDER THAT'S GOING TO BREAK UP THESE GAPS.
THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS THE DISPARITY OF WHERE WE HAVE HISTORICALLY PUT INVESTMENT IN.
AND IF WE JUST CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE THE SAME, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA SAY, THE RESULTS ARE GONNA BE THE SAME AS WELL.
SO PLEASE, I I'M MORE THAN SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT I SEE, BUT IT SEEMS AS IF ESPECIALLY WITH THAT LINE, FUTURE EXPANSIONS COULD CONNECT TO OTHER DESTINATIONS.
I'M SO TIRED OF MY CONSTITUENTS BEING TOLD WE'LL GET THERE IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS TOO LARGE OF AN INVESTMENT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MISS THIS.
UH, I'M PROBABLY GONNA EVENTUALLY SOUND, UH, WE WILL ALMOST SOUND LIKE SAMUS TWINS MOMENTARILY.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL DEFINITELY FOR YOUR WORK AND, AND, AND THAT, UH, HAS GONE INTO THIS PROJECT AND I REMAIN EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS SO WE CAN MOVE AHEAD.
NUMBER ONE, UH, DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THE HIGH SPEED RAIL AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET ACROSS THOSE HURDLES.
UH, MY, THE, THE INTEREST THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE NEED TO GET CLARITY AROUND THE IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE OR THE INFLUENCE AROUND THE FRUIT DALE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT, A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE THEY BEGIN TO BUY OUT PROPERTIES.
AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE AS WE ROLL IT OUT, THERE'S CLEAR, UH, DIRECTION OR JUST INFORMATION SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH THAT COMMUNITY WHAT THE HIGH SPEED RAIL, UH, MEANS TO THEM.
BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT OUT.
AND SO NOW WE'RE SITTING HERE WITH BLIGHT IN MANY INSTANCES.
AND SO WE NEED AN ANSWER TO THAT.
UH, AND SO WE WANNA ALSO HARNESS THE ENERGY THAT COMES AROUND THE HIGH SPEED RAIL.
SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ADD, UH, TO, UH, SOME INVESTMENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY, I, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY.
SO DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO COMMENT ON THAT? I'LL MOVE ON.
WELL, MAYOR, I, I THINK THE LAST TWO, TWO OF YOU SPEAK TO, UM, REALLY THE POLICY DIRECTION THAT I THINK IS CRITICAL.
UH, THE MORE ORNAMENTS THAT YOU HANG ON THIS TREE, HAVE IT BE STREETCAR, HAVE IT BE HIGH SPEED RAIL, HAVE IT BE THE MARTIN LUTHER, UH, EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON HUB.
THE MORE ORNAMENTS YOU HANG ON THIS TREE, THE GREATER THE SYNERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IT'S GONNA BE FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES OF DALLAS.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN IS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT, UH, GET MORE CONCERNED.
THE MORE ORNAMENTS YOU HANG ON THE TREE, IS IT A CLEAR PATH FORWARD FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER? IS IT A CLEAR PATH FORWARD FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL? IS IT A CLEAR PATH FORWARD FOR THE STREETCAR? UM, THIS TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO'VE PROBABLY BEEN MEETING EVERY MONTH FOR THREE YEARS IS PREPARED TO HANG AS MANY ORNAMENTS ON THE TREE AS THIS COUNCIL WISHES TO HANG.
UM, WITHOUT GETTING INTO OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT ARE ON THIS COUNCIL, WHICH DON'T WISH US TO PROCEED WITH SO MANY ORNAMENTS ON THE TREE.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HANG AS MANY I BELIEVE IN THE SYNERGIES AND THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE OF, OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.
UM, THERE IS NO REASON WHY YOUR EXPECTATION CAN'T BE ADVANCING A STREETCAR AT THE SAME TIME AS HIGH SPEED RAIL, BUT YOU HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT WILL SNIPER US, RIGHT, WITH REGARD TO ANY OF THOSE PARTICULAR ELEMENTS.
SO YOU, YOU DON'T WANT A SHY STAFF.
IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY, 'CAUSE I'M, I'M NOT DIRECTLY ON THIS STAFF.
YOU DON'T WANT A SHY STAFF THAT CAN'T COMMUNICATE THE ECONOMIC, UH, IMPACTS OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO DO, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE DEFENDED BY THE OTHERS THAT SNIPE WITH REGARD TO, UH, HAVING THIS LARGER VISION THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT.
SO FROM A TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE THIS BIG VISION OF THESE ELEMENTS AND EXPECT US TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A SEQUENCE OF THEM SO WE'RE NOT ADDING RISK TO YOUR CONVENTION CENTER OR ITS SCHEDULE.
WE'RE NOT ADDING RISK TO THE BEGINNING OF I 30 AND STAGE THESE IN A COMPLETE WAY.
UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED YOUR PROTECTION FROM OTHERS THAT WILL SNIPE AT US, UH, THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING A TWO COMPLICATED, UH, PICTURE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRANSPARENCY.
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THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN TOUCHED, THAT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TOUCHED, THEN THEY DESERVE, UH, AN ANSWER AND THEN WE DESERVE TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THEM.AND WE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO COMMIT TO LEAVING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN BLIGHT.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD FOR, UH, THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THE, THE CONVENTION CENTER DID WANNA JUST TAP INTO, UH, AND DALLAS JUST HAS THIS ISSUE WITH BRANDING, WHETHER IT'S SOUTH DALLAS OR THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
WHEN WE PUSH THE VOTE, UH, OUT SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY, YOU, YOU ASK VOTERS TO TRUST US.
AND SO THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU THE VOTE NOW.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT.
AND SO I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME AND ALL I HEAR, UH, IS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE INVESTMENT AT DOWNTOWN.
AND I'M CONSTANTLY TOLD, UH, IT'S COMING.
YOU KNOW? AND SO WEIGHT BROKE THE WA WAGON DOWN, IN MY OPINION.
SO NOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LOAD IS TOO HEAVY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO CARRY THE LOAD OF, OF NOT HAVING, UH, WHAT WE, THE RESOURCES AND THE INVESTMENT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE.
SO I'M SIMPLY ASKING YOU AGAIN, AND I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, MADE THE STATEMENT, I WANNA PUT IT ON THE RECORD AGAIN FOR THOSE EARS THAT ARE FRESH TO THE CONVERSATION.
BUT WE WANT SOMEONE WHO IS SHARP ENOUGH, INNOVATIVE ENOUGH TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR CONNECTING TO WHAT IS OUR ECONOMIC, UM, DRIVER POTENTIALLY COULD BE WHEN WE GET THROUGH WORKING WITH THEM IN THE BOND IS THE ZOO.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE STRONGEST, UH, UH, EPICENTER THAT I HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO POTENTIALLY IGNITING THE ECONOMICS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
SO WHEN WE COME ACROSS THE CORINNE STREET BRIDGE OR EVEN 35 SOMEWHERE, SOMEONE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A, A, A CONCEPT IN PLACE.
WELL, THE FOLKS WHO WENT TO THE POLLS TO VOTE AND GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PUT THIS CONVENTION CENTER HERE WILL BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ECONOMIC, UH, CONNECTION, UH, SO THAT WE TOO CAN PROSPER.
WE WANT THAT I 30 AND TO CHOOSE PROSPER, BUT WE TOO HAVE A DECK PARK THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND YOU KNOW THAT.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON ANY OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I COULD SUPPORT YOU, UH, UH, 199% MORE AND OUR COMMUNITY COULD TOO IF WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GETTING RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT.
OTHERWISE, EVERY TIME SOMETHING COMES UP, WE ARE ASKED TO VOTE AND TO SUPPORT, BUT WE DON'T GET THE RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT.
AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR WHAT WE CALL THE SOUTHERN SECTOR UNTIL WE GET A NEW BRAND, UH, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
AND SO, BUT TOGETHER, THE SOUTH IN TOTAL, WE CAN AGREE THAT WE DESERVE MORE.
BUT, UH, WE KEEP CALL GETTING CALLED ON TO SUPPORT.
AND SO WE ARE HERE NOW AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVENTION CENTER, UH, REVOLUTIONIZING THIS, THIS CITY.
AND SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
BUT IF Y'ALL COULD HELP ME OUT AND HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS OUT WITH A SOLUTION TO THAT, MORE THAN JUST, WE'RE GONNA CREATE JOBS AND WE KNOW WE'VE GOTTA GET DART IN ON THE CONVERSATION 'CAUSE THEY'VE GOTTA GET 'EM TO WORK.
SO THERE'S NO NEED IN US CREATING JOBS AND THEN OUR VOTERS WHO VOTED ON IT CAN'T GET TO WORK.
AND WE WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S PROMISE THERE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE SERVICE INDUSTRY JOBS.
WE WANT, UH, A BIGGER BITE OF THIS APPLE, IF YOU WILL, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO I'M SURE, UH, MR. DAVIS, YOU, YOU AND I HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ALL THE TIME ABOUT HAVING THOSE, UH, CONNECTORS VISIT, UH, POINTS OF OF INTEREST THAT FOLKS WILL, WHEN THEY COME HERE, WE'LL COME TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR TO VISIT.
SO, UH, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT AND THEN I'LL LEAVE YOU ALL WITH THE WORD THAT I LOVE THAT I CREATED.
IT'S THE GOOGLE ABILITY SO THAT WHEN YOU COME TO THIS, TO THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER, YOU CAN GOOGLE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY HAPPENING IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, UH, AS A WHOLE.
SO THANK YOU CHAIR FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO, UH, WEIGH IN ON THAT.
BUT THAT'S MY ONLY LITTLE, UH, LITTLE HICCUP WITH THIS WHOLE PROJECT.
WE WANNA RETURN ON OUR, ON OUR INVESTMENT AS CONSTITUENTS AND VOTERS IN THIS CITY.
UH, MAYOR PROTO ATKINS, UH, DIRECTOR FLEMING, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
OBVIOUSLY I'M THRILLED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND CAN'T WAIT TO TO GET IT GOING, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE SOLD TO THE VOTERS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.
AND SO WHEN IT BECOMES TO, TO DESIGN AND COST, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESIGN COMPONENT, UM, AND HAVING THAT COMING THROUGH AN RFP.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COST ESTIMATES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED AND WITHOUT HAVING FINAL, UH, PLANS OR ENGINEERING DRAWINGS, WHERE DO THOSE ESTIMATES STAND NOW? SO RIGHT NOW, UH, WE, WE LAST
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BRIEFED YOU RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT TO OUR FIRST FINANCIAL TRANSACTION AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF WORKING WITH HVS.IT'S A COMPANY THAT DOES OUR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR US TO TELL US WHERE WE CAN LAND.
UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE, WE TRY NOT TO USE THE WORD COST 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
AND SO WE WERE AT ABOUT A, UH, BETWEEN 1.4 AND $1.9 BILLION IN, IN ECONOMIC, UM, IN INVESTMENT LEVEL FOR WHAT WE WILL WORK WITH.
AND SO YOU PROVIDE THAT INVESTMENT LEVEL TO THE ARCHITECT ALONG WITH THE CONCEPT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND PRESENTED YOU TODAY.
AND SO PROBABLY MIDWAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER WORKING AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION COMPONENT OF A CONTRACT MANAGER OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, YOU GET TO A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
AND SO WE TELL THEM, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE, THIS IS WHAT YOU WORK THROUGH.
SO WHAT HBS IS DOING NOW IS UPDATING OUR STUDY THAT WE DID DURING COVID, RIGHT? WE DID A STUDY WITH HVS SO THAT WE COULD REFUND OR, OR REFINANCE OUR EXISTING DEBT.
AS I STARTED WITH AT THE BEGINNING, WE ANTICIPATED A 2025 TIMEFRAME FOR RECOVERING FROM THE COVID YEARS.
SINCE WE RECOVERED IN 22, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND PUT ALL OF THE DATA IN.
WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED THEM MOST RECENTLY IS ALL OF THE, UH, PFC OR PROJECT FINANCING ZONE INFORMATION, THAT'S NEW INFORMATION.
WE PROVIDED THEM THE NEW PRIMER NUMBERS AND THEN THE INCREASE IN HOT AGAINST FORECAST.
AND SO THEY'LL THEN RUN AN ANALYSIS.
WE'VE ASKED FOR THAT TO BE DONE BY MID-MARCH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT INVESTMENT LEVEL NUMBER AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN BOND.
AND THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE WORKING TO AS YOU DESIGN.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD, CHRISTIAN? NO, I THINK YOU CAPTURED THAT PERFECTLY.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED MARCH OR APRIL BEING THE TIMELINE FOR THE, THE CONTRACT, THE R-F-P-R-F-Q TO GO OUT.
IS THAT WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU WERE ANTICIPATING? UH, WHEN, YEAH.
WE'RE STILL, UM, ALONG THE SAME TIMEFRAME THAT WE PROVIDED BEFORE WE BUILT IN SOME CUSHION, UM, SO THAT WE COULD BE ABLE TO LOSE SOME TIME.
AND, AND WE HAVE WITH, UM, THE PM DISCUSSION TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES.
AND, UM, SO THAT HAS EATEN INTO THE CUSHION A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE STILL HAVE CUSHION.
UH, AND THEN JUST ON THE DESIGN, THE, THE WALKABILITY AND THE CONNECTIVITY TO THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF DOWNTOWN AND BEYOND, UH, THAT WAS, I BELIEVE, A PROMISE THAT WAS, UH, MADE OUT.
AND SO I APPRECIATE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, I DON'T, I DO WANT TO GO DEEP INTO PARKS, UH, THE DECK PARK, THE THREE FINGER, AND HOW THAT'S GONNA BE CONFIGURED.
I HAVE TALKED TO CHAIRWOMAN, UH, STEWART ON PARKS AND TRAILS, AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A, A GOOD BRIEFING FOR THAT COMMITTEE SO WE CAN GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT CONVERSATION AND HOW IT TIES INTO OLD CITY PARK.
UM, BUT THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE GONE LONG ON THIS ONE, SO I'LL CONNECT, UH, OFFLINE WITH SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS.
BUT JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR GETTING US THIS FAR.
AND YES, WE'LL, WE'LL MEET WITH YOU AND, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO PRESENT TO PARKS AND TRAILS.
YEAH, ROSA, I GOT SOME QUESTION.
IF YOU GO TO PAGE 14, AND MY CONCERN IS, NUMBER ONE IS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE HERE, IS TRYING TO BRIDGE THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS TO THE NORTH SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS ON I 30, UH, THE TRINITY RIVER.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF FAIR PARK, YOU KNOW, THE 10TH STREET JEFFERSON AREA, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE I 30, YOU SEE LAMAR, YOU SEE JEFFERSON, AND YOU SEE 35.
THAT IS THE CONNECTION TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS.
AND MICHAEL, WHEN I'M ASK YOU, MICHAEL, THE CONNECTIVITY IS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND GOING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHAT ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO GET TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND GET BACK TO THOSE BUSINESS? WHO IS GONNA GENERATE SALE TAX, PROPERTY TAX TO THE ZOO, TO THE DECK PART? I DON'T SEE THAT AS, SO I DON'T KNOW.
WHEN Y'ALL LOOK AT A CONVENTION CENTER, DO Y'ALL LOOK AT, AT A THREE MILE RADIUS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, OR DO Y'ALL LOOK AT, AT A ONE MILE RADI OR A FIVE MILE RADIUS? HER CHAIR, LET ME TAKE THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION AND THEN I'LL TRANSFER IT TO MR. MORRIS.
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SO, WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER CONTRACT FOR THE, UNDER THE OAK FARM, UH, STUDY IS THE, UH, CONNECTION OF THE STREETCAR TO THE, UH, UH, SOUTHERN GATEWAY DECK PARK AREA.SO THAT IS ALREADY, UH, UNDER CONTRACT.
AND THEN THE OTHER STEP THAT WE'RE TAKING WOULD BE THE, UM, UH, ISSUANCE OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETCAR, WHICH WILL BE BASED ON THE EXPANDED ROUTES OF THE STREETCAR.
AND THIS, UH, ILLUSTRATION THAT YOU HAVE HERE IS JUST THE ILLUSTRATION OF, UH, WHAT IS, WHAT COULD BE, BUT NOT, IS NOT THE FINAL.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE STREETCAR ITSELF, UH, AS WE PROGRESS.
AND I HEARD, UH, CHAIR ALUA, UH, ABOUT THE, THE INTEREST IN, UM, THE OTHER CONNECTIONS, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE OTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CONNECTIONS TO LOWER GREENVILLE, UH, AS WELL AS TO WEST DALLAS.
SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE STILL KIND OF, AND WILL BE PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS.
UM, AND WE HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TRANSFER IT OVER TO, UH, MR. MORRIS TO TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE, WE PROBABLY AREN'T DOING AS GOOD A JOB CONNECTING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, I'M OVER ON EAST GRAND LOOKING AT, UH, DOWNSIZING EAST GRAND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30.
UH, HAD PUBLIC MEETINGS THIS WEEK OF EXTENDING EAST GRAND INTO A NEW ENTRANCE INTO FAIR PARK.
GET RID OF THE DANGEROUS TURN THAT'S AT THE LIGHT RAIL STATION, POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THE LIGHT RAIL STATION INTO THE THIRD OR STREET.
UH, OUR TEAM, UM, UM, NEXT TO ME AND AND CARL ON OUR STAFF WON THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SAFE STREET, UH, PROJECT.
UM, WE HAD A MEETING IN, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLDS, UH, EARLIER THIS, UH, LAST WEEK ON PHASE TWO OF, UM, THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY PEDESTRIAN CAP.
UH, THAT PROJECT IS SITTING IN WASHINGTON DC TO BE FUNDED.
THE THREE FINGERS PROJECT IS SITTING IN WASHINGTON DC TO BE FUNDED BECAUSE WE HAVE TO EXPEDITE THAT COMMITMENT TO NOT HOLD UP THE INTERSTATE 30 CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE UCS CROSSING INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
UH, WE'RE TAKING THE REGIONAL CONNECTIONS OF OAK FARMS. UH, GUS IS TAKING THE LOCAL CONNECTIONS OF OAK FARMS. IT INVOLVES POT, UM, POTENTIALLY DOUBLE TRACKING THE STREETCAR ACROSS THE VIADUCT TO GIVE YOU THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO EXTEND THE STREETCAR INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
UM, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGH SPEED RAIL, AND NOW I HAVE FIVE OTHER OPTIONS TO REDO WITH REGARD TO HIGH SPEED RAIL.
SO I CAN KEEP HIGH SPEED RAIL MOVING, NOT JUST TO HOUSTON, BUT ALL THE WAY TO FORT WORTH AS PART OF THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PROCESS.
UM, SO THERE'S A SERIES OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND WE JUMP IN THE DEEP END AND START GOING THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR PATH.
UM, I THINK, UM, MAYOR ARNOLD, UH, LEAVING YOUR MEETING LAST WEEK, UH, WE HAVE FUNDED A THOROUGHFARE STREET IN THE BOTTOMS. WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN THE HISTORIC 12TH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, YOU'RE TAKING A LEADERSHIP POSITION TO REFEREE, UH, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OF THE PEDESTRIAN CAP.
WE WANT TO CONNECT THE PEDESTRIAN CAP, UH, TO ALL THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN DOWNTOWN.
THE RTC IS FUNDING THE SIDEWALKS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ZOO INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE A NEW, UH, UH, PARKING GARAGE AT THE ZOO FOR BOTH THE PEDESTRIAN CAP AS WELL AS THE ZOO.
SO, UM, IF WE WEREN'T BUSY, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON FIFA AND A THOUSAND OTHER THINGS, I'D DO A BETTER JOB INTEGRATING ALL THESE INTO A INTEGRATED MAP.
BUT IT'S NOT DUE TO A LACK OF EFFORT IN, UH, TRYING TO CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IN YOUR AREA NEAR RED BIRD WITH REGARD TO THE FRONTAGE ROADS AND THE THOROUGHFARE STREETS AND THE EXIT.
SO I THINK IF WE HAD TO HEAR MORE TIME, WE COULD MAP THEM BETTER.
UH, WE TOLD MAYOR ARNOLD, WE NEED TO MAP HER PROJECTS SO SHE SEES, SEES THEM ALL ON ONE PAGE.
I PROBABLY NEED TO DO THAT WITH ALL OF YOU.
UM, WE HAVE THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY IN A LOT OF DETAIL AND TABLES AND CHARTS AS WE TRY TO EXPEDITE THESE PROJECTS.
UH, BUT JUST LIKE I'M TRYING TO CREATE A, A MEGA VISION, UH, FOR YOUR CONVENTION CENTER, HIGH SPEED RAIL AND YOUR, UH, EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, UH, UM, STATION.
I, UH, WE HAVE THESE MEGA VISIONS IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS AS WELL.
WE JUST HAVE TO GET, TAKE THE TIME TO MAP THEM OUT SO YOU CAN ALL SEE THEM BETTER.
THAT PHRASE YOU ABOUT, SAY SOMETHING.
YEAH, I, I WAS GONNA SAY, UH, CHAIR, I MEAN, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS TO THE I 3 45 IS WE'RE WORKING WITH TEX TO REDEVELOP THAT.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ENSURING THAT THERE'S, UH, ADEQUATE, UM, SPACE FOR A STREETCAR AS WELL.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING AGAIN, THIS, THIS WAS JUST TO
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SAY, HEY, IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, IN RELATION TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE FUTURE EXPANSIONS.UH, THAT, THAT LINE IS REALLY TO SAY THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, AS, AS FAR AS, UM, PLANNING FOR IT.
UM, AND, AND I THINK MICHAEL, MICHAEL SAID IT, UH, PERFECTLY.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AS WE DESIGN OUR PROJECTS.
UM, NOT JUST THE CITIES, BUT ALSO, UH, IN COORDINATION WITH TXDOT AND THE COG TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN, UH, SUSTAIN AND EXPAND, UH, THE STREETCAR, UH, INTO OTHER LOCATIONS.
I KNOW ALL OF Y'ALL WANT, UH, A STOP AND, AND SO, UM, SO YEAH, SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE, THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE FUTURE EXPANSION, UH, OF THE STREETCAR.
UM, JUST MY MAIN CONCERN IS NUMBER ONE, WE, WE FOCUS ON THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL.
AND WHEN YOU FOCUS ON THAT, YOU FOCUS ON ONE SOURCE.
AND, AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THE TELL OF TWO CITIES, THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, AND NUMBER ONE, WHEN YOU DID A CRIME WAR PARK, YOU KNOW, THEY BROUGHT THE NORTH AND SOUTH TOGETHER.
WE TALK ABOUT THE CEDARS, NOW WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THE NORTH AND SOUTH TOGETHER ACROSS OUR 30, BUT THAT'S A COURT.
BUT WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE GOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE MORE SOUTH, IT LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE ARE NOT GONNA GET THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE CONVENTION CENTER WHO REALLY GONNA VISIT THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS, UH, TO BUILD THAT PORTION UP AROUND THE ZOO, AROUND THE DECK PART BECAUSE AS A PROPERTY TAX AND SALE AND SALE TAX THAT WE NEED.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, WE GOT MARKET, THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS, AND THE CONVENTION CENTER IS A VERY, VERY KEY ELEMENT TO MARK THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS, JUST LIKE WE DID AT FAR PARK WITH EXPOSITION.
YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT, OPEN THAT UP.
NOW WE GOTTA WORK OUT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUST TO GET A CROSS OVER WITH A STREET CAR.
THE FIRST STREET CAR IN DALLAS WAS ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, WHICH WAS FOREST AVENUE.
SO, SO THEREFORE WE GOT TO DO LIKE OH FOUR.
IF WE DIDN'T TEAR THAT DOWN, THAT WOULD BE AN A*****E.
BUT WHEN WE SELL THE CONVENTION CENTER, SELL THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS, BECAUSE WE GOTTA INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUE AROUND THE CEDARS WHERE WE AT.
LET'S HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SELL THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS.
WITH THAT, I KNOW WE GOT ANOTHER BRIEFING, GET TO, SO LET'S GET TO THIS NEXT BRIEFING.
I'VE ALREADY MADE IT CLEAR WHERE I WAS STANDING, BUT ONE OF THE, THE, UM, UH, THINGS THAT I WAS MENTIONED BY MICHAEL MORRIS, I MEAN, WITH COG WITH WHAT THE CITY HAS PUT IN AND WITH, WITH OUR, UH, SAFE STREETS GRANT, I MEAN, THERE'S OVER $30 MILLION BEING PUT INTO THE, THE RECONSTRUCTION.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY WANTING TO, MORE THAN ANYTHING, TO NOT RESULT INTO DUPLICATIVE WORK OR US TO BE BACKTRACKING.
AND SO I'M ASKING THAT THIS, WHETHER IT'S GONNA MATERIALIZE NEXT WEEK OR SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW, FOR IT TO BE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE IN WHAT WE ARE PLANNING AND, UH, IMPLEMENTING THERE SO THAT IT DOESN'T END UP THAT IT'S A HARDER TASK TO, TO TAKE ON.
AND THAT, THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS.
I DON'T WANT TO WORK A HUGE INVESTMENT, UM, AND, AND BACK AFTER THE FACT IN ORDER TO, TO, UM, CAPITALIZE ON WHAT THAT MOMENTUM CAN BRING US IN THE END RESULT.
COUNCILMAN ALL I, ALL I DO IS YOUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AT COG, YOU WANNA RESPOND TO THAT? YEAH.
AS A, JUST QUICKLY, PLEASE HELP US NOT BACKTRACK.
'CAUSE IF WE SPEND OUR TIME BACKTRACKING, IT'S HARD TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE THINGS YOU JUST DESCRIBED.
SO I, I WON'T TALK ABOUT WHERE THERE'S BACKTRACKING, BUT WHEN WE GET TO MARCH 6TH, IF YOU SEE BACKTRACKING, SOME OF US COULD USE SOME HELP ON NOT SPENDING TIME BACKTRACKING AND MOVING FORWARD ON THE OTHER, UH, OBJECTIVES THAT YOU HAVE.
LET'S DO THE NEXT BRIEFING, BRIEFING C UH, WITH ANDREW AND VERNA.
WE CAN GET TO THE HIGH POINTS.
SO, UH, LET'S GET TO THE HIGH POINTS.
SO, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ANDREW ESPINOZA, I'M YOUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND WITH ME TODAY I HAVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR VERNON YOUNG.
UH, SO TODAY WE'LL BE BRINGING OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MONTHLY TECHNOLOGY AND METRICS REVIEW.
ON SLIDE TWO, YOU'LL SEE OUR PRESENTATION OVERVIEW.
SO FOR THE MONTH OF, UH, DECEMBER, UM, WE SAW, UH, AN INCREASE OF 142 TO 185 NEW SINGLE FAMILY PROJECTS.
SO THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT A 30% INCREASE FROM THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
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ISSUED A TOTAL OF 153 NEW SINGLE FAMILY PERMITS, A TOTAL OF 39 SAME DAY RESIDENTIAL PERMITS WERE ISSUED.SO THAT PROGRAM IS STILL MOVING ALONG NICELY.
THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED PERMITS WITHIN TWO DAYS, UH, WITHIN THE MONTH OF NO DECEMBER.
SO AGAIN, OUR PERFORMANCE GOALS ARE BEING, UH, HANDSOMELY EXCEEDED.
IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE SAW 13 NEW COMMERCIAL, 13 COMMERCIAL ADDITIONS, 205 COMMERCIAL REMODELS, AND 12 COMPLEX COMMERCIAL Q TEAM PROJECTS.
OUR MINOR COMMERCIAL, UH, Q TEAM, WHICH ISSUES PERMITS THE SAME DAY 27 WERE PROCESSED AND ISSUED FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
OVERALL, OUR INITIAL REVIEW TIME FOR COMMERCIAL PROJECTS WAS 13 DAYS.
AS IT RELATES TO OUR COMMERCIAL DASHBOARD, UH, WE ARE WORKING TO, UH, ROLL THAT OUT IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.
UH, WE'RE STILL CLEANING UP SOME OF THOSE OLD AND STALE PERMITS, IDENTIFY THOSE PERMITS THAT SHOULD BE CANCELED, UH, REACHING OUT TO CUSTOMERS AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH ITS AND THE VENDOR, UH, TO PROVIDE US A TIMELINE ON THE PROPOSED PERMIT FEE INCREASES.
THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, YOU ASKED US FOR A SPECIFIC, UH, PHASE AND IMPLEMENTATION AND SCHEDULE, AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY ARE LISTED THERE.
IN ADDITION, WE ARE STILL TRANSITIONING TO A 100% ONLINE PLAN REVIEW SUBMITTAL PROCESS.
UH, WE ARE HOSTING LUNCH AND LEARN PROJECT TRAINING SESSIONS FOR OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS, AND HOPE TO BE ONLINE, UH, MARCH 1ST.
THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES OUR CURRENT VACANCIES.
AND JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, ON FRIDAY WE HELD A, A HIRING EVENT AT OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAD 51 CANDIDATES INTERVIEW.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO HIRE PROGRESSIVELY.
OUR ENGINEERING Q TEAM, UH, ONE OF OF THE THINGS WE IDENTIFIED WAS THAT OUR, UH, SAME DAY PERMITTING PROCESSES WERE SOMEWHAT HAMPERED BY THE ENGINEERING PROCESSES.
UH, AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO IMPLEMENT A THIRD Q TEAM THAT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES ON ENGINEERING.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO QUICKLY EXPEDITE TRANSPORTATION, UH, WATER WASTEWATER, DRAINAGE REVIEWS, UH, AND, AND IT'S MODELED AFTER THE CURRENT Q TEAM WHERE THE DESIGN TEAM COMES IN, SITS DOWN WITH CITY STAFF.
WE REVIEW THE PLANS TOGETHER AND ADDRESS PROBLEMS ON THE SPOT.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY CUSTOMERS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, THUS TEAM THEM UP FOR THE TECHNICAL BUILDING FIRE RELATED REVIEW PROCESS OF THE PERMITTING, UH, UH, PORTION OF THAT, UH, WE WILL BE HOSTING A LUNCH AND LEARN ON FEBRUARY 15TH.
UH, WE HAVE 40 SEATS IN OUR TRAINING CENTER.
UH, LAST I HEARD, ALL 40 SEATS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RESERVED, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY AND WE HOPE TO ROLL THIS PROGRAM OUT MARCH 1ST.
UPDATES TO OUR SELF-CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
UH, SO WE WORKED WITH THE MATRIX GROUP AND IDENTIFIED THAT LOW HANGING FRUIT.
HOW DO WE GET SOME FAST TRACK PERMITS THROUGH OUR OFFICE FOR QUALIFYING PROJECTS? UM, THAT WILL BE ROLLING OUT HERE.
YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME MARKETING MATERIAL.
THESE PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE NEW SINGLE FAMILY PROJECTS AND DUPLEXES OF ALL SQUARE FOOTAGES, MINOR COMMERCIAL FINISH OUTS AND COMMERCIAL REMODEL PROJECTS OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS.
NOW, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR 3000, BUT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH ROLLING IT OUT WITH 5,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS FOR BUSINESS AND MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES ONLY.
SO, UH, PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FOR THAT MARKETING MATERIAL.
AS YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WORKS UNDER THE, UH, PREMISE AND THE OVERSIGHT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL MODEL CODES WITH AMENDMENTS.
UH, CURRENTLY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS WORKING THROUGH THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AMENDMENTS.
THESE OCCUR ON A THREE YEAR, UH, REOCCURRING CYCLE.
UH, AND SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH DALLAS FIRE AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, ALSO WORKING WITH THE NECK NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE SURE OUR EFFORTS ARE ALIGNED.
UH, OUR OUR HOPE IS TO HAVE A PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN BRING SOME PROPOSALS FORWARD TO THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE AND ALSO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.
THE ACTUAL I CODES WON'T BE, UH, IMPLEMENTED AND ROLLED OUT TO 2025, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE ELECTRICAL CODE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE TRANSITIONED, UH, INTO PHASE TWO,
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THE WEEK OF JANUARY 15TH.THOSE ARE THE TEAMS THAT MOVED IN.
WE DID HOLD BACK A SMALL RESERVE AT THREE 20 EAST JEFFERSON.
SO CUSTOMERS THAT COME IN THERE CAN STILL BE SERVED.
UH, PHASE THREE, UH, WILL ROLL OUT FEBRUARY 16TH, AND THOSE ARE THE TEAMS THAT WILL BE ALSO TRANSITIONED OVER INTO STEMMONS.
SO, NEXT STEPS IS ROLL OUT THE SELF-CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
OUR HOPE WAS TO HAVE IT, UH, DONE IN JANUARY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THAT WON'T HAPPEN TILL THIS MONTH.
UH, COMPLETE PHASE THREE TO, TO THE STEMMONS BUILDING.
AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE, WE HELD ONE THIS PAST FRIDAY, AS I MENTIONED, TRANSITION TO ONLINE COMMERCIAL PERMIT SUBMITTALS FOR ALL PLAN REVIEW PROJECTS, IMPLEMENT OUR THIRD ENGINEERING, UM, QUEUE TEAM FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, AND THEN HOPEFULLY FINALIZE THE PERMIT FEE ADJUSTMENTS IN POSSE, UH, UH, BY APRIL OF 2024.
UH, SO CHAIR, UM, MYSELF AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR YOUNG ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TAKE ANY COMMENTS.
UH, DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION TO SLIDE FIVE, HIRING AND RECRUITMENT.
WE HAVE HAD REPORTS EVERY MONTH ON THIS.
THE NUMBER NEVER SEEMS TO DECREASE.
I THINK IT WAS A SIMILAR NUMBER AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WASN'T IT? YES, SIR.
SO WHAT DOES THIS INDICATE? ARE WE HAVING A LOT OF ATTRITION IN THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HIRING, WE STAY EVEN COUNCIL MEMBER? YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS.
WE DO HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE EITHER RETIRING, RESIGNING, GETTING PROMOTED, UH, LATERALLY OVER TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A CONSTANT REVOLVING DOOR.
AND SO THIS IS WHY WE'VE BEEN, UH, VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR HIRING PRACTICES.
WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ADDRESS THAT REVOLVING DOOR? SO, AS WE SHARED WITH, UH, THIS COMMITTEE LAST MONTH, UH, THERE ARE SOME VERY STRATEGIC, UH, RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES.
SOME OF THOSE INCLUDED CERTIFICATION PAY, UH, PERFORMANCE PAY, UH, REFERRAL PAY SIGN-ON BONUS PAY.
UH, AND THOSE PROCESSES ARE ACTUALLY BEING FINALIZED AND VETTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
OUR CERTIFICATION PAY PROGRAM HAS ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED, AND I'M HOPING THAT WITH THESE OTHER, UM, INITIATIVES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RETAIN MORE STAFF.
SO WHEN DO YOU THINK THOSE INITIATIVES WILL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED? I, I WOULD SAY THIS SPRING FOR SURE.
UM, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO HONOR, REALLY, I WANTED TO JUST CONTINUE TO, UM, SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS TO CLOSE THESE GAPS.
UM, AND SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY, JUST IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE AND JUST WANT TO PUT THAT IN THERE TO, TO PREPARE YOU FOR WHAT'S COMING.
I, I GUESS MY COMMENT IS, NUMBER ONE, I KNOW WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
WHAT ABOUT HR? ARE WE WORKING TO GET HIRE MORE ENGINEERS? UH, CHAIR, OUR ENGINEERING TEAM IS PRETTY MUCH FULL.
SO THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE STRUGGLING TO HIRE ENGINEERS.
WELL, THANKS TO HR COMPENSATION, THEY'RE FANTASTIC WORK.
AND OF COURSE, THE WORK WE'VE DONE, WE WERE ABLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.
I THINK WE MAY HAVE TWO VACANCIES, UM, BUT NOW THAT HAS SLOWLY TRANSITIONED TO THESE OTHER POSITIONS.
AND SO IT, IT'S KIND OF A WHACK-A-MOLE OR A MOVING TARGET.
AND SO AS LEADERS, WE JUST HAVE TO TRY TO PEEK AROUND THE CORNER AND, AND BE PROACTIVE.
SO, UH, GOING TO, UH, COUNCILOR RIDLEY WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT MOVING THE NEEDLE IN HIRING, BUT WHAT DEPARTMENT THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE MORE HIRING TO MOVE THE, YOUR DEPARTMENT? I, I THINK FOR US, UM, CHAIR IS TO TO JUST BE ABLE, AGAIN, TO BE PROACTIVE, TRY TO REACH OUT TO THESE TRADE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, UH, AS YOU KNOW, YOU SUPPORTED US, GAVE US SOME INTERIM POSITIONS.
UH, AND SO WE NEED TO SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO THE TRADES.
AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THAT LIST, THERE'S, UH, QUITE A BIT OF INSPECTOR VACANCIES AND ALSO PLANS EXAMINER VACANCIES.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE OUR FOCUS ON THOSE SPECIFIC, UH, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO AS, UH, THE POLICY MAKING AS WE ARE, THE POLICY POLICYMAKER ADMINISTRATION IS ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS POLICYMAKER TO MAKE YOUR JOB MUCH EASIER.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, VERNON YOUNG, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AND, AND SO AS THE DIRECTOR, AS ANDREW WAS STATING, UH, I, I THINK SOME OF THESE CERTIFICATIONS AND JUST KIND OF CATCHING UP, AGAIN, WE'RE COMPETING WITH THE OUTSIDE MARKET OUT THERE WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE PLUMBERS AND, UH,
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THE, THE PLAN REVIEW STAFF.BUT WE THINK WE HAVE A, UH, A GOOD GAUGE ON IT AT, AT THIS POINT.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO JUST CONTINUE TO, WITH THIS JOB FAIR.
AGAIN, WE INTERVIEW 51, WE HAVE 17 JOB OFFICERS OUT THERE.
AND SO IF THOSE COME TO FRUITION, I THINK WE'LL BE, UH, WELL AHEAD OF IT.
UH, UH, AGAIN, WITH SO MUCH CHANGE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TURNOVER AND, AND FOLKS KIND OF SEEKING TO DO OTHER THINGS, BUT WE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THIS.
AND, AND IF I COULD FOLLOW UP ON WHAT, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR YOUNG SAID, SO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS FORWARD FACING 100%.
WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OR, UH, THE PERKS OF WORKING FROM HOME.
CUSTOMERS COME IN, THEY WANT TO VISIT, THEY WANT TO CONSULT, THEY WANNA CONSTANTLY ERR.
AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY COMPETING WITH, WITH THE OUTSIDE MARKET, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY, MORE WORK FROM HOME, FLEX SCHEDULES, HYBRID SCHEDULES.
WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR OUR INSPECTORS.
WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR OUR CONSULTANTS.
AND, AND OUR, OUR PROJECT COORDINATORS, THEY GOTTA BE HANDS ON.
THEY GOTTA BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
AND SO THAT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING FOR US.
BUT AS WE MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO REMAIN DILIGENT.
AND, AND, AND WE HAVE A RECRUITMENT TEAM THAT SPECIFICALLY THAT'S ALL THEY DO ALL DAY LONG IS PARTNER WITH HR.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO, TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.
SO HOW ARE YOU ENGAGING THE STAKEHOLDERS? YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU HAD NUMEROUS MEETING WITH THEM.
HAVE Y'ALL COMPLETE Y'ALL ENGAGEMENT? ARE Y'ALL ON THE SAME PAGE? SO IF YOU HAD A RATE BETWEEN ONE TO 10, Y'ALL AT EIGHT, NINE, I MEAN, WHERE ARE YOU? I I, I BELIEVE OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS IS, IS GREAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GIVING UP ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, AND THEY'RE NOT RUNNING TO, TO COME AND WORK WITH WITH US.
THEY UNDERSTAND, UH, RESPECTFULLY.
SO THE DYNAMICS OF THE CITY, AS ANDREW STATED, AS FAR AS NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK FROM HOME AND, AND THE INTERACTION WITH CUSTOMERS DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND, AND TRYING TO WALK FOLKS THROUGH, UH, UH, THROUGH THE PER PERMITTING PROCESS.
I, I LIKE WHAT, UH, MAGIC HAS OFTEN SAID TO BE A CIVIL SERVANT IS A, IS A PRIVILEGE.
AND, AND, AND SO A LOT OF FOLKS ARE, ARE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA, UH, MAKE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL, FOR THOSE SPECIAL FOLKS THAT WANNA PROVIDE THE TYPE OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING, UH, TO PUT OUT TO THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
AND, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, AS, UM, THE BUILDING PERMIT TO GET OUT PERMITS, WHATEVER, UH, YOU ARE THE ENGINE TO PAY THE BILLS, PROPERTY TAX, PROPERTY VALUE, YOU ARE THE ENGINE TO PAY THE BILL.
AND WHATEVER FUEL YOU NEED, WE GONNA GIVE YOU THE FEW SO YOU CAN BE FULL TO PAY THE BILL TO MAKE SURE WE HAD EASY, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO GET BILLING PERMIT FROM YOUR STAFF.
BUT ALSO WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU DON'T WORK FROM HOME, YOU GOTTA BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
BUT WE NEED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT IS YOUR HURDLE, HOW WE CAN MAKE THOSE HURDLES DISAPPEAR.
AND, AND, AND WE ARE HERE TO DO THAT.
AND RIGHT NOW WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTION OUT THERE.
HEY, YOU KNOW, UM, THE X AMOUNT OF LIKE, IS ENTERPRISE FUND, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT MONEY HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DEAL GONNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE FEE'S GONNA BE CORRECTLY DOWN THE ROAD.
AND JUST MAKE SURE YOU REACH OUT TO THE, THE ASSOCIATION TO THOSE BUILDINGS AND SAY, HEY, HERE WE ARE.
YOU GOT SOME QUESTION PUT IN WRITING.
SO THEREFORE, WHEN IT COME BACK TO US, WHEN WE DO DECIDE TO RAISE FEES, EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHERE WE ARE THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO.
THESE BILLS COME, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL DO REACH OUT TO THE ALL DIFFERENT ASSOCIATION.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
THAT, LET'S GO TO, IN AND OF OUR ATTACHMENT, I MEAN, IN OUR BRIEFINGS, WE NEED TO DO INTERCOURSE ON IN OF THE MEMORANDUM, UH, THE, THE BRIEFING.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? ARE YOU ON E EITHER ONE.
IT JUST, WE JUST GOING OPEN ALL UP.
SO WHO HAS GOT E? THAT'S, IT'S KEVIN'S.
KEVIN AND DORSEY ARE BOTH HERE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON D THROUGH H.
IT'S ON E KEVIN? UM, I JUST, MR. CHAIR, UH, YEAH, DO YOU MIND IF I YEAH, I'D NEED TO KNOW.
YOU KNOW, EI APPRECIATE IT, CHAIRMAN, I, UH, JUST, I, I REALLY WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AND I WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO Y'ALL.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF INNOVATION THAT IS REALLY GONNA TAKE FOR US TO SEE THE TYPE OF GROWTH IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
SO I, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JUST KIND OF GIVE US A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF IT, PLEASE ON RECORD.
YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? UM, YEAH,
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GO AHEAD, KEVIN.I'M KEVIN SPA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BAAL, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THIS IS A, FOR US, EVEN FOR US, THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO USING TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.
UM, BASICALLY USING SHARING BETWEEN A DISTRICT THAT IS PERFORMING REALLY WELL AND NEARING THE END OF ITS LIFE WITH A DISTRICT THAT HAS NOT PERFORMED ALL THAT WELL.
UM, AND SO REALLY IN A, IN A NUTSHELL, THE DEBELL M TIP DISTRICT IS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE AT THE END OF 2027.
UM, ON SLIDE FOUR, I'LL JUST TRY TO FOLLOW THE SLIDES HERE ON SLIDE FOUR.
UM, THE DEEP ELM TIFF DISTRICT IS PERFORMING SO WELL IN ITS LATER YEARS THAT IT'S GONNA CAP OUT EARLY, WHICH MEANS IT'LL HIT ITS BUDGET MAX BEFORE ITS SCHEDULED SUNSET.
AND WE ESTIMATE THAT'LL HIT IN 2025.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE LAST BULLET HERE, THE GRAND PARK SOUTH TIP DISTRICT WAS CREATED IN 2005 IN THE SAME YEAR THAT THE DEEP ELM TIP DISTRICT WAS CREATED.
BUT IT'S ONLY CREATED 87 MILLION IN CAPTURED VALUE AS OPPOSED TO 1.4 BILLION IN DEEP EL.
UM, SO SLIDE FIVE, THE LAST BILL ON SLIDE FIVE IS REALLY WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN DEEP EL, INCLUDING THE DEEP EL FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE SOUTH, WHICH ARE WHAT WE CALL THE GRAND PARK SOUTH TIFF AREA, TO ENSURE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND CONCERNS ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING DISPLACEMENT AROUND FAIR PARK ARE ADDRESSED NOW, AND THAT WE DON'T WAIT.
AND SO SLIDE SIX IS REALLY THE CRUX OF THE BISCUIT.
UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET OF THE DEEP LM TIP DISTRICT FROM 30 MILLION NET PRESENT VALUE TO 46 MILLION NET PRESENT VALUE.
AND WHAT THAT WILL DO IS IT WILL KEEP THE DISTRICT FROM TERMINATING EARLY DUE TO A, A BUDGET CAP.
UM, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING TO RESHUFFLE THE BUDGET OF THE DEEP ELM TIP DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO SEND ABOUT 40% OF THE INCREMENT THAT'S GONNA BE GENERATED BY THE DEEP ELM TIP DISTRICT TO PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE GRAND PARK SOUTH TIP DISTRICT, MOST NOTABLY FOR HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION, UM, DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION, UH, CONCERNS IN THE GRAND PARK SOUTH AREA, BUT ALSO FOR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT WE CALL PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY OR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
SO SLIDE SEVEN IS HOW IT ALL WILL BREAK DOWN.
SO OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS OF THE DEEP ELM TIP DISTRICT, WE'RE PROJECTING, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE 60% OF THAT INCREMENT THAT'S CREATED IN, IN DEEP ELM TIP DISTRICT TO STAY IN DEEP ELM TIP DISTRICT.
AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF CLOSEOUT PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THAT LAST SIX YEARS.
BUT THE OTHER 40% OF THE DL TIP DISTRICT'S, UH, TAX INCREMENT GENERATION WOULD GO 20% THAT WE WOULD TRANSFER TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN DEPLOY THOSE FUNDS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, INTO THEIR EXISTING AND OR REV, YOU KNOW, REWORKS OF THEIR HOMEOWNER STABILIZATION PROGRAMS THAT ARE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, THEIR DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION PROGRAMS, THEIR HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. AND THAT WOULD BE DEPLOYED IN THE GRAND PARK SOUTH AREA ONLY.
AND THEN ANOTHER 20% OF WHAT DEEP ELM GENERATES WOULD GO TO ANY PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT THE GRAND PARK SOUTH TIF DISTRICT IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY OR PARKS.
SO THAT'S THE, THE SUMMARY OF IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUMMARY.
AND I JUST, UH, CAN'T THANK Y'ALL ENOUGH, UM, FOR Y'ALL'S INNOVATIVE APPROACH.
UM, THIS IS, IS TRULY GROWING SOUTH.
IT'S TRULY INVESTING AND LEVERAGING, UH, THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD AND, UM, UH, ALLOWING FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER INVESTED IN, UH, TO BENEFIT FROM, UM, THOSE LARGE INVESTMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK Y'ALL.
I THINK THAT WHAT Y'ALL DO FOR OUR CITY, UM, IS SOMEWHAT OF AN UNSUNG HERO, UH, TYPE OF, UH, UM, A ROLE.
UM, YOU OFTEN AREN'T AT THE FOREFRONT OF, UH, A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS, BUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE BACKGROUND, UM, CONNECTS DOTS AND GIVES US THE TOOLS TO SUCCEED.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU'ALL, UH, FOR THIS.
'CAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE HUGE FOR, UH, RESIDENTS OF SOUTH DALLAS, SO THANK YOU.
CHAIRMAN MARLEY, THANK YOU, UH, CHAIRMAN ON BRIEFING MEMORANDUM F WITH THE LANCASTER CORNING RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THAT WE FOLLOW UP, UH, SO THAT I CAN GET SOME DETAILS, MORE DETAILS ON HOW THIS PROJECT CAN COME TO FRUITION.
AND I REALLY WANNA SAY IN A MORE TIMELY
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FASHION, BUT WE ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO YOU SO THAT, UH, WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT GOING IN WHATEVER DEFICIT THEY MAY BE EXPERIENCING.I WANT TO, UH, BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE CORRIDORS THAT I REALLY WANT TO, UH, GIVE, BRING THE TENSION BACK TO THIS CORRIDOR FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT CONTINUES TO WAIT FOR US TO INVEST IN THIS LANCASTER CORRIDOR.
AND IT, PARTICULARLY, PARTICULARLY, I AM UNDERSCORING THE LANCASTER CORRIDOR BECAUSE IT DOES HOUSE THE, THE HOSPITAL FOR OUR VETERANS, UH, THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN OF THEMSELVES.
AND I THINK THAT WE, WE OWE IT TO THEM TO CREATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN A HALL OF HONOR.
SO WHEN FOLKS COME THROUGH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FOLKS VISITING, THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN A, A DESTINATION SITE FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE COMING IN TO OUR CITY.
AND, AND I JUST, IT JUST PAINS ME THAT THE CORRIDOR CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM REAL, REAL NEGLECT.
AND I HAVE THOSE HONORABLE MEN AND WOMEN DOWN IN THAT HOSPITAL THAT WE SHOULD BE, UH, CONTINUING TO INVEST SO THAT IT GROWS AND WE CREATE MORE OF A, OF A MAGNET FOR THEM TO COME, NOT ONLY JUST THE VISITORS, BUT FOR THE VETERANS TO COME AND BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICES IN THAT CORRIDOR.
SO WE WILL, WE'VE READ THROUGH THIS, I'LL VISIT WITH YOU MORE, BUT I THINK JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, COUNCIL, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO PARTNER WITH, UH, A PROJECT HERE ON, UH, THE LANCASTER CORNING, UH, LOCATION.
THIS IS OUR, THIS IS OUR PROPERTY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST, UH, INVESTMENT THAT WE CAN AND GET A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT SINCE WE OWN THE LAND.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, I CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT YEARS AND IT BECOMES DECADES UPON DECADES THAT OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GO WITHOUT.
AND WE SUPPORT ALL OTHER PROJECTS THROUGH OUR VOTE, THROUGH OUR PROPERTY TAXES, THROUGH OUR SALES TAXES, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING SUFFICIENT RETURN ON OUR DOLLARS.
IS THAT A TIFF THERE? YES, EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS WILL BE A TIF SUPPORTED PROJECT.
UM, OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER, UCR IS ACTUALLY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WE'D BE GLAD TO MEET WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING ANYTIME.
I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING AND WE, WE ARE TRYING TO GET, UH, MORE OF AN INVESTMENT IN THAT CORRIDOR.
BUT MY IMPETUS THERE, UH, IS THE VETERANS HOSPITAL, THE VETERANS COMMUNITY, UH, THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO REACH OUT.
THE FRUSTRATION, AND THIS, I WAS NOT ON THE COUNCIL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH THAT DART DOWN THE MIDDLE OF LANCASTER CORRIDOR, UH, AS SOME FEEL THAT IT HAS DISCONNECTED THAT COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANT TO, AS THE POPULAR TERM NOW, IS STITCH TITCH CONNECT, WHATEVER TERM YOU DESIRE, BUT WE WANT TO PULL TOGETHER, PULL THAT COMMUNITY TOGETHER, NOT, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT GOING BACK TO TRY TO ELEVATE THE TRAIN, WHICH SOME ARE ASKING US TO PUSH FOR.
IT'S ABOUT JUST GROWING THAT SO THAT BOTH SIDES CAN SEE SOME BENEFIT OF THIS TIFF AND BOTH SIDES CAN SEE THE BENEFIT OF THE INVESTMENT OF THEIR TAX TAX DOLLARS.
SO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES FOR THAT SO THAT YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THAT COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO DEPEND ON US AND CRY OUT TO US.
JUST AS MY 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO CRY OUT, UH, AND MY FRUIT DEAL COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO CRY OUT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTED SO LONG.
SO I DID WANNA PUT THIS IN HERE FOR THE LANCASTER CORNING RETAIL PROJECT AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.
UM, LEMME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS.
UH, WITH REGARD TO SLIDE SIX, UH, THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THROUGH THE DEEP L-M-T-I-F IS BY INCREASING THE BUDGET SO THAT THE CAP IS NOT REACHED IN 2025, BUT IN A LATER DATE CLOSER TO THE ULTIMATE TERMINATION DATE, SO THAT THAT TAX INCREMENT IS CORRECT, COLLECTED OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
I, I, I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, LET ME ANSWER IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
IF WE, IF THE BUDGET IS NOT INCREASED, THEN THE DEEP ELM TIF DISTRICT WILL TERMINATE IN TWO IN 2025.
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BUDGET, IT WILL TERMINATE AS SCHEDULED IN 2027, BUT IT WILL HAVE A BIGGER BUDGET THAT WE CAN USE TO SHARE PART OF ITS INCREMENT WITH THE GRAND PARK SOUTH AREA DURING THE REMAINING FIVE YEARS.WELL, WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH THE CAP CREASING THE BUDGET? HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE CAP? IT INCREASES THE CAP.
THE, THE BUDGET IS THE CAP AND UNDER STATE LAW WILL TERMINATE ON THE EARLIER OF MEETING THE COUNCIL APPROVED BUDGET OR MEETING THE TERM.
AND IN THIS CASE, WE MEET THE BUDGET BEFORE WE MEET THE TERM, RIGHT.
SO WE CAN CONTINUE UNDER THAT PATH AND JUST USE ALL OF THE MONEY AND DEEP ELEMENT AND TERMINATE EARLY.
BUT WE SAW THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND COME UP WITH THE SHARING OPPORTUNITY TO HELP GRAND PARK SOUTH.
SO I HAD IT RIGHT? YEP, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE IT.
SO, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE 40% THAT WILL BE USED ELSEWHERE, UH, I NOTICED A REFERENCE TO THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER AND THE CULTURAL TRAIL.
THOSE ARE NOT IN THE GRAND PARK TIFF.
SO HOW, HOW WOULD YOU FUND PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF EITHER TIFF? WELL, IT, THOSE ARE IN THE DEEP LM T DISTRICT.
PART OF THE CULTURAL INITIATIVES ARE IN THE DEEP LM TIFF DISTRICT.
SO LIKE, IF, IF WE GO TO SLIDE 10, MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP ILLUSTRATE.
SO THE CHART ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR PROJECTIONS LOOK FORWARD LOOKING PROJECTIONS OF THE ANNUAL YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, INCREMENT THAT WOULD FLOW TO EACH OF THE BUCKETS.
SO IN THE MIDDLE WHERE IT SAYS TRANSFER TO HOUSING GPS, WHICH IS GRAND PARK SOUTH FOR STABILIZATION MITIGATION, THAT'S THE 20% WE'RE PROJECTING WITH THAT AMOUNT EACH YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF THREE POINT 13.44.
UM, THEN THE NEXT TO, TO LAST COLUMN IS THE SET ASIDE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLING GPS, WHICH IS GRAND PARK SOUTH.
SO THE LAST COLUMN IS REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE RETAINED AND USED IN THE DEEP EL TIP DISTRICT.
AND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY PLUS THE CASH THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN GENERATED, AND UNSPENT WILL HELP PAY FOR ANY OF THE THINGS THAT THE DEEP LM DISTRICT TIP DISTRICT WANTS TO DO IN ITS LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE THE CULTURAL INITIATIVES AND THE CULTURAL TRAIL PROJECT.
SO ARE YOU RUNNING OUT OF PROJECTS IN NEED OF FUNDING IN THE DEEP LM TIFF? NO.
I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT AS WE, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DEEP LM AREA, INCLUDING THE FOUNDATION, AND ASKED THEM TO PRIORITIZE THEIR CLOSEOUT WISHLIST AND, AND NARROW IT DOWN AND MAKE IT VERY SUCCINCT.
SO THEY, I, THEY, I'M SURE THEY COULD PROBABLY SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IN THE SPIRIT OF THIS WHOLE THING IS THAT'S, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO PRIORITIZE.
AND THIS WILL BE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY BOTH BOARDS? WELL, THE DEPEL TIP DISTRICT BOARD'S ALREADY REVIEWED AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED ITS APPROVAL, SO IT WILL BE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK.
UH, THERE'S A TWO STEP PROCESS TO INCREASE BUDGETS, AND THE FIRST STEP IS TO CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN ON THE, ON FEBRUARY 28TH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND POTENTIALLY ACT ON THE PROPOSAL.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, ANY QUESTIONS? GREG? ANY MORE FROM OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT? YES.
UM, I JUST, UH, WANTED TO, UM, SAY, UH, THAT THIS UPCOMING AGENDA ITEM ON G UH, FOR, UH, THE NEXUS RECOVERY CENTER IS HUGE.
I WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S WORK ON IT.
UM, IT INTERSECTS WITH A LOT OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.
UM, I THINK THE NEXUS GROUP DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET, UM, A LOT OF NOTORIETY.
A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE OF THE AUTONOMY THAT THEY NEED OR THE DISCRETION THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR, THEIR CLIENTS.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UH, THAT OUR COLLEAGUES KNEW THAT THIS, UM, IS A MEDICAL DETOX PROGRAM, MEDICAL ASSISTED TREATMENT, AND, UM, PSYCHIATRIC SUBSTANCE UH, DISORDER SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
AND, UH, IN MANY INSTANCES, BECAUSE IT IS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, IT'S ALSO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, UH, VICTIMS IN MANY CASES.
THIS IS ONE OF, UM, MY MOST PRIZED, UM, ORGANIZATIONS IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO FOR US CITYWIDE.
BUT IF WE COULD CONTINUE TO INVEST IN MENTAL HEALTH, CONTINUE TO INVEST IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND HELP THOSE INTERSECT WITH THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING FOR, UH, MANY OTHER FACETS, BUT, UH, OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION SPECIFICALLY, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL KUDOS.
THANK Y'ALL FOR AGAIN, THE INNOVATION.
UH, THESE NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS, UM, ARE, ARE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO, UH, REALLY CHANGE THEIR OPPORTUNITY, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT GETTING
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UNDERWAY.I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU'ALL AND PUT ON RECORD THAT THIS IS A, A HUGE DEAL.
AND UM, SO MY LAST, UM, I'M GONNA BE LAST.
SO, UM, PAGE NINE, I THINK MR. RIDLEY WAS KIND OF GOING INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT IS ON, UM, IT SAYS OPEN SPACE TRAILS, AREAS OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER HAS BEEN IN DESPERATE NEED OF A PARKING LOT, UM, EXPANSION.
UM, IT'S WAS WAY UNDER PARKED AND, UM, YOU WOULD, IT'S TRYING TO GET MOVED ON, RIGHT? SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE USED FOR, UM, THROUGH THE TIFF? YES.
THIS DISTRICT WIDE DO C CLARK, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, THIS BUCKET OF DISTRICT WIDE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD CERTAINLY ALLOW FOR THAT EXPENDITURE, BOTH THE PARKING AND LA LATINO CULTURAL CENTER.
SO, UM, AGAIN, PRIORITIZATION AND PROJECTS THAT COME FOR REQUESTS WE WOULD BRING FORWARD LIKE ANY PROJECT, RIGHT? BUT IT IS ALLOWABLE AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD STAY ON THE, IN THE DEEP ELLUM SIDE OF THE BUCKET.
IT IS OF THE BUCKETS, THE DEEP EL DISTRICT BOUNDARY.
AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, I NOTICED ON PAGE 14 IN APPENDIX A, UM, THAT THE, UM, LATINO CULTURAL CENTER, UM, THROUGH, I THINK IT WAS THE DEEP BE FOUNDATION THAT $5 MILLION WAS BUDGETED FOR IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL FOR THE CENTER.
AND THESE WOULD BE, UM, ITEMS THAT LIKE BOND CAN'T PAY FOR, UM, THINGS THAT NEED TO HELP, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER, YOU KNOW, STAYS, UM, CURRENT AND UM, AND IT'S MAINTENANCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF REPAIRS THAT ARE STILL NECESSARY THAT DON'T FALL UNDER BOND.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, Y'ALL AREN'T PROPOSING FOR THAT 5 MILLION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED TO, UM, GO AWAY.
NO, TIF FUNDS DON'T SUPPLEMENT BOND FUNDS, SO ANYTHING ALLOCATED IN THE BOND WOULD STILL BE SPENT UNDER THE BOND.
THE TIFF WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY SORT OF SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECT, RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN IS I, I,
AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO GET ONTO THE, UM, 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT, UH, GETS, UH, NICE AND SPIFFY AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY WE MAINTAIN IT BETTER, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH US BUDGETING THE, THE, THE GENERAL, THE GENERAL FUND FOR MAINTENANCE OF OUR ARTS AND CULTURE FACILITIES.
SO I WANT TO HEAR THAT Y'ALL AREN'T TRYING TO TAKE THAT AWAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S HOW I KIND OF READ APPENDIX A AS, NO, NOT AT ALL.
IN FACT, THE PURPOSE OF SLIDE 14 IS TO SHOW THE WISHLIST OF THE, THE DEEP ELM FOUNDATION AND THE, THE, THE STAKEHOLDERS OF DEEP ELM.
SO THIS IS THEIR LIST AND IT'S JUST SHOWING THAT THE CAPACITY IN OUR PROJECTIONS IS GONNA BE ENOUGH TO COVER WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
UM, WITH THAT WE HAVE, UM, UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH IS G-H-G-N-H.
I HAD TO STEP AWAY AND THEN I CAME BACK AND WAS TOLD YOU'RE CHAIR NOW, SO WE'RE DONE WITH THE AGENDA, SO VERY GOOD.
UM, THE TIME IS NOW 2:53 PM AND I NOW CALL TO CLOSE THE FEBRUARY 5TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.