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YES, IT[Workforce-Education and Equity on October 15, 2024.]
IS NOW 9:00 AM 9:00 AM I'M SORRY.AND THE MEETING OF THE OCTOBER 15TH MEETING FOR THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
WHILE WE PREPARE FOR THOSE STAFF MEMBERS, UH, TO GET SEATED COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, WE NEED TO ON THE AGENDA, IF YOU SEE THIS MORNING, THE MINUTES ARE, ARE PRINTED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024 WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY, ANY, ANY OPPOSED OPPOSITION? IF NONE BEING SAID, WE WILL SIGN OFF ON THE, WE APPROVED AND WE WILL SIGN OFF ON THE MINUTES AS PRINTED, FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE HERE IN THE, UH, AUDITORIUM HERE, AND THOSE WHO ARE ONLINE, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.
UH, WE ARE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND ISSUES THAT I THINK WILL BE VERY IMPACTFUL AS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY THROUGH OUR WE COMMITTEE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY.
EQUITY BEING, OF COURSE, THE KEY.
SO LAST MONTH, WE, UH, INTRODUCED A VERY, UM, ROBUST AND INFORMATIVE, UH, CONVERSATION AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENGAGEMENT TO KEEP US INFORMED AND CONNECTED TO THE CITY'S RACIAL EQUITY COMMITTEE.
SO NOW OCTOBER WILL SET, UM, WILL BE, WE'LL MARK THE FIRST SET OF DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL COME TO THE WE COMMITTEE, UH, BEGINNING WITH THE VIBRANT PORTFOLIO.
WE WILL HEAR FROM SIX DEPARTMENTS TODAY AND THEIR EFFORTS TO DEFINITELY CLOSE THE GAPS AND DISPARITIES DIRECTLY TIED TO THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, AS WELL AS EQUITY IN INDICATORS.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE DEPARTMENTS ARE ACCOMPLISHING MUCH, AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, UH, I'M GONNA CALL YOU TODAY, DR.
WE APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK, AND THEY'RE CHARGED WITH CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT, RECOGNIZE, AND IMPLEMENT THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WILL HELP TO STRENGTHEN OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
FOLLOWING THAT TODAY, FOLLOWING THE HUMAN RESOURCES WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ITS EFFORTS TO UPSKILL STAFF AND PROVIDE PATHWAYS TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE BASE, CAREER GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES.
WE WILL ALSO, HOPEFULLY TODAY HAVE BRIEF UPDATES IN THE FORM OF MEMORANDUMS REGARDING THE D DALLAS, UH, DALLAS YOUTH SURVEY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN YOUR PACKET.
DALLAS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR PARADE WEEK, AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP.
AND THIS IS, UH, SOMEWHAT OF A KUDOS HERE, BUT THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE INSTITUTE ON RACE, POWER AND POLITICAL ECONOMY AT THE NEW SCHOOL, WHICH SCORED DALLAS IN THE TOP THIRD OF 170 US CITIES.
I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN, IN THE TOP THIRD OF THE 170 CITIES AND COUNTIES PERFORMING JURISDICTIONS IN THE COUNTRY FOR ADVANCING EQUITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT A CAPITAL E THROUGH THE INVESTMENT OF A RPA RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
SO THIS CONTINUES TO SPEAK OF ALL OF OUR COMMITMENTS, UH, THROUGH THE COUNCIL TO PREVIOUS CITY MANAGERS TO ADVANCE EQUITY BY CLOSING GAPS.
AND WHILE WE ARE NOT THERE YET, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND ONCE AGAIN, AS CHAIR, I DO APPLAUD, UH, CITY MA, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PERERA FOR YOUR WORK THROUGH THE YEARS, AND YOUR TEAM AS WELL AS PREVIOUS, UH, CITY MANAGER, TC BROAD KN, AND THE PRESENT INTERIM CITY MANAGER.
AND SOMETIMES I CALL IT THE CITY MANAGER, BUT INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UH, KIMBERLY TOLBERT, AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WHO CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE PRIZE.
AND THAT BEING EQUITY AND INCLUSION, INCLUSION AND MAKING DALLAS THE CITY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EVERYONE ELSE MODEL AFTER.
SO THIS MORNING, WE TURN IT ON, UH, PAST THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SEGMENT TO YOU, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PEREIRA.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE NICE NOTE OF ACCOLADE FOR OUR TEAM.
AND WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT, OF COURSE, THE LEADERSHIP, UH, OF THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR, THE FULL COMMITTEE, AND, AND CERTAINLY COUNCIL IN THE ADOPTION OF THE, UH, THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, WHICH AS YOU
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ALL KNOW, WAS ADOPTED.AND, UH, TWO YEARS AGO, A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO, TO BRING, UH, SOME UPDATE TO YOU TODAY.
I AM, UH, PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES WHO REPRESENT THE, UH, VIBRANT PORTFOLIO, AS IT WERE.
AND, UH, WE HAVE DR. LINDSEY WILSON.
UH, WE HAVE MARTINA, ELISE, PHILIPPE, MS. CRYSTAL ROSS, JESSICA GALLISHAW, CARLOS EVANS, AND HEATHER LOWE, REPRESENTING THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH WE ARE FOLDING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE VIBRANT PARK PORTFOLIO.
AND AS WE MENTIONED LAST MONTH, AS, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE BRINGING, UH, OUR, OUR EQUITY PLAN UPDATES TO YOU BY PORTFOLIO, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE, UM, WE WANNA KEEP IT FRESH AND INTERESTING.
AND, AND TWO, UH, WE THINK THAT BY BEING TOGETHER AT THE SAME TABLE, YOU CAN SEE PERHAPS THAT THE COLLECTIVE, UH, TEAM EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING ON TO ADVANCE EQUITY IN OUR CITY, UH, AS WELL AS HOPEFULLY YOU CAN IDENTIFY SOME SYNERGIES THAT PROBABLY NEED TO BE, UM, MENTIONED SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARD THOSE GOALS THAT, THAT YOU ALL HAVE RESPECTIVELY TO CLOSE DISPARITIES IN THE CITY, AND CERTAINLY IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT.
SO, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BACKGROUND ON DATA, THE VIBRANT PORTFOLIOS, UH, YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THEIR DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
AND, UM, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN WE WANNA HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK PLEASE.
SO, SO AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE ARE, UM, BASING OUR, WHY DON'T WE GO ALL THE WAY TO THE, THE DATA SLIDE.
ANALYTICAL RIGOR AND DATA DRIVEN.
HAVING PROBABLY GO ONE FORWARD.
WE'RE, UH, LOOKING TO DISCLOSE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO USE DATA, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE PUBLISHED THE CITY, THE EQUITY INDICATORS REPORT IN 2019 IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS.
THAT CONTINUES TO BE OUR ANCHOR FOR HOW WE ARE, UM, MAKING RIGOROUS DECISIONS BASED ON DATA AND HOW WE CAN PERHAPS CLOSE THE NEEDLE OVER TIME THROUGH INTENTIONAL EFFORTS.
SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF, OF PUBLISHING THE UPDATED VERSION OF THE DALLAS EQUITY INDICATORS THAT WILL GIVE US NEW DATA, PERHAPS SHOW IF ANY NEEDLES HAVE BEEN MOVED TO DATE.
BUT OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO, TO CLOSE DISPARITY IN OUTCOMES FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE ALSO RELY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AS YOU KNOW, AND WE USE THE EQUITY ATLAS TO HELP US, UM, BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT ZONING IN ON YOUR DISTRICTS, ON ON CENSUS TRACKS, UH, OVERLAYING MAPS THAT MAYBE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND HOW THAT INTERSECTS WITH EQUITY, ET CETERA.
SO WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN USE IN THE FUTURE THE EQUITY ATLAS AS A TOOL THAT YOU FIND TO BE, UM, USEFUL IN THIS REGARD.
AND THEN, AGAIN, USING DESEGREGATED DATA, WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE HOW DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ARE, ARE RESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS THAT WE HAVE AS RELATED TO THE EQUITY PLAN.
OF COURSE, THIS CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT OUR TEAM.
AND I WANNA GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO, TO DR. LINDSEY WILSON AND HER TEAM AT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, WHO SERVE AS AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE TO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, FOR RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, AND FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PURPOSES.
WITH THAT, I'M TURNING IT OVER TO DR. WILSON.
WELL, THANK YOU, UH, A CM LIZ CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND TO THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE, UH, FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT TO DALLAS, A DALLAS THAT PRIORITIZES TRANSPARENCY, OUTCOMES, AND IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES WITH THE GREATEST NEED.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, TODAY, AS MENTIONED, WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THE FIRST PORTFOLIO TO THE COMMITTEE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT THAT WE'RE MAKING THROUGH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN MEASURES AND HOW EACH DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING TO OPERATIONALIZE EQUITY.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU LAST MONTH, AND DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE MAKING THROUGH THEIR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN PROGRESS MEASURES.
SLIDE FIVE REALLY REINFORCES OUR SERVICE FIRST, NOW COMMITMENT.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE THREE CS, AND WE KNOW THE THREE CS IS
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KEY TO A SERVICE FIRST NOW MENTALITY, AND HAS AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION TO THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES, WHICH REALLY ZONES IN ON MEETING EACH ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS WHERE THEY'RE AT.ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE CITY OF DALLAS'S RACIAL EQUITY PLAN CONSISTS OF 214 PROGRESS DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
OUT OF THE 214 PROGRESS MEASURES, 17% ARE HOUSED WITHIN THE VIBRANT PORTFOLIO, AND 59% OF THE VIBRANT PORTFOLIO'S PROGRESS MEASURES THROUGH 2024 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
YOU'LL HEAR A DETAILED UPDATE ON THE MEASURES FROM EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS SHORTLY.
ON SLIDE SIX, IT'S A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE VIBRANT PORTFOLIO'S RACIAL EQUITY PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FOR FY 20 22, 20 23.
BOTH THE LEGEND AND THE MAP HIGHLIGHTS THE INTENTIONAL FUNDING INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS EXISTING DISPARITIES, AND AS A RESULT, RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE INCREASED MOBILITY AND ACCESS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
SLIDE SEVEN MOVES US INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIFIC UPDATES, AND WE'LL START WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, WHERE OUR MISSION IS TO ADVANCE EQUITY INCLUSION AND SOCIAL SOCIAL JUSTICE, SO ALL DALLAS SITES CAN THRIVE.
AND AGAIN, WE DO THAT REALLY BY COLLABORATING WITH RESIDENTS, CITY DEPARTMENTS, YOU ALL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY LEADERS, REALLY FOCUSING ON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE THE GREATEST NEEDS.
WE DO IT BY CENTERING BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION, WHICH GUIDES OUR SHARED DECISION MAKING PROCESSES AND CONNECTING THROUGH RESOURCES, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, WHILE STILL ACKNOWLEDGING THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT REMAINS TO BE DONE TO ACT, TO CONTINUE TO CLOSE GAPS AND IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY.
ON SLIDE EIGHT, WE BEGIN TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE OUTCOMES FROM OUR DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, BUT ALL OF THEM CAN BE FOUND IN THE APPENDIX SECTION.
THE DECISION TO NOT PUT ALL THE MEASURES HERE WAS REALLY GUIDED BY SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL LAST MONTH.
UM, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN, WHO REALLY CHALLENGED US TO ZONE IN ON WHAT WE ARE IN FACT CHANGING.
AND SO THIS SLIDE, OEI BUILDS ON THE RACIAL EQUITY PLANS WORK BY TARGETING INEQUITIES AND ENHANCING RESIDENTS WELLBEING.
THROUGH WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT EQUITY INDICATOR 39, GOVERNMENT SATISFACTION SERVICE SATISFACTION.
SINCE THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, OEI HAS IMPROVED GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND ADDRESSED DISPARITIES THROUGH LANGUAGE ACCESS PROTOCOLS, THIS HAS RESULTED IN DEPARTMENTS INCREASE IN, IN COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS, THROUGH BILINGUAL EMPLOYEES, THE IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSLATION SERVICES AND ORAL AND A SL INTERPRETATION SERVICES FOR THE CITY CITYWIDE EVENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HUMAN RESOURCES, WE'VE NOT ONLY WORKED TO SUPPORT IN UPDATING THE LSAP AD, BUT ALSO DELIVERING REAL RESULTS WITH NEARLY 1700 CITY OF DALLAS EMPLOYEES BEING TRAINED ON LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL OF INCREASING THE PERCENT OF A DA SERVICE REQUESTS COMPLETION IN HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES BY 85%.
AND THE FINAL GOAL HERE ON THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, THE PROGRESS REPORT AND ON THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE EQUITY INDICATOR SYMPOSIUM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AGAIN TO BRING THE DEPARTMENTS OVER THE NEXT COURSE OF EIGHT MONTHS TO SHARE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN THEIR ACTUAL IMPACT.
IF WE MOVE TO SLIDE NUMBER NINE, WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED LAST MONTH, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? BETWEEN ACTUAL OUTCOMES, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THE RESIDENTS.
AND SO, SLIDE NINE SHARES SOME OF THE IMPACT THAT THIS WORK HAS HAD ON IMPROVING, UH, THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THIS BROKEN UP IN THREE COLUMNS.
THE FIRST IS REALLY OPERATIONALIZING EQUITY I'S LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT IN ORAL, ORAL INTERPRETATION.
AND LANGUAGE ACCESS HAS SUPPORTED THE CITY IN REDUCING
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LANGUAGE BARRIERS FOR REACHING TO REACH COMMUNITIES WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE NOT REACHED.WE'VE REALLY SEEN THIS BECOME INFUSED THROUGHOUT VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS.
IN 2023, THE DEPARTMENT OF CODE COMPLIANCE ADDRESSED RESIDENTS COMPLAINTS ABOUT APARTMENTS IN BACHMAN LAKE AREA BY ASSIGNING SPANISH SPEAKING CODE INSPECTORS.
THIS PLACEMENT, AS REPORTED BY THE NEWS, ESTABLISHED A RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND INSPECTORS.
WE'VE ALSO DONE THIS THROUGH IMPROVING ACCESS.
THE IMPACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT LEADERS ON TASK FORCE WAS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT REPRESENTATION, YET, IT WAS ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DRIVEN TO DO, HOW THEY WERE IMPACTING CHANGE, AND SHOWING UP IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THE WCIA TASK FORCE CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 200 HOURS OF SERVICE DURING THE WELCOMING INTERACTIVE AND CONDUCTED FIVE TOURS.
AND THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO THE FINAL PIECE AROUND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
AND SO, O'S PROGRESS MEASURES HAVE NOT ONLY OPERATIONALIZED EQUITY AND INCREASED ACCESS, BUT IT'S REALLY BROUGHT IN SOME DOLLARS.
WELCOMING INTERACTIVE WAS THE LARGEST TWO DATE WITH OVER 783 ATTENDEES AND BROUGHT IN $1.3 MILLION TO DALLAS'S ECONOMY.
IN ADDITION, THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN CONTINUES TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN HELPING THE CITY OF DALLAS SECURE GRANT FUNDING BY PRO, PROVIDING A SOLID FOUNDATION THAT DEMONSTRATES THE CITY'S PREPAREDNESS AND COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING EQUITY.
AND SO, WE'VE MENTIONED SOME PREVIOUS AROUND THE CAFE GRANT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT HOUSING PLANNING AND OGA ARE DEVELOPING A HUD PRO HOUSING GRANT, UH, AS WELL AS RECENTLY SMU IN COLLABORATION WITH FLORIDA A AND M AND OTHER PARTNERS WERE AWARDED, UH, A RESEARCH FUNDING GRANT THAT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED THE WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING HERE IN DALLAS WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DID HAVE A SLIDESHOW, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT TO JESSICA TO TALK ABOUT THE OFFICE OF EQUI, OUR OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE'S RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW AREAS FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND EMPOWERMENT, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, SO FIRST YOU SEE SOME GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS, UH, FROM A FEW OF PROGRAMS IN SOME OF OUR, UM, EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PHOTOS OF OUR FARMER'S MARKET ACTIVITIES IN OUR SPRING VALLEY WIC CLINIC.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME PHOTOS FROM OUR, UH, FRUITVALE WIC CLINIC, WHICH IS OUR NEWEST, UH, WIC CLINIC OPENED ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
AND THEN OUR NEIGHBORS COMMUNITY GARDEN AT WEST DALLAS, MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER.
SO MOVING ON, UM, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND EMPOWERMENT, UM, HAD SEVERAL, UH, ESTABLISHED DEPARTMENTAL PROGRESS MEASURES THAT WERE SET AGAINST SOME KEY GOALS RELATED TO INCOME SUPPORT, UM, AND OF COURSE CHILD POVERTY AND CHILD FOOD INSECURITY.
SO THE FIRST ONE WAS OUR GOAL TO SERVE A MINIMUM OF 400 RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR COACHING, UM, IN SOME TARGET AREAS.
THIS ONE WAS PARTIALLY COMPLETED BECAUSE WE WERE A BIT DELAYED IN OUR OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE PROGRAM UNTIL MID LAST YEAR.
UM, SO DURING THAT YEAR, UM, WE DID NOT SERVE THE 1000 FROM FEBRUARY UNTIL SEPTEMBER, AND THEREFORE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACHIEVE OUR 40% GOAL, WHICH IS WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS BASED ON.
HOWEVER, UM, WE HAVE SEEN SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE GROWTH IN THAT PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE MOST RECENT MONTHS, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UM, AT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN OUR, UM, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTERS.
UH, THE NEXT GOAL WAS RELATED TO OUR FOOD ENGAGEMENTS AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ESTABLISHED NEWLY FOR THIS GOAL TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE WERE BEING REALLY TARGETED IN OUR OUTREACH AND WE ACHIEVED THAT GOAL.
UM, THE NEXT GOAL WAS RELATED TO OUR WIC CLIENTS, UM, AND REACHING, UH, OR INCREASING OUR SERVICES BY 25%.
UM, THAT ONE WAS ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED BASED ON SOME ZIP CODES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE KNEW THAT RESIDENTS MIGHT BE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF, UH, POOR, UH, MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES, OF COURSE, BASED ON, UH, RACIAL, UH, HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES.
AND WE ACTUALLY BLEW RIGHT THROUGH THAT GOAL.
UM, THIS ONE WAS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID WE OPEN A NEW WIC CLINIC IN THE DALE LOCATION, WHICH REALLY HELPED US TO FOCUS IN THOSE EFFORTS, UM, BUT WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PULL DOWN FUNDING FROM THE USDA AND FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER, UM, CALLED OUR CHILD GRANT COMMUNITY INNOVATION AND OUTREACH.
THAT REALLY HELPED US TARGET SPECIFICALLY ON SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE HAD THE LOWEST ENROLLMENT
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OF LIKELY, UM, CLIENTS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY HONE IN AND FOCUS ON THAT.UM, AND WE'RE SEEKING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR CHOW ROUND TWO, AND WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE GET THEM, BUT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER.
UM, OUR NEXT SCHOOL WAS RELATED, RELATED TO SUPPORTING LOCAL, UH, PROVIDERS.
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO, UH, USE SOME OF, UH, THE ARPA MONEY, UH, TO WORK THROUGH A PARTNER CALLED DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL, UM, AND PROVIDE SOME GRANTS TO VARIOUS CHILDCARE PROVIDERS AND OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROVIDERS TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS.
UM, AND SO WE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT GOAL.
UM, AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS RELATED TO OUR ENROLLMENT FROM SOME TARGETED ZIP CODES.
WE ACTUALLY MET OUR INCREASED GOAL, BUT WE DID IT AT A TIME WHERE WE WERE STARTING TO TRANSITION KIDS TO SOME OTHER PROGRAMS. AND SO WE NEVER HAD THE NUMBER OF KIDS AT ONE TIME.
UM, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING FOR THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT A FEW, UH, OF THE LARGER SCALE IMPACTS THAT WE'VE DONE.
I ALREADY MENTIONED THE CHILD GRANT AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'VE LEVERAGED OUR FUNDING.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO BE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A COHORT CALLED FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CITIES, UH, WHICH IS BY THE CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, A, UH, NATIONAL KIND OF, UH, LEADING ENTITY WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND FINANCIAL OUTREACH WORK.
UM, AND SO WE WERE SELECTED TO BE A PART OF THEIR SECOND EVER COHORT, SO I THINK IT WAS ONLY SIX CITIES SELECTED, SO WE WERE VERY HONORED TO BE THAT PART OF THAT.
AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN NAMED TO THEIR COALITION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY BIG DEAL, UM, BECAUSE THOSE COALITION MEMBERS PROACTIVELY REVIEW AND SELECT, UH, CITIES TO VOTE ON AND THEN OFFICIALLY REQUEST TO BE BECOME PARTICIPANTS IN THAT COALITION.
UM, AND I WAS ACTUALLY ATTENDING THE COALITION MEETING LAST WEEK IN ONE OF OUR PARTNER CITIES PHILADELPHIA.
SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO SEE OUR EFFORTS ARE BEING RECOGNIZED NOT JUST AT THE LOCAL, BUT ALSO AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN VERY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET AN ADDITIONAL HALF MILLION DOLLARS FROM TDCJ TO REALLY DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE REENTRY SERVICES PROGRAM, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE, UH, NEW FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT REALLY CAME TO US JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING AS FAR AS ENGAGEMENT GOES.
UM, GOING BACK TO THOSE, UH, THOSE FIVE EES, UM, OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE INCREDIBLE TOOLS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THE CENTERS THEMSELVES HOST A COMBINED 36 OR MORE, UH, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES EVERY YEAR.
AND THAT IS NOT EVEN INCLUDING THE ONES THAT ARE FACILITATED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ABLE TO JUST USE THE SPACE TO HOST THOSE ACTIVITIES.
UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE OVER 60 PARTNERS.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE PARTNERS THAT ARE EITHER, UM, BASED IN, OR WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THAT ARE REGULARLY ENGAGING.
IF YOU COUNTED THE NUMBER OF PARTNERS THAT EVER DO ANYTHING IN THE CENTERS, IT WOULD BE MUCH LARGER THAN THAT.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF CLIENTS OVER 2300 THROUGH THE DIGITAL NAVIGATION EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THROUGH THE ARPA SUPPORT FUND.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY.
THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE MADE IN THE PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE REALLY DO DELIVER HUGE, UH, HUGE IMPACTS.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, OVER $10 MILLION IN INCOME TAX REFUNDS RECEIVED BY SOME OF THE, UH, SOME LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, FACILITATED BY OUR INVESTMENT IN VITA PROGRAMMING THROUGH OUR PARTNER DALLAS COMMUNITY TAX CENTERS.
UM, SO THAT IS A HUGE RETURN ON OUR SUPPORT THERE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THAT PROGRAM ALSO SAVES PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S FREE TAX PREP, IT SAVES THEM FROM HAVING TO PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES AN ESTIMATED $4 MILLION A YEAR.
UM, OUR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTERS IN THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF OPERATING, UH, REALLY CONTRIBUTED ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS DIRECTLY IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CLIENTS THAT ARE SERVED THROUGH THOSE PROGRAM PROGRAMS THROUGH A COMBINATION OF, UH, SAVINGS INCREASES, AS WELL AS DEBT REDUCTION FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR, UH, RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING WITH OTHER ORGAN, UM, OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK A LITTLE LONGER THAN US, UH, IS EXPECTED TO KIND OF GROW OVER TIME AS WE GET BETTER IN OUR OUTREACH AND BETTER IN RETAINING OUR CLIENTS IN MORE SESSIONS.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, OUR WIC PROGRAM.
OF COURSE, WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF WIC.
WE PROVIDE THE NUTRITION COUNSELING, AND WE PROVIDE THOSE BENEFITS, BUT THOSE BENEFITS ARE VALUED AT OVER $52 MILLION, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEY CAN THEN GO AND USE IN FOOD RETAILERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE VALUE OF THE, UM, FORMULAS, WHICH WAS JUST EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT TO CALCULATE BECAUSE OF SO MANY VARIANCES.
UH, HOWEVER, FOR THE FOOD BENEFITS ALONE THROUGH OUR RESIDENTS, WE'RE SEEING OVER $52 MILLION IN BENEFITS FROM OUR WIC PROGRAM.
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SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO CARLOS TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.SO, CLOSING THE DISPARITY GAP IS A PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAIN SUSTAINABILITY FROM TRACKING AND IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, AIR SENSOR, ENVIRONMENTAL RISK, AND BROWNFIELDS PROGRAMS TO REDUCING EMISSIONS AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE BY CONDUCTING OUR URBAN HEAT ISLAND STUDY, ADVANCING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR AREAS LIKE WEST AND SOUTH DALLAS, AND ADVANCING WEATHERIZATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SOLAR TECHNOLOGY THROUGH OUR WHOLE HOME DALLAS ONLINE TOOL, UH, COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECT, AND GREEN WARRIORS PILOT PROGRAM.
SO ON, ON HERE, ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE, UH, OUR V CAMP PRO UH, PROGRAM, OUR DALLAS COMMUNITY AIR LOCAL AIR MONITORING PROGRAM.
UH, BEFORE THIS PROGRAM, THE CITY COULD ONLY TRACK REGIONAL, REGIONAL AIR QUALITY.
THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES REAL TIME AIR POLLUTION DATA ON THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND POST THAT DATA ONTO OUR PUBLIC PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DASHBOARD, WHICH WE'RE IMPROVING.
IT'S A LITTLE, UH, ROUGH TO, UH, TO, TO USE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, BASED ON RESIDENTIAL FEEDBACK, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE USER FRIENDLY.
THE CITY IDENTIFIED $250,000, UH, OF RACIAL EQUITY PLAN FUNDING TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.
UH, DECAMP, WE'VE INSTALLED 24 AIR SENSOR PODS FOCUSING ON HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
WE WERE VERY BUSY IN FY 24, INSTALLING, INSTALLING 19 OF THOSE PODS.
WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE TEXAS A AND M, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE, PARKLAND, TEXAS TREES, AND THE ASTHMA CHASERS TO LEVERAGE APPROXIMATELY $850,000 IN EPA GRANT FUNDING TO INSTALL AND OPERATE ADDITIONAL AIR SENSORS.
UH, 200 GRANT, UH, $200,000 IN GRANT FUNDING WAS USED TO INSTALL FOUR AIR SENSORS IN WEST DALLAS, AND 650,000 UH, DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDING WILL BE USED TO INSTALL UP TO 10 AIR SENSORS IN THE FOREST DISTRICT.
MOVING TO THE COMMUNITY SOLAR, UH, PROGRAM, OEQS IS ALSO FOCUSED ON LEVERAGING FEDERAL DOLLARS TO ADVANCE SOLAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AS WE KNOW, WE LIVE IN A SOLAR RICH STATE, BUT LAG BEHIND OTHER STATES IN ADVANCING RESIDENTIAL SOLAR, PARTICULARLY FOR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
OEQS PARTNERS WITH DALLAS COUNTY OR O-O-E-Q-S PARTNERED WITH DALLAS COUNTY TO JOIN A STATEWIDE COALITION THAT IN APRIL SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED A $249.7 MILLION GRANT AWARD FROM EPAS SOLAR FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAM.
DALLAS COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED TO RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $40 MILLION OF THE 249.7 MILLION, UH, FOR, UH, FOR THIS COUNTY.
AND WE'RE STILL EVALUATING WHAT EVALUATING WHAT THE CITY WILL OBTAIN FROM, FROM THAT 40 MILLION AND FY 24.
OUR TEAM ALSO COMPLETED A SOLAR SIDING STUDY TO EVALUATE CITY, CITY PROPERTIES FOR POTENTIAL BUILDING, SERVING, OR COMMUNITY SERVING SOLAR DEVELOPMENT.
THE PROJECT TEAM RECOMMENDED NINE BUILDING SER NINE BUILDING SERVING SITES, AND ONE COMMUNITY SERVING SITE.
UH, THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT EVALUATION, SLIDE 15 WE'RE FOCUSED ON ENGAGING RESIDENTS AND MAKING AN IMPACT.
JUST LIKE, UH, ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HERE, UH, IN OUR JEFFRIES MEYERS WORK, UH, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM AND BROWNFIELD'S TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM BA'S OFFICE TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA, UH, UH, IN THE AREA, AND ASSESS PROPERTIES WITH THE GOAL OF CLEANING UP AND ULTIMATELY REVITALIZING THAT AREA FOR HOUSING.
$500,000 OF THEIR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN FUNDING WAS IDENTIFIED FOR THIS WORK.
AND WE'VE ENGAGED PROPERTY OWNERS TO CONDUCT A NUMBER OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS IN THE AREA.
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE REMAINING PROPERTY OWNERS TO LET THEM KNOW OF THE PROPERTY ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND BECAUSE OF THE ENGAGEMENT WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, WE NOW HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN THAT AREA.
REGARDING DECAMP, WE'VE, I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, UH, DECAMP, SO I'LL JUST MOVE ALONG TO THE GREEN WARRIORS PILOT PROGRAM.
WE'VE ALSO CONDUCTED, UH, THIS PROGRAM.
THIS IS A PILOT THAT OFFERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING TO RESIDENTS WHILE INSTALLING WEATHERIZATION TECHNOLOGY IN SEVEN HOMES LOCATED IN SOUTH DALLAS.
THE TECH, THE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES HEALTH OUTCOMES WHILE REDUCING ENERGY BILLS.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE SOUTH SOUTHERN DALLAS PROGRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE IN-N-OUT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, AND UTA.
UH, THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO EVALUATE DATA FROM THIS PILOT FOR, WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE DATA FROM THIS PILOT PROGRAM FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR TO DETERMINE ENERGY SAVINGS BY USING, UH, WEATHERIZATION TECHNOLOGY, WE'VE COMPLETE, AGAIN, WE'VE COMPLETED
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THE WEATHERIZATION, WEATHERIZATION OF SEVEN HOMES, AND WE EXPECT TO REDUCE ENERGY USE BY 10 TO 40%.FINALLY, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING OUR BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM.
WE'RE LEVERAGING $1.7 MILLION OF EPA GRANT FUNDING ON TOP OF $1.5 MILLION OF RACIAL EQUITY PLAN FUNDING.
THIS PROGRAM HAS A CO THIS PROGRAM IS A COMPLEX ONE.
UH, THIS PROGRAM OFFERS BOTH ASSESSMENT FUNDING AND GRANT AND LOAN FUNDING FOR SITE CLEANUPS BECAUSE WE'LL BE LENDING AND GRANTING MONEY.
WE'VE TAKEN SOME TIME, UH, TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS PROGRAM, SUCH AS HIRING AN UNDERWRITER TO ENSURE PROPERTY LENDING TO ENSURE PROPER PROPERTY LENDING.
THAT SAID, THE, THE ASSESSMENT ARM, UH, OF THIS PROGRAM HAS ALREADY ASSESSED THREE SITES ON TOP OF THE 40 PLUS ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED UNDER PREVIOUS EPA BROWNFIELD GRANT FUNDING ON THE LOAN GRANT SIDE.
WE PLAN TO ISSUE OUR FIRST LOAN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IF THE LOAN IS A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT TO MARTINE.
I'M THRILLED, UH, TO GET TO SHARE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN.
UM, OAC WORKS TO ENHANCE THE VITALITY OF THE CITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL DALLAS RESIDENTS BY CREATING AN EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT WHERE IN ARTISTS AS WELL AS ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS CAN THRIVE.
WE ALSO WORK TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS OF ALL AGES CAN ENJOY OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION ACROSS THE CITY.
WHAT'S NOTED ON OUR COVER PAGE HERE, UM, REFLECT SOME OF THE, UH, REP PROGRESS MEASURES THAT HAVE COME TO PASS.
UM, WE HAVE OUR FIRST ANNUAL A API, DRAGON AND BOAT FESTIVAL THAT TOOK PLACE IN DISTRICT NINE AT THE BATHHOUSE CULTURAL CENTER, THE RECENT SHADOW LINES INSTALLATION AT MARTYRS PARK, UH, ARTWORK BY RECITE STUDIO, AND OUR CULTURAL PLAN, PROGRESS REPORT UPDATE EVENT THAT WAS HELD AT THE MOODY PERFORMANCE HALL, REFERENCED AS THE 2024 STATE OF THE ARTS, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ALSO SHARE ABOUT DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES WITHIN THIS, UH, RACIAL EQUITY PLAN AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE ARE SO, SO, SO EXCITED TO REPORT ON THE WORK, UM, AND THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE, UM, AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THIS RACIAL EQUITY PLAN HAS SHAPED RESHAPED THE WAY OAC STAFF APPROACH THE WORK THAT WE ARE CHARGED TO DO.
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL NOTE EQUITY INDICATOR 37, UH, WHICH, UH, IS IN REGARD TO SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
OUR OFFICE IS CHARGED WITH IMPROVING WELLBEING, IMPROVING FEELINGS OF SAFETY, AND IMPROVING PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH ALL FOLLOW THROUGH WHEN FOLKS HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
OUR FIRST DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE THAT'S NOTED IS AN INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE OF CULTURAL SERVICES FUNDING TO HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS MEASURE BY ENSURING THAT THE CITY SUPPORT IN DOLLARS FOR HDCS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE CLOSED AT RIGHT UNDER 38% OF OUR DOLLARS SPENT THROUGH OUR CULTURAL FUNDING PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDES THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM AND ARTS ACTIVATE ALL, WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY NOTED AS ARTISTIC SERVICES CONTRACTS.
UM, I'LL SAY THAT IN MY TENURE HERE, WHAT HAS MEANT A LOT WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS HAS TO DO WITH HOW THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN CHARGED US WITH NOT ONLY INCREASING THIS PERCENTAGE, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT OUR PANELS, OUR PANELISTS, WHO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS FOR THIS FUNDING ARE ALSO GROW GROWING IN, IN DIVERSITY.
UM, NEXT YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR OFFICES CHARGED WITH CELEBRATING THE MANY INTERNATIONAL CULTURES AND PEOPLE THAT MAKE DALLAS THRIVE BY INCREASING THE CITY'S SUPPORT DOLLARS, AGAIN, FOR HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING.
UM, OF COURSE, WE COMPLETED THAT, UM, AT THE CLOSE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, NOT ONLY WITH REGARD TO THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE HOSTED SPECIFICALLY, UH, CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL CULTURES, BUT IN THE INCREASE NOTED ACROSS OUR FOUR CULTURAL CENTERS.
UH, THAT'S THE BATHHOUSE CULTURAL CENTER, OAK CLIFF CULTURAL CENTER, SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER, AND THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER, NOTING INCREASE IN ART EXHIBITIONS, UM, AND, UH, THE NATURE AND, UM, UH, HIS, EXCUSE ME, FORGIVE ME,
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ACROSS OUR CITY.THIRD, YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE NOTED HERE AS THE GOAL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY EQUITY SPECIFIC WORKS OF ART THAT CONFRONT HISTORIC RACISM.
COMMISSIONED FOR DONATED TO OUR PUBLIC ART COLLECTION FROM 18 TO 23.
YOU'LL NOTE SHADOW LINES S ONE.
UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE DO INCREASE THAT NUMBER OF WORKS, UM, AND NOT ONLY TO ADDRESS, UM, THE HISTORY OF RACISM, BUT TO CREATE SAFE PLACES ACROSS THE CITY FOR FOLKS TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN THE PAST HERE IN DALLAS, AND TO HAVE A SPACE TO REFLECT AS WELL.
MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, YOU'LL KNOW THREE BUCKETS HERE, REPRESENTATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THIS CITY.
UH, AGAIN, TO REITERATE, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR FUNDING SERVES HDCS ACROSS THE CITY.
YOU'LL NOTE AN INCREASE IN ALANA ARTISTS WHO ARE FUNDED THROUGH OUR OFFICES INITIATIVES AND REPRESENTED ACROSS THOSE, UH, PANEL PANELISTS REVIEW, OR EXCUSE ME, REVIEW PANELS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE FUNDING AND ASKING FOLKS WHO LOOK LIKE THE FOLKS WE'RE FUNDING TO HAVE A SAY IN WHERE THOSE CITY RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED.
AND YOU'LL NOTE AN EXPANSION OF OUR PROGRAMMATIC REACH.
UH, MANY OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR COMMUNITY ARTISTS PROGRAM, AND THAT PROGRAM SPEAKS TO WHAT WE CALL ARTS DESERTS ACROSS THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT IF FOLKS DON'T HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO A CULTURAL CENTER, THAT WE CAN REACH THEM WHERE THEY ARE, UH, THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM BY BRINGING ARTISTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE IN ARTS ENGAGEMENTS AT PARKS WITH OUR SISTER DEPARTMENT, PKR, AND A NUMBER OF VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY OAC SPONSORED, BUT WE COLLABORATE WITH OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A PRESENCE.
NEXT IN THE ENGAGEMENT BUCKET, YOU'LL NOTE AN INCREASE IN PARTNERSHIPS, ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH.
AND THAT TOUCHES ALL THE DIVISIONS OF OUR DEPARTMENT, WHETHER THAT'S THE PUBLIC ART, FUNDING PROGRAMS, MARKETING, UM, OR EVEN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE WORKING, UM, TO ADDRESS, UM, WE ENDURED AS A GAP IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS AND MAKING A LOT OF HEADWAY.
TO THAT END, YOU KNOW, 30 AT LEAST WELL IN, IN EXCESS OF 30 INFORMATION SESSIONS HOSTED BY OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS TEAM TO SHARE ABOUT FUNDING PROGRAMS. THEY ARE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS IN ENSURING THAT THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEEK FUNDING FROM OUR OFFICE, HANDHOLDING WHEN NEEDED, ENSURING THAT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS IS AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES AND FORMATS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT CREATING BARRIERS FOR FOLKS TO ACCESS RESOURCES AND INFORMATION FROM OAC.
AND LASTLY, IN THAT BUCKET, UH, PROGRAMMING AT VENUES AND CULTURAL CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY, OF COURSE, WE HAVE INCREASED ENGAGEMENT.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN CATERING A BIT MORE TO OUR SENIORS ACROSS THE CITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE, UM, WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE ALSO RESIDENTS AND HDCS.
AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THAT REALM.
NEXT, FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY, UH, WE ARE REALLY THRILLED ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TO INCREASE PER SERVICE ARTIST FEES.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, FOR US, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ARTISTS WHO ARE DALLAS RESIDENTS CAN REMAIN DALLAS RESIDENTS, UM, AND WITH INCREASED COST OF LIVING, WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND THE TYPE OF FEES THAT ARTISTS CAN EARN, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARTISTS PROGRAM.
OAC HAS ALLOCATED OVER $8 MILLION FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, AND A LARGE PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM COLLECTION IS HOUSED AGAIN, AT VARIOUS PARKS ACROSS THE CITY FOR ALL FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH.
SO I WILL CLOSE THERE AND PASS IT TO OUR VERY NEW INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY, HEATHER.
SO, UM, OF COURSE, THE LIBRARY'S RACIAL EQUITY PLAN GOALS REALLY FOCUS ON ACCESS AND LEARNING ACROSS A LIFETIME.
UM, AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE, UH, JUST A SMALL SNAPSHOT OF HOW THE LIBRARY, UM, IS INVOLVED IN PEOPLE'S LEARNING PROCESS HERE WITH OUR SPANISH, UM, AND ENGLISH GED PREPARATION CLASSES.
WE HAVE NOT ONLY THE CLASSES, BUT ALSO THE TESTING CENTER.
AND WE EVEN HELP PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENT IN THEIR LIVES WITH GRADUATIONS, WHICH ARE REALLY MEANINGFUL, AND REALLY GIVE PEOPLE AN
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OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST TO DO THE WORK, BUT TO CELEBRATE THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.AND THIS REALLY, WE ALSO FIND IT HELPS SEAL THE LIBRARY AS A RESOURCE GOING FORWARD.
SO WHAT WILL PEOPLE DO WITH THEIR GED? THEY CAN COME BACK TO THE LIBRARY AND ENGAGE IN WORKFORCE SKILLS.
UM, SO IF I CAN, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, OUR EQUITY, UH, INDICATORS, UH, TOUCH ON SEVERAL AREAS, INCLUDING UNEMPLOYMENT ADULTS WITH NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND INTERNET ACCESS.
UM, OUR FIRST, UH, RACIAL EQUITY PLAN GOAL WAS TO INCREASE OUR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAMS, OUR GED PROGRAMS, UM, ACROSS FOUR EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS.
UH, SOME OF THE CHANGES WE MADE WAS WE MADE SURE TO REALLOCATE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE SPANISH LANGUAGE GED CLASSES, PARTICULARLY, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE ARCADIA PARK LIBRARY, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S ALMOST 80% SPANISH SPEAKING IN THE HOME.
UM, AND WE HAVE ALSO, UH, ENGAGED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND PROMOTING THESE CLASSES ON DART WITH PRIVATE FUNDING.
AND, UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY EXCEED OUR GOAL, UH, THIS YEAR WITH ENROLLMENTS.
AND THOSE ARE INDIVIDUAL ENROLLMENTS.
SO THAT 224, THOSE ARE, ARE 224 INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ENGAGED IN GED CLASSES.
UM, OUR WORKFORCE SERVICES, THAT WAS OUR NEXT GOAL TO INCREASE THOSE FROM A HUNDRED TO 200.
AND HERE WE REALLY LOOKED AT THE WAY IN WHICH WE OFFERED THESE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS, WE'VE, WE'VE OFFERED ALL KINDS OF FINANCIAL LITERACY WORKFORCE CLASSES, COMPUTER CLASSES IN THE PAST.
AND, UM, EVEN WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED A COMPUTER CLASS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE THE DECISION TO GO TO A LIBRARY ON A SATURDAY MORNING WHEN YOU COULD MAYBE FOR A COMPUTER CLASS WHEN YOU COULD MAYBE BE HAVING PANCAKES WITH YOUR KIDS.
SO WE CHANGED THE MODEL IN HOW WE OFFER THOSE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE, TO GO FROM LARGER CLASSES TO SMALLER TUTORING TYPE SESSIONS.
WE ENGAGED PARTNERS SUCH AS THE CARDBOARD PROJECT, UM, TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
AND SO NOW WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO PROVIDE POINT OF NEED SERVICES.
SO SOMEONE COMES TO THE LIBRARY AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET, UH, HELP WITH A RESUME TODAY.
WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY HELP THEM TODAY INSTEAD OF ASKING THEM TO WAIT FOR A CLASS THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
UM, WE'VE ALSO, UH, INCREASED THE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR HISPANIC RESIDENTS FROM, UH, 35.6% TO 45.8%, WHICH WE THINK IS JUST AN AMAZING INCREASE.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH, WE PARTICIPATED, UM, I BELIEVE IN 2022 IN AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION PROGRAM CALLED ENGAGING LATINX FAMILIES.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME DEEP ENGAGEMENTS AND COMMUNITY FORUMS TO FIND OUT WHAT, UH, THAT COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR IN THE LIBRARY.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND THROUGH MORE FAMILY PROGRAMMING, MORE BILINGUAL PROGRAMMING, AND, UM, SHIFTING EVEN OUR ENGLISH CLASSES TO FOCUS ON, UM, MORE SORT OF DAY-TO-DAY SKILLS, LIKE APPLYING FOR A, A RENTAL APPLICATION, UM, GOING TO YOUR TEACHERS, GOING TO YOUR SCHOOL, GOING TO YOUR CHILDREN'S TEACHER, PARENT CONFERENCES, AND THINGS THAT HELP PEOPLE GET ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, OUR OVERALL IMPACTS, WE REALLY GREW TREMENDOUSLY IN OUR ABILITY TO ENGAGE THE, THE PUBLIC.
WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO DO SOME GUIDED ENGAGEMENT, AND WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT OFFERING WAYS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE LIBRARY THAT, UM, CAN CROSS AGE, UH, AGE BARRIERS, UH, NEURO DIVERGENT, UH, INCLUSION AND, UM, LANGUAGE INCLUSION AS WELL.
SO WE PROVIDED FEEDBACK IN THE FORM OF ACTIVITIES AND GRAPHICS BASED RESPONSE FORMATS, UM, AS WELL AS A SURVEY IN THE SIX MAIN LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE CITY.
AND WE'VE REALLY INCREASED OUR SPANISH LANGUAGE AND BILINGUAL PROGRAMS OFFERED.
SO IN TERMS OF ACCESS, WE ARE SEEING MORE, UM, HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TAKING PART IN OUR GED CLASSES.
UM, AND WE, UH, ARE SEEING MORE PARTICIPATION IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WITH OUR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING, OUR LOW ENGLISH PROFICIENCY COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE LIBRARY REALLY PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HELPING TO SCAFFOLD PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY, UM, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH SITTING NEXT TO THEM WHILE THEY, YOU KNOW, FILL OUT THEIR WORKFORCE, UH, COMMISSION APPLICATION OR HELPING THEM OBTAIN THEIR GED.
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GETTING YOUR GED INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF SECURING EMPLOYMENT OR IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT.UM, THE SAME THING WITH LEARNING ENGLISH.
THAT OFTENTIMES MEANS SOMEONE CAN GET, UH, A PROMOTION AND A JOB THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THE ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER ASSISTANCE REALLY HELPS PEOPLE ACCOMPLISH THE, THE MINUTE GOALS THAT THEY HAVE TODAY.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO PARK AND RECREATION AND CRYSTAL.
CRYSTAL ROSS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE EFFORTS MADE, UM, BY THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WE'RE STARTING WITH THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE.
YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF OUR MENTAL WELLNESS WALK, WHICH WAS AN INAUGURAL WALK THAT TOOK PLACE AT SINGING HILLS RECREATION CENTER, UM, SPONSORED AND PARTNERED WITH GREG ELLIS, FORMER DALLAS COWBOY, NO JUDGMENT, UM,
SO WE HAD ABOUT 500 PARTICIPANTS THAT WERE REGISTERED TO WALK.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT TOOK PLACE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH CHALLENGES, UM, HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT OCCURRED.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AGAIN, NEXT MAY, MAY OF 2025.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THE EQUITY INDICATORS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
WE FOCUS HIGHLY ON OUR ACCESS TO PARKS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BOTH OF WHICH REALLY TAP INTO OUR, UM, NATIONAL THREE PILLARS, OR TWO OF OUR THREE PILLARS, WHICH FOCUS ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AS WELL AS SOCIAL EQUITY.
SO THE DEPARTMENT OF PROGRESS MEASURES WE TOOK ON, WE FIRST ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE FACED BY OUR PALATES, OUR PUSH CART OPERATORS ON OUR PARKS.
AND SO WE WERE TASKED WITH ELIMINATING BARRIERS, PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO OPERATE THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR PARK PROPERTIES.
WE DID DO WHAT WE COULD DO TO REMOVE THOSE PARK FEES, UM, HOWEVER THAT WAS TURNED OVER TO DALLAS COUNTY DUE TO THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
SO THAT'S NOW OUT OF OUR HANDS.
SO WE CONSIDER THAT COMPLETED ON OUR EFFORT, UM, ON OUR END, ONLY BECAUSE WE DID WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITHIN OUR CAPACITY OF REMOVING THOSE PARK FEES.
MOVING TO THE NEXT, UM, PERFORMANCE MEASURE, WE ADDRESSED OUR OUTOF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING, LAYMAN'S TERM AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE OFFERING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE COULD DO THIS SUCCESSFULLY IS THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ADDITIONAL SITES AT OUR DALLAS ISD LOCATIONS.
UM, WE WORKED VERY INTENTIONALLY WITH OUR PARTNERS OF DALLAS AFTERSCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SITES THAT WE IDENTIFIED FOR EXPANSION MADE SENSE WITHIN THOSE HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
AND SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DID INCREASE OUR AFTERSCHOOL ENROLLMENT FEES, AFTERSCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY 50%.
AND I WANNA REITERATE, OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, WHETHER THEY TAKE PLACE IN OUR 40 RECREATION CENTERS OR WITHIN OUR 10 DALLAS, ISD SITES ARE FREE OF CHARGE.
SO, YEARS BACK, PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A FEE THAT OUR FAMILIES HAD TO INCUR.
AND SO WE, WE REALIZED THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO THOSE FEES WERE ELIMINATED, AND THUS WE'RE SEEING, UM, A GREATER RETURN IN OUR, UH, PARTICIPATION FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, THE NEXT PERFORMANCE MEASURE WE HAVE IS INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ENROLLED IN OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, IN OUR RECREATION FACILITIES.
AND AGAIN, THIS, AGAIN, WE MOVED WITH INTENTIONALITY, INTENTIONALITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE ALIGNED WITH SOME OF THE CENTERS AND SOME OF THESE ZIP CODES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME, SOME ZIP CODES THAT HAVE, UM, DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH RATES AND INCIDENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASE, WHETHER IT'S KIDNEYS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES.
AND SO WE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH OUR PARTNERS ABOUT BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE DALLAS COUNTY PARKLAND COMMUNITIES, TO MAKING SURE THAT WE OFFERED PROGRAMS WITH VERY LIMITED BARRIER, UM, TO GET OUR PARTICIPANTS, OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS INTO THE FACILITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH PHYSICAL FITNESS AS WELL AS PREVENTION AND EDUCATION.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER OUR PARTICIPATION, UM, 35% TO BE EXACT YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THROUGH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS IN CONNECTIONS TO THOSE OTHER COMMUNITY ANCHORS, THOSE OTHER COMMUNITY HUBS THAT FOCUS ON THE WELLNESS OF COMMUNITIES.
WHEN WE LOOK, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE THREE, UM, THE BUCKETS, AS MARTINE REFERRED TO THEM, I'M GONNA USE THAT TERM, WE TALK ABOUT ACCESS, ENGAGEMENT, ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE CITY.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REMOVING ACCESS OR INCREASING ACCESS TO, UM, REMOVING BARRIERS, INCREASING ACCESS TO OUR PROGRAMS, WE, WE ADDED 10 ADDITIONAL SITES FOR OUR SYNDICATED CAMP.
AND SO THAT IS, THAT IS A SUMMER PROGRAM THAT TAKES PLACE IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY WALKABLE TO A RECREATION FACILITY.
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SITES, WE'VE USED NONPROFITS, WE'VE USED PARKS TO CREATE A POP-UP EXPERIENCE MAKING THE AFTERSCHOOL, I'M SORRY, THE SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT NEED THEM MOST.SO AGAIN, WE, WE INCREASE THAT BY 10 SITES.
WE OPENED THREE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY SITES FOR OUR OUTOF SCHOOL TIME SLASH AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING.
AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS A GAP IN SERVICE IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS OF DALLAS, DALLAS AFTERSCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE SITES TO MOVE IN AND BE ABLE TO INCREASE SOME OF THE SEATS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR AFTERSCHOOL SITES.
SO WE HAD 181 ADDITIONAL AFTERSCHOOL PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED FREE WIFI, UM, AND ALL OF OUR PARKS AND, YOU KNOW, OUR RECREATION FACILITIES.
WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE.
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE RECOGNIZED THE DISPARITIES AND THE ISSUES THAT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE FACING WITH NOT HAVING ACCESS.
AND SO NOW THAT THEY CAN GO INTO OUR RECREATION FACILITIES, THEY CAN SIT INTO OUR PARKS, THEY HAVE CONNECTIVITY.
SO, UM, WE'RE GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
ENGAGEMENT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, EVEN THOUGH WE SAY WE'VE MET, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL CONTINUALLY TO WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS KNOW HOW TO CONNECT WITH US.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERING AGENCIES TO FOCUS ON THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF NOT JUST OUR STUDENTS THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, BUT THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR CAREGIVERS.
WE HOSTED NINE POP-UP WELLNESS EVENTS IN OUR, UH, HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF WHICH WE KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE HIGH INCIDENTS OF EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EDUCATION AND PREVENTION THAT'S BEEN MADE KNOWN AND MADE AVAILABLE.
AND SO WORKING WITH THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, DOING POP-UP EVENTS TO EDUCATE, TO PROVIDE, UH, PREVENTION MEASURES, TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THEM, WE FOUND THAT TO BE HIGHLY CRITICAL.
WE ADDED THREE NEW SITES TO OUR HEALTHY CITIES INITIATIVE.
OUR HEALTHY CITIES INITIATIVE IS AN INITIATIVE WHERE WE PARTNER WITH BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE.
IT'S A 10 WEEK PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON NUTRITION EDUCATION, UM, CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION INTERVENTION, AND IT REALLY DOES PROVIDE AN OVERALL, UH, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 10 SITES THROUGHOUT DALLAS, AND AGAIN, PARTNERING WITH BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, WE, WE ANTICIPATE EXPANDING IN THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
WE PARTNERED WITH 20 NEW DISD CAMPUSES, AND THIS IS FOR THE OUT SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING THAT TAKES PLACE SEASONALLY, SO IT CAN BE SUMMER AS WELL AS OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH OTHER NON-PROFITS AS WELL AS OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESS, ACCESS TO OUR FAMILIES, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FREE WIFI ACCESS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW CRITICAL THAT IS TO OUR RESIDENTS.
WE CONTINUE TO HOLD MAJOR EVENTS AND OUR PARKS, OUR TRAILS AND OPEN SPACES TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM, UM, WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN DO SELF-LED SELF-DIRECTED PROGRAMMING, SELF-LED SELF-DIRECTED WELLNESS ACTIVITIES ON OUR PARKS AND TRAILS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CONTINUALLY DONE.
THERE WAS A $15 MILLION INVESTMENT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WITH OUR FOREST ELIA MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.
IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THIS, THIS IS WHERE WE INITIALLY STARTED, UM, WITH THE BOXING GYM IN AN AREA THAT HAD, UM, A HISTORY OF HIGH CRIME, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, LACK OF RESOURCES.
AND SO WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE IS REALLY INVESTED INTO THIS COMMUNITY TO CREATE A SPACE.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO BREAK GROUND ON OUR FIRST, OUR FIRST PHASE OF THE PROGRAM IN THE NEXT FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS WITH OUR FIR WITH THE PARK.
AND SO WE'LL START WITH THE PARK, AND THEN WE'LL BUILD OUT TO THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.
BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THE, THE ENERGY OF THAT COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PROJECT COMING INTO FRUITION IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.
AND I THINK I AM PASSING IT TO DR.
OH, I'M PASSING IT BACK TO A CS.
AND, UH, I AM EXHAUSTED BY ALL OF THE GOOD WORK, UH, AND, AND HEARING ALL ABOUT IT.
UM, THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND A FEW MONTHS.
I I REALLY AM, UH, PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THIS, THESE TEAMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, TO ACCOMPLISH CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES FOR THE INTEREST OF TIME, UH, NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THEM, BUT WHAT THEY ARE IS, UM, THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES THAT THE TEAM HAVE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PORTFOLIOS GOING TO WORK ON OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, JUST NOTABLE, OIS EQUITY INCLUSION IS GONNA BE FOCUSING ON PLACE-BASED AND EQUITY INITIATIVES.
IE HOW DOES THE BOND DEVELOPMENT OCCUR? UH, WHAT, WHERE ARE WE LOOKING AT TO, TO HARNESS AND LEVERAGE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTEGRATING EQUITY INTO THOSE TYPES OF LARGE INVESTMENTS, ET CETERA.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, PARKS IS WORKING ON A, A PLACE-BASED EQUITY INITIATIVE IN THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
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OF CADILLAC HEIGHTS PARK AND FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF BIG PROJECTS, PLACE BASED THAT THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON IN, IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
WE, WE'D, UH, BE VERY EXCITED TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHERE YOU THINK OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE.
AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT DR. WILSON SAID AT THE TOP OF THIS PRESENTATION, THIS TEAM REPRESENTS 17% OF THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES WITHIN THE REP AND HAVE COMPLETED, UH, 22 THROUGH TODAY.
AND, AND WORKING ON COMPLETING THE REST.
SO, SO WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, WITH YOUR DIRECTION, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO MOVING THIS FURTHER.
UM, GETTING, GETTING TO SEE HOW THESE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS WE HAVE RELATED TO ECONOMIC WORKFORCE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY WITH WELLNESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE GET ACCOMPLISHED.
UH, THIS REP AND THEIR BAGS ARE OUR NORTH STAR.
THEY HELP US, UM, SET UP, SET OUR PACE, AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALIGNING AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST WITH YOUR GOALS.
I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT BRIEFLY THAT OEQS IS ALIGNING ITS WORK AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
AND, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO BE MEASURED BECAUSE OF THE INPUT FROM, FROM INDIVIDUALS LIKE, UH, CHAIR SCHULTZ AT THE TIME, AND, AND CHAIR BLACKMAN AT THE TIME, WHO SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE OUTCOMES.
AND SO IN THE NEW EI REPORT, WE'LL SEE THOSE OEQS MEASURES BE REFLECTIVE SO THAT WE CAN BE LIKE PARKS AND HAVE THESE VERY TARGETED EQUITY INDICATORS.
UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON WHAT THEY DO BY HAVING ACCESS TO PARKS, MEASUREMENTS, ET CETERA, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS.
WE, WE WANNA GET MORE, UH, IN DEPTH WITH THE, THE DATA THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MEASURE OURSELVES BY.
SO, SO WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR LISTENING EARS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR, UM, VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.
UH, BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW WE WANNA WRAP THIS UP SHORTLY, SO WE HAVE ANOTHER SESSION THAT WE MUST, UH, UH, UH, PROGRESS THROUGH.
AND OF COURSE, WE ARE TRYING TO WRAP, WRAP UP BY 11 O'CLOCK.
WOULD YOU JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE AUDIENCE, UH, THE LISTENING AUDIENCE, UH, GIVE US THE NAMES OF EACH ONE OF THESE PRESENTERS AND THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE IN TERMS OF THAT DEPARTMENT, SO THAT THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW THAT I THINK WE ONLY HAD FIRST NAMES, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY GOOD FOR THEM TO KNOW THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING TODAY IN THE TEAM EFFORT.
YES, I'D BE HAPPY TO, AND I'LL, I'LL ASK EACH PERSON TO, UH, TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEIR, AND THEIR DEPARTMENT AND ROLE.
GOOD MORNING, DR. LINDSAY WILSON.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
ELISE PHILIPPE, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
GOOD MORNING, CRYSTAL ROSS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR PARK AND RECREATION.
JESSICA HAW, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND EMPOWERMENT.
CARLOS EVANS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
GOOD MORNING, HEATHER LOWE, INTERIM DIRECTOR, DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ALRIGHT, AND SO PERHAPS IT WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER FOR ME TO CATCH YOU AT THE BEGINNING TO SAY GOOD MORNING, BUT, UH, I HEAR OFTEN THAT THERE ARE THOSE IN THE PUBLIC WHO ARE LISTENING, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HEAR YOUR NAME, SAY MY NAME, SAY MY NAME, SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHO, IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION, THEY CAN CALL, UH, YOUR VARIOUS OFFICES.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THE LISTENING AUDIENCE KNOW WHO WE ARE.
WE WILL START WITH, WE HAVEN'T, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL JUST MAKE MY QUICK COMMENT AT THE END.
UH, I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS AT THIS TIME.
WHERE THE LIGHT, YES, YES, YES.
ALRIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN JANIE SCHULTZ.
UM, ONE IS, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK.
WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS, AND YOU EACH AND ALL, UH, DESERVE ALL THE KUDOS THAT YOU, UH, HAVE SHARED WITH YOUR GREAT WORK THAT YOU'VE SHARED HERE.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE CONNECTION TO THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS, UM, I, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORDS AND NOT THAT MANY THAT ARE MEASURABLE ANYMORE.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST INTRODUCED THE BAGS, IT WAS, WE PURPOSELY MADE THEM A LITTLE BIT AMBIGUOUS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE JUST NOW LAUNCHING THE PLAN, THAT NOW THE PLAN IS BAKED, IT'S WELL ACTIVATED.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A MEMO OR SOMETHING THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE, UM, PLAN IS TO BEGIN TO INTEGRATE THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN INTO THE BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS.
UM, SO WE CAN BEGIN TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS OR SHOW THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, WHICH WE MAY BE.
UM, SO THAT WAS ONE, BUT THEN WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW IS HOW THE EQUITY INDICATORS
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THAT ARE COMPLETED WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD TOWARD RACIAL EQUITY.ARE THEY ALL FUNDED? ARE THEY INFUSED INTO THE WORK THAT THE WAY WE WORK? HOW DO THOSE THINGS CONTINUE SO THEY'RE NOT JUST ONE OFF, YOU KNOW, CHECK THAT BOX.
MAY I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? ARE YOU, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE EQUITY INDICATOR, THE DATA, OR ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE I AM REFERRING TO.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE ECOS PROGRAM IN CHILDCARE.
HOW ARE WE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE FORWARD, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS SYSTEMIC CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY REFER IT TO, TO DIRECTOR
YEAH, I WAS JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
UHHUH THOUGH I DON'T WANT, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, ONE THAT I ACTUALLY TOOK NOTE OF WHILE WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE SAY COMPLETED, BUT SOME OF THESE ARE ONGOING, RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND ITERATIVE SO THAT WE NEED TO JUST KEEP RAISING THE BAR HIGHER, UH, RATHER THAN SAYING A COMPLETION.
AND SO MAYBE SOME OF THIS MAY BE NOMENCLATURE, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PARTIALLY COMPLETED AND IN PROGRESS.
SO MAYBE THAT COLUMN, THAT STATUS COMPLETION PIECE.
UM, UNLESS THERE IS AN ACTUAL FINISH, WE'RE DONE FOR SOME OF THESE, WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT IT IN A, IN A, UH, MORE ONGOING WAY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ, IF I CAN JUST ADD TO IT.
SO WHENEVER A A GOAL SAYS COMPLETED, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR OFFICE IS DOING IS WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS THAT IMPACT AND WHAT'S NEXT? RIGHT? UM, AND SO IMPARTIAL VERSUS, UH, IN PROGRESS COULD MEAN A NUMBER OF THINGS.
PARTIAL IN SOME CASES FOR DEPARTMENTS MEAN THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE, UH, THE GOAL TO A CERTAIN EXTENT AND THEN RAN INTO A CHALLENGE, WHETHER IT'S A FUNDING CHALLENGE OR IT'S A BARRIER BECAUSE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH AN OUTSIDE ENTITY, UH, TO MOVE THE WORK FORWARD.
BUT IN ANY CASE, ANY OF THE COMPLETED GOALS IS THE WHAT'S NEXT? HOW DO WE, UH, WORK TO ADDRESS THE ACTUAL DISPARITY THAT WE SEE? THANK YOU.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WHEN YOU DO THE UPDATE TO THE PLAN THAT'S COMING, ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS WHEN THIS WAS FIRST LAUNCHED WAS HAVING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS REALLY BUY IN.
AND SO I THINK THE CLEAR SUCCESS, IF THIS IS ANY INDICATION, NOW MIND YOU, THESE ARE ALL GENERALLY MORE SOCIAL SERVICE ORIENTED DEPARTMENTS, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PROBABLY A HIGHER WIN RATE.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO REFLECT BACK ON THAT IN THE NEXT PRESENT IN THE SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE GIVING TO US, IS HOW ARE WE BAKING THIS INTO THE WAY WE WORK AS A CITY, ALWAYS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE SO STRONG, IS IN, IN ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID INDIVIDUALLY WITH EACH OF THE 42 DEPARTMENTS.
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE FIRST LAUNCHING.
FINALLY, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION ON SLIDE NINE.
WHAT IS LANGUAGE SKILL ASSIGNMENT PAY, LSAP LANGUAGE SKILL ASSIGNMENT PAY IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE, UH, IN AN INTERNAL POLICY THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS TO, UH, PER PROVIDE A PERCENT INCREASE OF PAY BASED ON PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO PASS A TEST AND THEN BE ABLE TO USE THAT ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH TO, UM, PROVIDE A, A RESOURCE TO, TO THEIR DEPARTMENTS.
I'M PROBABLY NOT DOING IT JUSTICE, BUT I KNOW NINA'S, NINA EZ IS HERE FROM HR AND SHE PROBABLY HAS A BETTER DEFINITION.
I JUST, I, AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, CAN ANY EMPLOYEE QUALIFY FOR THIS AND THEN IT'S USED, OR IS IT A SPECIFIC PROGRAM? HERE COMES NINA, AUDIENCE DIRECTOR OF HR.
GOOD MORNING, ARIA, DIRECTOR OF HR.
UM, THERE'S SPECIFIC CRITERIA, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR LS.
A UH, IT REQUIRES THAT THE EMPLOYEE USES THE LANGUAGE IN THE DAY TO DAY, UH, WORK THAT THEY PERFORM.
SO WE, ANNUALLY WE LOOKED AT IF THAT HAS CHANGED, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAY EVOLVE AND DIRECTORS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD OR REMOVE AN EMPLOYEE FROM THIS BENEFIT.
UM, CHAIRMAN, UH, CHUS, BUT, UH, CHAIR, UH, RESCINDED YOU, UH, RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK STAFF FOR, UM, Y'ALL'S DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.
UM, THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE SEEN WITHIN THIS VIBRANT PORTFOLIO IS TRULY IMPRESSIVE.
UM, AND EACH OF THESE AREAS OBVIOUSLY PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ENRICHING THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND, AND IT'S EVIDENT THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT OUR IMPROVEMENTS IN LANGUAGE ACCESS.
I THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS A CRITICAL STEP IN ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND, UM,
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OR LANGUAGE, CAN FULLY PARTICIPATE IN AND BENEFIT FROM CITY SERVICES.AND IT, AND I THINK THAT IT SPEAKS, UM, TO OUR DEEP COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION AND EQUITY.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS EFFORT WILL MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT, UM, ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK WITH IN A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE AND THE VIRTUES OF THIS WORK.
UM, YOUR EFFORTS MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE, AND IT'S CLEAR THAT OUR SHARED VALUES ARE REFLECTED IN THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED.
UH, FINALLY, I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD.
UM, AS WE CONTINUE BUILDING ON THIS MOMENTUM AND KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON AREAS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE, UM, I'M CONFIDENT THAT TOGETHER WE CAN CONTINUE TO DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
AND MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, THANK COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ FOR, FOR HOSTING WITH US, THE, UH, FIRST SPANISH TOWN HALL FOR THE BOND PROGRAM.
WE, WE, WE SEE THAT, THAT THAT WAS JUST FOUNDATIONAL TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND A PROOF POINT THAT, THAT, THAT THESE ACTUALLY WORK IN AT CITY HALL, RIGHT? AND SO WE CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THOSE TYPES OF EFFORTS.
I WANTED TO JUST COMMENT, AND I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON YOUR, YOUR COMMENDATION OF, OF COUNCIL, UH, CHAIRMAN RESENDEZ.
AND I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, SPANISH SPEAKING SESSIONS.
UH, I KNOW WE, WE WERE PUSHED SO HARD THROUGH THE YEARS TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A TRANSLATOR, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO USE FROM TIME TO TIME, CHIEF GARCIA
BUT I LOVE THAT, AND I'LL PROBABLY MIMIC THAT, UH, ALSO, UH, IN MY COMMUNITIES BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
AND AS I HAVE KINDA WORKED THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE YEARS, THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG GOALS THAT I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD ACHIEVE.
YOU HAVE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T KNOW HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, AND IT'S SO HELPFUL WHEN YOU CAN BREAK IT DOWN INTO THEIR LANGUAGE SO THEY WILL FULLY UNDERSTAND.
THEY'RE NOT TO BE INTIMIDATED BY THIS PROCESS.
THIS IS THEIR PROCESS AND THEY NEED TO BE A PART OF IT.
BUT THAT LANGUAGE CONNECTIVITY, I THINK IS SO VERY IMPORTANT.
AND ALSO PLAIN ENGLISH, UH, THAT WE ARE NOT SPEAKING OVER THE HEADS OF INDIVIDUALS WHEN WE ARE OUT IN PUBLIC.
UH, WHEN I, I, I WAS ALWAYS CHALLENGED ABOUT BEING IN THE BOND COM IN THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE BOND.
AND WE ARE ROLLING OUT ALL THESE ACRONYMS AND THEY'RE SITTING HERE GOING, OKAY, WHAT IS THIS? WHAT IS A RFP? WHAT IS THIS? WE HAVE TO MAKE IT PLAIN SO THEY UNDERSTAND IT.
AND AS PART OF THE EQUITY, UH, THAT I WOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE WHO, WHO ARE PAYING THEIR TAXES AND, AND WHETHER WE ARE TALKING PROPERTY TAXES OR SALES TAXES, THEY'RE HERE AND THEY LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I DID WANNA MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THAT.
ALSO MAKING SURE, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, HOW WE CAN DO THIS.
BUT ARE YOU ALL MAKING SURE YOU'RE OUT SHARING YOUR GOOD NEWS WITH YOUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND YOUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS IN THIS CITY, MS. LIZ? WELL, YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY'RE VERY, UM, COLLABORATIVE, RIGHT? DALLAS COUNTY AND NATIONAL, UM, FEDERAL AGENCIES, ET BUT LET ME ASK YOU, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MESSAGING.
WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ARE WE PUTTING OUT FLYERS? ARE WE DOING, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE? AND HOW ARE YOU ALL GETTING THIS GOOD INFORMATION OUT JUST IN, IN, IN LIGHT OF PARTNERING? HOW ARE YOU GETTING IT OUT? WHAT IS IT, WHAT FORM IS IT SHOWING UP IN? GREAT.
AND SO I, I'LL TAKE THE FIRST SWING AT IT, AND I KNOW DEPARTMENTS ARE PROBABLY DOING THINGS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
BUT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE HAVE.
ONE IS THROUGH, UH, PRESENTATIONS, BOTH REQUESTED AND REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITIES THAT HELP, UH, BUILD THE, THE PLAN.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A, A NEWSLETTER.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN ON PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY FINALIZING, UM, THE TWO YEAR UPDATES.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE DONE SOME PSAS THAT TIE DIRECTLY INTO OUR DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURE.
SO WE HAVE ONE, UM, COMING OUT ON WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, FAIR HOUSING AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE THERE.
SO WE ARE THINKING INNOVATIVELY ABOUT HOW TO GET, UM, SOME OF THIS MESSAGING OUT.
BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, AND IF I COULD TAKE ONE MORE MOMENT, I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANNA SPEAK ABOUT, UM, AGAIN, THE APPRECIATION FOR THE BOND AND THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PIECE.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, IN, IN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I, I BYPASS, BUT REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THERE WAS A RESIDENT THAT WE HEARD FROM, FROM PLEASANT GROVE IN REGARDS TO THE ALL SPANISH BOND AND SAID, THEY SAID THAT, UH, THEY WERE SURPRISED WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE MEETING WAS GOING TO BE AT CITY HALL AND ALL SPANISH.
THEY HAVE LONG FAULT AND ASKED FOR THIS TYPE OF MEETING, AND THEY WERE GLAD TO FINALLY SEE IT.
UH, THE CITY IS LISTENING TO SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE THAT RESIDENTS FEEDBACK.
UH, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR, UH,
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UM, THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S PRESENTATION AND Y'ALL'S WORK.UM, I'LL ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF THE APPRECIATION THAT I HAVE FOR WORKING, UM, ALONGSIDE, UH, A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO REALLY ARE, UH, PRIORITIZING WHAT, WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE CITY'S PRIORITY.
UM, BUT I, I THINK THAT THEY'RE, I, I GUESS MY ISSUE THAT I WOULD SAY IS NOT REALLY WITH YOU ALL, UM, BUT I WANT, I THINK THE ANSWER LIES WITH YOU ALL.
AND I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR IF Y'ALL COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE GUIDANCE ON HOW WE CAN, UH, EXPEDITE AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE.
UM, A LOT OF THESE GOALS HAVE SHOWN RESILIENCE, UH, AND, AND I I WOULD SAY EVEN PERSEVERANCE THROUGH YOU, THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY THAT IS, IN ORDER TO GIVE US WHAT I WOULD BELIEVE TO BE SOMEWHAT MINIMAL, UH, I MEAN, WE, WE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR BIGGER GOALS, AND I'M NOT MEANING THE ONES YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AS, UH, BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS.
BUT, UM, UH, I MEAN, WE, WE NOW HAVE COLLECTED ENOUGH DATA TO WHERE IT'S NO LONGER ANECDOTAL FOR US TO, UH, SPEAK TO A LOT OF THE INEQUITIES, THE DISPARITIES THAT EXIST.
HOW DOES THAT MATCH DIRECTLY UP WITH OUR BUDGET OFFICE SPECIFICALLY? HOW DOES THAT MATCH DIRECTLY? AND I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, LIZ AND I, AND I THINK THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAD THE SAME MINDSET THAT YOU DID, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION.
UM, BUT HOW DO WE BREAK THROUGH THE BUREAUCRATIC BARRIERS THAT SEEM TO, TO KEEP US FROM REALLY GETTING THAT FINISH LINE? AND I, I'LL, I'LL TALK TO YOU, CARLOS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL, YOU AND I HAVE DISCUSSED SEVERAL STOP GAPS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN INNOVATIVE AND VERY PROACTIVE TO SEEK OUTSIDE PRIVATE FUNDING TO SEEK, UH, GRANTS AND FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, TO HELP US WITH THESE GOALS.
BUT WHAT HERE AT 1500 MARILLA IS STOPPING US FROM BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE AND ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE INEQUITIES.
'CAUSE WE CAN KEEP COLLECTING DATA ALL DAY LONG TO TELL US WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, BUT HOW DO WE CHANGE WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE HAVE DATA NOW TO SUPPORT? LET, LET ME START, AND THANK YOU FOR THE, THE QUESTION.
UM, NOT AN EASY ONE TO ANSWER, CERTAINLY.
BUT, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS WORK IS ABOUT, REALLY HAVING SOME OF THESE TOUGHER CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE GRAVE DISPARITIES ACROSS OUTCOMES, UM, IN, IN OUR CITIZENRY AND BEYOND.
SO IF I CAN GIVE AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, THE ARPA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, RIGHT? WE WERE THIS CITY WAS, WAS ACKNOWLEDGED AMONG THE TOP TIERS OF CITIES THAT WERE RECOGNIZED FOR, UH, DEPLOYING ARPA DOLLARS IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER.
NOW, THAT WASN'T BY ACCIDENT, CERTAINLY, RIGHT? IT WAS OUR COUNCIL, IT WAS OUR COMMUNITIES, IT WAS THE, THESE COLLEAGUES HERE SAYING, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE GREATEST NEEDS.
AND, AND SO, UM, WE DID, AND, AND WE DEPLOYED THOSE FUNDS IN A WAY THAT WAS GOING TO, TO REACH THE, THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES.
AND, AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T ALWAYS A, A SEAT AT THE TABLE, FRANKLY.
AND, AND SO WE SORT OF USE THAT AS, AS A, A REAL NORTH STAR.
IF WE COULD DO IT, THEN, THEN WE CAN DO IT ACROSS SYSTEMS, RIGHT ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
AND, AND CERTAINLY WE UNDERSTAND AS AN EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND FROM RESPONDING TO WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE BY THE COUNCIL, THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC IN, ESPECIALLY IN, IN, UM, CHALLENGING TIMES.
AND, AND SO WHAT I HAVE CHARGED MY TEAM, AND I THINK WHAT THE CITY MANAGER INTERIM HAS CHARGED US TO IS TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE.
YOU KNOW, WE DID NOT STOP THE BUDGETING FOR EQUITY PROCESS, UM, DURING THE, THIS LAST SEASON.
AND, AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT MATTERED, UH, BECAUSE ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I, AT LEAST THE ONES THAT I LEAD, UH, WERE CHARGED WITH DEVISING PLANS WHERE THEY CAN, IRRESPECTIVE OF DIFFICULT TIMES, UM, BE ABLE TO DEPLOY FUNDING BASED ON AN EQUITY ANALYSIS.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE BEING, UM, CALLED TO DO.
I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE REST, BUT I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
DO YOU BELIEVE WHEN YOU SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN EQUITABLY BUDGETING, UM, THAT, THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A GOAL WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE RESIDENTS, MR. RESENDEZ AND US IN, IN MY AND I SPECIFICALLY THAT HAVE NO SIDEWALKS, THAT HAVE, UH, NEVER HAVE HAD A PAVED ALLEYWAY THAT HAVE, UH, CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE.
SOME OF THE STREETS THAT YOU CAN GO IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS, LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, LITERALLY.
AND WE SEE WHERE DATA HAS DRIVEN, AND I GET POLITICAL WILL, BUT WHEN DATA HAS DRIVEN US TO A PLACE WHERE A FISCAL YEAR IDENTIFIES REPAIRING STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN REPAIRED 20 TIMES IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY VERSUS GIVING MY RESIDENTS A SIDEWALK, WHY?
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WHAT, WHAT CHANGES FROM THE DATA? THE DATA IS NOT CHANGING THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS EXISTS, BUT NOW THE DATA'S STARING US IN OUR FACE.WHEN ARE WE GOING TO ACT ON IT? AND WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND NOT DONE INCREMENTALLY? I GET WE, WE CAN TAKE THESE WINS.
AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF TAKING SMALL WINS, I GET THAT TOO.
BUT WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO SEE TRUE CHANGE SO THAT IN 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE NOT STILL INCREMENTALLY ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC REASONS ON WHY WE ARE WE ARE HERE? I'M GONNA PASS THE MIC, BUT I, I'LL JUST GIVE AS AN EXAMPLE.
CARLOS EVANS, WHO, UM, THROUGH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, WAS ABLE TO ESTABLISH A CITY, UH, SPONSORED BROWNFIELD'S PROGRAM, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T DEVELOP
AND, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BASIC NEEDS, RIGHT? THAT PERHAPS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN WAY WELL BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I CAME AROUND OR ANYBODY CAME AROUND, BUT, BUT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.
AND, AND THIS BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM IS A NASCENT BUT FOUNDATIONAL EFFORT TO, TO GET THOSE INVESTMENTS DEPLOYED BY LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND, AND, AND SO I'LL PASS IT TO CARLOS, BUT THOSE ARE ONE OF THE NASCENT THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE REP THAT GIVE US NOT ONLY A SMALL WIN, BUT A BUT A SIGNIFICANT WIN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK, I MEAN, THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM WAS CONSTRUCTED TO, THE WAY WE'RE CONSTRUCTING IT IS TO LEND MONEY OUT SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT MONEY BACK AND TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UH, FOR OUR, FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
I, I GUESS, UH, BIG PICTURE WHEN IT COMES TO, I THINK HOW CAN WE ADVANCE EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND OTHER TYPES OF JUSTICE INTO, UH, CITY PROGRAMS. I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING IS THAT I THINK A CM, LIZ, CDO, PERA AND INTERIM CITY MANAGER TOLBERT, HAVE SAID THAT ADVANCING EQUITY AND ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL, JUST ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE JUSTICE IS EVERYBODY'S, UH, GOAL OR PRIORITY, NOT JUST OEQS, UH, BUT IT'S EVERY DEPARTMENT'S PRIORITY, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS SEE IS AS WE'RE TRYING TO EVALUATE, AND LET ME STEP BACK AS WELL.
SO THE CCAP IS FIVE YEARS OLD.
WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THE PLAN.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE PLAN ON, UH, CONDUCTING A GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY TO SEE EXACTLY, UH, WHAT ARE THE REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GASES AT THIS POINT? HOW FAR HAVE WE GOTTEN? HOW FAR DO WE NEED TO GO, UM, TO GET TO OUR NET 0, 20 50 GOAL? UH, AND WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, WHAT ARE THE GAPS THERE? UH, AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT DATA, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK HOW CAN WE USE THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, 15 YEARS FROM NOW, UM, IN, IN THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, OBTAIN OUR GOALS.
AND I, I THINK, AND I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER'S ON BOARD WITH THAT, UM, AND CARLOS, I, I'M, I, I, I KNOW THOSE, BUT THOSE ARE MORE LONG-TERM GOALS.
I'M, I'M MEANING MORE OF SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AND, AND IDENTIFY WHERE IT IS.
WE'VE PASSED FORWARD DALLAS, THAT ADDRESSES A LOT OF THE LAND USE COMPONENT.
BUT NOW WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE THAT EXISTS? CORRECT EXCUSE.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO SPECIFICALLY TO GAF IN WEST DALLAS? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE INDUSTRIAL, UM, UH, PARTNERS THAT ARE SURROUNDING PY? IF WE HAVE NOW LOOKED THROUGH THE LENS OF LAND USE, UM, ARE, ARE WE GOING TO JUST CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE SAME PATH, OR ARE WE GONNA GET AGGRESSIVE? ARE WE GONNA START ADDRESSING THESE WITH SOME LEGAL ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE JUST IN, IN LIGHT OF WHAT THE, THE TIME THAT WE HAVE? WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND, THIS IS THE LAST MINUTE ON HIS QUESTION SO THAT WE CAN GET THE PROPER RESPONSE.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE SPEAKING LITIGATION, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.
BUT LET'S WRAP THIS UP AND WE CAN PERHAPS TALK ABOUT EXPANDING FOR NEXT MONTH, PERHAPS, OR DOING A BRIEFING MEMO SO THAT WE CAN HEAR THE OTHER PRESENTATION FOR THIS MORNING.
WHO'S RESPONDING? SO I, I'LL CHIME IN, RIGHT? JUST FROM A FUNDAMENTAL EQUITY STANDPOINT, AND I THINK THAT YOU HIT THE, THE NAIL OR WHATEVER THAT ANALOGY IS ON THE HEAD AS IT REGARDS TO THE DATA.
SO NOW IT'S ABOUT FOLLOWING THE DATA, RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT MAKING, UM, INTENTIONAL INVESTMENTS.
THAT'S WHY AS AN APPROACH THIS YEAR, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, UM, EQUITY PLACE BASE WORK IN LIEU OF SAYING, OKAY, LET'S DO A LITTLE BIT HERE AND A LITTLE BIT THERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT BIGGER IMPACT ON HOW HAS MY LIFE IMPROVED SINCE WE'VE MADE THESE DECISIONS.
UM, THIS MAY NOT BE A POPULAR, UH, SHARING, BUT I THINK WE, WE NEED TO SAY IT, RIGHT? AND SO IF WE HAVE A PAPER CUT VERSUS A GASH, DO WE TEND TO BOTH OF
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THEM THE SAME WAY? BECAUSE IF WE DO, THEN WE'RE GONNA GET THE SAME OR EVEN WORSE OUTCOMES FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS THE GASH AND IS NOT BEING TEND TO.AND SO WE HAVE THE DATA, IT'S ABOUT FOLLOWING THE DATA.
IT IS ABOUT HARD DECISIONS, BUT ULTIMATELY, IF WE WANT TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE, WE HAVE TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PLACE BASE EQUITY STRATEGY THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE HAPPEN IN OTHER SPACES.
AND WHAT THAT COULD MEAN HERE FOR DALLAS.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH SMAU, THAT GRANT IS MAJOR.
IT'S AROUND A MOBILITY EQUITY CENTER.
AGAIN, WE CAN KEEP PULLING OUT THE DATA, BUT UNTIL WE MAKE THE HARDCORE INVESTMENTS IN THE AREAS WITH THE GREATEST NEED, UM, WE MAY NOT SEE THE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A FOLLOW UP WHEN IT COMES TO, TO HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS MORE AGGRESSIVELY.
I'D WELCOME SOME ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH YOU ALL, WITH SOME OF Y'ALL'S OWN INDIVIDUAL RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT GOALS, AND SEEING IF MAYBE ONE OF THOSE STOP GAPS IS POLITICAL WILL, AND SEE HOW WE AS A BODY CAN PUSH THROUGH TO HELP EXPEDITE SOME OF THESE, UH, GOALS FOR YOU ALL.
AND THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING THE HARD WORK.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR, FOR THIS MORNING.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY POPULAR TOPIC, AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DISMISS YOU AT THIS TIME AND JUST KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT.
WE ARE READY FOR THE SECOND, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, UPSKILLING UPDATE.
NINA ARIA, DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU GET, WHEN YOU GET HERE, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM SO THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW WHO'S HERE? THANK YOU.
AND, AND AS DIRECTOR AAS COMES TO THE TABLE, I'LL JUST GET STARTED.
SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, ALYSSA, THE
WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING US MOVE FORWARD.
SO YOU MIGHT BE SEEING, UH, CHAIR AND, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, US COMING BACK, UM, MORE OFTEN RELATED TO OUR EFFORTS RELATED TO WORKFORCE UPSKILLING INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
TODAY, WE'RE FOCUSING ON OUR INTERNAL PROGRAMS TO UPSKILL OUR WORKFORCE.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO NINA ARIA.
NINA ARIAS, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND I AM HERE WITH LAURA IAN, OUR SENIOR TRAINER TRAINING SPECIALIST, UH, DEDICATED TO OUR UPSKILLING PROGRAM AMONG OTHERS.
UM, AND ALSO WE HAVE, UH, SONIA BATS AND HEATHER WOODS WITH US.
THEY ALSO WORK IN TALENT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY.
UM, THE PRESENTATION OF OUR VIEW, UM, LIST, UH, THE TOPICS WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
UH, WE WILL PROVIDE A BACKGROUND, A BRIEF BACKGROUND, I THINK THAT, UH, WE HAVE COME RECENTLY.
SO WE, WE WILL JUST PRESENT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, BACKGROUND AND THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PILOT PROGRAM, UH, THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
UM, THE NEXT STEPS AND ONCOMING RESOURCES FOR PILOT.
AND ALSO THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BLOOMBERG HARBOR MANAGING TALENT IN CITY GOVERNMENT, UH, PROGRAM THAT, UH, STAFF CITY STAFF RECENTLY ATTENDED.
SO, UM, AS, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE UPSKILLING PROGRAM WAS MODELED AFTER MAYOR JOHNSON'S NOVEMBER, 2021, UPSKILLING DATA DALLAS REPORT.
UM, THE REPORT WORK WAS, UH, GROUNDED BY A NORTH STAR, WHICH STATED THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS GOLD, UH, WAS TO BECOME A CITY WHERE WORKING AGE ADULTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE THEIR SKILLS AND THEIR ABILITY TO EARN A SUSTAINABLE LIVING WAGE.
UH, THIS REPORT ALSO, UH, TARGETED EMPLOYEES WHO FALL BELOW THE 46,000 WAGE STRESSFUL.
UM, THE, AT THE INCEPTION OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS NOVEMBER, 2023, THERE WERE 295 JOB TITLES AT THE CITY, AND APPROXIMATELY 2,430 EMPLOYEES THAT FELL BELOW THE 46,000, WHICH TRACE HOLE, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 19% OF OUR WORKFORCE.
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SO THIS IS AN UPDATED, UH, SLIDE WITH THE DATA, UH, SHOWING, UM, OUR, THE DEPARTMENTS WHERE THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE.SO WE CAN SEE OUR TOTAL EMPLOYEES IS 13,413.
UM, AND THIS IS AS OF, UM, OCTOBER NINE.
SO THIS IS VERY RECENT DATA, UM, AND WE SEE THAT, UH, 2,136 ARE UNDER 46,000.
EXCUSE ME, MS. ARIA, THE PUBLIC CANNOT SEE THIS SLIDE.
SO COULD YOU JUST TELL US QUICKLY ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE LISTED? THE, THE TEXT IS KINDA SMALL FOR ME.
WHAT? JUST GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT DEPARTMENTS YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT.
SO WE HAVE PARKS, UH, IT'S ONE OF OUR HIGHEST WITH 301 EMPLOYEES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE DWU THAT IS THE HIGHEST OF ALL WITH 419.
WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS WITH 171 AVIATION HAS 32, SANITATION HAS 192 EMPLOYEES.
UM, DPD HAS 168 EMPLOYEES UNDER THE THRESHOLD.
I JUST WANTED THEM TO GET AN IDEA.
THEN WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF HIT THAT POINT SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS AND THEN DO OUR BRIEFINGS AND WE, SO WE CAN ADJOURN AND BE RESPECTFUL OF TIME.
UH, 3 1 1 OR, UM, HAS A, ALSO A LARGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, UH, 51 EMPLOYEES AND SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, THE JOBS ARE PREDOMINANTLY HELD BY WOMEN.
OH, AND, AND BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THESE EMPLOYEES ARE PARTS MAINTENANCE WORKER, LIBRARY, PUBLIC SERVICE SPECIALIST, LIBRARY CIRCULATION REPRESENTATIVE, OFFICE ASSISTANT, AND SANITATION DRUG DRIVER.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, WHICH ARE TO EMPOWER OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO UNLOCK THEIR CAREER GROWTH.
ALSO, TO CULTIVATE A HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND VERSATILE WORKFORCE TO MEET THE FUTURE DEMANDS OF THE CITY.
WE WANT TO BRIDGE THE SKILL GAP AND ENHANCE THE EMPLOYABILITY AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITY OF DALLAS EMPLOYEES AND PROMOTE PUBLIC SERVICES AS AN INNOVATIVE AND GRATIFYING CAREER WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR UPSKILLING PROGRAM, UM, AND LAURA DIAN WILL BE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION FOR US.
HELLO, LAURA DIAN, SENIOR TRAINING SPECIALIST WITH THE TALENT ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
WE HAVE A FEW UPDATES SINCE WE LAST PRESENTED IN SEPTEMBER.
OUR FIRST UPDATE IS THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE STEPLADDER PILOT.
WE'VE MET WITH THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS, AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT PROPOSED PROPOSAL BEGINNING WITH A DETENTION OFFICER, UH, MOVING ALL THE WAY TO A DEPUTY CITY MARSHAL OVER A SPAN OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
UM, WE WILL ALSO BE MEETING WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE WILL REACH OUT TO THEM THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 28TH.
UH, THEY REQUESTED THAT WE WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STATE FAIR TO SEE HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE MOVING INTO A POLICE OFFICER AS PART OF THAT STEPLADDER PROCESS.
LAURA, IF I MAY ADD, UH, THE OBJECTIVE IS TO CREATE A LATTICE WHERE YOU CAN START AS A SECURITY OFFICER OR A 3 1 1 OR 9 1 1 OPERATOR OR MARSHALS, AND MOVE UP TO DPD IF YOU SO DESIRE.
I'LL EMPHASIZE AGAIN THAT THIS IS A PILOT DRAFT.
IT IS CURRENTLY IN REVIEW WITH OUR COMPENSATION TEAM, WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY HOLES IN THE PROCESS THAT WOULD, UM, KEEP EMPLOYEES FROM STAYING IN A POSITION FOR TOO LONG.
WE WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT CHIEF PUSE IS HERE IF, IF AT DURING QUESTION AND ANSWER, YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM, HE'S PRESENT, AND WE THANK HIM FOR BEING HERE.
WE WANNA SHARE TWO SUCCESS STORIES THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST 30 DAYS.
ONE BEING, UM, A PROJECT MANAGER WITH, UH, WE'LL CALL HER DARA.
SHE HAD A LONG-TERM GOAL OF BECOMING A PROJECT MANAGER.
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MEETING WITH HER OVER THE SUMMER.SHE KNEW THAT SHE NEEDED TO MOVE UP IN THE ORGANIZATION, SHE WANTED TO FURTHER HER CAREER, BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE DIRECTION TO GO IN.
SO AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH HER AND HER LEADERSHIP TEAM, SHE DETERMINED THAT EXCEL TRAINING WAS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR HER.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT HER WITH OUR ITS DEPARTMENT, AND SHE TOOK SOME EXCEL TRAINING COURSES OVER THE SUMMER.
AND THEN WITH THAT, SHE WAS ALSO ABLE TO GET INTO SOME PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSES THAT THE ITS DEPARTMENT OFFERED OVER THE SUMMER, AND SHE CONTINUED TO INTERVIEW KNOWING THAT THAT PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UM, OPPORTUNITY WILL TAKE A WHILE TO ACQUIRE THAT THROUGH OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS.
BUT SHE CONTINUED TO INTERVIEW.
SHE JUST RECEIVED A PROMOTION THAT WILL INCREASE HER SALARY BY 43%.
WE ALSO HAVE STEVEN, HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR FIVE YEARS.
HIS MANAGEMENT TEAM REACHED OUT TO THE UPSKILLING TEAM ASKING WHAT RESOURCES WERE AVAILABLE FOR HIM TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE SHOWED A LOT OF STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS, BUT IT WAS THAT CDLA THAT WAS THE BARRIER FOR HIM MOVING INTO A HIGHER PAYING POSITION.
SO HE WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP THROUGH THE SOUTH DALLAS DRIVING ACADEMY.
HE WILL BEGIN HIS CDLA TRAINING AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
HE'LL FINISH WITHIN ABOUT FIVE WEEKS, AND HE, HE'LL HAVE THAT CDLA LICENSE.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO GET AN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST APPRENTICESHIP AT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THIS APPRENTICESHIP WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS, AND AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, THE CITY OF DALLAS APPRENTICE WILL HAVE JOURNEY LEVEL MECHANIC EXPERIENCE.
THEN THAT EMPLOYEE CAN CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ONE OF OUR ALREADY CREATED CAREER SERIES BY MOVING TO A SENIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC OR A CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN MECHANIC, WHICH WOULD BE A PAY GRADE 13 OR 14.
THIS IS A WAITING APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AND AN ESTIMATED APPROVAL DATE WOULD BE MID-NOVEMBER OF 2024.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, DALLAS COLLEGE AND THE WORK READY U PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A BUSINESS OFFICE PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING ADJUDICATION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT IS SET TO DEBUT IN JANUARY.
THIS WILL INCLUDE THREE COURSES OFFERED FREE TO CITY OF DALLAS.
EMPLOYEES WHO QUALIFY THE COURSES WILL INCLUDE KEYBOARDING, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, AND MICROSOFT 365.
THE TRAININGS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE WEST DALLAS CENTER ON NORTHAMPTON ROAD.
THEY WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE EVENING.
THE FIRST TWO, THE KEYBOARDING AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS WILL BE AT THE FACILITY.
THE LAST WILL BE ONLINE AND EMPLOYEES ONCE ENROLLED WITH DALLAS COLLEGE AND THE WORK READY YOU PROGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO CHECK OUT LAPTOPS OR THEY CAN GO TO THE CENTER TO WORK.
LAURA, IF I MAY ADD, WE WILL ALSO UTILIZE THIS PROGRAM AS A PIPELINE FOR TALENT, AS THE PROGRAM WILL NOT ONLY BE FOR CITY OF DALLAS EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO ANYONE WHO GOES THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND IS, UM, YOU KNOW, HE WANTS TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, THAT WILL BE A PIPELINE FOR US.
WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL NEXT STEPS IN UPCOMING RESOURCES, WHICH, INCLUDING SOME SOFTWARE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH OUR ITS DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ATHIA, WHICH IS A MICROSOFT PRODUCT SUPPORT LINKEDIN LEARNING, WHICH WILL INTEGRATE DIRECTLY WITH WORKDAY.
AND THEN PERCIPIO, WHICH WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL ENTERPRISE-WIDE TRAINING CONTENT PROVIDER.
WE ARE ALSO COLLABORATING WITH, UH, DBI FOR A SKILLS DATABASE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE CITY OF DALLAS EMPLOYEES TO SEARCH FOR POSITION LISTINGS BASED ON THEIR SKILLS, PAY, GRADE AND EDUCATION LEVEL.
AND THIS CAME TO FRUITION BASED ON EMPLOYEES REACHING OUT WITH THE IDEA OF GETTING CERTIFICATIONS AND INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE COULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY WOULD GUARANTEE THEM A PROMOTION, OR WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE THE DATA OF HOW MANY JOBS THERE WERE AT THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT REQUIRED THAT CERTIFICATION.
AND SO JUST BEING ABLE TO HELP, UH, EMPLOYEES MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEST FINANCIALLY FOR THEM SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE AN APPROPRIATE, UH, PAYOUT FOR THEMSELVES.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL FOCUS ON SUPERVISOR DEVELOPMENT
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AND A STAFF DEVELOPMENT TOOLKIT.THE CITY WAS SELECTED AMONG 15 OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE, INCLUDING TERRAIN, ITALY, SLA, SLOVAKIA, LUA, ZAMBIA, AND WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.
RECENTLY TO ATTEND A COURSE AT, AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY TO HELP PARTICIPANTS IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO TRANSFORM RECRUITMENT AND RETENTIONS, PRACTICES, TERRAIN, AND EQUIP STAFF TO LEAD AND GROW INTO ROLES AND INCREASE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION WITHIN OUR CITIES, AND BRING A RENEWED FOCUS ON EMPLOYEE WELLBEING.
IT, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
OUR, OUR CITY TEAM CONSISTED OF LALI, GAR GARZA, JULIA QUINONEZ, UH, NINA ARIA, AND MYSELF.
AND IT WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH MAYOR JOHNSON'S OFFICE AND HIS AFFILIATION WITH, UH, BLOOMBERG HARVARD IN, UM, AND NOMINATING US FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU, UM, THAT INFORMATION.
IT WAS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR, OUR EFFORTS TO FOCUS VERY MUCH ON OUR CITY'S UPSKILLING EFFORTS.
WE HAD A TEAM PROJECT, IT WAS A ONE WEEK PROJECT THAT WE DEVELOPED ALONG WITH, UH, NINA AUDIENCE'S, UH, EXPERT INSIGHTS ON UPSKILLING PEOPLE, AND FOCUSING ON CITY EMPLOYEES EARNING LESS THAN $46,000 ANNUALLY WITH OUR, OVER, WITH OUR OVERALL GOAL TO PROVIDE OUR EMPLOYEES WITH SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES NECESSARY TO ADVANCE IN THEIR CAREERS, TO INCREASE BOTH JOB SATISFACTION AND LONG-TERM EARNING POTENTIAL.
AND AS YOU SEE FROM LAURA'S PRESENTATION TODAY, UM, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE, WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
WE'RE HERE TO GET YOUR INSIGHTS ON HOW TO KEEP IMPROVING IT.
AND, AND AS WE MOVE ALONG, UH, JUST REALLY WELCOME ANY INSIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE AS YOU DID LAST MONTH.
AND, AND, UH, REALLY RAISING YOUR HANDS TO SAY, WHY DON'T YOU FOCUS ON, ON THE TENSION OFFICERS AND THAT STEP LADDER FORWARD TO, TO BECOME POSSIBLY A PART OF, UH, EITHER THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE OR, OR DPD.
SO, SO WE, UM, APPRECIATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE.
AND WITH THAT, ARE PREPARED TO TAKE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE.
I WANNA JUST CLOSE BY SAYING THIS.
I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS ON, BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WHEN I SAY SECURITY, THE UNIFORM OR NON-UNIFORM, HOWEVER YOU, THEY DESCRIBE IT.
I JUST SAY UNIFORM OFFICERS WHO ARE, UH, ARE HERE IN THE BUILDING.
AND I NEED TO, WE'LL TALK IN OUR PREPARATION CENTER SESSION ABOUT HOW WE COULD INCLUDE, UH, THAT SEGMENT INTO THE CONVERSATION, EXCUSE ME, OF, OF MOVING FORWARD UPSKILLING, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA CALL IT.
BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, PUBLIC SERVICE IS, TO ME, IS AN HONOR.
MAY I MAY NOT, EVERYONE MAY NOT BE ON THAT, ON THAT SAME PAGE, BUT I BELIEVE IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND YOUR ASSIGNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
CUSTOMER SERVICE SHOULD NOT BE A HEAVY LOAD.
YOU SHOULDN'T DREAD COME INTO THE BUILDING, YOU SHOULDN'T DREAD THAT.
BUT I BELIEVE WHEN YOU INVEST IN YOUR PEOPLE AND YOU GROW YOUR OWN, IT GIVES THEM A HOPE.
AND AS A RESULT, THEN WE GIVE THAT HOPE, UH, AND THAT, THAT SERVICE AND THAT BRIGHT LIGHT TO OUR PUBLIC, OF WHICH WE OWE THEM.
SO I THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST EMBRACING THIS PROGRAM, FEELING GOOD.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT SOME OF THE TESTIMONIES THAT WE, WE ARE SHARING YOU'VE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC TODAY AS WELL AS THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BUT I THINK IN ORDER FOR DALLAS TO BE THE CITY THAT WE TALK ABOUT, WHETHER IT'S BIG AUDACIOUS GOLD OR BIG D, WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED.
AND SO WE'VE GOTTA KEEP WORKING TO GROW OUR OWN, TO EDUCATE, UH, AND SO THAT NO ONE SAYS, WELL, I'VE APPLIED FOR A JOB FIVE TIMES.
THEY SHOULD BE GETTING FEEDBACK SO THEY'LL KNOW HOW TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED, UH, AND I THINK I'VE, I'VE, MR. KNIGHT, I THINK I'VE SPOKEN ALSO TO CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN ABOUT THIS PIECE, ABOUT SECURITY UPSCALING AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD SO THAT THAT TEAM FEELS COMMITTED.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY DON'T, BUT WE ALL, WE ARE DEALING WITH CHANGING TIMES.
AND EVERY EMPLOYEE HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY IS, IS BRINGING UP ABOUT THAT CHANGE.
BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE SERVICE THAT THEY'RE GIVING TO THIS CITY AND TO THOSE OF US IN THE BUILDING.
'CAUSE ALL OF US IN THE BUILDING WANNA BENEFIT FROM SERVICES THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUILDING.
I WOULD SAY THAT I'M CORRECT ON THAT.
MIGHT I SUGGEST THAT, UH, YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME ON THAT, BUT AS WE CLOSE OUT TODAY, JUST KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA KEEP PUTTING MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE QUESTIONS.
I'M TRYING TO SAY, AS I CLOSE OUT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE MOVE ON, THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTS THAT, THAT I CONTINUE TO, TO, TO RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN AROUND THIS CONVERSATION AND THAT WE HAVE TO GO
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A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN TERMS OF INCLUSION OF SOME OF THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, PARTICULARLY THE, UM, SECURITY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE ALIGNMENT OF INTERVENTIONS TO THE ACTION PLAN? LIKE WHERE ARE THE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES? I'M SORRY, SCHULTZ, ARE YOU SPEAKING TO? CAN YOU, CAN YOU DIRECT ME TO YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION? WHICH SLIDE IS THAT? WELL, YOU, YOU'VE GOT AN ACTION PLAN PRESENTED HERE.
AM I RIGHT? LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I'M OH, THE POTENTIAL INTERVENTIONS.
AND HOW DO THOSE ALIGN WITH WHERE THE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES FOR THOSE THESE ARE WORKS IN PROGRESS? THEY, UH, WE ARE STILL ALIGNING THE, THE METRICS AND THE, AND THE PROGRESS THAT WERE GOING TO BE MADE.
BUT THIS WAS SOME OF THE WONDERS, THE QUESTIONS, THE CURIOSITIES THAT THE TEAM, UH, TOOK BACK WITH US ON HOW WE COULD USE SOME OF THESE INTERVENTIONS POTENTIALLY TO, TO INCREASE AWARENESS AMONG OUR, OUR WORKFORCE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST TO ALIGN THE INTEREST OF MANAGERS AND HAVING THEIR EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS, ET CETERA.
AND, AND CERTAINLY JUST RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE, THE DIFFERENT, UM, METHODS THAT THE TEAM IS GOING TO BE USING TO MOVE FORWARD TO, TO ALIGN THE EFFORTS AND THE LEARNINGS THAT WE HAD IN THAT, IN THIS ONE WEEK COURSE WITH, UH, THE CITY'S PRIORITIES TO AND FOCUS ON OUR INTERNAL WORKFORCE.
SO, SO THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT, BUT WE ARE MAKING NOTE OF, OF THAT AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK ON, UH, SLIDE 14 SPECIFICALLY.
UM, WHO, WHO, WHAT WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR ON WHO REPRESENTED THE CITY IN THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT WAS THE EXPECTATION OF THEM BRINGING BACK TO THE CITY? YES.
UM, THERE WAS A, AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR SOME, UH, SOMEONE REPRESENTING HUMAN RESOURCES IN THIS PROGRAM.
SOMEONE REPRESENTING EQUITY AND SOMEONE REPRESENTING MANAGEMENT.
AND SO THAT WAS THE, THE CRITERIA.
UM, SO WE, UM, SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION.
WE, BASED ON OUR PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, YOU CAN CONTINUE.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE BRIEFING MEMOS COMMITTEE MEMBERS? ALRIGHT.
I'M SORRY, I HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE BRIEFING MEMOS.
MAY I ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE BACK TO COME FORWARD TO ANSWER, TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS ON YOUR BRIEFING MEMOS, PLEASE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK WHILE WE'RE COMING TO THE DAY.
I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE YOUTH AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP ON THE YOUTH.
COULD YOU JUST SHARE HOW THE SURVEY'S GONNA BE DISTRIBUTED? HOW'S THIS GONNA GET TO BE TRULY CITYWIDE AND, UM, FEEDBACK? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AND MAY I HIGHLIGHT ALSO, UM, AS A MATTER OF FYI, UM, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND EMPOWERMENT HAS EXPANDED THEIR PORTFOLIO TO INCLUDE OUR, OUR YOUTH WORK.
AND TAYLOR MOODY IS, IS LEADING THAT EFFORTS WITHIN OCCE AND SHE'S HERE TO RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION.
YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO, UM, WE ARE DOING THIS AT A, IN QUITE A FEW, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT IS DS THROUGHOUT, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS, SO DALLAS, ISD RICHARDSON, OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO GET THE SURVEY DISTRIBUTED IN CLASS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE GOING TO YOUTH FOCUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE 30 PLUS ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT, WHERE WE TABLE AND, AND REQUESTS FOR STUDENTS TO OFFER SURVEYS THERE AS WELL.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE ON COLLEGE, UH, UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES, UH, ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP.
UM, WE HAD TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE, UH, IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE THE, I I KNOW I SEE THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO THE WORKSHOP.
I THINK WE HAD SOME LAY SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE GONNA BE LEADING THIS EFFORT AS WELL AS SOME PEOPLE FROM THE VETERANS AS, AND THE DIS AND THE, UH, UH, DISABILITIES COMMISSION
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HAS ALL OF THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT CAME OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.HAVE YOU DONE IT THAT WAY? DID YOU, THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER SROS FOR THE QUESTION.
I'M GONNA PASS IT TO OUR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER, CHRIS, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP, WE HAVE ALREADY ENGAGED OUR, UH, VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION.
AND SO ACTUALLY ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT WE'LL BE ENGAGING IS A VETERANS GROUP.
AND SO THE FACILITATOR IS, UH, COMMISSIONER SCOTT CHASE.
SO THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE, AT THE LAST WE, I'M LOOKING FOR MY NOTES AND I SHOULD HAVE PULLED IT OUT, I APOLOGIZE.
BUT WE HAD, UM, WE HAD A WHOLE SET THAT OF, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE WERE GONNA DO ON THIS.
SO I THINK THAT'S BASED ON THAT MEMO.
SO DID YOU BUILD THIS WORKSHOP FROM THE WORK THAT THIS COMMISSION? THAT IS, THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
SO, SO I SAW, I, UH, I KNOW YOU HAD A AWESOME A, A ONE SHEET WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AREA, SO WE ESSENTIALLY TOOK THAT ONE SHEET, PROVIDED IT TO OUR CONSULTANT.
AND SO WHETHER IT'S A HUMAN RIGHTS AREA OR IT'S AN IMPACTED GROUP, IT'S GONNA BE A FOCUS OF THAT SECOND PART OF THE WORKSHOP.
SO IT'S, IT'S BASED ON THAT ORIGINAL LIST.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE FORECAST? ANY, UH, I HAD, UH, ON MEMOS? YES, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
UM, I, I WAS ACTUALLY WANTING TO KNOW, UM, WHY WE WERE GETTING THE UPDATE ON THE MLK EVENTS THAT WE, AND IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE STANDARD GOING FORWARD, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.
WE'VE PREVIOUSLY, UH, BROUGHT OUR MLK WEEK, UM, TO, TO CERTAINLY TO WE COMMITTEE.
WE CERTAINLY CAN BRING IT IT TO QUALITY OF LIFE AS WELL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME LIKE CONSISTENCY, CONTINUITY, THAT, AND, AND, AND I, I KNOW THAT MY, UH, CONSTITUENTS SPECIFICALLY, UM, STAKEHOLDERS WITH MLK DEFINITELY, UH, UH, LOOK FOR THESE ITEMS WITHIN QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO NOT BE HERE.
AND I ALSO WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS ANY STRUCTURAL CHANGE WHEN IT CAME TO OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE? UH, NO.
WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE BROUGHT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR WEEK ALSO TO WE, SO WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO TALK TO SIMULTANEOUSLY, YES.
AND I THINK IT'S, I'M GLAD THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED, BUT I KNOW WE OFTEN GET QUESTIONS ALONG THE LINE OF EQUITY, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, UH, IN TERMS OF CELEBRATION AND INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY? SO I THINK THAT MAY BE ANOTHER REASON TOO, THAT IT WAS GOOD THAT IT WAS MENTIONED, UH, AS IT RELATES TO EQUITY.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
ANY MORE COMMENTS? UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, NONE.
IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS OR HANDS.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR MEETING, UH, SHORTLY, BUT ALSO THE MEETING NEXT MONTH.
UH, THE MEETING OF THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE IS NOW ADJOURNED.