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THE TIME IS NOW 9:02, AND I CALL TO ORDER THE QUALITY OF LIFE, ARTS AND CULTURE MEETING FOR MARCH[Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee on March 26, 2024.]
26TH, 2024.FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 20TH.
SECOND, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AYE.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE ON A NEED OR A LACK OF CITY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR ANY ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT HAD ANY FOCUS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO.
SO IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION I'LL HEAR IT NOW.
ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CLOSED ITEM B.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEMS F AND G.
THE MEMOS, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME OUT OF ORDER.
WE'VE GOT SOME STAFF THAT NEEDS TO GET TO AN EVENT OFFSITE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON MEMOS F AND G.
ALL RIGHT. NOW LET'S GET TO THE MEAT.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM E DALLAS ARTS MONTH.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM DIRECTOR MARTINE.
HELLO. ALWAYS LOOKING FABULOUS.
GOOD MORNING, MARTINE PHILIPPE, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
I'M SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THE 11TH ANNUAL DALLAS ARTS MONTH! I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD A FEW CHANGES AND A RELAUNCH OF CULTURE PASS.
SO DALLAS ARTS MONTH WAS FIRST LAUNCHED IN 2013, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO BUILD AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK OF DALLAS ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND ALSO TO FOSTER CREATIVE LEARNING AND ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
OUR EVENTS OUR DALLAS ARTS MONTH EVENTS ARE HOSTED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, OUR CULTURAL ARTS CENTERS, MANY OF OUR VENUES, AND OF COURSE ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO RELAUNCH CULTURE PASS. MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR OFFICE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I'VE JOINED ASKING AND INQUIRING ABOUT CULTURE PASS.
SO AS YOU MAY KNOW, THIS EFFORT WAS SPEARHEADED BY LOCAL ARTIST AND ORGANIZER ERICA FELICELLA AT THE 2018 DALLAS FESTIVAL OF IDEAS. DPL AND OAC CHAMPIONED THIS PROGRAM INTO EXISTENCE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROGRAM WAS PLACED ON A TEMPORARY PAUSE IN THE SPRING OF 2020 DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.
THROUGHOUT ARTS MONTH, WE HAVE SOME KEY HIGHLIGHT EVENTS UNRELATED TO THE LAUNCH OF CULTURE PASS.
TOMORROW, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CITY HALL LOBBY AND WE'LL BE CULMINATING DALLAS ARTS MONTH ON INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY, WHICH IS APRIL 29TH, AND WE'LL BE ACTIVATING CITY HALL LOBBY FOR THAT EVENT AS WELL.
WE HAVE A FULL LIST OF EVENTS WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON DALLASARTSMONTH.COM, AND WE'LL ALSO BE SENDING THAT TO EACH OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALONG WITH YOUR ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSIONERS IN OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THAT COMES OUT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO WITH REGARD TO THE RELAUNCH, YOU'LL SEE SOME INFORMATION HERE.
THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING ALREADY AHEAD OF THE RELAUNCH WITH MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, SO THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT CULTURE PASS IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DALLAS RESIDENTS ACCESS TO ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMING, WHICH WILL BE FREE OF COST, ENSURING THAT ALL RESIDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE ARTS AND CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
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PROGRAMING. SO OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, OUR SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, ASHLEY GUEVARA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LIBRARY STAFF, HAVE WORKED TO BUILD OUT THE CULTURE PASS PARTNERSHIPS.WE HAVE OVER 40 ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS ON THIS RELAUNCH.
SOME ARE NOTED HERE BY WAY OF THEIR LOGOS BEING PRESENT.
YOU HAVE THE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER, YOU HAVE HOUSE OF BLUES DALLAS, THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM, THE PEROT AND A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE REALLY CHAMPIONED ALONG WITH US TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD RELAUNCH THIS PROGRAM.
THAT PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT NOON.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR A LIBRARY CARD.
THAT'S A KEY ELEMENT OF CULTURE PASS.
CULTURE PASS IS TIED TO LIBRARY CARD, THE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD SPECIFICALLY.
SO AS LONG AS RESIDENTS HAVE THAT CARD, THEY ALSO HAVE CULTURE PASS.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A SIGNIFICANT PUSH IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE LIBRARY TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CULTURE PASS.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS.
SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING HARD.
AND YOUR STAFF WORKING HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER 40 ORGANIZATIONS IS REALLY ROBUST.
AND I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT WHEN THIS PROGRAM WOULD COME BACK.
SO I'M EXCITED THAT IT'S COMING BACK.
MY QUESTION IS ON SLIDE THREE WE OUTLINE THE OBJECTIVE HERE ABOUT THIS WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BUILD AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK OF DALLAS ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND FOSTER CREATIVE LEARNING AND ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BUT I AM WONDERING HOW WE THINK THE ORGANIZATIONS BENEFIT FROM THIS FREE ACCESS.
AND LET ME ASK YOU THAT, IS IT FREE ACCESS ALWAYS OR IS IT REDUCED ADMISSION? SO CULTURE PASS IS TIED TO THE SAME MISSION OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS HAVE FREE ACCESS TO EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO ALWAYS INCREASE ACCESS TO EVENTS NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE CITY.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EXPERIENCES.
SO WHILE FREE IS THE NATURE AND NOTION OF THE PROGRAMING, WE DO HAVE SOME NEW PARTNERS WHO ARE TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF JUST THE SUBSIDY AND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, OR THE NEW IDEA OF ENSURING THAT THERE ARE WAYS FOR FOLKS TO ENJOY FREE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE PAST.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THAT.
DO WE DOES THE CITY OF DALLAS SUBSIDIZE THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN ANY WAY? AS IT RELATES TO CULTURE PASS WE DO NOT.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN.
AND WHETHER IT'S NATURE OR, YOU KNOW, DANCE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT THAT.
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SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WILLIS.MR. RESENDEZ. ALL RIGHT, MR. RIDLEY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND THANK YOU MARTINE, FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
QUESTION ABOUT THE CULTURE PASS.
WILL THAT BE VALID ONLY FOR ARTS MONTH, OR IS THAT 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR? WE'RE RELAUNCHING FOR THE REST OF OUR DAYS THAT IS NOT ONLY TIED TO THE BOUNDS OF ARTS MONTH.
SO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SIGN ON TO ACCEPT THE CULTURE PASS WILL PROVIDE FREE ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUMS OR PERFORMANCES FOR ANYONE WHO HAS THE CULTURE PASS? YES. AND THE CULTURE PASS IS TIED TO THE LIBRARY CARD.
SO ANYONE WHO HAS A LIBRARY CARD, THEY AUTOMATICALLY HAVE A CULTURE PASS.
YES, SIR, BY WAY OF THEIR LOGIN CREDENTIALS AS AN EXAMPLE.
OKAY, SO ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE VOLUNTARILY SIGNED UP TO ACCEPT FREE ADMISSION FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD? CORRECT. OR REDUCED ADMISSION OR TICKET ALLOTMENTS.
THERE'S A RANGE OF DIFFERENT WAYS FOLKS ARE ACTIVATING THEIR PARTNERSHIPS.
OKAY. AND WILL YOUR OFFICE BE PROVIDING FLYERS THAT WE CAN USE TO PUBLICIZE ARTS MONTH? YES. AND WE CAN SEND THOSE DIRECTLY TO YOU.
MISS SCHULTZ. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'M CURIOUS.
FROM THE FROM DIRECTOR GADDIS.
HEY THERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
COULD YOU SHARE THE IMPACT? YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW DOES THAT IMPACT ENROLLMENT? HOW CAN WE HELP IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL CONNECTION WITH THE LIBRARY CARDS? SO IT REALLY IS JUST SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE OF IT.
SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBERS RIDLEY'S ASK FOR THE FLYERS.
WE JUST WANT TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT YOUR LIBRARY CARD DOES MORE THAN JUST CHECK OUT BOOKS.
IT DOES GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTEND CULTURAL EVENTS.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY DATA BACK? I KNOW 2018.
DO WE HAVE DATA? ARE YOU PLANNING ON TRACKING DATA IN TERMS OF THE SUCCESS OF THE USING THIS AS THE DRAW TO GET MORE LIBRARY CARDS? ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS SCHULTZ.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL, BOTH FOR Y'ALL'S COMMITMENT TO THIS PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT IT'S DEFINITELY SPEAKS TO INEQUITIES, BUT IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE BIGGEST ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY IN A WAY THAT I THINK IS UNCONVENTIONAL MARKETING. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST KIND OF TOUCH ON WHAT WAS MENTIONED BY MISS WILLIS.
IS THERE HAS THERE BEEN AN EXPLORATION OF LIKE INCLUDING A BACK END UNDERWRITER IN A PROGRAM LIKE THIS SO THAT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS? AND THEN AT THE END, IF WE HAVE X AMOUNT OF CARDS, IF WE HAVE A CERTAIN VALUE THAT WE COULD PUT TOWARDS EACH INDIVIDUAL, THAT WE HAVE A CERTAIN SPONSOR THAT WE CAN TURN TO, AND THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE MADE WHOLE.
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE COGNIZANCE AND THE SENSITIVITY OF THAT.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAD SOMETHING THAT INCENTIVIZED THE PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM, THAT IT COULD BE MUCH MORE OF A ROBUST PROGRAM AND THAT WE COULD NOT BE AS SHY TO PUT IT IN AS MANY HANDS AS WE WANT.
IN FACT, THE MOBILE ENHANCED LIBRARY UNIT THAT WE COULD HAVE AT EVEN DISD CAMPUSES AND TRY AND GET EVERY STUDENT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY THIS OPPORTUNITY. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S BUILT IN IN THE MODEL WITH HOW IT IS RIGHT NOW.
SO IN RESPONSE TO YOUR EARLIER POINT ABOUT LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO MAY UNDERWRITE, WE WANT TO TRACK SOME DATA THIS FIRST YEAR OF THE LAUNCH RELATED TO SOME OF OUR KEY PROGRESS INDICATORS, SO WE CAN REPORT THAT INFORMATION TO ATTRACT SOMEONE OR SOME FOLKS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THIS LIFT.
SOME OF THE UPDATES RELATED TO THIS RELAUNCH THAT WILL BE TRACKING THE TOTAL REDEMPTIONS OF ATTRACTIONS COMPARED TO THE INITIAL LAUNCH, WHERE WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT INFORMATION. WE'LL BE RECORDING REDEMPTIONS BY ZIP CODE OF COURSE, WHICH WILL BE OF YOUR INTEREST AS WELL AND CAN YOU CLARIFY, YOU'RE GOING TO RECORD THEM BY ZIP CODE OF THOSE WHO, OF WHERE THEY'RE FROM OR WHAT? THE LIBRARY CARD HOLDER, IN A SENSE, AND WHO ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY USING THE CULTURE PASS BENEFITS.
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WHEN DO YOU IS THAT GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR? IS ALL THE WAY THROUGH WHAT WHAT IS THE TIMELINE LOOK LIKE TO SEE THE METRICS? BEING THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING THIS APRIL, WE LOOK TO NEXT ARTS MONTH TO BE REPORTING TO YOU ALL AGAIN ABOUT THOSE METRICS.PERFECT. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO MAYBE SEE IT AFTER THE SUMMER.
LET'S SEE, ONCE WE GET THROUGH, GET AN UPDATE OF OF ANY KIND OF PARTICIPATION THAT WE'VE GOT, AND THEN WE MAYBE CAN GET TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO SEE WHAT WE MAY NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY, OR WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE RELAUNCH.
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC ART UNVEILING.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. IT'S HUGE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALEX FROM OGA, THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
KEVIN ODEN FROM THE INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS.
JUST AS A PREFACE, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT IT STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND THE MULTIPLE ENTITIES THAT THESE ISSUES TOUCH WERE BEING APPROACHED ALL IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
AND BY BREAKING THOSE SILOS DOWN, THAT'S WHAT WE ATTEMPTED BY CREATING A STRIKE FORCE.
SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO THE, TO THE COMMITTEE AND TO THE PUBLIC AND GET AN UPDATE, BUT THEN ALSO HEAR BACK FROM YOU ALL ON WHAT YOU BELIEVE WE COULD ALSO ADD TO OUR PROGRAMING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S CONTRIBUTIONS AND Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP.
AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE YOU COME IN FOR AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ALEX.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF THE OPIOID STRIKE FORCE.
GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE CHAIR MEMBERS AND MADAM CITY MANAGER KEVIN ODEN.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY.
GOOD MORNING, SCOTT CLUMPNER, DEPUTY CHIEF, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
DEVIN POLK, DEPUTY CHIEF, CENTRAL PATROL GROUP, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU. SO HERE IS OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.
THESE ARE THE TOPICS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSING.
SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY THE CITY DEPARTMENTS STRATEGIES.
I THINK WE MAY HAVE SKIPPED A SLIDE.
SO THE STRIKE FORCE WAS FORMED IN NOVEMBER 2022 WITH CITY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP.
THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC REACHED A PEAK.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL RESPONDED QUICKLY.
AND THEY CREATED THE STRIKE FORCE THAT INVOLVES VARIOUS PARTNERS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS.
SO SEVERAL OUTSTANDING PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE CORRECT SLIDE.
THANK YOU. SO SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED.
AND A WORK PLAN FOR YEAR ONE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.
OF IMMEDIATE IMPORTANCE WAS ADDRESSING A LEGISLATIVE BARRIER THAT PREVENTED THE CITY FROM SHARING OVERDOSE DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND TO THE CRISIS.
SO THE FIRST BIG WIN WAS WITH SENATE BILL 1319 BEING PASSED, WHICH IS THE OD MAPPING BILL.
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AND OUR PARTNERS HAVE FOCUSED CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS ON HARM REDUCTION, COMMUNICATION, OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.SO ON SLIDE THREE, YOU SAW THE LIST OF ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT THE CITY HAS COLLABORATED WITH FOR EDUCATION FOR EDUCATION CAMPAIGN OR FOR SEVERAL EVENTS.
SO THIS SLIDE WILL BE COVERING BUDGET AND FUNDING.
SO IN RESPONSE TO SENATE BILL 1827 PASSED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN 2021, THE OPIOID ABATEMENT TRUST FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO RECEIVE OPIOID LITIGATION SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS.
AND THE CITY OF DALLAS RECEIVED 900 $941,000.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND DALLAS COUNTY RECEIVED THEIR SHARE, WHICH IS $12 MILLION.
SO THE CITY OF DALLAS OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS TOTALED 941,000.
AND THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS FOR THAT BUDGET.
TWO VEHICLES HAVE BEEN PURCHASED.
NARCAN HAS BEEN PURCHASED FOR CITY FACILITIES.
AND THESE ARE LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE THE LINE ITEMS FOR THAT BUDGET.
MOVING ON TO STATE LEGISLATION.
THESE ARE SOME BILLS THAT WERE PASSED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION RELATING TO FENTANYL AND OPIOIDS.
LIKE I SAID, THE ONE THAT THE CITY REALLY CHAMPIONED WAS SB 1319.
THE FIRST BULLET POINT IS SB 2569 AND HR 3563.
THAT'S THE THOSE ARE COMPANION BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED TO DECRIMINALIZE FENTANYL TESTING STRIPS, WHICH IS PART OF OUR STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. WHILE THE BILLS HAVE GARNERED WIDESPREAD SUPPORT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CO-SPONSORS.
THE BILLS ARE CURRENTLY AWAITING FURTHER ACTION IN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.
THE CITY COUNCIL TRAVELED EARLIER THIS MONTH TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THEY LOBBIED SEVERAL CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS FOR THIS SPECIFIC BILL.
AND SENATOR CORNYN ALSO HOSTED A ROUNDTABLE IN SEPTEMBER 2023 WITH LOCAL LEADERS, INCLUDING CITY OF DALLAS DEPARTMENTS, TO DISCUSS WAYS TO COMBAT THE FENTANYL CRISIS IN NORTH TEXAS.
HAND IT OUT. I'M HANDING IT OFF TO DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO I'LL COVER ENFORCEMENT ON THE DPD SIDE.
WITHIN THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, YOU ALSO HAVE THE OVERDOSE INVESTIGATION SQUAD.
THIS SQUAD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF OVERDOSE DEATHS THAT OCCUR WITHIN THE CITY.
THESE OVERDOSE DEATHS CAN BE FROM FENTANYL, ANOTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR A POLYDRUG COMBINATION.
ADDITIONALLY, IN OUR WORK TO COMBAT FENTANYL WE UTILIZE MANY STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERSHIPS.
WE ROUTINELY CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS TO INCLUDE THE DEA, FBI, AND HOMELAND SECURITY, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH STATE PARTNERS INCLUDING TEXAS DPS, DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND NUMEROUS AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX.
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FENTANYL, ITS DERIVATIVES, AND THAT INDIVIDUAL DIES FROM INGESTING THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.THIS LAW WENT INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 2023.
TO DATE, THE OVERDOSE SQUAD HAS NOT FILED A FENTANYL MURDER.
BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL CASES THAT ARE CLOSE TO SUBMISSION.
THAT WOULD MEET THE ELEMENTS OF A MURDER CHARGE.
ON THE OUTREACH FRONT THE DPDS OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH CONDUCTING FENTANYL AWARENESS PRESENTATIONS TO BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING OUTREACH WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN SENATOR CORNYN FENTANYL ROUNDTABLES, AS WELL AS DISDS DALLAS FIGHTS FENTANYL PARENT EDUCATION FORUM, AMONG SEVERAL OTHERS.
ON THE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT FRONT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING IN OVERDOSE INVESTIGATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THE SERGEANT WHO OVER THE OVERDOSE SQUAD IS VIEWED AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN OVERDOSE INVESTIGATIONS AND HAS ASSISTED TEXOMA, HAIDA, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING AGENCIES WITH TEACHING COURSES ON OVERDOSE INVESTIGATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
WE'VE PURCHASED UPDATED CLANDESTINE LAB EQUIPMENT.
AND RECEIVED ADDITIONAL CLANDESTINE LAB TRAINING.
THESE ARE DEVICES THAT CONDUCT PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARY PRESUMPTIVE FIELD TESTS OF SUBSTANCES.
THESE DEVICES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY SAFER TO USE THAN OUR TRADITIONAL REAGENT FIELD TESTING METHODS.
FINALLY, THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DA'S OFFICE AGAIN.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON ENFORCEMENT.
SO NEXT SLIDE AND I THINK OVER TO CHIEF CLUMPNER.
GOOD MORNING. SO FROM THE DFR SIDE, WE'RE TAKING THE MORE HANDS ON APPROACH OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET DIRECTLY WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING FENTANYL AND OPIOID OVERDOSES.
ONE'S A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST AND ONE'S A DFR PARAMEDIC THAT WITHIN 24 OR 48 TO 72 HOURS AFTER A PERSON IS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH AN OVERDOSE WHERE WE ADMINISTER NARCAN, THEY DO A FOLLOW UP AND COLD CALL ON THEM AT THEIR HOUSE.
AND THIS IN TURN, IS MEANT TO TRY AND GET THEM INTO SOME TYPE OF A REHAB PROGRAM, OFFER THE FAMILY NARCAN AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO TRY AND STOP THE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITH THE OPIOID RELATED ISSUES.
PER OUR CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH RRC, WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF 225 CLIENT CONTACTS PER YEAR.
THAT'S OUR MINIMUM THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN.
WE STARTED IN 2023, AS I SAID, AND WE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT 562 CLIENTS.
SO WE DO SEE THE PROGRAM AS BEING SUCCESSFUL.
IT IS OUR WAY TO WORK TOWARDS HARM REDUCTION, AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY.
AND THAT CDC GRANT YOU SAW ON AN EARLIER SLIDE.
WE ARE A PARTNER ON THAT TO EXPAND THE OVERDOSE RESPONSE TEAM, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH DR.
THANK YOU. AND IT'S MY HONOR TO TO SPEAK ON SEVERAL RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND GUESTS OF DALLAS THAT PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE EMPATHY AND EXPERTISE CARE TO ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH OPIOID ADDICTION.
OUR MOST KNOWN PROGRAM IN IPS IS OBVIOUSLY RIGHT CARE.
THE RIGHT CARE PROVIDES IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE DURING CRISIS.
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OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM IS COMPRISED OF LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS THAT PLAY A ROLE IN PROVIDING PERSONALIZED SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GRAPPLING WITH OPIOID ADDICTION. THE TRAINING OF CRISIS INTERVENTION EQUIPS OUR STAFF TO ADDRESS COMPLEX SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS.WE CAN PROVIDE LIMITED COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND REFERRALS TO OUTSIDE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. AND THEN NEW TO OUR PORTFOLIO IS A CONTRACT WITH URBAN SPECIALISTS FOR CREDIBLE MESSENGERS.
CREDIBLE MESSENGERS OFTEN ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE IN RECOVERY AND CAN SERVE AS ADVOCATES AND MENTORS FOR THOSE STRUGGLING WITH OPIOID ADDICTION, FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE AND EMPATHY OFTEN BUILDS TRUST, REDUCES STIGMA, AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK HELP AND ENGAGE IN TREATMENT.
ON THE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION FRONT, THE CRIME PREVENTION UNIT OF IPS OFTEN HOSTS OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THAT INCLUDE OUR PARTNERS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF OPIOID ABUSE, PROPER MEDICATION DISPOSAL, AND AVAILABLE TREATMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
STUDIES SHOW THAT EDUCATING COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THOSE AT RISK, EMPOWERS INFORMED DECISIONS, INCREASES ACCESS TO RESOURCES, AND HELPS INDIVIDUALS TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS TOWARDS PREVENTION AND RECOVERY.
AND THEN FINALLY, UNDER DATA ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENTS, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CHILD POVERTY ACTION LAB, OR CPAL, AS WELL AS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, AND DATA ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT TOOLS MAY ENABLE US TO TRACK TRENDS, ACCESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS, AND ALLOCATE RESOURCES MORE STRATEGICALLY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A PLAN OF ACTION THAT INCLUDES LEVERAGING DATA DRIVEN INSIGHTS AND IDENTIFYING ANY EMERGING HOTSPOTS, AND EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS, AND TO CONSTANTLY IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TO THE OPIOID CRISIS.
THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO EDUCATION AND RESOURCES, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS DEVELOPED A BILINGUAL COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, WHICH INCLUDES AN ONLINE SERVICES PORTAL, ALSO KNOWN AS A WEBSITE.
IMPLEMENTED NARCAN AVAILABILITY IN CITY FACILITIES.
DFR DEVELOPED A TRAINING VIDEO FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
DALLAS ISD AMENDED RULES TO ALLOW ADMINISTRATION OF NARCAN ON SECONDARY EDUCATION CAMPUSES.
AND THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS INVITED TO SERVE ON A NATIONAL PEER GROUP TASK FORCE IN NEW YORK CITY.
THE NEXT SUMMIT WILL BE HELD IN DALLAS IN MAY.
SO NEXT STEPS INCLUDE TRANSITION DEPARTMENT LEAD AND BUILD OUT TWO YEAR WORK PLAN.
AND JUST COORDINATING WITH PEER DEPARTMENTS ON THE YEAR TWO WORK PLAN.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE HOPING TO HOLD THE FENTANYL POLICY SUMMIT IN MAY.
NEXT. I THINK THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
AND NOW I WANT TO HEAR FROM CO-CHAIR OF THE STRIKE FORCE, COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.
THANK YOU. AND THANKS TO EACH OF YOU FOR NOT ONLY BEING HERE THIS MORNING, BUT FOR ACTUALLY ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS AND BEING A VERY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN WHAT WE WE ARE CALLING A VERY HIGH EPIDEMIC HITTING OUR COUNTRY.
AND SO, DR. KLEINSCHMIDT, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A OR YOU HAVE RECEIVED A GRANT AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE'RE HOPING THEN TO ACTUALLY WORK TO, TO SUPPLEMENT OR NOT SUPPLEMENT, BUT COMPLEMENT WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE EFFORTS.
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BUT COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT PARKLAND WITH YOUR GRANT THAT YOU'VE JUST RECEIVED? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.SO I SPECIFICALLY I WORK FOR UT SOUTHWESTERN DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE.
PARKLAND IS, HOWEVER, WHERE I DO MUCH OF MY WORK.
WE INITIATED A PROGRAM THERE THREE YEARS AGO.
IF YOU COME IN WITH AN OBVIOUS FENTANYL OVERDOSE, IT'S EASY TO ID THAT PATIENT.
BUT MANY PATIENTS ARE PASSING THROUGH OUR DOORS WHERE THEIR SUBSTANCE USE IS NOT AS OBVIOUS.
HOWEVER, BASED UPON DEVELOPMENT OF A REPORT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE ANYONE WHO ALREADY HAS AN ICD TEN CODE RELATED TO SUBSTANCE USE OR HAS AN UNEXPECTED URINE DRUG TEST FROM A PREVIOUS VISITS, AND THEN OUR PEERS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE FOLKS AND GO AHEAD AND ENCOUNTER WITH THEM.
WE DON'T WE CAN'T STAFF 24/7, BUT WE WILL ENHANCE THAT WHICH WE CAN DO WITH WHAT WE'RE UP TO.
ANOTHER PART IS THE NORTH TEXAS POISON CENTER.
THE NORTH TEXAS POISON CENTER IS ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 55 POISON CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S FUNDED BY A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS. BUT WHAT WE ARE DEVELOPING NOW IS THAT THE NORTH TEXAS POISON CENTER WILL BECOME THE HOTLINE FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, 24/7 FOR DALLAS.
SO THIS IS AN ENHANCED SERVICE.
MUCH WORK GOING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS IN TERMS OF GETTING THE FOLKS WHO ANSWER THE PHONES.
AND A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPING ALGORITHMS FOR CARE FOR WHETHER YOU'RE A PERSON WITH A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR A FAMILY OR A FRIEND CALLING ABOUT A PERSON YOU KNOW, OR WHETHER YOU'RE A HEALTH CARE FACILITY CALLING IN, BECAUSE I MENTIONED BARRIER NUMBER ONE IS IDENTIFICATION.
BARRIER NUMBER TWO IS WHERE DO YOU GO.
AND AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF WHAT WE'LL BE DOING.
AND BUILDING OUR EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AND THAT INCLUDES YOU KNOW, BECKY TINNEY WITH THE RC, WHO'S HERE WITH US HERE TODAY.
THAT INCLUDES VARIOUS PLACES SUCH AS HOMEWARD BOUND, IPS, METRO CARE, ETCETERA, ETCETERA.
YOUTH 180 BECAUSE ONE ASPECT IN THE GRANT DOESN'T ADDRESS IS THOSE ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AND THE UNDER AGE 18 IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR POPULATION, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE TARGET FOR PREVENTION.
BUT WE'RE ALREADY HAVING A LOT OF FOLKS COMING IN SICK.
CHILDREN'S HEALTH IS NOT QUITE READY TO BE ON TOP OF THAT.
SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOTLINE.
ANOTHER PIECE THAT WE'LL DO IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH DALLAS FIRE AND THE OPIOID RESPONSE TEAMS. AND I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING DR.
AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO LAY OUT OUR PLANS.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, FOR SELECTED PATIENTS WHO DO NEED TO HAVE MORE ACUTE CARE NEEDS, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TARGETING AS THOSE PATIENTS WILL BE BROUGHT TO PARKLAND, NOT TO OTHER FACILITIES, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, PARKLAND IS CLEARLY IN A BETTER POSITION TO MANAGE SUBSTANCE USE THAN ANY OTHER ED IN THE AREA.
AND WE CERTAINLY PLAN ON TAKING THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO THERE'S SOME OF THE PIECES THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE TRYING TO NOT ONLY DO ENFORCEMENT BUT HARM REDUCTION AS WELL AS AS WELL AS TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH AND AND JUST AWARENESS.
SO IT'S A PLANE WE'RE FLYING AND WE'RE BUILDING IT.
AND ONE THING THAT I DID IS I WAS VERY AGAINST MAT, WHICH IS MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT.
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MY COLLEAGUE WAS ALL IN ON IT, BUT AFTER.AND I WANT TO THANK MISS WILLIS FOR INTRODUCING ME TO DOPESICK THE BOOK.
AND I'M NOW READING RAISING LAZARUS, AND I WILL SAY THAT IT CHANGED MY MIND.
AND SO THAT IS WHY OUR NEXT STEP IS TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE GET A TREATMENT, INCLUDING MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT AND HAVING LOW BARRIER ADMISSIONS TO WHATEVER PROGRAMS WE NEED, BECAUSE THIS DRUG IS DEADLY AND IF IT DOESN'T KILL YOU.
I'VE HAD A MOTHER WHO TOLD ME I WISH IT DID HAD KILLED MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE IT IS SO BAD.
AND YOU TALK TO THESE PARENTS AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AND IT'S REALLY HARMFUL TO, TO TO KIDS.
I MEAN, THE UNDER 18 POPULATION IS THE ONES AT RISK.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M EMOTIONAL.
BUT THIS I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW, BECKY, WHEN YOU HEAR THESE PARENTS, IT IS IT IS HARSH.
IT IS, IT IS. I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING A PARENT AND HAVING TO GO THROUGH IT.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO TO SEE A MOBILE MAT UNIT.
THERE'S A CERTAIN TIME THEY CAN GET ADMINISTERED, REIMBURSEMENTS.
AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
AND SO I THANK YOU, ADAM, FOR MAKING FOR KEEPING ON THE ON THIS BECAUSE I'VE MOVED TO A 180.
I WAS AGAINST THIS, I WAS AGAINST METHADONE, I WAS AGAINST ALL OF IT.
BUT AFTER RESEARCH AND IT'S PROVEN AND DR.
YES, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY. THE RESEARCH IS VERY CLEAR.
THERE IS RECOVERY, REHAB, SUPPORT SERVICES, EDUCATION, TRAINING.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE TO RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE.
AND SO THE EDUCATION PIECE IS KEY.
HOWEVER, THE DATA ARE VERY CLEAR.
MEDICATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND WHILE MANY PATIENTS PREFER NOT TO BE ON MEDS, SURE, I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE MEDS I'M ON RIGHT NOW, BUT OH WELL, YOU KNOW BUT IT GETS DOWN TO IS, IS THAT THE.
CORRECT. THE GOAL IS TO TREAT THE OTHER DISEASE, THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION.
THE END SYMPTOM OF ADDICTION IS YOUR LIFE IS MESSED UP.
IF YOUR LIFE'S NOT MESSED UP, YOU DON'T HAVE ADDICTION.
SO THE GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO NORMAL LIFE.
AND AND THE MEDS ARE CLEARLY VERY DEMONSTRATIVE THAT THEY ARE THE KEY TO THIS.
SO AND LIKE I SAID, I DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING TO THE TABLE.
AND EVERYBODY COMES WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT AND EDUCATE AND CONNECTING THOSE DOTS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE WE ARE WE DO HAVE OUR NEXT STEPS.
THESE AREN'T YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS A TASK, AS A STRIKE FORCE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING.
BUT THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE ARE WHAT I THINK 6% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION, BUT WE CONSUME A THIRD OF THE WORLD'S ILLICIT DRUGS. WHICH MEANS WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM TOO.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BREAK DOWN EVEN THAT TO GET FOLKS TO SAY, HEY, I'M NOT OKAY, AND I NEED HELP.
AND SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH TOO, IS THE BARRIERS TO ANYTHING TO TO GO BACK TO A NORMAL LIFE AND WHATEVER THAT NORMAL IS SEEMS TO BE PUT UP EVEN MORE WHEN IT COMES TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS WELL.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY WORKING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO AND OUR LAWMAKERS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO, TO GET PEOPLE SAFE AND HEALTHY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WE'RE IN THIS NEXT PHASE OF STUFF.
AND SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BLACKMON.
AND I JUST ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
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BEING OUT OF OUR MEETINGS, IN OUR SETTING, AND HEARING IT IN THIS LIGHT REALLY PUTS A PERSPECTIVE TO THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.AND I JUST I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF Y'ALL ENOUGH FOR THAT.
YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS ONLY PART WE HAVE DISD, JUST AS YOU SAW WITH THE PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEN I WILL MAKE MY WAY AROUND AS WELL.
THANK YOU. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, BECAUSE I DO HAVE TO LEAVE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, IS SHARE MY THOUGHTS, AND THEN YOU CAN GIVE THE ANSWERS TO MY COLLEAGUES, AND I CAN GET A I CAN GET THE ANSWERS LATER.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ASKED.
AND THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A CRIME TO BE CAUGHT UP IN THIS, BUT THEY BECOME VICTIMS IN THIS AND THEY ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THAT SENSE. AND SO WE MUST PROTECT THEM, AND WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GIVE THEM THOSE CHANCES.
SO THOUGH I AM NEW TO ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL.
I REALLY COMMEND YOU FOR THIS.
AND I WANT TO BRING IT FORWARD IN A MUCH STRONGER WAY.
IT'LL HELP EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR CITY.
SO HOW CAN WE AS A COUNCIL POLICY AND ALSO FINANCIALLY INVEST IN THIS MORE SO THAT WE CAN ARE THERE BARRIERS IN POLICY THAT WE, AS THE CITY HAVE PUT FORWARD THAT ARE THAT ARE MAKING YOUR WORK HARDER? ARE THERE FINANCIAL BARRIERS OF THINGS THAT IF I ONLY HAD AN EXTRA Y, X, OR Y, I COULD DO THIS? SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT AND ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE COUNTY PLAN, BECAUSE IF WE SAW FROM THE MONEY THAT WAS SENT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE MONEY ON THIS.
AND SO HOW ARE WE REALLY, REALLY COORDINATING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON SAID, TO REALLY LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS IN THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS WAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEAR FREQUENTLY IS THE CHALLENGE OF THE LACK OF BEDS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TREATMENT.
SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE THERE'S A MEMO THAT WE COULD GET ON.
WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE SITUATION WITH BEDS? BOTH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SEEK TREATMENT AS WELL AS THOSE WHO NEED TREATMENT, WHO MAY BE A LITTLE BIT RESISTANT, HOW DOES IT WHAT'S THAT ECOSYSTEM LOOK LIKE AND HOW CAN WE BETTER UNDERSTAND IT? WE I KNOW WHEN I AM ABLE TO TELL A STORY TO PEOPLE, WHEN I'M ABLE TO TELL A PARTICULAR STORY, I HAVE SOMEONE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY DISTRICT WHO'S THE PARENTS CAME TO ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW THAT GUY THAT RAVES THAT'S STANDING ON THE CORNER RAVING, WHO'S MENTAL? IT'S ALL IT'S MENTAL ILLNESS.
THAT'S MY SON, AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND SO WHEN I TELL THAT TO OTHER PEOPLE, THEIR COMPASSION LEVEL GROWS EXPONENTIALLY.
YOU KNOW, 1 OR 2 REALLY POWERFUL STORIES.
MY LAST TWO QUESTIONS ARE DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ESTIMATED TO BE IMPACTED BY OPIOIDS? THAT STATISTIC, I THINK, WOULD BE HUGELY BENEFICIAL.
WHAT DO WE KNOW AS THE NUMBERS? I'M JUST LEARNING THIS NOW AND YOU GUYS ARE ALL EXPERTS, SO YOU CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER, INCLUDING MAYBE A SEPARATE COLUMN FOR FAMILIES.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON THIS? GEOGRAPHICALLY, GENDER, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
THE MORE WE CAN KNOW ABOUT THIS, THE BETTER IT WILL BE.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS WHEN RESIDENTS SEE SOMEONE CLEARLY IN NEED OF RIGHT CARE SERVICES.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE IN NEED OF RIGHT CARE SERVICES, IS THERE A WAY TO DIRECTLY CONTACT? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY HELPFUL.
AND THEN FINALLY ON THE NEXT STEPS PLAN ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC ADJUSTMENTS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE SHORTCOMINGS THAT HAVE EMERGED AS WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE RESPONSE STRATEGY? SO THOSE WERE THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, AND I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND THE PARTNERSHIPS.
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AND IF YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE EVER TO BRING THEM FORWARD BECAUSE YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GET INTERESTED IN THIS.DO YOU WANT JUST TO GET YOUR RESPONSES, I CAN START.
IN 2023, WE GAVE APPROXIMATELY 2300 DOSES OF NARCAN.
SO THAT'S SOMEBODY CALLING 911.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT WAS THAT THOSE WERE ALL OPIOID OVERDOSES, BECAUSE WE DO USE THAT IN POTENTIAL UNCONSCIOUS PERSON, SOME OTHER TYPES OF CALLS. BUT THAT HAS BEEN TRENDING UP.
IT'S ABOUT FLAT FROM THE YEAR PREVIOUS.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY ROUGH NUMBERS? I DON'T HAVE THE DIRECT NUMBERS ON MY MIND, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE MORE THAN ONE A DAY.
AND I WOULD SAY WE COULD EASILY BE PUSHING OVER A THOUSAND PER YEAR TO COME THROUGH.
SO THAT DECREASES OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS BY, BY A TOUCH.
BUT IT IS A VERY IT'S NOT A RARE ENTITY AT ALL.
I MEAN, JUST YESTERDAY I WAS AT WORK ON MY PARENT INTERVENTION PROGRAM, BUT AS I WASN'T IN THE ED, BUT I RUN THROUGH THE CHART IN ED AND I HAD TWO DIFFERENT OPIOID PATIENTS IN THE ED, AND I ENDED UP GOING DOWN AND CONSULTING AND VISITING, VISITING WITH THEM.
SO THIS IS JUST A STANDARD TYPICAL DAY, BUT I'M AFRAID I DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.
YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MISS SCHULTZ.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE GOT HER QUESTIONS OUT, BUT I, BEFORE GOING ON TO THE OTHER MEMBERS, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM BECKY TINNEY FROM THE RESOURCE RECOVERY COUNCIL. AND IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO Y'ALL'S WORK AND ENGAGEMENT AND ANY HARM REDUCTION INFORMATION THAT YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO TAKE WITH US.
SURE. SO OUR ROLE IN THE OVERDOSE RESPONSE TEAM IS REALLY THE THE CONNECTION TO SERVICES SIDE.
SO AS CHIEF CLUMPNER MENTIONED, WE STAFF RECOVERY SUPPORT PEER SPECIALISTS AS PART OF THAT TEAM.
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN LONG TERM RECOVERY THEMSELVES.
THEY GO THROUGH A CERTIFICATION TRAINING THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE ABLE TO ACT AS PEER MENTORS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SOMEWHERE ON THE SPECTRUM OF CONTEMPLATING RECOVERY OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY TRYING TO PURSUE IT.
SO THE THE, THE KEY IN OUR ROLE IN THIS TEAM IS THAT WHEN OUR TWO PERSON TEAM KNOCKS ON THAT INDIVIDUAL'S DOOR, THEY GET AN IMMEDIATE CONNECTION TO AN ADDICTION PROFESSIONAL WHO CAN HELP THEM.
IT'S WHAT WE CALL A CO-RESPONDER MODEL VERSUS A REFERRAL BASED MODEL.
OFTEN TIMES WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT BE READY IN THAT MOMENT TO PURSUE TREATMENT.
SO SOMETIMES THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SHOCK IN THAT.
BUT WHEN OUR STAFF LEAVE BEHIND THEIR INFORMATION, WE VERY, VERY MANY TIMES GET CALLBACKS FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS DAYS, WEEKS, SOMETIMES MONTHS LATER DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE NOT LEAVING THEM A 1-800 NUMBER.
WE'RE NOT LEAVING THEM A BROCHURE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO CALL THE FRONT DESK.
THEY'RE GOING TO CALL, YOU KNOW, MICHAEL, WHO THEY MET IN THEIR LIVING ROOM A MONTH AGO.
AND THEY KNOW THAT MICHAEL, TO SOME EXTENT KNOWS WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH.
RIGHT. AND THERE'S SO MUCH VALUE IN THAT CONNECTION.
THERE'S SO MUCH VALUE IN THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION.
AND WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF A BENEFIT IN THAT IMMEDIATE CONNECTION.
SO I THINK THE MODEL THAT WE UTILIZE IS CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM.
IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE VISITS, AS CHIEF CLUMPNER MENTIONED, WE'RE DISTRIBUTING NARCAN.
WE'RE TRAINING INDIVIDUALS HOW TO USE NARCAN.
WE ARE TEACHING THEM ABOUT HANDS-ONLY CPR.
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IT'S JUST KIND OF SOME BASIC TIPS TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE.WE OPERATE ON THE IDEA THAT IF SOMEBODY IS ALIVE, THEY CAN HEAL.
WE CANNOT REHABILITATE A DEAD BODY.
AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS HARSH AND EXTREME, BUT THAT IS THE REALITY.
IF THAT PERSON IS BREATHING, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO HELP CONNECT THEM.
AND SO OUR STAFF REALLY WORK TO TO DO THAT, TO EXPLORE OPTIONS WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL.
WE HAVE AN MOU WITH NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
AND AS THE STATE FUNDED PROVIDER, WE WORK TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS WITH THOSE RESOURCES AND JUST HELP THEM HOWEVER WE CAN MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE, TRULY MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE, AND LET THEM KNOW THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
I'M A VERY BIG FAN OF THE RESOURCE RECOVERY.
COUNCIL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR Y'ALL'S PARTICIPATION, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE MEMBERS ON THE DAIS FIRST, MR. GRACEY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL TO SEE HOW YOU ALL ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN THE ERA THAT I GREW UP IN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT I WISH WE WOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS BACK THEN, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE SAVING COMMUNITIES. NOT JUST PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, BUT YOU'RE SAVING ENTIRE COMMUNITIES THROUGH THIS WORK AND KEEPING IT UNDER CONTROL, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN THESE TYPE OF THINGS GO OUT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND WHAT YOU DO AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE HAVING ON THIS CITY.
AND I THINK I'VE HEARD THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I THINK THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MAY BE DEVELOPING, BUT THE IN TERMS OF JUST DEMOGRAPHICS AND, AND I KNOW YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, BUT IN TERMS OF JUST THE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY ARE, I WAS JUST SURFING AROUND, I APOLOGIZE.
SO AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, IF THERE'S AREAS IN MY DISTRICT WHERE I NEED TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT MY CONVERSATIONS, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE A BUDGET TOWN HALL, BUT I CAN BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT CONVERSATIONS.
ARE WE GATHERING THAT TYPE OF DATA OR DOES IT EXIST? I COULDN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE.
SO WE ARE THROUGH SOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS, WE'RE REPORTING TO OD MAPPING, WHICH IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT TRACKS OVERDOSES AND ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR EMS AGENCY REPORTS INTO IT.
AND THEN IT'S THE POLICE USE IT TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE HOTSPOT AREAS, BUT IT IS STRICTLY MEANT TO BE USED IN BECAUSE OF THE HIPAA INFORMATION. YEAH.
YEAH, IT IT'S A BROAD, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR TARGETED FROM INTERNAL THOUGH.
BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T PRESENT IT EXTERNALLY.
WHAT IS IT CALLED AGAIN? OD MAPPING OD MAPPING.
SO YOU CAN YOU CAN LOOK UP ON THE INTERNET AND FIND INFORMATION ON IT, BUT IT IS NOT PUBLIC FACING.
THANK YOU, MR. GRACEY. MR. RIDLEY. ALL RIGHT.
AND THANK YOU ALL WHO ARE PRESENT IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALSO WORKING ON THIS ISSUE AND COMING TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE WITH REGARD TO SERVICES AND FUNDING THAT CAN BE DONE SO THAT WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE GAPS ARE SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY CONQUER THIS ISSUE.
BUT I AM GOING BACK TO WHAT DALLAS MAY NEED TO DO LEGISLATIVELY IN WORKING WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND HEARING FROM THOSE WHO ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND ABOUT CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE LAW, OR WHERE WHERE SOMETHING COULD STRENGTHEN THE CAPABILITY IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S ON SERVICES OR WHETHER IT'S ON ENFORCEMENT, IS SOMETHING WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR.
I'M THINKING ABOUT CONGRESSMAN ELLZEY TALKING ABOUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHINA IS INVOLVED IN, THAT WE'VE GOT DRUG CARTELS INVOLVED IN.
COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON REFERENCED THE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF DEATHS AND THOSE AFFECTED IN THE US, AND IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF A AN EFFORT THAT IS SO LARGE, IT'S HARD FOR ANY OF US TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND.
BUT WE KNOW THAT IN DC THEY ARE WORKING ON THIS.
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AND SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE OPEN.IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OR CAN HELP VISIT WITH OUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE WE ARE DOING THAT AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN JUST MAKE AS MUCH PROGRESS AS POSSIBLE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO INTERJECT THAT NOTE.
THANK YOU, MISS WILLIS, MR. RESENDEZ. DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.
JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH ALL WITH ALL OF THIS WORK.
AND I WILL JUST SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL TO ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I THINK THAT THIS WORK IS MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE ULTIMATELY DOING IN BREAKING THESE SILOS DOWN AND WORKING WITH COMPASSION IS, IS A SOMEWHAT NORMALIZING THE INEVITABLE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS TO ME WAS MOST CRITICAL TO DO.
WE HAVE SEEN AN EVOLUTION IN SOCIETY, AND THE APPROACH FOR SO MANY YEARS HAS BEEN ENFORCEMENT ONLY. WE HAVE ONLY DISCUSSED THIS IN GOVERNMENTAL BODIES THROUGH THE LENS OF PUBLIC SAFETY ALONE.
BY BY SEEING THE DIVERSITY THAT EXISTS HERE AND WHAT IT TAKES TO REALLY APPROACH THIS WITH COMPASSION AND TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AND NOT JUST ENFORCEMENT, WE CANNOT JUST SAY NO OUR WAY OUT OF A CRISIS LIKE THIS.
AND THIS IS NOW HIT EVERY CORNER OF LIFE.
THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT THIS CRISIS TOUCHES.
AND SO IT FOR US TO HAVE SHOWN THESE SUCCESSES.
AND LIKE I SAID, HONESTLY, I REALLY AM I'VE EVEN AFTER JUST READING THIS, BUT JUST HEARING IT AND SEEING THE DIALOG TODAY IT MAKES ME EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YALL ARE DOING AND THAT US COMING TOGETHER HAS REALLY RESULTED FOR THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS.
ON FRIDAY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MEMO THAT WILL SAY, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE OTHER SUCCESSES THAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD WE WILL HAVE NARCAN DISTRIBUTED IN ALL OF OUR LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THAT TO BE THE NEXT ROLLOUT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF YOU ALL NOTICE THE SHIRT THAT I'M WEARING, IT'S DALLAS FIGHTS FENTANYL.
THIS IS A PART OF THE CAMPAIGN THAT DISD HAS PUT TOGETHER AS A PART OF THIS COLLABORATION.
WE'VE SEEN MULTIPLE FAIRS ON CAMPUS DISD CAMPUSES FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES TO BE EDUCATED ON.
AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK CONTINUING THE COLLABORATION AND SEEING RESULTS THAT AS MENTIONED, IS ULTIMATELY SAVING LIVES AND AGAIN, NORMALIZING THE INEVITABLE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S HERE AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE USED.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS SOFTEN WHAT THAT IMPACT HAS ON OUR COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE ALL I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WILL BE THERE WHEN WE HOST.
BUT MAYOR ADAMS IN NEW YORK CITY HOSTED THE FIRST OPIOID SUMMIT AND INVITED US TO BE A PART OF IT.
AND LAST FALL AND HE'S SINCE ASKED US TO HOST THE NEXT ONE.
THAT A LOT OF THE PRESENTATIONS WE'VE HEARD TODAY WILL ALSO BE A PART OF GUIDING.
SO I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE INFORMATION WHEN THAT COMES UP.
AND JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK.
SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR Y'ALL'S WORK.
AND PLEASE FOLLOW UP WITH MISS SCHULTZ QUESTIONS IF THERE WERE IN YOUR RESPECTIVE FIELDS.
THANK YOU. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM D THIS CHAPTER 42A HIGH IMPACT AREAS SURVEY RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE DO HAVE DIRECTOR ROSA FLEMING ONLINE AS WELL.
ROSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR OF CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS PORTION BY WEBEX.
IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE WANTED TO BRING BACK THE IDEA OF HIGH IMPACT AREAS IN DALLAS.
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WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS IN 2018 WHEN I JOINED THE CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.WE HAD A LOT OF CALLS IN OUR OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS RELATED TO PARADES, WALKS, ETC. MOVING EVENTS THAT WERE OBSTRUCTIVE TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND AS WE WALKED THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE 16 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE DESIGNATED IN 2019.
WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO COUNCIL THE FIRST TIME.
AND WHAT OUR GOAL HERE IS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT AND LOOK AT THOSE EVENTS THAT CAN BE DISRUPTIVE TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE THE REVENUE THAT COMES FROM THOSE EVENTS AND THE CAMARADERIE, CAMARADERIE FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COMES FROM THOSE, BUT TO ALSO MAKE THEM LESS DISRUPTIVE.
SO AS I SAID, WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO COUNCIL IN 2019.
WE ASKED COMMUNITIES THAT WERE THE MOST FREQUENTED BY OUR BY OUR PERMIT APPLICANTS FOR HOSTING EVENTS. WE WANTED TO LOOK AT NOISE ELEMENTS, AT BLOCKAGES IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC, TIMES OF DAY, ETC., WHERE THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS SEEM TO HAVE SOME IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE.
SOME CHANGES IN CHAPTER 42A TO TRY TO HELP WITH THAT AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNCIL, SOME POLICY DECISIONS, AS WELL AS SOME JUST INTERNAL PROCESS DECISIONS THAT SEEM TO RIGHTSIZE IT FOR A MOMENT.
AND AS SPECIAL EVENTS BECAME LESS FREQUENT DURING THAT TIME, THERE WAS LESS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RESURVEY AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER THOSE CHANGES THAT WE MADE IN CHAPTER 42A WERE ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE.
AND SO THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN MARCH WE WENT INTO COVID.
WE DIDN'T COME OUT OF IT AND REALLY START DOING LARGER EVENTS UNTIL AGAIN IN 22 WAS WHERE WE SAW THE INCREASE ALMOST BACK TO NORMALIZATION OF EVENTS.
AND AS WE DID THAT, WE STARTED TO SEE SOME OF THE TRIGGERS.
NEIGHBORHOODS HAD CHANGED IN SOME CASES.
YOU CAN REFERENCE DEEP ELLUM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD CHANGED IN TERMS OF WHO WAS LIVING THERE AND WHAT THEY WERE USED TO IN TERMS OF EVENTS.
AND SO WE FELT IT NECESSARY AS THESE MASS GATHERINGS AND MOVING EVENTS NORMALIZED, TO COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE EVEN FURTHER CHANGES TO 42A WHERE NECESSARY, TO MAKE THESE LESS IMPACTFUL.
NEXT SLIDE. SO RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 16 DESIGNATED HIGH IMPACT AREAS.
THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE APPLICANTS MOST FREQUENTLY REQUEST SOME KIND OF OF EVENT PERMIT OR THEIR HOSTING SOMETHING WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO HAVE BARRICADES, SHUT DOWNS, PORTLETS, ETC.
AND DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY OR THE FREQUENCY OF EVENTS IN THOSE AREAS.
SOME OF THE WE CAN GET SOME COMPLAINTS RELATIVE TO THAT.
WE CAN GET SOME WHO ARE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE EVENT TAKING PLACE IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND OTHERS THAT JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S DISRUPTIVE TO THEIR DAY TO DAY ABILITY TO CONDUCT WORK OR DO THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
NEXT SLIDE. AND SO PART OF WHAT WE DID THE FIRST TIME AROUND IN 2019 WAS TO PUT TOGETHER A HIGH IMPACT AREA COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S OUTLINED IN DETAILED IN CHAPTER 42A, WHICH IS THE ORDINANCE THAT CONTROLS OR THE CODE THAT CONTROLS HOW WE FUNCTION IN SPECIAL EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, GET THE IMPACT THAT WE NEED, AND SPEAK TO OUR RESIDENTS FROM THEIR VARIOUS AREAS OF CONCERN.
OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENT AND PARTNER AGENCIES ARE LISTED, BUT INCLUDE THE ALWAYS THE BIG ONES CODE COMPLIANCE, FIRE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORTATION.
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AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS TO PUT A SURVEY OUT ON THE STREET AGAIN.THE FIRST TIME WE PUT IT OUT IN 2019, WE ONLY GOT ABOUT 195 OR SO RESPONSES.
THIS TIME WE RECEIVED ABOUT 485 RESPONSES.
IT WAS PUT OUT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE RIGHT NOW IS FOR JAQULIN JUSTICE OR JACKIE [INAUDIBLE] TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL SURVEY.
SO WE WANTED TO CAPTURE THE LAST TWO YEARS OF OUR HIGH IMPACT AREA IMPLEMENTATION.
AND SO WE UPDATED THE SURVEY FOR 2024.
WE LAUNCHED IT JANUARY 28TH AND IT STAYED ONLINE THROUGH MARCH 4TH.
WE DISTRIBUTED THAT DIRECTLY TO OVER 35 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, PIDS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HELD A TRAINING ONLINE TRAINING WITH YOUR COUNCIL ASSISTANTS, BECAUSE WE KNOW YOUR COUNCIL ASSISTANTS ARE KEY TO GETTING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS.
THEN WE LAUNCHED THE SURVEY IN SPANISH FROM FEBRUARY 20TH TO MARCH 3RD.
WE USED OUR OWN COM DEPARTMENT TO DISTRIBUTE THAT THROUGH CIUDAD DE DALLAS CHANNELS, INCLUDING TARGETING SOME OF OUR HIGH IMPACT AREAS WITH SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS. AND AS ROSA SAID, OUR RESULTS WERE DOUBLE.
MOST OF OUR OVERALL RESPONSES WERE VERY POSITIVE.
NEXT SLIDE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE WE WANTED TO SEE HOW OUR CITIZENS KIND OF FELT ABOUT HOW THE ABOUT THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF OUTDOOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, 74% FEEL EVENTS POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE HIGH RESPONDENTS WHO WERE RESIDENTS.
NEXT SLIDE. NOW THIS IS WHERE OUR SURVEY SPLITS.
SO OVER HALF OF OUR RESPONDENTS FELT THEY WERE NOT IMPACTED BY SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FURTHER AT THE 45% WHO ARE IMPACTED BY SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST IMPACT IS TRAFFIC AND STREET CLOSURES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY INCREASED FROM 2019 TO 2024 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY IMPACTS, THEY DECLINED IN 20 TO 2024.
SO IN SOME IN OUR MORE FREQUENT CASES OUR HIGH IMPACT AREA GUIDELINES ARE WORKING.
NEXT SLIDE. NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE SPECIAL EVENT NOISE IMPACTS.
SO AGAIN WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE SINCE 2019.
JUST KIND OF A POINT OF REFERENCE.
[INAUDIBLE] WE DO ISSUE SOUND VARIANCES AS PART OF PERMITS THAT WE ISSUE, BUT BEFORE WE GRANT THOSE, WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT A MAP AND WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PROXIMITY OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO THE PERMITTED EVENT.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT HOW LONG THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SOUND VARIANCE AND HOW EARLY AND LATE.
AND SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO THAT LESSENED OF AN IMPACT.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SPECIAL EVENT PARKING BY FREQUENCY.
SO WHEN WE REVISE CHAPTER 42A IN 2019, WE ACTUALLY ADDED SOME PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO 42A.
SO APPLICANTS WHO APPLY FOR PERMITS, THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY GIVE US A PARKING PLAN THAT RELATES TO THE TOTAL EXPECTED ATTENDANCE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AT THEIR EVENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE ADEQUATELY PLANNED FOR PARKING FOR THEIR PATRONS.
NOW, IN SOME HIGH IMPACT AREAS, THIS ACTUALLY MEANS THAT WE REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO RENT LOTS ESPECIALLY IN WEST DALLAS, WHERE THERE'S LIMITED PARKING AROUND THE RONALD KIRK BRIDGE, FOR EXAMPLE.
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AND SO WE FEEL LIKE ALTHOUGH THERE'S STILL SOME IMPACTS OUR HIGH IMPACT AREA GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT LACK OF ADVANCED NOTIFICATION BY FREQUENCY.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL OF THESE AREAS HAVE LESSENED SINCE 2019.
AND WE THINK THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST BENEFITS OF A HIGH IMPACT AREA DESIGNATION FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREAS, BECAUSE WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES SUCH AS DIE, DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION, THE ARTS DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EVENT ORGANIZERS ARE ACTUALLY NOTIFYING THE CORRECT PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP US SHARE THE NOTIFICATION.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN IF WE LOOK AT LITTER IMPACTS ACROSS THE BOARD, THOSE HAVE DECLINED SINCE 2019 AND EVENTS ARE JUST DOING A BETTER JOB OF CLEANING UP. AND SO THAT'S GOOD.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A SLIDE ABOUT THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE SURVEY.
SO WE RECEIVED OVER 200 COMMENTS FROM OUR SURVEY PARTICIPANTS.
AGAIN LOTS OF RESIDENTS RESPONDING THIS TIME.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE COMMENTS BY TOPIC, TRAFFIC, STREET CLOSURES, HIGHEST TOPIC FOLLOWED BY NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS IS KIND OF A NEW CONCERN THAT WE MANAGED AND AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE TRAPPED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT WAS A COMMON COMMENT THAT WE HEARD.
AND WE DON'T WANT THEY DON'T WANT ROUTES TO KIND OF ENCLOSE THEM.
WE'LL PASS THIS ON TO OUR HIGH IMPACT AREA COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO OUR PROPOSED ACTION FOR THIS AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AS A COMMITTEE TODAY, IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A HIGH IMPACT AREA COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
OUR PLAN WAS ALWAYS TO RESURVEY, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROBLEMS AND THE CONCERNS AND ISSUES HAD NOT CHANGED RELATED TO THESE MOVING AND OTHER EVENTS, LARGE MASS GATHERINGS.
BUT THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A DESIGNEE FROM EACH HIGH IMPACT AREA THAT WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE AT EACH OF THE THE MEETINGS THAT WE HOST.
AND THEN THEY WOULD PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE HIGH IMPACT AREA COMMITTEE.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT PARTNER WITH US AS WE PUT ON THESE EVENTS.
NEXT SLIDE. AND SO AGAIN, RATHER THAN SURVEY INFREQUENTLY, WE WOULD INCREASE. WE ARE PROPOSING TWO OPTIONS EITHER A YEARLY ANNUAL SURVEY OR A PERMIT HOLDERS AND EVENT PLANNERS, OR A BI ANNUAL SURVEY FOR NEIGHBORS AND BUSINESSES.
NEXT SLIDE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TODAY IS THAT YOU APPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BE COMPRISED OF CONSTITUENTS AND PERSONS WHO LIVE WITHIN THE HIGH IMPACT AREAS.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN START TO ACTUALLY HEAR ON A ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS AND IN A MORE TARGETED BASIS, THE IMPACTS THAT THESE EVENTS ARE HAVING ON NEIGHBORHOODS. NEXT SLIDE.
WE WOULD MOVE QUICKLY UPON YOUR APPROVAL.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD COLLECT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE WOULD INSTITUTE AND INVITE THE ADVISORY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE AND THEN TRAIN THEM, TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS, AND THEN CONVENE THAT FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST PROVIDING SOME CONSIDERATION, SOME ITEMS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AGAIN, EITHER IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR FLEMING.AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ROSA, I'VE MET WITH YOU A FEW TIMES ABOUT THE FRUSTRATIONS OF EAST DALLAS RESIDENTS WITH THE MARATHONS AND 5K'S THAT ARE RUN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THIS COMMITTEE NEVER CAME UP.
SO I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT IT EXISTS.
AND THAT MAY BE BECAUSE IT HASN'T DONE MUCH.
ON SLIDE FOUR, YOU TALK ABOUT ITS PURPOSE BEING TO ENCOURAGE EVENT ORGANIZERS TO CONSIDER OTHER VIABLE LOCATIONS THAT ARE LESS IMPACTFUL TO RESIDENTS.
HAS THAT EVER OCCURRED? SO YES, WE HAVE WORKED WITH SOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES TO LOOK AT ALTERING EVENTS.
WE HAVE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MOVE EVENTS.
SOME OF THOSE PRIMARILY ARE RUNNING EVENTS.
WE EXPLORED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE IDEA OF MOVING THE BMW MARATHON TO FAIR PARK IN THE FUTURE, OR UNT DALLAS AREA IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'VE STARTED TO EXPLORE THESE.
SOME OF THESE EVENTS ARE PLANNED FAR OUT.
AND WE DID HAVE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNAL COMMITTEE THAT MEETS THOSE MEET EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN APPLICATION THAT COMES THROUGH FOR A LARGE MOVING EVENT.
SO ON A FREQUENT BASIS, THEY'RE WORKING WITH JACKIE JUSTICE, LAURA FLORES, WHO IS ALSO SITTING AT THE TABLE, AND THEIR TEAM TO MAKE CHANGES TO EVENTS.
NOW, WE HAVE LOOKED AT MOVING PRIMARILY THE RUNS.
NOT NECESSARILY THE PARADES AT THIS POINT, BUT PRIMARILY THE RUN, SO SEEM TO BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO US, THEY LOVE RUNNING AROUND WHITE ROCK LAKE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO FIND OTHER PARTS OF DALLAS TO LOVE IN ORDER TO AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP SOME OF THAT REVENUE IN DALLAS, BUT NOT DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS, FOR EXAMPLE, OF EAST DALLAS AS MUCH.
WELL, YOU MAKE IT SOUND AS THOUGH THIS IS SIMPLY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IF THE CITY IS ISSUING PERMITS FOR THESE EVENTS, I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE HEAVIER HAND IN TELLING THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY CAN'T HAVE FIVE RUNS IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD EACH YEAR.
IT MAY BE MORE THAN ONE ORGANIZATION, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO EXERCISE OUR PREROGATIVE AS THE PERMIT ISSUING ENTITY TO NOT ONLY EXPLORE OTHER ROUTES, BUT PROVIDE OTHER ROUTES IN LIEU OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN OVERUSED.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD CONSIDER? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING WE WOULD CONSIDER.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WOULD LIMIT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF RUNS THROUGH CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS, PARTICULARLY, AGAIN, YOUR MOST IMPACTED.
AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS TO WHITE ROCK LAKE.
AND SO WE HAVE STARTED TO EXERCISE A LITTLE HEAVIER HAND IN TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY CANNOT DO CERTAIN THINGS IN CERTAIN AREAS AND THAT WE WILL NEED TO MOVE THEM.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE EXPLORING WITH BMW RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE REWRITTEN ROUTES, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE TALK ABOUT AND JACKIE CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS ON IT, BUT THE BMW MARATHON WAS ONE WHERE WE CHANGED THE ROUTE FOR THEM, AND WE WORKED WITH DPD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ROUTE WOULD WORK.
BUT THAT ALLOWS US TO ABSOLUTELY SAY NO, WE REACHED OUR CAP FOR THE YEAR.
WE DON'T WANT TO END UP WITH EVERYTHING FROM FROM EAST DALLAS, AND THEN WE HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SOME OF YOUR BUSINESSES THAT LOOK AT THESE EVENTS AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE FOR THE RESTAURANT AND RETAIL, FOR EXAMPLE.
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ISSUE. WELL, ONE SUGGESTION THAT I CAN MAKE THAT'S VERY SIMPLE TO REVISE 42 A IS TO CHANGE THE LIMITATION OF A MAXIMUM OF TWO EVENTS PER MONTH, WHICH IS NO LIMITATION AT ALL, FRANKLY, TO TWO EVENTS PER YEAR IN THE SAME HIGH IMPACT AREA.IN ADDITION, I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE DISTRICTS IN WHICH THESE EVENTS OCCUR. THESE THINGS POP UP ON THE CALENDAR, AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ADVANCE NOTICE OF THEM.
AND THEY'RE FREQUENTLY HELD IN MY DISTRICT.
NO ONE CONSULTS ME ABOUT THE ROUTE OR THE TIMING OR THE FREQUENCY THAT'S GOT TO END.
I HAVE HAD SO MUCH PUSHBACK FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE SICK AND TIRED OF HAVING THESE RACES, TRAPPING THEM IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS REPEATEDLY. IT'S JUST UNFAIR THAT THE EAST DALLAS NEIGHBORHOODS ARE EXPOSED TO THE BRUNT OF THESE EVENTS, YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO I THINK WE NEED A SENSE OF URGENCY WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
MEETING ONCE A YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE IDEA OF HAVING AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THE HIGH IMPACT AREAS, WHO CAN PROVIDE DIRECT INPUT ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THESE EVENTS ARE HAVING ON THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH MORE URGENCY NOT ONCE A YEAR.
AND THIS SURVEY, I DON'T KNOW HOW REPRESENTATIVE THIS SURVEY IS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS AS OPPOSED TO NEIGHBORS WHO GET TRAPPED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS? DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHO IS RESPONDING TO THESE SURVEYS? SURE WE CAN GO BACK AND BY MEMO, WE CAN PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR YOU.
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT ALTERNATE YEAR SURVEY? SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WORK WITH THESE PLANNERS IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH DPD, WORKING WITH FIRE, ETC.. AND SO FOR OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WELL, THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF CITIZENS.
WE WANT TO USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON HOW OUR NOTIFICATION PROCESSES, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE WORKING, ETC..
SO IT'S MORE OF A PROCESS ORIENTED SURVEY THAN IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING OR ASK TO BE PUT BACK INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE'VE TRANSITIONED THEM FROM.
IT'S MORE OF A PROCESS SURVEY FOR OUR INTERNAL COMMITTEE.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THE THE REASON WE WANT TO SURVEY OUR EVENT ORGANIZERS IS BECAUSE ALL OF THESE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE PUT INTO CHAPTER 42 A AND OUR HIGH IMPACT AREA GUIDELINES, A LOT OF THEM HAVE A COST TO OUR EVENTS.
SO WE WANT TO KNOW HOW THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE IMPACTING THEM AS WELL.
THANK YOU. WELL, IN CONCLUSION, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE A MORE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT ORIENTED ATTITUDE ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS THESE SPECIAL HIGH IMPACT EVENTS.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT TOO MUCH EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON ACCOMMODATING WHOEVER WANTS TO HAVE THESE EVENTS AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE JUST NEED TO REALLY RETHINK THAT AND ALLOW OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE A VOICE ABOUT HOW OFTEN THESE EVENTS OCCUR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
MR. GRACEY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I GUESS THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
ROSA, SOME OF MY QUESTIONS REALLY CENTERED AROUND KIND OF THE FUTURE HIGH IMPACT AREAS.
I CAN APPRECIATE THIS CONCEPT AND THIS PROPOSAL, BUT HOW WOULD FUTURE HIGH IMPACT AREAS BE CONSIDERED? FOR EXAMPLE, AS THE ZOO AND THE DECK PARK AND ALL OF THOSE AREAS CONTINUE BEING DEVELOPED? HOW DO ALL OF THOSE EVENTUALLY GET FACTORED INTO CONSIDERING BEING A HIGH IMPACT AREA? I'LL START THERE FIRST.
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SURE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.SO AS PEOPLE START TO SUBMIT PERMITS TO USE THOSE AREAS FOR THEIR MOVING EVENTS OR FOR THEIR MASS GATHERINGS, WE TRACK THE FREQUENCY OF, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN ARE THEY BEING REQUESTED, HOW MUCH ARE THEY BEING USED, HOW OFTEN ARE WE ACTUALLY APPROVING THEM? RIGHT. BECAUSE WE GET AND JACKIE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ABOUT 1200 APPLICATIONS PER YEAR, WE ONLY APPROVE ROUGHLY HALF OF THOSE, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT JUST WILLY NILLY APPROVAL OF THEM.
BUT TO GET ADDED TO THE LIST, THOSE AREAS HAVE TO START BEING REQUESTED AND AS THEY'RE REQUESTED AND AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS, IF ALL AGREE FROM CODE TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, FIRE, ETC., THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE EVENT THERE THEN WE START TO TRACK HOW OFTEN PEOPLE START TO USE IT.
AND JUST TO ADD, WHEN OUR HIGH IMPACT AREA COMMITTEE MEETS ANNUALLY IN SEPTEMBER IF THERE'S ANY NEW AREAS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THERE'S A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NEW MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCES, ETC..
WE CONSIDER NEW AREAS AND THE COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, AGREES TO ADD THEM.
WE ALSO CONSIDER CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MET BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND COMMERCE WAS GOING TO BE CLOSED, YOU KNOW, AND WE USE COMMERCE STREET ALL THE TIME IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
SO WE WERE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ADDING SOME RESTRICTIONS BASED ON THAT CONSTRUCTION THAT OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY EVENTS DURING THAT TIME AND THE CONSTRUCTION WAS ABLE TO BE COMPLETED. BUT WHEN WE ACCEPT AN APPLICATION, WE HAVE ACTUALLY STAFF THAT REVIEW THAT APPLICATION TO LOOK TO SEE IF IT MEETS ALL OF OUR HIGH IMPACT GUIDELINES.
SO WE ONLY ACCEPT SO MANY EVENTS WITH STREET CLOSURES DURING THAT WEEKEND, ETC..
SO WE DO HAVE SOME DATE RESTRICTIONS, NOT ONLY GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS.
AND IN 22-23, WE PERMITTED 200 EVENTS ACROSS THOSE HIGH IMPACT AREAS.
SO IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANALYZING WHAT OUR VENUES ACROSS THE CITY ARE DOING AND THEY NEED A PERMIT TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, LIKE A RUN OR A STREET CLOSURE.
SO SO THERE'S TWO THINGS I THINK WHAT MY COLLEAGUE MR. RIDLEY WAS SAYING, I AGREE WITH, I THINK JUST AT LEAST KNOWING WHAT'S COMING REALLY FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS TO HIS POINT.
ON THE OTHER HAND IN SOME AREAS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, AREAS TO EXPAND, I THINK THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
SO IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT MAKES SENSE.
SO THERE'S SOME MISSED OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
SO YOU HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS FRUSTRATED, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SAYING, HEY, MAYBE, MAYBE.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXIST? YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO OSC ISSUES A WEEKLY REPORT WHICH IS FOUR WEEKS OUT.
AND WE ISSUE THAT EVERY FRIDAY.
AND WE SEND THAT TO ALL OF YOUR COUNCIL ASSISTANTS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ACTUALLY START SENDING IT SPECIFIC TO THE COUNCIL PERSON THAT'S IMPACTED BY THOSE. I THINK THAT SOMETIMES THOSE ARE MISSED.
THE LIST CAN BE A LITTLE LENGTHY AT TIMES DEPENDING ON THE BUSYNESS OF THE PERIOD.
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ADDITION TO WHAT YOUR ASSISTANTS RECEIVE.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GRACEY. MISS BLACKMON.
WELL YOU KNOW I AM WHITE ROCK.
WELL, I'M NOT RIGHT, WHITE ROCK LAKE, BUT I REPRESENT WHITE ROCK LAKE.
SO ROSA, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERESTING.
YOU'RE NOT MOVING WHITE ROCK MARATHON FROM WHITE ROCK LAKE, ARE YOU? THE BMW MARATHON.
BUT I THINK TO GIVE FAIRNESS TO NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THOSE IN EAST DALLAS THAT PEOPLE JUST LOVE TO RUN THROUGH THERE, WALK THROUGH THERE, ETC.
TO GIVE THEM A BREATHER BETWEEN EVENTS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT ALREADY, AND WE ORIENT THE EVENT, WHETHER IT'S EVERY OTHER YEAR, EVERY THIRD YEAR.
WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH COUNCILMAN RIDLEY, FOR EXAMPLE TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT'S TOO MUCH, HOW MANY ARE TOO MANY EVENTS, RIGHT. AND FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S A COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.
BUT WE CAN REROUTE IT WITHOUT LOSING THE WHITE ROCK.
BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK WITH DPD.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, I KNOW IT GOES RIGHT THROUGH LAKEWOOD, AND I BELIEVE A LOT OF MY, OR A LOT OF THE FOLKS WHO COME OUT AND AND CHEER THEM ON, IT BECOMES LIKE A FAMILY EVENT.
BUT I DO THINK FOUR HOURS OF SHUTTING DOWN A STREET IS A LITTLE MUCH.
AND I THINK SHUTTING IT DOWN IS PROBLEMATIC.
BUT TO NOT HAVE THE WHITE ROCK MARATHON, I STILL CALL IT THAT.
I DON'T CALL IT THE BMW ONE NOT COME THROUGH WHITE ROCK LAKE.
I'D LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT THE FREQUENCY OF WHICH I KNOW THAT MY PARK BOARD MEMBER, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY RUNS AT THE LAKE WAS GETTING THERE WAS THAT SHE MET WITH ALL THE CONSTITUENCIES TO BASICALLY CREATE A MASTER CALENDAR.
SO THAT WAY THERE WASN'T OVERLAP WHERE A RUN WAS BLOCKING THE BOAT HOUSES.
AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE HIGH TIMES IN WHICH THE BOATING WAS HAPPENING ON THE LAKE, AND THEN KIND OF THEN RECONCILE IT WITH WHAT THE RUNNING SCHEDULE WAS.
SO I THINK THERE'S JUST COORDINATION TOO THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND COMMUNICATION.
BUT IF YOU'RE DOING TWO A YEAR, I MEAN, I'M THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I MEAN THE YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LONG RUN IS DURING THAT TIME, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TWO A YEAR WOULD DO.
MAYBE WHAT I THINK SHE DID WAS LOOKED AT IT IN SECTIONS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S TIMES OF THE YEAR YOU DON'T RUN HEAVY RUNS IN JULY AND AUGUST BECAUSE IT'S SO DARN HOT AND SO BUT THAT MEANS YOU DON'T CRAM THEM ALL IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER EITHER.
AND SO IT'S MORE ABOUT LENGTHENING THEM AND COORDINATING AND SPREADING THEM OUT VERSUS JUST AUTOMATICALLY SAYING EVERY WEEKEND THERE'S ONE THAT COMES, THERE'S ONE THAT COMES.
SO ARE Y'ALL LOOKING AT A BETTER COORDINATION CALENDAR AND UNDERSTANDING NOT JUST WHAT THE RUNS ARE, BUT WHAT DIFFERENT EVENTS ARE AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY? YES WE ARE, AND LOOKING TOO AT JUST THE SMALLER THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A PERMIT.
SO THAT'S WHERE HAVING THOSE ADVISORY MEMBERS WHO HAVE A QUICK UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY AS IT IS AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE TRANSPIRING, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE'S THINGS THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A PERMIT, BUT THEY ARE IMPACTED BY SOME OF THESE RUNS, ETC..
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE DO NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF, TALKING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONES.
AND I'VE SAID THIS TO COUNCILMAN RIDLEY BEFORE, YOU ARE THE ONES WHO RECEIVE THE CALLS BEFORE I DO.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPECTFUL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS THE FIRST TIME IN 2018 AND 2019 I THINK WE WERE ON A GOOD PATH TO CORRECTING SOME OF THESE THINGS. THE LOW OF, OF COVID PUT A LITTLE DAMPER ON THE FREQUENCY IN THE BUILDING OF THE PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY AS WE HAVE TALKED TO AND PROMISED SOME OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE TO CORRECT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
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WE ARE. WELL, AND IT'S NOT JUST RUNS EITHER.YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF HOME TOURS IN EAST DALLAS.
AND SO PARKING BECOMES CRAZY IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NARROW, YOU KNOW, PASSING THROUGH AND SUCH.
AND SO I GUESS, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND I THINK MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE STAGGERED, IT'S COMMUNICATED AND IT IS KNOWN PREDICTABILITY.
RIGHT? I MEAN, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHEN THE MARATHON IS COMING THROUGH THE LAKEWOOD AREA.
AND BECAUSE, I MEAN, THEY SEND OUT EMAILS, I GET THREE EMAILS FROM DIFFERENT, COMMUNITY GROUPS.
AND SO YOU JUST DON'T GO BEYOND MOCKINGBIRD.
BUT THE THING IS, IS SOMETIMES THEY LAST TILL NOON, AND REALLY THEY NEED TO JUST THEY NEED TO THEY NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY CLOSE THE ROADS AFTER A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD. BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE ELITE RUNNERS ANYMORE.
IT'S THE RECREATIONAL RUNNERS AND THEY'RE USUALLY DOING A RUN, WALK, ETC..
SO THAT'S JUST MY FEEDBACK IS TO UNDERSTAND, I GUESS, WHAT THE RACE IS OR WHAT THE EVENT IS, AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO COORDINATE A BETTER FLOW OF TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS.
AND THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A SITUATION THAT IS NOT DESIGNATED AS A HIGH IMPACT AREA, BUT IT.
AND SOME OTHER WORDS I SAW WERE BLOCKED AND TRAPPED.
AND I THINK MOST FOLKS ARE UNDERSTANDING IF THIS IS A ONE DAY EVENT OR A RUN.
I KNOW THERE ARE HOME TOURS IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT THOSE ARE USUALLY OF A SHORTER DURATION.
SO WHAT I HAVE GOT IS A SITUATION THAT HAS COME UP ANNUALLY AND TAKES MASSIVE CITY RESOURCES, AS THE NEIGHBORS EXPRESSED THAT THEY DO NOT WANT THIS PROLONGED EVENT GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE ARE IT'S CALLED A SHOW HOME.
SO IMAGINE YOU'VE GOT A HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SOMEONE WHO OWNS THAT HOME DERIVES THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND REDOING ROOMS, PROBABLY AT A PRICE FOR DESIGNERS.
SO COMMERCIAL OVERTONES HERE, THOUGH CLOAKED IN CHARITY AND OUT OF STATE CHARITY.
AND IT GOES ON FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CAN HAVE THEIR HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO IT'S NOT GREAT, BUT THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT.
AND THEN THESE EVENT PLANNERS HAVE ASKED FOR 30 DAYS AND HAVE GOTTEN THAT BEFORE.
THIS PAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WE GOT THEM TO 12 TO 14 DAYS.
I MEAN A CURB AND GUTTER, IT DOESN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.
SO NOW WE'VE GOT CHARTERED BUSSES COMING IN AND OUT, UP AND DOWN NARROW STREETS TO BRING PEOPLE TO SEE THIS DESIGNER SHOW HOME ALL DAY LONG, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, INCLUDING SOMETIMES NIGHTTIME GALA TYPE EVENTS.
SO WHAT SOME ARE EXPERIENCING FOR A NARROW PERIOD OF TIME FOR ONE EVENT, THOUGH I UNDERSTAND WITH MR. RIDLEY, IT MAY BE MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ONLY HAVING THIS EVENT, BUT OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD THAT IS DISRUPTIVE.
AND WE SEEM TO HAVE A SYSTEM OF APPROVAL THAT'S A LITTLE CURIOUS, BECAUSE IF THE NEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE HOUSE ARE OKAY WITH IT, WHICH CAN YOU IMAGINE THE NEIGHBORHOOD DYNAMIC IF YOU, YOU KNOW, DENIED YOUR NEIGHBOR THE ABILITY TO HAVE THEIR HOUSE REDONE FOR FREE AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYONE ELSE? SO IF A FEW AROUND IT SAY IT'S OKAY, IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER THAT PEOPLE ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREETS AND OTHER STREETS AROUND THAT ARE AFFECTED BY ALL OF THIS TRAFFIC, BY LARGE VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT.
AND SO IT'S JUST IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE BURNED SO MANY HOURS, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE APPALLED TO SEE HOW MUCH TIME IT HAS TAKEN IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO WORK THROUGH AND NAVIGATE THE NEIGHBORS JUST TRYING TO PROTECT BEING ABLE TO WALK ON THEIR STREET AND BEING ACCOMMODATING.
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IF THIS WAS SOMETHING LIKE A HOME TOUR SITUATION OF 3 OR 4 DAYS, I DON'T THINK YOU'D HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. BUT WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO AN EXCESS OF TWO WEEKS, IT'S YOU REALLY FEEL IT AND IT FEELS LIKE A REAL THREAT AND A REAL IMPOSITION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S SEEMING TO ME THAT WE MAY NEED TO DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE EVENTS THAT ARE CENTERED AROUND CITY HALL PLAZA OR KLYDE WARREN PARK OR THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY PARK VERSUS THOSE THAT ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK.AND THE TIMELINE I'M SEEING LAID OUT IF THIS TAKES THESE NEIGHBORS THROUGH TWO MORE CYCLES OF THIS.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY WAS GETTING AT SOME OF THIS, MAYBE SOMETHING MORE EXPEDIENT IS WHAT WE COULD DO IN THE NEAR TERM TO CLOSE THIS PERIOD OF TIME TO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE IN LINE WITH HOME TOURS OR THE RUNS THAT TAKE PLACE OVER A ONE DAY PERIOD, VERSUS THE WAY IT STANDS NOW, WHERE YOU CAN GET A TEN DAY PERMIT AND YOU CAN ASK FOR EXCEPTIONS UP TO 60 DAYS, 60 DAYS. AND THE PERMIT OFFICE SEEMS INCLINED TO SKEW TOWARD THE EVENT PLANNER VERSUS THE NEIGHBORS.
AND LISTEN, THIS IS NO SLIGHT TO MISS JUSTICE OR MISS FLEMING.
IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE THROW THE DOORS OPEN TO THOSE ON THE OUTSIDE COMING IN TO PLAN SOMETHING VERSUS SKEWING TO THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE HERE, WHO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THIS IS THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MOVE MORE EXPEDIENTLY TO CLOSE THAT STARTING POINT TO SOMETHING MORE LIKE THE 4 OR 5 DAYS THAT IS OUR TYPICAL EVENT AND HAVE EXTREME HURDLES THAT YOU HAVE TO GO OVER TO IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS A LONGER PERIOD.
AND I'M SORRY, BUT 4 TO 5 DAYS TO HAVE THIS SHOW HOME IT SEEMS REASONABLE.
BUT TO GO BEYOND THAT, IT IS A REAL IMPOSITION.
SO I KNOW THIS IS OUTSIDE THE TYPICAL EVENTS THAT THIS SURVEY IS MEANT TO CAPTURE AND MAYBE THAT YOU ALL HAVE EVEN BEEN EXPOSED TO IN YOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, BUT IT IS NO LESS DISRUPTIVE AND IN SOME WAYS JUST MORE OFFENSIVE BECAUSE IT IS OVER SUCH A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO MY QUESTION TO STAFF IS IN 42 A WHAT PROCESS IS NECESSARY TO SAY, LET'S CLOSE THIS OPTION IN A SHORTER TERM TO THIS UP TO 60 DAY OPTION AND KEEP IT NARROW, GIVEN THAT IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT AND THIS WOULD APPLY TO ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH, THOSE RENEWAL DATES, THE TEN DAYS AND THEN THE RENEWALS UP TO 60 DAYS WERE REALLY MEANT FOR FARMERS MARKETS, FOR EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GO BACK WITH THE ATTORNEYS AND LOOK AT HOW DO WE SEPARATE THIS.
YOUR PARTICULAR INSTANCE IS VERY VERY DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF THE OTHER PERMIT APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT MOST OF THE OTHER EVENTS AND MASS GATHERINGS ARE SHORTER TERM.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE, AS IT IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, IT REALLY FOLLOWS A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT COME OUT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND OTHER PERMITTING OUTSIDE OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
RIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM.
BUT AS 42 A IS WRITTEN, A LOT OF THOSE EXTENSIONS WERE MEANT FOR OTHER PURPOSES, YOU KNOW, SMALL FOOD TRUCK GATHERINGS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK.
AND YES, CAN WE DO SOMETHING INTERIM AND QUICKER? ABSOLUTELY. AND SO WE DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT EITHER.
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WOULD ALSO SERVE ON OUR COMMITTEE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD.YEAH. AND THIS IS HAPPENING IN D13.
BUT THIS IS NOT THE HOME TOUR THAT BENEFITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
IT CAN GO ON FOR A LONGER PERIOD AND IT ALL DAY LONG AND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND SO I WOULD COLLEAGUES, I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK OFFLINE AND UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE NATURE OF THIS TYPE OF EVENT AND HOW IT CAN AFFECT THE NEIGHBORS, I'M HAPPY TO VISIT WITH YOU.
MISS FLEMING, I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT COULD MOVE MORE QUICKLY SO THAT WE DON'T GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND CAN GIVE THE NEIGHBORS SOME RELIEF.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I HEAR THAT THERE'S SOME CONCERN IN PROCESS.
AND I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THERE'S A WAY TO ADDRESS IT.
I DON'T WANT YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO MOVE CERTAIN EVENTS.
WE'RE THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES BEING PUT OUT, IF YOU WILL.
TRUST ME, SOUTH DALLAS KNOWS ABOUT THAT.
AND JUST WITH CONCERTS ON AN ALMOST NIGHTLY BASIS AT DOS EQUIS, I MEAN, MORE THAN 100 NIGHTS A YEAR, AND IN ADDITION TO OVER A MONTH LONG OF FAIR ACTIVITY, I HAVE IT WHERE RESIDENTS CAN'T EVEN TURN ONTO THEIR STREETS.
SO TRUST ME, I'M NOT DISCOUNTING THAT IT EXISTS.
THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WE ARE THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT TO EVEN HINT AT THE NOTION THAT WE SHOULD JUST PULL THE PLUG BECAUSE WE HEAR FROM SEVERAL MEMBERS OR USUALLY THE LOUDEST AND USUALLY THE OPPOSITION IN ANY CASE THAT WE TAKE UP HERE AT CITY HALL, TO ME IS JUST LAZY GOVERNING.
AND I'M REALLY NOT A FAN OF LAZY GOVERNING.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE DIGGING INTO THIS WITH A SCALPEL, WORKING WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY SPECIFICALLY WHAT ISSUES ARE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS.
IF THIS BECOMES BLANKETED AND WE THINK THAT THE BIGGEST REASON, I MEAN, I'M JUST SICK AND TIRED OF OUR COUNCIL GOING TO A PROHIBITION MINDSET. PULLING THE PLUG OFF OF THINGS DOESN'T SOLVE ANYTHING.
IT JUST MOVES THE PROBLEM TO SOMEONE ELSE.
AND I HEARD JUST AS AS MENTIONED, LIKE THE WHITE ROCK MARATHON, FOR INSTANCE, IF THAT WERE TO BE MOVED TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY, WHAT WERE THE TWO COMMUNITIES THAT I JUST HEARD Y'ALL MENTION WAS POSSIBLE OPTIONS? WELL, WE'VE LOOKED AT UNT DALLAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY EAST DALLAS TO.
SOUTHERN SECTOR. NO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MS. FLEMING, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
WE HEAR A LOT OF AFFLUENT OUTRAGE.
AND THEN WHAT IS THE ANSWER? WE DON'T WANT TO CANCEL THE EVENT, BUT LET'S JUST PUT IT DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
SURE, I THINK THE UNT DALLAS OPTION KEEPS A LOT OF IT OFF THE STREET AND OFF ON THE CAMPUS, AND IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE A DIFFERENT PART OF DALLAS.
SO THAT WAS JUST ONE OF ONE OF SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
OUR GOAL REALLY IS TO DECREASE DISRUPTION.
SO WHEREVER WE PLAN OR KEEP CURRENT EVENTS AND CURRENT MASS GATHERINGS OUR GOAL IS TO JUST DEFER SOME OF THAT DISRUPTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO THE RESIDENTS, NOT NECESSARILY TO NOT NECESSARILY TO MOVE IT AND CREATE ANOTHER PROBLEM IN ANOTHER PART OF DALLAS, BUT TO DO IT IN A SMARTER WAY THAT STILL KEEPS SOME OF THAT REVENUE, STILL KEEPS DALLAS, AS YOU SAID, IS THE NINTH LARGEST CITY AT THE TOP OF PEOPLE'S MINDSETS WHEN THEY'RE THINKING OF SOME OF THESE SIGNATURE EVENTS.
BUT DOING IT IN A WAY THAT'S LESS DISRUPTIVE.
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LESS DISRUPTIVE TO WHOM? TO COMMUNITIES AND TO NEIGHBORHOODS, PERIOD.SO THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE EVENTS AT FAIR PARK? ARE WE ONLY GOING TO ADDRESS THE LOUDEST VOICES THAT HAVE 1 OR 2 EVENTS A YEAR? SO NO, THE EVENTS AT FAIR PARK ARE NOT PERMITTED BY OUR OFFICE, BUT WE DO WORK WITH BRIAN LLEWELLYN AND STACY CHURCH OUT THERE MORE FREQUENTLY. WE DID START MEETING WITH THEM A FEW A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, ACTUALLY, AND PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE COMMITTEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO.
AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I WORK WITH THEM, AND I'M ENCOURAGING MY COLLEAGUES TO ALSO WORK WITH THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS TO FIGURE OUT SPECIFICALLY HOW ISSUES THAT ARE BEING RAISED CAN BE ADDRESSED INSTEAD OF A BLANKETED APPROACH THAT IMPACTS.
I MEAN, WE WILL HAVE PITCHFORKS UP AT CITY HALL IF WE MOVED OUR MARATHON OUT OF ITS ROUTE RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, THIS I DON'T EVEN I LIKE THAT TO BE THE ANSWER TO ME IS JUST.
WE ARE THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
THAT IT'S JUST IT'S RIDICULOUS.
AND IF THE CITY OF NEW YORK CAN FIGURE OUT CLOSING 26 MILES WITHIN FIVE BOROUGHS OF THEIR CITY, I THINK WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT IN ORDER TO GO TO A MODEL WHERE WE HAVE TO PULL THE PLUG AND CHANGE THINGS UP COMPLETELY.
QUITE FRANKLY, TO BE IN THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
THAT'S WHAT THE ANSWER SOUNDED LIKE THAT I GOT FROM YOU, MISS FLEMING.
AND I KNOW THAT MY CONSTITUENTS, FOR INSTANCE, ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN LESS.
BUT FOR THAT TO BE THE ANSWER IS NOT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR CITY AND EDUCATE OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND WE NEED TO TO DIG INTO THESE ISSUES AGAIN WITH A SCALPEL SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT EXIST.
BUT I DO NOT SUPPORT THE NOTION THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES IS TO PULL THE PLUG AND ESSENTIALLY START IT OVER IN A NEW AREA.
WE ALL HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICTS.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT BREAKDOWN IF YOU COULD.
I SEE WHERE THE HIGH IMPACT AREAS ARE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ANNUAL EVENTS THAT GET SHUT DOWN.
AND, WE CAN, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
AND IT'S NOT REALLY A PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE.
I THINK SOME OF OUR THOUGHT WAS AROUND THE REVENUE QUESTION.
RIGHT. IT WAS AROUND, YOU KNOW, WE SEE A LOT OF THESE EVENTS IN THE SAME AREAS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND SO IT'S AND THEY CREATE AND FOSTER AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, A LOT OF REVENUE GENERATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, ETC..
BUT TO ACTUALLY HAVE IT GO IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF DALLAS AT DIFFERENT TIMES, SO THAT WE'RE, IN ESSENCE, SHARING THE WEALTH AND SHARING THE GROWTH THAT COMES AN EMANATES FROM SOME OF THESE EVENTS. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE MINDSET FOR SOME OF THAT.
WHAT ABOUT FEASIBILITY FOR OUR TRAVELERS? BECAUSE A LOT OF THE REVENUE THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING HAS TO DO WITH HOTEL STAYS, HEADS AND BEDS, PEOPLE COMING TO OUR CITY AND MANY OF WHOM DO NOT HAVE A VEHICLE WHEN THEY COME HERE FOR THAT RACE. SO HAVING IT DOWN AT UNT DALLAS ARE WE? I MEAN, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON PEOPLE ACTUALLY COMING THAT ARE STAYING AT EVERY HOTEL AND BOOKING THROUGHOUT OUR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND WALKING OVER TO GET STARTED? YEAH, WE'VE THOUGHT THROUGH SOME OF THAT AND WE'VE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING SOME SURVEYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF DISTANCE THEY'D BE WILLING TO TRAVEL. AND IS THERE SOME SYNERGY IN WORKING WITH DART AND OTHER PARTNERS IN ORDER TO HELP PEOPLE GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO? BUT CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR IN THAT RESEARCH, PLEASE? SURE. AND ALSO GIVE US BEST PRACTICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON LARGE MARATHONS IN OUR LARGE CITIES? AND HOW MANY OF THEM REQUIRE THERE TO BE A STARTING POINT THAT IS TRAVELING, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, THAT YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE HOW FAR THEY WANT TO TRAVEL.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW OFTEN THIS IS EVEN AN OPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO ANSWER, BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME THAT AN EVENT LIKE THIS TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE SHOULD BE MADE AS EASY AND EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT.
SO I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS FOR THAT RIGHT THIS SECOND.
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IT IS NOW 11:02 SO I WILL GET TO ADJOURNMENT.I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GAVE AT LEAST MY FEEDBACK.
THAT MAN, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE.
WE NEED TO DO THE HARD WORK, DIG INTO WHAT IT IS THAT CAN SPECIFICALLY BE ADDRESSED, FOR WHAT SPECIFIC EVENTS, AND HOW WE CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS MORE FEASIBLE MOVING FORWARD.
I'M NOT IGNORING THAT THERE ARE ISSUES TO ADDRESS, BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE STAFF TO NOT LOOK AT OPTIONS THAT PUT US BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND START US IN THE SAME PLACE THAT WE'RE AT NOW IN ONE LOCATION, AND HAVE TO FIGURE THESE THINGS OUT FOR ANOTHER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
TIME IS 11:03 NOW AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.