Feb 05, 2025 Council Briefing

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WE HAVE A QUORUM.

[Call to Order]

WE HAVE A QUORUM. IT'S ALL VIRTUAL, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE.

I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER 9:20 A.M..

TODAY, FOR OUR INVOCATION, SPEAKER, WE HAVE BROTHER JK HAMILTON FROM THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CHURCH OF CHRIST.

HE'S ALSO A CHAPLAIN WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM TO PROVIDE OUR INVOCATION.

GOOD MORNING, BROTHER HAMILTON. MY BROTHER. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

FATHER GOD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOUR PRAYER. WE NEED TO HEAR.

HIT THE MICROPHONE. FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.

WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO JUST BE A PART OF LIFE.

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS EVERYONE IN THIS HALL, IN THIS CHAMBER, AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THE CITY.

AND, LORD, WE KNOW THAT IF YOU BLESS THE CITY, IT WILL BE BLESSED.

BLESS THE LEADERS OF THE CITY. AND BLESS THIS MEETING.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE.

IF YOU ARE PHYSICALLY HERE TO DO THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG FIRST AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. YOU MAY BE SEATED.

I THINK WE HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING. AT LEAST ONE.

[Special Presentations]

SO I'M GOING TO SEE IF ANYONE'S HERE TO DO THAT.

OR ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE THAT? WHO'S GOING TO GOING TO HANDLE OUR ANNOUNCEMENT? OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR MISS THOMPSON. OKAY, CHIEF ARTIST, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU THEN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. YES, SIR.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TODAY IS THE FINAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR OUTGOING OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR DANIELLE THOMPSON.

DURING HER TIME AS THE OPS DIRECTOR, DANIELLE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN IMPROVING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, FOSTERING DIVERSITY AND ENSURING EFFICIENCY. SHE LAUNCHED THE PROCUREMENT QUARTERLY REPORT IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY BY PROVIDING ADVANCED NOTICE OF SOLICITATIONS. DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, DANIELLE LED THE PROCUREMENT PPE FOR STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND UPDATED THE LOCAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES.

DANIELLE ALSO MODERNIZED PURCHASING PROCEDURES THROUGH AN UPDATE TO ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE 4-05 AND IMPLEMENTED LEAN SIX SIGMA IMPROVEMENTS, REDUCING PROCUREMENT STEPS BY OVER 50%.

HER EFFORTS IN INCREASING SUPPLIER DIVERSITY EARNED HER TEAM MINORITY BUSINESS, NEW TEXAS MAGAZINE BEST OF THE DECADE RECOGNITION.

SHE ALSO FOUNDED THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE HUB, WHICH CREATED MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.

AND FINALLY, UNDER DANIELLE'S GUIDANCE, DALLAS WON ITS FIRST BUY THOSE THAT BUY US AWARD, RECOGNIZING OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSIFYING THE SUPPLY CHAIN WITH CERTIFIED MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.

THANK YOU, MISS THOMPSON.

[APPLAUSE] YOU'RE GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO US. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.

WELL SINCE THIS WILL BE MY LAST TIME, I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. DANIELLE THOMPSON, DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES.

SO I WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, STARTING WITH FORMER CITY MANAGER TC BROADNAX TO KIM TOLBERT FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, GRANDFATHER, FATHER AND BROTHER WHO ARE ALL NOW DECEASED IS NAME DALLAS. SO WHEN I CAME HERE TO SERVE, IT BECAME VERY, VERY PERSONAL FOR ME.

THAT'S WHY THE TEAM, THEY ARE MY FAMILY. FROM HOLIDAYS, ART SHOWS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES.

WE ARE A FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR CAO, FOR MY TEAM, FOR ALL OF MY PEERS.

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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I AM GRACIOUS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] HOLD TIGHT. DON'T GO ANYWHERE JUST YET.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIRMAN GRACEY FOR SOME COMMENTS.

UNTIMED. THANK YOU. DANIELLE, LISTEN YOU AND I GO WAY BACK.

IS IT MAYBE EVEN TEN YEARS, I THINK. AND I'VE WATCHED YOU GROW, YOU KNOW, FROM WHEN YOU WERE AT DFW TO ON THE BOARD AND ALL OF THIS, AND TO SEE YOU COME THROUGH DALLAS AND HOW YOU CAME IN MADE YOUR STAMP AND NOW YOU'RE MOVING ON.

IT HAS BEEN BRILLIANT TO WATCH AND YOUR IMPACT IN SOME OF THE MOST HISTORIC PROCUREMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS EVER SEEN IN YOUR FOOT, YOUR FOOTPRINT, YOUR HAND PRINT FINGERPRINT IS ON THOSE THINGS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE IMPACT THAT YOU'VE MADE HERE IN DALLAS.

AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. AND I KNOW WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING, YOU WILL MAKE THAT IMPACT AND WE WILL SEE YOU.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. SO VERY PROUD OF YOU. DON'T GO ANYWHERE YET.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR COMMENTS UNLIMITED TIME.

THANK YOU. ALSO. THANK YOU MAYOR. BUT THANK YOU DANIELLE FOR PROCUREMENT.

AND ONE THING I FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU IN PROCUREMENT, YOU DO NOT MOVE SLOW, YOU MOVE FAST, BUT YOU MOVE THE RIGHT WAY, PROCESS AND PROCEDURE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GETTING ALL THE PROJECT MOVING FASTER.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A BOTTLENECK IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

SO WITH YOUR STAFF, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOUR STAFF.

UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, THEY DO MOVE. AND THEY DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES PROCUREMENT CAN BE BOTTLENECK AND BE TROUBLED.

BUT YOU HAVE MADE A TRANSITION IN PROCUREMENT.

SO WHOEVER TAKES OVER YOUR POSITION, I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT FOUNDATION TO LEAD THEM.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE. MR. SCHULTZ, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR UNLIMITED TIME FOR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOUR DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THOSE UNSUNG DEPARTMENTS THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HARD AND HOW COMPLICATED THE WORK IS. AND YET YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF DISTRIBUTING, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS, BILLIONS THAT WE AS A CITY BUDGET.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR REALLY, TRULY YOUR HEARTFELT DEDICATION TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL FUTURE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? OH, IS SHE VIRTUAL? THERE SHE IS. HEY. ALL RIGHT. CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR UNLIMITED TIME? FOR COMMENTS? YOU NEED TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, THOUGH. THANK YOU. NOW, AM I CLEAR? YEAH. WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WANTED TO TAKE THIS.

I AM TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO PROFESSIONAL, AND I KNOW I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SAY THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO SAY THINGS BECAUSE OTHER TIMES, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN FOLKS DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR WORK AND THAT YOU'RE NOT THERE AS SOME TYPE OF HOOK UP OR A TOKEN OF SORTS.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM.

AND ALSO, IT'S JUST WORTHY TODAY THAT WE RECOGNIZE YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL AS WE CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.

I KNOW YOU'VE TAKEN ON THOSE CHALLENGES THAT WILL IN A FEW DAYS AND MONTHS, BECOME A CHALLENGE AS YOU OFFER YOUR EXPERTISE IN THAT ARENA. BUT KEEP ON FIGHTING WHEREVER YOU GO. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A DRAMATIC IMPACT, BUT DON'T LET THE FACT THAT THE CHANGES IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE ENVIRONMENT WILL KEEP YOU FROM WHAT YOU ARE STANDING ON AND WHAT YOU ARE BROUGHT TO, TO DALLAS TO DO. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND I DID JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I PUT THAT ON THE RECORD TODAY AS A WOMAN OF WORTH, A WOMAN OF WOW, AND A WOMAN WHO IS TAKING CARE OF THE BUSINESS IN THIS CITY HAS CALLED UPON TO DO PROFESSIONAL PROCUREMENT.

NO SHADY HOOKUPS, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.

AND WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND WE RECOGNIZE YOU IN PARTICULAR TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED IN THIS CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU WORK FOR HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

THANK YOU. AND I'M COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN KING ARNOLD. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

I DON'T WANT TO OVERLOOK ANYONE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAD COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WELL, SEEING NONE, I WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE CITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO DALLAS AND GODSPEED IN WHATEVER IS NEXT FOR YOU.

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AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU TODAY, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING OUT FOR YOU FOR DOING GREAT THINGS IN YOUR FUTURE.

SO KEEP IN TOUCH AND LET US KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE READY FOR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.

[Open Microphone Speakers]

I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES. SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM. FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION. INDIVIDUALS ARE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM FOR THOSE IN PERSON SPEAKERS.

WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE STOP. FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON ONLY. YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, FELIPE RAMIREZ.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR JOHNSON. I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SITUATION ON MY PROPERTY.

6718 BROOKLAWN DRIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. AND I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION MY CONCERN REGARDING THE EROSION THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING FOR SO MANY YEARS OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.

I HAVE REPEATEDLY COMPLAINED TO THE CITY DUE TO THE LOSS OF 120FT OF LAND, CENTENNIAL TREES AT THE SEWAGE CONNECTION THAT REPEATEDLY BROKE TO THE CREEK IN SPITE OF THE CITY MANY ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT.

AND I'M PLEASED THAT FINALLY, I KNOW SOME STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE EROSION IN MY PROPERTY.

I RECEIVED A CALL RECENTLY, AND ENSURING THE STABILITY OF THE LAND IS CRUCIAL FOR MY SAFETY, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ADDRESSING SUCH ISSUES IS COMPLEX AND TAKES TIME.

AND IT'S TAKING 20 YEARS SO FAR. I APPRECIATE THE CITY'S PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE EROSION, BUT THEY WERE NOT ENOUGH. THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THE STABILITY OF THE LAND IS TO BE SURE THAT MY PROPERTY RECEIVES THE SAME TREATMENT AND CARE AS MY NEIGHBORS WERE GIVEN UPSTREAM. I SEND PICTURES OF GABION WALLS THAT WERE BUILT IN THE ENTIRE CREEK OF THE NEIGHBORS GOING UPSTREAM, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WILL FIX IT.

MY SITUATION, NOT JUST PARTIALLY, WHICH IN MY CASE WILL SURELY EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM IF THEY ONLY DO PARTIAL PARTS.

SO IT WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROPERTY.

AND LAST, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT RELATED. DESPITE OF ALL THESE ISSUES WITH EROSION AND I LOST SO MUCH PROPERTY.

MY HOUSE IS A TWO BEDROOM HOUSE WITH A CARPORT, AND IN THE LAST TEN YEARS INCREASED FROM 61,890 IN 2015 TO 312,810 IN 2025. TO ME, THAT IS AN UNJUSTIFIABLE OVERVALUATION, AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. CYNTHIA, HEED.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA HEED. I LIVE AT 6730 BELFORD, DALLAS, TEXAS 75214. I AM HERE TODAY TO DESCRIBE THE DESTRUCTION TO 4221 HERSCHEL, DALLAS, TEXAS 75219. A SMALL FOUR UNIT RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT.

I JUST PAID $15,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES ON A BUILDING I CAN NO LONGER RENT.

A 9,000 POUND GENERATOR FOR THE 12 STORY ANTHOLOGY OF HOLLAND PARK, ALTHOUGH IN DALLAS WAS ALLOWED TEN FEET FROM MY

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IMAGINE A BOX 60FT LONG, TEN FEET TALL, TEN FEET WIDE OF TOXIC CHEMICALS COMING INTO YOUR HOME, COATING ALL SURFACES AND YOUR LUNGS WITH SOOT.

MY TENANTS HAVE TO ABANDON THEIR FRONT LIVING AREAS, HALLS, BALCONIES, PORCHES AND FRONT YARD.

TO GET AWAY FROM THE EMISSIONS SICKENING ODOR TWICE LIMIT TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT, NOISE AND SOOT EVEN WHEN NOT BLASTING. WE HAVE AN ENGINE HUM FROM VIBRATIONS YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM.

MANY BUILDING CODES, INDUSTRY STANDARDS, SAFETY CRITERIA AND MANUFACTURER'S REQUIREMENTS WERE IGNORED, SUCH AS EXHAUST TO A SAFE LOCATION AWAY FROM WHERE PEOPLE OCCUPY.

DO NOT EXHAUST INTO PREVAILING WINDS, STAT DISCHARGE NOT UNDER NEARBY WINDOWS, DOORS OR WHERE EXHAUST COULD BE TRAPPED BY EAVES.

GENERATORS SHOULD BE 30FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, NOT TEN AND ENGINE ROOM.

TOXIC VAPORS ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM OUR LIVING ROOM WINDOWS.

DIESEL FUEL FOR GENERATORS IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN URBAN DENSE ENVIRONMENTS.

OUR PEACE, SAFETY, QUIET AND ENJOYMENT OF SURROUNDINGS IS GONE.

WE SHOULD NOT BE THE CONSEQUENCE OF A SHORT SIGHTED BAD DECISION.

THIS GENERATOR NEEDS TO MOVE TO A PROPER LOCATION WHERE HARM TO PEOPLE AND PROPERTY IS NOT A RESULT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OG JACKSON.

HELLO. CITY OF DALLAS. GROSS BETRAYAL OF THE PUBLIC TRUST TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

I MADE THIS SPEECH THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE.

THIS IS PART TWO OF THAT SAME SPEECH, THE INSOMNIA AND THE CHRONIC URINATION THAT I KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM EVERY NIGHT FOR MONTHS. I AM SURE THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS THAT IDENTIFY THE AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS.

IF THE CITY OF DALLAS WOULD HAVE FULFILLED MY REPEATED REQUEST TO SPONSOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF THE AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS, MISS KAMALA HARRIS WOULD HAVE WON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE VICTORY.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM OF THAT BIGOT LUNATIC BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN.

IF PUBLIC OUTRAGE FROM THE NEWS THAT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION WAS MADE WELL AWARE OF THIS AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS, BUT HE REFUSED TO PROTECT THE NATION'S PUBLIC SAFETY AGAINST IT.

THE MASS DELUSIONAL PERSUASION WHO BELIEVED THAT THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN, THIS SAME DELUSIONAL LUNATIC MINDSET IS AMONG THE RANK AND FILE OF MANY BIGOTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO PRETEND TO BELIEVE THAT INFORMATION OF THE AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS IS A HOAX.

THEREFORE, THEY REFUSE TO INVESTIGATE IT AND REFUSE TO RESOLVE IT, WHILE GENOCIDE ATROCITIES ARE BEING INFLICTED MORE SO ON BLACK PEOPLE BY IT.

THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO MAKE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, IF LAW ENFORCEMENT REFUSES TO SUPPORT US. THIS GROSSLY DISPROPORTIONATE DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS OF HOMICIDAL SHOOTING VICTIMS IS STARK RAVING EVIDENCE OF THIS GENOCIDE REALITY AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE.

IF YOU DO NOT THINK GENOCIDE IS BEING INFLICTED ON BLACK PEOPLE, THEN YOU NEED TO WAKE UP AND THINK SOME MORE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL GENOCIDE SCENARIOS IN PLAY, NOT JUST THE AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS.

WHATEVER CITY MAKES PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF THIS AIR INTOXICATING GLOBAL CRISIS TO START RESOLUTION OF IT.

THIS CITY WILL BE GREATLY ADORED AND GREATLY PRAISED WITH GRATITUDE BY THE ENTIRE WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

DALLAS SHOULD BE THAT CITY. YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND ALL CITY COUNCIL PERSONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE SPEECH DRAFT OF THIS PROPOSED NEWS CONFERENCE. PLEASE READ IT. THIS SPEECH CAN SET IN MOTION THE PERMANENT RESOLUTION OF THIS FOREMOST WORLDWIDE EVIL AND MUCH MORE.

WE CAN DO THIS. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? MORE FORCE ARSON ATTACKS, MORE VEHICLE RAMMING ATTACKS,

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THESE THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IF WE DO NOT MAKE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.

THIS NEWS CONFERENCE WILL CAUSE PUBLIC OUTRAGE THAT WILL MOVE PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

THIS IS NOT A COMMENT. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR ACTION.

WE CAN HOLD THIS CONFERENCE RIGHT OUTSIDE DALLAS CITY HALL BUILDING.

PLEASE HAVE YOUR PEOPLE CONTACT ME FOR A CHANGE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALEXANDER STEIN.

TECHNICAL FOUL ON THE MAVERICKS, EJECTION. NICO HARRISON.

LISTEN, I COME UP HERE ALL THE TIME, AND I GIVE YOU GUYS THE BUSINESS.

BUT TODAY I AM NOT AN ADVERSARY. TODAY I AM A FRIEND, NOT A FOE.

BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL BEEN CHEATED. THE DALLAS MAVERICKS TRADED OUR FRANCHISE PLAYER, LUKA DONCIC, FOR ANTHONY DAY TO DAY, DAVIS, A 32 YEAR OLD WHO WEARS STREET CLOTHES MORE THAN HE WEARS A BASKETBALL JERSEY.

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF OUR CITY BEING MISMANAGED BY OUR PRO SPORTS FRANCHISE.

LOOK AT THE DALLAS COWBOYS. THEY HIRED BRIAN SCHOTTENHEIMER. HE STINKS. HE'S NEVER EVEN BEEN A COACH AT ANY LEVEL. SO I'M SICK OF IT. THEY GAVE US A CRAPPY COACH, AND NOW YOU TAKE AWAY OUR BEST PLAYER, LUKA DONCIC.

AND IT'S ALL A WORK. IT'S OBVIOUSLY RIGGED. THE NBA IS RIGGED.

THERE'S A REF, TIM DONAGHY, WHO GOT ARRESTED AND WENT TO JAIL FOR RIGGING GAMES.

SO LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. THIS IS WHY I COME HERE.

BECAUSE MIRIAM ADELSON IS ABOUT TO MOVE THIS TEAM.

THAT'S RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY LEGAL GAMBLING HERE IN DALLAS. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TANKING THE MAVERICKS TO GET GOOD FAVOR WITH THE LEAGUE SO THAT WHEN THEY SAY WE WANT TO MOVE THE TEAM TO LAS VEGAS, THEY CAN THE LEAGUE WILL SAY, OH, WILL YOU HELP US OUT SO MUCH? YOU GAVE THE LEAGUE'S BIGGEST STAR LUKA DONCIC, TO PLAY WITH LEBRON JAMES, THE LEAGUE'S BIGGEST OTHER STAR.

AND SO YOU HELP OUR RATINGS THAT ARE MASSIVELY FAILING.

AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS.

I AM A YOUTH BASKETBALL REFEREE. THIS IS REAL AND THERE'S A TIME WHEN I WAS DRINKING AND I WAS USING AND I WAS IN A LOW POINT, AND I'LL BE HONEST, I HAVE FIXED A YOUTH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND IT WAS NOT MY PROUDEST MOMENT, BUT I NEEDED THE MONEY AT THE TIME. MY WIFE WAS, YOU KNOW, SEEING OTHER MEN, AND I CAUGHT HER AND I WAS JUST AT A REALLY LOW POINT.

SO MY POINT IS I'VE DONE THIS AND I'VE DONE THIS AT THE YOUTH LEVEL.

SO IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN INSIDE JOB WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR BEST PLAYER TO ANOTHER TEAM FOR ZERO DRAFT PICKS, ONE FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK IN 2029. WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO HAVE A TEAM IN 2029.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE NICO.

I'M SICK AND TIRED OF IT. SO I WROTE A SONG. I WROTE THIS SONG.

NIKO, YOU SAID YOU STABBED HIM IN THE BACK. NICO, YOU ARE SO FREAKIN WACK.

MAVERICKS. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE OUR TOWN. I DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF OUR NEW CENTER IS BROWN.

I LIKE THE WHITE GUY. WHY HE'D HAVE TO GO? THESE DAMN BASKETBALL PLAYERS DON'T FREAKING KNOW THE WHOLE LEAGUE IS AT WORK.

THIS IS A FREAKING JERK NAMED NICO HARRISON. WHO IS THE MANAGER? HE NEEDS TO FREAKING GO. NICO IS A HOE. I LOVE THE DALLAS MAVERICKS AND I WISH WE STILL HAD DIRK.

NICO HARRISON SUCKS. HE IS A STUPID JERK. SO, MAYOR, DON'T LET HIM MOVE US.

DON'T LET HIM MOVE THE MAVERICKS. I LOVE THE MAVERICKS.

NICO. HARRISON. YOU SUCK. DUDE, I KNOW YOU WATCH THIS, NICO.

IF I SEE YOU IN THE STREETS, IT'S FREAKING ON SIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA BE YELLING AND SCREAMING RIGHT IN YOUR FACE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARISOL RAMIREZ.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M HERE REPRESENTING BAN HORSE CARRIAGES.

DALLAS, I'M HERE TO I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER A BAN ON HORSE CARRIAGES AND THAT THIS ISSUE BE TOOK SERIOUSLY AND BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

I'VE SEEN YOU MAY NOT HAVE, BUT I HAVE, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A CITIZEN OF DALLAS, I AM, I HAVE SEEN THESE WITNESSED THESE ANIMALS AND WORKERS BEING OUT THERE IN EXTREMELY BUSY, DANGEROUS STREETS.

ALSO, IN EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS, WORKERS NOT FOLLOWING TRAFFIC LAWS AND ANIMALS ACTING AND LOOKING UNCOMFORTABLE.

HAVING THE SENTIENT FEELING VERY SENSITIVE ANIMALS OUT IN DALLAS IS BOTH UNNECESSARY AND DANGEROUS FOR BOTH THEM AND THE CITIZENS.

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SO PLEASE JUST CONSIDER PUTTING THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA AND JUST PLACING A BAN AND CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVES.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES CITIES USING OTHER FORMS OF TOURISTIC ATTRACTIONS FOR THEIR BIG CITIES.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TIME. THANK YOU.

THIS CONCLUDES YOUR FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE REMAINING SPEAKERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE CONCLUSION OF CITY BUSINESS.

MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR VOTING AGENDA THEN.

[1. 25-131A Approval of Minutes of the January 15, 2025 City Council Meeting]

SECOND. I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM TWO IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[2. 25-192A Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]

YOU DO HAVE A CHAIR APPOINTMENT THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED UNDER A SEPARATE VOTE TO ALLOW THE MAYOR TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING.

YOUR INDIVIDUAL FULL COUNCIL AND VICE CHAIR APPOINTMENT NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

JASON BROWN IS BEING NOMINATED BY MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

MR. BROWN MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION, CHRISTINA PUGA'S BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION.

JOSIAH KING IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ARNOLD.

YOUR NOMINEES FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 15 BOARD FORT WORTH AVENUE.

NICHOLAS BROOKS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 20 BOARD.

MALL AREA REDEVELOPMENT, SUZANNE SMITH IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ, YOUR VICE CHAIR.

APPOINTMENT. MONICA BROWN IS BEING NOMINATED VICE CHAIR OF THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BAZALDUA.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION. WHO IS THAT? MENDELSOHN. CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YES. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE NOMINEE FOR THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 20.

AT ONE POINT, SHE WAS BEING PAID TO PROMOTE THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.

IS THAT STILL HAPPENING? IS THAT QUESTION DIRECTED TO WHOEVER? CITY SECRETARY? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S DIRECTED TO CITY MANAGER.

OKAY. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU KNOW? NO. THAT WOULD.

IT WOULDN'T BE IN OUR OFFICE EITHER THE CITY ATTORNEY CHECKS FOR CONFLICTS.

CITY ATTORNEY. AND MAY I ADD, DURING THE BACKGROUND CHECK, THAT PERSON WAS CLEARED, BUT I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? WOULD YOU MIND IF MISS SCHULTZ RESPONDED? THAT'D BE FINE.

OKAY. MS. SCHULTZ. HER CONTRACT EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SEPARATE THAT ITEM. IS THERE A SECOND? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. THE MOTION FAILS FOR WANT OF A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

NO. ANY DISCUSSION? AH MS. WILLIS YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

THANK YOU. SO THIS IS ON A DIFFERENT NOMINEE. BUT THIS IS THE TIME.

YEAH, THIS IS THE TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THIS NOMINATION. I'M SO PROUD TO SUPPORT CHLOE HAWKINS AS CHAIR OF THE DALLAS.

THAT ONE WE'RE NOT, WE HAVEN'T TAKEN UP THAT ONE YET THAT WE HAD TO CARVE THAT ONE OUT BECAUSE IT'S I HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE ON THAT ONE.

SO YOU'RE COMING UP NEXT ON THAT. SO ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE BOARD AND COMMISSION NOMINEES THAT WERE READ BY THE CITY SECRETARY? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NO. NO. NOTE THE NO. NOTED. FROM CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

THE AYES HAVE IT. MADAM SECRETARY. THANK YOU.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR CHAIR APPOINTMENT. CHLOE HAWKINS IS BEING NOMINATED CHAIR OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION BY MAYOR JOHNSON.

THIS IS YOUR NOMINEE. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

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SORRY. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. I DID NOT HEAR THE SEPARATION, BUT.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I AM SO PROUD TO SUPPORT CHLOE HAWKINS AS CHAIR OF THE DALLAS YOUTH COMMISSION.

SHE'S THE MOST SENIOR MEMBER AND A PROUD D13 RESIDENT.

SHE'S BEEN A POWERHOUSE ON THE COMMISSION AND SHE IS A SENIOR AT THE JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET.

SINCE FALL, SHE HAS BEEN SERVING AS INTERIM CHAIR AND SHE'S BEEN DOING THE JOB SO WELL.

SHE EXPANDED THE COMMUNITY CLOSET INITIATIVE, OPENING A NEW LOCATION AT THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH AND WORKING ON ANOTHER AT ADAMSON TO MAKE SURE MORE STUDENTS HAVE THE ESSENTIALS THEY NEED.

SHE CREATED A COMMITTEE SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT OVER 60 YOUNG PEOPLE INTO LEADERSHIP ROLES, ENSURING MORE VOICES ARE HEARD. AND THANKS TO HER LEADERSHIP, THE DALLAS YOUTH SURVEY HIT AN AMBITIOUS 5000 RESPONSE GOAL, GIVING US INSIGHT INTO WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WANT AND NEED.

SHE DOESN'T JUST TALK ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SHE GETS IT DONE.

AND I KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE OUR YOUTH COMMISSIONERS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

AND I HAVE NO DOUBT SHE'S GOING TO CONTINUE THIS AMAZING LEADERSHIP AS CHAIR.

AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE WHERE SHE TAKES THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND OUR YOUTH COMMISSION NEXT.

SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE NOMINATION? AND CHLOE IS AT THE I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO ALLOW HER A MOMENT.

OH, THERE YOU ARE. ALL RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE THE MEMBERS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL, IF THIS GOES THROUGH, THEN I'LL LET YOU SAY A FEW WORDS. BUT CHAIRMAN GRACEY RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

YEAH. I TOO AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SEVERAL EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE PUT ON, INCLUDING SOME CANDIDATE FORUMS AND SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS.

AND THE OUTCOME, THE PEOPLE THAT TURNOUT, THE ENGAGEMENT AND THESE I ALMOST CALLED Y'ALL KIDS.

BUT THESE YOUNG STUDENTS HAVE EXERCISED AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR OTHER FOLKS, INCLUDING MY APPOINTEE TYLER HAS ALL BACKED YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY.

SO I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU AND CONTINUE TO DO ALL THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AS STAFF, TOO. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE NOMINATION MISS HAWKINS? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. NOTE MY ABSTENTION. AND CONGRATULATIONS, CHAIRWOMAN HAWKINS.

NOW YOU CAN ADDRESS THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL AS THE CHAIR.

THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR APPOINTING ME AS THE CHAIR OF THE DALLAS YOUTH COMMISSION.

MY EXPERIENCE ON THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST FORMATIVE IN MY LIFE.

WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COMMISSION, I WAS VERY OPINIONATED, YET I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO TURN THOSE BELIEFS INTO ACTION.

BUT THROUGH MY WORK ON THE COMMISSION, I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH, AND THROUGH THE GUIDANCE THAT I'VE GIVEN I WAS GIVEN BY PREVIOUS LEADERS LIKE ANDREA MERCADO AND RICARDO CORPUS, I GREW AS A LEADER, AND I LEARNED HOW TO BE A MORE ACTIVE MEMBER OF MY COMMUNITY.

IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ENSURING THAT THE STUDENTS THAT YOU HAVE SERVING AS YOUTH COMMISSIONERS GET THE SAME EXPERIENCE AS ME FROM BEING A PART OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION. I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PUSH THE YOUTH COMMISSION TO GROW, TO BE A BETTER COMMISSION, SO THAT EVEN WHEN I GRADUATE, THE COMMISSION IS BETTER AND STRONGER, AND I TRULY HAVE A LOVE FOR THE COMMISSION, AND I WILL ENSURE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW IN MY WORK AS CHAIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOW. VERY IMPRESSIVE. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S MOVE ON.

MR. MAYOR, YOUR BRIEFINGS CONTINUE. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING. TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH BRIEFING NUMBER EIGHT.

[A. 25-441A Review of 2024 Community Survey Results and 2025 Community Survey Approach]

WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR RESIDENTS, AND SEEKING THEIR INPUT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO GOOD GOVERNANCE, AND WE KNOW THAT THIS HAS BECOME A BEST PRACTICE FOR MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF PARTNERING WITH ETC. INSTITUTE TO CONDUCT OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH REALLY ALLOWS FOR US TO GAUGE RESIDENTS PERCEPTIONS, PRIORITIES AND BE ABLE TO DETERMINE LEVEL OF SATISFACTION.

THE SURVEY IS A RANDOM SURVEY THAT USES HIGH QUALITY SURVEY METHODS AND ENSURES THE RESULTS ARE STATISTICALLY VALID.

THE 2024 COMMUNITY SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN APRIL THROUGH MAY OF 2024, AND WE PRESENTED THE RESULTS THROUGH A MEMORANDUM TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE OF 24. WE DID RECEIVE A REQUEST RECENTLY TO BRING BACK THIS ITEM FOR A PUBLIC PRESENTATION.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INVITED, ETC., TO BE WITH US HERE TODAY TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE SURVEY AND BE ABLE TO

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS TOLBERT. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL JEANETTE WEEDEN, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES. AS MISS TOLBERT MENTIONED, YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY SPLIT INTO TWO BRIEFINGS.

THE FIRST BRIEFING IS THE RESULT OF THE 2024 COMMUNITY SURVEY.

THE 2024 SURVEY MARKS THE 12TH YEAR THAT WE HAVE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OVER THE LAST 19 YEARS.

AND THE SECOND BRIEFING, WE WILL REVIEW OUR APPROACH TO THE 2025 SURVEY.

RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK REGARDING THE QUESTIONS OR THE APPROACH.

JOINING ME THIS MORNING, JASON MAROTTA, WHO IS THE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH WITH ETC.

INSTITUTE. WE AGAIN ENGAGE WITH ETC. INSTITUTE TO CONDUCT THE 2024 SURVEY.

AS MENTIONED, THE RANDOM SURVEY USES HIGH QUALITY SURVEY METHODS AND ETC.

ENSURES THAT THE RESULTS ARE STATISTICALLY VALID.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MR. MURATA TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE RESULTS. I GET IT ON THE SCREEN HERE.

SORRY. NO. THAT'S OKAY. WELL, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JASON MORADO. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH AT ETC.

INSTITUTE, AND WE ARE A MARKETING RESEARCH FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN CONDUCTING COMMUNITY SURVEYS FOR CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.

AND LAST SPRING, WE CONDUCTED ONCE AGAIN A COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO TODAY I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE KEY FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL.

NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT ETC.

INSTITUTE. WE ARE A NATIONAL LEADER IN PROVIDING MARKET RESEARCH FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

AND IN THE LAST TEN YEARS ALONE, WE'VE CONDUCTED SURVEYS IN MORE THAN A THOUSAND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THAT INCLUDES DOZENS OF CITIES AND COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE US.

SO THIS IS REALLY THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE SPECIALIZE IN.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS THIS IS JUST A LIST OF SOME OF THE LARGE CITIES THAT WE'VE SURVEYED IN RECENT YEARS.

NOW THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'LL GO THROUGH TODAY.

I'LL WALK THROUGH THE PURPOSE AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SURVEY. I'LL GO THROUGH THE KEY SURVEY FINDINGS, AND THEN I'LL GIVE A SUMMARY OF OUR MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SURVEY.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS TO CONDUCT A SURVEY LIKE THIS.

ONE IS TO GET AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF RESIDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY AND CITY SERVICES, AND TO DETERMINE WHAT RESIDENTS FEEL ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THIS SURVEY IS ALSO A WAY TO TRACK THE CITY'S PERFORMANCE OVER TIME.

MOST OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE THE SAME ONES WE'VE ASKED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THAT WAY, WE CAN MEASURE TRENDS OVER TIME.

AND THEN THE SURVEY IS ALSO A GREAT WAY TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE SURVEY.

THIS IS A FAIRLY IN-DEPTH AND LENGTHY SURVEY.

IT HAS OVER 30 QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE MULTIPLE COMPONENTS TO THEM.

ON AVERAGE IT TAKES RESIDENTS 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY.

THE SURVEY WAS ADMINISTERED BY A COMBINATION OF MAIL ONLINE AND PHONE TO RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND THE SURVEY WAS AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.

OUR GOAL IS TO RECEIVE AT LEAST 2100 COMPLETED SURVEYS OVERALL, AND THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST 150 SURVEYS IN EACH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

AND WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. WE ENDED UP WITH 2118 COMPLETED SURVEYS AND AT LEAST 150 IN EACH DISTRICT.

AND THE RESULTS FOR THIS SAMPLE AT THE 95% LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE HAS A MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS OR -2.1%.

SO ESSENTIALLY THAT MEANS THAT IF WE CONDUCTED THIS SURVEY THE SAME WAY 100 TIMES, 95 TIMES, THE RESULTS WOULD BE PLUS OR -2.1% FROM WHAT WE'RE REPORTING.

SO EVEN FOR A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY, THE RESULTS ARE NEVER PERFECT.

BUT THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS SMALL. AND AS WE WERE ADMINISTERING THE SURVEY, WE ENSURED THAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS REFLECT THE ACTUAL POPULATION OF THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE. THIS CHART JUST SHOWS THE NUMBER OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS IN EACH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE RECEIVED AT LEAST 150 WITHIN EACH DISTRICT, WHICH WAS OUR GOAL.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS CHART SHOWS HOW LONG SURVEY RESPONDENTS HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY.

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NEXT SLIDE. THIS CHART SHOWS THE RACE AND ETHNICITY OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS.

THIS ALSO MATCHES UP VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ACTUAL POPULATION OF THE CITY BASED ON US CENSUS DATA.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS CHART SHOWS THE AGES OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT COMPLETED THE SURVEY.

HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT COMPLETED A SURVEY.

SO WE HAD A GOOD MIX OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, HOUSEHOLDS WITH TEENAGERS SENIORS, AND THEN ALL AGES IN BETWEEN. NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS CHART SHOWS THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS.

AND WE HAD A GOOD REPRESENTATION BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

17% OF RESPONDENTS HAVE A HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF UNDER 25,000.

22%, OVER 100,000. AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE, OF COURSE, IN BETWEEN THERE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE'S WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE SURVEY.

WE FOUND THAT RESIDENTS OVERALL HAVE A POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF THE CITY.

ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF RESPONDENTS RATED THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AS AN EXCELLENT OR A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.

THAT'S COMPARED TO ONLY 8% WHO GAVE A RATING OF POOR.

WE ALSO FOUND THAT THE CITY IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

FROM THE 2023 SURVEY TO THE 2024 SURVEY, SATISFACTION RATINGS INCREASED IN 75 OUT OF OUT OF 127 AREAS.

WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THAT IN MORE DETAIL IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE ALSO SAW FOUND THAT OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH CITY SERVICES IS HIGHER IN DALLAS AND OTHER LARGE U.S.

CITIES. WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT THAT IN MORE DETAIL IN A FEW SLIDES.

AND THEN WE FOUND THAT THE TOP OVERALL PRIORITIES FOR CITY SERVICES ARE MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICE SERVICES.

NEXT SLIDE. SO FIRST WE'LL LOOK AT SOME GENERAL PERCEPTIONS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE OF THE CITY.

AND GO THERE. YEAH THERE WE GO. THIS WAS THE FIRST QUESTION ON THE SURVEY.

HERE WE ASKED RESIDENTS TO RATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE DARKER BLUE BAR ARE RESIDENTS WHO GAVE RATINGS OF.

EXCELLENT. THE LIGHTER BLUE IS GOOD. THE GRAY IS FAIR, AND THE PINK IS POOR.

SO OVERALL, THE POSITIVE RATINGS FAR OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST RESPONDENTS GAVE POSITIVE RATINGS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A PLACE TO DO BUSINESS, AS A PLACE TO PLACE TO WORK AND AS A PLACE TO LIVE.

NEXT SLIDE. ON THIS QUESTION, WE ASKED RESIDENTS TO RATE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES.

SO HERE WE'RE ASKING RESIDENTS TO RATE THESE AREAS AT THE BIG PICTURE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL.

AND THEN LATER ON IN THE SURVEY WE ASKED ABOUT SOME MORE SPECIFIC AREAS WITHIN SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES.

SO AGAIN THE BLUE ARE THE POSITIVE RATINGS. THE PINK ARE THE NEGATIVE. THE GRAY IS FAIR.

SO IN BETWEEN OVERALL THE POSITIVE RATINGS FAR OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVE.

THE HIGHEST RATED AREAS ARE THE DALLAS LOVE FIELD, AIRPORT, PUBLIC LIBRARY, FIRE, ART AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, SEWER SERVICES, AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM.

THE ONLY AREAS THAT HAD MORE NEGATIVE RATINGS THAN POSITIVE WERE LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING, AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. NEXT SLIDE.

WE ALSO ASKED RESPONDENTS TO RATE THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH CITY EMPLOYEES.

THESE RESULTS ARE BASED ON ABOUT 60% OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS WHO HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH CITY EMPLOYEES OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OVERALL, RESIDENTS HAVE HAD VERY POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH CITY EMPLOYEES.

RESPONDENTS GAVE HIGH RATINGS TO EMPLOYEES BEING COURTEOUS, KNOWLEDGEABLE, RESPONSIVE, AND THEN JUST HIGH RATINGS TO THE OVERALL LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE. NEXT SLIDE. SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE CITY OVERALL IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THERE WERE MORE INCREASES THAN THERE WERE DECREASES IN SATISFACTION FROM 2023 TO 2024.

NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES, THE BLUE BAR ARE RESIDENTS IN 2024 WHO GAVE A RATING OF EITHER EXCELLENT OR GOOD. THE GRAY BAR ARE THE POSITIVE RATINGS FOR THE 2023 SURVEY.

AND AS WE GO THROUGH THESE, I PUT BLUE ARROWS BY THE PLACES WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SATISFACTION FROM 23 TO 24 RED ARROW BY PLACES THAT HAD A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN SATISFACTION. SO THIS CHART HERE IS FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

YOU CAN SEE IN MOST AREAS THE RATINGS ARE SIMILAR FROM 23 TO 24.

BUT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SATISFACTION WITH DALLAS AS A PLACE TO DO BUSINESS AND WITH THE QUALITY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS CHART IS FOR MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IN MOST AREAS THE RATINGS WERE SIMILAR FROM 23 TO 24.

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YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SATISFACTION FROM 23 TO 24.

THAT INCLUDES ANIMAL SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES, NEIGHBORHOOD CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND THEN MAINTENANCE OF MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S STILL THE LOWEST RATE AREA ON THE LIST, BUT THERE WAS AN INCREASE FROM 23 TO 24.

AND THEN THE ONE AREA THAT HAD A DECREASE IN SATISFACTION WAS MUNICIPAL COURT SERVICES.

NEXT SLIDE. NOW IN THIS CHART THIS BAR SHOWS THE PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS WHO SAY EACH OF THESE ITEMS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.

SO IN THIS CASE, THE LOWER NUMBER IS BETTER AND THE HIGHER NUMBER IS WORSE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THIS CHART IN 2024, 73% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT HOMELESSNESS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.

SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER. IT IS TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS BETTER THAN THE 2024 SURVEY.

IN 2024, JUST OVER 50% OF RESPONDENTS SAY THAT CRIME AND DRUGS ARE A MAJOR PROBLEM.

BUT THAT IS ABOUT TEN PERCENTAGE POINTS BETTER THAN THE 2023 SURVEY.

NEXT SLIDE. I ALSO MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SATISFACTION WITH CITY SERVICES OVERALL IS HIGHER IN DALLAS AND OTHER LARGE CITIES.

NEXT SLIDE. SO ON THIS CHART, THE DARK BLUE LINE ARE DALLAS RESIDENTS WHO GAVE POSITIVE RATINGS OR RATINGS OF EXCELLENT OR GOOD.

THE ORANGE BAR ARE THE POSITIVE RATINGS FOR OTHER LARGE CITIES ACROSS THE US.

IN MOST AREAS, YOU CAN SEE DALLAS RATES MUCH HIGHER THAN OTHER LARGE CITIES ACROSS THE US.

THAT INCLUDES AREAS SUCH AS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, FIRE SERVICES, SEWER SERVICES, PARKS AND RECREATION, SOLID WASTE. WE SAW THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE IN AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SATISFACTION, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE IT STILL RATES MUCH HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE YOU RATE THE FARTHEST ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDED BY CITY EMPLOYEES, WHERE YOU HAVE A 62% SATISFACTION RATING, WHICH IS ALMOST DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

DALLAS ALSO RATED HIGHER WHEN IT COMES TO STORM DRAINAGE, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY, AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THE TWO AREAS THAT DO RATE LOWER ARE POLICE SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO NOW WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT TOP PRIORITIES.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WE SAW EARLIER HOW SATISFIED RESIDENTS ARE WITH MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES.

AS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION WE ASKED WHICH FOUR OF THESE SERVICES SHOULD BE THE CITY'S TOP PRIORITIES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOP PRIORITIES ARE MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURES ONE.

POLICE SERVICES IS TWO. THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS SURVEYS, AND THAT'S ALSO CONSISTENT WITH MANY OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE US, ESPECIALLY LARGE CITIES. IT'S TYPICAL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICE SERVICES TO BE THE TOP TWO PRIORITIES.

THE OTHER HIGHEST PRIORITIES ARE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CODE ENFORCEMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE CALL THE IMPORTANT SATISFACTION RATING.

THIS ANALYSIS IS BASED ON TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA.

FIRST, WE ASK RESIDENTS HOW SATISFIED THEY ARE WITH SERVICES.

THEN WE ASK WHICH SERVICES SHOULD BE THE CITY'S TOP PRIORITIES.

SO WHICH ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT? THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS THAT THE SERVICES THAT HAVE A COMBINATION OF LOW SATISFACTION RATINGS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ARE RATED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT, ARE THE ONES WE RECOMMEND AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES TO FOCUS ON.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THE AREAS IN GREEN THAT SAY MEDIUM PRIORITY ARE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO AREAS IN PINK AND YELLOW WOULD IMPACT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOP PRIORITIES IN PINK ARE MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICE SERVICES.

THE NEXT HIGHEST PRIORITIES ARE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL SERVICES, NEIGHBORHOOD CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING. NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS REALLY JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THE SAME TYPE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS CHART.

IF YOU START TO THE RIGHT THOSE ARE THE ARE THE SERVICES THAT RESIDENTS RATED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

AND AS YOU MOVE LEFT, THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE IS LESS AND LESS.

IF YOU START AT THE TOP, THOSE ARE THE SERVICES THAT RESPONDENTS WERE THE MOST SATISFIED WITH.

AND AS YOU MOVE DOWN, THE LEVEL OF SATISFACTION GETS LESS AND LESS.

SO IF YOU LOOK IN THAT BOTTOM RIGHT HAND QUADRANT WHERE IT SAYS OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT HAVE THAT COMBINATION OF LOWER SATISFACTION AND HIGHER IMPORTANCE.

THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN PINK AND YELLOW ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE. SO THOSE ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

IF YOU MOVE TO THE LEFT WHERE IT SAYS LESS IMPORTANT, SATISFACTION IS LOWER IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.

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SO FOR THOSE WHO RECOMMEND JUST MAINTAINING LEVELS OF SERVICE AND THEN THE QUADRANT ABOVE THAT WHERE IT SAYS EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS, THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE THE CITY IS PROVIDING BETTER SERVICES THAN RESIDENTS EXPECT.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT HAD AMONG THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF SATISFACTION.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN ON THIS QUESTION WE ASKED ABOUT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH ONES RESIDENTS FEEL SHOULD BE THE TOP PRIORITIES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOP PRIORITY IS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HOUSING.

THAT'S SIMILAR TO YOUR LAST SURVEY. AND WE'VE SEEN SIMILAR RESULTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT THE OTHER HIGHEST PRIORITIES BEING ACCESS TO LIVING WAGE JOBS AND ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION.

NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST A QUICK RECAP. WE SAW THAT RESIDENTS HAVE A POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF THE CITY OVERALL.

OVERALL, THE CITY IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THERE ARE MORE INCREASES THAN THERE WERE DECREASES IN SATISFACTION FROM 23 TO 24.

OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH CITY SERVICES IS HIGHER IN DALLAS AND OTHER LARGE CITIES.

AND THEN THE TOP OVERALL PRIORITIES FOR CITY SERVICES.

AND THIS IS BASED ON THAT IMPORTANT SATISFACTION SLIDE WE JUST LOOKED AT INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE AND POLICE SERVICES.

SO THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I HAD. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I FIND THE COMMUNITY SURVEY RESULTS ALWAYS SO INTERESTING AND ENLIGHTENING.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE THE TYPE OF ELECTED LEADER THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY AROUND HERE FEELS THAT WAY.

AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO SEE SOME DATA THAT SUGGESTS THAT WE ARE NOT FAR OFF THE MARK IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING AROUND HERE, AND THAT WE ARE NOT WILDLY OUT OF LINE WITH WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. IT SHOWS YOU THAT WE ARE DOING WELL IN A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE HAVE WORK TO DO IN OTHER AREAS, BUT OVERALL, MY ONLY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO QUESTIONS IS, YOU KNOW, I FIND THIS THIS IS GOOD NEWS TO ME. I THINK THIS IS A VERY POSITIVE STATEMENT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE ALL DONE TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL IN ITS VARIOUS ITERATIONS OVER THE PAST ALMOST SIX YEARS NOW SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT DESPITE WHAT MAY BE SAID ABOUT THERE BEING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE SAID VARIOUS THINGS AT VARIOUS TIMES ABOUT HOW UNIFIED THIS COUNCIL IS OR ISN'T OR VISION BEING PRESENT OR NOT BEING PRESENT.

I THINK IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT AND PRETTY CLEAR.

WHAT WE BELIEVE OUR RESIDENTS THINK ARE IMPORTANT AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE THINGS.

AND WE'RE SEEING THE RESPONSE IN THESE SURVEYS SORT OF REFLECT THE COMMUNITIES, FRANKLY, RECOGNITION OF THAT WORK.

SO TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENT AND HOW THE RESIDENTS PERCEIVE US TO BE DOING ON THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LEANING IN HARD ON, I WON'T MAKE YOU WAIT UNTIL I FIND THE SLIDE.

BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS OVERALL A VERY GOOD NEWS.

IT'S NOT. IT'S AS MY GOOD FRIEND, WHO IS OUR FORMER POLICE CHIEF, EDDIE GARCIA, USED TO SAY SO MUCH.

IT'S NOT TOUCHDOWN DANCE TIME FOR ANY OF THESE ISSUES.

WE DON'T DO TOUCHDOWN DANCES AROUND HERE. WE'RE OLD SCHOOL.

WE SCORE. TOUCHDOWN. WE HAND THE BALL TO THE REFEREE, AND WE GO LINE UP AND GET READY TO PLAY THE NEXT PLAY.

SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE IT'S CELEBRATION TIME AND THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KICK BACK NOW AND TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE GAS ON ANY OF THESE.

BUT I THINK THAT THE OVERALL MESSAGE HERE IS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS A CITY COUNCIL THAT IS UNIFIED AROUND SOME IMPORTANT PRIORITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THEM. AND THIS IS ANYONE WHO CAN LOOK AT THIS AND SAY THAT WE ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON THESE ISSUES.

OVERALL, I THINK IS HAVING TO WORK REAL HARD TO SPEND SOME DATA BECAUSE I THINK THE DIRECTION IS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE HERE.

AGAIN, NOT EVERY AREA IS WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE, AND NOT EVERY AREA IS SEEING THE SAME RATE OF IMPROVEMENT AS OTHERS.

BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS INSPIRING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH IT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HEAR ME SAY THAT KIND OF STUFF ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS FINDING ON PURPOSE THE THINGS WE DON'T DO GREAT SO WE CAN GET BETTER.

I'M THAT I'M THAT KIND OF A COACH. SO BUT I DO THINK THIS IS REASSURING.

AND I'M AT THIS POINT READY TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES TO ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE COMMENTS OF THEIR OWN.

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THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M GOING TO START AT THE END AND MOVE TOWARD THE FRONT.

SO FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO. COULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY THAT FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS FOR US, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY VERSUS CITY SERVICES? SURE. ON THAT QUESTION, IT REALLY ISN'T FOCUSED ON CITY SERVICES.

IT'S MORE PERCEPTIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT QUESTION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES EARLIER IN THE SURVEY THAT FOCUSED MORE ON SPECIFIC CITY SERVICES.

SO THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT, THE ONLY CHALLENGES WITHIN THE CITY SERVICES, OF COURSE, WERE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, NEITHER OF WHICH ARE IN THAT COMMUNITY. QUESTION.

CORRECT. SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY THINK THAT IS.

THE YEAH, THE MAINTENANCE AND POLICE WERE ASKED ABOUT IN A DIFFERENT QUESTION ABOUT CITY SERVICES, IF THAT'S IF THAT'S YOUR QUESTION. WELL, I YOU KNOW, THE CITY THE CITY BUDGET TOUCHES ALL THOSE COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS, BUT THE ONES THAT THE COMMUNITY ARE ASKING FOR THE MOST WAS NOT REFLECTED HERE, AND SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THAT.

WELL, I GUESS I'M NOT SURE IF I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BECAUSE IN THE ONE SLIDE, WE DID SHOW THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS CERTAINLY A HIGH PRIORITY.

NOW, ON MY SLIDE AT THE END, I MENTIONED THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY SERVICES, WHICH WAS BASED ON THAT QUESTION ABOUT MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES, IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT I ALSO SHOW THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AMONG THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY. QUESTION. RIGHT. SO IT'S JUST A CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF CONFLATING THE TWO SURVEY QUESTIONS RIGHT THERE IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

HARD. AND SO WITH BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING WHAT PERCENT, MISS WHEDON, DO WE SPEND ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

WOULD YOU SAY IT'S ABOVE 75% OF OUR BUDGET? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WE'RE SPENDING THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET ON THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE THINK ARE THE WEAKEST SERVICES.

SO CLEARLY PUTTING MONEY INTO IT ISN'T GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF OUR MONEY INTO IT AND THEY'RE STILL NOT SATISFIED.

IS THAT WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THAT AS TRUE? THE SATISFACTION WAS LOWER IN THOSE AREAS, BUT THOSE ARE ALSO AREAS THAT RESIDENTS SAID WERE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON. SO I CERTAINLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST MONEY IN THOSE AREAS, BUT NOT IN TERMS OF BEING PART OF THE BUILDING COMMUNITY.

CORRECT. BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU STRUCTURED THE QUESTIONS.

RIGHT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THOSE THINGS MATTER.

MY SENSE OF SAFETY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN MY SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

CORRECT? WELL, I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT AS WELL.

I THINK THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT HOMELESSNESS IS A PRIORITY.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A PRIORITY, PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIORITY, AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS A PRIORITY.

YEAH. OKAY. WHATEVER. MY. DID YOU ASK ON THE ON SOME OF THESE WHY THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE IS THERE WAS THERE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE SURVEY FOR PEOPLE TO ELABORATE TO SOME EXTENT? THERE WAS A QUESTION WHERE WE ASKED IF HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS WERE, AND THERE WAS A FOLLOW UP, OPEN ENDED QUESTION WHERE RESPONDENTS COULD SAY, WHY DO YOU THINK THESE THINGS ARE A PROBLEM? AND THOSE COMMENTS ARE IN THE REPORT OF HOW THEY WERE, WHAT PEOPLE SAID.

OKAY. WELL, I'LL COME BACK TO THAT. ALSO, COULD YOU EXPLAIN IF I WERE TO GET THIS SURVEY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN BY LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S LEFT OPEN FOR INTERPRETATION.

IT'S ASKED BROADLY LIKE THAT, BUT TYPICALLY A LOT OF THAT IS RELATED TO GROWTH IS WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED FROM OTHER SURVEYS.

SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE TOP THINGS PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT.

SO IF 18% ARE SAYING THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY, ARE THEY SAYING WE SHOULD GROW OR WE SHOULD NOT GROW? THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION. THE SURVEY ASKED ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND SHOW THAT PEOPLE THINK OVERALL, THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS THINK POPULATION GROWTH IS GROWING TOO FAST IN DALLAS.

SO. RIGHT. WHICH IS NOT RIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GROWING IN POPULATION.

SO. WELL THESE ARE. SO IT'S PERCEPTION. SO MUCH OF THIS IS PERCEPTION FOR SURE FOR SURE.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SHOOT THE MESSENGER HERE. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WEIGHT IN THIS SURVEY, WE HAVE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S CHALLENGING TO GET A LOT OF DEPTH OR CLARITY ON IT.

RIGHT? SO AND ALSO ON THE YOU COULD YOU SHARE DID YOU, DO YOU HAVE DATA ON WHAT LANGUAGE YOU ASK THESE QUESTIONS IN? I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HAVE DATA, DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.

BUT I'M ASKING WHAT PERCENTAGE WERE VIETNAMESE, WHAT PERCENTAGE WERE SPANISH AND ENGLISH.

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CORRECT. THE VAST MAJORITY, OF COURSE, WERE FILLED OUT IN ENGLISH, BUT I COULD FIND OUT HOW MANY WERE FILLED OUT IN THOSE OTHER LANGUAGES.

YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT. AND THEN, DID YOU GET ANY INSIGHT ON WHAT'S UP WITH THE COURT SERVICES? THAT'S AN INTERESTING ONE. I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

WE DIDN'T REALLY GET ANY MORE IN DEPTH ON THAT QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A ONE YEAR ANOMALY. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE NEXT YEAR IF THOSE RESULTS STAY WHERE THEY WERE THIS YEAR OR IF THEY GO BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE.

SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH, YOU KNOW, OVER A THOUSAND CITIES AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR US AS A CITY? THAT IMPORTANT SATISFACTION CHART THAT I SHOWED WITH THE PINK AND THE YELLOW AND THE GREEN IS WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND AS THE PRIORITIES TO FOCUS ON, WITH THE AREAS IN PINK BEING THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. I'M SORRY. COULD YOU JUST WATCH? SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SLIDE. WHAT? 27. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SAY IT AGAIN I APOLOGIZE. YEAH. SO THAT CHART SHOWS THAT WE RECOMMEND AS THE PRIORITIES.

WITH THE AREAS IN PINK BEING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, WHICH IS MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY.

THEN THE AREAS IN YELLOW ARE THE NEXT TIER OF PRIORITY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND. CERTAINLY HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WERE VERY HIGH PRIORITIES AS WELL.

AND WHERE WOULD THAT FIT IN? I DON'T SEE THAT ON ANY OF THESE LISTS, BUT THOSE WERE DIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO JUST PIVOT.

MADAM CITY MANAGER, COULD YOU SHARE WHERE YOU SENT US A FANTASTIC 100 DAY PLAN? AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE YOUR REACTIONS BECAUSE YOURS CAME OUT BEFORE WE GOT THIS SURVEY.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST SHARE YOUR REACTION TO THIS.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. AND COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS THE RESULT FROM 2024 FROM LAST YEAR.

SO NOT ONLY DID WE INCORPORATE A LOT OF THAT IN THE 100 DAY PLAN, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FY 2425 BUDGET.

WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION IN JUNE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE TOP THREE AREAS WERE.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT POLICE BEING LISTED AS NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO BEING A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, KIND OF THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND THEN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, WE REALLY USE THAT AND HOW WE CRAFTED THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN THE CURRENT BUDGET.

WHAT I SEE AS AN OPPORTUNITY, IF I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE NUMBER 28 AND I START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'VE GOT THIS BOX THAT SHOWS THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS WHERE I THINK WE WILL WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF OUR ATTENTION.

IN MY 100 DAY PLAN, WE LAID OUT FIVE BIG BUCKETS.

THE FIRST BUCKET WAS PUBLIC SAFETY. WE TALKED ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.

WE TALKED ABOUT CONTINUING WITH FINANCIAL STABILITY, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE BASIC SERVICES, WE GOT TO BE EFFICIENT. SO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED.

AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ONGOING ECONOMIC GROWTH.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ON TWO THREE SLIDES OVER, WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BEING ONE OF OUR TOP AREAS, I DO BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THIS REALLY ALLOWS FOR US TO NOT ONLY SHAPE OUR THINKING, BUT ALSO HOW WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS PRIORITIES.

SO WHEN I WHEN. SO FROM AN ALIGNMENT WE ARE THERE.

I THINK WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO DO WORK AROUND WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY SOME OF THESE ARE THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY ALL BE THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WILL HAVE GOING FORWARD AND HOW WE BRING OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE, OTHER PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP US ADDRESS SOME OF THESE NEEDS.

SO THE ALIGNMENT IS THERE AND IT'S VERY CLEAR, AND IT GIVES US THE ROADMAP THAT WE NEED MOVING EVEN INTO THE BUDGET FOR 25-26.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THEN ALSO IS THAT THE COMMUNITY QUESTIONS.

VERY FEW OF THEM ACTUALLY ARE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.

AND SO THAT MAY BE AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.

ABSOLUTELY. NOT ONLY IS IT AN OPPORTUNITY, WE CAN ALSO IDENTIFY WAYS TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY.

BUT IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING OTHERS TO THE TABLE, THAT COULD THEN HELP US PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

BECAUSE IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS, WE STILL NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DELIVER.

IT MAY NOT BE THE CITY PER SE, BUT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THOSE SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED? AND I THINK THAT'S THE MODEL THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO, IS THAT EVERY SINGLE ITEM IS GOING TO BE SOLELY THE CITY, BUT THE ONES THAT WE CONTROL, WE WANT TO DO A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB.

THE ONES THAT WE DON'T, WE WANT TO BRING OTHERS TO THE TABLE THAT CAN HELP US REALLY EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY SEE IT STILL AS THE CITY, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THOSE RIGHT STEPS AND ACTIONS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IT. WE CAN TELL THEM HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING IT, BUT NOT ALL OF THE RESOURCES WILL RESOURCES WILL NECESSARILY BE THE CITY'S RESOURCES.

CORRECT. AND I THINK MR. MAYOR. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, YOU DID. AND I THINK, MR. MAYOR, TO YOUR POINT EARLY ON,

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I THINK THAT PERCEPTION PIECE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT, I THINK IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE EVEN IF WE PUT 100% OF OUR BUDGET IN POLICE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY'RE STILL NOT GOING TO BE SATISFIED.

AND SO THE QUESTION THEN IS, HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE TO HAVE A SENSE OF SAFETY? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST MONEY. THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO USE, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE MORE MONEY THAT WE PUT INTO THIS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP SINCE WE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE VIRTUAL.

THE CITY SECRETARY INFORMED ME THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN MY LIVE QUEUE WERE ACTUALLY FIRST, AND THEN I THEN I HAVE AN SO I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE ORDER IS GOING TO BE CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, CHAIRMAN GRACEY, MS. WILLIS. CHAIRMAN MORENO, CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN AND CHAIRMAN WEST. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE IN THE QUEUE SO FAR.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE QUEUE AND YOU WANT TO GET IN, LET THE CITY SECRETARY KNOW SO I CAN ADD YOU.

SO CHAIRMAN RIDLEY RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M INTERESTED IN THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SLIDES 16 AND 26.

16 BEING THE RATINGS OF CITY SERVICES AND 26 BEING THE CATEGORIES THAT RESIDENTS THINK SHOULD BE THE CITY'S TOP PRIORITIES.

AND I WAS STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT THEY APPEAR TO BE INVERSES OF EACH OTHER.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE RATINGS, IT RATES DALLAS LOVE FIELD AND PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES AND FIRE SERVICES AS THE HIGHEST RATED CATEGORIES. AND YET, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST CATEGORIES IN PRIORITIES.

AND THAT LEADS ME TO A THESIS THAT. SLIDE 26 IS REALLY REFLECTING THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS BELIEFS ABOUT CITY SERVICES THAT MOST NEED TO BE IMPROVED, AS OPPOSED TO JUST PRIORITIES. IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK THIS IS REFLECTED SOMEWHAT IN SLIDE 28.

I WAS STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT THE UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT IS TOTALLY EMPTY.

THERE'S NOTHING THERE AND THAT'S THE CATEGORY FOR HIGHER IMPORTANCE AND HIGHER SATISFACTION.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS AN ACCURATE PORTRAYAL.

AND THAT 26 THE CAPTION SHOULD INSTEAD BE CATEGORIES OF SERVICES THAT RESIDENTS THINK SHOULD BE MOST IMPROVED. IT'S NOT AN ABSOLUTE RATING OF WHAT CATEGORIES OF SERVICES DO YOU THINK ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU? RATHER, IT'S A TABLE THAT SHOWS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENT.

CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? YEAH, I AGREE WITH A LOT WITH A LOT OF THAT.

I THINK A LOT OF IT IS, WHICH SHOULD BE IMPROVED THE MOST.

HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT POLICE AND STREETS, EVEN WHEN THE RATINGS ARE MUCH HIGHER, STILL ARE ALWAYS HIGH PRIORITIES.

THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING RESIDENTS FEEL ARE IMPORTANT.

SO I FEEL IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. THOSE ARE ONES THAT RESIDENTS FEEL ARE IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF SATISFACTION RATING.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DO THINK IN A LOT OF CASES, IT'S THE ONE THAT RESIDENTS FEEL SHOULD BE THE MOST IMPROVED.

YEAH. FOR EXAMPLE, LOVE FIELD IS A VERY COMMONLY USED SERVICE THAT IS RATED VERY HIGHLY ON SATISFACTION.

AND SO IT JUST DROPS OUT TO EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS, BUT NOT IMPORTANT.

AND THE SAME WITH DRINKING WATER. SOLID WASTE SERVICES.

SEWER SERVICES. PARKS AND RECREATION. FIRE SERVICES.

THOSE ARE ALL CRITICAL SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES.

PEOPLE RATE THEM HIGHLY AND SO THEY DON'T SHOW UP ON THE PRIORITY LIST.

SO I JUST THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE CONTEXT IN WHICH SLIDE 26 IS TITLED.

THAT THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT RESIDENTS, OR AT LEAST THE RESPONDENTS TOP PRIORITIES, BUT RATHER THE SERVICES THAT THEY WANT TO SEE IMPROVED THE MOST.

RIGHT. YEAH. THAT MAKES SENSE. I MEAN, IF THE SATISFACTION RATINGS FOR SOME OF THE HIGHER RATED AREAS LIKE LOVE FIELD OR THE LIBRARY STARTED GOING DOWN, THEN I THINK THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE OF THOSE WOULD START GOING UP BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO SEE THEM IMPROVED MORE.

YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHAIRMAN GRACEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ HAS SORT OF TOUCHED ON MY POINT.

AND I GUESS I WANT TO ASK YOU FIRST AS THE, I GUESS THE INITIATOR OF THIS SURVEY, WOULD IT BENEFIT OR COULD IT BENEFIT THE

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SO THEY KNOW THAT GOING IN AS THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THE SURVEYS.

AND DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE RESPONSE? LIKE GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU'D WANT TO LIKE HOW YOU'D WANT TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, POSSIBLY, BUT I'M NOT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO I'M NOT NECESSARILY WANTING TO LEAD ANY RESPONSE, BUT I THINK AS IT RELATES TO CITY SERVICES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW.

TO COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ POINT WE ALLOCATE ALMOST OVER 60% OF THE BUDGET TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL.

SO WHEN YOU SAY POLICE SERVICES UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHAT IS IT THEN? SO THAT IT KIND OF ELIMINATES THE IDEA THAT IT'S JUST A, BROADER THING.

IT MAKES THEM THINK, I GUESS, A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THEIR RESPONSE, I GUESS.

AND COULD THAT BE OF BENEFIT? YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED THAT IN A FEW SURVEYS.

IT'S TRICKY TO GET PEOPLE TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY IF WE MAKE IT TOO WORDY AND TOO COMPLICATED.

I GUESS THAT'S THE THING YOU HAVE TO, TO BALANCE.

THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE WE INCLUDED A QUESTION THAT SAID WHAT PERCENT OF THE CITY BUDGET WAS ALLOCATED TO THIS SERVICE, AND THEN DO YOU BASED ON THAT, DO YOU THINK THE LEVEL OF SERVICE SHOULD BE GREATER, MUCH GREATER, SLIGHTLY GREATER, SLIGHTLY LESS OR SIGNIFICANTLY LESS? AND THAT QUESTION HAS WORKED OKAY. BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING THE SURVEY TOO COMPLICATED TO FILL OUT.

SO I GUESS THAT'S WHERE WE JUST HAVE TO BALANCE THAT.

FAIR ENOUGH. JEANETTE, WERE YOU GOING TO RESPOND? COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE GET TO THE SECOND BRIEFING TO TALK ABOUT OUR APPROACH FOR THE 2025 SURVEY.

AND SO ONE OF THE NEW FEATURES THAT WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH IS THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.

SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO SHARE SORT OF LIKE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR CURRENT BUDGET IS AS AN INTRO OR THE BACKGROUND.

AND BY THE WAY. AS THEY COMPLETE THE SURVEY. AND BY THE WAY, I'M NOT EVEN TALKING THAT LEVEL OF I'M TALKING YOU HAVE THESE SERVICES HERE AND YOU WANT TO RANK THEM. AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER COLUMN THAT SAYS HERE'S THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO IT, 2023-2024, ALL RIGHT GO. JUST THAT SIMPLE. DOESN'T NEED TO BE OVERLY COMPLICATED WITH WORDS JUST SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THE ALLOCATION.

SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT, THANK YOU.

MISS WILLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A.

THANK YOU. SO I'LL GO ON AND FOLLOW ON THAT BECAUSE I WOULD AGREE.

I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO LEAD THE RESPONDENT IN ANY WAY.

WE WANT TO GAUGE OF WHAT THEY'RE REALLY THINKING.

HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE SPENDING AGAINST THESE CONCERNS, THAT THERE'S ACTION BEING TAKEN AGAINST THESE CONCERNS.

AND AS A MATTER OF US DOING BUSINESS AS A COUNCIL PERSON AND COMMUNICATING WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND FOR OUR COMMS DEPARTMENT, WHAT WE CAN BE DOING IS PUSHING OUT THAT SIDE OF, BASED ON THIS 2024 SURVEY, BECAUSE THIS IS A LOOK BACK YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE ACTION THAT WE'VE TAKEN AGAINST THAT. SO IT'S NOT PART OF THE SURVEY, BUT IT COULD BE LEADING UP TO THE SURVEY JUST TO SHOW THAT, THAT THERE'S THEY'VE BEEN HEARD. BUT I THINK I CALLED THIS OUT WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED, I BELIEVE, LAST JUNE, IS THAT ONE THING THAT WE, WE HAVE TO GIVE ATTENTION TO IS ON PAGE 17, BECAUSE THIS IS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDED BY CITY EMPLOYEES.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY RANK PRETTY WELL. THIS IS THIS IS IMPRESSIVE.

AND I YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE AREA THAT THEY DO THE BEST IN IS COURTESY.

AND WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE COME IN HOT. YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH A CITY EMPLOYEE, IT MAY BE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF ISSUE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY COME IN A LITTLE LOADED ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY FEEL.

AND THE FACT THAT COURTESY AND BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT IN THE FACE OF SOME FOLKS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, ANXIOUS OR MAD RISES TO THE TOP, JUST SPEAKS SO HIGHLY OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE LISTENING ON THAT ONE.

I ALSO WANT TO REVISIT THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES BY DISTRICT, BECAUSE I HAD IT WRONG.

ALL THIS TIME, I WAS SAYING THAT 12 OUT OF 14 DISTRICTS HAD MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS NUMBER ONE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY 13 OF 14 DISTRICTS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIVISION OR UNITY, I MEAN, OUR THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY ARE PRETTY UNIFIED AROUND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN NUMBER TWO PRETTY CONSISTENCY IS PRETTY CONSISTENTLY IS POLICE SERVICES.

SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO. BUT I DID HEAR OUR CITY MANAGER EXPRESS THAT $150 MILLION OR WHAT WE'VE BEEN HOLDING FLAT, PLUS THE BOND JUST ISN'T GETTING IT DONE. AND SO I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR YOU MENTION THAT IN A DIFFERENT SETTING.

AND I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW IT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN THE BUDGET THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THIS COMING YEAR.

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AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS CRITICAL AND THIS IS SHOWING, AND I WOULD NOT EXPECT IN 2025 TO SEE THIS MOVE VERY MUCH.

IT MIGHT EVEN GO UP. SO WE TALK ABOUT EXCELLENCE WITH THE URGENCY OF NOW.

AND NOW IS THE TIME FOR NOW. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TO THE 2025 SURVEY TO SEE SOME ACTION AROUND THIS.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC IS FEELING THE SAME WAY.

SO I JUST I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER, SEEING WHAT WE WERE TOLD SIX MONTHS AGO AND THAT WE, WE MOVE ON THIS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT PART OF THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU ON THAT.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

I AGREE, HAVING THIS SURVEY IS GREAT. MAKING SURE THAT OUR ALIGNMENT IS THERE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE MIRRORED THERE. WITH THE 2023 AND 2024 SURVEYS, IS THERE A RED LINE COPY TO SEE WHAT QUESTIONS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT, OR THE WAY A QUESTION WAS ASKED IN THE SURVEY? ARE Y'ALL ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT? YES, SIR. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.

OKAY, GREAT. AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES.

SO 2100 OUT OF 1.3 MILLION. WHAT IS THAT TYPICAL FOR A CITY THE SIZE OF DALLAS? IT IS. YEAH, I KNOW IT MAY SEEM LIKE A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER, EVEN FOR A CITY AS BIG AS DALLAS.

BUT RARELY DO WE CONDUCT MORE SURVEYS THAN THAT.

IN FACT, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY EXAMPLES WHERE WE DO MORE THAN 2100 SURVEYS.

YOU KNOW, AT THAT 95% LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE, IT HAS A MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS OR -2.1%.

SO THAT DOES MEAN THAT IF WE CONDUCTED THIS SURVEY THE SAME WAY 100 TIMES, 95 TIMES, THE RESULTS WOULD BE PLUS OR -2.1% FROM WHAT WE'RE REPORTING.

SO THAT IS A VERY, VERY SMALL MARGIN OF ERROR.

EVEN IF WE DID SAY 5000 SURVEYS, IT WOULD HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE MARGIN.

IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU SAY THAT NUMBER, BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER I HEARD FROM OUR YOUTH COMMISSION EARLIER OF THEM CONDUCTING A SURVEY WITH 5000 FOLKS, AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT. AND THESE 2100 SURVEYS, ARE THEY 100% COMPLETE? HOW MANY SURVEYS THAT GET STARTED BUT ARE NOT FILLED OUT IN ITS ENTIRETY, ARE ACTUALLY USED FOR YOUR DATA COLLECTION? THESE ARE ONES THAT ARE MOSTLY ALL FULLY COMPLETED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE OCCASIONALLY SOMEONE SKIPS A QUESTION, EITHER BY ACCIDENT OR THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ANSWER IT.

BUT THESE ALL OF THESE 2100 ARE AT LEAST 90% COMPLETE, IN MOST CASES FULLY COMPLETE.

OKAY. AND SO THE SURVEY TYPES WERE PAPER ONLINE.

IS THERE ANY IN-PERSON SURVEYS DONE UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETIMES IN-PERSON SURVEYS CAN BE LEADING.

AND SO WE DON'T WANT THAT EITHER. BUT WHEN THERE'S QUESTIONS OR CLARITY NEEDED.

SOMETIMES SOMEONE WILL SKIP A QUESTION BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT QUITE SURE, RIGHT? YEAH. THERE'S NO IN-PERSON OPTION FOR THIS ONE.

THIS WAS THIS WAS MAIL ONLINE AND PHONE PRIMARILY MAIL AND ONLINE.

YEAH, THAT WOULD JUST REQUIRE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, REALLY, TO DO IN PERSON SURVEYS.

AND HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, ABOUT DOING COMMUNITY SURVEYS AT OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

CAN I JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO, AS THE OTHER PART OF THIS PRESENTATION WE'RE GOING TO LAY OUT FOR YOU WHAT WE THINK WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY GOING INTO THIS NEXT SURVEY ROUND.

DEFINITELY WANT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH WHAT OUR APPROACH AND HOW IT'S GOING TO CHANGE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO I THINK YOUR QUESTIONS ARE GOOD FOR THE NEXT PART OF WHAT MISS WHEATON IS GOING TO DISCUSS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE BREAKDOWN BY DISTRICT.

DISTRICT TWO IN PARTICULAR GOES FROM NORTHWEST DALLAS ALL THE WAY TO FAR EAST DALLAS.

THE SURVEYS, THE 200 OR SO THAT WERE DONE THROUGH DISTRICT TWO SPECIFICALLY, ARE THOSE ALL DONE IN THE NORTHWEST SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, ALL IN THE FAR EAST DALLAS? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SO THAT'S CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COMING FROM UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT ALL FROM ONE CONCENTRATED NEIGHBORHOOD.

RIGHT. THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

GENERALLY, THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS REFLECTS THE ACTUAL DENSITY OF THE POPULATION OF THE CITY.

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BUT THE REPRESENTATION OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS DOES REFLECT THE ACTUAL POPULATION OF THE CITY.

IN ALL, IN ALL DISTRICTS. AND THIS MIGHT BE FOR THE NEXT SURVEY.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK LAND USE AND PLANNING AND ZONING IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ARE YOU UNSATISFIED BECAUSE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GROWING FAST ENOUGH.

BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING TOO FAST. AND SO WE CAN GET INTO THOSE QUESTIONS AT THE NEXT BRIEFING.

THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE CRAFTED ARE THOSE CRAFTED BY CITY STAFF, BY BY YOUR FIRM OR IN COLLABORATION.

IT'S IN COLLABORATION. A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE WHEN WE'VE ASKED FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE KEEP ASKING THEM SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MEASURE TRENDS.

AND THERE ARE ALSO SURVEYS THAT WE QUESTIONS WE ASK IN OTHER CITIES.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN BENCHMARK YOUR RESULTS AGAINST OTHER COMMUNITIES.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES.

WE WANT TO THE SURVEY FROM YEAR TO YEAR. WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, WE DON'T WANT TO ADD A LOT TO THE SURVEY WITHOUT TAKING SOMETHING OUT FOR THE SURVEY GETS TOO LONG. AND IF WE DO CHANGE THE QUESTIONS A LOT, THEN WE LOSE THAT HISTORICAL DATA.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN WE EACH TIME WHEN WE UPDATE THE SURVEY.

ANOTHER QUESTION IN HERE SAYS, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES DALLAS COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE RESPONDENTS HAVE TRAVELED OR HOW SOON? LATELY HAVE THEY TRAVELED TO A DIFFERENT CITY TO COMPARE IT TO DALLAS? WHEN SOME FOLKS WE KNOW DON'T TRAVEL OUTSIDE NORTH TEXAS.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SLIDE WHERE WE SHOW COMPARISONS TO OTHER LARGE CITIES? SO THAT SURVEY IS CONDUCTED FOR RESIDENTS IN OTHER CITIES.

GOTCHA. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE SURVEY OTHER LARGE CITIES ACROSS THE US.

WE TAKE THE AVERAGE FOR THOSE DIFFERENT CITIES.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT NATIONAL AVERAGE IS. SO PEOPLE ARE RATING THEIR OWN CITY THAT THEY LIVE IN.

OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS HOW WAS THE 95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL ANALYZED? WELL, THAT THAT NUMBER IS JUST A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S YOUR QUESTION, BUT THAT'S JUST.

YEAH, THAT'S JUST A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA. THAT 95% LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IS JUST A STANDARD, STANDARD LEVEL OF LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE FOR THESE TYPES OF STUDIES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY FIRST HOW IMPORTANT I THINK THE SURVEY IS.

AND I BELIEVE THE FIRST YEAR I WAS ON COUNCIL THAT WE SAW IT WAS 2020.

AND THE FACT THAT IT'S HIGHLY VALIDATED. AND THE WAY YOU CONDUCT IT MAKES IT VERY MEANINGFUL FOR US.

SO I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT ALARMED THAT THE CITY WANTS TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE WE NEED THIS HISTORICAL COMPARISON.

SO I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT THE SUGGESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE.

I DIDN'T SEE THE FULL REPORT. SO USUALLY THIS IS AT LEAST 80 PLUS PAGES.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE PRIOR REPORTS THAT ARE ON THE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE FULL REPORT FOR THIS YEAR.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN. THE 2024 SURVEY WAS ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL BACK IN JUNE OF 2024, AND IT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY PAGE UNDER PERFORMANCE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE 20 JUST THERE. I DON'T SEE THE 24 ONE.

I SEE. SO YOU SEE 2024 BUSINESS SURVEY FIRST AND THEN THE NEXT GO DOWN TO THE NEXT.

THAT'S THE 2024 SURVEY. OKAY. WELL, I'LL CHECK THAT AFTER I'M DONE HERE.

SO MY NEXT QUESTION FOR YOU IS CAN YOU CLARIFY ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND SOCIAL SERVICES, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGHOUT THIS REPORT, AND I DON'T REALLY SEE A CLARIFICATION OF WHAT SPECIFIC SERVICES.

BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, ON QUESTION FIVE, HOMELESSNESS IS RATED AS THE TOP PERCEPTION OF PROBLEM.

RIGHT FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES QUESTION ON THE SURVEY, WE DID GIVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE MEAN BY SOCIAL SERVICES.

IN THE SURVEY WE LISTED COMMUNITY CENTERS, CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, HOMELESS PROGRAMS, AND SENIOR PROGRAMS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. THE MOST ALARMING THING ON HERE TO ME WAS ACTUALLY IN QUESTION ONE, YOU HAVE THE QUESTION ABOUT THE VALUE RECEIVED CITY PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS AND FEES, OF WHICH 4% SAID EXCELLENT, 20% SAID GOOD, 37% SAID FAIR, AND 40% SAID POOR.

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CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT ITEM? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK ON THE LAST SURVEY.

I KNOW WE ASKED ABOUT IT IN SOME WAY IN 2023, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORDED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK. SO ON YOUR ONE OF THE ITEMS ON QUESTION ONE? YEAH, IT MAY HAVE BEEN ASKED IN A DIFFERENT WAY. I KNOW WE ASKED IT AT LEAST IN SOME FORM IN 2023.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ASKED SEPARATELY AS A STANDALONE QUESTION TOWARDS THE END OF THE SURVEY. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK. IN FACT, I CAN CHECK IN A MINUTE. I HAVE THE LAST SURVEY HERE, BUT AS FAR AS YOUR RESULTS, SO 24% RATED THE VALUE FOR CITY PROPERTY TAXES IS EITHER EXCELLENT OR GOOD. THAT'S AN AREA THAT TYPICALLY RECEIVES LOW RATINGS.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS AROUND 30%. SO YOU'RE A LITTLE BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

BUT NOT TOO MUCH BELOW. THAT'S ALWAYS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT RECEIVES A RELATIVELY LOW SATISFACTION RATING.

YEAH. SO ON THE SORRY, IN THE 2023 SURVEY, WE ASKED IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

WE ASKED IN A DIFFERENT QUESTION. IT WAS AN AGREEMENT STATEMENT.

I RECEIVED GOOD VALUE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS TAXES I PAY IN RESPONSE TO SAY TO WHAT LEVEL THEY AGREE.

SO WE SWITCHED THE WORDING A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR, AND THE WAY WE SWITCH IT TO THIS YEAR IS THE WAY WE MORE COMMONLY ASK IT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE LAST YEAR? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS SIMILAR TO THIS YEAR, BUT I CAN IF I DON'T HAVE IT HERE IN FRONT OF ME, I CAN FIND IT AND GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GET THE COMPARISON WITH THE OTHER CITIES ON THIS SPECIFIC QUESTION, YOU WERE SAYING THAT TYPICALLY YOU'LL FIND 30% HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF VALUE RECEIVED. BUT I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO KNOW ALSO THE COMPARISON ON THE POOR AND THE FAIR SIDE AS WELL.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT? YES, YEP WE CAN DO THAT.

YES, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. ON QUESTION SEVEN, WHICH IS SLIDE 16 WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, THE PART THAT SEEMS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE LEVEL OF POOR RATINGS.

SO WHEN IT GOES ABOVE 20% AND IT STARTS REALLY WITH ANIMAL SERVICES AT 23%, VIEWING THESE CATEGORIES AS POOR, DOWN TO 50% FOR MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THAT IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THESE ARE THE AREAS WE FOCUS ON.

AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY'S POINT ABOUT LOVE FIELD, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE, HAS ONLY A 1% POOR, BEING AN AREA THAT IS OF LOW CONCERN TO OUR RESIDENTS.

I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB THERE.

YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

YEAH. RESIDENTS ARE SATISFIED WITH LOVE FIELD, THE LIBRARY, THOSE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATINGS, THE LOWEST NUMBER OF POOR RATINGS. AND A LOT OF THOSE AREAS YOU MENTIONED THAT HAVE THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF POOR RATINGS.

THOSE ARE AREAS THAT RESIDENTS DID IDENTIFY AS, AS SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AREAS TO FOCUS ON.

SO. WELL, I HOPE THAT WE WILL SEE GREATER INVESTMENT IN OUR UPCOMING BUDGET IN THOSE AREAS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT QUESTION FIVE AND THE PERCEPTION OF PROBLEMS WHERE HOMELESSNESS THIS IS SLIDE 22, WHERE HOMELESSNESS IS RATED AS THE HIGHEST NUMBER.

RIGHT NOW YOU'RE SHOWING HOMELESSNESS AT 73% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAY IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM, IN 2020, IT WAS 63%. SO THIS HAS GONE UP 10%. RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER EXPLANATION FROM THE RESIDENTS BASED ON THE SURVEY QUESTION? IT DEFINITELY SEEMS THAT'S BEEN A TREND NATIONWIDE SINCE 2020.

SO THAT DOESN'T REALLY SURPRISE ME. SO YEAH, IT'S CERTAINLY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY, BUT ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING THESE SURVEYS.

IT SEEMS LIKE INCREASINGLY SO REALLY NATIONWIDE AND ESPECIALLY IN OTHER LARGE CITIES THAT WE'VE SURVEYED, THIS IS THIS IS VERY TYPICAL. SO, SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THIS LIST, INFRASTRUCTURE.

WHAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME IS WHEN I LOOK BACK AT 2020, IT WAS THE SAME PERCENTAGE.

60% VIEWED THIS AS A PERCEPTION OF PROBLEM, NO CHANGE AND THEN CRIME AND CRIME AND DRUGS THE NEXT TWO.

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AND THEN SAME THING FOR DRUGS IN 2020. IT WAS 63% NOW DOWN TO 51%.

AND FOR ALL THE DOLLARS THAT WE PUT INTO PUBLIC SAFETY, ACTUALLY INTO POLICING SPECIFICALLY, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING WITH OUR LONG TERM REDUCTION IN CRIME YEAR OVER YEAR, SOME REAL OUTCOMES FOR THAT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY YOUR TIME FOR THIS ROUND. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, I KNOW IT WENT FAST.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL COME BACK TO YOU IF YOU WANT MORE TIME IN A MINUTE. BUT I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER HAD SOMETHING SHE WANTED TO SAY.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO TO CHAIRMAN WEST. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR JOHNSON COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN.

I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK QUICKLY. AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMENTS, YOU MENTIONED HOW CRITICAL AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS SURVEY IS AND WHY WOULD WE WANT TO CHANGE IT? I WANT TO CLARIFY, WE ARE NOT SUGGESTING TO CHANGE THE SURVEY.

WE BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THIS SURVEY TO PROVIDE US WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I THINK IS GOING TO HELP US ALL CONTINUE TO ALIGN RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING IN THE NEXT PORTION OF THIS IS WAYS THAT WE CAN GET MORE RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN PARTICIPATING IN THE SURVEY.

SO WHEN I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THAT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.

IT WAS NOT TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SURVEY OR THE QUESTIONS, BUT HOW WE CAN GET MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS.

NUMBER ONE, TO KNOW ABOUT THE SURVEY, PUSHING OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT AND ACTUALLY GETTING THE PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPATION UP. SO THAT'S WHAT WE MEANT BY CHANGING. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A.

THANK YOU MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.

AND I DO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, MAYOR, ESPECIALLY ABOUT HOW THIS DATA DRIVEN APPROACH IS, IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US AS A CITY. I ALWAYS THIS IS ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BRIEFINGS OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE IT KIND OF BRINGS US BACK TO OUR GUIDING LIGHT OF WHY ARE WE HERE IN OFFICE? WHAT IS IT WE DO? WE GET? IT'S EASY TO GET DISTRACTED WITH THE MEDIA, WITH EVEN WORSE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.

BUT THIS IS THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT OUR RESIDENTS FIND IMPORTANT.

AND THIS IS OUR GREETING CARD, OUR SCORECARD ON HOW WE'RE DOING.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR, KIM, YOUR RESPONSE ABOUT NOT CHANGING THE SURVEY, BECAUSE I THINK THE HISTORIC I AGREE WITH CHAIR MENDELSOHN THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE IS IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT. NOW MY QUESTIONS. CAN WE GO TO SLIDE 11, PLEASE? ALL RIGHT. SO ONLY 13% OF RESPONDENTS HAD CHILDREN IN THE HOME.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT CORRELATES WITH OUR DALLAS POPULATION.

DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW, BUT IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE? I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH OF A DIFFERENCE TO REALLY HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON THE OVERALL RESULTS.

ONE THING WE COULD ALWAYS DO IS RUN A CROSSTAB THAT SHOWS THE RESULTS BROKEN OUT BY HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN, VERSUS HOUSEHOLDS WITH SENIORS AND OR HOUSEHOLDS WITH EITHER SENIORS OR CHILDREN, TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOW, BUT NOT YEAH. I DON'T THINK ENOUGH TO MAKE A BIG MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE WITH THE OVERALL RESULTS.

JUST IN MY INFORMAL POLLS IN MY DISTRICT THAT USUALLY WHEN I HAVE THE FAMILIES PARTICIPATING, THE PARK SCORES DON'T GO UP. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. I AGREE WITH WHAT CHAIRWOMAN WILLIS COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS WAS SAYING ON SLIDE 17 ABOUT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

YOU KNOW, I RARELY GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT A RUDE CITY EMPLOYEE.

USUALLY THE COMPLAINTS ARE JUST THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING TOLD WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR.

AND SO YOU KNOW, OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS GOOD.

I KNOW OUR PEOPLE ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT COME ACROSS IN THIS SURVEY.

ALL RIGHT. NOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IS? THAT IS A MASSIVELY IMPORTANT CATEGORY HERE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT MEANS SITTING IN TRAFFIC OR SPEEDING OR.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, EXACTLY? SURE. SO ON THE SURVEY, WE DID GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT.

SO IN THE SURVEY IT SAYS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PARENTHESES, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, TRAFFIC FLOW, WHICH I THINK IS A LOT OF WHAT THIS IS PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF SIGNS AND PARKING ARE THE EXAMPLES WE GAVE TO RESIDENTS.

CAN YOU GO TO THE SLIDE THAT REFLECTS MAYBE IT'S ON THE SURVEY WHERE IT KIND OF BREAKS THAT DOWN.

YOU HAVE THE APPENDIX UP HERE? I'M LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL SURVEY INSTRUMENT FOR THIS.

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IT HAS THE EXAMPLES OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS, TRAFFIC FLOW SIGNS, AND PARKING AS EXAMPLES OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.

OKAY. THEN JUST TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, IT'S NOT SPEEDING OR ENFORCEMENT.

IT'S HOW CARS MOVE AROUND THE CITY. CORRECT. CORRECT.

YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A COUNCIL AND LIKE RETHINK OUR, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND CONTINUE TO GET MORE CARS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE ROUNDABOUTS AND THINGS TO THAT.

WE SHOULD BE EMBRACING MODERN TECHNIQUES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS SORT OF COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ WAS HITTING ON IT ON THE QUESTION THREE IN THE SURVEY ABOUT HOUSING.

I NOTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO OVER 50%, THE ONLY CATEGORY WHERE OVER 50% OF OUR RESIDENTS SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ITEM FOR THEM WAS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S CORRECT, YEP.

AND THAT WAS QUESTION THREE ON THE SURVEY. AND SO I THINK THE DISCUSSION THAT MISS TOLBERT HAD WITH CHAIRWOMAN, WITH COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SURVEY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO REALLY WHAT ARE THE CORE CITY FUNCTIONS VERSUS WHAT DO WE USE OTHER PRIVATE PARTNERS TO HELP US WITH, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, HOUSING BECAUSE WE GET MONEY FROM HUD, HOMELESSNESS, WE GET MONEY FROM HUD AND OTHER SOURCES.

AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHY HOUSING IS NOT LISTED AS A MAJOR CITY SERVICE ON HERE.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WHEN YOU JUST HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH CHAIR MENDELSOHN ABOUT SLIDE 22, LET'S GO THERE FOR A SECOND.

SLIDE 22, PLEASE. YEAH. I MEAN, THESE ARE THE PERCEPTIONS OF PROBLEMS IN THE CITY.

I NOTICE UNDER QUESTION FIVE ON THE SURVEY, THE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS NOT A QUESTION.

HAD YOU EVER CONSIDERED ADDING THAT AS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS? I THINK WE DEFINITELY COULD. IT IS ASKED ON QUESTION.

IT'S TOWARDS THE END OF THE SURVEY. IT WAS THE LAST SLIDE THAT I SHOWED.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN MOVE FORWARD A FEW SLIDES.

ONE MORE. THIS ONE, SORRY, GO BACK ONE. YES. QUESTION THREE.

YEAH, SO THIS IS ABOUT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT THE NECESSARILY CITY SERVICES.

BUT WE. TOUCH ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LIVING WAGE JOBS, EDUCATION HEALTH CARE.

SO A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT REALLY CITY SERVICES, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE JUST ASKED SEPARATELY FROM THAT QUESTION ABOUT CITY SERVICES.

YEAH. AND LIKE SOME OF US, WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL OVER.

RIGHT. BUT I FEEL LIKE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, WE CONTROL THE ZONING AND LAND USE WE CONTROL MOST OF THE SUBSIDIES THAT COME FROM HUD. SO I FEEL LIKE HOUSING HAS BEEN GROUPED UP WITH THESE THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE HARDLY ANY CONTROL OVER, AND IT SHOULD BE MORE FLUID THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SURVEY.

THAT WOULD BE MY ONE RECOMMENDED CHANGE, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF IT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

SO OTHERWISE I LIKE IT. I THINK YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB EVERY YEAR.

THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY, GREAT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE THERE.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SO WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.

OKAY. SO, THE NEXT ITEM IN THIS BRIEFING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR SURVEY METHODOLOGY OUR APPROACH FOR 2025 COMMUNITY SURVEY.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAD IN THE FIRST ROUND.

SO REALLY THE GOAL IF YOU GO TO SLIDE NUMBER TWO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT METHODOLOGY. TALK ABOUT HOW THE RESULTS WILL ALIGN TO OUR CITYWIDE PROCESS.

WE'LL DISCUSS OUR OUTREACH PLAN PROJECT TIMELINE AND THEN NEXT STEPS.

SO MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER THREE. JUST A REMINDER WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS.

WHY WE CONDUCT THE SURVEY IS THREEFOLD. ONE TO MEASURE RESIDENTS SATISFACTION ABOUT CITY SERVICES, IDENTIFY THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND THEN MONITOR AND BENCHMARK THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE FROM PRIOR SURVEYS ON SLIDE NUMBER FOUR.

WE WILL AGAIN SURVEY 150 RESPONSES PER COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR A TOTAL OF 2100, ETC.

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AND THEN AGAIN THIS YEAR, THIS SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE.

ON SLIDE NUMBER FOUR OR SORRY FIVE, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED.

THE SURVEY QUESTIONS ARE DETERMINED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS IN CONSULTATION WITH ETC..

AND SO THE APPENDIX INCLUDES THE PROPOSED QUESTIONS FOR 2025.

BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF CHANGES THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

AS I MENTIONED, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUESTIONS ARE CONSISTENT OVER TIME.

THIS ALLOWS BENCHMARKING AND TREND ANALYSIS. YOU WILL NOTICE IN THE 2025 DRAFT SURVEY THAT WE'VE INCLUDED ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON COMMUNICATION. TYPICALLY, WE WILL ADD QUESTIONS BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.

CURRENT TOPICS AND SO THIS YEAR WE WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW RESIDENTS ENGAGE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND APPROPRIATELY.

ON SLIDE NUMBER SIX, WE TRY TO ALIGN THE RESULTS WITH OUR PROCESSES.

SO WE SHARE THE FINDINGS WITH CITY COUNCIL, WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS.

ANY FEEDBACK RELATED TO SATISFACTION OF CITY SERVICES.

WE FORWARD THAT TO THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

WE DO REVIEW THE TOP PRIORITIES AS PART OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND THEN WE ALSO USE ANY RESULTS TO COMPLEMENT OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS. MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN. SO THIS IS THE NEW PIECE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

SO NEW THIS YEAR WE ARE LAUNCHING AN ONLINE VERSION OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.

AND REALLY, THIS IS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOT SELECTED IN THE RANDOM SAMPLE.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE POPULATION IS 1.3 MILLION AND SO 2100.

WE DON'T TOUCH EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, THE ONLINE SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY DALLAS RESIDENT BECAUSE IT'S AVAILABLE TO ANY RESIDENT. IT WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR REPORTING AND BENCHMARKING.

SO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE COME BACK AND PRESENT THE RESULTS TO YOU IN JUNE, WE'LL STILL HAVE THE STATISTICAL.

REPORT OUT OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY. BUT THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE ONLINE VERSION SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS OF THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE WE'RE LAUNCHING THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, WE ARE GOING TO REPLACE THIS WITH OUR BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY.

SO IF YOU RECALL, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE WOULD LAUNCH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY.

AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE ONE SURVEY. WE HOPE THIS NEW APPROACH WILL ALLOW US TO CAPTURE THE VOICE OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. SO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON OUR EQUITY IMPACT ZIP CODES.

THE BUSY PARENT, OUR YOUTH COMMUNITY, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, AND MANY OTHERS.

SO THE SURVEY WILL REQUIRE AN ADDRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CAPTURING RESIDENTS FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THIS SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL.

OUR GOAL IS TO EXPAND OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS. SO OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR THIS COMMUNITY SURVEY WILL INCLUDE PARTICIPATION AT FESTIVALS, CELEBRATIONS, THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO DIFFERENT CULTURES, AS WELL AS SPORTING AND COMMUNITY EVENTS AT OUR LIBRARY, LIBRARIES AND RECREATION CENTERS. WE ALSO PLAN TO PARTNER WITH OUR NONPROFIT GROUPS AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM SPREAD THE WORD.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'LL USE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS TARGETED FACEBOOK GROUPS, LINKEDIN, AND THEN, OF COURSE, DEDICATED HASHTAGS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS.

AND THEN PLATFORMS SUCH AS WECHAT AND WHATSAPP.

AND THEN ALSO THIS YEAR, WE'RE CREATING A SHORT VIDEO ON THE COMMUNITY SURVEY TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE AND AT CITY EVENTS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, LASTLY, WE HAVE AN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GAUGE THE PARTICIPATION IN THE SURVEY.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE STATUS REPORTS BASED ON IMPRESSIONS, COMMENTS, VIEWS, POSTS THAT ARE SHARED THAT WAY.

THAT WILL GIVE US A SENSE OF WHERE OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS ARE WORKING WHERE WE NEED TO PIVOT.

AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS ONLINE PLATFORM OF ENGAGEMENT WILL HELP US TO MAKE TO SEE WHERE WE CAN EXPAND OUR OUTREACH IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TOUCHING EVERYONE ON SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT.

THIS SHOWS THE PROPOSED TIMELINE, SO WE'LL ADMINISTER THE SURVEY FEBRUARY THROUGH MARCH.

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TODAY WE WILL RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK. AGAIN, THE RESULTS OF THE 2024 SURVEY ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE. ON THE PERFORMANCE PAGE. AND SO WE HAVE LISTED THERE ALL SURVEYS DATING BACK TO 2013.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO GO OUT AND DO COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ALSO NEW THIS YEAR WE HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE 2024 RESULTS, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DRILL DOWN. I THINK A QUESTION CAME UP RELATED TO ZIP CODE, AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW RESIDENTS RESPONDED BY ZIP CODE TO CERTAIN QUESTIONS. AND SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT LINK IS UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

AND THEN OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE APPENDIX INCLUDES OUR PROPOSED QUESTIONS FOR 2025.

THE DETAIL IS THERE. AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL PROVIDE FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF IF YOU WANT TO SEE DIFFERENT WORDING TO A QUESTION HOW IT'S PHRASED. WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PREPARED REMARKS.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNCILWOMAN SCHULTZ, FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS GREAT. AND I THINK IT'S TREMENDOUS PROGRESS.

TWO THINGS. ONE IS AS YOU PRESENT THOSE RESULTS AND GATHER ALL OF THE RESULTS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE VERY CLEARLY DISTINGUISH THE STATISTICALLY VALID ONE FROM THE PUBLIC, ONE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND HOW WE WEIGH THOSE RESPONSES.

MOST DEFINITELY. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

YES. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, IN TERMS OF YOUR DISCONTINUANCE OF THE BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY, THEN DOES THAT WILL THAT GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY? AS CHAIR GRACEY BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, AN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BUDGET, THEN TO THOSE PRIORITIES.

I MEAN, MAYBE THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY THEN TO GO AHEAD.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. THERE IS AND WE'VE APPROACHED ENGAGEMENT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRACEY'S POINT.

WE HAVE GONE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AT DIFFERENT EVENTS, SHARED SORT OF OUR BUDGET WILL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW MUCH WE CURRENTLY SPEND. PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND THEN THEY FILL OUT THE SURVEY.

IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DISCONTINUE THE BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US ON THAT LANDING PAGE TO CREATE JUST A SIMPLE, VERY SIMPLE THE WAY THAT WE USED TO DO WHEN WE WOULD GO OUT DURING OUTREACH AND JUST SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE CURRENT BUDGET AT A HIGH LEVEL.

YOU KNOW, WITH THE DOLLAR, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE IT? AND THEN THEY CAN TAKE THE SURVEY FROM, FROM THAT LANDING PAGE.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY COME UP WITH DIFFERENT MARKETING OR TECHNIQUES TO DO TWO THINGS.

ONE, ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION, BUT THEN TWO, EDUCATE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE CONCERN THAT I'M HEARING, THAT WE DO INVEST A LOT IN PUBLIC SAFETY STREET INFRASTRUCTURE.

HOWEVER, THE FEEDBACK IS WE NEED TO DO MORE. AND SO I THINK THE EDUCATION PIECE IS THE THING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO BETTER ON.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO BUILD ON THAT. I THINK GIVEN, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT CHAIR WEST WAS MENTIONING, THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE CAUSE OF SO MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT OTHER PEOPLE FIND CONCERNING.

RIGHT, LIKE HOMELESSNESS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HOUSE, YOU ARE HOMELESS.

THAT KIND OF THING. IS THERE THE OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY? AGAIN, I'M SEPARATING IT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE CONCERN THAT WE DON'T WANT TO ROCK IT TOO MUCH.

THAT SAID, ARE THERE WAYS? ARE WE WORKING WITH ETC.

OR OTHER EXPERTS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE QUESTIONS TO INFORM? YOU KNOW, IT IS CLEAR THAT LACK OF HOUSING CAUSES HOMELESSNESS.

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF OR WHATEVER? I'M NOT A STATISTICIAN, YOU KNOW. I'M NOT A SURVEY EXPERT, BUT ARE THERE WAYS TO DO THAT TO ACTUALLY GET THAT INFORMATION? THAT WELL, I GUESS A COUPLE THINGS. THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING QUESTION, I QUESTION, I THINK.

I THINK WE COULD MAYBE MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT QUESTION. THE QUESTION THAT ASKED ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE THERE.

THE QUESTION YOU WERE SUGGESTING SOUNDED LIKE KIND OF AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION. AND WE WE DEFINITELY TRY TO LIMIT THOSE BECAUSE THAT DOES TEND TO LOWER THE RESPONSE RATE.

IF PEOPLE HAVE TO WRITE OUT A LONG ANSWER VERSUS JUST CHECKING A BOX.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. WE HAVE ONE OPEN ENDED QUESTION NOW WHERE WE ASK PEOPLE TO EXPAND ON WHY THEY LISTED CERTAIN ITEMS OR A PROBLEM.

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WELL, AND IN ADDITION, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T REALIZE THAT OUR POPULATION IS NOT GROWING.

AND PART OF THE REASON IT'S NOT GROWING IS FOR LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT ALL PRICE POINTS.

CORRECT. AND SO IT'S NOT I DON'T WANT TO JUST TURN THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING QUESTION INTO A HOMELESSNESS QUESTION BUT IS CERTAINLY A CORE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, RIGHT, IT'S A PRIME NEED. RIGHT, IT WOULD STILL BE, IT WOULD STILL BE A DIFFERENT QUESTION.

I JUST THINK MAYBE IT COULD BE ASKED IN A DIFFERENT PLACE ON THE SURVEY. IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE TO ASK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE SAME QUESTION WHERE WE ASK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND SOME OF THE OTHER WHAT RESIDENTS MIGHT PERCEIVE AS PROBLEMS FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN THERE'S A CHANCE TO GIVE AN OPEN ENDED RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION WHERE YOU CAN GIVE MORE FEEDBACK.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. COUNCILMAN WILLIS.

THANK YOU. SO I APPRECIATE WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE QUESTIONS IN THE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY.

WE WANT SOME LONGITUDINAL READ, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US.

BUT TELL ME AGAIN WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF DOING THE ONLINE SURVEY.

SO THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ONLINE SURVEY, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FROM THE SURVEY WAS ONE BASED ON THE REACH YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

AND SO BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE SENT OUR SAMPLE SIZE IS 2100.

THERE WAS THE CONCERN EXPRESSED THAT THEY WANTED MORE PARTICIPATION.

SO THE ONLINE VERSION ALLOWS MORE PARTICIPATION.

GRANTED, IT'S NOT STATISTICALLY VALID, BUT WE CAN STILL SHARE THE RESULTS.

TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS. IN THE SAME FORM. SO I MEAN, ONE OF YOUR BULLETS SAID THIS ONLINE VERSION NOT INCLUDED IN STATISTICAL ANALYSIS.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY GIVEN THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER.

WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST SAY, LET'S EXPAND THIS UNIVERSE BY 50 MORE PEOPLE AND INSTEAD OF DOING 150, MAYBE WE DO 200 PEOPLE OR 250 PEOPLE, SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT DOES REACH MORE PEOPLE, BUT IT'S STATISTICALLY VALID. AND SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND FEEL EVEN MORE SOLID ABOUT IT.

WAS THAT CONSIDERED? THAT'S SOMETHING WE CERTAINLY COULD DO.

I MEAN, THE COST OBVIOUSLY INCREASE AS WE INCREASE THE SAMPLE SIZE FOR THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY.

A LOT OF CASES, IT'S KIND OF A DIMINISHING RETURN.

YOU INCREASE THE SAMPLE SIZE, BUT THE MARGIN OF ERROR DOESN'T CHANGE A WHOLE LOT.

WHAT THIS IS WE SOMETIMES WE CALL THIS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SURVEY, WHERE WE JUST MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO FILL OUT, EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T SELECTED AT RANDOM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY. AND I AGREE, WE DON'T GIVE THAT SURVEY AS MUCH WEIGHT AS THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY, BUT IT STILL COULD GIVE US INSIGHTS ON PEOPLE THAT AREN'T INCLUDED AS PART OF THE RANDOM SAMPLE.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I DO SEE VALUE IN THIS, IN THAT IT IS A LOW BARRIER WAY TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE WITH A QR CODE OR WHEREVER AT DIFFERENT VENUES. BUT ONE THING I REALLY SEE THE VALUE IN IS CAPTURING THE VERBATIMS. AND SO SEEING THE WAY WE STRUCTURE OUR QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS, EVEN ABOUT THE OTHER SURVEY, IS READING THE ACTUAL COMMENTS. AND SO I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A WAY THAT WE COULD GET BROAD INPUT AND GETTING IT IN THE LANGUAGE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND HEARING THE STREET WHERE THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM OR A CODE ISSUE THAT THEY'RE HAVING. SO I THINK THERE IS VALUE IN OPENING THIS UP, BUT I ALWAYS WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY DISTINCT IN WHAT IS STATISTICALLY VALID THAT WE BASE OUR BUDGETING MORE CLOSELY AROUND VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE WIDE OPEN SURVEY. ONE OTHER POINT IS HOW WOULD WE BE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, ONE SURVEY PER PERSON? I MEAN, THERE ARE OTHER PHONES.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE INCENTIVIZED OR HAVE A REASON TO REALLY LOAD UP A PUBLIC SURVEY LIKE THIS.

WE DO ASK PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THEIR HOME ADDRESS WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR SURVEY ONLINE.

AND THAT'S BEEN THE CASE FOR THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY FOR YEARS.

SO THAT'S NO DIFFERENT. BUT WE'LL JUST USE THAT TO SEPARATE OUT THE RANDOM SAMPLE VERSUS ANYONE OUTSIDE THE RANDOM SAMPLE WHO FILL OUT THE SURVEY.

THAT ALSO MAKES SURE THAT WE ONLY RECEIVE ONE COMPLETED SURVEY PER HOUSEHOLD.

WELL, AND OTHERS LIVE IN A HOUSEHOLD, SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D WANT TO EXCLUDE THAT.

HOWEVER, MAYBE THERE'S AN ASTERISK OR SOMETHING SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN TEN FROM THIS HOUSEHOLD, RIGHT? FOR THE FOR THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY, WE DO ONLY ALLOW ONE COMPLETE SURVEY PER HOUSEHOLD.

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I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN THAT MORE THAN ONE PERSON FILLS OUT THE SURVEY BECAUSE IT IS A PRETTY, PRETTY LENGTHY, IN-DEPTH SURVEY. BUT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC SURVEY, I THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD BE OKAY TO ALLOW THAT, BUT NOT SO MUCH FOR THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY.

AND I THINK I GET THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO ONE OTHER BULLET SAYS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION AT HIGH EQUITY AREAS, INCLUDING REC CENTERS AND LIBRARIES. AND I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE THAT WE USE OUR CITY VENUES AND REALLY MAXIMIZE THAT AND NOT FOCUS ON ONE AREA OVER ANOTHER.

I MEAN, WE DON'T YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR PUBLIC FACING OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, GO TO A LIBRARY AND SEE PROGRAMING OR GO TO A REC CENTER AND HAVE PROGRAMING.

SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GO VISIT POLICE STATIONS TOO AND GO IN AND MAKE REPORTS.

SO, I WOULD WANT TO SEE US BE EQUITABLE IN GETTING THIS OUT ACROSS ALL OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES ON CITY PROPERTIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT I THINK HAVING A MAP OF THE DISTRICT INCLUDED ON THIS, BECAUSE WE TALK IN TERMS OF DISTRICTS ALL THE TIME, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY ALWAYS KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE THEY LIVE OR WHO OR WHO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER MIGHT BE.

SO I THINK THAT COULD BE HELPFUL. IF WE'VE GOT A DROP DOWN ON WHICH DISTRICT DO YOU LIVE IN? OR MAYBE YOU LOCATE IT BY THEIR HOME AND JUST TAKE THAT OFF OF THEM.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO. OKAY, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST MOVE AS I THINK THROUGH THIS.

AND THEN I THINK DISCONTINUING THE ANNUAL BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GETTING THAT REVEALED TO US.

SO I GUESS WE'RE DODGING THAT ONE. SO. OKAY. WELL, I, I'M EXCITED AT THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING THIS.

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY DISTINCT IN HOW WE USE THE READ AND HOW WE GET IT OUT TO FOLKS AND ALL OF THAT.

THANK YOU. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN. THANK YOU. SO IN LOOKING AT THE PURPOSES OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD DO THIS BROADER NON-VALIDATED SURVEY.

SO IF THE FIRST PURPOSE IS TO GATHER INPUT FROM RESIDENTS TO OBJECTIVELY ASSESS THE QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES.

YOU WOULD ONLY BE USING THE VALIDATED SURVEY FOR THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE BROADER ONE WOULD NOT BE OBJECTIVE.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO? SO NOTHING WOULD CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY.

SO THE FIRST PURPOSE IS ONLY SERVED BY THE VALIDATED SURVEY.

THE SECOND ONE HELP DETERMINE PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE RESULTS FROM THE VALIDATED SURVEY AND THE RESULTS FROM THE BROADER SURVEY ARE WILDLY DIFFERENT? I MEAN, HOW WOULD WE DETERMINE THE PRIORITIES? ARE WE GOING TO DO IT BASED ON QUANTITY OF RESPONSE FROM THE BROADER COMMUNITY, OR ARE WE GOING TO DO IT BASED ON THE VALIDATED RESULTS? I THINK IT SHOULD BE ON THE VALIDATED RESULTS.

THAT'S THAT STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY DEFINITELY CARRIES MORE WEIGHT.

OUR MAIN REPORT WILL BE BASED JUST ON THAT. YOU KNOW, THIS LENGTHY REPORT WE PROVIDE AS WELL AS OUR PRESENTATION.

THIS IS REALLY JUST AN ADDITIONAL DATA POINT BEYOND THAT.

REALLY, IT'S A WAY TO GET, SORRY. LIKE YOU'RE THEN THE CITY MANAGER.

I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ASKING RESIDENTS TO SPEND WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED AS ABOUT 15 MINUTES FILLING OUT A SURVEY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY USE TO DETERMINE PRIORITIES. WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DISMISS IT IN FAVOR OF THE VALIDATED ONE IN TERMS OF TRACKING THE CITY'S PERFORMANCE OVER TIME.

ANOTHER ONE OF THE STATED PURPOSES, AGAIN, IT APPEARS THAT WOULD BE THE VALIDATED SURVEY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO TRACK PERFORMANCE AND THEN HELP IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. THAT GOES BACK TO THE DETERMINING PRIORITIES.

I MEAN, WOULD WE IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT BASED ON THE BROADER RESPONSE, OR WOULD WE DO IT BASED ON THE ACTUALLY VALIDATED RESPONSE? AND SO I JUST THINK WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR RESIDENT FRUSTRATION THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO FILL OUT A SURVEY.

THEY SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME PROVIDING INPUT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DISMISS IT IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING WE ALREADY DO AND PAY FOR.

AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD BE ASKING THEIR COMMUNITY THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? WHY IS IT YOUR PRIORITY? WHAT COULD WE DO BETTER? WHAT ARE YOUR SUGGESTIONS? THESE ARE THINGS THAT IT'S LITERALLY OUR JOB AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO BRING FORWARD.

AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THEM FOR THE DECISION MAKING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEET THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY, IT SEEMS LIKE AN ENORMOUS WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY.

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AND WE HEAR THAT OFTEN WHEN WE'RE OUT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WHAT WE WERE DEFINITELY TRYING TO DO IS TO FIND ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN ALSO ENGAGE EVEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT NOT BE FILLING OUT THE SURVEY THAT'S COMING THROUGH ETC.

WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT SEND DIRECT SURVEY QUESTIONS OUT ALL THE TIME.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET A IT'S ALMOST LIKE A REPOSITORY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFORMATION THAT'S COMING THROUGH DIFFERENT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH EVENTS. WE KNOW OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT, THEY SEND OUT SATISFACTION SURVEYS, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MECHANISMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ACROSS THE CITY.

IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL THAT WE TAKE THESE QUESTIONS, WHICH WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS DOING, WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING OUT CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION, THAT OTHERS ARE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS WHY WE TALKED ABOUT THE ONLINE PIECE WHEN WE TALKED TO OUR YOUTH COMMISSIONERS.

WHAT WE OFTEN HEAR FROM THEM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE DIGITAL WORLD AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL WAYS THAT YOU ASK FOR FEEDBACK ARE NOT THE WAYS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT FROM OUR POPULATION.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SPREAD THE NET WIDE.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THEN WHAT DO WE THEN USE? I THINK THE VALIDATED SURVEY WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD TAKE OUR TOP PRIORITIES FROM.

BUT HAVING THAT OTHER INFORMATION IS INFORMATION THAT IS ALSO USEFUL BECAUSE IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SEE IF THERE ARE TRENDS.

IT WILL ALLOW FOR US ALSO TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE MEASURING PERCEPTIONS, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VALID SURVEY IS WHAT WE WOULD THEN BASE OUR FINAL DECISIONS ON. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOU FOR THE COMMENTS AND THE QUESTIONS.

CITY SECRETARY. HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE LEFT? COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND 36 SECONDS REMAINING.

THANK YOU. SO MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A SURVEY. THEY WERE NOT RANDOMLY SELECTED.

THIS THIS WILL ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT CONCERN.

BUT THEN THE NEW CONCERN WILL BE, WELL, I FILLED IT OUT AND YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO ME.

YOU ACTUALLY LISTENED TO THE VALIDATED SURVEY.

SO WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT? AND THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU, IS THAT IN AN EFFORT TO NOT EXPLAIN THAT THEIR VOICE IS BEING HEARD BY STATISTICAL MEANS, YOU'RE ACTUALLY CAUSING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK ON CITY STAFF AND THE RESIDENTS TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LITERALLY DISMISS. AND SO I DON'T SEE THE POINT OF THIS.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST MEANT TO TRY TO MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER THAT THEY DIDN'T GET THE SURVEY.

AND THE POINT IS TO ACTUALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS, THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SAID, I'M NOT GETTING MY MONEY'S WORTH FOR MY TAX DOLLAR.

THE RESIDENTS WHO SAY I NEED THE STREETS FIXED, OUR RESIDENTS WHO SAY WE NEED MORE POLICE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING OVER AND OVER. I NEED YOU TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, NOT JUST POUR MONEY INTO HOMELESSNESS, ACTUALLY REDUCE HOMELESSNESS. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS SURVEY TELLS US.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND OUR TIME AND MONEY IN ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE RESULTS OF THE VALIDATED SURVEY, AS OPPOSED TO JUST TRYING TO OPEN UP A BROADER SURVEY THAT REALLY IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE NEW INFORMATION TO US.

THANK YOU. I THINK. I WAS ACTUALLY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR PRO TEM AND THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN. I THINK AS I STATED, WE HAVE OTHER VARIOUS SURVEYS THAT ARE DONE ACROSS THE CITY THROUGH A LOT OF OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

AND IT'S NOT JUST THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY SURVEY. IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT PERCEPTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S ALSO ESSENTIAL. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COMMUNITY SURVEY DOES ALLOW FOR US TO CONTINUE THE BENCHMARKING, WHICH IS CRITICAL. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IF IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING FELT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER SURVEYS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING DONE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GO INTO A WIC CLINIC. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SERVICES YOU RECEIVE TODAY? THOSE SURVEYS ARE IMPORTANT. THEY ALLOW FOR US TO MAKE DAY TO DAY ADJUSTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE AND HOW WELL WE'RE PERFORMING, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND DEFINITELY WOULD TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS THE FULL CITY COUNCIL UNDER ADVISEMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, MY LAST FEEDBACK WOULD BE THAT, HAVING BEEN ON THE CITY WEBSITE TO LOOK AT THE PAST SURVEYS,

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AND SO I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL WITH SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO BETTER NAVIGATE THIS MENU SYSTEM.

IT'S NOT USER FRIENDLY. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MORENO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ATKINS. AND THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOW UP.

PRESENTATION. I BROUGHT UP ONE OF MY CONCERNS EARLIER ABOUT MY DISTRICT HOW IT SPANS FROM NORTHWEST DALLAS ALL THE WAY TO FAR EAST DALLAS.

I WOULD SUGGEST IF WE COULD GET A HEAT MAP SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THE RESPONSES ARE COMING FROM, AND PERHAPS EVEN BREAKING IT DOWN BY NEIGHBORHOOD OR CENSUS TRACT IN ORDER TO GET A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND NOT JUST CERTAIN AREAS WHEN IT COMES TO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS ON HERE ABOUT RENTING VERSUS OWNING.

I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL WHEN WE'RE MAILING OUT INFORMATION OR THE SURVEY RATHER, IS TO SURVEY.

DO WE KNOW IF THE SURVEY'S GETTING TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OR TO THE ACTUAL RENTER? HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT IT'S ACTUALLY I KNOW THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS IN THE SURVEY, HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN DALLAS, ETC., BUT HOW CAN IS THERE ANY VERIFICATION THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO THE PERSON THAT IS LIVING IN THAT ADDRESS? RIGHT. THE ADDRESS IS SAMPLE BASED. SO IT IS FOR WHOEVER'S LIVING AT THAT CURRENT ADDRESS WHETHER THEY BE A RENTER OR AN OWNER.

WHEN WE MAIL THE SURVEY OUT, IT JUST IS ADDRESSED TO CURRENT RESIDENTS, NOT A SPECIFIC NAME.

SO IT'S JUST FOR WHOEVER IS LIVING THERE AT THAT TIME.

SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT TO A PROPERTY OWNER THAT MIGHT LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT THEN THERE ARE JUST PROPERTIES IN DALLAS.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE US WANTING TO HAVE A BETTER MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING BOTH FROM COUNCIL, FROM STAFF AND FROM THE CONSULTANT AND THE WAY WE'RE DRAFTING THOSE QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS ON SOME OF THE 2025 QUESTIONS.

IF YOU GO TO PAGE IN THE DRAFT ON PAGE THREE NUMBER 19, SOCIAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS, CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS, SENIORS PROGRAMS. I WOULD PROBABLY SUGGEST THAT WE BREAK THAT DOWN EVEN FURTHER.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS THERE'S MORE TO HOUSING THAN JUST SOLVING HOMELESSNESS.

THERE'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING HOLISTIC THERE.

BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT FEEL THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, BUT FOLKS ALSO WANT DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT PARTICULAR CATEGORY.

SURE. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO ADD MORE DESCRIPTIONS ON SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.

I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE EXAMPLES.

SO YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. AND WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE QUESTION AND LOSING THE TRENDS OR BENCHMARKING DATA, BUT JUST EXPLAINING IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL WHAT THESE ITEMS MEAN. SO I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO COME BACK ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S MAKING ME THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE BRAINSTORMING QUESTIONS, BECAUSE WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE ARE HEARING FROM THEM ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ON AN ONGOING BASIS, BUT ABOUT ASKING OUR RESIDENTS, WHAT ARE SOME QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THIS, TO GET A BETTER READ ON HOW THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE THINKS ABOUT IT, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE STATISTICALLY VALID.

IT'S STILL GOING TO GIVE US MORE OF THE COLOR COMMENTARY AROUND THIS, I THINK.

AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THE CITY MANAGER BROUGHT UP ABOUT AT A WIC CLINIC.

SO IT'S NOT JUST FACILITIES THAT ARE CITY FACILITIES, BUT WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING SERVICES.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND OTHER REALLY STAFF TO SAY, WHERE CAN WE BEST GET THIS SURVEY IN FRONT OF MORE PEOPLE? BECAUSE WHEN YOU MENTION THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GETTING INPUT ALL THE TIME FROM RESIDENTS, THERE'S STILL THOSE WHO JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAMILY AND WORKING TWO JOBS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND SO THE FACT THAT THEY COULD FILL OUT A SURVEY AND WHAT WE TAKE FROM THAT IS THEIR VERBATIM ABOUT A SUGGESTION OR AN ISSUE AND GIVING THEM A SPEED PASS TO GET IN FRONT OF US TO MAYBE LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WAS OCCURRING.

AND SO I REALLY DO SEE THE VALUE IN THIS, BUT I THINK THAT JUST TRIGGERED THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS MAY BE THINKING OF SOME AREAS WHERE THIS COULD ALSO BE SHOWN OUTSIDE OF CITY FACILITIES, THAT WE COULD GET A LOT OF RESPONSES AS WELL.

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I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR HANDS UP.

CHAIRMAN ARNOLD. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO JUST CHIME IN REAL QUICKLY ON THE SURVEY RESPONSE. I THINK PART OF WHAT I WANTED TO GET TO IS THIS PARTICIPATION, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS IS TRANSPARENCY.

AND THEY WANT HONESTY IN THEIR INTERACTIONS. AND I THINK WHEN WE ADVERTISE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, DON'T DO IT. IT REMOVES THAT LEVEL OF TRUST THAT WE WERE BUILDING UP.

AND SO I THINK WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MARKETING.

WE HAVE SERVICES TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE NEED. THEY WANT US TO.

AND THIS IS WHAT THE CHALLENGE WE'RE TRYING TO RESPOND. PRIORITIZE EQUITABLE SERVICE DELIVERY.

THEY WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S TRANSPARENCY IN OUR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND HOLISTICALLY MAKING SURE THAT AS THEY COME OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES AND PREPARE THESE BUDGETS AND THESE SURVEYS, THEY'RE EXERCISING WITH FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY AND NOT OVERLOOKING THE FACT THAT THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MARGINALIZED NEED NOT JUST TO HAVE LIP SERVICE.

THEY NEED US TO ACTUALLY COME THROUGH. SO I WOULD SAY THAT AS WE APPROACH THIS SEASON OF WHAT I CALL DEFUNDING OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT PROVIDE MARGINALIZED [INAUDIBLE] AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BASIC THINGS I WANT TO PUT FORWARD. AND THANK CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF.

[INAUDIBLE] BUT HOLISTICALLY WHAT I KEEP HEARING IS I DON'T TRUST THEM AND THEREFORE I'M NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PARTICIPATION, BUT I WANT TO CLOSE OUT BY SAYING THAT, AND WE'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT, IN ALL HONESTY, EVEN WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHEN THESE ARE THE BUDGET COMES UP AND ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS THAT WE RESPECT COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICTS AND NOT ALLOW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO IN AND TRY TO PUT IN PROGRAMS AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS DISTRICTS BASED ON THE FUNDING THAT WE KNOW IS THERE. BUT THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES ARE BEING DISRESPECTED.

WHEN OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS COME IN AND POSITION THEMSELVES TO BE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY WEREN'T ELECTED THERE. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LISTEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS. ONE MINUTE. SURE. THANK YOU.

AND I HAD JUST GOTTEN AN UPDATE ON THE NUMBER THAT WE USE PER DISTRICT FOR THE VALIDITY OF THIS.

SO IT SAYS THAT WE USED TO HAVE 100 THAT WE WOULD COUNT PER DISTRICT, AND IT WAS INCREASED TO 150 WITHOUT MUCH MOVEMENT IN THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL.

SO DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO TAKE IT HIGHER.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN DID WE MOVE FROM 100 TO 150? THIS LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR, 2024, THAT WE WENT TO 150 PER DISTRICT.

SO IT CHANGES THE MARGIN OF ERROR. IT IMPROVES IT A LITTLE BIT, BOTH CITYWIDE AND PER DISTRICT, TO GO FROM BEFORE IT WAS 1400 CITYWIDE, 100 PER DISTRICT, AND IT WENT UP TO 2100 CITYWIDE.

150 PER DISTRICT. SO THAT IMPROVES THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA BY A SMALL AMOUNT, BUT INCREASING IT.

YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT MUCH MORE MOVEMENT.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, IF WE WERE TO DOUBLE THE SAMPLE SIZE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MARGIN OF ERROR INSTEAD OF 2.1% WOULD BE MAYBE 1.5 OR 1.6.

YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE ADDING A LOT OF COSTS AND ONLY IMPROVING THE MARGIN OF ERROR BY HALF A PERCENT OR POSSIBLY LESS.

SO OKAY, SO I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR YOU ON THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SURE. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

DO WE HAVE A NEXT BRIEFING? YES. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE NOW GOING TO BRIEFING ITEM NUMBER B.

[B. 25-442A Federal Grants: Financial Status Update]

IT INCLUDES BOTH A RECOMMENDATION TO REPROGRAM UNENCUMBERED AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, ACT OR ARPA REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS.

AND AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE STAND CONCERNING THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET MEMORANDUM THAT MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED INSTRUCTING FEDERAL AGENCIES TO TEMPORARILY PAUSE THE OBLIGATION AND DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDING ACROSS VARIOUS PROGRAMS.

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HOWEVER, DESPITE THE RECESSION, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS AND WE WILL SHARE WHAT WE KNOW TODAY IN PART OF THIS BRIEFING. JEANETTE WEEDEN, OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, IS HERE.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE CITY COUNCIL.

IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE FEDERAL FUNDING CHALLENGES AT THIS AT THIS TIME.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JEANETTE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

JEANETTE WEEDEN, BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

JOINING ME FOR THIS BRIEFING, SHAN WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF GRANTS ADMINISTRATION, AND JACK IRELAND, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL STATUS UPDATE ON FEDERAL GRANTS.

THIS IS A SHORT BRIEFING AS REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL.

WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING AN ARPA FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE EACH MONTH.

BOTH THE US TREASURY GRANT FUND AND THE ARPA, THE NON GRANT ARPA REDEVELOPMENT FUND.

WE STARTED THIS BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2024. THIS BRIEFING PROVIDES A STATUS UPDATE ON THE ARPA FUNDS.

SLIDES THREE THROUGH NINE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON OTHER FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS ON SLIDES 11 THROUGH 13.

SO ON SLIDE NUMBER TWO WE'LL START WITH THE UPDATE ON ARPA.

SLIDE THREE I'M SORRY. SO AS WE DISCUSSED BACK IN SEPTEMBER DURING THE END OF YEAR PROCESS, WE SAID THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO REVIEW PROJECTS IN THE FALL.

WE WOULD CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS FOR REPROGRAMING, AND THAT WE WOULD BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IN EARLY 2025.

AND SO, WE ARE HERE TODAY PROVIDING THAT REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.

TODAY'S BRIEFING, WE WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON THE BACKGROUND, DISCUSS OUR PROPOSED REPROGRAMING AND OUR PROPOSED NEW FRAMEWORK, AND THEN NEXT STEPS. MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER FOUR.

I KNOW THAT CITY COUNCIL, YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OR ARPA FUNDING, BUT FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE CITY RECEIVED 355.4 MILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. THIS ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN MARCH OF 2021.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE INITIAL SPENDING PLAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021.

AND SO THAT SPENDING PLAN, MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER FIVE WAS LAID OUT OVER THREE FISCAL YEARS.

IF YOU RECALL, WE STARTED REALLOCATING AND REPROGRAMING PROJECTS IN MAY OF 2023.

AND OUR LATEST RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL WAS IN SEPTEMBER 2024.

JUST AS A REMINDER ALL AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, ALL US TREASURY GRANT FUNDS.

SO THE FUNDING THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED IN THE GRANT FUND HAS BEEN SPENT OR OBLIGATED PER TREASURY GUIDANCE.

SO WE ARE ON TRACK TO SPEND ALL OF THOSE FUNDS BY DECEMBER OF 2026.

OUR INTERNAL DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER OF 2026. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 27.5 1.5 MILLION ENCUMBERED BUT UNSPENT.

AND SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2026 TO SPEND THAT 27.5 MILLION.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER SIX. JUST AS A REMINDER FOR YOU ALL, WE ESTABLISHED THE ARPA REDEVELOPMENT FUND BY REALLOCATING DALLAS FIRE RESCUE PAYROLL TO THE ARPA FUND. AND SO THE ARPA REDEVELOPMENT FUND IS A MULTIYEAR FUND CREATED WITH GENERAL FUND CAPACITY.

THE TOTAL BUDGET IS 186.5 MILLION. THE UNENCUMBERED BALANCE IS 98.3 MILLION.

WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE ARPA REDEVELOPMENT FUND, REALLY THE GOAL WAS TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF MOST OF THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS WHERE APPROPRIATE. WE WANTED TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE WORK TO CONTINUE.

AS OF SEPTEMBER OF 2024, WE TOLD YOU ALL DURING THE END OF YEAR PROCESS THAT WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY MONITORING SPENDING.

WE ARE ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO REPROGRAM FUNDS IF NEEDS AND PRIORITIES HAVE CHANGED.

AND SO AS THOSE NEEDS ARE CHANGING, WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW SPENDING FRAMEWORK.

SO WE WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE USE THESE REALLOCATED FUNDS.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION MOVING FORWARD WILL BE CRAFTED IN THE NEW SPENDING FRAMEWORK.

SO ANYTHING THAT WE RECOMMEND FOR REPROGRAMING WE WILL FOCUS ON THOSE ALLOCATIONS IN THE NEW SPENDING FRAMEWORK.

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IT'S BASED ON FOUR CATEGORIES. THE FIRST CATEGORY IS REVENUE STABILIZATION.

SO AS YOU KNOW WE CREATED A REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT FUND TO STABILIZE OUR REVENUES IN THE EVENT OF REVENUE LOSS. OUR SECOND CATEGORY AS PUBLIC SAFETY HIRING AND RETENTION.

AS YOU KNOW, THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET, THE BUDGET INCLUDED FUNDING FOR 250 OFFICERS.

HOWEVER, THE CITY MANAGER HAS CHALLENGED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO MORE, AND SO WE WILL USE THESE ONE TIME SAVINGS TO BRIDGE THAT FUNDING GAP IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT IF THEY'RE ABLE TO HIRE MORE THAN 250 OFFICERS.

THE THIRD, THE THIRD CATEGORY, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON ASSISTING IN CLOSING INFRASTRUCTURE GAPS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS AND OR OUR OWN FACILITY MAINTENANCE NEEDS. AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS UNMET NEEDS.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT SERVE RESIDENTS SORT OF IN OUR LIFE CYCLE MODEL.

ALL ALL, ALL STAGES OF LIFE SUPPORTING OUR SENIORS, OUR YOUTH COMMISSION ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS FINANCIAL NAVIGATIONS, THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR RESIDENTS. ON SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT.

THIS SLIDE REFLECTS OUR PROPOSED REPROGRAMING RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO LOOKING AT THE SOURCE OF FUNDS, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS PROJECTS COMING FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO SCALE AT A LEVEL TO MAKE THEM SUSTAINABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE A RECOMMENDATION THERE FOR REALLOCATION.

WE ALSO HAVE INTEREST EARNINGS THAT WE HAVE ACCRUED.

WE HAVE RESIDUAL BALANCES FROM COMPLETED PROJECTS.

WE HAVE FUNDING LEFT OVER FROM PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

AND SO THE REALLOCATION FOR ALL OF THESE DOLLARS WILL BE GOING TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY HIRING AND RETENTION.

ON SLIDE NUMBER NINE STAFF RECOMMENDS REPROGRAMING REPROGRAMING ARPA FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 7.7 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, HIRING AND RETENTION. JUST AS A REMINDER, ALL FUNDS MUST BE SPENT.

THIS IS OUR INTERNAL DEADLINE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2026.

THIS IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE US TREASURY GRANT FUNDS.

BUT OF COURSE, WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE IN THE ARPA REDEVELOPMENT FUND TO THAT SAME DEADLINE.

AND SO WE ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT ADDING PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW WILL BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 2026.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO ADD ANYTHING THAT WILL EXTEND BEYOND THAT TIME FRAME.

WE WILL PREPARE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN MAY.

TO MAKE THE MOVEMENTS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING HERE.

WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR EXPENDITURES, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MONTHLY STATUS UPDATES TO GPFM.

THE APPENDIX. IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS BRIEFING, THERE'S TWO APPENDICES.

THE FIRST ONE, APPENDIX A, GIVES YOU A SUMMARY OF THE US TREASURY GRANT FUNDS.

SO THIS IS THE GRANT DOLLARS. AND SO THERE'S ACTIVITY BY DEPARTMENT.

APPENDIX B, I THINK THE ONE THAT YOU ALL ARE MOST INTERESTED IN INCLUDES THE ARPA REDEVELOPMENT FUND ACTIVITY.

SO THIS PARTICULAR APPENDIX INCLUDES THE ACTIVITY BY DEPARTMENT AND PROJECT.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S THE BUDGET COLUMN. TOTAL SPENT, TOTAL ENCUMBERED AND TOTAL UNENCUMBERED.

THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION FOR REPROGRAMING COLUMN.

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COLUMN. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE BUDGET AFTER REPROGRAMING AND IN A BRIEF STATUS UPDATE FOR EACH PROJECT.

I DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING REPROGRAMING OF CITY COUNCIL DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.

SO, WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT APPENDIX B, JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RECOMMENDED FOR REPROGRAMING COLUMN IN YOUR IN YOUR REVIEW.

SO, MOVING ON TO OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS. ON SLIDE NUMBER 11, AS MISS TOLBERT MENTIONED, AND AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, ON JANUARY 27TH, THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET ISSUED A MEMO TO PAUSE DISBURSEMENT OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.

AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 28TH AT 5 P.M..

THE PAUSE WAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL AT LEAST FEBRUARY 10TH.

AND DURING THIS PAUSE, FEDERAL AGENCIES WERE TASKED WITH REVIEWING ALL OF THEIR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO REVIEW THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRIORITIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING THOSE AWARDS THAT WERE AWARDED DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE STATE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

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SO THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE AGENCIES ARE STILL REVIEWING SORT OF THE THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WERE PART OF THAT INITIAL MEMO.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS? OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, DALLAS HAS REALIZED AN AVERAGE ANNUAL GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF ABOUT 302 POINT OR 305.2 MILLION. THIS INCLUDES PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM WITH JAG AND OTHER VARIOUS GRANT PROGRAMS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

THE ORIGINAL OMB DIRECTIVE THAT WAS ISSUED ON THE 27TH IMPACTED OUR FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO APPENDIX C INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE FEDERAL ACTIVE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE BY AGENCY.

THAT APPENDIX INCLUDES THE CURRENT BUDGET, WHICH REFLECTS THE ORIGINAL GRANT AWARD.

ANY AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, PROGRAM INCOME.

AND THEN THE SUMMARY INCLUDES THAT TOTAL UNENCUMBERED BALANCE.

SO THIS REFLECTS THE REMAINING AMOUNT TO BE ENCUMBERED OR SPENT.

SO THIS IS SORT OF OUR UNOBLIGATED HAS NOT BEEN COMMITTED.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE APPENDIX ALSO INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT ARE PENDING CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION.

SO THIS MEANS THAT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE GRANT.

WE ARE WAITING FOR THE GRANT AGREEMENT, ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

SO IN THAT APPENDIX, YOU'LL SEE SORT OF THE THE UNIVERSE OF OUR FEDERAL GRANT ACTIVITY.

SO WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS ON SLIDE 13? THE IMPACT ON THE CITY OF DALLAS WILL DEPEND ON FUTURE OUTCOME AND DIRECTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE DO KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, THAT AGENCIES ARE TAKING STEPS TO EXAMINE THEIR RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES TO REFLECT THE GOALS AND DIRECTIVES ISSUED SO FAR. HOW THESE REVIEWS IMPACT FUTURE APPLICATIONS, FUTURE FUNDING ROUNDS, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

ALL OF THAT IS STILL UNKNOWN. THERE IS A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER IN PLACE THAT CHALLENGES THE ALLEGED CAUSE OF THE FREEZE.

AND SO WE KNOW LITIGATION IS ONGOING. MOVING FORWARD, STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW ORDERS, DIRECTIVES THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE WHITE HOUSE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS BACK TO YOU AS WE HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST WEEK OR SO. THIS THIS CONCLUDES OUR PREPARED REMARKS, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNCILMAN WILLIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO IN EVALUATING THIS, WE CERTAINLY HAVE DEPLOYED A LOT OF THESE FUNDS ALMOST $300 MILLION OR OVER $300 MILLION FROM THAT.

SO WE'RE SUGGESTING MOVING EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE REPROGRAMED INTO PUBLIC SAFETY, HIRING AND RETENTION.

AND SO ONE THING I SEE ON THIS IS SINCE THESE ARPA DOLLARS ARE ONE TIME FUNDS, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A ONE TIME EXPENSE VERSUS SOMETHING THAT'S AN ONGOING EXPENSE? CAN YOU BREAK DOWN WHAT THAT SPEND IS WOULD GO TO? SO THE MAJORITY OF THAT SPEND IS ONGOING. THAT'S WHY I USE THE WORDS BRIDGE THE GAP IN THE CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE OUR BUDGET ASSUMED 250 OFFICERS.

AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO FORECAST IN OUR MONTHLY BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT, AT SOME POINT WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU WHERE WE ARE FROM A HIRING PERSPECTIVE. AND SO WE KNOW THAT ANYTHING OVER THE BUDGET AMOUNT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO COVER AS PART OF A MID-YEAR END OF YEAR ADJUSTMENT. AND SO WE'RE SETTING ASIDE THESE FUNDS TO DO SO.

AND AS PART OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, WE'LL BUILD IN ANY ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AS PART OF THE BUDGET WE PRESENT TO YOU FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND FISCAL YEAR 27. SO THAT'S PART OF THE ONGOING EXPENSE. BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE LIKE A ONE TIME PURCHASE THAT WE KNOW OUR DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS NEED.

CORRECT. MAYBE JACK IRELAND. YEAH, IF I MAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, JACK IRELAND, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES INCLUDE THE ACQUISITION OF ABOUT 50 ADDITIONAL VEHICLES AND THE EQUIPMENT AND GEAR THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE ADDITIONAL RECRUITS AND TOTAL THAT'S ABOUT $3 MILLION OF THE 7.7.

THAT WOULD BE ONE TIME COST, AS OPPOSED TO ONGOING COSTS THAT WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO FIND FUNDING FOR TO CONTINUE THAT ONGOING COST IN THE NEW YEAR.

SO, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HIRING THE OFFICERS. THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE A VEHICLE TO DRIVE. WE'VE GOT TO EQUIP THEM.

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SO WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT TO GO. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE EQUIPPED.

YES, MA'AM. WE STARTED THE FISCAL YEAR WITH ABOUT 20 MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATED LAST SUMMER AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET.

WE ENDED 20 MORE CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARDS HIRING THE 250 PLUS IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE ON TRACK TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER FROM 250.

BY AN ADDITIONAL 50 FOR 300 FOR THIS YEAR. SO THIS HELPS US MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

IT DOES. AND WHILE I SAY THAT THE TARGET HERE IS FUNDING FOR THE 300.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO HIRE MORE THAN THAT.

THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS. BUT REASONABLY, THEY THINK 300 IS A NUMBER THEY CAN ACHIEVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

OKAY. AND THEN THERE WAS A COPS GRANT THAT WE HAD ALWAYS ANTICIPATED THAT WE DIDN'T GET.

SO TELL ME ABOUT HOW THIS CAN HELP US FILL THAT GAP.

SO ABOUT $2 MILLION WAS ANTICIPATED FOR THE COPS HIRING GRANT THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE.

AND SO IT DOES HELP FILL THAT GAP IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S AN ONGOING COST. WE WILL NEED TO, AS MISS WHEATON MENTIONED, WORK THROUGH THAT AS PART OF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TO FUND GOING FORWARD. AND THAT'S A FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE.

CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE'RE MAKING UP FOR THAT FEDERAL GAP IN HELPING US HIRE AND GET TO THE NUMBER THAT WE WANT ON OUR POLICE FORCE.

SO LET'S LOOK AT THE FLIP SIDE. I MEAN, I THINK WE KNOW WE NEED OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HIRE, RETAIN, RETAIN AND EQUIP THEM PROPERLY.

BUT AS I LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE PULLING FROM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION FOOD INSECURITY. AND SO IT DOES LEAVE ME WONDERING HOW WE'RE GOING TO BACKFILL SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IS STILL A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. HOW ARE WE GOING TO FILL THE FILL THE NEEDS AROUND THOSE CRITICAL CATEGORIES THAT TOUCH PUBLIC SAFETY, QUITE HONESTLY. SO I'LL START OFF THE DISCUSSION.

I THINK THAT OUR ORIGINAL SPENDING FRAMEWORK FOR THE ARPA FUNDING WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS IN RESPONSE TO COVID. AS I MENTIONED IN THE BRIEFING WE REALLY THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR REPROGRAMING OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE WEREN'T REALLY ABLE TO SCALE AT A LEVEL TO MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE OR EVEN VIABLE FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE. SO BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE STILL HAVE FUNDING ALLOCATED IN BOTH THE GRANT FUND AS WELL AS REMAINING FUNDS IN THE ARPA REDEVELOPMENT FUND TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE OTHER NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS A PLACE TO GO TO FIND ANSWERS TO.

IF I COULD, IF I COULD JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND.

AND COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS, THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE TEAM WILL TELL YOU THOSE WERE THE EXACT QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED.

I MENTIONED IN THE OTHER PRESENTATION THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, BUT MAYBE NOT ALL OF THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED BY JUST THE CITY.

SO I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE BRING OTHERS THAT CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES, THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE TEAM IS LOOKING TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, NOT IN JUST THIS CONVERSATION AROUND THE ARPA DOLLARS, BUT AND ALSO HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY INVESTING OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WAYS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MEET OUR BASIC CITY SERVICES, AND THEN BRING IN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP US TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER NEEDS THAT WE KNOW ARE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN. THANK YOU.

WELL, FIRST I WANT TO SAY I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE REPROGRAMING OF THESE FUNDS TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY MANAGER FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD AS LONG, ALONG WITH STAFF AND LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHEN I LOOK AT APPENDIX B, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ARPA FUNDING BACK IN, I THINK 2021. AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE REPROGRAMED MULTIPLE TIMES.

MY QUESTION WHEN I LOOK AT APPENDIX B IS WHY THERE ARE SO MANY DOLLARS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SPENT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MONEY, WHETHER IT'S ENCUMBERED OR NOT, IS STILL SITTING THERE ALL THESE YEARS LATER.

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ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT IN THE BRIEFING, WE HAVE REPROGRAMED AND, AND REALLOCATED FUNDING MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE 2021.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING AVAILABLE YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE STATUS UPDATE COLUMN THERE'S A NOTE THAT SAYS REPROGRAMED FUNDS. AND SO WHILE THE INITIAL SPENDING FRAMEWORK WAS APPROVED IN 2021, SOME OF THESE FUNDS WERE REPROGRAMED IN 2023 AND 2024. SO NOT I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS ENTIRE BALANCE HAS BEEN SITTING HERE SINCE 2021. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LOOK AT THE STATUS COLUMN TO SEE WHICH PROJECTS HAVE BEEN REPROGRAMED IN TERMS OF WHY WE STILL HAVE BALANCES RELATED TO ARPA FROM 2021.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, IF I MAY, JEANETTE, TO TO YOUR RESPONSE PART OF THE INITIAL SPENDING FRAMEWORK IS JEANETTE DID SAY WAS TO SPEND THE FUNDS OVER THREE YEARS. SO IT WAS NEVER OUR INTENT TO SPEND IT ALL.

IN THAT FIRST YEAR, WE DID ALLOCATE FUNDS IN FISCAL YEAR 22, 23 AND 24.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS JEANETTE MENTIONED, EVERY TIME WE DO A REPROGRAMING, IT RESTARTS ON THAT NEW PROJECT.

AND SOME OF THOSE NEW PROJECTS EVEN HAVE A MULTI-YEAR SPENDING PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THEM, AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET ALL OF THE DOLLARS OUT ON THE STREET.

AND AS JEANETTE MENTIONED, WE ARE HOLDING FIRM TO THE TREASURY DEADLINE OF LATE IN 2026.

EVEN THOSE THESE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY LOCAL FUNDS AT THIS POINT AND DO NOT HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT.

IT IS OUR INTENT TO CONTINUE TO PRESS AS IF THEY DO AND GET THEM ALL SPENT BY THE END OF 2026.

AND THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. I WAS GOING TO SAY THANK YOU, MR. IRELAND, FOR THAT FEEDBACK BECAUSE THAT IS CORRECT. A NUMBER OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE ON HERE, THE BUDGET AMOUNT REFLECTS THE THIRD YEAR OF THE ORIGINAL SPENDING PLAN.

SO WE'RE TALKING IF I JUST LOOK AT THE FIRST PAGE, THE SECURITY ASSESSMENT FUNDING, THIS WAS A THREE YEAR PROJECT.

AND SO WE'RE IN THE THIRD YEAR. OKAY. WELL FIRST I WANT TO SAY ON THIS APPENDIX B, I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU OUTLINED PROJECT BY PROJECT. SOMETIMES THEY GET GROUPED TOGETHER.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXERCISE IN TRANSPARENCY.

HOWEVER IT ALSO BEGS THE QUESTION ABOUT I MEAN, I HAVE QUESTION MARKS BY MORE THAN 30 OF THESE PROJECTS, SO I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THOSE WITH YOU OFFLINE.

BUT. I THINK IT'S PROBLEMATIC. WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY.

JACK, WHEN YOU SAY THAT THE INTENTION WAS TO SPEND IT OVER THE THREE YEARS, I SEE THAT WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION IN INTEREST EARNINGS.

WAS THE INTENT TO RETAIN THESE FUNDINGS TO TO GET REVENUE FROM INTEREST EARNINGS? NO, MA'AM. NOT AT ALL. BUT AS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND REALIZED INTEREST EARNINGS, WE HAVE BROUGHT THAT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROPRIATION AS WELL.

SO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE APPROPRIATED INTEREST.

AS WE GET ACCUMULATE THE INTEREST, WE WILL INCLUDE THAT IN REPROGRAMING.

BUT IT WAS NEVER OUR INTENT TO DO THAT. AND IS THE ISSUE FOR THE LONG TIME FRAME THAT THERE'S A STAFF CAPACITY ISSUE, OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? WELL, PART OF PART OF THE PLAN TO SPEND OVER THREE YEARS, YES, WAS A CAPACITY ISSUE, BUT KNOWING THAT THESE FUNDS WERE ONE TIME ONLY FUNDS. WE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT ALLOWED US TO USE IT OVER TIME, AND TO PUT IT INTO PLACE OVER MULTIPLE YEARS TO SEE THE BENEFIT IN THE COMMUNITY OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, RATHER THAN JUST ONE LARGE AMOUNT IN THAT FIRST YEAR, AND THEN NOTHING IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS. AND SO WE HAVE TRIED TO MANAGE WHERE WE KNEW THINGS NEEDED TO BE ONGOING, IF THERE WERE ANY, THAT WE COULD INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

SOME OF THEM, ONCE THEY'RE FINISHED, THE THE FUNDING GOES AWAY FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

A LOT OF IT WE DID PUT IN ONE TIME COST AND NOT OPERATING COST.

SO WE HAD DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AS WE DEVELOPED THAT ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK.

OKAY. WELL, I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU OFFLINE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE. BUT LIKE I'LL JUST PULL OUT ONE OF MY PET PROJECTS, WHICH IS THE FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM. IT'S JUST SHAMEFUL THAT THIS HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED, THAT WE'VE KNOWN WE'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM, THAT IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG TO GET THROUGH PROCUREMENT AND VENDOR NEGOTIATIONS.

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IT'S TRULY SHOCKING. SO THERE'S MANY ITEMS ON HERE.

AND AGAIN, $186 MILLION SITTING HERE IS NOT GOOD GOVERNANCE.

THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN, JEANETTE AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SIT WITH YOU AND GO THROUGH YOUR LIST AND TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE WHEN YOU'RE READY.

THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER TOLBERT DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND AND WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF.

THIS HAS BEEN A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT. WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN PERSONNEL CHANGES.

AND WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF TRANSITION OVER THIS TIME PERIOD, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO COME TODAY AND TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

THAT TRULY SHOWS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY LINE ITEM THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE USE OF THESE FUNDS.

I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO PAGE SEVEN FOR JUST A MINUTE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

THE WAY WE LAID THIS BRIEFING OUT, WE WANTED TO SHARE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE PROPOSED FRAMEWORK GOING FORWARD.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW OFTEN WE'VE DONE THE REPROGRAMING.

BUT GOING FORWARD, WE BELIEVE IN ORDER FOR US TO ADDRESS CONTINUOUSLY SOME OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES FROM A SERVICE STANDPOINT.

WE REALLY WANTED TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL REPROGRAMING THAT WE DO.

SO WHAT WE LAID OUT IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO STABILIZE OUR REVENUES.

WE'VE HAD THOSE CONCERNS IN THIS LAST YEAR WHERE EVEN OUR SALES TAX DOLLARS WERE NOT TRENDING IN WHAT WE HAD FORECAST, AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE TO HELP OFFSET THAT.

SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. YOU SEE HERE THAT WE LISTED ON SLIDE SEVEN THE ONGOING NEED THAT WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY HIRING AND RETENTION.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT 7.7 IS IS ACTUALLY DESIGNATED FOR THAT.

WE ALSO JUST SAW IN OUR SURVEY, OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY THE ONGOING CONCERNS AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND MAINTENANCE.

AND SO THAT IS THE OTHER CATEGORY THAT WE WANTED TO TO HAVE FROM A REPROGRAMING.

AND THEN ANY UNMET NEEDS BEYOND THAT, THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY WORK ACROSS THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND COME IN AND TALKING TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT HOW WE REPROGRAM THOSE DOLLARS. SO WE REALLY WANTED YOU TO ALSO GIVE ANY INPUT, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THESE CATEGORIES ARE CATEGORIES THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT GOING FORWARD, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IS TO CONTINUE THE UPDATES, CONTINUE TO SHARE HOW WELL WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THIS FUNDING, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET IN ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO DOWN THE ROAD AS IT RELATES TO THE FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN THAT COMES BACK AND ADDRESSES HOW WE WOULD PROPOSE TO DO ANY REPROGRAMING FOR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT SPENT. SO JUST WANTED TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT AS YOU SHARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, IF YOU LET US KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IF YOU BELIEVE THAT WE'VE CAPTURED WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED REPROGRAMING FRAMEWORK.

SO, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO USE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE MY TIME.

GO AHEAD. SO, THE TWO THINGS I LIKE TO ASK IS IF CHAIRMAN WEST WOULD PUT THIS APPENDIX B ON THE GPFM AGENDA FOR THE ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO DELVE INTO. THANK YOU FOR THE THUMBS UP THERE.

AND SECOND, TO THE CITY MANAGER'S POINT, ARPA FUNDING ISN'T MEANT TO BE OUR CONTINGENCY FUNDING.

AND SO IF WE HAVE A SHORTAGE IN SALES TAX, THAT'S MEANT TO BE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO USE OUR CONTINGENCY FUNDING FOR THAT.

AND IF WE NEED TO SHORE THAT UP, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY.

BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL RESERVE ACCOUNT OF ARPA WHEN ARPA WAS MEANT FOR VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS AND PURPOSES. AND AGAIN, I APPLAUD YOU FOR REDIRECTING IT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT'S NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT, AND I SUPPORT IT 100%.

BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY PUSH BACK ON THE IDEA THAT THIS WOULD BE USED AS A CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT.

AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENED.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO GET WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

AND AS MUCH AS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A SLIGHT PAUSE IN WHAT'S HAPPENED IN DC, I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY WORRIED ABOUT RETAINING FUNDING ANY LONGER THAN LONGER THAN NECESSARY.

WE NEED TO EXPEND THE FUNDS AND USE THEM TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU. IF I MAY, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.

BUT IF I MAY ALSO ADD MAYOR PRO TEM THE ARPA GRANT FUNDS, WE'RE DOWN TO

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AND WE'VE COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING ON THE FEDERAL SIDE EXCEPT FOR THE $28, $28 MILLION.

DOLLARS. YES, I KNOW, I'M AWARE AND WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT AT LENGTH.

AND IT WAS A GOOD MOVE TO DO IT WITH OUR FIRE OVER TIME AND I'M GLAD WE DID THAT.

BUT WE STILL NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY AND NOT BE USING IT AS A RESERVE ACCOUNT.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE $7.7 MILLION THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE REPROGRAMED.

IF DPD IS SUCCESSFUL IN HIRING 300 NEW OFFICERS THIS YEAR, WILL THAT BE SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE SALARIES FOR THE INCREMENT OF 50 OFFICERS, OR WILL ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEED TO BE ALLOCATED FROM SOME OTHER SOURCE IF THAT EVENTUALITY OCCURS? SO WE ARE STILL ABOUT $1.8 MILLION SHORT OF WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE TO BE TO FULLY FUND THE STARTING THE YEAR 20 HIGHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

NOT RECEIVING THE $2 MILLION COPS GRANT, HIRING THE ADDITIONAL 50 OFFICERS AND THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE 50 OFFICERS AND THE VEHICLES FOR THE 50 OFFICERS REALLY NEED ABOUT 9.5 MILLION.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED 7.7 AT THIS POINT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH OTHER EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY THE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS TO GET TO THAT NUMBER.

OKAY. AND THIS IS IDENTIFIED THE REPROGRAMING.

AS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY HIRING AND RETENTION, IN THE PAST, WHEN THIS COUNCIL THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS AUTHORIZED THE FUNDS TO HIRE 250 NEW POLICE OFFICERS. WE HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF THAT GOAL.

AND AT ONE POINT I ASKED YOU, MR. IRELAND, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE ALLOCATED TO HIRE 250 WHEN WE ONLY HIRED 200, LET'S SAY. AND I RECALL YOU TELLING ME, WELL, IT WAS SPENT ON POLICE OVERTIME.

SO MY QUESTION NOW IS, IF WE FALL SHORT OF THE NEW GOAL OF HIRING 300 OFFICERS, IS THERE COULD SOME OF THIS 7.7 MILLION BE DIVERTED TO OVERTIME PAY, OR WOULD YOU NEED TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THAT? SO IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 25 OPERATING BUDGET, OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET WE FUNDED THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED THAT THEY NEEDED.

THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S OPERATING BUDGET.

GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR OVERTIME. SO I AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OVERAGE IN OVERTIME.

SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT TO HAPPEN. BUT ONCE WE REPROGRAM THESE DOLLARS, THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO USE ON WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THIS YEAR, WHETHER THEY DON'T MEET THE HIRING AND DO NEED IT FOR THE OVERTIME, THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW UNLESS WE SET IT UP SOME WAY DIFFERENTLY.

SO THERE ARE NO STRINGS ATTACHED TO THIS. 7.7 MILLION JUST GOES TO DPD TO USE HOWEVER THEY WANT TO.

WELL, WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT IT'S USED FOR THE VEHICLES AND ALL THAT ARE NEEDED TO GO WITH THOSE OFFICERS.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS ARE WITHIN THEIR SALARY LINE ITEM.

WELL, I THINK MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT ALTHOUGH WE ESTABLISH A BUDGET FOR POLICE OVERTIME, THEY ALWAYS EXCEED IT.

AND YOU'RE SURPRISINGLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY WON'T EXCEED IT THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GETTING A LOT MORE THIS YEAR.

AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A TENDENCY TO SPEND AS MUCH AS, IF NOT MORE ON OVERTIME THAN WE ALLOCATE.

AND SO I JUST THINK WE OUGHT TO GO INTO THIS KNOWING THAT SOME OF THIS MONEY WON'T BE SPENT POTENTIALLY ON HIRING AND RETENTION, BUT COULD BE SPENT JUST BECAUSE IT'S THERE ON MORE OVERTIME.

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BUT I DO SUPPORT THE THE REPROGRAMING OF THIS FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, DPD IN PARTICULAR.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE OF THE FUNDS SINCE THERE IS THIS 7.7 MILLION AVAILABLE.

CHAIRWOMAN. STEWART. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JACK, ON SLIDE 11.

EXCUSE ME. SLIDE SEVEN. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT REVENUE STABILIZATION.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER WAYS OF STABILIZING REVENUE OTHER THAN THE CONTINGENCY FUND? ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT? SO WE I GUESS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN THE PREVIOUS COMMENT COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART WE DO HAVE AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AND WE DO HAVE A CONTINGENCY RESERVE. AND SO I THINK THAT WAS THE, THE, THE DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY.

WE HAVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET, WE HAVE 65.3 DAYS IN RESERVE.

SO OUR BUDGETED FUND BALANCE IS 340.4 MILLION.

THIS IS THE HIGHEST FUND BALANCE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE HAD IN YEARS, EVER.

AND SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT RESERVES.

I THINK THE GOAL IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING A REVENUE STABILIZATION SET ASIDE WAS JUST TO SORT OF, I MEAN, INCREASE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION. WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS, ABLE TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY IN DIFFERENT CHANGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS. AND WE SET SOME FUNDS ASIDE THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC YEARS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING A DIFFERENT VOLATILITY WITH OUR REVENUES PRIMARILY SALES TAX.

AND SO WE DID HAVE THE FUNDS SET ASIDE SO THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO TAP INTO OUR CONTINGENCY RESERVE FOR THAT PURPOSE.

AND THIS PAST YEAR, WE SAW SOME ISSUES WITH OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS RELATED TO SOME SETTLEMENT OF LAWSUITS THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WE'VE EVER EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST. SO HAVING THAT EXTRA FLEXIBILITY HAS ENABLED US TO NOT HAVE TO GO TO THAT RESERVE FUND.

BUT WE DO. AS MISS WEEDEN MENTIONED, WE HAVE $300 MILLION IN OUR FUND BALANCE TO HELP US WITH THOSE.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE THAT FLEXIBILITY SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE THROUGH THE TIMES AND NOT CERTAIN WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE ECONOMY OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, I THINK IT'S PRUDENT.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU. ABSOLUTELY. HAVING THE RESERVE FUND MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD.

BUT IF I WERE LOOKING AT MY BUSINESS BUDGET OR I WAS LOOKING AT MY EVEN HOME BUDGET AND I HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS COME IN. I MIGHT LOOK AT SOME OF MY DEBT AND I MIGHT GO IN AND PAY OFF A LITTLE BIT OF THAT EARLY.

NOW, DEPENDING ON THE INTEREST RATE, ON THE DEBT, YOU KNOW, MY FINANCIAL ADVISOR WILL GO.

DON'T DO THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S A IT CAN BE A WISE COURSE OF ACTION IF YOU HAVE EXTRA DOLLARS TO LOOK AT WAYS TO PAY OFF THINGS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER IN THE FUTURE.

AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I WORRY ABOUT WHERE WE POTENTIALLY NEED OR I HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE FUTURE IS, ARE THE PENSION PAYMENTS? THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT AND THEY'RE GOING TO STEP UP OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

AS WE DO THE FIVE YEAR STEP UP. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN APPETITE OR INTEREST IN DOING PAYING OFF JUST A TINY PIECE.

IT WOULD BE A VERY TINY PIECE OF THE OF THE PENSION, BUT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD PRACTICE TO LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND TO AND TO WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS. I JUST THINK IT'S ONE WAY TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE, AND ONE WAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE A HUGE OBLIGATION OUT THERE, AND PERHAPS A WAY OF JUST CARVING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT OFF.

SO IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK ON THAT.

AND I'LL RESPOND TO TWO THINGS THAT YOU SAID.

SO ON OUR GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE DEBT OF THE CITY, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS DO MONITOR OUR DEBT AND IDENTIFY FOR US

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SO THAT'S AN ONGOING PRACTICE THAT YOU'LL SEE US BRING TO YOU FROM TIME TO TIME.

IN REGARDS TO THE PENSION FUND, I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A PLAN THAT WILL FULLY FUND THE PENSION SYSTEM IN 30 YEARS. AND AT THIS POINT, I THINK WORKING THE PLAN THAT YOU'VE APPROVED IS AN IMPORTANT APPROACH AT THIS POINT.

YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AROUND THE PENSION, BUT WE HAVE A PLAN.

WE'RE WORKING THE PLAN, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY ON THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES LATER, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE LOOK AT MORE.

I FULLY SUPPORT THE PLAN, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE ON THAT, THAT WE HAVE A PLAN.

WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. BUT I ALSO REMEMBER LOOKING AT THOSE SCHEDULES AND THOSE NUMBERS AND HOW SIGNIFICANT THEY ARE IN THE FUTURE.

AND I KNOW THAT IF YOU PAY OFF YOUR DEBT A LITTLE BIT EARLY, THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THOSE PAYMENTS, MAYBE NOT SUBSTANTIALLY, BUT IT TO ME, IT'S AN OPTION THAT SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE AND WE SHOULD CONSIDER.

THANK YOU. MS. MENDELSOHN, CHAIRMAN. NO QUESTION.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. IT IS IT IS NOW 12:16 ON FEBRUARY 5TH,

[CLOSED SESSION]

AND UNDER SECTION 551.072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS DESCRIBED ON TODAY, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. MAYOR, CAN I JUST REQUEST THAT ALL OF THE VIRTUAL PEOPLE RECEIVE THE LINK AS A CALENDAR INVITE? YES. I MADE SURE THE CITY SECRETARY EVERYBODY WILL GET THE LINK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WELL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAS COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. AND AT 2:30 P.M. ON FEBRUARY 5TH, WE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.

MADAM CITY MANAGER, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR BRIEFING AGENDA THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO TODAY THAT WE NEED TO? WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL OF OUR ITEMS FOR TODAY'S AGENDA.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WONDERFUL. THEN WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SAY AT 2:30 P.M.

THIS MEETING. MR. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU CAN ADJOURN, THE TWO SPEAKERS THAT ARE REGISTERED, TIA APOLLOS AND JODIE WHITTAKER IS NOT PRESENT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY THE MEETING NOW AT 2:31 P.M.

IS ADJOURNED. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAD A BIRTHDAY TODAY AND SOMEHOW.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN JESSE MORENO CUPCAKES ARE MISSING, I CAN'T FIND OH, ARE THEY THERE? OKAY, SO CHAIRMAN WEST WAS KIND ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT THOSE CUPCAKES HERE AT THE DAIS TODAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE. THE CUPCAKES MADE IT.

ARE THEY AT YOUR CHAIR? WONDERFUL. AND WE NEED TO SING TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE WORTHY AND YOU DESERVE IT.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE KATHY STEWART LEAD US OFF.

GO AHEAD. KATHY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.