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CONVENE OUR TALENT PIONS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER FIRST, UH, THE APPOINT IN ORDER IS A SPECIAL RECOGNIZATION TO SERGIO ANDTO.SO WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL BE, HAVE THAT HERE.
SO, UH, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR SERGIO OPINION TO COME UP FIRST.
IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MR. WE ARE GONNA MEET YOU UP RIGHT ON HERE.
TODAY'S, ESPECIALLY Y'ALL, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR RETIREES, UH, SERGIO PENA.
UH, WHEREAS ON APRIL THE SECOND, 2024, SERGIO PENA RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AFTER 20 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, SERGIO BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, FACILITY SERVICE DIVISION AS A FOOD MECHANIC.
ON JUNE 25TH, 2003, SERGIO WAS PROMOTED TO THE FOOD SUPERVISOR WITHIN THE FACILITY SERVICE DIVISION.
ON 2006, SERGIO HAS SERVED AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SERGIO HOLDS A CERTIFICATION OF CERTIFIED POOL AND SPA OPERATOR.
SERGIO PENO WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL EXPERT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPRAY GROUND, WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT ENGINEERS, VENDORS TO ENSURE THE FILTRATION, SANITATION, AND UV SYSTEMS WERE UP TO CODE.
SERGIO'S LOVE FOR EDUCATION AND READING WAS GREAT.
HE ALWAYS MADE SURE TO BE IN THE NOTE OF CHANGES TO AQUATIC CODES, NEW IDEAS.
FURTHERMORE, HE WOULD BE, HE WOULD OFFER TRAINING TO THE CONSUMER HEALTH DIVISION OF POLE COMPLIANCE SERVICE ON POOL INSPECTIONS.
SERGIO'S LEGACY WILL REFLECT RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE CITY PANEL AND BEYOND, WHEREAS SERGIO HAS SERVED AS A COLLEAGUE, MENTOR, AND LEADER, AND WILL BE REMEMBER FOR HIS WORK ETHIC, FOR BEING AN AVID STORYTELLER AND PASSION FOR SERVING THE CITY OF DALLAS.
NOW THEREOF BE RESOLVED BY THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THAT SINCERE APPRECIATIONS EXTENDED TO SERGIO OPINION AS YEARS DEVOTED, ENTIRELY WORK THROUGH GIVEN TO THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENS OF DALLAS, THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD COMMAND SERGIO OPINION FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND WISHES HIS CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.
AND THEREFORE, I JOHN D. JENKINS, DIRECTOR, AND ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, DO GIVE BY EXTEND A SPECIAL RECOGNITION SERGIO OPINION FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
HAVE A, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR DALLAS.
I'M PRETTY SURE I DID MY BEST EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, I TRY TO DO MY BEST BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND EVERYTHING.
I'VE BEEN IN INDUSTRY FOR 36 YEARS AND ACTUALLY DO THE BEST I COULD, HELPING ALWAYS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, LIKE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH,
AND, UH, I WAS WILLING TO HELP, UH, CITY DALLAS PARK FACILITY SERVICES ARE PART OF ME.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, I'M PART OF THEM.
SO PART TO BE PART OF CITY, UH, CITY DALLAS, MICRO RECREATIONS, AND APPLY FOR EVERYTHING I DID.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AGAIN, OPPORTUNITY WORK WITH CITY DALLAS.
NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP ANN ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ.
I'VE BEEN KNOWING ALBERTO WHEN I FIRST STARTED.
WHEREAS ON APRIL THE THIRD, 2024, ANDO RODRIGUEZ RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AFTER MORE THAN 23 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AT BERGER RODRIGUEZ COMMENCED HIS CREW WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS ON JANUARY 24TH, 2001.
SO THE ROLE OF LABOR TWO, WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY
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THE PARKS MAINTENANCE DIVISION.DURING HIS TEAM, HE DEVELOPMENTALLY SERVED IN THE PARKS MAINTENANCE DISTRICT BOARD, SHOWCASED AN EXCEPTIONAL EXPERTISE IN TASKS SUCH AS OPERATING A LITTER TRUCK, MOW, TRIMMING, AND CONTRIBUTING.
SIGNIFICANT TO MANAGE HIS TEAM.
IN 2016 AT DALE RODRIGUEZ, AS PROMOTED TO CREW LEADER, ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSEEING SPECIALIZED TRADES, POSITIONS AND SEASONAL EMPLOYEES ACROSS A DIVERSE SPECTRUM OF PARKS, FACILITIES, OPEN SPACES, TRAILS, AND GROUNDS.
NESTLE, WITHIN THE ESTEEMED DISTRICT FLOOR, ANDTO HAS SERVED AS A COLLEAGUE, MENTOR, ART, MAINTENANCE, PROFESSIONAL, AND LEADER, WHO WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS STRONG WORK ETHIC, DEDICATION TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY, GUIDANCE PROVIDED TO HIS COLLEAGUES JOB SKILLS, LIFELONG COMMITMENT AND PASSION TO SERVE THE CITY OF DALLAS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD, AND DEPARTMENT OF CITY OF DALLAS, HAD SINCERE APPRECIATIONS EXTENDED TO ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ FOR HIS YEARS OF DEVOTED COMMITMENT TO THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS, THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD COMMENCES ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN WI CONTINUES SUCCESS AND HAPPENS.
AND THEREFORE, I JOHN D. JENKINS, DIRECTOR ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DO HEREBY EXTEND THE SPECIAL REC RECOMMENDATION TO ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ.
GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY ALBERTA.
THANK YOU YOUNG FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IT WAS PLEASURE TO MEET YOU AS YOU THE BEST PERSON I BE.
AND I THOUGHT I WAS NEVER GONNA SAY, BUT FOR MY HEART JOB, IT SAVED MY LIFE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, FOR MY HEART, IT REALLY SAVED MY LIFE.
AND IT WAS AN HONOR, AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SHARE THE SEAT OF THE HOUSE PAPER.
ALBERTO, UH, REAL QUICK, BEFORE EVERYBODY LEAVES, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, ALBERTO.
I, I WORK WITH 20 YEARS OF MY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND COURSE NOW I'M A BOARD MEMBER.
I THINK HE'S ALREADY LEFT, UH, A FEW TIMES.
BUT ALBERTO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, UH, YOU KNOW, HE, HE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL HIS WORK ETHIC AND EVERYTHING AND ALL THAT, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT HE WAS HERE A LONG TIME AND WE KNOW WHAT HE DID, BUT THE MAN HE IS, AND THE HOW SEVERE NICE HE IS TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE, WHETHER YOU'RE ME OR MY FAMILY, OR JUST THE NEIGHBOR THAT COMES BY TO THE PARK, AND HE, HE WELCOMED THEM AND TALKED TO THEM SINCERELY AND NICE.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BERKELEY, YOU KNOW HOW HE SPEAKS.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHOLEHEARTED BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND OF COURSE, DISTRICT FOUR, OAK CLIFF NUMBER ONE,
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT EVERY DAY THAT YOU ARE OUT THERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
JUST BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT POINT OF BUSINESS, I WANTED TO SAY ALL OF US HERE, THE HEART DEPARTMENT, TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL SATURDAY'S, UH, VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DAY.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGET THAT YOU ALL ARE VOLUNTEERS.
I THINK Y'ALL ARE EMPLOYEES, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU GIVE TO US, THE TIME THAT YOU GIVE AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY, AND IMPORTANT, THE FLAVOR CELEBRATIONS, LIKE WHAT WE JUST DID WITH THE THIRD, JUST MAKES IT
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE SO GRATEFUL, AND IT SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVING 20 YEAR PLUS OF THEIR LIFE AND GENERATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING BUDGETS TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, UH, NEXT POINT ON AGENT PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
WITH THAT APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR APRIL FOUR, DO I HAVE MOTION,
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MR. SLAUGHTER? DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, MR. J.WATER? ANY DISCUSSION WITH SAY AYE? AYE.
WITH THAT, WE MOVE ATION ON ABOVE.
MR.
UH, WE MOVE TO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION,
MR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, HONESTLY.
UM, WE, UH, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE, AND ONE THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT WE ACTUALLY TOOK A PALETTE OF COLORS BACK TO THE KIDS AT THE REC CENTER.
UM, AND THE KIDS PICKED WHAT COLOR OF PLAYGROUND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AT THEIR, UM, UH, PLAYGROUND.
THEY ALSO, I, LIKE A YEAR AGO, THEY PICKED A STYLE OF PLAYGROUND THAT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE.
SO WE, WE HAD THE STYLE, BUT THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THE COLOR, SO THEN WE WENT BACK AND WE GOT THE COLOR FOR THEM.
UM, SO WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS IS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVOLVE THE KIDS THAT ARE GONNA ACTUALLY PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND, UM, BE PART OF THE DECISION.
SO WE'RE BRINGING THE, THE COMMUNITY INTO OUR DECISION, UM, FACTOR.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I LOVE THAT NEW STANDARD THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON, BRINGING THE COMMUNITY KIDS INTO THE DECISION MAKING FOLD FOR AT LEAST THE COLORS.
UM, SOMETIMES WE'RE RETROFITTING, YOU KNOW, INTO AN EXISTING SPACE, SO THE CHOICES AREN'T AS BIG, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE 'EM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK A COLOR, UM, OTHER THAN THEIR STANDARD RED AND GREEN.
SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
SO WE MOVED THIS FROM PLANNING AND DESIGN TO ALL, UM, REVIEWS SO THAT IT COULD GET TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND HOPEFULLY INSTALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE KIDS.
THANK ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WOULD THAT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE.
WE ARE WAS TOLD, YOU KNOW, VIRTUAL PEOPLE CAN'T HEAR ME, SO IF I'M SCREAMING, IT'S BECAUSE OF THEM.
WITH THAT, WE COME TO OUR BRIEF THINGS.
UH, GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE DALLAS CUP.
SHOULD I NOT A 51? I CAN'T HEAR YOU THAT BETTER? WRONG.
ALRIGHT, SO HERE TO TALK ABOUT DALLAS CUP TODAY.
SO, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STATE FAIR IN TEXAS, I BELIEVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM IS THE DALLAS CUP.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT FREQUENTLY, IS WE ASKED ANDY SWIFT WITH DALLAS CUP TO COME VISIT WITH US TODAY.
AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT THIS EVENT GENERATES A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ROOM NIGHTS IN DALLAS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT US THROUGH THE BRIER HOT TAX, DIRECTLY GOING TO FAIR PARK COURSE PERCENTAGE OF THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP ANDY SWIFT, WHO'S GONNA RUN THROUGH HIS SLIDE DECK.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE JIMMY SMITH, OUR PARTNER WITH FC DALLAS, WHO PARTNERS WITH US AT MONEYGRAM.
THIS GOOD? CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS GOOD? YES, SIR.
UH, FOR ME, IT'S ALWAYS SPECIAL, UH, TO TALK ABOUT DALLAS CUP.
UH, AS A TEENAGER THAT PLAYED IN THE DALLAS CLASSIC LEAGUE, I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN TWO DALLAS CUPS.
I VOLUNTEERED FOR ABOUT 12 TO 15 YEARS.
I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF, UH, RUNNING THE TOURNAMENT FOR 10 YEARS, AND NOW I SIT ON THE BOARD.
SO, UH, IT CARRIES A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART, BOTH FIGURATIVELY AND, AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, LITERALLY.
UM, SO IT'S ALWAYS A, A, A WELCOME OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SPEAK ABOUT A TOURNAMENT THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE, UH, IN THIS AREA, IF THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED IN SOCCER, MIGHT KNOW ABOUT.
SO, UH, WHO MIGHT GET THE SLANG, UH, MECHANISM, RIGHT? I PUTTING A BALL IN THE GOLD.
CAN WE GO BACK THAT ONE? WHAT IS DOWN? OKAY.
SO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.
J CUP IS THE OLDEST, UH, AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TOURNAMENT IN THE US, UH, AND GLOBALLY CONSIDERED TO BE THE AMONG OF THE MOST ELITE IN THE WORLD.
UH, THE TOURNAMENT STARTED IN 1980, UH,
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AND JUST THIS PAST MARCH, WE CELEBRATED OUR 45TH EDITIONS.SO WE'VE BEEN, UH, UH, UH, MOVING ON THIS TOURNAMENT NOW FOR 45, MORE THAN FOUR DECADES, UM, AT LEAST TO, UH, WHEN DOW STUFF STARTED, THERE WEREN'T MANY INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TOURNAMENTS ANYWHERE.
UH, NOT JUST IN THE US BUT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
UH, TODAY, THERE ARE A LOT MORE, UH, IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE AS ELITE, UH, AND CERTAINLY AROUND THE GLOBE.
UH, BUT WHAT REALLY SETS US APART IS WHAT WE DO OFF THE FIELD.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ELITE COMPETITION ON THE FIELD, UH, BUT WHAT WE ALSO DO OFF THE FIELD.
SO, UM, OUR CORE VALUES DEVELOP ORGANICALLY.
UH, A LOT OF COMPANIES, UH, ORGANIZATIONS SIT DOWN AND THEN TRY TO FIGURE OUT A MISSION STATEMENT OF WHAT THEIR CORE VALUES ARE GONNA BE.
THIS HAS BEEN PART OF DALLAS ALMOST SINCE DAY ONE.
UH, IT'S DEVELOPED ORGANICALLY, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S PART OF WHO WE ARE.
UH, AND IT'S, IT'S OUR FABRIC.
UH, AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD TO, UH, ADHERE TO IT.
REALLY, THIS DICTATES WHO WE ARE MORE THAN WE DICTATE WHAT OUR CORE VALUES ARE.
UM, OF COURSE, THE ELITE COMPETITION, UH, WE ABOUT HOW, HOW, WHAT THE STANDARD IS, HOW HIGH IT IS BECAUSE OF THE DATA ACADEMIES WE BRING FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
UH, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SO INTERNATIONAL AUTOMATICALLY, UH, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IS PART OF THE FABRIC.
BEFORE WE GO, UH, WE, ANY GIVEN YEAR, THERE ARE OVER 30 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN OUR TOURNAMENT PLAYING ANY GIVEN YEAR.
UM, AND SO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AUTOMATICALLY IS PART OF WHO WE ARE.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST, UH, UH, UH, CORE VALUE IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE TEAMS THAT HAVE COME FROM ABROAD, UH, THAT HAVE ASKED TO BE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS A FORM OF EDUCATION FOR THEIR PLAYERS.
UH, SO THIS CORE VALUE DEVELOPED OVER THE FOUR DECADES, AND NOW IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR, UH, WEEKLY ACTIVITIES.
UH, IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF, OF THE AGENDA, UH, THAT THE CLUBS, UM, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, SPEAKING OF INTERNATIONAL, THESE, UH, ARE THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED, UH, IN DALLAS UP THROUGH THE YEARS.
OVER A HUNDRED, UH, 48 STATES AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE TWO DAKOTAS IN VERMONT.
UH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A TEAM FROM THOSE STATES, BUT WE WERE ONE DAY.
UM, WE JUST FINISHED, UH, THE 45TH EDITION.
SO THIS, UH, MAP IS A LITTLE OUTDATED.
ALGERIA WAS REPRESENTED IN THIS LAST TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE COLORED THROUGH, UH, THERE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF AFRICA.
BUT YOU GET AN IDEA OF HOW MANY COUNTRIES PARTICIPATE, UH, IN DALLAS, UH, EVERY YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THE 45 YEAR HISTORY.
NOW, I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S PROBABLY, UH, UH, THE MOST INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE IN DALLAS.
UM, UH, WITH SO MANY COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UM, WE COULDN'T BRING, UH, THE ELITE TEAMS FROM ABROAD TO COMPETE WITH OUR ELITE TEAMS, UH, FROM DALLAS AND FROM AROUND THE US IF IT WASN'T FOR PARTNERSHIPS, UH, AND FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS.
WE FORMED WITH, UH, NOT ONLY CLUBS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, BUT LEAGUES, FEDERATIONS, AND EVEN CONFEDERATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE,
THEY BRING IN 30 FIFA LEVEL REFEREES, UH, AS A WAY TO DEVELOP THEM, UH, AND FOR THEM TO GAIN FURTHER INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS THE LLY BODY IN OUR REGION.
AND THEY USE DALLAS CUP AS A FORM OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REFEREES.
THE PREMIER LEAGUE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TOP LEAGUE IN THE WORLD EVERY YEAR AWARDS THEIR UNDER 18 CHAMPION, UH, WHERE THEY TRIP TO DALLAS TO PLAY IN THE DALLAS CUP.
UH, OF COURSE, MANCHESTER, UNITED BARCELONA, AND AROUND MADRID, LIVERPOOL.
THESE ARE ALL NAMES THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW SOCCER, YOU KNOW WHO THESE CLUBS ARE.
THEY'RE THE TOP PROFESSIONAL CLUBS IN THE WORLD.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE TOP PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIES IN THE WORLD.
THEY COME TO DALLAS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, FOR 45 YEARS.
SO, UH, IF IT WASN'T FOR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THESE GLOBAL, UH, IMPORTANT SOCCER ORGANIZATIONS, DALLAS CUP COULDN'T BE WHAT IT IS.
UH, AND WE ARE PROUD THAT, UH, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO FOSTER, UH, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
OF COURSE, THIS ALSO MEANS THAT, UH, WE GET TOP TALENT PLAYING IN DALLAS, UM, THIS TALENT, UH, AND WE'RE PROUD TO BOAST GOES ON TO DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS AT THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL.
UM, OUR ALUMNI HAVE COMBINED TO PLAY IN ALMOST THIS, THIS IS A HIGHER NUMBER NOW THAN FIVE 50, ALMOST 600 CHIEF OF WORLD CUP MATCHES.
NOW, THIS IS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE NUMBER WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT.
UH, MOST PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS AROUND THE WORLD DON'T GET TO PLAY IN THE WORLD CUP.
OUR ALUMNI HAVE COMBINED TO PLAY IN ALMOST 600 GAMES IN THE WORLD CUP.
JUST IN THIS LAST WORLD CUP, THERE WERE 50 DALLAS CUP ALUMNI THAT PLAYED, UH, AT AT LEAST A GAME IN THAT WORLD CUP.
THAT'S 10% OF THE PLAYERS THAT PLAYED IN THE LAST WORLD CUP.
PLAYED HERE IN DALLAS, IN THE DALLAS CUP, MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE TEAMS THAT COMPETED
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IN THE TOURNAMENT AND THE WORLD CUP HAD A PLAYER PLAY IN DALLAS CUP.SO IT'S A PRETTY INCREDIBLE STAT.
UH, IT ALSO HELPS THE US NATIONAL TEAM DEFINE LEADING SCORES ALL TIME FOR THE US NATIONAL TEAM, HAVE ALL PLAYED IN THE DALLAS CUP.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME FUN FACTS JUST TO SHOW YOU THE LEVEL OF TALENT, UH, THAT COMES THROUGH HERE IN DALLAS.
AND THAT THAT TEAMS, TEAMS FROM AROUND THE US GET TO PLAY AND GET TO, UH, OR DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AGAINST, UM, UH, THROUGH THIS TOURNAMENT.
AND ALSO FOR DALLAS SOCCER FANS TO GO OUT AND WATCH.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO THE NEXT STAR IS GONNA BE WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING THEM.
UM, ONE DAY YOU CAN SAY THAT, YEAH, I WAS AT MONTE GREEN PARK, UH, WHEN STILL PLAYER PLAYED THERE, AND NOW HE'S PLAYING IN THE WORLD NOW.
I SPOKE ABOUT HOW CONCACAF BRINGS THEIR NEWLY APPOINTED FIFAS FIFA BADGE, UH, LEVEL REFEREES TO DEVELOP HERE IN DALLAS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE THE NEW ORGANIZATIONS, UH, AROUND THE WORLD FEDERATIONS THAT DO THE SAME.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE ENGLISH FA, THAT'S THE, THE EQUIVALENT OF US OFFICE FEDERATION.
BUT IN ENGLAND, UM, THEY, UM, REFEREES THAT ARE ABOUT TO GRADUATE TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE, COME TO DALLAS, UH, AS THEIR FINAL EXAM.
THEY'RE EVALUATED HERE THROUGH THE DALLAS CUP, AND IF THEY PASS THEIR EXAMS HERE IN DALLAS, THEY'RE PROMOTED TO PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES.
SO ALL THIS SHOWS YOU THE LEVEL OF TALENT WE HAVE ON THE FIELD, BUT THE OFFICIATING, UH, IS AMONG THE BEST, UH, IN THE WORLD OF ANY YOUTH TOURNAMENT.
I WOULD ARGUE IT'S THE BEST OF ANY YOUTH TOURNAMENT, UH, IN THE WORLD, THE LIBERAL OFFICIATING WE HAVE.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE COMPONENT OF WHAT MAKES THIS TERM, UH, ELITE.
NOW, I SPOKE ABOUT IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST WHAT HAPPENS, UH, ON THE FIELD.
WHAT REALLY SETS DOWN STEP APART IS WHAT HAPPENS OFF THE FIELD.
IT'S BEEN OUR STORY FOR 45 YEARS.
IT STARTS WITH ABOUT 40 TO 50 OF THE TEAMS THAT COME FROM ABROAD STAYING WITH LOCUS FAMILIES.
UM, AND I, I PLAYED IN TWO DALLAS CUPS.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FIELD, BUT HOSTING TWO PLAYERS FROM ABROAD IS REALLY A MEMORY THAT HAS ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME.
UH, YOU STAY IN TOUCH WITH THOSE PLAYERS, DAVID BECKHAM, UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF DAVID BECKHAM, ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC PLAYERS, PLAYERS OF OUR TIME.
UH, STAYED WITH A, A LOCAL DALLAS FAMILY, UH, A MEXICAN AMERICAN FAMILY.
EVERY MORNING HE WOULD TAKE DAVID, UH, FOR BREAKFAST AT MCDONALD'S BEFORE HE DROPPED 'EM OFF WITH HIS TEAM FROM ENGLAND TO THEN GO PLAY IN EACH TOURNAMENT.
40 TO 50 TEAMS STAYED WITH LOCAL FAMILIES.
GREAT RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN FOSTERED.
IT IS A GREAT CULTURAL EXCHANGE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE TEAMS FROM ABROAD, FROM VARYING CULTURES, UH, STAYING WITH LOCAL FAMILIES, ALSO OF VARYING CULTURE, BECAUSE WE ARE DIVERSE HERE IN DALLAS.
UH, THAT PICTURE'S INTERESTING, THE ONE WE SEE THERE OF THE GENTLEMAN WITH, WITH THE, WITH AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN.
HE CAME AS A PLAYER, UH, THEN HE CAME BACK AS A COACH.
UM, AND THEN HE MET WITH A FAMILY THAT TOOK HIM IN AS A PLAYER.
UH, WE HAD COME 30 YEARS BEFORE.
SO STORIES LIKE THAT, LIKE THESE ABOUND.
UM, BUT IT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES DALLAS SCOUT REALLY SPECIAL.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I THINK, AND THIS IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THIS IS REALLY, UH, SOMETHING I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER YOUTH TOURNAMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD HAS.
AND IT IS, UH, THE ABILITY, NOT THE ABILITY, BUT THE WAY WE, UH, ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY, BECAUSE IT IS THE INTERNATIONAL TEAMS THAT COME TO DALLAS THAT WANT THIS.
UM, WE GO TO HOMELESS SHELTERS.
UH, WE GO TO HOSPITALS, UH, SCOTTISH RITE, UH, CHILDREN'S, UM, THE DALLAS ADVOCACY CENTER.
THERE'S A TEAM FROM BRAZIL, UH, TIVA THAT WOULD COME PLAY.
UM, THEY CAME FOR LIKE FIVE OR SIX STRAIGHT YEARS.
AND THE MANAGER TOLD ME, AND THIS IS HIGH LEVEL TEAM, TOP TOP PLAYING IN THE SUPER GROUP.
AND THEY DID, THEY WON TWO SUPER GROUPS.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR US IS THIS VISIT TO THE DALLAS ADVOCACY CENTER BECAUSE OF WHAT AREAS LEARN BY GOING TO THAT CENTER AND VISITING WITH THE KIDS.
THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING MUCH MORE THAN JUST COMPETITION ON THE FIELD.
WE'RE PROVIDING A DIFFERENT KIND OF EDUCATION.
UM, LAST YEAR I ATTENDED, UH, A CLINIC THAT WAS PUT ON ITRACK FRANKFORD, ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN GERMANY.
UH, ONE OF THE MORE FAMOUS TEAMS, UH, FROM GERMANY BROUGHT AN UNDER 14 TEAM.
THEY WANTED TO DO A CLINIC FOR, UH, AN UNDERSERVED, UH, AREA IN DALLAS.
SO WE, UH, WE TOOK 'EM TO, UH, JOHN QUINCY, ADAMSON, PLEASANT GROVE.
WE WORKED WITH THE PLEASANT GROVE SPORTS AND, UH, SOCCER, UH, ASSOCIATION.
WE THOUGHT THE COACHES WERE GONNA PUT ON THE CLINIC.
THE 13-YEAR-OLD KIDS PUT ON A CLINIC FOR THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN PLEASANT GROVE.
SO I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER TERM OR ANY OTHER EVENT THAT ALLOWS FOR 13 YEAR OLDS FROM PLEASANT GROVE
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TO INTERACT WITH 13 YEAR OLDS FROM FRANKFURT, GERMANY.UH, AND THE CLINIC WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN HOUR, AND IT LASTED TWO HOURS BECAUSE THE KIDS WERE SO INTO IT.
AND THAT'S ONLY THREE DALLAS STUFF.
WE GO TO SCHOOLS, LIKE I SAID, WE GO TO HOSPITALS, UH, THE BRIDGE, UM, UH, THE REFEREES FROM ENGLAND LIKE TO GO TO THE BRIDGE.
UH, SO IT'S, IT, IT IS A REALLY, TRULY SPECIAL.
UM, AND IT'S NOT, WE DON'T DO IT FOR PROMOTION.
WE RARELY, UH, PROMOTE WHAT WE DO.
UH, TEAMS ARE PLAYING GAMES, UH, AND THEY FIND THE TIME TO DO THIS.
WE DO IT, AND IT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO.
UM, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN PART OF, UH, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ASPECT IS THAT THE SAME KIDS THAT THESE TEAMS GO AND, AND SHARE TIME WITH, WE INVITE TO ATTEND, UH, MATCHES AND EVENTS THAT WE HOST SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE SAME KIDS THAT WENT TO THEIR SCHOOL PLAYING GAMES.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE A, A PROGRAM WITH DIHD, UH, WHERE EVERY STUDENT IN DIHD GETS A FREE VOUCHER TO ATTEND, UH, THE DALLAS CUP OPEN CEREMONIES AT THE C**K BOWL.
IT'S 185,000 KIDS THAT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO ATTEND GAMES THAT THEY WANT FOR FREE.
UM, OF COURSE, GAMES THAT AT, UH, AT THE FIELDS ARE FREE, BUT OUR STADIUM EVENTS ARE TICKETED SO THAT WE CAN PAY FOR, FOR THE, THE STADIUM EVENT.
UM, BUT THE STUDENTS GET TO GO FOR FREE EVERY YEAR.
WE GET ABOUT TWO OR 3000 ATTEND, UM, AND PLUS THEIR PARENTS.
AND THEY'RE PART OF A BIGGER FESTIVITY, UH, WHICH IS OPENING DAY, UH, AT THE COTTON BOWL.
IT'S KIND OF A TRADITION IN THE, UH, SOCCER COMMUNITY IN DALLAS,
BUT, UM, THE PRESENCE OF, OF THE DALLAS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE SOCCER COMMUNITY, BUT A LOT OF, UH, THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES FROM, LIKE OUR DISD PROGRAM, ALLOWS US TO HAVE, UH, THIS KIND OF PRESENCE AT THE COTTON BOWL, AND ITS NEED FOR THE KIDS THAT COME FROM ABROAD AS WELL, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AND, AND, UH, HAVE THEIR OPENING CEREMONIES IN FRONT OF SUCH A BIG CROWD.
UM, THE DALLAS CUP USED TO HAVE THEIR OPENING CEREMONIES AT LAKE HIGHLAND STADIUM, UM, THROUGH THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES AND EARLY OTS.
UH, BUT IN 2013, WE MOVED TO THE COTTON BOWL BECAUSE, UH, WE NEEDED BIGGER FACILITY BECAUSE OUR EVENT GREW SO MUCH.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SAYING THE PITCH, THE FIELD AT THE CON BOWL IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
AND FOR OUR PARTICIPATING TEAMS, OUR MARQUEE TEAMS THAT PLAY THERE, UH, THAT IS A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, ASPECT OF PLAYING IN THIS TOURNAMENT.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, HOW IMPORTANT THE COTTON BOWL IS.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA POINT OUT ABOUT THE COTTON BOWL IS THE HISTORY THAT IT HAS AND HOW IT RELATES BACK, UH, TO SOME OF THESE KIDS THAT ARE PLAYING IN THE TOURNAMENT.
BECAUSE, UH, FOR THOSE, UH, TEAMS THAT COME FROM BRAZIL, SPAIN, AND KOREA, UM, I MAY MISSING SOME COUNTRIES, BUT THOSE, THOSE NATIONAL TEAMS PLAYED IN THE WORLD CUP IN 1994 AT THE CARDINAL, THESE KIDS WEREN'T EVEN BORN THEN.
THEY'RE WALKING OUT THE TUNNEL.
THEY KNOW EXACTLY THOSE SPECIFIC COUNTRIES I MENTIONED.
THOSE KIDS KNOW EXACTLY, UH, WHEN THEIR NATIONAL TEAM PLAYED.
THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S STADIUM POSTED THEIR INTERNATIONAL TEAM IN 1994.
IT'S, UH, IT JUST TRANSCENDS GENERATION.
UH, AND WE HAVE 15-YEAR-OLD KIDS THAT WERE NOWHERE NEAR BORN IN NINE FOUR THAT KNOW THAT THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYED THERE, UH, IN NINE FOUR, AND ONE OF THE BEST GAMES IN THAT WORLD.
SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT FOR US AS WELL, IS THAT WE'RE PLAYING SUCH AN HISTORIC STADIUM, UH, IN THE WORLD OF SOCCER.
IT'S HISTORIC IN MANY OTHER WAYS, BUT FOR, FOR THOSE THAT ARE SOCCER FANS, THEY, THE HISTORY BEHIND, UH, THIS FACILITY ABLE TO PLAY THERE.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE AN EXTENSIVE FOOTPRINT OUTSIDE, UM, THE STADIUM ITSELF ON THE PLAZA, UH, NOT JUST FOR MONSTER ACTIVATIONS, BUT FOR THE GET TOGETHER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THAT CULTURAL EXCHANGE OF KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, UH, GETTING TOGETHER, UM, AND JUST, UH, GETTING TO KNOW ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THEIR, AND THEIR, UH, AND THEIR, UH, COMMONALITY IN SOCCER.
UH, OH, HERE'S MORE, UH, IMAGES TOO.
THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS VERY NEAT, IS THAT, UH, SOCCER FANS IN DALLAS, UH, WHO SUPPORT TEAMS FROM ABROAD, UH, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE CON BOWL, UH, AND CHEER ON THE, THE YOUTH TEAMS OF THEIR, OF THEIR FAVORITE TEAMS. WE HAVE GERS FANS THERE, AMERICA, LIVERPOOL RIVER PLAY.
THESE ARE ICONIC CLUBS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
UM, AND THOSE FANS THAT DON'T OFTEN GET TO SEE THOSE TEAMS PLAY IN DALLAS AT THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, AT LEAST GET TO GO AND SUPPORT THE, THE FUTURE STARS OF THEIR CLUBS, UH, BRINGS A LOT OF COLOR AND A LOT OF, UH, ENERGY TO THE STADIUM.
AND WE'RE ALSO VERY THANKFUL THAT THOSE FANS DO COME AND SUPPORT US AS WELL.
THESE ARE IMAGES OF MONEYGRAM MARK.
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AMOUNT OF GAMES WITHIN THE DALLAS PARK SYSTEM, BOTH AT THE COTTON BOWL AND AT MONEYGRAM PARK.BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT GAMES, ALL OUR MARQUES GAMES ARE SUPER GROUP GAMES, ARE PLAYED AT THE COTTON BOWL AND AM MONEYGRAM.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE FACILITIES OF MONEYGRAM AT THE FIELD ARE SPECTACULAR.
UM, THE, THE INTRODUCTION OF MONEYGRAM AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THERE OVER THE LAST, UH, IT WAS 2014 OR 15 WHEN IT FIRST OPENED, HAS REALLY TAKEN US TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
UH, IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE FIRST CLASS FACILITIES FOR, UH, THESE CLUBS LIKE MANCHESTER UNITED AND AROUND MADRID, BARCELONA, WHO EXPECT, UH, TO HAVE TOP FIELDS.
THEY WON'T TRAVEL, THE TOURNAMENTS THAT DON'T.
UH, AND HAVING, UH, A FACILITY LIKE MONEY GRAND PARK, LIKE THE COTTON BOWL, ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO INVITE THESE TEAMS AND HOST 'EM, WHICH IN TURN, UH, GIVES THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, TEAMS FROM DALLAS, FROM AROUND, UH, THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD TO PLAY AGAINST THE VERY, VERY BEST, UH, YOUTH PLAYERS IN, IN THE WORLD.
AND MONEYGRAM, THERE'S A SIDE EFFECT TOO.
UM, WE ALSO PLAY SOME GAMES AT RICHMOND COLLEGE.
THOSE FIELDS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER, UH, BECAUSE OF WHAT MONEYGRAM HAS DONE IN THE BEST PRACTICES SHARED.
UM, AND RICHLAND HAS MADE RICHLAND AND THOSE RICHLAND FIELDS BETTER FIELDS FOR US, WHICH OF COURSE HELPS US AS WELL.
UH, LET ME GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS LETTER.
I, I DO WANNA SHOW YOU, UM, THE VOLUME, UH, OF FANS THAT ATTEND THESE MARQUEE GAMES AND MONEYGRAM DALLAS COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE NOT JUST PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE DALLAS SOCCER COMMUNITY ATTENDING THESE GAMES AND GREAT NUMBERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT FACE DALLAS TEAMS AGAINST MARQUEE TEAMS. THOSE ARE OUR BIG ATTENDED TEAMS, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER DOESN'T PLAY FOR ONE OF THESE DALLAS TEAMS, IF YOU'RE A DALLAS RESIDENT, YOU WANNA GO ROOT FOR THAT TEAM AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED OR LIVER AROUND MADRID.
SO WE DO GET A, A BIG NUMBER OF, OF MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS COMMUNITY AND SOCCER COMMUNITY ATTENDING, EVEN IF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AREN'T PLAYING IN THE GAME, WHICH IS, UH, PRETTY NEAT.
AND IT ADDS A LOT OF ATMOSPHERE FOR THE KIDS.
IMAGINE PLAYING IN FRONT OF THE BIG CROWD EITHER AT THE COTTON BOWL OR IN
UM, AND THEN, UH, REAL QUICK, THE MEDIA, UH, ATTENTION THAT WE GET IS SIGNIFICANT.
IRONICALLY, UH, MOST OF IT COMES FROM OUTSIDE OF DALLAS AND OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S INTERNATIONAL MEDIA THAT REALLY, UH, UH, BESTOWS A LOT OF ATTENTION ON US.
UH, AND THEN THE TEAM, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, FOR EXAMPLE, MANCHESTER UNITED HAS 500 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS.
UH, THEY, UH, PUT ON A DOCUMENTARY.
THEY, UH, PRODUCED A SMALL DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THEIR VISIT TO DALLAS A FEW YEARS BACK, UM, ABOUT THEIR GAMES OF MONEYGRAM.
AND THAT WAS SEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD BY ALL THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS.
OUR FINALS ARE, UH, BROADCAST ON, UH, NATIONAL NETWORKS.
WE, THROUGH THE YEARS WE'VE BEEN ON THE S-P-N-S-P-N INTERNATIONAL IN 2017.
AND WHEN FC DALLAS BECAME THE FIRST, AND THEY'RE STILL THE ONLY MLS ACADEMY TO WIN THE SUPER GROUP, UH, THAT FINAL, WHICH THEY WIN AGAINST MONTEREY WAS BROADCAST NATIONALLY AND INTO MEXICO ON UNIVISION.
UM, OUR
THAT'S PRETTY NEAT FOR ANY SOCCER TOURNAMENT.
SO, UH, WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.
WE'D LIKE TO GET MORE, UH, MEDIA COVERAGE LOCALLY FROM DALLAS.
BUT WE, I RECOGNIZE THAT SOCCER IS STILL A GROWING SPORT IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THOSE ARE BATTLES THAT WE FIGHT EVERY DAY IN TERMS OF JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT.
UH, WE'RE A SMALL STAFF, LIMITED RESOURCES, BUT WE DO OUR BEST, UH, TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT, UH, DALLAS TO LOCAL MEDIA.
AND WE OFTEN GET, UH, GET THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THEIR COVERAGE, UH, FOR THOSE THAT LIKE NUMBERS AND WANT, UH, JUST BLACK AND WHITE NUMBERS.
THESE ARE, UM, OUR NUMBERS FROM THE LAST, UH, TOURNAMENT THAT WERE PLAYED IN MARCH.
WE GET 6,500 PLAYERS AND COACHES THAT HAS GROWN, UH, ABOUT 30% OVER THE LAST, UH, FIVE OR SIX, SEVEN YEARS.
AFTER, UH, EVERYTHING OPENED UP AFTER COVID, UH, PARTICIPATION HAS GROWN EVEN MORE TEAMS ARE NOW TRAVELING EVEN MORE, UH, BOTH FROM OTHER STATES IN THE US AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU ADD THE HOME STATE FAMILIES, IT'S ALMOST 2000 VOLUNTEERS, UH, THAT WE BENEFIT FROM AND THAT WE ARE THANKFUL FOR HAVING, UH, EVERY YEAR, UM, 490 GAMES PLUS, UH, 280 FOURTEENS.
THAT'S GONNA GROW AS WE GROW OUR, OUR GROW A BRACKET.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GROW THAT SIGNIFICANTLY NEXT YEAR.
UM, A LOT OF THEM COME FROM ABROAD.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER NEED SPECIAL
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THING, IS THAT LOCAL REFEREES HERE FROM THE DALLAS AREA, FROM DALLAS, UH, YET TO INTERACT WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OFFICIALS, UH, FROM AROUND THE WORLD.UH, YOU DON'T GET THAT FROM ANY SUNDAY LEAGUE.
UH, THAT'S ONLY AVAILABLE, UH, BY BEING ABLE TO REFEREE IN DALLAS.
UM, EVERY YEAR ABOUT 30 PLUS COUNTRIES ARE REPRESENTED, UH, THROUGH 13 AGE BRACKETS.
AND WHAT DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT? WELL, OUR HOTEL, UH, ROOM NIGHTS, WE HAVE 9,400 PLUS, UH, 21 PROPERTIES.
UH, THE BULK OF THOSE, UH, ARE IN DOW'S PROPER.
I WOULD SAY 75 TO 80% THAT GOES ROOM PROPERTIES AND THEREFORE ROOM NIGHTS, UH, ARE IN DALLAS.
UM, OUR ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT ALL THE VENUES, A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE WEEK.
UH, THAT'S FAMILIES, BUT IT IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST FAMILIES.
THAT'S THE DALLAS SOCCER COMMUNITY COMING OUT, UH, TO DALLAS EVERY YEAR.
'CAUSE IT'S A TRADITION FOR THEM TO COME TO DALLAS CUP GAMES, UH, TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE STARS FOR THE WORLD SONG.
UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT WISE, IT'S A $38 MILLION IMPACT, UM, IN THE AREA.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, 75 TO 80% OF THAT IS DALLAS, UH, BECAUSE OF MOST OF OUR HOTELS ARE IN DALLAS.
NOW, THIS FIGURE IS FROM THE SUMMER OF 2019.
UH, I KNOW THE DALLAS FORCE POSITION PUT THIS, UH, UH, FIGURE THIS OUT AND GOING TO, UH, SOON FIGURE IT OUT AGAIN FOR US.
BUT I DID THE NUMBER CRUNCHING ON MY OWN.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S A MORE REALISTIC NUMBER.
AND NOW BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, HOTELS WE HAVE, UH, IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC, UM, SITUATION, UH, A $50 MILLION IMPACT ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY WITH ABOUT 75 TO 80% OF THAT, UM, UH, STAYING DOWN.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE MESSAGE THOUGH, THAT I WANT EVERYBODY HERE TO, UH, TO GET AND THAT I WANNA CONVEY IS MORE GRATITUDE THAN ANYTHING.
UM, BECAUSE DALLAS STUFF, UH, IS REALLY BELONGS TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE WE'RE NOT PART OF ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AND WE'RE THEIR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ARM, NOTHING LIKE THAT.
WE ARE NOT-FOR-PROFIT, BUT WE ARE RUN BY A BOARD.
THE BOARD CONTINUOUSLY CHANGES OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, FOR EXAMPLE, CONSERVANCY TERMS, AND THEN IT'S A NEW BOARD PRESIDENT.
WHAT WE RELY ON IS THE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS.
I SPOKE ABOUT VOLUNTEERS IN THIS ROOM AS WELL ARE A BIG PART OF THAT.
UH, THE DALLAS FORCE COMMISSION, FC DALLAS, AND THEIR SUPPORT.
DALLAS PARK AND REC, UH, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU ARE A BIG PART OF THAT.
AND IT'S REALLY A TEAM EFFORT.
THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT YOU RECOGNIZE TODAY, THEY'RE PART OF IT.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WORK WITH, THEY'RE PART OF THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR 45 YEARS.
AND IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP GOING FOR ANOTHER 45 YEARS, WE'RE GONNA BE DEPENDENT ON THOSE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS ON YOU, ON THOSE GENTLEMEN FC DALLAS, AND, AND THE GUYS THAT WORK IN THE HOUSE, THAT WORK IN THE FACILITIES THAT ALLOW US, UH, TO CLOSE THIS WONDERFUL EVENT.
THAT TO ME, UH, I LOVE, IT'S CLOSE TO
IT IS A JEFF HAVE HERE FROM DALLAS.
AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, OF, OF HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU THE STORY AND WE SPEAK ABOUT IT.
WELL, I'LL SAY NEXT, NEXT YEAR'S CHAIRMAN IS IN MID APRIL.
THE DATES WE'RE UP THERE, I DIDN GET TO IT.
UM, WE'D ALWAYS PLAY PUMP SUNDAY THROUGH EASTER SUNDAY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT ONE OF THE FIELDS OR AT THE COTTON BOWL NEXT YEAR.
UH, IT'D BE SPECIAL IF, IF, UH, YOU COULD ATTEND AND TO CHECK IT OUT.
THIS IS SUCH A POWERFUL BRIEFING.
I FEEL ASHAMED I THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY.
SO NEXT YEAR I WAS TALKING TO KINS.
I THINK WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO PARTICIPATE BETTER FOR MR. UH, YES.
AWESOME, AWESOME PRESENTATION.
I'M IN SPORTS, SO IT'S BEEN PART OF MY FAMILY.
BEEN OPENING DAY AT THE COTTON BOAT AND I WOULD TAKE THAT ON.
I WANNA BE ON THE FIELD DURING THE CHAOS.
I CALL IT THE CHAOS BECAUSE ALL THE TEAMS THAT ARE THERE, PUT IN AND PUT IN, YOU SEEN IT.
AND THE KICK THAT YOU DO AND ALL THAT.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THE FIELD FOR THAT, UH, INSTEAD UP IN THE STANDS.
UM, BECAUSE YEAH, DALLAS CUP, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO NOW MONEYGRAM OR RICH IN COLLEGE TO SEE GAMES DURING THE WEEK, THEY PLAY LIKE AT 10:00 AM ON A RANDOM, WELL, I SAY RANDOM ON A TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE.
IT'S AWESOME TO GO SEE THE, ALL THE KIDS AND THEY'RE WEARING THEIR, THEIR CLUBS UNIFORMS. THEY, THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE, THEY ARE THE CLUB
BUT JUST YOU MENTIONING OUR, THE COTTON BOWL BEING
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IN THE ELITE FIELD, I'VE BEEN ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.THE COTTON BOWL IS AN ELITE FIELD.
UM, THAT YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT JUST SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING MONEY INTO THE COTTON BOWL.
THAT IS A TOP FIELD, HANDS DOWN, UH, WHAT THEY DO THERE TO KEEP IT IS PHENOMENAL.
AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT AND ALSO MENTIONED BECAUSE THE, THE GUYS AT COTTON BOWL DO A GREAT JOB, UH, KEEPING THAT, BUT ALSO MENTIONING MONEYGRAM.
'CAUSE I, I, I KNOW FOR A FACT AND I KNOW HOW THE SOCCER WORLD REACTS TO MONEYGRAM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PUBLIC PART.
WE CONSIDER WHAT, WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? THE WAREHOUSE, FC DALLAS WAS THE HELP OF JIMMY AND ALL HIS TEAM.
KEEP THAT FEEL IMMACULATE, KEEP THOSE FEELS IMMACULATE AND, AND READY TO PLAY AT ALL TIMES.
SO I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.
I KNOW IT'S, IT'S ABOUT DALLAS CUP.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE OUR FACILITIES.
SO IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE THEY MAINTAIN THAT WAY.
BECAUSE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE COTTON AND MONEYGRAM, LIKE, LIKE YOU, YOU CANNOT KNOW IN THE SOCCER WORLD WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW CRITICAL SKILLS ARE.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THOSE WITH THE HELP OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE DO THAT.
BUT THE DALLAS CUP, WHAT IT BRINGS TO DALLAS, IT'S AMAZING.
JUST WANNA JUST SAY THANK YOU.
AND I KNOW ABOUT ALL THE PARENTS KEEP OUR KIDS THINGS WITH ALL THAT.
AND IT IS A, I ALWAYS SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF I KEEP, SOMEBODY DOESN'T SPEAK SPANISH OR ENGLISH AT MY HOUSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND A LOT OF, UH, UH, FAMILIES THAT ARE GONNA TAKE ON, UH, KID FROM ABROAD OR SOMETIMES HESITANT AND, AND IT'S ALWAYS CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
I CAN SEE IS ALREADY KEEPING SOME KIND OF A CHALLENGE.
UH, THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING DOWN MEMORY LANE, UH, FOR ME.
'CAUSE I, I GREW UP HERE, UH, AND KNOWING THE DALLAS CUP FROM BACK TO STING WAS THERE, BUT I WENT TO GREEN HILL AND DECIDED I WAS GONNA GO PLAY THE GOLDEN EAGLES AND GOLDEN EAGLES PRACTICE THAT CASE.
I MEAN, LIKE THAT, THAT IS MY WORLD.
AND THEY WENT OFF TO BE ONE FOR UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD.
SO, UM, SO DEFINITELY WONDERFUL JUST TO HAVE YOU GUYS REALLY PRESENT THIS AND SHOW THE GROWTH, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, I CAN REMEMBER, REMEMBER IN 94, UM, I WAS FRIENDS WITH DE ARMSTRONG AND COLBY AND LEXI, AND THEN WE WERE ALL LIKE, HANGING OUT AT THE NORTH PARK, THREE AND FOUR MOVIE THEATER.
AND I TOOK THEM, LIKE, TOOK 'EM ALL OVER DALLAS BEFORE THERE WAS A VISIT DALLAS.
SO THIS IS DEFINITELY MEMORY LANE FOR ME.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THOUGH, WITH RYAN, OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE, UM, THE SEE RENOVATIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE COTTON BOWL IS ALSO IN LINE WITH THIS TOURNAMENT.
SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT THERE'S OVERSIGHT ON THAT.
UM, IF THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF OUR PLAYERS.
THE, THE FOLKS AT FAIR PARK AND THE COTTON BOWL WERE REALLY, REALLY GOOD WORKING WITH US BECAUSE THE RENOVATIONS HAD STARTED, UH, WHEN OUR TOURNAMENT TOOK PLACE THIS YEAR, I THOUGHT HOW WE COULD RECONFIGURE OUR SEATING, UH, LOCKER ROOM AREAS, INGRESS, EGRESS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN PLAY THERE THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH 'EM MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE RENOVATION TO MAKE IT HAPPY BECAUSE THE COMBO IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
IT'S RIGHT UP MY ALLEY, MY SOCCER.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE GIRLS BRACKET THAT WAS STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO.
THAT'S GONNA GROW PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
YEAH, WE, WE GREW UP WATCHING FISHMAN AND ALL.
MR. RICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT AGARAL.
UM, MINE IS MORE JUST A COMMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS BEAUTIFUL WORK.
UM, I WAS MENTIONING TO PRESIDENT AGARAL THAT THIS IS SUCH, I KNOW IT'S, THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOR MANY COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS HUGE IN OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE BRING THEIR WHOLE FAMILY AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVERY YEAR TO SUPPORT THEIR TEAM.
AND IT'S JUST, THEY LOOK FORWARD TO IT ALL YEAR ROUND.
AND WHEN IT COMES HERE, IT'S A HUGE DEAL.
THEY PLAN THEIR LIVES AROUND IT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HEARING EXCITEMENT, UM, FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY, THEY TELL ME, OH, I SAW, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, A A MAYBE A PROFESSIONAL PLAYER THAT'S NOW THE COACH.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S A CELEBRITY, SEVERAL CELEBRITY EVENT AND PEOPLE ARE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS.
SO I LOVE HEARING THAT EXCITEMENT.
AND IT WAS, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART WHEN Y'ALL SAID Y'ALL WENT TO PLEASANT GROVE.
'CAUSE THAT'S MY COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW? I LOVE IT.
SO, UM, NO, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS HUGE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND, AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, 'CAUSE JUST THE DALLAS CUP ALONE IS, IS ENOUGH, BUT Y'ALL ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND, AND ALSO GIVING THAT EDUCATION TO THE, TO THE PLAYERS, TO WHAT IT'S LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY HERE IN DALLAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
AND I'D LIKE TO ADD A COMMENT TOO THAT MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING.
I SPOKE ABOUT THE LOCAL MEDIA THAT IS
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HISPANIC MEDIA, UNIVISION CHANNEL 23AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR EFFORTS ALSO IN HELPING.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF CHITO HAD BEEN, UH, PARTICIPATED.
NO MORE COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU MR. DICKIES.
HOW CAN I MISS YOU? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, DALLAS CUP IS A WONDERFUL THING.
IT GIVES DALLAS GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE, WHICH WE LOVE.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON YOUR, UH, DO YOU HAVE A HOTEL THAT'S YOUR SORT OF YOUR HEADQUARTERS HOTEL FOR THE DALLAS CUP EVERY YEAR? WE DO.
IT'S THE WEST END, UH, WEST END PARK CENTRAL, UH, WHICH IS, UH, AT KUT AND 6 35.
UH, YEAH, THAT'S THE HQ HOTEL.
IN FACT, WE MOVED INTO THE HOTEL, UH, A WEEK PRIOR TO THE TOURNAMENT STUDYING AND, AND WE'RE THERE FULLY FUNCTIONAL, UH, FOR A WEEK.
AND THEN THE TOURNAMENT STARTS AND IT'S 10 DAYS, UH, AFTER THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE THERE REALLY TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
WELL, ALL THE EFFORTS YOU MAKE TO FOCUS ON HAVING EVERYONE STAY IN DALLAS HOTELS IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
ANY VOTE WITH THAT? THANK YOU EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR AMAZING BRIEFING.
AND REALLY, UH, WHEN I THINK I WAS TALKING TO DIRECTOR JENKINS, I THINK WE CAN DO MORE TO HELP NEXT YEAR.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IT MORE FOR SURE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER WORK AS WELL.
WE, UH, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF VOLUNTEER WHILE WE GET SOME CAKES.
CHECK IS IN THE MAIL WONDERING PRESIDENT, WE'RE GONNA GIVE OUR GUESTS JUST A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN, YOU GUYS.
CHRIS LA ROSS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE WONDERFUL DALLAS PARK RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE NOT, IN MY RECOLLECTION, BRIEFED THE BOARD ON THE BACHMAN THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROGRAM, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR US TO BRING IT TO YOU ALL.
SO YOU ALL CAN SEE THE TYPE OF UNIQUE PROGRAMMING THAT TAKES PLACE AT OUR RECREATION CENTERS.
MANY OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR TRADITIONAL REC AFTER SCHOOL, SOME OR SPORTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT BACHMAN HAS A PROGRAM THAT IS UNIQUE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH VARYING DISABILITIES.
AND SO WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS.
WE HAVE SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS FROM CLUB 27 50 WITH US HERE TODAY.
UM, I HAVE OUR SERVICE AREA MANAGER, ERIC VALEZ, WHO'S GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THE, THE PROGRAM, I'M SORRY, THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT AGAIN, WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE UNIQUE PROGRAMMING THAT OUR CERTIFIED STAFF ARE FACILITATING AT OUR VERY OWN RECREATION CENTER.
WE'RE GONNA START THIS OFF WITH THE VIDEO, AND I KNOW YOU ALL THE BLACK VIDEOS, HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL, OUTSIDE OF OUR TRADITIONAL RECREATION SETTING.
THIS VIDEO IS NORMALLY EIGHT MINUTES, BUT FOR YOU ALL, WE CONDENSED IT TO TWO.
SO WE WANT TO JUST GIVE A HIGHLIGHT SO THE CITY OF YOUR CREW.
I WOULD, MY NAME IS MARY BUS AND I'M 22 YEARS OLD AND I LIVE IN DALLAS.
I'M MARIAN'S AUNT MARIA, ROMAN E CHRISTIAN.
UM, MARTIN'S BEEN PARTICIPATING AT, UM, DIRECT CENTER SINCE LAST YEAR.
HELLO, I'M BRENDA JOHNSON, THE MOTHER OF JERMAINE JOHNSON
HI, JERMAINE JOHNSON, WHERE I CAN DO MY PERSONAL THINGS WHILE HE'S HERE AND ON HIS BEHALF.
UM, SINCE HE'S NOT A SOCIAL PERSON,
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HE'S BECOME MORE SOCIABLE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.HE'S MORE, HE COMMUNICATES MORE BECAUSE HE HARDLY SPEAKS.
SO, BUT I'VE NOTICED THAT CHANGE THAT SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE, HE'S MORE OUTGOING, MORE, UH, TALKATIVE, UM, SHY.
SO BACHMAN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES HAS HELPED OUR FAMILY, UM, HELPED MARIAN MAINLY BECAUSE IT GIVES HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT THE HOUSE AND MEET NEW PEOPLE AND LEARN NEW THINGS.
THEY MAKE ME, THEY MAKE ME FEEL LIKE WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE LIKE A FAMILY HERE.
WE LOVE BACHMAN THERAPEUTIC RECREATIONAL CENTER.
I STILL THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT AND TO HEAR SOME PERSONAL TESTIMONY.
SO TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR TEAM, HOW PARTICIPANTS GET ENGAGED OR ENROLL IN OUR PROGRAM, GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW ON THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE, TALK ABOUT SOME COMMUNITY FRIENDS AND PARTNERS, UM, GIVE A LITTLE DEMOGRAPHIC ABOUT PARTICIPANTS AND JUST HOW LONG THEY STAY WITH US BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS SO MEANINGFUL, IMPACTFUL WOMEN LIVES.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE EXPAND OUR REACH OUTSIDE OF BACHMAN.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE NEEDS THAT SPAN ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT HOW CAN WE HELP SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE OR THE EFFORT, UM, FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS OUTSIDE OF BACHMAN
AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER JUST KIND OF A QUICK SPOT ANALYSIS, THINGS THAT ARE WORKING WELL FOR US, AND THEN OF COURSE OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN TRY.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ERIC VALEZ, WHO WILL LEAD THE PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, MY FIRST TIME PRESENTING IN THIS SCRIPT.
SO BEFORE, UH, I, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM.
BEFORE WE GET THERE, SORRY, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE, UH, BEFORE I GET TO GET A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM ON THE SLIDE THERE, I'D LOVE TO EXPLAIN A COUPLE THINGS THAT YOU HEAR FROM US.
YOU'LL HEAR CTRS, WHICH IS CERTIFIED BY THERAPEUTIC ATION SPECIALIST BECAUSE YOU'LL HEAR THAT THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.
YOU SHOULD ALSO HEAR TR, WHICH IS THE, SO IF YOU GET CONFUSED, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE UH, DISCUSSING TODAY.
UH, THE CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALIST IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS GOTTEN THE TRAINING, HAS DONE THE INTERNSHIP, HAS DONE THE NATIONAL, UH, EXAM AND PASSED IT.
AND NOT ONLY THAT HAS KEPT UP WITH THEIR CERTIFICATION TO ADMINISTERED TR PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO FOR US, UH, YOU'LL SEE ON THE SLIDE THERE, THE TOP THREE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE ARE ALL CTRS, UH, CERTIFIED INDIVIDUALS.
SO THEY'VE TAKEN THE TEST, THEY'VE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, THEY'VE DONE THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND JODY'S CASE WHO'S BEEN WITH US FOR 25 YEARS, SHE'S UP, KEPT HER CERTIFICATION, RIGHT? AND SO THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST IS SUPERVISOR JODY COMMERCE.
UH, LIKE I SAID, SHE'S A CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SPECIALIST.
SECOND ON THE LIST IS, UH, RAVEN.
CARRIE RAVEN'S, UH, NEW TO OUR TEAM.
SHE HASN'T MADE IT PAST ONVOY YET.
WE EXPECT TO SEE HER WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
BUT SHE'S A, A NEW, UH, TEAM MEMBER THAT WILL HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION, UH, THAT ALLOWS US TO DO A LOCAL THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY
THE THIRD EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE IS AMEN PAGE SPEARMAN, WHO IS A CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC RECREATIONS.
AND SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, YOU'LL SEE THREE CERTIFIED INDIVIDUALS.
BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS SHE'S POSITION IS NOT ONLY TR PROGRAMS, CURRENT ATTENTION IS DIVIDED, OPERATING THE REC CENTER, UH, PROVIDING MAINSTREAM PROGRAM OF THE TEAM.
SO SHE'S NOT NECESSARILY IN THE, IN THE ROOM WITH THE PARTICIPANTS ALL THE TIME.
SHE HAS A LITTLE, UH, INCLUDING ALYSSA IS ADRIAN
HE, HE CAME TO US FROM MARTINEZ RECREATION CENTER WHERE HE SPENT MAJORITY OF HIS LIFE ACTUALLY GROWING UP IN THAT AREA OF TOWN.
HE WAS A CURRENT SPECIALIST FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND HE'S PROMOTED OVER TO RECREATION CENTER.
AND THERE'S A WELCOME EXPERIENCE TO OUR TEAM.
ON TOP OF THAT, IN FIVE LANGUAGE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ENCOUNT
SO WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
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LL ALSO SEE CAMERON FITZPATRICK AND JOE MARK GREGORY.THOSE ARE THE LAST TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE.
UH, THOSE FOLKS, UH, CAMERON PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH THE RECREATION PROGRAMS MORE ON THE MAINSTREAM SIDE OF THINGS.
AND THEN JOE MARK CARETAKER, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WITH THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE'VE GOT FIVE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
UH, MELANIE ROBLES IS IDENTIFIED AS SOMEBODY THAT STICKS USUALLY FOR THE TR PRO PROGRAMS AND, AND ASSISTS WITH THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT THE OTHER FOUR PEOPLE ON THE LIST THERE, UH, JEREMIAH, LENORA, SANDY, AND MIA, THEY KIND OF SWITCH IN AND OUT.
SO WHERE THE NEED IS, WHETHER WE SHORTHAND OR NOT, WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSITION THOSE FOLKS TO, IN THE MAINSTREAM PROGRAM, UH, TIER PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S TWO TYPES OF ENROLLMENT PHASE, UH, PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE.
THERE'S A SELF, UH, REFERRAL AND SO THAT'S A FAMILY MEMBER OR A PARTICIPANT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT LEARNS ABOUT WHAT WE DO AT PLATFORM.
UH, SPECIFICALLY TR RELATED ACTIVITIES.
THEY'LL CALL OUR REC CENTER, THEY'LL TALK TO OUR CT RS STAFF MEMBERS, AND WE'LL TRY TO IDENTIFY THE NEED OF THE PARTICIPANT AND SEE IF WE HAVE A PROGRAM MATCHES THAT.
UH, IF WE DO, UH, WE'LL MATCH THAT PERSON UP AND EVEN MOVE REGISTER INTO PROGRAM OR WE OF THE SECOND REFERRAL PROCESS IS AN AGENCY THAT HAPPENS WHEN A HEALTH PROVIDER, A REHAB SPECIALIST IN THE COMMUNITY, HAS A CLIENT THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS. THEY'LL CONTACT THE REC CENTER, THEY'LL STAFF MEMBERS, DONNA, IDENTIFY PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE THE NEEDS OF THOSE CLIENTS.
SO ONCE THAT HAPPENS, SIMILAR TO THE SELF UH, REFERRAL, WE'LL CONTACT THE FAMILY MEMBERS, THE PARTICIPANTS TO SEE WHAT THE NEEDS WE HAVE.
ONE IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF OUR OF OUR ROOM.
SEE IF WE CAN, UH, MAXIMIZE THAT AND HAVE PARTICIPANTS IN THAT ROOM WITH US.
THE OTHER THING IS OUR RATIO, UH, MAINSTREAM PROGRAMMING.
TR WE LIKE TO KEEP IT TO ONE TO SEVEN.
THAT'S WHERE WE THINK IT IS A SWEET SPOT FOR US SO THAT WE COULD HAVE 1 0 1 INTERACTION WITH.
JUST PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE.
THERE'S TWO TYPES OF PROGRAMS AT BOTTOM.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS MAINSTREAM PROGRAM WHERE YOU SEE IT ON THE LIST THERE ON THE LEFT.
UH, IT'S PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE AT ACROSS CITY OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLACES THAT INCORPORATE ONLINE GAMING SWITCH WITH TOS, OUR SEASONAL EGG HUNTS, OUR SUMMER CAMPS, WINTER BREAK CAMPS.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SENIOR PROGRAMS, UH, AT, AT BOCK RECREATION CENTER.
THE ONE THING THAT SEPARATES B FROM THE REST IS WE SPECIALIZE IN TR UH, TR RECREATION PROGRAMS. SO THOSE ARE LISTED TO THE RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TENNIS PROGRAMS. WE'VE GOT A
WE'VE GOT 27 50 CLUB, 27 50, WHICH HEAR ABOUT
UH, AND THEN WE'VE GOT AN ADULT DAY PROGRAM THAT WE, OF OUR PARTICIPANTS REALLY ENJOY SPENDING THE DAY WITH US, UH, FROM EARLY THE MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK, SO ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK WE PACKED THE DAY FULL OF ACTIVITIES.
THEN WE'VE GOT OUR SEASONAL CAMP, CAMP SPECIALISTS.
AND SO THOSE AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, PROGRAMS ARE SOCIALIZATION, UH, SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
GIVE THOSE TO, UH, OFFER THAT TO OUR, THERE'S TWO WAYS TO GET INTO PROGRAMS. THE THREE THAT ARE LISTED IN FRONT OF YOU WITH NO ASSESSMENT.
THAT MEANS A PARTICIPANT CAN TAKE PART IN ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE OR WITHOUT.
WE WILL CONFIGURE THE PROGRAM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PARTICIPANT.
THE FIRST ONE LIST IS THE TENNIS PROGRAM.
WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS AND WE CHALLENGE FOLKS, INDIVIDUALS TO USE DEFINED AND GROW SMARTER SKILLS, UH, DURING THE TENNIS ACTIVITY.
AND YOU CAN GET, I GO OVER THERE, VISIT QUITE OFTEN, AND YOU CAN WALK THROUGH THE GYM AND MOST PARTICIPANTS LOCKED IN THAT TO FULL TIME SEE THE FOCUS AREAS FOR BOTH OF SOCIALIZATION.
SO THEY GET TO, THEY GET TO INTERACT WITH OTHER FOLKS IN THAT CLASS.
WE HAVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, OBVIOUSLY KEEP THEM MOVING.
HOW DO WE USE THAT RACK TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED TO DO? THE SECOND ONE IS THE BOY SCOUTS.
UH, BOY SCOUTS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AT ANY OTHER
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, IS UH, 263 IS SPECIFICALLY FOR SCOUTS THAT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A CLOSED GROUP.
WE PROVIDE CHARACTER BUILDING LEADERSHIP TRAINING.
AND AGAIN, THOSE AREAS OF ATION LIKE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND EMOTIONS, THOSE USUALLY TAKE, TAKE PART IN MEETING AFTER HOURS.
AND SO THOSE, THOSE FOLKS GET TO STEP IN ON BOB SCOUTING, UH, TRADITIONS AND IT EXPERIENCE
FINALLY, UH, THE BACHMAN
THEY'VE GREAT US, THEY'RE GREAT PARTNER THIS, SO WE'VE GOT THEIR STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL AS OUR CTRS STAFF,
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EXERCISE ROUTINES, ENCOURAGE MOTOR SKILLS, UH, CONCENTRATION, ATION, TEAMWORK.AND YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN THE BEGINNING.
AGAIN, PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR CROSSING THAT ONE.
KEEP THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS MOVING.
THE TWO, THE TWO OF THE PROGRAMS LISTED ON THIS STREET ARE, ARE PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY NEED ASSESSMENT.
SO, AND THE REASON WHY IS, IS YOU'RE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED PROGRAM TAKE THE INDIVIDUALS USUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE REC CENTER, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN PUBLIC TO GRASP THE CONCEPTS THAT WE, UH, PUT IN FRONT OF THEM, RIGHT? SO THE FIRST 1, 12 27 50, THAT, WHICH REFERS TO OUR METRICS.
WE TAKE THE INDIVIDUALS OR PARTICIPANTS OUT OF THE REC CENTER, AWAY FROM THE CAREGIVERS, AWAY FROM OUR WALLS, AND WE TAKE 'EM OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO TEACH 'EM HOW TO, UH, BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY.
WE TEACH 'EM THE CONCEPT OF, UH, HOW TO DINE AT A RESTAURANT, HOW TO ORDER OFF ON MENU, HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MONEY TO COVER THE BILL UP END, HOW THEY RECEIVE CURRENT CHANGE AT, AT THE END OF IT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DO NEED ASSESS IN ADVANCE, SO WE KNOW THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO PASS THOSE.
UH, FINALLY TAKEN OUT OF THE COMMUNITY RECENT SINCE, UH, AUDI WAS AT THE DALLAS OF ARTS, WE DID A TR ART EXHIBITION OUT THERE, AND WERE ABLE TO THE DALLASMAN EXHIBIT OF ARTS AND THEN TAKEN THAT, UH, ACTIVITY.
WE TOOK IT TO THE TOP TOTALITY OF AT, UH,
SO THEY HAVE A FULL DAY'S WORTH OF ACTIVITY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED ACTIVITY IS TOMORROW GOING TO MOVIE THEATER.
SO THAT'LL BE, UH, THAT'LL BE FUN FOR JUST SURE.
AND THEN OUR ADULT DAY PROGRAMS, THE ONE PARTICIPANTS 22 YEARS OLD AND OLDER, AND THOSE FOLKS, UH, SAME THING.
SO THOSE FOLKS ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT WE PROVIDE THAT ARE SOMETIMES
UH, SO THAT TAKES A DIFFERENT COOPERATION.
NOW, WE COULDN'T DO ANY OF THESE, UH, ACTIVITIES WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS, RIGHT? SIMILAR, WHAT, WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE
SO THE ONES THAT I HEARD IN FRONT OF YOU ARE GREAT PARTNERS OF OURS.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT, A COUPLE OF THOSE.
WE CAN DO SIMPLE THINGS THAT WE DO WITHOUT DALLAS PRODUCTS.
THEY'RE A GREAT PARTNER TO HELP FACILITATE THE THERAPEUTIC, UH, PRODUCT PROGRAM FOR US.
AND SO WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FRIENDSHIP THAT WE'VE GOT.
WE'RE OUT OF THE SAME FACILITIES.
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, THAT'S A NEW ONE FOR US.
IT JUST HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
SO THERE'S A NATURAL COLLABORATION THERE.
DO AN EXHIBITION FOR TR ART EXHIBITION OUT THERE AT VILLE PARKS, THE DALLAS PD OUTREACH.
THEY COME OUT, NOT ONLY DO THEY PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH FOR THE PR GROUP, SOMETIMES WE MIX THE TWO THINGS TOGETHER AND WE BRING OUT KINE UNITS, KIDS AND ACTIVITY, OR JUST THIS OFFICE FACILITY.
UM, THE LAST ONE, OR ONE OF THE LAST ONES IS THE FRIENDS OF MOCK LAKE.
UH, THEY, WE, WHENEVER WE NEED A DONATION FOR A SPECIAL EVENT OR AN ACTIVITY, THEY'RE SEE THEIR FIRST IN LINE TO STEP UP.
AND
MR. DICK'S VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE DO AND IS ALWAYS FACILITIES
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE SLIDES, PREPARATION FOR THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE, UH, SLIDE ON THE ITEM
UH, THE MALE
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST GAPS THAT WE HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW THE REASON BEHIND THAT NUMBER, BUT I'M SURE NUMBER, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO TRACK TO SEE IF THERE'S A REASON.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE WE OFFER THAT, UH, BASIS SPLIT SO MUCH.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS REGARDING AGE, UH, WE'LL GO AROUND THE CLOCK CLOCKWISE.
ZERO TO SIX YEAR, UH, SIX TO 10 YEAR OLDS IS 12% OF OUR PARTICIPATION.
11 TO 16 YEAR OLDS, 27%, AND THEN 17 TO 20, 90, 30%.
AND THE FINAL GROUP IS 30 YEARS OLD TO 50.
SO THE TWO LARGE PEOPLE ON YOUR SCREEN, UH, WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHY THAT IS.
SO, UH, DURING CONVERSATION, WE FOUND OUT TWO THINGS.
ONE IS WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF OUR PARTICIPATION FROM SCHOOL ONCE THOSE KIDS AGE OUT OF SCHOOL AND GRADUATE, AND THEY COME TO US.
THE OTHER REASON THAT WE HAVE THIS, UH, J JERMAINE'S, ONE OF THOSE GUYS, IS WE GET PARTICIPANTS THAT STICK WITH, I THINK HE'S
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BEEN WITH US 15, 20 YEARS IN OUR PROGRAM.AND THAT'S WHY HE, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEEPS ME UP LATE AT NIGHT IS HOW DO WE EXPAND OUR REACH, RIGHT? WE DID WELL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF
WE PROVIDE SOME TRAINING AND BASICALLY IT IS NOT A CERTIFICATE FOR, IT CAN'T ADMINISTER NECESSARILY TR PROGRAMS, BUT WHAT WE DO IS PREPARE THEM, UH, TO ENGAGE WITH PARTICIPANTS AND FAMILIES THAT MAY HAVE DISABILITIES.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE IS, UH, ESPECIALLY OUT OF SCHOOL TIME AND SUMMER CAMP IS A DH ADHD.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET EARLY ON CONVERSATION WITH THOSE PARENTS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE DEALING WITH.
THE, THE WORST THAT I SEE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FIVE WEEKS INTO THE CAMP AND JUST HAS HAD YOU ALL THESE PROBLEMS. BUT WE DIDN'T FIND OUT THAT SINCE HAD A SPECIFIC, UH, DISABILITY THAT JUST SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED THEM SOME TRAINING.
STAFF MEMBERS ARE ACROSS THE CITY, VARIOUS DISABILITIES.
UH, WE TAUGHT OF DISABILITY EDITING, RIGHT? SO HOW DO YOU CONNECT WITH THESE FAMILIES? HOW DO YOU SPEAK TO A PARTICIPANT? HOW DO YOU PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE IN? RIGHT? THEN HOW DO YOU, UH, PROVIDE THE PARTICIPANT WITH RESPECT SO THEY CAN BE SELF SUFFICIENT? CONNECT.
SOMETIMES WE TWEAK OUR ACTIVITIES, RIGHT? SO IT'S TOO, IT'S TOO CHAOTIC.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR THE PARTICIPANTS ARE ABLE TO
THE LAST THING THAT WE DID WAS COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES.
LIKE, YEAH, FOR, WE FIND THAT FIVE WEEKS IN THE CAMP, WE HAD A PARTICIPANT THAT HAS A PARTICULAR DISABILITY AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH THE FAMILIES.
WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, THAT WE'RE RELAYING INFORMATION THAT HAPPENS IN THE PURPOSE.
SO THIS IS LOT OF TIMES, I'M ALMOST READ OFF THE SLIDE HERE.
SO OUR STRENGTHS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MOST PROUD OF ARE, WE'VE GOT STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
SO ALL OUR, UH, SPONSORS AND LOCAL PARTNERS THAT LOVE WHAT WE DO, WE'VE GOT STRONG, LOYAL PARTICIPANTS, RIGHT? SO THEY STAYED WITH US THROUGHOUT THE, THE TENURE OF THE, THEIR STAY AT BACHMAN FOR MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE YEARS.
UH, BACHMAN RECREATION CENTER, I'VE TOLD THIS TO MANY FOLKS, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A BETTER FACILITY AS AN EMPLOYEE TO WORK AT.
YOU'RE ABLE TO LEARN MAINSTREAM RECREATION, TR RECREATION, SPORTS.
AQUA, HAVE POOL PARK OUT BACK.
THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IT.
SO, UH, THAT PARK AND DOES AMENITIES LOT FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE COMMITTED STAFF MEMBERS, COMMITTED STAFF MEMBERS WHO WANNA MAKE AN IMPACT PARTICIPANTS.
SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE OUR STRENGTHS.
SOME OF THE WEAKNESSES THAT WE, WE ENCOUNTER ARE, IT'S HARD FOR US TO TRACK CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE SEEN AS A PROFESSIONAL.
UH, SECOND ONE IS CAPACITY VERSUS COMMUNITY NEED.
WE'VE GOT OUR CAPACITY AND WE'RE PRETTY MAXED OUT.
BUT IF THE COMMUNITY NEED OUT THERE SMART RIGHT NOW, WE CAN BE THAT PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP, UH, BURDEN BRIDGING THE FINANCIAL GAP.
WE'VE GOT SOME PARTICIPANTS AND SOME FAMILIES IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT JUST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE TR PROGRAM.
AND SO FOR US INTERNALLY, WE GOTTA FIND THAT SOLUTION ON HOW DO WE, THAT GAPS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, ATTRACTING CERTIFIED STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE ALSO, THAT'S A HUGE, THAT'S SO, HOPEFULLY, SO OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT, UH, GETS
WE'RE GONNA REESTABLISH OUR CT RS INTERNSHIP THAT'S NOT DORM DURING COVID.
WE'RE BRINGING THAT BACK TO HAVE TEXAS STATE.
UM, WE'RE PARTNER WITH LOCAL VENDORS SO THAT WE CAN, UH, SHARE THE LOAD ON PROVIDING PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE NOT TAXED CERTIFIED, THE RECREATION STAFF.
WE'RE GONNA INCREASE PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS.
SO JUST OFFER A WIDE VARIETY ON THAT ACTIV.
FINALLY, UH, JUST LONG THAT CONVERSATIONS IN.
BUT WE WANNA PARTNER WITH CITYWIDE SPORTS SO WE CAN ESTABLISH AN ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM AUTHORITY AND THE THREATS.
THIS LITTLE ONES THAT WE ENCOUNTER QUITE OFTEN, IT'S HARD FOR US TO TAKE STAFF.
THE LAST TWO CTR STAFF MEMBERS LEFT US TO A HIGHER PREMIUM JOB AT A NONPROFIT.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CHANGE STAFF NONPROFITS.
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PIVOT ON DIFFERENT THINGS AND IT'S EASY TO PROVIDE OPTIONS.AND THEN FINALLY, UH, CT CTRS STAFF THAT ARE CALLED UPON TO DO MAINSTREAM PROGRAMING.
WE'RE SHORTHANDED, WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED.
WE TEND TO PULL SOME STAFF MEMBERS AWAY FROM THE T, NOT PRETTY SURE, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE BASIS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, AS A DEPARTMENT, WE ARE DEDICATED FOR INCLUSIVITY.
UH, WE'RE DEDICATED TO INNOVATION AND WE REALIZE THE IMPACT OF THE TR PROGRAM.
AND SO FOR US, WE, WE STAY AWAKE AT NIGHT TRYING TO BRIDGE THE CAPITAL.
HOW DO WE PROVIDE THESE SERVICES? AND ACROSS THE CITY, DALLAS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT WE, SO BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO, UH, QUESTIONS, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, SOME STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, 25 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE JUST GOT RECOGNIZED LAST WEEK, COMMERCE, AMANDA S ALSO THE C WELL, HERE ON THE MOUNTAIN TO SUPPORT, UH, US, SUPPORT YOU GUYS.
I INVITED MS. JOHNSON, WHO, UH, HAS A PARTICIPANT TO JOIN US TODAY SO THAT SHE COULD SHARE HER THOUGHTS ABOUT THE IMPACT STAFF AT
SO, MS. JOHNSON, IF YOU COULD JOIN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD MORNING.
UM, I AM THE MOTHER OF JUMA JOHNSON, AND I THINK HE'S THE LONGEST ATTEND, ATTENDING, UM, STUPID THAT THEY HAVE HERE AT BACHMAN.
BUT WE WERE INTRODUCED TO BACHMAN WHEN HE WAS ATTENDING
THEY TOLD US ABOUT THE PROGRAM AT BACHMAN, AND HE ENROLLED IN, UM, THE PROGRAM IS EXCEPTIONAL.
IT'S BASICALLY FOR, I, I THINK I CAN SPEAK ON PART OF PARENTS.
WHEN JERMAINE FLOYD THERE, WE WERE BOTH WORKING.
SO THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO US BECAUSE WE KNEW HE WAS GOING INTO A SAFE PLACE.
PEOPLE THAT CARED AND PEOPLE THAT WORKED WITH HIM, NOT JUST SITTING THERE DOING.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
AND, UM, AFTERWARDS, HE WENT TO THE SUMMER PROGRAMS. NOW HE'S IN THE BAY PROGRAM.
UH, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO GO TO ANOTHER PROGRAM, BUT HE DID NOT
SO YOU APPRECIATE THE VARIETY THAT THEY OFFER THEIR STAFF AS
UM, THEY, THEY LEARN ABOUT PARENTING WITH, THEY ANTICIPATE IN THAT, UM, UM, THEY ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE, YOU KNOW, THEY LEARN DIFFERENTLY, BUT THEY LEARN.
AND THEN WE REALIZE THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AS WELL.
UH, THAT SOCIAL INTERACTION ACTIVITIES, THE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S HIGH QUALITY.
I'M A RETIRED EDUCATED, I CAN TELL YOU
UH, VERY GLAD ABOUT, UH, THE 27 50 CLUB THAT, UH, JUST DEVELOPED A YEAR OR TWO SO THEY CAN BE EXPOSED INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT IS, IT IS MORE THAN JUST ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, MENTAL.
THEY HAVE A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING AND, UM, JUST HAPPEN TO BE THERE THAT THEM ANYWAY.
TO SAY SOMETHING, WOULD HE BE COMFORTABLE SAYING SOMETHING? YES.
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INE JOHNSON.AND THEN, UH, I GOT STABBED, BOUGHT
I HAD MY DAD COME OUT THE TOWN HERE, DALLAS.
AND THEN I HAPPENED, MY BROTHER, MY TWO SURGERIES, AND THEN WE COULD COVER THAT.
HE ONE YOU COULD GO, GO GO SUMMER CAMP, AND THEN THAT'S ALL
WE WERE ALSO EXPOSED TO THE BOY SCOUT.
SO HE'S BEEN IN BOY SCOUT AT HIS HOUSE AT BACHMAN, IS NOW A SENIOR PATROL LEADER OF THIS, THIS TOM, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, REALLY MAKES SYSTEM SPECIAL.
UM, BACHMAN RECREATION CENTER HAS BEEN MY HOME RECREATION CENTER SINCE IT WAS BUILT 45 YEARS AGO.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY, THIS IS WHY WE EXIST.
I MEAN, THIS IS A WONDERFUL FACILITY.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, YOU'VE GOTTA SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T.
AND I GO THERE A LOT AND, AND OUR PATRONS ARE IN THERE, AND YOU CAN JUST TELL AS, AS IT WAS TESTIFIED TO IN THE VIDEO, IT CHANGES LIVES AND, AND FAMILIES ARE GREATLY AFFECTED.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I'VE ALWAYS, AND THE BACHMAN THERAPEUTIC RECREATION CENTER IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT.
AND I, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE POOL AREA THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED, HOPEFULLY VERY SOON.
IT'S HAD TO CLOSE BECAUSE IT'S AN OLD BUILDING.
AND, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE PUT IN A MAJOR RENOVATION RECENTLY, THE POOL AREA, THEY'RE JUST THINGS THAT ARE LIKE HVAC AND THINGS THAT ARE JUST KIND OF OLD AND NEED SOME TLC.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, AND IT SHOULD BE OPEN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ON THE TEAM AT BACHMAN RECREATION CENTER, AND JODI AND EVERYONE IN JODI'S TEAM, YOU'RE JUST WONDERFUL.
YOU, YOU ARE MAKE SUCH A CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU PUNCH WAY ABOVE YOUR WEIGHT, BASICALLY.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
AND, AND EVEN THINGS LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION THAT WE PROVIDE GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO PROVIDE SO PEOPLE CAN GET THERE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.
I JUST WISH WE COULD DO FOUR MORE OF THESE, BUT I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE AND SAY IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE WITH, ON THE PART DEPARTMENT WORKING IN IT, AND OBVIOUSLY THE RESIDENTS AND PATRONS, UH, APPRECIATE WHAT'S DONE.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR THIS.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I LEARNED THINGS TODAY THAT I DIDN'T, I, I DIDN'T KNOW.
MS.
IT'S, IT'S VERY UPLIFTING TO KNOW THE, THE SERVICES OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
I URGE YOU NOT TO LOOK AT THIS AS A DISABILITY, BUT A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A DISABILITY, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE.
AND THEN I FEEL LIKE DISABILITY IS A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION, AND IT'S NOT NEGATIVE.
SO JUST LOOK AT EVERYTHING AS YOU'RE TEACHING AND YOU'RE TRAINING PEOPLE AS IT'S A DIFFERENCE.
BUT THIS IS PHENOMENAL AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND GIVING US A, A BRIGHTER DAY, ENJOYING IT.
SO THANK YOU MS. HE WELL, THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, CERTAINLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT, SO IT'S LOVELY TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY TOTAL PARTICIPANTS DO YOU HAVE? SO IT DEPENDS ON THE, ON THE ACTIVITY.
UH, BUT TENNIS LESSONS AND 15, UH, THE 27 50 CLUB MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPANDED THAN THAT.
AND IT IS DUE TO THE RATIO WE HAVE ACROSS ALL YOUR PROGRAMS. AND THEN, UM, WE ALLUDED TO IT, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED
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SOME PROGRAMS, SOME PROGRAMS ARE FREE.I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE TENNIS PROGRAM IS A, IT IS A VOLUNTEER LED PROGRAM.
UH, BUT WE DO CHARGE $20 FOR THAT, THAT PROGRAM, NOT
AND THEN THE ADULT DAY PROGRAM THAT TAKES, THAT TAKES, UH, THAT'S FOUR VISITS THROUGH THE MONTH.
TAKE THE INDIVIDUALS OUT INTO THE, SO THAT KIND OF BEGS THE QUESTION THAT MR.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN THE QUESTION FOREVER, RIGHT? IS HOW CAN WE HAVE MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS? AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS EQUIP STAFF WITH DIFFERENT TRAINING.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE CAPACITY AT SOME OF OUR FACILITIES TO BUILD IT OUT UNLESS WE TRANSITION TO SAY, SOME OF OUR REC CENTERS NOW NEED TO BE SPECIALIZED, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE STEM CENTERS OR THERAPEUTIC CENTERS.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH WE CAN GO THAT DIRECTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS TO BA BASICALLY IDENTIFY SOME OF THE OTHER CENTERS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS THERAPEUTICS.
SO I GOTTA IMAGINE THERE'S A HUGE NEED.
THE OTHER THING I'LL ADD TO THAT IS THAT, UH, WELL, I GUESS WE DID PROVIDE TRAINING, JUST LEAVE STAFF ALONE.
SO YOU COULD BE A TIMBERLAND RECREATION CENTER AND ENCOUNTER SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS A SPECIFIC CARE.
UH, ONCE THE STAFF HAS ESTABLISHED OUR RELATIONSHIP, WE'LL COME OUT, WE'LL SEND ONE OF OUR C STAFF MEMBERS OUT THERE TO DO A FURTHER ASSESSMENT TO SEE ONE BE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE PARTICIPANT AT TIMBERLAND BACHMAN.
AND
SO WE'LL BUILD THAT EXTRA, UH, GROUP HOUR, PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT TO REC CENTERS PROCESS SYSTEM.
THAT'S KIND OF LEADS ME TO MY LAST QUESTION IS LIKE, WHO'S THE COMPETITION? WHO, WHO ELSE IS DOING
SO, SO WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT DIFFERENT AGENCIES HAVE PROGRAMS, SO THEY'RE NOT ALL THE SAME.
UH, THERE'S SOME NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT OFFER PR SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING AS WELL, SIMILAR TO OURS.
UH, OUR PROGRAM IN OUR
SO WE HAVE NO SPACE OR STAFF MEMBERS.
CHAIR AGARAL, UH, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, MR. MENEZ.
MS. JOHNSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UM, ROSS FOR THIS, UM, WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
SO MANY THOUGHTS IN MY BRAIN AND OH MY GOSH, YOU, YEAH.
WAIT, MR. DICKEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER REASON WE ARE HERE, THIS IS, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS, IT JUST SOLIDIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK.
UM, WHEN PEOPLE SAY PARKS ARE AMENITIES, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A LIVING TESTIMONY OF THE IMPACT, HOW PARKS CAN IMPACT AND CHANGE LIVES.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE AND, AND JUST YOUR, YOUR BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT.
UM, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT PARENTS FACE, LIKE ONCE THEY AGE OUT OF PROGRAMS, LIKE IN SCHOOLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IS HAVING A FACILITY OR A PLACE LIKE A DAY HAVE WHERE THE STUDENTS CAN, THEIR, THEIR CHILDREN CAN DO MEANINGFUL WORK AND CONTINUE THOSE SOCIALIZATION SKILLS THAT, THAT MS. JOHNSON, UH, MENTIONED AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T STOP LIKE ONCE YOU GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE IT, IT CONTINUES, RIGHT? SO WHAT DO WE DO? SO, UM, IN WORKING AND HAVING WORKED WITH PARENTS THAT HAVE CHILDREN WITH, UM, DIFFERENCES NOT DISABILITIES DIFFERENCES, UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES HAS BEEN LIKE, YOU KNOW, FINDING A DAY HUB THAT'S AFFORDABLE.
'CAUSE WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED AND MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT BE A CITIZEN OR JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THEN HAVING, OR JUST FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, MAY, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT.
BUT THEN YOU SAID, AM I HEARING CORRECTLY, $30 A MONTH? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S EXTREMELY REASONABLE COMPARED TO THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS THAT OTHER I, I BELIEVE OTHER DAY HAVES CHARGE.
SO I THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS AFFORDABLE FOR, FOR PERSONS.
SO MY QUESTION REALLY IS, AND THAT WASN'T A QUESTION, UM, THAT WASN'T SO MUCH A QUESTION 'CAUSE YOU HAD STATED IT BEFORE, BUT, UM, HOW DO YOU ALL, I KNOW MS. JOHNSON MENTIONED THE NOTRE DAME SCHOOL, HOW DO YOU CONNECT WITH LIKE OTHER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SO THEY CAN KNOW? I KNOW I'M ALREADY THINKING OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS SERVICE THAT, UM, BACHMAN OFFERS, BUT HOW DO Y'ALL DO THE OUTREACH TO CONNECT THOSE SCHOOLS WITH, WITH THESE SERVICES? SO PRIMARILY AROUND BACHMAN, THOSE THINGS, THE BOARD, UH, EXPOSURE WE GET.
SO WE DO THAT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, WITH LOVE, WITH THE ACADEMY, WITH THE SURROUNDING DIS, DEFINITELY NOT A BROAD
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DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH DISD TO SEE IF WE CAN PULL SOME OF THEIR, UH, CERTIFIED STAFF MEMBERS AFTER, AFTER THE SUMMER, UH, SCHOOL LETS OUT OR MAYBE AFTER HOURS TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM.WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY YET AS FAR AS THAT SOLUTION TO EXPAND OUR FOOTPRINT FOR SURE.
BUT, UH, WE, WE, WE TALK ABOUT VERY DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON HOW WE SOLVE THAT.
IT IS, IT IS ONE OF THOSE CATCH 22, THE MORE WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE, THE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT THE LONGER WE, WELL, SO MY, MY QUESTION IS CRYSTAL, LIKE HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THIS? HOW CAN, LIKE I'M ALL WITH MR. DICKING AND MS. HUSBAND, HE SAID LIKE, EXPANDING THESE MODELS.
HOW CAN WE ALL SUPPORT YOU? BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR, UM, I FEEL THAT MANY TIMES OUR, OUR DIFFERENTLY ABLE COMMUNITIES LEFT OUT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT BEING LEFT OUT OF THIS SITUATION, BUT WE HAVE THIS NEED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO AS ADVOCATES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO?
UM, YOU KNOW, ERIC TALKED ABOUT OUR TRADITIONAL REC PROGRAM HAS A STAFF RATIO OF ONE TO 20, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN HANDLE MORE KIDS OVER THERE.
THE RATIO AND OUR THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM IS ONE TO SEVEN.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD NEED IMMEDIATELY UP THE GATE IS PROBABLY ADDITIONAL STAFF.
SO WE CAN IDENTIFY SOME ADDITIONAL CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC REC SPECIALISTS TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN BUCKMAN HAS A LITTLE MORE CAPACITY AS FOR SPACE THAN OTHER REC CENTERS DO.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF OR PERSONNEL TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM SAFELY AND APPROPRIATELY.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING, AND I CAN TALK WITH DIRECTOR S ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND GIVE US ERIC AND HIS TEAM TO SEE THINGS AGAIN, WHAT KIND OF ADDITIONAL STAFF CAN WE HANDLE AS FAR AS OUR CAPACITY IS CONCERNED.
SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE MY FIRST, UM, SPOT AREA.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER MODELS TOO.
WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY PARTNER THAT'S ABLE TO PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS, HAVE THEM COME IN, STOP THAT PROGRAMS SO THAT OUR CT STAFF HANDS ON KIND OF SUPPORT THE, AND OVERSEE THE VERSUS FACILITATE.
THANK YOU, MOLLY, AND CONGRATULATIONS AND EXCITING TO, TO THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF OPPORTUNITY.
UH, MY GOODNESS, UH, BETWEEN, BETWEEN THIS BRIEFING AND THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS EARLIER, I'M TRYING TO CRY US OUTTA HERE.
I'M GETTING, DEFINITELY NEED MORE TISSUE.
I'M NOT ADMIT TO, I'M NOT AFRAID TO ADMIT WHEN I CRY.
AND THEN IT'S BEEN TEARS TODAY.
UH, LISTEN, FIRST OF ALL, MS. ROSS, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
UM, BEEN HERE TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THE FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT IT.
UH, NO FAULT TO ANYONE HERE, BUT, BUT AMAZING.
UH, MR. VALDEZ, YOU SAID THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME PRESENTING, UM, IN THIS ROOM.
I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME BACK QUARTERLY OR TWICE A YEAR BECAUSE YOU PRESENTED SO WELL.
I THINK WE COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT QUARTER, MAYBE, MAYBE TWICE A YEAR TO SEE HOW THIS IS CONTINUING TO GROW AT BACHMAN AND PERHAPS OTHER PLACES.
BUT AGAIN, YOU SAID THIS WAS YOUR FIRST TIME PRESENTING THE TERM.
I JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU BECAUSE YOU, YOU SPOKE SO WELL.
YOU KNOW, THIS MATERIAL, YOU DIDN'T READ EVERY WORD OFF THE SLIDE.
I MEAN, IT'S, THANK YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT.
UM, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF WEAKNESSES, AND I THINK AS A BOARD AND AS A DEPARTMENT, WE NEED TO HELP CLOSE THOSE GAPS.
YOU, ME, YOU MENTIONED CAPACITY VERSUS GETTING ENOUGH STAFF.
I MEAN, WE GOT A BUDGETING CALL COMING UP AFTER LUNCH POSSIBLY.
I, I THINK THESE THINGS NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE IT, I'M JUST GONNA ASSUME THIS IS ONLY HAPPENING AT BACHMAN, THIS, THIS THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM.
SO THIS NEEDS TO BE HAPPENING ELSEWHERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER, UH, AND I LEARNED FROM MS. ROTH THAT, THAT SOME OF THESE FACILITIES HAVE TO BE THERAPEUTIC CERTIFIED AND BACHMAN IS, AND PERHAPS OUR OTHER REC CENTERS.
AND THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, STARING DOWN A BRAND NEW REC CENTER IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 AT EXALT.
IF THE BOND PASSES, I'M GOING AROUND SAYING, LOOK, I'VE BEEN A SINGING HILLS.
I'VE SEEN A WORLD CLASS SENIOR CENTER.
AND, AND I, AND I'M PREACHING ABOUT HOW EXL NEEDS THAT.
AND I'VE SEEN THE AUDIO VIDEO TECH GROUPS FOR KIDS WHO WANNA DO MORE THAN JUST PLAY BASKETBALL AND SHOOT GROUPS.
THEY WANNA LEARN HOW TO CODE AND CREATE CONTENT.
AND I WANNA BRING THOSE THINGS TO EXL.
AND NOW I'M HEARING THIS AND I WANT TO GO AND, AND, AND SPREAD THIS AS WELL AND SAY, I WANNA BRING A THERAPEUTIC CERTIFIED STAFF AND A FACILITY TO EXALT WITH THIS BOND BECAUSE THE CITY NEEDS MORE.
SO, SO THANK YOU MS. GU FOR THAT.
UH, MS. JOHNSON, YOUR STORY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO US.
NOW, NOW I'VE GOT A CALL TO ACTION.
UM, MS. WA, LAST MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE BEST SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT I'VE EVER SEEN THE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT.
IT WAS CELEBRATING OUR WOMEN, UM, DOING, UH, SOME, SO THE JOBS THAT TYPICALLY MEN DO, AND I SHARED IT ALL ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA.
I WANNA SEE THIS STORY WITH THAT SAME LEVEL OF CREATION AND WHOEVER DID THAT, I WANNA SEE THIS STORY AND I WANNA SEE
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THESE GEMS BROUGHT TO US FROM THE COMMUNITY.I WANNA SEE THEM IN THE
THIS STORY NEEDS TO GO OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS.
I JUST WANNA LEAVE WITH THAT CALL TO ACTION AND THAT'S A BIG ONE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU.
UM, I'VE HAD FRIENDS THAT HAVE, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS WITH, UM, SPECIAL NEEDS, UM, OR THINGS.
SO IT DOESN'T BRING ME SADNESS BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WANT SADNESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAD.
THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIAL THINGS THAT YOU LEARN AND YOU LEARN SOMETHING SPECIAL FROM THE FOLKS.
BUT I DID LEARN SOMETHING NEW.
AND I'M A PERSON THAT KNOWS A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, AND I'M IMPRESSED THAT WE DO THIS.
AND MY CHALLENGE WOULD BE, LET'S OUTSOURCE THE THINGS THAT ARE EASY TO BE OUTSOURCED.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEEM TO BE DOING REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WELL THERE.
UM, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE, UM, A SOMETHING THAT COULD CATAPULT, CATAPULT DALLAS PARKS, UM, INTO A DIFFERENT ARENA IF WE HAD THIS AS A STAPLE, UM, OFFERING.
BECAUSE I THINK HONESTLY, THIS IS GONNA OFFER SO MUCH MORE WHEN THERE'S ANYBODY'S OFFERING A SOCCER LEAGUE.
YOU KNOW, DON'T RUN DUMP ON ANY, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL LEAGUES OR ANYTHING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW,
UM, BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER PROGRAMS FOR SO MANY OTHER FOLKS.
LET THEM HAVE A LOT OF THAT PROGRAMMING.
LET'S SEND OUR KIDS TO THOSE KIND OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY OFFERING.
YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DO THAT REALLY WELL.
THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WE COULD REALLY HONE IN ON AND OFFER SOME REALLY, TO ME IT WOULD MEAN A WHOLE LOT MORE.
IT WOULD DO THE, THE LONG-TERM COST FOR A FAMILY.
THERE'S SOMEBODY WITH CHALLENGES, FAR BEHOOVES SOMEBODY PUTTING A CHILD IN SPORTS FOR A FEW YEARS.
AND I THINK OUR REACH COULD GO FAR BEYOND AND INTEGRATING THEM INTO SOCIETY, YOU KNOW, TAKING THEM TO THE GROCERY STORES.
SO THE MOVIES TO, TO DIFFERENT EVENTS ONLY HELPS EVERYBODY IN OUR ENTIRE WORLD BE A BETTER PLACE, BETTER STEWARD, UM, TO NORMALIZE DIFFERENCES.
TO MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL AS IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL.
AND PART OF, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE OUR WORLD IS CRUEL AND IT'S HARD FOR SOME OF US THAT HAVE NO REAL ISSUES THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE OR THAT CAN'T, THEY CAN'T SEE.
UM, BUT TO HAVE DIFFERENCES THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE MAKES IT EVEN HARDER.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AGAIN.
LET'S, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN EXPAND THIS AS WE DO NEW REC CENTERS.
THANK YOU, MR. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, THIS, WE, UH, THIS IS NOT A DISABILITY.
THIS LET SEE, MOODY, UH, WHEN I CRY, IT'S NOT 'CAUSE I'M SAD.
THAT'S REAL FACE A COUPLE TIMES BECAUSE THE ENTHUSIASM BEHIND THIS WAS SO GREAT.
MS. JOHNSON INDICATED YOU GUYS ARE WOMEN ARE MY HEROES.
YOU JUST HAPPEN TO BE A TEACHER ALSO.
UH, THE MAN, YOU GOT THE TOWEL.
AND I SAID, YOU'VE BEEN SHOPPING
AND AS DICKIE SAID, WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT PLAYING SOCCER AND BASKETBALL.
AND UH, PUT IT THAT YOU LIKE PICKLEBALL.
YEAH,
AND I'M SO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
AND WE KEEP GOING BACK AND REFERRING TO, I
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KEEP TELLING YOU, PEOPLE HAVE THE BEST STAFF IN THE WORLD.AND I'M JUST GLAD I'M HERE TODAY TO SEE THAT WE DO THIS.
I'M JUST ABOUT, UH, YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
SO THIS, I MEAN, THIS IS BEYOND
I I'M TELLING YOU THIS IS IT, IT MADE ME HAPPY LISTENING TO ALL THE CONVERSATION, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.
YOU KNOW, I'M ALL ABOUT SPORTS, BUT THIS IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN SPORTS.
UM, AND HOW DO WE EXPAND IT? I, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN EVEN TELL YOU.
CAN WE MAKE IT A HELP? YES, WE CAN, BUT WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE CHARGING IT.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ABOUT CHARGING IT.
I, I'M NOT, I ABOUT GET YOUR MONEY, JUST MAKE THE PROGRAMS VIABLE.
BUT THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE PUTTING OUR DOLLARS INTO EVERY CHANCE WE CAN VERSUS MAYBE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
I'LL EVEN ELECT MOVING SOME, TEARING DOWN SOME FIELDS AND BUILDING A BUILDING JUST FOR THIS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT IT TOOK.
BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE OUR KIDS AND, AND WE SAW THOSE AGES AND WE KNOW DID RUNS A GOOD PROGRAM, WHICH ARE 5 0 5 0 4 PROGRAM.
BUT ONCE AFTER SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR NUMBERS GO UP, RIGHT? SO WE, WE GOTTA EXPAND THE PROGRAM.
SO OUR, OUR OUR, OUR PEOPLE, OUR FRIENDS HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPAND IT.
DO WE HAVE A ROOM AT OTHER, UH, FIVE MINUTES? IS IT UNIQUE? IT'S SO BIG AND HAS A ROOM TO DO THIS.
WE GOTTA FIND WHAT LOCATIONS CAN HOUSE THIS.
AND, AND MAYBE IT'S RIGHT FOR THAT COMMUNITY, KIND, THE, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT THERE'S WAY MORE OUT THERE, INCLUDING WITH THE ALLSTAR GAME, COMING TO DA, COMING TO ARLINGTON, 88 DAYS.
UH, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW 88 DAYS, MOB ALLSTAR GAME HAPPENS HERE IN A HERE TO METRO METROPLEX.
I KNOW THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO REFURBISH SOME FIELDS OR EVEN BUILD WHAT I LIKE TO SEE.
IT'S A MIRACLE FIELD IS WHAT THEY CALL IT.
UH, WHEN YOU MENTIONED SPORTS, MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
AND I, IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE IN THE WINDOW 'CAUSE IT'S EIGHT, EIGHT DAYS AWAY.
IT'S NOT JUST LIKE THEY DO DURING, OF COURSE WE'RE FOCUSING ON DALLAS FORT WORKERS 'CAUSE WE'RE HERE, BUT GET A MIRACLE FILLED, BUILT SOMEWHERE ON ONE OF OUR PROPERTIES THAT WE CAN MANAGE OR FIGURE OUT A PARTIAL.
WHILE I TALKED TO THE RANGERS MYSELF, UH, 'CAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP I HAVE, BUT JUST SOMETHING WE COULD JUST THINK ABOUT DOING IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE DOING THIS.
I WOULD'VE REACHED OUT A LONG TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC SPOT IN, IN THE METROPLEX TO PUT ONE OF THESE SKILLS IN.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOING IN ARLINGTON, OF COURSE, BUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TWO OTHER LOCATIONS AND I DON'T KNOW WHO GOT IT SPECIFICALLY, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND THEN MAYBE ASKING QUESTIONS, UM, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
FIND THE RIGHT PARTNERSHIP AND MAKE THIS PROGRAM WORK BEYOND WHAT, WHAT WE THINK IT IS.
BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE LIKE EVERYBODY HERE HAS MENTIONED, THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS WHEN WE DO SPEND THEM.
'CAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
SO WHATEVER WE DO NEED TO DO THAT.
UM, AND, AND JUST THINK, UH, MR. EZ, JUST THINK ABOUT HOW, HOW CAN WE EXPAND IT IF IT'S POSSIBLE OR, OR LIKE YOU SAID, FIND THE RIGHT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, JUST EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND HOW CAN WE DO THAT? WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE COST NEEDS TO BE SO MUCH PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE GOTTA KNOW THOSE NUMBERS EITHER WAY.
BUT, BUT SOMEHOW, HOW, WHAT CAN WE REMOVE A PROJECT THAT'S NOT WORKING AND BRING THESE PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY VERSUS KEEP SOME, KEEP HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT VIABLE.
I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW, AND, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I OWN THIS THAT WE DIDN'T NOT BRING THIS TO YOU ALL BEFORE, BUT I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW PRIOR TO TODAY OR PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE PACKET, WHO WAS FAMILIAR EVEN SLIGHTLY THAT WE HAD THIS.
OKAY, SO THAT JUST SHOWS THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE SHOW AND TELL THAT WE HAVE OF
I KNOW OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT MY PERCEPTION WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME SPARK CLASSES.
THE NAME SOUNDED AS IF, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAVING THE ABILITY THAT ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE SAME CREDIBLE WORK AND GOOD JOB AND THANK YOU.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT, EXPAND THIS.
THANK YOU JODY TIME FACEBOOK PAGE, FOLLOW THE ACTIVITIES.
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LET'S, UH, PLAY FOR LUNCH TILL, UH, 1215.SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY.
UM, SOMETHING ALSO THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND ADDED THIS TIME AROUND, UM, JOHN WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT JOHN P WERE SITTING ON PRICE INDEX BASICALLY NATIONALLY.
IF ALL THE CITIES IN TEXAS, DALLAS IS THE HIGHEST.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS CLAIM.
YOU'VE SEEN IT THIS YEAR IN OUR BUDGET.
WE DO HAVE INFLATIONARY, UM, MONIES BUILT IN, BUT IT'S NOT KEEPING MONEY WITH WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING.
SO KIND OF IF YOU SEE THIS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX PAY, THIS JUST SHOWS YOU WHERE WE ACTUALLY STAND RELATIVELY TO THE NATION.
AND YOU SEE
SO IF WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DALLAS, IS THAT 4.86% CPI.
UM, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW HOW THIS LOOKS.
CPI BEING ON THE, IN THE ORANGE.
AND OF COURSE OUR CURRENT BUDGET SITTING FOR 24 IS IN THE BLUE.
SO YOU ALREADY SEE THAT THERE ARE ALREADY GAPS DEVELOPING IN THE RELATION BASED ON OUR BUDGET AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WE'RE EXPERIENCING LABOR COST INCREASE AND THE HIRING ISSUES THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING.
BUT IF WE LOOK AT OUR SERVICE LEVELS, THAT IS ALSO BEING AFFECTED AS WE TEMPORARY STAFFING OUR
SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE SHORTFALLS ARE ALREADY, UM, AS WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR BUDGET IS, UM, PREPARED.
THIS IS OUR FINANCIAL TARGET ANALYSIS.
WE, THIS IS THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AS OF FEBRUARY.
WE'VE JUST CLOSED MARCH, SO WE'RE ALWAYS PROJECTING IN A MONTH BEHIND.
SO IF YOU'LL START LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE CURRENT TO BE 2.4 MILLION OVER BUDGET.
UM, THAT IS OUR CURRENT PROJECTION.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE OUR SALARIES AND OUR BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE SAVINGS THERE, BUT TECHNICALLY THAT SAVINGS IS REALLY TO WHAT WE HAVEN'T HIRED AND WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING ON SPENDING IN TEMPORARY STAFFING VERSUS OUR OWN STAFFING ON BOARD.
SO THOSE WOULD BE TEMPORARY SERVICES.
SO YOU'LL SEE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICES AND CHARGES, HOW WE ARE OVER BUDGET BY THE 1.9.
SOME OF THOSE COSTS ARE ACTUALLY ROLLING INTO THAT NUMBER.
UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP.
OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO START TAKING CARE OF OLD PARK STARTING IN MAY.
SO THAT IS ALSO BUILT INTO THIS BUDGET.
ANY KIND OF, UM, BUDGET SHORTFALL FOR, UM, CARE PARK FIRST BUILT INTO THIS NUMBER.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY WE'VE HAD SOME WATER INCREASES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ABSORB, BUT THAT WAS ALSO BUILT INTO THIS.
SO THAT 2.4 IS A CULMINATION OF ALL OF THOSE ITEMS. SO JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO OR ACCOMPLISH FOR 2324 IN THE OVERVIEW.
SO, SO WE KNOW THE COSTS KEEP RISING.
YOU'VE SEEN THE CPI, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY DIVISION IS LOOKING TO SEE WHERE THEY CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES TO KIND OF REDUCE THEIR COST SO THAT WE CAN STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE CONSIDERING, UM, JUST A FEW LIKE REDUCING MOWING AND LITTER CYCLES.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DO SOME STAFF ADJUSTMENTS IN HERE.
UM, AND SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT TO SEE IF WE CAN, WHAT WE CAN DO TO REMAIN WITHIN BUDGET AS COSTS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE.
AS I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, WE HAVE REQUESTED WE'RE PUTTING IN FOR A 2.4 TO COVER THAT.
SINCE WE ARE REQUIRED TO BALANCE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE DO HAVE THE $2.4 MILLION FOR US AS REQUEST, UM, TO COVER THAT BUDGET OVER OVERALL OVER SHORTFALL THE 2.4.
THE REQUEST IS OUT THERE AND WE WILL CHECK TO SEE, UM, LATER TODAY ACTUALLY TO SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED DURING THE MIDYEAR OR ADDRESSED.
WE ARE PROJECTING THAT 2.4 MILLION BUDGET.
AND SO WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PLANT EACH ONE OF THE DIVISIONS.
SO THESE ARE THE OPERATIONAL DIVISIONS.
THEY AFFECT OUR BUDGET HEAVILY, UM, BECAUSE
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THEY ARE OPERATIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PARK MAINTENANCE, OUR RECREATION SERVICES, AND OUR CITYWIDE ATHLETICS, UM, AND RESERVATIONS GROUP.SO THOSE TYPES OF, UM, GROUPS ACTUALLY IS WHERE WE'RE RUNNING MOST OF THE OVER ROADS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THERE IS A PRESENTATION FOR EACH DIVISION.
THEY WILL GIVE YOU WHAT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT, WHAT THEY LOOKED AT, WHAT THEY'RE ADDRESSING THIS YEAR, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD.
AND THE FIRST ONE UP WILL BE REGIONAL.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, SO TODAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING ABOUT MY FAVORITE TEAM, THE PARTS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TEAM.
SO FIRST YOU'LL SEE, UH, OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
OF COURSE, MOST OF YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL WE KNOW THESE, UH, AMAZING GIFTING PROFESSIONALS, UH, THAT WORK AT CMO.
I WILL, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, TONY BECKER HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY TRANSFERRED OKAY TO THE DIVISION.
SO HE IS PERFECTLY SO IN PARK MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S A VAST AREA.
AND SO, UM, OUR DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS THAT WE MAINTAIN, OF COURSE, WAREHOUSE MAINTENANCE, TECHNIC SECURITY, THAT COMMUNITY OPERATES OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, UH, PARKS AND FORESTRY AND HORTICULTURE AND, UH, CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT.
AND THAT'S MANAGED BY BRETT JOHNSON.
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL THE AREAS, UH, THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE PARTICULAR COMPONENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
SO OUR CORE SERVICES AND OUR SCOPE OF SERVICES, UH, AS I SAY, IT'S FAST.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE COMPONENTS OF OUR OPERATION AND AS WELL AS THE INVENTORY THAT WE HAVE WITH OVER 20,000 ACRES, 180 MILES OF TRAIL THAT ARE STILL CLIMBING, UM, PLAYGROUNDS OF 2,250 PLUS PLAYGROUNDS, AND OF COURSE SO MANY ATHLETIC FIELDS.
SO THE PMO DIVISION BUDGET OVERVIEW.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS AS TO HOW WE OPERATE.
AND SO IF YOU BREAKDOWN OF THE PIE CHART, UH, WHICH TELLS YOU THE ALLOCATION FOR, UH, THOSE PARTICULAR COMPONENTS OF OUR OPERATION, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE DISTRICTS, THEY VARY AND AS FAR AS THE, THE FUNDING OF ALLOCATIONS, AND THAT IS DUE TO MANY THINGS IN REGARD TO THE TYPE OF INVENTORY THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR, IN THEIR AREA.
UH, SAY FOR INSTANCE, MORE ATHLETIC FIELDS, MORE TRAILS, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
OUR PMO ADMIN, THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THINGS LIKE, UH, OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, CAPITAL, UM, AND FLEET, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER OF PRE HIGH AND MOST OF ALL OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, UH, IS OUT OF PMO.
OUR ENHANCEMENTS AS WELL SAY FOR SECURITY AND THOSE THINGS, WHEN WE GET NEW DOLLARS, THOSE DOLLARS ARE DROPPED IN, UH, AT THE ADMIN LEVEL.
AND SO WE CAN TRACK THAT INFORMATION AND DEBT BUDGETING.
SO, OUR MAJOR EXPENSES, OF COURSE, SALARIES IS ALWAYS A MAJOR EXPENSE FOR THE OPERATION.
UH, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, OUR CONTRACTS, UM, SIX GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, FOR INSTANCE, IT'S ABOUT 30%.
UH, AND THEN WE DO IN-HOUSE, UM,
UH, SO SOME OF OUR COST CONTROL EFFORTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS OUR LITTLE PICKUPS AND IF WE NEED TO, UH, DECREASE, UH, SOME PICKUPS IN ORDER TO SAVE FUNDING.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SPREAD GROUND WHERE NORMALLY WE PICK UP TWICE ALL DAY WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, CONTRACTS.
OUR TEAM WILL BE PICKING UP AND CHECKING THOSE SITES, UH, SO THAT THE CONTRACTORS WILL NOT GO BY TWICE A DAY.
OUR TEAM WILL PICK THAT, THAT OTHER LETTER UP BEFORE THEY, UH, CLOCK OUT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCING LITTER CYCLES.
UH, OUR RESURFACING, OF COURSE, WE'RE IN THAT COLLABORATION NOW WITH USTA.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR NOT DOING AS MUCH RESURFACING.
WE'VE BEEN RESURFACING QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
UH, SO FOR 10 SUPPORT AND KICK BALL AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THIS SUMMER, UM, WITHOUT LIMITED, UM, UH, SURFACES BASED ON THIS PLAN.
MM-HMM, OUR SUSTAINABILITY, UH, SUSTAINABILITY PARK INITIATIVE.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN ORDER TO SAVE, SAVE, UH, FUNDING.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GONNA
WE DO HAVE SOME INVENTORY, UH, AND THINGS THAT WE CAN MANAGE TO GET THROUGH THE SEASON UNTIL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA BE STRATEGIC AS TO HOW WE USE OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICE.
SO OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, THESE NUMBERS ARE TIED TO OUR BUDGET.
SO WE DID LISTEN TO YOU ALL IN REGARDS TO OUR PARK SAFETY, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, MORE QUALITY INSPECTIONS AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE WE NOW HAVE INVENTORY REPS AND, UH, UTILITY VEHICLES.
UH, SO OF COURSE WHEN OUR VISITS ARE DIFFERENT.
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NOW WE HAVE OUR HEART TEAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS.AND THE CAR TEAM IS OUR ENCAMPMENT TEAM THAT WAS FUNDED A YEAR OR SO AGO.
AND THAT IS THE TEAM THAT GOES OUT AND GO OUT CITYWIDE AND THEY WILL REMOVE, UM, UH, ENCAMPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM.
SO YOU CAN SEE THEIR NUMBER PERSON, UM, TO OUR FIRST QUARTERS.
SO OUR SWOT ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO WELL, UM, WHAT WE DO WELL, UM, OF COURSE OUR ATION AGREEMENTS, UM, AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, OUR STANDARDS AS RELATES TO PLAYGROUNDS, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE.
AND THEN OUR NEW INITIATIVE IS GOING VERY WELL THAN OUR NEW WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT OUR, UH, VISOR TRAIL MAINTENANCE TEAM, UM, THAT WAS AN ALLOCATION, UH, THAT WE NOW HAVE A NEW, UH, TEAM, UH, LED BY, UH, D ONE, UH, DISTRICT BOARD.
AND SO THIS TEAM IS DOING VEGETATION REMOVAL.
UH, THEY'RE DOING LINE STRIPING ON THE, ON THE, UH, TRAIL OF THE
SO THIS HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL AND WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT, UH, THAT
UM, SOME OF THE WEAKNESSES, OF COURSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ENCAMPMENTS ARE CONTINUING TO GET IMPACT, A CONTINUOUS IMPACT.
UM, SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOWARDS, BUT IT'S STILL LIKE A HAMSTER WHEEL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON IT EVERY DAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE PRO UH, PROLONGED HIRING PROCESS, I THINK WE HAVE HAD IMPROVE IN THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE JOB FAIR.
THAT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
UH, OUR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, THINGS GO DOWN AND THERE'S TIMELINES AS TO, YOU KNOW, THAT EQUIPMENT BEING, UH, UM, BACK IN OUR OPERATION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR THREATS, UH, CHALLENGES OF PROCUREMENT AND HIRING FOR SURE
SO WE WANT CONTINUE TO REALLY WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO HELP US WITH THAT.
UH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING WELL, BUT WE STILL MORE PARTNERS OF COURSE.
UM, AND SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE AREAS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICE IN REGARDS TO TRADES AND SKILLS.
UM, FOR THE IRRIGATORS AND CHEMICAL APPLICATORS, THEY CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE.
WE ARE WORKING AND I KNOW THAT, UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME THAT THERE WILL BE AN IRRIGATION CONTRACT COUNCIL, UH, SO WE'LL SOME MORE OUTSOURCING OF OUR IRRIGATION.
AND SO OUR OPPORTUNITIES, UM, MORE PATRON AND ENGAGEMENT FOR SURE ARE, UH, BY PROGRAM.
WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL ABOUT THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL REALLY HELP US WITH OUR, A ASSET MAINTENANCE, UH, OUR SUSTAINABLE PARTS INITIATIVES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OUR SYSTEMS AND ALL OUR PROCESSES OF THE WAY WE MAINTAIN OUR PARTS AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO, YOU KNOW, TO DECREASE OUR MORE THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AND, AND OF COURSE THIS NEW WORKING QUARTER, UH, NEW WORK ORDER IN ASSET MANAGEMENT.
UH, WE ARE, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WE'RE COMING INTO THIS CENTURY.
UH, WE CAN GET THIS SYSTEM GOING ON WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEMS TO HELP US WITH, UH, THE WAY WE, UH, ASSET MANAGEMENT TO WORK WITH THE SYSTEM.
IT'S GONNA REALLY BE A BENEFIT AND MOVE OUR, UH, ORGANIZATION WORK, UH, OUR OPERATIONAL INITIATIVES.
THERE ARE SO MANY, UH, BUT OF COURSE SOME, THIS IS A HIGHLIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUR SAFETY SECURITY CONTINUES TO GROW OUR IRRIGATION IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST WITH, UH, GIVING STAFF, UH, TOOLS IN ORDER TO LEVERAGE THEIR SKILLS AND, UM, MOVE OR MOVE TOWARD, UH, TRYING TO BECOME CERTIFIED IRRIGATORS.
UM, OUR AQUATICS AND, UH, DOWNTOWN MEDIAS, WE HAVE DEFINITELY, UH, WORKED VERY HARD IN ORDER, BUT THOSE BEDS LOOK LIKE, UH, SO YOU WILL SEE AT THE FLIGHT CENTERS, UH, THERE'S SOME REDESIGN GOING ON TRYING TO DO OUR BEST AND WE LEVERAGE THAT.
WE WERE GONNA CALL 'EM BEAUTY SPOTS, UH, AT THE PARKS.
SO WHEN YOU WALK IN, YOU WILL SEE A BEAUTIFUL LAND, TAKE CARE OF THEM.
AND OF COURSE, UH, THE HOMELESS AS FAR AS UH, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST AND, UH, TRYING TO, UH, DEAL WITH THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION.
SO NEXT STEPS, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR CONTRACT SERVICES AND OVERTIME WE REALLY GONNA THIS SUMMER.
UM, AND SO, UH, AS IT, YOU KNOW, IT GETS HOTTER AND HARDER THROUGH THE SUMMER WHEN THAT'S ONE THAT KIND OF THING.
I'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR SUSTAINABLE PARKS INITIATIVE.
UH, CONTINUE TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES AND MANAGE THROUGH OUR, WE HAVE A, UM, A WONDERFUL ENGAGING, UM, SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAM AND OUR STAFF AND COLLABORATORS THAT REALLY LOVE THIS PROGRAM.
BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE IT BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT OVERTIME, UM, AND OUR CONTINUED, UH, PARTNERSHIPS, EXPANSION, AND OF COURSE OUR SAFETY AND OUR HEART INITIATIVE.
SO THAT IS WHAT I, UH, IN A NUTSHELL, UM, AS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN, IN
AND I JUST WANNA SAY TO THE BOARD, I GOTTA MAKE SURE THE FOLKS CAN HEAR ME ON IT.
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THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY BRIEF TODAY, YOUR HONOR.THAT'S WHY WE MADE SURE WE SENT THE BRIEFING STAFF STAY HERE LATE FRIDAY TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT THE BRIEFING OUT ON FRIDAY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE BRIEFING.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY PAGE.
THEY'RE ONLY GONNA SHOW HIGHLIGHTS TODAY 'CAUSE WE WANNA LEAVE MORE TIME FOR QUESTIONING AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE ING.
ALRIGHT, SO HERE IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR RECREATION SERVICES.
YOU HAVE MYSELF, UM, STEVE BAKER, 17 YEARS OF SERVICE, JOHN KING WITH 30 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE SERVING AS OUR SUPERINTENDENTS.
STEVE OVERSEES ADMINISTRATION, WHEREAS JOHN OVERSEES COMMUNITY OPERATION AND STANDARDS AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE PIECES OF OUR RECREATION, UH, FACILITIES.
ERIC VALDEZ, WHO YOU ALL MET EARLIER, OVERSEES 13, UH, I'M SORRY, 14 RECREATION CENTERS.
HE OVERSEE SERVICE AREA ONE, ARI THORNTON, BAKARI THORNTON, WHO IS ONE MONTH TODAY.
UH, HE OVERSEES 13 RECREATION CENTERS IN SERVICE AREA TWO, WHICH IS NORTHEAST DALLAS AND EAST DALLAS AND SOUTHEAST DALLAS.
UH, LISA MCCLENDON, WHO WE ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IS OVER SERVICE.
SERVICE AREA THREE, UH, OVERSEEING 14 CENTERS THAT'S IN, SO SOUTHWEST AND OAK CLIFF.
AND THEN LINDSAY RYDER WHO WILL ALSO GO ALL FAMILIAR WITH, UH, SERVICE AREA MANAGER OVER OUR SENIOR PROGRAM DIVISION.
SO, AND THEN MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, KIMBERLY FRANKLIN, WHO'S BEEN WITH US 14 YEARS.
SO WE HAVE A VERY SEASONED TEAM.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK LIKE AT A GLANCE.
NEXT, WHO ARE WE, WHAT DO WE OVERSEE? RECREATION STUFF, RIGHT? SO WE DO ALL FUN, WARM AND FUZZY STUFF.
I TELL EVERYBODY WE HAVE BEST JOB THE CITY DALLAS.
SO WE HAVE THE FOUR TWO RECREATION CENTERS AND ALL THE PROGRAM COMPONENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FACILITY SERVICES, WHICH WOULD BE OUR VOLUNTEER SERVICES DIVISION TEAMS, ORGANIZED, PREPARED FOR SUCCESS, OUR SENIOR PROGRAM DIVISION, OUTDOOR ADVENTURES AFTER SCHOOL.
BUT AFTER SCHOOL, IT TAKES PLACE IN OUR DALLAS ISD SITE.
SO OUR, WE CALL IT OUT SCHOOL TIME.
UM, WE WILL ACQUIRE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT TEMPORARILY OF OLD CITY PARK AND WE ARE NOT
AND THEN, UM, YEAH, WELLNESS AND WELLNESS AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS THAT FALL UNDER OUR SENIOR PROGRAM DIVISION.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL JUST SEE SOME PROGRAMS THAT SPECIFICALLY, UH, AUXILIARY PROGRAMS THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED TO THE LEFT.
JUST SO YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPH TO THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE ANNUAL PROGRAMS OFFERED FOR RECREATION SERVICES.
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN 2023 WE'RE AT 9,588, BUT I WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC WE WERE AT 17,000.
AND SO WE'RE ITCHING BACK TO, UM, THOSE NUMBERS.
OUR OUT OF SCHOOL TIME REGISTRATION, AGAIN, THESE ARE THE DALLAS ISD SITES.
WE HAVE AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION OF 2,531.
OUR SENIOR PROGRAM DIVISION, WHICH WE IMPLEMENTED IN 2016, HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS EVEN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
WE ARE OVER 7,000 REGISTERED SENIOR PARTICIPANTS, AGE 60 AND OLDER IN THIS PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE ISSUED THE TENOL ACCESS PASS.
UM, WE'VE DONE IT SINCE 2020 AND WE LAST YEAR ISSUED 4,077.
SO IT WAS A DECLINE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
BUT MOVING ON TO THE BUDGETARY STEP, SO OUR BUDGET IS A LITTLE OVER 22 MILLION, YOU'LL SEE HOW IT'S BROKEN OUT AND YOU WILL SEE THAT, UM, AS WITH ALL OF OUR DIVISIONS, THE PERSONNEL, THE ADMINISTRATION PIECE IS GOING TO BE THE LARGER CHUNK, WHILE A VERY LARGE CHUNK.
BUT HOW THE GROWTH BREAKOUT IS HERE, WE HAVE SERVICE AREA ONE, THAT'S THE ONE THAT ERIC OVERSEES, THAT'S 14 SITES.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, THEY COMPRISE OF 23% OF OUR BUDGET SERVICE AREA TWO, THE 5.3 ISH MILLION.
UM, AND THAT'S THE 13 SITES WITHIN START WITH SERVICE AREA 200 MACARI THORNTON SERVICE AREA THREE, LOW OVER FIVE, WE'RE RIGHT ABOUT 5 MILLION.
AND THAT'S THE 14 SITES UNDER LISA MCCLENDON.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, WHICH I MENTIONED, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT $1.4 MILLION.
AND OUR TOPS VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERS AND, UM, OUTDOOR ADVENTURES.
AND THE SENIOR PROGRAM DIVISION IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER, UM, $1 MILLION IN OPERATING BUDGET.
AND KEEP IN MIND WE'RE REALLY TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT GENERAL FUND BUDGET, BUT I WILL ADDRESS ANOTHER FUNDING STREAM FOR US IN JUST A MOMENT.
OUR TOP EXPENSES, AS I MENTIONED, SALARIES.
SO YOU SEE A LITTLE OVER 17.6 MILLION IN PERSONNEL SALARIES.
UM, THAT COVERS ABOUT 533 GENERAL FUND POSITIONS.
AND SO THAT'S 224 FULL-TIME, 163 PART-TIME POSITIONS WITHIN ATION SERVICES.
SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN MAXIMIZE ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CONTRACT EMPLOYEES THAT
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WE'RE DOING THROUGH THE TEMP AGENCY BECAUSE IT HAS THAT OVER, SORRY, THAT OVERHEAD, THAT SURCHARGE ASSESSED TO EACH HIRE THAT WE TAKE FROM THERE.SO WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THE POSITIONS AS WE ARE ABLE AND THEN BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME THAT WE, UM, AUTHORIZE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THOSE 533 GENERAL FUND POSITIONS, WE DO HAVE 119 POSITIONS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
SO THAT'S A SEPARATE, UH, FUNDING SOURCE.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALL WERE AWARE OF THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET JUST TELL YOU RECREATION SERVICES YOU ALL SAW EARLIER, WE ARE ABOUT IMPACT NOT DOLLARS, RIGHT? WE LEAD WITH SERVING AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO YOU WILL SEE THAT REVENUE HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT FOR US BECAUSE THE PHILOSOPHY IN RECREATION PROGRAM HAS CHANGED SINCE ABOUT 2019.
UM, BUT OUR BUDGET GOAL IS 1.2 MILLION.
WE ARE PROBABLY RIGHT ABOUT THE HALFWAY MARK, AND THAT'S AFTER THE SECOND QUARTER.
WE DO ANTICIPATE, UH, A LEAP DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR BUSIEST MONTH.
SO WE DO ANTICIPATE SEEING QUITE A BIT OF REVENUE COMING AROUND THAT TIME.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR REVENUE SOURCE, I SLIDE, OKAY, THE PRIMARY PLACE OF OUR REVENUE, IT REALLY COMES FROM OUR CONTRACT FEE INSTRUCTORS.
SO THAT'S OUR CONTRACT PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER, UM, AS WELL AS OUR RESERVATIONS.
SO WHEN PEOPLE UTILIZE OUR GYM OR A LARGE ROOM OR WHETHER IT'S LEADS, WHETHER IT'S BIRTHDAY PARTIES, RETIREMENT PARTIES, WHAT HAVE YOU, THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE TOP TWO, UM, REVENUE SOURCES FOR US.
SO WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL MOVE BACK.
AND THEN TO THE NEXT, THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR RECREATION SERVICES.
UM, SO JUST PULLED OUT A COUPLE.
WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR CENTERS,
SO YOU WILL SEE THAT PRE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS THE 28 20 19 YEAR ON THE BOTTOM, UH, RENT CARDS, WE HAD 19,500, UM, THIS YEAR, AGAIN, FIRST QUARTER, I'M SORRY, SECOND QUARTER, WE ARE AT A LITTLE OVER 20, CLOSE TO 21,000.
SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY TRENDING BACK IN OUR UPWARD STREAM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, SCANNED ATTENDANCE, AGAIN, WE'RE GROWING.
WE'RE GETTING BACK TO OUR PRE PANDEMIC NUMBERS.
A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH US OFFERING FREE CARDS.
A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICIES.
SO THERE IS A BALANCE ON THAT.
UM, THE ACTIVITY ATTENDANCE, AGAIN, KIND OF WHO'S COMING TO OUR PROGRAMS, WHO'S REALLY REGISTERED, WHO'S CHECKING IN.
THE PANDEMIC PRE PANDEMIC YEAR ANNUAL NUMBER WAS 348.
SO AGAIN, VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT EXCEEDING THAT NUMBER.
OUR PROGRAMS OFFERED PRE PANDEMIC.
HOWEVER, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A TITLE BECAUSE AT ONE POINT WE'RE AT 17,000.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET BACK THERE.
SO TO DATE, WE ARE A LITTLE OVER 5,000 IN THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED WITHIN THEM.
42 RECREATION CENTERS AND OUR SENIOR PROGRAM DIVISION AND OUR TEAMS, UM, OUR TEAM PROGRAM AND THEN REVENUE IN OUR PRIME.
WE WERE A LITTLE OVER 4 MILLION AND THAT'S WHEN WE CHARGED FOR A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
AND THEN THE PHILOSOPHY ON OUR PROGRAMMING STRUCTURE CHANGED.
AND SO WE ARE AT ABOUT 1.2 MILLION NOW, WHICH IS EXCEEDED, IS TRENDING TO EXCEED WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UM, BEING RIGHT AT THE 2 MILLION MARK FOR THIS YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, SO I REFERENCED THE CDBG FUNDING.
UH, WE RECEIVE ABOUT 738,000 FOR THE YEAR, OF WHICH WE HAVE 10 SITES THAT TAKE PLACE AT OUR DALLAS ISD SITE.
SO WE HAVE THE STAFFING THAT COME WITH THAT.
THE PROGRAM SUPPLIES ALL COMES OUT OF THE 7 38.
AND THEN WE ALSO IDENTIFY NINE RECREATION CENTER SITES THAT WERE IN THE, UM, APPROPRIATE ZIP CODES WHERE THEY COULD RECEIVE THIS FUNDING.
SO WE HAVE 19 SITES THAT ARE OPERATED WITH THE CDBG FUNDING.
YOU'LL SEE THE REGISTRATION AT OUR, UM, DISD SITES IS JUST AT 700.
AND THEN THE REGISTRATION IN THE RECREATION CENTERS FOR THESE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AT 627.
AND WE ANTICIPATE NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING FOR CDBG, UM, ALLOCATION TO STAY SAFE TO STAY THE SAME AS WHAT IT'S THIS YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE OPPOSITE BUDGET ON THAT.
THE SQUAD ANALYSIS FOR RECREATION, UM, I LIKE RENEE WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THESE.
SO FOR OUR STRENGTHS, WE OFFER DIVERSE PROGRAMMING.
AND OUR PROGRAMMING IS DESIGNED NOT NECESSARILY BY STAFF'S DESIRE, BUT BY COMMUNITY DESIRE.
SO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME IN AND THEY SAY THEY WANNA SEE A CERTAIN PROGRAM TYPE IN OUR RECREATION FACILITY.
WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT TEST IT.
BUT WE DO OFFER ARRAY OF PROGRAMS FROM SITE TO SITE SO THAT IT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE SERVE.
UM, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED STAFF.
I STARTED OFF BY TELLING YOU THE NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS BEEN WITH US AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME IN OUR FACILITIES.
WE MET JODY, WHO'S 25 YEARS PLUS AND SHE'S STILL LOVING WHAT SHE'S DOING AS A CENTER MANAGER AT BACHMAN.
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WHAT ARE OUR WEAKNESSES? EVERY FACILITY IS NOT SENIOR HEELS.THAT'S OUR WEAKNESS, RIGHT? WE HAVE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE HAVE A TEAM WHO WILL SPIT SHINE SOMETHING AND MAKE IT SEEM GREAT, RIGHT? WE WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT THE REALITY IS SOME OF OUR FACILITIES ARE OLD.
SOME OF OUR FACILITIES DO ENCOUNTER CHALLENGES AND REQUIRE MONEY TO FIX, UM, RECRUITING AND RETAINING HIGH PERFORMERS.
WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM RECRUITING THEM.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM RETAINING THEM.
I THINK THAT ONE OUTWEIGHS EVERYTHING.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THE MORE COMPETITIVE WAGE, I THINK.
AND, UM, MEETING OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OR SURROUNDING AREAS AND, UM, AWARENESS, PROMOTION OF PROGRAMS. WELL, THIS MORNING WAS EVIDENT.
Y'ALL DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD A THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROGRAM, SO WE'RE NOT TELLING OUR BEST STORY TO YOU ALL THEN.
THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE DETACHED FROM US, WHO HAVE NO CLUE WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT.
SO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT THAT.
UH, INNOVATION IS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THINGS SAME WAY.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THINGS FOR A WHILE, SO WE UNDERSTAND WITH INNOVATION THERE COULD BE A COST.
AS WE START TALKING ABOUT DIGITAL AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING, UM, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FUND A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN HAVE THOSE EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE EXPERIENCES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
UH, SPECIAL, I'M SORRY, SIGNATURE SPECIAL EVENTS.
THERE WAS A TIME IN WHICH THE PARK DEPARTMENT WAS NOTABLE FOR MAJOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
BUT AGAIN, THERE WILL NEED TO BE A FUNDING SOURCE, A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT COURSE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE SIGNATURE EVENTS THAT PEOPLE KNOW TO ANTICIPATE FROM THE DALLAS PARK RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WHAT ARE THREATS? COMPETITION FROM
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO.
THEIR FACILITIES MAY HAVE MORE UPTODATE FEATURES TO IT.
UH, SOMETIMES OUR COMPETITORS ARE OTHER RECREATION CENTERS, SO WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST OURSELVES JUST BASED ON PROXIMITY FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
OUR ANTIQUATED SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES, WE ADMIT THAT WE HAVE SOME WAYS THAT REQUIRES SOME REFRESHING, SOME INNOVATION.
AND SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF OUR OWN WAY BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST NOT OPEN TO THE INNOVATION THAT WE SAY WE WANNA SEEK AND WE WANNA IMPLEMENT.
SO SOMEHOW I TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE THAT HURDLE AND UM, FUND SOME OF THE INNOVATION FUNDS, SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY PIECES THAT WE WANNA SEE IN OUR FACILITIES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT, ALRIGHT, SO RECREATION SERVICES, OPERATIONAL INITIATIVES.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON STREAMLINING OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE LEAN IN HOW WE DO WHAT WE DO.
UM, WE HAVE A PLA WE HAVE IN PLACE A SPENDING PLAN PROCESS, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS YOU HAVE TO FORECAST HOW YOU WANNA SPEND YOUR BUDGET.
SO WE DON'T WANNA BE REACTIONARY ALL THE TIME.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE TIMES IN WHICH THINGS COME TO US, LIKE IDEAS COME AT THE LAST MINUTE.
HOWEVER, WE WANNA PLAN AS BEST WE CAN TO, UM, BE BETTER STEWARDS OF THE, THE RESOURCES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO US.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE USED TO DO THE COOKIE CUTTER APPROACH WHERE EVERY REC CENTER HAD THE SAME THING.
THAT MAY NOT BE THE WAY IT WORKS NOW.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE REC CENTERS THAT HAVE SHOWN PRODUCTIVITY HAVE THE STAFFING RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
RECREATION CENTERS HAVE CHALLENGES, HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THEIR PROGRAM, PROGRAM UP, BUILD UP AND FIND AND TELL.
AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING EQUITABLE, BUT WE'RE BEING AWARE IN HOW WE'RE ALLOCATING THOSE RESOURCES.
I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE SPENDING PLAN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT BEING REACTIONARY IN OUR SPENDING, BUT WE ARE PROPERLY
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, EVALUATING PROGRAMS AND MAKING THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO SUNSET SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
SOME THINGS ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO FOLKS HEART, BUT FINANCIALLY THEY JUST MAY NOT MAKE SENSE.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE THOSE STUFF DECISIONS AND BE PREPARED TO DO SO.
UH, NEXT STEPS WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT CREATIVE WAYS TO INCREASE REVENUE WITHOUT PUTTING IT ON THE BURDEN, PUTTING IT AS A BURDEN TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, BUT FIGURING OUT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN BRING DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS INTO RECREATION SERVICES.
THEREFORE, THE PARK DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE SITE BASED, WE HAVE SITE BASED REVENUE GOALS, UM, SO THAT WE KNOW SOME RECREATION CENTERS CAN BRING IN MORE REVENUE.
WE TALK ABOUT SHARED ENROLL, FIELD TECHNICAL GYMNASTICS AT RIDGEWOOD.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF CLASSES AND PROGRAMS GOING ON AND MARTINEZ, BUT FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT REVENUE GOAL IS BY SITE AS OPPOSED TO THE COOKIE.
EACH OTHER APPROACH, THE STANDARD APPROACH THAT WE WERE DOING IN THE CLASS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO BIANNUAL REVIEWS OF OUR FORECASTED PROJECTS.
SO ONCE WE SAY WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, GONNA CHECK IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MOVING ALONG, UM, THE MANNER WHICH THEY SHOULD AND WE HAVEN'T EXPANDED RESOURCES THAT THAT'S THE RATE WE TO.
AND SO YEAH, FULLY CONSERVATIVE ON OUR PROJECTIONS AND THAT IS RANKING SERVICE.
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A DYNAMIC DIVISION, CITY DY ATHLETIC RESERVATION AND EVENT SERVICES LED BY DYNAMIC INDIVIDUAL.JOHN LAWRENCE, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THIS ABSENCE.
I'M THE CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR AND I'LL OVERVIEW THE CARE DIVISION FOR ONE THERE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CARE DIVISION IS LED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JOHN LAWRENCE, HIS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, MS. MARTINEZ.
AND THEY HAVE THREE SUPERINTENDENTS AS WELL.
UH, MS. DELA CRUZ OVERSEES GOLF AND TENNIS.
MS. RANDALL OVERSEES RESERVATION AND YOUTH SPORTS.
AND MR. RARO WAS OVERSEE THE AQUATICS DIVISION IN, UH, CITYWIDE ATHLETIC RESERVATION EVENTS.
WE HAVE OUR GOLF TENNIS DIVISION, WHICH OVERSEES SIX 18 HOLE COURSES.
GOLF PRO CONTRACT MONITORING, UH, FOREST TENNIS CENTERS AND THE TENNIS PROGRAM.
SPECIAL RESERVATION AND EVENTS, OVERSEE ALL THE RESERVATIONS, SOUTHERN STATES, ESPECIALLY EVENT PERMITTING AS WELL AS THE KEY SOFTBALL.
OUR YOUTH SPORTS, THEY HAVE THE CITYWIDE YOUTH LEAGUES PROGRAMS, TOURNAMENTS, OUR DISD PARTNERSHIP AND OF COURSE OUR AQUATICS FACILITIES HAS PALM BEACH, OUR FAMILY AQUATIC CENTERS, COMMUNITY FOODS ING INDOOR, AND AS WELL AS THAT DISD PARTNERSHIP.
NOW, WE ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IN REVIEWING THE PRESENTATION, WE NOTICED SOME SMALL NUMERICAL CHANGES THAT WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE HERE INSTEAD OF GOING AHEAD AND SEND YOU GUYS OUT A UPDATED COPY.
WE WANTED TO TALK THROUGH THE CHANGES HERE TODAY.
SO THERE WAS SOME SMALL NUMERICAL CHANGES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU SEE TODAY THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS SENT OUT FRIDAY.
BUT ONE MAJOR PIECE OF THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, POSITIONS AT THE BOTTOM.
I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS A BETTER PICTURE OF HOW THE HIRING WAS GOING.
AS MS.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BETTER PICTURE OF HOW OUR HIRING LOOKED AS A FRIDAY WHEN THIS WAS SUBMITTED.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DATA TELLS YOU WE'RE KIND OF AT A A 26% VACANCY RATE AS A DIVISION, BUT THIS IS WHERE MOST OF OUR CLIENT SEASONAL CONDITIONS ARE HELD.
SO THAT VACANCY RATE, IT, IT DWINDLES DOWN PRETTY FAST.
ONCE WE GET IN THESE UPCOMING SUMMER, WE'LL BE EVERYONE IN PLACE FOR OUR QUALITY SERVICE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SERVICE LEVEL, ACQUIRED CONTINUANCE AT 312,000.
OUR ROUNDS OF GOLF ABOUT HUNDRED 69,000.
OUR NUMBER OF RESERVATIONS ARE RIGHT UNDER 15,000.
AND A NUMBER OF YOUTH PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
THE DIVISION BUDGET OVERVIEW, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DIVISION, UH, HAS CLOSE TO $15 MILLION AS A OPERATING BUDGET.
UH, GOLF WITH 5 MILLION AND AQUATICS WITH SEVEN.
AND THE BREAKOUT FOR THE OTHER DIVISIONS ARE HERE AS WELL.
OUR MAJOR DIVISION EXPENSES, LIKE ANY OTHER BUDGET, YOU KNOW, OUR SALARY DOLLARS OVERTAKE MOST OF THE EXPENSES FOR THE BUDGET SALARY DOLLARS AT SEVEN 7%.
BUT ALSO NOTICE THAT TEMP STAFFING IS THE SECOND HIGHEST DIVISION EXPENSES AT 7%.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS REVENUE GENERATING GRAPH FOR A SPECIFIC DIVISION INSIDE OF CARE DIVISION.
AND THIS IS JUST PRIOR YOUTH SPORTS DIVISION.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS AND SOME OF THE GOALS THAT THIS PARTICULAR DIVISION YOUTH SERVICES HAD AND TO INFORM YOU THAT WHEN THE FEE STUDY PRESENTATION IS PRESENTED TO THE PARK FOUR, WE'LL HAVE A, UM, REVENUE GENERATED GRAPH FOR EVERY REVENUE GENERATED UNIT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT, UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR GOALS, SOME OF THE MOVEMENT FROM LAST YEAR.
BUT ONCE THAT FEE STUDY PRESENTATION COME APART, A OBJECTIVE, A FINANCIAL OBJECTIVE FOR EACH REVENUE GENERATED UNIT WITHIN THE DIVISION I CARE, KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
AND YOU KNOW, WITH CARE, HAVING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIVISIONS WITHIN CARES, EACH DIVISION HAS A DIFFERENT METRIC TO, TO JUDGE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
SO I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH ONE AND I'LL SAVE TIME AT THE END FOR A QUESTION AND ANSWER, BUT PLEASE, YOU KNOW, REVIEW OUR AQUATICS, OUR GOLF AND TENNIS, OUR RESERVATION, AND OUR USE SPORTS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SO THAT YOU COULD JUST SEE THE, UH, THE MOVEMENT YEAR OVER YEAR AND HOW WE EACH YEAR, YOU KNOW, ARE TRYING TO REACH THE BEST GOAL AND REACH MORE ATTENDANCE AND REACH MORE INDIVIDUAL WITH THE WORK THAT CARE DOES.
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THE SWO ANALYSIS FOR THE CARE DIVISION.I'LL JUST TOUCH OVER A FEW BRIEFLY SOME OF THE STRENGTHS THAT THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS WITHIN CARES.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, REVENUE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAVE A, A REAL GOOD PROVEN SUCCESS IN RETAINING AND A RECRUITMENT OF SOME OF OUR SKILLED POSITIONS WITHIN THAT DIVISION.
SOME OF OUR, OUR, OUR WEAKNESSES, UM, ASIAN EQUALITY FACILITIES, UH, VENDOR SUPPLIES, DELIVER TIMELINES, THE LENGTHY PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND THE COST RECOVERY GAP THAT THIS DIVISION EXPERIENCES SOME OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES.
FEE INCREASES, OF COURSE, SPECIALIZED RESERVATION SOFTWARE AND SOME TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TO HELP US GET BETTER DATA, DATA, BETTER REPORTING.
THREATS OF COURSE IS OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, WEATHER IMPACTING GOLF COURSES AND THE HIRING PROCESS AND INCREASING SUPPLIES AND SERVICE COSTS.
OPERATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR THE CARE DIVISION, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE MONITORING THAT VACANCY RATE, UH, ONE, THE TEAM STAFFED AT 95% REALLY GETTING THE DATA ON COST RECOVERY GOALS.
WE'RE GONNA REVISIT FEE RATES, THE CONCESSION SALE PRICES.
WE GOING STRATEGICALLY PLAN TO IDENTIFY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, EVEN RESOURCES TRAINING TO DEVELOP THOSE STAFFS IN THOSE KEY POSITIONS TO RETAIN AND PROVE BETTER AS WELL.
CARE DIVISION NEXT STEPS WANNA ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING RESOURCES ACROSS ALL AREAS.
WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET THE RIGHT FUNDING TO RIGHT SIZE THE DIVISION TO PROVIDE THE AREAS OF CRITICAL NEED.
AND WE'RE GONNA UPDATE OUR COST RECOVERY GOALS, IMPLEMENTING ISSUES FOR ATTAINMENT, WHILE ALSO MONITORING THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING TO MEET PROJECTIONS.
AND THAT WAS THE CARE DIVISION.
SO NOW THAT YOU'VE HAD A BRIEF, BRIEF OVERVIEW FOR THE, UM, THE OPERATIONAL DIVISION, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS OVERVIEW.
UM, KEEPING IN MIND WITH INFORMATION BEFORE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND, UM, WE HAVE PROCESSED OUR BUDGET WE MANAGERS PROCESS.
SO, UM, THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR FOR US.
OF COURSE, HE'S, THAT BUDGET KICKOFF FOR THAT FOR THE CITY MANAGER HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SET BUDGET FOR OUR 20 20, 24, 25 ALREADY.
UM, OF COURSE, BUT WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE SAYING, WELL, YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS LIKE YOU HAVE TO RIGHT SIZE YOUR STAFF.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT DIVISION WHERE THEY'RE GONNA COME THROUGH AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE STAFFING.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO RIGHT SIZE STAFF.
UM, THEY'RE ASKING US FOR, FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS. THEY'RE WANTING, UM, INVENTORY OF ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS.
THEY WANNA LOOK AT ALL OF OUR UNITS, ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES TO SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HISTORICALLY WE PROVIDE FOR THEM.
BUT GOING THROUGH OUR PROCESS, UM, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO BOOK OUR BUDGET.
WE KNOW, UM, SOME OF THE EASIEST ONES HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR LIST FOR THE CITY BANK MANAGER, THESE DOCUMENT AND CONTRACT INCREASES.
WE KNOW THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING A HIGH INFLATION RATE ON SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS.
SO WE HAVE SUBMITTED QUITE A FEW CHANGES TO THE CONTRACTS TO REFLECT THAT THERE IS A HUGE INCREASE IN THOSE AND THAT SHOULD EFFECTIVELY COME TOWARDS OUR BUDGET WHEN THEY SEE THOSE CHANGES MAKING ADDITION TO OUR BUDGET FOR ANY OF THOSE INCREASE COSTS.
UM, AND ANY OF THESE HERE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING INTERNALLY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT REAL ALLOCATING RESOURCES.
WHAT DOES EACH DIVISION NEED TO DO THEIR FUNDS AROUND TO MAKE US A LITTLE BIT MORE COST EFFECTIVE WITHIN ATION, OF COURSE, UM, THE THINGS THAT ARE SITTING IN HIS, UM, BUDGET THAT WE CAN AUTOMATICALLY ASK FOR IS SERVICE DELIVERY.
SO IF WE HAVE AN INCREASED FEE FOR SERVICE DELIVERY, THOSE ARE NORMALLY THINGS THAT WE WOULD ASK FOR, OF COURSE, UM, IF WE NEEDED TO CREATE A NEW SERVICE.
AND OF COURSE EVERY YEAR WE DO ASK FOR O AND M FOR OUR FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO HERE IS OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND WHAT OUR THOUGHT PROCESS WAS ON PUTTING SOME OF THIS TOGETHER IS THAT WE HAVE THE DIVISIONAL OPERATIONAL, UH, PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
SO YOU'VE HEARD WHAT THE DIVISIONS ARE LOOKING AT, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT THE PARK DIRECTOR WILL DEVELOP THE BUDGET BIDS IN OUR BUDGET BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PARK BOARD ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE INTO OUR BUDGET.
AND THEN OUR NEXT PROCESS AFTER THAT IS AFTER WE GET ALL OF OUR BIDS IN PLACE AFTER Y'ALL HAVE APPROVED THEM, THEN WE
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WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO PARK TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESENTATION.HERE'S JUST A QUICK, THIS IS HOW WE CURRENTLY SIT IN OUR BUDGET.
WE HAVE 120 MILLION IN OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.
AS I SAID, 1 MILLION OVER BUDGET.
THE CITY MANAGER HAD GIVEN US A BASE BUDGET FOR TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE, A HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE, ALMOST $122 MILLION.
THAT OF COURSE CARRIES INTO THEIR BIANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.
SO THAT WAS AT 20 FOR 25, 26, THE SAME AMOUNT, ALMOST 122 MILLION.
YET WHAT HE INCLUDED IN THOSE FOR 24 25, WE DID NOT HAVE THAT MANY BIDS THAT MOVED FORWARD WITH US.
SO OUR OM IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN WHAT HE HAS PUT IN HIS BASE.
AND THEN WE HAD ALREADY RECEIVED, UM, STIPEND PREPARE PARK FIRST FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND THEN THE INCREASED, UM, STIPEND FOR THE PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY GAMES AT THREE 50.
AND UM, THE ONE THING THAT WE DID THAT HE DID PUT IN THERE AS A PLUS WAS WE DID RECEIVE A VACANCY RATE ADJUSTMENT, WHICH BASICALLY SHOWS WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH OUR HIRING PLAN.
IT'S NOT CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAVE AS A VACANCY RATE, BUT 148, UM THOUSAND 8, 840 $8,000 IS WHAT WE WERE GIVING BACK TO OUR BUDGETS FOR MEETING SOME OF THOSE VACANCY RATE CHALLENGES.
SO WE HAVE $2.7 MILLION BUILT INTO THIS CURRENT 24 2 5 BUDGET THAT HE HAS PLANNED.
UM, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I KNOW WE'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE.
THIS IS A VERY, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR REVENUE SUMMARY, THIS IS BASICALLY SITTING IN RECREATION SERVICES AND CARE.
UM, HUGE ASSIGNMENT IS ON CARE FOR 8.8 THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'LL BE DOWN EIGHT TO 8.5 THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
AND WHAT WE HAD ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE IN ADVANCE WAS IF WE CONTINUE SOME OF THESE PASSES, THAT DOES AFFECT SOME OF THE NUMBERS OF THE AQUATIC
SO WE HAD, WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE BUDGETS SOME UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO AS HE'S GONE THROUGH AND HE'S, AND HE PUT TOGETHER HIS THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS SINCE YOU HAVE CHARGED OUR DIRECTOR WITH BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE PARK SYSTEM, WHAT WE HAVE THAT IS BASED HERE, THESE ARE JUST KIND OF REPRESENTATIVE BIDS OF WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT WITH THAT SUSTAINABLE PARK SYSTEM.
OF COURSE WE ONLY ASK FOR O AND M AND WE HAVE NEW PROJECTS TRAILS ON BOARD.
WE DO WANNA BE ABLE TO FUND THE O AND M ON THOSE WE ARE LOOKING TOWARDS FOR SAFETY SECURITY WE COULD ORIGINALLY ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
WE WERE HOPING TO GET 10 MILLION IN ALL OVER THREE YEARS.
WE ONLY RECEIVED UM, A PORTION OF THAT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER, WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER SAFETY SECURITY BID IF PARK COURT IS LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, OF COURSE ANYTHING ELSE, WE DO HAVE MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUNDING NEEDS FOR ANY OF OUR PARK FACILITIES.
THIS IS QUITE A BIT OF AN EXPENSE FOR US BECAUSE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HIT US THERE, UM, WE DON'T PLAN OUT FOR THEM.
SOMETHING BREAKS BECOMES A HUGE COST TO US AND IT CAUSES PART OF OUR BUDGET OVER.
SO WE WERE ASKING FOR SOME OF THE FUNDS WE ASKED LAST YEAR AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT Y'ALL TO CONSIDER AGAIN FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE UNEXPECTED COSTS.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD ALSO PASSED FOR THIS LARGE AREA LANDSCAPE, UM, ON OUR EQUIPMENT.
OF COURSE EVERY YEAR THEY COME IN, THEY DO THE FLEET ASSESSMENT ON ALL THE VEHICLES IN THE CITY, BUT THEY NEVER ASSESS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LARGE LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT THAT MUST BE REPLACED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IT IS ALSO A COST FOR COST OVERRUNS.
HISTORICALLY WE'VE TRIED TO FUND ALL OF THOSE THINGS FROM OUR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, BUT THAT MEANS THAT THOSE MAINTENANCE DOLLARS HAVE TO COME IN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FUND THAT.
AND WE ALL KNOW MAINTENANCE DOLLARS NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE READILY DONATE FOR.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK AGAIN THE WHO IS THAT AT SOME POINT THE CITY DEVELOPS AN ENTIRE CITYWIDE, UM, NON FLEET REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.
THAT WOULD BE THE HOPE
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE NEW THIS YEAR.
WE KNOW THIS, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY UNPLANNED THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF OLD CITY PARK IS A MANAGEMENT OF OLD CITY PARK IS A HUGE IMPACT FOR THIS BUDGET GOING FORWARD TO GET THE PROGRAMMING ON BOARD, THAT WOULD BE A HUGE IMPACT FOR OUR BUDGET.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
FEEDBACK FROM THE PARK BOARD AND ANYTHING ELSE, HAVING HEARD WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT TODAY,
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ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU THAT WE WOULD PURSUE SINCE THESE ARE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE BIDS OF WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY UM, LOOKING AT.SO WITH OUR NEXT STEPS, SO WE WANNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH Y'ALL TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE BUDGET PRIORITIES SHOULD BE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON? UM, WHAT ARE WE GONNA ASK FOR IN THIS NEW, UM, 5 25 26? UM, SO HISTORICALLY WHAT THE CITY MANAGER WOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW IS ONLY THOSE CONTRACTUAL TYPE THINGS COULD CHANGE THE 24 25 BUDGETS.
IT IS SET AT THE ONE 22 MILLION OF COURSE AS WE CAN STILL DO ASK.
THEN 25, 26 IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP RIGHT NOW WITH THESE NEW ADDITIONAL DATES, SOME OF THOSE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO OF COURSE ONCE WE GET ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, WE SAID WE ARE GOING KEEP COMING BACK TO THE ROOM TO GET MORE FEEDBACK.
ONCE THAT IS DONE, THEN OF COURSE THE DIRECTOR WILL HAVE A RECOMMENDED UM, BUDGET TO PRESENT TO PARK BOARD AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU OF COURSE LOOK AT THAT, DECIDE WHAT IF THIS IS OKAY, APPROVE THAT.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET THIS TO UM, PARKS, TRAILS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE AND KIND OF GIVES YOU SOME UPDATES ON WHERE WE STAND AND WHAT WE THINK IS THE FEEDBACK COMING BACK, THIS INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE NOW GOING FORWARD.
OCTOBER EXTENSION, UM, WE SAID FEES, WE SAID FEE STUDIES.
UM, SO THE CITY IS CONDUCTING, CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A STUDY.
THERE'S SOME FEES IN GENERAL THAT ARE REVIEWED EVERY YEAR, BUT WE HAVE HEARD WHAT Y'ALL BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE FEES.
SO WE DO WANNA COME BACK WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, WHAT THE FEES ARE, WHAT THE FEE STUDY COMMENDS, WHAT SOME OF THOSE REVENUE GENERATING COSTS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE APPROACHED IT THAT WAY.
AND JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPREHENSIVE UM, LOOK AT WHAT OUR FEES AND REVENUES COULD BE LIKE.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE BRINGING, I MENTIONED IT ALSO THE UM, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
THE CITY VIEWS ARE MULTI-YEAR FUNDS AS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
UM, THE CHARTER ALLOWS FOR US TO SET FUNDS ASIDE FOR THE PARTICULAR USE.
UM, WE HAVE A FUND NOT VERY WELL FUNDED.
THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAVE USED FOR PARTICULAR USE IN REPLACING OUR EQUIPMENT IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL TO CONTINUE PAY FULL PROGRAM.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO WE WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE TO YOUR FUND RESOURCE AND WE'LL TAKE YOUR FUND PRESENTATION ALSO SO THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT.
WE DO HAVE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE MANY YEARS, YEARS BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE BEFORE JOHN WAS HERE.
UM, SO THAT PROBABLY THOSE FUNDS NEED TO BE CLOSED, THEY NEED TO RETIRED.
UM, WE NEED TO ASSESS WHAT WE NEED TO DO GOING FORWARD TO MAKE IT MORE SUSTAINABLE AND MORE USER FRIENDLY.
SO WE WOULD NEED PARK BOARD APPROVAL TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES ON
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR NEXT STEPS.
UM, ON THE APPENDIX WE DID PUT A LITTLE, THEY ARE BOLDED.
THESE ARE THE PARK AND REC ITEMS, WHICH IS TODAY OUR FIRST WORKSHOP.
WE HOPE TO COME BACK MAY 2ND WITH ANOTHER, UM, THE BID DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN WE CAN DO A SPECIAL CALL MEETING IF Y'ALL PREFER TO DO THAT.
BUT LIKE I MENTIONED, WE ARE GOING JUNE 3RD TO PARKS, TRAILS ENVIRONMENTAL TO PRESENT OUR BUDGET REQUESTS.
ALRIGHT, SO ANYTHING ELSE RICHARD SAY ANYTHING ELSE? NO, UM, NO JUST STRATEGIC PRIORITIES ARE TOUCHED IN THE BACK.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING YOU TO COME TO ME WITH LIKE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO? WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO ADDRESS? SO DO WE WANT TO DO A SHORT QUESTION YOU ANSWER RIGHT NOW? OH YEAH.
I'M GONNA DEFER THAT TO THE PRESIDENT BUT UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU ALL HEARD FROM, UH, MS. BARRY AND PATRICK WE'RE DOING THE BUDGET DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
ALSO THE CITY MANAGERS DOING THE BUDGET DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
UH, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH COMMITTEES THAT WE WILL BE BE ON THE FORMAT WE HAVE TO PRESENT TO, TO THE COMMITTEE AS WELL, WHICH WILL BE THE PARKS AND TRUE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE.
UH, BUT I WILL SAY WE WANT TO HAVE THIS PRE PRESENTATION FIRST SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND AS MS. HASLEY ALWAYS SAY, ALWAYS SAYS TO ME, AND MANY OF YOU ALWAYS WILL TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED AND WHAT YOU ALL SAW IN THERE.
NOT ONLY WHAT WE NEED, BUT WE IDENTIFIED THE CHALLENGES, BUT WE ALSO IDENTIFY WHAT WE DO WELL.
BUT WE ALSO IDENTIFY THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE THE FUNDING, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO LOOK AT CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN REDUCE COSTS AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO STILL PROVIDE THOSE PROGRAMS EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING.
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SO I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO EVER THINK I WOULD EVER PRESENT YOU A BUDGET ONLY ASKING FOR STUFF WITHOUT US FIRST LOOKING AT IS THERE A BETTER WAY WE CAN DO BUSINESS AND MORE EFFICIENT? RIGHT.BEFORE WE HAVE A QUESTION, I THINK WE HAVE A QUIZ ON ALL THE NUMBERS STAFF AS P
SO ONE THING MS. BARRY, I THINK YOU, AS YOU ARE ASKING FOR THE PRIORITIES, I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT HELP IF YOU PREPARE A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED ON THE DEPARTMENTS INCENTIVES SO YOU GET IT IN A SPECIFIC FORMAT FROM
AND WE, I THINK IT ALSO HELPS THEM STRUCTURE THEIR PRIORITIES.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING AND I THINK YOU'LL GET A BETTER FEEDBACK AND MORE FEEDBACK WITH THAT.
I THINK MS.
AND YOU SAID SOMETHING VERY KEY.
YOU SAID WE CHANGED OUR PHILOSOPHY IN 2019.
I DON'T REMEMBER CHANGING OUR PHILOSOPHY BUSINESS THAT CHANGED THE PHILOSOPHY ABOUT CHARGING FOR THOSE PROGRAMS WAS TWO.
THERE WAS TWO, THERE WAS, UH, I WON'T NAME ANY BOARD MEMBERS.
I REMEMBER BOARD MEMBER BEING VERY YEAH,
BUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT UH, THAT OUR SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THOSE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL AT THE SAME PHILOSOPHY BASED ON THE BOARD'S FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE MORE PROGRAMS FREE TO THE PUBLIC KNOW HOW.
MM-HMM
I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY KIND AND CONSIDERATE, BUT IT CONCERNS ME THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS SO PROFITABLE AND HAS POTENTIAL.
THE OTHER $2 MILLION DEFICIT, WELL IF WE JUST WENT BACK TO WHAT WE WERE CHARGING IN 2019, WE WOULDN'T HAVE
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY REC SERVICES PROGRAMMING GETS SPECIAL, UH, CONSIDERATION WHEN OUR OTHER PROGRAMMING IS, IS KIND OF KEEPING UP WITH OUR, UH, IS THAT FIRST THING THAT INFLATION RATE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO I THINK THAT'S A THING WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET THE PROGRAMMING BACK TO WHERE, WHERE IT WAS? BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING AND WE'RE NOT CHARGING AS MUCH TOWARDS, WE'RE GETTING LIKE DOUBLE HIT.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING BACK TO OUR PROGRAM IN UNIVERSITY RIGHT.
UM, AND I CAN ANTICIPATE PROBABLY NEXT YEAR WILL BE WHERE WE WORK PRE PANDEMIC.
UH, BUT THE THE FINANCIAL COST, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IF WE WERE REINSTATING FEES FOR AND THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY UP TO THE BOARD.
'CAUSE IT'S COSTING US MORE, IT'S COSTING US MORE TO RUN THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT NOT ONLY ARE WE NOT RAISING OUR COSTS, WE'RE NOT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NOT CHARGING
SO I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A GLARING LIKE RED, LIKE LET'S FIX THAT RIGHT AWAY.
BUT FOR ME, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY I'M JUST ONE VOTE OUT OF ALL OF THESE, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS LIKE, HOLY COW, THAT'S A HUGE CHUNK THAT JUST WENT AWAY.
UM, AND THE OTHER THINGS WERE JUST LIKE, IT'S ALL THE STUFF WE REGULARLY TALK ABOUT.
HOW DO WE GET THE CITY TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR TRAIL MAINTENANCE.
IT'S NOT A PARK, IT'S A TRAIL.
IT GOES THROUGH THE STREETS, IT GOES THROUGH EVERYWHERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN PARKS IS GET, GETS DUMPED THE ENTIRE MAINTENANCE OF THAT.
HOW DO WE HELP YOU POLITIC UP THE FOOD CHAIN TO THE CITY LEVEL TO SAY AT LEAST PARTNER WITH US ON IT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THEM TO TAKE IT OVER, BUT CAN WE GO SEEK OUT SOME FUNDING THAT IS NOT ALL ON US FOR THOSE TRAILS.
UM, SAME THING WITH THE HOMELESS.
YEAH, THE HOMELESS ON OUR PARKS.
BUT LIKE THE CITY HAS A HUGE HOMELESS SOLUTIONS THING.
HOW MUCH OF THAT COST DO WE, DO WE PARK AND REC TO, TO TAKE ON AND DO WE THINK WHAT WE'RE PAYING NOW IS FAIR? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I WOULD LOOK AT IT BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HUGE HOMELESS DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE IN THE PARKS, BUT THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
SO CAN WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO KIND OF SHIFT, MAYBE SHIFT EXPENSE BACK TO THOSE BOATS? UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT KIND OF POPPED UP FOR ME WAS WE'RE PAYING A LOT OF OVERTIME.
I I NOT OVERTIME WE'RE PAYING A LOT OF, UM,
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UH, TEMPORARY PEOPLE AND WE'RE PAYING, UM, OUTSOURCING.IF WE'RE PAYING TEMPORARY COSTS, WE'RE PAYING OUTSOURCING COSTS AND WE JUST TAKE THAT MONEY AND PAY OUR IRRIGATORS MORE AND THEN HIRE OUR OWN AND KEEP 'EM, RENEE ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
IT'S JUST THE IRRIGATORS HAS JUST BEEN, IT'S JUST BEEN A CHALLENGE IN, IN THE INDUSTRY.
I MEAN WHEN YOU'RE IN A GOOD ECONOMY WITH IRRIGATORS.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS? THEY'RE THE FIRST TO GO TO PRICE SECTOR.
THEY DO, BUT IF WE OUTSOURCE IT, WE'RE PAYING MORE THAN WE WOULD PAY IF WE DID IT INTERNALLY.
SHE DIDN'T, RIGHT? YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.
UM, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT LOOK AT THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES THOUGH BECAUSE IT MEANS SOME JOBS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCE ATTORNEY WE GONNA HAVE TO, TO USE THE OUTSOURCE.
SO WE NEED TO GET THAT ON BOARD.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR HR DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE INCENTIVES.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE TAKING THE TEST BENEFIT.
WE HAVE ONE TAKING TEST THAT RECENTLY.
I THINK WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FIVE OUT EIGHT, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE BENCHMARKED FOR.
UH, SO YOU KNOW, IF WE GET THESE OTHER THREE POSITIONS, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER IRRIGATORS THAT ARE NOT TECHNICALLY IRRIGATOR IN THE IRRIGATOR POSITION THAT DO ALSO HAVE
AND LAST THING, I KNOW MY TIME'S UP, BUT JUST ONE LAST LITTLE THING.
IF WE STOP MOWING ON REGULAR CYCLES, LIKE MAYBE WE SHOULD STRATEGICALLY PLAN THAT RIGHT BEFORE BOND COMES UP FOR VOTING.
'CAUSE THEN PEOPLE WILL THINK, OH, PARKS REALLY NEEDS SOME HELP.
THIS IS A, I I WAS GOING THROUGH IT AND I, I THINK I FELL ASLEEP.
AND I DID A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUDGETING AND IT IS, I IT ISS BORING, RIGHT? UM, I WAS GOING THROUGH IT.
I TRIED TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GIVE DMO HAS NO REVENUE COMING IN ON, ON THE SLIDES.
DID I MISS IT? RIGHT? THE REVENUE WAS IN OTHER AREAS, RIGHT? AS FAR AS FROM THAT HOUSE LINE UP.
BUT WE SHOULD NEVER CUT BACK ON PMO.
WE CAN GIVE THEM MORE AND MORE EVERY YEAR.
AM I RIGHT RICK, MS. JOHNSON? OF COURSE.
UH, UH, BUT GOING BACK TO RECORD SERVICES, UH, UM, BECAUSE ROSS, ACCORDING TO THOSE NUMBERS, AND, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THESE NUMBERS WAY BETTER THAN I DO.
AND, AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK I WAS FALLING ASLEEP, WE'RE PROJECTING THE SPEND ABOUT 220,000 OR 2 25 PER REC CENTER ACCORDING TO THOSE NUMBERS.
FRICTION ON BUDGET ON AVERAGE OR PROBABLY ABOUT THREE 50.
BUT IN, IN, IN THOSE SLIDES, I THINK YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE ONLY GONNA BRING IN 1.2 AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE MONEY YOU CHARGE FOR PROGRAMMING, NOT NECESSARILY FOR RESERVATIONS.
THAT'S NO, SO, SO IT'S ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND I JUST DIDN'T WANNA COMPLICATE IT.
UM, BECAUSE THE PROGRAMS ARE NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTED ALL OF THE PROGRAM FEES.
SUMMER CAMP WOULD BE OUR BIGGEST ONE.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTED HERE.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY AN ADDITIONAL MAYBE SEVEN.
I KNEW, I I KNEW THAT SEPARATE, THE DIFFERENT YOU, YOU MIGHT RECEIVE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT RICK SAID IS MY RECEIPT MONEY FOR RESERVATIONS AND, AND SERVICES AND SPORTS AND ALL THAT.
THEY GET TONS OF REVENUE WHEN THEY, WHEN IT SHOWS THE DEPOSIT.
BUT IT DOESN'T GO ALL THAT WAY.
THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES SHE LOST.
'CAUSE IT GOES INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE, THAT'S WHY I WAS MAKING SURE WE EXPLAINED THAT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT FIXING THE FEE.
I'M, I'M, I AGREE WITH THIS HAS ME ABOUT FIXING FEES AND THEN WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM OR WHATEVER IT IS.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT A MILLION TIMES.
I THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO GO AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT SYSTEM IS.
WHETHER WE, SOMEBODY HAS TO BRING THEIR W2 IN AND PROVE THAT THEY'RE UNDER THE PROPERTY LINE ACCORD, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT WE FIX THAT SO WE CAN STILL GIVE OUT FREE PROGRAMMING, BUT CHARGE THE PEOPLE THAT CAN PAY.
THAT'S BIG ABOUT EVEN OUR SERVICES.
AND NOW YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT SPENDING MONEY EARLIER IN THE OTHER PROGRAMMING BECAUSE THAT'S THE POINT WHICH NOT OUR FUNDS TO, IS THOSE KIND OF PROGRAMMING.
BUT I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH BUDGETING TALKS WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THIS IS OUR TIME TO, TO CHIME IN BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY GETTING ABOUT 3.5 OR A LITTLE BIT LESS OF THE TOTAL $4.63 BILLION BUDGET THAT WE GOT.
WE'RE ONLY GETTING THREE, ABOUT 3.5 OF THAT FOR PARKS.
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KNOW IT'S A THIRD OF THE CITY, RIGHT? WE GET A THIRD OF EVERYTHING, RIGHT.SO WE NEED TO GET, I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED A THIRD OF $4.63 BILLION, BUT WE NEED MORE THAN 1 21 OR 1 22.
SO IT IS TIME TO TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE GOT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, AND THEY'RE HEARING ME OUT THERE.
I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE LISTENING.
UH, UH, CAROLYN, UH, CAROLYN KING AND, AND ARNOLD.
AND THEY'RE ALL BIG PARK SPORTS.
CHAD, UH, EXCUSE ME, MR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.
UH, AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MR. UH, WE NEED ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR.
AND IF YOU'RE LISTENING OUT THERE, I KNOW YOU GUYS LISTEN, WE NEED ONLY 15 MILLION MORE DOLLARS FROM A $4.6 BILLION BUDGET.
THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO MAYBE HIT THIS AND HIT IT RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE CAN GROW OUR REVENUE AND HAVE A BETTER THING.
BUT IT JUST TAKES THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP.
YOU GUYS GOTTA TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THIS AND NOT LET OUR DIRECTOR DO ALL THE, YOU KNOW, MOVING AND SHAKING.
IT'S JUST GET THE 4% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET AND WE'LL MAKE THIS NUMBER EASY.
AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET 10 AND MR. DICKEY PART, CHIME IN ON THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER
BUT WE, WE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET 10.
ALL WE ASKING FOR IS, SO THAT'S IT.
SORRY MR. I THINK I LET MR. DICKEY
WELL, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, ACTUALLY MR. BARRY DID THE CALCULATIONS.
I THINK WE'RE CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 6% OF THE, OF THE OVERALL BUDGET.
AND IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN WE HAD A CHARTER, WE GOT A, PER A DEDICATED PERCENTAGE, IT WAS 10%.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT ON TOUGH TIMES AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A, A CHARTER AMENDMENT FLOATING OUT THERE THAT DEALS WITH OUR, UH, GIVING US A DEDICATED BUDGET.
AND THAT MIGHT GET INTRODUCED EVEN AT THIS LATE STAGE.
SO ANYHOW, UM, TWO, TWO THINGS, THREE THINGS.
UM, I AM PROBABLY, UH, THE SOCIALISTIC MEMBER WHO WAS REFERRED TO EARLIER WHO WAS ALL FOR REDUCING OUR FEES
UM, AND IF I'M NOT THE ONE, WELL I'LL COP TO IT ANYHOW.
UH, I REPRESENT A LOWER INCOME DISTRICT AND I REMEMBER GROWING UP, I DIDN'T PAY ANYTHING TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMS HERE.
AND WE'VE GOT KIDS IN WEST DALLAS AND NORTHWEST DALLAS.
I COULD GO OUT AND MOW A YARD WHEN I WAS A KID AND GET $5.
THEY DON'T HAVE PAPER ROUTES NOW.
SO THERE MUST BE A MIDDLE GROUND.
I KINDA LEANED TO MR. MR HU TO THIS POSITION IS THE 2.9 MILLION THAT WE'RE OUT BECAUSE OF THIS.
SO IF THERE'S A WAY WE COULD NUANCE IT A LITTLE BIT WITHOUT GOING CO YOU KNOW, GOING TOTALLY THE GOING TOTALLY TO THE MARIA HAS LEVEL AND THEN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE TIM DICKEY AND MARIA HAS, IF WE COULD FIND SOMETHING, I WOULDN'T WANNA THROW IT ALL OUT.
MY SECOND THING, UH, TO MY TWO OTHER THINGS ARE YOUTH SPORTS AND OLD CITY PARK ON, UH, SUGGESTION YOUTH SPORTS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ON PAGE 31 OF, OF THE PRESENTATION, UM, WHAT KIND OF TROUBLED ME WAS THE LOW NUMBER WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR YOUTH SPORTS 392,709.
AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT GOLF AND AQUATICS, I MEAN THOSE ARE MULTIMILLIONS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOUTH SPORTS MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
AND ONE THING THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR THAT MAKES ME SAY THAT IS WHEN WE DID NOT USE ALL OUR NUMBER, OUR HOURS AT MONEYGRAM, WE ONLY USED 75 OF THE 1000 HOURS THAT WE COULD HAVE USED.
WHEN I GOT THE MEMO THAT EXPLAINED WHY WE FELL SHORT, ONE OF THE THREE REASONS WAS THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FTES IN YOUTH SPORTS THAT WERE IN A BUDGET ENHANCEMENT THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE COULDN'T FULLY USE MONEYGRAM.
THOSE LOST HOURS THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE AT MONEYGRAM, THAT'S $162,000 OF ACCESS AT 175 AN HOUR, WHICH IS WHAT FC DALLAS CHARGES FOR THOSE FIELDS.
WE LEFT 162,000 OF AVAILABILITY AT THAT GREAT BALLPARK OF THAT GREAT SOCCER PARK THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE DALLAS CUP.
OUR KIDS DIDN'T GET OUT THERE 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FTES AND YOUTH SPORTS.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
FINAL THING IS ON OLD CITY PARK.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A SOLID ONE FOR ME IS WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO INCREASE OUR YOUTH SPORT.
THIS IS JUST, IT'S GOTTA HAPPEN IN MY OPINION.
SECOND THING IS OLD CITY PARK, WE'RE GETTING KILLED.
UM, IF THOSE OF YOU FOLLOW IT, WE'RE GETTING KILLED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE RUMORS PEOPLE SAYING WE'RE GONNA SELL OLD CITY PARK TO DEVELOPERS AND IT'S ALL, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE BUILDINGS AND THE FUR? YOU KNOW, ALL OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
WELL ALL I WANNA SAY IS GOING FORWARD, AS I'VE
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SAID MANY TIMES, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, UNDER THE OLD CONTRACT, OAC WAS SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN THOSE BUILDINGS AND THE CITY NEVER GAVE THEM THE MONEY.AND THOSE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT WE OWN ARE FALLING APART.
OAC HAS MILLIONS OF NEW DOLLARS OF HOTEL TAX MONEY.
AND I'LL SAY WHAT I'VE SAID MANY TIMES, BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN GOING FORWARD IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE AS WE'RE TAKING OVER OLD CITY PARK, I BELIEVE THAT OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO WORK HARD WITHIN CITY HALL TO GET SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT CAN, THAT HOTEL TAX MONEY THAT VISIT DALLAS COLLECTS THAT CAN BE USED UNDER STATE LAW FOR FIXING UP THOSE BUILDINGS.
SO I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES, BUT I'M JUST GONNA REPEAT IT TODAY AND THIS 'CAUSE THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THESE SUGGESTIONS.
THAT'S, THOSE ARE MY, THOSE ARE MY THREE BIG THINGS.
CAN I SAY TMO ON THE LAST ONE THERE IS PROGRESS BEING MADE AND WE WILL HAVE MORE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD IN THE FUTURE HERE AS IT RELATES TO HAVING GOOD CONVERSATIONS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE HOT TAX AND THE HOTEL THAT YOU MENTIONED.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ALONG WITH MS. TOLBERT ON ABOUT CITY PARK AS WELL.
SO I CAN TELL THIS SOME, SOME PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.
THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO PASS THE PET ON TO MS ONE.
RIGHT? WELL I ACTUALLY, UM, MORE HAVE TWO QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL.
UM, WHEN YOU PRESENT IT TO ENVIRONMENTAL, IS THE RESPONSE BECAUSE PARKS AND TRAILS HELP OFFSET A HEAT ISLAND OR IS IT JUST FOR OUR EQUIPMENT THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE, UM, MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY, UM, SOUND OR OR WHAT IS WHAT WHAT YOU OH, PRESENTING TO YES MA'AM.
SO THAT IS THE COMMITTEE THAT WE NOW HOLD INTO, WHICH IS, UM, MARK TRAILS ENVIRONMENTAL.
SO EVERY, UM, DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY GOING FORWARD FOR THIS YEAR THEY ADDED IT NEW.
WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO EACH ONE OF THEIR COMMITTEES THAT THEY REPORT TO OURS PARKS DEVELOP ENVIRONMENTAL.
SO THEY WILL BE SEEING OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR.
SO THEN WHEN WHAT SO ENVIRONMENTAL COMES IN AS, ARE WE PART OF THE HELPING OFFSET OF HEAT ISLAND OR I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NO, THE MAYOR, WHEN THE MAYOR REALIGNED COMMITTEES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
THE OTHER IS THAT, UM, FROM THE 2324 UM, BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, UM, HOW DID YOU FEEL THE SUCCESS WAS AND WHAT ARE YOUR ANTICIPATIONS FROM THIS AS WE GO INTO THAT? BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION LAST YEAR AND I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.
SO, UM, ONCE AGAIN, AND THE REASON WE ADDITIVE TO THE FRONT IS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR FOLLOWED US INTO THIS YEAR.
UM, WE RECEIVED INFLATION MONEY THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN THERE AND IT'S NOT KEEPING
SO WHEN WE SEE THIS, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO COME THROUGH AND HAVE EVERYONE TELL YOU WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEMS WE WERE HAVING WITH STAFFING.
UM, THE, THE HIGH COST OF STAFFING, THE HIGH COST OF THOSE CONTRACTS, THE HIGH COST OF THE MOWING AND TER CONTRACTS.
UM, SO ALL OF THESE HIGH COSTS, THESE HIGH INFLATIONARY COST CONTRACTS ARE FOLLOWING US.
UM, IT IS ONE OF THE STRUGGLES, UM, WE ARE HAVING, AS RENEE HAD MENTIONED, THIS IS US ACTIVELY CHOOSING TO REDUCE SOME OF THOSE SERVICES JUST TO TRY TO KEEP THE COST DOWN TO REMAIN.
AND EVEN DOING THAT WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO BUDGET.
AND GRANTED SOME OF THOSE ARE MORE OF A BUDGET OVERRUN OR READING ON THE NEW FACILITY, BUT IT AFFECTS OUR BUDGET JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REDUCE BUDGETARY COSTS AND THAT IT'S EFFECT
SO THAT HAS FOLLOWED US THIS YEAR.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW US UNTIL UM, WE REACH A POINT WHERE INFLATION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE STATIC AND WE CAN KIND OF CATCH UP, BUT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CATCH UP AT THIS MOMENT.
SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
UM, THE BUDGET OFFICE KNEW WAS HAPPENING.
THAT'S WHY THEY GAVE US ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
EVERYBODY HAD THAT HAPPEN TO THEM.
UM, RENEE MENTIONED THOSE AND I THINK HERE HAS DELIVERY DATES.
THE COST OF GETTING MATERIALS HERE IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
YOU PAY A LOT MORE FOR THOSE MATERIALS THAT IS FOLLOWING US TO THIS YEAR, LATE DELIVERY TIMES.
IT'S FOLLOWING US IN THIS YEAR.
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SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE AFFECTING OUR BUDGET.WE SEE IT MOVING FORWARD, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE SOME OF THE, THE CURRENT ASK IS THAT WE DID NEED HELP TRYING TO CATCH UP TO SOME OF THESE THINGS.
SO WAS IT SUCCESSFUL OR HOW DO YOU COMPARE THAT SUCCESS? GOING BACK TO MY QUESTION THIS YEAR WE ARE TRENDING TO BE OVER BUDGET.
SO THAT IS NOT, UM, THIS IS WHERE 23, 24 IS CURRENTLY SITTING.
THAT 2.4 MILLION OVER BUDGET, UM, IS NOT CONSIDERED IF YOU IS SUCCESSFUL IF YOU CAN'T KEEP UP.
SO YOUR PRESENTATION FROM LAST YEAR, HOW COULD IT HAVE, WAS THERE ANY OVER LIKE YOU COULD LOOK AT IT AND SAID, OH YOU KNOW WHAT, WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS DIFFERENTLY OR WE COULD HAVE PROPOSED THIS DIFFERENTLY TO YOU AS A BOARD.
WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD HAVE BROUGHT IT FORWARD SOONER AND DIFFERENTLY, BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED UM, ANYTHING BECAUSE WE COULD'VE LITERALLY HAD TO VERY DRASTICALLY CUT THE SERVICES.
UM, AND KIND IF YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND YOU SEE THIS PARK SYSTEM, WE GET A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ON THE PARK SYSTEM.
BUT THAT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE CONTRACT AND STAFFING COST TO KEEP THE PARK SYSTEM LOOKING THE WAY IT'S OKAY.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS THAT WHEN WE VOTE ON ALL THESE ORDER, THESE WORK ORDER CHANGES NEED THEM CONSTANTLY, CONSTANTLY CONFLICT.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE BUDGET? OKAY, SO THOSE WORK ORDER CHANGES ARE AFFECTING THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH DOESN'T NECESSARILY AFFECT THE OPERATING.
UM, THE ONLY WAY WHAT ACTUALLY WHAT DOESN'T AFFECT AT ALL BECAUSE IT'S, EVEN IF YOU CONSIDER THE STAFFING, IT'S, IT'S NOT A ISSUE WITH THE OPERATING.
WHAT IS AFFECTS US ON THE CAPITAL SIDE HAS NOT HAD THE
YOU'RE NOT SEEING ACTUALLY THE CHANGE ORDERS ON THE CAPITAL SIDE.
YOU'RE SEEING THE COST OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY TO MAINTAIN.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE OUR PARTNERS NOT BEING ABLE TO RAISE THE MONEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING THEY CAN DO WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OR NOT CAN PARTNERS RAISING THEIR MONEY ONLY IF WE'RE GOING TO GO THEIR FUNDING.
SO LIKE FAIR PARK FIRST BUDGET SHORTFALL HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING IN HERE.
THAT'S JUST A OKAY SO THE BUDGET SHORTFALL IS PAGE SIX? YEAH, THAT, THAT, UH, YEAH WE ARE, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT A LITTLE FURTHER.
I'M JUST KIND OF SEEING IF THERE'S ANY OH YEAH.
THAT, THAT TOO ARE NOT CONNECTED AT ALL.
WELL I'M SORRY THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.
SO CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY SAY ABOUT FAIR PARK FIRST? I, I CAN SAY THAT YEAH THEY ARE EXPERIENCED IN A BUDGET SHORTFALL.
I CAN AND THAT MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD RELATES TO THE BUDGET SHEETS.
SO NOTHING MORE THAN WE CAN DISCUSS.
I MEAN NO MORE THAN, UH, NO MORE THAN IT BEING WRITTEN IN A PIECE OF DOCUMENT.
YEAH, I MEAN THAT IS A EXPERIENCE AND UH, I'M ASKING THEM TO JUST LIKE, I GOTTA DO TIGHTEN UP MY BELT.
I'M ASKING THEM TO TIGHTEN UP THEIR BELT TOO AND UH, YEAH, I'M REVIEWING THEIR BUDGET.
A LOT OF IT, I, MOST OF WHAT I HAD TAKEN DOWN WAS SAID PROBABLY MORELY THAN I WOULD SAY, BUT I DO AGREE WITH MS. HASTY IN PARTICULAR ABOUT COSTS SUCH AS THE HEART TEAM CLEAN UP, UM, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT BEARING THE BURDEN OF THINGS THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THIS CITY OUGHT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
IT NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, FULLY ON, ON OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, IN CERTAIN CASES.
UM, AND THEN WHAT KIND OF DATA, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED, BUT IF WE DO REDUCE UM, LIKE LITTER PICKUP OR MOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE DO IT.
WHERE WE, WHERE IT'S REALLY NEEDED AND WHERE, IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE ON HOW WE DO IT, YOU CAN JUST STAY HERE.
YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY STRATEGIC ABOUT IT.
WE KNOW THE SITES, UM, THAT ARE OUR SIGNATURE SITES THAT WE HAVE SO MANY, UM, YOU KNOW, PATRONS IN THE PARK.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY CONTINUE THE HIGHER LEVEL MORE
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CYCLES, SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT STRATEGIC VIEW PROCESSES.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO US IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CITIZENS TO ENSURE WE ALL AGREE WITH.
UM, SOUNDS GOOD THAT, UM, I, THIS MAY NOT BE SUBSTANTIAL, BUT I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THE COSTS OF ALL THE EVENTS WE'VE PUT ON BOTH IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL COST AND THE, AND THE HOURS.
'CAUSE I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WOULD DISAGREE, BUT I THINK WE DO TOO MANY EVENTS, PARTICULARLY ON THE WEEKEND, THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE OTHER WAYS.
UM, AND SO I, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE LOOKING AT CUTS, LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD LIVE WITHOUT IN SOME CASES.
I KNOW PEOPLE WOULD DISAGREE, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHERE I'M ON THAT.
UM, ON SLIDE 34, I APOLOGIZE IF THIS WAS ALREADY ANSWERED, BUT WHAT, WHY WAS THE, WHY ARE THE SEASON PASS SALES DOWN BY 2000? WE DON'T HAVE FOR JOHN MORRIS HERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I MEAN THAT SEEMS LIKE, I GUESS I COULD SEE THE NUMBERS, UM, STILL IN THE COVID TIMES, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, AS WELL AS THE RESERVATIONS GOING DOWN BY PROJECTED 4,000 SHOULD BE, WELL, WELL I THINK THE SEASON PASS JUST PROJECTED.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT, THAT'S HOW I READ THAT IS PROTECTED FOR YEAR.
I DO WANNA SAY ABOUT THE ADVANCE AND I APPRECIATE, UH, YOU BRINGING IT UP MR. GOLDSTEIN AND BECAUSE RENEE BRINGS UP TO ME ALL THE TIME THAT HER TEAM IS STRETCH STAYING WITH EVENTS A LITTLE BIT POPULAR, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BOARD MEMBERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BUT IT IS, WE WAS NEVER BUDGETED FOR THE AMOUNT OF EVENTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TAKING.
SO AT SOME POINT WE EITHER GONNA HAVE TO ASK FOR A BUDGET REQUEST, WE'RE GOING TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT STRATEGICALLY HOW TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF, JUST TO ADD ON THAT, WHAT I'M SEEING THAT SOME OF OUR BIG PARTNERS ALSO YOU ARE VERY DEPENDENT, THEY'RE LEANING TOO MUCH ON US TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS.
SO MAYBE THAT'S A PRIORITY TYPE, BUT THESE ARE THREE SIGNIFICANT PARTNERS AND I SEE THEY KEEP ON ASKING THEIR HELP AND WE HELP THEM, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
BUT MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE DECIDE A PRIORITY LIST THAT WHICH ARE ALL EVENTS WHICH WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A BIGGER PARTNER WITH THEIR OWN ECOSYSTEM AND ALL, THEN THEY, THEY NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
YEAH, AND I, I WAS GONNA, I HAVE ASKED STAFF TO DEVELOP A POLICY TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD THAT WHEN IT RELATES TO EVENTS, BECAUSE WE MAY SAY THESE TYPE OF EVENTS, THIS IS ALL WE DO, YOU KNOW, THIS LEVEL, THIS IS WHAT WE DO WHEN WE BRING OUT ALL THE CHAIRS AND THE TABLES AND WE GOT MAINTENANCE WORK IN THE EVENT, BUT WE NEED TO REALLY DEFINE WHAT EVENTS WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT AND AT WHAT LEFT.
UM, MR. NER, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
A FEW THINGS I'LL BOUNCE AROUND A LITTLE BIT, UM, TO THE POINT THAT MS HAS RAISED EARLIER, UM, ON OUR TRAILS, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF THESE ARE COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY TRAILS TOO.
DO WE GET ANY MONEY FROM THE COUNTY TO HELP SUBSIDIZE AND THESE ARE TRANSPORTATION AVENUES AS WELL IN ADDITION TO RECREATIONAL ONES.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET MORE FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY FOR OUR TRAILS THAT ARE CO-BRANDED AS CITY OF DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY TRAILS? IF I CAN ASK THAT QUESTION.
THE COUNTY, UH, POLICY HAS ALWAYS BEEN, THEY WILL SUPPORT US ON CAPITAL PARKS AS WELL.
I MEAN LIKE SOME OF OUR OPEN SPACE IN TRAIL, BUT THEY WON'T SUPPORT US ON O AND I'VE APPROACHED THEM SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY WILL COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE WILL, WE CAN SUPPLEMENT YOU WITH SOME TYPE OF CAPITAL.
BUT IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD CERTAINLY ADVOCATE TO JUDGE JENKINS AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT CHANGE POLICY OF THE COUNTY IN SO THE COUNTY COULD FUND SOME OF THE STRIPS? YES.
LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT THAT, UM, AS THE, UM, ONE THING I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE, AND I KNOW YOU WOULD, 'CAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SO MUCH OF TIMES, BUT TO INCREASE THE IN-HOUSE TEAM OF, UH, PLANNING AND DESIGN WHAT
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CAN BE DONE IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTING NEW PROJECTS? YES.WHAT Y'ALL DID AT CAMPBELL GREEN, MR. CONNOR'S NOT HERE WITH THE, UH, PICKLEBALL COURT HERE AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AT CHURCHILL PARK WITH THE IN-HOUSE PICKLEBALL.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE MORE FUNDING FOR STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO IT, BUT IF WE CAN BRING IN MORE STAFF TO BE DOING THESE PROJECTS, I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, IT'LL BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, UM, HAVE SUBMITTED, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING A BUDGET ENHANCEMENT.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED ME THE COSTS.
AND WE WILL TELL YOU, BESIDES ME BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE BOARD, I'VE ALREADY BEEN SPEAKING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THIS ENHANCEMENT COMING THEIR WAY, ENHANCEMENTS FORWARD.
IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, UH, THEY CAN DO GREAT, UH, HORIZONTAL PROJECTS LIKE TRIO PROJECTS LIKE PICKLEBALL, COURTS, BASKETBALL COURTS, THEY CAN DO CATALOG PAVILIONS.
THAT ALL CAN BE DONE IN HOUSE AT A MUCH REDUCED COST.
AND IF WE, AND IF WE COULD GET, UH, ONE OR TWO TEAMS ESTABLISHED, YOU COULD PROBABLY, THEY COULD PROBABLY COULD DO ABOUT 14 TO 15 OF THESE PROJECTS IN HERE.
LIKE, BESIDES, CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE? THE CAMPBELL GREEN PICKLEBALL, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A SHINING EXAMPLE.
BUT CAN YOU GIVE SOME BOARD SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF YEAH.
GOOD EXAMPLE IS THEY HAVE, THEY CAN PUT IN LOOP RAILS IN THE FALL.
I'VE GOT LOTS OF PROJECTS THAT I KNOW YOU ALL PROBABLY DO TOO.
THINGS THAT WE WOULDN'T NEED TO OUTSOURCE OR HAVEN'T DONE INHOUSE.
YEAH, THEY CAN, THEY CAN REPLACE BACKSTOPS, YOU KNOW, AT OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS.
WELL, YEAH, LET'S, LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN FUND THAT FURTHER.
UM, I RAISED THIS IN THE COMMITTEE JUST MEETING, UH, BUT I, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THIS WILL MAKE, BUT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY WE SHOULD BE CHARGING NON-RESIDENTS MORE TO USE OUR FACILITIES THAN CITY RESIDENTS.
SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S STUFF WITHIN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS CONTEMPLATING THAT CITY RESIDENTS WILL BE PAYING THE SAME THINGS, NON-RESIDENTS, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THERE.
I KNOW WE DO IT AT BONHAMA BEACH, AND I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR MR. DICKEY HAS COME AROUND ON THIS.
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS MORNING THAT I HAD CONVINCED HIM THAT THIS IS THE WAY TO GO.
SO EVEN IF IT'S A SMALL INCREASE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BRING AN EXTRA MONEY FOR US.
AND, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, I'M, I'M A LITTLE AFRAID TO ASK THIS, BUT CLARIFY VERIFY FIRST, AND I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA GIVE 'EM THE LEGAL AT ALL, BUT IF THEY CAN'T MAKE UP THE BUDGET, THEN ARE WE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE OR WHAT HAPPENS THERE? I MEAN, IN THEIR CONTRACT, THEY CAN MAKE A REPORT EACH YEAR.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY GET, OKAY.
I I, WE CAN, I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO EXACTLY.
JUST CURIOUS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
AND ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, MS. MANDEL, ASKED, ASKED, UM, WAS THE BUDGET SUCCESSFUL? I HAVE TO SAY THAT THEY MADE YOU CRY TODAY,
SO, UM, OUR PARK SERVICE PEOPLE AND OUR, OUR PEOPLE AT THE REC CENTERS, I THINK YOU GUYS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH WHAT YOU GUYS, UM, ACTUALLY HAVE.
I AGREE WITH MS.
UM, BUT THERE AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY.
UM, BUT I LIKE THE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY THAT ANOTHER PERSON TALKED ABOUT.
SO I PERSONALLY THINK THAT'S A WAY TO GO.
UM, MR. PATRICK, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVER PRESENTED TO US.
UM, I THINK YOU PRESENTED VERY WELL, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, AND, UH, OVERALL, UM, OUR BUDGET, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE OVER.
UM, WE ARE HERE FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE KEEP EXPANDING IN OUR CITY.
UM, WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO, UM, OUTDO OURSELVES, ADD MORE STUFF TO OUR, UM, SERVICE, UM, PLATFORMS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS, RYAN AND, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP SPONSORSHIPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT CREATIVE WAYS TO, UM, BE BETTER, UM, STEWARDS OF THAT MONEY AND TO MAKE MORE MONEY, UM, FROM OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
UM, BUT THE BUDGET PROCESS IS NOT FUN FOR ANYBODY.
UM, I, I MEAN, WEIRD FOLKS MUST LIKE DOING THAT, BUT, UM, IT, IT CAN'T
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BE, UM, FUN TO TELL PEOPLE NO, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS.SO I'M GLAD THAT WE SAY YES TO THE MAJORITY OF THINGS.
UM, I KNOW NOBODY WANTS TO SEE A SHORTFALL, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE DON'T WANNA SEE PEOPLE NOT HAVE.
UM, AND, UM, THERE'S SO MANY GOOD THINGS COMING.
UM, I AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, RIBBON CUTTINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AT LEAST WE GOT ONE DISTRICT DOWN THAT WE DON'T NEED ANY.
AND SO WE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY TO SPREAD.
I'M JUST KIDDING, MR. UM, WE, UH, I, I AGREE THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS CAN BE COMBINED.
A LOT OF
BUT YET IF THE PARTNERS TAKE ALL OF IT, THEN WE'RE MAD TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A WIN LOSE, LOSE, LOSE, WIN.
UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN WE FOCUS ON OUR PARKS, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WIN.
WHEN WE FOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE REALLY HERE FOR TOGETHER AND WE FOCUS ON OUR PARKS, WE'RE HERE ABOUT OUR PEOPLE IN OUR PARKS, AND WE ALL WIN.
WHEN WE HAVE A CLEAN PARK, WHEN WE HAVE A GOOD PARK, WHEN WE HAVE GOOD PROGRAMMING, GOOD PLANNING, WE ALL WIN.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR WHAT THEY DO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT EVERYBODY'S INPUT AND EVERYTHING, AND WITHOUT THE DIFFERENCES OF EVERYBODY HERE ALL FIGHTING IT OUT, GETTING OUT, FIGHTING, MAKING EACH OTHER MAD, HAPPY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME DYNAMIC AND THE SAME OUTPUT.
SO IT, IT'S ALL A ECOSYSTEM, AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO BE BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.
ONE OF MY GREATEST JOYS AS A PARK BOARD MEMBER IS WORKING WITH AND, AND REPRESENTING OUR PARTNERS, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE THE LARGEST, BIGGEST PARTNERS TO THE, ITS BIGGEST FRIENDS GROUPS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND EVEN TO THE FRIENDS GROUPS THAT HAVEN'T EVEN HATCHED YET.
UH, I CONSTANTLY LET THEM KNOW WHEN WE SPEAK, UM, HOW MUCH WE CELEBRATE THEM, HOW MUCH WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
AND I ALSO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT CAN'T DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITHOUT THEM, THAT MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD, AND IT MAKES THEM FEEL REWARDED AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT IN, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 AND EVEN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, UH, WE HAVE THE UNIQUE KIND OF PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING OUR DOWNTOWN PARKS AND PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL.
UH, SO WHILE I THINK WE DO AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSCRIPT, SOME OF OUR SMALLER, KIND OF EASIER TO MANAGE ONES, UH, I I DO SENSE A, LIKE, SOME BIT OF LIKE LACK OF CLARITY AND PROCESS ON, ON HOW WE DEFINE AND EXECUTE THESE AGREEMENTS WITH LARGER AGREEMENTS, WITH THESE LARGER PARTNERS.
SO IN MY EXAMPLE, I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FOUR BRAND NEW PARKS THAT WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN, AND THE DOZENS OF OTHERS BY OUR PARTNERS THERE.
DOWN DALLAS PARKS, DOWNTOWN DALLAS, SOUTH PARKS CONSERVANCY, DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC.
AND ONLY CAN THROW THROW IN UPTOWN DALLAS INC.
AND OUR WOODALL ROGERS PARKS FOUNDATION WILL FIVE MORE.
UM, I DIDN'T SEE ANY REFERENCE TO PARTNERSHIPS IN THE PMO SLIDES, UM, FROM A MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE, UM, I DIDN'T SEE IT REFERENCED IN THE SWOT ANALYSIS.
I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN A WONDERFUL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE WHERE THE DEPARTMENT THINKS WE FALL IN THAT MIX WITH SOME OF THESE LARGER PARTNERS.
UM, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH, WITH THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS.
UM, AND IT, THE OTHER THING I DIDN'T SEE, AT LEAST FROM A BUDGET SHARE PERSPECTIVE IS, IS HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE THEM.
AND I DON'T EXPECT ANY ANSWERS RIGHT NOW.
I, I GET IT THAT YOU'RE GOING REQUIRE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS, BUT, BUT AS SOMEONE WHO'S APPOINTED TO, UM, WORK WITH THESE EXTERNAL PARTNERS TOO, UH, AND ALONGSIDE THE PARK DEPARTMENT, SO WE'RE PARTNERS AND THEN WE'RE PARTNERS WITH THESE PARTNERS, UH, I DO THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO, TO WORK TOWARDS MORE CLARITY AND JUST SOME OF MY RECENT CONVERSATIONS, I'M JUST SENSING NOT ENOUGH CLARITY.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FIND A WAY TO WORK ON FROM A BUDGETARY AND NON BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WE'D ALL APPRECIATE THAT.
WE'D ALL BE, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, AND JUST ULTIMATELY WE DON'T WANT THESE PARTNERS TO LEAVE US.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT'S, WHAT'S RIGHT.
SO, MR.
I THINK WE DO AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES, BUT THEY'RE NORMAL CHALLENGES.
I'M THINKING WITH THE LARGER, RIGHT.
THE ONES WHO HAVE, UH, HIGHER NEEDS.
I, I JUST, I JUST SENSE THAT THERE'S JUST SOME CLARITY ON, ON WHAT DOES THE DEPARTMENT DO, WHAT WOULD THEY DO? BECAUSE THEIR NEEDS ARE, ARE SO GREAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WAS TRYING TO DO THERE.
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I DON'T THINK I, I DON'T WANNA BE MISINTERPRETED YET.ON, ON MY ROUND TWO, I'LL BE BRIEF.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WHEN WE CONSIDER THE 400, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT MORE AND LEARN MORE IN THE FUTURE, BUT THE $400,000 SHORTFALL FOR FAIR PARK FIRST, I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE RAN IT, UH, WHEN, UH, I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD IN 2017, WE WERE SPENDING 14 MILLION A YEAR FOR US TO RUN FAIR PARK.
AND OF THE PRESENTERS, WE HAD THE CHOICES.
WE HAD ONE OF THE GROUPS WAS GONNA CHARGE US 22 MILLION OR THEREABOUTS.
THE OTHER WAS JUST A LITTLE SOUTH OF THAT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, WHAT FAIR PARK FIRST HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO, UM, JUST I'D LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO KEEP IN MIND.
THEY WERE NEW, IT WAS A WEIRD SETUP.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO, I'M OBVIOUSLY ON THE SIDE.
I'M FOR THEM AND FOR SUPPORTING THEM WITH THIS MONEY, BUT I JUST WANT TO LOBBY.
'CAUSE I GET, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I GUESS WE HAVE TO GET TO EIGHT ON THIS TO REMEMBER, THEY'RE SAVING US A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY OVER WHAT WE WERE SPENDING OR WHAT WE WOULD'VE BEEN SPENDING.
AND I THINK CUTTING THEM A LITTLE BIT OF SLACK AND HELPING THEM IN THAT WAY WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
AS YOU SAID, I THINK WE'LL KEEP ON TALKING AND THEN RETALKING AND RETALKING.
SO YEAH, I THINK AS YOU SEND THE MATERIALS, THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE GO THROUGH.
AND IF THAT FORMAT IS DONE, KIND OF FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, MY EXPERIENCE.
BRITTANY DOES HAVE, DUE TO THE WEATHER, WE WILL BE CANCELING ON SATURDAY, OUR
UH, WE ARE IN COMMUNICATING WITH THE GROUPS, UH, THAT ARE ALREADY SCHEDULED TO WORK.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, AT A LATER DATE.
UH, BUT THE IS MY PART DAY IS GONNA BE CANCELED DUE TO MR. ROSS ALSO HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
IF YOU ALL SEE MORE OF ME TODAY THAN YOU HAVE ME HERE, UH, JUST A QUICK UPDATE.
I A COUPLE ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION,
I SENT A COUPLE OF EMAILS TO YOU ALL FOR MOTHER'S DAY.
AND SO WE DO HAVE AN RSVP DEADLINE BECAUSE WE NEED TO SECURE THE NUMBERS WITH THE HOTEL.
DID YOU HAVE THAT EMAIL IN YOUR INBOX AS WELL AS AN EMAIL INVITING YOU TO COME OUT ON MAY 4TH, UM, TO SENIOR HILLS REATION CENTER FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH WALK THAT WE'RE DOING IN COLLABORATION WITH RICK ELLIS, FORMER DALLAS COWBOY PLAYER TURN COACH.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE BOTH OF THOSE EMAILS.
IF YOU DON'T, THEN LET ME KNOW, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNOW YOU'RE PERSONALLY INVITED.
MY PART DAY WAS, UH, CANCELED BECAUSE I WAS, HAD PLANS AROUND IT, BUT WE'LL GET TO IT 'CAUSE, UM, BUT ALSO I WANNA INVITE EVERYBODY TO, UH, EARTH DAY AT KISS BREAK.
IF IT'S STILL ON, I'LL GET, I'LL FIND OUT.
SORRY, I'LL FIND OUT LATER ON AFTERNOON.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE SATURDAY AT KISS BREAK AND AT KEYS, IT'S NOT MY DISTRICT, BUT IT'S HAPPENING ALSO AT KEYS.
UH, WHICH, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ARNOLD.
SO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THERE, BE APPRECIATED.
AND LAST ONE, WE HAVE ANOTHER EARTH DAY, ALSO AT LAKE CLIFF PARK.
WE LOVE OUR EARTH AND, AND OAK PLACE.