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2024. I'M GOING TO START WITH THE MINUTES.I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND? I'LL AND YEP, TWO SECONDS.
THANK YOU. ANY CORRECTIONS? NOTHING. IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
RAINEY, THANK YOU AND WELCOME.
WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU FROM NOW ON.
CAN YOU TURN YOURS OFF? I THINK I'M.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU GUYS TODAY.
AS MENTIONED, DR. LINDSEY WILSON, I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE TWO PLEASE.
SO AS WE PREPARE TO DIVE IN TODAY'S DISCUSSION, WE WANT TO SHARE JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
OF COURSE, WE WILL ALWAYS START BY SUMMARIZING WHAT THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN IS.
THEN WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE 2023-2024 DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES, LOOKING AT THE ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURES THAT OUR OFFICE CONTINUES TO WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS TO SET UP, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.
AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, SECTION THREE IS THE PIECE THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO DISCUSS.
AND THAT'S THE PROCESS UPDATES.
RIGHT. AND SO SHARING UPDATES ON THE IMPACT, MOST IMPORTANTLY THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS AN OFFICE AS IT REGARDS TO THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN AND THEN NEXT STEPS.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL PASS IT TO DR.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SLIDE THREE, PLEASE.
SO THE RECAP ON SLIDE THREE IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE MANY PARTS, RIGHT, THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER AND ARE STILL BEING PUT INTO PLACE AS IT REGARDS THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
AND SO THINKING ABOUT THIS TODDLER STAGE THAT I SOMETIMES HEAR FROM LEADERSHIP.
AND SO WHILE THE POLICY WAS OVERWHELMINGLY ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN AUGUST OF 2022 SOME INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS FROM THE FY 2223 INVESTMENTS ARE STILL TAKING SHAPE.
AND YES, SOME OF THE AND SOME ARE COMPLETE, AS YOU WILL SEE IN SUBSEQUENT SLIDES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL PARTNERSHIPS AND THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES WHILE THEY ARE CONTINUING TO ADVANCE AND TO MOVE FORWARD WE HAVE ALSO ARE EXCITED TO SHARE.
AND IS ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO VIEW THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES AND THE TRACKING OF THOSE.
WHICH ALSO BRINGS US TO AN EXCITING ASPECT OF THIS WORK THAT DR.
THE IMPACT THAT IT IS HAVING AND BEYOND SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
AND SO SLIDE FOUR HIGHLIGHTS INVESTMENT PER EACH BAG OR PER EACH BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL.
THE SPEND IS INCLUSIVE OF PROJECTS LIKE AIR QUALITY MONITORING, THE CITY'S MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, EXTENDED LIBRARY HOURS, THE VISION ZERO PLAN, ARE YOU GOOD, OKAY, AND OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE WILL SHARE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
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TO OUR OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR CONTINUING TO MOVE THAT WORK FORWARD.SO SLIDE FIVE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE UPDATED QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF THE 2023 DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES SINCE OUR DECEMBER BRIEFING. SO AT THE END OF LAST CALENDAR YEAR, 23 OF THOSE 64 MEASURES WERE COMPLETE.
AND SO CURRENTLY 38 ARE COMPLETE, WHICH DOES REPRESENT OVER HALF OF THOSE DPMS. AND SO WHILE MANY OF THEM REMAIN IN THE NEAR COMPLETION OR THE IN PROGRESS STATUS, IT IS CRITICAL TO UNPACK SOME OF THE NUANCES AND PROCESSES THAT DEPARTMENTS SHARE WITH US AS THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO IMPLEMENT.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE TO CONSTRUCT A MEMORIAL AT MARTYRS PARK IS IN THE NEAR COMPLETION PHASE.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS SOME REMEDIATION THAT WAS NEEDED ON THE BRIDGE TUNNEL.
HOWEVER, A DEDICATION CEREMONY IS SET FOR LATER THIS MONTH AS IT REGARDS THAT MEASURE.
IN PROGRESS MEASURES SUCH AS BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT HAD A MEASURE TO EXPEDITE THE 2017 BOND PROJECTS AND EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS, THOSE PROJECTS THAT EXPERIENCED A DELAY.
AND SO AS OF THE LATEST UPDATE FROM BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, 81% OF THE FUNDS FROM THE 2017 BOND ARE COMMITTED, AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS UPDATED OEI TO NOTE THAT THE MEASURE WILL BE COMPLETE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
SO OEI WORKS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND WE SUPPORT THEM, ONE, BY UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE VARIOUS NUANCES AND OBSTACLES THAT TAKE PLACE AS THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING THEIR PROGRESS MEASURES.
SO AS WE, OEI INITIATE THE 2024 DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, ONE WAY WE ARE VIEWING THE WORK IS THROUGH THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS. SO FOR INSTANCE, WE SEE ACROSS THE FIVE GOALS THAT 31 DEPARTMENTS HAVE, A 2024 MEASURE AND 43 OF THE 54 DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES ALIGN WITH ECONOMIC, COMMUNITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS IS KEY TO NOTE BECAUSE AS A PRIMARY EFFORT TO REDUCE DISPARITIES, IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP AND INCREASE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
WE ALSO SEE, OF COURSE, HOUSING MEASURES AS A PART OF THE 54 DPMS, WHICH ALIGN WITH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK REGARDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND AFFORDABILITY. SO OUTREACH TO EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS, AND OEI SEES TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE STAFF IN VERY MEANINGFUL WAYS TO INCREASE IMPACT.
SO EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE NOTED WE WOULD SHARE EXAMPLES OF HOW DEPARTMENTS HAVE USED THE 20 FY 2022-23 RACIAL EQUITY PLAN INVESTMENTS TO REDUCE DISPARITY.
AND SO THIS FIRST EXAMPLE THAT YOU'LL SEE ON SLIDE SEVEN IS FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE $2 MILLION INVESTMENT IN WEST DALLAS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BEING COMPLETE. THE SPECIFIC EFFORTS COMPLETED HERE INVOLVED REPAIRS, REPLACEMENT AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT WORK.
SO SLIDE EIGHT EFFORT IS CONSISTENT WITH ECONOMIC, WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WHILE THIS SLIDE NOTES $750,000 INVESTMENT ALLOCATED TO THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER TO ADVANCE THE ACCELERATORS PROGRAM, WHICH DOES HAVE AN AIM AT MAKING IMPACT WITH MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
OEI WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT LAST WEEK CITY COUNCIL BRIEFING, WHERE PROCUREMENT SERVICES SHARED AN UPDATE ON THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT AND A 17.2 MILLION CONTRACT WORK WITH AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN OWNED FIRM, TWO FIRMS. SO THIS IS GROUNDBREAKING AND TRANSFORMATIVE WORK THAT'S ALONG THE LINES OF REDUCING ECONOMIC DISPARITIES AND WHAT WE CURRENTLY
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SEE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.SO 1.6 MILLION AND INVESTMENT WENT TOWARD EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY LED BROWNFIELD PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVE TO CONDUCT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, SURVEYS AND CLEAN UP PROPERTIES CONTAMINATED WITH HAZARDOUS AND PETROLEUM WASTE.
SO AS REGARDS THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS AND SWITCHING TO THE EXTERNAL ALIGNMENT OF THE WORK, WE HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOCAL BUSINESS CASE FOR RACIAL EQUITY.
AND WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING MORE TO COME LATER.
WILSON. GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT, DR.
RAINEY. SO I WILL WALK US THROUGH THE THIRD SECTION, WHICH IS REALLY THE PROCESS UPDATES AND SO ON SLIDE 11, YOU WILL NOTE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING, OF COURSE, THAT THE WORK OF IMPLEMENTING THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN CONTINUES TO BE A ITERATIVE PROCESS.
AND SO THAT MEANS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
RIGHT. AND SO AS THE OFFICE CONTINUES TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ON RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, ON PROMOTING OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION SURROUNDING DISPARITIES, SO BEING ABLE TO EXPLICITLY TALK ABOUT RACIAL, ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES THAT WE KNOW EXIST, SUPPORTING WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF EQUITY AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEIR SPECIFIC LINE OF WORK.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AMPLIFYING THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THEIR DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AROUND, IF THAT, THE IMPACT ON THAT, AS WELL AS TARGETED EFFORTS AND SETTING A TONE FOR INTENTIONALITY WITH FLEXIBILITY.
AND SO THROUGH THIS ITERATIVE PROCESS, WE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THE BEST WAYS TO SHARE THESE UPDATES AND THE DEPARTMENT IMPACT AS AN OPPORTUNITY, BOTH FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO AMPLIFY WHAT THEY ARE SEEING, AS WELL AS FOR US TO ALSO PROVIDE AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE TO THE IMPACT AND OR OUTCOME.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT THIS ON MULTIPLE LAYERS RIGHT.
AND SO FIRST BEING DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY.
SO THAT CROSS DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY.
AND SO OUR TEAM WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH COMMUNITY ON THE DEPARTMENT, PROGRESS MEASURES TO SEE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE GOING NEXT, IF THE PROGRESS MEASURE HAD THE IMPACT RIGHT AROUND THE INTENTION, AND THEN MOVING UP INTO THE INTER DEPARTMENTAL SHARING. AND SO REALLY BEING ABLE TO THINK ABOUT THE FOR, A FUTURE FORECAST SCHEDULE TO WHICH DEPARTMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO BRIEF THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY REPORT TO.
AND THEN FINALLY THINKING ABOUT OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY COLLABORATE WITH.
AND SO AGAIN, HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT BOTH THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS AND THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES AS IT REGARDS TO NOT JUST THE INTENTION OF THEM, BUT THE ACTUAL IMPACT AND THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS BEING ABLE TO SHARE INSIGHT ON THAT.
AND SO WE KNOW VERY WELL THAT WE CONTINUE TO SAY THAT EQUITY IS BOTH A PROCESS AND AN OUTCOME, AND IT DOES NOT JUST LOOK AT THE WAYS THAT WE BENEFIT COMMUNITIES, BUT REALLY HOW WE ALSO BURDEN.
AND SO OEI HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY AS IT REGARDS TO BEING IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE MOVING TOWARDS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME CHALLENGES THERE ON THE LEFT.
AND THEN WHAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS ON THE RIGHT.
AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE TRACKING, A LOT OF THE TRACKING THAT WE'RE DOING IS THROUGH EXCEL SPREADSHEETS, OUR COLLABORATION WITH DBI AND SO FORTH. AND SO REALLY THINKING, IS THAT THE MOST IMPACTFUL WAY TO DO IT? HOW ARE WE CAPTURING NARRATIVES? HOW ARE WE ALLOWING DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY AMPLIFY THEIR WINS AND THEN FOCUSING ON THE IMPACT PIECE OF IT? WHERE ARE OUR OUTCOMES COMING? THE SECOND IS BURDENING RIGHT BURDENS.
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AND WE NEED TO THINK A BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THOSE UNINTENTIONAL BURDENS.RIGHT? BECAUSE IN FACT, WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T FOUND A SYSTEM TO REALLY AMPLIFY THE ENTIRE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AS WE'RE TALKING DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE THIRD, WHICH IS IMPACT.
AND SO IF YOU REMEMBER SLIDE FIVE, YOU'VE SEEN SOME NUMBERS THERE, RIGHT.
AND SO WE ARE CAPTURING COMPLETION RATES AND WE REALLY WANT TO MOVE TOWARDS CAPTURING THE IMPACT.
LIKE WHAT ARE WE HEARING FROM COMMUNITIES.
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES? RIGHT. BECAUSE WE CAN SAY 75%.
BUT DO OUR RESIDENTS FEEL THAT? WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IS CAPACITY.
SO WE HAVE 214 DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO HAPPEN WITH OUR BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS.
AND SO HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT RE-STRATEGIZING SO WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS THAT TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE? I WILL HIGHLIGHT WE HAVE SOME REALLY STRONG COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE WITH THE DALLAS FOUNDATION AND SO FORTH, WHO ARE MOVING SOME OF THE BAD BAG WORK FORWARD. AND THEN TARGETED EFFORTS.
AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WORK OF EQUITY AND REALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE GREATEST NEEDS, THERE'S MULTIPLE LAYERS THAT NEED TO GO INTO THAT IDENTIFICATION.
AND SO AS AN OFFICE OEI, HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING DEPARTMENTS AND FOCUSING ON THE GREATEST NEED AND NOT ONLY FOCUSING ON THE GREATEST NEED, BUT WHEN IT'S TIME TO COME AND PRESENT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL? HOW ARE WE ZONING IN ON THE COMMUNITIES THAT THAT THAT DEMONSTRATE TO HAVE THE LARGEST DISPARITIES AND GREATEST NEED? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO I KNOW YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY LIKE OKAY, THAT'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND THINGS TO MOVE TOWARDS.
I'M SURE MY TEAM FEELS THE SAME EXACT WAY.
BUT AS YOU KNOW WE ARE COMMITTED.
THREE PARTICULAR NEXT STEPS IS ONE DEPARTMENT FEEDBACK IMPLEMENTATION.
AND SO HOW ARE WE MODIFYING THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES AS DEPARTMENTS HAVE SEEN FIT BECAUSE THEY HAVE RAN INTO ROADBLOCKS AND NOT JUST BECAUSE, HEY, I CAN'T DO THIS. BUT REALLY THERE IS A ROADBLOCK THAT'S PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE WHILE STILL BEING ABLE TO AMPLIFY ITS PIVOT.
THE SECOND IS WHAT WE THE TOOLKIT DEVELOPMENT IN PROGRESS AND IN PROGRESS MEANS, LIKE, INITIAL, INITIAL, LIKE THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SAYING THIS ON RECORD THAT WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON A TOOLKIT DEVELOPMENT THAT REALLY HELPS TO EMBED ALL OF THE ITERATIVE PROCESS PIECES FOR A LONGER STANDING IMPACT.
AND THEN THE FINAL IS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
SO HOW ARE WE REIMAGINING MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, ONE IN FACT, ONE OF OUR GOALS DOES NOT HAVE THE IMPACT THAT WE INTENDED IT TO HAPPEN? WHERE DO WE HOW DO WE PIVOT? WHERE DO WE GO BACK? HOW DO WE TRACK THAT INFORMATION TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THINGS INTO PLACE TO HAVE A STRONGER IMPACT IN THE FUTURE? SO I WILL STOP THERE.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.
AND THAT SLIDE WAS JUST AN EXHIBIT.
IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE 15 AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE DEPARTMENTS WHO HAD COMPLETED 2023 DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES. NOT ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS HAD 2023 DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES, BUT EVERYONE IN THE GREEN DID COMPLETE THEIR PROGRESS MEASURES.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE OPEN TO QUESTIONS.
AND BEFORE WE JUMP INTO QUESTIONS, I WANT TO JUST HELP MY COMMITTEE AND EVERYBODY ON IT REALLY UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF TODAY BECAUSE I ASKED FOR THIS BRIEFING, BECAUSE PRIMARILY IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDES 13 AND 14, THIS MEETING TODAY IS MEANT FOR US TO REALLY EXPLOIT YOUR BRAINPOWER ON HELPING OUR TEAM, OUR STAFF, OUR PROFESSIONALS UNDERSTAND HOW WE TAKE THIS RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, WHICH IS ONLY, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF OLD, TO NOW BAKE IT INTO ALL THE DAILY WORK THAT WE DO ON COUNCIL.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE 13, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S INCLUDING IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESPECTIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE RACIAL EQUITY WORK GETS FOLDED INTO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WE SIT ON BESIDES THIS ONE, SO THAT THE WORK THAT THAT YOU HEAR OUR DOCTORS UP THERE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT JUST REPORTING.
THE POINT OF TODAY IS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK TO THEM ON PARTICULARLY SLIDES 13 AND 14.
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AND HOW DO WE HELP THEM THINK ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT MEASURES WHICH ARE GOING TO CHANGE AND BE ITERATIVE OVER THE YEARS.RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THE 62, BUT AS SOME OF THEM GET COMPLETED, THERE'S GOING TO BE NEW.
SO HOW DO WE BUILD THAT SYSTEM IN.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
AND THEN DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? MAY I ADD A QUESTION TO THAT PLEASE? SHARE, LIKE AND HOW HOW DOES IT SHOW UP FOR YOU AND YOUR RESIDENTS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES? HOW DO WE HELP YOU TELL THE STORY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ABOUT EQUITY IN SERVICES AND RESOURCES WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO US AS WELL.
OKAY, SO I THINK I'M GOING TO START I WANT TO START WITH I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE HERE.
SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS PLEASE START.
THANK YOU. SO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THOUGH.
ON SLIDE 14 WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF HOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING YOUR RECORD KEEPING AND THE IDEAS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO CAPTURE. BUT WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? ARE YOU ALL DO YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO CAPTURING THOSE SOLUTIONS OR A SOLUTION? YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER. SO SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE INITIALLY THINKING ABOUT ARE ONE INVITING THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY CAN AMPLIFY THEIR DEPARTMENT PROGRESS, MEASURE, DIVE DEEP INTO THE IMPACT, AND THEN YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THOSE NEXT STEP QUESTIONS, RIGHT? TO GIVE REAL LIFE EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN YOUR COMMUNITIES AND WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO FROM THERE.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES.
BUT HOW WILL YOU CAPTURE IT? I MEAN, WHERE WILL YOU DOCUMENT THIS? WHERE WILL IT LIVE BESIDES AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET? SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE THE CURRENT INFORMATION LIVES.
AND ONE OF THOSE PLACES IS OUR DASHBOARD.
SO WE DO HAVE THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD.
AND SO WHEN WE WORK WITH DBI, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
RIGHT. AND SO LIKE WE CAN PUT THIS ALL ON A WEBSITE, BUT WHO CAN ACCESS IT? ONE, AND THEN WHO WANTS TO ACCESS IT, RIGHT.
LIKE IS THAT WHERE PEOPLE GO TO ACCESS THEIR INFORMATION? SO ALL OF IT IS DOCUMENTED THERE.
WE WERE INTENTIONAL AROUND ASKING DEPARTMENTS NOT JUST TO SAY YES, IT'S COMPLETED, BUT ALSO TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN UPLOAD, WHETHER IT WAS PICTURES OR PRESENTATIONS OR COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THAT WE LINK TO THAT DASHBOARD FOR THEM TO SEE.
OUR TEAM HAS DONE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TWO AND FOUR PAGERS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS INFORMATION.
AND SO AS WE DO COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE HIGHLIGHT IT IN THAT WAY.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
BUT JUST DASHBOARDS ARE GREAT FOR NUMBERS.
AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE.
KIND OF THE MORE PSYCHOGRAPHIC DEPTH AROUND THIS.
AND THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON THE IMPACT LINE ON SLIDE 14.
YOU TALK ABOUT GOING FROM CAPTURING THE COMPLETION RATE.
SO AGAIN, KIND OF THE NUMBERS DRIVEN, THE DATA DRIVEN PART OF THIS OVER TO THE.
COMMUNITY IMPACT THE OUTCOMES, WHICH I THINK OF AS THE STORIES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE BENCHMARKED THIS, BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT MY CONVERSATIONS WITH VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS AND TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NO HOPE, AND THEY JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE ANYONE IN THE CITY CARES ABOUT THEM.
AND SO THESE THIS IS TO HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE CARE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE BENCHMARK THAT, OR IF WE HAVE TO GET TO A FEELING OF PEOPLE DO CARE.
I DO WANT TO BE AN ENGAGED VOTER.
I DO WANT TO BE PART OF MY COMMUNITY.
BUT DID WE ASSESS THAT IN ANY WAY SO THAT WE CAN THEN MEASURE IT? YEAH, I WOULD SAY THE ONLY WAY IT'S ASSESSED AND DOCUMENTED, RIGHT, IS RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT START AND ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO WHAT ELSE COULD BE.
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MAKING THE IMPACT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THERE.MAY I ADD TO THAT AS WELL COUNCIL MEMBER? THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
AND AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE WERE DOING INTENSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DURING THE REP DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WE HEARD RESOUNDINGLY AROUND EVERY COMMUNITY THAT WE WENT AND WE WENT TO EVERY DISTRICT, AS YOU RECALL, WAS, YOU KNOW, LESS TALK, MORE ACTION IS WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE.
RAINEY SAID, WE WERE TRYING TO GET TO ACTION.
AND SO AS YOU SEE RIGHT IN THE IN THE SUBSEQUENT PLANS THAT HAVE COME OUT, NAMELY OUR HOUSING, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WE SAW BRIEFLY YESTERDAY IN TERMS OF THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION STRATEGIES, ETC.
UPDATES TO OUR C-CAP WORK AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
WE ATTEMPTED TO DO OUR BEST, YOU KNOW, PUTTING EQUITY INTO THE BOND THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S VARYING VIEWPOINTS AROUND THAT.
BUT THERE WAS THAT EFFORT MADE FOR THE FIRST TIME ALONGSIDE OUR EQUITY AND INCLUSION TEAM.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE FOCUSED.
SO WE CAN DO BOTH AND FOR SURE.
WELL, AND LET ME JUST ADD ONE MORE THING TO TO YOUR POINT, AND THAT IS IN OUR REP IS FOR SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF HOPE AND ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE AN INDICATOR ON THAT ON THAT EXACT TOPIC IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT AND OUR ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO I THINK CALLING AS WE GO THROUGH PARTICULARLY THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, AND WE GO AND WE TALK ABOUT THE ONES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WAS A DEPARTMENT MEASURE BUT WAS ACTUALLY AN OUTCOME.
REGARDLESS, I THINK ARE ALSO THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN THERE.
BECAUSE ENGAGEMENT WAS ONE OF THE INDICATORS.
AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO EXTRACT THOSE AND PROVIDE THEM TO YOU.
AND LET US KNOW IF THAT RESONATES WITH WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BENCHMARKING. WE WANT TO PURSUE THOSE IDEAS.
SURE. AND THEN FINALLY ON PAGE TEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESS CASE FOR RACIAL EQUITY.
WHEN IS THAT'S IN WORK RIGHT NOW, DO WE, WHEN IS THAT DELIVERABLE? DO. WE ANTICIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT QUARTER IT'LL BE DONE.
SO FIRST THING WE DO WHEN IT IS FULLY BAKED IS TO BRING IT HERE AND TO GET YOUR GET YOUR INPUT.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WE HAVE SOME REFERENCE.
AND I WOULD THINK THAT THIS TEAM, THIS IS A REPUTABLE GROUP, WOULD INCLUDE A PAGE ON SOME HISTORY LAWS ON THE BOOKS AND PRACTICES THAT HAVE YESTERDAY AFFECTED OUR TAX BASE OF TODAY, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OF TODAY, OUR ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF TODAY.
BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A LINK.
AND I THINK THIS COULD BE AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR IT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD POINT.
COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON, PLEASE.
SO IT'S A BUSINESS CASE BUT ALSO THE SOCIAL OUTCOMES TOO.
WHAT WAS THE INVESTMENT, WHAT WAS THE ROI? AND BE HONEST AND SOMETIMES IT IS JUST BUILDING UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE ROI HAPPENS TODAY.
THE ROI COULD BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, BUT YOU SHOW THAT GROWTH, THAT THIS INVESTMENT ACTUALLY MOVED, YOU KNOW, FIVE PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY AND OFF OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND IS NOW BUYING A HOUSE.
YOU NEED TO NOT ONLY PUT AN ANECDOTAL TWIST TO IT, BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO SHOW MONEY THAT WE ARE SETTING ASIDE 40 MILLION. THAT'S THEIR TAXPAYER DOLLARS IS ACTUALLY AN INVESTMENT THAT IS BENEFITING THEM.
I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY IT THAT WAY, BUT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW HOW IT DOES BENEFIT THEM.
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THEY WANT TO KNOW THEY'RE DOING GOOD, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO KNOW, WELL WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT IS THE OUTCOME AND WHO ARE WE HELPING? AND SO THAT'S MY THING IS JUST THE DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE.YOU GOT TO DO A BUSINESS AND A SOCIAL OUTCOME ANALYSIS TO JUST SHOW WHERE WHAT, THE MONEY, WHAT MONIES WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING AND WHAT THE OUTCOMES HAVE BEEN THAT THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS.
THAT'S GREAT. THOSE ARE GREAT.
DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND IN ANY WAY FROM? SURE. SO I WILL START AND THEN I'LL PASS IT TO THE TEAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON THAT IS, THAT IS THE INTENTION OF THIS BUSINESS CASE FOR RACIAL EQUITY OR THE ECONOMIC CASE, IF YOU WILL, FOR IT IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW IN THIS PARADIGM OR THIS FRAMEWORK, THE INTENTION IS THAT THAT EVERYBODY BENEFITS IN OUR CITY BY BY FOCUSING ON THOSE GREATEST NEEDS. SO WE ARE TRYING TO HIT THAT MARK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUSINESS CASE FOR, EQUITY THAT WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD.
BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN WORK ON IT IN MORE TANGIBLE WAYS OUTSIDE OF THAT ATTEMPT.
AND I'LL PASS IT TO THE TEAM FOR SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE HAD.
AND THANK YOU, LIZ, FOR THE COMMENTS.
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT LIZ HAS MENTIONED.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT A ZERO SUM GAME, WHICH MEANS IT'S NOT.
IT BENEFITS ALL WHEN WE ADDRESS THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE GREATEST NEED.
AND SO HAPPY TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY AND WE THINK ABOUT EQUITY IT IS TWOFOLD, RIGHT? WE KNOW IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT HAS AN IMPACT, A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL ECONOMIC GROWTH OF DALLAS OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO WANTS TO COME TO NORTH TEXAS, THERE'S SO MANY BENEFITS TO IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE KNOW THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO, DR. WILSON, ARE YOU ABLE TO ALSO LOOK AT LIKE, THE GDP OF THE CITY, GIVEN, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE DID GROW AS A CITY WITH THESE BENEFITS VERSUS JUST EVEN IN SPECIFIC SEGMENTED OUT AND LOOK IN COMMUNITIES? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO THE WHOLE NOT JUST TO A COMMUNITY, ARE YOU IS THAT ABLE TO SEGMENT OUT IN THIS STUDY? ABSOLUTELY. AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR IN FRONT OF THE REPORT, BECAUSE I KNOW DALLAS FOUNDATION AND SARAH COTTON NELSON ARE PROBABLY BITING AT THE BITS TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS, BUT IT DOES, IN FACT, LOOK AT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTED GROWTH RATE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS IT REGARDS TO WAGES AND SPENDING POWER.
AND AGAIN, THE OVERALL BENEFIT FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS, IF WE ADDRESS YOU KNOW, THE DISPARITIES THAT WE KNOW EXIST BECAUSE OF INTENTIONAL PRACTICES, BECAUSE BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THE POWER OF THE DOLLAR IS IMPACTFUL.
AND PEOPLE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS WITH THAT, WITH, WITH, WITH THEIR MONEY.
BUT WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS IN WHICH TO EARN A WAGE IN WHICH TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
I MEAN, AS YOU'VE SEEN, IT'S TAKEN US 2 TO 3 YEARS TO GET HERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TIME AND THERE'S MONEY.
AND TO SEE, BECAUSE WE WERE INTENTIONAL WHAT THOSE BENEFITS WILL BE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU.
AND IF I COULD JUST HIGHLIGHT ONE MORE RESOURCE.
RIGHT. BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT SOME RESOURCES EXIST WHEN WE THINK ABOUT UNITED WAY'S BLUEPRINT TO AN EQUITABLE WORKFORCE, THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE GAIN IF WE ADDRESS RACIAL AND ETHNIC INEQUITIES AND THE WORKFORCE.
SO WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE SOME RESOURCES.
I DO THINK IT'S PROBABLY WORTH IT IN THE MEANWHILE, IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, FOR OUR REPORT, IF WE COULD SEND OUT, PLEASE, BOTH THE UNITED WAY AND THE KELLOGG REPORT SO THAT OUR COMMITTEE CAN BE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE WHEN OURS IS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S PRESENTATION AND Y'ALL'S WORK ON THIS.
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I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE IS THIS GOING TO, QUOTE UNQUOTE, DUMB IT DOWN? FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT, I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S A POPULATION THAT TRULY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND EQUITY, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S A POPULATION THAT TRULY DOESN'T BELIEVE IN IT.AND SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS I ALMOST HAD, LIKE AN EPIPHANY WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT THIS WAS OR WHAT THIS COULD BE.
AND IF YOU TOOK THE RACE COMPONENT OUT, WHICH I'M NOT A FAN OF BECAUSE BUT I THINK THAT IN, IN BEING ABLE TO DUMB IT DOWN IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BE SPELLED OUT ON SOME HISTORICAL DATA AND WHERE OUR CITY HAS PRIORITIZED INVESTMENT AND WHAT THAT RETURN LOOKS LIKE, BUT BUT REMOVED FROM THE RACIAL COMPONENT? AND AGAIN, I'M NOT WANTING TO TAKE THE RACIAL COMPONENT OUT, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WITH A LOT OF THE THE BUSINESS CASE SPECIFICALLY THAT WHEN WE HAVE A STATE LEGISLATURE WHO'S HELL BENT ON GETTING RID OF DEI AND ANY TURN RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THAT RHETORIC.
AND SO WITH THAT, HOW CAN HOW CAN.
THIS BE USED AS A TOOL TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT JUST IN BASIC ECONOMICS, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT THIS IS, ALTHOUGH WE'RE ADDRESSING AN ADVANCING RACIAL INEQUITIES.
IN DOING SO, I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING IN KIND OF SHORING UP THE SCORE IS ALLOWING FOR CERTAIN SECTORS OR FACTORS TO BE IN AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD, BUT IN TURN SHOULD YIELD THE SAME RESULTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WHEN THE RACIAL COMPONENT WASN'T WHAT OUR FOCUS WAS AS A CITY.
BUT WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
IT'S JUST REINVENTING THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE WHEEL.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK YOU HIT ON A NUMBER OF POWERFUL POINTS RIGHT AND SO THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF A RECENT CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AROUND, YOU KNOW FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, TRIGGER WORDS.
RIGHT. SO OFTENTIMES LANGUAGE GETS SHIFTS NOT FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED, BUT FOR IT TO BE I KNOW I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT, BUT FOR IT TO, FOR IT TO HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT.
RIGHT. AND SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AS AN OFFICE, AGAIN IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNERS IS ONE THINKING ABOUT OUR AUDIENCE FOR THIS REPORT, RIGHT? JUST LIKE WE UNDERSTAND THE EQUITY INDICATORS DOES NOT REACH EVERYONE IN THE SAME MANNER, WE RECOGNIZE THIS REPORT IS NOT.
SO WHO IS THIS REPORT FOR? AND TO YOUR LARGER POINT, WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN THIS REPORT.
AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WHILE ALSO THINKING ABOUT UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE COMMUNITIES WHO ARE ALREADY DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IN ANY OF THE REPORTS, AS IN REGARDS TO DISPARITIES RIGHT.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THOSE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS.
BUT TO YOUR LARGER POINT, YES.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS REPORT IS WE UNDERSTAND THAT NO MATTER WHAT, THERE ARE GOING TO BE INDIVIDUALS WHO THROW OUT ANYTHING. AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THIS REPORT IS FOR.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FOR THIS REPORT.
AND SO YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOTED AND IT HAS BEEN A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT I IN NO WAY WANT TO WATER DOWN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT IT IS.
I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT SOMETIMES JUST WITH THE MESSAGING, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH JUST STARTING A CONVERSATION WITH RACIAL EQUITY.
I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE, BUT I ALSO THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO WHY THIS IS NEEDED.
AND AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN IF WE CAN BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AND TRY TO LEVERAGE WHAT WE DO KNOW AS KIND OF JUST LIKE STRONG POINTS STILL BEING POOLED WITH CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS AND QUITE FRANKLY, I MEAN, I DON'T SAY THAT TO, TO AGAIN TO WATER DOWN OR DIMINISH.
I MEAN WHEN, IF IT CAN BE FRAMED IN A WAY THAT IS PALATABLE TO OTHERS WHO MAY NOT BE OPEN TO JUST
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THE NOTION OF RACIAL EQUITY AS A WHOLE, I DON'T I SEE MY CONSTITUENTS NOT EVEN SEEING LOOKING TWICE AT THAT.I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL MY COMMUNITY THAT THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTED, YOU KNOW, AND SO I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT IT'S A NUANCE THAT HAS TO BE PLAYED IN ORDER TO NOT ADDRESS WHAT THIS IS MEANT TO ADDRESS.
BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GET THE BUY IN, EVEN WITH SOME COLLEAGUES AROUND THE DAIS, TO UNDERSTAND REALLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING WITHOUT THEM SHUTTING DOWN IMMEDIATELY FROM SEEING THAT THIS IS DRIVEN BY RACIAL EQUITY.
I WANT TO JUST COMMENT ON THAT, BECAUSE THE ONE OF THE BEAUTIES, ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL GOALS, I THINK, OF THIS OVERALL RACIAL EQUITY EXERCISE PLAN, VALUE SYSTEM, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THIS IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO EVERYONE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY.
AND IN THE FIGURATIVE PIECE IS THIS BUSINESS CASE.
AND SO I THINK WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE SAID, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
I MEAN, I WANT TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SENSITIVE TO THE WORLD OF RACIAL EQUITY.
IT JUST HAPPENS. AND SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.
AND IN THIS CASE, THE IDEA THAT YOU PUT FORWARD, I THINK, OF SOME OF THE BASIC THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WHEN WHEN MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS SPEAKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NORTH AND SOUTH ALL THE TIME, MAYBE EVEN HAVING A SLIDE OR TWO OR A PAGE OR TWO THAT TALKS ABOUT OUR HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN AND WHAT THAT DID ECONOMICALLY FOR THAT PART OF TOWN.
AND WHY IS NORTH DALLAS CARRYING A HIGHER BURDEN OF THE TAX REVENUE OF THE TAX PROPERTY TAX, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAD MORE INVESTMENT MADE INTO THEIR PART OF TOWN, ETC..
AND BY CHANGING THAT, HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO.
I THINK THAT PIECE OF IT, I THINK, COULD BE A VERY POWERFUL STATEMENT AND PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS CASE, THIS BUSINESS CASE. YEAH.
MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO ADD, I AGREE WITH THAT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IT REVERSED AS WELL.
BUT WHAT DID THAT DO OVER TIME IN PLACES THAT WE IGNORED WHILE PUTTING ALL OUR EGGS IN THAT BASKET? AND LET'S TRY TO FRAME IT IN THAT, IN THAT SENSE, AND I THINK WOULD BE VERY POWERFUL.
PLEASE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF OF THIS PHASE OF THE BUSINESS CASE FOR EQUITY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DO IT IN PHASES OR IF WE WANT TO RETHINK SOME OF THE THE APPROACH TO THIS, BECAUSE WHERE IT'S STARTING REALLY IS TODAY AND, AND WHERE WE COULD GO TOWARD THE FUTURE IF WE CLOSED WEALTH GAPS, IF WE HAD RACIAL EQUITY, ETC..
AND SO WE WILL THINK THAT THROUGH.
RIGHT. BE AN INTERESTING EXERCISE.
I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, AND I AGREE WITH SOME OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGING AND BEING SENSITIVE TO VARYING PERSPECTIVES IN OUR CITY, BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT UPDATE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT MADAM CHAIR, YOU MENTIONED WAS ABOUT HOW WE ENSURE THAT OTHER COMMITTEES ARE, ARE ALSO ENSURING THAT THEY'RE KEEPING A FOCUS ON EQUITY.
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THAT OR SOME SORT OF SPECIAL CALL MEETING FOR THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OF IDEAS.
AND LIZ, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED HOW THESE INITIATIVES OR FOCUSING ON EQUITY IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT EQUITY SINCE I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU KNOW.
I WAS FORTUNATE THAT DISD WAS ALREADY PUSHING, YOU KNOW, EQUITY.
AND SO, FORTUNATELY, STAFF AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AGREED WITH ME ON THAT.
AND IT'S ONLY BEEN OPEN 3 OR 4 YEARS.
HE MAY BE LISTENING OR NOT, BUT IF YOU KNEW THE WAY THAT THE RED CLOUD COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY, HOW IT HAS LOOKED COMPARED TO HOW IT IS NOW, BRAND NEW STREETS, BRAND NEW ALLEYS, BRAND NEW LIGHTING, WI-FI ACCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY, THE INITIATIVE ACTUALLY WON AN INTERNATIONAL SMART CITIES AWARD BASED ON THOSE INVESTMENTS, AND SO THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS IMPACTS COMMUNITIES.
IN THE SHOPPING CENTER NEXT TO THAT COMMUNITY, WE HAD THE BETTER BLOCK PROJECT RECENTLY WHERE WE TURN THAT SPACE, THE UNDERUTILIZED PARKING LOT INTO A BASKETBALL COURT, SHADING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE WAITING AT THE FOOD BANK.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THOSE THINGS OUT THERE AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK.
THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO SLICE AND DICE THIS AND THEN CHAIR BAZALDUA PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RESENDEZ.
AND I, AS A CHAIR, WILL COMMIT TO MAYBE DOING A QUARTERLY REPORT.
I THINK THAT WE COULD ASK THAT OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ALSO CHAIRING OTHER COMMITTEES, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE US GET JUST AS SERIOUS AS WE ARE IN OTHER AVENUES TO HIGHLIGHT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS NEEDS TO ONLY LIVE IN THE WE COMMITTEE ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WORK HERE IS SHOWING WHERE IT TOUCHES, NOT ONLY WITH DEPARTMENTS, BUT THEN, OF COURSE, THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT DEPARTMENTS TOUCH, WHAT COMMITTEES.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT POLICY WORK AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP FOR THE FULL COUNCIL, I THINK THAT IT'S A MISSTEP FOR US TO NOT AT LEAST BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION HEARING FROM YOU ALL ON HOW THIS TOUCHES THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND HELPS GET US CLOSER TO THE GOALS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.
SO I'M COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE OTHERS THAT WOULD TOO.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT, MAYBE EVEN BE A DIRECTION FROM THIS COMMITTEE TO OTHER COMMITTEES, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF STREAMLINE A PROCESS AND HAVE JUST AS MUCH OF A PRIORITY IN THE EQUITY COMPONENT TO EACH OF THE REALMS THAT WE HAVE.
WE CAN SEND A MEMO OR TALK TO THEM AS WELL.
WITH ANY OTHER LAST COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? YES, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO I WON'T GO TOO DEEP INTO WHAT I'M HEARING.
THE COMMENTS THAT I HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA GIVES ME YOU KNOW, I REFLECT ON IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BY NOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EVER, EVER KNOW IT UNTIL WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE JUST DO THIS.
SIR, FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, COME ACROSS THE TRINITY.
I WANT YOU TO ASK THE JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD OF FOLKS.
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DO YOU ALL LIKE EATING FRESH FOOD? DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU LIKE FOOD? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS IN TERMS OF GOING TO BUY FRESH? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT FRESH FOOD IS? YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO REALLY COME DOWN AND GET TO THIS WHOLE NOTION ABOUT WHY WE CAN'T GET GROCERY STORES.WE CAN'T PUT NOTHING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE'RE SCARED WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW, THIS WAS ACTUALLY TOLD TO ME ABOUT ONE OF MY PROJECTS, THE GUY THEY BOUGHT OUT, ONE OF THE PROPERTIES DOWN IN LANCASTER URBAN LANCASTER ROAD, BOUGHT OUT SOME APARTMENTS AND HAD BIDDED ON ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT WE HAD RIGHT THERE IN THE CORRIDOR, PATRIOTS CROSSING, TO BE SPECIFIC.
SO THEY WENT OUT AND FLIPPED THE BUILDING.
SIR, BUT YOU'RE BIDDING ON A PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO THAT.
SO WHY WOULD YOU ALL WANT TO BID ON THAT PROPERTY IF YOUR FOLKS ARE SCARED TO COME OVER HERE? NOW EVENTUALLY THEY WALKED OFF FROM THE PROPERTY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, THE RACE THING.
AND THEY WANT TO COME TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THE BUSINESS CASE, LIKE I'VE HEARD IN HERE, BOTH OF WHAT MISTER BAZALDUA SAID AND MISTER ALL OF YOU ACTUALLY, BUT THOSE TWO THINGS KIND OF RESONATED WITH ME. THE CONVERSATION WITH ALSO WITH MISTER RESENDEZ.
AND WE HAVE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF US AS A COUNCIL DOING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE.
THEY BUILD THE CITY, THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICES.
COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ASK FOLKS IF THEY ENJOY LIVING IN A HOUSE WHERE THE ROOF LEAKS EVERY TIME IT RAINS, AND COME OVER ACROSS THE TRINITY AND ASK FOLKS HOW MUCH? HOW DO THEY ENJOY HOW MUCH FUN THEY HAVE BY GETTING WALKING TO A GROCERY STORE AND SMELLING THE MEAT WHEN YOU WALK IN.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME STORES YOU DO THAT YOU WALK IN, YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE JUST COOKING THE MEAT OR WHAT, BUT IT'S SITTING BACK THERE IN THE IN THE BUTCHER, IN THE IN THE FOOD FOOD SECTION.
I WENT TO SCHOOL IN DURANT, OKLAHOMA, AND A LITTLE MY ROOMMATE CAME BACK AND SAID, THE LITTLE GIRL CAME TO THE WALKED UP TO HER IN THE GROCERY STORE AND DID LIKE THIS BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT CAME OFF.
SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS COLORED COME OFF.
I WENT TO SCHOOL IN THE CITY WHERE FOLKS, WE COULDN'T EVEN LIVE IN THE CITY.
ALL THE HISTORY WE HAD WAS WHEN YOU GOT HUNG ON THAT TREE.
SO THAT I KIND OF UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND I'VE HAD, I HAVEN'T BEEN EXPOSED TO FOLKS WHO LOOK LIKE YOU, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET ACROSS THE MARK WITH THIS.
WE KNOW THAT WE REPRESENT BECAUSE OF 14 ONE, COMMUNITIES THAT WANT TO EAT FRESH FOOD.
THEY WANT PARKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT PART, BUT THEY WANT OPTIONS.
YOU USE THE WORD AS SOON AS YOU SAID OPPORTUNITIES.
I'VE WRITTEN IT DOWN. OPPORTUNITIES.
IF I WANT A BAGEL, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE TRINITY TO BUY A BAGEL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE BOLD AND TAKE SOME BOLD STEPS.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT FOLKS WHO WANT TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MEANS TO DO THAT, BUT I KNOW THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BOTTOM LINE WHERE THEY STILL HAVE TO MAKE A PROFIT.
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BUT I JUST SIMPLY SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A CONVERSATION AROUND TALKING TO THESE FOLKS WHO COME TO US TO ASK FOR TAX ABATEMENTS, YOU'RE A BILLIONAIRE FIVE TIMES OVER, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN PUT $13 IN IN ACROSS THE TRINITY TO HELP US.SO I JUST WANT US TO NOT WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT, AND THIS IS HUMAN.
I MIGHT LOSE THE RACE IF I SUPPORT THAT INVESTMENT IN THAT CONVENTION CENTER.
BECAUSE, SEE, WE STILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT.
HOW DID THOSE BLACK WOMEN, HOW DID THAT BLACK FIRM GET THAT THAT CONTRACT? Y'ALL MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING.
SO WE MOVE TEN STEPS UP AND THEN WE STEP BACK 20.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THE COUNCIL WITH WITH THE TEAM DREAM TEAM THAT I HAVE NOW.
WHO WHO IS NOT AFRAID, SOME FOLKS ARE STILL SCARED.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN THIS THING.
AND WHEN YOU PUT THAT GROCERY STORE WITH THAT PARTNER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOLKS NOW MUCH MORE HEALTHIER, WE CAN RUN THAT FOR A WHILE, RUN THAT TEST TO SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE HEALTH OF THAT COMMUNITY.
WHAT IS DALLAS COUNTY SAYING NOW ABOUT THOSE ZIP CODES THAT I REPRESENT? I THINK MISTER JAIME RESENDEZ, AS WELL AS MISTER BAZALDUA REPRESENT SOME OF THOSE ZIP CODES.
SO I'M GOING TO I HAVE PREACHED ABOUT ENOUGH, I GUESS, BUT I AM FRUSTRATED TO THIS DEGREE THAT WE HAVE GOT TO BE THE CITY THAT STANDS UP IN TEXAS BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME VERY AGGRESSIVE, AGGRESSIVE, DEMONIC SPIRITS WHEN IT COMES TO TREATING OUR PEOPLE THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE TREATED, WHICH IS HUMAN BEING.
ALL OF US PRETTY MUCH BLEED THE SAME BLOOD WHEN YOU CUT IT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE WITH DIFFERENT COLORED BLOOD.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES ACROSS, WE'RE HUMAN.
SO IF I WENT ACROSS RIGHT NOW AND IF I SAID MS. JAYNIE SCHULTZ, DO YOU LIKE DRINKING WATER? FRESH WATER, DO YOU LIKE WATER THAT'S BEEN CONTAMINATED? IT LOOKS CONTAMINATED.
BUT BEING BEING SCARED, I CAN'T DO THAT ONE.
WE CAN ADVOCATE, WE CAN TALK EQUITY.
BUT WE GOT TO SHOW THAT IT WORKS AND IT CAN WORK.
BUT WE JUST CANNOT AFFORD TO GO BACK.
WE CANNOT SUPPORT JIM CROW AND ALL OF HIS RELATIVES COMING HERE TO INFILTRATE THIS CITY.
SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE MORE AND MORE I LOOK AT THE HEADLINES AND THE MORE AND MORE I LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON FROM AUSTIN, THE MORE I FEAR THAT IF WE DON'T STAND STRONG NOW, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK FROM THE DESTRUCTION AND INJUSTICES THAT WILL WREAK HAVOC ON THIS CITY IF WE DON'T DO IT RIGHT NOW.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR YOUR WORK ON EQUITY IN THIS CITY AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I AND I DON'T DISAGREE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU SHARED.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL BE REALLY QUICK.
OKAY, JUST JUST DON'T FORGET ABOUT SUNNY SOUTH DALLAS.
MAY I JUST SAY THANK YOU TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THAT FEEDBACK TO US AND TO OUR TEAM AND FOR YOUR ALWAYS COURAGE AND SPEAKING ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY AND THE HISTORICAL IMPLICATIONS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WHEN TC BROADNAX AND I FIRST STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE SUPPORT THAT VALUE? WE DID HAVE SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL IS HAVING TODAY.
AND I LOOK TO ECO DEV AND I SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW DID THE ECO DEV POLICY SPEAK TO FRESH FOOD? AND THERE'S A DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE NUMBER ONE.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT OUT, BUT IT SPEAKS TO THAT INTENTION.
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AND SO THEN MY I'LL GO BACK TO MY TEAM AND SAY, HOW ARE HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THIS.THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BROUGHT IT UP.
CAN YOU CHECK IN WITH ECO DEV AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE? AND SO THAT'S HOW THIS REP IS SORT OF A LIVING DOCUMENT FOR US.
IT WAS INTENDED TO BE ITERATIVE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
SO THIS IS WHY THIS COMMITTEE DIALOG IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR TEAM.
THANK YOU. AND IF I CAN JUST ADD ONE ADDITIONAL THING TO THAT RIGHT.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE GOT A DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A EQUITY INDICATOR COMING OUT IN THE 2023 REPORT AS WELL AROUND FOOD EQUITY, WHICH WAS NOT IN THE 2019.
GREAT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THIS ROBUST CONVERSATION.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT I NEED INPUT FROM YOU ALL.
THIS IS BASED ON OUR MAYOR'S MEMO, WHERE HE ASKED US TO HOST A MEETING THIS SPRING ENTIRELY DEVOTED TO COMMUNITY INPUT ON MAJOR TOPICS RELATED TO OUR COMMITTEE'S POLICY AREAS.
SO AND HE WOULD ALSO SUGGEST WE INVITE TESTIMONY FROM KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL ON HOW WE COULD IMPLEMENT THIS.
THIS REQUEST WE HAVE ONGOING THROUGH LUCKILY THROUGH WE BECAUSE WE TOUCH SO MANY AREAS THAT HAVE ONGOING COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE JUST HAD A WHOLE DISCUSSION.
WE KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR RACIAL EQUITY WORK HAS THAT.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW WE COULD DO THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME ON THESE TOPICS.
BUT WHAT JUMPED OUT AT ME IN THIS MEMO IS THAT THE LISTENING SESSIONS ARE FOCUSED ON AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY GOVERNMENT, AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE VERY MUCH INCLUDE CITY EMPLOYEES AND STAFF IN THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THE INSIDE BASEBALL.
TOPICS THAT WE WE HAVE DESIGNATED.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THE CITY GOVERNMENT, I DON'T THINK WE CAN NOT LISTEN CAREFULLY TO OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LIVING IT EVERY DAY AND WHO ARE INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND WITH OUR SYSTEMS EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND KNOW WHAT THOSE PRESSURE POINTS ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WELL AND WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING WELL. AND SO I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION, AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT HERE.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A SEGMENT ON THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, MOSTLY BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LARGE SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THAT EITHER DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT OR DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT, OR ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'M DISAPPOINTED THERE'S NO ONE IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY TO HEAR THAT BRIEFING.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT IF WE PUBLICIZE THIS PROPERLY, WE WILL GET AN AUDIENCE FOR THIS.
SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING THEN THAT WE DO A COMMITTEE MEETING OR THAT WE DO LIKE SHARED DISTRICT LEVEL LISTENING SESSIONS ON THIS TOPIC? WHAT WOULD SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS BE ON THIS? WELL, WE DON'T SEEM TO GET MUCH OF AN AUDIENCE FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, FRANKLY, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
SO I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR FORUM TO RAISE THESE ISSUES.
I THINK THE MAYOR'S MEMO PRETTY MUCH LEAVES THAT TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND SO PERHAPS WE ORGANIZE A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL THAT'S CITYWIDE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT THIS COMMITTEE WANTS TO BRING UP.
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SO THAT'S GREAT SUGGESTION.SO LET ME JUST ASK THE COMMITTEE THEN, BASED ON YOUR SUGGESTION.
SO I HEARD WE COULD INCLUDE THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
ARE THERE OTHER AREAS THAT WE MEANING OUR COMMITTEE, THE WORKFORCE COMMITTEE ADDRESSES THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE IN THIS VIRTUAL TOWN HALL IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THAT.
ANY SUGGESTIONS FROM ANYBODY BASED ON THE WORK THAT WE DO OF WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY? THAT WE COULD INCLUDE IN THIS TOWN HALL? I WILL, I WILL SHARE THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED QUITE A BIT IN OUR WORK IS IT'S BEEN SEGMENTED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, IN OTHER WORDS, BOTH AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL FOR SOME. BUT ALSO WHAT WE ARE PREPARING FOR TWO CONVENINGS WITHIN WORKFORCE AND WITHIN EDUCATION, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS ONCE THE PLANS ARE FINALIZED, CONVENING THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS FOR EACH OF THOSE PRIMARY AREAS OF OUR WORK TO FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE GAPS IN CITY SERVICES, HOW CAN WE BE? ARE WE INVESTING AS A CITY IN THE RIGHT THINGS IN WORKFORCE BASED ON THOSE KEY STAKEHOLDERS? BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION OF A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MAYBE THOSE TOPICS GET INCLUDED FIRST, RIGHT? ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS IN WORKFORCE AND IN EDUCATION? AND MAYBE WE USE THOSE AS PART OF THE FEEDBACK TOWARD THE CONVENINGS THAT WE'LL BE HAVING AMONG THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
ARE THERE OTHER SUGGESTIONS? YES, I THINK ALSO, AND I'VE GOT TO REALLY SIT BACK AND CHEW ON TURN ON YOUR MIC.
SO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO JUMP INTO THIS..
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR FROM STAFF AS WELL.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS, WE NEED TO BUILD IT IN SOME TYPE OF WAY.
SO WE BEGIN TO TEACH FOLKS, EDUCATE THEM ON HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO THINK YOU CAN JUST THEN CALL US UP AND SAY, WELL, I NEED YOU TO I NEED YOU TO COME IN AND FIX MY STREET.
WELL, IT'S A PROCESS, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR, MISTER THE COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS ALWAYS TALK ABOUT PROCESS AND PROCEDURES BECAUSE UNDERSTANDING HOW THE PROCESS AND HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS ALSO HELPS US IN OUR POSITIONS, BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME, ESPECIALLY DURING THE OTHER PART OF OUR LIVES, WHEN WE HAVE TO HIT THE GROUND CAMPAIGNING, THE FIRST THING THEY TELL YOU IS YOU AIN'T DOING NOTHING.
WELL, IT'S A PROCESS AND I CAN'T DO.
IT'S NOT A ONE VOTE, IT'S NOT A ONE MAN SHOW.
AND SO TO GET CERTAIN THINGS, TO GET THINGS DONE, IT IS A PROCESS.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO BEGIN TO PUT THAT MESSAGE OUT AS WELL.
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF THOSE SESSIONS THAT I HEAR FROM, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS, EVEN WHEN I'M OUT WALKING AND WORKING AND WHATEVER, I'M GETTING READY TO MEET WITH A GROUP. AFTER A WHILE, IT'S ALL ABOUT, WHY, WHY CAN'T WE GET THIS, YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T WE GET THE STREETS, ROADS? WHY CAN'T WE GET THIS? AND SO IT'S BACK TO THE POLICY, BUT I THINK A POLICY AND PROCEDURES.
BUT I THINK HAVING THAT VIRTUAL IS WHAT I'M GOING TO PRETTY MUCH START WORKING ON AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW, THIS MEMO TO ME HAS LEFT ME REALLY PERPLEXED.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE KNOW THE PRIORITIES THAT EXIST WITHIN THE COMMITTEES.
WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH STAFF THAT IS MEANT TO DRIVE THESE FORWARD AS POLICY TO THE FULL BODY.
I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT ENGAGEMENT IS LACKING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WE HAVE THINGS THAT COME UP IN COMMITTEE THAT ARE LARGELY COVERED AND DISCUSSED IN THE MEDIA.
AND I KNOW THAT WE DO WITH EVERY OTHER COMMITTEE.
AND WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO, TO, TO SOME BUSY WORK.
AND THAT'S WHAT I LOOK THIS TO BE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL TAKE THIS BACK AND WE'LL DISCUSS HOW BEST TO DO THAT.
OH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT YOU HAD.
YES, I APOLOGIZE, I'M SO SORRY.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON, PLEASE GO RIGHT AHEAD.
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JUST LISTENING TO EVERYBODY IN THE CONVERSATION.YOU KNOW, LISTENING SESSIONS COME IN VARIOUS FORMS. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF OF OF COMMUNICATION.
WHAT WE COULD DO IS HAVE A QR CODE THAT PEOPLE CAN IF THEY CAN WATCH OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WATCH THE VIRTUAL, AND THEN GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON THEIR TIME.
THAT AND THAT WAY IT'S ALL COLLECTED IN ONE GOOGLE FORM.
THAT MAY BE ANOTHER WAY TO CAPTURE INFORMATION THAT'S NOT FEELING LIKE A BUSY WORK, BUT ACTUALLY FEELS LIKE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION ALONG OUR ALL OF OUR WORK.
IF YOU WATCH OUR MEETINGS AND YOU WANT SOME, GIVE US FEEDBACK.
AND AND YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST IS A LITTLE FORM AND PEOPLE CAN FILL IT OUT.
AND WE DO THAT A LOT IN D9 AND WE DO GET A LOT OF RESPONSES.
WE DO IT AT BUDGET TIME AND WE DID IT AT BOND.
AND PEOPLE CAN DO IT ON THEIR TIME.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A GOOD WAY TO GET FEEDBACK.
ANYTHING ELSE? TERRIFIC. OKAY. LET ME JUST ADD THIS.
I'M GLAD THAT MRS. COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON MENTIONED THAT.
I THINK THE KEY IS MAKING SURE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS FOR ENGAGEMENT, BECAUSE AS MY AS I'M AN ADVOCATE NOW OF MAKING SURE THAT ONE OF MY BIGGEST PARTNERS FOR AS A TOOL FOR COMMUNICATION IS THE CHURCH, THE IMA, THE GROUP OF PASTORS THAT TOUCH THESE CONGREGATIONS THAT MANY TIMES, THAT'S PROBABLY OUR STRONGEST PARTNER IN MY DISTRICT.
I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. SO MY FOLKS ARE GRAY FOR THE MOST PART.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE NOT SO GRAY.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO A QR CODE.
BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A GOOD BLEND.
THANK YOU. NO, THAT'S GREAT INPUT AND TO HAVE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS I THINK IS ESSENTIAL.
ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS ON THE ACP MEMO? ITEM D.
DID YOU MOVE? YEAH, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE PRESENTER TILL 10:30.
I HAD JUST ONE QUESTION ON THAT.
MY MY QUESTION JUST IS WHAT ARE WE, ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATIVES? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR REDUCED PRICE INTERNET? I DON'T KNOW IF SO WITH THE WITH THE ACP ENDING WITH ITEM D, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS ALL THIS SUBSIDIZED INTERNET ACCESS IS ABOUT TO GO AWAY, AND PEOPLE ARE ABOUT TO HAVE HUGE STICKER SHOCK ON IT.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE EFFORTS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS DOING, I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVES OTHER THAN WHAT WE MIGHT BE DOING AS A CITY TO HELP THESE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO THEIR INTERNET AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU CHAIR AND CHIEF GAVINO HAD A SCHEDULING CONFLICT TODAY, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT SHE PROVIDES A FULSOME RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THOSE ANSWERS OTHER THAN THAT, IF YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE A LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN THE WORKS OR, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE SECTOR DOING IT ON THEIR OWN, I THINK WHAT THE CITY'S FOCUS IS RIGHT NOW IS GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED SO THAT THEY HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT THEM.
AND I THINK THAT THAT THAT ANSWER CAN TAKE PLACE WHEN WE GET THE BRIEFING ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT COUNCIL THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET IT'S PART OF THE BIGGER PICTURE OF ALL OF IT.
SO NOTED, BUT SHE ALSO DID WANT TO ENSURE THAT SHE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK SHE RECEIVED FROM THIS COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WAS A WAS A HIGH PRIORITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAD THAT VIRTUAL TOWN HALL.
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WHILE WE'RE WAITING.OKAY IF THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS.
JOYCE, ARE YOU ABLE TO BEGIN THIS BRIEFING WHILE WE WAIT, AND I APOLOGIZE? I THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE US TEN MORE MINUTES BECAUSE OUR OUR PRESENTER, LYNN MCBEE, HAD ASKED TO PRESENT AT 10:30.
I DON'T WANT TO ENCROACH ON HER PRESENTATION, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO TAKE TIME.
ARE YOU, JOYCE, ARE GOOD WITH THAT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, WORKFORCE DALLAS IS THE PROJECT THAT WAS CREATED BY THE MAYOR'S WORKFORCE CZAR THAT HE APPOINTED TWO YEARS AGO LYNN MCBEE.
MADAM CHAIR, JOYCE WILLIAMS, A DIRECTOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WORKFORCE DALLAS EFFORTS. AND AS YOU KNOW, IN 2023, THE WORKFORCE CZAR WAS ASSIGNED TO LOOK AT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM THE MAYOR'S UPSKILLING TASK FORCE AND LOOKING AT HOW THE CITY OF DALLAS COULD PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO LOOK AT OUR EFFORTS AND WORKFORCE AND HOW WE COULD, AS A CITY, INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR UNSKILLED, UNDER SKILLED AND UNEMPLOYED WORKERS WITHIN OUR CITY TO ACTUALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS AND AND MEET THE NEEDS OF THE LABOR MARKET.
TODAY I HAVE WITH US, LYNN MCBEE IS ON HER WAY, BUT SHE ALSO HAS WHAT I SAY IS A RIGHT HAND SOLDIER, AND YOU ALL MAY KNOW HIM AND SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW HIM.
HE USED TO WORK AT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO PUSH THE TOP? OKAY. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE I WORKED HERE, Y'ALL, SO Y'ALL GOTTA GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT.
SEAN WILLIAMS, I AM VICE PRESIDENT AT ALLEN MEDIA.
AND WE ARE KIND OF A PROJECT MANAGER WITH LYNN MCBEE, THE WORKFORCE CZAR FOR WORKFORCE DALLAS.
EXCUSE ME. WORKFORCE DALLAS IS A STARTUP THAT WAS CREATED AFTER THE MAYOR'S CICERO REPORT CAME OUT.
AND SO AS SHE WAS MEETING AND DISCUSSING WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE DALLAS COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS HOW TO ORGANIZE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND GET THEM TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.
SHE THOUGHT THAT THE BEST WAY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WAS TO BECOME PART OF THE WORK.
AND SO LAST YEAR A KICKOFF WITH THE MAYOR WAS HELD ACTUALLY YEAR BEFORE LAST KICK OFF WITH THE MAYOR WAS HELD TO LAUNCH WORKFORCE DALLAS AS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION.
I CAN GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
CAN WE SHOULD I JUST DO I CLICK THROUGH OR JUST ASK THEM TO MOVE THROUGH? OKAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
OKAY. SO WITHIN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH MARKET WE'VE SEEN OBVIOUSLY UNBELIEVABLE GROWTH AND THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF SECTORS THAT HAVE LED THAT GROWTH.
BUT FOR MANY OF THE TARGET ORGANIZATIONS, THE TARGET MARKET FOR WORKFORCE DALLAS IS ADULTS WHO ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 64. MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT LYNN SAW WERE DEDICATED TO COLLEGE GRADUATES, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, YOUNGER WORKERS.
AND SO THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE FOCUS OF WORKFORCE DALLAS, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
RIGHT NOW, THE WORKING AGE ADULTS MAKE UP 35% OF OUR CITY'S POPULATIONS.
AND MORE THAN 30% OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE HEADED BY SINGLE WOMEN ARE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
SO MANY OF OUR CLIENTS WITHIN OUR WORKFORCE DALLAS DATABASE ARE WOMEN WHO ARE SEEKING JOBS.
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WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HELPING EVERYONE.AND THAT INCLUDES UPSKILLING JOB PLACEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO AS A RESULT OF THE MAYOR'S VISION AND THE MAYOR DIRECTING SOME FUNDS TOWARDS WORKFORCE DALLAS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE SOME NAVIGATORS WHO ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.
AGAIN, BUT NOT JUST THAT, BUT UPSKILLING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIFFERENT SECTORS.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH NONPROFIT PARTNERS IN AREAS LIKE TRUCK DRIVING AND AREAS LIKE CYBERSECURITY AND AREAS LIKE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT.
WE RECENTLY, JUST ON FEBRUARY 29TH, HELD A A JOB FAIR WITH OUR PARTNERS FROM READY TO WORK WHO ARE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON THE LOGISTICS INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO LOOKING INTO PHARMACY TECH AS WELL.
SO OUR OUR SIX PILLARS OF SUCCESS FOR WORKFORCE DALLAS ARE REDUCING BARRIERS TO UPSKILLING, IDENTIFYING GEOGRAPHIC HOTSPOTS FOR UPSKILLING, IDENTIFYING AND NURTURING, NURTURING UPSKILLING GROWTH INDUSTRIES, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS, JOB MATCHING, TECH SOLUTIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH.
WE HAVE REALLY BEEN FOCUSING THIS YEAR.
OUR PLAN IS TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE JOB MATCHING TECH SOLUTIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS AI AS WELL.
FOR INSTANCE YOU KNOW, WE'VE FOUND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING IN RETAIL OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND HAVE SHOWN REALLY GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE SUCCESS THROUGH RETAIL WORK.
SOME OF THOSE ONE LADY PARTICULAR THAT I'M THINKING OF WAS AT SACK AND SAVE, AND SHE DID NOT REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, HER SKILLS WOULD TRANSFER TO A CALL CENTER WHERE SHE COULD WORK BETTER HOURS, WHERE SHE COULD MAKE MORE MONEY.
AND THAT WAS A SKILL THAT SHE ALREADY HAD.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE OF MATCHING SKILLS WITH JOBS THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD WITH OTHER JOBS THAT PAY MORE OR CAN HELP THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF LIVING THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MADE AWARE OF.
THIS IS JUST A SLIDE THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE'VE HAD.
I REALLY LIKE TO CLOSE, EXCUSE ME TO CALL OUT SOME OF THE PARTNERS, LIKE FOR OAK CLIFF LIKE THE CONCILIO, LIKE JUBILEE, WHO HAVE LET WORKFORCE DALLAS ACTUALLY EMBED THEMSELVES INTO, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE SET UP SHOPS, WE HAVE SET UP PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY COME IN TO FOR OAKCLIFF TO JUBILEE PARK AND REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED, EVEN IF IT'S CONNECTING THEM WITH GED SERVICES, UPSKILLING OPPORTUNITIES.
AGAIN, SAME THING WITH ON TARGET SOLUTIONS AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, WORKFORCE DALLAS IS A STARTUP.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST 14 MONTHS, AND WE HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON HIRING EVENTS.
AND A LOT OF THOSE SOME OF THOSE EVENTS WORKFORCE DALLAS HAS DONE ON THEIR OWN A NUMBER OF EVENTS, WE'VE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH I THINK I HAVE ON A DIFFERENT SLIDE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A LOT ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS.
IT TOOK A WHILE TO REALLY GET TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEED WAS AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
BUT REALLY, AGAIN, THE BEING ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NAVIGATORS THAT WE'VE HAD TO TO TO MEET WITH PEOPLE AND TO TALK WITH PEOPLE, TO WALK THEM THROUGH THE STEPS OF THE PROCESS OF HIRING.
THAT HAS REALLY BEEN HELPFUL IN THE CITY OF DALLAS BEING A PARTNER WITH THAT.
I CAN'T REALLY EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THAT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EVENT THAT WE HAD RECENTLY WITH THE TD JAKES FOUNDATION.
YOU KNOW, WE AND I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT 25 TO 64 YEAR OLD POPULATION.
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AND A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE YOU KNOW, MAY NOT HAVE A GED.THEY MAY NOT HAVE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE CAREERS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
AND SO WE SAW A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AT THE TD JAKES MIXER WHO FIT IN THAT CATEGORY WHO WERE NOT JUST KIND OF THE JUST THE UNDER SKILLED POPULATION. WE SAW A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THAT WHO ARE LOOKING TO KIND OF CHANGE THEIR, THEIR LIFESTYLE, CHANGE THEIR FIELD.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALSO SEEN AS PART OF AS WELL.
SO, LYNN, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO YOU I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN WE HAVE REALLY BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH JOYCE AND HER TEAM AND THE CITY OF DALLAS TO HELP US WITH THE NAVIGATOR POSITIONS.
THE BETTER IT IS, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST SEND AN EMAIL.
YOU CAN'T JUST SEND A TEXT MESSAGE.
YOU HAVE TO GET ON THE PHONE AND CALL PEOPLE AND REALLY FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR THEIR GOALS ARE, WHAT THEIR SKILLS ARE, WHAT THEIR FAMILY SITUATION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE BACKGROUND MIGHT BE, PEOPLE ARE REALLY MORE INCLINED TO TALK TO YOU OVER THE PHONE AND GIVE THAT INFORMATION VERSUS SENDING IT THROUGH AN EMAIL. SO, LYNN, I THINK I'M CLOSE TO THE BACK.
I DO HAVE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
IF WE COULD GO TO THAT, CAN WE GO TO THAT SLIDE OR YEAH. THIS IS SLIDE.
THIS IS THE NEXT TO LAST SLIDE.
YES. RIGHT THERE. SLIDE BACK PLEASE.
YES. YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH OR DO YOU WANT ME TO WALK THROUGH? YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, I'M SORRY I WAS TARDY.
SO THANK YOU, SEAN, FOR GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
AND AGAIN, TO KIND OF REITERATE, IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH JOYCE AND THE CITY OF DALLAS ON THIS WORK, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE ARPA FUNDS THAT GET US CLOSE TO THE CLIENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK SEAN COVERED HOW IMPORTANT THAT NAVIGATION PIECE IS.
IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT WE'RE CLOSE AND WE'RE ON THE GROUND.
SO I THINK HE DID THE HIGH LEVEL FOR THE FIRST 14 MONTHS, THAT WAS EARLIER.
THE JANUARY 2024 METRICS WERE VERY PROUD OF NEW INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ENROLLED AND SERVED 31 ACTIVE INDIVIDUALS, 79 ACTUALLY FOUR PEOPLE WERE HIRED AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE, A RANGE OF 17 TO 22.
AND SEAN PROBABLY COVERED THIS, BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO THAT 22 AND UP.
THAT'S SUSTAINABLE LIVING WAGE.
IT'S ACTUALLY MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY.
WE'VE GOT 102 EMPLOYEE PARTNERS ARE WORKING WITH THIS MONTH.
LOTS OF SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED, A LOT OF SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND AS SEAN PROBABLY COVERED IN SOME OF OUR HIRING MIXERS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE FINANCIAL LITERACY.
YOU CAN SEE WE WORK CLOSELY WITH DART.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REAL INTENTIONAL.
THE THING ABOUT THIS WORK IS IT'S VERY HIGH TOUCH.
AND THAT'S WHY THE NAVIGATION PIECE, NO ONE SITUATION IS THE SAME.
NO ONE WORKS AT THE SAME PLACE.
NO ONE TAKES THE SAME TRANSPORTATION.
EVERYONE'S GOT A CHILDCARE SITUATION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF SYSTEMIZING AND SCALING, I'M PROUD OF WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT NOW.
I'M PROUD OF THE NUMBERS HERE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE REACH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE? WE'RE REACHING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, BUT HOW CAN WE REACH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE? SO I THINK, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE CITY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAN BE STREAMLINED THAT WILL HELP US KIND OF SYSTEMIZE THAT? AND SOME OF IT MIGHT BE YOU KNOW, TIGHTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE ON THE GROUND NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
YOU CAN GO IN AS PHLEBOTOMY AND THEN GO UP TO MEDICAL RECORDS ASSISTANT.
AND, YOU KNOW THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S LOTS OF JOBS AND THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THE WORK MORE.
IT'S COMPLICATED. IT'S VERY HARD.
I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH JOYCE AND THE SMALL BUSINESS AND PARTNER ON THIS WORK.
IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR STARTING EARLY.
I WAS I WAS RUSHING DOWN THE ROAD.
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I WAS 10:29. I HAD ONE MINUTE TO SPARE.BUT, MR. WILLIAMS, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
OF COURSE, IT WAS A PRESENTATION.
AND NOW IS REALLY THE IMPORTANT PART OF ALL OF IT, WHICH IS THE CONVERSATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE FROM, FROM THE COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT. SURE.
SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
AND TO YOU ESPECIALLY LYNN, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS CALLING.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT $245,000 IN ARPA FUNDS.
THEY GET $187 MILLION FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THAT IS WHAT THE CITY OF DALLAS PAYS INTO OUR POLICE AND FIRE PENSION FUND IN ONE YEAR.
AND THEY A LOT OF IT FLOWS TO SUPPORT SERVICES LIKE CHILD CARE, WHICH WE KNOW IS A HUGE BARRIER.
AND I'M LIKE, THERE IS A BIG DOG IN THIS CITY, GOT A LOT OF MONEY.
AND SO I'M WONDERING IF OUR FIT IS NOT QUITE IN THE RIGHT.
THE PEG IS NOT QUITE IN THE RIGHT HOLE THERE.
YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT.
WE'VE BEEN I ATTEND EVERY WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BOARD, AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HELPED GET FOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS THIS YEAR BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW THAT HALF IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND HALF BY THE JUDGE.
AND SO I FELT MAYOR JOHNSON FIND PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS.
AND SO WE HAVE A NEW CEO THAT A NEW CEO SEARCH THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND SO IN TERMS OF KIND OF CHANGING THE I WOULD SAY THE CULTURE OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BEING MORE COLLABORATIVE BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT GAY. THERE'S SO MUCH.
AND OF THE 187 MILLION, 80% OF THAT GOES TO CHILD CARE.
AND SO IT LEAVES A VERY SMALL PORTION FOR THAT.
AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WORKFORCE CENTERS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL WERE AT THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE ONE IN THE NORTH.
BUT WE ALSO IT'S A VERY ACTIVITIES BASED OUTCOME MEASURE WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S VERY ACTIVITIES AND NOT AS MUCH OUTCOMES.
AND THAT'S HOW THE STATE AND TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION FUNDS A LOT OF IT.
AND SO KIND OF CHANGING THAT THOUGHT ON, WE'VE GOT TO REALLY BE OUTCOMES FOCUSED.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST BE ACTIVITIES SIT AND BE BY THE COMPUTER.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE THE INTERIM CEO WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS IS VERY OPEN TO COLLABORATION.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS ON THERE ASKING THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING, LIKE, ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS? ARE WE PUTTING MONEY IN THE RIGHT PLACES? I MEAN, ONE WOULD ARGUE THAT IF YOU'VE GOT 40% OF DALLAS, IT'S LOW INCOME IN PARTS OF OUR CITY, THE ANSWER IS NO.
AND SO HOW DO WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO NOT DUPLICATE? THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO HOW DO WE ADD VALUE TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING? THEY PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, ALL OF THE WICK, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THOSE TYPES OF OF PROGRAMS. BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING THIS KIND OF INTENTIONAL MATCHING.
AND SO I WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP THEM TOO.
YEAH, IT DOES FEEL LIKE THERE'S A NEW DAY.
YES. THAT'S BEING, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE NEW SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION.
I GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, THE CURRENT WORKFORCE BY THE NUMBERS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY.
GENDER EQUITY IS SUCH A CRITICAL PART.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST SCREAMING AT US FROM IN SILENCE FROM THIS PAGE.
AND SO I WONDER ABOUT THE FOCUS.
AND MISS WILLIAMS KNOWS ABOUT MY MANTRA ABOUT NOT DUPLICATING AND FILLING GAPS.
AND SO JUST AS YOU CONTINUE THIS WORK, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S TAKING A LOT OF EFFORT, JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW WE FIND THOSE PLACES SO THAT THIS IS MEANINGFULLY LINKED TO THAT BIG DOG WITH BIG MONEY? NO DOUBT. AND THEN I DON'T HAVE A POINT OF COMPARISON.
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BUT IT TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW THE EMPLOYEE PARTNERS WE HAD HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PLACED AND WE CAN WE'RE WORKING TO GET MORE YOU KNOW THERE'S BACKUP.JAKES WAS OR SOME OF OUR LARGEST ONES.
AND WE'VE GOT THERE'S A BACK REPOSITORY OF THAT.
AND RIGHT NOW, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE GOING BACK AND THE 2023 STARTING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY DID GET HIRED TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE THE NEXT THING IS PERSISTENCE, RIGHT? IT'S ONE THING TO GET SOMEONE IN A JOB, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT PERSISTING OR IF THEY'RE NOT UPSKILLING, IF WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN A $17 AN HOUR JOB, WHICH SOME OF THESE COME WITH HEALTH BENEFITS AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT ACTUALLY DO MAKE IT A NICE PACKAGE.
BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUILDING THIS ON THE GROUND NETWORK OF SUPPORT WITH ALL THESE RESOURCES.
IT'S GETTING PEOPLE INTO THESE JOBS, UPSKILLING.
BUT THEN ARE WE RETAINING THEM AND PERSISTING.
AND SO THAT'S AGAIN, WE'VE GOT NAVIGATORS ACTUALLY MAKE PHONE CALLS TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN PLACE.
SO I THINK YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S ONE BY ONE TYPE OF WORK.
AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE DO PARTNER MORE CLOSELY WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.
BUT THAT WOULD HELP GIVE SOME OF COURSE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.
AND SO YOUR WORK AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE GOT ALREADY ENGAGED WILL BE A HUGE PIECE OF IT, BECAUSE THAT WHAT THAT LEADS TO A QUESTION THAT I HAVE, WHICH IS THE PLAN FOR SUSTAINING THE INITIATIVE AFTER THE ARPA FUNDS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING YOU HAVE BECAUSE IT'S INDEPENDENT FROM THE CITY.
BUT AS WE MAP THIS, THE CITY'S WORK IN WORKFORCE.
RIGHT. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT GAPS SHOULD WE BE FILLING OR SUPPORTING THAT NEED TO BE FILLED.
RIGHT. AND WHERE IS THERE REDUNDANCY OR, YOU KNOW, AND NOT BOTH IN SERVICE PROVISION AND PROGRAMMATIC PROVISION, BUT ALSO GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AS WELL FOR WHERE WE HAVE THESE.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE PARTS OF DALLAS THAT HAVE A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF POVERTY THAN OTHERS, THERE ARE POCKETS EVERYWHERE. AND SO IF WE TAKE A SYSTEM WIDE APPROACH, WHERE CAN WE EVEN MAYBE POTENTIALLY EVEN ELIMINATE SOME OF THEM SO THAT WE CAN REALLY DOUBLE DOWN ON THE AREAS THAT HAVE LARGER NUMBERS? SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT MISS WILLIAMS WILL BE WORKING ACTIVELY ON THAT.
ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? MADAM CHAIR, I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW WHAT WHAT WORK IS BEING DONE TO FIND A NEXUS WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN? AND WE JUST WE JUST SPOKE TO OR WE JUST HEARD FROM A BRIEFING ON HOW IT TOUCHES ALL DEPARTMENTS, FOR INSTANCE, OR SPECIFIC METRICS THAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO IN OUR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE PURVIEWS.
A LOT OF THE DATA THAT YOU'RE SEEING, I THINK IS ALSO I WOULDN'T SAY DUPLICATIVE BECAUSE IT'S I KNOW IT'S A SEPARATE EFFORT, BUT IT SPEAKS TO A LOT OF WHAT WE HEAR WITHIN THE GOALS FROM OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
HOW WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO TAP INTO THAT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT A BIG PIECE OF WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED WAS THE BUSINESS CASE FOR IT THAT I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT ARE YOU ALL WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
JOYCE WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF SMALL BUSINESS CENTER.
YES. WHEN WE ARE WORKING WITH WORKFORCE DALLAS.
AND IN ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THEY CHOSE ZIP CODE 75216 WAS TO LOOK AT BLACK AND BROWN MALES, BECAUSE WHAT THEY SAW INITIALLY WAS WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT BASED ON THAT AREA AND ZIP CODE FOR THOSE MALES THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY POINTS THAT LYNN, WHEN I FIRST MET WITH HER, SAID, THIS IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A RACIAL DIVIDE WITHIN THAT SCOPE AND WITHIN THAT AREA.
AND SO SHE TARGETED THAT AREA SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THAT AGE GROUP OF 24 TO 65 AGAIN, AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC MALES WITHIN THAT AREA.
AND SO WE ARE THEN TRACKING BASED ON THAT PARTICIPATION, BASED ON THE JOB HIRING, BASED ON THAT.
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SHE ALSO HAS BACK END DATA TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER BASED ON THE RACIAL EQUITY OF LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF JOBS THEY HAVE TO HAVE, WHAT THE FAMILY MAKEUP IS, THE DYNAMICS, WHETHER THERE ARE FATHERS AND HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN.PARTS OF THAT, AS WELL AS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, WORKING WITH OUR FRESH START PROGRAM AND REFERRING SOME OF THOSE APPLICANTS WHO MAY HAVE BACKGROUNDS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALSO FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FINISHED THEIR DEGREES AND HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ARE NOW LOOKING FOR JOBS. ALSO BEING ONE OF US, BEING THE CITY OF DALLAS, BEING ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYER PARTNERS AS WELL.
SO AS WE START TO LOOK AT MADAM CHAIR, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT HAVING A CONVENING AND FOCUSING ON WORKFORCE AND EMPLOYERS, WHEN YOU START TO SEE A LARGE EMPLOYERS GROUP LIKE 102 EMPLOYERS.
AS CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA HAS ALSO STATED, AND MANY EFFORTS OF BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE GAP, WHAT IS THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT EMPLOYERS ARE WANTING AND THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS, AND HOW DO WE THEN MATCH THIS, BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH WORKFORCE DALLAS AND THEIR EMPLOYER BASE, AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT MATCHING SYSTEM GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCESS TO EQUITY AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT IT AS A RACE AND GENDER EFFORT.
I THINK THAT BUT MORE A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR AND SPEAKING TO WHAT I WAS MENTIONING IN THE LAST BRIEFING WAS, AND I KNOW YOU WEREN'T HERE, BUT WE WERE MENTIONING THE WAY THAT THIS IS FRAMED AND A LOT OF TIMES, I THINK THE NEED TO I CALLED IT DUMB IT DOWN, BUT KIND OF MAKE IT MORE RELATABLE TO THOSE WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND RACIAL EQUITY.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A VALUE IN, IN BEING SOME COLLABORATION WITH WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND WHAT'S BEING PUT FORTH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE WITH THE BUSINESS CASE. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIKE THE UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, I MEAN, WE'RE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE HERE.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A PICTURE THAT CAN BE PAINTED WITH WHAT YOU ALL HAVE PRESENTED IN DATA THAT IS, IS SPECIFIC TO THE SURROUNDING YOU KNOW, AREA SPECIFICALLY TO WHERE THESE POVERTY POCKETS LIE AND WHAT WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST, ETC.
AND REALLY PAINTING A BIGGER PICTURE TO WHAT IF YOU ZOOM OUT.
SO I'VE ALSO LOOKED AT THE COMMUNITIES HEALTH ASSESSMENT REPORT THAT PARKLAND DOES.
THERE ARE ALSO PLACES WHERE THERE ARE METHODIST HOSPITAL IS A BIG PROVIDER AND A BIG SUPPORTER.
AND SO WE HAVE PHLEBOTOMY PROGRAM WITH METHODIST HOSPITAL.
SO REALLY LOOKING AT WHERE THOSE POCKETS OF POVERTY, WHO CAN WE PARTNER WITH.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT THERE ARE WILLING EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS.
I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, ALL EVERYTHING KIND OF SOUNDS THE SAME, BUT TO ALL SAY IT TOGETHER.
YEAH, THE PEOPLE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE JOBS.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE'VE FOUND TO TRY TO HELP MAKE THINGS EQUITABLE IS TRANSPORTATION.
AND IF THE TRANSPORTATION FOR THEM TO GET TO THE JOBS IS NOT ALIGNED.
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BECAUSE IF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAYING THAT THERE ARE SKILLS TRAINING AVAILABLE, BUT THEY CAN'T GET THERE.SO I THINK WORKING IN THIS FRAMEWORK, AS YOU DISCUSSED, IS GOING TO HELP US FIND ALL THE WAYS THAT WE TRY TO MAKE THINGS MORE EQUITABLE, BECAUSE IF WE KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING IN AREAS OF POVERTY WHERE THE JOBS ARE NOT, THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO WHERE THE JOBS ARE.
I MEAN, METHODIST IS ONE OF THE ONLY EMPLOYERS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
IT'S A BIG EMPLOYER WITH HEALTH CARE BEING A PLACE WHERE WE REALLY NEED JOBS, HEALTH CARE, TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES AND IT OR THE, YOU KNOW, SO WE FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS, A LOT OF WORK WITH THE INLAND PORT.
WE FOCUSED ON HEALTH CARE, LOTS OF JOBS, LOTS OF UPSKILLING.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES IS OBVIOUSLY THE NEXT ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY ALL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WITH ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONVENTION CENTER AND FAIR PARK AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S A CRITICAL PIECE OF OF HOW THE CITY WILL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE WHO'S WHO'S BEING HIRED TO DO THOSE JOBS AND CARRY THOSE JOBS OUT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOU ALL ON POLICY.
I KNOW THE INVESTMENT, BUT INTENTIONAL POLICY TO ME IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DRIVE THIS.
AND IF WE CAN HAVE SPECIFIC WHETHER IT'S GOALS OF INVESTMENT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC METRICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR GOING FORWARD, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CODIFY THAT THROUGH A POLICY INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THIS TO JUST BE A WISH IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE I THINK WE KEEP HAVING A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GIVING US A GOOD GUIDE ON HOW TO GET THERE, BUT WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I AGREE 100%. THAT'S THE THING THAT GOES TO LIKE HOW DO YOU SUSTAIN, BUT HOW DO YOU INSTITUTIONALIZE SYSTEMIZED THINGS SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY SCALE AND YOU DO IT WHEN YOU BUILD A FRAMEWORK. AND WE'VE BUILT THIS FRAMEWORK ON A ON A VERY LEAN.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE ARPA FUNDS THAT LET US DO MORE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS IN.
BUT TO HAVE THOSE WHAT IS THAT FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO AGREE TO WORK AROUND? I MET WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO IS COMING TO TOWN AND ARE YOU TO REALLY KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T GET SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT GO TO OTHER PARTS OF OUR, YOU KNOW, SURROUNDING AND SO KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THAT, BUT THAT BEING A DRIVER TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE THE FRONT DOOR WHEN SOMEONE COMES AND WANTS TO, TO SET UP SHOP HERE.
AND SO HOW DO WE SAY, OKAY, WE'VE GOT THIS POOL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE BUILDING THAT DATABASE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALL THESE SKILLS, BUT, YOU KNOW, MATCHING IT ALL TOGETHER. SO TO CODIFY SOMETHING, TO PUT A FRAMEWORK AND A STRUCTURE AROUND IT WOULD BE WE'LL WORK ON THAT FOR SURE.
DEFINITELY. WELL, I THINK IT'S A GREAT POINT AND IT'S PART OF THE BIGGER PICTURE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE'S JOBS THAT ARE THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW YET.
LIKE ALL THE HIGH SPEED RAIL TECH ASPECTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRAIN FOR.
AND YET WHEN YOU HAVE A HIGH TOUCH PROGRAM LIKE YOURS, IT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
AND SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE MATCH BOTH OF THOSE IS HUGE.
BECAUSE THE LAST THING THAT WE EVER WANT TO DO IN DALLAS IS HAVE TO IMPORT PEOPLE WHO WORK, RIGHT.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME LOCALLY.
AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THAT? I MOVE SO FAST THROUGH MY QUESTION THAT I DIDN'T STOP TO LET YOU ANSWER ABOUT HOW YOU FINANCIALLY, AFTER THESE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD NEXT YEAR? SO WE HAD THREE ORIGINAL INVESTORS TO THIS WORK, AND I HAVE GONE BACK TO ALL OF THEM, AND ONE OF THEM HAS AGREED TO RE-UP AGAIN.
WE'RE DOING A LOT WITH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, A VOLUNTEER AND LOVE DRIVING THIS WORK, THIS PLAN BUT HOPEFUL THAT THE OTHER TWO AND I AND I THINK THEY WILL BECAUSE THESE ARE GOOD OUTCOMES.
AND SAN ANTONIO WAS CLOSE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'VE KIND OF TAKEN THE APPROACH WE HAVE.
THEY HAVE ALAMO COLLEGE AS A TRAINING PROVIDER.
THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE REPOSITORY OF CORPORATIONS.
AND I THINK IN THEIR FIRST YEAR THEY MIGHT HAVE PLACED 700.
AND THAT MEANS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS TOO, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDS THAT ARE THERE.
AND I WILL SAY IN ALL OF THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS, I WAS DOWN IN A PANEL AT THE TEXAS TRIBUNE AND THE DIFFERENT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS AGENCIES PARTNERED VERY CLOSELY WITH THEIR CITIES.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DRIVE THAT.
AND IF WE CAN HELP WORKFORCE DALLAS CAN HELP DRIVE THAT.
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WE WANT TO BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE ALIGNED MORE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.GREAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE IN FACT, POTENTIALLY IT MIGHT BE THIS AS THE NEXT STEP FOR YOU ALL IN TERMS OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, MIGHT BE TO, YOU KNOW, CO-HOST THAT CONVENING.
YEAH. AND THIS YEAR WOULD BE PERFECT I THINK BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE BEFORE THE BUDGET, REALLY, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUDGET IS ALIGNING TO THIS WORK, I THINK THAT WOULD BE ON. SO I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR THE PANEL HERE, ALL OF YOU TO DISCUSS HOW THAT GETS HOW THAT GETS PLAYED OUT.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? BLACKMON. ANYTHING? NOPE.
OKAY. IN THAT CASE IT IS 10:55.
I REALLY THANK YOU FOR RUNNING IN.
IT'S 10:55 AND THE MEETING OF THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION EQUITY COMMITTEE IS CONCLUDED.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.