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[Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee on January 21, 2025.]
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GOOD MORNING. IT IS NOW 9 A.M. ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 21ST.
WE ARE CONVENING THE MEETING OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 3RD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM IS THE 2024 DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS AND QUALITY OF LIFE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE FEEDBACK. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING CHAIR LIZ CEDILLO-PEREIRA, CITY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
AND HERE WITH LUIS LOYA WHO'S OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
HE HAS WORKED WITH DEPARTMENT LEADERS FROM ARTS AND CULTURE, FROM COMMUNITY CARE AND EMPOWERMENT, OUR DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, ANIMAL SERVICES, SANITATION SERVICES, CODE AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
ALSO, TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE AS TO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FORECAST.
MOVING AHEAD SO THAT WE COULD BE ON TASK AND READY FOR THAT MONTHS AGENDA.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. TO BEGIN, WE HAVE OUR OVERVIEW OF THIS PRESENTATION.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SORRY. SO TO BEGIN WE HAVE THE POLICY PRIORITIES SET BY MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON BACK IN 2023 WHEN A MEMORANDUM HE SENT OUT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, HE DEVELOPED A POLICY STRATEGY TO BETTER SERVE DALLAS SENIOR POPULATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COMMITTEE BACKGROUND AND LEADERSHIP, AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE WAS CREATED IN 2017, AND NOW IT IS CHAIRED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL RIDLEY, WITH JAMIE RESENDEZ COUNCIL MEMBER, AS VICE CHAIR AND INCLUDES THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA, COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON, COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY, SCHULTZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF SLIDE REGARDING OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2024, WHERE WE FELT LIKE THE DEPARTMENTS HAD VERY ESSENTIAL HIGHLIGHTS THAT HELPED THEM AND THE PROGRESS THIS COMMITTEE THAT WE ESTABLISHED.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE EXPANDING LIBRARY ACCESS, EQUITABLE SENIOR SERVICES, TRANSFORMING URBAN BLIGHT, CULTURAL MILESTONES, HISTORIC IMPACT, SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION AND JUSTICE REIMAGINED.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THESE SEVEN ACCOMPLISHMENTS BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THIS WAS INTEGRAL TO WHAT THE COMMITTEE HERE STRIVES TO ACHIEVE AND ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE OUR 2024 HIGHLIGHTS. AND WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT EACH DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS STARTING FROM FEBRUARY UP UNTIL DECEMBER 2024.
AND IN THESE WE SELECTED THREE HIGHLIGHTS FROM EACH DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION THAT WE FELT GAVE THE MOST INSIGHT IN WHAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE GO INTO DECEMBER, NOVEMBER, OCTOBER AND SEPTEMBER AND OUT OF THOSE THREE, WE PICKED WHAT WE FELT EACH DEPARTMENT GAVE THE MOST INSIGHTFUL HIGHLIGHT REGARDING QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE.
AND FOR THIS SLIDE, WE WANTED TO GET THE. THE POINT OF THIS PRESENTATION WAS TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON WHAT THEY WANT TO STRIVE FOR AND ACHIEVE GOING IN THIS FY 25 YEAR REGARDING THIS COMMITTEE. SO WE WANT TO SERVE YOU AS BEST AS POSSIBLE AND TO GATHER THAT WE WANT FEEDBACK TO SET KEY PRIORITIES ON WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH HERE IN THIS COMMITTEE. WE HAVE POTENTIALLY WE CAN ADVANCE EXISTING PLANS AS WE HAVE OUR LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN, HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR DALLAS CULTURAL PLAN, AND COMPLETE A SENIOR SERVICE STRATEGIC PLAN AND OTHERS.
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AND WE CAN HAVE QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK. AND CHAIR AND COMMITTEE, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS HERE TO RESPOND TO YOUR INQUIRIES OR YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR US MOVING FORWARD.I DID WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT AS LUIS HAS POINTED OUT, THAT WE HAVE VARIOUS PLANS, OVERARCHING PLANS, THAT THAT THE COMMITTEE OVERSEES THE LIBRARY'S STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION STRATEGIC PLAN, DALLAS CULTURAL PLAN, THE SENIOR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IS UNDERWAY CURRENTLY.
AND SO AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS, TANGENTIALLY FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
WE WANTED TO PERHAPS BRING THOSE PLANS BACK, GET HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD? WHAT ARE MAYBE THE TOP 3 OR 5 PRIORITIES OUT OF EACH ONE OF THOSE PLANS, IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, THOSE PLANS BEING SEEN AS, YOU KNOW, EVERGREEN AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHIFT PRIORITIES AS WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF YOU ON WHAT COMES NEXT. SO, LIZ, AS A PRELIMINARY MATTER DURING 2024, DID WE COVER ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THIS COMMITTEE OVERSEES? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND WE DID AS YOU'LL SEE, NOTED IN THE VARIOUS HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE ON SLIDES SIX AND SEVEN.
SO THERE'S A LOT TO COME OUT OF THAT. A LOT OF WORK STILL TO COME, FIVE YEARS AND TEN YEARS PLAN AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN, WHICH IS JUST NOW GETTING ITS LEGS AND A LOT MORE TO DO THERE.
I'M NOT AWARE OF IT HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN PER SE, BUT A NUMBER OF NEWER TYPES OF INITIATIVES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE WORK OF PLANNING, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, HAS MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS WITH ANOTHER COMMITTEE, BUT ON THOSE THAT ARE RELATED TO QLAC, IT HAS BROUGHT IT HAS BROUGHT A NUMBER OF ISSUES AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, ANIMAL SERVICES AND THEN OF COURSE, ARTS AND CULTURE HAS BEEN BRINGING ITEMS EVERY MONTH RELATED TO OUR PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH LOCAL PARTNERS.
OUR GRANTS EFFORTS, ETC.. TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT OUR PUBLIC ART.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET INTO A CADENCE OF BRIEFING YOU ALL EITHER QUARTERLY OR EVERY SIX MONTHS, ETC., SO THAT WE CAN KEEP YOU UPDATED AS TO THE POLICY DIRECTION OF SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, I.E. YOU'LL SEE THE COP PROGRAM ON TODAY'S AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK FROM YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR FEEDBACK? COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
SO IF WE'VE GOT PLANS, ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED AND I ASSUME THOSE GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND ARE VETTED AND THEN APPROVAL BY COUNCIL, PROBABLY IT SEEMS LIKE THEY PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE PRIORITIES OUTLINED.
SO I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE A RESETTING OF PRIORITIES.
I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE CHECK IN, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAY ALREADY BE DEFINED.
ARE YOU FEELING LIKE WE NEED DIRECTION ON WHERE WE WOULD MODIFY? I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FEW BIG BITES HERE.
TO JUST TALK ABOUT IN THIS KIND OF SETTING. SO.
NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND I THINK THAT I THINK THE ANSWERS ARE YES AND YES.
WE HAVE THESE PLANS THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED. THE DALLAS CULTURAL PLAN IS NOW GOING TO BE, I THINK, WHAT IS IT, FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING. AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE NEWER THAN OTHERS.
AND SO I THINK FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CHAIR, IS THAT YOU WANT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOUR MEMBERS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE OVERARCHING PRIORITIES AND HOW CAN WE BE MORE STRATEGIC AS, AS WE HAVE TO SHIFT AS A CITY IN TERMS OF BUDGET AND VARIOUS ISSUES? WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, BUBBLE UP THOSE AREAS THAT THAT ARE OF YOUR GREATEST CONCERN, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT PLANS AND PRIORITIES.
AND THEN GET FEEDBACK ON YOU, LET'S SAY THE LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH HAS A NUMBER OF GOALS.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO WE'RE GIVING YOU FEEDBACK THAT MAYBE WE FOCUS ON GOAL EIGHT THIS YEAR, OR MAYBE GOAL SIX AND SEVEN, THOSE TYPES OF PRIORITIES.
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OR BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINTS. SO I THINK THIS IS WHAT THE NATURE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TODAY.ONE THING I REALLY APPRECIATED IS WHERE AND AS YOU HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET, IS THE INTERSECTIONS, LIKE HOW LIBRARIES ARE HELPING US ACHIEVE SOME OF OUR GOALS AROUND SENIORS.
AND SO TO ME, THAT'S KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, YOUR IT'S KIND OF THE DOUBLE WORD SCORE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A COUPLE OF THINGS.
BY STRENGTHENING LIBRARIES, WE'RE STRENGTHENING OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR SENIORS.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY INPUT, IS THAT WHERE DO WE GET KIND OF THE BONUS OF DOING MORE BY FOCUSING ON SOME OF OUR GOALS THAT THAT DELIVER ACROSS A FEW OF THE PLANS.
MY OTHER QUESTION IS MORE SPECIFIC TO THE SENIOR ASSESSMENT.
WHAT IS THE DELIVERABLE DATE OR WHAT'S OUR TIME FRAME ON THAT ASSESSMENT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IS JESSICA GALLISHAW HERE TO PROVIDE THAT ANSWER? I KNOW IT'S UNDERWAY. AND COUNCIL JUST APPROVED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION TO RETAIN THE CONSULTANT.
BUT JESSICA GALLISHAW, OUR DIRECTOR OF OCCE, SHOULD HAVE THAT SPECIFIC ANSWER.
YEAH. MY QUESTION WAS JUST WHEN ARE WE WHAT'S THE NEXT DELIVERABLE? WHEN DO WE EXPECT TO SEE SOMETHING? SURE. THANK YOU.
SO YES, AS ACM CEDILLA-PEREIRA NOTED, WE ARE UNDERWAY AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE EXPECTING THE COMPLETED PLAN AROUND MAY OR JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, MISS SCHULTZ. THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO PUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THIS WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT, IF I MAY, LUIS.
FIRST OF ALL, WHERE ARE WE ON THE POLICY PRIORITIES SET BY MAYOR JOHNSON? AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO READ IT OUT FOR EVERYBODY TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SENIORS.
THAT ONE'S ANSWERED. SENIOR POPULATION, RIGHT.
AND THEN EXPLORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO LEAD THE RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF KALITA HUMPHREYS THEATER SITE, ASKING MARTINE PHILIPPE TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ALONG THOSE LINES.
GOOD MORNING, MARTINE PHILIPPE, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
SO IN THE FISCAL YEAR PRIOR, WE CAME FORWARD WITH UPDATES ABOUT OUR AGREEMENT, OUR PLANS TO WORK WITH DALLAS THEATER CENTER AND EXTENDING THEIR CURRENT LEASE, AND ALSO PLANNING FORWARD FOR THE UPCOMING BOND PROGRAM.
WORK THAT WILL BE DONE ON THAT CENTER. AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO MEET WITH ALL OF THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE INTEREST IN THE THEATER, WHETHER THEY BE, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO SUPPORT THE ARCHITECTURE OR THE THEATER COMPANY OR MEMBERS OF THE CITY AND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PERSONAL INTEREST IN THAT FACILITY AND PLANNING FORWARD SO THAT WHEN WE RETURN TO YOU WITH THE UPDATE RELATED TO THE LEASE EXTENSION, WE CAN ALSO GIVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE MAYOR'S PRIORITY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL IF WE HAD SOME NOTATION OF WHICH ONES HAVE PLANS WHERE THOSE FIT INTO THE PLANS, WHAT THE MEASURABLE IS WITHIN THESE BECAUSE I'M THRILLED WITH SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, LAUNCHED ADULT LEARNING INITIATIVES OR, YOU KNOW, NEW OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY CARE.
BUT WHERE DOES THAT FIT INTO OTHER PLANS? WHAT'S THE MEASURABLE? HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING PROGRESS ON ALL OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS? BECAUSE THESE 2024 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I'M ASSUMING, ARE CONSIDERED.
YEAH, THE NOMENCLATURE MIGHT BE BETTER SAID AS HIGHLIGHTS.
SO, OF COURSE, THERE WAS A LOT OF OTHER WORK THAT WENT ON.
BUT YOUR POINT IS, I THINK RIGHT IN ALIGNMENT WHERE WE'RE HEARING THE CHAIR SAYING, WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY AROUND QUALITY OF LIFE? AND THEN THAT'S THE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AT SLIDE EIGHT, WHICH IS MEASURE AND TRACK OUR PROGRESS.
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I MEAN, IF YOU'RE USING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM OR A SCORING SYSTEM OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS, WOW, WE'RE REALLY FAR AHEAD ON THIS, LET'S KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK, OR WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY PROGRESS ON THIS BECAUSE THERE'S BUDGET ISSUES.WE AS A COUNCIL BETTER START FUNDING THIS THING IF WE ACTUALLY WANT TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING INTELLIGENT ABOUT THOSE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTEXT IN WHICH TO DO THAT.
AND SO THIS HAS SOME GREAT, AMAZING THINGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE ALL DONE.
AND AS ALWAYS, OUR STAFF IS STAFF IS INCREDIBLE, BUT FROM A PRESENTATION PERSPECTIVE I AM LACKING.
I'M SORRY CHAIR, I'M LACKING THE DATA THAT I NEED IN ORDER TO ANSWER WHAT WOULD BE THE PRIORITIES FROM THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE OVERALL.
WELL, IF I MAY THE CHAIR IS ASKING US FOR A BROADER STRATEGY, AND I THINK THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING AS A TEAM. ICM TOLBERT HAS CHALLENGED US, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD OUR WORK OUT IN PORTFOLIOS.
AND SO THE POINT ABOUT THE SENIORS AND THE LIBRARIES AND THE INTERSECTIONS AND WHERE WE CAN GET MOST FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR DOLLAR IS WELL MADE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH LIBRARIES AND WITH SENIORS AND WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO I MEAN, IF THE FEEDBACK TO US AND I'M NOT SAYING IT IS, I'M CLARIFYING, IS YOU NEED A BROADER STRATEGY FOR GREATER ALIGNMENT WITHIN THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
OR WE NEED TO BRING BACK METRICS SPECIFIC TO EACH DEPARTMENT AND THEIR AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PLANS.
THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
WELL, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU'RE SAYING TO ME, PRIORITIZE BETWEEN THE EXISTING PLANS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'M ON SLIDE EIGHT. IF YOU SAY PRIORITIZE AMONG THEM, THAT'S NOT A TO ME, THAT'S NOT A QUESTION I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOU BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE ASPECTS THAT AFFECT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO SAY TO ME HERE'S WHERE WE ARE WITH SOME OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, YOU NEED TO HELP US PRIORITIZE BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR BUDGET. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN ORDER TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION ON THAT.
AND SO I THINK IT ALSO BACK TO THE POINT ABOUT INTERSECTIONS.
IT ALSO INTERSECTS WITH OUR RACIAL EQUITY PLAN WITH OUR CCAP WITH SO MANY OTHER PLANS.
SO I SO I THINK WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF A PICTURE IN ORDER TO GET THERE FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY GIVE YOU POLICY PRIORITIES, WHICH IS OUR JOB. SO THAT'S SO I'LL LET CHAIR I'LL STOP, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M SEEING GREAT FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU. YEAH I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT. WHAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL IS, IS IF IN UPCOMING MEETINGS, EACH ONE OF THESE EXISTING PLANS COULD BE ADDRESSED BY SUMMARIZING THE PLAN, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, PARTICULARLY SO THAT AND IN THAT PRESENTATION, STAFF COULD IDENTIFY ANY BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING ANY PARTICULAR GOALS AND PERHAPS CONFLICTING PRIORITIES WITHIN EACH PLAN SO THAT IT COULD OBTAIN THE STAFF COULD OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM THIS COMMITTEE AS TO HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIZED.
THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK. THANK YOU CHAIR. AND JUST A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS OF MY OWN.
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE SOME BRIEFING ABOUT THE SENIOR STRATEGIC PLAN BEFORE IT'S FINALIZED SO THAT WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT DIRECTION THIS PLAN IS GOING.
AND BEFORE IT'S FULLY BAKED AND APPROVED BY THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION, WE CAN HAVE PERHAPS SOME FEEDBACK AS TO THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE PLAN.
VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. AND AN IDEA THAT I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS IS FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE FUNDED WITH SOME DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, AND I THINK IT CAN HAVE HUGE IMPACTS ON PEOPLE'S DAY TO DAY LIFE IN TERMS OF THEIR FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT WOULD BE A SUITABLE TOPIC FOR A FUTURE BRIEFING.
I'M ASKING JESSICA GALLISHAW TO COME TO GET INTO FURTHER DETAIL ABOUT IT.
BUT CERTAINLY, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE, WE CAN.
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MR. CHAIR, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING THAT THE WE COMMITTEE DIRECTLY MANAGES? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING. WHERE DOES THAT TOPIC FALL BETWEEN OUR COMMITTEES? AGAIN, I THINK IT'S MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONAL. BUT CERTAINLY, WE HAVE BROUGHT IT TO WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY PREVIOUSLY.SO BUT THERE'S ASPECTS OF IT THAT I THINK THAT COULD COVER THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL.
CAN YOU ELABORATE THERE, JESSICA? SURE. AND THANK YOU.
WE ARE, WE HAVE REPORTED TYPICALLY ON THE PROGRAMING THROUGH THE WE COMMITTEE.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE COULD EASILY COME HERE AND BRING INFORMATION AS WELL.
REGARDING FUTURE BUDGET YEARS. WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO REALLY LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTERS PROGRAM, TO THINK ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPACT IN FUTURE YEARS AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REALIGN IT SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT PROGRAM FOR THE LONG TERM.
AND TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO WE DO AND HAVE PRESENTED THROUGH THE WEE COMMITTEE.
BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY ASPECTS WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PORTFOLIO MORE BROADLY, THE TAX PREP PROGRAMS, THE CENTER'S DIGITAL LITERACY AND OUR REENTRY WORK, ALL OF WHICH COULD ALSO ALIGN, I THINK, WITH QUALITY OF LIFE. OKAY. YEAH. I THINK THERE CERTAINLY ARE IMPACTS ON PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
WHAT KIND OF CLIENTS THEY HAVE AND WHAT ITS IMPACT IS ON THEM. SO IF WE COULD INVESTIGATE DOING THAT ON A FUTURE MEETING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
MR. BAZALDUA, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INPUT ON ANY OF THESE TOPICS? NO, I WOULD AGREE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE A BRIEFING THAT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, BUT I WOULD REQUEST THAT IF POSSIBLE, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN UP BY BOTH COMMITTEES, THAT WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE WEE COMMITTEE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE REDUNDANT BRIEFINGS, OF COURSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, YES, MR. GRACEY.
YEAH. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS BRIEFING. I'M NOT GOING TO BE TOO REDUNDANT, BUT I THINK IF I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE CHAIR IS REQUESTING, I THINK LOOKING AT SLIDE EIGHT, THAT WOULD JUST BREAKING THAT DOWN AND GIVING THAT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, I THINK WILL GET US TO WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO AND THEN TAKING THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LINING THEM UP UNDER EACH ONE OF THESE PLANS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE. JUST AS A CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ HAD MENTIONED.
BUT I JUST WANT TO CONCUR THAT, AND I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND I THINK WE ARE MAKING THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO WE CAN MAKE SOME DECISIONS. AGAIN, AS FAR AS THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE SENIORS, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO CONCUR AND SAY WE WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
I KNOW WE ADOPTED IT A WHILE A FEW MONTHS AGO.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME DOVETAILING WITH FORWARD DALLAS.
BUT WE'VE RETOOLED THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. AND SO SPECIFICALLY I'D LIKE TO GET A FULL BRIEFING.
ON THIS PLAN AND WHERE WE ARE AND HOW IT'S MOVING FORWARD.
IS THAT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE? SURE. I THINK THAT FALLS WITHIN MY REQUEST THAT EACH ONE OF THESE EXISTING PLANS BE THE SUBJECT OF A SEPARATE MONTHS BRIEFING SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS IN ON THEM.
SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US FOCUS ON THE PLANS IN UPCOMING MEETINGS.
ANYONE ELSE? ME? YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MR. VICE CHAIR, PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION MAKES ME THINK ABOUT MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HONESTLY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVERLAPPING GOALS AND DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND ALL THAT.
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SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION. NUMBER SEVEN, JUSTICE REIMAGINED, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD NECESSARILY BE AFRAID OF SHYING AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE OTHER COMMITTEES AREN'T NECESSARILY HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE IMPORTANT TO US. FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO OPPOSED TO HAVING A PRESENTATION ON WAYS TO WORK AND ADDRESS RANDOM GUNFIRE.
YOU KNOW, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH YOU, MR. CHAIR, ABOUT THAT. I KNOW IT'S USUALLY SEEN AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, BUT IT'S ALSO OBVIOUSLY A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.
SAME THING WHEN I THINK ABOUT VISION ZERO OR, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION TYPES OF ISSUES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE JUST TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE I EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS ON THIS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RESENDEZ. ANYONE ELSE? YES, MISS WILLIS. I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT ASPECT OF THIS.
AND RESPECTFULLY, MR. CHAIR, SINCE I SIT ON THE WE COMMITTEE AND WE'VE RECENTLY HAD A PRESENTATION AROUND THIS, AND I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT AN AGENDA ITEM COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY WHERE WE'RE REJECTING THE SEVEN BIDS OR WHATEVER.
SO, I MEAN, THIS IS CRITICAL FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
SO I DO WANT THAT QUESTION ANSWERED. I JUST I STILL FEEL LIKE IT RESIDES WITH WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO ATTEND THAT BRIEFING OR MAYBE HAVE A JOINT MEETING ON THAT, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT LIVES UNDER THE EDUCATION WORKFORCE EQUITY UMBRELLA.
MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I SIT ON BOTH COMMITTEES, BUT I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME A NEW DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO, AND IT DOES NEED COUNCIL INPUT. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO SEE US DOUBLE UP ON THE WORK.
WE CERTAINLY WILL WORK THROUGH THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOUBLING UP AND MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE RELATED TO SENIORS, AND WE MIGHT DO IT BY MEMO. ET CETERA. AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S COPIED SO THAT WE DON'T DUPLICATE AND THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME INFORMATION.
GREAT. THANKS, LIZ. SO SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR BRIEFING, ITEM B, DALLAS PUBLIC ART PROGRAM UPDATE.
GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MARTINE PHILIPPE, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
AND I'M JOINED BY OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM MANAGER, LYNNE RUSHTON REED.
THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR INVITING US TO RETURN. I BELIEVE SIX MONTHS AGO WE PRESENTED OUR FIRST PUBLIC ART PROGRAM UPDATE, AND WE ARE BACK WITH SOME EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE.
SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO OUR PRESENTATION OVERVIEW.
LYNNE WILL SHARE A BIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM BACKGROUND.
I'LL SHARE A BIT ABOUT OUR PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT RECENT AND UPCOMING DEDICATIONS AND UPCOMING PROJECTS. OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
BUT IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF KIND OF REMIND YOU OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL AND ORGANIZING DOCUMENTS.
AND IT KIND OF DETAILS HOW THAT WORKS. SO TRAILS ONE YOU KNOW, SET 0.75.
SO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN PUBLIC ART, THERE IS A SET ASIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THESE.
AND THAT IS HOW THEIR SALARIES ALIGN INTO THIS PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
SO NEXT SLIDE. AND WE REALLY DO. WE'VE MOVED FORWARD TRYING TO INCORPORATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND PROCESSES TO THE PUBLIC ART TEAM. AND WE WILL LINK EACH PROJECT TO ONE OF THESE STEPS.
SO IT'S A VERY CLEAR STEP BY STEP PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE.
BAKED INTO THAT ORDINANCE. AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT WE HAVE THREE COMMISSIONERS WHO SERVE ON OUR PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, OUR AT LARGE MEMBERS, THE NEWEST ONE, WHO IS COMMISSIONER JEROME LARESE.
COMMISSIONER DOCTOR CLYDE VALENTINE AND COMMISSIONER VICKI MEEK EACH SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE.
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WE'RE DEDICATING THEM. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME UPCOMING DEDICATIONS.WE HAVE ONE THIS FRIDAY. WE HAVE AN INDOOR AND INTERIOR PLAN IF THE WEATHER IS BELOW 50 DEGREES.
AND THEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING AS PROJECTS COMPLETE THEIR FABRICATION PHASE AND MOVE INTO INSTALLATION.
THESE DEDICATIONS COMING FORWARD IN THE SPRING AND IN THE FALL.
AND WE DO OUR BEST NOT TO INSTALL IN THE SUMMER OR HAVE DEDICATIONS BECAUSE IT'S HOT.
NEXT SLIDE. SO LAST TIME WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HONORS THAT WE'RE WORKING TO ACHIEVE, KIND OF THAT NATIONAL PROFILE. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS WE WORKED ON THE TOWER BUILDING, WHICH IS ONE OF THE TWO FEDERAL BUILDINGS AT FAIR PARK.
AND WE DID THE ARTWORK ON THE EXTERIOR WITH A PUBLIC PRIVATE GRANT SO THAT THE HISTORY MURAL WAS REDONE WITH A LOT OF RESEARCH FROM CONSERVATORS ACROSS THE STATE TO COME IN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE USING THE CORRECT COLORS FOR THE EXTERIOR OF THAT BUILDING.
SO WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PUTTING THE RIGHT COLORS ON THAT BUILDING.
SO IT'S UP FOR A PRESERVATION DALLAS AWARD. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT GIVES US THE ENVELOPE THEN OF THE WORK THAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE INTERIOR WITH THIS SAVE OUR NATIONAL TREASURES GRANT, WHICH IS THE LARGE THE CORPUS OF THAT GRANT IS GOING TO BE UNCOVERING THOSE 1936 MURALS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE ROTUNDA WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE REVEALS, WE KNOW THE STARS ARE THERE, AND THEN ORDINAL MURALS THAT GO UP, YOU KNOW, GIANT ORDER NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST IN THAT ROTUNDA.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A GIANT LADY ON ONE OF THE WALLS.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING NEXT WE HAVE A DOCUMENTARY THAT'S PREMIERING AT THE DENTON BLACK FILM FESTIVAL ON THE 26TH. SO ON SUNDAY IT'LL BE IN THE VIRTUAL CATEGORY.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THOSE DOCUMENTARIES ARE MEANINGFUL IN OUR COLLECTION.
13 2330 AND 27. WHAT LYNN HAS ALREADY MENTIONED AND IS ABOUT TO SHARE HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM DOES TO SUPPORT EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER ENGAGEMENT WITH PUBLIC ART OR PUBLIC SPACES, BRING ARTS TO THE TABLE IN A BROADER, YOU KNOW, IN BROADER CITY INITIATIVES, AND ALSO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MAINTAINING A DEDICATED FUND FOR PUBLIC ART MAINTENANCE.
I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT IN A RECENT MEETING WITH OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE PUBLIC ART DIVISION WAS NOTED AS MOST IMPROVED, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WHO HAVE A BIT MORE YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY WOULD NOTE THAT TOO, THAT LYNN HAS REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB IN AMPLIFYING THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC ART DIVISION OF THE OFFICE.
SO ACCESSIBILITY IN KIND OF THE DIGITAL FORMAT AND THEN THROUGH SPEAKERS.
SO WE'VE HAD BEEN OUR TEAM HAS BEEN INVITED TO SPEAK IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS AND KIND OF KIND OF SLICING AND DICING THE COLLECTION AND IN INTERESTING WAYS. SO BOTH, SINCE WE HAVE A NEW ISH TEAM MEMBER FROM WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE COLLECTION AT AVIATION AND THE ENGAGEMENT THERE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT SKILL SET AND EXPERTISE.
AND HE HAS PRESENTED AT. SO GUY BURGERMAN HAS PRESENTED AT THE ARTS IN THE AIRPORT CONFERENCE AND ALSO BEEN REALLY PART OF A NATIONAL RESEARCH TEAM THAT TALKS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE TRB THAT'S TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD.
AND THEN NEXT, MARTYRS PARK AND SHADOW LINES, THE SCULPTURE THAT WENT IN LAST MARCH WAS IT WAS DEDICATED WAS PART OF NOT ONLY JUST THE TOP 100 FOR NATIONAL ARTWORK, PUBLIC ARTWORK IN THE NATION, BUT THEN WAS SHE, OUR TEAM WAS INVITED TO PRESENT IN THE SOCIETY OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, REALLY TALKING ABOUT KIND OF OUR SHIFT INTO MAKING PLACE.
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SO NEXT SLIDE. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE TELLING OUR STORY AND WE CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORY OF OUR COLLECTION AFTER DEDICATION, IS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE WORK THAT CAN BE PUT ON OUR WEBSITE OR, DEPENDING ON THE CONTENT, CAN GO INTO THESE FILM FESTIVALS.AND THIS IS ONE THAT IS IN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.
THE STORY IN WEST DALLAS TALKING ABOUT VETERANS AND THE OFFERINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS MADE TO OUR CITY. AND THEN ON, ON HALLOWED GROUND, AS I SAID BEFORE, THAT CREATION IS PART OF OUR STORYTELLING INITIATIVE AND ALIGNS WITH THESE STRATEGIES. WE ARE ALSO WORKING, AGAIN, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR A TEMPORARY ART PIECE IN CELEBRATION OF LIFE OR CANCER SURVIVORS PARK, WHICHEVER YOU KNOW IT BY.
AND THAT WILL THEN BE TRANSLATED INTO THESE LINES THAT WILL GO ON THE LARGE PASSAGE, YOU KNOW, SKYBRIDGE. AND THEN FINALLY, YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE RISING.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T LISTENED TO THE PODCASTS OR SEEN OUR CURRICULA THAT ARE ON THE PUBLIC ART WEBSITE FROM DALLASCULTURE.ORG., PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.
SO HERE WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE. ONE KEY UPDATE THIS WEEK WILL BE EMAILING OUR NEWLY DEVELOPED QUARTERLY COUNCIL DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS. AND FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. YOU'LL NOTE WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DISPLAY THIS ARTWORK IN THIS FORMAT, SO THAT IT'S MEANINGFUL FOR EACH OF YOU AND YOUR PEERS WHO SERVE ON THE COUNCIL, AND THAT IT'S JUST EASILY ACCESSIBLE. SO FOLKS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO TO ENGAGE WITH ART IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
WE'VE BEEN CHARGED AND TASKED WITH ADDRESSING ART DESERTS, IF YOU WILL, IN THE RECENT PAST, AND FINDING WAYS TO AMPLIFY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE PUBLIC ART PIECES ACROSS THIS, ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR ANSWERS TO THAT. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR OTHER DIVISION PROGRAMS, THE COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM, AND OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS TO ALSO ADDRESS THOSE MATTERS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD IN THE RECENT PAST.
BUT REALLY, AGAIN, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO GET TO SHARE THESE WITH YOU.
THE QUARTERLY COUNCIL DISTRICT NEWSLETTER, AGAIN, IS GOING TO FOCUS A BIT MORE ON POLICY.
WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, USE THIS EFFORT FROM OUR PUBLIC ART TEAM AND CONTINUE OUR WORK IN SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE POLICY. CHEERS TO THE TEAM ON THAT.
SO PART OF THE PLAN YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SOME OVERLAYS.
SO WE HAVE WORKED AND TO DEVELOP A TOOLKIT THAT REALLY RELIES ON PLACE MAKING TOOLS.
SO WE NOW GO INTO LOCATIONS NOT JUST WITH A SURVEY, BUT WE HAVE LISTENING SESSIONS AND DOT MAPS WHERE PEOPLE CAN KIND OF JUST LOOK AT THINGS AND PUT DOTS IN TO TO THE THEMES AND IMAGES THAT SPEAK TO THEM.
WE HEAR SO MUCH INTERESTING CONTENT, NOT JUST ABOUT THE ART, BUT ABOUT SAFETY OR CHILDREN OR, YOU KNOW, JUST IT IS SUCH A RICH CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATING IN LOCATIONS ABOUT ART.
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SO ART HAS A LENS THAT IS ABLE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY, NOT JUST ABOUT THE ARTWORK.SO THAT'S A TOOLKIT THAT WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING.
SO IT NOT ONLY HELPS US UNDERSTAND PLACEMENT, BUT HOW PEOPLE GET THERE AND WHAT THEY REALLY NEED.
AND YOU KNOW WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT OUR PLAN IS.
PART OF THAT IS OUR MAP. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO DO A CASE STUDY WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IF WE CAN USE THAT CASE STUDY TO MIRROR IT ACROSS THE CITY. AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS AND TRAINING THEM ON THE MYSTERIES OF WORKING WITH THE CITY.
OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE TEAM. WE NOW HAVE A COMPLETE TEAM.
WE ARE SO EXCITED AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW COLLECTION.
AND CONSERVATION MANAGER GUY, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH GIS TO GET US THIS MAP.
NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT, WE REACHED THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PRESENTATION.
GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? YES, SIR. YES, MISS SCHULTZ. THANK YOU. I WAS SO EXCITED.
I WAS LIKE, PUSHING MY BUTTON BECAUSE MARTINE, YOU TOOK THE WORDS ABOUT LYNN FROM MY MOUTH AS WELL.
LIKE, IT'S REALLY SUCH A TRIBUTE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
YOU'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. AND THAT'S ALSO UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, MARTIN.
AND YOURS, ACM LIZ. SO REALLY JUST IT'S AN INCREDIBLE.
BUT THIS IS A GREAT SHOWCASE. I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND SORRY, BEFORE I DO, I ALSO WANT TO SAY IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU HEARD US IN AUGUST, BECAUSE I CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BACK IN AUGUST REFLECTED HERE.
AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARIES.
SO I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THOSE ARE BEING PROMOTED, HOW PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM YEAR ROUND, OR ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM AND PROMOTE THEM SO THAT IT'S A LIVING THING, EVEN IF YOU DON'T GO TO THE ART ITSELF OR, YOU KNOW.
SO LET'S START WITH THAT. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH RISING.
IT SHOULD BE ON KERA WHERE IT'S FREE ALL YEAR ROUND.
SO YOU CAN ACCESS THAT THROUGH OUR GREAT PARTNER HERE IN TOWN SO THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT THAT STORY ABOUT THE HALL OF NEGRO LIFE IN 1936 AND ITS IMPACT. THE OTHER DOCUMENTARIES, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL HAVE THEM ON OUR CITY WEBSITE.
THERE SHOULD ALSO BE LINKS IN OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS A DELIGHTFUL PLACE TO GO.
SO THAT'S PART OF HOW WE'RE DISTRIBUTING THEM RIGHT NOW.
GREAT. SO WILL YOU, WHEN YOU SEND US OUR QUARTERLY, WOULD YOU ADD A BLURB OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN JUST PUSH THAT OUT TO, WITH ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE OR THE MENTION ABOUT KERA? I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. AND I AND ARE YOU PLANNING ON MAKING THAT PROTOCOL WHERE YOU DO A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT EVERY PUBLIC ART PIECE? IT'S JUST MY GOAL. GOOD. OKAY. SO NOW I WANT TO TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT PLACEMAKING.
SO COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO BROADEN THAT CONCEPT BEYOND JUST THE ART THAT YOU'RE INSTALLING? THANK YOU. YES. SO LOOKING AT MARTINE TO SEE IF SHE WANTS TO SPEAK FIRST.
SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY COME OUT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH PLANNING AND DESIGN, WHICH ARE NEW FOR US, IS THAT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN MANY CITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND REALLY GROUND LEVEL, WHICH IS MY PUN FOR OUR INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A SIDEWALK POETRY,
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SO VERY ACCESSIBLE. SO I TALK ABOUT LOW LYING FRUIT.AND FORTUNATELY FOR THE CITY, WE HAVE A POET LAUREATE, AND SHE IS DEVELOPING A WORKSHOP AND THEN A FORM, KIND OF LIKE A HAIKU, JUST ONLY DALLAS STYLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET, BUT WE'VE ASKED HER TO SEE WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, AND THEN WORK WITH RESIDENTS AND LITERARY ARTS PEOPLE WHOSE HEART IS IN LITERARY ARTS TO CREATE THE CONTENT OF WHAT CAN JUST BE STAMPED INTO THE INTO CONCRETE. LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD A PRIORITY SET.
I HAD A PRIORITY SET ON THE PUBLIC ART DIVISION TO RESEARCH PUBLIC ART MASTER PLANS IN CITIES THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO DALLAS, WHETHER THAT'S BY SIZE OR BY NATURE OF THEIR APPROACH TO PUBLIC ART.
BECAUSE I FELT THAT THERE WAS A GAP IN ADDRESSING PLACE MAKING AS AN EFFORT OF OUR OFFICE.
AND THAT WAS REALLY OUR OFFICES, IN MY EXPERIENCE, OUR FIRST TIME GETTING TO PARTNER WITH OUR SISTER DEPARTMENT CLOSELY AND TO THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE SHOULD BE ENGAGING MORE OFTEN AS IT PERTAINS TO PLACEMAKING.
I THINK SHADOW LINES IS A GREAT DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT WE INTEND TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO PLACE MAKING, IS ENSURING THAT FOLKS CAN COME AND ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL AND INTENTIONAL WAY WITH THE SPACES THAT ARE CREATED, WHETHER THOSE ARE PERMANENT PIECES OF OUR COLLECTION OR EVEN WITH TEMPORARY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A BIT OF FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO BE CARVED OUT FOR WORKS, TEMPORARY WORKS OF PUBLIC ART. AND SO I HOPE THAT THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE'RE INVITED TO COME BACK, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT ON THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TO THAT END.
AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND I AND ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO DO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART IN MY DISTRICT, AND I'M SURE EACH OF US ARE THINKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC ARTS IN OUR OWN DISTRICT AT THIS POINT, AND THAT WOULD BE MAYBE RETROACTIVELY HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND SAY, I'M THINKING LIKE ANDERSON BONNER, RIGHT? THAT SCULPTURE. HOW DO WE CREATE MORE ABOUT THAT THAN HAVING IT JUST BE A SCULPTURE IN A NAMED PARK? AND SO MAYBE GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE PIECES THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS, I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT THE CITY HALL, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. HOW CAN WE GO BACK AND DO THAT? AND, YOU KNOW, I, FOR ONE, WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF INVESTMENT IN THAT AREA SO THAT WE CELEBRATE WHAT WE HAVE AND DO A DEEPER DIVE AS FAR AS IT BEING BEYOND JUST THE ART ITSELF, OR UNDERSTAND WHY THAT ART.
WHY THERE? RIGHT. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE THAT I JUST WANTED TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT IS, I'M ASSUMING THAT JUST LIKE YOU, YOU ARE NOW SO BEAUTIFULLY COLLABORATING WITH URBAN DESIGN PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.
I'M ASSUMING THAT ALL OF THIS IS AN ACTIVE PART OF VISIT DALLAS PROMOTION.
I KNOW WHEN I SPEAK WITH THEM, WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF THE CORE AND THE TYPICAL TOURIST AREAS OF DALLAS, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC ART IS OFTEN THE ONLY DRAW THAT MAY BE FOR TOURISTS, RIGHT, BESIDE SHOPPING.
WELL, WE HAVE MADE OUR PUBLIC ART MAP, NOT THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SPECIFIC MAPS YET, BUT THE INTERACTIVE APPLICATION MADE THAT AVAILABLE TO VISIT DALLAS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A TENET OF OUR CULTURAL PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WITHIN EVERY DIVISION OF OUR OFFICE, WE ARE PUTTING DALLAS ON THE INTERNATIONAL MAP AND THE NATIONAL MAP IN REGARD TO THE WORK AND PRODUCTS OF EACH DIVISION IN THE OFFICE. WE ALSO ARE CHARGED WITH ENSURING THAT WE ARE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE, HOW FOLKS CAN ENGAGE AND HAVE ACCESS TO, OBVIOUSLY NOW THE PUBLIC ART COLLECTION.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE SURE TO SHARE WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN REGARD TO YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT MAPS HIGHLIGHTING THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT, OF COURSE, AND CHAIR RIDLEY'S DISTRICT, HIGHLIGHTING COUNCILMAN BAZALDUA'S AREA AND THE FAIR PARK DISTRICT.
AND OF COURSE, COUNCILMAN MORENO'S. THOSE ARE GEMS. AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDS OF THOSE CULTURAL DISTRICTS ENSURING THAT VISIT DALLAS BECAUSE,
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YOU KNOW, THEY CAN TEND TO FOCUS ON CULTURAL DISTRICTS WHERE FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR EFFORTS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON ALL.AND SO WE WANT TO AMPLIFY WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDS OF THOSE THREE SPECIFIC. EXACTLY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I DO MY OWN TRAVEL PLANNING, RIGHT, I MAY HAVE A PARTICULAR ARTIST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT IN THE SEO WORK THAT WE'RE THAT VISIT DALLAS IS DOING THAT IT'S CROSS METRICIZED.
IS THAT A WORD? CROSS MATRIX. SO THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT CARE ABOUT THIS, BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO FOLLOW THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST, AND WOW, DID YOU KNOW THERE'S A PIECE IN DALLAS BY THAT ARTIST OR A PARTICULAR STYLE OF INSTALLATION.
SO, I'M ON A SIDEWALK POETRY TOUR AROUND THE WORLD, WHATEVER IT IS.
SO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT VISIT DALLAS UNDERSTANDS ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AT A DEEP LEVEL SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR SEO INVESTMENTS, IT'LL SHOW UP FOR TOURISTS AS WELL AS LOCAL RESIDENTS ON THAT.
SO, THANK YOU ALL. GREAT, GREAT WORK. GREAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YES, MISS WILLIS. THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE.
SO, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. SO THESE BROADCASTS ON KERA, DO WE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO ALSO PUT THEM ON OUR CITY CHANNEL? YES. OKAY. SO THEY'RE RUNNING THERE. ON THE OFFERING, ARE YOU SAYING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DEDICATED.
ON THE OFFERING. YES, YES, THAT WAS OKAY. AND SO, THERE'S A DOCUMENTARY BEING.
ON I MEAN, WE COMMISSION A LOT OF WORK, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN ARTS COMMUNITY THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, STORED OR YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE HAVE PRIVATE ENJOYMENT, BUT SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY BE WILLING TO DONATE OR LOAN TO PUBLIC SPACE, ARE WE PURSUING ANYTHING AROUND THAT? SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOAN THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT HAS COME FROM OUR EVENTS THROUGH TURTLE CREEK ASSOCIATION MOVING FORWARD.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A GIFT. OKAY. TOO MUCH INFORMATION.
SO YES, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. YOU KNOW MUCH OF OUR PRE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
SO BEFORE THE ORDINANCE I ALWAYS CALL IT THE ERA OF CIVIC MINDED DONORS.
SO YOU KNOW THE CORPUS OF THAT COLLECTION CAME FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE GIVING THE CITY ARTWORK FROM.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH THE NASHER TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THEM AS WELL.
SO YOUR QUESTION HAS NOT GONE WITHOUT FOLLOW UP.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TO WORK THROUGH BOTH. THERE'S A GROUP THAT IS CALLED INSPIRE ART.
WE WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHO CAN YOU KNOW, WHERE THEIR REACH IS AND WHAT THE INTEREST IS THERE.
OR DON'T GET ME ON THE WORDS, BUT THE DONATIONS ARE SHOULD BE PART OF OUR COLLECTION PROCESSES BECAUSE SOME OF WHAT YOU SEE AROUND AND I MEAN, YOU AND I TOURED YEARS AGO, BUT THERE'S A FOCI IN TURTLE CREEK PARK.
IT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT IT WAS LOANED.
BUT IT'S AMAZING. AND THERE ARE OKAY, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THAT IS BEING PURSUED.
AND THEN FINALLY, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, BUT I AM NOT SURE WHAT ELSE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DISPLAY OR HIGHLIGHT.
AND IN THE 60S, WHEN THE SOUTH AMERICAN THEY OPENED UP ROUTES.
THEY HAVE THESE AMAZING TAPESTRIES AND HE HAS EVERYTHING.
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. AND I'VE LINKED HIM WITH PATRICK CARRANO AT LOVE FIELD.
BUT UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE FIELD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT.
AND SO I JUST AM WONDERING ABOUT MAYBE ANOTHER PHASE AND MAYBE IT'S TOO MUCH TO BITE OFF, BUT OF SOME TREASURES THAT WE HAVE LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE OF AMAZING BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE A LINK TO DALLAS THAT PERHAPS COULD BE HIGHLIGHTED IN SOME WAY FOR AN EXHIBIT. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CHANNEL WOULD BE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO LINK YOU WITH HIM AS WELL.
BUT IT TAKES WORK, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. GRACEY.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AGAIN, MARTINE, THANK YOU.
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AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU.AS CHAIRWOMAN SCHULTZ MENTIONED THAT YOU YOU'RE LISTENING.
AND I NOW SEE THE LITTLE MAP WHERE I CAN SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY DO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU ARE LISTENING AND I STAND CORRECTED AND I WANT SOME MORE WITH THAT.
SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS. THIS DOES I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS.
AND IT HELPS ME TO BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
NOT THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING PLACE, BUT TO REALLY BRING THEM UP AND TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT DOES ART LOOK LIKE IN DISTRICT THREE? WHAT DOES ART LOOK LIKE AND FEEL LIKE IN IN OAK CLIFF, FOR THAT MATTER? SO ONE OF THE THINGS JUST SOME NOTES I MENTIONED HERE.
AGAIN, I WANT, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT THREE TO BE THAT OUTDOOR SPACE.
SO MORE EXPERIENTIAL ART THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE TRAILS AND ALONG THOSE THINGS.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN ART THAT COMPLEMENTS AND DRAWS TOWARDS PEOPLE TOWARDS CERTAIN AREAS, CERTAIN SHOPPING CENTERS. AGAIN, IT JUST COMPLEMENTS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE I MENTIONED WAS JUST SOME TEMPORARY POP UP INSTALLATION PLACES.
AND AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M REALLY WORKING TO TRY TO IDENTIFY PLACES WHERE WE CAN HAVE A TEMPORARY POP UP EXHIBITS INTERNAL TO INTRODUCE FOLKS TO SOME OF THESE ARTISTS THAT THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE MENTIONING.
BUT HAVING PLACES LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN DO THAT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, I APPRECIATE IT.
MR. BAZALDUA, DID YOU HAVE ANY INPUT? NO, I JUST WELL, I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS.
IT IS, IT IS EXCITING TO SEE MORE EFFORT AND INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC ART.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE. AND I'VE EXPRESSED IN THE PAST MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR DISD ART PROGRAMS AND SEEING IF WE CAN LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES NOT JUST WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, BUT WITH OUR YOUNG GENERATION IN THE PIPELINE TO BECOME OUR NEXT YOUNG ARTISTS AND TO GIVE REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES IN THEIR PRACTICUM COURSES AND WITHIN THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE A PART OF WITHIN DISD.
SO I THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE I THINK IS A REALLY EASY WAY FOR US TO BREAK DOWN SILOS AND BE A RESOURCE TO ADD TO THE EDUCATION THAT THE DISD IS ALREADY OFFERING IN A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO POTENTIAL FUTURE PLANS.
THANK YOU, MISS SCHULTZ. THANK YOU. SORRY TO JUMP IN ONE LAST TIME.
AND SO WHAT I'M WONDERING ALSO IS DOWN THE ROAD IF WE COULD POSSIBLY.
AND YOU COULD PROBABLY USE THE COUNCIL. MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE MAY KNOW A LOT OF IT.
BUT IF WE COULD CREATE ONE MASTER MAP. OR BY DISTRICT, WHATEVER MAP THAT INCLUDES THAT ART.
I'M THINKING OF THE MURALS FOR THE NORTH HAVEN TRAIL.
THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT COULD BE ATTRACTIONS, AND WE COULD BEGIN TO GET A SENSE OF THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. YES, MR. RESENDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WAS WONDERING WHERE A PROJECT LIKE THE WALLS PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE FALLS INTO ALL OF THIS.
I LOVE THE PLEASANT GROVE WALLS. LET ME START THERE.
THE WALLS ARE NOT NOTED ON OUR MAP, THE APPLICATION MAP.
I AM PERSONALLY OF THE BELIEF THAT IT SHOULD.
AND LYNN WILL CORRECT MY PERSONAL. SO RIGHT NOW THE MAP THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS JUST PUBLIC ART.
WHERE IS IT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO PLAN FOR IT? SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. AS WE EXPAND, LIKE WHEN WE GET OUR ARMS AROUND.
ABSOLUTELY, WE NEED, BECAUSE THAT'S A PLACE LIKE WE'RE REALLY GOING TO START TRACKING PLACES.
WHERE ARE PEOPLE GATHERING? YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN A CULVERT EXPERIENCING ART, WHAT A GREAT THING.
LIKE, HOW CAN WE THEN SUPPORT THOSE LOCAL ARTISTS THROUGH PUBLIC ART? WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT ANSWER, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS PHASE ONE OF OUR MAP.
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BUT I HAVE NOTED IT. AND INSTEAD OF SAYING, THAT'S NOT OURS, WHY DON'T WE SAY, HOW CAN WE PUT IT ON OUR MAP? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND IN THAT CONNECTION, I THINK DART PROBABLY HAS THE SECOND LARGEST PUBLIC ART PROGRAM AFTER THE CITY.SO THAT WOULD BE A EASY. ADD TO THE MAP. JUST GO TO DART AND ASK THEM FOR THEIR MAP.
THERE'S A BIG BLACK SQUARE THAT SAYS VIDEO UNAVAILABLE.
PLAYBACK ON OTHER WEBSITES HAS BEEN DISABLED BY THE VIDEO OWNER.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT? NO, BUT I CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
FIRST, LET ME SHARE THAT THE CURRENT DALLAS CULTURE PAGE IS TRANSITIONING TO A GOV.
AND SO THERE MAY BE A FEW HICCUPS BECAUSE WE ARE.
WELL, I GOT AT THIS THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
OKAY. AND SO WE CAN GET TO THE ROOT OF THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
BUT THEY'RE JUST BY AND LARGE MAYBE HICCUPS ACROSS THE DALLAS CULTURE.
WHAT VIDEOS DOES THIS RELATE TO? NO I'M NOT. IT'S THE PROBABLY THE SIZZLER REEL FOR BOTH ON HALLOWED GROUND AND FOR RISING AND ALL OF THOSE LINKS WE CAN PROVIDE TO YOU WHILE THESE LINKS ARE BROKEN. OKAY, WELL, I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO HAVE VIDEOS ABOUT, SO I'LL LEAVE THAT WITH YOU.
SENIORS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOSTLY RETIRED. THEY HAVE TIME TO ENJOY THINGS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE WHILE THEY WERE WORKING IN BUSY WORKDAY LIVES. AND SO I WONDER IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER MAKING A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM TO THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THEIR INTEREST IN PUTTING THIS OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT, THEY WORK WITH.
THANK YOU. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. SEEING NONE. OUR NEXT ITEM IS BRIEFING MEMO C ON THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526 LED BY MARTINE PHILIPPE.
SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE. HELLO AGAIN. I AM JOINED BY OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, GLENN AYERS, WHO HAS OVERSIGHT OF OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS AND WILL SUPPORT AND ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT I'M SURE YOU MIGHT APPRECIATE IF WE GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OR HIGHLIGHT ANY CHANGES.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT MIGHT BE WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT. WELL, I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THE PROPOSED CHANGES FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR, PARTICULARLY THE THREE YEAR PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST.
SURE. GOOD MORNING, GLENN AYERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
SO THIS IS THE SAME KIND OF PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE ALL SEEN BEFORE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SORT OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE SHIFT FROM HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, OR OUR ORGANIZATIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, TO CREATING SORT OF A THREE YEAR CYCLE.
RIGHT. THIS WAS MEANT TO CONTINUE THE SAME ABILITY TO ACCESS THE PROGRAM BASED OFF OF ELIGIBILITY.
IT CONTINUES THE SAME INVOLVEMENT AND OVERSIGHT THAT OUR ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE, THE FULL COMMISSION, YOU AS QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE AND FULL COUNCIL WILL WHEN YOU SEE THESE GUIDELINES AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THOSE SUBSEQUENT FUNDING ALLOCATION RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO YOUR INVOLVEMENT ALL STAYS IN THE SAME. THE REASON BEHIND THIS WAS SORT OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY EASING ON OUR ORGANIZATIONS, OUR PANEL, OUR COMMUNITY PANEL REVIEWERS WHO ARE ALL VOLUNTEER AND THEN ALSO CITY STAFF.
AND SO WE FOUND THAT EVERY TIME WE APPROACHED THIS PROGRAM GUIDELINES, THEN IT WAS TIME TO RUN THE PROGRAM, GO THROUGH THE ALLOCATIONS PROCESS, AND THEN WE WOULD AWARD FUNDS, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GUIDELINES ALL OVER AGAIN. RIGHT. AND SO IT CREATED THIS SORT OF CONSTANT ADMINISTRATIVE CALENDAR THAT WAS PREVENTING OUR STAFF FROM REALLY LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM AS SORT OF THIS LAST KIND OF TENURED LEGACY PROGRAM THAT WE HAD PRE-CULTURAL PLAN, AND IT HASN'T REALLY LET US REALLY ADDRESS THE CORE SORT OF CULTURAL FUNDING, EQUITY ISSUES THAT WE SEE IN THIS PROGRAM SOMETIMES.
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AND SO BY LIFTING SOME OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN AND SWITCHING TO A THREE YEAR PROGRAM, IT WILL HOPEFULLY ALLOW OUR FUNDING PROGRAM STAFF TO ENGAGE WITH OUR ARTS PARTNERS WHO ARE PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE UPON IT AND MAKE IT A LOT MORE EQUITABLE WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING ALLOCATION THROUGH OUR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.SO THAT'S THE REALLY BIG PROPOSED CHANGE. THIS FIRST YEAR OF THE THREE YEAR CYCLE IS EXACTLY LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST, WHERE THEY WILL GO THROUGH A PANEL PROGRAM OR A PANEL REVIEW PROCESS THAT WILL BE 70 POINTS, THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE SCORES WILL BE 30 POINTS.
AND THEN ON THOSE INTERIM YEARS, ON THOSE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS, THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE PANEL REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH IS WHAT HOW IT SORT OF LIFTS THAT BURDEN FROM OUR COMMUNITY PANEL REVIEW AS WELL AS THE APPLICANTS.
THEY WILL STILL GO THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS. IT WILL JUST BE MUCH LIGHTER. THEY'LL GIVE US AN UPDATED SCOPE OF SERVICES, GIVE US UPDATED FIGURES. BOARD AND STAFF, DIVERSITY AND THE LIKE.
AND SO WE WILL WAIT ADMINISTRATIVE SCORES MORE HEAVILY.
THAT IS A HUGE PART OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE ALL ALSO RECEIVED FROM THIS COMMITTEE AND FULL COUNCIL WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW ADMINISTRATIVE SCORES, THAT'S CONTRACT COMPLIANCE, FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF ORGANIZATIONS, ADHERENCE TO CULTURAL POLICY DIVERSITY CRITERIA PLAYED A STRONGER ROLE IN THE EVALUATION OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WHEN IT CAME TO THEIR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S OUR WAY OF DOING THAT ON THOSE SORT OF INTERIM YEARS.
THEN WE START THE PROCESS THAT THREE YEAR CYCLE OVER AGAIN, OF COURSE, ON YEAR ONE OF THE NEXT.
A FEW OTHER UPDATES BASED AGAIN BY YOUR FEEDBACK AND THEN OUR ALLOCATIONS AND COMMISSION.
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY UPDATED THE PROGRAM TIMELINE AND APPLICATION TIMELINE.
WE HAVE INCLUDED THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE TO EMPHASIZE THE REQUIRED COMPLIANCE TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE NLRB OR THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT, RATHER. SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IN BOLD, JUST LIKE IT IS IN OUR CURRENT CONTRACTS FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
WE ARE ASKING THAT WE THAT OUR APPLICANTS TELL US SORT OF WHAT THEIR CORE ANNUAL PROGRAMING LOOKS LIKE, SO WE CAN SEE YEAR OVER YEAR HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE AND HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT THEIR ALLOCATIONS IN GENERAL.
WE ARE ALSO ASKING THEM OR REQUIRING THEM ACTUALLY TO PUT ALL OF THAT CORE ANNUAL PROGRAMING ON.
GO SEE DFW THAT USED TO BE ART AND SEEK. RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S THE HUGE CALENDAR THAT LISTS ALL SORTS OF PROGRAMING ACROSS THE METROPLEX.
AND SO THAT'S OUR WAY OF CONTINUING TO PUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE, MAKING SURE THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL DALLAS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AS A MEANS OF PROMOTING SORT OF THAT OTHER SIDE OF OUR PROCESS OF CULTURAL TOURISM AS WELL.
WE JUST MADE SOME WORDING AND DOCUMENT FLOW UPDATES TO HOPEFULLY MAKE IT EASIER TO READ.
WE DO THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AS WELL. AND THEN WE'VE PUT IN THERE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND APPROVAL, ADMINISTRATIVE PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE SCORINGS FOR THOSE INTERIM YEARS.
I THINK THAT'S I'LL STOP RIGHT THERE. OKAY. THANKS.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE.
AND I ASSUME YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO GET THE PROPER LANGUAGE THERE.
SO AT THIS POINT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? YES. MR. GRACEY. OH, ARE YOU OKAY, MISS WILLIS? SURE. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND THAT, THAT I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING THAT FOR US TO ADD, WE WOULD HOPE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO, BUT TO INCLUDE THAT THERE HAS TO BE COMPLIANCE TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.
YOU KNOW, I HATE TO THINK OF ARTISTS HAVING TO SUFFER EVEN MORE THAN WE THINK OF ARTISTS SUFFERING IN SOME WAYS TO DO WHAT THEY LOVE AND TO BRING ATTENTION TO ART AND PERFORMANCE, DANCE, ETC.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD ADD, AND THEN I REALLY LOVE, YOU KNOW, HAVING BEEN IN THE NONPROFIT SPACE, GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT CAN BE A BLESSING AND A CURSE AND THE CURSE IS THE ONEROUS PART.
WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEM. WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR STABILITY AND HOW THEY FULFILL THEIR MISSION AND WHAT THEIR BOARD DOES, ETC. BUT THEN IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, IF THEY'RE DELIVERING ON WHAT THEY DO, WE CAN DEFINITELY DIAL IT BACK AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET SUPPORT SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO REACH MORE PEOPLE. SO I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER REALLY GOOD MOVE ON YOU ALL'S PART.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. THANKS.
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YES, MR. GRACEY, THANK YOU. JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION, GIVEN WHAT MY COLLEAGUES JUST REFERENCED.I GUESS UNDER THESE NEW CONDITIONS, WOULD THE DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER BE ELIGIBLE? YES. SO, YES, RIGHT. THAT WAS, I THINK, ALSO BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK OF THIS BODY AND FULL COUNCIL, THERE WAS ALWAYS THE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY EXPECTATION COMING THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
RIGHT. SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT ELIGIBILITY.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN. SO I'M SURE I'M NOT TRYING TO, THAT WAS JUST YOU GOOD.
PERFECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PUBLICLY THAT THIS ALL OF THESE ELIGIBILITIES.
AND THESE CHANGES WEREN'T MEANT TO SQUEEZE ANY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER, FROM APPLYING OR TRYING TO GET INTO AND GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OR, AND OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THESE NEW UNDER THESE ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE? LET ME ASK THAT. ASK THE QUESTION THAT WAY. SO THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME, RIGHT, AS IT HAS BEEN IN PRIOR YEARS. THIS IS OUR MOST QUOTE UNQUOTE, RESTRICTIVE PROGRAM ONLY BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THAT $100,000 ANNUAL REVENUE OF AN ORGANIZATION, A THREE YEAR OPERATING HISTORY, 50% OF THEIR PROGRAMING NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN DALLAS, AT LEAST 50%. AND THEY NEED TO HAVE A W-2 EMPLOYEE RIGHT.
SO THOSE KINDS OF THOSE KIND OF BOUNDARIES INTO THE ORGANIZATION.
SO THAT IS WHAT I MEAN BY SORT OF A MORE RESTRICTIVE PROGRAM.
SURE. OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IT IS AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR IT. SO AND THAT'S GOOD, I APPRECIATE IN OTHER WORDS, SO FOR UNDER THIS NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT, ARE THERE ANY ORGANIZATIONS CURRENTLY THAT ARE PART OF THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE AS A RESULT OF THIS NEW LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE LAST ONE, THIS THIS GO SEE DFW.
WHAT IS THAT? I'M SORRY. SO GO SEE DFW USED TO BE CALLED ART AND SEEK, AND I BELIEVE IT'S.
YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. AND SO IT'S JUST THEIR MASTER CALENDAR.
IT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CULTIVATING OUR OWN CALENDAR, WHICH IS, I WOULD IMAGINE, QUITE THE NIGHTMARE. AND SO IT ALLOWS THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO PUT THEIR INFORMATION OUT THERE.
IF UPDATES ARE NEEDED, THEY ARE ABLE TO GO PUT THE UPDATES AS NEEDED.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST SAY, PLEASE GO DO THIS.
YEAH. PERFECT. I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
MR. BAZALDUA. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BRIEFING MEMO? NO QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. SO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF THIS THREE YEAR CYCLING PROGRAM.
YOU MENTIONED THAT IT IS INTENDED TO RELIEVE THE BURDEN ON THE REVIEW PANELISTS AND CITY STAFF AND REVIEWING ALL THOSE APPLICATIONS, BUT IT ALSO REDUCES THE ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENT ON ALL OF THE ARTS APPLICANTS WHO FREQUENTLY ARE VERY LIGHTLY STAFFED IN THE ADMINISTRATION AREA. AND THIS COULD RESULT IN REDUCING THEIR COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION THAT CAN THEN BE DEVOTED MORE TO THEIR MISSION. SO I THINK THAT THIS APPROACH WILL HAVE THOSE DIVIDENDS AS WELL.
AND THAT THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY THE ARTS COMMUNITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE'RE MOVING ON TO BRIEFING MEMO D, THE RESIDENT VEHICLE TOWING.
AND THIS IS A BRIEFING THAT I REQUESTED ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
LIZ, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THIS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE? I THINK WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION HERE WHO IS.
HOW WOULD YOU PREFER CHAIR? GO AHEAD SCOTT. WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOWING AND WHAT THE PROCEDURES ARE FOR PEOPLE TO RECLAIM THEIR CARS.
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HI. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SCOTT WALTON. I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.AND SO LET'S TALK ABOUT TOWING FOR A MINUTE. AND THE MEMO COVERS TWO TYPES OF TOWING.
ONE IS THE EMERGENCY TOWING THAT'S DONE BY THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FOR THE MOST PART, IT COULD ALSO BE FIRE OR SOMEBODY ELSE.
BUT THAT'S USUALLY IN REGARDS TO A VEHICLE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS WHERE THEY'RE CLEARING THE ROADWAY OR WAS INVOLVED IN A CRIME, AND THEY'VE RECOVERED THE CAR. THOSE ARE TOWED, AND IT'S UNDER A CONTRACT TO EITHER THE DALLAS AUTO POUND OR ONE OF THE OTHER AUXILIARY LOCATIONS THAT'S SET UP BY THAT CONTRACT.
I DON'T WANT TO GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE WITH THEM.
AND BUT THERE ARE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOWS.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S THE ACTUAL TOW, THE STORAGE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I DO BELIEVE IF YOU'RE THE VICTIM OF A CRIME, THE FEES ARE WAIVED FOR YOU.
IF YOU GO AND GET THE CAR AFTER YOU'VE BEEN NOTIFIED VERSUS BEING VICTIMIZED TWICE.
SO THE OTHER PART OF TOWING IS THE NONCONSENT TOWING.
IT'S NOT THEIR EMPLOYEES. THEY WANT IT TOWED. THEY CAN ARRANGE FOR THAT TOWING.
IT ALSO OCCURS IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES A LOT. OR THEY MAY HAVE A PERMIT OR YOU HAVE TO HAVE LIKE A PLACARD OR SOMETHING, AND THEY GO IN AND TOW CARS THAT DON'T HAVE THE PLACARD.
THAT'S NOT A CITY CONTRACTED TOW YARD OR PLACEMENT YARD.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TWO IN A NUTSHELL. SO IN RESPONSE TO THE OTHER HALF OF THIS, HOW DOES THE RESIDENT RECLAIM THEIR CAR, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHO'S TOWED IT OR WHERE IT IS? SO ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR ORDINANCE IS, IS REGARDLESS OF WHO TOWS, THEY HAVE TO CONTACT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE VEHICLE BEING TOWED. SO THAT LET'S SAY IT'S TAKEN OUT OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THE OWNER COMES REALIZE THE VEHICLE IS CALLED.
THE FIRST THING MOST PEOPLE WILL DO IS CALL THE POLICE.
HEY, MY CAR HAS BEEN STOLEN. THE POLICE IS ABLE TO SAY NO.
THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY XYZ TOW COMPANY AND TAKEN TO THIS TOW YARD.
SO THAT. THAT IS I GUESS THE FIRST WAY THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE NOTICE OR FIND OUT THE OTHER WAY IS AND THIS IS ACTUALLY SET BY STATE LAW, THIS IS NOT A CITY ORDINANCE. IT'S THE ACTUAL TOW YARD THAT HAS IT HAS TO MAIL A LETTER OF NOTICE TO THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS THEY CAN'T SEND THE NOTICE BEFORE 24 HOURS AFTER TOWING, BUT NO MORE THAN FIVE DAYS AFTER THE TOWING. AND AGAIN, THIS IS SET BY STATE LAW.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER NOTIFICATION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT, MISS SCHULTZ? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS.
THE, GAY ACTUALLY, YOU HAD WANTED TO, YOU BROUGHT, YOU SURE? OKAY. SO THE FIRST IS, DO WE HAVE DATA ON THE NUMBER OF TOWS THAT WERE DONE BY OUR CITY FOR LAST YEAR. YES, WE WILL HAVE THAT. I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE THAT DATA BECAUSE THEY KEEP UP WITH ALL THE TOWING AND WHO DOES ANY TOWING WHEN YOU SEE SIGNS ON A PUBLIC STREET, IT SAYS VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED, BUT IT'S A PUBLIC STREET? IF IT'S A PUBLIC STREET THAT'S GOING TO BE ORDERED BY PARKING ENFORCEMENT OR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ONE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE TOWS THAT FALLS UNDER THE CITY CONTRACT.
SO THAT WOULD BE A TOW COMPANY. AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF I THINK IT'S AUTO RETURN.
SO, COULD YOU GET THAT DATA AS WELL? LIKE HOW MANY TOWS DID WE ACTUALLY DO ON PUBLIC STREETS THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, AN ACCIDENT OR DPD PER SE, MORE ABOUT PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
AND THEN MY FINAL POINT IS, VERY INTERESTINGLY, I WAS RECENTLY IN MEXICO, AND WHAT I LEARNED THERE IS WHAT THEY DO FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT IS RATHER THAN TOWING OR EVEN TICKETING, THEY SIMPLY REMOVE THE LICENSE PLATE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR TICKET TO GET YOUR LICENSE PLATE BACK.
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BECAUSE EVERYBODY MUST DRIVE WITH A LICENSE PLATE.AND SO I JUST THINK IN TERMS OF CREATIVE AND VERY FINANCIALLY AFFORDABLE SOLUTIONS, THAT COULD VERY WELL BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT A LOT CHEAPER, A LOT EASIER, AND PEOPLE DEFINITELY KNOW THEY HAVE TO DRIVE WITH A LICENSE BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT, MUCH HIGHER TICKET IF YOU'RE DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR US TO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF INNOVATION.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MISS WILLIS, THANK YOU.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE SOLUTION, BUT I LIKE I LIKE THE IDEA.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO DEFINE THIS FURTHER. AND I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING OUT THAT THIS IS TIED TO STATE LAW, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HEART THERE WOULD BE FOR CHANGING THIS, BUT I MAY ASK THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE YOU SAID THEY CAN'T SEND AN AUTO IMPOUND YARD, CAN'T SEND A NOTICE BEFORE 24 HOURS, BUT THEY HAVE TO SEND IT NO MORE THAN FIVE DAYS.
SO THIS IS REALLY SET UP FOR THESE YARDS TO MAKE MONEY.
AND I MEAN, THEY'RE A BUSINESS. SO I DO NOT BEGRUDGE THEM THAT.
HOWEVER, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIT IN A LOBBY OF ONE OF THESE PLACES TO SEE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT THIS IS AFFECTING THE MOST ARE THE ONES WHO CAN LEAST BEAR THE COST. AND TO GIVE YOU ALL COLLEAGUES AN IDEA, THERE IS A DAILY STORAGE FEE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SET, BUT ONE DOCUMENT I HAVE IS $21 A DAY.
AND THEN THERE IS AN IMPOUNDMENT FEE OF $21. AND THEN THERE IS THE NOTIFICATION FEE OF $50.
SO WE HAVE THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO BASICALLY CAN BE 120, 150, 160, $70 IN BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN NOTIFIED THAT THEIR CAR HAS BEEN IMPOUNDED OR WHERE THEY CAN FIND IT.
AND THAT IS JUST WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS. AND SO, I MEAN, IT CAN BE JUST CRIPPLING.
SOME OF THE ISSUES AROUND TIMING, WHICH MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY CAN CONTROL, IS THAT THERE'S 24 HOURS TO BE NOTIFIED IF PARKING ENFORCEMENT IS, I GUESS, CALLED AND PUTS A NOTIFICATION ON AN AUTOMOBILE IN IN 24 HOURS.
YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND TOW IT. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. ONCE WE GO OUT AND STICKER IT AND THEN THEY TAKE PICTURES OF WHERE THE CAR IS, THEY'LL MARK THE TIRES AND WE RETURN.
AFTER 24 HOURS IS ELAPSED. THE CAR IS GENERALLY TOWED.
SO ONE THING I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION OF THAT YOU BROUGHT UP WAS ABOUT IF IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE HAVE A LEASE AGREEMENT.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT 24 HOURS COMES INTO PLAY.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHERE THAT WAS SET? THE THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, I BELIEVE, IS OVER 30 PLUS YEARS OLD.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS PROBABLY PUT IN PUT IN PLACE JUST TO STOP THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY NOT BEING USED AS MORE OF A STORAGE FOR VEHICLES, BECAUSE WE DO RUN INTO PARTICULARLY AROUND LIKE AUTO REPAIR PLACES WHERE THEY WILL PUT CARS ON THE PUBLIC STREET AND FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. AND SO I THINK AT THAT TIME, IT WAS DECIDED 24 HOURS WAS AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR A VEHICLE TO BE PARKED BEFORE IT NEEDED TO BE MOVED.
WELL, I THINK WE ALL CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WE DON'T WANT TO USE OUR PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEONE'S BUSINESS PURPOSES AS STORAGE OR FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE AN IMMOBILE VEHICLE FOR A LONG PERIOD.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FLIP SIDE OF 24 HOURS, IT'S PRETTY QUICK.
AND THE WAY THE THE AUTOMOBILE IS STICKERED, IF SOMEONE IS IS WORKING AND ISN'T COMING TO A DISABLED VEHICLE OR WHATEVER, THEY DON'T. THEY MAY NOT SEE THE STICKER. SO I WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT MAYBE A LONGER PERIOD 48 72 HOURS.
IF WE'RE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON A CITY STREET AND IT'S NOT TIED TO, YOU KNOW, A PRIVATE PROPERTY OR A PLACARD OR RESIDENT PARKING ONLY, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S A FRAMEWORK THAT I UNDERSTAND THE VIOLATION ON.
THE OTHER SIDE IS A NOTICE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF A DOOR HANGER.
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I KNOW YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHO THAT CAR BELONGS TO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE.HEY, THIS IS YOU'RE GETTING TAGGED ON THIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO TOW IT IN 24 OR 48, 72 HOURS.
SO I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WHICH YOU HIGHLIGHT IN THE MEMO IS PROPER DOCUMENTATION OF CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE AND AFTER TOWING OR ARRIVAL AT THE AUTO POUND.
AND THAT THE AUTO POUND ALSO HAS A REASON TO DOCUMENT THIS, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH IS PRIVATE TOW COMPANIES, WHICH RIGHT NOW DON'T HAVE TO DOCUMENT THIS. AND SO WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME MECHANICS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY GET CARS THAT HAVE BEEN TOWED ALL THE TIME THAT HAVE HAD MORE DAMAGE DONE TO THEM. SO HERE YOU HAVE A VULNERABLE POPULATION.
THEY'RE ALREADY IN FOR 120, 50, $70. AND THEN YOU'VE DAMAGED THEIR VEHICLE.
AND SO IT'S JUST LIKE PILING ON. AND SO WHAT YOU POINTED OUT WAS WAYS TO STRENGTHEN THAT DOCUMENTATION SO THAT A VEHICLE OWNER WOULD HAVE SOME RECOURSE. AND MAYBE THOSE BUSINESSES WOULD HAVE INCENTIVE TO TREAT THE VEHICLES BETTER.
SINCE THEY MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AROUND AND BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
SO, OKAY, SO YOU DID NOTE THAT IT'S FIVE DAYS TO NOTIFICATION.
BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT IS DEFINED BY STATE LAW? THAT. YES, MA'AM. IT DEFINITELY INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME SORT OF PROCESS DEFINED SO THAT SHOULD SOME DAMAGE OCCUR, WILL WORK ON THE PART ABOUT HERE'S HOW IT'S DOCUMENTED.
BUT I REINFORCE THE REQUEST ON THE DATA, ESPECIALLY THE NUMBER OF TOWS BY THAT ARE UNDER THE CITY'S PURVIEW THAT ARE NOT DUE TO A CRIME OR AN EMERGENCY, BUT RATHER A CALL TO PARKING ENFORCEMENT OR CODE.
AND THEN THEY THEN THEY HAVE SUCH A GENEROUS NOTIFICATION PERIOD.
ANYWAY, I THINK IF WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND DON'T WANT TO BEGRUDGE A BUSINESS THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE A MARGIN, ETC., BUT WE JUST DON'T WANT TO VICTIMIZE PEOPLE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEIR SITUATION MAY BE THAT THAT CAUSES THIS TO START.
JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE. SO ACTUALLY IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE THE VEHICLES HANDLED THAT ACTUALLY ALSO IS HANDLED BY THE STATE, IT'S THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION AND ON THEIR WEBSITE.
WE'RE LOOKING EXPANDED THAT TO DO A PRE AND POST TOW.
WHEN I READ THE MEMO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT FOR ONE'S TOWED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOING TO THE POLICE AUTO POUND. SO THAT THAT IS AN IMPROVEMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IN. AND LET ME JUMP IN, SINCE IF WE WANT TO TAKE THIS BITE BY BITE.
SO I THINK THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN A COMPLAINT VERSUS A REIMBURSEMENT.
AND SO IT'S THE BUSINESS OR THEIR INSURER. AND IS IT THE TOW COMPANY? IS IT THE AUTO YARD? I MEAN, THERE'S JUST IF YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS IN THIS SITUATION, THERE ARE JUST MANY DOORS THAT YOU HAVE TO PURSUE GOING THROUGH.
AND SO I JUST WOULD WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE MORE SIMPLE.
AND THEN ON THE PHOTO ASPECT OF IT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S ALWAYS BEING DONE.
AND SO WE NEED SOME SORT OF ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM, LIKE IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE THAT PHOTO AND SOMEONE HAS DAMAGE OR TAKEN THAT PHOTO AND THERE'S DAMAGE, THEN YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOME FINE AS PART OF THAT CARRY ON.
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WE DO GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT THOSE STICKERS BECAUSE THEY'RE HARD TO GET OFF, YOU KNOW? SO PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I GUESS I WANT TO EXPRESS IS OVERALL PHILOSOPHY IS WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO TOW BECAUSE OF THE VERY REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP HERE, IS IT COULD ACTUALLY AFFECT SOMEBODY'S LIVELIHOOD.THAT COULD BE THEIR ONLY WORK TRUCK. THAT COULD BE THE ONLY FAMILY VEHICLE.
THERE THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS. AND WE GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO THE FRUSTRATION OF SOME NOT TO TOW BECAUSE WE GO AND MAKE A LOT OF NOTIFICATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD I'M GOING TO CALL CHRONIC PROBLEM AREAS, WHICH MOST DISTRICTS HAVE ONE OR 2 OR 3. AND WE'LL HAVE TO GO IN AND DO MORE TOWING THAN WE USUALLY DO.
BUT WHEN WE DO THAT, BEFORE WE DO THOSE TOWS, WE PUT NOTICES ON THE CARS, NOT THE 24 HOUR SEPARATE NOTICES IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH SAYING, WE'RE ABOUT TO START TOWING, PLEASE PARK LEGALLY.
AND WE DO THAT FOR AT LEAST A WEEK BEFORE WE GO IN AND START TOWING.
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE NOBODY GETS THE IMPRESSION THAT WE REALLY WANT TO TOW.
WE DON'T. JUST TOO TIME CONSUMING. I WOULD RATHER BE ABLE TO JUST GET COMPLIANCE AND US MOVE THROUGH THE DAY, BUT IT HAPPENS. YEAH. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES WERE .
YOU KNOW, I SAID WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THE POST TOW, DEAL.
THE WE CAN LOOK AT EXPANDING THE 24 HOUR DEAL.
THAT THAT IS AS SOMEBODY THAT GETS A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE UPSET. IT TAKES 24 HOURS. A LOT OF PEOPLE GET VERY, VERY UPSET OVER SOMEBODY ELSE PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. I GET A NUMBER OF THOSE COMPLAINTS.
SO WITH THAT 24 HOURS, IF YOU READ THE ORDINANCE, IT ALSO SAYS WITHOUT BEING MOVED WERE ISSUES COME UP AS SOMEBODY WILL MOVE THEIR CAR THREE INCHES AND WE CAN TELL. AND NOW THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
BUT WE STILL GET COMPLAINTS BECAUSE IT'S NOT APPARENT TO JUST THE NAKED EYE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE SET OUR ORDINANCE AND THAT'S WHAT WE GO BY.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE IT, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ORDINANCE.
SO, YES. FORGIVE ME, MY SHORT TERM MEMORY SEEMS TO BE SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER TOPIC THAT THAT I MAY BE ABLE TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO IT. WELL, I'M HAPPY TO CIRCLE BACK ON THIS AND KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE POINTS IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT.
MY TIME IS YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GRACEY.
THANK YOU. SO THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, I THINK IT WAS AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
WE HAD A GENTLEMAN WHO ACTUALLY LIVES IN IN DISTRICT THREE, A PREFERRED PLACE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS YOU. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND AS IT RELATES TO THIS PRESENTATION AND HIS CIRCUMSTANCE, JUST SO I CAN KIND OF GET A PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TO THAT? BECAUSE HE SEEMED VERY PASSIONATE. IT SEEMED LIKE ONE OF THOSE WHERE HE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, HE WAS PARKED IN HIS PLACE IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, I GUESS SEEMED TO KEEP TOWING HIM.
THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT PERSPECTIVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THEY'LL HAVE IT POSTED.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZED TO PARK HERE, WE'LL HAVE YOU TOWED, WHICH THAT IS A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THESE WHERE THE RECORD COMPANY COMES THROUGH AND GOES, THIS PERSON DOESN'T HAVE THE REQUIRED TAG OR PERMIT OR WHATEVER, AND THEY TOW THOSE VEHICLES.
AND THAT'S A NON CONSENT TOW OFF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND SO HIS CONTENTION WHICH I BELIEVE IT SOUNDS LIKE HE GOT REIMBURSED FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS THAT HE WAS PARKED LEGALLY. HE FILED HIS COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE.
THEY TOOK THE COMPLAINT AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND THAT'S HOW HE GOT HIS REIMBURSEMENT. IT TOOK A WHILE.
BUT WE DID GIVE HIM THE INFORMATION FOR TRANSPORTATION.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THIS WAS REALLY BASED ON YOUR PRESENTATION THAT REALLY FALLS UNDER THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT NON-CONFORMING. BUT I GUESS FROM A QUALITY OF LIFE PERSPECTIVE, HOW DO WE OR I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A HOUSING OR A QUALITY OF LIFE DISCUSSION, BUT WHEN NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES COME IN AND THEY SAY THEY'RE AFFORDABLE,
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BUT THEN THEY HAVE THESE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PARKING, WHATEVER, THE HOW DO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO LOOK FOR GUIDANCE? AND HOW DO WE THEN BEGIN TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WHETHER THAT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE CONVERSATION OR A HOUSING CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF THEIR REGULATION. BUT I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND IN THIS CASE, HE SAID.THIS HAS HAPPENED TO HIM MULTIPLE TIMES AND HE'S HAD TO PROVE IT EACH TIME.
HOW DO YOU SQUARE? OKAY. IS THERE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO PREVENT APARTMENT COMPLEXES FROM DOING THAT TYPE, OR TOWING COMPANIES FROM HAVING THAT TYPE OF PRACTICE, I GUESS.
HOW COULD THAT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED? WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE FOR THAT? A SITUATION LIKE THAT TO BE AVOIDED, I GUESS.
IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN ONE OR THE OTHER IF HE WAS LEGALLY TOWED THERE.
THE ONLY WAY IT WAS BE TOWED IS IF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ITSELF CALLED THE TOW COMPANY AND SAID, HEY, I'VE GOT AN ILLEGALLY PARKED CAR, HAD THEM COME AND TOW IT, OR THE TOW COMPANY WHO WAS UNDER CONTRACT WITH THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT TOWS UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, GOES IN AND GOES THIS IS A LEGALLY PARKED CAR AND I'M GOING TO TOW IT.
SO IN BOTH OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT'S AGAIN TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND I GUESS TO CHAIRWOMAN WILLIS'S POINT, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE COSTLY MISTAKES THAT WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER.
AND I GUESS, LIZ, AS I'M LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FROM A FAIR HOUSING OR WHAT, BUT TO BE ABLE TO REGULATE, TO KEEP THOSE TYPE OF THINGS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN DO FROM OUR JURISDICTION, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I WANT TO EXPLORE UNDER THIS ONE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. BAZALDUA, ANY INPUT? OKAY. NOT ON THIS, MR. CHAIR. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SCOTT. IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE TIMED NO PARKING SIGNS, NO PARKING, 4 TO 6, FOR EXAMPLE, AND OUTGOING COMMUTING ROUTES AND PEOPLE OVERSTAY THAT TIME PERIOD.
IS THAT AN AUTOMATIC TOW OR DO YOU JUST TICKET THOSE IF YOU'RE ALERTED TO THEM.
WE GENERALLY JUST WRITE A CITATION FOR THOSE.
I'M SORRY. THAT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC TOW. THEY JUST ISSUE CITATIONS FOR THOSE.
OKAY. SO IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE CARS THAT APPEAR TO BE ABANDONED IN RESIDENTIAL STREETS, FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE HAD SEVERAL IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CAUSES NEIGHBORS TO BE IRATE AND CALL ME.
AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, CARS AREN'T TOWED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF BEING PARKED.
THEY HAVE TO BE THERE FOR A WHILE BEFORE ANYBODY NOTICES THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THEY'RE NOT OCCASIONAL PARKERS, RIGHT? SO THAT IT'S NOT LIKE THE CAR IS PARKED.
AND THEN 24 HOURS, IT'S TOWED. IT'S TOWED 24 HOURS AFTER YOU PUT NOTICE ON THE VEHICLE.
I NOTICED THAT CAR STILL WAS HERE YESTERDAY AND TOW ORDER PUT NOTICE.
THAT IS ALMOST A COMPLAINT DRIVEN CITATION, IT'S A WARNING CITATION THAT RESULTS IN THE TOW.
OKAY, WELL, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF LENGTHENING THAT 24 HOUR PERIOD BECAUSE IT IS A NUISANCE ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS BECAUSE FREQUENTLY THE CARS THAT ARE LEFT THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD ARE DILAPIDATED.
THEY ARE IN POOR REPAIR OR MAYBE NOT EVEN MOBILE.
I'VE HAD SOME INSTANCES OF THAT. AND THEY CAN BECOME EYESORES BECAUSE THEY COLLECT DIRT.
THEY COLLECT DEBRIS AND THERE THAT'S NOT WHAT PUBLIC STREETS ARE FOR IS STORAGE OF VEHICLES.
SO I THINK WE NEED A TIME PERIOD THAT IS SUFFICIENTLY SHORT BUT FAIR BEFORE VEHICLES ARE TOWED.
AND I THINK 24 HOURS IS THE CORRECT TIME PERIOD.
ANYONE ELSE? YES, MISS WILLIS. WELL, I'M GOING TO WEIGH IN ON THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO IDEA OF KNOWING HOW LONG SOMETHING MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE BEFORE A COMPLAINT WAS MADE. THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S MADE RIGHT AWAY.
THERE MAY BE INSTANCES WHERE IT IS IN RESPONSE FOR A VEHICLE BEING THERE FOR A WHILE.
THAT IS A PRETTY SHORT TIME FRAME TO HAVE TO TAKE OFF WORK AND DEAL WITH SOMETHING, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE IS, AND WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW LONG A VEHICLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PARKED IN A LOCATION.
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SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD AT LEAST EXPLORE 48 HOURS, IF NOT 72.AND PERHAPS, AS YOU DIG INTO THIS, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO UNCOVER A LITTLE MORE DEPTH TO EDUCATE US MORE ON YOU KNOW, WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS. OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR IF A 311 CALL EVEN CAPTURES HEY, THIS HAS BEEN HERE FOR SIX MONTHS. OR IF IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I JUST DON'T LIKE MY NEIGHBOR AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE'S MOVED A CAR THREE INCHES TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, AND IS IN COMPLIANCE AND THEN BUT THE NEIGHBOR DOESN'T SEE IT TO YOUR POINT.
THEY DON'T THEY DON'T PERCEIVE THAT IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SO THEY HIT THEIR LIMIT, MAKE A CALL AND IT CAN BE GONE IN 24 HOURS.
SO I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US JUST FROM AN EQUITABLE STANDPOINT.
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HOW FAST 24 HOURS CAN BE IN TERMS OF HAVING TO MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS, TAKE OFF WORK, FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO DO TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
AND SO WHAT I DON'T HAVE IS THE NUMBER OF SR COMPLAINTS, THE 311 SERVICE REQUEST.
I DON'T HAVE THAT. BUT WHAT I DO HAVE IS FOR 2024, WE ISSUED JUST UNDER 13,000 WARNINGS.
AND IT'S BEEN THEY THEY'RE SAYING IT'S BEEN THERE OVER 24 HOURS.
AND WHEN A PERSON MAKES THOSE COMPLAINTS, THEY REALLY HAVE TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE. LIKE I SAID, IF IT'S JUST CARS PARKED ON THE STREET OVER 24 HOURS, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THAT. BUT AGAIN, JUST UNDER 13,000 WERE ISSUED WARNINGS OF THAT.
WE ENDED UP ISSUING ABOUT 3300, JUST UNDER 3300 CITATIONS.
AND SO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE GOING TO ENDED UP BEING TOWED.
IS THAT AN OPTION TO TOWING. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY EXPLORING DIFFERENT BOOTING OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
THE THING WITH THE BOOTING. UNDER THE OLD STYLE BOOTING SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO CALL.
AND THEY BASICALLY HAVE TO CLEAR UP A LOT OF TICKETS.
GENERALLY, IS WHEN WE BOOT. AND SO THEY'D HAVE TO CALL DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
AND IT CAUSES SOME LOGISTICAL ISSUES. THERE'S SOME TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE NOW THAT ACTUALLY LETS YOU UNLOCK IT REMOTELY, SO THAT ONCE THEY PAID, IT'S IN THE SYSTEM AND IT'LL UNLOCK THE BOOT.
SO WE'RE EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BRIEFING ITEM E? E THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ISSUE ABOUT FINES AND FEES? GRANT FUND AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. YES, MISS SCHULTZ.
SORRY. JUST MY QUESTION WAS BECAUSE I REMEMBER ADDRESSING THIS AGAIN IN WE AND SO HOW DID IT GET TO US? I'LL DEFER TO DOCTOR WILSON, BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE COVERING IT TODAY FOR TIMING AS WELL AS THE WORK WE HAVE DONE WITH DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AROUND THE FINES AND FEES WORK. SO AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE INTERCONNECTED AREAS.
AND SO AS A RESULT OF THE GREAT WORK AND PARTNERSHIP THAT WE DID IN THE FIRST ROUND.
THEY EXTENDED OUR GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.
MISS WILLIS. THANK YOU. I JUST THINK THIS IS SUPER TIMELY.
COMING OFF OF THE LAST ITEM THAT WE DISCUSSED, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS GRANT ONLY COVERED FEES CHARGED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS DIRECTLY, OR IF WE COULD ENCOMPASS FEES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE PAYING, SUCH AS IN THIS, THE NONCONSENT SITUATION THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE A RESULT OF SOMETHING THAT WENT THROUGH THE CITY LIKE A NOTIFICATION, YOU KNOW.
ET CETERA. IS THAT ALLOWABLE? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER.
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AS A RESULT OF BOTH OF THE MEMOS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD.THANK YOU. MR. BAZALDUA, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR NOT ONLY YOUR WORK ON THIS, BUT REACHING OUT AND UTILIZING THE BEST RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US, AND, OF COURSE, GIVE SOME KUDOS TO NLC FOR HAVING THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEIR CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. GREAT.
SO OUR FINAL ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE FORECAST FOR THE COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS FOR THE DAY.
IT IS NOW 10:46 A.M. AND THE COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.