[Trinity River Corridor Local Government Corporation Board on January 19, 2024.]
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WELL, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.
UM, IT IS 10:03 AM ON JANUARY 19TH, 2024.
I WANNA WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
OUR, UH, OUR BOARD MEETING FOR, FOR JANUARY.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS HAD A GOOD START OF THEIR NEW YEAR.
UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE FIVE OF US HERE AND DR.
AND SO WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? WITH NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS? THEN WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, IN THE, UH, EMAIL NOTIFICATION PACKAGE, YOU RECEIVED THE MINUTES FROM THE, UH, OCTOBER MEETING.
AND SO I WANT TO PRESENT THOSE.
DO WE HAVE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM, UH, OCTOBER.
UH, OCTOBER MEETING OCTOBER 20TH.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOT MET SINCE OCTOBER.
AND GENERALLY OUR NOVEMBER MEETING IS OUR REQUIRED ANNUAL MEETING WHERE WE ELECT THE OFFICERS AND THE, UH, THE CA THE CALENDAR FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, WE SENT OUT A, TO EVERYONE, WE SENT OUT THE NOMINATION FORM AND I'M, I'M GOING TO, UH, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD THAT ALL THE POSITIONS, UM, THAT ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING HELD CURRENTLY BY THOSE PARTIES.
UH, CHAIR VINCENT PARKER, VICE CHAIR, ANDREW AL, SECRETARY GARY ACK.
UM, OUR TREASURER, EDDIE, UH, BETA.
THEY WOULD BE, I NOMINATING, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD KNOW.
I WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT THEY ALL BE, UM, REMAIN IN THEIR PO THEIR CURRENT POSITION AS OFFICEHOLDER.
AND I GUESS I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT.
SO
QUIS, UM, GARY EK AND MOVED BY DR.
SAW THAT THE OFFICERS WOULD REMAIN, THE CURRENT OFFICE HOLDERS WOULD MAINTAIN MORE POSITIONS FOR 2024.
SO IS FORWARD ALSO THE WORK GROUPS.
I'M RE I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE FOR THAT, BUT WE, THE WORK GROUPS, THE CONTRACT REVISION, TEAM PARK EXCELLENCE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND COMMUNICATIONS THAT THOSE TEAMS WOULD REMAIN TEAM, UH, WORK GROUP, UM, PARTICIPANTS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME AS WELL.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT, UH, REAL BUSINESS.
THE SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS IS NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE, THE CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR.
I DID NOT, I'M GOING TO BE FRANK WITH YOU.
I DID NOT SEE THAT IN THE BOARD PACKET.
UM, I DO HAVE A COPY OF IT HERE.
THEY ARE, THE DATES ARE, IT'S, YOU SEE IT ON THE SCREEN THERE.
UM, JANUARY, OF COURSE, THIS MEETING FEBRUARY 16TH, THERE'S NO MEETING IN IN MARCH.
IT'S TRADITIONALLY EVERY THIRD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH WHEN WE DO MEET.
SO APRIL 19TH, MAY 17TH, JUNE 21ST, NO MEETING.
WHAT WE COME TO CALL OUR BOARD RETREAT ON OCTOBER 18TH AND THEN OUR ANNUAL MEETING, THE LAST MEETING THE YEAR WOULD BE NOVEMBER 15TH.
AND IF YOU ALL GOOD WITH THAT, I NEED A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THAT MOTION TO ACCEPT THE 2024 BOARD, UH, MEETING SCHEDULE.
I SECOND AND SECOND THAT WE ACCEPT THE, THE, UH, 2024 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE, UH, THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
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SO MUCH.ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA IS THE UPDATE FROM, UH, ON THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK WEST OVERLOOK DESIGN AND MARKETING CAMPAIGN.
AND WE HAVE THE TEAM FROM TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY LED BY MR. TONY MOORE, THAT CEO.
SO MR. TONY MOORE, WE ARE IN YOUR HAND.
AND GREG, SARAH LET YOU WITH YOU.
I'M THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
AND BEFORE YOU GET, I SAY I, SARAH IS MOVING ON.
THIS IS BE HERE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE 31ST OF JANUARY.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY FOR YOUR WORK WITH, UH, TPC AND WORKING WITH ME AND TRYING TO EDUCATE ME ON A BUNCH OF STUFF AND, AND THE, AND THE BOARD.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE PASTOR PARKER
FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR AND, UM, WE ARE OPTIMISTICALLY EXCITED OF WHAT, WHAT 24 HOLDS FOR, FOR THE LGC, FOR TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY FOR DALLAS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO PRESENT.
I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, UM, I'LL GO THROUGH AND SARAH'S GONNA HELP ME OUT WITH THE FINANCES AND ANYTHING ELSE ALONG THE WAY, SCC FIT.
UM, SO JUST A, A QUICK RECAP FOR 2023 ARE THE MAIN POINTS THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, UH, OF SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN 2023.
UM, THE FIRST, AND, AND DIANE WAS, UH, VERY, UM, HELPFUL IN HELPING US WITH OUR SELECTION OF, UH, FOR CONTRACTOR FOR PRE-CONSTRUCTION WORK.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO SELECT, UM, THROUGH AN RFB PROCESS, UM, A CONTRACT FOR PRE-CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS AWARDED TO BECK CONSTRUCTION.
AND, UM, MARCUS ON THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM SIDE IS WORKING, UM, DILIGENTLY WITH BECK, UM, WITH ALL THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION WORK.
OUR WEST, UM, OVERLOOK WAS ROUGHLY AT ABOUT 35% DESIGN AND ABOUT HARD WORK THROUGH, UH, MARCUS ROSHI AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.
WE WERE ABLE TO ADVANCE THAT TO A 65%, UM, DESIGN.
AND, UM, WE'LL SPEAK, UH, IN A LATER SLIDE ABOUT OUR INTENTIONS FOR 2024.
AND THEN, UM, TO PASTOR PARKER'S POINT, UM, MAJORITY OF THE FOCUS IS ON WHAT WE CALL A FIRST BUILD AND A FIRST BUILD BEING THE WEST OVERLOOK.
AND SO, UM, A LOT OF WORK WAS DONE IN EXAMINING, CURATING, PURGING THE DIFFERENT CONTENT MIX THAT WOULD, UM, ULTIMATELY, UH, BE ON THIS SITE, THIS 22 ACRE SITE.
AND WE'LL COVER THAT IN A BIT.
AND, UM, QUITE SIGNIFICANT AS THIS BOARD KNOWS, AS WE WERE WORKING ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE PARK AND THE REDESIGN OF THE PARK AND THE CONTENT MIX OF THE PARK, WE WERE INTENTIONAL NOT TO SHARE IN A PUBLIC MANNER UNTIL WE HAD THOSE THINGS FIGURED OUT.
AND SO, UM, WITH LEADERSHIP, UM, AND, AND FROM THIS BOARD, WE WERE ABLE ON DECEMBER 3RD TO HAVE A FORMAL SHARING OF, UH, WHERE THE PARK IS IN TERMS OF DESIGN AND GEOGRAPHY.
AND SO THAT WAS QUITE SIGNIFICANT AND THAT WAS ALSO EVIDENCED BY THE SHARING OF A HAROLD SIMMONS PARK.ORG WEBSITE AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE JUST HIGH LEVEL 2023.
UM, FROM HERE WE WILL JUST, UM, GIVE SARAH A CHANCE TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE FINANCES.
UM, THE FINANCIALS, AS YOU SEE BEFORE YOU AND AS WERE PASSED OUT, UM, REPRESENT THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE CONSERVANCY IN 2023.
A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, FIRST IS YOU'LL SEE THAT REVENUE LAGGED IN 2023.
UM, AS WE WERE SETTING OUR GEOGRAPHY AS TONY SPOKE, WE WERE QUIET IN THE COMMUNITY AND QUIET IN THE PUBLIC.
I'M GONNA ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FINAL PRODUCT WOULD BE FOR THE WEST OVERLOOK.
SINCE WE WENT PUBLIC IN DECEMBER, WE'VE HAD A PICKUP OF OF DONATIONS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF MEETINGS SET FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024.
UM, WE STILL REMAIN IN THE QUIET CULTIVATION PHASE WITH A PUBLIC LAUNCH LATER THIS YEAR IN 2024.
UM, ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, THAT REFLECTS ALL THE HARD WORK THAT TONY MENTIONED, UM, SPECIFICALLY THAT INCLUDES OUR FULLY STAFFED, UM, ORGANIZATION AS CONTEMPLATED IN 2023.
UM, WE ALSO HAD SOME FUNDRAISING CONSULTANTS THAT HELPED US BE POISED FOR THE 2024 PUBLIC CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS ADVANCING THE WEST OVERLOOK DESIGN BY NBBA AND ALSO ANCILLARY DESIGNS HAVING TO
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DO WITH PERMITTING AND ZONING AND THE OPERATION MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK.UM, MOREOVER, WE ALSO DID SOME STUDIES, AS WE KNOW, UH, GREAT CIVIC SPACES DO AN ECONOMIC LIFT FOR THE, FOR THE CITIES IN WHICH THEY'RE BUILT.
AND OUR LAST ECONOMIC STUDY WAS DONE IN 2019 KNOWING THAT THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED AND THE SHAPE OF THE PARK HAS CHANGED.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO RENEWED, UM, OUR COMMITMENT TO GETTING AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, WHICH WILL BE RE READY LATER IN 2024.
UM, SO THAT REFLECTS ALL THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET DUE TO TIMING, UM, BUT NOW WE ARE POISED AND READY TO GO, UM, TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS GETTING TO A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN IN 2024.
AND, UM, AS TONY WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, SOME SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC MILESTONES.
UM, I FORGOT THE WORD YOU USED AFTER QUIET, BUT THIS QUIET FUNDING WOULD YOU GIVE? OR TONY, EITHER ONE OF THEM CAN SHARE.
WHAT'S THE REASONING BEHIND THAT? SO AGAIN, PART OF THAT WAS JUST BEING VERY INTENTIONAL AND AS WE MOVE ALONG, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS WITH, I CALL IT THE FINALIZING OF THE GEOGRAPHY.
AND SO, UM, WE, WE JUST TOOK OUR TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE GEOGRAPHY PROPER, UM, THAT WOULD, UM, SUPPORT A, A, A GOOD PART THAT WE ALSO HAD THE RIGHT CONTENT MIX FOR THOSE GEOGRAPHY.
AND ONCE THAT WAS FIGURED OUT, UM, AND ALSO ALIGNED, UM, FROM A BUDGETARY POINT OF VIEW, THEN WE WENT PUBLIC.
BUT THE CA THE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN SIDE OF RAISING, I WANNA BE CLEAR IN SAYING THAT IT HAS BEEN A PRIVATE IN EFFORT THUS FAR.
AND, UH, UH, PROJECTS OF THIS SCALE IS, IS IS DONE PRIMARILY IN A VERY, VERY PUBLIC AND UM, MANNER.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
WE WERE BUDGETED TO DO IT IN 2023, BUT I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN HAS BEGUN AT THE, AT THE VERY END OF 2023 AND, UM, WE'LL PICK SOME MOMENTUM UP IN 2024.
AND I JUST, I, THE REASON I ASKED IS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO THINK THAT SOMEHOW THERE WAS SOME, A LACK OF INTEREST OR, OR THE PART, AND WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, THE NUMBERS CAN SAY ONE THING, SURE.
BUT THE, UH, THE INTENT BEHIND IT.
SO WHEN I SEE YOU BUDGETED 12 MILLION OVER $12 MILLION, 12 AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR FUND, FOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND JUST RECEIVE HALF OF THAT, AND SOME WOULD SAY, WELL, THIS, THE INTEREST IS WEIGHING.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR.
AND I WOULD, IF I MAY CLASSIFY THIS ONE AND IT WAS STRATEGIC DISCIPLINE AND NOT GOING OUT THERE UNTIL WE WERE READY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UH, SAM? ON, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WHAT WAS THE SOURCE OF THE GRANT? UH, THE GRANT THAT IS, UM, WE RECEIVED TWO MAJOR GRANTS.
UH, THE OTHER WAS FROM A PRIVATE FOUNDATION TO HELP ADVANCE THE DESIGN.
WHAT KNOW ME, I NEED TO, I HAVE TO BE EDUCATED.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GRANT AND THE CATEGORIES FOR CONTRIBUTION? CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GENERALLY INDIVIDUALS, UM, SUCH AS A, A PRIVATE CITIZEN, UH, THAT'S GIVING TO THE PARK.
AND GRANTS ARE GENERALLY FROM, UM, INSTITUTIONS OR FOUNDATIONS.
ONG, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER? UH, NO, IT LOOKS GOOD.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, IS A, A SLIDE.
PASTOR PARKER ALWAYS REMIND ME THAT THE, THE ONE BEFORE THAT PLEASE, THE GREEN BELT, THAT THE PARK IS DEFINED AS A QUARTER MILE FROM THE TO OF THE LEVY IN THE FLOODWAY.
AND I WANT TO BE VERY, WE, I KNOW THERE'S SINCE A LOT OF NARRATIVE THAT SINCE WE'VE ADDED OVERLOOKS, BUT WE WANNA BE VERY INTENTIONAL IN SAYING THAT THE LARGEST AREA OF THE PARK IS THIS 200 GREENBELT
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THAT YOU SEE, 200 ACRES, UM, ONE ROUGHLY, APPROXIMATELY ONE LINEAR MILE.AND THIS IS THE HEART OF THE PARK.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR INTENTION TO PUT WHAT WE CALL OVERLOOKS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE, AND THIS IS A REPEAT FOR WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT I ALWAYS START WITH THIS FROM A FRAMING POINT OF VIEW.
AND SO THE IDEA BETWEEN THE OVERLOOKS IS THE OVERLOOK IS OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT DRAWS OUR GUESTS TO THE EDGE OF THE LEVEE WHERE WE FOCUS ON THE VERY CENTER.
AND FROM THE NEXT SLIDE FROM THERE, YOU SEE THAT, UM, THE RED AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN THE RED IS JUST OUR INTENTION TO SAY THAT HAROLD SIMMONS PARK IS A PARK THAT'S CENTERED AROUND THE LEVEE.
AND WE, WE ARE ANXIOUS AND EXCITED AT THE POINT IN WHICH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS READY TO DO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN THE LEVY.
IT WILL ULTIMATELY COMPLIMENT ALL THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTS THAT'S ON THE, WHAT WE CALL THE OVERLOOKS THAT DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE CENTER OF THE LEVEE.
AND I'M ALWAYS STILL SHOCKED WHEN DALLAS SITES WILL, I, I HEAR THAT THEY SAY WE HAVE A RIVER IN FORT WORTH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A RIVER IN DALLAS.
AND SO, UM, THE RIVER IS AT THE VERY CENTER OF THIS PARK AND, AND WE'RE GONNA BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT.
SO SPEAKING ABOUT THE RIVER AND THE NATURE, UM, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, AND I I WOULD SAY AN OBLIGATION AS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS TO LET THE NATURE PRESERVE THE AREA BETWEEN THE LEVIES.
UM, SERVE AS THIS SPACE GREENBELT OF UNITY.
UM, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF, UM, AGAIN, I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR OF THE, THE, THE ON UNINTENDED CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE LEVEES, A 30 FOOT LEVEE THAT ULTIMATELY BECAME DIVIDERS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK THE, WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS GREEN SPACE NOW TO BE A CONNECTOR.
AND SO FROM THERE THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS, UM, UM, WHAT WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT.
AND SO OUR TAGLINE, I JUST WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE TAGLINE THAT SAYS, WE'RE NATURE UNITES DALLAS.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT OUR CENTER 200 ACRES, THE FLOODWAY WHERE NATURE UNITES DALLAS, WILL BE THE ULTIMATE POINT OF DIFFERENCE FOR OUR PARK THAT WILL DIFFERENTIATE US FROM ALL THE OTHER PARKS IN, IN DALLAS.
AND WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE STEWARDSHIP AND THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE IN MAKING NATURE, UM, A CONNECTOR.
AND SO FROM THERE, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SIMPLY SHOWS THE RIVER.
UM, AND, AND THIS IS ALSO AN IMAGE USED BY THE CITY WITH ITS, UM, KEEP THE CITY CLEAN AND KEEP OUR, OUR WATERWAYS CLEAN.
BUT EVEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT IT'S USED CURRENTLY.
BUT, UM, IT'S TRULY AN ASSET BEING JUST, UM, A SHORT WALK FROM THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE HAVE NATURE, WE HAVE PLANTS, WE HAVE MIGRATORY BIRDS.
AND SO AGAIN, UM, THERE WERE SOME NARRATIVES THAT MAY HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE RIVER AND THE FLOODWAY IS NO LONGER PART OF THE PARK.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, JUST GOING OUT OF MY WAY TO SAY THAT IT IS, AND THAT'S THE LEGAL QUALIFICATION OF A QUARTER MILE OF THE LEVY AND HOW WE WILL CONNECT TO THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE A LITTLE BIT INTO THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE, OF THE PARK.
AND, UM, FROM THERE, UH, I'LL START WITH THE NEXT SLIDE THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE EAST OVERLOOK.
THE EAST OVERLOOK, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS, UM, CURRENTLY, UM, CITY OWNED LAND.
AND WITH THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LGC, UM, WITH MOLLY AND PASTOR PARKER, UM, THERE'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 20 ACRES, UM, INCURRED IN THAT ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A FOOTHOLD.
AND, UM, HOW, YOU KNOW, AS WE BUILD THIS DESTINATION OF 250 ACRES, IT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE A LANDING ON THE EAST THAT'S CLOSER ON THE DOWNTOWN SIDE.
AND SO WE'RE BUILDING THIS RECTANGLE AS A DESTINATION POINT OF VIEW THAT HAVE THESE ANCHOR POINTS.
NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A A BIT OF A UP CLOSE RENDERING.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF A DONOR, WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE, UM, FORMER STATE JAIL DAWSON, UM, STATE JAIL.
AND OUR INTENTION IS AT THE RIGHT TIME AFTER WE'VE ADVANCED DESIGN OF THE PARK, IS TO INTEGRATE THAT IN, IN A INTENTIONAL MANNER WITH THE PARK.
AND THE ADDITIONAL GREEN BELT AROUND IS THE 20 ACRES THAT THE CITY TO THIS POINT HAVE ALLOWED US TO BE IN CON UM, UH, CONVERSATIONS AND HOW WE CAN, UM, TRANSFORM THIS INTO A GREEN BELT.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE PROXIMITY OF THIS SITE TO THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S NOT A PRETTY WALK, UM, VIA REUNION BOULEVARD, BUT IT'S LESS THAN A 20 MINUTE WALK.
AND SO THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING AND EXPANDING, UH, THE, FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.
CONVENTION AREAS NEED SOMEWHERE FUN TO GO AFTER MEETINGS.
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IN HOW THIS WILL PROVIDE SOME SYNERGIES AS WE MOVE, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.FROM THERE, UH, NEXT SLIDE GOES IN NORTHERN DIRECTION.
UM, UH, AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE HISTORICAL UP TO DATE, UM, EFFORTS THROUGH, UM, MOLLY AND PASTOR PARK, WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE CITY AND ASK PERMISSION FOR THE RON KIRK BRIDGE TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PARK.
UM, THE RON KIRK BRIDGE IS, UM, A BELOVED ASSET CURRENTLY HEAVILY USED BY, UM, UH, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO IT WAS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A, A DAY ONE, UM, CONDUIT EAST TO WEST CONNECTOR AVAILABLE.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A BIT OF THE RENDERING.
WE'LL START FROM THE CONTINENTAL GATEWAY IN HAVING A, UM, A SENSE OF ARRIVAL AND, AND A SOFT SCAPE.
BUT ULTIMATELY THE BRIDGE IS INCORPORATED AS A LINEAR PARK.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS, UM, JUST EXISTING IMAGES OF IT IS, AND IT'S AN ASSET.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO REST.
UM, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE VISITING DALLAS, THIS IS WHERE THEY COME.
AND SO WE'RE TRULY EXCITED AND THANKFUL TO THE CITY, THE OPPORTUNITY IN INCORPORATE THE, IN THE PARK.
AND ALSO IN THE BACKDROP OFF THE RON CURVE BRIDGE IS A BEAUTIFUL SKYLINE OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS, WHICH WAS VOTED, UH, THE NUMBER ONE SKYLINE, NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL SKYLINE IN 2014 BY THE USA TODAY VOTERS.
AND SO TO HAVE THAT BACKDROP BUILT INTO A PARK ENVIRONMENT, UM, LINEAR PARKS HAVE DONE QUITE WELL, AND ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ONE IS PROBABLY THE HIGHLINE.
AND SO WE SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL IN THIS HALF A MILE, TWO ACRE LINEAR PARK BEING INCORPORATED IN THE PARK.
AND WE'RE TRULY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AS YOU GO WEST OFF THE, UH, RON
AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS, UM, A RENDERING OF THAT AREA.
UM, WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO AND HAVE BEEN ADVANCING A DESIGN IS TO ADD A SERIES OF SPORT COURTS IN THIS AREA.
THE DESIGN, THE THE RENDERING HERE SHOWS, UM, A A CENTRAL, UH, APPLICATION TO THESE PARKS.
WE'VE SINCE CHANGED THAT TO A MORE LINEAR FORMAT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP THE 80 PARKING SPOTS THAT'S THERE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE PROXIMITY TO THE RONCO BRIDGE, AND THEN NORTH IN THIS PICTURE IS WHAT IS, WILL BE, UM, A SKATING RINK.
AND THE NEXT PICTURE JUST SHOWS A LITTLE BIT A BETTER ILLUSTRATION OF THE SKATING RINK.
I'M SORRY, UM, UH, UH, OUR CAFE THAT WILL COMPLIMENT THIS AREA.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS NEIGHBORING TO THE TRINITY GROVES AREA, BUT WE'RE, WE THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A CAFE WITH A ROOFTOP.
YOU COULD PROBABLY SEE, UM, A SLIGHTLY ELEVATED SEATING AREA ON TOP.
AND THE IDEA BEHIND THE ELEVATED SEATING AREA IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPITALIZE ON THE SIDELINE OF THE DOWNTOWN, UM, DALLAS SKY SKYLINE.
UM, BUT A CAFE AND ALSO A SKATING RINK THAT WILL BE CENTRALIZED IN FRONT OF THAT AREA.
AND AGAIN, THE NEXT SLIDE PROBABLY SHOWS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER UP OF WHAT THE SKATING RINK COULD BE FROM AN ACTIVATION POINT OF VIEW.
AND FOR THE SPORT COURTS, UM, IT'S, UM, AN INTERNATIONALLY LINED SPORT, COURTS THAT ARE FLEXIBLE FOR MULTI-USE FOR BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, STREET SOCCER, AND, UM, THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN AMERICA BEING PICKLEBALL.
BUT THE IDEA IS THIS WOULD BE A VERY CENTRALIZED AREA, VERY YOUTHFUL AREA WHERE THERE'S SKATING, THERE'S MUSIC, THERE'S HEAVY PROGRAMMING, IT LEADS TO THE WRONG CURB BRIDGE, THEN IT TAKES YOU ACROSS TO THE CONTINENTAL GATEWAY.
AND SO WHEN ACTIVATED AND PROPERLY PROGRAMMED, THIS WILL TRULY BE A REMARKABLE PLACE AND A VERY ACTIVE PLACE FOR OUR WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY AND ALSO FOR OUR VISITING, UM, UH, NEARBY AND AFAR COMMUNITY.
FROM THERE, UH, IF, UH, IF YOU LEAVE THE RON CURB BRIDGE AND TRAVEL IN A SOUTHERN DIRECTION, THEN YOU GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS WHAT'S IS OUR LARGEST AND MOST CONTIGUOUS AREA OF OUR PARK.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A CLOSEUP.
IT'S A 20, APPROXIMATELY 22 ACRE SPACE.
UM, ROUGHLY ABOUT NINE WAS, UH, GIVEN BY THE, THE CITY, CITY OWNED LAND ON THE, ON THE TOW OF THE, THE LEVEE, UM, AND THE BORDER AND THE LEVEE.
AND THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL, UM, ROUGHLY, UM, AN ADDITIONAL 13, UH, ACRES ACROSS THE STREET, UM, ACROSS BECKLEY.
AND SO THE THING ABOUT A 22 ACRE CONTIGUOUS, UM, UH, ADDITION TO THE PARK, IT, IT ADDS A LOT OF, UM, FROM A PARK POINT OF VIEW, THE LONGER PEOPLE STAY IN A PARK, UM, THE BETTER THEIR EXPERIENCE AND, UM, AND, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A COLLECTION OF PARK EXPERIENCES AND A CONTIGUOUS LENS FOR WHAT WE CALL A LONGER LENGTH
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OF STAY AND HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE PARK.SO WE'RE TRULY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BEING, UM, THE LARGEST, UM, AREA OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
UM, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO FIND, UM, THE AVAILABLE SPACE ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH RIGHT CURRENTLY IS PRIMARILY AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
YOU SEE THE SHED REPRESENTED IN THIS RENDERING, AND THAT'S THE CONTRACTOR IRON AND STEEL SHED, UM, SURROUNDED BY SOME CAR DEALERSHIPS.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED IN HOW THIS AREA WILL BE TRANSFORMED.
AND SO I WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK OPPORTUNITIES TO WALK THROUGH A SERIES OF DIFFERENT ATTRACTIONS AND COMPONENTS THAT WILL, THE BUILT AMENITIES THAT WILL BE ON THIS 22 ACRES.
AND THIS IS THE AREA WE REFERRED TO AS THE WEST OVERLOOK.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWS, UM, THE BREAKOUT.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 20 DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT WILL BE IN THIS SPACE.
UM, WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THE LAND BRIDGE AS IT CONNECTS ACROSS BECKLEY IN AN EARTH AND WAY TO WHERE OUR VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO TRAVEL ACROSS AND OVER IN AN EARTH.
AND, UM, AND A MORE FRIENDLY AND SAFE WAY.
BUT THIS ALSO CREATES A STRONG SENSE OF ARRIVAL FOR OUR VISITORS AS THEY GET TO THE WEST OVERLAP.
SO TO GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT, UM, UH, FEATURES OF THE WEST OVERLOOK, I'LL START WITH THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS, UM, UP ON ARRIVAL.
UM, WE HAVE AN EVENT BUILDING AND, UH, THE IMAGE TO THE FAR RIGHT, UH, PASTOR PARKER CALL IT THE PRETTY PICTURES, BUT IT SHOWS A LANDSCAPED HEAVY ENVIRONMENT FOR AS YOU ENTER THE PARK.
WE ALSO WANT TO, UM, SAY MICHAEL VANVALKENBERG AND ASSOCIATES, THEY'RE LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS.
AND SO LANDSCAPING IS A HUGE PART OF, UM, THIS PARK AND HOW IT WILL HELP TREES AND PLANTS WILL HELP TO MITIGATE A HEAT ISLAND IMPACT, BUT ALSO THE SOFT SCAPING THAT IT ADDS.
UM, THERE'S OVER 1,500 TREES, UM, UH, FORECASTED FOR THIS WEST OVERLOOK.
AND OVER 3000, UM, SHRUBS AND OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PLANTS.
AND SO THIS IS A LANDSCAPE PARK.
THIS IS A, A PARK THAT WILL BE INTENTIONAL WITH A LOT OF SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS AND HOW THE PARK IS EXPERIENCED GOING THROUGH A SERIES OF, UH, THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES, UM, THAT SHOWS A CLOSEUP OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR AN EVENT BUILDING.
UM, IN PART CONSTRUCTION, OFTENTIMES, UM, WHAT QUICKLY GETS VALUED, ENGINEERED OUT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BUILDING.
AND THE BUILDING IS IN THIS BUILDING WILL BE HOUSED A GUEST SERVICED AREA, AND THIS BUILDING WILL BE HOUSED ROOMS FOR STEM OR STEAM EDUCATION.
AND THIS BUILDING WILL BE HOUSED SPACE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS FOR HOSTING EVENTS.
AND WE WANTED TO BE INTENTIONAL IN HAVING A SPACE THAT'S, UM, UH, SEPARATE FROM THE PARK TO AVOID THE SENSE THAT PARK VISITORS FEEL THAT EVERY TIME THEY COME, AN AIR IS CLOSED OFF A PRIVATE EVENT.
SO IT'S INTENDED TO HAVE, UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S A 300 SEATER SPECIAL EVENT AREA.
IT'S ELEVATED, AND THE REASON FOR THE ELEVATION AS SHOWN IN THIS IMAGE IS TO CAPTURE THE VISUALS AGAIN OF THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE.
THIS, THIS PARK WILL FEEL LIKE DALLAS WILL BE VERY DALLAS CENTRIC AND WILL CELEBRATE THE, THE, THE ICONIC IMAGES OF DALLAS.
AND SO, UM, OUR DESIGNERS, UM, UH, LAKE PLATO IS BEING, UM, IS WORKING VERY HARD.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, ON THE SCISSOR, THE SAWTOOTH ROOFTOPS, THERE IS, UM, SOLAR CONSIDERATIONS AGAIN.
UM, THERE'S A CONSCIOUS EFFORT FROM A SUSTAINABILITY WITH OUR DESIGN, WHETHER THROUGH MASS TIMBER OR THROUGH SOLAR OR THROUGH PLANT OR HEAT ISLAND REDUCTION.
THAT WILL BE VERY INTENTIONAL IN OUR DESIGN.
UM, THIS IS JUST A RENDERING OF A CAFE THAT WILL BE IN THE PARK.
UM, THE THING ABOUT PARKS IS, UM, YOU NEED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, VISITORS TO FEEL A SENSE OF ESCAPE AND IF THEY SO WISH, IF THEY SO WISH TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN, UM, A DINING.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE, UM, A CAFE THAT MARCUS IS WORKING THROUGH THE NUMBERS TO SEE, UM, ULTIMATELY WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE.
BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY ADVANCING THIS DESIGN ALSO WITH THE ROOFTOP VIEWING THAT WILL CAPTURE THE SKYLINE OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
AND IF YOU HEAR ME KEEP REPEATING THAT, IT'S JUST INTENTIONAL AS WE CELEBRATE AND MAKE THIS FEEL LIKE A DALLAS CENTRIC AND A UNIQUE SPACE.
UM, CURRENTLY ON THE SITE IS A CONTRACTOR IRON STEEL SHED AS MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND WHAT THIS PROVIDES FOR THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS FOR THE SHED TO BE TAKEN WITH THE, IT'S A BUSINESS, UM, CONTRACTOR, IRON AND STEEL, AND THEY'RE RELOCATING THE BUSINESS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO KEEP THE SHED AND WHY THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
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UM, THE NUMBER TWO CHALLENGES FOR NEW PARKS IS NOT ENOUGH SHADE AND NOT ENOUGH SEATING.AND SO THIS STRUCTURE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SHADE.
THIS STRUCTURE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S, IT WILL BE THE MOST DOMINANT ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE THROUGHOUT THE PARK, AND IT'S ALSO A BIT OF A INDUSTRIAL REUSE THAT ALLOWS US TO GO BACK TO WHAT WAS HISTORICALLY ON THE SITE AND GIVEN IT AN INCORPORATED FUNCTION.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED IN HOW THIS WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE PART.
AND THIS WILL BE A MULTI-USE SHED FOR PROGRAMMING FOR, UM, UH, FARMER'S MARKETS FOR, I CALL IT SOPHISTICATED FLEA MARKETS, BUT THE SPACE WILL BE QUITE UNIQUE AND WOULD BE VERY DYNAMIC, AND HOW WE CAN CONVERT IT TO, UM, SPACES FOR ART CRAWL OR FOR EDUCATION CLASSROOMS JUST TOTALLY UNLIMITED.
UM, UH, WE'LL BE LIMITED BY OUR IMAGINATION AND HOW THIS SPACE COULD BE USED.
AND SO, UH, MARCUS, OUR DESIGN GROUP IS WORKING WITH A FIRM CALLED, UM, UM, WARNER FIELD TO SEE HOW THIS SPACE COULD BE REIMAGINED.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU TOUCH A BUILDING LIKE THIS TO MAKE IT READY FOR PUBLIC OCCUPANCY, A LOT OF NEW CONSIDERATIONS GOING INTO IT FROM A, A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW.
AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT TO DILIGENCE AS WE SPEAK.
WHAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THE, IS A, A NEED FOR AN AREA FOR COOLING DOWN, UM, THE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPS THAT WE SOMETIMES EXPERIENCE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.
UM, UH, A SPLASH PAD FOR, UM, FAMILIES JUST TO COOL DOWN.
AND HOT SUMMER MONTHS WAS ONE OF THE STRONG POINTS THAT WAS SHARED WITH US FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND SO WE'RE PLEASED TO KNOW TO, TO SHARE THAT.
WE WILL HAVE A SPLASH PAD THAT WE'RE REFERENCING AS THE WATER FACTORY THAT WILL ALSO HAVE SOME DNA THAT RELATES BACK TO THE INDUSTRIAL NATURE OF THE SITE.
BUT THE IDEA IS AN ERROR FOR COOLING AT PRESENT, WE'RE TRYING TO DESIGN THIS IN A MANNER THAT THE WATER USED FOR THIS COOL DOWN WILL THEN SETTLE INTO SYSTEMS AND GET FILTERED AND REUSED FOR IRRIGATION FOR THE PLANT.
SO THERE IS ALSO AN INTENTIONAL RECYCLING FACTOR TO THAT, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS FEATURE AND, UM, WHAT IT WILL MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY AS THIS WAS ONE OF THE STRONG REQUESTED FEATURES FROM THEM.
NEXT, PLEASE, UM, ALSO INCORPORATED IN THE SHED IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE SHED IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING A PICNIC GROVE.
AND THAT PICNIC AREAS FOR PARKS ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT.
PICNIC AREAS BECOME PLACES OF GATHERING PICNIC AREAS, BECOME PLACES WHERE, UM, THERE IS WHAT WE CALL IMPULSIVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND CELEBRATIONS.
AND IT'S A SPACE THAT OUR VISITORS WILL USE AS THEY SEE FIT.
UM, NESTLED IN THIS PICNIC AREA WOULD BE A SERIES OF GRILLS FOR GRILLING.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A FREE PARK, AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DEMOCRATIC SPACE WHERE ANYONE CAN COME AND SIT AND JUST ENJOY FAMILY TIME IS A, IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF A PARK FOR ALL.
ALSO TO NOTE WHERE THE LE THE PICNIC TABLES WILL BE DESIGNED AT WHAT WE CALL LONGITUDINAL PICNIC TABLES, MEANING IT'S NOT SHORT TABLES JUST FOR ONE FAMILY, IT'S INTENDED TO BE LONG THAT YOU'LL GET A CONGREGATION OF MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND SO YOU'LL HAVE VISITORS FROM WEST DALLAS, VISITORS FROM, UM, FROM OAK OAK, CLIFF VISITORS FROM DOLPHIN HEIGHTS, VISITORS FROM FROM LAS COLINAS.
THIS IS JUST A, A UNIVERSAL GATHERING WHERE DALLAS SITES WILL SIT AROUND ONE TABLE AND, AND SHARE STORES.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND ALSO A FREE PLACE TO HAVE YOUR BIRTHDAY EVENTS.
UM, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A PAID EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN SIMPLY BRING YOUR BALLOONS AND YOUR TABLE AND HAVE A FREE BIRTHDAY EVENTS.
BUT IF YOU WANT A MORE CURATED EVENT, WE WON'T BE SHY SAYING THAT OUR EVENT BUILDING WILL BE WELL EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE AN AWESOME BIRTHDAY AND, AND WEDDING EVENTS AS WELL.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF, UH, A PARK IS ADAPTING TO GATHER IN LARGE NUMBERS AND, UM, HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY, HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, WE'RE, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S A FREE PARK EXPERIENCE, BUT THE GREAT LAWN YOU SEE AN IMAGE THAT HAS, UM, THIS REFLECTING WHAT WE CALL MOVIE NIGHTS WHERE YOU SIMPLY JUST COME AND GATHER WHERE YOU THINK THERE WILL BE A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 3000 PRE COVID VISITORS IN ONE SPACE.
BUT, UM, WE'LL USE THE SPACE UNIVERSALLY FOR A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL SIGNATURE PROGRAMMING FROM CONCERTS TO CULTURAL PROGRAMMING EVENTS.
UM, WE'LL BRING FOOD TRUCKS AROUND THE OUTER SIDES, AND THIS IS WHERE WE'LL BE, HAVE A HEAVILY CURATED SENSE OF PROGRAMMING.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO GET SPONSORS FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE HIGH LEVEL SIGNATURE EVENTS.
BUT, UM, AND THIS SPACE CAN BE USED IN, UM, IN A VERY DYNAMIC MANNER, WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE SLOWER DAYS IN A VERY PASSIVE MANNER,
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YOU JUST SIT AND JUST ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE GREEN SPACE OR THROW A FRIZBEE OR THROW A BALL AROUND.OR FOR CERTAIN TIMES WE'LL HAVE HEAVILY PROGRAMMED, HEAVILY CURATED EVENTS.
UH, WE HAVE A SKATE AND BIKE PARK THAT WILL BE POSITIONED ON THE, UH, EASTERN SIDE OF THE PARK, UM, CLOSE AROUND COMMERCE STREET BRIDGE.
AND, UM, THIS WILL HAVE A COMBINATION OF SKATE AND BIKE.
UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS IN GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR SKATING COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS, UM, IN THIS AREA OF THE PARK, WE SHARED ROUGH IDEAS WITH FOLKS FROM THE TONY HAWK INSTITUTION IN CALIFORNIA, AND THEY GAVE THEIR THUMBS UP IN WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
AND SO THE TEAM IS IN THE PROCESS WORKING WITH DESIGNERS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY SESSION TO GET A DEEP DIVE FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BUT BIKE AND SKATE, UM, DALLAS NEEDS MORE OF THESE.
UM, THERE'S ONE CURRENTLY, UM, UM, BEING, UH, UH, IN, IN THE WORKS, UM, IN THE OAK CLIFF AREA, AND WE THINK WE CANNOT HAVE ENOUGH.
AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO COMPLIMENT THAT AND WORK WITH THE LOCAL, UM, C AND BIKE COMMUNITY FOR THIS FROM A HEALTH AND WELLNESS POINT OF VIEW.
UH, YOU KNOW, I I LOOK AT THIS, THIS SLIDE AND, AND SEE THE HEAVY, UM, TOPOGRAPHY OF LANDSCAPE, AND I ASK THE DESIGNERS WHAT YEAR IN THE MATURITY IS THIS? AND IT IS ABOUT A YEAR FOUR, YEAR FIVE.
UM, BUT IT JUST AGAIN SPEAKS TO THE INTENTIONALITY OF HY-VEE PLANT.
THIS IS A NATURE PARK THAT'S MIXED IN WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, BUT I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FAR RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE, UM, RENDERINGS OF SOME TOWERS AND WATERWAY.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THAT.
AND SO A PLAYGROUNDS FOR, FOR WORLD CLASS PARKS, THE TIER ONE PARKS OR WA UM, IS THE MOST VISITED AREAS AND THE MOST REPEATABLE EXPERIENCE.
AND SO STROLLER MOMS, WHO IS THE METRIC OF THE HEALTH OF A PARK, IS THE PLAYGROUND THAT WILL MAKE THIS REPEATING REPEATABLE EXPERIENCE.
UM, WE ARE WORKING HARD WITH OUR DESIGNERS TO HAVE A SERIES OF, UM, OVER WALKS AND CRAWL SPACES AND, UM, DIFFERENT TOWERS THAT YOU CAN TRAVEL FROM TOWER TO TOWER.
WE'RE ALSO BEING VERY, UM, CONSIDERATE FOR OUR A DA COMMUNITY ENSURING THAT THE, THE TOWERS WILL BE NAVIGABLE BY FOLKS IN WHEELCHAIRS, AND WE'LL HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF PLAY ELEMENTS AT WHAT WE CALL WASTE TIME ENGAGEMENT.
SO FOLKS IN THE WHEELCHAIRS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH, TO INTERACT, TO, TO PLAY.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCES, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR WHEELCHAIR VISITORS, BUT THAT WHEELCHAIR VISITORS ALONG GENERAL VISITORS IN A UNIVERSAL PLAY POINT OF VIEW, CAN, CAN ENGAGE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED WITH THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
THIS ENVIRONMENT, WE'VE MET WITH AN EXPERT IN AUTISM WHO IS ADVISING US, UM, IN HOW WE CAN CREATE LANDSCAPE ROOMS TO DESENSITIZE KIDS THAT ARE HAVING, UM, UH, THEY BECOME OVERS SENSITIZED IN A PLAY AREA WITH ALL THE SENSORY STIMULATIONS.
AND SO HAVING LANDSCAPE ROOMS WHERE SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL CAN GO JUST TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND GET AWAY FROM THE EXCITEMENT IS IMPORTANT.
BUT A STATEMENT HERE IS THE INTENTIONALITY FOR ALL OUR VISITORS AND THE CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN AT THIS POINT, UM, AND INCORPORATING OUR DESIGN.
AND SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT THE PLAYGROUND WILL BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE EXPERIENCE WITH OVERLOOKED PORCHES FOR HELICOPTER MOMS AND DADS TO SEE WHY KIDS ARE UP PLAY.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SHOWS A CLOSEUP OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE CABLE FERRY.
AND SO THE RUNOFF FROM THE SITE WILL ENTER INTO AN AREA, AND WE'RE WORKING TO, TO PROVIDE A PLAY ELEMENT WHERE KIDS CAN PULL THEMSELVES ALONG IN THE SAME MANNER AS AN HUCK BEAR FINN AND TOM SAWYERS DID.
BUT, UM, IN AN AREA WHERE OUR, OUR KIDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PUT THEIR PHONES DOWN AND, AND PULL THEMSELVES BACK AND FORTH.
AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL THE SAFETY, UNDERSTANDING AND WORKING WITH BOTH THE, THE, THE CITY AND THE STATE.
AND IM PROPERLY QUALIFYING, UM, THIS EXPERIENCE.
AND SO, UM, PASTOR PARKER CALLED THESE PICTURES PRETTY PICTURES AND, UM, AND THEY'RE INTENDED TO CREATE A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE, BUT, UM, HE ALSO SAID, DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THE BEAUTY OF THE PICTURES AND BE VERY PRACTICAL IN HOW YOU'LL MAINTAIN THE, THE, THE, THE PARK AFTER IT'S OPEN.
AND SO OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE IS THE ACHILLES HEEL OF ALL PARKS.
UM, THEY'RE OPEN AND THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL, AND WE PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK AND SAYING, THIS PARK IS AWESOME.
AND THEN THREE, FIVE YEARS LATER, YOU VISIT THE PARK AND THE UPKEEP AND THE, AND THE SERVICE, IT, IT SHOWS WITH WEAR AND
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TEAR.AND IF YOU'RE NOT INTENTIONAL IN PLANNING IN HOW YOU'LL MANAGE FROM OPERATION MAINTENANCE, YOU WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN HOW YOU MAN IT THROUGH AND ULTIMATELY LEADS TO THE DEATH OF THE BRAND AND OF THE PARK.
AND YOU START TO SEE YOUR METRIC, YOUR STROLLER MOMS START TO NOT VISIT AS MUCH.
AND SO WE ARE VERY, VERY, VERY INTENTIONAL NOW BEFORE THIS PARK GETS BUILT AND FIGURING OUT THE OPERATION MAINTENANCE AND FIGURING OUT WHO OUR PARTNERS ARE IN FIGURING OUT OUR DIFFERENT STREAMS THAT WILL SUPPORT OPERATION MAINTENANCE.
AND SO I'LL QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH THAT.
UM, SHOULD I, COULD I PAUSE FOR A BIT FIRST AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES BACK TO THE IMAGES SHOWN FROM THE PARK EXPERIENCE? AND THEN I'LL GO INTO THE OM, UM, I'VE GOT JUST A EXPLANATORY QUESTION.
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US THE PER I, LIKE, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU STARTED WITH THE OTHER, THE, TO OVERLOOK
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU ONCE AGAIN EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THESE OVERLOOKS, HOW THEY WORK IN CONJUNCTION OR COMPLIMENT WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN THE LEVIES? YES, SIR.
AND SO AGAIN, THE LEVY IS THE HEART OF THE PARK, THE LARGEST GEOGRAPHY, THE RIVER.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE LEVEES.
UM, WE ARE LIMITED IN THE LEVY IN WHAT WE CAN DO FROM A BUILT POINT OF VIEW.
AND THERE'S BEEN A, A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WHERE, UM, THERE SOME THOUGHT PERHAPS THERE COULD BE STRUCTURES IN THE LEVEES AND WITH THE FLOODING CYCLES OF THE LEVEE.
UM, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, NOT, NOT POSSIBLE, WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
IT IS POSSIBLE, BUT EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS THE CORPS WILL TELL YOU, THE LEVEE IS INTENDED AS A SAFE SPOT FOR FLOOD MITIGATION TO PROTECT THE CITY.
AND SO OUR IDEA IS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THAT WITH THE OVERLOOKS THAT ARE INTENTIONALLY BUFFING UP AGAINST THE LEVEES.
AND THERE ARE REALLY GATEWAYS TO THE LEVEE.
UM, CURRENTLY THE SPACE BETWEEN THE FLOODWAY IS ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IN IN DALLAS.
PASTOR PARKER ARE THE FOLKS WHO KNOW IT, GET DOWN AND WILL CYCLE AND WILL ENJOY THE GREEN ENVIRONMENT.
BUT WE HAVE TO FIND AN INTENTIONAL WAY TO SHOWCASE THAT.
AND WHEN FORMER MAYOR ROLLINS IDENTIFIED THIS GEOGRAPHY, WE KNEW WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE LEVEE.
SO THE OVERLOOKS ARE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTS.
THE OVERLOOKS ARE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT ARE THE GATEWAYS TO THE LEVEE, TO THE LARGEST, TO THE HEART OF THE PARK.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE WILL, FROM A BUILT ENVIRONMENT POINT OF VIEW, UM, FOCUS ON THAT AREA.
IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF THESE, UH, THE WEST OVERLOOK.
THOSE PRETTY PICTURES ARE AWESOME.
I APPRECIATE THE, THE IN INTENTIONAL, THE INTENTIONALITY OF THE PLANNING AND DESIGN GOING TO THOSE, CONSIDERING ALL WHO WOULD POTENTIALLY COME HERE FROM THOSE WHO HAVE AUTISTIC ISSUES TO, UH, THE HAND OTHER PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED.
AND, AND SO I, I, I APPRECIATE THE DESIGN, THE INTENTIONALITY, THE PURPOSEFULNESS OF IT.
AND AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAYING, YOU'VE SAID HERE THIS MORNING, THE, THE PART FOR ME IS BETWEEN THOSE LETTERS, AND AS LONG AS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE OVERLOOKS ARE NOT TAKEN AWAY FROM WHAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN THOSE LEVELS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPLIMENT TO, TO DRAW THAT, TO TAKE AWAY FROM, UH, WHAT CAN, WHAT CAN BE DONE BETWEEN THOSE METHODS.
SO IF, IF I MAY SAY PASTOR PARKER, UM, WE LEARNED A LOT DURING COVID.
WE LEARNED A LOT OF THE VALUE OF GREEN SPACE TO, TO THE HUMAN, UM, EXISTENCE, STATE OF MIND WHEN FOLKS WERE FORCED BETWEEN CONCRETE WALLS, GREEN SPACE BECAME THIS REDEMPTION AREA WHERE WE NEED IT AS, UM, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE TO ENGAGE, TO INTERACT WITH NATURE.
AND SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE FULLY GRASP, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GATEWAY TO INTRODUCE THAT GREEN SPACE, TO CONNECT THAT GREEN SPACE AND HOW THAT GREEN SPACE WILL BE USED.
UM, WE PRAY WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER PANDEMIC, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, THE, THE NOW DESIGN OF THE PARK WITH OVERLOOKED ON THE EAST AND THE WEST, SO IF YOU APPROACH FROM THE EAST, YOU HAVE A GATEWAY.
IF YOU APPROACH FROM THE WEST, YOU HAVE A GATEWAY, AND THAT'S THIS CONNECTOR THAT THE PARK SERVES, BUT THAT GREEN SPACE AND THE RIVER FLOWING BETWEEN IS JUST GONNA BE SO
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TREMENDOUS.AND SO IF JUST FROM THE PRETTY PICTURES WE'VE SHOWED, RIGHT? SO YOU SAY THE DIVERSITY OF THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE HARON PARK, YOU CAN PLAY ON A PLAYGROUND, YOU CAN VISIT IN A SHED, YOU CAN VISIT THROUGH A PICNIC AREA, YOU CAN DO A BIKE AND SKATE PARK.
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR EVENTS, BUT YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE GREEN SPACE, A LARGE GREEN SPACE, AND WE'LL DO A LOT OF INTENTIONAL PROGRAMMING IN THAT SPACE.
UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS ALREADY HAS DONE A LOT IN THAT SPACE FROM KITE FESTIVALS AND, UM, BUT I SEE US DOING A LOT MORE ONCE THE PARK BECOMES BUILT, UM, FROM 5K RUNS TO, UM, SLEEPOVERS TO NATURE EXCURSIONS.
WE HAVE A CONSERVATION MANAGER THAT'S HIRED FULL-TIME ON STAFF THAT'S ALREADY ENGAGED IN DOING COMMUNITY CLEANUP WITH NEARBY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND THEY LITERALLY WE'RE GOING DOWN IN THE, IN THE, IN THE FLOODWAY AND IN THE, IN THE, IN THE TRINITY RIVER AND LOOKING AT THE BIO HEALTH OF THE RIVER AND, UM, TAKING FISH OUT AND LOOKING AT, UM, DOING CROSS-SECTIONAL DI UM, UH, EXAMINATIONS OF, OF CONTENTS AND, AND LOOKING AT THE WATER QUALITY.
SO IT'S JUST ENDLESS IN HOW THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A PARK.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, JUST TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT THE HEART OF THE PARK IS.
UM, AND SO THE, THE OVERLOOKS JUST PROVIDE OPTIONS OF ON OPTIONS, BUT IT'S THE, THE, THE, THE, THE VER CENTER OF THE PARK IS THE HEART OF THE PARK AND THE RIVER.
ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT, UM, AND YOU MIGHT GET THIS, TALK ABOUT THIS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE R AND N IN THAT WEST, OVERLOOK THE BUILDINGS, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF ANY REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES OR, YOU KNOW, THIS DISPAR THE NAMING RIGHTS STUFF AND THE SPONSORSHIP IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT? AND ANYONE WHO'S OVER THIS? YES, AND YES AND YES, AND ANYONE THAT WANTS TO NAME ANYTHING, IT COULD BE A TREE.
WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, UH, ON THOSE NAMING RIGHTS, BUT IN, IN OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, UM, AND AS SARAH MENTIONED EARLIER, NOW WE'RE IN THE PUBLIC PHASE OF THAT.
I, I WILL BE HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'RE EXPANDING OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM IN ORDER TO GO OUT AND GO AFTER THESE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO IT'S BROKEN UP IN DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
THERE IS THE FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO GET THE PROJECT.
AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS PROJECT FIRST STARTED, MAYBE WE SPOKE A A LOT ABOUT THE, UH, THE PRIVATE EFFORTS TO GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND.
AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT GIFT IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO THAT IS THE, IS THE PUBLIC SIDE OF IT.
AND, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATER.
BUT, UM, GOING BACK TO THE STATEMENT EARLIER, IF YOU DO, IF YOU'RE NOT INTENTIONAL IN FIGURING OUT THE REVENUE AND FIGURING OUT THE, THE FUNDING, THE FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR THE OPERATION MAINTENANCE, IT WILL KILL THE PART.
AND SO REVENUE GENERATION IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS WHERE OUR OPPORTUNITY LIES WITH BRICK AND MORTAR AND, AND DIFFERENT CULINARY LOCATIONS.
I MEAN, YOU COULD EASILY SAY, LET'S MAKE THIS A PAID EXPERIENCE AND WE'LL USE FROM THE PAID EXPERIENCE AS OTHER CULTURAL ENTITIES DO FROM THAT TO PAY FOR OPERATION MAINTENANCE.
BUT THE FOLKS WHO ARE GIVING THE DONORS OF THIS PROJECT WANTS THIS TO BE A FREE EXPERIENCE FOR THE DALLAS, THE COMMUNITIES OF DALLAS, FOR DALLAS SITES.
AND IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE A FREE EXPERIENCE MEANS WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN HOW WE CREATE REVENUE IN A FREE EXPERIENCE.
AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE BUCKETS, BUT PASTOR PARKER, YES, THERE'LL BE NAMING RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES, THEY'LL THE REVENUE GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES, AND IT'S A SERIES OF DIFFERENT SYNERGIES THAT WILL COME TOGETHER ULTIMATELY FOR ONM, INCLUDING, UM, ASSISTANCE, CIVIC ASSISTANCE, UM, FROM, FROM THE CITY AND FROM OTHER ENTITIES.
ANYONE ELSE BEFORE HE MOVES ON TO? OKAY.
UM, YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE WHEN YOU GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT I'LL QUICKLY JUST, UM, GO OVER THE, I CALL IT THE BIG FOUR BUCKETS OR BUBBLES IN THIS CASE.
SO THE VALUE CAPTURE, THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE, UM, PLEASED WITH OUR DIALOGUES WITH THE CITY, WITH OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WITH PARKS AND RECS AND HOW THE CITY CAN ASSIST IN THIS AND MAKING THIS A SUSTAINABLE GIFT TO DALLAS.
AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE CONTINUING AND THAT WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT, UM, THIS YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, GET TO A POINT WHERE THIS GETS ULTIMATELY FIGURED OUT.
BUT YES, UM, PARKS OF THE SCALE OF THIS PROJECT IS PUBLIC, PRIVATE.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED IN HOW THE CITY WILL HELP TO COMPLIMENT THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY IN WHAT WE'LL GENERATE.
AND SO THERE'LL BE A SERIES OF REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES, BEING THAT THERE'S NO ADMISSION.
THE NEXT LARGEST BUCKET IS CULINARY, WHERE WHEN YOU VISIT, YOU WANT TO EAT.
AND SO WE, YOU SAW THAT THE BUILDINGS, THE EVENT BUILDINGS ON THE CAFE.
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THAN LIKELY THOSE WILL BE THIRD PARTY OPERATED, UM, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FOOD.UM, THE CHALLENGE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET A THIRD PARTY, IT NEEDS TO BE AFFORDABLE AND AT THE SAME TIME IT NEEDS TO BE WHERE THEY CAN MAKE MONEY.
SO WE'RE FIGURING THOSE THINGS OUT AS WE SPEAK, BUT THERE'LL BE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES, MERCHANDISING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE WILL HAVE, UH, FREE PARKING AVAILABLE, BUT THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME PREFERRED PARKING IF SOMEONE SO WISHES TO HAVE.
UM, UM, AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE, THOSE MECHANISMS. AND ALSO, UM, MEMBERSHIP AS WELL.
SPONSORSHIP IS A MAJOR PART OF THIS AND HOW WE MANAGE THE BRAND AND, UM, SPONSORSHIP IN DIFFERENT, UH, ENVIRONMENTS FROM TRANSPORTATION TO COMMUNICATION, WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE WOULD BE AN AIRLINE, UH, COMPANY, UM, DEDICATED AND THERE'S TWO STRONG SUCH AIRLINES IN THIS MARKET.
WE'RE HOPING THERE'LL BE A CELL PHONE SPONSOR FOR THIS PARK.
AND THERE'S A VERY STRONG CELL PHONE, UM, GLOBAL LEADER IN THIS, IN THIS MARKET.
AND SO WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND SHARE AND CREATE SOME EXCITEMENT FOR THIS.
WE HOPE TO HAVE A BEVERAGE POURING RIGHT PARTNER AND THE SITUATION, THE OPPORTUNITIES I SHOULD SAY, ARE ENDLESS, BUT WE THIS YEAR WILL BE VERY INTENTIONAL AS WE ARE IN THE PUBLIC PHASE OF SHARING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE PARK AND THE IMPACT THE PARK WILL HAVE, BOTH FOR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY.
AND SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME FUNDRAISING, UM, TO ASSIST WITH OUR, UM, OUR ANNUAL OPERATIONS.
AND THEN, UM, THE LAST, UH, BUBBLE IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING NON-TRADITIONAL, UM, COMMERCE PARTNERS THAT WILL, WILL LOOK FOR PARTNERSHIPS AS WE LOOK TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF DESTINATION BUILDING.
ARE THERE PARTNERS LIKE A HOTEL FLAG PER SE, THAT WOULD SAY, I'D LOVE TO BE CLOSE TO THIS PARK, AND WE WOULD SAY TO THAT HOTEL PARTNER WOULD LOVE TO DO A LAND LEASE AGREEMENT WITH YOU AND PERHAPS A REVENUE SHARE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA, UM, THIS, YOUR FOCUS ON, UM, EXPLORING ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WILL BE DIVERSE AND NOT SINGULARLY, UM, FASHIONED, BUT ALSO, UM, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THIS GROUP AND FOR THE LGC LEADERSHIP AS WE PURSUE SOME HELP FROM THE CITY AS WELL.
ANY QUESTION ON THAT? I GOT ONE.
DO YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF A PERCENTAGE THAT EACH ONE OF THESE, THESE FIVE BUBBLES MIGHT GENERATE FOR THE, FOR THE TOTAL ESTIMATED OPERATIONS IN THOSE? UM, THERE IS A, WE HAVE A WORKING NUMBER FOR ABOUT 3 MILLION, UM, FOR ALL COLLECTIVELY AS GENERATED REVENUE THAT WE THINK ANNUALLY IN THE MARKET SUCH AS DALLAS AND IT, PASTOR PARKER IS AN AMBITIOUS NUMBER.
UM, IF YOU LOOK HISTORICALLY AT ALL THE PUBLIC PARKS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO GENERATE, UM, REVENUE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND JUST TO BE FRANK, A LOT OF THESE PARKS ARE FUNDED THROUGH BONDS AND TIFFS AND PIS AND UM, AND ARE NOT AS INTENTIONAL IN BEING PROACTIVE IN FROM A REVENUE GENERATION POINT OF VIEW.
SO 3 MILLION IS AGGRESSIVE, BUT IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CHALLENGING OURSELVES, BUT WE'RE THIS YEAR WORKING OUT, UM, WHAT THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS WILL BE AS WE GO ALONG.
SO THAT 3 MILLION WOULD COME FROM TWO THROUGH FIVE.
SAY AGAIN PLEASE? FROM TWO THROUGH FIVE? UH, FROM TWO THROUGH FIVE? YES, SIR.
AND, AND AGAIN, SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING AT THREE TO 5 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT'S STILL A BIG GAP TO SAY THREE TO FIVE, BUT THE DALLAS, IF YOU LOOK AT DALLAS METRO, ALMOST 8 MILLION, UM, WE THINK THREE IS CONSERVATIVE AND WE THINK FIVE IS PROBABLY WORLD POSITIONED.
AND SO YOU START TO DO WHAT'S CALLED PER CAPITA.
AND IF YOU GET 5 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR AND THEY ALL SPEND $1, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE FROM THAT, FROM A PER CAPITA POINT OF VIEW.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A FREE EXPERIENCE AND IT'S THE HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS WHEN YOUR PER CAP REALLY COMES INTO FRUITION DURING THE WEEK WHEN YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD VISITORS ARE COMING FROM HOME.
UM, UH, THAT'S NOT THE FOCUS OR THE INTENT.
DR. KNIGHT, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION,
SO VALUE CAPTURE IS, UM, AN APPROACH TO FUNDING THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY DEPLETE THE GENERAL FUND.
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FUNDS GENERATED FROM THE VALUE THAT THE PARK CREATES, AND TYPICALLY IT'S DONE THROUGH MEANS OF TAX INCREMENTS THAT IF NOT FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE PARK, THAT CREATES THIS VALUE THAT YOU CAPTURE FROM IT.UM, AND SO IT IS AN APPROACH THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING, AND IT'S AN APPROACH THAT ON PAPER, UM, IT, IT WOULD WORK AND WILL WORK, BUT IT'S FIGURING OUT HOW DOES THIS WORK WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE AND THE CURRENT STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE.
AND IS THIS THE RIGHT APPROACH TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE HERE IN DALLAS? OH, THAT'S BETTER.
UH, DOES THIS TEND TO CAUSE CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS? OR IS, IS IT NOT A THREATENING, UH, MECHANISM? UM, IN TODAY'S, WELL, I'LL ANSWER THAT IN TWOFOLD.
UM, THE VALUE CAPTURE IS, IS, UH, IN MANY WAYS A PREFERRED APPROACH.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T CANNIBALIZE EXISTING FUNDS THAT COULD BE TAKEN AWAY FROM EXISTING PROJECTS.
AND SO YOU ARE GENERATING YOUR OWN.
SO IN THAT SENSE, UM, IT, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO GO AND CREATE THE, THE VALUE, UM, AND NOT CANNIBALIZE, UM, PARKS AND MAJOR EXPANSIONS.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
WHEN YOU ARE DOING IT IN A BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT'S SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTS, UM, YOU ARE FACED WITH SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AND HOW THAT IMPACTS.
WE HAVE, UM, AND WE'RE VERY HONEST AND TRANSPARENT WITH THIS, WE HAVE NOT PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND YET.
AND ON THE WEST SIDE, THE COMMUNITY SIDE, UM, FOR THE LAST FIVE, 10 YEARS, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ISSUES OF RAISING PROPERTY TAX, ESCALATING PROPERTY TAXES, AND IT'S JUST EVERY MAJOR NORTHER UM, AMERICAN, UM, CITY IS DEALING WITH THESE CHALLENGES.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, APPRECIATIVE OF THE GROWTH AND, AND, AND, AND THE VALUE THAT ULTIMATELY WILL IMPACT FROM A RESIDENT'S POINT OF VIEW AS THAT'S THEIR NUMBER ONE ASSET AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT.
AND THERE'S OTHERS THAT SAYS, I DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO ELSEWHERE.
AND SO THAT'S THE, THE TENSION WITH, WITH, WITH THAT.
AND, UM, IT'S AN EXISTING TENSION THAT'S NOT EXCLUSIVELY LIMITED TO OUR PROJECT, BUT WE ARE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL IN SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND AND HOW WE CAN HAVE, UM, AN IMPACT AND REALLY OUR FOCUS, UM, IF AND IF I, THIS TRANSITIONS ME WELL, DR. KNIGHT, UH, WHEN WE GO OUT AND WE HAVE A COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM THAT'S FULL-TIME COMMITTED TO BEING IN THE STREETS AND ASKING WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND, AND TALKING WITH RESIDENTS AND IN LISTENING TO THEM, UM, THE NUMBER ONE REQUEST IS ABOUT ASSISTANCE AROUND HOUSING.
AND SO, UM, THE IMAGE THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SLIDE IS A PICTURE OF THE WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WE ARE AS BEST AS WE CAN BASED ON OUR ABILITY, AND WE'RE CAREFUL NOT TO TRY TO OVER PROMISE OR BITE OFF WHAT WE CANNOT DO.
AND SO WE ARE SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, HOPING TO WORK WITH SOME PARTNERS OF ONE OF WHICH YOU'RE AFFILIATED, UM, DR. KNIGHT IN HELPING WITH EDUCATION AROUND HOUSING.
UM, WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT PROPERTY TAX ASSISTANCE IS A CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING.
UM, WE, WE ARE, WE ARE GETTING, WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE FACILITATING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE HEARING AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS TO HELP US.
AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND OUR SCOPE AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A PARK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT A, UM, A TAX ECONOMIC ENTITY, BUT, UM, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN MORE ON THE DISPLACEMENT SIDE OF THE CONVERSATION.
BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
FURTHERMORE, DR. KNIGHT, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE IT SETS UP, IF YOU LOOK ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE, THE RIVER FROM THIS VIEWPOINT WHERE THE JUSTICE COMPLEX IS, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF VACANT LAND THERE.
AND AS TONY MENTIONED EARLIER IN HIS PRESENTATION, WE HAVE PURCHASED 1 0 6 WEST COMMERCE.
WELL, BOTH OF THOSE ARE JUST RIPE FOR, UM, HAVING PLACEMAKING HAPPEN, UM, BUT FOR THE PARK.
SO WE THINK WHEN THE PARK IS BUILT, IT WILL ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPMENT, WHICH, IF THE PARK WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN, THAT LAND WOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED FOR SO MUCH, SO LONG FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, THEREFORE, CAPTURING THE VALUE AND HELPING REGENERATE AND BACK INTO THE PARK FOR O AND M.
AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT, A VERY GOOD POINT.
MOST OF THE ECONOMIC GROWTH REST ON THE EASTERN END AND THE EASTERN CORRIDOR, UM, ALONG THE RIVERFRONT.
UM, APPRECIATE SARAH SAYING THAT.
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YOU LOOK FROM A FORECASTING POINT OF VIEW AND AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THAT AREA WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER AND WITH THIS PROPOSED PARK AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT'S HAPPENING, IT, IT'S WELL POSITIONED FOR A VALUE CAPTURE PROPOSITION.TO THAT POINT, I WOULD ADD ON THE EAST SIDE, THE, THE HUNT DEVELOPMENT.
AROUND THE REUNION TOWER JUST ANNOUNCED TO YOU IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.
UH, THE AD 3000, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SQUARE FOOT OF THE OFFICE, BUT WITH RESIDENTS, UM, AS WELL.
MIKE, YOU ASKED AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND I WAS, I I TOOK THE, TOOK IT ANOTHER WAY.
I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THIS, IS THIS WHOLE IDEA OF VALUE CAPTURE SEEMS TO BE MORE INTERNAL.
I THINK THE CITY WE REPRESENT.
UM, WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT INVESTMENT, FINANCIAL INVESTMENT THE CITY WANTS TO MAKE IN THIS PART.
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
AND IT COMES FROM, PRIMARILY, IT COMES FROM WHAT I'M, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WORKING WITH THIS THING IS THAT FROM THE INITIAL ROLLOUT OF THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK, IT WAS TO BE THIS COMPLETELY PHILANTHROPICALLY FUNDED PART.
AS WITH SOME, AND I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT JUST WAS COMMUNICATED, BUT I THINK THE PRESUMPTION WAS THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT HAVE TO INVEST ANYTHING.
DO I'M NOT, NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS.
OBVIOUSLY THE CITY OWNS THE LAND BETWEEN THE LEVEES, THE CORPS OF ENGINEER CONTROLS IT, AND WE, THIS BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THERE, UM, I I'M JUST GOING TO BE FRAMED.
I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE, UM, THAT SOMEHOW THE CITY WOULD NOT MAKE SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL INVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA OF OIL.
GENERALLY THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY DOES NOT PAY FOR O AND N, THEY'LL PAY FOR CAPITAL.
SO THEREIN LIES THIS CHALLENGE WITH THE VALUE CAPTURE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS IT SEEMS TO BE, AND I'M NOT A CITY PLANNER, I'M A PASTOR OF A LITTLE CHURCH IN THE BIBLE, BUT THIS, UM, THIS IDEA THAT, UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN BUILD SOMETHING BUT YOU WON'T, YOU WON'T INVEST IN THIS MAINTENANCE ISN'T, IS, UH, I DON'T NECESSARILY GET THAT, BUT WE'LL INVEST IN OTHER, UH, THINGS WITHIN THE CITY AND OTHER BUSINESSES.
I I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT PUBLIC, WE KIDDING.
WE BUILDING A A, THE CITY'S GONNA SUPPORT A NEW CONVENTION CENTER.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT THE PARK AGAINST IT, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF REVENUE STREAM OR AN X OR THAT CAN GO TOWARD THIS PART THAT IS GOING TO OBVIOUSLY BRING, HAVE A TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY.
UH, SO I THINK THAT'S MY LITTLE SERMON AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS IN OUR SCHOOL AT SMU, UH, THE HAROLD AND ANNETTE SIMMONS BUILDINGS.
BUT, BUT THE PLANNERS HAD THE FORESIGHT TO BUILD IN AND, UH, A MAINTENANCE ENDOWMENT.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S TYPICALLY NOT DONE, BUT EXTREMELY NECESSARY.
SO WE MIGHT NOT WANT TO RULE OUT PHILANTHROPY PROVIDING O AND M, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT NEEDS, THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE A CITY, UH, INVESTMENT BECAUSE OF THE IMPLICATIONS THAT IT HAS FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY AS WELL, AND THE SUCCESS OF THE PARK.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND, AND DR. KNIGHT, IF I MAY SAY THAT YOU ARE SPOT ON.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR ONM ENDOWMENT IN ADDITION TO, AND SO THIS IS A VERY DIVERSE STRUCTURE OF O AND M, BUT YES, AND, UM, WE'RE, UH, SEEKING WAYS TO FUND THAT ENDOWMENT NOW AS WELL.
AND SO IT'S A COMBINATION THEREOF.
UM, QUESTION, IT, IT, UM, IT, I'M GOING BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER, BUT IT, IT, UH, IT PROBABLY CONNECTS IN
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THE SENSE OF LONG-TERM REVENUE GENERATION, I BELIEVE.YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT LAND LEASES TO THE FOR-PROFIT.
I THINK YOUR EXAMPLE WAS MAYBE HOTEL PARTNERS.
COULD YOU EXPAND ON THAT AND KIND OF FLESH THAT OUT? I, I KNOW IT'S ONLY HYPOTHETICAL RIGHT NOW, BUT TRY AND GIVE A, A MORE CLEAR EXAMPLE.
WHAT, WHAT LANDS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT MIGHT THOSE LEASE LOOK LIKE? YEAH, I, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT TIER ONE PARKS, THEY, UM, THEY'RE MORE THAN JUST A PARK.
AND YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT PARKS LIKE MAGGIE DAILY PARK OR BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, OR EVEN THE GATHERING PLACE.
AND AFTER THOSE PARKS ARE BUILT, IT ATTRACTS, UM, SUPPORTIVE ENTITIES.
AND IN THE MOST PART, YOU WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL IN WHAT THOSE SUPPORTING ENTITIES ARE, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, UM, OF SUCH.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW CIVICALLY TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY IN SAYING, HOW DO WE MASTER PLAN THIS AREA, UM, FROM A, UM, FROM A UTILITY, FROM A CONNECTIVITY POINT OF VIEW, AND NOT JUST LOOK AT IT SINGULARLY OR IN A SILO AS JUST A PARK.
AND WITH THAT COMES, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GO AFTER THE TYPE OF ENTITIES THAT WOULD COMPLEMENT A PARK EXPERIENCE.
AND SO IS IT ON THE EDUCATION SIDE, IS IT ON THE, THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SIDE, IS IT ON THE HOTEL SIDE? IS IT ON THE HOSPITALITY SIDE? AND THEY ARE ENTITIES, UM, THAT I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND 'CAUSE I'VE SPOKEN WITH 'EM THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE GROWTH OF DALLAS AND ARE VERY INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THIS ECOSYSTEM AND IT, WITH THE BACKING OF THE CITY AND THE PROPER POSITION AND THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH TO BE CLOSE BY.
UM, AND SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION, UM, IN OUR L WITH OUR LGC MEETING YESTERDAY IN THAT WE PERHAPS NEED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE THIS YEAR WHILE THINGS ARE GREEN AND NOT PROPERLY DEFINED AND GOING AFTER THESE ENTITIES, PARTNERING WITH THE CITY.
AND SO HOW YOU CONSTRUCT THAT DEAL, UM, ANDREW DEPENDS A LOT ON THE NAME, ON THE TYPE OF BRAND, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, UM, YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THE ORLANDOS AND THOSE MARKETS, AND IT'S LIKE, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, THERE IS A MODEL THAT EXISTS THAT WE CAN PULL FROM, AND THERE ARE BRANDS THAT WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THIS DALLAS MARKET IF THEY COULD GET THE SUBSIDIES AND THE ASSISTANCE TO BE THERE.
I WOULD JUST, WE JUST NEED TO STRUCTURE IT IN A WAY, UM, WHERE THERE'S GEOGRAPHICALLY ON SITE AND THERE'S A LAND LEASE AGREEMENT OR THERE'S A REV SHARE AGREEMENT.
AND SO, UM, I'M SAYING THIS PUBLICLY, UM, WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THE CITY AND SEEING IF WE CAN BE AGGRESSIVE IN GOING AFTER THAT.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS GLOBALLY BIG PICTURE AND NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER BECAUSE ALL THAT MOMENTUM THAT'S HAPPENING, WE NEED TO DRAW A VERY BRIGHT LINE WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER.
UM, ONE OF THE MOST VISITED CONVENTION CENTERS, UH, MAYBE TOP TWO, IF NOT THE TOP ONE, IS THE ORLANDO CONVENTION CENTER.
AND WHEN THEY MARKET FOR THE DMAS MARKET FOR, UM, UH, ENTITIES TO COME, THEY USE THE PARKS AND THE AMENITIES AS A BIG DRAW THAT WHILE YOU'RE HERE, WE WILL CREATE A, A GREAT EXPERIENCE, WE'LL CREATE GREAT DINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU, FOR YOU THREE DAYS THAT YOU'RE HERE WILL PROVIDE TEAM BUILDING ENVIRONMENTS.
WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLIMENT THE CONVENTION CENTER LITERALLY ACROSS, INTRODUCE THEM TO A GREEN BELT.
AND, UM, I THINK FOR 2024, WE'LL BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN GOING AFTER THAT.
BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, SIR.
WELL, I, IT, IT STARTED TO, IT CERTAINLY GAVE THE, THE 50,000 FOOT VIEW, AND I, I HAVE LITTLE DOUBT THAT YOU HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO WOO IN THE, THESE PARTNERS, UM, YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH IT AND YOU HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT TO, TO BRING TO THEM.
I, I GUESS I WAS A A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED, AND I KNOW THAT'LL COME WITH TIME, BUT MAYBE AS AN EXAMPLE, COULD YOU DRILL DOWN A LITTLE MORE? THE TERM LAND LEASE TO ME MEANS THAT, UH, THE CONSERVATORY HAS A PIECE OF LAND THAT YOU'RE GONNA LEASE OUT IN THE FORM OF REVENUE GENERATION.
SO I'M WONDERING, THIS LAND THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU HOPE TO ACQUIRE IN THE FUTURE? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S WITHIN THE BOUNDS WITH THE PARK AS IT IS RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE VISION FOR SPECIFICALLY THE, THE TOOL OF LAND LEASE? SO NOT BEING ABLE TO GET INTO THAT DETAILS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS OF, UM, INTENT, BUT, UM, IT'S ALL THE ABOVE.
AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME FORECASTING AROUND AND IN, AND WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT'S AROUND.
IT'S ALL THE ABOVE, BUT, UM, I DON'T WANNA SHOW MY HAND TOO MUCH, BUT IT'S ALL THE ABOVE
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AND I CAN, I CAN GO OFFLINE WITH YOU SPECIFIC ON, ON THE SPACES PER SE, BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.IN ORDER TO HAVE A LAND LEASE, YOU GOTTA OWN THE LAND.
AND SO WHATEVER THAT PROCESS LEADS TO OWNING THE LAND.
UH, HOPEFULLY WITH, WITH TIME WE'LL GET SOME MORE SPECIFICITY ON THAT.
AS LONG AS WE, WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN GENERALLY REVENUE FOR OPERATIONS OF THE MAINTENANCE.
AND I THINK THAT WILL, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT IN OUR FUTURE, FUTURE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY AND OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY TO, TO, UH, SEEK THEIR SUPPORT OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL FOR ANY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE CONTRIBUTION THAT THE CITY IS WILLING TO MAKE.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO, TO ADD TO THE POT.
UM, AND SHOW DUE DILIGENCE AND, AND SIGNIFICANT EFFORT IN THAT, THAT AREA WILL MAKE A BIG, UM, WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD SHOWING THE CITY THAT HE WAS SERIOUS ABOUT THIS OPERATION BEEN MADE.
AND IT IS CRITICAL FOR THIS PART, CONTRACTUALLY, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME OBLIGATION THERE.
WE GOTTA HAVE A OP, AN O AND IN PLAN BEFORE ANYTHING'S DONE.
AND I, THAT'S, I WANNA REEMPHASIZE THAT AS WELL.
I AS THE BOARD, UM, THE TPC CAN'T, THEY'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
MONEY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THERE, BUT A PLAN SHOULD NEED TO BE IN PLACE.
YOU GOT SOME MORE PRETTY SIGNS.
JUST I GOT A, A VIDEO TO SHOW AND THEN I'LL CLOSE WITH A SUMMER SLIDE, UM, AFTER THAT, THE LAST STATEMENT I'LL MAKE IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SIDE IS CONTINUAL AND, UM, IT'S NOT JUST A BOX CHECK.
AND SO WE'RE FULLY COMMITTED TO, TO THE WHOLE PROCESS AND BEYOND.
WHENEVER FOR THAT VIDEO, PLEASE.
I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO WORK IN AND WITH AND AROUND PARKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LIFETIME.
THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK IS A UNIQUE PARK FOR DALLAS, AND THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT MAKE IT QUITE SPECIAL.
IN ADDITION, IT'S LOCATION BETWEEN THE TWO ICONIC BRIDGES OF THE MARGARET HUNT HILL BRIDGE AND THE MARGARET MCDERMOT BRIDGE AT THE VERY CENTER OF DALLAS WITH THE RIVER FLOWING THROUGH AND ITS MISSION.
THE MISSION OF THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK IS A PARK FOR ALL, WHERE EVERYONE WILL FEEL WELCOME FOR SUCH A PARK AS THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK, WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE VERY BEST ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, MICHAEL VAN BERG AND ASSOCIATES WORLD RENOWNED FOR THEIR WORK AND THEIR DISCIPLINE, AND THEIR FOCUS ON LANDSCAPING AND IMPRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE.
IT'S A PARK THAT'S ABOUT BEING IN THE FLOODWAY, AND THAT'S EXCITING.
I MEAN, THERE ARE VERY FEW CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU MAKE A PUBLIC SPACE WITHIN A PIECE OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE IDEA OF MAKING A PLACE THAT PEOPLE CAN OCCUPY THERE THAT WORKS WITH ALL OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS IS INCREDIBLY UNIQUE.
SO THERE'S THIS CONNECTION TO THE REGION AND TO THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE CITY THAT THIS SPACE IS READY, RIPE, AND READY TO DELIVER.
AND SO WHAT OUR IDEA IS, IS TO CREATE THESE OVERLOOK PARKS AROUND THE EDGES OF THE FLOODWAY AND BRING PEOPLE RIGHT UP TO IT AND RIGHT UP TO THE TOP OF THE LEVEE AND CONNECT THEM TO THE, TO THE FLOODWAY, AND THEREFORE ALLOW THE, THE, THE RIVER AND THE GREENWAY TO BECOME THIS JOINER INSTEAD OF A DIVIDER.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE HERE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COMMUNITY, EVERYTHING FROM SKATEBOARD PARKS TO SPLASH PAD AREAS TO COM, CONNECTING WITH NATURE AND NATURAL GARDENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN THAT FEEDBACK, AND TO US, THAT IS PART OF THE WAY THAT THIS IS GONNA BECOME VERY MUCH A VERY DALLAS SPECIFIC PLACE.
DALLAS LOVES ITS PARKS AND HAS BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL FOR EXCELLENCE IN DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE GREEN SPACES.
HAROLD SIMMONS PARK WILL TRANSFORM THE TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR.
THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS A BIGGER DREAM OF MINE,
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A DREAM OF A GREENER AND GREATER DALLAS FOR ALL.I'M THRILLED TO WATCH THIS VISION COME TO LIFE.
DALLAS HAS WAITED A LONG TIME TO HAVE A PARK ALONG THE BANKS OF THE TRINITY RIVER.
HAROLD SIMMONS PARK IS THE ANSWER TO THAT LONG WAIT.
WE SAY WE'RE NOT JUST BUILDING A PARK, WE'RE TRANSFORMING A CITY.
THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK REPRESENTS A FIRST STAB IN TERMS OF A RECREATIONAL PIECE THAT CAN BRIDGE THE DIVIDE.
IT OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HEALTHY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR SO LONG.
WHEN WE SEE IT AND IT STARTS GETTING BUILT, AND YOU START TO SEE THE CONNECTIVITY THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE LEVIES, INTO DOWNTOWN, THE DESIGN DISTRICT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING NOW THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THERE IS MAKE, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE CONNECT IT TO THIS PARK, WHICH IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE GRANDEST PARKS, NOT JUST IN DALLAS, BUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE NATION.
THE HAROLD SMITH PARK WILL OPERATE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROGRAMMING WILL BE SOME OF ICONIC POINT OF DIFFERENCES FOR THIS PARK BUILDING.
HARALD SIMMONS PARK IS GONNA BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THE LOCAL TRADE INDUSTRIES FROM ALL CONSTRUCTION SECTORS, UH, TO BRING HAROLD SIMMONS PARK TO FRUITION.
I THINK IT WILL BECOME THE CALLING CARD FOR DALLAS.
I THINK NOT ONLY DID WE ENHANCE A NATURAL ATTRIBUTE OF OUR CITY, BUT WE DID IT WITH INTENTION, WITH THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITIES AROUND IT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY NOTEWORTHY.
I'M A TRUE BELIEVER THAT TIME SOMETIMES IS THE CURATOR OF EXCELLENCE.
AND THE PARK THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PARK THAT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED.
THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK WILL BE A REPEATABLE PARK OF FUN, OF EXCITEMENT OF EDUCATION AND OF CONSERVATION.
THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK IS A PARK FOR ALL, REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE, RACE, SOCIAL ECONOMICS, OR EVEN YOUR ZIP CODE WHERE NATURE WILL UNITE THE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF DALLAS WHEN IT OPENS.
I WANT TO GO, UH, ONE LAST SLIDE AND I'LL JUST JUMP 2024.
UM, WE'RE GONNA ADVANCE THE WEST OVERLOOK DESIGN TO 100%.
WE'RE GONNA FINALIZE AND TRANS TRANSFORM FROM A PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTUAL, UM, AGREEMENT TO A, UM, GC GENERAL CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT.
WE ALSO WILL INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND HOUSING, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TO DR.
KNIGHT'S CONVERSATION AND, UH, ENSURE THAT WE'RE FULLY INTEGRATED IN IN THAT SPACE.
WE ALSO WILL BE ADVANCING BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE FUNDING EFFORTS AND THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAVE WITH THE CITY, AS WELL AS EXPANDING PUBLICLY OUR FUNDRAISING, UM, INITIATIVES INTERNALLY AND ALSO INCREASING.
UM, BRIAN AND OUR MARKETING TEAM NOW THAT WE HAVE SHARED PUBLICLY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A CADENCE IN THE SEQUENCE OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC SHARING, UM, ABOUT THE PARK TO CREATE EXCITEMENT AND ADVOCACY AND, AND CHEERLEADING AND SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WILL BE SO TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR DALLAS.
SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
UM, I I, I KNOW I HAVE TO BE OPTIMISTIC IN DRINKING OUR OWN KOOL-AID, BUT WE'RE TRULY EXCITED ABOUT 2024 THIS YEAR AND WHERE THE PROJECT WILL GO.
UM, UH, UH, ONE PART THAT I DID NOT MENTION THIS YEAR, WE ARE FOCUSED ON GETTING TO THE POINT OF A GROUNDBREAKING, AND THAT'S LONG BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR ABOUT SEVEN PLUS YEARS, AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING ALIGNED.
WE HAVE AN AWESOME INTERNAL TEAM THAT'S WITH ME AND BEHIND ME THAT I'M THANKFUL WE HAVE AN AWESOME GROUP OF, UM, DONORS AND BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE AN AWESOME COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THIS.
AND WITH THE LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE LGC, WE'RE CONFIDENT WE'LL GET TO THAT GOAL IN 2024.
THANK YOU TONY, SARAH AND TPC.
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QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THEM BEFORE WE MOVE TO NEXT ITEM? I, I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.UM, I CONTINUE TO BE INSPIRED.
I KNOW THERE'S A LONG ROAD AHEAD, BUT I THINK WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE STRIDES AND THE ADVANCEMENT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN FROM WHEN I SAW IT LAST, WHICH WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, IS REALLY INCREDIBLE.
UH, IT'S BECOMING MORE CONCRETE, MORE TANGIBLE, LIKE YOU CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE CAN LIVE WITH THE, WITHIN THIS ENVIRONMENT, HOW IT CAN TRULY BENEFIT THE, UH, GREATER DFW AREA.
UH, I THINK IT'S A REGIONAL PARK.
IT'S GONNA ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND I DO THINK THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH WHAT'S COMING WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, IS MORE REASON TO EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THOSE TWO DESTINATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE FIND MONEY TO BUY, TO BUILD HIGHWAYS AND ROADS, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS, I CALL IT THE SPAGHETTI BOWL OF HIGHWAYS, RIGHT? AND THE DIVIDE THAT THAT CREATES.
UM, AND LIKE PASTOR PARKER, I GET FRUSTRATED WHERE I SEE A LOT OF, I KNOW THAT'S DIFFERENT FUNDS AND WHERE DIFFERENT FUNDS COME FROM, BUT IT IS FRUSTRATING TO SEE, UM, THE INVESTMENT IN CERTAIN ASPECTS.
I KNOW, I KNOW WE NEED HIGHWAYS, BUT WE ALSO NEED, UH, A MEANS TO IMPROVE WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE CITY.
I'M REALLY LOVE THE CONNECTIVITY, UM, OF HOW YOU'RE BRINGING CONNECTION INTO THE, THE EASTERN SIDE OF, OF THE, THE RIVER.
AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
UH, I THINK YOU, YOU ALL HAVE MADE, UH, AND CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT STRIDES AND I'M TRULY INSPIRED.
NEXT ITEM IS, AND I'M NOT, WE HAVE REPORTS FROM LGC WORK GROUPS AND I'M WONDERING IF ANYONE HAD A REPORT.
YES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL CONTINUE THE THEME.
UH, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING ON DECEMBER 13TH, AND IT WAS, UH, FOLLOWING ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ON THE MEDIA, UH, EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE.
AND I ALWAYS, WHEN I HEAR TONY TALK ABOUT THE PARK, UH, IT COMES ALIVE FOR ME.
BUT WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE IS THAT YES, THERE ARE PRETTY PICTURES AND YES, YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF THERE, BUT THEY NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THOSE KINDS OF, PERHAPS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT MIGHT OCCUR AS A RESULT.
SO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT GENTRIFICATION VERSUS DISPLACEMENT ALWAYS IS IN THE FOREFRONT, UH, AT THESE MEETINGS.
UH, BUT ALSO, UH, IT IS HEARTENING TO SEE PROGRESS MADE IN, UH, WORKFORCE TRAINING.
AND THAT, WHILE THAT SEEMS INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, TO THIS PROJECT, IT IS RELATED BECAUSE IT WILL ENABLE THE RESIDENTS TO REMAIN IN THE AREA AND, AND, UH, BENEFIT FROM THE PARK.
UH, ALSO THE, UH, COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
THE, THE MEETINGS I THINK THEY HAD JUST COMING OFF COME OFF OF A MEETING ON DECEMBER 8TH THAT, UH, UH, WAS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY TRUST BUILDING, UH, MEETING AS IT AS IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE'S NOT A SHYING AWAY FROM THE GREAT CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE.
UH, AS WELL, THERE'S ALSO THE RECOGNITION THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS EDUCATION WORKSHOPS.
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, THE GENTRIFICATION VERSUS DISPLACEMENT.
SO WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND THE, AND THE COMMITTEE, UH, TONY FOR, UH, THE, THE, THE COMMITMENT AND THE DEPTH OF CONVERSATION THAT, THAT YOU HAVE.
AND THANK YOU DR. KNIGHT FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND YOU SHOW UP EVERY TIME AND YOUR ASSIST US, YOUR ENCOURAG, US AND YOUR CHEERLEADERS, UM, TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
SO, AND YOU HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, DR. KNIGHT.
IT, THAT COMMUNITY KNOW THAT'S CLOSE TO MY HEART.
AND SO TO, TO HEAR THE ONGOING WORK AND TO LET THE COMMUNITY PUBLIC KNOW THAT THOSE EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE INTENTIONALLY HIRE STAFF AND MEETINGS, AND NOT JUST DISCUSSION, BUT THE RECOGNITION
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OF, OF THE, NOT JUST THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS, THIS PART, BUT THE HUMAN IMPACT OF IT FOR THOSE EXISTING ALREADY.UM, ANY OTHER EACH AND JUST FOR PUBLIC KNOW, YES HERE WITH THE MIC LOOKING INTO 2024 FOR THE PARK OPERATIONS EXCELLENCE, AND THEN THE, UH, DESIGN ADVOCACY.
UH, SO SERIES MEETINGS ALREADY SCHEDULED AND, UH, UH, SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US, BUT DEFINITELY ENGAGED JUST FOR PUBLIC NOTES.
EVERY, EACH OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE PART OF ONE OF THESE WORK GROUPS.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND EFFORT, UM, AND DOING THAT.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE DOWN THE ROAD, BUT, UH, THIS, THIS IS A, AS WE HAVE SAID, THIS IS A LONG PROJECT.
UH, SOMETHING'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT BETWEEN THOSE LEVEES.
SINCE THE LEVEES HAVE BEEN UP, THERE'S BEEN NOTHING DONE.
AND SO WE ARE, WE'RE TAKING, UH, THIS T-P-C-L-G-C AND THE CITY IS TAKING ON A HUGE, UH, HUGE LIFT TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING, TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN BETWEEN THESE LEVIES, UM, COMPLIMENTED BY THESE OVERLOOKS.
AND, UH, SO IT'S AN EXTREMELY THAT I, WE HAVE LEARNED IT'S AN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED PROJECT, UM, WITH ANY NUMBER OF PLAYERS INVOLVED IN IT.
BUT, UH, IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT FOR THE CITY, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT, I THINK IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN FIVE, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
TBC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
UH, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS? BE THERE.
IF YOU COULD COME TO THE MIC, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THE AREA YOU REPRESENT, WHO YOU'RE REPRESENTING.
IT'S ACTUALLY MY FIRST DAY IN DALLAS FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
I'M LOOKING TO BUILD A INNOVATIVE MEDICAL CENTER HERE IN DALLAS FOR ALOPECIA LUPUS IN CANCER.
I'M THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF ALOPECIA BEAUTY CO.
SO I'M LOOKING TO DO SOME GREAT THINGS HERE IN DALLAS AND SOME INNOVATIVE APPROACHES AND TO SUPPORT OUR LIFE SCIENCE, UM, I WANNA SAY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND UPCOMING PROFESSIONALS.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH YOU AND MAYBE EVEN VOLUNTEERING AND HELPING IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, I WOULD GLADLY LIKE TO SUPPORT AND HAVE A FEW EVENTS FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AT THAT PARK AND BEING SUPPORTIVE THAT AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US TODAY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, SEEING WHAT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES LIE IN.
IF NOTHING ELSE, THEN IT IS 1131.
THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.