* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS [00:00:01] 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 [00:05:01] 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 [00:10:01] 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, [00:15:01] 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 [00:20:01] 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 [00:25:01] 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 [00:30:01] 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, [00:35:01] 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 [00:40:01] 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, [00:45:01] 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 [00:50:01] 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 [00:55:01] 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. [01:00:03] 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 [01:05:01] 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 OUT HONOR MRM SUMMATION AS FAR AS HOW HE WAS ACTING. THAT'S SOMETHING RIGHT NOW AT LEAST IT RELATES TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT'S ONGOING. UH, 'CAUSE YOU CAN GO TO THE SEVENTH FLOOR UP TO THE RECEPTION THERE AND SAY, WHERE'S THE FIVE HE MAKER PAPERS? YOU CAN ASK HER WHERE'S THE FIVE HE MAKER ARCHIVES. AND I THINK THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT YOU, IF YOU RESEARCH FROM THERE, YOU SEE SOME VERY INTERESTING DOCUMENTS, UH, SOME HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. AND ALSO IT'S, IT IS JUST GREAT THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS TAKEN THIS TIME OUT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO HONOR HIM IN THAT WAY. SO IT'S GOOD WE ACTUALLY HAVE, SO HE HAS IN HIS HAND THAT'S KIND MARK INFORMATION. SO THE THANK YOU YES. SPEAK. OH, WAIT A MINUTE. NO, UH, THERE'S A OTHER, CAN I ASK YOU YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. THANK YOU. NO, SORRY SIR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK, UM, MR. CORNEL. NOW WE'LL GO TO MR. CORANI. GOOD MORNING. UH, GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. SIR. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU, UH, BOARD MEMBER SLAUGHTER FOR BRINGING THIS TO US TODAY. I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU, SIR. I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS THIS MORNING FOR PASSIONATELY SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM. I OFTEN TELL FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THAT, UH, SOME OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THESE MEETINGS, UM, ARE THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND YOU CERTAINLY DELIVERED THIS MORNING. SO THANK YOU. WE, UH, WE HEARD A LOT OF DETAILS THIS MORNING. UM, I WANNA SPEAK FROM, UH, A BROADER PERSPECTIVE ON WHY THIS BOARD, UH, SHOULD TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT STEP AND SUPPORT THIS NAME CHANGE. UM, NUMBER ONE, UM, OBVIOUSLY HONORING A LOCAL CIVIL, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER. THE, THE STORIES THIS MORNING SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. NUMBER TWO, BEING INCLUSIVE. I THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER NEED TO SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES TO CHOOSE INCLUSIVITY RATHER THAN THE OPPOSITE. NUMBER THREE, UH, EDUCATING AND INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS. I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME. I HOPE MY KIDS GROW UP TO BE JUST AS INVOLVED AS SOME OF US ARE, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITIES. UH, AND LASTLY, ALIGNING DALLAS WITH RACIAL RECONCILIATIONS FROM SOME OF OUR UNSAVORY HISTORY. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS HERE WITHIN THE PARK DEPARTMENT, UM, IN MY COUNCIL DISTRICT 14, I HOPE WE NEVER FORGET THAT. FOR 80 YEARS, WE HAD A PARK NAMED ROBERT E. LEE PARK. [01:10:01] AND, AND I, I, I HAVE TO BITE MY LIP NOT TO THROW A F WORD IN THERE WHEN I SAY THAT NAME. 80 YEARS. EVERYONE. 80 YEARS WAS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY. IT WAS THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. IT WAS INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM THAT WE WERE HONORING. WHAT A TRAITOR, A LOSER, SOMEONE WHO WAS MARGINALIZED HAD A FREAKING MONUMENT IN THAT PARK. PERSONAL STORY, WHILE I'M ON THIS TOPIC, AND I PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE OR TWO, UM, OUR OLDEST CHILD RECENTLY STARTED PRE-K AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL HERE IN EAST DALLAS CALLED, UH, GENEVA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY. AND, UH, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IT USED TO BE CALLED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. IT WAS CALLED ROBERT E. LEE ELEMENTARY, AND I WOULD BE DAMNED IF I EVER SENT MY KID TO A SCHOOL NAMED THAT. SO, SO, WHILE I DON'T TRULY GET IT BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN, I STILL GET IT. AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT. UM, I KNOW THAT TODAY IS JUST A DISCUSSION, AND I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE, UM, OUR SENIOR STAFF TO TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT STEP AND, AND COME BACK FOR A VOTE WITH US. I WILL STAND WITH THE COMMUNITY THEN, JUST LIKE I DO NOW. I'LL STAND WITH MR. SLAUGHTER. I AM IN 110% FOR THIS. THANK YOU EVERYONE. MS. HAMMOND. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR YOU, MR. SLAUGHTER PUBLICLY. I, UM, AGREE WITH RUDY THAT, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE CLIMATE THAT WE LIVE IN NOW, TO JUDGE SOMEONE BY THEIR PAST AND NOT BY THE WORK AND BODY OF THEIR WORK WOULD, UH, BE A DISSERVICE AS A BOARD THAT IS HERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY. AND I FEEL LIKE TODAY THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED WHAT THEY WANT. AND AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVES HERE IS OUR JOB TO THEN, UM, EXECUTE ON THE EXPRESSIONS OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH YOU SERVE. SO, BEING FROM SOUTH OAK CLIFF, MYSELF, IN THIS AREA, I FULLY SUPPORT YOU, UH, MR. SLAUGHTER IN YOUR COMMUNITY IN THIS GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER HANDS UP OR, OR BLOOD PUSH. OH, OH, YOU DID. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I THINK I MISSED AGAIN. GO AHEAD. BUTTON HAS BEEN PUSHED. UM, GOING OFF OF MY, UH, FELLOW MEMBER'S POINT ABOUT ROBERT LEE PARK, I ACTUALLY BEGAN MY TERM AS THE, UM, CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE RIGHT AT THAT TIME AND OVERSAW THE, THE REMOVAL OF THAT AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE INSTALLATION OF A NUMBER OF MEMORIALS AROUND THE CITY, UH, COMMEMORATING SOME OF THE TRULY HANKS THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, AND IN MARTYR PARK, THE, THE CREATION OF THAT AS WELL, UH, AND BEING VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE PUBLIC ART COLLECTION AT THE TIME AND LOOKED AT POTENTIAL ISSUES OF CONFLICT AND, AND, AND STATUES OF PEOPLE RELATED TO THAT. AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM THAT PROCESS THAT I, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM HERE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES OF THE PAST. I THINK THE STORY OF REDEMPTION IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. IT IN OF ITSELF, ALONGSIDE ALL THE INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DONE BY THIS INDIVIDUAL, GIVES A BEACON OF LIGHT TO PEOPLE. AND YOU CAN TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND AND, AND REACH THE UTMOST HEIGHTS OF COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY. IT'S, I'M NOT GONNA LIVE IN GLASS HOUSE IN FOR STONES, THIS PERSON. UM, AND I ALSO JUST WANNA POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, UM, IF A CONVICTED FELON CAN BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES , WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL AND HAVE DONE NOTHING GOOD SINCE, SINCE THEN, AND WE CERTAINLY CAN NAME A PART AFTER A MAN WHO HAD 50 YEARS OF IMPACT ON HIS COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT HAS BEEN EVIDENCED HERE TODAY. UH, I, ALL OF THAT SAID, I, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, OR JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A, ON PERSONAL PROCEDURAL CURIOSITY, WHY A 5% NUMBER WAS NEEDED IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR REGARD, AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE ITEM PROCESS TO YOU PROCESS PROCESSES. IT CAN, IT CAN GET ON THE AGENDA SEPARATE. THEY CAN GO THROUGH A FIVE PERSON MEMO. THEY CAN GO FROM A BOARD MEMBER MAKING A REQUEST DIRECTLY TO THE CHAIR COMMITTEE. THEY CAN GO, UH, A BOARD MEMBER CAN MAKE A DIRECT REQUEST TO THE CHAIR OF THE PARK BOARD. SO THERE'S SEVERAL AVENUES TO MOVE ITEM LIKE THIS FULL. RIGHT. AND, AND MY, MY IMPRESSION OF THE FIVE PERSON MEMO IS SORT OF A, A FORCED PLAY BY THE BOARD BECAUSE THOSE OTHER AVENUES DID NOT, [01:15:01] WERE NOT RECEPTIVE. SO WAS THERE A REQUEST OF MADE THAT WAS DENIED? IS THERE, I'M JUST, IS THERE A REASON WHY THE FIVE PERSON MEMO SLAUGHTER A STEPCHILD, HAPPY NEW YEAR, ? WELL, DURING THE HISTORY, AND I, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME PUSHBACK, BUT I KNOW THE FIVE PERSON MEMO MEMO WAS GONNA MAKE IT BE DONE. THAT'S WHY I DID IT. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANNA GO THROUGH, THERE'S A PROCESS, THERE'S A PROCEDURE, THIS IS OUT THERE, WE DON'T THINK IT'D BE APPROPRIATE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. AND SO I TOOK MY, THE STEPS AND THE PROCESSES THAT I WANTED TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD BE HERE. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS DONE. THERE WAS NO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT, UH, UH, WARRANT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE WAY I WANTED TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA WAS WHAT I DID. IF I PERSONALLY, WHAT, WHICH I KNEW WAS GOING GET IT DONE BECAUSE ASKING, UH, PRESIDENT THE DEPARTMENT AND IF THERE WOULD'VE BEEN SOME PUSHBACK AND WE WOULD'VE NEVER GOT TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. THE FIVE PERSON THANK YOU, SIR. MR. DICKEY. THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE FIVE PERSON MEMO CONCEPT. UH, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT DOING A FIVE PERSON MEMO. I KNOW IT'S, CAN BE THOUGHT OF THAT WAY. SOMETIMES IT'S NO HOSTILITY OR ANYTHING AGGRESSIVE. IT'S SOMETIMES WITHIN A, AS OPPOSED TO JUST GOING TO THE PRESIDENT OR THE DIRECTOR TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS EASY TO DO, UH, VERY FEW TIMES IF I, I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING DENIED, BUT SOMETIMES WITH THE FIVE PERSON MEMO, ALSO, YOU'RE WITHIN THE MEMO AND THE EXPLANATION YOU GET TO GET OUT THERE OUT FRONT WHAT THE REASONS ARE SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOARD, IT'S, IT'S VERY CLEAR. AND ALSO THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR IT. SO IT KIND OF GIVES YOU, IF YOU WANT TO GET AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LIKE, SELL YOUR CONCEPT MORE THAN JUST MAKING A REQUEST AND THEN HAVING IT COME UP IN THE MEETING. IT'S, THAT'S A, UH, I THINK, UH, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO, JUST AS WITH AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO HAVE AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST THAN FOR TO GO THROUGH STAFF BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A 10 DAY DEADLINE ON THAT, LET'S SAY. SO THESE ARE, AND MR. SLAUGHTER MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING THIS ON QUICKLY. SO, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO PUT TO REST THE, THE, THE, UH, NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF A FIVE PERSON MEMO. IT HAS, IT CAN BE VERY USEFUL FOR OTHER REASONS AND NOT NECESSARILY ANYTHING CONFLICTING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. NOW YOU SEE WHY HE WAS MY COLLEGE ROOMMATE. THANK YOU MR. DICK. WE'LL GO TO MCKEY FIRST. UH, FIRST TIME PLEASE. UH, I JUST KIND OF CIRCLING BACK TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, HAVE WE FOLLOWED THE NORMAL PROCESS FOR THIS PARK NAMING? I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE IS A PROCEDURE. HAVE WE FOLLOWED IT AND WHERE ARE WE IN THAT NORMAL PROCESS? I MEAN, THEY CAN JUST EXPLAIN THE PROCESS. UM, BUT YES, WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS WITH THE SIGNATURES. YES. AND SO I PROVIDED IN THE PACKAGE. OKAY. JUST REMIND ME WHERE, WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS. LIKE IF WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE NEED TO AND NOW IT JUST NEEDS TO GO TO VOTE. UH, WELL THAT'S WHERE I'M HOPING TO GET GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD TODAY. WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET TODAY. OKAY. THE WILL OF THE BOARD TODAY DO INVOLVE MOVE THIS NOW THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS WHERE IT GOES TO THE COMMITTEE 'CAUSE ALL THE OTHER GROUNDWORK HAS BEEN DONE AND THEN COME TO THE FULL BOARD. OR DID YOU WANNA BYPASS THE COMMITTEE AND BRING THIS ITEM BACK AS A VOTING ITEM STRAIGHT TO THE FULL BOARD? SO THAT'S TO GRADY MAKES A GOOD POINT. IT'S LIKE, WELL, IF THIS WAS IN THE, IF THIS HAD WAS ALREADY IN THE WORKS, WHY DID WE NEED A FIVE PERSON MEMO TO MOVE IT FORWARD? AND I THINK WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS IT WOULD JUST EXPEDITE IT A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF PUSH THINGS FORWARD A LITTLE QUICKLY. SO THAT'S THE CASE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. IF WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES AND WE'VE DONE THINGS THE WAY WE DO WITH EVERY OTHER PARK NAMING AND WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT WE HAVE, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THAT, THEN IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BRINGING IT FORTH FOR A VOTE OR A VOTE. SO I I, I FEEL LIKE MY END QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND FIVE PERSON MEMO VOTE KIND OF HELPED EXPEDITE IT. WELL, THAT'S FINE. BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I THINK IN MOST CASES, I'LL SAY WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR WONDERFUL LEADERSHIP, TYPICALLY IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN ASK THE STAFF TO HELP YOU WITH THAT. AND THEY WILL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN IN THEIR POWER TO HELP YOU WITH WHATEVER YOUR PROJECT IS WITHOUT 5%. SO, MS. JOHNSON IS, MS HAS BEEN CORRECT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE, WE CAN MOVE TO VOTING OR [01:20:01] KEEP IT IN COMMITTEE VOTING, THEN COME TO US. JUST TO CLARIFY AGAIN, THEY HAVE DID EVERYTHING YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO IN A NORMAL PROCESS. BASICALLY WE CAN COME STRAIGHT TO THE PART BOARD IF WE CHOOSE TO, OR IT CAN GO THROUGH COMMITTEE AND THEN COME UP. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. THANK YOU. SO, SO WHAT'S THE NEXT PROCESS? CAN I MAKE, CAN I, WE GOT ONE. WE'VE GOT ONE. WE STILL GOT ONE MORE PART BOARD NUMBER. ALRIGHT. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MS. MANDO, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU MARIA. STILL IN THE COUP . OKAY. UM, PER OUR PARK AND RECREATION BOARD POLICY, DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR POLICY BECAUSE ON, UM, OH GOODNESS, UM, SOMEWHERE IN THE POLICY, UM, IT SAYS FI THINK IT'S PAGE SIX OF 15 RENAMING FOR CAUSE THE BOARD MAY RENAME A PARK TRAIL, APPORTION THEREOF RECREATION CENTER, A COMPONENT, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME SINCE ITS PREVIOUS NAMING, THAT CARRIES THE NAME OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATION, WHICH HAS BECOME LINKED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, BAD BEHAVIOR OR OTHERWISE BECOME OFFENSIVE TO PREVAILING COMMUNITY STANDARDS TO A DEGREE THAT JUSTIFIES THE JUDGMENT OF THE BOARD. SUCH RENAMING, NO CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO RENAME A PARK TRAIL, APPORTION THEREOF, A RECREATION CENTER OR COMPONENT RENAMED FOR CAUSE TO THE PREVIOUSLY HELD NAME. SO THAT'S IN OUR POLICY. WOULD WE, AND, AND I'M STILL CONFUSED WITH SOME OF THE BACKGROUND. SO WOULD WE NEED TO THEN CHANGE OUR POLICY OR WOULD WE THEN NEED TO HAVE TO DO ANYTHING LEGAL FOR THIS? I'M GONNA DEFER TO THE, TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS. AND THEN AS WE GO INTO THIS, MY NEXT QUESTION TO THAT IS THAT IF WE ARE ON THE, IF WE CANNOT SERVE ON A PARK, I MEAN, ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION IN THE CITY, IF WE OWE MONEY TO THE CITY, SO IS THAT ALSO NEGATE ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN SOME OF THIS BACKGROUND? YEAH. UH, ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE TO DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS, UH, ON YOUR FIRST QUESTION. I, AS IT RELATES TO FAR AS CHANGING THE ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE CURRENT PARK NAMING, I'M PRETTY SURE CITY ATTORNEYS ARE GONNA SAY THAT THE PARK NAMING IS A, IS A GUIDE FOR THE BOARD, BUT THE BOARD CAN ALWAYS SUSPEND ANY RULES AS RELATES TO THE PARK NAMING POLICY. HELLO, CHRISTINE NER CITY OFFICE. AND, UM, YES, I HAVE A COPY OF THE PARK ENDING POLICY. AND IF YOU, UH, READ THE TOTALITY OF THE PARK ENDING POLICY, IT IS A GUIDANCE AND THERE'S A SENTENCE IN THERE THAT SAYS, THE PARK BOARD SHALL USE ITS COLLECTIVE JUDGMENT GUIDED BY THIS POLICY, DETERMINE WHAT'S THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS CITY. UM, SO THAT IS CORRECT. THAT SECTION THAT MS. DALE POINTED TO THAT IS A SECTION OF THE POLICY. BUT ULTIMATELY THE PARK BOARD DECIDES AS IT DETERMINES THE NAMING OR RENAMING OF A PARTICULAR PARK. AND IN THIS CASE, UM, COLLEGE PARK WAS A PLACEHOLDER NAME, IF I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. SO YOU GUYS ARE VOTING TO CHANGE IT FROM A PLACEHOLDER TO AN OFFICIAL NAME AND, UH, USING THE NAMING POLICY AS YOUR GUIDE. AND IT DOES SAY, AND IF AN OFFICIAL NAMING OR RENAMING IS DEEMED JUSTIFIED AND APPROPRIATE, THIS POLICY WILL GUIDE THE PARK BOARD. SO AGAIN, ULTIMATELY THE PARK BOARD NEEDS TO MAKE THE FINDING OR DETERMINE WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY USING THIS COLLECTIVE JUDGMENT. THANK YOU. SHE HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. THE OTHER IS, IS THAT WE CANNOT SERVE ON A PARK BOARD. I MEAN, WE CANNOT SERVE ON A BORDER COMMISSION IF WE OWE MONEY TO THE CITY. AND PER THE BACKGROUND, IT SEEMED THAT THAT WAS ALSO QUESTIONABLE WITH THE DEFAULT OF THE LOAN FROM SOUTHERN STATES. SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WAS, SINCE WE ARE A A JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD, I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO IF WE IN THE VOTE, IF THERE'S A VOTE THAT COMES TO THIS AS WELL. SURE. UM, DEFAULT ON A LOAN IS NOT, IS NOT MENTIONED AND PART OF THE POLICY. BUT AGAIN, UM, EVERY PARK BOARD MEMBER HAS DISCRETION TO USE THEIR COLLECTIVE JUDGMENT IN THE ULTIMATE VOTE WHEN THIS ITEM COMES, AS A NO. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT CHAIR RECOGNIZES MR. GOLDSTEIN. I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT I KNOW HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS FOR MANY, [01:25:01] MANY YEARS. IT'S, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO, TO SEE THAT KINDA ADVOCACY, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I DID JUST WANT TO CLARIFY TO WHAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES I THINK ARE GETTING AT. DID STAFF AT SOME POINT IN THIS PROCESS INFORM THESE FOLKS THAT THE NAMING REQUESTS WAS DENIED AT A STAFF LEVEL? AND IS THAT PART OF WHY WE'RE WHERE WE ARE TODAY? UH, AND I, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE MR. SHANA AND, UH, RENEE COULD GIVE MORE DETAILS, BUT YEAH, THEY DID GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY'RE, ACCORDING TO THE PARK BOARD POLICY, UH, THEY ADHERE TO THE PARK BOARD POLICY, WHICH IF IT DOESN'T MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE PARK BOARD POLICY, THEN YES, STAFF CAN'T BRING IT FORWARD AT THAT POINT. AND THAT'S WHY MR. SLAGER UTILIZED HIS OPTIONS THROUGH THE FIVE PERSON MEMO. OKAY. I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE LIKE DANCING AROUND THAT ISSUE. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. THERE'S A COUPLE PARK BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHO WEREN'T HERE FOR THAT POINT IN THE PROCESS. AND IT'S JUST, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A REASON WHY WE VOTE NO, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONTEXT THAT STAFF INFORMED THESE FOLKS AT SOME POINT IN THIS PROCESS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THAT THIS COULDN'T HAPPEN. AND THAT'S WHY WE ENDED UP USING THIS MECHANISM TO GET IT BEFORE THE BOARD. IS THAT RIGHT? UH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUMMARY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. GOLDSTEIN. AND, UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MR. WOOD. THANK YOU. UM, I HAVE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, TALK TO ME, UM, INDIVIDUALLY AND ASK FOR MY SUPPORT, WHICH I DO SUPPORT THIS, UM, WHOLEHEARTEDLY. UM, WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT HE OWED THE CITY MONEY, I THOUGHT THE SAME THING. WELL, WE CAN'T SERVE ON A BOARD OWING MONEY, BUT THE GENTLEMAN CAN'T PAY IT BACK TODAY. I MEAN, HE'S, HE'S NOT ABLE TO, BUT HE PAID IT FORWARD WITH ALL OF HIS SERVICE THAT HE GAVE OVER THE YEARS. AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF WE LOOK AT SOUTHERN SKATES TODAY, UM, I THINK WE'RE OPERATING IN THE RED TOO. SO , IT WAS, IT WAS A, IT WAS A LOSING BATTLE BACK WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. UM, SO I, I DON'T LIKE LOSING MONEY. UM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY LIKES TO PRODUCE MONEY. I THINK WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT HE USED A LOT OF HIS PERSONAL MONEY TO FUND A LOT OF THINGS. UM, I PERSONALLY HAVE DONE THE SAME IN A LOT OF PERSONAL THINGS THAT I LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT AREN'T REALLY MINE TO SUPPORT, BUT YET I STILL CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THINGS. SO THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT SOMEBODY WHEN THEY WANNA GIVE THEMSELVES, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE DIDN'T HAVE TO. UM, BUT HE RAISED A, A, A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER, UM, THAT WAS INTERESTING. UM, I HEARD A FEW PEOPLE SAY, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW HIS SON WAS A POLICE OFFICER. I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT SHINED LIGHT ON, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, HE INSTALLED VALUES AND, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR HIS CHILDREN. UM, SO I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. SO I, I THINK AFTER HEARING THE SPEAKERS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT GIVING ME INFORMATION, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS. UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE PERSON MEMO, UM, I THINK THIS IS AN EXTRA STEP IN THAT PROCESS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED DURING THAT, UM, NAMING THAT FIVE PERSON MEMO WOULD COME AS A DISCUSSION ITEM AND THEN IT WOULD BE DISCUSSED TO MOVE IT FORWARD OR NOT. SO WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING AROUND THE SYSTEM. THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE PROCESS OF THE NAMING RIGHTS. UM, SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT AND THINK THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, UNVEILING THE SIGN, HOPEFULLY, UM, REAL SOON. , MR. MR. GREG, UM, AGAIN, SORRY. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE CONCEPT QUICKLY. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S MAKING OR LOSING MONEY. THIS IS INVESTING IN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN, IN A TOWN. THIS HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN VERY, SO I DON'T LOOK AT IT SIMILAR TO THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE TODAY ABOUT OUR AQUATIC CENTERS. THESE AREN'T BUILT TO MAKE MONEY. THEY'RE BUILT TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND SO THAT, THAT THE LOSS OF THOSE FUNDS, QUOTE UNQUOTE, [01:30:02] WE ARE REAPING INCREDIBLY MORE SO IN THE INVESTMENT THAT HAVING A SAFE PLACE TO BUILD COMMUNITY, UM, IS PROVIDING FOR OUR CITY. SO I I, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT AS A LOSS. UH, THANK YOU SIR. AND WE'LL MAKE TO GO TO THE LAST POINT ON THIS ITEM. MR. SLAUGHTER. . THANK GOD I CAN SAY IT. I LIKE TO MAKE TWO POINTS. UH, THE FIRST MORNINGS, LOOK AT ME NOW, I, ON NIGHT CLUBS, I'VE HAD EVERY CAR. I LIVED EVERY HOUSE FOR. THEN I DEFAULTED ON THE LOAN. I LOST MY CAR, I LOST MY APPOINTMENT, HAD TO MOVE BACK HOME FOR SIX MONTHS. BUT LOOK AT ME NOW. SO WHAT YOU DO AFTER THE FACT, AND I'M SO PROUD TO HAVE KNOWN THIS MAN, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. WE CAN SIT HERE AND TALK ALL DAY, SPEND A OUS AMOUNT OF TIME GOING BACK AND FORTH. I THINK NOW WE NEED TO MOVE ON AND, AND MOVE THIS TO A VOTING ON THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. AND I, WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS, AND I, I SEE THAT THERE'S SUPPORT HERE AND IT MIGHT NOT BE A LITTLE SUPPORT, BUT LET'S GET THIS DONE. AND, AND, AND MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, WHAT IS OUR NEXT DO HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT VOTING, WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION SO WE CAN GET ON A VOTING AGENDA, RIGHT? YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT, MR. SLAUGHTER. SO YEAH, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, I'M GONNA BE LOOKING OVER HERE AT THE ATTORNEYS. I KNOW YOU CAN'T HAVE DIFFERENT VOTE, BUT I NEED SOME TYPE OF CONSENSUS FROM THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD AND WHAT DIRECTION YOU ALL WANT US TO GO. UH, FAR AS NEXT STEPS. AND YOUR OPTIONS ARE, WE COULD FOLLOW THE NORMAL PROCESS OF THINGS TO THE COMMITTEE, THEY APPROVE IT, AND THEN WE BRING IT TO THE BOARD TWO WEEKS LATER. OR YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF IT GOES TO THE COMMITTEE AND TO THE BOARD ON THE SAME DAY. OR YOUR OPTION IS TO BRING IT STRAIGHT TO THE BOARD. I THINK BRING IT STRAIGHT TO THE BOARD. BECAUSE WE WE'RE SITTING HERE, WE THIS NOT ONLY THE COMMITTEES INVOLVED, BUT ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS SHOULD BE, WE, WE SHOULD MOVE IT TO THE BOARD FOR, FOR A VOTE. SINCE WE'RE IN DISCUSSION, COULD WE JUST GO AROUND ONE BY ONE AND EACH BOARD MEMBER CAN GIVE THEIR INDICATION OF WHICH OF THOSE THREE AND THAT WE GIVE A CONSENSUS THAT WAY? NO VOTE. JUST YEAH, NO VOTE. JUST A CONSENSUS HERE. I AGREE. MR. CHIP, IS THAT, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 30 SECONDS GO. SURE. I MEAN, THOUGH WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY, SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN VOTE ON IT. I BELIEVE THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, RIGHT? REGARDLESS, I, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD DISCUSS THAT WE HAVEN'T ALREADY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS HERE TODAY. SO I WOULD SAY IT SHOULD JUST COME BEFORE THE BOARD COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT. MR. VICKY? I WOULD AGREE. UH, COMMITTEE WOULDN'T ADD ANYTHING REALLY TO WHAT WE'VE DONE TODAY. AND I WOULD'VE VOTE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FULL BOARD VOTE MS. HAMMOND. UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, ALSO BE IN SUPPORT OF IT MOVING TO THE FULL BOARD. I FEEL LIKE, UH, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN OUT HERE, BEEN OUT IN, IN JUST MY SHORT TIME AT LEAST TWO TIMES TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. SO WHY WOULD WE CONTINUE MAKING THEM COME DOWN HERE TO SAY HOW THEY SUPPORT THIS? THEY'VE TOLD US WHAT THEY WANT. LET'S JUST DO IT. THANK YOU, MR. KARINE. UH, TO THE FULL BOARD AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. THANK, THANK YOU, MR. CONNOR. I VOTE THAT IT GOES TO COMMITTEE. UM, I, I HAD A NAMING ITEM THAT WAS CAME UP THAT WENT, THAT WENT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND TRIED TO COME TO THE BOARD, AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO COMMITTEE AND GOT DELAYED FOR FOUR MONTHS. I MEAN, WE, WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THESE NAMING DEALS AND FOLLOWING PROPER PROCEDURE, AND WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT AREN'T PRESENT TODAY. I, I'M BASED ON EXPERIENCE AND MY MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THESE NAMING POLICIES, IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. GOLDSTEIN, GIVEN THAT WE'RE ALREADY DISCUSSING IT AS A FULL BOARD, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT COMING TO THE FULL BOARD AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU, MR. WOOD. UM, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT. GOING TO THE FULL MS HAS, UM, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT COMING TO THE FULL BOARD, BUT I, I DO WANNA JUST SAY ONE THING ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS. THIS STAFF DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IN FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE POLICY. SO I DON'T WANT IT TO REFLECT, REFLECT POORLY ON OUR STAFF. THEY, THEY DID WHAT, WHAT THEY DID IT WITHIN THE POLICY THAT WE SET FOR THEM. SO I'M [01:35:01] PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT WE WENT BACK TO THAT AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN EXCEPTION IN THIS CASE. AND I THINK WE'RE MAKING THE EXCEPTION FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS, THAT THE STAFF IS DOING THEIR JOB. IT'S OUR, OUR, IT'S OUR JOB TO SAY WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE A DECISION AROUND THAT. AND I THINK WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. SO AFTER OUR DISCUSSION TODAY, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH IT COMING BEFORE THE NOT HAVING GO TO COMMITTEE, MR. SON, HAPPY NEW YEAR. YOU KNOW, I'M PRO STAFF. THAT'S WHY I CALLED MS. HAMILTON UP HERE. GOT THE BEST STAFF IN THE NATION, AND I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO THE BOARD. A NEWMAN, I'VE HEARD A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION FROM ALL OF YOU GUYS. AND, UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, FROM THE FAMILY SPEAKING HERE TODAY, UH, I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND WE GO AND, UH, MS. UH, COURT IS FINE. WE JUST, JUST DOING A, UH, EVERYBODY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT MORE PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF GOING STRAIGHT TO THE FULL BOARD. SO, UH, NEXT THING WE'LL NEED A MOTION. MOVING TO THE FULL BOARD OR NO, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, NOW MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, A BRIEFING ITEM, UH, A BRIEFING ITEM, UH, CONTRACT FEE STRUCTURE PROGRAM. MR. STEVE BAKER. IT WASN'T JUST, IT WASN'T THE STRATEGIC FOR OPTICS NEGATIVE, I'M JUST SAYING LIKE, JOB. YES. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE MR. BAKER HERE TALK ABOUT OUR GREAT CONTRACT FEE INSTRUCTORS PROGRAM? UH, I KNOW FOLKS DON'T REALIZE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY, UH, SMALL BUSINESS FOLKS WHO WORK IN OUR REC CENTERS THAT AUGMENT OUR SERVICES AND WE DO ADDITIONAL JOBS. SO, UH, THIS TIME I WANTED, UH, MR. BAKER TO, UH, MAKE THIS PRESENTATION. SO YOU ALL SHOULD UNDERSTAND HOW OUR CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS WORK. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE THINK OF THE PARK SYSTEM. WE DO THINK OF RECREATION, BUT WE NEVER THINK ABOUT THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR, OUR RECREATIONAL CENTERS AND OUR PARKS PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO. GREAT, THANK YOU. UH, GOOD MORNING. STEVE BAKER, INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECREATION SERVICES DIVISION. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS MR. JENKINS MENTION OUR CONTRACT FEE, UH, INSTRUCTOR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE. UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE BROUGHT THIS TOPIC FORWARD TO THE BOARD, UM, MAYBE EVER. UM, BUT WE WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, IN OUR CENTERS, HOW WE GO ABOUT WORKING, UM, WITH OUR INSTRUCTORS, OUR STAFF'S ROLES, UM, AND JUST THE, THE VITAL IMPORTANCE THAT THESE, THAT THESE PROGRAMS, THAT THESE PROGRAMS, UM, PROVIDE TO, UH, SUPPORT OUR RECREATION PROGRAM. THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFICIARIES, UH, THROUGH THE CONTRACT FEE, UH, UH, PROCESS. UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR PARTICIPANTS, OUR RESIDENTS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM BENEFIT. AGAIN, WE PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO, AND ULTIMATELY THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. SO PRETTY AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL, UH, MOVE FORWARD. SO AS WE WORK THROUGH, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT THE, UH, THE PURPOSE OF, UH, AND THE ROLE OF, UH, CONTRACT FEE INSTRUCTORS WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE FIELD, THE INFORMANCE OF THE INSTRUCTORS, UM, IN PARKS AND RECREATION. AGAIN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UH, THIS PROGRAM PRESENTS, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE STAFF WILL PLAY IN THE, UH, PROCESS OF BECOMING INSTRUCTOR BEFORE THEY GET ONBOARDED. UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SERVICE AGREEMENTS, UM, THAT WE ENTER INTO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. UM, THAT INCLUDES THE REVENUE SHARING, UH, PORTION. WE'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THE, UH, HISTORICAL DATA, UM, UH, [01:40:01] POST COVID, UH, THAT, UH, WE SEE A VERY POSITIVE UPWARD TREND THERE. WE'LL ADDITIONALLY TALK ABOUT OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. I THINK KIND OF JUST GIVE A SNAPSHOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO ACTUALLY PROVIDE, UM, IN THE RECREATION CENTERS OR OTHER REC FACILITIES. UM, AND WE, WE'VE GOT A SMALL COVERAGE MAP AS WELL. SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR, OUR CONTRACT FEE INSTRUCTOR PROGRAM, SPARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, THRIVE BECAUSE OF GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH SKILLED CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS, THEY'RE PROVIDING ENGAGING AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO OUR DEPARTMENT STRIVES TO SERVE A WIDE RANGE OF CLASSES, A WIDE RANGE OF AGES OF, OF PARTICIPANTS FROM FAMILIES, CHILDREN, TEENS, SENIOR CITIZENS, UM, AND THE, THE PROGRAM OFFERINGS THAT THE CONTRACT FEE INSTRUCTORS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO US, UM, THEY OFFER MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THAT PROGRAMMING. SO THEY HAVE AN INTRODUCTORY OR BEGINNER CLASS. THEY HAVE AN, UH, INTERMEDIATE, AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE ADVANCED CLASSES. HELPS US BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS WITH OUR, UH, INSTRUCTORS TO TEACH AND LEAD CLASSES AND SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WOULD, THAT ULTIMATELY BONDS A PARTICIPANT, THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE STAFF TO THE CENTER AND THE DEPARTMENT POTENTIALLY FOR A LIFETIME. FORMING THOSE CONNECTIONS, UM, SO BENEFICIAL. WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BEST QUALITY, UH, CLASSES AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY IN AN AFFORDABLE RATE. UM, AND ANOTHER, UM, EXCITING BENEFIT THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, AGAIN, IS THE, UH, IS THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH OUR, UH, SMALL BUSINESS PARTNERS. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTRACT BEING INSTRUCTORS. UH, THEY PROVIDE US, UH, POOL SKILLS PROFESSIONALS TO DRAW, TO DRAW FROM A REQUIRED CONTRIBUTING TO OUR OVERALL PROGRAM DIVERSITY AND ADAPTABILITY. UH, AS, AS MR. JENKINS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THEY ARE ENSURE THEY PROVIDE A WIDE RATE OF PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW US TO AUGMENT OUR, OUR PROGRAM OFFERINGS TO MAKE US EVEN BIGGER AND BIGGER AND GREATER, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. UM, THEY'RE COST EFFECTIVE VERSUS US HAVING TO HAVE FULL-TIME STAFF ON BOARD AND TO, AND TO BE ABLE TO OFFER BENEFITS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. UM, WE CAN MORE, MORE EFFECTIVELY MANAGE OUR BUDGET AS WELL. THE SAME GOES FOR THE, FOR THE INSTRUCTOR AS WELL. IF THEY HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF STAFF OR IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO PROVIDE AS MUCH, UM, SUPPORT FOR THEM AS WELL. BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO WORK WITH US. UM, FLEXIBILITY. UM, SO WE CAN HIRE AND SCHEDULE CONTRACTORS WHERE WE NEED TO KIND OF ROUND OUT OUR, UH, PROGRAM OFFERINGS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. UM, THEY, AGAIN, THEY BRING ALONG THAT SPECIALIZED UNIQUE SKILL AND EXPERTISE, AND THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE, UM, WITHIN OUR IMMEDIATE STAFF. ALLOWS THEM TO, UM, TEACH THEIR NATURE OR, UH, EACH CLASSES OR WORKSHOPS WITH US. AND AGAIN, OFFERING A, A WIDER RANGE OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. UM, THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE SMALL, THE BENEFITS HERE. UH, THE SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER SERVICES WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL OVERHEAD COSTS OF A BRICK AND MORTAR. HAVING THOSE ADDITIONAL PRESSURES OF TRYING TO MAKE A MONTHLY, UH, PAYMENT FOR A, UH, LEASE OR A LOAN, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. UM, SO IT ALLOWS THEM THAT LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN THAT REGARD. INCREASED VISIBILITY, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE. UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE TO THEIR PROGRAM AND THEIR SKILLSET, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF THE ACTIVITIES, UH, WITHIN A SPECIAL, UH, WITHIN THEIR SPECIALTY AREA. UM, IN MANY CASES, THE INSTRUCTORS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR ACTIVITY AND ARE INSTRUCT ACTIVITY THAT THEY'RE INSTRUCTING, EXCUSE ME. AND THEY TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE SHARING WITH OTHERS AND WATCHING THEIR PARTICIPANTS, UH, GROW AND DEVELOP. THAT PASSION AND DEDICATION CAN BE CONTAGIOUS, AND IT'S DEMONSTRATED BY THE INSTRUCTOR THROUGH AND CAPTURED THROUGH THE PARTICIPANT. AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF HELPING FORM THAT, THAT LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIP, UH, BETWEEN THE INSTRUCTOR, UH, IN BETWEEN THE INSTRUCTOR, THE PARTICIPANT, AND ALSO THE FACILITY WHERE THEY'RE GAINING DEBT. AND FINALLY THEY GAIN, UH, CREDIBLE, THEY GAIN EXPERIENCE OF THE CREDIBLE, UM, PARTNER. UM, WE HAVE, UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAMS, THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR PROGRAMS, EXCUSE ME. THEN THEY'VE GOT A REFERENCE WITH US THAT WE CAN VOUCH FOR THEM THAT THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE PROVIDED EXCELLENT SERVICE FOR US. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO OTHER RECREATION CENTERS WITHIN OUR OWN SYSTEM, [01:45:01] OR THEY MAY BE LOOKING TO EXPAND EVEN FURTHER TO WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO OTHER CITIES, UM, TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES AS WELL AS A, AS A POSSIBILITY. WE ALSO USE THIS AS, IT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR THEM IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO COME INTO THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FROM ANOTHER AGENCY, UM, FROM ANOTHER AREA OF THE COUNTRY, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THEN WE CAN REACH OUT TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THEY'VE GOT A, WE KNOW THAT WE, SO THEY HAVE A, A VIABLE, UM, A GOOD REFERENCE, UM, ON THEIR BEHALF. AND THEN WE GET INTO THE, THE INSTRUCTOR REQUIREMENTS. SO THE FIRST THING THAT OUR APPLICANTS, OUR INSTRUCTORS NEED TO DO IS THEY NEED TO SUBMIT A, UH, CONTRACT FEE, UH, PROGRAM PROPOSAL TO US. THEY DO THAT THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS REACHES OUT, ENGAGES WITH THEM OVER THE PHONE, LEARNS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH, AND THEN WE GUIDE THEM THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT'S, WHAT IS EXPECTED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS TO BECOME A A CONTRACT INSTRUCTOR. EXCUSE ME. SO WITH THAT, UM, ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTORS, THEY NEED TO BE A REGISTERED, UH, VENDOR WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS. THEY NEED TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK, REGISTERED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. UM, WE DO COMPLETE BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ALL OF THE INSTRUCTORS AS WELL AS ANY STAFF THAT THEY HAVE, ANY SUBCONTRACTORS THAT THEY MAY COME IN TO HELP PROVIDE THOSE LEVELS OF SERVICE. AND ANY, SO EVERYBODY IS BACKGROUND CHECK BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH ANY OF OUR PARTICIPANTS AT ANY AGE LEVEL GROUP. WE REQUIRE THAT THEY BE CERTIFIED IN FIRST DATE, CPR AND A ED AND THAT, UM, IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO, UH, THEY NEED TO BE, UH, PROVIDE INSURANCE, EXCUSE ME, I SKIP CER. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CERTIFIED OR THEY HAVE DOCUMENTED EXPERIENCE TO TEACH IN THEIR, WHAT THEY'RE CLAIMING IS THEIR SPECIALIZED AREA. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY CLAIM THAT THEY WANT TO INSTRUCT ZUMBA, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CERTIFIED WITH ZUMBA BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CERTIFIED THROUGH THE ZUMBA AGENCY, THEN WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM AS ZUMBA. IT WOULD BE MORE OF AN PROGRAM. SO, AND THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN GO INTO THOSE WEBSITES, SEARCH A NAME AND IDENTIFY THAT THE PERSON IS ACTUALLY CERTIFIED TO THEM. STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES AGAIN AND TALKED ABOUT. WE, WE HAVE THOSE INITIAL PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, GUIDE THEM, UM, THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, WE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICATION IS COMPLETE. UH, WE WORK WITH THE APPLICA, UH, APPLICANT TO IDENTIFY A WORK LOCATION AND WHAT KIND OF PART OF TOWN ARE THEY LOOKING TO TO WORK IN, OR WHAT AREA OF TOWN ARE THEY LOOKING TO PROVIDE THEIR SERVICE. UM, AND THEN WE DO A HANDOFF TO WHERE WE CONNECT THE INSTRUCTOR WITH A CENTER SUPERVISOR, A CENTER COORDINATOR TO TRY AND MAKE THE PROGRAM TO HELP MAKE THAT A REALITY. AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE DOING REFERENCE CHECKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INSTRUCTOR MEETS ALL OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT PREVENTING ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, OUR STAFF WORK, UM, WITH THE OFFICE OF THE PARK, RECREATION DEPARTMENT, PROCUREMENT OFFICE. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON OUR, UH, SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS, UM, THAT GET ROUTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH UP TO OUR PARK BOARD PRESIDENT AND THEN TO, UH, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. UH, WE WORK WITH OUR PKR IT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UM, ALL OF OUR CLASSES ARE BUILT INTO THE, UH, SYSTEM AS WELL. SERVICE. OUR SERVICE AGREEMENTS INCLUDED THEIR NORMALLY A TERM NOT TO EXCEED ONE YEAR. UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEPARATE WITHIN 30 DAYS WITH, UH, WITHIN, WITH WRITING, UH, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE, WE DO, THEY OUTLINE A 70 30 REVENUE SHARE. SO WE COLLECT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF ALL THE PROGRAM REGISTRATION FEES, AND AT THE END OF EACH MONTH, WE RETURN 70% OF THOSE FEES TO THE INSTRUCTOR FOR THEIR SERVICES RENDERED. AND CITY, UH, RETAINS 30% THAT GOES TOWARDS OUR GENERAL PHONE OBLIGATION. UH, AND THEN FINALLY, THE INSTRUCTORS HAVE THE ABILITY TO EARN UP TO $100,000 ANNUALLY THROUGH THAT PROCESS. HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR HISTORICAL NUMBERS. UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE POST COVID. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR CON EACH YEAR, EACH OF OUR NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED, WHETHER THEY BE THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS, THE TOTAL REVENUE THAT WE'VE COLLECTED, THE TRUCTURE REVENUE BREAKDOWN IS, AND WHAT THE CITY'S UM, PORTION IS AS WELL. UM, AND SO AGAIN, IT'S A 70 30 SPLIT. I DID SOME ROUNDING HERE, SO THERE'S A COUPLE PENNIES MISSING. SO WE'RE GOOD FOR THAT AND PUT THE DECIMALS IN THERE. [01:50:01] AND THEN FINALLY, OUR RECRUITING PIECE. UM, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE PROPOSAL FORMS CAN BE SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE WITH THE STAFF AS IN-HOUSE RECRUITING. AS THEY ARE MEETING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE BUILDING SAYING, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THEIR GENERAL EXPERIENCES THAT THEY'VE HAD AT A REC CENTER AND JUST KIND OF FORGING THOSE CONNECTIONS TO SEE IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF, OF, UH, GAINING A NEW INSTRUCTOR. WE DO SOCIAL MEDIA, WEBSITE PROMOTIONS, UH, AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING TO, UM, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING A, A RECRUITMENT FAIR, UM, HERE IN THE, IN THE SPRING TO TRY AND GAIN ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTORS FOR FUTURE PROGRAMMING, UM, FORWARD. AND THEN JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER. UH, WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE OFFERINGS OF MARTIAL ARTS, KARATE, UM, SOCCER AND SPORTS SKILLS. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, IS OUR COVERAGE MAP. GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE LOCATIONS OF WHERE OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE ACTUALLY ARE ACTUALLY WORKING. SO WE'VE GOT 64 INSTRUCTORS, THEY'RE AT 26 LOCATIONS AND THEY'RE PROVIDING 24 OR YEAH, 24 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO AGAIN, WE'VE GOT ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 60% COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE, THE DEPARTMENT THERE. SO, AND THAT'S THE FINAL SLIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BAKER. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, , THANK YOU. THAT WAS EXCELLENT. IT'S ALWAYS, UM, INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE KIND OF KEEP ALL OF YOUR, UH, REC CENTERS BUSY AND PROGRAMMED PROPERLY. UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A LOVELY, UH, THIS IS A LOVELY PIECE OF INFORMATION BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT IT. WE HAVE 64 PEOPLE DOING ALL THESE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS AND WE ARE MAKING ALMOST $400,000. SO FOR US AT PARK AND REC, THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO REALLY, UH, TAKE HEAT OF AND BE PROUD OF. MY QUESTION FOR YOU, 'CAUSE I'VE HEARD A LITTLE FEEDBACK OUT IN THE WORLD ABOUT THIS, IS THAT THE, THE PROCESS TO ONBOARD IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG ALL THAT TAKES, BUT I GOTTA IMAGINE IT'S NOT QUICK. SO I WOULD JUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN IN OUR POWER WHEN IT COMES TO ONBOARDING THESE FOLKS TO MAKE IT A SIMPLE PROCESS. BECAUSE IF, IF THAT'S OUR PAYOUT HERE, THAT'S PRETTY WONDERFUL. AND THEN, AND THE SECOND THING IS THESE ARE ALL ONE YEAR CONTRACTS. AND I KNOW WE HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE IN OUR PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING LIKE FIVE, LIKE LONG TERM PEOPLE DO, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS OF RE-REGISTERING AND REPROVING UP EVERYTHING ON THAT LIST EVERY YEAR. SO THE PROCESS HAS GOTTEN SMOOTHER HERE RECENTLY, I'M SAY WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS SINCE WE KIND OF HAD TO MOVE TO THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF COVID. BUT THERE HAS BEEN DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO BY THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, EXCUSE ME, THAT WE ARE UPHOLDING. SO WE WALK THROUGH, WE MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR US. FIRST TIME YOU GO THROUGH IT, YES, IT CAN BE VERY CUMBERSOME ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR CITY ID NUMBER, YOU'RE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE, YOU'VE GOT YOUR CERTIFICATION PROVIDED THAT TO US, WE DO MAKE AS GOOD ENOUGH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO KEEP PROVIDING THAT TO US. THE THINGS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE UPDATED UNDER YOUR CPR FIRST AID CERTIFICATION. AGAIN, YOUR EXAMPLE OF ZUMBA, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CURRENT THERE. SO WHEN ON THE RENEWAL, IT'S A QUICKER PROCESS. YES. OKAY. AND THEN HAVE WE EVER, IT IS, HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING THE, SOME OF THOSE LONGSTANDING CONTRACTS BE, UM, LONG SO OF JUST BEING FOR A YEAR? STEVE, GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE JUST RECENTLY GYMNASTICS. YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT, UM, WE HAVE A GYMNASTICS INTO YEAR, UM, RFP THAT'S BEEN OUT FOR, UM, FOR SOME TIME. SO WE'RE WORKING TO TRY AND KIND OF GET THAT FINALIZED. SO THAT'S GONNA BE A MULTIYEAR. I GOTCHA. 'CAUSE I JUST THINK THAT WOULD, IF I WAS GOING THROUGH ALL THE TROUBLE TO BE A, YOU KNOW, TO WORK WITH YOU AND HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IT WEREN'T JUST ONE YEAR BECAUSE I, I GOTTA IMAGINE YOU'RE BEFORE YOUR ONE YEAR IS AFTER ALREADY THINKING ABOUT, OH, I GOTTA REFILL OUT MY APPLICATION AND I GOTTA MAKE SURE ALL MY CERTIFICATIONS. SO I, I THINK THAT JUST MAKES IT MORE CUMBERSOME FOR PEOPLE THAT COULD BE REALLY GREAT PARTNERS AND WE'RE GETTING A REALLY NICE CUT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND IT IMPROVES OUR PROGRAMMING. SO IT'S A WIN FOR EVERYBODY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE AND STAFF ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE THAT AS, AS STREAMLINED AS POSSIBLE. AND IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE IT A LONGER, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA INVEST ALL IN A LOT OF LIKE RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT AND THINGS THAT, OKAY. SO THEY'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. EXCELLENT. I GOT GOOD POINT. I MEAN, THERE'S THE FLIP SIDE TO IT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS PROBABLY IS THE MOST [01:55:01] EFFICIENT WAY YES. TO GET THEM ON BOARD. BECAUSE IF WE, IF WE HIT THE, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT THIS UP FOR AN RP FOR EVERY NEXT ONE OF THE MOST INSTRUCTORS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE, SO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ONCE THEY GET IN THE SYSTEM, IT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY VERSUS THEM GOING OUT FOR AN R WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR AN RP P EVERY FOR 64 DIFFERENT. YES. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. I LOVE TO SEE, UM, THAT LIST OF, UH, PROGRAMMING IS GREAT, THAT WE, WE OFFER ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND TO YOUR POINT, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE OUT THERE PUTTING OUT RFPS FOR ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. THANK YOU, MS. HE, MS. BONDO, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S EASIER TO GET YOUR, UH, PARK NAMED AFTER YOU RIGHT NOW AS OPPOSED TO GETTING HIRED BY THE, THE CITY. UH, I MEAN THIS IS, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE, UM, WITH AT SOME POINT IT GETS STUCK IN THE SYSTEM. UM, AND IT'S EITHER HR FROM THE, THE OUTSOURCE OR HR FROM THE, THE CITY. IS THAT A HELP? IS THAT NOW STREAMLINED WITH YOU? YOU MUST BE SPEAKING ABOUT HR RISK RISK MANAGEMENT HERE. YES. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS WITH THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ON PROVIDING THEM ALL THE, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED IF WE SURE THAT THEY'VE GOT WHAT THEY NEED. UM, WE'VE KIND OF GOT SOME, WE HAVE SOME DEFINITIONS, UH, DETERMINED OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT THAT WE PROVIDE THEM VERY CLEAR WITH THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS IF THEY DETERMINE THEY'VE GOT A CHART THAT IF INSURANCE IS GONNA BE REQUIRED OR NOT. AND IT'S, THEY TURN AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY, SO WE POTENTIALLY LOST, BUT IN THE PAST, SOME REALLY GOOD TEACHERS DO WE HAVE THOSE NAMES THAT WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO REACH BACK OUT AND BE LIKE, HEY, OUR SYSTEM'S STREAMLINED, OR I MEAN COME BACK FOR SENIOR CHAIR YOGA OR WHATEVER LIKE THAT. ARE WE DOING ANY OF THOSE INITIATIVES? SO WHAT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS GREAT AND WHAT YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, PITCHED TO US OR, OR SHOWED US, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOST SOME REALLY GOOD OP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PAST FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND PEOPLE. SO IS THAT AT ALL HAPPENING? I CAN'T SAY THAT IT HAS. I'D LIKE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU FOR SOME SPECIFICS ON THAT SO WE COULD LOOK INTO IT. OKAY. UM, BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES OPPORTUNITIES, SOME DO STAY FOR 10, 15 YEARS, 20 YEARS OR LONGER. YEAH. BUT SOME DISAPPEAR AFTER A YEAR. NO, I, I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. I CAN GET SOME SPECIFICS FROM YOU, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT FOR SURE. NO, I MEAN BDB IS A GREAT PARTNER. LIKE WE HAVE WONDERFUL PARTNERS AND I JUST KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF SOME OF OUR, OUR OBSTACLES. UH, SO I DON'T, I THINK WITH THE PROGRAMMING AND THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GREAT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING. I JUST WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNICATION FROM OUR BRANCH MANAGERS IN THE REC CENTERS TO THE PROGRAMMING TO THEN YOU TO THEN US. SO THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF OUR, OUR RECRUITMENT PIECE AS WELL. AND OUR, IN OUR, UH, RECRUITMENT AFFAIRS IS LETTING THEM KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO KIND OF HELP GUIDING THEM THROUGH THAT, GIVING THEM A POINT OF CONTACT THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH. UM, 'CAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE PROCESS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT EVERYBODY'S MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS TECHNOLOGY WISE HERE, DAVID, AND, AND THEN THIS MIGHT BE OFF TOPIC, SO, BUT, BUT ARE BRANCH MANAGERS CHANGING FROM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING THEM AROUND A LITTLE BIT OR IS THAT ALSO HELPFUL FOR THEM TO THEN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE REC CENTERS AND THEN THE PROGRAMMING HERE AND THEN, OH THAT'S THIS TEACHER. IS THAT, IS THAT POTENTIALLY UM, YES, I VIABLE, I FEEL IF THERE IS STAFF MOVEMENT, I THINK REGARDLESS, I THINK STAFF IS AWARE OF WHAT PROGRAMS ARE BEING OFFERED IN OTHER AREAS. WE DO HAVE TEAM MEETINGS. THEY HAVE, UH, SERVICE AREA MEETINGS, UM, WITH ALL THE, UH, FACILITY SUPERVISORS TO WHERE THEY DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR SUCCESSES AND THEIR CHALLENGES AS WELL. BUT THEY SHARE THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DALE. MR. THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. A QUESTION ON PAGE NINE. UNDER HISTORICAL REVENUES, I NOTICED THAT UH, BETWEEN UM, 20 22, 20 23 AND 20 23, 20 24, WE HAD A GAIN OF FOUR INSTRUCTORS. BUT OUR BOTTOM LINE FOR THE CITY WAS AN EXTRA $96,500 ROUGHLY. UH, THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. WHAT FOR, I KNOW WHAT YOU THINK MADE THAT, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY BIG THING FOR FOUR MORE INSTRUCTORS. ARE THERE AREAS WHERE WE MAKE MORE MONEY OR WHAT'S BEHIND THAT? DO YOU, DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO KNOW? SO I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF A COUPLE OF THINGS. I THINK ONE, IT COULD BE INCREASING PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, UM, MORE CLASS OFFERINGS BY A CERTAIN NUMBER [02:00:01] OF INSTRUCTORS. AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT WE HAVE, UH, BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED CLASSES AND YOU MAY HAVE A LEVEL ONE, A LEVEL TWO THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT THEN I THINK AS THE PROGRAMS, AS AGAIN, AS WE'VE COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, MORE PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO PROGRAMS. WE'VE SEEN THAT CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE LAST YEAR SPECIFICALLY? WELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, HAVING 60 WHERE WE HAD A CITY REVENUE 290,000 AND THE 64 WE HAD 3 86 90 $6,000 MORE FROM JUST FOUR MORE INSTRUCTORS. I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE ARE THERE CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WHERE WE TEND TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION AND MORE MONEY AND THEN MAYBE WE WOULD MARKET TO THAT OR OUT REACH OUT TO THOSE OUR KIND OF INSTRUCTORS? OR IS THERE ANY ANALYSIS OF WHERE WE CAN OUR BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK? 'CAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE THAT THIS LOOKS INTERESTING. YEAH, WE CAN LOOK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT. I KNOW WE DO HAVE A, A FEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE VERY POPULAR. THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM THAT MISS MANDELL REFERENCED. UM, IT'S VERY POPULAR, UM, GYMNASTICS PROGRAM THAT'S AT RIDGEWOOD, THE GYMNASTICS YEAR PROGRAM THAT IS OVER AT, UM, AT WALNUT HILL. THOSE ARE VERY POPULAR PROGRAMS AS WELL. HAVE VERY HIGH PARTICIPATION LEVELS. AND JUST ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT WALNUT HILL. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO ENORMOUS GYMS THERE AND ONE FOR MAYBE 25 YEARS HAS BEEN GIVEN OVER TO GYMNASTICS AS OPPOSED TO BASKETBALL. UM, IS THAT REALLY PROFITABLE FOR US? 'CAUSE I'VE NOTICED, 'CAUSE WHEN I GREW UP, ALL THOSE GYMS WERE FULL OF KIDS PLAYING BASKETBALL. UH, AND THE GYMNASTICS IS MORE EXPENSIVE. UM, SO HAS HAS BASICALLY WHAT I'D SAY IS IF WE LOOKED AT THE, THE, IS THERE MORE, ARE WE LOSING SOME KIDS TO PLAY BASKETBALL, TO HAVE THE GYMNASTICS? AND IS THERE SO MUCH MONEY THAT WE NEED THE MONEY OR IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US TO HAVE THE GYMNASTICS AND CHEER PROGRAMS IN, IN THOSE FACILITIES. AND WE HAVE BASKETBALL THERE TOO. THEY DO. THERE IS ANOTHER HARDSHIP I CAN TESTIMONY. YEAH. OKAY. I'M THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. DICKEY. MR. WOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY, LIKE, DO WE DO ANY KIND OF POLLING OR SURVEYS OF OUR PEOPLE TO SAY WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF CLASSES SERVICES WOULD WE LIKE TO SEE? UM, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO A VENDOR FAIR IN THE SPRING OR SOON OR WHENEVER IT IS. UM, I'D LOVE TO, UH, BE ABLE TO GIVE DATA AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, ARE YOU A VENDOR OF THIS? WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF SERVICES IN THE REC CENTERS. UM, I KNOW THAT I HAVE SENIORS THAT ABSOLUTELY LOVE CHERRY YOGA. AND TRUST ME WHEN I SAY I KNOW YOU HERE, WHEN THEIR YOGA CONTRACT RUNS OUT, IT'S ON A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PROGRAM. BUT THOSE SENIORS DON'T INCONVENIENCE THEM BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T FEEL WELL IF THEY DON'T CARE YOGA. SO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOGA Y'ALL, BUT THEY . UM, SO, AND THEY WANT MORE OF IT. UM, SO WHAT DO THEY WANT? YOU KNOW, LET'S MAYBE PUT A POLL OUT AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF SERVICES DO YOU WANT SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY PUT A LIST OUT THERE AND WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW. YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED A, A TAP DANCE CLASS, YOU KNOW, ONE IN THE EAST, NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY DOES TAP ANYMORE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT MAYBE THEY WANT SOMEBODY TO TEACH AND, YOU KNOW, BRING SOMETHING BACK. SO, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK WITH THE, THE SERVICES AND THE CLASSES. UM, I THINK WE CAN AMP IT UP AND BOOK THOSE REC CENTERS TO THE FIELD. UM, WE'VE ALREADY MADE $400,000 HISTORICALLY. I THINK YOU COULD DOUBLE THAT IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. NEW LEADERSHIP. LET ME JUST COMMENT ON THAT. 'CAUSE YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING EARLIER. THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE UNIQUENESS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. CONTRACT FEE. TO YOUR POINT, IF YOU HAVE A TALENT OF SOME UNIQUE CRAFT, GUESS WHAT? YOU CAN COME TO ONE OF OUR REC CENTERS AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY FACILITY AS LONG AS THEY MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. UH, WHEN IT COMES TO RISK MANAGEMENT, THAT'S THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS. WE PROVIDE THESE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES. YEAH. SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WITH SOME UNIQUE TALENT THAT THEY WANNA MONETIZE AND PROVIDE THIS RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RECREATIONAL PARTICIPANTS, PLEASE SEND 'EM OUR WAY. TRUST ME, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THEM. AND THAT'S WHERE I, STEVE, TO YOUR POINT, MR. DANIEL, I MEAN MR. WOOD, UH, YEAH, HE'S FOCUSED ON SINCE WHEN NOW WE'RE REALLY OUT OF THE [02:05:01] PANDEMIC AREA, THAT ERA, WE REALLY ARE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO GROW THIS OPPORTUNITIES IN EVERY SINGLE REC CENTER. UH, I MEAN EVERY SINGLE REC CENTER, REGARDLESS OF THE INCOME LEVEL AND WHAT HE DIDN'T MENTION, SOMETIMES WHAT WE DO SOMETIMES WHEN OUR BUDGET WAS BIGGER, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TELLING YOU OUR BUDGET'S TIGHTER NOW. BUT IN THOSE CHALLENGE AREAS, WE WOULD ACTUALLY DO A SERVICE AGREEMENT TO BRING A CONTRACT FEE INSTRUCTOR TO GET THEM GOING SO THAT THEY COULD BUILD UP THAT CLIENTELE SO THEY COULD BE SUSTAINABLE ON THEIR OWN. SO THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE PROGRAM. LOVE IT. NO, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A, WE'RE WE'RE DOING WELL. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND UH, AND I LIKE TO CONCUR WITH, UM, DIRECTOR JENKINS SAID, BECAUSE I, I, MY GROUP STARTED AS A VOLUNTEER GROUP, THEN WENT INTO A, A, A CON VENDOR CONTRACT AND, AND THAT'S HOW WE GREW. BUT WE GREW SO BIG THAT WE HAD TO LEAVE THE REC CENTER AND 'CAUSE IT WAS JUST SO BIG. AND THAT'S WHAT THE MODEL OF THIS IS, IS THAT IF YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU REALLY PUSH IT, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO ON YOUR OWN EVENTUALLY. AND THAT'S HOPEFULLY THAT WHAT HAPPENS. I KNOW IT HASN'T HAPPENED AT WALNUT HILL, WHICH GYMNASTICS, THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, PROBABLY 20, 25 YEARS, MAYBE LONGER. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN CHALLENGED. THEY TRY TO LOOK OUTDOORS. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE 30 SEVENTIES A A GREAT SPLIT FOR THEM. SO I KNOW THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROFITABLE. BUT THIS MODEL HAS WORKED FOR A LONG TIME AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT OF THERE FROM KARATE AT KISS SPRINGS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LOCATION, HAMPTON, MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT JUST BECAME A VIABLE BUSINESS OR A MODEL FOR THE COMMUNITY 'CAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM. AND AND ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING SHOULD TRY WITH DIRECT CENTERS AND TO SEE IF YOU HAVE, YOU CAN GET THAT FOLLOWING BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING IS WHEN YOU CAN GO ON YOUR OWN. BUT YOU GOTTA COME OUT THERE AND YOU REALLY GOTTA PUSH AND NOT NOT DEPEND ON THE REC CENTER TO PUSH YOUR, PUSH YOUR CLASSES. YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND DO IT YOURSELF. UM, BUT IT'S GREAT PROGRAM. THE 37 SPLIT HAS NOT CHANGED IN 20 YEARS. AND, AND I KNOW THE INFLATION HAS GONE UP, BUT NOT THE PERCENT HAS GONE ON. SO WE'RE STILL MAKING, WE'RE STILL BY GETTING OUR DOLLARS VALUE. UH, I WOULD NEVER LOVE TO GO UP ON A, ON A SMALL ENTREPRENEUR. SO I WOULD NEVER CHALLENGE EVER SAY THAT. BUT 30% IS A, IS A GREAT DEAL. ANYBODY BUT WHEN YOUR CERTIFICATION, MS. SAID THAT'S KIND OF TOUGH. BUT IF WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT WAY THEY CAN GET RECERTIFIED BACK THEN WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THAT. WE ACTUALLY, ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU WERE IN, YOU ARE IN BACK, BACK IN UH, 2004, 2005, ONCE YOU WERE IN, YOU WERE GOOD. AND AS LONG AS YOU PAID YOUR BILLS, THEY NEVER REQUESTED WHETHER YOU HAD ANY INSURANCE. AND WE SHOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING THEIR RISK MANAGEMENT STUFF. BUT THAT IS CORRECT. BUT THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND, AND I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE CHALLENGING AND THE NUMBERS, WHEN I WAS READING THE NUMBERS THE OTHER DAY, IT WAS INCREDIBLE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE, WITH THE REC CENTER. SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE CAN CHALLENGE OUR REC SERVICES TO TRY TO CHAMPION MORE, MORE VENDORS ACROSS THE CITY TO GET MORE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU STEVE. APPRECIATE THIS. THANK YOU. WE GOT 30% FROM ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS. WE COULD ALL DRIVE ROLLS ROYCE . THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UM, MOVING TO OUR OTHER, OTHER ACTIONS, UH, STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'M BACK. I'M NOT GONNA SIT DOWN. UH, I WOULD HONOR RIGHT NOW TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SERVICE AREA SERVICES, SERVICE AREA MANAGER, . SO, NO, IT'S NOT. MIGHT HAVE TO SIT DOWN. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO INTRODUCE OUR NEW SERVICE AREA MANAGER FOR THE 14 RECREATION CENTERS, WEST AND NORTH PROPORTIONS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS. UM, SHE'S A LONG TIME IN BOARD WITH US. HER NAME IS CHRISTIE RE CENTERS, UM, NOW EFFECTIVE AS OF, UH, JANUARY THE EIGHTH. AND AS WELL AS SHE OVERSEES OUR OUTREACH AT SCHOOL PROGRAM WITH THE DALLAS ISD PROGRAM AS WELL. SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO HAVE HER, UM, IN THIS ROLE AND HELPING CONTINUE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU AND, UH, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HAPPY YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BRENDA. [02:10:06] SO WE HAVE THIS HISTORICAL MARKER UNVEILING ON SATURDAY AT WHITE P CEMETERY GARDEN OF MEMORY. WE HAVE THREE COMMUNITY CLEANUP BEDS ON FEBRUARY THE FIRST AT PARK, GLENDALE PARK, FIVE MILE CREEK, AND BOCKMAN LAKE. OKAY. AND UH, NEXT LIAISON REPORTS. MR. SLAUGHTER WILL COME OFF. IT'S ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A NEW YEAR. THIS IS 2025. AND, UH, AND, AND BIG SERIES. UH, IT'S A BLESSING THAT WE ALL MADE IT, BUT WE'RE RAM AND I AND, AND DICKIE, WE TRYING TO PUT AN EVENT, SOCIAL EVENT, YOU KNOW, YOU THIS BOARD AND WE NEED TO GET OUT AND BREAK SOME BREAD AND, YOU KNOW, THEN SOCIALIZE. SO WE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A JAZZ EVENT TOGETHER, UH, UH, FROM THIS BOARD AND, AND SOME OF THE COMMUNITY WILL, WE'LL UPDATE YOU, UH, SAX AND, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHATEVER, SERIOUSLY. BUT, UH, WE HAVE THAT DOG, UM, THAT SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT BOARD MEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND YOU, THESE TYPE OF EVENTS WHEN YOU ARE OUT HAVING A GOOD TIME AND LETTING YOUR HAIR DOWN THE NEXT DAY, YOU REALIZE YOU DON'T WANT APPROVE IT. SO, , ANY OTHER MR. CHAIRMAN? THAT IS, THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER REPORTS? NO. ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS? ALRIGHT, UH, HEARING, HEARING ALL THE BUSINESS, UH, KNOWLEDGE DURING THE, UH, THE DALLAS PARK BOARD MEETING AT, OR, I'M SORRY, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS AT 10:00 AM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2022, FIVE. UH, DURING THE BOARD, THE PARK BOARD MEETING ATT 12:21 PM THANK YOU THAT FRANCIS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.