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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.