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IT'S 9:06.WE ARE CALLING TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 12TH MEETING OF THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.
[Workforce-Education and Equity on February 12, 2024.]
THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON, AND THANK YOU, CHAIR BAZALDUA, FOR JOINING US ONLINE.THE FIRST MATTER IS TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 8TH COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? ANY CHANGES OR ANYTHING? NOPE. IN THAT CASE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
I HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, THOR COULDN'T BE WITH US.
I HAVE HERE WITH US JASMINE BAZLEY, WHO IS OUR MANAGER OVER OUR, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND, OUR CLIENT SERVICES DIVISION, AND SHE WILL BE PRESENTING THE THE BRIEFING TO YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU, CYNTHIA, AND THANK YOU.
WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.
LIKE CYNTHIA SAID, I'LL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE POINTS WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY.
FIRST WE'LL START WITH A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON SOME OF THE KEY DATES AND EVENTS LEADING UP TO, SELECTING OUR EQUITY STRATEGY TARGET AREAS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A DEEP DIVE ON THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING, TO SELECT THESE AREAS, WHICH INCLUDED A DATA ANALYSIS, A PERIOD OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THEN REFINEMENT OF THE ACTUAL AREAS THEMSELVES, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS, WHICH INCLUDES DEVELOPING OUR HOUSING TASK FORCE AND THEN ROLLING INTO MORE, INVOLVED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THESE AREAS.
NEXT SLIDE. SO DALLAS HOUSING ON APRIL 13TH, 2023, CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY ADOPTED AND PASSED DALLAS HOUSING POLICY 2033, AND THE POLICY ITSELF IS BUILT ON SEVEN PILLARS OF HOUSING EQUITY, AND SO THESE PILLARS KIND OF ACT AS STRATEGIES THAT GUIDE HOW WE'LL IMPLEMENT THE POLICY, WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT MORE IN DEPTH ON THE NEXT SLIDE, AND THE POLICY ITSELF IS BUILT ON THIS IDEA OF DEEP COLLABORATION BETWEEN HOUSING AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS HERE INTERNAL TO THE CITY AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS, AND ALSO BUILDS ON THE IDEA OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH YOU'LL SEE WOVEN INTO ALL OF THE PILLARS WE'LL TALK ABOUT CAN TAKE US TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND SO HERE WE GO.
THE SEVEN PILLARS OF HOUSING EQUITY.
THE WAY YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT IS THAT EACH PILLAR REPRESENTS A STRATEGY TO GUIDE HOW THE POLICY ITSELF WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, AND SO PILLAR ONE WILL BE THE MAIN FOCAL POINT OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY.
IT SAYS THAT WE WOULD SELECT EQUITY STRATEGY TARGET AREAS TO IDENTIFY HISTORIC DISPARITIES AND THEN ACTUALLY DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THESE DISPARITIES USING A TARGETED APPROACH AND THEN THE OTHER PILLARS YOU SEE OUTLINED, PILLAR TWO AND THREE FOCUS ON OUR CITYWIDE STRATEGY FOR PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION, WHICH SAYS THE DEPARTMENT WILL OBVIOUSLY PRODUCE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
PILLAR FOUR IS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAYS THAT WE WILL INVEST HEAVILY IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE TARGET AREAS, AND SPECIFICALLY WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE RESULTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
PILLAR FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN ARE KIND OF WOVEN INTO ALL OF THE PILLARS.
SO THERE'S A BIG, BIG FOCUS ON ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE TEN YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN PILLAR SEVEN EDUCATION, SPEAKS TO THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER THE UNDERSTANDING OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND OVERALL, CLARIFYING WHY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NEEDED ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
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SO ON MAY 9TH, 2023, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH TDA CONSULTING.
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THEY'RE ALSO CHARGED WITH BUILDING INCLUSIVE HOUSING TASK FORCE, WHICH IS SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS WE'LL TOUCH ON AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE BASICALLY FOR HELPING US SELECT THE EQUITY STRATEGY TARGET AREAS, WHICH IS AGAIN THE FOCAL POINT OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY.THEY ARE CHARGED WITH DEVELOPING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT SPEAKS TO THE COLLABORATION PILLAR WHICH WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING AT THIS POINT TO DEVELOP THESE AGREEMENTS AND OUTLINE SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS THAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT PLANS TO, OR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT PLANS TO ENGAGE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO CARRY OUT, AND THEN THEY WILL BE FORMALIZING OUR COMPLIANCE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THEN HELPING US TO REFINE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAMS. YOU CAN TAKE US TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE EQUITY STRATEGY TARGET AREAS THEMSELVES THESE EQUITY STRATEGY TARGET AREAS WILL SHOW OR WERE CHOSEN BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS AND A REVIEW OF HISTORICAL DISPARITIES THAT LED TO THE CURRENT HOUSING CONDITIONS.
TDA DEVELOPED A HOUSING EQUITY INDEX USING TWO SOURCES OF DATA THE MARKET VALUE ANALYSIS, WHICH LOOKS AT THE HOUSING MARKET IN DEPTH, AND THEN ALSO THE DALLAS RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL, WHICH SCORES THE CITY OF DALLAS BASED ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS RELATED TO EQUITY. SO WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THIS HOUSING EQUITY INDEX ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST TWO PIECES OF DATA WERE ACTUALLY WEIGHTED 50/50 TO FORM THE INDEX.
AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE OF DATA WAS LAYERED IN TO HELP SHOW THE HOTSPOTS, BASICALLY OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING TARGET AREAS WHERE WE COULD COORDINATE OUR WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO THE FIRST PIECE OF DATA, THE DALLAS RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL, AGAIN, IT SCORES AREAS THROUGHOUT DALLAS USING DATA RELATED TO INDICATORS OF EQUITY.
SO THINGS LIKE HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, RACE, POVERTY RATES, HOME OWNERSHIP RATES, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES, AND IT ASSIGNS SCORES TO THE ENTIRE CITY, AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE OF DATA, THE MARKET VALUE ANALYSIS, IS BASICALLY A DATA SET THAT LOOKS AT HOUSING AND LOCAL REAL ESTATE MARKET CONDITIONS AND INCORPORATES THINGS LIKE HOUSING VALUES, HOUSING VALUE CHANGES, INVESTMENT ACTIVITY, STRESS, PROPERTY BLIGHT, VACANCY AND DECLINE, AND THEY COMBINE THESE TWO WITH THE 50/50 WEIGHTING AND THEN OVERLAID WHERE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE FOCUSING THEIR INVESTMENT.
SO WE LOOKED AT DALLAS WATER UTILITIES ACTIVITIES, PLANNED ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, PARKS AND REC TO KIND OF IDENTIFY THESE HOTSPOTS WHERE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT INDICATORS OF HOUSING NEED, YOU KNOW, AND WHERE WE COULD LAYER OUR WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
IF YOU TAKE US TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE RESULTS OF THIS HOUSING EQUITY INDEX.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE GOT WHEN COMBINED ALL THE DATA.
FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE ALL THE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR TARGET AREAS.
THEY APPEAR HIGHLIGHTED IN THE COLORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE HIGHER POCKETS OF POVERTY, HIGHER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES, AND HIGHER HOUSING NEEDS. OKAY. SO THE DARKER RED AREAS, ARE GOING TO BE WHERE THERE IS THE MOST CONCENTRATED POVERTY, WHERE THERE IS, SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR INVESTMENTS BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND AS YOU GO DOWN THE SCALE, THE RED SCALE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SLIGHTLY STRONGER HOUSING MARKETS, HOUSING.
THAT COULD USE SOME INVESTMENT FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT MAYBE THEIR NEEDS EXTEND BEYOND HOUSING TO OTHER GENERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, AND THEN AS YOU GET TO THE BLUE AREAS, THOSE ARE SLIGHTLY STRONGER MARKETS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME PRIVATE ACTIVITY GOING ON ALREADY.
HOUSING MIGHT BE ON THE INCLINE, VALUES MIGHT BE ON THE INCLINE, BUT AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY COULD STILL BENEFIT FROM FOCUSED INVESTMENTS, MADE BY OUR DEPARTMENT AND OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS.
SO A MIX OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU CAN TAKE US TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND SO AFTER THIS DATA EXERCISE WAS DONE AND WE GOT THESE, OPTIONS FOR TARGET AREAS, WE BASICALLY LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN.
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DOWN AND SELECT THESE TARGET AREAS.SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOK SEVERAL DIFFERENT FORMS. WE DID A TELEPHONE TOWN HALL.
THEY'RE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
RIGHT, AND WE ALSO LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY IN HOUSING NEEDS SURVEY, AND THIS SURVEY REACHED JUST OVER 641 PEOPLE, AND THIS ASKS RESPONDENTS TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON WHERE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE INVESTING, WHAT KIND OF GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, ALSO WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES AND WHAT SORT OF INVESTMENTS WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING, AND WE HAD VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON MEETINGS ATTENDED BY RESIDENTS, YES, STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN WE ALSO DID FOCUS GROUPS WHERE THESE WERE MORE LIKE INVITATION ONLY FOCUS GROUPS TARGETING DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO GIVE MORE INVOLVED AND DETAILED FEEDBACK ON WHAT SPECIFIC HOUSING NEEDS THEY'VE NOTICED ACROSS DALLAS.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN SELECTING THE TARGET AREAS, AND WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE HOUSING SURVEY AND SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY ON THE NEXT SLIDES.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY A LITTLE BIT.
THIS FIRST IN THE TOP LEFT, THE FIRST CHART YOU SEE.
WE ASKED RESPONDENTS TO RATE THEIR THE QUALITY OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
RIGHT. BASED ON HOUSING SAFETY, AND EVERYBODY THE AVERAGE RATING THAT WE SAW WAS JUST OVER SIX.
IN THE LOWER LEFT, WE ASKED RESIDENTS TO SAY HOW LONG THEY PLAN TO STAY IN THEIR CURRENT HOUSING.
SO, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE TO DALLAS, I WOULD SAY, IN THAT PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN THEIR HOUSING LONGER, AND THEN THE CHART ON THE RIGHT, WE ASKED RESPONDENTS TO RATE THE NEED FOR THE FOLLOWING HOUSING ACTIVITIES AND, OF THE LONG LIST OF HOUSING OPTIONS THEY WERE GIVEN.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT RESPONDENTS RATE THE HIGHEST HOUSING NEEDS AS NEEDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW AFFORDABLE FOR SALE HOUSING, HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE AND PRESERVATION AND MODIFICATION OF EXISTING HOUSING.
THEN THE REST OF THE CHOICES, THEY'RE PRETTY EVEN, BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THIS LAST OPTION OF HOUSING DEMOLITION, WE SEE A STRONG, INDICATION THAT PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO SEE HOUSING BEING DEMOLISHED IN DALLAS.
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THE TWO FRONT RUNNERS WERE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, SO THINGS LIKE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ROADWAYS, AND THEN THE SECOND HIGHEST RESPONSE WAS IN UTILITY INVESTMENTS. SO WHERE THE CITY IS INVESTING IN WATER SEWER DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE.
AS WE KNOW, THESE KIND OF INVESTMENTS CAN HELP FACILITATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION, AND NOW THE CHART ON THE RIGHT, THE NEXT QUESTION OR VISUAL HERE REPRESENTS WE ASKED RESPONDENTS TO RANK BASICALLY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS WHERE HOUSING SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING THEIR INVESTMENTS, AND ALL OF THE RESPONSES ARE PRETTY CLOSE.
WHICH SPEAKS TO THIS IDEA THAT HOUSING IS NEEDED EVERYWHERE.
SO YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND SO TDA CAME BACK AFTER LOOKING AT THIS DATA AND PROVIDED ALL THE FEEDBACK WE GOT DURING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AGAIN, REACHED OUT WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS HERE TO TRY TO REFINE THE AREAS THAT WE WERE SELECTING TO DRAW LINES AROUND WHERE WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS ROUGHLY 10% OF THE CITY OF DALLAS IS INCLUDED IN THESE TARGET AREAS.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT IS STAND OUT THE EIA SCORE.
SO THE AVERAGE SCORE IN THESE AREAS ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WHAT THIS BASICALLY MEANS IS THAT THESE AREAS HAVE LARGER DISPARITIES.
SO THEY'RE APPEARING HIGHER ON THAT EQUITY INDEX, AND THE TARGET AREAS.
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YOU'LL SEE SLIGHTLY HIGHER, VACANCY RATES.THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCORES.
HOUSING, OR LET'S SAY THESE HOUSING OR THESE AREAS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VARIOUS HOUSING ACTIVITY.
SO PRESERVATION AND PRODUCTION, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE THE AREAS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH ON THE NEXT SLIDES, BUT JUST REMEMBER THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESERVATION, REDEVELOPMENT AND INFILL NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WE SELECTED AREAS WHERE WE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HOUSING ACTIVITIES.
SO FOR TARGET AREA ONE YOU CAN TAKE US TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHART HERE.
YOU'LL SEE THE, AGE OF THE HOMES BUILT HERE, SLIGHTLY OLDER THAN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
HOMEOWNER OCCUPANCY IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE REST OF THE CITY.
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS ALSO LOWER THAN THE REST OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO, THIS AREA, IT INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES AROUND FAIR PARK.
THERE'S HIGHER POVERTY RATES, WHICH MAYBE MEAN RENTER AND HOMEOWNER HOUSEHOLDS COULD POTENTIALLY BENEFIT FROM A FUSION OF INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING HOUSING AND OTHER COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
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THE MEDIAN STRUCTURES OR THE AGE OF THE MEDIAN STRUCTURES BUILT IS 1960.
SO SLIGHTLY LOWER OR OLDER THAN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THE HOME OWNERSHIP IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING A LITTLE BIT OLDER HOUSING.
WE SEE A HIGHER PERCENT OF THE POPULATION BELOW THE POVERTY RATE.
A MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE MIXED INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN TARGET AREA THREE.
THE MEDIAN, AGE OF THE PROPERTY IS BUILT HERE.
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THERE YOU GO. SO THE AGE OF THE HOMES BUILT HERE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOMES THAT ARE NOT AS, OR ARE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY OLDER THAN THE REST OF THE CITY, AND THEN WE SEE A HIGHER PERCENT OF OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING, A HIGHER PERCENT OF THE POPULATION BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME, AGAIN, IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THIS AREA COVERS AROUND THE UNT DALLAS CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY HILLS AREA, AND WITH THIS CONCENTRATION OF OF OF RESIDENTS HERE, THESE THESE RESIDENTS COULD BENEFIT FROM HOUSING AND OTHER COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS.
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THESE AREAS ARE ABOUT TARGETED STRATEGIES.
THEY'RE ABOUT ADVANCING EQUITY AND INCREASING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HOUSING.
WE'RE STILL COMMITTED TO CITYWIDE WORK.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAIL ON THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE TARGET AREAS THEMSELVES, AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT SHARE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AT LARGE.
SO SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE TO TARGET RESOURCES.
TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN OUR INVESTMENTS WITH THOSE OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS TO BETTER SUPPORT HOUSING, AND WHERE HOUSING CAN ALSO ACT AS A CATALYST FOR OTHER, OTHER SORTS OF INVESTMENTS.
YEAH, AND AGAIN, HOUSING IS STILL GOING TO BE WORKING CITYWIDE.
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ONE OF THE KEY NEXT STEPS IS HOUSING IS WORKING WITH TDA TO DEVELOP OUR HOUSING TASK FORCE.
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APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO BE OPEN LATER THIS MONTH.SO WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO ACTUALLY LAUNCH THE APPLICATION FOR THE TASK FORCE, AND THIS TASK FORCE WOULD ACT AS AN ADVISORY BODY THAT HELPS GUIDE THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT AND HELP US KEEP OR HELP KEEP US RESPONSIVE TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES.
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADAPTING TO LOCAL CONDITIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY RIGHTSIZING THE TASK FORCE.
SO WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT HOW BIG OR SMALL THE TASK FORCE SHOULD BE, HOW MANAGEABLE THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS ARE, AND THEN, SOME THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT, JUST WE INCLUDE TO BE OR WE INTEND TO BE INCLUSIVE.
SO WE WANT TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATION FROM A VARIETY OF TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN HOUSING, AND THERE WOULD BE REPRESENTATION IN THE TARGET AREAS, AND THEN ALSO CITY, THE CITY AT LARGE, AND WE'RE STILL GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE PLAN FOR APPLICATION REVIEW, BUT THERE IS A BRIEFING COMING UP IN APRIL WHERE WE WILL OUTLINE, YOU KNOW, THE FULL DESIGN OF THE TASK FORCE BEFORE ACTUALLY SELECTING FROM THE POOL OF APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVE.
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SO THE TASK FORCE WILL BE HELPING US TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK TO DO MORE INVOLVED REGULAR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THESE THREE AREAS.
THEY'RE ALSO DEVELOPING THE PLAN FOR THE TASK FORCE, FINALIZING THE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE COMPLIANCE PORTION OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO SELECT AREAS, IF POSSIBLE, FOR NRSA DESIGNATION, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE DEPARTMENTS TO BASICALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITIES WITH HOW THEY APPLY THEIR HUD FUNDING, AND THEN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, WE'RE FOCUSED ON STREAMLINING AND SIMPLIFYING SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER.
AGAIN, THERE'S A BRIEFING COMING UP LATER THIS SPRING WHICH WILL COVER HOW WE'RE SIMPLIFYING DOWN OR SLIMMING DOWN THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE PLAYING THE KEY ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL BE LAUNCHING HERE PRETTY SOON IN THE TARGET AREAS, AND ONCE WE ACTUALLY GET TO A PLACE OF SELECTING THE TASK FORCE APPLICANTS AND BUILDING OUT WHO WILL BE ON THE TASK FORCE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE TASK FORCE AND HOW THE TASK FORCE WILL BE INVOLVED IN OUR STRATEGIES IN THESE AREAS, AND TAKE US TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO SOME OF THE GOALS, THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR, OBVIOUSLY BUILD OUT THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, START TO LAUNCH MORE LOCALIZED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE TARGET AREAS.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS CONSOLIDATED PLANNING, PROCESS, WHICH OUTLINES HOW HUD FUNDING IS SPENT FOR VARIETY ACTIVITIES, AND SO OUR SELECTION OF THE TARGET AREAS LINES UP, YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN TIME WITH THEIR PLANNING FOR THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING DASHBOARDS RIGHT NOW FOR TRACKING HOUSING ACTIVITY.
SO STARTING TO NETWORK AND LOOK AT WHAT COMMUNITY GROUPS WE NEED TO BE REACHING OUT TO IN THE TARGET AREAS AND YOU KNOW WHO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO INCLUDE IN FUTURE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE AND WE'RE READY FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION JUST TO ALIGN EXPECTATIONS WITH EVERYONE.
I'D LIKE TO SPEND TILL ABOUT 10:00 ON THIS TOPIC SO THAT WE HAVE TIME FOR THE NEXT BRIEFING UNTIL ABOUT 10:30, AND THEN AT 10:30, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE MEMOS.
SO LET'S PAY ATTENTION TO EACH OTHER'S QUESTIONS SO WE DON'T ASK THE SAME THING.
I ACTUALLY WANT TO START WITH THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHOSE DISTRICTS WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS.
SO THAT'S SEVEN AND FOUR WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
FIRST, SINCE YOUR DISTRICTS WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED IMMEDIATELY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CHAIR BAZALDUA.
I'M AT THE MOMENT. NO, I WILL JUST SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK PUT INTO THIS, MADAM CHAIR, AND, THANK YOU TO OUR TO OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR, I THINK SOME PRETTY SOME PRETTY EYE OPENING DATA, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, AND I SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST HOPE THAT WE LOOK
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AT, WHAT'S BEFORE US AS MORE THAN JUST A PLAN AND A PLAN THAT JUST SITS ON THE SHELF.I'M BECOMING AT THIS POINT, SOMEWHAT JADED WHEN I SEE THINGS THAT GET ME EXCITED, BASED ON, LOGIC AND DATA FROM OUR CITY, BUT THEN I SEE ACTION TAKEN BY OUR CITY THAT, COMPLETELY DISCREDITS AND CONTRADICTS, THE DIRECTION WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING IN.
SO, WHEN I LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT DOES GET ME EXCITED.
I WILL TELL YOU AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT SUPER OPTIMISTIC ON OUR IMPLEMENTATION.
I WAS EQUALLY EXCITED WHEN I SAW, RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, BEING PASSED, BUT THEN, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE'RE ABOUT TO PASS A BOND THAT DOESN'T REFLECT IT.
SO, I AGAIN, JUST URGE, FOR THERE TO BE ENOUGH DUE DILIGENCE AND EDUCATION WITH, COLLEAGUES AROUND THIS BODY TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT THIS DATA PROVIDES US AND HOW WE CAN USE IT TO OUR BENEFIT, AND IT NOT JUST BE ANOTHER PLAN THAT WE PUT ON THE SHELF, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, AND I THINK THAT THE, REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF THE PROGRESS IN THESE AREAS, WITH, WITH THAT DATA TO SHOW WHAT IS HAPPENING, I THINK WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S TRUST IN THE PROCESS.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL BUILD THAT IN THERE AS WELL AS THE REGULAR COMMUNICATION, NOT JUST WITH THIS COMMITTEE, BUT CERTAINLY WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE ENTIRE CITY, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE, TASK FORCES AND HOW YOU'RE USING THAT AS A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, FOR THAT AS WELL.
CHAIRWOMAN, CAN I JUST RESPOND, PLEASE? THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE COMMENT, COUNCILMAN.
I WANT TO FIRST JUST START OUT SAYING THAT WE HAVE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY COMMITTED TO, FOLLOWING THIS PLAN, AND ONE OF THE MEMOS THAT WE PUT OUT ON FEBRUARY 2ND SPECIFICALLY LAID OUT OUR INITIAL, OBLIGATION OF 50% OF OUR FUNDING TO THESE TARGET AREAS.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START.
AS I MENTIONED IN OUR HHS COMMITTEE MEETING, WE COULDN'T PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDERNEATH ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE GOING NOW, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DEDICATE 50% OF OUR FUNDING, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR BOND ALLOCATION ONCE WE RECEIVE IT, AND OUR UPCOMING FUNDING SOURCES. SO THAT IS OUR FIRST STEP IN, IN DEDICATING TO THESE TARGET AREAS, AND, MADAM CHAIR, MAY I RESPOND, PLEASE? YES. SO I APPRECIATE THAT, CYNTHIA.
I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS THAT IS THERE ANY NEED FOR, THAT TO BE CODIFIED IN SOME SORT OF POLICY FROM THE BODY? AND I KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE NOT NECESSARILY ESSENTIALLY BINDING FOR FUTURE COUNCILS, BUT, WILL THERE NEED TO BE ANY TYPE OF POLICY DIRECTION FROM US? BECAUSE I HEAR YOUR INTENT, BUT I ALSO HEARD INTENT FROM OTHER STAFF, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M, WHERE MY JADED COMES FROM.
IT'S NOT FROM THE WORK THAT STAFF DOES.
I DON'T THINK Y'ALL WOULD HAVE PUT THE WORK INTO WHAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED US IF Y'ALL WEREN'T WILLING TO, BUT WHAT BACKING DO YOU NEED FROM US AS A BODY, TO GIVE YOU ALL THE DIRECTION, SO THAT THIS IS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED? SO AS A POLICY, WE HAVE THIS.
OUR PILLARS ARE CLEARLY DEFINED IN OUR POLICY, AND THIS IS PART OF THAT.
SELECTING THE TARGET AREAS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, STRATEGIES WE HAVE IN THE POLICY, BUT AS WE LOOK AT EACH OF OUR PROGRAM STATEMENTS AND RIGHT NOW, THE HOUSING, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT OUR DEVELOPMENT POLICY.
WE CAN CERTAINLY COMMIT TO, OUR TARGET AREAS IN THAT PROCEDURE AND TRY TO SOLIDIFY SOME OF THAT COMMITMENT IF THAT MAKES EVERYONE COMFORTABLE, AND, AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT POLICY RIGHT NOW, THAT IS SOME OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IN OUR HOUSING COMMITTEE TO TAKE TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL IN MARCH.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE DEVELOPMENT POLICY, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS BEING REVIEWED RIGHT NOW.
GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, DISTRICT FOUR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, I SIMPLY WANT TO, REITERATE THE NEED FOR US TO, SUPPORT THIS FOCUS ON THESE UNDERSERVED
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AREAS AND AS WE STRENGTHEN THOSE BONES, AND I'M LOOKING PRIMARILY AROUND THE 8TH ST.WHERE WE KNOW THAT, BECAUSE OF THE PROGRESS ALONG THE GATEWAY, POTENTIALLY WE WILL HAVE SOME STRESS ALONG THE HISTORIC 10TH STREET AND THE BOTTOMS OF WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN NOW, WE PUT IN THAT SUB-DISTRICT, WHICH MAY HELP ALONG, CLARENDON, AND SO THIS POLICY TENDS, I THINK, TO KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT SOME OF THE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN, BUT I THINK ALL IN ALL, WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AROUND THE HORSESHOE WHO MADE A COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY IS THAT WE MUST FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS PARTICULAR PLAN.
WE KNOW THAT EQUITY IS NOT COMFORTABLE, BUT, BEING DISCONNECTED AND OVERLOOKED FOR GENERATIONS IS NOT COMFORTABLE EITHER, AND SO IT IS THAT DESIRE THAT I HAVE TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ECHO THE STATEMENT THAT IT IS TIME AND THESE COMMUNITIES CAN NO LONGER WAIT.
WHEN YOU CONNECT FOUR AND SEVEN, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO REVOLUTIONIZE, THE CITYSCAPE, ESPECIALLY YOU SEE, WHEN WE CONNECT COMING ACROSS THE, MLK BRIDGE, AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE VERY POWERFUL WHEN WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE IN SEVEN, OF COURSE, WITH, WITH THE PARK, WITH FAIR PARK AND OF COURSE, CEDAR CREST, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HOUSING, BOND FUNDING FOR THE NEW, ROLAND G.
THE CADILLAC HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING PROBABLY ALMOST 20 YEARS FOR US TO INVEST AS THE CONSTITUENTS VOTED, I BELIEVE, BACK IN 2006 OR 12.
ONE OF THOSE WHEN WE BOUGHT WHEN THEY WERE BOUGHT OUT.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'M WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MEETINGS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT, INVESTMENT WHERE WE CAN, AND, AND I WAS MET WITH A DEVELOPER THIS PAST WEEK, WHICH IF WE GIVE THE SIGNAL THEY'RE GOING TO COME, AND SO I THINK THIS IS A SIGNAL, AND AROUND CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUR ECONOMIC, CATALYST YEARS AGO WHEN WE INVESTED IN THAT, AND IT HAS NOT.
SO BETWEEN THAT CORRIDOR, THE CEDAR CREST, GOLF COURSE, AND IT ALSO CONNECTS TO A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ARTERY, WHICH IS LANCASTER CORRIDOR, WHICH WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE SOME INVESTMENT, WE'LL BE MAKING I THINK WE MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN ECO DEV ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TO REACTIVATE LAND THAT WE OWN, WHERE THE OLD LIBRARY USED TO BE.
SO WE'LL BE MAKING, MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
I THINK IT'S ALREADY OUT ANYWAY.
POTENTIALLY. ABOUT WHAT THAT IS GOING TO MEAN FOR THAT AREA, AND ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO STRESS THE NEED FOR US TO, BE A CATALYTIC, SOURCE WHEN IT COMES TO ENGINE TO OUR VETERANS, VETERANS IN THE LANCASTER CORRIDOR SO THAT ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO ACTIVATE THESE HOTSPOTS THAT I'M MENTIONING.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO RENEGE ON THAT, AND SO AS LONG AS I'M HERE AND CAN BREATHE, I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT EQUITY IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, AND IT MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE AT THE TIME, BUT IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE RACIAL EQUITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE, FOR THESE COMMUNITIES.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK YOUR WORDS HOLD TRUE FOR ALL OF US.
THEY COULDN'T HAVE A BETTER CHAMPION, AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO DO NOT HAVE TARGET AREAS, WE NEED TO PUT ALL OF OUR EFFORTS IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS EFFORT, THESE TARGET AREAS, ARE SUCCESSFUL AND THAT WE ADD MORE SO THAT MAP THAT YOU SHOW OF THE ENTIRE CITY ENDS UP BEING MUCH MORE SIMILAR.
SO WE HAVE YOUR BACK ALL THE WAY AND YOU HEARD IT HERE, THERE.
THANK YOU, AND I'VE SEEN THIS PRESENTATION AT HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE, SO I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED THERE, BUT I APPRECIATE COMING FORTH WITH A RECOMMENDATION WITH THREE DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO WE CAN SEE JUST HOW NARROW THOSE NUMBERS MIGHT BE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE PLANNING TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION TODAY TO INCLUDE THAT.
JUST SO AS A BODY, WHEN WE CONSIDER THIS, WE KNOW A LITTLE MORE DEPTH AROUND IT.
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ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER HAD POINTED OUT THE CONCENTRATION OF WHERE THESE THREE AREAS ARE.SO I JUST THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A GREATER LOOK AT THAT, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, I'M JUST I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING STATEMENTS THAT MIGHT SUGGEST TO OUR POPULACE AS A WHOLE, AND CERTAINLY THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN FELT AS REPRESENTED, THAT MIGHT STILL BE THE CASE, AND I KNOW THAT WHEN REFERENCING THE BOND PROGRAM IN STREETS IN PARTICULAR, THERE WERE THREE AREAS THAT WERE VERY FOCUSED ON EQUITY A TEN POINT WEIGHTING, A BELL CURVE THAT'S NOW BEEN INTRODUCED ON STREETS THAT WAS NOT DISCUSSED WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THAT THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS AROUND AND THEN, BUT UNDERSTANDING OF AND THEN 76% OF ALL CITYWIDE STREETS PROJECT ARE BEING DIRECTED TO FOUR DISTRICTS, ONE OF WHICH IS DISTRICT SEVEN.
THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'D ALSO JUST WHILE SHE'S GIVING A LIST OF HOW THINGS THAT SHE'D LIKE REPORTED BACK, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE MEASUREMENTS OF SUCCESS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THAT.
WHILE I SUBSCRIBE TO THE CONCEPT OF TARGETING UNDERPRIVILEGED AREAS FOR HOUSING AND EQUITY IMPROVEMENTS AND PROGRAMS, I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICING THE BUILT IN TENSION BETWEEN PILLAR ONE AND PILLARS TWO AND THREE IN THAT ONE IS THE BASIS FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS OF TARGETING DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, BUT TWO AND THREE CALL FOR CITYWIDE PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF HOUSING, AND ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE REPORT THAT CITYWIDE HOUSING PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE, I HOPE THAT'S MORE THAN JUST LIP SERVICE.
WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE FROM THE FOCUS ON THESE THREE TARGET AREAS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TRUE THAT EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS POCKETS OF POVERTY, OF SUBSTANDARD HOMES AND APARTMENTS, AND THOSE AREAS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
IN ADDITION, THERE'S THE ARGUMENT THAT HAS FREQUENTLY BEEN MADE THAT WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILT IN AREAS OF HIGH OPPORTUNITY, AND THOSE HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS, I WOULD SUGGEST, ARE PRIMARILY OUTSIDE OF THESE TARGET AREAS, AND THAT COULD BE A MUCH QUICKER WAY TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE OF LIMITED INCOMES TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT, FOR PROXIMATE EDUCATION FACILITIES, FOR OTHER KINDS OF FACILITIES THAT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN THE TARGETED AREAS, AND SO I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PRINCIPLED REASONS WHY WE NEED TO CONTINUE A CITYWIDE PROGRAM OF HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AND EQUITY ATTAINMENT.
NOW, WITH REGARD TO THE THREE TARGETED AREAS, I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE STATISTICS, PRINCIPALLY, THAT TWO OF THE TARGET AREAS, TWO AND THREE, HAVE MUCH HIGHER HOME OWNERSHIP RATES THAN THE CITY AT LARGE.
THREE IS 23 PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE THE CITY AVERAGE, AND YET THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE. DO YOU HAVE ANY, EXPLANATION FOR HOW THAT OCCURS? NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
WELL, AND OF THOSE DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR SELECTING THE TARGET AREAS, WAS THERE A RANKING ORDER IN TERMS OF WHICH ONE OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS FIGURED MOST PROMINENTLY IN YOUR SELECTION OF THE TARGET AREA, OR WERE THEY ALL EQUALLY WEIGHTED? THEY'RE NOT RANKED.
THEY ARE ALL SIMILAR. SO EQUALLY? EQUALLY, YES.
OKAY. EQUALLY IN NEED, AND WITH REGARD TO THIS HOUSING TASK FORCE, WHO WILL BE SELECTING THAT TASK FORCE? SO WE HAVE IN OUR POLICY HOW THAT TASK FORCE WAS TO BE SELECTED.
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WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT PLAN.IT WILL BE, AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE THE APPLICATION POSTED.
ANYONE INTERESTED WOULD APPLY? THE MEMBERS OF THAT REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL BE, COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ IS ONE OF THE MEMBERS, AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE THAT'S IN THE TASK FORCE, AS WELL AS, OUR CHAIR OF THE HOMELESS AND HOUSING AND HOMELESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE, AND THEN RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS IN THE TARGET AREA SPECIFICALLY AND AT LARGE.
SO IT WILL BE A COMBINATION OF FOLKS.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WILL NOT MAKE SELECTION.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE TO COORDINATE ACTIVITIES.
HOW LARGE DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS TASK FORCE BEING? AGAIN, TDA IS WORKING WITH US ON FIGURING OUT THE RIGHT SIZE AS WE KNOW TOO MANY, TOO MANY FOLKS.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO COME TO A DECISION.
SO WE THEY'RE WORKING WITH US ON FIGURING OUT THAT WHAT THAT RIGHT SIZE IS, AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THIS TASK FORCE TO BE STOOD UP? DO WE HAVE THE TIMELINE IN.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THE TIMELINE OF WHEN WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE, BUT IN THE BRIEFING IN APRIL, WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL THE INFORMATION WE'VE DONE BETWEEN LAUNCHING THE APPLICATION AND TO THAT DATE AND ANNOUNCE IT PUBLICLY BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SELECT CANDIDATES.
SO IT WOULD BE AFTER THE APRIL BRIEFING.
VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, AND I KIND OF WANT TO ECHO.
THIS IS EXCITING STUFF, AND YOU CAN USE DATA TO ACTUALLY FOCUS YOUR INTENT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE ALL COME ON THE SAME PAGE? WHAT IS AFFORDABLE.
BECAUSE I THINK AFFORDABLE TO ME IS DIFFERENT FROM AFFORDABLE FOR MY 27 YEAR OLD.
RIGHT. SO WHAT WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT NEW AFFORDABLE FOR SALE HOUSING, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US THE SPECTRUM? I CAN TAKE THE FIRST SHOT AT THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU. SO, ONE THIRD OF YOUR INCOME IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE.
A THIRD OF YOUR INCOME. A THIRD, YEAH.
SO WE INTENTIONALLY SELECTED AREAS WHERE WE COULD PROVIDE HOUSING AT A RANGE OF RATES IF WE WERE ONLY TO PICK SUPER EXPENSIVE MARKETS. YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT ONLY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING AT ONE PRICE POINT, BUT WHEN WE HAVE AN AREA WHERE THERE'S LIKE OPEN LANDS OR THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS GOING ON, THERE'S A MIX OF RENTER AND OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING.
RIGHT NOW, WE CAN DEVELOP A VARIETY OF HOUSING, SO IT'LL BE AT A RANGE OF PRICE POINTS.
AFFORDABLE TO A THIRD OF YOUR INCOME IS IN WHATEVER YOUR INCOME IS AT YOUR INCOME.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A THIRD OF IT GOES TO HOUSING.
SO THERE IS A CAP ON WHO WE SERVE AS AFFORDABLE WITH OUR FUNDING SOURCES.
OKAY. THESE ARE BIG TARGET AREAS.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET GRANULAR? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET TO SPECIFIC AREAS.
BECAUSE, IT CAN GET BECAUSE YOU'RE COVERING TWO DISTRICTS IN SOME CASES OR BOTH ON ALL THREE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH WHAT'S ALREADY GOING ON THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT STREETS ARE BEING DEVELOPED WHAT SIDEWALKS ARE BEING PLACED ON THERE.
WHAT ARE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON NOW OR PLANNED FOR THOSE AREAS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT DO WE HAVE IN OUR PIPELINE FOR HOUSING NEEDS, IN HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE AND HOME REPAIR, IN DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FROM DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE ASKED FOR, SOME ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPMENT AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT OUR HFC AND PFC ARE DOING IN THOSE AREAS NOW.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH WHAT DO WE KNOW TODAY? WHAT DO WE HAVE IN OUR PIPELINE TODAY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH AND THEN GO FROM THERE? AS YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBOR IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
OR MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW, OUR NEIGHBOR IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON OUR FLOOR.
SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THAT TEAM ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH TODS, TIFS.
ALL OF THOSE ALL OF THOSE TOOLS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR AREA AND THEN IN DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES AND THEN HOMELESS WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, BECAUSE THEY, TOO, ARE OUR NEIGHBOR, AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN IN ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS NEEDS FOR ENCAMPMENTS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND SO WHEN WE KNOW WE CAN START WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PIPELINE AND WE KNOW IS ALREADY MOVING, WE CAN GROW FROM THERE AS WELL AS, AS I'VE MENTIONED IN THE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING WITH EACH OF YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS WHO KNOW YOUR DISTRICTS BETTER THAN ANYONE WOULD KNOW, AND
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GETTING AN IDEA FROM YOU ON, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? GREAT, AND IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, ZONING COULD BE A FACTOR.HOW ARE WE GOING TO, AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE ZONING CHANGES.
I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME PRETTY HARM IN THESE AREAS.
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THAT? I CAN'T SPEAK TO DETAIL IN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH ZONING.
DO YOU KNOW OF SOME DETAILS? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AS THEY'RE DOING FORWARD DALLAS ENGAGEMENT AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEIR MAPS TOGETHER.
WE ARE OVERLAYING WHAT THEY HAVE COME UP WITH WITH OUR AREAS.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING INCREASED DENSITY OR ZONING CHANGES ALREADY, AND HOW THOSE MIGHT BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO LIKE POINT OUT AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD GREATER DENSITY.
SO WE PROBABLY I MEAN THE ZONING CAN BECOME A FACTOR IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT INVESTMENT.
SO AND THEN FINAL THING WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR GOALS, I GUESS ON PAGE 17 IT SAYS MAY OFFER BONUS POINTS, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO FOCUS. I MEAN, IT CAN'T BE JUST A MAY.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING IF YOU WANT THAT INVESTMENT TO GO THERE.
THAT KIND OF GIVES IT AN UPPER, YOU KNOW, AN UPPER LEG IF YOU'RE WANTING TO DO THAT, AND THEN ON, YOU TALK ABOUT HOUSING OPERATES THREE CORPORATIONS AND THE HOME BUYERS.
HOW'S THE FUNDING ON THAT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION IS, DO WE NEED, DO WE ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK WITH A MORE REQUEST FOR A HIGHER FUNDING LEVEL IN THIS NEXT BUDGET? SO WE WELL, WE DIDN'T ASK FOR MORE FUNDING IN THIS NEXT HOUSING BUDGET, AND WHEN I SAY THAT OUR HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE AND HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS ARE MOSTLY FUNDED WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS AND AS WE KNOW, OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS DECREASE, THEY DON'T INCREASE, AND SO WE TYPICALLY GO BACK EVERY YEAR WITH LEVEL FUNDING, AND THEN WE SEE WHAT HUD'S GOING TO DO TO GIVE US MORE MONEY OR LESS MONEY.
WE DO HAVE EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES RIGHT NOW FROM OTHER EQUITY POTS OF MONEY, PARTICULAR DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ASKED FOR US TO FOCUS THEIR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS IN HOME REPAIR AND HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE, AND THOSE ARE NOT FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH THOSE DOLLARS AS WELL AND REFOCUSING HOW WE MANAGE OUR FUNDING AT THIS TIME, BUT WE DIDN'T ASK FOR MORE FUNDING BECAUSE THERE THERE ISN'T ANY IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET, FOR PURPOSES OF BOND ALLOCATION THAT IS DEVELOPMENT, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANTICIPATION OF USING ANY OF THOSE DOLLARS FOR HOME REPAIR OR HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BOND ITSELF, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO WORK AS BEST WE CAN WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AND THINK THROUGH WAYS OF STRETCHING THE DOLLARS FOR MORE POPULATION RATHER THAN A LOT OF MONEY TO ONE HOUSEHOLD.
GREAT. THANK YOU, AND AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, CAN THEY COME BACK AND GIVE US UPDATES? BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU CHAIR.
MAY I MAY I ALSO ADD SOMETHING, AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BLACKMON, FOR THOSE INSIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS, AND JUST AS AN ILLUSTRATION, THE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WOVE INTO THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE THAT SPOKE TO THIS VERY EFFORT, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT'S THE DEPARTMENT'S WORKING TOGETHER TO ADVANCE THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO ITERATE.
THEY DIDN'T CALL IT OUT EXACTLY AS THEY HAVE ILLUSTRATED OR BRIEFED YOU TODAY, BECAUSE THE WORK HAD NOT BEEN DONE AT THAT POINT, BUT THE IDEA OF EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS AND ALIGNING RESOURCES AND KEY AREAS BASED ON DATA AND INPUT WERE THINGS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WORKED THROUGH.
WHEN WHEN WE WERE BRIEFING THE REP TO YOU, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT POINT, CHAIR.
THAT'S GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER RESENDEZ CAN BE THE LAST QUESTION.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
JUST ANECDOTALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING FROM SOUTHERN DALLAS AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT SOME TIMES IN MY LIFE, I SPENT MORE TIME IN SOUTH DALLAS AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH SOUTH OAK CLIFF AS WELL.
MY GODMOTHER LIVED IN SOUTH OAK CLIFF.
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THOSE ARE DEFINITELY AREAS THAT NEED AS MUCH ATTENTION AS POSSIBLE, BUT AS OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS MENTIONED, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING, WHAT A, YOU KNOW, TARGET AREA OF 4 OR 5 WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE OR, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO MOVING FORWARD TO, TO SUPPORT THOSE AREAS AS WELL, AND.ON PAGE 20. I SAW IT WHERE IT MENTIONED THE DASHBOARD.
DO WE HAVE ANY TIMELINE ON WHEN THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE? SO DEFINITELY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET A DASHBOARD TOGETHER NOW FOR OUR CURRENT PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND THEN EVOLVING THAT TO INCLUDE THE TARGET AREAS AND WHAT WE'RE TRACKING THERE. SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL NARROWING DOWN THE METRICS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN TRACKING IN THE TARGET AREAS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION B, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON OUR DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PROGRAM.
BASICALLY HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS IN DALLAS.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS GENESIS GAVINO AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AS CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CITY MANAGER, AND I WILL BE PROVIDING THE UPDATE ON THE DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PROGRAM. IS YOUR MIC ON? YES IT IS.
OKAY AS WE'RE PULLING UP THE SLIDES.
I WILL JUST ORIENT US TO OUR WORK.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS HOW WE FRAME OUR WORK.
THE ISSUE IS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
THE WORK IS DIGITAL INCLUSION, AND OUR GOAL IS DIGITAL EQUITY.
OUR VISION IS THAT ALL HOUSEHOLDS IN DALLAS WILL HAVE HIGH SPEED, RELIABLE INTERNET ACCESS TO DEVICES IN THEIR HOMES AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO NAVIGATE A DIGITAL WORLD.
IT IS IT USED TO BE EQUITY INDICATOR NUMBER 29, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME CHANGES TO THE REPORT.
THE UPCOMING REPORT WILL NOTE THAT OUR SCORE IS NOW 22 AND HAS GONE DOWN BY THREE POINTS FROM THE BASELINE YEAR OF COMPARISON, YEAR OF 25. NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PROGRAM WAS MODELED AFTER A NATIONAL PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON FOUR PILLARS ACCESS, AFFORDABILITY, HARDWARE AND DIGITAL LITERACY AND SKILLS.
IN 2020, IF YOU RECALL, WE USED CARES ACT FUNDING TO LAUNCH A PILOT PROGRAM AND SELECTED LULAC NESC TO BE OUR SERVICE PROVIDER FOR TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE 47 FAMILIES DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR DIGITAL NAVIGATION SERVICES, WE WENT ON TO A FULL SCALE PROGRAM IN 2022, AND CITY COUNCIL FUNDED THAT LAST YEAR, AND WE SELECTED DALLAS INNOVATION ALLIANCE TO SERVE AS OUR SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PROGRAM, AND THEIR BUDGET IS $1 MILLION, AND THE SOURCE OF FUNDING IS ARPA FUNDING. NEXT SLIDE.
SO DALLAS INNOVATION ALLIANCE, HAS THE PROGRAM, CONNECTED DALLAS, WHICH BUILDS ON THE NATIONAL DIGITAL INCLUSION ALLIANCE DIGITAL NAVIGATOR MODEL, WHERE THEY HAVE FOUR KEY AREAS THAT THEY FOCUS ON, THE FIRST BEING USING THE INTERNET OR I'M SORRY, THE FIRST IS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE INTERNET AND DEVICES.
THE SECOND IS DIGITAL SKILLS AND BASIC USAGE SUPPORT, AND THEN NAVIGATING INTERNET BASED RESOURCES ACROSS SECTORS, AND THEN FINALLY USING THE INTERNET TO CHANGE YOUR SITUATION, SUCH AS IN LIFE THROUGH FINDING A NEW JOB OR HOUSING.
THAT IS A, SORT OF THEIR 311 VERSION THAT HELPS PEOPLE NAVIGATE DIGITAL RESOURCES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
NEXT SLIDE. SO CONNECTED DALLAS COMMUNITY ANCHOR SITES.
SO THEY ARE SITES THAT ARE HOSTED AT ESTABLISHED LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS, TOP TEN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE KNOW THAT INTERNET ACCESS IS LACKING, AND THESE SITES SERVE AS ESSENTIALLY THE BRICK AND MORTAR FOR THE DIGITAL AMBASSADORS TO WORK OUT OF.
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RESOURCES, INCREASED ACCESS TO DEVICES, PROVIDE DIGITAL SKILLS WORKSHOP, PROVIDE ONE ON ONE SERVICES, SUPPORT AND DELIVER TRAIN THE TRAINER.SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE TOTAL ANCHOR SITES ACROSS THE CITY.
THE SECOND IS THE TECH LAB AT BACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE VICKERY MEADOW YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION COMPUTER HELP CENTER AT THE VICKERY MEADOW YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.
NEXT SLIDE. SO ASIDE FROM HAVING COMMUNITY ANCHOR SITES CONNECTED, DALLAS ALSO CONDUCTS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SITES OR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS SO THEY HAVE EMPOWERMENT POP UPS WHERE THEY WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AT DIFFERENT RESOURCES OR FAIRS ACROSS THE CITY, AND THEN THEY HELD ONE MAJOR RESOURCE FAIR AND JOB FAIR, ACTUALLY LAST MAY CALLED GET CONNECTED DALLAS, AND THAT WAS HOSTED AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL.
NEXT SLIDE. SO DIGITAL NAVIGATORS ARE DIGITAL AMBASSADORS.
WHO ARE THEY? SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TOTAL OF DALLAS INNOVATION ALLIANCE HAS A TOTAL OF 23 ON STAFF.
PRIOR TO WORKING FOR CONNECTED DALLAS, AND SO IT CREATES A PIPELINE FOR PEOPLE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT, BUT ALSO LEVERAGING THE SKILLS THAT THEY LEARN FROM THE CONNECTED DALLAS PROGRAM. 25% OF THEIR STAFF ARE WORKING PARENTS, AND THERE ARE ABOUT 16 LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY STAFF AS LISTED ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU.
NEXT SLIDE, AND SOME DATA RELATED TO WHO THEY SERVE.
SO ABOUT 42% OF THEIR CLIENTELE IS BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND THEN 41% OR ROUNDING UP 42% ARE HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THEIR CLIENTS ARE BELOW, AT OR BELOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
WHICH IS THE SMALLER TABLE TO THE RIGHT, AND SO THESE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY UNDUPLICATED NUMBERS OF CLIENTS SERVED UP TO DECEMBER 2023, WHICH IS THEIR MOST RECENT INVOICING PERIOD.
NEXT SLIDE, AND SO, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WORK THAT CONNECTED DALLAS AND DALLAS INNOVATION ALLIANCE DOES, THE CITY ALSO DOES PARALLEL EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM IN THE ACP OUTREACH EFFORTS.
SO WE HAVE DONE COMMUNITY ENROLLMENT EVENTS.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH BLACK CHURCHES FOR DIGITAL EQUITY.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY A NATIONAL GROUP THAT HAD A SPECIFIC EVENT HERE IN DALLAS AND THEN WE DO BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVES, AND WE HAVE HOSTED SO FAR, I BELIEVE, TWO DIGITAL EQUITY OPEN HOUSES WHERE WE FOCUS ON CITY RESOURCES, AND WE HOST THEM AT OUR LIBRARIES.
WE ALSO CREATED THE ACP ENROLLMENT GUIDE, MADE THAT AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE, AND OUR STAFF ACTUALLY TRAIN, COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ASSIST THEM IN THE EVENT THAT A DIGITAL NAVIGATOR OR DIGITAL AMBASSADOR IS NOT ABLE TO ARRIVE ON SITE IMMEDIATELY AND PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NEEDED, THOSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CAN WALK THEIR CLIENTS THROUGH ACP ENROLLMENT.
NEXT SLIDE. WE ALSO BUILT A DASHBOARD TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE ARE THE KEY AREAS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS AND INCREASE ACP ENROLLMENT, AND THAT DASHBOARD IS CURRENTLY LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE BUILT THAT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TEAM.
NEXT SLIDE, AND WE ALSO HAVE PUT OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME A DIGITAL EQUITY EFFORTS FACT SHEET.
JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE CITY ITSELF IS DOING RELATED TO DIGITAL EQUITY, AND ALL OF OUR EFFORTS DID LEAD US TO, I WOULD SAY, GETTING THE LARGEST, OUTREACH GRANT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AT $700,000.
IN ADDITION TO THAT WORK, WE DID A LOT OF POLICY ANALYSIS.
WE RECENTLY, IF YOU'RE AWARE, THE FCC RECENTLY ADOPTED DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION ORDER.
WE SUBMITTED COMMENTS THROUGH [INAUDIBLE].
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT STANDS FOR; I JUST REMEMBER HOW IT SOUNDS FUNNY, AND SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH SOME OF OUR, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SUBMIT, COMMENTS ON WHAT DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION MEANS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, IN OUR THIRD YEAR, WE DID DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK.
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PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE CITY EVERY DAY, AND THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE NAMED A 2023 VISIONARY DIGITAL INCLUSION TRAILBLAZER BY THE NATIONAL DIGITAL INCLUSION ALLIANCE.WE ARE ONE OF 47 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO RECEIVE THIS DESIGNATION.
WE MET 20 OF THE 22 EVALUATION CRITERIA, AND THEN FINALLY, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY ACROSS THE STATE WITH THE TEXAS BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
WHAT DOES DIGITAL EQUITY LOOK LIKE ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE? WE HAVE ATTENDED THEIR WORKSHOPS THAT ARE LED BY AND FACILITATED BY THE COG, AND SO WE'RE VERY ACTIVE IN WORKING ACROSS THE STATE WITH OUR PEERS. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I DO WANT TO MENTION AGAIN, SO AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM SO FAR WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A WIND DOWN PHASE.
THE FCC HAS STOPPED ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE ACP BEGINNING FEBRUARY 8TH, AND AS OF THE END OF JANUARY, PARTICIPANTS IN THE ACP PROGRAM SHOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR FIRST NOTICE FROM THEIR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER THAT THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE ENDING, AND THEY SHOULD BE PROVIDING THEM RESOURCES AS TO WHAT ARE THE OTHER PLANS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THEM, IN WHEN THE PLAN ENDS OR WHEN THEY NO LONGER RECEIVE THAT SUBSIDY.
SO THEN MID MARCH WE ARE GOING TO, THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR SECOND NOTICE FROM THE ISP, AND THEN BY APRIL THEY SHOULD RECEIVE THEIR THIRD AND FINAL, NOTICE FROM THE ISP.
WE WILL KNOW BY THE END OF FEBRUARY WHAT IS THE DROP DEAD DATE FOR THE END OF ACP, AS PER FCC'S ORDER RECENT LETTER RECENTLY, AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE THAT BY MAY, INTERNET SUBSCRIPTION BILLS WILL WILL INCREASE, AND SO GOING BACK TO THE ACP OUTREACH GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, WE ARE ENDING ALL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD EXPLICITLY, EXPLICITLY THAT IS NOT AN ALLOWABLE USE BY THE FCC, AND SO ANY MATERIALS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE PRINTED THAT HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT WITH ACP ON IT, WE JUST ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO TRASH STOPPED ALL ACTIVITIES ON THE EIGHTH AND WE'RE NOW JUST FINALIZING OUR REPORTING TO THE FCC AND SUBMITTING THAT BY THE DEADLINE THAT THEY GIVE US.
SO AGAIN, CONTINUED ACP WIND DOWN.
WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR YEAR TWO OF THE DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PROGRAM.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE ACP IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE, CLIENT CLIENT FEEDBACK OR, YOU KNOW, CLIENT STORIES TO THE FCC, TO NDIA, ALL OF THE ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT ACP DOES NOT DIE, AND THEN ALSO, WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING WHAT DOES DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION RULES LOOK LIKE LOCALLY? LA IS THE FIRST CITY TO HAVE ADOPTED DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION RULES FOLLOWING FCC'S ORDER, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO WE'RE DOING SOME RESEARCH AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS OR OUR NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER JOINING US, AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION TO LOOK AT WHAT DOES DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND THEN FINALLY CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TEXAS BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
NEXT SLIDE AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION NOW AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE RIGHT ON TIME.
THANK YOU FOR ZIPPING THROUGH THAT.
BEFORE WE JUMP INTO QUESTIONS, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM OURSELVES AS A CITY, ISN'T THAT THE PREMISE OF THE, MIDDLE MILE PROGRAM IS THAT WE WOULD BEGIN TO OFFER ALTERNATIVES, OR AT LEAST CREATE THE COMPETITION SO THAT THE PEOPLE AREN'T IN A MONOPOLY SITUATION WITH WHERE THE LAST MILE, WHERE THEIR PROVISION IS. THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS ON THE ACP, IF PEOPLE HAVE, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S SOME FORM OF BANKING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CURRENT ACP ENROLLMENT, AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE, DESPITE THE NOTICES ARE GOING TO GET EXTREME STICKER SHOCK THAT COMES OUT, AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION ALTERNATIVES TO LET THEM KNOW IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD $180 A MONTH OR WHATEVER IT IS TO CANCEL THEIR INTERNET BEFORE THEY GET HURT FINANCIALLY.
SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING TO HELP PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THAT SUDDEN INCREASE.
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BRING DOWN THE PRICES.AGAIN, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SERVE AS AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT IT DOES OPEN UP THE MARKET SO THAT THERE IS CHOICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND THEN SECOND QUESTION, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS DHA, DISD, AND THE COUNTY AND THEN ALSO OUR DIGITAL NAVIGATORS TO INCREASE, COMMUNICATION TO OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE END OF ACP, AND WE ARE ASKING THEM, LIKE, HAVE YOU RECEIVED YOUR, YOUR LETTERS FROM THE ISP TRYING TO WORK SPECIFICALLY INDIVIDUALLY WITH THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT FINANCIAL IMPACT WILL BE TO THEIR HOUSEHOLD ONCE THAT ACP SUBSIDY GOES AWAY.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE LEVERAGE OUR CURRENT FUNDING THROUGH OUR DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PROGRAM TO SPECIFICALLY WORK WITH THOSE WHO ARE ENROLLED IN ACP TO UNDERSTAND THEIR IMPACT AND HELP THEM THROUGH THAT? THAT'S GREAT. OKAY.
I'M GOING TO I'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY.
WITH REGARD TO THE WIND DOWN OF ACP, ARE YOU AWARE OF WHY THAT IS HAPPENING? IS THERE AFFIRMATIVE OPPOSITION TO CONTINUING ACP AND CONGRESS OR THE FCC, OR IS IT JUST BY DEFAULT THAT WE HAVEN'T APPROVED THE FEDERAL BUDGET, THAT WE CAN'T BE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE FUNDED GOING FORWARD? SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS FOR WHY IT'S NOT, BUT IT'S MOSTLY IT'S THE LATTER, RIGHT? THE BUDGET IS NOT APPROVED, AND SO UNLESS WE GET THAT DONE, THEN WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING FOR FCC OR FOR THE ACP IS GOING TO COME FROM.
OKAY. SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE FUNDING ONCE CONGRESS GETS AROUND TO PASSING A BUDGET.
OKAY. IN THE MEANTIME, IS IT WORTH STAFF EXPLORING OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACP AMONG PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS OR STATE FUNDS, OR ANY OF THOSE AVAILABLE? WE CAN.
I WOULDN'T SAY THERE WOULD BE STATE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
STATE FUNDS COME FROM THE FCC.
SO THE BEAD MONEY THAT THEY'RE USING FOR THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, THEN ALSO FOR THEIR TEXAS DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY PLAN IS COMING FROM STATE FUNDING, SAME TYPE OF FUNDING, BUT NOT AT THE RISK OF BEING CUT.
POTENTIALLY PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE BILL LIKE SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 116,000 HOUSEHOLDS REGISTERED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT $30 PER HOUSEHOLD, CAN'T DO THE MATH THAT FAST, BUT THAT'S EVERY MONTH, RIGHT.
SO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THAT IS NOT VERY IS IT'S NOT VERY SUSTAINABLE, ESSENTIALLY, AND SO LOOKING FOR MORE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS THAN JUST PAYING A SUBSIDY FOR A HOUSEHOLD BILL.
ON SLIDE THREE IS YOUR VISION STATEMENT.
ARE WE HITTING OUR VISION FOR YOUR PROGRAM? YES, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT.
I WILL HONESTLY SAY THAT I DON'T THINK WE'RE BEING ABLE TO CONNECT ALL HOUSEHOLDS TO HIGH SPEED AND RELIABLE INTERNET SERVICE, EMPHASIS ON RELIABLE, ONLY BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME AREAS IN THE CITY DISCONNECTED, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THERE IS TRUE SERVICE, BUT I THINK I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY, WHETHER THAT'S DIRECTLY THROUGH THE DIGITAL NAVIGATORS OR THROUGH OUR PARTNERS THAT AREN'T DIRECTLY FUNDED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO IF THE FUNDING GOES AWAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAINTAIN THIS VISION STATEMENT? FUNDING GOES AWAY FOR FCC.
OH, I MEAN, WELL, WE STILL HAVE ARPA DOLLARS THAT PAYS FOR THE DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PROGRAM, BUT WE WON'T HAVE THAT SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING THAT ENSURES THAT PEOPLE CAN GET LOW COST INTERNET IN THEIR HOME, AND SO WE'LL WORK THROUGH OUR LIBRARY, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LOANING OUT THE HOTSPOT DEVICES, FINDING THOSE ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO GET PEOPLE INTERNET IN THE HOME.
OKAY, AND THEN ON YOUR, I GUESS, METRIC PAGE, ON SLIDE FIVE, YOU HAD 100, AND LET ME JUST UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAD 110,000 FOR 47 FAMILIES.
RIGHT, AND THEN WE HAD 1 MILLION FOR HOW MANY FAMILIES AFTER THAT.
SO THE NUMBERS TO DATE WE ARE SERVING ABOUT THAT'S ON SLIDE.
OKAY, AND IS THAT INCLUDE THE 47.
NO IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 47.
OKAY, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER 700 IN ADDITION TO THE 1 MILLION AND THE 1.10, I MEAN, IN THE 110.
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RIGHT? THE 110 IS OLD MONEY.YEAH. THAT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
NO. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS 700.
OKAY, AND SO YOU JUST WORKING WITH THE 1 MILLION OKAY.
SO WHEN YOU WHEN THIS COULD POTENTIALLY GO AWAY AND AS THAT'S BEEN YOU KNOW THEY GET THE BILL.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AND HOW WHAT'S THE GAME PLAN? WHAT'S THE STRATEGY? ARE WE GOING TO GO LOBBY? ARE WE GOING TO I MEAN, BECAUSE WE DID SEE THAT DURING, YOU KNOW, 2020 PANDEMIC WHERE HALF THE CITY IS NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE A 21ST CENTURY CITY THAT IS GOING TO HAVE WORK FROM HOME AND OPPORTUNITIES, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS I HAVE--I GUESS HAVE YOU ALL WHITE BOARDED IT? HAVE YOU LOOKED? BECAUSE IT COULD VERY WELL HAPPEN THAT WE COULD HAVE A WE COULD BE BACK TO SQUARE ONE, AND SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS PREPARE FOR FOR THAT AND HOPE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WHAT IS THAT PLAN? FOR PEOPLE. WHAT IS THE PLAN TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO GET DISCONNECTED FROM THEIR INTERNET SERVICE? WORKING WITH THEM TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE OTHER MEANS, WHETHER THAT'S THE HOT SPOTS THAT WE HAVE AT THE LIBRARY, BUT THEN ALSO, WHAT ARE THE OTHER FINANCIAL MEANS THAT WE COULD HELP SUPPORT THEM? AND LIKE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY SAID, IF THERE ARE FOUNDATIONS WILLING TO STEP IN, IN THE MEANTIME, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BEEN HAD? ARE WE LOOKING TO BUY MORE HOTSPOTS? I MEAN, BECAUSE APRIL IS NEXT MONTH.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE NEED TO.
YES. WHAT IS OUR LONG TERM? OUR LONG TERM IS THAT MIDDLE MILE INFRASTRUCTURE OPENING UP THE, SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST 1 OR 2 INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEN WE CAN HAVE A CHOICE OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT BRINGS DOWN THE COST PER HOUSEHOLD, AS OPPOSED TO ONLY HAVING 1 OR 2 PRICE OPTIONS. I MEAN, BECAUSE THIS DOES CHANGE THE CONVERSATION THAT WITH THIS FUNDING THAT GOES AWAY, I DON'T LIKE BEING IN THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER BUSINESS, BUT , I MEAN, WE CAN'T BE A CITY THAT ONLY PART OF US HAS CONNECTIONS, AND NOT WHEN EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO WORK FROM HOME AND DOES ALL THESE ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF EVEN STUDYING. RIGHT.
SO, I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND YOUR TEAM TO REALLY WHITEBOARD THIS AND COME UP WITH A PLAN A, B, AND C, AND D, I MEAN, BECAUSE THIS IS WAY TOO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO GROW AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER THREE PARTS, TARGET AREAS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE DIGITAL WORLD. THERE'S NO IFS OR BUTS, AND SO I THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING.
AND SO I CHALLENGE YOU TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER, AND LIZ TO IS THAT WE CANNOT HAVE HALF OF OUR CITY, OR EVEN A THIRD OF OUR CITY, OR EVEN 20% OF OUR CITY NOT BE CONNECTED.
IT'S GOING TO START HAPPENING FAST.
SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS BECAUSE, NEW INFORMATION IS ALWAYS, SOMETIMES WELCOMED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY, BUT I DO THINK CHANGING STRATEGIES IN THE MIDDLE, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR VISION IS NOT IS OKAY.
BECAUSE FUNDING DOES CHANGE EVERYTHING.
SO I HOPE THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON OUR, AGENDA, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EVEN MEMO UPDATES OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE THIS IS IT KIND OF WENT SILENT FOR A FEW MONTHS, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE HAPPENING AGAIN.
I THINK JUST BY EITHER BY US OR NOT US BEING DONE TO US.
THANK YOU. I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO REGULAR MEMOS.
DISTRICT 13, THEN DISTRICT FOUR.
WELL, I DID GO TO A CONNECTED DALLAS LAUNCH AT THE VICKERY MEADOW SUCCESS CENTER, THAT THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION PUT ON AND SEEING THE FAMILIES COMING IN, THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SPOKEN AND THE FACT THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE ON SITE TO HELP JUST BREAK DOWN THAT BARRIER AND GET THEM CONNECTED, ALL THE CLASS OFFERINGS THAT THEY GAVE, THE HOURS THAT THEY GAVE THEM WAS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I THINK THAT SAID, ON SLIDE 13.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THERE ARE 23 DIGITAL AMBASSADORS, BUT THE TOTAL STAFF COUNT IS 40.
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SO WHAT ARE THOSE 17 OTHER PEOPLE DOING? SO THAT'S THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS, BUT THEN THEY'RE NOT.THAT IS ALSO THE BACK HOUSE OPERATIONS FOR THE DIGITAL NAVIGATORS, AND SO IF THEY'RE NOT ON THE FRONT LINES DOING THE SERVICE, THEY'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING ALL OF THE EVENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE STAFF HAVE ALL THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT ONE ON ONE SERVICE.
I MEAN, THEY MAY BE DOING SOME FRONT LINE WORK.
SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE I'M HEARING.
SO I WON'T GET INTO IT EITHER, BUT THAT BY BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ENTER THE MARKET AND THAT IT'S NOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT MONOPOLIZED BY JUST ONE ENTITY, THEN WE CAN ALLOW MORE THAN JUST ONE ISP TO COME AND PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE THE HOMES. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DISTRICT FOUR.
THANK YOU. I'LL BE QUICK. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO NOT GO INTO TOO MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND MIDDLE MILE AND THE SERVICES BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, AND THE ATTORNEYS HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK WITH ME.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE STILL IN THE RFP PROCESS ON THAT TOPIC.
SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT ALONE, BUT NUMBER TWO, I THINK WE ARE ALSO FOR THOSE OF US WHO REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME OFF THE ANTENNA AND PICK THE BOX UP SO WE COULD ALL BE CONNECTED SO WE COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SCARY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAD TO DO WHAT WE HAD TO DO TO BE CONNECTED, AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN JUST THE CITY, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT, AND THOSE COMPANIES WHO WANT TO EMBRACE THE WORK AT HOME, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PARTNERS WITH US, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE KNOW THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IMPORTANT NOW, WE DO HAVE A CENSUS COMING UP ROUGHLY IN ABOUT, WHAT, SIX YEARS AND SO YOU HAVE TO START EDUCATING PEOPLE NOW ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A PART, BEING CONNECTED IN TERMS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION SO WE CAN GET THOSE DOLLARS THAT COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FLOW DOWN TO US SO THAT WE CAN STABILIZE SOME OF THESE, PROGRAMS, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE NEED TO BEGIN ALSO, JUST PUTTING OUT THERE, WE CAN GET MORE MONEY FROM OUR DOLLARS, TAX DOLLARS TO FLOW BACK IF WE PARTICIPATE.
SO WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB, TOO, IN DOING THAT.
SO THOSE ARE MY MAIN CONCERNS.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THIS TO US, OF COURSE, IS PART OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY, BUT I CAN SAY THAT WE MUST EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CITY OF DALLAS WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE COMMUNITIES ARE A PART OF THIS CONNECTIVITY AND THE DIGITAL AGE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DISTRICT SEVEN, AND THEN IF WE HAVE A MINUTE BEFORE 10:30, I'LL TAKE, COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? COUNCILMEMBER BAZALDUA I'M SORRY, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
ALL OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
CAN WE TURN UP HIS VOLUME, PLEASE? THE BETTER. YES.
THANK YOU. I JUST SAID ALL OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GENESIS, DO YOU HAVE A FIGURE ON THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE RECEIVING ACP SUBSIDIES CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS? IT'S ESTIMATED AT 116,000 HOUSEHOLDS OUT OF THE 250 OR SO THOUSAND THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEMOS.
WHY DON'T YOU START, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I, JUST WANTED TO ASK, I KNOW THAT WHEN THIS FIRST CAME ABOUT, THERE WERE THERE WAS SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL AND, AND SOME UNDERSTANDING, I THOUGHT, FROM STAFF REGARDING LEVERAGING SOME OF THE PRIVATE, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY MOVING FORWARD. I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
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AT, CHANGING THE AGREEMENT.HAVE WE MADE ANY MOVEMENT WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND LEVERAGING ANY PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS TO HELP US SUSTAIN THIS PROGRAM OR GROW IT? HEY, COUNCILMEMBER. BAZALDUA, THIS IS JESSICA GALLESHAW, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.
YES. SO AS FAR AS MADE ANY MOVEMENT, WE HAVE MADE SOME MOVEMENT BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING AND HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY LOOKING AT HOW TO BUILD OUT THAT LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. IT'S LARGELY BEEN INTERNAL, THOUGH.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.
WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY SOUGHT, ANY FUNDING COMMITMENTS OR ANY FUNDING AT THIS TIME.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE, ANY FUNDING FROM THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THIS.
WE HAVE, HOWEVER, HAD SUPPORT.
OF COURSE, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE JUNIOR LEAGUE DID A GREAT DONATION DRIVE.
WE'VE HAD OTHERS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DOING DRIVE FUNDRAISING TYPE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THE PROGRAM, AND SO WE'VE REALLY CHALLENGED OURSELVES THROUGH WHAT WE CALL OUR PAD CORE TEAM, WHICH IS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS, OF COURSE, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE, MY DEPARTMENT, LIBRARIES, PARKS AND REC, AND BUDGET AS WELL, AND SEVERAL OTHERS.
WE MEET REGULARLY, AND ONE OF OUR GOALS AND CHALLENGES FOR FY 25 IS TO REALLY SET FORTH AND ARTICULATE THE LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU, AND IS THERE ANY DATA TO SUPPORT THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THOSE THAT THIS HAS SERVED? I KNOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY HARD TO TRACK AS FAR AS, WHO'S UTILIZING, THE SERVICES.
WITH THAT SAID, ARE THERE HAVE THERE BEEN BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS? I KNOW THAT, SUPERINTENDENT ELIZALDE, IMPLEMENTED A SIMILAR PROGRAM LIKE THIS IN AUSTIN WHEN SHE WAS THERE, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S, UNDERWAY FOR DISD AS WELL.
IS THERE ANY TYPE OF COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GO FORWARD AS WELL? YEAH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, SIR.
A LOT OF OUR DATA SHOWS THAT THE YOUNGER POPULATION IS ONE OF OUR MOST FREQUENT USERS.
SO, IT'S 12 TO 17 AND THEN UP TO 24, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SET OF THE 35 TO 44 IS KIND OF THE NEXT BIGGEST POPULATION IN TERMS OF UTILIZATION. SO WE, WE HAVE NOTICED, SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR, AND WE ARE WORKING ON ACTUALLY, I THINK WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY IN OUR CORE TEAM ABOUT REENGAGING WITH DALLAS ISD.
WE HAD SOME ENGAGEMENT INITIALLY WHEN WE WERE LAUNCHING THE PAD PROGRAM, BUT AT THAT TIME, WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF THE TRACTION IN THE WAY THAT WE HAD HOPED, BUT I THINK THAT THEY WERE DOING A LOT AT THAT POINT, TOO, AND SO WE ALWAYS WANTED TO KIND OF PUT A PIN IN IT AND REVISIT, AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS IN THAT MEETING WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REACHING OUT.
IT MIGHT BE SOMEBODY FROM GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OR COMMS WAS GOING TO REACH OUT AND CONNECT US SO WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT, ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF PARTNERING WITH THEM FOR THE FUTURE OF THE OF THE PAD PROGRAM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO, SAY THAT THIS PROGRAM IS HUGE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN HEARING ABOUT THE USE OF IT AND SEEING THAT THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASED USE OF EVEN THE LIBRARY, FOR INSTANCE, NEXT TO SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST IS A SORT OF A STEP BACK AND A REGROUP, ESPECIALLY WITH COUNCILMEMBERS.
RIDLEY I MEAN, SORRY, BLACKMON AND WILLIS, I'M HAPPY TO SIT IN WITH YOU.
JESSICA. MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT SET UP AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT RETOOLING THIS.
NO. SO WE THIS CONTRACT IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO FULLY TERMINATE THE CURRENT VENDOR RELATIONSHIP.
OKAY, SO LET'S. SO I WOULD SAY HONESTLY, THE THE PURCHASING AND THE ABILITY TO REGULARLY PROCURE THESE PRODUCTS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST STRUGGLE OF THIS PROGRAM, AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD BE FURTHER ALONG IN A LOT OF ASPECTS, BUT WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO KIND OF FIND WAYS TO PURCHASE ALL ALONG BECAUSE OUR VENDOR HAS BEEN
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EFFECTIVE FOR MANY MONTHS.ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S SET UP THAT MEETING WHERE WE CAN KIND OF REGROUP AND RETOOL AROUND THIS.
PLEASE, AND, YOU BRING UP GREAT POINTS, MR. BAZALDUA. YES. IT WAS THE INTENT TO CREATE A COMMUNITY, EFFORT AND TO TRY TO GET MORE FOLKS AND I'VE, TO PARTICIPATE, AND I'VE DROPPED THE BALL. I DID MAKE OVERTURES.
I DIDN'T FOLLOW UP. SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO START THOSE CONVERSATIONS AGAIN, AND BECAUSE IT WASN'T EVER IT WAS WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY DID CAN CONTRIBUTE.
WE JUST COORDINATED AND WE WOULD GET PRIVATE AND OTHER DOLLARS TO HELP SUPPORT IT.
BUT THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO GET MORE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
YES, AND YOU KNOW, ALL THROUGHOUT WE HAVE CONTINUED WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE HAVE DEFINITELY HEARD OF KIND OF SOME INTERESTS FROM THOSE WHO COULD POTENTIALLY FUND OR SUPPORT, BUT WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY SECURED ANY FUNDING FROM THE PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY. I THINK IT'S OUT THERE, AND I THINK WITH A CONCERTED EFFORT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING A LOT OF SUPPORT BEHIND IT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND ALL THE AMAZING PROGRAMS YOU LEAD FOR US.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COLLEGE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
I HAVE A FEW IF NOBODY ELSE DOES SO.
SO I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON MEMO D ABOUT THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS LISTED.
I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT SCHOOLS WE'RE VOTING ON THIS.
ARE WE VOTING ON THIS WEDNESDAY? OKAY, AND THEN A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS.
IT'S JUST SORT OF NEBULOUS. WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEIR STUDENT IS.
I MEAN, SO HOW DID THIS WORK? SCHOOLS NOMINATED SOMEONE OR.
YES. SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO EACH SCHOOL IS ALLOWED TO NOMINATE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THEIR UNIVERSITY.
WE REACHED OUT TO ALL THE UNIVERSITIES LISTED ON THE ORDINANCE AND SOME OF THEM SELECTED STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE, AND SO THEN THE STUDENTS APPLIED TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AND THEN NOW WE'LL BE ON THE AGENDA, THIS WEDNESDAY FOR APPOINTMENT.
OKAY. I WOULD I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE WOULD JUST NOMINATE OR VOTE ON A NAME VERSUS A OPEN ENDED.
YES. SO ARE YOU LOOKING TO SEE WHAT SCHOOLS THESE STUDENTS ATTEND? OKAY. I MEAN, I CAN GO THROUGH THE LIST FOR YOU.
OR I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE EXHIBIT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
HAS THEIR SCHOOLS LISTED? YEAH, YEAH, IF YOU'LL ADD THAT, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM, AND THEN JUST A COUPLE JUST HAVE A SELECTION FROM EACH OF THE COLLEGES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A NAME, AND I THINK TYPICALLY WE HAVE AT LEAST AN IDEA OF A PERSON ON THAT.
SO THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WELL IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION.
I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE OBJECTIVE IS OF THE COMMISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN DALLAS, AND THEN IT HAS A FEW THINGS AFTER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE TO GET TO THAT, BUT THEY SEEM VERY BROAD, AND SO I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS AND THIS WILL DEVELOP OVER TIME, BUT HAVING THIS GEL AND NOT BE A DRAIN ON STAFF RESOURCES AND THAT SORT OF THING, I THINK WOULD BE MEANINGFUL TO ME, IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CAN STAY FOCUSED ON THE OBJECTIVE THAT'S OUTLINED HERE.
THANK YOU. PLEASE. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES.
DO WE KNOW WHAT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES THE UNIVERSITIES USE TO REACH OUT TO STUDENTS, OR WAS THE CITY INVOLVED? DID WE JUST COMPLETELY LEAVE IT UP TO THEM? YEAH, SO WE DID.
THANK YOU. SO MY QUESTIONS ARE, ALL OF THE SCHOOLS COMMITTED BACK IN JUNE, AND SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, WHY WE COULDN'T GET THE REST OF THEM WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSED TO BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
SO DID THOSE STUDENT GOVERNMENT SAY, NO THANKS.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.
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A FEW OF THE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY CLOSED, IN THAT TIME PERIOD FROM WHEN WE ORIGINALLY, PASSED THIS ORDINANCE AND THEN, SOME OF THE UNIVERSITIES JUST HAD ISSUES FINDING STUDENTS THAT WERE ON CAMPUS DUE TO THEM HAVING MOST STUDENTS PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY IN COURSES AND SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY FORUM WHERE THEY COULD, OTHER THAN SENDING IT OUT RIGHT TO STUDENTS AND GIVING THEM INFORMATION ABOUT IT.THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPACE FOR US TO GO AND LIKE PRESENT WITH THE STUDENTS.
EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE UNIVERSITIES DIDN'T SELECT STUDENTS, THEY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STILL NOMINATE AS WE KIND OF CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM, AND SO I THINK THAT ONCE THEY KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND GET TO SEE THE COLLEGE STUDENTS IN ACTION, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THEM AND BRING THEM TO THE TABLE AND GET MORE STUDENTS APPOINTED. GREAT, AND WHAT IS THE CIVIC ANALYSIS PROJECT? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
YES. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING NOW.
THE IDEA IS, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT ONCE THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING, BUT THE IDEA IS TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVELY ADVISE THE CITY, ON SOME OF THE PRACTICES AND POLICIES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND WAYS THAT WE CAN BE INNOVATIVE AND INNOVATIVE WITH SOLUTIONS, AS WELL AS JUST WITH THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? ALL RIGHT, AND ALSO I NOTICED YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE MAY BE SOME POLICY ASPECTS TO THIS THAT ARE PROHIBITIVE AND SO IF THEY ARE, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT THE POLICY.
LET'S NOT LET THE POLICY STAND IN THE WAY OF SUCCESS FOR THIS IF IT NEEDS TO BE REVISED.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM E.
SO LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A MOMENT OF BACKGROUND OF THIS, AND THEN WE CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS HAS BEEN A PASSION PROJECT FOR, CHAIR NARVAEZ FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BROADER HUMAN RIGHTS FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY HIRED A HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER.
WELCOME, AND I'M SURE WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IN THIS DISCUSSION IS REALLY GET YOUR FEEDBACK AROUND THE CONCEPT, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT, MUCH, AND IF WE DID, IT WAS QUITE A WHILE.
SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF THIS.
BECAUSE THERE ACTUALLY ISN'T A PROPOSED ONE PER SE AT THIS POINT.
SO I'M GOING TO START WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY.
SO I SENSE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME OVERLAP BETWEEN THE EXISTING COMMISSIONS MENTIONED IN THE MEMO AND A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, PARTICULARLY THE DISABILITIES COMMISSION.
HOW WILL THAT BE ADDRESSED? GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA DA SILVA, WELCOMING COMMUNITIES AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS DIVISION OFFICER, AND I'M ALSO REALLY PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR BRAND NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER. THIS IS HIS SECOND WEEK, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE WANTED TO FIRST PROVIDE THIS MEMO AS A AS A WAY TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONS AND DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERSECTION.
WE HAVE NOT YET ENGAGED THE COMMISSIONS YET.
WE WANTED TO FIRST ENGAGE ALL OF YOU AND GATHER YOUR FEEDBACK BEFORE WE APPROACHED THE COMMISSIONS.
OKAY. WELL, I SUGGEST THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WILL BEAR SOME ATTENTION ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE MEMO.
IT TALKS ABOUT INCORPORATING A BUILT IN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS GRIEVANCES.
HOW DO YOU ENVISION THAT? WHAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS WOULD THIS COMMISSION HAVE AND WHAT KIND OF, INFRACTIONS WOULD BE POLICED BY THIS COMMISSION? MAY I START WITH THAT QUESTION RESPONSE? COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY LICINIO PEREIRA ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND AGAIN, TO EMPHASIZE CHAIR SCHULTZ'S POINT, THESE ARE SORT OF A [INAUDIBLE] OF WHAT OTHER CITIES MAY BE DOING. SO PER SE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM ENVISIONED.
IF THE WORDING WAS SORT OF LEADING TO THAT IDEA THAT WE DID HAVE ONE, THEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT WORDING, BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW OR ESTABLISH FOR YOU, SOME OF WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE, TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS SO THAT COULD IT COULD BE
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ADVISORY IN NATURE.I AM SOMEWHAT SKEPTICAL OF IMPANELING A COMMISSION OF VOLUNTEER LAYPEOPLE TO ENFORCE VARIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS PROVISIONS, PARTICULARLY IF IT WOULD OVERLAP AUTHORITY OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS, WHETHER IT BE AT THE COUNTY OR AT THE STATE LEVELS, AND SO I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL ON WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND, JUST HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
WE WILL COME BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION AND APPRECIATE THAT GUIDING INSIGHT.
THANK YOU, AND YOU WERE INTRODUCED, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WERE GIVEN YOUR NAME.
I'M THE NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER.
SO I'M COMING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON MAYOR'S OFFICE, WHERE I HAVE OVER SEVEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL, IMPLEMENTING A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
I CO-DEVELOPED THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS ACROSS EIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS AREAS, INCLUDING FOR DISABILITY ACCESS, AND THEN THE HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN WE DEVELOPED WAS KEY TO HOUSTON BEING SELECTED AS HOST.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO LEVERAGING THIS EXPERIENCE BOTH WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND OF COURSE, WITH DISABILITY ACCESS TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM LEVEL RESPONSE FOR DALLAS.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I THINK OUR RESPONSE FROM DALLAS WAS ALSO KEY TO US BEING SELECTED AS ONE OF THE WORLD CUP CITIES.
SO, BUT YOU TOUCHED ON A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT THAT UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS UMBRELLA, AS IT WAS IN THE FIFA RFP, IT ENCOMPASSED A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, LGBTQIA RESPONSE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ETC.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIS AND MAYBE NOT SOME OF THESE OTHER COMMITTEES, I THINK THEY STILL SHOULD LIVE, BECAUSE, I MEAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT VETERANS AFFAIRS OR THE DISABILITIES COMMISSION, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT LEGISLATIVE ISSUES FUNDING DIFFERENT AUDIENCES.
SO I COULD SEE THOSE COMMITTEES OR THOSE COMMISSIONS STILL NEEDING TO EXIST SO WE CAN DRILL INTO THOSE, BUT WHEN I GOT THIS MEMO, MY HEAD WENT TO THE BUSINESS CASE AROUND THIS PART OF WHICH WAS FIFA, BUT ALSO OTHER INTERNATIONAL EVENTS THAT MAY COME TO DALLAS THAT WOULD HAVE THIS SORT OF EXPECTATION, AROUND HAVING A PROGRAM AND HAVING A COMMISSION AROUND THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER LEVEL OF COMMITMENT WE COULD SHOW.
I RECALL, MEETING WITH OUR VISIT DALLAS REP IN DC ABOUT SOME PIECES OF BUSINESS THAT COULD COME DALLAS'S WAY ONCE WE HAD A NEW CONVENTION CENTER, AND SOME GROUPS LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT PRACTICES, AND WE KNOW THAT TEXAS HAS SOME PRACTICES THAT ARE OFF PUTTING TO SOME LARGE GROUPS, AND SO I THINK TO THE EXTENT THAT DALLAS CAN SHOW WE ARE COMMITTED TO RIGHTS AROUND, YOU KNOW, HUMAN TRAFFICKING OR ABUSE OR LABOR COULD REALLY HELP STRENGTHEN OUR BUSINESS CASE WHEN THOSE PROPOSALS ARE RESPONDED TO, AND SO I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE TAKING A STEP IN THIS DIRECTION. THANK YOU.
NARVAEZ. DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS? SURE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
SO, CHRIS, WELCOME TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I GOT TO MEET YOU THE OTHER DAY, SO, I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND SO, IT KIND OF HIT ME THAT, AND I TALKED TO OUR CHAIR BEFORE, I WAS ON THIS COMMITTEE, IN THE LAST TERM, AND, WHEN WE DECIDED TO DO A DISABILITY COMMISSION, AND JUST FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW THE HISTORY.
I BROUGHT UP THAT SOUNDS LIKE A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
WHY ARE WE DOING ONE JUST FOR DISABILITY AND NOT HUMAN RIGHTS? AND WE WORKED IT OUT, AND SO IT WAS SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL DO DISABILITY.
SO THANK YOU, CHAIR. BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T WANT A LITTLE QUICK EMAIL JUST SAYING WHERE ARE WE, AND NOW IT'S ON THE AGENDA, AND SO, BUT THIS IS GOOD TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAD ONE UNTIL IT WAS MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY, THAT WE USED TO HAVE ONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID IT DO? WHY DOES IT NOT EXIST ANYMORE?
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AND AGAIN, I DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT BEING FACT.SOME PEOPLE JUST TOLD ME LIKE, YEAH, DALLAS USED TO HAVE ONE.
RIGHT. SO, BUT THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE, ARE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DIVERSITIES, ETHNICITIES, ALL THE, ALL OF THAT, BUT I LIKE EVERYTHING I JUST HEARD, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY LIKE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WHEN IT COMES TO, LIKE, MAYBE ELDER I MEAN, WE HAVE A SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY DEALING WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF, ELDERS.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH, LIKE, THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY AND THE NEEDS FOR ELDERS, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT COULD FALL IN THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ELDER ABUSE. THERE'S ELDERS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.
OBVIOUSLY, IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY, WE HAVE THINGS LIKE HATE CRIMES AND, OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT ALSO PEOPLE WHO GET TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF OR, KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEN RECENTLY WE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WITH, THE GLOBAL TURMOIL THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ADVISORY GROUP TO TALK TO US ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING SO THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, OR TO BE ADVISED ON IT SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT TO DO OR NOT TO DO, IF WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD, IF WE SHOULD NOT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, ASKING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE EXPERT ON THIS.
SOMETHING WE CAN START WITH AS FAR AS THE CITY OF DALLAS GOES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE, AND, EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS WE ADVANCE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED BEFORE WE TAKE TO NEXT STEPS? OKAY. YES.
OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
IT MENTIONS UNDERTAKING A COMPREHENSIVE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT AND LITERATURE REVIEW.
I'M WONDERING IF THE OFFICE OF OEI, WILL BE DOING THAT, OR WILL IT BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? THANK YOU.
OEI WOULD BE LEADING THAT COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND PROBABLY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK IN APRIL, WITH, WHAT WE'VE FOUND THROUGH OUR RESEARCH AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS THOSE POINTS THAT YOU MENTIONED.
THANK YOU ALL. FOR THIS UPDATE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I MEAN, JUST AS IT'S BEEN MENTIONED, THERE'S SEVERAL PLACES WHERE I THINK THERE'S MAYBE AN INTERSECTION. THAT I THINK SHOULD BE LEVERAGED WHEN, CONSIDERING HOW TO, COMPOSE SUCH A COMMISSION, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I SUPPORT, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT WE, ARE GOING TO, I GUESS, SOMEWHAT INCORPORATE SOME OF THE OTHER, LIKE, SENIORS, FOR INSTANCE, I THINK THAT, COUNCILMEMBER NARVAEZ, MENTIONS A GOOD POINT, BUT WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS NOT, PERPETUATE OUR KIND OF WAY OF DOING THINGS IN SILOS, AT THE CITY, IF YOU WILL, AND LEVERAGE SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE DOING WORK WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE, GROUPS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMPOSITION WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT I KNOW THAT ON SEVERAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THERE ARE, BUILT IN REQUIREMENTS FOR A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF, OF THE MEMBERS.
HAVING SOME PRETTY ACTUAL, METRICS IN PLACE FOR REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBERS, WHETHER THAT BE, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZED LABOR, FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS, WHETHER IT BE SOME TYPE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, LAW BACKGROUND, BUT SOME OF THE MEMBERSHIPS TO REQUIRE.
SO IN THE RESEARCH THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US, IF YOU COULD SHOW US SOME BEST PRACTICES IN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES, HOW THE COMPOSITIONS HAVE KIND OF INTERSECTED WITH OTHER, BODIES THAT THEY HAVE APPOINTMENTS ON.
WHAT STAKEHOLDERS, IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE ALSO ENGAGED IN THESE COMMISSIONS.
I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REALLY SEE A COMPREHENSIVE MENU OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, PULL ANY TRIGGERS THAT. THAT'S ALL MY FEEDBACK.
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COMMISSIONS HOW THAT WOULD FOLD IN AS WELL IF WE WERE TO CREATE ONE SORT OF META, COMMISSION OR IF THERE'S SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STRATEGY WITH THAT. SO, SO APRIL, IS THAT WHAT I HEARD, THE APRIL BRIEFING? WE'LL GET A RECOMMENDATION.THE WHOLE WORLD AFFAIRS PIECE IS BRAND NEW.
THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING AND I THINK IMPORTANT.
SO THERE MAY BE OTHER IDEAS LIKE THAT THIS COULD BE ADDRESSING AS WELL.
MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S EXCELLENT.
WE WILL BE SEEKING YOUR INSIGHT FURTHER.
THANK YOU FOR THE NOTES THAT WE'RE TAKING TODAY FROM YOU ALL, AND IF YOU HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO FOLLOW UP WITH, ALSO, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THAT TO THE TEAM SO THAT THEY CAN ADVANCE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS? YES. SO MAYBE JUST A SURVEY TO EACH OF US THAT ASKS THAT QUESTION AS WELL.
THAT'D BE GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OH, I DIDN'T THINK WE'D GET OUT ON TIME, AND IN FACT, IT'S 10:52, AND THAT ENDS THE MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER NOT 1:00.
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I WILL CONFIRM THAT WITH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AL GODFREY AS SOON AS WE GET IT NEEDS TO BE AT 3:30, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION PLAN THAT'S BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY HRNA.
WERE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FORECAST? PLEASE, PLEASE.
SO, NOT HAVING BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE LAST TERM AND GETTING SOME CLARIFICATION THIS MORNING, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ADDED IN THE APPROPRIATE TIME FRAME ABOUT THE WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEM MAPPING THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE DISCUSSED, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CONVENING BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER WORKFORCE INITIATIVES GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. SOMETIMES THEY TARGET DIFFERENT SEGMENTS, DIFFERENT AGE SEGMENTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'RE JUST ALL THESE THINGS OUT THERE, AND I AS WE MOVE TOWARD OUR BUDGETING TIME, ACTUALLY, I GUESS WE'RE IN IT, MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE DUPLICATION OF WHAT'S IN THE MARKETPLACE, AND THAT WE'RE ALSO ADDRESSING GAPS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THEN SECONDLY, JUST GETTING AT OUR MAJOR ISSUE AROUND ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND OUR HOUSING CRISIS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM DISD BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOT SUCH AN AMAZING PROGRAM NOW WITH OVER 100 CHOICE SCHOOLS, WITH THE CAREER INSTITUTES, WITH P-TECH AND H-TECH AND GETTING ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES.
SO I HAVE A FEELING THEY ARE LOOKING AT THIS IN SOME WAY, HOLISTICALLY WITHIN THEIR OWN BODY.
BUT THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT THE WAVES ARE GOING TO START HITTING US, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FACTOR IN THIS KIND OF THINKING WHEN WE ARE MAKING POLICY AROUND HOUSING AND OTHER CATEGORIES, AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, DOCTOR ELIZALDE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ELSE COME IN AND REALLY DIG INTO THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THESE WAVES OF STUDENTS GRADUATING WITH INCREASED CAPABILITY INTO OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE? THANK YOU. I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PLANNING CALENDAR WAS FOR BOTH WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION TO DO A CONVENING TO FIND OUT WHAT ALL OF THE PROVIDERS ARE DOING SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT ACTUALLY ARE THE GAPS AND WHAT SHOULD BE THE ROLE OF THE CITY IN THOSE GAPS.
THE LAST THING ACTUALLY, THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO ME IS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MOVE OUR APRIL 8TH MEETING, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ECLIPSE AND IT'S RIGHT AT THAT TIME, AND SO I THINK IT'S AT THAT TIME, UNLESS IT STARTS IN THE MORNING.
RIGHT, AND SO WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
WE'LL TALK LATER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO IT'S NOW 10:55 AND THAT ENDS OUR MEETING FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.