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I CRACK.[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on May 2, 2024.]
MORNING.I NOW CALL THE MAY 2ND, 2024 PARK AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING TO ORDER AT 10:00 AM UH, RIGHT NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UNLESS MR. UH, O SLAUGHTER.
MR. SLAUGHTER, DO YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? YES.
FIRST OF ALL, MR.
I WISH AND HOPE THAT EVERY STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE DISTRICT WOULD DO THIS.
UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS HAS INITIATED A $10 MILLION TO THE PARKS IN OUR DISTRICT, AND WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTED.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE FOR US TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND HAVE HER TO BE MORE INVOLVED.
I KNOW IF I GAVE $10 MILLION, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME INFORMATION AND, AND BE INVOLVED IN PLANNING.
AND I GOT TO SAY THAT CHRIS, WORKING HARD ON THIS, AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU GO TO YOUR STICK.
WHAT IS HAPPENING? UH, MY COUNCIL MEMBER, NOT ONLY IS THIS SHUTTING MOM, THE DISCRETIONARY, THIS ADDS TO DISCRETIONARY MONEY.
SO NOW WE CAN GO IN A COUPLE, SOME BATHROOMS, WHICH WE DEFINITELY NEEDED.
SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE HER HER KUDOS.
I'D LIKE FOR THIS BURDEN TO ALSO BE ON BOARD WITH HER, ON GIVING HER THE INFORMATION TO BE TRANSPARENCY AND LET HER
SO I LIKE TO JUST THANK HER AND THINK IT'S GOOD WITH HER FOR WHAT YOU DO.
NOW WE WILL INVITE OUR, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS TO SPEAK.
MADAME SECRETARY, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR, ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL S REMARKS OR WORSHIP SLAUGHTER COURT WILL MEETING FIRST SPEAKER, MS.
MS. MARTINEZ, WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
AND YOUR THREE MINUTES BEGINS.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT HARD TO HEAR YOU ALL.
SO, UM, FORGIVE ME IF I, UH, AM NOT FOLLOWING THE EXACT PROTOCOL.
UM, BUT I, I THINK YOU SAID, DIRECT MY COMMENTS TO THE CHAIRPERSON.
SO I, I JUST WANNA THANK THE CHAIRPERSON FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE OUTDOOR VENTURES PROGRAM.
UM, MY NAME IS BARRETT NASH AND MY SON JOSEPH, WHO'S NINE YEARS OLD AND IN THE FOURTH GRADE, UM, HAS BEEN A PART OF THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURES PROGRAM.
UM, THIS WILL BE HIS THIRD SUMMER.
UM, AND WE CONSIDER THE PROGRAM AN INCREDIBLY VALUABLE ASSET TO THE CITY.
WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, WHY I CAME UP WITH REALLY THREE REASONS.
WE HAVE THREE KIDS, MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH WORK.
AND, UM, THE AVERAGE COST OF, UH, SUMMER CAMP NOW IS ABOUT $400 A WEEK, UH, WITH THE HOURS OF NINE TO TWO.
UM, BUT THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURES PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY AFFORDABLE FOR US, BUT UM, IT OFFERS US AN EIGHT 30 TO FIVE 30 SCHEDULE, WHICH IS, UM, INCREDIBLY VALUABLE FOR, TO WORK WITH PARENTS, UM, WHO, YOU KNOW, NEED SOMEWHERE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO BE, UM, KEPT OCCUPIED AND SAFE WHILE THEY'RE AT WORK.
UM, THE OTHER REASON THAT I THINK THIS PROGRAM IS SO VALUABLE IS BECAUSE MY SON ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT.
HE, UH, YOU KNOW, IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GETTING UP AND GOING EVERY DAY.
HE KNOWS HE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A FRIEND THERE.
IT'S THE FIRST THING HE ASKS TO DO, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUMMER PLANS.
UM, AND THEY OFFER PROGRAMMING THAT NO OTHER, UH, EVEN CITY PROGRAM OFFERS, THINGS LIKE ARCHERY AND KAYAKING AND NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AND GEOCACHING.
UM, AND SO HE KEPT BUSY AND OUTDOORS AND ACTIVE AND LOVES IT, AND HE LOVES BEING THERE.
UM, AND THE THIRD REASON IS THAT IT'S TRULY A PARENT'S DREAM.
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HOME TIRED AND DIRTY EVERY DAY, UM, AND, UM, EXCITED ABOUT GOING THE NEXT DAY AND TALKING TO US ABOUT WHAT HE'S LEARNED AND, UM, HOW HE'S GROWN.UH, AND REALLY EXCITED FOR US TO GET TO BE THERE AT THE END OF EVERY WEEK AND, UM, SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I COULD NOT SPEAK MORE HIGHLY OF THE PROGRAM.
I COULD NOT SPEAK MORE HIGHLY TO, UM, LOGISTICALLY PLAN AND EXECUTE AND PREPARE FOR THE KIDS EVERY SUMMER THEY OFFER HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING, WHICH IS TRULY VALUABLE FOR US, AND HE'S ALWAYS LOOKING TO BE THERE AS WELL.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS HE FEEL REALLY PRIVILEGED TO LIVE IN DALLAS.
AND, UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER MYSELF REALLY PRIVILEGED TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY DO ABOUT IT TODAY.
SO THANK, THANK YOU, MS. NASH.
I'M GONNA GIVE MS. MARTINEZ ONE MARTINEZ, ISABEL MARTINEZ.
BEFORE THAT, MADAM UH, MA'AM, PLEASE MAKE A COMMENT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK MS. NASH FOR, UH, COMING AND TELLING THE BOARD ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE BECAUSE, UH, I BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE VERY BEST THINGS WE DO FOR LOTS OF REASONS.
BUT THE REASON I'M SPEAKING IS I JUST WANTED TO SAY, 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED AFFORDABILITY, AND I WAS A PRODUCT OF THE DALLAS PARK AND REC SPONSORED CODE THING WITH THE YMCA AT CAMP KIWANIS ON TALKING LANE AS A YOUNG LATCHKEY KID.
AT THE TIME, IT WAS $90 A WEEK AND NO, SORRY, IT WAS $10 A WEEK AND MY PARENTS COULD AFFORD IT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY CHARGING LESS NOW THAN THAT WE DID IN 1962 FOR THE CAMP KIWANIS PROGRAM.
THAT CHANGED MY LIFE AND BENEFITED ME.
AND THIS PROGRAM, OUTDOOR ADVENTURES, ESPECIALLY AT SAMUEL FARM, WITH ALL IT OFFERS, DESERVES EVERY SUPPORT THIS DEPARTMENT CAN DO.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO IN THIS CITY, IS TAKE KIDS LIKE ME, WHOSE PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD EXPENSIVE CAMPS, AND THAT ARE SPONSORED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND GET TO GO AND HAVE THESE EXPERIENCES, CHANGES LIVES.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SAYING THAT, AND ALSO PUT IT OUT TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
I HOPE TO JOIN ME AND DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY MAKE, THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN LIVES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. DICKEY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, MS. NASH FOR, FOR SHARING YOUR WONDERFUL WORDS WITH US ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT IT IS MADE ON YOUR FAMILY AND ON YOU AND YOUR SON.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER? AND, OKAY, THANK YOU.
NOW WE ARE AT THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION, RIGHT? MR. SLA? DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, MR. WITTA.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A SERVICE PRICE AGREEMENT FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, UM, MR. BLAIR, DO I HAVE A SECOND? UM, MS. HUSBANDY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS? ALL THOSE? OH, MRTA ALL THE NUMBER ONE? YES.
UH, MR. HUTA, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? UH, UH, YEAH.
SO THIS GOING, THIS IS GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN ALL THE REC CENTERS ALSO.
AND DO YOU WANNA KIND OF GIVE A QUICK HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT CARO GRAPH WILL CAPTURE IN THE ACID INVENTORY? SO THE ADDED ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TECHNICALLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE MANAGING THE ASSETS ON THE PARK SYSTEM SO THAT WE BE INTO WATER FOUNTAINS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT COULD AT SOME POINT WE USED FOR THAT.
WE DO MANAGE OUR ASSETS INDIVIDUALLY ON ANOTHER SYSTEM DIRECT CENTER.
AND, AND, UM, SO THIS GONNA BE, ARE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS OR IS THAT, IS, UH, A, A CONTRACT COMPANY'S GONNA BE DOING IT, GO OUT AND USUALLY WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY GO OUT AND TAKE PICTURES AND MARCH THAT, THE SYSTEM? OKAY, SO THE SYSTEM IN ITSELF, IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION.
SO IT WOULD BE SOME STAFF, UM, ASSISTANCE AND GETTING THIS LOADED, BUT THEN THERE WOULD BE SOME OTHER INFORMATION ALREADY HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM THAT THEY COULD UPLOAD INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO WE WOULD WE JUST ASK THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO AN AUDIT OF
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ASSETS ON THE PROCESS? ABSOLUTELY AGREE.I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE LOSE THINGS ABOUT KNOWING THAT THEY WERE THERE OR MAYBE A BENCH SHOWS UP MISSING ONE DAY, IT'S THERE ONE DAY AND GONE NEXT DAY.
UH, BUT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY TO KEEP TRACK OF IT.
UM, HAVE WE DONE THIS BEFORE? IS THIS NEW? I WAS READING THE, THE DETAILS ON IT AND IT FELT LIKE IT'S NEW OR IS IT ORIGINALLY? SO THIS IS A REPLACEMENT CURRENTLY THE, UM, MAINTENANCE GROUP DOES HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE, UM, THAT IT'S BEING USED TO MANAGE SOME OF THOSE ASSETS TO PROVIDE US SOME OF THE COSTS USE
HOWEVER, THIS SYSTEM IS MORE OF A COMBINATION.
IT WOULD BE AN ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLANNING TEAM FOR ALL OF THOSE ASSETS THAT ARE IN THE PARK SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD THEN GENERATE WORK ORDERS FOR THE, UM, PARK MAINTENANCE TEAM.
SO IT IS ACTUALLY GOING BE USED BY TWO, UM, DIVISIONS AT THIS POINT WILL BE EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO ALL OF THE ASSETS WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM.
UM, ORIGINALLY THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE PLANNING TEAM WANTING TO DO, UM, A NEEDS INVENTORY ASSESSMENT.
IT WILL HELP US WITH OUR NEEDS INVENTORY ASSESSMENT TO TELL US WHAT THE PARK SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE TO MANAGE THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IT ALSO BE USED FOR, UM, THE MAINTENANCE TICKETS THAT GO UP ON THE NUMBERS.
THIS IS A, A VERY MUCH MORE ROBUST SYSTEM THAN WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING.
YOU ANY QUESTION? DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RENEWAL OF A CURRENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH SHES YOUR JEALOUS.
UM, MS. MONDELL, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? WE DO.
I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION FROM FIVE YEARS TO, UH, WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW AN ADDIT IN ADDITION TO I HOLD ON.
SO I'D LIKE TO AMEND FROM THE FIVE YEARS TO RENEWAL FOR A ONE YEAR WITH AN, WITH AN OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS SUBJECT TO PARK COURT APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? UM, MR. MR. SLAUGHTER ANY, UH, DISCUSSION? DO WE OKAY.
SO I AM A HUGE FAN OF SHAKESPEARE DALLAS.
I AM IN THE BUSINESS, IN THE FILM BUSINESS.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED SHAKESPEARE DALLAS.
I'VE NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING FOR FREE.
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SUPPORT THE ARTS.
UM, AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS, SINCE FOR 15 OR SO YEARS, I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED SHAKESPEARE DALLAS.
WHAT WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT SINCE 2019, YOU'VE ONLY RECEIVED $1,800 IN CASH FROM THEM, PLUS FREE TICKETS.
AND WE PROVIDE ALL THE GROUND MAINTENANCE AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE.
SO IN OUR BUILDING, OUR, OUR GROUND MAINTENANCE SINCE 2018 HAS BEEN A LITTLE UNDER $15,000 THAT WE INCUR ON THE CITY.
AND THEY DON'T PAY US RENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, AND THEN THE BUILDING SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE, I'M STILL GETTING NUMBERS FOR BUILDING SERVICES, BUT WE SPENT $575,496 DURING THE FREEZE ON THEIR PAVILION AND OTHER BUILDING, UM, THAT IS THERE BECAUSE OF THEM.
SO THEY'RE, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE JUST, WE NEED TO, THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING WITHIN THE CITY AND OUR, WITH OUR PATRONS.
UM, AND, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR, UM, INFORM THEIR SITUATION, THEIR COMMUNICATION WITHIN THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT, AND GIVE THEM THAT YEAR TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND COME BACK TO US, UM, WITHOUT DOING ANY INCREASE OF FEES OR ANYTHING.
THEY CAN GO BACK TO THEIR DONORS FOR FUNDRAISING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEY CAN GET BACK ON THEIR FEET WITHIN THAT ONE YEAR AND THEN COME BACK TO US.
UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS REALLY FOR THE ATTORNEYS.
THIS SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE'RE CHANGING THEIR ORIGINAL.
CAN WE, THIS ISN'T CHANGING THEIR AGREE.
UM, UH, LET'S, IS, UH, MS. UH, RUSS'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HEAR FROM, UH, MS. UH, VANNER OR CITY ATTORNEY THAT'S PRESENT? YES.
UM, SINCE WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE, UH, OR
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WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WRAPPING UP THE INITIAL TERM, THE FIVE YEAR RENEWAL PERIODS, THERE'S TWO OF 'EM AND THEY ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTOR.UM, I, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THIS PARTICULAR MOTION.
I FEEL LIKE, UM, THERE, THEY HAVE BEEN A GOOD PARTNER.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
UM, UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED, UH, IN ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE SOME OF THEIR FINANCIAL INFORMATION GOING BACK THERE.
FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY A HUGE AMOUNT OF PHILANTHROPY.
THERE'S ONLY A HUGE AMOUNT OF PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS THAT GET COMES INTO THAT, UH, TO THAT.
SO I THINK BY JUST PUSH, KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD HERE IS NOT GONNA CHANGE MUCH.
UM, SO I FEEL LIKE THE FIVE YEAR IS FINE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY BEATING DOWN THE DOOR TO TAKE OVER TO THAT PROPERTY AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THERE.
SO IF THE, TO ME, IF IT'S A GOOD PARTNER WHO'S DOING THE JOB, WE'VE SUBSIDIZED THIS GROUP FOR A LONG TIME, I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SUBSIDIZE IT TO SOME DEGREE.
WE'VE ADDRESSED, UM, THE AMOUNT OF TICKETS THAT THEY GIVE US.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S FAIR WHAT WE SAW IN OUR ADMIN AND FINANCE.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO RUN A BUSINESS.
I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE PUT INTO THESE POSITIONS OF NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT YOUR FUTURE GOALS WERE.
THEY COULD COME BACK IN HERE AND BASICALLY BE TOLD, NO, THANK YOU.
YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS YOURSELF, BE IN FAVOR OF, UH, CHANGING THAT TO ONE AND THEN TWO TO YOUR THANK YOU MS. HUSBAND AND MR. DICKEY.
UM, I ALSO SERVE ON THE FINANCE AND ADMIN COMMITTEE.
ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE, AND LOOKED AT THESE NUMBERS.
I'VE LOOKED AT ALL THEIR FINANCIALS FOR 2019, THAT THEY'VE GIVEN THEIR PROFITABLE LOSS AND THEIR FINANCIALS.
AND I AGREE WITH MS. HAMAN JUST PUSHING IT DOWN THE ROAD PER YEAR IS NO SOLUTION.
I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH HER ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD DO FOR THIS REASON.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR SUPPORT AND YOU LOOK AT THEIR FINANCIALS, IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.
LAST YEAR IT WAS, THEY WERE DOWN ABOUT 115.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN THAT BE AND WHAT IS THAT I, THERE? SO I LOOKED AT THEIR, UH, MONEY RAISED THAT MS. HASTY RELAY REFERRED TO.
UM, YES, THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 TILL 12 GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED.
THEY'RE VERY GOOD AND HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD AT LOOKING FOR GRANTS AND THINGS.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT THE HANDOUT THAT I JUST ASKED, THERE'S ONE LINE THAT CONCERNS ME.
AND THIS CONTRIBUTED GOVERNMENT INCOME FROM THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
THE ARTS AND OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE CONTRIBUTION IN 2019 WAS 102,156 EVERY SUBSEQUENT YEAR, IT PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME.
104 IN 20 21, 0 6, AND 20 21, 1 23 AND 2020.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE HANDOUT I GAVE YOU, AND THIS IS THE POINT I'M GETTING IS I WANNA SEE IF THERE'S A WAY IN BETWEEN US AND THEM IN THE YEAR THAT WE HAD ARE ASKING FOR OR THIS MOTION ASKED FOR THAT WE COULD FIGURE SOMETHING OUT TO HELP THEM, TO MAKE THEM SUSTAINABLE BETWEEN US AND OAC.
CI THINK IT COULD GET DONE AND IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S WORTH THE YEAR TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK.
IF YOU LOOK AT OAC, WHEN WE, WHEN VISIT DALLAS CONTRACT WAS CHANGED SO THAT OAC C WOULD GET A LOT MORE IN HOTEL TAX MONEY IN 2019, THEY ONLY GOT JUST OVER 500,000.
WELL, WHEN THE CONTRACT CHANGED, THE CITY COUNCILS SAID, OH, NO, NO, YOU GOTTA GET MORE.
THESE ARE PROJECTED NUMBERS, BUT THEY'RE GETTING VASTLY MORE MONEY FROM THE HOTEL TAX YEAR AFTER YEAR TOTAL OF 29 MILLION, UM, 27 MILLION BETWEEN THEN AND 2025.
AND THEY HAVEN'T PUT ANY OF IT REALLY INTO SHAKESPEARE DALLAS.
SO WE DON'T CONTROL IT, BUT COULD WE TALK TO THEM AND MAYBE USING A COMBINATION OF SAMUEL FARM TRUST OR SOMETHING, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET IT SUSTAINABLE, TO GET THEM TO HELP AND, AND NOT HAVE THEM DUMP IT ON JUNIOR PLAYERS, WHICH IS A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.
THIS IS A HUGE IMPORTANT THING.
AND I THINK TAKING A YEAR TO SEE IF IT CAN WORK IS A VERY GOOD IDEA.
IT'S GOOD GOVERNANCE IN MY OPINION.
MR. SLAUGHTER HAPPY NEW YEAR GOVERNOR.
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I SECOND THIS MOTION, UH, YOU HAVE A COURT BOARD MEMBER IN THAT DISTRICT AND THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE ISSUE.I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUT THE FACT THAT YOU CAN ALSO SUPPORT THAT ARGUMENT.
SECOND OF ALL, BY NOW, YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE I'M HEADED.
I'M SICK AND TIRED OF US HAVING A PROPERTY.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A NON-PROFIT OR YOU'RE FOR-PROFIT, BUT WE GOT A PUBLIC PRIVATE REP PARTNERSHIP.
THERE'S ALWAYS A LACK OF US BENEFITING FROM OUR OWN PROPERTIES.
UH, I THINK, UH, I'VE BEEN IN SHAKESPEARE, I, I SUPPORT THEM WHOLEHEARTEDLY, BUT I THINK WE BETTER BOARD MEMBER THAT HAS SOME HESITATION AND HAS SOME INFORMATION, INFORMATION AND WE'RE SO AFRAID OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU PEOPLE REALIZED WHY WE HERE FOR STUDENTS OF SOMETHING THAT'S PRECIOUS AND THAT'S OUR POINT LANE IN OUR PROPERTIES.
I THINK IF WE REALIZE THAT, AND WE COVERED, UH, AND THIS MOTION THAT MS. DALE HAS PUT BEFORE WE WOULD UNDERSTAND IT.
AND SO I SUPPORT HER MOTION A HUNDRED PERCENT WHOLEHEARTED.
SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A ONE YEAR AND THEN TWO, TWO YEAR? UM, I, I THINK IF WE RIGHT, NO, I, MY MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS IF YOU DO THE ONE AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND AND I BELIEVE I SEE THAT THEY'RE COMING AND THEY'RE TRYING TO REMOVE THEIR FREE NIGHTS.
SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PLAN TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SELF-SUSTAINABLE.
I THINK IF THEY COME BACK IN THAT ONE YEAR AND THEY HAVE IT, WELL, I WOULD TRY TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OPTION OF HAVING A LONGER TERM, NOT THE, NOT THE TWO YEAR.
SO I'M, I'M TOTALLY OKAY, BUT IF WE DON'T SUPPORT THE ONE YEAR AT THIS POINT, I WOULD ASK THAT WE MAYBE LOOK AT, UM, DELAYING THIS SO THAT WE COULD GET THIS ALL IN ORDER AND GET ALL THE FACTS TO EVERYBODY, UM, TO LAY IT OUT WITHOUT NEGOTIATING IT HERE ON THE HORSESHOE OR ON THE, I DON'T LIKE TO SAY IT'S THE WORST STUPID ON THE TABLE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT, I DON'T, I I AM NOT DISAGREEING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FINANCIALS.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, VERY VALID POINTS.
SO I'M NOT ARGUING THAT AT ALL.
BUT, UM, ONE YEAR AND TWO YEARS VERY QUICKLY.
UM, SO I, I THINK THAT IF YOU, IF THEY COME BACK WITH THEIR PLAN, I MEAN, MAYBE WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN.
WE TRY TO HELP THEM BEFORE WE EVEN EXECUTE THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR TIMELINE IS ON THAT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE BODY DOESN'T SUPPORT THE ONE YEAR, MAYBE WE DELAY IT UNTIL WE CAN NEGOTIATE THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF WE ARE ON A TIME CRUNCH FOR THAT.
UM, BUT THAT'S MY INITIAL THOUGHT.
I, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ONE YEAR.
UM, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEY GET THEIR FINANCIALS IN ORDER LONGER, YOU KNOW, RENEWALS, UM, GOING FORWARD, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY THING.
SO THAT, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT ONE YEAR AND TWO YEARS, THAT TWO YEARS IS GONNA GO VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND THEN PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE ON THE OFFENSIVE AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T ALWAYS BE ON THE OFFENSIVE.
'CAUSE I DO AGREE WITH MR. SLAUGHTER THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR PROPERTIES, UM, NOT BENEFIT.
I US MEANS THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY.
UM, BUT YET WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND YOU KNOW, LIKE MR. DICKEY SAID, LET'S GO AFTER SOME OF THIS, VISIT DALLAS MONEY, HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, SEE THE DIRECTION TO GET THERE, UH, EFFECTIVELY.
I THINK, I MEAN, I SUPPORT EITHER A DELAY OR, UM, A ONE YEAR TO GET 'EM IN ORDER WITH A MAYBE LONGER TERM PHONE CALLS.
UH, IF WE, UH, APPROVE THE AMENDED MOTION FOR NUMBER TWO, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT ITEM NUMBER THREE? IF WE 20 THE AMENDMENT TO GO TO ONE YEAR WITH A TWO YEAR RENEWAL? I BELIEVE WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE NEXT ITEM.
UH, SINCE WE'D HAVE A 2024 SEASON AS FAR AS COMING
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BACK 2025, THE POTENTIAL PRICE INCREASE FOR EVALUATION OF HOW THAT'S WORKING, WE WOULD'VE TO BE BACK HERE FOR THE RENEWAL.AND THEN IF WE, IF WE APPROVE THE AMEND MOTION, WHAT PROCEDURALLY HAPPENS HERE? DO Y'ALL GO BACK TO SHAKESPEARE AND RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT? OR LIKE, HOW, HOW DOES THIS WORK? WHAT, WHAT'S THE PROCEDURAL STAFF FROM STAFF PERSPECTIVE AND DOES STAFF HAVE A RECOMMENDATION REGARD TO MOTION AS WELL? SO ULTIMATELY THIS WILL BE DOCUMENTED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT, WHICH DOES HAVE TO BE APPROVED AND SIGNED BY COURT.
THEY COULD CHOOSE NOT TO SIGN, THEN WE DON'T HAVE A TENANT
UM, WE HAVE THE TERM DIRECTOR STEWART HERE,
YEAH, I MEAN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THIS.
UM, WE LOVE YOUR OVERSIGHT AND YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR ADVICE.
UH, NOT APPROVING THE FIVE YEAR EXTENSION WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY DETRIMENTAL TO OUR COMPANY, TO REPRESENTATIVE DICKEY'S POINT, 70% OF OUR BUDGET IS CONTRIBUTED INCOME.
IF WE WENT TO OUR FUNDERS AND SAID WE ONLY HAVE A ONE YEAR, WHICH IS VIRTUALLY NOTHING, WE SAID REPRESENTATIVE ONE, THAT IT WOULD NOT INSTILL CONFIDENCE, WE WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO LOOK AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO GO DELIVER OUR SERVICES TO WITH THAT INFORMATION IN MIND.
UM, YEAH, IT IT WOULD FOR US, IT WOULD NOT BE, UM, FEASIBLE IF WE WERE NOT ABLE, ABLE TO KIND OF CONTINUE RENEWING UNDER OUR CURRENT USE AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT WE ARE OPEN TO DISCUSSING WITH PARK STAFF AND WITH YOU ALL.
UM, BUT WE ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE OTHER.
AND, AND DOES CITY STAFF HAVE A POSITION ON THIS? I DO THINK, UH, ONE YEAR MAKES IT FAIRLY CHALLENGING.
WE HAVE TO HAVE
I STILL THINK THAT PUTS US BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL AS FAR AS PLANNING FOR 2020 SEASON ONE YEAR IS CHALLENGE.
AND THEN ONE OTHER, ONE OTHER PROCEDURAL QUESTION.
I'M LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE DID A 10 YEAR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT IN MAY OF 2014 WITH TWO FIVE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS.
SO COULD ONE OF THOSE RENEWAL OPTIONS BE IMPLICATED HERE OR ARE WE NEGOTIATING NEW CITY ATTORNEYS, BUT WE NEGOTIATING A NEW CONTRACT THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY OVERRIDE THOSE RENEWAL OPTIONS? SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, WHAT THINK YOU'RE SAYING? UM, SORRY, CAN YOU STATE YOUR QUESTION? SURE, SURE.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE PRIOR, THE PRIOR ACTION WE DID, UH, A 10 YEAR AGREEMENT IN MAY OF 2014.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT CONTEMPLATES TWO FIVE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AS WELL.
SO WHAT IS PRO, UH, PRECLUDING US FROM DOING ONE OF THOSE FIVE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS? WHY ARE WE INSTEAD DOING A NEW CONTRACT INSTEAD OF USING ONE OF THE FIVE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS? SO IT WON'T BE A NEW CONTRACT, IT'S JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT TO RECOGNIZE THE RENEWAL TERMS. UM, IF WE EXERCISE THE FIVE YEAR TODAY, UM, WE PUT IN PLACE JUST TO DOCUMENT THAT IT WAS A EXERCISING, IT'S NOT PART OF THE CONTRACT, WE'RE NOW IN THE FIRST READING OF THE PERIOD.
IF IT GETS AMENDED, THEN WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT AMEND PROCESS.
SO IT'S NOT A NEW CONTRACT, WE'RE JUST AMENDING THE TERMS SUBSECTION.
UM, IF, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT OUR WHAT OUR TIMELINE IS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MAY 14TH, SO WE'RE COMING UP ON THE EXPIRATION 10 YEAR PERIOD.
UM, IF WE, IF IT, IF IT, IF WE SAID GO BACK AND DO A ONE YEAR TERM, AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEN WE MAY BE IN THE, THE SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE NOBODY, UH, OPERATING IN THE VENUE.
AND SO I, I WONDER, UH, IS THERE A TIME TO EVEN RENEGOTIATE SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW.
WITH THE EXPIRATION OF THIS CONTRACT COMING UP, I ASSUME THE CONTRACT EXPIRES MAY 14TH, 2024? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, OKAY, SO I'M GONNA GO BACK TO WHAT, WHAT BO SAID.
AND AS MUCH AS I LOVE DOORBELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO DISAGREE ON THIS ONE.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE AND IT'S FRUSTRATING TO ME THAT WE HAVE STAFF THAT GOES THROUGH READS THE CONTRACTS, MAKES RECOMMENDATION.
THEY'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH A VENDOR.
THIS HAS BEEN THIS, THIS COMPANY'S BEEN HERE DOING THIS WORK FOR A LONG TIME.
IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM, WE CERTAIN SPEND PLENTY
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OF TIME TO WORK WITH THAT PERSON IN ADVANCE OF A MAY 14TH EXPIRATION OF A CONTRACT.WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING? I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY CHANGING THE NATURE OF THE RENEWAL'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT IF WE WANNA SEEK OUTSIDE FUNDING FOR THEM.
AND I SAID THIS IN ADMIN AND FINANCE, THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP US FROM GOING OUT TO OUR OTHER PARTNERS TO THE OAC AND FINDING THAT MONEY AND HELPING THEM MOVING FORWARD.
THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP US FROM DOING THIS WITH A REGULAR FIVE HER NEEDLE.
SO TO ME, THIS IS POTENTIALLY PUTTING THEM IN A BAD POSITIONS FOR FUNDRAISING.
IT'S GONNA REQUIRE ALL KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTING, CHANGING AGREEMENT.
OUR STAFF HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION.
OUR ADMIN AND FINANCE HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING SITUATION FOR MANY YEARS, BUT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
WE SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING BEFORE.
WE'VE COME UP ON A MAY 14TH DEADLINE.
I DON'T LIKE TO SEE US WORKING LIKE THIS.
I I APPRECIATE OUR, OUR BOARD REPRESENTATIVES, UH, INTEREST IN HELPING SOLVE A PROBLEM AND MAKING THIS SITUATION BETTER.
BUT I THINK WE CAN DO ALL OF THAT WITHIN THE TERMS OF THE EXISTING.
SO AGAIN, WE CAN HELP THEM IF WE WANT TO, BUT WE CAN DO IT WITHIN THE TERMS OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT.
AND WE HAVE A STAFF THAT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE COMMITTEES THAT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND I HATE TO SEE US GETTING ALL THE WAY TO PARK BOARD AND THEN SAYING, NOPE, WE DON'T WANNA DECIDE ANYTHING ON THIS.
SO I'M GONNA AGAIN SAY I'M NOT GONNA
SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU WANT TO, UM, CHANGE IT FROM THE THOUGHT YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS? BECAUSE I, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY YOU DON'T KNOW, SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU.
SO ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS CAME UP AND THERE WAS GONNA, THERE'S AN, UH, A REQUEST FOR AN INCREASE, UH, IN THE TICKET SALES TO OUR PATRONS, TO OUR TAX PAYERS.
SO IN NEXT YEAR IT'D BE GO FROM 20 TO 25 AND THE NEXT YEAR AFTER THAT, IT'D GO FROM 25 TO $30.
THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE SENIOR DISCOUNTS, THEY HAVE STUDENT DISCOUNTS.
BUT WHEN THEY NEVER APPROACHED OUR COUNCIL OFFICE, THEY NEVER APPROACHED ME.
THEY NEVER APPROACHED THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WENT ON MY OWN AND WENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND ASKED, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE FEES? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? AND THAT'S ONE GUY SAID, WELL, I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND A SON WHO'S 12 AND 13.
SO IF I TAKE MY DAUGHTER, MY SON, MYSELF AND MY WIFE AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, THAT'S FIVE OF US.
I'M SPENDING BY THE 2026, $150 TO GO TO SHAKESPEARE DALLAS.
AND HE SAID, AND IT'S IN OUR PUBLIC PARK, IT'S IN IN OUR FRIENDS GROUP, MARK.
SO I STARTED LOOKING INTO LIKE HOW MUCH WE GET FROM THEM.
WE, SINCE 2018, WE'VE ONLY RECEIVED $1,800 IN CASH FROM THEM.
FROM THEIR, THEIR, UH, CONCESSION STANDS.
AND SINCE 2018 WE SPENT, WE HAVE, WE HAVE INCURRED A LITTLE UNDER $50,000 IN OUR MAINTENANCE AND IN BUILDING SERVICES TOO.
WE DO ALL THEIR BUILDING SERVICES.
SO I STARTED THINKING IF THEY'RE GOING TO INCREASE THEIR FEES TO THE PATRON, TO THE TAXPAYER, JUST BECAUSE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE INFORMATION I'VE GOT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE AT A $115,000 DEFICIT.
IT'S UNFAIR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT STARTED MAKING ME THINK, OKAY, WHAT ELSE? AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE WAS WITH JUNIOR PLAYERS.
UM, AND THAT IS NOT OUR, WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT WITH JUNIOR PLAYERS, BUT JUNIOR PLAYERS IS YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNER.
THEY DO ALL FREE WORK FOR THE KIDS.
UM, AND THEY DO WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL SHOWS.
THEY USE THEIR COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH THEM.
AND SO THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH THAT.
SO, AND I'M ALL ABOUT EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M ALL ABOUT HELPING COMMUNITY.
SO AS A STEWARD OF THIS MARK, IT REALLY HAD, I HAD CONCERNS.
SO I TALKED WITH MY COUNCILMAN.
HE SAID, WELL, LET'S PULL THIS TO MAKE, HAVE A ONE YEAR, LET THEM FIGURE OUT THEIR, THE DEFICIT OF THEIR BUDGET AS, AS OPPOSED TO INCREASING THE COSTS.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE ISSUE.
SO NOW, UM, SO I, I AGREE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST TIME TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.
UH, BUT BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITIES, SO, UM, OKAY.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE.
OKAY, MR. DICKEY, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR SHAKESPEARE DALLAS, UM, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A POINT.
WE'VE HEARD IT IN OTHER PLACES, UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR IF DONOR BOB, BUT IN THIS CASE
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IT'S WHAT'S BEHIND IT IF, AND OF COURSE YOU CAN ALWAYS EXPLAIN THINGS TO DONORS.SO I'M WONDERING IF THE DELAY IS IN THE INTENTION OF GETTING MORE SUPPORT, MORE PUBLIC SUPPORT TO HELP YOU ALL NOT HAVE TO CHARGE MORE FOR JUNIOR PLAYERS AND CHARGE MORE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
BUT THE REASON FOR THE DELAY IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU HELP WITH MORE SUPPORT.
IF I WERE A DONOR, WELL SOME DONORS MIGHT GO, WELL GREAT, YOU DON'T NEED MY MONEY.
BUT GOOD DONORS WOULD GO, OH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GREAT 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT SUSTAINABLE.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT OPINION.
AND IF YOU THINK MAYBE IF, IF WE DID A THREE YEAR, IT MIGHT GIVE THEM MORE COMFORT BECAUSE YOU NEED HELP.
UM, WE DO NEED HELP AND WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE TO, TO TELL OUR STORY TO YOU ALL.
UM, SO ONE YEAR WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR CHALLENGES REALLY COME FROM THE PANDEMIC, WHICH STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO AND WE'RE STILL NOT OUT THERE.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FOUR YEAR EVENT THAT STILL ISN'T OVER, EXPECTING US TO RECOVER IN ONE YEAR SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.
AND EVERY OTHER ARTS AND CULTURE GROUP IN THIS CITY IS HAVING THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE.
UM, WE TALK TO OUR PEERS ALL OF THE TIME AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THERE'S NOT AS ENOUGH SUPPORT CURRENTLY TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS THAT EVERYBODY HAS.
SO WE ARE ALL TIGHTENING OUR BELTS AND TRYING TO WEATHER THROUGH THE STORM TOGETHER SO WE CAN CONTINUE SERVING THE WEST OF DALLAS.
UM, ON THE JUNIOR PLAYERS ISSUE, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY.
SO WE DO NOT CHARGE JUNIOR PLAYERS A FEE TO USE THE PARK AT ALL.
THE UM, COST ADJUSTMENT THAT WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT IS 70% LABOR COSTS.
THOSE ARE THE PHYSICAL HUMANS WHO RUN THE PARK DURING THEIR SERVICE WEEK.
SO THEY ARE NOT CHARGED A FEE TO USE THE AMPHITHEATER AS WE ARE NOT BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THEY'RE NOT CHARGED ANY TYPE OF FACILITY, RENTAL ABUSE, UM, ANY OF THE THEATRICAL KIND OF, UM, STANDING EQUIPMENT THAT WE PROVIDE.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS IN THE FACE OF RECORD INFLATION, WE HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE A LIVING WAGE.
AND PAYING ARTISTS IS IMPORTANT TO US.
WE EMPLOY OVER 150 ARTISTS EVERY SEASON.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE ARE PAYING THEM A FEE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS CITY AND MAINTAIN A QUALITY LIFE.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYING THESE PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE, THAT'S THE COST THAT WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS, NEGOTIATIONS WITH JUNIOR PLAYERS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT PERSONNEL TO WORK THEIR WEEK.
IN FACT, WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM LATER TODAY.
WE LEVERS ARE, WE LOVE JUNIOR PLAYERS.
THEY ARE AN AMAZING GROUP AND WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH THEM FOR 33 YEARS AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH THEM WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
SO WE ARE ALL KIND OF SORTING THAT TOGETHER.
AND TO YOUR EARLIER POINT, WE ALL NEED EXTRA HELP.
THEY POSTED A DEFICIT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WE ARE IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE STAY STRONG TOGETHER TO SERVE CITIZENS OF DALLAS.
UM, AS FAR AS THE PARK GOES, YES, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES SUPPORT US A LOT.
UM, AND YES, WE'VE ONLY PAID IN $1,800 TO OUR
SO INCLUDING THE MAIN STAGE DECK, SHAKESPEARE, DALLAS PRIVATELY RAISES FUNDS TO REPLACE THAT.
WE'VE REPLACED IT THREE TIMES IN THE 17 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN AT THE ORGANIZATION TO THE TUNE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EVERY TIME WE REPLACE IT.
SO WITHOUT THOSE PRIVATELY RAISED FUNDS, IT WOULD JUST BE GRASS.
THERE WOULDN'T EVEN BE A PLACE TO PERFORM.
THERE WOULD BE NO THEATRICAL LIGHTS IN THE AIR.
THERE WOULD BE NO SOUND SYSTEM.
THERE WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY THAT'S SET UP FOR DRESSING ROOMS, BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE LAUNDRY BASKETS OR TABLES OR CHAIRS FOR ANYONE TO SIT IN.
YOU WOULD JUST HAVE EMPTY BUILDINGS AND GRASS AND A GATE WITHOUT THE FUNDS THAT WE PRIVATELY RAISED TO TURN THAT SPACE INTO A THEATER TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHEREAS WE MAY NOT FUNNEL ALL OF THAT MONEY DIRECTLY THROUGH PARKS, WE ARE MAKING A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THOSE FACILITIES YEAR AFTER YEAR.
AND WE ARE HAPPY AND PROUD TO DO IT 'CAUSE WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT PARK.
AND WE TOO FEEL LIKE WE ARE STEWARDS.
AND, UM, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT FACILITY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR PATRONS.
IT'S IMPORTANT AT EVERY LEVEL OF OUR ORGANIZATION THAT WE KEEP THAT PARK BEAUTIFUL AND FUNCTIONING FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS TO ENJOY.
HAVE, UM, THAT'S, THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD POINTS.
UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, WHEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT ALL THE ARTS GROUPS SUFFERING, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HANDOUT, MY OPINION IS OAC NEEDS TO STEP UP.
WE GOT A PROBLEM AND THEY GOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND WHERE IS IT? WE DON'T CONTROL THEM.
WHAT WE DO CONTROL, AND I BROUGHT THIS POINT UP FOR THE COMMITTEE, IS WE HAVE THE SAMUEL TRUST THAT, THAT WE COULD USE FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE LIKE THIS TO
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SUPPORT COMMITTEE TO HELP TWO NEW PLAYERS.SO THAT'S SIX THOUSAND'S A LOT FOR THEM.
THAT IS A VERY VALUABLE PROGRAM.
SO I THINK THAT IF, IF WE DON'T DO THE EXTENSION, AND I GET THE SENSE MAYBE THAT THAT MIGHT, BUT IF, IF IT DOES NOT WORK FOR THE EXTENSION, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD AND STAFF TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET THEM THIS SUPPORT.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE RIGHT NOW.
SO WHATEVER, IF IT'S ONE YEAR OR FIVE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, FOR US TO GO THE EXTRA MILE TO TRY TO WORK WITH OAC AND CONSIDER THE TRUST SO WE CAN HELP THESE FOLKS.
THANK YOU MR. SLAUGHTER AFTERNOON.
I AM, UH, AT A POINT, I MEAN THESE ARE ONE OF OUR THREE PARTNERS THAT HAVE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB.
WE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT, UH, MY FORM WAS MAKING SURE THAT THE JUNIOR DECLARATION WE'RE NOT GONNA
AND ALSO WITH MS. ELL, I'M NOT CONCERNED.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW JOYFUL I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW.
ENTHUSIASM IS GONNA BE BOILING OVER IT.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT WE GIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THAT WE DON'T GET A DIME BACK FROM OUR SOCCER FIELDS.
I NEED TO COME OVER THERE AND SHINE YOUR SHOES,
THAT'S HOW MUCH, UH, THEY'VE APPRECIATED WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WE NEED TO HELP YOU ALSO.
WE NEED TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK FOR THE PARKS AND FOR THEM.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT MS. MONDELL IS TALKING ABOUT.
AND, AND, AND I THINK WE CONSIDER THAT.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE SOMEBODY THAT I'M SO SHOCKED THAT THEY GAVE US SOME MONEY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT MY STANCE IS ON THAT? WE NEED TO START GETTING SOMETHING FROM OUR PROPERTY AND WE DON'T.
BUT $1,800 I I I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT JUST TO BE HERE, UH, ESTEEM COLLEGE ROOMMATE MR. GY SAID, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE DO IF YEAR FIVE YEARS, UH, WE NEED TO HELP HIM AND, AND WE, I I WE NEED TO PUT MORE TIME, MORE EMPHASIS IN OUR ARTS AND WE DON'T DO THAT.
WE START DOING IT DEFINITELY A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'M A PART OF A
MS. ELL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR THAT IF, IF JUNIOR PLAYERS IS NOT IN THE ROOM TO DISCUSS WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING BENEFITED TO THEM, THAT THAT DOES NOT STATE FOR GRANTED FOR, BECAUSE BASED ON THE COMMUNICATION OF HOW WE SHAPED WITH THE JUNIOR PLAYERS, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE PART TO THE PERSONNEL AND HOW MUCH THEY RECEIVE FROM THE PART, FROM SHAPE THE BALANCE.
SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, THAT THAT IS, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE WAS TO HELP JUNIOR PLAYERS AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT I RECEIVED AND WE DISCUSSED WASN'T THAT, THAT THAT WAS ALL WHAT WAS PROVIDED FOR.
SO AS I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT WAS JUST TOLD TO US BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT I GOT FROM THE JUNIOR PLAYERS SIDE.
UH, I, I, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT'S BEEN RAISED BY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
UH, I ALSO APPRECIATE THIS HAS GONE THROUGH THE, UH, ADMINISTRATION FINANCE COMMITTEE WHERE IT'S BEEN VETTED.
UH, AND SO I WONDER IF THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR SOME SORT OF A MODIFICATION TO DO A THREE YEAR TERM INSTEAD OF DOING A ONE YEAR TERM, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY NOT LONG ENOUGH.
UM, RECOGNIZING THAT SOME COLLEAGUES HAVE CONCERNED FOR FIVE YEARS.
UH, I WONDER IF THERE'S THE APPETITE FOR DOING THIS AS, AS THREE YEARS.
SO, UM, JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE CLARIFICATION TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND BEFORE WE VOTE THAT IF WE MODIFY, LET, WELL, LET ME FIRSTLY ASK, AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR STAFF, WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED IN THE FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT TO I GUESS DEAL WITH ANY CONCERNS THAT COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE ABOUT THE JUNIOR PLAYERS AND THE OTHER PARTNERS.
UM, AND THAT IF WE MODIFY THIS CONTRACT TO A ONE YEAR OR EVEN A THREE YEAR,
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WE COULD SCARE AWAY SOME PARTNERS WHO ARE HOPING TO FUND WITH OUR MAJOR ASSETSAND I JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, TODAY WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BRING IT TO A THREE YEAR, BUT WE COULD STILL DEAL WITH THE CONCERNS THAT MS. DEL YOU MIGHT HAVE EVEN WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR TERMS AND STILL FIND A WAY TO, TO GET THE JUNIOR PLAYERS THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF OAC NOT DOING ENOUGH, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T PUNISH THESE PARTNERS WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME OTHER MAJOR.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN VOTE ON THE FIVE YEAR, KEEP THE CONTRACT ATTACKED AND STILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE CONCERNS MET? IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? YOU,
I'M NOT, AND JUST TO, AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION OF
I THINK WE NEED TO SET UP A TABLE MORE WITH FINANCIALS.
SO, AND MS. ADELL, I GUESS THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR YOU ALSO.
WHAT WOULD CHANGE IN A THREE YEAR TERM IN A FIVE YEAR TERM, WHAT WOULD WE LOSE IF WE GAVE AN EXTRA TWO YEARS TO KEEP THE COUNTRY DISEASE? UM, CONVERSATION? I'M NOT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS PRESIDENT PROCEDURALLY, I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION.
I APOLOGIZE FOR IF PROCEDURE, BUT JUST TO UNDERSTAND IT, MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE DAVE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T DO A FIVE YEAR, WE DO A THREE YEAR LIKE, AND, AND MAYBE TWO WHAT, WHAT MS. DALE IS SEEKING.
LIKE WHAT, WHAT CHANGES? I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE, UH, MR.
STAFF MEMBER TO PLEASE, UH, RESPOND TO THAT.
WHAT, WHAT CHANGES IS WE WOULD JUST BE MODIFYING THE TERMS OF AGREEMENT.
YOU WOULD TAKE AWAY THE TWO FIVE DEGREE OPTIONS AND IF THAT'S WHAT PASSES HERE THAT WE MAKE AT THE SHAKESPEARE DALLAS, UH, IF A MATTER PRESIDENT I MIGHT ASK THREE YEARS TO FIVE YEARS, WHAT MIGHT THIS STUDENT DONORS WHO ARE WATCHING ARE WHAT RESOURCE? SO GOING FROM TWO FIVE YEAR RENEWAL TERMS DOWN TO A THREE YEAR DETRIMENT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR 10 YEARS AND GOING TO THREE, WE'VE NOT TELL A COMPETENCE BUILDING STORY TO OUR FUNDERS.
YOU ALL ARE OUR BIGGEST PARTNERS.
AND WITHOUT, UM, THE CONFIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF DALLAS, THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR ORGANIZATION.
UM, I HAVE OUR BOARD CHAIR ONE WORK HERE.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT DISTRICT 14 AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR FOUR YEARS.
I JUST WANTED TO ADJUST, I'M SORRY.
UM, ADAM, UH, CAN NEGOTIATE SECRETARY, CAN I LET THE ATTORNEY COME IN ON HERE? BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING MOVING FORWARD, IF IT'S OKAY, MS LETTERS, CAN WE JUST HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO STAFF OR TO, TO YOU CITY ATTORNEY? IS THAT OKAY? IT'S AN OPEN DISCUSSION FORM.
SO IF STAFF HAS A QUESTION FOR SHAKESPEARE OR STAFF, I THINK FOR THIS OPEN DISCUSSION, IT'S OKAY AS LONG AS YOU ARE HEARD AND YOU'RE ON CAMERA.
BUT AS LONG AS IT'S ALSO GERMANE TO THE ISSUE AT HAND, THIS DISCUSSION, IT'S ABOUT THE RENEWAL FIVE YEAR RENEWAL.
SO WE JUST WANNA LIMIT IT TO THAT DISCUSSION.
I'M CHAIR OF BOARD LIVING DISTRICT 14.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR CHAIR OF THE BOARD FOR FOUR YEARS.
I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HAD COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND ALSO HAVING OUR LONG SERVING DIRECTOR RETIRE IS THE BELIEF
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SIT.COULD SHE SIT WHERE YOU ARE? SO HE'S THE CAMERA.
DO YOU WANT A BETTER VIEW?
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST, I CANNOT IMAGINE HAVING THAT HAPPEN TODAY.
I AM HONESTLY SORT OF SHOCKED THAT THIS HAS COME UP THE WAY THAT IT HAS.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THE JUNIOR PLAYERS ISSUE BECAUSE MY HUSBAND USED TO WORK AT JUNIOR PLAYERS.
I ATTENDED ROSE ON OUR CRUISE'S WEDDING.
WE ARE VERY CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS.
ROSA SENT AN EMAIL LAST NIGHT IN FULL SUPPORT OF SHAKESPEARE DALLAS AND WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT ANYTHING SHE SENT WAS ONLY TO HELP OFFSET THE PRICE THAT JUNIOR PLAYERS WILL BE PAYING.
THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING ON WITH JUNIOR PLAYERS.
WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WITH THEM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT, UH, FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, LET'S, LET'S KEEP IT THE CONVERSATION JUST, UH, BASED ON THE RENEWAL RELATED TO THE, I I THINK THEY ARE A GREAT PARTNER.
I AM PROUD TO REPRESENT SHAKESPEARE DALLAS ON THEIR BOARD TO THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT MS. JUSTICE FOR THEM NOT TO HAVE TO DEFINE RENEWAL.
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEYS.
UM, IF WE DO A FIVE YEAR AND IS THE JUNIOR PLAYERS PART OF THIS CONTRACT THAT, SO WE, THEY'RE NOT PART OF A, AN AGREEMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT SO THE QUESTION IS, IF IN ONE YEAR THEY HAVEN'T APPROVED THE AGREEMENT OR THE, THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH JUNIOR PLAYERS, CAN WE NOT BRING THAT BACK AS A BOARD, BRING THEIR CONTRACT BACK AFTER THAT YEAR, UM, TO RELOOK AT IT? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE, LIKE IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR, THEIR PERFORMANCE AT ONE YEAR, CAN WE NOT COME BACK AND DISCUSS THEIR CONTRACT? OKAY.
FIRST, WE'RE NOT IN LIBERTY WITH JUNIOR PLAYERS.
RIGHT? SO JUNIOR PLAYERS HAS NO IMPACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND SHAKESPEARE DALLAS.
SO THAT, WE'RE NOT IN PRI WITH THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE'S, IN EVERY AGREEMENT THE CITY DOES, THERE'S ALWAYS A TERMINATION CLAUSE, A DEFAULT CLAUSE.
SO EVEN, LET'S JUST SAY THE CHALKBOARD DECIDES TO RENEW FOR FIVE YEARS.
IF THEY DON'T PERFORM, IF THERE'S A DEFAULT, IF SOME, IF THEY BREACH ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, THEN STAFF CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO CARDBOARD AND SAY THAT WE ELECT TO TERMINATE AND THEN STAFF HAS TO GO THROUGH AN RFP.
SO THERE ARE THOSE OPTIONS OUT THERE, BUT WE ARE NOT IN INCRIMINATING WITH JUNIOR PLAYERS.
BUT MEANING THAT IF THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING AS WE ARE ASKING THEM TO, THAT FIVE YEAR TERM IS GONNA GO VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
YOU KNOW, THE ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR, THREE YEAR, FIVE YEARS IS GONNA COME VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND I THINK THAT WE ASK, WE WANNA, WE WANNA HAVE THEM PERFORM A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS FAR AS FINANCIALLY.
WE WANT THEM TO IMPROVE THE, THE CONDITIONS, OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PARTNERS.
SO IF WE SEE THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, I THINK GIVING THEM THE FIVE YEARS TO ACHIEVE THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE THAT QUICKLY.
SO IF WE RENEW TODAY FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN THEY DON'T INCREASE, THEN AT THAT POINT, UM, WE CAN LOOK AT NOT RENEWING, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE INCLINED TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR FIVE YEAR, UM, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T IMPROVE ANYTHING OVER OVERTIME.
MR. WETA, UH, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR.
UH, I GUESS, I GUESS A COUPLE THINGS.
I, I, THIS IS NOT MY DISTRICT AND I WILL HARDLY SUPPORT MS. DALE'S MO UH, MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
UH, BUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WE HAVE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE GONNA LOSE DONORS IF IT'S
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ONLY FOR ONE YEAR.ALSO HEARD OF A MENTION THAT THEY'LL LEAVE THE PARKS AND WE ONLY DO IT ONE YEAR.
I JUST DON'T EVER LIKE ANYBODY JUST SAYING THAT WE COULD PARTNER BEEN AROUND 10 YEARS, BUT ALSO YOU HAVE NOT EVER PRESENTED ANY FINANCIAL TO US.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO THAT OR NOT IN THIS CONTRACT, UH, OF, OF THE LAST 10 YEARS OR HOW THEY'RE DOING, HOW THEY'RE MAINTAINING, RAISING MONEY, NOT RAISING MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF THE LIKE SORT OF LIKE OUR OTHER PARTNERS THAT PRESENTED NUMBERS AT END SECTION.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF OUR CONTRACT WITH THIS ONE, BUT THE FINANCIALLY WE DON'T HAVE.
SO IF WE HAVE ALL THESE PARTNERS, WE'RE POTENTIALLY GONNA LOSE.
WHO ARE THEY? OR, OR I I I'M JUST ASKING A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
I, I, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT I JUST KNOW, I'M BEING TOLD HERE IN THIS PLACE THAT IF THE CONTRACT ONLY FOR ONE YEAR WE'RE LEAVING.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT I, I GOT UPSET ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION.
AND WE GOTTA, EVERY, EVERY NONPROFIT, EVERY, EVERY PROFIT, EVERY NON BUSINESS PROFIT NONPROFIT HAS A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
MAYBE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LOOK AT YOUR FIRE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN BETTER STANDING WITH OUR FINANCIAL, WE'RE LOSING MONEY.
I THINK THE CITY HAS PROVIDED A LOT OF FUNDS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROGRAM PROGRAM CONTINUE BUT MAYBE MANAGE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
JUST THIS CONTRACT WAS NOT WRITTEN WHEN I WAS HERE.
I GUESS WE'RE GONNA DO A FIVE YEAR EXTENSION OR ONE YEAR.
UM, AND MAYBE I'M RAMBLING ON, BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE SOMEBODY SAYING THEY'LL LEAVE US IF WE ONLY GIVE 'EM ONE YEAR.
TO YOUR POINT, WE DO LOOK AT THEIR FINANCIALS.
WE DO HAVE A COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
WE DO HAVE STAFF THAT HAS OVERSIGHT FOR THESE AGREEMENTS.
WE DO HAVE A GOOD PARTNER WHO HAS BEEN, AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, OPERATING IN GOOD FAITH HAD A GOOD PRODUCT.
IT SCARES ME A LITTLE WHEN WE START TRYING TO MICROMANAGE AGREEMENTS, CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS, WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THIS OPERATOR.
THEY ARE NOT IN DEFAULT TO THAT AGREEMENT.
WE ARE TRYING TO PICK AWAY AND, AND CONTROL HOW THEY ARE OPERATING WITHIN THAT CONTRACT, WHICH IS REALLY NOT UNDER OUR PURVIEW.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OR ABILITY TO TELL THEM WHAT THEY CHARGE OR DON'T CHARGE TO JUNIOR PLAYERS.
THAT IS NOT WHAT, THAT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE START PULLING THESE PARTNERS IN AND NITPICKING THROUGH THEIR, THEIR OPERATIONS TO TRY TO CONTROL WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITHIN THAT CONTRACT.
TO ME THAT'S A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE.
IF WE WANT THEM TO, IF WE WANT THEM TO FIND DIFFERENT RESOURCES OR WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WOULD STOP ANY OF US AT THIS TABLE FROM CALLING THEM UP AND SAYING, HEY, I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.
OR COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THAT RELATIONSHIP? HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? HOW CAN WE FIND FUNDING? BUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE IS A CONTRACTUAL, RENEWABLE OF THEIR, THE TERM OF THEIR AGREEMENT.
THERE IS NO, THERE IS NOTHING IN THERE THAT ALLOWS US TO EVEN GET IN AND TRY TO MICROMANAGE WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR OTHER FOLKS WITHIN THAT AGREEMENT.
THE PRICING, WE DO HAVE IT, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE THEIR PRICING INCREASES AND THAT'S A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM AND WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET THERE.
BUT THIS IS AN, A RENEWAL OF AGREEMENT WITH A OPERATOR WHO'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RUN THEIR BUSINESS HOW THEY SEE FIT, ESPECIALLY WITH THINGS WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTROL.
OKAY, SO CAN I WITHDRAW MY MOTION FROM, FOR THE ONE YEAR WITH A TWO YEAR RENEWAL TO A, TO MAKE A MOTION TO A TWO YEAR WITH A THREE YEAR ADD-ON MAD SECRETARY DO THAT MR. SLAUGHTER, IF HE AGREES TO THAT.
I SEE YOU ONE YEAR TO WHAT? THAT'S IT.
STILL ONE YEAR? NO, WHAT I SAID WAS TO WITHDRAW THAT, TO AMEND IT TO A TWO YEAR WITH A THREE YEAR ADD-ON ALLOWING THEM TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND FIGURE IT OUT AND THEN THEY CAN COME BACK TO US IN TWO YEARS.
SO WE HERE THE REST OF THE DAY.
WE CAN GET UP TO FIVE YEARS OR WHATEVER.
NOT DOING FIVE YEARS, NOT A SECOND.
NOW WE START DISCUSSIONS AFTER 10 MINUTES.
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IT WAS MR. ORIGINALLY.UM, ARE WE READY TO ROLL? NO DISCUSSION.
OKAY, GO AHEAD MR. W THREE MINUTES.
HOW LONG? SHE WANTS TWO MINUTES.
CORRECT IT THAT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.
UM, IN ALL HONESTY, I THINK THAT WE HANDCUFF OUR PARTNERS WHEN WE RESTRICT.
I THINK WE HAVE THINGS IN, UM, OUR PURVIEW TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK IF THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING.
UM, SO I, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT A TWO YEAR, I WOULD SUPPORT A FIVE YEAR, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK IN THAT FIVE YEAR, NOT JUST AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL, FINAL FIVE YEARS.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE PARK.
MY, I, I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, SO WHILE THIS IS IN DISTRICT TWO, I'M ACROSS THE STREET, UM, LESS THAN, YOU KNOW, HALF A MILE FROM UM, SHAKESPEARE IN DALLAS.
AND BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD, I NEVER EVEN KNEW WHERE Y'ALL WERE BECAUSE THEY'RE HIDDEN IN THE LITTLE HIDING SPOT IN THE PARK.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY DID GREAT WORK.
MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE LIVED THERE 40, 50 YEARS HAVE TALKED GREAT THINGS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK.
UM, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A PARTNER THAT IS WORKING ON GETTING BETTER FINANCIALS 'CAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO TRYING TO GET RID OF THEIR, UM, FREE DAYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IN THIS CONTRACT, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO US.
I THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO THEM TO GIVE A GOOD PARTNER THEIR RENEWAL THAT THEY AGREED ON, UM, AND THE PREVIOUS PARK BOARDS HAVE AGREED ON, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE DEFAULTED ON THEIR, UM, AGREEMENTS EVER.
UM, AND IF THEY DO, WE CAN BRING THEM BACK.
SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF DOING THE FIVE YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT IF THEY DEFAULT AND BRING THEM BACK.
LET ME JUST SAY I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE FACT THAT, UH, THE ORGANIZATION NEEDS SOME HELP.
I JUST, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE NEGOTIATING LIKE THIS UNDER A TIMELINE WHEN WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT TO FIX ANY KIND OF ISSUES THAT WE KIND OF FORESEE.
I'M NERVOUS THAT IF WE DO THIS WRONG, THAT SHAKESPEARE DALLAS WOULD BE KIND OF GRATIFIED AND SAY, WELL, IF YOU ONLY GIMME ONE YEAR, I AM TAKING MY BALL AND GOING HOME.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN ALL THAT'S BEEN INVESTED.
SO, I, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD BE NEGOTIATING THIS IN THIS CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO I, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SUPPORT A MOTION THAT WOULD ONLY GIVE THEM LESS THAN WHAT THEY NEED AND DO HARM.
THEN COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO FIX IT FROM THE, MY SINCE MR. CHAIR.
MR. SLAUGHTER, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
WE SIT ON THIS FAMOUS SITCOM MOVING ON UP.
MR. BARR, THANK YOU FOR BEING
SOME CONTRACTS, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M KIND DLY OVER HERE BECAUSE SOME CONTRACTS IN THE CONTRACTS THAT WE DO, WE NEED TO MICROMANAGE.
I THINK THIS'S BEEN OUR MAJOR PROBLEM, BUT SOMEBODY THAT'S A GOOD FUNDER LIKE THEY ARE, AND MY MAIN CONCERN WAS THE JUNIOR PLAYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF AND EQUITY.
AND THAT'S WHY, UH, I, I WAS ON BOARD WITH MRS. DALE'S, UM, ISSUES, UH, AND I'M WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU GOT THE PUBLIC SHIP, WE SHOULD NOT PENALIZE THEM.
UH, WE SHOULD BE ON BOARD WITH IT, BUT ALSO IN THE OPINION WHERE, UH, UH, WE ARE STEWARDS AND WE CAN'T KEEP TALKING ABOUT, WE ARE MAINLY LEAN MACHINE AND WE'VE GOT THESE STEPPING STONES THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET AROUND.
UH, I SUPPORT, UH, THIS ENTITY.
I DON'T ALWAYS SUPPORT 'EM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DOING STUFF IN THE COMMUNITY.
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PEOPLE OF COLOR, DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN BENEFITED FROM IT.SO, I'M AT THE ISSUE NOW, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, MS. ELL WAS MOVING UP AND, UH, I THOUGHT WAS GONNA GO THREE YEARS.
SHE SAID TWO, BUT I'M GONNA SUPPORT HER.
BUT I THINK WE, WE NEED TO JUST REALLY SIT HERE AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE GIVE THEM THE FIVE YEARS STILL, LIKE YOU SAID, HOW MR. MONDELL ISSUES.
SO WE NEED TO BE, UH, UH, CONSCIOUS OF THAT.
MS. MANELL, LET ME START AGAIN BY SAYING THAT I'M A FULL SUPPORTER OF SHAKESPEARE HOUSE, HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE.
AND MY CHILD AND I, AND MY PARENTS AND MY FAMILY HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED.
WE'VE BEEN OFFERED FREE TICKETS.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT THEM BECAUSE WE WANNA SUPPORT THE ARTS.
I TRULY FEEL THAT WHAT I'M DOING IS ONLY GONNA HELP THEM GET ORGANIZED, COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN A LOT OF MISCOMMUNICATION WITH THEIR OWN, WITH THEIR OWN PEOPLE, WHAT THE MESSAGES I'M GETTING AND HELP THEM REALLY BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S BIGGER, HELP THEM FUNDRAISE BETTER.
I DO NOT SEE THIS AS A DETRIMENT.
I ONLY SEE THIS AS HELPING THEM AND US BY DOING THIS REALLY WILL HELP YOU KNOW, THEM, FIGURE OUT THE BUSINESS MODEL IN A BETTER PLACE.
SO, AGAIN, JUST REALLY DO SUPPORT YOU ALL, BUT KNOW THAT I JUST FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS NEED A LITTLE BIT OF INNER COMMUNICATION WITH YOURSELF TO REALLY HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
REACH OUT TO YOUR DONORS, UM, AND, AND WITH EXPENSE OF THE TAXPAYER.
I'LL GO TO, UH, PRESIDENT AGARAL, WHO IS, UH, RAISE HIS HAND, UH, PRESIDENT AL.
NO, I THINK I'M FOLLOWING THIS DISCUSSION.
AND I FULLY SUPPORT THE AMENDED MOTION OF, UH, MS. MONDELL.
IT, IT REALLY DOESN'T, NOT ONLY GIVES WHAT THEY WANT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT PUTS SOME CAUTIONARY STEPS FOR FUTURE, WHICH ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WILL HELP, UH, POSSIBLY FROM THEM, THEM TO MOTIVATE AND BRING OTHER HELPS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT EVEN EXPLORED THE OAC ASPECT OF IT RIGHT NOW, SO I, I FULLY SUPPORT HER MOTION.
I'VE BEEN, UH, PUTTING SOME SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS TO THIS.
UM, THE WAY I'M GONNA VOTE ON THIS IS, UM, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
I ALWAYS SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS, BUT I SUPPORT MARKS FIRST.
UH, MS. MANDEL BROUGHT UP, UH, IT'S VERY VALID POINTS THAT I THINK NEEDS SOME TIME TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE ANYTHING LONG TERM GETS DECIDED.
I ALSO FULLY BELIEVE THAT WRONG DECISIONS DON'T TURN RIGHT OVER TIME.
SO, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE VALUATION.
I AM PLEASED WITH MS. MANDEL'S A MOVEMENT TO GO TWO YEARS WITH A THREE YEAR, UM, AND I JUST, UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME SERIOUS, THERE'S SOME REALLY VALID POINTS TO HEARING.
MS. RU, UH, RACHEL, ARE YOU ALL CLEAR ON THE FINAL VOTE AND HOW WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD? YES.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY.
WELL, UH, MOVING ON TO OUR THREE BRIEFING ITEMS. UM, MS. ROSS, I BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, I'M SORRY, I'M SKIPPING AHEAD.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, ANOTHER ITEM FOR SHAKESPEARE DALLAS IS REMOVING THERE NO ADMISSION FEE DAYS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, MS. MANDEL? DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. SLAUGHTER? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, ANY, UH, ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
NO, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I THINK NUMBER THREE, IF THIS REALLY DOES HELP WITH TAKING AWAY FREE ADMISSION FOR TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS TO THE PATRONS AND CHARGING THEM, AND THAT HELPS WITH THEIR AUDIENCES AND OFFSETS WHERE YOU'RE AT DEFICIT, I, I REALLY WISH YOU THE BEST ON THIS.
SO I REALLY THINK IT, I MEAN, AND IT HOPEFULLY GETS MORE PEOPLE ALSO COMING IN THE DOOR.
AND IF YOU REALLY DON'T TURN AWAY PEOPLE AT THE DOOR, THEN THOSE THAT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT WOULD REALLY EXPECT TUESDAYS
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AND WEDNESDAYS TO BE FREE.UM, I HOPE YOU MARKET THAT TO THAT, TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO COME TO THE DOOR TO ASK FOR FREE.
SO I DO THINK THAT THIS WILL HELP YOU, UM, BOTH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE SHAKESPEARE DALLAS, TO, TO MUCH WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO FOR THE FUTURE FOR
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE, UH, THREE BRIEFING ITEMS. UH, MS. ROSS, THE FLOOR, YOURS, I BELIEVE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL, SECOND
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF RECREATION SERVICES, STEVEN BAKER, SO THAT HE CAN INTRODUCE OUR KIDS FROM DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL.
UH, YES, WE HAVE, UH, YELLA MONTOYA, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY BOARD OF DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL, ALONG WITH, UH, PAULA GONZALEZ, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAM SERVICES, ALSO JOINED BY KIRSTEN RUDE, WHO IS THE DATA, UH, IMPACT AND ANALYSTS FOR THEM.
SO WE'VE ASKED THEM TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE A BIG PART OF OUR AFTERSCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT WE DO ON DISD CAMPUSES.
AND SO THEY ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN ADVOCATING AND TRAINING AND SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS THAT WE DO IN DISD CAMPUSES PRIMARILY.
AND, UM, REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR GUIDANCE, INVITING US TO OUR BEST PRACTICES AND HOW WE IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL PASS IT ALONG TO THEM.
UM, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME FOR SCHOOL.
TO THE DALLAS PARKS BOARD MEETING
UM, MY NAME IS GON AND SCOTT INTRODUCED US.
UM, SO BEFORE WE DIVE INTO WHY OUR FULL TIME MATTERS, UH, DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL WORKS TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR CHILDREN.
WE, UM, SKIPPED TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SORRY.
UH, WE BUILT AN ORGANIZATION THAT
WE CURRENTLY SERVE 232 OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS WHO IN TURN SERVE 14,000 CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH 90% ARE ON FREE OR REDUCED PRICE LUNCH IN PRIMARILY CHILDREN OF COLOR.
ONE OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS IS WITH DALLAS PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, AND WE SUPPORT THEIR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS BY PROVIDING TRAINING ON TOPICS SUCH AS AGES AND STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, 21ST CENTURY SKILLS AND PARENT ENGAGEMENT, JUST
WE PROVIDE QUALITY AND SAFETY ASSESSMENTS, AND WE ADVOCATE BY CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES AND STAKEHOLDERS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANT IMPORTANCE OF OUTOF SCHOOL TIME AT THE DISTRICT, CITY, AND STATE.
SO, WHY OST? WHY OUTOF SCHOOL TIME? OFTENTIMES WE HEAR THE PHRASES, STUDENT SUCCESS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND ACADEMIC LOSSES OR GAMES, AND WE IMMEDIATELY THINK OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM.
HOWEVER, CHILDREN SPEND ONLY 20% OF THEIR WAKING HOURS IN THE CLASSROOM.
THAT'S A TOTAL OF 180 DAYS OF A SCHOOL YEAR FOR SEVEN HOURS.
SO BY THE TIME THEY REACH THE SIXTH GRADE, UPPER AND MIDDLE CLASS STUDENTS SPEND ON AVERAGE 6,000 MORE HOURS LEARNING THE DUKE KIDS BORN INTO POVERTY.
OF THOSE 6,000 HOURS, OVER 4,000 ARE SPENT IN AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES BY KEEPING KIDS SAFE, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR ADULTS, AND ACA ACADEMIC GAINS FOR STUDENTS.
WHILE PROGRAMS PROVIDE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES, THERE IS ONLY ENOUGH CAPACITY TO SERVE 17% OF CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY.
SO THAT MEANS THAT FOR EVERY CHILD ENROLLED IN AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, THREE ARE WAITING TO ENROLL, LEAVING OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND CHILDREN WITHOUT PROGRAMMING.
SO TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE AT T CENTER,
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS? WE'LL DO A QUICK, UH, DEEP DATA DIVE.
SO, IN NORTH DALLAS, THERE ARE A TOTAL ABOUT OF 69 PROGRAMS. AND WHEN YOU TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, YOU'LL FIND THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 301 SEATS FOR 1000 ELIGIBLE
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STUDENTS AVAILABLE.AND ALL DEMAND IS GREATER THAN SUPPLY IN THIS REGION.
IN COMPARISON TO WEST DALLAS, WHERE THERE ARE 43 PROGRAMS AND 113 SEATS FOR 1000 ELIGIBLE STUDENTS AND OVERALL DEMAND FOR PROGRAMS IS EQUAL WHILE DEMAND FOR PROGRAMS EQUAL IN WEST DALLAS.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL CENSUS TRACKS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 26 THAT HAVE A GREATER DEMAND FOR PROGRAMS THAN SUPPLY AVAILABLE IN EAST DALLAS.
ACCESSIBILITY, OF COURSE, IS DIFFERENT.
THERE ARE 83 PROGRAMS AND 155 SEATS FOR 1000 ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.
AND OVERALL DEMAND FOR PROGRAMS IN EAST DALLAS IS GREATER THAN SUPPLY.
THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SOUTH DALLAS, THERE ARE 94 PROGRAMS AND 270 SEATS FOR 1000 ELIGIBLE STUDENTS HERE.
DEMAND FOR PROGRAMS IS GREATER THAN SUPPLY.
SO WHERE DOES PARK AND WHERE DOES THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FIT IN THIS PICTURE? THROUGH THEIR OUT FULL TIME PROGRAMS, PARKS AND REC IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PROVIDERS, BUT FREE AND LOW COST PROGRAMS IN THE CITY.
THEY CONSISTENTLY RANK AS A HIGH QUALITY PROGRAM AND ARE CRITICAL FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
TO THE RIGHT OF THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT FAMILIES, WHO YOU ALL SERVICE THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE QUALITY OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY RECEIVE.
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK MINUTE TO JUST READ THOSE TO YOURSELF.
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WE'LL MAKE TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE JOINED BY KIRSTEN RUDE, OUR DATA AND IMPACT MANAGER WHO CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE S SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE REGARDING OUR DATA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
UM, MR. UH, WETA? UH, THANK YOU.
I, I READ THIS, UH, A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
I THINK WE RECEIVED IT ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE ANYMORE, BUT I DID GO THROUGH IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST.
DO YOU HAVE A ACTUAL MAP OF HOW YOU DIVIDED DALLAS UP AND YOU CAN MAYBE SHARE WITH US AT A LATER TIME? AT A LATER TIME? YES.
SO KIRSTEN TOOK, UM, CENSUS DATA AND OUR LOCATOR FULL INFORMATION TO GATHER THAT DATA.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAP OF, HAVE IN INDIVIDUAL EXCEL FILES.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S
AND, AND THE REASON, THE REASON DALLAS IS SO BIG, DALLAS IS SPREAD OUT AND IT'S, IT'S LIKE SOMETIMES EIGHT, NINE CITIES IN, IN ONE CITY.
UH, 'CAUSE WE JUST SO SPREAD OUT.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE, I'M NOT, I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF EITHER WEST DALLAS OR SOUTH DALLAS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PLEASANT GROVE AND YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND, AND I KNOW THAT THE DALLAS PART ALMOST GONNA BE THE SAME AS IT FELT LIKE EVERY SECTION WAS 17% WHERE WE'RE AT AS I READ THROUGH IT.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THE INDIVIDUAL SCOPE FOR EACH DISTRICT THAT, THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, UH, OH MY GOD.
DFW WHAT DO WE CALL THAT? IT'S, UH, DALE, UH, WHERE LAVILLE, LAVILLE, LOVEFIELD B LAKE'S A DIFFERENT SECTION ALSO.
IT'S NOT WEST DALLAS BAR NORTH SIDE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, UM, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO JUST SHOW A LARGER PICTURE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE DISTRICT PROFILES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL, CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT DISD, DISTRICT, STATE, UM, HOUSE AND SENATE.
SO WE HAVE 'EM ALL DIVIDED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL LEVEL.
THIS IS JUST TO GIVE US A QUICK LIKE OVERVIEW.
SINCE THERE IS SO MUCH DATA THAT WE HAVE, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SIMPLIFY IT, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT LOOK DIFFERENT WITHIN ONE REGION OF DALLAS.
YEAH, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE, OF COURSE WITH DSD USING SIMILAR SCHOOLS, WE HAVE TO PULL PROGRAMMING AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT MORE.
I KNOW THAT IN OAK CLIFF WE HAD A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE NOT NO LONGER IN.
UM, AND IT WAS JUST A PARTNERSHIP THAT GOT DISSOLVE AND MAYBE WE CAN RE RE RE GET THOSE SCHOOLS BACK
'CAUSE PARENTS WANT KEEP THE KIDS AT SCHOOL SO THEY CAN WORK TILL FIVE O'CLOCK TO COME GET 'EM.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A BIG PROGRAM THEY CAN'T AFFORD MAYBE TO PAY US OR PAY THE CITY OR WHOEVER'S AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM TO DO IT AND TO GET THAT RE PROGRAM.
SO ABSOLUTELY, AND I'LL GIVE KUDOS TO THE PARKS AND REC TEAM FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP.
'CAUSE THEY WORK DILIGENTLY WITH DISD TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WHAT THE, THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE OFFERING AND ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PARENTS AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
WELL THEN I SPENT SOME TIME WITH PARENTS EARLIER THIS YEAR AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN IT WAS, I'M ABLE TO WORK LONGER HOURS.
PLEASE DON'T GET RID OF THESE PROGRAMS TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK, UM, AND LET MR.
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TER KNOW I WILL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ANELLA AND TEAM TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THOSE REPORTS.SO THEY DO EXIST AND I'VE SEEN THEM ON A DEEPER, UM, LEVEL WITH THE ZIP CODES.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'LL BE GOOD INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL TO REALLY DIGEST WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT TO YOU.
BUT THEN I'LL ALSO BE SHARING WITH YOU ALL THE LINK ON THEIR PAGE, WHICH HAS A LOCATOR TOOL AND IT'S MORE INTERACTIVE.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL LIKE LAYING THAT ARE MORE TECH SAVVY, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT AS A RESOURCE AS WELL.
AND GO AHEAD AND, AND WELL THAT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET INTO THAT DATA, WE, WE ALL KIND KNOW OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ALREADY, BUT WE GET INTO A SPECIFIC SCHOOL DATA.
IT LETS US KNOW OUR PARTNERS, OUR OTHER PARTNERS OUTSIDE OF PARKS AND REC AND OUTSIDE WHAT WE REALLY NEED IN THAT COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST GETTING THAT RAW DATA RIGHT TO THE CENTER.
AND WE GET TO KNOW, I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU NOW, I CAN PLEASE PULL OFFHAND SALAZAR AND, AND AND ON ON RAVINIA AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT NEED MORE HELP, BUT JUST MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY DOES.
SO WE JUST GOTTA KIND OF GET THAT RAW DATA.
THANK YOU MADAM VICE PRESIDENT.
UM, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE, UM, THE BUSES THAT WE SEE ROLLING INTO THE REC CENTERS AFTER SCHOOL, BRINGING KIDS IN FROM SCHOOL AND THAT THAT'S, THEY'RE BRINGING THE KIDS TO THESE PROGRAMS, IS THAT RIGHT? UH, I'LL INTERJECT.
SO WE HAVE TWO TIERS OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE THOSE THAT TAKE PLACE AT THE RECREATION CENTER WHERE YES, YOU SEE US PICK UP FROM THE SCHOOL SITES AND THEN BRING THEM TO THE REC CENTER.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER LAYER, WHICH IS THE CLA UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CONDUCT ON SITE AT DALLAS, ISD.
SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT AFTERSCHOOL EXPERIENCES.
AND SO DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL, ALTHOUGH THEY SUPPORT US IN MANY WAYS, THEY REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE DOING OFFSITE IN OUR DALLAS ISD PROGRAM.
SO, SO THIS PRESENTATION WAS WHAT'S HAPPENING ONSITE AT DISD SCHOOLS AND AS WELL AS DALLAS AS A WHOLE, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS AND THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A WHOLE.
SO, SO MY QUESTION IS STILL RELEVANT IN A SENSE.
UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S LIMITING FACTORS TO CAPACITY AND ACCESSIBILITY? I SEE 17%, THAT'S WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
UH, SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LIMITING FACTORS TO THE FACE? IS IT STAFFING? IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, WE HAVE A HIGH TURNOVER RATE IN, SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO CONTINUE TO SERVE A LARGE GROUP OF, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS AND YOUTH.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE STAFF, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, ENCOURAGE THAT.
UM, RATIOS STAY SMALL, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN 15 KIDS PER GROUP.
SO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE STAFF AND THE CAPACITY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD, RIGHT? TO CONTINUE TO PROGRAM FOR SO MANY CHILDREN OR SO MANY YOUTH ON SITE CAMPUSES.
THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW AND REMEMBER BECAUSE, UH, OF, WAS IT LAST TIME WE WERE BRIEFED ON THE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION AT BACHMAN? AND AGAIN, CAPACITY WAS AN ISSUE.
IT WAS, IT WAS A STRENGTH CONSTRAINT THERE.
SO THAT'S JUST GOOD TO MAKE NOTE OF THESE THINGS.
THANK YOU MADAM VICE PRESIDENT.
UM, SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU, UM, I WENT TO YOUR WEBSITE AND YOU HAVE THIS TERM I'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT LOVE.
IT'S CALLED PLATINUM TRANSPARENCY.
AND ON THE WEBSITE YOU PUT YOUR NINE S AND YOUR ANNUAL REPORT.
I, I'D LOVE WISH YOU ALL OUR PARTNERS WOULD DO THAT.
AND SO I DIPPED IN INTO NINE 90 A LITTLE BIT AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, IN THE TREND IN UNDER YOUR CATEGORY OF CALENDAR YEAR, SORRY, OF GIFTS, GRANTS AND GIFTS, GRANTS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 2018 TO 2022, IT'S A DOWNWARD TREND.
UH, YOU ARE ACTUALLY DOWN 564,000 IN 2022 FROM WHAT YOU WERE IN 2018.
SO IT'S, AND THEN I LOOK INTO YOUR FUNDRAISING AND IT LOOKED LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE EITHER LOST 47,000 ON A FUNDRAISING EVENT YOU HAD, OR IT LOOKED MARGINAL.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IT'S SPITE OF THE FACT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EQUITY IN THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEED, LIKE YOUR PRESENTATION SAYS FOR AFTERSCHOOL CARE FOR SO MANY REASONS, IS PUBLIC SUPPORT DECLINING? I THINK THAT WE SAW, UM, A DOWNWARD TREND.
UM, WE SAW AN UPWARD TREND WHEN, WHEN COVID HIT, UM, BECAUSE WE WERE RUNNING VIRTUAL, UM, SUPPORTS AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ONE OF OUR RESOURCES, IT'S, THEY'RE CALLED WONDER KITS.
THEY'RE STEM, UM, KITS IN A BOX THAT PROVIDE SUPPLIES FOR UP TO 25 STUDENTS.
UM, AND, UM, WE PROVIDE THOSE FOR FREE TO OUR PARTNERS, BUT WE ALSO, UM, SELL
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THEM NATIONALLY.AND DURING THE COVID PERIOD, WE HAD A HUGE ORDER FROM, UM, CALIFORNIA WHERE WE HAD A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, PURCHASE IN WONDER KIDS.
SO, UM, BUT THEN ONCE YOU RECEIVE THOSE KITS, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO REPLICATE.
UM, SO THAT WE SAW KIND OF A DOWNWARD TREND IN SALES.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IT'S JUST OUR FUNDRAISER ALSO WAS POST COVID AND IT WAS HARD TO GET PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
UM, AND THEN ALSO FUNDRAISING TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO OUR MISSION.
IT WAS JUST, IT WAS, IT WAS DIFFERENT.
UM, THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY, UM, HAD AN UPWARD TREND IN OUR FUNDRAISING, UM, POST COVID.
AND NOW WE'RE SEEING MORE PEOPLE, UM, SPEAK TO THE MISSION AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE FUNDS.
AND ALSO WE WERE THE RECIPIENTS.
AND, UM, WE'RE SO BLESSED TO RECEIVE, UM, THE MACKENZIE SCOTT AWARD, UM, FOR $1 MILLION THIS PAST YEAR.
SO GRETCHEN BLESS LOTS OF CELEBRATIONS, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CONTINUE THAT UPWARD TREND MOVING FORWARD, FORWARD.
WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. ROSS.
UM, GIVEN THAT IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S SOME ENORMOUS NEED IN DIMINISHING RESOURCES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, CAN WE DO EITHER, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE GOING INTO A BUDGET CYCLE WHERE WE'RE GONNA LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE HAVE ONE THAT WOULD HELP US WITH OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS TO EXPAND IT.
UH, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING CURRENTLY? AND, AND I GUESS IT SINKS IN WITH WHAT WOULD YOU ALL LIKE FOR US IN TERMS OF SUPPORT, IF, WOULD IT BE THROUGH A SUGGESTED BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO DO TODAY? UH, OR WHAT IF WE WANT TO INCREASE THIS SUPPORT FOR THIS KIND OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, KIDS
SO WE WOULD PROBABLY LEAN ON YOU ALL FOR SOME CONNECTIONS, UH, GETTING OUR FOOT IN THE DOOR AND SOME OF THOSE SCHOOL SITES WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN, BUT WE ARE JUST KIND OF LOOKING TO GROW BACK TO THE OFFERINGS WHERE WE WERE PRE PANDEMIC AT ONE POINT 24 SCHOOLS, WE'RE NOW AT 10.
AND SO JUST WANTING TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE PRE PANDEMIC IS REALLY OUR GOAL.
AND WHAT WOULD BE THE ONE, WHAT'S THE PROCESS TO GET FROM THERE TO THERE? SO IT IS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CAMPUS, UM, LEADERSHIP AT SCHOOLS IN DISD AS WELL AS THE EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORT, THE EXTERNAL EXTENDED LEARNING OFFICE IN DALLAS, ISD.
AND TRYING TO COME IN WITH A GLOBAL APPROACH ON WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO DALLAS, ISDD VERSUS EVERYONE HAVING TO TALK TO EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS.
SO WE WANT TO BE, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO GROW AS THE LEADER IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IN DALLAS, ISD, AND THEN GET INTO, UM, SUPPORTING OUR OTHER SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SO WE HAVE SOMEWHAT A RELATIONSHIP WITH UPLIFT.
WE'RE NEEDING TO TRY TO DO SOME THINGS WITH RICHARDSON, ISD, HARTON FARMER BRANCH, ISD.
AND, UM, DO YOU, WHY DO YOU THINK THE NUMBER DROPPED ON CAMPUSES THAT WE'RE AT? WELL, BECAUSE, AND I WILL DEFINITELY LET DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL RESPOND, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS THERE WAS A SHIFT IN HOW DALLAS ISD WANTED TO CONDUCT THEIR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. MANY OF THEM WANTED TO DO IT THEMSELVES INTERNALLY.
THEY HAD THE FUNDING FROM ARPA FUNDS, UM, THEY HAD DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT WERE ALLOWING THEM TO SHOW THEIR STAFFING TO CONDUCT THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY GAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS.
UH, SO JUST KIND OF A SHIFT IN PHILOSOPHY IN ELLA, OLGA, KRISTEN.
YEAH, NO, I THINK THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
I MEAN, AFTER THE PANDEMIC, THEY HAD A LOT MORE FUNDING AVAILABLE AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY KNOW THAT AFTERSCHOOL IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT HELPS SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING LOSS AND 'CAUSE OF ALL OF THE LEARNING LOSS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEY PRIORITIZED THEIR OWN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE THE QUALITY OF WORK WHILE THEIR PARTNERS, I THINK THEY JUST WANTED TO TAKE THINGS LITTLE IN-HOUSE.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING THE DISTRICT IS, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AFTER THAT FUNDING IS OVER? I THINK THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT, OR AT LEAST WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN AS ANSWERED JUST YET.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT WORKING ON IT, BUT I THINK THEY'RE STILL DOING SOME INTERNAL TIMING ALONG, ALONG THOSE LINES.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IT, BUT I DON'T WANNA BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT TO ME IT'S THE
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MOST IMPORTANT THING, UH, LATCHKEY KID AS I CONTINUE TO SAY, THIS REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM.
UM, AND I DEFINITELY SUPPORT YOU GUYS.
UM, I CAME BEFORE HERE FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOR 15 YEARS, SO, UM, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM IS.
UM, QUICK QUESTION, IS THIS JUST, UM, HOMEWORK OR DO YOU DO OTHER ACTIVITIES OR DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT? 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA, SO WE DON'T PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMMING.
WE SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE DIRECT SERVICE.
OH, LIKE THE DALLAS PARKS AND REC, ALSO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, YMCA.
SO WE HAVE OVER 40 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT.
AND THEN YOU THE HUB? YES, FOR THE HUB.
SURE, YEAH, WE'RE KIND OF THE CONS.
IT TOOK A WHILE FOR ME TO KNOW THIS TOO.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO, TO OUR YOUTH AND ECHO OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS, UM, WE'VE BEEN SAFE FOR GENERATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AND I THINK THE PROGRAMS AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE, UM, WE TRY TO DO BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITMENT.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CHILDREN, UM, ARE WORTH IT AND OUR WORLD IS GONNA BE A SCARY PLACE.
COME EDUCATE, UM, AND KEEP THAT LEARNING LOSS, UM, AT THE MINIMUM.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.
WE DIDN'T HAVE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING, UM, SO I HAD TO GO OUT AND BAIL HAY AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO, ALRIGHT.
BUT WAS THAT WAS YOUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM? YEAH, LIKE RIDING, GETTING SUNBURNED ON THAT HAY, UM, THINGS STACKING, THOSE EIGHT BILLS COMING IN ALL SCRATCHED UP.
IT, IT DEFINITELY WAS A DIFFERENT EDUCATION.
SO, UM, THE LIFE OF A KID IN THE CITY IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT AND THE TIMES ARE SO MUCH DIFFERENT.
PARENTS NEED THIS AND YOU KNOW, IT, YOU DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT NEEDING UNTIL YOU NEED AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A SUPPORT STAFF, YOU DON'T HAVE A MOTHER, A FATHER IN THE AREA.
UM, SOME OF THESE SINGLE PARENTS OR EVEN PARENTS THAT BOTH ARE WORKING, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
I HAD A PRINCIPAL AND THEY MAKE DECENT MONEY AND HE SAID THAT, OH, SUMMER CAMPS ARE SO EXPENSIVE.
SO BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR SUMMER CAMPS AT DALLAS, UM, ARTS AND REC.
UM, I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR PROGRAMMING AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE SUPPORT FOR OUR DALLAS PROGRAMMING.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. WOOD.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK FOR THIS IS GREAT.
THROUGH THAT CATEGORY, MY MOTHER AND MY TEACHER WAS MY HERO.
WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS, MY MOTHER SAID TO GO OUTSIDE, SHE CAME HOME FROM WORK.
I HAD A SCREEN DOOR PRINT ON MY FACE, I WAS AFRAID.
BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY HELPS THE COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THIS HELPS IKE, IT'S GONNA SAVE A LOT TO SAVE ONE.
A LOT OF OUR KIDS DON'T DESERVE SAVINGS.
I GET INTO THAT, BUT I COMMEND ON WHAT YOU DO.
THIS IS REALLY BEYOND WHAT I CALL CALL DUTY.
THANK YOU MR. SLAUGHTER, AND THANKS AGAIN.
I'M JUST ECHOING WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO TO BRING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO KEEP THEM SAFE OR ALLOW WORKING PARENTS THAT CAN'T AFFORD CHILD CHILDCARE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A JOB TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES IS THIS IS JUST BEYOND IMPORTANT.
SO WHENEVER PEOPLE SAY THAT PARK SERVANT, NO, THERE'S SO MUCH PROGRAMMING LIKE THIS THAT REALLY PROVIDES A LIFETIME LIFELINE TO OUR FAMILIES.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INCREDIBLE WORK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
NOW WE ARE ON THE 2024 SUMMER CAMP PREVIEW, MS. BROWN.
SO I HAVE WITH US TODAY, UM, SHE REALLY DOES NEED INTRODUCTION, BUT I WANT THEME MUSIC, LISA MCCLENDON, WHO IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT OUR 2024, UH, SUMMER CAMP PREVIEW.
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ARE DEFINITELY EMBARKING ON OUR SUMMER SEASON, UM, ALL THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT, NOT JUST RECREATION, BUT PARK MAINTENANCE, AQUATICS, EVERYONE.SO LISA IS GOING TO LEAD US ON WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THE SPECIFIC SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCES.
WELL, GOOD MORNING, OR ALMOST AFTERNOON, I GUESS.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALREADY MAY AND SUMMER IS UPON US.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, SUMMER IS OUR PEAK SEASON AND RECREATION SERVICES.
SO AS WE SPEAK, THE STAFFS AT THE RECREATION CENTERS, UM, PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON ALL ON ALL OF OUR SUMMER PLANS.
UM, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW MY OWN TWO KIDS ACTUALLY, UM, ATTENDED A CITY OF DALLAS SUMMER CAMP PARK IN THE WOODS FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE I EVEN WORKED FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, AND NOW ONE HAS GROWN AND GONE, THE OTHER ONE HAS, UM, ALMOST GROWN AND GONE.
AND THEY BOTH SPEAK OF IT SO FONDLY LIKE THIS WAS, UM, A HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR CHILDHOOD.
SO IT'S TRULY OUR HOPE AS WE PROVIDE THESE EXPERIENCES TO THESE KIDS THAT WHEN THEY'RE GROWN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE, THEY'RE LOOKING BACK AND THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, SUMMER CAMP WAS A GREAT TIME, THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, SO IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION, UM, I'LL BE GIVING YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ALL THE DIFFERENT SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OFFERING THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP THOSE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS, HOW WE'RE MAKING IT AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THEN YOU'LL JUST KIND OF SEE THE LOCATION OF WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ARE AT.
SO JUST A OVERVIEW, UM, WE ARE OFFERING 53 SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, 39 OF THOSE TAKE PLACE IN OUR RECREATION CENTERS.
30 OF THOSE ARE FEE-BASED CAMPS WHERE THERE'S A WEEKLY FEE.
NINE OF THEM ARE ALTERNATIVELY FUNDED CAMPS, SO THERE'S NO FEE, UM, FOR THE PARTICIPANT ATTACHED, NINE OF THEM ARE DISCOVERED DALLAS CAMPS, AND THAT'S A NEW TERM THIS YEAR, UM, FORMERLY CALLED SYNDICATE TO CAMP.
WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF REBRANDING AND NOW IT'S DISCOVER OF DALLAS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR TEAM CAMP LOCATIONS.
LAST YEAR WE HAD THREE, WE'VE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL ONE THIS YEAR.
AND THEN OUR, OF COURSE, OUR SAN NO PHARMA ADVENTURE CAMP IS BACK FOR ITS THIRD YEAR.
WE, UM, ARE ATTENDING MANY OF THE SAME LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST ACROSS DALLAS, SUCH A CELEBRATION STATION, ORUM AQUARIUM, OUR AQUATIC CENTERS IN BAHAMA BEACH, THE ZOO SAMUEL FARM, THE ROLLER, SOUTHERN SKATES ROLLER RANKED STUDIO, MOVIE GRILL, AND TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER.
BUT WE'VE ALSO ADDED THREE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE NEW FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP KIDS, ADVENTURE LANDING ALLEY KATZ.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SPARK DALLAS AS WELL, UM, WHICH IS MORE CREATIVE STEM BASED.
UM, FIELD TRIP, FIELD TRIP PROGRAMMING.
SO THESE ARE OUR GOALS AND OUR OBJECTIVES.
UM, AND IF I COULD SUM IT UP, I WOULD SAY THIS YEAR WE ARE REALLY ENCOURAGING STAFF TO BE INTENTIONAL.
I THINK INTENTIONAL IS, IS THE BUZZWORD OF THE YEAR.
SO, UM, EVERY DAY WE ARE DEFINITELY STRIVING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE AND THAT WE'RE REALLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE, UM, GROWTH OF THESE KIDS THAT ARE IN OUR PROGRAM.
AND OF COURSE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY SINGLE KID THAT COMES TO OUR PROGRAM.
IT'S VERY HIGH PRIORITY, UM, THROUGH THE PROGRAMMING.
WE ALSO HAVE NATURE PRO, UH, PROGRAMMING EMBEDDED WITHIN, UM, THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT IS, WE ARE, UM, HOPING TO GROW THESE YOUNG CHILDREN THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HOPING THAT THEY ESTABLISH SOME RESPECT AND LOVE FOR NATURE.
AND OF COURSE THOSE END, END UP BEING OUR FUTURE ADVOCATES FOR OUR PARKS AND TRIPS.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, WE ARE STRIVING EACH DAY TO REDUCE BARRIERS FOR PARTICIPATION.
SO WE'RE LISTENING TO WHAT OUR PARENTS ARE SAYING.
IF, UM, BARRIERS ARE BEING BROUGHT TO US, WE DEFINITELY WANNA BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO BREAK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS.
UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS BY INCREASING OUR REGISTRATION NUMBERS WITH PREVIOUSLY LOWER ATTENDANCE.
SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE WORKING ON ACTION PLANS TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE AT THOSE SITES.
UM, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE AT THE SITES THAT ARE FULL, THAT WE'RE NOT SIMPLY TURNING AWAY, UM, CHILDREN THAT WE'RE INSTEAD REFERRING 'EM TO A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAT COULD ALSO MEET THEIR NEED FOR CARE.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ARE GOING FOR 80% CAPACITY, UM, OF OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM.
SO LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 75%, SO WE'RE PUSHING TICKETS TO 80% THIS YEAR.
AND THEN FINALLY, THIS LAST ONE, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TYPO, BUT WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING FOR A 98% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RATING.
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LAST YEAR WE WERE VERY, VERY HAPPY.WE WERE VERY CLOSE TO 97%, I THINK IT WAS 96.8%.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PUSH AND WE WANT IT TO BE A REALLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
WE WANT THE PARENTS TO SAY THAT THEY'RE
SO, UM, OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR SPORTS THAT WE PLAY WITHIN CAMP, AND THEN WE INVITE IN SPECIAL GUESTS.
THESE CAN INCLUDE ENRICHMENT VENDORS, UM, SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT, UM, ENHANCE THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ALREADY PROVIDING.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO OFFER, UM, A VERY UNIQUE HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPERIENCE, WHICH I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THINGS SUCH AS OUR LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR PASSIVE RECREATION AND THEN STEM PROGRAMS IS A BIG PART OF OUR PROGRAMMING.
WE, UM, ALL OF OUR CAMPS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING STEM PROGRAMMING FIELD TRIPS WE ALREADY DISCUSSED, AND THEN GROUP ACTIVITIES, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE SOCIAL CONNECTION WITH, UM, WORKING WITH OTHER CHILDREN.
SO I WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PIECE.
SO WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD.
THEY WERE TASKED WITH CREATING AN INNOVATIVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PIECE FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP.
UM, AND THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS WAS REALLY TO SUPPORT HEALTHY CHILDREN, OBESITY PREVENTION, UM, AND JUST EDUCATION ALL THE WAY AROUND WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
SO THIS TEAM, UM, CAME UP WITH THE SUMMER CUP CHALLENGE AND IF ANY OF YOU ARE HARRY POTTER FANS, WHICH SEVERAL OF OUR KIDS ARE AS HARRY POTTER THEMED, UM, SO IT KIND OF GOES OFF OF THAT.
SO IT SHOULD BE REALLY FUN FOR THE KIDS.
UM, EVERY SINGLE CAMP THAT WE HAVE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ADVENTURE CAMP, WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
SO AGES FIVE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TEENS WILL PARTICIPATE IN IT.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, THEY'RE CALLED HEPA STANDARDS HEALTHY EATING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY STANDARDS.
AND THESE ARE BASICALLY A SET OF STANDARDS THAT SAY THESE ARE THE BEST PRACTICES FOR AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS, UM, WITH HEALTHY EATING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
SO WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THOSE AS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
SO THE KIDS WILL BE, UM, DIVIDED INTO HOUSES AND THEY WILL COMPETE TOGETHER WITH THEIR HOUSE.
AND SO WE'RE NOT DIVIDING BY SERVICE AREAS OR AREAS OF DALLAS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE LITERALLY, UM, WATCHING A SORTING HAT CEREMONY WHERE THE HAT WILL TELL THEM, UM, WHICH HOUSE THEY'RE IN.
SO, UH, RECREATION CENTER IN NORTH DALLAS, MAYBE PAIRED WITH A RECREATION CENTER IN SOUTH DALLAS.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT BUILDS SOME CAMARADERIE AS WELL ACROSS OF OUR SITES THAT IT BUILDS ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, UM, THAT THEY WILL COLLECT POINTS, SCORES.
SO, UM, THAT'LL IN THAT POINTS INCLUDE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND THEN NUTRITION BREAKS ONCE A WEEK.
SO MOVING ON TO PROGRAM EQUITY, OBVIOUSLY THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS THAT WE WANNA REDUCE, UM, BARRIERS AND IMPROVE ACCESS.
SO THESE ARE OUR TOTAL NUMBERS FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE RECEIVED.
WE'RE UP TO JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO A, A LITTLE BIT MORE BY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS THAT MET THE QUALIFICATIONS.
SO IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP TO SUMMER CAMP, THEY NEED TO BE A CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENT.
UM, AND THEY, UM, NEED TO HAVE, UM, A NEED IDENTIFIED.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE LAST ONE, UM, THIS YEAR WE AWARDED 113 SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND THAT IS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THREE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE ACTUALLY CHARGED FOR SUMMER CAMP HAD BEEN, BEEN TURNED OVER TO THREE LOCATIONS THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO THERE WAS NO NEED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO OUR SCHOLARSHIP VALUE IS UP A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE VALUE OF THE SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE HAS INCREASED THIS YEAR.
OKAY, NOW I'M GONNA BREAK DOWN THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CAMPS THAT WE HAVE.
THE FIRST ONE IS OUR STANDARD RECREATION CENTER SUMMER CAMPS.
THEY WILL BE AT THE RECREATION CENTERS NINE WEEKS, UM, SEVEN 30 TO FIVE 30.
AND THE PRICE THIS YEAR IS $75 A WEEK FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS, $85 A WEEK FOR NON-RESIDENTS.
AND THEY WILL DO ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED.
YEAH, NINE OF OUR LOCATIONS ARE ALTERNATIVELY FUNDED.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THESE LOCATIONS HERE.
SIX OF THESE ARE CDBG AND THE OTHER THREE ARE THE THREE LOCATIONS I JUST PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO NON FEE BASED CAMPS.
UM, THESE WILL BE THE EXACT SAME EXPERIENCES THAT ARE FOUND IN THE OTHER RECREATION CENTER CAMPS.
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WITH THIS ONE IS THIS IS ONLY OPEN TO DALLASUM, WE HAVE NINE LOCATIONS THIS YEAR AND I REALLY WANT TO GIVE COMPLIMENTS TO THE STAFF.
LAST YEAR, ALL THE LOCATIONS WERE OUTSIDE.
UM, THIS YEAR THEY HAVE FOUND INDOOR LOCATIONS BECAUSE WE HOT LAST YEAR.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE LIBRARIES, UM, WHICH IS REALLY NEAT.
THE LIBRARY IS CONNECTED TO A PARK, SO THEY HAVE PLAY AREA.
UM, THEY'LL ALSO BE DOING THE LIBRARY PROGRAMS AS WELL.
UM, THERE IS REGISTRATION THAT YOU, YOU CAN SEE MAY 28TH THROUGH THE 31ST, UM, AND THEN JUNE 3RD.
AND THEN THIS PROGRAM RUNS JUNE 3RD THROUGH JULY 26TH.
AND IT HAS A LITTLE BIT SHORTER OF THE DAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM OUR TEAM CAMP LOCATIONS WILL BE OFFERED AT THURGOOD MARSHALL RECREATION CENTER, TIMBER GLEN, AND XL RECREATION CENTERS.
UM, AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'VE ADDED NASH DAVIS RECREATION CENTERS LIST.
SO THIS CAMP IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR TEENS, UM, AGES 13 TO 15.
THIS IS A NINE WEEK PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, ALSO ONLY OPEN TO DALLAS RESIDENTS.
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE A SAMUEL FARM ADVENTURE CAMP.
AND, UM, FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR, THIS IS OUR SPECIALTY CAMP IN DALLAS.
UM, SO THIS ONE OFFERS IT, IT'S BASICALLY NON-TRADITIONAL.
IT OFFERS ALL THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE TYPE ACTIVITIES.
SO WE HEARD OF, HEARD ABOUT IT EARLIER ABOUT MOUNTAIN BIKING, KAYAKING, FISHING.
UM, THEY'RE GOING ON ANOTHER OVERNIGHT CAMPING TRIP THIS YEAR.
THIS ONE IS AN EIGHT WEEK CAMP FROM 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM THEY HAVE EARLY DROP OFF AT EIGHT 30 AND LATE PICKUP AT FIVE 30.
UM, AND THE COST FOR THIS IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS A WEEK FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS, 1 25 FOR NON-RESIDENTS.
AND WE OFFER A SHUTTLE FROM DOUGLAS.
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE A LOCATION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, I MEAN WE HAVE A MAP OF ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT'S COLOR CODED SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THEY ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SUMMER.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE CAN OPEN IT AFTERWARDS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION MR. SLAUGHTER.
YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO GET A, A STATUE TO D FOR THE BRIAN MOBILE, BUT TIM DICKEY ALSO, WE WERE GONNA GIVE THIS TO, UH, SOUTH DALLAS CAFE.
I SAY FUN TIME AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THINK NOT ONLY I WANNA GIVE ANOTHER STATUE OF WHAT THIS YOUNG LADY HAS DONE OUT THERE.
I MEAN, I'M SO PROUD OF THE STAFF.
THIS THE ONLY STAFF, THERE'S ONLY TWO STAFFS IN THIS TOWN THAT REALLY DOES A GOOD JOB AS SPARKING RACE IN CITY SECRETARY ZONE.
PEOPLE, THEY NOT LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE MAD AT THEIR BOYFRIEND OR SOMEBODY KICK THEIR DOG WHEN THEY COME TO WORK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GOT A JOHN LAWRENCE AND A RYAN AND A MR. RENEE AND CRYSTAL IS THAT TO HIM AND JOHN IS UH, THINK HE'S GETTING UH, HIS TOES CUT OFF OR SOMETHING.
BUT UH, HE SAID, YOU THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
AND WE USED TO SAY WHAT WE CAN'T DO.
THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GET TWO STAFFS, ONE OF DICKIE
I MEAN I WAS OUT THERE, I SAW THE CLIFFS AND I CAME OUT THERE AND SAW THE KAYAKING KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW ME, THEY WANTED ME TO GET IN THE KAYAK.
I KEEP TELLING YOU, A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE DON'T MESS WITH WATER.
I KNEW LISTEN TO
WE MS. HE THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO THE KIDS GETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
UH, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT
YOU SAID YOU WERE AT 75% LAST YEAR.
UM, IT'S JUST AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
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SO ACROSS THE CITY.DO YOU THINK THAT'S MARKETING ISSUE OR A COST ISSUE? I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT BOTH.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT EACH ONE UNIQUELY AND SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE SETTING THE OPPORTUNITY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT COULD BE THERE CAN GET THERE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR SCHOLARSHIP NUMBERS ARE GOING UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE LAST THING I WOULD ADD IS IT JUST, I HEARD EVERYBODY KIND OF GASP BECAUSE THEY SAW HOW CHEAP IT WAS.
UM, IT DOES SEEM REALLY CHEAP WOULD BE ALWAYS A LITTLE LIKE GREW MAYBE GOING UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN DOING A BETTER JOB OF UM, HAVING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE FOR A SCHOLARSHIP THAT'S THERE.
OR EVEN OFFERING SOME KIND OF SLIGHT PC 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF, LOTS OF FOLKS THAT WOULD HAPPILY PAYING MORE FOR THAT WITHOUT BLINKING AN EYE.
BUT I WOULD WANNA PROTECT THE FOLKS THAT COMMUNITY COULD AFFORD IT, EITHER WITH A SLIDING PC OR OPPORTUNITIES SCHOLARSHIP.
HAS HAS, LET ME JUST KIND OF SAY, WE HEARD WHICH BOARD LAST YEAR AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PRICING STRUCTURE AND WE HAVE INCREMENTALLY GONE UP THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING UP SO MUCH THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PUSHING PEOPLE OUT.
BUT WE ARE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND THEN ALLOWING A LOT MORE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE THAT ARE BASICALLY CHALLENGES.
AND THEN IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE THREE SITES, THREE ADDITIONAL SITES THAT WILL BE FREE.
UM, THEY DID STRUGGLE WITH ENROLLMENT.
WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL BARRIER.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BE AS CREATIVE AS WE CAN WHILE STILL BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.
UH, YES, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
AND UH, MS. ROSS, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, I WAS ABOUT TO TELL YOU WITH THE THREE NEW CAMS THAT WE ADDED, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU PUT IT IN THE RIGHT AREA WHERE WE NEEDED IT, WHERE WE HAD LOW ENROLLMENT, UH, AND EVEN THE $10 WE WENT UP THAT IS CLOSER TO BALANCING THE BOOKS WHEN IT COMES TO RUNNING A SUMMER CAMP.
AND, AND I SAY THAT 'CAUSE I KNOW THE NUMBER.
UH, SO SOME OF IT'S GONNA BE IN-HOUSE USE OF OUR, OUR OWN FACILITIES, WHICH KIND OF SAVES US A LITTLE BIT OF DOLLARS.
AND UH, ALSO I THINK WE GOT A GRANT FOR FOOD, IF I REMEMBER THAT CORRECTLY.
AM I CORRECT ON THAT? ARE WE BUYING, ARE WE PAYING FOR FOOD? WE DID NOT PAY FOR THAT.
THAT'S THAT ALSO HELPS PIGGYBACK TAKE THE PRICE OFF.
UH, SO I KNOW, I KNOW HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IT IS THE NUMBERS GETTING ALMOST THERE.
BUT IT'S AWESOME THAT THEY'RE GONNA AGAIN, EVALUATE EVERY, EVERY REC CENTER DID $75 CHANGE THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT SIGNED UP.
AND HOPEFULLY WE SEE THAT NEXT YEAR.
WE CAN TRY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THAT RIGHT NUMBER.
AND, AND A COMMENT ON THE GOING FROM OUTDOORS TO THE INDOOR TO THE LIBRARIES.
'CAUSE I, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CALLS I GOT FROM PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY THAT THEIR KIDS WERE AT WEST MORNING PARK AND IT WAS GETTING HOT AND, AND ALL KIND OF STUFF.
BUT I WANNA THANK OUR PARK BOARD MEMBER.
OUR, OUR, OUR VICE PRESIDENT, MS. PRI RICE, SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PERSON WHO WAS PURSUING THE CONNECTION WITH THE LIBRARY AND PLEASANT GROVE TO TRY TO GET THAT ONE MOOD OVER THERE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY THIS, THIS IS HOW WE CAME WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIBRARIES.
'CAUSE SHE INITIATED ONE FOR HER GROUP.
UH, BUT THE CANCELING THE, THE, THE, OR CLOSING THE CAMPS AT THREE O'CLOCK VERSUS FIVE O'CLOCK I THINK WAS OUR SOLUTION LAST YEAR, WHICH I STILL HAD AN ISSUE WITH BECAUSE WE HAVE PARENTS DEPENDING ON THAT TWO HOUR GAP.
UH, BUT WE DID COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION THIS YEAR TO TRY TO KEEP A MENTOR OURSELVES.
KU GOES TO YOU GUYS FOR FIGURING THAT OUT THIS YEAR.
UH, IT'S JUST TOO HOT TO BE OUTDOORS SOMETIMES.
IF LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR DETERMINED THAT REALLY QUICK THAT IT'S JUST TOO OUTDOOR, TOO OUTDOORS TO BE OUT THERE BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE.
UM, AND, AND, AND THE 113, YOUR NUMBERS, YOUR NUMBERS DOWN, YOU KNOW, FOUR PEOPLE APPLY THIS YEAR.
BUT DO WE NOT HAVE FUNDING TO TAKE ON MORE KIDS FOR FREE SCHOLARSHIP? SO WE ACTUALLY INCREASED IN OUR SCHOLARSHIP VALUE THIS YEAR.
UM, WE, WE KEPT IT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
IT WAS UM, FOUR PER LOCATION, FOUR PER LOCATION.
I KNOW THE DOLLARS WENT UP AND SO ESSENTIALLY JUST DOLLARS THAT, THAT WERE JUST TAKING ON OR DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME PARTNERS THAT HELP US ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT COST? IT'S DOLLARS THAT WE'RE JUST TAKING ON? NO.
SO, AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING WE ALSO GOTTA LOOK AT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I'M NOT SAYING LET'S NOT DO IT.
LET'S JUST FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA MANAGE THOSE DOLLARS LATER ON.
I KNOW WE, A LOT OF IT'S INHOUSE BY GOING TO OUR AQUATICS AND GOING TO SALMON FARM AND ALL THAT KIND OF HELPS COST.
BUT WE STILL GOT THE BUSES THAT WOULD COST US A BUS.
AND IF I'M CORRECT, BUSES FOR A FIELD TRIP PROBABLY RUN BETWEEN 500 AND A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY DEPENDING WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
HOW FAR YOU GOING FROM THE LOCATION.
UH, SO IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND IN THAT LITTLE BALLPARK WINDOW.
UH, SO JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE WE GOTTA FIND A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE BUSES OR A BUS COMPANY THAT'S WILLING TO GIVE US A BETTER
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A, A GREAT PRO RATE PRICE.LEMME SEE THAT
I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT THAT IN PLACE ALREADY OR WE'RE GOING TO EVERY YEAR AND, AND KIND OF TRYING TO REBID OUR, OUR SERVICES.
WE, WE DO HAVE A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH GRAND PRAIRIE ISD, UM, AND THEY GIVE US A VERY COMPETITIVE RATE, WHICH WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH.
UM, WE HAVE TO RENEW THAT CONTRACT AT THE END OF THIS SUMMER.
SO WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE IT.
BUT IT IS, UH, IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS WHEN WE HAD THE PREVIOUS PROVIDER PRIOR TO GRAND FOR A ISD.
AND, AND THAT'S ALSO NEEDS TO KNOW THAT AND THAT MAY THIS YEAR GO TO FIVE YEARS MINUTES.
AND THANK YOU MR. WEST FOR THAT SHOUT OUT.
I KNOW YOU ALSO WORKED ON, WORKED ON THAT, UH, LAST YEAR DILIGENTLY AS WELL TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET, GET PEOPLE IN IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, UH, OUT FROM THE HEAT.
AND, UH, I TYPICALLY GOES TO MY, UM, COLLEAGUES THAT ARE ALL DOING THESE SUMMER CAMPS.
UM, I KNOW PRISCILLA PROBABLY HAS SOME ART RUNS.
UM, I, I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE DO IN OUR SUMMER CAMPS.
UM, A FRIEND OF MINE WAS LOOKING FOR A SUMMER CAMP FOR THEIR CHILD.
I WENT ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO NAVIGATE AND IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A LOTTERY AND WE'RE ONLY GETTING 75%.
WHY ARE WE LADDERING OUR, UM, THINGS? I THINK IF ONCE WE HIT CAPACITY, I THINK IT COULD BE JUST ONCE WE HIT CAPACITY, WE CAN OFFER OPTIONS FOR OTHER LOCATIONS, UM, NEARBY INSTEAD OF HAVING THE WORD LOTTERY ON THOSE TECHNICALLY MIGHT WANNA UPDATE THAT, UM, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY ENROLLED.
UM, I THINK REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS, I THINK WE COULD GET AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, AT OUR REC CENTERS, UM, THIS SUMMER.
UM, BECAUSE I LITERALLY HAD A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS LOOKING FOR A SUMMER CAMP FOR THEIR CHILD AND I SENT THEM TO THIS, UM, LIST.
'CAUSE I ASKED, UM, FOR A LIST OF OUR SUMMER CAMPS A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
SO IT WAS REALLY TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING FOR IT.
UM, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA.
AND HE'S A PRINCIPAL, SO VERY ACTIVE AND I THINK WE ARE MISSING THE MARK.
WE NEED TO GET BACK UP TO OUR SCHOOLS AND MARKET IT, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S ATTACK 'EM AND LET'S GET FULL.
I THINK YOU GUYS COULD DO 98%.
WHAT DID YOU, WHAT WAS YOUR GOAL? THE GOAL THIS YEAR IS 80%.
WE'LL KEEP WORKING TOWARD THAT
AGAIN, TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS, UM, AND OFFERING THEM THE THINGS AT THE FARM.
UM, SAMUEL FARM IS KIND OF RESEMBLING WHAT I GREW UP ON.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF LAND TO EXPLORE.
AND THOSE KIDS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DALLAS HAVE ALL HAD MEMORIES OF SAMUEL FARM LIKE BEAR PARK.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S MEMORIES AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
SAMUEL FARM IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.
IF YOU LIVED IN DALLAS, YOU HAVE A MEMORY THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT PARKS IS HAVING THOSE MEMORIES AND CREATING THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR CREATING MEMORIES FOR THAT WILL LAST THEM A LOT.
UH, QUICK QUESTION ON THE, UH, THE ATTENDEES.
DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF, UM, CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENTS VERSUS, VERSUS NON DALLAS RESIDENTS ON WHO ATTENDS? IS IT, I ASSUME IT'S, WE CAN GET THAT.
I I I ASSUME ANECDOTALLY IT'S MOSTLY CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENTS.
UH, I, I, FOR NEXT SUMMER, I WOULD LOOK AT AN EVEN HIGHER INCREASE FOR THE NON-RESIDENTS.
I THINK $10, IT'S GREAT THAT THERE'S A DISTINCTION, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY CHARGE MORE FOR
UH, BUT Y'ALL ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND I APPRECIATE THIS.
THIS IS A GREAT NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, LOVE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UH, MR. DICKEY, UH, THANK YOU VICE PRESIDENT.
I'LL JUST CHIME IN WITH PARKING WORK FOR NON-RESIDENT.
MR. NERS GOT A CONVERT HERE ON THAT ONE.
SO, UM, I, I DON'T, IT'S NO SECRET THAT AT LEAST TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HEARD ME
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SPEAK ABOUT IT.I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN'T GET THE STANDARD FARM MASTER PLAN DONE IN TIME AND WE GET ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY FOR THE 2024 BOND BECAUSE THERE ARE NEEDS OUT THERE, NEEDS FOR VISIONARY VISION, THINGS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS LOVE THAT COULD MAYBE BE ENHANCED WITH SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF SOME.
I KNOW THERE WAS ONE THAT PARTICULARLY INTERESTED ME WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF IT GETTING SEVERAL, A REGIONAL QUALITY ARCHERY CENTER 'CAUSE ARCHE TREATMENTS.
SO I LIKE TO ASK YOU, UM, 'CAUSE WE ARE TALKING BUDGET LATER TODAY.
UM, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, NOT HAVING MORE MONEY TO GET SOME THINGS MORE FUN AND BETTER OUT THERE THAT COST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY? SURE.
SO LAST YEAR THE ADVENTURE CAMP ACTUALLY SOLD OUT.
UM, AND SO AS FAR AS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF KIDS OUT THERE, WE CAN'T UNTIL THERE'S MORE INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE TO PROTECT THOSE KIDS WHEN IT'S HIGH HEAT WEATHER.
UM, SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE, UM, WHAT CAN HELP US BASICALLY TAKE ON MORE KIDS, UM, WHICH IS MORE SHELTER ESSENTIALLY.
SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'SS A PRIORITY, UM, OUT THERE AT THE MOMENT.
UH, YOU TALKING AIR CONDITIONED SHELTER OR JUST PAVILION STYLE SHELTER? YEAH.
A SAFE PLACE TO GO IF IT'S STORMING OUTSIDE.
UM, SO IT WOULD NEED TO HAVE AIR CONDITIONING AND THAT'S, I GUESS A MILLION DOLLAR MULTIMILLION DOLLAR IT'S CURRENTLY, UM, AS THE MASTER PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD, IT'S CURRENT, THEY'RE CURRENTLY DRAFTING UP DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THAT.
SO I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SENIOR STAFF HAD MENTIONED TO ME WHEN I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT NOT GETTING THE MASTER PLAN DONE AND HANDICAPPING OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN SAMUEL FARM AND SAID THE TRUST FUND WAS AVAILABLE.
I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE USING THE TRUST FUND FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 'CAUSE THAT'S A BOND KIND OF THING.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF IT'S GONNA HELP WITH PROGRAMMING, SO I JUST LIKE US TALKING TO STAFF TO SEE IF WE COULD EXPLORE WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST, UM, IN A SHORT TERM BECAUSE WHAT STUDIO OUTSIDE IS WORKING ON THOSE THINGS THAT THEY AREN'T FUNDED.
IT'S NOT EVEN FINISHED THE MASTER PLAN.
AND THERE COULD BE YEARS, BUT WE HAVE IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
SO OBVIOUSLY NOT FOR THIS SUMMER, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD LOOK AT SOME POSSIBILITIES FOR WHAT WE COULD DO OUT THERE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN HAVE TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE.
'CAUSE THIS IS THE BEST THING WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, MS. ROSS, UM, AND YOU SAID BE CREATIVE WHILE FEEL PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE.
I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN ME AND MY COLLEAGUE, MS.
SO I HEARD THAT
MS.
UM, SOME OF THESE, I MEAN, THE PROGRAMS ARE INNOVAT HOW, AND THEY REALLY DO CROSS BARRIERS.
AND WHEN I WAS WRITING THAT DOWN, YOU PUT BARRIERS, YOU WERE SAYING BARRIERS AS I WAS SAYING, HOW THESE PROGRAMS CROSS BARRIERS, HOW YOU'RE THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, BRINGING TOGETHER THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT AND I THINK THAT'S VERY INNOVATIVE.
UM, HOW, ON PAGE NINE, HOW ARE YOU IDENTIFYING THE REC CENTERS THAT YOU'RE USING? UM, SO SIX OF THESE ARE CDBG LOCATIONS, AND THEY TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN THE OTHER THREE, WHICH ARE MLK, FOREST, DELIA BOXING GYM, AND JOHN C. PHELPS.
UM, LAST YEAR WE CHARGED FOR SUMMER CAMP AND WE JUST, THE COMMUNITY DID NOT, UM, IT WAS NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT, UM, TRIGGERED THE CHANGE AS THIS YEAR.
MY QUESTION IS TRULY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN WE DID THE, UH, TOURS BEFORE THE BONDS, UH, MARCUS SEEMED TO BE A PLACE THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, NEEDED A LOT OF WORK.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DECIDE, ARE YOU ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIAL OR CURRENT MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO THEN SAY
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NO, THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY A PART OF IT.I THINK LISA NAILED IT ON THE HEAD ON HOW WE IDENTIFIED IT.
BUT THE, UM, EXISTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDED SITES REMAIN CONSISTENT.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE SIX, THOSE THREE, FOUR S JOHN BELT AND MARTIN
SO AGAIN, INVITE ME TO COME PLAY.
YOUR, I DO THANK, THANK YOU, LISA, FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE OF MY OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, UM, CHRISTIE REED, WHO IS THE MANAGER OF THE OUT SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM.
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN DALLAS, ISD ARE ORGANIZED AND FLOWING, UM, AND MEETING THE STANDARD THAT DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL SPOKE OF BECAUSE OF CHRISTIE'S MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP.
SO I WANTED TO AT LEAST GET YOU ALL, INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO HER BECAUSE SHE'S VERY MUCH BEHIND THE SCENES.
SO CHRISTY'S RE IS OUR MANAGER OVER OUR, AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT YOU DO.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE.
AND WITH THAT SAID, IT IS 1206.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE A RECESS.
AND WHERE WE LEFT UP OUR WITH, UH, MR. JOHNSON, UH, REGARDING THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
OH, MS. JOHNSON, WHY DID I SAY MR. JOHNSON, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR.
AND FOR TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE OUR URBAN FOREST SUCCESS PLAN UPDATE.
UM, WE JOHNSON HERE, THE CONSERVATION MANAGER, WE HAVE
UH, AND OF COURSE THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT AND THEY'RE GONNA UPDATE YOU ON PRIMARILY THE I WORK PROCESS THAT I CORRECT AFTERNOON, UM, OVER NO STRANGER, MR. PARK BOARD, AND SEVERAL YEARS BRIEF ON PROGRAMS. TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PROBABLY THE MOST PRESSING AND IMPACTFUL INITIATIVE OUT THERE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S FOUNDATIONAL TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO.
THAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC TREAT.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
BASICALLY, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF BREAK DOWN WHAT THE INVENTORY IS, TALK ABOUT HOW IT IMPACTS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY, AND WE'RE GOING.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY TO PROVIDE YOU BRIEFING.
BUT, ALL RIGHT, SO TWO MAIN ITEMS THAT IF THIS TREE INVENTORY HITS, SAY, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR TWO BIG PLANTS.
CAPITAL INVENTORY MASTER PLAN, UH, ARE RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN FOR CCAP EEG.
THREE, INCREASED STREET CANOPY IN BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, IN BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC REALM TO COMPLETE IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATION OF THE URBAN FORCE MASTER.
SO IT RELATES DIRECTLY TO THE URBAN FORCE MASTER PLAN AND THE TWO ARE INTERTWINED.
YOU CAN SEE THERE THE CANOPY GOALS.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE LOW THE 33% AND WORKING TOWARDS 40% AT 2050.
THE URBAN FORCE MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATION, ONE NOTE RECOMMENDATION ONE, THIS IS THE PRIORITY.
COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE TREE INVENTORY OF THE BALL RIGHT AWAY AND PARK TREES.
AND THEN RECOMMENDATION FIVE, WORK TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CITY URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I THINK EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT CANNOT EFFECTIVELY MANAGE WHAT WE
WE NEED EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
THIS IS A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UH,
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, DWU, AND PUBLIC WORKS THAT IN, UH, EFFORT, UH, ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS HAVE PUT IN FOR A BID ENHANCEMENT.
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UH, WENT FOR A $300,000, UH, DATA ENHANCEMENT.WE TREAT SOME PARK PROPERTIES.
DWU WAS LOOKING AT 200,004 TREES ALONG THE CREEK AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT AREAS AND THE, UH,
IN ADDITION TO THIS, UH, MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY OVERALL FOR A GRANT, USDA THROUGH FOREST SERVICE FOR $750,000.
UH, THAT WILL BE PRIMARILY WITH THE GREAT TRAINING TOWARDS PEOPLE ALONG THAT AREA, UH, THAT WILL BE GOING TOWARDS, UH, FIRE MITIGATION PLANNING AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INVENTORY.
UH, THE TIMES OF DATA THAT WILL BE, UH, LOOKED AT IS THE LOCATION OF THE TREES, THEIR SPECIES, THEIR SIZE, THEIR CONDITION, UH, CURRENT PERCENTAGE OF, UH, GROUND DIEBACK, UH, ARE THERE ANY UTILITIES PRESENT, BECAUSE THAT MAKES A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO DO MAINTENANCE ON THEM.
UH, ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR SAFETY FACTORS THAT ARE GONNA BE INVOLVED? WHAT THE LIE OF THOSE TREES OFFERING MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AND THE BENEFITS OF THOSE PARTICULAR TREES? THAT'S KIND OF A NEAT FUNCTION OF A TREE KEEPER, IS IT ACTUALLY APPLIES A ECONOMIC FACTOR TO THAT PARTICULAR TREE, WHAT WORTH FINANCIALLY.
NOW, ONE THING I NEED EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND ON THE DATA COLLECTION, OUR PROPERTIES, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT INVENTORY METHODS ON OUR PROPERTIES.
UH, ONE WILL BE THE TRADITIONAL, UH, WHERE THE, UH, CONTRACTOR AND IN SOME CASES STAFF WILL BE GOING DOWN AND, UH, DOING A PHYSICAL INVENTORY OF EACH TREE ON THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UH, WRAPPING A TAPE AROUND IT, MEASUR
BUT THE OTHER ONE THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY ON SOME OF OUR SMALLER PROPERTIES, WE HAVE EASY VISIBLE ACCESS IS, UH, WE WILL BE USING A VEHICLE BASED AND DRONE BASED LIDAR SYSTEM MIGHT SAY, BEING CONTRACTOR.
WE GIVEN THIS TO COLLECT THE SAME INFORMATION AND IT WILL BASICALLY, UH, KICK BACK A, UH, 3D IMAGE OF THE TREE AND GIVE A CONDITION SCORE, UH, ELECTRONICALLY.
SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT WILL COME FROM THIS INFORMATION FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS WE WILL HAVE, UH, RISK ASSESSMENTS TAKEN ON ALL OF THESE TREES.
UM, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN OUR APPROACH AND OUR MANAGEMENT AND OUR CHRIS, HIS CREW AND MY GROUP AND, UH, LOOK AT WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS FUTURE FREE CONSERVATION EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY.
UM, IT'LL ALLOW US TO ENHANCE OUR NATIONAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND REALLY START WORKING TOWARDS
UM, THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO HAVE A PUBLIC INTERFACE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TREE KEEPER, HAS THE DATA BEING COLLECTED.
IT WILL BE PUT INTO THE TREE KEEPER SOFTWARE SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND BUT TO POINT OFFICIAL CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
ALL THIS TOGETHER WILL, UH, ALLOW FOR BETTER FUTURE PLANNING, UH, IN OUR PARK SYSTEM WHEN IT COMES TO TREES.
BUT CIRCLING BACK, UH, BRIEFLY TO THE RISK ASSESSMENT, AGAIN, WE REALLY WANNA START BEING ABLE TO GET AHEAD OF OUR RISK SITUATIONS AND BE MORE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE IN HOW WE REVERSE THIS.
SO WHEN THESE TREES ARE INVENTORY, THEIR CONDITION WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE SURVEY AS BRUCE WILL HAVE, UH, THIS, THAT WILL HAVE REAL TIME.
WE HAVE ISSUES POPPING UP THE, UH, CONTRACTOR IF, IF THEY DO FIND A JURY, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO FORCE TO KNOW IMMEDIATELY.
THIS WILL ALLOW US AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO PRIORITIZE OUR WORK AND IMPROVE OUR OVERALL SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE PARTS.
BIG PART OF THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE ALLOWING US TO BETTER PREPARE, UH, STORM.
UM, THIS TIME OF YEAR WE GET, WE GET A NUMBER OF SEVERE STORMS TO COME THROUGH HERE AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BETTER PLAN FOR OUR STATEMENT RECOVERY.
UH, THIS WILL ALSO HELP US ADDITION TO THE SORT OF BRUSH WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF INVASIVE TREE SPECIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER MAP THOSE UP NATURAL RESOURCE PLAN.
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WE CAN CATALOG MORE OF OUR NATIVE SPECIES AND BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY QUANTIFY THE DIVERSITY OF THE AGE AND DISTRIBUTION.WE SORTED SPECIES ACROSS THE CITY.
AND REALISTICALLY, THE ONE REALLY COOL THINGS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS IS IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO MORE, UH, ECO REGION SPECIFIC PLANNING AND PLANTINGS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE RANCHING OUT, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THE LEAST 12 PLANTINGS, IF NOT MORE HERE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST WAS VERY BASIC.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT EFFECTIVELY MANAGING OUR FOREST RESOURCES A LITTLE BIT WITH, WITH THREAT.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE STAFF WORKING TIRELESSLY TO TRY TO WORK AROUND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC TREE INVENTORY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ESTIMATES, WE HAVE A LOT OF SAMPLE INVENTORIES, WE HAVE SOME SEGMENTED INFORMATION.
UM, ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE DO USE IS THIS ONE ON SCREEN.
AND THIS IS THE AMERICAN FOREST FORESTRY EQUITY TOOL ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND CENSUS BLOCKS, DETERMINE WHICH AREAS, FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THE EUROPEAN ISLAND EFFECT.
IS THERE AREAS THAT ARE HOTTER THAN OTHER AREAS? UM, IT ALLOWS US TO CAPTURE PERCENTAGES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
PERCENTAGES OF PEOPLE IN POVERTY, UH, ALLOWS US TO FOCUS IN ON OUR AT RISK POPULATION, WHETHER IT BE PEOPLE WITH HEALTH RISKS, CHILDREN, SENIORS, ET CETERA.
AND THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO TARGET WHERE WE NEED TO TRY TO INCREASE TREE BENEFITS IN THE AREA.
UM, SO FOR US TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE OUR TREES ARE, INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT, WELL, WHAT PART, WHAT PROPERTIES DO WE HAVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT REALLY NEED ENHANCES TREE CANOPY OR ADDITIONAL TREE CAN WE'LL KNOW RIGHT OFF THE GET.
WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY IN THIS PART TO ADDRESS SEPARATELY, WHETHER IT BE ON THE PARK OR IN ITSELF.
SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF TREE KEEPER, WHICH IS WHERE ALL THIS DATA WILL BE LOCATED.
UH, YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE THAT WE HAVE INVENTORY TREES ALL OVER THE CITY.
IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, WE ARE UP AGAINST A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PEST IN THE ASH BOARD.
THIS IS OUR ASH TREE INVENTORY, ESSENTIALLY.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THERE, BUT THIS IS WHAT AN OVERHEAD SHOT ON THE CITY OF DALLAS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
BUT NOW JUST IMAGINE EVERY OTHER TREE SPECIES BESIDES ASH ON THIS MAP.
UM, BRETT TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT A PUBLIC INTERFACE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE TO THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO LOG INTO DALLAS TREE KEEPER, PULL OFF THEIR FAVORITE TREE ON THEIR FAVORITE PART, AND IT'S GONNA GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT TREE.
WHAT SIZE IS IT EASY? IS IT, UH, WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SPECIFIC TREE? THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN AND LOOK AT ALL OF THAT.
AND SO FOR US, THAT'S BENEFICIAL BOTH IN TRANSPARENCY BUT ALSO AN EDUCATION COMPONENTS FUTURE PLANNING.
SO HAVING A COMPLETE TREE INVENTORY WILL HELP THE PARK DEPARTMENT PLAN FOR WHAT AREAS OF THE CITY NEED POTENTIALLY MORE PARK PLAN.
WHERE DO WE NEED TO LOOK FOR TREE SPACES THAT WE CAN ACQUIRE OR WHERE CAN WE LOOK AT ENHANCING THE TREE CANOP BEYOND SPACES THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA.
UM, SO JUST ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO USE A TREE INVENTORY TO, TO REALLY INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS.
ALSO THIS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT EAB.
UM, THIS WILL TELL US, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE NEXT TEST OR DISEASE, UH, THAT'S GONNA AFFECT OUR TREES, IT COMES TO TOWN, WE WILL KNOW WHERE ALL THOSE HOST SPECIES ARE.
SO WE'LL BE AHEAD OF THE GAME EVEN MORE SO THAN WE WERE WITH WB.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TARGET WHATEVER SOLUTIONS NECESSARY WITH THOSE, THOSE PIECES.
SO AT THIS POINT WE, WE KIND OF KNOW THAT WE NEED THE INVENTORY.
UM, COUNCIL HAS APPROVED BOTH CCA AND THE URBAN FORCE MASTER PLAN.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FUND TREE INVENTORY, PUBLIC TREE INVENTORY.
UM, WE, ONCE WE GET THAT FUNDING IN PLACE AND EVERYTHING IS SEPARATE FROM CONTRACTOR, WE'LL
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WORK WITH THAT CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THE COMPREHENSIVE TREE INVENTORY.UM, BRETT KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, HOW THAT INTERACTION WILL TAKE PLACE WITH THE TREE'S, A POOR CONDITION.
UM, AND THIS SYSTEM, THE TREE KEEPER SYSTEM IS SET UP WHERE IF THE CONTRACTOR GOES OUT AND DETERMINES THAT A TREE IS A POOR CONDITION, THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE WORK ORDER TO COME TO FORESTRY THAT SAYS, HEY, THERE'S A TREE HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND POTENTIALLY REMOVED.
ONCE WE REMOVE THAT TREE, IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE A WORK ORDER GRIND THAT STUMP.
ONCE THAT STUMP IS GROUND, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE TO THE MAP TO SHOW US WHERE POTENTIAL PLANTING LOCATIONS FOR NEW TREES.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS GOES IN REAL TIME.
IT'S A LOT MORE EFFICIENT THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.
UM, AND IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS DEVELOPING PEER FORCE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AS WE SAW EARLIER, THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE APPENDING SLIDES FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
UH, JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER WHERE WE'RE AT WITH URBAN FORCE MASTER PLAN.
THE ONLY ONE THAT I WILL POINT OUT THAT I THINK WE'LL ON NEXT SLIDE, RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FIVE, WHICH WE HIT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.
OBVIOUSLY WE DO NOT HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC TREE INVENTORY.
UM, WHAT I WAS TOLD IS THAT THIS IS SHOWING THE FACT THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY MANAGING A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT BESIDES THE, UH, APPENDIXES.
THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
UM, MR. CONNOR, THANK YOU MA'AM.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I AGREE IT WAS TO, I'M NOT THERE.
UH, I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND OR THIRD OR LAST SLIDE ABOUT, UM, YOU SAID SEE THEIR FAVORITE TREE GET AN UPDATE ON IT.
ISSUE WITH THAT IS YOU MADE A POINT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TREES BALANCE, WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT COULD OPEN US UP TO A LOT OF CUSTOMER ISSUES.
PRESENT
HOW OFTEN IS THAT GONNA BE UPDATED
SO IT JUST, IT CONCERNS ME HAVING THAT OUT THERE.
NOT FOR TRANSPARENCY, BUT FOR TRANSPARENCY.
JUST YOU GUYS ARE CHASING YOUR OWN TAIL.
TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT ABOUT THIS TREE? WHAT ABOUT THIS TREE? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S JUST, UM, THE NATURE OF THIS
THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL PITFALL.
BUT AS FAR AS TIME GOES, I THINK WE JUST DEVELOP, UH, PROCESSES HOW WE RESPOND BECAUSE WE'RE RESPONDING.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT NECESSARILY CHANGES, CHANGES THINGS BY THE TIME THIS GETS TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THAT WAY.
I THINK IT'S BEEN LOOKED AT BY SO MANY CERTIFIED ARBORISTS
SO LIKE YOU DO THE INITIAL TREE ASSESSMENT TREE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD TREE THAT WAS HAPPENING OR IT'S NOW FIVE YEARS.
LIKE HOW OFTEN IS THAT GONNA BE UPDATED? COST EVERY TIME.
IT'S NOT GONNA COST EVERY TIME, BUT THAT TREE WILL BE UPDATED EVERY TIME IT GETS VISITED.
SO AS OUR CREWS GO OUT AND DO MAINTENANCE OR MONITOR OR CHECK OR AN ASSESSMENT ON THAT TREE, WE'LL GET A NEW PICTURE.
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SIZE.SO WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT ARE THE, THE MAINTENANCE STAFF GONNA HAVE FOR THE FORESTRY STRAP TO BE ABLE FOR TAKE PICTURES OF REGISTRIES AND THE, IT'S JUST GONNA BE WITH THEIR PHONE OR THE CREW LEADERS CURRENTLY HAVE TABLETS THAT THEY USE IN THE FIELD THAT THEY TAKE PICTURES WITH.
SO ESSENTIALLY IF THEY COME ACROSS SOMETHING, OR LET'S SAY SOMETHING IS REPORTED AND THEY CLEAN UP THAT TREE THAT WAS DOWN, THEY'RE GONNA ALWAYS TAKE A PICTURE AND LET US KNOW, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS THE AFTER PICTURE FOR THAT CASE.
SO FOR THEM TO GO FROM THAT TO TAKING A PICTURE OF A TREE THAT THEY ARE PULL OUT, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.
SO THEY, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THERE'S A TREE THAT'S, THAT NEEDS PRUNING.
WELL, THEY'RE GONNA SEE THE PICTURE OF THAT TREE COME UP ON THEIR WORK ORDER.
AND THEN ONCE THEY COMPLETE THAT PRUNING, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE TO, TO SIGN OFF THAT WORK ORDER.
AND THEY GOT A NEW THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
I WANNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PRAISE THIS TEAM'S WORK, UH, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14, SINCE I'VE BEEN A PART BOARD MEMBER.
I WANNA SAY IT'S LOUD AND PROUD.
431 NEW TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN OUR PARKS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14.
FOR THOSE OF YOU COUNTING 431, IT'S JUST MIND BLOWING.
BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TOOT EVERYONE'S MORNING.
UM, I WANT GO BACK TO, UH, 2022 AND 2023, UH, THIS CITY, UH, AND THIS BOARD SPENT A LOT OF BANDWIDTH, UH, ENTERTAINING A MASTER PLAN AT COUNCIL DISTRICT FOURTEENS, WILLIAM B. DEAN, MD PARK, THAT PLAN HAD CALLED FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 200 MATURE AND DIVERSE TREES AND WAS A WALKING, WALKING CONTRADICTION TO EVERYTHING PRESENTED JUST NOW.
HOW DO WE EMPOWER THIS TEAM, THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE, AND THE SUPPORT STAFF BEHIND THEM, HOW DO WE EMPOWER THEM? 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY WEREN'T INVOLVED AND THEY WEREN'T PERHAPS EMPOWERED TO BE INVOLVED BACK THEN DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF THESE PLANS BECAUSE IF WE FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY ADORE, BY THE WAY, AND I WANNA SUPPORT 110%, WE SHOULD NEVER EVER SEE A PROPOSAL LIKE WHAT WE SAW IN 2022 OR 2023, THAT WAY WE, YOU'RE HERE.
THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE EMPOWER THIS TEAM TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PLANS THAT CALL FOR AN INSANE NUMBER OF TREES TO BE REMOVED, MATURE, AND DIVERSE ONES, RIGHT? AND I, YOU KNOW, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR PLANNING AND DESIGN TEAM, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT OUR LEADERSHIP I THINK IS ON BOARD.
UM, OUR TO OUR PLANNING NEW DESIGN GROUP, UH, THIS GROUP HERE, YOU KNOW, UH, DEFINITELY SUPPORTS AND ENGAGES PLANNING NEW DESIGN AS WE MAKE THOSE DESIGNS.
UH, BUT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CLARITY IS THERE AS FAR AS WHAT OUR GOALS ARE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL AS THE PARK BOARD FOR SURE, UM, CREATE THOSE GOALS FOR US.
AND AS LONG AS I'M A PARK BOARD MEMBER HERE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MESSAGE IS CONSISTENT AND WE DO SUPPORT OUR TREES, TREES, TREES ARE LIFE.
UM, QUICK QUESTION ON THE, I'M NOT CLEAR ON HOW MUCH THIS COSTS.
IT'S ON YOUR, YOUR PAGE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, PPR OF W 200, UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS 150 AND THEY'RE ADDITIONAL GRANTS SEVEN 50.
SO IS THIS COST MILLION AND IS THAT RIGHT? SAY ALL RIGHT
THAT SCREEN IS LET'S GET STARTED AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THE INVENTORY.
UM, THE ESTIMATES SO FAR ARE MORE LIKE, I THINK FOR PARKS IT'S LIKE 8 MILLION BUCKS, 5 MILLION FOR US TO INVENTORY OUR TREES.
WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY FOR THAT.
BUT WE HAVE A URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN.
AND WE HAVE SOME SYSTEM CURRENTLY TO ASSESS WHERE THE TREES ARE.
I'M ASSUMING THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S MAPPING, RIGHT? IS THAT JUST USING SATELLITE IMAGES OR NO, THAT THE MAPPING THAT YOU SAW ON TREE PAPER IS US ASSIGNING
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A STAFF MEMBER TO GO OUT AND HAND IMAGE TREES BECAUSE THE RISK OF SO GREAT NEEDING TO FOCUS AND FIND.BUT AS A WHOLE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING ACROSS ALL OF DALLAS PARKS, DO YOU USE SATELLITE? I MEAN, I KNOW TRUST REPUBLIC PLAN HAS THOSE HEAT MAPS WHERE THEY SHOW TREE.
YEAH, WE, WE PULL ALL THOSE DIFFERENT, WE GET CANY COVERAGE MAPS, WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT CANY COVERAGE MAPS FROM EACH PARK PROPERTY PROBLEM IS, THEY ARE STRICTLY ESTIMATES AND SOME OF 'EM WEREN'T GREAT ESTIMATES AND MOST OF THEM BOLD.
AND THEN, I MEAN, AS MUCH AS I'M A TREE PERSON AND I LOVE TREES, BUT I JUST ALSO AM VERY COGNIZANT OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING US COME UP WITH $8 MILLION.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT THAT SEEMS A LITTLE INSURMOUNTABLE.
SO I WOULD JUST, UH, ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO AT LEAST KIND OF KNOW AND MANAGE WHAT WE DO HAVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOUR TEAM AT SOME POINT CAN ADD SOME DRONE TECHNOLOGY JUST TO DO, SOME, CAN CAPTURE SOME BASIC IMAGES BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE COST PROHIBITIVE TO REALLY DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THE INFORMATION WE NEED.
WHICH KIND OF LEADS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION OF, I KNOW WE DO THESE GREAT, UM, PLANTINGS EVERY YEAR.
AND YOU SAID, HOW MANY DO WE TYPICALLY DO IN A YEAR? IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY DECENT NUMBER, RIGHT? WE DID 21 DIFFERENT PARKS THIS YEAR AND OVER 1500.
WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION BEING HOW ARE, HOW ARE YOU PICKING, LIKE ARE YOU PICKING THOSE BASED ON YOUR DATA FROM YOUR SATELLITE PHOTOS? IS IT JUST A VISUAL 'CAUSE RUDY'S GOT, YOU KNOW, 431 TREES AND BASED ON A CROSS CITY GOING, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE GRID.
HOW ARE YOU PICKY? WHAT THE P NOW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED THAT MY DISTRICT, I'M LIKE, WELL THERE HAS TO BE A PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS EXACTLY, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE A LITTLE MORE HOW YOU DO THAT.
SO A LOT OF THAT IS BASED OFF THAT TOOL THAT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION OF, UM, THE AMERICAN FOREST TOOL.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE SELECT SITES BASED ON TREE EQUITY ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO INTO IT.
IT MAY BE CANOPY COVERAGE ON SPECIFIC PARKS.
UM, IT MAY BE IN RESPONSE TO A STORM EVENT LIKE WE HAD IN 2019.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WENT TO.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALSO A PIECE OF IT THAT'S POLITICALLY DRIVEN.
PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING THE TREES OR
UM, RUDY, HIS COMMENT ABOUT 4 34 TREES, UH, A LOT OF THAT WAS BASED OFF OF THE FACT THAT WE NEEDED TO CATCH UP IN DISTRICT 14.
DISTRICT 14 WAS WAY BEHIND IN TREES.
AND SO WE MADE A PRETTY GOOD PUSH TO GET THEM CAUGHT BACK UP.
DISTRICT ONE OF, I PUT IN THERE A LOT OF TIMES THE SELECTION GONE OUT.
WE HAVE, BASED ON THE SPECIES AND THE ANCIENT TREES AND THE AREA, UM, WE KNOW APPROACH END LIFE, SOME OF THESE MARKS, ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT OF OUR TRUTH GIVEN
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE, WE HAVE A TOOL IN PLACE TO HELP US MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
YES, IT SEEMS LIKE IT MAY BE A MINUTE BEFORE WE GET A REALLY TRUE TREE INVENTORY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING WITH THE ESTIMATES AND STUFF.
WE WE'RE DOING IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE GOOD SELECTIONS AS FAR AS SITES FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
UH, BUT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DATA AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE, I THINK IS VITAL
AND WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO MAKE THESE SAME DECISIONS BASED ON
DANIEL GOT ON THE FIRST A B SPECIFIC TRACK.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS MR. WETA.
AND I JUST WANT, UH, REAL QUICK, MS. CARINI FINALLY NUMBER ONE IN SOMETHING
I'M MEETING NUMBER ONE, BUT GOT THE NUMBER ONE TITLE FOR TREESE
UM, BUT I, SO MY QUESTION IS INVENTORY EVERY TREE IN DALLAS, BUT YOU MEANING PUBLIC SPACES, RIGHT? OKAY.
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AN IDEA AND I'M, I'M THINKING ARBORETUM STYLE.IF YOU, IF SOMEBODY CAN FIND A TREE THAT THEY LOVE ON THIS MAP, WHY COULDN'T THEY SPONSOR THAT TREE TO MAYBE ADD MORE TREES RENICK TO THAT RIGHT.
SAYING, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT.
IF THEY CAN REALLY SEE THE TREE AND SEE IT GROW AND THEY CAN HELP SPONSOR KEEP IT CLEAN OR THAT WHOLE AREA, IT'S A THOUGHT FOR YOU GUYS.
MAYBE THAT'S MORE RYAN O'CONNOR, UH, OUT THERE.
BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE A SPONSORSHIP FOR TREES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
ESPECIALLY LIKE THE WEST PALM TREE ON BECKLEY.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE MOVE THE STREET AROUND IT DOWN TREE, BUT SOMEBODY COULD SPONSOR THAT THEY WANTED TO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT, I MEAN I THINK AS WE START TO REALIZE THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN LIKE COUNCIL HAVING A TREE INVENTORY, I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT, YEAH, AND IT'S SOMETHING I THOUGHT OF.
I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE WHAT THE ARBORETUM DOES 'CAUSE YOU GO OUT THERE AND HAVE A PLAN SECTION FOR SOMEBODY SPONSORING IT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
YOU GO, YOU SEE IT ALL THE TIME WITH ARBORETUM.
SO THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITH OUR TREATMENT BEFORE WE GET, IF WE GET DOWN TO, I KNOW IT'S FAR ALONG BEFORE WE GET THERE, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE.
AND ALSO WANNA MENTION BEFORE, BEFORE I SAY THANK YOU, R PARK COULD USE SOME TREES.
I DON'T KNOW THEY TOLD YOU YET.
HALF OF IT'S GONE DUE TO THE STORM.
SO THAT PART DOESN'T NEED TREES.
SO I WANNA BE NUMBER ONE ON TREES NEXT YEAR.
HE'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO ME.
I'M TRYING TO BE NUMBER ONE NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU GUYS, APPRECIATE FOR NEXT YEAR.
THANK Y'ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THE CANOPY GOALS, I THINK BACK TO WE'RE ALMOST FIVE YEARS FROM THE TORNADO IN 2019.
UH, HOW WOULD Y'ALL ASSESS OUR, WE LOST I THINK 1% OF THE TREE CANOPY IN THE TORNADO.
SO HOW WOULD Y'ALL ASSESS, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE ALMOST FIVE YEARS THAT RECOVERY FROM THAT STAFF EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING MADE, UH, TO GET BACK TO WORK
SO WE DID PRIORITIZE THOSE PARKS.
THOSE PARKS HAVE, YEAH, HUNDREDS OF NEW TREES ON THEM.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS WE BACK TO THE POINT WHERE WE'VE REPLACED WHAT WE'VE LOST, IT'S GONNA PROBABLY TAKE SOME YEARS FOR THEM TO MATURE AND GET BACK TO THAT STATE.
BUT I'LL SAY THIS, UM, BECAUSE WE LOST A LOT OF MATURE TREES AND WE PLANTED A LOT OF VERY YOUNG TREES, UH, POTENTIAL FOR CANOPY COVERAGE ON THESE PARTS IS MUCH GREATER THAN IT WAS PRIOR TO.
SO YEAH, I THINK THAT WITHIN OUR CAPABILITIES DEFINITELY HAD A GOOD BOUNCE BACK.
I, I THINK ABOUT THE SUCCESSES WE'VE HAD AND FRED SORT THE VALUE THE OTHER PARKS IN NORTH VALLEY HAVE.
THANK YOU MADAM VICE PRESIDENT.
UM, BACK ON PAGE TEN THREE EQUITY SLIDE.
UM, THERE'S A BIG ORANGE SECTION OVER ON THE LEFT OF THAT PAGE MAP.
IT LOOKS PRETTY MUCH LIKE A MAP.
WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT DOES THAT ORANGE MEAN? A LOT OF THAT IS, UH, LOVE FIELD.
A LOT OF THAT IS MEDICAL DISTRICT.
NO, BUT WHAT, WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS THE ORANGE COLOR? WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT ORANGE TREE LESS TREES? THAT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH INCREASED HEAT AND LACK OF CANOPY COVERAGE AND A POTENTIALLY, UM, A, A POPULATION THAT IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS OF BOTH OF THE OTHER TWO.
SO THOSE ARE TREE POVERTY AREAS BASICALLY? ESSENTIALLY, YES.
SO OVER THERE IN THE BIG ONE ON THE LEFT, DISTRICT SIX, UH, CONCOMITANT TO EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED.
WE HAVE A LOT ON THE PRIVATE SIDE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT IN THOSE OLD NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE COVERED.
70, 80-YEAR-OLD, OLD GROWTH TREES.
AND THOSE, THOSE LOTS ARE BEING SCRAPED.
THOSE TREES ARE BEING TAKEN OUT, TAKEN OUT.
IT'S THE RIGHT DEVELOPERS THAT THEY DO THE RIGHT THING AND PAYING THE REFOREST REFORESTATION FUND, WHICH WE, WE DON'T.
UM, SO WE'RE LOSING ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, WE'RE LOSING A WHOLE LOT TREE, HISTORIC TREE CANOPY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
MIDWAY HOLLOW ELM THICKET, UH, ELM THICKET
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OF THE ELMS ARE GONE.BUT THERE'S A HEAVILY TREED NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING TAKEN OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO WHAT, UM, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? UH, 'CAUSE SOME OF THESE AREAS THERE'S LIKE INDUSTRIAL AND NO TREES.
UM, SO WHAT'S THE PLAN TO, FOR THAT BIG AREA WHERE WE CAN, UH, 'CAUSE WE'RE LOSING SO MUCH EVEN MORE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ALREADY THERE EVERY DAY, IT'S GETTING WORSE.
WE'RE TARGETING THE PLANT TREES ON PARKS.
BUT THE SPIRIT OF, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I, I TRY TO, TO PUT INTO THE PRESENTATION ABOUT IF WE KNOW WHERE OUR TREES ARE BY ASSOCIATION WE KNOW WHERE OUR TREES ARE NOT, THAT HELPS THE, OUR DEPARTMENT MAKE DECISIONS ON WHERE POTENTIALLY WHERE WE COULD HAVE THE MOST IMPACT.
AND BEYOND THAT, UH, AS FAR AS DEVELOPERS CUTTING DOWN TREES AND MAYBE OR MAY NOT BEING INTO THE REFORESTATION FUND, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER THAT.
ALL I WOULD SAY IS CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THOSE AREAS AND MAKE SURE THAT RIGHT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT TREES ARE COMING DOWN.
THEN MAYBE ASK THE QUESTIONS OF IF THEY OR NOT THEY ARE PERMITTED TO DO SO.
AND IF THEY ARE, THEN THEY HAVE HAD TO PAY OR COME UP WITH ONE OF THOSE OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND, UH, I JUST ADD THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF OUR CITY PRIORITIES, IT'S JUST AN OPINION.
BUT THAT WE, WE, WE, WE INCENTIVIZE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, WE GIVE MANY INCENTIVES TO DEVELOPERS FOR, UH, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE JOBS AND ALL OF THAT MILLIONS, MANY, MANY, MANY MILLIONS, INCLUDING 50 BILLION FOR DOWN COMES SKYSCRAPER WHILE BACK.
SO 8 MILLION FOR A TREE INVENTORY TO SAVE OUR TREES COMPARED TO ALL THE GIVEAWAYS WE DO, UH, TO INCENTIVIZE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK PRIORITY WISE, I WOULD VOTE YES.
8 MILLION FOR OUR TREES IF IT HAS TO COME OUT OF INCENTIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THIS IS NOT MY PURVIEW AND I HAVE NO POWER, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION.
UM, AND I THINK WHEN WE ALLOW, UM, OTHER PARTNERS TO MEET INCUR COSTS OF MAINTENANCE AND, AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT FROM OTHER PARTNERS, THEY DON'T GET MUCH OUT OF IT FROM THEM.
THAT THE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE FAIR FOR WHAT TREES AND AND ENVIRONMENT WITH COSTS.
UM, I DO WANNA ASK A COUPLE THINGS IS HOW, HOW DO YOU GUYS WORK WITH ONBOARD? 'CAUSE I SEE SOMETIMES WHERE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TREES AND, AND THE SPACES OF ENCORE, DO YOU GUYS PARTNER WITH THEM? I MEAN, I'VE SEEN SOME REALLY DRASTIC LOOKING FUNKY TREES THAT ARE OF ENCORE ENCORE.
THEIR GOAL IS NOT TO GIVE YOU A NICE, NICE
THEIR GOAL IS TO CLEAR THOSE LINES AND, UH, IF THEY'RE WORKING THAT AREA, THAT'S YOU'RE GONNA GET EXACTLY THAT.
THEY HAVE CONTRACTORS WITH THEIR OWN AND THEY'RE GONNA DO IT FOR PRETTY MUCH AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT WE CAN DO.
THEY DO OFTENTIMES LET US KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME THROUGH AND BRING 'EM APART.
I ASKED FOR THAT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT, WHICH ALLOWS ME TO EITHER GET OUR CONTRACTOR OUT THERE AHEAD OF THEM, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD DO IN HOUSE CONTROL, DO THAT SO THAT THOSE TREES ARE PROVEN TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE CASES WHEN I MEET ON OR ON SITE, TALK TO THE PRODUCER AND TRY TO GET THEM TO CHANGE JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FOR THE PARK.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME BIG SUCCESS WITH THAT.
BUT IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY A COMMUNICATION PARTNERSHIP WHEN YOU SAY LIKE, YEAH, I MEAN ULTIMATELY IF IT'S THEIR CORRIDOR, THEY CONTROL.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE TO BRING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS GETTING THEM TO UNDERSTAND.
A LOT OF TIMES IN DALLAS, THE REALITY IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
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SO IT'S USUALLY PRIVATE.THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, DO YOU, IS THERE EVER AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTERNS TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS? LIKE THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOOLS, THE COLLEGES, THE, THE, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE I KNOW GETS, I MEAN IT'S UP IN YOUR AREA, UM, A COLLEGE THAT HAS, UM, A GREENHOUSE AND EVERYTHING UP THERE OFF OF
BUT I MEAN, DO YOU EVER WORK WITH INTERNS AND A AND M'S GOT AN AGRI, AGRI, THERE YOU GO, AN AGRICULTURAL TEXAS.
DO YOU EVER WORK, DO YOU EVER OFFER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO CONNECT MAYBE MORE WITH SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE IN HERE THAT COULD HAVE INTERNS AND THE COLLEGES TO HELP OUT? YEAH, I THINK, UH, NUMBER ONE, WE, WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH EXTENSION, BUT WE'VE HAD INTERN INTERNS IN THE PAST.
I THINK WE'RE BOTH OPEN TO HAVING INTERNS GOING TO COURT, I THINK BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING INTO A, A, A TECHNOLOGICAL WAY OF MARKING THINGS AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN AND TAKING PICTURES AND HOPEFULLY THAT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
AND PARTNERSHIPS, JUST AN IDEA.
WE'RE ALSO, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH GROUPS, INCLUDING GUYS DO SOME TALKS IN SCHOOLS AND CAREER DAYS AND STUFF.
SO DEFINITELY WANNA GET THE WORD OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUTH ARE AWARE THESE TYPES OF FIELDS EXIST AND HOW VALUABLE HAVING PEOPLE.
I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU VERY IMMENSELY ON WHAT YOU DO AND YOUR PASSION FOR IT.
UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
I THINK, UM, MY DISTRICT ACTUALLY HAS 460 FEET, SO, SORRY, I'M JUST LOOKING.
UM, MY KEEP, WE PLANTED A LOT OF TREES ACROSS THE CITY AND EVERYBODY BENEFITS FROM THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, WHEN WE SHOW UP FOR TREE PLANTINGS, IT'S NOTHING BUT A CLASS ACT, UM, AND A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR A TREE PLANNING KIND OF THING COMING TO DISTRICT SEVEN THAT WILL BLOW EVERYBODY OUTTA THE WATER COMING UP SOON.
UM, I DON'T THINK DONE TALK ABOUT IT YET, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING COMING I THINK YOU PROBABLY AWARE, BUT, UM, ON THE TREE INVENTORY, COULD THE TREE MITIGATION FUND NOT COVER THAT TREE INVENTORY? UM, BECAUSE IT IS VITAL TO HELP WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S A POSSIBLE THOUGHT FOR THAT MONEY, UM, FOR THAT COST.
UM, AND I LOVE THE IDEA THAT MR. FORGE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THIS TREE IS SPECIAL TO YOU THAT YOU COULD SPONSOR IT, IS THERE ANY WAY TO PUT LIKE A PEG, LIKE MAYBE A NAIL WITH A QR CODE ON A PEG WHERE YOU COULD TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND IT COULD TELL YOU ABOUT THE TREE? UM, WAS ONE NAIL OR A PEG TYPE THING AFFECT A TREE? I MEAN, WOULD IT BE LIKE HERE, I THINK THIS KIND OF GOES TO MIND WITH US AND SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL STUFF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING AS FAR AS SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT ONE THING THAT I THINK THAT COULD DO VERY EASILY IS IF SOMEBODY'S RESPONSE TO A TREE, YOU COULD TAG THAT INTO THE PROFILE ON TREE KEEPER SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE TREE ON TREE, THEY SEE THAT THIS PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE.
RIGHT? DO THEY, HOW DO THEY KNOW OTHER THAN LIKE THE LOCATION CAN OR WHATEVER, LIKE COULD THERE BE A QR CODE ON LIKE, MAYBE LIKE A BRASS, UM, COIN THAT HAS A NAIL AND WE JUST DO IT AND MAYBE HAVE IT STICK OUT THREE, FOUR INCHES TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE GROWTH OVER THE NEXT HOW MANY YEARS SO IT DOESN'T GET BURIED IN THERE.
UM, AND I MEAN, I THINK IT COULD BE A, WELL EVENTUALLY THEY GET BURIED AND THREE BROKE AND I THINK WE, WE TAG TRACE FOR INVENTORY ALL THE TIME.
I THINK IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL TO HAVE THAT OPTION TO, YOU KNOW, IN THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WANTED TO TAG TREE AND THEN I, I LIKE THAT IDEA.
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I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TREE PLANNING.UM, HE'S MAKING NOW THAT TREE PLANNING, HE'S, HE'S MAKING ROUNDS AND SURVEY.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
UM, MS. BARRY, MS. BARRY, I BELIEVE YOU UPDATE ON THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
OKAY, SO TODAY WE'RE BACK WITH OUR, UM, BUDGETED WORKSHOP.
SO I THINK WE WERE TASKED TO PROVIDE KIND OF FEEDBACK TO US JUST A BID.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME LISTED HERE.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GONNA
AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS EXERCISE,
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE AND, AND WILLING TO LISTEN TO THIS, THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS PATRICK
AND THIS WILL, UH, BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS OUR CURRENT BIDS, DISCUSS OUR, OUR NEXT STEPS, AND TRULY JUST ENGAGE, UH, WITH THE BOARD AND GET SOME FEEDBACK AND INPUT REGARDING OUR IDEAS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
ONCE AGAIN, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS WILL BE TO REVIEW THE COMMENTS FROM THE PARK BOARD MEETING FROM APRIL THE 18TH, UH, 2024.
ALSO REVIEW OUR DEPARTMENTAL PROPOSED BIDS FOR
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A BID, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A BID.
SO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT A BID DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS A BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT IS BI-ANNUALLY.
AND DURING THAT FIRST YEAR OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE HAVE ADJUSTMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE BY A FEW CATEGORIES, EITHER LEGISLATIVE MANDATES, CONTRACT INCREASES, OR, YOU KNOW, INCREASES IN SERVICES WITH ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
NOW ON THE PHYSICAL YEAR, 25, 26, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE AND EITHER ENHANCE THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE OR BRING THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE STANDARD THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS WANTS TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
SO DURING THAT FIRST YEAR, WE CAN ONLY ADJUST BY CERTAIN CRITERIA, BUT DURING THAT SECOND YEAR OF THE BIANNUAL BUDGET DEVELOPMENT SEASON, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN BE INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE AND PROVIDE ENHANCEMENT BIDS THAT ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF THE PARK BOARD.
SO THE REVIEW OF THE PARK BOARD COMMENTS FROM PAPER 18, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE HEARD.
DID WE MISS ANYTHING? THE FEES TO RIGHT SIZE THE REVENUE BUDGET.
WE HAVE A FEE PRESENTATION COMING
YOU KNOW, WE HEARD THE, THE GOLF FEE PRESENTATION AND THE ADMIN AND FINANCE ONE.
WE HAVE EVENT PRIORITIZATION AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT.
YOU MAY TRANSFER, UH, TO SOME SMALLER EVENTS FOR SOME SPONSORED EVENTS.
ALSO, AN ASSESSMENT TO THE RIGHT SIZE STAFF, UNDERSTANDING THE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRACTED WORK VERSUS THE PERCENTAGE OF TEMP SERVICES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE STAFF TOOK THE TIME TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE BIDS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT AT IDENTIFYING THESE BIDS WERE
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SAFETY AND SECURITY INFLATION MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, BUT OVERALL PART SUSTAINABILITY.SO WHEN THE STAFF, UH, DEVELOPED THESE BIDS, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THESE BIDS WERE STRUCTURED.
SO OUR FISCAL YEAR, 25, 26, DEPARTMENTAL PROPOSED ENHANCEMENT BIDS REPORTS EVERY YEAR WE SUBMIT AND OPERATING IN MAINTENANCE BIDS TO FUND, UH, NEW LAND ACQUISITIONS, PARTS, TRAILS AND DEVELOPMENT.
ANOTHER, UH, BID THAT WAS SUBMITTED, WHICH IS EB TWO, IS OUR FACILITIES TEAM.
WE'RE LOOKING TO CONSTRUCT A SMALL FACILITIES TEAM TO HANDLE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR, OUR DIVISION.
UH, THE SMALL TEAM IS USUALLY, UH, GOING TO BE ABOUT 12, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, ELECTRICIANS, SENIOR WELDERS, FACILITY SUPERVISORS, CREW LEADERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE FACILITY TEAM AND HELP US TACKLE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.
EB THREE WOULD BE OUR, UH, INCREASED FOR SECURITY AT PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
I INCREASED LIGHTING SECURITY CAMERAS AND THINGS OF THOSE NATURE.
SO THIS WOULD BE OUR DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY BID.
EB FOUR WOULD BE ADDING FUNDING FOR PHASE ONE OF SIX TO ALLOW OUR PMO DEPARTMENT, OUR CARE DIVISION TO REPLACE THOSE LARGE AERIAL LANDSCAPING, UH, EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, RESULTING IN MORE EFFICIENT OPERATION AND ENHANCE SERVICE QUALITY.
EB FIVE WAS OUR NEWLY ACQUIRED, UH, MAINTENANCE FOR OLD CITY PARK.
WE'RE, UH, SUBMITTING A BID TO, UH, TAKE OVER THAT FACILITY TO RUN THE MAINTENANCE AND EVERYDAY OPERATIONS OF OLD CITY PARK.
THIS, UH, NEXT EB SIX WOULD BE OUR INFLATION BID.
WE'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING TO COVER INFLATIONARY DRIVEN COSTS FOR OUR CARE MATERIALS, OUR SERVICES FOR GOLF, AS WELL AS AQUATICS AND YOUTH SPORTS.
NOW, E SEVEN IS OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IT, IT GOES TO OUR URBAN FORESTS MASTER PLAN THAT MR. GREG AND MR. CHRIS SUGGEST FINISHED DISCUSSING.
AND SO THIS WILL BE THAT $300,000 THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR TO, UH, COMPLY WITH THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2021.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS FIRE RESCUE ON INSTALLING EIGHT SMART KIOSKS IN OUR UH, PARTS.
AND THE $80,000 IS A ONE THOU ONE TIME COST AND IT'S 10,000 PER YEAR TO 20.
THOSE KI OUR EB NINE IS FUNDING TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE PKR SOFTWARE AND BUSINESS PRACTICE OPTIMIZED.
AND NOW WHEN YOU, UH, SEE THE TOTAL OF THOSE ENHANCEMENT BID, THERE WERE PROPOSED BY DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 24 POSITIONS, UH, ENCOMPASSING ALL BIDS AND ABOUT $13.3 MILLION IN THE PROPOSED ENHANCEMENT BIDS.
SO TODAY WE'LL REVIEW THE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR PROPOSED BIDS AND HOPEFULLY GAIN FEEDBACK.
WE'RE ASKING THE PARK BOARD TO, TO GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AND IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL BIDS TO PLEASE DO THAT BY MAY 9TH, 2024.
AND ON MAY THE 16TH, OUR OUR DIRECTOR, UH, WILL DEVELOP THE, THE BUDGET TO PRESENT TO THE PARK BOARD, UH, BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND ON JUNE THE THIRD WE'LL BE TAKING THIS, UH, PARK BOARD APPROVED BUDGET TO PTE, WHICH IS PARK TRAILERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY HERE.
UH, WE WANTED TO INPUT THE, UH, FILLABLE DOCUMENT TO JUST GIVE, YOU KNOW, PARK BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THOUGHTS TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL BID IF THEY SEEN SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO PROVIDE TO THE TEAM.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL UH, FIGURE OUT THE, THE TRUE COST OF THAT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A, UH, RECOMMENDED ALLOCATION, YOU CAN DEFINITELY INSERT THAT AS WELL.
BUT THIS WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARK BOARDS TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT TO GIVE US SOME THOUGHTS AND PROVIDE ALLOCATIONS FOR ANY INPUT THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR APPENDIX, WHICH, UH, OUTLINES, UH, THE DATES THAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY AND OUR UPCOMING DAYS REGARDING THE PARK AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT'S, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP AND THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET WORKSHOP.
ONE THING I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT IN THE CITY MANAGERS, UH, BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, HE ASKED EACH DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT PRODUCTION BIDS.
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REDUCTION SCENARIO NOW IS CURRENTLY 6% OF OUR ENTIRE, UH, GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WHICH SHOULD CREATE EQUATES TO ABOUT $5.8 MILLION.AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR BOARD WANTS TO MAINTAIN, WE COULD BRING BACK REDUCTION BIDS FOR YOUR REVIEW, UH, TO GIVE TO OUR CITY MANAGER DURING, UH, THEIR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THE, UH, NEXT STEP WOULD BE OUR PART BOARD STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
KNOW WE'VE SEEN THOSE BEFORE AND WHEN WE DO, UH, WANT TO SUGGEST ADDITIONAL BID, WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY ALIGN STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT BOARD.
AND I KNOW THAT WAS BRIEF, I WANTED TO SAVE SOME TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
THAT WAS, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
UM, MS. HE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
IT LOOKS LIKE FROM WHAT YOU JUST SAID, WE'RE ASKED TO, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE REDUCTION BID ROUGHLY 6% TO ROUGHLY YES MA'AM.
BUT WE'RE AT THE SAME BREATH ASKING FOR 13.3 IN ADDITIONAL BIDS AND WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ASKING FOR THE WHOLE 13.
THESE WERE JUST OUR DEPARTMENTAL PROPOSED BIDS AND BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PARK BOARD, WE'LL CHOOSE BIDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TO, TO UH, TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY MANAGERS BUDGET PROCESS.
SO, UM, YES, IT SOUNDS COUNTERINTUITIVE, RIGHT? BUT IT IS A PROCESS THAT WE ARE ASKED TO DO EVERY YEAR.
OKAY? SO AS PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE TRYING TO KEEP THE TAX RATE DOWN RIGHT? WE ARE REQUIRED
SO IF COUNSEL COMES IN, THERE IS A READY LIST OF PROPOSED ITEMS TO MEET THAT, RIGHT? UM, SO I THINK RIGHT NOW, UM, THE DIRECTOR'S REQUEST WAS THAT WE DO INFORM YOU THAT THAT IS OUT THERE.
RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT HAVE REDUCTION BIDS.
BUT IF WE NEED TO, BASED ON WHAT PARK BOARD TELLS US AND BASED ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, DISCUSS WITH PARK BOARD, WHAT WOULD THOSE REDUCTION BIDS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WOULD THAT NUMBER BE? DOES THAT NEED TO BE PART OF WHAT PRESENTED? IDEALLY? UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE ENHANCED BIDS.
I THINK WE WOULD NEED, UM, KIND OF DIRECTION FROM THE PARK FLOOR AS TO WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO.
SO IT'S LOVELY THAT WE'RE HERE ASKING FOR 13 MILLION ROUGHLY MORE OR ANYMORE, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER ENDS UP BEING.
BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO GOOD TO HAVE A FEW DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT THE STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND IF WE ARE FORCED TO MAKE CUTS WHERE AND HOW DO WE WEIGH THOSE AGAINST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE MAKE DEEPER CUTS IN ONE AREA SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT HAVE BECOME MORE IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION AS ALL AS IT IS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AT LEAST WHERE YOU'RE THINKING YOU'RE GONNA POTENTIALLY CART ABOUT 6%.
'CAUSE WE MAY, WE MAY BE IN A POSITION OF NOT GETTING ANYTHING AND TAKING A HIT OR MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE ON THAT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CHOICES WERE ON THE TAKING AWAY SIDE.
UM, AND TO, TO YOUR POINT, UM, YES IT, BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE SENSE RIGHT NOW, I WILL TELL YOU THAT AS WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, WE'VE REDUCED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE CAN IN EFFICIENCIES.
SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE AT THE POINT WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO EITHER DO A REALLOCATION THAT SERVICES WE'LL COME UP WITH MORE, MORE DOLLARS FOR FEES.
UM, SO THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE, THE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND UM, HISTORICALLY THE CHOICES TO CUT SERVICES.
SO THAT WOULD BE A, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION SOONER THAN LATER.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I, IN LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS LIKE THIS, ALMOST 3.5 FOR SECURITY, INCREASED FUNDING FOR SECURITY.
AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE SAFETY IS ALWAYS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN, BUT I THINK IT BEGS THE QUESTION OF WE'RE SPENDING THE HIGHEST AMOUNT ON SOMETHING.
DO WE HAVE ANY DATA THAT TELLS US THAT WE'RE HAVING ISSUES THAT DRIVE THIS MUCH SPENDING IN SECURITY? SO THIS BID ALREADY IS AN ASK THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PUT OUT WHEN WE RECEIVED THE
SO WE ASKED FOR BASICALLY 3.3 OVER THREE YEARS TO MEET OUR SECURITY NEEDS.
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NOT JUST SECURITY ON THE TRAILS, SECURITY AT THE REC CENTERS, CAMERA UPGRADES, WE'RE TALKING FIRE PANELS, ANYTHING IS SECURITY.OKAY? SO THE ASK WAS 10 MILLION.
UM, THE BUDGET OFFICE CAME BACK WITH, HEY, WE COULD DO THIS AMOUNT.
AND THEY COMPLETELY ELIMINATED THE PHASE.
SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS COMING BACK AND SAYING, WE STILL HAVE THE NEED.
SO WE WOULD STILL LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS THIS.
AND WHILE I'M AT IT, UM, JUST IN GENERAL, THE UM, SOME OF THESE ARE REPEAT BIDS, THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE ON THE EQUIPMENT, THAT IS A REPEAT BID THAT WAS NOT ADDRESSED LAST YEAR UNTIL THERE IS SOME KIND OF A PLAN IN PLACE.
AND THAT IS A BID THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE ON THE REGULAR BASIS.
WE JUST SAW THE PROPOSAL ON THE TREE INVENTORY SYSTEM, THIS 300,000, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SPEND RIGHT AWAY OR IS, OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY TO BUY? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THE THOUGHT WOULD BE, SINCE THAT IS TECHNICALLY WOULD FALL UNDER KIND OF A JOINT BID RIGHT? THEN EVERY THIS BID WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH EVERYBODY ELSE'S BID AND THE CITY WOULD APPLY THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS JOINTLY.
EVERYBODY GOT ON BOARD, BUT CORRECT.
UM, ON THE, UM, OLD CITY PARK, TWO AND A HALF FTES, 700, 2000, IS THAT A SUPPLEMENT? 'CAUSE WE'RE TAKING OVER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE THAN TWO TO FULL-TIME PEOPLE OUT THERE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO THIS IS, SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL BIT THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE SINCE THAT IS A TWO TO THREE YEAR PROGRAM.
UM, SO CRYSTAL ALREADY HAS STAFF THAT CAN DO A PORTION OF THIS.
WE DO NEED SOME OTHER STAFF THAT'S NECESSARY TO FILL THE GAPS THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN PLACE.
IN ADDITION WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
AND, UM, 6% REDUCTION SCENARIO, UH, THIS CITY MANAGERS ARE ASKING FOR.
RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, WE DID A RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THE DIRECTOR TO NOT PRESENT THAT SCENARIO.
'CAUSE WE WERE AT GOOD TIMES, WE DIDN'T SEE A POINT.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT MAY MAKE SOME PEOPLE ANGRY AND THINK WE'RE BEING TREATED HONEST, BUT THE LAW BY THE CHARTER, WE DON'T HAVE TO PRESENT IT PRODUCTION SCENARIO.
SO LAST YEAR WE PRESENTED PRODUCTION SCENARIOS.
THE BOARD WASN'T NOTIFIED WE WERE GOING TO, I WOULD'VE DONE ANOTHER RESOLUTION.
'CAUSE I, IN TIMES LIKE THIS, UH, AND IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY, PEOPLE WANT MORE THE PARKS TO PRESENT A REDUCTION SCENARIO.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME WAS SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAD A BONE TO PICK WITH US TOOK SOME OF OUR SUGGESTIONS AND PUT 'EM IN AS THEIR AMENDMENTS AND ALL OF ONE FAILED.
UH, BUT THAT WAS WHAT THE WAY THAT WAS USED WAS TAKING OUR STUFF AND SAID, OH WELL JUST, WELL I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT.
UM, AND I LEAVE IT TO THE STAFF AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE EVERYBODY MAD BY TAKING THAT POSITION.
BUT JUST TO DO IT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO TALK AT THE BOARD LEVEL ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE, WE REALLY WANT DO A 6% REDUCTION SCENARIO.
WHICH, UH, I I THINK THERE CITY MANAGERS TO EXPLAIN WHY THERE'S A REDUCTION SCENARIO REQUESTED AND IF IT, WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS? 'CAUSE THEY ALWAYS DO FOR YEARS AND YEARS, THEY COME IN AND GO, OH, WE'RE GONNA BE SHORT.
AND REMEMBER IN THE PAST WHAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT WOULD DO, WHICH SHUT DOWN POOLS.
AND THE POOLS WERE THING WHEN LAURA MILLER WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE.
PARK DEPARTMENT, WE GOT A REDUCTION REQUEST.
AND SO WE CUT BACK ON POOLS AND EVERYBODY GOT ANGRY AND IT WAS PRETTY SMART MOVE IN A WAY.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK MORE THAT WAY.
LIKE WHAT DO WE REALLY, WHY? AND IF THERE'S A REASON, WELL TELL US JUST OUR VERY 6%, WHATEVER THE DEAL, THEN I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
I I CONCUR WITH DEPART MEMBER DICKIE.
WE ALREADY, WE ALREADY PUSHING NOW.
I I LIKE THE SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT FEES, FEES ABOUT, I KNOW IIE THE SUMMER CAMP WENT UP $10 I THINK THIS, THIS SUMMER AND TRYING TO BALANCE THAT OUT.
JUST SOMETHING INCREASE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE EVERYTHING GOES UP, RIGHT? I I, I LOVE THE SCENARIO.
WE CAN GO UP ON FEES JUST A LITTLE BIT.
NOT I'M SAYING DOUBLE THE PRICE.
WE JUST AT LEAST TRY TO CONCUR SOME OF THAT MONEY EVERY YEAR.
GO UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, TO HELP US BRING MORE FUNDS IN.
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ANOTHER THING THAT, THAT, UH, RESERVATION DEPARTMENT HAS DONE, WHAT IT'S BEEN SMART STAFFING.AND I MEAN THAT BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE THEIR PERSONS IN CHARGE OF LEAGUES OR RESERVATIONS FOR CONTEND SEVEN VERSUS EIGHT TO FOUR, WHICH MAKES BETTER SENSE BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE ABLE TO ANSWER PHONE CALLS FROM LEADS AS WHAT'S GOING ON, HOW CAN WE GET LIGHTS ON, WHATEVER IT IS, VERSUS HAVING A PART-TIME PERSON SO WE CAN DO IT WITH THAT ONE STAFF MEMBER, YOU KNOW, DOING IT OR THEM ALSO HAVING A BETTER WORK BALANCE LIFE BECAUSE NOW INSTEAD OF ANSWERING THE PHONE OFF, OFF, OFF THE CLOCK OR ANSWERING THE PHONE DURING THE CLOCK, WHICH HELPS 'EM ALSO THE SCENARIO OF WORKING THINGS OUT.
SO RESERVATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING THAT NOW, I THINK FOR A COUPLE WEEKS OR MAYBE A MONTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS, I I, I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE BETTER OFF 'CAUSE THEY FEEL HAPPIER DURING, HAVE TO ANSWER THE PHONE OFF DUTY.
BUT THAT JUST COMES WITH THE CO COMES WITH THE, WITH THE JOB AND SECURITY.
I THINK SECURITY, WE, WE ARE WAY FAR FROM BEING WHERE WE NEED TO BE AT ON SECURITY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR REC CENTERS BECAUSE I ALMOST WOULD VALUE HAVING AN ARMED POLICE OFFICER DURING HOURS THAT WE'RE OPEN.
UH, AND JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A SCENARIO THAT'S OUT THERE, AND I KNOW WE ALLOW OPEN CARRY IN OUR, IN OUR PARKS AND IN OUR, OUR FACILITIES BECAUSE WE CAN'T STOP AND PREVENT IT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT HAVING SECURITY THERE.
SO HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? THAT'S, THAT'S EXPENSIVE.
UH, UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE.
MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR, MAYBE THE NEXT YEAR.
TRY TO FIGURE HOW CAN WE RAMP THAT UP AND HAVE PEOPLE, OR EVEN DURING OUR BIG HOURS WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST PEOPLE IN OUR REC CENTER, WHICH IS NORMALLY AFTER THREE O'CLOCK TO ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
WHEN THEY CLOSE THAT, THAT'S THE BUSIEST HOURS.
I KNOW THE EARLIER HOURS ARE SENIORS NORMALLY, BUT JUST SOMETHING, A SCENARIO TO THINK ABOUT, UH, GOING FORWARD AND MAYBE A FEW YEARS FORWARD.
AND THE OTHER ONE I DIDN'T SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS AN ENHANCEMENT THERE FOR PTO.
UH, I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR JENKINS HAD TALKED ABOUT GETTING SOME AUTOMATED FIELD MACHINES, WHICH MEAN, WHICH INCLUDE GRASS CUTTING MACHINES AND LINING MACHINES FOR OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS WHERE IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD SAVE US A SCENARIO OF SAVING US MAYBE TWO TO THREE STAFF MEMBERS PER DISTRICT IF WE DID THAT ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT MIGHT BE A HIGH COST INITIALLY, BUT IT WOULD SAVE US ON STAFF, ON AUTOMATED MACHINES.
SO I WOULD PROBABLY TALK TO, WELL, SO WE WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT SOME THAT EQUIPMENT, SOME OF THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY LOOK LIKE.
I DO NOT HAVE BID FOR THAT, BUT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO WRITE UP AND SUBMIT CAN UH, YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE, THE COST OF IT, BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK IF YOU THINK THE BIG DISTRICT, SO LET'S JUST GO OF COURSE ON THE OAK CLIFF BEDROOM, WE ALSO GOT, FAIR OAKS HAS THE MOST FIELDS IF YOU, UM, UM, AND SIX I THINK HAS A BIG COMPLEX OVER THERE.
IF YOU TAKE ALL THE BIG COMPLEXES THAT WHERE YOU PUT, YOU CENTER A LOT, CENTER YOUR MACHINES IN, UH, ALL AT A TIME.
OH, CAN I THE BUTTON AGAIN?
SO I THINK, UH, A COST EFFECTIVENESS FOR MACHINES IS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER DISTRICT OR GIVE OR TAKE A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO IF WE HAVE, WHAT IS IT, HOW MANY MAIN DISTRICTS DO WE HAVE? PROBABLY SIX.
WE PROBABLY HAVE FOUR THAT WOULD NEED THESE MACHINES.
SO IT COSTS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 400,000.
BUT WE, WE TAKE TWO TO THREE PEOPLE OFF THAT DUTY.
THEY CAN BE MOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE AND YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WATCH 'EM AND, AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE WORKING, OPERATING RIGHT.
UM, BUT IT MIGHT SAVE YOU SOME DOLLARS ON THE, ON THE STAFF AND, AND MAKE IT EASIER.
AND NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO WORK, IT CAN CUT THE FIELDS UP TO THREE TIMES A, A WEEK EASIER THAN HAVING STAFF GOING OUT THERE AND TRY TO DO THAT.
UM, SO IT'S JUST SCENARIO I'M THINKING, I KNOW DIRECTOR JACOBS WAS BIG ON THAT AT ONE POINT.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S, IF HE'S TURNING TIDE ON THAT YET, BUT I KNOW HE WAS BIG ON THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDED.
SO, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN GET WITH, UM, RENEE AND ALSO ANOTHER ONE.
I, UH, BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
MS. TURNER, DO YOU HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT? THANK YOU.
VERY QUICKLY, JUST REAL QUICK UPDATE ON THE BOND.
UM, WE ARE HOPING IN TWO WEEKS TO BE COMING IN TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT 2024 BOND CONSULTATION PLANS.
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATE ON THE END
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AND THEN SECONDLY, WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO STEP KESLER.I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU WORKED STEFON, BUT RETIREMENT SEVEN WEEKS AGO.
STEPHAN HAS TAKEN ON THE ROLE, BUT THE IN PROGRAM MANAGER, UM, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND THEN LET HIM FILL IN THE BLANKS.
BUT STEPHAN'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT 19 AND A HALF YEARS.
UM, THAT ESTIMATE, MY ESTIMATE HAS BEEN IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR SIX YEARS, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET HIM TALK LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOU'RE GOOD.
UH, YEAH, ON NUMBER PROTECT AND, UH,
ANYTHING THAT POSSIBLE I DON'T RESPECT TO SEE A, UM, DECREASE IN RESPONSIVE TIME FROM TRENT AND FIND A BETTER RESPONSE TIME, BUT I JUST MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, UM, YOU HAVE ANOTHER MENT.
I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT AND I, THIS IS MY FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF, OR MY FIRST REMINDER OF ABOUT A MILLION TO COME MAY 16TH.
WE'RE AT THE ZOO IN PERSON ONLY.
JUST WE DON'T REMEMBER MAY 16TH.
OH, I'M JANET JACKSON BIRTHDAY.
ON THESE, UH, ONES THAT WE ARE IN PERSON ONLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE VIRTUAL OPTION USUALLY DOES THAT COUNT AGAINST OUR ATTENDANCE? WE CANNOT SHOW UP IN PERSON.
I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WITH THE
DO WE HAVE ANY LIAISON REPORTS? OKAY, MR. SLAUGHTER? YES.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, POKER WITH BIG CHECKS LAST NIGHT.
TOLD GUY SAVE THE MONEY, GET SOME COUPONS, UH, STATE FIRES ON THE WAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, ONE OF OUR, UH, PEOPLE HERE AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR THE MEETING THAT YOU HAD WITH THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, UM, YVONNE DAVIS.
UH, YOUR STAFF WAS KINDA SHOCKED, BUT YOU MADE EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THIS WAY.
YOU GOT ALL THE QUESTIONS, SO I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY MA ON REPORTS? YEAH, I DO.
YOU DO? OKAY, MR. DICKEY, I'M SORRY TO, UH, NOT HAVE MY DETAILS.
I'M, I'M WORKING DISQUALIFIED.
I KNOW, UM, HANDICAPPED, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT DATES NOT IN MY HEAD, BUT THE TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL SCISSOR TAILS AND COCKTAILS FUNDRAISER I'LL SEND OUT IF, IF YOU SEND A GOOD SPREAD DATES SLIP MY MIND.
IT'S, IT'S A GREAT LITTLE THING.
IT'S NOT, IT'S UH, JUST A NICE THING.
YOU'VE GOT A COMPLIMENTARY RIGHT.
I DIDN'T GET ONE
IT, BUT IT'S, UH, PLEASE COME.
IT'S FUN, RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN THERE.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, OUR NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY, MAY 16TH, 2024.
THE DALLAS SUIT WILL BE IN PERSON ONLY SEEING NO OTHER BUSINESS.
I'LL NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 1:44 PM THANK YOU.