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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on February 8, 2024.]
10 0 2.WE CAN OUR DALLAS PARK AND RECREATIONS SUPPORT MEETING TO ORDER WELCOME YOU ALL LOT HAPPENING BETWEEN THE TIMES WE MEET HERE, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL NOTICE AND WE ARE IN A HAPPY PLACE.
UH, OKAY WITH THAT I CALL FIRST, UH, ORDER OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, SECOND SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL PERTINENT INCLUDE LAWYERS LOCK CAN GO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK WITH THE BOND ELECTION.
I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.
WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC FUNDING TO BUILD THIS FINAL PART.
CONSTRUCTION COSTS WENT UP DRAMATICALLY TO COVID AND SUBSEQUENT INFLATION AND YOU CAN'T RAISE A LOT OF PRIVATE MONEY FOR NONNA OPPORTUNITIES LIKE AN UNDERGROUND DECK.
FBO PARK IS CALLED THE TOWN SQUARE OF DALLAS.
IT SERVES EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTED BY THIS BOARD.
WE CAN PROVE THAT WE GET THE ZIP CODE OF EVERY VISITOR WHO LOGS INTO OUR WIFI.
WHEN PARK REC HAD ITS FUNDING CUT DURING COVID, WE KEPT RAISING MONEY TO SPRAY THE PARK FOR MOSQUITOES AND MOW THE WANTS OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A PLACE TO GO.
WE OFFER MORE THAN 1300 FREE AND DIVERSE ACTIVITIES EACH YEAR FOR MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION GUESTS TO ENJOY.
MORE THAN 70,000 PEOPLE RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM US EVERY FRIDAY MORNING TELLING 'EM WHAT'S GOING ON THAT WEEKEND, CONCERTS, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, LECTURES, ART CLASSES, EXHIBITIONS, ET CETERA.
NOT TO MENTION THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND 90,000 ON INSTAGRAM.
OUR IMPACT GOES WELL BEYOND DISTRICT 14.
THIS PARK IS ARGUABLY THE MOST DIVERSE PLACE IN DALLAS.
IT IS ARGUABLY THE HAPPIEST AS WELL.
WE NEVER ASKED FOR HELP, BUT WE ARE NOW.
IT IS TIME TO INVEST SIGNIFICANTLY IN US.
WE NEED EVERY POSSIBLE PUBLIC DOLLAR WE CAN GET TO BILL THESE DEBTS.
THEY ARE $91 MILLION AND WE STILL HAVE A $20 MILLION GAP.
THE CURRENT 71 MILLION IS A CRAZY COBBLE TOGETHER COMBINATION OF TECH DOT COG, FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, COUNTY, AND EVEN SOME PRIVATE MONEY FROM KELSEY WARREN.
ONCE THE DECKS ARE BUILT, WE STILL HAVE TO GO EVERY $65 MILLION TO PAY FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD ON TOP OF THE DECKS.
THAT'S A TON OF MONEY AND WE WILL NEED EVERY PRIVATE DONOR WE CAN FIND TO HELP WITH THAT PART TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR ACTUAL AMENITIES ON TOP OF THE DECKS, A PUBLIC RECREATIONAL FIELD AS WELL AS A BUILDING THAT HAS FREE INDOOR PROGRAMMING IS A BACKUP BRAIN PLAN.
AND SOMEPLACE NICE THAT NONPROFITS CAN HOST MEETINGS AND EVENTS FOR LITTLE TO NO COST.
WE HAVE OUR PLANS, WE'RE SHOVEL READY.
THIS PROJECT WILL BE DONE IN JUST A FEW YEARS.
IF YOU PARTNER WITH US OTHERWISE, AND PLEASE HEAR ME, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
OUR REQUEST IS THIS, PLEASE WORK WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LOOK AT THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN INDIVIDUALLY ALLOCATED TO PARKS AND SEE IF SOME OF THAT COULD GO TOWARD HELPING CLYDE COMPLETE.
CLYDE WARREN PARK, THE ONE PARK IN DALLAS THAT SERVES ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE, PLEASE LOOK AT THE GAP BETWEEN THE $307 MILLION PACKAGE AND THE $300 MILLION APPROVED PROPOSITION TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE SOME MORE ROOM IN THERE FOR US.
CONSIDERING THE IMPACT THIS PLACE HAS HAD ON SO MANY, THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGACY DECISIONS YOU CAN MAKE DURING YOUR TERM ON THE PARK BOARD.
AS A LIFELONG DALLAS CITIZEN, I'M BEYOND GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO AND WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE.
PLEASE HELP US GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
THANK YOU MS. SORRY FOR BEING HERE.
OKAY,
ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A AYE T THAT WE MOVE TO OUR QUARTERLY SAFETY UPDATE AND THEN COMES OF FEARLESS FREEDOM.
GOOD MORNING, UM, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TODAY.
WE'LL PROVIDE OUR QUARTERLY SAFETY UPDATE, UH, WILL BE LED BY DR. CHRISTINA ROBINSON.
JEREMY MCMAHON, AND SERGEANT CHRIS.
AND I'M AND I SERVE AS A SUPERINTENDENT FOR OPERATION.
I'M HERE BY JEREMY MCMAHON, WHO'S OUR SAFETY SECURITY MANAGER, AS WELL AS A HE'S SERGEANT.
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.OUR PURPOSE TODAY WILL BE TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE
TODAY'S OVERVIEW, IF WE WERE REDO THE PARKS RANGER PROGRAM METRICS, THE MARSHALL METRICS, OUR HOLIDAY OPERATION PLAN, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES, AND OUR MARSHALL'S OFFICE DALLAS POLICE UPDATES WILL FOLLOW.
HERE'S OUR MISSION AND OUR KEY FOCUS AREAS FOR
OUR SECURITY PROGRAM STAFFING.
UM, BASED OFF OF OUR BUDGET ENHANCEMENTS FOR OCTOBER, UH, TWO, THREE, WE HAVE TWO OF THE NEW FOUR, UH, PARK RANGERS AND I'LL RESERVE THE MARSHALL STAFFING INFORMATION FOR
THIS IS OUR HOT SPOT PROTOCOL THERE ON SLIDE.
ROBERT, I'M SORRY, DO YOU MIND SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE MIC? THE FOLKS ONLINE CAN AREN'T ABLE TO HEAR.
SLIDE SL SIX REFLECTS OUR HOTSPOT PROTOCOL FOR YOUR REVIEW.
THERE'S ONE THING MISSED THERE.
SLIDE SEVEN IS OUR PARK RANGER METRICS FOR OUR QUARTER VISITS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, WE'RE AVERAGING 1,702 RANGE OF VISITS PER QUARTER.
OUR PARK RANGER METRICS FOR OUR TOP 10 MARK INFRACTION BY THE MONTH.
AS YOU CAN SEE, RANKING NUMBER ONE IS BLACKMAN LAKE, UM, WITH SEVEN FIVE INFRACTIONS IN OCTOBER, BUT DUE TO OUR MOU UM, AGREEMENTS OF UH, 16 HOURS.
UM, HOWEVER, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER YOU'LL SEE A DRASTIC PRODUCTION, BUT THAT'S DUE TO REPOSITIONING STAFF TO, UH, ADDRESS SOME COMPETING INFRACTION IN DIFFERENT PARTS.
OUR TOP FIVE IN FRACTION BY MONTH.
UM, OUR DOGS OFF LESION HELD AS AT TOP FIVE FOR ALL THREE MONTHS, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER.
B HAD THE MOST INTERACTIONS IN OCTOBER.
UH, RICKSHAW RANKED NUMBER TWO WITH NINE IN NOVEMBER AND GLEN CLO DOING CODE IN DECEMBER WITH 12 TIONS.
OUR COMPLIANCE RATE WITH THE PARK RANGER INFRACTIONS WE'RE AVERAGING 90% COMPLIANCE IN ONE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND FOR OUR THANK YOU MIKE.
SO AS YOU CAN REMEMBER, LAST TIME WE WERE HERE IN DECEMBER, WE SHARED THE OCTOBER NUMBERS.
JUST TO ATE, REITERATE WHY BACHMAN HIGH, WE STARTED ALLOWING OUR PARK RANGER THAT IT WAS CERTIFIED, UH, AS WORKING BACHMAN.
IF THE RANGER WAS CERTIFIED THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED THE BACHMAN RIVER, SAY THEY HAD THE OPTION TO TAKE A BIKE OUT TO BACHMAN IF THEY, UH, THAT'S WHY THE MILEAGE WAS HIGH.
UH, NOVEMBER, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT MORE BIKES OUT.
UH, AND DEFINITELY YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT DECEMBER.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MILEAGE IN DECEMBER BECAUSE THE INFLUX OF RANGERS THAT WE HAD COMING ON BOARD, WE, AND JUST, AND WHENEVER YOU SEE NEXT MONTH WE DO JANUARY AS WELL.
YOU'LL SUBMIT
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING GOING ON.
SO IN ORDER TO HELP OUT OUR SUPERVISOR TRAINING, WE HAVE TO ALSO DO A LOT OF OTHER BOXES, TRAIN CAMP, SOMEONE ON THE BOX.
UM, JUST A KIND OF QUICK ADD TO THAT, OUR, WE ARE WORKING WITH DVD FOR OUR NEW TRAINEES THAT WE COME BACK CERTIFIED, UH,
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH DD TO GET OUR NEW TRAINING COORDINATOR.
FIGURE OUT WHEN WE GET THAT TRAINING SET UP.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO START DEPLOYING OUR UTV IN NOVEMBER.
UH, THESE ARE LOCATION WHERE WE WILL GET, AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING WITH TRYING TO GET A TRAILER.
SO IT'S BEEN DEPLOYING WHITE ROCK LAKE WHERE OUR RANGERS CURRENTLY ARE STATIONED AND THAT THEY'RE HITTING ALL, BASICALLY RIGHT NOW THERE IS BASICALLY GETTING ON THE NORTHWEST.
UH, THE GOOD THING IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONNECTION OF NORTH HAVEN TRAIL GOING OVER 75, WE ARE ABLE NOW TO GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO WEB CHAPEL AND FURTHER ON FOR NORTH.
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BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT TOO.SO IT'S, WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT TRAIL AS SOON AS OUR SECOND NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THESE, WE ARE GONNA SHOW OUR RANGER, I'M SORRY, OUR MARSHAL VISITS THROUGHOUT THE SLIDE.
THESE ARE THE TOP FIVE INFRACTIONS THAT THE MARSHALS HAVE COME ACROSS THROUGH THE QUARTER.
UH, PARKING IS, UH, ONE OF OUR MAJOR ONES THAT THEY DEAL WITH.
UM, WHICH INCLUDES, OF COURSE, HANDICAPPED FIRE LANE, BOUS, WHICH ANYTHING PARKING VIOLATION, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AS THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE PARK.
AND THEN ALCOHOL, DRUGS ALWAYS USUALLY A PRETTY CLOSE SECOND.
ALRIGHT, AS WE UH, REFERRED BACK TO A SLIDE PREVIOUS ABOUT OUR DOG, UH, DOGS ARE DEFINITELY OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE COMING ACROSS OR WORKING WITH THE MARKET'S OFFICE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE AREN'T ABLE TO GET AS MANY CITATIONS AS WE THINK WE WOULD GET, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE MIGHT BE HITTING A TIME, WRONG TIME OR WE MAY BE HITTING A SITUATION WHERE THEY MAY NEED PARTIAL ROLL UP AND UNFORTUNATELY NOT ABLE TO DECIDE 'EM.
BUT THEY DO GET PRETTY STERN WARNINGS.
I, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THOUGH, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WE WERE, THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN AT LEAST ISSUED SOME CITATIONS.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE UP ON.
STILL PUSHING FORWARD TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NEXT SLIDE.
ALL RIGHT, THESE ARE THE, UH, WARNING CITATIONS AND ARREST MR. MARSHALL'S, UH, CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SLIDE.
THESE ARE OCTOBER'S ARREST AND CITATIONS.
THIS WILL BE NOVEMBER NEXT SLIDE.
SO AS WE WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE DO HAVE FOUR MAJOR HOLIDAYS THAT WE LOOK AT TO PUT TOGETHER A SAFETY PLAN WORKING WITH THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE, NEW YEAR'S EVE IS ONE OF FELL WITHIN THIS BAY PERIOD.
THE OTHER THREE WOULD BE MEMORIAL JULY 4TH.
AND, UH, ANYWAY, GOING BACK TO THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE, YOU CAN GO TO NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS WHAT THE, UH, MARVINS AND RANGE INFRACTIONS ENCOUNTERED THROUGH NEW YEAR'S EVE, UH, FOR THIS LAST YEAR.
GOOD STARTS TO NARROW, KIND OF ELABORATE A LITTLE.
NEW YEAR'S EVE IS THAT NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS OF COURSE, IS ONE OF OUR ONES THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.
WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING FORWARD EVEN MORE WITH THE ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT WITH BOTH THE MARSHALLS AND THE RANGERS.
SO, UH, AS, AS WE, UH, CONTINUE TO SHOW UP
WE DO BELIEVE THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CAN BE PART OF THE WORKING.
AND NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DR.
UH, FOR OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY NEW INITIATIVE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE ABOUT OUR KATY TRAIL SAFETY INITIATIVE THAT WE STARTED, UM, EARLY THIS YEAR WITH THE FRIENDS OF KATY TRAIL.
WE ARE AT, WE HAD OUR MARSHALS AND OUR RANGERS GO OUT IN PARTNERSHIP AND ENGAGED WITH THE RESIDENTS, THE PATRONS, THE BIKERS, THE CYCLISTS, UH, OR THE DOG WALKERS
ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT TRAIL SAFETY.
NEXT SLIDE, CHRIS, FOLLOW AND FOLLOWING.
THANK AGAIN FOR HAVING THAT IN THERE.
UH, JUST TO REITERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE HOLIDAY STATS WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY
UM, I KNOW
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND I'LL GO BACK TO THE, UH, STAFFING EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, WE ARE ENGAGING HEAVILY IN RECRUITING AND BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE AFFORDED US TO HAVE MORE STAFFING ON ARGUMENTS, UH, WE HAVE THE DEPUTIES WHO ALREADY INTO, UH, BEGIN TRAINING.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY HAVING OUR OVERNIGHT SHIFT, UH, BEGIN HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE, OF, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR, IF NOT THE BEGINNING.
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WHENUH, ALSO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH THE, UH, WITH YOU ALL, UH, ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO COMBAT A LOT MORE, TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR DRONE AND UTVS, UH, WE HAVE DEPUTIES WHO ARE GONNA BE TAKING OUR PART 1 0 7 FA EIGHT COURSE ON THE 20TH, I BELIEVE OF FEBRUARY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL BE PAIRING THEM WITH DPD DRONE UNIT.
WE WILL BE THE FIRST UNIT THAT THEY HAVE EVER TRAINED IN THE DRONE OPERATIONS AS WELL.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DE BELIEVE COME THE, UH, END OF NEXT QUARTER, YOU'LL SEE THE FRUITS OF THE LABOR THAT WE'VE PUT FORWARD 12 QUARTER TO US, INCLUDING WITH THE UTV.
UH, THE UTV ITSELF HAS ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED.
UH, THE
SO LIKE RANGERS NOW ARE RETURNING NORTH SIDE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH AND CITYWIDE.
SO COME THE NEXT QUARTER YOU'LL SEE THE FRUIT AND BELABOR THAT EVIDENTLY HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH.
AND YOU WILL DEFINITELY SEE THE CHANGE IN THE DEPARTMENT STAFF, UH, AS WELL AS THE STATS FROM THE NEXT, UH, FISCAL COURT.
GO AHEAD, MR. PRESIDENT MEMBERS TO
AND I'VE BEEN ASKED TO BRIEF YOU ON TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED IN AT PARKS.
THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED JANUARY BEFORE, AND WHAT WE HAD WAS A CALL FOR SERVICE ON AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS FOUND HANGING THERE IN THE PARK.
WE WENT OUT AND HE WAS DECEASED AND THE ME RULED THE SUICIDE
SO MY NEXT ONE, JEREMY CONTACTED ME AND WAS ASKING ABOUT AN INCIDENT AT BOGLAND LAKE AND WANTED TO KNOW HOW COME OUR DIVE KING WAS AT THE LAKE AT THE TIME.
SO RESEARCH SHOWS, AND MR. DICKEY, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE ONLINE, THERE WAS NO OFFENSE THAT OCCURRED AT BOTWIN LAKE.
AND I'M GONNA EXPLAIN THIS INCIDENT, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE THAT NOTHING HAPPENED AT BOTWIN LAKE.
SO WHAT OCCURRED IS JANUARY THE 25TH, AT ABOUT 1:00 AM IN THE MORNING, WE GOT A CALL FOR SERVICE REGARDING RANDOM GUNFIRE.
AND THIS WAS IN THE 9,600 BLOCK OF NAN.
WE GOT A DESCRIPTION OF A WHITE VAN AND THE SUSPECT IN THE VAN, AND THAT THAT SUSPECT HAD SHOT RANDOM TIMES AND HE WAS IN AN ALLEYWAY THERE AT THAT LOCATION.
SO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VAN, OUR OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE CALL, THEY OBSERVED THE VAN AT NORTHWEST HIGHWAY IN WEBB'S CHAPEL GOING NEXT TO THE SEVEN 11.
SO WHEN THE OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO DO A TRAFFIC STOP, THE SUSPECT JUMPED FROM THE VAN, RAN ACROSS THE STREET, BASICALLY NORTHWEST HIGHWAY.
AND I BELIEVE Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, THERE'S A WHATABURGER ON THE CORNER OF THE LOG THAT SUSPECT RAN ACROSS NORTHWEST HIGHWAY AND RAN STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE BALIN LAKE.
WHEN HE GOT CLOSE ENOUGH, HE THREW THE PISTOL IN THE LAKE.
SO THAT, THAT NIGHT, EARLY THAT MORNING, OUR DIVE TEAM WENT OUT, SURVEYED IT, AND THEY CAME BACK ON TWO DIFFERENT DAYS, GOT IN THE WATER AND ATTEMPTED AND SEARCHED, BUT WERE NOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO RETRIEVE THE PISTOL.
AND AS I SAID, THIS OFFENSE DID NOT OCCUR AT
JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE SUSPECT, HE DECIDED TO DO WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO.
HE WENT FROM THE LENGTH TO THROW THE PISTOL IN.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEFING.
I GOT CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO HAD SPOTTED THAT ACTIVITY AND AS YOU KNOW, AND AS THE STATISTICS SHOW, BACHMAN'S A PRETTY ACTIVE AREA.
SO I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR FOLLOW UP WITH MR. MCMAHON ON THAT.
AND MORE SO, UH, NORTHWEST DALLAS AS YOU SO WELL KNOW,
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IS A VERY BAD AREA FOR RANDOM GUNFIRE.UH, IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM, ALWAYS HAS BEEN THERE.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU ALL WENT TO SUCH GREAT LENGTHS TO, TO TRY TO ENFORCE AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND GET THE EVIDENCE, UH, IS IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR.
AND I WILL TELL ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL DID, UH, IT'S VERY COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE SO COMMITTED THAT YOU GO THREE TIMES TO TRY TO FIND A GUN OF SOMEONE, ONE OF THESE SCOFF LAWS WHO LIKE TO SHOOT THEIR GUNS IN THE AIR OR AT WHATEVER AND ENDANGER EVERYONE.
SO I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
AND I'M GONNA SPREAD THE WORD THAT, UH, YOU GUYS ARE TOTALLY ON IT.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME MR. DICKEY.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE KIND WORDS WE REALLY APPRECIATE.
WITH THAT, I THINK I OPEN FOR THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UH, DR. ROBERTSON, MR. VAN, SERGEANT CISNEROS, CHIEF WATSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE ORDERLY BRIEFING IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY DEPARTMENT BOARD MEMBER SHIP HERE.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OFF-LEASH DOGS, UM, AND INFRACTIONS AND CITATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, GONNA HARP ON A COUPLE OF MY OWN PARKS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14, UH, GLENCO AND COLE.
UH, THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
THAT MEANS THEY'RE PRETTY SMALL.
I WANNA TAKE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AND HELP THIS DEPARTMENT FIND WAYS TO DO BETTER.
I SEE NUMBERS THAT BACHMAN IN RIVERON, THOSE PARKS ARE MUCH LARGER.
BUT AT SMALLER PARKS LIKE GLENCO AND COAL, THOSE NUMBERS ARE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SWALLOW.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ALL LE DOGS, I LOVE THAT OUR DEPARTMENT TAKES AN EDUCATION FIRST, ENFORCEMENT LAST APPROACH, IF YOU WILL.
UM, THIS MEANS THAT WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN TO TEACH OUR FOLKS, TEACH OUR CITIZENS HOW TO DO BETTER RATHER THAN JUST CONSTANTLY WRITE TICKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THAT SAID, UH, THERE'S REALLY ONLY SO MUCH ENFORCEMENT WE CAN DO.
WE DON'T HAVE MARSHALS THERE ALL THE TIME.
AND NOR SHOULD WE DO THAT, WHICH TAKES US BACK TO EDUCATION.
UM, WHEN WE EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS TO BE HIGHLY REACTIVE.
WE GET CALLS, WE GO OUT THERE, WE TRY TO FIND SOMEONE TO EDUCATE THEM AND TELL 'EM THAT THEY CAN'T DO THIS.
I ALWAYS WANT TO CHALLENGE AND ENCOURAGE THE DEPARTMENT TO FIND PROACTIVE WAYS TO DO THIS EDUCATION, WHICH TAKES ME BACK TO AN IDEA I'VE BEEN SHARING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW.
UM, POP UP DOG PARKS, I'M GONNA KEEP MENTIONING IT NOW.
IT'S TIMELY BECAUSE WE HAVE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS IN THE ROOM HERE.
BUT WE CAN ALL JOIN HANDS ON THIS AND REALLY CONSIDER THIS.
THIS WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT TO SOME OF THESE HOTSPOTS FOR 30 TO 60 DAYS AT A TIME.
SET UP SOME TEMPORARY FENCING, JUST CAN'T HAVE 'EM RUNNING WILD.
BE PROACTIVE IN A SENSE THAT WE'RE INVITING THESE FOLKS WITH DOGS TO THESE PARKS, GLENCO AND COLD AND SAYING, LOOK, FOR 30 OR 60 DAYS YOU HAVE THIS POPUP DOG PARK.
NOW YOU CAN LET YOUR DOG RUN AROUND, BUT WHILE YOU'RE HERE, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA DO IT AND EDUCATE YOU.
WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU WHY YOU CAN DO THIS HERE NOW.
BUT WHY YOU CAN'T DO THIS ONCE WE LEAVE, THAT TO ME IS A MORE PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR CITIZENS TO, TO HELP EDUCATE.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF WE'RE JUST BEING REACTIVE ALL THE TIME, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO.
BUT IF WE'RE PROACTIVE NOW WE'RE TAKING IT TO A HOME LEVEL.
SO I REALLY WANNA STRESS THAT THESE POPUP DOG PARKS, THEY WORK IN OTHER CITIES.
THERE'S LOTS OF YOUTUBE CONTENT, THERE'S SOCIAL MEDIA
IT MIGHT MAKE THE LOCAL NEWS MAKES US LOOK GOOD.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS, THE WIN-WIN SCENARIO.
SO AGAIN, MY LAST ONE WON'T GO ANOTHER 20 SECONDS, BUT, BUT JUST PLEASE, LET'S ALL CONSIDER THIS COMMUNITY CONNECTORS IN THE THE BACK.
YOU KNOW, DR. ROBERTSON, YOUR TEAM, OTHERS, MS. JOHNSON, OTHERS, DIRECTOR JENKINS.
LET'S, LET'S REALLY CONSIDER THIS IDEA.
IT'S JUST THAT, JUST A REALITY CHECK.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES, UH, TEAM YOU SEE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE STRETCHED AND JUST TRYING TO SUPPORT ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT HAPPENS ON THE PARK.
ALL THE COUNCIL AND PARK BOARD INITIATIVES.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN CONSIDER ENHANCEMENT BID TO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK IS DEDICATED STAFF.
LIKE WE USED TO HAVE LIKE 20 YEARS AGO, MAYBE 25 YEARS AGO.
THEY JUST WHAT YOU SAID, THOSE TYPE OF NEW INITIATIVES.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK, WE WON'T CONSIDER IT, BUT WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS BRIEFING.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE SECURITY AND SAFETY INITIATIVES.
UM, WHERE WE DID THE KATIE TRAIL SAFETY INITIATIVE, WHAT IS A TRAIL RADAR SIGN? OKAY, SO THAT'S A SIGN WE LIKE TO POST OUT ON TRAILS AND IT WOULDN'T JUST BE KATY TRAIL, I
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THINK WE TRY TO PURCHASE FOR AND, AND THEN IF WE COULD DO MORE ON THE WORK PURCHASE, PUT THEM, IT'S A SIGN THAT IT INDICATE YOU'RE SPEEDING AND ALSO WOULD INDICATE IT FLASH ALSO SLOW DOWN.IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE SPEED LIMIT ITSELF.
SO WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO KEEP IT AT, KEEP IT AT 10 AND JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE UNDERSTAND YOU ARE GOING IT FAST.
SO IT'S INTENDED FOR CYCLISTS? YES.
AND THEN HOW DO WE EXPAND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY INITIATIVES BEYOND JUST THE CADEN TRAIL? BECAUSE I CAN THINK OF QUITE A FEW TRAILS WHERE THIS WOULD BE HIGHLY BENEFICIAL.
UH, ESPECIALLY SOME TRAILS THAT MAY NOT HAVE QUITE THE ADVOCACY THAT KATIE TRAIL DOES.
SO THAT'S WHEN THIS ONE CAME TO US FROM THE FORENSIC KATIE TRAIL.
BUT BY ALL MEANS, WE CAN WORK EVERY TRAIL FRIENDS TRAIL.
AND I KNOW WITH YOUR ATTORNEY TRAIL COALITION MEET WITH Y'ALL AND DISCUSS THAT, HOW WE WANNA DO IT AT OTHER TRAILS TOO.
'CAUSE WE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTOR ALSO TO HELP GET THIS ALL SET UP.
SO BY ALL MEANS, IT'S NOT JUST
I'M GLAD YOU RAISED THAT BECAUSE I THINK THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT THING FOR US TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT DALLAS TRAIL COALITIONS MEETING.
UM, ON THE, THE BIKE METRICS, CAN WE GET Y'ALL TO COME NORTH A LITTLE BIT? I IT LOOKS LIKE ALL OF THE ACTIVITY IS, UH, SOUTH OF NORTHWEST HIGHWAY AND THERE'S LOTS OF TRAILS NORTH OF NORTHWEST HIGHWAY AS WELL.
THEN, YOU KNOW, WHITE ROCK CREEK TRAIL COTTONWOOD, UM, NEED SOME, NEED SOME ASSISTANCE TOO.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE FULLY CONCENTRATED, UH, SOUTH OF NORTHWEST HIGHWAY AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME ACTIVITY.
SO WITH LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE ALL THESE NEW RANGER AND TREAT 'EM ALL CERTIFIED, WE'LL BE DEPLOYING MORE THAN JUST TWO PEOPLE FOR THE DAY AS WELL.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CHALLENGES AT BACHMAN, BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN ON COTTONWOOD TRAIL, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT HOMELESS CHALLENGES AND, UH, OTHER DEBRIS AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME ACTIVITY ON THOSE TRAILS TOO.
AND ESPECIALLY GETTING UP NORTH, LET'S NOT FORGET PRESTON RIDGE TRAIL, YOU GETTING INTO D 12.
THERE'S JUST TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE FULLY FOCUSED ON THINGS THAT ARE SOUTH NORTHWEST HIGHWAY WILL DO.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BRIEFING.
I, I GUESS WHAT CAUSES A CONTINUOUS HOTSPOT AND, AND HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT BETTER? AND I LOVE, UH, MR. CREAMY'S IDEA, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO HAVE IS A MARKETING TEAM.
AND WE, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED MORE DOG OFF LEASH AND SMOKING VAPING, YOU KNOW, MARKETING OUT THERE TO SAY YOU CAN'T SMOKE, YOU CAN'T VAPE, YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR DOG OFF LEASH.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY HAVE A MARKETING TEAM, SO WE REALLY NEED TO UTILIZE IT.
ENGLISH, SPANISH, UM, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE AT OUR FINGERTIPS THAT AREN'T GONNA, YOU KNOW, BURN RESOURCES.
SO I, SO FOR HOTSPOT, USUALLY THE PARKS REMAIN ON THE HOTSPOTS OR JUMP ON THE HOTSPOT LIST BECAUSE OF CONTINUOUS ISSUES THAT WE SEE OR CONTINUOUS CALLS GET CONTINUOUS THREE ONE ONES, UM, CONTINUOUS, YOU KNOW, ASK FROM THE DEPART BOARD AND OR COUNCIL BEST THINGS THEY CAN STAND ON THE HOTSPOT, HOW CAN THEY MAKE IT BETTER? EDUCATION, CONTINUING EDUCATION AND PRESENCE.
AND I, AND I AGREE PSAS AND WORKING WITH MORE PSAS.
I, I, I CAPTAIN, UH, RUDY, UH, ABOUT EDUCATION, BUT JUST BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, EDUCATION CAN GO SO FORTH.
YOU CAN'T FIX TOO, BUT I DON'T THINK, THERE'S NOT AN ADULT
YOU KNOW, I CAN UNDERSTAND A CHILD OUT THERE WITH HIS DOG THAT MEANS, BUT WHAT YOU GUYS DO, UH, MAINTENANCE TO RENEE, SHE WANTS TO SARAH.
I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY APPRECIATED BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
I MEAN, WHICH YOU GUYS SHOW UP IS LIKE SHOWING DRAC OR CROSS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? EVERYBODY'S IN ON BOARD AND I'M TRYING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE WE CAN NAME CHICKEN FRANCHISE AS YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE TO CONCUR WITH MY FRIEND IF YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID, BUT, UM, YOU CAN SURCHARGE 'EM AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS EDUCATE FIRST, BUT, UM, THERE'S SOME INFRACTIONS LIKE PARKING ON THE, UM, PARKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, I I I DON'T THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE FORGIVENESS FOR THAT.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC TICKET.
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UM, AS MUCH AS I DON'T WANT, I JUST, WHEN THEY'RE ON THE SIDE, BUT WHEN THEY JUST BLATANTLY JUST DRIVE ABOVE, IT'S NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE.UM, WHAT'S A
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S, IT IS A, IT'S A DESIGNED TO SLOW DOWN CYCLISTS AS WELL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE RUMBLE STRIP IS, BUT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT I KNOW THERE'S RUMBLES, THEY'RE RUMBLE SPOTS.
LIKE I KNOW FOR ON SOPAC TRAIL, WHEN YOU ENTER OFF OF FAIR OAKS, THERE'S A RUMBLE TYPE AREA WHERE THERE'S AN INDENTIONS CUT IN TO THE PAVEMENT.
YIK, IT'S RIGHT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE LIKE A JUMPER BUMP.
BECAUSE I COULD SEE IT'S NOT A SPEED BUMP.
I, 'CAUSE I COULD SEE MYSELF TRIPPING AND, UH,
YOU APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING CARE OF, ESPECIALLY MILDRED.
UM, THE COMPLAINTS THAT THAT PARK HAD SLOWED DOWN, UM, THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS HONESTLY THE CAR WASH ACROSS THE STREET.
BUT YOUR PRESENCE EVEN AT THE PARK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU GUYS ARE THERE, IT'S BETTER EVEN AT ACROSS THE STREET.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS ACROSS THE STREET AFFECTS OUR PARK BECAUSE OUR, UM, BASKETBALL COURTS RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH THERE AND SMELL ALL KINDS OF WEIRD SMELLS, UM, IF I CAN SMELL, TAKE SMELL
THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT THAT YOU S DEFINITELY IS APPRECIATE BY ALL LEVELS, I BELIEVE.
COUNCILMAN, UM, AND OUR RESIDENT, MS. RICE, I COME TO YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM,
ROBERTON WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT, UM, I THINK IN THE PRESENTATION IT WAS ABOUT THE BIKE METRICS, UM, ARE ALL, LOOK AT MY IGNORANCE.
ARE ALL PARK RANGERS ARE ALL, ARE THEY ALL, UM, MARKED BIKE, UH, CERTIFIED? ANY CERTAIN PERSONS ARE? NO.
CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE THREE, FIVE RIGHT NOW.
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT, AND THAT'S DUE, WE DID HAVE MORE, BUT DUE TO PROMOTIONS OR WE'RE DOWN TO THREE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHY ALL OUR NEW RANGERS COMING IN WE'RE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING WITH DVD TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEIR NEW BIKE COORDINATOR IS.
UH, SINCE THE OTHER ONE RETIRED.
SO THAT WOULDN'T GET INVOLVED CERTIFIED.
I WAS JUST WONDERING 'CAUSE I KNOW, UM, NOT PARK RANGERS, BUT THERE'S BEEN, LIKE IN MY COMMUNITY, I'VE BEEN WHERE THERE'S SOME OFFICERS THAT ARE BIKE CERTIFIED BUT DON'T HAVE BIKES.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT WAS EVEN A CONCERN WITH THE RANGERS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ALL HAVE BIKES, RIGHT? THE ONES THAT ARE CERTIFIED.
AND THE MARSHALL WAS ALSO OH, WONDERFUL.
UM, ALSO HAD A QUESTION ABOUT RECRUITING AND SERGEANT CNOS WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT, ABOUT ABOUT THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT.
IS THAT GOING TO BE HOW MANY, HOW MANY, UH, NEW, UM, ARRANGERS ARE GOING TO BE, OR, UH, MARSHALS ARE GOING TO BE HIRING? UH, WELL I HAVE, SORRY, I HAVE A LITTLE SMALL SCALE PLAN I'VE CREATED.
UM, ONCE WE HIT THE LIMIT, ABOUT 50 OR 16 DEPUTIES, INCLUDING WITH THE SERGEANTS, UH, SERGEANT, I'M SORRY.
UH, CHIEF KNIGHT AND I DISCUSSED, UH, WE COULD AT LEAST START OFF WITH THE SKELETON CREW TO GET THE LEADING SHIFT STARTED, LIKE THE PARKING STARTED BEGINNING MATTER WHEN THE PARK UNIT WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT.
THAT ONE SERGEANT AND TWO DEPUTIES, THREE DEPUTIES AND RAN THE ENTIRE CITY.
UH, SO BEING AN OVERNIGHT SHIFT JUST TO GET THE BASE AND THE FRANK BUILT FOR IT, WE'RE LOOKING AT LEAST ONE SERGEANT, AT LEAST TWO DEPUTIES ON OVERNIGHT SHIFT.
THERE'LL BE A SKELETON CREW, BUT THE IMPACT GONNA MAKE KNOWS GONNA BE TREMENDOUS.
BUT ONCE THAT STARTS, YOU KNOW, GAINING GROUND, WE GET THE MORE TROOPS IN AFTER TRAINING AND EVERYTHING, THEN THAT GETTING US, WELL EXPAND.
SO Y'ALL WILL PROBABLY HAVE THE DATA TO SHOW LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WORKING, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA I SURE YOU YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE HEAR ABOUT STUFF HAPPENING AT PARKS AFTER HOURS AND STUFF, SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL, THIS WILL HELP.
UM, I MEAN IT CERTAINLY WILL HELP.
WILL THIS BE THE, WILL THERE CERTAIN AREAS BE TARGETED LIKE THE HOTSPOTS FOR EXAMPLE? WILL THOSE BE THE AREAS THAT WILL BE MONITORED OVERNIGHT? YES.
AND ALSO I BELIEVE ALSO YOU CAN PROVIDE HOURS AND WOULD, WHICH IS IT IS GONNA BE UNDER PART WATER STRESS US ALL.
WE'RE REALLY GONNA, WE'RE REALLY NOT GONNA KNOW HOW BAD SOMETHING IS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET THERE.
SO I THINK WITH THE DATA WE'RE GONNA PULL AT LEAST FOR THE QUARTER THAT THEY'RE IN THERE FIRST, WE'LL REALLY SEE WHERE WE ARE AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA START GROWING THAT GAME AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INCREDIBLE WORK.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE WONDERFUL EFFORTS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE LONG TERM.
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UH, YES, UH, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.UM, I, I LOVE THIS REPORT 'CAUSE I NOTICED ONE THING, THERE'S A TREND, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DISTRICT ONE PARKS IN HERE GETTING LOT TICKETS.
I JUST TELL YOU AGAIN, WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN THIS
UH, IT'S JUST A LITTLE LIKE HUMOR THERE FOR YOU GUYS.
YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE RUDY, LIKE HUMOR.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF WE GET ON OUR WEEKLY PRESERVATION REPORT.
WE GOT A LOT OF RESERVATIONS COMING UP THROUGH IN, IN MARCH.
'CAUSE EASTER FALLS REALLY EARLY THIS YEAR.
ARE WE, ARE WE STILL GOING TO TRY TO UTILIZE OUR PATROL? THEY PAY OUR PATROL TO BE AT THEIR, AT THEIR EVENTS? THEY KIND OF HAD DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT.
I'LL GET THAT LEVEL YET WHERE WE CAN USE OUR OWN POLICE OFFICER.
THEY PAY FOR THE SECURITY THROUGH OUR MARSHALL DEPARTMENT.
WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN AFFORD THAT NOW, UH, FOR, UH, A RESERVATION TO, TO REQUEST MARGINS AS AN OFF CAPACITY.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING? WELL, I THOUGHT THEY WILL PAY, THEY WILL PAY THE DEPARTMENT TO UTILIZE OUR OFFICERS.
OH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, OR OVERTIME OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
SO TYPICALLY WHAT, WHAT'S USE NOW WE'LL USE THE, THE ULA CARD TIER FOR
UM, THEY'LL REQUIRE OFFERING THE OFFICERS FOR THE RESERVATION TO DO, THEY'LL HAVE A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER COMING TO OFFER THE CAPACITY.
SO THE CITY'S NOT PAYING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS PAYING FOR THOSE OFFICERS.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU, WE'VE TRIED TO PUSH, UH, IN THE BEGINNING, ESPECIALLY BEING IN PARKS BECAUSE THE PARKS HAS, UM, HAS A STAPLE IN THE PARKS ITSELF, THE, THE SAFETY ACCOMMODATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AND TO HAVE US TO CONTINUE IT WHILE EVEN IT'S OCCURRING.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF AN INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO HIRE OFTEN THE OFFICERS, THEY ARE ABLE TO GO TO THE MARCH OFFICE, ABLE TO AFFORD DEPUTIES
IF IT COMES TO A STRANGER, WE DO NOT.
THEN OF COURSE DPD IS
BUT IF THE EVENT OCCURS, FOR EXAMPLE, GRAM WITH THE EASTERN CAR SHOW WE'RE HAVING, I THINK THEY ALREADY HAVE DPD OFFICER RESERVE FOR THE EVENT.
WE WILL WILL IN FACT HAVE, UH, ARM MARSHALS BOTH THROUGH TO ASSURE THAT COMPLIANCE IS BEING APPLIED.
UH, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS 'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET WHEN THE PRIVATE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, HIRE POLICE OFFICERS AND DPD, WE HAVE A COUPLE THOUSAND OFFICERS ON DUTY AND MAY, THEY MIGHT NOT ALL KNOW ALL THE RULES, BUT THAT PARTICULAR PERMIT ALLOWS CORRECT, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON CAN'T SMOKE AND SOME PERMITS DO ALLOW YOU TO HAVE ALCOHOL DEPENDING ON EVERY PERMIT.
HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE PD SO THEY CAN TRY TO HELP US KIND OF GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
THEY KNOW WHAT TO BE LOOKING FOR DURING ANY EVENT, CORRECT? I THINK, UH, ONE WE, ONE WE DO, IF IT'S GONNA OCCUR IN A PARK, I THINK IT SHOULD COME THROUGH THE PARK UNIT DIRECTLY.
THAT WAY, IF MYSELF OR THE OTHER PARK SERGEANT IS ON, WE CAN HAVE A DETAIL WITH THOSE OFFICERS WHO ARE GONNA BE ON SITE.
THIS IS WHAT'S AFFECTED, THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES OR WHAT I COME TO THE SERGEANT'S GONNA BE ON PLAY BECAUSE AGAIN, THE PARKS HAS A STATE BOARD, THE PARKING UNIT HAS A STAPLE PARKING BEHALF, 15 PLUS PARKS NOW INCLUDING ALL THE MILES OF TRAIL.
SO FOR US TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED WITH, WITHOUT US HAVING A DETAIL, THE BEGINNING FROM GET GO, THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, THIS THAT'S GONNA OCCUR, THAT I THINK FROM THERE WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE IS DEFINITELY POWER, TRUST ME.
AND THERE'S SOME OFFICERS WHO ARE UNAWARE OF SOME SUBORDINATES THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT VICE.
UH, NO ONE KNOWS EVERYTHING, BUT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAVE, UH, A POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN A MARSHALL'S OFFICE, SO FOR THE PARK UNION TO HAVE A SMALL DETAIL, QUICK DETAIL BRANCH ON THAT, I THINK THE COLLABORATION ACROSS THE BOARD WILL GO HANDLE WITH THIS ON THE COMPLIANCE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TO OBTAIN THE SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF THE PARKING WELL.
AND TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF
THEN THAT COORDINATOR, WHEN THEY HAVE TO HIRE, WHETHER IT'S MARSHALLS OR DPD, THEY NEED TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THE OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING BE PAID BY THEM AND SAY, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IN YOUR CAPACITY WHILE YOU ARE HERE.
AND GIVE THEM A LIST OF THE RULES AND THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.
I, I CAN'T AGREE WITH IT BOTH WAYS OF DOING, HAVING A PRE-MEETING WITH THE GROUP AND ALL THE OFFICER OR THE ED OFFICER.
AND THEN AGAIN, THAT PERSON PROVIDES INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT'S SOME OF THE STUFF.
EDUCATION, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT, EVERYBODY'S NOT HELPING EACH OTHER.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF WE GET TO THAT LEVEL, CAN SEE ONE OF OUR PARK, ONE OF OUR PARK MARSHALS, BE KIND OF THE HEAD OF THE SECURITY DETAIL AND THEN THEY CAN TELL 'EM, THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT,
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HERE'S THE PERMIT, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO, CAN'T DO KIND OF DEAL.IT HELPS, IT HELPS STREAMLINE THE MISCOMMUNICATIONS.
THERE'S SOMETIMES WE HAVE OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY, LIKE I SAID, EASTER COMING REALLY FAST THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S GONNA BE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF, I DIDN'T KNOW KIND OF DEAL.
WE DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT FROM MY, MY, MY COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THAT DIDN'T KNOW.
SO, UH, I'LL BE ON TOP OF MY AREA.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THE REST GET DONE TOO.
UM, I JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT JEFF SAID ABOUT, UH, A NEW NORTH THE
JEREMY, YOU'VE BEEN COPYING EMAILS ABOUT THIS CHIEF WATSON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ON THESE EMAILS, BUT MAJOR HARRIS YES.
SO WE ARE EXPERIENCING BECAUSE THE DARK SILVER LINE TRAIL THAT HAS BEING CONSTRUCTED, PEOPLE HAVE, PEOPLE HAVE NOT GOOD INTENTION, HAVE FOUND THAT NOW AND ARE EXPLORING THOSE AREAS AND, UM, A LOT OF, UH, RESERVE OR GUNSHOTS LATE AT NIGHT, UM, POSSIBLE.
SO YEAH, WE COULD MOVE NORTH AS WELL.
AND IT'S AT NIGHT, SO I KNOW IT'S AFTER HOURS, SO I AGREE
YEAH, IF WE COULD MAYBE JEREMY, I KNOW THAT, THAT THAT IS A VERY HOA AS WELL.
SO MAYBE AT THE NEXT HOA MEETING, I THINK THE GENTLE'S NAME IS, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE GENTLE OFFICE.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IF WE COULD, AND IF WE HAVE A PRESS TRAIL THAT'S SOME FORENSIC PRESS TRAIL, THE NEXT HOA MEETING MIGHT THE FRIENDS PRESS TRAIL AND SOME COMMAND J
UM, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING TO PROTECT, UM, THESE, NOT ONLY THE PARK ASSETS, BUT COMMUNITY.
WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE INNOVATION AND THIS WONDERFUL PLAN THAT REALLY LAYS OUT HOW WE DO A BETTER JOB WITH, WITH THAT ON A LARGE SYSTEM.
BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE LISTEN TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT REPORTS ABOUT HOW DRONES ARE CHANGING WARFARE, UH, AND HOW VERY CHEAP PRODUCTS ARE REALLY MAKING IMPACT.
BUT I'M WONDERING, DO WE HAVE ANY ACCESS TO INCIDENTS THAT HELP US ALSO BOOST THE SURVEILLANCE OF, UH, MAYBE A, A LARGE AREA AFTER HOURS? AND I, I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT THE TOUR I TOOK WITH MY COLLEAGUE LANE CONNOR, AND HE SHOWED ME SOME OF THE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS IN PARK, I GUESS PARKLAND THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
HOW DO WE GO ABOUT COVERING THOSE AREAS LATE AT NIGHT? NOW, WESTERN BAILEY WE SURVEILLANCE AND I GUESS WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE WITH PEOPLE ON THE EMPLOYMENT, SO, EXCUSE ME, UH, WITH THE DRONE, THE DRUMS GONNA PLAY A HUGE, A HUGE ROLE IN OUR EFFORTS IN COMBATING ANY TYPE OF LEGAL, UH, ACTIVITIES IN PARK.
ESPECIALLY I USE L HOUSTON, UH, TRAIL AS WE EXAMPLE.
UH, MYSELF, I WAS, SOME OF MY TROOPS ACTUALLY WALKED HALFWAY THROUGH THAT TRAIL.
I, WE HAD CASES LAST YEAR, UH, WHERE WE HAD, UH, WE IDENTIFIED WITHIN A PARK ITSELF AND WE SUSPECTS EPD AS WELL.
UH, WE GOT YEAR ONE, UM, UH, BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO THE SUSPECTS.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, DURING THE NIGHT DAY AND OVERNIGHT HOUR, WE WILL DEPLOY THE DRONE.
THE DRUM WOULD BE A HUGE ASSET IN LOCATING ANY SUSPECTS, OBSERVING ANY OR OFFENSES.
UH, ONE OF THE PARTS SUPPOSED 11 O'CLOCK BEING SO PARK SHUT DOWN THE BEGINNING.
SO ANY MOVEMENT IN A PARK PERSON OF VEHICLE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED AND WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTION.
SO COURSE PARKS CLOSED BACK TOMORROW, FIVE APPEARS BE, UM, BUT AS FAR AS DRONE, UM, IT BEING USED IN, ONCE THE NEXT QUARTER COMES AROUND, WE SHOW EVERYONE THE STATISTICS OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THAT DRONE THEN TO GROW, UH, THE DRONE UNIT EVEN MORE.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE THE HUGE ASPECTS OF IT AND THE CAPABILITIES OF WHAT NOT ONLY THE DEPUTIES CAN DO, BUT THE DRONE ITSELF.
AND THAT'S ALSO BEEN INCLUDE WITH THE BT.
UM, I DON'T THINK UV IS NOT GONNA BE AS MUCH AS AIRBORNE, OBVIOUSLY AS THE DRUM WILL, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO PLACES A LOT FASTER, MANEUVER A LOT EASIER, ALL S OF THE WEATHER, RAIN SLEEVES, YOU KNOW, UM, AND SO FORTH.
THE WAY THIS THING IS DESIGNED AND IT'S DESIGNED FOR THAT PURPOSE AS WELL.
SO, UH, WITH THE STATISTICS, YOU MIGHT AS WELL COME NEXT QUARTER, WE'LL GET THIS LITTLE THING ED OUT THE TRAILER PULLED TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THE FRUITS OF THE LABOR IN THE DEPUTIES AS WELL.
SO I THINK WITH THE DRONE AND THE UTV JUST AS EQUIPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES, UH, YOU'LL SEE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN CHANGE WE HAVE WITH WHAT, WHAT LITTLE WE DO MANPOWER WISE UNTIL WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
ONCE WE DO GROW, UH, MY FRUITION IS
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TO SEE MORE DRONES PROTECT THE UNIT, MORE UT PROTECTION UNIT BECAUSE THEN WE'LL HAVE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE ENTIRE CITY, UM, BEING SURVEYED AT ANY GIVEN TIME VERSUS JUST, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE NOW TO CLOSE JOINT HERE, OVER HERE AS WELL.SO WE'RE GONNA DELIVERY SQUARE THE AS TIME GOES ON.
BUT LIKE I SPEAK WITH JEREMY BEFORE, UH, ONCE YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WITH IT AND THE STATISTIC WILL SHOW AND THE NEXT QUARTER WILL SHOW THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND IT, NO LONGER ATION WITH THE, UH, RANGERS AND
AND, UH, MY, MY LAST, I GUESS TWO-PARTER TO THAT IS MY COLLEAGUE ALSO ASKED ABOUT NIGHT VISION MISSION
BUT ALSO JUST THINKING ABOUT ANY PROGRAMS THAT MAYBE THE PARK DEPARTMENT CAN ALSO BRING TO BEAR.
THIS MAY ALSO KIND OF GET INTO WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR OWN ASSETS THAT MAY PARTNER WITH WHAT THE DEPARTMENT'S HAND OFFER OFFER FOR SECURITY.
ARE THERE ANY GRANTS OR ANY PROGRAMS THAT LOOK AT THESE URBAN AREAS THAT HAVE LARGE PARK SYSTEMS AND HELP US REALLY FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS THAT WE AS THE PARK DEPARTMENT COULD BRING TO BEAR THAT WOULD ALSO EASE THE LEVEL THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING INTO TENTION ISSUE.
UH, REGARDING GRANTS AND EVERYTHING, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE I'LL LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THERE ARE GRANTS OUT THERE THAT CAN AFFORD A LOT MORE, UH, STATE EQUIPMENT FOR AND NOPA OBVIOUSLY.
UH, BUT THE PROCESSES, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE PSAS DISCUSSED EARLIER, I BELIEVE THAT WE DO A LOT OF MORE ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE GS AND HOAS AND SO FORTH IN FRENCH GROUPS TO REALLY GET THE WORD OUT.
WE'RE DOING IT NOW, BUT TO GET EVEN MORE A BROADER EXPANSION ON OUR WORD MEETING ACROSS, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA IS, IS A GREAT TOOL.
UM, PEOPLE SEE US OUT THERE, THEY SEE US DO ANY VOICE CONNECTIONS, SO THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT DON HIS HAND TYPE OF THING.
THAT'S WHAT'S OCCURRING WITH IT.
IT IS WORKING, BUT TO GET THE PSAS UP TO SOCIAL MEDIA, THE NEWS OR WHATEVER THE CASE CAN BE, THAT'LL BE HUGE ASSET AS WELL.
UH, BUT I THINK THE COMMITTEE GROUPS WOULD BE A HUGE ASSET.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU MR. DICKEY.
UM, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MR. MCMAHON.
UH, WE HAVE A PARK RANGER HOTLINE, UH, 2 1 4 6 7 1 7,000.
UH, WHAT ALL YOU KNOW IN SORT OF THE SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING MODE OF GETTING THE PUBLIC TO HELP US KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE, WHAT HAVE WE DONE IN OUR, DO WE INTEND TO DO, TO GET THE WORD OUT MORE THAN IT CURRENTLY IS? UH, ABOUT, SO PEOPLE KNOW THIS EXISTS.
SO RIGHT NOW IT IS ON THE WEBSITE, UH, WE'VE MOVED IT UP TO THE WEBSITE, WORKING WITH THE MAC TEAM, IT'S EASIER TO FIND.
WE'RE ALSO, UH, WE SUBMITTED, UH, OUR SIGN ARC TO THE MAC TEAM AS WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO ORDER ABOUT 500 SIGNS THAT WE CAN PUT OUT, UH, IN THE PARKS AND TRAILS AS WELL, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT NUMBER.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I DO AS WELL IS LIKE WHENEVER I'M CLOSING THROUGH ONE ONES, I ALSO PUT IN OUR SERVICE LINE NUMBER SO THAT WAY WHOEVER SUBMITTED 3 1 1 AND HAS THAT NUMBER AS WELL.
UM, AND JUST ANYTIME WE'RE MEETING WHATNOT, WE DEFINITELY PUSH THAT NUMBER AS WELL.
SO, UH, JUST A QUESTION ON THE SIGNS.
UM, ARE THOSE BUDGETED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT BUDGET TO PAY FOR THEM ONCE THEY'RE DESIGNED IN ORDER? NO, THEY'RE BUZZING IN NOW.
JUST, UH, ON THE, ON THE DARK TRAIL.
SO ON THAT EARLIER, WHEN DID THE DARK LEAVES ACTUALLY START EVOLVED? THOSE KIND OF THINGS WITH THEM OWNING OUT THAT, THAT PROPERTY ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETELY OKAY, SO NOT DURING CONSTRUCTION, THEY OWN YES, WE EPP CASE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WON'T BE UNTIL, UM, WHERE ARE WE WITH, UM, LIGHTING ON THE TRAILS AND CAMERAS? I KNOW WE TALKED PART TWO.
WE WILL BE DOING AN UPDATE TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, THIS COMING WEEK, UH, WHERE WE'LL GO OVER, UM, WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BUDGET ENHANCEMENT AS WELL AS I THINK ON LIGHTING.
UM, THAT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE PROGRAM IS REALLY THIS SPOT THAT'S BEEN, UM, SO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.
BUT A COMMITTEE, WE WILL DISCUSS THAT.
AND IF YOU NEED TO BRING THAT TO THE
AND THEN HOW DOES LIGHTING WORK? UM, WITH AREAS LIKE NORTH HAVEN OR, UM, CRESCENT
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RIDGE THAT ARE ON RIDGE PROPERTIES, BUT WE SPLIT LIGHTS.IF THEY'RE ONCORE PROPERTIES, THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW US FOOTLIGHTS ON THE TRAIL.
SO YOU, LIKE WE'VE ASKED YOU AGO, I'VE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES, EVEN LOW LIGHTING.
MR. KITTEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, JOHN, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LIGHTING A LOT.
WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT ON THOSE TRAILS THAT ARE IN THE ENCORE EASEMENT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T HAVE COMPETI EVENTS, BUT WE CAN BE CREATIVE AND PUT IN PLACES WHERE THE CITY OWNS THE LAND.
HAVE Y'ALL BEEN, UH, UPDATED ON THE THIEVES THAT ARE TAKING COPPER WIRE FROM AT AND T POLES ALONG TRAILS? HAS THAT GOTTEN TO Y YET? YES SIR, IT HAS.
OUR DETECTIVES AT THE
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL WERE AWARE THAT IT WAS HAPPENING.
THANK YOU CHIEF WATSON, SERGEANT
WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT PART OF BUSINESS, UH, CONSENT AGENT THREE,
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MR. MR SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION WITH ALL SAY AYE.
I ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION APPLICATION.
MR. NER? UH, I CAN DO THANKS TO
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE HUMAN RESOURCES BRIEFING HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO NEXT MEETING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS.
MS.
UM, SO TODAY, UH, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTORS 'CAUSE I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO JUST AN OVERVIEW TODAY, WE WANNA, UH, SHARE THE PURPOSE, UH, TALK ABOUT, KIND OF TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT THE CONNECTORS DO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE AGREE PROCESS AND JUST HIGHLIGHT OUR COMMUNITY IN NEXT SLIDE.
SO JUST LIKE OUR TAGLINE SAYS, OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, THEY BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
SO THIS IS A, UM, A DESCRIPTION OF SAY THE CORE FUNCTIONS OF WHAT, UM, THIS POSITION CARRIES.
AND SO, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ALL OF YOU ARE INVOLVED, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY CONNECTORS.
THEY ARE CONNECTING THE PEOPLE TO THE PARKS THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS, THROUGH IFICATION PROJECTS.
THEY ALSO WORK WITH MARKETING STRATEGY.
UH, WE COLLABORATE, UH, WITH THE MAC TEAM, THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON YESTERDAY.
WE HAD A GOOD MEETING, UH, WITH THE MEC TEAM.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR STRATEGIES, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EMPHASIZE FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, WE WANNA COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE PROFESSIONALS, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE SAVVY AS IT RELATES TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
HOW CAN WE ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTORS EVEN MORE TO ENHANCE OUR MAC TEAM.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD ON YESTERDAY.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOGISTICS AND THAT TAKES QUITE A BIT.
WE'LL BE DEALING WITH SO MANY PARTIES, UH, BETWEEN WORKING WITH DALLAS COUNTY, UH, OTHER MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS, PARK BOARD MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THEY WORK WITH ROSA'S OFFICE AS WELL AS TRYING TO GROUP THINGS TOGETHER, BUT THEY ALSO WORK WITH THE MAINTENANCE TEAMS. UH, JUST ENSURING THAT THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT IS THERE AND READY, UM, FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL EVENTS THAT WE DO, UM, IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON OUR CONSISTENTLY OUR PARK ACTIVATION STRATEGY.
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THAT FOR SURE HAVE EXPERIENCED CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, DUE TO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN, UH, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY, UH, PRESENTATION.AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTIVATE THOSE LOCATIONS WITH MORE EVENTS.
UM, UH, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL, UH, EVENTS THIS PAST YEAR OF WHAT WE TRIED TO GO IN AND DO SOME THINGS.
YOU KNOW, PUT IN SOME DIFFERENT AMENDS, UH, HAVE SOME SOCIAL EVENTS, GET THE COUNCIL PERSON OUT, GET DPD OUT.
AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY WORKING.
THOSE ARE ALL ACTIVATION STRATEGIES.
AND THEN THE CORE OF WHAT THEY DO IS FOR SURE THE AGREEMENTS, THE CONTRACTS, THE MOUS.
THIS IS THE MEAT ON THE BONES.
NOT ONLY DO WE WANT THE COMMUNITIES, UH, TO INVEST, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO INVEST, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO INVEST.
THIS IS A TOTAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT OUR, UH, PARTNERSHIP ENTAILS.
NOW, SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE PARTNERS, THEY MEAN WELL, RIGHT? BUT WHEN WE PUT THESE AGREEMENTS TOGETHER, THESE, UH, BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS AND WE OUTLINE WHAT THEY CAN DO, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY WITHIN THAT SCOPE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE PARK BOARD MEMBERS THOUGH, THAT YOU CAN HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL.
UH, 'CAUSE YOU HAVE GREAT, GREAT RELATIONSHIPS.
EXCUSE, UH, AND SAY IF IT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT, THEN YOU JUST CAN'T ARBITRARILY DO THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN THE CONTRACT, EVEN THOUGH YOU NEED HELP.
BUT THERE'S A PROCESS, UM, AND THERE'S A DESCRIPTION AND DETAILS AND THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY RISK MANAGEMENT AS TO WHAT THOSE PARTNERS CAN DO.
SO, UH, ANY WAY YOU CAN HELP US WITH THAT, WHEN THOSE PARTNERS KIND OF GET OUTTA LINE WITH THAT, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, AND SO THEY WORK WITH YOU DIRECTLY.
THEY WORK WITH THE, UH, THE COUNCIL OFFICES.
UH, THEY WORK WITH ROSA, UM, THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THE INFORMATION.
THIS IS A LOT TO KEEP TOGETHER.
AND SO THEY'RE CONNECTING ONE GROUP TO ANOTHER, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONNECTION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OF SOME OF THE PARTS OF WHAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO THIS IS WHO WE ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, ONE GOOD, I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ADDED A COMMUNITY CONNECTOR.
I DO BELIEVE WE WOULD NEED ONE IN EVERY MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO GROW THIS BRAND BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA CREATE A SUSTAINABLE PARK SYSTEM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARTNERS CAN HAVE THE RESOURCES TO INVEST AND THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS ARE THE RESOURCES.
AND SO WE HAVE ANA E DELGADO WHO WAS NEW.
UH, SHE'S UP IN MAINTENANCE FIVE AND SIX.
UH,
BUT, UM, IS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
UH, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN, IN, AND SO WORKING WITH LANE AND, AND OF COURSE THE OTHER PARK BOARD MEMBERS, UH, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS FAMILIAR.
GETTING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED, UH, ARE REALLY HELPFUL.
SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED THAT I'M WITH ON OUR TEAM.
UH, WE HAVE TAM, TAMARA AKIO FROM RIGHT BY THE LAKE AREA.
UH, FORTUNATELY SHE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE COMING OUT OF THE RECREATION DIVISION, SO THAT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL, UH, TO, UH, THE SYSTEM.
AND WORKING WITH, UH, DAVID SMITH, THE AREA MANAGER.
THEY REALLY GOT A GOOD TEAM TOGETHER AND THEY WORKED HEAVILY WITH MARIA, UH, AND PARTNERS UP THERE BECAUSE OF COURSE, THE WHITE ROCK AREA, THEY ARE ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING.
BUT THE OTHER, UH, UH, I WOULD SAY HUGE BENEFIT OF HIRING SOMEONE LIKE TAMARA WAS TO START TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGED, UH, WITH THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY IN CRAWFORD PARK.
AND SO SHE'S WORKED VERY WELL, UH, WITH OUR PARK BOARD MEMBER AND, AND VICE, UH, CHAIR, UH, PRISCILLA.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY ENGAGING IN THAT COMMUNITY, WANTING TO EXPAND, UH, THOSE POPULATIONS, BEING ACTIVE, UM, WITH OUR, WITH OUR SYSTEM.
AND IT'S, IT IS HIRING INDIVIDUALS WHO LOOK LIKE THAT COMMUNITY AND SPEAK LIKE THAT COMMUNITY IS VERY BENEFICIAL.
AND SO WE ARE BEING VERY, UM, UH, ALL, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING THAT ON PURPOSE, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CONNECT COMMUNITIES WITH PEOPLE THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
THEY CAN GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND WORK WITH OUR ART SYSTEM.
UH, OF COURSE WE HAVE SQUA CROCKETT AND SHE WORK THAT HAS DONE A MARVELOUS JOB FOR SEVEN GOLDEN BOARD.
SHE WAS A TEMP FOR A YEAR AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT SHE WAS, SHE WASN'T, UH, SHE WAS A TEMP, BUT SHE JUST CAME
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ON INTO THE SYSTEM AND NOW IN HER SECOND YEAR, UH, AND SHE HAS JUSTLY JUST, JUST, UH, REALLY PROVED THAT PEOPLE VOLUNTEER EVERYWHERE.JUST NOT KNOW, RIGHT? AND SO, BUT WHEN YOU GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, UM, TO THOSE COMMUNITIES IS THE, THE SKY IS THE
AND SO OUR VETERAN, UH, WE HAVE A NEW INITIATIVE, UH, THAT'S SLOAN ANDERSON.
SHE'S MOVING INTO THE
UH, SO SHE'S BEEN THE LEAD IN THAT JUST, UH, AS TO THE PROCESSES AND THINGS THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
BUT OUR NEW INITIATIVE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED TO MAC ABOUT YESTERDAY, IS REALLY TARGETING DOWNTOWN, GETTING THESE RESIDENTS OUT IN THESE BEAUTIFUL PARKS.
UM, AND SO WE ARE, UH, WORKING ON THIS INITIATIVE IS GONNA BE FOREFRONT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, OF COURSE, THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION.
UM, WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES WORKING WITH THE MARSHALS, WORKING WITH THE UD, WORKING WITH, UM, OUR, UH, DDI AND OF COURSE DOWNTOWN PARKS CONSERVANCY, JUST WORKING ON THIS COLLABORATION TO GET MORE OF THOSE PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE IN THE PARKS AND USING, UTILIZE THOSE AREAS.
SO WEST DALLAS, UH, EE IS REALLY MENTOR CHARGE TO REALLY WORK WITH WEST DALLAS TO GET MORE ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS CRAWFORD AND SOUTHERN DALLAS.
THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
WE'VE NOT SEEN AS MUCH VOLUNTEERISM, BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THE SKY'S LIMIT IS FAR THE POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE'RE REAL CONFIDENT IN THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD TO EXPAND OUR VOLUNTEERISM.
SO OUR ATION CATEGORIES, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT WE DO, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO CATEGORIZE, UH, AS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DONE THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION AGREEMENTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES, THEY MAY, UH, MAINTAIN COURT BED, THEY HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS.
WE DO LITER AND DEBRIS, THE LITERARY DEBRIS, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO CONTINUALLY PICK UP IN THOSE PARTS, THAT IS VERY HELPFUL TO US.
AND SO WE HAVE AGREEMENTS THAT OUTLINE THIS.
WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND TEAMS THAT, UH, AND PICTURES OF THINGS THAT, UH, OUR TEAMS HAVE.
UM, DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
SO, THE AGREEMENT PROCESS, IT IS A PROCESS.
THERE'S SOME PARTICULAR QUESTIONS AS FAR AS TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AS I, HOW THE TEAM HERE CAN ASK THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS.
BUT WHAT WE WILL SAY, JUST TALKING TO THE TEAM, UM, GETTING THESE AGREEMENTS DONE HAVE, HAVE BEEN ABOUT 90 DAYS PER SE, RIGHT? AND SO OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO REALLY TRY AND STREAMLINE WHAT THE GROUP HAS TOLD ME.
NOW, WE'VE GOTTEN IT NOW TO ABOUT 60 DAYS, SO THEY'RE, IT'S MOVING A LITTLE BIT FASTER, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DIAGRAM, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT DATA COLLECTION, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NICE WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY WANNA VOLUNTEER, BUT WE NEED YOU TO PUT IT IN WRITING AS TO WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.
IT HAS TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT THE GROUP IS GOING TO DO.
UH, THE RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT, UH, LOOKS AT THAT INFORMATION AND SAYS, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT LEVEL OF INSTRUMENT DO YOU NEED? OR IF YOU DON'T NEED INSTRUMENTS BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO ALL THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN, UM, UH, OUR TEAM GETTING THAT SCOPE OF SERVICE, LIKE SAY FOR INSTANCE, IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE, SAY FOR DALLAS CLASSIC BASEBALL, AND THEY WANNA GO IN AND THEY WANNA ACTUALLY DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FIELD, ALL THAT HAS TO BE VETTED THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE DIVISION AS WELL.
AND SO OUR AREA MANAGERS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN AGREEMENTS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, THEY'RE THERE TO MAKE SURE THEIR AGREEMENT IS DONE.
BUT OUR MAINTENANCE MANAGERS ARE ONE OF THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY SIGN OFF ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE.
SO THEY HAVE TO CONNECT EVERYONE TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE, HEY, THIS IS THE AGREEMENT.
AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES LONGER JUST GETTING THAT DATA COLLECTION TOGETHER.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROCESS.
WE GET IT THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND THEN IT HAS TO WALK THROUGH EVERYBODY'S OFFICE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE SPEAKING TO WHOMEVER THEY NEED TO SPEAK TO, TO SAY, WHAT OFFICE IS IT, IS IT IN? HAVE THEY SIGNED IT? AND THEN GETTING IT TO THE ACTUAL PARTNER, THEN MAKING SURE THAT THE PARTNER ACTUALLY SIGNS IT AS WELL.
SO IT'S A LOT OF BABYSITTING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THESE PROCESSES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT KIND OF HELP US WITH THAT.
BUT I GOT SOME GOOD NEWS FROM THE TEAM YESTERDAY JUST SAYING THAT, UH, THE PERSON THAT'S WORKING WITH THEM IN PROCUREMENT HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE.
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING, UH, FOR RACHEL'S GROUP THAT THEY'RE REALLY HELPING US AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFY THE KIDS AND THE WOMEN NEXT.
UH, SO WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE FUN TIMES THAT WE'VE HAD THIS, THIS PAST YEAR, AND THIS IS CALENDAR YEAR AND SAY, UM, SO ONE OF THE NAMING AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET, WE HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME WORKING WITH JUST SUCH UNIQUE PEOPLE, AND YOU DO TOO.
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PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM SEE THE PASSION, YOU KNOW, AND THIS YOUNG MAN, UH, KIRK MEYERS, WHO IS NOW DECEASED, BUT HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PARK WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF HIS MOTHER BEFORE HE KNEW EVIDENTLY, THAT HIS TIME WAS LIMITED.SO HE WAS REALLY MOVING US ALONG.
QUA DID A GREAT JOB OF WORKING WITH THIS, WITH THIS PARTNER.
AND, UM, WE HAD A WONDERFUL EVENT.
UH, DAVID AND HIS TEAM, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
YOU SEE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL NICE PICTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE.
BUT IT, WHEN WE HAVE THESE EVENTS, AND YOU ALL KNOW WHEN WE GET OUT ON THESE PARKS AND WE, IT JUST FEELS SO GOOD.
SO THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT COMMUNITY CONNECTORS MAY HAPPEN.
SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, NCAA
AND SO WE HAD A GREAT DAY THIS DAY WITH THE LEGACY PROJECT, AND OF COURSE, THE FINAL FOR THE WOMEN BEING HERE.
UH, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS COURT ESTABLISHED AT, UH, NASH DAVIS.
AND SO JUST GETTING THEM TOGETHER, WORKING WITH THE PARTNERS, UH, FOR SURE, UH, OUR, UH, STAFF, WE, UH, KIND OF ENGAGE AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING GOES AS ISSUE.
SO OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, THEY ALSO WORK WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, HISTORICAL MARKER
THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE PLANNING AND DESIGN GROUP AS WELL.
ONCE THEY GET THOSE THINGS APPROVED, UH, OUR TEAM, THEY MIGHT BE WORKING WITH THE COLLEGE.
THEY MAY BE WORKING WITH OTHER PARTIES AND WORKING WITH LAC, UM, TO MAKE SURE THE EVENT GOES OVER WELL.
AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UH, THAT WE HAD, UH, UP AT DE PAUL DYERS LOCATION, BASICALLY.
AND, UM, ALL THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS CAME OUT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNVEILING OF THE, UM, THE HISTORICAL MARKER, UH, WAS A SUCCESS.
THIS WAS A HUGE, UM, VOLUNTEER GROUP, UM, THAT WE HAD.
I THINK IT WAS A ANNUAL, IS THAT CORRECT? FUTURE FARMERS? RIGHT? BUT IT WAS A CONFERENCE.
YES, IT WAS A CONFERENCE, UM, WITH THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA, AND THEY DO THIS ANNUALLY.
AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THEY WORK DOWNTOWN.
TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS, TWO GROUPS AND TWO DIFFERENT DAYS.
AND, UH, THEY GOT A LOT OF WORK DONE.
OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM WAS REALLY HAPPY ABOUT, UH, THIS EXPERIENCE, AND THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS THE BEST ORGANIZED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN, AND THEY REALLY WANT TO COME BACK AND WORK IN OUR CITY AGAIN.
THEY HAVE WORKED IN ANOTHER CITY.
I WANNA NAME THAT CITY, BUT THEY SAID THAT OUR CITY WAS JUST DEFINITELY THE BEST.
WE WORKED WITH, UH, THE
IT WAS AN INAUGURAL HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION.
UH, WE WORKED, UH, WHEN AND HAD MEETINGS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY WORKED WITH THAT PARTNER AND THEY BROUGHT A LOT TO THE TABLE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING.
UH, PEOPLE WERE JUST EVERYWHERE.
AND SO JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT, UM, ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY IS, IS VERY NICE.
SO WE REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME.
IT WAS JUST THE MARVELOUS DECK.
SO, LAKE CLIFF, WE HAD, UM, THE NRPA, THEY PICKED A LOCATION THAT WAS REALLY CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID.
UM, THEY PLANTED TREES AND IT WAS A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH, UH, NRPA AS A PLACE TO GETTING FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM NRPA AND WORKING FOR CHRIS STEEL OVER IN DISTRICT SUPPORT.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, THEY CONTINUALLY WORK WITH.
SO AT THE TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR, UH, WILLIAM ALLEN, TAYLOR, ANOTHER HISTORICAL MARKER.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH, REMEMBER DALLAS AND, AND ALL KINDS OF, UH, NON-PROFIT GROUPS IN OAC C UM, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE CANNOT FORGET OUR HISTORY.
UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME AMAZING EVENTS, UH, THAT ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, THE NEXT IS THE CLA LIKE HEIGHTS SUPPORT, THE ROWLAND PARISH RENAMING.
UM, THIS, YOU KNOW, PROJECT DEFINITELY IS GONNA, IT'S GONNA BRING SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY, JUST CHANGING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD A FABULOUS DAY THAT DAY.
AND OF COURSE, THE NAMING AND THE MILLION DOLLARS, OF COURSE, THAT OUR ROLE OF PARISHES BRINGING TO THAT.
BUT OF COURSE, THE, THIS, I KNOW EVERYONE IS PROUD OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.
SO, UH, JUST BRINGING ALL THAT TOGETHER.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES HERE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE NORTH HAVEN TRAIL.
ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE DOING THIS EVENT, THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS ARE THE ONES THAT'S DOING THE SITE VISITS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WILL BE STAGED PROPERLY WHEN IT, WHEN IT DOES GET, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZED, UH, BY, ON TV, YOU WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE IT REPRESENTS THAT DALLAS BRAND.
SO A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THAT, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS, GETTING READY FOR THE EVENTS.
NOW, OF COURSE, WE WERE ALL PROUD ON THAT DAY AT NORTH
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HAVEN TRAIL.THE GROUNDBREAKING WAS JUST AS HUGE AS THE, UH, THE R CUTTING.
JUST EVERYONE IS SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BRINGING ALL THOSE GROUPS TOGETHER, THOSE PUBLIC OFFICIALS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE RESERVED SEATING, UH, FOR EVERYONE.
ALL ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO MISS.
AND SOME DAYS WE MIGHT MISS IT, BUT WE LEARN AND WE TRY TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB THE NEXT TIME.
SO WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR PATIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF AN OUTLINE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE CALENDAR YEAR OF LAST YEAR.
SO, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, AND, AND PROBABLY I DON'T HAVE EVERY, WE DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING ON HERE AS FAR AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OUR DATA COLLECTION.
WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON OUR DATA COLLECTION BECAUSE BEING ABLE TO TELL THAT STORY, YOU KNOW, ON A DAILY BASIS AND HAVING THOSE NUMBERS READY.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON OUR GROUP THAT REALLY TAKES CARE OF OUR DATA.
UM, AND SO I, WHAT I REALIZED IS THAT THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS NEED A LEVEL OF SUPPORT AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING FROM THIS MEETING TO THAT, UM, FROM THIS EVENT TO THAT EVENT.
A LOT OF TIMES WE, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PULL THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE NEED TO.
SO WE'RE RECLASSING A POSITION TO TRY TO ADD SOME SUPPORT, UH, FOR THAT GROUP, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE GROUP.
'CAUSE WE KNOW PARTNERSHIP IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO SUSTAIN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
SO WE NEED TO DO MORE, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED, UH, TO LEVERAGE PARK SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BEAUTIFICATION AGREEMENTS.
WE'RE RIGHT NOW AT 140 PLUS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GROW THAT AT LEAST 2% ANNUAL.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH CODE AND JUST WE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS.
DW HOW CAN WE KIND OF JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON SOME THEIR INFORMATION THAT GOES UP, YOU KNOW, AND PUT OUR INFORMATION, HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER, UH, WITH GETTING, WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR TRASH COLLECTIONS, YOU KNOW, DOING THE CLEANUPS THAT'S BEEN WORKING.
SO, YOU KNOW, CODE, JUST TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM.
SO JUST TRYING TO FIND HOW CAN WE KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON EACH OTHER, UH, IN ORDER TO PUT THOSE RESOURCES TOGETHER.
UH, WE WANNA DEFINITELY COLLAB, UH, COLLABORATE AND CREATE MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT.
UH, WE'RE CREATING AN ELITE TEAM AS FAR AS OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM THAT WE HAVE.
SOME GREAT TEAM MEMBERS CAN REALLY SET UP A BIT.
IT IS NOT LIKE, I KNOW EVERYBODY THINKS, OH, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING, PUT UP A TEAM, YOU DO THIS, YOU DO THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME MAINTENANCE TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE REALLY EXCELLENT.
THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT, THEY'VE DONE THIS EVENT.
THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR, EVEN, YOU KNOW, LETTING 'EM KNOW.
SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE BACK TEAM, UH, AND OUR, AND OUR RESOURCES TO ENSURE WE EXPAND THAT WE CAN REALLY WORK ON THESE INITIATIVES IN WEST DALLAS, UH, DOWNTOWN DALLAS, SOUTHEAST DALLAS, JUST SOME OF THE AREAS THAT, UM, WE THINK WE CAN GET MORE OF AND THEN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS EXPAND.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
I HOPE I, YOU KNOW, GAVE YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY CONNECTED TO.
UM, THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT, UH, TO OUR SYSTEM, AND THEY ARE SOME OUTSTANDING OF PROFESSIONALS AND, AND WOMEN IN THIS DEPARTMENT AND MAKE PART MAINTENANCE.
RENEE, DID YOU, DID YOU TOUCH ON, MAYBE I MISSED IT.
DID YOU TOUCH ON THE ROLE SHANA PLAYS? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, WHO'S THE LADY IN RED? WELL, SHANA, UM, FIRST OF ALL, SHE DEFINITELY HELPED WITH THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER, BUT SHE ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR AGREEMENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, SAYING, SO A LOT OF TIMES SHE COMES IN, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK WITH DAM AND A PARK COLLABORATION, WHICH KIND OF HELPS WITH SOME OF THESE, UH, AGREEMENTS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX WHERE CC OR CONNECTION DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH TIME.
SHE CAN PUT THAT TIME AND RESEARCH ENDS.
SHE'S THE OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST AND HELPS GET ALL THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO HELP THAT AGREEMENT MOVE ALONG.
SHE, SHE'S RENEE'S BASEBALL THAT RENEE'S.
SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
YOU ALWAYS BRING THAT FIRE AND EXCITEMENT.
I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT YOUR PRESENTATION COMING BEST.
SO, UH, A COUPLE THINGS I HEARD YOU SAY FIRST, UH, BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE PARK, HAVING FUN.
NOW, I KNOW THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, BUT DIRECTOR JENKINS, THIS SOUNDS LIKE BEING A PARK BOARD MEMBER, BUT GETTING PAID, IS THAT RIGHT?
I'M EXCITED THIS JOB IS DONE AND I'M LOOKING FOR THAT NEXT JOB.
UM, SO REALLY THIS IS WHAT OUR CITIZENS WANT
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MORE OF.THEY NEED THAT CONNECTION TO PARKS.
I MEAN, CERTAINLY THEY CAN GET IT THROUGH US, BUT TO GET IT LIKE IN THAT OFFICIAL LIKE STAFF, LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE, SO I SALUTE THAT.
UM, I THINK BASICALLY PUTTING THAT ANOTHER WAY, LIKE THIS DEPARTMENT, IF WE LOOK AT THIS DEPARTMENT AS A MINISTRY OF HAPPINESS, WHICH IS ON MY SHIRT, RIGHT? WE MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
I THINK THIS TEAM NEEDS TO LEAD THE MINISTRY OF HAPPINESS.
WE'RE NOT THE MINISTRY OF SADNESS, OKAY? I, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE.
WE ARE NOT THAT WE ARE THE MINISTRY OF HAPPINESS AND THIS TEAM DOES A FANTASTIC JOB, AND I THINK THEY NEED TO LEAD THAT HAPPINESS.
UM, I ALSO THINK THAT PARK BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WE HAVE QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
I KNOW WE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE ALREADY.
I THINK THEY SHOULD HAPPEN IN A PARK, NOT IN A ROOM.
AND IF WE WANTED TO GET CREATIVE, WE COULD EVEN, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO SHOW UP AND, AND MEET US ALL AND SEE US ALL AND TELL US WHAT'S ON THEIR MIND, THE GOOD AND THE BAD.
UM, I THINK WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY IS I SEE MY NEW BFFS IN THE ROOM AND, AND I'M REALLY THRILLED TO, TO SUPPORT THIS TEAM WORK HAND IN HAND OR HAND IN HAND STAND, SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND REALLY MAKE OUR PARKS BETTER.
SO, SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND, UH, JUST AMAZING WORK MR.
LET'S GET MR. DICKY SINCE HIS OFF LINE.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF 50,000 FOOT COMMENT FOR THE FUTURE, BUT DIRECTOR JENKINS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE USED TO DO SOME THINGS WE DON'T DO NOW BECAUSE WE HAD FUNDING FOR THEM POSITIONS THAT COULD SORT OF IMAGINEER THINGS LIKE POP-UP DOG PARKS OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF BUDGETING THAT POSITION IN AN UPCOMING BUDGET MEETING, WHICH I, I UNDERSTAND THAT POINT COMPLETELY.
AND IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPHERE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND THIS GROUP.
UH, YOU, YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB ON, ON THESE, ON THESE, UM, EVENTS.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU REFERRED TO SOME THINGS WE COULD, COULD DO BETTER.
BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTERJECT CONGRATULATIONS FOR MS. DELGADO ON GETTING OUT OF PROBATION.
I'M NOT ONE BIT SURPRISED, BUT MY MAIN, ASIDE FROM THAT, MY POINT IS IT'S, I BELIEVE WE COULD, IF WE COULD GET A PERSON WHOSE JOB, BECAUSE SETTING UP ALL WE CAN SEE, ALL THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO AND WE'RE EXPANDING IT IS, IS SO MUCH, IT'S LARGELY RELATED TO THESE EVENTS, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER FACTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE FUNDED.
AND THAT WOULD BE A PERSON TO FIND OUT WHAT THE MAJOR GROUPS ARE IN EVERY DISTRICT, IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND TO CREATE LISTS AND, AND DATA ON WHO'S WHO.
LIKE JUST NOW WE HAD A, WE'RE DOING A STUDY IN WEST DALLAS.
THERE ARE 32 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
UM, AND THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO THEM.
THEY'VE IDENTIFIED SEVEN NEIGHBORHOODS.
EACH OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND SO IF WE COULD COLLATE THAT INFORMATION IN EVERY DISTRICT, WE DO A, I THINK IT'D DO MAKE US MUCH MORE POWERFUL IN TERMS OF LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW WHEN WE'RE HAVING MEETINGS OR PUBLIC MEETINGS OR INPUT MEETINGS.
UH, SO THAT SORT OF DATA COLLECTION, UH, ABOUT WHO WE NEED TO REACH IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I THINK IT SORT OF FALLS UNDER THIS GROUP RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S, THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
UH, I USED TO DO IT WHEN I WAS A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB UPDATING YOUR EMAIL BLAST LIST WHO DROPPED OFF, WHOEVER.
UH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT, I JUST, MY OPINION I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE FUNDING FOR THIS GROUP, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RELATES TO REACHING OUT TO SPECIFIC COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THEY CAN REALLY DO THAT GIVEN ALL THE GREAT DUTIES THEY'RE DOING.
SO WELL NOW IT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT AND EXTRA THING, BUT PART OF THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THING.
SO JUST MY 2 CENTS TO PUT IT IN THERE.
MS. HAS, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION AND I'M GLAD TO SEE YOUR DREAM TEAM IS EXPANDING.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME THAT YOU JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT.
SO I WOULD SAY, UM, MR. DICKEY'S POINT OVER IN MY LITTLE DISTRICT, I THINK, UH, SHANA CAN ATTEST TO THIS AND ALSO FLOW.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OVER THERE AND WHO ARE THE GROUP REVIEWS.
AND IT IS A LOT OF WORK TO CORRAL THOSE FOLKS.
AND THEN THE PROCESS THAT YOU SHOWED US OF GETTING THOSE IFICATION AGREEMENTS PROCESSED IS SO CUMBERSOME AND TIME CONSUMING.
AND I REALLY HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH TO FIND WAYS TO STREAMLINE THAT.
BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE SO SIMPLE
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THAT, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP TRASH AND HAVING AN AGREEMENT FOR YEAR SHOULDN'T TAKE SIX LEVELS OF AUTHORITY AND PROCUREMENT AND, AND LAWYERS.IT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
SO I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT.
UM, ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD TALK THEM INTO DOING IT ON AN ANNUAL SO THAT YOU RENEW EVERYBODY IN JANUARY COMES IN MID YEAR, YOU JUST SIGN UP THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR AND THEN EVERYBODY RENEWS AT THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR.
SO YOUR FOLKS AREN'T CHASING IFICATION AGREEMENTS ALL YEAR.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE DOING AT THIS POINT.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST FLOAT OUT TO YOU FOR, UM, IN TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS NOW, IMPORTANTLY ARE, AND, AND NOW YOU HAVE THESE FOLKS ARE REALLY GONNA DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO THE PEOPLE IN YOUR AREA.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A PACKET THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU.
HERE'S OUR BEAUTIFICATION AGREEMENT.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD.
HERE'S THE INFORMATION WE NEED YOU TO INCLUDE AS A, YOU KNOW, HERE'S A CHECK OR HERE'S SOME IDEAS OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DO.
PICK THEM TRASH OR LIKE GIVE 'EM THE LIST.
'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS CALL ME AND SAY, WELL, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO PUT ON THIS? SO GIVE 'EM SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WOULD BE ON THAT.
AND THEN GIVE THEM SOME EXAMPLES OF STUFF YOU DON'T WANT ON THERE.
LIKE, WE DON'T WANT YOU OVER THERE WITH YOUR CHAIN.
LIKE, IF THAT'S GONNA TAKE IT TO A DIFFERENT, SO I THINK A LITTLE DIRECTION ON WHAT THEY NEED TO INCLUDE, BECAUSE THERE REALLY IS, I THINK IT'S JUST A TWO PAGE PIECE OF PAPER, BUT I THINK PEOPLE NEED A LITTLE HELP IN UNDERSTANDING.
'CAUSE THE, THE FEEDBACK I GET IS, OH MY GOD, YOU WANT ME TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY? LIKE, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
WE'RE SO MUCH OF LITTLE VOLUNTEERS OVER HERE.
SO SOMETHING THAT EXPLAINS WHY WE NEED IT, WHAT THE PROCESS IS, AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
LIKE IT'LL BE RENEWED EVERY YEAR.
YOU JUST NEED TO HAVE A CONTACT IF YOU'RE GONNA DO FUNDRAISING, HERE'S INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
SO I THINK LIKE A WELCOME PACKET WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
BUT APART FROM THAT, I THINK HAVING MORE, UM, YOUR TRAINING TEAM BEHIND YOU TO HELP YOU IS EXACTLY WHAT ALL OF US NEED IN SUPPORTING MORE PARTNERSHIPS AND MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT.
SO I APPLAUD ALL OF YOU IN THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESULTS.
UM, THIS IS MORE JUST OF A COMMENT.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE, UH, RENEE, YOU HAVE
UM, I'VE HAD THE HONOR TO WORK WITH ALMOST EVERYBODY EXCEPT I HAVEN'T WORKED WITH ANNA YET, BUT I KNOW SHE'S AMAZING.
UM, QUA QUA, I'VE WORKED WITH HER, UH, EXTENSIVELY BEFORE AND I THINK SHE PLANTED THE SEEDS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I WAS A NEW, WHEN I WAS A NEW PARK BOARD MEMBER, I WAS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MY ROLE AND SHE REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND.
AND SHE PLANTED THOSE SEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO GET THAT ENGAGEMENT AND NOW WORKING.
AND OF COURSE I'VE WORKED WITH SLOAN WHO'S AMAZING.
AND, UM, WORKING WITH DAMARA, YOU KNOW, UH, OF IDENTIFYING WHAT MR. DICKEY SAID ABOUT IDENTIFYING THOSE GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THE WORK, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR JUST THE NONPROFITS AND STUFF.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DAMARA ON THAT.
AND SHE ACTUALLY DID A PRESENTATION AT A LIBRARY AT THE, UM, PRAIRIE CREEK BRANCH LIBRARY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT A FRIEND GROUP IS.
AND SHE GAVE EXAMPLES THAT MS. HASANI TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE? SHE ACTUALLY GAVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT SCOPE OF WORK IS.
AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP.
'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THE WORK, RIGHT? THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, SO LET'S LET'S ACTIVATE THEM AND, AND GET THEM TO SIGN, LIKE YOU SAID, A FORMAL BEAUTIFICATION UM, AGREEMENT.
UM, TAM WORKS WITH, UH, I KEEP SAYING TAMARA, I'M THINKING IN SPANISH.
TAMARA, UH, WORKS WITH THEM, UM, DIRECTLY AND OUT OF THAT, I KNOW I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT THE PIEDMONT, WE'VE GOT A NEW, UH, THEY HAD ELA GATEWAY, WHICH IS NOW, YOU KNOW, A FRIENDS GROUP.
UM, PRIMOS DALLAS, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH THE MENTORS YOUTH, UM, AND GET THEM TO HELP THEM GET THEM COLLEGE READY.
THEY'RE ALSO A FRIEND, A FRIENDS GROUP NOW AT, UM, UM, FRI.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A POTENTIAL, ANOTHER GROUP WITH, UM, URBANDALE, I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND WE'RE TRYING TO HOPEFULLY GET THEM TO, YOU KNOW, START A, START A GROUP AS WELL.
SHE'S VERY PASSIONATE AS QUA WAS AND IS
I HOPE THAT EVEN THOUGH I DON'T WORK WITH HER DIRECTLY, UM, BUT, UM, I'M JUST, I CAN ALREADY SEE THE DIFFERENCE AND THE IMPACT THAT IS MAKING THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WHEN I'VE TALKED TO RENEE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S LIKE WE NEED THESE PARTNERS, WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE.
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SAID, BUT ALL THAT TO SAY, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU ARE, ARE DOING AND JUST LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK.
UH, THE EVENTS, UH, THE NORTH HAVEN TRAIL EVENT WAS FANTASTIC, AND I KNOW ANI YOU WERE WORKING VERY HARD ON THAT.
AND, UM, T DOT MOVED IT UP AN HOUR TO ACCOMMODATE THE COMMISSIONER'S
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SCHEDULE.AND I KNOW Y'ALL OUGHT TO BE OUT THERE VERY EARLY TO BE SETTING UP CHAIRS, TABLES AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE DON'T ALL SEE.
AND SO THAT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
YOU ALL PUT ON EXCELLENT EVENTS, ALL THE ONES THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, BUT I'VE INTENDED HAVE, HAVE GONE EXTREMELY WELL.
SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK THERE.
UM, DO WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS OR FRIENDS GROUP LIST THAT JUST, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW WE, I THINK, UH, SOMEBODY RAISED THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RENEWING THESE OFF CYCLES, BUT HAVE WE HAVE, WE JUST PUT TOGETHER A FULL LIST OF EVERYBODY AND THEN MAYBE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYBODY AND SAYING LIKE, THIS IS, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, MAKE SURE YOU'RE RENEWING, HERE'S SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
MAYBE HAVE A LARGER MEETING WITH ALL OF THE GROUPS ONCE A YEAR.
UH, I KNOW LOTS, I DON'T JUST GIVE YOU A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS TO THINK ABOUT, BUT YOU HAVE, WE HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YES.
UM, WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR TEAMS HAVE KIND OF WORKED, SEGMENTED AND SOMEWHAT SEGMENTED, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO REALLY IMPROVE OUR, LIKE, DATA COLLECTION.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE.
BUT YES, WE DO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
AND JUST SAY FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, WHEN INDIVIDUALS TRANSITION OUT OF POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, SAY AMANDA WAS THERE AND NOW I IS TRYING TO PICK UP, THEN WE JUST, OUR TRANSITION IS NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE DATA COLLECTION.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TO IMPROVE IT.
BUT YES, WE DO HAVE A LIST, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY UPDATED WITH LIKE THE, THE RIGHT CONTACT FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY WE'RE WORKING ON OUR, UM, OUR NEW, UM, UH, ANGELICA, UH, RODRIGUEZ, YES, UH, ANGELICA RODRIGUEZ, WHO WAS KIND OF WORKING ON OUR DATA, SHE'S HELPING US WITH THAT AS WELL.
UH, SO, BUT WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, BUT YES, WE DO HAVE NEEDS TO BE SOME
AND I KNOW IT'S, UH, FLUID BECAUSE SOME OF THE FRIENDS GROUPS ARE MORE ORGANIZED, ARE MORE FORMALIZED THAN OTHERS.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN, UM, IN THE 11, WE'RE WORKING ON LIKE A NEW FRIENDS OF CHURCHILL PICKLEBALL GROUP OR, UM, THE, UH, FRIENDS OF PAGEWOOD PARK, LIKE THESE GROUPS ARE GETTING TOGETHER, THEY'RE GETTING ORGANIZED, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'VE SIGNED ANYTHING WITH THE CITY.
WHEREAS YOU HAVE SOME OTHERS THAT ARE MORE ESTABLISHED THAT, UM, WE, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE HAVING ANI CAME TO THE FRIENDS OF NORTH HAVEN TRAIL BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S BEEN ATTENDING THE FRIENDS OF HILLCREST VILLAGE MEETINGS.
AND I, I LOVE SEEING THAT AND IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE FRENCH GROUPS.
UM, I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH BECAUSE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO IN THE COMMUNITY OF EVENTS, UM, IS AMAZING.
UM,
THERE WASN'T MUCH PEANUT BUTTER FOR ANYBODY BECAUSE SHE WAS ON SO MANY PIECES OF BREAD.
SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST TRYING TO SAY YOU'RE SPREAD THIN AND IT MAKES IT LIKE, I, I'M THANKFUL NOW THAT THERE'S A GROUP THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE CITY IS SO BIG AND THERE'S SO MANY EVENTS AND THERE'S SO MUCH, WHEN YOU'RE SPREAD THIN, IT MAKES IT THAT YOU'RE NOT HELPING AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.
SO WE NOW HAVE A TEAM THAT I HEAR NOTHING BUT PRAISES, UH, WAS STARTED SOMETHING CALLED PEAK SOUTHERN DALLAS.
SHE COMES TO EVERY DIFFERENT CORNER OF THE DISTRICTS AND SHE BRINGS A CREW OF PEOPLE.
I'M LIKE, HOW DID YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU CAME FROM? LIKE, LITERALLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WAS QUA AND OLIVER FRIEND.
SO QUA OR QUA, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS EDUCATED, UM, BRINGS THE PEOPLE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SLOAN HAS DONE A LOT OF EVENTS.
UM, I HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING TO YET, UM, BUT I'M SURE WE WILL.
UM, TAMARA, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS GARLAND OR WHERE, AND GARLAND, SHE'S ACTUALLY ONE OF US PARK, SHE SERVED ON THEIR PARK BOARD IN GARLAND.
SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN FIND, I MEAN, I SAY THAT TO SAY, WOW, WE HAVE A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LOVE PARKS.
AND WHEN THEY DO THE MAINTENANCE, IT ISN'T JUST SETTING UP THE TENT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE THE DAY BEFORE.
THEY'RE GONNA MANICURE IT AND THEY'RE GONNA COME THE MORNING UP.
THEY THINK ABOUT THE TRASH THAT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY IS DONE EVERY DAY IN OUR PARKS IN THE PARKING
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LOTS.SO, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU FIGHT AND YOU GET MAD AND YOU KNOW, YOU GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE ALL WANT IT.
WE ALL WANT OUR PARKS TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
WE ALL WANT OUR EVENTS TO BE PERFECT.
AND NOW WE HAVE A TEAM THAT IS DOING NOTHING BUT IMPROVING OUR EVENTS.
LAST WEEK, REAL QUICK, I OR THE LAST PARK BOARD MEETING, AS THEY WERE HAVING AN EVENT, THE NEXT DAY IT WAS FREEZING OUT AND I SAID, WOULDN'T IT BE COOL IF WE HAD HOT CHOCOLATE CAMERA? MADE IT HAPPEN.
SO IT WAS LIKE A COUPLE DAYS THAT SHE HAD AND SHE MADE IT HAPPEN.
AND I KNOW THE KIDS THAT CAME OUT.
MR. CONNER, HAVE ANYTHING HAVE TO SAID AFTER
UM, MS. DELGADO, WE WELCOME MEET WITH THE NORTH.
UM, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN STAY AROUND BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE THE NORTH HAS BEEN A REVOLVING BOARD, UM, FOR, UH, TEAM MEMBERS.
SO I WANNA BUILD ON WHAT MR. CREAMY SAID.
UM, WE'VE JUST BEEN THROUGH A SIGNIFICANT TIME IN THE PARK, UH, UM, HISTORY OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE NEED TO SHOW PEOPLE, AS MR. GREEN SAID, WE ARE THE MINISTRY OF HAPPINESS.
KEEP THE MINISTRY OF SADNESS AT BAY.
UM, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE PUSHING BOND DOLLARS OUR WAY.
THIS TEAM AND THIS TEAM AND THE MARKETING TEAM ARE THE TIP OF THE SWORD.
UM, THE MINISTRY OF SADNESS THAT TRIES TO TAKE ME ANY WAY TO PARKS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, BE LESS EFFECTIVE IF WE ARE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY TEAM AND WITH RYAN'S MARKETING TEAM.
UM, AND I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MR. KITNER SAID, UM, AND BUILD ON THAT WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE AT AND LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT PARKS, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH DON'T HAVE, UM,
SO BENWOOD CAMPBELL, GREEN MOSS, GLEN, TIMBERLAND, AND, AND GO OUT AND REACH OUT, ESPECIALLY THE POCKET PARKS AND HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND GREAT FRIENDS GROUPS BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE FOR THEM.
UH, YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU LADIES.
UH, IT IS, IT IS ALL WOMEN POWER RIGHT HERE THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN.
HOW ABOUT THAT? KNOW, I HAVE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ALL YOU AT SOME POINT IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
BUT IT'S BETTER TO SEE MS. CROCKETT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S MY FAVORITE GUYS.
SHE PEANUT BETTER TO GO AROUND IN MY GROUP.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL YOU.
LIKE I SAID, ESPECIALLY MS. CROCKETT.
'CAUSE SHE ALL, WHAT HAPPENS IN CLIFF IS AMAZING.
AGAIN, WE'RE NUMBER ONE FOR A REASON.
WE GOT TONS OF GREAT FRIENDS GROUPS THAT WORK WITH MS. CROCKETT AND TONS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT SHE
I JUST ALSO, THANK YOU MR. DUN.
UH, MS. CROCKETT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN RIDING SINCE DAY ONE.
UM, AND, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE GREAT PARKS THAT WE MADE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF, EVENTS THAT Y'ALL HELPED US MAKE AN IMPACT WITH.
UM, ROLAND G PARISH EVENT WAS HUGE.
UM, I WAS HONORED THAT Y'ALL ALLOWED ME TO BE A SMALL PARK AND THE HUGE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO, Y'ALL DO GREAT EVENTS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, WE'VE TRIED TO RENT TENTS FOR OUTDOOR EVENTS.
THAT, AND IF YOU WANT A BIG ONE THAT YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT UPWARDS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
SO THE WORK THAT THESE EMPLOYEES AND STAFF REALLY PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE KEYSTONE EVENTS, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
UM, AND THEN I, UH, SHANE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SAID THIS, BUT I THINK YOU SAYING, UM, AT ONE OF THE EVENTS, SO THERE'S SOME HIDDEN TALENTS THAT THEY BRING.
SO WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL REALLY CONNECTING US TOGETHER.
UM, AND WHAT, WHAT I'VE SEEN CONNECTNESS DO ACROSS ALL SPACE THAT Y'ALL WORK IN IS YOU MAKE ALL OF OUR ASSETS FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO COME TO THEM AND TO ENJOY THEM.
AND THAT PEOPLE USE PARTS AND TRAILS AND FACILITIES FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY ACCESS AND THAT PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME AND THEY COME IN.
UM, SLIDE FOUR TO ME IS A LITTLE SCARY BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE TASKING THESE FINE LADIES WITH, UH, LIKE SIX DIFFERENT JOBS.
SO I AGREE WITH WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID THAT WE NEED TO FORM MORE RESOURCES INTO THESE AREAS.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT SETTING 'EM UP FOR FAILURE BY EXPECTING 'EM TO LITERALLY DO WHAT LOOK LIKE SIX DIFFERENT JOBS.
AND, UM, AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO ALLOCATE MORE RESOURCES TO THESE AREAS STRATEGICALLY SO WE'RE NOT SETTING 'EM UP TO TAIL.
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YOU OKAY WITH FIVEI JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THIS AMAZING, AMAZING FEMALE POWER TEAM JR.
TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH, BUT I CAN REMEMBER I'M GOING MY FOURTH YEAR AND ONE OF MY FIRST CONVERSATIONS BEING ON THE CHART BOARD WAS JUST BLOWN.
AND I WAS LIKE, HOW CAN SHE HANDLE ALL THIS? AND THEN SHAYNA, AND THEN TO SEE THIS GROW IS JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTE TO TO THE SUCCESS OF, OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, UM, AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN THIS VISION OF, OF PARK PARKS, DALLAS, AND TRAILS.
UM, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, AND I DO SUPPORT THAT WE DO ALWAYS NEED MORE RESOURCES FOR YOU GUYS, BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL VENDORS AND POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS AROUND THE PARKS.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE I KNOW THAT, THAT SLOAN HAS ELY REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS IN LOVE FIELD BY LOVE FIELD, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS, UM, ONE OF THE
SO I JUST HOPE THAT THAT CONTINUES, UM, THOSE OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE FRIENDS GROUPS IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
UM, WE ARE A NONPROFIT, UM, SO THAT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
THEY'RE BEING, PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO THE, TO LOWE'S AND HOME DEPOTS AND THOSE AREAS AND BUYING STUFF, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS AND THE CONSTITUENTS.
SO I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE THEY, THEY ALSO HAVE THAT
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THIS'LL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BOARD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR WONDERFUL TEAM.
UM, AND I, I'VE WORKED WITH, UH, ALL GUYS ARE
AND ALL I CAN SAY IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE PASS ON THE EVENTS OR TO THE PARTNERS, I CLEARLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT YOU MANAGE AND WHAT THEY MANAGE.
WE, EVERY TIME WE SAY, WHY DO WE HAND IT OVER TO PARTNERS? SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND WHEN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UPDATE AND PROGRESS ALL MEMBERS.
UM, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE COUNCIL SPECIFIC DISPARATE FUNDS THAT THEY'RE WORKING.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT AS
ITS AT THREE AGAIN, COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
VICTORY DANCE PER FEW MORE WEEKS.
KEEP THIS MOMENTUM ON AND, UH, GET READY FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST POSTPONE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF CITY OF DALLAS.
SO WE, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL CELEBRATE IN A BETTER WAY THAN A CLAP AFTER THAT HAPPENS.
ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, SOMEONE I, I DO HAVE, YEAH, YEAH, JUST A BRIEF QUESTION TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, BUT I THINK I GOT MOST OF IT FROM RYAN THIS MORNING.
BUT ONCE WE WE'RE, WE'RE DONE ON THIS SIDE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
NOW, UM, ONCE IT'S APPROVED TO GO ONTO THE BALLOT, WHAT HAPPENS THEN IN TERMS OF HOW THE BOND PROPS ARE DETERMINED? LIKE WHAT'S GONNA BE PROP A, PROP B, IS THAT COMING FROM THE CITY COUNCIL? IS THAT COMING FROM, DO WE HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT PROCESS, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION.
JUST WANNA SAY YOU'RE NOT THROUGH YET BECAUSE YOU'RE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE REACHING OUT DIRECTLY TO YOU AS WELL.
KNOWN AS THE DISCRETION FUNDS, RIGHT? YES.
SO I GUESS I'M JUST THINKING AHEAD OF THAT, LIKE ONCE WE GET TO, ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE THAT'S ALL DONE, IT'S APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? DO WE HAVE ANY, DO WE HAVE ANY INPUT ON HOW THE BOND PROPS ARE WRITTEN, HOW THEY'RE ORDERED,
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ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I THINK WHAT I SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE MUCH INPUT IN HOW THEY'RE WRITTEN, HOW ORDERED, BUT DIRECTOR JAMES AND I HAVE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WANNA WORK WITH OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT ON HOW PROJECTS ARE ROLLED OUT.AND I IN PARTICULAR WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN CREATED IN WHAT PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO AND WHAT YEARS.
UM, SOMETHING 2017 ON IT'S REALLY WORKS A LOT.
SO I MAKE SURE WE HAVE A, A SOLID FIVE YEAR PROGRAM BOND ARE BEING SOLD IN THE ORDER THAT WE
SO WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD BECAUSE WE WANT ALL THAT.
THIS IS THE BOARD OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WOULD SEND OVER TO THE COUNCIL AS OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AS I UNDERSTAND, I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME ADVISORY BODY MARKETING BODY WOULD OFFICIALLY RECOMMEND TO COUNSEL HOW WE SHOULD GO AND I'M PRETTY SURE I THINK THEY TAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT JUST REMIND ME OF ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE.
AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN MARCH OR OR APRIL, BUT AS THESE THINGS GET ROLLED OUT AND THERE IS A BALLOT INITIATIVE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE GUIDANCE FROM CITY ATTORNEY OR OTHERS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO IN OUR PARK FOR CAPACITIES.
I KNOW WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR ANYTHING WE WANT IN OUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES, BUT WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT, WHAT WE'RE NOT SURE.
YES, MISS, WITH THE ALLOCATIONS THAT ARE COMING FROM EACH OF THE COUNCIL FIRST, WILL, WILL WE SEE WHERE THAT BE ALLOCATED? I THINK WE WON'T HAVE INPUT ON IT BECAUSE A COUNCIL MEMBER CAN DECIDE.
SO I THINK YOUR COUNCIL PERSON HOPEFULLY IS WORKING WITH YOU, BUT WE CAN RECOMMEND THEM.
BUT I THINK THEY CAN SAY I'M PUTTING ALL MONEY IN THIS PROJECT OR THAT THEY CAN JUST PICK WHATEVER PROJECT THEY CAN PICK WHAT THE DISCRETIONARY MEANS.
IT'S TOTALLY IN THE DESCRIPTION, BUT GOOD THING IS THEY ARE CALLING FOR ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS, WHICH, UH, AND STAFF ARE WORKING WITH, HAS ANYBODY JUST GIVEN IT TO US WITHOUT ANY DESIGNATION? NO, THEY, UH, WHEN THEY, SO THEY COULD SO THAT THE COUNCIL KNOW WHAT, HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING FOR EACH ALLOCATION.
SO THEY HAVE SORT OF JUST SAID DESIGNATED FOR PARKS, BUT THEY HAVE A COUPLE WEEKS HERE TO ACTUALLY WORK THROUGH SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
THANK YOU MR. I I THINK ACTUALLY AT THIS POINT IN THE COUNCIL'S HANDS, THEY CITY CHARTER, THEY HAVE TO BE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY ALLOCATE.
SO WE CAN'T, WE DON'T HAVE, WE CAN HAVE INPUT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL SAY ANYMORE BECAUSE WE'VE PASSED IT OFF TO THEM.
SO UNTIL THEY, IF THEY KICK THE BALL BACK TO US TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU, THEN WE, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S JUST OUR INPUT.
BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALLOCATING TO THE PROJECTS FOR US AT THIS POINT.
MR. DICKEY, UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE HAVE MODELED PROJECTS ON THE UM, 307 AND CHANGE MILLION DOLLAR SCENARIO, BUT WE ACTUALLY GOT AN EXTRA 2.75 MILLION IN THE COUNCIL ALLOCATION.
SO HOW DO WE INTEND TO, UH, ADVISE OR DO WE INTEND TO ADVISE COUNSEL ON HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT NEWFOUND SORT OF MONEY ALLOCATED? WHAT'S THE PROCESS THERE? I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FROM A FORMAL ADVICE THAT WAS A STRAW
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FORMAL ADVICE FROM THE COUNCIL TO DO ANYTHING AND THAT'S THE REASON WE CANCELED THE SPECIAL CALLED.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FROM, UH, ANY, ANY GUIDANCE.
MR. JACK, ITS CORRECT ME IF I WRONG YOU.
YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, MR. CHAIR.
SO WE, WE WILL, RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON THE WHOLE PATTERN TILL THE TIME WE HEAR FROM COUNCIL, UH, FOR EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
IT WAS NOT A FORMAL THANK YOU.
I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS, BUT ALL I CAN SAY WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK, YOU KNOW, CITY HAS SO MANY REQUIREMENTS SO IT'S NOT THAT EXTRA EXCITED THE TIME PROCESS.
SO, UM, SO REALLY, REALLY GOOD PLACE AND KEEP ON DOING TOGETHER TO CLOSE THIS AND BE CHECKED FOR BARS.
UH, WITH THAT I GUESS I THINK I, NO BUDGET UPDATE BOND IS DONE.
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NO STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANY VOTE, ANY, IT HAS MANY.DALLAS POLICE STARTS FEBRUARY 24TH AT THE ARBORETUM.
ANY OTHER LIAISON? WELL NOT LIAISON REPORTS, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE TREE PLANTINGS, UM, WAHOO PARK AND FOREST PARK, UM, ON THE 17TH AND 24TH RESPECTIVELY.
UM, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME OUT AND PLANT A TREE, WELCOME TO SOUTH DALLAS AND, UM, COME PLANT SOME TREES WITH US.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE SOME MORE TREES.
UM, LOTS OF STUFF HAPPENING AT FAIR PARK.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO THE ACCORDION LATELY, UM, CHECK IT OUT.
THEY'RE HAVING A CHINESE NEW YEAR.
UM, EVEN THIS WEEKEND YOU DIDN'T GET AN INVITATION TO THAT WAS EMAILED ALL THE INFORMATION.
PEOPLE, FAN PEOPLE, FAN FAIRS THERE.
UM, LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING AT FAIR PARK.
UM, COTTON BOWL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND WE'LL GET LOTS OF STUFF.
SO IT'S EXCITING TO, UH, SEE THERE IS TRAFFIC, UM, MEETINGS ABOUT TRAFFIC, UM, THAT IN AND OUT OF FAIR PARK TECH STATUS IS HOLDING A LOT OF MEETINGS ABOUT THAT.
SO IF YOU, UH, ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED AS MANY INPUT FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDERS FROM.
WITH THAT, IF NOT ANY OTHER LAYERS, POST NEXT