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ALL RIGHT.

WHEREAS

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ON

[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on January 23, 2025.]

FEBRUARY THE FOURTH, 2025, PATRICE NEWHOUSE IS RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, APART FROM IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AFTER 20 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.

WHEREAS IN 2005, NEWHOUSE BEGAN HER CAREER WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A CODE INSPECTION WHERE 2007 LATRICE NEWHOUSE BEGAN SERVING AS A CONTRACTOR CLASS ADMINISTRATOR WITHIN, WITHIN THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

2009, LATRICE NEWHOUSE WAS PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OFFICE MANAGER, PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

LATRICE NEWHOUSE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND HER LEGACY WILL REFLECT HER CONTRIBUTIONS IN REFINING WORK, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.

PATRICE NEWHOUSE HAS SERVED AS A COMMITTED COLLEAGUE, MENTOR, RECREATIONAL PROFESSIONAL, AND A LEADER WHO WOULD BE REMEMBERED FOR HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL, PROFESSIONALISM, TRUSTWORTHINESS, ORGANIZATION SKILLS AND PASSION TO SERVE THE CITY OF DALLAS, BE IT RESOLVED BY DEPARTMENT RECREATION BOARD, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THAT'S SINCERE APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO LATRICE NEWHOUSE FOR HER 20 YEARS OF DEVOTED ENTIRELY WORK SO GENEROUSLY GIVEN TO THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS IN DALLAS.

AND THEREFORE, I, JOHN D. JENKINS, DIRECTOR AND BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DO HEREBY EXTEND SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO LATRICE NEWHOUSE.

ALSO, I ALSO HAVE FOR YOU ALSO PRESENTED THIS PLAQUE ON THIS DAY FOR CONGRATULATIONS.

HAPPY RETIREMENT, WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR 20 YEARS OF VALUABLE SERVICE TO A NEW BEGINNING.

HAPPY MEMBERS WITH MUCH RESPECT, GRATITUDE, AND UPON THIS, YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AT THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE HERE IF YOU WANNA SAY SOME WORDS.

OKAY.

ALL GOOD.

MORNING.

IT'S BEEN EXCITING.

UM, I'VE ENJOYED EACH DEPARTMENT, I, EMPLOYEES THAT I'VE WORKED WITH.

UM, I'VE WORKED WITH FIVE ASSISTANT DIRECTORS IN RECREATION SERVICES.

UM, TWO OF 'EM ARE HERE TODAY.

UM, AND I'VE ENJOYED EACH DAY, UH, AN EXCITEMENT JOURNEY.

EXCITING A JOURNEY FOR ME.

MCDONALDS, .

AGAIN, THANK YOU MS. NEHA, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UH, OUR NEXT ITEM IS, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKER WILL BE MOVING THOSE TO AFTER OUR VOTING AGENDA.

SO MOVING TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

I HAVE A MOTION, UH, MR. SLAUGHTER A SECOND.

, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IS FAVOR ACT.

ALL IS OPPOSED AND SIGNED MOTION, CARRIE.

NEXT WE HAVE ITEM RAISE, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, A LEASE AGREEMENT ALL AUTHORIZED A EXCUSE ME, LICENSE AGREEMENT.

ALL AUTHORIZE A FIVE YEAR LICENSE TRAINING PROVIDED AGREEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS AND ITS CONSISTENT CHARTER AND BRANCHES, DBA AMERICAN RED CROSS TO PERMIT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND RECREATIONAL RED CROSS CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS TO USE RED CROSS LICENSE TRAINING MATERIALS IN THE INSTRUCTIONS OF WATER SAFETY TRAINING COURSES.

AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS SOLE SOURCE TOTAL AWARD, NOT EXCEED $150,000 FINANCING CURRENT FUNDS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS MOTION.

MR. DICKEY SECOND SLAUGHTER.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONCESSION CONTRACT.

DISTRICT FOUR, AUTHORIZE A FIVE YEAR CONCIERGE CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION MANAGEMENT OF A FOOD AND BEVERAGE CON, UH, CONCESSION SERVICE AT KEY SOFTBALL COMPLEX, WBSO, REAL FORD CONSULTANT LLC.

MULTI VINTAGE GROWTH OF ONE

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TOTAL ESTIMATE NET REVENUE $158,774 DOES HAVE MOTION MS. HASSMAN.

SECOND MS. DALE, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, SIR, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

UH, DISCUSSION.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

YEAH, THAT'S IT.

JUST TO HAVE POSSIBILITY FOR DISCUSSION.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY DISCUSSION ON FAIR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

NUMBER THREE, TRINITY STRAND TRAIL DISTRICT TWO AND SIX AUTHORIZED CHANGE ORDER NUMBER THREE TO DECREASE IN THE CON IN THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICE CONTRACT WITH ROSIE, UH, COLE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRINITY STRAND TRAIL.

PHASE TWO FROM INWOOD ROAD DAR STATION TO TOTAL CREEK BOULEVARD FOR THE TION OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL FOR FOUNDATIONS ADDITION OF THREE POLES PROJECTED PROTECTED PADS, REMOVAL OF CABLE RAILINGS AND REPLACEMENT OF A DA ACCESSIBLE RAMPS AND TURNING DOWN PAVERS TO COMPLY WITH REQUESTS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT NOT TO EXCEED $155,004 FROM $60,372,766 AND 8 CENTS TO $6,217,366 AND 8 CENTS FINANCING, STREET AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.

A FUND 2012 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDED THAT MOTION.

ME TOO.

YOU MOTION YOU GOT VOTE? YOU HAVE THE MOTION FIRST.

I, NO, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE.

TRINITY STRAND'S CO THREE.

NUMBER THREE REVISED TO REFLECT THE DATE OF JANUARY 23RD, 2025.

UNDER COMMITTEE ACTION AS BEING THE DATE ITEM IS BROUGHT TO PARK BOARD, NOT FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025.

MOTION.

THE NEW MOTION.

THE NEW MOTION.

DO I HAVE SECOND THAT? YEAH.

MR. SLAUGHTER, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL POLL MOTION MR. CHAIR? YES.

UH, I BELIEVE OUR VOTE WAS JUST ON THE MODIFICATION OF THE LISTING OF THE AGENDA ITEM.

I DO NOT STILL HAVE TO VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ITEM ITSELF, BUT OUR VOTE WAS ON YOUR MOTION.

MINE WAS ON THE DATE CHANGE, MAKING SURE THAT IT REFLECTED THE ACTUAL, SO I THINK WE VOTED ON THAT NOW.

WE STILL HAVE TO VOTE.

OKAY.

LOOKING TO THE RETURN TO THE ATTORNEYS? YEAH, TECHNICALLY THAT'S CORRECT, MR. DKE? THAT'S CORRECT.

TECHNICALLY.

OKAY.

SO THE NEW MOTION WAS, UH, THE NEW DATED JANUARY 23RD.

I HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT.

UH, FIRST, FIRST, MS. ELL SECOND.

MR. SLAUGHTER, ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MR. THIS IS DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM ITSELF.

YES.

SORRY.

WITH THE NEW DATE? WITH THE NEW DATE? OKAY.

YEAH, I JUST, UM, WANTED JUST TO ASK.

I I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MS. TURNER NUT.

UM, ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE BOARD SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE REASON FOR THE PRODUCTION IN SCOPE? JUST AS BACKGROUND RECORDS? GOOD MORNING.

CHRIS TURNER NUT IS THE DIRECTOR.

UM, OUR BOARD MEMBER, DICK E SORRY, I'M GETTING USED TO USING NO MICS IN PLANNING AND DESIGN.

SO GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

UM, PARK BOARD MEMBER DICKEY.

BASICALLY THE CHANGES IN THIS CONTRACT WERE DUE TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT REDUCING SCOPE.

THEY'RE MOVED TO TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND SOME FOUNDATIONS AND AN A DA WALK.

SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY ING OUR MONEY BACK TO THE PROJECT TO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

DID NOT MISS WITH US.

AND DID THAT GIVE A REASON WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HANDICAP ACCESS, WAS IT JUST UNNECESSARY OR WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT? I, I BELIEVE IT WAS UNNECESSARY AT THE LOCATION ONCE, ONCE THE PROJECT GOT CONSTRUCTED.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU MR. DICKY.

THANK YOU MR. DICKY.

ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE.

A.

AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? SEE NONE.

MOTION CARRIE NUMBER FOUR, WEST TRINITY HEIGHTS PARK DISTRICT FOUR AUTHORIZED ONE RECESSION OF THE AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZATION OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON ME.

SOMEBODY 11 20 24 PRESENT TO CHA CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE CODE.

AND NUMBER TWO, A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON MARCH 26, 25.

2025.

PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODES, RECEIVED COMMENTS ON PROPOSED USE OF A PORTION OF PARKLAND AT WEST TRINITY HEIGHTS PARK, LOCATED AT 1900 DALE AVENUE, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY

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24,200 SQUARE FEET OF LAND 0.56 ACRES BY THE, BY THE DALLAS WATER 40 PUBLIC DRAIN PROJECT, REVENUE CAPITAL GIFT DONATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT FUND.

$740 CENTS.

COMMITTEE CONSIDERED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2025.

YOU'LL HAVE A MOTION MR. SLAUGHTER.

SECOND? YES.

MS. MONDELL, ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE YOU NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

NUMBER FIVE, LAND ACQUISITION DISTRICT FIVE AUTHORIZE THE SETTLEMENT IN LIEU OF PROCEEDINGS WITH CONDEMNATIONS OF A PLUS CHARTER SCHOOL INCORPORATED OF APPROXIMATELY 4,600 FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY NINE SQUARE FEET OF LAND LAND 10.7 ACRES LOCATED AT 4 0 4 SOUTH MASTERS DRIVE FOR A PROPOSED NEW PARK.

NINE TO EXCEED $411,000 INCREASE FROM $574,000, $568,196 PLUS CLOSING COSTS AND TITLE EXPENSES NOT TO EXCEED 5,008 $804 TO $985,000.

$975,000 PLUS ADDITIONAL CLOSING COSTS AND THE TITLE EXPENSE NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 FINANCING PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES DEFUND 2017 BOND FUNDS COMMITTEE CONSIDERED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2025.

A MOTION MR. GUNN.

SECOND.

MR. SCHLAGER, ANY DISCUSSION? SEE YOU NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AGAINST SEE NONE.

MOTION CARRIES.

NUMBER SIX, LEVELAND TRAIL DISTRICT FIVE.

AUTHORIZE A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL EASTMAN WITH DART FOR USE OF A DART PROPERTY FOR CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PORTION OF THE PLAN TRAIL LOCATED AT KELAND DRIVE.

CRAWFORD MEMORIAL PARK FINANCING NO COST CONSIDERATION TO THE CITY COMMITTEE CONSIDERED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2025.

MOTION RECOGNIZED.

COULD I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, CLEAVER FOR NOW REVISED TO REFLECT THE DATE OF JANUARY 23RD, 2025 UNDER COMMITTEE ACTION AS BEING THE DATE ITEM IS BROUGHT TO PARK BOARD, NOT FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025.

PLEASE SECOND ON THAT MOTION.

MR. DICKEY.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AYE.

A AGAINST? ALRIGHT, NOW TO NOW WE'RE GONNA, UH, I NEED A MOTION TO MAKE THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, UH, ADOPT A NUMBER SIX, UH, UH, MR. MCDON SECOND BY ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION WITH THE NEW DATE.

SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR AGAINST SEE NONE.

MOTION CARRIES.

NUMBER SEVEN, TRINITY STR TRAIN, UH, TRAIL NUMBER, UH, DISTRICT SIX ALTERS CONSTRUCTION SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRINITY STRAND HIGHLINE SPAN PROJECT.

A NEW ION BRIDGE AT THE END OF HIGHLINE DRIVE IN THE DALLAS DESIGN DISTRICT TO CONNECT THE NUDE CIRCUIT TRAIL AND THE KATY TRAIL TO THE TRAIL STRAND TRAIL.

THE FAN GROUP INCORPORATED LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER OF SIX, NOT TO EXCEED $8,790,898 FINANCING DESIGN DISTRICT TIP FUND COMMITTEE CONSIDERED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2025 TO HAVE A MOTION.

MR. DICKEY SECOND JUDGE.

MS. , ANY DISCUSSION? UH, YES.

UH, MS. MONELL? YEAH, NO, I JUST WANNA BRING UP, BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ON PLANNING DESIGN NOT MANY TIMES ON WORK ORDER CHANGES.

UM, AND THE FA GROUP HAS ABOUT 11 WORK ORDER CHANGES IN PREVIOUS PROJECTS.

SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH STAFF WITH PLANNING AND DESIGN, UM, DEPARTMENT AND WITH OUR OWN COMMITTEE TO REALLY WATCH HOW THIS PLAYS OUT WITH THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.

UM, AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK ORDER CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, UH, THAT WE GIVE TO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND, AND SCRUTINIZING, UM, MORE WITH THIS COMPANY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. DICKEY.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.

UH, I WANT TO SECOND WHAT COUNT, UH, PARK MEMBER DALE SAID ABOUT THE, UH, CHANGE ORDERS.

THAT'S PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WINNING BID AND THE SECOND BID WAS ABOUT $80,000, I BELIEVE.

AND GIVEN THE HISTORY OF, WITH THIS DECISION, UH, AND CHANGE ORDERS, THAT COULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WHAT THAT IS, I UNDERSTANDING.

CREATING A NEW POLICY ON CHANGE ORDERS AND PLANNING AND DESIGN.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT POLICY, WHATEVER IT ENDS UP BEING APPLIED TO, TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, THE, UH,

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THE ENHANCEMENT BIDS, UH, IN THE ENHANCEMENT BIDS.

I BELIEVE THE SECOND BIDDER CAME IN SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS LOWER THAN THE FE GROUP.

BUT THEN THE ACTUAL CONTRACT ITSELF, THE ENHANCEMENT BIDS WERE NOT INTO, TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND THEREFORE THAT'S HOW THEY, THEY BECAME THE FE GROUP BECAME THE LOWEST BIDDER.

BUT IN TERMS OF DROPPING THE ENHANCEMENTS, THIS HAPPENED WITH THE SKATE PARK AS WELL IN BACHMAN.

UM, COULD SOMEONE ON STAFF, UH, LET THEM KNOW HOW, WHO DECIDES WHEN THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED? UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE SKATE PARK, THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT THAT WHAT, LIKE THE LIGHTING WAS, UH, NOT GONNA BE AN ENHANCEMENT, BUT THEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE.

SO, UH, JUST THE PROCESS OF WHO DECIDES AND ON STAFF, UH, NOT TO DO ENHANCEMENTS.

HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH, AND I'M, I HAVE CHRIS TURN TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN MORE DETAILS, BUT, UH, BASICALLY, I KNOW YOU REFERRED TO ENHANCEMENT, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE ALTERNATES.

ALTERNATES, SORRY.

YES, YES, YES.

SO BASICALLY WE HAVE A BUDGET.

AND SO I'M JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

SO THE BUDGET WAS $2 MILLION AND SO THEY WILL PUT A BID OUT THERE, BUT THEY KNOW THAT THE PRICING MAY ONLY BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THESE FIVE THINGS, BUT THEY'RE PUTTING ALTERNATES OUT THERE JUST IN CASE WE GET SOME GOOD PRICING THAT WE CAN ADD INTO THAT $2 MILLION BUDGET.

BECAUSE NOW WE GOT OPPORTUNITY INSTEAD OF HAVING FIVE THINGS, WE CAN GET SEVEN THINGS IN THIS SAME BUDGET.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE ALTERNATES OUT THERE.

BUT CHRIS CAN EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAILS.

THANK YOU DIRECTOR JENKINS.

UM, WHAT YOU SAID WAS EXACTLY RIGHT.

BASICALLY, WHEN WE ARE PUTTING BIDS OUT RIGHT NOW, WE LOOK AT WHAT BUDGET WE HAVE AND WE LOOK AT OUR OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND BALANCE THOSE TWO THINGS OUT TO HAVE IN BASE BID THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS OF THE PROJECT WITHIN THAT OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND THE BUDGET.

AND THEN WE DO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL ALTERNATES IN CASE THE BID DOES DOES COME IN LOWER, AND WE'RE ABLE TO BID THOSE ADDITIONAL ALTERNATES WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE.

GREAT EXPLANATION.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I WOULD JUST, UM, AS A BOARD MEMBER WHO'S EXPERIENCED THIS, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE STAFF TO, UH, IF IT INVOLVES COMMUNITY HAVING BEEN NOTIFIED OF A FEATURE THAT'S GOING TO, THAT THERE BE NOTICE AT LEAST TO THE PARK BOARD MEMBER, NOT APPLIES TO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, BUT THAT, THAT WE'D BE NOTIFIED THAT A MAJOR CHANGE, UH, THAT, THAT MAYBE THE COMMUNITY MAYBE NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT WASN'T REALLY CERTAIN.

BUT THAT, THAT'S, THANKS FOR THE EXPLANATION.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

I, UH, THANK YOU SIR.

MR. YES.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

WAITING TO SAY THAT , YOU'VE BEEN FINE.

I WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS SO WE GET INTO THE SPEAKERS, BUT I AGREE, I'M ON THE BOARD WITH ESPECIALLY ON THIS CHANGE ORDER BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO'S BOARD KNOW THAT I'M NOT A FAN OF THE SAME GROUP.

YOU, THEY ACCEPT THAT PARTICIPATION THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, ATION THERE.

SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, ARREST ON WHAT HAPPEN WITH THESE CHANGE ORDERS WITH THIS COMPANY.

'CAUSE I'M NOT A FAN GROUP FAN.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU MR. LAUGHTER.

AND WE'LL GO TO MR. MCGANN.

YEAH.

HONOR JUST TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AS EVERYONE HERE.

SO IS THERE, AND TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S A HISTORY WITH THE FAN GROUP OF PUTTING, OF LIKE HAVING A LOWEST BID AND BRINGING A BUNCH OF CHANGE ORDERS THAT INCREASES THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

IS THAT OVERSEE? OKAY.

VERY MUCH SO.

I, YES.

YES.

YEAH.

OKAY.

SO THERE IS AN ESTABLISHED HISTORY OF THAT HAPPENING AND THEY'VE BEEN WARNED I I OPPOSED WITH, WE STILL SOME CONTRARY CONTRACTED THAT YOU HAVE TO TALK TO CHRIS.

THAT'S WHERE THEY WORKING THROUGH, THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS.

IT'S NOT JUST THE FAME GROUP.

THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL CON CONTRACTORS.

UH, BUT WHAT WE ARE GONNA, WE ARE GONNA BRING A BRIEFING BACK TO THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, THAT THIS AIN'T UNIQUE TO FAME GROUP.

WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE COME TO PRICING NOW.

THIS IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS.

AND WE NEED TO BRING A BRIEFING BACK TO THE BOARD COUNCIL SO YOU ALL CAN SEE THE DATA THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH THESE CONTRACTORS.

AND YOU ALL HEARD ME MENTION THIS AT THE LAST MEETING.

THESE PRICES ARE OUT OF CONTROL AND THE, OUR BASE BIDS ARE COMING OVER BUDGET.

AND I DON'T MIND SAYING IT PUBLICLY, I JUST THINK THAT CONTRACTORS WE'RE GONNA USE THE TERM CABOOSE, BUT I THINK

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THEY ALL ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER NOW WHEN IT COMES TO DOING BUSINESS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THEY ARE ESCALATING THEIR PRICES.

AND WE NEED TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO THESE CONTRACTORS THAT THIS IS NOT GONNA BE BUSINESS AS USUAL.

AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE US BETTER PRICING, THEN WE WILL START TAKING THINGS BACK IN HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTING BANKS TO GET BETTER PRICING.

THANK YOU, CHRIS.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

ANOTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AGAINST MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

UH, OUR LAST ITEM ON VOTING AGENDA.

UM, NUMBER EIGHT, LB HOUSTON NATURE AREA DISTRICT SIX AUTHORIZE A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON MARCH 26TH, 2025 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE CODE.

TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED USE OF PORTION OF PARKLAND AND LB HOUSTON NATURE AREA, LOCATED AT 2112 AND 2116 SANDY LANE, FOLLOWING APPROXIMATELY 7,803 SQUARE FEET OF LAND POINT 18 ACRES BY DALLAS WATER UTILITIES FOR A PUBLIC WASTEWATER UTILITY PROJECT.

ESTIMATE REVENUE $755 AND 60 CENTS CAN BE CONSIDERED ON JANUARY 9TH, 2025.

HAVE A MOTION, MR. SLAUGHTER.

SECOND BY MR. DICKEY.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR.

MR. DICKEY? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

UH, I WON'T WANNA BE THAT GUY THIS MEETING THAT TALKS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ITEM, BUT THIS ONE'S IN MY DISTRICT AND, UH, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S GERMANE AND MS. LANNER CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M GOING BASE HERE.

UH, WE'VE HAD A RECENT COMPLAINT, UH, FROM AN ACTIVE CITIZEN GROUP THAT WORKS IN THAT NATURE AREA A LOT ABOUT, UH, AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE AND BASICALLY GUNS BEING OUT OF CONTROL IN THE AREA.

AND THE FACT THAT DWU IS GOING TO HAVE PERSONNEL IN THE AREA, UH, WHILE WE ARE HAVING A POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERN, I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT TO THE STAFF'S ATTENTION.

I WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS HOPEFULLY LATER IN A PUBLIC SAFETY AD HOC SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING TODAY.

BUT I JUST WANNA BRING THIS TO ATTENTION BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON OUT THERE.

AND BEFORE THEY START GOING OUT AND DOING THE WORK, THE, THE COMMUNITY GROUP THAT'S WORKED OUT THERE HAD VOLUNTEERS.

THEY WERE NOW RELUCTANT TO SEND THEIR VOLUNTEERS THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE.

AND, UH, THEY'VE ASKED US TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.

SO AS IT RELATES TO THIS ITEM, I WOULD HOPE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER'S GOING ON OUT THERE, UM, BEFORE, UH, WAS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

'CAUSE SOME THINGS, THERE'S SOME WILD STUFF HAPPENING OUT IN THE NATURE.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. DICKEY.

UH, MS. DALE, CAN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY DESCRIBE TO ME THE, UH, PROCESS, LIKE JUST THE CLIFF NOTES ON HOW WHEN WE LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT, THAT THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WILDLIFE AREA TOO.

LIKE HOW, HOW WE UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LAY OF THE AND WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE TOP SOIL.

AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT TIM'S TALKING MR. DICKEY'S TALKING ABOUT, BUT ALSO HOW ENVIRONMENTAL THE SOUND.

WE, WE GET OUR INFORMATION AS FAR AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, RIGHT? L HOUSTON? YES, SIR.

AND WE, THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT ARE YOU ASKING BEFORE WE PROCEED? WELL, WE, YEAH, BEFORE YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION, HOW DO WE GET LIKE, ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS LAND WHEN WE HAVE LIKE THE, I'M SURE PEOPLE AT A, A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD ASK ABOUT THAT.

SO DO WE COME WITH THAT TYPE OF MEETING INFORMATION OR NO? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF LIKE WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE WELL, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, MS NO EXPLAINED MORE DETAIL, BUT IN THIS CASE, THIS IS A, THIS IS A DOLLARS WATER UTILITIES EASEMENT.

AND SO WE, I MEAN, OR IS IT CHRIS? YEAH.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS WE, AS WE ACQUIRE PARKLAND, UH, DW ALREADY HAD THESE UTILITIES, OKAY? AND SO THEY'RE JUST GRANTING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, TO UTILIZE FOR RECREATIONAL USE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS DWS EASEMENT.

AND SO THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE TO GET TO THEIR, THEIR SEWAGE LINES OR PIPES TO PERFORM WHATEVER REPAIRS OR PUT IN NEW, UH, CONSTRUCTION FOR, TO MAINTAIN THEIR UTILITIES.

SO WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT.

IF WE'RE

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GOING TO POTENTIALLY ACCESS THIS AREA FOR RECREATIONAL USE, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S UNDER THAT GROUND? HOW DO, HOW DO, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU BRIDGE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING? WE HAVE URBAN BIOLOGISTS, OUR SIFT, AND WE DO SEND OUR URBAN BIOLOGISTS SOMETIMES.

I'M JUST ASK YOU THE PROCESS OF YES, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

WE ALL, THAT'S THE FORTUNE.

WE'RE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN URBAN BIOLOGIST ON STAFF.

WE HAVE TWO NOW.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND, AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS UTILIZE OUR URBAN BIOLOGISTS A LOT AS WELL.

NOW TO DO THOSE TYPE OF ASSESSMENTS TO WHAT'S THE IMPACT TO THE ECOSYSTEM? THANK YOU.

AND TO THE PEOPLE TOO.

YES.

OKAY, GREAT.

WELL I GUESS THAT IS THE ECOSYSTEM, BUT THAT'S, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YEAH.

THE PEOPLE INCLUDED IN IT.

YES.

BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE UNDERSTAND HOW, WHAT THAT PROCESS IS AND HOW WE GET THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN IN OTHER CASES, IF IT'S CONSTRUCTION, THEY ALSO HAVE A HIRE A CONSULTANT THAT'S PART OF THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF.

THEY CAN DO THAT TYPE OF DUE DILIGENCE AS WELL.

OKAY.

AND, AND IF I MAY ADD, WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY ACQUIRING PROPERTY, WE DO A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING UNDERGROUND THAT'S CONTAMINATED, BUT THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IF THEY DO FIND SOMETHING, THEY THEN DO A PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT.

THAT'S MEDIATION.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

THANK YOU.

MS. LEA.

SLEEPY NEY.

YES.

OH, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD.

IT'S NOT LONG.

UM, ALRIGHT.

WANT A LITTLE CLARIFICATION HERE.

THIS, THIS IS IN A WAY THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE USING A PORTION OF OUR PARK LAND.

AM I INCORRECT IN THAT? ARE THEY GIFTING US LAND OR ARE WE ALLOWING ACCESS TO OUR PARKLAND OR WASTEWATER REPAIR? UM, PARK MUR HAS MANY, WE ARE ALLOWING THEM EASEMENT ON OUR PROPERTY TO UPGRADE THEIR FACILITIES.

SO WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GIVING US LAND.

IT'S JUST LIKE MANY, MANY TIMES WHERE THEIR STORM WATER GOES THROUGH OUR PARK LAND.

AND SO WE'RE ALLOWING THEM ACCESS TO DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO.

YES MA'AM.

OKAY, GREAT.

SO TO SORT OF MS. MANDELL'S POINT, I KNOW IN PAST PROJECTS WE, WE HAVE TO BE DILIGENT AT THE END OF THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARKLAND LOOKS THE SAME WAY IT DID BEFORE THEY SHOWED UP TO DO THE WORK.

SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE STAFF THAT WE ARE VERY DILIGENT ABOUT THE BACK END OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THEIR PROJECT, THAT OUR AREA LOOKS AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER THAN IT DID WHEN THEY SHOWED UP.

I WILL SAY THIS FOR A FACT, WHEN IT COMES TO DW, THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS WHENEVER THEY NEED ACCESS TO OUR PROPERTY AND TO GET TO THEIR UTILITIES, BUT THEY ALWAYS COME BACK WILLING TO DO MORE TO IMPROVE OUR PROFIT.

I HAVE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE IN MY DISTRICT, SO I'M HOPING THAT WILL BE THE SAME IN YOUR DISTRICT.

YES.

BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE AREA OVER THERE THAT'S KIND OF GOTTEN BEAT UP A LOT IN THE PAST.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING EXTRA SPECIAL GOOD CARE OF IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU.

SEE NO OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALRIGHT, THAT WAS OUR VOTING AGENDA.

NOW WE'LL GET BACK TO NUMBER THREE, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

MADAM SECRETARY, WE HAVE EIGHT SPEAKERS.

SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.

ONLY EIGHT SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL AND CURRENTLY OBEYED OR STANDARDS, REMARKS, OR BECOMING MOST WHILE ADDRESSING THE HARM BOARD WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY.

AND ON THE FIRST SPEAKER IS GONNA BE MS. DIANE DALE .

MY NAME IS DIANE DALE AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR NAMING THOMAS PAUL COMMUNITY IN HONOR OF A REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED, BUT HE MAKE IT DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO ADDRESSING THE, THE ISSUES THAT MATTER FOLKS TO DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES.

HE BELIEVED APPROPRIATELY THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND, DESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE WITH A DIGNITY AND CAN HAVE ACCESS TO A COMFORTABLE, DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING ITS EFFORTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE BROWN, THE RAISED, REPRESENTING THE LATINO COMMUNITY AND

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PATRIOTS REPRESENTED.

THE WHITE COMMUNITY INVITED A DETERMINATION TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE OPPRESSED.

TOGETHER THEY CHAMPIONED SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE FAITH OF THAT ADVERSITY.

IN 1984, WHEN I WAS A MEMBER OF THE DOLLAR CITY COUNCIL, AT A TIME WHEN THE CRACK COCAINE EPIDEMIC WAS DESTROYING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, FAHE MEANT AND ORGANIZED OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN REAL AGAINST NARCOTICS COORDINATED MARCHES, RALLIES, AND NIGHT PATROLS AND AREAS PLAYED BY DRUG HOUSES, SENDING A CLEAR AND POWERFUL MESSAGE TO DRUG DEALERS.

YOUR BEHAVIOR WOULD NOT BE TOLERATE.

RAHEEM'S LEADERSHIP WAS DANGEROUS.

WORK, WORK THAT REQUIRED COURAGE THAT HE DID NOT BACK DOWN.

INCLUDED IN HIS ACTIVISM, FAHEEM LINCOLN BECAME A MENTOR AND BEACON OF HOPE FOR COUNTLESS YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR POSITIVE SPACES FOR HIM, ESTABLISHED THE SOUTHERN STATES BROTHER, BRINGING A POPULAR DESTINATION WHERE YOUTH COULD ENJOY WHOLESOME, FUN IN A SUPPORTIVE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTS.

SOUTHERN STATES ALSO SERVED AS A COMMUNITY-BASED CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT HELPED TO REDUCE VIOLENCE BY TEACHING LIFE SKILLS AND CONVICT RESOLUTION.

IN THE LATE 1960S AND 1970S, AS A LEADER OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN DALLAS, HE HELPED ADDRESS THE URGENT NEED FOR NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR CHILDREN.

HIS EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY NATIONAL INITIATIVE THAT PROVIDED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WITH PURPOSE THEY NEEDED TO THRIVE IN SCHOOL.

THE PROUDEST ADVOCACY OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY EVENTUALLY HELPED TO PRESSURE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO EXPAND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL PROGRAM 1975 AND ACHIEVEMENT, AND CONTINUES TO BENEFIT COUNTRIES OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ACROSS THE NATION.

RIGHT TODAY, RENAMING COLLEGE PARK TO FAHEEM COMMUN FAHEEM MAKE THE COMMUNITY PARK WOULD BE A FITTING TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO GAVE SO MUCH OF HIMSELF TO CREATE A MORE JUST EQUITABLE AND COMPASSIONATE SOCIETY FOR US ALL.

THANK YOU MR. MR. YES, SIR.

MR. GOOD.

I WOULD, I, AS THE MOST OF THE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER RAGSDALE FOR HER SERVICE TO THE CITY AS A CI CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND IN THE YEARS SINCE, UH, DESERVES RECOGNITION PUBLICLY.

AND THAT'S THE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO.

SO VERY MUCH THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU, PETER.

HEY.

HEY, .

AND WHEN THE SPEAKERS ARE SPEAKING, IF YOU SEE THE GREEN LIGHT OFF, WILL YOU JUST WAIT FOR THE TECHNICALS TO COME BACK ON PLEASE? 'CAUSE WE LOST A LITTLE BIT OF THE AUDIO FEED.

AUDIO FEED.

SO WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING, JUST IF YOU SEE THAT, JUST LET THEM COME BACK ON, PLEASE.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAFA.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS INE AND I'M A PRECINCT CHAIR FOR THE HIGHLAND HILLS COMMUNITY.

I'M ALSO A PROPERTY AUTHOR IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

3 7 1.

I STRONGLY SUPPORT RENAMING COLLEGE PARK TO FIND HU J AT THE COMMUNITY PARK BECAUSE OF WHAT IT MEANS IS TALKING ABOUT A MAN WHO TRANSFORMED HIS LIFE AND REHABILITATED HIMSELF WHEN HE BECAME A DEDICATED FAMILY MAN.

TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE HIS CHILDREN HERE TODAY, THOSE 50 YEARS OF LIFE THAT HE BECAME, UH, AFTERWARDS, THAT HE BECAME A FAMILY MAN.

HE CREATED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AGAINST NARCOTICS THAT PATROLLED THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, DETER, UH, YOUTH VIOLENCE AND ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT GANG RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM COLLEGE PARK.

A VERY POWERFUL MOVE, UH, TO THE, TO THE EXTENT THAT HE, HE WAS ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS THAT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT WASN'T ABLE TO DO, PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP THAT HE BUILT, BECAUSE VERY POWERFUL, VERY POWERFUL THING.

AND I, I WANT TO SAY IS THAT, UH,

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HE ALSO, UH, SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE FORCE ME.

HE TRANSITIONED, IF YOU WILL, IN 2018.

AND HE'S BURIED AT DFW NATIONAL CEMETERY FOR OTHER PROMINENT LEADERS, UH, REST.

AND SO MY POSITION IS IF, IF THIS COUNTRY COULD HONOR HIM AS A SERVANT, THEN SURELY THIS CARDBOARD HONOR HIM.

'CAUSE HE'S RESTING IN DFW UNITED THE CEMETERY.

IN ADDITION TO HIS WORK FOR REFORM, HE BECAME A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN.

NOT ONLY SUPPORT HIS JO, UH, HIS FAMILY, BUT ALSO PROVIDING JOBS FOR US AND EMPOWERING THEM TO BECOME FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT.

OVER THE COURSE OF 50 YEARS, HE EVOLVED, UH, HE EVOLVED INTO A RESPECTED COMMUNITY LEADER AND A VICE, A VITAL ASSET FOR THE CITY.

RENAMING THE PARK AFTER HIM SYMBOLIZES THE POWER OF TRANSFORMATION, REDEMPTION, AND DEDICATION TO BECOMING THE ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY VALUES THAT WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT AND BELIEVE IN.

THANK YOU.

YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, DEVONTE S UH, GAN.

MY NAME IS DEVONTE PETERS.

UM, NOT ONLY AM I A COMMUNITY PERSON, I ALSO OWN A HEALTH STORE CALLED THE ALKALINE HOUR, NOT TOO FAR FROM, UM, THIS PARK.

UM, I'M ALSO SOMEBODY WHO'S GREW UP, UH, WHO'S GROWING UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND JUST, UM, JUST TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIMITED, UH, RESOURCES.

WE HAVE LIMITED THINGS IN COMMUNITY THAT REFLECTS US AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOOK, UH, TO.

UM, SO THIS, Y'ALL MAKING A DECISION TO, UH, UNANIMOUSLY VOTE ON THIS PARK, OR EXCUSE ME, THIS, UH, PART NAME CHANGE, UM, WOULD MAKE ME FEEL LIKE MY VOICE IS HEARD.

YOU KNOW, A PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T REALLY GET OUR FEEL HEARD IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, I'M SOMEBODY WHO'S INSPIRED BY, UH, BAHI SERVICE, UH, IS A BUSINESS AT HUMAN.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT DEFINITELY INSPIRES ME TO DO COMMUNITY WORK AS WELL, AND TO BE ABLE TO TELL OTHER YOUTH OR OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, UM, WHO THIS PERSON WAS, WHAT HE DID.

AND, UM, YEAH.

SO I JUST WANT TRY TO BE A PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IN A TIME WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION GOING ON.

UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THESE SMALL BATTLES LIKE THIS DEFINITELY, UH, SHED A LOT OF LIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS IT, UH, SUCH AS .

SO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, UH, EVERYBODY VOTING ON THIS NEXT SPEAKER.

I'M KING .

HELLO.

I HOPE PEOPLE SIGN WHEN THEY STAND UP.

NAME, ADMISSION, SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE DALLAS BLACK PANTHER PARTY.

MYSELF, STARTED WORKING TOGETHER BEFORE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, 1973.

THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE, UH, FAHEEM ACTUALLY SAVED MY LIFE.

UH, AFTER I LEFT THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, I TOOK A REAL DOWNWARD SPIRAL AND, UH, HE PUT ME INTO A TREATMENT CENTER AND, UH, GOD STAYED THE SAME.

AND THAT WHERE THE 17TH, I BEEN CLEAN SEVEN, I'M SORRY, 35 YEARS.

BUT THE THING I'M LOOKING AT IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I GREW UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

I MOVED TO DALLAS FROM ATCH .

I GREW UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, AND, AND, AND DURING JIM CROW, WE HAD TO LIVE IN SHOTGUN HOUSES.

BUT IN 1964, MY PARENTS AND OTHER, UM, MEMBERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE INTO SOME HOUSES WITH RUNNING WATER AND BATHROOMS AND DIFFERENT STUFF LIKE THAT.

NOW, WE WERE REAL PROUD OF THAT.

AND WHEN, UH, RONALD REAGAN AND OL NORTH, UH, STARTED THIS WHOLE FLOW OF COCAINE INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CHANGED.

CHILDREN USED TO GO TO VINEYARDS WITH THEIR PARENTS FOR NOW SELLING DRUGS SO THEY COULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEIR MOTHERS, FATHERS, I USED DRUGS.

AND FA WHEN FAHEEM, WHEN FAHEEM STARTED THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN AGAINST NARCOTICS, IT WAS LIKE A BLUNT BREATH OF LIFE.

HE PATROLLED THE, UH, CALLED VILLAGE APARTMENTS.

THAT WAS A, A, A APPROVED ALL THE, UH, SHOWER POSSE.

THEY WERE VERY BRUTAL CREW.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, THEY SAID A FRIEND OF MINE'S SISTER ON FIRE THOUGHT

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SHE WAS ALIVE UNTIL SHE BURNED TO DEATH BECAUSE, UH, SHE STOLE A DIME ROCK FROM, AND FAHEEM AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AGAINST NARCOTICS PATROL THOSE AREAS.

AND THEY RAN THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE'S STILL RESIDUE OF THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, UH, WE IN THIS COUNTRY, WE, WE HAVE, UH, HEROES LIKE PATRICK HENRY WHO SAID, UH, GIVE ME LIBERTY TO GIVE ME DEATH.

WE WALKED ON, ON OUR HEROES.

MIKA IS A HERO.

TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE TO GO AGAINST THEM GUYS.

THEY HAD SHOTGUNS AND PISTOLS AND THE SHOWER POSSE HAD ZI, BUT THEY WENT AND PATROLLED THOSE AREAS ANYWAY.

AND THEY RAN THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, TO THRIVE AS A MIDDLE CLASS, UH, COMMUNITY OF WATER COCAINE CONVEYED.

WE, I CALL THE COCAINE A NEUTRON BOMB.

IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, THEY WERE TALKING TWO, THREE MINUTES A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT A NEUTRON BOMB THAT WOULD KILL THE PEOPLE AND LEAVE THE BUILDING.

AND THAT'S WHAT CRACK IS.

AND FAHE FOUGHT AGAINST THAT.

AND BLESS YOU.

THANK, UH, I ASKED TO SPEAK NOTES OR ANYTHING, BUT, UH, LIKE I SAID, I'M KENNETH MINKA.

I'M THE SON OF .

UH, I KNOW WE TOOK DIFFERENT PATH IN DIFFERENT ROUTES, BUT I'M ALSO A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER.

WE HAD THE SAME KIND OF GOAL OF PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'RE ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU'RE MOST PEOPLE SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT HE DID FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE SKATING R BUT I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING, MAYBE GO UNNOTICED AND NOT TALK ABOUT A LOT.

UH, HE WAS ALSO A TRACK COACH.

HE COACHED SINCE I WAS THE AGE OF FIVE.

SO HE COACHED FOR DECADES.

UH, ME, THAT WAS ANOTHER AVENUE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FOR KIDS.

UH, THAT'S HOW I GOTTA THROUGH COLLEGE.

THAT'S HOW A LOT OF KIDS THAT HE COACHED AFTER COLLEGE, HE COACHED MULTIPLE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, MULTIPLE HIGH SCHOOLS ON A TRACK, AND IT WAS ALL ON HIS OWN DIME.

HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR ANY TYPE OF ARY GAME.

IT'S ALL VOLUNTARY.

UH, WHETHER YOU COACH, WHETHER YOU RAN FOR, FOR HIM, WHETHER YOU DIDN'T RUN FOR HIM, HE STILL OPENED HIS OWN WITHOUT YOU COACH NOW TO COACH YOU.

UM, WHEN IT CAME TO FUNDRAISING, WE ALL WENT OUT, DID FUNDRAISING.

NONE OF THE PARENTS HAD TO PAY FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT ANYTHING LEFT OPEN.

HE PAID FOR IT OUTTA HIS OWN POCKET.

SO THAT WAS JUST ONE THING Y WANTED TO SPEAK OF.

UH, THE SAME FIELDS, SAME PARTS.

YOU GUYS LOOK UP, SOME OF YOU GUYS MAY HAVE SEEN IT, BUT THERE'S VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE OF US RUNNING CITY OF DALLAS PARKS TRAINING, PRACTICING.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO SEE A WAY, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO HONOR HIM.

AND I'M JUST HERE TO SEE A GROUP, SIR MARGARET CRENSHAW.

UM, MARVIN CRENSHAW.

BUT, UM, UH, IN 1973, UH, IS WHEN I MET FAHEEM FAHEEM THEN, UM, WHEN HE STARTED THE, UH, BLACK PANTHER PARTY CHAPTER HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND I WAS HIS ASSISTANT.

AND, UM, I ALWAYS USED BE A LADY AS THE, UH, KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAD DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS IN THE TIME HE, THE THINGS.

AND MR. MINKA USED TO MAKE ALL OF HIS FLYERS AND THINGS WHEN THEY WAS A PRINTER.

AND, UH, HE WAS VERY EXCELLENT AT, WITH THOSE THINGS AND ORGANIZING.

UM, WE HAD ALL DIFFERENCES.

LIKE OUR HAD DIFFERENCES WITH PEOPLE ON THE DOWN CITY COUNCIL.

WE ALL SAT DOWN AND WE GOT THROUGH THAT.

BUT, UH, AND ALL OF US ON THIS BOARD HERE IN LIFE HAVE GONE OVER WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO CALL FOOLS HILL.

MM-HMM .

PEOPLE GO TO FOOLS HILL A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU LEARN GOING OVER THE FULL HILL.

IT CAN TRANSFORM YOURSELF OR IF YOU, UH, GAVE IT YOUR WAY, LIKE I'VE DONE IT , ALL OF US HAVE.

BUT I, I ASKED A QUESTION TO SOMEONE ON YESTERDAY AND SAID, WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO JUDGE, UH, FAIM ON? AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT A, A BANK ROBBERY.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN, IN LIFE WHO I'VE SEEN MAYOR IN THE CITY OF, OF DALLAS, WHO'S ALSO, WHO ALSO HAVE COMMITTED DIFFERENT,

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UH, THINGS, BUT THEY STILL WERE REWARDED AS A, AS ONE OF THE BETTER CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND FAHE WAS, WAS THAT THAT'S RIGHT.

HE WAS THAT ON, ON, ON, ON THIS BOARD AT, AT THE SKATING RING.

HE ALWAYS USED TO, UH, STOP ME WHENEVER WE HAD A TIME WHEN WE TALKED.

HE SAY, HE SAY, COMRAD, I'M DOING THIS FOR YOU.

I WANT YOU TO BE THE, THE, UH, CHAIR OF THESE AT THE SKATING RANGE, SAID HE WAS GONNA PAY FOR $150,000 AND YOU DESERVE THAT.

AND ALWAYS, UH, WOULD TELL HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, I I'M INVOLVED IN, IN SOMETHING SOMETHING.

BUT HOPEFULLY THAT YOU AND I AND HOPEFULLY THAT, THAT YOU WILL NOT JUDGE HIM ON THINGS THAT HE DID AS HE WAS GOING OVER WHAT WE, WE MIGHT CALL FOOLS HILLS UNTIL THE TIME THAT HE HAD WHEN HE, UH, LEFT HERE.

BUT, UH, AGAIN, ALL OF US, ALL OF US IN SOME WAY, IN SOME MANNER, GONE OVER FOOD SEAL.

AND I ALSO ASKED THE JUDGE AND MR. TELLING ME ABOUT, UH, UH, SOME THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT YOU MIGHT JUDGE ABOUT.

BUT WHEN I LOOK ACROSS THE CITY, WHEN I LOOK OVER AT, AT THE, UH, FOREST THEATER, YOU, I LOOK AT THE FOREST, THE, I SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

IN 1983 WHEN THE EL 1980, NELSON HIGGINS WAS APPOINTED TO THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL AND WE WERE DOING THE MARTIN LUTHER KING STREET THING CHANGED.

AND MOTHER LUTHER KING WAS GOING AS FOREST AT THAT TIME.

THAT'S YOUR DIRECTOR, THAT'S YOUR TIME.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ALLOW MR. CRENSHAW AN EXTRA MINUTE.

WHEN, WHEN WE WERE, WHEN, WHEN WE WERE DOING THAT, THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN 1980, UH, THAT NAMED MAX GOLDBLATT.

AND HE PULLED ME TO THE SIDE ONE DAY AND HE SAID, YOUNG MAN, YOU ALWAYS LISTEN THAT LIBRARY, I WANT YOU TO LOOK UP SOME THINGS.

AND HE ASKED ME TO LOOK UP, UH, THE LIFE OF, UH, OF, UH, UH, NATHAN AND, AND, AND, UH, ELSE LA KEITH.

AND HE SAID, LIKE HE SAID, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, I WAS READING ABOUT ALL OF THEM.

NATHAN, BE FOREST, NATHAN BETH FOREST, IF YOU HIS LIFE, HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE KLAN WHEN HE WAS IN, WHEN WAS THE MILITARY, WHEN HE WAS IN THE, WHEN HE WAS IN THE ARMY, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR THE MURDER OF 154 AFRICAN AMERICANS.

AND YOU FIND AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO WILL SUPPORT HIM BECAUSE REBUILD FOREST AVENUE.

SO I'M SAYING, YOU CANNOT JUST JUDGE SOMEONE OVER 1.1 PART OF THEIR LIFE, HAVE LOOK AT THEIR LIFE IN TOTALITY, JUST LIKE, LIKE YOURSELF, IF YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL AS A WOMAN, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE GOT PREGNANT IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT NOBODY CAN JUDGE YOU OR LET YOU JUDGE THE PERSON ON WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS.

SO I HOPE YOU DO THE SAME THING WITH MR. MINKA AND DO THE SAME THING WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

QUESTION.

THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO NAME COLLEGE PARK.

AFTER IN HONOR OF FAHEEM, YOU'LL BE HONORING A VISIONARY COMMUNITY LEADER.

FAHEEM PROPOSED THE FIRST CITIZEN REVIEW OF POLICE MISCONDUCT IN THAT IN 1975.

MM-HMM .

WITH HIS IDEA TO HAVE THE CIVIL STATUS BOARD REVIEW CITIZEN COMPLAINTS.

THE MOVE WAS BLOCKED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME OF TODAY, HALF A CENTURY LATER, WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

THAT VISIONARY LEADERSHIP FAHE LED THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN DALLAS FROM 1973 TO 1978.

THE PANTHERS, UH, WERE A CONTROVERSIAL GROUP, BUT THEIR POSITIVE LEGACY REMAINS TODAY.

AS MR. DALE NOTED, THE NATION SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM WAS PRECEDED BY AND ORIGINATED IN THE PANTHERS BREAKFAST FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM.

THEIR PIONEERING ADVOCACY FOR RAISING AWARENESS OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS INSTRUMENTAL IN GENERATING GREATER ACCESS AND BETTER TREATMENT OF PATIENTS.

YOU'LL BE HONORING MIKA'S INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO FIGHTING DRUG CRIME THROUGH AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AGAINST NARCOTICS.

ONE CAN HELP BUT WONDER WHAT THE RESULTS WOULD'VE BEEN IF A MAN HAD BEEN GIVEN A TINY FRACTION OF THE RESOURCES WASTED IN THE OFFICIAL WAR ON DRUGS.

TODAY HIS APPROACH IS THAT ARE COMMUNITY BASED AND TREATMENT CENTERED HAVE MUCH MORE SUPPORT.

FA MINKO LIVED AND WORKED

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IN THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING .

HIS AUTO SHOP REPAIR SHOP WAS IN THE AREA ALSO.

SO GATES, WHICH HE FOUNDED IN 1999, FIND WHEN WE HONOR THIS GOOD AND FEARLESS MAN.

WHILE WE'LL BE HONORING A VIEW OF CIVIC LIFE IN DALLAS THAT GOES BEYOND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TOP BUSINESSES, THE WEALTHY FOUNDATIONS, AND CITY HALL, A VIEW THAT INCLUDES STREET LEVEL LEADERS WHO ARE OFTEN AHEAD OF THEIR TIME AS THEY STRUGGLE AGAINST INJUSTICE.

THANK YOU.

IT WILLIS.

MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING ANY TYPE .

UM, MY NAME IS VINCENT WILLIS.

PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY, OFFICER DON.

I'VE LIVED IN DALLAS, TEXAS MY ENTIRE LIFE.

PRACTIC CAR, THAT CITY, MY HOME, I ALSO A WRITER, ARTIST, MUSICIAN, ATHLETE, JUST ENTHUSIAST.

GROWING UP I REMEMBER SPENDING TIME AT THE PARK CLIMBING MONKEY BARS, FLIPPING ON PULL UP BARS BACK THEN WORKING JUST ABOUT TRAILS, SOCCER FIELDS, OR TENNIS SPORTS.

THEY WERE PLACES WHERE WE COULD BUILD STRENGTH AND TRAIN OUR BODIES AND FUN AND FUNCTIONAL WEIGHT.

OVER THE YEARS, I VISITED MANY PARKS ACROSS DALLAS ONLY TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE MISSING.

SO COURT OUTSIDE OF WHITE ROCK LAKE AND TS PARK, THERE ARE ALMOST NO PULL UP BARS OR CALISTHENICS EQUIPMENT IN OUR PUBLIC PARKS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITIES LIKE LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK OR TAMPA HAVEN BREAKS THE, THE IDEA OF THE DEDICATED CALISTHENICS NEIGHBORHOODS.

THESE SPACES HAVE MONKEY BARS, PULL UP BARS OF VARIOUS HEIGHTS, DIP BARS FOR KIDS AND ADULTS, AND EVEN STATIONS FOR SITUPS, FOR BODY WEIGHT EXERCISES LIKE ROLES.

THESE FEATURES ENCOURAGED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO BUILD STRENGTH AND STAY HEALTHY.

I WASN'T ALWAYS IN SHAPE AS A TEENAGER.

I WAS OVERWEIGHT AND INACTIVE.

IT WASN'T UNTIL I STARTED WALKING AT THE AGE OF 19 THAT MY JOURNEY BEGAN, STATED THAT MY JOURNEY BEGAN.

THAT TURNED INTO RUNNING.

AND, AND THEN IN MY THIRTIES, I ADDED STRENGTH FRAME INTO MY ROUTINE.

NOW IN MY FORTIES, I SEE HOW CRUCIAL STRENGTH FRAME IS NOT JUST FOR LOOKING GOOD, BUT FOR STAYING HEALTHY AND, AND, AND COORDINATED AND RESILIENT.

OUR PARTS ARE AMAZING FOR PROMOTING CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH, BUT THEY'RE MISSING AN ESSENTIAL PIECE.

STRENGTH FRAME.

AS WE AGE, WE FACE A NATURAL DECLINE IN MUSCLE MASS, STRENGTH AND FUNCTION THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED SO OPINION.

THIS STARTS IN OUR THIRTIES AND AFTER 40, WE LOSE ONE TO 2% MUSCLE MASS EVERY YEAR.

WHILE AGING IS INEVITABLE.

MUCH OF THIS DECLINE IS PREVENTABLE STRENGTH TRAINING AND SLOW AND EVEN REVERSE THESE EFFECTS.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT LOOKING FIT, IT'S ABOUT PREVENTING INJURIES, IMPROVING COORDINATION AND MAINTAINING INDEPENDENCE.

FDA BEYOND PHYSICAL HEALTH, EXERCISE BEYOND PHYSICAL HEALTH EXERCISE PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN OUR MENTAL WELLBEING.

A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DALLAS AND O OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY STRUGGLE WITH SELF-ESTEEM, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION.

RESEARCH AND PERSONAL STUDIES AUTHORITY SHOW THAT REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH AND IT BUILDS OUR CONFIDENCE AND CAN LEAD TO A MORE FULFILLING LIFE.

A HEALTHY BODY LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WHETHER IT'S PURSUING OUR GOALS OR SIMPLY ENJOYING LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH A PROPOSAL.

LET'S BRING UPDATED FITNESS PARK TO DALLAS.

LET'S GIVE OUR COMMUNITY YOU HAVE, SIR, I HAVE 10 MORE THINGS.

LET'S GIVE OUR COMMUNITY ACCESS TO SPACES THAT PROMOTE STRENGTH, HEALTH, AND WELLBEING FOR ALL AGENTS.

I WOULD PERSONALLY LOOK UP TO WORK WITH ARCHITECTS AND CITY PLANS TO DESIGN PROTOTYPE FOR, FOR SMALLER VERSION SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY.

THANK, THANK YOU TO OUR SPEAKER FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

UH, NOW WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, COLLEGE PARK, RENAMING RENEE.

JONATHAN.

WELL, I, LET ME JUST EXPLAIN PROCESS TODAY.

UH, THIS WAS A FIVE PERSON MEMO BROUGHT FORWARD BY PARK BOARD MEMBER SLAUGHTER.

AND SO THIS PROCESS ON

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FIVE PERSON MEMO IS WHERE THE BOARD, WHERE THE BOARD MEMBER WHO BRINGS IT FORWARD.

AND THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM TODAY.

IT'S NOT A VOTING ITEM.

IT ALLOWS THE PARK BOARD MEMBER WHO BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT TODAY.

AND THEN BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT TODAY, THEN THE STAFF WILL PROCEED BASED ON WHATEVER DIRECTION IS GIVEN BY THE WILL OF THE BOARD TODAY.

STAFF HAS PROVIDED YOUR PACKET JUST LIKE WE DO WITH ANY OTHER NAME AND REQUESTS, JUST GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION, UH, THAT YOU COULD GOOGLE YOURSELF OR WE JUST GIVE YOU INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET THAT WE'LL DO FOR ANY OTHER NAME AND REQUEST.

BUT OUR ROLE TODAY IS JUST TO THE STAFF, IS JUST TO HEAR THE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD SPEAK.

YES SIR.

MR. SLAVIA, HAPPY NEW YOU.

UH, THANK GOD WE HERE.

I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME CREDIT TO SOME PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THIS STAFF.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HERE OR NOT.

UH, MS. SHANA HAMILTON HERE.

YES.

COME UP HERE, SIR.

EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU COME UP HERE.

I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO SEE YOU.

I I LIKE TO, LET'S, LET'S GIVE HER A HAND FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND WHAT I STAFF, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS SOME PUSHBACK, SHE NEVER PUSHED BACK.

SHE MET WITH THIS FAMILY.

SHE ORGANIZED THE GROUPS, SHE ORGANIZED THE MEETINGS.

AND NOT ONE TIME DID SHE EVER SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA BE HERE WITH THESE PEOPLE.

I, I BLESS YOU.

BLESS YOU.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW.

AND WE DON'T GIVE STAFF CREDIT LIKE WE, WE NEED TO.

THANK YOU MS. HAMILTON.

THANK YOU MR. SHADI.

HE'S A, UH, A PRECINCT CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

WE LOOKING HERE AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AND WE HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE DOING THINGS.

I GREW UP IN HOLLAND.

PEOPLE YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW NONE OF THIS.

THIS IS NONFICTION.

WHAT THIS MAN DID, HE WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UH, WHEN I GREW UP OVER THERE, I WAS AFRAID TO DO CRACKER DRUGS.

'CAUSE I THOUGHT HE WOULD BEAT MY BUTT.

IT IS AMAZING.

UH, I WAS APPOINTED ON THIS BOARD BY OUR CITY COUNCIL AND HE HEARD, HE HEARD ALL THIS BACK AND FORTH AND NOT ONE TIME, AS HE SAID, I DON'T SUPPORT THIS.

THIS IS FROM CITY COUNCILMAN ATKINS.

I'M, I'M SO BLESSED WHEN I HAD MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, DICKIE REMY, UH, JEFF NER IS GONNA BE A GREAT COUNSELOR.

UH, UH, BLA SIGNED THIS THING WITH ME TO GET IT ON THE DISCUSSION.

WHAT'S RIGHT IS NOT POPULAR ALL THE TIME.

WE WANT THIS BOARD TO BE GOOD STEWARDS AND DO THE RIGHT THING.

AND WHEN THE COMMUNITY WANTS THIS, WE SHOULD BE AWARE AND TAKE HEED TO THAT.

THIS SHOULD HAPPEN.

A PLACE CARD, COLLEGE CARD FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

IF THIS FAMILY HAD $27 MILLION, WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE.

WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE.

I DON'T THINK WE JUST NAME PARTS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

WE NEED START NAMING SOME PARTS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DONE SOMETHING FOR THE CITY AND FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO I'M ELATED.

I I I'M, I'M SO EXCITED.

I MEAN, JUST COMING HERE AND SENTENCE TODAY, LIKE A KID GOING TO SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST DAY.

KEEP SENDING YOUR FRIENDS SO I CAN SHARE, UH, UH, YOU LUNCH WITH YOU.

MAYBE GOT TWO 50 DAYS.

SO WE ALWAYS HAD LOAN, BUT I DIDN'T MIND SHARING.

THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE IT MAKES YOU EXCITED WHEN WE DO SOMETHING IS BESIDES SIGNING OFF ON A CONTRACT, A, A, A, UH, GIVING SOME BODY THAT COMES, GOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THEY WE'LL NAMED MARK AFTER, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE DONE ANY.

BUT WHEN WE SEE THAT MONEY, EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT PRECEDES EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO STAND WITH ME.

STAND WITH ME.

IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME.

STAND WITH ME ON THIS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

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UH, YES, THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, NEXT MR. DICKEY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

UM, I THINK THE COMMUNITY GAVE US REALLY GOOD BACKGROUND ON WHY MIKA DESERVES THIS KIND OF RECOGNITION.

UM, SO THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS WHAT I THINK ONE COULD PERCEIVE AS NEGATIVES THAT WERE, UH, IN OUR BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF HIS EARLIER CONVICTION AS A PART OF A BANK PROPERTY AS A YOUNG MAN, AND THEN ALSO THIS DEFAULT ON A LOAN WITH SOUTHERN SKATE, UH, FOR THE CONVICTION.

I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT PEOPLE TURNED THEIR LIVES AROUND.

AND THIS GENTLEMAN BECAME A MENTOR FOR YOUTH IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND EVERYTHING HE DID WAS TO HELP THE YOUTH.

AND IT WAS A TROUBLED AREA.

AND HE STEPPED UP ALONG WITH HIS COLLEAGUES AND ADDRESSED IT DIRECTLY.

MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES THERE.

AND ALSO AS, AS COACH.

SO I THINK THAT COMPLETELY WIPES OUT, IN MY OPINION, ANY NEGATIVE ABOUT MISTAKES HE MADE AS A YOUNG MAN.

AND THAT'S FOR THE DEFAULT.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT STRONGLY THAT HE HAD REALLY GOOD INTENTIONS THAT THE SOUTHERN CASE PROJECT WAS 'CAUSE HE FELT THAT THE COMMUNITY KIDS NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THIS OFTEN HAPPENS IN DALLAS.

THINGS CHANGE, THINGS GO WRONG.

UH, COULDN'T MAKE IT.

THE PROJECT WENT BANKRUPT, UH, TO THE DEGREE THAT HE WAS AT FAULT.

UH, WHO KNOWS, IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

BUT I WOULD, I WOULD LEAN TOWARD FORGIVENESS BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? WE STILL HAVE SOUTHERN SKATES.

HE FOUNDED IT.

IT WENT, OH, THAT'S LEGACY THAT REMAINS.

AND IN TERMS OF HAVING COST THE TAXPAYERS MONEY, LET'S SAY I, ANYONE WHO WAS AROUND HERE IN THE EIGHTIES, UH, KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR BANKS.

THE BANKS IN DALLAS DEFAULTED COSTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE TAXPAYERS NATIONALLY TO PAY ALL THEM OUT.

THE SNL CRISIS, YET MANY OF THOSE GENTLEMEN WHO RAN THOSE BANKS CONTINUED ON IN DALLAS AS BE CITIZENS, HIGHLY PRAISED.

AND YET WHAT THEY COST THE TAXPAYERS IS WAY MORE THAN ANYTHING.

FAHE MECCA'S, UH, PROBLEMS MAY HAVE CAUSED.

UM, ALSO, UH, IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR RATHER.

UH, WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE OF THE BIGGEST ENERGY COMPANY IN DALLAS WHO BANKRUPTED THAT COMPANY PRETTY MUCH.

2002.

UH, THERE WERE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT IT.

UH, IT COST $4 BILLION LOSS TO THE COMPANY.

SHAREHOLDERS LOST MONEY.

UM, AND YET THAT GENTLEMAN WAS REVERED, ONGOING IN THE CITY AND WAS EVEN PUT ON A COMMITTEE TO CHOOSE THE NEXT CITY MANAGER AFTER HAVING HAD THIS, UH, CATASTROPHIC, UH, THING HAPPEN TO THE COMPANY HE RAN.

SO LET'S KEEP IN MIND SOME PERSPECTIVE HERE.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEFAULT ON A LOAN, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN? AND I JUST HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL, UH, HONOR THE COMMUNITY WHO, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE BEHIND THIS AND, UH, SUPPORT THIS.

AND I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT AT THE CLOSE OF THIS, IF THE BOARD'S WILL, IS TO GO FORWARD TO GET SOME STAFF A SCHEDULE FOR WHEN WE CAN GET IT ON THE AGENDA FOR VOTING.

I THANK YOU.

THANK .

I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME AND SPOKE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO HADN'T SPOKE BEFORE.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO COME AND SPEAK TO US.

SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

UM, QUESTION, AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHO CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT, UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED, THIS MAN SEEMS TO MAKE A REALLY BIG IMPACT AND A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIVES.

ARE YOU, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE BESIDES THIS INITIATIVE OF NAMING A PARK AFTER HIM THAT COMMEMORATES ALL OF HIS WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES THAT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIVES AND YOUR PARENTS' LIVES AND HOPEFULLY WOULD, YOU WOULD PASS ON TO YOUR CHILDREN? CONVENIENCE.

ANY IS A DISCUSSION THERE? ANY PROGRAM OR THERE, COMMUNITY NAME EVENT THAT IS IN HIS NAME THAT, THAT IS OUT THERE THAT YOU GUYS GIVE BACK, COMMUNITY SERVICE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT'S OUT THERE THAT, THAT HIGHLIGHTS? BECAUSE THE ONLY, ONLY ONE THING NOW IS THE TRACK CLUB.

MA'AM, IF YOU COME TO THE MIC, PLEASE.

.

ONE SECOND.

YES, SORRY.

UH, SO LET ME ASK THIS.

WE TO CLARIFY.

UH, THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED AS A BOARD DISCUSSION ITEM.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, IF WITHIN THE DISCUSSION, IF THE BOARD MEMBERS FEEL THAT THEY WANTED TO ASK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR RESOURCES, IS THAT APPROPRIATE? OR DO WE HAVE LIMITED? UH, I HAVE A PERSONAL OPINION, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A PROTOCOL QUESTION.

I I THINK THIS WOULD, I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE AND THE CHAIR CAN ALSO RUN THE MEETING AS IT DEEMS FIT.

AND I THINK IT'S FINE.

I I THINK THAT THE QUESTION MS, UM, MS. DALE

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PROPOSED PART, EITHER MR. SLAUGHTER OR MAYBE SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMITTEE TO ANSWER THAT FOR HER.

'CAUSE SHE'S ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ELSE IS, IS OUT THERE THAT THEY'RE RECOGNIZING HIM BESIDES THIS PARK.

SO IF MR. SLAUGHTER WANTS TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT, THAT'S FINE.

JUST ANSWER MR. DALE'S QUESTION.

I I MEAN, TO MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT THIS MAN'S STORY HAS A LEGACY AND AND YOU WANNA CONTINUE HAVING HIS STORY OUT THERE FOR THE FUTURE, UM, FOR YOUR KIDS OUT THERE.

AND SO HOW DOES SOMEBODY LIKE THIS? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE BESIDES YOUR INITIATIVE TO TRYING TO NAME A PARK AFTER HIM, SHOW HIS LEGACY AND TRACK CLUB IS, IS STILL ONGOING FOR THIS, BUT IT'S A TRACK CLUB.

BUT, BUT HOW DO WHAT WE GOT THE BACKGROUND SOUNDS WONDERFUL AND HE'S MADE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND THEN THIS GENTLEMAN'S LIFE.

HOW DOES THAT STORY CONTINUE TO GET OUT THERE? IF A PARKS GET NAMES OR NOT AFTER THIS PROJECT? HOW DOES SOMEBODY WHO MADE SUCH AN IMPACT, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN ALL THESE INITIATIVES HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS, OF THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE, AND ALL OF, WELL, NOT ONLY PAUL, I THINK LIKE YOU SAID, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE HOLLYWOOD PERSON, I THINK YOU KNOW, IT, IT HAS TO BE, IT HAS TO BE TOLD, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE TOLD, UH, WELL THIS, UH, NEWSPRINT OR SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTATION.

I, IIII COMMEND YOU ON THAT.

LIKE I SAID, I, THE ONLY THING THAT'S ONGOING IS LEGACY IS, IS ATTRACTING OF COURSE, UH, ESCAPE.

SO THERE, EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, GENERATION TO GENERATION I THINK.

SO WE MOVED, UH, UH, JUST TO THE , I THINK, UH, THE PARK AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE KIDS.

WE, WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING.

SO IF THIS KID WILL BE CARRIED ON OUR G IT'S THE LEGACY.

IS THERE SOMETHING, SOMEBODY'S IN THE ARTS OUT THERE, IS THERE ANY ARTS INITIATIVE LIKE DOING A, A UM, ART PROJECT THAT LIVES IN A PARK THAT LIVES, THAT TELLS A STORY FOREVER AS OPPOSED TO A NAME OF A PARK THAT JUST GETS THROWN OUT THERE.

BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN'S LEGACY AND ALL THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE MADE? AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THIS, THAT'S WHAT WE GET YOU.

THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE THEN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCIL.

MIKE.

SORRY.

YOU WANT ME RECOGNIZED OR RECOGNIZE YOU? YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT UH, THAT WAS PART OF LINE HAS TAKEN THE TIME