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A[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on February 6, 2025.]
PRIME EXAMPLE.10 YEARS AGO, HE CAME IN THE SYSTEM, HE APPLIED HIMSELF AND LOOK WHERE HE USED TO BE.
HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY, EVERY, EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTIFICATIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED.
AND LOOK WHERE IT GOT HIM TODAY.
LOOK WHAT HIS WORK HAD DONE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE WANNA MAKE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO YOU, CHRIS.
WHEREAS CHRIS MCMASTER BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS ON APRIL THE 29TH, 2015, AS A PESTICIDE APPLICATOR DEMONSTRATING HIS DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.
HE BECAME CERTIFIED ARBORIST AS SOON AS HE GOT HERE.
LATER ON JULY 20TH, 2016 CHRISTMAS, MCMASTER WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERVISOR TWO, RECOGNIZING HIS LEADERSHIP.
ON AUGUST THE 15TH, 2018, CHRIS MCMASTER EARNED A PROMOTION TO MANAGER ONE OVER FORESTRY, OVERSEEING THE FORESTRY OPERATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SHARED DEPARTMENT SUCCESS.
ON JULY 26TH, 2023, CHRIS MCMASTER WAS PROMOTED TO MANAGER PARKS OVERSEEING CRITICAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVE TO ENHANCE PARK FACILITY AND SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, CHRIS HAS EXEMPLIFIED DEDICATION, OVERSEEING KEY EFFORTS SUCH AS THE URBAN FORESTRY
CHRIS EXPANDED THE BRANCHING OUT PROGRAM, 10,000 TREES TO THE DALLAS PARKS AND INSPECT KEY ROAD IN CREATION OF THE DALLAS HISTORIC TREE PROGRAM.
AND IN THE FIRST EIGHT HISTORIC TREE SITES IN DALLAS, CHRIS' LEADERSHIP HELPED CREATE THE IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES AGAINST THE TREAT CYCLING PROGRAM AND THE EAB ACTION PLAN, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC PRIVATE CERTIFIED ARBORIST WORKSHOP IN DALLAS.
CHRIS MCMASTER HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH SEVERAL PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS.
I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THEM, THERE'S ABOUT 15 OF THEM.
CHRIS HAS LED TO DALLAS AND HOSTING THE THE SALUTING BRANCHES EVENT FOR FIVE YEARS.
CHRIS MCMASTER HAS REPRESENTED THE CITY OF DALLAS ON INFLUENTIAL BOARDS, INCLUDING TEXAS HISTORIC TREE COALITION, TRINITY BLACKLAND, SOUTHWEST PARK AND RECREATION TRAINING INSTITUTE IN CONFERENCE.
WHEREAS CHRIS MCMASTER IS THE FIRST CITY OF DOWSE EMPLOYEE TO ATTAIN THE BOARD CERTIFIED MASTER A CERTIFICATION AND THE FIRST TO BECOME TREE RISK ASSESSMENT QUALIFIED.
WHERE CHRIS HAS DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, OBTAIN A CERTIFICATION SUCH AS NRPA CERTIFIED PARK AND RECREATION EXECUTIVE ISA CERTIFIED ARBORS URBAN FOREST PROFESSIONAL, ISA TEXAS WILDLIFE RISK REDUCTION QUALIFICATION, TDA COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LICENSE, TCIA CERTIFIED TREE CARE SAFETY PROFESSIONAL.
WHEREAS CHRIS, MAKE MCMASTER LEADERSHIP, VISION AND DEDICATION HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON DALLAS PARKS AND GREEN SPACES FURTHERING THE CITY COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE BE RESOLVED BY THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DALLAS.
THE SINCERE APPRECIATION OF EXTENDED TO CHRIS MCMASTER AND HIS FEAR OF SECTION OF DEVOTED ENTIRELY HIS WORK SO GENEROUSLY GIVEN TO THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS, THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD, BOARD CHRIS MCMASTER, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND WISHES HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS.
NOW, I THEREFORE JOHN D. JENKINS, DIRECTOR ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DO HEREBY STAND A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO YOU.
NAME JOIN US UP AT YOU AND WHO ELSE'S GOING TO TAKE THE PICTURES.
ALSO GOT ANOTHER LITTLE RECOGNITION FOR YOU THAT BASICALLY SAYS, MR. MCMASTER URBAN FOREST MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CENSUS OF DALLAS AND THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PRESENTED FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025 ALL OFFERS YOU A OPPORTUNITY.
30 PEOPLE HERE ARE BETTER THAN HUNDRED
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BETTER THANGOT SO MANY MEMORIES WITH, UH, PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND
UH, I MEAN, SERVICE IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME AND, UH, I'VE ALWAYS, I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO, UH, MY BEST FOR
AND, UH, UH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, JOHN, JOHN SPOKE ABOUT ALL THESE AWARDS AND STAFF.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHO THAT'S DEDICATED.
UM, I APPRECIATE THEM SHOWING UP.
UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK OVER THE YEARS AND, UH, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF CREATING A LEGACY FOR THE SYSTEMS OF DALLAS AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA CONTINUE.
AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, I JUST, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING ONE OF YOU AND, UH, I'LL MISS ALL OF YOU.
UM, BUT I'M A PHONE CALL AWAY, CHRIS.
TIM, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
WELL, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A BETTER FRIEND FOR TREES IN THIS DEPARTMENT THAN CHRIS MCMASTER.
AND BRANCHING OUT ALONE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO SECURE A LEGACY THAT LASTS GENERATIONS, BUT THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYBODY LIKE HIM.
AND THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO SAY.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, JUST A FEW OBSERVATIONS.
NUMBER ONE, CHRIS, I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE, THE, THE STAFF YOU BROUGHT IN.
UH, TO ME THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A GROUP OF PARK PROFESSIONALS ONLY.
THIS LOOKS LIKE MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY THE WAY THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOU RIGHT NOW, APPRECIATING YOU.
I SAW SOMEONE WITH TEARS BACK THERE.
IT REALLY IS FAMILY NUMBER TWO.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CLEAR WHEN MINNEAPOLIS, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE THE NUMBER ONE PART DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE YOU BELONG.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU TAUGHT ME.
THINGS YOU TAUGHT ME WILL GO FAR BEYOND MY PART BOARD MEMBER HERE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANK, WELL, MR. RE, I WANNA MAKE ONE CORRECT.
THEY BROUGHT HIM UP THERE BECAUSE THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BEST FORWARD FOR THE ENTIRE SEAT.
WHEN, UH, WELL, SO AMAZING ABOUT YOU.
UH, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TREES, WHEN YOU ASK HIM A QUESTION, HE WOULDN'T MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU WERE DUMB.
AND THEY'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, HUMILITY AND, YOU KNOW, EMPATHY AND, UH, I'M GONNA CALL MIN APPLES AND TELL, TELL THEM THAT, HEY, YOU TOOK OUR CARS AWAY FROM THEM.
WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE THE, THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR REALLY QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO TREES.
I THINK YOU'VE TAUGHT US THAT TREES, WE'RE NOT PLANTING TREES FOR TODAY.
WE'RE PLANNING FEES FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME.
AND YOU WOULD FIGHT FOR THE KNOWING THAT YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS ISN'T GONNA SURVIVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO YOU ALWAYS TRIED TO, EVEN AGAINST OUR WILLS, TO NOT WANNA PLANT CERTAIN TREES BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT SUSTAIN LONG TERM.
SO YOU HAD TO PLAN TO ALWAYS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
SO YOU'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, YOU'RE GOING UP TO MINNESOTA LAND OF THE 10,000 LAKES.
UM, I'M FROM THE MIDWEST, ABOUT 40 MINUTES ABOUT FROM WHERE IT IS GONNA BE.
THIS IS WHERE MY FAMILY FARM IS AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL UP THERE.
AND YOU AND YOUR WIFE ARE GONNA DEFINITELY ENJOY THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
UH, JUST DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY WITH THOSE MOSQUITOES.
THOSE MOSQUITOES WILL CARRY YOU AWAY ON THOSE LAKES.
SO TAKE SOME GOOD OFF UP THERE.
SO, AND I KNOW THAT SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY.
YOU'RE WELCOME BACK AT ANY TIME.
YOU, YOU'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
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I SAID, WAS IT HAPPY HOUR ALL? LET'S, AND WHILE UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, CHRIS LEAVING US, I THINK I WANT TO WELCOME OUR US POWER MEMBER AT THE END.
WELCOME NOT FORMALLY HEALTH TIME TO SAY HELLO AND LOOK COLLEAGUES YOU WILL WORK WITH AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU TO TAKE
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS MY SECOND MEETING, UH, UH, ON THE PARK BOARD.
SO FAR EVERYBODY'S BEEN GREAT.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UH, MADE A LOT OF GOOD RELATIONSHIPS SO FAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU GOING FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND OF WORDS THIS MORNING.
NORMALLY WE ARE GOOD FOR FIRST TWO WEEKS,
MADAM LY, I UNDERSTAND NONE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
WITH THAT APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR JANUARY 23RD, 2025, MR. SLAUGHTER HAS MOTION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, CONSTANT AGENDA.
I NEED, UH, SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, MR. SLAUGHTER HAS ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON ANYTHING? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION NUMBER TWO ING WAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, MR. WOOD, ANY DISCUSSION PLEASE WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A HAVE IT NUMBER THREE, LEE ASSIGNMENT, UH, FOR WORK POST SPECIALTY COATING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. WOODS? UH, MR. SLAUGHTER SECONDARY? ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT? THANK YOU FOR THE WORK OF THE STAFF ON THIS TO GETTING DR.
THANK YOU, MR. DIRECTOR JENKINS.
SO WITH ALL THAT IN FAVOR AND SAY, AYE.
PRESENT BUILDING, UH, NUMBER FOUR.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, MR.
MR. UH, I WANT A MOTION TO APPROVE PRISM BUILDING WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES AUTHORIZED ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 32, PARK AND WATER RESERVOIR OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 32 DASH 11.3 AT THE PRI PRIS BUILDING AS A LOCATION THAT IS IN DEFENSE PROSECUTION OF CONSUMING OR FOR PROCESS OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES IN OUR PARK.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE AMENDED MOTION BY HIM.
MR. BUD, AMEND ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDED MOTION WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OF THE NEW MOTION CIRCUMSTANCES ALL FOR NO, WE
MOTION MR. SLAUGHTER SECONDED.
MR. WOOD, ANY DISCUSSION ON EACH PART, PLEASE? UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
DO I HAVE MOTION BE ACCEPT THAT MR.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON IT? WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, THAT IS DONE WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS COMES TO OUR HAPPY BRIEFINGS OFFICE, THE ARTS AND CULTURE, PUBLIC ART GLOBAL.
WHO IS LEADING THAT COMPLAIN? I WILL, I WOULD DO IT.
'CAUSE I WE DON'T HAVE PERSONALLY COMPLAIN.
WE HAVE HERE WE DO PARK SAFETY.
UH, I WANNA INTRODUCE, UH, MARTIN
SHE'S THE DIRECTOR FOR OUR OFFICE OF, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE AND PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.
AND I, YOU INTRODUCE OUR TEAM AS WELL, BUT I WILL SAY WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM,
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPAND MORE ARTS IN THE PARKS.
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GOOD MORNING.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READ, UH, THIS MORNING I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THE FORMER MEMBERS
I'M HERE WITH ELAINE REED, WHO'S OUR PUBLIC PROGRAM MANAGER.
AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO, UH, BRIEFLY MORE OFTEN, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT AS, UH, WE INITIATE PROJECTS ON OUR PLAN, YOU FIND THAT IT WAS A PLAN IN POWER TO ENSURE NOT ONLY FOR YOUR AWARENESS, BUT UH, TO OUR INTENT IS TO HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND FEEDBACK WE GET HAS A LEARNED TO DO.
WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO ALL PROJECT? WHAT ARE THE TWO STEPS? AND SO WHEN HAS ONE CRAFTED THIS BRIEFING TO INFORM YOU RECENTLY?
UH, IN THE SAME VEIN, JUST HERE TO SHOW THAT WE'RE ALL THE SAME PAGE AGAIN, I MIGHT TEAM LEAD AS THE DIRECTOR.
WE BE ON THIS ARTS AND CULTURE AND READY TO BRIEFING.
DO YOU NEED NEXT LINE FROM US? NO, YOU CAN SLIDE.
IF YOU WOULD SPEAK INTO THE MIC.
I CURRENTLY BATTLING TO THE, UM, SO I ALSO WANT TO, TO NETTE RECOGNIZED THAT OUR LIAISON TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR PUBLIC STEPAN LER, WHO WE WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT STEPAN, MANY OF OUR PLANS, UM, WOULD, UM, NOT BE AS, UM, COMPACT AND UNDERSTANDABLE.
WE NEED EVERY WEEK, UM, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.
IT'S LITERALLY, SO WE, SOMEONE, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA JUST KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW OUR CAME TO BE, TALK TO YOU AND WHO'S ON OUR COMMITTEE, KIND OF EXPLAIN WHERE, WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR THE NEXT BIT NEXT TWO YEARS, AND THEN TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, THAT CROSSOVER REFLECT, UM, ON OUR WORK WITH, AND THEN HOW WE CHANGED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO THOSE, THAT'S THE TOPICS, BUT WE'LL BE REVIEWED.
SO LET ME JUST BEGIN WITH
SO ON THIS YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOW PUBLIC ART WORKS.
SO WE ARE ONE OF THE OLDEST PERSON FROM THE ARTS RAMS IN THE NATION.
WE, UM, STARTED RIGHT BEFORE THE 1990S AND WITH A COLLECTION THAT HAD, WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO KIND OF THIS HERITAGE COLLECTION THAT WAS FROM 1936 IN FAIR PARK.
AND THEN WHAT I ALWAYS SAY IS OUR CIVIC WINDED OWNER ERA, AND THAT'S BETWEEN WORLD WAR II.
AND THEN WHEN OUR OFFICE ESTABLISHED, WHEN THE CITY ESTABLISHED OUR PERCENT FOR THE ARTS.
AND WHAT THE PERCENT FOR THE ARTS MEANS IS THERE'S A PERCENTAGE FROM EVERY BOND THAT IS HELD BACK OR HELD IN A BANK ACCOUNT FOR OUR PROTECTION WITH THE BOND.
OR AS PART OF THE BOND, WE CREATE ARTWORK.
AND IT IS DETAILED OUT HOW THOSE PULLOUTS HAPPEN.
SO TRAILS AND WHAT ARE STREETS HAVE A 0.75 PULLOUT FOR THOSE BONDS.
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DEPARTMENT, WHEN THERE'S PARK CONSTRUCTION HAS A ONE POINT, UM, 5% THAT'S PULLED OUT.SO IN THAT, THERE'S ALSO MANDATED BY THE ORDINANCE THAT 20% OF THOSE BOND FUNDS ARE HELD FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOND.
SO OUR STAFF IS ALSO BOND FUNDED AND THEY, THAT 20% GOES TO FUND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE PULLOUTS WORK? SO THEN THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF OUR BANKING ACCOUNTS.
SO THE MONEY UP FOR PUBLIC ART IS SET IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT WITH THE PARK BOND.
AND WHEN WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING, WE ASK TO USE OUR BANK ACCOUNT.
SO I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT, SO ALL THESE, OUR PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, AS ONE OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF OUR ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION, OUR PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, AND OF COURSE APPLICATIONS.
THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE HAS 11 MEMBERS ON IT.
THREE OF THOSE MEMBERS ARE AT LARGE.
MEMBERS OF OUR PERSON CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION, CURRENT
THE OTHER EIGHT MEMBERS ARE RESIDENT MEMBERS.
UM, AND FOLKS IN THAT GROUP OF, UM, OF EIGHT HAVE SOME BACKGROUND THAT IS ALIGNED WITH OUR INTEREST IN
SO THEY CAN BE COLLECTORS, THEY CAN BE PRACTICING ARTISTS, THEY CAN BE ARCHITECTS, THEY CAN HAVE EXPERTISE IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND ON AND ON.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, THAT IS HOW THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS RESIDENT COMMITTEE.
AND THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE IS OUR AUTHORIZING BODY.
SO, UH, WE RANK THINGS FORWARD THROUGH, UM, THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH THE A CAC, THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION.
SO THOSE ARE WHEN OUR WORK IS BEING CREATED OR PROJECTS ARE BEING DEVELOPED, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING THEM, PUTTING THEM BEFORE RESIDENT BODY, WHICH IS, AND YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN BUBBLES AT THE BOTTOM ARE TIMES WHERE, UM, PROJECTS TOUCH OR ARE, UM, RECOMMENDED BY THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE OR, AND A CAC.
SO WE DO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS.
IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE SHIFTED TO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECES.
BUT WE TRY, UM, STEP, AND I ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS SLIDE.
AS OUR TEAM HAS BECOME MORE, MORE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOCUSED, WE TRIED TO MAKE THESE STEPS ALIGN MORE WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES.
AND SO WE, WE ACTUALLY TRIED FOR THIS PRESENTATION TO KIND OF USE OUR BOARD WORDS TOO.
SO REALLY OUR STEP ONE IN THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS, BECAUSE WE'RE WALK YOU THROUGH THESE STEPS, IS THAT WE ARE REALLY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPING.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THIS PROJECT VIABLE IN THE PAST? IF WE WERE GIVEN A BUDGET OF $30,000, OUR TEAM TRIED TO MAKE THAT WORK.
WHAT THAT DOESN'T PAY THAT OR DOES IT PAY OUR TEAM MEMBERS? AND WE ACTUALLY DON'T GET,
SO WE TRIED TO SHIFT OUR FOCUS INTO HAVING A LOT OF PRE-WORK.
AND THAT PRE-WORK IS WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO ENHANCE THIS BUDGET, IF ANYTHING? AND HOW IS THIS THE COMMUNITY? SO IN THAT PRE-WORK, THIS IS OFTEN WHERE WE ASK YOU GENERALLY TODAY'S A LITTLE, UH, DIFFERENT WITH THE BAKERS PARK IF, UM, THE SITE IS AVAILABLE FOR ST SO THOSE APPROVAL, THAT IS WHEN PARK OR BOARD AND PUBLIC
SO THEN THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS AFTER WE TAKE A LIST OF THINGS TO WHEN WE GET APPROVAL, APPROVAL LOCATION AND TAKE FIGURED OUT COME WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM, THE BUDGET, UM, WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE AND SAY, HERE'S OUR LIST WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO BRING FORWARD.
AND THEY, UM, REVIEW THE LIST AND WE THEM IN.
AND THAT IS WHEN WE BEGAN LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'VE CREATED A TOOLKIT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
AND THIS TOOLKIT INCLUDES QR SURVEYS, NOT JUST ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT IN SIGNS CLOSE TO APPROXIMATE TO THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE ART WORLD WILL BE INSTALLED.
UM, WE HAVE LISTENING SESSIONS AND OFFICE HOURS, AND THEN WE TRY AND PARTICIPATE WITH COMMUNITY,
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UM, EVENTS.SO, UM, WE WILL GO TO, UH, FALL FESTIVALS OR OPENINGS FOR LOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HEARING WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY FOR SINGING HILLS.
UM, THERE'S A VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY OF, UM, SENIORS.
AND SO OUR TEAM HAS BEEN THERE WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING CHAIR VOLLEYBALL TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN, IN THEIR, THAT LOCATION.
SO WE REALLY HAVE THAT, UM, THAT LISTENING THOSE NARRATIVES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
SO WE CAN DEVELOP THE DEANS THAT GO INTO OUR RFQ.
AND WHEN WE GET OUR RFQ, WE THEN SUBMIT TO OUR ARTS COMMISSIONER AND SAY, HERE ARE THE THINGS INTO THE COUNCIL OFFICES.
HERE ARE THINGS WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER INPUT WE SHOULD ADD? SO IDEALLY THAT'S WHEN THE COUNCIL OFFICE WOULD ALSO ASK YOU ALL IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
SO THEN OUR NEXT STEP, ONCE THAT RFQ IS DEVELOPED, WE PUT IT OUT, WE HAVE A NEW PLATFORM.
AND CODA WORKS IS A STRICTLY PUBLIC ART PLATFORM.
SO WE HAVE GONE FROM GETTING ABOUT 15 TO 30 CALLS IN
WE HAVE 150 APPLICATIONS WHEN THE CALL COMES.
SO WE'RE GETTING A MUCH WIDER AND BROADER, UM, BASE OF ARTISTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THESE PROJECTS.
AND ONCE, SO THEN, THEN WE GO TO SELECTION PANEL.
SO, UM, ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE APPROVE PANELISTS.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME EXPERTISE IN ART.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE A DISPOSITION OR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY SERVE AS OUR EXPERTS ON THE SELECTION PANEL.
AND SO I HAVE TO USE MY HANDS.
THERE ARE VOTING MEMBERS AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS ON THE SELECTION PANEL.
THE SELECTION PANEL GENERALLY CONTAINS THREE OF THOSE SELECTION PANELISTS THAT HAVE BEEN VOTED ON THAT A COMMUNITY COHORT OR COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT, UM, HAS ONE VOTE.
AND THEN FOR PARKS OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT WHERE WE HAVE, WE'RE USING THE BANK ACCOUNT, WE HAVE, UM, ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE SERVE WITH US ELECTION PANELIST AS WELL.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S IN PARTS, IT'S GENERALLY THE PROJECT MANAGER WHO IS VOTING ON THOSE PROJECTS WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO SELECTION PANEL.
SO SELECTION PANEL ONE PANEL IS REALLY LOOKING AT ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS IN ALL THE ARTISTS AND SEEING WHO WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, TO, TO CREATE A SITE SPECIFIC DESIGN.
GENERALLY THREE SITE SPECIFIC DESIGNS ARE DEVELOPED WITHIN ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS OF THAT FIRST SELECTION PANEL.
AND THEN THE SELECT SAME SELECTION PANEL RECONVENES AND CHOOSES AN ARTIST TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THAT SITE.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SITE SPECIFIC WORK.
SO THEN WE'RE RIGHT THERE AT STEP THREE, THAT BUBBLE C AT BUBBLE.
UM, SEE WE TAKE IT BACK
WILL YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION? GIVES A CAC AND IT GETS TO CONTRACTING ONCE THE CONTRACT COMES THROUGH.
THE ARTIST STARTS WITH, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROCESS? NO, I I NORMALLY, I MS. RUSH STATE BOARD WOULD HOLD THE QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK REMI, BY THE ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN C TEAM HAS INTEGRATED LANGUAGE ACCESS INTO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STEPS FROM THAT PROCESS, AND ALSO TO INFL OF THE CITY'S PRIORITY TO ENSURE THAT INFORMATION WE SHARING REACHES MOST MEMBERS TO GREAT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT NAME.
SO UPCOMING DEDICATIONS, THIS IS A BIG WE ABOUT THIS, AND THIS IS ONE, THIS IS A, A STONE PIECE IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED.
AND, UM, OAKS NEAR THE REC CENTER, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THE DEDICATION WILL BE PART OF OUR PUBLIC ARTS, UM, ARTS MONTH CELEBRATION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT BEING TOWARD THAT THURSDAY AS OUR TENTATIVE DATE FOR THE LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH IN APRIL FOR THAT DEDICATION.
WE ALSO BELIEVE UPCOMING, WE HAVE OUR PANEL, OUR SELECTION PANEL FROM BACHMAN LAKE, UM, NEXT WEEK.
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HOPE TO HAVE THE INTERSECTION OF MURAL PAINTERS AND SKATERS, UM, BE PART OF THATSO PLEASE COME
SO, UM, I'M GONNA START WITH THE BOTTOM BULLET EARTH.
YOU KNOW, WE WORKED ON THE TOWER BUILDING.
SO WITH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UM, USING FUNDING FROM A GRANT TO RESTORE THE ZI NARRATIVE MURAL, THE BOB RELIEF, UH, WE WENT BACK, UM, AND MADE SURE THAT WE WERE USING ACCURATE.
HOW ABOUT THIS? BECAUSE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH THE HALL OF STATE, WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE PALLET ON THE TOWER BUILDING.
AND SO THAT PALLET WE BROUGHT IN ADDITIONAL EXPERTS WHO WERE FINISHED WERE EXPERTS TO COME IN AND MAKE SURE OUR PALLET WAS CORRECT.
UM, LOOKING AT PHOTOS BLACK AND WHITE FROM 1936 AND SEVEN, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE OUR VALUES WERE, WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THIS.
UM, AND, UM, WE ALSO REDID THE FEDERAL MEDALLIONS AS WELL.
SO THEY ALSO
AND, AND BECAUSE WE DID SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT BUILDING, WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE, UM, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE THOSE MURALS INTERIOR.
I, I PERSONALLY AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THE ORDINAL, UM, MURALS THAT ARE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST ON THE INSIDE OF THE ROTUNDA, AS WELL AS REVEALING THE DOME WITH THE STARS.
AND THEY DO KNOW THERE'S THE GIANT LADIES LADY.
SO ANOTHER REALLY, REALLY GREAT WORK PROJECT, UM, WHERE WE WORKED WITH YOU ALL WAS, UM, J COSA AND PART OF THE STORYTELLING OF THIS, UH, IT ALSO ALSO UNDERPINS, SPEAKS TO THE UNDERPINNING OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND I'M GONNA HAND A PHONE MIC BACK TO MARTIN TO TALK ABOUT THESE LITTLE LETTERS AT THE END OF, UM, OUR NOTATIONS, OUR S OUR REALLY TO SHOW HOW WE WEAVE TOGETHER OUR WORK WITH OTHER PRIORITIES IN THE CITY.
SO, UM, WHEN THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM IS BRIEFING, UH, ESPECIALLY TO YOUR BODY OR TO QUALITY LABORATORY COMMISSION, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, UPCOMING PROJECTS AND TASK ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGH THE LENS AROUND THE DOWN CULTURAL PLAN AND THE CITY WAGE EQUITY PLAN TO DEMONSTRATE HOW WORK THAT OUR OFFICE HAS COMPLETED OR INITIATING LINES BACK TO VERY SPECIFIC TENANTS OF BOTH OF THOSE DOCUMENTS.
SO, UH, WE IN SHORT FORM REFERENCED THOSE DOCUMENTS, WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE FORWARD, UH, JENKINS IF IT'S HELPFUL FOR YOUR PART, FOR THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF
SO AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO SEND
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN IS CONCERNED, UH, THERE WERE VERY SPECIFIC PROJECTS OUTLINED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PROGRESS AND MEASURES, UH, FOR US, FOR THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, WITHIN THAT PLAN.
AND SO THIS DISTRICT, UH, SIX PROJECT HAPPENED TO BE ONE PROJECT SUBMITTED.
AND PART PART OF THIS STORY NARRATIVE IS THAT WE
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ARE, ONCE WE CREATE OUR WORK, WE ARE GOING BACK TO, UH, DEVELOP SHORT DOCUMENTARIES TO TELL THESE STORIES OR PODCASTS SO THAT THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE EVEN IF YOU CAN'T VISIT THE SITE.THAT THIS, THE, UM, BITTERSWEET PART OF THIS STORY IS THE ARTIST WHO DID THIS WORK WAS A VETERAN.
AND SO HE FELT LIKE HE WAS KIND OF CREATING HIS PERSONAL NARRATIVE ABOUT, UM, A MOM WHO IS OFFERING HER CHILD BACK AS AS, UM, HER SON.
AND COINCIDENTALLY THE FRONT DOOR NEIGHBOR OF THIS ART PIECE HAD LOST HER SON, UM, AND AS WHO WAS A VETERAN.
AND SO SHE FEELS LIKE THIS IS HER PIECE.
SO THAT, UM, COINCIDENTAL BUT LOVELY AND DEEP TO COMMUNITY HAVING ALL THE TIME.
SO AGAIN, AS I SAID, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WORK IS ACCESSIBLE EVEN IF YOU CANNOT VISIT OUR SIGNS.
UM, AND TO THAT END, WE'VE CREATED, UM, A SHORT DOCUMENTARY CALLED ON HOLLOW GROUND ABOUT MARTYRS PARK AND THEN THE INSTALLATION SHADOW LINES THAT IS PRESENT THERE.
AND IT, UM, PREMIERED THE DENTON BLACK FILM FESTIVAL LAST WEEK.
AND THEN YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT RISING, UH, WHICH IS THE STORY OF THE 1936 FOLLOW FOR LIFE FAIR PARK, HAS BEEN SCREENED SEVERAL TIMES AND IS AVAILABLE ON KERA, UM, FOR ACCESS.
UM, IT IS ALSO BEING SCREENED, UM, IN, AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY IN WACO WITH A PANEL NEXT WEEK.
SO IT HAVING THIS LARGER LIFE TO TELL THESE ACTUALLY WONDERFUL STORIES OF DALLAS.
AND THEN FINALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WALKED THROUGH CELEBRATION OF LIFE OR CANCER
AND THEY WILL TAKE THE STORIES OF SEVERAL SURVIVORS AND CREATE AN ARC DESIGN TO GO ON THE SKY BRIDGE.
AND THEN BAYLOR SCOTT WILL COME IN WITH REFRESH INFORMATION, HEALTH INFORMATION TO GO INTO THAT PART
SO I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THIS MAP THIS WEEK.
UM, WE EMAILED A
AND, UH, WE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GIS TO DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATE ALL
UH, THERE ARE ALSO PLOTS, EXCUSE ME, PLOTS, UH, WHEN YOU PULL OUT EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL DISTRICT, WE'RE ABLE TO PLOT UPCOMING PROJECTS FOR THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS' AWARENESS AND WE INTEND TO CONTINUE TO BUILD.
UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, POSTING TRAININGS FOR NEW OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSIONER TO BRING THEM UP TO SPEED ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS HOSPITAL WITH FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW TO BEST MARKET EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT PUBLIC PARK MAP AND ONE OF THE, UH, POINTS OF DISCUSSION THAT CAME PACKAGE YOU WITH ACKNOWLEDGING PARKLAND ON THOSE AND, UM, PUBLIC SITES THAT OVERLAY WITH PARKLAND.
SO WE'LL SEE THAT AS THE MAP ROSE DEVELOPS, WE'LL BE SURE TO ACTUALLY SEND THIS LARGE COUNCIL DISTRICT MAP WITH DIRECTOR JENKINSON'S TEAM AND THEN THE INDIVIDUAL PDFS PER COUNCIL DISTRICT.
I THINK YOU ALL WOULD APPRECIATE SEEING THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION FORWARD LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT THIS IS, UH, TOO MUCH A HUGE IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE OUR RESIDE MEETING HERE WHERE WE LIVE ACROSS THE CITY WHERE FOLKS CAN ENGAGE WITH INSTALLATIONS AND AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO WHERE NEW PROJECTS WILL TAKE PLACE.
WE'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH ACKNOWLEDGING ARTS DESERTS, IF YOU WILL, UM, IN DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE UMBRELLA HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC ART
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TEAM JUST TO KIND TO HELP HOST A BRIEF RELEASE ON JUST THE, THE BREADTH OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE SIMPLY IN PERFORMING WORKS EXPERIENCES HAPPENING IN INSTALLATIONS, JUST ABOUT OR AWARE OF.AND THIS PERHAPS SPEAKS TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS MAKING YOU.
AND THE MAP ALSO GOES INTO, UM, A SHIFT TO REALLY BE EMBRACING WHAT PLACE IS SO THAT WE ARE REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THROUGH THIS MAP.
AND THANKS TO GIS TO OUR COLLECTION MANAGER GUY, WE CAN ALSO SEE REALLY, UM, WHERE PEOPLE ARE WALKING.
LIKE ARE THEY WALKING TO SEE THIS? ARE THEY DRIVING BY? LIKE, UH, IT IS A VERY GRANULAR EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN THEN BEGIN TO GET OUR FERENCE SECTION AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE AND HOW THEY GET THERE.
SO THAT'S PART OF HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PLACE IS WHEN WE LEAVE A PLACE WITH OUR FARM INSTALLED, WE WANT PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT PLACE IS FOR THEM AND TO, AND SET THEIR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR FORECAST.
THE GOAL IS STEFAN, THAT WE'LL BRING FORWARD KIND OF A SLATE OF PUBLIC ART PROJECTS THAT WILL BE RELATED TO 2024, UM, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
AND THIS IS KIND OF OUR PUBLIC PIPELINE IDEA OF WHAT'S ON OUR BOOKS ALREADY AND WHERE WE THINK WE'LL BE GOING.
UM, SO WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON PARKLAND, BLACK BAKERS PARK THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY FUNDING WITH DIFFERENT SOURCES OF, UM, BOND FUNDS.
SO THESE ARE, UM, THESE LISTED HERE WILL EITHER BE COMBINED WITH, UM, PARK DOLLARS AND OTHER BUDGETS OR THEY WILL JUST BE STANDALONE.
WE ON PARKLAND USING WATER DOLLARS, FOR EXAMPLE, TRANSPORTATION.
SO I WILL TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR CHANGES IN, UM, THE WAY WE, UH, WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MARTINE HAD MENTIONED IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE, UM, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THE EASY AND ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, TO ONE CALL WE TRANSLATED OR SURVEYED INTO 14 LANGUAGES.
WE ALSO HAVE DOT MAPS NOW THAT HAVE IMAGES OF NO WORDS OR NECESSARY, JUST PUT A DOT UP NEXT TO A PICTURE WE LIKE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING TO MAKE OUR, UM, OUR CONTACT EVEN PUBLICLY EASY.
WE WANNA BE WHERE THEY ARE AND WE WANNA HEAR YOUR STORIES BECAUSE THOSE STORIES ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE A REPLACEMENTS.
AND THEN THIS IS OUR GREAT TEAM, UM, CHANGE NOW FULL.
WE HAD ORIGINALLY HAD FOR TWO ALL OUR LEADS WE NOW HAVE, THEY HAVE AN AMAZING SET OF SKILLS.
AND WE AGREE YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM.
AND ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, APPRECIATION.
THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, UH, SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR BEING A CORNERSTONE OF WHAT A LOT OF US CALL THE MINISTRY OF HAPPINESS.
THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE MINISTRY,
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS FROM SLIDE FOUR, UH, WHERE DOES THE PUBLIC ART DOLLARS COME FROM? SO, AS YOU MAY KNOW, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, MARQUE 2024 BOND PROJECT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 14.
IT'S A NEW REC CENTER ATAL, IT'S TO THE TUNE OF SAY 17 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IS A CHUNK CHANGE, RIGHT? SO IF I'M READING THAT SLIDE CORRECTLY, 1.5%, THAT'S A GOOD CHUNK OF MONEY.
THAT'S 260, 270 K IS MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECT OF THIS PROCESS SO FAR? YES.
CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH WHAT THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS FOR
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SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL ART PROJECT WOULD BE? LIKE, LIKE 30 SECONDS IF THE TIME COMMIT.SO, SO, UM, ONCE A PROJECT IS INITIATED, THEN UM, WE REACH OUT TO FIND OUT WHO OUR COMMUNITY COHORT IS GOING TO BE.
AND LIKE IT COULD BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBOR GROUP.
SO THOSE INTERVIEWS NEED TO TAKE PLACE, THE TEAM.
SO, UM, IDENTIFY THOSE, TALK THROUGH THOSE KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS.
SO THE QR CODE SURVEY SIGNS IN PLACE, THE QR CODES WILL BE, WE USUALLY SEND THEM TO STEFAN IF IT'S A WORK PROJECT SO THEY CAN BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE PARK, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS THROUGH OURS.
AND OUR TEAM IS PRESENT ON LOCATION OR NEARBY LOCATIONS IF THERE'S NOT A BUILDING AND THEY WILL SIT AND, UM, ENGAGE THE PUBLIC THROUGH
SO ONE OF THOSE FUN THINGS IS WE HAVE A WISHING TREE.
AND THE WISHING TREE HAS SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND PEOPLE CAN WRITE ON THEIR CARDS AND PAY THEM ON THE IMAGINARY TREE.
UM, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, WHAT NEEDS ARE IMPORTANT, STORES ARE IMPORTANT AND WHAT THEY WOULD TO SEE.
AND THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THE WISHING TREE IS WE DON'T JUST GIVE OUR ANSWERS.
WE GET THINGS LIKE, WE DON'T FEEL SAFE WALKING THIS WAY BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS.
SO WE CAN THEN ALSO PUSH THOSE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO HELP US MAKE A PLACE, BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE, AND THEN, UM, SO THE OFFICE HOURS WE HAVE, UM, WE TRY AND UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRESENT FOR ANY, YOU KNOW, BEST OF ALL ACTIVITY THAT WOULD BE THERE OR ANYTIME THEY'RE THE GATHER.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE VOLLEYBALL CHAIR, VOLLEYBALL TEAM, MY TEAM'S THERE TALKING TO THEM.
SO WE DO TRY AND TALK TO SURVEYS OFFICER, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THINGS LIKE THE DOT MAP OR WISHING
I'M GONNA REMEMBER THAT MAYBE WE CAN APPLY THAT TO ACTUALLY LIKE THE REC CENTER DESIGN AND ALL THAT.
I SEE STEFAN IN THE BACK, HE'S SMILING.
UH, I REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE UH, I'VE GOT HIGH HOPES FOR THIS REC CENTER.
I'M TELLING FOLKS WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT AT LEAST THE SECOND BEST REC CENTER IN THE CITY.
'CAUSE WE MAY NEVER TOP SANDY HILLS, UH, AND PUBLIC ART WILL BE A BIG PART OF THAT.
NICE TO SEE BOTH OF YOU HERE TODAY.
UM, THIS IS SO TIMELY BECAUSE I'VE RECENTLY BEEN ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC ART AND DOLLARS.
AND SO JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION, WHEN WE DO OUR PERCENTAGE FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BONDS AND IT'S A PARK BOND, DOES THAT MONEY SPECIFICALLY ONLY COME BACK TO PARKS? IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT COMES OUT OF OUR PARK BOND MONEY, DOES IT COME, DOES THE ART PROJECT HAVE TO BE IN THE PARK? YES.
BECAUSE THE PARK DEPARTMENT WOULD BE VERY UPSET,
I MEAN, IS THAT, IS THAT, YEAH, IT'S MANDATED THAT WAY, BUT IF NOT, SO WITH THE OTHER MONEY, LIKE THE STREET MONEY OR TRAILS, MONEY DOES NOT NECESSARILY COME TO PARK.
THAT'S UP TO YOUR GROUP TO DECIDE WHERE THAT MONEY IS SPENT.
AND WE TRY AND MAKE THINGS THAT WE'RE USING THOSE FUNDS, WATER STREETS BE CITYWIDE SO THAT THERE WOULD BE AN APPEAL FOR, UM,
SO NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT AND THEN CITYWIDE PROJECT.
SO TRAILS FOR SURE THEY'RE CITYWIDE.
SO WITH THE ARTWORK MEETING THEN, UM, SO WE, I THINK HAVING, SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION OF DESIGN THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, IF WE'RE USING STREETS MONEY, WE WILL LOOK AT WHERE THE INTERSECTION OF PEOPLE AND STREETS IN A CITYWIDE NOTION WILL.
UM, THIS IS PROBABLY MORE A COMMENTARY FOR OUR STAFF OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN REPORTING INTERNALLY STAFF TO OUR PARK BOARD BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON AND THINGS HAPPENING THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
'CAUSE THE STAFF IS GREAT AT WHAT THEY DO AND THEY JUST DO THEIR JOBS.
I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE BETTER REPORTING ON THE BEHALF OF OUR STAFF ON WHAT, WHAT PROJECTS ARE OUT THERE, WHAT PROJECTS ARE BEING CONSIDERED, WHAT BOND MONEY IS OUT THERE.
I KNOW THERE'S BOND MONEY FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, PERHAPS IT STILL HASN'T BEEN SPENT ON MONEY COMMUNITY FOR THIS
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TIME.AND HOW IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A BOARD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHICH PARTS ARE THOSE GONNA GO INTO? I LOVE THE NEW MATH THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
I THINK THAT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR US MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.
BUT I THINK WE NEED BETTER REPORTING ON WHERE, WHAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE AND START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND THE BOARD AROUND WHAT PARKS THAT MONEY NEEDS TO GO INTO.
YEAH, AND IF YOU WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE BOARD, BECAUSE I, I GUESS I MEAN YOU, YOU HAVE THE COMMISSION AND Y'ALL GO TO THE COUNCIL AND THEY CAN KIND OF DECIDE ON WHERE THESE ART PIECES GO IN THE CITY.
AND THE PART WARDROBE IS TO DECIDE THE SITE, YOU KNOW, IS THIS SITE AVAILABLE? OKAY.
SO IT'S ALREADY A PROCESS THEY HAVE WHEN THEY'RE DECIDING THE LOCATIONS PIECES THAT OAC BESIDES OAC THE COUNCIL IS THE PROCESS.
WE COME TO YOU FOR THE APPROVAL FOR THE SITE.
UM, BUT AS IT RELATES TO CLARITY, SOURCE OF FUNDS, EVEN REPORTING ON HISTORIC BOND TO SEE THOSE TYPES OF REPORTS.
SO I JUST SUGGESTION LOOK BEFORE THAT THE BOND OFFICE HAVE, IN MY EXPERIENCE,
'CAUSE ONCE AGAIN WE TAKE 1.5%, WE GET 341, 340 6 MILLION IN THE FARM BROKER.
THAT'S WHAT SET ASIDE FOR ART.
MR. CREAMY JUST SAID YAY, I'M GETTING A $15 MILLION REC CENTER.
I GET 1.5 OF THAT FOR AN ART PROJECT IN MY REC CENTER.
THAT'S NO BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IS AT ONE PART, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT MATH WON'T GET YOU, THEY HAVE TO KIND OF DECIDE ENOUGH MONEY TO COMPLETE A PROJECT RIGHT ACROSS ACROSS YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT.
IF YOU HAVE 1.5 IN THE TOTAL BOND AMOUNT, SOMEBODY'S MAKING THE DECISION ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DISPERSE THAT THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU MAY ONLY GET FOR A YEAR, I'M JUST GIVING AN EXAMPLE, AS YOU SEE HERE, THERE'S ONLY 15 PROJECTS THAT'S GOING TO GET SOME ART FAR AS 2025.
AND THAT'S BASED ON THE ACCUMULATION OF WHEN CERTAIN PROJECTS OR I MEAN BONDS ARE SOLD AND THEN THEY GOTTA ACCUMULATE ENOUGH MONEY TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ART PIECE TO HIRE A ARTIST TO UNDERTAKE.
AND YOU SHOULD STEFAN AND I END ON HOW TO, TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WITH THE 2024 BOND THAT THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERY DISTRICT.
AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE BOND THAT WE GET AS A BANK ACCOUNT AND THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BUDGET OUT FROM OUR BANK ACCOUNT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING OUR MAP TO, UM, HAVE ART AND PLACES AND LOCATIONS IN OUR MAP.
ESPECIALLY PLACES THAT NEED SOME I GET IT.
I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A, I THINK THERE'S SOME, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONFUSION WHEN WE, WE PULL OUT A PERCENT.
IT'S NOT, IF I, IF I DID A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT HERE, IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN I'M GETTING AN ART PROJECT HERE.
AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY GETTING 1.5% EITHER.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME KIND OF DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS HERE'S THE 15 PARKS, HERE'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT'S TO BE BEING SPENT ON, CAN YOU, AND THEN FOR THE 24, WHAT IS THE INTENTION GOING FORWARD? I THINK THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE TO ADD, AND I KNOW MY TIME'S ALMOST OVER, UM, 'CAUSE LINDA, I KNOW WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, WE HAVE ALL THIS PUBLIC ART, WHERE IS IT? AND I KNOW YOU WORK, HAVE WORKED ON A MAP.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE QR CODE PROCESS BE ADDED TO OUR PUBLIC ART THAT'S LIKE IN PARKS.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME IN DISTRICT NINE THAT'S SITTING OUT THERE AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO WAY FOR ANYBODY TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNLESS THEY GO BACK AND SOMEHOW LOOK BACK TO OACS.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, AND WE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, WE HAVE GREAT PUBLIC ART, BUT WE DON'T HAVE WELL MAINTAINED GREAT PUBLIC ART.
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THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY A MARTINE QUESTION AND DIRECTOR JENKINS QUESTIONS, YOU GOTTA DO BETTER ON THAT FOR SURE.ONE I IS TO SEE HELPS MAINTENANCE.
SO THE MAINTENANCE, LET'S KEEP WORKING ON THAT PIECE.
AND THEN ONE, ONE RESOURCE THAT IS AVAILABLE NOW FOR, UM, CONTENT ABOUT WHERE THE
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTERACTIVE, YOU CAN BE SOMEWHERE AND YOU CAN CLICK ON IT.
IT WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE LIST.
AND THERE'S ALSO A SMALLER MAP THAT'S REALLY JUST FOR WELCOMING COMMUNITIES AND YOU CAN HAVE, UM, THEY'LL TELL YOU THEY'LL, THERE'S RECORDINGS AND SOME HAVE VIDEOS WHERE THEY'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE R PIECE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A READER TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY LISTEN TO STORIES ABOUT ARTICLE TOO.
BUT THOSE ARE BOTH, UH, PARK BOARD MEMBER HAS BEEN A, UH, YEAH, THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE THE MAINTENANCE OF ANY ART PIECES 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT OUR EXPERTISE.
UH, AND THEN ALSO I KNOW PROBABLY PARK BOARD MEMBER MCGAIN IS GONNA SHARE SOME IDEAS.
YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON SOME THINGS.
YOU I CODE HOW WE GET MORE ARTS IN THE BAR.
I APPRECIATE GOING TOUCH ON THAT.
HIM AND I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION.
I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER.
IT'S HARD TO GET OUR, OUR QUALITY GOOD ART, UH, A LOW BUDGET BECAUSE THE BUT, OR THE ONE THAT WE DID AT EVER WAY WAS A $10,000 BUDGET.
WHAT IT, WAS IT MORE, DID THEY HAVE TO PAY MORE? WE JUST HAD 10,000.
SO NONE THE LESS WE, UH, I KNOW THAT PARK DEPARTMENTS BUILD UP SOME STUFF AROUND IT.
SO THAT PROBABLY, I MEAN YOU PROBABLY
WE GOT BUTTERFLIES THAT WE WANTED.
UM, AND IT, IT REALLY, THE SIMPLE ARTWORK IS SOMETIMES THE REALLY COOL ARTWORK BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVES BY AND IT CHANGED THAT ENTIRE ENTRANCE OF THAT PARK.
UM, THAT WAS AN AREA OF THE PARK THAT NEVER HAD ANY GRASS, NEVER HAD, IT WAS NEVER WELCOMING.
AND DIRECTOR JENKINS CAME OUT ONE DAY AND WALKED IT WITH ME AND WAS LIKE, IT'S TURNED OUT.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COLLABORATION, BRINGING THAT ARTWORK TO THAT CORNER, UM, WORKED EXTREMELY WELL.
UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ARTWORK.
UM, AND AS THEY HOST OF, UM, THE HOST OF FAIR PARK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AT AIR PARK AND YOUR COLLABORATIONS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME AMAZING ARTWORK THERE.
UM, AND THINK THAT YOU COLLABORATIVELY WE ALL WORK WELL.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS SPREAD TO UM, OUR RICH CULTURE.
HEY, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ABILITY TO SAY ANYWHERE NEAR.
I WOULD LIKE, I DEFINITELY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU FOR TODAY AND TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
UM, WORKING SO CLOSELY WITH YOU AS COMMISSIONER OF THE PUBLIC, OUR COMMITTEE YEARS, IT'S SO PLEASING TO SEE THE MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT I WAS WORKING ON AND LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF OR TOWARDS THE END OF, UH, COMING INTO BEING THE OFFERING SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND KNOWING THE MANY DIFFERENT DESIGNS THAT THAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AND AND AND SEEING IT CREATED IS, IS THIS WONDERFUL.
UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED IN THE HALLWAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN WANTING TO COME AND GIVE THIS PRESENTATION FOR SOME TIME.
MARIA AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS, THE END OF THE LAST MEETING.
UM, I WOULD REALLY MIGHT LOVE TO BECOME A CON, UM, INSTEAD OF THIS BEING LIKE A THEM SCENARIO THAT THEY HAVE PERHAPS MORE REGULAR ACCESS ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS OR SO, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR FREQUENCY
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GIVE US UPDATES.SO WE HAVE MORE ONGOING CONVERSATION, UM, ABOUT THE CREATION OF THESE PIECES, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS SOME DETERMINATION OF WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE REASONS WHY WE WOULD LIKE ART TO BE AND IN OUR DISTRICTS IN A CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
AND SO BOARD MEMBER S POINT, HIS EXCITEMENT HAVING A PIECE GO IN THERE, THAT IS PARTIALLY OUR DETERMINATION.
AS FAR AS
THE THE PEOPLE REACH OUT TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, UH, IN ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS TO GET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE A LOT LOUDER MICROPHONE.
UM, AND JUST IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THAT, THAT WHEN A PIECE IS BEING CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT THEY'RE DRIVING THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
IF YOU COULD HELP DRIVE SOME OF YOUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, 'CAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM.
AS WE ALL KNOW, MANY TIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RESULTS OF SOMETHING BEING DONE IN A WAY THAT THEY DON'T LIKE.
AND SO IF WE CAN HELP WITH THAT AND YOU KNOW, HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE ABLE TO SOLVE THIS AS WELL, UM, PROMOTE THAT, THAT'D BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO THE FOLKS HERE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC ART, UH, MAINTENANCE GOES, THAT IS A CITYWIDE PROBLEM IS THE MAINTENANCE OF EVERY INSTITUTION, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING OR PUBLIC ART PIECE IN THE STATE.
UM, TO ME, HAVING BEEN ON THE 2024 BOND SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, THE NOTION THAT WE RAISE THE BOND COVER MAINTENANCE COSTS PREDOMINANTLY STORY FOR A DIFFERENT DAY.
UM, THERE'S A FEW BASIC THINGS.
I KNOW I REALLY QUICKLY HERE, UM, THE FAMILY AT PLEASANT OAKS, THAT'S IN DISTRICT FIVE.
WHAT WAS THE EXACT DATE? THAT WAS THE LAST THURSDAY OF THIS MONTH? IT'S OF APRIL OF APRIL TON CELEBRATION.
AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THAT DATE.
JUST IN GENERAL AND INVITE OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO INGS THAT ARE IN.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO GET ACCESS TO ON HOW GROUND CONSIDER THE AMOUNT EXPENSE ON S PART.
UM, SIDE POINT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED NOT TO BE INVITED TO THE ALLY.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS LIFELINES.
IS THAT A, THE PIECE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT? I I HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY VISITED THE STUDIO AND SEEN THE, THE RENDERING AND THE WORK CONDUCT THAT PIECE.
AND I THINK WE ALL GOOD JOB ON THAT.
AND I WILL ALWAYS SAY THAT YOU, YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SLIDE SIX.
UH, ON STEP ONE IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, THE PARK BOARD DECIDES WHICH PARKS ARE ELIGIBLE, UM, FOR THE, OUR PROJECTS.
UM, IS THAT A PRE-EXISTING LIST OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO IT COMES FROM THE LIST THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE, THE BOND AND THEN IN, FROM OUR BUCKET.
SO THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STEFAN ABOUT.
SO THEN IN THAT BUCKET WE DISTRIBUTE OUT TO, TO LOCATIONS AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU FOR LOCATION APPROVAL.
SO THE BOND THAT ACTUALLY DICTATES KIND OF WHERE THINGS CAN, CAN GO
UM, I KNOW WE APPROVED TODAY, WE APPROVED A LONG, UH, LONG IN THE WORKS, UM, PROJECT OF VETERAN FOR VETERAN RECOGNIZING VETERANS.
AND IT ENDS UP IN BICKERS PARK.
IT KIND OF BEEN MOVING AROUND FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
UH, I WASN'T AWARE BICKERS WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION UNTIL IT HAD ALREADY KIND OF BEEN DECIDED AND CAME TO PARK BOARD.
I'D JUST ASK A FAVOR GOING FORWARD, UH, CAN YOU ALL JUST INCLUDE ME IN THE EMAILS WHERE IT'S BEING DISCUSSED? UH, AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE ALSO THE UPCOMING INSTALLATION AT THE SKATE PARK.
I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN IN THE EMAILS ABOUT THAT.
AND I'D LIKE TO BE IN, IN INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ART INSTALLATION AT THE SKATE PARK AT BACHMAN.
SO, SO BICKERS, YOU KNOW, SO DOLLARS
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THAT ARE BEING USED ARE NOT PARKED DOLLARS.SO WE JUST NEEDED TO APPROVE THE LOCATION, WHICH I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, IT'S REALLY ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND YOU KNOW, WE GENERALLY COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COUNCIL OFFICE AND OUR COMMISSIONERS.
AND SO I I DO THINK HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PARK BOARD IS A BIG QUESTION MARK.
OF COURSE ARTS AND CULTURE WANTS TO STAY IN THE LANE.
SO THAT'S A BIGGER DISCUSSION.
SO, UH, THEN WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE BOARD TODAY, AND WHICH I'M GOOD WITH, 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, MARTINI THAT YOU ALL HAVE A PRE-PLANNED, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU HAVE HERE.
I SAW IN THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE 15 SITES YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR.
AND HAVE YOU ALREADY DECIDED ON THOSE 15 SITES FOR THE 2025? WE, YEAH, WE HAVE A JOINT.
AND SO, AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS PROBABLY GOING THROUGH YOUR COMMISSION TO APPROVE THOSE 15 PROJECTS AND THE LOCATION YOU'RE PROPOSING.
SO ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEN I THINK AT THAT POINT I COULD PROBABLY SHARE WITH THE BOARD HERE ARE THE 15 SITES THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING.
IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? YES.
SO WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS BOARD AND THEN WE MAY PROVIDE YOU THE LIST.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION THAT HAS COME TO ME ABOUT OA COMMUNITY OUTREACH I'VE BEEN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WHAT'S BEEN REPORTED TO ME IS THAT THEY REALLY, THEY GET WITH THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY, BUT THAT SOMETIMES THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, UH, ISN'T NOTIFIED.
THAT'S A, A CHARGE I'VE HEARD.
UM, DO YOU THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE OR IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO HELP OR IS THAT A NON-EXISTENT THING? SO WE HAVE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TO CREATE, AGAIN, THAT TOOLKIT AND OUR COURSE, WE ALWAYS WANT PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IN WAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP US TALK TO THE COMMUNITY, WE WE WANT THAT HELP.
UM, BUT WE DO DO, I THINK OUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB RIGHT NOW OF REACHING INTO THE, THROUGH THINGS LIKE BRAND CENTERS OR LIBRARIES AND TRYING TO BE ON LOCATION TO TALK TO PEOPLE.
BECAUSE LIKE, JUST SPECIFICALLY TO THE BACHMAN SKATE PARK, UH, I JUST, I WOULD JUST SAY THERE'S THE SKATING COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED, BUT THERE'S A SURROUNDING COMMUNITY THAT, UH, SUPPORTED SKATING THERE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE SEVENTIES.
SO I'D BE, I WOULD LIKE TO BE, UH, KEPT IN THE LOOP ABOUT THE OUTREACH, THOSE OUTREACH EFFORTS AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD.
JUST AS A PERSONAL REQUEST ON THAT PROJECT, PLEASE.
UH, I'D START GOING BACK ON OUR MAINTENANCE.
I KNOW MAINTENANCE IS A BIG THING FOR ESPECIALLY ME AND MARIA.
ME, ME AND HALF, $5 MILLION TIME.
SO THE, THE TOWER BUILDING LOOKS AMAZING AND, AND ALL THE WORK'S BEEN DONE, ALL THE WORK, UH, WE'VE DONE.
BUT I KNOW THAT FAIR, THE STATE FAIR HAD COVERED IT UP 'CAUSE IT WAS KIND OF, IT WAS KIND OF IN BAD SHAPE.
WILL THEY STILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT JUST TO PRESERVE IT FROM SO MANY PEOPLE TOUCHING IT DURING THE STATE FAIR? OR ARE WE GONNA LEAVE IT OPEN AND LET THE, ALL THE CROPS TOUCH OUR ARTWORK SO THAT THE GIFT TO THE STATE BEAR IS THAT, AND AND THE REASON I'M ASKING, THE REASON I'M ASKING THE STATE FAIR IS THAT WE STILL HAVE THEIR MARK.
LIKE I THINK THAT'S THE GIFT OF THE STATE BEAR.
UM, THEY DO USE IT LIKE A FAIR GROUND.
AND SO, UM, WHEN THINGS GET DAMAGED DURING THE
SO, AND THEY WILL ALWAYS PUT UP THEIR VENDOR TENTS AND, AND, AND AND LAST YEAR THEY DECORATED 'CAUSE THE DOORS COME THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND TO HIDE SOME OF THE CRACKS THAT WERE IN THE BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT OR NOT, BUT NOW THAT IT'S BIG WELL THEY DO THE SAME THING.
'CAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR THE REASON I'M SAYING BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR 'EM TO DO THAT DURING THE SAFETY PICTURES.
SO MANY PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THAT BUILDING AND MIGHT TOUCH OUR ART, WE CAN ALWAYS GO SEE IT.
UNLESS I'M KIND OF, I'M CONTROVERSIAL 'CAUSE I'M SAYING COVER UP THE ART WE JUST FIX.
BUT DURING THAT TIME, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THAT PART.
MR.
STATE WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT.
'CAUSE IT'S STILL MAKES RIGHT.
AND IF WE GOT SO MANY, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE OUR, OUR ART.
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IT'S JUST SO BUSY.THAT'S WHAT I, I'M SUGGESTIONS.
MAYBE FIGURE OUT A WAY WHERE PEOPLE WILL NOT TOUCH IT OR GET TOO NEAR IT.
SOME WAY TO PRESERVE IT BETTER.
ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO IT.
ESPECIALLY ONCE WE GET TO THE ROTUNDA, ROTUNDA GETS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT AREA EVERY DAY.
ESPECIALLY DURING, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE LONGHORN, UH, THE TEXAS OU GANG DAY, PROBABLY A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE AND JUST IN THAT SMALL HALLWAY TRYING TO GET THROUGH IN AND OUT OF THAT BUILDING.
SO, AND THEY'RE, BELIEVE ME, THEY ARE RUBBING ON EVERY WALL, EVERY PART INCH OF THAT WHOLE BUILDING.
SO THAT'D BE A BIG, SO THANK YOU.
BUT IT'S AMAZING THE ARTISTS' AMAZING ALL THOSE CITIES AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS THE CITY.
SO APPRECIATE AND THEN CIRCLE BACK.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN YOUR HEART THAT IS AN ART PIECE THAT NEEDS TO BE, PLEASE NOTIFY US.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE MAINTENANCE AND WE TRY AND REVIEW THE COLLECTION AT LEAST HERE, BUT THAT JUST MEANS OUR MINDS FACE, YOU KNOW, NOT AS OFTEN AS YOU ARE IN THE WORKS.
SO PLEASE LET US KNOW WE WANT OUR TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT DIRECTIONS TO THE COTTON CANDY, BACON,
UM, I THINK THE COMMUNICATION, I THINK WE'RE ALL OPEN TO HEARING FROM YOU, UM, DIRECTLY.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA STEP ON ANY
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I CRITICAL PART OF THOSE BONDS AND WE APPRECIATE.
LET ME MOVE TO OUR NEXT MEETING, MARK, SAFETY AND STRATEGY UPDATE.
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE PARK BOARD TODAY.
WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS OUR, UH, PARK SAFETY AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, AND, BUT FIRST OF ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WE WOULD COME, UH, EVERY QUARTER TO KIND OF GIVE UP OUR INFORMATION REGARD TO ALL OUR STATISTICS AS RELATES TO PARK, UM, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE PARK WITH OUR
SO, AS YOU KNOW, DOGS WANTS TO KNOW THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
WE WILL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT NEXT WEEK.
THIS WILL WITHOUT THOSE STAT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD A GOOD UPDATE AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING TODAY.
UM, BUT FIRST, UH, WE HAVE A NEW LIAISON PARTNER, AS YOU ALL KNOW, CHIEF WATSON.
UH, HE RETIRED AFTER 40, I THINK 44 YEARS OR SO, UH, 40 PLUS.
AND SO, UM, YES, HE, HE RETIRED AND SO HE, UM, DEFINITELY, UH, GAVE US A RECOMMENDATION AND SHOULD MOVE TO FILL HIS SHOES.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE THE CHIEF MAJE ALLEN TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
UH, HE AND OUR NEW LIAISON THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
I WON'T BE HERE FOR
I, MY 25TH YEAR OLD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I DID ALL MY WORK IN PATROL FOR THE MOST PART, FEMALE SEEING ME IN MOTORCYCLE, UH, SEEN BEFORE SERGEANT
I'M SEEING YOUTH DOWN OVER THE SOUTH PATROL BUILDING, WHICH IS SOUTHWEST OFF OF ILLINOIS.
AND SO I'M VERY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ALL, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS WITH MY NPOS THAT I KNOW TAKING CARE OF MYSELF.
SO I, SO, AND ON BEHALF OF M CHIEF, I GO AND DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU COULD HAVE ANYTHING, CONCERN, ANY INCIDENTS THAT YOU'RE WANTING EXPLANATION ABOUT, HAVE TO EMAIL ME AND I'LL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO YOU, GET YOU A RESPONSE.
SO, GREAT OPPORTUNITY, THANK CHIEF CAN TELL YOU THIS WILL BE MORE FUN THAN
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TRAFFIC TICKETSSO THAT, UH, WE'LL, UH, START OUR PRESENTATION NEXT TIME, PLEASE.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND.
WE TALK ABOUT OUR ACTION PLANS AND, AND SAFETY STRATEGY GUIDELINES, AS WELL AS OUR FUTURE INVESTMENTS.
SO TODAY WE REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OUR MILESTONES, THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT ACCOMPLISHED.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO, JUST TO KIND OF REMIND EVERYONE AS FAR AS OUR FOCUS AREAS ARE WHAT WE CALL OUR PILLARS, UH, OF OUR PLAN, INTER-AGENCY INITIATIVES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY, AND OUR SAFETY STRATEGY GUIDELINES.
UH, THESE ARE THE PILLARS OF OUR PLAN AND, UH, WE'LL DISCUSS THOSE AT ONCE.
SO OUR INTERAGENCY INITIATIVES, THIS IS HOW WE WORK.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A HOLISTIC APPROACH.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND SO WITH THAT, ALL OUR PARTNERS BEHIND US ARE PART OF THIS PLAN.
SO SAY FOR INSTANCE, WITH DPD, WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM MONTHLY, UH, WITH, IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE REGION.
SO, AND SO IT GIVES US, UH, THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND SO, UH, MEETING WITH THOSE, UH, CHIEFS IN NORTH TO THE AREAS, UH, TALKING ABOUT TARGET LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE CHALLENGES.
UH, THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN ADVANTAGEOUS TO US TO MAKE SURE THE DIALOGUE IS KEPT UP, UH, WITH THE RANGERS, DPD, UH, AND ALSO OUR, UM, PARTNERS, SAY IN OUR RECREATION.
SO THEY RECREATION CENTER STAFF IN THOSE MEETINGS TO TELL US, SAY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE RECREATION CENTER.
WE MEET WITH OUR CODE COMPLIANCE.
UH, THEY HELPED US WITH OUR KEEP, UH, SOUTHERN DALLAS, BEAUTIFUL WITH OUR KEEP DALLAS BEAUTIFUL INITIATIVE WHERE WE'RE DOING CLEANUPS AT THE REGION.
WE DID A MAJOR CLEANUP OVER AT KEYT, UH, WHERE COMMUNITIES CAN BRING IN THEIR ITEMS, SO LIKE PAINT AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT THIS IS A WAY, ANOTHER LEVEL, UH, ANOTHER LAYER OF SAFE AND CLEAN PARKS.
UM, SO IT'S A GREAT, UH, PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH CODE COMPLIANCE.
AND SO YOU HAVE THOSE, THAT INFORMATION THERE.
SO, OF COURSE WE WORK WITH OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, AND SO WE'VE DONE TRAINING WITH THEM.
UH, OUR CONTINUED OUTREACH, JUST REALLY IMPERATIVE AS TO HOW WE APPROACH OUR, UH, OUR SHELTER.
UH, THEY'RE DECOMMISSIONING PARKS AND, AND SO, UH, WE'RE CONTINUALLY WORKING WITH US.
AND NOW
UH, AND SO WHEN WE, UH, HAVE THESE DECONDITION SITES, THAT MEANS THERE CAN BE NO ENCAMPMENTS ON THOSE, UM, PARTICULAR PARTS.
AND THAT CLEANING IS ONGOING, UH, WITHOUT NOTICE.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN A LOT OF AREAS OF OUR PARK SYSTEM.
UH, AND SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS UNSHELTERED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ITEMS ON THE PARK.
AND IT HELPS US KEEP THAT, THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD CHRONIC ISSUES, UH, HELPS US REALLY KEEP THOSE AREAS CLEAN AND SAFE AS WELL.
SO WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, PARKING ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR RECREATION CENTERS, WE DON'T HAVE VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED IN THE RECREATION, UH, PARKING, UH, LOTS ALL NIGHT.
UM, AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, TARGET AREAS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, SAY TIMBERLAND AND KATIE JACKSON PLAYER, UH, WHERE WE'VE HAD CONTINUOUS PARKING ISSUES.
AND SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS THAT THEY'VE HELPED US WITH THAT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT.
SO, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ANOTHER LAYER OF OUR PLAN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH, UH, ESPECIALLY, UM, DAVE DEAN OVER AT, UH, SWISS AVENUE AND THAT PILOT, UH, WITH DPD AND
I HAVE SOME TEAM MEMBERS THAT CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT ALSO OUR MBO OFFICERS AND THOSE CONTINUED MEETINGS WORKING WITH WATCH GROUPS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, UM, TO DECREASE LIMIT, UH, ILLICIT ACTIVITY.
UH, AND SO WE HAVE SOME PARTICULAR PARTS THAT WE WORKED ON, UH, ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WITH THOSE AS WELL.
SO, JUST OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRESS REPORT.
UM, WE ARE TARGETING PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE WE HAVE CHALLENGES.
AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING TYPE OF EVENTS AND UM, UH, UH, ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.
'CAUSE WE KNOW, UH, THE PARK SYSTEM, THE MORE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE CAN GET, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY OWNS THOSE PARTICULAR PARKS, UH, THE SAFER THOSE PARKS BECOME, UH, WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THOSE PARKS.
AND SO OUR, UH, COMMUNITY CONNECTORS AS WELL AS OUR, OUR RANGERS WHO DO COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT, UM, WORK WITH PARK PATRONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ACTIVITY, UH, IN THOSE PARKS TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
SO, OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IN OUR ACTION PLANS, THESE ACTION PLANS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO
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US.THESE ARE HOLISTIC APPROACHES, TAKES, YOU KNOW, ALMOST THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT TO WORK ON THEIR PARTICULAR PART OF THE ACTION PLAN.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME ISSUES AT CAPE JACKSON.
UM, WE HAD LIMITED LIFE OVER THERE, OVERCROWDED PARKING.
THEY WERE DOING SOME PARTIES AFTER HOURS AND DOING SOME THINGS THERE.
UH, SO MEMBER DELSON WAS VERY AGITATED IN THIS PROCESS AND CONNECTING US WITH THE POLICE IN THAT AREA.
UH, JUST MAKING IT A, A REALLY HOLISTIC APPROACH.
AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS TO INSTALL SECURITY CAMERAS AND TRAILHEAD.
UH, WE IMPROVE THE LIGHTING AT THE, IN THAT LOCATION.
UH, PARK CURFEWS, JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE ARE COMING AT A PARTICULAR TIME.
THE MARSHALS ARE COMING AT A PARTICULAR TIME, THEY'RE RANGE.
SO IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A CONCENTRATED EFFORT OF ALL THOSE AGENCIES COMING TOGETHER TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.
AND SO WITH THAT COMES, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT ENFORCEMENT, THEY'RE GONNA BE CITATIONS, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE VEHICLES IN POWER IF THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
AND WE HAVE SEEN A, A, AN IMPROVEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PARKS EXPERIENCE, ONCE WE COME IN WITH THESE ACTION PLANS, IS IT COMPLETELY SOLVED? NOT NORMAL, RIGHT? IT TAKES A CONTINUED EFFORT IN SOME OF THESE, UM, CHALLENGING AREAS.
SO VALUE PARK, THIS WAS REALLY A WIN FOR US.
WE GOT A LOT OF, UH, EXPOSURE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MEDIA, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND SO, UM, THERE WE HAD A LOT OF AREA WHERE WE HAD
AND SO WE CAME IN AND WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT SIX, THE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT THAT CAME IN.
THEY REALLY CLEARED OUR AREAS, CLEARED OUR SIDELINES, BUILT THESE TRAILS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE COULD REALLY ENJOY THE PARK AND, AND WHAT IT'S FOR.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID INCREASE DPD PRESENCE, PRI AND REMOVED, PRITT REMOVED BRUSH, UM, UH, WORKED WITH THE FRIENDS AT VALLEY PARK, UH, PARK.
YOU CAN SEE US OUT ON THAT DAY.
UH, WHEN WE DID, UH, TRAIL CELEBRATION, IT WAS A GREAT, UH, DAY, THAT DAY.
AND IT WAS AS WELL AS FAR AS THE, UH,
UM, AND SO TWICE, YOU KNOW, WE START COMING UP WHEN WE COME UP WITH THESE SCHEDULES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, RANGERS, OF COURSE WE HAVE 16, 17 RANGERS, BUT IF WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMING THROUGH AT THOSE PARTICULAR PARKS AT A CERTAIN TIME, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
SO FOLKS START TO SEE, OH, WELL THEY'RE REALLY HERE.
WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF EXPOSURE, A LOT OF VISIBILITY FROM POLICE RANGERS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS, THE OUTCOMES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN ORDER TO CREATE ENFORCEMENT AND ARREST AND ALL OF THAT.
SO, UH, BLAIR PARK, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WORKING ON BLAIR PARK AND JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD WAS JUST MAKING SURE THE PARK WAS, WE HAD LITTER ISSUES.
AND, UM, SO WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOKING AT OUR SCHEDULES, UM, SOME YEARS AGO AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING THE SCHEDULE.
AND I THINK ONCE WE START TO DO BETTER AS FAR AS OUR TEAM, OUR CONTRACTORS, THE COMMUNITY BE MUCH BETTER.
AND SO NOW WHEN YOU GO THROUGH BLAIR PARK, IT IS BEYOND BELIEF AS FAR AS HOW C THE PARK IS.
AND WE KNOW, AND THE PARK WHERE DANIEL WOOD KNOW WHAT IT USED TO BE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT PARK.
ONE OF MY FAVORITES, UH, WITH THE WATER OUT THERE.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME EVENTS OUT THERE.
WE WORKED WITH THE BLAIR FAMILY.
WE GOT A JUNETEENTH MEMPHIS PASSION THAT WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.
THEY HAD MANY GROUPS FROM OTHER, UH, AGENCIES FROM THE PARK DEPARTMENT, I MEAN FROM THE CITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS WERE OUT THERE.
AND WE JUST HAD A GRAND ON TIME, UH, OUT AT THAT PARK.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE US OUT THERE.
AND SO YOU START TO REALLY SEE, UH, WHAT A POSITIVE USE THAT WE HAVE OVER AT BLAIR PARK.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ATTENDED, BUT WE PUT A BRAND NEW BASKETBALL COURT OVER THERE.
WE WERE HAVING SOME CHALLENGES FOR SURE, ALONG THE TRAIL.
UM, BUT OF COURSE WE CAME IN, WE DID CAMERAS, WE DID, UH, SECURE, UH, LIGHTING, THE NANCY LIEBERMAN SPORTS INFILTRATION.
WE HAD A GRAND EVENT, UH, WITH NANCY LIEBERMAN HERE, UH, AND THEN THE RANGERS AND MARSHALS JUST BEING THERE WHEN WE NEED TO BE.
AND SO CITATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THESE ARE JUST OUR APPROACHES AS WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARKS CAN BE UTILIZED IN A POSITIVE WAY.
SO THIS IS A CIVIC GARDEN, AND UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL NIGHT HOURS THAT WE DID DOWN TO THEM.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE US THERE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH DID HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL IN THAT EFFORT.
UM, BUT WE'VE DONE SECURITY LIGHTING, UM, THAT WE DID A 90 DAY STRATEGY STRATEGY WORKING WITH, UM, THE APARTMENT BUILDING METROPOLITAN.
UM, KAREEM WAS HELPING US PROGRAM
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MEMBER, UH, UH, SEEING RIDLEY.SO WE HAVE ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS OUT REALLY HELPING US TRY TO WORK ON THESE PARTICULAR SITES.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CONSERVANCY AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME REDESIGN EFFORTS, EFFORTS AS IT RELATES TO THE PARK AND THE LAYOUT OF THE PARK AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL GO ON THERE.
SO, OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AREA, OUR HEART, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR ACTION TEAM THAT REALLY HELPS US WITH THE VISIT.
AND WE'VE GOT A FULL PRESENTATION ON THIS, BUT I JUST DID WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT.
UM, AS FAR AS WHAT WE DO AND WHAT'S ALLOCATED KNOW, ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE GOT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, WHERE WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOME DUMP AREAS, UM, WE THAT DUMP IT OFF THE, OFF THE PARK SYSTEM.
BUT UNTIL THROUGH AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, AS FAR AS VISITING AND THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, AND SO, UH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS IT RELATES TO DUMPING AS IT RELATES TO ENCAMPMENTS, NOT THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE THESE ISSUES, BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEASURE IS THAT WE'VE HAD TO USE OUR CONTRACTOR LESS BECAUSE OF THIS HEART TEAM.
THE HEART TEAM, AS YOU ALL CALL.
WE GOT FOUR PEOPLE THAT WERE, UM, WE GOT BUDGET ENHANCEMENT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, GOT THAT TEAM UP AND STANDING, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THEM OUT WITH PARK BOARD MEMBER AT LAKE CLIFF.
YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WORKED WITH, UH,
WE SEND OUT OUR TEAM, THEY'RE COMING DAILY, UH, TO WORK ON THOSE PARTICULAR SITES.
SO THESE INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION, VERY FORTUNATE WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THIS PARK BOARD TO, YOU KNOW, RECEIVE FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE.
UH, IT TAKES DOLLARS TO, UH, CONCENTRATE ON THESE PARTICULAR AREAS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.
AND SO WE WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THAT MONEY.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE OUR FACILITY UPGRADES, YOU KNOW, A MILLION DOLLARS OF TRAILS AND LIGHTING AND SECURITY AND OUR STAFFING.
YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S BEEN A $4.4 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE SAFE PARKS IN THIS NATION.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO BREAK DOWN THAT FUNDING AND LET YOU ALL KNOW AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE, OUR FUNDING, THE RESCUE MONEY, UH, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN AS FAR AS ENHANCEMENT.
SO, UH, OUR LOCATIONS, 43 LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, FULLY COMPLETED.
SO WE'RE STILL, THIS IS AN ONGOING EFFORT.
WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS EFFORT ANNUALLY, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CORRECT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND SO THAT GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN THAT YOU GO THROUGH, GO THROUGH IN YOUR LEISURE, TELLING YOU THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF THE INVESTMENT AS TO AND THE LOCATIONS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S BEEN COMPLETED, UH, IN THESE, UM, UH, CHARTS.
AND SO IN THE NUMBER OF THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR, OUR STAFFING AS WELL.
SO THIS EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING SMARTER, WE'RE GETTING BETTER, UH, AS WELL AS THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE, THE CAMERA TRAILER AS THE BIKES, UH, AND PARKWAY MEMBER DICKIE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE E-BIKES.
UH, WE'RE USING DRONES, OUR MARSHALS, THEY'RE CERTIFIED TO USE THOSE DRONES AND OUR UTILITY VEHICLES SURE ARE PART OF, YOU KNOW, JUST WORKING IN THOSE TRAIL AREAS.
AND SO OUR SAFETY STRATEGIES, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT HOW WE DO BUSINESS AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT OUR STRATEGIES IN ORDER TO WORK SMARTER.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA ALWAYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE? AND WHAT IS THE STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE, UH, THAT WE KEEP OUR, KEEP OUR PARTS SAFE? AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE REALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TO START THIS PAST SEPTEMBER WAS TRYING TO GET THAT 11:00 PM TO 7:00 AM I FORGET WHAT THEY CALL IT.
TRYING TO GET THAT FIRST WATCH OF SCHEDULING.
SO WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE THAT MARSHALLS HAVE, UH, STARTED TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE AND THAT FIRST WATCH.
AND, AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MISCHIEVOUS THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING ON WHEN THE PARK IS CLOSED.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME EYES OUT THERE TO HELP US WITH THAT, THAT'S GONNA DE TOUR THOSE INDIVIDUAL WHO ARE COMING OUT FOR JUST THAT WE DON'T WANT DONE IN THE PARK NEXT SPOT.
SO JUST HIGHLIGHTING OUR MARSHALS AND POLICE AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR THEIR VISITS.
WELL, WELL, THE WARNING THAT THEY'VE DONE THE CITATIONS, THE 1100 AND THE ARREST COURT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE IN THE PARKS DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND IT IS NOT THAT WE WANT TO BECOME A SYSTEM WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS GIVING OUT TICKETS, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS ARRESTING PEOPLE, BUT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE THERE DOING THINGS THAT ARE ILLEGAL, ARE NOT IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
'CAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE IN THE PARKS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE, UH, REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE, UH, PROVIDED TO THOSE AGENCIES THAT HAVE HELPED US ALONG THE WAY.
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AND SO, SEEING, YOU KNOW, HOW OUR STAFFING LEVEL HAS CHANGED AND WITH THOSE STAFFING LEVELS, YOU KNOW, THOSE CHANGES, WE SEE MORE EMPHASIS TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF PARK BOARD ALL THE ADVOCACY THAT THE PARK BOARD HAS DONE IN ORDER TO HELP US WITH CREATE SAFE PARKS AND OUR CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE ALLOCATIONS.
OF COURSE, WE, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH ISSUES AS FAR AS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE AVAILABLE ALLOCATED STAFFING, UH, THE MARSHALS CAN SPEAK TO THAT AS FAR AS THEIR TRAINING AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING PROBLEMS WITH JUST TRYING TO KEEP, GET, UH, STAFF ON BOARD, GET OFFICERS ON BOARD AND KEEP THEM.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE EFFORTS, EFFORTS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS WITH DPD AND EVERYONE ELSE.
I KNOW OUR, UH, DIRECTOR HAS REALLY, UM, ADVISED US WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON THIS VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS AND YEARS AS FAR AS OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
OUR OVERGROWN CREEKS, OUR PARTNERS ARE HELPING US WITH THAT, BUT LOOP IS HELPING US WITH THAT.
SO WE ARE MAKING CERTAIN EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH OUR SIDELINES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE, UM, FEEL SAFE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
AND AS WE, YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH OUR FUTURE INVESTMENT, THEY LOOK LIKE, UH, WE'RE WORKING, UM, UH, FEVERISHLY WITH OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE, OUR SAFETY AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND THEY'RE HELPING US WITH CREATING THOSE GUIDELINES, THE THINGS WE ARE GONNA INVESTMENT IN MAKE WITHIN THESE NEXT YEARS.
AND OF COURSE, UH, JUST SO WE ALL KNOW, UH, ONE OF OUR ENHANCEMENTS WAS TO BRING ON OUR SECURITY CONSULT CONSULTANT.
AND KEVIN IS IN THE LAST, THE LAST STAGES OF, SO US HAVING A SECURITY CONSULTANT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AS SAFETY SECURITY, WE ARE RECORD CREATORS.
SO WE NEED THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY BEEN TRAINED TO DO THIS.
AND WE WANNA FOLLOW, UH, THEIR ADVISEMENT.
AND SO THE SECURITY CONSULTANTS IS GOING TO BE HELPING US WITH SOME STRATEGIES, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO, UM, STAFFING AND HELPING US WITH SOME PRIORITIES.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR SAFETY AHA COMMITTEE.
UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXECUTE THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WE CHANGE AS WE GO, AS WE, YOU KNOW, SEE THESE, UH, THIS WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
UH, WE'RE SETTING BUDGET PRIORITIES AS WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET SYSTEM AND STRATEGIES.
AND THEN WE FOR SURE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THIS BOARD AS WELL AS OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE SEEING WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO, THAT YOU'RE ADVISING OF US OF THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY AND SOME, SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, BUT IT IS A, IT IS A HOLISTIC EFFORT FROM ALL OF OUR AGENCIES AND FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND LEADERSHIP.
AND SO THAT IS IT IN OUR, A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO DO.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT THAT GO TO.
APPRECIATE IT THAT I OPEN FOR LONG DISCUSSION.
JUST ONE THING IN MIND, THIS IS A STRATEGY DISCUSSION, NOT AN INCIDENT IN THE PARK.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, FIRST OUT THE GATES AGAIN, UH, MS. JOHNSON, THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD CONTENT IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND I PLAN ON REALLY ABSORBING IT ALL.
UM, I LOVE, UH, UH, THIS IS A NICE STORY.
I LOVE GOING TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, MEETINGS WITH OUR FRIENDS GROUPS AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH SAFETY IN OUR PARKS, BECAUSE IT IS A LOT AND IT IS ADMIRABLE.
I LOVE THE PHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES THAT CITIZENS SEND ME.
LIKE, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN MY PARK.
AND, AND, AND IT'S WEIRD THAT I LOVE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE SUCH A GREAT TEAM TO GO TO MR. MCMAHON, MR. MUNDY, UH, TALKING TO CISNEROS, YOU'RE SO RESPONSIVE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE SO QUICK TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THESE THINGS WHERE, WHERE I'M LIKE, HEY, CAN WE GET A TRAILER CAMERA? I KNOW THAT'S NOT LIKE THE ALL BEING SOLUTION, BUT IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND LIKE PO WITHIN A WEEK OR 10 DAYS, LIKE I GET, I GET THAT FIRST STEP THERE AND IN THE ROUNDS BETWEEN OUR RANGERS AND OUR MARSHALS START INCREASING IMMEDIATELY AND RESIDENTS START CALLING ME BACK AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, IT'S WORKING.
AND, AND THESE THINGS HAVE STOPPED AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL.
SO, SO THOSE STEPS ARE WORKING.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY TAKING THOSE STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING OUT SWISS AVENUE.
THOSE FOLKS ARE THRILLED WITH EVERYTHING THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THERE.
CIVIC, THOSE FOLKS JUST AS THRILLED.
AND, AND I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M BEING VERY HONEST, THEY ARE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THE THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR, IN THEIR LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I STILL WANNA CALL IT OUT, UH, OLD EAST DALLAS WORKY YARD.
'CAUSE IT AFFECTS US IN EAST DALLAS.
UH, I, I TOLD COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO THAT, UH, THAT IS THE MOST IMPROVED PARK IN EAST DALLAS.
THIS IS THE MOST TURNED AROUND FROM
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WHAT IT WAS TO WHAT IT IS NOW.AND THAT'S ALL THANKS TO THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT WE PUT IN THERE.
AND THERE'S STILL BIG THINGS TO COME THIS SUMMER AT OLD EAST DALLAS.
AND I JOKE WITH 'EM, I SAY, YOU TOOK THAT TITLE AWAY FROM ME AT WILLIS WINTERS PARK, BECAUSE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE MOST TURNED AROUND, LIKE IMPROVED PARK OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND, AND WE'RE REAL THRILLED FOR EVERYTHING YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY COME A LONG WAY IN A VERY SHORT TIME.
WHITE ROCK LAKE PARK IS, UH, I THINK HAS BENEFITED, UH, UH, GREATLY FROM THAT.
WE SEE VERY LITTLE CRIME THERE.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE TEND TO GET IS SORT OF EITHER SMASH AND GRABS IN THE PARKING LOTS OR PEOPLE KIND OF HANGING OUT A LITTLE TOO LATE IN THOSE SAME PARKING LOTS.
UM, AS FAR AS DRIVING MORE ATTENTION TO THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO 9 1 1 CALLS, OR SHOULD IT JUST BE SOMETHING THAT AS I GET THAT INFORMATION JUST PUSH IT TO YOU? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BEST WAY IS TO APPROACH GETTING? BECAUSE I CAN'T JUDGE HOW BAD IT IS BASED ON OTHER PARKS, SO I DON'T WANNA TAKE YOUR RESOURCES FOR SOMETHING WHEN YOU'VE GOT A WORSE PROBLEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT WOULD YOU LIKE THAT INFORMATION TO COME THROUGH ME OR DO YOU THINK IT'S MORE HELPFUL TO HAVE IT COME THROUGH, FIND ONE, ONE CALL, YOU KNOW, IF IT, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT, RIGHT THEN AND THERE, OF COURSE IT'S GONNA BE 9 1 1, BUT I MEAN, YOU ALSO HAVE 3 1 1 1 AND THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE IT GETS DOCUMENTED IN THAT WAY.
AND OF COURSE, WE ARE ALWAYS ACCESS ACCESSIBLE TO YOU SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT IN OUR PLATE AND WE KNOW.
SO AN EMAIL TO, TO US IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING.
SO FOR MY CONSTITUENTS, 9 1, 1 AND, AND OR THREE ONE.
AND THEN JUST VERY QUICKLY, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, THE HOTLINE RANGER HOTLINE, YEAH.
EVERYBODY HAS THE RANGER NUMBER.
UH, EVERYBODY IN, AT LEAST IN EAST DALLAS.
UM, ON PAGE 22, I JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHEN IT SAYS REIMBURSEMENTS, ARE WE ACTUALLY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? REIMBURSEMENTS SAY REIMBURSEMENTS TO DPD AND YEAH.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, THAT MEANS BECAUSE THE MARSHALS AND THE RANGERS ARE ACTUALLY IN THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? THEY, WE DO NOT MANAGE, PER SE, THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS, RIGHT? SO THEY CHARGE PER QUARTER, I BELIEVE, AND THEN THEY SAY, I'M NOT GONNA INVOICE RACHEL PROBABLY BE MUCH BETTER AT, AT ADVISING YOU OF THIS.
THEY SEND THAT INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THEIR ALLOCATION OR WHAT THEY'VE EXPENSED, RIGHT? AND THEN WE SEND A REIMBURSEMENT.
SO THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE PAYING NOW.
I'M LIKE, WE'RE REIMBURSING THEM FOR WHAT? 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN SUCH A GREAT JOB.
UH, MY COMPUTER'S NOT WORKING.
UH, I'M TRYING TO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK RENEE AND HER TEAM, JEREMY AND EVERYONE FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT TIMELINE, I KNOW I SAY THIS OVER AND OVER, BUT YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE IN 2007 AND WHERE WE ARE NOW, IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST NIGHT AND DAY.
AND SPEAKING OF NIGHT, THE, UH, THE ADDITION OF THE OVERNIGHT WATCH OF THE MARSHALS HAS HAD AN ENORMOUS IMPACT, I'M SURE CITYWIDE.
BUT IN AT BACHMAN, I GET THE WEEKLY REPORTS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT THERE MAKING ARRESTS AND DOING CITATIONS IN THE WEE HOURS AT BACHMAN, TAMPING DOWN THIS ACTIVITY.
AND, AND PREVIOUSLY BEFORE WE HAD THAT, THERE WAS NO, UH, WE HAD NOTHING.
AND SO THINGS GOT OUTTA CONTROL.
SO IT'S REALLY, IT'S AN ENORMOUS THING.
UH, I, I KNOW MS. JOHNSON REFERRED TO, UH, THE ELECTRIC BIKES, AND I JUST SAY IN COMMITTEE, OUR CHIEF RANGER, WHEN WE ASKED HIM WHAT'S ONE THING THAT WE COULD DO FOR YOU ALL, UM, HE, HE DID MENTION MORE ELECTRIC BIKES, WHICH I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD.
THAT'S A POPULAR IDEA, IS TO GET MORE ELECTRIC BIKES, MORE E-BIKES FOR THE RANGERS.
AND JUST FINALLY, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THE MORE WE CAN HIRE SPANISH SPEAKING RANGERS, UH, THE BETTER WE'LL BE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING FOR ME.
IT'S A GREAT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE.
YOU HAVE BEEN A HUGE PROPONENT OF THIS.
UM, I AGREE THAT WE HAD THE CONVERSATION WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE BOARD ABOUT, UM, WILLIAM BLAIR PARK BEING ABSOLUTELY
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AWFUL.AND IT'S A NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE WITH THE EFFORTS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT THE RANGERS, I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO RENEE EARLIER ABOUT THIS.
UM, THE RANGERS HAVE PACKED OUT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST COMPLAINTS AT MILDRED DUNBAR WITH OUR CHIEF RANGER, MR. THOMAS, OR CHIEF RANGER THOMAS.
UM, ACTUALLY REACHING OUT TO OUR BIGGEST COMPLAINANT AND HAVING TALKS WITH HER ON A REGULAR BASIS, HE CALLS HER AND SAYS, IS EVERYTHING GOOD? ARE YOU OKAY? SO COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND USING THAT PERSONAL TOUCH, UM, AND SHE ASKED ME, SHE GOES, HOW'S CHIEF THOMAS? I MEAN, RANGER THOMAS, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM FOR A MINUTE.
HOW IS HE, YOU KNOW, TELL RANGER THOMAS TO SAY A PRAYER FOR HER.
YOU KNOW? I MEAN, LITERALLY, IT, I HAVEN'T HAD A COMPLAINT ABOUT MILDRED DUNN PARK IN MONTHS, BUT I MEAN, LITERALLY, THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE MILDRED DUNN WAS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST COMPLAINTS.
UM, YEAH, WE HAVE A CAR WASH NEXT DOOR THAT IS STILL UNDER CONTROL OR OUT OF CONTROL, BUT WE'LL GET THERE.
UM, BUT LONG STORY, IT'S, IT, THE IMPACT THAT THE RANGERS, THE MARSHALS AND EVERYBODY MAKES IS GOOD.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE THEM TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TICKETS, LIKE IN THE FRONT FROM THE GRASS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I'M NOT AS NICE ABOUT THAT, BUT I AGREE WITH YOUR STRATEGY INFORMING VERSUS, UM, TICKETING.
BUT I, I STILL WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S A REVENUE STREAM THAT WE'RE MISSING
BUT I, I, OVERALL, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DO GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. MR. I KNOW WE'RE ALL HUNGRY, BUT MR. MC WOODS SAYS, MR. THOMAS IS BACK THERE AND I, I CAN'T SEE HIM BECAUSE THERE'S, I CAN'T SEE THROUGH MR. MCMAHON AND, AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN, BUT YOU ARE, AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIG SHOUT OUT, MAN, EVERY TIME YOUR NAME COMES UP, PEOPLE PRAISE YOU REALLY, REALLY HIGHLY, AND MR. ISOM AS WELL.
AND, AND JUST, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, I MEAN, I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING OTHER THAN POSITIVE STUFF ABOUT OUR RANGER.
AND I JUST, GOD, I JUST APPRECIATE SEEING YOU ALL OUT IN THE FIELD.
UH, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALL OVER TOWN, SO I JUST, AND BECAUSE MR. WOOD CALLED YOU, I WANNA CALL YOU OUT TOO.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, SIR.
AND YOU GUYS, WILL YOU BRING IT? KEEP GOING.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK I NEED 49 NOW GOING SECTION INTER SECTION 5, 4 7 4, TEXAS, BRI, UH, THE PARKS OF RECREATION BOARD HAS COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 51 0.074 FOR TEXAS OPEN MEETING AT, AT 12:56 PM ON FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025.
WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
YES, IT, TONY WOULD IN, WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON TONY, I'LL, I'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ON OUR BEHALF.
ON MY BEHALF, ON MY DISTRICT, UH, TOMORROW, OR I'M SORRY, SATURDAY AT 9:00 AM WE HAVE A BIG CLEANUP AT LAKE CLIFF PARK.
YOU WANNA JOIN ME IN GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY? THAT'D BE GREAT.
UH, LAKE CLIFF IS, UM, ON, ON 300 EAST COLORADO BOULEVARD.
I'LL BE LOOKING FOR ALL, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR AT LEAST SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS, INCLUDING ME.
WE CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN SEVEN.
SO JUST RAISE YOUR HANDS THOUGH, WHEN YOU'RE READY.
UM, DALLAS BLOOMS STARTS FEBRUARY 22ND.
ALL THIS CRAZY KOOKY WARM WEATHER.
I'M SURE EVERYTHING IS SPROUTING LIKE CRAZY.
SO GO CHECK IT OUT AT THE ARRE.
I JUST WANNA REPORT THAT AT THE DALLAS ZOO IN LATE JANUARY, WE HAD A NEW CHIMPANZEE BORN.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO SEE THE JBS NEW BABY, GO CHECK OUT THE NEW CHIMPANZEE.
AND I EXHIBIT THE DALLAS ZOO LAST TIME.
THIS HAPPENED 11 YEARS AGO, AND THE SAME DAY THAT THERE WAS A CHIMPANZEE THAT WAS BORN.
SO THAT CHI THAT CHIMPANZEE NOW RESIDES IN THE LA ZOO.
SO GO AND SEE THE DALLAS CHIMPANZEE THAT WE JUST HANDED.
SOUNDS LIKE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL LET US FEED 'EM OR HOLD THEM, BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A GREAT ASK.
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SEE ON THIS PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC HEAR I DID NOT SAY WE COULD FEED OR HOLD THEM, BUT WE DO WANT YOU TO GO SEE THE CHIPHEAD TEAM.WE HAVE A, UH, THIS SATURDAY RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR KYLEA BRIDGE AND THAT WILL BE AT 11 O'CLOCK AT, UH, 1515 200.
UH, WOOD BRIAR, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THAT.
ALRIGHT, NOW, UH, STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT.
THAT WAS MY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT, DR.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, IT'S AT 10:00 AM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, 2025.
IS IT THE RETREAT AT SENIOR HILLS? YES, THERE'S THE WEEKS, WHAT, TWO WEEKS? OKAY.
WILL THAT BE, THAT'D BE RETREAT.
SENIOR HILLS BRICK CENTER, WHICH IS WITHOUT MR. BOES, UH, UH, NUMBER ONE BRICK CENTER IS WHAT? OH, COUNTRY.
NO ADMIN AND FINANCE OR, OR PLANNING.
NO ACTION ITEMS. SO, UM, ADJOURN, UH, THE DALLAS PARKING BOARD MEETING ADJOURNS AT, UH, 1259.