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ALL RIGHT, I'LL NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD TO ORDER.
IT IS MONDAY, MARCH 25TH, AND THE TIME IS 6:06 PM MS. REGINA, CAN YOU START US OFF WITH A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
PRESENT? MR. DAMON LEVINE PRESENT? CHRISTIAN MARQUEZ.
CHRISTIAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA BE LOW AGAIN THIS WEEK.
CAN YOU MAYBE FIX THAT? DESTINY? BU PRESENT.
UM, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA HOWEVER, MR. MARQUEZ, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING REAL QUICK? YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME OKAY.
UH, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE HAVE A NEW STAFF PERSON WHO'S STARTING TONIGHT.
SO, UH, WE WANNA WELCOME HER BRIEFLY.
SO, MR. BARWICK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, INTRODUCE? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MR. CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, I'M HAPPY TO, UH, SHARE THAT WE HAVE A NEW TEAM MEMBER, UH, WHO IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
HER NAME IS MARISSA GUTIERREZ RAMOS.
AND, UH, YOU WANNA SHARE SOME THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF? YES.
I'M REALLY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BE HERE, UM, WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER AND UNDER ANTHONY WITH THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEPARTMENT.
I'M EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES.
I WAS WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE FOR A YEAR AND SEVEN MONTHS, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK AND PROMOTE THE GRANTS AND LOANS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE IS PLENTY OF WORK TO BE DONE, SO I'M SURE YOU AREN'T GONNA HAVE ANY PROBLEMS GETTING PLUGGED IN AND, UM, UM, IMMERSED RIGHT AWAY.
SO, UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING AND, UH, WELCOME.
ALRIGHT, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, MODIFICATIONS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
KIMBERLY SIMS. MS. SIMS SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? AYE.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, MS. VIRGINIA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP THIS EVENING? NO.
UH, NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AND WE HAVE A, A SPECIAL TREAT THIS EVENING.
UH, WE HAVE MR. DARREN JAMES, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF KAI ENTERPRISES.
HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS.
SEE A BIG SMILE ON MS. PEAVY'S FACE THERE.
UH, HE IS THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF FAIR PARK.
FIRST, HE'S THE CHAIRMANS OF THE DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER.
HE'S A STRATEGIC, CREATIVE VISIONARY, UH, SPEAKER MOTIVATOR.
WEIGHS IN AT
UH, WANNA WELCOME MR. DARREN JAMES THIS EVENING TO TALK TO ALYSSA, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FAIR PARK.
AND THANK YOU JOYCE FOR INVITING ME.
I WILL NOT BE FIGHTING MIKE TYSON, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WAIT.
UH, I THINK I WAS INVITED JUST TO KINDA GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHO FAIR PARK FIRST WAS AND THEN, UH, LOOK AT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
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2017, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A SOLICITATION LOOK FOR A NONPROFIT, UH, OPERATOR FOR FAIR PARK.OUR, OUR TEAM WAS SELECTED WITH, WHICH WAS FAIR PARK FIRST, AND, UM, OH, IT WAS AT THE TIME, IT WAS SPECTRA SINCE BEEN ACQUIRED BY OVG 360.
AND THAT IS OUR FOR-PROFIT PARTNER.
SO WE CAN, WE WORK IN CONCERT AS PARTNERS WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS PARKS AND REC BOARD, I MEAN, PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND PARKS BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, ACTIVATING THE 277 ACRE ON A 365 DAY BASIS.
SINCE WE'VE TAKEN OVER, WE'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN FOUR NEW TENANTS.
WE'VE GOT A CHILDREN'S AQUARIUM.
THE SPORTS COMMISSION HAS MOVED IN.
WE ALSO HAVE BROUGHT, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE BENTON JONES AND COUNCILMAN ADAM UA HAS MOVED HIS OFFICES INTO THE, TO THE, UH, PARK AS WELL.
AND THEN KERA AND THE CITY HAVE MOVED IN OPERATIONS INTO THE STUDIO.
SO WHAT WE LOOK FOR AND, AND WHAT I'VE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT MY TEAM IS THE MAKING.
MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THE 277 ACRES SO THAT WE CAN ACTIVATE THE PARK.
LOOKED AT A MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAD TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AS WELL AS CREATE A COMMUNITY PARK.
ACTUALLY, THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT STATES A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
WE'VE SINCE MADE IT A LITTLE BIT LARGER AND IT'S A COMMUNITY PARK.
IT'S GONNA BE 18 ACRES OF GREEN SPACE ALONG FIT HUE, LEGO, UH, ON THAT SIDE OVER THERE NEXT TO DO EQU, THAT COMMUNITY PARK.
WE'RE PLANNING TO BREAK GROUND SOMETIME LATER THIS FALL.
BUT THE MOST EXCITING NEWS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS INVEST THE PROP A DOLLARS, WHICH WERE PREDICATED BY THE BRIER BILL AUTHORIZATION AT THE STATE TO, UH, LEVERAGE, UH, HOTEL AND MOTEL TAX WITHIN A CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC AREA TO INVEST IN SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON FACILITIES INSIDE THE PARK THAT IMPACTED OVERNIGHT STAYS.
THE FIRST INVESTMENT OUT OF THAT MONEY, IT WAS A SPLIT, A 80 20 SPLIT BETWEEN THE CONVENTION CENTER AND FAIR PARK.
THE FIRST INVESTMENT OUT OF THAT IS GONNA BE $140 MILLION TO IMPROVE THE COTTON BOWL.
BASICALLY, WE LOOKED AT, UM, GAME DAY EXPERIENCE.
HOW DO WE IMPROVE GAME DAY EXPERIENCE FOR THE PATRONS? A LOT OF THINGS, WE HEARD IT, WELL, LET ME STEP BACK.
THE COTTON BOWL WAS BUILT IN THE LATE TWENTIES, EXPANDED INTO THE THIRTIES, AND KEPT EXPANDING.
AND IT STARTED OUT AT ABOUT 28,000 SEAT CAPACITY.
BUT THE CON, THE CONCOURSE CONCESSIONS RESTROOMS NEVER REALLY GREW TO ACCOMMODATE THAT MANY PEOPLE.
AND MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS WE HAD WERE ABOUT BEING CROWDED ON THAT MAIN CONCOURSE.
SO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT WILL BE OPEN, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS, WE'RE BREAKING GROUND THIS WEEK, 10 O'CLOCK ON, UM, THE 28TH.
SO I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
THAT WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FAIR PARK FIRST, UM, THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, UH, PARKS AND REC AND THE PARK BOARD.
AND AS THAT IS BRIER MONEY, WHICH IS BOND REFERENDUM AND BOND REVENUE, UH, THE CITY IS GONNA MANAGE THAT PROJECT GOING FORWARD.
SO NOW THE CITY OF DALLAS PARKS AND REC IS MANAGING THAT PART, UH, THAT PROJECT GOING FORWARD.
SO MOST OF THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION WILL BE COMING FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS GOING FORWARD, BUT THAT $140 MILLION INVESTMENT ACTUALLY LANDED A DIRECT RETURN BECAUSE THE NEW, UH, SEC PARTICIPANTS, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, YOU ALWAYS GOTTA SAY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FIRST 'CAUSE WE ARE IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, THE, THE UT OU GAME WILL EX, THEY'RE EXTENDING THEIR CONTRACT.
UH, THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THE SEC WILL BE MOVING IN AS THE NEW CONFERENCE OF THOSE TWO, UH, FINE UNIVERSITIES.
AND THE GAME HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 2036.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THEY EXPECT, BUT THOSE, THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUBLICLY MADE.
SO I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING THAT'S OUT OF TURN OR OUTSIDE OF, UH, THE PURVIEW OF ANYTHING, BUT THAT $140 MILLION INVESTMENT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SPUR THAT INVESTMENT.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN A SIGNIFICANT GIFT FROM, UH, FORMER TEXAS STATE SENATOR JOHN CORONA AND HIS WIFE, TO THE TUNE OF $5 MILLION.
THAT $5 MILLION IS GONNA IMPROVE THE COTTON BOWL PLAZA, WHICH IS IN FRONT THE MAIN ENTRY ON THE EAST SIDE OR THE WEST SIDE OF, UM, THE COTTON BOWL.
WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE THAT FOR AMENITIES AS WELL AS TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE FLOODING CONCERNS AND JUST BEAUTIFY.
AND THEN IT'S ALSO GONNA RELIEVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD.
THE, UM, HAVING OUR PARTNERS, OUR FOR-PROFIT PARTNERS, OBG, THEY'RE ONE OF THE PREMIER, UH, EVENT VENUE
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MANAGEMENT, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, UH, COMPANIES IN THE WORLD.UH, WE'VE LANDED ROLLING STONES, WE'VE LANDED, UM, COLDPLAY WITH HER.
I WENT TO SEE HER, BUT I FELL IN LOVE WITH COLDPLAY.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT CONCERT IF NOBODY GOT TO SEE IT.
UH, FOR, FOR ALL OF OUR SOCCER FANS.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SIX INTERNATIONAL MATCHES.
AND THEN THIS LAST YEAR IT WAS CULMINATED WHERE WE HAD LEONEL MESSI COME PLAY, UH, FRIENDLY, UH, ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO.
SO THAT YOU WERE AT THAT GAME.
IT WAS, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE GAME.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, ON APRIL 8TH, WE'RE HAVING THE, WELL, WE'RE NOT HAVING
SO THE COTTON BOWL IS OPEN FOR, IT'S OPEN FOR FREE.
SO YOU CAN COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE THAT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE NOAH, NASA, AND THEN, UH, NEIL DEGRASSI IS GONNA BE THERE AS WELL TO TALK ABOUT.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS NOT ONLY CREATE FREE PROGRAMMING, PAID PROGRAMMING, UH, THE PARK, THE COMMUNITY PARK THAT I TALKED ABOUT IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE OUTSIDE THE FENCE LINE.
WE'RE GONNA RELOCATE THE FENCE, SO IT'LL BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH UNDER 65 DAYS FOR EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO USE, EVEN ON STATE FAIR DAYS, EVEN ON DOKI DAYS, THAT PARK WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO USE.
UH, WE'VE ALSO CREATED IN OUR MASTER PLAN, WHAT WE CALL, UH, ENTRY PARKS, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU LIVE ON THE DOLPHIN HEIGHTS SIDE OR YOU LIVE ON THE, ON ANOTHER SIDE OF THE PARK, THAT YOU NEC NECESSARILY CAN'T ALWAYS GET TO THE FIT YOU SIDE.
SO WE'RE GONNA CREATE LITTLE ONE TO THREE ACRE PARKS AT EACH OF THE PRIMARY ENTRIES, AND YOU'LL START TO SEE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND, WHICH IS GONNA BE NEAR THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ENTRANCE.
SO ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS PARKS AND REC, AS WELL AS THE, UH, PARK BOARD.
THAT INVESTMENT WAS PREDICATED ON THE FACT THAT WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO STAY WITHIN THE PARK, BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET OUTSIDE THE PARK, THINGS GET A LITTLE EXPANSIVE AND YOU CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK FOR PARTNERSHIPS LIKE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
THERE IS A LOT OF INVESTMENT COMING IN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF LAND BANKING.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THE SIDELINES.
THEY WERE WAITING FOR, UH, SOME STABLE, CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP.
THEY'VE SEEN THAT AT THE PARK.
SO YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY.
IF YOU PAY ATTENTION, THERE'S, THEY'RE COMING FROM THE DEEP ELLUM TO THE EXPOSITION SIDE.
THERE'S RESIDENTIAL TOWERS THAT ARE COMING UP.
IF YOU LOOK AT MILL CITY AND QUEEN CITY, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OTHER INVESTMENT.
THE, UH, FOREST THEATER AREA, UH, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE A CATALYTIC, UH, LOCATION, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ALONE.
AND SO SYMBIOTICALLY, WE WORK WITH LOCAL PARTNERS.
AND I THINK THE PURPOSE OF TODAY IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WANT TO BE A GREAT PARTNER.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T ADDRESS EVERYTHING AND WE CAN'T SOLVE EVERYTHING, AND WE DON'T TRY TO SOLVE EVERYTHING.
SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ELEVATED BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION AND THE PROXIMITY AND THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE, WE CAN ELEVATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND HELP BE A PARTNER IN SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE GO FORWARD.
BUT WE LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STABILIZE THE EXISTING BUSINESSES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST, MINUS THE COVID YEAR, BECAUSE DALLAS, ISD, UH, SAID OUR STUDENTS COULD ATTEND, COULDN'T ATTEND ANYTHING.
WE'VE HAD A LOCAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND I VERY SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID IT WITH THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO JAMES MADISON AND LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLS ARE THE ONLY SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, AND WE'VE HAD 20 STUDENTS EVERY YEAR.
AND THEY GET PAID FOR THE, THEY GET PAID FOR THEIR TIME, THEY GET REAL JOBS.
SO THESE ARE JOBS IN VENUE AND CONTRACT AND EVENT MANAGEMENT.
THEY GET, THEY GET TO SEE NOT ONLY WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK AT BROADWAY, DALLAS, OR THE, UH, TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS OR THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS.
SO OUR PARTNERS ON CAMPUS, BECAUSE THEY'RE MULTIPLE NONPROFITS, THEY'VE ACCEPTED SOME OF THOSE INTERNS.
WE PAY 'EM, THEY WORK IN THEIR SHOPS, BUT THEY LEARN THOSE BUSINESSES.
AND THEN WE TAKE 'EM ON FIELD TRIPS TO OTHER VENUES, AMERICAN AIRLINE CENTER, COWBOYS MAVERICK.
SO THEY GET TO SEE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THEY LEARN REAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMERCIAL EVENT AND, AND SPACE.
I KNOW THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF 'EM.
UH, MR. DAWKINS, OH, UM, MR. MARQUEZ, I SAW YOUR HAND, UH, A LOT OF BACKGROUND NOISE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S AN INTERPRETER, BUT I WANTED MR. JAMES TO CONTINUE, UM, FEEDBACK JUST BECAUSE
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IT WAS GREAT.AND I WAS TAKING NOTES, BUT I WAS BEING DISTRACTED AND, AND I ASKED TO CHAT TO SEE IF ANYONE AND EVERYONE ELSE ALSO WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.
SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON ONLINE.
IT FINALLY STOPPED, BUT NOW WE JUST CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR US? YEAH, BUT I HEAR THE TRANSLATOR AS WELL.
I, RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS.
I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING, GUYS, IS THEY WERE GETTING SOME ECHO.
THERE'S A MEETING NEXT DOOR IN THE CHAMBER, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND I THINK THAT'S THE FEEDBACK THAT, THAT YOU'RE HEARING.
UM, BUT WERE YOU GUYS ABLE TO HEAR MOST OF WHAT, UH, WHAT DARREN WAS SAYING? UH, YOU, YOU JUST HAVING SOME BACKGROUND CHATTING? IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YES.
UM, SO NOW, NOW WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO TO QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR DARREN BASED ON WHAT HE'S SAID AND ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE DOING? KIMBERLY, MS. SIMS, GO AHEAD.
UM, THANK YOU MR. JAMES FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING TO US THIS EVENING.
SO MANY MOONS AGO, UM, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FUND USED TO FUND WAS, UM, TEACHING THE KIDS HOW TO RUN THE IMEX THEATER PROJECTOR EQUIPMENT SO THEY COULD HAVE SUMMER JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I KNOW A LOT HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING OVER TIME.
UM, IS THE IMAX THEATER STILL OPERATIONAL? THE IMA IMAX IS INSIDE SCIENCE PLACE TWO, THAT BUILDING IS NOT OPERATE, IT'S NOT OPEN RIGHT NOW.
IT IS SUBJECT TO 2017 BOND FUNDS, WHICH ARE GONNA DO SOME LIFE SAFETY AND ENVELOPE, UM, UPDATES.
AND AT THIS POINT WE'VE HAD SOME INTEREST, SO I'LL CONTINUE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION JUST A SECOND.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN TASKED WITH TRYING TO LOOK FOR PERMANENT TENANTS FOR EACH OF THE, UH, UNOCCUPIED OR UNDERUTILIZED FACILITIES.
NOW, AUTOMOBILE CENTENNIAL, AND SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR CONVENTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS.
SO THOSE SPACES WILL HAVE ROTATIONAL, UH, TENANTS, UH, SCIENCE PLACE.
WE HAVEN'T FOUND A PERMANENT TENANT YET.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS FIND SOMEBODY THAT CAN COME IN AND OFFSET THAT COST.
WE'RE NOT, THE CITY HASN'T ASKED US TO CARRY THE FULL COST OF ALL FACILITY REPLACEMENTS, NOR HAVE THEY IDENTIFIED A FUND SOURCE TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUR THIRD PARTY, UH, TENANTS TO COME IN AND OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS.
UH, LONG TERM, WHAT THE CITY'S ASKED US TO DO IS FIND, UH, TENANTS THAT ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT, THAT THERE'S NO LONGER SUBSIDIES FROM THE CITY TO COVER NONPROFITS IN THE ART SPACE, CULTURAL SPACE, OR ANY OF THOSE SPACES BECAUSE OF DWINDLING FUNDS.
SO THEY WANNA FIND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
SO BACK TO SCIENCE PLACE ONE, WHICH IS, WHICH THE IMAX IS ATTACHED TO THAT BUILDING IS UNOCCUPIED AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE INTEREST IN SOME EDUCATIONAL, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, UH, SOME LOCAL AND SOME, UM, STATEWIDE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN UTILIZING THAT SPACE.
UH, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING, UH, THOSE TENANTS AND WE'LL BRING THOSE FORWARD TO PARK BOARD AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
NONE OF NONE OF THEM ARE AT THE POINT TO WHERE WE'RE READY TO SAY THIS MAKES A VIABLE TENANT TO MOVE INTO THAT SPACE.
SO IMAX AT THIS POINT IS CLOSED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. MARQUEZ? YES.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU MR. DARREN FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
UM, MY QUESTION, I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT FEEDBACK OR DATA CAN YOU GIVE US TO SHOW ANY BARRIERS THAT YOUR STUDENTS, UM, THE, THE FOR-PROFIT NON-PROFIT BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO DO WORK WITHIN FAIR PARK, UM, AND KIND OF HOW HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN HELPFUL? I, I JUST, I JUST HEARD YOU SAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM STAY SUSTAINED, FAIR PARK FUND SUB SOME OF THEIR OPERATIONS.
AND SO CAN YOU GUYS GIVE US SOME OF THAT DEEP, SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE WITH US ON THE BOARD? SO THE, UM, ONE
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OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING IN ADDITION TO THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS HIRING HYPER LOCALLY.SO OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM UTILIZES, UH, UH, FOOD VENDORS, I WANT TO SAY, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE'VE USED RESTAURATEURS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SUPPLY FOOD.
UH, WE ASKED ALL OF OUR, UH, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS, IF THEY HAVE TO BUY PAPER, THEY HAVE TO BUY PENCILS, THEY ALL HAVE TO BUY OFFICE SUPPLIES.
THEY ALL HAVE TO BUY T-SHIRTS, OR THEY'RE DOING THINGS LIKE THAT, THEIR BUSINESSES, OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO THAT.
SO MAKE SURE YOU UTILIZE THOSE BUSINESSES LOCALLY INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO YOUR TRADITIONAL, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT ASKING THEM TO LOOK FOR, UH, MWBE PARTICIPATION OVER THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
OUR NUMBERS AVERAGE 69% PARTICIPATION ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY NORTH OF WHAT THE CITY'S GOALS ARE.
UM, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE INTENTIONALLY LOOKED TO THEM TO BE NON, NON, UH, TRADITIONAL AND, UH, BREAKING STATUS QUO AND LOOK FOR DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS.
WE'VE ALSO ASKED ALL OF OUR, UH, PARTNERS TO BRING FIRMS THAT THEY UTILIZE IN OTHER, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE GOALS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WE HAVE PRIME OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION.
69% IS BASED ON SOME PRIME OPPORTUNITIES AND SOME PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND THEN WE REINVEST LOCALLY AS, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
NOW TYING THAT INTO THE, THE
HOW ARE WE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY OF INTERMENTAL DOMAIN THAT THE CITY PLAYED, UM, DURING THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE SPEARHEAD THE, THE ACTION PLAN WITH COMMUNITIES FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THE, IN THE PROJECT AND HOW THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING IT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE RAISING MONEY, AND USUALLY WHEN SOMEONE RAISES MONEY, RIGHT, IF A DONOR'S GIVING YOU FIVE, $10 MILLION, THEY, THEY, THEY WANT SOMETHING BACK.
SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? UH, I'M A LITTLE STUBBORN.
SO THE FIRST THING I'VE SAID IS WE DON'T PUT PEN TO PAPER UNTIL, UH, WE HAVE THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE COMMUNITY PARK LOCATION IS BASED ON SURVEYING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, WITH THE RESIDENTS.
AND, UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T ADVERTISED IT UNTIL JUST RECENTLY, THE PARK LOCATION IS EXACTLY WHERE EMINENT DOMAIN HAPPENED.
SO WE'RE GIVEN THAT, WE'RE GIVEN THAT SPACE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS A PROMISE THAT WAS MADE ABOUT, UH, 40 TO 50 YEARS AGO.
SO THAT SPACE IS GOING BACK AND THE PARK LOCATIONS, THE ENTRY PARK LOCATIONS WERE, WERE DEVELOPED IN CONCERT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD AT THE VERY BEGINNING WAS, ARE YOU GUYS HERE TO TAKE, TAKE OUR HOUSES? AND WE, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT STAYING INSIDE THE 277 ACRES BECAUSE IT, IT CHANGES THE CONVERSATION IF WE AS THE OFFICIAL FAIR PARK ORGANIZATION STEP OUTSIDE THE PARK.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, UM, OUR DONORS RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A NEW DAY, AND THAT WE ARE FULFILLING A PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UM, TO DATE EVERY DONOR RECOGNIZES THAT THEY DON'T GET TO KIND OF DEVIATE AND PUSH AN AGENDA BECAUSE THEY'RE WRITING A CHECK.
THEY, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO TAKE CARE OF AND NURTURE A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN UNDER INVESTED AND UNDERUTILIZED FOR A LONG TIME, AND IGNORED, QUITE FRANKLY, IGNORED.
SO THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THE FENCE LINE WAS PREDICATED ON CONVERSATIONS.
THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WAS BASED ON HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TWO PRINCIPLES.
SO NOT GOING IN THINKING THAT WE KNEW EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT NOT ONLY THE HISTORY, BUT HOW WE COULD GO FORWARD.
WE COULDN'T GO FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE AND THE CHILDREN THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE IN THE FUTURE.
SORRY, DIFFERENT CHURCH HONOR.
JUST LAST ONE, AND HOW CAN WE, AS COMMISSIONERS AND THIS BOARD HELP YOU? THERE ARE, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE STARTED OUT EARLY AND I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF, UH, TRUST.
WE RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU GO INTO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISINVESTED FOR THE LONGEST TIME,
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THAT THERE'S A LACK OF TRUST.WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME BEING VERY AUTHENTIC IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, NOT OVER PROMISING.
AND, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DELIVER ON THE THINGS THAT WE SAY WE'RE GONNA DO.
UH, SOMETIMES THAT MEANS WE MAY UNDER PROMISE SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T STEP OUT TOO FAR.
THE WAY YOU GUYS CAN HELP IS RECOGNIZE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES IN THIS CITY, THAT THE BUSINESSES NEED SOME EXTERNAL SUPPORT, EITHER THROUGH GRANTS FUNDING OR AVENUES TO OTHER COMMERCIAL ENDEAVORS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DIRECTLY AFFILIATED WITH.
YOU GUYS ARE MORE AFFILIATED WITH SOME OF THOSE COMMERCIAL ENDEAVORS.
HOW CAN YOU HELP THE BUSINESSES BE SUCCESSFUL? WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW VENDORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND THAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, UTILIZES THOSE BUSINESSES TO THEIR BENEFIT.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR DRIVE-BYS, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO COME DOWN, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO TIMES A YEAR AND DON'T UTILIZE THE BUSINESSES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE ACTIVITY ON A, ON A, AN, I MEAN, ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS.
BECAUSE THE MORE FAMILIARITY INDIVIDUALS HAVE, THE MORE THEY UTILIZE THE SPACES OUTSIDE OF THEIR DESTINATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M SEEING NONE.
UM, SO, SO I, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, DARREN, HOW, HOW DO YOU GUYS SOURCE, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE PULLING IN INTERNS AND, AND GIVING THEM JOBS AND, AND GETTING THE EXPERIENCE.
I, I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO PARTNER UP AND SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON TO, TO DO THAT.
BECAUSE AS THIS AREA TRANSFORMS, AND, AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS, WHAT'S GONNA END UP HAVING TO HAPPEN? IT, IT'S GONNA GENTRIFY TO, TO SOME EXTENT, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN ULTIMATELY IS WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO GET PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES TO EARN MORE MONEY SO THAT THEY CAN STAY THERE, RIGHT? UH, THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
SO I, I WONDER, NUMBER ONE, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU SOURCE INTERNS AND, AND HOW DO WE SCALE THAT UP? THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU HEARD ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO WHAT TYPES OF BUSINESSES THEY'D LIKE TO SEE COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF RESTAURANTS AND, YOU KNOW, CHICKEN CHECKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UM, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO COME IN.
HAVE YOU HEARD ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANYBODY AS TO WHAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF? EVERYBODY WANTS A GROCERY STORE.
UM, THEY, THEY WANT, THEY WANT FRESH FOOD.
THEY WANT THE ABILITY TO FIND THAT TYPE.
AND NOT ONLY, SO THERE MAY BE A, A LOT OF RESTAURANTS, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF HEALTHY OPTIONS.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HEALTHY RESTAURANTS.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO KINDA WALK OUTSIDE THEIR DOOR AND GET TO A HEALTHY OPTION QUICKLY AND NOT HAVE TO GET IN THE CAR.
UM, BACK TO THE INTERNSHIP, UM, IT'S SCALED EXACTLY WITH WHAT WE CAN HANDLE 20 STUDENTS.
BUT WE SOURCE THOSE SPECIFICALLY THROUGH LINCOLN AND MADISON BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THEY'RE INSIDE DSD, THEIR STUDENTS HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN FROZEN OUT OF OTHER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
AND BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE SHADOW OF FAIR PARK, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK CARE OF THOSE STUDENTS AND GAVE THEM PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING WHERE WE DON'T WANT THEM CUTTING GRASS AND PICKING UP TRASH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
WE'RE ABOUT GIVING THEM PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, OPENING THEIR EYES TO THINGS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE THEY HADN'T SEEN IT.
AND SO THIS IS IN A SPACE, EVERYBODY VISITS, SPORTING EVENTS, EVERYBODY GOES TO CONCERT.
BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW, WHAT IT, WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT A CONCERT ON? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO MAN A CONCERT OR TO, UH, LOOK AT THE SECURITY? SO WE'VE GOT PEOPLE DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
VENUE MANAGEMENT AT THE COTTON BOWL, VENUE MANAGEMENT AT THE, AT, UM, THE STATE FAIR.
THOSE THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT GIVING THE STUDENTS AT LINCOLN AND MADISON THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE'VE HAD CALLS FOR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT, UH, AS LONG AS I'M CHAIR, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TWO ARE THE FIRST, FIRST.
AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE THE ONLY SCHOOLS THAT WE ACCOMMODATE.
UM, WE DO HAVE OPEN OPPORTUNITIES.
WE NEED HELP, UH, SOURCING EMPLOYEES, JUST FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES TO WORK YEAR ROUND FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT JOBS.
SOME OF 'EM ARE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND PLUMBERS AND PAINTERS AND GROUNDSKEEPERS AND HORTICULTURALISTS AND VENUE MANAGEMENT AND TICKET TAKERS.
WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF THOSE TYPE OF JOBS.
WE, WE COULD USE HELP IN THE COMMUNITY SOURCING THOSE BECAUSE WE ALSO TRY TO HIRE HYPER LOCALLY ON THAT AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE CITY ASKED
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US TO DO WAS, LOOK DALLAS FIRST, BUT LOOK AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN TO THE PROXIMITY OF FAIR PARK.UM, I THINK I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
NO, NO, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS HELPFUL.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE CAPACITY OF HAVING, BEING ABLE TO ONLY HAVE 20 INTERNSHIPS MM-HMM,
NO, THERE, THERE'S A FINANCIAL, THERE'S A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT THAT WE BAKED INTO OUR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE PAY.
SO IT'S NOT FINANCIAL CAPACITY.
THERE IS A, THERE IS A FINANCIAL LIMIT, BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT ACROSS THE VENUES THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS, 20 IS WHAT WE CAN ABSORB AND SPREAD ACROSS CAMPUS AND WORKING THE VENUES AND HAVE THEM HAVE A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE.
SO THEY'RE NOT SITTING AROUND ALL DAY PLAYING ON A COMPUTER OR PLAYING ON THEIR PHONE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LEARNING ANYTHING.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DISD AND THERE'S AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO THAT.
SO THEY NOT ONLY LEARN SOME SKILLS, SOME PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SKILLS, BUT THEY ALSO LEARN THEIR JOBS AS WELL.
SO THAT IT IS, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A FINANCIAL CAP, IT'S IT'S PHYSICAL CAPACITY TO, TO HAVE MORE INTERNS THAN THAT.
AND WE PROVIDE, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FOOD CHOICES AND FOOD OPTIONS SPECIFICALLY IN THE PARK, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S CHILDREN, WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE T-SHIRTS AND EVERYTHING FOR THEM TO, TO WEAR EVERY DAY.
THEY GET A COMPUTER, THEY DON'T GET TO KEEP THE COMPUTER, THE COMPUTER STAYS IN THE PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE LUNCHES EVERY DAY.
AND THEN WE DO AN END OF THE YEAR, UH, PROGRAM TO CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION.
AND THEN WE GIVE 'EM A THOUSAND DOLLARS STIPEND THAT THEY CAN TAKE TO ANY, UH, TWO YEAR, FOUR YEAR, OR, UH, PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.
UM, MS. KU, I SAW YOUR HAND NEXT.
I ACTUALLY WANTED TO ADDRESS, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT ABOUT THE, UM, THE LOOKING FOR MORE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THAT WE ALL LEAVE SOUTH DALLAS TO GO TO WORK.
SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR MORE OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET EMPLOYED? BUT I GUESS I HAVE GOT, I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, OR WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THOSE JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR THOSE, UM, OPENINGS TO THE COMMUNITY OTHER THAN JUST THE WEBSITE? UM, AND THEN ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE THE CAPITAL BUILDINGS, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TENANTS FOR SOME OF THOSE SPACES WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE BUILDINGS WHO'S, UM, I GUESS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THE CITY IS HELPING WITH? IS THAT SOMETHING THE FAIR PARK IS HELPING WITH? UH, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, LIKE THE SCIENCE PLACE, UM, THE IMAX IS, IS CURRENTLY NOT IN USE, RIGHT? BUT LIKE, WHO IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? SO THERE, THESE ARE STILL CITY OWNED FACILITIES.
THE PARK IS STILL A CITY OWNED PARK.
UM, WHAT THEY'VE TASKED US WITH TO DO IS RAISE PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS WHERE WE CAN.
SO THE COMMUNITY PARK IS FULLY FUNDED THROUGH PHIL PHILANTHROPY.
UM, THE FACILITIES IS GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF, OF BOND MONEY.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF BOND MONEY IN THE 2017 AS WELL AS THE PREVIOUS BOND THAT ARE GONNA ADDRESS SOME LIFE SAFETY ISSUES.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THOSE.
THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT, THE STATE FAIR CONTRIBUTES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, SOME OF THEIR NET REVENUE, UH, TO FACILITIES.
NONE OF THESE DOLLARS ADD UP ENOUGH TO TAKE ONE COMPLETE BUILDING AND TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
SO THAT'S A COMBINATION OF WHY CREATIVELY WE'VE SAID, IF YOU WANNA MOVE INTO THIS SPACE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TO CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING THAT, ANYTIME THERE'S A LONG-TERM LEASE AT ANY OF THESE FACILITIES, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO, UH, PARK TO PARK BOARD, GET THEIR APPROVAL, AND THEN WE HAVE TO GET CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, AFFIRMATIVELY VOTE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT TENANT.
SO SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE TENANTS MAY NOT MAKE SENSE LONG TERM.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR UNIQUE, UH, ACTIVATIONS TO MAKE PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO THE PARK, BUT WE'RE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SYMBIOTIC BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THE PARK HELPS THE PARK RISE.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY, EVERY NEW, UH, TENANT OR ENTRANT IS SUPPORTIVE AND ADDITIVE TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PARK.
AND SO WHAT WE, ONE THING WE STARTED TO DO IS TALK ABOUT THE PARK AS A CAMPUS.
EVERYBODY WAS KINDA, THEY ALL KNEW ABOUT EVERYBODY AND THEY ALL KIND OF HAD CONVERSATIONS, BUT EVERYBODY WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES.
NOT, NOT, UH, SELFISHLY, BUT JUST BECAUSE FOR SURVIVAL MODE.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY RECOGNIZED THAT IF THEY HELPED THIS OTHER ORGANIZATION, THAT THAT WOULD, THERE WOULD BE AN OUTGROWTH AND BENEFIT FROM THAT.
THE ROLLING STONES CAME, AND M**K JAGGER ACTUALLY WALKED OVER AND WENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
THEIR ATTENDANCE WENT UP BECAUSE HE HAPPENED TO WALK
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THROUGH AND THEY MADE IT INTO DALLAS MORNING NEWS.SO WHEN THEY START TO SEE THOSE LITTLE THINGS HAPPEN, IT STARTS TO, THEY START TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY OF BEING AT FAIR PARK.
AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MUCH MORE POSITIVE PRESS COME IN.
UH, WE'RE SEEING A, SEE A LOT MORE ACTIVITY AND A LOT MORE FOCUS WHAT WE, SO THESE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE, ARE CRITICAL BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T STEP INTO EVERY COMMUNITY AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL NEEDS.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT, I TRY TO KEEP MY, EVEN THOUGH I'VE GOT EXPERTS IN THOSE SPACES ON THE BOARD, WE DON'T WANNA STEP INTO THAT SPACE.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. KUBO? YES, IT DID.
UH, MS. PEEVY, I SEE YOUR HAND.
UM, ONE WAS JUST A FOLLOW UP RELATED TO YOU SHARING WHAT ELSE IS NEEDED IN THAT COMMUNITY.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE RECEIVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, A TWO PART, WHICH IS HOW TO GET OUR INFORMATION INTO THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE MONEY.
UM, AND LIKE, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE SUCH A, UM, DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO A LOT OF THOSE POTENTIAL BUSINESSES AND HELPING THEM TO HAVE MORE AWARENESS OF WHAT WE OFFER AND, UM, HOW WE CAN HELP.
AND THEN ALSO THE GROCERY STORE WAS LIKE SO HELPFUL.
IF THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES LIKE THAT, THAT COME TO YOUR MIND THAT YOU ARE HEARING ON THE STREETS, LIKE THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO US AS LIKE A LOCAL VOICE.
SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A, UH, EXTERNAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ALYSSA, UM, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT SHE PLUGS IN.
SHE, SHE BRINGS THAT INFORMATION AND SHE TALKS TO THE COMMUNITY.
SHE'S KINDA, SHE'S GOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WORK ON OUR STAFF WITH HER, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE FUNNEL THAT INFORMATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. JAMES? SEE? ALRIGHT, JUST HAVE ONE MORE, JUST BECAUSE, UH, CUT THAT AS A ECONOMIC PROJECT.
HAVE YOU GUYS PARTNERED WITH THEM OR DO THEY USE IT BASED AT THE FAIR PARK? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, I WASN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU CLEARLY.
IT'S AN ORGANIZATION CALLED SOUTH, SOUTH ECONOMIC PROJECT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE TRAINING AND GETTING CORPORATE, CORPORATE AMERICA AND FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES IN THE AREA.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM? OKAY.
WE HAVEN'T WORKED WITH THEM DIRECTLY, UH, JUST YET.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU GUYS.
WE LOVE FAIR PARK, SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
RIGHT, BROTHER? UH, MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHO, WHO IS THAT? UH, IS THAT YOU AS BROOKS THE, YES.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AT THE START OF THE, AND IT, AND, AND I APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
YOU MENTIONED THAT ON THE 28TH THERE WILL BE AN EVENT THAT YOU'RE HOSTING, AND I DIDN'T GET THE DETAILS ON THE EVENT.
IT'S THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE COTTON BOWL EXPANSION AND RENOVATION.
UH, IT STARTS AT 10:00 AM AT COTTON BOWL PLAZA.
THANK, SO THAT'S BETWEEN LAGOON AND COTTON BOWL.
UH, DARREN, THE, THE ONE 60 IS GOING TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE RESTROOMS, CONCOURSE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT THEM TO COME BACK AND SAY, YOU ADDED 20 MILLION QUESTION.
UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE BALANCE OF WHAT'S LEFT OVER IN THE TIMING OF THAT AND WHAT THAT GOES TOWARDS? SO THE, UM, THE ALLOCATION IS PREDICATED ON, UH, FINANCIAL MARKETS.
SO RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE INITIAL, UH, ALLOCATION.
SO THOSE NUM THE FINAL NUMBERS ARE STILL BEING CALCULATED BY FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND THE CFO FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THIS IS THE INITIAL ALLOCATION BASED ON WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO, TO DO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO CREATE TWO NEW ENTRIES, UH, PUSH THE RESTROOMS DOWN TO A LOWER LEVEL, REDO THE CONCOURSES, AND TAKE CARE OF SOME OTHER AMENITIES SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE GAME DAY EXPERIENCE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STEPS.
THE, THE CITY HAS SOLD THE BONDS IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TRANCHES, AND SO
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THE CITY IS TAKING CHARGE OF THE SELECTION OF THE, UH, PROGRAM.I MEAN, NOT THE PROGRAM MANAGER, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, AND THE CONTRA, I MEAN, AND THE, UM, DESIGN TEAM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. JAMES.
SO, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, WHICH IS A STAFF UPDATE ON THE 2024, UH, THE LATEST NO FOR RELEASE, UH, MS. REGINA.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, EVERYBODY? UH, PLEASE HOLD UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY OPPORTUNITY AND ASK QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS JUST INFORMATIONAL.
AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR LAST MEETING.
THE SBC WORKS TO DO TWO INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS.
WE DID ONE ON LAST FRIDAY, UM, AT THE, UM, BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE HAD ABOUT 15, WE HAD 15 NONPROFITS IN ATTENDANCE.
UH, MR. LEVINE WAS ALSO THERE TO OFFER SUPPORT, SO THAT WAS GREAT TO HAVE.
UM, ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THERE.
THE ATTENDEES ASKS THE GREAT QUESTIONS, WHICH IS KEY.
IT'S NOT THAT WE FILL UP A ROOM FULL OF 50 OR 60 PEOPLE, IT'S THAT WE FILL UP THE ROOM WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUT THE FUNDING.
AND OUR NEXT ONE IS TOMORROW INFORMATION SESSION.
IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US AT THE BLACK CHAMBER AGAIN.
THE NOFA IS GOING TO RELEASE, UH, ON APRIL THE FIRST IN BONFIRE, UH, WITH A DEADLINE SUBMISSION OF MAY 15TH AT 3:00 PM AND THAT'S, YEAH.
AND THE ADVERTISEMENTS, UM, ARE GOING TO BE IN, WELL, SHOULD BE THERE THIS WEEK, THE THREE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, UM, UH, COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS, AS WELL AS ONE HISPANIC, UM, NEWSPAPER FOR THE AREA.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTION? UH, I, I CAN'T SEE YOU.
UH, WE'RE STILL IN PRESENTATION MODE ON OUR SIDE.
UM, MS. MR. DAWKINS HAS A QUESTION.
YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION JUST GENERALLY WITH REGARD TO THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE ARRIVE AT THE NOFOR RELEASE DATES.
UH, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AND THEN WE KIND OF TRANSITIONED THAT DISCUSSION INTO THE EXACT DATES FOR THIS YEAR'S, YES, NOFOR RELEASE DATES.
BUT THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE ARRIVE AT THE DATES, I THINK IS STILL LEFT AS AN OPEN ITEM.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST A, A METHODOLOGY WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, COME TO SOME TYPE OF A, A METHODOLOGY SUCH AS, UM, HOW ANNUALLY WE ARRIVE AT THANKSGIVING, RIGHT? THE FOURTH THURSDAY OF NOVEMBER EVERY YEAR, I KNOW WHERE I WILL BE.
AND SO IT COULD VERY WELL BE THAT WE COULD SAVE THIS BODY A LOT OF TIME, AND CERTAINLY STAFF, IF WE ARRIVE AT SOME TYPE OF, UM, UH, UH, PROCESS, AN ALGORITHM THAT SAYS, LISTEN, PEOPLE ARE MOST, UH, HELD AN ADVANTAGE IF WE RELEASE NOVA THIS TIME DURING THE YEAR, OR THIS TIME DURING THE YEAR, AND ALL OF THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH THE BOARD AND COMMISSION, THE STAFF'S TIMELINE.
UM, AND I THINK IT COULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO ALL OF US IF WE LEFT THAT OPEN TO STAFF WITH REGARD TO ALL OF THOSE UNDERLYING LOGISTICS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THAT WE COULD HAVE TWO DATES DURING THE YEAR THAT ALWAYS FLOAT, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE EXACT DATE AND MONTH.
IT WOULD ALWAYS BE THIS MONTH, THE THIRD THURSDAY, OR THE SECOND TUESDAY OF BLOCK, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD, UH, TAKE TIME DURING THIS MEETING SINCE THE HOUR IS GETTING LATE TO DISCUSS THAT, OR WHETHER WE PUT THIS ON AN AGENDA ITEM FOR ANOTHER ENSUING MEETING.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, LIKE, THAT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE SO THAT THAT PROCESS, THAT ALGORITHM WOULD JUST TAKE HOLD, WHATEVER THE YEAR HAPPENS TO FALL ON THE DATES WOULD ALREADY JUST FALL OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE ALGORITHM.
DOES THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES.
HOW ABOUT WE DO THAT AT OUR RETREAT? POSSIBLY THAT SHOULD BE COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, OR DID YOU WANNA DO IT BEFORE THAT? I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE CHAIR.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I THINK, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND IT WAS AN ITEM AS I RECALL.
I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH A DISCUSSION THAT SHOULDN'T BE RUSHED IN TONIGHT.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO DISCUSS IT
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AT OUR NEXT MEETING.UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS SOMEWHERE NEAR THE FOREFRONT OF OUR AGENDA TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED SO THAT WE DON'T LEAVE IT, BECAUSE I THINK IT HAS SOME MERIT, CERTAINLY ONE TO BE DISCUSSED.
AND, AND IF STAFF IN THE MEANTIME, BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, COULD, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MR. DAWKINS' POINT, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT WHAT MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINES THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO GET THINGS PROCESSED AND, YOU KNOW, FISCAL YEAR, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, ALL THESE OTHER COUNCIL MEETINGS, ET CETERA.
UH, SO THAT WE'LL AT LEAST HAVE THE BASIC OUTLINE OF, OF, OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEXT TIME.
AND KIND OF WHAT OUR THOUGHTS ARE IF I, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS THE, THOSE WERE THE TIMES THAT MADE THE MOST SENSE.
IT SEEMED LIKE WE SAID APRIL AND JULY TO ENSURE THAT WE GOT IT OUT AND BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
BUT I'LL GO BACK AND CHECK MY NOTES.
IF THAT IN FACT WAS THE CASE, THEN UM, THAT LEAVES JUST A QUESTION OF, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WEEK DO WE WANNA LAND ON AND, AND CORRECT.
THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. DAWKINS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, MR. MARQUEZ, I SEE YOUR HAND.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE US THE, THE, THE DATES AGAIN THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT THE MOMENT? AP, I SAW IT WAS APRIL, THEN LATE MAY.
CAN YOU GIMME THE EXACT DATES, PLEASE? APRIL THE FIRST, THE BOND, IT OPENS IN BONFIRE, AND THE DEADLINE AND SUBMISSION IS MAY 15TH AT 3:00 PM JUST A QUICK NOTE.
UM, EVERYBODY, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY, MOST EVERYBODY HAS THEIR CAMERA ON, BUT FOR ALL OF EVERYBODY ON ONLINE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CAMERA'S ON AND YOU ARE VISIBLE.
OKAY, MS. BROOKS, I SEE YOU NOW.
UH, DID YOU GET THOSE DATES, MS. MARQUEZ? YES.
AND SO WE ARE PLANNING TO FORWARD THAT, THAT'S MONDAY, AND THEN YOU'RE COMING IN AND OUT.
CHRISTIAN, I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE, SIR? YEAH, I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT IF WE ARE GONNA GO WITH THESE DATES, THE, UM, NOFA STARTS NEXT MONDAY, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, I'M ASSUMING SIX WEEKS TO COMPLETE OR RESUBMIT APPLICATIONS.
SO ARE WE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THAT? BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T TABLE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA START ALREADY NEXT WEEK.
WELL, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TABLE.
SO THE DATES THAT ARE ON THE CALENDAR ARE ON THE CALENDAR, SO YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, THAT'S GOING LIVE, BUT BY WAY OF PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, JUST SO IT'S STREAMLINED, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND ALSO, GUYS, JUST UNDERSTAND ONCE IT GOES LIVE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD NOT BE TALKING WITH ANYBODY WHO HAS PUT IN, UH, APPLICATIONS OR ANYTHING THAT'S OFF LIMITS FOR BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THEY, YOU CAN REFER THE QUESTIONS TO ME.
OH, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE'LL, UH, MS. PBE, I, GO AHEAD.
NO, NO, YOU, MY, MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO KNOW, UH, WHO, BECAUSE WE CAN'T TALK TO FOLKS, WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO KNOW ON THE FRONT END WHO SUBMITTED? UM, DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. OKAY.
ONCE THE, UM, NOFO IS RELEASED, THERE IS NO CONVERSATION AT ALL, UM, ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS, ABOUT ANYTHING, UH, THAT'S PART OF PROCUREMENT.
SO REFER ALL QUESTIONS TO SBC.
IF SOMEONE COMES UP TO YOU AND THEY WANNA KNOW ALL THE THINGS, YOU CAN SAY IT'S IN BONFIRE, GIVE THEM A NUMBER, UH, HAVE THEM TO CONTACT US.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.
SO IF THEY WANNA SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, THEY WANNA KNOW ANY OF ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THE PRE SESSIONS NOW, THE PREBI SESSIONS NOW, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BE INFORMED.
BECAUSE ACTUALLY AFTER THESE SESSIONS, THERE ARE CON CONVERSATIONS WITH US THAT WE CAN'T EVEN HAVE.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT THOSE QUESTIONS ACTUALLY THROUGH BONFIRE, SO THAT WE CAN THEN REPORT, WE CAN SEND THEM IN WRITING, BUT WE CANNOT HAVE OUR, UH, DISCUSSIONS, OPEN COMMUNICATIONS.
SO ONCE THE APRIL 1ST COMES AND THE ACTUAL DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATION IS DONE, IS OPEN, THEN WE CANNOT HAVE ANY OTHER CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHO APPLIED, WHO DIDN'T APPLY.
IT'S ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN APPLYING.
IT'S JUST ABOUT THE TYPE OF CONVERSATION WE HAVE.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, IT'S, IT'S, OKAY.
SO WE CAN TALK TO THAT PERSON, JUST NOT ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, YOU COULD JUST SAY THE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, UH, MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT TO
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SMALL BUSINESS CENTER, AND THEN THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER, WE WILL GIVE THEM THE LINK TO THAT BONFIRE.'CAUSE WE CANNOT THEN HAVE ANY OPEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE SOLICITATION.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. UH, JUST TO, JUST TO, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, ONCE THE APPLICATION WINDOW OPENS, NO CONVERSATION WITH, WITH ANYBODY, UH, ABOUT THAT OPEN, OPEN WINDOW.
BUT AFTER THAT CLOSES, WHICH WILL BE, YOU KNOW, ON THE 15TH, A AFTER THAT POINT, ARE YOU CLEAR TO TALK TO 'EM ABOUT THE UPCOMING ONE FROM THAT POINT? OR, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE, UNTIL THE ACTUAL WARD HAPPENS, THEN BASICALLY CONVERSATIONS ARE OFF LIMITS ABOUT THAT.
NOW, IF WE HAVE A SECOND ONE, LIKE 2025, THIS IS 2024, NO FOR RELEASE.
SO IF WE ARE GONNA DO 2025, THEN WE'RE GONNA OF COURSE HAVE THE PRE BIDS AND SESSIONS OF WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE SCHEDULED.
BUT WHENEVER THE APPLICATION OPENS AND WHENEVER IT CLOSES, WE ARE STILL IN ACTIVE PROCUREMENT.
WE'RE STILL IN ACTIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN ACTIVE PROCUREMENT AND STILL THE AWARDS, UH, HAVE BEEN, THE DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE ON THE AWARDS FOR THAT PARTICULAR ONE.
SO YES, IF WE HAVE A SECOND, WE HAVE, IF, IF WE DON'T SATISFY, UM, OUR MONETARY GOALS ON THE FIRST ONE, THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT SECOND ONE, WHICH, UH, WHICH WILL BE LATER THIS YEAR.
WHICH WILL BE A PREBI SESSION, JUST LIKE WE WOULD DO AND WE WERE ADVERTISING.
AND OF COURSE, BETWEEN THAT TIME AND THAT TIME, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THERE'S A PRE SCHEDULE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS.
JUST LIKE NOW WE CAN TALK TO ANYBODY AND CALL ANYBODY THAT WE WANT TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVING A PRE-PROPOSAL SESSION ON TOMORROW AT THE DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, SOME OF YOU, SOME PEOPLE HAVE CALLED YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE NOVA, BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOOT THEM THE EMAIL, SHOOT THEM THEM INFORMATION, LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE SESSION IS GOING ON TOMORROW SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND REGINA WANTS TO KNOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY DID GET THE FLYER ABOUT THE PREBI SESSIONS AND WHEN THEY WERE SCHEDULED, THEY'RE SAYING YES, THEY'RE SAYING YES.
UH, THANK YOU DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. UH, MR. MARQUEZ? YES.
I WAS JUST LOOKING OVER THE NOTES AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, ARE WE GONNA HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS IS FOR THE APPLICATION? BECAUSE I KNOW AT LAST MEETING THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A BIT OF CONFUSION ON THAT.
AND SO WE'RE, I, I WAS IN THE, UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT TODAY IN THIS MEETING OR AT THE RETREAT.
SO IS THAT NOT GONNA HAPPEN TODAY? IS THAT GONNA HAPPEN AT THE RETREAT? WHAT'S THE PROCESS WITH THAT? JUST BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE CONFUSION IF, IF APPLICATION STARTS NEXT WEEK, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO ALL THAT? UH, YEAH.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THE QUESTION.
BASICALLY THERE WERE, I THINK COMMISSIONER ENRIQUE HAD ASKED FOR US TO UPDATE THE APPLICATION.
WE CHECK WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE OF THE NAME ON THE APPLICATION.
AND THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE.
SO THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE AND THAT UPDATE WAS TO BE PROVIDED, BUT HOWEVER, WE WILL SEND THAT LINK TO SHOW YOU THAT THE CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE IN OUR SYSTEM.
SO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS AS PART OF THE PREBI PROCESS OF A APPLICANT ACTUALLY FILING THE APPLICATION AND SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION ON BONFIRE, UH, THAT INFORMATION IS ALSO BEING PART OF PART AS PROVIDED AS PART OF THE PREVIOUS PROCESS AS WELL.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS ACTUALLY SEND YOU A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE PREVIOUS YEAH, I KNOW.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT, 'CAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE NOFA PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO BE ACTUALLY WALKED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW THE APPLICANT WOULD ACTUALLY FILE, HOW THEY GO ON BONFIRE, HOW THEY SUBMIT ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS.
SO WE WILL, WHAT WE'LL DO IS SEND YOU A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY WALKING THE APPLICANTS THROUGH, SINCE IT'S NOT PRESENTED TONIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE A COPY OF THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION THAT IS PRESENTED DURING THE PRE, SO YOU, SO WHAT THE APPLICANT GETS, YOU'LL ALSO HAVE TODAY.
AND SO MY CONCERN WITH THAT IS THAT, AGAIN, I MENTIONED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, WE, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS DISCUSSING HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO I'M JUST CONCERNED OUR POWERPOINT'S NOT GONNA FIX ALL THOSE ISSUES.
AND SO CHAIR, THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THAT HAVING A, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW YOU, THEY TALKED ABOUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE OUR ORIENTATION.
I HAD IT LAST YEAR WITH JESSE WHEN
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I REACHED OUT TO 'EM DIRECTLY TO LEARN, HEY, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS? SO I, I WANT TO SUGGEST WE HAVE THAT IN MORE OF A DIALOGUE AND A CONVERSATION BETWEEN COMMISSIONERS AND AND SBC, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.JUST BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION.
I'LL BE THE FIRST TO SPEAK ON THAT.
UM, AND SO I'M JUST CONFUSED A LOT ABOUT, EVEN, EVEN, AGAIN, JESSE DID A GREAT JOB WHEN I REACHED OUT TO HIM.
AND SO I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT SBC NOT, YOU KNOW, HELPING US WHEN WE NEED HELP, BUT JUST I THINK THIS WOULD MAKE THE PROCESS FOR OUR BOARD MEETINGS GO A LOT QUICKER AND FOR US TO KIND OF HANDLE OTHER ISSUES THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROPOSE AS PART OF THE RETREAT, BECAUSE, UH, THERE IS A ROTATION OF BOARD MEMBERS AS YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, THAT COME IN AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR ANNUAL RETREAT TO HAVE SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE IN OUR RETREAT WHERE WE START FROM, AGAIN, LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR, HAVING THE CAO COME IN, TALK ABOUT WHAT THE LEGAL COM LEGAL THINGS ARE THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY HAVING A BOARD OF COMMISSIONS COME IN, TALKING ABOUT THAT, HAVING PROCUREMENT COME IN, TALKING ABOUT THAT.
UM, AS ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT ANTHONY HAS IS PROPOSING AS WELL AS A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING FOR OUTREACH, WHERE WE WOULD, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU THE DATA THAT HE'S NOW LOOKING AT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, VERY MUCH LIKE MR. JAMES HAD ALREADY STATED, GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THE GAPS ARE AND BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK DURING THE RETREAT SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE, AND WE CAN DEVELOP A STRATEGIC OUTREACH PLAN THAT FITS THE BUSINESSES FOR SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK.
HE AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPING THAT BY BEING ABLE TO DO A SWOT ANALYSIS AND PUTTING TOGETHER A SMART PLAN FOR OUTREACH AND STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT CAN BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD TO FIGURE OUT THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE BOARD LEVEL, THE ENGAGEMENT OF STAFF, AND HOW WE DO WITH BUSINESSES.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU 100% THAT IT WOULD BE MORE OF A STRATEGIC APPROACH, UH, AT OUR RETREAT IF WE SPENT, BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE TIME DOING THAT RETREAT TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO COVER A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
THEN BY THAT TIME, EVERYONE I IS HOPE THAT WILL BE ON BOARD, THAT WILL BE, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS WILL ALL BE APPOINTED BY THEM.
MR. CHAIR, THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, MR. MARQUEZ IN BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, AND, AND I'LL SAY ONE QUICK THING.
UM, YOU, YOU, YOU RAISED A GREAT POINT BECAUSE THERE'S STILL ONE THING THAT WE'LL DO, WE'LL DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, AND DO A DEEP DIVE, UH, DURING THE RETREAT WITH, UM, ANTHONY AND HIS TEAM.
BUT WHAT WE CAN ALSO DO, UH, IN THE MEANTIME, WHICH, WHICH DOESN'T NEED TO BE PUT ON HOLD, WHICH WE'LL DO NEXT TIME, WE'LL DO NEXT TIME, UM, IS GET SOME UNDERSTANDING ABOUT ESPECIALLY THE ECO DEV COMPONENT, RIGHT? WHICH IS, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
WE TALKED, TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME, AND HOW THAT PROCESS ACTUALLY WORKS IN TERMS OF, UH, APPLICANTS QUALIFICATIONS, UH, AND THE LIKE, RIGHT? AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT NOW RIGHT AWAY, SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE RETREAT, EVERYBODY HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AND IT'S MORE OF JUST REFINING THE PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO HEARING ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, BECAUSE THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DOING, UH, AS A BOARD WAS CREATING MARKETING COLLATERAL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT AWAY.
SO MY HOPE IS THAT ONCE WE GET TO THE BOARD RETREAT, WE'VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT MOST OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND WE CAN KIND OF REFINE THE PROCESS, FINISH IT UP AT THE END OF THE BOARD RETREAT, AND THEN BE READY TO GO OUT TO THE MARKETPLACE SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
RIGHT? BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THERE'S A LOT OF GROUND WE CAN COVER IN BETWEEN THAT WITH THE NEXT COUPLE MEETINGS.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT'S THE INTENTION.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. MARQUEZ? YES.
ARE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS RELATED TO THE, UM, NO.
FOR RELEASE? I'M HEARING NONE.
UM, SO WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS THE OPPORTUNITY FUND BUDGET PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON THIS THE LAST TIME, BUT THIS WILL BE A DEEPER DIVE INTO WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AVAILABLE TO GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND KINDA THE MECHANICS OF HOW IT WORKS.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR WILLIAMS, UH, TO TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THANK YOU,
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MR. CHAIR.WHAT YOU SEE IS THE, UH, ACCOUNTING AS OF FEBRUARY 23RD, 2024 THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THAT OUR CURRENT BUDGET ALLOCATION, UH, THAT HAS BEEN BUILDING UP IS $6,720,425 ROUNDED UP, UM, TO THE NEAREST DOLLAR POINT, THE AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED OVER THAT TIME IS 1,000,045, 711,000.
THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES IS OF COURSE, 924,287 AND UN OBLIGATED AMOUNT, WHICH IS MEANS THAT THIS IS, THE AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE THIS YEAR, UM, IS $4,750,427 AS OF FEBRUARY THE 23RD, 2024.
NOW, OF COURSE, THOUGH, THAT IS BASICALLY BASED ON WHAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THAT IS NOT OBLIGATED AT THIS POINT.
AND WITH THE HOPE THAT THOSE DOLLARS OR AT LEAST 50 TO 60% OF THOSE DOLLARS, UH, THAT IS A GOAL, AT LEAST 50% OF THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE EXPANDED THIS YEAR.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF $4,000.
THAT HAS BEEN, THAT WAS ENCUMBERED OUT OF THE $6 MILLION.
UM, THE LOANS WERE, THAT WAS ENCUMBERED WAS 900,000.
THE GRANTS WERE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED SIXTY 5,998.
AND THEN BELOW THAT YOU WILL SEE THE LOANS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN OVER THE TIME PERIOD.
UM, THAT CONTINUES AS THIS BUDGET ALLOCATION.
SO THIS IS NOT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
IT IS IS ANNUAL ON A ROLLING BASIS.
SO THERE'S 350,000 TO KINGDOM LEGACY.
I MEAN, KINGDOM WELLNESS, AGAIN, THAT IS A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT IS IN, UM, SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK.
MR. JAMES SPOKE ABOUT, UH, HEALTHY FOODS.
UM, THIS IS, UH, A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE TENANTS THAT WILL BE DELIVERING HEALTHY.
UM, SANDWICH SHOP HAS A HEALTHY SANDWICH SHOP.
THAT'S THEIR, OR COFFEE SHOP, THAT'S THEIR, AS WELL AS A WELLNESS FITNESS GYM.
AGAIN, A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A RESTAURANT THERE AS WELL AS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR REAL ESTATE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE, DOG LIFE WAS A, UH, AGAIN, A LOAN PROGRAM THAT WAS FOR PETS, UM, UH, FOR DOGS, UH, PETS THAT ARE, THAT'S A SMALL BUSINESS THAT IS, UH, LOCATED ALSO IN THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK AREA.
ALL OF THESE LOANS ARE UP TO DATE.
ALL OF THEM ARE PAYING THEIR MONTHLY EXPERIENCE, UH, MONTHLY NOTES ON THEIR LOANS.
AND, UH, DOG LIFE IS, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE ONLY ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES ARE OPEN AND OPERATING.
SHEKINA IS STILL BUILDING AS WELL AS MLK IS STILL BUILDING, UM, THE GRANTS AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF YOU CAN SEE IS BEACON HILL, DALLAS, PRESTIGE, FAMILY CARE CONNECTION, AND DALLAS EXAMINER.
THOSE ARE THE TOTAL GRANTS THAT WERE IN THAT AREA THAT HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY ENCUMBERED.
THE AMOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPENSED ARE THE 4,000 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, AND THAT'S RAMIREZ BUSINESS CONSULTING.
THAT IS THE UNDERWRITING COST THAT COMES OUT OF THOSE DOLLARS.
THE LOANS AMOUNT, UH, THAT CAME THAT WERE EXPENSED TO ALL OF THOSE LOANS HAVE BEEN, THAT MEANS THAT MONEY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THEM AND THEY'RE PAYING IT BACK.
UM, THE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPENSED, THAT MEANS THAT ONCE, AS YOU KNOW, THAT THE GRANTS ARE REIMBURSABLE GRANTS FOR THESE PROJECTS FOR NONPROFITS.
AND SO, UH, IN THIS CASE, THEY ARE THEN SUBMITTING THEIR MONTHLY EXPENDITURES.
SO I TRIED TO SIMPLIFY IT, NOT HAVE A LOT OF, UM, OUR BUDGET NUMBERS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT AN OVERALL BUDGET AND OVERALL COST BUDGET FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO SEE.
DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? GIMME
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ONE SECOND.SO THIS IS ALL THE PROJECT THAT WE APPROVED FROM LAST YEAR GOING INTO BEING PAID THIS YEAR.
THESE WILL BE, UM, THE END OF THESE, THESE WILL BE ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE APPROVED SINCE 2022 TO 2023.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROJECTS APPROVED FOR 2024.
SO THAT MEANS THAT BASED OFF THE DATA YOU GUYS GAVE US, SO WHERE WE ONLY HAVE 4.7, A LITTLE BIT OVER 4.7 MILLION TO DISPERSE FOR THIS YEAR, THAT'S, THAT'S FREE AND CLEAR TO GIVE, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? FREE AND CLEAR TO GIVE? I WOULDN'T TO FOR, YEAH.
WE, WE, WE CAN ALLOCATE UP TO 400 AND, UM, 407 FOUR 4,750,000.
SO DO, DO WE HAVE DATA OF HOW MANY FOR SINCE 2022? HOW MANY BUSINESSES ACTUALLY APPLIED THROUGH EITHER THE NONPROFIT FOR-PROFIT AND HOW MANY ACTUALLY RECEIVED IT? 'CAUSE AT THIS POINT, IF IT'S 10 OUT OF THE THREE THAT WE RECEIVED, OR THE FOUR, THAT'S GOOD.
BUT IF IT'S OUT OF 20 OR 50, THEN THAT PERCENTAGE IS GONNA BE A LOT LOWER.
IS THERE ANY YEAH, AND THOSE WERE THE NUMBERS.
THOSE WERE THE NUMBERS THAT ANTHONY DISCUSSED LAST, AT THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT HE PROVIDED.
UM, AND I THINK HE HAS THOSE APPLICATIONS.
AND SO OF COURSE HE CAN SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED AND AND HOW MUCH WERE, WERE, HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY AWARDED BASED ON THE APPLICATIONS.
WE, I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
THERE'S AN INITIAL APPLICATION.
SO YOU MAY HAVE 50 PEOPLE WHO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.
OUT OF THOSE 50 PEOPLE WHO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, 20 OF THOSE PEOPLE MAY DECIDE TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS OUTTA 20 THAT CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS.
10 OF THOSE MAY BE VIABLE APPLICANTS THAT MAY HAVE ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INITIAL APPLICATIONS VERSUS VIABLE APPLICANTS, AND I THINK THAT'S THE DATA THAT ANTHONY CAN PROVIDE YOU BASED ON THE TRACKING THAT HE DOES.
JUST TO KIND OF GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT WORKS.
AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING, WE CAN DO BOTH THE NONPROFIT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
AND THEN CAN WE ALSO, UH, I HAVE PUT IN THE CHAT, CAN YOU GUYS SHARE THIS, THIS POWERPOINT YOU GUYS ARE SHARING WITH US TODAY SO WE CAN KIND OF COMPARE THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OUR DATA CORRECT FOR NEXT MEETING? YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE IT NOW.
YOU SHOULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION NOW.
I, I DIDN'T GET IT ON MY EMAIL FOR THE TODAY'S MEETING.
I JUST GOT THE MEETINGS AND THEN THE AGENDA.
WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT BY THE END OF THE MEETING, SIR.
UM, MR. ENRIQUEZ, I SEE YOUR HAND.
UM, ACTUALLY MY QUESTION GOT ANSWERED THROUGH, UM, MR. MARQUEZ'S QUESTIONS, SO I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT WE'LL DO NEXT TIME, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, MR. MR. LEVINE? UM, JUST LET ME, LEMME JUST FINISH THIS QUICK POINT AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TURN TO YOU.
UM, WHAT WE'LL DO NEXT TIME IS, UM, WE'LL GIVE MR. BARWICK AN OPPORTUNITY.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT WAS BRIEF, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY BRIEF THE LAST MEETING 'CAUSE WE'RE ROLLING UP TOWARDS THE END.
AND SO HE ONLY HAD A MINUTE AND A HALF.
UM, BUT WE'LL GIVE HIM MORE TIME TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE, UH, INTO MORE STATISTICS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S WORKING ON.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO THAT QUESTION, MR. MARQUEZ, 'CAUSE I THINK WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS SPEAKING TO, UH, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A TWO PART QUESTION, RIGHT? UH, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THE QUANTITY, BUT YOU'RE ALSO SPEAKING TO THE, THE QUALITY OF, OF WHAT'S COMING IN TO SEE WHO FLOWS DOWN TO, TO ACTUALLY BE A SERIOUS CANDIDATE, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE'LL GIVE MR. UH, BARWICK AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, UH, IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
YEAH, I JUST, THIS IS A BIT OF A GO BACK AND I WANTED TO GET THIS IN BEFORE WE GET TO THE END OF THE MEETING.
WE HAD KIND OF STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR MARKETING AND OUTREACH AND, AND MR. CHAIR, YOU KIND OF REMINDED US OF, UM, A CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT HAVING MARKETING COLLATERAL AVAILABLE FOR US TO PITCH.
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UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET READY FOR IT, NO FOR RELEASE, HOW DO WE KIND OF BRING THOSE TOPICS HERE TO THIS FORUM BEFORE WE GET TO THE RETREAT? HOW, HOW DO WE CARVE OUT SPACE ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SORT OF PRE-WORK BEFORE WE GET INTO A RETREAT MEETING? SO WE'RE GONNA OPEN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.WE'RE GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA.
SO, YEAH, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT, THAT, ALRIGHT.
UH, AND SO ALSO ON THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA, WE WILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT RESOURCES FOR MARKETING.
UM, BECAUSE THE FAIR PARK BUDGET, SOUTHBOUND FAIR PARK BUDGET DOES NOT COVER, UM, MARKETING COLLATERAL.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GET THOSE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. AND WHAT, JUST, UM, JUST TO RECAP WHAT DIRECTOR WILLIAMS SAID, UM, OUR, OUR BUDGET DOESN'T COVER ADDITIONAL MARKETING.
SO ONE OF THE POINTS OF DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL HAVE IS, IS HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE, UH, FIRST OF ALL DETERMINE WHAT WE WANNA DO AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND IT OR DIFFERENT IDEAS? SO, UM, PLEASE BE THINKING ABOUT YOUR BEST IDEAS AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
UM, BECAUSE THE IDEA IS FOR IT TO, TO KIND OF BE A ONE PAGER, THE IDEA IS FOR US TO HAVE SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING TO EVERY DAY.
IT'S REALLY EASY FOR US TO SHOOT TO 'EM, UH, GET 'EM IN THE PIPELINE, UH, GET 'EM TO APPLY, GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, AND GET 'EM THROUGH THE SYSTEM WITHOUT US TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, FUMBLE THROUGH AND, AND MAYBE MISINFORMED THEM ON SOMETHING, RIGHT? SO, UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL, BUT THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
MR. LEVINE START TALKING ABOUT THAT AND IF ANYONE HAS SAMPLES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHOOT US PRIOR TO, SO THAT THOSE THINGS COULD, UH, ACTUALLY BE, UM, LOOK AT THAT, IT, ALL, ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS WERE DRAFTED THAT PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A VISUAL OF.
I KNOW THAT, UM, ANTHONY'S NEW STAFF, MARIZA IS WORKING ON SOME INFOGRAPHICS AS WELL, UM, THAT SHE'S LOOKING AT.
SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE LOOK AT SOME THINGS THAT, THAT SHE'S CREATING AS WELL.
SO YEAH, IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH.
UM, SO, BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE SOME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, THEN LET US LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL SO WE CAN SEE WHAT, WHERE THEY CAN BE POSTED AT A MINIMAL COST.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THOSE THINGS THAT VERY SIMILAR TO SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
UH, AGAIN, THE CALENDAR IS GONNA BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
THAT WAS THE OTHER THING TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU THE LINK TO THAT OF THE CALENDAR.
SO JESSE IS WORKING WITH ANTHONY TO GET ALL OF THE OUTREACH EVENTS, UH, POSTED SO THAT THIS BOARD AND OTHER EXTERNAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAN ALSO SEE THOSE OUTREACH THINGS THAT ARE POSTED ON THE CALENDAR AT ANY TIME AS WELL.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. CHAIR.
UH, WHO'S SPEAKING? IS THAT MS. SIMS? YES.
YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, A FEW OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MAYBE WANNA DO SOME PRE-WORK BEFORE WE GET TO THE, UM, RETREAT.
AND I'M WONDERING, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO SET UP SUBCOMMITTEES AROUND SOME OF THESE THINGS AND HAVE, UM, FOCUSED CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WHEN WE COME TO THE RETREAT WE CAN GIVE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, UM, SOMETHING TO REACT TO? YEAH.
INSTEAD OF JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STARTING FROM SCRATCH WITH SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS? GREAT POINT WITH SIMS AND YES, ABSOLUTELY WE CAN SET UP A SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO, UM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN, UH, PARTICIPATING, UH, ON A SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND, UM, MS. MARQUEZ, I SEE YOUR HAND.
I APPRECIATE YOU VOLUNTEERING THERE.
UM, MR. LEVINE, I, I THINK WHAT MAY BE HELPFUL IS FOR US TO MAYBE HAVE TWO SUBCOMMITTEES, ONE FOCUSED ON MARKETING AND OUTREACH, AND THEN ONE FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE ACTUALLY REACH THESE BUSINESSES, TAR TARGETING BUSINESSES, RIGHT? SO, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE PROBABLY MOST PRODUCTIVE FOR US TO HAVE TWO SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO IF YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHICH SUBCOMMITTEE YOU'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN, UM, AND THEN WE'LL GET THOSE
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SET UP, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, MS. SIMS. UM, I THINK THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL AND, AND BEING MOST PRODUCTIVE, UH, ONCE WE GET TO THE TREAT.AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UH, WE'LL CARVE OUT TIME AND HAVE UPDATES FROM THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES IN, IN OUR REGULAR MEETINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL BE, YOU KNOW, FIVE MINUTES OR SO, FIVE OR 10 MINUTES.
SO, UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO POSE A QUESTION, THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT, UH, ON THE SUBCOMMITTEES ABOUT QUORUM AND PUBLIC OVER REC PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO I WANNA BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, UH, CAO'S OFFICE FROM HI, UH, CAO HERE, ATTORNEY VERONICA.
I THINK ANYBODY ELSE CAN'T HEAR? SHE GOTTA WAIT, WAIT TO THE, UH, PODIUM GAS.
HI, THIS IS CAO ATTORNEY VERONICA BARBOSA.
UM, YES, AS SOON AS YOU, YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADVISE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A ISSUE WITH WALK AND QUORUM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE WORK WITH CAO BEFORE WE GET EVERYTHING LIKE ESTABLISHED SO THAT THAT DOESN'T BECOME AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE, UM, BUSINESS CONDUCTED THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, UM, PROPERLY POSTED OR TOMA COMPLIANCE ISSUES, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T DO IT, IT'S JUST THAT BEFORE WE DO IT, LET'S HAVE A MEETING WITH CAO SO WE CAN ADVISE YOU TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT PROPERLY.
IT'S OKAY IF YOU WANNA TAKE SOME NAMES NOW AND PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED, BUT BEFORE YOU START EMAILING AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, THOSE COMMUNICATIONS IN THESE, UM, SEPARATE MEETINGS, LET'S HAVE A MEETING WITH CAO.
AND ALSO TODAY I AM FILLING IN FOR BRADY, BUT I CAN GIVE, PASS THAT INFORMATION ON TO BRADY SO THAT Y'ALL CAN SET UP THAT MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INSIGHT.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND BA BASICALLY WE WILL, WE'LL SET UP, WE'LL COORDINATE AND LIAISE WITH THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, VIOLATING ANY, UH, UM, QUORUM RESTRICTIONS.
IN OTHER WORDS, HAVING TOO MANY PEOPLE ON A COMMITTEE, UH, AND, AND HAVING A MEETING AND, AND, UH, MAKING SURE WE'RE PLAYING WITHIN THE, UH, BOUNDS OF OUR, UM, UH, OUR GUIDELINES THERE.
SO, MR. ENRIQUEZ, I SEE YOUR HAND.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, SOMETHING CITY ATTORNEY, UH, MAY MENTION OF, OR NO? MY QUESTION WAS MORE SO, UM, HOW YOU WANTED US TO REACH OUT TO YOU.
IS IT VIA EMAIL OR, OR TEXT, BUT IT KIND OF, OR A CALL? UH, BUT IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE, UH, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE CONNECTING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO YES, AND, AND ANY OTHER ABOVE IS FINE.
UM, I'M AGNOSTIC TO HOW, HOW YOU, UH, REACH OUT TO ME.
BUT, UM, I WILL CONNECT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND, UM, ENSURE AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
UM, AND IN FACT, WHAT I'LL DO IS, UM, BETWEEN THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL WE'LL JUST HAVE A REPORT ON THAT.
WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE, UH, UM, MR. FLANNER TALK ABOUT THAT, TALK ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE GUIDELINES ARE THE NEXT TIME, JUST SO THAT THE BOARD IS UPDATED.
COULD WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THANK YOU MR. OKAY.
SO WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? SO WE'LL, WE'LL LIST THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM ON, ON THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT EVERYBODY'S INFORMED AND WE ALL HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION.
THEN FROM THERE WE'LL HAVE DIRECTION AS TO HOW TO THEN GO ABOUT SETTING UP OUR SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO, UH, EXPECT AN UPDATE AT OUR NEXT MEETING ABOUT THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? OKAY, I'M HEARING NONE.
UH, MR. LEVI, DID YOU HAVE, YEAH, SO I KNOW WE'RE ABOUT TO, TO END.
SO FIRST OF ALL, EVERYBODY, I THINK EVERYBODY IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
BUT, UM, I, THAT WHOLE THING ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION OUT AND BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT IT, I GUESS IT KIND OF HITS ME A DIFFERENT WAY 'CAUSE I'M IN MARKETING AND BRANDING
SO, UM, IS, CAN WE JUST BRING TO THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL, WHAT ARE SOME CURRENT PAIN POINTS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IDENTIFYING WITH CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE FROM OUR
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STANDPOINT SO THAT THAT CAN BE A GOING IN POSITION FOR SOME OF THE MARKETING COLLATERAL AND STUFF THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED NOW? YEAH, I, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK OUTTA TURN, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING MR. BARWICK, UH, WOULD PROBABLY, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE INCLUDED, UM, WITH, UH, HIM AND HIS TEAM.SO WE'LL GET SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.
MR. MR. BARWICK, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK OUTTA TURN.
UM, IT'S, WOULD THAT BE, WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE? OH, THAT MAKES SENSE.
UH, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL CONFER WITH, UH, UH, JOYCE FIRST, AND, UH, MARIO KING IS CURRENTLY OUT OF THE OFFICE, SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO RAMP HIM UP AND GET HIM UP TO SPEED, BUT YES, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT COVERED.
UH, MR. LEVINE, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, I'M HEARING NONE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE LAST AGENDA ITEM HERE.
UM, OR NEXT TO LAST, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
AND THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE, UM, FROM CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS, NOT REAPPOINTED, MS. REGINA.
OKAY, SO WE JUST HAD OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING THIS WEEK, LAST WEEK, SORRY.
AND NEW INFORMATION THAT WE HAD WAS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN ONLY BE IN HOLD OVER POSITION FOR NINE MONTHS PAST THEIR TERMS. AND SO IN APRIL, UM, BOARD LIAISON, THAT WOULD BE ME SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION FROM THE CSOS OFFICE, LETTING ME KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE, WHO ARE, WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN REAPPOINTED BY THEIR, UM, COUNCIL PERSON.
AND I WILL LET THAT PERSON KNOW AT THAT TIME AS WELL AS THE CHAIR.
AND THEN IT WILL BE THE BOARD MEMBER'S, UM, RESPONSIBILITY TO GET WHAT THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER TO GET REAPPOINTED BY JUNE THE 30TH.
IF YOU ARE NOT REPO, UM, REAPPOINTED OFFICIALLY BY JUNE THE 30TH, UM, YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ON THE BOARD JULY 1ST, UH, NOT, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND ANY BOARD MEETINGS IN ANY OFFICIAL CAPACITY, ANY BOARD FUNCTIONS, ET CETERA, IN ANY OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN RE REAPPOINTED FOR WHATEVER REASON, PLEASE TAKE THIS TIME TO GET WHAT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET REAPPOINTED, NO.
AND AS FAR AS RESIGNATIONS, UM, FOR ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING TO OR CONSIDERING RES RES RESIGNING, THE, YOUR RESIGNATION LETTERS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, NOT THE BOARD CHAIR OR NOT THE BOARD LIAISON MYSELF.
THE RESIGNATION LETTERS SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR NAME, DATE, UH, YOUR BOARD, UM, SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND.
AND YOU SHOULD CC THE BOARD CHAIR, MYSELF AND COUNCIL OFFICE THAT YOU REPRESENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'M HEARING NONE.
NO, NO QUESTIONS, UH, ON THAT ITEM.
ALRIGHT, WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THERE'S NO OTHER CLOSING COMMENTS, THOUGHTS, OR FEEDBACK FROM ANYBODY, UH, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOVED BY MR. DOCTOR.