[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on June 6, 2024.]
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JUNE 6TH, WE CONVEN OURUH, FIRST BUSINESS, UH, IS FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK, I THINK WE HAD, UM, SOME SIGNIFICANT UNEXPECTED PROBLEM AND OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF OF GOD BLESS THEM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING 24 7 AND YOU KNOW, I GO AROUND SOME BOXES AND THEY LOOK BETTER THAN THE SHEET WE ARE ALL.
AND WHAT THAT, UH, PRESIDENT, SORRY, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PARKS THAT ARE CLOSED RIGHT NOW.
DO WE HAVE A LIST? I MEAN, IT'S THERE PARKS THAT ARE, ARE CLOSED.
THEY'RE NOT MAKING IT TO ANY GOOD MORNING.
WE DON'T EXACTLY HOW MANY PARK CLOSED AREA, UM, THAT ARE
ROADWAYS ARE OPEN, CAUTIOUS AS NO PARKS CLOSED BECAUSE WE WERE ASKED, WELL, IF IT, IF IT STATUE AS FAR AS UM, THERE'S A SATURATED, A PARK, DOG PARK THAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, QUITE OFTEN AT TIME.
SO IN FACT WE COME
SO THE CAMERA GETS BACK UP UNLESS YOU ON THAT CAMERA.
2024 SHARON ADAMS, OR 26 YEARS SERVICE.
IN 1998, SHARON ADAMS BEGAN HER CAREER WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A RESERVATION ASSISTANT, AN X LINE RECREATION CENTER WITHIN THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
IN 1998, SHARON ADAMS SERVED AS A COMMUNITY PROGRAM SUPERVISOR FOR THE WALKER.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND.
AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERYBODY TODAY.
UH, TODAY, UH, WI IS THE, UH, E NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THREE EMPLOYEE ELECTED SPOTS THAT ARE ON THE DALLAS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND BOARD.
AND SO, UH, YOU ARE THE NOMINATING COMMITTEES TO SELECT WHO WILL BE NOMINATED AND PUT ON THE BALLOT.
AND THEN ALL EMPLOYEES, UH, WILL VOTE WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION.
UH, I DID WANNA LET YOU KNOW THE, UM, TWO OF THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS, WELL, FIRST, FIRST, LEADER, LEADER, THE POSITION THAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR.
I JUST WANNA HONOR DE CARLA BREWER.
CARLA AND SENIOR PROGRAMMING, ORGANIZING SKILLS, LIFELONG COMMITMENT AND PASSION TO SERVE THE CITY.
UH, CARLA HAS FLOCKED AND DILIGENTLY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A VOICE THAT, THAT SHE HAS SERVED HER FIDUCIARY DUTY WELL FOR.
UH, AND I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK CARLA FOR ALL HER GUIDANCE AND HELP.
I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, SHE WAS LIKE, LEMME EXPLAIN THE HISTORY TO YOU AND HAS ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT SHE EXPRESSED THE VOICE OF THE EMPLOYEE.
AND SO, CARLA, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING INTO RETIREMENT AND WE ARE IN THE RETIREMENT BUSINESS, SO WE WANT YOU TO GO HAPPILY INTO RETIREMENT, BUT WE JUST WANNA SAY WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU.
AND WE THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.
'CAUSE SHE HAS DONE, I MEAN, THERE WAS SOME TIME, THERE WERE, IT WAS THE LONGEST MEETING, LIKE 14 HOUR MEETING.
I WASN'T HERE BUT
AND SO SHE DOES THIS, YOU KNOW, ON HER, ON HER, YOU KNOW HER ON HER TIME, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S
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BEEN, UH, MONTHLY MEETINGS FOR THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THAT, YOU KNOW, OR THREE OR FOUR HOURS.AND SO IT IS A, IT IS A TIME COMMITMENT.
IT IS, UM, SHE CAN, SHE CAN TALK WITH THE BEST ACTUARY 'CAUSE SHE KNOWS ALL THE ACTUARIAL
UM, AND SO HAVING SOMEONE THAT SITS ON THE BOARD THAT UNDERSTANDS IT, TAKE THE TIME AND WAS ALWAYS, ALWAYS THERE AND ALWAYS REPRESENTED THE EMPLOYEES, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
UH, WE HAVE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEE ELECTED MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM.
UH, SUNIL, KING, SUNIL ON THE BACK.
SUNIL ISS FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
AND SO HE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BOARD.
AND THEN, UH, TINA RICHARDSON AND OUR LEADERSHIP, SHE'S RUNNING UP, SHE RAN UP TO HER OFFICE, SO SHE WAS HERE EARLIER.
SO WE ARE HAVING THE ELECTION FOR CARLA SPA TODAY.
THAT, UH, SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO, YOU'LL HAVE, EVERYONE HAS THE AGENDA.
SO I WILL DO, UM, THE ROLL CALL AND FOR THE DELEGATES AND THEN, UH, NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION OF A CHAIR.
SO FOR THIS MEETING, I DO NOT RUN THE MEETING.
YOU WILL ELECT A CHAIR AND THE CHAIR WILL COME AND RUN THE MEETING.
AND AS FAR IN TERMS OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, A NOMINATION OF MEMBERS, AND THEN PLACEMENT ORDER OF NOMINEES ON THE BALLOT.
AND THEN, AND THEN WHAT WE ALSO DO, UM, WHICH THE CHAIR WILL DO, WE FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE NOMINEES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE EMPLOYEES, EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS, SO THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE WHEN THEY GO TO VOTE.
SO USUALLY THE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL SET UP THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS WITH WHOEVER'S NOMINATED TO TALK ABOUT THEIR VIEWS.
AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT SEAT.
UH, SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION.
ALRIGHT? FIRST THING I'LL DO IS GO THROUGH ROLL CALL AND, UH, IF YOU ARE, SAY YOUR NAME, JUST PLEASE SAY I OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
UH, FIRST ONE IS 3 1 1 CUSTOMER SERVICE.
DO YOU HAVE THE PARK RECREATION TRUST FUND OF THE CITY OF DALLAS? THIS IS THIS THE END, UH, STEVEN WALKER AND AS YOU UNDERSTAND, EXCELLENT.
EVERY YEAR AVIATION AND GIVE MARK HELP OF THE FUND.
RUBEN MOLINA BACKGROUND ON THIS CONTRACT.
WE HAVE HAD THIS CONTRACT WITH BANK OF TEXAS SINCE OCTOBER.
UH, BUILDING SERVICES NORMAN BUTLER CONTRACT.
OF COURSE, AT THAT POINT WE DID HAVE EVAN JARVIS RULES.
WE HAVE EXERCISED THAT ONE OR BRIAN THOMPSON.
AND THIS FUND IS HOLDING, UM, THE COMBINED FUNDS, THE STAFF, THAT SMALL THREE SMALL TRUST FUNDS THAT WE DID HAVE, WHICH WERE WELL, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THAT'S, UH, SO CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, MAHA SPARKS INSIDE OF THE TRUST.
THEY WERE LISTED AS SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.
EACH ONE OF THOSE ACCOUNTS, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, KAREN GONZALEZ HAS A GROWTH ACCOUNT.
THOSE, THOSE, UM, PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTS, THAT MONEY IS HELD FOR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
DONNA BROWN ON THE, UM, DONNA, THE GROWTH ACCOUNT, WE DO HAVE TO
NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, CIVIL SERVICE.
JENNIFER JOHNSON, SINCE WE HAVE HAD THAT CONTRACT IN 2015.
UH, CODE COMPLIANCE SERVICES, BAHAR, AMARI, THAT, SO RIGHT NOW THEY ON THOSE GROWTH FUNDS ALSO.
SO TODAY WE CIVIL HENRY SCOTT AND RENEE PARAMA.
KEVIN MONDY, I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO GIVE ME THAT.
NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO COURT AND DETENTION SERVICES.
SO WE'LL PREFACE WITH BANK TEXAS AND ACCESS A DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
SO IN ACTING AS IN DEMEANOR, MICHAEL BURKE.
RICHARD MATTHEWS, LARON THOMAS, EARLY DIVERSIFIED CROSS MAJOR ASSET CLASS, UH, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
ANTHONY ASAD TODAY TALKING AND SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, PERFORMANCE OF THAT RICHARD BAILEY CONSOLIDATED BALANCE.
SO COMBINING THE FUNDS, JOHN RO MARCH 31ST, THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, CONSOLIDATED ABOUT $1.78 MILLION, FRITZ.
SO THE ASSOCIATED MANAGEMENT PIECE WITH THAT CONSOLIDATED ADRIAN HILL ARE ON A TIERED STRUCTURE.
SO ORIGINAL HUNTER, THE FIRST $1 MILLION, WE CHARGE 85 BASIS POINTS.
FRITZ A MILLION THAT DROPS TO 60 BASIS POINTS.
SO JOHN MANGA, ABOUT A 78 BASIS POINT ROBIN MITCHELL OR ABOUT 13,800 DEBORAH ROLLINS.
SO WHAT, WHAT I'LL DO IS, JUAN, START WITH SOME BRIEF, UM, MARKET UPDATE, UH, COMMENTARY, MARIO TORRES REMAINDER OF, AND I'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS.
SO IF YOU THINK BACK TO, UH, 2020, YOU KNOW, WE SAW A RAMPANT SPIKE IN INFLATION.
WHAT I SKIPPED, UH, IN REACTION TO THAT SPIKE IN, OH, I SKIPPED, I'M SORRY, JOSEPHINE MERRI ENGAGED IN ITS
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PROGRESSIVE TYPE OF CYCLE.SO, UH, DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, MAYA WILLIAMS, ESSENTIALLY 0% WHERE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES JOHN BURTON'S.
SO THE, THE REAL SURPRISE RESULT OF THAT ACTION WAS ACTUALLY THE ECONOMY IN ITSELF.
OVER 2020 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PHILIP BUR THE ECONOMY ABLE TOOR, UH, ABSORB RELATIVELY WELL THE HIGHER INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.
UH, WE SAW BRETT JOHNSON, THE LABOR MARKET REMAIN TIGHT.
CAMIKA MILLER HOSKINS, WE, WE GENERATED POSITIVE ECONOMIC EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT FUND NICOLE SPENCER, 3.1% AND WE SAW A HEADWAY MADE ON, ON INFLATION.
JASON HALL, WE SAW THAT S AND P 500, MISTY MOSLEY 23 WITH POSTING GAIN IN 26.
BRENDA RODRIGUEZ, UH, US BONDS, THE US AGGREGATE BONDING, THE BLOOMBERG US LIBRARY, JONATHAN CARR UP FIVE POINT HALF PERCENT.
LLOYD STEVEN IN NOVEMBER BONDS WERE ACTUALLY ON TRACK.
COURTNEY LLOYD, THIRD AND SECOND, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN JOANNE ROMERO, MID-NOVEMBER WILKINS.
SO YOU START TO SEE SOME ALEX SHOWING SIGNAL OF WEAKENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OFFICE.
MAX SANCHEZ, OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
RHONDA OVER ENTHUSIASTICALLY OFFICE OF BUDGET, BRITTANY COBB CUTS FOR 2024 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO OVER THE SECOND HALF OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT, ANGELA AKINS INTO THE BOND MARKET, UH, EXPECT AND RECREATION FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, STEVEN BAKER AND BOND PRICES AND INTEREST RATES MOVING.
SO WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOU FALL, PATRICK FALL BOND PRICES GO UP, BONDS RALLYING, UH, CHRISTIE GO THE LAST SIX WEEKS OF THE YEAR, WHICH LED JOSEPH THAT FIVE AND A HALF, JOSEPH.
SO THEN, YOU KNOW, WE ENTERED JOHN KING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024.
VERNON PAUL, UH, THAT SCENARIO KIND OF REVERSED SIA TO AN EXTENT.
SO UHA FOR THE FIRST QUARTER WE SAW A SLIGHT RESURGE, ARY PRESSURES AND, UH, PLANNING A NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY MARTIN BAY DATA, WHICH, UH, CAUSED THE MARKET TO BACK OUT LARGE OF THOSE GREAT CUTS THAT WERE PRICED IN, UH, GLADYS.
SO THEY ENDED UP OVER THE FIRST QUARTER, FOUR CUTS ARE BACKED OUT.
ASHLEY JOHNSON LEAVING TWO PRESS PRICE.
AND AGAIN THIS JOHN TAYLOR BROWN SURGE ON PRICES TO FALL.
PETER, WHERE WE'RE AT, 2024, JUAN ARE BACK MICHAEL WAR, HOWEVER, TECHNIC ON THE OTHER DEREK WHITE CARRIED FORWARD THAT POSITIVE.
SO I'LL START HERE ON, UH, SLIDE THREE, WHICH WE HAVEN'T PULLED UP.
CLINTON LAWRENCE, THIS IS A MARKET SUMMARY AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT FIRST QUARTER JENNIFER LER QUARTER PERFORMANCE.
SO WHAT THIS IS IS A SUMMARY BREAKING OUT CHRISTOPHER YEAR TRAIL PERFORMANCE OF THE MAJOR BROAD ASSETS.
ANTHONY O. SULLIVAN, I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THIS ON QUARTERLY NUMBERS.
DEREK WASHINGTON ARE INDICATED BY MIKE BLUE BAR THAT FOR TRANSPORTATION, TOP ROW AUSTIN.
SO STARTING OFF THE LISA FULLER SIDE OF OUR CHART HERE, RANDALL MCG MENTIONED VINES.
SO HERE WE CAN SEE THE TENURED TREASURY POSTING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER DELEGATES WHO HAVE NOT CALLED THEIR NAME OVER THE FIRST QUARTER? US INVESTMENT GRADES, BOND BONDS DOWN 80 BASIS.
OKAY, WHAT, WHAT, UH, HIGH YIELD BONDS, UH, SLIGHTLY POSITIVE GAIN OF 1.5% INTERNATIONAL BONDS.
ALSO SLIGHTLY POSITIVE OF ABOUT 60.
RIGHT NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA DO THE NOMINATION ELECTIONS FOR SEE CAP GONNA SERVE CHAIR FOR RETURN.
AND SO WE WILL TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR WHO SERVED 0.6% OVER THE FIRST QUARTER.
MIDCAPS AND SMALL CAP EQUITIES, UH, RETURNING INC ONE SIX AND 5.2.
ALRIGHT, YOU NOMINATION DUSTIN KINSEY.
AND MOVING DOWN THE ROW HERE, THE COLUMN.
DUSTIN, DO YOU ACCEPT? UH, NEXT WE HAVE INTERNATIONAL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MARKETS OVER THE QUARTER UP 5.8% MA'AM.
EMERGING MARKETS UP 2.4 ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST.
YOU'LL SEE AT A SMALL LOSS OF ABOUT 32 BASIS POINTS.
STEVE ARE REAL ESTATE, STEVE, CHRIS, A LITTLE BY THE HIGHER INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.
AT MOVING ON YOU HAVE COMMODITIES WHICH RETURN 2.2% OF THE ORDER RESURGENCE INFLATIONARY PRESSURED OVER THE BORDER.
SO WE HAVE PRICES AND INFLATION ARE PART HIGHLY, STRONGLY RELATED.
IS DUSTIN KINZIE TO BE EXPECTED TAKE UP AND COMMODITY? AND SO WE WILL HAVE TO DO DO IT.
WE WE'RE ABOUT TWO MONTHS INTO THE SECOND QUARTER.
NOW OVER APRIL WE HAD A DOWN RUN.
LET'S DO, SO EQUITIES WERE DOWN ABOUT FOUR POINT A HALF PERCENT.
IT ALL BOUNCE BACK OVER MAY STAFF, ARE YOU READY TO COUNT ABOUT EQUALLY OFFSET LOSSES IN PER ALL RIGHT, SO QUARTER TO DATE.
SO IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU VOTE FOR DUSTIN MCKINZIE TO SERVE ON YEAR TO DATE BASIS.
UH, US EQUITIES ARE STILL UP TO, UH, 10.2% SINCE THE END OF THE YEAR.
STAFF COUNTY INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES IS 5.8 WHILE UH, US BONDS ARE ARE STILL DOWN ABOUT 1.6.
SO, UH, NEXT WEEK THE FEDERAL MARKET COMMITTEE WILL MEET
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ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.AND OUR EXPECTATION FOR THIS MEETING IS TO SEE THE FED FULL.
NOW PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANNA VOTE FOR STEVE BAKER TO SERVE CHAIR FOR THE MEETING.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, THIS, THIS WEEK WE DID RECEIVE SOME ECONOMIC DATA THAT AGAIN, HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF SOFTENING.
UH, WE SAW THE NUMBER OF JOB OPENINGS DECLINED.
WE SAW FIRST QUARTER GDP REVISE DOWNWARD FROM 2.6 TO 1.3%.
AND THEN WE ALSO SAW THE FEDS PREFERRED GAUGE FOR RELATION, PERSONAL CONSUMPTION GIVE THE FINAL COUNT COME IN AS EXPECTED AT 2.8%.
SO, SO ON A MONTH OVER MONTH BASIS, THAT WAS RELEVANT STEVE.
SO IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHO HAS, BUT ANYWAY, SO THE MARKET HAS TAKEN THESE NO, HOW MUCH FOR JUSTIN AGGREGATE, HOW MUCH FOR STEVE SIGNAL, UH, EXPECTING THIS TREND TO CONTINUE? 16.
UH, THAT 16, THAT EXPECTATION LEAVES THE MARKET TO LEAVE THEN, RIGHT? BASED ON MAY NOW A VIABLE PATH.
BAKER WILL BE RUN TO CHAIR FOR THE MEETING.
YOU'LL TAKE A THREE MINUTE BREAK AS FAR AS OUR OUTLOOK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE, PART OF THE, FROM THE FUTURE RATE PERSPECTIVE.
IT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT'S THE FUTURES MARKETS.
CURRENTLY WE EXPECT TO SEE 2 25 BASIS POINT CUTS, ONE COMING IN SEPTEMBER.
ALL RIGHT, IF COME TO THE EPTEMBER.
AND WE ALSO EXPECT TO SEE THAT THE ECONOMY BE ABLE TO CHUG ALONG FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AT LOW, BUT POSITIVE
SO G ANNUAL GDP EXPECTATIONS ONE TO ONE AND HALF PERCENT EACH.
SO I'LL KIND OF PAUSE THERE FOR A SECOND AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE.
WE DO NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL OUTLOOK AT THE MOMENT.
YEAH, I THAT'S A THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE AN ELECTION CYCLE THAT'S GONNA PLAY A BIG PART OF HOW 2025.
THE EXPECTATIONS FOR 20 FEDERAL PATIENTS.
I THINK, I THINK TWO, IT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN SURPRISED AT ECONOMY KEEP CHUGGING ALONG.
KNOW, I MEAN, UH, PART OF THAT IS IT'S BEEN A STIMULATIVE EFFORT AND WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY EXPANSIVE FISCAL SPENDING.
UM, NOW I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S SUSTAINABLE.
UH, I EXPECT, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT THESE RATES WILL BEGIN SLOWING CONTRACT ECONOMY.
SO MY EXPECTATION WOULD BE TO SEE INFLATION CONTINUE TO COOL, UH, NOT NECESSARILY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THAT 2% TARGET.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GENERATING POSITIVE ECONOMIC OUTPUT AND INFLATION'S A LITTLE HIGHER THAN TARGET, UH, I, THE FED HAS A, A DUAL MAN, IT'S, UH, STABLE PRICES AND FULL EMPLOYMENT.
SO AT WHAT POINT DO THEY SACRIFICE ONE MAN? UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD LOOK TO PROTECT THE LABOR MARKET BEFORE.
TRYING TO
IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL, WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
CAN YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING SETTING MAJOR POINTS.
UM, MAYBE SLIDE SOMETHING ABOUT A FEE ODA BASIS POINTS, RIGHT? THE RANGE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN? YEAH, SO, SO IT'S TIERED.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PORTFOLIO VALUE IS ABOUT ONE POINT MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THAT FIRST $1 MILLION IS CHARGED 85 BASIS POINTS.
AND THEN ANY AMOUNT OVER DROPS TO, WELL, IT'S NOT ALL IN IT'S RIGHT.
SO IF YOU WAIT THOSE, UH, IT'S ABOUT AN AGGREGATE.
IS THAT TYPICAL TO LIKE MAKE 78 BASIS POINTS ON, ON A PORTFOLIO? RIGHT? SO THAT INSTITUTIONAL, IS THAT WHAT YOU MM-HMM.
SO INSTITUTIONAL, UH, FEES YOU TYPICALLY SEE THAT YOUR STRUCTURE, SO AS THE FOR EFFECTIVE DECLINES, ONE NEXT ONE TO 2 MILLION, THAT, SO, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT CUSTOM YOU CUSTOMIZING MOST CASES, BUT THAT FEED STRUCTURE.
ALL RIGHT, SO THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS WE CAN JUMP INTO.
PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE ON THIS WILL BE SLIDE 18.
SO SLIDE 18 HERE IS AN ALLOCATION SUMMARY REPORT.
SO THIS IS SHOWING YOU THROUGH THE, THE END OF THE QUARTER HOW THE PORTFOLIO WAS WEIGHTED ACROSS THE DIFFERING ASSET CLASSES.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE ARE WEIGHTED, UH, HEAVILY TOWARDS EQUITIES.
SO, OR WEIGHTED ABOUT 70% IN EQUITIES, 24% OF FIXED INCOME, 6% OF CASH.
AFTER THE END OF THE QUARTER, WE, WE REBALANCE THE PORTFOLIO, UH, PULL DOWN SOME OF THAT EQUITY OVERWEIGHT AND ROLLED IT BACK INTO FIXED INCOME.
SO I'M GONNA JUMP FROM THERE TO SLIDE 20.
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PERFORMANCE OR HOLDING PERIOD PERFORMANCE.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE PORTFOLIO'S GROSS FEE RETURNS, NET FEE RETURNS, AND THEN OUR STRATEGY BENCHMARK RETURNS OVER EACH HOLDING REPEAT, WHAT'S THAT? AND IT'S PAGE 20.
SO AT, AT THIS REPORTING PERIOD, THE THREE MONTH COLUMN, YEAR TO DATE COLUMN AND FISCAL YEAR TO DATE COLUMN ALL COVERING THE SAME THREE MONTH PERIOD.
SO I'M GONNA HIT THE THREE MONTH COLUMN AND THEN JUMP OUT TO THE ONE YEAR.
SO OVER THE QUARTER, THE THREE MONTH COLUMN, AND WE STARTED WITH THE BEGINNING PORTFOLIO VALUE OF 1,689,000.
WE SAW NET WITHDRAWALS OVER THAT PERIOD OF 3,300.
THAT'S GONNA, THOSE ARE GONNA BE FEES, INVESTMENT GAINS OVER THE QUARTER OF 91,000.
AND THAT BROUGHT US TO AN ENDING PORTFOLIO VALUE OF 1,777,000.
SO ON A GROWTH OF FEE BASIS OVER THE QUARTER, THE PORTFOLIO RETURNED 5.4% AND NET FEES RETURNING 5.2.
WHILE THE BENCHMARK OVER THAT PERIOD RETURNED 5.1, JUMPING UP TO THE ONE YEAR TRAILING PERIOD GROSS OF FEES, THE PORTFOLIO RETURNED 15.9% NET OF FEES RETURNING 15%.
UH, WHILE THE BENCHMARK OVER THAT PERIOD RETURNED 15.9 OVER THREE YEAR PERIOD, WE WERE UP 3.4 ON A GROSS OF FEE BASIS, NET OF FEES UP 2.6 WHILE THE BENCHMARK 4.3 IN THE FIVE YEAR TRAILING PERIOD, THE PORTFOLIO GROWS THE FEES, 11 7.2 NET FEES UP 6.3, AND THE BENCHMARK OVER THAT PERIOD RETURNS 7.9.
AND THEN GOING BACK TO PERFORMANCE INCEPTION, WHICH WAS THE BEGINNING OF 2016, WE STARTED WITH THE BEGINNING PORTFOLIO VALUE OF $1,000,037,000 NET WITHDRAWALS SINCE ACCOUNT INCEPTION OF 94,000 INVESTMENT GAINS SINCE INCEPTION OF 834,000.
AND THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THAT 1,000,707 $7,000 ENDING VALUE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
SO SINCE INCEPTION, THE PORTFOLIOS RETURNED 7.5% ON A GROSS FEE BASIS, NET FEES 6.6%, AND THE BENCHMARK SINCE INCEPTION, RETURN 0.2.
SO I WILL JUMP NEXT TO, UH, SLIDES 22 AND THREE
SO SLIDES 22 AND 23 IS ESSENTIALLY A SNAPSHOT OVERVIEW SHOWING THE INDIVIDUAL HOLDINGS IN THE PORTFOLIO, UH, AS WELL AS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEIR RATINGS, EACH HOLDING'S WAITING IN RELATION TO ONE ASSET CLASS AND TO THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO AS A WHOLE.
SO THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA, KIND OF, OF HOW THE PORTFOLIO IS WEIGHT ACROSS THE, THE DIFFERENT FUNDS AND SUB-ASSET CLASSES THROUGH THE END OF THE QUARTER.
UH, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND HERE, OUR, UH, INVESTMENT RESEARCH TEAM CONDUCTS ONGOING DUE DILIGENCE ON ALL THE FUNDS OF MANAGERS UTILIZING CLIENT PORTFOLIOS.
SO THEY DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE PREFER TO AS, AS WORKING LIST.
SO THESE MANAGERS ARE THOROUGHLY VETTED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING QUALITY MANAGER MANAGERS, UH, ARE FILLING OUR CLIENT INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES.
UH, SO JUST TO POINT OUT HERE, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME, SOME REPUTABLE NAMES OR FAMILIAR NAMES.
JUST FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO, METROPOLITAN WEST, UH, PIMCO VANGUARD.
AND THEN ON THE EQUITY SIDE, BLACKROCK, AGAIN, VANGUARD, JOHN HANCOCK.
SO I WILL, UH, CONCLUDE THERE AND AGAIN, PAUSE AND SEE ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE P PERFORMANCE IS CONCERNED.
ALL RIGHT, WELL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE GREATLY VALUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOUR PRESENTATION TILL THE TIME YOU COME HERE.
THANK, UH, WITH THAT WE MOVE TO MOVE, OH, CONIA, SORRY, SORRY SIR.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I MISSED.
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REAL QUICKLY.
SO OUT OF THESE ARE JUST THE THREE, UM, ARE YOU GUYS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF OUR OTHER TRUST? OKAY.
SO AND SO I, THERE'S DON'T MENTION THAT 'CAUSE I WANNA KNOW HOW THEY COMPARE TO OTHERS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS ELABORATE, UH, PRESENTATION YOU ALL TIME.
AND WE HAVE ONE MORE MS.
SO, UH, THIS MAY BE A STAFF QUESTION.
SO, UM, THIS MONEY ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE SMALL
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TRUST THAT WE HAD, UM, WITHIN THE PARK DEPARTMENT,UM, BANK OF TEXAS WAS, UM, THE
SO, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, VERY SMALL, UM, PRIVATE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE TRUSTED.
THEY WERE, IT WAS MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN TO US.
AND THEN, UH, WITHIN THE TRUST, WE ARE ALLOWED TO DON'T SPEND ANY ACCESS.
CORRECT? YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WAS AT SOME POINT IN TIME, 94,000 HAD TAKEN OUT OVER, OVER THE, THIS WOULD BE THEIR FEES THAT ARE TAKEN OUT.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT WAS THEIR FEES.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK YOU SAID, I THOUGHT YOU SAID DISBURSEMENT, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN A FEE.
SO THAT, THAT REPORT SHOWS JUST THE NET OUTFLOWS, IT DOESN'T MATTER ACROSS, BUT WE HAVE NEVER TAKEN, THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT TAKEN ANY MONEY.
WE ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED THIS WITH BANK OF TEXAS.
THE HOPE WAS HE COULD LEFT THOSE FUNDS GROW.
UM, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THE ORIGINAL, UM, CONTRACT THAT WE DID DID HAVE, DID HAVE DISBURSEMENTS THAT WERE COMING OUT TOWARDS THE PARK SYSTEM.
BUT THAT KIND OF LEFT THOSE FUNDS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, A VERY SMALL FUND.
SO IT WOULD COMBINE THEM AND WE DID NOT RESEND ANY FUNDS.
AND ARE THEY, ARE THEY ONLY TO USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PARTS? CORRECT.
AND IS THERE, HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE OR WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN? WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO SPEND WITHIN? WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO SPEND IS THE GROWTH PORTION OF THE ACCOUNTS.
UM, AND TYPICALLY THE PARK, UH, DEPARTMENT COMES TO US WITH A RECOMMEND OR A, A NEED FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN A PARK.
AND THEN THIS BOARD APPROVES IT IF THEN WE DISTRIBUTE IT IS THE PROCESS.
UM, IT'D BE THE SUM OF THE GROWTH, UH, ACCOUNT, UH, 23,000 IN THE GROW WEILER, UH, 19,000 IN THE WEIS, UH, AND, UH, 259,000 IN THE KAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHOSE PARKS THOSE ARE, BUT, UM,
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FLOAT THAT IDEA THAT THERE IS MONEY THERE AND IF WE HAVE PARTICULAR THINGS IN THOSE PARKS WE NEED TO USE IT FOR.
I THINK MR. DICKEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ONE OF OUR OTHER FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE CAN USE THAT MONEY.
SO THAT'S, I LOVE THAT WE PUT IT WITH A GOOD ENOUGH PERSON THAT'S NOT ONLY PRESERVED OUR MONEY, BUT IS ALLOWED IT TO GROW.
BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE SHORT ON CASH EVERYWHERE.
SO IF THOSE ARE YOUR PARKS, LET'S CERTAINLY LOOK AT SOME THAT MY QUESTIONS.
AND WE HAVE ONE MORE FROM MR. KITNER.
UH, THIS MAY ALSO BE A STAFF QUESTION, BUT, UH, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TRUSTS.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL POOLED TOGETHER WITH ONE VALUE, UNLESS I'M READING IT WRONG.
SO DID WE BREAK DOWN THE SPECIFIC AMOUNTS IN EACH TRUST OR, AND WE JUST HAVE IT ALL FULL.
THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN INTO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AND IT'S ON PAGE 24.
SO THIS, SO PAGE 20 SHOWS THE FULL VALUE YES.
AND THEN ARE THEY ALL INVESTED IN THE SAME FUNDS? YES.
SO I, IT'S A LOT TO PROCESS, SO BEAR WITH ME IF I'M ASKING SOMETHING THAT YOU ALREADY RESPONDED TO, UM, ARE THERE STIPULATIONS ON HOW THIS MONEY CAN BE USED IN THOSE PARKS? IS IT JUST SAY FOR MAINTENANCE OR CAN IT BE FOR, UM, UPGRADE OR, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S DICTATED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT.
SO PARK IMPROVEMENT MAINTENANCE.
AND, UM, AND THEN LIKE WITH THE, WITH LEASE, I KNOW THAT, I MEAN YOU GUYS, DO WE EVER LOOK AT LIKE THERE'S OTHER FUNDS THAT WE HAS
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HAD IN, FOR EXAMPLE, TEMPLE MANWELL AND PARTNER WITH THOSE TO HELP IN THOSE PARKS? OR IS THAT JUST ALLOCATED JUST FOR THAT? I MEAN, IS THERE A, CAN YOU MATCH FUNDS WITH OTHER, WITH OTHER GRANT, OTHER MONEY THAT, THAT THAT TRUST HAS WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION FOR A PARK IMPROVEMENT? YES.WE CAN ASK FOR WITHDRAWAL IF WE'RE TRYING TO DO A MATCH FUND FOR IMPROVEMENT.
BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT LEASE HAS STEPPED UP IN ANOTHER FUNDS THAT ARE MONITORED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THAT'S ONE THING WITH BROADWATER, WITH LIKE OUR POOLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THIS MONEY THEN CAN BE USED TO HELP WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF WHERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHUTDOWN POOL RIGHT NOW OR SOMETHING OF THAT MATTER.
HOW, SO WHERE DO WE THEN, DOES IT COME FROM US TO WORK WITH OUR STATE COUNCIL AND YOU AND STAFF? HOW IS THAT PROCESS GOING? GO GET YOUR MONEY ON YOU
AND THAT WOULD BE, OF COURSE, THIS IS IF WE DON'T HAVE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE CAN FIND WITHIN THE SYSTEM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO KEEP THEM INVESTED IF WE HAVE SOME OTHER MECHANISM WITH OUR OWN SYSTEM TO PAY.
THANK YOU FOR MR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON MARTIN WEIS.
IS THE MONEY ALLOWABLE JUST FOR THE PARK OR WOULD THAT ALSO INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, MAINTENANCE NEEDS IN THE RECREATION CENTER? FOR US TO AGREEMENT? YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE TRUST AGREEMENT, BUT I BELIEVE, UM, IT WAS ROUTINE SET FOR THE PARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS FOR REC CENTER ALREADY POSSIBLE.
DOUBLE CHECK BEFORE I SAY AGAIN.
THAT, UH, YEAH, EXCITING PART.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UPDATE MR.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SO, YES, UH, AS THE PRESIDENT SAID, THIS IS AN EXCITING TOPIC FOR ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO LOVE THIS STUFF.
SO, UM, LEMME JUST KINDA START OFF BY SAYING, UM, YOU KIND OF DEFINE WHAT A, WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS AND HOW IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A MASTER PLAN.
SO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS REALLY A, IT'S A, IT'S A VISION DOCUMENT THAT IS DEVELOPED THROUGH A PROCESS OF IMMEDIATE ENGAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS AND SURVEYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT ULTIMATELY, IT, IT DEVELOPS AND DEFINES STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE VISIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE KIND OF LAID OUT THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A MASTER PLAN BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, MASTER PLAN IS REALLY KIND OF MORE SITE SPECIFIC AND IT, AND IT DEFINES THROUGH A PROCESS THINGS THAT SHOULD SHOW UP IN THAT PARTICULAR SPACE OVER TIME THAT TYPICALLY PHASE.
BUT IT'S A, IT'S A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS A TRUE VISION DOCUMENT THAT REALLY TRIES TO MOVE A BIG ORGANIZATION IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION.
AGAIN, DEFINED THROUGH A PROCESS AS COMPARED TO A MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS GENERALLY MORE, UM, MORE SPECIFIC IN NATURE.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT A HIERARCHY OF HOW THESE THINGS ARE ARRANGED, THE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD KIND OF BE AT THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID.
AND IT IS, AND WHAT INFORMS THAT ARE VARIOUS MASTER PLANS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
THINGS LIKE THE AQUATICS MASTER PLAN OR, OR SPECIFIC PARK MASTER PLANS, OR THE TRAIL NETWORK MASTER PLAN.
ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS KIND OF FEED UP TO THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID THAT REALLY DEFINES THE VISION THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
SO ONE WAY TO KIND OF DESCRIBE IT.
UM, SO THE PURPOSE TODAY, OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE PROCESS TO GET TO THAT POINT.
SO, UM, AS A LITTLE BACKGROUND, SO THE DEPARTMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN TWO COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IN ITS HISTORY.
UM, A VERY NOTEWORTHY ONE, OF COURSE WAS THE 2002 RENAISSANCE PLAN.
AND REALLY THE TAKEAWAYS FROM FROM THAT WERE, IT REALLY HELPED TO RECOVER THE PARK SYSTEM FROM A PERIOD OF KIND OF DISINVESTMENT.
SO IT INCLUDED A VERY DETAILED CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THE PARK SYSTEM THAT POSITIONED US TO BE ABLE TO GET SIGNIFICANT FUNDING, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FUNDING FROM THE 2003 AND THE 2006 BOND PROGRAM.
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OF, UM, REVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.'CAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT, AND THERE WAS A VERY CLEAR RESULT COMING FROM THAT PLAN.
THE OTHER BIG THING FROM THAT PLAN, OF COURSE, WAS THE FOCUS ON PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE STILL KIND OF FOCUSING ON TODAY AND, AND
AND REALLY A LOT OF THE WORK WAS DONE IN 2015, BUT IN 2016, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE WAS APPROVED.
AND THAT DID A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT THINGS, AND IT REALLY WAS KIND OF STARTING PROCESSES FOR VARIOUS THINGS.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE, UM, THAT REALLY KIND OF STARTED THE DISCUSSION AROUND FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND IDENTIFYING DIVERSIFICATION OF REVENUES TO GET THERE.
A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THAT PLAN WAS THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY SHOWED US IS HOW WE SHOULD EMBRACE AND HOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN BE AFFECTED IN A POSITIVE WAY FROM PARKS.
A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THAT PLANT IS HILLCREST VILLAGE GREEN.
SO THE IDEA THAT PARKS CAN POSSIBLY AFFECT THE ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REALLY WAS KIND OF FORMULATED, INITIATED THROUGH THAT PLAN.
ANOTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT PLAN WAS REALLY OUR FIRST FOCUS ON THE CONCEPT OF PARK ACCESS.
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE CONCEPT BACK THEN.
WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE STRATEGIES IN PLACE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE RESIDENTS LIVE IN RELATIONSHIP TO PARKS.
AND A DIRECT RESULT OF THAT, OF THAT 2016 PLAN IS THE COOL SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT REALLY MOVED THE NEEDLE IN A BIG WAY ON PARK ACCESS.
AND WE'RE STILL, OF COURSE, TAKING STEPS TO FURTHER INCREASE PARK ACCESS.
ANOTHER BIG THING THAT CAME OUTTA THAT PLAN WAS WE HAVE BEEN POSITIONED US TO, UM, BE SUCCESSFUL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO TEXAS PARK FUND WILDLIFE GRANTS BECAUSE A REQUIREMENT THEY HAVE AND HAVE HAD FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, EIGHT YEARS IS HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S RELATIVELY FRESH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL THAT THESE, THAT THESE PLANS ARE REALLY IMPACTFUL BECAUSE THEY MOVE A BIG ORGANIZATION AND DIRECTIONS THAT BENEFIT ULTIMATELY OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE AT A POINT NOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS, BEEN 11 YEARS OR CLOSE TO THAT SINCE WE INITIATED THE 2016 PLAN, WHICH REALLY STARTED IN 2014.
UM, AND WE, WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GO DOWN THIS ROAD AGAIN RESULTING IN A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'VE GOT BRAND THAT THE NAME WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT A, A GOOD NAME FOR IT.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY BY 2026 WE'LL WE'LL HAVE THAT DOCUMENT.
SO SOME OF THE DESIRED THEMES WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST TIME WE'RE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU, SO WE VERY MUCH, UH, WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK, BUT IT'S AROUND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.
THAT'S CLEARLY SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS AN ORGANIZATION FOR A WHILE, FUTURE FOCUSED AND VISIONARY.
SO DIALING THAT, THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WHAT, WHAT DO WE MEAN DESIRE, OUTCOMES? SO THE FIRST IS REALLY MOVING THE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THE DIRECTION OF ACHIEVING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DIVERSIFY HOW WE ARE, HOW WE ARE GENERATING REVENUES IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
I THINK WE ALL CAN RECOGNIZE THAT FULLY RELYING UPON THE GENERAL FUNDS IN THE LONG TERM, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A SOLUTION THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD OUTCOME FOR.
SO WE WANNA LESSEN THAT RELIANCE BY HAVING A PLAN THAT HELPS US VISUALIZE AND DEFINE THOSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO DIVERSIFY OUR FUNDING SOURCES.
AND THE CONTEXT FOR THE NEXT ONE IS REALLY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS IN COMPETITION WITH THE SUBURBS FOR TAXPAYERS, THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
AND, AND THIS, AND WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN THAT.
SO PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THEY WANNA LIVE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
SO ONE OF 'EM IS THEY WANNA LIVE AROUND THINGS THAT THEY ENJOY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF OUR NICHE, THAT'S OUR ROLE TO PLAY.
SO WE WANT TO USE THIS NEXT PLANNING EXERCISE THAT'S GOING THROUGH A PROCESS AND CLEARLY DEFINING WHAT ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, AND WHERE THE, AND WHERE DO PEOPLE WANT THEM TO BE IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE THEIR DECISIONS ON CHOOSING DALLAS AS A PLACE TO LIVE AS COMPARED TO SUBURBS.
WE ALSO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN KIND OF CONCEPTUALIZING THE FUTURE MODEL FOR REC CENTERS AND LARGE PARKS, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO REC CENTERS WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.
WE'RE LARGELY DEVELOPING THE SAME REC CENTERS WE DEVELOPED FOR DECADES.
THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE, THEY HAVE THE SAME THING GENERALLY SPEAKING.
AND AS WE KIND OF THINK ABOUT THIS BIG PICTURE KIND OF VISIONING EXERCISE WE NEED TO TRY TO DEFINE FOR THE FUTURE IN ORDER TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WE'RE BUILDING THESE INCREDIBLE AQUATIC SENATORS AND THESE REALLY INTERESTING THINGS.
MEANWHILE, WE'RE STILL KIND OF DOING THE SAME STUFF.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF GET OUTSIDE.
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SO WE PULLED OUT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, AND BY THE WAY, YESENIA DID SEND Y'ALL BY EMAIL THE KIND OF LARGER SCOPE, BUT WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE PERHAPS MORE INTERESTING ELEMENTS, UM, IN THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE DEVELOPED.AND AGAIN, WE'RE SEEKING YOUR FEEDBACK ON.
SO KIND OF AROUND THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND NON-TRADITIONAL PARK USES THAT SERVE AS PARK ACTIVATIONS IN CERTAIN TYPES OF PARKS.
SO, UM, THIS COULD BE MIXED USE.
THIS COULD BE REALLY EMBRACING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH RESTAURANTS AND RE COMPLIMENTARY RETAIL AND THINGS THAT ARE INTERESTING IN THE APPROPRIATE SIZE OF THE PARK FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY.
THAT'S ANOTHER REASON FOR PEOPLE TO BE THERE.
SO JUST KIND OF EXPLORING THAT CONCEPT OF NON-TRADITIONAL, UM, PARK USES.
UH, ANOTHER IS THE CONCEPT OF SHARED OPERATIONS.
AND SO THINKING ABOUT THAT, YOU COULD VISUALIZE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A FACILITY AND YOU HAVE HALF OF IT, UM, THAT'S LEASED OUT TO A, TO A PRIVATE OPERATOR THAT'S PERFORMING SOME SORT OF COMPLIMENTARY SERVICE THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, YOU DON'T.
AND THAT LEASE IN THAT REVENUE SHARE OPPORTUNITY IS, IS SUBSIDIZING OR HELPING YOU TO FUND THE MORE TRADITIONAL OPERATIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THINGS THAT SHOULD BE FREE OR LOW COST, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OVER HERE TO SPEND AND GET SOME MONEY FOREVER THERE.
UH, ANOTHER THING WE'D LIKE TO DO IS ANOTHER DETAILED, UH, CONDITION ASSESSMENT.
OF COURSE, WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FOR THE BOND PROGRAM.
WE DID IT IN A ROBUST WAY IN 2002, BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE EXERCISE.
A REALLY RIGOROUS CONDITION ASSESSMENT THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION, KEEP IT CURRENT, PUT IT IN CARI GRAPH, AND THAT COULD JUST BE SUCH A VALUABLE TOOL FOR US AS WE MAKE FUTURE DECISIONS AROUND MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS. ANOTHER THING WE'D REALLY LIKE TO, TO KIND OF TAKE A DEEP DIVE ON IS COST RECOVERY GOALS AND STRATEGY BY THE PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S DISTINGUISHED FROM CORE PROGRAM AREA.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT A CORE PROGRAM AREA THAT WOULD BE LIKE HEALTH AND FITNESS, THERE ARE LOTS OF PROGRAMS WE OFFER UNDER THAT UMBRELLA, BUT THIS WOULD BE DRIVING AND DIALING IN WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE COST RECOVERY FOR ZUMBA WATER AEROBICS.
SO NOT, NOT SETTING A COST RECOVERY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, BUT ACTUALLY DRILLING DOWN AND HAVING VERY SPECIFIC COST RECOVERY GOALS BY PROGRAM.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE, THE MASTER PLAN IS GONNA HAVE ALL SORTS OF TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS, MISSION AND VISION ANALYSIS, SURVEYING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE, UM, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PREREQUISITE THAT HELPS YOU INFORM THESE KIND OF BIGGER VISIONING EXERCISES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
SO, UM, THIS WAS A SHORT PRESENTATION, BUT UH, I WANTED TO TRY TO KIND OF PAINT A BIT OF A PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS AND AS FAR AS TIMELINE AND NEXT STEPS.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS TYPICALLY TAKE SOME TIME, RIGHT? SO THESE ARE EIGHT TO 24 MONTH PROCESS THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND ULTIMATELY WOULD COME BEFORE THIS BOARD AND COUNCIL TO VOTE ON A CONTRACT.
BUT WE WANTED TO, TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC TODAY, SOLICIT FEEDBACK.
BEFORE I START, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, I MEAN BEFORE I TAKE THE QUESTIONS ON MADAM CHAIR, UH, AS RYAN MENTIONED, AND YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED THIS AND THIS ME SEVERAL TIMES, MS HAS BEEN, AND YOU ALL MENTIONED IT, WHAT'S MY VISION? WHAT'S MY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE PARK SYSTEM? JUST LIKE MY PREDECESSORS BEFORE ME, EACH ONE OF THEM UNDERTOOK A PLAN THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GONNA BE THE VISION FOR THIS PARK SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS? AND THOSE PLANS HAVE PAID DIVIDENDS.
I MEAN, RENAISSANCE PLAN, FAST FORWARD 20 YEARS LATER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PARTNERSHIP.
UM, FEDERAL DOLLARS HAS BEEN MATCHING.
'CAUSE WE HAD A PLAN, WE WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW THAT PLAN WITH THE, UH, 2003, I MEAN 2006 BOND PROGRAM AND THEN THE, THE 2017.
SO ONE THING ABOUT THE PARK DEPARTMENT KNOW WE BELIEVE IN THESE TYPE OF LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE PLANS BECAUSE EACH ONE OF 'EM IS GONNA GIVE US VERY SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES TO ACHIEVE TO EACH ONE OF THOSE GOALS.
THE LAST ONE, THAT LAST COMP PLAN I THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED ALMOST WAS 95%.
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YOU.UH, WE BRIEFED THE PTE COMMITTEE, IT WAS ON A SEPARATE SUBJECT, BUT THIS, THAT I MENTIONED, THAT BOARD HAS BEEN UNDERTAKE APPROVING A, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE WE'RE CHALLENGED ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS A SUSTAINABLE PARK SYSTEM.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, SOMEONE'S BEEN IN THIS PROFESSION FOR MANY YEARS.
I'VE WATCHED IT WHERE THIS PROFESSION IS ONLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PASSIVE TYPE OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WHEN THE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED NOW AND WE'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER POTS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST 30 YEARS AGO.
AND IF WE DON'T COME UP WITH SUSTAINABLE PARKS, AND SO, AND I WILL SAY THIS, I THINK ALL PARKS SYSTEMS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY IS GONNA FACE A TRAIN WRECK BECAUSE THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES.
AT THE SAME TOKEN, THERE'S COMPETING PRIORITIES AND THESE PARKS AND THESE REC CENTERS AND POOLS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
BUT I DO THINK WE CAN, THROUGH THIS PLAN, WE WILL COME UP WITH A MODEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STILL ABLE TO OFFER FREE PROGRAMMING, BUT ALSO BALANCING BETWEEN FREE AND FEE BASE.
AT THE SAME TOKEN, GETTING SMART ABOUT CAN WE PARTNER WITH FOLKS JUST LIKE WE PARTNER WITH FOLKS ON OUR PARKS, IT'S ABLE TO PROVIDE FREE PROGRAMMING LIKE THEY, LIKE CLYDE WARREN THAT PROVIDES FREE PROGRAMMING YEAR ROUND SOUTHERN GATEWAY IS GONNA PROVIDE FREE PROGRAMMING YEAR ROUND.
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE STILL CAN PROVIDE FREE PROGRAM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME AND BE SMARTER GOING FORWARD TO KEEP THIS A SUSTAINABLE PARK SYSTEM FINANCIALLY.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I DON'T LIKE BEGGING FOR MONEY EVERY YEAR.
I WANT US TO CONTROL OUR DESTINY, THEREFORE IT ALLOWS US TO SERVE THOSE WHO NEED US THE MOST.
IN THE HARDEST TIMES WE BECOME MORE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE.
THOSE WHO NEED US THE MOST, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THEM AND WE WON'T SEE OUR BUDGET GET CUT.
UM, I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT AGARWAL.
I SAID, WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE AND PARTICULARLY A PARK BOARD MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, WITH EVERYTHING FROM THE BOND, ALL THE EXCITEMENT AROUND THE ADVOCACY AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT VOTE.
AND NOW THE, AND NOW THIS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE, I'VE BEEN READING THE 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FRONT AND BACK, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
AND, AND, AND MR. O'CONNOR MENTIONED SEVERAL BIG THINGS THAT ALLOWED US TO DO, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME LITTLE THINGS LIKE LET'S CELEBRATE OUR WINS AROUND PICKLEBALL.
NOW WE HAVE A HUNDRED, MAYBE EVEN MORE, UM, SKATE PARKS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND.
THAT 2016, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HIGHLIGHTED VERY NICELY THAT WE WERE SLACKING.
AND NOW WE'VE GOT BACHMAN COMING ONLINE LATER THIS YEAR AND WE GOT THREE WITH THE BOND COMING UP.
AND THE NEXT BOND, WE MIGHT HAVE THREE MORE.
UM, SO IT'S GONNA HELP US CONTINUE IDENTIFYING GAPS AND CLOSING THEM.
UH, BUT ONE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS, IS SLIDE SIX, A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE THING THAT JUST HAS SOMEONE LIKE ME A A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED, AND IT'S THE THIRD BULLET AND YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY IT NOW AND IN THE FUTURE AS THIS DEVELOPS OVER THE NEXT 15 TO 24 MONTHS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MONETIZATION OF OUR, OF OUR PARKS.
WE, WE NEED TO EXPLORE AVENUES, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WE NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, INCLUDING MYSELF, JUST WANT PARK TO BE A PARK OF ONE OF MY RESIDENTS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 HERE.
OAK LAWN MENTIONED THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK.
UH, HE ASKED THAT I HIGHLIGHT THIS AND, AND SAY, IF, IF THIS ULTIMATELY LEADS TO ANOTHER REV, SEAN CIRCA 2020 WE'RE OUT.
AND I BACK HIM UP ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SEE ANOTHER DEAL LIKE THAT.
UM, FOLKS IN TURTLE CREEK ARE ABSOLUTELY GONNA REACH OUT TO ME AND SAY, IS THIS GONNA BE ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE YOU GOTTA FIGHT A MASTER PLAN THAT WANTS TO MONETIZE WILLIAM B. PARK? ABSOLUTELY.
SO AS LONG AS FOLKS LIKE ME, UH, REMAIN ON THIS PARK BOARD, UH, WE'LL BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY.
WE JUST WANT THE RIGHT BALANCE.
THAT'S ALL I BEG AND FOR THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MR. THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE LET ME, LET ME ASSURE YOU, MR. GREENER, I HAVE NO, UH, INTENTION OF WHEN YOU WALK INTO A PARK, HOW YOU DO TO SEE ADVERTISEMENT OR WE, WE ARE, WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT JUST THINKING OUTSIDE OF BOX, ESPECIALLY IF WE ACQUIRE NEW PROPERTIES IN THE FUTURE.
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ASPECT OF THIS.ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WHEN WE ACQUIRE NEW PROPERTIES, THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE'RE MASTER PLANNING THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN COLLABORATE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING? UH, I MEAN WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT A PIECE OF PROPERTY HOLISTICALLY.
WE REALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT AS WE LOOK AT NEW PROPERTIES IN THE FUTURE.
AND IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PLAN IS GONNA BE WHAT WE WANT TO BE COLLECTIVELY AS A, AS
AND SO IT CAN AND SHOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF EVERYONE'S COLLECTIVE OPINIONS.
AND MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THESE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE ONLY APPROPRIATE IN CERTAIN TYPES OF PARTS.
NEW PARK OR PERHAPS LARGE PARTS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THEY WERE THE PARKS, THOSE ARE REALLY COMMUNITY ANCHORS AND IN FACT THEY SERVE AS PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS IN A LOT OF CASES.
SO IN THE CASE OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, IT'S REALLY NOT APPROPRIATE IN MY OPINION, TO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE FLASHING AT 'EM OR THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT SUITED FOR SOMEONE'S BACKYARD.
SO I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, ALL THAT STUFF IS GONNA BE KIND OF SIFTED OUT AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY AN OUTCOME WOULD BE THAT EVERYONE IS, IS FULLY EMBRACED THE IDEA OF CONSIDERING THIS OR CONSIDERING THAT FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A LONG PROCESS AND IT'S GONNA BE A VERY INCLUSIVE PROCESS AND LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGAGEMENT AND SURVEY AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
SO, UM, I THINK THE, THE, THE BIG PICTURE TAKEAWAY THOUGH IS IT WOULD BE A POSITIVE THING FOR THE PARK SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CONSIDERED PREVIOUSLY IN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCE.
CONTINUE PARK MR. MAYBE ALSO THAT THE RENAISSANCE PLAN, I THINK THERE WERE OVER THERE WAS OVER PROBABLY 200 COMMUNITIES.
THAT IS WHY THERE WAS SO MUCH BUY-IN, IN THAT RENAISSANCE PLAN BECAUSE WE TOOK, I I KNOW WE TOOK ALMOST 18 MONTHS DEVELOPING THE PLAN AND I MEAN WE WENT THROUGH EVERY STAKEHOLDER, EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS OVER TOO MUCH.
THIS, THIS HAS TO HAVE COMMUNITY WHAT WON'T WORK.
UH, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE, THIS THIS FIRST STEP IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
AND, AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS IF, IF YOU GUYS SAW YOUR CHARTER REVIEW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL IS A 10% BUDGET THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WILL GET 10% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL SAW THAT OR NOT, BUT, UH, I'M, I'M SAYING THAT YOU COULD TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK IT WAS, UH, I THINK THE AMENDMENT WAS BROUGHT UP BY CHAD WEST.
UM, SO MAKE SURE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS BEHIND IT ALSO HELPS SOME OF OUR PLANNING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE ACTUAL 10% OF THE $3 BILLION BUDGET THAT WE GOT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE, WE WE'RE ASKING FOR 1 21.
THEY WANT TO, THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE LIKE ONE 11 THIS YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
A A $10 MILLION CUT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT MY NUMBERS MIGHT BE WRONG.
RACHEL CAN HELP OUT WITH THE NUMBERS LATER, UM, IN SUMMERTIME.
UM, AND, AND, AND, AND A COUPLE THINGS YOU MENTIONED THERE, AND I LOVE THAT IS THAT WE GOT THE BIG PICTURE REC CENTERS OR IF WE WANNA CALL 'EM REC CENTERS COMMUNITY CENTERS INSTEAD OF NO MAR WE TALKED ABOUT MARTIN WEIS EARLIER.
IT'S A SMALL RED CENTER THAT WAS BUILT IN 60, 65 IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
YES, WE'RE GONNA GET A REMODEL ON A A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITION, BUT IT'S STILL GONNA BE SMALL COMPARED TO LIKE SINGING HILLS A MODEL.
SINGING HILLS IS BEAUTIFUL AND, AND IT'S STILL, I THINK IT'S SENIOR HILL IS STILL KIND OF SMALL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST REC CENTERS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, BUT WE GOT GOTTA THINK OUT OF THE BOX AND HOPEFULLY WITH THIS PLAN WE DO, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT REGIONAL REC CENTERS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, UM, AND MAKE 'EM BIGGER SO MORE PEOPLE CAN COME TO 'EM AND THEN STILL HAVE THE LOCAL HUBS.
UH, I KNOW THAT ONE TIME WE TALKING ABOUT A 40 BUCKNER, UH, REGIONAL CENTER ALSO IN OUR BOND.
IT DIDN'T MAKE THE COMPLETE UH, BOND PACKAGE BUT IT GOT SOME DOLLARS FOR IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE CAN MAKE BIG AND MAKE IT A REGIONAL HUB FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT BE A COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD REGIONAL CENTER FOR YOU TO COME FROM ALL OVER AQUATICS.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AQUATICS HERE, WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT INDOOR AQUATICS VERSUS OUTDOOR AQUATICS CENTERS.
EVERYBODY'S DOING 'EM BUT US, UH, WHERE GRAND PRAIRIE OPEN UP A BIG HUMONGOUS ONE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED YET, YOU SHOULD.
THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD
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BE THINKING ABOUT DOING.LANCASTER HAS ONE, HASN'T ONE FOR YEARS.
IT'S NOT AS BIG AS GRANDPARENT, BUT IT'S BIG.
WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT AQUATICS, DO IT INDOOR VERSUS OUTDOOR FOR NOW ON SO WE CAN USE THE COMPLETE YEAR VERSUS ONLY SUMMERTIME, THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
SO SOMETHING WE SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT JUST GOING, GOING AFTER THE INDOOR, NO MORE EYE DOORS, YOU KNOW, AND JUST KEEP UP.
WE HAVE MAINTAINED BUT ADD 'EM THAT, BUT I CAN'T AND, AND I GOTTA BACK UP MR. KAINE'S SUGGESTION.
WE GOTTA HAVE THE RIGHT SPONSOR FOR THE RIGHT PARKS ALL THE TIME.
NOT JUST, WE'RE GONNA BLANKET COCA-COLA EVERYWHERE 'CAUSE THEY'RE GIVING US THE MOST MONEY.
THAT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT WE WANNA BE AT, BUT WE GOTTA TAKE OUR DOLLARS FOR MAYBE OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HELP US MAINTAIN THOSE.
UM, AND, AND JUST RIGHT, FIND THE RIGHT FUNDING SOURCES IS MY POINT FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
OKAY, WE'LL GO TO, UH, MR. DICKEY AND THEN MS. UH, COLLINS BRATTON, UH, AND THEN BACK TO MS. HUY.
UM, I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO MR. O'CONNOR EARLIER, BUT ON THE PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, I WOULD, UH, HOPE THAT THAT HAD, AS DIRECTOR JENKINS SAID, THAT GAVE US SOME SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES TO ACHIEVE.
SO BEFORE WE GET FULLY INTO THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD GO BACK OBJECTIVE BY OBJECTIVE AND SEE DID WE MAKE IT? DID WE NOT MAKE IT? IS IT WORTH IF WE DIDN'T MAKE IT, DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE IT INTO THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR JUST BASICALLY OUR OWN REPORT CARD ON HOW WE DID WITH OUR OBJECTIVES ON THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I THINK, OR THE 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL STEP WE SHOULD, STAFF SHOULD TAKE AND I WOULD RECOMMEND IT.
UH, THE SECOND THING IS THIS NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I UNDERSTAND IT SEEMS TO BE DIRECTED LARGELY TOWARD FINANCIAL STABILITY AND FINANCIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHICH WE HAVE TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PARK SYSTEM.
BUT I WOULD, UH, AGREE WITH MR. KARIMI AND MR. HUERTA THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE PARKS FOR PROFIT AND PRIVATIZING AND MONETIZING PARKS IS A NATIONAL TREND.
IT'S CREATED BY NECESSITY, BUT IT CREATES GREAT CONTROVERSY.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE PROPOSAL THAT UNDER THIS APPROACH WOULD SOUND IMMINENTLY REASONABLE, WHICH WOULD, LET'S PUT A RESTAURANT AT WHITE ROCK LAKE.
WELL, THERE ARE GREAT ARGUMENTS FOR THAT IN TERMS OF HOW IT CAN HELP.
I MEAN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SCENE.
IT'S LIKE WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS FIGHT A FEW YEARS AGO OVER THAT BECAUSE YOU HAD THE PEOPLE GO, LOOK, THIS IS NOT EVERYBODY CAN GO SPEND $70 TO HAVE A NICE UNIT AT WHITE ROCK TO HAVE LUNCH.
UH, AND YOU'RE GOING TO END THE VIEW AT WINFREY POINT.
SO THOSE KINDS OF CONSIDERATIONS I WOULD HOPE WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
SAME THING WITH THE RECENT DOW THEATER CENTER PROPOSAL.
UH, THAT'S ALL ABOUT MONETIZING AND DOING ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WELL, THERE WAS A LOT OF RESISTANCE.
SO JUST LIKE MR. KAMI, I WOULD HOPE WE'D TAKE A MIDDLE PATH.
AND, AND ON THIS ROUND I'D JUST LIKE TO END WITH THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FOCUSED HEAVILY ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.
BUT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO BE IN THERE, UH, AND AND, AND TO FOCUS ON WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE LEAST AMONG US WHO CAN'T AFFORD, FOR EXAMPLE, TO GO TO SUMMER DAY CAMP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF THAT.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COME OUT OF A REVIEW OF WHAT, HOW WE DID THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT I WANT TO JUST SAY I HOPE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG EMPHASIS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND NOT JUST THE MONETIZING AND CAPITAL SIDE.
IF I CAN RESPOND TO THAT, I, I VERY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
AND I, I WOULD HOPE THAT AN OUTCOME OF THIS PLAN WOULD BE TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO MONETIZE CERTAIN THINGS FOR THOSE THAT CAN AFFORD 'EM IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FREE OR LOW COST FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO.
SO IT IS, IT'S ACCOMPLISHED THE OBJECTIVE, BUT JUST IN A DIFFERENT WAY BY MONETIZING SOMETHING OVER HERE THAT YOU CAN USE TO, TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN A LOW, LOW COST OR FREEWAY OVER HERE.
SO I, I FULLY UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT AND IT'S, UH, IT'S UNDERSTOOD.
I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT AND JUST, I KNOW THE PUBLIC IS LISTENING.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC
WE ARE NOT GONNA JUST GO MONETIZE
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THE ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM.IT'S SUPPOSED TO UNDERTAKE A PLAN WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO MONETIZE WITHOUT CONFLICTING WITH THE COMMUNITY LIKE WHITE ROCK LAKE.
WE WOULDN'T, IF IT CONFLICTS WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
'CAUSE I KNOW HOW THINGS, UH, MAY BE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT,
THIS WILL BE A PLAN THAT WILL BE, IT WILL BE DONE VERY METHODICAL.
WE WILL BE TAKING OUR TIME AND EVERY COMMUNITY WILL HAVE A SAY IN THIS PLAN, AND THEN THE BOARD WILL HAVE THE FINAL PROOF OF THE PLAN.
BUT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO PUT BOLD SOMETIME.
WE NOT GONNA THINK BOLD AT THE EXPENSE OF COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF THE TWO CONFLICT JUST WANNA BE CLEAR REEMPHASIZE THAT ANY, ANY DIVIDEND CONFERENCE FINDING EFFORTS STARTS, ENDS WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND IF THE OUTCOME OF A PLAN ISN'T SUPPORTED AND REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY'S WISHES, THEN IT'S WORTHLESS.
SO IT, IT REALLY STARTS AND ENDS WITH THE DESIRES.
UM, SO I, I REALLY THINK THIS IS A GOOD STRATEGY.
I MEAN, REALLY THIS IS EFFECTIVELY THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND WHILE I, I, I REALLY LIKE SOME OF THE CREATIVE THINKING AROUND E-GAMING AND THE CONSULTANT THAT WE BROUGHT IN AROUND RACKET SPORTS.
'CAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THAT, THAT, UM, WE HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS PLAN IS GONNA BE PREPARING FOR THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM.
BUT I'M GONNA SOUND LIKE MS. HASTY HERE, UM, IN THAT I LOVE SHINY NEW THINGS JUST AS MUCH AS THE NEXT PERSON.
BUT IF WE KEEP BUILDING AND NOT SPENDING MORE TIME, EFFORT, AND ATTENTION ON THINGS WE'VE ALREADY BUILT, UM, MAINTENANCE CONTINUES TO SUFFER.
AND WE'VE LOST POSITIONS YEAR OVER YEAR.
I THINK I SAID THAT AT THE LAST, UH, BOARD MEETING.
BUT WE, WE HAVE TO OPERATIONALLY BE EXCELLENT AT MAINTAINING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN ADDITION TO ADDING NEW ASSETS, WHICH OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING OVER THE NEXT, UM, FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE 2017 BOND.
AND NOW THE NEW, THE NEW BOND.
BUT I JUST DON'T, I WANNA MAKE SURE IN THIS PLAN THAT WE DON'T LET NEW PROJECTS AND NEW, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW BOND PROGRAM, BUT THAT, THAT'S ALL TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN TERMS OF STAFFING AND MAINTENANCE LEVELS FOR THE, FOR WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE DELAYED.
I CERTAINLY WANNA LOOK AT HOW WE CAN OPERATIONALIZE THOSE BETTER.
AND IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PERHAPS A NONPROFIT TO WORK OUT OF ONE OF OUR REC CENTERS TO HELP SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OPERATIONS OF, UH, OF REC SERVICES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I MEAN, I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO LE THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVELY THAN PERHAPS WE HAVE IN THE PAST NOW THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN THE PARK SYSTEM.
UM, AND SO I, I ALSO THINK THERE'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR OUR MANAGEMENT PARTNERS TO PLAY IN THIS, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, BUT ALSO FRIENDS GROUPS.
I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND COMMUNITY INPUT.
WE'VE GOT THIS GREAT GALVANIZED BASE OF SUPPORT, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AT THE TABLE AS PART OF THESE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE MADE.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT FINANCES IS WE HAVE GOT TO GET AWAY FROM STIPENDS.
AND THE FACT THAT NONPROFITS KEEP COMING BACK AND ASKING FOR MORE, THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE GONNA COME FORWARD.
THEY ARE ON THE CUT CHOPPING BLOCK EVERY YEAR AT COUNCIL.
AND SOMEDAY THOSE ARE GONNA GET, THEY'RE GONNA BE SLASHED AT A MUCH MORE SEVERE LEVEL.
SO RYAN, I THINK AS YOU, AS YOU, AND I HOPE YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF INSIGHT AND REALLY BE ABLE TO HELP PROCUREMENT IDENTIFY THE RIGHT CONSULTANT FOR THIS.
'CAUSE IT'S A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.
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WE JUST REALLY NEED TO IMPART TO THE, UM, TO OTHER NONPROFITS, OTHER MANAGEMENT PARTNERS THAT WE ARE NOT JUST, UM, A SLUSH FUND.SO WE NEED TO WEAN SOME OF OUR PARTNERS OFF OF THE STIP STIPEND AND ENCOURAGE THEM, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR GRANT MAKERS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER WITH PHILANTHROPY THAT THEY NEED TO BE, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE OUR PARTNER, THEN THEY NEED TO NOT JUST RELY ON US FOR A SUBSIDY EVERY YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF JUST SOME OF MY THOUGHTS FROM THE RFP AND LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BRETT, MS. HAS, UH, UM, MR. CONNOR WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD A MEETING, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, THE COMPETING PRIORITIES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, WE JUST SAW THIS, THE BOND, UM, I MEAN SIGNIFICANTLY SO, UM, OUR PRIORITIES AS WE SAW, DON'T MATCH THE OVERALL CITY'S ECONOMICS SITUATION CONTINUES NOT TO MATCH THAT.
UM, AND I APPLAUD THE PARK DEPARTMENT FOR LOOKING WAY, LOOKING AT WAYS TO CONTINUE MONETIZING THE PARK SYSTEM.
MONETIZATION ISN'T A BAD WORD, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND YOU HAVE TO BE POLITICAL AND PLAY THIS POLITICAL GAME WHERE YOU DON'T SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRIVATIZE, BUT WE HAVE PARTNERS, UM, LIKE CLYDE WARREN, PARK OF THE ZOO, THE ARBORETUM, THE MUSICAL AFFAIR PARK, AND OTHERS, UM, THAT WILL NOT COMPLETELY SELF-SUSTAINING ARE ADDING TO THE REVENUE IN THE SYSTEM.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZATION OF NOT MONETIZING PARKS, AND I'M NOT FOR MONETIZING NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, BUT LARGE ASSETS THAT, AND NOT PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, BUT PEOPLE WE HEAR IN THE COMMUNITY REALLY FIGHT AGAINST MONETIZATION AND PRIVATIZATION ARE ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT FIGHT FOR THE ZOO, THE ARBORETUM, CLYDE WARREN PARK, AND OTHERS.
SO IT'S KINDA LIKE THE, THE POINT OF YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO.
YOU NEED TO FIND WAYS TO MONETIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN.
UM, I WISH WE COULD HAVE 50 HILLCREST VILLAGE GREENS AROUND THE PARK, AROUND THE CITY.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING FLASHING OR ADVERTISING THERE.
IT'S POSITIVELY AFFECTED THE CRIME IN THE AREA.
IT'S LED TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OCCUPANCY IN THE RETAIL AR SPACE.
UM, AND IT'S GALVANIZED THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN MR. TO MR. HUERTO POINT ON INDOOR WORK, UH, AQUATICS, UH, THE ONLY DISTRICT IN THE CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A POOL UNITY POOL, NEIGHBORHOOD POOL IS DISTRICT 12.
WE TRIED TO HAVE AN AQUATICS FACILITY AT DISTRICT 12 AND IT GOT CUT FROM THE BOTTOM.
UM, THE CLOSEST AQUATICS THAT WE HAVE, INDOOR AQUATICS IS BACHMAN AT 14 MILES AWAY.
UM, AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN AQUATICS CENTER IN DISTRICT CLUB AND WE CAN MONETIZE THAT FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW THE SUBURBS ARE SUCKING FUNDS OUT OF DALLAS.
WE COULD GET RICHARDSON PLANO, FARMER'S BRANCH CARROLLTON TO BRING DOLLARS INTO DALLAS WITH A, A NICE AQUATICS CENTER IN THAT AREA.
THEN LAST, MS. COLLINS, BRAD COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU ON OPERATIONALIZING NEW ASSETS AND MAKING SURE THE MAINTENANCE IS NEEDED, UM, WHICH FURTHER DRIVES THE POINT OF NEEDING TO MAKE MONEY AND MONETIZING PARTS.
AND MS. HAS, UM, SO JUST COUPLE, SO THE 2002, NOW WE DID ONE IN 20 16, 14, 15 WENT LIKE 10 YEARS LATER.
HOW DO THESE TYPICALLY SORT OF, WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN OF ONE THAT 10 AROUND 10 YEARS, KIND OF, YOU SAID THE 2016 A LOT MORE ACCESS TO BRAND MONEY.
MOST IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A DIRECT, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, IS THIS, WHAT DO WE THINK THIS WILL COST TO HIRE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID THE 2002 PLAN, THAT WAS ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS, $2,002 P YEAH.
MONEY IN OUR BUDGET OR BOND OR HOW WE THINK.
SO I WAS, I WAS VERY WELL AT THE PT COMMITTEE.
I DID GIVE THE COUNCIL HEADS UP, THIS WOULD BE AN EXPENSIVE PLAN.
THEY ASKED ME HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT THE PART.
I NEED THOSE SUPPORT THIS PLAN.
SO YES, IT WILL COME FROM, UH, WELL, WE KEEP REVENUES BACK.
SO WE WILL FUND ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THERE.
AND THEN I'M PROBABLY GONNA BE ASKING THE REST TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND.
THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE'LL PAY GIVEN, HAD MONEY TUCK AWAY FOR THAT, OR HOW WE WERE GONNA PAID FOR THAT.
UM, THEN JUST FROM A, FROM A BIG PICTURE PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HEAR ME SAYING, YOU KNOW, CAN'T GO ON VACATION UNTIL YOU PAY
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YOUR MORTGAGE.AND WE HAVE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN GOING ON A LOT OF VACATIONS AND WE'VE GOT OUR NEEDS.
INVENTORY IS IN THE, THE BILLIONS WITH A B, AM I RIGHT? SO WE HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NEEDS.
WE HAVE TO GO BEGGING FOR THE MONEY OUT OF THIS BOND.
AND A BIG CHUNK OF IT IS FOR MAINTENANCE.
OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, WE GO BEGGING EVERY YEAR FOR OUR BUDGET.
AND EVEN WHEN WE GO BACK WITH A TINY INCREASE, IT'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO REALLY COVER COST OF LIVING.
AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, THAT'S LOVELY, BUT CUT.
COME BACK WITH 20 MILLION CUT OUT OF THAT.
SO AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, WE NEVER SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
AND WHAT WE HAVE AS APARTMENTS THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE'RE BEING GIVEN PARKS, WE'RE EXPANDING OUR TRAIL SYSTEM.
WE ARE GETTING BOND MONEY AND WE'RE BUILDING SOME NEW STUFF THAT WE THEN STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAINTAIN.
SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT HOW WE DO IT.
AND YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE FREE SUMMER PROGRAMMING FOR ALL THE KIDS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE REDUCED FEES FOR EVERYTHING.
YOU ARE GONNA RUN OUTTA MONEY.
YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A YEAR, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN ECONOMICAL TURN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A, A COUNCIL THAT JUST DIDN'T LIKEN YOU THAT YEAR.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
SO WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT THIS.
WE NEED MORE INDOOR EVERYTHING.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF INDOOR BRACKET SPORT, NOTHING.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT ANYMORE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INDOOR ANYTHING AND THAT THE WEATHER SEEMS TO BE LEADING US IN THE DIRECTION AND WE NEED MORE OF IT.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO PARTNERING, EVERYBODY'S LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE STIPENDS AWAY FROM THE PARTNERS.
WELL, OUR PARTNERS ARE ALL NON-PROFITS, SO THAT'S ALL PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS.
THESE AREN'T PEOPLE OUT THERE MAKING MILLIONS OFF OF USING OUR PROPERTY IF THEY'RE PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS, SO TO SAY WE'RE GONNA CUT THEIR STIPEND.
BUT NOW YOU'RE ASKING A NONPROFIT TO RUN YOUR PART FOR YOU, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NONPROFITS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WILL EVEN WANNA DO THAT GOING FORWARD.
HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT BUILDING, BUILDING SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE THAT ALLOWS US TO GET MONEY INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM WHILE STILL ALLOWING US TO HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS FOR THE FOLKS THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT AND PROTECTING THOSE PARKS.
SO YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOMEBODY WITH SOME VERY BIG PICTURE IDEAS.
I ASK, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REC CENTERS, EVERYBODY ALWAYS APPROACH US WHEN IT COMES TO REC CENTERS AND INDOOR POOLS WANT US TO FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW TO BUILD REC CENTER LIKE THE SUMMIT IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
OKAY, THE CITY DALLAS, 1 CENT GOES TOWARDS DART.
SO, OKAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXTRA MONEY LIKE THE SUBURBS THAT CAN DEDICATE TOWARDS THOSE BIG PROJECTS.
BUT I DON'T, WE ALREADY DO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE JUST NEED TO DO IT ON A BIGGER LEVEL.
WE DO IT WITH OUR NONPROFITS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PARTS.
WE DO IT WELL MEN, THAT'S A NONPROFIT, BUT THERE'S A PROFIT ARM TO IT.
BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE NEVER GOT OUR FIRST TYPE OF LARGE SENIOR CENTER BUILT WITHOUT THAT TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PLANE THAT COULD DRIVE US TOWARDS, TOWARDS THOSE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT IS SEAMLESS TO THE PUBLIC.
AND YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT THAT IS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS RUNNING ONE OF OUR NICEST SENIOR, UH, ADDITION CENTER IN OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM.
HOW CAN WE DUPLICATE THAT ONE? WE NEED A PLAN.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE.
UH, BRIAN, A LOT OF THIS IS SO, UM, YOUR MIND IS LIKE SQUIRMING BECAUSE IT'S, IT COULD BE, THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND MAYBE WE KIND OF MEET UP DOWN ON SOME MORE SPECIFICS, UM, TO REALLY KIND OF GET PEOPLE MORE EXCITED.
UH, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE COULD BE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BEHIND THIS, BUT THEN IT'S ALSO REALLY DAUNTING.
UM, AND IT SOUNDS, SOME OF IT COULD BE LIKE ENTERING INTO THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT OFF OF HENDERSON AVENUE OR GREENVILLE AVENUE, UM, OR DEEP EL AND WE'RE COMING INTO OUR PARKS AND WE'RE LIKE, WHAT THE HECK? LIKE, THIS IS SCARY.
HOW WOULD YOU REGULATE THIS? HOW, UH, HOW, HOW DO YOU TAKE A PARK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, REGULATE THE POTENTIAL PARTNERS,
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UM, TO NOT MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NOT OUR ORIGINAL VISION? UM, YOU COULD HAVE AN OWNER THAT COMES IN WITH A RESTAURANT, BUT THEN IT'S THEIR GENERAL MANAGERS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU KNOW DIFFERENT IDEAS THAN WHAT THEIR OWNER IS.SO YEAH, THESE, YOU HAVE TO REALLY BE KIND OF CAREFUL TO HOW WE OPEN THESE DOORS, UM, AND HOW WE REALLY ARE ABLE TO HAVE THE CONTROL.
UM, AND AGAIN, OF COURSE THIS IS NOT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, BUT I MEAN, IF I'M THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT POTENTIALLY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTNER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY SCARY TO PARTNER WITH.
UM, AND SO WE JUST REALLY HAVE TO KIND OF BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC AS WE HAVE THIS BROADER VISION.
UM, AND THEN HOW WILL THIS CHANGE IF THE CHARTER CHANGES, IF THE MONEY IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET MONEY FROM A DIFFERENT AREA, UM, IF THAT CHARTER GETS VOTED ON, UM, THE WAY I'M PICKING IT DOES.
UM, AGAIN, HOW DO YOU REGULATE WITH, YOU KNOW, MANAGEMENT COMPANIES THAT ARE SMALL ONE-OFFS, THAT THEN YOU ARE MICROMANAGING THEM IN OUR PARK AS OPPOSED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHO'S, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT? UH, NUMBER TWO, UM, IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF WE HAVE CRITERIA FOR DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE STILL IN A PARK.
UM, WALKING INTO AREAS THAT DO NOT FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FORCED TO BE HERE, BUT IT IS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST EXPERIENCED, YOU KNOW, AND WITH THE TREES INSIDE RESTAURANT, LIKE HOWEVER THAT WE THINK ABOUT DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT DO NOT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF A PARK.
UM, AND MAKING SURE THOSE, THOSE ARE CRITERIA WITHIN AS WE GO FORWARD.
UM, SO, SO I THINK YOU BRING UP AN EXCELLENT WIN.
AND IN THAT THE, THE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS IS BROUGHT UP.
AND I FEEL LIKE A PARK, WELL, THE WAY YOU MITIGATE THAT IS YOU GO THROUGH AN EXERCISE IN A PROCESS LIKE THIS.
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE APPETITE IS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS ON STRATEGIES AROUND THOSE ISSUES.
AND THOSE STRATEGIES COME TOGETHER AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO I, I THINK YOUR, UM, YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE DO THESE KINDS OF PLANS TO GET TO WHERE THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO GO, BUT ALSO KIND OF MODERATES, UM, THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE DESIRABLE.
AND MR. CONNOR, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THIS.
UH, I, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT MARKETING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE DEPUTY MAYOR APPROACH.
WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH EVERY PARK THAT WE HAVE IN DISTRICT WORK.
SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS NOW JUST AN OPERATIONAL FOCUS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE MY, MY MAIN KIND OF FOCUS WITHIN HOW WE ARE PLANNING IS TECHNOLOGY.
IF YOU GO ON GOOGLE, YOU NO LONGER HAVE THE OPTION OF IF YOU WANT TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR NOT.
SO JUST THINKING THROUGH ALL THE COMPONENTS OF ARE AS WE COMPREHENSIVELY PLAN FOR THE NEXT DECADE OR SO, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN EVERY ITERATION THAT IT COULD BE USED.
WHETHER IT IS, YOU KNOW, RESERVATIONS AND OPENING UP GATES AND UNLOCKING DOORS OR TURNING ON LIGHTS WITHOUT STAFF HAVING TO BE THERE.
OR THOSE COOL LAWNMOWERS THAT CUT GRASS BY THEMSELVES OR OFFENSE TO ANY MAINTENANCE STAFF, BUT JUST
UH, AND THEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MISS MY IS ALSO SAYING, UM, ABOUT HOW YOU GO TO A PARK AND MAYBE IT'S THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PARK IS THE SAME, BUT NOW WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH AI OR WITH WIFI, THINK JUST PLANNING TO, YOU KNOW, THINK OF THAT AS AN ASSET OF THE FUTURE.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF FAMILIES IN THE PARK PLAYING AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE, THE PARENT IS WORKING ON SOMETHING AT THE, AT THE PARK.
SO JUST HOW CAN WE ADD ALL THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND, AND ARE WE ALREADY KIND OF THINKING IN THAT DIRECTION? YEAH.
I WOULD SAY THIS, THIS TYPE OF EXERCISE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IN DEVELOPING A CONFERENCE PLAN SHOULD FULLY EMBRACE THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIKE, NOT TODAY, BUT WHAT'S IT GONNA LOOK LIKE 10, 15 YEARS FROM NOW.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DO THESE THINGS.
THEY GET BAKED INTO THESE VISIONS THAT HELP LEAD OUR PARTNER SYSTEM AS AN ORGANIZATION FORWARD.
THAT'S EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS OR WHAT IT'S BAKED IN THESE PLANS.
I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
THIS IS NOT PIEING THE SKY THINKING HERE.
THIS IS LIKE, WE ACTUALLY SAW THE PARK RECENTLY, A NEW PARK.
THE NEW PARK IS WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
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TO OUR EXISTING PARTS.I'M NOT, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR.
IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE I JUST WENT TO A PARK AND I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS STANDING ON TOP OF A PETCO BECAUSE IT WAS DESIGNED SO WELL AND I WAS ON TOP OF A PETCO, IT HAD A DOG PARK ON TOP OF THE PETCO.
AND BECAUSE THEY DESIGNED IT SO WELL AND TO THE PARK, THE GARAGE WAS PART OF THE PARK.
BUT THE GARAGE SERVICE, THE PETCO AS WELL AS THE PARK.
AND THEN I WENT AROUND A LITTLE FURTHER IN THIS BIG ABOUT A, UH, BEEN AT LEAST ABOUT A 70 ACRE PARK.
THEN I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS SITTING ON TOP OF 12 SOCCER FIELDS AND TWO BASKETBALL COURTS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS.
I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS SITTING ON TOP OF A COSTCO BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WELL DESIGNED IT WAS.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO DESIGN SOMETHING.
AND IT ALSO HAS SOME RESTAURANTS IN THERE THAT SERVE THE PARK.
AND GUESS WHAT? THAT PARK DIDN'T COST THE CITY A DIME.
IT DIDN'T COST THE CITY ANY MONEY TO OPERATE IT FOR O AND M, BUT IT SERVED A PURPOSE OF PUBLIC PURPOSE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC WHO'S LISTENING, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT BRINGING DEVELOPERS TO OUR EXISTING PARTS, BUT I DO WANNA BE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME MONEY TO OFFSET THOSE WHO NEED US THE MOST.
BEING ABLE TO USE THOSE TYPE OF REVENUES TO PROVIDE THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS TO FOLKS WHO NEED US THE MOST.
DIRECTOR JENKINS, MR. GOLDSTEIN,
I JUST WANNA REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND DOING IT IN WAYS THAT REACHES PEOPLE, UM, BEYOND COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH EMAIL, THROUGH THESE 3 0 1 APP PUSH NOTIFICATIONS, BUT REALLY GOING OUT OF OUR WAY.
'CAUSE I THINK GENERATIONALLY, LIKE OUR GENERATION DOESN'T GO TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE SAME WAY THAT PRIOR GENERATIONS HAVE, LIKE AT ALL.
SO JUST BEING REALLY STRATEGIC ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
NOT DOING IT THE WAY THE SAY TO US DID IT 40 YEARS AGO,
'CAUSE I STILL SEE A LOT OF THAT, NOT JUST IN THE PARK FARM.
AND THEN I TOTALLY AGREE WITH MR. DICKEY'S POINT ABOUT LIKE A VERY CLEAR ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT PLAN.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PLACE FOR ANY FEEDBACK AS WELL.
LIKE, WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT TO CARRY ON WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY AND WHERE HAVE WE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND ON.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE WHAT THAT THINK.
UH, WE DID HAVE A, UH, BITE PLAN MEETING LAST NIGHT.
SO THAT WAS A GOOD IN IN-PERSON MEETING.
UM, ON THE, ON THE 26TH MEETING.
WHAT'S THAT? YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE? I CAN'T, THERE'S NOT GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE ON FOREST LANE, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT
UM, HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS, I, I ASSUME WE'VE LOOKED AT IT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WELL HAVE WE DONE RELATIVE TO THAT? I KNOW WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME, BUT OVERALL, DO WE THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OR WORK TO DO? YEAH, I MEAN, SO MY OPINIONS, SOME OF THE REALLY SIGNIFICANT THINGS WE'RE DO DIRECT
SO, YOU KNOW, DO YOU BAT A THOUSAND? NO, OF COURSE NOT.
BUT ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU CAN POINT TO THAT HAVE MOVED THE PARK SYSTEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE OF THAT PLAN? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, AND ALL THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN RAISED BY OTHER FOLKS, SO I DON'T WANNA BELABOR IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY PARK ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT HILLCREST VILLAGE IN DISTRICT 11.
UH, WE NEED MORE THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO A PARK AND THERE'S SHOPPING OR RETAIL AROUND IT.
UH, IT'S WORKED SO WELL UP THERE AND WE CAN DO THIS, UH, DUPLICATE IT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF RECREATION CENTERS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? DO WE HAVE TOO MANY? WE PROBABLY DO.
AND SHOULD WE BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, BUT SHOULD WE BE SHUTTERING SOME REC CENTERS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND MAYBE DEVELOPING SOME LARGER RECREATION CENTERS? SO I KNOW THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, UM, CITY STAFF'S GONNA REALLY HAVE TO WORK AT YEARS.
UM, YOU ALL HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE RACKET CENTER, THE INDOOR, I WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE BOND.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SUPPORT FOR IT, BUT WE ARE FALLING BEHIND THE SUBURBS HERE BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A SINGLE INDOOR TENNIS OR PICKLEBALL FACILITY.
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WE DON'T OFFER BAT BITTEN.WE DON'T OFFER SQUASH RACKETBALL.
WE'VE GOTTA BE THINKING ABOUT THAT STUFF.
AND JR'S POINT WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME KIND OF A INDOOR YEAR ROUND, UH, UH, AQUATIC CENTER.
I'D LOVE OUR AQUATIC CENTERS, BUT IT WOULD BE SO MUCH FUN TO DO THE SLIDE CHALLENGE YEAR ROUND AND NOT HAVE TYPE THING.
SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS.
UH, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, I, I JUST WANNA REEMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW STRONG I PERSONALLY FEEL ABOUT WE, OUR COMPETITION FOR, I MEAN, DALLAS POPULATION FOR SUBURBS.
AND I SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE A ROLE PLAY THERE.
WE CAN, THROUGH A PROCESS AND THROUGH A PLAN FOR ENGAGEMENT, WE CAN DEFINE WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE AND HAVE A VISION TO ACHIEVE 'EM.
WE CAN MAYBE TURN THAT TIDE, BUT IT'S, IT'S A REAL THING.
NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO, WE'RE, WE'RE IN ROUND TWO NOW, RIGHT? UM, MR. DICKEY, UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
UH, FIRST I WANT TO THANK MR. O'CONNOR AND DIRECTOR JENKINS FOR CLARIFYING THE WAY THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY MEAN.
I FOUND THAT VERY COMFORTING AND, UH, I, I JUST APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I, I WANNA SAY, I THINK WE MAY HAVE CAUGHT A BIT OF A BREAK YESTERDAY AT CITY COUNCIL, UM, THERE WAS ONE CHARTER AMENDMENT RELATING TO PARKS AND THEY DIDN'T GET TO IT YESTERDAY, AND IT'S GONNA BE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THEY DO.
AND IT WAS THE 10% ENTITLEMENT FUNDING FOR PARKS.
THAT'S THE WAY WE USED TO DO IT.
IN THE GLORY DAYS OF THE PARKS SYSTEM, IT WOULD BE EXTRA TENS OF MILLIONS A YEAR FOR US FOR THINGS.
AND MISS HAS, I'VE GOTTA AGREE, WE'RE ALWAYS, EVERY YEAR WE'RE HAVING TO BEGGING FOR OUR BUDGET AND WE HAVE EXPANDING.
THIS WOULD BE A WAY TO STABILIZE.
AND THE SENTIMENT ON THE COUNCIL IS, I'VE UNDERSTOOD IT, IS, IS NOT VERY POSITIVE.
UH, LARGELY BECAUSE EVERYONE'S FOCUSED ON THE DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE.
BUT THIS IS A, THIS IS OUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR 10 YEARS TO TRY TO GET, ACHIEVE THIS.
IF EVERY, IF, IF YOU AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
AND, UM, I JUST SAY, I THINK THERE WE CAUGHT TIME, WE CAN TALK TO OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE.
UH, IT WERE ONLY LIKE THREE OR FOUR AMENDMENTS THEY DIDN'T GET TO YESTERDAY AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
SO NOW WE HAVE TIME TO TRY TO SHIFT TO CONVINCE THE COUNCIL JUST TO BRING IT OUT TO THE PEOPLE.
IT'S LIKE, DOES IT GET ON THE LIST? THAT COMES OUT FOR CONSIDERATION IN NOVEMBER AND I THINK IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY.
IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS, THE SENTIMENT'S GOING THE OTHER WAY A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, I JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO, UH, SPEAK TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE I REALLY DO BELIEVE THIS COULD SOLVE SO MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS, UH, OR AT LEAST TO GIVE THE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO VOTE ON IT AND HEAR ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, MR. DICKEY.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A THANK YOU.
UM, I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS EARLIER HERE, BUT, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT.
KIND OF WHAT'S OUR BIG PICTURE PLANNING FOR LAND ACQUISITION THAT WILL ALL TIE INTO WHATEVER OUR BIG PICTURE PLANNING IS FOR BUILDING RACKET CENTERS OR PARTNERING WITH OTHER PEOPLE TO BUILD PARKS ON TOP OF COMMERCIAL SPACES.
BUT I, I REALLY THINK THAT'S GONNA BE SO CRITICAL INTO YOUR POINT, THOSE SWIMMING POOLS IN YOUR AREA.
LIKE HOW ARE WE GONNA BE STRATEGIC ABOUT, UH, FINDING LAND AND THEN POTENTIALLY PARTNERING WITH SOME TYPE OF COMMERCIAL ENTITY THAT CAN HELP US HAVE THAT LAND IN THE AREAS THAT WE NORMALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PURCHASE IT.
SO I THINK THAT'S, FOR ME, I, I FEEL LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EXISTED IN THE 2002 OR 2016, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THAT I'M LIKE, WOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF IDEA OF WHERE WE WANNA BE IN, IN WHAT CAPACITY, RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, WELL, I THINK THAT'S AN OUTCOME OF THE PLAN, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE PLAN HELPS YOU DETERMINE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THAT IS THAT YOU WANT TO DO.
YOU START BEING STRATEGIC AROUND FIND LAND, WHICH IS STEP ONE OF IMPLEMENTING WHATEVER IT IS.
SO I THINK THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'S A BYPRODUCT OUTCOME FOR A PLAN LIKE THIS.
SO WE CAN'T JUST SAY, WE JUST, WE, YEAH, WE NEED MORE PARTS, WE NEED MORE LAND.
WELL WE'VE, WE'VE ALL SEEN HOW THAT GOES.
YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME YOU GET THERE, YOU'RE BEING OPTED BY SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO FIT AGAINST AND WE'RE NEVER EVER GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE PARK PLANNED IN AREA COST PROHIBITIVE.
SO BEING PARTNERING WITH SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP US FIND A CREATIVE WAY TO GET INTO THOSE PLACES TO BUILD WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW, BUILD TO PARK ON TOP OF A COSTCO.
SO YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS BIG PIECE OF THAT.
ANY OTHER, UH, FURTHER COMMENTS OR
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QUESTIONS? NO.THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. O'CONNOR.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING, UH, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION.
UPDATE ONE, PLANNING AND VERTICAL.
MR. DEREK WHITE AND MR. STEFAN KESSLER WILL BE PRESENTING.
OH, TANYA, BEFORE THEY GET STARTED, Y'ALL, I WANT TO BRING THIS TO YOU ALL.
Y'ALL HAVE MENTIONED IT BEFORE EVEN DOING MY PERFORMANCE.
WANNA MAKE SURE I CAN CONTINUE UPDATES OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARK SYSTEM AND NOT JUST ONCE A YOU, THIS IS PART OF THE SERIES.
THEY'LL BE PART TWO AND THEY BRING BACK THE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT VERTICAL TODAY AND, BUT THEY'LL COME BACK LIKE TWO WEEKS AND TALK ABOUT THE HORIZONTAL PROJECTS.
AND ALSO YOU'LL RECEIVE THE PARK DEPARTMENT UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS.
THIS WILL, SO THIS IS BRIEF AND I DIDN'T BRING MY OTHER LITTLE FORM.
YOU'RE GONNA GET IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
THEY'RE GONNA SHOW YOU EVERY LAST ONE OF YOUR PROJECTS.
SINGLE PROJECT I CALL THEM ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC 'CAUSE I NEED MYSELF TO STAY BEHIND HER SKETCHES.
GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAMBER AND OF THE BOARD.
UM, AS THE DIRECTOR PRESENT
WE'LL GO TO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
SO WE'RE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW, PLANNING, DESIGN, ASSORTMENT, VARIOUS FUNDS, BOND FUNDS, ARPA, CDBG, DONATIONS, GRANT, FUND, AND FISCAL CONSULT.
UH, AGAIN, TODAY'S BRIEFING IS GOING TO START WITH UH, CLEANING AND VERTICAL.
AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN OVER TO HERE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL START WITH EVERYONE GROUP.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA RUN THROUGH JUST SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERYTHING DETAIL AS TO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT JUST GIVE YOU A LOOK AT KIND OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THE PLANNING GROUP IS WORKING ON.
AND WE WILL HAVE
SO ONE OF OUR FIRST PROJECTS, THIS ONE STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
WE NEED TO FINISH UP ON SOME OF OUR MASTER PLANS.
WE STARTED BEFORE WE HAD TO DIVER OUR ATTENTION TO THE 20.4 BONDS.
SO THIS EXAMPLE IS OUR ESCAPE PARK MASTER PLAN.
WE HAD ATTENDED A KICKOFF MEETING, UH, BACK IN DISTRICT ONE AND WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT AND THAT WAS NEVER OF OUR OFFICIAL KICKOFF TO THE SKATE PARK MASTER PLAN.
THEN WE HAD TO STOP FOR A WHILE, WORK ON THE BONDS.
SO ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO GET THAT WRAPPED UP BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UH, THE OTHER ONE SIMILAR TO THAT IS THE DOG PARK MASTER PLAN.
UH, ACTUALLY WHEN I SAY MASTER PLAN, THESE ARE MORE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT'S REALLY NECESSARILY DICTATING WHICH PARK THEY WILL GO TO.
IT'S MORE OF ACCEPTABLE DESIGN GUIDELINES BECAUSE EACH OF THOSE COULD BE ACCEPTABLE AND VARIOUS.
UH, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO GET THOSE WRAPPED UP, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
BEFORE, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED ON BOARD
UH, WE BEGAN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUP DURING BOND PREPARATION.
OUR BOARD COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THAT DISTRICT.
UH, AND THEY HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT TIMING BECAUSE THEY GOT SOME FUNDING IN THE PLAYGROUND.
WELL, IT'S NOT A PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ONE.
UH, SO TO GET A PLAYGROUND AND DO SOME PARKSIDE IMPROVEMENTS AT
BAYFIELD MAY HAVE A TENNIS COURT AND A GRAVEL PARKING LOT COMMUNITY APPROACHED THE CITY ON.
WELL HOW CAN WE GET MORE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PARK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S TURNING OVER MORE KIDS ARE MOVING IN AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL OPEN SPACE, BUT THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO DO.
SO, UH, WE HAD AN RFP LAST MONTH.
WE RECEIVED THREE RESPONSES FROM THREE DIFFERENT FIRMS. SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS NOW.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE SUMMER TO DO THAT REVIEW, GET THEM SCORED AND GO THROUGH CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AND GET THAT, UH, STARTED, YOU KNOW, LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL.
UH, A TRAIL PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON.
THIS IS THE COTTON BELL TRAIL.
UM, AS SOME YOU MAY KNOW, DART IS CONSTRUCTING A COMMUTER RAIL LINE FROM THE NORTH END OF DFW AIRPORT GOING DIAGONALLY ACROSS, UH, THE NORTHERN SUBURBS AND NORTH FARM NORTH DALLAS PLANO.
UH, THAT IS WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
BUT WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, WE ARE, WE COLLECTIVELY, WE THE COG IN THE VARIOUS CITIES ALONG THE
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LINE ARE DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING A MULTI-USE TRAIL THAT WILL GO FROM THE NORTH END W MARI PLAN.AND THANKS TO A LOT OF HARD WORK FROM OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN DISTRICT 12, WE ARE GETTING THE ENTIRETY OF NORTH DALLAS BILL WITHOUT DIRECT FUNDING FROM THE CITY, IT'S COMING THROUGH FEDERAL.
A LOT OF OTHER SOURCES TO GET THAT COMPLETED.
WE DO HAVE A SMALL PIECE, ABOUT A HALF TO A QUARTER MILE WE NEED TO FILL IN, BUT WE'RE GETTING ABOUT A SIX OR SO MILE TRAIL.
A VERY COMPLICATED AND EXPENSIVE TRAIL'S FOR FREE.
UM, DART IS COMPLETED WHAT THEY'RE CALLING PHASE ONE.
THESE ARE ELEMENTS THAT OF THE TRAIL THAT HAVE TO BE BUILT NOW BEFORE RAIL SERVICE BEGINS.
'CAUSE YOU'LL NEVER GET EQUIPMENT IN THERE AGAIN.
UH, FOR DALLAS, THESE ARE TWO VERY BIG BRIDGES.
ONE EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE BRIDGE OVER WHITE ROCK CREEK.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER BRIDGE AT PRESBY GREEN PARK.
WE'RE GOING TO PUNCH LIST ITEMS NOW.
UH, DART AND VER LOOKING TO DO PHASE TWO STARTING THIS FALL TO LET THAT OUT MITIGATE CONSTRUCTION THEY NEED DEFINE PHASE TWO, UH, AS BASICALLY NORTH DALLAS.
IT'S ADDISON ALL THE WAY ACROSS NORTH DALLAS HIGH FEDERAL GAP OVER INTO THE CITY OF 40%.
UM, THEY WANNA GET THAT STARTED LINK THIS YEAR EARLY NEXT TO START OFF INSTRUCTION AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE SUBSEQUENT PHASES TO BUILD THE REST OF THE LINE OUT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, PHASE THREE IS ADDISON HEADING WEST OR LIKE CARROLLTON FARMER'S PRACTICE FOR BREAKING UP THE TRAIL.
SHOULD BE GETTING OUR SECTION UNDERWAY WITHIN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS.
ANOTHER TRAIL PROJECT, UH, THIS IS KIND OF A GIFT FROM OUR FRIENDS OVER IN AVIATION.
AS LOVE FIELD WAS WORKING ON BETTERMENTS ARE IN WITHIN THEIR FOOTPRINT AND AROUND THE PERIMETER OF LOVE FIELD.
ONE OF THEM IS A TRAIL FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BACHMAN LAKE AT THE WEB CHAPEL BRIDGE IN CHILL CREST RUNNING ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF LEMON, UH, DOWN TO ABOUT UNIVERSITY.
UM, YOU EVER, IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN ALONG LEMON HEADING NORTH TOWARD, UH, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT IN THE LAKE, YOU SEE A LOT OF OPEN LAND ON THAT EAST SIDE THAT IS ALL OWNED BY AVIATION.
AND SO THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING A WHITE BY TRAIL.
IT'S ALSO CO UH, COMPANY WITH A LOT OF OTHER BETTERMENTS.
UH, THEY HAVE A LOT OF LANDSCAPING, A LOT OF BIG MONUMENTS INVOLVED.
SO THESE ARE SOME SMALLER COMPONENTS OF A MUCH BIGGER EFFORT, KIND TO BEAUTIFY AND KIND OF SOFTEN THE END OF THE AIR
WE'RE ALSO GETTING A DEVELOPED MIDWAY MANNER.
PARK MIDWAY MANNER IS, UM, ATTACHED, UH, TO KIND OF THESE OPEN SPACES THAT AVIATION OF, IT'S A CITY PARK.
IT'S JUST NEXT TO THESE AREAS OF AVIATION CONTROLS.
WE HAD A MAYBE SOME PLAY EQUIPMENT BASKETBALL COURT.
THEY ARE FULLY DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING THAT PARK FOR US WITH PLAYGROUNDS AND A LOT OF OTHER BETTERMENTS THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
UH, THE PLAYGROUND GETS INSTALLED THIS MONTH.
SO THESE, THESE ELEMENTS WILL START WRAPPING UP WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THE OVERALL PROJECT WON'T BE FINISHED UNTIL ABOUT JUNE NEXT YEAR.
IT'S A LOT THINGS AT THE PARK, BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SEE HOW THE TRAIL ALMOST DONE AND THE PARKS AND CONSTRUCTION.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THESE OTHER LIKE 30 THINGS THAT ARE ON THIS LIST, BUT THIS IS A MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVERYTHING.
THE PLAN TEAM, THE PLAN TEAM IS MAKING WE SELL, WORKING ON.
SO LISTING OF OUR MASTER PLANS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, LIKE I SAID, THE DOG PARK, SKATE PARK, MASTER PLAN ORBITER, UH, WE HAVE THE PARKDALE LAKE MASTER PLAN THAT IS ANNOUNCED.
I'LL BE COMING BEFORE TOO SOON.
UM, SOME THINGS I JUST WROTE DOWN AFTER HEARING MR. O'CONNOR IS THE COMP PLAN THAT'S GONNA BE COMING OUR WAY.
UM, ALSO, UH, WE DID AN ANALYSIS FOR Y'ALL ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN WE TOOK THE TRUST PUBLIC PLANS, PARKS CORE DATA AND WE REARRANGED IT AND GOT IT TO MATCH OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT GEOGRAPHIES.
UH, IF YOU RECALL, THIS WAS DONE PRIOR TO REDISTRICTING.
SO WE NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND ALL THE NEW PARKS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO SEE HOW UM, ALL OF THAT WORKS OUT.
LOOKING HAVE PARK ACCESS TO A PARK ITSELF REC CENTER.
AND THAT SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF WORKING ON IN THE BACKGROUND AS WE CAN IS TO GET THAT DATA TO UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIKE THE COMP PLANS WE'RE WORKING ON ASSET INVENTORY MANAGEMENT.
UH, BASICALLY WHATEVER IS LISTED IN EVERY PARK, WORKING WITH OUR PARK MAINTENANCE, GET ALL OF OUR LISTS TO SYNC UP AND GETTING THEM INTO PARAGRAPH SO WE CAN BE TRACKING WHAT GOES INTO THE NEEDS INVENTORY, HOW IS PARK MAINTENANCE GETTING INVOLVED WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GETTING SERVICE REQUEST, ALL THINGS, HOW DOES THAT PLAY BACK INTO THE DESIGN INSPECTIONS? THAT'LL BE GETTING STARTED WITH NEEDS.
INVENTORY WILL PLAY INTO THAT AS WELL.
CONTINUE TO REVAMP NEEDS INVENTORY, STREAMLINE THAT, THAT GRAPHS REALLY DRILL DOWN.
SOME OF THAT, THOSE PROJECTS OUT THERE THAT ARE MAYBE
SO WE CAN SEE THE NUMBER MAY BE CLOSE TO 2 BILLION, BUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN TO BREAK OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENT PROJECT TYPES ARE.
MAINTENANCE VERSUS NEW PROJECTS BUILDING VERSUS SOMETHING ELSE.
WE'RE BEING ABLE TO MANIPULATE THAT DATA QUITE A BIT.
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ALL THE TRAIL AND PARK PROJECTS.UM, A LOT OF TIMES BASICALLY IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT HAS TO WORK, BIKE OR TRAIL ON IT, WE'RE INVOLVED SOMEHOW, ESPECIALLY ME.
UH, SO WE, WE MAY NOT BE WORKING DIRECTLY.
WE MAY HAVE HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER WHO'S DOING THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THAT, BUT THE PLANNING SIDE IS IN THERE AS WELL.
MAYBE DOING A DESIGN WORK COORDINATING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO STEFAN.
STEFAN, STAR JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE REASON YOU CHAIR, 'CAUSE NOW THEY'RE FINISHED, THEY'RE NOT FINISHED WITH THE BOND PROGRAM BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 95% FINISHED.
UH, BUT WITH THE REOR REORGANIZED AND PLAN AND DESIGN, JARED JOB NOW IS IN, HE HAS ONE OTHER STAFF IS THE NOW FOCUS OWNER PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DEDICATED STAFF AND BEFORE JARED MANAGED FOUR OR FIVE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN PROJECTS.
SO A LOT OF Y'ALL WOULD ASK ME ABOUT, WERE YOU ON PLAN, HAVE DEDICATED STAFF.
AND SO THEY WILL BE FOCUSED ON PLANNING FOR THE DEPARTMENT MASTER PLANS SITE.
I MEAN, UH, DESIGN GUIDELINES.
THE COMP PLAN, JARED, AND IS IT LAURA OR MEGAN? TEAM OF TWO.
SO THAT'S THEIR FOCUS, TRYING TO POST SOME OTHER STUFF.
UH, I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH ABOUT HALF OF THE SLIDES THAT YOU SEE IN FIRST.
GROUNDBREAKING FOR THIS WILL BE NEXT THURSDAY.
PARKING SPACES INTEREST, INTERESTING.
THIS PROJECT IS JUST ABOUT COMPLETE
YOU SEE THE SCAFFOLDING OF THE WALL.
UH, THE EXTERIOR WALL WAS, WAS REPAIR.
THERE WAS A FEW, FEW MORE SURPRISES THAT, BUT THE UM, PROJECT WILL WILL BE COMPLETE AFTER THE MEDALLIONS AND THE TREES.
I'M SORRY, DO YOU MIND PULLING THE MIC POST? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOREST G THIS IS UH, THE PART PORTION OF IT.
THE DRAWING
MEANTIME, ALL THE PARK DRAWINGS FACILITIES GET STARTED CONSTRUCTION THIS FALL.
MS.
AND YOU SEE THIS UH, RENDERING HAS THE ROOF PULLED OFF A BIT.
IT'S ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, AND SHOWS A PORTION OF THIS DEDICATED TO
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IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETI SPLIT THE IS CONTRACT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT, UH, RENDERING AND PLAN FOR LEVEL SEVEN.
THIS PART IS UNDER
AND DRAWING ON RIGHT IS FOR LEVEL FIVE AS PART OF PART TWO.
SO CONSTRUCTION OF WANT IS TO BE DONE BY THIS STATE FAIR.
TWO BY NEXT YEAR'S STATE FAIR.
UH, SO WHEN THE DESIGN TEAM FINISHES THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING, THIS CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR BID MAXIMUM PRICE THAT WE'LL CONSIDER ON LEVEL SEVEN DEMOLITION STARTED SOUTH ATION
THAT'S GONNA BE MOST FOUNDATION.
THEY ARE WORKING ON THE FIELD IN THE GRANDSTAND RIGHT NOW.
DUGOUT PART OF UH, THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE.
THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ROOF LEAK.
SO VERY COLD BUILDING THE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS AND STUFF.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS UH, MOST CADILLAC HEIGHT NOW ROLLING.
SEE THESE TWO FOR PARK? THE WHOLE PARK IS ABOUT 24 PARK.
THE DRAWING FOR THIS IS ABOUT 60%.
WE EXPECT TO GET CONSTRUCTION WITH THIS.
WELL MY THOUGHT, COULD YOU ALSO USE THE OTHER MIC? I'M THE FOLKS ON, YOU COULD USE BOTH OF THEM, BUT BRING THEM AS CLOSE TO YOU AS POSSIBLE.
THE UH, CONTRACTOR HAS A, YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENTAL THREE THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED CURRENTLY AND THE WORK FOR THAT SHOULD START IN JULY, DONE IN NOVEMBER WITH A BRICK CUTTING IN DECEMBER.
THE SUPPLEMENTAL TWO WAS COMPLETE.
THAT WAS FOR THE FIRST FLOOR, WEST WING AND EAST WING AREA.
SO EVERYTHING IS UH, GOING TO BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL ROOM FOR THE INTERIOR.
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LIKE I SAID, UM, THAT SLIDE IS THE, THE LAWYER HOUSE.THIS
BUT UH, WE PUT THE SLIDE UP TO SHOW THAT UH, THE PROJECT RECEIVED UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD.
UH, JUST RECENTLY WE ARE ON THE VERTICAL GROUP BUT WE DO DO MASTER PLANS AND
EVERYTHING ASTERISK NEXT TO IT IS, IS A SLIDE IN THE APPENDIX THAT ALL STEFAN, THANK YOU.
LIKE I SAID, I JUST HEARD FROM THE
UH, ALL OF YOU ALL ARE GOING TO SEE.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE APPENDIX TODAY.
WE ONLY WENT OVER CUFF OF THE PROJECTS BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT 130 SOMETHING PROJECTS.
ALL OF YOU ALL GONNA GET ALL THOSE PROJECTS IN THIS TYPE OF FORMAT, THIS TYPE OF
UH, BUT I THINK IT WILL LET YOU KNOW THE MAGNITUDE OF EVERYTHING WE'RE WORKING ON.
BUT YOU ALSO, THIS WILL END UP BEING POSTED TO THE WEBSITE.
'CAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON PROJECTS.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL ONE.
AND THEN YOU ALSO, YOU'RE GONNA GET THIS LIKE A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS THAT HAS EVERY SINGLE PROJECT INCLUDE FACILITY SERVICES ON PROJECTS, CDBG PROJECTS, UH, OPERA MONEY, ALL ON THIS SPREADSHEET THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET FROM ME ABOUT ONCE A QUARTER.
'CAUSE ONCE AGAIN, I THINK ONCE WE SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, IT'S A 12 MONTH PLAN, YOU AS THE BOARD SHOULD GET THAT DOCUMENT AND WE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO DELIVER.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WOULD LIKE PAY TO LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HIT 145 PROJECTS, 90% OF 'EM ALL THE TIME.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS I WILL BE HAVING WITH YOU ALL GOING FORWARD AS IT RELATES TO PLANNING DESIGN.
MORE STRATEGIC, NOT INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, BUT ARE WE HITTING 90% OF PROJECT PATIENTS? BUT YOU CAN'T HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE IF I DON'T GIVE YOU A DOCUMENT THAT'S TELLING YOU WHAT I SAID.
AND THANK YOU JART AND STEFAN FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
I UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY JARED, WE WENT OVER THE COTTON BELT PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT WANTED TO THANK YOU.
WANNA REITERATE THIS, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE TRAIL IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY AND WE'VE NOT REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE COTTON BILL A WHOLE LOT IN THIS ROOM SIDE BUMP, THE PARK BOARD SO PUBLICLY.
UH, I CAN'T THINK TO SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY.
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 12 DID NOT LOOK THROUGH.
UM, AND SO WE ALREADY HAD A BAD, UM, TASTE IN OUR MOUTHS FOR INSTRUCTION.
AND THEN I JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID THAT WE'RE GETTING.
HOW MANY MILES HAS IT GOTTEN BUILT? CITY OF DALLAS.
WE'RE GETTING SIX MILES OF TRAIL WITH MAYBE A HALF A MILE THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR, BUT THE OTHER FIVE AND A HALF MILES IS NOT BEING PAID FOR BY THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH IS AMAZING.
SO, AND THIS, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST POURING A 12 FOOT WIDE RAIL ON FLAT OPEN SPACE.
IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS THROUGH FEDERAL SOURCES.
THIS IS A LOT OF ENGINEERING, LOT OF IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT THAT WE'RE HOW HOW BIG IS THAT BRIDGE? OVER, OVER? IT IS SIX.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
THANK YOU TO GUS AT TRANSPORTATION.
AND THE OTHER GOOD THING ABOUT THE COTTON FRAIL IS THAT IT'S CREATING A LEAP WILL YOUR FIRST LEAP IN NORTH DALLAS.
UM, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE MAR CANNER TRAIL CONNECT TO COMPRESSOR RIDGE TRAIL, WHICH CONNECTS TO THE CON TRAIL, CREATE SIX, SEVEN MILE LOOP.
WE'LL HAVE THE NORTH DALLAS LOOP.
THANK YOU MR. CONNOR AND MS. DALE.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU BOTH FOR THIS PRESENTATION, FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IT, AND ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC WHO'S JUST LISTENING AND CAN'T SEE.
WE HAVE OUR WONDERFUL PLANNING AND DESIGN TEAM BACK BEHIND THEM, SUPPORTING THEM AND SITTING THERE.
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WHO ARE, ARE FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT WHO ARE, ARE HERE TO SUPPORT, UM, THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.QUICK QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND DESCRIBING, UH, JUST THE CLIFF NOTES OF THE PROCESS OF HOW, UM, THE CITY WILL MANAGE THE ZOO'S PARKING GARAGE, UM, CONSTRUCTION BUILD OUT BECAUSE, UM, IT'S THE ZOO.
IT'S ON THE, IT'S OUR PROPERTY, BUT IT'S PART OF THE ZOO.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST KINDA GIVE 32ND CLIFF NOTES OF HOW THAT ALL IS HANDLED SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.
I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE PARTNER DEPARTMENT, THE LC PROJECT.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PARTNER WORKING WITH THE ZOO.
HE'S WORKING FROM THE CONTRACT, I BELIEVE THAT WAS, UH,
UM, WE ARE MANAGING THE CONTRACT IN TERMS OF CONTRACT PAYMENTS.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
SO S ALLOCATED THE MONEY PLUS A $1 MILLION CONTINGENCY FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT COME UP YOUR, SO THERE'S OVERSIGHT AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
SO THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING DESIGN TEAM, ALL THE, ALL GALLEY TO, TO SUPPORT.
UM, I DON'T REALLY WANNA SAY THE SAME THING AS MS. MANDEL.
I THINK, UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS KIND OF INFORMATION.
UH, NOT ONLY FOR OUR OWN, UH, JUST THE WHOLE, I THINK IT GO A LONG WAY WHEN WE'RE SITTING IN THIS ROOM AND IT'S TIME TO DO YOUR REVIEW TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS THE PURE NUMBER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT I MAY NOT HEAR ABOUT.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN MY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
IT'S AN EXCELLENT, UH, UM, WAY TO KIND OF SPOT TO SHOW US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EVERYTHING FORWARD TO SEEING KIND OF ON A REGULAR, UM, HOW THAT CAN BE ACCESSIBLE, NOT ONLY US, BUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL.
NOW YOU'RE DONE WORKING ON BOSTON, A WHOLE OTHER THING.
AND, UM, I WISH, I WISH, UM, MISS CHRIS TURNER WAS HERE WITH US TODAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S HAD A HECK OF A, SHE HAS A HAD OF A HECK OF A YEAR OR SO.
AND, UH, THIS IS HER DEPARTMENT AND THIS IS HER TEAM THAT SHE'S PUT TOGETHER.
SO I'M GONNA SAY KUDOS TO HER FOR A JOB WELL DONE WHEN SHE HAD A LOT OF OTHER STUFF ON HER PLATE LAST YEAR.
SO IF YOU PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH HER AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO WEIGH IN QUICKLY AND SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES AND TIME TO PUT THIS KIND OF THING TOGETHER AND TO CONTINUE, BUT IT'S JUST SO VALUABLE.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND I WOULD AGREE WITH MS. HASI ABOUT MS. TURNER NOTE WHERE AND THE TEAM, YOU, WE, YOU'VE BEEN TASKED WITH AMAZING THE LAST YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT ALL, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND, AND FOR THIS AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. DICKEY AND THANKS AGAIN.
UH, JARED, STEFAN AND TANYA AS WELL.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE AN UPDATE, A BUDGET UPDATE, UH, MS. BARRY
UM, I BELIEVE, OH, WE ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT DOING THE, THE NEXT, UH, WORKSHOP, RIGHT? OKAY.
SO, UH, AND JARED JUST WALKED OUT.
YOU WILL GET A DOCUMENT, THE BOND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UH, IT WAS JUST SOME MINOR TWEAKS BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HEARD, AND JARED WILL BE SENDING THAT BIG DOCUMENT TOO.
DIRECTOR, UH, JENKINS, UM, UM, MAD SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS? MS. RENEE DID.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE RECEIVED THEIR MEMO TODAY, UH, IN REGARD TO, UH, STORM MANAGEMENT, COMMON MANAGEMENT STORM.
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ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE IT GIVES THE INFORMATION, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR ROUTINE AND REVISION AT THIS POINT.UM, THEY'RE MANAGING ALL THE STORM DAMAGE.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW CREWS OUT THAT ARE
WE HOPE TO, UH, WE FORECAST ABOUT MID THE LATE JUNE THAT IT COULD BE A WHILE.
WE HAD OVER 200 PARTS IMPACT AND ALSO OVER ELECTRONIC UBSTANCE.
SO, UH, THAT'S INFORMATION YOU CAN SHARE FOR SURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU KNOW, JUST LETTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW.
I KNOW THEY'RE CALLING YOU IF YOU, AND YOU ALL HAVE CONTINUED TO HELP US WITH THOSE, UM, CONVERSATIONS.
SO IF YOU WILL, PLEASE DO SO AND CONTINUE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE, UH, NEWS THAT YOU'VE SHARED IN REGARD TO JUST THANK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF DIFFERENCE TO THOSE STAFF MEMBERS.
AND I'VE BEEN GIVING THEM THAT INFORMATION WHEN THE COMMUNITY DOES SHOW THEM KUDOS, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
COULD YOU REPEAT THE MARKETING BLURT THAT WE COULD LIKE? YES.
BUT WE HAVE SOME OF THAT ALREADY OUT THERE, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE MEMO.
OKAY, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU ALL RECEIVE THAT.
UH, THANKS AGAIN AND THANKS AGAIN, UH, MS. JOHNSON FOR, UH, KUDOS TO YOU.
REVIEW TEAM FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK.
Y'ALL GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES.
I, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING 24 7 AND KEPT YOUR COOL, BEEN LISTENING CONSTITUENT CONCERNS.
UH, MR. KENNER, I JUST WANNA, UH, READ A TEXT THAT I GOT FROM A CONSTITUENT THIS MORNING.
UM, SHE SAID, I JUST RODE FROM MY HOUSE TO WHITE ROCK, NORTH HAVEN TO WHITE ROCK TRAIL SOAK, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE THE PARK GUYS KUDOS.
I RODE LAST WEEK AND I KNOW ALL THE TREES THAT WERE DOWN THIS MORNING.
EVERYTHING WAS FRESHLY MOWED AND THEY WERE WORKING ON EVERYTHING, BUT THE TRAILS WERE CLEAR TO RIDE.
I KNOW THEY STILL HAVE A BUNCH LEFT TO DO, BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT I FELT LOVED.
DO WE HAVE, UM, ANYBODY ELSE?
UM, PRIDE AND BLOOM AT THE ARBORETUM THIS WEEKEND.
SO IF YOU'RE INCLINED, THE ALL ON BUY IS GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.
UH, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN THE PAPERS OR, OR ANY OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, THE STORMS KNOCKED INVOLVED.
EAGLES NEST PARTIALLY OUT OF THE TREE.
AND BRETT JOHNSON AND I, THERE WAS A, UH, RAFTER RESCUE GROUP WAS ABLE TO FIND ONE OF THE EAGLETS, TOOK IT TO REHAB FOR A FEW DAYS, AND THEN THEY BUILT A LITTLE BIG NEST AND PUT 'EM UP THERE.
AND SO OUR, HIM OR HER UP THERE.
SO THE EAGLET IS DOING WELL, APPARENTLY THE PARENTS ARE FEEDING IT AGAIN AND IT'S EVEN STARTED FLYING A BIT.
SO IT WAS A VERY SAD STORY, BUT WE HAD A, A GOOD OUTCOME AT LEAST WITH ONE OF THE, LET'S JUST WANNA UPDATE EVERYBODY OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT, THAT
STEVE BAKER ALSO WANTED TO COME UP ABOUT OUR SUMMER KICKOFF OF IT.
JUST WANTED TO, UH, OFFER A REMINDER REGARDING THE SUMMER, UH, KICKOFF EVENT THAT WE'RE HOSTING AT, UM, WHOLE CITY PARK, UH, TOMORROW.
UH, SO TOMORROW'S GONNA BE OUR FIELD TRIP DAY FOR ALL OF OUR AFTER OR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
A FEW OTHER INVITED, UH, GUESTS, BUT ALSO IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR, UH, CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES TO COME OUT AND TO ATTEND.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 4:00 PM TOMORROW.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FULL FAMILY EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
UH, THAT WILL RUN FROM 11:00 AM UNTIL 7:00 PM SO WE HAVE MUSIC, BOUNCE HOUSES, WATER SLIDES, ALL KINDS OF GAMES, BUILD ACTIVITIES FOR, FOR THE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES TO ENJOY.
UM, THE WEATHER LOOKS TO BE MUCH BETTER THAN IT'S BEEN FOR THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF.
UM, AND, UM, I DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, I DO WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OLD CITY PARK.
UM, WE TOOK POSSESSION, SO TO SPEAK ON MEMORIAL DAY, THE STORM SET ON TUESDAY.
UM, BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT PARK MAINTENANCE HORTICULTURE TEAM WAS IN THERE, UM, WORKING ON DECORATIVE BEDS AND KIND OF, UH, ING UP THE APPEARANCE OF THE, THE ENTRANCE WAY, UM, TREE REMOVABLE, ELECTRICIANS, CARPENTERS, FACILITIES TEAMS, ALL BEEN IN THERE.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SHOWCASE OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEKEND AND REALLY WITH THE FUTURE GOAL TO PARK GOALS.
ANYBODY, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AS FONDO? I DO WANNA PIGGYBACK OFF OF, UH, STEVE BAKER, PLEASE.
EVERYONE COME OUT AND CELEBRATE AT OLD CITY PARK.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN A WHILE, PLEASE COME.
IF YOU WERE THERE YESTERDAY, STILL COME.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE YOU BACK TO OLD CITY PARK AS WE ALL KNOW IT.
SO, AND THOSE RAINS WERE JUST A CLEANSING.
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ON ANOTHER WONDERFUL NOTE.UM, JUNETEENTH, THE ELM THICK AT NORTH PARK CELEBRATION IS OUR 14TH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, UM, OF FREEDOM DAY.
IT IS SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH AT, UH, FROM 9:00 AM TO 7:00 PM THE PARADE STARTS AT 10:00 AM SO EVERYBODY COME OUT AND CELEBRATE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ABOUT THESE WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL LIKE AND EXCITING COMMUNITY EVENTS.
ALSO WANTED TO SHARE TO TOMORROW, UH, FRIENDS OF CRAWFORD PARK HAVE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY DESERT, WHICH IS A, UM, NONPROFIT MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION THAT, THAT PROVIDES A FREE, UM, BI A FREE BILINGUAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND DISTRICT FIVE.
AND THEY'VE TEAMED UP TOGETHER TO HAVE A SUMMER BASH.
THERE'S GONNA BE ZUMBA, THERE'S GONNA BE VENDORS, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN.
AND THAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW MORNING AT NIGHT AND 30.
SO IF YOU WANNA COME AND DANCE, ZUMBA WITH ME AND FRIENDS AT THE CRAWFORD PARK,
SO, UH, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, MR. SECRETARY? WE HAVE NO OTHER.
ALRIGHT, UH, SINCE WE HAVE NO OTHER ORDER OF BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNING THE MEETING AT, UH, 12:06 PM OUR NEXT PART COURT MEETING IS THURSDAY, JUNE 20TH AT 10:00 AM THANK YOU.