[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on February 22, 2024.]
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GOOD MORNING AND STAND OH ONE.
WE CONVENE OUR DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATIONS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE HAPPY MEETINGS.
THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING WE ARE HAVING AFTER COUNCIL ED ON, UH, DALLAS.
UH, UH, WORDS SPARKS IN THE COMING MONTH.
I KNOW IT WAS MONTHS, MONTH WORTH OF WORK AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR, THAT WE ARE IN A VERY HAPPY PLACE AT $345 MILLION PLUS.
SO THANK YOU ALL AND I THINK WE ALL DISSOLVED AROUND MUCH MORE WORK.
I THINK, UH, DIRECTOR JENKINS, WE ARE DONE NOW.
YOUR WORK, START CREATING THOSE BOX AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
SO WITH THAT, UH, FIRST POINT OF BUSINESS PUBLIC SPEAK, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
I GUESS THEY ALL GOT EXHAUSTED SPEAKING IN THOSE ATIONS
SO THEY'RE TAKING A BREAK TODAY, THAT APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UH, FOR FEBRUARY 8TH.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, MRS. DAUGHTER? I SEE MR. WOODS.
I CAN GET ANY DISCUSSION IF THAT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? I HAVE WE MOVE TO A
DO I HAVE A MOTION MR. GOLDSTEIN? DO I SECOND MR. NER? ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
GOOD THINGS WE APPROVED THERE.
THE ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. DO I HAVE SECOND? MS. UH, HAS ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR A AYE BOTH SIDES HAVE IT.
THAT, UH, NUMBER SIX, COTTON BOWL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES.
ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, NUMBER SEVEN IN COTTON BOWL.
NO AUTHORIZED SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.
MR. FORD, YOU HAD, I I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UM, WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE ADDED, UM, IN WHICH INCLUDES THE OWNER'S CONTINGENCY OF $1,541,553 AND THE GMP FOR SUPPLEMENTAL NUMBER ONE OF FIVE $51,385, WHOOP, SORRY, $51,385,067, UH, ADDED INTO THE, UH, MOTION AS APPROVED IN, UH, UH, SUPPLEMENT.
SO WE HAVE AMENDED MOTION BY MR. GOLD.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, MR.
AND, UH, MR. BOARD, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS? OR STAFF, CAN THEY EXPLAIN WHAT AMENDMENT HAS BEEN MADE? MR. OCONNOR? THANK YOU MR. STEIN.
SO THIS WAS JUST A CLARIFICATION THAT THE ATTORNEYS REQUESTED THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT INTENDING TO SIGN THIS MORNING.
IT'S SIMPLY, UH, CALLING OUT IN A VERY CLEAR WAY THAT THERE WILL BE NOTICE CONTINGENCY IN ADDITION TO THE GP RATE TOTAL OF 53 SOME MONTH DOLLARS.
SO IT'S JUST IDENTIFYING AND CLARIFYING THE FACT THAT THERE IS A ENCY AS A PART OF THE GT FOR THE COTTON BOWL.
AND MR. YEAH, MR. DKE? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE PRIORITIES ON THESE COTTON BOWL AND FAIR PARK PROJECTS FROM PROP A WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD GOOD MWBE PARTICIPATION.
AND, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'VE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT ON THESE CONTRACTS.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK MR. O'CONNOR OR SOMEONE AS STAFF IF THEY COULD GIVE US A QUICK RUNDOWN ON THE MWBE ON THESE CONTRACTS.
AND, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT.
UH, Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT THE CITY'S GOAL FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IS 32%.
Y'ALL WILL RECALL THAT WE WANTED TO BE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS CONTRACT.
AND SO THE REQUIREMENT CAME 36%, SORRY, 34%, BUT G AND P NUMBER ONE, THE NWE PERCENTAGE CAME IN AT 36%, 4% GREATER THAN THE CITY'S GOAL.
SO CERTAINLY, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT AND PROUD OF.
THANKS FOR MAKING THAT AFRICAN.
THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP, MR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS PLEASE? WITH THAT?
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ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.UH, FAST IF THAT WE COME TOWARD BRIEFING ALL CITY PARK
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT HERE, THE SEE FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE.
SO I AM HERE WITH STEVE BAKER, SUPERINTENDENT OF RECREATION SERVICES, AND WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE TRANSITION PLAN FOR OLD CITY PARK.
UH, MANY, IF NOT ALL OF YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT EFFECTIVE MAY 27TH, THE PARK DEPARTMENT WILL ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BOTH THE OPERATION AND THE MANAGEMENT OF OLD CITY PARK.
UH, PLEASE KNOW THAT TODAY IS THE FIRST OF MANY DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE WITH THE BOARD ABOUT WHAT THAT TRANSITION LOOKS LIKE.
YOU ALL RECEIVED A MEMO FROM DIRECTOR JENKINS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, ALLUDING TO THIS DAY, UH, WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR HANDOFF IS AS SMOOTH AND AS SEAMLESS AS
AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS OF OFFICE OF ARTS, ARTS AND CULTURE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT SKIPPING A FEET ON THEIR LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.
SO I HAVE STEVE HERE WHO WILL GO OVER OUR TRANSITION PLAN, AND THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS AND NEXT STEPS.
CINDY, MY DRIVING AGREE OR, EITHER WAY.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TRY TO GIVE YOU A, UM, OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS GONNA BE HAPPENING WHERE WE'RE AT, KIND OF THIS STAGE OF THE GAME WITH OLD CITY PARK.
SO WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE A LITTLE DA LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND, LITTLE BIT HISTORY OF THE PARK, THE CURRENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS THEY BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW OUT AT THE PARK.
UH, THE CURRENT PROGRAM OPERATIONS MASTER PLAN TIMELINE THAT WE'LL BE FOLLOWING HERE, UM, OVER THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF YEARS THAT'S CURRENTLY IN OPERATION, UM, WILL SHOW AND SHOWCASE THE FACILITY CONDITIONS, UH, TALK ABOUT OUR INTERIM PLAN FOR OPERATIONS, AND THEN KIND OF OUR, OUR FINAL NEXT STEPS FROM THERE.
SO, UM, OLD CITY PARK WAS PURCHASED IN 1876 FOR $600 TO BECOME FIRST CITY PARK.
KIND OF AN INTERESTING STORY, BUT PURCHASED IN PARENTHESES BECAUSE THEY, THE, UH, LANDOWNER AT THE TIME.
UH, JJ EKINS, WHO OWNED THE PROPERTY, OFFERED TO TELL 10 ACRES TO THE CITY FOR $600.
AND THERE WAS A, UH, RAILROAD DEVELOPER, UH, DR.
CE KELLER, UM, WHO WAS WILLING TO PAY $200 FOR THAT 600 FEE.
SO THAT LEFT THE CITY TO COME UP WITH THE BALANCE OF THE 400.
LONG STORY SHORT, THEY WERE UNABLE TO RAISE THE $400 TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE, AND, UH, WOUND UP NEGOTIATING A DEAL WITH, UM, MR. EKINS TO WAIVE HIS PROPERTY TAXES, LARGE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES OVER A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS.
SO, UM, WE WON'T GO ANY FARTHER WITH THAT STORY 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER TWISTS AND TURNS.
UM, BUT JUST KIND OF SOME OF THE OTHER HISTORY OF THE PARKS.
UM, IT WAS SITE AT THE FIRST ZOO IN DALLAS.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE FIRST SITE, UH, FIRST SWIMMING POOL SITE AS WELL.
SO WE WILL FAST FORWARD TO 1967 WHEN THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT, UM, WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY HERITAGE, UH, HERITAGE SOCIETY TO OPERATE AND MANAGE PARK.
UM, WE ENTERED INTO MULTIPLE AGREEMENTS WITH THEM, UM, 19 67, 19 73, 19 83, 19 93, WE ENTERED INTO A 20 YEAR AGREEMENT WITH A 20 YEAR OPTION, AND THEN ALSO OUR TWO FIVE YEAR OPTIONS.
AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, LAST MAY, UM, ONE YEAR EXTENSION WAS, WAS GRANTED, UH, CURRENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN THREE KEY, UM, STAKEHOLDERS, UM, IN THE, IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND THAT BEING, UH, DALLAS COUNTY, HIS, UH, HERITAGE SOCIETY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING LED BY INTERIM CEO MICHAEL MEADOWS, HIS TEAM OF APPROXIMATELY SIX FULL-TIME AND 10 TO 13 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMING, UM, AND MONITORING OF THE PROPERTY.
THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE NOW KNOW TODAY IS THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE THAT WAS LED BY, UH, MARQUE PHILLIP, UM, HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR OFFSETTING THE UTILITY COSTS, UM, FOR THE PARK, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AND, UM, REPAIRS FOR BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PARK RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, THE GROUND MAINTENANCE, THREE OF THEM, REMOVAL,
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THINGS OF THAT NATURE.SO THE CURRENT PARK OPERATIONS, OR AS THEY WERE IN 22 2 2022 AND 23, UM, THEY OPERATE STATE STANDARD, UH, PROGRAM PARK OFFERS PARK OPERATING HOURS AT 6:00 AM UNTIL 11:00 PM AND THEN THEY ALSO DO THEIR TOURS AND THE BUILDINGS ARE OPEN ON THE SITE, UM, THURSDAYS THROUGH SUNDAY FOR BETWEEN 10.
AND, UM, ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH I GUESS PRESENTS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UM, HERE, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY PROGRAMS AND THE EVENTS THAT THEY OFFERED THROUGHOUT THAT FISCAL YEAR, AS WELL AS THE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS THAT ARE LISTED.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS, UM, WITH THE AIR CANDLELIGHT EVENT WITH ALMOST 1700 ATTEND BEATS, AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE YOGA PROGRAM IS VERY ATTRACTIVE OUT THERE AND HAS VERY GOOD NUMBERS.
UH, THEY DO GIRL SCOUT WORKSHOPS AND THEN THEIR FIELD TRIPS.
SO THE FIELD TRIPS ABOUT 10,500 STUDENTS GO OUT.
WENT OUT THERE LAST YEAR WHEN A GUY HISTORICAL TOURS OF THE PARK AND LEARNED ABOUT DALLAS HISTORY BETWEEN THE 1870 AND 1910 TIMEFRAME.
SO THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY, AS YOU MAY RECALL, UH, THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO SWA, UM, LANDSCAPE, UH, ARCHITECT, SWA GROUP, UM, TO GO OUT AND CONDUCT PHASE ONE OF THE MASTER PLAN.
AND THAT IS TO, UH, DO A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY TO DO HYDRO STUDIES.
WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, BIG FLOODING ISSUES OUT THERE.
UM, ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDINGS, TREE CANOPY, EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE TAKE A GOOD, UH, INVENTORY OF WHAT'S THERE.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT BEING COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
UH, AND THEN MOVING DIRECTLY INTO A PROGRAMMATIC ASSESSMENT LATER THIS SUMMER AS WELL TO ENTER INTO PHASE TWO.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET INTO WITH THAT, WITH A, WITH A PHASE TWO.
WE WILL BE SURE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, LET FOLKS KNOW THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT THE FUTURE PROGRAMMATIC, UH, VIEWS OF BOULDER CITY PARKER ARE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE EXPECT PHASE TWO TO BE COMPLETE IN 2020.
THERE WE'LL DEVELOP A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO BE ADVERTISED AND THEN TO SEEK A NEW OPERATOR AND MANAGEMENT.
SO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A BIT OF AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE, BUT WE WANNA, WE KNOW WE WANNA KEEP OUR EYE ON INVOLVED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO ENSURE THE EFFICACY OF THE PARTNER.
THE PHASE ONE OF THE, UM, MASTER PLAN IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, IT'S VITAL TO, TO KNOWING IF THE VISIBLE CONS, CONDITIONS THAT WE SEE ARE PURELY COSMETIC OR IF THERE ARE ACTUAL STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER GAUGE ON WHAT CAN WE IMMEDIATELY GET INTO WHAT NEEDS SOME MORE ATTENTION THAN, THAN WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING UP THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME ILLUSTRATIONS OF WHAT WE SEE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO THE MAIN, SO THE MAIN STREET AREA PROVIDE RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY PROVIDES, UM, A GREAT SETTING FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES.
THE MAIN STREET AREA IS, IS ALSO JUST RECOVERING FROM THE FLOOD OF, OF AUGUST OF 2022.
SO THOSE REPAIRS, I THINK THEY'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF GETTING TWO OF THE BUILDINGS, UM, COMPLETED, COMPLETED THEIR REPAIRS AS WELL AS THEY NO ACTUALLY ELEVATED THE HVAC UNITS OFF OF THE GROUND SO THAT THEY ARE NOT DAMAGED AND LOST.
UM, SHOULD THERE BE ANOTHER POTENTIAL FLOOD IN THAT AREA.
SO THE LAW OFFICE, THE DENTIST OFFICE, THE BANK, ALL VERY, UM, VERY ATTRACTIVE, VERY VISUALLY APPEALING.
UM, IT IS A VERY, THAT AREA OF THE PARK IS VERY POPULAR WITH PHOTOJOURNALIST AS WELL AS VIDEOGRAPHERS.
WE THINK IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND INSTAGRAM PHOTOS OUT THERE AS WELL.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT DOING THERE.
SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A FEW BUILDINGS, UM, IMMEDIATELY THAT WE BELIEVE HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BE USED FOR, UH, EITHER RESERVED SPACES OR FOR PROGRAMS, UM, CELEBRATIONS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, EVEN.
UM, THESE, THESE FACILITIES APPEAR TO BE READY TO HOST THE EVENTS OR VERY CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE
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GUESTS.SO OUR INTERIM, OUR INTERIM PROGRAM, UM, PLAN AND OPERATIONS PLAN, AGAIN, AS CRYSTAL MENTIONED, WE'LL BEGIN, UM, FULLY MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY AT THE END OF MAY.
AND SO FROM THERE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO, UH, CONDUCT SAFETY ASSESSMENTS AND, AND CONDUCT MINOR IMPROVEMENTS TO SEE WHAT PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN AGAIN, UH, MAKE HAPPEN A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY.
UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING STAFF TO OPERATE AND MANAGE THE PARK FOR US.
WE WILL DEVELOP, UM, AND ACTIVATE, UM, POPUP PROGRAMS TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE APPROPRIATE SPACES.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THE ANIMALS, UM, HAS BEEN, UH, A HOT TOPIC OUT THERE.
AND SO WE'VE ASKED FOR THOSE TO BE REHOMED, BE REHOMED.
AND WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE HERITAGE SOCIETY DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND WE'RE CONFIDENT ALL OF THE ANIMALS THAT WERE ON SITE ARE GOING TO GOOD HOMES AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE MAINTAINED AND GOOD HEALTH, UM, AS THEY HAD BEEN.
WELL, WELL AT THE, UH, AT THE PARK.
AND WE'LL ALSO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING IN PETTING AND WHATNOT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.
WE WANNA CONTINUE TO OFFER PARK RESERVATIONS, GUIDED TOURS, AND, UH, SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS, SPECIAL EVENTS WE WANT.
WE KNOW THAT CANDLELIGHT IS ONE OF THE BIG MORE POPULAR EVENTS THAT THE HERITAGE SOCIETY HAS CONDUCTED, UH, YEAR AFTER YEAR.
IT IS ACTUALLY THE LONGEST HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS EVENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE BELIEVE SAN ANTONIO IS ONE YEAR BEHIND US.
SO WE WANNA TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND A PATHWAY TO CONTINUE THAT, THAT EVENT.
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY TO SEE WHAT THE, THAT GROUP IS GOING TO BRING.
ESTABLISHING A FRIEND GROUP, UM, SUPPORT, PARKING EVENTS, FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
WE TALKED ABOUT WE DIDN'T HAVE $400 TO MAKE THE INITIAL PURCHASE.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE NEEDS FROM THERE.
UM, THEN AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA PRIORITIZE PARK SAFETY AND SECURITY INCREASED PATROLS WITH THE MARSHALS IN THE PARK RANGERS.
LOOKING AT, UM, CREATING OFFICE SPACE FOR THE PARK RANGERS ON SITE IS, THAT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING MATTER AT, AT OLD CITY PARK TO WHERE THEY DO HAVE 24 HOUR SEVEN DAY A WEEK SECURITY.
AGAIN, WITH THOSE 22 BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, EXCUSE ME, IT'S NOT LIKE ONE OF OUR TRADITIONAL PARK.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME I AND SECURITY NEEDS OUT THERE ON, ON A BUSINESS.
OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO FINALIZE THAT, UM, THE TRANSITION PLAN WITH, UM, THE HERITAGE SOCIETY, UH, REGARDING THE, THE RECESSION OF ARTIFACTS AND COLLECTIBLES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLET SESSIONED BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE PARK WILL NO LONGER SERVE AS A LIVING MUSEUM.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY ARE GOING TO RE HOME ITEMS THAT OTHER MUSEUMS TO SERVE THEIR PURPOSE OF IT.
SO WE'LL PARTNER WITH THE LANDMARK COMMISSION ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FACILITIES OF HISTORICAL DESIGNATION.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST PROPOSAL AND DRAFT OF WHAT THOSE, UH, REQUIREMENTS ARE GONNA BE LAST NIGHT.
SO, UH, LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT PROCESS WITH 'EM.
UM, AGAIN, PARK, WE WILL MANAGE THE, UH, PARK OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMINGS AND SECURITY AT THE, AT THE PARK DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.
UM, WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL FOR THE PARK FEES, UH, FOR THE RESERVATIONS OF THE, THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UH, SO THIS WILL ADD TO THE INVENTORY LIKE WE HAVE AT, AT WINFREY POINT, CEDAR CREST, UM, BANQUET HALL, BIG THICKET.
SO THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME REAL NICE INVENTORY THERE THAT WE, THAT WE'LL BE ADDING.
BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH OUR PRICING AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUE WITH THE MASTER PLAN.
AGAIN, HOPEFULLY PHASE ONE WILL BE WRAPPING UP HERE IN IN MIDSUMMER.
THEN WE CAN INTO PHASE TWO AND GET START OUR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK MEETINGS.
AND THEN FROM THERE AGAIN, WE'LL DO THE PUT OUT THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR OUR NEW PARK OPERATOR.
UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY TO, TO TAKE OVER OPERATIONS IN THE PARK.
HELP, HELP, UH, THINK THE NEXT HUNDRED.
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THANK YOU.UH, IT WAS US A GREAT OVERVIEW WITH THAT.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
YOU, UH, STEVE AND UH, CRYSTAL THIS MORNING, YOU ALL, UH, FOR MAKING THIS PRESENTATION.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PRESENT A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD AND TO THE PUBLIC.
'CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH FALSE INFORMATION OUT THERE, MISINFORMATION OUT THERE.
WE WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT, SO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE BOARD AND GET THE FACTS FROM US.
I DID PARTICIPATE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ARTICLE LAST WEEK AS WELL.
YOU MAY HAVE SAW THAT THIS WEEK.
TRYING TO PUT THE FACTS DOWN THERE.
AGAIN, JUST WANT TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT, UH, THE PARK IS NOT CLOSING AND YOU HAVE THE FACTS BEFORE YOU, UH, WE WOULD STILL BE WORKING WITH THE DALLAS HERITAGE, UH, SOCIETY AS IT RELATES TO THE COLLECTIONS THAT YOU SAW IN THE BRIEFING AND THE ARTIFACTS.
UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, JUST LIKE WE, UH, YOU ALL ASKED US TO INTERVENE ON SAM FARM, JUST WANNA REASSURE THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF BEING GOOD PROGRAMMERS.
YOU HAVE THE PROGRAMMERS BEFORE YOU AND THEIR ENTIRE TEAM
AND I ASSURE YOU THAT WHILE WE OPERATE IN THE INTERIM, WE WILL MAKE SURE IT'S SUCCESSFUL.
JUST LIKE WE DID WITH SAMUEL FARM THAT USED TO ONLY HAVE ABOUT MAYBE 15 TO 20 PEOPLE COMING PER DAY.
I ASSURE YOU, WE ARE GOING TO ACTIVATE THE PARK.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING THAT UP AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME PHYSICAL CHALLENGES WITH THE PARK, BUT WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT WE CAN ACTIVATE A PARK, WE CAN GET THINGS GOING, REPLACEMENTS THAT THEY'VE HAD CHALLENGES BEFORE.
UM, JUST KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THE SITE.
WE, I, I SENT STEVE TEXT MESSAGES, BUT WE ARE JUST, WE'RE READY TO ROLL WITH SOME POP OF ACTIVATION.
SO WE KNOW THAT ALTHOUGH OUR TIME IN MANAGING IT'S GONNA BE TEMPORARY, WE THINK THAT IT WILL START US ON AN UPWARD TRAJECTORY FOR WHOMEVER'S COMING IN TO MANAGE THE PROPERTY.
THEY'LL ALREADY HAVE A RUNNING STAR.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT CAN BE A HEALTH.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, SWAN.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS STAFF.
AND YOU MADE, UH, A COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT BEST INTEREST FROM THE CITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BEAT IN THE BRAINS.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE STAFF OR THIS LEADER CAN'T DO.
INTERIM THE ADVOCATE OF US, UH, TAKING OUR PROBLEMS. 'CAUSE WE HAVE THE STAFF AND WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE.
SAME THING WE DID AT SAMUEL FARM WHEN WE, HE STOOD OUT.
SOMEBODY, I CAN'T FIND TATTOO IN HIS ARMS. PEOPLE
JUST TELL STANDING AND EXCITING FINDING SOMEBODY ELSE.
I'M, I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO FOR HELPING.
TITLE WAS ALWAYS SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT IN BUSINESS.
AND AS YOU STATED EARLIER, WE NEED TO WHETHER US ANOTHER OPERATOR FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY WITH BEING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, WE DO A CONTRACT.
WE SO AFRAID THAT WE MIGHT GET SUED IF WE DON'T DO THIS.
HELL, LET'S TAKE OUR PROPERTIES, WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
SO STEVE, YOUR ENTIRE TEAM, UM, REALLY IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE AND ON THE GROUND AND SEEING, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A FALSE NARRATIVE FROM THE CS LEADERSHIP SAYING THAT WE'RE TAKING THEIR PART AND IT IS OUR PART.
UM, AND LEGALLY THEIR CONTRACT WAS UP AND LEGALLY WE COULD NOT RENEW IT AND WE EXTENDED THEM WITH A YEAR AND EVEN GAVE THEM MONEY TO OPERATE.
SO IT'S REALLY, UH, NICE TO SEE AT
UM, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IN THIS PROCESS OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, POTENTIALLY WE, WE CAN CREATE A TASK FORCE THE WAY WE DO WITH RIVER SEAN BALLPARK AND HAVE A TASK FORCE WITHIN DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT COME TO THE TABLE.
UM, THERE IS, THIS IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE ASSET.
UM, IT'S IN A VERY IMPORTANT PART TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS, NOT JUST DISTRICT TWO.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT REQUEST, UM, THERE IS SOMETHING I SAID DESCRIBE WHAT THAT MEANS AND I'M TRYING TO FIND WHAT PAGE
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MIGHT COME BACK ON ROUND TWO.UM, BUT I DO, I DO WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR LEARNING IN A SHORT TIME, ASSESSING THIS, TO REVITALIZE IT AND BRING BACK FRESH AIR WHEN WE WERE, WHEN WE WENT TO THE GREATER GREEN CONCERT, UH, CONFERENCE IN PHILADELPHIA.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR AT THIS.
IT'S NOT GETTING TORN DOWN, IT'S NOT GOING TO DEVELOPERS.
THANK YOU MR. AND YOU HAVE BEEN LEADING THIS FROM FRONT.
LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AS THE TRANSITION.
AND FOR UPDATE ON THIS, I THINKS SUCH A IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR CITY'S HISTORY AND OUR PARKS HISTORY.
AND IT'S A SHAME THAT GOT BEING IN, IN A SPOT WHERE IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY OVERHAULED.
UM, WHAT QUESTIONS, UM, WERE THOSE FACILITIES OUT THERE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE BUILDING AND
IS THERE A CHAMPION, EVEN IF IT'S TEMPORARY? THIS, THIS IS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
IS THERE SOMEBODY ON YOUR STAFF? AND SO I WILL SAY THAT, UM, WE, WE HAVE INTERNALLY IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL PERSON THAT WE KNOW WILL KNOCK IT OUT THE PARK.
SO WE'RE JUST WORKING OUT SOME DETAILS.
THEY, THEY HAD SIX FULL-TIME AND 10 13 PARTTIME.
I GOTTA IMAGINE YOU'LL NEED A STAFF OUT THERE JUST TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO.
UM, THE LAST THING, I'M GONNA KIND OF MIRROR WHAT BO SAID.
NOW WE HEARD THE SAMUEL FARM THINKING, OH WE'RE JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, DO SOME PROGRAMMING THERE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO A MASTER PLAN AND WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN WE SORT OF FIGURED OUT ALONG THE WAY THAT WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF CREATING THE PROGRAMMING AND IT MADE IT MORE VIABLE.
AND ARE THERE SURE THERE
SO I WOULD LIKE US TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WE MIGHT FIND THAT WE ARE DOING A PERFECTLY FINE JOB OF OPERATING IT.
WE FIGURED OUT THE PROGRAMMING, CERTAINLY WITH COMMUNITY INPUT TO GIVE US DIRECTION.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO, I WAS CURIOUS WHY IT WOULD TAKE A YEAR, YOU'VE ALREADY DONE SORT OF THE MASTER PLAN ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDINGS.
WHY IS IT GONNA TAKE A YEAR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROGRAMMING? I MEAN WE, NO, NO, NO.
SOMETHING THE PROGRAM, I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GONNA START THE PROGRAMMING IMMEDIATELY.
BUT YOUR TIMELINE SAYS FOR THE NEXT YEAR YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING PHASE TWO MASTER.
THE MASTER PLAN FOR THEM TO, UM, FACILITATE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STUDY, TALK ABOUT THE VISIONING OF THE PARK WITH THE COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO THAT'S THE TIME THAT'S ALLOCATED FROM THE COMPLETION OF PHASE ONE LATER THIS SUMMER ABOUT THAT THEY, ONE IT NOT COMPLETE, BUT IT'LL ALLOW TIME FOR US TO SCHEDULE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, HAVE A MEETING, CONFER, HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH SOME ACTION.
AND LASTLY, I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE THIS FINANCIAL INFORMATION BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT FINANCIALLY HAS BEEN WORKING.
AND HOW IS YOUR PLAN FOR THE INTERIM? HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE THIS FINANCIALLY WORK FOR US? THIS WE'RE PUT STAFF OVER THERE.
WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME MORE MONEY TOWARDS MAINTENANCE.
AND WHAT DOES THAT DOLLAR AND CENTS LOOK LIKE? MONEY DOES THE KEN, LIKE WHAT ARE THE OTHER MONEY MAKERS? WHAT IS THE, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS ON AND WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER MAYBE TAKING IT OFF LONG TERM, I WOULD REALLY THINK SHOW ME THE NUMBERS.
YOU KNOW, SHOW ME THE MONEY, IS IT VIABLE? AND IF IT IS VIABLE, WHERE DO WE, AND IF IT ISN'T VIABLE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO FIX IMMEDIATELY? SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THE RELATIVELY IN NEAR FUTURE, SOME KIND OF BREAKDOWN OF WHERE IT WAS AND WHERE WE EXPECT TO BE IN 15 MINUTES.
AND SO THAT IS DEFINITELY PART OF THE NEXT MEETING OR THE NEXT INFORMATION WE PLAN TO BRING FORWARD IS WHAT OUR BUSINESS PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE.
KIND OF WHERE WAS, OR WHAT, HOW HAS IT BEEN OPERATING? WHAT IS OUR INTENT FOR THIS INTERIM PERIOD? AND SO THERE WILL OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING, WITH SECURITY, WITH IMPROVING SOME OF THE SECURITY MEASURES THAT WE HAVE.
THE PROGRAMMATIC PIECE OF STAFFING.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID ABOUT THEY HAD SIX.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE JUST THAT.
SO EVEN IF WE IDENTIFY FIVE, THINK ABOUT HOW THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS STRUCTURED.
WE HAVE SUCH A SUPPORTING NETWORK OF STAFF THAT EVEN THOUGH FIVE PEOPLE CAN BE ASSIGNED TO A FACILITY
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OR TO A PARK, WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CONNECTED WITH, UM, PARK MAINTENANCE.WE HAVE THE DIVISION ENGAGEMENT COORDINATORS WITH RECREATION.
SO THAT'S SIX PEOPLE THAT FOR TEMPORARY POPUP ASSIGNMENTS CAN ALREADY BE REDIRECTED FOR THAT COST.
SO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF RESOURCES, I THINK, AND ACTIVATING THE PARK AND MANAGING THE WATER.
I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE.
I THINK THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THAT SPACE.
THAT I, I'M EXCITED TO SEE 'CAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GREAT AT THAT.
AND I THINK THEY'RE GONNA COME TO US WITH SOME STUFF THAT WE THOUGHT.
AND I, I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK FORWARD AND I'M SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING VERY COMFORTABLE THAT WE KEEP US.
LET ME GET MR. DICKEY AND THEN I COME TO, UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, CURRENTLY, UH, THERE'S A, LIKE A THREE LEGGED STOOL.
IT'S, UH, OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AS THE MAINTENANCE, UH, TOOK CONTRACT WITH HERITAGE SOCIETY FOR PROGRAMMING, ET CETERA.
SO IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE, UH, HUGE MAINTENANCE NEEDS THERE.
THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE FALLEN APART.
OACS NEVER HAD THE MONEY TO KEEP THEM UP.
WHAT WILL CHANGE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE THE MONEY FOR MAINTAINING THOSE BUILDINGS? WILL THAT STILL BE OAC C'S RESPONSIBILITY OR DO WE NOW PICK THAT UP AND HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY FOR RESTORING THOSE HISTORIC STRUCTURES? SO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OAC HERE WHO'S HERE, BENJAMIN.
SO IF I COULD, UM, THIS, HE'S NOT ON THE SPOT.
I ACTUALLY MADE SURE WE INVITED HIM IN CASE THERE QUESTIONS
AND BENJAMIN, IF YOU COULD ASSIST US IN ANSWERING MR. TY'S QUESTION ABOUT KIND OF THE FUNDING SOURCE.
I DID WANNA MAKE SURE BEFORE BENJAMIN STARTED, WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION, UH, ABOUT, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO WITH THEIR DIRECTOR MARTINE.
UM, AND ABOUT THE HOT TECH, UH, MR. DICKEY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, 'CAUSE WE ONLY USE THE HOT TECH AND BENJAMIN, CORRECT ME, BUT IT'S FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I MEAN, IT HAS TO HAVE SOME COMPONENT.
SO WHATEVER WE USE ON A BUILDING OUT THERE IS TO HAVE ECONOMIC COMPONENT TO IT.
BENJAMIN IS BEING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE PARTS AND CULTURE.
SO UNDER THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, IT'S CALLED CULTURAL TOURISM CURRENTLY.
WE USE THAT FOR, TO PROMOTE ARTS AND CULTURE IN DALLAS AND ALSO TO VISIT, UM, HISTORIC SITES OF MUSEUMS. UM, TRA UH, JUST FOR FIGURES AND JUST FOR NOTE ON WHEN THE, WHEN THIS TRANSITION PLAN GOES INTO EFFECT, PARKING REC WILL BE TAKING BUILDINGS.
SO O-A-C-O-A-C IS SLATED TO PROVIDE $115,394 INDIRECT OPERATING SUPPORT.
THEY USE THAT FUNDING FOR PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES FOR FIXING THE BUILDINGS.
WE ALSO REIMBURSE 'EM FOR 15,000 FOR UTILITIES THAT, WHICH INCLUDES GAS, WATER, ET CETERA.
SO THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY TRANSITION OUT AFTER, UM, WHEN THE CONTRACT, WHEN, UH, THE, THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION ENDS ON SEVENTH.
WELL, BUT I WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT WE ARE IN TALKS WITH OAC IN PARTICULAR WITH THE DIRECTOR ABOUT HAVING SOME OPERATION FUNDS MOVE FORWARD AS WELL AS THE HOT TAX.
AND MY QUESTION, I GUESS IS A LEGAL QUESTION IN THAT GOING FORWARD, WILL OAC STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE BUILDINGS OR WILL THAT GO TO US? WELL, AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATION WITH THEM,
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WE WON'T, WE WANT CONTROL OF THE BUILDINGS.
I CAN, I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT WE DO.
SO I THINK IT'LL WORK TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS ON THE RECORD, AND AND I I'LL SEVERAL OF YOU KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN PUSHING THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE.
UM, AS OF THE NEW VISIT DALLAS CONTRACT, OAC HAS GOTTEN MANY NEW MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF HOTEL TAX MONEY.
A PERCENTAGE OF WHICH AGREED UPON PERCENTAGE IS ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR VARIOUS THINGS WHICH DO INCLUDE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS.
SO, UM, IT SEEMED TO ME THAT WE KIND OF HAVE TO GO HAND IN HAND TO OAC IF WE WANT MONEY.
AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 115 OR 300,000, IT'S SEVERAL MILLION TO FIX THE BUILDINGS.
EVEN IF WE DON'T FIX THEM ALL, UH, TWO OR THREE, IT'S QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE NEGOTIATING WITH OAC OVER, CAN WE HAVE SOME OF THAT MONEY? OR HOW
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DOES THAT, HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH.AND TO MS HAS BEEN POINT, THAT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT MONEY ISSUE ON US TAKING OVER OLD CITY PARK IS WHERE'S THE MONEY GONNA COME FROM TO RESTORE THE BILLS.
MR. DIG? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE, WE'RE NEGOTIATING.
WE'RE JUST, WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THEIR BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL.
AND SO WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS TO WORK WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT NUMBER WE CAN AGREE TO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE JUST LIKE WITH OUR CONTRACT WITH FAIR PARK FIRST OAC C STILL, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS MONEY THAT WAS DESIGNATED TO GO TO FAIR TO FAIR PARK.
WE'RE GONNA BE NEGOTIATING THE SAME THING BOTH CITY.
WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THE FAIR NUMBER? WE WILL, WE WILL NEGOTIATE THAT WITH THEM, BUT WE STILL WANT OAC C TO BUILD PARTNERS THAT WE WILL BE THE PRIME OPERATOR AT OLD CITY PARK IN THE INTERIM, EVEN AFTER THE INTERIM BECAUSE WE'D BE LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT OPERATING.
SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ON THE, ON THE, I GUESS THE TECHNICAL POINT, IT'S THEIR, IT WILL STILL BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM FOR WHATEVER MONEY WE GET FOR FIXING UP THE BUILDINGS, BUT IT WILL STILL BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS NEGOTIATION.
WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO PUSH AS HARD AS YOU CAN FOR AS MUCH OF THAT MONEY AS WE CAN BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS, UNDERSTANDABLY, OAC HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THE MONEY BY THE CITY THAT WAS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THOSE BUILDINGS.
AND NOW WE HAVE A SITUATION YEARS DOWN THE LINE WHERE THERE ARE ENORMOUS NEEDS.
AND SO I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT OUR, OUR STAFF, OUR PARK DEPARTMENT, OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT WOULD PUSH HARD ON WHAT MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS TO CRACK SOME OF THAT HOTEL MONEY OUT FOR THESE BUILDINGS.
UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, WHAT, THINKING AHEAD TO 2026, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE MANAGING IT, WHETHER THERE'S AN OUTSIDE PARTNER THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, WHAT'S THE VISION? WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL OUTCOME FOR THIS, UH, THIS PARK IN 2026 AND BEYOND? WELL, I THINK THAT'S A LOADED QUESTION.
UM, ONE THAT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF BROUGHT BACK TO THE GLORY DAYS, RIGHT? SO EVERY TIME I HEAR ABOUT OLD CITY PARK, I'M NOT FROM DALLAS, BUT I HEAR ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS THESE GREAT MEMORIES, CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.
SO I THINK IT'S MAKING IT RELEVANT IN TODAY'S TIME BASED ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAKEHOLDERS REALLY WANT TO SEE.
SO WE WANNA ACTIVATE THE SPACE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE STRUCTURED PROGRAMS, THAT AS YOU TAKE YOUR DAUGHTER OUT TO THE PARK, YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN THERE.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST BRINGING THE PARK BACK TO LIFE.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY FROM INFRASTRUCTURE
BUT WE ALSO WILL BE SEEKING THE HOT TAX AS WELL.
BUT WE EXPECT AN OPERATOR TO GO OUT THERE AND LEVERAGE.
IT'S JUST NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT Y'ALL GAVE US ON FAIR PARK.
WE NEED TO GO OUT, REACTIVATE THE PARK AND FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN RAISE, I MEAN, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WOULD WE, WOULD WE VIEW THIS AS HAPPENING A PRICE OF IGNITION LIKE YOU HAVE TO PAY TO GO INTO THE PARK? I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE THOUGHT THAT FAR.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST COULD BE A REVENUE GENERATOR AS WELL, DEPENDING ON WHO THE OPERATOR IS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT PLAN THEY BRING BEFORE US.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN I, I'M ONE OF THE GUYS THAT LOVES THIS PARK 'CAUSE I GREW UP AT ST.
PAUL STREET, ACROSS OLD CITY PARK.
I, SO, I MEAN, I LOVE THIS PARK AND A LOT OF THE, I JUST PIGGYBACK ON WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING.
JUST IF, IF THE DEPARTMENT'S GONNA RUN IT, WHAT COST IT'S GONNA COST US JUST TO OPERATE.
I TALKING ABOUT FIXING THE BUILDINGS.
WE JUST OPERATING AND GETTING, GETTING IT PROGRAMMED.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT IF WE OPERATE 340 DAYS A YEAR AND THAT'S JUST TAKING OFF SOME BAD WEATHER DAYS, SOME HOLIDAYS, ALL THAT.
WE'RE ONLY HAVE A HUNDRED PERSONS ATTENDANCE A DAY.
SO THAT JUST TELL YOU THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE LOW THERE.
TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THAT UP AND BETTER TO GET MORE DOLLARS IN YOU, YOU KNOW, FIELD TRIPS COST SOMETHING FOR KIDS AND, AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE MANAGE.
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UM, AND, AND I AND, AND, AND, AND IT COMES JUST, EVERYBODY'S MENTIONED A LOT OF THINGS, BUT JUST FINDING THE RIGHT PARTNER AGAINST, I KNOW NER SAID THAT FINDING THE RIGHT PARTNER AND SETTING UP THE CONTRACT CORRECTLY IS OUR BIGGEST KEY AND NOT GIVE AWAY MONEY WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY PAY US TO USE OUR PROPERTY.I ALWAYS SAY EVERY EVERY, EVERY PARK IS DIFFERENT AND EVERYTHING'S STRUCTURED DIFFERENT JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE SO BIG AND, AND THE WAY IT'S LEVERAGED.
UM, BUT IF WE WRITE THE CONTRACT RIGHT, AND WE CAN GET 20% OF THEIR NET OR GROWTH, WHATEVER YOU DECIDE IT IS, AND WE CAN USE THAT TO KEEP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS INTO THAT PART, KIND OF RENTING OUT YOUR HOME AND YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO CHARGE THE CORRECT NUMBER TO PAY THE TAXES AND TO PAY YOUR, TO KEEP THE AC GOING FOR THEM.
THE ROOF TO MAKE STUFF, TO KEEP THE MINOR STUFF GOING IS SOME WAY WE NEED TO WRITE THAT CONTRACT FOR FUTURE FOR ALL IF WE CAN, FOR ALL ENTITIES THAT WE HAVE.
UH, WE HAVE A PARTNER NOW IN DOWNTOWN THAT OPERATES SOME OF OUR PARKS THAT'S LITERALLY ACROSS THE HIGHWAY THAT WE PROBABLY MAYBE VISIT, KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND VISIT WITH THEM.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE THIS BIG NEW PARK THERE IN THE FUTURE WITH A, WITH A, WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE C CONVENTION CENTER.
SO TRY TO MAYBE UTILIZE THOSE TWO CONNECTIONS THERE SOMEHOW AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MIRROR THAT.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOU THOUGHT OF SOME OF THIS STUFF, BUT I'M JUST, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU'RE NOT, PLEASE DO SO AND, AND THINK ABOUT UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE ALREADY EXISTING PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN AND WITH THE WHOLE THANK YOU MS. THANK YOU.
UH, MR. VER KIND OF TOOK SOME, UM, POINTS I WAS GONNA MAKE AS WELL.
UH, A QUICK QUESTION AS WE LOOK BACK AT THE, THERE WAS A MASTER PLAN DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR THE ENTRANCE IS SWA INCLUDING THAT YOU REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE YEAR.
BUT THERE WAS LIKE A NICE READ THAT WAS LIKE TWO EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AGO.
REMEMBER YOU REMEMBER THAT, RYAN? IT WAS ALL ABOUT REORIENTING THE ENTRANCE.
UH, I REMEMBER THE MASTERY PLAN YOU'RE REFERRING TO AND THAT TO SPECIFICALLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO ESTIMATE.
THAT IS KIND OF A PART OF THE ASSESSMENT PIECE.
SO ALL THE APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
SO AS, AND I'M BUILDING ON WHAT MR. WE JUST SAID THE RIGHT NOW AS, UH, THE CONVENTION FOLKS ARE REALLY WORKING ON A LOT OF THAT DESIGN AND TXDOT IS WORKING ON THOSE PARKLETS.
UM, ANY WAY WE CAN BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, AND AGAIN, TO THE, THE POINT ABOUT NEEDING THAT CHAMPION IN THAT COORDINATION.
I'M SURE MR. GOLDSTEIN WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT HOW DDI PROGRAMS DOWNTOWN WORKS, WHAT'S WORKED WELL FOR, FOR THEM.
AND THAT MAYBE SOME OF THOSE COULD BE EXTENDED.
BUT I, THERE'S SOME REALISM HERE THOUGH.
THIS PARK HAS BEEN SORELY, UM, OVERLOOKED OR UNDERUTILIZED FOR DECADES.
I MEAN, I'M NOT PLACING BLAME ON ANYONE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TRANSITION, UM, IN VARIOUS MANAGEMENT PARTNER LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S A HARD PARK TO FUNDRAISE FOR.
I MEAN, MR. MEADOWS, THANKS, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
BUT IT IS A HARD PARK TO FUNDRAISE FOR AND IT IS NOT.
IT HAS A LOT OF COMPETITION NOW WITH OTHER DESTINATION PARKS.
UM, AND SO I JUST THINK WE NEED TO THINK CREATIVELY AS YOU PUT, YOU KNOW, SOME PARK STAFF OUT THERE FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS.
YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, I MEAN SAMUEL FARM IS ALSO A HARD PARK TO FUNDRAISE FOR BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE CITY.
UM, BUT IT HAS A LOT OF ACREAGE.
THIS IS EVEN MORE UNIQUE, I THINK GEOGRAPHICALLY HAS SOME ADVANTAGES.
BUT I JUST, I JUST WANNA CAUTION US AS NOT TO BE OVERSELL US IN OUR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT PARK STAFF IS GONNA BE ABLE TO DO OVER THE NEXT, I MEAN, WE JUST NEED TO FILL SOME HOLES AND, YOU KNOW, REPLACE SOME ROOFS AND TRY TO GET FOLKS OUT THERE.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE HAD SOME REALLY NICE FUNDRAISING EVENTS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE.
SO WE STILL NEED PEOPLE TO COME TO THE PARK IN THE ENTERPRISE.
AND SO, UM, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE, UM, PARK AND KIND OF VENUE.
SO I JUST WANT US TO BE, HAVE SOME REALISM ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS FOR YOUR STAFF.
UM, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL REC PROGRAMMING OR EVEN VENUE PROGRAMMING.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ASK THE STAFF NOW WHO WORKS THERE, KIND OF SOME THINGS THEY'VE HAD SUCCESSES WITH.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THEM COULD COME OVER EVEN ON A CONTRACT BASIS JUST TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT.
BUT, UM, AND LASTLY, KIND OF BUILDING ON WHAT TIM SAID, IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL FOR
SO THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, TERMINOLOGY
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FOR HOT TAX WRITTEN.SO AS, AS MR. JENKINS SAID, WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS PRELIMINARY IN A PRELIMINARY WAY WITH OAC TO PERHAPS CAPTURE SOME OF THAT FUTURE HOT TAX.
SO, SO HOWARD, START WITH PROGRAMMING AND YOU WITH THE FUNDING.
WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE HERE, GUYS.
UM, I DID WANNA ASK IF, IF THERE, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT STAFF THERE AS POTENTIAL CONTRACTORS, UM, AS WE TRANSITION INTO THAT, UM, WITH SOME OF THEIR SKILLSET.
AND TO ANSWER THAT, I'M JUST HOPING THAT YOU, I I WILL ANSWER IT BY SAYING WE WOULD NOT GO INTO THIS WITHOUT SPEAKING AND CONFERRING WITH THE EXISTING STAFF ABOUT WHAT THERE'S CHALLENGE.
I'M ASKING IF WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL
UM, I DON'T, WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ABOUT HEARING OVERSTAFFED, UM, THROUGH BREWERY CONTRACTORS FROM, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON THAT.
YES, I DO HAVE SOME OF MY EMAILS STILL.
UM, I ASKED FOR AN AUDIT, UM, 10 YEARS GOING BACK ON THE DALLAS RIDGE SOCIETY, UM, AND HOW THEY, AND IF THAT CAN STILL GET THAT AUDIT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT AGAIN, TWO YEARS AGO, UH, MR. DICKEY AND I WENT TO OUR COUNCILMAN WHO SUPPORTED, UM, THE HOT TAX GOING AND MONEY COMING TO FROM THAT HOT TAX GOING TO OLD CITY PARK BECAUSE IT QUALIFIES.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT REALLY DO HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT.
UM, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T QUALIFY, WE NOW TAKE IT OVER.
CAN WE BACKTRACK THAT? IS THAT AN OPTION? UM, I DO KNOW WHEN I CAME IN THREE YEAR, THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, THERE WAS, UH, 250,000, UM, THAT WAS, I'M NOT GONNA GET THIS RIGHT, A TIFF OR A KID.
THAT MONEY WAS GOING TO OAKS CITY PARK.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? WHERE IS THAT AT AND WHERE, WHAT WAS THAT USED FOR? I, I DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS.
UM, AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET THOSE BECAUSE CEDARS HAD A 250,000 MORE THAT WAS GOING TO THE, BUT I JUST WANNA CLEAR UP THAT WE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CONTRACT FOR THE SEED.
SO I DON'T, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ON THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND FAR AS REQUESTING ANY TYPE OF AUDIT.
I ASKED BENJAMIN, UM, AND, AND, AND MS. ILLA FOR AN AUDIT.
I'VE NEVER RECEIVED THAT AUDIT.
10 FOR 10 YEARS GOING BACK ON THEIR, ON THEIR FINANCES.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION ON THE TIFF, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THAT.
IT'S 650,000 THAT WE HAVE TO MATCH.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM AND TO, UH, PUT FOUR OF THOSE FUNDS INTO THE PARK IN NEAR FUTURE TO GO TO WHERE, WELL, IT IS IDENTIFIED IN TWO PLACES.
A BLUE HOUSE AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE, STEVE? I DON'T THINK IT WAS ORIGINALLY IT WASN'T.
OR THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL BALLHOUSE WALL HOUSE.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY A DIFFERENT, BECAUSE I THINK SOMEBODY CHANGED IT IN THE YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS FOR THE PARK AVENUE HOUSE.
UHHUH
AND IT'S IN SUCH DISREPAIR, IT'S BEST TO JUST KNOCK IT IN AND YOU STILL NEED TO DO A LITTLE MORE WORK.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT ONE MORE TIME.
PROBABLY, UM, MARCH, APRIL TIMEFRAME.
SO THERE'S STILL A LITTLE MORE WORK TO DO, BUT THE FUNDING IS STILL THERE AND IT'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
SO CLARIFY, UM, OUR ROLE AS A PARK BOARD COLLECTIVE, OUR, WHAT WE VOTE ON AND WHAT WE DON'T VOTE ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS MARCH, MARCH 27TH, I MEAN, MAY 27TH, WE ACTUALLY, IT FALLS UP UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE PARK.
SO ALL RULES FALL JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PARK ASSET.
SO WE VOTE ON EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS OUT THERE.
SO NO, STAFF CANNOT DICTATE, NOBODY CAN DICTATE WHAT BUILDINGS GET, WHAT MONEY OR ANYTHING OR WHAT GOES DOWN.
WE WILL GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCESS THAT WE BRING BEFORE THE BOARD.
UH, I THINK ALL THE MEMBERS HAVE ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS.
UH, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS, IS, IS MAKE A STATEMENT.
UH, I WAS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONE, MY VERY PRESIDENTS MADE A STATEMENT, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR ME.
WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY FAMILY.
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THE MEADOWS FAMILY, THEY STILL TO THE PLATE AND THEY'RE OUT THERE PARK JUST LIKE I STAFF.I LIKE MR. MEADOWS AND HIS FAMILY FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
UM, SO I JUST HAD A QUESTION AND COMMENT ABOUT THE, UM, PROGRAMMING, THE ACTIVATION.
WHO'S GOING TO DETERMINE THAT? IS THAT GONNA BE LIKE A COLLABORATION WITH THE OAC, WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL ARTISTS THAT THE OAC C HAS TO OFFER THROUGH THEIR CAP PROGRAM.
SHOUT OUT TO GLEN AND, AND BENJAMIN THAT ARE HERE FROM THE OAC C SO I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
SO THAT PIECE OF IT WILL BE LED BY THE PARK DEPARTMENT, BUT THE, THE DETERMINING FACTOR WILL BE BASED ON ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND WE OF COURSE WILL BE LOCKING STEP WITH OFFICER ARTS AND CULTURE.
THERE ARE TOO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
AND ALSO WANT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE ACTIVATION OF THE SPACE AND THE PROGRAMMING, I REALLY HOPE THAT IT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION JUST THE DIFF THE DIVERSITY OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
YOU KNOW, OUR, I FEEL LIKE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS DISABILITIES IS LEFT OUT A LOT.
OUR SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY, UM, OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING INCLUSIVE OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR POP LANGUAGES ALSO INCLUDE ARABIC AND SWAHILI.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A HUGE COMMUNITIES OUT THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING INCLUSIVE OF THE DIVERSITY OF THIS, OF THIS CITY.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PARK THAT'S RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE CITY TO HAVE THAT, HAVE THAT DIVERSITY IN, IN THE PROGRAMMING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
CAN I, CAN I JUST COMMENT YES.
I DON'T THINK MY MIC IS WORKING TODAY, BUT CAN YOU GO HEAR ME? ALRIGHT.
UH, I JUST WANNA COMMENT, UH, AS IT RELATES TO PROGRAMMING.
'CAUSE UM, MICHAEL MEADOWS, WHO'S THE INTERIM CE DID, UH, DID A LOT OF WORK OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, COMPLETED A STUDY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THEY'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WAS IN HIS STUDY, IT TALKED ABOUT THE PART BEING MORE INCLUSIVE AND MAKING SURE WE REFLECT ALL THE HISTORY, UH, YOU KNOW, 18 HUNDREDS UP TO NOW, THAT INCLUDES, UH, PLENTY OF DIVERSITY THAT WE CAN INCLUDE AT THE PARK AND THE PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE WON'T BE STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
SO I JUST WANNA, UH, THANK MICHAEL FOR HIS WORK AND WE WILL BE UTILIZING WORK'S ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THE INTERIM.
I KNOW SOME EXCELLENT WORK IS ALREADY BEING DONE, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, AHEAD IN THE FUTURE, I KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST MORE WORK THAT COULD BE DONE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT.
WELL, THANK YOU MS. RICE AND, UH, CRYSTAL AND STEVE.
I, I THINK ALL CITY PARK, OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW IS THE OLDEST PARK PART OF OUR STREET.
AND I CAN SEE IT'S, UH, WORK IN PROGRESS AND THAT'S WHY SO MANY QUESTIONS.
ALL I SAY, I THINK YOU LEARN WHERE IT IS, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH CONVENTION CENTER, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CEDAR, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST FRIGHTENING PART OF THE CITY.
SO AS WE PLAN, LET'S BE DELIBERATE, LET'S BE PURPOSEFUL AND LET'S BE THOUGHTFUL IN HOW WE TAKE STEPS TOGETHER.
SO WHEREVER THIS BOARD CAN HELP THERE FOR YOU, EXCITING, SCARY, BOTH, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE TRUST IN YOU, UH, HOW WE'LL TAKE NEXT STEPS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH CINDY, THAT WE COME TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING SOCIAL INITIATIVES FROM COME TO THE TABLE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD YOU ALL HAVE BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES AS IT RELATES TO HIRING.
AS Y'ALL KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENT'S VERY CHALLENGING, BUT I WILL SAY STAFF HAS BEEN VERY CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND UH, THE HR TEAM ALONG WITH THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM HAVE, UH, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PLUG AWAY IN A VERY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW THE CITY, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T ADJUST TO MARKET CONDITIONS VERY FAST.
SO I ASKED, UH, VANESSA IF SHE WOULD PREPARE A BRIEFING AND LET YOU KNOW ALL THE DIFFERENT STEPS WE HAVE TAKEN AND THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE IN A VERY CHALLENGING TIME OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR TIME TO BOARD AND SHARE WITH YOU THE ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE UNDERTAKE
THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S BRIEFING IS PROVIDE A
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IS PROVIDE A GENERAL UPDATE ON THE FOUR BULLETS THAT YOU SEE HERE.OUR STAFFING LEVEL TALENT ACQUISITION, SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND OUR PROGRESS ON OUR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
PICTURE THAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, IS ACTUALLY FROM A TRAINING EVENT THAT WAS HELD AND THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS FROM A TRAINING EVENT THAT WAS HELD AND THE, UH, SPEAKER GAVE A A TABLE EXERCISE AND THEN ASKED FOR PEOPLE TO REPORT OUT.
SO GIVEN THE BLOCK TRAINING FOR TWO YEARS GIVING COVID, UH, IT WAS JUST GOOD TO SEE EMPLOYEES ENGAGED LIKE THEY WORK ON SLIDE THREE.
YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE THE HUMAN CAPITAL BUDGET CONSUMES A LARGE PART OF THE OVERALL DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET.
SO OF UM, 2223 BUDGET OF 113 MILLION, 47 MILLION OF THAT WAS STAFFING COST FOR 2324.
THE CURRENT
AND AS YOU CAN SEE REPRESENTED ON THE CHART, 54 MILLION OF THAT IS DEDICATED TO STAFFING COST.
SO THAT'S 45% OF THE BUDGET GOING TOWARDS STAFFING COST.
SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT ASSET THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE TAKE CARE OF THAT VALUE PLAN.
MUCH TIME AND INTEREST HAS UH, BEEN SPENT IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACCURATELY REFLECTING OUR VACANCY RATE AND THE, AND THE POSITIONS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON FILLING.
SO ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT SEPTEMBER 19TH DALLAS ONE NEWS ARTICLE THAT WE SAW AND IT REPRESENTED THE FACT THAT WE HAD 904 VACANCIES THAT WAS INACCURATE BECAUSE IT REFLECTED SUMMER POSITIONS.
AND WHEN YOU REFLECT THAT IN JANUARY, OF COURSE THOSE POSITIONS ARE VACANT AS THEY SHOULD BE.
SO RATHER AS YOU KNOW, THOSE UH, VACANCIES WE DID NOT INCLUDE IN THIS CHART.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE SUMMER POSITIONS.
SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOR 23, UM, 24, THE GREEN CHART, WHAT THE CURRENT NUMBERS ARE.
SO WITH REGULAR EMPLOYEES, FULL-TIME TOTAL 784 POSITIONS, 680, 700 PAID WITH 97 MAKING, REFLECTING A 12% BIDDING SPREAD.
TODAY YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR, WHICH IS THE YEAR THAT THEY WERE REPORTING ON, LOOKING BACK ON, UM, OVERALL FOR THE YEAR WE HAD 179 POSITIONS THAT WERE VACANT AND THAT WAS A 21% VACANCY RATE ON OUR REGULAR FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
BELOW THAT SECOND LINE ON BOTH CHARTS REFLECTS OUR TEMPORARY AND EMPLOYEE THAT WORK PART-TIME FOR US IN POSITIONS SUCH AS RECREATION ASSISTANCE.
AND SO WE SEPARATED THOSE OUT 'CAUSE THEY'RE PART-TIME AND THERE WAS A 33% VACANCY RATE LAST YEAR.
THIS YEAR WE'RE AT A 25% VACANCY RATE.
SO WE'RE FOCUSING, STAYING FOCUSED ON THOSE VACANCIES AND MAKING EFFORTS, UM, TO MAKE GREAT PLANS TO FIELD.
NOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE SIX, YOU'LL SEE HOW EMPLOYEES HAVE SELF-IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
AND WE'RE SHARING THIS WITH YOU FOR A PURPOSE, NOT
WE DON'T FOCUS ON THE RACE OR SEX POWER EMPLOYEE TO BE HIRED THE BEST SUITED FOR POSITION.
AND WE TRAIN THEM TO BE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TO WORK WITH THEIR COWORKERS AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY SERVE.
SO, UM, WE LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE STAFF.
WE HAD MALES AND FEMALES, NOT QUITE EVEN, BUT A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF BOTH SEXES.
AND YOU LOOK AT THE CHART BELOW YOU, YOU SEE THE GENERATIONS THAT ARE, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS FOCUS ON THINGS DIFFERENTLY, COMMUNICATE DIFFERENTLY AND CERTAINLY HAVE DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS.
THE UM, GENERATION X, GENERATION Y AND Z, THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE COMING IN ESPECIALLY THE LAST TWO GENERATIONS, Y AND Z, THEY COME IN WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT CAREER ADVANCEMENT.
HOW CAN I BE DEVELOPED? WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO PROMOTE WHAT IS MY CAREER ACADEMY? SO WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR THOSE THINGS.
AND IN DOING SO, WE'RE FOCUSING ON HOW TO DEVELOP THOSE EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY COME IN.
THEY DON'T COME TO STAY IN MANY INSTANCES.
UM, THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED ON
SO COMMUNICATING THAT MESSAGE TO THEM BEGINNING AT NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION DAY TWO THAT WE HAVE IN HERE.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ON THIS CHART, IT TELLS YOU THAT THE MAJORITY OF THEM PAGES 43 TO 58 FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY THOSE THAT ARE THEN 27 TO 43.
AND THEN WE HAVE 180 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE 18 TO 27.
THAT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VERY NEXT SLIDE 'CAUSE IT TELLS US NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THAT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF, 534 OF NO MATTER WHAT THE GENERATION, NO MATTER THE RACE FOR SEX, THEY'RE
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NEW.THEY'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE ORGANIZATION, THE CITY OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BETWEEN ZERO AND FIVE YEARS.
AND SO AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THAT.
WE LOOK AT A SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT PLAN.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH THE CITY, UM, MY GENERATION, BABY BOOMERS AND TRADITIONALISTS, WE THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS IN THE WORKPLACE AND WE ARE FADING FAST THE TRADITIONALISTS AND C PREVIOUS FIVE, WE HAVE TWO LEFT IN THE DEPARTMENT.
SO FOCUSING ON SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT, 'CAUSE THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING GUIDE THE DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE READY, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING THEM IN THE WAY THAT IS SUITABLE FOR THEM AND THAT WILL KEEP THEM.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, LET'S LOOK AT OUR ATTRITION RATE.
SO WE LOOKED AT IT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND WE'VE MADE IT COLORFUL SO THAT IT'S, UH, SO THAT WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE TO YOU.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT, LET'S LOOK AT, UH, THE TOP OF THE CHART, COLUMN TWO, LET'S FOCUS ON S.
SO WE'VE HIRED OVER THREE YEARS, 559 EMPLOYEES.
SO YOU SAY WHY SOMEONE WELL'S? 'CAUSE WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE.
WE HAVE SOME THAT UNFORTUNATELY FAIL PROBATION.
THEY HAVE OTHERS THAT CHOOSE TO LEAVE OR EXIT THE ORGANIZATION FOR WHATEVER REASON.
TYPICALLY, UM, THEY PROMOTE TO, AND I SAY PROMOTE, THEY'RE TAKING HIGHER LEVEL POSITIONS OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION.
BUT WHEN WE CIRCLE BACK TO COLLEGE, THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THEM CIRCLE BACK.
SO THEY LEAVE, THEY GET GOOD SKILLS HERE, THEY LEAVE AND THEY GO ELSEWHERE.
BUT THEY RECOGNIZED THE CULTURE TRAINING, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY RECEIVED HERE WAS WORTH RETURNING FOR.
AND SO THEY COME BACK WITH AN ENHANCED, INCREASED SKILLSET TO US.
PRIME EXAMPLE, RENEE JOHNSON, SHE WAS HERE BEFORE MANAGING.
SHE LEFT AND RETURNED, HAVING SERVED, UM, AS A DIRECTOR IN A SMALLER CITY, SERVED INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND NOW SHE'S BACK HERE AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
AND SO WE HAVE THAT TYPE OF RETURN.
OFTEN WE SEE THEM IN NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION AND WE ALWAYS POINT THEM OUT TO THE OTHER FOLKS IN CLASS SO THAT THEY KNOW THIS IS A GOOD PLACE 'CAUSE WE LEAVE, BUT THEY COME BACK.
AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DID HAVE THREE EMPLOYEES THAT DIED.
BUT THAT ADDS TO AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE ALL CLASSIFIED AS TERMINATIONS.
JUST TO, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, HIRING STAFF STRATEGIES.
THOSE, THOSE PICTURES WERE FROM OUR JOB FAIR.
SO WE DO A MORNING HUDDLE AND UH, WE OPEN AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AND THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM SHOWS YOU A FULL LOBBY.
UH, THEY WERE, THEY STARTED ARRIVING AT 17.
SO WE BEEN EARLY AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE PHOTO LOBBY SCHOOL.
OUR NEXT SLIDE, CHALLENGES AND FACTORS IN HIRING.
I'M NOT GONNA READ THAT TO YOU IN THE SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE, BUT YOU CAN TAKE A A GOOD BOOK AND UNDERSTAND THAT.
UH, IT'S TO PICK THE JOB MARKET AND EVERYONE'S HIRING AND WE'RE ALL COMPETING FOR THE SAME LABOR BOARD.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE OURSELVES STAND OUT? WE FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE.
SO THE CITY OF DALLAS IS A STABLE EMPLOYEE.
UM, AND WE HAVE A DEFINED TERM,
THEY'VE GOT STUDENT LOANS TO REPAY AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THE TOP DOLLAR THAT THEY CAN.
BUT WE STILL USE THAT AS A SELLING POINT 'CAUSE OUR RETIREES COME BACK AND THEY TELL US ABOUT LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, TUITION REIMBURSEMENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT OFFER AFFORD TAX.
SO WE FOCUS ON THAT BECAUSE IF THEY WANT TO EITHER START, UM, HIGHER EDUCATION, MANAGE HIGHER EDUCATION, OR THE RISK, PERHAPS THEY WANNA EARN THEIR MASTER DEGREE, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT HERE.
AND WE HAVE CLASSES AT CITY HALL,
SO WE LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE ARE ATTRACT, WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT, UH, THE YOUNGER SAID, THIS IS HOW WE KEEP THEM HERE.
BY OFFERING THEM OR HIGHLIGHTING THINGS THAT, UH, GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS WHO TEND TO DO WELL.
UM, PRIVATE SECTOR, THEY'VE GONE AWAY FROM DEFINED RETIREMENT PLANS.
SO WE TALKED THE FACT THAT WE CAN HELPS CHALLENGES.
THAT ALSO SERVES AS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE AGAIN, I SAID THEY'VE GOT STUDENT LOAN DEBT, AND SO WHEN THEY SEE THAT FIRST CHECK AND THAT 14%, UM, DEDUCTION, WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM.
SO WE'VE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THAT IN THE HIRING SO THAT THEY'RE NO SURPRISE WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.
UM, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I WILL ADD THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT HERE.
OUR PAID NEED, UM, DOES CARRY OVER VERSUS SOME EMPLOYERS YOU USE IT OR LOSE IT WITHIN THAT YEAR.
SO THAT'S A POSITIVE SELLING FACTOR.
AND THEN LASTLY, I HEARD, UM, THE CONCERN OR THE COMMENT ABOUT CONCLUSION.
WE DO FOCUS ON INCLUSION IN THIS PARTICULAR PART.
LOTS OF OUR MATERIALS THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS, UM, TO THE RESIDENTS ARE AVAILABLE BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE
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IN THE LANGUAGE THAT IS MOST COMFORTABLE IN EDUCATION.SO, HIRING STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
WE'VE, UM, STARTED HOLDING JOB FAIRS BECAUSE THAT'S A ONE STOP SHOP WHERE WE CAN GET THEM IN, INTERVIEW THEM ON THE SPOT, AND MOST OFTEN JOB OFFERS ARE MADE THAT DAY.
SO IN THE ONE STOP JOB FAIR, WE HAVE HONOR RESIDENT SO THAT THEY CAN THEIR, UM, BACKGROUND PAPERWORK, THEY'RE ON THE SPOT AND IN THE BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS GET STARTED.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE CARE ON SITE.
THEY DON'T DO THE DRUG EXPRESSIONS THERE, UM, BECAUSE THEY NEED PRIVACY AND RESTROOMS DEDICATED SOLELY FOR THAT.
AND WE CAN'T OBVIOUSLY TIE UP THE, UM, RECREATION FACILITY RESTROOMS JUST FOR OUR DOG TABLE.
BUT THEY SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS WITH THEM.
SO THEY'RE NOT GOING AND SITTING AND WAITING IN MY TAKE CARE NOW AND THEY HAVE A FINE APPOINTMENT.
THEY CAN GO AND GET EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF IF THEY DO THEIR PART QUICKLY.
AS SOON AS THEY GET THE NEW COUNSEL, NEXT STEP THEY TAKE, WE CAN THEN ONBOARD THEM USUALLY IN THREE WEEKS.
EVERY NOW AND THEN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RETURNING EMPLOYEE, THEY KNOW THE DRILL AND THEY'RE RIGHT ON IT, AND WE CAN GET THEM ONBOARDED IN TWO WEEKS.
UM, BUT IDEALLY, USUALLY IT'S MORE LIKE THREE WEEKS.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S, UH, IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE WHEN I GREET YOU IN 2022, WE WERE TALKING FOUR TO SIX WEEKS AND THAT WAS ON WITH, UM, APPOINTMENT ON THE
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH, UM, OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THE LIBRARY POST ALL OF OUR JOB AFFAIRS ON THEIR SITE AS WELL AS PARK RECREATION.
WE ARE POSTING FLYERS EVERYWHERE WE COULD.
WE'RE ASKING OUR EMPLOYEES TO REFER GOOD PEOPLE.
SO WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE FRIENDS OR RELATIVES THAT WE WOULDN'T REFER.
YEAH, THOSE AREN'T THE PEOPLE WE WANT.
WE'RE ASKING THESE, REFER THE GOOD FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW, UM, TO WORK HERE WITH US.
WE'VE EXPANDED OUT 15 YEAR OLDS FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT.
AND SO THAT GIVES US A LEG UP BECAUSE MOST EMPLOYERS YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO BE 16 IN ORDER TO GET A SUMMER JOB.
AND WHEN EVERYBODY IS HIRING FOR THE SOFT, YOU GOT, UM,
THEY'RE HIRING AND PAYING 1750, $18 AN HOUR AND THEY GET TO WORK INSIDE.
SO WE HAD TO STEP OUR GAME UP AND INCREASE OUR HIRING RATE AND THEN OFFER INCENTIVES.
SO IF YOU HIRE ON THIS, IF YOU STAY WITH US THROUGH MID-JULY, WE GET BY.
IF YOU MAKE IT THROUGH THE END OF THE SUMMER WITH US, THEN YOU'LL GET YET A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE DONE, AGAIN TO PUT US IN COMPETITIVE, UM, STANCE TO BE ABLE TO ONBOARD FOLKS.
AND THEN LASTLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, PARTNER WITH THE FRESH START PROGRAM, THAT'S THE CITY'S SECOND CHANCE BROKER.
AND SO IN DOING SO, THESE INDIVIDUALS, THEY HAVE BACKGROUND BLEMS. UM, SOME ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, OTHERS JUST HAVE BLEMISHES WHERE MAYBE THEY'VE WRITTEN A CHECK THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR, BUT IF THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT, IT BECOMES A MISDEMEANOR.
AND SO THAT GIVES THEM CHALLENGES IN THE HIRING PROCESS.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIRE PARDON CRIMINALS, BUT PARK FACILITIES, THE GOLF, BUT PEOPLE WHOSE, UM, BACKGROUND CHALLENGES DON'T POSE A THREAT OR CHALLENGE FOR OUR WORKPLACE.
WE'VE HIRED 39 OF THEM, UM, LAST FISCAL YEAR AND
SO IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP.
MS.
WE'VE HAD TWO THIS YEAR DATE, AND WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 1ST.
SO I'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LAST COLUMN.
UM, AGAIN, 13 JOB FAIRS HELD, HELD TOTAL ATTENDEES, 1,534 TOTAL OFFERS MADE 366 FOR LAST YEAR.
WHY THE DIFFERENCE? SOME PEOPLE DROP OUT IN THE BACKGROUND CHECK, THEY FAILED SOMETHING.
AND WHEN I SAY WE TOOK TOO LONG, IT'S THE HIRING PROCESS.
UH, AND SO COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS, THEY DIDN'T JUST APPLY THE CITY OF DALLAS, THEY APPLIED ELSEWHERE TO AND WHERE THEY GET THE CALL FROM FIRST, LIKE, SO WE, WE'VE LEARNED TO NOT TAKE IT PERSONAL, WE JUST TRY TO
AND
AND THEN FOR 23, 24, SO FAR WE'VE HAD TWO EVENTS, TOTAL ATTENDEES 475 AND WE ACCREDITED THIS LARGE NUMBER TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR INTERNAL STAFF AND ASKED THEM TO REFER PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW.
UM, WE GIVE THEM THE MATERIALS, FLYERS, WORDS TO SAY HERE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO THEM.
AND AGAIN, IT'S ON NEIGHBOR SITES AS WELL.
AND SO WE'VE HAD A LARGE ATTENDANCE IN JUST THE FIRST TWO JOB FAIRS THAT WE'VE
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HAD.TOTAL OFFERS MADE FOR 98 AND TOTAL HIRES THUS FAR ARE 60.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER FAVOR ON NEXT FRIDAY.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW HOW WE COMPARE BECAUSE WE'VE SHARED A LOT OF NUMBERS WITH WHAT DOES THIS MEAN MEAN, WHAT DOES THIS, HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO OTHER EMPLOYERS IN THE AREA? WE TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION FOR, UM, THE CITY OF MIAMI SURVEYED US AND ASKED US ABOUT OUR ANCY RATE.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, SHARED WITH THEM AND WE ASKED THEM, PLEASE SHARE THAT DATA WITH US.
WE FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM MORE THAN ONCE.
ONLY, UM, TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES, WELL ACTUALLY MIAMI-DADE AND ONE OTHER EMPLOYER WASHINGTON, GET OURSELVES RESPONDED.
SO PEOPLE ARE HOLDING CLOSE TO THE BEST, WHAT THEIR VACANCY RATES ARE.
AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU, 'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU'LL PROBABLY NOTICE IT ON SLIDE SIX, I BELIEVE WE REPORTED 24%.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE CLEANED UP OUR POSITION.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT WHERE THINGS ARE CLASSIFIED, UM, IF IT'S PART-TIME, SEASONAL, WE NEEDED, NEEDED TO BE IN THAT BUCKET.
THERE WERE A FEW POSITIONS IN THE SWITCH OVER THE WORKDAY THAT WERE NOT PROPERLY CLASSIFIED.
SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH, CLEANED THAT UP.
AND SO YOU WILL SEE A DIFFERENCE.
SO WHEN THIS NUMBER WAS REPORTED LAST JULY, THAT WAS BEFORE THE CLEANUP.
AND IF WAS LIFTED THERE AT 22.8, AFTER THAT CLEANUP, IT'S 24%.
SO I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, POINT THAT OUT TO YOU SO YOU DIDN'T SEE IT AFTER THE BACK.
WASHINGTON, DC UM, THE NATIONS CAPITAL, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO HIRE PEOPLE
SO, UM, WE'RE CERTAINING BETTER THAN THAT, THAT THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL.
THE FACT THAT NATIONWIDE, EVERYONE IS STRUGGLED TO HIRE, EVERYONE IS STRUGGLING TO HIRE.
AND THE FACT THAT ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UM, PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYERS ARE STRUGGLING.
AND THE NUMBER THAT, UH, IS TOTAL, I DOUBLE CHECKED IT TO MAKE SURE I GOT RIGHT.
300,000, 300 POSITIONS, UM, EVAPORATED LEFT.
AND NOW WE HAVE THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE NO LONGER IN THE MARKET.
AND SO ONCE COVID WAS OVER AND POSITION STARTED TO REBOUND, THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T COME BACK TO WORK.
AND THEY'RE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO US IN THE JOB MARKET.
ONE OF THE REASONS IS AFTER PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME, THEY WERE STICKING OUT RETURN TO
SO EVERYBODY IS STRUGGLING, MOST NOTABLY ON THIS PAGE.
AND
SO ONLY HALF THEIR CREW AND THE CITY OF DALLAS IS ALL RULES AND MAINTAIN THEM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
SO WE'VE CREATED THAT TO THE INCENTIVES THAT WERE OFFERED AND THE STAFF OF THE BOX, THEY START RECRUITING EARTH, THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH THE IST AND THEY USE THEIR
THEY WILL TRAIN THEIR LIFEGUARDS THROUGH A RED CROSS PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND THE WAY OF RECRUITING AND RETAINING THOSE EMPLOYEES.
EXPANDING THE APPLICANT POOL TO 15, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'LL GET TO TEST THAT OUT, BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY HOLD ONTO THOSE EMPLOYEES UNTIL THEY FINISH COLLEGE.
MANY OF OUR LIFEGUARDS ARE RETURNING EMPLOYEES.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, YES THEY DO NEED, WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT IF THEY MOVE INTO EDUCATION, THEY'RE ALL IN THE SUMMERS AND THEY'RE STILL AVAILABLE TO.
SO IT'S A REAL GOOD, UM, RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND ROLE JOHN AND TEAM ARE TO BE PRESENTED FOR THE THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
SO SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE EXPLORING TO AGAIN, UM, BROADEN THE APPLIC IS LOOKING AT INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS WITH TRADE SCHOOLS AND WITH OUR LOCAL ISDS THAT HAVE, UM, TRADES TYPE PROGRAMS. SO LOCAL, UM, ISDS SUCH AS RICHARDSON, DALLAS AND OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES HAVE.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP IN PLACE BY THE SUMMER.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE SOME SENIORS FROM THOSE PROGRAMS. DALLAS COLLEGE SYSTEM, UM, PARTICULARLY THE SECRET VALLEY CAMPUS ALSO HAS TRADES PROGRAMS AND REACHED OUT AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM TO ESTABLISH SOME SORT OF RELATIONSHIPS.
WELL, UM, THE FOUR TOPICS THAT ARE LISTED, THERE ARE ONES THAT THE ISDS HAVE AS WELL AS COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
SO THE ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN, ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY AND PLUMBING.
AND THOSE CERTAINLY, WE CERTAINLY STRUGGLE WITH HIRING PLUMBERS.
MORE PICTURES OF EFFORTS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH TRAINING.
AND YOU'LL SEE ALL LEVELS OF STAFF REPRESENTED.
WE DID HAVE A CONFERENCE LAST YEAR FOR OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS.
WE DON'T HAVE A PICTURE THERE, BUT WE TRY TO LEAVE NO GROUP UNTOUCHED AS IT RELATED TO TREATMENT.
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MORE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT.UH, MOST OF OUR STAFF, AS YOU LEARN, HAS BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS OR LESS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED CULTURALLY ON WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR THIS DEPARTMENT.
THEY NEED TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY.
THEY NEED TO LEARN ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT THIS TEAM I'M PROBABLY PART OF BECAUSE THEY LOVE PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T JUST LIKE THEY LOVE.
AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN HELPING US HANG ON TO FOLKS.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TO RETIRE, UM, IN LARGE, LARGE NUMBERS WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE.
BUT NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN UNHAPPY 'CAUSE THEY'VE REACHED A POINT IN THEIR CAREER, WHETHER THAT'S THE NEXT MOVE.
BUT THEY COME BACK TO OUR EVENTS.
THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO VOLUNTEER.
WE HAVE ONE TO VOLUNTEER TO TAKE DOWN SIGNS, SAND AND
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE GOOD WORK FOCUSING ON THE TRAINING THAT TAKES PLACE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT NATIONWIDE, THE NUMBER OF TRAINING HOURS THAT MOST WORKING SECTIONS PROVIDE IT IS MUTUALLY CREDIT AROUND 35 TO 48 HOURS OF UH, TRAINING.
AND SO WE THINK THAT WE'RE IN GOOD COMPANY BECAUSE LAST YEAR OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 27.35 HOURS PER EMPLOYEE AS RELATED TO IN-PERSON TRAINING AND USE OF THE UNI PLATFORM.
UDEMY IS A, UM, TOOL THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH OR ACTUALLY CONTRACTED WITH TO MAKE AVAILABLE OVER 3000 COURSES IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.
COMMUNICATIONS, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, UM, BUSINESS SKILLS, EXCEL, YOU NAME IT, YOU WANT
UM, ADDITIONALLY, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ALL REQUIRED TO TAKE THREE TO SIX HOURS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING.
THREE TO SIX HOURS OF IT TRAINING, VIRTUALLY THREE TO SIX HOURS OF SAFETY TRAINING, THREE HOURS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING, AND THREE HOURS OF ETHICS TRAINING EVERY OTHER YEAR.
THAT'S NOT FACTORED INTO THE 27.35.
SO WHEN YOU ADD THAT UP, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 12 HOURS MINIMUM.
SO IT DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF THE EMPLOYEE, THEIR MANAGER, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE THREE TO SIX HOURS.
SO AT THREE HOUR LEVEL, THAT MEANS AN EXTRA 12 HOURS THAT EVERY EMPLOYEE IS ADDING TO THAT 27.35 HOURS LAST YEAR.
NOW, I WILL TELL YOU WE HAVE ONE, UH, TRAINING MANAGER AND WE HAVE A VACANT TRAINING POSITION THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO FIELD BECAUSE SHE PROMOTED FROM THE TRAINER TO THE TRAINING MANAGER.
SO THIS IS CREDITED TO ONE PERSON AND THEN THERE ARE SOME FEELING FROM OUR TEAM WITH VARIOUS OTHER TRAININGS, WHAT RELATIONS WITH IT.
SO WE, UH, WE'RE SO PROUD OF HAVING WITH, WITH OUR TRAINING STAFF, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ENGAGEMENT.
SO EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY PARKS WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST
UM, WHEN I WAS IN CENTRAL HUMAN RESOURCES, THAT WAS ONE OF MY PROJECTS.
SO I SAW THE SCORES OF OTHER CIVIC DEPARTMENTS AND BEFORE I WORKED HERE OUT OF THE FACT THAT PARKS AND REC MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS, UM, THE SCORES ARE BASED ON A TRAFFIC LIGHT PATTERN.
SO IF YOU'RE IN THE RED ZONE, THAT MEANS THAT YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
UH, IMPROVE GOT SOME NOT HAPPEN.
IF THE, IF THE SIGN WAS YELLOW, YOU GOT SOME THINGS RIGHT, BUT YOU GOT A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT.
IF YOUR SYMBOL WAS GREEN AND PARK DEPARTMENT HAD A GREEN SYMBOL, UM, WITH AN OVERALL SCORE OF 56, YES, WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON, BUT BY AND LARGE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SATISFIED.
THE EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY SAID, SO 2022, THERE WAS A FOLLOW UP SURVEY ON THAT.
AND THE TWO AREAS THAT WE WERE, UM, LOWER, NOT KNOW, BUT LOWER IN 2020 WAS EMPOWERMENT AND AUTONOMY AND PERSONAL EXPRESSION.
AND SO WE HAVE TAKEN MEASURES, PUT TOGETHER FOCUS GROUPS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT CAN WE DO IN THIS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THE EMPLOYEES FEEL LIKE AND BELIEVE, NOT JUST FEEL LIKE, BUT BELIEVE AND SEE THAT UH, WE ARE
AND A RESULT OF THAT WAS ONE PROGRAM BY THE NAME OF PART TANK MODELED AFTER
SO EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO GO AND GET TRAINING, THEY HAD THE IDEA, BUT HOW DO I PRESENT THAT IDEA? HOW DO I MAKE IT MAKE SENSE? AND SO THEY WENT TO TRAIN, LEARNED HOW TO PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION.
WE HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST.
WE HAD THE BEST PRESENTATIONS.
WE CAME FORWARD AS
AND, UH, FOR THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, WE HAD, I BELIEVE 18 GROUPS, 24 WERE INITIALLY INTERESTED.
18 FORWARD PRESENTATION SIX WERE SELECTED
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AND FUNDED TO MOVE FORWARD.AS I'VE GOTTEN ALL THE WAY OVER THERE, ONE OF THOSE GROUPS, UM, BRITTANY AND, AND MICHELLE
AND SO THEY HAVE UNDERLINING, THEY HAD S THEY HAD PROBLEMS AND THEY'RE LEARNING S PRESENTED LAST MONTH ON PHONE AT ONE OF THE
SO WE THINK WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO THAT OUR EMPLOYEES AGAIN, SEE, FEEL, AND NEED THAT WE VALUE THEM, THAT THEY ARE EMPOWERED AND THAT WE'RE
THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE WORK.
UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ENGAGEMENT, FIND SUMMARY.
WE LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND DEMONSTRATED POSITIVE CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND BELONG.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO INDIVIDUAL BELONG.
UM, AND DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT ATION AND SPRING WHERE EMPLOYEES ARE, WHERE THEIR PEERS NOMINATE THEM AROUND 20 DIFFERENT AWARDS.
SO IT'S PHENOMENAL TO SEE THOSE NOMINATIONS ROLL IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE PUT DOWN WHAT IT IS THAT THEIR COWORKERS HAVE DONE TO BE WORTHY OF THIS AWARD.
WE HAVE ONE AWARD NAMED AFTER FORMER EMPLOYEE WHO WORKED HERE, I BELIEVE 42 YEARS.
AND SO WE CAME BACK AND PRESENTED THAT AWARD LAST YEAR THAT AND SO, UM, THE RECREATIONS DIVISION HAS THE RED AWARDS.
THEY DO SOMETHING IN THE FALL.
AND SO THEY DIDN'T JUST START DOING THIS 'CAUSE OF WHAT THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGE SERVING PER SAY.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPENING.
ALL OF INDIVIDUALS DO THINGS TO BRING THEM TOGETHER.
FACILITIES, THEY HAVE A BARGAIN OR A COOKOUT AND UH, THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE FED AND THEY GET TO, YOU KNOW, PITCH IN AND HAVE GOOD TIME.
SO WE DO THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE GENERATIONS CHANGE, AS THE EMPLOYEES TURN OVER TO LISTEN TO THEM AND SEE IF WHAT WE DOING STILL WORKS FOR THEM AND STILL MAKES THEM FEEL WHERE THEY CAN.
THE LAST SLIDE, WE REALLY DON THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIES WERE IMPLEMENTED TO ADDRESS HIRING CHALLENGES AND BUILD A STRONG TEAM.
SO IT'S ALL IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T JUST DO THESE THINGS, BUT THAT WE ADVERTISE, WE TARGET THE RECRUIT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND SO THERE ARE CERTAIN SCHOOLS, CERTAIN COLLEGES THAT UM, HAVE FIELDS OF INTEREST THAT ALIGN CLOSELY WITH PARK RECREATION.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADVERTISING OUR POSITIONS THAT FUTURE SURE.
THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS THAT WE'RE NOT ADVERTISING, BUT THAT WE'RE ADVERTISING IN THE JOURNALS THAT THEY
I THINK I'VE SHARED WITH YOU THERE, THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AND THE LEVEL AND THE NUMBERS WE, UH, TO TRAIN OUR FOLKS.
WE EMPHASIZE THE MISSION IMPACT.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW THIS IS NOT JUST A DOC, IT'S A CAREER WORKING IN CITY OF DALLAS.
IT'S GOVERNMENT OPERATION, I THINK ATION WHERE YES, IT IS WORK, BUT IT IS FUN AND YOU HAVE EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM.
BRING GOOD PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES TO TO APPLY FOR JOBS SO WE CAN HIRE THEM AND FEEL THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN LASTLY, ENGAGEMENT AND RECOGNITION.
AGAIN, I HOPE I'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IN SHARING THROUGH THE CASE THAT WE DO TO ENCOURAGE AND RECOGNIZE VALUE SO THAT THEY STAY IT OR IF THEY LEAVE SO THAT THEY RETURN, THAT THEY WORK WITH THAT.
THAT IS PROBABLY MORE THAN MY TIME, BUT AGAIN, I HOPE YOU HAS BEEN OF INTEREST TOO.
AND THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
YEAH, THIS IS MY FAVORITE TOPIC.
UM, I JUST, I'VE SAID IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, LIKE WHO, WHO WE HIRE AND OUR PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE ARE WHAT MAKE OR BREAK US.
AND SO I'M SO PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE'RE MAKING FORWARD PROGRESS.
I THINK THE LENGTH OF THE ONBOARDING, THE CHALLENGES WITH TRYING TO GET SALARIES OR COMMENSURATE WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE OF S RELATED TO THAT.
UM, SALARIES HAVE WE MADE SOME PROGRESS ON GETTING OUR SALARY FEE AND LITTLE MARKET
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WE CAN MAKE SOME PROGRESS.AND WE'RE STARTING, WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING TEMPORARY THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
AND QUITE OFTEN IN PUBLIC SECTOR, THE SELLERS ARE ABOUT 25% OR LESS DOWN
AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TRADES POSITION, LIKE YOU, THEY MAKE GOOD MONEY OUTSIDE.
SO WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
SO WE'RE BEGINNING TO LOOK AT THAT.
UM, RECLASSIFICATIONS AS AN ANNUAL PROCESS AND POSITIONS TO SEE, CAN ENCOURAGE TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS POSSIBLE TO DO.
UM, AND I'VE HEARD SOMETIMES THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT POSITIONS, UM, CHALLENGES FOR, FOR OUR STAFF AND HOW THE POSITION IS CLASSIFIED AND SOMETIMES THEY WANNA PROMOTE A PERSON OR MOVE A PERSON, BUT THAT THE, THE WAY THE JOB IS CLASSIFIED WOULDN'T ALLOW 'EM TO MAKE ANY MORE MONEY.
AND I HATE TO SEE THAT KIND OF INTERNAL ADMINISTRIVIA GET IN THE WAY OF, UH, KEEPING OR HIRING REALLY GOOD PEOPLE.
'CAUSE AS YOU STATED, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP, TO KEEP THEM ONCE WE'VE GOT THEM.
SO WE, WE'VE GOTTA GET 'EM, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP, SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PUSH ON THAT CLASSIFICATION PIECE AND THE SALARY PIECE.
YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ON THE TRAINING TOOL AND YOU, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
UDEMY, B-D-E-Y-U-D-E-O-Y, IS THAT AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES? IT'S PURCHASE 365 LICENSES.
SO NOT ENOUGH FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE TO HAVE, BUT CERTAINLY ENOUGH FOR THEM IF THEY EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN IT.
UM, WE MAKE A LICENSE TO THEM.
WE ALWAYS MAINTAIN A HANDLE ON WHO HAS A LICENSE THAT THEY'RE NOT USING.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT USING IT, WE CAN REASSIGN THEIR LICENSE.
IF THEY HAVE NOT USED IT IN A WHILE, WE CONTACT AND SEE OR WE ACTIVELY USING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE INTEREST FROM THOSE THAT THAT WOULD LIKE TO.
IS IT, IS IT TO FULFILL MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION OR IS IT JUST A BENEFIT TO THEM FOR UH, FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION? IT'S A LITTLE OF BOTH.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP THEMSELVES, THEIR MANAGER SUPERVISOR ARE OUR TRAINING MANAGER, THEY GO IN AND ASSIGN A LEARNING PATH TO THEM, WHICH THEY IDENTIFY COURSES.
HERE'S WHERE, SO TIFFANY WOULD GO IN AND LOOK AND ASSIGN COURSES TO, YOU CAN ASSIGN THE WHOLE COURSE OR YOU CAN ASSIGN COMPONENTS FROM THAT PARTICULAR MONTH, PARTICULAR COURSE STUDENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE RECORDS WHEN THEY COMPLETE IT.
UM, THERE ARE TESTS THAT THEY TAKE TO COMPLETE THE LEARN CERTIFICATIONS.
LIKEWISE, IF WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT NEED DEVELOPMENT, THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THEIR PERFORMANCE PLAN, IF IMPROVE AND THEY PRESCRIBE CLASSES, THEY NEED DISCIPLINARY REMARKS, THERE ARE SOMETIMES ASSIGNED TRAINING.
OR COMMON ACTUALLY LOOKING AND, AND GREAT WORK ON GETTING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN ON VACANCIES.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I GO CRAZY WHEN I SEE US SITTING THERE, I ALL THESE VACANCIES AND YET WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK.
SO, OR DECREASE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
UM, LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS REALLY QUICKLY ON YOUR HIRING, THE AMOUNT OF JOB FAIR YOU DID AND WHERE THOSE FOLKS WERE COMING FROM, THE FRESH START PROGRAM, JUST LIKE WE AND TUMBLE MEMBERS, THAT WAS LIKE 20% THE PEOPLE WE HIRED, 20% CAME FROM THAT FRESH START PROGRAM.
SO MY FIRST TWO TWOFOLD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH THEM IN A MORE PROMINENT WAY.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT SEEMS LIKE A PIPELINE FOR GREAT FOLKS.
UM, THE ONLY QUESTION THAT KIND OF CONNECTS TO THAT IS HAVE, HAVE WE SEEN ANY ISSUES WITH THOSE FOLKS THAT IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN WE HAVE SEEN WITH ANYBODY ELSE THAT CAME FROM ANY OTHER POOL? THANK YOU PUTTING IT THAT WAY.
WE JUST WANTED TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WE LOSS OF THE 89 5 2 YEARS, WE'VE LOST APPROXIMATELY 22 OF THEM.
BUT WE'LL LOOK AT OUR ATTRITION RATE.
NON-RISK START CANDIDATES IS NOT VERY DIFFERENT.
UM, THE FIRST START BROKE HAD A EXCUSE FRESH START PROGRAM HAS A, UM, CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND SO IF WE IDENTIFY THAT THEIR INDIVIDUALS THAT STRUCK THEIR ATTENDANCE AND WHATEVER, WE NOTIFY
WE HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE OBVIOUSLY ON THE NAME, UM, THAT WAS RELEASED FROM THE PROGRAM.
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WE ARE NOT, BUT MARCUS WILL WORK WITH HIM WHEN HE GETS FEW THINGSSO, YOU KNOW, WE SEPARATE WITH EMPLOYEES, WE DO WITH MAINTAIN RESPECT.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE SORT THAT, BUT WE STRAIGHT UP WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY DONE, WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT THEY DIDN'T DO.
SO THAT IF THEY HAVE, WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A GOOD PARTNER THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY FIGURE OUT A WAY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE GONNA HELP US WITH SOME MONITORING.
I'M GLAD TO SEE WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS.
VANESSA, YOU TOUCH ON WITH THE FRESH START, HOW A LOT OF THESE EMPLOYEES, I MEAN THEY COME IN HERE AND THEY GET PROMOTED.
YES, THEY ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE FEMALE WORKING IN A NONTRADITIONAL ROLE.
UM, CAME A LITTLE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES, BUT RENEE HAS, HAS TAKEN HER HONOR HER TEAM AND IS WORKING WITH HER TO MAKE HER WORK WELL ROUNDED.
AND THIS PERSON HAS PROMOTED FROM A LABORER TO A LEADER.
SO THEY, SO UNLESS THEY COME WITH VARIOUS STUFF AND UH, THEY PUT IN THE WORK.
I KNEW THIS WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOPIC AND SOME GOOD QUESTIONS.
UH, YEAH, I WAS YOU GONNA SAY GREAT JOB IN TRYING TO GET THOSE, I, I KNOW I'VE HEARD BACK FROM ALL THE, UH, HIRING THING, UH, ALL THE HIRING, UH, THINGS YOU WERE HAVING, THAT YOU'RE GETTING FASTER EMPLOYEES, YOU GET THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
UM, HOW OFTEN ARE YOU GONNA CONTINUE? I THINK YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE COMING UP HERE SOON, THINKING MARCH 1ST.
I WOULD SAY ABOUT A WEEK OR SO.
UM, NOW, SO FROM JANUARY, UH, YOU GONNA TRY TO DO EVERY ONE, EVERY OTHER MONTH OR UNTIL YOU GET UP THE SCALE? SO YES, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF ANCY THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO THE NEXT ONE, WE HAVE NOT SET THE DATE FOR
AND SO THEY DETERMINE THE BEST DATE PATIENT AND WE SHOW UP AND DO OUR THING TO SUPPORT AND, AND I, I JUST ALL TO ALL THE MANAGEMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS ALL OF OUR STAFF IS AGING OUT, RIGHT? WE HAVE, I THINK IN OUR DISTRICT THERE'S BEEN LIKE SIX IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THAT HAVE RETIRED.
UH, SO THAT'S PROBABLY US HAVING PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO DO THE WORK, BUT ALSO THOSE, I CALL 'EM OLD TIMERS TENDENCY.
WE'RE WE'RE STILL NOT THERE, WE'RE STILL NOT THEIR JOB.
THEY TEND NOT TO TRAIN OUR YOUNGER STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THEIR JOBS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE, OH, I TRAINED ON HOW TO DO MY JOB, DONT REPLACE ME WITH THE YOUNG GUY MAKING THEIR SALARY OR YOUNG LADY.
WE, WE CAN FIGURE OUT THAT THAT PART OF IT WHERE OUR OLDER PEOPLE OR OLDER OUR, UM, STAFF DIGGING.
UM, TO TRAIN OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR MAIN DEPARTMENT.
'CAUSE AS, AS SOON AS THEY AGE OUT, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE NOW TRYING TO TRAIN ON THE FLY.
SO I JUST THINKING, TRYING TO HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I KNOW THEY DO HAVE IT, BUT SOMETIMES AGAIN, OUR SEASONED EMPLOYEES DO NOT WANT TO TRAIN OUR YOUNGER EMPLOYEES THAT THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THEIR JOBS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S OLD SCHOOL MENTALITY THAT WE HAVE.
WE'RE GONNA TRAIN 'EM SO THEY CAN REPLACE US.
WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A PROGRAM THAT WE ARE NOT GONNA TO TELL 'EM THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA REPLACE THEM.
GET, GET SOMEBODY UP IN TRAINING TO DO TO MARK OR FIELD, RIGHT? IT'S SOMETHING SIMPLE THAT, AND SO I'LL TELL YOU THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN AFOOT FOR MINUTE.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE SHORT STAFFED, EVERYBODY'S ELBOW IN DURING THE WORK.
BUT, UM, MR. JENKINS HAS ASKED THAT WE ALL, UM, BASICALLY A, A PLANNER OF HERE'S WHAT I DO, HERE'S HOW I DO IT.
AND SO THAT YOU'RE LEAVING A DETAILED ROADMAP.
SO HUMAN RESOURCES, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES SO THAT WHOEVER IS NEXT, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THE
BUT YOU KNOW, AFTER WE'RE GONE THEY WILL PASS UP AND THEN REFRESH AND CONTINUE AS NECESSARY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH VANESSA, FOR THIS EXCELLENT, UH, PRESENTATION.
I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT MS. UH, HASANI HAD SAID ABOUT THE, UH, FRESH START.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S SUCH AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM AND, AND THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT THE, THE CASE MANAGEMENT AND, AND FOR PARK AND RECREATION, REALLY WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND GIVING 'EM THOSE JOB SKILLS.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW, SOMEBODY'S LIKE, MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE PAST TO HAVE THOSE, UH, JOB SKILLS.
SO I THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY ON THAT.
SO IT'S VERY ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT.
I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT HOW
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EMPLOYEES, UH, YOU WANT EMPLOYEES TO SEE, FEEL, AND BELIEVE THEY'RE EMPOWERED.I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE, THE POSITIVE CULTURE THAT YOU ARE CULTIVATING.
THAT YOU ALL ARE CULTURE DIRECTOR JENKINSON, AND YOU ALL ARE CULTIVATING HERE AT PARK AND RECREATION.
UM, I WAS CURIOUS TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW Y'ALL ARE WORKING AND THOSE TRADES, I KNOW THAT ARE HARD TO FILL, LIKE YOU SAID, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICIAN AND STUFF, BUT Y'ALL ARE WORKING WITH THE, YOU MENTIONED THE CAREER INSTITUTES IN DALLAS COLLEGE.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO, UM, WE HAVE, I JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE SOME CONNECTIONS THAT CEDAR VALLEY COLLEGE.
AND SO THEY HAVE A PROGRAM, IT'S A TRAITS PROGRAM.
AND SO WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH THEM ABOUT DEVELOPING A MOU AND THAT'S, UH, BASICALLY A MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING, IT DOESN'T COMMIT US TO ANYTHING, BUT IT DOES KIND OF FORMALIZE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT THEY WILL IN THE MARKET TO THEIR STUDENTS THAT WILL COME ON AS INTERNS OR ES.
AND SO I'M JUST WAITING ON THEM TO SHARE WITH US WHAT THEY WILL USE THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE WITH ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY SO THAT WE CAN SEND THAT TO, YOU KNOW, FILL IN THE BLANKS, CHANGE THE NAMES TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND SEND THAT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
'CAUSE IT WILL HAVE TO BE VETED ESTABLISHED, UM, PARTNERSHIP PIPELINE.
THEY GET TRAINING FROM US AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN.
SO DO YOU SEE THAT PROGRAM PRO POSSIBLY, UM, BEING EXPANDED AND WE, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE BY THE SUMMER AND WE WOULD START WITH THINGS EXPAND TO DO HAVE, I BELIEVE, THREE OR FOUR INTERIM POSITIONS.
THOSE ARE USED FOR PROFESSIONAL TYPE POSITIONS, UM, TO WORK WITH OUR THERAPEUTIC ROLES.
CAN'T TOUCH THOSE, BUT WE, WE USE OUR, SOME POSITIONS FOR SOME YOU SAID SO MANY THINGS THAT WERE REALLY ENCOURAGING AND EMPOWERING AND LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT DALLAS AQUATICS AND YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE POOLS AND STUFF.
YOU SEE, I I I FEEL SAFE GOING TO THE POOLS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LIFEGUARDS AND MOST OF THEM ARE YOUNG AND HOW YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY GOING TO EDUCATION, THEY CAN CONTINUE BEING A LIFEGUARD.
SO I LOVE THAT, THAT Y'ALL THE, THE RETENTION AND UM, ALSO LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH I, TUITION REIMBURSEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
OVERALL, I WAS JUST SO EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT, THAT YOU HAVE FOR, FOR EMPLOYEES AND THAT IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE ARE, ARE GENERALLY HAPPY TO BE WORKING FOR PARK AND RECREATION.
I KNOW OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN EVERY ORGANIZATION.
THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES, SO THANKS FOR AND OUR PARKS SAFE, HEALTHY, CLEAN.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN WITH THAT, UH, BUDGET UPDATE.
SO WE MOVED TO, I GUESS THE FINAL PIECE OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE FINAL TIME WE MIGHT BE DISCUSSING TILL WE START PROMOTING IT.
SO, BUT, UH, MS. CHRIS, THANK YOU PRESIDENT NAGAR.
SO WE GAVE YOU BASICALLY, OR SENT YOU A PRESENTATION YESTERDAY THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT WAS IN OUR 3, 2 7, UM, 7 2 6 $7 SCENARIO.
WE HAD TO ELIMINATE THE ROUNDING ON THIS BASICALLY BECAUSE WE NEEDED YOU TO BASICALLY DO DECISIONS ON WHERE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS $325 MILLION.
OKAY, SO OUR PURPOSE AND ACTION ITEM TODAY IS BASICALLY HAVE COURT FINALIZED $310.5 MILLION THROUGH, AND WE HAVE, UM, $2,000,773, 2 MILLION 773, 770 $3,993.
EASY FOR ME TO SAY OBVIOUSLY THAT ALL, ALL AFTERNOON.
THAT'S OUR GOAL TODAY IS TO RE REDISTRIBUTE THAT REMAINING DOLLARS SO THAT WE HAVE A $310.5 MILLION PROGRAM.
SO WHAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN OUR $307 MILLION SCENARIO THAT WAS APPROVED BY PARK PORT ON JANUARY 31ST, 2024, WE REDUCED OUR AQUATICS PROJECTS TO FOUR AND A HALF MILLION.
WE ELIMINATED ALL OF OUR GOLF CENTER APPROVING PROJECTS.
WE CHANGED MARKETS RECREATION CENTER TO A MAJOR REMODEL AT $4 MILLION AS OPPOSED TO $17.66 MILLION.
OUR LARGE PARTNER MATCHES WERE JUSTIN AS FOLLOWS.
THE ZOO WAS REDUCED BY 5,000,005.
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BORN PARK WAS REDUCED BY 3 MILLION.DALLAS WATER COMMONS WAS REDUCED BY A MILLION, AND FAIR PARK HAD $1 MILLION ADDED TO IT.
WE ADDED THREE AND A HALF MILLION FOR VICKERY MEADOW SPRAY GRABBING PAVILION, WHICH CAME FROM THE MARCUS RECREATION CENTER FUNDS.
AND THEN WE PRODUCED BUCKNER 40 MULTI DEPARTMENTAL SHARED USE PROJECT TO 1 MILLION, WHICH IS WHY WE INCREASED AIR PARK BUYING
SO THE REMAINING TABLES WITHIN HERE JUST SHOW THE CHANGES, UM, THAT WE HAD MADE.
SO ANYTHING HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS SOMETHING THAT WAS CHANGED.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT AQUATICS, BASICALLY ALL THE AQUATICS PROJECTS WERE REDUCED.
TOOLS WERE REDUCED TO GET US TO FOUR AND A HALF MILLION.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES NEEDED THOSE FOUR LARGE PARTNERSHIP MATCHES.
THE SLIDE SHOWS THE REDUCTION IN THE MARCUS RECREATION CENTER.
YEAH, WE'LL JUST HAVE THE, YEAH.
THE ONLY ACTION WE NEED FROM THE BOARD TODAY IS FOR YOU TO REALLOCATE THE, THE, I MEAN TO ALLOCATE THE 2.7.
AND THE ONLY THEN THE ONLY ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION THAT I WOULD WANT TO MAKE IS APPEND THE APPENDIX A THAT IS HERE IS OUR $350 MILLION SCENARIO THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMUNITY BOND TASK FORCE.
SO THE ONLY REASON, AGAIN, THAT IT'S PRESENTED IS TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A $350 MILLION SCENARIO AND THE $307 MILLION SCENARIO.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY CONFUSION.
NOTHING IN HERE HAS ANYTHING ABOUT COUNCIL DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD EXCEPT I JUST NEED THE BOARD TO ALLOCATE THE 2.7 AND CHANGE.
MR. PRESIDENT, UH, MR. SLAUGHTER, CAN I, UH, COME TO YOU AFTER THAT? MR. SLAUGHTER? YES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, ALLOCATE THIS MEETING FOR ZOO 1.5 FOR CLYDE AND SIMPSON.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION FOR VOTE.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, BY MR. SLAUGHTER MILLION FROM TWO 1.5 FRAUD.
AND 2 77 ARE CHANGE FOR FOUR CITY AND SECONDED BY MR. GOLDSTEIN.
ANY DISCUSSION, MS. NY? SORRY.
LET'S ALL, CAN I GO TO, UH, MR. DICKEY AND THEN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MR. SLAUGHTER'S MOTION.
UH, ACTUALLY IT MAY NOT BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, SO I'LL JUST LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT AND THAT WOULD BE TO STICK WITH HIS RECOMMENDATION EXCEPT TO ALLOCATE THE 1.5 MILLION FOR THE ZOO TO SAMUEL FARM.
SO, UH, YES, THAT'S AN AMENDED MOTION, RIGHT? AMENDMENT? YEAH.
CHRISTINE LA THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO I VOTE ON MR. DICKEY'S MOTION FIRST AND THEN YOU VOTE ON MR. SLAUGHTERS.
OKAY, SO MR. DICKEY'S MOTION NOW IS, UH, 1.5 FOR SAMPLE FARM, RIGHT, MR. DICKEY? DO I HAVE TO ACCEPT IT? NO.
IF IT FAILS, THEN WE COME BACK.
YES, IT'S, IT'S JUST TO ALTER, TO SHIFT THE ZOO MONEY TO SAMUEL FARM.
SO HE HAD, UH, 1 MILLION FOR SUE.
AND TELL ME IF THAT'S CORRECT.
MR. DICKEY'S MOTION IS MILLION FOR SAMUEL FARM, 1.5 FOR CLIENT WARREN AND 2 77 AND CHANGE FOR OLD 50.
DO, DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. DICKEY'S MOTION? I SECOND, UH, MS. RICE SECONDS.
IT, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? UH, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, SORRY, BUT LET ME GO THROUGH THIS.
JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, IF, IF WE, UNDER MR. DICKEY'S AMENDMENT, HOW MUCH WOULD EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OR THE PARTNER GROUPS GET IN THAT SCENARIO? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT THAT'S UP TO.
CHRIS, YOU WANT TO SAY THAT IN THAT? SO ADD, SO ESSENTIALLY CLYDE HO PARK WOULD HAVE ONE $1.5 MILLION ADDED TO IT, SO IT WOULD GO TO 4.5 MILLION.
AND THE ZOO IS CURRENTLY AT WHAT AMOUNT? THE ZOO, I'M SORRY.
THE ZOO IS CURRENTLY AT 25 MILLION.
AND THEN WHAT DO WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR SAMUEL FARM,
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IF ANYTHING? OKAY, YEAH.SO THERE'S NOTHING FOR SAMUEL FARM.
ADD ONE, UH, 1 MILLION FOR SECONDS, MILLION AND, UH, TWO, NOTHING.
AND IS THERE ON THE 2 77, IT'S NOT GERMAN IN THIS AMENDMENT, BUT WOULD, WOULD WE HAVE A PLAN FOR WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THAT 2 77? THE WHOLE CITY PARK? YEAH, WE WOULD, UH, DO STABILIZE SOME OF THE S OKAY, GREAT.
I'M GONNA
SO WE'RE ALREADY 4 MILLION INSURED, EVEN WITH, UM, THE AMENDMENT, THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT TO GO TO 26.
UM, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW BY NOW THAT 30 MILLIONS, THAT THE KEY NUMBER TO UNLOCK AT LEAST ANOTHER 70 MILLION.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE NEED AT SAMUEL FARM, BUT THAT'S NOT, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO FOR US TO THROW SOMETHING IN THERE, THAT'S NOT EVEN BEEN THE CONVERSATION FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.
IT, IT IS JUST TOO LATE TO THE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY MADE THEIR ALLOCATION.
SO I JUST, I, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY SALMON FARM WASN'T PROPOSED EARLIER IN THE PROCESS, BUT IT IS JUST, IT'S TOO LATE FOR US TO BE, IN MY OPINION, TO BE, UM, THROWING A, A NEW AD IN THERE OR JUST BE THAT TO ALLOCATE 2.77 HERE AFTER THE ALLEN CASE WAS MARKET MADE.
I CASE, UM, IS THERE MONEY GOING TO SANGA FARM AT ALL? NO, IT'S NOT BEING RECOMMENDED TO BOND PROGRAM.
IS THERE A ABLE, AVAILABLE FOR SANGA FARM? WELL, IN THE, UH, IN THE SANGA FARM TRUST THAT WE GET FROM BEING THE BENEFACTOR, I UNDERSTAND, I THINK THERE'S 4.2 MILLION IN, IN, FOR SAMUEL FARM, NOT SAMUEL BRAND AND SAMUEL FARM.
WELL, IT IS FOR ALL THE SAMUEL FARMS. AND ARE WE USING THAT OR LOOKING AT USING THAT FOR ANYTHING UPCOMING TO HELP SAMUEL FARM? THAT I IDEALLY WOULD YES, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD AND GET YOU ON APPROVAL.
I NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THIS AMENDMENT.
UM, WE DO HAVE MORE RESEARCH TO DO ON THE SAMUEL FARMS PIECE, INCLUDING, UH, ACCESSING THE FA FAMILY MONEY.
UM, THE OTHER, THE OLD CITY PARK.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF OUR, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW WE'RE GONNA NEED MONEY FOR THAT.
WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT MONEY WE'RE GONNA NEED OR WHAT, WHAT POTENTIAL RESOURCES WE MIGHT HAVE FOR GETTING THAT MONEY.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE HERE IS THAT WE HAVE SPENT SO MANY HOURS AND SO MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE, ALL OF OUR NEEDS TEED UP ALREADY.
THESE ARE TWO NEEDS THAT WEREN'T EVEN IN THIS CONVERSATION.
SO TO BRING 'EM IN RIGHT HERE AT THIS LAST MINUTE SEEMS VERY DISINGENUOUS TO THE PROCESS.
SO I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.
I ALSO THINK THAT IN OUR MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WHEN WE'VE HAD, UH, LITTLE BITS OF MONEY LEFT OVER, WE'VE ALWAYS SORT OF TO SOME DEGREE BEEN SOMEWHAT, UH, IN, IN AGREEMENT WITH SUPPORTING OUR PARTNERS THAT HAVE THOSE MATCHES IN PLACE.
THAT'S MONEY THAT THEY, THEY HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT AND RAISED MONEY THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE 'EM.
SO THIS JUST HELPS MAXIMIZE OUR MONEY.
IF WE, IF WE PARTNER WITH OUR PARTNERS, THAT EFFECTIVELY TURNS INTO 5.2 EFFECTIVELY.
SO I WOULD BE MORE IN FAVOR, UH, OF STICKING WITH PARTNERSHIP MATCHES THAN, UH, GOING WITH A NEW PARTNER MATCH THAT HASN'T BEEN IN DISCUSSION BEFORE.
SO I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR, MR. WOOD.
UM, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS EITHER.
I HONESTLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD, UM, PUT OUR MONEY WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET OUR MOST BANG FOR OUR TAXPAYERS BUCK.
AND I THINK HONESTLY AT THIS POINT BE BUCK, UM, WOULD BE BEST SERVED AT THE ZOO.
UM, SO I WOULD PERSONALLY, UM, SUPPORT MOVING ALL OF THEM INTO THE ZOO VERSUS, UM, SPREADING IT THIN.
UM, BECAUSE WE WANT, I BELIEVE WE WANT THE ZOO PROJECT, UM, TO BRING SOME GREAT, UM,
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ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO SOUTHERN DALLAS FORKLIFT, UM, IN THAT AREA.UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY IS BEST SPENT.
SO, UM, IF THIS MOTION FAILS, UM, I WOULD BE TRYING TO MAKE A AMENDED MOTION TO, LET'S STICK TO THIS MOTION, RIGHT? LET'S STICK TO THIS MOTION.
I SAID IF IT WOULD FAIL, THEN I WOULD MAKE, UM, BUT AS THIS STANDS, I LOVE SAMUEL BARMAN.
I DEFINITELY WANT SAMUEL FARM TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO I AGREE WITH MR. DICKEY ON THAT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY IN THAT PROCESS.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S OTHER, OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO MAKE MONEY, UM, TO TAKE CARE OF SAMUEL FARM.
SO, UM, I I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT.
UM, DID I SEE YOUR HAND? UH, MR. DICK? SECOND ROUND.
CAN WE MOVE? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, FIRST I WANNA STATE THAT THERE'S NOTHING DISINGENUOUS TO THE PROCESS IN, IN MY AMENDMENT.
WHAT WHAT HAPPENED IS SAMUEL FARM, WE APPROVED A MASTER PLAN WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO GET A MASTER PLAN TO US FOR CONSIDERATION FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2024 BOND.
THAT PROJECT IS NOT, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS LIGHT, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SO SAMUEL FARM WAS IN THE DISCUSSION FOR 2024 THROUGH THIS MASTER PLAN.
SO THE PARTIAL MASTER PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AT OUR MEETING TWO MEETINGS AGO.
QUITE COMPREHENSIVE, QUITE A FEW NEEDS, QUITE A BIT OF MONEY'S GONNA BE NEEDED.
SO MY POINT WAS THAT SAMUEL FARM KIND OF GOT JIPPED IN THIS PROCESS 'CAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A MASTER PLAN IN, IN TIME FOR IT TO GET INTO THE CONVERSATION.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAY I DON'T THINK THERE WAS DISINGENUOUS.
UM, SO IN OLD CITY PARK WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE ENORMOUS EXPENSES RELATED TO OLD CITY PARK.
YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE, BUT WE CAN KNOW PRETTY WELL WHAT THEY ARE.
SO THE ZOO ZOO'S, THE ZOO'S BEEN A GOOD PARTNER.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, I GET IT.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN'T CHANGE THE WAY WE USE THIS ADDITIONAL 2.7 MILLION THAT WE GOT THAT WE'RE HAVE TO BE LOCKED INTO GIVING IT TO PEOPLE WHO'VE ALREADY GOT THE HAND IN THE GAME, EVEN THOUGH SOME NEVER HAD A SHOT AT IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SAY ABOUT OLD CITY PARK AND SAMUEL FARM.
THAT'S THE REASON THAT I SUPPORT THIS AND I UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT OTHERS WHO DISAGREE.
UH, AND, AND, AND I LOVE SAMUEL FARM, BUT WE NEED SO MUCH THERE.
AND I'M JUST KIND OF BRINGING UP A COUPLE POINTS.
WE'VE BEEN ADDING PROJECTS TO THIS BOND FOREVER.
DON'T SAY THIS IS A NEW PROJECT.
SAMUEL FARM WAS THERE ORIGINALLY.
WE TOOK IT DOWN ALMOST LIKE IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT GOT CUT, I THINK.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN THERE AND WE'VE ADDED PROJECTS AND WE ADDED, REMOVED AND ADDED BACK AND ADDED SOME OTHER PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T EVEN FIGHT HARD ENOUGH THE FIRST SIX MONTHS AND THEN JULY WE'RE ADDING THEIR PROJECT 'CAUSE THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER DIDN'T SEE THEIR PROJECTS ON THERE.
SO WE CAN ADD ANY, ANYTHING WE WANT AT ANY TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE'RE BOARD.
WE, WE CAN REQUEST MONEY ANYTIME WE WANT.
SO IF IT WASN'T THERE FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS, IT WAS THERE ORIGINALLY AND WE, I CAN PULL OUT ALL THE FILES AND IT WAS THERE.
IT WASN'T, I DO WANNA SUPPORT FEDERAL FARM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT, I THINK EVEN A MILLION.
I THINK SEMI FARM NEEDS QUITE A BIT MORE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THERE JUST 'CAUSE IT'S SO FAR FROM US AND HOW TO, HOW TO, HOW TO FIX THAT.
BUT, UM, MR.
S HERE, UH, I AM STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF OF SENATOR PARK.
AND THANK GOD THAT WE HAD MR. DIGNITY TO INITIATE THAT I'M A PRACTICAL GUY AND LOOK AT OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ZOO AND CLOUD ONE PARK.
AND WE STATED THIS EARLY, IT'S REALLY GONNA BENEFIT THE CITY.
NEITHER ONE OF THESE ENTITIES ARE IN MY DISTRICT.
SO I'M NOT ABOUT JUST DISTRICT A, I'M ABOUT ALL DISTRICTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT EACH PART
AND THAT'S WHY I CAME UP WITH THIS.
THANKS TO, UH, MY EX-LAWYER HERE, MR. KID, ME
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PROMOTION.SO HOPEFULLY GOD WOULDN'T WE, WE, I THINK WE CAN COME BACK AND VISIT SAMUEL OR RIGHT THERE.
BUT THAT WE'LL VOTE ON, UH, MR. DICKEY'S MOTION.
UH, ALL IN, UH, FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL IN OPPOSED AGAINST THEIR HANDS.
SO WE GET BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION OF, UH, MR. SLAUGHTER.
UH, AND MR. YEAH, I SAW, SO WE ARE NOW DISCUSSING THE ORIGINAL MOTION OF MR. SLAUGHTER.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ALL OF THE, UM, EXCHANGE MONEY OR THE REMAINING MONEY TO THE ZOO PROJECT.
UM, AND NOT TO ANY OF THE OTHER PROJECTS.
SO MR. WHEN YOU'RE SAYING ALL TOOLS PROJECT, DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE DON'T HAVE THE SECOND.
WE HAD A SECOND FROM J UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? MS. HASSMAN? MR. WOOD, GO AHEAD.
I, I, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE A PROJECT AS CLOSE TO WHOLE AS POSSIBLE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MATCH MONEY ON THE LINE FOR THE ZOO THAT IF WE DON'T GET CLOSE TO, UM, THEIR ORIGINAL ASK, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEIR ASK IS ALMOST TWO TIMES AS MUCH OR THEIR COMMITMENT IS, UM, RAISING TWICE AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, AND THE IMPACT TO THE, UM, NETWORK, THE REFRESHING OF OUR ZOO, IT'LL BE LIKE A WHOLE BRAND NEW EXPERIENCE BEING ADDED TO THE ZOO THAT IS GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
UM, OUR ZOO IS ALREADY REVERED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
AND IN THE 20 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED IN DALLAS, IT WAS NOT THAT, IT BECAME THAT AFTER WE BEGAN OR HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH 'EM.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS GONNA TRANSFORM OUR ZOO TO ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
AND I THINK WITH OUR INVESTMENT, UM, IT IS GOING TO TRANSFORM THE ZOO AND IT'S GOING TO SHOW VERY GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO OUR, UM, DONOR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WE ARE REALLY WORKING HARD FOR THAT PROJECT, UM, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE TO RAISE A LOT OF MONEY AND THERE'S A COMMITMENT FOR THE ZOO.
UH, MR. CONNER? YEAH, I, UH, THANK YOU.
I I THINK WE CAN DO EVERYTHING THAT MR. WOOD JUST SAID AT THE, UH, ALLOCATION THAT WAS, UM, PROPOSED IN THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT.
SO I WON'T BE SUPPORTING MR. WOODS, UM, AMENDMENT.
UM, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THAT AMENDMENT AND WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO SPLIT THE MONEY SOMEHOW BETWEEN CLY FOR AND
NOW THAT'S MY INCLINATION TOO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT.
DO WE, DO WE KNOW EXACTLY ON THE COUNCIL DISCRETIONARY FUNDING HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL BROKEN DOWN? AND IF ANY OF THAT WILL HELP ANY OF THESE PARTNERS GET TO THEIR ORIGINAL NUMBERS? DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE YET THAT BEEN FINALIZED? IT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED.
SO IS IT, IS IT PREMATURE FOR US TO FINALIZE THIS STUFF NOW WITHOUT KNOWING THAT INFORMATION? OR ARE WE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO DO IT TODAY? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE LAST MEETING, WHICH WE HAVE TO GIVE IT TO THE COUNCIL.
BECAUSE I, AND DISCRETIONARY MONEY, I THINK I'VE BEEN HAVING THAT DISCUSSION JUST TO MR. CHENS AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO.
THAT TRULY IS DISCRETIONARY VALUE.
SO COUNCIL PERSON CAN DECIDE WHATEVER THEY WANNA DO WITH IT, BUT PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE, I THINK IF WE DO THIS, I THINK IT'LL GET TO THE FINISH LINE WITH THESE PARTNERS TO GET THERE.
WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING TO HEAR IS THAT I FEEL LIKE IF WE SPLIT IT EVENLY THROUGH SOME OF OUR KEY PARTNERS, NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT GETS EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
SO MY INCLINATION IS TO SUPPORT MR. LAUGER'S MOTION.
UM, MR.
AND SO WHERE I, I, I THINK WE CAN GET THERE BETWEEN DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS AND UM, PRIVATE FUNDRAISING FOR THE ZOO.
I THINK WE CAN GET PRETTY CLOSE TO 30 MILLION THERE.
THE DECK HAS, HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO FUNDRAISE FOR.
AND SO LOOK, THEY'RE WORKING EVERY ANGLE THEY CAN
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STATE FEDS CONGRESSIONAL DOLLARS.I MEAN, SO THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT, UM, ALLOCATING AT 1.1 AND I MAKE A COMMENT AND WE GO TO THE VOTE.
MR. NER, TO YOUR QUESTION, DISCRETIONARY IS THEIR DISCRETION, BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSIONS I HAD WITH THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBER, IF WE SUPPORT THIS MOTION, I THINK WE, I JUST HEARD FROM, UH, MR. RHINO CONNOR FOR OLD CITY PARK, HE HAS STIFF MATCHING MONEY PENDING.
SO IT GETS US THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THAT ONE YEAR OF MANAGEMENT, WHICH, UH, OUR STAFF MAY BE DOING.
I KNOW MONEY NEEDED WILL BE MUCH MORE.
AND BETWEEN ZOO AND CLYDE WARREN PARK, IT'LL HELP US TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE.
THIS IS THE INDICATION FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
I CAN'T COMMIT ON THAT BEHALF, BUT THAT WE VOTE ON MR. SLAUGHTER'S MOTION ON TELL US WHAT IT HAS BEEN.
CAN YOU TELL US WHEN THE, THE MOTION WAS? WE GET DANIEL'S FIRST.
YEAH, SO WE VOTE ON DANIEL'S MOTION TO, UH, ALLOCATE EVERYTHING TO SUE.
UH, ANYONE IN FAVOR SAY AYE FOR THE RECORD, ALL THE OPPOSED SAY RAISE THEIR HAND AND NO, NO, NO.
SO I'LL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND VOTE ON THAT NOW, WHICH IS THE 1 MILLION FOR ZOOM, 1.5 FOR CLYDE WARREN AND 277 OR CHANGE FOR OLD CITY PARK? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSES MR. GO? THAT'S IT.
SO THEN WE HAVE REALLY COMPLETED OUR PART OF THE BOND.
NOW LET THE COUNCIL DO THERE AND THEN LET COME OUT.
REALLY AMAZING COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
WE KEPT ON MENTIONING YOUR NUMBER, YOUR MATH, YOUR APPLICATION, ALL THE ABOUT WHEN I THINK WE CALM AND I THINK WE ARE HAPPY PLACE.
STILL NOT A BIG FREE DANCE TILL THE TIME VOTERS PASS IT IN MAY AFTER THAT LET'S HAVE A BIG VICTORY DANCE.
SO, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE NEXT, SORRY.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, MR. GOLDSTEIN, UH, GO AHEAD.
ON THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, I MAY MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER TO THE NEXT MEETING ON MARCH, MARCH 7TH.
SO, MR. GOLDSTEIN HAS MADE A MOTION TO DEFER IT TO THE MS.
JUST THE COMMITTEE THAT, UM, MR. AL FORMED THIS MEETING TODAY.
AND SO HOPEFULLY AFTER TODAY, WE'LL HAVE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD.
THAT MEETING'S TWO O'CLOCK TODAY.
YEAH, SCOTT, MR. M WORKING BACK.
I, I JUST WANNA TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW LONG WE'RE GONNA DELAY THIS.
WE KEEP DELAYING IT ANOTHER WEEK.
AND WE NOT GET THIS COMMITTEE TO CONVENE PRETTY QUICK.
DOING TODAY, BUT NOW IT'S ALREADY BEEN SIX WEEKS.
SO JUST, JUST FYI, I'M JUST PUT YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT SINCE YOU'RE CHAIRING THE COMMITTEE? YEAH, WE MET ONCE AFTER THE LAST MEETING, OUR MEETING TODAY.
YEAH, SHE'S TAKING PROLONGING.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT GOING, GOING THROUGH HERE BECAUSE I'VE SAT THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE EVALUATIONS AND BEING HANDED AN EVALUATION SHEET THE DAY OF REAL TIME TO TRY TO PUT MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER FOR SOMETHING THAT I FEEL IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, I FELT LIKE THAT WAS A VERY RUSHED WAY OF DOING IT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THIS, UH, COMMITTEE GOING AND CREATING A PROCESS THAT WILL REALLY GIVE US A REALLY GOOD, UM, PROCESS TO EVALUATE OUR LEADERSHIP.
SO I THINK, I THINK EVEN IF WE HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER, UH, WHATEVER THE TIME IS TO GET TO OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT I DO WANNA REITERATE THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THAT ALL OF US ON THIS BOARD GET THAT REVIEW PAPERWORK SOONER THAN LATER.
IT'S, THERE'S NOTHING ON IT THAT SHOULD BE PERSONAL HR INFORMATION.
IT'S, IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALL HAVE ACCESS TO SO WE CAN START
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LOOKING AT THOSE QUESTIONS AND PUTTING OUR THOUGHTS TOGETHER ON, ON THE REVIEW.SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT AS PART OF WHENEVER THE TASK COMMUNICATES DONE TODAY, THAT WE ALL GET THAT AND PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE NEXT WEEK.
AND FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE AT THE NEXT MEETING, IT WOULD BE WAY FOR THEM AT LEAST TO
I WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, CHECK WITH THE HR AND I'M PRETTY SURE IT SHOULD BE OKAY.
SUPPOSEDLY IF THEY AGREE, THEN PASS IT ON TO DEPUTY.
SO, UM, MR. SLAUGHTER, UH, MOTION, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A QUOTE FROM
BUT ON THIS, UH, THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS EVALUATION ABOUT THE DIRECTOR.
I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS PROCESS.
I DON'T WANT SEE NOTHING, YOU NOT GIVING OUR STAFF THAT OUR DIRECTOR WITNESS
AND I'LL BRING, THANK YOU MS. ASKING ME EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, FIRST WE HAD A MEETING AND NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT.
A COMMITTEE MEETING, NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT.
WE HEARD THAT WE HAD A FIRST MEETING.
IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T SENT OUT TO US THAT WE'RE HAVING A COMMITTEE MEETING.
THREE, FOUR, FIRST FOUR THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEN WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER ONE TONIGHT, TODAY AT TWO O'CLOCK.
I FEEL LIKE THE PROCESS IS, IS BEING KEPT WITH ONLY FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COME BACK HERE AND FIND A, A SHEET THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF FILLED OUT, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
THE PROCESS NEEDS A LITTLE, BE MORE OPEN WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS, NOT JUST HAVE A COMMITTEE OR NOT SHARE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING SHARED AT THOSE COMMITTEES OR TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THEM.
SO IF WE HAVE ONE BEFORE THAT, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
I THINK MS HAS SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW.
MAYBE A HANDFUL OF US DIDN'T KNOW.
AND THEN TODAY, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ONE TWO O'CLOCK.
I THINK IF YOU ARE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT THE MEETING INFORMATION SHOULD HAVE.
AND I THINK I WILL TELL, UH, MADAM SECRETARY TO UM, SEND THAT INFORMATION AGAIN TO YOU.
IF NOT, UM, YEAH, THAT'S NOT WRONG, BUT I STRONGLY DISAGREE THAT, UH, THE PROCESS IS NOT TRANSPARENT.
I THINK REASON OF DOING THIS WAS TO MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT.
SO THERE IS A CLEAR DELIBERATION AND FULL BOARD, BUT THEN STILL FULL BOARD HAD THEY HAVE FULL DECISION MAKING POWER, WE DO THAT.
IT WORKS VERY WELL WHEN WE DO IT WITH OUR COMMITTEES AND OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES, WHICH WE HAVE DONE.
SO THERE IS A MORE DEEPER DISCUSSION.
LAST TIME WHEN WE DID IT, YOU KNOW, I WENT THROUGH ONE EVALUATION AND IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE WITH THE FULL BOARD, THEY DID NOT EVEN WERE ABLE TO DELIBERATE FULLY ON IT.
SO I THINK IT'S MORE TRANSPARENT AND THAT'S ONE THING IS BEING QUESTIONED TODAY.
AND, UH, IF YOU'VE GONE TO ANY OF THE CHARTER MEETINGS TOO, THAT WE ARE NOT FAIR IN OUR EVALUATION AND THAT PUTS THAT TO REST, THAT WE ARE FAIR IN OUR EVALUATION.
YOU KNOW, NO ONE IS ARGUING, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THE JOB DIRECTOR IS DOING.
BUT I THINK THAT, SO I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH YOU THAT NOT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND FEW PEOPLE ARE CONTROLLING IT.
I THINK I I, I, I STRONGLY OBJECT TO THAT.
BUT YOU HAVE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT YOU YES SIR.
WE HAVEN'T HAD, I STILL GOT 28 SECONDS.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE NOT GETTING, IF, IF YOU PUT THE MEETING OUT THERE AND IT'S, IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE EITHER TIME OR NOT TIME TO SHOW UP, WE MIGHT BE A COMMITTEE MEMBER, BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, THEN WE DON'T, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE OUR CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS OR ATTEND IF WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S JUST, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THAT'S A VERY FAIR, UH, QUESTION THAT IF WE DIDN'T GET, WHY DID IT INFORMATION DIDN'T COME FOR THAT.
THAT'S A VERY COMPLAINT OBJECTION.
OR YOUR THANK, BUT THE PROCESS IS, TRUST ME, IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT AND THERE'S NO REASON NOT, UH, MS. HASLEY.
JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, AFTER THE MEETING WHERE WE DEFERRED IT, PRESIDENT AL PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE, A SPECIFIC COMMITTEE TO KIND OF GET THEIR ARMS AROUND THE PROCESS SO THAT WE COULD BE PREPARED AND TALK ABOUT IT IN A MEETING.
WE ALL WEREN'T INVITED TO THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 'CAUSE IT WAS A SUBCOMMITTEE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A SUBCOMMITTEE.
I, I WOULD, THE REST OF THE REST OF THE BOARD WAS NEVER, THIS IS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE ON SUBCOMMITTEE.
BUT THE POINT IS, IT WAS A SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE NORMALLY BEEN INVITED.
THE INTENTION, I BELIEVE, WAS TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND THIS PROCESS, WHICH I THINK WE ALL FELT WAS A LITTLE CLUNKY LAST TIME.
SO THAT WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF DOING THE REVIEW.
THE DOCUMENT THAT I'M ASKING FOR THAT I THINK WE ALL NEED.
IT'S, IT'S A BOILERPLATE DOCUMENT THAT SAID, DID YOU DO PRETTY GOOD, GOOD, REALLY
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GOOD? OR KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE IT LISTS THE DIRECTOR GOALS THAT HE HAD LAST TIME.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT, IT'S A, IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT NOBODY'S GONNA FILL OUT FROM YOU OR ME.
IT'S JUST FOR US TO HAVE IT SO THAT WE CAN START THINKING ABOUT WHAT OUR RESPONSE IS TO THAT AND HOW CAN WE RANK HIM AND READ HIM.
I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME QUESTION YOU HAD.
I'M LIKE, WHY IS THE COMMITTEE MAKING MY DECISION FOR ME? IT'S NOT ALL THEY'RE GONNA DO IS, IS LOOK AT THE PROCESS.
MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A BOARD HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO DO A MORE THOROUGH AND APPROPRIATE REVIEW.
'CAUSE I THINK THE, THE, THE PEOPLE ARE HERE THAT SAT THROUGH IT LAST TIME, IT FELT RUSHED.
IT FELT LIKE IT WASN'T A, WE'RE GOING BY OUR GUT FEELING.
AND IT, SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY JUST A WAY TO LIKE, STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RELEVANT INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AND PLENTY OF TIME TO DO AN APPROPRIATE AND THOROUGH, UH, REVIEW OF OUR LEADER
AND THAT WE ALL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO SORT OF GATHER OUR THOUGHTS AND, AND GIVE IT AN APPROPRIATE AND OFFICIAL REVIEW.
SO, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT ALL THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
NOT PUBLICLY ANY BOARD MEMBER AND TO ANY BOARD MEMBERS.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO SIT IN THE TWO O'CLOCK ONE MEETING PUBLIC, EXCEPT THAT WHEN WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION YEAH.
DO FOR MOST MEETING SOME SUBCOMMITTEE THERE.
SO, AND YOU EXPLAINED IT BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE JUST SAID.
SO THANKS FOR DOING, I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO I'M WITH YOU.
SO IF THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THEY HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED.
IT WAS POSTED, BUT IT WASN'T SHARED TO THE BOARD AS AN AGENDA.
I DON'T INVITE EVERYBODY, BUT I SEND THEM AS AN AGENDA AS LIKE AN FYI THAT DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE THAT EITHER.
AND I, I HAVE CONCERNS OF OPEN AND TRANSPARENCY, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO EVALUATING AND OFFERING A RECOMMENDATION WHEN THERE'S SOME BOARD MEMBERS, AND NOT TO BE DISCREDITING, BUT JUST JOINED THE BOARD AND IS EVALUATING THE PAST YEAR OF OUR DIRECTOR AS A RECOMMENDATION.
THEY ARE SELECTING WHAT MS. ANTHONY HAS SOME TIME TO COUNTER WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THEY'RE NOT EVALUATING, THEY'RE SETTING A PROCEDURE.
SO WHY DO WE HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS TO SET A PROCEDURE? UM, IF WE'RE NOT, THAT'S MY REVIEW AND I'VE DONE IT.
I'M NOT ALLOWED TO ASK THE QUESTION YOU ARE ASKING.
SO I'M SAYING THAT'S MY PREVIEW RIGHT OR WRONG.
SO IT IT, IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT.
AND YOU WANNA SAY THAT IT'S TRANSPARENT.
IT IS NOT TRANSPARENT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THEM AND TO SAY, NOT TODAY, OH, AT TWO O'CLOCK THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING.
AND IT, IT'S, IT'S INGEN OR DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, I, AND I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANYBODY HERE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE TIME TO, TO DISCUSS IT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT A, A SMALL GROUP IS TO BE ABLE TO OFFER A SUGGESTION ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD EVALUATE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE INPUT FROM THE SYSTEM.
BOARD HAS THE DECISION TO CHANGE IT.
WHEN WE CAN DO THINGS IN SUBCOMMITTEE, WHEN WE DOING PLANNING AND DESIGNING AND WE DO IT IN ADMINISTRATIVE, FULL BOARD HAS FULL RIGHT TO CHANGE IT AND WE CHANGE IT MOST OF THE FACTS.
SO YOU DO, IF YOU HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR CASE TO THE BOARD AND CHANGE EVERYTHING, THEN YOU THROW IT OUT.
BUT IF IT'S OUR, UM, AGENDA ITEM, WHICH OUR DIRECTOR IS OUR AGENDA ITEM, WE ARE, WE SHOULD BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WHOLE PROCESS.
NOT JUST THE PROCESS AFTER THE EVALUATION.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT LISTENING.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN GOLF SUBCOMMITTEE.
YOU CAN, UH, QUESTION THE SAME ABOUT WHY GOLF SUBCOMMITTEE IS DECIDING ON GOLF COURSES, WHEREAS IT'S ALL OF THE CITY'S ISSUE.
AND YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY ARE THEY DOING IT? THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR PART.
THEY'RE DOING DUE DILIGENCE, BRINGING IT TO THIS FULL BOARD.
AFTER THAT EITHER YOU CAN AGREE OR AS A FULL BOARD YOU CAN THROW IT OUT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT PLANNING AND DESIGN DOES.
THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY ADMIN AND FINANCE DOES.
YOU KNOW, THEY MORE THAN PROCESS, SORRY, WE DO MORE THAN PROCESS.
THEY BRING IT TO THE FULL BOAT.
SO HERE IT WAS PROCESS RELATED.
AND AGAIN, AS I'VE SAID IT, I THINK THAT THAT'S, UH, WHERE THEY'LL BRING IT.
THROW IT OUT AND GO BACK TO IF ANYONE WAS PRESENT DURING THE LAST ONE.
I THINK THE PROCESS ITSELF, I THINK WE DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND WE STARTED,
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UH, WORKING ON IT ANYWAY WITH THAT.AND UH, I THINK AS, UH, YES, UH, MR. WOOD AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID A CALENDAR INVITE EVEN.
IT'S JUST AN OPTIONAL TO EVERYBODY INSTEAD OF JUST THE AGENDA.
GOING FORWARD FOR ANY OTHER COMMITTEE AD HOC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I'LL BE SURE TO DO CALENDAR INVITES.
AND THERE IS A NOTICE ON ALL OF OURS THAT SAY A QUORUM OF THE FULL BOARD COULD BE EITHER.
SO IF YOU ALL WANTED TO PARTICIPATE AS THE CHAIR WOULD ALLOW FOR THOSE COMMITTEES TO TOLERATE.
AND HAVING SAID THAT, MR. GOLDSTEIN, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT FOR ANOTHER TIME TO WE SEND THAT INFORMATION, THAT'S YOUR DISCRETION GIVEN THEY'RE SAYING THEY WERE NOT INFORMED, UH, TO ATTEND IT.
BUT I LEAVE THAT AS YOUR DISCRETION.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, UH, SHE SENDS OUT TWO, IT SHOWS YOU HOW TEAM PLAYER YOU ARE, BUT I THINK WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND THAT WHAT WE HAVE COMMITTEE WELL COMFORTABLE WORKING BACK.
SO TRANSPARENCY WOULD BE TO SECRET IF WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THIS, UH, KINDA INPUT FOR, FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
I, I THINK THIS COULD BE, 'CAUSE THIS IS A, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
OUR DIRECTOR, UH, THAT RUNS THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEES ARE FOR.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO COME, YOU COME.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, YOU SEND US INFORMATION OUT.
OTHERWISE, UH, UH, KEEP 2 CENTS.
I WOULD NOT SUPPORT MOVING THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
I, THIS IS HOW WE'VE DONE THE PROCESS.
EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, I SENDING HAS SENT OUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT COMMITTEE MEETING.
I WON'T BE PARTICIPATING 'CAUSE I'VE TRUSTED MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ON THIS COMMITTEE TO, UH, DO THE PROCESS.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT.
SO I DO NOT SUPPORT MOVING THE DATE.
UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE.
SO I, NOW WE ARE JUST, UH, THE MOTION IS TO, UH, EFFORT THIS, UH, MOVE TO
SO, YEAH, SO THAT, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE CAN BE, UH, MS. MONDELL GET THE LAST WORD.
I JUST WANNA SAY HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM OF SEN'S COMMUNICATION ALWAYS.
UM, AND, AND I DO, I THINK THAT THIS IS EVERYTHING.
THIS IS VERY, VERY, VERY TRANSPARENT.
UM, THIS PROCESS, WE, AGAIN, WE DO THIS WITH THE DESIGN, WE DO THIS WITH ADMIN AND FINANCE, WE DO WITH, WITH AD HOC MEETINGS.
WE DO IT WITH ALL THESE OTHER MEETINGS.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS ANY INCLUSION, I MEAN NOT INCLUDING ANYBODY.
UM, THIS IS JUST TO REALLY HELP, UM, WITH THE PROCESS.
UM, AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH SUSAN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE MOVING TO
TODAY'S, UH, DIRECTORS PERFORM PERFORMANCE
OKAY, SO WE ARE DEFERRING IT TO MARCH 7TH.
UM, ANY UH, STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ANY BOARD MEMBER THERE OR FOLKS, ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT?
SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET TO THE ARBORETUM, I BELIEVE YOU ALL GOT YOUR VERY GENEROUS, UM, ARBORETUM TICKETS ON YOUR DESK TODAY.
SO PLEASE GET THEM OUT, PEOPLE OVER THERE AND LET'S ENJOY THE GARDENS BECAUSE THEY, WHICH IS SPECTACULAR.
AND I MET, UH, WITH THE COO OTHER DAY.
SHE SAID THE BLOOMS ARE REALLY GOOD AND THE COLD WEATHER LAST WEEKEND REALLY HELPED TO GET THEM IN SHAPE.
ANY OTHER YEARS? COUNCIL, UM, BRANCHING OUT TREE PLANTING AT ORBIT PARK ON SATURDAY.
WE ORIGINALLY SAID IT WAS 9:00 AM BUT IT'S MOVED TO NINE 30.
I THINK TEMPLE IS THE, YEAH, THE TEMPLE MANUAL SAYS EIGHT 50.
OKAY, SO, AND THEN, UM, ALSO, UH, OUR BOARD MEMBERS PLEASE MARK CONGRESS FOR 6:30 PM ON MARCH 4TH.
CHARTER REVIEW, COMMISSION ON THE CHARTER REVIEW CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO, UM, TAKE WHERE OUR AUTHORITY.
NOW I THINK NOW THAT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED THE BOND FROM OUR SIDE, THIS IS THE ANOTHER BIG, UH, ADVOCACY WE NEED FROM ALL OF US.
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SENT INFORMATION ON WHAT ALL THEY ARE TRYING TO DISCUSS.SO THAT IS MARCH 4TH IS AN IMPORTANT DAY TO SHOW AND TELL THEM THE FUNCTIONING OF THIS AND ANY, ANY DRASTIC CHANGE TO IT.
LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TREE PLANTING APP, FOREST PARK AS WELL.
UM, THAT IS WITH THE TEXAS TREES AS WELL.
UM, SO 9:00 AM AT FOREST, SUNNY SOUTH DALLAS.
UM, SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU, UH, THERE AS WELL.
SO YOU WANNA PLANT A TREE AT ONE AND COME TO THE OTHER ONE AND PLANT ANOTHER TREE.
WE WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE EVERY SLEEP, THINGS WE HAVE, DANCE, UH, ANY OTHER, UH, WITH THAT, UH, IT'S UH, I GUESS WITNESS TODAY.
SO IT'S 1221 AND WE TURN THIS PART IONS BOARD MEETING.