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[South Dallas Fair Park Opportunity Fund Regular Board Meeting on October 28, 2024.]
WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING AT THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD TO ORDER.THE TIME IS 6:01 PM AND WE'LL START UP WITH A ROLL CALL, UH, MR. DAWKINS.
DESTINY VO PRESENT? AARON PEEVY.
AARON PEEVY, KIMBERLY SIMS, MS. KIMBERLY SIMS. SHANAE WISE? SHANAE WISE, DOUGLAS DUN SAVAGE, PRESENT.
AND, UH, LEANDRA JOHNSON, CHAIR, MYSELF.
PRESENT, UH, I SEE MR. DAWKINS.
UH, MR. WILLIAM DAWKINS PRESENT.
AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED, WE HAVE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
ONE OF THEM IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT, SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE BRIEF OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, LET MR. DOUGLAS DUN SAVAGE INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
UH, HE JUST JOINED OUR BOARD, UH, LAST MONTH, AS I BELIEVE, AND I'LL GIVE HIM A MOMENT TO BRIEFLY TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIMSELF, UH, WHAT HE DOES FOR A LIVING AND WHAT DISTRICT HE'S FROM.
UH, MY NAME'S DOUGLAS DUN SAVAGE.
UM, I AM A CONSULTANT HERE IN DALLAS, UM, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY PAULA BLACKMAN, DISTRICT NINE, AND I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE, UM, TO SERVE AND TO LEARN HOW, UH, WE CAN BENEFIT THE FOLKS OF SOUTH DALLAS AND, AND FAIR PARK, UM, ON THIS COMMITTEE.
SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. DUNN SAVAGE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BEING ON THE BOARD AND YOUR PARTICIPATION, AND LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
THANKS VERY MUCH, INCLUDING YOUR PRESENCE, UH, LAST FRIDAY.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
UH, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES THERE? A MOTION TO APPROVE? SURE.
OH, MS. PEEVY, CAN YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE? HELLO, I'M ERIN PEEVY FROM DISTRICT 14, AND I AM HERE.
YOUR ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN NOTED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. MARQUEZ.
ALRIGHT, ONTO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO APPROVE TRENT HUGHES, DISTRICT 12.
ANY DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TONIGHT? MS. LIPSKA, THERE WAS ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER WHO INDICATED THEY MAY SPEAK MR. WISE, I BELIEVE WAS THE NAME.
MR. WISE, DO WE HAVE A MR. WISE WITH US THIS EVENING? MR. WISE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, PLEASE COME TO THE, UH, PODIUM.
WHO, WHO'S SPEAKING? IS THAT MR. UH, THIS IS TRENT, DISTRICT
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12.IF, IF HE WAS SPEAKING, WE COULDN'T HEAR HIM.
IF YOU GUYS WOULD, UH, JUST START OVER.
AND THEN, UH, LET US KNOW WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU'RE, UH, WHO YOU'RE REPRESENTING.
ALSO, IF YOU WILL, IF YOU, IF YOU WORK FOR A COMPANY, UH, OR YOU OH, REPRESENT.
WE'RE WE'RE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
WE DID SOME RESEARCH AND WE WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT OUR RESEARCH TO YOU GUYS.
UM, SO I'M MICHAEL MICHAEL KOVAC.
THIS IS CARTER WEISS AND THIS IS GAGE GUTIERREZ.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE BOARD'S FUNDING AND THEIR SUPPORT OF THE OPPORTUNITIES ZONE PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE SIMULATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN SOUTH DALLAS AND FAIR PARK.
IN ORDER TO SUPPORT GREATER SOCIAL MOBILITY AND CONTINUE TO SIMULATE SOUTH DALLAS'S ECONOMY, WE ADVOCATE THAT THE BOARD PRIORITIZES INVESTMENT IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, LENDING IN HIGH TRANSIT MOBILITY AREAS, MOBILITY AREAS, OFFERING THE BEST POSSIBLE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TOWARDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AFTER CONDUCTING RESEARCH, ESTIMATING THE PERCENTAGE OF THE ZONE DESIGNATED AS TRANSIT ACCESSIBLE, DEFINED AS A QUARTER MILE RADIUS ESTIMATE TO MASS TRANSIT, WE CONCLUDED THAT ROUGHLY 7% OF THE ZONE HAS EASY ACCESS TO A DART LIGHT RAIL STATION.
AND ROUGHLY 46% OF THE ZONE HAS EASY ACCESS TO ANY MASS TRANSIT STATION.
THESE STATISTICS LARGELY CONGRUENT WITH A TRADITIONAL HUB AND SPENT MODEL IN WHICH FEEDER LINES LEAD TO EACH.
THESE STATISTICS ARE LARGELY CONGRUENT WITH THE TRADITIONAL HUB AND SPLIT MODEL IN WHICH FEEDER LINES LEAD TO CENTRAL TRANSIT POINTS.
AS A RESULT, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PREMISE ON THE BASIS THAT RAIL HUBS, THAT RAIL HUBS REPRESENT THE BEST POINT OF MOBILITY ACCESS FOR TRANSIT DEPENDENT RESIDENTS OF THE ZONE.
ALRIGHT, UH, MY NAME IS CASEY TERRA AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MICHAEL SAID UP PREVIOUSLY.
UH, WHILE THE BOARD'S FINANCING DECISIONS HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVELY APPLIED TO BUSINESSES IN A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS, WE CONTEND THAT IN ORDER TO EVEN MORE EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE THE NATURE OF THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE, ALONG WITH ITS SPECIAL TAX DEFERRED STATUS, THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE SHOULD ADDITIONALLY DIRECT ITS ACTIVITIES TOWARDS INCENTIVIZING HIGH MOBILITY ACCESS COM COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.
UPON REVIEW, UPON REVIEWING CASE STUDIES FROM THE ECONOMIC INNOVATION GROUP, WHICH OUTLINES SEMINOLE RESEARCH CONDUCTED ON CITIES THAT IMPLEMENTED OPPORTUNITY ZONES LIKE PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WE FOUND THAT TIMELY TRANSPORTATION SITES OF EMPLOYMENT OR TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE GROCERIES AND HEALTHCARE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST FACTORS IN MEETING RESIDENTS NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
SINCE CLUSTERING RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT, NEAR TRANSIT HUBS IS NOT PRACTICAL, AN INCENTIVE STRUCTURE FOR COMMERCIAL REAL REDEVELOPMENT, NEAR TRANSIT HUBS SOLVED THIS ISSUE BEST, UH, CONSIDERING, UH, DARK LIGHT RAIL STATION IS HIGH VOLUME TRANSIT HUBS THAT PROCESS THE BULK OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEMS CAPACITY THROUGH A CONCENTRATED LOCATION, APPROXIMATELY 7% OF THE ZONE BY AREA.
WE THEREFORE ARGUE THAT AN INCENTIVE STRUCTURE TO CONCENTRATE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AT THESE TRANSIT HUBS IS THE BEST WAY TO MEET RESIDENTIAL, UH, RESIDENTIAL NEEDS.
THE ANCILLARY BENEFIT OF PRIORITIZING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS IN SECTORS NEAR LIGHT REAL STATIONS IS THE IMPACT IT HAS ON PROPERTY VALUES.
THE CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY THINK TANK IDENTIFIES THAT IN SOME CASES, HIGH TRANSIT REGIONS COULD PERFORM OVER 1000% BETTER IN TERMS OF PROPERTY VALUES COMPARED TO NON-TRANS REGIONS.
THE BENEFITS TOWARDS OUR PROPOSED INCENTIVE STRUCTURE ARE THEREFORE TWOFOLD.
FINANCING TARGETED TOWARDS TRANSIT ZONES ENSURES STABLE PROPERTY VALUES FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS AND MITIGATES RISK.
THIS FINANCING STRUCTURE PREVENTS THE POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS OF GENTRIFICATION AND HIGH PRICING ON RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE BOARD HAS AN UNRIVALED OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECT, UH, DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL ZONES, NEAR TRANSIT HUBS.
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IS MORE DESIRABLE IN THESE AREAS BECAUSE OF THEIR ACCESSIBILITY.
COLLECTIVELY, WE CONCLUDED THE SOUTH DALLAS OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD SHOULD PRIORITIZE LENDING APPLICATIONS FROM DEVELOPERS WHO INTEND TO DEVELOP COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NEAR CONCENTRATED MASS TRANSIT HUBS, IE DART LIGHT RAIL STATIONS.
IN DOING SO, EQU UH, EQUITABLE MOBILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ACTUALIZED BEST ALL WHILE CREATING ROBUST AND SUSTAINABLE CONDITIONS FOR INVESTMENT WITHIN THE ZONE PERTAINING SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE FUNDING PROCESS SCHEDULED FOR ITEM FIVE, SUB POINT C.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S TIME.
THANK YOU YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS, GENTLEMEN, UH, MI MR. CARTER, MR. WISE, AND MR. CASEY, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN, PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS.
YOU GUYS SAID YOUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? CORRECT.
WELL, WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOUR INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY AND COMING OUT AND, UH, SPEAKING, UH, ON BEHALF OF, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SOUTH DALLAS, UH, FAIR PARK AREA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS, MS. SKA? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON.
CH CHAIR, UH, TRENT HUGHES, DISTRICT 12.
COULD, COULD YOU REPEAT WHAT HIGH SCHOOLS THEY REPRESENTED? WAS THAT, WAS THAT, UM, DID THEY SAY THAT? UH, I'LL LET THEM COME UP AND, AND WE REPRESENT, WE REPRESENT JESUIT DALLAS.
SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
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WHICH IS A STAFF UPDATE, UH, FROM MR. HE PESCO FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.UH, WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER A, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON THE NEW STAFF INTRODUCTIONS.
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SOME NEW STAFF WITH THIS HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MEET JUAN, UH, LAST WEEK, BUT MS. LECO, I'LL LET YOU, UH, TAKE IT AWAY TO INTRODUCE THE NEW STAFF.
I AM THRILLED THAT WE HAVE NEW STAFF.
UH, AND IT'S NICHOLAS BERA AND MOST OF Y'ALL MET HIM ON FRIDAY ON THE TOUR.
UH, AND SO HE CAN JUST WAVE TO THE FOLKS, OR HE, AND HE IS JOINING US FROM LBJ SCHOOL IN AUSTIN, UH, WHERE HE JUST FINISHED HIS MASTER'S DEGREE.
AND PREVIOUS TO THAT HE WAS IN NEW YORK AND RAN OR STAFFED A NONPROFIT, UH, FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH AND WORKED ON GRANT, UM, CAPACITY BUILDING AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS RELATED TO GRANTS.
SO WE THINK HE'S A GREAT ADDITION TO THE TEAM.
SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE HIM STARTED.
IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY TWO WEEKS.
UM, BUT HE, NOTHING LIKE BAPTISM BY FIRE.
UH, MR. NICHOLAS, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, REMARKS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE? JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOU BEING HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER B IS AN UPDATE ON THE FEBRUARY, 2024 NOFA AWARDEES, MR. PESCA.
SO WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON THE, UH, FEBRUARY NOFA AWARDEES, THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR I LOOK LIKE LOVE HAS BEEN SUPPLE, UH, HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SIGNED.
SO ONCE THAT IS SIGNED, WE CAN THEN START PROCESSING PAYMENTS FOR THEM.
UM, GEMS HAS NOT SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR PAYMENT YET AND ABIDE, WE HAVE APPROVED PAYMENT WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THEIR PAYMENTS FROM MAY THROUGH AUGUST.
SO THEY SHOULD BE GETTING A CHECK WITHIN 21 DAYS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ON THE UPDATE FROM THE 2024 FEBRUARY, 2024? NO, FOR AWARDEES CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, CARL ENRIQUE, DISTRICT 13, UM, MS. LEVESQUE, I NOTICED ON THE SLIDE THERE'S A MENTION FOR ABIDE OF ADDITIONAL PAYMENT FOR SEPTEMBER RECENTLY REQUESTED.
IS THAT, UH, ABIDE REQUESTING FROM, FROM US? MM-HMM.
DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT REQUEST IS? RIGHT.
THEY'RE INVOICING US MONTHLY, SO IT'S JUST THE, THE NEXT ROUND OF THEIR PAYMENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ON THE UPDATE FOR THE, UH, FEBRUARY AWARDEES, NOPA CHAIR, MS. MARQUEZ, YOU RECOGNIZE CHRISTIAN MARQUEZ, DISTRICT SIX APPOINTEE.
MR. PESCA, IS THERE ANYTHING WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THESE NPAS THAT YOU MAY BE FOUND? THERE MAY BE THINGS YOU GOTTA CLEAN UP.
SO I KNOW GOING FORWARD, NOTHING THAT'S, UH, NOTHING THAT'S SUPER OUTSTANDING.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST LITTLE THINGS WHERE THE BUDGET MATTERS, RIGHT? AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING CATEGORIES ALIGN WITH WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING MONEY FOR.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL CLEAN UP AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. MARQUEZ? YES, CHAIR.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, NOFA AWARDEES FROM FEBRUARY? HEARING NONE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE C, WHICH IS AN OVERVIEW FROM THE CITY FUNDING AND APPROVAL PROCESS.
UH, IF YOU RECALL FROM OUR RETREAT, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL PROCESS IS ONCE SOMETHING COMES INTO THE SYSTEM, WHETHER IT BE ON THE NOFA SIDE OR WHETHER IT BE ON THE LOAN SIDE, UH, ECO DEV HEATHER AND HER TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER A GRAPHIC, UH, WHICH YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE PACKET IN THE PRESENTATION PACKET THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYBODY.
SO IF YOU'LL REFER TO THAT FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT HANDY, I BELIEVE YOU CAN SEE IT, UH, SHARED ON THE SCREEN HERE.
AND SO, UH, MS. LIPSKA, I'LL LET YOU, UM, TAKE OVER AND, UH, GO THROUGH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDING PROCESS.
UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT THE SOUTH DALLAS OPPORTUNITY FUND CAN FUND.
ONE IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THE OTHER IS THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
NOFA S THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS MUST EITHER CREATE NEW JOBS, RETAIN EXISTING JOBS, OR INCREASE THE TAX BASE, AND THE FUNDS CAN BE AWARDED AS A MIX OF LOAN AND GRANT.
BUT NO MORE THAN 25% OF THE AWARD CAN BE A GRANT.
SO MOST OF IT IS GONNA BE COMING OUT AS A LOAN.
UH, SO THE FIRST STEP IS IN THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE TO GET AN APPLICATION.
WE ACCEPT THESE ON A ROLLING BASIS.
THE SECOND STEP IS WE BEGIN A STAFF REVIEW.
UH, WE REVIEW THE, THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED FOR COMPLETENESS, AND WE WORK THROUGH WITH THE, THE APPLICANT IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND OUR GOAL FOR THAT IS TO PREPARE THE PACKAGE FOR UNDERWRITING.
UH, THIRD STEP, WE SEND IT OUT TO A THIRD PARTY UNDERWRITER.
OUR CURRENT UNDERWRITER IS GROW AMERICA, WHICH IS A NATIONAL CDFI THAT HAS A, LET'S SEE, 50 PLUS YEAR HISTORY.
UM, THEY'VE WORKED FOR OVER A HALF CENTURY TO WORK ON, UM, TO INVEST IN LOW INCOME
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COMMUNITIES.THEY SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SMALL BUSINESS LENDING.
THEY ALSO TRAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS AND PROVIDE A LOT OF, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE CERTIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE HOUSING PROFESSIONAL, UM, CERTIFICATIONS THAT OUR STAFF ALL GOES THROUGH SO THAT WE HAVE SOME SENSE OF HOW TO UNDERWRITE.
UM, AFTER THAT WE GET A UNDERWRITING REPORT BACK FROM NDC, UH, WHERE THEY REVIEW THE PROJECT, THE SCOPE, UM, THE SPONSOR, AND ALERT US OF ANY ISSUES OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO SEEK CLARIFICATION ON FROM THE APPLICANT.
UM, ASSUMING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE AGREE WITH THE UNDERWRITING REPORT AND THEY, THERE IS A VERIFIED FINANCIAL GAP FOR THE PROJECT, THEN WE WOULD ISSUE AN OFFER LETTER, UM, THAT WE WOULD THEN SEND TO THE APPLICANT THAT IS NEGOTIABLE.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THAT THAT THEY DON'T ESPECIALLY LIKE OR THEY'RE REQUESTING A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY ON.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS AGREE TO WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, BUT WE, WE CAN CONSIDER IT.
UM, AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE AN EXECUTED OFFER LETTER, WE BRING THAT PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE LEAD OFFER LETTER TO THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR REVIEW AND POTENTIAL APPROVAL.
UM, AND THEN YOUR ROLE IS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL TO INDICATE WHAT YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL OR NOT.
SO AFTER THE OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD, UH, MAKES A RECOMMENDATION, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET A CONTRACT, UM, PROCESS STARTED.
IF THE PROJECT IS UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE CAN PROCESS THOSE ADMINISTRATIVELY FOR PAYMENT.
UM, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY CONTRACT, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS A DRAFT CONTRACT, GENERALLY A FORM CONTRACT.
WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS AND HAVE ONE STANDARD CONTRACT FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD JUST INCLUDE THE ATTACHMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT'S PARTICULAR TO THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT.
UM, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH EVERY TIME WITH THE NEW PROJECT.
UM, ONCE WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE, WE CREATE AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL DOCUMENT.
WE THEN ROUTE THAT AND THE CONTRACT FOR SIGNATURE, UM, FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, THE GRANT RECIPIENT AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND THEN ONCE EVERYTHING IS EXECUTED, WE CAN THEN PUT THAT PROJECT UNDER CONTRACT AND BEGIN THAT PROJECT TERM, THE CONTRACT TERM.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, WE ARE, WE CAN PROCESS AMOUNTS OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION PROCESS.
UNDER OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY.
WE CAN ACTUALLY APPROVE PROJECTS UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION IF THEY'RE IN A TARGET AREA.
BUT WE HAVEN'T QUITE MARRIED THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, UM, TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY GIVEN THAT IT WAS JUST TRANSFERRED TO US.
SO THAT'S A CORRECTION AND A CLEANUP THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO TAKE, UM, IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
SO BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, OR EVEN LIKE JANUARY, FEBRUARY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROCESS LARGER DEALS ADMINISTRATIVELY, WHICH SHOULD MAKE IT A FASTER PROCESS FOR THE APPLICANT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO IF IT'S, UM, WHEN YOU SAY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION PROCESS MM-HMM,
AND YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT UP TO A MILLION? IF, IF WHAT HAPPENS ONCE WE EMBED THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, IT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT WAS TRANSFERRED, WE HAVE THE FUNDING, BUT NOT REALLY THE PROGRAM.
WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS WEIRD SPACE RIGHT NOW.
SO FOR PROJECTS THAT WOULD NEED CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, WHICH RIGHT NOW WOULD BE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT'S A SLIGHTLY, UH, LONGER PROCESS.
THE FIRST STEP IS IT WOULD GO TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, AND SO WE GENERALLY PRESENT INFORMATION AS A POWERPOINT FOR LAR LARGER OR MORE COMPLICATED PROJECTS.
AND IT WOULD BE AS A MEMO FOR MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD ITEMS, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AND THEN THE PROJECT WOULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE GENERALLY MEETS MONTHLY.
SO THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH IS WHEN THEIR STANDING MEETING IS.
UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETS TWO TIMES A MONTH GENERALLY, AND IT'S THE SECOND AND THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY.
UM, AND AFTER CITY COUNCIL APPROVES, THEN WE WOULD SEND THE APPLICATION PACKET TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THEM TO START DRAFTING THE CONTRACT AGAIN.
THEY WOULD TRY TO USE THE FORM CONTRACT THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED.
UM, THE CONTRACT IS THEN RETURNED TO THE AWARDEE.
THEY CAN NEGOTIATE OR EXECUTE IT.
UM, AND WE ALWAYS ENSURE THAT THE CONTRACT ALIGNS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, WHICH ALIGNS WITH OUR OFFER LETTER.
SO REALLY OUR EXECUTED OFFER LETTER IS THE BASIS OF ANY DOCUMENT THAT
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WE'RE GETTING APPROVED THROUGH CITY COUNCIL OR THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, WHICH IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD BASE DOCUMENT TO START EVERYTHING WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS PROCESS.UM, AND THEN ONCE THE CONTRACT IS EXECUTED, THE PROJECT CAN START.
I KNOW MR. DAWKINS HAD A QUESTION HERE.
BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.
UM, SO IS THAT, THAT'S BASICALLY THE FULFILLMENT OF THE CONTRACT, BOTH, BOTH THE GRANTING THE AWARDING AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE CONTRACT WITHIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONCE IT'S FOLDED IN FROM OPPORTUNITY FUND.
SO THAT, SO DOES THAT STRESS YOUR, YOUR PERSONNEL? NO, I MEAN, NOT NOW BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE MANY IN THE PORTFOLIO.
IF WE TEAM, IF WE WERE, WE WERE AT SCALE PROCESSING AAS ON A DAILY BASIS AND HAVING TO DO THAT, YES, WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE STRESS TO THE SYSTEM.
UM, BUT THE IDEA IS KIND OF BUILDING OUT COMPLIANCE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING OUT ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FUND THAT IT MOVES SMOOTHLY BECAUSE THEY SHOULDN'T BE SO IRREGULAR AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE SO MUCH NEEDING TO HAVE A TON OF BACK AND FORTH TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS RIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT THEY, THINGS MOVE SMOOTHLY AT SOME POINT.
THERE'S ONLY SO MANY ACTIVE CONTRACTS A PERSON COULD HANDLE, AND AT THAT POINT WE'D NEED TO GET ADDITIONAL STAFF.
AND YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE THE PACE OF APPROVAL TO OUTSTRIP YOUR PERSONNEL GROWTH? NO, NOT AT THIS POINT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK? UH, SO FAR, UH, HAVE, HAVE WE COMPLETED THE, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, LOAN PIECE OF IT? I, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE I BREAK RIGHT THERE SO THAT, UH, WE CAN GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE WE MOVE OVER INTO THE, THE NOTEBOOK.
THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE? OKAY, I'M HEARING NONE.
UH, SO, SO JUST FOR CLARITY, MR. LIPSKA, UM, SOMETIME IN DECEMBER SLASH JANUARY, THE OPPORTUNITY FUND WILL BE ROLLED UP UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOP INCENTIVE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL THEN ALLOW FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS TO BE PROCESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY, UH, AND NOT HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
NOW, DO THEY STILL GO TO THROUGH ECO DEV, THE, THE ECO DEV COMMITTEE? OR, OR WILL IT LEAVE THIS BODY AND GO STRAIGHT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION? IN GENERAL, IT WILL LEAVE THIS BODY AND GO STRAIGHT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.
UM, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOMETHING TO COUNCIL OR TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, AND WE DO A QUARTERLY REPORT ON ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS THAT ARE, UH, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
SO THERE IS KIND OF A LOOK BACK, BUT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO PROACTIVELY TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, ASSUMING WE'RE FOLLOWING THE EXISTING POLICIES IN THE INCENTIVE POLICY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT WAS 11
IS THIS A, IS, FORGIVE ME MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, SO IS THIS A, A STREAMLINE PROCESS OR IS THIS HOW THE PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE, THE COMMITTEE UP TO THIS POINT? OR IS THIS A NEW SORT OF PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF YOUR, UM, GULE
THE, THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT SBC DIDN'T HAVE IS THAT ABILITY TO APPROVE AWARDS UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION, BECAUSE THAT'S EXPLICIT IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY.
UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T USED IT YET.
I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. NUN SAVAGE? YES.
MR. DAWKINS, I HAD A QUESTION.
SO, DOES COUNCIL HAVE AUDIT RIGHTS? IN OTHER WORDS, LET'S SAY YOU PUT THROUGH EIGHT 10 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION, UM, TRANSACTIONS AND ONE GOES SIDEWAYS BLOW, UH, THE, THE AWARDEE DOESN'T LIKE OR APPRECIATE SOMETHING IN THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN PROCESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
UM, AND THEY BRING SOMETHING TO COUNCIL'S NOTICE.
MM-HMM,
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THEY DECIDE HALFWAY THROUGH THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THEIR CONTRACT TERMS, THEY CAN REQUEST AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR CONTRACT.UM, AND WE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT IS, WE CAN EITHER PROCESS THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY OR WE CAN TAKE IT TO COUNSEL AND HAVE COUNSEL MAKE AN OPINION ON THAT.
IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IN A, A NUMBER OF REMEDIES AT, AT OUR, UH, DISPOSAL IN ORDER TO AVAIL OURSELVES OF REMEDY BEFORE THINGS GET TO COUNCIL.
I MEAN, WE, YES, I MEAN, IN GENERAL, ONCE THEY'RE UNDER CONTRACT, WE TRY TO KEEP IT SMOOTH SAILING AND IT'S NOT A GREAT OUTCOME TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL TO CHANGE YOUR CONTRACT.
UM, SO WE WOULD TRY TO DO THAT, HANDLE THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
IF THERE'S A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THE DEAL TERMS, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A COUPLE RIGHT NOW, ONE THAT WE JUST DID ADMINISTRATIVELY AND ONE THAT WILL END UP GOING TO COUNCIL WITH THIS YEAR.
WHAT IF WE'RE NOT HAPPY? LIKE WE GET DOWN THE ROAD WITH AN APPLICANT, WE'RE PROCESSING AND THEY DON'T, WE'RE UNHAPPY WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE CONTRACT.
DO WE HAVE REMEDY TO TERMINATE? I MEAN, DO WE LEAVE SO WE'RE NOT EXPOSED? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MAYBE I'M NOT ASKING THE QUESTION RIGHT, BUT I MEAN, IF THEY'RE ADHERING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR CONTRACT, THERE'S NO REMEDY.
WE, WE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM.
IF THEY'RE NOT, AND WE HAVE
THEN WE WORK THROUGH THE DEFAULT NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
BUT I GUESS IF CITY COUNCIL, IF THEY HAVE A LOOK BACK OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS A LOOK BACK ON FIVE AWARDEES THAT WE GIVE THIS YEAR, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE, THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THE AWARDEES.
UM, WHAT SORT OF, UM, WHAT CAN THEY DO? OR ONCE THE CONTRACTS ARE IN MOTION, THERE'S, I GUESS, DO THEY HAVE ANY ACTION THAT THEY CAN TAKE, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, IF THEY DON'T LIKE SOMEONE THAT'S APPLIED AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT X HAD APPLIED AND I CAN'T STAND X.
AND SO WE WANT X TO BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY.
DO THEY HAVE POWER OVER THAT, OVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS? I, UH, BRADY FLANNERY CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO I'M NOT ENCOUNTERING AN ISSUE LIKE THAT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THE COUNCIL HAS AN ISSUE WITH AN AWARDEE OR A VENDOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY GO UP.
YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WORK WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF BE HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
I I'LL JUST NOTE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE, IF, IF WE FEEL LIKE IT'S CONTROVERSIAL, IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S CONTROVERSIAL, WE CAN A TALK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER BEFORE WE GO TOO FAR DOWN THAT ROAD B, WE CAN TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL, LET THEM OPINE ON SOMETHING.
UM, AND C IF THERE'S STUFF THAT YOU WANT US TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE IT GETS APPROVED, WE CAN ALSO DO THAT.
SO, I MEAN, THE TIME TO SPEAK UP IS BEFORE YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING.
UM, AND CERTAINLY BEFORE THEY'RE UNDER CONTRACT, BECAUSE WE HAVE LESS FLEXIBILITY ONCE THEY'RE UNDER CONTRACT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEBODY ONLINE THAT HAS A QUESTION.
DID ANYBODY, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR, UH, VERBALLY SPEAK? I, I CAN'T SEE YOU IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR IF YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED.
IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO TALK? UH, WHO'S SPEAKING? THIS IS SHANAE WISE.
UH, LET ME JUST TAKE A STEP BACK 'CAUSE YOU WERE CANDIDATES ABSENCE, SO, UM, YEAH, ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE.
I, UM, I COULDN'T GET INTO THE BUILDING, SO I CAME BACK HOME AND GOT ONLINE.
UM, HER VIDEO'S, NOT, UH, UH, MS. WISE, CAN YOU, UH, FLIP YOUR VIDEO TO THE ON POSITION, PLEASE? SURE.
YOU, IT HAS TO BE ON FOR YOU TO BE COUNTED.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR YOUR QUESTION.
SO SHE WAS STATING THAT THEY WE'RE KIND OF IN A WEIRD SPACE AS FAR AS US NOT REALLY HAVING PROGRAMMING, BUT WE HAVE FUNDING.
AM AM I CORRECT BY SAYING THAT? SO THERE'S A PROGRAM STATEMENT AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS BEEN, I MEAN, I THINK IT WAS LAST MODIFIED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 THAT CONTINUES.
IT IS NOT CURRENTLY PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY.
AND SO THAT'S, IT'S OPERATING UNDER ITS OWN PROGRAM STATEMENT RATHER THAN THE LARGER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY.
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TAKE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY TO CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, UM, FOR, TO THE COMMITTEE FOR A HEARING BASICALLY.AND THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THAT IN JANUARY.
SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM, IT'S JUST NOT FULLY EMBEDDED WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS OTHER PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO DOES IT SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS OF IT, OF US DOING ANYTHING AS FAR AS APPLICATIONS TRYING TO TAKE PEOPLE IN THAT, THAT'S TRYING TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDING? I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN THE MEANWHILE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, ARE WE HAVING TO WAIT FOR THAT PROCESS TO TAKE PLACE? NO, THE ONLY THING THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO RIGHT NOW THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IN THE FUTURE IS APPROVE DEALS BETWEEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND A MILLION DOLLARS ADMINISTRATIVELY.
MS. WISE, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DID.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE OF THE FUNDING PROCESS? OKAY, I'M HEARING NONE.
SO, MS. LIPSKA, UM, YOU'LL CONTINUE WITH THE NOFA PROCESS.
AND THEN THE OTHER TYPE OF FUNDING, UM, THAT THE BOARD OVERSEES IS THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
AND I THINK WE NEED THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AND THESE FUNDS ARE AWARDED IN RESPONSE TO A NOFA TWICE A YEAR.
A NOFA STANDS FOR A NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
IT'S GENERALLY BEEN SENT OUT THROUGH BONFIRE, WHICH IS THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT SYSTEM.
UM, THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN SEND IT OUT.
WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO ONLY USING BONFIRE.
SO IF THERE'S OTHER WAYS YOU WANNA GET THE UH, INFORMATION OUT, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND THE BOARD HAS, UH, AMENDED THE, UH, PROGRAM STATEMENT TO ALLOW FOR AN AWARD TWO TIMES A YEAR.
UM, THERE'S UP TO $200,000 THAT CAN BE AWARDED EACH FISCAL YEAR.
ONCE WE GET APPLICATION IN FROM THE NOFA, THERE IS A STAFF REVIEW, UM, AND THE STAFF SCORES IT ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA LISTED IN THE NOFA.
PROJECTS THAT ARE SCORED HIGHER THAN AN 80 ARE PRESENTED TO THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION ON FUNDING.
UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING.
UM, IT MAY GO TO CITY COUNCIL IF IT'S OVER THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THRESHOLD.
IF IT'S UNDER THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THRESHOLD, IT CAN BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
AND ONCE WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD, WE WOULD THEN ISSUE AN AWARD LETTER.
UM, AND THAT WOULD FORMALIZE THE SCOPE OF WORK, THE TERM, AND THE BUDGET, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE SENT TO THE GRANTEE.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE NEXT SLIDE, FOR THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, AWARDS, THIS IS GONNA LOOK JUST LIKE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME PROCESS.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT FORM CONTRACT.
UM, AND, BUT IT'S THE SAME STRAIGHTFORWARD.
YOU GET A CONTRACT, YOU GET THE AA, THE CITY MANAGER, THE DEPARTMENT SIGNS IT, THE ATTORNEYS SIGN IT, FILE IT WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, AND THE PROJECT STARTS.
SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, ANYTHING UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CAN BE ACTIONED ADMINISTRATIVELY, ANYTHING OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS GOES TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, CORRECT? YES.
AND JUST ONE OTHER NOTE THAT IF THERE'S A CHANGE TO THE SCOPE OF WORK, THE BUDGET, THE TERM, WE WOULD NEED TO DO A CONTRACT AMENDMENT AND THAT WOULD THEN GO BACK THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, UM, AND WE WOULD PUT THE CONTRACT ON HOLD UNTIL THAT TAKES PLACE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AWARD PROCESS? MR. MARQUEZ? I SEE YOUR HAND.
LAKA, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE OTHER OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, RECEIVE NOTICE OF NOFA? YOU TALKED ABOUT BONFIRE.
WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO WE HAVE? I MEAN, DIRECT OUTREACH WOULD BE ONE, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING A LIST OF NONPROFITS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE EITHER OPERATING OR WOULD BE INTERESTED.
SO WE SEND IT TO THEM DIRECTLY.
WE CAN OBVIOUSLY PUT IT ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE.
WE CAN PUT IT IN OUR NEWSLETTER.
WE CAN BASICALLY, WHATEVER YOU CAN THINK OF, WE CAN DO.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY LIMITATIONS ON HOW WE CAN ADVERTISE IT AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S TARGETED TO UP, UM, BUSINESSES THAT OFFER IT IN SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND OR SERVE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUNDS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS THAT AREN'T APPLICABLE TO THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE WOULD JUST SEND AN APPLICATION LINK OR, YEAH.
THAT'S HOW, BECAUSE I KNOW WITH THE PROCUREMENT, WITH BONFIRE, YOU HAVE TO GO ON THEIR, CREATE AN ACCOUNT, ALL THE LOGISTICS THERE.
I, I MEAN, WE ARE NOT RECEIVED, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND THIS COULD CHANGE 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T RUN THROUGH THIS, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE RECEIVING THE SUBMISSIONS THROUGH BONFIRE.
UM, AND IF THEY ARE, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
BUT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE A BROADER BASE THAN JUST THE BONFIRE NOTIFICATIONS.
MR. ENRIQUEZ, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR.
UH, MS. LIPSKA QUESTION REGARDING, UH, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE ABOVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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THE PROCESS BE VERY SIMILAR TO, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS? ONCE, UM, ONCE THE, UH, THE FUND HAS BEEN ROLLED INTO THE, THE ECO DEV INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE ATTORNEYS ON, BECAUSE THESE AREN'T NECESSARILY INCENTIVE DEALS, THEY'RE PROGRAM SERVICES.AND SO I THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO I SAFE THING TO SAY IS ANYTHING OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WOULD HAVE TO BE PROCESSED THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.
UM, BECAUSE IT ISN'T, IT'S A SERVICE CONTRACT AND NOT AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.
THANK YOU MS. MAR, MR. DUNN SAVAGE.
DO YOU ANY QUESTION? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF, YOU SAID ANY SCORE OVER 80, SO, UM, WHERE CAN WE ACCESS THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO WHERE THE POINTS AND WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE? SO IT'S IN THE NOFA AND IT TELLS YOU HOW THEY'RE SCORED.
IT'S IN THE NOFA REPHRASE THAT.
IT TELLS YOU HOW MANY POINTS ARE AWARDED FOR EACH SECTION.
AND YOU SAID UP TO 200,000 PER FISCAL YEAR, UH, CAN BE AWARDED TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS? SO IT'S, IT SAYS IF IT'S UNDER A HUNDRED, BUT UP TO 200 CAN BE AWARDED.
SO IT CAN BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND TWICE A YEAR TRACKING.
AND IT CAN GO IN ANY, I MEAN, SO IT CAN GO, YOU COULD DO ONE AWARD OF 200,000 IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD.
UM, THAT WOULD THEN GET CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
IF THE BOARD DESIRES TO DO TWO 100,000, YOU COULD DO THAT.
AND THAT WOULD BE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL.
YOU COULD DO FOUR 50 THOUSANDS, HOWEVER YOU WANNA BREAK THAT DOWN.
YOU COULD DO 1, 1 50 THAT WENT TO COUNCIL ONE 50.
I MEAN, LIKE, THERE'S NO SET APPROVAL PROCESS.
IT'S JUST, THAT'S GOOD THAT YOU FEEL LIKE IT, IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE GIVEN THE APPLICANT'S.
AND ONE LAST THING I'LL ADD THERE IS THAT WE ADDED A SECOND NOTICE PERIOD.
UH, THERE USED TO BE ONLY ONE NOTICE PERIOD.
SO WE HAVE TWO NOTICE PERIODS NOW.
AND WHAT WE ALSO DID, UM, BEFORE YOU JOINED THE BOARD IS WE RAISED THAT LIMIT FROM A HUNDRED TO 200.
SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE DID TO TRY TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD.
THAT'S GREAT FOR CLARIFICATION.
ALRIGHT, THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AWARD PROCESS FROM ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, I'M HEARING NONE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, WHICH IS THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF TWO AWARDEES, UH, OR TWO APPLICANTS.
THAT WE, UH, THERE'S ONE MORE PROCESS.
DID, DID I, DID I, THERE'S ONE MORE PRICE PROCESS FOR THE CITY.
UH, MS. LIPSKA, PLEASE CONTINUE.
YEAH, AND THE LAST ONE THAT WE'LL COVER QUICKLY IS THE FUNDING PROCESS.
SO HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET PAID.
UM, AND SO THIS ALSO HAS MULTIPLE STEPS, UH, BUT BASICALLY THE AWARDEE SUBMITS THEIR, UM, REQUEST FOR PAYMENT WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO OS UH, STAFF, THE OPPORTUNITY FUND STAFF.
AND THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE PROBABLY TAKE THE MOST TIME.
IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED ALIGNS WITH HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE REQUESTING.
I MEAN, LIKE THERE'S, IT'S, WE GO OVER THIS WITH A FAIRLY FINE TOOTH COMB.
UM, AND SO IF THE APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT IS COMPLETE, WE CAN TURN IT AROUND IN ONE OR TWO DAYS.
IF WE HAVE A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, IT CAN BE TWO OR THREE, FOUR WEEKS IN THIS PROCESS.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, HOW FAST IT GOES ALSO DEPENDS ON HOW FAST THE APPLICANT THEN RESPONDS TO US TOO.
SO THAT CAN BE A SLIGHTLY LENGTHY PROCESS.
UM, BUT GENERALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT WITHIN A A WEEK.
UM, AFTER CITY STAFF HAS REVIEWED IT WITHIN THE OPPORTUNITY FUND TEAM, IT THEN GOES TO OUR FINANCE TEAM.
UM, THEY PUT THE PAYMENT REQUEST INTO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THEY FORWARD THE PAYMENT REQUEST TO THE CITY CONTROLLER'S OFFICE.
UM, AND THAT GENERALLY TAKES TWO TO THREE DAYS FROM WHEN THEY GET THE, THE REQUEST FOR PAYMENT FROM US.
UM, AND THEN THE CITY CONTROLLER'S OFFICE DOES A FINAL REVIEW AND THEY APPROVE THE PAYMENT REQUEST.
THE CITY CONTROLLER'S OFFICE WILL TYPICALLY DISPERSE PAYMENT VIA CHECK OR EFT WITHIN 10 TO 15 DAYS.
UM, AND THEY CAN EITHER MAIL A CHECK OR PEOPLE CAN COME AND PICK UP A CHECK.
AND OBVIOUSLY IF THEY HAVE EFT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN IF THEY'RE DEPENDING ON A CHECK.
UM, AND THEN THE AWARDEE RECEIVES PAYMENT.
SO THE STATE LAW, I THINK IS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY INVOICES WITHIN 30 DAYS.
UM, AGAIN, IF IT, IF WE'RE NEGOTIATING BACK AND FORTH MULTIPLE TIMES OVER WHAT THAT PAYMENT SHOULD BE, WE WILL END UP NEEDING TO REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL INVOICE TO REFLECT THE REVISED AMOUNT.
BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS FOR PAYMENT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK, UH, ABOUT THE FUNDING PROCESS? MR. CHAIRMAN? UM, MR. DUN SAVAGE, UH, IS THIS POWERPOINT MADE AVAILABLE
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IN OUR, IN OUR PACKET ALREADY? UH, YES.YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED, JUST SO WE HAVE HAVE IT AS A REVIEW.
YEAH, YEAH, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT, UH, IN YOUR EMAIL, BUT, UH, WE CAN GET THE STAFF TO RECIRCULATE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK REGARDING THE FUNDING PROCESS? ALRIGHT, I'M HEARING NONE.
SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF, UH, TWO HUMAN DEVELOPMENTS, UH, APPLICANTS, UH, THAT WERE PRESENTED AT OUR LAST MEETING.
BUT A SUBSEQUENT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, CAME IN FOR TWO ORGANIZATIONS, ONE FOR THEM AND ONE FROM THE DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP.
SO, UH, WE'LL HEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THOSE TWO APPLICANTS AND, UH, WE'LL HEAR COMMENTS, FEEDBACK, AND, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THOSE.
THIS IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, BCL OF TEXAS WAS RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING.
AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP HAD RESUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR $60,000 AND FOR THEM'S INITIAL REQUEST WAS $35,000.
YOU CAN SEE THEY BOTH HAVE A FAIRLY, UM, A, A GOOD MATCH TO KEEP THE PROGRAM, MAKE THE PROGRAM FEASIBLE.
AND THEN AS WE WORKED THROUGH WITH, FOR THEM, UM, THEY DID NOT AMEND THEIR PROGRAM START DATE.
SO THEY ACTUALLY REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF THEIR REQUEST TO REFLECT THE SHORTER TERM THAT THEY WOULD BE UNDER CONTRACT FOR THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NOPA.
SO THEIR REQUEST NOW IS RANGING BETWEEN 20 3020 $5,000, JUST DEPENDING ON WHEN THAT CONTRACT START DATE WOULD BE.
UM, THEY STILL PLAN TO EXPAND MEAL SITES INTO THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK TARGET AREA, AND THEY PROVIDE FREE MEALS AFTER SCHOOL MEALS FOR STUDENTS AND ENRICHMENT SERVICES.
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE OF THEIR NUMBERS.
THEY AIM TO ENROLL A HUNDRED FAMILIES DURING THE YEAR.
THEY ACHIEVE, UH, AND ACHIEVE AN 80% EDUCATION PARTICIPATION RATE AMONG YOUTH.
UM, AND HAVE ABOUT 630 SESSIONS AND TOUCH POINTS FOR FAMILIES THROUGH THEIR EXPANDED MEAL SITES.
UM, AND THEY PLAN TO OFFER SERVICES AT YON VILLAGE.
THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF SESSIONS THAT THEY PLAN TO, THEY PLAN TO HAVE 128 SESSIONS AT YON VILLAGE.
UM, 119 SESSIONS AT ROSEMONT AT ARLINGTON PARK, 128 SESSIONS AT ARLINGTON PARK VILLAS, 131 SESSIONS AT X BAR AND 128 SESSIONS AT BRIDGE BUILDERS.
UM, AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE SUMMARY OF THE SITE.
IT'S FEEDING, IT'S AN ENRICHMENT.
IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD REQUEST.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK, UH, REGARDING FOR THEM, THE ORGANIZATION FOR THEM? JUST TO BE CLEAR, MS. LECO, YOU SAID THAT'S ON THEIR SITE, THAT INFORMATION YOU JUST READ, THE INFORMATION I JUST READ, THEY SUBMITTED TO US AS ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF WORK.
SO WE, WE CAN SEND IT OUT IF YOU WANNA SEE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY SUBMITTED TO US IN WRITING FOR IT WHEN WE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL DETAIL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK? UH, REGARDING FOR THEM? UH, MR. ENRIQUE? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM, ON THE, THE TIMELINE COMPONENT HERE, IT SAYS THE UPDATED TIMELINE BEGINS NOVEMBER 15TH THROUGH DECEMBER 1ST.
I'M ASSUMING THAT'S REGARDING THE REQUESTED AMOUNT ABOVE CORRECT.
UM, AND WE, BECAUSE THEY, 'CAUSE IT'S A SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SHIP KIND OF WHEN THEY STARTED THAT PROGRAM.
AND WE CAN'T REIMBURSE AND WE CAN'T PAY FOR THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED.
SO WE HAD THEM SUBMIT A REVISED BUDGET TO REFLECT SOMETHING ONLY FORWARD LOOKING.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THIS FUNDING WOULD BE TO, UM, RUN THEIR PROGRAM THROUGH, THROUGH THE END OF THE SPRING IT, IT SEMESTER? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK FOR, FOR THEM? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CHAIR, UH, MR. MARQUEZ? MR. LIPSKA, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SESSIONS? UM, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE, THE A HUNDRED, THE 630 SESSIONS AND TOUCH POINTS? YEAH, I, THAT WOULD MEAN HOW OFTEN THE KIDS ARE COMING IN AND HOW MANY, LIKE, NOT CLASSES, BUT OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE WHERE THEY'RE PROVIDING THE MEALS AND LIKE THE HOMEWORK HELP AND THE STEM EDUCATION, THE BONDING, WHATEVER IT IS.
SO IT'S LIKE DROP IN COURSE IT'S NOT A COURSE, BUT SET, I MEAN THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
SO IT'S A COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES THEY'RE SEEN ON SITE PER, WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, SO LIKE, LIKE COMMISSIONER EVERY KID'S MENTIONED THAT IF IT GOES THROUGH, WE PASS IT TODAY, IT WILL START NOVEMBER 15TH.
I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHEN THEY RECEIVE FUNDING AT 25 TO 50, IF NOT DECEMBER, IT IS GONNA GO DOWN TO 23, 100?
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CORRECT.ALRIGHT, MR. QUEZ, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK REGARDING FOR THEM? UH, ONE QUICK, UH, WELL, A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.
MS. LOKA, I, I'LL ROLL THESE INTO ONE.
UM, HOW MANY ADDITIONAL MEAL SITES, UH, WERE THEY LOOKING TO? IT SAYS THESE, THEY PLAN TO OPEN SIX TO 10 ADDITIONAL MEAL SITES.
UH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW MANY THEY HAVE NOW? UH, AND WITH THESE ADDITIONAL MEAL SITES, WILL IT REQUIRE MORE STAFF, I WOULD SUSPECT TO, TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THESE ADDITIONAL MEAL SITES? DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, INSIGHT ON THAT? SO WHEN WE WENT BACK TO GET CLARIFICATION, IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE RATHER THAN SIX TO 10 ADDITIONAL MEAL SITES, WHICH IS WHAT THEY HAD PRESENTED IN THEIR APPLICATION, IT'S REALLY AN EXPANSION IN GENERAL.
THEY'VE ALREADY KIND OF PLANNED OUT THESE SITES AND THESE ARE THE SIX TO 10.
AND SO THIS IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MATCH THE PREVIOUS FUNDING.
THEY HAVE TO JUST MAKE A MORE ROBUST PROGRAM.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S, I I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING IN WRITING THAT INDICATES AN ADDITIONAL SIX TO 10.
THIS, THIS WHOLE PROGRAM IS AN EXPANSION.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK FOR, FOR THEM? ALRIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MR. ENRIQUEZ, UH, UH, WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I SECOND MS. MARQUEZ A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CAN, CAN I CLARIFY THE MOTION? UM, CAN YOU GO AHEAD REQUEST OR CLARIFY WHAT THE, THE AMOUNT UP TO AMOUNT? YES, SIR.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE UP TO, UH, MR. ENRIQUEZ THE REQUESTED AMOUNT OR A DIFFERENT AMOUNT? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED AMOUNT OF $25,250.
SO MOVING IS SECONDED BY MR. MARQUEZ.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? A.
ANY OPPOSED, ANY OPPOSED HEARING? NONE, UH, FOR THEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, UH, ANNOUNCE THAT I'M IN ATTENDANCE.
I CAME IN LATE, SO I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M BEING ACCOUNTED AS FOR, UM, THE ACTION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. LEVINE? YEAH.
UM, WHEN DID YOU JOIN? SIX? OH, UH, ABOUT 6 0 5.
SO YOUR ATTENDANCE IS NOTED, UM, AND YOUR VOTE WILL BE COUNTED YOU OR WERE YOU IN OPPOSITION OR IN FAVOR? JUST IN FAVOR.
HERE I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE MY PRESENCE AS WELL.
WHO'S SPEAKING? SHANE HALEY, DISTRICT THREE.
WHEN, WHEN DID YOU JOIN? UH, 6 0 5 IS GOOD.
AND ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE, THE ITEM OPPOSED? YES.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, I'M HEARING NONE.
UH, THE ITEM PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, NEXT ITEM DOWN IS PRESTIGE GROUP.
UM, AND SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR $60,000 TO ENHANCE PRESTIGE PARTNERS, WHICH IS A YOUTH FOCUSED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, MENTORING, AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAM OFFERED TO STUDENTS IN GRADES TWO TO 12.
UM, IT'S AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM THAT ALLEVIATES THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE, FOCUSES ON HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, UM, AND WORKS ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP.
UM, THEIR VISION IS TO CATALYZE POSITIVE CHANGE WITHIN THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK COMMUNITY BY EMPOWERING YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL.
UM, THEY HAVE SIX SITES THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED.
IT INCLUDES THEIR RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH IS ON MALCOLM X BRIDGE BUILDERS, CHARLES RICE ELEMENTARY, HS, THOMAS ELEMENTARY, DADE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, THEY INTEND TO SERVE 400 STUDENTS THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, ENSURE 90% OF THEIR STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE SOCIAL, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE.
ENSURE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE YOUTH ENGAGE IN PRESTIGE PARTNER SESSIONS AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH AND ACHIEVE AN 80% PARTICIPATION.
FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND.
THEY DID AMEND THEIR PROGRAM TIMELINE SO THAT THEY WOULD, THEY REQUESTED THEY MAINTAINED THE REQUEST FOR THEIR FULL AMOUNT OF, UM, $60,000.
UM, THAT IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK FOR THE DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP? MS. LIPKA, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THE DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP AS TO WHAT THE ACTUAL PROGRAMMING
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LOOKS LIKE? UH, I KNOW IT SAYS THAT THEY AIM TO SERVE 400 STUDENTS, UH, WHICH IS A LOT OF STUDENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS 90% OF THEIR STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOCIOECONOMIC COMPETENCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHAT THE ACTUAL PROGRAMMING LOOKS LIKE.
IS IT STRUCTURED? IS IT, YOU KNOW, YOU ENROLL INTO A PROGRAM AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, FOUR TO SIX WEEKS OR OVER A SEMESTER? WHAT, WHAT DOES, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE EXACTLY? I WASN'T ENTIRELY CLEAR.
THEY ARE A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WHERE THEY WORK ON SOCIAL, UH, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, LIFE SKILLS, STEM, FINANCIAL LITERACY, ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
THE PROGRAMS ARE 45 TO 60 MINUTES.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY PARTNER THE KIDS WITH A MENTOR.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATIO OF STUDENT TO ADULT IS, UM, GIVEN THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO HAVE KIDS COME IN TWICE A WEEK.
IT'S NOT AN EVERYDAY PROGRAM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A DROP IN PROGRAM.
UM, SO IT'S NOT AN EVERYDAY AFTERCARE KIND OF INTENSE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT'S MORE OF A ENRICHMENT AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK FROM, I, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ANSWER OR WHO MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT IT SAYS, UM, I'M SURE 90% OF THE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE SOCIAL, UH, EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE.
WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING USED TO HIT THOSE NUMBERS? THEY ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS AND I THINK THEY ARE USING ONE OF THE MODELS THAT THE GIRL SCOUTS HAVE, UM, HAVE MODELED TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT, UM, 90% METRIC.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR.
UH, MR. ENRIQUE? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
UH, HOLD UP QUESTION TO THAT, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M, UH, I FULLY UNDERSTAND BEING THAT THEY'RE USING THAT, THAT SYSTEM THAT THEY'VE ACQUIRED FROM GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA, IS THIS A CO-ED PROGRAM OR JUST SIMPLY GEARED TOWARDS NO, IT'S CO-ED.
THEY HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TOO.
UM, SO THE GIRL SCOUTS HAVE COMMITTED 2 85 OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS.
SO THEY'RE A PRIMARY FUNDER, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE FUNDING FROM LEE JONES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SS OT STANDS FOR.
SO THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE OTHER FUNDING.
AND, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD, UM, SO HERE IN THE PROJECT SCOPE OUTCOMES, IT SAYS THAT THEY AIM TO SERVE 400 STUDENTS THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE TIMELINE THAT THEY'VE AMENDED THE TIMELINE TO EXTEND THROUGH OCTOBER, 2025.
UM, DID THEY INDICATE THAT, THAT THAT AMENDMENT IMPACTS THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT THEY AIM TO SERVE DURING THE TIMEFRAME? I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE THEY PLAN TO RUN THIS PROGRAM FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO THE GIRL SCOUT FUNDING IS FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO I, I'M ENVISIONING THEY'RE PLANNING TO COVER IT IN THROUGH 2026.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA PICK UP A DIFFERENT PORTION OF THE YEAR.
I HAVE A HAVE A QUESTION CHAIR.
MR. MARQUEZ, CAN YOU REITERATE THESE SIX SITES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH? MISS SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK, TARGET AREA? UM, THE DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP, COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER.
DO YOU WANT THE ADDRESSES TOO, OR JUST THE, OKAY.
UM, BRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY CENTER, CHARLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HS.
THOMPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DADE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.
IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK OR REGARDING THE DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK FOR THE DALLAS PRESTIGE GROUP? I'M HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION, I MOTION TO MOVE THE FUNDING OF 60,000 FOR THE NEXT, UH, PROGRAM TIMELINE? THERE'S A MOTION TO, TO, UH, APPROVE THE 60,000 FULL, UH, FULL REQUESTED, FULLY REQUESTED AMOUNT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? A SECOND TO SECOND? I THINK I HEARD MR. DUN SAVAGE ON THE SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER, LET'S SEE, WE'RE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS THE SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES.
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WITH THE, UH, BUSINESS, UH, STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.UH, NO CHAIR, UH, KIMBERLY SIMMONS AN OUT.
SO MR. DAMON LEVINE WILL BE PROVIDING THE REPORT, UH, FOR THE BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO, UM, WE'LL TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I GET EVERYBODY HERE IN A TIMELY FASHION.
SO WE'LL TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES, UH, FOR SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MARKETING COM SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE.
MR. LEVINE? YES, I'LL BE, UH, BRIEF.
UH, BASICALLY I JUST WANTED TO COMMUNICATE THAT THE COMMITTEE MET TWICE.
THERE ARE FOUR SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE TOOK A, A FOCUSED, UM, LOOK AT.
THEY ARE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES OBVIOUSLY.
UM, MS. HEATHER LAKA SPOKE TO THAT VERY DILIGENTLY.
I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, HEATHER, FOR PRESENTING THAT.
I THINK THAT'S A WELCOMED, UM, AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT THIS BOARD HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, MS. SIMS IS WORKING WITH, UM, THE MARKETING COMMITTEE ON UPDATING APPLICATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I EXPECT MS. UH, SIMS TO TALK ON THAT.
I, UM, RECEIVED AN ACTION ITEM TO LOOK AT THE BUSINESS PROCESS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD.
I HAVE SINCE PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION ON THAT.
UM, I HAVE DISSEMINATED THAT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU MR. CHAIR AND ALSO THE BUSINESS, UM, STRATEGY COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DISSEMINATE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD GOING FORWARD.
BUT I CAN TALK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AFTER MY LAST BULLET POINT HERE, UH, MR. MARQUIS MAR MARQUEZ IS LOOKING AT THE LOAN PROCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS IT WILL RELATE TO OUR TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC.
I KNOW WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT ARE FACED AND OUR DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO MR. UM, MARQUEZ WILL, UM, HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON THAT.
SO I'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS PROCESS SIDE OF THE HOUSE FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD HERE.
UM, ONE THING THAT I WAS VERY COGNIZANT OF WHEN I PUT TOGETHER THAT PITCH FOR OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS GOING FORWARD IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A, A SOFT RESTART.
UM, OVER THE COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF PAIN POINTS THAT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO ADDRESS WITH HOW WE DO BUSINESS GOING FORWARD.
ONE OF THE MAIN, UM, UH, POINTS THAT I WANTED TO RECOMMEND IS THAT WE HAVE AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS THAT HAPPEN, UM, THAT ARE VERY INTENTIONAL AND ACTIVE, AND THEY HAPPEN THROUGHOUT EVERY QUARTER.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT MEANS THAT, UM, THE, THE STRATEGY TEAM AND THE MARKETING TEAM WILL HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WHERE THAT CONTENT IS DEVELOPED FROM THE MARKETING TEAM.
AND THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE HOUSE WILL BE FOCUSING ON HOW DO WE LEVERAGE OUR CONTACTS SPHERES OF INFLUENCE AND USE THAT TEMPLATED INFORMATION TO GET DATA AND CONTENT OUT TO OUR, UM, TARGET AUDIENCE.
I KNOW PERSONALLY, I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WHERE I JUST FELT LIKE I WASN'T ARMED WITH THE RIGHT INFORMATION OR CONTENT AT THE TIME.
UM, SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THAT DURING THIS RESTART, WE COME UP WITH A TEMPLATE, SOME BOILERPLATE, UM, CONTENT THAT IS APPROVED BY LEGAL.
AND THEN THAT WAY MOVING INTO Q1 OF NEXT YEAR, THIS BOARD CAN BE ACTIVELY CHALLENGED TO ROLL OUT AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
THAT WILL BE OUR CALL TO ACTION TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN Q2 AND Q3 WILL BE DEDICATED TO OUR NOFA RELEASES AND SOLICITATION PERIODS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY I STILL EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE ARMED WITH MARKETING COLLATERAL.
THAT'S JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP OUR TARGET ENGAGED AND KNOWING WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING AND WHAT IS TO COME.
THAT IS BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO BUILD INTO THE PROCESS COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT HAS BEEN COMING FROM THE TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC.
AND JUST LIKE WE HAVE THIS, UM, QUARTER HERE TO FOCUS ON A RESTART, I'M PROPOSING THAT WE HAVE AT THE END OF EACH YEAR A RETROSPECTIVE WHERE THIS BOARD COMES TOGETHER AND DISCUSS WHAT WENT WELL, WHAT DIDN'T GO SO WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT WE CAN KEEP DOING GREAT AND STELLAR, AND THEN WHAT ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO FIX WHAT'S NOT GOING SO WELL.
AND THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER MEETING IN ADDITION TO OUR ANNUAL RETREAT.
THIS RETROSPECTIVE IS QUITE DIFFERENT THOUGH BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO BUILD IN THE BASELINE FOR A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
SO THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP AS IT CONCERNS TO THE, UM, THE RECOMMENDED, UM, BUSINESS PROCESS THAT I'M PROPOSING HERE FOR THE, UM, THE BOARD.
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AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, UM, MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AND THEN CARVE OUT SOME ACTION ITEMS FOR THAT AND THEN FOLD IT INTO OUR PROCESSES GOING FORWARD.MR. LEVINE, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LEVINE, UH, REGARDING, UM, WHAT HE JUST OUTLINED? MS. BROOKS? MR. CHAIR, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST WANTED TO APPLAUD HIS EFFORTS BECAUSE IT DID GO A LONG WAY FOR A LOT OF US ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD, UH, ESPECIALLY COMING ON AND I THINK EVEN WITH, UH, TALKING ABOUT HAVING A, UM, LOOK BACK OVER THE YEAR IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS, I THINK, UH, IT MAY HAVE, MS. SIMS MAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT AS PEOPLE COME ONTO OUR ADVISORY BOARD THERE, THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO GLEAN FROM THE INFORMATION HE'S PROVIDED SO THAT WE HAVE, UM, A RAMP UP FOR NEW MEMBERS OF OUR ADVISORY BOARD.
THANK YOU MS. BROOKS FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
THOSE, THOSE ARE VERY HELPFUL AND UH, I AGREE.
I THINK, UH, WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION FOR A GOOD FRAMEWORK, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO.
AND I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THAT HAVING ADDITIONAL STAFF ON THE ECO DEV SIDE, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK, I THINK THE INTENT IS, RIGHT, MR. LEVINE IS TAKE SOME OF THESE IDEAS, WORK WITH OUR ECO DEV STAFF, WORK WITH THEIR MARKETING DEPARTMENT, WORK WITH, UH, THE, THE CITY'S LEGAL TEAM TO START TO REFINE SOME OF THESE THINGS SO THAT WE GET SOMETHING STRUCTURED, UH, THAT WE CAN SCALE.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN, IN WAYS THAT WE HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO, TO DO, UH, IN THE PAST, UH, I, I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK ON, ON YOUR INTENTION, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS HEARING MR. LEVINE, IS, IS, UH, THAT, THAT THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.
THEN I, UM, I LIKE YOUR TERMINOLOGY THERE WITH SCALING.
I, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY SCALE IF YOU HAVE A BASELINE PROCESS THAT'S IMPROVED OVER TIME.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE EXACT INTENT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK, UH, ON THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE? MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT IN TERMS, IT'S, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. LEVINE, FOR, FOR THE UPDATE AND JUST LEARNING ABOUT, AS A NEW MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, LEARNING ABOUT, UM, SORT OF THE PROCESSES.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PROCESSES HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, AND THAT WE JUST NEED TO REFINE ON HOW WE'RE GETTING IT, GETTING IT OUT, HAVING LINKS TO THAT, TO THE SCALING COMMENT THAT YOU ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK THAT THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A SIMPLIFICATION AND GETTING THE INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT, UH, CAN DIGEST IT AND, AND REALLY, UH, ENGAGE WITH IT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK, UH, REGARDING THE REPORT THAT MR. LEVINE PRESENTED, UH, FROM THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE? I, I HAD A QUESTION.
I'M SORRY WISE THAT YOU YES, MS. WISE.
UM, MR. DAMON, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING THE AWARENESS, WHAT ARE YOUR TOPICS OF AWARENESS AND HOW DID YOU YEAH, WELL, THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
UM, SO FROM MY PERSONAL PAIN POINT ON THE BOARD, UM, AND I THINK I SHARE THIS WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, UM, CC COMMUNICATIONS, THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR PROCESS, RIGHT? WE MAY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT OUR DEMOGRAPHIC AND OUR TARGET AUDIENCE UNDERSTANDS IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY TRYING TO NAIL DOWN THERE, A PARTNERSHIP.
AND I, AND ACTUALLY, SO YOU'RE ALLOWING ME TO SAY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, WHICH IS I ACTUALLY COMMEND CHAIRMAN JOHNSON FOR COMING UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE TWO SUBCOMMITTEES, BECAUSE THAT BECOMES A PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE HAVE A VERY BASELINE PROCESS, BUT THEN A INTENTIONAL MARKETING TEAM THAT IS CONSCIOUS OF THAT PROCESS AND GETTING CONTENT IN PLACE TO FULFILL THAT PROCESS.
UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, UM, INFORMAL FEEDBACK, UM, WAYS OF, OF GETTING INFORMATION TO US FROM OUR TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC.
AND THAT WAS ALL, THAT WAS A MAIN ONE.
UM, A LOT OF THE, THE, OUR, UM, PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, THEY DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT DATA AT THE RIGHT TIME.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS WISE? YES.
SO, SO THE TOPICS I STILL, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF ANY OF THE TOPICS? THE, THE MAIN ONES WOULD BE KEY DATES.
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UM, WHERE EXACTLY DO YOU FIND THE HISTORY OF THIS BOARD? ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT I ACTUALLY UNCOVERED, SOME ME MISSING MEETING MINUTES, RIGHT? SO I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTION TO UPDATE, YOU KNOW, A WEBSITE AND HISTORICAL DATA SO THAT, UM, WE DON'T KIND OF LOSE THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR TARGET AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, SO THO THOSE WOULD BE KEY FUNDAMENTAL DATA POINTS RIGHT THERE.I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH WHO WE SERVE, UH, GET THE CONTENT TO 'EM THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND KEY DATES, HIGH LEVEL PROCESS, WHAT'S DUE WHEN, AND HOW TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE OUR, UM, AWARDS.
AND DID YOU DO ANY SURVEY TO GET, TO COME TO THIS CONCLUSION? THAT'S ACTUALLY ANY SURVEYING.
I'M ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING A FORMAL PROCESS FOR THIS BOARD TO GET ACTIVATED.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU SEE THE CHART DECK THAT I PUT TOGETHER, ONE OF MY PERSONAL PAIN POINTS WAS THAT WE WERE NEVER REALLY ACTIVATED TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK.
RIGHT? SO THAT NEEDS TO BE A PROCESS THAT THIS BOARD HAS IN PLACE AND WORK IN, IN MY OPINION,
THANK YOU, MS. LEVINE AND MS. WISE.
UH, AND, UH, MR. DUN SAVAGE, FEEL FREE.
I KNOW YOU KNEW ON THE BOARD, BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN EITHER SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, I'M SURE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU, UH, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ, UH, AND ALSO, UH, CHAIRWOMAN SIMS WOULD, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR INPUT AND, AND FEEDBACK.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND, AND COMMENTS AND THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE, UH, WITHIN THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES.
UH, WHICH, WHICH BE MONTHLY, MR. MARQUEZ, I SAW YOUR HAND.
NO, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT.
I'M ALSO, AS WORKING THE APPLICATION PROCESS, I WASN'T ABLE TO PRESENT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE I MISSED LAST SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
SO I WILL OPEN IT UP AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
BUT MS. WISE, A LITTLE BIT TO YOUR, UM, FEEDBACK.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK STRATEGICALLY ON WHAT PARTNERS WE CAN WORK WITH AND WHO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME LISTENING SESSIONS FOR MARKETING, WORKING WITH NONPROFITS LIKE KINGDOM LEGACY, UM, UH, JUBILEE PARK, UH, ST.
PHILIPS, UM, CROSSROADS, UH, MLK CENTER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT AVENUES TO CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITIES AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S JUST, AGAIN, WE'VE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CROP BEFORE WE WALK AND WALK BEFORE WE RUN.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN JOIN THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE'LL GET THE BALL ROLLING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I'M VERY, I'LL SAY, EXPERIENCED IN THE SURVEY IN THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
'CAUSE I LIVE IN 7 5 2 1 5, AND I'VE HAD TO DO THE SURVEYS LITERALLY ON FOOT BEFORE, UM, DURING COVID.
UM, WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD RESULTS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN A SUBCOMMITTEE.
'CAUSE IT, I MEAN, IT'S JUST KIND OF HARD TO HELP PEOPLE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND DO THE THINGS YOU WANNA DO, AND YOU'VE NOT REALLY TAPPED INTO SEEING WHAT THEY REALLY NEED, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR? SO, I JUST, I AGREE WITH THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO HELP THE SUBCOMMITTEE IF YOU GUYS NEED HELP.
THOSE COMMENTS, MS. UH, MS. WISE, UH, AND MR. UH, ENRIQUE? EXCUSE ME, MR. ENRIQUE, UH, I SAW YOUR HAND.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A, A COMMENT ON, ON THIS TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
IT'S ACTUALLY A POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN OUR RECENT MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, AND, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE, HAVE SOME, UM, INFORMATION TO, TO CONVEY DURING THE SUBC THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT OUT HERE SHORTLY REGARDING THAT.
WELL, WITH THAT, WE'LL ROLL RIGHT INTO OUR FINAL REPORT, WHICH IS A MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, UPDATE.
UH, SO CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ, TAKE IT AWAY.
UM, SO COUPLE OF, UH, QUICK TOPICS FOR OUR MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE.
UPDATE, UH, SOME COMMUNICATION REGARDING MALCOLM'S POINT RETAIL PROJECT VIA SOUTH FAIR CDC, AN UPDATE ON THE Q1 BUSINESS COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM PAST APPLICANTS AND FUND RECIPIENTS.
UM, SO THE, THE FIRST POINT THERE ON THE COMMUNICATION FROM MALCOLM'S POINT RETAIL PROJECT, UM, THIS BEING THAT THIS IS THE LARGEST FUND THAT WE'VE, UH, PROJECT THAT WE FUNDED YEAR TO DATE, UM, WE FELT THAT THIS WOULD GIVE US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE A FLAGSHIP PROJECT THAT, UH, IT'S GONNA BRING CRITICAL RESOURCES TO THE AREA.
UM, SO DURING OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, WE CONSULTED WITH STAFF TO SEE IF WE COULD INCLUDE, UH, A COMMUNICATION OUT IN THE D ECONOMY NEWSLETTER, WHICH STAFF WAS, IS ABLE TO OBLIGE.
UM, SO, UH, THEY'LL ALSO BE POSTING THIS AS A PRESS RELEASE WHERE OUR CHAIR IS GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT A QUOTE.
UM, SO, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CHAIR CAN CONNECT WITH STAFF SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET THAT PROCESSED FOR, FOR THE NEXT RELEASE OR THE NEXT AVAILABLE RELEASE NOVEMBER.
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UM, SO THAT COMMUNICATION WILL GO OUT TO REALLY CALL OUT THAT, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.UH, SECOND PIECE, UH, WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING TABLING AT AT EVENTS.
YOU RECALL AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, UM, I BROUGHT UP THIS TOPIC, UH, THAT WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, ASSESS DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE CAN GET INVOLVED IN, UH, ONCE A QUARTER TO TABLE AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO, UH, UM, COMMUNICATE OUR OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AT THESE EVENTS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR BOARD IS OR WHAT OUR PROGRAM IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, WHAT THE FUNDING MECHANISMS ARE.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON ONE THAT'S CULTURAL, UM, CULTURALLY FOCUSED AND BUSINESS FOCUSED COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, TO IDENTIFY WHAT EVENTS COULD WE COULD POSSIBLY TAKE PLACE IN, IN Q1.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS, UH, CONNECTING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, THIS IS, AGAIN, IS A Q1 FOCUS ITEM WHERE, UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO ATTEND SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION MEETINGS AND JUST CREATE SOME MORE ENGAGEMENT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ON HOW OUR FUND CAN BE UTILIZED.
UM, SO, UH, SPEAKING AMONGST OUR OURSELVES AT THE COMMUNITY, AT THE, UH, LAST SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, UM, OUR NEXT STEPS TOWARDS THAT IS JUST IDENTIFYING A, UM, A CADENCE OF WHEN THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION MEETINGS TAKE PLACE, SO THAT WAY WE CAN START PUTTING TOGETHER A CALENDAR OF ONES THAT WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN.
AND THEN THE LAST, THE LAST UPDATE, UM, WHICH KIND OF BRINGS US TO A POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE, UH, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT OUT IS CONNECTING SLASH SOLICITING FEEDBACK WITH, UH, OR FROM PAST FUND APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS.
UH, SO DURING OUR DISCUSSION IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE IMPACTFUL FOR US TO REACH OUT TO, UH, VARIOUS DIFFERENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AWARDEES ONCE THEY, UH, THE STAFF FINALIZED THE CITY APPROVAL AND FUNDING PROCESS, WHICH WE SAW TODAY.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, OUR NEXT STEP THERE IS TAKING THE, UH, A LIST OF DIFFERENT AWARDEES THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY STAFF, UM, ABOUT A MONTH, UH, MONTH OR SO AGO.
UH, SO THAT WAY WE CAN BEGIN REACHING OUT TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.
SOME FOCUS ITEMS, UH, FOR US ARE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THIS NEW PROCESS IN FRONT OF, IN FRONT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE AWARDED IN THE PAST, AND SOLICITING FEEDBACK ON IF THIS SEEMS STRAIGHTFORWARD, IS THERE A PROCESS? UH, IS THIS PROCESS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, UH, VERSUS THE LAST PROCESS? UM, ARE THERE STILL ASPECTS THAT SEEM DIS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND? UM, WE REALLY WANNA PUT, UH, A FOCUS ON DOING THAT POST-HOLIDAY, UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN, WE CAN ALLEVIATE ANY KINKS IN THE CHAIN.
UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, UH, COMMISSIONER WISE, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, BY JOINING THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND, AND FOCUSING ON THAT LIST OF DIFFERENT, UM, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THAT COMPLETES OUR REPORT OUT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK REGARDING THE REPORT OUT FOR THE, UH, FROM THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE? I DO, I DO HAVE, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE.
UH, I WAS WONDERING IF, FOR LIKE, THE MARKETING COLLATERAL, OR WILL WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE STANDARDIZED, LIKE MARKETING COLLATERAL, LIKE ONE PAGERS OR SOMETHING LIKE VERY SIMPLE THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN GET OUT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE YEAR, JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, QUICK AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER TOPIC THAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING TOO.
UM, JUST UNDERSTANDING THE LOGISTICS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO TO PARTNER WITH STAFF AND, AND THEIR MARKETING TEAM TO, TO START COMPILING THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I THINK OUR, OUR FIRST STEP WAS SEEING THE, THE, THE FLESH OUT OF THE, OF, OF THE NEW FUNDING PROCESS TO JUST KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE AND THEN START CREATING CONTENT.
ANOTHER TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WAS REVAMPING OUR, OUR WEBSITE PAGE.
UM, JUST TO SIMPLIFY A LOT OF THE, UM, A LOT OF THE, UH, THE VOCABULARY THAT'S ON THERE, JUST MAKE IT MORE CONCISE, UM, AND UPDATE IMAGERY THAT'S ON THE PAGE AS WELL AS, AND, AND LASTLY, ADD SOME, UM, JUST SOME, SOME, SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF IMAGERY AS WE, AS WE ATTEND DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
OR WE HAVE DIFFERENT, LIKE OUR BOARD TOUR WHERE WE CAN PUT LIKE A REEL IN THE PAGE OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY OR EVENTS THAT WE'VE ATTENDED AS WELL.
SO, I, I, I HOPE I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION IN A THOROUGH FASHION, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE, JUST IN SUMMARY, YES, WE WE'RE, OUR FIRST STEP WAS UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS,
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AND NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZING THAT CONTENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH STAFF'S MARKETING TEAM.UM, AND THEN LASTLY, YOU KNOW, UPDATING THE, THE WEBSITE INFORMATION AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR REPORT OUT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THE REPORT OUT FOR, FROM CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ REGARDING THE MARKETING, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE DATE? I'M HEARING NONE.
I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE FOR A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF OUR FIRST EVER NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD TOUR, UH, LAST FRIDAY.
UM, UH, THANK YOU MS. LIPKA AND YOUR TEAM, UH, FOR, UH, HELPING US WITH THAT.
IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO, TO ACTUALLY BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND PUT A FACE WITH A NAME AND HELP CRYSTALLIZE SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE SEE COMING IN AND ACTUALLY HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, HEAR FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WHO RUN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS ENLIGHTENING AND EYEOPENING FOR, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS ON OUR BOARD.
UM, IT'S, TO ME, THE, THE FEEDBACK WAS RESOUNDING, UH, RESOUNDINGLY POSITIVE.
UH, AND I, I THINK THAT, UH, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO US DOING MORE OF THESE.
UH, SO ANYBODY WHO'S ON, UH, THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, OR THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OF, OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CAN VISIT, PLEASE FEED THOSE TO CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE INTO THE ROTATION, INTO THE PIPELINE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHORE OUR FACES, CONTINUE TO BE OUT THERE, UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND CONTINUING, UH, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, WHAT SOME OF THE, THE, THE GREAT THINGS, UH, THAT ARE GOING ON AND THE, THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THEM.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK, UH, COMMENTS ON, ON THE BOARD TOUR THAT THEY'D TO SHARE? UH, DAMON HERE, I, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR IT.
IT WAS EXTREMELY EYEOPENING FOR ME.
I KNOW, UH, HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS, UM, THAT THAT WAS VERY, VERY, UM, HELPFUL TO, TO HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MY IMPACT IS, RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT VERY, THAT WAS A VERY GOOD EVENT, MR. LEE.
UH, MR. DAWKINS? YEAH, I ALSO WANTED TO, THIS IS BILL DAWKINS FROM DISTRICT 10.
I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO MS. LIPSKA AND, UH, CHAIRMAN, UH, ENRIQUEZ FOR, UH, THAT BOARD TOUR.
IT WAS, UH, INCREDIBLY, UH, INSIGHTFUL IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN THE ABILITY TO PIVOT, BUT ALSO, UH, JUST TO GET THIS BOARD OUT IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND MORE FULLY THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, WHERE WE COULD AND HAVE MADE AN IMPACT.
UM, I DO HOPE THAT WE COULD DO MORE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.
AND IT ALSO IS A VERY GOOD STARTING PLACE FOR, UH, SOME OF THOSE TABLING OPPORTUNITIES WE'LL HAVE, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT CONTENT AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN SUMMARY FASHION, WHAT THIS BOARD DOES SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE PARTICIPATION IN THE NOTICE.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UH, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT, YEAH.
WHO'S THAT? OH, SHANAE WISE, MS. WISE, YOU RECOGNIZE, GO AHEAD.
YES, ON MY FIRST INTERACTION WITH THE BOARD WAS THE TOUR, SO I WAS REALLY BLOWN AWAY.
UM, OF COURSE, ALL THESE PLACES ARE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THAT FEELS EVEN BETTER.
UM, EVEN IN A NONPROFIT SPACE, HAVING MY OWN NONPROFIT AND WORKING AT CITY SQUARE FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF REFER, YOU KNOW, YOU, HEY, I HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE, BUT TO WALK INTO, UM, THE SPACES AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND ACTUALLY SEE THE WORK, IT WAS VERY, UM, VERY INSPIRING.
AND I WAS THINKING, I, SINCE I DIDN'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, I THOUGHT THAT THESE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE ASKING FOR MONEY.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL DO WHEN PEOPLE PUT IN THE APPLICATION, BUT MAYBE WHEN PEOPLE PUT IN THE APPLICATION ASKING FOR A GRANT, MAYBE WE DO A TOUR OUT SO THAT WE CAN GET TO KNOW THE SPACE OR SEE THEM OR INTERACT WITH THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DO, BUT JUST, THAT'S JUST HOW MY MOM WAS WORKING THAT DAY.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE JUST TAKING A TOUR, UM, THAT THESE PEOPLE WEREN'T EXACTLY ASKING FOR MONEY.
SO, BUT IT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR ME, UM, TO SEE THE WORK SO THAT WE CAN BE PER, YOU KNOW, BE THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
UH, MS. WISE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK FROM THE TOUR? MR. MARQUEZ? YES.
I KNOW WE'RE ABOUT TO BE OVER, BUT CAN MS. WISE INTRODUCE SELVES SO THAT WE CAN KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER? I KNOW SHE GOT IN A LITTLE LATE.
MS. MARQUEZ, MS. WISE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, UH, UH, WE ALLOWED, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 90 SECONDS TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UH, JUST TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT, WHERE, WHERE, UH, WHERE YOU'RE FROM, UH, UH, WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING.
SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE
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YOURSELF, UH, FORMALLY TO THE BOARD.UH, I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
I, I REALLY DID TRY, TRY TO GET IN PERSON, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
BUT MY NAME IS SHANAE WISE, I AM A NATIVE OF SOUTH DALLAS.
UM, SO I LIVE ON, UM, OFF OF MALCOLM X AND PARK ROAD.
UM, AND I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2018.
UM, I, Y'ALL WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE MALCOLM'S POINT.
UM, MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE ACTUALLY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR, WE DID A LITTLE GAME TO ACTUALLY NAME THAT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH FAIR ACTUALLY BUILT MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I'M COMPLETELY IN, TOTALLY INDEBTED INTO THIS COMMUNITY.
I'M AT ALL COMMUNITY COMMITTEES SINCE I WAS AT COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING THAT MORE OF US PROBABLY NEED TO BE AT.
UM, I WORK AS A CATERER DAILY.
UM, I DO A LOT OF CONSULTING FROM NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, HELPING THEM WITH THEIR PROGRAMMING AND HELPING THEM GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO, UM, I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.
ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP, UH, TO GET IN SOME OF THE DOORS, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES TRYING TO GET INTO SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT NONPROFITS, PEOPLE THAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT.
SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER WHEN IT'S SOMEONE VERY FAMILIAR FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME VERY FAMILIAR, UM, AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OF DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORK.
AND WHO ARE YOU APPOINTED BY? MS. WISE? HUH? YOU WERE APPOINTED BY, UM, ADAM.
I DIDN'T WANNA MESS UP HIS LAST NAME 'CAUSE SOMETIMES I DO.
UM, BUT, UH, UA AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, WELL, HAPPY, HAPPY, UH, TO HAVE YOU ON THE BOARD.
UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE AND, UM, UH, WE CAN, UH, HELP WORK WITH STAFF TO, TO GET YOU A BADGE SO THAT YOU DON'T GET LOCKED OUT.
I THINK YOU SAID YOU WERE HERE AND COULDN'T GET IN OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? OH, YEP.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF TO, TO GET YOU, GET YOU A PASS.
I'M GONNA, I TALKED TO NICHOLAS.
I, WE WE'RE, WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS SCHEDULED, SO, OKAY.
UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
BY MR. TRENT HUGHES, DISTRICT 12 TRENT HUGHES.
TIME IS 7:23 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.