Feb 21, 2024 Council Briefing

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ERIC L JOHNSON, MAYOR PRO TEM TENNELL ATKINS, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CAROLYN KING ARNOLD.

COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAD WEST, JESSE MORENO.

ZARIN GRACEY.

JAIME RESENDEZ.

OMAR NARVAEZ.

ADAM BAZALDUA.

PAULA BLACKMON.

KATHY STEWART.

JAYNIE SCHULTZ.

CARA MENDELSOHN.

GAY DONNELL WILLIS, PAUL RIDLEY AND CITY MANAGER TK BROADNAX, CITY SECRETARY BILIERAE JOHNSON AND CITY ATTORNEY TAMMY PALOMINO.

[Call to Order]

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

TODAY'S WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024.

THE TIME IS 9:26 A.M., AND I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

TODAY'S INVOCATION, SPEAKER, IS DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN, PASTOR RAYFORD BUTLER.

I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO PASTOR BUTLER FOR OUR INVOCATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD MORNING. LET US PRAY.

OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN.

WE WE COME HUMBLY BEFORE YOU TODAY, ASKING YOU TO ALLOW US TO BE USED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHICH WE WOULD GLORIFY YOU AND GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY.

AND, FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THIS GATHERING.

REMEMBER OUR MAYOR AND A SPECIAL WAY TODAY.

AND WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

NOW ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES.

FLAG FIRST AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.

TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING, SO BEAR WITH ME HERE.

[Special Presentations]

I THINK OUR FIRST ONE, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR YOUR PATIENCE TODAY.

AND, MAYOR, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY WITH OUR DISTRICTS.

AND SO I WOULD SAY I SEE ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS, BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, WE DID WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A FLASHBACK WITH THE CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE AND THE I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION, AND WE HAVE THIS MORNING.

I HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PRESENT, AND WE WILL WE WILL SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION.

BUT I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION MEMBERS WHEN THE AUDIENCE AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAVE TO US MR..

DAVE RIDLEY CHUCK WALKER THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR..

IRA MELILLO, WHO IS OUR GOLF PRO AT CEDAR CREST AND ALSO PGA MEMBER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF NORTH TEXAS PGA AND A CO-FOUNDER OF.

I AM A GOLFER THAT'S INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH THAT'S TRANSFORMING AND TRANSITIONING OUR YOUTH SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME MORE ENGAGED NOT ONLY JUST WITH GOLF, IT'S JUST THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE PERSON AND STRENGTHENING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT HUB AND OF COURSE, THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORK.

AND WE KNOW THAT WE JUST HAD A GREAT VISIT, IF YOU WILL, AN EVENT AND PAST NOVEMBER FOR THE PROFESSIONAL PGA WITH THE HBCU AND OTHER COLLEGIATE ATHLETES WHO ARE RIGHT HERE IN OUR GREAT CITY.

SO JUST QUICKLY, WHEREAS CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE, CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE HAS PARTNERED WITH THE I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018, IS CONTINUING TO BE DEDICATED TO SUPPORT RENEWAL IN SOUTHERN DALLAS THROUGH ITS EFFORTS TO PROGRAM, PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE HISTORIC CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 650 YOUTH AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMING AT CEDAR CREST, NEARLY 100 PAID INTERNSHIPS FOR LOCAL STUDENTS, AND HAVE AWARDED MORE THAN $200,000 IN COLLEGE AND HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS, WHEREAS THE CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH NIKE, HOSTED THE MADE TO PLAY DAY WHERE WE HAD OVER 450 ATTENDEES.

THEY ALSO HOSTED THE INAUGURAL SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SOUTHWEST AT CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE TOURNAMENT IN NOVEMBER 2023.

CEDAR CREST HAS CONTINUED TO HOST TRAILBLAZERS AND LEGENDS DINNER THAT HIGHLIGHTS PIONEERS OF GOLF DIVERSITY SUCH AS CHARLES SIFFORD, AARON

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WHEREAS THE GOLF CHANNEL AIRED EIGHT TOTAL BROADCASTS WITH MORE THAN 24 HOURS OF COVERAGE OF THE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SHOWCASE AT CEDAR CREST, IT AVERAGED MORE THAN 30,000 VIEWS PER MINUTE.

WHEREAS THE DALLAS PARKS, RECREATION AND STAFF HAS CONTINUED TO BE A STAUNCH ALLY AND RESOURCE TO CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE AND THE I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION. THE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SHOWCASE WAS ATTENDED BY DIRECTOR JENKINS, JOHN JENKINS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CRYSTAL ROSS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JOHN LAWRENCE, AND THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS, OF COURSE, DISTRICT FOUR HARRISON BLAIR, DANIEL WOOD AND MR. HUERTA. THE 1927 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AT CEDAR CREST REMAINS THE SOLE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP EVER PLAYED ON A CITY OF DALLAS COURSE.

THE COURSE HAS PROVIDED ACCESS TO GOLF TO A HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY FOR OVER A CENTURY, AND REMAINS THE PREMIER GOLF COURSE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.

SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT FOUR.

PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND OF COURSE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE CEDARCREST GOLF COURSE FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO GROW THE GAME OF GOLF THROUGH EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

A MOUTHFUL, BUT THEY'RE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB AT CEDARCREST WITH THE I AM A GOLFER FOUNDATION MAYOR, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL PROUD OF THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU OUT THERE WITH THE GOLF CLUBS AND DO AND GET A LITTLE TRAINING IN THERE, BUT THANK YOU.

IF YOU ALL WOULD JUST GIVE THEM SOME SUPPORT FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

ALL RIGHT. SO, MAYOR, I'M GOING TO LET YOU I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO MAKE THE CALL.

DO YOU WANT TO STAND? AND THEY CAN COME AND TAKE A PICTURE IN FRONT OF US RIGHT QUICK.

SO, YEAH, ANOTHER QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.

OKAY. COME INSIDE HERE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP.

THANK YOU MA'AM. OH NO PROBLEM Y'ALL.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

JAYNIE. RIGHT HERE FOR ME, PLEASE.

ONE, TWO. D4.

PAWN TO D4.

GOT YOU. THANK YOU. I GUESS THE GUY DRINKING THE KOOL-AID.

AS I SAID, HE SAID THAT I WAS LIKE HE SAID.

I SAID BEFORE I WAS LIKE, OKAY, Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO PLAY THAT TODAY.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, OF COURSE.

THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS PART OF THE COUNCIL MEETING WHERE I KNOW WE WANT TO HELP THEM GET TO THE BUSINESS.

BUT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, AND I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU WILL.

MR. GREG ELLIS WOULD COME TO THE MICROPHONE SO THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE BUT ALSO APPRECIATE AND, AND SALUTE THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT.

WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH MR. GREG ELLIS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE PROBABLY.

WHAT AGE WOULD THAT BE? 45 AND OLDER, PROBABLY.

REMEMBER MR. GREG ELLIS AS A MEMBER OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MR. GREG ELLIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HERE AT THE CITY OF DALLAS AS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS.

AND HE'S BECAUSE OF HIS WORK AND HIS COMMITMENT, IT JUST KIND OF NATURALLY TIED INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING AS AS A CITY.

AND SO I THINK HE FIRST CAME TO DALLAS WITH HIS MOVIE ON CARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

AND JUST THE AWARENESS OF WHAT YOUTH GO THROUGH AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CITY AS PART OF THE THE LANDSCAPE IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH. BUT HE HAS A NUMBER OF OTHER DOCUMENTARIES AND WORK THAT HE'S COMMITTED THAT TIES IN WITH OUR EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND AWARENESS.

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AND NOW HE HAS A DOCUMENTARY THAT WILL ADDRESS SOME OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON AS A CITY AS WE ATTACK, DEVELOP, PROGRAMING AROUND HEALTH AND AWARENESS AWARENESS. SO I DID WANT HIM TO COME THIS MORNING TO JUST SHARE WITH US.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE KNOW THAT WITH YOUR NEW JOB THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU MAY NOT BE HERE FOR THE MAY EVENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WITH US ON, BUT YOU CAN JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. AND WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE.

THANK YOU, THANK THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR JOHNSON, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME STAGE MAYOR DEPUTY PRO TEM ARNOLD.

THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS.

AND THANK ALL OF YOU AS LEADERS OF THIS GREAT CITY OF DALLAS.

MENTAL HEALTH IS A GROWING ISSUE NOT JUST HERE IN DALLAS, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND EVEN ACROSS THE WORLD.

AND SO WE STARTED A NONPROFIT.

IT'S CALLED GETTING MY HELP.

BASICALLY, WE WANT TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET THE NECESSARY HELP FOR ANY KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER THAT THEY MAY BE DEALING WITH.

ALONG WITH THAT, WE ARE WORKING WITH DALLAS CITY PARK AND REC AS WELL TO PUT ON A WALKATHON IN MAY, AND THAT'S WHAT DEPUTY PRO TEM WAS TALKING ABOUT.

SO MAY 4TH, WE WILL BE DOING A WALKATHON HERE IN DALLAS.

THAT THE PARK IS SUGAR.

WHAT IS IT? HEELS? WELL, I WON'T MISS IT.

RELEASE AND RELEASE.

THE NAME OF THAT YET? YEAH.

SO JUST FORGET THAT PART.

BUT IT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WE'RE WE'RE CHALLENGED TO DO 98 DIFFERENT CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS HERE IN DALLAS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE.

SO TO START OFF HERE IN, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS WE HAVE A APP.

IT'S CALLED GETTING MY HELP APP.

SO FEEL FREE TO DOWNLOAD THAT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT BRINGING AWARENESS TO MENTAL HEALTH.

SOME OF THE ANDROID AND APPLE PLATFORM.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A MOVIE MAYOR PRO TEM TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND SOME OF YOU EVEN CAME OUT A COUPLE OF MAYBE A MONTH OR TWO AGO TO SEE A ROUGH SCREENING OF THAT FILM.

AND WE HAVE A PAY IT FORWARD PLATFORM FOR THAT.

AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HELP SUPPORT.

SO WHEN THE MOVIE DOES GO TO THEATERS, YOU KNOW, IT CAN GO NATIONWIDE.

MENTAL HEALTH IS A DEFINITELY GROWING EPIDEMIC.

AND THE TIMES THAT WE LIVE IN THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING AWARE OF IT AND TAKING ACTION FOR IT.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ON MAY 4TH THAT EVERYBODY IN HERE IS OUT THERE WALKING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANTED TO, BUT HE MAY BE TOO TALL TO STAND IN FRONT OF US.

I DON'T KNOW, WE COULD STAND UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? OH, YEAH. OF COURSE. OKAY. YOU WANT TO COME DOWN REAL FAST ONCE YOU GET ON THE FIELD WITH HIS NEW JOB WITH THAT DEFENSIVE COACH HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND AND SEE US.

YES. SO NEW JOB WITH THE COWBOYS.

SO. SO EVERYBODY IN HERE ARE COWBOY FANS.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

HOW ARE WE GOING? COME ON DOWN.

WE'LL GET A PHOTOGRAPH.

I GUESS WE WON'T BE BY YOURSELF.

I GUESS. I GUESS WE. GET RIGHT DOWN THERE.

ARE YOU GOING? CAROLYN'S COMING DOWN.

COME DOWN JUST TO THE LEFT.

WELL, IS IT GOING TO BE FINE? CAROLYN'S GOING DOWN.

TO THE LEFT. SO YOU BLOCK EVERYBODY? YEAH. I'D RATHER HAVE THAT.

LET'S SEE. OKAY.

YOU GOOD, YOU GOOD. YOU GUYS READY? HERE WE GO.

GOT YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY WE LOST.

ALRIGHT IS EVERYBODY'S GETTING BACK TO THEIR SEATS.

MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.

[Open Microphone Speakers (Part 1 of 2)]

THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW HEAR ITS FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

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FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON.

FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

INDIVIDUALS ARE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

PLEASE STOP FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.

I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR COMMENTS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME.

PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON ONLY YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, MARISHA BROWN HAMILTON STREET.

WHEN? MR..

STREET. HE SAID TO ME NOW.

THANK. GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR ELECT.

I WAS WRONGFULLY TERMINATED FROM THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WHILE WORKING THERE FOR 27 YEARS.

I WAS PAID LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE THERE, WHILE OTHER EMPLOYEES DOING THE SAME WORK GOT MORE SALARY THAN MYSELF.

I FILED A LAWSUIT WITHIN MAY 20TH 20TH MARCH 2022 THAT DID NOT BECAME PUBLIC TO THE MEDIA AND UNDER JUDGE MAGISTRATE IRMA CARRILLO RAMIREZ DENIED ALL JUDICATION AGAINST MY CASE AND I HAVE NO RETIREMENT. NO.

457 PLAN.

THOSE ARE BEING WITHHELD AND UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF RETIREMENT SYSTEM WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU ARE WRONGFULLY TERMINATED.

EMPLOYEE MUST BE REINSTATED BY THE COURT.

AND UNDER JUDGE IRMA CARRILLO.

RAMIREZ DENIED THOSE RULINGS.

AND I HAVE NO MEDICAL NO DENTAL INSURANCE.

AND I NEED THOSE THINGS TO BE REINSTATED BECAUSE THAT IS PREREQUISITE BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND FOR MY WELL-BEING, FOR MY HEALTH, FOR MY DENTAL, AND FOR ANYTHING THAT IS GOING ON WITH ME.

THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND I WAS WRONGFULLY.

WRONGFULLY. EVERYTHING WENT WRONG WITH THE CASE UNDER JUDGE BECAUSE SHE HAD NO RULING FOR ME.

SHE DID NOT EVEN WANT TO MEET WITH ANY OTHER LAWYERS TO LET THEM DO MY CASE.

SHE MICROMANAGED THE CASE AND I HAD RULE OF LAW WITHIN HER JUDGMENT WERE NOT FOLLOWED.

SO I NEED MY RETIREMENT FROM THE STATE STATES OF TEXAS AND MY 457 PLAN THAT IS BEING WITHHELD.

I HAVE NO INCOME.

I AM HOMELESS NOW AT THE BRIDGE.

PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS BEING CHANGED TO PUBLIC HOUSING OR SECTION EIGHT, AND I'VE BEEN THERE NOW FOR TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS, AND THAT IS TOO LONG.

AND I HAVE BEEN NOT TREATED FAIRLY THERE.

I AM ONLY SNOW FOR EIGHT YEARS BECAUSE OF THE WRONGFUL TERMINATION DISCRIMINATION WITHIN OIG.

I NEED MY BACK PAYMENT AND MY BACK SALARY.

THAT NEED TO BE OBTAINED TO AND REWARDED TO MAURICIO.

I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, ROBERT CECCARELLI.

ROBERT CHURCH. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS, AND I'M THIS IS THE WORST THING.

I HAVE TO TALK TO THE CITY COUNCIL RIGHT NOW.

I SENT YOU ALL EMAILS, I WAS ASSAULTED, I AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON OF A COLD KILLER FROM HOUSTON.

I'M THE CITY LICENSED BOARDING HOME.

I WROTE TO ALL OF YOU.

PROBABLY 12 OF YOU. NONE OF YOU EVER WROTE BACK TO TELL ME HOW I WAS OR ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I WAS EXPECTING SOME PEOPLE TO WRITE ABOUT WHAT CAN BE PLANNED.

THE THESE LICENSED BOARDING HOMES.

ALL YOU NEED IS MONEY TO GET IN.

I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE COED BOARDING HOMES YOU'RE ALLOWED ONE RAPIST.

I REPEAT, ONE RAPIST THAT IS ALLOWED THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT.

THEY'RE GOING TO THE BOARDING HOMES.

OKAY, NOW YOU TAKE.

THAT'S A COLD, HARD FACT.

I WAS THIS GUY WAS MY ROOMMATE.

HE WAS FACING 50 YEARS ON PAROLE IN HOUSTON.

HE'S LOCKED UP LOOSE. DERRICK.

PAROLE VIOLATION.

I GAVE YOU HIS NAME.

YOU SHOULD HAVE LOOKED HIM UP.

NOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY IS, PLEASE SPEAK UP.

IF I'M. IF I'M. IF YOU.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE YOU KEEP ON COVERING UP ABOUT MYSELF AND.

I AM JUST STARTLED AND JUST SHOCKED THAT YOU ACCEPT THIS.

I WAS THIS CLOSE TO GETTING KILLED.

RIGHT IN THE RIGHT, IN THE HEART.

PEOPLE SEEMED SURPRISED.

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HE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BURNING HOMES AND NO NAMES.

PLEASE. OKAY. I'M SORRY.

I'M GOING TO. I'M GIVING THE INFORMATION, BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST.

I'M JUST I GET NIGHTMARES, I BEGGED, I WAS ON MY KNEES TO BEG FOR HIM, NOT TO HURT ME.

I CAME SO CLOSE TO GETTING KILLED, MAN.

WHY DIDN'T YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH ME? NOBODY DID.

WHY? IT SEEMS LIKE YOU CARE ABOUT A FIRE.

EXTINGUISHERS ARE NOT SMOKING IN A BOARDING HOME.

MORE THAN MORE THAN HAVING THE SAFETY OF THE BOARDING HOMES.

I REPEAT, YOU CAN HIDE YOURSELF AND RUN IN A BOARDING HOME.

ALL YOU NEED IS MONEY. NO ID, NO NOTHING.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO COME HERE.

BUT NOBODY CAME TO ME ABOUT THIS.

NOBODY WROTE.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T GET IT. I DON'T GET IT, MAN.

I DON'T GET IT. REALLY.

IF I READ THE EMAIL THAT I WROTE TO YOU, THIS PLACE WOULD BE ON FIRE.

MAN. DO YOU ALLOW ANYBODY IN THE BOARDING HOMES BECAUSE THERE IS NO ID? THE GREATEST HIDING PLACE.

NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THIS GUY.

HE WAS FACED 50 YEARS, CHANNEL 26, IN HOUSTON CITY.

HE'S A COLD BLOODED KILLER.

HE CAME OUT IN 2016 WITH THE REST 600 OTHER PEOPLE MASS MURDERERS, RAPISTS.

HE WAS ONE OF THEM.

AND THIS HAS TO STOP.

SO THIS REALLY GOT ME BY SURPRISE.

ONE MORE THING BEFORE I GO.

AT THE END OF THE MONTH, IT'S GOING TO BE 500 HOMELESS PEOPLE GOING TO BE ON THE STREETS BECAUSE NEPAL CUT OFF THEIR FUNDING AT THE BOARDING HOMES.

NEPAL CUT OFF THE FUNDING, JUST GAVE THE INFORMATION TO THEM.

THEY GOT TWO WEEKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HOPE I HEAR FROM YOU.

OKAY. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME.

I ALMOST GOT KILLED.

THANK YOU, MARK FLEMING.

PLEASE DO IT.

OKAY, MISTER, WE NEED YOU TO UNMUTE, MA'AM.

WE SEE YOU, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

YOU MAY CONTINUE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CITY SECRETARY.

MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS WORDS TO THE DALLAS COMMUNITY.

ON OCTOBER THE 10TH.

ON OCTOBER 7TH, MEMBERS OF HAMAS IN GAZA AND THEIR SUPPORTERS STOLE, MURDERED, RAPED, BURNED ALIVE AND BEHEADED BABIES.

THE VICTIMS WERE INNOCENT ISRAELI CIVILIANS.

HAMAS CONTINUES TO HOLD HOSTAGES TODAY IN GAZA.

120 DAYS LATER, HAMAS IS A US DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

LAST OCTOBER, YOU SAID YOU WANTED, QUOTE, MORAL CLARITY TO A SITUATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO THINK WOULD BE CLEAR TO EVERYONE, BUT ISN'T APPARENTLY END QUOTE. IT'S UNCLEAR TO SOME ON DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WHOSE RESOLUTION SUPPORTS A, QUOTE, EXIT STRATEGY FOR ALL INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN GAZA, END QUOTE. WHO ARE THE INNOCENT IN GAZA? WOULD IT BE THE GAZANS WHO KEPT WEAPONS IN A BABY CRIB, IN THEIR HOME, OR AT HOSPITALS, OR THE OWNERS OF HOMES WHERE THE ISRAELI HOSTAGES WERE RECENTLY RESCUED? OR THE 10% OF GAZANS ON THE UN STAFF WHO TOOK PART IN HAMAS ATROCITIES, MAYBE THE GAZANS WHOSE CHILDREN'S BEDROOMS LED TO THE MILES OF TERRORIST TUNNELS BELOW.

THE ONLY INNOCENT IN GAZA ARE BABIES TOO YOUNG TO LEARN HATRED FOR JEWS THAT IS TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS.

OUR FIRST AMENDMENT ALLOWS COUNCIL TO HEAR THE LIES COMING FROM HAMAS SUPPORTERS HERE IN DALLAS.

I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE PROPAGANDA NOW THAT EGYPT IS BUILDING A WALL TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS FROM GAZANS WHO SUPPORT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, ANOTHER TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, KNOW THAT IT IS JEW HATRED AND MEANS THE ELIMINATION OF ISRAEL, THE ONLY DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND OUR ALLY AGAINST THE INTOLERANCE THAT YOU SEE IN MUSLIM MAJORITY COUNTRIES OPPRESSING CHRISTIANS, WOMEN AND OTHERS.

ANY SUPPORT OF HAMAS, WHICH INCLUDES OVER 85% OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, IS AMORAL.

HAMAS USES HUMAN SHIELDS, WHICH VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW.

HAMAS DOES NOT REPRESENT DALLAS TOLERANCE AND EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW.

ANY MORAL PERSON WOULD CONCLUDE THAT HAMAS AND ITS SUPPORTERS ARE IMMORAL AND NOT WORTHY OF ANY DALLAS CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS.

PALESTINIANS VIEW THEMSELVES AS VICTIMS AND BLAME ISRAEL WHEN THEY ELECT TERRORISTS FOR THEIR LEADERS.

IT'S A BAD STRATEGY.

DON'T YOU BE FOOLED BY IT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

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THERE YOU GO. MY NAME IS MIRIAM SHARMA AND I'M A DALLAS COUNTY RESIDENT LIVING IN DISTRICT NINE.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU DO EVERY DAY ON THIS COUNCIL.

I'M A MOTHER OF THREE, A REGISTERED NURSE AND AN ADVOCATE FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION IS SCHEDULED TO HOLD THEIR ANNUAL CONVENTION HERE ON CITY OF DALLAS PROPERTY AT THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER IN MAY.

YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THAT FIREARMS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND MORE THAN 26,000 AMERICANS DIED BY GUN SUICIDE IN 2021, MANY OF THOSE BEING VETERANS.

MAY 6TH, 2024 MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING AT THE OUTLET MALL IN ALLEN, TEXAS, WHERE NINE PEOPLE, INCLUDING AN 11 YEAR OLD, EIGHT YEAR OLD AND A THREE YEAR OLD WERE SHOT AND KILLED WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE.

MAY 18TH, THE SECOND DAY OF THE SCHEDULED NRA CONVENTION, MARKED SIX YEARS SINCE THE MASS SHOOTING IN SANTA FE, TEXAS, WHERE TEN PEOPLE, INCLUDING EIGHT STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 17, WERE SHOT AND KILLED WITH A 12 GAUGE, 12 GAUGE REMINGTON 870 SHOTGUN AND A ROSSI 38 CALIBER SNUBNOSED REVOLVER.

MAY 24TH.

THIS YEAR MARKS TWO YEARS SINCE THE MASS SHOOTING IN UVALDE, TEXAS, WHERE 22 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 19 CHILDREN THAT WERE NINE, TEN AND 11 YEARS OLD AND ALL IN FOURTH GRADE, LIKE MY OLDEST DAUGHTER IS NOW, WERE SHOT AND KILLED WITH A DANIEL DEFENSE M4 CARBINE.

DANIEL DEFENSE HAS A HISTORY OF MARKETING THEIR MILITARY GRADE FIREARMS TO THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 ON THE NRA CONVENTION WEBSITE.

NRA EHMCKE.

ORG ATTENDEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY, INCLUDING THEIR CHILDREN, UNDER 18, STATING THEY WILL BE ALLOWED FREE ENTRANCE TO AND I QUOTE EXPLORE PRODUCTS FROM EVERY MAJOR FIREARM COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY.

THE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT LIMITING ACCESS TO GUNS THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEANS, SUCH AS SECURELY STORING FIREARMS AND ENSURING BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE COMPLETED APPROPRIATELY DECREASES HOMICIDES AND SUICIDES.

JUST LIKE WE KNOW THAT ALLOWING CHILDREN ACCESS TO SUGAR INCREASES THEIR RISK OF OBESITY.

WE KNOW THAT ALLOWING CHILDREN TO FIRE ACCESS TO ALLOWING CHILDREN ACCESS TO FIREARMS INCREASES THEIR RISK OF INJURY AND DEATH.

WE KNOW THAT ALLOWING SUICIDAL PATIENTS ACCESS TO FIREARMS INCREASES THEIR RISK OF DEATH.

WE KNOW THAT GUNS KEPT IN THE HOME ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF HOMICIDE BY A FAMILY MEMBER OR INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE, AND DO NOT CONFER PROTECTION AS GUN MANUFACTURERS WOULD LIKE CONSUMERS TO BELIEVE.

I CAN PROVIDE REFERENCES UPON REQUEST.

THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, FUNDED IN PART BY GUN MANUFACTURERS, HAS WORKED TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF COMMON SENSE GUN LEGISLATION THAT WOULD DECREASE DEATH AND INJURY.

I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A MOTHER, AS A NURSE, AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, WONDERING WHY YOU WOULD ALLOW AN ORGANIZATION WHO HAS BLOCKED LIFE SAVING LEGISLATION AND MARKETS FIREARMS TO CHILDREN TO HOLD THEIR CONVENTION ON CITY PROPERTY.

IN 2016, THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO BAN AN EROTICA EXPO FROM BEING HELD, AND THE FORMER MAYOR'S WORDS WERE I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS EVENT IS GOOD FOR OUR CITY'S BRAND.

PLEASE READ OUT TO ME.

BE SMART WITH ME.

DALLAS AT GMAIL.COM.

I WOULD WELCOME AN OPEN DIALOG.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SANDRA CRENSHAW.

SANDRA CRENSHAW IS NOT PRESENT.

FREDDY DELGADO.

FREDDY DELGADO.

SORRY IT TAKES SO LONG. GOOD MORNING.

FREDDY DELGADO. I'M HERE TODAY.

JUST SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ONGOING THING, MAN, AND I'VE COMPLAINED.

I'VE. I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I WAS SUPPOSED TO.

I'VE TALKED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE DOWN AT ANIMAL CONTROL DALLAS POLICE, AND THEY STILL KEEP BLOWING ME OFF.

SUNDAY EVENING I WENT OUT TO GET MY PLANTS AND STUFF AND BRING THEM IN BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO GET COLD.

AND AS I WALKED OUT, YOU KNOW, I HAD THREE PIT BULLS, FULL GROWN PIT BULLS THERE, THE NEIGHBOR'S DOGS.

NOW, THEY ATTACKED ME IN MY YARD AGAIN.

NOW, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME.

NOW, WHENEVER THE POLICE CAME OUT, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME TO MY HOUSE.

INSTEAD, THEY WENT OVER TO THE NEIGHBORS AND THEY LISTENED TO THEM LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO.

JUST LISTEN TO ALL THEIR STORIES.

AND THEN THEY WERE TELLING THEM THAT I HAD MY GUN OUT, AND I WAS SHOOTING AND MY GUN.

AND THEN I WENT DOWN THERE TO THEIR HOUSE, THREATENING THEM AND THE DOGS AND EVERYTHING.

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YOU KNOW AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, THE DOGS BIT ME IN THE ARMS AND LEGS, BACK OF MY LEGS, ON MY ASS, ON MY BACK.

YOU KNOW, I HADN'T WENT TO THE ER YESTERDAY AND YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO GET WITH Y'ALL ON THIS MAN, AND THEN THE OFFICERS COME OUT THERE AND RUN THEIR MOUTHS TO ME AND TELL ME THEY SAID THAT.

OH, WELL, THIS IS AN ONGOING THING.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HISTORY WITH HIM.

HE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE LIKE ALMOST A DOZEN OFFICERS THERE, BUT YET THEY SAID IT WASN'T IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO CALL ANIMAL CONTROL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF SCREWED UP.

YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH 911 JUST TO GET ANIMAL CONTROL OUT THERE.

IT DIDN'T USED TO BE LIKE THAT BACK IN THE DAY.

NOW THIS IS LIKE I SAID, THIS ISN'T A COUPLE OF WEEKS, A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THIS IS YEARS OF THIS FROM 25, 11, 25, 17 TO 25, 21.

ALL THOSE THREE HOUSES WITH THEIR DOGS ALWAYS AT MY HOUSE.

Y'ALL DON'T DO A DAMN THING ABOUT IT.

BUT YET Y'ALL TELL ME I CAN'T SHOOT A DOG.

BY LAW.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN ANIMAL OR SOMEONE COMING ONTO YOUR PREMISES AND STUFF AND IT'S THREATENING YOU, OR IT'S A THREAT TO YOUR TO YOUR LIFE AS WELL AS YOUR, YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR DOMESTICATED ANIMALS, YOUR LIVESTOCK, ANY THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHOOT THAT ANIMAL.

BUT YET THEY'RE TELLING ME I CAN'T, BUT YET I'M.

I'M TORE UP BECAUSE OF THE DAMN DOGS.

AND YET THEY ARE GOING TO SAY BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY THEY HAVE WITH ME.

I'M ALWAYS COMING OUT AND I THEY GOT MAD BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME, WELL, GET OFF YOUR ASS.

PAY ATTENTION MAN.

YOU SAY IT'S A HISTORY COMING OUT HERE.

PAY ATTENTION. HOW MANY TIMES IS THAT HISTORY THAT YOU HAD TO COME OUT FOR THE SAME REASON? AND YET YOU WANT TO CHARGE ME AND TELL ME THAT I'M SHOOTING MY GUN OUT THERE? I HAD MY GUN OUT THERE.

THAT'S A DEFAMATION CHARGE.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, THAT WAS FALSE.

FALSE ALLEGATIONS THAT THEY MADE ON THE POLICE REPORT.

I WANT THE LANDLORD'S ASS, NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORS.

NOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I'M SORRY FOR BEING SUCH AN ASS TODAY, MAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TODAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR FIRST FIVE OPEN MICROPHONE REGISTER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR VOTING AGENDA.

THANK YOU. YOUR FIRST VOTING ITEM, AGENDA ITEM ONE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 19TH, 2024 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, JANUARY 31ST, 2024 SPECIAL

[1. 24-378 Approval of Minutes of the January 19, 2024 Special Called Meeting, January 31, 2024 Special Called Meeting, and February 7, 2024 City Council Meeting]

IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? THIS IS THE MINUTES SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM PLEASE.

AGENDA ITEM TWO IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[2. 24-458 Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]

NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION.

DIANA EINSTEIN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

MISS EINSTEIN MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

LAUREL STONE IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

MISS STONE MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD.

DAVID ELLIS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.

DEREK GAY IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.

MR. GAY MEETS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIAL SPECIAL QUALIFICATION AND ALSO TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.

JOHN GUEST IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

MR. RIDLEY MEETS THE ARCHITECT SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD.

KIMBERLY SIMS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

MISS SIMS MEETS THE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK COMMUNITY SPECIAL QUALIFICATION AND TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION.

WENDELL TANNER IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? EYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM PLEASE.

MR. MAYOR, YOUR BRIEFINGS CONTINUE.

[A. 24-493 Fleet Management Update]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD MORNING.

MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL.

THE FIRST BRIEFING TODAY AS STAFF WALKS UP WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT, DONZELL GIBSON, AND HIS TEAM.

THEY WILL BE UPDATING YOU ON MAJOR INITIATIVES BEING OVERSEEN AND COORDINATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT.

WITHIN THE BRIEFING, DONZELL WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTING PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAP. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DONZELL AND HIS TEAM TO GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU TC. GOOD MORNING.

I'M DONZELL GIBSON. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING THE PRESENTERS FOR TODAY.

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HE'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR BUSINESS.

I MEAN BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND VINCENT OLSEN, HE IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR FIELD OPERATIONS.

THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION SLIDES TODAY, AND THEN WE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END.

MATT, YOU WANT TO GET STARTED? GOOD MORNING.

OKAY. THIS SECTION WILL COVER ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CAP GOALS.

AS A DEPARTMENT, WE'VE BEEN BUSY MAKING PROGRESS WITH PURCHASES, PLANNING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, FINALIZING CONTRACTS WITH FORD FOR CHARGING EQUIPMENT AND FOR CHARGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, AND COMPLETING TRAINING FOR OUR TECHNICIANS ON ELECTRIC VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.

TO DATE, WE HAVE PURCHASED 112 ELECTRIC VEHICLES, OF WHICH 56 HAVE BEEN DELIVERED, WITH 2529 ASSIGNED TO DEPARTMENTS.

THE ADDITIONAL 56 ARE PENDING DELIVERY.

AND PICTURED HERE IS A MATRIX OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

TO THE RIGHT ARE THE LEVEL TWO SLOW CHARGERS AND THE LEVEL THREE FAST CHARGER, A LEVEL THREE FAST CHARGERS PROVIDED BY FORD THAT WE WILL BE INSTALLING AT EACH LOCATION.

WORKING WITH BUILDING SERVICES AND ONCOR, WE HAVE PICKED OUT LOCATIONS, WE ARE FINALIZING DESIGNS, AND WE HAVE ORDERED THE REQUISITE TRANSFORMERS TO ENSURE WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE POWER SUPPLY AT EACH LOCATION.

SO NEXT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH ONCOR TO ENSURE WE HAVE OUR TRANSFORMERS SECURED AND CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE SO THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE EV ASSIGNMENTS AT ALL LOCATIONS, AND WE CAN ACCOMMODATE FOR GROWTH WITH NEW EV PURCHASES COMING IN.

ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE FUNDING AVENUES THROUGH GRANTS FOR BOTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND VEHICLE PURCHASES.

AND LASTLY, WE WILL LOOK AT VEHICLE USAGE DATA ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS TO DETERMINE WHERE THE BEST FIT FOR EV REPLACEMENTS WILL BE.

THIS NEXT SECTION WILL COVER OUR GPS REDEPLOYMENT.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE RECEIVED FUNDING TO EXPAND THE CITY'S GPS PLATFORM, WORKING WITH OUR CUSTOM DEPARTMENTS AND OUR VENDOR, CAL AMP.

WE HAVE INSTALLED OVER 2000 GPS DEVICES SINCE DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, BRINGING OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE GPS UNITS TO 2500.

OUR VENDOR, CAL AMP, PROVIDES AN ENTERPRISE GPS SOLUTION THROUGH THEIR CLOUD BASED PLATFORM IRON, THAT COMMUNICATES TO THE HARDWARE INSTALLED IN EACH VEHICLE.

AND THROUGH THIS PLATFORM, WE ARE ABLE TO GET REAL TIME DATA WHICH INCLUDES TELEMATICS, MILEAGE, ENGINE HOURS, FAULT CODES, AND DRIVER ALERTS.

OUR CUSTOMERS ARE USING THE PLATFORM TO OVERLAY GEOFENCES, EVALUATE ROUTES, IDENTIFY DRIVERS THROUGH RFID BADGE READERS WHICH ARE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR CITY OF DALLAS ID BADGES AND MONITOR DRIVER BEHAVIOR.

WORKING WITH DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, WE HAVE INSTALLED TEMP SENSORS IN ANIMAL TRANSPORT VANS THAT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE MOVES OUTSIDE A PREDETERMINED SAFE RANGE, IT SENDS AN ALERT THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

AND LASTLY, WE ARE INTRODUCING A PRE AND POST TRIP CHECKLIST FOR OPERATORS TO ENSURE THAT THE VEHICLE IS MEETING SAFETY STANDARDS BEFORE AND AFTER EACH TRIP, AND THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO FILL OUT THROUGH THE PLATFORM.

AND HERE'S JUST A GRAPHIC TO SHOW HOW THE HARDWARE INSTALLED IN EACH VEHICLE COMMUNICATES TO THE CLOUD, AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT OUTPUT OF DATA.

TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THIS DATA, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING AN API BETWEEN ION AND OUR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN FIVE.

AND THIS WILL FURTHER EXPAND OUR REPORTING CAPABILITIES IN BOTH SYSTEMS AND ALLOW US TO MAKE DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS.

SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR GPS IN THE FY 25 PLANNED BUDGET, WE HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING TO INSTALL GPS DEVICES ON THE REMAINING GENERAL GENERAL FUND FLEET, WHICH IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 6500 VEHICLES.

AND ONCE THE API I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IS LIVE AND THE SYSTEMS ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, WE WILL BEGIN USING THAT DATA TO EXPAND OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE FORECASTING. AND THIS WILL HELP SUPPORT DALLAS FIRE AND RESCUE AND OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT USERS THAT HAVE INSTALLED GPS.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A YEAR'S WORTH OF USAGE DATA AND AN EXPANDED SAMPLE SIZE, WE WILL BE BEGIN CONDUCTING VEHICLE UTILIZATION STUDIES.

ALL RIGHT. IN THIS SECTION, WE'LL COVER OUR USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CAP GOALS.

IF THEN PARTNERS WITH THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TO APPLY FOR GRANTS SUPPORTING ALTERNATIVE FUEL OPTIONS.

IN ADDITION TO ELECTRONIC VEHICLES, COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS AND RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS IS CURRENTLY THE MOST WIDELY USED, COST EFFICIENT AND

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WITH THIS IN MIND, WE HAVE SECURED A CONTRACT WITH ECO ENGINEERS TO HELP WITH A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF AN RNG STUDY.

YOU CAN. ECO ENGINEERS WILL HELP THE CITY DEVELOP SPECIFICATIONS FOR PROCUREMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEVERAGING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS.

AND HERE PICTURED YOU'LL SEE SOME.

FAMILIAR FACES.

THIS IS US RECEIVING THE GOLD AWARD BY THE CLEAN CITIES COALITION FOR THE THIRD YEAR, CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN A ROW.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO VINCE OLSEN.

THANK YOU, MATT, AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

I'M GOING TO START THIS OFF ON SLIDE 20 TALKING ABOUT CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING TO BRING FORWARD A RENEWAL OF OUR VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASING MASTER AGREEMENT.

THIS MASTER AGREEMENT WAS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AS IT TAKES A COLLECTION OF CO-OPS AND QUALIFIED VENDORS AND GIVES US A SPAN OF TIME, WHICH WE CAN INTERACT WITH THESE TO GET THE ASSETS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

DURING COVID, POST COVID SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, AND EVEN SOME OF THE STRIKES, THE LABOR STRIKES WE SAW IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, CAN CREATE A PROBLEM GETTING SOME OF THESE ASSETS AND HAVING THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE HELPED US PIVOT, AND IT ALSO HELPED US BE PROACTIVE IN FINDING ASSETS WHEN WE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE SHORTAGES AFTER STRIKES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO YOU GUYS HERE PRETTY PRETTY SOON.

THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT A FIVE YEAR STATE OF GOOD REPAIR FOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.

FIVE YEARS AGO THERE WAS A CONSULTANT SURVEY, AND IT LOOKED AT OUR FLEET AS A WHOLE AND TALKED ABOUT ASSETS THAT WERE REPLACEMENT ELIGIBLE.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR MASTER AGREEMENTS TO REPLACE THESE ASSETS AND BRING THE STATE OF HEALTH INTO WHERE IT IS TODAY.

WE STARTED OUT WITH OVER 50% OF THE FLEET MEETING CRITERIA FOR REPLACEMENT.

YOU'LL FIND IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT A ABOUT 20% OF THAT, WHICH WE SCRUTINIZE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE ACTUALLY NECESSARY ASSETS. AND LOOPING BACK TO WHAT MATT SPOKE ABOUT, WHAT CAN WE REPLACE WITH ELECTRIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELECTRIFICATION.

AND THIS SLIDE HERE REALLY TALKS ABOUT THAT JOURNEY FROM A PERCENTAGE PERSPECTIVE.

AGAIN, 54% OF THE FLEET BEING REPLACEMENT ELIGIBLE IN 2000 FISCAL YEAR 19.

NOW WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 20%.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHEN WE INVEST HEAVILY IN THIS EQUIPMENT AND THESE VEHICLES, THE NEXT QUESTION IS ARE WE TAKING CARE OF THEM.

AND THERE'S SEVERAL PARTS.

ARE WE TAKING CARE OF THEM? PM COMPLIANCE ONE IS BEEN A JOURNEY FOR US.

WE USED TO BE REPORTING PM COMPLIANCE SIMPLY FROM A STATE OF WHAT VEHICLES ACTUALLY HAD PM SERVICES DONE.

NOW WE'RE DOING IT ACCURATELY ON TIME AND HOURS AND MILEAGE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE KEEP THESE VEHICLES IN SERVICE AND NOT YOU KNOW, NOT ON THE DOWN LIST. LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE A HUGE INCREASE IN TERMS OF A PERCENT INCREASE IN PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ONE COMPLIANCE ONE BUT WE DID HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FLEET ASSETS THAT WERE SERVICING.

AND SOME OF THIS COMES FROM THE AGGRESSIVE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES.

SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT NEWER VEHICLES INTO THE REPLACEMENT INTO THE MAINTENANCE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND TAKING CARE OF THEM MORE ROUTINELY.

THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO I TALKED ABOUT PM COMPLIANCE, ONE AND MIGRATING AWAY FROM AN OLD STANDARD TO A NEW STANDARD THAT'S MORE IN LINE WITH THE INDUSTRY.

AND TO DO THAT TOOK SOME TRAINING, NOT JUST FOR US, BUT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, WHY WE'RE ENGAGED THE WAY WE ARE.

WE DID SOME INTERNAL TRAINING AS WELL.

SO MIGRATING TO THAT, WE WENT TO A PM 2.0 TRAINING, WHICH WAS AN IN-HOUSE TRAINING ACTIVITY WHERE WE TOOK TECHNICIANS BACK OUT TO HENSLEY FIELD, BUILT MODELS OF ENGINES, DRIVE TRAINS, AND ACTUALLY STARTED TRAINING THEM ON HOW WE WERE GOING TO EXPECT THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THESE ASSETS.

WITH THAT, WE INTEGRATED SOME TECHNOLOGY ON OUR SOFTWARE PLATFORM TO GIVE THEM VIRTUALLY A STEP BY STEP.

IT'S CALLED A TEST SUITE, ASKING THEM TO PERFORM GIVEN TASKS AND THEN RECORDING QUANTITATIVELY THE RESULTS BRAKE THICKNESS, ANTIFREEZE TEMPERATURE, AIR CONDITIONING TEMPERATURE, ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT WE HAD VERY CLEAR ANSWERS ON WHERE THESE VEHICLES ARE AT IN THEIR MAINTENANCE PLAN.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES BETWEEN DPD AND SANITATION THIS YEAR.

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WE TALKED ABOUT SUV PLATFORMS. WE HAD SOME PICTURES UP HERE OF OFFICERS STRUGGLING WITH BELTS TO GET IN AND OUT OF VEHICLES.

AND THERE WAS A MOVE TOWARDS THE CHEVY TAHOE OR THE FORD EXPLORER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT HERE.

IN THAT PROCESS, YOU CAN SEE THE SUN SETTING OF THE DODGE CHARGER IN THE 89 THAT WE HAVE LEFT IN THE PIPELINE FROM LAST YEAR, 150 TAHOES SOME PHASE OF DEPLOYMENT AND THE FORD EXPLORERS STILL ON THE ORDER ON THE BOOKS FOR ORDER.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO DOVETAIL THIS BACK INTO THE MASTER AGREEMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, GIVING US THE FLEXIBILITY TO LOOK FORWARD ON THE PRE ORDER STATUS FOR CHEVY TAHOES AND EXPLORERS, SO THAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, HOW WE CAN BE STATIONED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CUSTOMERS IN THAT WAY WITH THE.

AND THEN THIS IS A NICE LITTLE TIMELINE FOR WHEN WE SEE DELIVERIES.

THIS IS THE COORDINATION OF NOT JUST THE MANUFACTURER PRODUCING THE VEHICLE, BUT THE AFTERMARKET UPFIT AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT GOES INTO THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN GET A VEHICLE AND NOT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES ON THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE STILL SITS THERE.

SO BUT THIS IS BASED ON ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, WHAT WE LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES WERE PRESENTED TO US BY DPD AS WE MEET WITH THEM AND TALK TO THEM ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS, TO MAKE SURE SOME OF THE STRATEGIC CHANGES THAT THEY'RE MAKING FIT WITH THE VEHICLES AND FLEET ASSETS THAT THEY HAVE.

DO WE HAVE ENOUGH ASSETS TO MEET THE 410 SCHEDULE THAT THEY CONVERTED TO? WE KNOW IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT RECRUITMENT TOOL.

SO INTERNALLY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT FAILING THEM ON THESE NEW ASSETS THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE.

OUR IS OUR PPM COMPLIANCE.

STAYING HIGH IS OUR FLEET AVAILABILITY STAYING HIGH.

WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH DPD ON A DAILY BASIS OR ALMOST DAILY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT QUIETLY LETTING THESE ASSETS SLIDE BACK INTO A STATE OF DISREPAIR.

SO AND THEN THIS IS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE SUCCESS THAT DPD IS HAVING ON IT WITH THEIR WITH THEIR PROGRAM, WITH THEIR PILOT PROGRAMS. FOR THE 4/10, THE SOUTHWEST SERVICE CENTER WAS THE FIRST PLACE IT WAS INITIATED.

AND WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY THERE TO SEE THAT OUR KPIS WEREN'T SLIPPING.

AND THEN WE'LL MOVE NEXT WHAT I THINK IS THE SOUTHEAST SECTION AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THERE.

AND THAT WAY IF SOMETHING DOES START TO SLIP, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAND BACK AND MAKE A CORRECTION BEFORE WE MAKE THINGS WORSE.

SO I THINK IT'S A IT'S A VERY THOUGHTFUL WAY OF ADDRESSING THIS.

SO FOR US, THE CONTINUING THE NEXT STEPS ARE TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE IMPACT OF SCHEDULE CHANGES, CONTINUE TO DEPLOY A REPLACEMENT SQUADS MONITOR OUR TIMELINE FOR DELIVERY AND THEN JUST UPDATE PUBLIC SAFETY AS NECESSARY ON THIS.

AND THEN SANITATION OPERATIONS AND UPDATE.

SO THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES WERE PROVIDED BY OUR SANITATION DEPARTMENT.

I LIKE TO CALL THEM CLIFF NOTES.

BUT IN FISCAL YEAR 23 WE DEPLOYED 40 NEW SANITATION UNITS.

AGAIN, I REFER US BACK TO THAT MASTER AGREEMENT THAT WE USED TO GO OUT AND FIND THESE TO SATISFY SOME OF THESE REQUIREMENTS FOR SANITATION PIECES.

SANITATION IS INDICATING THAT A FLEET IS NOW IS BEGINNING TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE OF FIVE YEAR GOOD REPAIR.

AND THEY'RE ALSO REPORTING THAT THEY'RE HAVING MORE SUCCESS IN ROUTE COMPLETION.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND THIS IS THEIR THIS IS HOW THEY HAVE ACTUALLY SPENT CAPITAL IN TERMS OF VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.

SEVEN YEARS.

SO SANITATION NEXT STEPS.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR FLEET AVAILABILITY, WORK WITH SANITATION.

WE MEET WITH THEM WEEKLY.

WE MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY.

WE MEET WITH THEM AT MULTIPLE LEVELS TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG.

WE'RE CONSTANTLY MONITORING COMMUNICATION.

IT'S A CONSTANT STATE OF COMMUNICATION.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM.

SO NEXT STEPS AND IN CONCLUSION FOR US IS TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE C-CAP INITIATIVES, CONTINUE ENHANCING FLEET AVAILABILITY AND MONITOR UTILIZATION FOR RIGHT SIZING, AND CONTINUE TO BRIEF CITY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF OF INITIATIVES.

YEP. ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU VINCE. THANK YOU MATT.

WELL DONE. BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS CAN WE GO TO SLIDE NUMBER 20? I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING VERY QUICKLY.

SO THE FIVE YEAR MASTER AGREEMENT, THAT'S A SERIES OF COOPERATIVES THAT WE PURCHASE FLEET FROM THAT WE DID IN AUGUST OF 2019.

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WE'RE FEVERISHLY WORKING ON THAT AGENDA ITEM TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR RENEWAL OF THIS MASTER AGREEMENT.

AND IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR AGENCY BECAUSE IT GIVES US ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE A LOT OF THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT VINCE WAS MENTIONING, SUCH AS BEING VERY TIMELY AND BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE THINGS.

THERE'S CYCLES THAT THESE MANUFACTURERS HAVE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS BUDGET.

THEY DON'T CARE WHEN WE GET THE CASH.

THEY DON'T CARE WHEN COUNCIL APPROVES THE BUDGET.

SO HAVING THAT MASTER AGREEMENT AND THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE KIND OF AT WILL AS TIME AND DELIVERY OF ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE, SOMETIMES EVEN PURCHASING VEHICLES ALREADY ON THE GROUND BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE HAD A CANCELLATION, OR THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN MANUFACTURING THAT THEY HAD, AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND THE PRICING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO I DON'T HAVE A DATA POINT THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH DOWNTIME WE REDUCED BECAUSE OF THIS MASTER AGREEMENT, OR NECESSARILY HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE SAVED.

BUT WE SEE THAT BECAUSE WE CAN TAKE VERY ACTIONABLE ITEMS TO, TO, TO FORWARD THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS, AND WE GET CALLS A LOT FROM OTHER PEER CITIES THAT ASK US ABOUT, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE IN TEXAS ABOUT THIS FRAMEWORK AND HOW IT WORKS.

QUIETLY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUY WHAT LIMITED SUPPLY THAT'S BEEN AVAILABLE FOR THIS REGION.

AND IT'S BEEN A VERY ENVIABLE THING FOR THOSE AROUND US.

SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.

WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO THIS BODY FOR APPROVAL HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE SUMMER.

THANK YOU. WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE ON FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE'RE ON ITEM A ON TODAY'S BRIEFINGS.

CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS ON SLIDE 13.

COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THE SECURITY OF THE OF THE DATA COLLECTION THAT THESE VEHICLES WILL BE GATHERING? THE THE DATA.

THE GPS DATA.

OKAY, SIR. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A STAB AT THAT MATH FIRST? SURE. SO OUR DEPARTMENT HAS A TECHNOLOGY TEAM THAT ADMINISTERS THE SYSTEM.

SO TO ACCESS THE DATA, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT WHICH WE SET UP AND MONITOR.

THE DATA IS STORED ON THE CLOUD FROM THE VENDOR.

SO IT'S SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE.

I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. NO.

IT'S OKAY. SO LET ME SPOT.

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT.

IT'S SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE.

SO THE SERVERS AND THE DATA ARE HOSTED BY A THIRD PARTY VENDOR.

AND WE HAVE PROTECTIONS AND THEY HAVE REDUNDANCIES AND BACKUP SUPPORT FOR THAT DATA.

SO I'M SURE ALL OF OUR IT SECURITY TEAMS ARE PART OF THAT NEGOTIATION WITH THAT, WITH THAT COLLECTION, THAT COMPANY, WITH THAT SAS.

YES, MA'AM. THERE'S A IT FRAMEWORK THAT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE WHERE THE THE BIGGEST ITEM THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST COMING TO THE CITY IS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE FIREWALL.

RIGHT. BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S JUST A WEBSITE THAT WE TAKE AND, AND OUR USERS HAVE A LOGIN THAT THEY GO INTO.

AND LIKE I SAID, THE MAJORITY OF THE IT WORK THAT'S DONE ON OUR SIDE IS MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR OUR PEOPLE TO USE THROUGH THE FIREWALL.

AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT QUITE A BIT IN GENERAL, AS WE MOVE TOWARD MORE YOU KNOW, THE MORE DIGITAL WORLD AND EVERYTHING.

AND THAT IS THAT DATA.

WILL WE OWN THAT DATA AS WELL? BECAUSE IT'S POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE RESEARCH THAT COULD BE DONE FROM THIS IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S EFFICIENCIES FOR OUR CITY OR JUST OTHER DATA POINTS THAT WE DON'T EVEN REALIZE WE COULD BE USING TO IMPROVE OUR CITY.

WHO OWNS THAT DATA? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO BE MONETIZABLE.

AND WITHOUT US, THE CITY OF DALLAS OWNS THE DATA.

OKAY, OKAY. AND I THINK MATT MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT, BUT WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH DBI ABOUT HOW TO TAKE THAT DATA AND THEN MAKE IT A MORE, MUCH MORE ROBUST PRODUCT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

I MEAN, MATT MENTIONED THAT ABOUT GEOFENCING.

I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN SOME SOME INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVE THAT STAFF WERE WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE, OR IN SOME INSTANCES, THEY WEREN'T WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE.

IT GIVES YOU ALERTS IF THE USERS ARE SPEEDING AND THE WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES.

THAT RISK MANAGEMENT OBVIOUSLY IS VERY IN FAVOR OF US USING THIS PLATFORM, BUT IN A SELFISH MEANS, AS MUCH AS WE'RE SHOWING OUR CUSTOMER DEPARTMENTS HOW TO DO ROUTING AND HOW TO MAKE THEIR BUSINESS FUNCTIONS, YOU KNOW, MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FROM A SELFISH STANDPOINT, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT USE.

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I THINK IT IS. THIS IS, WHAT, 22.

EXCUSE ME. SLIDE 22.

FOR FOR A FLEET AGENCY LIKE OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING, THERE'S NOT VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT JUST SITTING AND JUST AGING IN SPOT.

RIGHT? RIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN HAVING SPENT THAT MUCH MONEY AND THEN IT'S NOT BEING USED.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, THAT BACKLOG THERE, THAT 20 WHERE WE'RE AT 20% OF THE FLEET'S REPLACEMENT ELIGIBLE, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THAT'S THE ONION THAT WE'RE STILL PEELING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE EVEN NEED SOME OF THOSE ASSETS.

RIGHT? RIGHT. BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE SUCH LOW USE.

SO WE WANT TO PULL SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES.

WE WANT TO DO SOME FLEET REDUCTIONS AS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE TALK ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

AND I BROUGHT THAT TO BEAR MORE THAN ONE OCCASION BEFORE, BECAUSE WE THINK WE HAVE SOME LIGHT DUTY ASSETS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UNDERUTILIZED THAT COULD BE POOLED.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GO SPEND THE MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE MONEY TO BUY AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR IT TO SIT.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE LIKE I SAID, THIS GPS THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME HARD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CUSTOMER DEPARTMENTS ABOUT WHAT ASSETS THEY KEEP AND DON'T.

RIGHT. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR IT SECURITY ON ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THAT.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS ON SLIDE 21.

YOU KNOW, AS TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING AHEAD SO RAPIDLY IN ALL OF THIS, HOW DO YOU ALL PLAN ON STAYING UP WITH THIS? BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO ACQUIRE PHYSICAL ASSETS OF ANY KIND.

RIGHT. AND SO HOW WHAT IS LIKE HOW DO YOU ALL DO THAT? WELL, WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS.

AND OUR ARCHITECT OF OUR FLEET REPLACEMENT MODEL IS MR. OLSON, SO HE CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

BUT I WANT TO APPLAUD THE COUNCIL AND OUR CITY MANAGER FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DID LAST FISCAL YEAR.

SO FOR FOR MANY MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS POST COVID ABOUT LAG TIME ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

OKAY. AND WE GOT A MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT THAT INSTEAD OF RECEIVING OUR FY $2,324 IN OCTOBER, WE GOT THEM IN MAINE, RIGHT.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS AND BUY.

AND I WAS MAKING A JOKE EARLIER ABOUT US BUYING ALL THE SUPPLY WE DID.

WE TOOK THOSE DOLLARS, AND THAT WAS LIMITED SUPPLY FOR OTHERS AROUND US WHO CALL US AND COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.

RIGHT, BECAUSE THEIR MANUFACTURERS ARE ACTUALLY GIVING US QUOTAS ON THE CAP, OUR CAP ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ASSETS THAT WE CAN BUY EVERY QUARTER. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE ACTUALLY FORCE FED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY INTO THE PIPELINE AND GOT AHEAD OF A LOT OF OUR SISTER CITIES.

THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT.

IF I COULD ADD TO THAT TOO, I DON'T WANT TO UNDERSELL THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTINUED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN US A PHENOMENAL AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR THE TRAINING THAT WE DO TO STAY IN THIS GAME.

AS YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS EVOLVING VERY QUICKLY.

LAYERED RADAR SYSTEMS, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, STUFF.

I MEAN, I WAS THE END OF THE CARBURETOR ERA INTO TODAY.

SO I'VE SEEN THIS 40 YEARS OF EVOLUTION AND, YOU KNOW, WISELY, YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED AND SUPPORTED US IN INVESTMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK WE HELD 33 CLASSES FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, IN SMALL POCKETS WHERE WE COULD CONCENTRATE ON NOT EVEN JUST THIS DEPLOYING OF THE BUT THE USE OF THE TOOLS.

YOU KNOW, WE WENT BACK AND FILLED IN A LOT OF GAPS.

I MEAN, MY HAT'S OFF.

SO SO I THINK WHAT THAT SPEAKS TO IS TO YOUR POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE THINK OF FLEET, WE THINK OF, AGAIN, ONLY THE VEHICLES, AND WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE HUMAN SIDE OF ALL OF THAT.

AND SO THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR STAFF TRAINING, ABOUT OUR SECURITY, THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE PHYSICAL ASSETS ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGETING.

ARE THOSE TRAINING SESSIONS IS THAT PART OF YOUR CORE BUDGET OR IS IT IN THE, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESS CENTER OR SOME OF THE OTHER WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE? NO. WE DO BUDGET FOR TRAININGS BOTH IN-HOUSE AND IN EXTERNAL THINGS WHEN WE GO TO VENDORS FOR TRAININGS.

SO I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO BUDGET COLLEAGUES, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE HAND IN HAND, BECAUSE WHAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE WOULD BE IF WE AGREED TO BUY SOMETHING, AND THEN WE DIDN'T INVEST IN THE TRAINING THAT THE STAFF NEEDS TO USE IT PROPERLY AND AT ITS MOST EFFICIENT.

SO LET'S MAKE SURE WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGETS THAT WE DON'T CUT ONE AND BUILD, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO STAY IN BALANCE.

SO WITH THAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M FINISHED. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE ON ITEM A. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

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THE REFERENCE TO THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE MASTER AGREEMENT.

YOU MENTIONED IN THE BULLETS THAT THIS ENHANCES THE CITY'S ABILITY TO RESPOND TIMELY TO FLEET NEEDS, REDUCES THE TIME ASSOCIATED WITH BIDS AND PROCUREMENTS, AND STRENGTHENS CITYWIDE GOVERNMENTS TO ENHANCE STANDARDIZATION.

HOW EXACTLY DOES THIS AGREEMENT ACCOMPLISH THOSE THINGS? SO ON, AS IT RELATES TO BIDS AND THE LAG TIME ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS ALREADY DONE.

THAT'S THE TRUE BENEFIT OF A COOPERATIVE.

THEY'VE ALREADY HAD A COMPETITIVE PROCESS WHERE THEY'VE LEVERAGED THE BEST PRICING.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A MATTER OF SCALE YEARS AGO, BEFORE WE IMPLEMENTED THIS MASTER AGREEMENT, WE'D OFTEN HAVE SUPPLIERS COME TO US AND SAY, WHY ARE YOU GUYS PUTTING THESE THINGS OUT FOR BID IN SUCH LOW QUANTITIES? THERE'S MULTIPLE COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WERE LEVERAGING THOUSANDS IN QUANTITY.

THAT'S BRINGING THE THE THE COST DOWN BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME DISCOUNT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THAT WE WOULDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BECAUSE WE WOULD BID IT OUT SOLELY.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, ALL THE ADDITIONAL WORK EFFORT THAT THEY HAD TO REPLICATE, WHICH THEY WOULD DO WITH BY BOARD OR ONE OF THE OTHER MAJOR COOPERATIVES, THEY'D HAVE TO REDO THAT PROCESS HERE.

AND TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, IT ALSO WOULD BURDEN OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.

SO WHO IS THE MASTER AGREEMENT WITH? WHO'S THE CONTRACTING PARTY? SO IT'S A TWO PIECE TWO PHASED MATCH.

SO THERE ARE AUTHORIZED COOPERATIVES THAT COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS HAVE APPROVED BY OUR BOARD IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE.

YOU PROBABLY SEE IT ON YOUR AGENDA PROBABLY EVERY WEDNESDAY.

SOMEBODY'S TAKING USE OF BY BOARD AS AN EXAMPLE OF A COOPERATIVE.

OKAY. SO THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WE TOOK FORWARD FIVE YEARS AGO THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPLICATE AGAIN, SAYS THAT THE FLEET DEPARTMENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO USE THESE COOPERATIVES. I BELIEVE IT'S 12 SEPARATE COOPERATIVES.

FORGIVE ME, I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL 12 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT'S 12 DISTINCT, WELL KNOWN VERY, VERY CREDIBLE COOPERATIVES THAT WE'VE USED FOR YEARS.

OKAY. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A LIST OF MANUFACTURERS THAT COUNCIL ALSO AUTHORIZED IN THAT AGENDA ITEM, RIGHT? A LIST OF MANUFACTURERS THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH.

AND THAT'S PART OF THAT STANDARDIZATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE YEARS AGO WE'D HAVE JUST THIS RANDOMNESS OF HOW THINGS WERE BID OUT OR PROCURED, AND YOU'D END UP WITH ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, A WHOLE HODGEPODGE OF WHAT THE FLEET LOOKED LIKE VERSUS STANDARDIZED BECAUSE OF HOW THINGS WERE BID.

RIGHT. SO WE NORMALIZE THAT.

AND SO TODAY, WHEN WE WANT TO BUY A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OR A VEHICLE, WE WILL EXERCISE USE OF ONE OF THE CO-OP, ONE OF THE 12 CO-OPS.

IT'LL BE ONE OF THE, I WANT TO SAY, 90 OR SO MANUFACTURERS THAT WE ALSO HAVE.

WE MARRY THOSE TWO TOGETHER.

WE GET THE CONTRACT BID NUMBER FROM THAT COOPERATIVE, AND THEN WE CUT THEM A DELIVERY ORDER BASED ON THE PRICING IN THAT DELIVERY ORDER THAT'S ALREADY STATED.

IT CAN BE FOUND ONLINE.

SO THE COOPERATIVE NEGOTIATES WITH THE SUPPLIER OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR REDUCED PRICES, REDUCED DELIVERY TIMES.

AND THEN BY BEING A MEMBER OF THIS COOPERATIVE, WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.

WELL SAID. WORKS BETTER THAN I DESCRIBED IT, BUT WELL SAID.

YES, SIR. OKAY, SO THE MASTER AGREEMENT IS NOT WITH ONE ENTITY, IT'S WITH 12 COOPERATIVES.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WE USE THE TERM MASTER AGREEMENT LOOSELY BECAUSE IT'S OUR VEHICLE HERE INSIDE THE ORGANIZATION TO USE A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE PURCHASES SO THAT THAT THAT TERM IS IS KIND OF UNIVERSAL WHEN WE SAY MASTER AGREEMENT.

OKAY. NOW REFERRING TO SLIDE 28, THE TABLE ABOUT THE UPDATE TO SUVS THE TABLE OF ANTICIPATED DEPLOYMENT.

THESE ARE BRAND NEW SUV UNITS, CORRECT? CORRECT, SIR.

AND SO IT SHOWS A TOTAL DELIVERY IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2024 OF 401 UNITS.

NO, SIR. WE THINK IT'LL BE MORE LIKE 339.

THERE'LL STILL BE 62.

THAT'LL BE PENDING.

OKAY. 339.

YES, SIR. AND YOU'VE RECEIVED A BUDGET ALLOCATION TO PAY FOR THAT NUMBER OF UNITS? YES, SIR. WE HAVE THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN SPENT AND OBLIGATED.

IT WAS A COMBINATION OF ARPA FUNDS AND SOME OTHER DOLLARS THAT WE'VE HAD INCLUDED, INCLUSIVE OF THE MID-YEAR FUNDING THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, WHICH WHICH REALLY ALLOWED ALLOWED US TO GET AHEAD ON THE SQUAD CARS.

THEY THEY HAVE A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE NUMBER OF SQUAD CARS THAT THEY ACTUALLY PRODUCE EVERY YEAR.

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AND THEN YOU'RE BUMPED INTO THE NEXT BUILD CYCLE, WHICH COULD PUT YOU ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 12 MONTHS BEHIND.

SO GOING BACK TO SLIDE 22, WHICH HAS THE BAR CHARTS OF THE GENERAL FUND, FLEET HEALTH, WILL THAT BE REFLECTIVE OF THESE 339 UNITS PLACED IN SERVICE THIS YEAR, OR WILL THAT IMPROVE US TO BELOW 20%? IT WILL IMPROVE US, BUT IT'LL BE IN THE IN THE OUT YEARS BECAUSE THOSE ASSETS AREN'T HERE YET.

THAT NUMBER IS MORE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE LOOK LIKE TO TODAY, RIGHT? BUT AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT 20% TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE TO A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF THE FLEET THAT'S IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? THIS PARTICULAR YEAR IT WILL.

BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THE OUT YEARS, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

AND THERE'S SOME MATH THAT YOU CAN'T SEE IN THE SLIDE.

SO THERE'S A SERIES OF UNITS THAT ARE ALREADY ELIGIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT.

AND THAT'S IN THAT 20%, 0.8% VALUE THAT THAT 30 MILLION.

BUT EACH YEAR THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ASSETS THAT ALSO BECOME AVAILABLE FOR REPLACEMENT OR ELIGIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT.

ELIGIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT.

I WANT TO KEEP KEEP IN MIND WE DON'T JUST BECAUSE IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT, WE DON'T JUST GET RID OF IT.

THERE'S SOME ASSETS THAT WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, FORGIVE ME, I SAY THIS, BUT WE BOUGHT THE BEST OF THE BATCH AND THE CITY'S RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT ON THOSE UNITS ARE SKY HIGH. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION WITH OUR CUSTOMER DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE, WHAT DOLLARS THEY'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE TO BUY THOSE ASSETS, WHETHER THEY'RE 15 YEARS OLD, AS LONG AS THEY'RE OPERATING AND THEY CAN BE USED BY STAFF AND THEY'RE SAFE, WE KEEP THEM OUT THERE UNTIL THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT IS NOT THERE ANYMORE, AND THEN WE CYCLE THEM OUT.

SO WHEN THAT POINT IS REACHED, WHEN THERE'S NO LONGER A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR OLDER UNITS, YOU SELL THOSE OFF AT AUCTION OR WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEM? YES, SIR. WE WE AUCTION THEM.

AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PROCEEDS OF THOSE SALES? DO THOSE GO TO THE GENERAL FUND OR DO THOSE GO TO YOUR DEPARTMENT TO FUND NEW UNITS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO IT'S SPLIT.

IT DEPENDS ON THE FUNDING SOURCE.

SO DALLAS WATER UTILITIES SANITATION OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS ANY ANY RECEIPTS THAT WE GET RELATIVE TO THE SALE OF THEIR EQUIPMENT.

IT GOES BACK INTO THOSE FUNDS, ANY GENERAL PURPOSE FLEET.

RIGHT. THEN IT GOES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

WHEN I SAY THAT TO OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUND THAT WE THEN USE IN SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THOSE DOLLARS ARE SUPPORTIVE IN OUR BUDGET.

OKAY. SLIDE 35 ABOUT SANITATION OPERATIONS.

YOU SAY THAT YOU WILL BE PARTNERING TO SUPPORT THE GREENING OF THE REFUSE FLEET.

HOW WILL THAT BE ACCOMPLISHED? WELL, I BELIEVE CLIFF IS HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT, BUT WE JUST PUT IN AN ORDER FOR, I BELIEVE, OUR FIRST ELECTRIC GARBAGE TRUCK.

MY CLIFF, MY.

OR AT LEAST A REQUEST.

CLIFF'S GOING. NO, NO, NO WE HAVEN'T.

I THOUGHT WE HAD. OKAY, WELL, ANYWAY, MY POINT IS THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE FLEET THAT USES COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS, AND PART OF OUR DESIGN IS FOR THAT TO BECOME RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP US HAVE A MUCH CLEANER FLEET AND HELP US MOVE AWAY FROM DIESEL THAT PRODUCES ALL THOSE NOX EMISSIONS THAT ARE A DETRIMENT AND IT'S MORE ALIGNED WITH C-CAP.

GREAT. AND HOW ARE YOU DOING ON MECHANICS? DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TECHNICIANS TO KEEP YOUR VEHICLES IN SERVICE? ARE YOU HAVING DIFFICULTY HIRING THEM OR GETTING THEM TRAINED? WHERE ARE YOU? SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT WE'RE TAKING THE TECHNICIANS THAT WE HAVE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY AS TECHNICIANS WITH SKILL SETS AND EXPERIENCE AND AND FILLING IN THE GAPS AND MOLDING THEM INTO WHAT THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT WE FIND IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN OR SOMEBODY ELSE, IF THEY'VE WORKED ON SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A HARD TIME SHIFTING TO MAYBE FROM A SQUAD CAR TO A SANITATION TRUCK.

AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE THERE.

SO ARE WE GETTING APPLICANTS? YES. ARE WE GETTING SOME OF THE SEASONED APPLICANTS? YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S MORE A LARGER REFLECTION OF THE INDUSTRY ITSELF.

SO AS FAR AS STAFFING, I THINK WE SIT AROUND 85, 86%.

IS THAT RIGHT? SO.

YES, SIR. THANK THANK THANK YOU.

VINCE. COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE ENOUGH MECHANICS.

I THINK WHAT VINCE WAS TRYING TO STRESS IS, IS THAT IT IS.

SO IT'S KIND OF ALMOST HARD TO DESCRIBE.

WE JUST HIRED PROBABLY 4 OR 5, WHAT WE CALL TOP NOTCH TECHNICIANS.

THE, THE, THE GRADE THAT WE HIRE THEM AT AND THE THE PAY.

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RIGHT. AND SO WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE GREENER THAT WE'RE GROWING AND TRYING TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM, THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN IN SUCH A DIVERSE FLEET, RIGHT? WE HAVE THIS REAL RANGE OF ASSETS THAT MOST PEOPLE WE HIRE.

MOST OF THEM NEVER TOUCHED A GARBAGE TRUCK BEFORE, RIGHT? THEY MAY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES AND HOW THESE ELEMENTS WORK, BUT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN UNDERNEATH A GARBAGE TRUCK BEFORE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER WHEN THEY SMELL BEST.

RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE ADVENTS THAT WE BRING THEM THROUGH.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ONGOING, ROBUST TRAINING.

NOT ONLY IS THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGING ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT WE INTRODUCE TYPES OF ASSETS THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD WOULD NEVER COME IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH OUT IN THE FIELD AND THE NORMAL OPERATIONS OF THEM WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY WANT TO ALSO BRING UP ONE OTHER ITEM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE'VE HAD A TEMP TO HIRE PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME.

OKAY. WE STARTED THIS BACK IN 1819.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WE BRING ON WHO ARE LOOKING FOR WORK, AND IT WAS A WAY FOR US TO KILL THE LAG TIME ASSOCIATED WITH OUR REGULAR HIRING PROCESS.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO WE COULD HIRE VERY QUICKLY AND BRING THEM IN TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY FIT OR NOT.

AND THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY TREMENDOUS FOR US.

WE EVEN ENHANCED THAT THIS PAST YEAR BY GOING TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACTUALLY FINDING KIDS THAT ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE GETTING READY TO GRADUATE, THAT ARE IN THESE LOCAL, LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AUTOMOTIVE AND DIESEL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS, WHO, WHEN THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL, WANT TO GO OUT INTO THE WORKFORCE.

AND ALREADY THEY'VE HAD SOME INITIAL TRAINING EXPERIENCE.

NO, BUT THEY'VE HAD SOME THAT INITIAL TRAINING.

SO THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WE BROUGHT IN TO THE AGENCY THAT WERE HELPING THEM NOT ONLY AS FAR AS GIVING THEM WORK EXPERIENCE HERE, THEIR FIRST WORK EXPERIENCE IN MOST CASES, BUT WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION.

THEY'RE GOING TO DALLAS COLLEGE TO FINISH OUT WHAT THEY STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO OUR CURRENT SALARY STRUCTURE IS SUFFICIENT TO HIRE AND RETAIN THE PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED TO SERVICE VEHICLES.

I THINK THAT'S A MOVING TARGET.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE JUST FINISHED THE COMP THE COMP STUDY THAT OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT DID AND THEY DID BENCHMARKING AGAINST OUR, OUR PEERS PEER CITIES.

ALSO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL.

AND NOW, FRANKLY, WE'RE PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO PAY WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL PAY.

BUT THE TOTAL BENEFIT PACKAGE OF WHAT WE OFFER IS OUR LEVERAGE WITH THE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HIRING TO SHOW THEM THAT YOU CAN HAVE A CAREER HERE.

IT'S NOT FEAST AND FAMINE, RIGHT? THERE'S THERE'S BENEFITS HERE.

THERE'S AN ANNUITY.

AT SOME POINT WHEN YOU GET READY TO RETIRE, THINGS THAT ARE VERY FOREIGN TO PEOPLE WHO TODAY ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S MY EXACT PAY RATE TODAY, WE HAVE TO SHOW THEM THAT YOU HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS HERE.

AND AS WE'RE ADVERTISING THAT WE'RE BEING VERY COMPETITIVE AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, I MAKE LESS THAN WHAT I MADE THERE, BUT I'M HAPPIER.

THE TRAINING IS ROBUST.

THIS IS A GOOD ORGANIZATION TO WORK FOR, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.

SO I TAKE IT YOU DON'T HAVE A BACKLOG OF VEHICLES THAT ARE OUT OF SERVICE FOR LACK OF MECHANICS TO WORK ON THEM.

THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

NO, SIR, WE DO NOT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN GRACE, DID YOU DROP OUT OF THE QUEUE? OKAY. CHAIRWOMAN STEWART, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I'M GOING BACK ON VEHICLE ACQUISITION.

SO I'M THE NEWBIE AROUND HERE AND TRYING TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER.

WHAT IS A MID-YEAR FUNDING? WHAT? WHAT IS MID-YEAR FUND? YOU REFERENCED MID-YEAR FUNDING A FEW TIMES.

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM OR WHAT IS IT? THE. EACH YEAR WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE, DEPARTMENTS CAN REQUEST APPROPRIATIONS TO BE ADDED TO THEIR ADOPTED BUDGETS.

SO YOU'RE GIVEN A BUDGET AMOUNT, AND AT SOME POINT DURING THE YEAR, YOU CAN MAKE A REQUEST THAT YOU NEED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND AND I WAS MAYBE HERE OR NOT HERE, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT SO YOU MADE THAT REQUEST AND AND THE COUNCIL I MEAN THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT AND THEN COUNCIL APPROVED THAT REQUEST.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, OKAY.

THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? LIKE THAT'S QUESTION ABOUT ITEM EIGHT.

IF NOT, THANK YOU TO OUR PANEL.

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

MR. CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU.

[B. 24-494 Five-Year Infrastructure Management Program (IMP) Update FY 2024-2028]

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THIS IS THE SIXTH YEAR OF THE IMP, WHICH PROVIDES AN ANALYSIS OF THE CITY'S STREET INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIST THE FIVE YEAR MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS, BRIDGES.

OUTSIDE OF THE BOND PROGRAM.

AS PART OF THIS BRIEFING, STAFF WILL REVIEW VARIOUS PAVING AND FUNDING MODELS AND SHOW THE IMPACT ON THE CITY'S PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX, OR PCI. BASED ON THOSE FUNDING SCENARIOS, I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO OLLIE HATFIELD, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND HIS TEAM TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

ALI. THANK YOU, MR. BROADNAX. ALI HATFIELD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN, OR AS WE CALL IT, IMP.

IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

YEAH. THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BACKGROUND A LITTLE BIT EQUITY PART OF IT THE STREETS SIDEWALKS ALLEYS BRIDGES AND DISCUSSION AND QUESTION AT THE END WITH ME, I HAVE DOCTOR WHITE ON MY LEFT SIDE.

HE'S OUR INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER ASSET MANAGEMENT.

AND ALSO MISS JIHAD MUHAMMAD, WHO IS OUR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR OVER OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT.

SO THIS IS THE SIXTH ANNUAL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, AND THE INFORMATION IS ON THE PUBLIC WORKS WEBSITE.

FOR MORE OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN FIND.

HARD COPIES ARE ACTUALLY BEING DELIVERED BY DOCTOR PEREZ, I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THE HARD COPIES NOW THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE IT FOR YOUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS OR FOR YOUR INFORMATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR DISTRICTS.

A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND ABOUT THE FUNDING THIS YEAR, FY 24 WE'RE INVESTING $154 MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH INCLUDES STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS AND BRIDGES.

SO OF COURSE, THIS YEAR WE DO HAVE SOME CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION MONEY, SEAL MONEY.

BUT FOR THE PROJECTION AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECTION FOR FY 25 THROUGH FY 28.

WE'RE JUST STAYING WITH THE BASE $68 MILLION GENERAL FUND.

WE ARE ASSUMING THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY OTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING.

HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BOND LATER ON.

BUT THIS IS JUST A PROJECTION AT THAT POINT AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX.

I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF IT BY NOW.

AND MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT EACH SEGMENT OF THE STREETS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX, OR WE CALL IT PCI, WHICH RANGES FROM 0 TO 100. MEANING 100 IS THE BEST QUALITY STREETS, THE BRAND NEW STREETS, KIND OF.

AND ALSO ZERO IS THE FAILED STREET.

WE PROVIDED THAT ILLUSTRATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE TYPE OF STREETS.

AND WITH THE RANGE OF THE PCI THAT YOU CAN SEE WE ALSO CATEGORIZE THE STREETS BASED ON THE CONDITION EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, POOR AND FAIL. AND WE GIVE THEM A LETTERING LABEL A THROUGH E.

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YES. 2023 WAS ANOTHER YEAR THAT WE COLLECTED THE DATA FOR ALL THE NETWORK THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY WITH THE HELP OF OUR CONSULTANT AND THE DATA THAT THEY INCLUDED, THE LIST THAT YOU SEE HERE ALL THE PROCESSES, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THE FOR EXAMPLE, IRI, THE INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INDEX DATA PROCESSING WAS FULLY AUTOMATED FOR SOME DISTRESSES, BUT MANUAL FROM OTHERS AND SOME OTHER FACTORS THAT YOU SEE HERE THAT I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER EVERY SINGLE OF THEM.

AND ALSO BASED ON THE CURRENT DATA COLLECTION THAT WE HAD.

SORRY. PREVIOUS SLIDE, IF YOU CAN.

THANK YOU. BASED ON THE CURRENT COLLECTION THAT WE HAD, THE PAVING MODEL IS INDICATING IT'S SHOWING ACTUALLY THAT THE OVERALL PCI IS NOW 71.5 FOR THE ENTIRE NETWORK.

KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS THE AVERAGE PCI THE AVERAGE PCI, MEANING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME STREETS IN A BETTER MAYBE CONDITION OF OR BETTER PCI. AND THERE ARE SOME STREETS IN THE LOWER PCI, BUT THE AVERAGE FOR THE ENTIRE NETWORK IS 71.1 71.5.

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THE EQUITY PART.

AS ALWAYS, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING 2,420% OF THE FUND ALLOCATION TO THE EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS.

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LANE MILES FOR THE EQUITY AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE ROADWAYS IN THOSE AREAS.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MISS MOHAMMED FOR TO COVER THE STREET PART OF IT.

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, OR GOOD MORNING.

I AM GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE STREETS, IMP.

FOR THE FIVE YEARS STARTING FROM 24 TO 28.

AS YOU ALL OR SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS CREATED THE PAVEMENT MODEL A VERY SOPHISTICATED PAVEMENT MODEL STARTING BACK IN 2020.

THE MODEL IS MEANT TO CREATE PREDICTION ANALYSIS TO HELP BUILDING A DATA DRIVEN BUDGET DECISIONS FOR OUR STREETS.

IT ALSO HELPS IN CREATING OPTIMIZATION OF THE BUDGET USE IN THE SELECTION OF OUR STREETS.

SO FOR THIS CYCLE OF THE ANALYSIS, THE PAVEMENT MODEL WAS UPDATED.

THERE ARE SEVERAL INCORPORATED UPDATES, AND ONE OF THEM IS, AS ELLIE HAS JUST MENTIONED.

WE HAVE UPDATED OUR STREETS CONDITIONS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT STREET ASSESSMENTS.

WE HAVE ALSO INCREASED OUR INFLATION FACTOR INTO A RATE OF 5% ANNUALLY INSTEAD OF PREVIOUSLY 3.5.

WE HAVE ALSO UPDATED THE COST ESTIMATES.

THERE WAS A BIT OF A JUMP ON THE COST ESTIMATES IN THIS ANALYSIS BASED ON OUR RECENT RECEIVED CONTRACT PRICING.

WE HAVE ALSO RUN SEVERAL ANALYSIS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE 2024 BOND.

OUR FOCUS TODAY WILL BE ON TWO MAIN SCENARIOS.

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THE FIRST SCENARIO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS $68 MILLION PER YEAR AS AN IMP FUNDS COMING FROM GENERAL FUNDS, IN ADDITION TO THE MOST RECENT DECIDED BOND ALLOCATION FOR PROPOSITION A, BEING $500 MILLION IN TOTAL.

THE NEXT SCENARIO WE ARE COMPARING TO IS OUR GOAL SCENARIO, WHICH IS THE ZERO DEGRADATION SCENARIO.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE PREDICTION WILL VARY BASED ON THE ACTUAL ALLOCATION FUNDS.

ACTUALLY ALSO IT WILL VARY BASED ON THE UPDATED NETWORK PCI THAT WE'RE GOING TO OBTAIN EVERY CYCLE OF ASSESSMENT, THE UPDATED COST ESTIMATES THAT WE RECEIVE AND ALL OF THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, ACTUAL BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ASSUMPTIONS AS YOU CAN SEE FOR THE UPCOMING FIVE YEARS.

SO THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS ON THE LONG TERM GOAL FOR THE NETWORK CONDITION REQUIRES FLEXIBLE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THE INFLATION AND THE UPDATED COST ESTIMATES.

NEXT. HERE IS A TABLE THAT SHOWS A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO SCENARIOS.

WHAT IS GOOD TO LOOK AT HERE IS THAT FOR THE FIRST SCENARIO, WHICH IS THE IMP PLUS THE 500 MILLION BOND ON THIS SCENARIO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE 500 MILLION IS NOT DIRECTLY WENT TO STREET PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THAT IS JUST TO NOTE IT HERE THAT THE 500 MILLION TOTAL WAS FOR ALL THE PREPOSITION TO INCLUDE SAFETY PROJECTS, LIGHTING, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHERS THAT WHICH IN CONCLUSION, HAD ONLY ABOUT $396 MILLION GOING TO THE STREETS BENEFIT.

AS FAR AS PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THAT FORECAST, YOU SEE, THERE IS A CONSTANT $68 MILLION COMING FROM GENERAL FUNDS OR ASSUMED TO COME FROM GENERAL FUNDS.

THERE IS ALSO AN INCREASE GRADUAL INCREASE THAT IS ASSUMED ON THE SPENDING OF THE OF THE BOND FUNDS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ZERO DEGRADATION SCENARIO WITH THE UPDATED DATA WILL HAVE WILL REQUIRE AN APPROXIMATE INVESTMENT OF $272.5 MILLION PER YEAR TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OR GET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE FROM THE OVERALL CURRENT CONDITION FOR THE CITY NETWORK WHICH HAS INCREASED COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED 266 BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS ASSUMPTION FOR THE BOND WAS A HIGHER FOR PROPOSITION A.

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WHAT WE CALL HEAT MAP PER DISTRICT, PER YEAR FOR THE PREDICTED CONDITION.

AND THIS FIVE YEAR PCI PREDICTION BASICALLY IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE, AS WE HAVE MENTIONED, BASED ON ACTUAL WORK AND BASED ON ACTUAL UPDATED DATA COLLECTION.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE, THE IN TO LOOK AT THIS AS AN OVERALL NETWORK.

THIS SCENARIO, THIS SCENARIO AND THE IMP PLUS 500 MILLION SHOWS THAT ON THE SHOWS THE BASED ON THE LATEST BOND CANDIDATES THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN BASED ON WHAT WE RECEIVED AS THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS PRIORITIES ALONG WITH THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA.

HOWEVER FOR THE NEXT ONE THAT SAYS ZERO DEGRADATION, THIS ONE IS ALSO IMPACTED BY THE FUNDS OF THE IMP AND THE BOND BECAUSE IT IS EMBEDDED IN THIS IN THIS ANALYSIS ON, ON IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE ADDED MORE WE HAVE GIVEN MORE FUNDS AND ADDED MORE PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE ZERO DEGRADATION.

WHAT IS WHAT IS ALSO TO THINK ABOUT HERE IS THAT THIS IS BASICALLY A FULLY AUTOMATED SELECTION.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE ZERO DEGRADATION, IT IS A FULLY AUTOMATED SELECTION THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE MODEL.

AND IT IS JUST ANSWERING THE QUESTION OF MAINTAINING OR GETTING AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE FROM ZERO DEGRADATION ON THE WHOLE NETWORK LEVEL AS A ONE PIECE INSTEAD OF SMALLER 12 PIECES.

NEXT. SO IN TERMS OF BACKLOG, IF YOU SEE THIS TABLE, IT SHOWS TWO DIFFERENT THE SAME TWO SCENARIOS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT.

AND ON THE ON THE ON THE CURRENT BOND SCENARIO TO INCLUDE OUR IMP FUNDS, WE WILL WE PREDICT TO EXPERIENCE A SLIGHT DECLINE IN THE PCI OR IN THE NETWORK CONDITION IN THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE ALSO PREDICTED TO SEE INCREASE IN TERMS OF BACKLOG FOR COST AND LANE MILES.

HOWEVER, FOR THE ZERO DEGRADATION SCENARIO, YOU CAN SEE HOW BY MAINTAINING CURRENT PCI AND INCREASING OUR INVESTMENTS, WE CAN START SEEING A DECREASE IN TERMS OF LANE MILES REQUIRED TO BE ADDRESSED.

YOU WOULD ALSO SEE THAT THERE IS STILL A LOWER HOWEVER, STILL AN INCREASE IN THE REQUIREMENT FOR COST OR COST BACKLOG. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS DEFINITELY THE INFLATION FACTOR, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER.

NEXT, PLEASE. SO THIS IS A GRAPHICAL COMPARISON OF OUR CURRENT OF OUR THE BOND, OUR CURRENT BOND AND IMP PREDICTION COMPARED TO THE ZERO DEGRADATION GOAL SCENARIO.

WHAT? THIS IS WHAT WE CAN TAKE OUT OF THIS IS THAT THIS THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS MOVE THIS LINE BY A MARGIN OF 1 TO 2 POINTS, OR MOVE THE PCI FOR THE OVERALL CITY BY A MARGIN OF TWO TO OF 1 TO 2 POINTS. SO THERE IS ALSO IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT ZERO DEGRADATION IS REMAINS AS A GREAT GOAL. BUT IT IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE IN REALITY WITH THE NETWORK OF OUR SIZE.

BUT IT STILL HAS TO BE OUR GOAL TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG AND REDUCE THE DEGRADATION, THE DEGRADATION OF OUR NETWORK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND INCREASE OUR INVESTMENTS.

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SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT ARE THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE STREETS? THE FIRST THING WE ARE THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING AND EXPLORING A NEW ASTM STANDARD IN COMPARISON TO OUR PREVIOUS PREVIOUSLY USED ASTM STANDARD OF D 6433.

CURRENTLY WE ARE EXPLORING THE E 3303, WHICH IS AN A FULLY AUTOMATED SCENARIO THAT IS GOING TO BE USING AI TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO CREATE CONDITION ANALYSIS BASED ON FOCUSING ON CRACK READING ONLY AND WHAT THAT TECHNOLOGY SHALL DO IS, SHALL PROVIDE US A MORE STABILITY AND CONSISTENCY IN TERMS OF THE DATA

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ALSO, OUR GOAL IS ALSO TO ENHANCE OUR FREQUENCY OF THE DATA COLLECTION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BOOST OUR DATA ACCURACY AND ENHANCE THE COMPREHENSION OF THE TRENDS.

WE HAVE ALSO IN WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING A DATA QUALITY CONTROL PLAN IN OUR UPCOMING PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO DICTATE OUR DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES AND MINIMIZE AS A RESULT.

ALSO, THE VARIATIONS AND THE DIFFERENCES WE ARE GETTING FROM EACH VENDOR AS THEY, WE CHANGE VENDORS AND OUR DATA COLLECTION.

THERE IS ALSO THE THE LAST THING THAT WE ARE ALSO FOCUSING ON IS TO UPDATE OUR PAYMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO INCLUDE A NEW PAYMENT MODELING UPDATES AND A SOFTWARE THAT IS GOING TO BE STREAMLINING ALL OF OUR TASKS THAT WE ARE DOING IN ONE PLACE AND CREATING A HIGHER EFFICIENCY WITH THAT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY STREETS INFORMATION.

I'LL GIVE IT TO DOCTOR WHITE TO TALK ABOUT OTHER ASSETS LIKE SIDEWALKS, ALLEYS, AND BRIDGES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THE REST OF THE ASSETS THAT PUBLIC WORKS MAINTAINS.

SO FOR SIDEWALKS STAFF IS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM.

IT CONTINUES TO GROW IN POPULARITY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

SO IT STARTED WITH THE WITH THE CALL SHARE PROGRAM, BUT FOR THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN, WE ADDED THIS TO THE TO THE SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN JUNE 2021.

FROM THIS PLAN, RECOMMENDED PROJECTS WERE SCOPED AND PRIORITIZED.

A DATA DRIVEN SYSTEM WAS USED TO IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPACTFUL PROJECTS.

THIS INCLUDES IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY TO FOR PEDESTRIANS, FOR IMPROVING SAFETY FOR CITY RESIDENTS, AND ALSO FOR ADDRESSING HUD COMMUNITIES.

THE PLAN DID DETERMINE, OVERALL, THAT SIDEWALKS WAS NEEDED AT A $2 BILLION.

SO THIS INCLUDED MISSING SIDEWALKS, EXISTING SIDEWALKS THAT NEEDED REPAIR.

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THE THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN AS FAR AS THE IMP IS CONCERNED.

WE USE THIS FOR PROGRAMING SIDEWALKS FOR MAINTENANCE, CREATING OUR WORK PLAN.

AND IMPLEMENTING THAT WORK PLAN.

ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THERE'S WITHIN THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN.

THERE ARE 12 FOCUS AREAS.

THEY'RE WORTH ABOUT $30 MILLION BASED ON THE ESTIMATE.

AND IT COVERED ALL 14, ALL 14 COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

SO THE FOCUS AREAS ARE BASICALLY THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATED AREAS OF PRIORITY TO ADDRESS THE VAST NUMBER OF TRIPPING HAZARDS.

THAT'S SEEN BY THOSE FIELD INVESTIGATIONS.

SO THAT'S JUST A REMINDER THERE.

JUST WHAT ARE THE FOCUS AREAS? BUT WE HAVE SEEN INCREASED COST OVER, OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, EVER SINCE COVID, BUT PUBLIC WORKS IS NOW EXPLORING.

BASICALLY, WHEN THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE MASTER PLAN WOULD BE.

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HERE, IT JUST SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF BASICALLY WHAT WE NEED FOR THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN ON THE FIVE YEAR PROJECTION.

IT'S CLOSE TO $30 MILLION.

AND THIS IS AROUND 5.3 ANNUALLY.

THIS IS THE AVERAGE THAT WE ANTICIPATE.

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WHEN JUST.

THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT I EXPLAINED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

BUT I THINK THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT AS THE COST INCREASE WE'RE GOING TO GET LESS MILES IN OUR SIDEWALKS, BUT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING MORE INTO THAT.

ON HOW WE CAN ADJUST FOR THAT.

BUT JUST TO GIVE AN OVERALL WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED, WE'VE DONE APPROXIMATELY 33 PROJECTS THAT WAS COMPLETED WITHIN $13 MILLION, AND THIS COVERED NEARLY ALL OF THE MOST OF THE PROJECTS WERE WERE IN THE FOCUS AREA.

AND THE MAP TO THE RIGHT JUST SHOWS WHERE THOSE FOCUS AREAS ARE WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.

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SO WE USE TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS GIS MAPPING IN ORDER FOR US TO TRACK OUR PROJECTS ON ON INCEPTION TO COMPLETION.

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SO THE NEXT ASSET WOULD BE THAT WE FOCUS ON ON IN THE IMP IS THE IMPROVE ALLEYS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

AND THESE ARE ALLEYS THAT ARE ALREADY HAVE PAVING SURFACE OR DRIVING SURFACE.

IT'S EITHER CONCRETE OR ASPHALT.

TYPICALLY THE, OUR THE ANNUAL NEED FOR THOSE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS $2 MILLION THE PROJECTION FOR FIVE YEARS, UP TO $10 MILLION.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE ALLEYS, WE SEE THE NEED OF IMPROVING.

IT'S EITHER 25% OF LESS IN MAINTENANCE.

THOSE PROJECTS ARE SELECTED BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE ALLEYS AS WELL AS IF IF A SANITATION ROUTE IS, IS ACTUALLY OR SANITATION IS ACTUALLY USED IN THOSE, THOSE ALLEYS.

WE RECENTLY AWARDED A CONTRACT.

COUNCIL THE COUNCIL DID THAT, I BELIEVE SOMETIME THIS, THIS PAST FISCAL, I MEAN, THIS QUARTER OR PREVIOUS QUARTER.

AND WE ACTUALLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON SPOT REPAIRS, LIKE YOU SEE IN THE IMAGE ONTO THE LEFT.

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PART OF THE ALI PROGRAM IS THE UNIMPROVED ALLEYS.

THESE ARE ALLEYS WITH NO SURFACE, AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE IMAGES ON THE RIGHT.

THE TOP RIGHT SHOWS THE IMAGE OF AN ALLEY THAT IS UNIMPROVED.

BUT WE ACTUALLY IMPROVED IT USING ASPHALT SURFACE.

OUR THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY BEING LED BY OUR STREET OPERATIONS.

AND, AND THIS IS THIS PROGRAM STARTED BACK IN 2019, BUT THEY COMPLETED UP TO 51 ALLEY MILES, UP TO UP TO 450 PROJECTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, ON AN AVERAGE BASIS, WE NEED $1.3 MILLION TO DO FIVE MILES.

BUT AS AS PRICES INCREASES AND BECAUSE OF THE COST OF ASPHALT WE'RE WE'RE DEFINITELY NEEDING MORE FUNDING IN ORDER TO DO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO THE PROJECTION THAT WE SEE HERE FOR FIVE YEAR BASIS IS CLOSE TO $6.5 MILLION.

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THE LAST ASSET TO DISCUSS IS THE BRIDGE.

BRIDGES. THIS PROGRAM IS PRETTY MUCH IN ITS INFANCY.

BUT IT'S CONTINUED TO GROW.

I THINK THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE OUR BRIDGES.

AND WE JUST LOOK IN WAYS, LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO WHERE WE CAN DO, DO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

SO WE ARE DEVELOPING A FIVE YEAR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TO, TO ADJUST ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.

WE HAVE A BACKLOG OF $30 MILLION.

WE RECENTLY AWARDED A CONTRACT TO DO MAINTENANCE SINCE OCTOBER 22ND 2022.

AND THE NEXT GOAL IS REALLY TO GET INTO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, TO DEVELOP THAT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

AND THE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH WITHIN THAT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IS DO CRACK SEALING AND SOME JOINT REPLACEMENTS ON OUR BRIDGES.

AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE TO THE IMAGES TO THE RIGHT, WE DO WITH THIS WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE DO MINOR TO MAJOR MAINTENANCE, SUCH AS MISALIGNED BEARINGS ON THESE, ON THESE BRIDGES, AS WELL AS DOING SOME DECK REHAB TYPICALLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE NEED ABOUT $4.4 MILLION.

THAT INCLUDES A $1 MILLION OF EMERGENCY TAKING CARE OF OUR BRIDGES WHEN IT COMES TO AN EMERGENCY, AND THEN PROJECTED IN ON AT A FIVE YEAR PROJECT LOOKING AT A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $22 MILLION.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I CONCLUDE MY SLIDES.

I'M OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

MEMBERS. I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ FOR THE PUBLIC, WE ARE ON ITEM B ON TODAY'S BRIEFINGS.

AND CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

IF I DID MY MATH RIGHT, SO PLEASE CHECK.

BUT IF I DID MY MATH RIGHT, 5% OF OUR ENTIRE IMP OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS BEING SPENT ON PEDESTRIANS.

IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, 5% ON PEDESTRIANS AND 95% ON VEHICLES.

THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT, BUT I CAN I NEED TO CLARIFY THAT.

SO MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU ALL GET YOUR WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR GUIDANCE FROM US TO SAY NO, WE ACTUALLY WANT IT TO BE X FOR OUR

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HOW DO WE GET THAT PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN? WHO MAKES THAT DECISION? WELL AS FAR AS HOW WE PROGRAM OUR.

YES SIDEWALKS. YES, SIR.

WELL, THE DECISION WAS ACTUALLY MADE DURING THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED THAT 5% WOULD BE SO THAT YES, THAT WE THE FOCUS WAS US FOR PUBLIC WORKS IS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE HIGH PRIORITY MISSING SIDEWALKS, THOSE HIGH PRIORITY EXISTING SIDEWALKS, AS WELL AS THOSE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE IN THE FOCUS AREAS.

SO THE PRIORITY HAS BEEN SET WHETHER IT'S 5% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO CONFIRM.

YEAH. SO, I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT OUT HERE THAT I THINK AT SOME POINT, GIVEN, YOU KNOW, OUR C-CAP GIVEN OUR ALL OF OUR OTHER PLANS, THAT AT SOME POINT WE AS A CITY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE POLICY DISCUSSIONS TAKE PLACE, BUT WE HAVE GOT TO BEGIN TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE PEOPLE WHO WALK, I MEAN, IN, GIVE THEM AS MUCH CREDENCE AND AS MUCH MEET THEIR NEEDS AS MUCH AS WE DO.

THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE, WE'RE SENDING MIXED MESSAGES ALL THE TIME TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND ESPECIALLY AFTER OUR VISION ZERO BRIEFING THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY IN TRANSPORTATION, AND THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN MARCH, YOU KNOW, IN A MORE IN DEPTH PLACE THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS AS A COUNCIL AT SOME POINT, OUR OWN PRIORITIES AND SENDING THE MESSAGE TO YOU ALL.

YOU'RE YOU'RE JUST THE MESSENGER.

I GET THAT THAT SAYS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN CARS MATTER JUST AS MUCH AS OUR CAR CENTRIC CITY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT THIS MUST BE A MUCH I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A MUCH HIGHER PRIORITY.

THANK YOU. IF I MAY, COUNCIL MEMBER.

ADD TO IT ASIDE FROM THE IMP FOR THE SIDEWALK, WE ALSO HAVE THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE BUILDING, THE SIDEWALK.

WE ALSO HAVE THE COST SHARE PROGRAM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL IMPROVING THE SIDEWALK.

ALSO. ON TOP OF THAT, WE ARE RECEIVING THE MONEY FROM THE EXCESS SALES TAX REVENUE FROM THE DART THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING FOR, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK AND BARRIER FREE RAMPS ALSO. THAT'S FANTASTIC.

SO MAYBE WHAT, SINCE WE HAVE TIME BEFORE THE VISION ZERO BECAUSE THAT'S OVERALL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

MAYBE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHORE, I REALLY DON'T.

BUT IF WE COULD HELP OUR RESIDENTS SEE THAT, IN FACT, WHAT I JUST SAID IS NOT CORRECT AND THAT WE'RE INVESTING MUCH MORE THAN THAT IN OTHER WAYS THAN THE IMP, THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YOU WERE. I SAW YOU FIRST.

AND SOMEHOW YOU'RE. IT'S ALL MESSED UP RIGHT NOW IN THIS SYSTEM.

SO IN YOUR NEXT MISS WILLIS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

MR. HATFIELD, AT THE RISK OF STATING THE OBVIOUS, MY DISTRICT 14 HAS THE HIGHEST APPRAISED PROPERTY VALUATIONS IN THE CITY.

AS A RESULT, WE PRODUCE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES IN THE CITY.

AND YET, LOOKING AT SLIDE 11, I SEE THAT DISTRICT 14 HAS THE WORST STREETS IN THE CITY, NOT MARGINALLY, BUT BY FIVE PCI POINTS AS YOUR OWN DATA INDICATES.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE'RE PROJECTED NOT TO IMPROVE AT ALL IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BUT TO REMAIN IN THE CELLAR OF ALL 14 DISTRICTS.

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN RIDLEY.

WELL, AS YOU SEE FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR DISTRICT ALSO, I AGREE THAT YOUR DISTRICT HAS THE LOWEST PCI IN THE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTION, BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC LOAD AND BECAUSE OF THE I GUESS THE OLD PART OF THE TOWN THAT THE DALLAS DOWNTOWN IS.

BUT AS A PART OF THE ZERO DEGRADATION, YOUR DISTRICT IS ALSO IMPROVING.

BUT FOR THE ZERO DEGRADATION, THE FOCUS IS ON THE OVERALL PCI FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND NOT EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, BASICALLY.

SO YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT FROM 63 TO 69, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT BY SIX POINTS, THE PCI. BUT YET THE OVERALL, IF YOU SEE THE AVERAGE PCI FROM 71.4 TO 71.3, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY KEEP IT AS THE WAY IT IS.

SO BUT YEAH, I MEAN ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS THAT WHAT IS THE POLICY FOR THE CITY? DO WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL PCI FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, OR SHOULD WE LOOK AT EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT TO SEE WE HAVE TO INVEST THE WAY THAT EACH BRING EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OR WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST PRACTICE? FOR NOW, OUR FOCUS IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, AND THAT'S HOW THE PAVING MODEL WORKS SO WELL.

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SO WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE REALITY.

AND THE AMOUNT THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS PUT INTO THE BUDGET AND INTO THE BOND PROGRAM FOR STREETS, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO MY CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEY COMPLAIN TO ME ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE THE ROADS ARE IN DISTRICT 14.

AND YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE GET THE PROBABLY THE MOST TRAFFIC INTENSITY BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE CORE OF THE CITY, AND WE GET COMMUTERS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY WHO FUNNEL INTO DISTRICT 14.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THERE IS SOME RECOGNITION OF THE NEED TO BRING UP THE LOWEST EXTREME OF THE PCI RATINGS ON STREETS THAT THE MOST PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE CITY UTILIZE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF THOSE STREETS WHICH AFFECT NOT JUST MY DISTRICT, BUT LITERALLY EVERY DISTRICT IN THE CITY.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO BRING US CLOSER TO AT LEAST THE CITY AVERAGE IN DISTRICT 14? AGAIN, THIS IS A MATTER OF I GUESS THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY, SIR.

AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, OUR FOCUS WAS THE ENTIRE CITY NETWORK, PCI NOT CERTAINLY JUST EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS MAP, THE HEAT MAP, SOMETHING TO EXPLAIN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PCI IS ONE PART OF THIS STORY, RIGHT? THERE ARE ALSO SOME DISTRICTS THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF UNIMPROVED STREETS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE SURFACE IS MAYBE IN A BETTER CONDITION, BUT STILL, THAT STREET DOESN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK, DOESN'T HAVE A DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, DOESN'T HAVE ANY WATER, WASTEWATER UPGRADE AND ALL THESE THINGS.

RIGHT. SO I GUESS THE PCI IS ONE PART OF THE SCENARIO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CONDITION OF THE ROAD.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS ALSO TO LOOK AT IF THE STREET IS IN A GOOD SHAPE, IS IT IMPROVED? IS IT NOT IMPROVED? CAN THE RESIDENT HAVE ACCESS TO I GUESS PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES? CAN THEY WALK, CAN THEY GET TO THE FROM A TO B OR NOT? THESE ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT IT.

BUT AGAIN FOR YOUR QUESTION, SIR, THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT AGAIN, WE FOCUS ON THE ENTIRE NETWORK TO BRING EVERYTHING UP.

AND YOUR DISTRICT ALSO WENT UP BY FIVE YEARS, RIGHT? IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS TREND WAS SHOWING IN A TEN YEAR PROJECTION, PROBABLY YOU WILL SEE YOUR DISTRICT OUT OF THE ORANGE OR RED ZONE AND GO TO THE GREEN ZONE BECAUSE THAT'S A LONGER RANGE.

BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, WE DON'T INVEST THAT MUCH ON THE ZERO DEGRADATION.

OUR REALITY IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT.

SITE. AND FOR THE LEFT SIDE, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THESE YOU KNOW, COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE IMPROVING, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT IS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE ZERO DEGRADATION.

WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IN ADDITION TO THE PCI PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING WHERE TO INVEST YOUR ALLOCATION, YOU SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER THE TRAFFIC LOAD ON THOSE STREETS, WHICH CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY THE POOR CONDITION OF THE STREETS IN DISTRICT 14.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC LOAD ON OUR STREETS, THAT THE POOR CONDITION IS AFFECTING MORE PEOPLE THAN JUST MY DISTRICT, IT'S AFFECTING MOTORISTS IN ALL THE DISTRICTS AND THAT AS A RESULT, INVESTMENT IN IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE PAVEMENT IN DISTRICT 14 IS AN INVESTMENT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT IN HOW YOU ALLOCATE THE FUNDS FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT IN ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MISS WILLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO BUILD ON THAT BECAUSE I WAS HAVING THAT SAME THOUGHT.

AND MISS MUHAMMAD, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE MET IN PERSON, BUT MY SUBCOMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOND FOR STREETS HAD GREAT PRAISE FOR YOU AND HOW YOU PRESENTED YOUR MATERIAL AND YOUR RESPONSIVENESS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU.

THAT SAID, YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND YOU SAID ZERO DEGRADATION IS DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE WITH A NETWORK OF OUR SIZE.

AND I DON'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE OUR SIZE IS OUR SIZE AND WE WE'VE GOT TO COMMIT TO GETTING TO THIS POINT.

AND I REALIZE IT'S FUNDING DRIVEN.

AND SO WE'VE GOT OUR BUDGET AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR BOND, WHICH WE'VE LANDED ON A NUMBER AND I HOPE IT PASSES.

BUT THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FORMS OF FUNDING.

HOWEVER WE MIGHT ACHIEVE THAT.

I MEAN, IS THAT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE?

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SO THAT ABSOLUTELY THAT COMMENT IS BASICALLY THE DIFFICULTY IS COMING FROM THE THE HUGE INVESTMENT REQUIREMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY IS NOT AVAILABLE.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE DIFFICULTY TO MAINTAIN ZERO DEGRADATION IS COMING FROM, BECAUSE AS YOU SEE, IS WE ARE REQUIRING A $272 MILLION PER YEAR TO BE INVESTED IN OUR STREETS TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL OR GET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE FROM IT.

ALSO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE LOOKING WE WILL REQUIRE FLEXIBLE FUNDING THAT REALLY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS LONG TERM GOAL THAT WE ARE PREDICTING AND WE'RE LOOKING AT FLEXIBLE FUNDING IS REQUIRED IN TERMS OF ABILITY TO KEEP UP OR CATCH UP WITH THE INFLATION RATES, WITH THE COST ESTIMATES INCREASE AND ALL OF THAT.

HOWEVER, OUR PREDICTION ANALYSIS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE IMP, FOR EXAMPLE THE BUDGET IS REMAINED STRAIGHT OR REMAINED CONSTANT.

EVERY YEAR WE'RE PREDICTING $68 MILLION ONLY PER YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHY AS OF NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PREDICTION, YOU SEE A DIFFICULTY.

HOWEVER, TO BUILD UPON THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION AND WHAT MR. HATIFI JUST TALKED ABOUT IT IS DEFINITELY A MATTER OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS OUR GOAL AS A CITY IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS PREDICTION? IS THE DECISION ON WHAT'S OUR GOAL IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GOAL OF LOOKING AT THIS, THE CITY OVERALL NETWORK, PCI AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE OVERALL NETWORK PCI, THAT'S A NUMBER YOU GET PER YEAR.

HOWEVER, YOU'RE ABLE TO ASK THE SYSTEM A DIFFERENT QUESTION, AND IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE YOU A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANSWER IN TERMS OF HOW YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR INVESTMENTS.

SO IF WE SAY OUR GOAL IS TO BRING ALL OF THE CITY DISTRICTS INTO, FOR EXAMPLE, 69 OR 70 PCI, THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANALYSIS, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF REQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT.

AND THAT THAT I GUARANTEE YOU IT MIGHT BE HIGHER THAN THE 2.72 PER YEAR.

AND IT ALSO MIGHT CREATE IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE THAT IT MIGHT CREATE A BIG VARIANCE BETWEEN THE SPENDING REQUIRED BETWEEN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S ONE THING TO LOOK AT AND TO THINK ABOUT.

THERE IS ALSO ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT THE DISTRICT COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF SO MANY FACTORS THAT ARE DRIVING IN THIS ANALYSIS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRAFFIC, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, THE SIZE OF THE NETWORK AND THE SIZE OF THAT DISTRICT.

SO THE FIVE IF I GIVE AS AN EXAMPLE, IF I GIVE ONE OF THE DISTRICTS $5 MILLION TODAY AND I GIVE ANOTHER DISTRICT $7 MILLION TODAY, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN $5 MILLION, WHAT THAT $5 MILLION CAN DO TO THAT DISTRICT IN TERMS OF THESE NUMBER, IN THESE NUMBERS.

AND THE CONDITION IS MUCH MORE THAN THE $7 MILLION CAN DO TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN ITS CURRENT DECISION, IN ITS CURRENT SITUATION.

SO ALL OF THOSE FACTORS HAS TO BE CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF MAKING OUR DECISION.

BUT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO ME, I THINK, IS REALLY DECIDING WHAT'S OUR GOAL.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE, BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND GETTING TO AN OVERALL PCI.

BUT I LOOK AT DISTRICT 14, OUR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, DISTRICT TWO ALSO HAS SOME ISSUES.

I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 12 POINT SWING BETWEEN THE GREEN BAR AND A RED BAR.

AND WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THIS WITH REGARD TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO, MR. TRANSPORTATION CHAIR I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS EXAMINED BY YOUR COMMITTEE AND JUST SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE STILL BUYING INTO, BECAUSE.

HAS. IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE'VE GOT THIS VARIANCE IN SHADING ACROSS DISTRICTS, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE NEED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LOOK.

BUT I WOULD ALSO GO BACK TO HOW IS THE TIF INCREMENT DIRECTION? THAT WE HAVE GIVEN WITH REGARD TO AN EXPIRED TIFF AND THAT THAT INCREMENT THAT'S GENERATED GOING INTO EQUITY AREAS ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE MONEY IS BEING POURED INTO EQUITY AREAS.

AND I SEE THAT A COUPLE OF THEM ARE GREEN BARS THAT ARE REPRESENT THAT NINE POINT SWING FROM MY DISTRICT AND A 12 POINT SWING FROM THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

SO YOU KNOW, I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT, BUT I'M SEEING IT SHADED OUT THIS WAY.

AND IT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE MADE THE BEST INVESTMENT DECISION THERE.

AS FAR AS THE TIF DISTRICT AND THE FUNDING FOR THAT GOES I MAY NEED HELP FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

BUT AGAIN, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE PCI IS ONE PART OF THE STORY.

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GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MAJID AL GHAFFARI, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONVENTION.

I'M THE DESIGNATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSON, I GUESS, TODAY.

SO PART OF PART OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPIRED TIFS IS TO LEVERAGE THAT FUNDING TO BRING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE PROJECT SPECIFIC, NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE IMP.

AND SO IT WILL BE ADDED ON, BUT ONCE A PROJECT IS ACTIVATED, IT WILL BE COUNTING TOWARDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

THAT WAS THAT WAS HOW IT WAS DESIGNED IN 2017.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY IS TO RECALIBRATE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, GIVE YOU A PROJECTION FOR FIVE YEARS, BUT TO BE RECALIBRATED EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND I YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THAT INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.

I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT TO HAVE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS OCCUR.

AND SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, IF THE GREEN BAR GETS GREENER AND THE RED BAR GETS MORE RED THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE MAKING THE BEST DECISION.

SO I WOULD ASK, RATHER THAN SETTLING THAT HERE, THAT WE EXAMINE THAT.

AND BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A VARIANCE TO TO RETHINK WHETHER THAT IS THE BEST DECISION, I WANT TO MOVE ON NOW TO ALI'S.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO ACCELERATE HOW WE CAN GET AT OUR ALLEYS.

AND THERE WAS A NUMBER GIVEN OUT, ABOUT 25%.

OR FEWER NEED ATTENTION, I THINK.

I'M SORRY. CAN YOU, MR. WHITE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE IMPROVED ALLIES? WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT.

THE IMPROVED ALLEYS.

WELL, THE IMPROVED ALLEYS PROGRAM FOR THE IMP ARE PRETTY MUCH SPOT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE LOOK AT BASED ON CONDITION IF IT'S USED BY SANITATION. I GUESS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WE CONSIDER IT A CANDIDATE FOR THE IMP IF THE IMPROVEMENT IS NEEDED, WHICH IS IS 25% OR LESS.

SO IF IT'S GREATER THAN 25%, THAT PUTS IT IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.

SO IT BECOMES MORE OF A MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

IT MIGHT BE PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE AS A ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

OKAY. WELL, MY EMAIL INBOX BOX SUGGESTS THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF THAT.

AT 25% OR GREATER.

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE ASPHALT ZIPPER? DID WE EVER BUY THOSE OR ARE WE TESTING THEM, OR WHAT'S THE STATUS? BECAUSE THAT SEEMED LIKE A QUICKER WAY TO GET AT SOME ALLEY RELIEF.

SURE, MA'AM. YEAH, WE DO HAVE ASPHALT ZIPPER.

WE BOUGHT IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE.

THE WAY ASPHALT ZIPPERS WORK IS THAT TO RECLAIM THE EXISTING ASPHALT IN THE ALLEYS.

RIGHT. AND SOME OF THESE IMPROVED ALLEYS ARE CONCRETE ALLEYS THAT THE ASPHALT ZIPPER IS NOT THE BEST OPTION FOR THAT.

AS DEREK MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE DO ALSO HAVE THE UNIMPROVED ALLEY PROGRAM THAT WE ADD FLEX SPACE AND ASPHALT ON THE TOP TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE SURFACE OF THE THINGS.

BUT YES, WE DO HAVE THE ASPHALT.

AND ON THOSE UNIMPROVED ALLEYS IS THAT ONE THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED, THAT HAS REAR ENTRY GARAGES FOR HOMES? WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PAVING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT USED.

FREQUENTLY. OUR FOCUS ON THE ALLEYS ARE THE ALLEYS THAT ARE USED BY SANITATION DEPARTMENT FOR TRASH PICKUP, AND ALSO THEY HAVE A RESIDENT ENTRIES AND ACCESS ALSO. OKAY.

WELL, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING SANITATION AND ALLEY PICKUP.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR DOLLARS WISELY AND NOT IMPROVE SOMETHING IF IT MAY NOT BE IN USE THAT WAY.

AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE PART OF THE DART ALLOCATION WE RECEIVED WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP WITH SIDEWALKS, CERTAINLY ALONG BUS LINES OR TO DART RAIL.

HOW IS THAT HELPING US OFFSET WHAT OUR OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN ON THE SIDEWALK.

MASTER PLAN? SURE.

CURRENTLY, WE DO HAVE A $10 MILLION FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT ALONG THE BUS ROUTES.

AND ALSO WE HAVE $50 MILLION WORTH OF WORK FOR THE ADA RAMP IMPROVEMENT, WHERE WE DO HAVE MANY I GUESS DART FACILITIES IN THAT AREA.

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AND IT'S IT'S A IT'S DEFINITELY A SIGNIFICANT OFFSET.

SO IT DOES HELP WITH US AS FAR AS OUR STRATEGY TO TRY TO IMPROVE SIDEWALKS.

THIS WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS.

FUNDING FROM DART WOULD ACTUALLY HELP US IMPLEMENT MORE OF THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN.

BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS COME FROM THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN.

THEY JUST SO HAPPEN TO FALL ON THE DART BUS ROUTE.

OKAY, SO OF THE $30 MILLION IDENTIFIED IN THE FIRST ROUND, IS THAT 10 MILLION GOING TOWARD THAT TO HELP US ACCOMPLISH THOSE PROJECTS? AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO TO OUR NEXT PHASE OF PROJECTS TO HELP.

YEAH. ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE FOCUS AREAS FOR THE $30 MILLION? YES. IT'S TO SOME EXTENT, YES.

IF IT FALLS ON THE DART ROUTE, IT DOES MEET THAT CRITERIA, AND I BELIEVE SO.

AND WE HAVE THAT ON I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE THOSE ON THE LIST THAT SOME DO FALL ON THE IN THE FOCUS AREA.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THIS BLACKMON. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE ON ITEM B.

THANK YOU, AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION IN THE BOOK.

OKAY. SO JUST IF WE AND I'M ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S KIND OF IN THAT YELLOW, WE SLIP GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S INVESTED.

SO RUN IT THROUGH ME.

RUN IT THROUGH AGAIN.

IF WE WANTED TO JUST DO THE BASIC PACKAGE, IF YOU WILL, WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? AND THEN WHAT IS THE ONE? IF WE WANTED ZERO DEGRADATION I'M LOOKING FOR THE DELTA.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF THIS BODY WANTED TO GO AND PUT MORE MONEY THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS, THROUGH OTHER MEANS OF FEES, WHATEVER IT COULD BE, WHAT NUMBER ARE WE LOOKING FOR EVERY YEAR? SO THAT WAY WE DON'T SLIP.

AND I'VE WRITTEN DOWN SEVERAL NUMBERS, AND I'M KIND OF CONFUSED WITH MY OWN CHICKENS.

YES, I HAVE NOT CALCULATED THAT, ALTHOUGH I CAN RUN IT QUICKLY AND CALCULATE IT.

AS WE'RE TALKING. BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT SITUATION, WHICH IS BASICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $500 MILLION, THAT'S NOT FULLY TWO STREETS.

AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, STREETS ONLY BENEFITING OUT OF ALMOST 395, $96 MILLION.

OUT OF THIS 500.

THE REST OF IT IS MORE SAFETY AND VISION ZERO AND COMPLETE STREETS, MOBILITY, OTHER TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT PROBABLY IF WE SAY THREE 69 PLUS THE 68 MILLION WE'RE GETTING.

SO FOR FY 24 AS YOU SEE HERE, WE HAVE RECEIVED CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION FUNDS OF $73 MILLION THAT WENT TO MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

SO ON THAT SPECIFIC YEAR, WE HAVE MORE INVESTMENT COMPARED TO THE UPCOMING YEARS THAT WE CONSIDER ONLY $68 MILLION.

SO SO IF WE CALCULATE A 68 PLUS 396.

RUN TO FIND. YEAH.

SO 396 PLUS THE 68.

THAT'S THE BASIC PER YEAR.

YEAH. 60.

NO. IF YOU WANT TO.

OKAY. YEAH. SO I, I KIND OF FOUND THE TOTAL.

IF WE DIVIDE IT BY FIVE, IT'S 147.

CURRENTLY THE AVERAGE SPENDING BASED ON THE CURRENT SCENARIO IS 147 MILLION PER YEAR.

THE REQUIREMENT IS 270 2.5 AS OF THE ZERO DEGRADATION SCENARIO.

SO 270 2.5 THE -147.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VARIANCE OF $125 MILLION PER YEAR.

THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE ZERO DEGRADATION.

AND AND SO THAT'S THAT'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT.

AND THAT'S JUST PER YEAR.

RIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY.

DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING, ROBERT? YES. HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

ROBERT. BETTE. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

THAT THAT'S JUST THE DELTA.

125 INCREMENT THAT IS NEEDED.

ADDITIONALLY, JUST TO GET JUST JUST TO MEET YOUR DAUGHTER.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO, I MEAN YOU DID MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT WE ARE A BIG CITY AND WE HAVE A BIG NETWORK.

AND IN MY PAST EXPERIENCES, YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT AT, YOU KNOW, ONE BITE AT A TIME.

AND SO WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY AS FAR AS ACCOMPLISHING GETTING EVERYBODY.

AND I GUESS WE SHOULD DEFINE WHAT IS OUR NORTH STAR LIKE, WHAT IF YOU LOOK AT A STREET IS 70 GOOD OR IS 80 GOOD, OR IS NOT LIKE WHAT IS OPTIMAL AS A NUMBER TO SHOOT FOR? SO BASICALLY, AS ALI HAS WALKED US THROUGH FOR THE CONDITIONS IN GENERAL, IF YOU FOCUS IF WE FOCUS ON PCI AND AS ALI HAS ALSO MENTIONED, THAT

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SO THAT'S THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WE LOOK AT THE PCI.

BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONDITION WHEN YOU SEE HERE, FARE IS ANYTHING BETWEEN 60 AND ABOVE IS CONSIDERED FAIR.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 70, THAT'S A GOOD PCI.

SO THE CITY CURRENT PCI, BASED ON THE UPDATED DATA AS AN OVERALL NETWORK IS PERFORMING AS A 71.5, WHICH IS NOT A BAD PCI IN TERMS OF THE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE.

BUT IF WE LOOK AT A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, IT VARIES.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THIS DISCUSSION IS THAT OUR DECISION ON WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY, BECAUSE WE CAN ASK THIS SYSTEM, THE PROVIDED MODEL, WHATEVER QUESTION WE WANT, WE CAN ASK IT TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT KIND OF ANALYSIS.

WE CAN ASK IT THE SYSTEM TO SAY, OKAY, WE WANT TO RUN THE ANALYSIS IN WHICH EACH DISTRICT LANDS AT 70 OR 69 OF A PCI INSTEAD OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE HAVE TO ALSO BE AWARE THAT THERE WILL BE LARGE VARIANCES IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT BETWEEN DISTRICTS.

GOT IT. IF WE DO THAT.

SO THAT DOES IT PRIORITIZE IT FOR YOU? I'M SORRY, DOES IT PRIORITIZE DISTRICT OR LIKE IF YOU PUT IN IT DOES IT DOES BECAUSE WHAT THE SYSTEM IS DOING IS DOING, AS I SAID HERE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THE ZERO DEGRADATION SCENARIO HERE WITH THE HEAT MAP IT'S A FULLY AUTOMATED DECISION.

AND THAT FULLY AUTOMATED DECISION OBVIOUSLY DID ALREADY IMPROVE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN BAD CONDITION.

AND GIVEN AN EXAMPLE THAT DISTRICT 14 HAD A JUMP OF 6 TO 7 PCI POINTS IN THIS SCENARIO ITSELF.

SO IT DOES OF COURSE DO PRIORITIZE FOR US, AND IT CREATES OPTIMIZATION OF BUDGET FOR US.

SO THE MAIN CONCEPT IS HOW DO WE OPTIMIZE THE SPENDING IN TERMS OF EXTENDING THE LIFESPAN OF OUR PAVEMENT.

SO DO WE SPEND THIS MUCH THIS YEAR OR THIS MUCH THAT YEAR.

SO THAT HAS TO FLUCTUATE AND CHANGE EVERY SINGLE YEAR IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE PREDICTION.

WOW. THAT TAKES THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THERE THAT YOU WORK WITH.

AND SO YOU'RE USING DATA AND YOU'RE USING BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR CITY CENTER IS THE HUB OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

RIGHT. IF YOUR CORE IS FALLING APART, USUALLY THE OUTER RINGS START FALLING APART.

SO HOW DO YOU BALANCE ALL THAT BUT STILL MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM? HOW DO WE BALANCE ALL THESE THINGS? AND LOOKING AT THE THE IT'S BUILDING CONSTRAINTS IN THE SYSTEM.

SO THE SYSTEM IF WE EVERYTHING LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, NOW EQUITY IS ONE OF OUR FACTORS THAT WE ARE BUILDING INTO THE SYSTEM.

SO WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN TERMS OF INCORPORATING EQUITY IN OUR MODELING.

SO EQUITY WE ARE CONSTRAINING THE MODEL TO SPEND MINIMUM 20% OF THE FUNDS IN THE EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT IS GOING TO SERVE ONE OF THOSE GOALS.

SO IT'S REALLY THE CONSTRAINTS WE BUILD IN THAT MODEL IN ORDER TO CREATE TO CONSIDER ALL THOSE FACTORS.

AND ONE OF THEM IS PAYMENT CONDITION.

ONE OF THEM IS SPENDING PER DISTRICT.

ONE OF THEM IS IS THE GOAL, WHETHER ZERO DEGRADATION OR SOMETHING ELSE OR THE EQUITY, FOR EXAMPLE, OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WHATEVER WE WANT THE SYSTEM TO DEVELOP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE THE DATA THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE SYSTEM TO USE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET US THE RESULTS WE WANT.

SO HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT LOOKING AT THE SYSTEM IN QUADRANTS VERSUS IN DISTRICTS? BECAUSE I'M THINKING THAT BECOMES A WELL, I GOT THIS AND YOU DIDN'T GET THAT IN A DISTRICT, RIGHT? PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT LINE IS.

THEY JUST KNOW THAT THE ROAD IS BAD AND IT COULD BE A DIVIDING LINE.

AND SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN QUADRANTS VERSUS DISTRICTS, THEN MAYBE YOU GET A IT BECOMES A MORE IT DOESN'T BECOME A FIGHTING MATCH, IF YOU WILL.

AND, AND AT THE, AT HERE AROUND THE HORSESHOE KIND OF.

DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH. WITH SANITATION YOU LOOK AT IT MORE AS, AS AREAS VERSUS AS DISTRICTS.

THOSE DISTRICT LINES CHANGE, YOU KNOW, EVERY TEN YEARS, BUT MAYBE THE QUADRANTS OR THE COORDINATES OR THE ALIGNING IT ALL.

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YES, WE DO EVALUATE THAT WAY.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF INVESTMENT IS THE BEST WAY IN WHICH TO TO FIX THE STREET, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE INVESTMENT PER DISTRICT, RIGHT? IT SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT AS A GEOGRAPHICAL WHOLE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, WE CAN RUN THAT ANALYSIS.

WE CAN DEFINITELY RUN THAT ANALYSIS AND SEE HOW THAT DIFF VARY IN COMPARISON TO THE ANALYSIS WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.

AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF WE RULE THE SYSTEM.

WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF WORKING WITH THE SYSTEM THE WAY WE WANT TO BY GIVING IT THE RIGHT DATA, THE RIGHT CONSTRAINTS, AND THE RIGHT ASKING IT THE RIGHT QUESTION, I GUESS.

OKAY. AND JUST TO GIVE A PLUG FOR DEAN HEIN YOU KNOW, WE ARE SLIPPING AND WE ARE MAINTAINING A YELLOW, BUT WE'RE GOOD.

AND SO I DO THINK THAT IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO MOVE, TO UTILIZE MORE DOLLARS I THINK THAT'S THE BEST APPROACH TO, TO DO WHETHER IT BE FEES OR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A MULTIPLE THINGS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, STREETS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART. ALLEYS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SENT YOU, ROBERT THINGS.

SO I THINK THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY OF LIFE.

IF YOU'VE GOT A HUGE POTHOLE AND YOU HIT IT AND YOUR HUBCAP COMES OFF THAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.

SO AND THIS AND SO I WOULD SAY LET'S FIGURE OUT A A GOOD APPROACH.

I MEAN, IT IS A STRATEGY.

AND YOU WORK, YOU PLAN IT AND YOU WORK THE PLAN, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU FUND IT. SO AND I GUESS WE'LL BE HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS GOING THROUGH, I THINK GOING THROUGH TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO GOOD LUCK.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SPEAKING OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR CHAIRMAN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXERCISE BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND COMPONENTS THAT COME TO OUR STREETS, ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS.

THIS IS NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH.

THIS IS ONE THIS BIG OLD BOOK IS ONE PART OF HOW YOU ALL COME TO YOUR CONCLUSIONS.

IS THAT ACCURATE TO SAY? YES, SIR. I THINK THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT.

RIGHT. AND SO AND IN ORDER TO DO ALL OF THIS, I THINK WE JUST HEARD A 100 MILLION PLUS BUDGET SHORTFALL THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE NEXT BUDGET.

IS THAT WHAT I ALSO HEARD? YEAH THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE'RE SOMETIMES WE'RE YOU KNOW WE'LL HEAR 10 MILLION, 12 MILLION YOU KNOW 30 MILLION SCARES US.

RIGHT. AND CAN YOU REPEAT THAT NUMBER BECAUSE IT WAS BIG.

125 THE, THE DELTA BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THROUGH THE BOND IN THE IMP NOW AND THE ASSUMED ZERO DEGRADATION SCENARIO IS $125 MILLION PER YEAR.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER.

AND SO THIS IS COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER AREAS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT DELTAS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF, AND WE WANT IT ALL BECAUSE WE'RE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND GIVE EVERYBODY THE ANSWERS THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR STREET AND SIDEWALK OR THEIR ALLEY, AND IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET REAL WITH THIS.

THANK HOPEFULLY THE THE VOTERS VOTE FOR THE BOND ELECTION BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE DELTA IS IF WE DON'T HAVE BOND IN THERE.

BECAUSE BOND HAS BEEN PART OF HOW WE FIX, WE DECIDED TO FIX THIS.

IS THAT CORRECT? TO TO SAY IT'S PART OF OUR FUNDING SOURCE IN ORDER TO GET TO ZERO DEGRADATION.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS CORRECT.

YEAH. PROPOSITION A IS IS NUMBER ONE TO VOTE FOR.

AND THEN THE NEXT THING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT COLLEAGUES IS THAT LITERALLY THINKS TO, TO EVERYONE ON, ON THIS HORSESHOE RIGHT NOW, THE LAST TWO BUDGETS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE BUDGETED FOR ZERO DEGRADATION IN DECADES.

SO OUR STREETS DIDN'T FALL APART OVERNIGHT.

I TELL PEOPLE THE SAME THING.

IT'S LIKE I DIDN'T GAIN WEIGHT OVERNIGHT.

I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE WEIGHT OVERNIGHT.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS AND YOU HAVE TO GET TO.

AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH OUR STREETS.

WE HAVE TO FOCUS.

AND SO WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT ZERO DEGRADATION AND PCI AND ALL OF THIS, WHEN I GOT ON THE COUNCIL, I REMEMBER US SAYING THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR MAIN

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STREET WOULD BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE THE WORST STREET IN THE ENTIRE CITY, BECAUSE NOT AS MANY PEOPLE USE IT. IS THAT KIND OF PART OF OUR STRATEGY AS WELL STILL? WELL FOR THE IMP, SIR? NO, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A STRATEGY, BUT FOR THE BOND, WE DO HAVE A STRICT CLASSIFICATION AS A PART OF THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA THAT WEIGHS MORE POINT TOWARD THOSE TYPE OF STREETS.

RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

AND THEN AND THAT'S THE HARD PART IS LOOKING AT AN A STREET, A B STREET, A C STREET, A D STREET AND AN F STREET.

AND IF YOU LIVE ON A STREET THAT'S IN YOUR MIND IS AN F THAT WE MAY RATE A C, IT'S LIKE, OH, WE'RE TRYING TO AT LEAST NOT LET IT GO TO A D OR AN F, BECAUSE D AND F MEANS COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION IS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT.

SO YEAH.

SO THIS IS REALLY WHAT THE MODEL IS DOING IS BASICALLY LOOKING AT THE LIFESPAN.

AND IN THE IN THAT NETWORK MASTER THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IT HAS A REMAINING A REMAINING SERVICE LIFE FOR EACH AND EVERY STREET AND, AND AN ASSOCIATED CORRECT TREATMENT AS OF NOW IN EACH AND EVERY STREET AS WELL.

AND THAT ASSOCIATED CORRECT TREATMENT IS DECIDED BASED ON THE BEST TIME AND PLACE FOR FUNDING, NOT ONLY BEST PLACE FOR FUNDING THE STREET, BUT BEST TIME AS WELL, IN ORDER TO NOT LET IT DETERIORATE TO WHERE IT GETS INTO RECONSTRUCTION AND WE CAN'T SERVE IT ANYMORE.

SO IN A LOT OF CASES, WE GET THAT QUESTION OF WHY MY WHY? YOU JUST MAINTAIN THE STREET, WHICH IS BETTER THAN MINE, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND AND WE DO THAT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE WE ARE DOING IT TO, TO CREATE SOME KIND OF EXTENSION TO THE LIFESPAN WHERE WE CAN STILL EXTEND IT BEFORE IT GETS TO THE POINT THAT IT'S HARD TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT, EXCEPT FOR A HUGE CHUNK OF INVESTMENT AS A RECONSTRUCTION.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE PART WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, TOWN HALLS, BUDGETS, ALL OF THAT.

I HEAR PEOPLE SAY YOU KNOW, THEY THEY JUST FIX THAT STREET.

NOW THEY'RE REPAVING IT AGAIN ALREADY, AND YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO MINE.

AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, IT'S AN A STREET.

NOW WE WANT TO KEEP IT AT AN A STREET.

AND IT'S WAY CHEAPER TO JUST SCRAPE THE TOP OFF AND RE ASPHALT IT OR A POTHOLE GETS IN IT DEPENDING ON THE SURFACE MATERIAL.

RIGHT. IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW I GET PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE OH CONCRETE.

CONCRETE. IT'S LIKE, WELL NO, YOU ACTUALLY WANT ASPHALT INSTEAD BECAUSE IT'S THE EASIER TO FIX THAT POTHOLE OR FIX THAT ADJUST IF WE NEED TO VERSUS, OH, TO REDO CONCRETE IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE A LANE MILE ON RECONSTRUCTION IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW, WHICH WE WANT TO AVOID IF WE CAN ON A, LIKE YOU SAID, A 70 PLUS STREET.

WE WANT TO KEEP IT THERE AND NOT LET IT GO BACKWARDS.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. VERY GOOD.

AND THEN WE HAVE THINGS OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, NOT JUST ON PCI.

WE HAVE VISION ZERO.

WE HAVE YOU KNOW, ALL THESE OTHER SAFETY MECHANISMS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO INCLUDE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STREETS.

I DO LIKE THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THAT LATER TO HELP US ACHIEVE ZERO DEGRADATION AND MAYBE GET GET A LITTLE BIT ABOVE IF WE CAN BECAUSE WE NEED MONEY AND THEN YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ALL OF THIS COLLEAGUES, JUST YOU'RE HEARING IT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SECRET TO ANYBODY HERE.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE.

AND STREETS ARE SUPER HUGE AND IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE.

AND WE DO HAVE TO ALSO FOCUS ON SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS.

BUT ALSO, IF WE CAN LOOK AT AND SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE STREETS.

AND I'LL WRAP THIS UP, MISTER MAYOR HOW MANY OF THESE STREETS WE NEED IN THESE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE AT THE LOWER END ARE THE SMALLER, YOU KNOW, TINY NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS VERSUS ARTERY STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE.

AND I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS GOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. I GAVE YOU THE CHAIRMAN INDULGENCE ON THAT ONE.

SINCE IT'S YOUR SINCE IT'S YOUR AREA MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND.

DO WE TAKE CONSIDERING THE ADA WHEN WE DO SIDEWALK? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO WHEN WE DO THE SIDEWALK, HOW DO WE FIGURE IN THE ADA? I MEAN, IF YOU SAID IT COST SO MUCH MONEY TO DO THE SIDEWALK, DO YOU DO EVERY CORNER ON THAT STREET OR WHEN WHEN THE WHEN THE SIDEWALK INTO THAT STREET, YOU MAKE SURE YOU DO. ADA.

HOW DOES THAT FIGURE.

[02:20:02]

SO THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANT.

OUR STAFF IS REALLY EXPERTS AT KNOWING, IDENTIFYING IN THE FIELD WHEN WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND WHEN WE GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. YES, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT AREA INTO ADA STANDARDS AND LIKE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE DO A STREET, MAYBE A STREET RESURFACING PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES MAYBE RESURFACING THE ASPHALT, MILLING OVERLAY, THE ASPHALT, IF THE INTERSECTION IN THAT PARTICULAR LIMITS DOESN'T HAVE ANY RAMPS, OUR TEAM WILL ACTUALLY TARGET THAT AREA AND ACTUALLY PUT IN ADA RAMPS.

IMPROVE THE SIDEWALKS AS NECESSARY.

TAKE OUT A FEW PANELS TO ACTUALLY INSTALL THOSE RAMPS AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

OKAY. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT ADA AND I ALSO LOOK AT THE DART, THERE WERE THE BUSSES AT, YOU KNOW, SO THEREFORE I GUESS DOCTOR PEREZ, THE MONEY WE RECEIVED FROM DART, THE MONEY RECEIVED FROM DART DO THAT.

CONSIDERING CONSIDERING THAT AT A BUS STOP THAT AT THE END THERE IS NOT A ADA RAMP, DO WE PRIORITIZE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS PART OF DART RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY OF DALLAS? GETTING TO THE BUS STOP.

YEAH, JUST ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

YES, WE DO IT. GETTING TO THE BUS STOP.

WE IT WOULD BE THE CITY'S CITY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.

OKAY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT ALICE, THE UNIMPROVED ALLEYS AND APPROVES ALLEYS.

SO THEREFORE, IF WE LOOK AT THE UNAPPROVED ALLEYS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN DOWNTOWN, THERE IS MORE UNIMPROVED ALLEY BECAUSE THAT IS THE NEWER PART OF THE CITY.

AND A WHOLE LOT OF HOUSES WERE BUILT, AND THEY DID NOT PUT ALLEYS, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO ARE YOU TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION IN THIS GOING FORWARD TO HAVE A BUDGET TO TO DO THE UNIMPROVED ALLEYS TO FUND THOSE? IT. WELL, ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW FOR THE FY 24 BUDGET, WE DO HAVE $1 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR UNIMPROVED ALLEYS WITHIN THE QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACT.

YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT.

AND I'M JUST KIND OF GLANCE OVER DISTRICT EIGHT.

YOU LOOK AT JUST ALLEYS, PROBABLY MAYBE 13 TO $15 MILLION.

TO REPAIR THOSE ALLEYS.

SO THEREFORE IN A FIVE YEARS, YOU STILL WON'T GET THERE.

IT MAY BE 25 YEARS BEFORE YOU GET TO THOSE ALLEYS.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THREE DECADES.

YES, IN DISTRICT EIGHT ALONE.

COUNCILWOMAN ATKINS AS A PART OF BOND PROGRAM.

ALSO, WE DO HAVE BUDGET FOR UNIMPROVED VALLEYS OR IMPROVE VALLEYS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE RECONSTRUCTION.

BUT THE UNIMPROVED ALLEY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ADD LAYER OF ASPHALT ON TOP, THAT IS ONLY $1.3 MILLION THAT WE HAVE AS A PART OF IMP.

YEAH. I JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.

TO DO THAT 1.3 I'D BE DEAD AND GONE BY THE TIME YOU GET FINISHED.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT UNAPPROVED ADDITIVES.

THERE IS A BIG NEED. NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT ALLEYS THAT IN SANITATION, YOU'RE TRYING TO, IN THE FUTURE, MOVE THE COLLECTION OF TRASH IN THE FRONT.

SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THAT YOU HAVE AN ADDED THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED IN SANITATION? SAY YOU WILL MOVE YOUR TRASH TO THE FRONT.

SO WHAT IS A PRIORITY? HOW DO WE FIGURE THAT IN? WELL, WE'RE INTERNALLY ACTUALLY DISCUSSING THIS WITH SANITATION DEPARTMENT ALSO.

THE BEST STRATEGY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT FROM THE ALLEY TO THE STREET.

I GUESS SEVERAL FACTORS.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT.

FIRST OF ALL, IF THE ALLEY IS IN A BAD SHAPE AND ALSO THE RESIDENTS ARE USING IT.

DO THEY NEED TO DOES THE ALLEY NEED TO GET IMPROVED OR NOT? THAT'S ONE QUESTION.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE RESIDENTS SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE TRASH FROM THE ALLEYS TO THE STREET, THEN WE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM PRIORITY TO IMPROVE THAT ALLEYS, JUST DUE TO THE THAT FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT TRASH PICKUP ANYMORE THAN THE ALLEYS.

AND ALSO WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER FACTORS.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE FINALIZING THIS APPROACH WITH THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT, SO.

AND MAYOR PRO TEM WE ALSO DID HAVE A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WILL WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE COMING FORWARD WITH I GUESS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

[02:25:07]

YOU GOT PEOPLE PARK IN THE FRONT, AND I WANT TO HAVE THEM GET THEIR TRASH PICKED UP.

SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO COORDINATE THAT? TO MAKE SURE THAT TRASH DO GET PICKED UP? BECAUSE WE DO NOT CONTROL THE STREETS.

BECAUSE THAT IS A CITY STREET.

AND BY LAW, THEY CAN PARK IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.

SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO MANAGE THAT OR HOW DO WE FIGURE THAT OUT? SO DO YOU GET ANY SUGGESTION NOW? THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN QUALITY OF LIFE THAT IF YOU IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE THAT IN THE FRONT, WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, SIR, AS PART OF ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE BRING FORWARD TO COUNCIL.

OKAY. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR STREET AND REPAIRING THE A, B, C, D E STREET, WHATEVER.

SO IF YOU GOT A STREET, I THINK YOU SAW A NUMBER.

NOW 1 TO 5 IS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE NOW.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT FIVE HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE PAYMENT OR RESERVING.

SO GIVE ME THE CATEGORIES OF HOW YOU REPAIR A STREET.

THE DIFFERENT. SIR.

TOPPINGS. OKAY I'LL TAKE THAT.

SO YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT JUST TO CORRECT MYSELF ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT ALL THE TREATMENTS WE DO.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, SO WE OUR TREATMENTS START FROM MAY.

THE MAJOR THREE CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

THE BOND FUNDS QUALIFY ONLY FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS THE RESURFACING AND THE RECONSTRUCTION.

HOWEVER, USING OUR GENERAL FUNDS FOR THE IMP, WE DO ALL OF THE OTHER TREATMENTS THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND AND THE THE, THE MAINTENANCE CATEGORIES CAN INCLUDE SO MANY DIFFERENT TREATMENTS TO START FROM, LIKE THE RESURFACING OF THE TOP COAT AS WHAT WE CALL MICRO AND SLURRY PREVENTATIVE SOLUTIONS AND INTO THE REHABS AND THE FULL DEPTHS AND THE PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTIONS.

AND THEN COMES THE MORE EXPENSIVE AND THE MORE INTENSE TREATMENTS LIKE RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION.

IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, I'M CONFUSED.

BUT I KNOW YOU GOT SERVICE SALE.

BUT YOU ALSO TELL ME YOU SCRAPE THE STREET.

THE STREET. SO THEREFORE, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS OUR RECONSTRUCTION ON STREETS RIGHT NOW.

SO THEREFORE, IF I GOT A STREET RIGHT NOW, IT'S ASPHALT.

WE TAKE ALL THE ASPHALT OFF AND GO TO CONCRETE BASE.

AND I GOT A CONCRETE BASE.

AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO RESEARCH THAT BASE RIGHT THERE.

IF IT'S CHRISTIAN, GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY, ARE YOU ASKING IF IT'S A RECONSTRUCTION? WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH IT? WHERE ARE WE? IN THE BOND PACKAGE.

WE ARE DOING WHAT? RECONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTIONS AND RESURFACING.

WE'RE DOING TWO. JUST TWO OF THEM? YES. AND WHAT ARE THE TWO? IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, RESURFACING IS WHERE YOU TAKE OFF TWO INCHES OF ASPHALT, TWO INCHES ASPHALT, TWO INCHES OF ASPHALT.

YOU REPLACE YOUR BASE REPAIRS LIKE IF YOU HAVE FAILED SECTIONS OF THE STREET, YOU REPLACE THAT AND THEN YOU PUT TWO INCHES OF ASPHALT BACK.

THE RECONSTRUCTION IS WHERE YOU COMPLETELY TEAR OUT ALL THE STREET DOWN TO THE SUBSURFACE.

YOU REPLACE ALL THE UTILITIES AND THEN YOU RECONSTRUCT THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, CURBS, DRIVEWAYS.

OKAY. SO IN THIS BOND PACKAGE, I KEEP SAYING IT RESURFACING, NOT RECONSTRUCTION, THE RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION.

AND THE PURPOSE FOR THE RESURFACING PROJECTS IS TO KEEP THEM TO GET FROM GETTING TO WHERE WE NEED TO RECONSTRUCT BECAUSE THE RECONSTRUCTION IS THREE 300.

YEAH. SO $3.8 MILLION FOR ARTERIALS IS A 3.8 PER LANE MILE, COMPARED TO ABOUT SEVEN, 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS PER LANE MILE FOR RESURFACING.

SO THERE IS A HUGE MARGIN.

OKAY. SO SO ESSENTIALLY FOR 5 TO 1, YOU KNOW, TIMES THE COST.

SO SO IT'S BASICALLY LIKE TRYING TO FILL A CAVITY BEFORE YOU NEED A ROOT CANAL.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO LISTEN TO THIS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT PROCESS.

THERE IS A HUGE PROCESS AND HUGE COST.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN MORENO.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

MUCH OF WHAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID.

BUT I DO WANT TO ASK A PROCESS QUESTION IS, AS WE LOOK AT EXAMINING THE VARIOUS FACTORS FOR CRITERIA ON HOW WE EVALUATE WHAT STREETS WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE, WHEN DOES WHEN WILL WE EVALUATE POTENTIALLY MOVING SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES, SUCH AS TRAFFIC COUNTS?

[02:30:06]

WELL, FOR THE BOND PROJECT, AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS IS THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO SCORE THEM.

AND BASED ON THAT, WE SELECT THE STREETS.

RIGHT. FOR THE IMP IS THE PAVING MODEL THAT IS BASED ON THE DIFFERENT OR VERY COMPLEX DECISION TREE THAT WE HAVE.

IT IDENTIFIES WHAT THE STREETS TO BE SELECTED OR WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT, WHAT TYPE OF TREATMENT.

AND BASED ON THAT, THE MODEL IS ACTUALLY GIVEN US A LIST SAYING, OKAY, FROM THIS THOUSAND STREETS, YOU NEED TO 100 OF THEM NEEDS TO GO THROUGH RESURFACING.

SOME GOES TO REHAB, SOME GOES TO PARTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND ALL THESE THINGS.

SO THIS IS HOW THE DECISION IS MADE BASED ON THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT WE HAVE.

IS THAT THE QUESTION THAT YOU WERE ASKING? SO BUT IF WE WANT TO CHANGE SOME OF THOSE CRITERIA, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THIS BOND, BUT IN FUTURE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COUNCILMAN, I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND BRING THAT DISCUSSION FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR FUTURE YEARS CONSIDERATION.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY, BUT I WOULD I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OR THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EQUITY FACTORS, AND SOMEONE MENTIONED OUT THE.

TRACK OF CENSUS TRACKS.

WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING DISTRICTS, ARE WE LOOKING AT THEM HOLISTICALLY ON EQUITY, OR ARE WE DOING CENSUS TRACKS NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT TWO WHERE WE HAVE SUCH VAST DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS? HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW EQUITY COMES INTO PLAY WITH THAT.

SO SO THESE ARE AGAIN, THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT WE HAD FOLLOWED.

AND IT'S REPRESENTED IN ONE PRESENTATION.

THE EQUITY IN BOND PROGRAM WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY WE EVALUATED EQUITY IN THE IMP.

SO THE EQUITY THROUGH BOND WAS OF COURSE ADDRESSED THROUGH SCORING.

AND IT WAS ALSO ADDRESSED THROUGH FUNDING ALLOCATIONS BY FOLLOWING WHAT THE BOND OFFICE HAS PRESENTED IN CREATING THAT BELL CURVE FOR, FOR USING CENSUS TRACT DATA IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDS FOR DISTRICTS AND EQUITY.

HOWEVER, FOR THE IMP WE HAVE USED THE INEQUITY MAP AND EQUITY PRIORITY, THE AREAS THAT FALLS IN THE INEQUITY PRIORITY AREA MAP THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE OFFICE.

YEAH. AND THE CENSUS TRACT AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE CONSTRAINED OUR MODELING SYSTEM TO SPEND AT LEAST 20% OF THE FUNDS IN EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS.

AND THAT'S HOW WE ACHIEVED MORE THAN 20% IN THE EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS.

I JUST AGAIN, WANT TO MAKE SURE I BRING THIS TIME UP AND TIME AGAIN.

I HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE VICTORY PARK AND THEN I HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT.

AREN'T ON THE SAME ECONOMIC.

CENSUS TRACT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GETTING THEIR FAIR REPRESENTATION.

AND IT'S NOT A BLANKET THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

AND SO. IT SEEMS LIKE WE DID THAT WITH THE BOND COMPONENT, BUT NOT THE GENERAL DOLLARS. AS FAR AS THE AREA IS WITHIN THE QCT OR QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACK, THOSE STREETS OR THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE COUNTED TOWARD THE 20% FUNDING EVEN FOR THE IMP.

OKAY, OKAY. AND STAYING ON STREETS, IT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE WE HAVE TO FOCUS AND WE HAVE TO REINVEST INTO OUR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AS OUR ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND DISTRICTS TWO AND 14 IN PARTICULAR, SOME OF THE OLDEST PARTS, ORIGINAL PARTS OF DALLAS MUST HAVE THAT REINVESTMENT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THRIVING IN IN ORDER TO CONTINUE BRINGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE AREA, NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE CEDARS, WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE TREMENDOUS GROWTH.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE ATTENTION IN THOSE PARTS OF THE OF THE CITY.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING THOSE AREAS WHEN IT COMES TO SIDEWALKS.

[02:35:01]

IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE CITY MUST TAKE A BIGGER RESPONSIBILITY, AND THAT HAS TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

I APPRECIATE THAT THE 5050 PARTNERSHIPS, BUT I WANT TO CONTINUE SEEING MORE OF AN EMPHASIS ON THE PEDESTRIAN FACTOR WHEN IT COMES TO TO STREETS, ALLEYS.

HELP ME UNDERSTAND REPAVING OF OF ALLEYS.

I'M HEARING STORIES FROM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHERE ALLEYS ARE BEING REPAVED.

SO IT'S NOT A COMPLAINT THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT BEING ADDRESSED, BUT WE'RE NOT HEARING WHERE THEY'RE COMING IN TO SCRAPING THOSE TWO INCHES OFF OF ASPHALT, BUT THERE'S ASPHALT PUT ON TOP OF THAT ASPHALT.

AND NOW IT'S CAUSING DRAINAGE ISSUES INTO HOMES, INTO BUSINESSES.

SO HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST REPAVING ON TOP OF OLD ASPHALT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER.

WELL, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF I GUESS, TREATMENT THAT WE PROVIDE FOR ALLEYS.

ONE IS THE 311 REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVE.

RIGHT? AND THESE ARE SERVICE REQUESTS.

AND AS A PART OF THAT, OUR STREET OPERATION TEAM, THEY GO THERE AND THEY PROVIDE SOME SORT OF PATCHING AS NECESSARY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS IS A VERY MINOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY PROVIDES.

HOWEVER, SOME OF THE ALLEYS ARE NOT IN A GOOD SHAPE.

WE RECEIVE COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE.

THERE IS A HUGE POTHOLE IN THE ALLEY.

HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO PERMANENTLY ADDRESS THAT, YOU KNOW IMPROVEMENT, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE RECONSTRUCTION, FUND IT THROUGH THE BOND OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF FUNDING MECHANISM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT.

BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MECHANISM OR WE DON'T HAVE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF 311 REQUEST, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THERE AND MAYBE PROVIDE ANOTHER LAYER OF THE PATCH ON THE TOP.

ANOTHER TYPE OF TREATMENT IS ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION THAT GOES THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM THAT WE REMOVE THE ENTIRE ALLEY AND WE DO IT.

AND AS DEREK MENTIONED, ANOTHER PART IS THE IMPROVED ALLEY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THAT ONLY ADDRESSES THOSE ALLEYS THAT ARE IMPROVED.

AND ALSO THERE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO REPLACING SOME PANELS UP TO 25%, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AND THESE ARE THREE DIFFERENT I GUESS, MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ALLEYS.

AND WE HAVE ALSO UNIMPROVED ALLEYS THAT THAT'S, THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY.

BUT AGAIN, SOMETIMES IF YOU SEE THE PATCH OF ASPHALT ON THE TOP OF ASPHALT BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONCERN FROM RESIDENTS ON THE POTHOLE, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO REPLACE THAT. AND WE ADDED THAT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BY PROVIDING SOME SORT OF PATCHING ON THAT ALLEY.

SO I'LL ADD ON THIS ONE.

SO THE CURRENT, OUR CURRENT PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE ALLIES, WE DO NOT CREATE WE DO NOT CREATE ANY MORE, AT LEAST ANY MORE.

WE DON'T CREATE ANY LAYERS OF ASPHALT WHEN WE HAVE ON CONCRETE, IN CASE OF CONCRETE ALLEYS AND EVEN IN ON STREETS, WE WE HAVE NOT BEEN OR MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL NOT BE LAYERING ASPHALT ON TOP OF CONCRETE.

WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID THAT APPROACH.

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ON CONCRETE, WE EITHER RECONSTRUCT IT OR DO PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTIONS IN TERMS OF THE ASPHALT.

AT LEAST WE MILL IT, USUALLY IN OVERLAY, WHICH DOES NOT BASICALLY CREATE A PROBLEM AS LAYERING ASPHALT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, BUT AS AS MR. HATIFI HAS MENTIONED PROBABLY THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL CASES WHERE THE RESIDENT HAS REQUESTED A REPAIR AND WE RESPONDED.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THERE ARE SOME ALLEYS IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS THAT ARE ACT MORE AS A STREET.

YOU HAVE SANITATION PICKUP AND IT MIGHT NOT BE CITY OF DALLAS SANITATION, IT MIGHT BE COMMERCIAL GRADE PICKUP, OR SOME OF THESE ARE USED FOR LOADING DOCKS.

SOME OF THESE ARE USED FOR FOR STAGING AREAS.

ARE THOSE ALLEYS SCORED AT A HIGHER RATE THAN A, A STREET THAT AN ALLEY THAT'S JUST USED FOR FRUIT OR FOR RESIDENTS IN A, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD? A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

AND I KNOW YOUR DISTRICT ALSO HAVE SOME OF THOSE ALLEYS WHICH IS MAYBE FUNCTIONING AS A STREET WITH A VERY NARROW RIGHT OF WAY.

BUT FOR US, FOR, AGAIN, FOR THE BOND PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE ALLEYS AS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN OUR NETWORK TO GIVE THEM MORE WEIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

JUST A TECHNICAL CRITERIA THAT APPLIES TO ALL THE ALLEYS.

AND FOR IMP THE SAME WAY.

BUT AGAIN, THOSE ALLEYS ARE AS LONG AS THEY ARE ON OUR NETWORK OF THE ALLEYS IN OUR GIS FILE, WE TREAT THEM AS AN ALLEY.

[02:40:05]

DO WE HAVE AN ANALYSIS OF ANY CITYWIDE OF REPAIRS THAT'S NEEDED DUE TO TO FIRES UNDER BRIDGES? YEAH. WE DO WE DO HAVE WE HAVE, AT LEAST IN THE IMP, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 100 BRIDGES.

IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE END OF YOUR BOOKLET, YOU WILL THAT YOU RECEIVED THIS MORNING, YOU WILL FIND THAT AT THE END, THERE IS A 100 BRIDGES, CANDIDATES THAT ARE IN NEED OF REPAIRS IN THE UPCOMING FIVE YEARS.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM B BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY MANAGER.

HOW Y'ALL DOING? WE'RE DONE.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

SO ITEM C MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS YOUR LAST BRIEFING ITEM TODAY.

[C. 24-495 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA): Reallocation and Reprogramming]

BUT TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS ON THE PROPOSED REALLOCATION AND REPROGRAMING OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, OR ARPA FUNDING.

AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $356 MILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT IN MARCH OF 2021.

AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, FUNDS MUST BE OBLIGATED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 AND SPENT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY MEETS THE DEADLINE SET BY THE US TREASURY, JANETTE WEEDON DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AND CHAN WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, WILL PRESENT THE PROPOSED REALLOCATION AND REPROGRAMING, JANETTE, THANK YOU, MR. BROADNAX. GOOD AFTERNOON.

AS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS JANETTE WEEDON, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

JOINING ME FOR THIS BRIEFING, I HAVE SHANNON WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF GRANTS ADMINISTRATION, AND BRANDI COLEMAN, WHO IS OUR MANAGER OVER THE ARPA PROGRAM. AS MENTIONED, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED REALLOCATION AND REPROGRAMING OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING.

WE WILL START WITH A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE BACKGROUND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED REALLOCATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 22ND.

DURING THAT DISCUSSION, THE COMMITTEE REQUESTED THAT WE BRIEF THIS REALLOCATION APPROACH TO FULL COUNCIL.

SO WE ARE HERE TODAY.

ALSO, THE COMMITTEE ASKED THAT WE DISCUSS REPROGRAMING OF PROJECTS.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION.

AND THEN OF COURSE, ON SLIDE NUMBER TWO WE'LL DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS.

SO MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER THREE.

I KNOW THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OR ARPA FUNDING, BUT FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE CITY RECEIVED 355.4 MILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, AND THAT ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN MARCH OF 2021.

THE CITY RECEIVED ITS FIRST ALLOCATION, OR IT.

THE CITY RECEIVED ITS ALLOCATION IN TWO TRANCHES.

THE FIRST ALLOCATION WAS IN MAY OF 2021 AND THE SECOND ALLOCATION IN MAY OF 2022.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE INITIAL SPENDING FRAMEWORK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021, AND THAT SPENDING FRAMEWORK ASSUMED FUNDING PROJECTS OVER THREE FISCAL YEARS, SO FISCAL YEAR 22 THROUGH 24 IN MAY.

AS OF 2023, AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 23 MID-YEAR APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT ORDINANCE, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FIRST REALLOCATION OF ARPA FUNDS, AND THE DETAILS OF THAT ALLOCATION ARE INCLUDED IN APPENDIX A SLIDE NUMBER FOUR PROVIDES A GRAPHIC COMPARISON OF THE INITIAL SPENDING FRAMEWORK TO THE REALLOCATION THAT WAS DONE IN MAY OF 20, 24 OR 23.

SORRY. SO MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER FIVE.

WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY? CURRENTLY WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 18 BUDGETED ARPA PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF PROGRESS.

WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DELAYED AS WELL AS NEEDS AND PRIORITIES HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST SPENDING PLAN WAS DEVELOPED, AND THAT'S EVIDENCED BY THE LAST YEAR'S REALLOCATION IN MAY OF 2023.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, ALL FUNDS MUST BE OBLIGATED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR OR THE FUNDS MUST BE RETURNED TO US TREASURY.

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SO THE FIRST PART OF OUR DISCUSSION TODAY IS A REALLOCATION.

SO MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER SIX.

WE RECOMMEND A REALLOCATION OF 159.3 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDING TO DALLAS FIRE RESCUE TO BE USED FOR DALLAS FIRE RESCUE PAYROLL EXPENSES.

DFR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PAYROLL IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE PER THE TREASURY GUIDANCE.

AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WE CALCULATED ELIGIBLE EXPENSES OF 189 MILLION, AND THIS AMOUNT OF 150 9.3 IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO GFM.

AND WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT CHANGE IN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT APPENDIX A.

NOT POINT THIS OUT LATER IN THE BRIEFING.

THIS REALLOCATION IS SIMPLY AN ACCOUNTING CHANGE.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED 159.3 MILLION IN ARPA PROJECTS THAT MAY BE AT RISK OF THE ARPA OBLIGATION OR SPENDING DEADLINE.

WE PROPOSE ESTABLISHING A MULTI YEAR FUND WITH A GENERAL FUND CAPACITY CREATED BY THIS REALLOCATION.

THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO MEET THE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 OBLIGATION OF FUNDS DEADLINE AND WILL SATISFY THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR MOST OF THE ARPA PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.

THE SCOPE REMAINS THE SAME.

SO THE FIRST STEP IS THE MOVING ELIGIBLE PAYROLL EXPENSES TO ARPA.

TRANSFERRING THAT GENERAL FUND CAPACITY GENERATED TO A MULTI YEAR FUND AND THEN CONTINUING THE WORK OF THE PROJECTS.

OF COURSE, THIS IS STILL ONE TIME FUNDING.

THIS IS THIS IS A ONE TIME MOVE.

THIS CHANGE PROVIDES MORE TIME TO COMPLETE THESE IMPORTANT PROJECTS.

HOWEVER NOT TOO MUCH TIME.

WE DON'T WANT THESE PROJECTS TO LINGER ON SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN.

WE'RE REFLECTS THE PROPOSED PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT WILL BE MOVED TO THE MULTI YEAR FUND.

AS I MENTIONED, MOST OF THESE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, THE SCOPE REMAINS THE SAME.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, AT AT GPM WE DISCUSSED THE DWU PROJECT THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED AREAS. THIS PROJECT REMAINS THE SAME.

NO CHANGES.

WE NO CHANGES TO CITY COUNCIL PROJECTS, NO CHANGES TO THE HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE.

FOR SOME PROJECTS, WE ARE ONLY MOVING THE BALANCE THAT REMAINS.

FOR THE JANUARY GPF GPF BRIEFING, WE USE THIRD QUARTER DATA THAT WE PRESENTED TO U.S.

TREASURY IN OCTOBER.

SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR FOURTH QUARTER REPORT ON JANUARY 31ST.

AND SO NOW WE HAVE UPDATED OUR BALANCES.

AND SO FOR THOSE GPF COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT FOR ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT WITHIN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE, THE AMOUNT TO BE REALLOCATED DECREASED. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO ENCUMBER AN ADDITIONAL 10 MILLION IN FUNDS IN THE LAST QUARTER.

ALSO NEW ON THIS SLIDE.

WE HAVE EARNED INTEREST ON THESE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 7.1 MILLION.

AND WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA FOR TESTING.

SO WE HAVE NOW INCLUDED THOSE FUNDS ON THIS LIST.

SO AGAIN THIS LIST IS A COMBINATION OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE STARTED NOT STARTED, BUT JUST MOVING THOSE PROJECTS FROM ARPA TO A MULTI-YEAR FUND.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT.

SO WE ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPROGRAMING.

SO THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM REALLOCATING.

SO WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHERE THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES HAVE CHANGED OR UNSPENT FUNDS REMAIN.

AS THE POSTED BRIEFING SHOWS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING EIGHT PROJECTS.

HOWEVER, BASED ON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, WE ARE ACTUALLY CHANGING THAT NUMBER TO FIVE.

AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING FIVE PROJECTS TO BE REPROGRAMED THE ALLOCATION OF INTEREST EARNINGS AS WELL AS THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.

SO THE AMOUNT CHANGES FROM 29 MILLION TO 28.2 MILLION.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE CHANGED.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER NINE, THE PORTIONS LISTED ON THE TOP PORTION OF THE CHART ARE PROJECTS PROPOSED FOR REPROGRAMING.

YOU'LL SEE INTEREST EARNINGS AT THE TOP FOR THE SEVEN 7.6 MILLION.

AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE NO LONGER BEING CONSIDERED FOR REPROGRAMING INCLUDE THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, 142,000 SMALL BUSINESS CENTER FOR 230,000, AND SMALL BUSINESS CENTER FOR 453,000.

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YOU SEE ON THIS LIST THE RECOMMENDED USE OF PROJECTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE BFR FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM IS ON THE LIST.

THIS COVERS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROJECTED BUDGET AND THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS RECEIVED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT BUILDING SERVICES IS ON THE LIST AT 6.4 MILLION, AND THIS INCLUDES A COMBINATION OF 2.8 MILLION FOR A GRANT MATCH TO PROVIDE SOLAR AND A RESILIENCY CENTER AT MLK, AND THEN ADDITIONAL 1.4 MILLION IN ELECTRICAL UPGRADES AT MLK.

THIS AMOUNT ALSO INCLUDES $3 MILLION OF UNBUDGETED MAJOR MAINTENANCE THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THIS INCLUDES MAJOR PLUMBING AT FIRE STATIONS, HVAC REPAIRS, CHILLER REPAIRS, ETC.

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ON THIS LIST INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL A DEMOLITION OF AN OLD HOSPITAL ON XI'AN ROAD FUNDING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FUNDING TO BUILD OUT SPACE FOR GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS AT STEMMONS, AS WELL AS CITY HALL REPAIRS.

SO MODIFYING THE USE OF FUNDS ON THIS LIST TO 28.2 MILLION.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING A SMALL CHANGE TO CITY HALL, SO THE RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY HALL WILL CHANGE TO 6.5 MILLION FOR GENERATORS AND 1.3 MILLION FOR ELECTRICAL.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER TEN.

THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING, OR APPROXIMATELY 62% AVAILABLE, COMES FROM THE DIGITAL DIVIDE PROJECT.

SLIDE NUMBER TEN HIGHLIGHTS.

WHAT'S WHAT REMAINS FOR DIGITAL DIVIDE AND WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED.

WE HAVE INCURRED 1.4 MILLION IN ACTUAL EXPENSES.

AND THEN WE'RE FORECASTING TO CONTINUE THE DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PROGRAM THROUGH JUNE OF 2024.

AND WE HAVE ALSO SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR A DIGITAL SURVEY THAT WILL HELP US PROVIDE DATA FOR FUTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THAT'S THE 1.7 THAT'S FORECASTED THERE.

THE 18 MILLION LISTED FOR THE MIDDLE MILE REFLECTS THE AMOUNT THAT'S NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

AND SO IF YOU RECALL, THE SOLICITATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS POSTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023.

THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS WAS DECEMBER 29TH.

THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED ADDRESSED BOTH THE MIDDLE MILE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LAST MILE ISP SERVICING.

AND SO, BASED ON THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED, STAFF ANTICIPATES 18 MILLION IS ADEQUATE TO ACCOMPLISH THE INITIAL PROGRAM GOALS OF THE MIDDLE MILE.

NEXT STEPS FOR THE MIDDLE MILE INCLUDE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH SELECTED VENDORS BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY OF 2024, CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THE CONTRACT IN AUGUST.

AND WHILE WE ARE REALLOCATING THE BALANCE OF THESE FUNDS TO A MULTI YEAR FUND, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE SCHEDULE REMAINS THE SAME, SO FUNDS WILL BE ENCUMBERED BY SEPTEMBER OF 2024 AND SPENT BY SEPTEMBER OF 2026.

AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE LAST MILE ISP SERVICING WILL NOT BE FUNDED WITH THIS REPROGRAMING, AND BASED ON THE SUBMISSIONS, THE ESTIMATED COST WAS PROJECTED TO BE 10 MILLION.

SO MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER 11 RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS.

SO THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS TO REALLOCATION 159.3 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING.

AND IT'S REALLY JUST AN ACCOUNTING EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE FUNDING THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE.

AND WE'RE NOW ALLOCATING IT TO DALLAS FIRE RESCUE PAYROLL.

WE WILL ESTABLISH A NEW MULTI YEAR FUND AND BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF 159.3 MILLION TRANSFER FUNDS TO THAT MULTI YEAR FUND, AND CONTINUE THE WORK ON THE MAJORITY OF ARPA PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, AS WELL AS CHANGE THE FUNDING SOURCE OF EXISTING CONTRACTS.

THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS A REPROGRAMING OF.

INSTEAD OF EIGHT PROJECTS, IT'S FIVE PROJECTS, AS WELL AS APPROPRIATING INTEREST, EARNINGS AND FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.

TO A NEW SCOPE, AND CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THIS RECOMMENDED BUDGET AMENDMENT ON FEBRUARY THE 28TH.

BEFORE WE STOP FOR QUESTIONS, I WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW SUMMARIES IN THE APPENDIX.

SO APPENDIX A REFLECTS THE FIRST ADJUSTMENT THAT WAS DONE TO ARPA IN MAY OR LAST MAY.

APPENDIX B PROVIDES A LIST OF ARPA PROJECTS WITH INCEPTION TO DATE BUDGET ALLOCATION, INCEPTION TO DATE SPENDING, AND CURRENT ENCUMBRANCES.

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THE INCEPTION TO DATE TOTALS REFLECT THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORT THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE US TREASURY.

APPENDIX FOUR I'M SORRY.

APPENDIX C PROVIDES A LIST OF ALL ARPA PROJECTS, AND IT INCLUDES THAT PROPOSED REALLOCATION COLUMN WITH THE PROJECTED PROJECTS THAT WOULD MOVE TO A MULTI YEAR FUND.

HOWEVER, APPENDIX C INCLUDES A COLUMN WITH THE REPROGRAMING SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE BUDGET THAT REMAINS AFTER THE CHANGES.

SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR PREPARED REMARKS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'LL START THE QUESTIONING WITH MAYOR PRO TEM.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE ON ITEM C. WHAT IS THE BALANCE WE HAVE NOW ON THE ARPA FUNDS? SO WE WE RECEIVED 355.4 MILLION FROM US TREASURY.

AND SO THE 150 9.4.

SO CURRENT SPENDING IS 187.2 MILLION, BASED ON WHAT WE SUBMITTED FOR FOURTH QUARTER TREASURY.

SO THE BALANCE IS, WHAT, 228.8 228? 228 MILLION.

CORRECT. THAT'S THE BALANCE, RIGHT? YES. AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO REALLOCATE HOW MUCH OF THAT 150 9.3 AND THAT LEAVES A BALANCE OF WHAT.

SO THE APPENDIX.

203.7. AND THE BALANCE IS HOW DO WE REALLOCATE THAT? THE BALANCE. SO WHICH BALANCE THE 150 9.3? KNOW THE BALANCE.

THAT REMAINS SO RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT PLAN IS NOT TO REALLOCATE THE BALANCE THAT REMAINS.

AND SO THE THE THE RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON NOT MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WAS PLANNED, BUT THEN ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE SPENDING AND OBLIGATION DEADLINES.

NOW, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, AS PART OF THE END OF YEAR BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE, TO LOOK AT THESE ACCOUNTS AGAIN AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE WE ARE FROM A SPENDING PERSPECTIVE OF THIS BALANCE AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO REALLOCATE THOSE REMAINING FUNDS.

SO THE REMAINING FUND WOULD BE ALMOST LIKE A SURPLUS WHEN WE GET READY TO DO THE BUDGET.

RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT A SURPLUS.

SO AGAIN, SO LET ME JUST CLARIFY.

SO WE RECEIVED 355.4 MILLION.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING TODAY A REALLOCATION OF 159.3.

THE POINT OF THE REALLOCATION IS NOT TO CREATE STOP THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

THE POINT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE SPENDING DEADLINE.

SO FOR MOST OF THE PROJECTS AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE OVER 89 DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. WE'RE ONLY RECOMMENDING A REALLOCATION OF FIVE OF THE 89.

SO WE'RE NOT REALLOCATING THE FULL OR WE'RE NOT REPROGRAMING ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE.

AND SO THAT WOULD NOT BE OUR INTENT IF WE LOOKED AT THESE ACCOUNTS AGAIN AT END OF YEAR.

SO AS PART OF THE END OF YEAR ORDINANCE, WE WOULD STRICTLY BE FOCUSED ON SPENDING HOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE FROM A SPENDING PERSPECTIVE.

NOW, OF COURSE, YOU ALL, AS THE POLICY MAKERS, MAY DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO REPROGRAM PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTINUE TO BE DELAYED, BUT CURRENTLY THAT IS NOT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE BALANCE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPROGRAMED? THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REPROGRAMED NO, I AM SAYING THAT I'M SAYING TWO THINGS.

SO LET ME BACK UP AGAIN.

SO WE RECEIVED 355.4 MILLION IN IN ARPA FUNDING.

TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION IS TWOFOLD.

THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS TO REALLOCATE 159.3 MILLION.

NO CHANGES TO THE PROJECTS PROGRAMS SCOPE.

WE JUST REALIZED THAT FOR THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS IT'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO COMPLETE THE WORK, AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE THEM SO THAT WE ARE NOT WE DO NOT FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION OF RETURNING FUNDS TO THE US TREASURY.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.

PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AT GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.

THERE WAS A RECOGNITION THAT THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS ON THE LIST THAT MAY NO LONGER BE VIABLE.

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SO OF THE OVER 89 PROJECTS, APPROXIMATELY FIVE ARE NO LONGER VIABLE.

AND SO OF THAT FIVE, THAT'S HOW YOU GET TO THE 28 MILLION.

THAT'S GOING TO BE REPROGRAMED.

OKAY. OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY SOMEWHERE.

OKAY. IF WE LOOK AT ON PAGE NINE REPROGRAM.

AND I SEE HERE THAT WE DO HAVE MONEY TO BE SPENT FOR THE GENERATOR CITY HALL ELECTRIC, WHICH IS 6.5 MILLION. 2.1 MILLION.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

CORRECT. AND SO THE ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, WHEN THIS BRIEFING WAS POSTED, WE WERE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO REPROGRAM EIGHT PROJECTS FOR A TOTAL OF 29 MILLION.

TODAY, WE ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO REPROGRAM FIVE PROJECTS FOR A TOTAL OF 28.2 MILLION.

WITH THAT SAID, WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BALANCE, AND SO THE BALANCING WILL TAKE PLACE WITH THE CITY HALL PROJECT.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE GENERATORS AT 6.5 MILLION, BUT INSTEAD OF DOING 2.1 MILLION FOR ELECTRICAL, THAT NUMBER GOES DOWN TO 1.31.133. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER CORRECTION NEED TO BE CORRECTED ON HERE? IT DON'T SHOW 1.3.

SHOW 2.1.

IT DOESN'T SHOW 2.1 BECAUSE THE POSTED BRIEFING WAS THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION.

TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECOMMEND FIVE PROJECTS INSTEAD OF EIGHT.

OKAY. AND SO THAT REDUCES THE AVAILABLE BALANCE TO 28.2.

AND IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BALANCE OVERALL, THEN THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE USE OF FUNDS CHANGES.

SO CITY HALL GENERATORS IS 6.5 AND ELECTRICAL IS 1.3.

OKAY. IS ANY OTHER FUNDING THAT IN THE ARPA MONEY COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR CITY HALL REPAIR? SO YOU ALL HAVE THE LIST OF PROPOSED REALLOCATIONS PROPOSED REPROGRAMING.

THIS IS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AS OF TODAY IN TERMS OF PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO REPROGRAM.

OKAY. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT STAFF PROPOSED.

CORRECT. SO IS THERE A PROJECT THAT OUT THERE THAT WE AS POLICY MAKER CAN PROPOSE? SO WHAT IS ALL THOSE PROJECTS? THOSE PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN APPENDIX B B YES.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO GO TO APPENDIX B, YOU HAVE THE UNIVERSE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING.

AND SO WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR APPENDIX THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU SEE HEADERS ACROSS THE TOP.

SO THERE'S THE TOTAL ARPA BUDGET INCEPTION TO DATE SPENT INCEPTION TO DATE ENCUMBERED.

THERE'S A REALLOCATION COLUMN AND THEN THERE'S THE BUDGET AFTER REALLOCATION.

SO THIS ATTACHMENT INCLUDES THE UNIVERSE OF ARPA PROJECTS OKAY.

SO SO THEREFORE IS THERE A TIME LIMIT THAT IF WE WANT TO REALLOCATE OTHER PROJECTS FROM THE ARPA FUND MONEY, IS THERE A DEADLINE THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT SPEND THAT MONEY IN A TIME PERIOD BEFORE 2026.

SO HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT THERE'S PROJECTS HERE THAT WE MAY WANT TO REALLOCATE, THAT YOU CANNOT GET FINISHED BEFORE 2026? SO AS I MENTIONED, WE WOULD COME BACK BEFORE YOU AS PART OF THE END OF YEAR BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.

SO JUST LIKE WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU NOW WITH THE LIST OF INCEPTION, DATE, SPENDING, INCEPTION TO DATE ENCUMBRANCES, LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT ARE NO LONGER VIABLE, WE'LL DO THAT SAME WORK AS PART OF THE END OF YEAR ORDINANCE.

SO WE START THAT WORK IN JULY.

WE PREPARE AND PRESENT THAT ORDINANCE TO YOU, THE BRIEFING AND THE ORDINANCE IN SEPTEMBER.

SO YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE SPENDING DEADLINE TO LOOK AT THIS LIST AGAIN.

WOULD THAT BE PART OF OUR BUDGET? NO, IT'S TWO IT'S TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS BECAUSE THE ARPA FUNDING WAS IT'S MULTI IT'S ONE TIME GRANT FUNDING AS PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021.

AND SO IT'S ONE TIME IT GOES AWAY.

OUR PLAN WAS NOT TO MAKE THIS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUT IT WILL HELP US IN OUR BUDGET.

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BUT BUT SOMETIMES THAT OUR BUDGET IS ONE TIME EXPENSE, RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE DO A TWO YEAR BUDGET, RIGHT? WE WE DO PREPARE A TWO YEAR BIENNIAL BUDGET.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THERE'S A DESIRE FOR ONE TIME FUNDING AS PART OF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE CAN TAKE THE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND INCORPORATE THAT AS PART OF THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION.

WELL, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE ALL OPTIONS THERE BECAUSE THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE TIME FUNDING AND WITH THIS ARPA FUNDS TO DO CERTAIN PROJECTS.

I MEAN, WE'RE DOING A ONE TIME FUNDING FOR THE CITY HALL, RIGHT? THAT'S A ONE TIME FUNDING.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WE CAN DO THAT.

SO I'M NOT THE BUDGET GUY, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THE POLICY MAKERS THAT WE GOT OPPORTUNITY.

IF WE REALLY DIG DOWN INTO THIS.

I JUST GOT THIS TODAY.

BUT WE DIG DOWN INTO IT.

THERE MIGHT BE SOME PROJECTS WE DO ONE TIME FUNDING, WE CAN GET THAT PROJECT OFF THE TABLE.

WE AIN'T WORRIED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE GOT TO GET IT DONE BEFORE 2026.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD OFFER IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS AS PART OF THE END OF YEAR, AS I MENTIONED, WE CAN PROVIDE UPDATES TO YOU AS WE REPORT TO TREASURY.

SO AS WE PRESENT OUR EXPENSES TO U.S.

TREASURY, WE CAN MAKE THAT PART OF THE INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH YOU ALL.

WELL, I ONLY ASK THEM FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE US A GOOD EXERCISE.

I THINK AS A POLICY MAKER, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS SPENT.

I MEAN, I DONE A GREAT JOB TO LET US KNOW.

WE ARE WORRIED THAT WE DO HAVE OVER $200 MILLION SOMEWHERE IN THERE FOR ONE TIMING, THAT WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY IN THE BANK.

SO WE NEED TO KNOW AND, AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, DEPENDANCE AND FIND OUT WHAT IS A ONE TIME FUNDING TO DO OUR BUDGET.

WHEN DO WE START OUR BUDGET? SO AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'LL KICK OFF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH DEPARTMENTS THIS TOMORROW.

TOMORROW. RIGHT. AND SO WE CONTINUE OUR WORK THROUGH SPRING AND SUMMER.

AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL ON AUGUST THE 8TH OR.

SORRY, AUGUST 13TH.

OKAY. THANKS. 13.

SO ON ONE PAGE.

IT SAID THAT IF WE HAVE A PROJECT ACCORDING TO OUR BUDGET, ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINE, IF WE DON'T FINISH THAT PROJECT, THE MONEY GATHERED TO BE RETURNED BACK.

I THINK THAT'S ON PAGE.

SEVEN ON.

PAGE SIX.

WE AT RISK. RIGHT.

SO ON THAT PAGE.

SO HOW SOON DID WE WOULD KNOW THAT THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE.

I MEAN, HOW DO HOW DO A RED FLAG POP UP AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FINISH THIS PROJECT, SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? SO WE WE HAVE OUR STAFF WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO MONITOR ARPA SPENDING.

AND SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS OUR FIRST PASS AT REALLOCATION.

SO IF IT'S THE BODY'S DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD, THIS WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE 28TH.

AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK BEFORE YOU AS PART OF OUR END OF YEAR BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE WITH AN UPDATED APPENDIX TO SAY, OKAY, THIS THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF REPORTING AND SPENDING AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT A SECOND REALLOCATION OR A SECOND REPROGRAMING.

OKAY. WELL, I JUST JUST ADVISED THAT THE ONE TIME SPENDING THAT AS SOON AS IS BETTER THAN LATER TO GIVE US AN UPDATE.

SO THEREFORE, GOING INTO DOING OUR BUDGET, GETTING READY FOR BUDGET, WE KNOW THAT ONE TIME SPENDING THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE TIME SPENDING TO DO OTHER PROJECTS.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS BLACKMON.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANKS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING, MONITORING CONTRACT SERVICES, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? SO AS PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE US TREASURY, WE DID GO OUT FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.

SO SOMEONE TO BRING IN A SECOND SET OF EYES, AND SO THAT LINE ITEM WILL FUND THAT CONTRACT 1.7 MILLION.

CORRECT. AND YOU SAY THE EXTRA SET OF EYES TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, CORRECT? OKAY. AND FOR ARPA DOLLARS FOR ARPA DOLLARS.

AND IF YOU RECALL, BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH CRF THERE'S JUST A, A LOT OF COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATED WITH

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OKAY. SO YOU'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CHECKING OUR, OUR DOCUMENTS.

OKAY. ON TO A DEMOLITION OF A OF A BUILDING.

CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN? THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THIS ONE.

MAYBE I'M. COULD YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY? SO THIS IS THE OLD HOSPITAL ON, AND I KNOW I'M SAYING THIS WRONG SIGN ROAD.

IT'S IT'S FENCED OFF.

IT'S OVERGROWN.

AND THIS IS IT'S A NUISANCE.

AND THIS IS FUNDING TO TO DEMOLISH.

AND I SEE BOTH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AS CODE COMPLIANCE WALKING TOWARDS ME.

SO I'LL LET THEM PROVIDE MORE DETAIL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JEANETTE. I THINK WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T ACQUIRE IT WITH ANY OF THIS MONEY.

WE'VE HAD IT ON OUR BOOKS OR HAD IT IN OUR PORTFOLIO.

CORRECT? NOT YET.

NOT HAVE.

GOD. OKAY, SO WE'RE DEMOLISHING SOMEBODY ELSE'S BUILDING.

OKAY. WELL OKAY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT IF YOU DON'T.

WELL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A DEMOLITION ORDER ON THE PROPERTY.

IT IT IS A NUISANCE.

IT HAS BEEN A NUISANCE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

AND SO THIS MONEY IS SET ASIDE FOR GETTING THE PROPERTY DEMOLISHED.

AND ARE THEY GOING TO REIMBURSE US? OKAY. IT'S OKAY.

WE CAN TALK OFFLINE.

I WAS JUST I THIS WAS KIND OF NEWS TO ME, RIGHT? WE'RE IN LITIGATION RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE HAVE A DEMOLITION ORDER, AND SO THE MONEY IS BEING SET ASIDE.

IF WE HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SIMMONS. I GUESS THAT'S THE BUILDING THAT WE JUST PURCHASED.

IS THAT UPGRADES? JUST GENERAL INSIDE STUFF.

RIGHT. SO IF YOU RECALL, WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE JEFFERSON LOCATION, AND SO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS ALREADY MOVED INTO THAT SPACE. THIS FUNDING IS TO ALLOW THE GENERAL FUND FUNDED DEPARTMENTS TO MOVE INTO THAT SPACE SO THAT WE CAN CLEAR THE BUILDING FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY.

AND THEN ON THE CITY HALL, WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK.

IS THIS GOING TO TAKE PLACE OF THOSE TWO ITEMS? ARE WE IN OTHER WORDS, WILL CITY HALL STILL BE OPEN IN 2030 OR AT LEAST HALFWAY THERE? SO CITY HALL WILL STILL BE OPEN.

THIS DOES NOT COVER EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON SORT OF THE BOND LIST, BUT IT ADDRESSES THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, WHICH IS GENERATORS AND A PORTION OF ELECTRICAL.

OKAY. SO WE STILL HAVE HVAC.

YOU STILL HAVE HVAC AND A FIRE PANEL.

OKAY. AND THEN I WAS DOING MY RECONCILIATION BECAUSE I AM ON GBFM.

WE DID HAVE TOURISM AND INTERNATIONAL.

AND I THINK THAT THAT FELL OFF AT 142 REBUILDING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TOURISM.

IS THAT COMPLETELY OFF NOW IS WHAT'S WHAT I GUESS WHAT I'M WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? SO AS PART OF MY REMARKS WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER NINE, I'M A REFERENCE THREE PROJECTS THAT SINCE WE'VE POSTED THE BRIEFING, WE'RE RESTORING THE FUNDING.

AND SO THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FUNDING AS WELL AS FUNDING FOR SMALL BUSINESS CENTER WILL BE RESTORED.

OKAY. I WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT.

BUT IT'S JUST NOT IN THIS GROUPING OF IT'S NOT IN THE POST BRIEFING.

OKAY. IT WAS PART OF MY PREPARED REMARKS AND THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU APPROVED NEXT WEEK OR REVIEWED TO APPROVE NEXT WEEK WILL INCLUDE THOSE CHANGES.

OKAY. I THINK THAT IS IT.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BACK.

YOU'RE WELCOME. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM C.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

JEANETTE. SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS DON'T SEEM TO JIBE WITH THE PRESENTATION.

AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD MADE SOME REVISIONS, BUT AT ONE POINT YOU SAID THAT THERE WERE ONLY FIVE PROPOSED REALLOCATIONS.

I COUNT 15.

AND YOU ALSO SAID THAT THERE ARE ONLY FIVE PROPOSED REPROGRAMING, BUT I COUNT NINE SOURCES OF FUNDS AND TEN USES OF FUNDS. SO WHERE DID THE NUMBER FIVE COME FROM? SO FOR THE REALLOCATION, I DIDN'T INDICATE A NUMBER.

AND SO AS PART OF THE ONE 59.3 MILLION, I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF PROGRESS. SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE ATTACHMENT, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PROJECTS.

I HAVEN'T COUNTED THEM ALL.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE REPROGRAMING, OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS POSTED IN THE BRIEFING WAS WAS EIGHT.

AND SO TODAY WE'RE WE'RE RECOMMENDING FIVE.

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SO THE FIVE WOULD INCLUDE CONDUCT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT IF YOU, IF YOU COULD BRING UP SLIDE NUMBER NINE.

THANK YOU. SO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 75,000.

DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE AMOUNT OF 17,000,009 61 207.

MOVING ON TO THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS 550,000 THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS 325,000.

AND THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES.

1,673,965 I DID NOT INCLUDE THE BMS ITEM OF INTEREST EARNINGS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PROJECT. RIGHT.

AND YOU ALSO DIDN'T INCLUDE OGA REBUILDING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TOURISM.

THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN CRISIS PROJECTS OR THE SEED MONEY FOR SBC.

THOSE ARE OFF THE TABLE NOW, CORRECT? CORRECT. BECAUSE IN MY PREPARED REMARKS, I MENTIONED THAT OF THE EIGHT THAT WERE LISTED IN THE BRIEFING AND POSTED, WE'RE RECOMMENDING FIVE.

OKAY. AND SO IS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE REPROGRAM, THE THE REALLOCATION IS TO PUT THE $159 MILLION INTO A USE OF FUNDS THAT WE KNOW WE CAN COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE FOR ENCUMBERING IT BY SEPTEMBER AND THEN SPENDING IT BY 26.

AND THE PROJECTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED, THAT 159 MILLION WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH WHAT YOU'VE CALLED A NEW MIX, A NEW MULTIPLE YEAR FUND.

HOW WILL THAT WORK AND HOW WILL WE BE SURE THAT THE MONEY THAT WE ALLOCATED ON THESE ARPA PROJECTS ACTUALLY GETS SPENT ON THOSE PROJECTS OTHER THAN THE REPROGRAMING? SO I IRONICALLY, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO BRIEF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ON THIS COMING MONDAY ON A FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT THAT WILL INCLUDE THE FUNDS THAT WE DON'T TYPICALLY INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT. AND SO WE WILL INCLUDE THIS FUND IN THAT REPORT.

AND SO THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL HOW THOSE PROJECTS ARE PROGRESSING.

SO YOU'RE ESTABLISHING A NEW ACCOUNTING STRUCTURE WHICH YOU'VE CALLED THE MIXED, THE THE MULTI YEAR FUND, IN WHICH $159 MILLION WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO FUND THESE PROJECTS THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE TO BE FUNDED BY ARPA FUNDS.

CORRECT. AND THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SPENT OUT OF GENERAL FUND MONIES FOR DFR SALARIES.

CORRECT. WHICH WILL NOW BE PAID FOR BY ARPA.

CORRECT? NOW ON SLIDE TEN, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT REPROGRAMING, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT BEING THAT YOU LOOKED AT WHAT WE HAD ALLOCATED FOR ARPA FUNDING FROM A YEAR AGO AND SAID SOME OF THAT MONEY, WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND ON THOSE THINGS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER NECESSARY TO SPEND ON COVID RELATED EXPENSES, OR WE JUST HAVE MORE IMPORTANT NEEDS FOR THAT MONEY.

IS THAT A CORRECT SUMMARY OF WHAT THE PURPOSE OF REPROGRAMING IS? CORRECT. I'LL JUST MAKE ONE MINOR EDIT.

SO THE THE REPROGRAMING LOOKED AT THE TOTALITY OF ARPA.

AND SO AS I MENTIONED, THESE PROGRAMS, THESE PROJECTS WERE PROGRAMED OVER A THREE FISCAL YEARS, NOT THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

SO PROJECTS FROM 22, 23 AND 24.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT SPENDING, IF THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY OVER THE COURSE OF THAT PARTICULAR TIME FRAME AND IF THE AS YOU MENTIONED, IF THERE'S NO LONGER A NEED FOR TESTING AND VACCINATION SERVICES, THEN THOSE ITEMS WERE RECOMMENDED FOR REPROGRAMING AND WHO DECIDED HOW THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE REPROGRAMED.

SO IT'S CURRENTLY THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION.

OF COURSE, YOU ALL, AS THE POLICY MAKERS, CAN OFFER DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO ARE WE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THOSE REPROGRAMING ITEMS NEXT WEEK OR JUST THE REALLOCATION? YOU WILL BE VOTING ON BOTH THE REALLOCATION AS WELL AS THE REPROGRAMING.

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ON SLIDE TEN, RECOMMENDED REPROGRAMING INCLUDES SPENDING $8 MILLION FOR THE MIDDLE MILE.

INTERNET PROJECT.

THIS IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION OF 40 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS FOR THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WELL I, FOR ONE, AM OPPOSED TO THE IDEA OF CONSTRUCTING OUR OWN INTERNET NETWORK. BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE PRIVATE PROVIDERS FOR THAT.

AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THIS HORSESHOE BEFORE, AND I WAS UNAWARE THAT WE HAD EVER VOTED TO UTILIZE $18 MILLION OR ANY OTHER SUM TO BUILD OUT A MIDDLE MILE NETWORK.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO BUY INTO NOW BY NEXT WEDNESDAY, SPENDING THAT MONEY FOR A MIDDLE MILE NETWORK, IS THAT CORRECT? SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR ARPA WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021, AND AS PART OF THAT RECOMMENDATION OF THE 355.4 MILLION, IT INCLUDED 40 MILLION FOR DIGITAL DIVIDE.

AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE ALREADY SENT OUT THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE PROPOSALS.

AND SO COUNCIL WILL MAKE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION REGARDING DIGITAL DIVIDE IN AUGUST OF 2024.

SO IF IT'S IF IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL'S WILL TODAY TO MAKE AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION.

WE'RE CERTAINLY I MEAN, THAT'S AN OPTION.

WHAT WOULD THIS MONEY GO FOR, THIS $18 MILLION? SO IT IS TO BUILD OUT THE MIDDLE MILE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO I SEE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES APPROACHING.

SO I'LL LET THEM RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

AND CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, THE CITY SECRETARY, INFORMS ME THAT YOU'RE OUT OF TIME.

I CAN'T SEE TIME, BUT BUT IT WENT OUT.

BUT I'M TOLD THAT YOU'RE OUT OF IT.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE LAST ANSWER YOU CAN GET FOR THIS ROUND.

REALLY? I'VE HAD FIVE MINUTES ALREADY.

THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SAYING.

I MEAN, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A DISPLAY HERE, SO I CAN'T TELL.

THAT'S WHAT SHE'S TELLING ME AND I BELIEVE HER.

BUT ALL RIGHT, THEY CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.

I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO GO TO ROUND TWO IF YOU WANT MORE QUESTIONS.

YEAH, I WILL NEED MORE TIME.

OKAY? OKAY.

GENESIS GAVINO CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CITY MANAGER.

SO YOUR QUESTION WAS, WHERE IS THE $18 MILLION GOING TOWARDS? YES, IT IS GOING TO GO TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MIDDLE MILE NETWORK.

AND IT IS THAT NUMBER IS BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF THE INITIAL PROPOSALS RECEIVED FROM THE REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, DOCTOR BRIAN GARDNER, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER.

TO HELP OUT, UNDERSTAND THIS, OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, OUR CURRENT AND I WANT TO FRAME IT AROUND WHAT THE CITY USES FOR ITS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE MIDDLE MILE WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW THE CITY TO BETTER ALLOCATE AND UNDERSTAND THE COST AS THE NEEDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCUR AS THE CITY ADOPTS AND EMBRACES MORE TECHNOLOGY.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS PD USING MORE CAMERAS, IOT DEVICES AS WE AS THAT GROWTH IS NEEDED, THE MIDDLE MILE WILL PROVIDE THE CITY THAT COST ALLOCATION AND AND BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE I SAID, OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE COST HAS DOUBLED TO 6 MILLION AND IS EXPECTED TO TRIPLE TO 9 MILLION.

BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT TECHNOLOGY.

SO. MISS WILLIS AND THEN MR. MORENO, AND THEN WE CAN YOU CAN CONTINUE THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING.

MR. RIDLEY. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES, MISS WILLIS.

THANK YOU. SO I THINK MY QUESTION ABOUT THE MULTIYEAR FUND WAS CLEARED UP.

IT'S JUST A TRANSFER OF WHAT WOULD BE FOR PAYROLL TO GET US OUT OF THE TIME SENSITIVITY OF THE ARPA FUNDS.

CORRECT. OKAY, SO AFTER LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION, I STILL HAVE ONE QUESTION.

AND THAT IS ON THE SOURCE OF FUNDS ON SLIDE NINE.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE OE $75,000 AMOUNT, YOU'LL SAY CONDUCT NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

I'D LIKE TO FINISH THAT SENTENCE.

AND IT'S. AND FORM FOCUS GROUPS TARGETING THE VETERAN COMMUNITY.

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AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR UNSHELTERED COMMUNITY THAT IS, THAT ARE VETERANS.

I MEAN, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THEY'VE FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMS THAT WE SOMETIMES TAKE FOR GRANTED.

SO I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT ITEM AND WHY WE'RE SAYING THAT.

I BELIEVE THE WORDS YOU USED WAS NO LONGER MAY BE VIABLE.

IS IT? OFFSET? IS AN ASSESSMENT BEING FUNDED BY ANOTHER MEANS? PLEASE HELP ME GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

SO I'LL RESPOND TO THE LAST PORTION OF THE QUESTION.

SO ANYTHING THAT IS LISTED AS A SOURCE OF FUNDS, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING AN ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE TO CONTINUE THAT PROJECT.

IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT, I'LL LET STAFF RESPOND TO THE SCOPE.

HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA DA SILVA, WELCOMING COMMUNITIES AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS DIVISION OFFICER.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THE WORK WITH OUR VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAT OUR VETERAN RESIDENTS FACE. AND SO I THINK AS PART OF THAT WORK, WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THROUGH THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT RESIDENTS FACE WHO ARE VETERANS RETURNING EITHER FROM ABROAD OR RETURNING BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE? AND SO THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY THE THE FOCUS OF THAT PROPOSED NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

WELL, THAT THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LINE ITEM DESCRIPTION.

BUT WHY ARE WE SAYING IT'S NO LONGER VIABLE? SO THE RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE.

THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED OVER THREE FISCAL YEARS, AND FOR SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR, IF THEY HAVE NOT STARTED, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTIVITY, THEN WE WOULD USE THE DESCRIPTION NO LONGER VIABLE.

SO I KNOW WE HAVE A VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION AND I KNOW IT'S STRUGGLED TO STAND UP.

I MEAN, IS IT JUST BECAUSE NO ONE'S REALLY OWNED THIS TO SEE THROUGH? I'M JUST I'M CONCERNED THAT THE NEED EXISTS.

AND WE HAVE HAD AT ONE TIME FUNDING FOR THIS.

AND NOW BECAUSE MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAVE OWNERSHIP.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD PUT THIS FORTH AS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TRANSFER FUNDS ON WHEN I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THERE ISN'T A NEED FOR THIS. UNDERSTOOD.

AND SO IF IT IS THE CITY COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE LIST, WE CAN DO SO.

WELL, I'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE WOULD GET THIS INFORMATION OTHERWISE.

AND IF THERE'S NOT AN ANSWER FOR THAT, WELL, THEN I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THIS REMOVED FROM THE LIST.

UNDERSTOOD? THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN. RENNIE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. WITH.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A ONE TIME COST.

HAVE WE MEASURED, CALCULATED WITH THAT ONGOING COST WILL BE TO OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.

WE HAVE AND I HAVE STAFF COMING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

AND I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS IN THE LONG TERM, IT WILL BE A COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, DOCTOR BRIAN GARDNER, CTO AND CSO.

THE COST ESTIMATE IS 5 MILLION PER YEAR.

THAT WOULD BE PRETTY FIXED FOR THOSE THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, FOR SURE.

AND THERE'S REALLY TWO COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT IS THE INITIAL BUILD AND THAT GOES TO EVEN TURNING UP A CIRCUIT THROUGH PRIVATE, WHICH YOU HAVE THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED WITH THIS BUILD.

WE WOULD HAVE THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF 5 MILLION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WHEN IT COMES TO THE STEMMONS CENTER $5 MILLION WHAT WAS THE COST TO PURCHASE THAT BUILDING? IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, I CAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.

SO I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER NOW, BUT I CAN.

I CAN GET IT HERE SHORTLY.

AS FAR AS THE COSTS FOR THE BUILDING AND WHAT IS THE CURRENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE SIMMONS FACILITY OUTSIDE OF THE RECOMMENDED $5 MILLION? IT'S ESTIMATED AT 8.4 MILLION.

FOR THE REMAINING PHASES.

SO WE'LL NEED AN ADDITIONAL $8 MILLION MINIMUM TO GET IT IN IN GOOD REPAIR.

OR WHAT ARE WE GETTING WITH THAT ADDITIONAL 8 MILLION? SO THE ESTIMATED COST WAS 8.4.

AND SO WE'RE GETTING FIVE.

SO THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE TO TO FINISH THE RENOVATIONS, THE THE

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SO WE PAID APPROXIMATELY, I THINK, ABOUT $14 MILLION FOR THE PROPERTY, AND WE'RE NEEDING $8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REPAIR TO GET IT TO A WORKING STATE.

I NEVER REQUESTED THAT THE NEEDS INVENTORY FOR THAT FACILITY.

AND SO THAT'S THE NUMBER WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW IS $8 MILLION IS.

THREE MORE MILLION, ON TOP OF THE 5 MILLION THAT'S REQUESTED TO GET IT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN GOING BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION IS 12.7 FOR THE PURCHASE OF STEMIS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I DO HAVE A COUNTDOWN THIS TIME.

OKAY. SO REFERRING BACK TO SLIDE NINE, THE PROPOSED REPROGRAMING, I NOTICED THAT THE USE WELL, THAT THE SOURCE OF FUNDS AND THE THIRD LINE LIST 17.9 MILLION FOR BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU'RE CUTTING THAT OUT OF THE FORMERLY ARPA FUNDING.

CORRECT. BUT UNDER USE OF FUNDS, I DON'T SEE ANY CORRESPONDING INVESTMENT IN THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

BUT THEN WHEN WE GO TO SLIDE TEN, YOU TALK ALL ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO SPEND OVER $18 MILLION ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

SO SLIDES NINE AND TEN DON'T SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT.

SO SLIDE NUMBER NINE.

AND LET ME JUST BACK UP AGAIN TO THE REALLOCATION PIECE.

SO THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS TO REALLOCATE 159.3 MILLION TO A MULTI YEAR FUND.

SO ALL OF THE PROJECTS MOVE.

SO OF THE 355.4 MILLION WE BUDGETED 40 MILLION FOR DIGITAL DIVIDE.

SO. OF THE 40 MILLION, I'M ONLY REPROGRAMING 17.9.

THE BALANCE REMAINS, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO SHOW IT AS A USE OF FUNDS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A USE OF FUNDS.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, IS THAT YOU'RE WITHDRAWING APPROXIMATELY 18 MILLION FROM THAT 40 MILLION ALLOCATION OF ARPA FUNDS, LEAVING 20, 30, 22 MILLION, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE DIGITAL DIVIDE EXPENSES.

CORRECT. 22.8.

RIGHT. NOW, BY THE WAY, WHAT DOES ITD STAND FOR? ITS NOT EXPLAINED INCEPTION TO DATE INCEPTION TO DATE.

SO ITS A MULTI YEAR FUND.

ITS CURRENT GRANT FUNDS ARE CONSIDERED MULTI YEAR.

SO THE FUNDING DOES NOT LAPSE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR LIKE A SINGLE YEAR FUND.

AND SO INSTEAD OF SHOWING LIKE FISCAL YEAR 2324 BUDGET, WE SHOW INCEPTION TO DATE BECAUSE THAT BUDGET COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT OVER TIME.

AND THEN REFERRING TO APPENDIX B, I NOTICE ON THE PAGE TWO OF THAT APPENDIX, THERE IS SOME YELLOW HIGHLIGHTING FOR AN ITEM UNDER MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

WHY IS THAT HIGHLIGHTING THERE? SO THE HIGHLIGHT IS ACTUALLY FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE NUMBER FOUR OF APPENDIX B THERE'S A NOTE AT THE BOTTOM.

AND SO THIS WAS OUR ATTEMPT TO HIGHLIGHT CHANGES THAT WERE MADE AFTER THE GPM BRIEFING.

SO FOR THOSE ON THE COMMITTEE THEY SAW A RECOMMENDATION OF 161 MILLION.

BUT WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT ENCUMBRANCES THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THE SPENDING ACTIVITY IN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE THAT REDUCED THAT ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION.

SO THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED AS TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE MADE THAT CHANGE.

AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOUR IN APPENDIX B, WE ADDED INTEREST EARNINGS AS WELL AS THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.

SO WE WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THINGS THAT CHANGED.

SO THIS PARTICULAR LINE ITEM REFLECTS A PROPOSED REALLOCATION OF 7.6 MILLION, CHANGED FROM WHAT YOU BRIEFED TO GPM FOR A TOTAL BUDGET AFTER REALLOCATION OF 20 MILLION, WHEREAS THE ARPA BUDGET ALLOCATION WAS 27 MILLION. IS THAT I'M CORRECTLY READING THIS CORRECT.

SO THE ORIGINAL ARPA BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN 2021 WAS 27.6 MILLION, AND SO WE'RE ONLY RECOMMENDING A REALLOCATION OF 7.6.

AND THAT REFLECTS THE BALANCE THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT OR ENCUMBERED.

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IS THERE ANY URGENCY ABOUT DOING THAT, ASSUMING THAT WE APPROVE THE REALLOCATION NEXT WEEK, IS THERE ANY URGENCY ABOUT APPROVING THE REPROGRAMING NEXT WEEK? NO. THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION TO GFM WAS A REALLOCATION.

THERE WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REALLOCATE AND PRESENT THAT TO COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 28TH AS PART OF THAT. AND OUR INTENT WAS TO COME BACK DURING THE MID-YEAR BUDGET APPROPRIATION PROCESS AND TALK ABOUT A REPROGRAMING.

A RECOMMENDATION AND DISCUSSION WAS MADE AT COMMITTEE THAT WE SHOULD PRESENT THIS TO FULL COUNCIL AND COME WITH A RECOMMENDATION.

SO WE ARE HERE TODAY WITH A RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY, BUT THERE'S NO STRUCTURAL REASON WHY WE COULDN'T ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE REPROGRAMING.

AT THE MID-YEAR BUDGET REALLOCATION.

CORRECT. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON MR? I DON'T SEE ONE. SO I THINK, MR. CITY MANAGER, I THINK YOU CAN LET YOUR PEOPLE GO.

Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO GO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL NOW GO BACK TO YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.

[Open Microphone Speakers (Part 2 of 2)]

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING CITY COUNCIL, WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM.

FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN PERSON FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

INDIVIDUALS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN PERSON.

SPEAKERS. YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHERE YOUR TIME IS UP.

PLEASE STOP FOR THE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.

I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR COMMENTS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO.

TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME, PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON ONLY.

WE'LL PICK UP WITH KRISTIN MILLER.

YES. HELLO.

OKAY. YOU MAY CONTINUE, MISS MILLER.

HELLO, MY NAME IS KRISTIN.

SUPPORT THE BAN OF DALLAS HORSE CARRIAGES.

THIS LAST HOLIDAY SEASON, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE MY FIRST EVER HORSE CARRIAGE RIDE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.

NOT ONLY DID I SEE STRONG, HEALTHY, WELL CARED FOR HORSES, I SAW FAMILIES WITH LITTLE ONES SMILING FROM EAR TO EAR AS THEY STEPPED ONTO THE CARRIAGE AND PET THE HORSES.

THIS UNIQUE EXPERIENCE GIVES PEOPLE THE EXPOSURE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE AROUND HORSES THAT THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY GET ELSEWHERE.

THE TRADITION OF HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES HAS BEEN AROUND FOR AS LONG AS TIME.

IN FACT, ON A GORGEOUS DAY OF AUGUST 1990, MY MOTHER AND FATHER RODE IN A HORSE CARRIAGE RIGHT AFTER THEY SAID I DO IN THE CHAPEL ON THEIR WEDDING DAY.

SEEING THAT MEMORY ON VHS WILL STICK WITH ME FOREVER, AS WELL AS THE MEMORIES FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE MAKING TODAY ON HORSE CARRIAGES IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO SEE FOR YOURSELF HOW WELL THESE ANIMALS ARE TAKING CARE OF, AND HOW THE OWNERSHIP OF THESE HEALTHY HORSES IS A 365 DAY COMMITMENT.

THEY RECEIVE CLEAN WATER, NUTRITIOUS FOOD, AND LARGE SHELTERS EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES.

THESE HORSES CHANGE THE LIVES FOR THE BETTER.

PLEASE DON'T BE THE ONES TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM PEOPLE.

THANK YOU. I THANK YOU, RYAN BARNETT.

RYAN BARNETT IS NOT PRESENT.

ALEXANDER STEIN.

HE CANCELED. YOUR MICROPHONE.

YO, COUNCIL, IT'S ME, ALEX STEIN.

HEY, MAYOR JOHNSON, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ARE CRITICIZING YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A TERRIBLE DIVORCE, AND YOUR WIFE, NIKITA, IS ACCUSING YOU OF SLEEPING WITH YOUR STAFFER, MARY ALBANA.

AND MARY ALBANO IS YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF.

AND THEN YOU WENT AND PAID HER $100,000 AFTER YOU AFTER SHE WAS YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF.

BUT WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT THIS IS, LIKE, I DON'T THINK IT'S BAD.

I THINK IT'S GOOD BECAUSE ALL THE TOP POLITICIANS HAVE CHEATED BILL CLINTON, MONICA LEWINSKY.

SO YOU HOOKING UP WITH YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF, ACCORDING TO YOUR WIFE, NOT ME.

IN YOUR PUBLIC DIVORCE.

THIS IS GOOD FOR YOUR POLITICAL CAREER.

I KNOW YOU SWITCHED FROM LIBERAL TO REPUBLICAN, AND NOW YOU'VE GOTTEN ALL THE SUPPORT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GRAB THEM BY THE P.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FULL REPUBLICAN.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS YOU GOT TO RESPECT YOUR WIFE.

BUT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK MARY ALBANO WILL BE A GOOD STEP MAMA, AND YOU'RE GIVING HER HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

IT'S RIDICULOUS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT CHEATING IS BAD, PERSONALLY.

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AND LISTEN, I'M TEAM NIKITA.

YOU KNOW, I'M TEAM NIKITA ALL DAY LONG, AND, YOU KNOW, NIKITA IS NOT LYING BECAUSE SHE HAD THAT RING DOORBELL CAMERA WHERE SHE SUPPOSEDLY CAUGHT YOU WITH YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF.

AND THEN YOU HAD THIS RELATIONSHIP, ACCORDING TO YOU.

YOU SAID THAT YOU'D DONE IT A DOZEN TIMES IN YOUR COURT PROCEEDINGS.

SO THIS IS ALL ON RECORD.

YOU HAD TIM ROGERS FROM THE D D WHATEVER THAT STUPID MAGAZINE HE'S FROM COME AND TESTIFY BECAUSE HE SUPPOSEDLY HAD INSIDE INFORMATION OF YOUR DIVORCE.

SO THIS IS REALLY MESSY.

IT'S JUST FUNNY. YOUR TYPICAL OF A POLITICIAN.

AND NOW I UNDERSTAND PROBABLY WHY YOUR HAIR IS BALDING SO BAD, BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY REALLY STRESSED.

YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALL OF THESE, YOUR STAFF, OR YOU'RE TAKING YOUR STAFFER TO YOUR HOUSE.

YOU'RE SLEEPING WITH HER.

NOT NOT ACCORDING TO ME. ACCORDING TO NIKITA JOHNSON, YOUR WIFE, YOUR WIFE, THE MOTHER OF YOUR CHILDREN THAT YOU DO NOT RESPECT ENOUGH.

THAT YOU THE SAME HOUSE WHERE YOU PUT YOUR LITTLE KIDS TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

YOU'RE TAKING YOUR STAFFER THERE AND YOU'RE SLEEPING WITH HER.

ACCORDING TO NIKITA, THIS IS NOT ACCORDING TO ME.

THIS IS ALL IN THE COURT DOCUMENTS.

SO YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A MESSY DIVORCE.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT A PERSON THAT WOULD CHEAT ON HIS WIFE, THAT HE HAS KIDS WITH IS PROBABLY A SCUMBAG, PROBABLY NOT A GOOD GUY.

AND IF HE WOULD CHEAT HIS WIFE, HE'D PROBABLY CHEAT THE CITY.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, AFTER HE GETS CAUGHT CHEATING ON THE GIRL, THEN HE GOES AND GIVES HER $100,000 BECAUSE MARY ALBANO RUNS A GROUP CALLED ADEPT POLITICAL CONSULTING. AND SO YOU GAVE HER $100,000.

MAYBE YOU GAVE HER. AND I'M JUST SPECULATING THIS, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU GAVE HER THE MONEY SO SHE WOULDN'T TELL ON YOU THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING AN AFFAIR.

I DON'T KNOW THIS. I'M JUST SPECULATING.

THIS. I'M JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN WORRIED ABOUT THE MAYOR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M PRIMETIME 99, SO I ALWAYS END WITH A SONG.

NIKITA JOHNSON.

NIKITA, I KNOW YOU MISSED ERIC'S NIKITA, BUT THERE'S OTHER BANANAS.

I CAN BE YOUR MANNA.

I WILL BE THE DAD TO YOUR LITTLE BABIES.

I'LL BE STEP DAD.

SO, NIKITA, CALL ME.

I'M GOING TO TREAT YOU RIGHT. I'M NOT GOING TO CHEAT ON YOU, NIKITA.

I'M NOT GOING TO SLEEP WITH MY CHIEF OF STAFF.

I'M A PIMP ON A BLIMP, NIKITA.

BUT I'M NOT A SCUMBAG, SO I'M DOING THIS FOR YOU.

NIKITA JOHNSON, WE STAND.

NIKITA JOHNSON.

NO CHEATING ALLOWED.

YOU'RE A SCUMBAG.

DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER HAS CANCELED.

DEVANTE PETERS IS NOT PRESENT.

DIGGER BARNES.

HEY SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M JUST HERE TO ADDRESS A CONCERNING UNRESOLVED ISSUE IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

I KNOW IN JULY 2023, THERE WAS THIS VIRAL VIDEO THAT HAPPENED.

I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE ATTRACTIVE BRUNET YELLING THAT MOTHER EFFER IS NOT REAL.

IT WAS ON AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT LEAVING LEAVING THE DALLAS AIRPORT.

BUT MOST PEOPLE HAVE TURNED THIS INTO A FUNNY MEME.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS EVENT IS PART OF A MUCH LARGER AND SINISTER PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS, OR PSYOP, AND DALLAS NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS BEFORE OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES BECOME COMPROMISED.

AND I HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THE WOMAN NOW CLAIMING TO BE THE PERSON FROM THE PLANE IS NOT THE SAME PERSON AND IS ACTUALLY PART OF A WELL FUNDED GOVERNMENT PSYOP TO DISTRACT US FROM THE THREAT OF AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL INVASION.

TO START, HER FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE WAS ON A BARSTOOL SPORTS PODCAST, PARDON MY TAKE, WHERE THE HOST, BIG CAT, TALKED MORE ABOUT HER FEET RATHER THAN WHAT SHE SAW ON THE PLANE, AND APPEARING ON A BARSTOOL SPORTS PODCAST RATHER THAN A RESPECTABLE NEWS OUTLET LIKE OANN OR CENSOR TV WAS A WAY TO TRIVIALIZE THIS AS A JOKE RATHER THAN AN EXPOSURE OF AN IMPENDING ALIEN INVASION.

AND WE KNOW THAT DAVE PORTNOY WAS ABLE TO INTERVIEW DONALD TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE, SO IT IS PLAUSIBLE THAT HE IS PART OF OPERATION MOCKINGBIRD AND RECEIVING DARK MONEY TO PUSH WHATEVER YOU KNOW, PARTY NARRATIVE IS CONVENIENT FOR THE DAY.

AND THIS SAME DARK MONEY IS BEING PUSHED TOWARDS TRAVIS KELCE AND TAYLOR SWIFT TO DATE EACH OTHER SO PFIZER CAN RECYCLE THEIR VACCINATION CAMPAIGN THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO BECOME TRANSGENDER. BUT TO START MY EVIDENCE, THE ALIBI OF WHY SHE LOOK DIFFERENT ON THE PLANE THAN IN THE PARDON MY TAKE STUDIO IS BECAUSE SHE WASN'T WEARING MAKEUP ON THE PLANE.

BUT I GOOGLED WHAT WOMEN LOOK LIKE IN THE MORNING WITH AND WITHOUT MAKEUP, AND CONFIRMED THAT MAKEUP CAN'T ALTER YOUR APPEARANCE THAT MUCH.

THE REAL IDENTITY OF THE WOMAN ON THE FLIGHT HAS YET TO BE REVEALED, BECAUSE SHE CLEARLY SAW AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL STOWED IN THE BACK OF THE PLANE.

CRAFT AND JOE BIDEN UNDERSTOOD THE SEVERITY OF THIS SECURITY BREACH, WHICH IS WHY HE POURED SO MUCH MONEY INTO THIS PSYOP.

AND I'M GUESSING SHE'S BEING HELD IN A GOVERNMENT PRISON IN AREA 51 AS POTENTIAL COLLATERAL OF JOE BIDEN NEEDS TO NEGOTIATE WITH ANY EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEINGS.

AND I HAVE A FEW IDEAS OF WHO THIS WOMAN REALLY WAS, EITHER A FORMER BODYGUARD FOR THE CLINTONS WHO SAW TOO MUCH, OBAMA'S OTHER CHEF, OR MAYBE SHE WAS AN ALIEN HERSELF. BUT THIS GOVERNMENT ACTRESS CLAIMS TO LIVE IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.

THIS ISN'T A JOKE.

THIS ISN'T A MEME.

THIS IS A REAL PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATION.

THANK YOU. I YIELD MY TIME.

THANK YOU.

NOW, PHIL DODD IS NOT PRESENT.

MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING.

WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS AND WE HAVE A I'M SORRY.

I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

SO I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY THAT WE GET TO CELEBRATE HERE AT CITY HALL.

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AND OUR ONE OF OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT TEN, KATHY STEWART, IS CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY.

AND SO WE HAVE A GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR YOU.

BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU WANTED CHOCOLATE CAKE.

SO WE WENT A LITTLE BIT OVERBOARD WITH ADDING THE GERMAN PART.

AND I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

SO IF WE CAN SING OUR HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

ZARRIN.

ALL RIGHT. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS FOR THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 1:11 P.M..

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.