[Park, Trails, and Environment Committee on August 5, 2024.]
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OKAY. I BELIEVE WE JUST BARELY HAVE OUR QUORUM, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS MEETING STARTED.
GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 5TH PARKS, TRAILS AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.
I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 9:04, AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, AS ALWAYS, IS TO APPROVE PRIOR MINUTES. THOSE WOULD BE FROM JUNE 3RD.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
OKAY, WE ARE ALREADY TO THE POINT OF OUR FIRST PRESENTATION, SO I WANT TO WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR HAVING US.
I'M JIMMY SMITH WITH FCD MANAGEMENT.
WE OPERATE MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND WE'VE GOT THIS GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH DALLAS CUP, AND ANDY'S GOING TO TAKE MOST OF THE PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT HIM AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT GLAD TO BE HERE.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT DALLAS CUP, BECAUSE I WAS A PLAYER IN DALLAS CUPS TWO AND FOUR IN THE EARLY 80S, AND THEN I VOLUNTEERED FOR 15 YEARS AND THEN STARTED WORKING FOR THE CLUB ABOUT TEN, 15 YEARS AGO.
NOW I SIT ON THE BOARD, SO IT'S A SUBJECT THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART AND A BIG PART OF MY LIFE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
YEAH. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DALLAS CUP IS, IT'S THE OLDEST AND THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SOCCER TOURNAMENT THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE US, AND IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST ELITE GLOBALLY VERY HIGH STANDARD OF PLAY.
WE JUST ADHERE TO OUR CORE VALUES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ORGANICALLY THROUGH THE YEARS.
ELITE COMPETITION, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THESE ARE THE CORE VALUES THAT WE ADHERE TO.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE SPECIFICALLY IN A LITTLE BIT.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW INTERNATIONAL THE EVENT IS.
SINCE 1980, WHICH WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE TOURNAMENT WHERE WE HOSTED FOUR INTERNATIONAL TEAMS, IT'S GROWN INTO A TOURNAMENT THAT ANNUALLY WE HOST OVER 30 COUNTRIES BETWEEN OUR REFEREES AND OUR TEAMS. HISTORICALLY, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 100 COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED AT THE CUP.
IT'S QUITE RICH IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY, AND THE MAP IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED.
WE'VE HAD TWO NEW COUNTRIES THAT STARTED PLAYING LAST YEAR.
ALGERIA SHOULD BE COLORED IN RED, AND THEN SOUTH KOREA AS WELL.
SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT TO HAVE ADDED TWO ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES THIS LAST YEAR.
SO WE TALK ABOUT HOW ELITE IT IS THROUGH THE YEARS.
IT'S DEVELOPED INTO ONE OF THE MOST ELITE SOCCER TOURNAMENTS IN THE WORLD, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE TOP ORGANIZATIONS CLUBS ASSOCIATIONS AND FEDERATIONS GLOBALLY.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE US SOCCER FEDERATION WITH MLS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT LEAD SOCCER HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT ALSO WITH CONCACAF, WHO IS THE REGIONAL CONFEDERATION OF OUR AREA HOSTING THE WORLD CUP, AS WE KNOW, IN 2026 WITH THE MEXICAN FEDERATION, THE JAPANESE FEDERATION, THE ENGLISH SOCCER FEDERATION, IT'S CALLED THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, THE PREMIER LEAGUE, LA LIGA, WHICH IS THE PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE IN SPAIN, THE BUNDESLIGA AND THOSE ASSOCIATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE ALLOWED US TO HOST CLUBS LIKE MANCHESTER UNITED AND BARCELONA, REAL MADRID, LIVERPOOL
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AMERICA FROM MEXICO, TIGRES, BOCA JUNIORS, ALL THE TOP CLUBS IN THE WORLD HAVE COME AND PLAYED IN DALLAS CUP THROUGH THE YEARS.NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, AND BECAUSE OF THIS ANY GIVEN YEAR OR ANY GIVEN WORLD CUP, WHEN YOU WATCH A WORLD CUP, YOU'LL SEE MANY, MANY DALLAS CUP ALUMNI PLAYING IN WORLD CUP, 550 GAMES HAVE BEEN PLAYED BY WORLD CUP ALUMNI IN WORLD CUP HISTORY.
FOR EXAMPLE THIS LAST WORLD CUP PLAYED IN QATAR IN 2022, WE HAD 50 ALUMNI PLAY HAILING FROM 11 COUNTRIES, WHICH JUST SHOWS YOU THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE US AND MEXICO THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN THE WORLD CUP FROM FROM AN ALUMNI POINT OF VIEW, ANY GIVEN YEAR THE US NATIONAL TEAM HAS ABOUT HALF OF THEIR PLAYERS AND HALF OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL TEAM ANY GIVEN YEAR HAS PLAYED IN DALLAS CUP BUT EXTENDS BEYOND THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OUT OF EVERY 11 GOAL SCORERS IN THE LAST TWO WORLD CUPS PLAYED IN DALLAS CUPS.
WHICH ALSO MEANS WE'RE A HIGH LEVEL COMPETITION.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF REFEREEING.
EVERY TOURNAMENT WE HAVE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 FIFA LEVEL REFEREES OFFICIATE.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF OFFICIALS IN SOCCER.
MANY OF THEM HAVE OFFICIATED WORLD CUPS, SOME OF THEM WORLD CUP FINALS, AND WE'RE PROBABLY THE ONLY YOUTH SOCCER TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD THAT HAS THIS LEVEL OF OFFICIATING, AND AGAIN, THAT'S DUE TO THE HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT'S CREATED OVER THE LAST 45 YEARS AND IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL WHEN A 14 YEAR OLD KID FROM OAK CLIFF OR FROM LAKE HIGHLANDS OR FROM LAKEWOOD WHO'S PLAYING AT AN ACADEMY HERE LOCALLY, WALKS ON THE FIELD AND A FIFA OFFICIAL WEARING THE FIFA BADGE THAT'S JUST OFFICIATED A WORLD CUP LAST YEAR IS REFEREEING HIS GAME.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES.
OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE'RE SO INTERNATIONAL IT IS JUST AN INHERENT PART OF WHO WE ARE, BUT ONE VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THAT IS VERY UNIQUE TO OUR TOURNAMENT IS THAT HALF THE TEAMS THAT COME FROM ABROAD STAY WITH LOCAL FAMILIES, AND THAT REALLY DOES ALLOW FOR THIS CULTURAL DIVERSITY TO BE BECOME A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHO WE ARE BECAUSE LOCAL KIDS KIDS ALL FROM ALL OVER DALLAS AND DFW ARE HOSTING KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD IN THEIR OWN HOMES, AND THIS HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT, NOT ONLY ON THE PLAYERS HOSTING THE KIDS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I PLAYED I TOLD YOU I PLAYED IN DALLAS CUPS TWO AND FOUR.
THOSE ARE THE MEMORIES THAT ARE LONG LASTING AND IT WORKS THE OTHER WAY AROUND, TOO.
HE WROTE ABOUT IT IN HIS BIOGRAPHY AND IN FACT, WHEN HE CAME HERE WITH THE GALAXY TO PLAY FC DALLAS HE SOUGHT OUT THE FAMILY HE STAYED WITH WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER AND THEY VISITED THAT WASN'T PUBLICIZED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF WHO WE ARE, AND IT'S PART OF THE HOLISTIC APPROACH WE HAVE TO THE EVENT, WHICH IS NOT JUST PROVIDING VERY HIGH LEVEL OF SOCCER FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT ALSO A LIFE EXPERIENCE OFF THE FIELD AS WELL, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THAT.
PROBABLY THE MOST UNIQUE ELEMENT IN THE ASPECT OF THE DALLAS CUP IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS IS ONE CORE VALUE THAT WAS DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF WHAT THE TEAMS HAVE SOUGHT BECAUSE OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY DOES TO THOSE THAT COME PARTICIPATE.
TO PUT ON CLINICS AS IT IS RAISING THAT TROPHY, AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT BY THOSE MANAGERS AND COACHES THAT COME AND BRING TEAMS HERE, THAT THIS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONALS AS IT IS THE COMPETITION THEY'RE GETTING ON THE FIELD
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AND IT'S VERY UNIQUE TO DALLAS CUP.FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE'S A SCHOOL IN PLEASANT GROVE, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WHO HAD EINTRACHT FRANKFURT, ONE OF THE TOP PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIES IN WORLD SOCCER, VISIT THE SCHOOL WHERE THEIR 14 YEAR OLD KIDS, THE ACADEMY KIDS, PUT ON A CLINIC FOR THEIR 14 YEAR OLD COUNTERPARTS IN PLEASANT GROVE.
NO OTHER SOCCER TOURNAMENT, OR VERY FEW OTHER EVENTS THAT ALLOW FOR THIS KIND OF CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN TWO VERY DISPARATE COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER OVER A FEW HOURS IN THE NAME OF THE GAME.
SCHOOLS GET VISITED HOMELESS SHELTERS HOSPITALS, AND WE DON'T REALLY PROMOTE IT.
A LOT OF IT HAPPENS IN BETWEEN GAMES WHEN THE TEAMS ARE PLAYING, THEY HAVE AN OFF DAY.
THEY CHOOSE TO GO DO THIS, AND AGAIN, THIS ALL HAPPENS ORGANICALLY THROUGH THE YEARS TO NOW WHERE WHEN TEAMS COME TO THE DALLAS CUP, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SEEK OUT.
PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS CONNECTING WITH DALLAS ISD AS WELL.
THAT'S 185,000 PLUS STUDENTS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND OPENING DAY AT THE COTTON BOWL, AND THIS ALLOWS US TO THEN WELCOME THOSE SAME STUDENTS THAT ARE VISITING TEAMS, GO VISIT IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
IF YOU KEEP GOING, WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES.
WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF WHAT OPENING DAY IS LIKE.
WE GET OVER 20,000 EVERY YEAR.
OPENING DAY, WHICH IS TAKES PLACE PALM SUNDAY.
OUR TOURNAMENT IS ALWAYS PLAYED PALM SUNDAY THROUGH EASTER SUNDAY.
SO OPENING DAY IS ALWAYS ON PALM SUNDAY AT THE COTTON BOWL.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, AND YOU CAN SEE PICTURES OF WHAT THAT EVENT IS LIKE.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HOST THIS EVENT AT THE COTTON BOWL.
IN A HISTORIC STADIUM, OBVIOUSLY, AS WELL.
WHICH HOSTED THE 1994 WORLD CUP, AND I DO WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT ABOUT THE COTTON BOWL, TOO, FOR THOSE YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE WORLD CUP IS COMING IN 2026 AND THERE'S A LEGACY THAT EACH WORLD CUP PLAYED IN THE COUNTRY LEAVES BEHIND, BUT VISITING TEAMS THOSE PLAYERS THAT COME FROM SPAIN, BRAZIL, GERMANY, SOUTH KOREA, THOSE COUNTRIES THAT PLAYED AT THE COTTON BOWL IN 1994.
THOSE KIDS WEREN'T EVEN BORN IN 94.
I MEAN, THEY'RE 12, 15, 18 YEAR-OLDS.
THEY ALL KNOW THEIR NATIONAL TEAM PLAYED AT THE COTTON BOWL.
WHEN THEY WALKED DOWN THAT TUNNEL, ABOUT TO GO ON THE FIELD.
THEY REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT STADIUM TO THEIR NATIONAL TEAMS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIG TIME NATIONAL TEAMS. BRAZIL, GERMANY, SPAIN.
THEY ALL KNOW THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT THE COTTON BOWL IS.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PLAY OUR GAMES THERE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, AND ADDING TO THE DIVERSITY.
SOCCER GAMES AROUND THE WORLD.
ALL FOR THE KIDS, BUT IT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE SO DIVERSE AS WELL.
WE ALSO PLAY OBVIOUSLY WE JUST DON'T PLAY AT THE STADIUM.
WE PLAY GAMES AT VARIOUS SOCCER COMPLEXES.
MONEYGRAM COCCER PARK IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT COMPLEX FOR US WORKING TOGETHER WITH FC DALLAS, WHO HELPS MAINTAIN THE FIELD. MONEYGRAM IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART FOR US BECAUSE IT'S SO WELL MAINTAINED.
HAVING TOP WORLD CLASS FACILITIES IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF OUR ABILITY TO BRING THESE KIND OF TEAMS HERE, ORGANIZATION FACILITIES AND THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION. THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT THESE TEAMS LOOK FOR, AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TOP NOTCH FACILITIES, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BRING THEM.
YOU CAN SEE ALSO FROM THE PICTURES.
IT'S NOT JUST FAMILIES THAT COME OUT TO THE GAMES TO WATCH.
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SO WE GET WE'LL DO THE NUMBERS IN HERE IN A LITTLE BIT IN A FEW SLIDES, BUT OVER 100,000 PEOPLE GO TO THE GAMES AT OUR VARIOUS COMPLEXES.WHICH ALSO INCLUDES RICHLAND COLLEGE.
SO OUR FOOTPRINT MONEYGRAM RICHLAND DALLAS THE COTTON BOWL STADIUM.
SO NOW OUR FIELDS AT RICHLAND ARE ALSO BEING MAINTAINED BY THOSE BUT WE'RE GETTING HELP FROM FC DALLAS AND MAINTAINING THOSE FIELDS AND BRINGING UP THE STANDARDS OF THE FIELDS AT RICHLAND AS WELL.
SO OBVIOUSLY OUR FACILITIES, BIG PART OF WHO WE ARE.
WE DO GET MEDIA ATTENTION IRONICALLY, WE GET MORE MEDIA ATTENTION INTERNATIONALLY.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN MAN UNITED LAST CAME, THEY DID A LITTLE DOCUMENTARY AND PUT IT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL OR TV CHANNEL, AND IT GOT I THINK 200 MILLION HITS WHICH IS INSANE BUT WE DO GET GOOD LOCAL COVERAGE PARTICULARLY UNIVISION, TELEMUNDO, THE LOCAL AFFILIATES YOU KNOW, IT IS SOCCER AND THEY DO FOLLOW US AND WE GET DAILY COVERAGE FROM THOSE OUTLETS, BUT THE OTHER NETWORKS COVER US AS WELL.
OUR GAMES ARE ON ESPN, ESPN THREE, ESPN INTERNATIONAL.
THROUGH THE YEARS WE'VE BEEN ON UNIVISION.
WE'VE HAD FINALS BROADCAST ON UNIVISION NETWORK.
SO WE DO HAVE TRACTION, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS USE MORE HELP IN GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT DALLAS CUP, BECAUSE WE FEEL IT'S MORE WELL KNOWN OUTSIDE OF DALLAS INTERNATIONALLY THAN IT IS IN DALLAS. IRONICALLY, HOPEFULLY THE WORLD CUP HELPS WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF THE TOURNAMENT.
ABOUT 6500 PLAYERS AND COACHES PARTICIPATE.
PLUS, WE TYPICALLY ARE WE EXCEED 1000 VOLUNTEERS, 490 GAMES, 284 TEAMS, 250 REFEREES.
LIKE I SAID, ABOUT 30 COUNTRIES ARE REPRESENTED EVERY YEAR.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET CLOSE TO 10,000 ATHLETES COMPETING IN THE TOURNAMENT.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THE OLYMPICS HAVE 11,000 ATHLETES COMPETING, SO 11,000 ATHLETES ARE IN PARIS FOR THE 2024 OLYMPICS. WE WILL HAVE CLOSE TO 10,000 OURSELVES.
WHICH IS ALMOST THE NUMBER THAT THE OLYMPICS GETS.
SO OUR NUMBERS ARE GROWING, BUT THIS TOURNAMENT STARTED WITH 32 TEAMS IN 1980.
OBVIOUSLY, WITH SO MANY TEAMS COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA OUR HOTEL NUMBERS ARE HIGH.
WE HAVE 21 PROPERTIES, 9400 TOTAL ROOM NIGHTS.
AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO GO UP BY UP TO 40% NEXT YEAR WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE GIRLS TOURNAMENT.
ABOUT 75 TO 80% OF THOSE ROOM NIGHTS ARE IN DALLAS.
OUR HEADQUARTERS HOTEL IS IN DALLAS AS WELL.
IT'S THE WESTIN DALLAS PARK CENTRAL, AND WE, LIKE I SAID, PLAY IN VARIOUS VENUES THROUGHOUT TOWN ATTENDANCE THROUGH ALL THE VENUES, 100,000 THROUGH THE WHOLE WEEK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GROW BY ABOUT 40% IN ALL NUMBERS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THAT MEANS THAT OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS IS 38 MILLION.
THAT WAS THE FIGURE THAT WE WERE GIVEN BY THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION THE YEAR BEFORE COVID.
WE HAVE GROWN SINCE COVID ENDED AND THINGS HAVE OPENED UP.
OUR INTERNAL CALCULATIONS, I THINK WE'RE CLOSER TO 50 MILLION ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND THAT NUMBER WILL THEN GROW EVEN MORE WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE TOURNAMENT NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY GET CLOSER TO 60 TO $70 MILLION.
THOSE ARE OUR INTERNAL FIGURES AND CALCULATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION TO GIVE US A MORE ACCURATE FIGURE, BUT I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE'LL END UP, AND AGAIN, ABOUT 75 TO 80% OF THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
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WE THE TOURNAMENT, WE'RE A NOT FOR PROFIT.WE DON'T HAVE AN OWNER. WE DON'T WE'RE JUST RUN BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO ALL OUR ANY EXCESS REVENUES THAT WE GET, WE REINVEST BACK IN THE TOURNAMENT, BUT THE BULK OF THIS, OBVIOUSLY, THE BULK OF THIS ECONOMIC IMPACT COMES FROM THE TEAMS THAT COME FROM OUTSIDE OF DALLAS, FROM AROUND THE US AND INTERNATIONALLY AND HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA.
SO WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT WE BRING TO THE AREA IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, BUT WE'RE MORE PROUD OF WHAT WE MEAN TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR SOCCER AND FOR THE DIVERSITY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, AT LEAST FOR THAT ONE WEEK.
WE LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE AN OWNER.
WE FEEL THAT WE ARE, THE COMMUNITYIES WE ARE THE NORTH TEXAS SOCCER COMMUNITYIES' PROPERTY, AND WE DEPEND ON THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR OPERATIONS FROM OVER 1000 VOLUNTEERS FOR ALL THE HELP THAT WE GET FOR THE SUPPORT AND THIS IS HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE AND THIS IS WHY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SURVIVE NOW GOING ON FIVE DECADES, AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 45 YEARS AS WELL.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BIG YEARS IN, IN THE WORLD OF SOCCER COMING HERE TO DALLAS IN 2026 WITH THE WORLD CUP AND WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE, AND WE HOPE THAT WILL HELP ELEVATE THE TOURNAMENT EVEN MORE, AND THEN NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED NEXT YEAR.
IT'S ALWAYS PALM SUNDAY THROUGH EASTER SUNDAY.
SO NEXT YEAR, IT'S APRIL 12TH THROUGH THE 20TH.
WE'LL HAVE OPENING DAY AT THE COTTON BOWL, APRIL 12TH.
NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE PLAYING AT MONEYGRAM, RICHLAND COLLEGE ALL THAT WEEK, AND AGAIN, THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE THE BIGGEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN BECAUSE BECAUSE WE ARE GROWING TREMENDOUSLY ON THE GIRLS SIDE.
IT'S PART OF OUR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVE.
SO WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO PERHAPS SEEING SOME OF YOU AT THE FIELDS NEXT YEAR.
SO AND THEN I WANT TO ALSO THANK JIMMY AND FC DALLAS'S ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT.
THROUGH THE YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER.
THANK YOU JIMMY. SO ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
LET ME OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
CHAIR MORENO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WHEN WE GET TO TALK ABOUT SOCCER THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
IT REMINDS ME OF MY EARLY SATURDAY MORNINGS, HOW THEY WERE SPENT.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND THE DOLLARS THAT OUR CITY COMES.
IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE PROMOTING THE SPORT AND THAT WE'RE EXPOSING SPORTS TO OUR YOUTH, AND, AGAIN, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME OF THESE FOLKS PLAY IN THE WORLD CUP WHEN IT GETS HERE TO DALLAS. WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF HOTEL STAYS AND YOU BRIEFLY MENTIONED THE NUMBERS THAT WERE ACTUALLY IN DALLAS.
CAN YOU COVER THAT AGAIN? YEAH. WE HAVE OVER 9000 ROOMS TOTAL 21 PROPERTIES, AND ABOUT 75% OF THOSE ARE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S WHERE WE OFFICE.
OKAY, AND THEN HOW LONG IS THE TOURNAMENT, AND SO I KNOW THERE'S THE WHEN THE GAMES ARE PLAYED, BUT LEADING UP TO AND AFTERWARDS SET UP TAKE DOWN PRACTICE.
RIGHT, RIGHT. EXACTLY. SO INTERNATIONAL TEAMS START ARRIVING THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT.
SO IT'S ALWAYS PLAYED PALM SUNDAY THROUGH EASTER SUNDAY.
THOSE ARE WHEN THE GAMES ARE PLAYED.
THEY START TRAINING ON THEIR OWN AND THEN REGISTRATION STARTS FRIDAY WHEN TEAMS ARRIVE, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO GO REGISTER, GET PICTURES TAKEN.
WE HAVE OUR WELCOME CEREMONY ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT OUR HEADQUARTERS HOTEL, WHERE WE WELCOME MANAGERS FROM ALL THE TEAMS. VOLUNTEERS ARE WELCOME TO THAT AS WELL, AND WE HAVE OUR FIFA RECEPTION WHICH IS FOR ALL THE REFEREES.
WE HAVE OVER 250 REFEREES PARTICIPATE IN THE TOURNAMENT.
WE HAVE A FIFA RECEPTION FOR THEM THAT ALL STARTS THAT SATURDAY.
SO IT'S ABOUT A TEN DAY PERIOD WITH TEAMS LEAVING, THEN THE MONDAY AFTER EASTER.
OKAY, AND SO THAT IF I MAY ADD TO THE ONE, ONE THING ABOUT OUR TOURNAMENT THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER YOUTH TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE LIKE 3 OR 4 DAY EVENTS, TEAMS THAT COME FROM ABROAD AND EVEN TEAMS THAT COME FROM THE US.
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WE DON'T PLAY MULTIPLE GAMES IN ONE DAY.IT'S ONE GAME PER DAY BECAUSE IT'S A HIGH STANDARD TOURNAMENT.
THEY ALREADY HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE DAYS.
THEY HAVE TO BE HERE FOR THE FIRST ROUND GAMES, BUT THOSE THAT TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY AND FROM THE US HAVE TO BOOK THEIR FLIGHTS AFTER THE CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, TEAMS THAT ARE ELIMINATED.
THEN WE SET UP FRIENDLIES WHERE A LOCAL TEAM CAN PLAY ARSENAL OR LIVERPOOL BECAUSE PERHAPS THEY HAVE AN ADVANCED OUT OF GROUP PLAY, BUT MY POINT IN ALL THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF OUR TOURNAMENT, HOW WE'RE SET UP HOTEL NIGHTS TEND TO EXTEND BEYOND WHAT A NORMAL YOUTH TOURNAMENT TYPICALLY HAS.
HOW DO WE KEEP THEM THAT WAY? YOU KNOW, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT MUCH WEAR AND TEAR, IS THERE A PAUSE OF USAGE AT THOSE FACILITIES? I'M NOT SURE.
THE SCHEDULE PRIOR OR POST OUR TOURNAMENT.
I JUST DO KNOW THAT OUR FIELDS ARE REALLY WELL MAINTAINED BY THOSE THAT MAINTAIN IT.
I'LL START WITH THE COTTON BOWL.
THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE COTTON BOWL.
I WORKED FOR THE DALLAS BURN WHEN THEY PLAYED AT THE COTTON BOWL, AND IT WAS CONSIDERED BY THE PLAYERS EVEN BACK THEN IN THE 90S TO BE THE BEST PITCH AND MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER, AND TO THIS DAY THE COTTON BOWL MAINTAINS THAT VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL OF PITCH MAINTENANCE.
THAT'S JUST A GIVEN THAT THE COTTON BOWL FIELD IS EXCELLENT, BUT TEAMS DON'T PLAY MANY GAMES AT THE STADIUM, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY A FEW OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE FOR STADIUM GAMES.
THAT'S WHY THE GAMES AT ARE COMPLEXES, AND HOW GOOD THOSE PITCHES ARE IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE TEAMS, THE BEST ACADEMIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD ONLY TRAVEL TO TOURNAMENTS THAT PROVIDE THE BEST FACILITIES.
MONEYGRAM PARK FROM THE TIME IT OPENED PROBABLY SOON AFTER THAT.
IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET IT TO THAT POINT, BUT I'VE HAD INTERNATIONAL TEAMS, THEIR MANAGERS TELL ME MONEYGRAM IS A CARPET AND IN THE SOCCER WORLD WHEN YOU PLAY ON A CARPET, IT'S LIKE THE MOST PRISTINE FIELD YOU CAN PLAY ON.
I KNOW FC DALLAS HELPS MAINTAIN THAT FIELD THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THE FIELD MAINTENANCE.
YEAH. YEAH. THE ONLY THING I'D ADD IS, YES, IT'S A HUGE PRIORITY.
IT'S OUR IT'S ONE OF OUR TOP TOURNAMENTS THAT WE DO AT MONEYGRAM.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW THE WAY WE'VE STRUCTURED AND BUILT MONEYGRAM IS TO HOST THESE TYPES OF EVENTS.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY NOT ONLY IN MY MIND, THE MOST IMPORTANT YOUTH TOURNAMENT IS PLAYED THERE, BUT ALSO WHENEVER THE NATIONAL TEAMS COME TO TOWN, THE SENIOR TEAMS, THEY WANT TO TRAIN THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SO MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHEREVER THE GAMES MAY BE IN THE COTTON BOWL OR IN ARLINGTON THEY MAY HAVE SET UP TRAINING SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY'LL GET OUR NUMBER AND THEY'LL THEY'LL END UP AT MONEYGRAM SOCCER PARK, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THE COMPLEX IS RUN.
SO THAT IT'S MEANT TO BE AT THE HIGH LEVEL OF SOCCER AND SO WITH DALLAS CUP AND I THINK ANDY MENTIONED THIS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF KIND OF A HIDDEN GEM HERE LOCALLY, BUT IT IS SO WELL KNOWN OUTSIDE, IF YOU COULD GO TO ANYWHERE IN EUROPE AND YOU MENTIONED DALLAS CUP AND THERE ARE SOCCER FAN, THEY PROBABLY HEARD OF DALLAS CUP, AND I THINK WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE KNOWING THAT IT'S THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR WE PRIORITIZE AND BUILD OUR ENTIRE SCHEDULE AROUND THIS EVENT.
THANK YOU. LAST THING IS WITH THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SPORTS COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF DALLAS MONEYGRAM, THE OR IS HOW IS THE CITY PARTICIPATING? WHAT IS THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION? ARE WE WAIVING FEES FOR YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE AT MONEYGRAM? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, NO THERE'S NO WAIVING OF FEES, BUT THERE IS A BIG SIGNIFICANT ASSISTANCE FROM THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION AND THE CITY TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE CAN BENEFIT FINANCIALLY WITH, WITH HELP LIKE THE TIPPIT FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION DEFINITELY HELPS US WITH THAT.
THE COTTON BOWL DOES PROVIDE US A VERY GOOD TERMS. I DON'T THINK THE WAIVING OF A FEE IS ALLOWED, BUT THEY DO PROVIDE US GOOD TERMS. NOW, WE PAY, YOU KNOW, THE STANDARD FEES FOR SECURITY AND OPERATIONS, CLEANING AND ALL THAT, BUT WE, WE DO
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RECEIVE FAVORABLE TERMS WITH THE LEASE AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD TO US AT MONEYGRAM AS WELL BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO PAY FULL FEES BECAUSE WHAT WE GET IN RETURN BECAUSE WE NEED THAT AND TEAMS EXPECT US TO HAVE THAT FEES.THE FIELDS, I SHOULD ALSO SAY, WE'RE SO WELL MAINTAINED AT MONEYGRAM THAT NOW THERE'S DIALOG BETWEEN MONEYGRAM AND RICHLAND COLLEGE IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE, AND THAT'S HELPED OUR FIELDS AT RICHLAND COLLEGE ELEVATE AS WELL.
SO NOW OUR COMPLEXES ARE TOP NOTCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
OKAY. SURE. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? LET ME PUT MY GLASSES ON SO I CAN SEE.
CHAIR NARVAEZ IS SHAKING HIS HEAD AND CHAIR BAZALDUA, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM? NO, MADAM CHAIR.
OKAY, LET ME JUST. I'M GOING TO ASK CHAIR GRACEY'S QUESTION.
NO. SO THE HOST FAMILIES THERE'S TWO, TWO WAYS YOU CAN BE A HOST FAMILY.
THERE'S MORE COMMONALITY THERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A REFEREE HOMESTAY PROGRAM WHERE REFEREES FROM ABROAD WE LOOK FOR LOCAL FAMILIES TO HOST THOSE REFEREES AND IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
WE ALWAYS WELCOME VOLUNTEERS AND HOST FAMILIES.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING IN TOUCH WITH US.
IF YOU GO TO DALLAS. ORG YOU CAN FIND THE CONTACT INFO THERE, OR YOU CAN CALL ME OR JIMMY.
WE GET IN TOUCH WITH US AND WE'LL WE'LL GET YOU ON YOUR WAY.
YEAH. I THINK I AM THRILLED TO HEAR ALL OF THIS.
I'VE BEEN AWARE OF THE DALLAS CUP FOR YEARS.
I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE USED THE LAKE HIGHLANDS STADIUM WAY BACK.
LAKE HIGHLANDS STADIUM WAS OUR ORIGINAL STADIUM.
YEAH. I GREW UP GOING TO GAMES AND PLAYING GAMES AT LAKE HIGHLAND STADIUM WITH THE DALLAS CUP.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. YEAH.
OKAY, I JUST FIGURED YOU OUTGREW THAT SITUATION.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A STADIUM THAT SEATS ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMETHING IN THE 8 TO 12,000 RANGE WOULD BE IDEAL FOR US IF THAT EVER COMES ABOUT.
WELL, THE PRESENTATION HAS BEEN GREAT.
INFORMATION HAS BEEN CERTAINLY GOOD FOR ME TO GET A GRASP AND A FEEL FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERY YEAR IN OUR CITY THAT, AS YOU HAVE MENTIONED AND MADE SO CLEAR, IT'S SUCH AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT AND THAT IS A HUGE WIN FOR DALLAS.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY.
JUST ONE FOLLOW UP AND I APOLOGIZE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING BACK AND WATCHING THIS QUESTION FOR YOU.
AS A FOLLOW UP TO CHAIR MORENO'S QUESTION ABOUT THE FIELDS.
WHAT OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE? LIKE, WHAT ARE THE GOOD AND BAD THINGS ABOUT BEING IN DALLAS AS WE START THINKING ABOUT THE WORLD CUP THAT'S COMING? YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, GETTING PEOPLE AROUND THE HOTELS, ALL OF THAT.
BEING REALLY A HUGE ASSET FOR US, I KNOW IT IS FOR WORLD CUP AS WELL, AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY DALLAS GOT NINE GAMES IN 2026, BECAUSE DFW AIRPORT IN OUR LOCATION IS VERY CENTRALLY LOCATED.
OUR ABILITY TO HOST TEAMS AND RECEIVE TEAMS AT DFW AIRPORT, IT'S A BIG AIRPORT.
IT'S CHALLENGING THAT WAY, BUT IT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN THAT REGARD.
SO THAT'S BEEN A HUGE BENEFIT FOR US THROUGH THE YEARS.
ONE ISSUE THAT DFW MAY HAVE IS HOW EXPANSIVE IT IS, BUT OUR TOURNAMENT, WE MOST OF OUR HOTELS AND OUR COMPLEXES AND OUR GAMES ARE PLAYED IN THE 635, 75 AREA.
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YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, MONEYGRAM, RICHLAND THE COTTON BOWL IS A TRIANGLE, AND MOST OF OUR HOTELS ARE WITHIN THAT AREA.SO FOR US WE'VE THROUGH THE YEARS EVOLVED IT TO WHERE WE CAN AVOID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT EXPANSIVE NATURE OF DFW AS A HINDRANCE, BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT PART OF OUR DNA IN THIS AREA.
MOST TEAMS JUST GET TWO OF THOSE WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? SHUTTLES, AND FUNCTION THAT WAY.
WE MAKE IT WORK BECAUSE OF OUR FOOTPRINT AND HOW WE'VE DESIGNED IT.
CHAIR. OKAY, I THINK THAT IS IT.
YOU CAN CHECK THIS OFF YOUR TO DO LIST FOR THE DAY.
OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO THE DALLAS COMMUNITY AIR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FROM DIRECTOR EVANS.
MAYBE LOOKING AND THEN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATORS.
MR. ORTIZ IS ON LEAVE THIS WEEK, SO.
OKAY, WE HAVE SENIOR CLIMATE COORDINATOR OPPONG HEMENG, AND MARITZA IS ALSO GETTING READY FOR OUR URBAN HEAT ISLAND STUDY TO TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK.
OKAY, WELL, WELCOME TO THE THREE OF YOU.
WE'RE VERY GLAD YOU'RE HERE, AND WE'LL JUST TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO GET STARTED.
THE PROGRAM ADVANCES GOAL EIGHT OF THE CCAP, WHICH IS TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO AGAIN MONITOR COMMUNITY LEVEL AIR AIR QUALITY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE MANAGE REGIONAL MONITORS FOR TCEQ AND EPA, BUT THOSE DON'T GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THE AIR QUALITY IS ON THE COMMUNITY LEVEL.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES.
AS YOU WILL SEE, THE PROGRAM INCLUDES 24 AIR SENSOR UNITS, AND WE HAVE UNITS IN EVERY DISTRICT.
YOU ALSO YOU ALSO SEE THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING EPA GRANT FUNDING AND EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND OUR COVERAGE AND FOCUS ON COMMUNITIES HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT ALONG TO SENIOR CLIMATE COORDINATOR OPPONG HEMENG.
WE'LL GO IN DEPTH ABOUT THE SENSORS DEPLOYMENT, THE STRATEGY BEHIND THAT PROGRAM OUTREACH AND THE SENSOR SUMMITS ALSO DISCUSS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE SINCE THE STARTING OF THIS PROGRAM AND THE NEXT STEPS IN THE IN THE NEAR AND IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
SO D-CAMP HELPS US ADVANCE GOAL EIGHT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
GOAL EIGHT IS ALL DALLAS COMMUNITIES BREATHE CLEAN AIR.
WE UTILIZE BOTH EPA, EJ SCREENING TOOLS AND DALLAS OWN EJ SCREENING TOOL TO DEVELOPED BY DALLAS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND OEQS TO CONSIDER POD LOCATIONS AND DEPLOYMENT.
THESE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SCORES ARE BASED OFF OF ROUGHLY 20 DIFFERENT FACTORS FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC FACTORS SET BY THE EPA, AND WE UTILIZE THOSE TO CREATE OUR LOCAL EJ SCORES.
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.EXCUSE ME IN FEBRUARY 2023 TO 24 PODS DEPLOYED ACROSS THE CITY BY SPRING OF 2024, AND AT THIS POINT, WE CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE POD LOCATED IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.
BEFORE THEY ARE INSTALLED, THE INSERTER POD GOES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
EACH POD GOES THROUGH A CO-LOCATION CALIBRATION PROCESS, SO ONCE WE RECEIVE THE PODS, THEY SPEND ABOUT TWO WEEKS NEAR THE TCEQ, CA SITE ON HILTON STREET.
THESE PODS AT THIS COALITION SITE MEASURE AND COMPARE AIR QUALITY DATA, AND THEY ARE COMPARED TO THE TCEQ AIR QUALITY MONITORS IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
DATA IS COLLECTED FROM OUR AQMESH SPONSORS--PODS, EXCUSE ME--AND FROM THAT POINT, WE ANALYZE THAT DATA AND COMPARE BETWEEN THE TWO MONITORS.
FROM THERE, WE CREATE A CORRECTION FACTOR TO CALCULATE EACH AIR POLLUTANT MEASURED BY OUR PODS, AND BRINGS THE POD DATA CLOSER IN LINE WITH THE TCEQ MEASURED DATA.
THAT DATA IS RUN THROUGH A FORMULA THAT INCLUDES THAT CORRECTION FACTOR THAT WAS UTILIZED IN THE CALIBRATION PROCESS, AND THAT DATA IS POSTED TO OUR SECURE SITE, WHICH AT THAT POINT OUR TEAM ANALYZES THE DATA FOR EACH LOCATION ACROSS THE CITY.
THE AIR QUALITY DATA THAT IS COLLECTED CAN BE USED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND LOCAL AIR QUALITY USED IN LAND USE PLANNING, ZONING CASES, AIR QUALITY INVESTIGATIONS ASTHMA EDUCATION OUTREACH, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
IN OCTOBER OF 2023, WE DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE POD THAT WAS SWITCHED FROM FISHTRAP LAKE THAT NOW INCLUDES SENSORS TO MEASURE SULFUR DIOXIDE.
SO THE FIRST FIVE PODS IN THE D-CAMP PROGRAM WERE LOCATED AT CENTRAL, CENTRAL, SOUTH PARK AND [INAUDIBLE] MILLS CREEK BATCH PLANT, LARRY JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER. THE WEST DALLAS MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER, AND FISHTRAP LAKE, AS MENTIONED.
IN OCTOBER NOVEMBER OF 2023, THE TEAM INSTALLED 11 MORE SENSOR PODS IN THE LOCATIONS LISTED HERE.
NEXT SLIDE, AND THIS IS JUST A LIST, A CONTINUATION OF THE 11 PODS IN PHASE TWO OF THE D-CAMP DEPLOYMENT, INCLUDING FLAGPOLE HILL PARK, MONEYGRAM PARK, AND THE DALLAS ZOO.
DO YOU WANT TO NOTE THERE ARE TWO PODS LOCATED AT FLORAL FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE OFF SIMPSON STEWART ROAD, AND THE OTHER ONE IS LOCATED OFF OF 527 SOUTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
IN THIS PAST YEAR, WE'VE INSTALLED EIGHT ADDITIONAL MONITORS INTO THESE LOCATIONS, AND AT THIS POINT, WE DO HAVE ONE AT LEAST ONE MONITOR IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND NOW I'LL PASS IT OFF TO PAUL WHYTE SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S A LIST OF AIR POLLUTANTS THAT WE MEASURE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THREE GROUPS OF SENSORS LABELED A, B AND C.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHITE CIRCLE, YOU'LL SEE THAT EVERY SENSOR MEASURES THE SAME CRITERIA A IR POLLUTANTS, SPECIFICALLY PARTICULATE MATTER, WHICH IS PM 2.5 AND PM 10, ALSO OZONE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE POLLUTANTS, SOME OF THE NEW SENSORS WE INSTALLED MEASURE CARBON MONOXIDE, SULFUR DIOXIDE, AND TOTAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, WHICH IS WHY WE CREATED THREE GROUPS TO HELP THE PUBLIC EASILY DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE POLLUTANTS THAT ARE MEASURED AT EACH LOCATION.
OKAY. THIS IS AN EPA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN WEST DALLAS WITH OUR PARTNERS, TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE, TTI FOR SHORT, AND A LOCAL NONPROFIT CALLED POSITIVE BREATHING ASTHMA CHASERS.
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND ADDRESS AIR QUALITY CONCERNS IN WEST DALLAS SPECIFICALLY IN THE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES LOCATED IN ZIP CODES 75211 AND 75212.AS PART OF THE PROJECT TTI INSTALLED FOUR AIR SENSORS LOCATED AT EMMA CARTER PARK, JC ZARAGOZA RECREATION CENTER, ARCADIA PARK RECREATION CENTER, AND MARTIN WEISS PARK.
THE SENSORS MEASURE OZONE, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, PM 2.5 AND PM 10, AND THAT DATA IS PUBLICLY DISPLAYED ON OUR CITY OF DALLAS COMMUNITY AIR MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN A FEW SLIDES.
FOR EXAMPLE IN APRIL, THEY WERE AT THE WEST DALLAS MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER PROVIDING INFORMATION TO FAMILIES ABOUT MANAGING ASTHMA WHEN THE AIR QUALITY IS POOR. SO WE'LL BE FINISHED COLLECTING INFORMATION FOR THIS GRANT IN A FEW MONTHS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT FOCUSED ON IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IN THE FOREST DISTRICT, AND THAT'S AREA CODE 75215, AND IT'S FOCUSED ON AIR QUALITY THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF UP TO TEN AIR SENSORS AS WELL AS VEGETATIVE BUFFERS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS. THAT'S FOCUSED ON RESPIRATORY HEALTH, SPECIFICALLY ASTHMA AND COVID-19.
FOR THIS PROJECT, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH TEXAS TREES FOUNDATION, SAINT PHILIP'S SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER, POSITIVE BREATHING CHILDREN'S HEALTH, PARKLAND, AND TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE.
AFTER THE EPA APPROVES THE PAPERWORK, THEN WE'LL COME BEFORE COUNCIL TO OFFICIALLY ACCEPT THE GRANT.
THE ANTICIPATED GRANT IMPLEMENTATION DATE IS IN DECEMBER OF 2024.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE HOME PAGE FOR OUR PUBLIC FACING DALLAS COMMUNITY AREA MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD FOR THE D-CAMP OR D-CAMP IN SHORT, I'LL SAY THE NUMBERS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE SCREEN SHOW THE AVERAGE OF EACH POLLUTANT MEASURED ACROSS THE NETWORK FROM THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS.
THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES OF THE PAGE PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE POD MAP, AND THERE'S A BLUE LEGEND ON THE PAGE THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER THERE.
TO LEARN SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT EACH POD, YOU CLICK ON THE DAILY AND HOURLY TRENDS BAR ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE, AND THE DROPDOWN MENU WILL APPEAR FOR YOU TO SELECT A POD GROUP OF YOUR CHOICE, AND THEN YOU CAN GET MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE POD AT EACH LOCATION.
SO ON EACH SPECIFIC SENSOR POD DASHBOARD, THERE ARE GAUGES THAT SHOW 24 HOURS, 8 HOURS OR 1 HOUR.
ROLLING AVERAGES. FREEZE POLLUTANT MEASURED.
THE DIFFERENT BLUE SHADES INDICATE LOW, MEDIUM, OR HIGH CONCENTRATION LEVELS OF THE POLLUTANT, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND THE LIGHTER SHADES OF BLUE ON THE LOW LEVEL, AIR POLLUTION AND THE DARKER SHADES ARE HIGH LEVEL.
OKAY. NEXT SLIDE, AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO OPEN.
TO DISCUSS THE POLLUTANT LEVELS OF NOTE.
SO DURING THE SUMMER OF 2023, FIVE SENSORS IN OPERATION DETECTED ELEVATED LEVELS OF OZONE.
WE ALSO OBSERVE HIGH LEVELS OF NO2 DETECTOR DURING THE EXCUSE ME THAT WERE DETECTED DURING THE PODS.
LAST SUMMER WE CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS ALSO AN ERROR DUE TO THE REGION'S HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY THAT IMPACTS THE SENSOR'S ABILITY TO TRACK, NOT ACCURATELY. DURING THE SPRING, PARTICULARLY IN MARCH AND APRIL, WE ALSO NOTICED SPIKE LEVELS OF NO2 AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION NEAR THE MILLS CREEK BATCH PLANT. WORKING WITH DWU, WE CONCLUDED THAT DIESEL POWERED HEAVY EQUIPMENT WAS LIKELY IDLING WHILE PARKED.
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WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON POSTING DATA, REPORT SUMMARIES, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, AND ALSO PUBLISHING IN ARTICULATING AND SHARING OUR DATA WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH OUR REGIONAL AIR SUMMITS.THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS THE DASHBOARD USING THE LINKS ON OUR PUBLIC WEBSITES.
DALLAS ACTION DALLAS CLIMATE ACTION DOT COM GREEN DALLAS DOT NET OR SCAN THE QR CODE HERE.
SHARED ON ALL THE OTHER SLIDES.
THIS IS A STANDARD SHARED MECHANISM QR CODE.
IT HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE INCEPTION.
SO IN ALL OF OUR PUBLISHED PUBLISHED MATERIAL, IT LEADS ALL TO THE SAME LOCATION.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE PUBLIC WOULD SEE FOR A SPECIFIC POD ON THE DASHBOARD.
THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS AT JOPLIN MAMA'S FARM.
THE PARTICULAR BLUE SHADES INDICATE LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF EACH POLLUTANT.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE, THERE'S A MAP OF THE D-CAMP SENSOR POD LOCATIONS.
THE RIGHT THE WHITE RECTANGLES TOWARDS THE RIGHT MIDDLE.
THE SELECTION OF THE DIFFERENT PODS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AIR SUMMITS.
EXCUSE ME. WE HELD OUR FIRST AIR SUMMIT IN THE CITY HALL HERE LAST YEAR IN SPRING OF 2023.
THE UNIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS HOSTED THE SUMMIT THIS YEAR IN MARCH 2024, AND THE NEXT SUMMIT WILL BE HELD AT THE TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
OUR AIR SENSORS BRING TOGETHER ALL ENTITIES USING NON-REGULATORY AIR SENSORS, MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY, THOSE INTERESTED IN USING NON-REGULATORY AIR SENSORS IN OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO DISCUSS AND LEARN ABOUT THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AIR QUALITY TOPICS.
FOR US TO LEARN FROM OUR PARTNERS AND FOR US TO SHARE AND SHOWCASE OUR PROGRAM WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO SOME CHALLENGES WITH THIS PROGRAM BEING IN ITS GOING INTO ITS THIRD YEAR.
THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE NOTICED OVER TIME.
ANOTHER CHALLENGE IS POD SECURITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE HAD A POD STOLEN.
SOMEONE TO ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE POD.
INSTALLING THE SENSORS MOVING FORWARD.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AS WELL IS THE HEIGHT IN WHICH THE SENSOR NEEDS TO BE DEPLOYED.
IT IS THE STANDARD PRACTICE BETWEEN 6 TO 10FT.
SO IT GETS LOW CEILING AIR QUALITY.
SO THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE VIA ANY TALL INDIVIDUAL OR WITH A LADDER.
SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT.
AT TIMES THE BATTERIES OF THE SOLAR PANELS STRUGGLE TO HAVE ENOUGH CHARGE TO POWER THE SENSORS THROUGH THE NIGHT, JUST DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF OF SOLAR EXPOSURE IT HAS DURING THE DAY, AND SOME PODS, JUST THE GENERAL MAINTENANCE WEAR AND TEAR.
SO SOME OF THE MONITORS ARE OFFLINE FOR TIME WHEN IT COMES TO JUST MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF OF THE OF THE SENSORS OVERALL, AND THEN JUST THE DEPARTMENTAL CHALLENGES OF THE TWO STAFF MEMBERS IN CHARGE OF THESE MONITORS BALANCING THE MAINTENANCE, THE OPERATION, THE DATA ANALYTICS OF THE PROJECT JUST OVER TIME.
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WE ARE PROCURING SERVICES TO ANALYZE THE AIR MONITORING DATA SO WE CAN POST REPORTS ONLINE IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER.SO THAT IS ALSO PUBLICLY, PUBLICLY FACING WORKING WITH THE FOREST DISTRICT FUNDED PROJECT TO BE RAMPED UP AND COME ON ONLINE 100%, AND THE NEXT STEPS WE'RE ALSO PROCESSING WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING SPARE PARTS AND COMPONENTS FOR ALL OF OUR SENSORS.
ONE THING TO NOTE ABOUT THESE SENSORS THE PODS LAST ABOUT TWO YEARS.
THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR COMPONENT LAST ABOUT TWO YEARS.
SO FOR THOSE SENSORS THAT WERE INSTALLED, FIRST, THEY'RE COMING INTO THEIR END OF LIFE STAGE.
IN THIS NEW YEAR, WE'RE TAKING SOME OF THE SENSORS DOWN, REBUILDING THEM AND BRING THEM BACK UP TO RUNNING IN A PHASE PROCESS.
SO WHEN YOU GO ON THE DASHBOARD, SOME OF THE SENSORS IN CERTAIN AREAS ARE OFFLINE DUE TO US BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR REVAMPING AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT NEW WAYS TO BRING THE AWARENESS OF D-CAMP INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UNDERSTANDING THERE IS A DIGITAL DIVIDE, UNDERSTANDING THE COMPONENTS OF THE DASHBOARD WITH IT BEING THE FIRST COMMUNITY, BEING COMMUNITY FACING, LOOKING OF OTHER WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION SO IT CAN BE USED IN ACCESSED FOR REAL TIME SOLUTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME.
WE ARE HAPPY FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
LET'S JUST START WITH QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE A SINCE WE'VE GOT ABOUT AN HOUR, WE GOT SOME MORE MEMOS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTION IN THE USE OF DATA.
SO YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, HOW YOU PUT IT FORWARD OR PUT IT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC REALM FOR THEIR USE? HOW ARE WE USING IT INTERNALLY, SUCH AS HOW ARE WE, AS YOU KNOW, DOING BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND LOOKING AT ZONING AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. SO HOW ARE WE TAKING THE DATA THAT'S OUT THERE AND APPLYING IT LOCALLY IN, IN THE BUILDING? SO SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
THE SO I'M STUTTERING BECAUSE I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE NEW DEPARTMENT NAME IS, BUT PLANNING URBAN DESIGN, THAT ONE OVER THERE HAS BEEN USING THIS INFORMATION THROUGH AS THEY IMPLEMENT FORWARDDALLAS.
OKAY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE ONE WAY THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN USED.
SO THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW PROGRAM, AND SO WE'RE STILL ENGAGING DEPARTMENTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND USING THE TOOL, BUT I WOULD SAY THE PUD AND FORWARDDALLAS IS THE BEST O PTION OR BEST EXAMPLE OF HOW THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN USED AND THROUGH THROUGH A SPECIFIC PROGRAM.
SO THEY TOOK THE DATA TO THEN CREATE THEIR STRATEGIES FOR THE FORWARDDALLAS DOCUMENT.
NOW AS WE MOVE INTO BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A ZONING DOCUMENT.
WE HAVE TO REMIND EVERYBODY IT'S NOT ZONING.
IS THERE GOING TO BE A PARAGRAPH MAYBE ON THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO CPC AND TO THE PUBLIC SAYING, JUST SO YOU KNOW, HERE IS SOME EXTRA DATA RELATING TO AIR QUALITY IN THAT AREA.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY USEFUL THING BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRYING TO IF IT'S AN INDUSTRY, RIGHT, OR IF WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A MIXED USE OR EVEN JUST COMMERCIAL, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO? WHAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL IS IT GOING TO ADD TO THE PROBLEM AND SO I THINK USING DATA INTERNALLY CAN BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO US IN DECISION-MAKING.
SO HOWEVER YOU CAN WORK WITH STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS TO GET IT FILTERED THROUGHOUT THE US BECAUSE PUBLICLY IS GREAT TOO, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO USE IT TO MAKE DECISIONS.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT I MEAN YOUR STAFF IS PRETTY TIGHT.
IS THERE TALK ABOUT DOING CROSS-SECTIONAL LIKE USING BUILDING SERVICES FLEET MANAGEMENT OR WHATEVER IF YOU'RE OUT THERE HEY, DO YOU CHECK ON MY STUFF, TOO? OR EVEN USING BRITA'S GROUP IN DATA ANALYTICS? THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE CONSIDERED THAT OPTION.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? SO, SO YEAH.
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MANUFACTURER OF THE POD TIED INTO THAT SERVICE, THEY DO THE FRONT END ANALYTICS.SO YOU WERE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH LIKE WHAT IS WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE INFORMATION.
NOW WE GOT TO DO. WELL, WHAT ABOUT IT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. YES, AND I THINK TYING IT WITH THE DATA ANALYTICS PIECE AS WELL IS THAT COMMUNICATION OF WE CAN PULL IN A LOT OF GRANULAR DATA IN TERMS OF AIR QUALITY ACROSS THE DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS, BUT WHAT DOES THAT TRULY MEAN, AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE GOING AROUND? WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, THAT EXPERTISE IN THAT TRANSLATING THAT LANGUAGE INTO MORE DIGESTIBLE FORM IT CAN BE USED, IS PART OF THAT AS PART OF THE DATA PROCESSES WHEN IT COMES TO HOPEFULLY THE REPORTS THAT WILL BE WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE MOVING FORWARD.
WELL, I WOULD THINK THAT THIS DATA MAY GET LOST IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER DATA.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO HARD IN THE PAINT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START YELLING FROM IF IT'S A TOTAL IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING AGAINST YOU KNOW, IF IT'S ADDING MORE ISSUES TO AN AREA, Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND SAY, WAIT, GUYS, YOU NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS.
DON'T DON'T BE SHY BECAUSE THIS IS THE STUFF THAT KIND OF GETS DOWN IN THE WEEDS, RIGHT, AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING OVER A CLIFF AND GOING TO HARM A COMMUNITY MORE, Y'ALL HAVE GOT TO REALLY KNOCK US UPSIDE THE HEAD AND SAY, Y'ALL NEED TO STOP.
THANK YOU. SO WOULD WE JUST CALL THAT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, THAT DATA BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO FORWARD. YEAH.
WELL ANY KIND OF WELL SPECIFICALLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FORWARDDALLAS AND LAND USE BUT BUT I YES BUT I SEE AND THIS IS NOT RELEVANT TO THIS COMMITTEE, BUT I SEE IMPACTS TO INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEN I ALSO SEE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAYBE HAVE A LIST OF IMPACTS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO BE FACTORED IN.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WOULD CERTAINLY BE ONE.
THAT WOULD BE FACTORED INTO OUR LAND USE CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS AND THEN ULTIMATELY ZONING AND ULTIMATELY CPC, AND VERY SPECIFIC DECISIONS, BUT I THINK AS WE STAND UP HERE AT THE, YOU KNOW, WAY UP IN THE CLOUDS LOOKING AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE MOVING.
I THINK CHAIR BLACKMON'S POINT IS SPOT ON.
SO OKAY, SORRY TO GET OFF ON A TANGENT THERE, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.
I'LL MOVE AWAY FROM MY MICROPHONE.
CHAIR MORENO. THANK YOU CHAIR.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE MONITORS AND SENSORS IN PLACE, AND I'M STILL RELATIVELY NEW TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE, AND SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE WE DOING WHEN WE DISCOVER THAT THERE IS DANGEROUS LEVELS OR HIGH LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS? WHAT IS OUR ACTION ITEM THERE, AND HOW DO WE PINPOINT WHERE THOSE ARE COMING FOR, AND HOW DO WE MITIGATE AND WHAT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE? YEAH. SO SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO HIGHER LEVELS OF POLLUTION.
SO ONE IS, AS YOU KNOW, WE OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TCEQ'S CLEAN AIR ACT INSPECTION PROGRAM, AND SO IF WE SEE HIGHER HIGHER LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, PARTICULATE MATTER OR SO2 IF WE SEE THAT TREND DATA, THEN WE CAN PRIORITIZE INSPECTIONS IN THOSE AREAS.
SO IF THERE ARE FACILITIES IN THAT AREA, WE CAN PRIORITIZE INSPECTIONS IN THOSE AREAS.
NUMBER NUMBER TWO, I'M BLANKING ON NUMBER TWO.
SORRY. YEAH SO IF WE DISCOVER AND WE DO THAT ANALYSIS AND WE'RE DISCOVERING IT'S COMING FROM THIS LOCATION, WHAT MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE THEN TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE? THROUGH POLICY AND THROUGH ENFORCEMENT? YEAH. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS THERE FOR PUD OR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
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SO OF COURSE, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO CODE TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD.WHEN WE MAKE LAND USE DECISIONS.
OKAY. THANK YOU, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, AND SO WHEN THAT'S DONE THROUGH A GRANT INITIALLY, ARE WE HAVING TO PICK UP THE BILL TO REPLACE SENSORS? OR ONCE EQUIPMENT IS OUTDATED, ARE WE THEN HAVING TO REPLACE THOSE ENTIRELY OR.
YEAH, WE HAVE TO REPLACE THEM.
SO WE'VE GOT ROUGHLY I WANT TO SAY AROUND 700,000 IN ARPA FUNDS TO HELP FUND THIS PROGRAM.
SO IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND? NOT YET. THAT WILL DRY UP EVENTUALLY.
WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THE COUNTY AND STATE LEVEL TO GET MORE SUPPORT ON ALL THE EFFORTS THAT DALLAS IS PUTTING FORWARD? ARE WE SEEING THAT MATCH THROUGH THE COUNTY SIDE? SO THE COUNTY HAS BEEN NOT AS THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED AS LARGE OF A ROLE IN THIS SPACE, REALLY, IT'S BEEN THE EPA PROVIDING FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, OBTAIN THE MONITORS AND MAINTAIN THEM TO THE EXTENT THAT THE FUNDINGS ALLOW BUT THE COUNTY I DON'T THINK THE COUNTY HAS REALLY BEEN A LARGE ACTOR IN THE SPACE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AS WELL AS OTHER PARTNERSHIPS.
WE HAVE AN AIR SENSOR SUMMIT THAT WE HOLD AT LEAST ANNUALLY, IN WHICH WE MEET UP WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THEIR AIR PROGRAMS. OR WE TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT WE MENTIONED TODAY AND KIND OF SEE HOW YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO HELP SOLVE THOSE ISSUES.
OH. MAY I ADD SOMETHING TO YOU, CHAIR, TO THAT POINT AND TO DIRECTOR EVANS'S POINT ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING THE DATA AND JUST REMINDING US ALL ABOUT CCAP AND HOW THE INTENTION WAS TO BE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL SO THAT WE COULD WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS FOR THEM, AND YOU HEARD THE TEAM TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR CONVERTING SOME OF THIS MORE GRANULAR TECHNICAL DATA INTO USER FRIENDLY TERMS SO THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN BE AWARE OF THE TYPE OF AIR THEY'RE BREATHING.
SO THIS TEAM IS VERY INTENTIONAL.
I THINK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE USING THE DATA TO HELP FACILITATE COMMUNICATIONS WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE MONITORS WE HAVE, I THINK THAT WE THAT WE HOST FOR THE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES DON'T GET AS GRANULAR AS THESE.
WE MONITOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REGIONAL REGULATORY AIR MONITORS WHICH PROVIDE GREAT INFORMATION RELATED TO OZONE PARTICULATE MATTER.
THAT'S THE SOURCE OF THOSE OZONE ALERTS THAT WE GET AS A CITY, BUT WE CAN'T TELL FROM THAT DATA.
YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POLLUTION LEVELS ARE FOR EXAMPLE, WEST DALLAS OR [INAUDIBLE] OR FLORAL FARMS. SO IF WE WANT THAT LEVEL OF GRANULARITY, THAT INFORMATION, THAT AIR DATA, THEN WE NEED THIS PROGRAM, AND THAT'S THE REALLY THE DATA THAT OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, AND WHEN THEY'RE LIVING CLOSE TO WELL, AND WHEN THEY'RE CLOSE TO LIVING CLOSE TO CERTAIN FACILITIES, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE POLLUTANT LEVELS IN MY COMMUNITY SO THAT I CAN ADJUST HOW I LIVE ACCORDINGLY? YES, THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE, AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I THINK PIECE OF IT WILL BE CRITICAL.
I KNOW YOU'VE STARTED SOME OF THAT, BUT JUST HAVING A MEETING IN A DISTRICT AND SITTING IN A REC CENTER AND OR A LIBRARY AND JUST GOING OVER THAT DATA, I THINK WITH PEOPLE COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
I THOUGHT COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH.
YOU'RE CALLING IT THE WAY YOU NEED TO SEE IT.
OKAY. SO JUST QUICKLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING, AND IT LEAVES ME WITH A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON, PROBABLY WITH MY STAFF BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
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AND SO I ALREADY PICK IT UP, YOU KNOW? SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO GET WITH YOU ON HAS TO DO, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TO SPEAK HOLISTICALLY IN TERMS OF THE CITY, YOU HAVE NOW ADDED A SYSTEM TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR THAT BEING IN DISTRICT, I MEAN, AT THE ZOO.SO BUT THE AIR HAS NO BOUNDARIES.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE LIKENESSES OF INDUSTRIES AND WHAT HAVE YOU, I THINK IT BECOMES EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, AS COUNCILWOMAN STATED, THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATING WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN TERMS OF DATA TO OUR PARTNERS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS WHO DESIRE TO BUILD AND WHEN WHEN A COMPANY RELOCATES, THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THEY NEED TO GO OR SHOULD BE GOING, BUT THE DATA IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I AGREE WITH HER ON THAT, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE FROM YOU IS THIS NUMBER ONE, WE'LL GET WITH YOU ON THE MAP WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE SENSITIVE OPERATIONS IN DISTRICT FOUR, BECAUSE I DEFINITELY WANT TO HONE IN ON THOSE.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT PERPLEXING AT THE BEGINNING, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ZOO.
HOW DID Y'ALL HOW DID Y'ALL COME TO IDENTIFY THE ZOO AS A PLACEMENT? SO WE KNEW THERE WAS A BIG, LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT NEAR THE ZOO THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY PROJECT, AND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND SO THE ZOO IS A LOCATION THAT'S CLOSER TO THAT PROJECT OR AS CLOSE AS WE COULD GET.
SO THAT WAS A CONCERN IN THAT AREA.
ALL RIGHT. SO HISTORICALLY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE HISTORICAL, HISTORICALLY IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND THAT DATA AS WE CONTINUE TO PROGRESS, AND IT MAY NOT BE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF HEALTHCARE.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT HEALING THE CITY AND BEING ONE, WE NEED TO LOOK HOLISTICALLY.
NOW, I BELIEVE YOU MIGHT CHECK WITH THE STATE.
I THINK THEY DID CONDUCT SOME TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY WHEN THEY BEGIN TO BUILD THE GATEWAY, BUT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOOK OVER THOSE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TRYING TO BREATHE FUNCTION.
THE COST OF THEIR HEALTHCARE CONTINUES TO GO OUT THE WINDOW, AND THEN THEY MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT, SHOULD I GO TO THE DOCTOR? I CAN'T AFFORD IT.
OR DO I FEED THE CHILDREN? I MEAN, IT GETS DOWN.
SO I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE I PUT THAT PUBLICLY OUT HERE.
SO IN MY AREA HERE, AS I STATED, THERE ARE AREAS SUCH AS THE COLUMBIA MEATPACKING PLANT, CADILLAC HEIGHTS, WHERE YOU HAVE THE VEHICLES AND YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE OTHER PLANTS THAT WERE OPERATING YEARS AGO.
IN ADDITION TO THE TRINITY RIVER.
WE HAVE TONS OF THINGS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT OPERATIONAL, BUT THEY HAVE LEFT BEHIND AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS ACTIVATED WITH WITH NATURE, WHETHER IT RAINS TOO MUCH OR IT'S TOO HOT, MOST DEFINITELY IT BEGINS TO COOK.
MISS COUNCILWOMAN ALSO MENTIONED, AND JUST SO THAT YOU ALL WILL KEEP THIS IN MIND.
ALSO, MY QUESTION COMES TO YOU WITH THE METEOROLOGIST WHEN THEY GIVE THESE WARNINGS.
LIKE TODAY MAY BE A NOT A GOOD DAY FOR RESPIRATORY.
I REMEMBER LAST I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WERE INFECTED IMPACTED WE WERE IN DALLAS LAST WEEK, BUT WAS IT THE [INAUDIBLE]? WHERE DID THE DUST COME FROM LAST WEEK, OR WAS IT HERE? [INAUDIBLE]? OKAY.
BECAUSE I KNOW WE I HAD A VERY, VERY HARD TIME.
SO DO YOU ALL WORK? ARE YOU USING THEIR DATA OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO SEE IF WE ARE WORKING IN TANDEM SO THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH DATA, AND WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THEIR DATA FROM? YEAH. JUST ANOTHER COMMENT ON THE ZOO AIR SENSOR.
SO WE CAN SEE IF THERE ARE REGIONAL TRENDS LIKE THOSE WINDS AND MATCH THOSE UP WITH OUR MORE LOCAL BASED COMMUNITY DATA TO SEE IF WE'RE GETTING SPIKES IN PM IN SAY, WEST DALLAS OR THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
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WE KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE OF A REGIONAL TREND, BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING THOSE REGIONAL AIR MONITORS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PAUL'S BEEN BEEN FOCUSED ON, I THINK, AND THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, TOO, IS WE TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL NOW THAT THE STATE LAW ALLOWS, AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME.DOES THE STATE LAW NOW ALLOW FOR BASICALLY LET YOU ALLOW YOU TO USE OR NO, NOT USE TO INCORPORATE INTO YOUR DAILY LIVING SPACE FARM ANIMALS? WE KNOW WE NOW ROOSTERS ARE NOW A PART OF THE POLICY THAT IS ACCEPTABLE.
WHAT ELSE. BECAUSE THAT AFFECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THE LEGISLATION LAST YEAR PASSED BY THE STATE PROHIBITING REGULATION OF AGRICULTURE, AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO FIGURE OUT THE IMPACTS OF WAS IT HB 1750 AND SO I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS GOING TO BRIEF OKAY, A COMMITTEE ON ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF HB.
I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW I HAVE IN MY AREA RIGHT OFF THE 35.
THEY'RE GETTING READY FOR ROOSTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ONLY HAS TWO ENTRANCES, AND THAT'S NEAR THE LOS CABOS AREA, AND I'M JUST PERPLEXED, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET A GRIP AND UNDERSTAND IT, AND WHERE YOU HAVE THESE FREEDOMS, BUT IT ALSO IMPACTS OUR HEALTH AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY CONTINUE TO GO UNMONITORED AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND I PROMISE YOU, WE'RE GOING TO GET A CONVERSATION WITH YOU, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW I MADE A MISTAKE IN TERMS OF MY VOTE AND COULDN'T CORRECT IT.
NOW, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING ABLE TO SWIM RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, BUT WHEN IT KEEPS SITTING THERE AND IT'S BREWING, WE MUST USE.
WE PROBABLY NEED A MONITOR DOWN HERE, BUT SERIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT FOLKS IN THIS BUILDING BECOMING A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSITIVE TO THE SITUATION, AND YOU'RE SENDING US TO THE HOSPITAL AND IT'S SENDING US TO THE CLINICS FOR EVALUATION.
SO I DID WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD, HOWEVER, IT WAS IT WAS PRESENTED FOR THE BOND CONVERSATION.
I KNOW THAT THE WAY I GOT CAUGHT UP, I GOT CAUGHT UP IN IT.
I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO GO INTO TOO MUCH OF WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT TO THINK THAT SOMEBODY HELD ME UP AGAINST THE WALL, BUT IT WAS NOT A GOOD FEELING, BUT THE WAY IT CAME OUT, WE DIDN'T SUPPORT THE BUILDING THAT AT THAT TIME THE CITY MANAGER WAS ASKING US TO SUPPORT BECAUSE WE HAD THESE PROBLEMS. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT ON THERE, AND YOU REALLY DO NEED TO LOOK AT THE MOLD AND THE MILDEW THAT'S BEGINNING TO BUILD UP BECAUSE OF THAT WATER CONTINUING TO STAY.
SO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I PUT THOSE THINGS OUT BEFORE YOU.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND.
AS I REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR, WE HAVE NO BOUNDARIES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR ARNOLD.
CHAIR NARVAEZ, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOT ON BECAUSE I THINK MR. MORENO WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, AND THE HARD PART IS THAT WE DO HAVE TO SEND THESE THINGS TO CODE.
WE SEND A LOT OF THEM IN DISTRICT SIX, ESPECIALLY IN WEST DALLAS, TO CODE, AND THEY'RE VERY HARD TO ONE FIND TO AND THEN TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO ASK IS, AS WE ARE BUILDING UP, NOT JUST FORWARDDALLAS, BUT, MADAM CHAIR, ARE THERE ANY ORDINANCES THAT WE CAN PUT INTO PLACE THAT CAN HELP US DO MORE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH CONGRESSMAN MARK VEASEY'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO GET US HELP WITH THE EPA, WITH NOW FORMER REPRESENTATIVE CROCKETT NOW, CONGRESSWOMAN CROCKETT HAS BEEN HELPING US AS WELL.
IT'S HARDER TO GET ANYTHING DONE.
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CAN START TO DO SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, CREATE SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORDINANCES OR STRENGTHENED ORDINANCES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.AND THEN NUMBER TWO, DEFINITELY, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT I THINK THAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER BLACKMON MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT GOING HARD IN THE PAINT, AND SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING AND IF WE'RE WORKING ON FORWARD DALLAS AND ALL OF THIS WHEN IT COMES TO REZONING, BUT HOW DO WE PAUSE THINGS? HOW DO WE STOP THINGS WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON IT, SO THAT EVEN IF BY RIGHT OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT A PAUSE ON NEW THING, NEW INDUSTRIES THAT WOULD MAYBE BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY CAN'T JUST SWOOP IN BEFORE WE GET THIS COMPLETED, AND THEN WE END UP WITH A A NEW FACILITY THAT COULD BE JUST AS HARMFUL OR IF NOT MORE HARMFUL THAN WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO US TO TAKE A LOOK AT CAN WE PUT MORATORIUMS? CAN WE PUT PAUSES, WHATEVER THE RIGHT THING IS UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THIS PHASE THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH WHEN IT COMES TO FORWARDDALLAS OR WHATEVER CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THINGS, BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO LET THINGS CAN PROGRESS IN THE SAME MANNER WITHOUT TRYING TO STOP THEM OR HALT THEM AND THEN WE'RE NOT DOING THE SERVICE TO THESE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THIS IS THE QUESTION OR I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, CARLOS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN VERY QUICKLY AND BRIEFLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE AIR MONITORS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN MAYBE SOME THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE PUT OUT OR, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE COLOR CODES, AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST A VERY QUICK BRIEF, YOU KNOW, OVERVIEW THE, YOU KNOW, THE TWO MINUTE VERSION OF WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE.
YES, SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF QUALITY WHEN IT COMES TO MONITORS AND SENSORS.
THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN ARE THE SENSORS THAT WE OPERATE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THEY THEY ARE THE AQMESH OR AIR QUALITY SENSORS THAT WE HAVE.
THERE IS A I MEAN, YOU CAN CUT THE PIE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, BUT LET'S JUST SAY THERE'S A LOWER LEVEL OF SENSORS, INCLUDING PURPLE AIR SENSORS THAT ARE NOT CALIBRATED WITH REGULATORY AIR SENSORS.
YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW THAT THERE'RE DIFFERENT QUALITY VALUES FOR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AIR SENSORS AND AIR MONITORS, AND SO WHEN YOU START TALKING AND THERE'RE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CONSTRUCTING THEIR OWN AIR SENSOR UNITS FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES OR OTHER PURPOSES.
SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE THIS SUMMIT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RUNNING THESE PROGRAMS COME TOGETHER, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE LEVEL OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE USING, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GATHERING, AND TO TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE USE ALL THIS INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE SHOULD ALL BE COMING FROM A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT MONITORS ARE BEING USED, WHAT SENSORS ARE BEING USED, THE QUALITY VALUE OF THOSE AND HOW THEY CAN, HOW THAT INFORMATION CAN BE USED, BUT YEAH, SO A LOT OF OUR A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE PURPLE AIR SENSORS, WHICH ARE THE KIND OF THE LOWER QUALITY, BUT BUT THEY'RE STILL IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF YOU USE ENOUGH OF THEM, YOU CAN POTENTIALLY IDENTIFY TRENDS, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO USE THAT INFORMATION, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND , YOU KNOW, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT AIR MONITORS.
IT'S I CALL IT GOOD, BETTER, BEST.
LIKE WHEN YOU'RE BUYING A, YOU KNOW, TV OR YOU GO TO BUY TIRES AT THE STORE OR WHAT HAVE YOU YOU ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD, BETTER, BEST VERSION, AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH THESE AIR MONITORS, BUT IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AT THESE MORE AFFORDABLE, LOWER LEVEL THAT ANYBODY CAN PRETTY MUCH PUT INTO PLACE IF THEY WANTED TO GET IT INTO THE RIGHT AREA OR THE RIGHT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE DATA THAT'S CONFLICTING BECAUSE IT WASN'T SET UP CORRECTLY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
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AND OR DATA THAT COMES IN THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN SCARES OR TERRIFIES FOLKS, AND THEN IT'S LIKE, OH, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY THE CASE THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE OR THERE.SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING TO WORK HARD AND GETTING THESE GRANTS SO WE CAN GET MORE OF THESE AIR MONITORS, AND THANK YOU TO OUR FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS.
THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND HELP US OUT IN THOSE REGARDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I'LL MAKE IT QUICK AND JUST AND JUST KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON SOME THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID.
QUESTIONS THAT I HAD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DATA USED IN MORE OF A PROACTIVE MANNER NOW THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED A DECENT AMOUNT.
I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO FIND TRENDS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE TRENDS PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT DIRECTLY ALIGN WITH PROPOSED CHANGES FOR FUTURE LAND USE OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE EJ COMPONENT OF FORWARD DALLAS, WHICH IS IS GREAT, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE EVEN MORE GRANULAR WAYS TO LOOK INTO SOME OF THE ALREADY EXISTING ORDINANCES THAT MAY NEED TO BE UPDATED, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE IN A MORE HOLISTIC WAY SO THAT THESE INITIATIVES ARE FRUITFUL. THEY RESULT IN SOMETHING TANGIBLE INSTEAD OF IT JUST BEING A COLLECTION OF DATA, AND IT JUST BEING A LEG TO STAND ON, I GUESS, LEGALLY FOR RECOURSE INSTEAD OF BEING PROACTIVE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY OF [INAUDIBLE], AND AS WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE JUST RECENTLY MADE THE NEWS, FOR INSTANCE, WITH BATCH PLANTS AND KNOWING THAT WE ARE NOT DOING THE MOST THAT WE CAN AS A CITY TO ENFORCE AND TO HOLD SOME BUSINESSES ACCOUNTABLE, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN COLLECTING DATA AND SHEDDING LIGHT ON ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE THEN I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING IT A STEP FURTHER AND WILLING TO DO THE LEGWORK TO CORRECT WHAT WE'RE SHEDDING LIGHT ON INSTEAD OF JUST ALLOWING IT TO SHED LIGHT. SO I KNOW THAT'S THE END GOAL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE, A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE, AND I WOULD HOPEFULLY LIKE TO SEE US HAVE SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO TURN TO, TO ESPECIALLY THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO KNOW THAT THE AIR QUALITY MONITORS ARE THERE AND ARE JUST WAITING TO SEE THEM RESULT IN SOMETHING OTHER THAN US SAYING THAT WE'RE MONITORING THE AIR.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM CARLOS.
I MEAN, I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OEQS AND THIS DATA AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS CRUCIAL WHEN IT COMES TO LAND USE INCONSISTENT ADJACENCIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN, A FORWARDDALLAS PLAN THAT WORKS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY OUR OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES, AND TO MAKE SO WE CAN MAKE THE APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE OR ZONING CHANGES THAT WE NEED IN THE FUTURE.
WE ALL KNOW AS A CITY LAND USE, THAT'S OUR REALM, RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONTROL, AND SO THIS DATA SHOULD IMPACT THOSE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS, OF COURSE, WHEN IT COMES TO REGULATING THE CLEAN AIR OR CLEAN AIR ACT, THAT'S WE DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.
THAT'S THE EPA AND TCEQ, BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE INSPECTORS PRIORITIZE THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OVERBURDENED BY POLLUTION, AND SO WE CAN USE THAT DATA TO MAKE SURE AS A TEAM THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING THOSE INSPECTIONS IN THAT WAY.
SO WITH THOSE TWO PRONGS, WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZING LAND USE AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THIS INFORMATION IS IMPACTING OUR LAND USE DECISIONS AND USING OUR INSPECTION TEAM TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE PRIORITIZING THE APPROPRIATE COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE TWO KEY KIND OF COMPONENTS TO THE STRATEGY FOR THE CITY, I THINK, MOVING FORWARD, BUT I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO ADD, JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL I MEAN, EPA HAS BEEN HAS BEEN GREAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT MOMENTUM CONTINUE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT LUXURY AT THE STATE LEVEL, HOWEVER I DO BELIEVE WITH THE DEATH STAR BILL, FOR INSTANCE, THAT'S HELD UP RIGHT NOW OR 1750.
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I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF I THINK PROBLEMATIC LEGISLATION THAT CAME OUT OF LAST SESSION THAT COULD EITHER BE BEING BROUGHT BACK UP TO BE AMENDED THIS TIME, AND, OR WE COULD HAVE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA MORE SPECIFIC ASKS SO THAT WE CAN USE THESE TOOLS IN A BETTER MANNER. SO IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE HINDERING US AT A STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL, OR IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRING FUNDING, BUT LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES THAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING WITH OUR DELEGATION NOW, I THINK LEADING INTO THIS NEXT SESSION.SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS HOLISTICALLY ADDRESSED NOT JUST WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX NOW WITH ORDINANCES, BUT KNOWING IF THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME FIRST STEPS WITH OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR US IN THE FUTURE.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET THERE UNLESS WE START THAT PROCESS, AND SO I ENCOURAGE FOR THERE TO BE AN EMPHASIS PUT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE NEEDS WITH BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS.
OKAY. YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR MARCHING ORDERS? [CHUCKLING] THAT'S GOOD, AND I'LL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO LEGISLATION, ONE OF ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE CONSISTENTLY IS THAT WE BELIEVE TCEQ SHOULD BE ALLOWING MUNICIPALITIES TO BE MORE ENGAGED WHEN IT COMES TO THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE INFORMATION FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FROM OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE A PART OF THAT PROCESS.
WE'LL SEE. YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND WE'LL SEE IF THEY LISTEN TO US, AND I WAS GOING TO SAY ALSO THAT I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT FAST RESULTS, BUT TRENDING THE DATA IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT JUST A SNAPSHOT TO DETERMINE.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL PICTURE BEFORE WE PUT DATA OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE TERM DATA ANALYSIS, BUT YOU WANT THE PROPER AND THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME TO ANALYZE THE DATA SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THE TRENDS, AND SO YOU CAN CREATE A QUICK THE RIGHT PICTURE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST LOOK AT A MONTH OR TWO A DAY AND PUT THAT OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC, AND SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I 100% AGREE WITH THAT, AND I THINK DATA ANALYSIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO MAKE DATA INFORMED DECISIONS, BUT THE REALITY IS, IS WE ARE LATE TO THE PARTY.
THESE INJUSTICES AND DISPARITIES THAT HAPPEN DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, AND SO THESE TRENDS THAT WE ARE I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MUCH THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE IF WE'VE SEEN TRENDS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN TARGETED AREAS THAT WE KNOW HAVE COMPROMISED AIR QUALITY.
I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR.
SO I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE, EVEN IF IT'S PHASED IN IN WHAT THE APPROACH IS, I DON'T WANT TO IGNORE THAT LONG TERM DATA IS GOING TO SUPPORT MAYBE SOME OTHER GOALS AND ASKS, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO SIT ON IT FOR TOO LONG BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING MUCH MORE FROM SOME OF THE PLACES YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED AS OUR TEST CASES.
NO, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, AND I KNOW FOR DALLAS HAS A LONG LIST OF ACTION ITEMS. SOME OF WHICH WE'RE LEADING WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND USING AIR QUALITY DATA AND OTHER TOOLS TO ADVANCE FORWARD DALLAS IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THEIR PROCESS.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHITE, I'M JUST GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, BECAUSE I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DATA ANALYSIS, WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING THIS DATA FOR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE CITY MONITORS.
CORRECT, AND WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING THAT FOR A YEAR, 18 MONTHS.
IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK IT'S ABOUT A YEAR, 18 MONTHS.
SO HOW LONG DO YOU THINK WE NEED BEFORE YOU WOULD SAY WE HAVE SOLID DATA.
I MEAN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT GIVING WE NEEDED ENOUGH TIME TO SEE THE TRENDS.
I THINK WE, I THINK WE HAVE SOME GOOD DATA AND I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA.
I THINK WE NEED TO WE DON'T NEED TO SIT ON THE DATA.
SO AND WE ARE INTERACTING AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK AT THE DATA AND AS DIRECTOR CARLOS MENTIONED, IF THERE'S ENFORCEMENT ISSUES OR WE SEE SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF LINE, WE CAN SEND OUR COMPLIANCE OFFICERS OUT.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THE DATA AND WE WANT TO REACT TO IT.
OKAY, AND DO YOU ALL HAVE YOU ALL MET WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WHERE YOU'VE LOOKED AT YOUR DATA AND YOU'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT FOUR, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE THE DATA IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND NO, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ISSUES OR I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING WE PROBABLY ALREADY
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KNEW SOME OF THESE SOURCES.SO IS YOUR DATA REINFORCING WHAT WE, WHAT WE JUST KNEW FROM NON DATA INFORMATION.
SO TWO QUESTIONS THERE. YEAH SO I THINK MEETING WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IS THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROCESS I THINK THE YEAR ONE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WORK OUT THE KINKS. YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE MONITORS WORK OR THE SENSORS WORKED, AND WE'RE FINDING OUT THINGS LIKE THE NO2 AIR SENSORS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WEREN'T REALLY WORKING.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE READING HIGH.
SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT BAD DATA OUT THERE IN PUBLIC AND ESSENTIALLY BRIEF THAT TO YOU.
YOU ALL SO WE WERE USING YOUR ONE TO ESSENTIALLY FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW ARE THESE READING LEVELS ACCURATE? WHAT OR NOT, AND WE WERE HAVING A BACK AND FORTH WITH THE MANUFACTURER, AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF IN, I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF OF WHAT THE DATA MEANS, WHAT'S RELIABLE AND WHAT'S NOT AND SO WE CAN DEFINITELY ENGAGE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS THOSE TRENDS.
YES. I THINK THAT WAS MY QUESTION ABOUT HAVE YOU VISITED WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HAD IDENTIFIED THE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES? BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS IN JUST A SECOND.
ANYWAY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ARTICULATE WHAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED TODAY, AND I THINK IF WE HAVE THAT PRIORITY ARTICULATED PLUS OUR DATA, PLUS OUR COMMUNITY'S INFORMED AND READY TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE TO MOVE FORWARD, RIGHT, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING IS THAT WE'RE READY TO START TAKING SOME ACTIONS, AND I THINK IT IS TIME. PERFECT.
SURE. OKAY, I HAVE ONE COMMENT.
I'M JUST FALLING ON THE NEED FOR US TO BE MORE SOME THIS WORD MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE SOME FOLKS FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN OUR ACTION.
YOU ALREADY KNOW, DIRECTOR, THAT I'M READY TO FILE A LAWSUIT.
I'M READY FOR THE CITY TO USE THEIR LEGAL PROWESS.
IS THAT THE WORD MUSCLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE LONG TERM DIS ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE KIND OF SIT AROUND ON AND, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT REAL GOOD, AND WE'RE NOT AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH ME, IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH CADILLAC HEIGHTS AND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE RICE PLANT, WHICH IS RIGHT OVER THERE, NOT TOO FAR FROM THE GATEWAY, AND I'M GETTING NEW FOLKS COMING IN.
WE KNOW THE INDISCRETIONS AGAINST THIS COMMUNITY, SO I'M READY TO GO.
I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW, CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS, AND COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ WASN'T ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME, BUT HE CAN TELL YOU, I'M SURE HE REMEMBERS.
WHEN I CAME TO DALLAS READING THE HEADLINES ABOUT THE WEST DALLAS LEAD SMELTER IMPACT PLANT, AND THEN WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL AND YOU REMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NARVAEZ, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FOR A BATCH PLANT OR SOMETHING NEXT TO A SCHOOL, AND THEY SAID, OH, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT MUCH CONTAMINATION AND THE PARTICLES ARE SO SMALL AND DA DA DA DA NEXT TO A SCHOOL AND FOLKS VOTED FOR IT.
NOW, YOU KNOW, I VOTED AGAINST IT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THIS BESIDE A SCHOOL IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS, AND YOU HAVE THAT LONG HISTORY THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
SO WE'VE GOT TO PUT SOME TEETH ON THIS THING AND WE'VE GOT TO PUT THE FOOTPRINTS.
IT SAYS, LOOK, WE'RE MOVING MUCH FASTER NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE THE DATA AND I HAVE THE DATA.
WHEN I CAME ALSO IN 2015, WE WERE STILL DEALING WITH THE COLUMBIA MEATPACKING PLANT THAT'S STILL SITTING THERE IDLY WITH ALL THAT CONTAMINATED SOIL, AND WE STILL HAVEN'T DONE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF CURING THAT COMMUNITY, THOSE ILLNESSES DOWN THERE.
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NEED IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.IT IS NOW TIME FOR US TO DO WHAT WE KNOW WE NEEDED TO HAVE DONE YEARS AGO.
SO LET'S GET READY AND LET'S GO FOR IT.
THAT IS THE END OF OUR BRIEFINGS.
WE HAVE SOME MEMOS I DEFINITELY WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.
SO LET ME FIRST ONE IS JUST THE Q3 UPDATE ON CCAP, AND ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS RIGHT THERE AT THE VERY TOP IS THAT THE DALLAS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION IS NOW CARBON NEUTRAL AND HAS ACHIEVED LEVEL FOUR TRANSFORMATION IN THE AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? SURE. YEAH, THAT DEFINITELY IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT AND SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T GLOSS OVER.
YEAH. DALLAS AVIATION IS CARBON NEUTRAL.
THAT'S AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT.
THEY'VE BEEN USING TOOLS LIKE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY TO REACH THAT GOAL.
SO THAT'S A CARBON MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO THERE ARE TWO IN THE REGION.
SO THAT'S AGAIN MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT THERE.
SO I WANTED TO CALL THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
WE HAVE A MEMO OR DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY. LET ME MAKE THIS COMMENT.
CHAIR, SINCE YOU'RE TALKING ON AVIATION, I COULDN'T GO BACK AND READ FAST ENOUGH.
ARE YOU ALSO INCLUDING WHEN YOU SAY DALLAS AVIATION? THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE REDBIRD AIRPORT OPERATION? IT DOES NOT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S ALL OF DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE. COULD YOU--IT SAYS OPERATIONS AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD AIRPORT.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT; I'D NEED TO GO BACK AND READ AGAIN.
WHICH ONE? YEAH, IT SAYS DALLAS AVIATION.
NOW, WOULD YOU CHECK ON THAT FOR ME? BECAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, REDBIRD IS OVER IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, BUT I JUST THINK ALL OF THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION, BUT AS I CLOSE QUICKLY AS WE MOVE INTO THE 2030 CENSUS, EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY AND GETTING INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT NOW BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET FOLKS TO WEIGH IN ON.
SO THE NEED TO REGISTER SO WE CAN GET OUR MONEY SO THAT WE SO WE CAN GET OUR FEDERAL MONIES TO HELP CURE SOME OF THESE ISSUES OR TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, BUT LET ME KNOW ABOUT THE REDBIRD, BECAUSE I NEED TO KNOW IF THAT WE'RE LEAVING THEM OUT AND WHY.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT MEMO? OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON.
NEXT MEMO. WE HAVE A MEMO FROM DIRECTOR JENKINS ON THE SUMMER OF 2024 POOL OPERATIONS.
OKAY. DO YOU HAVE THAT? I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM PARKS? OH, THERE'S MR. LAWRENCE HERE, DIRECTOR LAWRENCE.
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR WEST.
SO WE'RE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS PART OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET, THE PROPOSAL COMING OUT OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS FOR A REDUCTION IN SUMMER OPERATIONS OF POOLS DOWN TO THREE DAYS A WEEK FOR THE COMMUNITY POOLS.
THAT'S WHAT CAME OUT OF OUR PARK BOARD MEETING LAST THURSDAY.
OKAY, AND WHEN YOU'RE WHAT WAS THE BUDGET IMPLICATION FOR THAT? WE'RE STILL WE'RE ANALYZING THE IMPLICATIONS.
IT COULD BE UPWARDS OF $230,000 IN SAVINGS AND SUNK COSTS.
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LOOKING BACK AT ALL OF OUR 23, 22, 21 INFORMATION ON THE ATTENDANCE.SO WE'RE EVALUATING THAT TO DETERMINE WHAT DID THAT IMPACT HAVE.
SO WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT OUR BUDGET IMPLICATIONS ARE GOING FORWARD.
WHAT ARE THE COMMUNITY POOLS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS CLOSURE? AT THIS POINT IN TIME THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY MENTION OF POOLS, SPECIFIC POOLS THAT I'M AWARE OF.
WOULD IT BE WOULD THE CLOSURE APPLY TO AQUATIC FACILITIES OR POOLS? I'M SORRY. LET ME RETRACT THAT.
THE REDUCTION IN THE TO THREE DAYS A WEEK WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY POOLS, ALL NINE COMMUNITY POOLS, THE AQUATICS FACILITIES, FAMILY AQUATIC CENTERS, COVES AND BAHAMA BEACH WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.
WAS THIS REDUCTION FROM 5 TO 3 DAYS SUPPORTED BY THE PARK BOARD TO FROM THE PRESENTATION CORRECT.
OVERALL, IT APPEARED TO BE SUPPORTED.
THERE WAS NOT IT WAS NOT A VOTING MATTER.
OKAY. WHEN WILL WE BE HEARING THE FULL BRIEFING FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT ON THIS ITEM? AND, YOU KNOW, A WALKTHROUGH OF THE NUMBERS AND HOW THEY COMPARE FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
WILL THAT BE PART OF THE OVERALL CITY BUDGET OR WILL PARKS BE BRIEFING US SPECIFICALLY? I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO MR. JENKINS ABOUT THAT, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE OVERALL BUDGET, SIR.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE NEED FOR US TO FIND CUTS IN THE BUDGET.
I KNOW THIS IS THE CITY MANAGER'S BEEN TASKED WITH DOING THIS.
I KNOW THERE'S QUITE A FEW POOLS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST LIMIT IT TO THAT.
SO FOR US TO MAKE THE CUTS HERE IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
SO WHAT WAS THE DECISION? WHY WAS THE DECISION MADE TO GO AFTER THE COMMUNITY POOLS IN THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE? WELL, WE DISCUSSED IT MORE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTS HER PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE TO THE COUNCIL.
I DON'T MIND COMING BACK TO THE TTE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDING A DETAILED BRIEFING AS IT RELATES TO THE POOLS AND WHY THE DECISION WAS MADE, BUT TO BE SHORT AND BRIEF TODAY I PROVIDED A CHART TO THE PARK BOARD.
I WENT AFTER A BUNCH OF THE BACK OFFICE STAFF, AND WE CUT THERE.
I DON'T HAVE THIS BUDGET TO BE MAKING CUTS IN THOSE AREAS.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENED AFTER I MADE THOSE CUTS WERE I CUT IN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF I CUT IN COMPLIANCE STAFF, AND ALL WE DID WAS END UP STAFFING RIGHT BACK UP BECAUSE WE KEPT GETTING DINGED BY THE CITY AUDITOR ON COMPLIANCE, WHO WAS GETTING DINGED BY THE BOARD, AND THIS COUNCIL ON REPORTS NOT GETTING YOUR REPORTS ON TIME.
SO THE POOLS WAS ON THE TABLE BECAUSE, AS I DISCUSSED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, ALONG WITH THIS BODY AS WELL AS THE BOARD POOLS WERE A PRIORITY AS FAR AS MY RECOMMENDATION IN THE BOND PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY THESE COMMUNITY POOLS.
THEY WERE BUILT IN 1945, 1947.
I CAN'T THINK OF ONE ONE YEAR IN THE LAST TEN YEARS THAT A COMMUNITY POOL REMAINED OPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITHOUT HAVING SOME OF THEM GO DOWN, BECAUSE IT'S JUST THEY'RE OLD.
IT'S LIKE REPLACING YOUR CAR AFTER YOU GET TO AROUND YEAR 12 OR 14 OR 15 YEARS OLD.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THESE POOLS NOW.
IT'S NOT AN EASY CHOICE, BUT THEY'RE VERY INEFFICIENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT FOLKS TO THE AQUATICS FACILITIES UNTIL WE HAVE A PLAN TO EITHER REPLACE, REBUILD, OR CLOSE CERTAIN POOLS AND REPLACE THEM WITH SOMETHING BETTER.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S I APPRECIATE THAT, AND THAT OPENS UP THE DOOR FOR A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME.
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GROUNDS VERSUS COMMUNITY POOLS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY IN THE BOND TO FIX THAT POOL.
WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO THE REC CENTER INSTEAD, AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, DO YOU HAVE DATA FROM MY COMMUNITY ON WHETHER THEY WOULD PREFER A SPRAY GROUNDS OR A POOL FOR THE FUTURE? WHEN WE ADVOCATE FOR THE BOND AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, WHAT'S THE PLAN TO COLLECT THAT? AND THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE WHOLE CITY, BUT I'M USING MY POOL AS AN EXAMPLE, AND THAT WAS THE DIRECTOR FROM THE PARK BOARD AS THEY WAS MAKING THIS DECISION LAST THURSDAY, IS THAT THEY WANTED ME TO UPDATE THE AQUATICS MASTER PLAN, WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT EVERYTHING YOU JUST MENTIONED.
ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES? YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN GO BACK WITH A SPRAYGROUND.
WE CAN GO BACK WITH A SMALLER AQUATICS FACILITY, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ALSO WANTED ME TO LOOK AT WAS, IS THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PARTNER WITH SOME OF THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON SOME INDOOR POOLS, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE IN THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM, AND THAT WAS BUILT IN LIKE 1970, AND THAT'S BACHMAN, AND SO I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH SOME INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM OR BEFORE THEN.
SO YES, PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN UPDATE WOULD INCLUDE THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS.
I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS A HARD DECISION, BUT I WILL SAY I RECEIVED AN EMAIL.
I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE LAST WEEK, A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT IS VERY INTERESTED IN EITHER THE NAMING OPPORTUNITY OR SPONSORSHIP TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY POOLS, AND I'M HOPING MORE CORPORATE SPONSORS ARE GOING TO COME TO THE TABLE ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH US ON EITHER REPLACING EXTENDING THE SEASONS, BUT THAT WAS THE GOOD NEWS THAT DID COME OUT OF THIS.
I'M STARTING TO RECEIVE PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS.
WELL, THAT WAS MY LAST QUESTION THEN IS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO LEVERAGE PUBLIC PRIVATE DOLLARS? AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING CITYWIDE THAT WE WORK WITH TO HELP GO GET THESE PRIVATE DOLLARS FOR US, OR IS IT REALLY JUST YOU AND YOUR TEAM? IT'S ME AND MY TEAM, BUT PART OF OUR NEW COMP PLAN THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE, BECAUSE WE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB ON FINDING PARTNERS FOR OUR PARKS, I NEED TO THIS NEW COMP PLAN IS GOING TO FOCUS ON HOW DO WE GET PARTNERS TO HELP SUPPORT OUR REC CENTERS AND OUR SWIMMING POOLS AND OUR FACILITIES? ALL RIGHT. THE QUESTION I'LL ASK YOU LATER DURING THE BUDGET IS IF WE WERE GOING TO CHARGE A FULL COST RECOVERY FEE, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY CAN'T PAY THAT, SO BEAR WITH ME AS I ASK THIS, A FULL COST FEE FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S COMING TO THE POOLS IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION WILL BE, ALL RIGHT, COULD WE FIND CORPORATE SPONSORS IN THE SHORT TERM TO HELP US CUT THE FEE BACK DOWN TO A NORMAL COST, YOU KNOW? SO BECAUSE THERE'S A LONG TERM AND A SHORT TERM, THE LONG TERM BEING THE CAPITAL CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURES, THE SHORT TERM BEING, CAN WE GET SOME HELP WITH THE FEES? OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIR BLACKMON.
SO LOOKING AT YOUR MAP, YOU DO REALIZE THAT SEVEN OF THE NINE ARE SOUTHERN AREA? TWO OF THEM ACTUALLY SHARE A SPRAY PARK.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS WILL THESE ALL BE LIKE YOU'RE ONLY OPEN ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY? OR WILL IT BE LIKE ROLLING? LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE WILL BE OPEN ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND THIS 1ST MAY BE BECAUSE IF YOU I'M JUST LOOKING AT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT ALL CLOSED AT ONE TIME AND THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY LIKE GO TO YOU KNOW, EVERGLADE VERSUS GOING TO PLEASANT OAKS IF YOU'RE IN THAT AREA.
SO I GUESS I'M ASKING, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN IF YOU'RE GOING TO START CLOSING THESE THREE DAYS A WEEK? YES, MA'AM, AND THE YEARS PAST WE HAVE DONE JUST THAT.
IT JUST ALL DEPENDS UPON THE USE OF THE POOL, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A HISTORICAL INFORMATION TO DECIDE WHAT IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN THESE COMMUNITY POOLS ON THE THREE DAYS A WEEK, IF THAT'S WHAT'S DECIDED, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE WANTING TO INVESTIGATE PHASING THESE ALL OUT TOGETHER AND PUTTING SOMETHING THAT MAY BE MORE COMMUNITY DRIVEN, I GUESS, BECAUSE I LIKE MY SPRAY PARK IS CRAZY, AND THAT IS A POPULAR THING, BUT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT AS A WHERE CAN WE PARTNER, WHERE CAN WE FIND SPONSORSHIPS AND WHERE THERE'S NOT A POOL IS THERE GOING TO BE AN AQUATIC CENTER THAT WILL SERVICE THAT AREA? IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YOU'RE GOING TO BE YOU'RE GOING TO BE REEVALUATING IT, BUT I THINK TO ALL OF A SUDDEN GO TO THREE DAYS, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE MAY NEED TO GO TO FOUR AND PHASE IT.
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I DON'T KNOW, BUT LOOKING AT IT VERY LOOKING AT THE PROGRAM HOLISTICALLY AND FIGURING OUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD DO IS YOU KNOW, THIS 1ST MAY BE, LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE KIND OF CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.OKAY, BUT THEN SOME OF THEM DON'T HAVE LIKE D THREE OVER IN MOUNTAIN CREEK HAS NOTHING.
ANYWAY, I'M JUST THE MAP IS REALLY GOOD, AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR APPROACH IS TO GO INTO THREE DAYS A WEEK, BECAUSE IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT MAY BE IT'S I DON'T KNOW, IT'S LIKE THREE DAYS A WEEK, REALLY.
MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY FOUR, BUT ANYWAY, AND I GUESS THAT'S DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE.
THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY WANTED TO WEIGH IN.
SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD JUST TO SAY NOTHING AND BE SILENT, BUT SINCE THIS ARTICLE HAS HIT THE NEWS AND CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE, YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO LET YOUR PUBLIC KNOW THAT YOU ARE WOKE.
SO I NEED MY PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL THAT WE AWOKE ON THIS TOPIC, AND YOU, MR. JENKINS, AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING EXTENSIVELY.
I DID SPEAK BEFORE THE PARK BOARD LAST WEEK I WAS DEFINITELY WORKING TOWARD THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU'VE PUT ON THE RECORD, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HUSTLING UP, AND I'M HOPING THAT PERHAPS OPRAH WINFREY OR SOMEONE WHO HAS THE MONEY WILL COME IN WITH THOSE TWO PARKS, AND WOULD YOU GIVE US THE DATE? I HAVE TWO PARKS, SWIMMING POOLS, AND YOU DID UNDERSCORE THE TERM.
THEY'RE OLD AND I KNOW MR. I CAN GET SUPPORT. CAN I GET THAT FROM YOU, MR. MORENO? BECAUSE WHEN IT'S OLD, WE NEED TO HANDLE UP ON IT, RIGHT? WELL, MR. MORENO AND I RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING, BUT SERIOUSLY, GIVE US THE DATES FOR THOSE TWO BECAUSE AS HE GETS THOSE DATES, I WAS STILL PUZZLED AS TO HOW DID WE GET SO FAR GONE DOWN THE ROAD THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
WHAT ARE THE DATES? BECAUSE I HAVE TWO ON THAT LIST.
YOU HAVE BONNIE VIEW, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1963, AND YOU HAVE I'M SORRY YOU GOT ONE MORE IN YOUR DISTRICT. YEAH. GLENDALE.
WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH IS THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THESE OLD POOLS NOW, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED AT CHURCH HILL ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, YOU CAN KEEP REPLACING ALL THE MECHANICALS, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT STRUCTURE, NOW YOU GET A TREE ROOT, YOU GET ANYTHING, YOU YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST TEAR THE POOL OUT AND BUILD A NEW ONE.
WHEN YOU GOT SOMETHING THAT'S 75 YEARS OLD.
SO THANK YOU FOR EXCUSE ME PUTTING THAT ON THE RECORD.
THOSE ARE OLD FACILITIES AND IN THE PARTS.
I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIND THESE PARTS.
THIS IS LIKE CARS YOU MENTIONED.
AFTER A WHILE, THOSE CLASSICS ARE JUST THAT.
THEY'RE GOOD JUST TO LOOK AT, BUT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM.
SO MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M OUT HERE AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE, AND MY PARK BOARD MEMBER, HARRISON BLAIR, AND THEN THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US MAINTAINING FACILITIES.
BUT I LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE POOLS AND THE OPPORTUNITY PERHAPS TO PARTNER UP WITH WHETHER IT'S FOR OAK CLIFF OR REDBIRD PARK, I THINK REDBIRD GOLF COURSE MAY HAVE A PARK, A POOL COMING, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO ARE MORE SEASONED, BUT IT'S MORE OR LESS THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE TRAINED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET SKILLS SO THAT SOME OF THEM CAN GO ON TO COMPETITIONS SUCH AS THE OLYMPICS, AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO BE ABLE TO SEE US AS A FAMILY, A CITY OF DALLAS FAMILY THAT HELPED TO FOSTER THE HOPES OF A YOUNG CHILD WHO COULDN'T AFFORD THE PRIVATE LESSONS, AND SO HERE THEY CAN GO TO A PUBLIC PARK, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE GOT TO FIND WAYS TO GIVE BACK TO OUR TAXPAYERS BECAUSE THEY ARE THESE ARE TAX DOLLARS, AND SO THAT'S WHY I KEEP STRESSING THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH MARKETING TO LET FOLKS KNOW THE PARKS, POOLS THAT ARE OPEN.
I THINK THE SPRAY PARKS ARE GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE MANY COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THAT LINE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SWIMMING, WHEN YOU HAVE THE SKILLSET, EXCUSE ME, NONE OF THESE COMMUNITIES THAT SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES THAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT IS SURVIVAL IN THE EVENT OF A FLOOD.
THEY OUGHT TO KNOW HOW TO SURVIVE.
JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT THE FAMILIES WERE GOING THROUGH IN CADILLAC HEIGHTS, SURVIVAL.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET OUT OF THE CAR, HEY, CAN YOU HANDLE IT? SO IT'S A SURVIVAL.
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RESPIRATORY ISSUES CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH SWIMMING.IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM, THEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF LOITERING, AND THEN THAT TRIGGERS THE POLICE AND I BELIEVE THE POLICE TESTIFIED LAST WEEK ABOUT THE NEED TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM CONTINUE, BECAUSE IT REDUCES THE CALLS THAT PROBABLY WILL GO TO THEM JUST FOR LOITERING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I STRESS THAT IN MY COMMUNITIES KNOW AND THOSE AND I HAD FOLKS WHO WERE WRITING ME WHO WERE NOT IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WHO WERE SIMPLY SAYING, YOU NEED THAT.
SO LET US FIGURE OUT HOW TO, I GUESS, MARKET AND ASK THE QUESTION.
YOU HAVE FOLKS OUT THERE WHO HAVE MONEY ABOUT HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST ON MY TWO PARKS PER PARK? IS IT 5 MILLION OR WHAT? OH YEAH, THE COST TO GO WITH A SMALLER AQUATICS FACILITY LIKE THE NEW ONES TODAY WE BUILT ABOUT 4.5 TO $5 MILLION BUT IF WE COULD DO A NEW POOL, RECONSTRUCT A NEW POOL THAT COST, A NEW POOL IS 4.5.
THAT'S OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AQUATIC CENTER, SO WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEONE WITH A WITH ABOUT 20 MILLION THAT CAN GO TO THOSE TWO PARKS, I'M SURE. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
SO LET'S GET THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE NEED AND DIRECT ME TO THEM.
SO I AM WOKE FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY KNEW.
TODAY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN TERMS OF THIS CONVERSATION AROUND SAVING OUR POOLS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A COUNCIL, WHEN IT COMES TO CUTTING, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY WHEN WE CUT, WE BLEED IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO CUT THAT MAY NOT BE POPULAR, BUT IT'S BENEFICIAL LONG TERM TO OUR COMMUNITY.
CHAIR ARNOLD. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA HAS A QUESTION.
MR. JENKINS, OF THE NINE POOLS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED, HOW MANY ARE INCLUDED IN THE 2024 BOND THAT WAS JUST PASSED TO IMPROVE? YEAH OF THE NINE POOLS, ONLY ONE WAS INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, AND THAT PARTICULAR POOL IS JC ZARAGOZA IN DISTRICT SIX.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO POUR MONEY AND HAVE RECORD BREAKING BOND PACKAGES, BUT WE CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR OUR ASSETS TO CRUMBLE IN FRONT OF OUR EYES, AND THAT DOESN'T HELP US TO PUT 300 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS INTO OUR PARK SYSTEMS, BUT LET ASSETS DETERIORATE, AND THEN LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER THE VOTERS PASSED THE BOND, SAY, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT IN THIS NEXT BOND.
I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.
JUST AS AS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE MENTIONED, THIS IS A LIFELINE.
THESE PARTICULAR ASSETS ARE NOT ONLY ONES THAT WE'VE ALREADY MADE INVESTMENTS IN, BUT THEY'RE ONES THAT OUR COMMUNITY COUNTS ON, AND SO FOR US TO HAVE A RECORD BREAKING BOND PACKAGE THAT'S PASSED FOR OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND IT'S NOT ADDRESSING SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL NEEDS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR CURRENT ASSETS SUSTAINABLE.
I THINK WE'RE REALLY MISSING THE MARK HERE SO WE CAN KEEP TOUTING SHINY AND NEW AND WE CAN KEEP GETTING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, EXCITED ABOUT PARK, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE THAT SAME PASSION AND EXCITEMENT AND MAINTAINING THE PARKS THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HOPE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE THE VOTERS WHO JUST VOTED FOR THIS PACKAGE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON OTHER ASSETS THAT 20 YEARS FROM NOW, 50 YEARS FROM NOW, 75 YEARS FROM NOW, FOR INSTANCE.
WHAT'S THE PLAN TO MAINTAIN THEM? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT LAST? DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION THERE AT THE END? YEAH, IT WASN'T RHETORICAL.
WHAT'S THE PLAN TO MAINTAIN THAT? YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS RHETORICAL, BUT I THINK MAYBE SOME OF US DID.
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I'M GOING TO LET YOU ANSWER IT.THAT'S NUMBER ONE BECAUSE NOW JUST A LITTLE HISTORY HERE.
I DON'T AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN, THE COMMUNITY POOLS WHERE IT WAS THE POLICY DECISION THAT THE COMMUNITY POOLS WOULD, AS WE OPEN THE NEW AQUATICS FACILITIES, THE COMMUNITY POOLS WOULD CLOSE.
THAT HASN'T HAPPENED, BUT SINCE IT HASN'T HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, AS I EXPRESSED TO THE PARK BOARD, AND I THINK I MAY HAVE EXPRESSED THIS A WHILE BACK THROUGH THE BOND PROCESS, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THESE COMMUNITY POOLS NOW, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS AN INTEREST TO KEEP THEM OPEN.
SO I AGREE 100% NOW THAT'S THE CASE, WE ARE GOING TO GO AFTER AND I'M GOING TO MAKE AN APPEAL EVERY TIME I GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC. CORPORATE SPONSORS, JUST LIKE YOU, HAVE COME TO THE TABLE TO SUPPORT OUR PARKS.
I AM ASKING YOU TO BE A CORPORATE SPONSOR WITH US AND SUPPORTING OUR FACILITIES NOW, WHICH INCLUDES OUR SWIMMING POOLS, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE WE CAN GET THOSE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT'S WHY WE ENTERED INTO THE SPONSORSHIP CONTRACT RECENTLY, AND SO TO MAINTAIN THEM, YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
THERE'S $1 MILLION IN THERE, AND SO WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME MONEY TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE MECHANICALS, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST LOVE TO SEE A COMMITMENT FOR US TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE MECHANICALS BEFORE WE START MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STEP, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ALREADY THERE AND WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE. THE POINT TO ME IS THAT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO TALK OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF OUR MOUTHS AND ALLOW FOR OUR ASSETS TO DETERIORATE.
FAIR PARK IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT, AND THAT IS BASICALLY A POSTER CHILD FOR HOW WE, WITH OUR OWN NEGLECT, HAVE ALLOWED FOR A PARK ASSET TO ACCRUE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DON'T ADDRESS WHAT WE KNOW EXISTS, AND WE CONTINUE TO PUSH IT INTO OTHER NEW, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT IT'S GOING TO END UP FALLING ON THE BACKS OF THE TAXPAYERS IF WE CONTINUE TO SPEND IRRESPONSIBLY, AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS WHEN WE HAVE A $300 MILLION BOND PACKAGE THAT'S NOW SITTING READY TO BE SOLD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY ADDRESSING NEEDS THAT Y'ALL ARE PUTTING IN FRONT OF OUR FACE.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WHAT THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DO.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE MORE OF A PLAN GOING FORWARD THAT DOESN'T TALK OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF OUR MOUTHS, BUT HAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE OUTLOOK OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO SUSTAIN OUR CURRENT ASSETS WHILE CONTINUING TO ADD TO THE PORTFOLIO.
SO WE'LL JUST SCHEDULE A FOLLOW UP BRIEFING.
HOW'S THAT, AFTER YOU ALL HAVE SOME TIME? YES.
IT'S A WHOLE STRATEGY EVERYTHING.
IT'S NOT THIS COMMITTEE. IT'S A BUDGET.
I BELIEVE A FULL COUNCIL BRIEFING BECAUSE IT HAS BUDGET IMPLICATIONS.
YOU'RE CHANGING THE STRATEGY AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING MORE OF A COLLECTIVE, A COLLECTIVE LOOK, IT NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN JUST THE SEVEN OF US, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS IN THE CITY.
SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A VERY IN-DEPTH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO FORGET THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, THIS DEPARTMENT INVESTED HEAVILY IN MODERNIZING AND GETTING NEW AQUATIC CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND WE DID THAT EQUITABLY, EQUITABLY IN EVERY REGION OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND THAT PARK BOARD, AFTER THAT MASTER PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED, WOULD SAY, WE WILL NOW COME BACK AND REEVALUATE THOSE COMMUNITY POOLS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE NEED TO EVALUATE THE, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF ITS TO OPERATE THESE FACILITIES.
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TO BE COMPILED AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ARE WE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS NEXT AS WE'RE GETTING INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY? IS IT SPRAY GROUNDS? IS IT ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY AQUATIC FACILITIES? THE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE DALLAS COLLEGE, DISD, WHICH I'M ACTIVELY ONGOING IN TRYING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP FOR NATATORIUM IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. ALSO OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS DISD, THE YMCA, WHERE ARE THOSE LOCATED AND HOW CAN WE BETTER PARTNER WITH EXISTING FACILITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE? AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS CONVERSATION CONTINUES.I THINK WE HAVE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN MODERNIZING OUR AQUATIC CENTERS.
I MEAN, IF YOU YOU KNOW, JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD EVENTS AT SAMUELL GRAND AND AT HARRY STONE AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THESE FACILITIES DAILY, AND I JUST I STILL GET BLOWN AWAY THAT THESE ARE CITY OF DALLAS FACILITIES.
I MEAN, THEY ARE RESORT STYLE COMMUNITY POOLS AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE THEM, AND WE MAYBE JUST NEED MORE OF THEM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. THESE POOLS, THE COMMUNITY POOLS ARE REALLY ARE OUTDATED.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANYONE BEHIND THIS HORSESHOE WANTS TO CLOSE THOSE DOWN, BUT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEM UP TO MODERNIZATION, TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING DAILY ATTENDANCE, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, WITH LIFEGUARDS.
THIS I WOULD KUDOS TO THE DEPARTMENT.
WE DIDN'T CLOSE A SINGLE POOL EARLY THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN LIFEGUARDS AT ALL OUR FACILITIES, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO AT THOSE LARGER FACILITIES AT THE COVES WILL BE ABLE TO GO INTO A FEW MORE WEEKENDS OF SUMMER SWIMMING, AND SO LET'S LET NOT THIS BE THE LAST CONVERSATION, BUT THE BEGINNING, AND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT CUTS, YOU KNOW AGAIN, A FEW YEARS AGO, WE CUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE WE'RE GOING TO BE CUTTING, BUT THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE SCENARIOS THAT ARE BEFORE US, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN ORDER TO, TO MEET THE BUDGET NEEDS THAT ARE BEFORE US.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS MEMO, SO THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, FOR BEING HERE.
ONE OTHER MEMO I JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.
IT'S A SUMMARY OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
I KNOW WE HAD QUITE THE DISCUSSION IN JUNE, SO I WOULD JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IT.
PLEASE CHECK OVER IT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS OR AMENDMENTS OR THOUGHTS, WHATEVER.
JUST GET THAT TO ME AND SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT TO MS. ROGERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND WITH ALL OF THAT, LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM, MAKING SURE I'M NOT DOING THIS TOO SOON.
I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 11:17.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.