Oct 16, 2024 Council Briefing

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YOU'RE WATCHING THE MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR ERIC L JOHNSON, MAYOR PRO TEM TENNELL ATKINS, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ADAM BAZALDUA, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAD WEST, JESSE MORENO, ZARIN D. GRACEY, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, JAIME RESENDEZ, OMAR NARVAEZ, PAULA BLACKMON, KATHY STEWART.

JAYNIE SCHULTZ, CARA MENDELSOHN, GAY DONNELL WILLIS, PAUL E RIDLEY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY BIZOR TOLBERT, CITY SECRETARY BILIERAE JOHNSON, AND CITY ATTORNEY TAMMY PALOMINO.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.

[Call to Order]

AND I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER THIS MORNING.

OUR INVOCATION IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN AARON GRACIE, WHO IS AN EXECUTIVE PASTOR.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, AT CONCORD CHURCH.

SO, PASTOR GRACIE, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU NOW FOR OUR INVOCATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. LET US PRAY.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GATHER HERE TODAY, MINDFUL OF YOUR PRESENCE AND GRATEFUL OF YOUR GUIDANCE.

AS WE BEGIN THIS CITY COUNCIL BRIEFING, WE TURN TO YOUR WORD IN PHILIPPIANS FOUR AND NINE, WHICH REMINDS US, WHATEVER YOU HAVE LEARNED OR RECEIVED OR HEARD FROM ME, OR SEEN IN OR SEEN IN ME, PUT IT INTO PRACTICE AND THE GOD OF PEACE WILL BE WITH YOU.

LORD, AS WE DELIBERATE MATTERS THAT AFFECT OUR BELOVED DALLAS, HELP US TO PUT INTO PRACTICE THE WISDOM, COMPASSION, AND INTEGRITY WE HAVE LEARNED FROM YOUR TEACHINGS.

MAY YOUR ACTIONS REFLECT THE LOVE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL CITIZENS OF OUR DIVERSE CITY.

WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH OUR HEARTS HEAVY.

FOR THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE PAIN AND FEAR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

MERCIFUL GOD, WE PRAY FOR YOUR DIVINE PROTECTION OVER THEM.

SURROUND THEM WITH YOUR LOVE AND PROVIDE THEM WITH SAFETY, COURAGE AND THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.

GUIDE US AS A CITY TO CREATE BETTER SYSTEMS OF PROTECTION AND HEALING FOR THOSE VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IN THIS MOMENT, WE ALSO LIFT UP A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SURVIVED OR ARE CURRENTLY BATTLING BREAST CANCER.

WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SURVIVED.

WE CELEBRATE THEIR VICTORY AND PRAY FOR THEIR CONTINUED HEALTH.

FOR THOSE STILL FIGHTING.

WE ASK FOR YOUR COMFORT, FOR BREAKTHROUGHS IN THEIR TREATMENT AND FOR HOPE TO FILL THEIR HEARTS.

BLESS THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE FOR THEM AND THE RESEARCHERS WORKING TIRELESSLY, TIRELESSLY FOR A CURE.

NOW, LORD, AS WE REFLECT ON THE SCRIPTURE FROM PHILIPPIANS.

LORD, WE ARE CALLED TO ACTION.

HELP US TO DO AS YOUR WORD SAYS.

YOU HAVE TAUGHT US TO SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT.

LET US PUT THIS INTO PRACTICE IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

YOU HAVE SHOWN US THE POWER OF LOVE AND COMPASSION, GUIDE US TO EMBODY THESE VIRTUES IN OUR POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, ENSURING THAT EVERY CITIZEN OF DALLAS FEELS VALUED AND CARED FOR. THROUGH YOUR WORD, WE HAVE LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRITY AND JUSTICE.

GRANT US THE COURAGE TO STAND FIRM IN THESE PRINCIPLES, MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE FAIR AND BENEFICIAL TO ALL, ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US.

FINALLY, LORD, YOU HAVE TAUGHT US TO TRUST IN YOU AS WE PUT ALL THESE LESSONS INTO PRACTICE.

FILL US WITH YOUR PEACE.

MAY IT GUIDE OUR, GUIDE OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR WORDS AND OUR ACTIONS, NOT JUST IN THIS MEETING, BUT IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR SERVICE TO THIS GREAT CITY.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY AND FOR THE CONTINUED BLESSINGS ON DALLAS.

MAY ALL THAT WE DO HONOR YOU AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY FAITHFULLY.

AND YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE, INCLUDING THE GALLERY, FOR OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG FIRST, AND THEN THE STATE OF TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

[Special Presentations]

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR. WE HAVE SOME GREAT CAUSES THAT WE LIKE TO DRAW PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO IN THIS COUNTRY AND HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WELL.

SO JUST BEAR WITH ME WHILE I WORK THROUGH A FEW OF THESE.

FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER FOR OUR FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT TO OUR COLLEAGUE, GAY DONNELL WILLIS FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

SO, MISS WILLIS, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THAT? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

IT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, AND IT WAS VERY HAPPY TO HOST A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OF OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY

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I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO STOP BY THIS MORNING.

IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY, WHETHER YOU ARE SUPPORTING, I KNOW MARY KAY FOUNDATION IS HERE.

IF YOU ARE A LEGISLATOR OR REPRESENTING A LEGISLATOR, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND JUST SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO I'M HAPPY TO READ THIS, MAYOR, IF YOU WANTED ME TO.

OKAY, SO WHEREAS THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FROM MAYOR JOHNSON, IN OCTOBER 1987, THE FIRST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH WAS OBSERVED, AND THE FIRST NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE WAS ESTABLISHED.

IN 1989, CONGRESS PASSED PUBLIC LAW 101 112, DESIGNATING OCTOBER AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND DOMESTIC.

WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF INJURY FOR WOMEN, AND THIS ABUSE HAS SHORT TERM AND LASTING CONSEQUENCES.

AN AVERAGE OF 24 PEOPLE PER MINUTE ARE VICTIMS OF RAPE, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, OR STALKING BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER.

IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT'S MORE THAN 12 MILLION WOMEN AND MEN IN A SINGLE YEAR.

AND WHEREAS ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE WOMEN WILL BE ABUSED IN THEIR LIFETIME, AND NEARLY 1.5 MILLION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NATIONWIDE EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL ABUSE FROM A DATING PARTNER EVERY YEAR, AN AVERAGE OF 24 PEOPLE PER MINUTE ARE VICTIMS OF RAPE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF DALLAS RECOGNIZES THE SPECIALIZED AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT MAKE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO THE VICTIMS AND HOLD ABUSERS, ABUSERS, ABUSERS ACCOUNTABLE.

AND WHEREAS WE EXTEND OUR DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE SHELTERS, COUNSELORS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER COMMITTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR ADVOCACY AND DEDICATION TO ASSISTING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ERIC JOHNSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN DATA TO OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DASHBOARD, WHICH IN THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE CAPTURED THE HELP GIVEN TO 13,000 VICTIMS. THEY'VE TAKEN 50,000 CALLS AND 10,000 TEXT RESPONSES.

AND PART OF THE NETWORKING THIS MORNING WAS THAT WE HAD ANOTHER NONPROFIT EXPRESS INTEREST IN CONTRIBUTING DATA TO THAT DASHBOARD.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, KIM TOLBERT, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THAT FIRST.

AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I'M SO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT FEMA'S REGION SIX REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR TONY ROBINSON AND REGIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE LIAISON GILBERT GIRON ARE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY FOR ITS FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ITS CLASS THREE RATING IN THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PROGRAM.

THE CLASS THREE RATING RECOGNIZES THE CITY'S EFFORTS IN EXECUTING, IMPLEMENTING, DOCUMENTING, AND IMPROVING FLOOD PLAIN FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT EXCEED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.

SOME OF THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE HIGHER STANDARDS IN THE CITY'S FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS, DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERSHED MASTER PLAN, ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPETITIVE LOSS PLAN, MAINTENANCE AND REGULAR INSPECTION OF FLOOD WARNING SYSTEMS, DAMS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE CHANNELS AND STORM SEWER SYSTEMS. IDENTIFICATION, PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS TO PROVIDE FLOOD PROTECTION AND MITIGATE REPETITIVE LOSS PROPERTIES. ANNUAL OUTREACH PROGRAM TO PROPERTIES WITH FLOOD RISK ISSUES.

THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PROGRAM SINCE 1991.

OVER 1500 COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATE NATIONWIDE, AND THE CITY OF DALLAS IS ONE OF 12 COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE WITH A CLASS THREE RATING, AND IT IS THE HIGHEST RATING COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THE CLASS THREE RATING ALLOWS DALLAS RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE A 35% DISCOUNT WHEN PURCHASING FLOOD INSURANCE THROUGH THE NFIP.

DALLAS RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER PURCHASING FLOOD INSURANCE TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTIES FROM FLOOD RISK.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND YOUR DALLAS WATER UTILITIES WITH A CLASS THREE RATING IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM. IT DOESN'T COME WITHOUT HARD WORK, BUT IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN YOUR CITIZENS HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THE CITY MANAGER SAID IT'S THE HIGHEST RATING OF ANY CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND IT'S THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE IN THE FIVE STATE AREA OF FEMA REGION SIX.

AND SO I CAN'T REITERATE ENOUGH WHERE IT RAINS, IT CAN FLOOD.

AND THE ACTIONS THAT YOUR UTILITY DEPARTMENT IS TAKING OFFERS A 35% DISCOUNT ON FLOOD INSURANCE.

AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE THEY PURCHASE FLOOD INSURANCE, BECAUSE HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER THE PERIL OF FLOODING.

AND FLOODING IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISK THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AND PROPERTY.

AND SO THAT 35% DISCOUNT APPLIES TO NOT ONLY HOMEOWNERS, BUT RENTERS AND BUSINESSES AS WELL.

AND WE SAY AN INSURED COMMUNITY IS A RESILIENT COMMUNITY.

AND SO, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S MY HONOR TODAY TO BE HERE TO PRESENT A CLASS THREE RATING AND THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND SO NEXT, OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS THAT I AM HONORED TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

I'VE HAD MY OWN PERSONAL STORY WITH BREAST CANCER.

AND SO THIS THIS OBSERVANCE IS VITAL FOR HOW WE CONTINUE TO RAISE AWARENESS, SUPPORT SURVIVORS, AND REMEMBER THOSE THAT WE'VE LOST TO THIS DISEASE.

BREAST CANCER REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST WIDESPREAD HEALTH CHALLENGES AFFECTING WOMEN AND MEN, IMPACTING MILLIONS EACH YEAR.

EARLY DETECTION THROUGH REGULAR SCREENINGS, ALONG WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION, PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN IMPROVING SURVIVAL RATES.

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMEND THE OUTSTANDING EFFORTS OF DALLAS FIRE RESCUE FOR THEIR CARE ENOUGH TO WEAR PINK CAMPAIGN AND THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR DPD BLUE GOES PINK INITIATIVE.

Y'ALL CAN SEE THEM HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THIS MORNING.

THESE CAMPAIGNS EXEMPLIFY OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY SUPPORT THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES.

OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WEAR PINK UNIFORMS AND ACCESSORIES TO HELP SHOW THE POWERFUL SYMBOL OF SOLIDARITY AND HOPE, AND PARTICIPATE IN FUNDRAISING EFFORTS THAT BENEFIT LOCAL BREAST CANCER ORGANIZATIONS.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT THAT DRIVES OUR CITY'S EFFORTS TO FIGHT BREAST CANCER.

THE WORK THAT CONTINUES IN THIS COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE.

WE ENCOURAGE ALL MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS CITY OF DALLAS TEAM AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO GET INVOLVED, WHETHER BY ATTENDING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, SUPPORTING LOCAL INITIATIVES, OR PARTICIPATING IN OVERALL ACTIVITIES.

WE KNOW THAT WE CAN INSPIRE CHANGE AND OFFER HOPE TO THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS DISEASE.

LET US CONTINUE TO UNITE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER, SUPPORT THOSE ON THEIR JOURNEY TO RECOVERY AND CONTINUE BUILDING A COMMUNITY WHERE HEALTH, WELLNESS AND COMPASSION OF ALL FOR ALL IS A PRIORITY.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE TO THE PODIUM SILVIA OLIVAREZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH TEXAS SUSAN G.

KOMEN FOUNDATION, TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EVERYONE. OH, THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

EXCITED TO BE HERE.

AND I'M LOVING THE PINK.

BY THE WAY FOR 40 YEARS, SUSAN G.

KOMEN HAS BEEN INVESTING IN CRITICAL RESEARCH RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, SUSAN G.

KOMEN WAS STARTED RIGHT HERE IN DALLAS WITH THE RACE FOR THE CURE, AND WE ARE SO HONORED THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION.

IF EVERYONE KNOWS BREAST CANCER IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF WOMEN, 1 IN 8 WOMEN, UNFORTUNATELY, WILL GET DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME.

AND SO WE KNOW THAT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY KIND OF SHOWCASE WHAT WE DO AND SPREAD EDUCATION AND AWARENESS.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK OUR WOMEN ON THE COUNCIL ALSO HAVE SOME PINK TIES THAT Y'ALL MIGHT WANT TO PUT ON.

ALL RIGHT.

Y'ALL LOOK GREAT. I LOVE THE THE PATCH AND PINK ON THE.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND THE PINK EPAULETS.

THOSE LOOK GOOD. ALL RIGHT, MA'AM CITY MANAGER, ANY MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THIS MORNING? WELL, IF THERE AREN'T ANY MORE, I WILL.

I WILL TAKE THIS TIME AND THE LIBERTY TO MAKE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT.

AND I THINK THIS IS THE LAST ONE I HAVE.

BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE, AND IT'S ONE I ACTUALLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE BEEN AS EXCITED AS I AM RIGHT NOW TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT I'M ABOUT TO MAKE SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE.

THIS THIS IS COOL.

I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME THIS MORNING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OVERDUE.

IN A COUPLE OF CASES.

BUT WE WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME VERY IMPORTANT LEADERS HERE AT OUR CITY.

THERE ARE A FEW FOLKS WHO ARE SITTING HERE TODAY AROUND THIS HORSESHOE AND IN THE BUILDING IN THE ROOM THIS MORNING, WHO HAVE REACHED SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES IN THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SERVICE HERE TODAY BECAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, WORKING AROUND THIS BUILDING AND WORKING WITH ALL OF US ON THE COUNCIL IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE FOLKS.

SO THE FIRST PERSON I WANT TO ACTUALLY TELL YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS A GENTLEMAN NAMED MARK SWANN.

MARK SWANN ACTUALLY HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR FIVE YEARS.

HE JOINED THE CITY IN 2019.

YOU CAN COME ON DOWN HERE, MARK, WHILE I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU, JOIN THE CITY IN 2019, BRINGING A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

AND OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, MARK'S LEADERSHIP HAS GREATLY STRENGTHENED OUR CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

HE HAS CULTIVATED TRUST WITH EXECUTIVES AND EARNED RESPECT FROM THE GREATER AUDIT COMMUNITY.

SO WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE MARK ON FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS BY GIVING YOU YOUR FIVE YEAR PIN TODAY.

SO EVERYONE, LET'S GIVE MARK A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND OPENING THE ROPE AND YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT OPEN SO FOLKS CAN COME DOWN HERE TO THE CENTER AND TAKE A PICTURE.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU GUYS WANT TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO.

YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD.

CAN WE CAN WE DO THAT? OKAY. LET'S DO IT. YEAH, LET'S LET'S LET'S GET A PICTURE WITH EVERYONE.

BUT HERE'S YOUR FIVE YEAR PICTURE.

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BUT, MARK. OKAY, I'M GOING TO COME TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU, AND I'M GOING TO RUN BACK TO THE PODIUM FOR EACH ONE OF THESE.

OKAY. SO LET ME GET MY GET MY, MY PENS IN ORDER HERE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A FEW OF THESE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PRETTY EXCITING.

YEAH, I THINK I DID THAT RIGHT.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S PRESTON ROBINSON IN THE BUILDING.

PRESTON ROBINSON.

JUDGE PRESTON SWEET NUTE ROBINSON JOINED THE CITY IN 2008 AS AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE, AND HE BECAME A FULL TIME JUDGE IN 2012. THEN HE WAS APPOINTED ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE IN 2018.

HIS COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS AND EXCELLENCE HAS SHAPED OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM HERE IN THIS CITY, AND INSPIRED OTHERS TO STRIVE FOR THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN THEIR WORK.

SO TODAY, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE JUDGE ROBINSON ON 12 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS BY GIVING HIM HIS TEN YEAR PIN.

SO. WE'RE HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THIS ONE'S SPECIAL.

THIS IS MY NEIGHBOR ON THE DAIS, TAMMY PALOMINO.

SWEET, WONDERFUL.

TAMMY PALOMINO JOINED THE DALLAS CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN 2003 AS A COMMUNITY PROSECUTOR.

Y'ALL. TWO YEARS LATER, SHE JOINED THE MUNICIPAL REGULATORY SECTION AND BECAME CHIEF IN 2014.

HER METEORIC RISE CONTINUED IN 2017, WHEN SHE WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL DIVISION, WHERE SHE ADVISED THE CITY COUNCIL ON A VARIETY OF LEGAL ISSUES. SHE WAS THEN NAMED FIRST ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY IN 2020.

YOU SEE THE PATTERN? EVERY THREE YEARS, SHE JUST KEPT GETTING BUMPED UP.

SHE'S A HIGH FLYING LEGAL EAGLE AND WAS APPOINTED THE INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY ON MARCH 1ST.

WHAT YEAR WOULD THAT BE? 2023.

BECAUSE EVERY THREE YEARS SHE JUST KEEPS GOING.

AND LITERALLY IT'S IT'S IT'S 2014 2017 2020, 2023.

SO YOU'RE DUE FOR SOMETHING IN 2026.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW. EIGHT MONTHS LATER, ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2023, SHE WAS APPOINTED THE CITY ATTORNEY AND HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN THIS ROLE OVER THE PAST YEAR.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO TAMMY PALOMINO ON OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

TAMMY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK CHRIST.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS TUNNEL ATKINS FOR 50 YEARS OF SERVICE.

I'M JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING.

NO. JUST KIDDING.

ELECTEDS DON'T GET DIAMOND ENCRUSTED PINS.

OKAY, WE DON'T DO THAT. ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY FOR THIS NEXT ONE? GUYS, CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? BUT MY NEIGHBOR.

TWO PLACES REMOVED, BILIERAE JOHNSON.

JOIN THE CITY OF DALLAS IN 1999 AS AN ACCOUNTANT IN THE COURTS AND DETENTION DEPARTMENT.

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THEN IN 2012, SHE JOINED THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AS THE ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY, AND IT WAS HERE THAT HER TRUE PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE WORK OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BECAME EVIDENT.

HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION LED HER TO BECOME THE CITY SECRETARY IN 2018, A ROLE IN WHICH SHE CONTINUES TO EXCEL.

SO WE WANT TO TODAY CONGRATULATE BILIERAE JOHNSON ON 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WE TIED BILIERAE'S TIE.

THAT'S GOOD.

WE'VE GOT ONE MORE, Y'ALL.

AND IT'S MY NEIGHBOR ON THE DAIS.

THE BOSS LADY HERSELF, KIMBERLY TOLBERT.

KIMBERLY TOLBERT FIRST JOINED THE CITY OF DALLAS IN 1997 AND HAS SERVED IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OFFICE, THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, AND OF COURSE, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

27 YEARS IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEND WORKING IN ANY ONE PLACE, LET ALONE THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW TRULY COMMITTED KIMBERLY TOLBERT IS TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND TO THIS CITY.

SO IT IS MY PLEASURE.

IT'S MY HONOR TO CONGRATULATE KIMBERLY TOLBERT ON 27 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND GIVE HER HER 25 YEAR PIN, WHICH IS DIAMOND AND RUBY.

SO IT IS ENCRUSTED AND BEAUTIFUL.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THAT ENDS THE AWARDS CEREMONY PORTION OF OUR PROGRAM FOR TODAY, AND I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY SECRETARY TO HAVE OUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.

[Open Microphone Speakers]

OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS. THIS IS A NICE PODIUM.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING.

THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW HEAR HIS FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM, AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM.

FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON FOR THE VIRTUAL SPEAKER, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

INDIVIDUALS BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN PERSON.

SPEAKERS. YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

PLEASE STOP FOR THE VIRTUAL SPEAKER.

I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME.

AND PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON.

ONLY YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, LINDA NEWLAND.

GOOD DAY.

HONORABLE MAYOR LINDA NEWLAND HERE FROM DISTRICT SEVEN.

MAYOR. DO YOU KNOW WHAT WAS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024? WELL, IT WAS A DAY THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED CONSPIRACY THEORISTS IN REGARDS TO FLUORIDATION ARE NOW KNOWN AS TRUTH TELLERS.

YES. TRUTH TELLERS.

BECAUSE THE JUDGE RULED THAT FLUORIDATION IS NOT GOOD, BASICALLY.

AND WE, CITIZENS SONS OF DALLAS WANT TO KNOW WHEN Y'ALL WILL STOP

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AND THERE'S Y'ALL STILL FLUORIDATING THE WATER.

AS FAR AS WE KNOW.

WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN IT WILL STOP.

NOW, I MUST ADMIT, I HAD A SPEECH WRITTEN AND I HIT THE BUTTON TO SEND TO THE PRINTER AND IT DISAPPEARED. SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU FROM FROM MY HEART AND WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WRITE THIS MORNING.

SO THERE IS A CITY IN TEXAS THAT HAS STOPPED FLUORIDATION.

DO Y'ALL KNOW WHO THAT IS? WELL I'M GOING TO LET Y'ALL RESEARCH.

YEAH. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU.

Y'ALL NEED TO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.

YEAH. SO GETTING BACK TO SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024, THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY.

JUDGE RULED FLUORIDATION IS BAD.

SO LET'S STOP THE FLUORIDATION, PLEASE.

STOP THE FLUORIDATION, PLEASE.

PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW.

I DID A POLL ON NEXTDOOR, AND ONE LADY SAID SHE THOUGHT FLUORIDATION HAD ALREADY BEEN STOPPED YEARS AGO.

WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT.

AND WHERE IS MY PERSON? MY COUNCIL PERSON? HE LEAVES THE ROOM WHEN I SPEAK.

SEVEN. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS PLEASE STOP.

I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH.

PLEASE STOP.

IT'S NOT GOOD.

WHAT'S UP? THANK YOU.

YOLANDA WILLIAMS. YOLANDA WILLIAMS. YOLANDA WILLIAMS IS VIRTUAL.

MISS WILLIAMS. HELLO. WE CAN HEAR YOU, MISS WILLIAMS, HOWEVER.

YES, WE CAN SEE YOU. YOU MAY CONTINUE.

OKAY. HELLO.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

I NEED TO TRY TO SQUEEZE THIS IN.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE ON THEIR AWARDS.

I JUST HAVE TO ASK I ATTENDED ZONING MEETING LAST WEEK, AND I ATTENDED BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT PALLADIUM WAS UP IN DISTRICT FIVE. WILL BE RECEIVING SOME NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

SO I WANTED TO BE THERE IN PERSON TO SPEAK OUT AND JUST THANK CALADIUM FOR COMING TO OUR AREA.

BUT WHILE I WAS IN ATTENDANCE, I NOTICED THE ZONING.

AND I'M NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE ANY BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M JUST SAYING THINGS CAN BE DONE BETTER.

AND IT'S NOTHING AGAINST OUR BOARD THAT I CHAIR BECAUSE HE'S VERY NICE AND PASSIONATE WHILE HE WAS THERE.

I THINK IT'S INSULTING WHEN YOU ALL ASK US TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL OR BEFORE ZONING, AND THEY WERE THERE SIMPLY ASKING JUST TO DELAY SO THEY CAN HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT, COMMUNITY MEETING.

BUT IT'S LIKE BOARDS AND COMMISSION OVERTALKING EACH OTHER, DISRESPECTING EACH OTHER.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I WATCH COUNCIL ALL THE TIME AND NO DISRESPECT, WE HAVE TO FIGHT SO HARD IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR TO GET THE SAME RESPECT THAT THEY GIVE IN NORTH DALLAS, UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN.

IT WAS SO DISTURBING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE CONSTITUENTS COMING DOWN AND THE COMMISSIONER GRANTED THE DELAY, WHICH YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SAY, WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR, WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT IT, BUT THEY JUST INSULTED THE COMMISSIONER AND THE CONSTITUENTS AND JUST CONTINUE TO TRY TO PUSH IT.

BUT I'M GLAD SHE STOOD HER GROUND.

BUT I SAY THAT. AND THEN SOME BOARDS AND COMMISSIONER FIGHT EXTRA HARD, AS IF THEY'RE MORE FOR THE DEVELOPER THAN THE CONSTITUENTS.

AND BY THE TIME THEY COME TO COUNCIL, IT'S A BIG FIGHT.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE ALL THESE ISSUES WITH ZONING.

I ASK YOU ALL TO START PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR ZONING COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE AND SEE IF THEY'RE REALLY ADVOCATING ON THE BEHALF OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THEN WE HAVE CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS THINK THAT THEY RUN EVERYTHING.

I CAN'T CALL NAMES.

AND THEN WHEN YOU DON'T AGREE WITH HER, SHE WANT TO CALL YOU OUT.

AND THEN WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR FACTS, SHE WANT TO BLOCK YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BULLIED.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BULLY US WHEN WE DON'T AGREE WITH IT.

AND I JUST ASK YOU ALL TO PUT SOME PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE ON ZONING, PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE BACKGROUND, THE EXPERTISE AND PUT WORKING PEOPLE.

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IT'S JUST A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU COME FROM A PLACE OF HAVING YOUR OWN BUSINESS OR YOU WORKING, ARE YOU FINANCIAL STABLE? IT'S A DIFFERENT MENTALITY.

SO THAT WAS OUR ASK THAT YOU ALL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT MEETING.

IT WAS A SEVEN HOUR LONG MEETING.

THEY TALKED TOO MUCH.

THE THE COMMISSIONER TALKED FOR TWO HOURS, ONE HOUR, 30 MINUTES, 40 MINUTES.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU WANT TO CONTINUE SO YOU CAN GET PEOPLE TO LEAVE.

BUT THERE SHOULD NOT BE NO 7.5 HOUR ZONING.

WHEN THEY DO BRIEFINGS IN THE MORNING, THEY BRIEF AND THEN 1230 IS FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

THEN YOU HAVE A SIT DOWN FOR FIVE.

THAT'S YOUR TIME AND YOU GOING BACK AND FORTH.

THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY.

THANK YOU.

BARRY WERNICK.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.

MY NAME IS BARRY WERNICK.

I AM AN ATTORNEY, MEDIATOR AND ARBITRATOR.

LIVE IN DISTRICT 11.

RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL IN 2021.

AND IT WAS IN THE RUNOFF THAT I FIRST DISCOVERED OUR PROBLEMS WITH ELECTIONS THAT THE DALLAS COUNTY DALLAS COUNTY RUNS FOR US.

AND I WOULD SAY AT THE END THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER RUNNING OUR ELECTIONS, OUR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FROM THE CITY.

IF THE COUNTY DOESN'T TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW, AS I FOUND OUT IN MY RUN FOR STATE REP HD 108 IN A RECOUNT, OUR ELECTIONS ARE A MESS.

THEY'RE UNAUDITABLE.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY UNAUDITABLE, THEY ALSO VIOLATE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A SECRET BALLOT.

WE DISCOVERED ABOUT 18,000 PEOPLE IN DALLAS COUNTY WHOSE BALLOT SELECTIONS I COULD TIE DIRECTLY TO THEM, INCLUDING YOU, THE MAYOR, INCLUDING COUNCILMAN GRACIE, INCLUDING FOUR MEMBERS OF OUR ELECTION COMMISSION BOARD.

FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.

A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, A LOT OF PEOPLE, IN FACT, OUR SECRETARY OF STATE WE'VE GOT STATE SENATORS JUST NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS PEOPLE THAT THAT WE CAME ACROSS AND WE REALIZED WAS THIS VIOLATES OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, BUT ALSO PUTS US AT RISK OF UNDUE INFLUENCE AND BRIBERY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE SERIOUSLY.

AND JUST TO READ OFF SOME OF THE CODES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW, COUNTY WIDE VOTING.

IT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF COUNTY WIDE VOTING, ALLOWING ANYONE TO VOTE ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THAT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.

AND IT VIOLATES, WELL, FEDERAL LAW.

IT MAKES US CHOOSE BETWEEN AUDITABILITY AND BALLOT SECRECY.

VIOLATES THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT.

VIOLATES OUR TEXAS TEXAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE SIX, SECTION FOUR.

AND WHAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW HERE IS THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EASE AND ACCESSIBILITY.

IN FACT, THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR DROP IN VOTER TURNOUT.

DALLAS COUNTY IS DOWN 16.6% IN VOTING SINCE WE INSTITUTED IT.

EL PASO DOWN TO 23.3%.

HARRIS COUNTY DOWN 10.2%.

WHAT'S AMAZING IS DEMOCRATS RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED MORE THAN 2 TO 1 OVER REPUBLICANS.

10.58% OF DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS HAD THEIR RIGHTS VIOLATED, AS OPPOSED TO 4.54% OF REPUBLICANS.

THIS IS A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO.

YOU ARE ALL HIGH PROFILE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND I REALLY THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON YOU TO LET YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT THEY MUST VOTE AT HOME. THAT MEANS CLOSE TO HOME OR IN PRECINCT.

TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF THEIR BALLOTS BEING THEIR PRIVACY RIGHTS BEING VIOLATED.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. AND I'VE SENT EMAILS TO ALL OF YOU WITH SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK FURTHER ON THIS SUBJECT.

THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU ALL.

JOSEPHINE ZAPATA.

JOSEPHINE ZAPATA IS NOT PRESENT.

FREDDY DELGADO.

SORRY. GOOD MORNING.

ONCE AGAIN, FREDDY DELGADO.

I'VE BEEN COMING TO Y'ALL FOR A WHILE ABOUT THESE DOGS.

AND SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG COMING DOWN THE STAIRS AGAIN.

BUT AGAIN, I WAS ATTACKED YESTERDAY BY THE SAME DAMN DOGS.

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AND SO DID JEREMY BOSS.

THEN Y'ALL SAID Y'ALL WERE GOING TO HANDLE THIS AND IT'S THE SAME THING.

BUT THEN I'VE GOT ALL MY RECORDS TO MY DOGS RIGHT HERE.

AND JUST THE DAY BEFORE WHEN I CAME HERE TO SPEAK THAT LAST TIME AND Y'ALL DIDN'T ALLOW ME TO SPEAK, YOU KNOW, I HAD JUST LEFT AGAIN BECAUSE I LEFT LIKE 2 OR 3 TIMES. I WAS NOT FEELING VERY WELL.

I THINK IT'S THE CANCER IS MESSING WITH ME.

BUT ANYWAY, I CAME TO LET Y'ALL KNOW HOW.

WHENEVER THEY CAME, THAT WOMAN TOLD ME SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME TICKETS ON MY DOGS BECAUSE I HAD TO KEEP CALLING AND THEY KEEP COMING OUT.

AND I TOLD HER, WELL, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO IF YOU WERE TO COME AND DO YOUR JOB RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

THESE ARE ALL THE RECORDS TO MY DOGS.

THEY'RE ALL VACCINATED.

THEY'RE SPAYED AND NEUTERED.

AND YET LITTLE MAMA WAS JUST FIXED THE DAY BEFORE SHE GAVE ME THOSE TICKETS.

I AIN'T GOING TO PAY THOSE.

OKAY? THEN AGAIN, HERE'S ALL THE MEDICAL RECORDS.

BUT THEN AGAIN, THESE ARE THE CALLS THAT I'VE BEEN CALLING AND CALLING.

AND THEN WHEN THE LAST TIME Y'ALL WERE CALLED OUT TWICE WITHIN TWO DAYS APART, WHERE THE NEIGHBORS ARE THE SAME NEIGHBORS FIGHTING AND SHOOTING AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, ROUNDS FLYING RIGHT OVER MY HEAD, AND YOUR OFFICERS TELL ME, SHUT UP AND WALK AWAY AGAIN.

NOW, THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE NUMBERS HERE.

I MEAN, THE CALLS.

AND THEN THERE'S MY PHONES ARE FULL OF IT ALSO.

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET TO.

EDUARDO GARCIA, YOU'RE YOUR GUY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS TOLD SO MANY TIMES TO BRING IT TO HIM.

AND THIS IS ON A CASE THEY ASKED ME, AND THEN I SPOKE TO SOMEBODY ALSO BEFORE I CAME IN HERE.

AND IT WAS WITH THESE, YOU KNOW, ABUSE LADIES OVER HERE THAT'S HAVING THIS MEETING OVER HERE.

AND I HAD ASKED HER ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THIS HAD TO DO WITH MY MOTHER.

ROLLINS WAS HERE WHEN I TOLD Y'ALL THIS.

YOU WERE HERE WHEN I TOLD YOU THIS.

AND WHEN THIS THIS HAPPENED.

THIS IS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT YOUR CHIEF MADE A DECISION TO BLACKLIST ME.

AND IT WAS ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES THAT WORK HERE IN THIS BUILDING THAT TOLD ME IT WAS A CITY OF DALLAS EMPLOYEE TOLD ME Y'ALL BLACKLISTED ME.

IT'S A RECORDED LINE NOT ONLY ON YOUR END, BUT MINE.

NOW, IN ORDER FOR HIM TO DO THAT, HE HAD TO GET THE APPROVAL.

THAT'S FOR SOMEBODY ABOVE.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THAT'S RIGHT HERE.

YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT, RIGHT? THIS HAD TO DO WITH MY MOTHER'S DEATH.

YOU DID NOTHING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'M FILING ON YOU, MA'AM.

DELORES PHILLIPS.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

MR. DELGADO, WELCOME TO THE BLACKLISTED CLUB.

YOU DO HAVE HANDOUTS.

LET ME SAY THIS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PRESENTATIONS.

HONORABLE JUDGE STACEY WILLIAMS WOULD TO BE BEING CONGRATULATED AND AWARDED.

HAD SHE STILL BEEN A JUDGE? LET ME GIVE YOU HER CASE NUMBER FOR HER CASE.

STACEY WILLIAMS VERSUS CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS ET AL.

311 CV 0397.

HONORABLE JUDGE WILLIAMS REPORTED HARASSMENT AND WAS NOT REINSTATED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SHE FILED A COMPLAINT.

SHE'S NOW MY JUDGE IN DALLAS COUNTY.

DC DASH 2106299.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAIRNESS NOW.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE BULLIED.

I'M NOT AFRAID TO LIVE.

PASSING IS INEVITABLE.

I NEVER FOUGHT POLICE.

YOU USED IT REFERENCED IT OFF THE RECORD WITH MY FATHER, CAUSING HIS DEMISE BEFORE HIS TIME AND INCAPACITATED ELDER. I'M GOING TO KEEP KNOCKING LIKE DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM.

I'M GOING TO KEEP KNOCKING JUST LIKE HONORABLE JUDGE WILLIAMS. I'M GOING TO KEEP KNOCKING LIKE SHANNON LOPEZ X ROOKIE WHO YOU DESTROYED HER ENTIRE CAREER BEFORE YOU HANDOUTS FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE OR ORDERS ONE STATES JANUARY 3RD, 2023 FIRST AMENDED ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENTS FIRST AMENDED MOTION TO DECLARE PLAINTIFF DOLORES PHILLIPS A VEXATIOUS LITIGANT.

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THE THE PLAINTIFF APPEARED.

IT IS THEREFORE DENIED.

THE ONLY THING VEXATIOUS IS UNFAIRNESS, DOUBLE STANDARDS, COVER UPS AND YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE YOUR INFLUENCE REACH IN UNFATHOMABLE PLACES. ON THE DPD REPORT NUMBER 02732918 CORPORAL COTNER BROUGHT THIS NUMBER.

HE DIDN'T CALL FOR A REPORT NUMBER.

HE ALREADY HAD IT.

IT WAS PREMEDITATED.

YOU DESTROYED.

SABOTAGED MY EDUCATION EVERY SCHOOL I ATTENDED.

ALSO, YOU ERASED TWO HOURS OF VIDEO.

OCTOBER 25TH, 2013.

YOU RELEASED FIVE FIVE MINUTE VIDEO CLIPS.

TWO OF THOSE CLIPS ARE THE SAME WITH DIFFERENT TIMESTAMPS.

I'VE BEEN KNOCKING.

I'VE BEEN BACK TO THE FBI, AND I KNOW YOU THINK YOU'RE MASKING BEHIND THEM.

IT'S NOT WORKING THIS TIME.

MAYOR JOHNSON, YOU SHOULD TREAT ALL PEOPLE FAIRLY AND EQUALLY WHEN IT COMES TO YOU CARING.

YOU DO CARE MORE ABOUT THOSE THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU THAN THOSE THAT DO.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU. THERE ALSO WAS AN ORDER OF MEDIATION BY HONORABLE JUDGE WILLIAMS. HONORABLE CAROLYN WRIGHT WAS THE JUDGE, A VISITING JUDGE FOR DC 106.

THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR VOTING AGENDA.

[1. 24-2876 Approval of Minutes of the September 18, 2024 City Council Meeting]

YES, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM TWO IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[2. 24-2972 Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]

YOU ONLY HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT.

YOUR NOMINEE, MAISIE ALTON, IS BEING NOMINATED TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

THIS IS YOUR NOMINEE.

IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

THE NOMINEES ARE APPROVED.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, YOUR BRIEFINGS CONTINUE.

WONDERFUL. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

[A. 24-2973 I-345 Connects-City of Dallas]

THAT SUPPORT WAS FOR THE REFINED HYBRID OPTION.

TODAY'S BRIEFING WILL INCLUDE AN UPDATE ON HOW TXDOT HAS ADDRESSED THE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES FOR ONGOING SUPPORT.

IT WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE RECENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND HOW TXDOT HAS APPROACHED THE PROJECT.

WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF ON THE VARIOUS SUBCOMMITTEES AND HOW THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED POLICIES AND PLANS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED.

AND FINALLY, IT WILL DISCUSS THE CURRENT COST ESTIMATES AS WELL AS THE TIMELINE.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL HAND THE BRIEFING OVER TO SUSAN CLEMENS.

THE TXDOT DISTRICT ENGINEER OF DALLAS, AND SHE CAN INTRODUCE ANY OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS WITH HER.

THANK YOU. SUSAN.

SEASON. VERY GOOD.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR HAVING US AS WELL.

FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU ALL PASSED IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, WE WANT TO BE HERE EVERY SIX MONTHS TO BRIEF YOU ON OUR PROGRESS ON INTERSTATE 345.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

YOU ALL ARE AWARE, BUT OUR PROJECT IS ON INTERSTATE 345.

IT'S FROM WOODALL RODGERS TO INTERSTATE 30.

WE'VE BEEN STUDYING IT FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW.

IF WE WANT TO GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE YOU ALL KNOW THE HISTORY.

WE ORIGINALLY STARTED IN 2012.

JUST LOOKING AT AN INITIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY.

THEN WE WENT THROUGH CITY MAP IN 2014.

WE DID ANOTHER FEASIBILITY STUDY IN 2018.

WE PROPOSED A HYBRID OPTION.

YOU ALL CONDITIONALLY APPROVED THE HYBRID OPTION AS LONG AS WE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH SEVERAL ITEMS. NEXT SLIDE.

HERE IS THE KIND OF A RECAP OF THE MAY 24TH, 2023 COUNCIL RESOLUTION REALLY GIVING US INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON INTERSTATE 345. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH IN DETAIL WHAT ALL WE HAVE DONE.

NEXT SLIDE. AS WE SPOKE LAST TIME IN OUR BRIEFING, WE FORMED SUBCOMMITTEES WITH CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY IN LINE WITH THE CITY STAFF GOALS AND REALLY THE GOALS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN CITY STAFF.

AND SO WE HAD SEVERAL SUBCOMMITTEES.

WE WENT THROUGH THOSE LAST TIME.

SO I WON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME, BUT WE REALLY LOOKED AT A VERY VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC VITALITY, HOUSING, EQUITY, INNOVATION.

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD.

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WE REALLY ARE MEETING WEEKLY WITH CITY STAFF ON THOSE VARIOUS SUBCOMMITTEES.

IT REALLY PICKED UP IN AUGUST, HAD QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN LATE 2023.

WE STILL CONTINUE TO MEET.

WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE REFINING THE FINAL SCHEMATIC FOR INTERSTATE 345, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE.

WE WANT TO GO ON TO THE NEXT LINE.

SECTION TWO OF THE RESOLUTION WAS REALLY? LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN LINE WITH THE VARIOUS CITY PLANS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED AND PUT INTO PLACE.

AND SO WE'VE REALLY TAKEN A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN LINE WITH ALL OF THOSE PLANS.

SO IF WE WANT TO GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE THE FIRST ONE IS THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

BY GOING THROUGH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FOLLOWING THE NEPA PROCESS, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH CITY STAFF, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S CAP PLAN, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AIR QUALITY, LOOKING AT VARIOUS RESOURCES HISTORIC PROPERTIES, COMMUNITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT.

AND SO WITH THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO REALLY FALLS IN LINE WITH ALL OF THOSE GOALS OF YOUR CAP PLAN.

NEXT SLIDE. RACIAL EQUITY.

AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT'S NOT DOING ANY HARM TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND REALLY, WE'VE DONE A THOROUGH LOOK WITH CITY STAFF.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY DRAINAGE IMPACTS.

WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY.

SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WITH THE INTERSTATE STILL BEING THERE AS A AS A FREEWAY, WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST THERE TODAY AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT NO HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED.

AND SO WORKING WITH CITY STAFF WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN LINE WITH THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN AND THE NEXT PLAN, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE. ONE, WE DON'T NEED ANY NEW RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE PROJECT.

WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP IT ALL WITHIN THE CURRENT RIGHT OF WAY THAT EXISTS TODAY FOR THE FREEWAY, BUT WE'RE ALSO FREEING UP SURPLUS LAND.

SO THERE ARE 6.7 ACRES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR SURPLUS LAND.

AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL, THE CITY, THE ISD, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY CAN CHOOSE TO PURCHASE THAT LAND.

IF NEITHER OF THOSE THREE PARTIES WANT TO.

THEN WE ACTUALLY PUT IT ON THE OPEN MARKET AND ALLOW A COMPETITIVE PROCESS IN ADDITION TO THE 6.7 ACRES OF SURPLUS RIGHT OF WAY.

WE ALSO HAVE 6.4 ACRES OF CAPPING OPPORTUNITIES, SO THAT CAN ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS.

BUT ANOTHER KEY FACTOR IS WE'RE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THOSE CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE INTERSTATE AND ENHANCING THEM.

AND WE'VE EVEN ADDED A FEW NEXT SLIDE, STREET DESIGN MANUAL.

WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN LINE WITH THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL.

WE'RE PROVIDING TEN FOOT SIDEWALKS.

WE'VE GOT SEPARATED BIKE LANES WHERE CITY STAFF ASKED AND REALLY WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

D AND DEEP ELLUM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE BIKE LANES AND THE WIDE SIDEWALKS ON THE CORRECT STREETS.

AND SO WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE IN LINE WITH THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL.

NEXT SLIDE. IN ADDITION TO THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL BICYCLE PLAN, CITY STAFF REALLY GUIDED US WHERE THEY PLAN ON HAVING SEPARATED BICYCLES.

BUFFERED BICYCLE LANES IF YOU WILL, LIKE YOU HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

EVEN IF THOSE PLANS CHANGE, WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE CITY STREETS.

WE'RE BUILDING THE BRIDGES WIDE ENOUGH, SO SHOULD ANYTHING CHANGE, WE CAN DEFINITELY ACCOMMODATE THAT IN THE FUTURE.

NEXT SLIDE BEFORE DALLAS.

AGAIN, IT'S REALLY CONSISTENT.

WORKING WITH CITY STAFF, WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE IN LINE WITH THE FOUR DALLAS PLAN WITH THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCESS, AS WELL AS JUST THE CONNECTIVITY AND REALLY MAKING SURE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING ACROSS THE INTERSTATE.

THE GOAL IS HOPEFULLY NO ONE NOTICES THAT THE FREEWAY IS PASSING UNDERNEATH OUR CITY STREETS.

THE NEXT PLAN IS THE DALLAS HOUSING POLICY.

WE REALLY THINK THAT THE POTENTIAL SURPLUS RIGHT OF WAY CAN GIVE AN AVENUE TO THE CITY, SHOULD THEY WANT TO PURCHASE THAT, THAT POTENTIALLY COULD USE THAT FOR THE HOUSING. IF NOT, YOU ALL CAN IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT TO WHOEVER DOES PURCHASE THAT LAND, COULD WORK TOWARDS THOSE HOUSING COMMITMENTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO WE REALLY THINK WE'RE IN LINE WITH THE THE DALLAS HOUSING POLICY AS WELL, THE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, AGAIN, WORKING WITH CITY STAFF.

EVERYTHING IS IN LINE WITH YOUR STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN WITH THOSE CITY STREET CONNECTIONS AND CONSIDERING REALLY LAND USE, WE GOT THAT FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN LINE WITH ALL OF THOSE THE DALLAS THREE 60.

AGAIN, THE SURPLUS RIGHT OF WAY, AS WELL AS THE CAPPING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY IN LINE WITH THE DALLAS THREE 60 PLAN WITH THOSE AS WELL AS THOSE CONNECTIONS.

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THE CITY STAFF SUPPORTS US, THAT WE ARE IN LINE WITH ALL OF THE PLANS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED.

SECTION THREE OF THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION HAS COME BRIEF YOU EVERY SIX MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE RESOLUTION.

SO HERE WE ARE TODAY POTENTIAL CAPPING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT POTENTIALLY CAPPING LOCATIONS ON INTERSTATE 345 IF WE WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THOSE CAPPING OPPORTUNITIES STILL EXIST TODAY.

WE'RE STILL VERY EARLY ON.

WE STILL NEED TO FIND FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BUILD PARKS TOMORROW OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BUILD THE PROJECT TOMORROW.

WE'VE GOT TO FIND THAT FUNDING.

AND SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AS CITY STAFF.

WHERE CAN WE PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES? WE'RE STARTING TO NARROW THAT DOWN.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CAPPING OPPORTUNITIES.

MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE BEST IDEA.

WE REALLY NEED TO NARROW IT DOWN.

AND SO WE THINK WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THAT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH.

D AS WELL AS DEEPER DEEP ON THE PARKS.

WE'VE WE'VE SPOKEN WITH CARPENTER PARK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHERE THEY MAKE SENSE.

AND SO THAT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.

THE CAPTIONING OPPORTUNITY STILL EXISTS.

NOW OUR HOPE IS WE NARROW IT DOWN.

BUT IF IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL THAT SIX POINT ACRES ARE CAPPED, THEN WE'VE GOT TO START FINDING THE FUNDING FOR IT.

NEXT SECTION.

TRUCK REROUTING.

THAT WAS ANOTHER SECTION OF THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION.

WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT REALLY HOW TRUCKS ARE COMMUTING OUTSIDE OF THE 635 LOOP.

20 LOOP, IF YOU WILL. AND SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY, THERE IS THERE'S SOME TRUCKS COMING DOWN US 75.

IF YOU SEE FROM THE SLIDE, 43% OF THEM GET OFF ON 635.

SO LOOKING AT OUR ANALYSIS COMPARED TO COMING NORTH ON INTERSTATE 45, NOT AS MANY TRUCKS ARE COMING SOUTHBOUND ON 75.

THEN IF YOU LOOK AT NORTHBOUND 45, 53% OF THE TRUCKS DIVERT TO INTERSTATE 20.

SO WE THINK THAT DIVERTING IS ALREADY NATURALLY HAPPENING.

THIS IS A FREIGHT CORRIDOR, SO COMPLETELY REROUTING TRUCKS IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT IN ALL OF OUR STUDIES, IT APPEARS THE TRUCKS THAT ARE USING 345 ARE DESTINED TO SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND SO IF THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OFF, THEY ARE GETTING OFF.

WE DO THINK THESE NUMBERS WILL ALSO GROW ONCE 630.

YOU ALL ARE AWARE.

635 IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THAT HAS CREATED SOME GRIDLOCK THERE.

AND SO IF THAT FASTER ROUTE IS THERE, WE DO THINK THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.

THE NEXT SECTION IS REGARDING THE GRANT REQUEST.

THIS WAS REALLY FOR CITY STAFF.

OUR UNDERSTANDING WITH CITY STAFF IS THE CITY IS NOT PURSUING THOSE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN ONE GRANT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY GOT, BUT THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU ALL CHOOSE TO ASK CITY STAFF TO STUDY A DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE.

I WILL SAY THAT TXDOT STUDY THIS ALTERNATIVE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS GOING TO A BOULEVARD.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT TXDOT WILL SUPPORT.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY A DECISION.

WHETHER OR NOT THAT CONTINUES TO TO BE DISCUSSED.

NEXT SECTION IS THE MULTIMODAL ACCOMMODATIONS.

WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ACCOMMODATED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN.

WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH DART STREETCAR ACCOMMODATIONS.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR BRIDGES WILL ACCOMMODATE STREETCAR IN THE FUTURE.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE STILL STUDYING WHERE STREETCAR MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT NO MATTER WHICH CITY STREET YOU CHOOSE, THAT CROSSES 345 WE CAN PUT THE STREETCAR ON IT.

AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT DESIGNING THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

WE STILL HAVE TIME TO MAKE SOME SMALL MODIFICATIONS.

BUT WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT STREETCAR CAN GO AT ANY LOCATION THAT THE CITY CHOOSES.

AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE.

AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOMMODATING EVERY MODE THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING SHORTLY AFTER THE BRIEFING IN MARCH.

SO WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING WHERE WE SHOWED THE SCHEMATIC TO THE PUBLIC.

WE RECEIVED VARIOUS FEEDBACK, AND WE HAVE MADE MODIFICATIONS SINCE RECEIVING FEEDBACK AT THAT PUBLIC MEETING.

SO I WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE.

IF WE WANT TO GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE SLIDE 24 REALLY HIGHLIGHTS ALL OF THEM.

I'M GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL ON EACH ONE OF THEM.

SO I'LL GO PRETTY QUICK ON THIS ONE.

IF WE GO TO SLIDE 25, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE SAINT THOMAS NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE ALLEN STREET CONNECTION.

WE HAD SHOWN THAT AT THE ORIGINAL AT THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING WE HAVE, WE WENT AND MET WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE REMOVED THAT CONNECTION.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME, BUT REALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE A HUGE IMPACT.

AND SO WE HAVE REMOVED IT.

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AND SO WHEN WE GO TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING, THE SCHEMATIC WILL NOT SHOW THAT ALLEN STREET CONNECTION.

AND WE HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT TO THE SAINT THOMAS NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF WE GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE AN EXIT TO DEEP ELLUM, IF YOU WILL.

ON THE SNAPSHOT IN THE TOP LEFT WE HAVE ADDED OR ON THE SNAPSHOT ON THE TOP LEFT, YOU REALLY HAD TO EXIT BEFORE YOU GOT TO INTERSTATE 30. YOU'D COME DOWN TO MALCOLM X IF YOU WANTED TO GET INTO DEEP ELLUM.

WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS A PRETTY TOUGH CONNECTION.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED A RAMP THAT WILL TIE TO CANTON STREET.

WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THAT RAMP.

WE KNOW WE CAN PUT THIS IN, BUT JUST WORKING WITH DEEP ELLUM AND D.

THERE'S PROBABLY SOME MORE MODIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE BEST CONNECTION THAT WE CAN AT THAT LOCATION, BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN PUT IN THAT CONNECTION. BUT ONCE WE'VE SEEN IT NOW, HOW DO WE MAKE IT EVEN BETTER? AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON.

NEXT SLIDE ON IN THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION.

THE TOP RIGHT WAS OUR PUBLIC MEETING PRESENTATION.

IF YOU'RE HEADED IN THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION, YOU CAN EXIT TO LIVE OAK.

BUT IN ORDER TO GET TO PACIFIC, YOU'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT LIVE OAK SIGNAL.

WE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM BAYLOR THAT THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE MORE DIRECT ACCESS.

SO WE HAVE PROPOSED A BYPASS UNDERNEATH LIVE OAK SO THAT IF EMERGENCY VEHICLES OR PEOPLE REALLY TRAVELING TO THE HOSPITAL THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THAT ADDITIONAL SIGNAL. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT OPTION.

I'LL EXPLAIN HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

WE CAN PROVIDE THE BYPASS, BUT WE'RE REALLY WORKING TOGETHER WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.

IS THAT REALLY THE BEST SOLUTION? AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS TO SEE IF THAT TRULY MAKES SENSE.

WE WANT TO GO TO SLIDE 28.

WE HAVE REVISED THE CESAR CHAVEZ CAN CONFIGURATION IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP RIGHT.

THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION MADE THINGS VERY COMPLICATED BEING RIGHT NEXT TO CARPENTER PARK.

I THINK IT MADE THINGS.

OUR INTENTION WAS TO MAKE SURE WE COULD RESTORE CARPENTER PARK.

THE FOOTPRINT TODAY REALLY MADE THINGS MORE CHALLENGING.

AND SO WE'VE SIMPLIFIED THE CONFIGURATION AND REALLY PUSHED OUT THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND MOVEMENTS.

THAT ACTUALLY OPENS UP ALMOST AN EVEN BIGGER PARK.

AND SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE.

THE REASON WHY I POINTED OUT THE BYPASS TO PACIFIC.

WELL, IF YOU'RE BYPASSING UNDERNEATH LIVE OAK, THEN THERE'S NOT COMPLETELY DIRECT ACCESS TO CARPENTER PARK.

AND SO WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO TO STILL HAVE PEOPLE GO THROUGH A SIGNAL.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH BAYLOR AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE FIND THAT RIGHT MIDDLE GROUND AT THAT LOCATION.

BUT THE NEW CONFIGURATION, EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD FROM STAKEHOLDERS SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED BACK IN AUGUST.

AND THEN IF WE GO ON TO THE MODIFICATION NUMBER FIVE, THE HAWKINS CONNECTION ACROSS INTERSTATE 345.

AGAIN, WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED.

345 OUR HOPE WAS TO RESTORE AS MANY OF THE CITY STREET CONNECTIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEVERED BY THE ORIGINAL.

345 CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO WE TRIED TO CONNECT HAWKINS.

WHEN YOU PUT IT ON PAPER, IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE MOST INVITING OR REALLY MAKE SENSE ON THAT CONNECTION.

WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY.

YES, WE COULD PROVIDE THAT.

BUT DOES IT REALLY MAKE SENSE RIGHT NOW? THE FEEDBACK IS NO, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

AND SO WE HAVE REMOVED THAT CONNECTION REALLY TO SIMPLIFY THINGS.

AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE REFINEMENTS WHERE THEY MAKE SENSE.

AND SO IF WE WANT TO GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE TARGETING GOING TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.

WE HAVE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE HOPING TO DO THAT LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S ANOTHER CHANCE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'LL RECEIVE THOSE COMMENTS, MAKE ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS.

AND THEN OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE BY THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.

WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE DOES FOR US IS IF WE HAD CONSTRUCTION FUNDING, WE COULD THEN PROCEED TO CONSTRUCTION.

WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING, SO WE'RE STILL IDENTIFYING FUNDING.

THE COST HAS NOT CHANGED.

IT'S 1.65 BILLION.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO ON THE FUNDING.

BUT IT'S A LOT EASIER TO FIND FUNDING WHEN WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AND THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS.

AND SO WE HOPE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH YOUR MAY RESOLUTION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

MISS SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE ARE ON BRIEFING ITEM EIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THIS IS YOU DID A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE IT, AND I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED HARD.

IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME OF THE CLEANER LINES AND SOME OF THE REVISIONS.

SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

ONE IS YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE SURPLUS RIGHT OF WAY.

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WE DO NOT GIVE OUT RIGHT OF WAY.

NO. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, COULD THE CITY BEGIN WORK NOW TO BEGIN TO REZONE THAT? AND THIS I KNOW IT'S POTENTIALLY FOR OUR STAFF, BUT JUST FROM A STATE REGULATION SINCE IT'S USE NOW IS AS A HIGHWAY, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FREED UP SO THAT WHEN THAT TRIGGER GETS PULLED, WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER PURCHASES IT IS WITHIN THE CITY'S VISION.

YOU KNOW, FOR THAT USE, LET ME FOLLOW UP.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO OUR RIGHT OF WAY DEPARTMENT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN ZONE SOMETHING THAT TECHNICALLY ISN'T THERE YET.

THE ONE THING THAT I'D ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

WE DON'T HAVE TO SURPLUS ALL OF IT.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE THE RIGHT OF WAY PUBLIC SPACE.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO THROUGH A MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENT OR REALLY JUST AN AGREEMENT, AS LONG AS IT STAYS PUBLIC, AS SOON AS IT BECOMES PRIVATE, THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY NEED TO SELL IT. SO IF THE CITY HAD A PUBLIC USE FOR THE LAND, YOU COULD WE COULD KEEP IT AS STATE RIGHT AWAY IN THE CITY, USE IT JUST THROUGH A USE AGREEMENT.

BUT LET ME FOLLOW UP ON IS THERE A POTENTIAL TO ZONE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SELL IT? THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR NOT JUST SORT OF CHECKING BOXES IN THIS PRESENTATION.

AND SO IN THAT PUBLIC USE, COULD IT ALSO BE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT LIKE HOUSING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

RIGHT. LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

THAT'D BE GREAT. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD ON THAT IS IN THE AREAS I DON'T KNOW THE MAP AS WELL AS YOU DO, BUT THE CAPPING AREAS, COULD WE PUT THEM IN, IN, YOU KNOW, SIDE BY SIDE SO THAT IF THERE'S HOUSING, THERE COULD BE A PARK BY THAT CAPPING AND THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE.

WE CAN COME BACK AT THE NEXT BRIEFING AND SHOW BETTER GRAPHICS AND SHOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT'S THE ADJACENT LAND USE.

THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE BIKE LANES.

ARE THEY ACTUALLY PROTECTED BIKE LANES THAT YOU'RE PLANNING OR ARE THEY JUST MARKED? NO. WE ALLOW FOR THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES.

KEEP IN MIND WE'RE ONLY WORKING WITHIN TEXAS RIGHT OF WAY, AND SO THEN THE CITY WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE THAT PROTECTION OUTSIDE OF THE TEXAS RIGHT OF WAY.

BUT YES. NO, WE ARE PLANNING ON PROTECTED BIKE LANES.

AND THEN TWO LAST QUICK QUESTIONS.

ONE IS I REALLY WANT TO PUSH YOU ON THOSE TRUCKS.

YES. BECAUSE 75 IS A NIGHTMARE.

AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE COULD GET TO AVOID THE TRUCKS GOING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA ONTO 75 AND REALLY MAKE THEM LOOP THE CITY, I THINK IS REALLY IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST, CERTAINLY, AND NOT ONLY FROM A CAP PERSPECTIVE, BUT JUST FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.

ALL OF IT. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO, TO TO WORK IN THAT AREA WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.

SO MAYBE IN THE NEXT BRIEFING WE CAN.

YES. LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER.

AND THEN FINALLY, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING YET, BUT COULD YOU JUST GIVE A GENERAL TIMELINE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IN YOUR NORMAL PROCESS OF TRYING TO RAISE A BILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS.

IT'LL TAKE A FEW YEARS TO FIND $1.65 BILLION.

TEXT UPDATES. WE'VE GOT A TEN YEAR PROGRAM.

WHAT? WE ANTICIPATE REVENUES COMING IN, AND SO WE PLAN OUT PROJECTS IN A TEN YEAR TIME FRAME.

SO RIGHT NOW, INTERSTATE 345 IS NOT IN THERE.

WE UPDATE THAT PLAN ONCE A YEAR.

THAT GETS APPROVED BY OUR COMMISSION IN AUGUST OF EVERY YEAR.

WE'RE NOW STARTING TO THROW PROJECTS IN THERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MICHAEL MORRIS IN THE REGION, BECAUSE MOST OF THE PROJECT OF THIS SIZE IS NOT JUST GOING TO BE FUNDED BY MPO FUNDS OR STATE FUNDS, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COMBINATION. AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO SIT DOWN WITH MICHAEL, AND OUR HOPE IS WE START FUNDING THIS NEXT TEN YEAR UPDATE TO OUR TEN YEAR PLAN. AND SO I WOULD SAY I WOULD EXPECT IT TO TAKE 4 TO 5 YEARS TO GET THE FULL 1.65 BILLION.

THAT'S THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC.

AND SO IT'LL TAKE PROBABLY 4 OR 5 YEARS AT LEAST TO FIND FUNDING FOR IT.

GOT IT. SO THEN IN THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT REALLY URGENCY PER SE, BECAUSE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, DIDN'T YOU JUST DO A LOT OF REPAIRS? SO THERE'S REALLY A 30 YEAR WINDOW FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, DESPITE ITS HOW PAINFUL IT IS TO USE IT.

WE ARE CURRENTLY REPAIRING IT NOW.

YES. SO WE'VE COMPLETED REPAIRS.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO REPAIR IT.

BUT WE DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

SO WE'RE WE'RE OPTIMISTIC.

WE'D LIKE TO PROCEED AS QUICK AS WE GET THE MONEY, BUT SO START TO SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IF ALL THINGS GO WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY FIVE YEARS PLUS, HOW LONG IS NORMAL? WOULD A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

THIS ONE'S GOING TO TAKE AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

THIS IS IT'S A PRETTY BIG ENGINEERING FEAT TO GO FROM ELEVATED INTO A TRENCH.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME CREATIVITY.

SO AT LEAST FIVE YEARS TO CONSTRUCT IT.

SO FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AT, IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, A MINIMUM OF TEN YEARS BEFORE THEY COULD USE THIS NEW I-345.

CORRECT? YES. THAT WOULD BE AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW THAT IN TEN YEARS IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETE.

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YES. GOT IT, GOT IT.

SO. WELL, GOOD. WELL THAT GIVES US LOTS OF TIMES TO TO LOTS OF TIME TO BE CREATIVE.

NOT IN TERMS OF FUNDAMENTAL ENGINEERING, BUT JUST ON WHO KNOWS WHAT'LL CHANGE IN TERMS OF OUR NEEDS AND ALL OF THAT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.

AND THAT'S IT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

MR. MORENO. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A.

THANK YOU, MAYOR SUSAN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND FOR YOUR JUST ACTING IN GOOD FAITH AND WORKING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

I WILL ASK YOU HOW OFTEN YOU'RE MEETING WITH D DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION, AIA AND OTHERS.

IS THAT HAPPENING? HAPPENING QUARTERLY? TWO TIMES A YEAR.

HOW OFTEN ARE YOU MEETING WITH THEM? NO, IT'S DEFINITELY MORE REGULAR THAN THAT.

WE CAN GET YOU THE LIST OF TIMES WE'VE MET.

THE CITY STAFF JUST PULLED TOGETHER A GREAT WORKING GROUP MEETING A COUPLE FRIDAYS AGO WHERE WE HAD D AA DEEP ELLUM.

WE HAD A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS IN THERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ONE OFF MEETINGS, BUT I WOULD SAY AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH THAT WE'RE MEETING WITH BOTH DEEP ELLUM AND D.

MAYBE THEY'RE NOT FORMAL MEETINGS, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.

IF WE CAN GET A LIST OF THAT WORKING GROUP, THAT WOULD BE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT BUT REALLY WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST CONNECTIVITY THAT Y'ALL ARE COMMITTED TO.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO I KNOW THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DETAILS TO BE WORKED OUT, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS A WILLINGNESS TO TO DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU. WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, WHAT'S THE CITY ROLE? OBVIOUSLY TEXTILE IS DOING THAT ASSESSMENT ON TXDOT PROPERTY, BUT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA IS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

HAVING AN ACTIVE ROLE FROM THE CITY? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THEY WERE IN OUR STAKEHOLDER MEETING.

THEY'RE IN EVERY ONE OF THESE MEETINGS.

THEY'RE PART OF ONE OF THE COMMITTEES.

AND SO, YES, THEY ALL KNOW THAT IT'S COMING, AND THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THE LAND USE IS GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. AND THEN IN THE THE RESOLUTION WE ASKED FOR AN URBAN DESIGN MASTER PLAN.

IS THAT BEEN STARTED OR WHERE IS THAT IN THE PROCESS? I BELIEVE THE CITY IS GOING TO TAKE THAT ON.

I DON'T KNOW IF CITY STAFF, I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE WORKS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR FOR STAFF.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR THAT QUESTION.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO DEB.

TURN YOUR MIC ON, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. IS IT ON NOW? THANK YOU. DEBORAH STOGIE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR THAT QUESTION.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO SECTION SIX OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.

AND SO WHAT THE RESOLUTION DOES IS IT DIRECTS US TO INVESTIGATE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING AND WHERE WE ARE WITH RESPECT TO THAT RIGHT NOW IS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME FUNDING FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE GRANT THAT HAS BEEN EARMARKED, WAS EARMARKED FROM EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON.

AND WE EXPECT TO BRING THAT AGREEMENT TO COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, DECEMBER 11TH.

AND SO THAT WILL INITIATE A PROCESS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO LOOK AT THE CONNECTIVITY AND MOBILITY AS WELL AS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO THAT'S THE STATUS OF WHERE THAT IS RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

IT'S MOVING ALONG.

I'M GOING TO GET REALLY SPECIFIC.

THE NORTHBOUND EXIT TO DEEP ELLUM.

WHAT IS THAT EXIT GOING TO BE? HOW DOES THE GOOD LATIMER EXIT? MY UNDERSTANDING THAT'S BEING REMOVED.

AND SO WHAT WHAT ARE WE DOING IN ORDER TO GET TRAFFIC E-COMMERCE TRAFFIC INTO INTO THE DEEP ELLUM NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF THAT REVISED NORTHBOUND EXIT TO CANTON.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPTION THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE ELM COMMERCE MAIN AREA.

WE WANT TO WORK WITH DEEP ELLUM TO FIND OUT WHICH ONE IS THE BEST CONNECTION.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD IN THE LAST MEETING, IS WE REALLY NEED THAT CONNECTION TO DEEP ELM.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.

WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS.

AND HOW DO WE MORPH THAT INTO THE BEST OPTION.

AS WE CONTINUE TO PERFECT TECH PARKS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES ALONG ELM AND MAIN AND COMMERCE AND CANTON CONNECTING TO THE ARTS DISTRICT AND INTO THE FUTURE CULTURAL TRAIL.

THOSE ARE AREAS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD IDENTIFY AS POTENTIAL CAPPING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR GREEN SPACE AND, OF COURSE, HOUSING AROUND THAT.

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THAT'S WE'VE GOT TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING FOR DESIGN AS WELL AS FOR THE SUPPORT BEAMS AS WELL.

OKAY. OKAY.

AND THEN MY LAST ONE IS ON SAFETY.

THE PACIFIC EXIT FOR BAYLOR.

WHAT ALTERNATIVE IS BEING PUT IN PLACE FOR MS TO GET TO AND FROM? 345 SO THE DISCUSSION IS DO THEY THEY STOP AT THE LIVE OAK EXIT OR DO THEY BYPASS UNDERNEATH AND GO STRAIGHT TO PACIFIC? KEEP IN MIND, EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAVE THE BEACONS ON THEIR VEHICLES THAT CHANGE THE SIGNALS SO THAT THEY'RE ALL COORDINATED.

SO THEY OUR HOPE IS THEY WON'T BE STOPPED AT THE SIGNAL.

SHOULD THE OPTION BE THAT THEY'VE GOT TO SIT THROUGH THE LIVE OAK SIGNAL.

BUT THAT'S STILL AN ITEM.

WE'VE GOT TO WORK OUT WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE THERE'S VARYING OPINIONS ON IT.

CITY MANAGER, I JUST WANT TO THANK TEXDOT FOR FOR THEIR DILIGENCE AND THEIR WORK.

I KNOW THAT WE ALL DIDN'T COME TO THE TABLE WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO MEET WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS TO TRY TO GET THE BEST OUTCOME AND MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING HOUSING, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY ACTIVITY AND HAVING AS LITTLE IMPACT TO THE DEEP ELLUM COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON A LOT OF THE ROADWAYS THERE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THOSE BUSINESSES IN MIND DURING CONSTRUCTION NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S EASEMENT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO AND FROM.

AND SO JUST THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, TO WORK WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.

THANK YOU. MISS WILLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A.

HELLO. AND THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE CHORUS OF THOSE WHO ARE THANKFUL OF THE RESPONSIVENESS, THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIVENESS ON THIS.

AND I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE ON SLIDES 25 THROUGH 29, HOW YOU'VE SHOWN US THE COMPARISON OF WHAT HAD EXISTED AND WHAT THE ANSWER TO THE STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS ARE.

SO I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE IT IN A MORE SIMPLE FASHION.

SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE TRUCKS.

SO ON PAGES 19 AND 20.

I'M JUST WANTING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I'M SURE THERE'S MODELING THAT TAKES PLACE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CAPACITY IS AND HOW MUCH CAN BE HANDLED.

BUT WHEN I SEE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, 43% OF DAILY TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM U.S.

75 DIVERTED ON TO I-635, AND I SUFFER THE PAIN OF 635 ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THAT SEEMS LIKE A MASSIVE PERCENTAGE.

AND THEN THE SAME, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE I-20, YOU KNOW, HAVING 53% OF DAILY TRUCK TRAFFIC.

SO I JUST WANT TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU ABOUT HOW WE THINK, WHAT THE EFFECTS ARE GOING TO BE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THAT FLOW.

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST MOVING TOWARD NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THIS IS ALL MAKING SENSE AND WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE USING THOSE ROADS.

SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME? SO ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PERCENTAGES SEEM LARGE, BUT THAT IS JUST THE PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS THAT ARE USED IN 75.

SO THAT'S NOT ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE USING 75.

SO WE REALLY JUST PULLED OUT OKAY.

HOW MANY TRUCKS ARE THERE. AND SO THAT'S THE 3900 THAT'S SHOWN.

AND THEN HOW MANY OF THAT 3900 IS GOING TO TWO 635.

AND SO IT'S NOT THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF TRUCKS USING THE FREEWAY, BUT IT IS A FREIGHT NETWORK.

INTERSTATE 345 IS.

AND SO IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING TO SAY NO TRUCKS AT ALL.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS.

AND HOW DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THEM TO USE 635 AND INTERSTATE 20 RATHER THAN COMING THROUGH DOWNTOWN? I DO THINK ONCE 635 IS IS COMPLETE, THAT WILL BE A MORE INVITING OPTION BECAUSE WE'RE GOING FROM WE HAVE FOUR LANES OUT THERE DURING CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

WHEN WE OPEN IT UP, IT'LL BE FIVE LANES PLUS TWO MANAGED LANES.

AND SO THAT'LL BE SEVEN LANES.

AND SO OUR HOPE IS THAT TRAVEL TIME IS LESS TO GO AROUND TOWN THAN THAN GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN.

BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MODEL THAT, AND I'LL TRY TO BRING MORE INFORMATION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

WELL, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU'RE THROWING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GIVING SOME NUMBERS THERE.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THAT AND SAYING, SO NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT MEANS 1500 APPROXIMATELY MORE TRUCKS MIGHT BE ON 635.

AND THIS IS THE DAILY DIVERSION.

SO AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MORE LANES, BUT THESE ARE WHERE ALL THE PIECES ARE THERE.

BUT THE FORMULA I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COME TOGETHER AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IMPACT IS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR THIS, AND MAYBE IT WILL BE

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THAT'S ALREADY BEING THAT'S ALREADY SET IN MOTION.

BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT COALESCE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACTS COULD BE.

THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN STEWART, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM EIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND MY COMMENTS ARE BRIEF.

THANK YOU, SUSAN, FOR YOUR WORK WITH THE LAKE HIGHLANDS STAKEHOLDERS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ON 635 EAST.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTING WITH THE CONNECTIVITY AND THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT SKILLMAN AND LBJ.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT REALLY, I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRUCK TRAFFIC AND THE PLAN THAT IT WOULD BE ON 635.

I DO THINK THE ADDITIONAL LANES PLUS THE THE OPTIONAL TOLL LANES WILL MAKE THAT PROBABLY A SMOOTHER, BETTER, SAFER DRIVE.

BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS ON 635 AS WELL.

SO ANY ANYTHING WE CAN DO PROACTIVELY AT THIS POINT TO TO PLAN FOR THAT AND TO TO PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN PROTECT OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, 70 YEAR OLD MOM, GRANDMOM WHO'S OUT THERE TAKING HER GRANDKIDS SOMEWHERE.

I JUST THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN RIDLEY. YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM EIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

SEASON. SLIDE FOUR REFERS TO THE COUNCIL'S MAY 24TH, 2023 RESOLUTION WITH A RECAP.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

SECTION ONE PROVIDES, AND I QUOTE, THAT THE CITY MANAGER SHALL PROCURE THE SERVICES OF AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY REGARDING ALTERNATIVES FOR THE FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT OF E 345, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE CITY PURSUING THE REMOVAL ALTERNATIVE, AMONG OTHER ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS THE DEPRESSED ALTERNATIVE.

IN LIGHT OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND INTENTION OF TXDOT AND NCT COG TO PURSUE THE HYBRID ALTERNATIVE.

MY QUESTION IS, DID THIS STUDY OCCUR AND WHAT WAS DONE WITH IT? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER REALLY? SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT STAFF HAS DONE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION LANGUAGE WHICH THAT WAS ACTUALLY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IT TALKED ABOUT LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING.

AND SO WHEN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DEV RASTOGI SPOKE A FEW MINUTES AGO, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF, I THINK IT'S A $2 MILLION GRANT FROM HUD FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK IN DECEMBER.

SO IT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING, WHICH IS WHAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON SINCE THE RESOLUTION.

WELL, THE STUDY THAT DEV REFERRED TO, I BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT URBAN DESIGN PLANNING FOR THIS TRANSITION. IT WAS NOT ABOUT LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES TO THE HYBRID ALTERNATIVE.

SO I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT SUCH A FEASIBILITY STUDY BEING UNDERTAKEN BY YOUR OFFICE.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE HAS BEEN NONE? AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO THE.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THE SECTION SIX OF THE ACTUAL FINAL RESOLUTION.

I'M LOOKING AT SECTION ONE.

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND I'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE STAFF TO CLARIFY.

IS THAT WHAT THE FINAL PORTION OF THE RESOLUTION THAT STAFF HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON WAS THE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING, NOT NECESSARILY A DIFFERENT OPTION, BUT BUT AGAIN, I'D HAVE TO HAVE STAFF TO, TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THE ACTUAL QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO THIS MORNING OR WILL THAT TAKE SOME RESEARCH? IF I COULD HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING. GUS. DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.

SO. ESSENTIALLY.

ITEM FIVE. THE ADOPTED.

I'M LOOKING AT THE ADOPTED RESOLUTION AFTER THE MODIFICATION.

IT WAS SECTION SIX IN THAT RESOLUTION, AND IT SAYS THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO INVESTIGATE THE AVAILABILITY OF AND THE CITY OF DALLAS ELIGIBILITY FOR ALTERNATE SOURCES OF FUNDING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM FOR STUDIES REGARDING THE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN OPTIONS, INCLUDING OTHER HYBRID OPTIONS, AND NEW OPTIONS FOR

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SO I'M ASSUMING THAT IS THE.

THE QUESTION IS IN REFERENCE TO THAT PROVISION.

RIGHT. SO BASICALLY WE HAVE BASED ON WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY STATED BY THE PREVIOUS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, IS THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAS EVALUATED AND TRIED TO PURSUE OPTIONS FOR AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

CERTAINLY THE FEDERAL FUNDS CANNOT BE USED BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE THIS IS A FEDERAL ROADWAY.

AND THEN THE THE ROADWAY IS, AS SUSAN MENTIONED, IS ON THE FREIGHT NETWORK.

AND IT TAKES AN ACT OF CONGRESS BASICALLY TO TO CHANGE OR MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS AS FAR AS THE INTERSTATE IS CONCERNED.

HOWEVER, WHAT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DAVE MENTIONED IS THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK IN DECEMBER WITH THE HUD GRANT THAT WE OBTAINED, WHICH IS THE $2 MILLION, PRETTY MUCH TO WHAT WE CALL IT, THE REIMAGINED DOWNTOWN.

AND ONE OF THE COMPONENT IS TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF WHATEVER OPTION IS BEING PRESENTED ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO STAFF HAS JUST DETERMINED THAT NO SUCH ALTERNATIVE STUDY WOULD BE FEASIBLE GIVEN THE ISSUES WITH FEDERAL FUNDING WE HAVE PURSUED.

AGAIN, I MEAN, GOING BACK TO WHAT THE PREVIOUS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE HAVE PURSUED OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES.

BUT LIKE I SAID, IT IS FEDERAL FUNDS.

AND IF WE'RE TRYING TO PURSUE FEDERAL FUNDS, YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL RULES.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL RULES.

WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THAT CONNECTION? SO IF I COULD JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S BACK TO THE PORTION OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, THE $2 MILLION, ONCE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ITEM COMING TO CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THEN ISSUE AN RFP TO SECURE A CONSULTANT.

AND WE CAN THEN LOOK AT CONNECTIVITY.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT FUNDING FOR ALSO LOOKING AT MOBILITY AS WELL, AND ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THAT AREA SO THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD THEN BE UTILIZED FOR THAT, NOT NECESSARILY A NEW OPTION OR AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION THAN WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM DEV'S TESTIMONY.

SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE UNDERTAKING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF ALTERNATIVES TO THE HYBRID.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THOSE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THE PAST WE HAVE LOOKED AT ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SECURE THAT FUNDING FOR THE REASONS DOCTOR LEE MENTIONED.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE A SOURCE OF FUNDING TO DO THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS PUT INTO THE RESOLUTION LAST MAY. SO THERE ARE NO FUNDS ALLOCATED IN THE 2425 BUDGET FOR THAT PURPOSE? NO, SIR. THERE ARE NO FUNDS.

SO WE WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO BRING BACK STILL THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE GRANT FUNDS TO LOOK AT CONNECTIVITY AND MOBILITY, AS WELL AS WHAT ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES WE COULD HAVE FOR THAT CORRIDOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM A? YES. I'M SORRY I COULDN'T GET MY WONDERFUL CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD.

YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU, OF COURSE, FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH YOU THROUGH, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY.

BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CITY PLANS, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ADDRESSED THIS.

IT HAD TO DO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS PROTECTION FOR THE HISTORICAL COMMUNITIES, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE DONE WITH HISTORIC 10TH STREET.

BUT THERE WAS A PORTION HERE ABOUT FLOODING, MAKING SURE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS NOT FLOODED, AND I WANTED TO JUST PUT A CHECK MARK BESIDE THAT, BECAUSE DURING THE IT WAS THE AFTERMATH OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE GATEWAY, WE DID HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SNAFU'S WHEREBY ONE OF THE I DON'T KNOW IF THE SYSTEM HOW THE SYSTEM IS SET UP, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WATER BACKED UP AND WE GOT A CALL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.

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SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I BROUGHT THAT BACK TO YOUR ATTENTION SO YOU COULD REVISIT THAT.

SO IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN ON THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY STARTLING EXPERIENCE.

WE WE RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY AS A CITY.

I DID WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT BUT BUT THAT STAYS IN MY MIND IN TERMS OF HOW DID IT HAPPEN, AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT UNDER YOUR RADAR SO THAT YOU ALL WOULD REVISIT WHAT HAPPENED THERE TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE.

BUT WE CONTINUE.

I KNOW I DO. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL AND I DON'T DO THAT.

BUT WE CONTINUE TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GATEWAY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR REQUEST FOR HISTORIC 10TH STREET AS WELL AS THE BOTTOM.

YOU'VE BEEN THERE AS WELL AS MICHAEL MORRIS ALWAYS.

WHATEVER WE COULD DO FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURAL STANDPOINT AS IT RELATES TO SOUTHERN GATEWAY.

SO I WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD FOR THE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT'S JUST LISTENING.

AND FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING, I WANTED THEM TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AN EXCELLENT WARRIOR FOR OUR FOR OUR COMMUNITY ON THAT PROJECT.

AND THANK YOU, OF COURSE, THIS TEAM AS WELL, AND YOU ALL CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO US SO MUCH SUCCESS ON THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK OR ASK QUESTIONS ON ITEM A? I DON'T SEE ANYONE. SO, MADAM CITY MANAGER, LET'S MOVE ON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

[B. 24-3148 Fair Park First Independent Accountants’ Report and related Fair Park First Contracts (Part 1 of 2)]

TODAY, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE FIRST PARK FIRST INDEPENDENT AUDIT ACCOUNTANTS REPORT FROM PRESENTERS.

CHAIR OF FAIR PARK. FIRST MISS VALETTA LEAL AND THE LEAD AUDITOR FROM MCNARY, MCNEIL AND COMPANY.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY REPRESENTING OVER THREE 60.

I'LL LET MISS LILL INTRODUCE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PRESENTATION.

THE FINDINGS WILL BE PRESENTED FROM THE ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK.

WE'VE ALSO ATTACHED IT TO YOUR BRIEFING MATERIALS FOR TODAY.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS LILL TO ACTUALLY START THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY MORNING.

IT FELT THAT LONG.

I'M VALETTA FORSYTH, LIL.

I'M THE CHAIR OF FAIR PARK FIRST.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE RECENT, RECENTLY COMPLETED INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS REPORT ON APPLYING AGREED UPON PROCEDURES.

MORENO MCNEIL HAS COMPLETED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND COMPLETED THE 23 AUDIT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

LATE LAST YEAR, AS FAIR PARK FIRST BEGAN TO SEPARATE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FROM OUR PARTNERS AT OBG, WE EVEN HIRED A SEPARATE ATTORNEY.

IN EARLY 24, WE BEGAN TO HEAR SOME RUMBLINGS WITHIN ADMINISTRATION AT OVG THAT THERE WAS SOME LACK OF FUNDS. THERE HAD BEEN A WHIRLWIND OF ACTIVITY FROM 22 TO 24 WITH PROPOSITION A, THE POSSIBILITY OF FIFA, THE COTTON BOWL RENOVATION.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS PERHAPS A GOOD TIME TO VERY VERIFY LOCATION OF FUNDS.

AS YOU REMEMBER, FAIR PARK FIRST IS THE MANAGER AND SPECTRA.

NOW OVG IS THE OPERATOR.

TOGETHER, WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE INTEREST IN THE REVITALIZATION OF FAIR PARK AND THE REALIZATION OF ITS PROMISE.

THE TWO ENTITIES HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOCUS.

FAIR PARK FIRST, THE NONPROFIT RAISES PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS AND GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY CENTRIC PROGRAMING AND PUBLIC GATHERING SPACES I.E.

THE COMMUNITY PARK, YOGA CLASSES FOR THE COMMUNITY, FARMERS MARKETS, ETC..

OVG THE FOR PROFIT PARTNER WORKS ON REVENUE GENERATING PROGRAMS AND REVENUE GENERATING SPACES COTTON

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THE CONTROL OF PARKING LEASES, SOCCER GAMES, NAMING RIGHTS, ETC.

ARE IN THE HANDS OF OVG.

THEY ALSO DO SALES AND MARKETING.

EVEN WITH THAT DIVISION, EVERYTHING DONE AT FAIR PARK, I REITERATE, IS IN THE NAME OF FAIR PARK FIRST.

IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE CONTRACTED WITH THE ACCOUNTANT FOR A NARROWED SCOPE OF QUESTIONS.

WE ENGAGED THEM TO, QUOTE, IDENTIFY DONOR RESTRICTED COLLECTIONS AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT EXPENDITURES WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DONOR RESTRICTIONS.

THIS IS NOT A TRUE AUDIT.

THIS IS A REPORT OF THE USE OF DONOR FUNDS.

IT IS ALSO, I WANT TO REITERATE, NOT A FORENSIC AUDIT WHICH HAS GAINED SOME CURRENCY IN THE PRESS. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A REPORT ON AGREED UPON PROCEDURES.

WITH THAT, I WILL INTRODUCE MY TWO COLLEAGUES.

TO MY RIGHT IS VICE CHAIR JASON BROWN FROM FAIR PARK.

FIRST BOARD TO MY LEFT IS MARK MCMANAWAY FROM MAL MCNEILL, THE ACCOUNTANT FOR FAIR PARK FIRST.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. MAL. NORI. THANK YOU.

VALETTA. MY NAME IS MARK MALLORY, AS WE SAID, AND I AM A CPA WITH MALLORY MCNEILL AND COMPANY, AND WE WERE ENGAGED, AS VIOLETTA STATED, TO PERFORM SOME SPECIFIC PROCEDURES RELATED TO DONOR RESTRICTED MONIES AND THEIR USE. WE INITIALLY GAINED AND OBTAINED SCHEDULES OF UNCONDITIONAL PROMISES TO GIVE WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST OF 2020 AND ENDING APRIL 30TH OF 2024 FROM OVG, THE OPERATOR AND FAIR PARK FIRST THE MANAGER.

SO THIS WE COMPILE THIS SCHEDULE, AND FROM THAT SCHEDULE WE TRACED AND AGREED A SAMPLE OF THOSE UNCONDITIONAL PROMISES TO GIVE TO THE UNDERLYING DONOR AGREEMENT.

WE NOTED THAT THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS ON THE AGREEMENTS THAT THEY WERE TO BE INTENDED TOWARDS SPECIFIC PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW COMMUNITY PARK.

WE THEN TRACED AND AGREED THE UNCONDITIONAL PROMISES TO GIVE WITH RESTRICTION INSTALLMENTS RECEIVED TO THE BANK ACCOUNT, ACTIVITY DETAILS WITH REPORTS FROM THE BANK AND NOTED WHICH BANK ACCOUNT THE AMOUNTS WERE DEPOSITED INTO.

THERE IS A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH FAIR PARK, FIRST IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THAT STATES THAT THE MANAGER SHALL HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT DURING THE TERM TO APPLY FOR, RECEIVE AND MANAGE ALL FINANCIAL GRANTS AND OTHER DONATIONS FROM NON-CITY SOURCES WITH REGARD TO FAIR PARK MANAGEMENT, AND THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH GRANTS OR OTHER DONATIONS WILL BE HELD IN MANAGERS.

RESTRICTED OR UNRESTRICTED ACCOUNTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF FAIR PARK, AS THE CASE MAY BE BASED ON THE PURPOSE AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH GRANTS.

WE. THAT TIME PERIOD, WE NOTED THAT THERE WERE $17,115,626 OF DONOR RESTRICTED RECEIPTS WERE SAVED THROUGH APRIL THE 30TH OF 2024.

11 MILLION.

OF THOSE WERE DEPOSITED INTO THE BANK OF AMERICA OPERATING ACCOUNT, ENDING IN 93.

35. SO CERTAIN AMOUNTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRED TO THESE DESIGNATED ACCOUNTS TO HOLD THE DONOR RESTRICTED RECEIPTS. HOWEVER, BASED ON OUR PROCEDURES THAT WE NOTED THAT THE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS REQUIREMENT TO SEGREGATE THE FUNDS, THE PROCEDURES HAD FAILED.

THE NEXT STEP WAS TO IDENTIFY THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE REPORTED TO BE QUALIFYING FOR RELEASE FROM DONOR RESTRICTIONS, AND EXPENDED ON THE APPROPRIATE PROJECTS THAT THE DONORS HAD SPECIFIED.

WE OBTAINED THE REPORTS WAS PROVIDED TO US FROM THE OPERATOR AS FAR AS WHAT EXPENSES WERE QUALIFYING FOR THESE DONOR RESTRICTED RELEASES, WE TRACED A SAMPLE OF THE EXPENDITURES TO THE UNDERLYING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, NOTING THE DESCRIPTION ON THE UNDERLYING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.

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WE NOTED THAT THERE WERE EXPENSES THAT WERE REPORTED AS QUALIFYING FOR NET ASSETS, WITH DONOR RELEASE FROM RESTRICTION THAT INCLUDED VARIOUS ACCOUNTS FOR PAYROLL, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATION, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT OF THE IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,152,436 FOR THAT PERIOD OF OF OCTOBER 1ST OF 22 THROUGH APRIL THE 30TH OF 24.

WE ALSO MADE NOTE THAT THERE WERE NO EXPENSES FROM THESE CATEGORIES REPORTED AS QUALIFYING EXPENSES IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.

WE IDENTIFIED THAT FAIR PARK FIRST HAD ADOPTED TWO GIFT POLICIES, WHICH INCLUDED A CALCULATION FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE VARIOUS RESTRICTED DONATIONS RECEIVED IN ORDER TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAMS. AND SO WE MADE A CALCULATION BASED ON THE ADOPTED FEES SCHEDULE AS TO WHAT WOULD BE THE ALLOWABLE AMOUNT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

AND WE NOTED THAT THERE WAS AN EXCESS OF $307,000 OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES THAT WERE REPORTED AS BEING QUALIFYING FOR A DONOR RELEASE FOR RESTRICTIONS.

ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE WORKED THROUGH IN AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY WHAT PARTICULAR PROJECT A PARTICULAR EXPENSE FROM THE SCHEDULE OF REPORTED QUALIFYING EXPENSES WAS ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH PROJECT IT, WE CONCLUDED THAT THERE WERE 6.7 MILLION OF REPORTED EXPENSES THAT WERE USED FOR ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN WHAT THE DONOR HAD SPECIFIED IN THEIR DONATION COMMITMENT. AND YOU CAN THERE ARE I BELIEVE EVERYBODY HAS A COPY OF THE REPORT.

IS THAT CORRECT? IF YOU WILL LOOK AT THE LAST PAGE, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OF WHAT THE DONOR RESTRICTED FUNDS AND THE DESIGNATED PROJECTS WERE BY PROJECT.

THERE WERE FUNDS.

THE THE BULK OF THE FUNDS OF THE 17 MILLION, 12 MILLION WAS RECEIVED AND DESIGNATED FOR USE FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK.

THERE WERE FOUR OTHER PROJECTS FOR WHICH THE FAIR PARK FIRST HAD RECEIVED DONATIONS FOR THE COTTON BOWL PLAZA.

HISTORIC ART RESTORATION, THE CULTURAL DISTRICT, AND MAGNOLIA LOUNGE.

AND SO AS WE WERE PROCESSING AND TESTING THE VARIOUS EXPENDITURES, WE NOTED THAT THE OF THE COTTON BOWL, $1 MILLION RECEIVED, THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO DIRECT EXPENSES RELATED TO THE COTTON BOWL PLAZA.

THERE HAD BEEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ASSESSED OF THE.

IN THIS CASE, IT WAS 10% OF OF 100,000.

SO THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 900,000 OF CASH AVAILABLE FROM DONOR RESTRICTED FUNDS TO BE USED FOR THE COTTON BOWL PLAZA WITH THE ART RESTORATION PROJECT THERE.

THE DONORS HAD MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FAIR PARK, FIRST OF 1.3 MILLION.

APPROXIMATELY 100,000 HAD BEEN SPENT ON QUALIFYING EXPENSES.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF THE 8000 HAD BEEN ASSESSED AGAINST THE 1.3 MILLION, SO THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN JUST OVER $1 MILLION OF CASH AVAILABLE FOR THE ART RESTORATION PROJECT.

THE CULTURAL DISTRICT PROJECT WAS 300 AND HAD RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS OF $325,000.

THEY SPENT 256,000 ON THE PROJECT, SO THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER 68,000 AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE CULTURAL DISTRICT PROJECT.

MAGNOLIA LOUNGE $2 MILLION WAS CONTRIBUTED FOR THE MAGNOLIA LOUNGE, $2,000 FOR QUALIFYING EXPENSES.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT FEE WAS CHARGED AGAINST THE LOUNGE OF 200,000, SO THERE SHOULD BE 1.7 MILLION OF CASH AVAILABLE TO BE USED FOR THE MAGNOLIA LOUNGE PROJECT.

THE COMMUNITY PARK.

THAT'S WHERE THE BULK OF THE COLLECTIONS WERE FROM 12,469,000 9000 OF COLLECTIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED.

NOW THERE WERE PLEDGES OR PROMISES TO GIVE IS THE TECHNICALLY CORRECT TERM FROM DONORS FOR MORE THAN THAT, AND THEY WERE TO BE COLLECTED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. SO THROUGH APRIL THE 30TH, THEY'D COLLECTED 12,000,469.

THERE WAS DETERMINED THAT 8 MILLION OF EXPENSES HAD BEEN APPROPRIATELY EXPENDED ON COMMUNITY PARK ACTIVITIES.

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SO THE TOTAL NET CASH THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IS 7.8 MILLION.

NOW THERE'S A 1.8 MILLION OF INVOICES THAT WERE PAID FOR THAT WERE WERE ELIGIBLE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR EXPENSES IS INCURRED FOR STUDIES RELATED TO PROP A AND SURVEY OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY, SO THAT LEAVES $6 MILLION OF CASH THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE DESIGNATED DONOR DESIGNATED PROJECTS.

THE CASH ON HAND IN THE RESTRICTED FUND RAISING ACCOUNT WAS $353,823 AT APRIL 30TH, 2024.

SO WE HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT THERE IS A DEFICIENCY OF RESTRICTED CASH ACCOUNT BALANCES OF 5.7 MILLION.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE NOT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE RETURN OUT HERE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

[CLOSED SESSION]

AND THEN YEAH, LET ME DO THAT.

I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM I'M GOING TO READ THE RIGHT LANGUAGE FIRST, THOUGH.

ONE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. WE HAD A LITTLE MISTAKE THERE.

OKAY. IT'S 11:04 A.M.

ON OCTOBER 16TH.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

SEEKING THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING ITEM B AND WE WILL RETURN, LET'S SAY 12 NOON.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

I GOT TO GET THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE FOR YOU AGAIN.

THE LAWYERS REALLY ARE ON ME ABOUT THIS STUFF.

ALL RIGHT. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAS COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION FIVE, 51.071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

AND AT 1:09 P.M.

ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2024, WE'VE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE ARE STILL ON BRIEFING ITEM B, AND WE ARE NOW AT THAT PORTION WHERE WE TAKE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS.

[B. 24-3148 Fair Park First Independent Accountants’ Report and related Fair Park First Contracts (Part 2 of 2)]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AS MANY OF YOU REMEMBER, THE PARKS, TRAILS AND THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MET WITH FAIR PARK FIRST AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM OPG LAST WEEK, AND WE CAME AWAY WITH THE CONCLUSION THAT WE NEEDED A BRIEFING ON THE I'M GOING TO GET THIS RIGHT.

THE REPORT OF THE USE OF DONOR FUNDS, AS WELL AS THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND FAIR PARK FIRST, AND THE SUB MANAGEMENT CONTRACT BETWEEN FAIR PARK FIRST AND SPECTRA.

SO AFTER REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS I COME AWAY WITH THE THE SAME FEELINGS I HAD LAST WEEK. AND THAT IS ONE OF PROFOUND DISAPPOINTMENT.

WE HAD WE HAVE DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TREASURE FAIR PARK AS AN ASSET FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WE HAVE DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SURROUND FAIR PARK, AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO'VE MADE GENEROUS DONATIONS TO SUPPORT FAIR PARK.

SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE AND TO BEGIN TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE EARLY DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE AND HOW THE FINANCES AND BANK ACCOUNTS WERE SET UP.

SO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER LIL MISS LIL, IF I COULD ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BANK ACCOUNTS.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR ME HOW THE ORIGINAL BANK ACCOUNTS WERE SET UP FOR FAIR PARK FIRST? OKAY. IF WE REMEMBER BACK TO 2018, WHICH IS WHEN THE ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WAS CREATED AND ADOPTED, AND THEN THE CONTRACT GOES THROUGH.

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THERE WAS NO STAFF AND IN REALITY NO FUNDING.

AND CONTRACTUALLY WE HAD THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH SPECTRA AT THE TIME AND THEY SET UP ALL THE BANK ACCOUNTS AT THAT TIME AND DID THE ACCOUNTING AND AUDITS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO THE ACCOUNTS WERE SET UP BY SPECTRA.

SO I'M ASSUMING THEY HAD THE AUTHORITY TO THEY WERE THEY WERE SET UP AS FAIR PARK FIRST ACCOUNTS WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TAXPAYER ID FOR FAIR PARK FIRST.

I ASSUME IT HAD ONE AT THAT POINT.

EVERYTHING IS IN THE NAME OF FAIR PARK FIRST.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE EMPLOYEES, BUT WE HAD BOARD MEMBERS.

WERE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE GIVEN AUTHORITY TO A SIGNATURE THAT THEY WERE A SIGNATURE ON THE ON THE ACCOUNT WHERE THEY COULD MOVE FUNDS OR WRITE CHECKS? I WAS NOT ON THE ORIGINAL BOARD IN JUNE OF 2018 WHEN MUCH OF THIS WAS SET UP.

THE BOARD MAKEUP JUNE 2018.

I THINK IT'S FOR BOARD MEMBERS.

AND NORM RALSTON WAS SECRETARY AND DARREN JAMES WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT.

AND IN THOSE MINUTES, IT INDICATES HE HAD THE AUTHORITY TO PLAY THE ROLE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION.

AND UNTIL SUCH TIME THERE WAS A GENERAL MANAGER HIRED BY SPECTRA, HE HAD THE ABILITY TO BE TO PLAY THAT ROLE AS WELL, ACCORDING TO THE MINUTES OF JUNE 2018.

OKAY. AND AS TIME WENT BY AND WE THEN HAVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, I BELIEVE WAS THE TITLE POSITION FOR FAIR PARK FIRST, WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE TRANSFERS OF MONEY? DID THEY HAVE AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO THOSE ACCOUNTS? IN MOST CASES, NO.

NO. PRESIDENT JAMES WAS ON SOME OF THOSE ACCOUNTS, BUT LARGELY ONCE AGAIN. THE TRANSACTIONS LARGELY OCCUR SPECTRA AND THEN LATER OVG.

SO ALL INVOICES GO TO THEIR ADDRESS.

THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IS HOUSED IN THE TOWER BUILDING, WHICH IS THEIR ADDRESS, AND THE ACCOUNTING IS ESSENTIALLY DONE THERE.

AND BANK STATEMENTS GO THERE.

OKAY. SO THEN FOR THE PERIOD THAT'S COVERED BY THE REPORT, THE THE AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO THE BANK ACCOUNTS IS LIMITED AT THIS POINT TO SPECTRA OR TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE OF THE BOARD.

AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME EXERCISED THAT AUTHORITY.

BUT I BELIEVE HE DID.

BUT HE DID HAVE CAPABILITY ON THE ACCOUNTS.

OKAY. SO JUST TO CONFIRM, NO FAIR PARK BOARD MEMBER OTHER THAN THE PRESIDENT OR AN EMPLOYEE NOR AN EMPLOYEE HAD THE SIGNATURE AUTHORITY ON THOSE ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD OF THIS REPORT, FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD FOR, I'M SORRY, COVERING THIS TIME PERIOD THAT THE REPORT IN THE UP.

UP UNTIL TODAY.

NO. UP UNTIL WHAT WAS THE END OF THE REPORT? UNTIL WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER UP UNTIL THE END OF THE APRIL 30TH OF 2024.

THANK YOU. OKAY. SORRY FOR THAT.

I DON'T DON'T MEAN TO BE NO DENSE.

I THINK THE CEO, I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT DATE THAT THE CEO IS PLACED ON THE ACCOUNT. BUT ONCE AGAIN, FOR RIGHT NOW, I'VE BEEN PUT ON THE ACCOUNT AS OF JUNE, BUT I.

YES. AND THAT'S WHERE I'M HEADED.

SO BUT I BUT I DON'T SIGN ON THOSE CHECKS.

OKAY. I THINK THERE WERE SOME CHANGES MADE RECENTLY WITH RESPECT TO THOSE ACCOUNTS, AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE ALSO SOME ACCOUNTS THAT PERHAPS HAVE BEEN SET UP JUST FOR DONOR RESTRICTED FUNDS. IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU JUST. YES. TALK ABOUT THAT.

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AND THEN RESTRICTED FUNDS WILL NOW, GOING FORWARD, BE HELD AT THE DALLAS FOUNDATION AND AND INVOICES WILL BE PAID OUT OF THERE.

AND THE UNRESTRICTED ACCOUNT THAT IS AT THE LOCAL BANK, WE ARE GOING WE START DOING OUR OWN PAYROLL THIS WEEK. WE'RE DOING ALL OUR OWN PAYROLL AND THEN PAY INVOICES FROM THAT ACCOUNT.

SO OVG WILL BE GIVEN VIEWING CAPABILITY BUT NOT CHECK WRITING CAPABILITY ON THIS BECAUSE REMEMBER THESE ARE LARGELY DONOR FUNDS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.

TODAY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S WORK AT THE PARK.

I WANT TO JUST GET SOME CLARITY ON A LOT OF MEDIA THAT WE'VE SEEN SPECIFIC TO WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED A SHORTFALL, A MISMANAGEMENT.

I THINK YOU COULD YOU COULD FIND A FEW DIFFERENT WORDS TO, TO, TO LABEL THIS AS.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PAINT THE PICTURE FOR THE PUBLIC OF OF WHAT THAT MEANS.

WAS THERE MONEY TAKEN FROM FAIR PARK? WE HAVE NO INDICATION THERE WAS ANY MONEY THAT LEFT FAIR PARK AND THERE'S NO INDICATION OF FRAUD.

WE ARE ONLY DISCUSSING MIS ALLOCATION, POTENTIAL MISALLOCATION OF DONOR FUNDS.

THERE IS NO FRAUD AND THERE'S NO MONEY LEFT.

FAIR PARK. THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ARTICULATED FOR THE PUBLIC.

BECAUSE TRUST WAS COMPROMISED.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO STILL HIGHLIGHT.

BUT NOW WE NEED TO FIND OUT HOW WAS THAT TRUST COMPROMISED.

AND WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS.

THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS WON WITH FAIR PARK.

FIRST, THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES NOT HAVE ONE WITH OVG.

CORRECT. THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES NOT HAVE A DIRECT AGREEMENT WITH OVG.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHO IN THE ROLE OF YOU YOU ALL AS FAIR PARK FIRST VERSUS THAT OF SPECTRA OR OVG? NOW, WHO IN THAT ROLE HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO UTILIZE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS? FUNDRAISING ACCOUNT.

I THINK THERE ARE FOUR BANKING ACCOUNTS THAT AVG CURRENTLY HAS.

ONE AN OPERATING ACCOUNT, ONE A FUNDRAISING ACCOUNT, ONE A TICKETING ACCOUNT, AND ONE OTHER PARTICULAR ACCOUNT.

AT THIS POINT, AS I'VE INDICATED, GOING FORWARD, EVERYTHING WILL GO THROUGH A SPECIFIC BANK THAT AVG DOES NOT HAVE CAPABILITY TO DO ANYTHING BUT REVIEW ALL INVOICES.

BASICALLY GO TO THE 3809 GRAND AVENUE, WHICH IS THE WHICH IS THE TOWER BUILDING AND WHERE THEY WHERE THEY OFFICE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IS HOUSED.

AND THEY GO THROUGH THE INVOICES AND THE CHECKS ESSENTIALLY, OR THE AUTOMATED CLEARING CLEARINGHOUSE PAYMENTS.

GO. GO OUT OF THERE.

SO IS IT IS IT FAIR TO CHARACTERIZE FAIR PARK FIRST'S ROLE AS SOMEWHAT OF A FINANCIAL PASS THROUGH FUNDRAISING ARM COLLECTION OF DONATIONS, BUT THEN THE ACTUAL USE OF THEM, IT WOULD BE ON THE PARTY THAT YOU ALL HAVE SUBCONTRACTED.

IS THAT ACCURATE? YES. I MEAN, WE LOOK TO THEM TO MOVE THE MONEY AROUND, BASICALLY, AND WRITE THE CHECKS SO THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE JUST LAST WEEK, A DONOR SENT A CHECK MISTAKENLY TO THE

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AND WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE FORMS AND WRITE A LETTER AND SIGNATURE, SEND THAT OVER TO THEM, AND THEN THEY WOULD TRANSFER THE MONEY. BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION THAT YOUR SUBCONTRACTOR HAS WHEN IT COMES TO UTILIZING FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED OR NOT? WELL, THE RESTRICTED AND THE UNRESTRICTED FUND RAISING, RESTRICTED FUNDRAISING, THERE'S THE DONOR AGREEMENT THAT THAT DEFINES HOW THE MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT. AND WE PROVIDE THAT DONOR AGREEMENT TO OVG OR SOME KIND OF DIRECTION ABOUT HOW THAT MONEY IS TO BE SPENT. AND THEN IF A BILL COMES IN, IT SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND THEN CONTACT US IF IT IS FOR A SPECIFIC.

IT'S AN ARCHITECT FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK.

THEN WE SHOULD BE NOTIFIED AND THEN WE OKAY THAT AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THEN THAT WOULD BE PAID.

AND THEN IT WILL BE RELEASED FROM RESTRICTED FUNDS.

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE CONTRACTS LANGUAGE THAT THERE IS A CLEAR RESPONSIBILITY ON OVG TO NOT COMMINGLE THE FUNDS THAT ARE RESTRICTED VERSUS THAT OF NOT.

IS THERE A CLAUSE IN THAT CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS FOR A SIMPLE APPROVAL VIA EMAIL TO OVERRIDE WHAT THEY ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO DO. A RELEASE OF RESTRICTED FUNDS IS TWOFOLD.

NUMBER. NUMBER ONE, IT SHOULD BE A SIGNATURE SAYING YOU CAN USE X MONEY FOR THIS PURPOSE OUT OF THIS ACCOUNT AT THE SAME TIME.

TWO FOLD. THAT SECOND PIECE IS THE DONOR AGREEMENT SHOULD BE REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE.

OKAY. AND RIGHT NOW THE DONOR AGREEMENTS AND THE CHECKING ACCOUNTS ARE TECHNICALLY AT AUBG.

NOW THERE IS A CLAUSE IN THE SUBMANAGEMENT AGREEMENT THAT SAYS WE WE THE MANAGER HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS.

AND I THINK MARK INCLUDED THAT PARTICULAR CLAUSE IN HIS IN HIS REPORT.

THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN THAT'S NOT BEEN THE THE WAY IT'S BEEN DONE.

IT'S NOT. THE REALITY IS WE'VE ALLOWED OVG TO ESSENTIALLY MANAGE ALL ACCOUNTS NOW CONTRACTUALLY.

IF YOU GO TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW OF WHAT THAT SUBMANAGEMENT AGREEMENT SAYS, IT SAYS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE THOSE. NOW, I GO BACK TO THE POINT WHERE WE BEGIN AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY STAFF.

AND WE FROM THE TIME OF THE FIRST MINUTES, WHICH IS 20TH JUNE OF 2018 UNTIL THE FIRST STAFF MEMBER IS HIRED, IT'S IT'S A YEAR.

IT'S A LITTLE OVER A YEAR BEFORE WE HAVE ANY STAFF, AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE STAFF UNTIL THE END OF 21.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE REALITY WAS IT WAS EASIER TO HAVE THE OPERATOR CONTINUE TO OPERATE ALL THE ACCOUNTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT TRUST HAS BEEN COMPROMISED.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT THAT DOES NOT IS NOT A RESULT OF ANYTHING NEFARIOUS, CRIMINAL, FRAUDULENT.

IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS MISUSE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS, WHICH I THINK IS ALSO A DISTINCTION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO TO KNOW.

HOWEVER, SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRUST THAT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED WITH OUR PUBLIC, WITH THE CROWN JEWEL OF OUR CITY, WITH THE MOMENTUM AND THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE AT THE 277 ACRES THAT DOES HAPPEN TO SIT IN DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO

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AS A CITYWIDE ASSET.

AND FOR THAT, I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF EXACTLY WHAT THESE CONTRACTS PRESCRIBE AS ACTUAL RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU ARE RIGHT THAT IT STATES IN THE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY THAT FAIR PARK FIRST HAS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT.

BUT IT ALSO STATES IN YOUR SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT THAT THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY ON BEHALF OF OVG TO NOT MISAPPROPRIATE FUNDS.

I THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION WHEN WE ARE PEELING OFF THESE LAYERS FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AS A BODY, AS A CITY FOR A RESPONSIBLE PARTY, AND WE NEED TO SIFT THROUGH WHAT SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY ONEROUS CONTRACT THAT THAT IS.

TO SAY THE LEAST. AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE HAD AT FAIR PARK DID NOT GO, DID NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

BUT IT'S ALSO NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, NOT GOING TO CONTINUE IF WE DO NOT PROVIDE THE NECESSARY OVERSIGHT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES UP.

AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS GO FROM A COMPROMISE OF TRUST TO A LOSS OF TRUST WITH THE PUBLIC, I'LL GO BACK FOR ROUND TWO.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE ON ITEM B.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE HERE, AND WE WE HAD A VERY, I GUESS, APPOINTED AND TARGETED EXCHANGE DURING OUR, OUR MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

BUT IN TERMS OF JUST REITERATING.

I'LL BE QUICK BECAUSE I DON'T.

I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH EVERYTHING I SAID.

BUT WHILE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO FOLLOW UP ON THE TRUST FACTOR, I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS FAIR PARK IS A CITY WIDE PROPOSITION.

AND AS IT WAS VOTED ON IN, I BELIEVE IN 2017, A $50 MILLION REQUEST WAS MADE OF THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THIS INVESTMENT.

AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE ALSO WENT BACK TO THE VOTERS AND ASKED THEM TO SUPPORT FUNDING FROM THE BREMER BILL.

AND SO BOTH OF THESE POTS OF MONEY REFLECT TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND AND THE FAITH OF INVESTMENT THAT IT WILL GIVE A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE DO UNDERSTAND THE STRESSES BEHIND THESE, THESE HEADLINES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

IT IS NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO BE AS A CITY IS NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR YOU TO BE AS A BUSINESS PERSON.

HOWEVER, I HAVE ALSO BEEN REACHED OUT TO REGARDING THE LACK OF PAYMENTS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED THAT EARLY ON, BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RESOLVE THE VENDORS? OR WHERE DOES THE RESOLUTION TAKE PLACE FOR THOSE VENDORS WHO HAVE PROVIDED SERVICE AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PAID IN MONTHS? I BELIEVE THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS MADE A REQUEST FOR A PLAN FROM OVG FOR OPERATIONAL PAYMENTS.

WE HAVE DEFINED A PLAN FOR OUR FUNDS THAT ARE RESTRICTED AND HOW TO PAY BACK THE HOW TO PAY THOSE VENDORS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE THERE ARE SOME ARCHITECTURE FEES THAT THAT ARE DUE RIGHT NOW. AND THIS WEEK OR NEXT WE WILL GET THE NEXT SEGMENT OF DONATIONS FOR THE PARK. THESE ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO ONE ANOTHER AND WE WILL PAY OFF THE CONTRACTOR.

I GUESS I CANNOT SPEAK TO THE OPERATIONAL COSTS AND HOW THEY THEY WILL BE RETURNED.

BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN I AT THE BEGINNING I DESCRIBED FAIR PARK FIRST RAISES FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC SPECIFIC CAPITAL PROGRAMS, SPECIFIC CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. OVG DERIVES INCOME TO OPERATE THE PARK FROM THE STIPEND, FROM RENTS, FROM PARKING, FROM LEASES FROM TICKETING, FROM ALL OF THOSE BIG EVENTS, ROLLING STONES CONCERTS.

ALL OF THAT IS A REVENUE SOURCE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO PAYING AN OPERATOR.

SO A VENDOR WHO PUT THE SOD DOWN AT THE COTTON BOWL WILL BE LOOKING FOR FOR PAYMENT FROM OPERATIONAL

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AND I WOULD PREFER IF THEY THAT THEY RESPOND ON THEIR PAYMENT PLAN REGARDING OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES.

SO IF THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE PLACE BECAUSE THE VENDOR, THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS WHAT WAS THERE A SITUATION WHERE THE BUSINESS THAT WAS INCURRED, A SERVICE THAT WAS RENDERED, INVOLVED A CONTRACT.

SO IF IT INVOLVED A CONTRACT, THEN THAT MEANS SOMEONE HAS DEFAULTED ON A CONTRACT.

AND SO NOW YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACT WITH WITH CHALLENGES.

AND SO I THINK WHOEVER NEEDS TO RESPOND TO THAT SHOULD, BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE INDIVIDUALS REACHING OUT TO ME WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR MONEY FROM, BECAUSE THE LAST I HEARD, THEY HADN'T BEEN PAID IN SEVERAL MONTHS.

THIS IS MORE THAN ONE MONTH.

THIS IS SEVERAL MONTHS.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THE DAY ENDS, THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT POT.

THEY JUST WANT TO GET PAID.

AND THAT'S WHAT WAS EXPRESSED TO ME.

SO WHO IN HERE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO INQUIRE ABOUT THEIR PAYMENT? GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS GREG O'DELL. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF VENUE MANAGEMENT FOR OVG OAK VIEW GROUP.

COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

I HOPE I GET TO ADDRESS ALSO SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SO SPECIFIC TO THE PAYMENT PLAN.

WE FULLY APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND THERE'S OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS TO VENDORS, MANY OF WHICH WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN TOUCH WITH.

THERE IS A SHORTFALL.

PART OF THAT ISSUE IS OBVIOUSLY GETTING FUNDING TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS.

A LOT OF THAT ISSUE AND THAT SHORTFALL IS RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN MONIES THAT WERE DIRECTED BY THE PRIOR LEADERSHIP OF FAIR PARK FIRST FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE SPENT ELSEWHERE.

AND SO THAT'S THAT IS WHY WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE EXPLAINED THAT WE PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION AROUND THAT.

PARTICULARLY THERE HAS BEEN FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED FROM RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HERE TODAY, BUT OTHER SOURCES, AND WE WERE PROVIDED NOT ONLY THE FUNDING BUT ALSO DIRECTION ON WHAT INVOICES TO PAY.

AND WE PROVIDED THAT DOCUMENTATION.

SO WHAT WE PROPOSE TO ADDRESS YOUR ISSUES, THAT WE HAD AN OUTSTANDING REQUEST THROUGH FAIR PARK FIRST WITH THE CITY TO GET ONE, SOME REIMBURSEMENT ON SOME EXPENSES THAT OCCURRED, SOME RELATED TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE ITEMS AND SOME OTHER REPAIRS.

BUT ALSO, WE KNOW THAT TO RESOLVE ALL THIS ISSUE AND ALL PAYABLES, THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL STIPEND.

AND WE HAVE MADE THAT REQUEST.

SO THE QUESTION IS AND JUST DIRECT ME BECAUSE THIS IS A THIS LAYERED APPROACH TO BUSINESS IS CONFUSING TO THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING AS WELL.

DID YOU NOT HAVE SOME TYPE OF INSURANCE WHEREBY IF LEGAL ACTION IS TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR FAILED TO PAY, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SOME SOME FUND THAT YOU CAN PAY THESE FOLKS, BECAUSE IF YOUR LACK OF PAYMENT LEADS TO MY INABILITY TO PAY MY PAYROLL, MAKE MY PAYROLL, YOU'RE PUTTING MY BUSINESS IN JEOPARDY.

SO DID YOU ALL NOT HAVE A SECURITY BLANKET OR AN INSURANCE WHEREBY YOU CAN TAP INTO THAT TO TAKE CARE OF THESE UNFORESEEN SITUATIONS, OR IS IT JUST HAS TO BE GOD RELATED OR NATURE RELATED? SO NO, JUST AS IT RELATES TO THE EXPENDITURES AND JUST TO TO ADD SOME CLARITY, WE ARE OPERATING ON BEHALF OF FAIR PARK FIRST.

SO FOR US, WHEN WE ARE MANAGING THE ACCOUNTING, MANAGING THE BOOKS, AND WE'RE GIVING DIRECTION, DIRECTION TO PAY THERE'S THEIR EXPECTATION THAT THEY WHO HAVE THE AUTHORITY FOR FUNDING WILL PROVIDE THAT FUNDING.

IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY NECESSARILY TO CARRY INSURANCE FOR PAYMENTS.

BUT WE WILL EXPECT WE WERE EXPECTED AND WE WERE MANAGING THE BOOKS TO TRY TO PAY THE BILLS BASED ON THE FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED FROM MANY SOURCES.

SO THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO CLOSE WITH BECAUSE I'M PROBABLY GOING TO COME BACK.

SURE. I'LL TELL YOU THE SAME THING THAT CONSTITUENTS TELL US WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF THESE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.

COUNCILWOMAN. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ALL THAT.

WE WANT X, Y, AND Z IN TERMS OF A SERVICE THAT THAT THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO DELIVER, AND SO THE VENDORS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PAID ARE PROBABLY SAYING THE SAME THING. THING THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE HALF THAT WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

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THEY KNOW THEY DELIVERED A SERVICE, AND THEY DELIVERED WITH THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY WOULD BE PAID, BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE BEING JEOPARDIZED.

AND SO YOU'RE BACKING THEM UP AGAINST THE WALL.

SO THEN THEIR NEXT RECOURSE OF NEXT ACTION MAY END UP COMING TO US.

NOW, WERE YOU THE GENTLEMAN WHO SAID LAST WEEK THAT YOU PROJECTED PERHAPS MAYBE THREE, $3 MILLION SHORTFALL THAT WAS BASED ON THE MEDIA AND IT NOW MAY BE FIVE? NO. YES, MA'AM.

WHEN YOU WHEN WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE TALKED ABOUT THE 2525, EXCUSE ME, 2025 BUDGET.

AS IT RELATES TO THE OPERATIONS PORTION THAT WE MANAGE.

THAT WAS 2 MILLION, AND I THINK FAIR PARK FIRST HAD REPRESENTED ANOTHER 1 MILLION FOR THE DEFICIT IN THE BUDGET.

WE WERE NOT FINISHED WITH THAT BUDGET.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO OBVIOUSLY REDUCE THAT, BUT THAT WAS ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, NOT ADDRESSING THE VERY CONCERN THAT YOU RAISED ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING PAYABLES.

DO YOU EXPECT THE VENDORS TO BE PAID BEFORE 2025? WE DO. WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME RESOLUTION TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND WORK WITH FAIR PARK FOR US TO DO THAT.

WE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO MAKING SURE VENDORS GET PAID, AND WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE WHEN WE COLLECTIVELY BROACH THIS SUBJECT WITH THE CITY THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE THE AUDIT FIRST BEFORE THEY TOOK ANY ACTION.

AND WE RESPECT AND UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE CRITICALITY OF GETTING THE VENDORS PAID.

SO AS YOU SIT HERE TODAY, IS YOUR INTENTION OR IS IN YOUR MIND THAT THE HELP THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY WOULD LEAD TO AN ASK FROM THE CITY FOR A BAILOUT? I WOULDN'T SAY A BAILOUT, BUT THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST MADE FOR SOME REIMBURSEMENT.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ADDITIONAL STIPEND REQUIRED.

IT'S NOT JUST RELATED TO OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO ALL EXPENDITURES THAT ARE OCCURRING AT FAIR PARK FIRST.

SO YOU WOULD COME BACK TO THE CITY FOR MORE TAXPAYERS MONEY, IN ADDITION TO WHAT TAXPAYERS HAVE ALREADY GIVEN WITH THE 50 AND THE PRIMARY POINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR, STATE YOUR POINT OF ORDER.

I THINK IT'S GETTING A LITTLE OUT OF GERMANE TO WHAT THE TOPIC THAT IS ON THE AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. IF YOU COULD.

WRAP IT UP IN THE NEXT 22 SECONDS.

AND MAYBE IF I WRAP IT UP, DON'T I HAVE TWO MORE TERMS? YOU DO, BUT I'M BEING I'M BEING I'M BEING TOLD THAT YOU COULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE SO A LITTLE FAR OFF.

THANK YOU. SO, TO PARLIAMENT INQUIRY, THEN WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF TODAY? I'LL LET THE PARLIAMENTARIAN READ IT.

SHE HAS THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. IT'S THE FAIR PARK FIRST INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTS REPORT AND RELATED FAIR PARK FIRST CONTRACTS A CONTRACT.

SO IS IT A CONTRACT? JUST TRYING TO BE LEGAL AND GERMANE.

IS INDEED FAIR PARK'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.

ONE THAT ENCUMBERS FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS TO THIS BODY.

IS THE $50 MILLION THAT CAME FROM THE TAXPAYERS.

AND THE 333 MILLION OF YOU CAN GET ME STRAIGHT ON THAT, THE OTHER TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

IS THAT NOT GERMANE TO THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC? THIS IS A PUBLIC ENTITY.

AM I AM I CLEAR ABOUT THIS IS NOT A PRIVATE THIS IS NOT A PRIVATE CLUB.

THE POINT OF THE BRIEFING IS TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE REPORT AND QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE REPORT AND THOSE KIND OF INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITH THE THE REPORT AND THE CONTRACTS BETWEEN FAIR PARK FIRST, THE CITY AND OVG.

THREE 60. ALL RIGHT. SO, ATTORNEY, THE QUESTION WITH THE CONTRACT, THEN THE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, DOES IT NOT INVOLVE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS IN ORDER FOR US TO EXECUTE THIS PROJECT AND MAKE IT EFFECTIVE? AND ONCE SHE ANSWERS THAT, WE NEED TO GET YOU BACK ON THE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE I HAVE TO REPRESENT THAT.

AND SO I WAS SENT HERE TODAY TO ASK THE QUESTION, SO IF THAT'S IF I'M LEGAL IN THAT POINT.

MAYOR, I'LL COME BACK.

SINCE THIS GENTLEMAN DID MENTION THE FACT THAT HE WAS GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION REMAINS, DO YOU PLAN ON ASKING FOR FUNDS FROM THE CITY? IT'S AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION.

ALL RIGHT, SO JUST HOLD ON ONE SECOND BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER.

EVERY TIME. SOMETHING LIKE.

THIS. COUNCILWOMAN.

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IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. THERE'S A STIPEND.

PAYMENT? YES.

JOHN JENKINS, DIRECTOR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

YES. THERE'S A STIPEND PAYMENT THAT THE CITY PROVIDES.

I THINK THAT STIPEND PAYMENT IS ABOUT 3.8 MILLION.

COULD YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC? I COULD, YES. THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES PROVIDE A STIPEND PAYMENT TO FAIR PARK FIRST.

AND THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, I THINK, IS AROUND 3.8 MILLION BECAUSE IT DECREASES EACH YEAR.

SO THE QUESTION WOULD BECOME, IS THIS A PART OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY WHERE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS, WHERE WE MAY BE HAS THIS MONEY ALREADY BEEN GIVEN? YES, IT'S IT'S PAID IN PAYMENTS.

SO MORE MONEY THAT WOULD BE REQUESTED WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL DECISION THROUGH A CONTRACT TO DISSEMINATE ADDITIONAL MONIES BASED ON THEIR ASK.

THAT'S CORRECT. ALRIGHT.

SO IT'S TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

IT IS GERMANE AND RELEVANT IN MY MIND.

AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, MAYOR, I THINK I'LL COME BACK BECAUSE I AM ALSO GETTING THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WHEN WE WILL MOVE INTO AN AUDIT.

THANK YOU. WE'LL ACCOMMODATE YOU IN THE.

THANK YOU. IT'S ABOUT THE NEXT ROUND.

THANKS. MISS BLACKMON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

AND IT'S NEVER EASY AND FAIR PARK.

I'VE ALREADY BEEN TO THE FAIR SIX TIMES THIS YEAR, SO IT IS A TREASURE THAT EVERYBODY USES AND EVERYBODY CELEBRATES.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS.

I GUESS WHEN I GOT THE EMAILS AND KIND OF THE BACK AND FORTH I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MONEY IS, IS OUT THERE IN, IN THE UNIVERSE.

RIGHT. WE'VE GOT THE 5 MILLION THAT I THINK Y'ALL HAVE DONE A A LOOK AT.

BUT THEN ON YOUR OVG, IT'S LIKE 2.1 IS BEING FAR GONE.

1.9. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE UNIVERSE OF OUTSTANDING FUNDS THAT IS OWED.

KIND OF GOING TO WHAT MISS ARNOLD WAS SAYING AND WE TALKED ABOUT IS ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT, ANY ANYTHING THAT COMES AS A DELTA, YOU COULD ASK US FOR MONEY AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

AS I KEEP SAYING, I FEEL LIKE I'M TALKING TO MY KIDS HERE.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

SO I GUESS LET ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE UNIVERSE OF MONEY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? AND I GUESS FROM EACH OF YOUR PERSPECTIVES, AS, AS THE AUDITORS INDICATED, IN TERMS OF SHORTFALL OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, THAT PHILANTHROPIC MONEY HAS BEEN RAISED FOR IS 5.7 MILLION.

OKAY. IF IT IF IT RELATES TO THE CURRENT ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND THEIR AGING, I WOULD DEFER TO MR. O'DELL TO PROVIDE THAT NUMBER.

RIGHT. SO LET ME FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST QUICKLY ADDRESS WE DON'T FUNDAMENTALLY WE DON'T EVEN AGREE WITH THE REPORT IN THE 5.7 MILLION. LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN, I GUESS EXPRESSED TODAY THAT IT WAS FIRST AN AUDIT AND NOW IT'S A REVIEW.

AND THAT REVIEW MAKES SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT THERE'S $5.7 MILLION THAT HAVE BEEN MISALLOCATED, BUT THERE'S NO REAL LOTS OF DETAIL TO SUGGEST WHAT THAT IS AND WHERE IT IS. WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND BEEN INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS, BUT I WOULD ASK TO THE COUNCIL AND YOU CAN ASK THE AUDITOR, LIKE, WHAT IS THE DOCUMENTATION THAT SUPPORTS THAT $5.7 MILLION? THAT IS SUGGESTED? BECAUSE WHAT THAT ACTUALLY IS, IT'S A RECLASS OF LOTS OF EXPENDITURES THAT ARE RELATED TO A LOT OF PROJECTS.

AND SO WE TAKE ISSUE WITH THE PROCESS THAT WAS GONE THROUGH.

TYPICALLY YOU WOULD HAVE AN AUDIT THAT'S INDIVIDUAL TESTING THAT WOULD COME TO SOME CONCLUSION ABOUT THAT $5.7 MILLION.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT.

AND WE WOULD DISPUTE AND SAY WE HAVE NOT AGREED TO THOSE CHARGES.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT'S THE FIRST ISSUE.

THE THRESHOLD ISSUE RELATED TO THAT IS THAT THE RECLASS OF THOSE EXPENDITURES WAS BASED ON A CLASSIFICATION OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT CAME FROM THE FORMER LEADERSHIP OF FAIR PARK FIRST.

IN THE FIRST PLACE, I HAVE DOCUMENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO QUOTE TO YOU THAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN EMAIL FOR WHICH BRIAN LLEWELLYN SAYS THAT CAPITAL FUNDS ARE NOT TO BE DISPERSED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL FROM THE CEO AND OF THE BOARD CHAIR.

I GET THAT, AND THAT'S ODD.

THAT'S GOING TO BE. BUT BUT ON YOUR BALANCE SHEET, HOW MUCH IS ACCOUNTING THAT IS PAYABLE TO YOU.

SO. OH SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE REPORT THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.

BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE OVERALL NUMBER THAT WE'RE IN.

WHAT'S THE OVERALL NUMBER.

SURE. SO SO THE SO THE PAYABLES THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT ARE I GUESS OUTSTANDING PAYABLES.

AND THAT'S PAYABLES FOR FAIR PARK FOR OPERATIONS I THINK ARE ESTIMATED AT $6 MILLION.

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SO 6 MILLION IS STILL OWED OUT FROM YOUR GROUP.

NOT NOT MY GROUP, BUT OPERATIONS OF FAIR PARK FIRST.

OKAY. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S ALSO MISINTERPRETATION, AS IF IT'S OUR MONEY, WE ARE OPERATING ON BEHALF IN OUR SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT.

WELL, WE'RE KIND OF IN A PARTNERSHIP, I WOULD HOPE.

BUT ANYWAY, SO BACK TO THE 5.1.

TELL ME, WHAT IS YOUR QUALIFICATIONS TO TO ACTUALLY PUT THIS REPORT OUT THERE.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THAT IF YOU'RE A CPA, YOU ARE LICENSED AND YOU FOLLOW ALL THOSE GUIDELINES.

AND SO WHILE YOU DIDN'T PUT ALL THE ATTACHMENTS THERE SOMEWHERE AND YOU GAVE US A HIGH LEVEL LOOK, SO COULD YOU JUST TELL US? I MEAN, HE'S BASICALLY SAYING THAT HE DISAGREES WITH YOUR 5.1, BUT TELL US WHY WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND AND GET WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING HERE ON PAPER.

I AM A CPA CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO FOR 30 YEARS AND EXTENSIVELY INVOLVED IN IN ATTESTATION WORK.

THIS ENGAGEMENT THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY IS AN ATTESTATION ENGAGEMENT.

IT IS A CALLED AN AGREED UPON PROCEDURES YEAR'S ENGAGEMENT.

AND IT'S CALLED THAT BECAUSE IT IS PERFORMING SPECIFIC PROCEDURES AS REQUESTED BY THE USER.

FAIR PARK FIRST AND SPENCER FANE TO LOOK AT CERTAIN SPECIFIC ITEMS. AND THE SPECIFIC ITEM IN QUESTION ON THIS THAT'S COVERED BY THIS REPORT WERE ONE.

WHAT WERE THE COLLECTIONS RECEIVED FROM DONORS THAT HAD RESTRICTIONS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS? SO THAT WAS ONE SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

THE SECOND SIDE OF THE EQUATION WAS TO EVALUATE THE EXPENDITURES OF THAT WERE REPORTED BY THE OPERATOR AS QUALIFYING FOR RELEASE OF DONOR RESTRICTED FUNDS, AND SO WE WERE PROVIDED.

THE AUDITORS WERE PROVIDED WITH A LIST FROM OBG THAT SAID HAD ABOUT 2000 INVOICES IN IT, AND IT SAID THESE INVOICES REPRESENT ELIGIBLE EXPENSES AND WOULD ALLOW FOR RELEASE OF RESTRICTIONS.

WE EVALUATED, WE LOOKED AT, WE TESTED THOSE INVOICES.

WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OF ALL OF THE INVOICES.

WE MET ON MANY OCCASIONS WITH FAIR PARK FIRST MANAGEMENT, WITH OVG MANAGEMENT, AND WENT THROUGH ON A LINE BY LINE BASIS AS TO WHAT EXPENSES EACH SPECIFIC INVOICE SHOULD BE CHARGED TO.

SHOULD IT BE CHARGED TO THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN? SHOULD IT BE CHARGED TO ART RESTORATION? IS IT RELATED TO THE MAGNOLIA LAND? IS IT RELATED TO THE COTTON BOWL? IS IT RELATED TO PROPOSITION EIGHT STUDIES? IS IT INTEREST ON THE LINE OF CREDIT THAT FAIR PARK FIRST ENTERED INTO THAT WAS PLEDGED WITH DONOR PROMISES TO GIVE, TO DRAW ADVANCED MONIES TO OR TO SPEND ON VARIOUS PROJECTS? IS IT RELATED TO THE VISITOR CENTER? SO IS IT RELATED TO OTHER OBLIGATIONS? SO WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE INVOICES AND MADE THAT DETERMINATION OF? IS IT QUALIFIED? AND WHEN I USE THE WORD QUALIFIED, I DON'T MEAN I MEAN IT FROM THE STANDPOINT.

IS IT QUALIFIED AND ELIGIBLE FOR RELEASE OF RISK OF DONOR IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS? DOES IT MEET THE WHAT ARE THE FOUR PROJECTS? DOES IT MEET ONE OF THE SPECIFIED PROJECTS THAT THE DONORS INTENDED FOR THE USE FOR? AND IF IT DOESN'T, THEN BY DEFAULT, IT'S UNQUALIFIED.

IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.

OKAY. AND YOU DID THIS WITH EVERY YOU SAID 200.

I MEAN, 2000, 2000.

OKAY, SO YOU DID THIS EXERCISE WITH EVERY PIECE OF PAPER? YES. OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THIS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY DECENT AND EASY PROCESS.

AND YOU. YOU SAID IT WAS A FLAWED PROCESS.

SO. AND IT'S SHOWING, YOU KNOW, OVER 5 MILLION IS NOT REALLY ALLOCATED.

SO WHAT WHAT IS TO ME, IT SOUNDS PRETTY BLACK AND WHITE.

YEAH, SURE.

IT'S NOT. I RESPECTFULLY.

DON'T BELIEVE IT'S BLACK AND WHITE.

I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE AS A PROJECT AND SOME OF THE ALLOCATIONS.

AND WE PARTICIPATED.

JUST SO THE COUNCIL IS AWARE AND DISCUSSIONS WITH BOTH FAIR PARK FIRST AND THE AUDITOR, FOR WHICH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO DETAIL TO SUPPORT SOME OF THESE ALLOCATIONS. SO ONE, ONE GREAT EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE YOU IS ONE OF THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PROJECTS INCLUDED THE PARKING GARAGE.

OKAY. RIGHT. THE PARKING GARAGE.

THERE WAS $4 MILLION OF COSTS THAT ARE NOW IN THE PARKING GARAGE.

OF THAT 5.7 MILLION, $2 MILLION OF THAT IS ALLOCATED TO THE PARKING GARAGE.

THERE'S NO DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT WHY A PORTION OF THE PARKING GARAGE IS NOW BEING PUSHED AWAY FOR THAT.

LIKE WE HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED ANY OF THAT DOCUMENTATION.

IT'S A 50% SPLIT.

AND I WOULD SUBMIT THE AUDITOR HAS NOT PROVIDED THAT TO US.

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WE HAVE SEVERAL CHALLENGES HERE.

ONE WAS FUNDS WERE INDEED CO-MINGLED.

INVOICES WERE ALSO COMMINGLED.

SO THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A LAWYER THAT DID WORK ON A LEASE THAT OVG WAS WORKING ON, AND THAT SAME LAWYER MAY HAVE PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION AT A BOARD MEETING.

SO ALL THAT HAD TO BE BIFURCATED RELATIVE TO THE PARKING GARAGE.

THE PARKING GARAGE STARTED AS A $30 MILLION.

IT WOULD BE ABOUT $30 MILLION.

THAT WAS HOW MUCH WAS ALLOCATED FOR THAT PARKING GARAGE WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF OFFSETTING PARKING SPACES THAT WILL BE LOST TO THE COMMUNITY PARK THAT WE CONSTRUCT.

SO WE START A PROCESS, THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS START UP PROCESS OF DESIGNING THE PARKING GARAGE.

THE PARKING GARAGE, THEN WITH OVG'S GENERAL MANAGER GIVING DIRECTION TURNS FROM A PARKING GARAGE.

AND THERE WAS A BERM ATTACHED.

AND THEN THERE WAS A DESIRE BY THE GENERAL MANAGER OF OVG TO TURN THAT BERM INTO A STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR TRUCKS AND THAT SORT OF THING USED IN DAILY OPERATIONS.

IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO TURN THE TOP OF THE PARKING GARAGE INTO AN EVENT SPACE, AND THAT WAS LARGELY UNDER FIFA. SO THE PARKING GARAGE WENT FROM DISPLACEMENT OF CARS.

WE HAD SCOPE CREEP.

AND SO EVENTUALLY IT BECOMES THIS IS AN OPERATIONAL ISSUE, NOT AN OFFSET OF PARKING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

RIGHT. SO.

BUT, MADAM COUNCILMAN, MAY I SAY SOMETHING? SURE. TO GREG'S POINT, THAT WAS AN ALLOCATION IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL COST OF THE PARKING GARAGE ACTIVITY WAS LET'S SEE, $4,281,888 OF SPECIFIC INVOICES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PARKING GARAGE ACTIVITY.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AS TO EXACTLY WHAT VIOLETTA IS TALKING ABOUT.

AND SO THE END RESULT OF THE 50 OVER 50 SPLIT WAS SIMPLY THAT AN ALLOCATION DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS NECESSARILY AGREED TO BY OBG.

BUT THAT'S HOW IT WAS ALLOCATED IN THIS ALLOCATION.

THAT'S RIGHT. GO AHEAD. SO, MADAM CHAIR, SO I GUESS THAT'S MY POINT.

THAT DETERMINATION WAS MADE.

BARLETTA GAVE YOU AN EXPLANATION FOR WHICH THAT'S HER INTERPRETATION OF THAT ALLOCATION.

THE AUDITOR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, DIDN'T MAKE THAT ALLOCATION INDEPENDENT OF EITHER ONE OF US.

AND SO, I GUESS, HOW IS THERE INTEGRITY IN THE ALLOCATION OF THESE COSTS WHEN IT IS NOT BEING DONE INDEPENDENT OF EITHER ONE OF US? AND THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DOCUMENTATION TO SUBSTANTIATE IT.

I CAN TELL YOU MY VERSION OF WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED.

I DON'T WANT TO GO TICK FOR TACK ON EVERY EXPENSE, BUT BUT THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE HERE.

BUT I GUESS FUNDAMENTALLY, I WILL SUBMIT TO YOU THAT WE DID NOT ACT ALONE.

WE ARE ACTING AS A PROJECT MANAGER, AS AN AGENT.

AND THE FORMER LEADERSHIP, SPECIFICALLY DARREN JAMES AND BRIAN LEWELLEN, WERE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT.

AND TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE IS JUST NOT TRUE.

OKAY. SO I GUESS IT SOUNDS LIKE, IS THIS ONE OF 5 OR 1 OF 50? THAT'S THE ANOMALY, RIGHT? IS THIS THE ONE OFF, OR IS THERE MORE LIKE.

IN OTHER WORDS, CAN YOU ALL GET IN A ROOM AND FIGURE IT OUT AND GET TO A POINT WHERE THIS IS REALLY THE AMOUNT? IF YOU'VE GOT SOME THAT YOU WANT TO DISPUTE? I DON'T KNOW THE WORD TO SAY IT, BUT IT'S LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS GETTING CLOUDIER AND CLOUDIER BY THE QUESTION, THE ANSWERS OF THE QUESTION.

SO WE CAN I GUESS MY MY POINT IS WE'RE THE LAST POINT I LEFT THIS.

IT'S NOT AS IF THESE COST ARE THE OBLIGATION AND SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF OVG, WHO'S MANAGING FAIR PARK FOR OPERATIONS AT ITS INFANCY.

FAIR PARK FIRST LEADERSHIP WAS INVOLVED IN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS THAT DETERMINE HOW THESE COSTS WERE ALLOCATED.

SO YOU CAN'T I MEAN, WE CAN REALLOCATE THEM AFTER THE FACT ALL WE WANT.

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NOT NOW, OR IT'S OUT OF BUDGET OR THIS ISN'T IN THE SCOPE WE NEED TO GO BACK, BECAUSE I WOULD THINK YOU ARE THE EXPERT IN THAT SPOT, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO YOU FOR THAT EXPERTISE.

SO I'M GOING TO PUSH BACK ON YOU A LITTLE BIT BY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS LITTLE GROUP SAYING SOMETHING THAT YOU, AS THE EXPERT SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE NEED TO WE NEED TO GET MORE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND TALK ABOUT THIS IN A BROADER SENSE, BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.

THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

SO I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. SO I WOULD SUBMIT WE ARE EXPERTS AT AT TECHNICAL EXECUTION OF PROJECTS, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WE WERE WE WERE RECEIVED DIRECTION BY FAIR PARK FIRST.

AND IF THEY WANTED TO ULTIMATELY MAKE A DECISION EVEN ON A SELECTION OF VENDORS, IN THE DIRECTION AND SCOPE OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

THEY GAVE US THAT DIRECTION LIKE IT IS WE ARE ACTING ON THEIR BEHALF.

IF THEY WANTED THESE EXTRA AMENITIES FOR THIS PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, PARK, IT IS THEIR DESIRE.

WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO REFUTE THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE AT THEIR DIRECTION LIKE WE ARE.

WE'RE THEIR AGENT OPERATING ON THEIR BEHALF.

I GUESS I SEE IT DIFFERENTLY.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, MISS? WHILE I HEAR MR. O'DELL REFER TO MR. JAMES AND MR. LLEWELLYN? THERE ARE THREE PLAYERS IN ANY DECISION AT THAT PARK.

AND THE. THE THIRD PLAYER WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER, PETER SULLIVAN, FOR OVG. AND AS AN OPERATOR, I GUESS THIS IS MORE OPINION THAN FACT.

OKAY. AS AN OPERATOR WITH EXPERIENCE OF RUNNING THESE PARTICULAR FACILITIES.

HIS HIS OPINION CARRIED MORE WEIGHT WHEN IT WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF PLACING THESE THINGS HERE? SO LET'S NOT EVER FORGET THAT THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS AT FAIR PARK.

THANK YOU. AND AND I'M HOPING WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS THAT THIS PARK IS IMPORTANT TO US.

OKAY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS CITY.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS REGION.

AND AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR EVERYBODY TO COME TO THE TABLE TO MAKE IT WORK, BECAUSE WE CAN'T LET IT FAIL.

OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR, INCLUDING THE DONORS, IS THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PARK IN OUR CITY.

AND SO IN THIS MATTERS.

SO I WOULD I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION, WORKING THROUGH IT, GETTING TO THE BOTTOM.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE MONEY.

I MEAN, I FOUGHT OVER FOR A $500,000 LIBRARY.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND IT DOESN'T SAY IN YOUR CONTRACT THAT YOU MUST COME WITH A BALANCED BUDGET.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK TO MAMA TO CUT A CHECK.

AND WE CAN'T CUT ANY MORE CHECKS.

THAT'S JUST THE BOTTOM LINE.

SO WE NEED TO EITHER FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK TOGETHER OR, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW NOT.

SO WITH THAT, I THINK I'M AT MY END.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN LAVALLE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ATKINS.

SO HONORABLE LOU, I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING SOME OF THESE ARE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE TOUGH, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT YOU.

YOU WEREN'T IN CHARGE AT THE TIME, BUT YOU ARE NOW.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE UNFORTUNATE PART.

YOU KNOW HOW MUCH RESPECT I HAVE FOR YOU.

SO DON'T TAKE ANY OF THESE PERSONALLY.

ANYBODY. SO THIS ONE IS HOW MUCH OF A HANDICAP WAS IT FOR FAIR PARK FIRST WHEN IT WAS FIRST IN YOUR FIRST SETUP THAT YOU WERE GIVEN NO MONEY, YOU HAD NO YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY FOR STAFF.

YOUR STAFF HAD TO BE PAID FOR BY THE FOR PROFIT ENTITY THAT THEY WERE ALSO SUPPOSED TO OVERSEE.

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? AND.

IT IS OBVIOUSLY UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE IN IN A RELATIONSHIP WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE DOMINANT PARTNER AND YOU ARE THE SUBORDINATE PARTNER.

I THINK THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT.

IF YOU'VE READ THE SUBMANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RIGHTS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEVER THE EYES WITH THE OPERATOR.

THE OPERATOR HAS THE ABILITY TO SEVER TIES WITH US WHENEVER WE ARE ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM

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BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE CITY TO FAIR PARK FIRST AND THE FAIR PARK FIRST TO OVG, WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE REQUEST BY THE CITY.

THEN WE MUST GO TO OVG AND ASK FOR THE ANSWER.

THEN WE MUST TAKE THAT ANSWER BACK TO THE CITY.

THEN, IF THE CITY HAS FURTHER DIRECTION, WE MUST TAKE THAT BACK TO OVG.

WE ARE.

OUR NAME IS ON EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING. SO IN SPITE OF NOBODY ON OUR STAFF ORDERED UP, YOU KNOW, PARKING OR SECURITY VENDORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S STILL OUR NAME.

IT'S STILL THE UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION OF BEING THAT YOU'RE IN, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF AS IT IS. AND WE ONLY HAD ONE STAFF MEMBER INTO 2021.

SO OVG ON SITE HAS 5052, I BELIEVE, STAFF MEMBERS.

SO THAT'S QUITE AN IMBALANCE IN IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP.

YOUR STAFF CAN'T BE AT EVERYTHING.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE ROOM MAKING DECISIONS IN A, YOU'RE NOT IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS IN A LOT OF CASES. YEAH.

THAT'S THAT CAN BE I HEAR THE FRUSTRATION IN YOUR VOICE, AND I HAVE KNOWN YOU LONG ENOUGH THAT I RARELY EVER HEAR FRUSTRATION IN YOUR VOICE.

AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMPELLING TO ME TO HEAR YOUR YOUR RESPONSE.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THIS NEXT QUESTION, IS IT TRUE THAT IN THAT ON AUGUST 2ND, 2018 MEETING, WHEN SPECTRA, NOW OVG AND FAIR PARK FIRST PRESENTED TO THE PARK BOARD AND THE PARK BOARD WAS PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE APPROVAL OVER ANY IMPROVEMENTS AT FAIR PARK OVER $250,000.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND DO YOU KNOW IF THIS HAPPENED OR NOT, AND IF NOT, WHY NOT? I'M NOT AWARE THE THE WHAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE PARK BOARD AND OCCASIONALLY IS BROUGHT TO YOU IF IS IT A LEASE? OKAY, SO YOU SIGN OFF ON A LEASE THAT IS OVER ONE YEAR.

PARK BOARD SIGNS OFF ON THE.

BUDGETS. THEY ASK FOR REPORTING AND SO FORTH, BUT EVERY.

INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURE OF GREATER THAN 250,000.

NO, IT.

IT DID NOT HAPPEN.

AND I'M QUITE FRANKLY NOT IN A POSITION TO.

TELL YOU WHY EXACTLY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

VERY GOOD. AND I APPRECIATE THE END OF THE END.

AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO.

YOU KNOW, I STARTED WITH THE PREFACING OF, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU WEREN'T IN THE ROOM ON ALL OF THESE AS A BOARD MEMBER THEN, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S LIKE, NOW YOU'RE IN THE SEAT.

YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE IN CHARGE NOW OF OF BEING THE CHAIR.

AND I KNOW THAT THINGS WILL IMPROVE AND GET BETTER, AND THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE TRANSPARENCY, HOPEFULLY, BETWEEN THE PARK BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. AND, YOU KNOW, I DO UNDERSTAND.

I'VE BEEN THERE AS WELL. WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE DOMINANT VERSUS THE SUB, THE SUBMISSIVE, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE CONTRACTS ARE BUILT, IT'S LIKE WHO'S THE BOSS AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE BOSS, BUT THEN YOU FIND OUT LIKE, OH, I'M ALL OF A SUDDEN NOT THE BOSS, RIGHT.

AND AND THAT'S A REALLY WEIRD PLACE TO BE IN ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE WHAT WE CONTRACTED.

MEANING THE CITY WITH YOU ALL TO DO, RIGHT VERSUS WHAT YOU ALL CONTRACTED WITH THEM TO DO.

AND WE'RE ALL IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WHO DO YOU CALL? LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO ALL FIGURE THAT OUT.

THIS IS THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

I CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR EMOTIONS OUT OF THIS BECAUSE WE ALL LOVE FAIR PARK.

THIS IS OUR OUR BIGGEST GEM.

THERE'S NOWHERE IN THE IN THE WORLD THAT HAS THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS.

THIS MANY OF THEM.

WHAT? AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO THE ATTACHMENT THAT THIS CITY HAS WITH THE CENTENNIAL.

YOU KNOW, THE BICENTENNIAL THAT'S COMING.

YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.

AND IT'S HARD NOT TO LET OUR EMOTIONS GET INVOLVED IN THIS.

[02:45:01]

IT'S JUST BUSINESS AND NOT FROM YOU.

I'M JUST SAYING, OVERALL AND I HOPE YOU'RE HEARING FROM US THAT THIS ISN'T JUST BUSINESS FOR US.

FAIR PARK IS HISTORY FOR US.

IT'S OUR GEM. IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND WE DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THIS PLACE FOR MANY YEARS.

AND THANKS TO HONORABLE LILL, YOU KNOW, SHE REALLY HELPED PUT A FOCUS ON IT.

AND THEN SOME OF US THAT GOT ON THE COUNCIL AND MY COLLEAGUE THAT'S SITTING HERE NEXT TO ME, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ADAM BAZALDUA, IT'S LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN THE LEADERSHIP, THE, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S MANY MORE IN ORDER FOR US TO REALLY FINALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

AND THEN WE WE DID ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WERE REFERENCED EARLIER WITH, YOU KNOW, THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND VOTES AND EVERYTHING SO THAT WE COULD START TO DO IT BECAUSE $50 MILLION PER BOND ELECTION WAS NOT GOING TO DO IT EVERY SEVEN YEARS.

BUT THAT WAS THE START, RIGHT? AND TO GET ONE BUILDING DONE, AND I HOPE THAT FOLKS ARE UNDERSTANDING THIS AND HEARING IT BECAUSE I'M FRUSTRATED AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS COUNCIL IN EIGHT MONTHS WITHOUT THIS BEING RESOLVED AND US BEING INTO A BETTER PLACE AND US GETTING BACK ON TRACK BECAUSE WE OWE IT NOT JUST TO EACH OTHER HERE AS BEING RESPONSIBLE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS AND EVERYTHING.

BUT WE OWE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

WE OWE IT TO THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WE OWE IT TO THIS ENTIRE NATION BECAUSE FAIR PARK FIRST.

I MEAN, FAIR PARK.

LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT IN THIS ENTIRE WORLD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

COUNCILMAN WILLIS.

HELLO. THANK YOU.

I THINK, MR. MOLINARI.

I'M GOING TO START WITH YOUR DOCUMENT.

THIS ON PAGE FOUR, THERE IS AN ITEM THAT SAYS LESS AMOUNT SUBMITTED TO CITY OF DALLAS TO BE REIMBURSED.

AND IT'S FOR $1.839037.

SO MILLION EIGHT IS THAT ONE ITEM? IS THAT A FEW ITEMS AND WHAT IS THAT? THAT EXCUSE ME, THAT IS FOR INVOICES FROM OVERLAND PARTNERS.

THAT WAS WORK RELATED TO THE PROP, A SURVEY OF THE STRUCTURES ON FAIR PARK OF THE PROP STRUCTURES OR THE PROP STRUCTURES.

OKAY. AND WHO ORDERED THAT? DO WE KNOW FROM EITHER ENTITY? DO WE KNOW? LET ME SEE.

I CAN'T I CANNOT TELL YOU WHO SIGNED THE AGREEMENT WITH OBERLIN TO CONDUCT THAT SURVEY.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE SURVEY WAS NOT RELATED TO ANY OF THE DONOR RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES.

OKAY. THIS WAS DONE IN ADVANCE.

IT'S DONE.

MARCH OF 22.

AND SO IT IS IN ADVANCE OF PROPOSITION A PASSING. AND SO IT WAS A DESIRE IN MANY CASES OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT TO ASSESS THOSE SIX BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE RECEIVING FUNDS FROM PROP A, WHAT WERE IT WAS DONE BY AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM.

THE DELIVERABLES ARE IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT'S HANDS, AND THEY RELATE TO THE SIX BUILDINGS THAT ARE SPELLED OUT IN THE PROPOSITION.

SO IF THIS IF THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS GOING TO REIMBURSE THIS, THE CITY CONSENT TO HAVE THAT DONE.

WERE THEY NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE? IT'S A LITTLE. IT IS.

THERE WAS DISCUSSION.

THERE WAS.

AND I'M NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THIS.

THERE WAS DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT IN 2022 AND I'D HAVE TO PULL THE EMAILS.

THE CONSIDERATION WAS FOR FAIR PARK FIRST OVG TO MANAGE ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS.

AND THAT COMES A LITTLE LATER.

I THINK THE EMAIL DATE IS ABOUT AND THE AGENDA IS ABOUT OCTOBER OF 20, 2022, WHICH IS PRE-ELECTION.

THERE WAS A MEETING RELATIVE TO FAIR PARK FIRST MANAGING THOSE PROJECTS. THE DECISION WAS MADE IN 2023 THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT WOULD MANAGE THOSE PROJECTS.

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THAT SAID, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE THOSE, AND THERE WEREN'T GOING TO BE IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH FUNDING IN THE BEGINNING TO DO ALL SIX PROJECTS.

SO THEY COULD ONLY DO ONE, WHICH WAS THE COTTON BOWL.

OKAY, WELL, GOING BACK TO JUST THIS ITEM.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED MAYBE THERE WASN'T AN OFFICIAL HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING YOU A TAB FOR THIS.

SO THAT'S I'M JUST WANTING TO NAIL THAT DOWN.

I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THAT IS FAIR, BUT IT IS AS THE PARK DEPARTMENT WILL TELL YOU, IT IS THE PRODUCT.

THEY NEED IT.

YEAH. I MEAN, NO DOUBT IT'S USEFUL.

IT'S JUST WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND PROCESSES HERE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME THINGS WERE KIND OF LOOSE.

SO OKAY. GOING BACK EARLIER IN THE LETTER, MR. NORI ON PAGE TWO, ITEM C AND THIS MAY NOT BE YOURS TO EXPLAIN, BUT I'LL START WITH YOU SINCE IT'S YOUR LETTER, IT IS ABOUT IT SAYS NOTED EXPENSES REPORTED AS EXPENSES QUALIFYING.

AND THIS IS THE PART I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FOR NET ASSETS.

WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTION THAT INCLUDED VARIOUS LEDGER ACCOUNTS, INCLUDING PAYROLL, SALARIES, BONUS BENEFITS, TRAVEL AND ENTERTAINMENT.

SO IT APPEARS THAT THESE CAME FROM FUNDS THAT AT ONE TIME WERE RESTRICTED, BUT THEN THEY WERE RELEASED PER THIS DOCUMENT.

SO WHO RELEASED THEM FROM DONOR RESTRICTED INTO BEING OKAY TO FUND BONUSES, TRAVEL, THAT SORT OF THING. YEAH, YEAH.

GO AHEAD. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF FAIR PARK FIRST ADOPTED A GIFT ACCEPTANCE POLICY.

IN FACT, THEY ADOPTED TWO DIFFERENT POLICIES.

ONE SUPERSEDED THE FIRST, BUT CONTAINED IN THE POLICY WAS A PROVISION FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST DONATIONS RECEIVED.

AND SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE WAS INITIALLY CALCULATED BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE GIFT RECEIVED AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF, I BELIEVE, THREE, FOUR, AND 5%.

LET ME SEE HERE. YEAH, 3% FOR GRANTS, 2% FOR GRANTS, OVER 5 MILLION.

3% FOR GRANTS RECEIVED OR DONATIONS RECEIVED, OVER A MILLION AND THEN 4% FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO FOR EACH OF THE RESTRICTED GRANTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED, IT WAS AGREED UPON THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ASSESSMENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM FOR WHICH THAT DONATION WAS INTENDED TO BE USED.

THE NET ASSETS WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTION IS JUST THE I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IT'S THE AICPA'S WAY TO STATE DONOR RESTRICTED FUNDS BEING USED FOR THE INTENDED USE.

YEAH, THAT IS PECULIAR.

WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

WELL, I'M STILL WORKING ON IT.

OKAY. I SO AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, I UNDERSTAND, BUT WHEN I SEE SOME THINGS IN HERE AROUND TRAVEL AND AROUND BONUS, THAT SEEMS A LITTLE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF PAYING SOMEONE'S SALARY AND BENEFITS TO ADMINISTER A GRANT AND A PROJECT, ETC..

SO IS THAT UNUSUAL? WELL, THIS WERE THESE WERE THE CATEGORIES OF EXPENSES THAT WERE REPORTED AS BEING ELIGIBLE AND QUALIFYING FOR RELEASE.

AND THEN UPON FURTHER TESTING, WE MADE THE CALCULATION OF, WELL, WHAT'S THE ABSOLUTE DOLLAR AMOUNT BASED ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THAT COULD BE CHARGED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE? AND THAT CAME OUT TO AN ABSOLUTE NUMBER.

AND SO THAT TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE 1.152 MILLION THAT WAS MADE UP OF VARIOUS AND SUNDRY TYPES OF ADMINISTRATIVE TYPES OF ACCOUNTS, NOT JUST NOT SALARIES, BUT ADMINISTRATIVE TYPES OF ACCOUNTS, WAS IN EXCESS OF THAT CALCULATED AMOUNT TO BE ELIGIBLE AS IDENTIFIED IN STEP D THERE OF $307,000.

SO WOULD THIS SALARY ALL OF THESE EXPENSES THAT THE RESTRICTION WAS RELEASED ON WERE THESE TO PAY OVG OR FAIR PARK FIRST? STAFF. FAIR.

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OKAY. AND THEY CAME.

THESE ARE THE RESULT OF A GIFT POLICY ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL.

AND THAT WE INFORM THE DONOR OF THAT THAT 10% WILL BE UTILIZED FOR ADMINISTRATION.

AND SO IT FELL WITHIN THE 10%.

EXACTLY. OKAY. OKAY.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO GO TO THE OVG LETTER THAT MR. O'DELL YOU HAD SENT.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THERE.

IT'S THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR LETTER.

IT. ONE TWO. THREE. FOUR.

FIVE. FIFTH BULLET. THE LAST BULLET ON THE PAGE.

IT TALKS ABOUT SIGNIFICANT PAST DUE AMOUNTS ARE OWED TO THIRD PARTY VENDORS AT THE PARK.

OVG ITSELF HAS DEFERRED EARNED FEES OF OVER 2.1 MILLION IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

TO ENSURE PARK OPERATIONS CONTINUE TO HELP THIRD PARTY VENDORS GET PAID.

SO, AND YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT REQUESTING A STIPEND FROM THE CITY.

IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WOULD COVER? NO, NO.

SO I AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE ALL THESE PAYABLES WE'RE SUGGESTING TO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT REQUIRED, THAT WE WOULD DEFER ANY PAYMENT TO US TO PRIORITIZE ALL THE OTHER VENDORS.

WELL, IF YOU'RE MANAGING OPERATIONS, I MEAN, WOULDN'T THAT BE INCENTIVE TO GENERATE REVENUE? I MEAN, WHY I ASKED MY QUESTION IS THE CITY CAN PAY OR YOU CAN GENERATE REVENUE OVG CAN OR YOU CAN CUT SERVICES. SO YOU'RE NOT RACKING UP FEES.

CORRECT. SO HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE THIS ADDRESSED? I MEAN, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU I WOULDN'T WANT THE CITY TO PAY IT.

I WOULD EXPECT EITHER REVENUE TO BE GENERATED.

I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY INCURRED THESE SO YOU CAN'T CUT THE SERVICES.

BUT TELL ME ABOUT THE PLAN TO GENERATE REVENUE TO CLOSE THIS.

RIGHT. SO AND AGAIN I'LL GO BACK TO BECAUSE I WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE WERE WORKING WITH FAIR PARK FIRST.

COLLECTIVELY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS.

PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THIS SHORTFALL IS BECAUSE WE HAD DIRECTION TO TO SPEND MONEY ON OTHER PROJECTS OR OTHER EXPENDITURES.

AND SO IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, SOLELY TO, TO PAY THESE.

WE WERE RELYING ON FUNDS THAT WERE COMING FROM OTHER SOURCES THAT DID NOT COME.

AND THAT DIRECTION ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF FAIR PARK, FIRST IN ANTICIPATION OF RECEIVING FUNDING FROM ALL THESE OTHER SOURCES.

WELL, I MEAN, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SENSE THAT FUNDS AREN'T COMING AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS, NOT NECESSARILY.

THERE COULD HAVE BEEN FROM BREMER BILL THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FROM ARPA, COULD HAVE BEEN FROM FROM ADDITIONAL STIPEND IF THAT WAS REQUIRED.

THERE WERE THERE WERE OTHER REQUESTS OR FUNDING SOURCES.

AND WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION WHERE THE FORMER LEADERSHIP WOULD REFERENCE THE FACT THAT IF THEY WERE USING FUNDS FROM FUNDRAISING, THEY ANTICIPATED RECEIVING FUNDRAISING OR, EXCUSE ME, RECEIVING FUNDS FROM OTHER PLACES TO REPLENISH IT.

AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN.

OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, YOU'RE STILL PART OF THE EQUATION.

YOU STILL CONTRIBUTE TO THIS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GENERATE SOME REVENUE AND HELP PULL THAT, PULL SOME OF THAT WEIGHT.

I MEAN, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT HOW ON THE NEXT PAGE, THE LAST BULLET TALKS ABOUT OVG REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE GROWING DEFICIT IN OPERATING FUNDS AND HAS OFFERED SERVICES.

LIKE WE'RE DOING OR OFFERED SOLUTIONS LIKE TRANSITIONING SERVICES TO THE THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE. THE CHECKBOOK.

AND OR REDUCING CERTAIN SERVICES OFFERED.

BUT I MEAN, AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE THAT YOU'RE PART OF THE EQUATION ON THE REVENUE SIDE.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE, I THINK, EARLY CONCERNS.

AND SO I'M JUST I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT ALL THE FINGERS SEEM TO BE POINTING AT THE CITY TO, TO CLOSE THESE GAPS.

WHEN THIS WAS YOUR CONTRACT, THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE HIRED TO DO.

SO, SO COUNCIL MEMBER WE WE ARE.

AND PART OF WHAT I ADDRESSED WAS THE EXISTING PAYABLES FOR SURE.

NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO DO OUR PART IN TERMS OF DEFERRING OUR PAYMENT TO HELP WITH THAT BUCKET, BUT EVEN ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS, WE WILL DRIVE MORE REVENUE.

LIKE I REFERENCED, SOME OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT WE CAN DO.

PARTICULARLY NAMING RIGHTS AND SPONSORSHIP DEALS FOR THE ASSETS THAT WILL CONTROL A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE ALSO TIED TO THE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES AS WELL.

WE'VE DRIVEN A LOT MORE REVENUE SINCE WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, OPERATORS ON THIS ACCOUNT AND WE, WE WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO HELP CLOSE THAT GAP.

OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY I WOULD SAY, MISS LIL, YOU KNOW, OUR DONORS, I MEAN THEY'RE A COVENANT WAS MADE WITH THEM AND IT'S BEEN PUSHED. AND IT IS A GEM.

WE LOVE FAIR PARK.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE SPIRIT OF POTENTIAL DONORS IS IN THE MARKETPLACE? I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE GO FORWARD REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE MAKEUP IS.

WHAT ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS LIKE? WE ARE WE ARE HAVING CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS.

WE ARE SENDING OUT BRIEFINGS TO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS ABOUT WHAT WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND THAT

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I, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT, MR. O'DELL TALKS ABOUT THE SHORTFALL AND THE EXPENDITURES EVERY YEAR.

AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT PARK BOARD MEETING IN 2018, THERE THEY HAVE HIRED SOMEONE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO PUT TO RAISE 3 MILLION OF UNRESTRICTED FUNDS PER YEAR.

AND THAT 3 MILLION WAS NEVER RAISED IN ANY YEAR.

AND IN EVERY BUDGET THAT IS CREATED, THAT $3 MILLION WOULD REAPPEAR UNTIL THIS YEAR'S NEW GENERAL MANAGER CAME.

AND IT IS NOT THERE, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE A SHORTFALL SO THAT 3 MILLION STARTING IN 2019.

AND LET'S BE FAIR, 2020 AND 2021 ARE VERY HARMFUL TO VENUE MANAGEMENT FOLKS.

THIS IS DEVASTATING TO FAIR PARK TO DROP FROM 6 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR TO 750,000.

BUT THE ARRANGEMENT THAT WAS MADE WAS THERE WOULD BE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS RAISED.

THAT NUMBER WAS 3 MILLION.

IT CONTINUED TO BE PLUGGED INTO THE BUDGET.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, WE'RE AT $3 MILLION SHORTFALL.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN WES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

AND I'M GOING TO PICK UP WHERE MY COLLEAGUE JUST LEFT OFF.

I MEAN, I'LL FIRST SAY THAT WE ALL LOVE FAIR PARK.

WE HAVE PROBABLY THE EIGHTH PERSON TO SAY THAT SO FAR, AND WE WANT TO SEE FAIR PARK BE SHORED UP IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK OUR DONOR BASE WHO SUPPORTS FAIR PARK, LOVES FAIR PARK AS MUCH AS THE REST OF US UP HERE.

AND THEY. IF I WAS A DONOR, I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE ONE THAT THESE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS ARE MET, BUT TWO, THAT THE STRUCTURE IS IN PLACE MOVING FORWARD SO THAT IF YOU GUYS LEAVE AND SOME NEW GROUP COMES ON BOARD, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

SO I'VE READ THE FAIR PARK MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND MY QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE CLARIFYING, AT LEAST FOR ME.

IF THERE'S STILL ANY GAPS, I GUESS WHAT I'M MOSTLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE BASED ON THIS CONTRACT, AND I'M NOT COMPLETELY THROUGH THE SPECTRA, THE OVG CONTRACT YET, BUT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ONE PARTY, A PERSON WHO'S RESPONSIBLE. IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, I THERE'S.

THIS IS WHY THERE'S ALL THE FINGER POINTING IS THE WAY I SEE IT.

SO I SEE IN SECTION 1.1 OF THE CONTRACT DATED NOVEMBER 1ST, 2018.

THE FAIR PARK MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT THAT THE MANAGER, WHO IS FAIR PARK FIRST IS THE EXCLUSIVE OPERATOR AND MANAGER OF FAIR PARK.

I SEE LATER ON IN SECTION 4.01 THAT THE MANAGER DOES EVERYTHING AND TAKES ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY FOR FAIR PARK MANAGEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

4.02 THERE IS A BOARD OF 13 DIRECTORS OF FAIR PARK FIRST, WHICH THEN APPOINTS A DIRECTOR, WHICH I GUESS WAS BRIAN LLEWELLYN, RIGHT. WHO WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

AND THEN THAT POSITION REPRESENTS THE PARK BOARD AS THE PARK BOARD'S LIAISON TO YOUR BOARD.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THERE'S NO DIRECT REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY? THERE IS NONE. FAIR PARK FIRST.

OKAY. AND THEN WHO ACTUALLY REPORTS TO THE PARK BOARD? WHO GOES TO PARK BOARD MEETINGS AND GIVES UPDATES? IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE.

THE CEO OF FAIR PARK FIRST GOES TO THE PARK BOARD.

IF THERE IS A QUESTION FROM THE PARK BOARD, THEN THE CEO.

AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE THE CONTRACT AUDIT THAT WAS DONE IN 2022 2023.

OKAY. AND THE PART THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CONTRACTED TO DO AN AUDIT OF THREE EVENTS.

THEN THEY GAVE THEIR FINDINGS TO FAIR PARK FIRST AND SAID WHAT THEIR SHORTCOMINGS WERE.

MR. LLEWELLYN HANDS THAT REPORT TO AUBG.

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THEN THE CITY RESPONDS ONE MORE TIME.

IT COMES BACK TO THE FAIR PARK FIRST AND THEY HAND IT BACK TO OVG.

OKAY, SO I KNOW THAT THE FAIR PARK FIRST IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE AN AUDIT YEARLY TO THE CITY, RIGHT? THAT'S IN THAT'S IN OUR AGREEMENT WITH YOU.

THAT IS THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.

OKAY. AND THEN THE CITY MAY ALSO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL AUDITS, BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE PER YEAR.

I THINK ONE PER SIX MONTHS.

AND THEY THEY DID ONE THAT I MENTIONED 2022 2023 WHICH WAS A CONTRACT AUDIT FOR AN EVENTS.

AND THEY AUDITED THE ROLLING STONES CONCERT, FOODIE LAND AND COLDPLAY.

SO THEY LOOKED AT TICKETING, SECURITY AND PARKING AND THE CONTRACTS WITH THE VENDORS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WITH THE ROLLING STONES.

THEY LOOKED AT THOSE CONTRACTS, BUT THAT'S THE THAT IS THE ONLY AUDIT.

BEYOND THE REGULAR FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT THAT I AM AWARE OF, WHO DO YOU SEE AS THE RESPONSIBLE ENTITY WITHIN THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT FAIR PARK FIRST IS MEETING ITS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS? IS THAT THE PARK? THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS AT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

IS IT CITY COUNCIL? I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR IN THIS CONTRACT, WE TYPICALLY REPORT TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT.

WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT WE MUST WORK WITH.

BUT TYPICALLY OUR REPORT IS TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT.

IF IT IS A LEASE, IT GOES TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND THEN COMES TO YOU FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

OKAY. I KNOW, LIKE IN MY OWN BUSINESS, IF I DON'T MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE CREDIT CARD BILL, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET PAID.

AND IT ULTIMATELY FALLS ON ME.

RIGHT, I AGREE. SO I MEAN, I THINK WHEN WE CITY MR. CITY MANAGER, WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, OUR CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS GOT TO BE CLEANED UP BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR IN THIS CONTRACT FROM 2018.

SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS DISCUSSED A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGE.

AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY AT THIS TABLE.

RIGHT. SO WHO MAKES THE DECISION THAT WE WANT TO BUILD A PARKING GARAGE? WHO WHERE IS THAT CONCEPTUALIZED IT? WHETHER TO DO A CAPITAL PROJECT OR A PROGRAM WAS LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DONE IN 20 2021, WHICH UPDATED WHAT WAS TO HAPPEN AT FAIR PARK? WHAT KINDS OF PROJECTS WOULD HAPPEN? THE PARKING GARAGE WAS PART OF THE COMMUNITY PARK BECAUSE IT WOULD NEED TO OFFSET THE PARKING WE WOULD TAKE AWAY TO CREATE GREEN SPACE. I GOT THAT WHO MAKES WHAT ROOM AND WHO'S IN THE ROOM? WHEN A DECISION IS MADE, WE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PARKING GARAGE.

IT'S A BIT CONVOLUTED.

WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS DONE AND I WOULD HAVE.

I HAVE TO LOOK BACK, I BELIEVE OF SPECTRA CONTRACTED WITH BRV BETA AND VENTURES, INC., AND THEY WERE PART OF THE MASTER PLAN, AND THEY WERE ALSO IN THE ROOM MANAGING THE PARKING GARAGE OR THE THE PARK.

EXCUSE ME? THE PARK PLANNING.

SO IS IT OVG SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS PARKING GARAGE NOW? FAIR PARK FIRST OR IS IT FAIR PARK FIRST? SAYING, I WANT YOU GUYS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PARKING GARAGE.

IT'S RELATED.

IT IS BOTH BECAUSE THE.

I KNOW YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE MY FRUSTRATION.

IT IS.

THE PARKING GARAGE IS NEEDED TO OFFSET THE LOSS OF PARKING FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK, WHICH IS UNDER OUR PURVIEW UNDER FAIR PARK FIRST PURVIEW.

BUT THE GENERAL MANAGER OF OVG IS ALWAYS IN THE ROOM, AND LARGELY IS THE THE PERSON DEFINING ISSUES REGARDING CAPITAL PROJECTS, BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE THE PROJECT MANAGER AND THEY HAVE AN ACTUAL PROJECT MANAGER ON THEIR STAFF.

SO IN THE CASE OF THE PARKING GARAGE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AND WE'VE REFERRED TO THESE THREE GENTLEMEN BEFORE, MR.

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MR. LLEWELLYN WOULD HAVE BEEN IN SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS.

MR. SULLIVAN, MR. SULLIVAN'S ASSISTANT.

DE HIRSCH. ET CETERA.

ET CETERA. SO CAN I SAY ONE PERSON GOT A A TOTAL DECISION? THAT'S HARD TO SAY.

I THINK THAT'S THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM.

MR.. MISS TALBOT, MAY WE RESPOND AS WELL? COUNCIL MEMBER. OH YEAH, I HAVE REAL.

YES. I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU, MISS TALBOT.

IF WE WERE GOING TO DECIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A CITY NEW GARAGE BEHIND CITY HALL, WHO WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION? THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO THAT'S HOW SIMPLE THE ANSWER SHOULD BE.

AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT MY POINT.

WITHOUT ME ASKING, IT SHOULD BE WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS SET UP IN A WAY THAT'S CLEAR AND CONCISE, AND IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS VERY CLEAR.

BUT GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

RESPECTFULLY, WE DON'T I DON'T I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT THAT IT MAY NOT BE CLEAR, BUT I WILL SAY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE WE BELIEVE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, IN THIS BEING ONE EXAMPLE, THAT THE AUTHORIZATION AND THE DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WAS CLEAR.

AND IT IS FAIR PARK FIRST.

WE SUPPORT AND PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR THAT.

BUT WE WEREN'T MAKING A DETERMINATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

YEAH. VALETTA.

SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS RELATED TO THAT.

I MEAN, I WASN'T AWARE OF ALL THESE OTHER ADDITIONS TO IT.

THE SHED, I GUESS. THE STORAGE SHED.

WHO MAKES THE DECISION ON IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADD A STORAGE SHED? WHO MAKES THE DECISION IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A PARTY DECK ON TOP FOR FIFA? HOW DO THESE COME ABOUT? IS THIS THE BOARD THAT VOTES ON IT? OR IS IT CAN CAN OBHG MAKE THAT DETERMINATION ON THEIR OWN.

IT IS IN THIS CASE, IT WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER REQUESTING THESE OTHER ITEMS THAT BE ADDED TO THE PARKING GARAGE, AND THE ORIGINAL PARKING GARAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE CONTRACTOR, ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACTOR GENSLER AND PETER SULLIVAN, MR. JAMES AND BRIAN LEWELLEN.

SO THEY WOULD ALL AT SOME POINT BEEN IN THE ROOM TO DISCUSS.

I GO BACK TO THE POINT I WHAT WHAT WE ARE ALL TRYING TO DO IS TO DIVIDE RESPONSIBILITY ACCORDING TO FUNCTION.

AND SO IF IT IS OPERATING, IT IS WAS A BIG IF.

IT IS CAPITAL.

CAPITAL FUND RAISING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE DONOR MONEY.

THAN WE GET GET TO BE IN THE ROOM.

BUT THEY'RE SO INTERTWINED AS WE'VE SEEN THEY THEY.

YEAH. RIGHT THERE.

SO IT'S HARD AS THEY SAY.

IT'S HARD TO TELL WHEN ONE STOPS AND THE OTHER BEGINS.

EXACTLY. AND SO I THINK AS BACK TO MY REQUEST ON AS WE RESTRUCTURE THIS IT'S GOT TO BE ONE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL WITH THE OTHER ONE EXECUTING.

AND THAT'S I GUESS I'LL END ON THIS LIKE FOR THE CITY MANAGER GENERALLY.

WHAT DO YOU SEE OUR PATHWAY FORWARD BEING IN TERMS OF LIKE, DO YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I'M SUGGESTING THAT THERE'S OR DO YOU THINK I'M OFF ON THIS? BUT THE PART OF THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THERE'S NOT A CLEAR DELINEATION OF AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ON COUNCIL MEMBER.

WES. CHAIRMAN. WES.

I'M SORRY. WHAT I WHAT I DO BELIEVE IS THAT WE WE DO HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO GO BACK AND REALLY THINK ABOUT NOT ONLY WHAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED, BUT THERE ARE SOME THERE ARE SOME HUGE GAPS.

I WOULD I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

AND I THINK IT STARTS WITH ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND HOW DO YOU SET UP THAT STRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A CLEAR, ACCOUNTABLE PARTY? AND I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN WORKING WITH THE PARTIES TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS THAT IT'S CLEAR.

AND NOT ONLY IS IT CLEAR, IT'S TRANSPARENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

DEPUTY MAYOR, I HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK MR. AHERN. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE IT TO BE BLACK AND WHITE.

AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOU EXPAND ON THAT.

WHEN YOU WERE TALKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON.

I'M SORRY, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, WHICH I DON'T REMEMBER THE CONTEXT OF WHERE THAT COMMENT WAS MADE.

WHAT WAS THE SUBJECT? THAT THE AGREEMENT CLEARLY STATES THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES.

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CAN YOU EXPAND ON WHERE YOU BELIEVE THERE TO BE A GRAY AREA? I DON'T RECALL SPEAKING ABOUT BLACK AND WHITE ON THE GRAY AREA.

I THINK WE WERE REFERRING TO THE, THE, THE AUDIT.

AND WHEN MR. MOLINARI WAS SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ALLOCATIONS OF EXPENDITURES.

SO I GOT A GOOD MEMORY FOR NOT REMEMBERING.

WELL, I'M, I'M I'M TRYING TO RECALL WHAT I THOUGHT THE MEMORY WAS ABOUT, SO I DON'T THINK I OFFERED THAT, BUT I FOR CLARITY, I.

WELL, THEN LET ME REPHRASE THE QUESTION.

OKAY. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE Y'ALL'S RESPONSIBILITY IS WHEN IT COMES TO UTILIZING FUNDS? THAT HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED.

SO I BELIEVE AS THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND I SHOULD DEFER OUR GENERAL COUNSELS HERE SO HE CAN SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT'S IN THE CONTRACT.

IN FACT, I'LL ASK HIM TO DO THAT.

MAYBE IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE THAT HE DOES.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOUR INTERPRETATION.

OH, SURE. SURE. SO I BELIEVE WE ARE.

OUR JOB IS TO ADMINISTER THE THE FINANCING.

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING UP THE ACCOUNTS.

WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECTING THE FUNDS OR THE APPROVAL OR THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE INVOICES AS IT RELATES TO THE RESTRICTED FUNDS.

IF THE AUDIT HAS SAID THAT THEY THAT THERE IS A BELIEF TO BE MISAPPROPRIATION OF RESTRICTED FUNDS, WHO DO YOU BELIEVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY FALLS UNDER? SO I AS IT RELATES TO THE RECLASS OF EXPENSES, IF THEY ARE TESTED AND REQUEST.

THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE SHARED WITH THE AUDITOR SHOWS THAT THE ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION OF THOSE EXPENDITURES CAME FROM THE FORMER LEADERSHIP OF FAIR PARK FIRST.

IT LITERALLY ARTICULATED THE VENDORS THAT WOULD QUALIFY AS BEING QUALIFYING EXPENDITURES.

SO I GUESS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE RELATIONSHIPS WORK, WHAT ROLE DO YOU PLAY? IT'S AND I ASK BECAUSE YOU SENT SEVERAL EMAILS AND DIFFERENT CHAIN.

I THINK THAT I GUESS AS, AS SOME SORT OF EVIDENCE.

I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING REALLY WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE POINTING TO WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU SENT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CORRELATE TO ANY OF THE FINDINGS THAT WE HAD.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO EVIDENCE THAT GAVE US A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ALL HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS ON SPENDING FUNDS.

AND THEN THERE WERE ASSETS THAT WERE PUT IN WRITING SEVERAL TIMES TO WHO YOU BELIEVED THE MANAGEMENT WAS A PER Y'ALL'S AGREEMENT.

IS THAT ACCURATE? NO, I WOULD SAY WE ARE WE WERE ASKED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IN THIS EXAMPLE I GAVE IN THE 2022 YEAR END AUDIT.

THE AUDITOR ACTUALLY WANTED GUIDANCE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES.

AND SO WE THEN WENT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ASKED HIM FOR THAT GUIDANCE FOR WHICH HE PROVIDED IT TO US.

SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE.

THE OTHER CASES WHERE IF WE ARE PROCESSING BY OUR ROLE OF ADMINISTERING THE THE FINANCING, IF WE WERE PROCESSING INVOICES, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY IN THIS CASE AS IT RELATES TO THE TO THE RESTRICTED FUNDS FOR THEM TO GIVE US DIRECTION TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THOSE INVOICES.

SO IF WE'RE PROCESSING, WE ARE GOING TO SEEK GUIDANCE ON HOW WE SHOULD PROCESS THAT.

SURE, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH WHAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST SAID, THAT THERE THERE IS NOT A CLEAR ANSWER TO THE ROLES AND THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT YOUR CONTRACT IS VERY CLEAR WHEN IT SPEAKS TO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THE ADMINISTERING ANY OF THE FINANCES.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WENT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF FAIR PARK FIRST OR THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ASKED FOR HOLES OF YOUR OPERATING EXPENSES TO BE FILLED.

SO WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS.

I BELIEVE THE AND TO YOUR QUESTION OR POINT, THE WE DON'T HAVE PRIVITY OF CONTRACT.

SO WE GO THROUGH FAIR PARK FIRST TO GO TO THE CITY.

I THINK THE MEETING AND MIKE AHERN, WHO'S OUR SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CAN SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE LAST MEETING WHERE ALL THREE OF US MET TO DISCUSS THAT.

YEAH. SO WE'VE HAD OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH FAIR PARK FIRST ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FOR QUITE SOME TIME, GOING BACK AT LEAST TWO YEARS.

AT WHICH WE BROUGHT UP THE CASE THAT WE NEED TO GO AND MAKE THE REQUEST OF ADDITIONAL STIPEND FROM THE CITY, WHICH WE ARE ALLOWED COLLECTIVELY WITHIN THE CONTRACTS TO MAKE THOSE REQUESTS.

WE WERE TOLD TIMING WASN'T RIGHT LAST YEAR ON ADVICE, WE WENT AND MET ON JANUARY 24TH WITH PARK STAFF TO LAY OUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE

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YEAH. SO. SO YOU'RE GOING TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY, BUT YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE PERFORMING ADEQUATELY.

LOOK, WITHIN THE CONTRACT, THERE WERE CERTAIN BENCHMARKS, BUT NO REAL EFFORTS WERE MADE TO BRING IN MORE REVENUE.

OH, NO. WE HAVE BROUGHT IN MORE REVENUE.

AND WHAT ABOUT STAFFING? DID YOU ADJUST STAFFING LEVELS TO COMPENSATE FOR WHAT CLEARLY WAS HARD FINANCIAL TIMES? I WOULD SAY WE WATCHED EXPENSES.

I DIDN'T ASK IF YOU WATCHED. I SAID, DID YOU MAKE CHANGES? I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT WE MADE AT THAT TIME.

BUT DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN ROLES OF YOU ALL MANAGING YOUR OWN BUDGET, AND WHAT IT WAS THAT YOU WERE CHARGED TO DO FROM THE SUBCONTRACT WITH FAIR PARK FIRST? CORRECT. BUT AGAIN, EVERY BUDGET.

THEY WEREN'T DONE. WE'RE DONE COLLECTIVELY WITH FAIR PARK.

WELL, I'M TALKING TO YOU ALL NOW.

YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AS WE SAID, WE WERE WORK CLOSELY WITH FAIR PARK FIRST ON ALL MATTERS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND WE ALL HAVE TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER AS A WHOLE.

MISS LILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT? ON FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 28TH, FAIR PARK FIRST AND OVG SPOKE WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT.

THEY MADE A REQUEST FOR A MID-YEAR APPROPRIATION.

ON MAY THE 14TH, THE CITY WROTE BACK AND SAID THEY WERE DENYING THAT REQUEST.

HOWEVER, THEY WERE WILLING TO DO THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE AND THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE BASICALLY AN IN-KIND IMPROVEMENT.

THEY WE HAD FURTHER MEETINGS ON THAT.

THE PARK DEPARTMENT SHOWED WE WE AS FAIR PARK FIRST SUPPORTED THAT SENT THAT, SENT AN EMAIL TO THE EFFECT WE ARE SUPPORTING AN ACTUAL LETTER ON AUGUST 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

THE CITY STAFF SHOWED UP TO DO THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, BUT THERE HAD BEEN NO CHANGES REGARDING WHAT FAIR PARK, WHAT OVG HAD DONE.

THE REQUEST WAS MADE.

THE REQUEST WAS MADE WITH OVG.

THE PARK DEPARTMENT DENIED.

THEN THE PARK DEPARTMENT OFFERED IN-KIND SERVICES AND THEN THEY CAME IN AUGUST 1ST FOR THE FAIR AND SPENT 2.45 MILLION ON THE GROUNDS AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE.

THANK YOU, MISS LILL.

I THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'LL COME BACK FOR ROUND THREE.

CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN.

YOU NEED TO TURN YOUR MIC ON.

THE VOLUME UP. IS THAT BETTER? YES. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS HOW MANY VENDORS ARE UNPAID? AND WHAT IS THE TOTAL OF THOSE VENDOR INVOICES THAT ARE UNPAID? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MINUTES THAT IS.

BUT WE DO KNOW WHAT'S THE EXACT TOTAL.

ABOUT 6 MILLION.

YEP. MADAM COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'LL GET THE EXACT NUMBER OF VENDORS, BUT THE TOTAL IS ABOUT 6 MILLION.

THANK YOU. FOR OVER THREE 60.

WHAT WAS YOUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISING GOAL? SO, AS WAS REFERENCED TWO THINGS I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

THE FUNDRAISING WAS NOT IN OUR CONTRACT.

STILL IS NOT IN OUR CONTRACT.

AS WAS REFERENCED DURING THE ORIGINAL, I GUESS, DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD HIRED SOMEONE AS A SUBCONTRACTOR TO HELP SUPPORT THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.

DURING THE CONVERSATION WITH FORMER LEADERSHIP, PARTICULARLY BRIAN LLEWELLYN, HE FELT THAT THERE WAS CONFUSION IN HAVING TWO DIFFERENT FUNDRAISERS, AND SO WE DID NOT DO ANY MORE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES AFTER GIVING THAT DIRECTION.

AND IT WAS ALL REALLY BACK INTO THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION OF FAIR PARK FIRST TO DO THE FUNDRAISING, ALL FUNDRAISING.

AND SO IT WAS NOT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.

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IT WASN'T YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WERE EXPECTED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.

AS I SAID INITIALLY AT THE AT THE START OF THE CONVERSATION OR THE OR AT THE INCEPTION OF THE CONTRACT THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT US PARTICIPATING AND WE HAD A SUBCONTRACTOR TO DO THAT, BUT WE WERE DIRECTED THEN NOT TO PROVIDE ANY MORE SUBCONTRACT OR, EXCUSE ME, ANY MORE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES AFTER THE DIRECTION FROM FAIR PARK FIRST.

AND DO YOU HAVE THAT DIRECTION IN WRITING? WE DO NOT HAVE IT IN WRITING.

AND CAN I ASK FAIR PARK FIRST? WAS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WOULD CEASE FUNDRAISING, THAT THEY WOULD CEASE FUNDRAISING? OUR FUNDRAISING CONSULTANT HAS ASSISTED THEM IN CREATING A PLAN FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, NAMING RIGHTS IN THE COTTON BOWL AND OFFERED ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE SHE COULD PROVIDE IN THAT SCENARIO, IF THERE WAS A REMOVAL OF THE DESIRE, THERE WAS.

IF THERE WAS NO DESIRE TO RAISE THE 3 MILLION, THE QUESTION WOULD BE WHY DID IT CONTINUE TO SHOW UP IN THE BUDGET LINE? SO, AND I CAN CLARIFY, MAYBE JUST FOR NOMENCLATURE SAKE.

SO SO DOING A SPONSORSHIP DEAL FOR NAMING RIGHTS.

WE WOULD NOT CONSIDER THAT FUNDRAISING.

THAT'S JUST PART OF OUR EVENT OPERATIONS WHERE WE STILL AND WILL SEEK SPONSORSHIP AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET AND THE $3 MILLION.

THE FAIR PARK FOR FAIR PARK FIRST BOARD APPROVED THAT BUDGET WITH $3 MILLION, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAD THAT ALLOCATION EVERY YEAR, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE WEREN'T DOING THE FUNDRAISING ANYMORE.

OKAY. AND FOR FAIR PARK FIRST, WHAT WAS YOUR FUNDRAISING GOAL? OUR CONSULTANT WAS HIRED TO RAISE $500,000.

SHE RAISED 44 MILLION.

AND THEN FOR FAIR PARK FIRST, WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS AND WHAT IS YOUR CASH ON HAND? I APOLOGIZE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TO GET.

I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO GET.

LET ME, LET ME LET ME GET THE MOST.

HAVE YOU GOT THE MOST RECENT BALANCE SHEET? I HAVE NO I DON'T. THERE'S LIKE 24.

ACCORDING. AND I'VE GOT THIS BALANCE SHEET FROM OF COURSE, THIS IS WAY BACK IN MAY, SO I DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT BALANCE SHEET WITH ME.

IT SHOWED WE HAD CURRENT ASSETS.

15 WAS AT THAT POINT $15,000,951.

NOW 15,951,000.

EXCUSE ME. AND THE LIABILITIES WERE AT $14,323,573.

RIGHT. AND WOULD YOU KNOW YOUR CASH ON HAND? THE CASH ON HAND AT THE MOMENT IS ABOUT 50,000 IN UNDER UNRESTRICTED.

AND THEN RESTRICTED MONEY WILL BE GOING TO THE NEXT PLEDGE COMING IN IS IN THE NEXT WEEK AND IT'S 400,000.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE $1 MILLION CONTRIBUTION AFTER THAT.

SO BY THE END OF THE MONTH OR BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER WILL BE 1.4 MILLION IN RESTRICTED.

AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THE CASH ON HAND.

THANK YOU. I WAS MOST INTERESTED IN YOUR UNRESTRICTED.

AND PLEASE DON'T MOVE YOUR RESTRICTED MONEY.

WHAT? CAN YOU JUST VERIFY THE BOARD RECEIVED MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS? WE DID RECEIVE STATEMENTS AS BALANCE SHEETS AT THE BOARD.

AND MARK AND I HAVE SOME OF THOSE BALANCE SHEETS, AND I JUST READ FROM THAT MARCH 1ST MAY.

I MEAN, THE INTERESTING THING IS THE CHANGES IN THOSE BALANCE SHEETS.

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MARCH 31ST, APRIL 30TH WE DROPPED TO 18 MILLION.

THEN MAY 31ST, 16 MILLION.

AND I'M USING THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE THE AUDIT, IF YOU REMEMBER, GOES THROUGH FOUR 3024.

SO ON APRIL 30TH, WHICH THE AUDIT CONCLUDED, WE SHOW THAT WE HAD TOTAL ASSETS OF $18,000,601, 601,000. APOLOGIES.

AND MAY I ASK, WAS THE BOARD ALSO APPRIZED OF LIKE LINE ITEM OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES? WE WE DO HAVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

YES. AT THE LEVEL THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON A PROJECT.

NOT EXACTLY.

NO. WHICH IS WHY WE'VE CREATED OUR OWN BUDGET.

RIGHT. AND THEN I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GET CLARITY FOR OBG THREE.

60. ARE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU USED RESTRICTED DONATIONS FOR OPERATIONS? WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE WERE DIRECTED TO DO SO.

YEAH. OH.

I'M SORRY. AND TO BE CLEAR, FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

CAPITAL? YEAH, IF I COULD.

I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD I'M FIRST.

I'M BRIAN ROTHENBERG. I'M GENERAL COUNSEL TO OVG.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THOSE RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT WERE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES WERE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AT THE PARK, NOT OPERATING EXPENSES.

AND AS AS MY COLLEAGUE, MR. O'DELL SAID, THOSE WERE ALL INCURRED OR UTILIZED WITH THE DIRECTION OR APPROVAL OF FAIR PARK FIRST.

AND YOU HAVE THAT IN WRITING.

WE DO. WE HAVE.

WE HAVE EMAILS THAT REFLECT THAT.

AND THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WAS OR I WOULD SAY A SAMPLING OF THOSE EMAILS WERE ATTACHED TO THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT WAS SENT TO THE COUNCIL AND OTHERS EARLIER THIS WEEK.

FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.

I WAS NOT I WAS NOT CLEAR.

ARE THE ADMIN FEES BEING PAID TO FAIR PARK FIRST OR TO OVG? THE THE ADMIN FEES ARE OUT OF DONATIONS ARE BEING PAID TO FAIR PARK FIRST FOR OPERATION.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IT WASN'T OVG.

NO. OKAY.

WELL, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MORENO.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SHORTFALLS, I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE OR ASK SOME QUESTIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

DOES AUBG PROVIDE REVENUE PROJECTIONS YEAR BY YEAR? YEAH. GO AHEAD. YES.

OKAY. AND THEN HOW DO THOSE COMPARE TO THE ACTUAL OPERATING REVENUES.

AGAIN, FOR THIS SPECIFIC COMMERCIAL REVENUES THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR WE'VE EXCEEDED THOSE NUMBERS.

OKAY. OKAY.

IS THERE ANY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED.

YES. OKAY.

AND EARLIER YOU GUYS MADE A VERY DISTINGUISHED, WHICH I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MADE.

SPONSORSHIPS VERSUS FUNDRAISING.

AND SO HOW MUCH FUNDRAISING OR EXCUSE ME HOW MUCH SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS WERE BROUGHT IN.

I THINK WE'RE AVERAGING JUST OVER 300 TO 400,000 FOR THIS PAST YEAR IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE THAT WE ARE EXPLORING TO GROW THAT NUMBER SIGNIFICANTLY.

OKAY. VALETTA, EARLIER COUNCIL MEMBER MIDDLETON ASKED YOU ABOUT ANY ASSETS OR CASH ON HAND.

WAS THAT WERE THOSE FIGURES FOR FAIR PARK FIRST OR FOR OVG.

THEY ARE FOR FAIR PARK.

OKAY. AND SO I HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS FOR OVG.

WHAT ARE YOUR ASSETS AND WHAT'S WHAT DO YOU HAVE CASH ON HAND.

THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHARED ARE OUT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR. YEAH. SPEAKER SHOULD NOT BE SPEAKING FROM THE GALLERY.

WE GOT IT. THANK YOU.

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SO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

THE NUMBERS THAT VALETTA SHARED ARE THE COMBINED FAIR PARK FIRST NUMBERS, INCLUSIVE OF FUNDRAISING AND OPERATING.

SO WHEN SHE SHARED ASSETS LIABILITIES, THAT'S A COMBINED BALANCE SHEET THAT SHE'S REFERENCING.

SO THE OVG OPERATIONAL NUMBERS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT.

THE NUMBERS SHE ALREADY SHARED.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK.

AND YOU HAD BROUGHT UP ABOUT $3 MILLION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RAISED BY SPECTRA SLASH OR NOW OVG.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? HOW WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? THOSE DISCUSSIONS PREDATED FAIR PARK FIRST EXISTENCE.

OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE YOU THERE THEN.

IF YOU DON'T, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS AND CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS THAT WERE MADE DURING THE BIDDING PROCESS. GOTCHA.

SO IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO BRING UP THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS TO EXPLAIN THAT? IS THAT. YES.

YES. VERY GOOD.

IS DIRECTOR JENKINS HERE FROM PARKS? THAT COULD EXPLAIN THIS $3 MILLION FUNDRAISING.

AND NOW WE'RE SAYING DIFFERENT TERMS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOLLARS, SPONSORSHIPS, FUNDRAISING.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THROWING OUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS, BUT THIS IS IN THE AUDIT, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO THE DIRECTOR OR YOU GOT SOMEONE FROM WE GOT SOMETHING FROM PARKS TO ANSWER THAT FOR.

FOR ME. GOOD AFTERNOON.

RYAN O'CONNOR IS THE DIRECTOR OF DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION, SIR.

TO YOUR QUESTION. MY RECOLLECTION IS THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

THERE WAS A PROFORMA THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS A AS A PART OF THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS.

AND MY RECOLLECTION IS THE $3 MILLION WAS INSERTED INTO THE PROFORMA, AND IT WAS TO SPECIFICALLY BE FOR OPERATIONAL FUNDRAISING ON BEHALF OF THE ENTITY THAT WOULD BE MANAGING FAIR PARK.

SO THAT'S IN THE PROFORMA.

DURING THE BIDDING PROCESS? YES, SIR. WHICH WAS SPECTRA.

NOW? OVG. YES, SIR.

THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION.

OKAY. SO AM I.

THIS IS A LEGAL QUESTION, I GUESS.

IS THAT PROFORMA WHEN OPG BECAME A RESPECTED INSPECTOR, BECAME OVG.

IS THAT BINDING TO SPECTRA? I MEAN, TO OVG BECAUSE THEY PURCHASED THE.

YEAH. JUST ONE SECOND. WE CAN ANSWER.

YEAH. YEAH.

I'M GONNA HAVE CONNIE COME UP AND EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS IT BECAME PART OF THE CONTRACT, THE PRO FORMA.

I CAN ALSO CLARIFY, IF YOU WANT.

JUST ONE SECOND. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER.

CONNIE, PLEASE.

HI. CONNIE TANKERSLEY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

GET CLOSE TO THE MIC, PLEASE.

SURE. CONNIE TANKERSLEY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SO WHEN THE CITY WOULD ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL, THE PRO FORMA AND ANYTHING THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH BY SPECTRA AT THE TIME.

NOW, THE SUCCESSOR IN THEIR STEAD IS OVG THREE 60 WOULD HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL CONTRACT.

SO THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. AND HONORABLE YOU.

YOU HAD BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE 3 MILLION THAT WAS PART OF THIS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM.

AND SO NOW I'VE GOT I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU LIKE I SAID EARLIER, YOU WEREN'T PART OF ALL OF THIS BEFORE, BUT YOU'RE HERE NOW, RIGHT? SO HOW MUCH HAS ARE THOSE DOLLARS.

ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE FUNDRAISED FOR MAINTENANCE.

WAS IS WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS.

IS THAT SUPPOSED TO GO TO YOU ALL OR ARE THEY JUST SEND YOU LIKE, OH, WE DID THIS MUCH IN FUNDRAISING TO PAY OURSELVES FOR FOR THAT? OR WHERE WERE THESE DOLLARS SUPPOSED TO APPEAR? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE AUDIT.

THOSE DOLLARS, WHICH NEVER MATERIALIZED, WERE SUPPOSED TO GO INTO OPERATING FOR FAIR PARK.

AND THE CONFUSING AS AS STACY HAS INDICATED, THAT BALANCE SHEET THAT YOU SEE IS FOR FAIR PARK.

SO IT'S FOR THE MANAGER AND THE OPERATOR.

AND SO THAT 3 MILLION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UNRESTRICTED AND WOULD BALANCE OUT THE TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET. OKAY.

SO THERE'S 3 MILLION.

WE'RE FIVE YEARS IN.

AND YOU? HOW? WHERE IS THIS $3 MILLION A YEAR?

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I MEAN, I MEAN, I IT SEEMS LIKE SIMPLE MATH TO ME.

SO YOU WERE LIKE, YOU WANTED TO SPEAK SO BAD.

SO I'M GOING TO. I GUESS I'LL ASK YOU IF ACTUALLY.

YEAH, IF I COULD JUMP IN, PLEASE.

I THINK I COULD HOPEFULLY SHED A LITTLE LIGHT ON THIS.

I LIVE THROUGH THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OVG FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.

JUST TO GO BACK, THE ORIGINAL PRO FORMA, AS MR. O'CONNOR INDICATED, HIS RECOLLECTION IS THE SAME AS MINE.

IT INCLUDED A $3 MILLION PER YEAR PROJECTION FOR FUNDRAISING FOR OPERATIONS THAT IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM FUNDRAISING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

COMMUNITY PARK.

OTHER. NON.

RIGHT, RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE $3 MILLION IN THE PRO FORMA THAT SPECTRA PRESENTED.

YES. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FAIR PARK FIRST.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE FUNDRAISING I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR FUNDRAISING.

SO DON'T DON'T TRY TO TWIST IT ON ME.

NO. OKAY. SO JUST GET ME TO WHERE THE $3 MILLION IS A YEAR.

THAT SHOULD BE SIMPLE.

WHERE'S THE $3 MILLION IN FUNDRAISING EVERY YEAR? SIR, I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY.

I DON'T WANT CLARIFICATION, SIR.

I DON'T WANT CLARIFICATION.

WHAT I WANT IS FOR YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

OMAR. OMAR. THERE'S ONE.

EXCUSE ME. ONE AT A TIME. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ONE AT A TIME.

OKAY? THANK YOU.

SO WHO'S GOING TO ANSWER WHERE THE $3 MILLION IS? I DON'T NEED CLARIFICATION.

I WANT TO KNOW WHERE $3 MILLION IS A YEAR TIMES $515 MILLION.

WHERE IS IT? $3 MILLION OF OPERATING OF PROJECTED FUNDRAISING FOR OPERATIONS, AS VIOLETTA INDICATED PRIOR, DID NOT MATERIALIZE. AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY THAT IS.

IF I MAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.

IT DOESN'T EXIST CONTRACTUALLY.

THAT IS NOT AN OVERSIGHT.

MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, EXCUSE ME ONE AT A TIME.

OKAY. LAST TIME.

LAST WARNING.

OKAY. GO AHEAD.

CHAIRMAN. SO WE'RE ON MY TIME.

SO I'M ASKING QUESTIONS.

AND SO, VALETTA.

HONORABLE LITTLE I THINK I GOT THE ANSWER.

AND MY WORRY IS, IS THERE'S A DEFICIT, AND WE NOW KNOW THERE'S $15 MILLION THAT HAS NEVER MATERIALIZED.

SO THERE'S A DEFICIT OF FIVE SOMETHING.

THERE SHOULD BE A PLUS TEN.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

WITH THAT MISS MENDELSOHN, YOU GOT YOUR HAND UP AGAIN? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? NO.

I'M SORRY. I JUST DIDN'T LOWER IT.

OKAY, CHAD, WHERE'S ROUND TWO? THANK YOU. MAYOR.

WE. CAN WE GET SOMEONE FROM PARKS DEPARTMENT BACK UP HERE? AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. SWANN HERE IN A MINUTE OR TWO.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN HERE.

HEY, JOHN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE WHEN I ASKED MY OTHER SERIES OF QUESTIONS.

AND I'M REALLY FOCUSING MY QUESTIONS ON THE THE CONFUSION OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND THE HIERARCHY AND WHO REPORTS TO WHO.

SO I'M GOING TO KEEP I'M GOING TO STAY ON TRACK ON THAT.

WHO DOES FAIR PARK FIRST REPORT TO FAIR PARK AS IT RELATES TO STAFF.

THEY REPORT TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR.

AND MY DESIGNEE IN THIS CASE WOULD BE MY CONTRACT COMPLIANCE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, RACHEL BERRY.

AND MY PARTNERSHIP, RYAN O'CONNOR.

OKAY, SO ULTIMATELY THE THE ENTIRE AUDIT PROCESS AND ALL OF THAT, THAT ALSO FALLS UNDER PARK DEPARTMENT OR DOES THAT FALL UNDER I MEAN, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AUDITS? YEAH, WE HAVE WE HAVE OUR INTERNAL COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS.

AND WHEN THERE WAS QUESTIONS RELATED THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE PARK BOARD PRESIDENT AS WELL AS SOME THINGS THAT WE UNCOVERED, WE DID OUR OWN.

WE HAVE A CERTIFIED CPA WITH OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS, AND HE CONDUCTED AN AUDIT ON A PARTICULAR AREA WHERE WE HAD CONCERNS WITH FINANCING FINANCES.

I THINK IF I CAN GET MISS, I SEE MISS TOLBERT'S COMING BACK.

ONE OF MY CHALLENGES WITH I UNDERSTAND WHY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS QUASI NOT UNDER CITY MANAGER.

I UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF ALL THAT.

BUT ULTIMATELY, THIS WHOLE SITUATION, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOT TO ANSWER FOR THIS.

MEDIA IS CALLING US.

THE MEDIA IS CALLING YOU.

HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, GIVEN THE CURRENT STRUCTURE AND THE FACT THAT THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS DOESN'T EVEN REPORT TO YOU? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION AND CHAIR WEST.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS DIRECTOR JENKINS AND I HAVE HAD A GOOD RAPPORT, AND I THINK THAT THAT RAPPORT WILL CONTINUE.

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SO IN MY OPINION, WE WILL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, ALONG WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ABSOLUTELY MAKE SURE THAT THE GO FORWARD APPROACH IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

TRULY GET YOUR FINAL BUY IN.

BUT THIS CANNOT BE DONE IN A SILO.

IT HAS TO BE DONE IN COMPLETE COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE PARK DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT.

SO YOU'RE TELLING ME SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, WHATEVER HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES TO RESTRUCTURE THIS WHOLE CONTRACTUAL SCENARIO WE, AS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO YOU AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, IS ARE THESE TWO ENTITIES OR WHOEVER REPLACES THEM IF THAT HAPPENS. ARE THEY COMPLYING WITH GOOD FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES? AND THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE A QUESTION THE CITY MANAGER CAN ANSWER.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT THAT QUESTION WILL BE ABLE TO BE POSED TO THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE OF THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT. AND I KNOW THAT MR. JENKINS IS VERY OPEN TO THAT ONGOING COLLABORATION.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT REALLY IS ABOUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND NOT ABOUT JUST THAT DEPARTMENT.

SO I THINK THAT ONCE WE GET THROUGH AND WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE HARD LIFTING THAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR THIS, THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO HAVE A A VERY CLEAR DIRECTION, AND I WILL FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO TELL THIS BODY EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT.

AND THAT WILL BE AND AGAIN, WITH DIRECT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THAT DEPARTMENT AND WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY.

SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I NEED. EXCUSE. EXCUSE ME.

CITY MANAGER. I JUST WANTED TO PUT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A CITY CONTRACT AND THE COMPLIANCE IS IS IN THE DEPARTMENT.

BUT THIS ULTIMATELY IS A CITY OF DALLAS CONTRACT.

SO YOU HAVE THE FINAL PURVIEW OVER APPROVAL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE PUT OUT THERE.

SO THAT'S WHY COUNCIL IS ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS TODAY.

DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US, MISS TOLBERT, LIKE A A RESOLUTION OR AN ACTION FROM COUNCIL? OR IS THE GUIDANCE CLEAR ENOUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, ON THE PATHWAY FORWARD? I THINK WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS WAITING FOR THE AUDIT TO BE COMPLETED, I THINK WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION THAT THIS COUNCIL WANTS US TO TAKE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOES NOT LINGER.

I THINK WE'VE GOT TO MOVE WITH, WITH WITH WITH THE SPEED OF URGENCY.

AND I THINK THAT MR. JENKINS IS PREPARED TO WORK WITH US TO DO SO.

SO I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

I THINK WE UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.

AND I KNOW THAT MR. JENKINS WILL BE BRIEFING THE PARK BOARD AS WELL.

BUT I FEEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN SYNC AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND SHARE WITH YOU AND ACTUALLY KEEP YOU ABREAST OF WHERE WE ARE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND DOING THAT.

THANK YOU. AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING REGULAR BRIEFINGS TO COUNCIL ON PROGRESS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO I WANTED TO ASK MR. SWANN TO COME UP FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO MAY NOT KNOW THIS.

THE CITY AUDITOR DEPARTMENT IS SEPARATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER, SEPARATE FROM CITY ATTORNEY FOR A REASON.

AND I JUST WANT TO ASK MR. SWANN, IF, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN WATCHING THIS WHOLE AUDIT PROCESS, WHICH IS NOT HAS NOT BEEN UNDER YOUR PURVIEW.

CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A LIKE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS, LIKE MOVING FORWARD, ANY GUIDANCE FOR US NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT? I GAVE YOU NO HEADS UP, I KNOW THAT, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO TELL US.

OKAY. WELL, MARK SWANN, CITY AUDITOR.

PRIOR TO ME COMING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE FORMER CITY AUDITOR HAD DONE A WHOLE SERIES OF CONTRACT MONITORING AUDITS IN PARKS AND CULTURAL EVENTS.

AND SO YOU SAW THE VISITDALLAS AUDIT? THERE WAS A BOATHOUSE AUDIT, ALL THOSE.

AND THE MAIN THING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE CITY WAS NOT DOING THE BEST JOB IT COULD ON MONITORING CONTRACTS OR HAD A PROCESS.

AND SO THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OTHER PEOPLE STARTED CREATING A CONTRACT MONITORING TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH THEY CALL DECORE.

AND THEN THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE.

AND WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE CERTIFIED IN CONTRACT MONITORING.

BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS YOU GET SOMEONE CERTIFIED, THEY MAY LEAVE AND YOU GET SOMEONE ELSE.

ALSO, YOU START SEEING THE REVIEW GROUPS INSIDE DEPARTMENTS FOR THAT PURPOSE TO START MONITORING CONTRACTS.

SO THE THE EFFORTS BEEN PUT FORWARD, BUT WE'RE STILL NOT MADE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO EXECUTE THAT.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE WAY THIS.

I DON'T KNOW HAVE YOU READ THE CONTRACT? I HAVE NOT READ THIS.

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I WOULD JUST ASK YOU FROM AN ADVISORY STANDPOINT FOR FOR US, FOR GFM COMMITTEE, IF YOU COULD REVIEW MAYBE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE THE AUDIT PROCEDURES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN HERE, AND LET US KNOW IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT OR IF YOU WOULD RECOMMEND AS PART OF MOVING FORWARD, WE CHANGE.

WE REQUIRE MORE AUDITS, A THIRD PARTY AUDIT, YOU KNOW, OR I GUESS IT IS A THIRD PARTY AUDIT.

BUT IF YOU RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES MOVING FORWARD FOR THIS CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT.

OKAY. CAN YOU DO THAT? WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN MORENO THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME.

JUST CLOSING UP FOR TODAY.

AND I'VE WRITTEN DOWN A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND LISTENING TO CHAIRMAN WEST AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER, BUT I BELIEVE EVERYTHING COMES BACK.

AND THANK YOU ALL. I HEARD NO OBJECTIONS TO GERMANENESS IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT YOU ADDRESSED.

I THINK WHAT IS VERY KEY HERE IS THAT THE UNIFYING COMMENT IS THAT THE CITY, THE FAIR PARK, IS THE PEOPLE'S PARK.

THAT'S THE WAY THEY SEE IT.

AND SO WHEN I ASK QUESTIONS, EVEN THOUGH I NOTICED THAT SOME OF YOU ALL PROBABLY NOTICED TOO, AND EVEN IN THE AUDIENCE THAT SOME FOLKS START TO SCROUNGE AROUND THE HORSESHOE, I THINK BECAUSE I'M ASKING THE QUESTION THAT THE PEOPLE ASK OF ME, AND I TRY TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD EVERY TIME THAT I'M SITTING HERE BY THE PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.

AND SO WHEREAS CITY, THE FAIR PARK SITS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, IT IS LABELED AS A A CITYWIDE PROJECT.

SO IT TOUCHES ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT I HEARD THE CITY MANAGER SAID THIS, WE NEED TO HANDLE THIS BECAUSE IT'S THE CITY AS A WHOLE IS HERE.

MR. CHAD WEST TALKED ABOUT THE PRESSURE FALLING ON OUR SHOULDERS.

THAT'S INDEED TRUE.

SO NO MATTER WHAT GOES ON HERE, WE HEAR THAT THERE IS SOME DISCONNECT HERE.

WE KNOW WE NEED A CONTRACT THAT WILL SOLIDIFY A A UNION THAT MOVES FORWARD FOR THE CITY.

A FEW YEARS AGO, JIM SCHULTZ USED TO WRITE IT.

I THINK THERE WAS A TERM HE USED IN HIS ARTICLES CALLED UNFAIR PARK.

RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE IT'S AN UNFAIR PARK, NOT KNOWING ALL OF THE HISTORY OF THAT THAT HE WROTE BEHIND, BUT IT IS AN UNFAIR PARK BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I DON'T GET THE FEELING THAT THE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN A GOOD DEAL.

THEY'VE NOT BEEN DEALT A GOOD HAND ON THIS, ON THIS PROJECT.

SO I CONTINUE TO STAND AND I'M NOT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH STANDING THAT.

ULTIMATELY, WHEN YOU ENGAGE A PROJECT THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY, IT'S OWNED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.

AND SO I'M NOT HERE TO PREACH TO YOU.

I'M JUST HERE TO BRING THE FACTS.

AND SO TODAY, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, CITY MANAGER, WE KNOW THIS IS A CITY FACILITY THAT SHOULD ALWAYS REST IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE.

AND ALL OF THIS CONFUSION ABOUT WHO FAILED TO RAISE MONEY AND WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.

IT'S AN UNFAIR SITUATION TO THE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY WHO WENT TO THE POLLS AND VOTED FOR THE $50 MILLION.

WE'RE NOT CLEAR ON THE BRIMER.

I UNDERSTAND NOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY BRIMER MONEY DIRECTLY TO YOU.

IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO THE CITY.

BUT THERE'S STILL MONEY THAT BELONGS NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, BUT THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS.

AND SO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

CITY MANAGER WITH A CONTRACT THAT IS CLEAR, CONCISE, BINDING, NO AMBIGUITY ABOUT LANGUAGE, NO OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO BE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS IN THEIR ACTIONS.

SO I ASK YOU TODAY, DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WITH ALL YOUR YOUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWER AS CITY MANAGER.

AND WE DO THE SAME AS A COUNCIL MAYOR, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT, BUT WE ARE HERE TO DO THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

AND THE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE GERMANE TO ANY CONVERSATION THAT I MAKE AROUND THIS ISSUE.

AND YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

OUR LAST ROUND.

ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I WILL JUST MAKE SURE TO CLARIFY THAT THE 2017 BOND FUNDS, $50 MILLION, HAS ALL BEEN SPENT, AND IT'S BROUGHT GREAT REPAIRS TO FAIR PARK SO TAXPAYERS CAN REST ASSURED OF THAT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPAND ON THAT? THERE'S JUST A LITTLE OVER 1 MILLION LEFT, AND IT GOES TO FOOD AND FIBER, AND THEY WILL BEGIN AS SOON AS THE FAIR HAS COMPLETED.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EMPHASIZE, WHICH IS THE ROLES THAT EACH PLAY AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE CONTRACTS TO PRESCRIBE.

SO EXPLAIN TO ME IF YOU ARE IN OR SAID TO BE IN DEFAULT OVG WITH YOUR SUBCONTRACT.

WHAT LEGAL RECOURSE DOES FAIR PARK FIRST HAVE TO REMEDY?

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THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED.

WHAT LEGAL RECOURSE IF WE WERE IN DEFAULT OF CONTRACT, WOULD FAIR PARK FIRST HAVE? CORRECT. IS YOUR QUESTION.

I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK WHAT THEIR RECOURSE IS.

I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I ASSUME THEY COULD SEND US A NOTICE OF DEFAULT.

AND THEY HAVE REMEDIES UNDER THE CONTRACT THAT ARE SPECIFIED, AND I COULD NOT TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.

SO I HAVE ALREADY HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN DEFAULT.

BUT IF IT IS IF THERE IS FINDINGS THAT DISAGREE WITH YOUR INTERPRETATION, WHERE SHOULD WE GO FROM HERE? WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST IS THE NEXT STEP? WE WOULD WELL, I WOULD PROFFER THAT WE WOULD TRY TO FIND RESOLUTION THROUGH SOME KIND OF PROCEEDING, WHETHER THAT'S DIRECT DISCUSSIONS, WHETHER THAT'S A MEDIATION WHATEVER WE CAN AGREE ON TO TRY TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES AS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.

I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CAN LOOK TO THE REMEDY BEING TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT YOU ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

AND THAT'S CLEARLY PRESCRIBED IN THE CONTRACTS.

AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING, BECAUSE I'D LIKE FOR US TO DO THIS COLLABORATIVELY, MOVING FORWARD AND IN WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY AND FAIR PARK.

THAT'S YOUR TIME AND THAT'S YOUR TIME.

THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE NEEDS TO HAPPEN, CHAIRMAN.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I DON'T SEE MADAM SECRETARY.

WE GOT ANOTHER ONE. CITY MANAGER? YES. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WE'RE READY FOR OUR NEXT BRIEFING.

MADAM SECRETARY, THE BOND.

RIGHT? YES.

GO AHEAD. I'LL TAKE A QUICK.

SO OUR NEXT BRIEFING WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE OFFICE OF BONDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT DURING THE AUGUST 21ST BRIEFING OF THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.

[C. 24-3208 Past Bond Program Updates: 2006, 2012 and 2017]

WE WERE REQUESTED TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

THIS UPDATE WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET.

IT'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT THE BOND PROGRAMS FROM 22,006, 2012, AND 2017.

WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL CONSIDERED UNDERWAY.

DUE TO LAND ACQUISITION.

AND SO WE WILL COME BACK AND GIVE MORE DETAILED BRIEFINGS ABOUT THOSE ITEMS. BUT TODAY IS REALLY IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTING FOR STAFF TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE UPDATES ON 2006, 2012 AND 2017 BOND PROGRAMS. SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DEV RASTOGI.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DEV RASTOGI.

I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

I'M STEPPING IN FOR JENNY NISWANDER.

SHE HAD TO STEP AWAY FOR ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT.

AND AS YOU HEARD, WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING A BRIEFING ON PAST BOND PROGRAMS GOING BACK TO 2006 AND THEN TALK ABOUT SOME LESSONS LEARNED AND NEXT STEPS. AND SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE 2006, 2012 AND 2017 BOND PROGRAM WHAT I WANT TO REALLY TALK ABOUT IS THE STATUS OF UNENCUMBERED FUNDS AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED AS A RESULT OF THOSE.

AND SO AND WE'RE COMING TO YOU REALLY AS A RESULT OF THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL FROM THE PREVIOUS BRIEFING.

SO IF WE GO TO THE THE SLIDE ON THE 2006 BOND OVERVIEW.

WHAT THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU IS THE DATA FROM THE JULY 31ST BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE FULL 1.35 BILLION THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS BY PROPOSITION, THE UNENCUMBERED PORTION, BY PROPOSITION.

AND FOR TRANSPARENCY.

AND TO REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE WITH RESPECT TO THESE FUNDS.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED A PERCENTAGE REMAINING PER BY PROPOSITION.

SO THROUGHOUT OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE REMAINING UNENCUMBERED FUNDS.

AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT TERM MEANS.

SO UNENCUMBERED FUNDS ARE THOSE FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN AWARDED BY COUNCIL BUT ARE ALREADY ASSOCIATED WITH A PROJECT. AND SO, JUST LIKE THE BRIEFING ON THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT WE TALK ABOUT TODAY HAVE BEEN EARMARKED FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

AND SO NOW I WANT TO DRILL DOWN INTO THE UNENCUMBERED FUNDS BY STATUS.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS SLIDE IS FOR 2006 BOND UNENCUMBERED FUNDS.

AND SO I THINK THE GOOD NEWS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS WITH THE 2006 BOND PROGRAM, WE'VE NOW COMPLETED OVER 2760 PROJECTS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST LINE OF THIS TABLE, WE FINISHED THOSE PROJECTS WITH 3.6 MILLION REMAINING.

AND SO AGAIN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND REPROGRAM IT.

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AND SO I WANT TO SORT OF TAKE THESE AND DRILL DOWN TO THE PROJECT LEVEL.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROJECTS IN THE 2006 BOND PROGRAM, WHAT YOU SEE IS BASICALLY SIX PROJECTS THAT REPRESENT 80% OF THE UNENCUMBERED FUNDS THAT WE LOOKED AT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

AND SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ABOUT THESE, THESE SIX PROJECTS.

SO TWO OF THE PROJECTS ARE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE KNOWN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE LONGER.

THEY'RE THEY'RE THE MILL CREEK PROJECT AND THE DALLAS FLOODWAY PROJECT.

AND SO WE'VE PUT BOND MONEY IN 2006.

AND YOU'LL SEE IN SUBSEQUENT BOND PROGRAMS FOR THESE TWO IMPORTANT PROJECTS.

ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE THAT YOU'VE HEARD INTERIM CITY MANAGER TOLBERT MENTIONED IS THAT WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS WHERE WE HAVE WE'RE UNDER LAND ACQUISITION, AND THE CADILLAC HEIGHTS IS ONE OF THOSE.

AND OUR INTENT IS TO BRING PROJECTS LIKE THIS BACK TO COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE PRESTON ROYAL BRANCH RENOVATION.

AND SO THOSE FUNDS WE'VE GOT IDENTIFIED TO BE ADDED TO THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO DIVE INTO THE 2012 BOND OVERVIEW.

AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS KIND OF A SIMILAR SIMILAR FORMAT FOR FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR 2012 AND 2017.

AND SO HERE AGAIN YOU SEE ALL OF THE, THE THE PROPOSITIONS AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT, THE AMOUNT LEFT UNENCUMBERED AND THEN THE PERCENTAGE REMAINING. AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS SLIDE IS THE BULK OF THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FLOOD PROTECTION.

NEXT SLIDE. DRILLING DOWN INTO THE UNENCUMBERED STATUS OF THAT 26 MILLION 6 MILLION OR 26.6 MILLION.

WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS WE'VE COMPLETED 957 PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. AND AGAIN, WE COMPLETED THOSE PROJECTS WITH THE SAVINGS OF 3.6 MILLION FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER AWARD. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THOSE PROJECTS IS THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO COUNCIL FOR AWARD, OR ARE GOING TO BE ROOTED WITHIN THE CONTRACT PROCESS FOR NOTICE TO PROCEED.

AGAIN, THE BULK OF THE REMAINING UNENCUMBERED PROJECTS ARE UNDER TWO CATEGORIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR ON HOLD TO BE AWARDED.

AND SO LET ME MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO AGAIN GO THROUGH KIND OF THE PROJECT STATUS OF OF THESE PROJECTS.

80% OF THE REMAINING UNENCUMBERED FUNDS COME FROM EIGHT PROJECTS.

AND SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, MILL CREEK IS AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THAT PROJECT NEEDED SIGNIFICANT FUNDS AND NEEDED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH SEVERAL BOND PROGRAMS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE A PROJECT, THE CANYON PHASE TWO, THAT'S ON HOLD BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER IS WE'RE WAITING ON THE DEVELOPER TO FINALIZE THEIR MASS GRADING FOR THIS PROPERTY FOR THE POWER AND LIGHT PROJECT.

THAT PROJECT WAS AWARDED IN JUNE JUNE 12TH OF 2024.

BUT WE HAVEN'T SHIFTED THE MONEY OUT OF UNENCUMBERED YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T YET BEGUN CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I THINK THE OTHER TAKEAWAY THAT I WOULD SHARE FROM THIS SLIDE IS WE HAVE TWO.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH OF 2025.

NEXT SLIDE.

NOW I'M GOING TO DO A SIMILAR REVIEW OF THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SEE ON THESE REPORTS IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE FROM THE JULY BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT. AND SO THIS SHOWS, AGAIN, THE FULL BILLION DOLLARS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, THE UNENCUMBERED AMOUNT, AND THEN SORT OF THE PERCENTAGE REMAINING BY PROPOSITION.

AND SO THE THREE PROPOSITIONS THAT REPRESENT THE HIGHEST UNENCUMBERED FUNDS ARE PARKS AND RECREATION, STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING.

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE UNENCUMBERED STATUS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF OF INFORMATION ON HERE.

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NEXT SLIDE. SO NOW YOU SEE THE PROJECT STATUS.

WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR 2017 IS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE TOP TEN PROJECTS IN THESE THESE CATEGORIES.

SO THESE ARE THE TEN PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT ALL BUT TWO PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2026.

AND, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE A PLAN TO FINISH EVERY ONE OF THESE PROJECTS.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE ON HERE THAT WE NEED TO GET A COMPLETION DATE.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE THE TOP TEN PROJECTS THAT REPRESENT THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER DESIGN.

AND SO WE HAVE TEN PROJECTS ON THIS LIST THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE.

SIX OF THE TEN PROJECTS ON THIS LIST ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF FY 27.

AND THAT'S CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION NOT DESIGN COMPLETION.

AND THEN MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS THIS FOR 2017.

THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE TOP TEN PROJECTS THAT WE STILL REMAIN TO BE THERE IN THAT REMAINING TO BE AWARDED STATUS.

AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A GAME PLAN FOR THESE CATEGORIES FOR FOR 2017 BASED ON WHAT WE SEE ON, ON THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

AND SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M JUST GOING TO CONCLUDE THIS VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME REMARKS ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED AND NEXT STEPS.

AND SO THE FIRST LESSON LEARNED IS 2017 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE REALLY HAD A BOND OFFICE OVERSEEING THE ENTIRE BOND PROGRAM. AND SO, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, THAT AS WE LOOK AT 2006 AND 2012, WE DID NOT HAVE HAVE THAT LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT. WE DO PRODUCE REGULARLY A BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.

AND THAT REPORT IS REALLY A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, AND IT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME THAT SHOWS THE FINANCIAL UNENCUMBERED STATUS.

BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY DETAIL ON THE PROJECTS AS I'VE SHOWN TODAY.

AND SO WHAT WHAT WE RECOMMEND DOING AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO GOING FORWARD IS TO PRODUCE A SIMILAR REPORT ON A REGULAR BASIS, SO YOU CAN HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT YOU WANT ON HOW THIS MONEY IS GOING TO FLOW AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE USING IT TO COMPLETE THESE IMPORTANT PROJECTS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SILENCE. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I'M CURIOUS. THE THREE DIFFERENT BONDS EACH HAVE THE CATEGORY OF COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION AND EACH HAD A BALANCE.

SO THOSE ARE COST SAVINGS.

IN A COUPLE OF INSTANCES IT WAS 3.6 MILLION.

SO THOSE ARE REFLECTIVE OF PROJECTS THAT CAME IN UNDER THE CONTRACTED AMOUNT FOR SOME REASON.

THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

OKAY. SO WHAT WILL WE BE DOING WITH THOSE FUNDS.

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THAT.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPROGRAM THOSE FUNDS ON EXISTING PROJECTS THAT WE MAY HAVE OVERAGES ON.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS THE JULY REPORT.

AND SO AS AS WE CONTINUE THIS PROCESS OF TRANSPARENCY, YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT MONEY MOVED AROUND.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT THE NEXT TIME, YOU MAY STILL SEE THE SAME UNENCUMBERED AMOUNT TOTAL, BUT THAT MONEY HAS SHIFTED INTO A DIFFERENT STATUS CATEGORY. WELL, THAT MONEY HAS TO BE USED IN THE SAME PROPOSITION THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED, DOESN'T IT? YES. OKAY. THAT IS CORRECT.

AND SO WE'LL WE'LL BE WORKING WITH JACK AND HIS TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING THAT MONEY IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY.

AND WHO DECIDES HOW THAT FUNDING IS? REPROGRAMED. I THINK THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE WITH WITH THE FINANCIAL TEAM TO, AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE MONEY APPROPRIATELY AS IT WAS, WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE VOTERS.

SO THAT'S UP TO THE CFO TO APPROVE THAT REALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS.

THE CFO IN CONCERT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS MONEY IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR FOR EVERY USE AND PURPOSE.

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AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

CHAIRMAN RIDLEY. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE SAME PROPOSITION, THAT IF IT'S RUNNING OVER, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 20 2012, WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S RUNNING OVER AND THERE'S A BALANCE IN THAT PARTICULAR PROPOSITION IN THE PRIOR BOND PROGRAM THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE THAT GAP.

BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO TAKE ANY OVERAGE AND ACTUALLY USE THAT FOR OUR DEBT PAYMENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT BOTH.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SAY IS MORE ABOUT THAT, THERE'S NOT A PROJECT TO MOVE IT TO, AND WE WANT TO COME BACK AND HAVE A REPROGRAMING CONVERSATION.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE VERY CLEAR AND IT'S TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THOSE BOND DOLLARS.

AND WE'RE NOT JUST MAKING THOSE DECISIONS WITHOUT GIVING THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.

SO THAT WILL BE A PROCESS THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY UNDERTAKE AND BRING THAT TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO SECOND LINE OF QUESTIONING, ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS UNDER EACH OF THESE, ANY OF THESE THREE BOND PROPOSITIONS THAT ARE OVER BUDGET AND THERE WON'T BE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO COMPLETE THEM WITHIN THAT PROPOSITION THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS THAT WE MAY NEED TO FACTOR INTO A FUTURE BOND PROPOSAL OR SOME OTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I BELIEVE THERE HAVE BEEN PROJECTS THAT HAVE PROJECT OVERAGES, AND WE'VE FOUND OTHER WAYS TO ADD FUNDING TO THOSE PROJECTS.

I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC LIST OF PROJECTS TO PROVIDE YOU, BUT HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU WITH MORE DETAIL ON THAT.

WELL, I SEEM TO RECALL THAT, I THINK IN THE SPRING, SOMETIME BEFORE WE APPROVED THE FINAL BOND PROPOSITIONS FOR 2024, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS, SEEMS TO ME, $200 MILLION OF PROJECTS FROM PREVIOUS BOND YEARS, THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY IN THOSE BOND PROPOSITIONS TO FULLY FUND THOSE PROJECTS.

AND I SEEM TO RECALL THAT THAT WAS ROLLED INTO THE 2024 BOND.

IS THAT A CORRECT RECOLLECTION? I'M GOING TO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

CHAIRMAN WHEATLEY, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT THE AMOUNT.

JEANETTE. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

YES. WE ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 215 MILLION TO COVER COST OVERRUNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM, AS WELL AS PRIOR BOND PROGRAMS. SO YOU ARE CORRECT.

HOWEVER, WE ISSUED CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

WE DID NOT ROLL IT INTO THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM.

OKAY. WELL, WILL THOSE CEOS ULTIMATELY BE REPAID WITH BOND DEBT OR BOND BORROWINGS? HOW DO WE REPAY THAT OR IS THAT JUST OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS? NO, NO, THE DEBT REPAYMENT IS PAID FROM THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

SO IF YOU RECALL, IN AUGUST OF 2023 WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE FINANCIALS OF THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, WELL BEFORE YOU ALL MADE THE FINAL DECISION, WE PRESENTED TO YOU A FORECAST OF WHAT WE COULD AFFORD.

AND THAT ANALYSIS INCLUDED THE 215 MILLION THAT WE WERE ISSUING FOR COS.

SO IT WAS ASSUMED IN THE CAPACITY, THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY, AND IT WAS ASSUMED THAT WE WOULD USE THE DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR REPAYMENT.

OKAY. SO THAT 215 15 MILLION GOES AGAINST OUR BONDING CAPACITY.

CORRECT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN.

THANK YOU. SO IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO GO THROUGH VARIOUS PROJECTS, OR SHOULD WE DO THAT OFFLINE? I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EASIER TO GO OFF, GO THROUGH IT OFFLINE.

WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS AROUND, BUT AS YOU, AS YOU CAN APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS ON THIS LIST.

BUT HAPPY TO TO TRY TO RESPOND, IF YOU'D LIKE.

WELL, NO, I CAN I CAN SAY IN A MORE GENERAL LEVEL HERE, CAN YOU CONFIRM FOR 2006, 2012 AND 2017 ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE ALL OF THOSE AVAILABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE, YOU KNOW, AS AS THE PLAN FOR 2006,

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ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE IN OUR SYSTEM TO MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT WAS IN, LET'S SAY, 2017, IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ACCESS FUNDING BEFORE THE 2024 BOND PROJECTS? I HAVE HAVE SOME HELP HERE WITH THIS RESPONSE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

COUNCILWOMAN, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE? THE QUESTION IS IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT WAS IN THE 2017 BOND AND IT HASN'T BEEN FUNDED YET.

IS IT ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING BEFORE A PROJECT FROM 2024? YES. ARE ALL PROJECTS FROM ANY OF THESE THREE BONDS AVAILABLE FOR FUNDING TODAY? THERE WILL BE A QUESTION FOR BUDGET.

SO. COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

SO WE HAVE ISSUED ALL OF THE BONDS FOR THE 2006, 2012 AND 2017 BOND PROGRAMS SO THAT CASH IS AVAILABLE TO BE USED FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL WAITING TO BE COMPLETED.

OKAY. AND FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND I GUESS PARK DIRECTOR, HAVE YOU INSTRUCTED YOUR DEPARTMENTS TO COMPLETE THESE OLDER BOND PROJECTS BEFORE THEY START WORKING ON THE 2024 ONES? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

COUNCILWOMAN MIDDLETON, CHAIRMAN MIDDLETON, WE WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL VIABLE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED.

DEFINITELY WORKING WITH DEV AND HER TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MOVING THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD.

AND SO IT WOULD BE OUR HOPE AND EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE COMPLETING THOSE PROJECTS.

I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS.

DEV MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BRING BACK AND HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION.

THEY WERE MULTIYEAR, AND SO THERE ARE SOME REMAINING ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THAT.

I KNOW ONE IN PARTICULAR, AND I THINK IT'S THE LAND ACQUISITION FOR CADILLAC HEIGHTS.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BRING THAT ONE BACK.

WE NEED TO HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION AROUND THAT ADDITIONAL LAND ACQUISITION AND TALK MORE DIRECTLY ABOUT THAT PROJECT, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OLD PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE VIABLE.

AND THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TO GET THEM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

I DON'T SEE THE PARKS DIRECTOR, BUT I WILL.

I WILL SAY THAT IT WOULD BE THE SAME ANSWER.

THANK YOU. WELL, NO.

NO, WAIT, YOU THREW IN A COUPLE OF EXTRA WORDS IN THERE.

SURE. FIRST OF ALL SAID, IF A PROJECT IS VIABLE AND I HAD ASKED EARLIER, ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS STILL GOING TO MOVE FORWARD? AND THE ANSWER WAS YES.

SO ARE THERE PROJECTS THAT YOU DON'T THINK ARE VIABLE? WELL, THE ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS NOT THAT IT'S NOT VIABLE, BUT IT HAS SOME ADDITIONAL.

WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DUE DILIGENCE.

LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO.

YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT CADILLAC HEIGHTS.

THAT'S THE ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT I'M SPEAKING OF RIGHT NOW.

WITHOUT HAVING THE FULL PROJECT LIST IN FRONT OF ME, I DO KNOW THAT THAT IS ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND TALK MORE DIRECTLY ABOUT.

IT'S GOT SOME IT'S GOT VARIOUS PIECES TO IT.

OKAY. I WOULD LIKE THE PARK DIRECTOR TO COME DOWN AND ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT MY DISTRICT'S BEEN SITTING AROUND SINCE 2017 WITH PROJECTS WE'RE READY TO GO ON.

AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FINANCIAL SIDE WAS NOT THERE, THAT THERE WASN'T THE THE BONDING CAPACITY, THAT THE DOLLARS WEREN'T AVAILABLE.

WE WERE PRIORITIZED AT THE END OF THE LINE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE PROJECTS GET DONE.

THERE'S TWO THAT ARE NOT ON THIS TOP TEN LIST OF REMAINING TO BE AWARDED THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH PROCUREMENT.

THEY ARE LITERALLY WAITING TO BE AWARDED.

I THINK THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME MAYBE IN THE NEXT MONTH.

WELL, CHRIS TURNER, NOTE WHERE ASSISTANT PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, AS YOU'RE AWARE.

COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

WE DO HAVE A 2017 WORK PLAN WHICH SHOWS ALL OF OUR 2017 BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS AND WHEN THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BE MOVING FORWARD AND WHEN THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BE AWARDED.

WE DO ALSO HAVE THE FIRST YEAR OF THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, WHICH WE ALSO HAVE A WORK PLAN THAT WE ARE WORKING TO MOVE FORWARD ON.

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WE DO HAVE A PLAN FOR THEM, AND WE PROVIDED THAT PLAN TO ACTUALLY ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS SO THAT THEY CAN SEE WHEN THEIR PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THIS DISCUSSION OFFLINE WITH YOU AND DISCUSS THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ONLINE AND ON TARGET FOR WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE.

WELL, SPECIFICALLY OUR FRANKFURT PARK AND TREE MEADOW.

WHEN ARE THEY COMING TO COUNCIL? MA'AM, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL BEFORE DECEMBER.

WE HAVE ALREADY ADVERTISED THOSE, AS YOU'RE AWARE, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH GETTING THE SCOPE AND FEE WORKED OUT WITH THE CONSULTANTS ON THOSE.

OKAY, WELL, IT'S ALREADY BEEN SEVEN YEARS.

THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY.

IT'S JUST VERY SHOCKING AT HOW SLOW THIS PROCESS WORKS.

AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY MANAGER AND PARK DIRECTOR TO LOOK AT 2006, 2012 AND 2017 AND PUT THESE TO BED.

I THINK THIS IS VERY PROBLEMATIC.

I BEFORE MR. JENKINS JUMPS IN, I WILL SAY THAT THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SHARE THE UPDATE WITH YOU TODAY.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE BEING CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT, BUT IT'S IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE'S A LACK OF A COMMITMENT. WE DO HAVE SOME PIECES THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.

I KNOW THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS DOING THE SAME THING.

I SEE MR. JENKINS HERE, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BRING A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC PROJECT CONVERSATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO GET AN UPDATE BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PROVIDED ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT IN YOUR DISTRICT, TO PLEASE LET US KNOW.

AND WE CAN DEFINITELY MEET WITH YOU ONE ON ONE TO SHARE THAT THAT DETAIL WITH YOU, MR. JENKINS? YES.

ALONG THE LINES WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

MISS TOLBERT JUST SAID I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE 0306 AND OH 12 BOND PROGRAM.

THAT'S WHY WE MADE SURE AND WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF THAT WE DON'T GET IN A SITUATION AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A TRUE WORK PLAN FOR THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, WHICH GIVES SPECIFIC DETAILS WHEN WE PLAN TO ADVERTISE.

WE WILL PLAN TO BID WHEN WE PLAN TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, EACH BOARD MEMBER, TO MAKE SURE THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS SOMETHING, A DOCUMENT THAT EACH OF YOU ALL THE THE COUNCIL, THE PARK BOARD AND THE PUBLIC CAN HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. AND I CAN HOLD MY STAFF ACCOUNTABLE.

AND DID THAT TAKE ABOUT A ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS TO TO PUT THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN PLACE? YES IT DID, BUT GUESS WHAT? IT'S GOING TO HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE.

AND I WANT TO COMMEND MY STAFF FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE THAT WASN'T DONE IN THE PAST.

WELL, ALL I CAN SAY IS IT'S BEEN 18 YEARS SINCE 2006.

IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS SINCE 2012, AND IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE 2017.

I MEET WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AT LEAST A MONTH, EVERY MONTH.

I'VE HEARD THIS.

I'VE HEARD THE RESPONSE, BUT I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AND THERE'S PROJECTS THAT WERE READY TO GO.

THEY'RE STILL SITTING THERE, AND I THINK IT'S SHOCKING AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.

BUT THIS IS PROBLEMATIC IN THE EFFICIENCY OF GOVERNMENT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO STRIVE TO DO.

I'M GLAD THERE'S A WORK PLAN FOR 2024.

I KNOW YOU'VE GONE BACK AND DONE A WORK PLAN FOR 2017, BUT THE PROOF'S IN THE PUDDING AND THESE ITEMS AREN'T COMING FORWARD AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN COMING FORWARD.

AND SO I'M I'M CONCERNED IT'S NOT JUST PARKS.

IT'S EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S ON HERE.

AND THAT WE CAN KEEP CONTINUING TO ASK TAXPAYERS TO APPROVE MORE DEBT WHEN WE'RE NOT ACCESSING PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE IS NOT GOOD GOVERNANCE.

AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE THIS OLD DEBT AND TAKE CARE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE PROMISED OUR RESIDENTS WE WOULD DO.

I MEAN, LITERALLY 18 YEARS AGO, THERE'S PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL SITTING OUT THERE THAT'S A KID WHO WOULD HAVE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I, AGAIN, JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THESE PAST ITEMS AND TAKE THEM OFF THE LIST AND GET THE PROJECTS DONE

[04:25:01]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

CHAIRMAN WEST. THANK YOU MAYOR.

JUST REALLY ONE QUESTION ON THE SLIDE 11 2017 BOND OVERVIEW STATUS.

YOU'VE GOT 4.2 MILLION IN CANCELED AND REPROGRAMED ITEMS. WHAT IS MAYBE IF YOU SAID THE BREAKDOWN.

I DIDN'T HEAR IT. WHAT DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE ARE AND WHAT CATEGORIES THEY FALL UNDER.

SORRY. IT'S TAKING ME A MINUTE TO FIND THAT SLIDE.

YEAH, IT'S THE 2017 BOND OVERVIEW.

IT'S GOT A THAT'S IT.

IT'S THE NEXT.

IT'S THE CANCELED REPROGRAMED LINE.

LIKE THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM.

YES. THANK YOU.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE REPROGRAMED.

I THINK THE QUESTION WAS ASKED EARLIER HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT MONEY.

AND WE WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT SPECIFICALLY.

BUT BUT BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH ALL OF THESE BOND DOLLARS IS PUTTING THEM INTO THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

AND AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE AS PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETED THAT HAVE REMAINING FUNDING.

AND IN OTHER CASES WE'VE USED THIS TERM REPROGRAMED AND CANCELED TO DENOTE THE SAME THING.

AND SO PART OF THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CLEANUP IN OUR OWN SYSTEM AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF CLOSE OUT AND AND IDENTIFY THE STATUS OF PROJECTS.

AND SO I DON'T HAVE HAVE MORE SPECIFICS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

OTHER THAN THAT I WOULD JUST ASK FOR BECAUSE THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT BOND PROPOSITIONS.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THEY FALL UNDER WHAT CATEGORY? HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARKS, WHATEVER.

UNDERSTOOD. AND THEN THIS MAY BE FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

SO A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS REPORT MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY ON JUST PROGRESS AS PART TO GFM.

I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW WHO THIS FALLS UNDER, WHAT COMMITTEE, BUT I WOULD WELCOME SOME MINE OR SOME OTHER COMMITTEE HAVING A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON, ON THESE PROJECTS. SO IT'S NOT JUST SORT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, ONCE A YEAR, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE JUST RAH, YOU KNOW, AFTER IT.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

AND THAT IS OUR COMMITMENT.

I THINK THIS IS OVERALL ABOUT PERFORMANCE AS IT RELATES TO OUR ABILITY TO NOT ONLY IMPLEMENT THOSE PROJECTS, BUT ENSURE THAT THEY'RE DONE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TIMELINES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED AND AGREED UPON.

SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO THAT.

WE CAN PUT TOGETHER, I THINK, SOMETHING THAT WILL BE USER FRIENDLY AND THAT WILL AGAIN PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS DRILL DOWN AS NEEDED, BUT WE CAN MAKE THAT BE A PART OF A QUARTERLY UPDATE THROUGH, I THINK THROUGH GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE, AND THEN STILL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PROVIDED TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. LOVELY.

THANK YOU. MR. CHAIRMAN ARNOLD. THANK YOU.

SO I'M BUSY TRYING TO FOLLOW THE FOLLOW THE MONEY, BUT THANK YOU I WOULD I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME AS I TRACK THESE DOLLARS. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST UP TO A POINT OF RESOLUTION, THE CONCERNS WITH THE 2006 AND THE 2012 AND PROJECTS GOING OUT AND HADN'T BEEN COMPLETED.

AND I KNOW WE STILL FACE A CHALLENGE.

I THINK YOU ALL WILL LOOK MUCH BETTER THAN YOU DID IN 2016, WHEN THE REPORT CAME OUT TO DISCUSS THE LACK OF INFORMATION, AND THE PUBLIC WAS FRUSTRATED AT THAT TIME.

MR. TEISSL BROADNAX WAS HERE AND HEARD THOSE COMPLAINTS AND THAT WE IT LED US TO THE DASHBOARD.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE BOND OFFICE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO HELP ME AS I TRY TO NAVIGATE AND FIND INFORMATION. AND THEY'RE HERE NOW BECAUSE I'M STILL LOOKING.

AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHETHER YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION OR NOT, THE PUBLIC IS HEARING ME AND SOME OF YOU ARE LISTENING.

I'M STILL LOOKING FOR THOSE EQUITY DOLLARS BECAUSE AS I FOLLOW THE MONEY, NOT MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS WENT TO DISTRICT FOUR.

AND SO SOMETIMES THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THAT FOLKS ARE NOT GIVING UP ALL OF THE GOODS.

BUT I'M LOOKING FOR THE GOODS BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET THE EQUITY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME INVESTMENTS IN DISTRICT FOUR, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I'VE ALSO REACHED OUT AND THE MAYOR KNOW HE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS WELL, EVEN BRIEFLY, THAT I MUST HAVE THE HELP AND I MUST HAVE THE HELP FROM THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS WE TRY TO GET EIGHT VOTES.

AND SOMETIMES FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T HAVE THE CHECKBOOK JUST TO WRITE A CHECK.

SO I IMPLORE THE BOND OFFICE TO KEEP WORKING WITH ME.

[04:30:02]

YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE, MONEY THAT WAS GOING IN HERE, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND OTHER ZIP CODES THAT REFLECTED A THE DEFICIENCY IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH.

SO DISTRICT FOUR IS ONE OF THOSE DISTRICTS.

SO THANK YOU.

AND I WANT TO KEEP SAYING SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK, CITY MANAGER, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO WITH THIS EQUITY PIECE AS WELL AS THE TRANSPARENCY PIECE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE CONSTITUENTS NOW ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK ONLINE OR EITHER REQUEST FROM US A STATUS OF WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR STREETS.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE 2017 BOND WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE CATCHING UP.

WE ARE SEEING DUST FLYING IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, NOT THE SOUTH DALLAS, BUT THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

JUST TO GET THAT CLEAR, WE ARE HAPPY.

THE CONSTITUENTS ARE GIVING ME GOOD FEEDBACK.

WE SEE TRACTORS, WE SEE THE BOBCATS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE WITH THE COYOTES, THE BOBCATS.

AND SO WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE KEY.

CONSTITUENTS WANT TO SEE THEIR MONEY AND THEIR DOLLARS AT WORK.

AND I AM HERE TO MAKE SURE I PUT THEIR VOICE OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY NEED.

HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE AND BEING TRANSPARENT.

BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN REAL JUSTICE IN DISTRICT FOUR.

SO WE WANT TO GET JUSTICE IN THIS NEW BOND LAYOUT IN TERMS OF FOLLOWING, THE DOLLAR IS GOING TO HELP US TO FOLLOW AND BE ABLE TO GIVE A BETTER DISCUSSION AND DEFENSE STATEMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL DEPENDING ON YOU, AND I STILL NEED EIGHT PEOPLE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE WHO CAN STAY COMMITTED TO EQUITY.

IT ONLY TAKES EIGHT TO BE KNOWN TO BE GREAT.

AND IF WE CAN FIND EIGHT WHO CAN COMMIT TO BEING GREAT, THE PEOPLE WILL APPRECIATE IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

COUNCIL MEMBER I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IN MY REMARKS, BUT THE 2017 DASHBOARD IS STILL AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

COUNCILWOMAN. SHOOT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I COMMEND YOU.

IT'S NOT EASY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN A PUBLIC SETTING.

AND SO CHANGING THE SYSTEMS AND FIGURING OUT THE WAY THAT WE REPORT AND COMMUNICATE, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY WILL TAKE THAT IN THE SPIRIT THAT THIS WHOLE REPORT IS INTENDED TO BE.

A QUICK QUESTION COULD YOU PROVIDE WHEN YOU DO THE NEXT UPDATE, OR EVEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANY MEMOS OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, COULD YOU INCLUDE THE OUTSTANDING DISCRETIONARY MONEY BY DISTRICT THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN ALLOCATED? WE WILL WE'LL ADD THAT THAT'S A GOOD GOOD GOOD FEEDBACK.

GREAT. AND IF THERE'S YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT EACH OF US HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SAY, OH, PUT IT HERE, PUT IT HERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE IF THERE IS ANY OF THAT, IF THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE, I THINK, RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER GETS IT FIRST OR IS THE MOST CREATIVE OR WHATEVER.

I'D LOVE TO SEE A PROCESS INCLUDED, FOR IF THERE IS THAT MIRACLE OF ANY MONEY, HOW WE COULD GO ABOUT APPLYING FOR IT, PERHAPS DISTRICT BY DISTRICT OR PROJECT BY PROJECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GRAYSON.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD AND I, WE WERE AT AT SENATOR WEST'S EVENT, THE LOOP 12 EVENT, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS CAME UP ABOUT THE OPTIONS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S THIS BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT STATE PROPERTY VERSUS CITY PROPERTY, WHAT WE CAN DO VERSUS THAT.

BUT THE SIMPLE QUESTION I'M GOING TO ASK FIRST IS IF THERE ARE UNENCUMBERED DOLLARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION, COULD THOSE FUNDS BE USED FOR A SIMILAR PROJECT IF IT AS LONG AS IT FELL WITHIN THE PROPOSITION DEFINITION.

COULD THOSE FUNDS BE REALLOCATED TO, SAY, A SIDEWALK DOWN LEDBETTER? NEVER MIND THE STATE STUFF, BUT JUST THEORETICALLY, COULD THAT HAPPEN? COUNCIL MEMBER GOOD QUESTION.

EFRAIN TREJO WITH THE OFFICE OF BOND.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WHAT WOULD THE PROCESS AND AGAIN, SO I KNOW HOW SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE SAYING, HEY, I HAVE THESE PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THIS.

IS THERE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS IS A A VISION ZERO SOLUTION.

THEREFORE IT HAS TO GET DONE OR IT TAKES PRIORITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

[04:35:01]

BUT IF THERE IS A REAL SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DYING, AND THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A DECISION TO REALLOCATE SOME FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, IS THERE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT GIVES US THE OKAYNESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, COLLECTIVELY TO MAKE A DECISION TO SAY, WE WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A PRIORITY.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN PLACE FOR THAT OR CAN THERE BE ON THAT? WE WILL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOUR OFFICE AND WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

REGARDING THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, I BELIEVE THERE IS THERE'S THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE LATEST.

FAIR ENOUGH. AND I JUST I WANTED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A VERY RELEVANT CONVERSATION.

THIS IS A VERY RELEVANT PRESENTATION FOR A CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD LAST NIGHT IN TERMS OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY GOING ON REALLY ALL AROUND LOOP 12.

AND AND WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE SOME OF THESE DOLLAR STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO A VISION ZERO MATTER OR SOME SORT. THAT'S ALL.

I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE.

SO YOUR LINEUP I'M MALFUNCTIONED ON THIS UNIT.

YOU MALFUNCTIONED TODAY.

THE UNIT IS NOT ME.

I'M ALWAYS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

MALFUNCTION. ALL RIGHT, SO LET ME GET THE CLEAR SOME CLEARANCE AROUND DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND FUNDING, AND THIS IS A PUBLIC FORUM. AND SO I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE WHAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE IN TERMS OF THEIR FUNDS.

I'M, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE SOME DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T PUT IT ON EVERY PROJECT THAT SOMEONE COMES TO YOU.

IT'S A PROCESS.

BUT NOW I HAVE A GREAT PROJECT THAT WE HAVE APPROVED WITH THE BOND, THE NEW ROLLING PARISH PARK.

AND SO NOW IS THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET THAT MONEY.

SUPPORTED BY EIGHT MEMBERS AND THEN FOR IT TO BE SUBMITTED.

SO SOMETIMES WHEN COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE LOOKING AROUND AND OTHER FOLKS PORTFOLIO TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE PLANS ARE OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS AROUND WHAT DISTRICT FOUR WAS DOING WITH THEIR DISCRETIONARY MONEY.

SO I'M NOW TELLING EVERYBODY SO THEY'LL KNOW IF THEY DIDN'T TALK WITH ME.

CADILLAC HEIGHTS HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR MANY YEARS.

THIS THIS CITY, THIS CITY COUNCIL, THIS NOT THIS CITY COUNCIL, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL PURCHASED THEIR LAND IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONTINUING TO PURCHASE BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING FLOODED OUT OF THEIR HOMES.

AND SO WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT A PROJECT THAT WILL HELP WITH SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT COMMUNITY, NEW GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES.

AND IT WAS NOW IT'S NOW THE TIME.

IT WAS NOT THE TIME IN 2021 OR 2022 IS TIME NOW.

SO I KNOW IF COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MY DISCRETIONARY DISTRICT FOR DISCRETIONARY MONEY, IT'S ON ITS WAY TO BEING DEPLOYED FOR A GREAT PROJECT.

AND SO THAT CLEANS UP ANY CONCERN THAT I KNOW SOME FOLKS HAVE ABOUT WHAT WAS IN MY PORTFOLIO AS A REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FOUR THAT I WAS ELECTED TO.

THANK YOU. SEEING NO.

NOTHING ELSE. MISTER CITY MANAGER.

YES? WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT OUR FINAL ITEM FOR TODAY.

[D. 24-3230 Texas Parks and Wildlife Grant Update]

IT'S ITEM NUMBER D.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS AWARDED A $20 MILLION GRANT ALLOCATED DURING THE 87TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE FROM THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.

CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021.

$10 MILLION OF THE GRANT WAS ALLOCATED TO PARKS AND RECREATION.

3.5 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO A DIGITAL SIGN TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S ON DISPLAY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THEN 6.5 MILLION WOULD BE IDENTIFIED FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT AND HOUSE DISTRICT 111 TODAY, DIRECTOR JOHN JENKINS AND HIS TEAM WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ONLY ON THE 10 MILLION ALLOCATED TO PARKS.

WE WILL COME BACK AT A LATER TIME AND TALK ABOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS, AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH FINALIZING A PROCESS AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. JENKINS TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER TOLBERT AND CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CLEAR UP

[04:40:01]

I LIKE TO START OFF BY FIRST SAYING, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST LIKE TO START BY COMMENDING THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE PROCUREMENT, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, CONTRACT COMPLIANCE GROUP, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND THE PARK DEPARTMENT PROFESSIONALS FOR TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS ON HOW WE COULD BEST EXPAND AND EXPEDITE THE GRANT FUNDING THE CITY RECEIVED FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT.

CITY STAFF HAS DONE NOTHING BUT HAVE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD ADMINISTER THE GRANT FUNDS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF STATE LAW AND FEDERAL COMPLIANCE.

AND ALSO TO MEET THE TIMING OF THIS GRANT.

AND HOW WE COULD BEST ADHERE TO THE SAME GUIDELINES AND PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THIS BODY HAS PUT IN PLACE THAT YOU ALL EXPECT US TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHAT WAS MENTIONED LAST WEEK ABOUT GOUGING THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, OR TRYING TO TAKE $20 MILLION FROM THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

THE BRIEFING YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR WILL CLARIFY ANY MISINFORMATION YOU HAVE PRESENTED, BEEN PRESENTED IN THE PAST, AND WILL IDENTIFY THE FACTS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND IT WAS MENTIONED LAST WEEK ABOUT THE INEQUITY.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO INVEST IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

WELL, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IN THIS BRIEFING IS BETWEEN 2017 AND 2024, BOND FUNDS BETWEEN FEDERAL MONEY, STATE MONEY, COUNTY MONEY, CITY MONEY AND PRIVATE DONATIONS.

THIS BODY HAS COMMITTED TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

AND BETWEEN THOSE TWO PLANS AND THOSE FUNDING $1 BILLION.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CLEAR THAT UP TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, ME, AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN, FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN HERE AND MISREPRESENT ME THAT WAY IS UNACCEPTABLE.

ALL I STAND FOR SINCE I BECAME THIS, THE DIRECTOR IS MAKING SURE I ADDRESS INEQUITY IN THIS WHOLE PARK SYSTEM.

BUT THIS BODY HAS SUPPORTED ME.

THE PARK BOARD HAS SUPPORTED ME.

AND YES, I DO TAKE OFFENSE WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN HERE AND MISREPRESENT WHAT I STAND FOR.

WHEN I WAS CHOSEN, FORTUNATE TO BE THE EIGHTH PARK DIRECTOR IN THE HISTORY OF THIS OF THE PARK SYSTEM, AND I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY WHEN I KNOW INEQUITY EXISTS AND IT EXISTS IN THIS PARK SYSTEM.

BUT I AM VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A BODY BEFORE ME TODAY, THIS CITY COUNCIL AND A PARK BOARD THAT HAS STOOD WITH ME.

BUT I HAVE TO COME HERE AND CLEAR UP THE MISINFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THIS BODY, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT CITY STAFF REPUTATIONS, AND ALL WE HAVE IS OUR REPUTATION AND OUR INTEGRITY.

WE DO THIS JOB, THE 13,000 PLUS CITY EMPLOYEES.

BECAUSE THIS IS SERVICE AND THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IN.

AND ONE THING THIS BODY KNOWS ABOUT ME, WHEN SOMEONE MISREPRESENT MY DEPARTMENT OR MISREPRESENT ME OR MY STAFF, YOU KNOW, I'M EITHER GOING TO CALL YOU.

I'M GOING TO REQUEST A MEETING WITH YOU, OR I'M GOING TO SEND YOU A MEMO, OR I'M GOING TO HAVE A BRIEFING TO MAKE SURE WE SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THIS COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR ENTRUSTING US TO MANAGE YOUR PARK SYSTEM ON YOUR BEHALF.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN THE BRIEFING OVER TO MISS NOWHERE.

SHE'S GOING TO BE BRIEF BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WE SENT THE BRIEFING TO YOU, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET STRAIGHT TO THE FACTS.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR JENKINS, I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE, THE BACKGROUND OF HISTORY OF THE PROJECT, LOCATION AND SCOPE, DEVELOPMENT, PROCUREMENT PROCESS, OUR PARK FACILITY DESIGN STANDARDS AND COSTS, AND OUR NEXT STEPS.

[04:45:03]

TPWD PROJECTS TO REVIEW THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECTS.

REVIEW THE PROCUREMENT OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT PROJECTS, DISCUSS OUR STANDARD PARK EQUIPMENT AND COSTS, AND REVIEW OUR PREVIOUS FUNDING PROGRAMS. SO LOOKING AT OUR BACKGROUND AND HISTORY, THIS PROJECT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022 WITH THE KICKOFF MEETING AT THURGOOD MARSHALL PARK.

WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVES OFFICE, BUT WE IN JULY OF 2023, WE ISSUED OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SERVICES. IN OCTOBER OF 2023, OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS WERE AUTHORIZED.

MOST NOTABLE, WE HAD A MEETING OF APRIL IN APRIL OF 2024.

IT WAS TO BE A DESIGN REVIEW MEETING AT THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE'S OFFICE, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WERE INVITED WITHOUT CITY OF DALLAS STAFF'S KNOWLEDGE.

IN JUNE OF 2024, WE DID HAVE A DESIGN REVIEW MEETING OF THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE'S OFFICE WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.

DUE TO A LOSS OF TWO MONTHS AND A NEED TO HAVE ALL FUNDS OBLIGATED BY APRIL OF 2024.

THE PARK DEPARTMENT DID PROPOSE UTILIZING A COMBINATION OF IN-HOUSE FACILITY SERVICES STAFF AND CONSULTANT CONTRACTORS TO COMPLETE THE WORK.

OUR PROJECT LOCATIONS ARE ALL IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ OFF THE LOCATIONS.

I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THEM IF YOU LOOKED AT THE BRIEFING.

SO IN DEVELOPING OUR SCOPE, WE HAD AN ORIGINAL SCOPE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE'S OFFICE.

THAT IS WHAT IS REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS FURTHEST LEFT COLUMN.

WHAT'S REPRESENTED IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN ARE CITY OF DALLAS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE BASED ON SOME KNOWN SITE NEEDS AND WHAT IS REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING.

IN THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN IS THE REVISED, REFINED AND RECOMMENDED SCOPE THAT WAS BASED ON A COMBINATION OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND ALSO BY CITY OF DALLAS STAFF.

SO LOOKING AT OUR CONSULTANT AND CONTRACTOR PROCUREMENT PROCESS, CITY DEPARTMENTS MUST FOLLOW ALL CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR CONSULTANT AND CONTRACTOR PROCUREMENT.

SO THESE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE ISSUING A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS OR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ADVERTISING, ADVERTISEMENT AND PROCUREMENT OF VENDORS, AND THE ABILITY TO SELECT VENDORS BASED ON THE LOWEST, MOST QUALIFIED CONSULTANT BID FOR THIS CASE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN THE BID PROCESS.

BASICALLY, THESE CONSULTANTS WERE SELECTED BASED ON BEING THE MOST QUALIFIED CONSULTANTS FOR THIS PROJECT.

LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR PARK FACILITY STANDARDS AND COSTS, WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME RECENT PREFABRICATED RESTROOM FACILITIES FOR REVERCHON PARK.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES.

ARE ESTIMATED COST IS ABOUT $750,000 AT REVERCHON.

WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR THESE FACILITIES, WE HAD A PROPOSED PREFABRICATED RESTROOM THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THE TPWD PROJECT SITES FOR $241,000.

THERE WAS A PROPOSED CUSTOM DESIGN BUILD RESTROOM FOR THE TPWD PROJECT SITES THAT WAS ACTUALLY REQUESTED BY THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY $310,000, $310,000.

EXCUSE ME. SO WE PROPOSED AN OPTION FOR 241,000.

THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE ACTUALLY WANTED ONE THAT WAS $310,000.

LOOKING AT OUR PARK AND PLAYGROUND DESIGN GUIDELINES, THE CITY PROVIDES COMMERCIAL GRADE EQUIPMENT WHICH IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE HIGH USAGE AND EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS.

IT TYPICALLY HAS A USEFUL LIFE OF 15 TO 20 YEARS.

OUR STANDARD PROJECT BUDGET IN OUR 2024 BOND PROGRAM FOR NEW PLAYGROUNDS IS JUST 300,000.

WE HAVE OUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT INSPECTED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION.

TDLR. IT IS ALL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ADA ACCESSIBLE.

WE ALSO HAVE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS, ASTM INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND MAKE SURE IT MEETS THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

LOOKING AT SOME RECENT PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE PUT IN.

WE RECENTLY PUT IN JJ CRAFT, WHICH WAS A NEW PLAYGROUND WITH ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER SERVICE FOR SURFACE.

EXCUSE ME, I'M A LITTLE TONGUE TIED TODAY.

OUR CONSTRUCTION COST WAS ALMOST $218,000, AND THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2024.

WE HAD OUR CHERRYWOOD PARK PLAYGROUND.

THIS WAS A NEW PLAYGROUND WITH A COMBINATION OF ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER SERVICE AND SOFT SURFACE.

OUR CONSTRUCTION COST WAS ALMOST $247,000.

AGAIN, THIS WAS COMPLETED IN 2024.

OUR NEXT PLAYGROUND WAS FLAGPOLE HILL.

THIS WAS CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALL NEW, ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND WITH ACCESSIBLE EQUIPMENT AND SOFT SURFACE.

IT WAS JUST OVER $1 MILLION.

THIS WAS COMPLETED IN 2018 AND AS DIRECTOR JENKINS MENTIONED, OUR SOUTHERN SECTOR PARK INVESTMENT IN OUR 2017

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AND I WANT TO PAUSE ON THAT SLIDE.

THAT IS REAL.

THOSE ARE COMMITMENTS TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE WEST DALLAS WHERE WE ARE FOCUSED ON AS WELL.

AND WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE OTHER INEQUITIES IN OUR PARK SYSTEM WHEN IT WHEN IT'S UP NORTH.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I GOT PARK DESERTS.

SO I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ACQUIRING LAND IN MY SOUTHERN SECTOR.

I HAVE OLD INFRASTRUCTURE OR NO INFRASTRUCTURE.

IN THE SAME EAST DALLAS THIS OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, FOR OUR NEXT STEPS, WE INTEND TO PROCEED IN DELIVERING THE PROJECTS TO MEET COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS AND GRANT IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.

THE PROJECTS WILL PROCEED WITH OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY INPUT, OUR CURRENT DESIGN TEAMS AND OUR CURRENT PROJECT SCOPES AND OUR CURRENT PLANS.

AND WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE WOULD ALL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN SHOOT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS UPDATE.

AND, DIRECTOR JENKINS, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS AND HELPING SET US BACK ON TRACK WHERE WE BELONG.

THANK YOU. A COUPLE QUICK TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.

ONE IS I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE ON SLIDE SIX WHERE THE SCOPE DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT.

IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY, THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL SCOPE TO THE REFINED IS THE ADDITION OF THE CONCESSION STAND AND CHEERLEADER PRACTICE AREA.

RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND THE THINGS THAT YOU WANTED BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK OR WHATEVER, SUCH AS ALL THE BASKETBALL THAT WAS REJECTED BY THE GRANTOR.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT AS WELL, MA'AM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THEN ON THE RESTROOMS THAT INCLUDES INSTALLING ALL THE PLUMBING.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND THAT'S WHAT I KNOW YOU KNOW FROM OTHER PROJECTS THAT I'VE DONE.

THAT'S HALF.

I MEAN, JUST SO MUCH OF THE COST IS THAT INITIAL PLUMBING AND ELECTRICITY AND THINGS THAT AREN'T THERE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THOSE COSTS VARY JUST DEPENDING ON HOW FAR WE HAVE TO PULL THE UTILITIES ACROSS THE PARKING LOT OR ACROSS THE PARK OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS I DON'T I WASN'T INVOLVED OBVIOUSLY IN THIS IN THIS GRANT.

COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE TOTAL BUDGET IS OF THE GRANT.

THE PARK DEPARTMENT WAS AWARDED 10 MILLION, AND WE KIND OF GAVE THE INITIAL AMOUNT OF WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS GOT WHAT.

BUT IT BASICALLY WAS A $20 MILLION GRANT TOTAL.

BUT THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS 10 MILLION.

OKAY. AND YOU ESTIMATE MAYBE IN THE NEXT BRIEFING OR UPDATE OR WHATEVER, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THAT INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S PERMANENT FOR THIS.

AND BESIDES, YOU KNOW, THE PLAYGROUNDS OR EVEN THE STRUCTURES OF THE RESTROOMS, BUT HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST YOU FOR THE ELECTRICITY, FOR THE LIGHTING, FOR THE WATER FOUNTAINS, ALL THE STUFF THAT'S IN THERE SO THAT IT'S A PERMANENT INVESTMENT INTO THIS, INTO THIS PART OF ALL THESE PARKS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE THIS INVESTMENT IN OUR TOWN.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING YOU MENTIONED THE PARK DESERTS.

AND I THINK AS WE SEE IT'S A PENDULUM ALL THE TIME THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND AS WE GET TO EQUITY IN CERTAIN AREAS.

IN OTHER WORDS, IN TERMS OF PROVISION, WE ARE AT DEFINITELY BEYOND EQUITY IN PARKS IN THE SOUTH AND IN OTHER THINGS IN THE NORTH. AND NOW IT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW REALLY, I THINK, IS BALANCE AND ACCEPT THE FACT THAT EVERY PART OF TOWN HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS.

AND IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO ACT AS TRUE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND NOT JUST DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, BUT AS TRUE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, THEN WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION THEN TO HELP SERVE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PART OF OUR CITY'S NEEDS ARE MET.

AND WE HAVE TO TAKE TURNS NOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE ACTUALLY FAR AHEAD OF OTHERS IN CERTAIN AREAS AND STILL BEHIND IN OTHERS.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR AGAIN HELPING US RESET THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, ALL OF YOU.

ARE THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S UPDATE AND PRESENTATION AND, QUITE FRANKLY, YOUR PATIENCE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CANDOR TODAY AND

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I THINK THAT IT WAS DISHEARTENING TO GET TO SEE THAT THERE WERE HEADLINES THAT IN MY OPINION, JUST PERPETUATED.

WHAT WHAT IS, UNFORTUNATELY, THE PAST, THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY, WHICH IS NEGLIGENCE TO OUR SOUTHERN SECTOR.

BUT I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SHOW THE PASSION THAT YOU HAVE.

AND AND, I MEAN, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.

YOU'VE GIVEN US WHERE WE HAVE PRIORITIZED.

I'VE SEEN YOU FIGHT FOR THE ASSETS.

SO THE WAY THAT IT WAS FRAMED IN THE MEDIA SPECIFICALLY WAS, WAS, I THINK UNFAIR IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO I WANT TO THANK REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS FOR HELPING SECURE THESE FUNDS FOR OUR CITY.

AND I WANT TO WELCOME ANY MEMBER OF OUR DELEGATION TO DO THE SAME.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S ABOUT THE LINE THAT GETS DRAWN.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALSO CHANGED IN THIS CITY IS HOW IT'S OPERATED AND WHAT I WILL NOT STAND FOR AS LONG AS I'M IN A SEAT, IS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER BODY MICROMANAGING STAFF OF OUR CITY.

OR ASSUMING A ROLE THAT THEY DON'T BELONG IN.

AND THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE WE'VE COME DOWN TO WHEN IT COMES TO THIS GRANT.

AND IT'S MAYBE, UNFORTUNATELY, A TOUCHY SUBJECT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DAYLIGHTED BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS ALLOW FOR POLITICS TO PREVENT OR HINDER YOU ALL FROM DOING THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

WHEN YOU SEE SUCH INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT IN OUR SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND THAT WILL BE IMPACTED IF WE ALLOW FOR POLITICS TO DICTATE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO THE WAY THAT I SEE IT, A GRANT WAS AWARDED TO OUR CITY AND WE'RE DELIVERING EXACTLY ON THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE.

AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING.

AND SO I THANK YOU.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY THE COURSE.

PLEASE DON'T GET DISTRACTED BY THE POLITICS.

PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A BODY HERE THAT UNDERSTANDS YOU ALL'S ROLE, AND WE HAVE YOUR BACK TO GET IT DONE FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WE WERE ELECTED TO SERVE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, I KNOW THAT WE'RE ONLY HEARING ABOUT THE $10 MILLION IN THE PARKS TODAY, BUT I WANT TO ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS TO YOU AS WELL, CITY MANAGER, THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEPARATE OURSELVES WHEN SOMETIMES THINGS GET A LITTLE ROCKY.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE EXECUTIVES THAT WE COUNT ON IN OUR CITY TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE Y'ALL'S BACK AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY POLITICS WHEN IT COMES TO DELIVERING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CHAIRMAN GRAYSON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT SIX OF THOSE PARKS ARE IN DISTRICT THREE.

AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK ALL PARTIES WANT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PARKS EXIST.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO START VERY BASIC QUESTIONS.

JOHN JENKINS PARK DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STATEMENT.

AND I CAN APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION.

YOU KNOW, THAT. FROM THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT COMING FROM ME.

I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT PART.

DO YOU WANT TO SEE THESE PARTS COMPLETED? YES. INTERIM CITY MANAGER KIM TOBER.

DO YOU WANT TO SEE THESE PARTS COMPLETED? ABSOLUTELY. I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH STATE REP VON DAVIS AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING.

SO ON THAT PART, WE CAN ALL AGREE BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THESE PARTS COMPLETED AS WELL.

I'VE DONE SEVERAL TOURS WITH SOME OF MY SENIORS, PARTICULARLY IN PECAN GROVE, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT AND AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS FUNDING IS HERE.

SO I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF SEEING THESE PROJECTS THROUGH TO THE VERY END.

ON THAT END, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GET INTO THE BACK AND FORTH.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN LIKE THAT KIND OF STUFF.

IT'S TOO TRAUMATIC. ANYWAY.

I'M JUST THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO ME.

AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, WHAT I CARE ABOUT IS THE SOLUTION.

THIS IS THE CITY WE ALWAYS GOING TO RUN INTO BARRIERS.

YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME.

WE ALWAYS WORK THROUGH THOSE BARRIERS.

SO FOR THAT, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET THERE.

I'M ALSO ALSO CONFIDENT IN IN THIS PART.

OFTENTIMES WHEN PROJECTS COME TO SOUTHERN DALLAS, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S SAYING SOUTHERN SECTOR OR WHATEVER THE RULE IS ANYMORE, BUT WHEN THEY COME TO SOUTHERN DALLAS, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS WORRY, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS CONCERN.

ARE WE GOING TO GET THE SAME QUALITY THAT THEY'RE GETTING ACROSS THE RIVER IN NORTH DALLAS AND ALL OF THIS? SO AS I LOOKED INTO THE THE THE WHY BEHIND THESE EXPENSES, I COME TO APPRECIATE THE WHY BEHIND THESE EXPENSES IN

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HERE'S WHERE MY QUESTIONS ARE.

I DO WANT SOME CLARITY ON THIS.

HOW MUCH PUBLIC INPUT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK DID WE? I SAW THAT THEY HAD A COUPLE OF THESE MEETINGS.

HOW MUCH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK DID WE GET ON THIS? THIS AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP TO SPEED ON THAT.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO TO CHRIS AND RYAN BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THE ONES THAT'S BEEN WORKING.

I STARTED OFF WORKING WITH THE STATE REP AND AND THEN I HAD TO REMOVE MYSELF.

AND JUST SO YOU LET THEM ANSWER.

AND JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW WHERE I'M GOING, WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS ON THAT CHART THAT YOU HAD.

HOW MUCH OF IT.

HERE'S WHAT WHAT WAS REQUESTED ORIGINALLY.

HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THE CITY ADDED.

AND ULTIMATELY HERE'S WHAT WE SETTLED ON.

HOW MUCH OF ALL OF THAT THAT WE SETTLED ON CAME FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AS WELL VERSUS I UNDERSTAND, HEY, WE'RE ENGINEERS, WE CONSTRUCT, WE KNOW. SO BASED ON OKAY, WE CAN'T DO THAT.

HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS IN THERE FROM AN ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE.

THIS PROBABLY CAN'T BE DONE.

AND THEN HOW MUCH OF IT WAS COMMUNITY DRIVEN IN TERMS OF SOME OF THAT ROUGHLY? I DON'T NEED THE EXACT WHAT I'M GETTING AT.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS DID YOU LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WERE THEY INCORPORATED INTO THESE PROJECTS? I'LL CUT TO THE CHASE AND I WILL SAY THE ANSWER IS YES.

OKAY. WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE WERE TOLD COMMUNITY INPUT WAS NOT NEEDED BECAUSE THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE HAD HER FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE REASON I MENTIONED THAT APRIL 2024 MEETING, WHEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE INVITED WITHOUT STAFF'S KNOWLEDGE, WAS BASICALLY BECAUSE STAFF GOT BLINDSIDED AT THAT MEETING, BECAUSE IT WAS TO IT WAS TO HAVE BEEN AN INTERNAL MEETING.

WE WERE NOT EXPECTING TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE BECAUSE AS TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, AT THAT POINT THERE WAS NOT TO BE COMMUNITY INPUT, BUT WE DID A 180.

WE ADDED SCOPE TO THE TO OUR CONSULTANTS TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEM DO COMMUNITY INPUT.

AND THAT MEETING WE DID HAVE IN JUNE WAS A FULL COMMUNITY MEETING.

I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.

RYAN WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING AND I'LL ALLOW RYAN TO TO SEE IF HE WANTS TO ADD ANOTHER NECESSARY MEETING.

WHAT I'M AND NO DISRESPECT, RYAN, JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M INTEREST OF TIME.

DURING THOSE.

SO. SO HOLD ON.

YOU SAID SOMETHING, SO YOU SAID Y'ALL WERE BLINDSIDED.

HELP ME. WALK ME THROUGH THAT PIECE.

WHAT? TELL ME ABOUT THAT.

AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO THE MESSY.

I DON'T CARE.

RESPECTFULLY, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW, BUT WHAT MADE THAT MEETING BLINDSIDED? I THINK YOU SAID ORIGINALLY THEY, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE FEEDBACK.

JUST TAKE ME THROUGH THAT SIDE.

WHEN I SAY BLINDSIDED, IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD WE CITY STAFF HAD CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THIS WAS TO BE AN INTERNAL MEETING TO REVIEW PLANS WITH HER AND WE WALKED IN HERE SAT 15 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WAS THAT WAS THAT BEFORE OR HAD THEY ALREADY BEEN COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AT THAT POINT? THERE WERE NOT THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU SAID THERE WASN'T A NEED FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK BECAUSE SHE HAD INDICATED THERE WASN'T A NEED.

SO WE WERE QUITE SURPRISED WHEN WE CAME INTO THAT MEETING.

AND HERE SAT 15 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE WERE PLANNING AN INTERNAL MEETING.

OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION.

AND JOHN, THIS IS GOING TO GO TO YOU UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS BECOMES OUR PROCUREMENT.

WHY DIDN'T NEW TO COUNCIL NEW TO ALL OF THIS.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE POLITICS.

BUT IF WE ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WHY DIDN'T WE HOST THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ANYWAY? UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE CYCLES BEFORE AND WE KNOW HOW THIS SHOW OR MOVIE ENDS, WHY DIDN'T WE JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY.

YEAH, I CAN TELL YOU.

YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, WE WAS ON THIS DEADLINE.

I MEAN, THIS TIMING.

BECAUSE ONCE THE PARK DEPARTMENT GOT AHOLD OF THE GRANT, BECAUSE I HEARD FROM THE STATE REP IN JANUARY OF I HEARD FROM STATE REP SIX MONTHS AFTER WE GOT THIS GRANT, AND SHE WAS UP UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING WAS MOVING.

HOWEVER, AS I SAID IN MY MEMO TO YOU ALL UNFORTUNATELY, A FORMER ACM GAVE HER MISINFORMATION AND I HAD TO GIVE HER THE FACTS, WHAT WE COULD AND COULD NOT DO.

AND I'M SORRY THAT SOMEONE ELSE JUST NOW GOT THIS INFORMATION TO THE PARK STAFF, BUT WE ARE READY TO MOVE NOW.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.

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SO IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL FOR US TO NOW SAY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE ALL THIS COMMON COURTESY TO A GRANT WE'RE GETTING FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE TO A PARTICULAR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND ALL.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AGAIN, NOT JUST PARK STAFF.

ALL THE PROFESSIONALS OF THIS CITY GAVE ALL THEIR ATTENTION TOWARDS THIS EFFORT RECEIVED.

SO NOW TALK TO ME ABOUT THE THE DEADLINE.

NOW, WHAT DEADLINE ARE WE FACING RIGHT NOW AS IT RELATES TO THESE PROJECTS AND THIS FUNDING? AND IT GOT EXTENDED AFTER THE FACT.

OKAY. BUT GO AHEAD. YES.

SO BASICALLY, WE ORIGINALLY HAD AN APRIL 2024 DEADLINE THAT WE NEEDED TO MEET.

AT THIS POINT, WE'RE WORKING ON A DECEMBER 2024 DEADLINE.

AND IS THAT TO HAVE THE PROJECTS COMPLETE, OR TO HAVE THE MONEY TO HAVE THE MONEY INCURRED OR TO HAVE THE MONEY ENCUMBERED.

SO WE BASICALLY NEED TO PUT THESE PROJECTS OUT TO BID RIGHT NOW TO GET THESE, TO GET THIS MONEY ENCUMBERED AND MEET OUR FINAL DEADLINE HERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M GOING TO CLOSE WITH THIS AND JUST SAY TO TO STATE REP YVONNE DAVIS, THANK YOU FOR THIS MONEY AND TO THOSE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE HIGHER LEVEL THAT ARE LOOKING TO GIVE MONEY.

I JUST GOT HERE.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE BRINGING FUNDING INTO DISTRICT THREE IN PARTICULAR.

SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH WITH SOME OF THE OTHERS.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE FUNDING AND IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, I'D MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECTS, BECAUSE FOR ME, I WANT MY RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE HAVING WHAT THEY WERE ANTICIPATING, HAVING ALL OF THOSE TOURS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DID.

THAT'S NOT THE FAULT OF THE RESIDENTS.

AND TO BE HONEST, IT'S SO MUCH BACK AND FORTH IN ALL OF THIS THAT IT CAN EASILY GET MUDDLED.

SO FOR ME, I WANT US TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD ON THESE PROJECTS SO THAT THEY CAN GET WHAT, WHAT WHAT THEY ANTICIPATED IN THERE.

SO I'M JUST PUBLICLY SAYING IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE FEELINGS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF LATER, BUT AT THIS POINT, IT'S THE PROJECTS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY, I MEAN, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WITH THE REDBIRD RAIDERS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ANTICIPATING WHAT'S COMING IN THAT WAY. AND I WILL SAY THIS, I DO HAVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I DID HEAR ABOUT ONE AMENDMENT, AND THIS IS ONE I WILL PUT ON THE ON THE RECORD FOR THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

I THINK THERE WAS CAME BACK THERE WAS GOING TO BE A COMBINATION SOCCER FIELD, FOOTBALL FIELD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THE ONLY REASON I'M GOING TO PUSH BACK ON THAT ONE IS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF THE REDBIRD RAIDERS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT REMAINS A FOOTBALL FIELD BECAUSE THEY PRACTICE ON THAT EVERY DAY.

AND IF IT BECOMES A SOCCER FIELD, IT'S GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO FOR THAT, I DO WANT TO ADVOCATE JUST FOR THAT TO REMAIN NOT A COMBINATION.

WE GOT PLENTY OF ROOM OVER THERE.

OVER THERE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE.

SO IF YOU CAN COMMENT ON THAT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IN THE CLOSING WHEN WE SAID NEXT STEPS.

THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THIS COUNCIL TODAY FOR, FOR US TO MOVE FULL SPEED AHEAD AND IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES GOING FORWARD, WE'RE COMING BACK BEFORE THIS BODY. THAT'S WHO WE'RE GETTING OUR DIRECTION FROM.

WELL, YOU HEAR IT PERSONALLY FROM ME IN THE PARK BOARD, FROM FROM THIS BODY AND PARK BOARD TO GIVE US DIRECTION.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR FOR YOUR EFFORTS, YOUR PATIENCE.

I'M SORRY. HOLD ON.

WE'RE GOING TO BREAK A QUORUM.

SO WE CAN'T WE CAN'T PRESERVE.

WE LOST A QUORUM.

THE LOSS OF MEETING OVER WITH IT IS IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IS NONE.

IT'S 430. BECAUSE.

LACK OF QUORUM. SORRY.

I GOT TO COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEETING.

NUMBER EIGHT PEOPLE. EIGHT.

GOTTA HAVE NINE. OKAY.

GOT YOU GOTTA. GOTTA HAVE NINE.

SORRY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.