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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on May 16, 2024]
IT IS 10 0 1.THEN WE COMPLETE TELL
LAST TIME WE CAME TWO A YEAR BACK, THE PRESENTATIONS SERVED US LUNCH AND THAT LUNCH COST IT 80, 30 BILLION.
HOW ABOUT THESE DALLAS PARKS? THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING AFTER BAND BOND PROPOSITION MARK.
AMAZING FEED BECAUSE OF, YEAH.
AND I'VE DONE MY DUE DILIGENCE FROM TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND, ENVIRONMENTAL, TEXAS.
THIS IS NOT ONLY THE LARGEST BOND FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AND CITY OF DALLAS.
THIS IS THE LARGEST BOND FOR ANYWHERE IN USA, WHICH HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO PARKS AND RECREATION.
GREAT FE, WHICH WE HAVE ACHIEVED.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD WHERE WE ARE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS CITY WITH OUR GREEN SPACE AS FURTHER WITH THAT.
I WILL, UH, ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK? ANY, ANYONE ABOUT THE BOND OR ANYONE? RUDY, I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
NOT THAT I LOVE MORE THAN HEARING MYSELF TALK ABOUT PARKS, UH, THE CITY REALLY.
I MEAN THE, THE, WE REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARKS.
I'M SO PROUD OF THE CITY FOR COMING TOGETHER.
82% IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYONE ACROSS THE CITY.
I LIKE THANK OUR, NOT ONLY THE STAFF, BUT ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ADVOCAT.
WE HELP PARTNERS LIKE AMY MEADOWS, UH, ONE, MR. JUAN AND MS. FINMAN AND THE AUDIENCE WHEN WE HELP PEOPLE LIKE THIS THAT'S ON BOARD WITH US.
BUT I ALSO LIKE TO THANK SUE 'CAUSE THEY DID SOMETHING THIS MORNING THAT REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART.
THEY HAD AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PENGUIN.
'CAUSE I'M HERE, SO I, I LOVE THAT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
I MEAN, I GOT GREAT BOARD MEMBERS.
THAT'S, I'M ON THE BOARD WITH YOU GUYS.
WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT POINT OF BUSINESS.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, BUT THEY CAN'T SO WE'RE OKAY.
SO IF I CAN JUST ASK YOU ALL TO SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT LOUDER SO MR. DICKY CAN HEAR.
HE'S A LITTLE SPOTTY HERE AND THERE.
WITH THAT, WE GO FOR APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR MAY 2ND, 2024.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. MANDEL, MR. SLAUGHTER SECONDED.
HAVE, WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO OUR
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, MS. MUNDELL AND SECONDED BY ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I, THAT I REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY WONDERFUL, SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE.
AND, UM, AND I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORTS TO REALLY HAVE THIS UNDER US AS A CITY TO PUT S MOST, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY.
SO, SO I JUST ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE FUTURE OF THIS.
AND I REALLY WANNA THANK, UH, CRYSTAL ROSS AND STEVE BAKER AND SHANIQUA FOR ALL OF THEIR DEDICATION TO REALLY SEEING MISSION, THE GROUP FOR OUR CITY AND FOR THE OTHERS WHO COME TO DALLAS.
ANY COMMENTS? AND I AGREE MS. MONDELL AND MR. BAKER, NO PRESSURE, BUT EVERYONE'S EYES ARE ON OVER 50 PART RIGHT NOW, SO THIS IS OUR TIME.
AND SO, UH, SO, UH, MR. GLAD MR. CHAIR, UH, JUST WANT, YOU ARE MUTED.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OH, YOU SPEAK LOUDER, SIR.
CAN, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME NOW? THIS, THIS IS THE VOICE OF PARK BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, MR. CHAIR, WANTED TO JUST GET SOME, SOME CLARIFICATION ON, UH, ONE, THE, THE CITY RETAKING THE PARK.
UM, TIMELINE WISE, IS OUR STAFF ALREADY OUT THERE ACTIVE? IS THE CONTRACT WITH, UH, OLD CITY PARK
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ALREADY COMPLETED? UH, AND HAVE THE KEYS BEEN TURNED OVER? MR. BAKER IS COMING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.SHOULD I USE THIS? THE QUESTION AT THE BOTTOM? UM, CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME, UH, THE DALLAS COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY IS STILL MANAGING THE PROPERTY.
UM, THEIR CONTRACT IS SET TO EXPIRE, UM, ON SET, I'M SORRY, MAY 26TH.
AND WE WILL TAKE, UH, POSSESSION OF KEYS AND OPERATIONS ON THE 27TH.
AND, AND, UH, ARE WE GONNA CHANGE, MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY? I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DONATED BUILDINGS THERE, UH, AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE ORGANIZATION IS CURRENTLY MANAGING IT IS, UM, THEY, I BELIEVE THEY'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME SALES OF SOME OF THE ANTIQUES.
SO JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
HAS THE CITY HAD ANY INSIGHT ON WHAT KIND OF ANTIQUES WE'RE GONNA LEAVE, UM, FROM, FROM OUR PROPERTY? OR DOES THE ORGANIZATION RUNNING IT HAVE CARTE BLANCHE TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS SINCE THEIR CONTRACT IS ENDING? SO THEIR, THEIR CONTRACT PERMITS FOR THE, THEY'RE THE CUSTODIANS OF THE ARTIFACTS THAT ARE ON, ON SITE.
SO WE HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RETAIN SOME OF THOSE.
BUT SINCE WE WILL NOT BE A MUSEUM, THEN SOME OF THOSE ITEMS NEED TO BE EITHER LOANED TO ANOTHER MUSEUM, UM, OR I GUESS TO OTHER MUSEUMS SO THAT THEY CAN DISPLAY THEM.
UM, THERE WILL BE NO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PARK.
UM, BUT THERE ARE NO PLANS TO, UM, MOVE BUILDINGS, REMOVE BUILDINGS.
UM, WE'RE NOT SELLING TO A DEVELOPER.
UM, SO IT IS, IT WILL REMAIN PARKED PROPERTY.
AND I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO GET SOME CLARITY AROUND IT.
'CAUSE YOU SEE A FIRE SALE HAPPENING AT A PUBLIC SPACE THAT'S MANAGED BY A PARTNER, THAT COULD BE PRETTY FRIGHTENING.
AND I, I HOPE IT DIDN'T SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE REST OF THE CITY.
WHAT ABOUT THE UPKEEP OF THE BUILDINGS? UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE BUILDINGS FROM DISTRICT 12 THAT ARE DOWN THERE, AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THE KEEP MAINTAINING THOSE BUILDINGS.
SO THAT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE, THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT, WHICH WAS THE FIRST PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO PRIORITIZE OR DEVELOP A PRIORITIZED LIST OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THOSE BUILDINGS OR RESTORING THESE BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE NO PLANS TO GET RID OF ANY OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAINTAIN AND REVITALIZE THOSE BUILDINGS.
SHOULD WE CLEAR ON THAT
UH, WE'RE, WE, WE'RE UNDERTAKING A MASTER PLAN AND THE INTENT IS YES, A LOT OF THOSE BUILDINGS WILL STAY.
HOWEVER, UH, ONCE WE, THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS IS GOING TO TELL US BASICALLY THAT HISTORY, WHAT'S RELEVANT BUILD, UH, ENFORCE THIS BOARD IS WOULD, AND THE COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE THAT MASTER PLAN.
BUT, UH, BUT THE MASTER PLAN WILL DRIVE FAR AS AND WITH COMMUNITY INPUT.
UH, HOW DO WE WANT TO ACTIVATE OUR, AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF THE PARK.
BUT THERE'S NO PLANS INTENTIONALITY RIGHT NOW.
I UNDERSTAND THE MASTER PLAN AND TRYING TO LOOK, THERE'S NO PLANS, DISCUSSIONS TO REMOVE OR GET RID OF ANY OF THE BUILDINGS AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW? NO.
OUR PLANS RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS ARE IN BAD CONDITION, OUR PLANS RIGHT NOW IS LY STABILIZE THOSE FOOD.
WE HAVE A PARTNER TO OPERATE THE PARK THAT WILL THEREFORE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING FUNDS TO RESTORE THOSE S.
AND THAT, UH, MR. NICKY, UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT CURRENTLY THERE ARE AT LEAST ONE, MAYBE TWO OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE RENTED BY ARTISTS THAT HAVE STUDIOS THERE.
AND THEY'VE, UH, BEEN ASKED TO VACATE WHILE WE TRANSITION.
BUT WHAT I'M WONDERING IS FROM STAFF IS DO, UH, WE IN FORESEE, DO WE NEED TO HAVE THEM LEAVE, UH, SINCE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO BE VACANT AND WHATEVER REVENUE THEY MIGHT BRING IN, UH, WILL BE LOST WHILE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO? DO WE, UH, NEED TO, IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE THEM LEAVE? UH, WHILE WE STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT OUR PLAN IS GONNA BE PENDING THE COMPLETION OF THE MASTER PLAN?
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SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.SO THERE'S, THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BUILDINGS THAT THE ARTISTS WERE IN, UM, THAT NEED TO BE, THAT BE MADE TO THE BUILDINGS.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS IN, UM, AS, UH, REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN THE CEILING.
SO ONE OF THE TENANTS HAS TO GO UPSTAIRS THROUGH THE MAIN BUILDING, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY THEIR RENTAL SPACE TO USE THE RESTROOM AS AN EXAMPLE.
UM, AND THEN OTHERS, WE JUST HAVE SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
SO GIVEN, GIVEN THAT IT'S BEEN YEARS THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY MAINTENANCE ON THOSE BUILDINGS, COULD IT BE YEARS BEFORE WE KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE VIABLE FOR THOSE ARTISTS TO COME BACK IN? OR DO WE JUST ASSUME THEY'RE KIND OF GONNA BE GONE AND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT OR GET THE BUILDINGS FIXED? 'CAUSE THAT THOSE, UH, WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE? SO AGAIN, WITH THE, WITH THE MASTER PLAN THAT'S COMING IN OR THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT PIECE.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME OF THOSE REPAIRS THAT CAN BE DONE RATHER QUICKLY AND WE CAN WORK TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, UM, THE, THE, TO BRING TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL LEASE SPACE.
SO YEAH, THAT IS PART OF OUR PLAN.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA THAT THE, THE HERITAGE SOCIETY HAD IMPLEMENTED TO BEGIN WITH AND IT'D BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO ON A RELATIVELY QUICKER BASIS.
NOT, NOT YEARS AND YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
AND, UH, MR. ETT, JUST REMEMBER, UH, THOSE BUILDINGS ARE, SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE IN BAD CONDITIONS.
THEY DON'T MEET, THEY DON'T MEET THE STANDARDS AS FAR AS THE CITY.
AND WE WEREN'T RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THIS BOARD AND THE PUBLIC, THIS HEARING, THIS PARK DEPARTMENT WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND THE BUILDINGS PARK DEPARTMENT WAS ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE.
NOW WE ARE TAKING OVER AND WE'RE DOING OUR ASSESSMENTS.
THOSE BUILDINGS DOES NOT MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS AND WE ARE NOT GONNA ALLOW FOLKS TO BE IN THOSE BUILDINGS IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
WE WILL IMMEDIATELY START MAKING REPAIRS TO STABILIZE AND MAKE SURE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE SAFE.
ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEN WE CAN EVALUATE IF THOSE TENANTS CAN NOW COME BACK IN THOSE BUILDINGS AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AND OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO REPEAT SOMETHING I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE IS I FEEL WE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE TO USE SOME OF THEIR NEW FOUND HOTEL MONEY TO DO THE REPAIRS.
AND THAT WINDOW SEEMS TO BE CLOSING.
BUT I STILL WOULD SAY SINCE RESOURCES ARE SHORT, UH, AND THERE'S MONEY IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT APPARENTLY, THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH TO ASK FOR HELP TO DO THOSE REPAIRS AND IT NOT JUST COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THOSE REPAIRS WEREN'T DONE WHEN THEY WERE UNDER THE CONTRACT REQUIRED TO BE DONE BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
AND THAT, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO ASK THAT OF ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.
WE IN AGREEMENT A HUNDRED PERCENT AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING TO HAVE YOU ALL SOME NEWS HERE SOON, BUT WE ARE PURSUING GETTING FUNDING FROM THEM.
MS.
AND WE'LL BRING BACK TO THE BOARD AND JUST KIND OF LET YOU KNOW HERE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING OR WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU ALL UPDATES.
BETTER YET, I THINK WE SHOULD COME TO YOU ALL QUARTERLY AND GIVE YOU UPDATES ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AT OLD CITY PARK, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS BEFORE ABOUT ARE WE IN THE BUSINESS OF BEING LANDLORDS? 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WE OWN WHERE WE'RE IN A LANDLORD TENANT POSITION.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I THINK THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON IF WE'RE GOING TO BE CON IF WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THAT IN IN CITY PARK FOR SURE.
AND, AND, AND, AND I KNOW YOU HEARD ME MENTION THE WORD A PART OF OUR PROGRAMS, IF IT MEETS THE DEFINITION OF OFFERING SOME TYPE OF PROGRAMMING TO THE FOLKS TO COME HERE AND UTILIZE THE PARK, THEN WE ARE GOING TO GIVE IT STRONG CONSIDERATION.
AGREE MORE WITH HASHMI ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LANDLORD DEALS.
YOU KNOW, KIND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT CONTACT, THE RIGHT FOR THIS PROPERTY.
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES THAT ARE FALLING APART 'CAUSE OF THE PERSON THAT WE HAD THERE, PEOPLE WE HAD THERE
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KIND OF DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF IT.YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE US AS OWNERS OF THE, THE CITY OWNING THE PROPERTY, MAYBE WE ALSO DIDN'T WATCH WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF BLAME, EVERYBODY THERE, BUT MAYBE WE CAN FIX IT FOR THE NEXT CONTRACT THAT WE, WE UTILIZE AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD INSTEAD OF COMING BACKWARDS 10, 15 YEARS NOW.
AND, AND ONE THING, HONESTLY, I THINK WE HAVE LEARNED SEEING DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS THAT THE NEW CONTRACTS NOT ONLY WHAT TO DO, BUT ALSO NOT WHAT NOT TO DO.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE PARAMOUNT REPORT WHEN WE START DISCUSSING.
SO WITH THAT, WITH NO MORE COMMENTS, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, WITH THAT I HAVE IT.
UH, WE ARE MOVING ALONG WELL WITH THAT, UH, OUR FIRST BRIEFING TO OUR HOST.
SO THIS MORNING WE DO HAVE A BRIEFING FROM THE DALLAS ZOO ON THEIR ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, THERE'S NEW CEO SINCE JANUARY, 2024.
UM, IS LISA MUTE AND SHE WILL BE HERE TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU CHOOSING DALLAS ZOO FOR YOUR MEETING LOCATION.
AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE SPIRIT OF YOUR ATTIRE TODAY, DRESSED VERY APPROPRIATELY.
UM, I HAVE A, A SLIDE PRESENTATION, UH, TO GO OVER.
SOME OF THE PRESENTATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO YOU IN, UH, YOUR INFORMATION BEFOREHAND.
UM, BUT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ROLL WITH THAT AND, AND MAYBE GO TO THE, UM, THIRD SLIDE.
UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING US TO SPEAK THIS MORNING AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME WE HAVE BEFORE YOU.
UM, I AM HERE NOW, UH, JUST OVER 120 DAYS, FOUR MONTHS ON THE JOB.
UM, IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND OF, UM, EXCITEMENT AND MOMENTUM AND, UH, NOT ONLY THE STAFF AND THE BOARD LEADERSHIP OF THE ZOO, BUT THIS PARK BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY HAS MADE ME FEEL SO WELCOME.
I'M ENJOYING DALLAS AND LOVING IT.
UM, HAVE SETTLED IN OAK CLIFF AND, UM, SO I'M JUST A QUICK LITTLE COMMUTE FROM THE ZOO, BUT, UM, WHAT A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND I'M PROUD TO BE HERE.
SO I'D LIKE TO START BY, UH, A LITTLE VIDEO THAT GIVES YOU AN UPDATE ON, UH, 2023 EACH YEAR.
YOUR DALLAS ZOO CELEBRATES SUCCESSES.
WE FACE ADVERSITY AND WE SET OUR SIGHTS ON THE YEAR AHEAD.
BUT OUR PERSEVERANCE IN 2023 HAS NEVER BEEN MORE TESTED.
IT STARTED WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED STRING OF CRIMINAL ACTS THAT SEEM TO STRIKE RANDOMLY, BUT AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE, WE MET THE CHALLENGE HEAD ON AND EMERGED STRONGER AND MORE SECURE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IN MAY, OUR ANIMAL CARE AND VETERINARY TEAMS FACED A HERCULEAN TASK TRYING TO SAVE OUR ELEPHANT AJABU, WHO IS FIGHTING THE OFTEN LETHAL EEHV FOR THE SECOND TIME IN JUST THREE YEARS TO OUR HEARTBREAK, AJABU LOST HIS BATTLE, BUT IN HIS HONOR, AND THANKS IN PART, TO A GENEROUS DONATION FROM LONGTIME ZOO ADVOCATE DR. ANN STEWART.
WE HOPE TO WIN THE WAR ON THIS TERRIBLE VIRUS.
WE ARE NOW ONE OF JUST THREE ZOOS TO HAVE AN ONSITE EEHV LAB FOR AFRICAN ELEPHANTS TO HELP SPEED TEST RESULTS AND MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS FINDING A VACCINE.
THIS PAST APRIL, WE LOST A GREAT LEADER AND THE LIGHT THAT SERVED AS THE ZOO'S NORTH STAR FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS.
WHEN OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO GREG HUDSON PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY.
WHILE IT SHOOK US TO OUR CORE, HIS LEADERSHIP AND VISION LEFT US WITH A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE.
GREG'S INCREDIBLE VISION HELPED BRING TO LIFE THE GIANTS OF THE SAVANNAH HABITAT.
IN 2010 AND LAST NOVEMBER, WE REDEDICATED THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL HABITAT IN HIS HONOR.
DESPITE THE HEARTBREAK, WE'VE ALSO EXPERIENCED HEALING AND HEARTWARMING MOMENTS.
BEGINNING WITH THE BIRTH OF OKA BAILEY IN LATE FEBRUARY.
THE ANTICS OF THIS ADORABLE AND AWKWARD BABY ELEPHANT KEPT US MOTIVATED THROUGH THE DARKEST DAYS AND MAKE US SMILE.
STILL, WE CELEBRATED MANY FIRSTS, INCLUDING
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THE HATCH OF A US BRED MADAGASCAR POND.HERON IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE, WHO WANTED TO SEE REPRODUCTION IN HUMAN CARE AS A SAFEGUARD.
AND NOW WE ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS SUCCESS STORY.
SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES FOR OUR REPTILE TEAM INCLUDE OUR FIRST HATCH OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED BURMESE STAR TORTOISES.
THE FIRST EVER DOCUMENTED OCCURRENCE OF HEALTHY TWIN PARENTE MONITOR BABIES.
AND 12 HEALTHY HATCHINGS OF MANHAN PIT FIBERS.
THIS IS A HUGE WIN WITH ONLY 500 MANHAN PIT ZIPPERS KNOWN IN THE WILD.
HAVE WE MENTIONED TAKEI, THE ADORABLE WARTHOG BABE WHO'S BEEN STEALING HEARTS OF STAFF AND GUESTS SINCE SHE BOUNDED INTO OUR LIVES.
ALONG WITH OUR SECOND GENERATION OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED AERO PAUA GOATS, OUR BABY EVERETT TAM COLUMNIST MONKEY COLLARED LEMUR AND BLACK AND WHITE R LEMUR BABIES MAKE PRIMATE PLACE AND LEMUR LOOKOUT.
A FUN PLACE TO TRY TO SLOT THESE TINY ONES AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE LATEST PENGUIN CHICKEN AND BABY SLOTT BEYOND OUR GATES.
WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO 37 CONSERVATION PARTNERS ACROSS FOUR CONTINENTS, WHETHER THAT'S LITTER, CLEANUPS, AND MONARCH BUTTERFLY TAGGING RIGHT HERE IN DALLAS.
WE'RE TAKING A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO TO SEE THE MONARCH MIGRATION IN PERSON.
WE ARE ENGAGING PEOPLE IN DOING, NOT JUST KNOWING ABOUT CONSERVATION.
THIS CRITICAL SPECIES SAVING WORK IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ALLOWS US TO DREAM BIG ABOUT THE FUTURE, THE IMPACT WE CAN HAVE RIGHT HERE AT THE ZOO, AND TO SAVE SPECIES AROUND THE WORLD.
THE SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY OF THIS COMMUNITY IS WHAT SETS US ON A PATH TO DO BIGGER, BETTER, AND BOLDER THINGS.
IT'S WHAT PROPELS US INTO THE NEXT YEAR AND WHAT INSPIRES US TO DREAM ABOUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT DECADE.
AROUND EVERY CORNER, WITH EVERY NEW FACT LEARNED AND WITH EVERY LIGHT BULB MOMENT IN THE TWINKLE IN A CHILD'S EYE, INSPIRING ALL AND WONDER AND CURIOSITY TODAY, WHAT'S OUT FRONT OF YOU AND WHAT LIES BEYOND.
THAT'S THE MAGIC THAT THE DALLAS SERIES.
AND, UH, LED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ZOO'S CHIEF MISSION OFFICER HARRISON ADELE AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER SEAN GREEN.
IT WAS A TUMULTUOUS AND TRAGIC, UH, TRAUMATIC YEAR FOR THE ZOO.
UM, GREG HUDSON WAS A DEAR COLLEAGUE OF MINE, UH, AND A MENTOR.
AND PART OF THE REASON THAT I FIND MYSELF STANDING ON HIS SHOULDERS TODAY.
UM, I HAVE TO SAY THAT ALTHOUGH LAST YEAR WAS A TOUGH YEAR, UM, I'M SO PROUD OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, THE STAFF AND THE BOARD WHO RALLIED TOGETHER TO END THE YEAR SUCCESSFULLY WELCOMING ALMOST 950,000 GUESTS TO THE ZOO.
EVEN, UH, WATCHING AS A COLLEAGUE ON THE OUTSIDE, THE TENACITY OF THE DALLAS ZOO AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT WAS OBVIOUS COMING HERE IN 20 24, 1 THING IS SURE THE LOVE, PRIDE, AND SUPPORT OF THIS COMMUNITY OF DALLAS ZOO IS PALPABLE AND WE, UM, ARE A VITAL PART.
WE THINK OF OURSELF AS A VITAL PART OF THE FABRIC OF DALLAS, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN HELPING MAKE THAT.
WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY IMPACT, THE DALLAS ZOO IS, UM, A CATALYST FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH.
WE DID A STUDY IN 2018 THAT FOUND THAT THE DALLAS ZOO OPERATIONS AND TOURISM GENERATES $245 MILLION IN ANNUAL GROSS PRODUCT.
OVER 3000 JOBS ACROSS THE ECONOMY, AND 16.6 MILLION IN TAX BENEFITS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO THE REGION.
WE'RE A PROVEN PARTNER FOR GROWING IMPACT.
WE'RE OFTEN CITED BY THE CITY AS ITS MOST SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
WE SERVE AS A ECONOMIC, UH, ENGINE FOR THE GROWTH OF THE REGION THROUGH TOURISM.
OVER 35% OF OUR COMBINED STAFF LIVE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN OAKCLIFF.
AND IF YOU LOOK HOW WE'VE GROWN SINCE THE PRIVATIZATION IN 2009, OUR ATTENDANCE HAS JUMPED FROM 620,000 TO 940.
OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET HAS, UH, MORE THAN DOUBLED TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.
UH, 228 WHEN WE STARTED, UM, AT PRIVATIZATION.
UH, NOW OVER ALMOST 600 WHEN YOU INCLUDE OUR CONCESSIONAIRE.
WE WELCOME HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF, UH, SCHOOL GROUPS AND CAMP PROGRAMS. AND OUR CONSERVATION INVESTMENT HAS, UH, HAS GROWN TO ALMOST, UH, OVER A MILLION.
WE LEAD THE WAY ON ACCESSIBILITY.
YOU SEE THERE A LIST OF MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS AS A DIRECT RESULT OF YOUR SUPPORT.
48% OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED DALLAS ZOO DID SO FOR $10 OR LESS, 11% FOR FREE, THAT EQUATES TO 4.4 MILLION
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IN FREE AND DISCOUNTED ADMISSION IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THE DALLAS ZOO IS A STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNER.
UH, WE REMAIN ONE OF THE MOST ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE, AND ENGAGED CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY.
YOU SEE, THERE'S SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT.
THROUGH PAID INTERNSHIPS, ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS, UH, HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS IN CONSERVATION EVENTS TO HELP CLEAN 14 DALLAS PARKS, FIVE YEARS OF COLLABORATION WITH THE BISHOP ARTS THEATER.
UM, WE'RE HIGHLY ACTIVE AND ON THE BOARD OF THE OAK CLIFF CHAMBER THREE, UH, HOST FREE ADMISSION DAYS FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO ROLL OUT SPANISH, SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES.
WE'RE A CHAMPION FOR EDUCATION, UH, A UNIQUE NATURE-BASED ENVIRONMENT.
UM, WE HAVE 200 SOUTHERN DALLAS FAMILIES THAT ATTENDED WILD ADVENTURES CAMP DURING SCHOOL BREAKS.
A HUNDRED, ALMOST 200 STUDENTS IN OUR WILD EARTH PRESCHOOL DISCOVERY SINCE 2018.
UH, DECADES LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH P-TECH, UM, THAT BRINGS INTERNS, UH, INTO THE JOBS STREAM FOR US.
UM, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER EVENT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
AS YOU SEE THERE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO DRIVING DIVERSITY INITIATIVES.
SO I THINK, UM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO BEING A ZOO FOR ALL AND ENSURING THAT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN THE ZOO, AT THE ZOO AND WITH THE ZOO.
WE ARE GUIDED BY A FIVE YEAR D-E-A-D-E-A-I PLAN THAT IS PART OF OUR ACCREDITATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS. WE HAVE A BOARD COMMITMENT THAT'S FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY IMPACT AND ENGAGEMENT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, RECENTLY PERFORMED A BELONGING AND INCLUSION BASELINE EVALUATION OF OUR STAFF SO THAT WE KNOW HOW TO, UH, GROW AND DEVELOP THERE.
WE HAVE, WE'RE CERTIFIED AS A SENSORY INCLUSIVE LOCATION BY CULTURE CITY.
AND AS OF YESTERDAY, WE ARE POSTING AND RECRUITING FOR A VICE PRESIDENT OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE, SEND THEM OUR WAY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR BOARD AND ITS COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, WE WANTED YOU JUST TO SEE SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THAT.
WE HAVE ABOUT A EQUAL BASE OF FEMALE, UH, MALE TO FEMALE.
UH, GENDER DIVERSITY, AGE COMPOSITION, UH, YOU CAN SEE IS UM, IS PRETTY WELL SPREAD OUT.
WE DO, UM, ARE WORKING ON MORE RECRUITMENT AT THE YOUNGEST, UH, LEVEL FOR SURE.
UM, BUT A NICE SPREAD OF AGE DIVERSITY.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO RACE AND ETHNICITY, THIS SLIDE MAY BE A LITTLE HARD TO SEE.
UM, BUT WE ARE TRACKING PRETTY WELL WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE GREATER DALLAS-FORT WORTH.
ARLINGTON MSA, WE TEND TO FALL SHORT RIGHT NOW, PARTICULARLY IN THE HISPANIC AND LATINO CATEGORY.
SO THAT'S BEEN TARGETED BY OUR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AS AN AREA OF, UH, GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WE LOOK AT BOARD RECRUITMENT WHEN IT COMES TO A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
THE DALLAS ZOO IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR OPERATING BUDGET OF 36 MILLION.
UH, 63% OF THAT IS STAFF SALARIES AND BENEFITS WITH A BREAKOUT INTO GENERAL OPERATION, UM, ANIMAL WELFARE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLIES AND OTHER EXPENSES.
SO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PARK BOARD AND THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR INVESTING IN ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN OAK CLIFF.
WE CARE FOR THIS, UH, VITAL ASSET THAT YOU'VE ENTRUSTED US TO STEWARD.
UM, SINCE 2021, THE DALLAS ZOO HAS USED ANY OF ITS OPERATIONAL SURPLUSES TO REINVEST IN THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
9 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE ZOO.
UM, SINCE 2021 ON THIS 106 ACRE CAMPUS, THE LARGEST, UH, CAMPUS OF A ZOO IN TEXAS.
SOME OF THOSE, UH, THAT YOU SEE ARE ANIMAL QUARANTINE, BUILDING A MAN WOLF HABITAT REPLACEMENT OF ANIMAL HEALTH CENTER ROOF RENOVATIONS TO THE ERT FAMILY CHILD, CHILDREN'S ZOO.
UM, AND ON AND ON AS YOU LOOK DOWN THERE.
UM, REALLY THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS TO SHOW YOU THAT WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR ASSET AND WE CONTINUE TO INVEST, UM, OUR PROFITS BACK INTO THE MISSION OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, ONE FOR COMMENTS, MR. WOOD.
AND, AND WELCOME TO OLD CLIFF.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU MOVED INTO OLD CLIFF
WHICH DISTRICT ONE? UH, DISTRICT ONE.
THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY THE BEST DISTRICT.
I'M JUST RENTING RIGHT NOW, SO, YOU KNOW.
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THE NUMBER ONE IN THE CITY.'CAUSE FOR A REASON, IT IS THE BEST.
I, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND, AND TO SEAN AND THE WHOLE TEAM.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALSO BECAUSE I SEE THE, I SEE YOU AROUND OAK CLIFF ALL THE TIME AND, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SUPPORTING AND HIRING SOME OF OUR ADAMSON HIGH SCHOOL HAS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WORKING HERE, THE SENIORS AND AND SO ON AND SO ON.
I COULD JUST GO ON IN DETAILS, BUT JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO AND, AND, AND BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME FOR OAK CLIFF.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S A STAPLE HERE NOW.
AND I REMEMBER GROWING UP HERE IN DALLAS AND NOBODY EVER WANTED TO COME TO THE ZOO.
I, WE'VE HEARD THOSE STORIES MANY OF TIMES, BUT NOW PEOPLE RUN HERE TO COME BE PART OF IT.
SO JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING, BEING GREAT PARTNERS AND STEWARDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND OUR PUBLIC.
I RAN HERE TOO WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE.
UH, EVERYONE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I WASN'T A BIG FAN OF THE ZOO.
SEE WHY I'M NOT TOO MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS, BUT BIG ANIMAL FANS.
SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST DECENT HUMAN BEINGS THAT I KNOW.
WHATEVER SHE ADVOCATES FOR, I'M ON THAT TEAM.
AND HER NAME IS MS. JOAN WARREN.
I THINK SHE'S SITTING HERE AND SHE CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT THE ZOO.
UH, ALSO MY FAMILY AND A LOT OF MY FRIENDS.
AND WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT WE COULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF YOU.
'CAUSE I THINK YOU ONE OF THE BEST PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING DALLAS.
AND DALLAS ZOO IS COMMITTED TO BEING A ZOO FOR EVERYONE.
UM, PART OF THAT IS LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND BEING SURE THAT IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND OUR BOARD.
AND NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE DOING MARKET RESEARCH ON OUR GUESTS AND BE ABLE TO SEE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR GUESTS AND HOW WE MIGHT TARGET CERTAIN AUDIENCES TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING.
I'M, I'M GLAD JOAN TURNED YOU OVER.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO MY DAUGHTER'S, UH, KINDERGARTEN CLASS CAME HERE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO FOR A FIELD TRIP.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION LISA KAMLER CHARLES AT THE MEMBERSHIP BOOTH, SHELBY, THE ZOOLOGIST, BRITTANY LAUR AND HUGO IN THE GIFT SHOP.
AS SPECIFIC PEOPLE THAT I SAW THAT WERE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, THERE WASN'T A PERSON HERE THAT DIDN'T HAVE A SMILE ON THEIR FACE AND LOOKED LIKE THEY LOVED THEIR JOB.
SO, UM, IT WAS A BIG FIELD TRIP DAY.
THERE WERE A TON OF KIDS HERE, BUT, UM, WE HAD, WE HAD A HUNDRED PLUS FIVE AND SIX YEAR OLDS.
AND I WILL ALSO ATTEST THAT, UH, IN PART TO OUR GUEST EXPERIENCE TRAINING, OUR BEST DAY EVER TRAINING, UM, THAT WE ENCOURAGE OUR STAFF TO BE FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING.
BUT IT, IT DIDN'T REALLY HARD WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THOSE KIDS IN THE PARK, IT'S A PRETTY UPLIFTING DAY TO REMIND YOU WHY YOU'RE HERE.
SO I'M GLAD THEY HAD A GOOD DAY WITH THE CROWDS.
THEY DID MISS A HEARTBEAT IN THE TRANSITION.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU COMING FROM THAT, UH, ENERGY, VERY EXCITED.
ONE OF THE BEST PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE, WHAT BETTER IT TELLS ABOUT MY THREE PREVIOUS PREDECESSORS ARE HERE, WHICH ARE ON YOUR BOARD WITH BOBBY, LUIS AND JOAN.
WE COMPETE BY SAYING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY PROVIDE TO THE ZOO.
AND YOU KNOW, SO, SO REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WHAT YOU DID TO PROPAGATE FOR THE ZOO.
AND THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND REALLY, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE GAME CHANGER FOR, YOU KNOW, AND I MISTAKE IN FRONT OF ME, MATT PARKER, THE
SHE SAID, REALLY? SO NOW WE NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BUT WE SAID DALLAS IS GOING TO BE, I SURE WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR YOU.
AND OH, MR. BLAND, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE ZOO ON ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT EVERYONE IS DOING.
LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH YOU.
I TOO AM AN OAK, UH, OAK CLIFF DWELLER.
SO EXCITED THAT YOU ARE IN OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT Y'ALL ARE MAKING THE COMMUNITY LITERALLY BETTER BY WHAT THE ZOO IS DOING.
AND A SHOUT OUT TO THE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THE OTHER HARRISON OR IF HARRISON IS THE OTHER HARRISON
UM, WELL IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, I APPRECIATE THE TIME.
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
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AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING YOU OUT HERE ON, UM, A RAINY OR A SUNNY DAY.SO THANK YOU THAT TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING DOWNTOWN PARK INITIATIVE TESTING IS STILL ON.
OKAY, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
OF COURSE, WE LOVE ALL OUR PARTNERS AND I HAVE BROUGHT SOME AMAZING WOMEN WHO ARE OUR PARTNERS, UH, DOWNTOWN.
AND SO TODAY I HAVE AMY MEADOWS, WHO IS CEO OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS PARKS CONSERVANCY.
AND I ALSO HAVE JENNIFER SCRIPPS, WHO IS CEO AND PRESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS INCORPORATED.
SO WE ARE SO EXCITED, UH, TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT PARTNERSHIP, OUR COLLABORATIVE, OUR EFFORT IN MOVING DOWNTOWN FORK.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO AMY METALS AND WE'RE GONNA PLAY MUSICAL CHAIRS HERE.
GOOD MORNING, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY.
AND I'M READING JOHN MY SCRIPT TO KEEP IN TIME WITH YOUR DIRECTIONS.
UM, I AM WITH THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS PARKS CONSERVANCY.
WE ARE A LONGSTANDING NONPROFIT PARTNER OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PARKS FOR DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
AND WE CHANGED OUR NAME IN THE FALL OF 2023 TO REFLECT OUR TRANSITION FROM PARK BUILDER TO PARK CHAMPION.
PRIOR TO, WE WERE KNOWN AS THE BELO FOUNDATION AND HAVE BEEN PARTNERED WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT SINCE THE 19, UM, EARLY 1980S, OUR FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, ROBERT DECKARD, SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE THAT CREATED THE 2004 DOWNTOWN PARKS MASTER PLAN, AS WELL AS THE 2013 UPDATE.
THE CONSERVANCY LED THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND FIVE OUTTA SIX PARKS RECOMMENDED IN THE DOWNTOWN PARKS MASTER PLANS.
TODAY WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR CIVIC GARDEN, OVERSEE A ONE YEAR MAINTENANCE WARRANTY FOR, UH, EXCUSE ME, A LANDSCAPE CONTRACT FOR HARWOOD PARK.
WE CARE FOR THE PUBLIC ART AND CARPENTER PARK AND WE SUPPORT HIGH IMPACT PROJECTS IN PACIFIC PLAZA.
I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO JENNIFER NOW TO INTRODUCE HER ORGANIZATION AND THEN I WILL TAKE THE, UM, MIC BACK TO GO FORWARD WITH THE NEXT SLIDE.
IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS INC.
AND FOR 65 YEARS WE HAVE SERVED AS THE CHIEF ADVOCATE, CHAMPION, AND STEWARD OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
THINK ABOUT US KIND OF FOCUSED ON THAT HIGHWAY LOOP.
AND AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW, THIS HAS GONE THROUGH A TREMENDOUS AREA OF RENAISSANCE FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY.
WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE GYMS OF PARKS OVER THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS, DDI PROVIDES DAILY ENHANCED SECURITY, CLEAN TEAM AND HOMELESS OUTREACH SERVICES THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN, ALL OVER THE CITY, BUT ESPECIALLY IN OUR PARKS.
AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE TAKE THIS PARTNERSHIP TO THE NEXT LEVEL SO THAT WE PRESERVE THESE AS ASSETS FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, GENERATIONS TO COME.
ALRIGHT, UM, OUR FIRST SLIDE THIS MORNING IS ABOUT THE PURPOSE WHY WE'RE HERE.
THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT FOR O AND M OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKS INCLUDES THREE PARTNERS.
THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BASIC MAINTENANCE, DDI FOR ENHANCED CLEAN AND SAFE EFFORTS, AS WELL AS PARK PROGRAMMING AND THE CONSERVANCY AS A PARTNER FOR MAJOR CAPITAL REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
RECOGNIZING THE COMPLEXITY INHERENT IN MAINTAINING PARKS IN A DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, THE CONSERVANCY TOOK PROACTIVE STEPS IN THE SUMMER OF 2023.
AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND DDI, WE SUBMITTED A GRANT PROPOSAL TO THE BETTER TOGETHER FUND, ALSO KNOWN AS BTF SEEKING GRANT SUPPORT FOR A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION ASSESSMENT OF THE FOUR NEW DOWNTOWN PARKS.
THIS FORWARD THINKING INITIATIVE AIMED TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND, EXCUSE ME, RECOMMENDATIONS TO GUIDE OUR UNIQUE THREE ORGANIZATION COLLABORATION IN ENSURING THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK NETWORK.
GRANT FUNDING WAS USED TO HIRE ETM ASSOCIATES, WHICH SPECIALIZES IN PUBLIC SPACE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE COSTS AND STAFFING REQUIRED TO CARE FOR THESE HEAVILY DESIGNED PARKS AND A HIGH DENSITY ENVIRONMENT.
SUZANNE SMITH WITH SOCIAL IMPACT ARCHITECTS HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AS THE COLLABORATIONS FACILITATOR.
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OF THE PLANNING PHASE IS A DETAILED 55 PAGE REPORT, ASSESSING THE CURRENT AND FUTURE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE NEEDS OF THE NEW DOWNTOWN PARKS.THE ETM REPORT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PARK BOARD IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE WHEN ITS FINAL EDITS ARE COMPLETED.
THIS DALLAS MORNING NEWS EDITORIAL RAN IN MAY, 2022, HIGHLIGHTS THE EXTRAORDINARY SPEED IN WHICH THESE GREEN SPACES WERE ADDED TO THE DOWN DOWNTOWN LANDSCAPE.
THANKS TO THIS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
WHAT MAY BE LESS APPARENT IS THAT TWO DECADES OF VISION PLANNING AND WORK HAVE GONE INTO THE REALIZATION OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKS MASTER PLAN, WHICH CONCEIVED THE RADICALLY DIFFERENT URBAN CORE THAT NOW EXISTS TODAY.
THESE PARKS ARE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAVE PLAYED A, A VERY HUGE ROLE IN BRINGING DOWNTOWN TO LIFE AS A SITTER CITY CENTER OF URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TRULY EMBODY LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.
THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT SPRUNG FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOUR PARKS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2013 DOWNTOWN PARKS MASTER PLAN, BUT THE VISION TO ADD NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS TO THE ORBIT.
URBAN CORE DATES BACK TO 2004 WHEN DALLAS'S FIRST DOWNTOWN PARKS MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
TWO PARKS FROM THE 2004 PLAN WERE ADDED TO THE DOWNTOWN CORE MAIN STREET GARDEN IN 2009 AND CIVIC GARDEN IN 2012.
IN 2015, THE
IN 2018, A $93 MILLION CAPITAL PROGRAM LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOUR PARTS SUPPORTED IN PART BY THE 2006 AND 2017 BOND PROGRAMS, TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND APPROXIMATELY 52 MILLION FROM THE CONSERVANCY AND PRIVATE DONORS.
THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF THIS AMBITIOUS PROGRAM TO GREEN DOWNTOWN IS DEPENDENT UPON THE FUNDING AND STAFFING NECESSARY TO PROVIDE ROUTINE BASIC MAINTENANCE FOR URBAN PARKS.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND WHAT A TREMENDOUS PATTERN OF SUCCESS IN BUILDING THESE PARKS WHEN AMY AND ALL OF THE PARKS PARTNERS UPDATED THAT MASTER PLAN IN 2013.
THIS SLIDE WAS EXTREMELY COMPELLING.
THE DARK BAR ON THE DALLAS COLUMN WAS WHERE WE WERE.
AND WE BELIEVE IN GOING BIG OR GOING HOME AND SO WORKED OVER THE PAST DECADE TO COMPLETE THAT WORK.
WE WORKED THE PLAN AND PLANNED THE WORK AND WORKED THE PLAN, AND NOW WE LEAD MAJOR PEERS, VER ATLANTA, CHICAGO, IN OUR PARKS PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CONTEXT OF ALL OF THE CHANGES BREWING IN DOWNTOWN AND HOW WE ARE IN SOME WAYS Y'ALL WERE AHEAD OF DOWNTOWN AND, AND WE ARE ALL CONTINUING TO EVOLVE TOGETHER.
OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, PARKS WERE TRUCKING ALONG BUILDING THESE PARKS AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES.
IF YOU GREW UP IN DALLAS LIKE ME, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE I DIDN'T GO WITH MY FAMILY DOWNTOWN DALLAS, MAYBE ONCE A YEAR FOR THE PARADE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS A BUSINESS DISTRICT EXCLUSIVELY NOT A PLACE WHERE YOU LIVED.
THERE WAS ONE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AS RECENTLY AS THE LATE NINETIES.
AND WITH THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, I DO WANNA SAY ALL ALONG THE WAY, WHETHER IT WAS THE ARTS DISTRICT OR THE PARKS OR THE SOCIAL SERVICES IN DOWNTOWN, PHILANTHROPY STEPPED UP BIG TIME.
IN DALLAS, WE NOW HAVE ALMOST 15,000 RESIDENTS WITH MORE THAN A THOUSAND CURRENT UNITS IN DEVELOPMENT.
AND SEVERAL MORE ON THE DARRING BOARD.
IF INTEREST RATES WILL JUST COME DOWN, THEY WILL, UH, OUR RESIDENTIAL POPULATION WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE.
THE OLD ZOMBIE BUILDINGS, THE BUILDINGS FROM THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES HAVE LARGELY BEEN CONVERTED TO HOTELS, HOUSING.
WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT NEW TOOLS TO START TO ATTACK THOSE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES, KIND OF THE ICONIC GLASS SKYSCRAPERS THAT ARE GONNA START TO EMERGE INTO MORE HOUSING.
AND WE HAVE THE ENTIRE CONVENTION CENTER DISTRICT ABOUT TO TAKE OFF THAT WILL ADD MORE HOTELS.
WE STILL NEED SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF 3,500 HOTEL ROOMS IN DOWNTOWN.
MORE MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENT AND MORE PEOPLE COMING DOWN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IN THE EVENINGS ON THE WEEKENDS.
IN ADDITION TO STILL BEING THE LARGEST SUBMARKET OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN OUR METROPLEX KEY ACT.
IN ALL OF THIS IS SO FAR PARTNERS WITH, UM, OUR ECONOM, OUR ECONOMIC PARTNERS, OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE.
THE TAX BASE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS HAS GROWN FROM 600, 565 MILLION IN 2005
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TO JUST UNDER 6 BILLION IN 2021.I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT THIS YEAR WE'LL SEE IT BREAK 6 BILLION.
DALLAS IS COMPETING TO GROW AS A CITY RELATIVE TO OUR SUBURBAN PEERS.
AND THAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING IN THE CORE, INCREASINGLY.
SO THAT DENSITY CREATES SPECIAL DEMANDS ON OUR PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE DOWNTOWN IN PARKS THAT STILL ARE NOT HUGE, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE INTENSELY USED.
WE HAVE MORE FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS AND CHILDREN IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS THAN WE DO LIVE CHILDREN.
ALTHOUGH THAT NUMBER IS GROWING AND ALL OF THOSE CRITTERS NEED TO BE WALKED.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT CREATES EXTRA EFFORTS, UM, WITH OUR CLEAN AND SAFE TEAM.
URBAN PARKS REQUIRE RIGOROUS MAINTENANCE.
THESE PARKS, KUDOS TO THE CONSERVANCY AND THE PARK BOARD FOR HAVING THE VISION.
THEY WERE DESIGNED AT HIGH STANDARDS.
THEY HAVE HIGHER MAINTENANCE IN MANY WAYS, HIGHER DESIGN STANDARDS THAN SOME OTHER PARKS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE IN THIS DENSE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN DDI ADDS A LAYER OF PROGRAMMING.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO ACTIVATE ALL OF THESE SPACES AND TO PERFECT OUR MOVIE NIGHTS AND OUR MARKETS AND OUR FESTIVALS AND OUR ARTS EVENTS.
HOWEVER, THAT AGAIN, CREATES WEAR AND TEAR ON THESE SPACES, SPACES.
UM, AND SO, BUT IT DOES CREATE THAT KEY VIBRANCY.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO RENEE, WHO'S BEEN OUR KEY PARTNER BECAUSE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED THE BASIC MAINTENANCE.
AND SO WHAT WE KNOW, UM, IS MAINTENANCE IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL PARKS, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT ACROSS THE PARK SYSTEM.
AND SO WE WANT TO WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE OUR MAINTENANCE IS UP TO PAR, UH, FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, UH, FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND SO WE'VE EVOLVED FROM RENAISSANCE TO SUSTAINABILITY.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORLD PREMIER SYSTEM, RIGHT? SYSTEM FOR SURE.
AND SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF OUR DEPARTMENT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND HOW MUCH WE'VE CHANGED IN THE LAST FOUR PLUS YEARS.
AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE, BETWEEN 45 AND 60 PLUS PARKS, NOW THAT WE'VE ADVANCED OUR INVENTORY, UM, THAT CREATES A MOBILITY PIECE FOR OUR MAINTENANCE TEAMS. SO IT'S TAKING THEM MORE TIME WITH ALL OF THESE NEW PARKS AND THESE SERVICE AREAS TO GET TO THOSE LOCATIONS, TO SET UP, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS STAGED.
SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT OF COURSE, JENNIFER'S ALREADY COVERED THE POPULATION DOWNTOWN AND WHAT THAT IMPACT AND WHAT THAT DENSITY NEEDS.
AND, UH, AND AROUND DOWNTOWN, IT'S NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, IT'S THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF DOWNTOWN TOO THAT ARE JUST GROWING IN POPULATION BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO BE CLOSE TO THE CITY.
AND SO JUST LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY AS TO INTERNALLY OUR STAFF AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH OUR STAFF.
OF COURSE, WE'VE GONE TO MORE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, RIGHT? AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GONE TO A CONTRACT COMPLIANCE, UH, GROUP THAT ACTUALLY MANAGES THE CONTRACTS, THAT'S REALLY CHANGED THE WAY WE DELIVER SERVICE.
OKAY? WE'VE LOST A LOT OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE.
UH, CRYSTAL AND I WERE TALKING THIS MORNING, WE'RE OVER 30% OF OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS OR LESS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AS FAR AS THE KNOWLEDGE BASE AND THE SKILL OF OUR EMPLOYEES? SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO REALLY WORK ON TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS SKILLED AND DOWNTOWN REQUIRE, REQUIRES ANOTHER LEVEL OF SKILL BECAUSE OF THE AMENITIES.
UM, SO PER DISTRICT, OUR FTE, YOU KNOW, OUR FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAS GONE DOWN AS FAR AS DISTRICTS.
AND SO WHAT'S AMAZING AND EXCITING IS WITH THIS ETM GROUP, THEY HAVE CREATED A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND AS THE PARK DEPARTMENT, WE'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE LEADERSHIP AND EXECUTIVE TEAM.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE FOUND OUT AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE KNOW THESE GROUPS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING IN SYNERGY.
SO WE'RE GONNA THIS GROUP DOWN TO THE PARTS OPERATIONS GROUP.
WE, WE'LL BE MEETING EASILY WE, OUR FRONT LINES SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ON THE GROUND UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING AND MAINTAINING THESE PARKS.
WE'RE AGREEING ON A SET OF MAINTENANCE STANDARDS SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IS REQUIRED, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA? HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPACT OUR MAINTENANCE IN TOWN? WE'RE FORECASTING BUDGETS.
OF COURSE OUR BUDGET CHANGES FOR THE CITY.
AND SO, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT BUDGET AND SAY, THIS IS OUR INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN.
THIS IS WHAT WE CAN COMMIT TO, UH, AS A RELATES TO CAPITAL, AS RELATES TO OPERATIONS AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS SHARED CALENDAR.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, PARK ACTIVATION STRATEGY IS SO IMPORTANT.
WE'VE SEEN ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS OUR SYSTEM AS WE'VE ACTIVATED OUR PARKS AND FOR
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SURE GETTING THAT EFFICIENT, SUFFICIENT STAFFING SUPPORT.WHAT ETM SAID WAS, WE NEED ABOUT 19 FTE FOR THESE DOWNTOWN PARKS IN COMPARISON TO PLACES LIKE CLYDE WARREN.
OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
CAN WE GET THERE IN A TRANSITION? AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS? AND WE CAN GET SOME FTE DEDICATED, WE CAN GET THAT SKILLS, GET THE SKILLS THAT WE NEED ON OUR SIDE, THEN THAT'S GONNA HELP WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AS WELL.
BECAUSE NOW WE KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN DIFFERENT STAFF AS IT RELATES TO DOWNTOWN, AS IT RELATES TO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
NOW WE CAN KIND OF CONCENTRATE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, AREA AND IT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STAFF RESOURCES AS IT RELATES.
THEY CAN JUST STAY IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY.
SO ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS, AND ONE OF THE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES THE SAME WAY FOR A LONG TIME, OVER 20 YEARS AS FAR AS OUR SERVICE CENTERS.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A SEVENTH SERVICE CENTER THAT COULD OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AND MANAGE DOWNTOWN IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
OF COURSE, THIS PROCESS IS JUST BEGINNING OF THE, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A, UH, REALLY GOOD COLLABORATION WORKING WELL.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN BACK OVER TO OUR PRESIDENT.
WHAT'S GOING ON? I OPEN UP A CONFERENCE QUESTIONS.
I HEARD 19 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OR IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM EXACTLY
UM, AS OF COURSE THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? AND SO HOW CAN WE LOOK AT AS, AS FAR AS TRANSFORMATION TRANS TRANSITIONING, RIGHT? AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD SAY WE COULD LOOK AT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT 19 FTE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IRRIGATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUNTAIN MANAGEMENT, WE TALK ABOUT HORTICULTURE.
AND SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, BUT WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO TRANSITION? IT MAY NOT BE 19, RIGHT? BUT WHAT IT IS IDENTIFIED IS ALL OF THE TASKS THAT I NEEDED TO MAINTAIN AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHERE THAT MONEY GOES.
I LOOK AT MY DIRECTOR FUND, BUT
YOU ALL, YOU, IF YOU NOTICE THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THAT SINCE 2000 PARK SYSTEM HAS GROWN BY 45 PARKS, THAT'S HUGE.
BUT WE'RE STILL OPERATING IN THE SAME MODEL 35 YEARS AGO.
BUT WE ONLY HAVE SIX MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.
IT IS TIME TO RESTRUCTURE, CREATE A SELF MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
'CAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE IS YOU HAVE THESE SIX MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS AND THERE'S FOUR OF THEM THAT KIND OF TOUCHES DOWNTOWN.
EITHER COME IN DOWNTOWN, DO SOME WORK, AND THEN THEY GOING BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS.
WE HADN'T KEPT UP WITH THE GROWTH OF CREATING ANOTHER MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
AND THE REPORT JUST VALIDATED WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO.
AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON BECAUSE IT'S HURTING THE SERVICE LEVEL THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE OTHER SIX MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS AND THE COMMUNITIES AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
SO I HAVE, AS PART OF THIS BUDGET REQUEST, I WANT TO BUILD OUT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS THAT SEVENTH MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
SO WE WILL START OFF WITH KIND OF RESTRUCTURING, TAKING SOME RESOURCES FROM CURRENT, UH, MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE GOTTA CREATE SOME OTHER POSITIONS.
AND SO THIS IS GONNA HELP US IMPROVE OUR MAINTENANCE SERVICE LEVEL, NOT JUST FOR DOWNTOWN, BUT FOR THE OTHER SIX MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
SO MAYBE I'M UNCLEAR ON WHAT EXACTLY THIS PRESENTATION IS ASKING US FOR.
WELL, I'M HEARING A SEVENTH MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, WHICH I DO NOT DISAGREE, BUT I'M HEARING AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES SPECIFICALLY TO MANAGE THE DOWNTOWN PARKS.
THE SEVENTH MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, WHICH IS NEEDED ANYWAY.
RIGHT? THIS REPORT IS BASICALLY TELLING YOU HAVE ALL THREE OF THE ENTITIES HAVE COME TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE TO IDENTIFY THE BEST PRACTICE AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNICATION, AS IT RELATES TO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT, HOW TO EFFECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER, THE THREE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT CAME OUT OF IT WHEN THEY SHARED IT WITH ME WAS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, DECIDED TO CREATE ANOTHER MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
AND THIS JUST VALIDATED THAT I NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
IS IT HELPFUL THAT I ALSO ADD, WE DON'T EXPECT THE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT THAT'S NECESSARILY WE'LL DEFER TO YOU ALL TO JUST BE DOWNTOWN.
THERE'S OTHER URBAN PARKS, THE
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GRIGGS PARKS OF THE WORLD, THE XL PARKS WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT PARK YOU RIGHT? IT'S MORE GEOGRAPHIC, BUT MAYBE MORE FOCUSED.NOT THE WHITE ROCK LAKES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAVE UNIQUE.
SO IT WAS, WE WILL DEFER TO YOU ALL THAT, BUT IT JUST A GREATER FOCUS ON OUR GEOGRAPHY WAS KIND OF WHOLE LOOP.
WE HAVE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT A SEVENTH DISTRICT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR FAIR PARK COMES INTO ALL OF THE SURROUNDING DOWNTOWN PARKS.
'CAUSE IT'S SO TIME CON IT'S SO TIME CONSUMING.
THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL TYPE OF MAINTENANCE.
THEY GOTTA DEAL WITH HIGH DENSITY, THEY GOTTA DEAL WITH GETTING AROUND CARS.
THEY GOTTA DEAL WITH WHERE THEY GO.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT 35 MM-HMM.
I KNOW WE THINK OF THE FOUR, BUT THERE'S 35 AND THERE'S A LITTLE SMALL LITTLE A QUARTER ACRE, HALF AN ACRE, AND THEY GOTTA GO FROM THERE TO THERE.
AND IT IS VERY INEFFICIENT FOR ME TO BE PULLING TEAMS FROM OUT OF A DISTRICT THREE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 20 AND THEN GOTTA COME BACK INTO DOWNTOWN OR UH, OR WEST DALLAS DOING THE SAME THING.
OR, OR MY, MY NORTHERN DISTRICT DISTRICT FIVE GOING ALL THE WAY OUT TO BACHMAN, COMING ALL THE WAY BACK INTO DOWNTOWN.
THIS JUST VALIDATE WE NEED TO MOVE SOONER, RATHER LATER.
AND THAT 19 FTE IS WITHIN THAT SERVICE CENTER.
SO WHATEVER IS ALLOCATED, IT WOULD BE WITHIN THAT SEVENTH SERVICE CENTER.
SO CREATING THIS IS BASICALLY ASKING AND BRINGING THE CONVERSATION FORWARD ABOUT CREATING THAT SEVENTH SERVICE CENTER.
BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE WHAT A LITTLE, IT'S KIND OF THE UNDERCURRENT IS, I KNOW WE HAVE ALL THESE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS AND THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT THEY'RE PRIVATELY RAISING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE SPECIFIC PARTS THAT ARE JUST THE FOUR.
BUT I DON'T EVER WANNA BE SITTING IN MY DISTRICT AND SAYING, WELL WAIT, YOU'RE GIVING ALL THESE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO A HIGH DENSITY PARK WHO'S GONNA LOOK LIKE PERFECTION IN MY PARK OVER HERE IN DISTRICT NINE OR ONE OR FOUR OR WHATEVER IS WELL, LIKE I DON'T, I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OUR RESOURCES ARE BEING SPREAD AROUND ALL OF US IN THE SAME WAY AND RAISING THE BAR FOR EVERYBODY.
NOT JUST, WE'RE THROWING EXTRA RESOURCES JUST TO THIS AREA.
WE, AND NOT CREATING A SEVENTH DISTRICT 'CAUSE WITH DILUTING ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
THAT ANSWER MY QUESTION MS. MOND? I THINK BO WAS IN FRONT OF ME.
NO, BEFORE, I APPRECIATE YOU COURSE.
HOLD ON BEFORE I'LL GO BECAUSE THE ROOF.
SO THANK YOU ALL THREE OF YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I THINK WHAT WOULD HELP, BECAUSE, UH, PART OF DOWNTOWN IS IN DISTRICT TWO, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S PIONEER PARKWAY, IT'S FERRIS.
IT IS THE, UH, IN FRONT OF CITY HALL PLAZA BETWEEN THE LIBRARY.
LIKE ALL OF THESE ARE LITTLE, THEY'RE PARKS THAT, UH, GO UNDER OUR MAINTENANCE.
SO I THINK IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL WHEN WE'RE TALKING, WHEN WE'RE COMMUNICATING THIS SO OTHER PEOPLE KNOW WHAT OTHER AREAS, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS GOING, THIS DISTRICT SEVEN WOULD BE IN, IN INCLUDING THREE PARK, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO ADULTS, I THINK THAT BECAUSE SOME OF US KNOW THIS, NOT EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO AS WE PRESENT THIS, IT'S GONNA BE HELPFUL, UM, THAT FOR, FOR YOU TO JUST KIND OF ELABORATE TO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND INCLUDING OLD CITY PARK WITH YES.
LEADERS AND THE NEW PARK THAT WE'RE BUILDING, THE ONE ACRE.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE COMING TO US.
IF THAT'S EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT MORE COHESIVELY TO THIS GROUP, I THINK THAT MIGHT REALLY KIND OF UNDERSTAND AND THAT THIS WAS THE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR DISTRICT SEVEN.
IT'S ONLY ALLOWING IT TO, TO ALLEVIATE THE YES.
THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S PUT ON THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
SO IT'S NOT TAKING AWAY, UM, IT'S ONLY GONNA ADD TO THAT.
I, I, I AGREE WITH YOU SO HIGHLY, BUT I, I WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE IN THEIR MIND, THIS IS NOT IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
AND IF YOU'RE A PART BOARD MEMBER AND YOU'RE A GOOD STEWARD, WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING BECAUSE THESE DOWNTOWN PARKS HELPS EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN.
WE'VE GOT FOUR PARTNERS IN OUR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT I STAND WITH WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
DOWNTOWN PARKS, THE ZOO, THE STATE FAIR, AND ARBORETUM.
WHEN SOMETHING COMES FORCE TO SUPPORT THESE ENTITIES, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH DEALS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP
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IS OUTSTANDING, UH, I THINK THAT THIS NEW ENTITY, THIS NEW, UH, MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR ALL.WE DON'T, I DON'T LIKE TO BE ON THIS BOARD AND SAY, WELL, IT'S NOT IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
WHY ARE WE DOING IT? THAT SHOULD NOT MATTER.
WHAT SHOULD MATTER IS WHY WE ARE HERE AS BEING THE STEWARDS AND WE HAVE THESE PARTNERS THAT WE SHOULD BE BEHIND WHOLEHEARTED.
AND THIS IS ONLY GOING TO BENEFIT EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN DOUBTS EVERYBODY.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UH, OUR DIRECTOR AND AND I, I THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND I THANK MS. HAND ME FOR HER SAYING, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS GIVE OUT WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET THE MONEY FROM.
LET'S HAVE LEMONADE SALE OR A RUMMAGE SALE AND WE'RE GONNA BACK THESE KIND OF PEOPLE.
UM, I THINK THE QUESTION OF WHERE WE GONNA GET THE MONEY IS, UH, THE KEY QUESTION.
AND TO THAT END, UH, ON PAGE 10 OF THE BRIEFING, UH, THE POINT OUT THAT WE'VE ADDED 45 ADDITIONAL PARKS SINCE 2000, UM, AND YET WE HAVE A DECREASE IN FTES OVER THAT TIME.
AND THAT SHOULD CONTINUE SO IT DOESN'T LOOK SUSTAINABLE.
AND NOW THE SEVENTH MAINTENANCE DISTRICT MAKES TOTAL SENSE.
BUT THE STRAIN ON RESOURCES, UH, IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS.
AND SO I THINK WE GOTTA FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
AND TO THAT END, UH, UH, DOWNTOWN DALLAS INCORPORATED HAS ASKED, ASKED, HELLO? YES, YES.
DOWNTOWN DALLAS INCORPORATED, UH, HAS ASKED FOR MORE CONSISTENT AND ROUTINE PRESENCE OF OUR MARSHALS AND RANGERS IN THE DOWNTOWN PARKS, WHICH I TOTALLY THINK IS A GREAT THING, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT.
WE HAD A SIMILAR REQUEST FROM LOVE FIELD WHO HAD ISSUES WITH BIRD FEEDING AT THE PARK.
AND LOVE FIELD ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT TO SPLIT THE COST OF A DEDICATED PARK RANGER.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF, UH, MS. SCRIPPS MIGHT BE OPEN TO THE CONCEPT OF HELPING US TO GET YOU THAT INCREASED PRESENCE SO IT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM OUR OTHER SECURITY NEEDS ELSEWHERE BY HELPING US JUST LIKE LOVE FIELD DID TO PAY.
IN FACT, THIS SUMMER AT, UM, PEGASUS PLAZA, ANOTHER PARK AT MAINE AND AKRON, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAYING BOTH OFF-DUTY DPD OFFICERS AS WELL AS DALLAS MARSHALLS, UM, A DAILY PRESENCE FROM EARLY MORNING HOURS WHEN WE'RE WAKING UP OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE UNHOUSED INTO LATE EVENINGS.
AND IT'S MAKING A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF, UM, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, BUT IT'S WORKED TREMENDOUSLY, THIS ADDED PRESENCE AND MORE ENFORCEMENT THAN OUR SEVEN DAY A WEEK SECURITY TEAM CAN DO.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE CITATIONS.
UM, HAS MADE TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE.
BUT WE PROBABLY STILL NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, SO YES.
AND ONE, ONE MORE THING, UM, I JUST WONDER IF, UM, AS WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET ENHANCEMENT THAT WAS MENTIONED FOR THIS, IS, DOES THAT APPEAR IN OUR CURRENT ENHANCEMENTS OR DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER, UH, DIRECTOR JENKINS OR MS. BERRY YEAH.
FOR WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE FOR THE CURRENT ENHANCEMENT? YEAH, I WAS WORKING WITH THEM LAST NIGHT ON THIS, AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE A BID OUT THERE FOR ANOTHER CATEGORY AND WE'RE GONNA, BUT THAT CATEGORY, I'M GONNA INCREASE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN.
UH, BUT I'M LOOKING AT PROBABLY AT LEAST ONE, IN, AT LEAST ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO BUILD OUT THIS, UH, DIVISION.
BECAUSE REALITY, IT TAKES TIME TO GET ALL EQUIPMENT.
IT TAKES TIME TO HIRE PEOPLE AND TO DO IT THE SMART WAY, WE SHOULD JUST DO THIS OVER THREE YEARS.
SO ARE YOU SAYING ABOUT 333,000 A YEAR FOR EACH OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEARS? OH, NO, I'M, I'M SPEAKING, I'M GONNA NEED ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
SO A TOTAL OF $3 MILLION TO BUILD OUT ANOTHER MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
AND THIS ONE WILL BE MUCH SMALLER.
IT, IT WON'T BE LIKE THE OTHER DISTRICT THAT HAVE ABOUT 30 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES IF ALL THE CONTRACT LABOR, BUT IT'LL BE A MUCH SMALLER DISTRICT.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, I CAN'T AGREE MORE WITH MS. MEADOWS THAN HER.
HER, HER, UH, PRESENTATION WHERE SHE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE SAFETY OF DOWNTOWN WITH THESE NEW PARKS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN.
I REMEMBER DOWNTOWN BEING, NOBODY WANTED TO GO THERE AND NOBODY WANTED TO BE THERE ONLY TO GO TO HHL GREENS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE HL GREENS WAS AT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONLY TIME WE, WE, WE WOULD GO DOWNTOWN TO GO THERE AND SHOP AND THEN MAYBE GET OUT, GET OUT OF THERE REAL FAST IF WE, IF WE WERE LUCKY TO RIDE A BUS WHEN WE WALKED, YOU KNOW, IT WAS UNSAFE.
UH, BUT EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED 'CAUSE OF THESE
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PARKS AND, AND I JUST, AND, AND THE FORESIGHT THAT OUR PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR CITY COUNCILS AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS REALLY MADE IT SEEM LIKE WE'RE DOING ALL THE WORK.BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR GETTING THIS STARTED.
AND NOW IT'S OUR JOB TO MAINTAIN THIS AND WITH THIS NEW DISTRICT, IT'S GONNA BE ONE WAY TO DO IT.
BUT JUST TO CREATE MORE SYNERGY IN THAT DOWNTOWN IS, IT'S AWESOME WHAT WE SEE GOING ON.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT GOES BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I KNOW THEY'RE SOMETIMES CHIMING IN.
I ALWAYS TALK TO THEM THROUGH THE CAMERA 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY CHIME IN A LOT.
BUT THEY GOTTA ENHANCE THAT BUDGET FOR US.
YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY ONCE PARKS 347 MINUTES FOR VOTING FOR, AND THE BOND BECAUSE THEY, OUR, OUR CITIZENS IS VALUE PARKS.
WHETHER IT'S THE ZOO, DOWNTOWN PARKS, KEYS PARK, WHITE ROCK, ARBORETUM, WE GO ON ON AND NAME ALL THESE GREAT PARKS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.
SO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REALLY GET ONBOARDING, PROVIDE MORE BUDGET, AND LET US ENHANCE OR KEEP THE WEAR AND TEAR FROM SHOWING IN OUR PARKS.
'CAUSE PMO PART MEANS WE NEED IT.
AND IT'S JUST A COST THAT WE HAVE TO ENDURE IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE CANNOT EVER STOP DOING PMO.
IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA COST NO MATTER WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT, GIVING OUR CITIZENS WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY WANT PARKS AND, AND PARK MAIN COST A LOT OF DOLLARS.
AND IF WE DON'T GET BEHIND THAT, IT'S THE ONLY PROGRAMMING THAT WE WILL NEVER MAKE A DOLLAR BACK ON RENEE.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M BIG ABOUT, I'M BIG ABOUT BRINGING THE DOLLAR BACK.
BUT I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS ALWAYS GONNA BE OUR, OUR, SORRY, OUR LOSS, RIGHT? THE LOSS THAT WE YEAH, I'M SORRY THAT WRONG WORD.
SO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ASKING OUR, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OURSELVES, DO WE WANT THE BEST PARKS WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND SOMETIMES WE MIGHT HAVE TO CUT SOMETHING ELSE BACK, BUT WE CAN NEVER CUT BACK ON PARK MAINTENANCE AND IT'S HURT US.
AND WE SAW DURING THIS, THIS LAST BOND THAT WE WERE TRYING TO FIX BUILDINGS VERSUS BRING IN NEW SHINY BUILDINGS.
SO JUST A FY AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE YOU DOING A GREAT JOB.
UH, EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH DOWNTOWN PARK IS AWESOME TO SEE THE GROWTH IN WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
AND, AND RECENTLY I WAS AT ONE OF YOUR EVENTS, UH, THE SELENA CONCERT AT, AT, UH, PARKWOOD.
AND I KNOW THE, THE, THE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES IS COMING BACK AT MAIN STREET PARK STARTED IN JUNE.
THE FIRST, FIRST LINEUP IS OUT THERE.
BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE BRINGING NOW.
WE'RE GONNA BRING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT TO COME INTO THERE AND, AND BE PART OF DOWNTOWN.
THANK THAT'S A GREAT POINT JR.
BECAUSE HOW MANY YEARS IN A ROW HAS MAINTENANCE PARK MAINTENANCE BEEN CUT IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET BY COUNCIL? WELL,
BUT BACK IN THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE LOST 'CAUSE ALL THAT FTE, YOU KNOW, WAS CUT.
SO DEFINITELY THERE WAS A LOT OF LOSS.
PRETTY MUCH MY FIRST FIVE YEARS ON PARK BOARD THROUGH ATTRITION, BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY VACANT POSITIONS, THEY WERE CUT.
AND SO IT IS, THANK YOU JR THAT'S A GOOD REMINDER AS WE GO INTO BUDGET, PARTICULARLY WE, AS WE'VE ADDED PARKS AND WE DID MAKE THAT CASE, BOBBY WOULD REMEMBER WE MADE THAT CASE TO COUNCIL SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THESE POSITIONS.
'CAUSE WE DO KEEP ADDING AND WE CAN'T, WE GOT STAFF APPROPRIATELY.
SO ALONG THE FUNDING LINES AND 19 IS A BIG NUMBER.
SO THAT'S, BUT THESE ARE VERY COMPLICATED PARKS.
SO ON THAT POINT, WHAT ABOUT FTES ARE APPROPRIATE, BUT WHAT ABOUT CAPITAL EXPENSE FOR REPAIR OF WATER FEATURES AND LIFE FIXTURES AND THINGS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THESE PARKS? UM, HOW MUCH IS THAT SHARED EXPENSE GOING TO BE BETWEEN THE CITY AND PARK, DOWNTOWN DALLAS PARKS, CONSERVANCIES AND DOWN? THAT'S THE GOOD THING.
THIS IS WHERE THE CITY, WE HAVE TO ALWAYS COMMIT TO DO OUR PART, OUR PART, OUR AGREEMENT WITH PARKS FOR DOWNTOWN DALLAS IS, WELL WITH DISD, WE PROVIDE THE BASIC MAINTEN AND WHERE OUR PARTNERS COME IN, THEY'RE WILLING TO COME IN AND HELP PROVIDE WHAT WE CALL THAT ENHANCED MAINTENANCE OR SOME, AND EVEN WITH PARTS OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND AMY CAN TOUCH ON IT, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY RAISING THE ENDOWMENT TO REALLY FOCUS ON HOW TO ENHANCE THE PART.
BUT THE CITY HAS TO DO ITS PART, MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THE BASELINE MAINTENANCE FOR ALL OUR PARKS.
YEAH, I WOULD ADD THAT WHEN WE GO BACK TO 2004, THE DISCUSSION WAS NEVER OUR ORGANIZATION WOULD TAKE OVER ALL OF MAINTENANCE OF THESE PARKS.
IT WAS INSTEAD WE ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE A THREE TO FIVE YEAR PERIOD WHERE THERE WOULD BE VERY LITTLE NEED FOR MAJOR CAPITAL REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
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OBVIOUSLY WE'VE LEARNED WITH THE UNHOUSED POPULATION THAT HAS A REAL BIG IMPACT ON THESE PARKS.SO THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS ARE HIGHER, BUT THE BASIC MAINTENANCE NEEDS THE PARK DEPARTMENT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO PROVIDE.
THAT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE OUR ROLE.
UM, AND PART OF THAT TOO IS PHIL PHILANTHROPICALLY, THAT'S REALLY TOUGH MONEY TO RAISE.
PEOPLE ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN MAKING A GRANT TO SOMETHING WHERE THEY CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, GONNA LOOK LIKE AT THE END.
AND MOWING LAWNS, FOR INSTANCE, DOESN'T APPEAL TO PHILANTHROPISTS.
SO OUR ROLE IS BUILDING THESE ENDOWMENTS THAT YOU ALL CONTRACTED THAT IN, IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THAT OBLIGATION AND GROW THESE ENDOWMENTS SO WE CAN TACKLE MAJOR CAPITAL REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TODAY ON A SMALL SCALE BASIS, KNOWING THAT AS THESE ENDOWMENTS GROW, WE CAN DO EVEN MORE.
BUT I WOULD ADD FOR THE BTF PROJECT, WE HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY SET AN AMOUNT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT ANY ONE OF ONE PARTNER IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO THAT WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY GO INTO AN IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
WE PLAN TO APPLY FOR THAT GRANT NEXT.
UH, MY DEAR COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE SO MANY GOOD POINTS.
THERE'S PROBABLY NOT MANY LEFT FOR ME TO MAKE HERE OTHER THAN FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANKING MS. SCRIPPS AND MS. MEADOWS FOR COMING IN AND BRINGING MANY OF YOUR TEAM HERE, UH, TO PRESENT AND HELP PRESENT THIS.
I GO AROUND TOWN AND I SAY A LOT OF THINGS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I SAY ABOUT OUR PARTNERS FROM SMALL TO BIG IS, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT, THE PARK DEPARTMENT CANNOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THEM IN THIS SITUATION.
I'M GONNA TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.
I'M GONNA SAY THE CITY OF DALLAS CANNOT DO WHAT IT DOES WITHOUT THESE TWO PARTNERS AND THE PARTNERS INVOLVED IN DOWNTOWN.
IT'S CLEAR THE TRANSFORMATION THEY'VE, THEY'VE BROUGHT TO OUR CITY.
IT GOES BEYOND COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 AND COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE BLAST RADIUS IS THE ENTIRE METROPLEX IN SOME CASES.
SO THEY'VE TRANSFORMED THAT SPACE AND IT'S CLEAR.
DIRECTOR JENKINS BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.
WE'RE STILL RUNNING IN AN OPERATIONAL MODEL THAT MIGHT BE 30 YEARS OLD.
SO I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME SUPPORTING A BOARD AND A DEPARTMENT THAT IS UNABLE TO TRANSFORM AND REINVENT ITSELF IN SUCH CHANGE.
SO IF WE NEEDED THE PARTNERS TO BRING THIS TO US AND THE CONSULTANTS TO BRING THIS TO US, MS. JOHNSON AND EVERYONE INVOLVED, THIS IS A, THIS IS A BIG THING FOR US.
IT'S NO LONGER PROBLEMS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
SO I WANT TO SEE, AND I WANNA REMIND THE THE BOARD ONE THING, FOR THE LAST SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS A YEAR, WE SHOT FOR THE STARS FOR OUR PARTNERS IN THE BOND PROGRAM.
SO NOW IT'S TIME TO SHOOT FOR THE STARS FOR MS. JOHNSON'S TEAM, PMO.
BECAUSE IF, IF ONE THING THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS WILL MOAN AND GROAN ABOUT IS WE'RE GREAT AT BUILDING NEW THINGS, BUT WE'RE NOT GREAT AT MAINTAINING OUR THINGS.
NOW LET'S DO IT FOR MS. JOHNSON'S TEAM AND THE OPERATIONS AND THE PMO BECAUSE THESE THINGS NEED TO BE PROPERLY MAINTAINED TOO.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ALL TO OUR ATTENTION WITH THIS WONDERFUL CONVERSATION.
AS A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT RUDY JUST TALKED ABOUT, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE GO FOR THAT BID FOR THE EXTRA MONEY IS TO SHOW WHAT THE DOLLAR VALUE IS OF WHAT THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED IN MAINTENANCE COST.
I DON'T, I'M SURE THERE'S AN ANALYSIS THERE OF WHAT WE, WE CONTRIBUTE AND WHAT Y'ALL CONTRIBUTE.
AND THE REALITY IS WE DON'T KNOW THAT THESE PARTNERS WILL BE AROUND FOREVER AND EVER TO CONTINUE TO THROW THAT MONEY AT THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR PARKS.
SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE WHEN WE GO OUT AND TRY TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IS TO SHOW THAT THERE'S A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY GETTING FOR FREE.
AND IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO BUILD OUR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THAT WE MAY BE CAUGHT AT SOME POINT WITHOUT THE PROPER FUNDING TEETH TO MAINTAIN IMMEDIATE EVEN MORE POORLY THAN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE HERE, BUT IF WE LOSE THEIR MONEY, WE'RE GONNA BE WAY DOWN HERE.
SO I THINK WHATEVER THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THAT SOME IMPORTANT PIECE OF THAT, UH, THAT ARGUMENT FOR MORE MONEY.
AND JUST TO ADD WHAT MR. KARIMI SAID, I TOTALLY, TOTALLY AGREE.
THANK YOU JENNIFER AND AMY FOR DOWNTOWN IS WHAT WE TRY FOR US WHEN WE FOR AND WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DONE IT, AND IT COMES TIME FOR THE NEXT BOND.
WE'LL BE EVALUATED NOT BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE BUILT, BUT HOW WE ARE MAINTAINING IT.
TRULY THAT WOULD BE THE YARDSTICK.
SO IT REALLY PUTS CHALLENGE ON ALL OF US AND OF THE PART PIECE.
SO EXCITED, UH, DIRECTOR JENKINS, THAT YOU THINKING IN A NEW WAY AND I'M SURE WE'LL FIND SUPPORT.
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OKAY.ASK, I DID WANNA MAKE ONE NOTE BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THIS PRESENTATION THAT MR. GOLDSTEIN DID RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THIS ITEM PROJECT UPDATE, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
UH, WHILE WE WAIT NOW, MS. BARRY, UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH THE, UH, COUNCIL BRIEFING YESTERDAY THREE TIMES.
FIRST BUDGET BRIEFING TO THE COUNCIL YESTERDAY.
UH, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD YESTERDAY, IF YOU WASN'T AWARE, UH, THAT RIGHT NOW THE CITY STILL NEED TO BALANCE ABOUT A $35 BILLION OR $38 BILLION BETWEEN HERE AND AUGUST BEFORE THE COUNCIL RECEIVES, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S INTERIM CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
AND SO THERE MAY BE A REQUEST TO US ABOUT AT LEAST PARTICIPATING IN THE EXERCISE REDUCTIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I DO THINK IT'S KIND OF PREMATURE FOR ME TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE BOARD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S JUST, WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE, THE, WITH THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EVEN GET SOME FEEDBACK IF THAT'S GONNA BE NECESSARY FROM THIS DEPARTMENT.
HOWEVER, I DO HAVE MY STAFF STILL PREPARED SOME POTENTIAL BUDGET REDUCTION.
SO IF THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL COME TO THE BOARD OR WE ASK THE, THE CHAIR TO CALL SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS.
THAT DISCUSSION TODAY, UH, MS. BEAR SENT YOU ALL A COUPLE OF ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE PLAN ON PROPOSING.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU, Y'ALL HEARD FROM THE DISCUSSION EARLIER TODAY, IF YOU ASKED ME WHAT IS MY TOP PRIORITIES, KNOWING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET $14 MILLION THAT, THAT WE BUILT HEAD WORTH OF ENHANCEMENTS.
MY TOP PRIORITIES YOU ALL IS CONTINUE TO BUILD UP MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND, AND, UH, AND TWO IS SECURITY.
AND THIRD IS, AS I MENTIONED, YOU ALL IS I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BUILD OUT THAT FACILITY SERVICE GROUP THAT'S GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING OUR RACKET, PADDLE SPORTS, AS WELL AS BEING OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A TEAM THAT CAN GO IN AND MAKE MINOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR REPAIRS TO OUR TRAILS, TO ALL OUR HARD SURFACE PORTS.
I THINK THAT IS NECESSARY AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
BUT, BUT THE REALITY IS, DO I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET $14 MILLION? NO.
DO I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET 10? NO.
I JUST THINK REALITY, YOU GOTTA FOCUS ON THOSE THREE AREAS, BUT WE'RE HERE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD.
BUT SHE'S JUST GOING TO JUST TELL YOU ABOUT THE ENHANCEMENTS AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK, UH, NOT NECESSARY TODAY, BUT CONTACT THE STAFF.
I, I'M SORRY, UNLESS YOU ALL CHOOSE TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK TO PAY.
SO GOOD MORNING, WE'RE BACK AGAIN, UM, WITH SOME OF THESE BIDS.
WHAT WE DID WANNA LET YOU KNOW IS WE DID SEND A MEMO OUT.
WE HAD LISTED ALL OF THE BIDS THAT WE WERE GOING TO SUBMIT FOR ENHANCEMENT.
UM, SO MR. JENKINS, WE HADN'T INCLUDED AT THAT POINT, UM, FAIR PARK AND THE ARBORETUM.
SO WE WERE TECHNICALLY AT $17.9 MILLION IN ASK.
UM, AFTER SITTING THROUGH, UM, THE BUDGET PRESENTATION YESTERDAY, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS NEEDS TO BE REDUCED.
WE NEED TO LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO ASK FOR.
AND AS MR. JENKINS SAID, OUR FOCUS IS MAINTENANCE.
UM, THE FACILITY TEAM IS FOR MORE MAINTENANCE.
UM, THE SECURITY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NEED WE'VE HAD.
WE ASK FOR IT OVER THREE YEARS.
SO WE'RE COMING BACK AGAIN TO COME BACK FOR THAT ASK.
AND OF COURSE, O AND M IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO US.
UM, AND TWO, BUILDING A NEW TEAM, A PORTION OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF THAT BID.
SO IT IS A PARTICULAR O AND M BID THAT IS COMING IN AND FUNDING THE O AND M ON THE DOWNTOWN PARKS.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE USED, UM, TO CREATE SOME OF THAT TEAM AS, AS MR. JENKINS MENTIONED.
SO GOING IN THAT, WHAT I WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE REDUCED THESE BIDS BY $7 MILLION.
UM, WE'RE STILL AT $10 MILLION.
UM, IF Y'ALL LOOK AT THE SHEET, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOWN, WE'RE AT $10.7 MILLION.
UM, IS THAT STILL VERY HIGH? YES.
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DO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME FORWARD? NO, WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED ANY OF THIS, UM, AS IT'S COME THROUGH.UM, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION WERE TO, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE GROWN THIS MUCH OVER THE YEARS, NEED MORE MONEY.
DO WE NEED TO KEEP DOING THIS? WE'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FUNDING SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AND ADDITIONAL STIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WERE NOT, UM, REALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE DO STILL NEED TO FUND.
SO YOU'RE STILL GOING TO SEE, UM, THE NEWEST ONE THAT YOU SAW ON THAT LIST WAS THE DALLAS ARBORETUM DID COME BACK.
THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND THAT'S $75,000.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS ADDED FROM Y'ALL'S FIRST LOOK AT THE, AT THE BIDS WAS THE FAIR PARK FACILITIES AND THAT'S AT 1.7 MILLION.
UM, AND THAT IS JUST FOR MAINTENANCE.
I'M GOING THROUGH, AS MR. JENKINS MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE O AND M AND THAT'S AT 1.9.
WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASSESS THE DOWNTOWN PARKS AND SEE IF THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO CHANGE FOR US, UM, BEFORE WE SUBMIT THESE TO THE BUDGET OFFICE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE TEAM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUT FACILITIES FOR THAT ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE TO THOSE TRAILS TO WHAT WE HAVE ON HAND RIGHT NOW IS THE $1.4 MILLION.
UM, THE SECURITY, WE REDUCE THAT NUMBER.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT YES, WE WOULD LIKE 3.3 MILLION IN SECURITY, BUT IF WE LOOK AT IT REALISTICALLY, WE COULD PROBABLY DO THE 1.9 AND THEN TRY TO MAYBE EXTEND THE SECURITY AS TO OTHER YEARS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT AT THIS POINT IS 1.9 IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR SECURITY.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR SOME OF THIS.
UM, AND THIS IS AN ASK WE DID LAST YEAR.
WE'RE DOING IT THIS YEAR AND WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF COMES OF THIS.
WE NEED TO CONTINUOUSLY ASK FOR THE LARGE AREA LANDSCAPE, THOSE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS.
UM, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FUNDED TO DO.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL COME BACK AND COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS JUST LIKE THEY DO FOR THE FLEET MAINTENANCE.
SO WE'RE PUTTING IN 1.5, UM, IN THE HOPE THAT WE WILL GET SOMETHING OR JUST SOME KIND OF A SIGNAL FROM THE CITY.
BUT THAT IS A CONSIDERATION FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE.
RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BREAKS AND IT'S JUST AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE.
UM, WE'RE NOT REALLY ABLE TO PLAN THOSE OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE MONEY, THOSE MONIES AVAILABLE IN ALL OF OUR BUDGET.
AND HISTORICALLY, IF IT DOES COME TO THAT EMERGENCY, WE FUND IT FROM THE MULTI-YEAR FUND, UM, AS OUR OPERATING BUDGET DOESN'T TECHNICALLY SUPPORT ALL OF THAT FUNDING.
UM, AND THEN IF WE LOOK, WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED OLD CITY PARK.
SO TO GET THAT FULLY OPERATIONAL FOR THE YEAR, THAT'S 702.
UM, BUT IT DOES BRING BACK REVENUE.
SO THERE IS A HOPE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PROJECTING 85,000.
THAT WOULD BE A HOPE THAT IF WE DO GET MORE REVENUE, THEN PERHAPS WE CAN OFFSET SOME OF OUR COST.
UM, THE OTHER CHANGE THAT YOU WILL SEE IS THE FUNDING TO COVER THE INFLATION DRIVEN COSTS FOR CARE, WHICH IS GOLF AQUATICS AND THE YOUTH SPORTS.
UM, WE DID HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT WE COULD REALISTICALLY DO TO PERHAPS EXTEND THE PHASING IN THAT.
AND INSTEAD OF TRYING TO, UM, GET US UP TO SPEED FIRST YEAR, SECOND YEAR, WE MIGHT HAVE TO EXTEND THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT, DO A SMALLER ASK, UM, AND TRY TO GET SOME OF THAT DONE.
I KNOW MR. DICKEY HAD A HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE YOUTH SPORTS.
THIS DOES INCLUDE 180,000 FOR YOUTH SPORTS IN IT.
UM, IF THIS BID WOULD GO THROUGH, UM, GOING TO THE NEXT ONE, UM, THE TREE ASSESSMENT THAT IS A PLANNED, IT'S A, IT'S A PLAN WITH THE, UM, OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
SO THAT'S A $300,000 ASK, BUT THAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THROUGH THE CITY.
SO WE ARE MAKING THAT ASK IN HOPE SINCE TWO OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE ASKING THAT THIS BID WOULD GO THROUGH.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE TO DO OUR SOFTWARE BUSINESS PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PURCHASING NEW SOFTWARE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES AND TO MOVE THE DEPO THE DEPARTMENT FORWARD WITH NEWER TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER JUST COVERING WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, SEEING HOW THAT COULD WORK FOR US AT THE MOMENT.
IF WE HAVE OTHER NEEDS, THEN PERHAPS WE GO BACK TO ITS OR TO THE CITY AT THAT TIME.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE TWO THAT WE ADDED AT THE BOTTOM IS WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS A TWO, THIS IS A $10.77 MILLION.
UM, ASK FOR OUR BUDGET AT THE TIME.
NOW WHAT YOU WILL NOTICE ON THIS ONE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, WE DID INCLUDE A SPACE WHERE YOU CAN RANK THESE IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO DO THAT.
IF YOU DO NOT WANNA RANK, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
THESE AT THE MOMENT, UM, WERE THE FIRST TOP THREE BEFORE ARE RANKED AS THE STAFF AND THE DIRECTOR HAD RANKED THEM.
UM, BUT SEEING OUR, OUR CHANGE
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AND HOW WE ARE FOCUSED ON MAINTENANCE, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THESE ITEMS, THESE ARE MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY TYPE ITEMS ON THE TOP FOUR.UM, OF COURSE WE WOULD LIKE EVERYTHING, BUT WE'LL OF COURSE HAVE TO SEE WHAT CAN BE GRANTED AND WHAT FITS WITHIN THE BUDGET.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEY, MR. ON MUTE AGAIN.
TRYING FIND IT HAVING TROUBLE.
COME BACK TO SAME BUTTON PUSH UP THERE.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS.
UM, YOU'VE ASKED US FOR OUR INPUT.
UH, I DID SEND AN EMAIL THIS MORNING REQUESTING A DOUBLING OF LAST YEAR'S YOUTH SPORTS REQUEST BECAUSE THE LACK OF THE GRANTING OF OF THAT ENHANCEMENT CAUSED US TO NOT BE ABLE TO USE OUR MONEY GRANT FACILITY, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THE 100,000, 180,000 FOR YOUTH SPORTS THAT MS. BARRY MENTIONED, TO WHAT DEGREE WOULD YOU TAKE? 'CAUSE I ASKED TO DOUBLE THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE WEIGH UNDERFUND YOUTH SPORTS COMPARED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, AQUATICS AND GOLF.
MANY, MANY MILLIONS FOR THOSE IN LESS THAN 500,000 FOR YOUTH SPORTS.
SO JUST AS A BOARD MEMBER THINK WE HAVE AN ISSUE THERE, HOW SERIOUSLY WOULD YOU CONSIDER MY SUGGESTION TO DO NOT WHAT YOU JUST SAID WILL DO, BUT TO DOUBLE AT 180 TO 360, 360 REQUEST? I'M ASK JOHN LAWRENCE TO COME UP AT
SHE'S DON'T IF HOLD SHE IF SHE'S HERE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO DOUBLE THAT NUMBER.
AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THE REASON, YOU KNOW, I, AND I GET BACK WITH STAFF, BUT I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT CONVINCED THAT THE REASON WE DIDN'T FILL UP MONEYGRAM IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A STAFF.
I JUST THINK LOGISTICALLY WE DIDN'T FILL UP MONEYGRAM BECAUSE MY PHILOSOPHY IS THAT I WANT KIDS TO TRY TO STAY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
I DON'T WANT THEM BUS ALL THE WAY ACROSS NOW.
AND I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITIES.
BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I THINK MY TEAM SHOULD HAVE MAYBE STRATEGICALLY FOCUSED MORE POUNDING THE KIDS THAT'S CLOSER THE MONEY GROUND.
AND SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE JUST COMMUNICATED THAT WITH ME.
I DON'T THINK WHAT DIRECTOR JENKINS, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT MY, MY MY, I DIDN'T SAY THAT CLEARLY ENOUGH.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MONEY GRAHAM.
OKAY? IT'S ABOUT OUR, OUR COMMITMENT, TOTAL COMMITMENT TO RECREATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS BEING SO LOW.
AND UH, THE, THE REASON IT WAS GIVEN TO ME IN THE MEMO WAS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL AND OUR PERSONNEL ENHANCEMENT WASN'T FULFILLED.
BUT MY REQUEST WASN'T ABOUT MONEYGRAM.
ACTUALLY I MENTIONED MONEYGRAM, BUT IT'S BIGGER.
IT SAID, OKAY DAN, YOU KNOW, ME COMING UP IN THE RENT SIDE OF THE BUSINESS, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO THROW $3 BILLION TO US, YOU KNOW, RECREATION.
I JUST THINK WE, I WOULD SAY I WOULD RECOMMEND KEEPING IT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION PERIOD ON, AND JOHN AND AND KEISHA HAVE JUST NOW REALLY TAKEN OVER THAT TEAM.
I GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT JUST ASKING FOR MONEY AND YOU KNOW, I NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A REAL PLAN ON GETTING THAT STRUCTURE IN PLACE TO PRODUCE THE RESULTS I'M LOOKING FOR AS RE RELATES TO YOUTH SPORTS.
AND THAT WE ARE REALLY GONNA GO LEVERAGE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH CORPORATE SPONSORS AND OTHER PARTNERS TO HELP BRING US FUNDS AND SPONSOR OUR YOUTH PROGRAMMING.
BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE PUT OUR STRUCTURE IN PLACE THE RIGHT WAY THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THESE CORPORATIONS A REASON TO WANT TO SPONSOR OUR PROGRAM.
AND I DO THINK I HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM IN PLACE NOW THAT I FEEL LIKE IS GOING TO PRODUCE THOSE RESULTS I'M LOOKING FOR.
BUT I JUST WOULD PUSH BACK AND SAY ALL OVER MY DISTRICT I SEE UNUSED AND EMPTY SOFTBALL DIAMONDS WHERE WE USED TO HAVE THEM FULL OF RECREATIONAL KIDS FOR YEARS NOW.
SAME THING WITH BASEBALL DIAMONDS.
WE, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO GROW OUR ABILITY FOR OUR KIDS WHO CAN'T GET ON THE TEAMS IN THEIR SCHOOLS 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT ATHLETICALLY GIFTED, BUT OUR RECREATIONAL KIDS TO GET INTO PLAYING GIRLS SOFTBALL FOR EXAMPLE.
WHICH WE DON'T DO ANYMORE AT CROWN PARK, BUT WE USED TO, 'CAUSE THERE ARE TWO LIT SOFTBALL FIELDS THERE AND ALL OVER TOWN.
SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT FOR THIS, THIS ONE, I'D JUST LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH.
I RESPECT YOUR POSITION, BUT I THINK WE MAY NEED TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT OUR PRIORITIES BECAUSE THE MANY MILLIONS WE SPEND ON AQUATICS AND GOLF COMPARED TO GETTING OUR RECREATIONAL
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KIDS OUT THERE, THE NUMBERS DON'T, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A EQUAL COMMITMENT AT ALL.SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU THOUGH YOU DISAGREE TO AT LEAST CONSIDER LONG TERM THAT WE LOOK AT BEEFING UP WHAT WE DO TO GET OUR REGULAR KIDS WHO AREN'T ABLE TO GET ON THE TEAMS AT THE SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER, GIVE THEM THESE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND IT TAKES STAFF TO DO THAT.
AND I JUST SAID THAT 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD IT WAS A STAFFING ISSUE BEFORE.
THANK YOU SPEAKING MS. HES UM, CAN YOU, WHAT'S CARE? WHAT'S THAT ACRONYM FOR CITYWIDE ATHLETICS RESERVATIONS AND EVENTS.
SO ON THAT ITEM THAT SAYS INFLATION DRIVEN COST OF CARE, MATERIALS AND SERVICES, WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S ALL OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, INCREASED AND CHEMICALS FOR THE POOLS IN AQUATICS.
IT'S INCREASED IN CHEMICALS FOR THE GOLF COURSES.
IT'S ALSO COST DRIVEN AS FAR AS THE OFFICIATING UNIFORMS, AWARDS COST, ALL OF THOSE THINGS BUILT IN THERE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT US DRIVING DOWN THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE FOR, UH, SOFTWARE AND BUSINESS PRACTICES TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE'RE LOADING UP HEAVY ON MAINTENANCE HERE AND WE HAVE A, WE HAVE TWO SYSTEMS THAT DON'T REALLY TALK TO EACH OTHER.
AND A A LOT OF THAT IS GONNA AFFECT HOW EFFECTIVE OUR PARK MAINTENANCE CAN BE.
SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE MORE MONEY TO DO PARK MAINTENANCE, BUT WE, IF WE HAVE A ANTIQUATED SYSTEM THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO USE, IT'S GONNA KIND OF HINDER OUR PARK MAINTENANCE FROM DOING THEIR JOB.
SO I THINK THEY KIND OF GO TOGETHER IN MY MIND.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT? SO THE REASON WE DID GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT NUMBER DOWN MOVING FORWARD IS OF COURSE NUMBER ONE, WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING FOR REC TRACK.
SO WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT OFF OF THE TABLE OR WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH REC TRACK.
WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
THIS FUNDING WILL HELP US COVER CARDIOGRAPH, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE JUST, WE HAD DISCUSSED PREVIOUS PARK BOARDS, WHICH IS MOVING FORWARD IN THAT PARK MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, THE WHOLE PLANNING SYSTEM, RIGHT? SO THIS WILL COVER THAT COST PLUS GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ANOTHER NEW SYSTEM IF WE NEED OTHER SYSTEMS FOR OTHER PORTIONS.
SAY RESERVATIONS SAY, YOU KNOW, GOLF CLASSES, THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET US WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE FOR THE, FOR THE TIME.
IT WOULD GIVE US ENOUGH TO USE THAT.
THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE A POPULAR OPINION, BUT, UM, WE HAVE ALMOST $2 MILLION IN HERE FOR INCREASED SECURITY AND I, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE DATA ON WHAT I'M NOT AWARE OF.
LIKE A HIGH LEVEL OF CRIME AND PROBLEMS IN OUR PARKS AND TRAILS AND IF WE'RE SET SPENDING SUCH A BIG CHUNK OF IT.
AND IS THERE SOME OF THAT WE COULD SWITCH OVER TO MORE OF A CITY DRIVEN DPD OR I, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE RATIONALE 'CAUSE THAT'S A BIG CHUNK.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S AS MUCH AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO ASK FOR ON MAINTENANCE.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE DATA ON WHY, WHY WE THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SO MUCH MORE.
WHEN IN, IN MY, IN MY LITTLE PERSPECTIVE OF IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE THAT HIGH LEVEL OF PROBLEMS. I, I WOULD SAY, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE AS UH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS LIKE YOU DID ABOUT TWO, TWO YEARS AGO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
'CAUSE WE DID RAMP UP OUR, OUR SECURITY HOWEVER, LISTENING TO THE EXPERTS AND LISTENING TO CHIEF PUGH, HIS GOAL IS TO GET US TO ABOUT ABOUT A HUNDRED MARSHALS FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM.
'CAUSE HE REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO HAVING REALLY THREE SHIFTS RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE LIKE ONE AND A HALF.
SO WE ARE NOT REALLY ADDRESSING ANY OF THE STUFF THAT'S REALLY HAPPENED IN THE NINTH TIME OR THE VERY EARLY MORNINGS.
AND SO THIS IS JUST MOVING US MORE TOWARDS THAT.
THEN ALSO PART OF THAT, THAT REQUEST IS WE HAVE TO USE TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AND HE REALLY DO FEEL LIKE STRATEGICALLY PLACING CAMERAS THROUGHOUT OUR PARK SYSTEM IS GOING TO HELP GIVE US THAT COVERAGE.
UH, THE, THE ALL REQUEST FOR OUR SECURITY NEEDS IS ABOUT $9 MILLION.
I'M TELLING HIM, LET'S CUT THIS BACK BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE DATA, BEING ABLE TO HIRE THE MARSHALS TAKES ALMOST MORE THAN A YEAR.
SO I'M LIKE LET'S JUST CUT THIS BID ON DOWN.
I'M NOT AGAINST EVEN CUTTING IT DOWN A LITTLE MORE TO ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF 'CAUSE I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO HIRE ALL THE MARSHALS OR GETTING THE EQUIPMENT IN WITHIN THE COUNTY, MR. FREIGHT BIRD ASIDE AND ASKING FOR A LOT OF THE MONEY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY I'VE NEVER YEAH, WE CAN GET YOU DATA.
BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN THE DATA THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS FROM
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NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT TILL SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.THAT'S WHEN I GET ALL MY VANDAL LIST IN THE PARKS.
SO I NEED MORE LIGHTING, I NEED MORE CAMERAS AND I DO NEED A PATROL.
THIS, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON WHAT LITTLE PATROL WE HAVE IN LINE, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
BUT MAYBE WE COULD STEP IT UP SLOWER.
THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE VARIETY BOARD ALWAYS HAS LAID OUT TO HIM.
ALSO, THIS HAS LAST TWO RETREATS THAT HOW TO BE ENHANCED SECURITY.
UM, LOTS OF UM, NICE DESCRIPTIONS HERE THAT I AGREE WITH.
UH, FUNDING NEW PARKS, SECURITY.
I GOT SOME HOT OPINIONS ON THE CAMERAS THAT WE USE.
UH, LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT, UM, ASSESSMENTS FOR OF OUR TREES AND FALL FOR THESE THINGS ARE THINGS I BELIEVE IN.
ONE THING I SEE MISSING, AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME IDENTIFY IF IT'S HERE, IF IT'S NOT HERE, IS FUNDING, UH, TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN OUR SERVICE CENTERS, PARTICULARLY WHITE ROCK LAKE.
UH, WE KNOW THAT IT'S SEEING BETTER DAYS.
UM, I ALWAYS SAY WE GOTTA MAINTAIN THE PEOPLE THAT MAINTAIN US.
UM, IT WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN THE BOND.
THERE WAS A FEW MILLION DOLLARS, IT WAS ELIMINATED.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT A FUN AND SEXY WAY TO SPEND MONEY IN THE BOND, BUT IT'S STILL AN IMPORTANT WAY TO SPEND MONEY.
AND I'M NOT SEEING THAT LINE ITEM IN HERE AND I'LL JUST SAY IT.
IT'S TO SUPPORT OUR RANGERS, OUR FORESTERS ARE, ARE MORE MAINTENANCE CREWS, UH, PARTICULARLY AT THE SERVICE CENTER AT WHITE ROCK LAKE.
IS THAT IN HERE SOMEWHERE OR IS THAT IT'S IN THERE.
IT'S JUST NOT DESCRIBED LIKE BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU GET AN O AND M IT IS GOING TOWARDS THOSE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.
UH, ALSO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CREATING AN ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, WE HAVE SOME MONEY 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY TO CREATE THE, THE FACILITY WHICH WE KNOW WE CAN PROBABLY SHARE WITH OUR PENNSYLVANIA.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
SO IT IS, IT IS NOT JUST FILLED OUT LIKE UH, HERE'S A MILLION DOLLAR JUST FOR THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
IT IS JUST PART OF THAT OVERALL BUILD OUT THAT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
AND ANYTIME, LIKE YOU SAID, WHENEVER WE GOTTA MAKE REPAIR WE JUST MAKE THE REPAIRS DO MAINTENANCE YOURS.
LET'S CALL UH, I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS REGARDING, WELL ONE ABOUT OLD CITY PARK STAFF BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE TURNED OVER TO AN RFP.
SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND WE WOULD NEED TO FUND FOR THE TWO YEARS IN THE INTERIM, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE STAFFERS WHEN A NEW MANAGER TAKES ON CONTRACT? YEAH, SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO, UH, WELL WE DON'T KNOW IN THIS CONTRACT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MASTER PLAN MAY DETERMINE.
UH, AND THEN TWO, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE WHOLE PART OF WE NEED TO ACTIVATE THESE PARTS 'CAUSE UH, WE TALK ABOUT SECURITY, BUT AN ACTIVATED PARK REALLY HELPS REDUCE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN THE PARK.
SO WE COULD DEFINITELY TRANSITION THOSE FOLKS INTO REALLY SPREADING OUT, ACTIVATING OTHER PARTS WHERE WE HAVE CHALLENGES WITH UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.
'CAUSE IT WORKS WELL I KNOW BUT THAT'S A FULL CITY PARK IS NOT LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
I MEAN IT'S GONNA ACTIVATED LIKE
SO I JUST, BUT AND THESE FOLKS ARE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT SET THAN WITH RENTALS WITH UM, OTHER, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMING EFFECTIVELY PRIVATE PARK.
WELL BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BUT THE SKILLS THEY DO HAVE, 'CAUSE THAT'S PROGRAMMING AND ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS, WE CAN MOVE ANYWHERE TO PROGRAM ANY OF OUR PARKS.
UH, THEN ON YOUR PART, UM, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE INFORMALS NEEDS THIS BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT? IS THIS JUST, WAS THIS IDENTIFIED? YES.
SO, UH, WE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY THERE.
SO I WANNA, UH, I'LL BE LIMPING WHAT I CAN SAY BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THERE WAS REQUESTS MADE, UH, WHICH THEY CAN, UH, REQUEST IN THEIR CONTRACT ABOUT A ADDITIONAL, UH, BUDGET MONEY.
UH, THEY REQUESTED $3 MILLION.
UH, I DENIED $3 MILLION REQUESTS 'CAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
HOWEVER, I WILL AGREE TO ALLOW US TO PERFORM SOME MAINTENANCE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS ISSUE.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS NOT UH, THIS IS LIKE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
THIS IS GROUNDS, THIS IS LIKE GROUND KEEPING MAINTEN AND IT MAY BE SOME EXTENT OF BUILDING RATE, BUT WE'VE EXHAUSTED NOW THE 2017 BOND, THE 50 MILLION FOR FAIR FAR, NOT, LET'S STILL A COUPLE MORE PROJECTS.
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JUST A FEW MORE.BUT, UM, PRETTY MUCH THAT WOULD BE FINISHED IN NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
BUT ARE WE ANTICIPATING A ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ANNUAL EXPENSE OF MAINTENANCE FOR FAIR PARK? YES.
THAT WOULD HAVE TO CARRY IT FORWARD.
AND THE COST WE'RE CONSIDERING, KEEP IN MIND IS A LOT OF, THERE ARE A LOT OF HVAC WATER TYPE THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S SEPARATE FOR GROUNDSKEEPING.
BUT THIS IS JUST MAINTENANCE OF FAIR PARK.
SOME, SOME MONEY THERE FOR, THERE'S SOME STAYING IN THERE, BUILDING MAINTENANCE.
SOME OF THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2017 LOT.
SO SOME OF IT WAS INCLUDED, SOME OF IT WAS NOT INCLUDED.
THERE WERE PARTICULAR BUILDINGS.
SO WE DO HAVE JUST A NEED FOR THESE PARTICULAR BUILDINGS.
UM, AS FAR AS WHERE THIS COMES, THEY, SO THEY ARE ALLOWED BY CONTRACT TO ASK FOR A BUDGET SHORTFALL AND THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
UM, IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS COMING BUT WE, WE COULD SEE IT.
SO THEY JUST DID THE ASK THIS YEAR FOR THAT.
AND SINCE WE'RE IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT THIS WAY.
UM, ON EB TWO, HOW MUCH ARE WE PROJECTED TO SAVE HERE? IF WE GO IN-HOUSE OR WE HIRE MORE PEOPLE AS OF COURSE AS OPPOSED TO THE VENDORS THAT WE OUTSOURCE BUDGET SAVE A TON OF MONEY.
I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT WE CAN GET YOU REAL DATA.
'CAUSE ME BUILDING AND, AND WE'LL USE THE CAMERA GREEN PICKLEBALL COURT AS AN EXAMPLE WE DO IN-HOUSE, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL IS THE HIGHEST QUALITY.
IF I WERE TO CONTRACT THAT CONTRACT, CONTRACT THAT OUT, I GUARANTEE IT WOULD'VE COST ME $1.1 MILLION OR IF NOT ABOUT 900 TO $1.1 MILLION.
IT IS A REAL SAVINGS BEING ABLE, THEY ARE, THEY HAVE OUR STAFF HAVE THE TALENT TO DO THIS.
THINK YOU TALKING ABOUT SAVING MONEY.
THIS IS SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE THIS WE WILL SAVE AS A PARK DEPARTMENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY BRINGING THIS BACK IN HERE.
SO THEN WHEN I, SO AS IT READS, SO AM I VISUALIZING THAT THIS IS PAVILIONS FIXING PLAYGROUNDS, FIXING DIFFERENT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE, THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AS OPPOSED TO OUTSOURCING IT? YEAH.
THINK ABOUT WHAT HARD SERVICE.
THIS IS WELDERS STUFF LIKE THAT.
BRIDGES THAT WE CAN MAKE REPAIRS TO.
AND THEN AND DO
YEAH, NO I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
I JUST WANTED ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE PICK OUR COURSE WE GOING BUILD UP IN, UH, IN UH, DIFFERENT THOSE THINGS DISTRICT AS PART OF THE BOND.
THEY SAY THAT COST TREMEND BY JUST SAYING WE'LL DO THAT IN HOUSE.
UM, OUR IT, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE LONGEST.
IS THIS CHANGING? THIS SAYS IMPROVE THE PARK WORKS SOFTWARE, BUT IS THIS TAKING REC REC TRACK AND DOING
SO, SO, SO WE, WE'VE BEEN EVALUATING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
UM, SOMEBODY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW THE SYSTEMS DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD A NETWORK THAT DOES TALK TO EACH OTHER.
UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE REALLY EVALUATING FOR REC TRACK IS THE APP BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE APP AND THAT MIGHT MAKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS EASIER.
BUT THAT IS AN EVALUATION THAT'S HAPPENING.
WE HAVE TO DO SOME KIND OF PURCHASES.
SO WHEN WE SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO EVALUATE SOME OF THESE ITEMS, I MEAN THIS IS AN EVALUATION WE HAVE TO SEE IT WORKS, THEN WE KIND OF HAVE TO WORK WITH CITY ITS TO SEE IF THAT HAPPENS AND THEN WE CAN UM, SEE IF WE THIS WORK, IS THIS GOING TO IMPROVE UM, WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE USING ON THE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW OR DO WE JUST NEED TO CHANGE? SO KIND OF THIS FUND WHAT WE NEED FOR SOFTWARE, SOME OF THOSE COSTS, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE TESTING OF ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE AND PUTTING THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE I MEAN IT'S NOT FREE.
UM, WHEN WE DO THOSE THINGS THEY ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING UM, TO EVALUATE THAT RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU TALK RECTRAC, UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF CHANGES AND MADE IT CLOUD-BASED WHICH HELPS INTERNAL STAFF BUT IT'S STILL NOT THE BEST FEEL FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE APP RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE AN APP PURCHASE FOR RECTRAC AND THEN OF COURSE THINKING OF CHANGING
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RECTRAC TO JUST, MAYBE IT'S THIS ONE THING AND AQUATICS NEEDS SOMETHING DIFFERENT RESERVATIONS NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT ONE SOFTWARE THAT FIXES ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. AND EVERYTHING HERE THAT WE'RE EVALUATING HAS TO HAVE UM, THE ABILITY TO CONNECT TO ONE NETWORK THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER SO WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER REPORTING.
SO I SORT MY THOUGHT SO FOR EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY ACROSS THE CITY MM-HMM
IF I AM A PERSON WHO DOES NOT HAVE A SMARTPHONE, I GO INTO MY REC CENTER TO SIGN UP MY KIDS FOR SWIM CLASSES OR WHATEVER.
THAT APP WILL BE THERE THAT AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO USE.
THE APP IS AVAILABLE BUT SINCE THEY DO HAVE THEIR SOFTWARE ON THEIR END, THEY CAN PROBABLY DO THAT FOR YOU FAST ON THE BACK.
TAKE THE RE TRACK FOR EXAMPLE.
RIGHT THEN THAT RE TRACK DOESN'T TALK TO OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO GO LIKE PAY AND DO ALL OF THAT.
IF WE CAN MAKE THE SYSTEMS ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER, IT'S GONNA MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR THE CUSTOMER TO HAVE ONE TRANSACTION.
AND THEN IT ALSO IS GONNA HELP US FROM A REPORTING STANDPOINT.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE GOT LIKE FOUR OR FIVE SYSTEMS WE USE, GUESS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO? SIT.
THEY DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER.
I GOTTA PRINT AN EXCEL SHEET THEN I GOTTA PRINT THIS ONE.
THEY DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER AND THAT IS SO INEFFICIENT.
I JUST WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW THAT.
OUR LAST THING IN IT, THIS IS THE LAST THING IS THE P NINE.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE JUST GOT A PRESENTATION BY THEM RECENTLY AND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
THEIR ASK ON THERE AND JUST CURIOUS THAT OR IF THAT WHAT'S BEHIND THAT? UM, THEY HAVE A, THEY THEY HAVE A A RIGHT TO MAKE A REQUEST EACH YEAR.
UM, THEY THEY, THEY DO HAVE A TIMEFRAME WHERE THEY COULD MAKE THE REQUEST.
UM, I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THE DATE BUT I THINK THEY DO HAVE UNTIL MAY TO MAKE THAT REQUEST.
AND THEY DID COME BACK AND MAKE THE REQUEST.
IT WAS NOT IN THEIR PRESENTATION BUT WHEN THEY WENT BACK AND EVALUATED THEY ARE, IT'S BASICALLY MORE OF AN INFLATION TYPE REQUEST.
VERY MUCH MR. CONNOR, HOW MUCH TIME IS LOOKED IN? OUR RED TRACK CONTRACTOR? WE HAVE AN OUT, I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.
WE DO HAVE AN OUT IF WE DO NEED TO CHANGE.
SO LIKE I NEED TO HAVE AN OUT JUST LOOKING AT CHANGING SYSTEMS, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT CHANGING SYSTEMS, WHY ARE WE GETTING DEEPER WITH RECTRAC INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT OTHER SYSTEMS? IT'S NOT GETTING DEEPER.
THIS, THIS, THIS IS ADDING AN APP WITH REC TRACK, ADDING AN APP, WE'RE TESTING AN APP.
IF IT MAKES THINGS BETTER FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE RECTRAC ADDITIONAL COST ADDING THAT THERE IS, THAT'S THE TESTING.
WHY ARE WE GETTING DEEPER WITH RE TRACK? WELL BECAUSE IT, TO BE HONEST, IT WOULD TAKE US A YEAR TO TEST AND A YEAR TO PREPARE.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN CHANGE RE TRACK BECAUSE ANY IT THAT WE DO, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE CITY AND THAT AND IT HAS TO GO TO CITY IT.
THEY HAVE TO TEST THAT, THEY HAVE TO RUN IT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UM, DON'T CALL, DON'T BREAK ANY RULES WITHIN THE CITY STRUCTURE FOR IT.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TWO YEAR TURNAROUND WITHIN THAT TWO YEAR TURNAROUND.
THIS WILL GIVE US A MOMENT TO SEE AND REFLECT IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THE SITUATIONS IS THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS IN DIRECT RECTRAC THAT PROBABLY THE PUBLIC DOESN'T NEED.
AND IF THE APP GIVES YOU A BETTER OUT DOING A ZIP CODE SEARCH OR DOING A DIFFERENT KIND OF SEARCH, THEN THAT WOULD BE AN EASY FIX FOR THE REC TRACK BECAUSE IN THE BACK END STAFF WORKS WITH RECTRAC AND IT WORKS FOR THEM.
IT'S, IT'S THE PUBLIC CASE IN PART IF YOU NEED, I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
THE BACKEND WORKS FOR THE, FOR THE STAFF, THIS FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THAT'S THE MOST SIGN THING I'VE EVER HEARD.
UM, SO LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE GONNA SPEND TWO YEARS ON A, ON A, ON A SOFTWARE THAT IS GONNA BE IRRELEVANT AFTER TWO YEARS OF OF TESTING.
BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS MR. CONNOR, WHAT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW IS LIKE ANY IN THE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DISCOVERING IS MAYBE 'CAUSE YOU CUSTOMIZE A SYSTEM VERSUS WHEN YOU ORDER A SYSTEM WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
MAYBE YOU UNT TOOK AWAY SOME OF THOSE FEATURES.
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF REC TRACKER.
THIS AIN'T JUST ABOUT REC TRACK 'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I GOT FIVE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. I THINK I GOT ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN.
UH, THIS IS ABOUT CREATING EFFICIENCY AND JUST A COMPONENT OF THIS IS TO LOOK AT DIRECT TRACK, BUT THE OTHER 70% IS TRULY DEALING WITH THESE INEFFICIENT OPERATION SYSTEMS. WE HAVE AT LEAST HOW TO GET THEM TO TALK TO EACH OTHER SO WE CAN PROVIDE A BETTER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IN THE INTERIM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO WITH REC TRACK.
AND I DON'T, I'M BEING HONEST, I
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DON'T WANNA WAIT TWO YEARS TO KEEP GETTING TWO MORE YEARS WORTH OF COMPLAINTS AND FOLKS NOT BEING ABLE TO BE CUSTOMER FRIENDLY.BUT I'M NOT GONNA GO SPEND $200,000 WHEN I KNOW IT'S TWO YEARS OUT.
SO WE WOULD EVALUATE THE COST BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO UP TO SPEED UP THAT.
I MEAN TWO YEARS SHE DON'T KNOW.
'CAUSE UNTIL WE PUT A CONTRACT IN THERE, WE DON'T HAVE.
YEAH, I JUST, YEAH BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO ALLOW FOR STAFF TO REVIEW IT, GET IT, IT'S GONNA WORK AND SEE HOW DIFFERENT IT'S FROM
AND UH, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM BEFORE WE CAN EVEN TAKE IT TO PROCUREMENT, IT DOES HAVE TO GO TO CITY.
THAT'S THE PART SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
REMEMBER MR. CONNOR, WE AIN'T TALKING ABOUT FROM THE TIME WE END OUR CONTRACT IS GONNA TAKE TWO YEARS.
WE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE TIME BEFORE WE EVEN GET IT OUT ON THE STREET AND GET IT BACK.
Y'ALL EVALUATE IT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE ABOUT A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS.
YEAH, BUT WE WILL BE, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE AND I, WE DO WANT TO CONSULT WITH YOU ON OUR BEST WAY TO EXPEDITE THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SORRY, MRTA.
UH, YEAH AND I MEAN I KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON EVERYBODY HAD A FEW COMMENTS THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE.
I I I'LL LET YOU KNOW, UH, MR. CONNOR THAT I DON'T REALLY HAVE A SONG WITH RED TRACK BECAUSE WE'VE USED IT FOR SO LONG SO WE KNOW I GUESS HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM, RIGHT?
SO I MEAN FOR 20 YEARS AND
SO, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE UPDATED.
UM, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS IN HERE THAT I SEE AND AND THE ONE THAT REALLY STOOD OUT WAS THE DALLAS OPERATOR.
BUT I HEARD THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO COME IN FOR SIP.
UH, JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAD ANY PARTNER.
SO THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED THEIR NAME.
WHY WE KEEP INCREASE THE STIPEND WHEN WE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE WORKING ON DECREASING STIPENDS THE LONGER THE CONTRACT GOES.
IT'S JUST MY THEORY ON BECAUSE YOU HAVE
JUST I THINK THAT I HAVE IT JUST, I KNOW THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE THAT MATERIALS GONNA COST US A LOT OF, A LOT OF AH, ARE GONNA BE INCREASING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT 'CAUSE I'M A BUYER OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO OPERATE WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT.
BUT WE ALL SAW THAT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS AND MY QUESTION IS WHY WE NEED NOT BUYING, STOCKING UP WHATEVER YOU NEEDED OR HAVING A CONTRACT BUILT SO YOUR PRICES WILL NOT INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR ME.
WE DO HAVE, UM, WE DO HAVE MOST OF THESE ITEMS ON CONTRACT.
SOME OF THESE ARE INCREASES TO ITEMS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ON WHAT WE BASICALLY CALL A MASTER AGREEMENT.
SO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED HERE.
UM, SOME OF THE INCREASES THE CITY DOES ALLOW FOR CONTRACT INCREASES.
SO WHEN WE SEE THOSE INFLATIONARY COSTS, THOSE ARE OFFSET AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN INCLUDED IN HERE.
SO SOME OF THE MASTER AGREEMENTS, UM, WE DID SUBMIT A HUNDRED PLUS LIST OF ALL THE CONTRACTS WE DO HAVE.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE, IF THEY HAD INCREASES, THE CITY WOULD CONSIDER THOSE SEPARATELY.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT INFLATIONARY COSTS HERE.
UM, AND JUST TO BE HONEST, SOME OF THESE INFLATIONARY COSTS THAT LOSE FOR PRODUCTS ARE COMING FROM STAFFING COSTS.
UM, AND THAT'S A BRAND NEW CONTRACT.
UM, IT'S JUST GONNA COST MORE FOR THOSE SERVICES.
WE DID ASK FOR AN INFLATIONARY COST LAST YEAR AND WE DID RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS, BUT IT'S STILL NOT KEEPING UP.
AND MOST OF THOSE COSTS WERE GEARED TOWARDS MAINTENANCE TYPE THINGS, PARK MAINTENANCE, UM, AND SOME OF THE GOLF COURSES.
BUT NOW WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT SOME OTHER PORTIONS OF THE CARE DIVISION OR CITYWIDE ATHLETICS.
I COULD TOUCH ON IT, BUT UH, HE GAVE REAL GOOD EXAMPLES OF LIKE THE, JUST THE, THE CHEMI, I MEAN THE, THE MATERIALS THAT THE GOLF COURSE SPLIT UP 30 AND 40% IT COSTS.
AND THEN THE, THE THE FOOD CHEMICALS TO CORRECT YOU MR. JENKINS, IT'S ACTUALLY 18% ON THE GOLF COURSE SIDE OF THINGS.
IT'S GONE UP BY ABOUT 30% ON THE AQUATICS SIDE OF THINGS.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHY WE DON'T BUY IN BULK PER SE ON CHEMICALS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IT'S STORAGE ISSUES.
I DON'T HAVE THE STORAGE IN THE GOLF COURSES OR ELSE I WOULD.
SECONDLY IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING ISSUE
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AS FAR AS WHAT IF I STORE OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC.SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THE REASONS WHY WE DON'T BUY IN LARGE QUANTITIES.
YEAH, AND AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT, UH, I KNEW A YEAR AGO THAT POOL
SO I BOUGHT SOME STOCK AND I STOCKED IT.
BUT LIKE GIVE YOU, IE BASEBALLS, BASEBALLS WENT UP $2 A DOZEN THIS PAST FOR THIS NEW YEAR LAST YEAR WE WERE TOLD BY OUR, OUR, OUR SELLER THAT BASEBALL WERE GONNA GO UP EITHER STOCK UP OR PAY $2 MORE.
AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT MY GROUP BUYS 500 DOZEN BASEBALLS A YEAR AND IF YOU DO THE NUMBER, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT, HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST US AND TO KEEP IT DOWN.
SO WE STARTED, WE, WE COULD STOCK THOSE BOOKS, COULDN'T STOCK A LOT OF THIS STUFF, BUT WE STARTED STOCKING AND WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT INTO A CONTRACT FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THAT'S JUST, I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST SPORTS IN GENERAL.
BUT, BUT I MEAN, AND THAT'S, AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT JUST CARES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT SEEMS LIKE INCREASED, BUT WE, WE KIND OF START THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH WE CHARGE.
I KNOW PARK, I KNOW THE GREEN FEES ARE GOING UP AT GOLF COURSES AND, AND THAT'S GONNA RE THAT'S GONNA MAKE SOME OF THE MONEY BACK AND ALL THIS STUFF.
BUT WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GONE UP.
MAYBE WE'RE YEAR LATE GOING UP INCREASES 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN GOING UP FOR A WHILE NOW OR MAYBE TWO YEARS IN SOME CASES 10 YEARS
SO, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WAY AHEAD AND JUST TRY TO INCREASE 'EM SLOWLY.
SO OUR, OUR LOW INCOME FAMILIES THAT CANNOT SPEND MONEY, THEY, THEY NOTICE A $5 INCREASE THIS YEAR OR $10 INCREASE NEXT YEAR, WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE AND KIND OF GENERALLY GO UP AND JUST KEEP MOVING INSTEAD OF WAITING EVERY 10 YEARS AND GOING UP AND WE CAN'T GO UP ENOUGH TO CATCH UP.
SO JUST A, A PROOF FOR THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, THIS PMO AND AND CARES IS SOME PMO INVOLVED IN IT, RIGHT? SO, SO PM O'S ALWAYS GONNA BE AN EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE TO ENDURE AND JUST KNOW THAT WE GOTTA MAKE IT SO WE, AGAIN, WE NEED OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO APPROVE THIS AND, AND, AND, UH, ESPECIALLY OUR DOWNTOWN PARKS, UH,
SO I ASSURE YOU MR. WORK, THAT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS WE WORK THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND WE MAKE OUR WAY OVER TO THE COUNCIL SIDE.
YOU ARE GONNA HAVE FOLKS GONNA LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WHY AREN'T YOU RAISING FEES TO COVER COSTS? AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER GROUP TO SAY WHY YOU SHOULD BE RAISING FEES.
WE HAVE TO WALK WITH THIS BOARD AND COUNCIL ON WHAT IS THE RIGHT NEXT.
UH, SO, AND THEN WE'RE NOT JUST, WE'RE NOT REALLY ALLOWED TO JUST STOCK UP STUFF BECAUSE WE'RE JUST NOT, WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACE, AS JOHN MENTIONED, ENVIRONMENTAL.
BUT THEN AT THE SAME TOKEN, THE CITY IS JUST NOT ALLOWED JUST TO BE BEHIND THE HEAD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND JUST STOCKING UP.
IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO.
IT'S DOLLARS SITTING ON SHELF.
AND, AND THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IT'S DOLLARS SITTING ON SHELF.
AND I REMEMBER ONE TIME WE USED TO DO IT AND WE DID START CALCULATING, THERE WAS DOLLARS SITTING ON SHELF.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT 'CAUSE I, I HAVE A STORAGE ROOM WHERE THERE'S DOLLARS ON THE SHELF, BUT I KNOW THAT THE SAFE FACTOR FOR THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE BIG.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING YOU GOTTA ALSO BALANCE OUT.
SEE, UH, LOOKING AT THIS, AND I'M ALSO, I'M LOOKING AT NINE AND WE'RE SAYING ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET TO BUDGETS, BUT I, I, I LIKE TO SAY THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY ABOUT RAISING OUR FEES.
I CAN AFFORD ANYTHING THAT I WANT IN LIFE RIGHT NOW.
ANYTHING I REMEMBER WHEN I COULDN'T, I WANT US TO PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT THERE ARE CITIZENS IN THIS TASK THAT CAN'T AFFORD A LOT OF THESE FEES.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD, THE PEOPLE THAT DO, 'CAUSE WE HAVE CERTAIN, LIKE WE NEED FEES OF THE GOLF COURSES.
UH, I THINK THAT SHOULD COME INTO PLAY.
WE SHOULD BE COUNCIL OF THAT AND UH, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF UH, UH, OF JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M PRO STAFF.
YOU GUYS SHOULD KNOW THAT BY NOW.
IT'S MY EIGHTH YEAR GOING AWAY JUNE.
BUT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER I'M NEVER EVER GONNA FORGET WHERE I COME FROM.
REMEMBER? I COULDN'T AND THAT'S WHAT MY COTTAGE ROOMMATE TALKING ABOUT, DIGGING PARK SYSTEM REPLAY.
I ALWAYS BE A SOLDIER IN WALL PARTY.
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MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.UM, YES, WE HAVE MS. TURNER NOTE WHERE HAVING, UH, A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE BOND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SURE, I KNOW FOLKS ARE HUNGRY AND STUFF FAR BE IT FOR ME TO STAND BETWEEN PEOPLE AND LUNCH.
SO I WILL MAKE THIS VERY BRIEF.
YOU'LL FIND IN YOUR PACKET, UM, A MEMO, UM, ON TOP OF BASICALLY A, AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND WHAT I REALLY WANNA TELL YOU IS BASICALLY WE HAVE PREPARED REDRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR THE BOND PROGRAM.
ONE IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR OPTIMIZED FIVE YEAR PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE IF ALL THINGS WERE IDEAL, THE PLAN THAT, UH, STAFF WOULD WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH.
WE DID PREPARE A FOUR YEAR OPTION AND WE PREPARED AN EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED FUNDED OPTION, WHICH BASICALLY IS DIVIDING THE $345.2 MILLION BY FIVE.
SO APPROXIMATELY $69 MILLION PER YEAR.
UM, WE DID LAY OUT THE METHODOLOGY IN, IN THE PRESENTATION AS FAR AS WHY WE DID WHAT WE DID.
UM, PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO MYSELF, TANYA LANE, STEFAN KESSLER, AND JARED WHITE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO ATTEND MEETINGS WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH YOU.
WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO THAT.
JUST PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME, LET ME KNOW.
UM, THESE ARE STILL DRAFT PLANS, SO WE DO STILL HAVE, UM, ROOM TO MANEUVER.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS GET YOUR INPUT AND YOUR FEEDBACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN THEN FOLLOW UP, UM, EITHER AT THE NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING OR WE MAY NEED TO CALL A SPECIAL PARK BOARD MEETING.
BUT OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO HAVE OUR PLAN, UM, APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND THEN TAKE IT TO PTE ON UM, JUNE 3RD.
SO WITH THAT, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OPEN FOR THOSE, CHRIS MENTIONED THAT WE ARE ASKING YOU ALL TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
UH, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THEM, UH, VERSUS ME JUST REACHING OUT TO THEM.
UH, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THEM, PLEASE LET CHRIS AND I KNOW SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE SCHEDULE MEETING WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING US TO ASK OUR COUNCIL FIRST, WHICH, WHICH WAY ABOUT? NO, JUST KIND OF GET FEEDBACK MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL PRIORITIES THAT IN YEAR ONE, TWO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EVERY, WE KNOW WE CAN'T FIT EVERYBODY'S PRIORITIES IN FIRST YEAR ONE
DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SUDDENLY ISSUE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
YEAH, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PARKING DEPART.
OUR PROPOSITION WAS 346,000,345.
BUT WE JUST NEED TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND THE COUNCIL FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN, WE NEED TO MASSAGE THIS.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, CHRIS AND HER TEAM TOOK A FIRST STAB AT IT.
THAT MAKES SENSE AS IT RELATES TO OUR ALLOCATORS.
BUT ARE YOU, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MONEY DISTRIBUTED.
I I'M REALLY LOOKING AT THAT OPTIMAL.
DOES THAT OPTION, OPTION A, IT SAYS OPTION ONE HERE, BUT OPTION A IS REALLY OUR OPTIMIZED PLAN OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
THAT'S REALLY THE PLAN I'D LIKE YOU TO KIND OF FOCUS ON.
MAYBE I'M NOT NOT FOLLOWING THIS.
WHEN WE'VE DISCUSSED IT, YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA PRESENT DIFFERENT WAYS TO HAVE THE MONEY RELEASED.
'CAUSE IN THE PAST IT WAS DONE IN EQUAL CHUNKS OVER FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.
SO ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE, WE'RE YOU'RE ASKING FOR THAT AGAIN BECAUSE WHAT'S THE, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHOICE ONE, TWO AND THREE? OKAY.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHOICE ONE, TWO AND THREE.
UM, CHOICE ONE IS BASICALLY AN OPTIMIZED PLAN THAT STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER THAT IS NOT BASED ON $69 MILLION PER YEAR.
IT IS BASED ON LOOKING AT MATCHING PROJECTS PROGRAMMED IN THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, THE MATCH PROJECTS MOVING INTO YEARS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.
OUR MOST EXPENSIVE PROJECTS EARLY IN THE PROJECT PROGRAM.
IT'S MATCHING UP OUR MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS IN THE SAME YEARS AND IT'S GROUPING PROJECTS TO OBTAIN OUR BETTER PRICING.
SO IT'S REALLY AN OPTIMIZED PROGRAM NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF THE BOND OFFICE AND IF THE BUDGET OFFICE IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
WE DID HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER AN OPTION THREE THAT BASICALLY DID TAKE THE PROGRAM AND DIVIDE IT BY FIVE.
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IS THAT EQUALLY DIVIDED $69 MILLION PER YEAR OPTION.OPTION TWO WAS IF ALL THINGS REALLY WENT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WELL AND WE WERE REALLY ABLE TO GET A LOT OF MONEY, WE PUT TOGETHER AN OPTION TO IMPLEMENT OUR BOND IN FOUR YEARS.
NOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A LIKELY OPTION, BUT BECAUSE WE PUT IT TOGETHER, WE DID WANNA SHOW IT TO YOU SO THAT YOU COULD SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE LIKELY OPTION THAT WE'LL MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE AT LEAST WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
WE DO HAVE A PLAN IF THAT'S JUST, MAYBE I'M STRUGGLING HERE.
OPTION A, YOU'RE PRIORITIZING AND OPTIMIZING, IS THAT 200 A HUNDRED.
A HUNDRED? AND HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE FOUR YEAR OPTION? YEAH, IT IS IN THERE.
SO BASICALLY IT IS BASICALLY, LEMME TURN BACK REAL QUICK.
IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT OPTION A, BASICALLY YEAR ONE WE HAVE ABOUT 69.7 MILLION.
YEAR TWO WE'VE GOT 82.2 MILLION.
YEAR THREE WE'VE GOT 70.6 MILLION.
YEAR FOUR WE'VE GOT 84.9 MILLION.
AND THEN YEAR FIVE WE'VE GOT 37.7 MILLION.
AND THEN YOU'LL FIND TABLES FOLLOWING THAT THAT SHOW, THAT SHOW WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICTS THE DISTRIBUTION IS.
I, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE NET ADDED LIKE EQUAL DISTRIBUTION.
I CAN FINE, YOU JUST RAN ME THROUGH OPTION NUMBER ONE.
WHAT'S OPTION NUMBER TWO? TWO IS ON PAGE, BUT JUST RUN ME THROUGH LIKE WHAT IS THE DOLLAR? YEAH, YEAH.
OPTION OPTION B SLASH OPTION TWO.
AND I'M FLIPPING HERE TO GET TO IT ON PAGE 33.
BASICALLY YEAR ONE WOULD BE 77.98 MILLION.
YEAR TWO WOULD BE 87.36 MILLION.
YEAR THREE WOULD BE 88.1 MILLION AND YEAR FOUR WOULD BE 91.8 MILLION.
AND WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING IN YEAR FIVE BECAUSE WE WOULD IMPLEMENT EVERYTHING IN YEAR ONE THROUGH FOUR.
AND THEY JUST ALL SEEM VERY SIMILAR.
BUT THE SECOND OPTION KIND OF LOADS IT A LITTLE MORE, BUT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OPTIMIZED AND THEN EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED.
DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET THAT FROM THE, FROM THE BOND DISTRIBUTION FOLKS THAT THEY'RE THERE? I DON'T KNOW.
I'VE NEVER DONE THIS PROCESS BEFORE.
THAT'S WHY I WANNA BACK UP SO QUICK.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS ALL STILL CONTENTIOUS.
ANOTHER DEPARTMENT FOR EXAMPLE, JUST LIKE, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO PAGE, LET'S JUST GO TO PAGE THREE.
WHEN YOU SEE THE $69 MILLION, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S OUR SHARES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S GETTING THAT CHARGE OF SIX TO 9 MILLION.
BUT LOOK AT YEAR TWO, THAT'S 82 MILLION.
BUT THAT'S GONNA BE CONTINGENT THAT THERE'S ANOTHER PROPOSITION THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T NEED ALL OUR MONEY IN YEAR TWO.
SO PARTS, YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE A EXTRA 10, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE HAVE TO BE COLLABORATION COOPERATION, RIGHT? WITH ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN PAN OUT THAT BASE.
BUT WE LET THEM KNOW, HEY, THIS IS BASED ON THE FIVE THINGS WE LOOK AT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET BETTER PRICING, OUR GROUP TEAMS TOGETHER.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO WAIT FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE CAN'T RAISE THEIR FUNDS YET.
THIS IS WHAT REALLY WORKS FOR US, BUT IT MAY NOT WORK FOR THE OTHER PROPOSITIONS.
SO YOU JUST WANT, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR US TO GIVE YOU A A, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR US TO GIVE A, AN OPINION OR A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT OPTION A, B OR C.
YOU'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR US TO SAY, A, A MONEY THAT'S COMING TO MY DISTRICT HERE IS HOW I WOULD PRIORITIZE MY PROJECTS.
SO YEAH, THE OPTIONS, YOU'RE GONNA GO DO YOUR BEST FIGHT AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPEND IT.
SO YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM US WHAT, WHAT WE WANNA FRONT LOAD OUR HOUSE, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US OVER A FOUR YEAR TIMEFRAME.
OKAY, OVER FIVE YEARS IS REALLY GOOD.
OVER FIVE YEARS JUST SAY, HEY MAN, EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.
UM, I, I MEAN THEY LOOK VERY, VERY SIMILAR.
I THINK IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT IN FOUR YEARS OR A FOUR YEAR GOAL TO DO IT, THE MORE OR THE FASTER WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE BETTER PRICING BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE KNOW THE PRICING INFLATES.
UM, SO I THINK THAT IF WE HAVE THE GOAL OF, UM, PUTTING IT IN QUICKLY, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING.
UM, I I I THINK THAT IT'S AWESOME.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS, THE FASTER THEY CAN SEE THE RESULTS FROM THEIR BOND FUNDS, THE BETTER.
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SO FOUR YEARS WOULD BE AN AMAZING TURNAROUND AND IT WOULD SHOW THEM THAT THEIR MONEY WAS WELL SPENT AND THEIR VOTE WAS, UM, THOSE 40,000 PEOPLE WERE GETTING ALL, UM, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE, UH, ONE POINT SOME MILLION PEOPLE IN THE CITY.SO IT'LL, IT'LL DEFINITELY, UH, UH, IT'LL, IT'LL RESONATE A LOT GOING FORWARD IF WE CAN DO IT.
SO YOUR OPTION, AND I JUST WANNA CLARIFY ON THE FOUR YEAR OPTION THAT IS, ONCE AGAIN, A LOT OF STARS HAVE TO LINE UP BECAUSE THE CITY ONLY HAS, BECAUSE OF THE BOND PROGRAM IS A $1.1 BILLION.
SO THEY ALREADY CAPITALIZED THAT THEY ONLY HAVE THIS BOND, THIS MUCH CAPACITY EACH YEAR TO SELL THE BONDS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, UNLESS SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS JUST SAY, HEY, WE CAN'T USE OUR CAPACITY.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE COULD EVEN CONSIDER A FOUR YEAR.
OTHER THAN THAT IT IS A FIVE YEAR BOND PROGRAM.
MS. ELL AND THEN MR. ACTUALLY, I THINK I ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION.
I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHAT? DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
MR. CONNOR, DO WE HAVE THIS IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT? YES.
WE DIDN'T GET IT BEFOREHAND THOUGH.
NO, WE DID NOT SEND IT OUT BEFORE THIS MEETING.
NO, WE WANTED TO JUDGE REALLY, BASICALLY HAVE YOU ON THERE, HAVE DOCUMENT, GO LOOK AT IT, PROCESS IT, GET BACK WITH US.
'CAUSE NO, IT WASN'T TO START DISCUSSING EACH PROJECT, BUT YET THIS MEETING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SO MUCH MS. TURNER? UM, DO WE HAVE ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, NO STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
MS. HAS TO BE, HAS, UH, BLACK HERITAGE COMING UP, SO IF YOU'RE
OUR NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH, 2024.
I NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 12:13 PM GOOD.