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IT IS STANDARD FEE, AND WE CONVENE[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on June 20, 2024.]
DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATIONS.BOARD MEETING, BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.
BUT THANKS AGAIN, ALL FOR BEING HERE.
JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, OPENING NOTES.
I KNOW EVERYONE IS ANXIOUS AND LOT HAPPENING AT THE THIRD BAR.
I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE YOU, I THINK THE STAFF IS WORKING PREVIOUSLY TO GIVE AN UPDATE AND STARTING NEXT MEETING.
I THINK I WILL LEAVE FAIR PARK AS AN OPEN POINT ON THE AGENDA EVERY MEETING TILL THE TIME WE GET INFORMATION.
BUT IN BETWEEN TODAY AND NEXT MEETING, I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME MORE INFORMATION COMING AS WELL.
SO JUST, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME LEGALITIES YOU HAVE TO, UH, UM, GO THROUGH, BUT JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING, YOU KNOW, BOARD WOULD NOT KNOW, BUT VERY SOON UPDATES WILL BE COMING AND IT'LL BE PART OF EVERY BOARD MEETING FOR FLU MEETINGS GOING FORWARD WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY DISCUSSION WE'LL HAVE AT
WE GET TO OUR NEXT POINT, WE WILL SKIP THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR AFTER PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND MR. JENKINS IS RUNNING FEW MINUTES LATE, SO WE'LL WAIT FOR HIM TO JOIN.
WITH THAT, WE GET TO PUBLIC SPEAKERS MAD SECRETARY.
TODAY I'LL READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MORNING, FIRST AND FOREMOST, MR.
IT'S IN HIGHLAND HILLS, A LONGTIME RESIDENT.
ADDITIONALLY, I'M THE PRECINCT CHAIR, UH, FOR 3 0 7 1.
THE ROLE I HAVE PROUDLY HELD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, MY COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO EXPAND TO BOTH OUR ELDERS AND RESIDENTS AND YOUTH.
I HAVE BEEN A STEADFAST SUPPORTER OF THE INITIATIVE TO REVAMP COLLEGE PARK FROM THIS EXCEPTION, BELIEVING FIRMLY IN THE POSITIVE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY AND ELDERS ALIKE.
THIS SENTIMENT IS SHARED BY THE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION TO RENEW REMARRYING COLLEGE PARK, AND HONOR A FIGHTING NAMED JAY M.
MY CONNECTION WITH MR. MINKA DATES BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD, SPECIFICALLY TO MY TIME AS A THIRD GRADER AT A D TURNER ELEMENTARY, WHERE I WITNESSED HIS DEDICATION AND VOLUNTEERED IN VARIOUS PTA AND DAD'S PROGRAM.
I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH SOME OF HIS CHILDREN AND LATER RECONNECTED WITH HIM AS AN ADULT.
THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, MR. MINKE WAS A BUSINESSMAN AND GENEROUSLY HELPED PEOPLE WITH THEIR BIBLICAL ISSUES, AND HE CONTINUED TO MENTOR AND ADVISE ME ON MAKING SOUND LIKE DECISIONS.
MR MAKE'S IMPACT EXTENDED BEYOND PERSONAL MENTORSHIP.
OVER HIS 30 YEARS OF DEDICATION TO NURTURING TRACK AND FIELD TALENTS IN THE DALLAS AREA, HE PROVIDED COUNTLESS CHILDREN WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO RISE ABOVE POVERTY AND OFFER A FATHER FIGURE TO THOSE WHO NEEDED ONE.
WHEN MY OWN FATHER PASSED A VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN IN MARINE CORPS, WHEN HE PASSED AWAY IN 2017, MR. MIN WAS THERE TO OFFER EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
IT IS DUE TO HIS OVER 50 YEARS OF UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO DALLAS AND THE HOLLY HILLS COMMUNITY THAT I, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS BOARD
AND, AND I THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS
GOOD MORNING,
UH, AND WE HAVE NUMEROUS BY J MIKA SUPPORTERS HERE TODAY WITH US.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, RENAMING OF THE PARK, WHICH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, CHANGE IN ORDER OF SOMEBODY THAT DEDICATED THEIR LIFE TO MAKING THIS WORLD AND COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE.
WE TRAVELED ON STREETS, UH, NAMED AFTER
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RACES, AND SOME OF 'EM WERE STONE COLD MURDERS AND KILLERS AND THUGS.AND WE JUST DRIVE BY LIKE THIS MAN, OH, THERE'S
THIS IS KEITH PARK, AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
NOBODY BRINGS IT UP, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN HERE CAN TELL ME THAT THEY'RE INSPIRED BY THESE PEOPLE.
BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT DALLAS WHO ARE INSPIRED BY MR. MIKA, WHAT HE DONE, WHAT HE REPRESENTED, AND WHO HE WAS.
SO I'M JUST GONNA LET OUR COMMUNITY SAY, UM, THE REST.
UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE ME AND MR. SARDINE AND A COUPLE OTHERS, BUT WE HAVE OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO KNEW MR. UHM AS WELL AND WHO'VE DONE A LOT IN THEIR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO I'M JUST GONNA LET THEM CONTINUE ON WITH, UM, WHAT THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A NECESSITY, UH, IS DUE, IT IS BEEN PASSED DUE IN DECEMBER.
WE WERE TOLD, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE ON THIS THING.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING WE DON'T LIKE FOR THINGS THAT WE, UH, TAKEN AND, AND, AND WITH HONOR AND RESPECT TO BE SWEPT OUT OF THE RUG SINCE THESE OTHER MURDERERS AND KILLERS AND RACES DIDN'T HAVE THEIR NAME AND HONOR SWEPT OUT OF THE RUG.
SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE IF THE PARK BOARD, UH, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH US LATER ON AND GET DISCUSSED HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.
SPEAKERS, MR. FULL GOOD MORNING MEMBERS, THE PARK BOARD.
I'M HERE TODAY AT TO SCHOOL WORK, CHANGING THE NAME OF COLLEGE PARK OF FAHIM.
I MET FAHEEM MIKA IN THE 1970S.
HE WAS THE CHAIR OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY AT THAT TIME IN DALLAS, 73 TO 1970.
DURING THAT TIME, THE GROUP SPONSORED FREE LEGAL RIGHTS CLINICS, FREE BREAKFAST FOR CHILDREN, TENANT RIGHTS ORGANIZING AREA OF PARKING COMPLEX, INCLUDING THE FREE
WHILE HE DID PATHBREAKING WORD ISSUE OF CITIZEN REVIEW OF POLICE MISCONDUCT.
HE USED TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE FIRST PERSON TO PROPOSE LETTER REVIEW IN 1970S.
THE ISSUES HE WORKED ON, LIKE POLICE REVIEW REMAIN CONTROVERSIAL TODAY, BUT THERE'S NO DENYING THAT MR. MINGA PROVIDED PROPHETIC LEADERSHIP ON THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT.
HALF A CENTURY LATER, THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES HAVE A COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICER LABORATORY ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2019 WITH WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
HE SHOWED A MORE INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO FIGHTING DRUG CRIME THAN THE OFFICIAL WAR ON DRUGS.
HE ESTABLISHED AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AGAINST NARCOTICS IN 1988.
AMEN SHINED A SPOTLIGHT ON DRUG HOUSES AND DEALERS IN THE COMMUNITY STREET MARCHES WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CHANTING BETTER RUN DRUG DEALERS, BETTER RUN, FOLLOWED WITH DIRECT CONFRONTATIONS.
THE POINT WAS TO CALL OUT DEALERS OPENLY.
AS MIKA EXPLAINED AT THE TIME, WHAT WE'RE DOING, NO ONE ELSE HAS DARED TO DO, WE'RE CHALLENGING THE PUSHERS AND THE DRUG HOUSES DIRECTLY.
THIS INITIATIVE TOOK A LOT OF BRAVERY AND SHOWED A LOT OF PROMISE, BUT THE DRUG WAR AT ALL LEVELS WASN'T SUPPORTIVE OF THIS KIND OF COMMUNITY BASED EFFORT, WHICH WOULD CALL OUT THE LEAST CORRUPTION, AS SURELY AS IT WOULD CALL OUT ANYONE SELLING DRUGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT THE RESULT WOULD'VE BEEN IF A MAN HAD BEEN GIVEN EVEN A SMALL FRACTION OF THE MILLIONS WASTED IN THE OFFICIAL WAR ON DRUGS.
TODAY, THE WISDOM OF COMMUNITY BASED AND CONSIDER APPROACHES HAS MUCH MORE SUPPORT, MUCH OF EM'S LIFE AND DOUBTS LIVE NEAR THE PARK.
IT SHOULD BEAR HIS NAME, HIS AUTO SHOP WAS NEARBY, FOR INSTANCE.
I WANNA URGE THE PARK BOARD TO HONOR THIS COURAGEOUS, VISIONARY, DEDICATED COMMUNITY SERVANT AND LEADER, FA NIKA.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. MICHAEL KING.
UH, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, DEVONTE PETERS.
I OWN HEALTH STORE IN WHOLE CLIFF CALLED THE ALKALINE HOUR.
WE'VE BEEN OVER THERE ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
I'M ALSO A PREVIOUS CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, FORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T WON YET.
I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, SERVE
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MY COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY, MUCH A SIMILAR WAY THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING TODAY.I JUST WANT TO SPEAK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY BEING IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, SOMEBODY WHO LIVES EVEN FROM THIS AREA, AND, UM, HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO ME TO SEE A, A STREET OR A, A PARK NAMED AFTER SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY, UM, DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, STILL HAVING, UH, POP PALPABLE OR PHYSICAL STRUCTURES THAT WE CAN STILL BENEFIT FROM TODAY, SUCH AS A SKATE LAND PARK, UH, RIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE ROLLER RINK RIGHT IN, UM, THIS AREA.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UM, THESE STREET NAMES AND THESE PARKS AND THESE STORES AND THESE BUSINESSES AND THESE INSTITUTIONS, UH, REFLECT PEOPLE THAT DO NOT HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS AT HAND OR ANCESTORS BEST INTERESTS.
AND IT JUST MAKES US, YOU KNOW, JUST, UM, JUST NOT FEEL INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, IN THE SPACE THAT WE LIVE IN, YOU KNOW? UM, SO HAVING A PARK NAMED AFTER SOMEBODY WHO IS RESPECTFUL.
AND THEN WHEN OUR KIDS, UH, LOOK UP AND, AND TRY TO LOOK UP THESE NAMES OF THESE MONUMENTS, UM, THEY COULD ACTUALLY FEEL CONNECTED TO THIS PERSON'S HISTORY, SOMEBODY THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE THEM, SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVED THE SAME CONDITIONS THAT THEY LIVED IN, AND NOT JUST SOMEBODY WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS APPOINTED WITH NO REAL CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, JUST, JUST, JUST TO ASK YOURSELF LIKE HOW, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT YOU IF YOU SEE ONE OF YOUR LEADERS, UH, SOMEBODY YOU LOOKED UP TO, MONUMENTED AND RESPECTED AND REGARDED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE YOU CAN GO PAST 'EM RIGHT THERE, UM, EVERY DAY YOU CAN TELL YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT 'EM, THEIR FRIENDS, ABOUT 'EM.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT CONNECTION HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, MURDERERS, UH, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, BENEFITED OR INITIATE A GENOCIDE ON, UH, THOUSANDS ACCOUNTANTS OF PEOPLE SUCH AS LAMAR, THAT WAS ACTUALLY CHANGED BY SOME OF THESE PEOPLE IN HERE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE THESE STREAK, IT GOES ON AND ON IN ONE PARTS OF MONUMENTS, AND I WAS SIMPLY SAYING IS LIKE, HEY, MAN, THIS PERSON HAS HAD AN EFFECT ON A LOT OF PEOPLE MULTI GENERATIONALLY, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THOSE FIGURES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN UPHOLD.
YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY WHO, UH, AFFECTED THE LIVES OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST LIKE, Y'ALL TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, STEP OUT ON THE NORM.
AND, UM, I KNOW THERE'S MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PAST, BUT, UM, WE HONOR, WE HONOR PEOPLE SUCH AS SAM BASS IN THIS STATE, BONNIE AND CLYDE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, EXTRACURRICULAR, UM, OR COLORFUL BACKGROUNDS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW,
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO, WHO WAS DOING SOMETHING FOR A PURPOSE.
AND, UM, IF WE, IF WE HAD AN EXAMPLE OF THIS PERSON OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT IN OUR CURRENT LIFETIME, WOULD REALLY BE LOOKING UP TO THIS PERSON AND SUPPORTING THAT MEETING.
AND I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO BE ON THAT, YOU KNOW, ON THAT WAVE.
THANK Y'ALL FOR LISTENING TO IT.
MY NAME IS AKE
AND, AND THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, ALLEGATIONS THAT VAHE WAS A CRIMINAL.
FAHEEM, UH, WAS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN ARLINGTON WHEN HE BECAME RADICAL, HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT TO CHANGE THE NAME, UH, THE MASCOT'S NAME FROM REBELS TO MADS, BECAUSE THAT WAS AN INSULT TO US.
UH, I THINK IT'S HIGH GUY TWO AND NINE, THAT, THAT, THAT SAID, IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS TEMPLE, I'M, I'M PARAPHRASE.
YOU'VE SEEN THIS TEMPLE WHEN IT WAS IN ITS GLORY.
THE LATTER IS GONNA BE GREATER THAN THE FORM.
NOW WE CAN GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT FAHEEM DID.
UH, BUT WHEN FAHEEM DID THOSE THINGS, HE WAS STILL WORKING IN THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE.
HE WAS A, UH, A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS TRYING TO BRING CHANGE INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND HE, HE, HE, HE, HE WORKED TO DO THAT.
UH, FAHEEM, THE LAST TIME I SAW FAHEEM DOWN HERE WAS IN THE HORSESHOE.
AND HE WAS, UH, SPEAKING ABOUT HOW THAT THE, UH, PAWN SHOPS WERE SUPPORTING THE DRUG DEALERS BY BUYING THE PRODUCTS THAT THE, UH, DRUG ADDICT WERE STEALING, UH, FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AT THAT TIME, FAHEEM WAS ACTUALLY PATROLLING THE OL VILLAGE DEPARTMENTS WHERE THE POLICE EITHER WOULDN'T OR, OR EITHER WOULDN'T OR COULDN'T GO.
AND, AND, AND, AND PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I THINK MY BROTHER JOHN
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FACT THAT PEOPLE THAT VAHE WAS GOING UP AGAINST WAS CALLED SHOWER POSSE.AND THE SHOWER POSSE WOULD, WOULD, WOULD RELEASE A SHOWER OF BULLETS ON PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAME UP AGAINST THEM.
BUT FAHEEM CHARLES BEASLEY, UH, CHARLIE PAUL, THEY RAN HIM OUT.
SO, SO, SO, SO ISN'T THAT BETTER THAN THE HISTORY THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT HE HAS? THE REALITY IS THAT FAHEEM MIKA WAS A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WERE TALKING THIS MORNING ABOUT HOW HE WOULD TALK SO DRY AND FLAT.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER WASN'T ABOUT HOW HE SAID IT OR WHAT HE, WHAT HE SAID AND WHAT HE DID, HE CONTINUED TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED.
I WAS WATCHING REVEREND WILLIAM BARBER ON CSP SPAN LAST NIGHT, AND HE QUOTED A WOMAN WHO SAID THAT THIS ISN'T RADICAL, THIS ISN'T RADICAL NAME IN COLLEGE PARK AFTER FAHEEM MINK.
AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS BEFORE I SIT DOWN AGAIN, THIS IS NOT RADICAL.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, MR. JOE TATE.
GOOD MORNING PARK BOARD AND BOARD STAFF.
MY NAME IS PHIL TI LIVE IN, I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE AT 33, 30 FIRST THREE.
I LIVE AT 33 30 SHADY DOLLAR COURT IN DISTRICT.
UH, UH, I, I'M HONORED DOWN HERE TO, UH, SPEAK IN BEHALF OF YOU ALL RECONSIDERING OR CONCERNING LAND IN THE
UH, I'VE KNOWN FRED BE MID 1960S BEFORE SOME OF THESE, THESE YOUNG FOLKS WHERE HE WAS BORN.
UH, I WAS A STUDENT AT EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY.
AND THEN BILL WAS A STUDENT AT, UH, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, UH, UH, AT ARLINGTON.
I WANT TO COVER YOUR CONSCIOUS, FULL UP THE HISTORY OF UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, BUT IT WAS ARLINGTON STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, ARLINGTON STATE COLLEGE, AND AT ARLINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY.
AND THE MASCOT WAS THE REBELS AROUND THE LEAGUE REBELS.
SO THE CHANGES THAT CAME ABOUT IN TERMS OF THAT PREVIOUSLY STATED WAS RESULT OF, OF BROTHER BE ACTION.
I MADE UP BECAUSE I COULD EAST TEXAS STATE COMMERCE, I WAS IN PRE-LAW.
I GOT DRAFTED AND ORGANIZED THE BLACK STUDENT MOVEMENT THERE AND BROUGHT ABOUT ALL KINDS OF CHANGES AT THE UNIVERSITY THAT MANY OF ARE JOINED NOW.
AND, UH, SO WHERE THE BE CAME OVER TO SUPPORT ME, AND I WOULD COME OVER TO ARLINGTON EXCEPT SO, UH, SO, BUT WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE DONE THINGS THAT WE BETTER NOT BE PLEASED WITH AS FAR AS WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE OR HOW THEY WENT ABOUT DOING THINGS.
WHETHER THERE'S AL
BUT THE SACRIFICES AND THE, AND THE DEDICATION OF PEOPLE LIKE WILLIAMS WHO FILED THE, THE, UH, 15 AND ONE, EXCUSE ME, UH, 14 AND ONE, YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE.
SO IT TOOK SOMEBODY'S ACTIONS, SOMEBODY'S SACRIFICED.
SO BROTHER BA SACRIFICED A GREAT, A, A GREAT DEAL FOR YOU TO BE HERE REPRESENTING.
AND I, I, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A, A GOOD JOB AS I HAVE OBSERVED OVER 33 YEARS THAT I HAVE LIVED, UH, LIVED IN DALLAS.
BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE RECONSIDER OR CONSIDER AND, UH, DON AND LOOK BEYOND WHO OR WHAT A, UH, UH, WHAT YOU MAY KNOW ABOUT THE MEN HAVING BEEN A BLACK PANTHER.
I DIDN'T KNOW THEM AS A BLACK PANTHER.
I KNEW HIM AS A STUDENT AND ONE WHO WAS CONCERNED AND COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME, COMMUNITY EFFORTS IN DALLAS AND ORLEANS AND ELSEWHERE.
SO, UH, UH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SURE IS THAT, UH, UH, DR.
JOHN CARLOS, UH, PEOPLE HATED HIM WHEN HE DID THE, UH, PROTEST IN MEXICO CITY IN 1968.
NOW, HE'S, HE'S RICH PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
UH, UH, UH, THE TOLD TO GET OUT MEXICO CITY, THEY CALLED IT A PROTEST THAT THEY DID, BUT THE WORLD WAS BETTER OFF.
THE WORLD WAS BETTER OFF FOR THOSE OF US WHO SACRIFICED, AND WE DID GET RISK DOING IT.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, LOOK BEYOND THE TERM BLACK PANTHER? BECAUSE LIKE THERE SOME, MOST OF THEM THAT WERE THEM BEING KLANSMEN IN DALLAS, TEXAS, OKAY? AND SO PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED BEYOND THAT.
AND THEN DALLAS IS A BETTER CITY AND THERE'S A NEED FOR, FOR GREATER IMPROVEMENT.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY BETTER, AND ONE WAY YOU CAN DO SO.
IT'S CONSIDERING TO, UH, NAME THIS, UH, PART IN, UH, UH, IN
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HONOR OFMAY I HAVE A QUESTION? MR. PRESIDENT BOARD WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
THANK, THANK, HELLO, YOU GO AHEAD.
GLAD SELMA BOARD MEMBERS, UH, THANK YOU SPEAKERS FOR COMING OUT.
I SUPPORT THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
I KNOW HIM AS MR. MKO USED TO SAY, I GREW UP IN BUN TOWN AND, AND WE MOVED TO HOLLAND HILLS.
SO EVERYTHING THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND.
THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR COMING OUT.
AND I'M NOT TALKING OUTTA THE SIDE OF MY MOUTH.
I'M NOT SAYING SOMETHING WHILE YOU'RE NOT AROUND.
I SUPPORT THIS AND WE NEED TO GET AT THE TABLE AND UN WRESTLE WITH EACH OTHER AND OUR POLICIES THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.
JUST TO ENTERTAIN ONE QUESTION, MR. TIKI, SO IT DOESN'T COME.
UH, I SUPPORT THIS STRONGLY AS WELL, UH, VERY FAMILIAR WITH VAHE MKA AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS AND THINGS IN DALLAS.
BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF, GIVEN WE, WE HAVE A, WE'VE RECENTLY MODIFIED OUR PARK NAMING POLICY, AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.
AND I SEE THEY'VE ALREADY, THIS GROUP'S ALREADY GOT A THOUSAND SIGNATURES, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK, A STAFF IS ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO HELP NAVIGATE OUR NAMING POLICY, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT.
SO, SO I RATHER THAN GETTING STAFF ANSWER THIS, I WILL ASK FOR THE BRIEFING SOON SO THAT EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WE, THIS TODAY DOESN'T BECOME, BECAUSE ONCE THEY SAY SOMETHING, EVERYONE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS AND ALL NOT BEING ON EACH AGENDA, BUT GOOD REQUEST, I'LL MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, WITH THAT, UH, I THINK WE WILL, LET'S MOVE TO APPROVAL OF MEETINGS SUB JUNE STATE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. SLAUGHTER? DO I HAVE A SECOND? MS. ELL, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY, UH, WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH OUR SPECIAL RECOGNIZATION OF MR. MARK LAMP.
AND MR. JENKINS IS STILL RUNNING LATE AND HE IS CONDUCTING
BUT BELIEVE THERE'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT IS CONDUCTING IT IS HERE.
I THINK WE CAN REQUEST HIM TO COME.
WE JUST HOLD FOR A MINUTE WHILE MR. JENKINS, IT IS NOT HERE.
CRYSTAL ROSS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DALLAS PARK RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
HOWEVER, I DO SEE THAT JOHN S ARE DIRECTORS HERE.
SO LET ME RECOGNIZING ONE OF, SO JOHN, HOW DO YOU WANT? SEE, GO AHEAD.
LET HIM GET DOUBLED ON FROM YOU AND JOHN.
YOU WANNA READ THE FORMAL OR YOU WANT ME TO READ THE FORMAL? LET ME KNOW.
SO INFORMALLY AND MARCUS WORK WITH RECREATION SERVICES HIS ENTIRE CAREER WHERE HE HAS BEEN THE RESPONSIBLE, I'M GONNA CALL HIM THE GATEKEEPER, BUT THE RESPONSIBLE CARETAKER OF OUR RECREATION FACILITIES, IN PARTICULAR SENIOR HILLS AND JDC TURNER.
BUT I WILL READ THE FORMAL DOCUMENT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR FACILITIES IS REALLY WHAT DRAWS PEOPLE TO OUR BUILDINGS, AND IT KEEPS OUR CUSTOMERS HAPPY.
AND SO MARK HAS DONE SO FAITHFULLY FOR 24 YEARS.
UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC, HE WAS VERY CRITICAL ON THE TEAM AND ENSURING THAT OUR FACILITIES HAD THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES, THE PRACTICES IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMFORT AND SAFETY AND SECURITY
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TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT WERE COMING BACK INTO OUR CENTERS.SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL READ THE FORMAL DOCUMENTS, GLASSES ON, BECAUSE LIFE IS LIKE THAT
WHEREAS ON JUNE 28TH, 2024, MARK LAMPKIN IS RETIRING FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS PARK RECREATION DEPARTMENT AFTER 24 YEARS OF THE SENIOR SERVICE.
WHEREAS IN 1999, MARK BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A CITY OF DALLAS FACILITY CUSTODIAN AT SENIOR HILLS RECREATION CENTER.
2018, MARK TRANSITIONED OVER TO JDC TURNER RECREATION CENTER TO SERVE IN THE CUSTODIAL CAPACITY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT DATE.
HE IS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN IMPROVING THE FACILITY CLEANLINESS STANDARDS THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY.
UM, PARTICIPATING ON THE CUSTODIAL STRIKE TEAM, FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL THAT DON'T KNOW, WE GET A TEAM OF OUR SEASONED CUSTODIANS TO GO AHEAD AND CARE FOR OTHER FACILITIES AND TEAM UP TOGETHER, THE FLOORS, WINDOWS, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, MARK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING OUR TEAM OF CUSTODIANS WERE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND OR KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THE DATA CLEANING PRACTICES.
IN PARTICULAR, THE ENHANCED PRACTICES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MARK'S CONTRIBUTION WERE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR CUSTOMER RETENTION.
MARCUS SERVED AS A COLLEAGUE, MENTOR, RECREATION PROFESSIONAL, AND A LEADER, AND WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS KINDNESS, TEAMWORK, DEDICATION.
I'LL ADD, HE'S A COWBOY SWIMMER TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY DEPARTMENT RECREATION BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT, UH, PARK, RECREATION DEPARTMENT OF CITY OF DALLAS, IS IT WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION THAT WE EXTEND TO MARK LAMPKIN FOR 24 YEARS AT DEVOTED SERVICE IN THE PARK AND DEPARTMENT? JUST WANNA SAY, I'VE BEEN
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU WORK IN THE REC CENTER, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HIS PRIMARY JOB,
HE WAS THERE TO HELP PROGRAM WITH THE KIDS, WITH THE SENIORS, MAKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, TO PUT SO SMILES ON PEOPLE'S FACES.
AND EVERY TIME I SAW MARK, EVERY TIME I WENT TO REC CENTERS, WE WOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HIS FAMILY THEY WERE DOING.
BUT ONE THING, HE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH HE LOVED HIS JOB AND LOVED WHAT HE LIKED DOING, WORKING WITH THOSE SENIORS, WORKING WITH THOSE, THOSE WORKING WITH THOSE KIDS.
SO WE JUST WANNA SAY ONCE AGAIN, MARK HALF OF THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE PARK BOARD, WE EXTEND OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO YOU.
THANK, THANK YOU
HE DRIVES THE VAN, DOES ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING MR. CONDO
EVERY TIME WE DO THIS CLOSE, THE LONGEVITY OF TEAM, NO GRATEFUL, BUT THEN WE MOVE TO OUR CONSTANT AGENT, WE ARE FILLING OUT NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT.
SO WE ARE VOTING ON 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, AND 10.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MR. SLAUGHTER? DO I HAVE A SECOND MR. PORT? ANY DISCUSSION WITH, THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON REGARDS TO, IN REGARDS TO NUMBER THREE, ONCE THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED, HOW IS THE, UH, EQUIPMENT DISPERSED THROUGHOUT OUR REC CENTERS AND UM, TEAMS?
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IT'S A STOP QUESTION, JOHN.WHO WOULD ANSWER THAT? HOW IS THE EQUIPMENT GOING TO BE DISPERSED ON NUMBER THREE? SO ONCE IT'S PURCHASED AND WE'VE APPROVED THE PURCHASE, I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW IT'S ALL DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT OUR REC CENTERS.
SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS ON THE EQUIPMENT, SO IT'S JUST A MASTER AGREEMENT THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY NEED EQUIPMENT FOR SUPPLIES, ALL DIRECT CENTERS CAN TAP INTO, BUT ALL THE UH, YOUTH SPORTS STAFF CAN TAP INTO THIS MASTER DEGREE.
OKAY? SO WHEN THEY NEED FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, ANY TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED TO PUT ON PROGRAM OR SPORTS, THEY WILL GO THROUGH THIS COMPANY.
IS THAT ALWAYS HOW WE'VE HAD IT? BECAUSE I KNOW RECENTLY WITH THE, OUR, WE NEEDED SOME BASEBALL EQUIPMENT AND MS. MARTHA AND I WERE GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP THEM.
YEAH, WE CAN SEE THAT'S HOW WE DO UNLESS WE GETTING DONATIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, PLEASE? WITH THAT ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW WE WILL GET TO NUMBER SEVEN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON APPROVE MR. GOLDSTEIN? SECONDED BY MR.
MR. GOLDSTEIN, YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT? YEAH, PLEASE.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF STAFF COULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE WITH IT AND WHAT THIS ITEM IS, IS THAT? SURE.
THE, UH, ITEM HERE IS FOR ADDITIONAL SCOPE WORK FOR THE DESIGN TEAM TO ADD CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, HAVE
SO THIS SOMETHING THAT WILL ABLE FULL SET OF BIG DOCUMENTS SO THAT TWO PROJECTS THAT THIS IS, AND THE BUILDING WILL HAVE A FULL SET OF DOCUMENTS.
UH, CAN YOU JUST REMIND EVERYONE ON THE BOARD THE, WHEN YOU SAID THE PARK IN THE BUILDING, WHAT GENERALLY IS INVOLVED? RIGHT.
THE PARK IS ALONG THE, UH, ALONG FOREST LANE AND SO BACK FURTHER BE ON A, A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE AUGUST 7TH.
YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT TIMELINE BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONCERN WE BROKE GROUND MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
UM, THE TIMELINE IN THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL SAID THE WHOLE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED DECEMBER OF 25.
SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO UPDATE THAT TO JOHN AND WHEN IT GOES TO COUNCIL, SO SPECIFICALLY FALLS OUT THAT THE PARK WILL HAVE AN EARLY
UM, WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE WITH URGENCY AND I APPRECIATE THE NEED.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT OVER LAST YEAR.
THAT'S PART OF WHY IT'S TAKEN THIS TIME.
BUT, UM, I THINK MS. ROSS HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF, UM, ADDING URGENCY TO THIS AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN COME TODAY.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME LATER THIS YEAR, IF NOT FOR, FOR, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR ROSS.
UM, AND JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT, THAT ING ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT.
AND EVEN THOUGH THAT COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE THE CONSTITUENCY TO COME HERE AND THEY DON'T HAVE MILLIONS OF PRIVATE FUNDING TO MATCH, WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR IT TO MOVE QUICKLY.
I JUST WANNA SAY MR. GOLDSTEIN, APPRECIATE YOU AND COUNCILMAN STEWART'S ADVOCACY AND CONSISTENCY TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT'S MOVING ALONG.
'CAUSE TO YOUR POINT, THEY'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME.
IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY
AND WE DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PARK PROJECT DIDN'T OVERLAP WITH THE FACILITY SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE CONTRACTORS OUT OF THERE SO THEY DON'T OVERLAP WITH EACH OTHER, BUT IT IS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO GET THIS THING GOING.
THEY THE PUBLIC HEAR THAT WE DO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THOSE SITUATIONS? YES, MS.
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WAS AN INCREASE? WAS IT JUST A DELAY IN, UH, NO, THE, THE FIRST ACTION WAS FOR JUST A CONCEPT.SO THERE WERE DRAWINGS AND IMAGES TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY TO GET IMPACT AND, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK FROM THAT.
SO THE, UH, SUPPLEMENT HERE IS TO GO WITH THE NEXT THREE PHASES OF DESIGN.
THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL SET OF BID DOCUMENTS THAT CONTRACTORS CAN USE TO BE AS DETAILED AS THEY NEED.
BUT THE FIRST HUNDRED WAS JUST FOR THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS? CORRECT.
AND THIS, UH, INCREASES FOR THAT ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT? CORRECT.
JUST TO A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WE DID VET THIS AT PLANNING DESIGN AND VOTED FOR THIS UNANIMOUSLY, UM, IN OUR PLANNING DESIGN COMMITTEE MEETING.
ANY OTHER WITH THAT? UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SECOND WE MOVE TO PAUL
AYE MR. DICKEY, ANY DISCUSSION, MR. GOLDSTEIN? ANY PROBLEMS? YEAH, UM, SO THIS, I THINK MOST ON THE BOARD SHOULD BE CLEAR WITH THIS, BUT I APPRECIATE STAFF THAT IS DETAILED TIMELINE THAT EVERYBODY HAS IN FRONT OF 'EM BECAUSE THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL DOESN'T NEARLY CAPTURE THE HISTORY OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND THAT'S PROBABLY 'CAUSE I THINK THE BACKGROUND DISCOVERS THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR, BUT IT GOES BACK
UM, AND SO I REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT IT.
IT HAPPENS TO BE IN DISTRICT 10, BUT IT'S REALLY CITYWIDE ENTITY THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE, UM, FULLY OPENING SOON.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STAFF THERE ALREADY.
UM, AND I DO WANNA REITERATE WHAT I, I THINK IT WAS MS. ELL THAT RAISED THE COMMITTEE THAT THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY FOR US TO ENSURE THAT UM, ANY OF THE PRINCIPALS INVOLVED IN THE, WITH THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR DON'T DO BUSINESS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT EVER AGAIN.
SO I I I JUST WANT US TO CONTINUE TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO, I ENSURE THAT, UM, BUT IF WE COULD ALSO JUST GIVE A BRIEF, UM, UPDATE ON WHO ALL, IF IT STAFF WISE IS WORKING NOW, WHO ALL BE TRANSITIONING THERE IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY UPDATE EACH IN THE COMMITTEE, BUT, UM, I AM LOOKING AT THE CURRENT STAFF THAT'S THERE, LOOKING AT ALL THE STAFF ACROSS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENTS IN EVERY OFFICE.
RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING AT A UTILIZATION PLAN TO DETERMINE WHO THE STAFF THAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW MAY NOT STILL BE THERE FOR FUTURE.
BECAUSE I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT STAFF ONLINE IN DIFFERENT GROUPS, IN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT TYPE OF SYNERGY SO WE CAN GET THE RIGHT TYPE OF COLLABORATION.
SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU ALL A LIST TODAY AND SAY THAT'S GOING BE THE LIST BECAUSE I'M EVALUATING EVERY STAFF AND EVERY OFFICE RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE, UM, FINANCING SOURCES? BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A LONG TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, NEEDING MONEY IN THE 24 BOND FOR THIS AND THEN WE FOUND THE MONEY ELSEWHERE.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN HOW WE THAT YEAH.
SO MONEY, MONEY ON THIS BOARD MAY RECALL, BUT THE MONEY CAME FROM DISTRICT TWO SERVICE CENTER THAT WAS UNDERFUNDED SO MUCH THAT I WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANY MONEY TO GET THAT COMPLETED
AND I'M NOT LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, BUT I KNOW THE PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE CAME FROM THE SERVICE CENTER THAT WAS GOING BE IN DISTRICT TWO BECAUSE WE PURCHASED A BUILDING THAT, UH, THAT REQUIRE MORE PROBABLY LIKE FOUR OR $5 MILLION WORTH OF WORK AND WE ONLY HAVE LIKE 2.3 MILLION AND, AND WE EXPECT THIS TO BE THE LAST STEP TO GET THIS PROJECT COMPLET FUNDING.
LEMME JUST SAY THIS IS THE PROJECT FROM HELL
AND UH, UH, I THOUGHT WE HAD ALL THE FUNDING FOUR YEARS AGO UNTIL WE GOT INTO THE LAWSUIT AND CONTRACTOR WALKED AWAY.
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I HOPE SO,SHE WANTED TO OPEN TWO YEARS AGO,
WE, IT WILL BE OPEN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND UM, I JUST WAS WONDERING, UM, THE 654,000 OF 2006 BOND IS USED IN THIS.
WAS THAT OR WHAT'S LEFT FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR THIS? OR IS THAT JUST MONEY THAT WE HAD? THE REASON I ASK IS I'M JUST, IT IS WONDERFUL THAT THE MONEY'S THERE, BUT THIS SORT OF FY MASSIVE 2006 BOND, UH, IT'S HUGE.
IT'S BEEN 18 YEARS AND I'M JUST WAS CURIOUS IF, UH, HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT OUT OF THAT 2006 BOND? YEAH, BECAUSE IT COMES THROUGH EVERY FEW MONTHS.
WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING AND, UH, IS THERE, WHAT'S I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT IN THERE AND NOT NECESSARILY TODAY, UNLESS THE NUMBERS DID.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS DISCUSSION ON OH SIX.
UM, SO YES, WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDS LEFT FOR THE, FOR THE 2006 BOND FUND.
NOW THESE ARE NOT TECHNICALLY FUNDS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR PAUL DYER, AS MR. KINS MENTIONED.
UM, SOME OF THESE FUNDS DID COME FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.
UM, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS FUNDING, WE DID CLOSE DOWN QUITE A FEW PROJECTS AND NOT JUST BECAUSE, UM, WE NEEDED THIS, BUT WE ARE
YOU GO AHEAD, GIVE 'EM AN ESTIMATE.
SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 1.9 MILLION, UM, SITTING IN THE 2006 BOND FUNDS OF THAT FUNDING.
600,000 IS SET ASIDE TO CONTRIBUTE.
PAUL BUYER, UM, THE WAY 2006 BOND FUND WAS SET UP, UM, THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC.
SO WE DO HAVE A CITYWIDE RESERVE WHERE MOST OF THESE FUNDS CAME FROM, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE SET ASIDE TRAIL RESERVES AND THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE MOSTLY TRAVEL RESERVES.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HOLDING THOSE FOR A AMOUNT, TWO OF THEM, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, OUR PRACTICE GOING FORWARD,
GET SOMEONE WHO CAME FROM THE FINANCE SIDE SITTING ON THE PENSION BOARD.
WE KNOW MONEY IS NOT PUT TO WORK THIS, IT COST A LOT MORE MONEY AND WE HAVE TO CLOSE OUT ALL OLD FUNDS.
UM, AS WE DISCUSSED ON JUNE 6TH AT THE PLANNING AND DESIGN MEETING, THAT WHEN A CONTRACTOR, UH, WALKS OFF THE JOB, UM, IF WE CAN DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT EVEN IF THEY COME UP BACK WITH A DIFFERENT LLC OR THOSE NAMES THAT WERE LISTED ON THAT ABORIGINAL CONTRACT DON'T COME BACK TO US AND WANT TO, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, PUT IN A BID OR APPLY FOR SOMETHING ELSE, UM, BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE LEFT US IN A REALLY BAD SPOT, UM, HOPEFULLY THIS PROJECT FROM HELL BECOMES SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL AND, AND, YOU KNOW, CHURCH AND WELL REWARDED.
BUT I JUST REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HOWEVER WE CAN, UM, WITH IS IT LEGAL OR WHATEVER, EXCEPT WE'RE LOOKING AND DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE OF THESE TYPE OF CONTRACTORS AND PEOPLE BACK INTO OUR, UM, OUR, YOU KNOW, UM, QUEUE.
WE CAN WORK ON THAT
BUT THAT'S NOT FOR ME TO DECIDE.
SO WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT AND I CAN WORK WITH THE ATTORNEY.
I WON'T, THIS BOARD OR MYSELF WON'T HAVE THE
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LAST SAYING THAT.'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GONNA BE THE COUNCIL.
I JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT MS. MANDEL SAID.
WE WERE TOLD IN THE PLANNING AND DESIGN COMMITTEE MEETING THAT, UM, IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE TO DO THAT.
AND THIS SPEAKS SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARDS THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT THE CITY HAS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE PARK DEPARTMENT DOESN'T CONTROL THAT PROCESS.
IT CAN INFLUENCE IT AS ONE OF THE LARGEST DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
UM, ESPECIALLY REGARDING CONTRACTORS THAT WALK OFF THE JOB AND THEN FORM NEW LLCS.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY TO KEEP A LIST OF THAT, TO KEEP PROCUREMENT UP TO DATE ON THAT AND THEN EXERT SOME PRESSURE, UM, THAT THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
UH, WE ARE VOTING ON ALL THE ADMINISTRATION S AT THE CENTER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MR. VOTE TO HAVE A SECOND? MR.
I THINK THIS IS A EXCITING APPLICATION.
IT WAS THE LARGEST DONATION TO THE CITY BEFORE CEDAR RESERVE CAME, UH, WITH A BIGGER DONATION, WHICH IS GOOD.
BUT THAT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I IT WE VOTE ON MARCUS RECREATION CENTER TO HAVE A MOTION.
UH, MS HAS ANY DISCUSSION MR. NER? YES.
UH, ARE WE IN DANGER OF NOT GETTING, ARE THESE TWO IN COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER? I, I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THING I'D BE NO, WHEN THIS INDOOR ONE IS OUT.
WE'VE CHOSEN ONE INDOOR PROJECT AND ONE OUTDOOR PROJECT TO PURSUE.
THOSE ARE SEPARATE BRAND PROGRAMS. THEY'RE NOT IN COMPETITION.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. COLLEAGUES? YES.
SORRY I CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON WITH YOU ALL, BUT, UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, CHRIS AND THE STAFF JARED, UM, FIND FINDING THIS GRANT.
AND BECAUSE MARCUS RECREATION CENTER IN THE BOND, UM, TOOK A HIT IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO SPEND ON IT AND, UM, KIND OF SHIFTED SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TOWARDS THIS BREAK GROUND AT FAIR OAKS.
UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK FINDING THIS AND, UH, GOING THROUGH THE TIMELINE WITH ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
AND THIS SEEMS TO BE LIKE, UM, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I JUST WANNA COME IN THE PARK STAFF AND LOOK FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS THAT ARISE, WHETHER IT'S STATE OR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT, UM, WE WOULD QUALIFY FOR.
SO WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT, UM, WE'LL BE RECEIVING THAT, UM, $2 MILLION GRANT IN, IN MAYBE, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR.
UM, I OFTEN DON'T LIKE TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION WITH ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE AND THEN GO TO FULL BOARD.
BUT WITH THESE TWO PART NUMBER LESSON, WELL, UM, WE HAD A REALLY BIG DESIGN MEETING THIS MORNING THAT WENT OVER ALL OF THIS AND JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHEN WE'RE COMING WITH GRANTS, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GREAT.
SO TO HAVE THIS ON OUR, UM, ON OUR AGENDA FOR OUR SAME DAY.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, OKAY, THIS CAN BE ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
UM, EVEN THOUGH OFTENTIMES WHEN IT'S REALLY HARD WHEN WE GO FROM COMMITTEE TO FULL AGENDA, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UM, IS ACCEPTABLE AND, UH, AND WE GET OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND PLANNING DESIGN AND, UM, AND REALLY WELCOME THESE TYPES OF PARTIES.
AND I THINK BOTH BETTER SEEN STAFF HAS MADE A
WITH THAT, I WANT TO COMMENT STAFF, UH, CHECK STAFF FOR FINDING THESE OPPORTUNITIES, THE MONEY WE CAN BEST SPEND IN THE STAFF.
AND RIGHT NOW, IF IT, THERE'S A TIME THERE IS SO MUCH RULE OF DIFFERENT MONEY, MR. NER, PAUL SAID, WELL, OH YEAH, PEOPLE'S MONEY.
WE SOLD AN IMPACT OF, I ACTUALLY, I SKIPPED THE,
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THE SAFETY BRIEFING BECAUSE WE, WATSON AND CHIEF COULD NOT BE HERE.SO SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT.
BUT WE GET TO OUR FIRST BRIEFING PART, RESOURCES AND IMPACT, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT AND
UH, TODAY WE'RE HERE TO JUST A KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION IN REGARD TO OUR PARK RESOURCES AND THE IMPACT OF ENCAMPMENTS ON THOSE RESOURCES.
SO TODAY WE'LL JUST GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY AND PURPOSE, UH, JUST TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE ENCAMPMENTS ON PARKS, WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, HOW THEY'RE INCREASING AND SO ON.
YOU KNOW, ANNUALLY WE COME TO THE BOARD, UH, TO DISCUSS, UH, ENCAMPMENTS AND, AND UNSHELTERED CHILDREN POPULATION.
UH, SO WE'VE HAD, WE'VE SEEN INCREASES, UM, 2019 TO 2020, AND COURSE WE HAD GONE UP ABOUT 50% IS RECOGNIZED.
UM, ENCAMPMENTS, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY AS FAR AS THE FUNDING ALLEGATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, A FEW YEARS, A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
THAT WAS FOR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION.
THAT MEANS OUR REALLY ENCAMPMENT CLEANING.
AND THEN, UM, WITH THE HEART PROGRAM, UM, WE, THE HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM, OUR NEW HEART TEAM, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, 308 2000 IN FUNDING.
AND WHAT WITH THAT, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC STAFF THAT ACTUALLY, UM, MAINTAINS, CLEANS, UH, ENCAMPMENTS.
SO THE PURPOSE TODAY IS JUST TO GIVE YOU THAT, THAT UPDATE.
SO WE REALLY WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE BEAT ON THE PHONES AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, HOW ENCAMPMENTS IMPACT OUR RESOURCES, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THOSE ALLOCATIONS, IT'S STILL FUNDING THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING FROM OUR OWN FUNERAL OPERATION BUDGET, UM, THAT WE ARE CLEANING IN CABINET.
SO JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, SOME EXAMPLES HOW THAT HAPPENS.
I SUPPOSED TO KIND OF GO OVER A FEW.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE, UH, REMOVING PARK AMENITIES TO, UH, TO REDUCE OVERNIGHT CAMPING AND SLEEPING IN THE PARK, THAT KIND OF THING.
UH, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, PREVENTING, UM, UH, PARK PATRONS, UH, JOINING YOUNG SHELTER FROM SLEEPING IN THE PARKS.
UM, WE HAVE DAMAGE AND VANDALISM BASED ON, UM, YOUNG SHELTER BEING IN THE PARKS.
UM, WE HAVE TO SECURE AND ANCHOR, UM, PARK COMMUNITIES, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T REMOVE, UH, THOSE ISSUES.
THOSE, UH, AMENITIES ARE NOT REMOVED.
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL POWER WASHING, UH, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, UH, YOUNG SHELTER POPULATION BEING IN THE PARKS, CLEANING ADDITIONAL CLEANINGS, OF COURSE, PERFORMING MORE LITTER AND DEBRIS REMOVAL.
UM, WE HIRED CONTRACTORS TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH SOME OF THE AFTERMATH OF, OF THESE STRUCTURES IN THE PARK.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE MAINTENANCE TEAMS ARE DEALING WITH ALONG WITH THE HURRICANE.
SO FACILITIES AND, UH, FACILITY SERVICES DIVISION, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO, ESPECIALLY THESE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS, UM, WE HAVE, WE SEE, UH, A LOT OF BEYOND SHELTER POPULATION TRYING TO HANDLE SMALL AREAS.
THEY CAN GET ELECTRICAL POWER.
SO THOSE LOAD CENTERS AND THINGS, UH, FACILITY SERVICES HAVE, HAS HAD TO RESPOND TO REMOVING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
UM, JUST THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT OUR PAVILIONS, UH, ADDITIONAL LIGHTING THAT WE NEED TO INSTALL OR LOAD THAT AREAS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE PROVIDE MORE LIGHTING.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE REPAIRING OF BUILDINGS AS WELL THAT CAUSED, UH,
OUR CONSERVATION TEAM, BOARD TEAM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THESE
SO JUST COMING IN AND TRYING TO CLEAR THOSE AREAS.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT IS A LOT OF, UH, WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO KIND OF KEEP UP WITH THESE PROPERTIES AS HAVING SO MANY, UM, PROPERTIES TO MANAGE.
UM, THEY ALSO PROVIDE, A CONSERV TEAM PROVIDES THAT RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE, THAT VEGETATION REMOVAL.
SO CONSERVATION TEAM COMES IN AND TELLS AS TO THE MAINTENANCE TEAMS WHAT WE SHOULD DO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN THE FIRES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN LOCAL PARKS, UM, IN OUR FORESTER AREAS.
SO IT ALSO IMPACTS WHERE THE UNSHELTERED ARE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T SET FIRES.
OUR PARK RANGERS AND MARSHALLS.
UM, OF COURSE OUR UNFORTUNATE
AND SO WHEN THEY'RE NOT PATROLLING OR THIS PREVENT
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THEM FROM CONTROLLING SOME OTHER AREAS BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH UNSHELTERED POPULATION ON OUR PARKS AND JUST RESPONDING TO THOSE INCIDENTS AND THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON PARKS BECAUSE OF UNSHELTERED POPULATION.UM, THE FORESTRY TEAM, OF COURSE, THEY, YOU KNOW, WE COME IN, WE WORK WITH POLICE ON SOME CASES, UH, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT BASED ON PAVILIONS AND, AND, AND, UM, AND TREE CANOPY.
JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TREE CANOPIES ARE RAISED SO THAT, UM, WE CAN SEE HOW THOSE DISTINCT SIDE, UH, SIGHT LINES GOING INTO PARKS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE AS OUR KEPT IS ON PARKS, AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION, UH, IN REGARDS TO THIS AT OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM MEETING.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE NUMBERS GO UP, YOU KNOW, FROM YEAR TO YEAR, FROM ONE FORTY FIVE IN 2019 TO BIRTH RECOGNIZED OVER THREE 50, UH, IN LAST YEAR.
AND SO FOR SURE, YOU KNOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT IS A TRUE NUMBER AS TO WHAT THE INCREASE IS? OR IS IT THAT WE ARE ALSO RESPONDING? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME ALLOCATED RESOURCES NOW SO THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, RESPONDING TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING IN PARKS AND WE'RE RESPONDING CONSISTENTLY.
AND SO OF COURSE OUR DATA'S GONNA GO UP, THE MORE AND MORE RESOURCES TO WE ALLOCATE, UM, TO THIS EFFORT.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE HEART TEAM THAT SAID, UM, RESPONSE TEAM, THOSE FOUR EMPLOYEES.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE PARK RANGERS AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE PARK MODULE.
SO JUST LOOKING AT REALLY HOW MANY ENCOUNTERS THAT WE ACTUALLY CAPTURED.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION, UM, OR RESPONDING TO THESE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN SEE AS FAR AS 400 ENCOUNTERS WITH THE, WITH THE HEART TEAM BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING EVERY DAY, UH, OF, OF THE WEEK AS FAR AS, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO THOSE ENCAMPMENTS 135 WITH THE PARK RANGERS AND THE MARKET.
NOW, I WILL SAY THIS, AS IT RELATES TO DATA, WE ARE GETTING MUCH BETTER AT DATA COLLECTION, BUT FOR SURE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
I THINK, UH, SOME OF OUR NEW, UM, OUR HOPE IS
SO WE KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THESE STATES, WE'RE PROBABLY MISSING MISSING SOME OF THE DATA JUST BECAUSE OUR PARK, UH, MAINTENANCE STAFF IS OUT IN THE, IN THE FIELD.
THEY MAY PICK UP SOMETHING AT A PAVILION OR, YOU KNOW, ON THE PARK AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE CAPTURED THAT THAT WAS DUE AND LEFT THERE DUE TO THE N SHOW.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME, UH, AS IT RELATES TO CHRONIC ENCAMPMENTS.
AND SO WE JUST LOCATED THE, AND UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SHOW YOU THE TOP 10, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UM, ENCAMPMENTS ON SITES.
AND SO THESE ARE SOME CRITICAL AREAS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT MOST OF YOU DEFINITELY KNOW ABOUT.
UH, BUT THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
THE TOP 10 IS AS FAR AS MOVING WITH RESOURCES.
AND SO OUR PROPOSED ACTION, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO STRATEGIZE AND MONITOR OUR RESOURCES AS IT RELATES TO THE HEART PROGRAM.
B, HOW WE GONNA EXPAND TO RESPOND TO, UH, THE UNSTRUCTURED OUR UH, POPULATION.
BUT WE ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE, UH, WITH THE EFFORTS OF THE OHS OF THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS, UH, SOLUTIONS OUTREACH.
AND, UH, WE ARE MEETING, UH, I'VE HAD A MEETING, UH, JUST THIS PAST WEEK, UH, WITH THE DIRECTOR THERE AND I KNOW THEY HAVE SOME, SOME, SOME PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE UPCOMING.
UH, IF THIS WILL BE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL WANT TO HEAR FROM, UH, THE DIRECTOR, AGAIN, I CAN'T MAKE THAT REQUEST BEFORE SHE WAS HERE LAST YEAR AND SHE SPOKE, UM, TO, TO THE PARK BOARD.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN LETTING YOU KNOW AS TO HOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW WE'RE MANAGING THROUGH, UH, AND RESPONDING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR FROM YOU ALL IN REGARD TO SPECIFICS AND WE HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS IN REGARDS TO SPECIFICS.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS TEAM BEHIND ME IS WORKING DIRECTLY DAILY, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UM, IN CAMPUS ON PARKS.
OF COURSE, WE WELCOME ALL PARK PAGES, BOTH THEIR PHONE FOLLOWING THE RULES.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH OUR WRITING PROCESS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, I WILL, I'M A LITTLE AND MY TEAM, BUT JUST WANT TO SAY RENEE, HER TEAM, THEY REALLY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BRIEF YOU ALL ON THIS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW JUST WHAT'S THE IMPACT.
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A BUDGET, BUT IT'S, THAT BUDGET EXCEEDS WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SHEET.
AND RENEE DIDN'T DISCUSS LIKE ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
LIKE WHEN WE GET A PHONE CALL SELLING EVENT, WE, WE GOT AN ENCAMPMENT THAT'S SELLING SET UP ON A BASKETBALL COURT OR WE HAVE TO REDEPLOY RESOURCES JUST LIKE THAT, THAT IF THEY WAS, WAS ASSIGNED THIS TEAM, 'CAUSE THIS TEAM IS ALREADY ASSIGNED TO GO DO OTHER THINGS
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THAT DAY IT'S GONNA BE MY PART MAINTENANCE TEAM THAT HAS TO STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING, GO OVER HERE AND TAKE CARE OF THESE ISSUES.AND THEN WHEN WE, NOW WE HAVE TO GET INTO THIS BRUSH REMOVAL.
NOW REMOVING VEGETATION THEN, WHICH IS VERY COSTLY, REMOVING VEGETATION CAN EASILY RUN YOU A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST TEDIOUS WORK MY STAFF CAN DO.
AND IT TAKES MONTHS, IT TAKES TWO OR THREE YEARS TO FINALLY REMOVE THAT VEGETATION.
AND THAT'S THE POINT I'M GONNA BE MAKING IN THE FUTURE.
IF YOU ASK ME WHERE I'M GOING TO DEDICATE MORE RESOURCES AND ASK FOR MORE FUNDING IN THE FUTURE, I GOTTA START REMOVING VEGETATION, OVERGROWN VEGETATION OFF OF THESE PARKS FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
UH, ONE FOR SAFETY CLEARANCE IS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO VISIT OTHER PARKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY LATELY AND SEE THEIR NATURAL TRAILS, HOW THEY TRULY CREATE THIS INVITING ENVIRONMENT, SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
AND I WISH WHEN CERTAIN TRAILS WENT IN 20 YEARS AGO, 25 YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS AGO, WE REALLY WOULD'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE TRUE DESIGN THAT'S NECESSARY TO MAKE THOSE THINGS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
AND I GOTTA GO BACK AND FIX THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN VISITING TRAILS IN THE SOUTH LATELY AND LEMME TELL YOU, I GOTTA MAKE THOSE TRAILS FEEL SAFE.
I'M GONNA START ASKING STAFF TO START PUSHING A SITE CLEANER NURSE THROUGHOUT THOSE TRAILS TO MAKE FOLKS WANT TO UTILIZE THEM, FEEL SAFE.
AND THEY ARE, THEY FINNA BE ON FOR THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS CLEARING OUT THESE SOUTHERN TRAIL BEAUTIFUL TRAILS.
IT CAN'T BE UTILIZED BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T DESIGNED THE RIGHT WAY, BUT WE DIDN'T CREATE THAT RIGHT SITE CLEARANCE, WHICH THEREFORE ENCOURAGES AND ENCAMPMENTS COME ON YOUR PROPERTY LATER.
SO I GOTTA, WE GOTTA GET IN THIS PREVENTATIVE MEASURE, NOT THE REACTION THEY WERE MEASURED AND THAT COSTS MONEY.
BUT WE ARE GONNA REDIRECT RESOURCES TO GET IT DONE BECAUSE WE CAN'T WAIT.
BUT YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THE TRUE IMPACT, WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS HAPPY WHEN I MET RENEE TO TALK ABOUT HER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY SIDE AND AND HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, SOME OF THEIR PLANS THEY HAVE GOING FORWARD.
'CAUSE THAT'S THEIR JOB TO ADDRESS THE UNSHELTERED.
OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE SURE THESE PARTS ARE PRESENTABLE, THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED FOR PARK USAGE.
THAT'S THEIR MISSION, WHICH I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THE PREVENTATIVE MEASURE TO ADDRESS GETTING THE NEEDS TO THE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS.
MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THESE PARKS ARE BEING UTILIZED FOR PARK PURPOSE.
I AM GONNA SAY THIS AND I I HAVE TO SAY THIS TO THE PUBLIC.
I AM TELLING YOU I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WHEN I SEE THE MEMORIAL OUT HERE AND WE HAVE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS THERE EVERY MORNING.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I DON'T WANT TO PAINT A PICTURE THAT UNSHELTERED IS JUST CAUSING HAVOC ON OUR PARKS.
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I SEE THE UNSHELTERED HERE AT, AT THE MEMORIAL HERE AT THE PARK, WE MAINTAIN AND THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THOSE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS, THEY ARE VERY RESPECTFUL THAT PARK EVERY DAY, VERY RESPECTED.
WE GOTTA COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, NOT US
WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY ON HOW DO YOU CREATE THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY WHERE IT'S THAT TYPE OF BOTH THE UTILIZING THE PARK FOR PURPOSE.
EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE ON SHELTER, THEY'RE NOT TRASHING OUT THE PARK.
THEY MAY HAVE THEIR BELONGINGS THERE, THEY PACK 'EM UP EVERY DAY AND THEY LEAVE EVERY MORNING, THEN THEY COME BACK.
MY EXPERTISE IS MAKE SURE PARKS ARE PRESENTABLE FOR PARK USAGE.
THAT CONCLUDES, UM, THANK YOU DIRECTOR JAMESON.
UM, IT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK.
CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY TELL ME SORT OF WHAT THOSE FOUR FOLKS ROLES ARE WITHIN THE HEART TEAM? OH, SURE, YES.
NOW THE HEART TEAM, THEY ARE A CITYWIDE, UM, UH, ACTION TEAM BASICALLY, RIGHT? SO THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE CITY AND WE'RE MOVING CABINETS, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SUPERVISOR THERE WHO HAS, UH, QUITE A BIT OF, UH, I WOULD SAY EXPERIENCE.
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YOU INTERIM SUPERVISOR HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE BECAUSE SHE WAS ON THE RANGER TEAM AND SHE, SHE HAS THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.UH, 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, AS OUR DIRECTOR SAYS, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, REALLY APPLYING A LEVEL OF DIGNITY, UH, WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO WE GO OUT, UH, WE, WE CLEAN, ACTUALLY DO THE CLEAN FROM THE STRUCTURE.
AND SO THEY'RE DOING THAT ON A DAILY BASIS.
NOW IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, THE CABINET CAN HANDLE SOMETHING'S CONTRACTED OUT, BUT THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN HANDLE.
SO THEY'RE REALLY, UH, HELPING ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE DISTRICTS HAVE HAVING BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
THAT KIND OF LINKS ME BACK TO THE, THE MONEY QUESTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OHS WHO HAS OUR OWN SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES IN PLACE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN THIS SORT OF EXPLODED, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, IT'S IN THE PARK.
SO TO YOUR POINT, WE, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR PARKS, KEEP THEM CLEAN.
OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S REMEDIATION FOR AN ENCAMPMENT OR THAT SITUATION, OKAY, MAYBE THAT FALLS ON US IN OUR, IN OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
BUT ULTIMATELY THE ADDRESSING, UM, THE UNSHELTERED AND HELPING MOVE THEM TO A NEW PLACE.
IS THERE A THOUGHT MOVING FORWARD OF HOW WE CAN SHIFT SOME OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY BACK TO OHS? 'CAUSE I HATE TO SEE US DUPLICATING EFFORTS FROM A GROUP THAT ARE ALREADY THE SPECIALIST IN DOING SOMETHING.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'VE CREATED OUR OWN ART TEAM TO DO WHAT OHS IS ALREADY DOING ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY.
AND IS THERE ANY POINT IN TIME THAT WE CAN START TO SHIFT SOME OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY BACK TO THEM TO SAY, LOOK, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IN THE PARK AND WE'LL WE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE TO WHATEVER EXTENT IN CLEARING AND MAKING IT LESS AGREEABLE TO THOSE SITUATIONS.
BUT THAT'S FRONT END PART OF LIKE MEETING AND TALKING THEM THROUGH WHAT RESOURCES DO THEY, CAN WE SHIP THAT BACK? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
NOW THE, OUR TEAM DOES HAVE THE NOTES TO SERVE.
BUT AS FAR AS LIKE OUTREACH AS FAR AS OUTREACH AND CONNECTING YOU WITH RESOURCES, THAT IS STILL ON THE OBSTACLE OHS SENDING THEIR PEOPLE AS WELL.
I WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING I ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE IN THEIR MINDNESS THAT WE'RE DUPLICATING ON THIS.
AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINKING THAT THE MONEY I DO SPEND THAT SUDDENLY, IF YOU WERE TO MAKE THIS ACE BY EFFORT, THAT SUDDENLY THIS MONEY, UH, IS, IS CAN GO OVER THIS OTHER POT AND THEN ALL THESE OTHER THINGS GO AWAY OVER HERE IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT, THEY DO NOT GO AWAY.
AND I WILL FIGHT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY OF ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT CONSOLIDATING, TAKING AWAY MY FUNDING THAT I'M NOT EVEN FUNDED FOR ANYWAY.
REMOVING VEGETATION, ADDRESSING ALL THESE ISSUES.
THERE IS NO EXTRA MONEY WHERE WE'RE DUPLICATING SERVICES.
WE ARE NOT, WE ARE JUST BEING, MAKING SURE WE'RE PROACTIVE BECAUSE I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THESE PARKS, I'M GONNA SAY THIS TO THE PUBLIC, ARE BEING PRESENTABLE FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES EVERY DAY.
SO WHEN WE'VE GOT PLANS, MENTOR OUR BUDGET, THAT WAS ONE THING.
BUT THEN NOW WE HAVE, UH, ALLOCATION, WE'VE ALLOCATED 382,000.
WHEN YOU SAY OUT, THAT'S JUST COMING FROM OUR BUDGET.
NO, THAT WAS AN ENHANCEMENT AND NOW IT'S ANNUALLY ALLOCATED.
BUT THAT WAS AN ENHANCEMENT THAT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY CAME OUT OF THE HEART, UH, ACTION TEAM, BASICALLY FROM OHS.
AND THEY ALLOCATED OR ASKED FOR AN ENHANCEMENT.
THEY ASKED US AS FAR AS PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR US TO PUT A TEAM TOGETHER.
AND OHS REQUESTED THAT FUNDING AND THEY PUT THAT FUNDING IN OUR BUDGET.
IF WE'RE STILL TAKING A BIG HIT ON THE, ALL THE OTHER MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR STUFF, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
IT DOES COVER THE VEGETATION THAT WE HAVE TO REMOVE AND IT'S VERY COSTLY.
HAVE WE SEEN ANY THAT THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN CITYWIDE? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I KEEP HEARING.
HAVE WE SEEN THAT REFLECTED ON OUR OWN? WELL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO IT AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE.
SO IT'S HARD TO, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT IS DECREASING BECAUSE WE'RE RESPONDING TO IT AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE.
UM, DO WE SEE NOW THAT AT SOME OF OUR PARKS THAT WE SEE A, A, A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT? YES.
IN REGARD TO AT SOME LOCATIONS WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
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MR. NER.UM, QUICK, QUICK QUESTION AND SOME COMMENTS ON PAGE 11 WHERE WE REFERENCED THE NUMBER OF PARK VISITS BY SITE.
THERE'S NO TIMEFRAME FRAME LISTED THERE.
SO IS THERE, YOU HAVE SOME CLAR CLARIFICATION ON LIKE, I SEE 272 PARK VISITS TO COTTON PARK, WHICH I TOTALLY GET.
WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME ON THAT? IS THAT ONCE A YEAR? IS THAT WELL, THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S FROM OCTOBER TO NOW.
TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT YEAR IN, UM, BUT AS FAR AS TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES INTO OUR
AND SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PULL A REPORT AND SAY, THIS IS THE DAYS THAT WE WERE THERE, THAT KIND OF THING.
I, AND, AND THAT, THAT, THAT IS HELPFUL.
I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE HOW FAR BACK THIS GOES.
SO THAT TELLS ME WE, WE VISITED COTTONWOOD PARK 207 2 TIMES SINCE LAST OCTOBER.
LET ME GO TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT PAGE, YOUR HONOR.
AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM ME ABOUT COTTONWOOD TRAIL, COTTONWOOD PARK, IT'S AN ONGOING CHALLENGE.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
SO, UM, A QUESTION RELATIVE TO HOW TO ADDRESS THIS.
SO IF YOU'RE OUT ON, YOU'RE ON A TRAIL AND YOU COME ACROSS AN ENCAMPMENT, WHAT IS THE BEST RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE FROM CITY STAFF PERSPECTIVE FOR A CITIZEN WHO'S USING TRAILS AND COMES ACROSS OR PARK AND COMES ACROSS A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PARKS, THE PARKS ELEMENT, THERE'S ALSO THE OHS ELEMENT.
LIKE WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED BEST PROCEDURE? IS IT THE 3 1 1, ALL THE PARK RANGERS? ALL OF THE ABOVE.
LIKE WHAT DO Y'ALL RECOMMEND SPECIFICALLY THAT THE PUBLIC DO WHEN THEY COME ACROSS THE HOMELESS? SHE COULD TALK AS FAR AS THE SYSTEM, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE 3 1 1, BECAUSE THAT MEANS IT IS DOCUMENTED.
YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE RANGERS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL OUR DEPARTMENT.
BUT DOCUMENTED THREE ONE ONE IS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO US.
AND I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT GOES 3.1.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OHS IS SO THEY CAN GET THE PROFESSIONAL HELP THAT THEY NEED.
THAT'S WHY WE, YOU KNOW, OHS IS THERE TO, TO MAKE SURE THOSE INDIVIDUALS GET THE HELP AND SERVICES THEY NEED.
THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE REMOVE THE CAMPS BECAUSE WE, ONCE AGAIN, OUR PURPOSE IS TO MAKE SURE THESE PARTS ARE PRESENTABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SPACE AND ON SHELTER, INDIVIDUALS CAN UTILIZE OUR SPACE.
THAT'S WHY I GAVE THE EXAMPLE.
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO UTILIZE OUR PARKS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE ON SHELTER OR NOT.
OUR PARKS ARE, WE WELCOME EVERYONE IN, UTILIZE OUR PARKS, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY FOLLOWS THE SAME PART RULES.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.
UH, AND JUST THINKING IF YOU COME ACROSS AN ENCAMPMENT, IF 3 1 1 IS THE RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE, SO WHAT I TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL TEXT ME A PICTURE OF AN ENCAMPMENT.
I'LL SAY, DID YOU REPORT IT ON 3 1 1? NO, I DIDN'T DO WELL MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT IT ON 3 1 1.
SO THE CITY CAN KEEP TRACK OF IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RICE.
THANK YOU, UH, PRESIDENT AWELL.
UM, MY APOLOGIES FOR ARRIVING LATE.
AND I, I HAVE THE QUESTIONS I'M ABOUT TO ASK MIKE, HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
SIDE NUMBER FIVE, I SAW, UH, THAT IT TALKS ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF PARK AMENITIES TO REDUCE OVERNIGHT CAMPING OR SLEEPING IN THE PARK ALSO ELIMINATES THE USE OF THESE AMENITIES BY THE PARKING RESERVE.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE.
'CAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, AT, UM, PARK DISTRICT FIVE, UM, THERE WAS A CONSTITUENT THAT CAN COME THAT HAD COMPLAINED THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE WALKS, UM, SHE WALKS AROUND THE PARK THERE AND THAT, UH, THERE'S BENCHES ALONG THE WAY.
AND SHE SAYS THE BENCHES WERE REMOVED.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHY THE BENCHES WERE REMOVED, BUT SHE HAD SUSPECTED THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE, LIKE IT CAN, IT AFFECTS PEOPLE.
LIKE SHE'S AN ELDERLY WOMAN AND SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS A CANE AND SHE NEEDS TO REST.
RIGHT? SO, SO HOW DO WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE FAIR AND EQUITABLE TO EVERYBODY? SO THAT'S MY QUESTION ABOUT HOW, THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION ABOUT HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE.
LET ME, LET ME, MR. PRICE, I'M GLAD THIS IS PERFECT TIMING.
'CAUSE I GOT SOME FOLKS WHO'S SENDING ME EMAILS NOW TALKING ABOUT REMOVING SOME AMEN.
NOW, BECAUSE OF SOME CHALLENGES, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THIS BOARD UNDERSTAND MY POSITION, THAT WE DON'T REMOVE AMENITIES TO FIX A PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO GET TO WHAT THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM IS.
AND SO ANYBODY WANNA KEEP SENDING ME EMAILS THINKING THAT WE JUST GOING TO JUST REMOVE AMENITIES? 'CAUSE THERE'S A PROBLEM? NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO GET TO THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM.
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OUR EFFORTS, THERE WILL BE NO AMENITIES REMOVED IN THE PARTS IN THE FUTURE, NOT UP UNDER MY WATCH.AND IF, AND IF WE WANT TO USE THE EXAMPLE WE TALKING ABOUT ON SHELTER HERE, NO, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS, LIKE I SAID, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE WE OKAY.
IF WE TOOK THAT STEP, OKAY, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO HAVE A BIGGER PRESENCE THERE.
DOES IT MEAN WE NEED TO ACTIVATE THE PART FOR MORE ACTIVITIES? LET'S MAKE SURE WE EXHAUST ALL THOSE OTHER EFFORTS BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT REMOVING OF MANY IS THAT WAS PUT THERE FOR EVERYONE'S ENJOYMENT.
AND THAT ALSO INCLUDE, I'M GONNA SAY THIS DON SHELTER, THEY'RE THERE TO USE OUR AMENITIES AS WELL.
AND I WILL SAY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, UM, THAT PARTICULAR CASE, BUT WE WILL CHECK INTO THAT.
AND IF THERE'S A CONCERN LIKE THAT, PLEASE CONTACT ME BECAUSE WE, WE DO NOT, I MEAN, IF THERE'S BEEN SOME DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE PROBABLY AT SOME POINT, BUT WE CAN CORRECT THOSE DECISIONS IF THAT WAS WHY THAT WAS MADE.
BECAUSE I'M, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARTICULAR CASE, BUT I, I, I, I CAN, I CAN GAUGE THAT.
AND RENEE, BY, BY NO MEANS I DON WANT YOU TO DIG THAT UP.
UM, UM, CRITICIZING YOU, YOUR TEAM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, PARK AND MAINTENANCE OPERATORS, Y'ALL ARE THE BEST.
SO I, I LOVE YOUR DEPARTMENT AND WHAT YOU ALL DO.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, THAT SLIDE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.
AND I REMEMBER THAT SITUATION WITH THE CONSTITUENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT CONSTITUENT HAD TO CHANGE TO ANOTHER PARK BECAUSE SHE'S LIKE, I NEED TO SIT DOWN.
BUT, BUT, UM, SO SHE ENDED UP, I THINK, GOING TO CRAWFORD.
UM, BUT, BUT THANK YOU DIRECTOR JENKINS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, AND ALSO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER SIX THAT TALKS ABOUT REMOVAL OR OF, UM, OR SECURE ELECTRICAL OUTLET TO REDUCE UNSHELTERED FROM, UM, OR GATHERING.
UM, THERE WAS A SITUATION IN HOLCOMB WHERE I DATA, IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS, I KNOW IT WAS ADDRESSED.
UM, BUT, UM, UH, UH, A SHELTER, UH, I GUESS PERSONS HAD, UM, I'M NOT SURE IT WAS DOWN, BUT ALLEGEDLY HAD, UM, TAKEN OUT LIKE THE, THE BOX FROM A POST FROM AN ELECTRICAL POST, WHICH I THINK IS VERY DANGEROUS.
AND WE HAD ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY.
SO WE'VE HAD STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPEN.
WOULDN'T IT BE MORE, INSTEAD OF TO AVOID THOSE SITUATIONS, WOULD IT, WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD TO ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS TO AVOID SITUATIONS LIKE THAT? I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, UM, 'CAUSE WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS AT DIFFERENT PARK FROM LOTS OF TIMES WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, SO PEOPLE HAVE TO BRING THEIR GENERATORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I, I MEAN, Y'ALL KNOW A LOT MORE THAN ME 'CAUSE Y'ALL DEAL WITH THIS ALL THE TIME.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT HAVING ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL THAN NOT HAVING IT AND, AND PUSHING PEOPLE TO DO THINGS LIKE PULL ELECTRICAL BOXES FROM POSTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I WOULD SAY THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
I AIN'T GONNA WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF FOLKS AREN SHELTER OR NOT, OR, OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HOUSING.
THOSE MAY MAY HAVE TO TEMPORARY REMOVE THOSE OR LOCK 'EM UP ELECTRIC BOXES UNTIL WE GET THE PROBLEM UNDER CONTROL.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK TAXPAYERS SHOULD CONSTANTLY HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT KEEP GETTING VANDALIZED.
SO AT SOME POINT, WE GOTTA TAKE SOME TEMPORARY ACTION, BUT WE NEED TO RETURN THAT BACK.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK WE WANT TAKE TEMPORARY MEASURES TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING UNDER CONTROL.
BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU I GOT SOMETIMES IF, IF, YOU KNOW, AND ONCE AGAIN, THERE ARE CASES WHERE I CAN TELL YOU COTTONWOOD TRAIL, IF I DIDN'T TAKE A CERTAIN ACTION OF COTTONWOOD TRAIL, WHEN I KNOW KNOWING EVERYONE OVER THERE WHO'S ON SHELTER IS NOT CAUSING PROBLEMS. BUT WHEN I, WHEN I WALK OUT THERE WITH MY OWN EYES AND I KEEP SEEING DRUG DEALERS NOW COMING IN THERE TRYING TO SELL DRUGS TO UN SHELTER FOLKS AND SEE MY ALL ASS CERTAIN ACTIVITIES, ARE WE GONNA TAKE SOME TEMPORARY ACTION TO GET THAT UNDER CONTROL AND IMMEDIATELY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE? THANK YOU, MR. UH, MR. KARIMI.
UH, GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT AL, UH, BOARD AND STAFF.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR HAVING ME.
I MEAN, OFTENTIMES, UH, YOU GET ME SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR PARKS AND IT MAKES ME WANNA RUN THROUGH A BRICK WALL AND SCREAM IN A GOOD WAY.
AND THIS, AND, AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THOSE TIMES.
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REPRESENTED THIS DEPARTMENT ON THIS TOPIC, UH, IS, IS ABSOLUTELY THAT FOR ME.I FULLY SUPPORT EVERYTHING YOU SAID ON THIS TOPIC.
UM, MS. JOHNSON, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU, MR. MCMAHON.
ROBERTSON'S IN THE ROOM, BUT THANK YOU AS WELL.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A DELICATE TOPIC.
THERE ARE SEVERAL LAYERS OF HUMANITY INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS.
UH, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS DEPARTMENT HAS NEVER VIOLATED ANY OF THAT.
AS WE CARRY FORWARD, UH, OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT, WHICH IS SIMPLY, AND WE ALL PROBABLY HAVE IT MEMORIZED, AND I'LL REPEAT IT FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT, IT'S JUST TO PROMOTE LIFELONG RECREATION AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR PARKS AND TRAILS.
EVERYTHING WE DO BOILS DOWN INTO THOSE, THAT HANDFUL OF WORDS AND, AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.
UM, I JUST WANNA START WITH JUST A REALLY QUICK SUCCESS STORY.
COUNCIL DISTRICT 14, I WON'T NAME THE PARK, BUT IT ABUTS THE TOLLWAY, AND I THINK WE ALL MIGHT GUESS WHAT THAT PARK IS.
UH, THERE'S BEEN REOCCURRING ISSUES.
THIS PROCESS THAT WAS JUST DESCRIBED IN THIS BRIEFING HAS WORKED FOR US VERY, VERY WELL THERE.
THE RESIDENTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ENGAGED.
THEY HAVEN'T LED UP AND, AND BLESS 'EM FOR THAT.
OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR PARTNERS, HAS BEEN A SUCCESS STORY OVER THERE.
UH, BUT ONE THING I THINK WE CAN ALL YOU KNOW, KNOW IS THAT WE CAN'T JUST REST ON OUR LAURELS.
THESE TYPES OF CONCERNS, THEY DO REOCCUR.
THEY, THEY WILL KIND OF SPROUT UP HERE AND THERE.
UH, WHILE WE HAVE A PROCESS, UH, WE CAN NEVER JUST SAY, HEY, IT'S GOOD AND WE'RE DONE, UH, OR REST ON OUR LAURELS.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
UM, ONE THING I I DO WANNA MENTION, UM, THAT I STILL THINK WE CAN DO BETTER, UH, WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR OPERATIONS IS OUR CAMERAS.
UH, I DON'T THINK CAMERAS WERE MENTIONED ON SLIDE SIX, UH, OTHER, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONAL AREAS AND INFRASTRUCTURE WAS, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE THEM.
WE KNOW WE HAVE THEM IN OUR PARKS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH, I GOTTA BE HONEST, I STILL HAVEN'T HAD MUCH SUCCESS WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS PULLING FOOTAGE AFTER UNDESIRABLE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
UH, EVEN WITH VERY TIGHT TIMEFRAMES, SOMETHING LIKE, HEY, SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 4:00 PM I KNOW IT BECAUSE I JUST, I WAS REPORTED IN THAT WINDOW.
I, I, I, I WANT, I WANT THAT TO CHANGE.
UM, I WANNA SEE THIS IMPROVED IN OUR FUTURE BECAUSE I GOTTA BE HONEST WITH YOU, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE OUR RESIDENTS, UH, AND MYSELF AND PERHAPS OTHER PARK BOARD MEMBERS START WONDERING, WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE THESE CAMERAS? WHY ARE WE INVESTING SO MUCH MONEY INTO THESE THINGS IF THEY'RE NOT HELPING US ADDRESS THE UNDESIRABLE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND LOOKING FOR OUR ROOT CAUSE AND, AND, AND SEEKING, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO.
UM, BUT REALLY THANK YOU EVERYONE.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR JENKINS ON, ON YOUR STANCE ON THIS.
I THINK YOUR COMMENTS ARE GOOD ENOUGH.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION IN THERE.
SO, UH, AND OH, I SEE MR. JR
UH, I COULD, UH, 100% AGREE WITH DIRECTOR JENKINS ON LOCKING UP EVERY ELECTRICAL BOX THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC.
UH, AND NOT THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING BE FRIENDLY WITH PEOPLE, BUT I SEE SO MUCH OF RAMPANT PEOPLE PLUGGING IN, ESPECIALLY LATE AT NIGHT IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE IN THE PARK GETTING READY TO SLEEP.
I'VE SEEN TENTS UP WITH ACS UP PLUGGING INTO OUR SYSTEM.
UH, I'VE SEEN A WHOLE FAMILY'S CHARGING THEIR PHONES BEFORE THEY GO HOME.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE THEIR ELECTRICITY.
JUST A, IT'S JUST A RAMPANT USE.
WE, IN MOST OF OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS, WE HAVE LOCK BOXES.
WE CAN LOCK 'EM UP WITH CODES.
SO IF OUR USERS THAT RENT OUT OUR FACILITIES, UNLOCK 'EM AND, AND THEN USE THEM IF THEY NEED IT AT THE TIME, OR EVEN IF THEY CALLED FOR IT.
BUT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY WOULD AGREE WITH EVERY PAVILION TO BE LOCKED UP EVERYWHERE.
IF WE EVEN HAVE POWERS THOSE PAVILION, SOMETIMES WE DON'T JUST 'CAUSE OF THE WHAT HAPPENS, UM, THEY PLUG IN FOR THE NIGHT, THEY SLEEP OVER AND THEY'RE ACED UP THE WHOLE NIGHT.
MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE A HOME, BUT THEY DO ROLL THEIR AC UNITS OR THEIR FANS IN THEIR, IN THEIR VEHICLES THAT THEY OWN.
I COULD 100% AGREE WITH
THANK YOU, MR. AS I CAN TELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYONE'S COMMENTS, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
IT'S NOT ONLY A SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUE, IT'S A HUMAN ISSUE.
SO IT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, DEALT WITH SO DELICATELY, SO PROPERLY.
WHEREAS I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE PARK SAFE THAT PEOPLE FEEL SAFE TO COME THERE.
AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK SOMETIMES WE NEED TO BREAK THE CYCLE WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES WE ARE MAKING.
I THINK WE ARE BREAKING THE CYCLE.
YOU MENTIONED SOME SUCCESS STORY.
I CAN MENTION SUCCESS STORY AT MARIA LUNA PARK.
YOU WOULD KNOW THAT USED TO BE SUCH A BIG ENCAMPMENT, WE BROKE THE CYCLE AND YOU REMOVE THE HABITUAL BECAUSE CITY HAS ENOUGH TO SUPPORT HOMELESS POPULATION.
PROBLEM IS, I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE HABITUAL HOMELESS.
AND I THINK IF WE BREAK THE CYCLE, HOPEFULLY IT'LL HELP THEM TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS TO GET OUT OF THAT CYCLE.
SO, SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND
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YOU KNOW, YOU HANDLING IT IN A HUMAN WAY AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.AND WITH THAT, WE THANK YOU THAT WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT, UH, REFILL.
PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION IS NOT HERE, SO, ALL RIGHT.
TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD THE VERTICAL AND IMPLANT PRESENTATION.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE HORIZONTAL AND FACILITIES, UH, PRESENTATION AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.
SO WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS MANAGED BY THE PLANNING FACILITIES DIVISION AND, UH, TODAY HIGHLIGHT THE HORIZONTAL FACILITIES SECTIONS.
AND WE LISTED HOW A NUMBER OF OUR PROJECTS ARE FUNDED.
THAT IS NOT AN EXHAUSTED LIST.
THERE ARE MORE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR PROJECTS ARE GETTING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
SO TODAY I'LL TAKE CARE OF THE HORIZONTAL PROJECTS AND UH, JEREMY WILL PRESENT THE FACILITIES PROJECTS.
ALRIGHT, WHEATLAND PARK FOOTBALL COMPLEX.
THAT PROJECT, UH, IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
OH, AND UH, ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE SOME PHOTOS THAT WE'RE SHARING THERE OF THE WALL UNDER THE CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN WALL AND THE PARKING AREA AND INSTALLATION OF, UH, ONE OF THE FIELD LIGHTS.
THAT PROJECT WE EXPECT, UH, TO BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER.
WE'VE GOT IRRIGATION COMING UP AND, UH, SAW PREP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
CRAWFORD MEMORIAL PARK, PHASE ONE.
SO THAT PROJECT, THE SCOPE OF WORK, WE'RE INSTALLING A 12 FOOT WIDE, UH, TRAIL.
WE'VE GOT SOME PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, PARKING IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PLAYGROUND AND EXERCISE STATION AND, UH, PREFAB BRIDGE STREAMS. UM, THAT PROJECT IS BUDGETED 8.3 MILLION AND WE ANTICIPATE, UH, GOING TO BID ON THAT PROJECT IN JANUARY.
BLACK POLE FIELD, PHASE ONE, AND PER, SO THAT PROJECT IS, THE CONSTRUCTION IS BASICALLY COMPLETE.
WE'RE JUST WORKING ON A FEW PUNCH LIST ITEMS. AND THE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THAT PROJECT IS ABOUT 1.3 MILLION.
AND WE COMPLETED, UH, A SIX FOOT WIDE TRAIL LOOP AND OVERLOOKING AREAS, LAKE HIGHLANDS TRAIL PHASE TWO A TO BE IN NORTHERN EXTENSION.
THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS JUST ABOUT COMPLETE.
UM, I THINK THE LAST OUTSTANDING ITEM IS TRAIL SIGN INSTALLATION.
AND THERE'S A FENCE THAT WE ARE, UH, NEEDING TO INSTALL, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN TO THE LEFT, UH, BOARDWALK, UH, TRAIL THAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
AND THEN THE 12 FOOT ON TRAIL ON THE, ON THE RIGHT, THAT PROJECT WAS 2.4 MILES TOTAL.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST ABOUT COMPLETE.
JUST A FEW REMAINING ITEMS. NEXT SLIDE.
DIXON BRANCH GREENBELT PLAYGROUND.
UH, THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S JUST ABOUT FINISHED.
WE JUST NEED A FIVE BAR TOP OFF, UH, ON THE PLAYGROUND.
AND THAT PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED.
AND WE INSTALLED A NEW WATER FOUNTAIN AND A PLAY STRUCTURE, UH, ON THAT PLAYGROUND.
AND, UH, THAT PROJECT WAS ABOUT $55,000.
NEXT, ALL RIGHT, THE FOURTH
NOW IT USED TO BE ONE THROUGH FOUR, BUT THEY'VE BROKEN UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, THAT TRAIL IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO THE LOOP PROJECT.
IT'S NINE FIVE SMALL FROM WHITE BRO THROUGH TRINITY FOREST TO THE AT T TRAIL.
AND SO FOR PHASE ONE, THAT TRAIL IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE.
UH, PHASE TWO, WE'VE GOT DESIGN AT 35% COMPLETE, AND WE EXPECT TO BID PHASE TWO IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.
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FIVE, NO BIDS WERE RECENTLY RECEIVED.UM, AND THAT PROJECT COST FOR PHASE FIVE CAME IN IN 26 MILLION.
UM, THE OVERALL PROJECT COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE
SO THAT PROJECT IN YELLOW THERE TO THE LEFT, UM, UP TO THE RED LEADER LINE, THAT PORTION OF THE TRAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, UH, THAT'S THE REMAINING PART OF THE TRAIL THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO START CONSTRUCTION ON.
NOTICE, PROCEED HAS BEEN ISSUED, UH, AND WE EXPECT TO MOBILIZE BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO, UH, THAT'S PART AND THOUGH IS, UM, THE STREET.
AND THEN OVER YOUR RIGHT IS MOST PART, THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS HUNDRED $67,000 ON THAT NEXT FINE SOUTHERN GATEWAY, PUBLIC GREEN.
THAT PROJECT, THE CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT 10% COMPLETE.
UM, THE I IMAGES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, UH, TO THE LEFT IS A DESIGN EXHIBIT, AND THE RIGHT IS RENDERING OF CURRENT CONSTRUCTION.
SO PHASE ONE IS TWO AND HALF ACRES INCLUDE GREAT LAWN PAVILION, BUILDING STAGE, CHILDREN'S PLAY FEATURES, TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS 56 PAVILION.
AND RIGHT NOW CONTRACTOR IS CONTINUING TO PLACE, UH, FOOTINGS AND UTILITY INSTALLATION IS OCCURRING, WILL BE OCCURRING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
ANDERSON BARN PARK, NEW PLAYGROUND.
THAT PROJECT IS BASICALLY COMPLETE AS WELL.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTOS OF THE NEW PLAYGROUND ON THE SCREEN.
AND, UM, ALL THAT'S REMAINING.
THERE WAS SOME SAWS THAT HAD TO BE INSTALLED.
SO THEY'RE, UM, FIXING THAT, ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.
AND THERE'LL BE FINAL CLEANUP.
BLACKMAN LAKE SKATE PARK,
AND ON THE SCREEN THERE'S COLOR CODED, UH, AREA.
UH, AS FAR AS UPCOMING ACTIVITIES, THERE'S GONNA BE EARTHWORM, CONFORMING IN, IN THE RED AREA, EARTHWORM, CONFORMING IN THE YELLOW AND BLUE AREAS.
SO THOSE 10 SLIDES WERE JUST SNAPSHOTS.
WE HAVE LISTED ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTIVE IN THE HORIZONTAL SECTION.
SO WE'VE GOT TRAILS, WE'VE GOT PARK, ATHLETIC FIELDS.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE WE'VE GOT PLAYGROUNDS, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, MASTER PLANS, LAKE DREDGING, PARK DAM, UH, AND
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHARITY.
THIS IS OUR IN-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION TEAM.
WE JUST COMPLETED THIS PROJECT.
UH, IT WAS A COMPLETE LOOP TRAIL, UH, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, PARKING LOT SEATING, EVERYTHING, TRAIL LIGHTING, AND IT WAS $487,000.
UM, COMPLETE THIS IN SEPTEMBER 24.
WE'RE WAITING ON PAVILIONS RIGHT NOW.
THE LOOP TRAIL IS COMPLETED AND WE'RE WORKING ON, ONCE WE GET THE PAVILIONS IN, WE'LL POUR THE FOR THOSE, GET THOSE COMPLETED.
UH, ESTIMATED COMPLETE COST GONNA BE $591,000.
UH, THIS PROJECT'S ABOUT 95% COMPLETE.
WE DID THE INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING TO MATCH WITH THE EXISTING LIGHTING FOR MORE SECURITY FOR $63,000.
THE TEXAS PARK WILDLIFE FUNDED PROJECT.
BECKLEY HEIGHTS IS ANOTHER TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE FUNDED, UH, PROJECT TO ADD SECURITY LIGHTING, WHICH IS THERE ADDING MULTIPLE LIGHTS.
THIS IS A LIST OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP THIS YEAR THAT ARE OUR BOND PROJECTS.
NOW THESE ARE GONNA BE THE 2024, UH, BOND PROJECTS, WHICH WAS CAMPBELL GREEN
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ON THE SCHEDULE.SANTA FE TRAIL,
AND THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE REMAINING 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
THESE ARE MORE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE REIMBURSEMENT PROJECTS FOR OUR REIMBURSEMENT PROJECTS, FACILITY SERVICES,
SO THERE WE HAVE ON THE LIST FOR THAT.
COMING HERE IS MARGARET PARK, SAN FE, ELOISE LUND, UH, GREEN DALLAS INITIATIVE, WHICH IS THREE PARKS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUT OF THOSE FIVE.
UH, SUMMER CREEK PARK, WHITE ROCK LAKE, AND OLD CITY PARK.
UH, THIS SLIDE HERE IS THE ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL ELECTRICAL PROJECTS.
SO THESE ARE FUNDED THROUGH OUR OPERATIONAL FUND, GENERAL FUNDS.
UM, A LOT OF REPAIRS GOING ON IN OLD PARK.
UH, A LOT OF THESE TENANT CENTERS WE'VE BEEN RETROFITTING THE OLD LIGHTING TO, UM, NEW LED FIXTURES, JJ RAF NASH DAVIS FUNDED.
THOSE ARE GONNA BE MORE SECURITY LIGHTING THAN SOUTH CENTRAL PARKS ARE FUNDED AS WELL.
THIS IS OTHER ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WHICH ST.
FRANCIS PARK MORE, UH, SECURITY LINE THROUGH
AND IT'S GONNA BE, THIS IS $64,000 TO RETROFIT ALL THE LIGHTS OUT THERE TO LEDS.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON DOING LIGHT PULSE SAFETY SURVEYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THIS IS OUR CURRENT SMALL ELECTRICAL PROJECTS.
AND THIS IS JUST A WHOLE LIST OF SOME OF OUR SMALLER PROJECTS THAT ARE ON OUR OWR BEEN REQUEST THROUGH PARK MAINTENANCE SERVICES OPERATIONS TO GET DONE IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON, UM, THE NEXT STEPS WE'LL BE PROVIDING, UH, UPDATES LIKE THIS, UH, QUARTERLY BASIS.
SO I WAS GONNA SAY, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS, I MEAN, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF JUST GIVING YOU ALL A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS THAT THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS I'M WORKING ON.
YOU ALL ARE GOING TO GIVE AN EXTENSIVE LIST,
BUT IT'S GONNA BE A THREE PAGE DOCUMENT THAT HAS EVERY PROJECT FOR YOUR DISTRICT, EVERY PROJECT FOR THE ENTIRE PARK DEPARTMENT BONDS OFFER, GENERAL FUND DONATIONS.
UH, EVERY REQUEST YOU WILL GET THAT DETAILED LIST FACILITIES PLUS THE DESIGN THAT TELLS YOU THIS IS WHEN WE SUPPOSED TO START THE PROJECT.
THIS IS WHEN THE PROJECT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OVER.
AND THIS WILL ALLOW YOU ALL AND, AND ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO SHARE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENCY, WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND AT THE SAME TOKEN, IT, IT'S ALSO GONNA HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR MEETING THOSE DEADLINES.
AND MR. DICKINS, CAN I MAKE A REQUEST FROM THIS REPORT THAT IT SHOULD BE ADDED WITH A SNAPSHOT, WHICH IS DISTRICT AND PROJECT DETAILS, THAT IF EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO GO FOR IT, WILL YOU PAGE DOCUMENT, AT LEAST IT GIVES A SNAPSHOT THAT'S IT IS GONNA BE YOUR DISTRICT FOR THEN BEHIND IT WILL BE AN APPENDIX WITH EVERYTHING.
THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
AND THANKS YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
AND YOU JUST CAME, YOU CAN SEE WE DON'T STOP GOING WITH AS MANY.
I'M THRILLED TO HAVE THIS, BUT TALKING ABOUT IT, HAVE
I'M GLAD TO SEE IT FINALLY COMING TO PERMISSION TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
AND, UM, I I I, YOU SAID WE WILL BE GETTING THIS INFORMATION HERE SHORTLY.
BECAUSE I MEAN, THERE'S THINGS ON HERE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WERE HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAY BE ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT ALREADY BE IN THE WORKS, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT.
AND ALSO, I KNOW NOT THROWING SHADE ON, UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT I KNOW OVER THE YEARS I HAVE REQUESTED THINGS AND THEY GO INTO
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THE BLACK HOLE OF REQUEST AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS.I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HAPPENING, NOT HAPPENING, IS IT ON SOMEBODY'S LIST? SO THIS WILL BE SUPER HELPFUL IN SORT OF, YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHEN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND IF YOU DO GET FUNDING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NEW IN MY DISTRICT, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT.
SO I CAN SHARE IT WITH THE CONSTITUENTS TOO.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
AND THAT LIST WOULD ALSO SHOW, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THERE WON'T BE THINGS THAT GOES INTO THE THIS, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS GONNA SHOW YOU THAT WE HAVE A REQUEST, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAN HOURS TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
I THINK THAT THE, THAT ENDING THOUGHT BEING, TELL ME, JUST TELL ME SOMETHING.
TELL ME YOU'RE GONNA DO IT OR TELL ME YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.
AND WHY
SO, MR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICKLY HOW GOOD IT IS TO SEE MR. WILSON IN THE BUILDING AND TO, TO SAY THANKS AND GIVE PRAISE TO HIM AND HIS DEPARTMENT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO SEE WHY, WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING? STOP LAUGHING.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE THE SMALL PROJECTS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE PROJECTS.
I MEAN, ABRAMS ROAD TO COCHRANE PARK.
I MEAN, YOUR TEAM HAS, UH, PULLED RABBITS OUTTA HATS ON PROJECTS FOR US.
PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T COME UP FROM A BOND OR LONG-TERM PLANNING, BUT SPONTANEOUSLY FROM RESIDENT ADVOCACY.
AND, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS.
YEAH, MR. KAMI, THE LAUGH WAS ABOUT JEREMY.
WE, WE ARE MAKING SURE HE'S AT THE FOREFRONT.
WE KNOW HIM AND HIS TEAM IS BEHIND THE SCENES DOING ALL OF THIS WORK, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HE IS AT THE FOREFRONT.
HE'S ONE OF OUR LEADERS AND WE NEED TO HAVE, WE NEED TO SEE HIM IS DOING THAT, JERRY, SO THAT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
BUT JERRY HERE, UM, MEANS A LOT BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU'RE BEHIND THE SCENES ON A LOT OF PROJECTS AND, UM, AND YOU ARE DEFINITELY SPREAD THIN.
BUT WE REALLY KNOW THAT YOU ARE, THAT MAKES THINGS HAPPEN.
UM, OUR DISTRICTS, UM, TO, TO ALL THIS THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE.
SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TONY FOR THE THANK YOU, MR. WOOD.
I JUST WANNA REITERATE AND SAY THANK YOU TO MR. WILSON.
MR. WILSON, THE FIRST TIME THAT I WORKED WITH HIM WAS ON A WALKING TRAIL IN BY PARK IN BERKELEY PARK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IF YOU HAVE A PARK THAT IS NOT ACTIVE, UM, YOU PUT A WALKING TRAIL IN THERE AND IT BROUGHT THAT PARK TO LIGHT.
UM, THAT PARK HAS ABSOLUTELY CHANGED, UM, DRAMATICALLY.
AND I HEAR THAT REGULARLY FROM OUR, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR CREW DO AT GREAT BETTER PRICES THAN OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC.
UM, I THINK YOU DO SOME GOOD WORK FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WE JUST NEED TO CLONE YOU AND HAVE THREE CREWS FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THAT OUT.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU DO A LOT OF BOND FUNDING, BUT LET'S WORK THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN GET ANOTHER CREW TO DO ALL THE GENERAL THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO A LITTLE BALLPARK COMING ALONG, UM, UPCOMING.
THANKS AGAIN FOR AMAZING PRESENTATION AND THE WORK IN PROGRESS.
UH, ANY BUDGET UPDATES, MS. MAY? NO.
AND, UH, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A FORM PROGRAM.
WITH THAT, WE GO TO DIRECTOR'S DEPARTMENT OF UPDATE, RIGHT? YOU ALL GET TO HEAR FROM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
SO EXCITED
AND SOME OF THIS STUFF INCLUDES THE THINGS Y'ALL BROUGHT UP TO ME.
WELL, LET'S, UH, SOME THINGS I HAVE INCORPORATED IN MY PERFORMANCE REVIEW ALONG WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT HOUSES.
THANK YOU FOR TEAM THAT DIRECTOR JENKINS.
SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE DEPARTMENT UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS TO YOU ALL.
KIM CRYSTAL ROSS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DALLAS
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COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.YOU'RE ABOUT THOSE CHALLENGES TOO, THOUGH THEY'RE NOT LISTED AGENTS, DIRECTOR JENKINS INDICATED, UH,
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED HAPPENING IN EACH OF OUR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS.
UM, THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA RECAP HERE ARE WHAT, WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 TILL ABOUT JUNE 15TH, 2024.
SO THIS IS INTENDED TO BE INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, BUT NOT ALL INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT IS ARE HAPPENING IN OUR GREAT SYSTEM.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS WILL BE A, A DAY AND TIME IN WHICH WE SHIFT TO BEING MORE ACCOUNTABLE OR MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT OUR PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN DIRECTOR JENKINS IS BEFORE YOU FOR HIS REVIEW, IT WON'T BE BRAND NEW INFORMATION IN EVERY CAPACITY.
SO WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE THIS AS AN INITIAL INTRODUCTION TO SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND THEN LATER IN THE YEAR WHEN THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR CONCLUDES, WE'LL COME BACK WITH A PART TWO.
NOW, ALREADY TOLD ME THAT THE PATIENT, I'M SORRY, THE REVIEW DATE ON OCTOBER 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH.
I'M SORRY, OCTOBER 1ST TO JUNE 1ST, JUNE 15TH.
TO THE DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES.
I AM NOT GOING TO READ EVERY SLIDE.
I'M JUST HITTING A FEW POINTS FOR YOU ALL.
SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, I'M NOT GONNA READ REITERATE.
SO THESE BUBBLES REPRESENT ALL SIX OF THE DIVISIONS THAT MAKE UP THE GREAT PARK DEPARTMENT THAT WE ARE ALL IN CHARGE OF CARING FOR.
SO WE'LL START WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS SERVICES.
THIS IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF RACHEL BERRY.
SO SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UH, THE 14 WIFI PRIORITY SITES HAVE LY BEEN COMPLETED, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE 37 ADDITIONAL SITES, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT WE ARE WAITING ON THE NEXT STEP FROM THE CITY'S IT DEPARTMENT IN ORDER FOR US TO PROCEED.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FACING, AND YOU ALL MENTIONED IT ON SOME PREVIOUS ITEMS, THEY ARE CONTINGENT ON OTHER DEPARTMENTS BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT US INTO GIVE US THE NEXT STEP OF APPROVAL.
ENVIRONMENTALLY, WE HAVE DONE THE 16 SENSOR PODS.
WE DO HAVE ONE IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UH, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR US TO EXPAND THIS INITIATIVE.
UM, AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, WE WANT TO HAVE, UH, A SENSOR INSTALLED OVER AT THE VISTA GOLF COURSE.
IN REGARD TO CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, ONE OF THE CONTRACTS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHTED IT, IS THE DALLAS GROWING CLUB.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CONTENTION ON HOW WE MAY HAVE MANAGED THAT CONTRACT IN THE PAST, AND SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THIS PARTNER IS FULLY COMPLIANT AND WE WILL STAY ON TOP OF IT TO ENSURE THAT THAT COMPLIANCE IS CARRIED OUT THROUGHOUT THE TERMINATED AGREEMENT.
CITYWIDE ATHLETICS, RESERVATIONS AND EVENTS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN LAWRENCE.
YOU ALL KNOW THIS, TO COVER AQUATICS, GOLF AND TENNIS RESERVATIONS AND YOUTH SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS FOR CARE, WHICH WE OBJECTIVELY REFER TO THIS DIVISION, UM, COLLABORATION WITH.
I'M A GOLFER FOUNDATION TOOK PLACE THE CEDAR BREASTS GOLF COURSE.
UH, WE HAD ABOUT 42 COLLEGIATE ATHLETES FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS COMPETE ON THAT COURSE.
UM, AND THEN HOPEFULLY YOU ALL ARE MADE AWARE THAT STEVENS GOLF COURSE WAS RANK IN THE TOP 50 OF THE PUBLIC GOLF COURSES IN THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS FOUR YOUTH SPORTS.
I AM EXCITED TO KNOW AND TO SHARE THAT WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY IN ESTABLISHING AND ENHANCING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, DALLAS STARS, UM, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE RELAUNCHED THE IN HOCKEY PROGRAM.
AND SO THEY HAVE TAKEN THIS PROGRAM TO ANOTHER LEVEL, THIS PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP, AND THEY'VE REFURBISHED SOME, SOME A GYM, HIAWATHA WILLIAMS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CUMMINGS.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT PARTNERSHIP GROW.
UH, IT'S ABOUT VALUE, ABOUT $50,000.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER 300 KIDS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM.
THE TEXAS RANGERS HAVE SPONSOR TWO UNIFORMS FOR A LITTLE OVER 1000 OF OUR YOUTH.
WE HAVE A SPORTS CLINIC, SPORTS CAMP, THE MAS CAMP THAT WE'RE WORKING NOW.
OVERALL IT IS, WE'RE TARGETED AND PROJECTED TO DO ABOUT 33% MORE IN OUR YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO THE HEARTS OF BEING ON THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE STAFF.
AND SO LAST YEAR WE FINISHED AT ABOUT 7,500 KIDS.
WHEN WE RECEIVED THE REPORT FOR THE END OF APRIL, WE'RE ABOUT 70,800, BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDING LATE SPRING AND OUR SUMMER, UM, TRACK ATHLETES.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING ANOTHER 2000 PLUS TO BE ADDED ON TRACK OF ABOUT A 33% INCREASE.
SO AGAIN, THE AQUA DIVISION HAS DONE THEIR PART TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES CAN OPEN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOUR THAT ARE CLOSED
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FOR MAINTENANCE REPAIRS.SO THAT'S BACHMAN AND INDOOR POOL, RAW WALLER, JCS, OSA, AND MARTIN WHITE SCHOOL.
SO THOSE, THOSE FOUR ARE NOT OPEN.
HOWEVER, THE OTHER ONES ARE RAMPED UP AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME.
THE RESERVATION OFFICE, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TAKING TIME FROM A GROUP OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
UH, WE HEARD YOU ALL, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE CUSTOMERS ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO TAKE EXTRA STEPS TO BE A LITTLE MORE CUSTOMER FRIENDLY.
THE BIG THING WE WANNA SHARE IS THAT WE'VE ADOPTED, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED NEW OFFICE HOURS.
AND SO NOW WHEN CUSTOMERS NEED TO REACH US, WE'RE ACTUALLY THERE WHEN THEY'RE OFF WORK, WE'RE THERE IN THE EVENINGS AND WE'RE THERE ON SATURDAYS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEM AND GET THE CUSTOMER.
AND SO WE THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER HOW WE INTERACT WITH OUR, UM, AND THEN WE PARTNERED WITH DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO OFFER A CITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE OVER AT THE KEY SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
12 TEAMS, ABOUT 180 PARTICIPANTS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT JUST KICKED OFF, WAS IT THIS WEEK? LAST WEEK? TUESDAY.
SO NEXT WE HAVE DEPARTMENT NEWS OPERATION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF RENEE JOHNSON.
WE KNOW THIS IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST DIVISIONS.
I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH ON THEM 'CAUSE YOU JUST HEARD FROM RENEE AND SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, BUT WE TALK ABOUT PARKS AND CONSERVATION.
I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE INITIATIVES WE HAD WAS TO REALLY PROMOTE VOLUNTEERISM IN OUR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS.
AND I WANNA SAY HISTORICALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO NOW, BUT IN OUR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS, WE'VE INCREASED ENGAGEMENT BY 74%.
AND THAT'S TO BE COMMITTED TO RENEE AND HER TEAM IN THAT AREA, THE CONSERVATION MANAGER.
SO THEY'VE EXPANDED THE TEAM TO INCLUDE AN ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR, PESTICIDE APPLICATION SUPERVISOR.
AND SO THEY'RE REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR KIND OF THE POND MANAGEMENT, UM, THE INVASIVE SPECIES.
WE'RE TALKING EAP AND OTHERS WILDLIFE RISK.
SO YOU ALL KNOW THEY'RE ON THE FRONT LINE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CO COYOTE AWARENESS AND GOING A LOT OF EDUCATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO MAKING SURE Y'ALL KNOW THAT THAT IS UNDERWAY AS WELL AS THE TRAIL TEAM.
SO THERE IS A NEW TRAIL TEAM THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR 14 MILES OF VEGETATION.
AND SO DIRECTOR JENKINS TOLD YOU ALL WHAT KIND OF TEDIOUS WORK THAT IS.
SO WE DO HAVE A TEAM OF FOLKS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO ENSURING YOUR THREE ALONG 14 MILES OF THUMB TRAILS AS WELL AS THE 9 1 1 TRAIL PARKER SYSTEM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE KNOW LATELY THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF CRITICAL RESPONSE AND RESPONSE TO OUR STORM.
UM, AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT TEAM.
AND IN REGARD TO KIND OF OPERATIONS THAT WE'VE PRESENTED SOMETHING TO YOU ALL.
THE LAST MEETING WE HAD AT THE DALLAS ZOO WHERE WE HAD THE COLLABORATION WITH DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND DOWNTOWN DALLAS PARKS CONSERVANCY FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARKS CORPORATION MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT.
MOVING TO PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ORION O'CONNOR.
WE KNOW THAT PSI MANAGES OUR EXTERNAL RELATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS, CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS, UM, LY PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WITH YOU ALL IS THE WELL, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT COMPLETION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE NATIONAL CRICKET LEAGUE.
WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THAT TOURNAMENT KICK OFF IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR OVER AT ROLAND G PARISH PARK.
ANOTHER CONTRACT TO BRING UP TO, UM, TO DISCUSS THE BIG CEDAR WILDERNESS WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND.
AND THEN ONE THING WE WANNA CALL OUT, WHICH WE HOPE YOU ALL ARE FULLY AWARE OF, IS OUR PARK SCORE INCREASE, MOVING US TO NUMBER 38 IN THE NATION.
AND NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE, AMONG LARGE CITIES IN THE STATE, TEXAS, THEY ARE ALSO DEVELOPING THE RFP FOR OUR NEXT COMP PLAN.
UH, POSITIONING, PARKS AND RECREATION FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
THIS IS NOW OUT OF OUR HANDS AND MOVING INTO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, BUT WE ARE GONNA WORK CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING OUR TIMELINE SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS RFP OUT.
AND, UM, MOVING FORWARD, MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS IS NOW UNDER PARTNERSHIPS WITH STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT MOVE FOR MANY REASONS.
UH, BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT MOVE BECAUSE THE TEAM OF FOLKS THAT ARE IN PSI ARE REALLY DATA DRIVEN.
AND SO THEY'RE ENSURING THAT THERE ARE SOME DATA, THERE'S DATA BEHIND THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING ON HOW WE'RE IDENTIFYING, UM, OUR MARKETING AND OUR PUBLIC BRAND.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FROM THEM.
YOU ALL SHOULD START SEEING THAT EMAIL EVERY, I THINK IT'S A WEEKLY EMAIL WITH THE ANNUAL EVENT UPDATES, I'M SORRY, WITH EVENT UPDATES AND THINGS GOING ON IN YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL ARE SEEING THAT.
IF YOU'RE NOT, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE TWEAK IT SO YOU ALL CAN GET WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
PLANNING, DESIGN AND FACILITY SERVICES.
I KNEW THE LEADERSHIP OF CHRISTINA TURNING NOWHERE.
AND TANYA AND HER TEAM JUST DID A PHENOMENAL JOB TALKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PLANNING AND DESIGN.
YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THEY'VE DONE ON THE BOND, SO I
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DON'T NEED TO REHASH THAT.IN AUGUST, YOU WILL HAVE THE, UM, BOND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK AND VOTE ON.
SO THAT WILL COME EITHER THE FIRST OR SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST.
I HEARD CHRISTINA TURN OVER SESSION THIS MORNING, THE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, ACCOUNTABLE, AND TRANSPARENT IN HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU ALL.
SO SOMETIMES IT TAKES THAT OPERATIONAL SHIFT.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE SPLIT THAT DIVISION INTO FOUR GROUPS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE HORIZONTAL GROUP, WE HAVE THE VERTICAL GROUP, WE HAVE THE PLANNING AND THE ACQUISITION GROUPS.
AND SO YOU ALL WILL START HAVING MORE AND MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH PRESENTATIONS HERE AT THE, THE BOARD OR REPORTS THAT YOU ALL WILL START SEEING.
AND SO WE'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO YOUR, Y'ALL ARE GONNA GET YOUR DISTRICT REPORTS REAL SOON.
UM, THEY'RE ON TARGET TO COMPLETE 85% OF THEIR WORK PROJECT FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE AGAIN, TRACKING IT MORE THAN JUST ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DIRECTOR JEN HAS COMMUNICATED EMPHATICALLY TO THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE TO STAY ON TASK AND IF THERE'S A REASON FOR DERAILMENT, WE NEED TO HAVE LEGITIMATE REASONABLE.
SO ANTICIPATE HEARING MORE AND MORE FROM THEM.
THEN THERE IS THE, I'M SORRY, THEN THERE IS RECREATION SERVICES PROVISION.
TRULY THIS IS PUBLIC FACING ENGAGEMENT AND PROGRAM TEAM.
UM, SO HIGHLIGHTS IN REGARD TO PARTNERSHIPS.
WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE'VE RENEWED THE RENEWED AND EXPANDED OUR AGREEMENT WITH BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE.
THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE THE MODEL AT ONE YEAR CRAFT, WHERE WE HAVE A REPLICATED NOW IN 10 SITES.
AND SO THIS IS TO ADDRESS CHRONIC DISEASE AND SOME OF THOSE CRITICAL ZIP CODES.
AND WE HAVE, AS OF MAY 27TH, ASSUME THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF CITY PARK
AND THEN ON JULY 1ST, WE WILL LAUNCH THE TENOL ACCESS PATH ONCE AGAIN.
SO THIS WILL BE SUMMER FOUR AS A PART OF THE MAYER SUMMER, SUMMER OF SAFETY.
AND THEN IN REGARD TO INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, JENKIN SAID THAT WE WEREN'T BEING INNOVATIVE ENOUGH.
WE MADE A FEW TRIPS, WE VISITED OTHER CITIES.
UM, WE, THERE WE'RE GOING FROM GOOD TO GREAT.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING MORE TECHNOLOGY BASED PROGRAMS, NOT JUST FOR KIDS, BUT FOR OUR ADULTS AND FOR OUR SENIORS AS WELL.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR TECHNOLOGY STUDIOS, UH, UNDER EQUITY PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ALTHOUGH MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE FREE AND LOW COST BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT MANY OF OUR POPULATION OF OUR KIDS AND, AND SENIORS WE ARE, AND WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A RESIDENT VERSUS A NON-RESIDENT FEE BECAUSE WE WANNA BE ABLE TO RECOVER A COUPLE OF DOLLARS.
UH, SO YOU WILL SEE THAT IN ALL OF THE STAFF TALK PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING FORWARD, IS THAT THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL FEE, I'M SORRY, A DIFFERENT FEE FOR NON DALLAS RESIDENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE INITIATED A ROWING PROGRAM FOR DALLAS, TERRY U, UM, OVER AT BACHMAN LAKE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BACHMAN ROWING CLUB.
AND WE ARE ALREADY HEARING THE BUZZ AND THE EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING KIDS WANTING TO BE ENGAGED, VOLUNTEERS WANTING TO BE
SO WE, WE ANTICIPATE SOME TRANSFORMATIVE STUFF HAPPENING OVER AT BACHMAN LAKE.
SO WE WILL DO ANOTHER, UH, ROUND OF UPDATES AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND CONCLUSION.
AND I DO WANNA MENTION ONE CHALLENGE THAT, UH, WHAT OUR, WHEN IT COMES TO PARK MAINTENANCE, UH, ATHLETIC FIELDS, WE ARE AWARE THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PUT MORE RESOURCES ON OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS.
IT'S JUST LIKE WE HAD THE ISSUE WITH SECURITY.
JUST LIKE WE HAD THE ISSUE WITH OUR TRAILS.
WE GOT THE ISSUE WITH OUR SHELTER DEVELOPING PLANS.
ATHLETIC FIELDS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE FOUR FUNCTIONS THAT YOU'RE, RENEE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
HOW DO WE REALIGN RESOURCES AND GET MORE DEDICATION, UH, ATHLETIC MAINTENANCE.
AND SO THAT IS DEFINITELY ON THE RADAR, BUT RENEE WILL COME UP WITH A DETAILED PLAN ON HOW WE PLAN ON ADDRESS THAT, UH, STARTING IN THE FALL.
UH, I SEE NO COMMENTS AND I JUST REQUEST, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THAT IS GOING ON, DR.
JENKIN, UH, WORKING WITH THE RATING CITY MANAGER FOR GLOBAL BUDGET ENHANCEMENT.
SO FOR ANYONE, SEND HER AN EMAIL THAT WE SUPPORT OUR SECURITY AND O AND M BESIDES OTHER THING WE CAN MEET ANY, ANYBODY, ANY SUPPORT WE CAN PROVIDE WITH THAT.
UH, I MOVE TO ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS,
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HAVE TO, SO JULY ISTHAT'S MARTIN LUTHER HICK KING RECREATION CENTER FROM 12 TO FOUR.
IT'S ANNOUNCING IT'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOUTH SPORTS.
IT IS FOR OUR TRACK MEET THAT'S GOING TO BE, YES, IT'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOUTH BOARDS.
IT'S A TRACK MEET THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THURSDAY, JULY 11TH AND SATURDAY JULY 13TH.
ON THE THURSDAY IT'S GOING BE FROM NINE TO NINE ON SATURDAY, IT'S GONNA BE FROM EIGHT TO FOURS.
AND JESSE OWENS ATHLETIC COMPLEX AND THERE'S ABOUT 500 YOUTHS FROM FIVE TO 17 THAT WILL BE ATTENDING JESSE 95 4 MENTAL, UH, CLIVE WARREN PARK WILL BE DOING THEIR FIREWORKS IN THE PARK SATURDAY THE 29TH.
SO, MISS
UH, NO, SATURDAY, SATURDAY, SATURDAY, UH, AT 10:00 AM UM, AND A LOT OF US WERE THERE, UM, WHEN WE SPOKE, BUT, UH, BECAUSE THE RAINS AND, AND THE FLOODING DOWN THERE, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SO THINGS ALREADY AT 10:00 AM SO, UM, COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL BE OUT THERE.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S IT'S SUMMER AND DALLAS AQUATICS IS, IT'S, IS HIGH, UH, YOU KNOW, FUN TIMES AND, AND, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD BE OUT THERE ENJOYING THEIR POOLS.
UM, AND THERE IS A SWIM MEET TODAY, A SAMUEL GRAND PARK, UM, SWIM TEAM.
KIDS NEED OUR SUPPORT OUT THERE.
SO YOU CAN COME ON AND REALLY, UH, SUPPORT OUR AQUATICS AND, AND CAN MAKE
AND MR. KA, WE HAPPENING THE SLIDESHOW.
AND I'M SORRY, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SLIDE CHALLENGE? WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO MR. KITNER FOR THAT.
SO SINCE IT WAS SLIDE CHALLENGE, ALL THE SURE, I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE SLIDE CHALLENGE.
UH, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE, THE MIDST OF FINALIZING IT.
WE'LL BE PARTNERING AGAIN WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN.
JULY IS SKIN SAFETY AND UV, UH, AWARENESS MONTH.
SO WE'LL BE PARTNERING AGAIN WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN.
IT'S EITHER GONNA BE, I THINK ON JULY 11TH OR JULY 18TH.
I'M JUST WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM YOU TO SOUTHWESTERN.
SO I EXPECT TO SEE MR. DICKEY THERE AND ALL.
COME JOIN, DO THE SLIDE CHALLENGE, TALK ABOUT SKIN SAFETY.
DID YOU WRITE DOWN THOSE DATES? I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA BE AT THE GOLF COURSE OUT TOWN.
NO, I WILL BE AT THE SLIDE CHALLENGE IN FOUR YEARS AND HE STILL WON'T DO THE SLIDE CHALLENGE, THE CHALLENGE TO BRING MR. SLAUGHTER.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR AQUATICS TEAM.
UM, I WAS AT, UM,
UM, THAT, THAT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THIS STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE, UM, WITH A PHOTO BOOTH AND THEY, UH, THEY KEPT, UH, YOUR, YOU'RE TRULY HYDRATED.
AND YOU KNOW, RAUL AND HIS STAFF WERE OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF EVERYBODY.
UM, AND I WANTED TO GIVE 'EM KUDOS FOR JUST GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND, YOU KNOW, BEING, UH, VERY USER FRIENDLY AND A GREAT PLACE TO HOST IT.
AND, AND ONE OF THE FEW AQUIS IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS WELL STAFFED WITH THE SHORTAGE OF KU MR. SLOT NEW HEARING.
FIRST OF ALL, EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD VACATION.
CHALLENGE
I'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS ACTUALLY FLOATING TO THE TOP, BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT WAS THERE TO SAVE ME.
OH, I KNOW HE WAS THERE TODAY.
I DIDN'T NEED THESE SAVING, BUT I'M GLAD THEY SAVED ME.
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IS HE CALLING IN FROM X LINE WITH THAT? WE WILL BE, UH, WILL SEND INFORMATION.WE WILL BE CALLING THE SPECIAL MEETING NEXT THURSDAY TO DISCUSS
SO NEXT THURSDAY, 10:00 AM BUT THE FORMAL, UH, INFORMATION WILL COME FROM THE, UH, WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTICE TO ALL DEPARTMENTS WHEN YOU RUN YOUR MEETING EFFICIENTLY, YOU GET DONE AT 1208