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THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED AS WELL.THIS IS TIME FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
[Animal Advisory Commission on September 19, 2024.]
TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON ISSUES POSSIBLY BEING DISCUSSED TODAY OR NOT, BUT IT CAN HELP INFORM COMMISSIONERS, UM, ADVISE THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON TOPICS DISCUSSED.UH, IF YOUR NAME WAS NOT CALLED, IT'S BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP WITH THE CITY SECRETARY BY 5:00 PM ON TUESDAY OF THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD THIS MEETING SET UP.
IF YOUR NAME IS NOT CALLED, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE NEXT SHELTER MEETING, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP YOU SIGN UP.
IT'S LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, AND JUST PLEASE UNDERSTAND YOU ARE CUT OFF AT THREE MINUTES 'CAUSE WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA TODAY.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THE TOPIC YOU'RE ADDRESSING AND JUST UNDERSTAND THERE'S NO DIALOGUE BETWEEN COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
SO IF YOU ASK QUESTIONS, WE CAN'T ANSWER THEM.
UM, AND IN ORDER TO MAINE TO QUORUM, UM, THERE ARE NO DISCUSSIONS AND ALL COMMENTS ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS AND NOT DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD, IF YOU DON'T MIND CALLING OUR FIRST SPEAKER.
SO THE FIRST SPEAKER IS LAUREN JAMES, AND I BELIEVE SHE'S ONLINE.
UH, MS. JAMES, WE JUST NEED YOUR VIDEO TO BE ON TO SPEAK.
UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME, MS. JAMES? I CAN, CAN YOU SEE ME? BEAUTIFUL.
UM, IF YOU GIMME JUST ONE MOMENT, I WILL PREPARE YOUR TIME.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, AND THEN WHEN THE TIMER GOES OFF, THAT WILL BE THE DURATION OF YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, IF YOU'RE READY, I CAN GO AHEAD AND HIT START.
OH, WE ACTUALLY LOST YOUR VIDEO.
SO, UM, LAST TIME, THE LAST, I ATTENDED THE LAST MEETING AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW, UH, PEOPLE ARE RELINQUISHING THEIR PETS DUE TO HOUSING CONCERNS.
AND THERE WAS SOME IMPLICATION THAT, UM, PEOPLE MIGHT BE LYING ABOUT THIS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, MY, MY NAME IS LAUREN AND I'M A POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TRAINER, AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING, UH, AND HOW IT AFFECTS ANIMAL WELFARE, UM, BASED BECAUSE OF THE COMMENTS IN THE LAST MEETING.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE RENTING HOMES, UM, KEEPING YOUR PET AND STAYING HOUSED CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING.
IN TEXAS, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STUDIES DONE ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT JUST FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, BEING A PET OWNER AND A TEXAN HAS LED TO ME BEING UNHOUSED MULTIPLE TIMES, UM, BECAUSE I REFUSED TO GIVE MY PETS UP, AND THAT LED TO ME LIVING IN MY CAR, UH, THREE OR THREE TIMES AT LEAST, I THINK.
UM, SO THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AFFORDABLE PET INCLUSIVE HOUSING, UH, IS REALLY ESSENTIAL.
IN TEXAS IN PARTICULAR, UM, THEY'VE SHOWN THAT THERE'S, UH, THERE'S MORE DIFFICULTY FOR LOW INCOME PET OWNERS, UH, TO FIND AFFORDABLE PET INCLUSIVE HOUSING.
THEY BEAR A, UH, DISPROPORTIONATE, UH, BURDEN, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO PET FEES AND DEPOSITS AND RENTS.
UM, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, SAY THAT WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT HOUSING IS WHY THEY'RE GIVING THEIR PETS UP OR HAVING TO RELINQUISH THAT, UM, WE SHOULD GIVE.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN FOUND THAT LESS EXPENSIVE PET FRIENDLY LISTINGS ARE ACTUALLY HAVE HIGHER FEES, UH, THAN MORE EXPENSIVE, UH, RENTAL LISTINGS.
SO, I KNOW, UM, CITIES LIKE AUSTIN OFFER DEPOSIT ASSISTANCE, UH, WITH, UH, FOR LOWER INCOME PEOPLE.
AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF DALLAS WOULD DESIGN SOME KIND OF PROGRAM AROUND THAT.
UM, AND JUST I WOULD APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I, I ASSUME A LOT OF THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HOMEOWNERS.
UM, IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE MINDFUL OF HOW, UM, PET INCLUSIVE POLICIES CAN IMPACT YOUR, THE RENTERS OF TEXAS, THE PET OWNERSHIP IN TEXAS, UM, AND PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO ADOPT, UH, AS WELL AS FOSTER, IF AFFORDABLE PET INCLUSIVE HOUSING IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN YOU'RE, IT'S GONNA IMPACT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN FOSTER PETS.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT WAS BASICALLY IT.
I WANTED TO JUST SAY PLEASE BELIEVE PEOPLE AND, UH, TO ADVOCATE FOR COMMON SENSE.
UM, EASING OF RESTRICTIONS AND, UH, CAPS ON PET FEES, DEPOSITS, AND RENTS FOR DALLAS TENANTS PET OWNING TENANTS.
IS THAT ALL FOR YOU, MS. JAMES? YOU HAVE NINE SECONDS.
UM, THE NEXT REGISTERED SPEAKER WE HAVE IS BRITTANY MOGENSON.
DO WE HAVE BRITTANY ONLINE OR IN PERSON? BEAUTIFUL.
DID I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME CORRECTLY? MOGENSON, COME ON UP AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, WE'LL
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ALSO START YOUR TIME.FORGIVE ME, COMMISSIONER SACKER CANNOT HEAR.
IF YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOU.
UM, AND SO I CAN HEAR, THANK YOU.
AS MEMBER OF, AS A MEMBER OF THE MEDIA, I JUST WANNA BRING UP A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED.
UM, SOMETIMES THE COHESIVE MESSAGING CAN BE DIFFICULT.
SO ONE SUGGESTION THAT I HAVE IS MAYBE PUTTING A, A PLACE ON THE WEBSITE FOR MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WHERE THERE IS AN UPDATE REGULARLY WITH EVEN TALKING POINTS.
ANOTHER THING THAT, UH, DURING MY COVERAGE OF SPORTS, I SAW THAT GROUPS LIKE THE DALLAS COWBOYS WOULD HOST A PRESS DAYS AND DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, EVEN ONCE A YEAR, LIKE AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, SOME SORT OF LUNCHEON OR JUST A WAY TO GET MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA TOGETHER SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP YOU.
UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOPIC, AND IF WE HAD A PLACE WHERE WE COULD MEET, COME UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS AND GET THE MESSAGING OUT TOGETHER IN AN ORGANIZED FASHION, I THINK IT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.
I WATCHED SOME OF THE LAST MEETING AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BILLBOARDS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE AMAZING AND VERY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE JUST, YOU KNOW, DRIVING TO WORK, DRIVING HERE TODAY, SEEING REALLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
I'VE NOTICED THERE'S A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, UM, NOT ONLY FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, BUT ALSO FOR VIEWERS AND JUST THE AVERAGE EVERYDAY PERSON.
UH, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
AND BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER, UM, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER HANSEN WITH DISTRICT EIGHT ONLINE.
UM, SO IF COMMISSIONER HANSON, YOU'D WANNA TURN ON YOUR CAMERA AND VERIFY, WE CAN MARK IT IN THE RECORD THAT YOU'RE HERE.
UH, SO WE WILL GO TO OUR LAST REGISTERED SPEAKER, WHICH IS MEREDITH JONES WITH OPERATION KINDNESS.
GIMME ONE MOMENT AND I WILL GET YOUR TIME READY.
UM, IF YOU'RE READY, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
MY NAME IS MEREDITH JONES, MY DOG, AND I LIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 13.
AND I ALSO AM THE CHIEF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES OFFICER FOR OPERATION KINDNESS.
AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE RECENTLY OPENED OUR LIFESAVING PARTNERSHIPS HUB, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
AND THE HUB ALLOWS OPERATION KINDNESS TO EXPAND OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS AS WELL AS TO CREATE NEW ONES TO FILL CURRENT SERVICE GAPS.
UH, WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL IN LEASING A BUILDING THAT IS LOCATED BOTH NEAR DAS AND IN A HIGH NEED AREA IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
AND SOMETHING REALLY UNIQUE ABOUT THE HUB IS THAT IT ALLOWS FOR OPERATION KINDNESS AND OTHER RESCUE GROUPS TO HELP DAS WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING IN D S'S FACILITY.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE D S'S LIFESAVING RATE ABOVE THEIR CURRENT BASELINE RATE, AND BY OFFERING VET SERVICES FOR DAS ANIMALS AT THE HUB.
THIS ALLOWS DAS TO CONTINUE DOING THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING INSIDE OF THEIR SHELTER WALLS, SO THAT THE ANIMALS THAT OPERATION KINDNESS AND RESCUE YOUTHS ASSIST WITH ARE ADDITIONAL AND ON TOP OF THOSE ANIMALS.
WE WANT TO BE A RESOURCE, NOT JUST FOR DAS, BUT FOR ALL DALLAS PETS AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THEM.
SO THE HUB SERVES AS THIS RESOURCE IN FOUR MAIN WAYS.
UH, FIRST IT SERVES AS OUR OWN INTERSTATE ANIMAL TRANSPORT HUB WHERE WE QUARANTINE AND MEDICALLY AND BEHAVIORALLY PREPPED DOGS THAT WE PULL FROM HIGH-NEED SHELTERS, PRIMARILY DAS, UM, FOR TRANSPORT TO NORTHERN DESTINATION SHELTERS.
WE ALSO PROVIDE RESCUE SERVICES OR VET SERVICES FOR RESCUE GROUPS, PULLING ANIMALS FROM DAS AS A RESCUE, WE KNOW THAT PULLING ANIMALS FROM SHELTERS CAN ACTUALLY BE VERY COST PROHIBITIVE WHEN RELYING ON FULL SERVICE DEBTS.
SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND HIGH QUALITY SERVICES FOR THESE GROUPS SO THAT THEY CAN PULL MORE ANIMALS FROM DAS.
THE HUB IS ALSO OUR SOUTHERN HEADQUARTERS FOR OUR OWN PET FOOD AND RESOURCE PANTRY, UH, FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SUPPORT IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
AND LASTLY, WE ALSO PROVIDE FREE SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES FOR COMMUNITY CATS.
AND STARTING IN OCTOBER, UH, PARTNERING WITH DAS, WE ACTUALLY BE PROVIDING
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FREE SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES FOR UP TO 75 COMMUNITY CATS FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS ON THE LAST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH.NO SERVICE REQUEST NUMBER NEEDED.
SO FOR ANY PERSON OR RESCUE GROUP WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT OR RECEIVING OUR HUB SERVICES, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET YOU ALL SET UP.
UM, YOU CAN EMAIL CI@OPERATIONKINDNESS.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION AND WE'D BE SO HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH YOU.
COMMISSIONERS DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR DALLAS ANIMALS AND OPERATION KINDNESS IS SO PROUD TO BE WORKING ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND RESCUE GROUPS THAT ARE MAKING DALLAS A SAFER AND KINDER PLACE FOR THE PETS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
HAVE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? I SEE EVERYONE NODDING THEIR HEADS.
DO I HAVE, UM, ANY CHANGES OR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE MINUTES? AWESOME.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? WAIT, CHAIR BROSKY MOTION TO APPROVE? YES.
OH, MY NAME WAS NOT ON THE MINUTES FOR ATTENDANCE FOR LAST MEETING AND I WAS HERE.
JILLIAN, OR DO WE STILL HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY HERE? MAYBE HE CAN HELP, BUT ISN'T, IS THERE A TIME LIMIT IF YOU COME IN LATE TO THE EXTENT? OH, IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF THE TIME OF THE MEETING.
SO IF IT'S OVER HALF, YOU'RE, UH, COUNTED AS ABSENT.
WELL, I ATTENDED THE MEETING WEEK THE WHOLE TIME, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A TYPO.
UM, SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, GIMME SOME TIME TO REVIEW AND THEN WE CAN, UM, APPROVE AN EDITED VERSION IF THAT'S THE CASE AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THAT'S GREAT.
CAN I, DO I NEED A SECOND? SECOND.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD WITH THE, UM, DAS DASHBOARD, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION.
IF I COULD GIVE THEM AN INTRO.
UH, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, WHILE MELISSA WEBER WAS THE DIRECTOR, WAS WORKING ON A FORWARD FACING DASHBOARD TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO ENHANCE WHAT WE WERE ALREADY PROVIDING.
SO THE ASK WAS TO REACH OUT TO THE DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TEAM TO HELP US.
THANK GOD, UH, TO HELP US DEVELOP THAT DASHBOARD.
AND TODAY THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE FINAL PRODUCT THAT'S GOING LIVE AFTER THIS MEETING.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, YOU KNOW, EFFORT OF PRONOUNCING THE NAME.
DVI IS, UH, THE SHORT VERSION OF IT.
IF YOU CANNOT PRONOUNCE DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SHOW THIS DASHBOARD TO YOU TODAY.
WE CREATED THIS DASHBOARD IN COLLABORATION WITH BAS, AND IT IS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU DATA AND INFORMATION ON SHELTER ANIMALS.
THIS DASHBOARD IS GOING TO BE FREQUENTLY UPDATED, AND ONCE WE ARE DONE WITH THE PRESENTATION, WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO, UH, PASS IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUE, MR. HERE, TO PRESENT THE DASHBOARD.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO PRESENT THIS DUAL EFFORT WORK BETWEEN THE DATA ANALYTICS DEPARTMENT AND THE, UH, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON YOUR SCREENS RIGHT NOW.
UH, YOU ARE SEEING THE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES DASHBOARD THAT WE CREATED, UM, LIKE DIRECTOR RAMON AND DR.
UH, BANERJEE SAID THE GOAL FOR THIS DASHBOARD WAS ESSENTIALLY TWOFOLD.
UH, FIRST WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND REPORTING ON IMPORTANT DAILY METRICS SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE BREADTH OF WORK ACHIEVED BY THE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF THE SHELTER PARTNERS INVOLVED.
AND THE SECOND GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE A ONE-STOP SOLUTION, UH, FOR SHELTER PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS TO REDIRECT DOGS AND CATS TOWARDS MORE POSITIVE OUTCOMES.
SO THE FIRST PAGE WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH IS TITLED THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE PAGE.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
THE DEFAULT VIEW WILL BE FOR THE CURRENT MONTH AND THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE FILTER OPTIONS CONTAINED IN THE DASHBOARD, AND THE USER HAS THE ABILITY TO LOOK, UH, REVIEW PRIOR MONTHS AND FISCAL YEAR METRICS.
DIVING INTO THE DATA, LOOKING AT THE FIRST LARGE NUMBER CARD IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER HERE, WE SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER
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OF ANIMALS ADMITTED INTO THE SHELTER AT FOUR D MONTH SELECTED IN THE FILTER.UH, WHEN THE USER HOVERS OVER THIS CARD, THEY WILL, UH, BE PRESENTED WITH ADDITIONAL METRICS RELATED TO THAT, UH, TO THE INTAKE, THE VALUES, UM, AS A POPUP.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THE NUMBER OF CATS AND DOGS ADOPTED OR RETURNED TO OWNER IN THE CURRENT MONTH AND, AND ADDITIONAL DATA METRICS.
THE SECOND NUMBER CARD DISPLAYED HERE IS FOR THE, UH, TOTAL OR AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT THE ANIMAL SPENDS IN THE SHELTER.
LIKEWISE, WHEN THE USER HOVERS OVER THIS CARD, A BREAKDOWN OF STAY LENGTH IN DAYS BASED OFF OF THE OUTCOME CAN BE OBSERVED AS WELL.
THE THIRD NUMBER CARD REPRESENTS THE LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR THE, FOR THE CURRENT MONTH SELECTED.
SO THIS METRIC HIGHLIGHTS THE PERCENTAGE OF DOGS AND CATS ENCOUNTERING LIVE POSITIVE OUTCOMES SUCH AS ADOPTIONS OR BEING RETURNED TO OWNERS, ET CETERA.
AND THE FINAL NUMBER CARD, UH, HERE IT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE FOR A SPECIFIC REASON, AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE, THE, THE VIEWER UNDERSTANDS THAT IT DOES NOT CHANGE BASED OFF OF WHATEVER FILTER YOU SELECT.
BUT THIS METRIC REPRESENTS A, A CURRENT PICTURE OF THE SHELTER IN TERMS OF ITS CURRENT CAPACITY.
AND SO WHEN YOU HOVER OVER THIS PARTICULAR NUMBER, YOU WILL GET A BREAKDOWN OF KENNEL CAPACITIES SPECIFICALLY FOR CATS AND DOGS RESPECTIVELY, NAVIGATING TOWARDS THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE DASHBOARD.
IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER, THERE ARE VARIOUS MAPS WITH CITY OF DALLAS COUNCIL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
UH, THE USER HAS THE OPTION TO DRILL INTO SIX DIFFERENT METRICS.
THE DEFAULT VIEW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ARE INTAKES.
HOWEVER, THE USER HAS THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO VIEW ADOPTIONS.
THERE IS ALSO A MAP RELATED TO BITES, STRAYS, LOOSE AND DANGEROUS DOCS.
THE COLOR HERE REPRESENTS THE COUNT, UH, BASED OFF OF THE METRIC WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO THE DARKER THE BLUE, THE HIGHER THE NUMBER OF INTAKES.
IN THIS EXAMPLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR COUNCIL DISTRICT.
NAVIGATING TO THE RIGHT HAND PORTION OF THE DASHBOARD, THERE ARE TWO BAR CHARTS.
THE FIRST BAR CHART HIGHLIGHTS THE ANIMAL OUTCOME TYPES AS A PERCENTAGE FOR THE TOTAL, UH, FOR THE TOTAL FOR THAT PARTICULAR MONTH SELECTED.
AND ADDITIONALLY, LIKE, UH, LIKE PREVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU HOVER OVER ANY ONE OF THESE BARS, ADDITIONAL DETAILS, UH, RELATED TO THE SUBTYPE OF THAT OUTCOME AND ITS ASSOCIATED DEFINITION WILL BE PRESENTED.
AND THEN THE FINAL BAR CHART IN THIS, ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE DASHBOARD IS A FISCAL YEAR, UH, TREND REVIEW IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL, UH, MONTHLY ADOPTIONS AND RETURNS TO OWNERS.
AND LIKEWISE, WHEN YOU HOVER OVER THIS PARTICULAR BAR CHART, YOU WILL GET BREAKDOWNS FOR CAT AND DOG ADOPTIONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR MONTH.
UH, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO OVER AND LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE OF THE DASHBOARD.
UH, THIS DASHBOARD HAS A, UH, THE SECOND PAGE IS TITLED THE SHELTER PARTNER PAGE.
AND IT HAS A SIMILAR LOOK AND FEEL AS THE FIRST PAGE, BUT WAS DESIGNED FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON.
SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, UM, WITH THEN DIRECTOR MELISSA WEBER, WE HEARD A PAIN POINT FROM THE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES TEAM, UM, AND SHELTER PARTNERS, THAT BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE AND REVIEW DATA THROUGH THE OPEN DATA PORTAL IS CUMBERSOME.
AND SO THIS WAS OUR SOLUTION TO TRY TO FIX AND ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM.
SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS, UM, IS, UH, IS THE PAGE, UH, FOR SHELTER PARTNERS.
AND AGAIN, DIVING INTO THE DATA, LOOKING AT THE FIRST NUMBER CARD HERE, WE SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS AT RISK OF EUTHANASIA.
SO THIS IS ANY ANIMAL IN THE SHELTER, UH, WITH A RECORDED FLAG IN THE DATA OF EUTHANASIA RISK.
THE SECOND NUMBER CARD HERE IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND AVAILABLE FOR PLACEMENT, SO AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION, FOSTER, ET CETERA.
AND WHEN YOU HOVER OVER THIS PARTICULAR CARD, AGAIN, YOU WILL SEE ADDITIONAL METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, UH, WITH THAT PLACEMENT VALUE.
AND THEN THE THIRD NUMBER CARD IS A REP IS A RECYCLE FROM THE FIRST PAGE.
AND THIS IS, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE TOTAL SHELTER CAPACITY WITH A BREAKDOWN FOR CAT AND DOG KENNELS RESPECTIVELY.
THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THIS PARTICULAR PAGE THOUGH, IS THE SET AND THE TABLE, UM, CONTAINED BELOW THESE NUMBERED CARDS.
SO THIS DATA, OR THIS TABLE, IS FILTERED AND STRUCTURED IN A MANNER THAT PROVIDES YOU WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT A, AT A QUICK GLANCE.
SO, UM, YOU ARE ABLE TO OF COURSE, NAVIGATE AND FILTER THE TABLE
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HERE USING THE FILTER SELECTIONS UP AT THE TOP FOR SPECIFIC RECORDS, LOOKING AT THINGS SUCH AS KENNEL STATUS, UM, OUTCOME REQUEST AND TYPE, AND THE ANIMAL ID.BUT THIS GIVES SHELTER PARTNERS QUICK ACCESS TO IDENTIFY ANIMALS IN THE SHELTER WHO MAY BE AT RISK AND REDIRECT THEM TOWARDS MORE POSITIVE OUTCOMES SUCH AS ADOPTIONS, FOSTERS, TRANSFERS, ET CETERA.
UM, IN CLOSING, I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW FEATURES THAT ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS BOTH PAGES.
UH, THE FIRST IS THE MORE INFORMATION ICON IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE DASHBOARD HOVERING OVER THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION MARK.
YOU'LL BE PRESENTED WITH GENERAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS THAT ARE FOUND AND USED THROUGHOUT THE DASHBOARD HERE FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THIS PARTICULAR ICON, A UM, NESTED WEB LINK WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES WEBSITE AND THEIR ADOPTION PAGE.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CLICK HERE TO ADOPT BUTTON, WHICH WE'RE, UH, SHOWING YOU THE END RESULT RIGHT NOW ON YOUR SCREEN, WHICH WILL TAKE YOU TO THE ADOPTION PAGE WHERE WE HAVE THOSE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF ALL THE AVAILABLE DOGS AND CATS FOR ADOPTION.
AND THEN ONE FINAL FEATURE ON THIS, ON THIS DASHBOARD THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT WE PROVIDE YOU WITH, UH, IN THE NEAR REAL TIME INFORMATION, MEANING WE UPDATE THE DATA ON THE DASHBOARD THREE TIMES PER DAY, ONCE IN THE MORNING, ONCE IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN ONCE IN THE EVENING.
UM, AND THAT IS CONSISTENT FOR EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
UH, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IS, UH, PRESENTATION FOR THIS DASHBOARD.
UM, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO
UM, IT'S BEEN VERY, UH, VERY ENJOYABLE AND REWARDING TO DO THIS, TO DO THIS PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
SO, UM, PREVIOUSLY WE HAD DONE ROUNDS OF FIVE MINUTES.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING TO THE MODEL WHERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK.
YOU WILL STILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES AND IT CAN BE IN CONVERSATION.
UM, SO IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DBI TEAM, UM, IF YOU WANNA TAKE OVER CHAIR ITY AND RECOGNIZE THOSE COMMISSIONERS, WE CAN DO SO NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? UM, WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER, UH,
UM, IS THIS LIVE NOW? AND WHERE WILL IT LIVE? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
UM, THE DASHBOARD IS CURRENTLY, UM, NOT LIVE, BUT WE PLAN TO GO LIVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MEETING, AND IT WILL LIVE ON THE, ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, WE CAN SHARE LINKS AND, AND WE CAN WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO HOST IT ON ANY WEBSITE THAT DIRECTOR RAMON WISHES TO.
UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND I APOLOGIZE IF I CAN'T REALLY SEE IT VERY WELL.
SO THEY MIGHT BE ANSWERED IF I DIVE INTO THE DATA BETTER.
BUT, UM, ONE WAS ABOUT THE, THE METRICS OR THE FILTERS.
UM, YOU SAID YOU KEPT SAYING THAT THE DATA WAS BY MONTH.
WOULD HE FILTER DAILY AS WELL? IS THAT CORRECT? NO, MA'AM.
CURRENTLY IT IS FOR, UH, YOU CAN GO DOWN AS GRANULAR TO THE MONTH LEVEL.
AND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT NOT DATED, NOT DAILY.
SO THE DAILY INFORMATION IS STILL GONNA BE ON THE WEBSITE THOUGH.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS FOR THE AT RISK ANIMALS.
UM, IS THERE A SEPARATION AS THE, TO THE, CAN WE FILTER AS TO THE REASON WHY THEY'RE AT RISK EXCEPT FOR SPACE, BEHAVIOR, MEDICAL OR OTHER? OR IS THAT JUST AT RISK? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO THERE, IT IS CONTAINED IN THE TABLE.
UM, THE REASON WHY THEY ARE AT RISK, BUT IT'S NOT A FILTER OPTION.
IF THE BODY WOULD LIKE US TO ADD THAT IN, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, RIGHT? NOT JUST THREATS THE PARTNER SAN YES, MA'AM.
WITH THE, UH, BASED OFF OF DIRECTOR RAMON'S DIRECTION.
AND, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL FOLLOW HIS DIRECTION, BUT TENTATIVELY IT WILL BE PUBLIC AND AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS ONLINE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I ASKED FOR? UH, SHELBY.
UH, JILLIAN, CAN I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE WE, UH, USING THIS TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS FOR DABI OR IS IT FOR ALSO THE, UH, FOLKS WHO SPOKE? UH, IT WOULD BE JUST DBI, WE CAN OPEN FOR GENERAL COMMENT LATER.
UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK IT JUST LOOKS AMAZING.
UM, AND DIRECTOR RAMON, AWESOME JOB GETTING THIS, UH, GOING, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
GOING LIVE AFTER THE MEETING, I BELIEVE, UH, COMMISSIONER REPP RAISED HER HAND.
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BEING THE ACCOUNTANT, I NOTICED THAT 71 ANIMALS AT RISK, OH, SORRY, COMMISSIONER SHORT, WE CAN SEE YOU NOW.I NOTICED THAT THE 71 ANIMALS AT RISK PLUS 637 AVAILABLE FOR PLACEMENT.
ONE DOESN'T ADD UP TO 16 99, 6 98.
OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING LOOKS AWESOME.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN OH, YES.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO ROLL THIS OUT AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION TO RESCUE GROUPS AND HOW COULD THIS POTENTIALLY HELP DA'S EFFORTS WELL IN, IN BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE AND HAVING THIS DATA READILY AVAILABLE WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK IS, IS THE ONE BIG KEY FACTOR IN ALL OF THIS.
UH, BUT ONCE WE, ONCE WE FINALIZE THE PRODUCT AND WE GO LIVE, WE, WE WILL DO A BIG PUSH TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THIS IS ACCESSIBLE.
SO, EMAIL MARKETING, SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THE NORMAL COMMS PROSPECTS AND THEN AS WELL THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
NEXT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE, UH, DIRECTOR'S REPORT, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION.
WE'LL LET A COUPLE OF, UH, WELL, WE'LL LET ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS GET TO THE TABLE REAL QUICK.
AND, UH, I HAVE WITH ME TODAY, OF COURSE, MARY MARTIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UM, SUMMER DER, UH, ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGERS, DANIEL ALVARADO, AN INTERIM, UH, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF FIELD OPERATIONS.
UM, SUMMER, OF COURSE IS OVER SHELTER AND ALL THAT ENCOMPASSES SHELTER.
UH, MICHAEL BURKE IS ACTUALLY OUR A GM OVER MEDICAL, UH, WHO IS AT BACK AT THE SHELTER WITH A TEAM FROM BEST FRIENDS, UH, DOING SOME EVALUATIONS AND CONSULTING, UH, DISCUSSIONS.
OH, AND WE HAVE, UH, SOME MEMBERS OF OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM HERE WITH US TODAY.
UH, DID YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THEM? YES, PLEASE STAND UP.
WE HAVE, WE, SINCE MARY DOESN'T HAVE HER MIC ON, WE, WE HAVE NATHAN THRASH, WHO, WHO DOES A LOT WITH OUR FOSTER RESCUE TEAM.
AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, KIRSTEN VILLE AND ERICA BENNETT AND LAUREN WILSON.
UH, LAUREN WILSON'S OVER OUR BUSINESS, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND, AND BUDGET OFF, UH, SECTION.
AND THEN KIRSTEN AND ERICA, UH, ARE WITH OUR OUTCOMES.
YEAH, A LOT OF THE HARD WORK DONE BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, ARE ALL THESE FOLKS HERE, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE RECOGNIZED.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE FOR QUARTER THREE.
UH, QUARTER THREE ENCOMPASSES APRIL OF 2024 THROUGH JUNE OF 2024.
WE HAVE OUR CITY OF DALLAS CORE VALUES AT WHICH WE ALWAYS GO BY, AND OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES WITHIN DAS, WHICH ARE PUBLIC SAFETY, COMPASSION, AND THOSE SHORTCUTS.
THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS OUR, UH, DALLAS 365, UH, MANAGER GOALS, UH, FOR PERFORMANCE, THE FIRST BEING TO HOLD VACCINE CLINICS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
THE GOAL IS TO, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT SIX AS OF JUNE.
UH, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE MORE THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.
WE HAD ONE OVER THIS WEEKEND WITH A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, WITH THE DALLAS PETS, OUR FAMILY.
UH, SO WE, WE LOOK TO KEEP CONTINUING TO GROW THAT NUMBER AND MAKE THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
COMBINED FIELD AND SHELTER DOG RETURNS TO OWNERS.
WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING TO, UH, INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO MEET THAT GOAL.
UH, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED, UH, FOR BOTH SHELTER AND FIELD OPERATIONS.
PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN DOGS AND CATS TRANSFER TO RECIPE PARTNERS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR TEAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN THAT ASPECT, IN SAVING LIVES.
AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
UH, AS IT WAS REQUESTED TO, TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN OUR RESCUE EFFORTS, UH, MAINTAIN LOOSE AND LOOSE ON DOG BITES, THAT IS STILL, UH, A STRUGGLE THAT DAS IS WORKING THROUGH.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, SOME ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITIES BASED ON THE LOOSE AND DOG BITE DATA, UH,
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WHERE OUR TEAMS ARE GOING EVERY WEEK, DOOR TO DOOR IN THOSE HIGH, UH, IMPACT AREAS AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION.AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN, IN ANOTHER SLIDE.
UM, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DOGS AND CATS AND FOSTER, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TEAM IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB THERE AS WELL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE UP BY 23% FOR DOGS IN INTAKES.
AND, AND THE, THE TEAM IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE ANIMAL MOVEMENT IN THE SHELTER AND TRYING TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THEY'RE, UH, SAFELY PLACED AND, AND WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THE CAPACITY, UH, CATS AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE HAD AN EXTREMELY LONG KITTEN SEASON, UH, AND, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE, THE EFFECTS OF THAT, UH, COMBINED.
DOGS AND CATS WE'RE UP BY 26% AS A TOTAL, AND IN THE OTHER WE'RE DOWN BY 26%.
BUT A LARGE PART OF THAT IS DUE TO THE LOWER NUMBER OF, UH, CRUELTY CASES RELATED TO ROOSTERS.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THESE INCREASES FOR DOGS.
WE'RE UP BY 12%, UH, COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
NEONATAL KITTENS, THEY'RE DOWN BY 27%, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE TAKE IN THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION.
AND SOME OF THOSE, UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT MAKE IT.
UH, CATS, UH, THE SAME, SAME THERE.
UH, AND THEN OTHERS THAT INCREASED BY 55% BECAUSE WE WEREN'T TAKING IN THE SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY RELATED TO BOOSTERS, UM, THAT IMPACTED THAT NUMBER LAST YEAR.
CONTINUATION OF LIVE OUTCOMES BY SPECIES, UH, DOGS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR, OUR LIVE OUTCOMES ARE UP BY 40%.
AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE BIGGEST NUMBER IN THAT GROUP, WHICH IS ADOPTIONS.
UH, WE'VE SEEN INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD IN FIELD RTOS, UH, SHELTER, RTOS AND RESCUES, BUT ADOPTIONS BY FAR, IT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST INCREASES.
AND, UH, I'LL THANK THE TEAM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, NON-LIVE OUTCOMES, UH, REASONS BY SPECIES.
THEY'RE DOWN BY 22% FOR DOGS, UH, WITH, UH, THE BIGGEST IMPACT AND DECREASE IT BEING IN SPACE.
AND AS THE TEAM WORKS, UM, IN THEIR DUE DUE DILIGENCE TO MOVE THE ANIMALS AROUND, GET THE ANIMALS MARKETED, GET THE ANIMALS OUT INTO THE PUBLIC THROUGH VACATIONS, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO IMPACT THAT NUMBER.
UH, THEY'RE UP BY 36%, UH, WITH THE MAJORITY INCREASE BEING IN OUR TNR AND, UH, ADOPTIONS AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, THE, THE TEAM IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF DOING ALL THEY CAN TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR THE ANIMALS THAT ARE OUR SHELTERS WITH LIVE OUTCOMES, NOT LIVE OUTCOMES BY SPECIES FOR CATS, OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE BIGGEST IM IMPACT FOR THE CATS WOULD BE THOSE THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE THAT ARE COMING INTO THE SHELTER.
AND WITH THE BIGGEST INCREASE BEING IN THOSE THAT ARE HUMANELY, DISPOSITIONED, AND AS WELL, THAT HAVE DIED WHILE THEY WERE IN OUR CARE.
OUR RESCUE GROUP, UH, UH, NUMBERS ARE INCREASING.
IF YOU NOTICE, THE LARGEST INCREASE BEING DOG, ADULTS, UH, DOGS, UH, BUT OVERALL INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND, AND THAT'S WHERE ERICA AND KIRSTEN AND THE TEAM COME IN.
AND THEY'RE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF MAKING NEW RELATIONSHIPS, BUILDING NEW PARTNERSHIPS, AND ENSURING THAT WE GET AS MANY DOGS OUT OF THE SHELTER AS POSSIBLE.
UH, FOR CATS, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE DOWN BY 15%.
UH, HOWEVER, IT'S THE SAME THERE, WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST TWO SLIDES.
UM, YOU HAVE THE LIST OF OUR TOP 10 RESCUE PARTNERS, AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE FOLKS.
UH, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE OUR TEAM WORKS EVERY DAY TO TRY AND BUILD ON THIS LIST THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH.
AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO INCREASE THESE NUMBERS, UH, EVEN MORE.
OUR, UH, SERVICE REQUEST, TIMELY RESPONSE RATE IS UP BY 4% AS WE INCREASE OUR STAFFING FOR, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, NUTRITION HAPPENS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME AND GO, BUT I THINK WE'VE
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CONTINUALLY MAINTAINED A, A NUMBER OF BELOW FIVE VACANCIES AS FAR AS AFS GO.AND THE FRUITS OF THOSE EFFORTS ARE VISIBLE IN THE TIMELY RESPONSE.
UH, LOOSE AND LOOSE ON SERVICE REQUESTS ARE DOWN BY 14%.
BY NO MEANS DOES THAT NOT, DOES THAT EQUATE TO, THERE ARE NO LOOSE DOGS IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S STILL A PROBLEM, BUT OUR TEAM IS MAKING AN IMPACT.
AND WITH THAT ENGAGEMENT, WE'RE WORKING TO, UH, EDUCATE THOSE AREAS OF, UH, HIGH IMPACT AS WELL IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS AND ANY RESOURCES THAT WE COULD PROVIDE, WHETHER IT BE A TROLLEY OR A DOG RUN OR WHATEVER, TO, TO ASSIST THEM TO KEEP THE ANIMALS ON THE PROPERTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A NOT THAT BIG OF A CHANGE, HOWEVER, THE FOLLOW UPS HAVE INCREASED, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OUR STAFF THAT WITH MORE STAFF, NOW YOU HAVE THE TIME TO GO BACK AND FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WAS REQUESTED TO BE DONE WAS ACTUALLY BEING DONE LOOSE AND LOOSE ON DOG BITE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S STILL AN ISSUE, AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER.
BUT HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE THAT TEAM ENGAGED THAT'S GOING OUT AND HAVING THOSE COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT HOW SERIOUS THIS COULD BE, UH, WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND AS WELL WITH COMMUNITIES THAT APPEAR TO HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBERS.
OUR SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES ARE UP BY 37%.
OUR SPECIALTY SURGERIES ARE DOWN BY 18%.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN OUTSOURCING THOSE, UH, TO OTHER GROUPS, AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT.
UH, HEARTWORM TREATMENTS ARE UP BY 291%.
I BELIEVE THAT'S DUE TO A NEW HEARTWORM TREATMENT PROTOCOL.
UH, IF, IF NEED BE, I, I'LL LET MARY EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE FURTHER LATER ON AFTER THE QUESTIONS.
OUR SUBSIDIZED SURGERIES, THEY'RE UP BY 170%, AND THAT'S WITH THE HELP OF FOLKS LIKE OPERATION KINDNESS NEW CAB, UH, SPAY NEUTER NETWORK, AND WITH A NEW PARTNER THAT, THAT SUMMERS BROUGHT ON BOARD IS SPAY NEUTER SOCIETY.
SO, AS A TEAM WORKS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THOSE COALITION OF, UH, RESOURCES, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO FUND THOSE SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY, TO PROVIDE THEM THE MUCH NEEDED RESOURCE THAT THEY NEED.
AND, UH, WE DID HEAR, UH, THE FOLKS THAT CAME TO THE COMMISSION MEETING EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR WHEN THEIR BIGGEST ISSUE IS COMMUNITY CATCH.
AND THAT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS.
UH, WE HAVE ONE HERE TODAY, UH, WHO'S ALWAYS IN THE SHELTER AND WHO'S ALWAYS DOING THEIR BEST TO MARKET AND SOCIALIZE AND DO THINGS FOR, FOR OUR, UH, PETS AND PEOPLE IN THE SHELTER.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HOURS HAVE INCREASED BY 57%, AND THE INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS BY 32%.
UH, THE RETENTION, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
BUT, UH, I'M JUST AMAZED AT, AT ALL THE THINGS THAT THESE FOLKS DO FOR THE ANIMALS, THE MARKETING, THE PERSONAL PERSONNEL SUPPORT, AND THE ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY DO, UH, TO SUPPORT DAS.
AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID, IF YOU COULD EQUATE THOSE HOURS TO A COST OF LIVING STANDARD WAGE, YOU'D BE AMAZED AT THE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY'S BEING SAVED BY THAT EFFORT.
UH, THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES ARE GONNA BE NEXT SLIDE, UH, SUMMARIES OF SERVICE, UH, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.
UH, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, YESTERDAY, THE, UH, COUNCIL PASSED THE, UH, BUDGET, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSON WAS A BREAKOUT OF THE SERVICES THAT EACH UNIT PROVIDES, UH, SO THEY COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ACTUAL DEPARTMENT DOES WHEN THEY'RE HAVING THOSE BUDGET IMPACT CONVERSATIONS.
SO WHAT WE DID HERE WAS, UH, WE, WE, WE ARE PROVIDING THAT TO YOU.
I GUESS WE WERE AHEAD OF THE GAME BECAUSE THIS SLIDE DECK WAS CREATED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
SO WE'LL GO TO THE FIRST GROUP, WHICH IS OUR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEAM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN YOU THINK ADMIN, YOU DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ON WITH OUR ADMIN TEAM.
BUT OUR ADMIN TEAM ACTUALLY DOES ALL THE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT, ALL THE BUDGET OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE TO REPORT FISCALLY, UH, UH, EVERY, UH, MONTH, EVERY QUARTER.
AND IN THE FISCAL YEAR, UM, OUR ADVISORY BOARD MANAGEMENT TEAM, WHICH IS CONSISTENT OF JILLIAN.
AND, UH, AS YOU ARE NOT AWARE, UH, SATYA IS NO LONGER WITH, UH, DAS, BUT AJ HAS STEPPED UP AND IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR, UH, HIS PRESENCE IN, IN THE ADMIN TEAM.
OUR INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS AJ'S, UH, PURVIEW, ANYTHING THAT WE NEED RELATED TO DATA OR INFORMATION OR TECHNOLOGY, HE'S OUR GO-TO, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, ONBOARDING, RECRUITING, COMMUNICATIONS, INTERNAL RELATIONS,
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UH, AND AS WELL A LOT OF OUR PILOTS AND PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON THAT INCORPORATE ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE DISCUSSION.OUR FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL PICTURE OF THIS TEAM, UH, OR A WRITTEN, UH, PICTURE OF THIS TEAM.
UH, WE HAVE OUR GENERAL RESPONSE OFFICERS WHO ARE WORKING 24 7.
UH, THEY WORK HOLIDAYS, WEEKENDS, ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT.
WE HAVE 41, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS WHO ARE WORKING THOSE SHIFTS, WHO ARE RESPONDING TO THE CALLS THAT COME IN, UH, THROUGH OUR THREE ONE ONE, UH, CALL CENTER, OUR DISPATCH.
AND AS WELL, PROACTIVELY, UH, THEY AVERAGE SIX UNITS PER SHIFT, UH, AND THEY RESPOND TO ALL CALLS FROM PRIORITIES ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
WE DO HAVE A SPECIALIZED OPERATIONS TEAM THAT CONSISTS OF NINE ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS, AND THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO SPECIALIZED UNITS BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THOSE PROGRAMS SUCH AS DANGEROUS AND AGGRESSIVE DOG INVESTIGATIONS, AGGRESSIVE DOG RESPONSE, LOCAL RABIES AUTHORITY, UH, OUR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY INVESTIGATORS, UH, AND OUR TRAP COORDINATION AND RESPONSE, AS WELL AS OUR WILDLIFE AND EDUCATION.
IF YOU HAVEN'T MET JACKIE, OUR WILDLIFE IS, SO SHE, YOU REALLY NEED TO, IF SHE'S A BUNDLE OF INFORMATION, AND SHE LOVES TO TALK ABOUT WILDLIFE, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A CON, A, A, A FEEL OF THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CALLS BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 22 AND 24 WERE PRIORITIES ONE THROUGH FOUR.
THEY RESPONDED TO 32,000 CALLS WERE PRIORITIES FIVE THROUGH EIGHT, 32,000 CALLS, A TOTAL OF 65,000 CALLS, AND 976 DOGS WERE RETURNED TO THEIR OFFICE WHILE THEY WERE IN THE FIELD.
UH, THEN YOU HAVE THE REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT ARE GOVERNING, UH, THOSE OFFICERS.
THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRIORITY LEVELS AND THE PRIORITY CALLS THAT ARE, UH, BEING RESPONDED TO.
UH, I WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE LEVEL WHEN I SAY ONE THROUGH EIGHT AND WHAT THEY CONSIST OF.
AND I THINK, UH, UH, THERE ARE TWO THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THIS, UH, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THAT UP.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY EFFORTS AND COOPERATION WITH OPERATION KINDNESS AND, UH, DPD, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE EAS DOES NOT MAKE A SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY DETERMINATION THAT IS DPDS PURVIEW.
AND THE OFFICERS, BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, BRING THE ANIMAL TO DAS.
WE TRANSPORT, HOUSE E CARE AND OPERATION KINDNESS PROVIDES THE FORENSICS EXAMINATION EVALUATION AND TESTIMONY, UH, THAT'S TAKEN TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR DETERMINATION.
AND ONCE THAT DETERMINATION, DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE, ANY OUTCOME OR DISPOSITION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE WILL BE MADE BY PS.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION CLEAR.
AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE GRAPH THAT SHOWS YOU WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THAT CHAIN, UH, PROCESSES.
UH, BUT YOU SEE THE NUMBERS OF INTAKES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND 24.
UH, THEY'RE NOT AS HIGH THIS YEAR AS LAST YEAR, UH, RELATIVE TO THE BIRDS, BUT, UH, DOGS AND CATS ARE PRETTY, UH, CONSISTENT IN THAT PROCESS.
AND, UH, JUST A LITTLE BUDGET INFORMATION.
PS EXPENDED OVER $800,000 FOR SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY EFFORT.
UH, AND, AND IT'S A BIG IMPACT.
OUR MEDICAL TEAM DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
UH, THEY PERFORM, AND THIS, THIS DATA IS ACTUALLY ONLY REFLECTIVE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR, FOR OUR MEDICAL TEAM.
SO 25,000 MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
UH, 48,000 MEDICATIONS, 11,000 SPAN UTER SURGERIES, 2,500 SPECIALTY SURGERIES, OVER 6,000 VACCINATIONS GIVEN.
AND THEY DO A LOT TO MEDICALLY EXAMINE THESE ANIMALS AS THEY COME IN AND TO PROVIDE SURGERY SERVICES IF NEEDED.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO, WE, WE OUTSOURCE ANY SPECIALTY NEEDS SURGERIES, UH, THROUGH RESCUE GROUPS OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE GOVERNING AGENCIES FOR THAT TEAM.
UH, THE DA'S SHELTER IS ACTUALLY A, UH, 365 DAY OPERATION INTERNALLY.
UH, THEY ARE, WE ARE CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC ONLY TWICE A YEAR, UH, THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.
AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 THROUGH 22 THROUGH 24,
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THE AVERAGE INTAKE WAS 25,000 ANIMALS.I BELIEVE THAT INTAKE THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE HIGHER, UH, BY AT LEAST 4,000, UH, ANIMALS.
SOME OF THE SERVICE PROGRAMS PROVIDED THROUGH THIS TEAM IS THE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT, SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, FREE COMMUNITY VACCINE AND MICROCHIP SERVICES, THE COMMUNITY CAT, UH, SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM, AND THEN THE FOOD PANTRY ASSISTANCE THAT'S PROVIDED TO FOLKS AS WE TRY TO DIVERT SOME OF OUR INTAKE BECAUSE OF RESOURCE NEEDS.
THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID THAT WE WERE HEARING EARLY ON IN THE, IN THE PREVIOUS BRIEFINGS.
AND SUMMER HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH OUR, WE CALL HER THE CAT LADY WITH OUR COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM.
UH, AND SHE DOES IT WITH A PASSION.
AND, AND YOU CAN TELL, UH, THE SERVICE REQUESTS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN, UH, AT, UH, TEXAS COALITION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION, UH, WHICH IS A PARTNER THAT WAS BROUGHT ON.
AND, UH, ALSO WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN IN, WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SPAY NEUTER NETWORK IN AS WELL.
UH, WE ARE NOW TAKING 15 CATS A WEEK THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM THROUGH TCA.
AND THEN SPADER N NEUTER NETWORK IS DOING A MONTHLY TRANSPORT OF 60 CATS TO THEIR CRALL LOCATION, UH, FROM THE DAS PARKING LOT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, OPK IS PROVIDING THEIR SERVICES ON A CALENDAR BASIS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOW BRINGING IN ANOTHER PARTNER, UH, SPAY NEUTER SOCIETY, WHO'S GONNA ALSO, UH, BE A PART OF THIS, UH, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO GET THESE CAT SPAY AND NEUTERED.
SO WE CAN TRY TO CONTROL AND INTRODUCE THE POPULATION.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A, UH, TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMUNITY CATS SPAY AND NEUTER.
BUT, UH, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, THIS NUMBER HAS JUMPED DRAMATICALLY SINCE JUNE.
SO IN THE NEXT BRIEFING, YOU'LL SEE THAT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE BREAKDOWN BY MONTH.
OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM, WHICH, UH, NATHAN IS A PART OF, UH, THEY DO OUR FOSTERING AND RESCUE MARKETING, MEDICAL, UH, VOLUNTEER TRAINING AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, THE AVERAGE ADOPTIONS, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 TO 24, YOU CAN SEE OVER 7,000 DOGS, 2000 CATS, AND 173 OTHERS.
THE AVERAGE LIVE RELEASE RATE, WHICH WE CAN NOW SAY HAS INCREASED, UH, FOR THE, THE FISCAL YEAR 2224 IS 80% DOGS, 74% CATS, AND 31% OTHERS.
BUT THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO GROW.
AVERAGE FOSTER PROGRAM, 2,900 DOGS AND 1800 UNITED CATS.
THESE ARE ANIMALS THAT ARE GIVEN AN OUTSIDE OPPORTUNITY AT, UH, ADDITIONAL TIME TO FIND A, AN AVAILABLE ADOPTER, OR IF WE HAVE A FOSTER FAIL, UH, THEY BECOME THE, THE, THE NEW MOM AND DAD, UH, UH, FOR THE ANIMALS.
UH, AVERAGE RESCUES, 2000 DOGS AND 900 CATS AND 40 OTHERS.
UH, BUT WE, WE, WE, WE CAN SAY THAT THAT NUMBER PROBABLY HAS GROWN AND WILL CONTINUE TO GO.
AS I STATED EARLIER, OUR VOLUNTEERS DO A LOT FOR DAS.
UH, THEY, UH, DO A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FACILITIES, UH, FUNCTIONS, UH, CAT RELATED OPPORTUNITIES, UH, DOG RELATED OPPORTUNITIES, AND OF COURSE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN SOME COOPERATIVE EFFORT OR PLANNING FOR TAKING OUR, SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS OUT IN THE FIELD TO DO ENGAGEMENTS IN OUR WALK AND TALK EVENTS.
UH, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
UH, THE, UH, TOTAL VOLUNTEERS ARE, ARE AS SHOWN IN THE HOURS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AND I'LL REEMPHASIZE THAT AGAIN, IF WE PAY THEM A GENERAL COST OF LIVING WAGE, THAT THAT'S A LOT OF TIME AND, AND, AND, AND EFFORT, UH, FOR NO MONEY, AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THEM.
OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
IF YOU'VE NOT NOTICED OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON IN, IN, IN COLLABORATION, IN PARTNERSHIP, OR ON OUR OWN.
UH, WE HAD RECENTLY THIS PAST WEEK, UH, DALLAS PETS ARE FAMILY EVENT, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT BRIEFING.
BUT WE DID HAVE ONE DURING THIS QUARTER WHERE, UH, 10 ORGANIZATIONS CAME TOGETHER, SERVICED OVER 840 PETS, ADMINISTERED OVER A THOUSAND VACCINATIONS, 237 MICROCHIPS, AND OVER 20,000 POUNDS OF FOOD.
SO THIS TEAM IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB IN TRYING TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE KNOW BEING A PET OWNER, YOU, YOU, YOU WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR ANIMAL, BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES.
WE'RE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN WITH OUR PARTNERS TO GET THOSE RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY.
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UH, WE WERE ASKED TO, TO GIVE SOME, UH, HIGHLIGHTS ON THE TRANSPORT AND RESCUE, UH, OPERATIONS.AND, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 40 OUT-OF-STATE PARTNERS WITH 19 NEW PARTNERS THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND, UH, KIRSTEN, UH, AND, AND THE TEAM HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB ON THAT EFFORT.
188 LARGE DOGS HAVE BEEN, UH, ASSISTED THROUGH BOARDING AND TRANSPORT, UH, FROM THE SBCA AND OPK, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DAS.
AND WE, WE, WE, WE LOVE TO SEE THAT, THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE THREE, UH, KIDS ON THE BLOCK, SO WE'RE, WE'RE SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, UH, GROW, UH, AND, AND, AND ONLY DO MORE.
UH, TOTAL RESCUE TRANSPORTS FOR QUARTER TWO WERE, UH, 407 AND QUARTER THREE WAS 3 71, UH, BUT THE TOTAL WAS 778.
UH, TOTAL RESCUES FOR, UH, SINCE JANUARY, SO NOT THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR FROM OCTOBER, BUT JUST IN JANUARY.
UH, ADDITIONAL TRANSPORT PROGRAMMING, UH, ASSISTED WITH 57 OUT-OF-STATE ADOPTIONS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND, UH, WE, WE LOOK TO DO MORE, AND WE'RE DOING MORE.
WE'RE HAVING A LOT MORE CONVERSATIONS.
UH, THE TEAM IS REACHING OUT AND BUILDING NEW PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE WE HAD A TRANSPORT THAT WAS JUST IN THE AREA AND REACHED OUT TO, I BELIEVE, ERICA, AND HAD A CONVERSATION, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE SOME ANIMALS WHILE THEY WERE HERE.
UH, SO IT, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WATCHING OUT FOR DAS AND FOR CITY OF DALLAS.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, UPDATE ON OUR BUDGET INITIATIVES.
UH, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAD A BUDGET SHORTFALL.
ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED TO COME WITH, UH, SOME REIMAGINED AND REEVALUATED, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE DID LOOK AT WAS SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR SPAY AND NEUTER AND AFTER HOURS CARE.
UH, WE WERE PROVIDED LAST FISCAL YEAR, UH, OR THIS FISCAL YEAR IN OCTOBER, 250,000 FOR SPAY AND NEUTER EFFORTS, AND 150,000 FOR AFTER HOURS CARE.
BUT WHEN WE, WE LOOKED AT THE EXPENSE, WE WERE NOWHERE NEAR THAT MARK.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE SCALED IT BACK A BIT, UH, BY 67,000 FOR EACH.
HOWEVER, WE DID PULL AND HAVE THAT FUNDING THAT WE GAVE UP BUDGET WISE MADE UP IN GRANT FUNDS.
SO WE ARE BACK UP TO THE TWO 50 AND ONE 50.
SO THERE SHOULD BE NO IMPACT THERE.
UH, AND THEN WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCE FUNDS FOR IF WE GO OVER THE TWO 50, OR WE NEED MORE THAN THE ONE 50.
SO, UH, OUR SPAY NEUTER GOAL IS 2000, UH, LOW COST SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU THE NUMBER HERE SHOWS 1177.
I HAVE THE DATA SHEETS FROM LAST MONTH.
WE'VE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED 2000 ALREADY.
AND, UH, I GUESS WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THAT GOAL.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE IMPACTS ON THE INCREASES REDUCTION IN ANIMAL POPULATION, UH, INCREASED CAPACITY FOR SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS, IMPROVE COMPLIANCE WITH VIOLATIONS AND CITATIONS, UH, REDUCTION IN LOOSE ANIMAL POPULATION.
SOME OF OUR ONGOING EFFORTS IS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES, LIKE I SAID, TO DEVELOP NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND BRING INDIVIDUALS ON, ON VENDORS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SUBSIDIZE THEIR EFFORTS AND INCREASE OUR, UH, CAPACITY, UH, TO PROVIDE THOSE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SPAIN NEUTER, UH, PROGRAM EMPHASIZES PO UH, PET POPULATION CONTROL AND INCREASES, UH, ACCESSIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY TO THOSE, INDEED.
THESE ARE OUR APPENDIX ITEMS, UH, FOR YOUR REVIEW.
SOME OF THE COMMISSIONER'S REQUESTS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU, BEAR WITH US.
WE, WE ARE A CITY AND THE CITY.
SOMETIMES THE COGS MOVE A LITTLE SLOW, UH, BUT WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET TO THE END OF THE ROAD.
UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO INCREASE VISIBILITY OF THE INBOUND DOGS, UH, TO THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS? UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR, UH, PARTNERS, UH, ON OUR PETCO, UH, LOVE LOSS PAGE AND RESCUE PARTNERS.
AND WE'VE UPDATED OUR INFORMATION.
WE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIAS, UH, INCLUDING FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, NEXT DOOR.
UH, WE DO A LOT OF, UH, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE DO, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND, UH, MARKETING TEAM, UH, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
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LAST MEETING WAS, UH, A LOT AROUND REPORTING, ILLEGAL BREEDING AND SELLING OF ANIMALS.UH, WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A, UH, SERVICE REQUEST TO REPORT AND TRACK THOSE VIOLATIONS, AND IT IS NOW IN SERVICE.
UM, SO I WANT TO THANK THE CHRISTIAN, UH, FOR, FOR WORKING WITH US AND, AND GETTING THIS THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UH, WE STILL HAVE SOME HURDLES TO WORK THROUGH WITH THIS, BUT, UH, WE ARE NOW ABLE TO TRACK THOSE, THOSE ISSUES.
UH, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION, UH, COORDINATOR POSITION, UH, THE CITY MANAGER HAS DONE A LOT WITH RE-IMAGINING DEPARTMENTS IN COMBINING RESOURCES AND COMBINING DEPARTMENTS TO REDUCE BUDGET IMPACTS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DONE WAS, UH, WE TURNED OVER OUR PIO POSITION TO COMMS. COMMS IS NOW GOING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH US TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP LAST TIME THAT IT WAS FELT THAT COMM SHOULD BE DOING WITH THE US IN GETTING OUR MARKETING, UH, INFORMATION OUT THERE.
I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE, THE HEAD OF THAT DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE HAVING ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS.
UH, WE HAVE A MEETING HOPEFULLY PLANNED EITHER THE END OF THIS MONTH OR BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.
UH, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE SENT OVER A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AS FAR AS MARKETING GOES.
UH, I KNOW, UH, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT BILLBOARDS.
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HOW WE GET THE COMMUNICATION OUT, UH, OUR BRAND, HOW EFFECTIVE WE ARE.
AND, UH, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS WITH ME TODAY, BUT A LOT, IT WAS A LONG LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED BY THE MARKETING TEAM ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE FROM THEM TO ASSIST US.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH THAT TEAM.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO COORDINATE A MEETING WITH THE ISD TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK WITH OUR, OUR, UH, OUTREACH TEAM, ONCE WE GET TO BUILD OUT THAT TEAM COMPLETELY, WE WILL START GOING INTO DOING CAREER DAYS AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, THE, THE, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARIES ABOUT RESPONSIBLE PET SAFETY AND CARE.
AND, UH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING SOME, UH, SOME, UH, VACATIONS, MAYBE WITH SOME POCKET PETS TO SOME, SOME, SOME CLASSROOMS, AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE WHERE THEY GET A TURTLE AND THEY TAKE CARE OF THE TURTLE.
AND, UH, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, AS WELL, OUR, OUR FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM ARE, IS THE TEAM THAT'S ACTUALLY STOOD UP, THE ENGAGEMENT TEAM THAT GOES OUT EVERY WEEK AND HAS THESE CONVERSATIONS RELATIVE TO DATA.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR LOOSE DOG, UH, HEAT MAP AND OUR BITE HEAT MAP, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT THIS TEAM IS ACTUALLY GOING INTO, HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND, UH, COMMUNICATING WITH THESE FOLKS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PET SAFETY.
AND ADDITIONALLY, SOME RESOURCES THAT WE MAY HAVE TO HELP REMEDY SOME OF THE ISSUES IN THE AREA.
UM, AS YOU COULD SEE THE NUMBERS HERE BELOW, BUT THIS IS ONE THING.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE UPDATED NUMBERS BECAUSE THESE NUMBERS ARE, ARE, THEY LOOK KIND OF, KIND OF WEAK, UH, PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE VISITED SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION IN JULY OF THIS PROGRAM.
469 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FLYERS HAVE BEEN, UH, DISTRIBUTED 564, AND IN-PERSON CONTACTS MADE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY ENGAGED INDIVIDUALLY WITH 226 PEOPLE SINCE THIS EFFORT HAS BEGAN.
SO I, I, I WAS ONCE IN RETAIL AND I KNOW ONE GOOD CUSTOMER IS 10 TO 10 POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
SO I, I THINK IF WE COULD REACH 226 PEOPLE, THAT'S POTENTIALLY 2000 PEOPLE THAT WE CAN, UH, GET TO AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING WHAT DS DOES AND WHAT WE CAN OFFER.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT EFFORT.
UH, OUR FIELD OPERATIONS, ACTUALLY, I THINK, AND I'LL LET DANIEL SPEAK TO THIS LATER, IF THE QUESTION COMES, I THINK WE'RE ASKING SPAY N OR NETWORK TO ACCOMPANY US WHEN WE DO THESE WALKS AND TALKS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS TO POSSIBLY GO OUT WITH US AS WELL.
UM, THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE OUR BUDGET MEMORANDUM THAT WAS PROVIDED EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR TO THE BUDGET OFFICE IN RELATION TO DA'S BUDGET AS A WHOLE.
UH, YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND READ THROUGH THAT IF YOU LIKE.
THIS NEXT SLIDE IS PART OF THE, THE DATA THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO THESE ENGAGEMENTS.
AS FAR AS LOOSE DOGS GO, THIS IS OUR QUARTER THREE HEAT MAP, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE BY DISTRICT, FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR YOUR OWN DISTRICT IS IMPACTED.
UH, THESE NUMBERS ARE PROVIDED, UH, AS WELL.
AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE DASHBOARD TOO IS THAT YOU
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CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS IN REAL TIME, UH, WITH THE DASHBOARD AS FAR AS BITES AND LOOSE DOGS GO.THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, A SLIDE MADE UP OF OUR RESOURCE LINKS, UH, THAT CAN GET YOU TO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION THAT WE'VE PROVIDED, UH, AT YOUR LEISURE.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR DEPARTMENT CONTACTS AND LEADERSHIP, UH, UH, BREAKDOWN.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM IS DOWN AND ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, RECREATE THAT POSITION IN THE NEXT MONTH AND GET THAT POSITION FILLED AND HIRED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FULL CADRE OF RESOURCES AND FAR AS OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM GOES.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE FOR THIS QUARTER, AND WE WILL NOW BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTION.
I, UM, WE CAN DO JULIE, UM, JULIAN LIVE PEOPLE FIRST, AND THEN GO TO OUR COMMISSIONERS ONLINE.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND? SORRY, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? AM I, YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY? YEAH.
I JUST, CAN WE START WITH THE HORSESHOE IN HERE AND THEN GO TO OUR VIRTUAL? YEAH.
YOU'RE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FIRST COMMISSIONER CASEY ON A EUROPE TRIP, AND HE TOLD EVERYONE
ALRIGHT, THESE ARE FIVE MINUTES, JULIAN, JUST START DATING BLANK.
THEY WERE ALL LIKE, THERE'S SOME, OKAY.
JUST A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE TO MUTE ONLINE.
IT'S FIVE MINUTES AND IT CAN BE CONVERSATIONAL.
UM, SO I WANTED TO JUST GIVE PROPS, UM, TO THE VACATIONS YOU BRUSH PAST THAT, THAT I FEEL HAS BEEN LIKE, VERY IMPACTFUL.
I DON'T KNOW WHO CAME UP WITH THAT.
WAS IT MARLO? LIKE, WHO BROUGHT THAT IN? SOMEBODY NEEDS A BIG SHOUT OUT ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE THAT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.
IT GETS THE DOGS OUT, IT GETS MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
IT'S A LIGHTWEIGHT TO HELP WHERE YOU'RE NOT COMMITTING TO FOSTERING OR ADOPTING OR EVEN COMING INTO THE SHELTER, WHICH IS HARD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, BIG PROPS TO THAT PROGRAM.
AND, UH, THE, UM, STATS FOR ADOPTIONS FROM IT ARE REALLY HIGH.
DOES ANYONE HAVE THAT? IT'S, IT'S LIKE 85, 90% OR SOMETHING OF THE DOGS.
THEY GO ON VACATIONS, GET ADOPTED, SOME, IT'S IT'S GOOD
I'M TRYING TO GET IN A BUNCH OF STUFF IN MY FIVE MINUTES.
UM, AND THEN I DID WANT TO, UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, ASSISTING THE, THE PUBLIC, THE COMMUNITY WHEN THERE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST PERSONAL ISSUES FOR HOUSING OR, UM, OTHER THINGS WITH THE PETS.
I WANTED TO ALSO GIVE SOME STATS FROM THE DFW PETS OR FAMILY.
AND, UM, A QUESTION FOR THE LEADERSHIP I KNOW WE HAVE WITH COMMUNITY EFFORTS, DPA'S PASS IS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PARTNERED FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, THE LOVE PITT JUST STARTED AN I STAY HOME, WHICH IS SORT OF A SIMILAR, AND THAT'S JUST A BABY VERSION OF THAT PROGRAM THEY JUST BEGAN.
BUT I'M CURIOUS, WHEN YOU SAID WE GO OUT AND BUILD DOG RUNS, I WASN'T AWARE THAT DAS ITSELF DID THAT.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION IF, UM, LIKE THAT WOULD BE PASSED OFF TO PASS AND IF THERE ARE OTHER RESCUES SORT OF DEVELOPING THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND JUST TO BEHIND THAT WITH OP K'S, UH, PANTRY, ET CETERA, UH, FROM THE LAST DFW PETR FAMILY ON THE 14TH, SOME OF THE STATS I HEARD FROM ON SITE WERE PEOPLE STARTED LINING UP FOR THAT AT 4:00 AM FOR AN 8:00 AM OPEN.
SO THERE'S A GREAT NEED FOR MORE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO PREVENT THE ANIMALS FROM COMING INTO THE SHELTER SYSTEM.
UH, 200 CARS WERE TURNED AWAY AFTER ALL THE SUPPLIES HAD RUN OUT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NEED FOR MORE OF THIS STUFF, OBVIOUSLY.
SO ARE THERE OTHER PARTNERS? IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH WHEN SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T KEEP OUR DOG 'CAUSE THEY KEEP GETTING LOOSE, IS THAT TURNED OVER TO PASS TO BUILD THE FENCE OR DOES DAS ACTUALLY GO DO THAT? SOMETIMES I'LL LET, UH, SUMMER SPEAK TO THAT.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE RECENTLY HAD SOME OF OUR STAFF THAT VOLUNTEERED TO GO OUT THERE TO HELP.
SO, UM, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN VERY DEPENDENT ON DALLAS PEPS ALIVE PASS FOR MOST OF OUR SURRENDER PREVENTION PROGRAMMING.
HOWEVER, PATH ALSO, UH, DPA WORKS CLOSELY WITH O-P-K-S-B-C-A.
UM, THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP WITH DUCK TEAM SIX.
SO MANY OF US THAT ARE COLLABORATING EVEN ON THE DALLAS PETS ALIVE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING AND FINDING WAYS TO BE INNOVATIVE IN HOW WE CAN HELP ONE ANOTHER.
SO THE, UM, FOR THE DOG RUN SPECIFICALLY, THAT WAS A FAMILY THAT ACTUALLY WE HAD BEEN, OUR FIELD OFFICERS HAD BEEN CALLED OUT TO BECAUSE THEIR DOGS WERE LOOSE.
UM, AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANNA SURRENDER.
SO OUR TEAM RECOGNIZED THEM AS SOMEONE WE SHOULD SEND THROUGH PASS, BUT PASS ALSO CAN'T FUND THE ENTIRE CITY'S SURRENDER PREVENTION.
SO, UM, WITH US BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE
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FINES AND FEES, UM, THAT HAD COME IN AS FUNDING, WE'RE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE DOG RUNS TO THEN PARTNER WITH DUCK TEAM SIX, WHO HAS THE EXPERTISE IN BUILDING THEM.AND PASS WAS OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED AS A REFERRAL.
SO WE ALL KIND OF CAME TOGETHER TO DO THAT.
WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE OUR SECOND FAMILY ALREADY SELECTED.
UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A BIT OF A PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE ORDERING AND MOVING THROUGH THE CITY, SO IT DOESN'T MOVE QUITE AS FLUIDLY YET, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET A RHYTHM DOWN.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S MORE AND MORE COLLABORATION HAPPENING BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
SO IT'S NOT RELIANT JUST ON PAST, BUT COOL.
UM, DAS IS OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO REFER PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
'CAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE STATS OF THEM PULLING THE ANIMALS, THAT IS EQUALLY, IF NOT POTENTIALLY LONG-TERM WISE, MORE VALUABLE TO KEEP THE ANIMALS IN THE HOMES, OBVIOUSLY.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, IF THOSE WERE RAMPING UP MORE OR SINCE THE LOVE PIT HAD JUST DROPPED A SIMILAR BEGINNING OF A PROGRAM, IF YOU WERE SEEING OTHER RESCUES POP THOSE THINGS UP.
AND WE'RE ALSO GIVING THOSE REFERRALS FOR ALL THOSE RE HOMING SERVICES AT PET SUPPORT AS WELL AS THEY'RE RECEIVING THAT WHEN THEY TRY TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
SO ALL OF THOSE RE-HOMING SERVICES ARE LISTED AS RESOURCES FOR THEM TOO.
UM, LET'S SEE, THEN, UH, WHAT ELSE DID I WANNA SAY? OH, OH, I WANTED TO DROP THIS STEP FOR COMMISSIONERS AND ANYONE WATCHING.
UM, I WORKED WITH A DATA ANALYST GOING THROUGH THE OPEN DATA AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED, UM, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, THE BUDGET MEETINGS FOR FINALIZING THE CITY BUDGET.
IF YOU HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOUR CITY, UM, COUNCIL PERSON YET, OR DIDN'T GO TO THE MEETINGS, THE BUDGET MEETINGS, WHAT WE CRUNCHED WITH 3 1 1 REQUESTS IS 16% OF THEM ARE FOR DAS.
16% OF 3 1 1 REQUESTS ARE FOR DAS.
THE CITY BUDGET ALLOTTED FOR DAS IS 0.04%.
SO THERE'S DISCREPANCY THERE AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER TO THROW OUT TO, TO CITY COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE PROBLEM, THE SCOPE.
AND IF THE CHAIR WANTS AFTER THIS, WE COULD DO SECOND ROUNDS OF THREE MINUTES.
SO YOU'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ANOTHER COMMISSIONER,
UH, FIRST I WANNA TALK ABOUT DOG RUNS BECAUSE I'VE KEPT IT ON THE DOWNLOAD, BUT WE ALSO BUILD DOG RUNS AND WE'RE LIKE, WE ARE LIKE, LIKE ONE 100, THE PERCENT OF THE BUDGET OF DALLAS PEST ALIVE AND OPERATION PRIUS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE I COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO AND OFTEN ARE LIKE, LOVE A PROJECT WHERE, SO I'VE, I'VE ACTUALLY, WE'VE FUNDED IT OURSELF.
WE'VE GOTTEN, WE'VE DONE, WE'VE BEGGED AND WE'VE DONE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR.
I MEAN, SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S TINY, BUT, UM, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS AND I KNOW A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF GROUPS DON'T WORK WITH THEM.
AND I'VE GOT USUALLY A BUNCH OF BIG STRONG GUYS.
IT'S NOT ALL GUYS, BUT IT'S 98% GUYS, THEY GET IN MORE TROUBLE.
AND, UH, AND WE'VE BUILT FENCES NOW I, AND WE'VE BUILT FENCES.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING AND YOU CAN GIMME SOME NOTICE AT LEAST A COUPLE WEEKS NOTICE, I CAN PROBABLY COME UP WITH SOME VOLUNTEERS.
I CAN'T EVER GUARANTEE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS, IT'S WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
BUT, BUT THE DOG PROJECT IS ALSO DOING THAT, UM, TO HELP PEOPLE KEEP THEIR DOGS.
'CAUSE IT IS, IT'S A HUGE ISSUE.
UM, ALSO JUST LOVE THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS.
I THINK IT'S HAVING A HUGE IMPACT EVERYWHERE AND IT JUST MAKES PEOPLE FEEL GOOD ABOUT, LIKE, DIS IS DOING GREAT THINGS AND EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY, THEN THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET DOGS THERE TOO.
AND IT JUST, IT, IT SPANS EXPONENTIALLY.
SO I, I LOVE THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS LIVES IN SOUTH DALLAS.
SHE'S PROBABLY SENT LIKE 500 DOGS TO SPAIN IN HER NETWORK.
I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU HER NAME BECAUSE SHE MIGHT GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE SHE'S GOTTEN SO MANY OF HER NEIGHBOR'S DOGS SPAYED AND NEUTER, WHO THEY JUST HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND SHE'S HELPING 'EM GO TO THESE EVENTS AND SHE'S, UM, HELPING THEM GET SIGNED UP.
SO, UM, ALSO TRYING TO GET A LOT OF DOGS SPAYED AND NEUTERED TWO, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
HOW MANY VETS DO WE HAVE NOW? WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO FULL-TIME VETERINARIANS.
UH, ONE, IF I MAY SPEAK ON THAT.
UH, ONE, ONE, ALMOST FULL-TIME SURGEON.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE FULL, ONE PART-TIME, UM, PERSON WHO HANDLES OUR FOSTER QUESTIONS.
SO SHE'S ALL ONLINE AND WE ARE ABOUT TO HIRE OUR SECOND ONE.
I JUST, THOSE NUMBERS ARE SO HIGH.
AND I MEAN, THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT YOU'RE SERVING AND THE ME ALL THE MEDICAL THAT YOU GUYS ARE HANDLING, THAT'S A, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
SO I KNOW THOSE VETS ARE DOING A FABULOUS JOB AND I MADE YOU ON THAT.
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HARD TO RECRUIT.WE, WE JUST WERE ABLE TO HIRE A NEW VETERINARIAN WHO STARTED, WELL ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I GUESS.
AND THAT'S ALLOWED DR. HORN TO JUMP INTO SURGERY.
SO WE HAVE DOUBLE SURGERY DAYS NOW, DOUBLE SURGEON DAYS.
AND SO THAT'S CAUGHT US UP, UH, RELATIVE TO THE SHELTER.
IN FACT, AS OF YESTERDAY, THERE WERE ONLY A HUNDRED ANIMALS IN THE ENTIRE SHELTER THAT HAD NOT BEEN SPAYED OR NEUTERED.
WHAT, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IS THAT THOSE ANIMALS THEN CAN LEAVE AS SOON AS THEY'RE ADOPTED AND JUST MOVE THINGS MORE QUICKLY.
AND ALSO, SO ON THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THEY'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY AND THEY'LL, BUT THEY'LL BE, WILL THEY BE HOUSED AT CITY HALL OR WILL THEY BE HOUSED AT DIS? THAT POSITION WAS MOVED OVER TO COMMUNICATIONS, UH, MARKETING OUTREACH TEAM.
SO, SO THEY'LL BE, IT WILL BE HOUSED AT CITY HALL.
CAN WE MAKE THEM COME TO THE SHELTER AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK? I MEAN, I JUST DON'T WANT SOMEBODY OVER THERE LIKE WRITING FROM UP HERE WHERE YOU, WHEN THEY'RE NOT THERE SEEING THE STORIES AND SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.
I MEAN, WILL THEY BE REQUIRED? THAT'S PART OF MY STRATEGY FOR THE MEETING, IS TO BRING THEM TO THE SHELTER FOR THE MEETING.
I THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE THE OPERATION.
AND SOME OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, UH, RECENTLY COME IN AND THEY'VE TAKEN A TOUR, UH, AND THEY HAD A GOOD TIME.
UH, I KNOW NAVAREZ SHOWED UP RIGHT WHEN WE WERE HAVING A, AN APPRECIATION LUNCHEON.
AND SO HE GOT TO EAT AND, AND MEET THE TEAM AND, AND HANG OUT.
UH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE, BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS COME THROUGH AS WELL.
SO YEAH, I, I THINK, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CITY DEPARTMENT LEADERS COME THROUGH.
AND IN OUR DIRECTORS MEETING, UH, WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
AND WITH THE CATION QUESTION, WE HAD, UH, UH, OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION DO A DICATION WITH AN ANIMAL, AND HE WAS THEIR ANIMAL SUPPORT OFFICER, UH, FOR THE OFFICE.
SO I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ DID A, UH, A CATION PHOTO SHOOT.
THAT ANIMAL WAS ADOPTED IMMEDIATELY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO I IDEA IT WAS, UH, BUT WHOEVER IT WAS, SOMEBODY JUST TAKE CREDIT.
I MEAN, I, I WILL SAY THE, THE, THE MANTRA FOR OUR TEAM GOING FORWARD IS INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE.
THE, THE WORST IDEA IS THE ONE THAT'S NEVER SAID.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT.
BUT THAT IS A GREAT PROGRAM TOO.
UM, MINE WAS ABOUT THE VET POSITION ALSO, SO YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THAT.
AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS TAKING PLACE.
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE LOOKING INTO DISD.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY HUSBAND MOVED POSITIONS AND IT'S NO LONGER OVER TRANSPORTATION.
HOWEVER, I'M GONNA SEE ABOUT BEING A CONTACT DIRECTLY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION WITH THE BUSES.
'CAUSE IT'S THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND EVERYBODY SEES IT.
AND, AND ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS EMPLOYEES WHO'S NOW WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE, UH, HIS, UH, I THINK IT'S HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, OR SISTER IS E UH, PRINCIPAL FOR ONE OF THE SMALLER SCHOOLS.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH KIM TO TRY AND GET A MEETING AND TO, TO GO TO TALK TO SOME OF THE STUDENTS.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FINDING OUR OWN WORK AROUND.
BUT WE, WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET INTO THE ISD ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
I'M SO GLAD THAT TO HEAR THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S A BIG PART OF THE CITY.
AND WE, UH, JEFF, YOU RECOGNIZE, UH, WAIT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, AND CONGRATULATE PAUL RAMON FOR BEING, UM, UH, ACCEPTED OR, OR FOR HAVING THE OFFICIAL DIRECTOR POSITION.
YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND AS WELL DESERVED.
AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AT DAS BECAUSE OF YOU AND BECAUSE OF THE GREAT TEAM.
I WAS THERE YESTERDAY, UM, THIS SUMMER.
I HAD TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE FOSTER HERO PROGRAM THREE TIMES.
UM, JAMES CHUNG HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC, UM, SUPPORT FOR ME FOR THAT.
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT, GREAT PROGRAM AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, PEOPLE HAVE FOUND THEM AND 'CAUSE I, UM, TRY TO, UH, SOCIALIZE LITTLE KITTENS.
IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE ANOTHER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN GREAT, WHICH IS THE FACEBOOK MESSENGER, UM, THREAD ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER PHOTOS, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL IN GETTING REALLY WONDERFUL, UM, TIMELY PHOTOS ADDED TO BOTH THE DAS WEBSITE AND, UM, GETTING TO THOSE PHOTOS TO THE DALLAS PIO QUICKLY AND GETTING THEM UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH REALLY, AS WE KNOW, PUT, UH, PHOTOGRAPHS REALLY HELP GETTING IN ADOPTED.
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AND MARLO KLINGMAN HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THAT, AND THAT'S BEEN FANTASTIC.SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M TRYING TO BE FAST LIKE STEPHANIE AND, UH,
UM, ALSO I THINK THAT COMMUNITY CAT ADDING THE EXTRA FACILITIES, UM, I'VE SEEN THE NOTES ON FACEBOOK, THAT HAS BEEN GREAT.
I SAW THAT THE, THE NEW ONE JUST CAME OUT.
AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN A REAL ADVANCEMENT FOR HELPING, UM, THE COMMUNITY.
HELPING THE COMMUNITY CATS, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT DAS CARES ABOUT THEM HEARING THEIR VOICE.
AND I THINK I WANNA THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY CAT PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THESE MEETINGS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND MADE THE VOICES HEARD.
UM, BECAUSE WE, AS COMMISSIONERS HEARD, DAS HEARD AND OUR CITY COUNCIL HOPEFULLY, IS LISTENING.
AND ON THAT NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF TRANSITION TO ANOTHER POINT THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE OF US THAT WENT TO THE BUDGET MEETINGS.
UM, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF ANIMAL PEOPLE THERE.
AND, UM, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PARKS PEOPLE THERE.
YOU GET A LOT OF LIBRARY PEOPLE THERE.
PLEASE, ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING, I KNOW YOU'RE AN ANIMAL PERSON.
REACH OUT TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL, REACH OUT TO YOUR, UM, THE CITY MANAGER, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
TELL THEM THAT WHEN YOU CARE ABOUT ANIMALS, YOU CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE OLD DOG CATCHER, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE.
IT'S ABOUT ANIMALS AND PEOPLE.
AND ASK YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO REACH OUT TO.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'S TWO, THREE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT DAS IS LANDLOCKED, RIGHT? WE ALL KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A NEW SHELTER.
WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA GET, UM, A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THE PARKING IS A REAL PROBLEM.
SO IF SOMEBODY CAN WRITE THEM A NOTE, ESPECIALLY SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS VOLUNTEERS, PEOPLE, THERE'S JUST NOWHERE TO PARK.
SO WE NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
UM, ALSO, THERE'S NO CAT MEET AND GREET ROOM.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED THE CITY TO SUPPORT DAS AND TO HELP THEM FIND SOME ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR THAT.
THERE'S NO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ROOM, SO WE CAN'T HAVE TRAINING THERE.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME SOLUTION, INNOVATIVE SOLUTION THAT THE CITY CAN HELP DAS COME UP WITH.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS, THANK THANKFULLY THE HVAC SYSTEM HAS WORKED.
THEY FOUND SOME EXTRA MONEY FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK DA UH, THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING DOESN'T WORK THERE, IT'S NOT JUST UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE ANIMALS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE.
IT'S ALSO UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANNA ADOPT AND ADOPTIONS GO DOWN.
IF PEOPLE WALK IN THERE AND THERE'S NO HVAC, THEY LEAVE
SO THE ANIMAL ADOPTIONS ARE GONNA GO DOWN.
SO I JUST, I JUST AM ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU CARE ABOUT ANIMALS AND YOU CARE ABOUT DAS AND, UM, CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THE NEW, UM, PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE DAS IS LANDLOCK BECAUSE THERE'S NO MONEY, WE NEED TO RELY ON THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB OF, OF, UM, REALLY MAXIMIZING THOSE RESCUE AND PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS.
AND THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
IF, IF I COULD JUST RESPOND REAL QUICK.
AND I, I THINK THAT THE TEAM KIND OF TWISTED MY ARM IN, IN APPLYING FOR THE POSITION.
SO
AND I'M, I'M, IT'S A, I LOVE IT.
I, I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR 21 YEARS AND I WAS IN THE MILITARY, SO SERVICE IS, IS BIG FOR ME.
UH, BUT, UH, TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, YES, THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE GREAT.
AND I, I THINK YOU ALL AS PRIVATE CITIZENS COMING OUT THROUGH THE BUDGET TOWN HALLS AND, AND, AND VOICING YOUR OPINIONS AS PRIVATE CITIZENS RELATED TO THE BUDGET.
UH, BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL OF IT.
SORRY, CAN WE HAVE YOU VERBALLY RECOGNIZE I DID.
COMMISSIONER I, FLOOR IS YOURS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW ROLE.
UM, I WILL SAY, UH, THE ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT I HAVE IS THAT WE HAVE NOT KNOWN FOR MONTHS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE SEARCH AND WITH THAT PROCESS.
AND STEPHANIE WAS THE ONLY REASON THAT I KNEW ANYTHING.
I THINK SHE ACTUALLY MADE A ROUND ROBIN CALL TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND SAID, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, I THINK THAT WITH US MEETING QUARTERLY AND SOMETIMES IT GOES LONGER THAN THAT, UM, WITH YOU NOW OFFICIALLY IN THIS ROLE, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE REGULAR COMMUNICATION.
SO EVEN IF IT'S A MONTHLY CHECK-IN, UM, JUST LIKE A NOTE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST AN UPDATE AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS CAN BE BLIND CARBON SO THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, RESPONDING TO YOU AS A GROUP.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVEN'T KNOWN WHAT'S GOING ON THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND JUST HAVING SOME KIND OF A CONNECTION
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I THINK WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.STEPHANIE HAS REALLY BEEN MY ONLY CONNECTION TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, AT DAS AND THAT'S NOT HER JOB.
AND SO, UM, I DO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NOW THAT YOU'RE OFFICIALLY IN THAT ROLE, SOME, UH, REGULAR CADENCE WITH COMMUNICATION TO US.
'CAUSE WE JUST ARE NOT MEETING OFTEN ENOUGH TO, I I, THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH OF A GAP, UM, FOR US TO, TO NOT HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION.
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN BUSY, YOU'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY.
AND, UM, I MEAN, I'M SO PROUD AND, UM, JUST HAPPY TO SEE A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS.
I WILL, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM SPCA, UH, WITH MELISSA GOING THERE, UM, WITH SARAH GOING THERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE GONE THERE.
UM, I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE BACK ON THE LIST.
FOR THE GROUPS THAT ARE HELPING, HOW MUCH ARE THEY HELPING AND IS THERE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT THERE? THEY'RE HELPING OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OTHER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
SO THERE, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAID I'M GREAT THAT ALL, ALL THE THREE KIDS ON THE BLOCK ARE HAVING, UH, WONDERFUL CONVERSATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BETTER.
THERE WAS JUST TOO MUCH TIME LOST WITH SPCA KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NOT WORKING WITH US.
AND SO WE HAVE GROUND TO MAKE UP THERE.
IF I CAN ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE YOU A BIT MORE SPECIFICS.
THEY'VE BEEN ROCKING IT WITH CATS COMING IN AND TAKING MANY, MANY CATS AS, AS DOES HS AND T TWO NOW, BUT TAKING AS MANY AS 20 A WEEK FROM US.
AND, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, MELISSA HAS AGREED TO ALLOW US TO USE THEIR MOBILE, THEIR REMAINING MOBILE SPAY NEUTER UNIT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT INCREASING EVEN FURTHER OUR OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC SPAY NEUTER MM-HMM.
AND, AND, AND IF I COULD ADD TOO, IT'S ALSO GOOD THAT THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF DAS IS AT SPCA AND OPK.
SO ON THE STATS, I'LL GO THROUGH THIS PART QUICKLY 'CAUSE I WANNA SPEND SOME TIME ON MY THIRD PORTION OF QUESTIONS.
I MIGHT NEED A SECOND ROUND ON VOLUNTEER HOURS.
LIKE, SO WHEN WE PREVENT, PRESENT THIS DATA, LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS VOLUNTEER HOURS, YOU KNOW THIS, WE HAVE VOLUNTEER INDIVIDUALS GOING UP.
UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, FOSTERS, THIS IS HOW MUCH FOSTERS HAVE GONE UP.
THE DATA IS TELLING A GOOD STORY, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER PART OF THE DATA THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT BEING TOLD.
SO WE, WE CAN ACTUALLY CALCULATE WHAT THE EMPIRICAL VALUE IS OF THAT, UH, THE VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT ARE BEING GIVEN.
SO YOU CAN CALCULATE IN DOLLARS, LIKE HOW MUCH VALUE THEY ARE PROVIDING TO US.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO SEE, UM, RETENTION.
I KNOW YOU SAID THAT'S COMING, BUT REALLY THAT IS THE OTHER PART OF THE EQUATION IS WHAT IS THAT RETENTION LOOKING LIKE? VACATIONS.
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE SEEING FROM THE VACATIONS FOSTERING? HOW LONG ARE THEY SEEING IN FOSTER? WHAT ARE THE SUCCESS RATES OF THEM ACTUALLY BEING PLACED? BECAUSE ALL THESE FOSTERS ARE THEN ALSO MARKETING.
RIGHT? I SAW A DOG ON KATY TRAIL THE OTHER DAY WHO WAS WEARING AN ADOPT ME VEST.
SO UNDERSTANDING THE OUTCOMES FOR THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK IT, IT WOULD REALLY HELP PAINT THIS PICTURE.
UM, SO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OF 24 25 BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, SO OUR APPROVED BUDGET IS 19, ABOUT 19 MILLION? YES.
NO, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, A LITTLE OVER 20.
AND OUR TOTAL FTES ARE ABOUT 1 75 FULLY FUNDED.
UM, HOW MANY ARE DEDICATED TO MARKETING? WHAT IS OUR MARKETING BUDGET? WE DON'T HA I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN AS FAR AS THAT GRANULAR.
WELL, HOW, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE MARKETING? UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO.
MARLO AND CARLA, IF THEY ARE ON THIS CALL, THEY'RE KILLING MARLO'S ON THE CALL.
I AM BEYOND IMPRESSED BY WHAT THEY'RE DOING STRATEGY WISE.
OBVIOUSLY STEPHANIE, I MEAN, SHE'S THE OTHER ONE, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THEM, WE WOULD HAVE A BIG PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS.
I WOULD LIKE A BROWN SUIT, PLEASE.
UM, COMMISSIONER SACKER, DO YOU WANNA GO FIRST? YEAH.
UM, SO FIRST OFF, I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE, SO COMMISSIONER SAXON DISTRICT ONE, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS, UH, LAUREN.
UM, I'M GONNA BRING YOUR CONCERNS, UM, REGARDING PET ASSISTANCE AND CAPS TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE SOME CHANGE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, BRITTANY PRESS DAY SOUNDS AWESOME.
UH, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE PAUL, UH, WEARING A BILL BELICHICK SLEEVELESS SWEATER, GIVING US PLAY BY PLAY ANALYSIS OF DAS.
UM, AND THEN MEREDITH, I'LL ALSO LET MY NEIGHBORS KNOW ABOUT THAT LAST WEDNESDAY FREE, UH, SPAY NEUTER EVENT.
UM, I DO HAVE, UH, LIKE LIST QUESTIONS.
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I'M NOT LOOKING TO, UH, GO BACK AND FORTH.SO, UH, FIRST UP PAUL, I HAVE THREE ITEMS. UM, UM, ARE YOU TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED OUR, UH, CITY RABIES AUTHORITY? I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT, UH, SECOND QUESTION.
UH, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ANIMAL SERVICE OPERATIONS NOW THAT YOU'VE TAKEN OVER, CAN I EITHER REQUEST A COPY OF THAT FOR ALL COMMISSIONERS OR A LINK TO THAT? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR ANIMAL SERVICE OPERATIONS.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, A VET REPORT.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THIS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I READ ABOUT THAT I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN.
UH, I JUST WANT TO ASK, DO WE HAVE A VET REPORT LOOKING AT TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE? CHAPTER 8 23? IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ONCE A YEAR A PET, UH, REPORT OR AN, AN, SORRY, A SHELTER REPORT DONE BY A VETERINARIAN THAT JUST KIND OF GOES THROUGH, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, COMPLIANCE, UH, WITH TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY.
UM, SO PAUL, THOSE ARE YOUR THREE.
UH, SHELBY, I HAD THREE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AS WELL.
UM, I, I THINK BECAUSE OF WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER SAID, UM, DO WE TECHNICAL, IS THIS OUR FOURTH MEETING FOR THE YEAR OR IS THIS STILL OUR THIRD, UH, FOR ALL OF THE YEAR? OR ARE WE CONSIDERING OCTOBER TO BE THE FIRST, UH, OCTOBER 13TH, I THINK OF 2023 WAS OUR, UH, FIRST QUAR FIRST QUARTER OF THE NEW YEAR.
BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK, ARE WE TECHNICALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, OUR ARTICLE 24 SECTION 2 1 5 7 PARTY WHERE WE HAVE TO MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR? OR DO WE NEED TO SNEAK ANOTHER ONE IN BEFORE END OF YEAR? UH, SECOND THING IS, CAN I ASK FOR A CHAPTER SEVEN UPDATE SENT OUT IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES TO THAT? UM, I HAVE THE OLD ONE FROM WHEN I STARTED, AND I THINK THAT I'VE HEARD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, PAST AND PRESENT HAVE THE MOST RECENT UPDATED VERSION.
UM, OR AT LEAST A LINK OR LOCATION WHERE WE CAN DOWNLOAD IT OURSELVES.
SO WE ARE THE LOCAL RABIES AUTHORITY.
WE CAN LOOK INTO WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND RESPOND TO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE OFFLINE.
UH, THE VET REPORT, I I, I'D HAVE TO GET WITH MICHAEL TO SEE WHO'S, WHO'S PROVIDING THAT REPORT.
UH, AND THEN THE, UH, CHAPTER SEVEN UPDATES.
YES, WE DID HAVE A ITEM THAT WENT BEFORE COUNSEL AND WAS APPROVED THROUGH CONSENT FOR THE DANGEROUS AND AGGRESSIVE DOG UPDATES, UH, THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN UPDATED IN THE SYSTEM YET, BUT ONCE IT HAS, I'LL SEND THE LINK OUT TO JILLIAN, UH, TO PROVIDE TO EVERYBODY.
SO YOU CAN GO IN AND REVIEW THE, THE, UH, CHAPTER SEVEN UPDATES.
AND THIS, AND WE DO HAVE FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR.
DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT? YOU WANNA TALK? NO, GO AHEAD.
UH, HOWEVER, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER, WE WILL BE CONSIDER THE FOURTH.
WE'LL STILL PROCEED WITH OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED ONE IN OCTOBER.
NO, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE MEETING IS NOT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE REFLECT ON THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
SO WE'RE IN THE THIRD MEETING.
SO WE'RE THIRD MEETING OF, UH, OF, OF OUR, AND OUR FOURTH MEETING WILL BE IN OCTOBER.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, SEAN.
OCTOBER WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, JILLIAN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE FOUR.
'CAUSE THAT WAS PART OF OUR BYLAWS, SO I DON'T WANT US TO GET LIKE, SLAPPED ON THE WRIST.
JONATHAN, REALLY QUICK IN TERMS OF THE EPI ZOO, UM, THE ZOONOSIS VISIT FROM THE DSHS VETERINARIAN, WAS THERE CONCERNS ON THAT OR DID YOU NOT SEE A REPORT? OR WHERE'D THAT COME FROM? YEAH, I JUST, I WAS LOOKING BACK AT MY NOTES.
I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL THE LAST TIME WE HAD LIKE A CALLED OUT VERSION OF A PET, UH, SORRY, A VET ANALYSIS OF DIS OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR.
UM, IF WE HAVE IT, UH, THAT'S FINE.
I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK IF WE DID AND IF WE DIDN'T, THAT WE, WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED, UM, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, SO, SO I CAN JUST BRIEFLY TELL YOU ABOUT THAT.
UM,
SO, AND WE TRIED TO PASS BILL, I THINK IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO OR SO, REQUIRING A VET VISIT EVERY YEAR AND IT WENT NOWHERE.
SO, ALTHOUGH IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE EVERY YEAR, IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
BUT I'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT.
AND THEN ON THE REALLY QUICK, ON THE DANGEROUS DOGS, UM, THAT JUST HAPPENED, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE WE DIDN'T GET IT OUT TO EVERYONE.
I THINK IT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO.
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YEAH, THAT'S, AND I WASN'T TRYING TO PUSH YOU ALL, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A, AN ITEM SO THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS WERE JUST UPDATED ON, UM, ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE READING ANYWAY.YEAH, MY PLAN WAS TO INCLUDE IT IN THE NEXT BRIEFING 'CAUSE IT'S CLOSE OUT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
BUT, UH, I'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE THE LINK.
YOU COULD TAKE YOURSELF OFF MUTE.
I JUST WANNA ALSO, UM, CONGRATULATE PAUL, DIRECTOR PAUL FOR HIS PERMANENT POSITION.
UM, IT'S, YOU'VE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH AND MARY MARTIN ABSOLUTELY ADORE YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH.
UM, I DO RESCUE AND SO FORTH, AND THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN HANDS DOWN, AMAZING TO WORK WITH.
UM, ALSO OPERATION KINDNESS, LOVE THE NEW PROGRAM.
THEY, UM, ARE GONNA BE A HUGE HELP IN HELPING RESCUES, HELPING PEOPLE, HELPING DAS.
IT'S JUST A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT COLLABORATION.
AND, UM, I WAS THERE YESTERDAY AND IT WAS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE.
UH, DIRECTOR MARY MARTIN AND, UH, DIRECTOR PAUL HELPED FACILITATE.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS.
A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD HAD ALREADY BEEN ASKED HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED BY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, SO I DON'T WANNA REPEAT WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE.
BUT ONE OF MY BIG QUESTIONS IS, UM, A LOT OF THE, SOME OF THE DOGS I'M NOTICING ARE REPEATS.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN LIKE, ADOPTED, RETURNED, THEN ADOPTED AGAIN, FOUND AS A STRAY.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE? UM, AND JUST FROM MY VIEWPOINT, I FEEL LIKE IF SOMEONE'S ADOPTING A DOG AND THEN IT'S FOUND AS A STRAY AND NOT RECLAIMED, THAT'S CONSIDERED DUMPING TO ME.
UM, JUST AS IF WE FOUND A DOG DUMPED ON DOWTY FERRY, LIKE WHAT MAKES IT ANY DIFFERENT FOR SOMEONE TO PUSH THEIR DOG OUT OF A CAR AND LEAVE IT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, ADOPTING FROM YOU GUYS.
THEY DON'T COME BACK AND RECLAIM.
I'D LIKE TO START SEEING SOME MAYBE US WORK ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND START HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.
I'LL PASS FOR THE REST OF MY TIME.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
YEAH, I, I THINK WE'LL LOOK AT THE SITUATION AS TO WHY THE ANIMAL WAS RETURNED.
UH, ALTHOUGH IF, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SURRENDER THE ANIMAL BECAUSE IT WASN'T A PROPER FIT OR THERE WASN'T A, A GOOD OUTCOME, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE, WE WILL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON INTAKE.
UH, BUT IF AN ANIMAL IS, UH, APPEARED TO BE A BAD, WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
SORRY, CAN I ELABORATE ON THAT? OF COURSE.
SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE RETURNS.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT THINGS, THE BEHAVIOR, THE HOUSING, ALL THAT, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE KIND OF REACHED ON.
BUT IT'S MORE OF THE FINDING AS A STRAY AND NOT RECLAIMED.
SO ANYWAY, I WOULD LOVE US TO SEE MAYBE SHELBY, UH, CHAIR SHELBY OSKY.
THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD WORK ON AS MAYBE AN ORDINANCE OR LOSS, LIKE PUTTING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WORDING INTO THE, THE ORDINANCES ALONG WITH BEING DUMPED.
AND, AND CAN THEY ADOPT ANOTHER ANIMAL? LIKE IF SOMEONE, IF YOU OH, OH YEAH.
OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S STILL COMMISSIONER HANSON'S TIME.
UM, IF I CAN RESPOND TO THE COMMISSIONER.
UM, SO A LOT OF THE ANIMALS THAT COME IN AS STRAYS, IF THEY HAVE A MICROCHIP, WHICH THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA HAVE IF THEY'RE ADOPTED FROM US, ARE PET SUPPORT TEAM.
AND OUR AMAZING, UH, MICROCHIP COORDINATOR, THERESA KLIK, UM, SPENDS COUNTLESS HOURS, UM, REACHING OUT TO FOLKS.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING A LOT IS WHAT WE FIND WITH ANY SORT OF MICROCHIP SITUATION IS PEOPLE DON'T UPDATE THEIR MICROCHIPS.
SO PHONE NUMBERS ARE NO LONGER IN SERVICE, UM, THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT THEN WHEN WE DO GET IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE, UM, OFTENTIMES THEY HAVE POTENTIALLY REHOMED THE ANIMAL TO SOMEONE ELSE.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA PUT OUT THERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY TRY TO, UM, GET THE FULL STORY BEFORE WE MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ANIMAL.
UM, WE HAVE ACCIDENTS HAPPENING PRETTY REGULARLY WITH PEOPLE'S PETS GETTING LOOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS NEVER THEIR INTENT TO PETS THAT ARE A DOG WALKER, SOMEBODY ACCIDENTALLY, UM, LET THEM LOOSE.
BUT, UH, IF WE DO HAVE CONCERNS OR ANY RED FLAGS COME UP, THE PET SUPPORT TEAM WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH FIELD SERVICES, UM, SO THAT IF THERE IS ANY SORT OF INVESTIGATION OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, THEY CAN.
UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT, YES, WE HAVE LOTS OF STRAYS THAT COME IN THAT POTENTIALLY WERE ADOPTED FROM US.
UH, BUT WE DO THAT SORT OF, I CALL IT CS I DETECTIVE WORK TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN TRACK DOWN THAT OWNER.
AND TYPICALLY THERE IS A, A, A LEGITIMATE STORY BEHIND THE SITUATION WHERE
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SOMEBODY HAS NOT INTENTIONALLY JUST LEFT THE ANIMAL OUT.UM, BUT IF WE DO HAVE CONCERNS OF THAT, LIKE I SAID, WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH DANIEL'S TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE REFERRALS ARE BEING MADE FOR INVESTIGATION SINCE, UH, SHE DIRECTED A QUESTION TO ME, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE I DO THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT AND I HEAR WHAT SOME ARE SAYING, BUT COMMISSIONER HANSEN, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS PEOPLE ARE ADAPTING, DUMPING, AND THEN ADAPTING AGAIN.
IS THAT RIGHT? I MEAN, YES, THAT'S ONE AVENUE.
UM, I MEAN THEY DO, THAT DOES HAPPEN, BUT IT'S ALSO, I GUESS ON THE BASE LEVEL, UM, JUST FINDING DOGS AS ASTRAY AS, AS SHE WAS SAYING, COUNTLESS HOURS ARE UTILIZED.
UM, TRYING TO TRACK PEOPLE DOWN WHEN THAT'S THEIR, YEAH.
SO ANYWAY, WE CAN ELABORATE ON THE MORE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND IF THEY'RE REHOMING THEY NEED TO, THEY NEED TO UPDATE.
MAYBE THAT'S AN EDUCATION THING.
WE START, YOU KNOW, AN EDUCATION RIGHT AROUND THE COMMISSIONER HANSON.
WE'LL, WE CAN DO SECOND ROUNDS AFTER WE SPEAK WITH OUR TWO OTHER COMMISSIONERS IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
'CAUSE UH, COMMISSIONER SAY TO ASK FOR IT.
COMMISSIONER HILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT? UM, YES, THANK YOU.
WELL, FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO IS SAY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY
UM, SO I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA GET QUICKLY TO MY QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS IS, IS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE BREEDING AND SELLING AND THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT QUITE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE YET.
UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE THAT IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE THAT WE'RE GETTING DATA ON THAT BECAUSE, UM, I MEAN, I SEE IT ALL THE TIME, PEOPLE SELLING ANIMALS THAT DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A REQUIRED LICENSE.
AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS CONTINUE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
UM, YOU ALSO MENTIONED, UM, THAT YOU WERE, THAT BEST FRIENDS IS IN AND YOU'RE WORKING WITH 'EM AND ON SOME, SOME THINGS AND I'D LIKE SOME ELABORATION ON WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON WITH THEM, IF I COULD.
AND THEN SEVERAL MONTHS, SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO, UM, IT WAS MENTIONED FROM MARY THAT WE WERE WORKING ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, AND WANTED TO KNOW WHERE WE WERE AT ON THAT STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHEN THE COMMISSIONERS WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE LATTER QUESTION WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL CHANGES IN SOME OF OUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH BUDGET PROCESS AND, AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
BUT, UH, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS ABOUT 90% THERE.
UH, WE HAVE MET WITH THE, UH, UH, CONSULTANT.
WE'VE MET WITH THE TEAM, WE'VE HAD OUR RETREAT WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE HAD OUR CONVERSATIONS, WE'VE BUILT THE PLAN.
UH, WE JUST HAVEN'T PUT IT DOWN ON PAPER.
UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH MARLO RIGHT NOW, UH, TO, WELL, WE'RE WORKING TO FINALIZE THE LAST FEW BITS OF THAT PLAN.
UH, AND THEN ONCE WE DO, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO MARLO, MARLO'S GONNA PUT IT INTO A READABLE FORMAT.
AND I'LL LET MARY TAKE THE, UH, UH, BEST FRIEND'S CALL, UH, QUESTION.
YES, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT BEST FRIENDS IS IN THE HOUSE.
THEY HAVE BEEN WATCHING US CLOSELY IN THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE AND INVESTED, KIND OF DIPPED THEIR TOE IN INVESTING ON US IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
THEY'VE GIVEN US THREE DIFFERENT GRANTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SIX MONTHS, EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR TRANSPORT SUPPORT.
AND NOW THEY'RE JUMPING INTO THEIR, THEIR NEW FISCAL YEAR AND ARE WANTING TO DO MORE AND HAVE A LONGER RANGE PLAN TO PARTNER WITH US AND, AND FUND SOME THINGS FOR US.
THEY ASKED IF WE WOULD BE INTERESTED AND WILLING TO ALLOW THEIR VETERINARY TEAM TO COME IN AND LOOK AT OUR SYSTEMS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, FROM A, WITH A, WITH AN EYE FOR, WITH SAVING FOR SURE.
BUT DEFINITELY THROUGH THE EYES OF THEIR VETERINARY TEAM.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS AND, UH, I'LL BE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT THEY COME BACK TO US WITH RELATIVE TO IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING FROM CHECKING OUR, OUR RESCUE, WHICH IS THE CLEANING AGENT WE USE TO MAKE SURE IT'S BEING, IT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY AND EVENLY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING VERY GRANULAR AND SHOULD BE VERY, VERY INTERESTING.
COMMISSIONER SCHROCK, SHE'S STILL ON.
AND, UM, OKAY, SO HAS EVERYBODY GONE BUT ME? OKAY, I'LL GO REALLY QUICK.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, THANK YOU KAREN FOR STEALING ALL THE THINGS.
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LITERALLY CHECK MARK, CHECK MARK, CHECK MARK.UM, WELCOME AND CONGRATS DIRECTOR RAMON.
LIKE EVERYBODY SAID, YOU'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY.
UM, COMMISSIONER SAYED, I DO WANNA ADDRESS WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I FOUND OUT THE SAME DAY, UM, THAT YOU ALL DID THAT HE WAS THE DIRECTOR.
UM, I HAD MADE MULTIPLE CALLS TO THE CITY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT BECAUSE OF PRIVACY LAWS AND BECAUSE OF CON ALL DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT I REALLY SHOULD HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
HEY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON EITHER, SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
AND, UM, JILLIAN, IN A GREAT WAY HAS, HAS SCARED ME TO DEATH ABOUT VIOLATING TOMA AND BEING IN JAIL.
SO I'M SO GLAD WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY HERE AS WELL.
BUT NO, YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT IS THAT WE DO NEED MORE COMMUNICATION, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, ALSO, BRITTANY MORGANSON, THE SECOND SPEAKER TODAY.
OH MY GOSH, I THOUGHT SHE BROUGHT UP SUCH AN EXCELLENT POINT.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE OPEN HOUSES AT THE SHELTER? BECAUSE ONE OF MY GOALS AS DIRECTOR WAS TO GET ALL OF OUR AMAZING COMMISSIONERS TO GET THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THERE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY ASPECT, UM, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, PAULA BLACKMAN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS A ROCKSTAR.
SHE BROUGHT HER WHOLE STAFF DOWN.
AND AFTER THAT, UM, WE GOT SOME THINGS KIND OF MOVING WITH RESPECT TO THE HOLE IN THE BUILDING WITH RESPECT TO THE PARKING THAT KAREN BROUGHT UP AND SOME OTHER ISSUES.
SO I FEEL LIKE WHEN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DOWN THERE AND THEY SEE IT THEMSELVES, THINGS DO START MOVING.
UM, HUGE THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER, UH, CASEY AND COMMISSIONER SANDERS FOR GOING AND ATTENDING THOSE BUDGET MEETINGS.
I ATTENDED SEVEN MYSELF, UM, THREE IN PERSON AND FOUR.
VIRTUALLY NOBODY IS THERE FOR THE ANIMAL COMMUNITY, YOU ALL.
THE LIBRARIES, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE JUST IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AND, AND WE AREN'T A LITTLE BIT.
SO WHEN EVERYBODY'S COMMENTING, UM, YOU KNOW, ON DAS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH LOVE FOR RESCUES, DAS AND TRYING TO GET ADOPT A DOGS FOSTERED, ADOPTED, AND RESCUED.
IF WE COULD USE THAT SAME ENERGY IN THESE MEETINGS, IT WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR GOING, UM, ALSO, UM, PARKING AND HVAC, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE GOT SOME MOVEMENT THERE.
BUT LISTEN, WE WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE BOND AND ALTHOUGH WE DID KEEP THOSE NUMBERS AT THE BUDGET, WE TRULY HAVE TO ADVOCATE BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THOSE MEETINGS IS CITY OF DALLAS DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND WE ARE COMPETING WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER AREAS.
SO WE JUST NEED TO PUT OUT THERE, UM, COMMISSIONERS SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE LAST MEETING YOU TALKED ABOUT, HEY, WHAT IS COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT DOING? SO AFTER THAT, UM, I SENT AN EMAIL AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED BECAUSE THE DIRECTOR EMAILED ME BACK AT 11:49 PM THAT NIGHT AND THEN STARTED COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE GRANTS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT 'EM TODAY, BUT I KNOW THAT CITY OF DALLAS HAS APPLIED FOR, WAS IT FOUR GRANTS ALREADY? UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
'CAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF WHEN YOU WERE INTERIM, BUT WE'VE REACHED OUT AND APPLIED FOR FOUR GRANTS AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME OF THEM.
AND UM, PECO LOVE I THINK CAME IN TOWARD RIGHT, THE SHELTER.
SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU FOR THOSE, UM, SUGGESTIONS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I WILL SAY THIS, EVERYONE, UH, 2025 IS A LEGISLATIVE SESSION YEAR.
I URGE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US TO GET INVOLVED AND CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR.
MAYBE THE OPEN HOUSE WE CAN INVITE.
THERE ARE, UM, 27 DALLAS STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND TWO SENATORS.
LET'S INVITE THEM TO AN OPEN HOUSE AND GET THEM DOWN HERE.
BECAUSE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE SIX, SIX, EXCUSE ME, 600 DOGS, 25,000 CALLS, I MEAN, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
THESE NUMBERS ARE ASTOUNDING, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY MAKE THE POLICY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH THEM.
UM, SO LET'S SHOW THEM THE AMAZING WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
SO I, I'M JUST, I'M SITTING HERE AND I, I REALLY WOULD LOVE SOME HELP ON A FALL OPEN HOUSE AND GET EVERYBODY DOWN THERE AND DOING TOURS.
UM, I WILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS LATER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT.
PAUL, MARY SUMMER, YOUR WHOLE TEAM FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT DAS HAS SHOWN.
UM, AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WE DID A OPEN HOUSE, EXCUSE ME, WE DID A DOG HOUSE EVENT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND JUST FOR ALL THE RESCUES, I KNOW THERE'S THE TOP 10 LIST OF RESCUES, BUT FOR ALL THE SMALLER RESCUES THAT ARE HELPING EVERY DAY, GET THOSE DOGS OUT, THANKS TO THEM AS WELL.
AND I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE 'EM LISTED, MAYBE WE CAN PUT 'EM OUT THERE, BUT AN APPRECIATION FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S HELPING.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED WORKING WITH SUMMER.
IT WAS THE EASIEST EVENT I DID.
LET'S GET OUTSIDE GROUPS WORKING WITH DAS 'CAUSE THEY'RE REALLY EASY TO WORK WITH.
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GOOD LORD.UM, NEXT WE HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY ADVISEMENT.
UM, AND WE HAVE ATTORNEYS HERE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
IF PODIUM'S OKAY, LET'S DO IT.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ROOM OR YOU COULD SAY IT.
OH, THERE IS WHATEVER YOU ARE
SO HONORABLE CHAIR BUKI, DIRECTOR RAMON, UH, MEMBERS OF THE ANIMAL ADVISOR COMMISSION.
UM, JUST AS A PERSONAL ANIMAL LOVER, I WOULD JUST WANNA SAY THE NUMBERS THAT YOU GUYS SHOWED IN THE PRESENTATION EARLIER ARE REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
UM, JUST TO SAY THAT BEFORE I BEGIN, UM, SO IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, I'LL DISCUSS THE ITEMS IN ORDER AS THEY APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.
AND I CAN START WITH THE ETHICS ISSUES FROM THE, UH, SECTION 12.
SO DALLAS CITY CODE OF SECTION 12 A, WHICH IS THE SECTION OF THE CODE DEALING WITH THE ETHICS ISSUES, INCLUDES MEMBERS OF CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS OF CITY OFFICIALS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, ANY VOLUNTEERS OR COMMITTEES THAT ARE ON, ON TASK FORCE TASKS FORCES FORMED BY BOARDS OR COMMISSION AS CITY OFFICIALS AS WELL.
SO SECTION 12 ADDITIONALLY STATES THAT A CITY OF OFFICIAL HAS, SHALL NOT USE THE PRESTIGE OF THEIR POSITION WITH THE CITY ON BEHALF OF, OF A POLITICAL COMMITTEE.
AND THAT THE, THE OFFICIAL MAY HOWEVER, LEND THEIR NAME SO LONG AS THE OFFICE HELD WITH THE CITY HAS NOT MENTIONED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENDORSEMENT.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY GO AND LOBBY ANOTHER ENTITY.
YOU JUST HAVE TO LOBBY IT AS SHELBY BOSKY.
YOU CAN'T LOBBY IT AS CHAIR BOSKY OF THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION.
I DON'T, I'M I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A, A CLARIFICATION ON THAT, THE ETHICS, THAT ETHICS ASPECT.
AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO HOUSE BILL 1750.
IF, IF THERE WEREN'T ANY QUESTIONS WHERE I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS ALL AT THE END, BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE ETHICS STUFF.
LET'S DO THAT NOW SO MY MIND DOESN'T GO DOWN THE ROAD.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO, YOU THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
UM, AND SO, AND THEN THE SECOND ASPECT DEALS WITH ILLEGAL ANIMAL VENDING, UM, AND HOW THAT PERTAINS TO THE RECENT HOUSE BILL 1750.
SO HOUSE BILL 1750 IS PART OF THE STATE'S RIGHT TO FARM LAWS, WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE LEGISLATURE IN THE LAST SESSION WITH AIM TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS.
AND THIS INCLUDES LIMITING THE SALE OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY AND OTHER DOMESTIC OR WILD ANIMALS ENSURING THAT THERE ARE OP THAT THESE OP THOSE OPERATIONS ARE PROTECTED FROM INTERFERENCES UNLESS THERE'S A CLEAR AND CONVINCING THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY.
UM, THE, THERE WAS A PREVIOUS BILL, 2127, WHICH DEALT WITH REGULATING THE SALE OF DOGS AND CATS.
HOWEVER, THAT WAS FOUND TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY A TRAVIS COUNTY COURT.
SO ADDITIONALLY, UH, HOUSE BILL 7 50 17 50, EXCUSE ME, INCLUDES A CLAUSE THAT STATES SPECIFICALLY THAT IF THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF HOSPITAL 1750 AND ANY OTHER LAW THAT HOUSE BILL 1750 WILL PREVAIL.
SO ESSENTIALLY FOR THE REASONS THAT I'VE JUST MENTIONED, UM, WE ARE INTERPRETING THAT TO RENDER PARTS OF SECTION SEVEN, NAMELY SEVEN 4.5, WHICH IT DEALS WITH THE SALE AND DOGS OF CATS AS UNENFORCEABLE BECAUSE DOGS AND CATS ARE CLASSIFIED AS DOMESTIC ANIMAL, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION UNDER AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS.
DOES, UM, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS.
IS THAT ALL YOU WANT? ARE YOU FINISHED OR ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE? OH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT AND I'M READY FOR A QUESTION.
JILLIAN, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START AND ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS.
YEAH, YOU JUST HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WHO YOU'D LIKE TO.
CAN I RECOGNIZE STEPHANIE, UM, EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER CASEY, DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE PET STORE ORDINANCES AS WELL? SO THE PET STORE ORDINANCE IS THE ONE THAT I REFER TO AS HOUSE BILL 2127.
AND THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS FOUND TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THE MOVING FORWARD HOUSE BILL 1750 WOULD SUPERSEDE THAT REGARDLESS BE, EVEN THOUGH, EVEN IF IT WASN'T UNCONSTITUTIONAL, IT'S SAYING THAT IT PREVAILS OVER ANY OTHER, SO IN LAYMAN'S LANGUAGE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT NO RULES MAY BE MADE GOVERNING THE SALE OF ANIMALS? ESSENTIALLY? THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE PRESENTLY.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT TEXAS LAW OF RETURN TO ENFORCE ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTY LAWS, ET CETERA, THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS.
UH, CERTAINLY RE REGARDING MUNICIPAL LAWS.
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OKAY.CAN I, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE MYSELF.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
UM, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION.
UM, AS CHAIR, I DO HAVE A BIT OF A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE, UM, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS MAINE LEGISLATION NETWORK.
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING ALL THE RIGHT TO FARM LAWS CAREFULLY.
I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS IS PRECISELY WHY WE NEED CITIZEN INPUT.
UM, BECAUSE BASICALLY IN 2023 WE GAVE AWAY
AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE GONNA SEE MORE, UM, ROOSTERS CHICKENS.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY PUT A COW IN YOUR BACKYARD NOW IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO THIS IS WHY WE NEED THIS KIND OF INPUT AT OUR STATE LEGISLATURE, IN MY OPINION.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER ANIMAL LAW ATTORNEYS, UM, THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH IN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS'S INTERPRETATION.
BUT, UM, THE, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION IS THAT DOGS AND CATS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS.
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT UNTIL WE GO BACK, UM, IN 2025 AND RECTIFY THIS, UM, IT WILL BE UP IN THE AIR.
BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE AND STRESS, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPEN FORUM.
WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE SELLING DOGS IN WALMART, PARKING LOTS AND OTHER AREAS.
AND WE, WE REALLY NEED TO STRESS THAT BECAUSE THE ROADSIDE SALE OF ANIMALS BRINGS EPI ZOO DISEASES, THEY ARE IMPULSE PURCHASES.
AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVE WORKED HARD ON THAT, ON THAT PARTICULAR ORDINANCE AND COUNTIES TO KEEP THE ROADSIDE SALE OF ANIMALS, UM, OUT OF OUR CITY.
UM, AND ALSO THEY END UP AT THE SHELTER SOMETIMES A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER.
THEY ARE NOT SPAYED AND NEUTERED AND THEY ARE NOT VACCINATED.
SO AGAIN, UM, JUST ANOTHER, UM, DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW, BUT URGING ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO REALLY REACH OUT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS AND SAYING, WE DO NOT WANT THE RETURN OF ROADSIDE SALES.
UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, ATTORNEY, UH, SAP ARE YOU COM, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, THAT'S ALL.
AND I, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION AND AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, PLEASE REACH OUT TO, TO ME OR OF THE OFFICE LATER AND WE CAN DISCUSS FURTHER.
UM, I KNOW, UH, WE WANTED TO DO ANOTHER ROUND.
SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO START WITH SOME, UH, LET'S DO COMMISSIONER SAYED SINCE YOU STARTED IT.
I'M GONNA JUMP BACK INTO THE QUESTIONS REGARDING BUDGET AND FTES.
UM, SO WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CURRENTLY HELPING WITH MARKETING, CORRECT? THAT'S MARLA AND CARLA.
AND ARE THEY FULL-TIME POSITIONS OR PART-TIME POSITIONS? THEY'RE FULL-TIME.
UM, SO I, I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT OUR POSITION, PIO POSITION BEING GIVEN TO THE CITY.
'CAUSE I USED TO RUN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE FOR THE CITY AND I KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE THAT THE CITY IS ALWAYS IN CRISIS.
AND DID AVIATION GIVE BACK THEIR PIO? DID WATER GIVE BACK THEIR PIO? DID POLICE GIVE BACK THEIR PIOS? DID FIRE GIVE BACK THEIR PIOS? LIKE TO ME, THIS IS NOT TAKING SERIOUSLY THE FACT THAT THIS WORK DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE LIFE OF ANOTHER EXISTENCE.
AND I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THAT POSITION IS GOING TO BE USED FOR CITY COMMUNICATIONS AND NOT FOR DAS.
SO MY REQUEST IS THAT NOW IF THAT POSITION HAS BEEN MOVED, WHICH MEANS NOW IT IS A BIT DECENTRALIZED POTENTIALLY, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE FULL RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS FOR THE CITY, BUT IF THE CITY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, THEN I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO PROVIDE A MARKETING PLAN AS TO HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HELP DAS.
'CAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY SHIFTS, THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY CHANGES.
AND IF THEY'RE GONNA TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS, THEN WE NEED A PLAN.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE SATISFIED WITH ANY OF THIS UNTIL THERE IS A PLAN.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE FULL DETAILS ON WHAT THE COMMUNICATION IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE CADENCE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHO IS GOING TO BE REGULARLY WITH DAS SHOWING UP TO THE SHELTER, HELPING WITH COMMUNICATION, UH, MANAGING PRESS, WHO IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON A MARKETING CAMPAIGN.
AND SO, OKAY, FINE, THEY TOOK THE POSITION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MARKETING PLAN.
UM, CAN WE RECREATE COMMITTEES AND SHELBY, UH, CHAIR BOBOWSKI AND HOLD PEOPLE
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ACCOUNTABLE, UM, FOR REPORTING BACK DURING QUARTERLY MEETINGS? UM, CAN WE SET, CAN WE SEE ALL THE BILLS THAT ARE COMING IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT AFFECT, UM, OUR PURVIEW? UH, BASICALLY A LIST OF THEM AND THEN DECIDING OUR POSITION AS A BOARD, PARTICULARLY THOSE OBVIOUSLY THAT ARE AFFECTING US AT DALLAS CITY HALL, BECAUSE THEN THAT COULD POTENTIALLY OPEN US UP TO CREATING SOME STRATEGY AROUND GOING TO AUSTIN, AROUND GOING TO LAWMAKERS, WHETHER IT'S HERE LOCALLY OR IT'S IN AUSTIN, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES.SO BASICALLY COMMITTEE THAT WORKS ON LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND I KNOW THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR WHEELHOUSE.
UM, AND WE HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SHELTER AND MAYBE THAT'S A COMMITTEE THAT WE CREATE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, PAINTING, UH, GETTING FURNITURE, JUST MAKING IT MORE FRIENDLY AND ENJOYABLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING THERE.
'CAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S A BIT OF A STERILE ENVIRONMENT, SO POTENTIALLY WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT, UM, ALLOWS US TO, TO ACTUALLY MOVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS FORWARD.
'CAUSE MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'RE JUST NOT MEETING OFTEN ENOUGH TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT LIKE COMMISSIONER CASEY AND COMMISSIONER BABAS, YOU GUYS, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE AS WELL, THERE'S SOME COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE IN IT TO WIN IT AND YOU GUYS ARE IN THERE ALL THE TIME.
BUT FOR A LOT OF US, LIKE IF WE ARE NOT ENGAGED REGULARLY, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO PLUG IN, HOW BEST TO PLUG IN.
AND SO I THINK HAVING COMMITTEES AND UM, HAVING SOME STRUCTURE ON THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, I LOVE THE LEDGE COMMITTEE IDEA AND I THINK IT'S BRILLIANT.
I LIKE THE SHELTER COMMITTEE IDEA.
UM, I DO WANNA REVISIT I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF MOMENTUM AFTER THE LAST MEETING.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM WAS HAVING AN INTERIM AND HAVING SOME, I WOULD SAY, UM, JUST NOT CONFUSION, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WERE WE GOING WITH THIS? AND THEN WE REALIZED WITH THE BDLS 90 CAMPAIGN, I KNOW THAT PAUL WAS LIKE, HOLD ON, WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE HAVE, I'M AN INTERIM, LET'S JUST HOLD ON.
BUT NOW HE'S NOT, NOW HE'S HERE.
SO I DEFINITELY THINK, AND I HOPE WE CAN PICK UP THAT MOMENTUM AGAIN.
I DID SEE, 'CAUSE I WAS CC'D ON SEVERAL OF THE EMAILS THAT JILLIAN AND PAUL WERE REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD TACKLE, UM, LAST SESSION AND REACHED OUT TO YOU ALL.
BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THE MOMENTUM KIND OF GOT STALLED A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK IT'S BACK ON.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
JILLIAN, LET'S YOU AND I TALK BECAUSE I KNOW WITH THESE COMMITTEES VERSUS TASK FORCES, AGAIN, CITY OF DALLAS HAS SPECIAL RULES, SO WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE ALLEGED COMMITTEE, 1000% AND THE SHELTER.
UM, THAT'S VERY EXCITING TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN DO THOSE UPDATES.
UM, AND IT'S OKAY WITH THE CITY.
AND, AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT AND RESPOND TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, THE, THE COMMUNICATIONS PART AND MARKETING IS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND IS A CHAIR, UH, AS A CHAIR, JUST
CAN I JUST REMIND ALL OUR VIRTUAL, UM, INDIVIDUALS? IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MUTE YOURSELF, THAT'D BE GREAT.
AS, AS, AS THE CHAIR ALLUDED TO, UH, WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THOSE, UH, VISITS AND THOSE, UH, TOUR TAKE PLACE BECAUSE I DO AGREE, UH, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT AS FAR AS MARKETING GOES, I, I, I AM STRATEGICALLY WANTING THEM TO COME TO THE SHELTER.
UH, UH, I MAY EVEN ASK IF THEY COME TO THE NEXT BRIEFING TO TALK ABOUT OUR MARKETING PLAN.
SO I WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND SEE WHERE IT GOES.
UH, BUT YES, I, I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
UH, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT I KNOW AS PART OF RE-IMAGINING THE CITY MANAGER HAS INCORPORATED A LOT OF THINGS.
SO I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY IF THEY'VE GIVEN UP THEIR, THEIR, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER OR NOT.
I JUST DON'T WANT US TO GET LOST.
BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGH, HIGH RISK OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, ANY, WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE TO? YES.
COMMISSIONER SANDERS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
YEAH, SO I WAS IT ON IT'S YOUR, OH, SORRY.
UM, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON, UM, COMMISSIONER SAYED AND TALK ABOUT THE, IT IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO US BECAUSE OF THE ROLES OF THE CITY.
UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE OBVIOUSLY THE SHELTER MORE THAN SOME, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS O NOT AS OFTEN AS OTHERS.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE SOMEHOW FIGURING OUT HOW WE COULD GET SOME MORE INFORMATION TO US ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UM, AND THEN IT'S, UM, AS EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, THE MARKETING, UM, THE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING MARKETING, IT
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HAS BEEN AMAZING.IF YOU FOLLOW FACEBOOK AND, AND NEXTDOOR AND INSTAGRAM, UM, THE TONE HAS SHIFTED.
UM, IT'S ENGAGING AND THEY HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
BUT THESE NUMBERS IN THIS REPORT ARE ALSO FANTASTIC.
AND THE PUBLIC THAT DON'T FOLLOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO KNOW THESE NUMBERS.
AND SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO, AND MAYBE IT'S THE PIO PERSON, THAT'S THEIR JOB, BUT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW ALL THE GOOD THAT DAS IS DOING, NOT JUST THE FEW PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW THE FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM.
AND TO PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT OUR, UM, BRITTANY, UH, I THINK HER NAME WAS, OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER SAID TODAY, RIGHT? UM, INVOLVING THE MEDIA IN A MORE STRATEGIC, UM, FASHION WOULD BE AMAZING.
I THINK THIS, UM, FALL, UH, OPEN HOUSE WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY INVITE THE MEDIA, BUT INVITE OUR, OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, OUR, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, AND REALLY INVOLVE THEM IN, UH, EDUCATING THEM, UH, ON WHAT'S GOING ON AT DAS AND WHAT WE NEED FROM THEM.
AND, AND ALSO TO SPEAK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND ASK THEM TO GET INVOLVED.
BECAUSE AS, AS, UM, COMMISSIONER SPI SAID, AND CASEY AND EVERYBODY ELSE, UM, ANIMAL PEOPLE, THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THEY'RE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY MAKE THE DECISIONS.
AND, UM, AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEIR VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD BY JUST GETTING ON 3 1 1 AND MAKING A, A, YOU KNOW, MAKING A, A LOOSE DOG THING EVERY, THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW ANYWAY.
SO I JUST THINK REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC MORE AND THAT HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE, COHESIVE AND STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN AND STICKING WITH THAT AND HAVING, UM, UH, FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND HAVING THE COMMUNICATION WITH US IS REALLY GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND SO, UH, IF WE CAN DO THE TASK FORCE AS A SUBCOMMITTEE, SOMEHOW GETTING US INVOLVED MORE OFTEN WOULD BE GREAT.
AND, AND IF I COULD RESPOND, UH, MARY HAS A GREAT COMMUNICATION WITH SOME OF OUR MEDIA PARTNERS.
SO WE ARE DOING THINGS ON OUR OWN, UH, TO POSITIVELY REINFORCE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.
I KNOW MARLO IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH GETTING THE STATS ON FACEBOOK AND ON SOCIALS ABOUT OUR PROGRESS IN THE SHELTER.
I, WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED, MY BIGGEST THING WAS WE CAN'T COMBAT COMBAT THE NEGATIVE WITHOUT A LOT OF POSITIVE GOING OUT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWICE AS MUCH POSITIVE GOING OUT TO COMBAT THE NEGATIVE.
AND I HOPE YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT THE TEAM HAS REALLY TAKEN THAT AND RUN WITH IT.
AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF, WE, WE HAD AN AMAZING STORY ABOUT, UH, TWO ANIMALS THAT WERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK, THAT WE'RE GONNA DO A STORY ON THAT WERE, UH, STRAYS OR, OR OH, YES.
DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK? YEAH.
SO THESE ARE THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS, UH, THAT ARE POSITIVE.
AND THE SPECIFIC THAT PAUL'S SPEAKING ABOUT IS TO ONE OF SUMMER'S BABIES.
IT'S ACTUALLY HER PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE FOSTER HERO, WHICH YOU'RE DOING.
BUT IT WAS A LOVELY YOUNG COUPLE.
THEY'RE COMING IN TOMORROW, SO WE CAN DO THEIR STORY.
WHO FOUND TWO PUPPIES IN A PARK? BIG PUPPIES, NOT EASY PUPPIES, BIG PUPPIES.
AND THEY FOSTER HEROED THEM AND FOLLOWED THEM THROUGH TO ADOPTION.
AND IT'S, WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEIR STORY BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG AND ENERGETIC.
AND I THINK THAT WILL ENCOURAGE OTHER YOUNG AND ENERGETIC PEOPLE WHO WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED, UH, TO, UH, TO JOIN US.
AND SO, TOP OF MIND, TO GET PEOPLE TO JOIN US, FOR SURE.
I DID WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, CBS ACTUALLY CAME IN TO DO A QUITE DEEP DIVE.
FOUR AND A HALF HOURS THEY SPENT WITH US, UH, FOLLOWING US THROUGHOUT, UH, BASICALLY A DAY IN THE LIFE.
AND THAT, THAT PIECE SHOULD BE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT WEEK.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT ALL GETS SPUN.
INITIALLY, THEY WANTED TO DO A STORY ON EUTHANASIA, AND WHEN I ASKED THEM TO PLEASE LOOK AT WHAT WE DO IN A MORE HOLISTIC WAY, THEY AGREED.
AND THAT'S, AS I SAY, THEY SPENT, UH, FOUR AND A HALF HOURS WITH US.
DO YOU KNOW WHO THE REPORTER WAS ON THAT? AT CPS? OH MY GOODNESS.
IF YOU SAID HIS NAME, I I WOULD KNOW IT, BUT I CAN SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION.
SO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AND, AND, UH, WE GOTTA GET THE MESSAGE OUT BECAUSE IF, IF PEOPLE SEE WHAT OTHER FOLKS ARE DOING, THEN THEY KNOW, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
UM, ANY, WHO ELSE? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER STEPHANIE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, PEOPLE COMING IN AND ADOPTING AND THEN GETTING RID OF THE ANIMAL OR WHATEVER.
AND READOPTING, UH, WE TALKED TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS ABOUT HOW SOMETIMES THESE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE ANIMALS ONCE THEY TAKE THEM HOME.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY BRINGING SOMEONE ON OR A STAFF MEMBER.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A VOLUNTEER'S JOB, AND
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I DON'T KNOW IF THEY QUALIFY FOR THAT, BUT TO HELP THE, UH, ADOPTEES OR WHOMEVER'S TAKING THESE ANIMALS HOME TO HELP TRAIN THEM AND KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN FOR THEM INSTEAD OF JUST HANDING THEM OFF WITH AN ADOPTION, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE GOING HOME WITH, YOU KNOW, THESE NEW PARENTS, BUT NOT TRAINING THEM.UH, AND THEN THEY KEEP BRINGING THEM BACK.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE WAS SAYING ABOUT DUMPING, BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT, AND I JUST WANNA KNOW IF WE DID ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, OR WHERE DID WE STAND? NATHAN, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? CAN YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE BIG, THE TOP PROGRAM A BIT.
YOU, NATHAN? NATHAN, CAN WE HAVE YOU COME TO THE MIC SO THEY CAN HEAR ONLINE? YOU COULD, UH, YEAH, JUST MAKE SURE IT SAYS SPEAK.
UM, UH, WHOEVER IS THE MOST, UH, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT IT, PLEASE.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? YEAH.
UM, SO ONE THING WE'RE WORKING ON, WE, UM, HAVE A FULLY STAFFED VOLUNTEER TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT A YEAR.
UH, SO WE HAVE TWO VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS WORKING ON EITHER END OF THE WEEK AND ONE OF THE NEW VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS, THEIR, UM, PROJECT DUE OCTOBER 1ST.
SO IN THE NEXT 11 DAYS HERE IS TO BOOST OUR VOLUNTEER POSITION, SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION TEAM.
SO SHE'S PUT TOGETHER A BINDER WITH A BUNCH OF COUNSELING MATERIALS, SO, SO THAT WHENEVER WE HAVE NEW VOLUNTEER COMING IN, EVERYTHING'S LAID OUT.
OKAY, IF THE PET JUST HAD SURGERY, HERE'S WHAT WE COVER, HERE'S WHAT TO LOOK FOR, MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT LOOKING INCISION, ALL THAT GOOD SORT OF STUFF.
AND JUST KIND OF PREP THEM, UH, AS THEY'RE WAITING, YOU KNOW, TO PROCESS THE ADOPTION.
WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE SPEAKING TO THEM AND, AND KIND OF PREPARING THEM FOR THEIR ADOPTION.
UM, IT'S NOT AS IN DEPTH AS FAR AS CRATE TRAINING.
THERE, THERE IS CRATE TRAINING AND SOME OF THOSE TRAINING MATERIALS IN THERE.
UM, BUT FOR KIND OF MORE ADVANCED BEHAVIOR THINGS, WE DO HAVE GOOD PUB SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH IS A VIRTUAL, UH, TRAINING.
UH, IT'S GOOD FOR FOUR WEEKS, I BELIEVE FOR FOUR WEEKS.
UM, AND THAT'S A VIRTUAL TRAINING WHERE YOU MEET ONE-ON-ONE VIRTUALLY WITH THE TRAINER ONLINE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO, TO ADOPTERS IN NEED.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING PET SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS AS WELL.
WE HAVE SOME SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE FOSTER PROGRAM, UH, SO IT TOUCHES MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
WE'RE QUIETLY DOING A PILOT PROGRAM WITH SOME TRAINERS AROUND TOWN, VERY SMALL NOW TO GET AHEAD OF IT, RATHER THAN ADOPTING AND HAVING THEM HAVE PROBLEMS. BUT SENDING SOME OF OUR LARGER, YOUNGER WILDER FRIENDS OUT FOR SOME VERY BASIC TRAINING.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A WALK ON A LOOSE LEASH LOOKING FOR MAYBE SIT WHEN APPROACHED.
VERY SIMPLE THINGS THAT WILL MAKE THOSE DOGS MORE PALATABLE FOR, FOR OUR PERHAPS LESS THAN WELL-TRAINED PET OWNERS.
SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE THINGS IN THE WORKS AND THEY NEED TO GROW, BUT WE'LL TRY TEST DRIVING A FEW THINGS.
UM, COMMISSIONER CASEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
UM, WITH THAT PIO POSITION, JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THAT A DEDICATED PERSON JUST TO DAS THAT'S WORKING OUT OF CITY HALL OR ARE THEY HANDLING MULTIPLE OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR FUNCTIONS AS WELL? IT, IT'S A COMMUNICATIONS AS A WHOLE, SO, OKAY.
SO IT'S, THEY'RE NOT DAS DEDICATED.
IT'S, IT'S A TEAM, BUT I, I BELIEVE THE CONCEPT IS DEVELOPING A TEAM THAT WORKS SPECIFICALLY WITH DAS.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PANS OUT, I GUESS.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WAIT, WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOO, SO, YEAH.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WHEN THE SUBSIDIZED SURGERY IS TALKING ABOUT, I'M EXPANDING THE SPAY NEUTER AND JUST THE GENERAL SURGICAL AND VET CAPABILITIES, UM, WITH THE PARTNERS, IS IT STILL CITY OF DALLAS PAYING THOSE? AND THEN THEY HAVE THE VETS, SO THEY HAVE THE STAFF, BUT DALLAS IS STILL COVERING THE COST OF THAT STUFF? YES, THROUGH THAT FUNDING, WE PROVIDE THAT SUBSIDIZED SERVICE AND AS WELL, WE HAVE GRANT FUNDS AS WELL TO MAKE UP FOR THAT.
BUT SUMMER, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THAT? I MEAN, YOU GOT THE GIST OF IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT SERVICE REQUEST NUMBER IS FOR.
THAT IS SO THAT IT THEN COMES BACK TO US FOR BILLING.
SO IT COVERS THE BASIC SPAY NEUTER SERVICES, CORE VACCINES, MICROCHIP, AND, UM, PAIN MANAGEMENT.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF OUR, UH, PARTNER VETERINARIANS ARE NOT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THEY DO REQUIRE THAT THEY HAVE THAT SR NUMBER AND OUR CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENTS.
WELL, WITH THE RESCUES TOO, 'CAUSE THERE WERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF NUMBERS OF THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE OPK HUB AND ALL OF THOSE TAKING OVER SOME OF THOSE SURGERIES OR EVEN SPAN NEUTER NETWORK.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD WHOLE DAYS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHERE YOU COULD SORT OF BUY OUT A DAY THERE FOR DAS ANIMALS ARE, IS, IS THAT A MIX WHERE THE RESCUES SOMETIMES COVER THE COST OR IS IT ALL CITY OF DALLAS? LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE VETS, RIGHT, AND THEY HAVE THE, THE EXTRA TIME AND SPACE AND VETS.
BUT IS THE, IS DALLAS MONEY STILL PAYING FOR THOSE SURGERIES? ESSENTIALLY? LIKE FOR, FOR ANYTHING THAT'S LISTED ON OUR SUBSIDIZED SURGERY STATS, THOSE ARE SURGERIES THAT WE'VE PAID FOR, YES.
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OKAY.AND THERE IS, TO YOUR POINT, A MIX.
'CAUSE OPERATION ISTS DOES NOT ACCEPT USR NUMBERS.
SO FOR THAT, THAT IS A DIFFERENT LIKE BILLING WHERE WE'RE SORT OF LIKE BUYING OUT THAT DAY.
BUT, UM, BUT FOR THE OTHER CLINICS INVOLVED, THAT'S WHY THE SR NUMBER IS REQUIRED.
SO WE CAN ENSURE THEY'RE A CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENT.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE SET THEM UP AS VENDORS SO THAT WE COULD PAY THOSE INVOICES.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE VET SHORTAGE AND WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY ROOMS OF VETS AT DS SO WE'RE OUTSOURCING ESSENTIALLY.
SO THEIR RESCUES AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT BACK HERE.
UM, THEN ONE OTHER PLACE THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT AT ALL, UM, 'CAUSE WE'VE REALLY LIKE SHORED UP SO MUCH SUPPORT FOR THE RESCUES AND THE ADOPTIONS AND, UM, EVEN VOLUNTEERS IS THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR, UM, SOME BUILDING UP THE FOSTER PROGRAM SUPPORT A BIT MORE, ESPECIALLY FOR MORE CONVENIENT VET CARE FOR LIKE GRABBING MEDS AND THINGS IS SOMETHING WE SEE ALL THE TIME.
THAT AFTER HOURS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE OF IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO REIMBURSEMENT AND SO YOU JUST HAVE TO DECIDE, AM I GONNA TAKE THEM TO THE EMERGENCY VET OR JUST HOPE THROUGH THE NIGHT, THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES, TEMP BOARDING WHEN FOSTERS TRAVEL, UH, THERE'S NO SUPPORT FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND MARKETING, SOME PEOPLE JUST ARE NOT GOOD AT IT AND IT'S SORT OF PUT ON THE FOSTERS AND THEIR FOSTERS DON'T MOVE IF THEY DON'T GET THAT MARKETING SUPPORT.
SO JUST KIND OF TOSSING THAT IN FOR AS WE KEEP BUILDING UP ALL THESE PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE UM, MOST EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN REALLY LOOKED AT AND, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THESE NUMBERS GOING UP AND WE HAVE MORE AND MORE FOSTERS, BUT WE DO SEE THAT ALL THE TIME WITHIN, YOU KNOW, I'VE FOSTERED, I DON'T KNOW, SIX OR EIGHT ANIMALS THIS YEAR.
AND SO YOU'RE IN THAT MIX WITH THE FACEBOOK GROUP AND OTHER FOSTERS HELPING EACH OTHER OUT WITH A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
AND EVEN STARTING THEIR OWN GO GOFUNDME TO PAY FOR HAVING TO TAKE A FOSTER TO EMERGENCY VET ON A SUNDAY NIGHT.
AND SO IF THERE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN KIND OF ADD THAT TO THE INTERNAL DAS, HOW WE CAN MAYBE GET GRANT MONEY TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE, THE, THE FOSTER, THE INTERNAL DAS FOSTERS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, ANYBODY ELECTRONICALLY, VIRTUALLY JONATHAN? UM, COMMISSIONER SACKER, YOU ARE, UH, RECOGNIZED.
UH, AM I ABLE TO RECOUP THE REMAINDER OF MY PREVIOUS TIME AS WELL AND USE THAT HERE IN COMBINATION WITH THE ADDITIONAL MINUTES? YEAH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL FIRST.
I DON'T WANNA BE THE CURMUDGEON IN THE GROUP.
I WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW I'M SUPER PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT DAS IS DOING AND OUR COMMISSIONERS.
I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE EVERYBODY COME IN AND, AND SPEAK, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE IT LIKE OFFICIAL ON RECORD THAT THESE MEETINGS WE HAVE ALL APPROVED TO, TO LAST THREE HOURS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF TOPICS ARE NOT RELATING TO OUR CURRENT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, AGAIN, UM, WE ARE AN ADVISORY BODY TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO ASSIST IN COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW AND CITY ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO THE OPERATION OF AN ANIMAL SHELTER, MARKETING, SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAMS, FUNDING, VOLUNTEERISM.
THOSE ARE ALL ADDITIONAL ITEMS. THOSE AREN'T IN SCOPE.
AND SO I WANT TO, UM, ASK FOR, UM, SHELBY, UH, EITHER ON YOUR END OR ON DI'S END, UH, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHO TO CONNECT WITH, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK IF WE CAN, UH, ON THE NEXT MEETING DISCUSS, UM, POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT CLEARLY IDENTIFY FOR ANY NEW ONCOMING, UM, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, MAKING IT VERY CLEAR WHAT, WHAT WE DO TODAY SO THAT THEY'RE NOT OVERWHELMED.
UM, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT A PIPELINE OF COMMISSIONERS IN THE FUTURE TO BE LIKE, OH, I'M SUPER EXCITED.
LIKE, THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY FUN THING.
I SEE WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
AND THEN THEY COME ON BOARD AND THEY'RE LIKE, HOLY COW.
LIKE, WE ARE DOING WAY MORE THAN WHAT THIS SAID.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY OR FORMALLY ASK FOR FIRST A REVIEW OF WHAT OUR CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND WHAT WE ARE ALL DOING, AGREE ON WHAT THOSE TOPICS ARE, AND THEN MAYBE ADD THOSE TO OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN, UM, THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, ARTICLE 24.
UM, I, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP IN THE FUTURE FOR ANY, AGAIN, ONCOMING COMMISSIONERS, BUT ALSO I'M GETTING A BIT OVERWHELMED AS WELL.
UH, I WANT TO TRY TO HELP AS MUCH AS I CAN.
UM, I DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS MUCH TIME TO GO OUT AND VOLUNTEER, UM, AT THE SHELTER AS I WISH I DID, BUT I'M STILL TRYING TO PERFORM THE, THE MAIN TASKS OF WHAT THIS, UM, COMMISSION IS FOR.
SO AGAIN, IF WE COULD CLEARLY DEFINE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, AND THEN SEE IF WE CAN AMEND WHAT, UM, THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, UM, CHARTER IS.
UM, I THINK WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE CAN INCLUDE ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN CALLING OUT THAT WE ARE ALL LIAISONS, UM, BETWEEN DAS AND OUR RESPECTED, UH, RESPECT, UH, RESPECTED, UH, DISTRICTS.
SO I COME FROM DISTRICT ONE, ANY ISSUES THAT COME UP, UM, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SENT TO CHAD, HE IMMEDIATELY ENGAGES ME.
AND THEN I IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE WITH MELISSA, BUT NOW WE'LL BE ENGAGING WITH PAUL.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE CAN ADD.
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OF SUBCOMMITTEE THAT'S AS VOLUNTEER WORK ON TOP OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.WE CAN CALL OUT MARKETING, WE CAN CALL OUT LAW, WE CAN CALL ENGAGEMENT.
UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD START THINKING ABOUT IF WE CAN HAVE THAT AS AN ITEM TO DISCUSS NEXT MEETING, UH, THAT WAY EVERYBODY KIND OF BRINGS THEIR BEST THOUGHTS FORWARD AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THAT MEETINGS FORWARD FROM THAT.
IT MIGHT NOT JUST TAKE ONE MEETING, BUT TO OFFICIALLY PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT SO THAT WE CAPTURE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE ALL DOING THAT MAKES THESE THREE HOURS, YOU KNOW, MAKE MORE SENSE.
BECAUSE TO ME, AS WE SIT HERE, I LOVE DISCUSSING THE VOLUNTEERISM AT SPAY NEUTER PROGRAMS. I HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE DEFINITELY GONNA BENEFIT FROM ALL THE KNOWLEDGE I GET FROM HERE.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THE THINGS THAT PAUL AND TEAM ARE TALKING ABOUT, WE CAN USE THIS TIME, UH, TO GO THROUGH OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND THEY CAN, UH, USE THEIR SUCCESS STORIES AND WE CAN HAVE OTHER MEETINGS OR OTHER TYPES OF MEDIA THAT WE CAN RELATE TO, UH, THOSE SUCCESS STORIES RATHER THAN JUST ON THESE CALLS.
UM, I, I HOPE I'M NOT TOO CURMUDGEONLY ON THAT, BUT I RELINQUISH MY TIME BACK.
WELL, IF I CAN ASK YOU A QUESTION, 'CAUSE UM, I USUALLY START THE MEETING, UM, I OR I HAVE IN THE PAST AND SAY, WE'RE ADVISORY.
AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY HERE.
'CAUSE I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS IF HE'S WILLING TO ANSWER 'EM.
BUT JONATHAN, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE GETTING OVERWHELMED, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND WE COME INTO THIS AND WE DO HAVE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
OBVIOUSLY STEPHANIE CASEY AS A COMMISSIONER IS DIFFERENT THAN A VOLUNTEER AND SHE IS KILLING IT.
BUT A LOT OF US HAVE DAY JOBS.
I DON'T MEAN THAT LIKE THAT, BUT MY POINT IS LIKE ALL OF OUR LEVELS OF, OF DIFFERING COMMITMENTS AS A VOLUNTEER IN THIS ROLE, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR CONCERN? LIKE, YOU THINK WE'D BE BRINGING PEOPLE ON AND THEN THEY'D BE LIKE, OH GOD, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OKAY.
AND, AND JUST, JUST LOOKING AT OUR, OUR ATTENDANCE TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY REPRESENTED AND THAT'S FINE.
BUT SOMETIMES I THINK IF IN THE FUTURE A COMMISSIONER JOINS ONE REASON FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE NOT SHOWING UP IS BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST, THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO SPEND THREE HOURS.
UM, AND SO I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEARLY IDENTIFIED WHAT WE ARE TAKING ON.
UM, BECAUSE WE, WE, EVEN, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE VOLUNTEERING, I STILL WANT THAT TO BE SOMETHING LIKE MENTIONED, RIGHT? SO THAT IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING FOR A NEWBIE.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S MORE MY POINT, RIGHT? I, MY OVERWHELMINGNESS IS A OVERWHELMEDNESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED.
IT'S MAINLY BECAUSE I HAVE, UH, SICK KIDS ALL THE TIME.
SO I'M LIKE TRYING TO LIKE GET OUT AND, AND A DAY JOB, BUT I GOT A 10 MONTH OLD AND HE'S JUST ALWAYS SICK.
UH, BUT, UM, WHEN I AM TRYING TO LIKE, GIVE MY TIME TO THIS COMMITTEE, UM, I, I CAN'T ALWAYS GIVE AS MUCH AS THE REST OF THE TEAMMATES OR REST OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST PERSONAL.
BUT I THINK FOR THE FUTURE, CLEARLY IDENTIFYING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
'CAUSE I THINK THIS COMMISSION HAS ABSOLUTELY EVOLVED SINCE I'VE JOINED.
I THINK WE'RE DOING SO MUCH MORE THAN WHEN I STARTED.
AND I'D LIKE THAT TO JUST BE OFFICIALLY LOGGED IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM SO THAT ANY FUTURE COMMISSIONERS KNOW WHAT THE BASELINE IS, THAT WE DON'T KIND OF DROP BELOW THAT.
THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR ASSISTANCE AND VOLUNTEERISM TO DAS.
THAT WAY WE DON'T RE REGRESS AT ALL.
SO ONE THING I DO WANNA MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT GOES OVER ALL THE THINGS WE DID, UH, THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND I WAS COMPLETELY, I THINK WE ALL WERE PRETTY GOBSMACKED ABOUT EVERYTHING ACCOMPLISHED LAST YEAR.
AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT ALL THE SHARE GRAPHICS THAT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING.
I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG PUSH FROM US BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE, WE GOTTA GET THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO YOU WANT I IDENTIFYING FACTORS AS TO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
LET'S, I AM HAPPY I WILL TAKE THIS ON.
I WILL LOOK AT THAT CHAPTER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
UM, AND I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THROUGH THE ATTORNEY HERE, BUT ALSO JONATHAN, WHAT YOU SAID IN THE BEGINNING IS SPOT ON.
WHEN I CAME ON, WHICH FEELS LIKE CENTURIES AGO, UM, I WAS TOLD, HEY, YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WILL GIVE YOU QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AND WE NEED YOU TO HELP ANSWER THEM.
AND ALSO YOU ARE THE CONDUIT GENERALLY TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS TOTALLY IMPROVED IS THAT WE ARE GIVING OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THINGS TO PUT IN THEIR NEWSLETTERS, WHETHER IT'S ADOPTION EVENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY, BECAUSE OF OF YOUR EFFORTS WENT AHEAD AND TALKED ABOUT, UM, AN ADOPTION EVENT AT HOLLYWOOD FEED.
SO AGAIN, LIKE THAT'S GENERALLY LIKE WE ARE THE CONDUIT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO A MORE DEEP DIVE AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION THERE.
ANY, UM, COMMISSIONER HANSEN? BILL, WHO ELSE? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER HANSEN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
AND I, UM, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING TOO IS MAYBE MORE WHAT HE'S WANTING IS CLARITY.
UM, I FEEL LIKE, SO ON AS FAR AS LIKE THE ORDINANCES AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT DAS IS FOLLOWING EVERYTHING, MY IMPRESSION IS ONE OF
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THEIR ROLES IS TO ENFORCE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR PET SPANIARD.SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE THE SHELTER, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION CENTER.
THEN WE HAVE FIELD WHICH GOES OUT IN THE FIELD, COLLECTS DOGS, WRITES TICKETS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE, THE SPANIARD FALLS UNDER THAT ROLE OF US MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOB.
SO, AM I CORRECT ON THAT OR AM I MISSING SOMETHING? COMMISSIONER HANSEN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, AND IF I DO, I'LL PROBABLY TURF IT TO DANIEL.
BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING, IS IT PART OF OUR JOB TO ENFORCE THE SPAY NEUTER LAW? IS THAT THE QUESTION? CORRECT.
LIKE THAT US TALKING ABOUT SPAY AND NEUTER AND STUFF WOULD FOLLOW UNDER THE LINES OF MAKING SURE THAT DAS IS, IS ON POINT WITH THEIR, THEIR, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES AND SO FORTH TO THE CITY.
UH, EVERY CALL THAT WE GO TO, WE DO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ANY ANIMALS AND THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS SPAY, NEUTER, MICROCHIPPING, AND, UH, VACCINATION.
SO MAYBE IF WHEN, WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER OF LIKE OUR ROLES, MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF EMBELLISH ON I GUESS, THE SENTENCE OF OUR ACTUAL ROLE.
BUT LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DAS TO THE CITY? AND, AND KIND OF PUT THAT IN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SPAN NEUTER, KIND OF LIST IT OUT BECAUSE LIKE COMMISSIONER SAXON SAYS, NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.
UM, I THINK WHAT ALL Y'ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, WHICH IS A LOT.
SO, AND HOW WE CAN ASSIST IN THAT PROCESS.
UH, COMMISSIONER HILL, MINE ACTUALLY IS A TOTAL CHANGE OF SUBJECT BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MEDIA, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I KNEW EXACTLY WHEN MARLO WAS HIRED
AND, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN CARLA, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WAS THINKING IT WAS MARLO COMING BACK.
BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THAT JUST THE POSITIVE, UM, VIBES THAT YOU GET NOW FROM DAS ON EVERY SINGLE POST THAT THEY DO, UM, IS AMAZING.
AND JUST THE HONESTY TOO, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WHERE SHE HA THEY HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT THEY DO IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT MAKES YOU WANNA BE ENGAGED VERSUS TURNS YOU OFF.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
THANK YOU MARLOW'S ON THE CALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING IN RESPONSE.
YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SAID REALLY NICE THINGS.
SHE'S BEEN HOPPING IN AND OUT OF THIS CALL, SO SHE, SHE AND I WORK REALLY HARD AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
COMMISSIONER HILL, ARE YOU FINISHED? YES, I AM.
COMMISSIONER REPP IS RECOGNIZED.
UM, YES, I WANTED TO, I DIDN'T HEAR EXACTLY WHO'S KIND OF IN CHARGE OF HELPING MAKING, UH, DOG RUNS OR FENCED IN PROPERTY FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T REALLY AFFORD IT BECAUSE I HAVE A CONNECTION WITH BOY SCOUTS AND TO MAKE EAGLE SCOUT, THEY NEED PROJECTS.
AND THE WAY I SEE IT, THESE WOULD BE EXCELLENT PROJECTS FOR THE BOY SCOUTS TO GO DO.
SO I, I I DIDN'T, UM, CATCH WHO WAS CHARGE OF THAT.
YEAH, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE FANTASTIC.
THAT CONTACT, WE ACTUALLY JUST DISCUSSED THAT RECENTLY.
WE ALSO HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS FIRST DOG RUN NEW THAT THIS WAS JUST A TRIAL, SO WE WEREN'T TRYING TO SET ANYTHING IN STONE, BUT, UM, ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO ME, UM, SUMMER, DO LER DALLAS.GOV.
UM, IS THIS, WHO IS THIS? IS THIS THIS SUMMER? SUMMER? YEP.
IF YOU WANNA REACH OUT TO, IF YOU WANNA REACH OUT TO ME, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE CONTACTS.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO ASSIST.
AND ELIZABETH, IF YOU CAN ADD TO THAT DOGHOUSES TOO.
'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PROJECTS SUMMER, AND I KNOW THERE WAS A NEED FOR THAT.
I THINK, 'CAUSE I KNOW IT WAS HARD FOR MY SON TO FIND ONE.
AND, UH, SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE GREAT FOR THEM.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE CLOSING.
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I, UH, JUST WANTED TO FINISH WITH THE FOLLOWING.SO, UM, ON THE OPEN HOUSE, PAUL, WHO WOULD I REACH OUT TO? LIKE, YOU GUYS ARE BUSY.
CAN, CAN WE HELP WITH THAT? HOW, WHO WOULD I REACH OUT TO ON SCHEDULING THAT? YOU COULD COORDINATE WITH ME, MARY.
WE, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
UM, ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS ON THE ANIMAL CRUELTY UNIT SIDE.
HOLDING THOSE ANIMALS IS NO EASY FEAT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, THERE ARE SO MANY RULES ABOUT EVIDENCE AND NOT TOUCHING THEM AND ALL THAT.
SO THAT'S, I MEAN, I JUST THINK IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO BETWEEN COYOTES, BETWEEN HOLDING ANIMALS, UM, IN CRUELTY CASES, UM, BETWEEN THE LOOSE DOG HALLS, DANGEROUS DOGS, EVERYTHING IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
SINCE I HAVE THE ATTORNEY HERE, UH, JILLIAN CAN I, AM I ALLOWED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS? THERE'RE MINUTES, YEAH.
UM, SO, UM, MATTHEW, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO COMMIT C ARE WE ALLOWED TO CREATE COMMITTEES OR TASK FORCES? SO THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST ONE BECAUSE WE DID SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES IN THE PAST, BUT THEN WE HAD TO CALL 'EM TASK FORCES.
IT HA EVERYTHING HAD TO BE RECORDED.
AND THEN ALSO COMMISSIONER SYED BROUGHT UP AN EXCELLENT POINT.
LIKE IF THE COMMISSIONERS WANNA TALK MORE, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW TOMA.
BUT IN THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I CAN BE THE CONDUIT AND ONCE A MONTH I MEET WITH PAUL, WHICH I MEET WITH HIM PRETTY FREQUENTLY, AND THEN CAN I DISTRIBUTE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSIONERS? SO THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER TWO.
AND THEN ALSO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE QUESTION REGARDING, UH, COMMISSIONER SACKER, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING 'CAUSE WE WERE PART OF, UH, PASSING THE ORIGINAL LAW THAT SAID IF YOU HAVE A CITY OVER 75,000, EXCUSE ME, A COUNTY, THEN YOU NEED TO CREATE AN ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR YOUR SHELTER.
SO WE DID THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT WE CAN'T AMEND OUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITHOUT THAT AFFECTING EVERY OTHER COMMISSION.
SO THOSE ARE MY THREE QUESTIONS.
UH, COULD YOU SUMMARIZE THE FIRST QUESTION AND I'LL TAKE 'EM EACH IN IN ORDER? SURE.
COMMITTEES CAN UM, UH, THE DALLAS ANIMAL SHELTER COMMISSION CREATE COMMITTEES OR ARE THEY CALLED TASK FORCES? HOW CAN WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT? SHE BROUGHT UP AN EXCELLENT POINT ON LEGISLATION.
SO IF WE WANNA CREATE A LEDGE COMMITTEE OR A SHELTER COMMITTEE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? SHORT ANSWER IS, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT COME PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I CAME PREPARED TO OFFER, UH, LEGAL ADVICE ON THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS NOTICED ON THE AGENDA.
I DO BELIEVE YOU GUYS CAN, UH, AND, AND DON'T, THIS ISN'T GOSPEL, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CHAPTER EIGHT ALLOWS YOU GUYS TO MAKE COMMISSIONS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT, UH, UM, CROSS OUR T'S AND DOTTER I'S TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, THE COMMITTEES SUBCOMMITTEES ARE SUBJECT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
SO THEY WOULD STILL BE, NEED TO BE, UH, FOLLOW ALL THE RULES THAT, UH, THAT ACT ENTAILS.
AND THEN JUST SINCE I HAVE YOU, JILLIAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? THE LAST TIME WE DID COMMITTEES, UM, SO THAT'S CORRECT.
EACH AND EVERY TIME THE REASON WE HAD MOVED TO TASK FORCES, BECAUSE AS COMMITTEES YOU, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO THAT.
SO EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU WOULD MEET, IT'D HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC FORUM JUST LIKE THIS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT STAFFING.
UM, THE ABILITY TO HAVE THOSE COMMITTEES IS A GREAT THING, BUT I THINK MORE CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WORK ON FIRST JUST BECAUSE STAFFING IS NOT THERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
THAT'S NOT BUT, BUT A STAFF MEMBER HAS TO BE AT OUR MEETINGS.
LIKE, IF, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A COORDINATOR, YES.
CAN WE COMMUNICATE REGULARLY? IF WOULD WE VIOLATE TOMA? MOST LIKELY YOU WOULD VIOLATE TOR TOMA IF YOU HAD A QUORUM.
AND THEN IN THE OTHER SITUATION YOU NEED TO AVOID WOULD BE A SITUATION KNOWN AS A WALKING QUORUM.
SO IF YOU TRIED TO HAVE A CALL WITH SAY, THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE MM-HMM,
13 MEMBERS? AND SO LET'S SAY QUORUM IS SEVEN AND YOU SAY, OH, WELL I'M GONNA HAVE A CALL WITH SIX PEOPLE THAT DOESN'T MAKE QUORUM.
BUT THEN THAT SIX, ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE TALKS TO A SEVENTH PERSON.
IF YOU HAVE SAY, TWO OR THREE MEETINGS OF THREE PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AROUND QUORUM, THAT STILL VIOLATES TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THOSE WOULD STILL BE, UM, SO THE WAY THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IS THAT IF YOU, YOU HAD ISSUES IF A BOARD MEMBER OR COMMISSION MEMBER RATHER, UH, HAD A SUBJECT THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING UP, THEY COULD BRING THAT TO YOU.
THEY COULD BRING THAT TO MS. APPLEBAUM THAT COULD BE PUT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT.
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RIGHT.I THOUGHT I'D LIKE TO, WE'RE ALL HERE.
LET'S JUST GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, JUST IF YOU KNOW, SHE'S JUST WANTING TO SEND AN UPDATE TO US WHERE WE ARE NOT COMMUNICATING BACK AS A GROUP, IS SHE ABLE TO SEND AN EMAIL LINES? THOSE ARE THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE GENERALLY, UH, ACCEPTED.
UM, IT REALLY, IT'S JUST BECAUSE JILLIAN EMAILS US THAT WAY TOO.
SO IF IT'S A SCHEDULING CONFLICT OR, UM, LIKE THE AGENDA USUALLY SHOULD BE, UH, SENT OUT.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THE ANNUAL ADVISORY COMMISSION HAS, UH, PARTICULAR RULES THAT SAY IT HAS TO BE SENT OUT SO MANY DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
UM, BUT IT'S USUALLY NOTICED TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN THE COMMISSIONERS ARE GIVEN NOTICE AS WELL, SO THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THAT REALLY IT'S DISCUSSION.
SO A ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION FROM MS. APPLEBAUM TO YOU ALL IS PROBABLY NOT A VIOLATION.
UH, IF, IF YOU GUYS START DISCUSSING IT AMONGST YOURSELVES OR THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE A QUORUM ISSUE AND THEN IT WOULD VIOLATE THE TEXAS OPEN MEDIA.
SO CHAIR BOSKY IS JUST SENDING US A MONTHLY UPDATE TO SAY THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AND SHE BLIND CARBONS US SO THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND AS A GROUP.
IS THAT, DO YOU SEE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT? I'M NOT THE, THE, OUR OFFICE IS TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT EXPERT.
BUT FROM WHAT I HEAR YOU'RE ASKING, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I WOULD WANT TO, UM, LOOP BACK AROUND WITH THE CHAIR.
I USED TO O OVERSEE OPEN RECORDS AND I'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE TRAININGS AND THAT'S WHY, UM, I'M OFFERING THIS.
I DO BELIEVE, AND WE CAN REACH OUT TO A CITY ATTORNEY, UH, PALOMINO TO CLARIFY IF NEEDED.
BUT I DO BELIEVE AS LONG AS IT IS NOT GOING INTO A FORM WHERE WE CAN COMMUNICATE BACK TO YOU AS A QUORUM, THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE.
IIII I'M VERY NEARLY CERTAIN THAT IS A CORRECT.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
SO
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST UNDERSTAND THAT BASED ON WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO, AND I KNOW, AND I APOLOGIZE 'CAUSE YOU'RE JUST ON THE FLY HERE, BUT THIS IS, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN ATTORNEY ATTEND OUR MEETING FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT COMMISSIONER SACKER BROUGHT UP WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
SO, BUT A LOT OF US TRY TO STEP IN IN VOLUNTEER ROLES.
WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
WE CANNOT CHANGE WHAT OUR ROLE IS WITH AMENDMENTS.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE BOARDS.
THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL IS LIKE, UM, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE CITY, THEY RESERVE RIGHTS AND THEN THEY, UH, EXTEND PRIVILEGES TO OTHER BOARDS.
SO THE ZONE, UM, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OR THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION, AND THEY EACH HAVE THEIR ROLE.
AND THEN THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION SERVES AS YOU NOTED, AS AN ADVISORY, UH, COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL.
AND SO YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE YOUR ROLE.
LIKE, UM, IF YOU TELL YOUR CHILD, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN WATCH TV AT THIS TIME, THEY CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES.
UM, BUT THE PARENT ORGANIZATION BEING CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE RULES.
IF WE CHANGE 'EM FOR US, I WAS TOLD BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TWO YEARS AGO, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE FOR PARKS AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION AT THE FIRST TIME.
YOU'RE, UM, THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO IS DETERMINE BY CITY COUNCIL IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO LIKE HOW THE, UM, THE RULES TAKE PLACE AND HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO CONDUCT YOUR MEETINGS, THEN THAT THEN CORRECT.
THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE, IT WOULD BE DONE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL AND IT WOULD APPLY TO ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND JILLIAN, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS KEEPING US AT A SOMA JAIL.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER HANSEN, I APOLOGIZE YOU WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT.
SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MEETING MINUTES TO, UM, SHOW THAT COMMISSIONER HANSEN WAS AT THE MEETING.
AND IF YOU ARE EVER OFF THESE, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL FIX IT.
DO, UM, SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO ADD HER.
UM, UH, CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? MOTION TO APPROVE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE SINCE I'M HERE, UH, I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A MOTION MADE.
WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? AND THEN THE VOTE SOUNDED LIKE IT WENT THROUGH.
SO, UH, PARLIAMENT PROCEDURE IS, YEAH.
SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT, BUT JUST WANTED TO ME AND LA CHECK THE BOXES.
SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, LET'S ALL GO MAKE MONEY ON NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY FOR OUR AMAZING ANIMAL NONPROFITS, INCLUDING FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
I'M SORRY, I'M SAYING THAT AS A PERSON.
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