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[Animal Advisory Commission on February 20, 2025.]
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DO YOU WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? I AM OFFICIALLY CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.
SO FIRST ON OUR, UH, AGENDA ARE OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, SO FOR THE PORTION, SORRY, I HAVE TO CORRECT.
I THOUGHT WE DID THAT AFTERWARDS.
UM, IS EVERYBODY GO? NO, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I DID HAVE IT LISTED THAT WAY.
SO, UH, I WAS INFORMED THIS MORNING THAT WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THIS MEETING FOR, UM, OUR COMMISSIONERS.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME FOR INDIVIDUALS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON ISSUES POSSIBLY BEING DISCUSSED TODAY.
AND WE DO THIS FIRST, SO IT CAN HELP INFORM COMMISSIONERS AND ADVISE THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON CERTAIN TOPICS.
DISCUSSED JUST A COUPLE OF RULES AND GUIDELINES TO GO OVER FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ORDER TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE SPEAKER WAS REQUIRED, UM, TO EMAIL THE CITY SECRETARY BY A CERTAIN TIME.
IF YOUR NAME IS NOT CALLED AND YOU ARE HERE, YOU DEFINITELY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, UM, AT THE NEXT SHELTER COMMISSION.
UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN ONLY LISTEN TO YOU, WE CANNOT COMMENT BACK, AND I ASK THAT YOU DIRECT ALL THE COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
SO, WITH THAT, JILLIAN, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL HER FOR SPEAKER.
UH, TAMMY, IF YOU COULD COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START THE CLOCK.
AND THEN I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, THAT'S OKAY.
AND JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY AND I'LL START YOUR THREE MINUTE TIME.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT ON A COLD DAY.
SO, I WANTED TO START FIRST WITH, I DON'T KNOW, UM, WHETHER ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AWARE OF THE GREAT WORK THAT DAS HAS BEEN DOING DOWN AT THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER.
SO I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY THE, UM, UNHOUSED POPULATION REALLY COMING IN AND THE GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER AND TO SEE OUR CALLING AUSTIN STREET HUMAN IMPACT, ALL OF THE GROUPS, THE BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE IS REALLY TAKING OFF AS FAR AS NOW SHOWCASING THE DOGS THEY HAVE THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING THE WORK THAT DIS IS DOING.
SO I HAVE, IN ALL MY YEARS OF VOLUNTEERING WITH OUR CALLING, I'VE REALLY, THEY ARE BEYOND GRATEFUL.
AND IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO OVER THERE, THERE ARE NOW, THANKS TO THE WORK THAT MARY HALL DID, THERE ARE FIVE KENNELS THAT ARE SET UP OUTSIDE.
SO OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS CAN GO IN AND GET SERVICES AND GET JOBS, AND IT'S SAFE FOR THEIR PETS.
SO, AND WE HAVE, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE CATS THERE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
WE HAD A BEARDED DRAGON THAT IS STILL IN FOSTER WITH THE S-P-C-A-A SNAKE WHO WAS THERE, PYTHON, CLE PETRA.
SO JUST, BUT LUCKILY THE OWL NEVER MADE IT INSIDE, SO THAT WAS A GOOD THING.
SO, BUT, SO I'M GONNA TURN MY COMMENTS TODAY JUST BECAUSE, UM, UH, THIS WILL BE MARY'S LAST, UM, COMMISSION MEETING.
AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU.
SO I'M GONNA GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT CRYING.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA SEE ME LOOK OUTTA MY PHONE, UM, I'LL DO THAT.
SO, MAYA, MAYA ANGEL ONCE SAID, I'VE LEARNED THAT PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU SAID.
PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
YOU MADE ALL OF US FEEL MARRIED.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, EVERY SINGLE ANIMAL THAT HAS COME THROUGH DAS TO FEEL AND SEEN VALUED AND FOUGHT FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO ANIMAL WELFARE IS UNPARALLELED.
EVEN WHEN WITH HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS NEEDING CARE, WE NEVER PASS OVER A SINGLE FACE.
YOU ARE EACH, YOU SEE EACH ONE AS AN INDIVIDUAL, GIVING THEM THE BEST SHOT AT LIFE OUTCOME.
IT TAKES INCREDIBLE STRENGTH, A HUGE HEART AND UN DEDICATION TO DO WHAT YOU DO AND TO DO IT WITH SUCH GRACE.
NOW WE'RE GONNA LAUGH FOR A MINUTE.
IF YOU ALL EVER SAW THE PICTURE OF MARY WITH HER FEET UP OUTSIDE OF THE KENNEL, IT MADE US ALL LAUGH.
THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
AND THAT, THAT MARY ALWAYS KEPT THINGS LIGHT.
AND I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A COUPLE STORIES REALLY QUICK WITH THE COMMISSION AND EVERYONE.
SO, MARY TREATS, YOU KNOW, EVERY DOG, EVERY CAT.
AND SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL WAY OF TRYING TO FIND A LIVE OUTCOME.
SO SHE DOES A FINAL WALK WITH THEM.
WE'RE ABLE TO TALK WHEN SHE'S DOING IT, AND DO THE LIST IN EUTHANASIA, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'VE ONLY EVER SEEN WITH ONE OTHER DIRECTOR IN MY 30 YEARS.
AND THERE WAS A BLACK CITY, SORRY.
BUT WE CAN, UM, AFTER THE MEETING'S OVER, WE ALL NEED TO STAY IN HERE.
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YEAH.THERE ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES.
UH, NEXT SPEAKER IS JUAN HERE IF HE CAN GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
I'LL NOT START TILL YOU'RE READY.
UH, HELLO, MY NAME IS JUAN YOA.
I'M THE OUTREACH COORDINATOR IN EDUCATION, UH, COORDINATOR FOR SPAY NEUTER NETWORK.
I ALWAYS SHARE SPAY NEUTER NETWORK'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2024 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SPAY NEUTER NETWORK COMPETED MORE THAN 30,000 SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS WITH MORE THAN 8,200 COMING FROM THE DALLAS CLINIC ALONE.
SINCE WE OPENED IN 2017, WE HAVE COMPLETED MORE THAN 70,000 SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES, BASIC GENEROUS GRANT SUPPORT.
WE PROVIDED FREE AND LOW COST SPAY NTER SURGERIES, RAISE THESE VACCINES AND MICRO SERVICES, UM, THAT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
IN 2024, WE TARGETED 23 ZIP CODES IDENTIFIED BASED ON POVERTY LEVELS AND DATA FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS ANIMAL CARE SERVICES CONCERNING DOG FIGHTS, STRAY OWNERS, AND OWNER SURRENDERS.
THESE AREAS OFTEN LACK ACCESSIBILITY, VETERINARY CARE, MAKING OUR SERVICES CRUCIAL TO MAKE PET OWNERS WHERE THEY, TO MEET PET OWNERS WHERE THEY LIVE.
WE VISITED FOOD BANKS COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND ATTEND SPECIAL EVENTS, CONDUCTED LOVE WALKS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BLUE DOGS AND CATS.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AND OPERATION KINDNESS, WE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 11,600 INFORMATIONAL FLYERS ABOUT OUR FREE AND LOW COST SPAY, NEUTER, UH, PROGRAM DURING DROPBOX FOOD PANTRIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
IN 2025, WE ARE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON 10 ZIP CODES TO INTEN OUR IMPACT BASED ON DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICE DATA.
ANOTHER WAY SPAY NEUTER NETWORK HAS IMPACTED IN THE COMMUNITY IS THROUGH OUR MOBILE ANIMAL, UH, SURGICAL HOSPITAL, OUR MASS PROGRAM, AND OUR SURGICAL TRANSPORT PROGRAMS. THE MASS TRAVELS TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS DALLAS, INCLUDING DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, THE WEST DALLAS MULTIPORT CENTER, AND INSPIRED VISION, UH, AMONG OTHER REC CENTERS, UH, TO OFFER SPAY NEUTER VACCINES AND MARKET SHIPPING FOR THE S AND LOCUS, UH, RESIDENTS.
WE SELECT THE LOCAL, UH, LOCATIONS, AGAIN, USING OUR TARGETED ZIP CODES INFORMATION, MAKE SURE WE ARE REACHING OWNERS, UM, OF THE GREATEST NEED.
ADDITIONALLY, OUR TRANSPORT VEHICLES ARE UTILIZED TO ASSIST RESIDENTS WITH TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, PICKING UP PETS FROM DESIGNATED BUS STOP LOCATIONS WHERE THE SURGERIES AND RETURN THEM, UM, BACK TO THE PHONE OWNERS AT THE SAME LOCATION.
WE UTILIZED DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AS ONE OF THESE BUS STOP LOCATIONS.
IN 2024, WE CONDUCTED 37 MASH CLINICS IN A TARGETED ZIP CODES TRANSPORTED 5,220 DOGS AND CATS ACROSS THE FW.
SINCE 20 20 12, WE HAVE TRANSPORTED MORE THAN 6,500 DOGS AND CATS.
REACHING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ALSO INVOLVES VISITING MULTIPLE FOOD BANKS WITHIN THE TARGET ZIP CODES.
UM, WE FOCUSED ON LAST YEAR, WE RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE VISITED, UM, INCLUDING, UH, INSPIRE VISION, PLEASANT GROVE FOOD PANTRY, BROTHER BILLS, HELPING HAND, UM, PLEASANT GROWTH, UM, SALVATION ARMY, AND THE CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CENTER.
IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, WE GIVE A PET AND PET CARE AND SAFETY, OF COURSE, AT, UH, BROTHER GO'S PET DAY EVENT, WHICH WE WE'LL BE REPEATING TWICE AGAIN THIS YEAR IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER.
WE BELIEVE OUR GREATEST IMPACT COMES FROM MAXIMIZING OUR RESOURCES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, WHICH IN 2024 INCLUDES PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, OPERATION AND KINDNESS, AND BROTHER BILL'S, HELPING PLAN, UM, ALSO VFW, PETS AND FAMILIES THAT THE BRIDGE, HOMELESS RECOVERY CENTER AND FOUNDATION.
UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER, UM, LINED UP IS BRITTANY.
UH, WE DO NEED YOUR CAMERA ON BEFORE WE CAN START YOUR TIME.
LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY AND WE'LL START YOUR TIME.
HI, MY NAME IS BRITT MADRID MOGENSON.
I'M A JOURNALIST AND I HAVE A SHOW CALLED VISA N TV THAT AIRS ON WFAA.
AND I'VE DONE SOME SEGMENTS ON DAS AND I'M ALSO A VOLUNTEER.
I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.
UM, ONE THING IS THESE MEETINGS, THESE EVENTS, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY AMAZING IF THIS COULD BE COMMUNICATED TO THE VOLUNTEERS AND LIKE, I'VE BEEN DMING SOME OF THEM, INVITING THEM, LETTING THEM KNOW, AND REALLY USING STEPHANIE'S WEBSITE TO HELP SHARE THAT LINK.
UM, I THINK THAT BUILDING THAT COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING AND JUST HAVE THOSE PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE NOTICED IS, UH, JUST THE RESCUE TAGGING.
THERE'S SO MUCH CONFUSION ABOUT THAT.
I WAS WONDERING IF DAS COULD MAYBE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATION TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND LIKE, HOW THAT ACTUALLY WORKS.
THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION, YOU KNOW, ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN THE FACEBOOK GROUP, AND
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I FEEL LIKE IF DAS COULD COMMUNICATE MORE ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW PEOPLE COULD DO IT IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER, UM, EVEN MAYBE MAKING THAT A VOLUNTEER POSITION, I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR MORALE AND ALSO FOR PEOPLE TO JUST UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.AND THEN, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THE EVENTS, I KNOW THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT DOING AN EVENT AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED, AND THEN THAT DIDN'T END UP HAPPENING.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REVISITED FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, IT'S CITY RULES IS ONE SPEAKER PER TIME.
I KNOW YOU SIGNED UP TWICE, SO IT'S JUST THE THREE MINUTES ACCORDING TO OH, YEAH.
JUST LEMME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
I AM, UM, UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OVERPOPULATION OF THE ANIMALS.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE, UM, THAT WE GET A BUILDING WHERE THE OVERFLOW CAN GO AND WE WOULD TAKE BEHAVIORAL CASES, UM, WE WOULD TAKE MEDICAL CASES.
UM, AND WE HAVE A TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL DOC TRAINERS WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THESE DOGS THAT ARE DEEMED DANGEROUS OR AGGRESSIVE.
UM, I HAVE AN ENTIRE BUSINESS PLAN.
I KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT IN THREE MINUTES, OF COURSE,
UM, SO WE ARE ONE OF DA S'S PARTNERS RIGHT NOW, AND THE MAIN CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE BETWEEN LIKE 76 AND 88%, UH, OF EUTHANASIA.
I MEAN THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS ARE AT.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IT TO 99.
WHY NOT? UM, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK WITH, UM, DISTRICT ONE.
WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF CHAD WEST, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO OBVIOUSLY COME TO THE BIG DOCS FIRST, NO PUN INTENDED.
UM, AND I JUST KIND OF WANNA TALK ABOUT STARTUP COSTS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS HERE.
UM, WE DON'T MIND STARTING SMALL.
WE DO HAVE SOME GENEROUS, UH, DONATORS THAT ARE WILLING TO DONATE TO THIS AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR FACILITY RENOVATION, ANIMAL HOUSING, VETERINARIAN CLINIC, OFFICE EQUIPMENT, OUTDOOR PLAY AREA, UM, ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS AND ANIMAL CARE COSTS, FACILITY MAINTENANCE, MARKETING, MISCELLANEOUS, TOTAL OPERATING COST, REVENUE STREAMS. AND WE WOULD ALSO GET DONATIONS AND GRANTS.
SO I KNOW I ONLY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS.
WE HAVE, UM, SOME, A COUPLE LAW FIRMS THAT ARE WILLING TO BACK US UP AND WORK WITH US.
UM, SO I DUNNO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
I KNOW YOU GUYS AREN'T ALLOWED TO COMMENT, BUT, UM, BASICALLY WE WOULD BE TAKING THE CASES THAT ARE GETTING IZED.
UH, DEBBIE RYAN AND I BELIEVE SHE WAS ONLINE.
LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY AND WE'LL START YOUR TIME.
CAN YOU TRY AGAIN? WE STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SHE NEEDED SOME ON, NO, HER, I MEAN HER MIC.
SEE IF MS. RYAN CAN, WE STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.
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SHE GOES ON BACK IN.WE MIGHT HAVE TO, 'CAUSE HER MIC IS SHOWING IS ON.
GUYS CAN HEAR US ONLINE, CORRECT? YES.
UM, JOAN, WHY DON'T YOU JUMP OFF AND COME BACK ON, UH, MS. RYAN, DO YOU WANNA TRY TO LOG OUT AND THEN COME BACK ON? JUST USE THAT SAME LOGIN THAT I GAVE YOU AND THEN WE'LL SEE.
WE'LL HOLD THE SPEAKER COMMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN, UM, CORRECT THAT ISSUE.
THANK YOU VERY LONG FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, COULD I GET THE NAME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION? YES.
ARE YOUR SONS ADDICTED THOUGH? I'M JUST GONNA MUTE THE ROOM FOR A MOMENT SO YOU DON'T HEAR CROSS CHATTER WHILE WE WAIT FOR MS. RYAN.
SO, UM, DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, AMEND OR SUSPEND THE RULES FOR OUR SPEAKER WHO WAS SIGNED UP PROPERLY AND HAS BEEN HERE PROPERLY.
BUT THERE'S JUST SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
DO HAVE A SECOND? YOU'RE, UH, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE MOTION YOU WERE MOVING IT TO END OF BUSINESS SO THAT SHE CAN STILL SPEAK, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE FOLLOWING ALL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
UM, SPEAKERS, YOU'RE CREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US.
BEHAVIORS TALK TO, UM, AFTERWARDS.
CAN WE GO AHEAD? THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 24TH, 2024 MEETING MINUTES.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE ALL HAD THESE FOR SOME TIME NOW.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THERE'S NO PRINTOUT.
YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY CALL ROLL.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE MINUTES, WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING IN A WHILE.
LET'S START WITH THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE ELECTRONICALLY.
IF WE CAN START WITH MS. UH, COMMISSIONER REPP AND THEN COMMISSIONER HILL, AND THEN COMMISSIONER HANSEN.
COMMISSIONER REPP, IF YOU CAN JUST, UM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT THAT YOU REPRESENT.
DISTRICT 11, ELIZABETH REPP, JAMES HILL, DISTRICT 10.
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MR. HANSON, UH, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.LET'S SEE IF IT'LL DO IT FOR HER.
ARE YOU ABLE TO UNMUTE COMMISSIONER HANSEN? SHE WAIVES US OFF.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE ROUND TABLE WHILE YOU WERE WELL, I HAVE TO, IN ORDER FOR HER TO BE, I WAS JUST GONNA COUNT IT AS PRESENT.
UM, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AROUND, UM, THIS TABLE JUST FOR, OH, WE GOT SOME AUDIO.
UH, MS. RYAN, SINCE WE'RE STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH YOURS, WE'VE MOVED, WE'RE GONNA HAVE YOU SPEAK, WE JUST HAVE TO, UM, MOVE TO, UH, THE REST OF THE AGENDA.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE YOUR, UH, THREE MINUTE TIME FOLLOWING THAT.
DO YOU KNOW THAT WILL BE WE DO.
UM, I WISH Y'ALL WOULD LOOSEN THESE RULES A LITTLE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US THREE MINUTES, WE CAN GET IT DONE AND DUSTED.
AND WE DID GIVE THAT, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T HEAR YOU THE WAY WE HEARD YOU NOW.
BUT AGAIN, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING, I DO NEED YOU ON CAMERA.
AND AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU TO OUR ATTENDEE VIEW AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO, UH, YOUR THREE MINUTES FOLLOWING OUR AGENDA.
UM, COMMISSIONER HANSON, IF YOU COULD TRY AGAIN FOR ME, PLEASE, WITH YOUR MIC.
UM, WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU, SO I GUESS YES.
UM, COMMISSIONER HANSEN, ARE YOU ABLE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF? EXCUSE ME.
SHE SAID IT'S NOT LETTING ME UNMUTE MYSELF, SO IT'S NOT ON MY END.
UM, WELL, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO HAVE HER AUDIO FOR THE ATTENDANCE TO BE COUNTED.
I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO TURN ON HER MIC.
I HAVE SENT REQUESTS, SO PERHAPS IF SHE WANTS TO LOG OUT AND LOG BACK ON AND THEN WE CAN REVISIT HER ROLE AT THE END.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD WITH COMMISSIONER, UM, AXER, AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO AROUND THE ROOM.
DISTRICT ONE, COMMISSIONER AXER, CHAD WEST REPRESENTATIVE, UH, DISTRICT TWO.
SORRY, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO STAND?
UH, SHELBY S AT DISTRICT NINE
UM, LISA BUCKNER DUNN, DISTRICT 12.
DO YOU WANNA TRY AGAIN? COMMISSIONER HANSEN WENT GREEN FOR A MOMENT.
OKAY, SO, UH, NEXT UP IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT IN THE PACKET.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE PACKET, BUT WE DID SEND THOSE VIRTUALLY.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.
UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUCH.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE, UH, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION FOR OUR DIRECTOR.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
UH, MY NAME IS PAUL RAMONE, AS YOU MAY, THE DIRECTOR FOR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
I HAVE WITH ME MY PARTNER HERE, MARY MARTIN, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND A FEW COLLEAGUES IN THE ROOM.
UH, LAUREN WILSON, OUR BUDGET ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, BUSINESS MANAGER, UH, CHRISTIAN WHO IT TO TOUR.
TOUR BILL, WHO IS OVER OUR RESCUE AND, UH, TRANSPORT AND ADOPTION.
AND THEN WE HAVE DANIEL ALVARADO, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OVER FIELD OPERATIONS.
AND OUR NEWEST MEMBER, ALEXI BERSTEIN, WHO IS OUR SCC GENERAL MANAGER OVER OUR MEDICAL AND SURGERY UNIT.
UH, NATHAN THRASH, WHO'S OVER OUR, UH, VOLUNTEERS
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AND FOSTER PROGRAM, UH, AND OUR NEWEST VACATION PROGRAM.AND, UH, UM, CHRISTIE STEVENS, WHO'S OVER OUR PET INTAKE AND PET RESOURCE CENTER.
UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, I CAN'T SEE THE FILE, SO ARE WE ON? SURE.
THIS IS THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE, UH, PROVIDED TO YOU ALL TODAY FOR QUARTER ONE.
UH, I WANNA GET AHEAD OF THE VIRTUAL SO THAT THOSE THAT ARE MISSING.
THIS IS FOR QUARTER ONE, THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER OF 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER, UH, 31ST OF 2024.
UH, THIS SLIDE DETAILS OUR CITY CORE VALUES OF SERVICE, AS WELL AS OUR DAS GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE, UH, OPERATE BY.
THESE ARE OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UH, WHERE WE ARE AT PRESENT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FIRST IS A BUDGET PERFORMANCE MEASURE, UH, THAT WE USE THE ENHANCEMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE CITY TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED PAY METER SERVICES.
ONE OF OUR PARTNERS IS HERE WITH US TODAY, IS PAY METER NETWORK.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
UH, THE GOAL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR IS 2000 AS THE FIRST QUARTER WE HAVE COMPLETED.
THE SECOND GOAL IS TO HOLD TWO FREE VACCINE CLINICS FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 25.
UH, I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD ONE SO FAR, BUT WE HAVE MULTIPLES THAT ARE HAPPENING TO OUR PARTNERS.
UH, OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UH, RELATIVE TO DA'S INTERNAL OPERATIONS, OUR PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN DOGS AND CATS FOSTER, UH, THE GOAL IS TO INCREASE IT BY 2%.
OUR TEAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB, AND WE ARE FIRST QUARTER 27.8% PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN DOGS AND CATS TRANSFERRED TO RESCUE PARTNERS.
THE GOAL IS TO INCREASE IT BY 5%.
AGAIN, THE TEAM IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB AT LIVE SAVING.
WE'RE AT 34.7% PERCENTAGE OF DECREASE IN OVERALL YEAR, UH, LOOSE AND LOOSE ON DOG RIDES.
WE ARE 11%, 11.2% LOWER, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE, IN THE COMING SLIDES.
I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON A, THROUGH AI WITH, UH, CHAT GBT.
IT'S KIND OF AMAZING WHAT THAT PROGRAM CAN DO.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS WE ARE THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE FIFTH LARGEST MUNICIPAL SHELTER IN THE UNITED STATES WITH THE THIRD HIGHEST INTAKE.
OH, SO I, I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTAKE IN THIS SLIDE.
SO FOR THIS QUARTER, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, OUR INTAKE IS UP BY 5%.
OUR, UH, CAT IN, UH, DOG INTAKE IS UP BY 5%.
OUR CAT INTAKE IS UP BY 58%, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAD OUR KITTEN SEASON DRIBBLE INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
AND THAT'S WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF HIGH THERE.
OUR COMBINED CAT AND DOG TOTALS ARE UP BY 15%.
AND THEN OUR OTHERS, THERE'S A DECREASE OF 19%, AND THAT COULD BE CORRELATED TO OUR SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY.
SOME OF OUR, OUR ROOSTER SEIZURES HAVE NOT BEEN AS HIGH AS THEY WERE LAST QUARTER, UH, OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHY WE SEE A DECREASE THERE.
OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE, OUR DOG LIVE RELEASE RATE IS UP BY 9%, WHICH WE UP 89%, UH, FISCAL YEAR TO DATE.
TODAY, OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR DOGS AND CATS, 88%
OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR KIT NEO NICK KITTENS HAS DECREASED BY 4%.
AGAIN, OUR KITTEN SEASON KIND OF DRIBBLED INTO THIS, UH, FIRST PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND THOSE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE THAT COME INTO THE SHELTER.
OUR, OUR CAT, UH, LIVE RELEASE RATE IS UP BY 2% AND OTHERS IS UP BY 75%.
AND AGAIN, THAT PROBABLY CORRELATES TO THE LACK OF THE INCREASE OF S UH, S THAT ARE COMING.
NEXT SLIDE ARE OUTCOMES, UH, BY SPECIES FOR DOGS.
CAN WE TURN OFF EVERYBODY'S MICS? BECAUSE I'M GETTING PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT THEY HEAR PAPER RUSTLING AND THEY CAN'T HEAR PAUL.
WE ONLY HAVE THIS, UH, MICS, SO THEY'RE GONNA PICK UP ON THAT.
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COULD SPEAK UP A LITTLE, PAUL, I'LL, I'LL DO MY BEST TO SPEAK UP A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.WHERE IS THE MICROPHONE IN THE ROOM? IT'S RIGHT HERE.
UH, OUR LIVE RELEASE OUTCOME, UH, BY SPECIES FOR DOGS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S UP BY 15% WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES BEING IN ADOPTIONS AND RESCUES OUR NON-LIVE OUTCOME REASONS BY SPECIES FOR DOGS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE INCREASE HAS BEEN IN HUMANE, UH, BUT THE LARGEST DECREASE HAS BEEN IN SPACE.
SO WE'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB AT DECREASING OUR NON-LIVE OUTCOMES BY 34%.
OUR LIVE OUTCOME BY SPECIES FOR CATS IS UP BY 57%, AGAIN, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES BEING ADOPTIONS, RESCUES.
AND IN ADDITION OF OUR TNR PROGRAM, OUR NINE LIVE OUTCOMES BY SPECIES FOR CATS, UH, IS UP BY 58%, WITH THE LARGEST BEING HUMANE.
AND AGAIN, THOSE, THOSE ARE MORE THAN LIKELY RELATED TO THE MOST VULNERABLE NEONATE KITTENS THAT ARE, CAME IN DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE QUARTER.
UH, AND THEN THE BIGGEST DECREASE THAT WE SEE IS IN SPACE.
RESCUE, UH, GROUPS FOR DOGS AND CATS BY AGE GROUP.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR RESCUES HAVE INCREASED BY 29% BIG INCREASE IN ADULT DOGS, WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED OUR SUPPORT IN, UH, TO CLEAR SPACE IN THE SHELTER FOR THOSE THAT ARE COMING IN, UH, FOR CATS IS UP BY 62%, AGAIN, WITH THE INCREASES IN ADULTS, UH, BASICALLY ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND, UH, AND I BELIEVE WE HAD A, A HOARDING CASE THAT CAME IN, UH, THE FIRST PART OF THIS QUARTER WITH A LARGE NUMBER, HEALTHY CATS, UH, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, RESCUE AND ADOPT OUT.
UH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE EXPERIENCED IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
UH, WE HAVE OUR TOP 10 RESCUE PARTNERS HERE, AND WE'VE ADDED WHAT, WHAT THOSE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE US FOR THIS FIRST QUARTER.
AND I WANT TO SAY THIS, THIS IS ONLY THE TOP 10.
A RESCUE THAT POOLS ONE ANIMAL IS AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION TO US BECAUSE ONE ANIMAL SAVED MEANS THEY'VE SAVED ACTUALLY TWO LIVES.
SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
OUR FIELD ACTIVITIES, OUR SERVICE REQUEST, TIMELY RESPONSE RATE, IS UP BY 10%.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, AND I COMMEND DANIEL AND HIS TEAM FOR, UH, FILLING OUR VACANT POSITIONS, GETTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON BOARD AS WE TRAINED.
UH, OUR SERVICE REQUEST TYPES ARE SLIGHTLY UP BY 7% WITH AN INCREASE IN EXTERNAL AND, UH, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN OUR FOLLOW UP.
THE NEXT TWO THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WERE, I, I, I BELIEVE I'M STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THE CORRELATION HERE.
OUR LOOSE AND LOOSE ON SERVICE REQUESTS ARE UP BY 19%.
HOWEVER, OUR LOOSE AND LOOSE ON DOG BITES ARE DOWN BY 11%.
I BELIEVE THE MORE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS COMMUNICATING WITH US IN ADVISINGS OF WHERE THESE PROBLEMS ARE, AND USING THOSE MAPPING SYSTEMS TO EDUCATE THOSE FOLKS AND TO DO OUR INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT AND RESPOND RESOURCES TO THOSE LOCATIONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT DECREASE.
AND, UH, AND I BELIEVE NOW WE HAVE CORRELATION BECAUSE AS YOU REMEMBER, WHEN THE CALL VOLUME DECREASE, THE BITES INCREASE.
SO I THINK WE SEE THE CORRELATION.
OUR INTERNAL SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES ARE UP BY 21%.
AND I'M GONNA HAVE MARY SPEAK TO THIS AFTER I GET THROUGH WITH THIS SLIDE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TO THE AS, UH, THROUGH OUR FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES GROUPS AND GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND JUST ONBOARDING A NEW VET AS WELL, UH, THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.
SO WE, WE HAVE A 21% INCREASE IN OUR, IN, IN HOUSE BAY, NEW TO SURGERIES.
OUR SPECIALTY SURGERIES ARE UP BY 34%.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS OUR DOCTORS ARE NOW HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THOSE THINGS, TO GET THESE ANIMALS TO WHERE OUR RESCUE GROUP CAN CARRY THEM FORWARD.
AFTER THE HEART WORK HAS BEEN DONE, OUR HEARTWORM TREATMENT IS UP BY 348%.
AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THESE ANIMALS TREATED BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE SHELTER, BECAUSE WE, WE ARE FINDING THAT NOT A LOT OF 'EM ARE COMING BACK.
UH, SO, UH, ALEXI IS DOING A STUDY ON HOW EFFECTIVE THAT IS.
UH, AND ONCE WE FINISH GATHERING THAT DATA, WE'LL DETERMINE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MOVING FORWARD.
OUR, UH, SUBSIDIZED SURGERIES, OF COURSE, WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND THAT'S THROUGH THE AMAZING
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WORKS OF, UH, OUR PARTNERS AND OUR, OUR CITY ENHANCEMENT AND SO FORTH.BUT I, I REALLY WANT MARY TO JUMP IN AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OR THAT MARY'S DONE AS WELL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PARTNERS AND GET US TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SLIDE.
IT IS SUPER EXCITING WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON PAPER.
AND, UH, I THINK THE THING TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT, UH, FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANALYST SERVICES AND PARTNERSHIP WITH DS WROTE A GRANT, UH, TO, UH, BRUCE JONES FOUNDATION THAT AFFORDED US ABOUT $400,000 IN SUPPORT FOR JUST THESE THINGS.
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT GRANT WERE FOR US TO INCREASE OUR LIFE SAVING TO 88%, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY BLOWN OUT THE WATER FOR DOGS.
AND THEN, AND THEN SECONDLY, TO INCREASE OUR SPAY SURGERIES AND TO INCREASE OUR SPECIALTY SURGERIES IN ADDITION TO INCREASE OUR SURGERIES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT WITHOUT THAT MONEY, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE.
THE FACT THAT WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND A VETERINARIAN AFTER A YEAR OF LOOKING FULL TIME, UM, HAS MADE THAT EVEN BETTER.
SO NOW WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPECIALTY SURGERIES IS DR.
SKIDMORE AND DR. HORN ARE ABLE TO DO ORTHOPEDIC SURGERIES, SOFT TISSUE SURGERIES, THINGS THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO NOW.
AND WHAT PAUL SAID IS SO TRUE THAT OUR RESCUE PARTNERS, WHAT IS AN, UM, WHAT INHIBITS THEM OFTEN IS THE FINANCIAL HIT THAT IT TAKES TO TRY TO CARE FOR A FRACTURE.
AND IF WE CAN DO THE WORK, THEY CAN DO THE RECOVERY AND GET THE ADOPTION.
SO THAT SYNERGY IS, IS FANTASTIC.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY, I, WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT RUTH JONAH'S SUPPORT AND WENDY'S, UH, SUPPORT IN WRITING THIS GRANT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
AND, UH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE SUPER GRATEFUL FOR IT, OBVIOUSLY.
AND, AND, UH, I, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS BECAUSE THERE WAS A QUESTION IN THE LAST BRIEFING, WHAT THIS PHOTOS PROVIDE TO HOUSE ANIMAL SERVICES.
SO WE WILL SPEAK TO THAT IN BITS AND PIECES.
BUT WE DID ASK WENDY, AND, AND IT'S MY FAULT, I ASKED WENDY AND WENDY ONLY, UH, IF SHE COULD BE HERE TO BRIEF YOU ALL.
UH, THEY'RE AT A LIFE SAVING CONFERENCE IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH WE APPRECIATE.
GO AHEAD, MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INPUT INTO SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING.
BUT, UH, THEY WILL, UH, ATTEMPT TO BE HERE AT THE NEXT BRIEFING TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, TO SUPPORT DAS.
AND I'LL GO OVER AT THE END SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
UH, WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY WITHOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF NETWORKING, A LOT OF INTERNAL SUPPORT, A LOT OF ENRICHMENT FOR OUR ANIMALS.
AND OUR VOLUNTEER HOURS ARE BY 64% IN THIS FIRST QUARTER.
OUR VOLUNTEER INDIVIDUALS ARE UP BY HUNDRED 33%, OUR VOLUNTEER RETENTION, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN UP.
AND WE WON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL DATA, UH, UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
BUT I'M MORE THAN LIKELY GONNA SAY WE'RE EITHER GONNA CONTINUE THIS TREND OR AT LEAST COME CLOSE TO IT.
OUR VOLUNTEER, UH, PROGRAM, OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE, WE HAVE 925 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IS 127% INCREASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN OVER 7,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR 64% INCREASE.
AND IF WE EQUATE IT, EQUATED IT TO THE AVERAGE HOURS IN SALARY, THAT'S A SAVINGS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS OF OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO THE ANIMALS AT VAS AND TO OUR STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE OUR PROGRAM.
I THINK THE LAST QUESTION WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFO ON OUR VACATIONS.
UH, WE HAVE 242 DOGS THAT PARTICIPATED WITH A 97% POSITIVE OUTCOME RATE.
159 DOGS WERE ADOPTED, 26 ARE CURRENTLY IN FOSTER HOMES, AND 46 HAVE BEEN TAGGED BY RESCUE GROUPS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OUR WINNERS AND FOSTER FAILS, IF YOU CAN SAY, UH, IN THESE PHOTOS.
AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE, UH, FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
UH, WE HAVE 1,576 ANIMALS CURRENTLY IN FOSTER 343 REPEAT FOSTERS 57 FOSTER HEROES.
THAT MEANS IF A, IF A PEN IS DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHILE THEY'RE ON STRAY HOME, THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE, UH, VOLUNTEERED TO FOSTER THESE ANIMALS.
SO WE SAVE SPACE AND CAPACITY IN THE SHELTER.
239 NEW FOSTERS WITH 610 FOSTERS TO ADOPT 63 TICKET TO RIDE FOSTERS.
UH, UH, AND I'LL LET THE TEAM EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UH, AFTER THE BRIEFING, IF NECESSARY, UH, 264, UH, PUPPY AND KITTEN FOSTERS 733
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ADOPTED BY FOSTER, WHICH IS A FOSTER FAIL IN THE FAVOR OF, UH, THESE ANIMALS.SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT TYPE OF FAILURE, UH, UH, AND OUR 204, UH, ADOPTED WHILE IN FOSTER.
SO THE FOSTER PROGRAM IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB FOR THESE ANIMALS IN OUR LIFE SAVING EFFORTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO AT PS IS TERM FAILURES TO SERVICE AND RESOURCES FOR THE ANIMALS AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH AT THE MOMENT TO TRY AND DIVERT THESE ANIMALS FROM COMING INTO THE SHELTER.
AND BASICALLY SUPPORTING THESE ANIMALS AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, UH, THROUGH OUR PET PANTRY PROGRAM, WHICH IS MADE UP OF DONATED, UH, RESOURCES.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE BONUS HAS PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
243 FAMILIES WERE SERVED DURING, UH, A FOUR WEEK EVENT, PERIOD.
OVER A THOUSAND PETS WERE SERVED, AND 7,000 POUNDS OF FOOD PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE, OF THE LEGIST, UH, STATS FOR THOSE FOUR EVENTS.
AND OF COURSE, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OR WE CAN'T PROVIDE THE RESOURCES, WE PARTNER WITH THE SPCA AND OPERATIONS KIND VIRTUE THESE FOLKS TO THEIR PROGRAMS AS WELL.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT, WE, WE DO OUR BEST TO, TO SERVE AS MANY AS WE CAN, THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS TO THOSE ALTERNATIVES.
JUST CALL OUT KRISTEN STEVENS TOO, WHO IS SCHLEPPING THAT, ALL THOSE POUNDS,
OUR COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM, UH, BY NO MEANS IS IT, IS IT A WORK, UH, WORK COMPLETED? IT'S A WORK IN PROCESS.
UH, WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED HERE AND ATTENDED THE FIRST COUPLE OF BRIEFINGS, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT A LACK OF RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY CAT.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO ANSWER THAT CALL.
AND, AND THIS SLIDE DEPICTS SOME OF THOSE, UH, SERVICES, UH, REQUIRED BY, UH, SR.
WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE NOT ONLY HAD OUR
UH, COMING THIS YEAR, IN FISCAL YEAR 25, OUR INTERNAL RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY CAT, UH, CONCERNS.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CAT RESPONSE TEAM.
UH, THEY GO OUT AND DO, UH, R AND THAT TEAM HAS TAKEN AN AVERAGE OF 30 CATS, UH, TO SPAN NETWORK, UH, 68 TO T CAP 15 TO SPAY LEADER SOCIETY 63 THROUGH OPERATION KINDNESS.
AND THEN OUR VETS WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY NOW TO DO ADDITIONAL THINGS, UH, DO AN AVERAGE OF 40 A MONTH AS WELL FOR T AND R.
UH, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMUNITY CAT STATE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR IS 1,501, UH, TARGETED T AND R NEIGHBORHOODS PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE DO TO TRY, UH, CONTROL THE POPULATION, WE'LL HELP THE INTAKE.
WE, UH, UH, WE DO, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT IMPACT THIS HAS MADE.
UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE STATS NEXT, UH, IN THE SLIDE AS WELL.
AND THEN A, UH, A LITTLE HANDOUT THAT WE PROVIDE TO LET FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THE RESOURCES.
OUR OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR QUARTER ONE, UH, REOCCURRING SERVICES AS I SPOKE, UH, WE HAD THE FOUR, UH, PET PANTRY EVENTS, AND THEN FIVE, UH, VACCINE CLINICS WITH OUR PARTNERS.
AND THEN WE HAD ATTENDED, UH, NINE, UH, EDUCATIONAL TOWN HALLS AND HIRING EVENTS.
UH, WE HAD TWO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, I BELIEVE ONE OF 'EM WAS IN REGARDS TO COYOTE UPDATE THAT I ATTENDED WITH THE STAFF.
WE HAD 41 TOTAL EVENTS WITH 2 63 ANIMALS THAT ATTENDED 105 SHELTER.
DOGS WERE THERE, AND THREE SHELTER CATS.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S SUBSEQUENT OUTCOMES, WHICH 51 OF THE DOGS WERE ADOPTED.
15 WERE FOSTERED TO ADOPT, AND TWO WERE FOSTERED.
AND THEN FOR THE CATS, WE HAD TWO ADOPTIONS OF THE THREE THAT ATTENDED 124, UH, FOSTER DOGS ATTENDED.
UH, 15 WERE ADOPTED, 10 WERE, UH, FOSTER TO ADOPT, AND THEN 31 FOSTER CATS ATTENDED, BUT 18 ADOPTED AND ONE FOSTER TO ADOPT.
SO THESE EVENTS ARE BEARING MUCH.
WE, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT.
I ATTENDED AN EVENT, UH, AT THE SIDECAR, UH, IN, UH, UP IN NORTH DALLAS THIS PAST WEEKEND.
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AND IT WAS GREAT.WE HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH AN ORGANIZATION, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE BE, BE A POSITIVE.
THEY'RE A GRANT FUNDED ORGANIZATION THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURES, AND WITH THE LIBRARY.
UH, THEY PROVIDED MUSIC WHILE WE PROVIDED THE ANIMALS, AND WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME.
AND WE APPRECIATE SIDECAR FOR HOW HAVING US OUT THERE, AND THEY, THEY LOVED IT SO MUCH.
UH, WE HAD OUR ADOPTION VEHICLE.
I THINK WE HAD MORE PEOPLE AT THE ADOPTION VEHICLE LOOKING AT ALL PUPS THAN WE DID AT THE TABLE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD EVENT.
I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT THRASH.
WHO SPEARHEADED THE FIRST EVER CALLING THE CANINE EVENT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE? I DON'T.
HE, HE AND OVER 300 VOLUNTEERS WHO, THOSE WERE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAD NEVER BEEN TO US BEFORE.
AND, AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE, WE HAD WORRIED THAT, UH, WE HAD WORRIED THAT THERE MIGHT BE DRUNKS AND THERE MIGHT BE THIS, AND THERE MIGHT BE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS, AND NONE OF IT HAPPENED THERE.
MOST LOVELY PEOPLE, UH, KAREN BRO, WITH US TODAY.
AND SHE WAS THERE THAT NIGHT, AND SHE DID CROWD CONTROL, WHICH WAS AMAZING.
AND, UH, I, I JUST, AND SHE WAS ALSO CALLED OUT, UM, MORE TO THE RESCUE WHO, AND, UH, CONNIE, CONNIE ROSA, CONNIE ROSA PIZZA, WHO PROVIDED ALL THE FOOD DRINK FOR US.
IT'S REALLY QUITE A REMARKABLE.
AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST 'CAUSE I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME IN JULY.
OUR TRANSFER, TRANSPORT AND RESCUE HIGHLIGHTS, WHICH WE CALL OUT, UH, MS. KIRSTEN, WHO'S, UH, THE SPEARHEAD FOR THAT AND HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR QUARTER ONE UPDATES FOR OUR TRANSPORT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE ACTIVE OUT-OF-STATE TRANSPORT PARTNERS ASSISTED IN Q1.
WE HAVE 18 NEW PARTNER APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE PROCESSING RIGHT NOW.
IN FISCAL YEAR 25 OR 401 TOTAL ANIMALS WERE TAGGED AND TRANSPORTED OUT OF TEXAS 193.
UH, DAS PETS HAD A POSITIVE OUTCOME UTILIZING THE PROGRAM, UH, AND OR BOARDING ASSISTANCE.
UH, WE HAD 52 IN OCTOBER 59 IN NOVEMBER, 118 IN DECEMBER, UH, OUT OF STATE ADOPTION AND TRANSPORT ASSISTANCE, OUR, UH, TRANSPORT PROGRAM ASSISTED IN 52 OUT OF STATE ADOPTIONS.
THE GOALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 IN QUARTER ONE, THIS IS THE CHECK-IN, UH, BUILDING A, A, A SPECIFIC NORTHWEST TRANSPORT AND MOUNTAIN WEST TRANSPORT, UH, PERSON'S EFFORT, UH, COMPLETED OUR FIRST IDAHO TRANSPORT, ALLOWING SIX BULLY BREEDS TO LEAVE THE SHELTER.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S AN AMAZING FEAT.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR LARGEST BREED IN THE SHELTER.
UH, FROM TIME TO TIME, UH, THE CONTINUING TO ADD PARTNERS, UH, ON OUR EXISTING MIDWEST AND NORTHWEST TRANSPORT ROUTES, UH, TO HAVE BEEN ADDED, UH, TO OUR MARYLAND TRANSPORT.
UH, OUR GOAL IS INCREASING LIFESAVING TRANSPORTS BY A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UH, FISCAL YEAR DATE, 15% INCREASE HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, UH, FOR ANIMALS TRANSPORTED OUT OF STATE.
AND IN OUR INCREASED OUT OF STATE ADOPTIONS BY A HUNDRED PERCENT FISCAL YEAR DATE, WE'RE AT 27% INCREASE, UH, ACHIEVED FOR, UH, OUT OF STATE ADOPTIONS.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED.
AND LIKE I SPOKE OF EARLIER, UH, WE PARTNERED WITH WINGS OF RESCUE AND HUMAN MADE SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS.
AND WE HAD A HUGE, UH, TRANSPORT THIS PAST WEEKEND THAT I PARTICIPATED IN.
AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THOSE TWO HUGE PLANES, UH, WITH ANIMALS THAT WERE GOING OUT TO TRANSPORT RESCUE PARTNERS OUT OF THE STATE.
DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES WERE THERE.
FORT WORTH ANIMAL SERVICES WAS THERE.
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TULSA WAS THERE.
WE HELPED UNLOAD AND UN UNLOAD AND UNLOAD, AND WE, WE WISHED THEM WELL AND, AND SEND THEM ALL.
AND DS HAVE
MARKETING IS A BIG, UH, PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING IN TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT.
UH, WE DO A LOT OF MARKETING THROUGH OUR, OUR INTERNAL FOLKS AND OUR PARTNERS AND OUR, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OTHERS.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE DEVELOPED A NEW
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PROGRAM THROUGH FACEBOOK THAT OUR FOLKS HAVE RECRUITED INDIVIDUALS TO HELP US WITH, AND THAT'S REALLY HELPED US GET, UH, OUR, UH, OUR EUTHANASIA RATE DOWN AS WELL.AND I CAN CALL OUT KIRSTEN FOR THAT TOO.
REALLY PUSHED US TO HELP YOU BRAVE AND TO MAKE THAT MVP, UH, LIVE AND PUBLIC.
AND, AND IT GREW FROM 30 PEOPLE TO 6,000 PEOPLE NOW OF LAST NIGHT.
SO THANK YOU, KRISTEN, FOR PUSHING US TO BE BRAVE.
AND THOSE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS WORKING TO, TO GET THE MOST VULNERABLE MARKETED OUT AND RESCUED.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.
AND I KNOW TAMMY TAMMY'S ONE OF 'EM, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.
UH, SO IN OUR MARKETING, WE HAD FOUR PRESS RELEASES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
UH, THE FIRST BEING EMPTY, THE SHELTERS, THEN OUR MOONLIGHT BUTTONS WHERE WE STAYED, SEND IT OUR HOURS TO INCREASE ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES, OUR, UH, LOVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, CALMING THE CANINES, WHICH MARY TALKED ABOUT BRIEFLY.
OUR NEW ANIMAL SERVICES COORDINATOR HAS BEEN ONBOARDED AND HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
UH, TONY ZUNIGA, HE'S, UH, JOINED THE TEAM AND REPLACED CARLA, WHO, UM, RECENTLY DEPARTED.
OUR TOUR OF THE SHELTER DID, DID TRANSPIRE THIS LAST MONTH WITH OUR MARKETING TEAM.
THEY CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT WE WERE WORKING WITH THE TOUR OF THE FACILITY.
WE TALKED ABOUT NEEDS, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO HELP US MOVE THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
I WAS TOLD, AND I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK AHEAD OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE RETREAT TOMORROW WHERE I'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS FURTHER WITH THEM.
BUT, UH, WE WILL HAVE A PIO HOPEFUL PRETTY SOON TO REPRESENT OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, IF I MIGHT ADD, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GET AHEAD OF WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THEY WERE VERY EMOTIONALLY, UM, THEY REACTED VERY EMOTIONALLY WHEN THEY DID A REAL TOUR.
THE, THE MARKETING TEAM THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US, THEY, THEY'RE ALL ANIMAL LOVERS AND THEY WERE THERE, AND RICK WAS REALLY, SHE HAD A FEW TEARS, UH, WITH WHAT HE SAW, UH, AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT WE, THE, THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UH, FOR NOW, I CAN TELL YOU WE ARE THE MARKETING
OUR TEAM IS DOING A GOOD JOB AT DOING ALL THAT WE CAN.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ATTENDED THIS PAST SUMMER WAS AN EVENT WITH SOME SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FOLKS.
IT WAS MYSELF, OK AND SPCA AND ANOTHER GROUP, UH, ABOUT BUILDING THOSE BRIDGES WITH THOSE INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT.
AND IT, IT, IT'S WHERE WE MET, UH, UH, THE GROUP, UH, IN VIVA POSITIVE AT THAT EVENT THAT BROUGHT THEM ON BOARD.
AND WE, THAT WAS, THAT CONCERT IS ONE OF A SERIES.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE MORE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO MORE DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, OUR, UH, D 90 MVP GROUP, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, IT LAUNCHED ON FACEBOOK ON, UH, OCTOBER THE EIGHTH OF, UH, 24, AND HAS OVER 5,000 MEMBERS AS OF, UH, JANUARY 30TH.
AND I BELIEVE THAT NUMBER JUST KEEPS GROWING, IS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN MARKETING AND RESCUE TEAMS TO NETWORK AT RISK PETS.
OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS, UH, 2024 PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH WAS AT 85% OUR LIVE RELEASE AT THE END OF DECEMBER, UH, TWO MONTHS OF LAUNCH.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE ANALYTICS RELATED TO SOME OF OUR, UH, UH, MARKETING, UH, POSTS AND FEEDBACK.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S DOING, SERVING US VERY WELL AND HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TOMORROW TOO.
I THINK IT IS ONLINE BECAUSE SHE THE ONE THAT'S MANAGING THAT SITE FOR US.
AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK RESPONDING TO 6,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ONE INFORMATION.
UH, CONTINUATION OF OUR MARKETING EXAMPLES.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE THE TOP POSTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER FOR, UH, FACEBOOK, AND I BELIEVE IT IS INSTAGRAM.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE ARE HIGH VOLUME OF INTERACTIONS, UH, IN THESE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AND SPREAD THE WORD OF WHAT DS IS DOING, UH, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE IT KNOWN THAT, UH, UH, I KNOW I HEAR THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE ANIMALS THAT, UH, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO MARKET AND, AND, AND GET OUT OUTCOME.
BUT WITH THIS MARKETING, UH, THESE FOLKS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING, IT'S AMAZING THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT.
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BRIEFINGS AND UPDATES.UH, WE ACTUALLY WENT TO THE WE COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF, UH, OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION ON DECEMBER THE 29TH.
HE IS PARTICIPATED, UH, THROUGH OUR EFFORTS OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION OVER CLOSING DISPARITY GAPS AND BARRIERS TO RESOURCES, UH, HIGHLIGHTING DEPARTMENTAL PROGRESS AND MEASURES UPDATES FOR THE LIVABLE PORTFOLIO.
WHAT THAT IS, IS OUR PORTFOLIO ENCOMPASSES DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES SANITATION, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS AND CODE COMPLIANCE.
UH, DE DEMONSTRATED THE, THE DEPARTMENT ADVANCEMENT AND EQUITY THROUGH RACIAL RACIAL EQUITY PLAN, UH, DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND BIG AUDACIOUS GOALS THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAD SET, UH, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THERE WERE 43, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, THERE WERE 43 FOOD PET RIES DISTRIBUTING OVER 12,000 POUNDS OF FOOD, OF DONATED FOOD.
OVER 2,600 SPAY MEMBERS SUBSIDIZED SURGERIES TO CONTROL OVER POPULATION CARE HEALTH, AND 12 FREE VACCINE CLINICS PROTECTING THOUSANDS FROM PREVENTABLE DISEASE.
WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED ESSENTIAL, UH, TOOLS TO, UH, REVENUES COLLECTED OR FEES COLLECTED TO THE CITATION PROCESS TO PROVIDE DOG RUNS, LEADS, AND HARNESSES TO THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE ANIMALS WHO REALLY KNOW HOW TO ESCAPE FROM YARD.
BUT WE PROVIDED THE RESOURCES TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING, WHICH THE ANIMALS.
AND WHAT WE DID WAS, UH, THROUGH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART'S OFFICE IS WE DID, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART DID SPECIAL RECOGNITION BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR THE STUDENTS
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF WEATHER, THE STUDENTS WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT THE PRINCIPAL WAS THERE TO RECEIVE THE, THE PROCLAMATION.
AND MARY TOMORROW, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
AND, UH, WE HOPE WE WOULD INVITE THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE DISTRICT AS WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE, UH, GOING TO THE SCHOOL TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY WITH CERTIFICATES AND SOME FOOD AND TO SAY THANK YOU.
BUT WE DO HAVE A VIDEO OF THE MEDIA, UH, RESPONSE TO THIS EFFORT.
I'M SORRY, I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK.
THERE'S PEOPLE TALKING IN THE BACKGROUND.
THERE'S SO MUCH PAPERWORK AND I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE CALLED IN.
IT IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO HEAR AND EVEN LIKE, FOCUS ON READING 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH BACKGROUND NOISE.
AND JENNIFER IS A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE RESCUE COMMUNITY.
I REALLY WOULD LOVE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR, UM, THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD MOVE THE MICROPHONE OR, UNFORTUNATELY NOT.
IT IS STATIONARY, BUT THE REQUEST IS NOTED, SO WE JUST ASK THOSE TOWARDS THE FRONT.
PAUL, IF YOU COULD COME DOWN HERE AS WELL.
THAT'S A GOOD THING, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT BETTER? CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? ALRIGHT.
UM, IF YOU WOULD PLAY THE VIDEO NOW, HE'S HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY.
WELL, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU A LINK IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE VIDEO.
AND, UH, WE, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR LOVE FOR THE ANIMALS AND THE ORGANIZER AND THE GROUP, UH, BECAUSE THIS REALLY DID BRIGHTEN UP THE, THE SHELTERS.
UH, PAUL, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
JAY SAID HE'S AVAILABLE TOMORROW.
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YOU TELL US WHAT TIME AGAIN? JUST IT'S AT 10:00 AM UM, IT IS FOR DISTRICT 10, THOUGH.UM, I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS ONE DAY, BUT IF YOU'RE, YEAH, WE JUST HAVE TO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO WATCH THAT.
IT CAN'T BE AN OPEN INVITATION BECAUSE OF WALKING QUORUM, SO WE'LL DISCUSS THAT OFFLINE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THE MEETING.
UH, AGAIN, WE ARE PROVIDING THE SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR DALLAS, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES, UH, CRUELTY, UH, INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND DAS PROVIDES THE TRANSPORT, HOUSING CARE, FEEDING, SECURITY, AND ANY VETERINARY FOLLOW UP OR SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR THAT PROGRAM.
UH, AND THOSE, UH, UH, INVESTIGATIONS, DAS PROVIDES OPERATION KINDNESS WITH THE, THE NECESSITIES FOR FORENSICS AND, UH, TREATMENT, UH, WITH SPACE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION KINDNESS PAYS FOR THOSE VETS.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE VETERINARIANS OR TECHS, SO THEIR VETS AND TECHS ARE, ARE PROVIDING THAT RESOURCE FOR US FOR FREE.
UH, OUR, UH, DANIEL HAS BEEN SITTING ON SOME LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSIONS, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DANIEL AS WELL.
UH, WE HAD A MEETING WITH SAN ANTONIO, UH, HERE RECENTLY TO DISCUSS THE NEW LEGISLATION REGARDING DANGEROUS DOGS.
AND ONE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS IS REGARDING THE, UH, ABILITY TO ANONYMOUSLY FILE AN AFFIDAVIT.
CURRENTLY, YOU, WHEN YOU FILE AN AFFIDAVIT, IT'S KNOWN BECAUSE WE REPORT OUT WHO'S REPORTED.
UH, WE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS TO SEE WHAT THEIR POINT OF VIEW IS ON THAT.
BUT I WILL MAKE IT CLEAR, THOUGH, BASED ON THE LANGUAGE AND THE LEGISLATION AND WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD FROM OUR TALKS WITH SAN ANTONIO, ONCE AN APPEAL IS FILED, THAT ANONYMITY GOES AWAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT CONVERSATION, BUT I, I, WE ARE HAVING THOSE TALKS ON HOW THESE DIFFERENT LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE TOPICS WOULD AFFECT, UH, CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, I DID HAVE A VIDEO HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO SHOW EITHER, BECAUSE I, I REALLY WANT FOLKS TO KNOW, IS IT GOING TO SHOW? I'LL SEE
I THINK HE JUST HAS TO STOP SHARING THE PRESENTATION AND SHARE THE WEBPAGE.
AND I REALLY WANTED THIS VIDEO TO BE SEEN BECAUSE THIS VIDEO REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ANIMAL SERVICES PERSONNEL AND ANIMAL FROM INTAKE TO OUTCOME.
UH, BUT IT REALLY SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE TEAM, AND YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TEAM HAS EXPERIENCED UNLESS YOU SEE IT.
I, I, I KNOW THE COMMUNICATION WAS MADE.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DAS NEEDS OR WANTS OR, OR IS GOING THROUGH UNLESS YOU'RE ACTUALLY THERE.
AND THIS VIDEO WAS ACTUALLY SHOWN TO THE MARKETING TEAM AS WELL.
WELL, I HEAR IT GOING TO THE PC THROUGH THE OTHER.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE LAST MINUTE CHANGE TO THIS ROOM, WE'RE LIMITED IN THE CAPACITIES THAT WE HAVE VERSUS WHEN WE'RE IN OUR STANDARD ROOM.
AND I, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL, UH, AND THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE, UH, TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT VIDEO, UH, BECAUSE IT SAYS A LOT AND IT SHOWS SOME RAW EMOTION FROM THE STAFF.
UH, AND THEIR DEDICATION AND LOVE TO WHAT THEY DO.
UH, DURING THE RECENT MARKETING VISIT, UH, THEY DID A TOUR.
UH, THE MARKETING TEAM DID A TOUR OF THE FACILITY.
UH, BUT A FEW DAYS LATER, THE NEWLY APPOINTED CITY MANAGER AND HER TEAM CAME OUT AND DID A TOUR OF THE FACILITIES AS WELL.
AND THEY WERE AMAZED AT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
AND I'M LETTING YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKED FORMALLY BY THE CITY MANAGER TO PRESENT SOON TO QUALITY OF LIFE ON DAS.
SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT HERE, HOPEFULLY EITHER IN MARCH OR APRIL, BUT PREFERABLY MARCH.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN DAS, UH, SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
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THESE ARE OUR APPENDIX ITEMS. UH, NEXT SLIDE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TOO AS WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME ORGANIZATIONS WORK ON CALENDAR VERSUS FISCAL, UH, OUR RESCUE GROUPS.AND AS I SAID, THESE ARE, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS JUST FOR THESE 10 INDIVIDUAL GROUPS, THERE, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT HERE IN SAVING LIVES.
AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS, EVEN IF IT WAS ONE ANIMAL, I'M GONNA SAY THIS, EVEN IF IT WAS ONE ANIMAL FOR THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR THAT SAVED TWO LIVES, AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT AND SUPPORT.
AND WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, WITH, YEAH, 1,800, 300, 200, 200.
THE, THE, THAT'S JUST A HIGH VOLUME OF ANIMALS THAT ARE PROVIDED A SECOND CHANCE THROUGH RESCUE.
UH, YOUR FISCAL YEAR 24 ANNUAL REPORT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU ALL.
UH, AND A LINK AS WELL HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOUR REVIEW.
THERE WERE NO MINORITY REPORTS PROVIDED, UH, THEREFORE THERE WERE NONE ATTACHED.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OUR NEW, UH, FORWARD FACING DAS UH, DASHBOARD.
UH, WE DID IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE REPORTING, UH, BECAUSE IT'S SHOWING AN, UH, FOSTER TO BE AN OUTCOME, AND THAT'S NOT AN OUTCOME.
IT WE'RE WORKING ON THE, THE REPAIR TO THE LINK.
UH, OUR DATA BUSINESS AND ANALYTICS TEAM IS WORKING ON THAT REPAIR.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE IT HOPEFULLY HERE PRETTY SOON IF IT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN DONE.
UH, CLEAR THE SHELTERS, MEGA ADOPTIONS, YVETTE.
UH, WE MET RECENTLY WITH A, A, A COHORT OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, IN THE DFW AREA.
AND WE TOOK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS, UH, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, AND THEY REALLY WANTED TO DO A MEGA ADOPTIONS EVENT HERE IN DALLAS.
SO WE MADE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN CONVENTION SERVICES AND THE, THE HEAD OF THAT, UH, ORGAN AND IT'S, IT'S H, S AND T, RIGHT? IT'S THAT SPEARHEADS THAT.
SO WE WILL HAVE A MEGA ADOPTIONS EVENT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, ON APRIL THE FIFTH AND THE SIXTH.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S AN AMAZING THING.
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE CITY.
AND THE CITY WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP, UH, IN, IN PROVIDING THOSE, THAT SPACE AND RESOURCE FOR THE, FOR THIS EVENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF THE UPCOMING BRIEFINGS.
UH, TODAY IS THE Q1, AND THEN MAY WILL BE Q2, AUGUST Q3, AND THEN OCTOBER WILL BE THE Q4 WRAP UP.
WE HAVE OUR RESOURCE LINKS AS WELL, UH, AS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, NUMBER 19, WE'VE ADDED THE PRESS RELEASES.
UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION WHERE, WHERE THOSE WERE HOUSED AND HOW TO ACCESS THOSE.
UM, AND THEN ACCESSES TO OUR OTHER, UH, INFORMATION AND, AND, UH, UH, PAGES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
OUR DEPARTMENTAL CONTEXT, UH, ARE UPDATED, UH, WITH ONE THAT WE, WE, WE WILL SOON CHANGE.
AND I WANTED TO SAY BEFORE I END THIS, HOW PROUD I AM TO HAVE HAD MARY AS A PARTNER IN THIS PROCESS OF, OF TAKING ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US COULD HAVE DONE WHAT WE'VE DONE WITHOUT MARY'S INPUT HER LOVE FOR THE ANIMALS AND, AND JUST HER SPIRIT.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY GONNA MISS YOU, MARY, AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU THE MOST BECAUSE YOU'RE MY ROCK.
AND, UH, THANKFULLY I HAVE SOME NEW, NEW ROCKS IN THE HOUSE THAT ARE RISING SOON.
UH, BUT I KNOW I HAVE MARY'S NUMBER ON SPEED DIAL,
SO, I LOVE YOU, MARY, APPRECIATE YOU.
AND, AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GONNA MISS YOU.
UH, IN AN EXTENSION TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT FOTIS PROVIDES TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, I, I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH A SMALL LIST OF THINGS THAT WE, WE KNOW THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED.
UH, ONE WAS THE, THE, UH, REESE JONES GRANT AND THE, THE, THE, UH, ADDITION OF THE, UH, THE DOCTORS AND THE VET TECHS AND MARY, AS WELL AS WE HAVE THE HEART THAT'S DOING, UH, SPAYING NEUTERED AT THE SHELTER, UH, FOR THE BIG TARGET BEING BULLY BREACHED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THE HEART IS FUNDED BY, FUNDED BY BISSELL.
AND, UH, REESE JONES HAS AGREED TO COVER THE $25 CHARGE THAT WAS GOING TO BE CHARGED TO DAS.
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SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TELLING OUR FOLKS WHILE THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD AND COMMUNICATING WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN VIOLATION, WE NEED TO PUSH THIS RESOURCE, GET THESE FOLKS SIGNED UP SO THAT THEY CAN GET TAKEN CARE OF, AND WE CAN ALLEVIATE HAVING TO ISSUE THIS CITATION AND CREATE ANOTHER ADDITIONAL BURDEN OF A FINE.BUT WE'LL HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE WHO ARE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS RESOURCE.
AND GO, GO AHEAD, MARY, RELATIVE TO YOUR HEART, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
I WASN'T, I WAS VERY SURPRISED.
THEY CAN ON THEIR MOBILE UNIT, ONE, THREE MOBILE UNITS ON EACH MOBILE UNIT ON ONE DAY, THEY CAN, SORRY, IF I'M NOT SPEAKING, MA.
UH, THEY CAN, MARY, I'M GONNA STOP YOU.
CAN YOU COME DOWN HERE? 'CAUSE I'M, I'M DONE.
YEAH, THAT WAS THE LAST SLIDE.
I'M STUFF I REALLY JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE HEART THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN SPAY OR NEUTER 85 ANIMALS IN ONE DAY WITH ONE VET.
AND SO, AND NOW THEY'RE COMMITTED TO US, UM, JUST TO US ONCE A MONTH.
BUT THEY HAVE THREE MOBILE VANS THAT ARE, THAT ARE WORKING ALL AROUND THE DALLAS AREA.
SO I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A HUGE IMPACT.
AND THE FACT THAT, THAT THE BISSELL FOUNDATION IS FUNDING THE MAJORITY OF WHAT THEY DO, UH, AND THAT REESE JONES IS ALLOWING US TO, UH, CHARGE THEM 20, THE $25 THAT TOHAR WOULD NORMALLY BE CHARGING, AS PAUL SAID, THIS IS FREE TO, TO PEOPLE.
WHAT'S EXCITING AND ALSO SCARY AT THE SAME TIME IS THAT THEY ARE ALREADY BOOKED OUT FOR THREE MONTHS.
AND THAT'S ON TOP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SPAY NEUTER NETWORK.
AND, UH, THE NEED IS JUST SO GREAT.
AND, AND I THINK THE, THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO SATURATE THE NEED WITH RESOURCES.
AND PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS TO, TO GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF AND HOPEFULLY REDUCING THE POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, 'CAUSE AS I SAID, MY LARGEST CITY, ITS LARGEST MUNICIPAL SHELTER, THIRD LARGEST INTAKE IN THE NATION.
SO, AND I WILL TELL YOU, AND THIS IS BECAUSE MY ROCK HAS TOLD ME, UH, WE ARE BUCKING THE TREND.
THE TREND IN THE NATION IS A DECREASE IN ADOPTIONS.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
WITH OUR DEDICATED TEAM AND RESOURCES, OUR ADOPTIONS HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND SUPPORT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SAVING AS MANY LIVES AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S MY COMMITMENT SINCE I TOOK OVER THIS ORGANIZATION SIX MONTHS AGO.
UH, AND SINCE I ARRIVED TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
AND THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF THE PREVIOUS DIRECTORS AND, AND THEIR NEW FUNCTIONS, AND THEN MARY AND, AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE BUILT, AND KIRSTEN AND, AND NATHAN AND THE TEAM, UH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO A, A LOT MORE.
BUT SOME OF THE THINGS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT WE ARE PROVIDED THROUGH FOTIS FUNDING IS, UH, ENRICHMENT TREATS AND TOYS, UH, FOR OUR ANIMALS.
PLAYGROUP SUPPLIES, D 90 DOG RUN SUPPLIES, CATION SUPPLIES, THE NEWEST PROGRAM THAT WE'VE JUST ROLLED OUT WITH THE HIGH SUCCESS RATE.
THOSE SUPPLIES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH, UH, PHOTOS, THE KARENA BEDS AND WHELPING BOXES FOR OUR MOMS AND PUPS.
UH, FOOD FOR DOGS AND PUPS AND KITTENS, UH, FOR DONATIONS AND TO HELP SUPPORT OUR FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM.
WITH OUR NEW GROOMING ROOM, WE NOW HAVE A GROOMING ROOM AT DAS.
AND THROUGH FUNDING, THROUGH PHOTOS, WE HAVE ALL THE GROOMING TOOLS THAT WE NEED, UH, TO INCLUDE, UH, THE, THE, THE MAJOR PARTS OF THAT COMPONENT.
UH, WE'VE RECEIVED A NEW WASHER, WE'VE RECEIVED A NEW DISHWASHER.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF HIGH-END THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT THEY PROVIDED THAT BLEW ME AWAY.
UH, WHEN WE TOOK ON ANIMAL CRUELTY.
PART OF THAT IS THE MEATY PROCESS, UH, FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE ANIMAL.
THEY PROVIDED A $24,000 TABLE THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND WITHOUT HESITATION.
SO, SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WE APPRECIATE THE DONORS, UH, OF FOTI AND, AND WE APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE RESOURCES THAT THEY PROVIDED OUR, UH, MEDICAL INVENTORY SYSTEM AND OUR KIT, NURSERY INTERN AND SUPPLIES.
SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CARE FOR THOSE ANIMALS THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE KITTENS, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A VITAL TOOL AND RESOURCES, THAT RESOURCE THAT WE NEED.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY PROVIDE THE INCENTIVES, LIKE WHEN WE DID THE ONE 50 FOR ONE 50, UH, THE INCENTIVE TO THE RESCUE GROUPS AND, AND OTHER THINGS, AND FOOD AND SUPPLIES.
SO, UH, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT FOTIS DOES.
AND, UH, I, I'VE INVITED FOS TO THE NEXT MEETING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE ON THE HORIZON.
AND WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE TO THE COMMISSION, AND WE WILL OPEN IT
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UP TO THE CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE FOR, UH, QUESTIONS.UM, JILLIAN, REALLY QUICK, CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE AND LISTENING, WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THE LIBRARY AND, AND CAN WE, HOW DO WE TELL OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OUR FRUSTRATION WITH THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, THERE'S 25 PEOPLE HERE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR, I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT MM-HMM
BUT IT'S ALMOST UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE ALL SHOWED UP, WE'RE DOING GREAT THINGS.
PEOPLE WANNA TUNE IN AND THEY CAN'T, LIKE I CANNOT BE MORE FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW.
SO HOW DO WE AS COMMISSIONERS EXPLAIN TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED OR HOW DO WE GET BACK? SO, I THINK THEY'RE AWARE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE ONLY A SELECT NUMBER OF ROOMS AVAILABLE THAT COMPLY WITH TOMA REQUIREMENTS.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THERE AREN'T ROOMS AVAILABLE.
THE ROOMS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO ARE LIMITED.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION UNTIL THE HOLIDAYS.
UM, THIS WAS THE ONLY OTHER TOMA COMPLIANT ROOM.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR VIDEO SYSTEM IS NOT THE SAME AS WHAT IS USED IN CITY HALL.
SO, WHILE I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S FRUSTRATION, THAT IS WHY OUR TRANSCRIPTS AND MINUTES LIVE ON.
SO WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT THIS.
UM, AFTER THE MEETINGS, THE AGENDA, THE MEETING MATERIALS SUCH AS THE DIRECTOR'S PRESENTATION ARE PUBLICLY POSTED TO THE CALENDAR.
SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
UM, WHILE IT'S NOT IDEAL, WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE AND RAISING WHEN THEY CANNOT HEAR.
UM, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THREE HOURS, AND IF WE NEED TO REVISIT CERTAIN COMMENTS, WE CAN MAKE THOSE ALLOWANCES.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WITH THE AGREED UPON MEETING DATE, WE COULDN'T MOVE IT.
AND THIS WAS THE ONLY ROOM THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
AND WE HOPE THAT THIS DOESN'T CONTINUE TO OCCUR BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY INSTANCE WHERE WE'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM.
AND I JUST WOULD RECOMMEND, SO FOR THE MAY 22ND, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE, NOW THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A ROOM? 'CAUSE I WOULD CLAIM THIS ISN'T TOMA COMPLIANT IF PEOPLE CAN'T HEAR, AND THE, THE QUESTION IS THIS, IS THE RECORDING GONNA BE ALLOWED TO HEAR EVERYONE? BECAUSE IF IT RECORDED THAT WAY FOR PEOPLE AND THEY COULDN'T HEAR PAUL OR SOME OF US, WELL, I DO KNOW THAT THEY APPLY AN AUTOMATIC TRANSCRIPT, BUT I'M NOT AN AUDIO ENGINEER.
I NO, I, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE, THIS IS, BY THE WAY, EVERYONE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT ON YOU.
YOU WERE ABLE TO SALVAGE THIS MEETING DATE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU IN FINDING THIS ROOM.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY WHERE WE CAN CONTACT OUR CITY SECRETARY AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE ALL HERE FOR THE PARTY.
WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT THESE TECHNICAL ISSUES.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.
I'VE BEEN IN TALKS WITH THEIR OFFICE AND THEIR BOARD COORDINATOR, AND I THINK THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF THIS.
AND THEY HAVE A PRIORITY RANKING SYSTEM AND A DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO BOOKING THESE, THAT THAT'S THEIR PURVIEW.
AND WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT.
AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR, YOU ALL'S PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
'CAUSE WE DO HEAR THAT YOU ALL ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM WITH YOUR CONCERNS.
WHAT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY? CAN WE LIKE? YES.
WELL, SO NOW WE'RE VEERING, THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO I THINK WE DO NEED TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM VIA EMAIL.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE DID ALSO MOVE A SPEAKER TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TIME WHILE WE HAVE THE ROOM.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS ONLINE.
IF WE CAN START, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD.
WHAT DOES DEBBIE GO NOW? UM, SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT YES, WE CAN, WE CAN DO IT.
'CAUSE IT WAS TOWARDS THE END.
SO TYPICALLY WE WOULD ACTUALLY GO FORWARD WITH DISCUSSION.
BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION, UM, FOR OUR SPEAKER THAT HAD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THIS MORNING.
MS. RYAN, IS SHE AVAILABLE BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO MOVE HER TO PARTICIPANT, SEE IF SHE'S STILL ONLINE.
UM, MS. RYAN, I'VE MOVED YOU TO PANELIST.
IF YOU COULD TURN ON YOUR CAMERA.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, SO GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND TO SET YOUR TIMER AND LET ME KNOW.
I SECONDED HER MOTION BY THE WAY, IF WE NEED TO DO THAT.
UM, JUST LET ME GET THE TIMER UP SO I CAN GET FULL THREE MINUTES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU.
AND WHENEVER YOU'RE READY I'LL GO AHEAD AND START IT.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT SO MUCH GOOD STUFF.
I REALLY, I'VE BEEN TO EVERY MEETING ALL LAST YEAR AND THIS IS EXCELLENT SEEING SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPEN.
AND I'M ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY DOGS GETTING OUT OF TEXAS ON FLIGHTS
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UM, HAVING SAID THAT, I'M HERE TO BEG YOU TO HELP ME AND ALL MY FRIENDS THAT ARE DOING OUTREACH IN HOMELESS COMMUNITIES.THIS IS BESIDES OUR FULL-TIME JOB AND OUR T AND R WORK AND OTHER STUFF, JUST LIKE Y'ALL ARE BUSY.
UM, I JUST TOOK MY FOURTH PREGNANT DOG OUT OF A HOMELESS CAMP.
THEY'RE OWNED AND LOVED BY PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE SADLY DESPERATE FOR SPAY NEUTER.
UM, WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE HOMELESS CAMPS.
I'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT FIVE DOGS.
WE GOT THEM SPAYED, NEUTERED, AND ADOPTED.
UM, RATHER THAN PUT 'EM INTO THE SYSTEM, WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR OUTREACH PROGRAM TO GET INTO THESE HOMELESS CAMPS AND DO A RADICAL SPAY NEUTER.
I REACHED OUT MONTHS AGO AND PAUL AND MARY WERE VERY HELPFUL WITH THE INFORMATION.
AND TAMMY KUKLA TRIED TO HELP, BUT THERE'S TOO MUCH BUREAUCRACY INVOLVED.
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT GO TO OUR CALLING.
THEY'RE NOT IN THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, OKAY? THEY'RE IN THEIR OWN LITTLE WORLD.
THEY LOVE THEIR DOG, THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR DOG SAFE.
WE BRING THEM FOOD, WE BRING THEM TOYS, WE BRING THEM BEDS, WE BRING THEM SWEATERS.
THEY'RE JUST DESPERATE FOR YOU TO HELP THEM SPAY AND NEUTER THEIR ANIMALS.
NOW, ONE GUY, WE WERE TOO LATE FOR HIS PIT BULL JUST HAD 12 PUPPIES.
AND WHAT, WHAT THESE PEOPLE DO IN THE CAMPS IS GIVE THESE PUPPIES AWAY.
OKAY? SO THEY'RE ALL BEING GIVEN AWAY AND THOSE EIGHT OR 12 PUPPIES STAY IN THE HOMELESS CAMPS AND THEN THEY REPRODUCE.
AND REMEMBER, I USED TO DESPERATELY COME UP IN FRONT OF YOU ABOUT THE CAT TNR PROGRAM, AND YOU'VE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH COMMUNITY CAT STUFF.
SO I'M BACK TO BADGER YOU ABOUT DOGS IN THE HOMELESS CAMP.
PLEASE COME OUT WITH A MOBILE UNIT.
I'VE GOT OPERATION KINDNESS CAME OUT AND WE DID VACCINATIONS AND WE DID MICROCHIPS, AND WE DO STUFF.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE T WE WE NEED YOUR HELP.
WE NEED A SPAY, RADICAL SPAY NEUTER FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GONNA GO TO OUR CALLING OR THE BRIDGE AND KENNEL THEIR DOGS.
THEY ARE STAYING PUT, NO MATTER HOW COLD IT GETS, THEY'RE STAYING IN THEIR TENT WITH 500 BLANKETS AND THEIR DOG.
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY JUST TO GET THEIR DOG GOPAY A NEUTERING.
I CAN, OUR LITTLE GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN FIND PEOPLE TO HOLD THEM FOR A COUPLE NIGHTS TO RECOVER.
SO, UM, UNLESS YOU WANNA HEAR ME AT THE NEXT MEETING, BADGER ON AGAIN.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOTTA BE NON BUREAUCRATIC WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR CALLING OR THE BRIDGE OR ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF.
WE NEED TO PICK THEIR ANIMAL UP, GO TO TCAP OR WHEREVER, GET IT DONE, BRING IT TO THE FOSTER HOME TO RECOVER A FEW DAYS AND BRING THE DOG BACK.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR GOOD STUFF Y'ALL ARE DOING.
IF WE CAN GO AHEAD, THAT END PUBLIC COMMENT, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, GET TO OUR COMMISSIONERS ONLINE PLEASE.
LET'S START WITH, UM, BONNIE, ARE YOU READY? UM, YEAH, I CAN GO FIRST.
HE WAS ACTUALLY ANSWERED A TON OF MY QUESTIONS I HAD ALREADY WRITTEN DOWN FROM REVIEWING THE, UM, REPORT, BUT I DID UM, JUST WANNA MENTION THAT WE DID TALK AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT HAVING THE FRIENDS OF GROUP COME AND DO AN UPDATE.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT SHE'S OUT OF TOWN, UM, BUT IF SHE CAN'T COME IN PERSON, IF SHE COULD DO SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT LETS US KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEIR GROUP, THAT WOULD BE USEFUL.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REVISIT THE IDEA OF HAVING THE COUNCIL PEOPLE COME UP FOR A TOUR, WHICH WE WERE GONNA DO.
I'M SORRY I'M SICK, BUT, UM, WHICH WE WERE GONNA DO AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, WHICH WE HAVEN'T DONE YET.
SO I'D LIKE TO KIND OF GET THAT BACK ON THE BOOKS, SEE WHEN WE CAN DO THAT.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME KNOW ABOUT THE LAKE HIGHLANDS THING BECAUSE I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT
SO I'M HOPING THAT SOMEONE ELSE, UM, SOME OTHER COMMISSIONER WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I KIND OF WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WAS, UM, THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE PEOPLE ARE AVERAGING ABOUT FIVE ANIMALS PER HOUSEHOLD AND THAT'S WAY ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BRINGING PETS THAT DON'T BELONG TO THEM OR IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, IF THEY'RE JUST BRINGING LITTERS OF PUPPIES OR HOW IS THAT NUMBER GETTING SO HIGH? AND THE LAST THING WOULD BE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SNR PROGRAM AND THE TNR PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE WERE MY MAJOR
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THINGS I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON.AND SHE STILL HAS TIME IF ANY OF OUR STAFF WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE QUESTIONS.
AND TINA, UH, THEY NEED TO RELEASE, WE GOTTA GET THEM UP HERE.
I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE SHELTER BETWEEN T AND R.
IS THAT R GROUP THAT'S DOING THAT AND THEN THE S AND R, IS THAT PUBLIC THAT'S BRINGING THOSE CATS IN OR, YOU KNOW, HE'S, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE YOU FROM HERE, BUT, OKAY.
UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE SNR IS THINGS THAT COME TO THE SHELTER DIRECTLY, WHETHER THAT IS VIA OVER THE COUNTER AS A STRAY INJURED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN IS SPAYED, UH, TREATED, GOTTEN HEALTHY AND THEN TAKEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS TNR IS TYPICALLY DIRECTLY FROM CITIZENS TO OUR PARTNERS, UH, TRAPPED, NEUTERED, AND THEN RERELEASED IMMEDIATELY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, ARE YOU, I JUST WANNA JUST QUESTION THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WHERE ARE THEN THE NUMBERS FROM YOUR TNR GROUP? YOU HAVE TWO TNR PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT'S, ISN'T THAT THE NUMBER THAT'S SEPARATED OUT WITH THE UH, YES.
SO OUR TEAM, TABBY IS OUR INTERNAL DAS TAKING THESE ANIMALS TO THE PARTNERS.
SO IT IS OUR TEAM TABBY, OUR TWO PEOPLE GOING TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TRAPPING WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEN TAKING THEM TO THE VARIOUS PARTNERS, UM, AND ROUTING THEM LIKE THROUGH THE SHELTER AS FAR AS DOING THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR INTAKE, BUT THEY ARE NEVER, UH, LIKE ROUTED THROUGH OUR DOCTORS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE, BOTH OF THESE NUMBERS ARE WHAT YOUR DOCTORS HAVE DONE.
'CAUSE THE NUMBERS DON'T MATCH FROM LIKE THE TNR THAT'S GOING OUT TO TCAP AND SPAY NEUTER NETWORK AND THINGS DON'T MATCH THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENCE.
ONE IS OUR SUBSIDIZED SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES, THE OTHER IS OUR TEAM THAT'S ACTUALLY DOING THE TRAPPING AND TAKING THESE ANIMALS OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING MY QUESTION 'CAUSE I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE THEN.
SO IS THE TNR JUST WHAT YOU GUYS ARE, YOUR TEAM IS DOING AND THEN THE SNR IS PEOPLE WHO ARE BRINGING THEM INTO YOU AND YOU'RE TREATING THEM AND THEN TAKING THEM BACK? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING TO ME? COMMISSIONER? I'M NOT SURE WHAT WHICH NUMBERS YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
I THINK IF WE KNEW WHAT PAGE, WHAT PAGE.
UM, LET ME GET DOWN TO IT AND SEE IF I CAN, IT'S ON YOUR CAT'S PAGE.
UH, LET ME GO DOWN TO 16 OR 17.
SORRY, I DID NOT WRITE THE PAGE NUMBER DOWN.
UM, NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT FAR DOWN.
IT'S NOT A COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT THE COMMUNITY CATS PROGRAM.
IT WAS YOUR INFORMATION ON WHAT THE OUTCOMES ON YOUR CATS.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE TIME FOR ADDITIONAL ROUNDS.
AND THEN, SO THAT WILL ALSO GIVE YOU TIME, UM, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT IT IN THE DECK AND THEN WE CAN HAVE STAFF TAKE A LOOK.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU FOR ANOTHER ROUND AND OUR STAFF WILL, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IN THE MEANTIME.
UM, CAN WE GET STEPHANIE HANSON? COMMISSIONER HANSON, YOU'RE NEXT.
I WANTED TO, UM, ANSWER DEBBIE RYAN REALLY QUICK SPAN OR NETWORK DOES A PROGRAM FOR FREE FOR THE HOMELESS CAMPS.
SO IF YOU HAVE A HOMELESS PET, YOU CAN SET SIGN IT UP THROUGH SABRINA SPAN NEUTER NETWORK, AND THEY'RE DOING FREE SERVICES, COMPLETELY FREE VACCINATIONS, MICROCHIPPING, UM, SPAN NEUTER AND HEARTWORM PREVENTION, HEARTWORM TESTS AND HEARTWORM PREVENTION AND FLEE TICK.
SO IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
THEY'VE HELPED KINDS OF ANIMALS THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND ANYWAY, SO ANYWAY, IT'S AMAZING.
SO YOU CAN CONTACT JORDAN OR SABRINA AT SPRAY AND NEUTER NETWORK.
UM, AND THEN, SO MY QUESTIONS, LET'S SEE, PULL UP NOW.
UM, WHAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS, SO THE, MY MAIN THING IS I WANTED TO SEE WHAT BOARDING FACILITIES ARE
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PAUL MENTIONED THAT WE WERE BOARDING MULTIPLE ANIMALS EACH MONTH.
CAN WE GET A LIST OF THE BOARDING FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING USED FOR THIS? YEAH, I DON'T SEE WHY NOW.
AND THEN, UM, I WANTED TO SEE LIKE, WHAT, DO WE HAVE OUR RETURN RATE ON ADOPTIONS? NO, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK INTO.
WE'D HAVE TO SIFT THROUGH THE DATA.
AND THEN KIND OF GET LIKE OUR TOP THREE REASONS OF RETURN RATE, THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF HELP MITIGATE RETURNS.
AND, UM, THEN I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION IS ON YOU WERE MENTIONING THE ANIMAL CRUELTY AND WORKING ON MAKING ANONYMOUS AND STUFF.
HOW DO WE KNOW, LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS ARE CHANGING THINGS OR WORKING ON THINGS LIKE THAT? WELL, THAT, THAT'S THE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MIXING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, THAT'S, THAT, THAT MAY BE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
AND, AND I'LL LET YOU CHAIR, SORRY.
IT'S, IT'S A, A BILL RIGHT NOW THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE LEGISLATION, SO IT'S NOT AT ALL SET IN STONE.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT LEGISLATION WHEN I HAVE MY FIVE MINUTES, STEPHANIE, BUT IT'S A BILL THAT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT LAST SESSION IT PASSED, IT WAS VETOED.
SO THE LIKELIHOOD WILL BE, UM, INTERESTING TO WATCH.
BUT I'M, I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT WHEN I'M OKAY.
CAN I SAVE MY MINUTES, I GUESS TILL THE END? YES, MA'AM.
NEXT UP IS COMMISSIONER, IS SHE THERE? YEAH, I'M HERE.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY EVERYTHING SOUNDED SO GOOD THIS TIME AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK AND I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND JUST DO BY COMMISSION NUMBERS WHILE WE'RE HERE AT THE ROUND TABLE.
JONATHAN, YOU GUYS START WITH YOU.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, FIRST OF ALL, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT.
UM, WITH THE SCHEDULING, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS COLD WEATHER COME OUT.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I JUST WANNA CALL OUT PAUL, UH, SIX MONTHS ON THE JOB AND WE'RE SEEING SOME REALLY GREAT NUMBERS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW.
UM, PAUL TOOK THIS ON AND HAS BEEN LIKE KNOCKING OUT A PARK, BUT ALSO QUICK ANECDOTE.
UM, PAUL STEPPED IN ON A DISTRICT ONE ISSUE WE JUST HAD.
AND LITERALLY I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMEBODY AT THIS LEVEL TAKE SO MUCH LIKE PERSONAL INTEREST IN SOMETHING.
BUT, UM, ONE OF OUR DISTRICT ONE NEIGHBORS HAD AN ISSUE, PAUL STEPPED IN, SOLVED IT.
UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT KIND OF, UM, LIKE INVOLVEMENT.
SO PAUL, THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL FROM FROM THE DISTRICT ONE.
UM, NOW COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, UM, FOR THE NUMBERS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, I FORGET WHICH COMMISSIONER MENTIONED IT, BUT GOING BACK TO THE FOOD PANTRY, ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK WAS, IT SAID 243 FAMILIES, BUT I SAW 60 AS LIKE THE NUMBER WHO'S ATTENDING EACH TIME IT HAPPENS, THEY THE SAME FAMILIES.
ARE THEY UNIQUE? 243 UNIQUE FAMILIES? SOME.
AND I'LL, I'LL TRY TO JUST LIST OFF QUESTIONS THEN.
IF YOU GUYS COULD LIKE LOG 'EM AND THEN THAT'LL SAVE SOME TIME.
UM, SO IF THEY ARE UNIQUE OR, OR NOT.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, ARE WE VERIFYING SPAY NEUTER OF THE ANIMALS BEFORE WE GIVE THEM, UM, FOOD? IF NOT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I THINK WE SHOULD PREDICATE FOOD, UH, DISTRIBUTION ON, BUT SOMETHING WE CAN EDUCATE.
UM, AND THEN HOW DO WE, LIKE WHAT OTHER KINDS OF INFORMATION CAN WE GIVE TO THOSE FAMILIES AS WE'RE GIVING THEM FOOD? LIKE, THAT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, COME ON, BUY TO VOLUNTEER ANY CHANCE YOU GET.
OR, HEY, WE'RE HAVING THIS DRIVE COME BY FOR LIKE FREE SPAY, UH, NEUTER EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION CAN WE PROVIDE THEM WHILE THEY'RE THERE, RATHER THAN JUST BEING LIKE, HEY, THANKS FOR COMING.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAD WAS, UM, FOR PAUL, I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT UPDATES ON HIRING.
I SEE SO MANY NEW FACES, BUT I DON'T, NO OFFENSE, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF 'EM.
SO I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO GET TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, IS THERE A CHANCE THAT WE COULD GET JUST LIKE A, I SEE THE CONTACTS PAGE, COULD WE GET LIKE A GET TO KNOW ME SLIDE? LIKE JUST A QUICK LITTLE SPIEL ABOUT 'EM? SURE.
NO, NOT, NOT TOO DEEP, RIGHT? LIKE, I DON'T WANNA ASK LIKE
I THINK ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LET'S PUT THAT ON THERE.
BUT YEAH, JUST LIKE A QUICK WHO'S WHO AND THEN WHAT OUR OPEN POSITIONS ARE STILL, UM, WHAT PIPELINE WE'RE LOOKING AT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I I CAN, WELL, WE DO HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS QUESTION IF, IF YOU WANT.
SO DEFINITELY, AND, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
UH, THE VACANT POSITION THAT I LEFT AS WHEN I BECAME THE DIRECTOR, UH, WE,
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I HAVE SUBMITTED THE INFORMATION TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR A HIRE.WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT OFFER AND HOPEFULLY IT BE A, UH, I BELIEVE MARY'S GONNA BE WITH US TILL MARCH THE 10TH.
SO WE, WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE A SHORT GAP.
UH, THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE OVER BUDGET AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
AND THEN WHEN WE FILL MARY'S POSITION, IT WILL BE OVER, UH, OPERATIONS.
SO, UH, AND THEN WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW, UH, NEW ADDITIONS, UH, AS WELL AS WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE OUR VACANT A GM POSITION FOR THE SHELTER THAT SUMMER LEFT.
AND, UH, WE LOOK TO HAVE THAT HERE PRETTY SOON.
BUT OUR VACANCY RATE, I BELIEVE IS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, OR CLOSE TO THE SINGLE DIGITS.
SO, UH, OUR VACANCIES ARE, ARE WE, WE, WE CONTINUOUSLY HAVE A, A TURNAROUND IN LEADERSHIP, BUT IT'S FOR GOOD.
UH, A LOT OF OUR FOLKS THAT LEFT, LEFT TO TAKE ON NEW RESPONSIBILITIES AND ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN OTHER, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN IN LEADERSHIP FOR ALMOST CLOSE TO 30 YEARS, UH, WHEN YOU DO GOOD, PEOPLE WANNA KNOW HOW YOU DID IT.
AND THEY WANT FOLKS TO COME DO IT FOR THEM.
SO WE KNOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WE KNOW MARY'S GONNA DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB WHERE SHE'S GOING, BUT, UH, THAT'S BEEN THE CASE.
SO YEAH, WE, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT A SLIDE TOGETHER FOR ALL THE NEW FOLKS.
AND THEN, UH, WE, WE FORMED AN, AN EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COUNCIL WITHIN THE SHELTER TO HEAR THE VOICES FROM WITHIN.
UH, AND THAT TEAM MET YESTERDAY.
WE APPOINTED THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR, UH, SIMILAR TO YOU ALL AND, AND THE SECRETARY.
BUT, UH, THAT CAME UP FROM THE STAFF AS WELL.
WE SHOULD HAVE A TABLE AT THESE EVENTS THAT TALKS ABOUT THAT RESPONSIBILITY, RESOURCES AND SO FORTH.
SO YEAH, THAT YOU, YOU YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
WE, UH, I, I I SERVE ON ANOTHER BOARD, UH, FOR A NONPROFIT THAT DEAL WITH FOOD HUNGER, FOOD INSECURITY.
AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT THEY TRY TO DO IS PUSH OTHER SERVICES TO THOSE FOLKS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A FREE OPPORTUNITY FOR MARKETING.
UH, JUST KRISTY, YOU GUYS ARE OFFERING SERVICES THOUGH, ARE YOU NOT? YES.
AND WE RECENTLY BILL TWO
UM, AND AS WELL AS OUR UPDATED AS WELL OF THESE FOLKS ARE ALSO.
SO IN CASE THEY DIDN'T HEAR, YES, WE ARE PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES, BUT I, THE ASK WAS TO HAVE A ACTUAL TABLE AT THESE EVENTS WITH PEOPLE FROM FIELD SERVICES OR WHATEVER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING EYES ON THE SITUATION AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING WHATEVER CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE OR NEEDS.
UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, GEARING.
I WILL, UM, TRY AND BE QUICK FIRST.
UM, I, IF I'M ASKING QUESTIONS THAT HAVE I SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO, I APOLOGIZE.
I HAVE BEEN OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE AND I'M NOT REALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I'M MISSING THINGS AND I KNOW THAT.
BUT, UM, FIRST I WANNA THANK OUR SPEAKERS, UH, TAMMY, GREAT WORK AT THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER.
UM, I DIDN'T VOLUNTEER THERE THIS YEAR.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE VOLUNTEERED THERE PRETTY MUCH WHENEVER IT'S UP.
AND IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE, UM, IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PLACE AND THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK.
UH, JUAN, THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT THE SPAY NEUTER NETWORK, UM, AND REPRESENTING FOR THEM.
AND THAT ALSO INCREDIBLE WORK.
AND IT'S GREAT FOR US TO HEAR THAT AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF SHOW AND TELL THE REST OF, UM, THE CITY THAT'S LISTENING, ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I, I AGREE WE SHOULD MAKE MORE VOLUNTEERS AWARE OF THIS MEETING.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING THAT WE SHOULD TRY AND PUSH OUT AND JUST LET PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED TO THE COMMISSION.
UH, JANUARY, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THE, THEIR VOICE.
I ALSO SEE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PULLED 73 OR SO ANIMALS ALREADY AND AND THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE.
UM, AND DEBBIE, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE UNHOUSED POPULATION AND ADVOCATING ON THEIR BEHALF FOR SPAY NEUTER.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND UM, WE SHOULD ALL, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOCUSING ON THEM IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, PAUL, I WANNA SAY A COUPLE JUST GREAT THINGS.
LOVING TO SEE THE INCREASE IN SURGERIES, THE INCREASE IN VOLUNTEER HOURS.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE SUCH A POSITIVE REPORT.
UM, MY FEW QUESTIONS, I'LL BE QUICK.
FIRST I WAS GOING TO ASK HOW ARE WE ADVERTISING THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM? 'CAUSE I USED TO GET THAT QUESTION ALL THE TIME, BUT I SEE THE ONE PAGER THAT YOU GUYS INCLUDED IN, UM, OUR PACKET.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE AND I, WE SHOULD PUSH THAT OUT.
I'M SURE YOU ALREADY ARE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
'CAUSE THAT'S A GREAT ONE-PAGER.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE RESOURCES.
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, I FEEL LIKE I'M PIECEMEALING INFORMATION TOGETHER AND GIVING THEM FOUR DIFFERENT NUMBERS AND TO HAVE IT IN ONE PLACE IS REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, ONE QUESTION, AND WE CAN ANSWER THIS AT THE END, IS HOW ARE WE ADVERTISING AT ALL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, BUT I DID MISS THE LAST MEETING WHILE I WAS OUT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO BE UPDATED ON.
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A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, I WAS SPEAKING WITH SOMEONE RECENTLY IN SOUTHERN DALLAS WHO SAID, UM, THAT SHE'S ALWAYS WANTED A DOBERMAN AND SHE REALLY WISHES SHE COULD FIND A DOBERMAN.SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A BREEDER.
AS SOMEONE WHO FOSTER FAILED A DOBERMAN FROM DAS MANY YEARS AGO, SHE'S STILL AROUND, SHE'S GREAT.
UM, THERE WERE THREE DOBIES WHEN I GOT MY HE KNOWS
UH, THERE WERE THREE DOBERMANS THERE WHEN I GOT MINE.
AND I WAS LIKE, DAS ALWAYS THE ST.
I WISH, I DON'T KNOW HOW REALISTIC IT IS TO WORK ON THE MARKETING.
SO IF SOMEBODY GOOGLES DOBERMAN PINCHER DALLAS OR BUY ADOBE IN DALLAS TO MAKE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES A PAGE THAT POPS UP SO THAT PEOPLE, OR I DON'T KNOW IF HOW TO, I KNOW THAT THERE WE HAVE ISSUES WITH ADVERTISING BREEDS SPECIFIC BREEDS 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW BREEDS AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SENSITIVITY AROUND THAT.
BUT FOR PURPOSES OF MARKETING, IF WE COULD BEHIND THE SCENES PUT, HELP MAKE IT SO THAT PEOPLE ARE DIRECTED TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES WHEN THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR BREED SPECIFIC.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW DO RUNS ARE JUST ONE CASE, BUT I DO KNOW WE TEND TO HAVE A LOT OF DOBIES.
UM, AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, I JUST WANNA THANK MARY MARTIN FOR EVERYTHING SHE'S DONE.
AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE MET, I THINK I WAS SPEAKING AT A TOWN HALL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS ADVOCATING FOR ANIMALS, SOMETHING, BUT I WAS FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING AT A TOWN HALL AND YOU WERE THERE.
AND I THINK I WAS A LITTLE FEISTY THERE.
AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY NICE TO ME EVER SINCE.
SO, UM, NOT TO YOU OF COURSE AT THE, JUST IN GENERAL, BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
UH, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO PAUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE.
AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE, UM, SUCH A POSITIVE MEETING.
I'LL YIELD THE, OR THE REST OF MY TIME WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UH, AS FAR AS ADVERTISING THE COMMUNITY CAP PROGRAM, WE DO A LOT OF SOCIALS AND WEBSITE, UH, POSTINGS.
AND WE DO, UH, WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AS WELL.
'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ADVERTISING IT AS WELL.
UH, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN.
UH, 'CAUSE I, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID TALK ABOUT WITH THE MARKETING TEAM WAS OUR CURRENT ABILITY TO ADVERTISE, BUT WE WANTED TO INCREASE THAT SOMEHOW.
AND, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.
WE ACTUALLY GAVE THEM A LIST OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL WANTED TO SEE AND, AND HANDED IT TO THEM.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT MEETING, UH, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
I, I THINK I WOULD ASK NATHAN TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO SOME HIGH SCHOOLS AND TALK TO SOME FOLKS, UH, JUST TO SEE HOW IT LOOKS NOW SINCE IT'S BEEN SO LONG.
UH, BUT YEAH, I, I WOULD LOVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I, I DO KNOW TOO, WE ARE TALKING AND I'M JUST GONNA GO OFF SCRIPT.
WE'RE TALKING TO A GROUP NOW, UH, THAT'S DOING, UH, UH, ANIMALS FOR VETERANS.
UH, THEY'RE WANTING TO PULL SOME ANIMALS TO DO THAT, UH, FOR US.
AND I'M ALL BE OFF OF THAT TOO.
UH, BUT OUR ADVERTISING BREED SPECIFICS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S SORT OF OPTIMIZING IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? YEAH.
I THINK IF WE, IF WE SPECIFICALLY KNOW, WE COULD TELL WHAT THAT IS.
YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE WE, WE COULD PROBABLY DO THAT.
ADOBE COMMISSIONER CASEY CAN HELP
UM, AND THEN, YES, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER STATIONS AND, UH, CENTERS.
AND WE ARE, WE ARE DOING SOME GOOD WORK WITH THE SPCA IN GETTING THESE ANIMALS VACCINATED AND TREATED WHILE THEY'RE THERE AND PROVIDING RESOURCES, UH, AND CARE FOOD SUPPLIES, UH, AND THEN OUR, UH, INCLUDING OUR VOLUNTEERS.
I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO TOO IS WE NEED TO BROADCAST THIS AT THE SHELTER.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING THAT NOW.
WE HAVE NEW, NEW TVS AND MULTIPLE TVS THROUGHOUT THE SHELTER.
WE COULD PROBABLY BROADCAST HIS BRIEFING.
UH, BUT I WILL TALK TO, UH, NATHAN ABOUT, UH, MAYBE WE PROVIDE A LINK AS WELL FOR THEM, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO VIEW IT.
UM, YEAH, I JUST ALSO WANNA BACK UP THAT DAS HAS NEVER PROMOTED THE COMMISSION MEETINGS TO THE PUBLIC VOLUNTEERS TO FOSTERS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S BEEN THROUGH THREE DIRECTORS.
SO I WOULD LOVE THAT IF WE COULD HAVE IT PROMOTED ON DAS SOCIAL MEDIA.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY THE VOLUNTEERS AND FOSTERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED SHOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
UM, ALSO GONNA REITERATE WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER HILL SAID, WE WOULD LOVE PHOTOS HERE TO SPEAK.
I KNOW IN PAST THE FRIENDS GROUPS WITH DAS HAVE ALWAYS PRESENTED EACH MEETING, UM, A ANOTHER LOCAL NONPROFIT HAS PARTNERED WITH FOS.
WE WANNA HEAR ALL ABOUT THAT AND HOW IT'S GONNA CHANGE THINGS AND HELP THE, UH, PROGRAM GROW.
UM, I WANNA GIVE MY SHOUT OUT TO MARLO, WHO IS ONLINE, WHO JUST GOT TONY AND SHE, YOU GUYS, ALL THE STUFF YOU SEE ON NEXTDOOR EVERY POST OF FOUND DOGS, EVERY SOCIAL
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MEDIA THING, EVERY LITTLE UPDATE ON THE WEBSITE, ANYTHING GOING OUT.MARLO HAS, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT ALL.
SO SHE'S BEEN HANDLING THAT AND NOW TONY'S IN, BUT I'M GONNA TOSS MY SHOUT OUT TO HER.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT TWO THINGS.
UH, ONE IS MORE ABOUT THE TRANSPORTS WITH ALL THESE RESCUES.
I WANNA KNOW WHAT QUALIFIES A RESCUE TO BECOME A PARTNER, UM, WHAT THOSE HOOPS ARE.
AND I'M ALSO WONDERING, A LOT OF THE RESCUES THAT HAVE THOSE TAGS WITH THE LARGER NUMBERS, THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY INTAKING THEM.
SO THEY'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE CREDIT OR WHATEVER IT IS WITH TAGGING FROM DAS, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR OWN TRANSPORTS AND THOSE DOGS GO INTO BOARDING OR FOSTER AND THEN MOVE TO AN OUT-OF-STATE RESCUE THROUGH THOSE RESCUES.
SO I'M WONDERING IF DAS HAS ANY THROUGH LINE OR IF THEN THAT COMPLETELY TRANSFERS THAT THE TAGGING RESCUE THEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE THE ONLY CONNECTION BASICALLY, TO THOSE DOGS ONCE THEY'VE MOVED THROUGH.
UM, AND UH, I WOULD LOVE FROM DANIEL, IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN YOU DO PICK UP STRAYS IN THE FIELD, DO YOU GUYS STILL HAVE THE WORKING PRINTERS IN THE VANS? AND DO YOU LIKE FLYER RIGHT AWAY WHEN YOU FIND THEM ON THE NEAREST POLES SO THAT IF THEY'RE LOST FROM RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE, THEY FIND THEM? OR JUST KIND OF WHAT THAT PROCESS IS FROM GRABBING A DOG, UH, AS A STRAY IN THE FIELD AND THEN ALERTING THAT, YOU KNOW, AREA THAT A LOOSE DOG HAS BEEN PICKED UP AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS THROUGH THE SHELTER COMMUNICATIONS AND ALL OF THAT.
UH, WE, WE APPRECIATE MARLO AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE SHOUT OUT
UH, SHE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S STILL ON THE CALL OR NOT, BUT SHE'S ACTUALLY ATTENDING THE CONVENTION IN, IN CALIFORNIA.
AND, UH, SHE'S THERE REPRESENTING DAS GREAT.
AND DOING SOME OUTREACH AND, AND CONVERSATIONS.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE MARLO, SHE'S BEEN OUR ROCK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UH, AND WE'RE GLAD TONY'S HERE AS WELL.
UM, WE WILL HAVE PHOTOS COME TO THE NEXT MEETING.
I, I THINK I WOULD LEAN TO KIRSTEN ON THAT ONE.
LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT QUALIFICATIONS DOES A RESCUE NEED FOR YOU TO SAY YES, YOU'RE APPROVED TO PARTNER WITH US AND PULL DOGS? YEAH.
AND THERE IS, THERE IS A PROCESS AND I AM GOING TO, UH, INTERPRET TO KIRSTEN JUST TO SPEAK ON IF YOU, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT STUFF HANDY, CAN WE HAVE YOU COME UP, KIRSTEN COME UP, WE HAVE YOU COME UP.
SO THEY WANNA HEAR, BUT WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, I COULD SPEAK ON THE, THEY, THEY HAVE THE FLYERS IN THE VEHICLES AND WE PROVIDED THEM CAMERAS OKAY.
AND LITTLE PRINTERS SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY TAKE A PICTURE AND ADD IT TO THE FLYER AND POST IT.
AND THEN AS WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO CREATE, UH, LIKE WE HAVE OUR MVP PROGRAM MM-HMM
UH, SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN IMMEDIATELY POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS DOG WAS FOUND AT THIS A HUNDRED BLOCK, HERE'S A PHOTO, HERE'S HOW TO CONTACT DAS MM-HMM
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS AND RESOURCES THAT DANIEL AND HIS TEAM ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN TO GET THE DOG'S RTO BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY COME INTO THE BUILDING.
SO YOU GUYS ARE FLYERING, YOU DO HAVE THOSE WORKING PRINTERS? YES.
SO WE HAVE, UM, IT'S A MULTI-STEP PROCESS, BUT WE BASICALLY HAVE A RESCUE AGREEMENT.
UM, IN THAT RESCUE AGREEMENT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE US WITH MEDICAL REFERENCES.
SO A VET REFERENCE OF OVER SIX MONTHS.
UM, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANOTHER BRICK AND MORTAR SHELTER THAT THEY PULL FROM AS WELL AS A 5 0 1 C3.
UM, SO THEN WE DO ALL THE CALLBACKS.
WE DO A PROBATION PROBATIONARY TIME, WHICH IS SIX MONTHS WHERE THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO PULL A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOGS.
AND THEN WE RECHECK, WE CHECK IN ON THEM ON, HAVE THEY GOT THE STUFF ADOPTED? AND THEN WE CHECK WITH THEIR VETS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING ALL THE MEDICAL NEEDS.
DO YOU CHECK IF THEY HAVE A BOARD OR ANY, LIKE 5 0 1 C THREES IN PLACE? YEAH, FIVE.
OH, THEY MUST HAVE A 5 0 0 1 C3, BUT JUST THE CERTIFICATE.
THEY HAVE TO BE A, SO THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD.
LIKE THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH, UH, WHO IS THE, OR THE, THE STATE OF STATE OF TEXAS.
STATE OF TEXAS TO, BUT YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY IT'S, IT'S NATIONAL BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO, I COULD BE FROM WISCONSIN AND I COULD HAVE A 5 0 1 C3.
SO WE HAVE TO CHECK THEIR EINS AND DO ALL THAT STUFF.
SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT, THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT WITH IS AND THEN DO YOU HAVE LIKE THE THROUGH LINE WHEN THE, THE TAGGING LIST USER DOING TRANSPORTS OF THEIR OWN OR THAT JUST KIND OF ENDS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DAS ENDS WITH THAT.
IT ENDS WITH OPK OR LIKE HEARTS AND BUGS.
THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN DUE DILIGENCE.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM FOR PHENOMENA Q1 START.
I HAVE, UH, UNDER FY 25 PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, UH, ON PAGE FOUR, UH, THE FREE VACCINE CLINICS IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
ARE THERE SPECIFIC ZIP CODES OR NEIGHBORHOODS
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ARE BEING TARGETED FOR THAT? UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO EVENTS.UM, HOW ARE THEY COMMUNICATED BROADLY? IS IT VIA EMAIL OR NEWSLETTER OR, UM, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS? AND THEN ARE THE COMMUNICATIONS BILINGUAL? A LOT OF OUR COMMUN ARE, ARE YOU DONE? YES.
A LOT OF OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS ARE BILINGUAL AND THEY ARE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
SOME OF THEM WE DO DO PRESS RELEASES FOR, UH, AND WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, CLINICS IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, UH, WE, WE DO OUR BEST TO LOOK AT OUR DATA AT WHERE THE NEEDS ARE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE TRYING TO HIT THOSE AREAS.
BUT A LARGE PART OF THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IS WHERE THE NEED IS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE ALL GEARED TOWARDS.
UH, WE, WE HAVE ONE AT THE SHELTER AND THEN WE LOOK TO HAVE ONE ELSEWHERE, BUT WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE SPAN NETWORK AND OTHERS, UH, TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ROUTING FOLKS TO THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.
UM, WE'VE ONLY KNOWN EACH FOR YEARS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT POSITION DISTRICT I'M IN.
SO I SAW YOU LOOK EARLIER, LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
UM, I HEARD YOU MENTION NEXT DOOR.
UH, IF WE'RE ON NEXT DOOR AND WE SEE, UH, DANGEROUS ANIMALS OR DOGS CHASING PEOPLE, CAN WE CALL, CAN WE POINT THAT OUT TO FOLKS AT DA US AND LET THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, OVER HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S SOME DOGS CHASING PEOPLE? WE DO.
WE, WE GET THOSE NOTIFICATIONS,
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND WE, WE WILL PROVIDE A RESPONSE.
BUT YES, THAT, THAT'S, THAT COMMUNICATION IS HAPPENING.
AND THEN YOU DON'T NEED 25 HEARTWORM TREATMENT.
SO ARE WE TESTING THE DOGS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE HEARTWORMS AND THEN PROVIDING MEDICINE FOR LIKE SIX MONTHS WORTH OF PREVENTATIVE? SHOULD I ANSWER OR WAIT TILL YOU, YOU'RE AN OPEN ENGAGEMENT RIGHT NOW.
WE TEST ALL DOGS ON INTAKE OVER SIX MONTHS OF AGE FOR HEARTWORM DISEASE.
AND, AND IF THEY ARE POSITIVE, WE ARE NOW TREATING, UH, ALEXI CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE ARE NOW TREATING ALL ANIMALS, UH, POST STRAY HOLD FOR HEARTWORMS, UH, BEFORE THEY GET ADOPTED, CORRECT? YES.
DURING SURGERY, THEY, THEY'RE PRELIMINARY.
AND SO WE DO THE FIRST, UH, WE GIVE THEM A 12 MONTH PRO HEART INJECTION THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM BEING REINFECTED.
AND THEN THEY GET THEIR FIRST, WHAT WE CALL MELARSOMINE INJECTION, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY KILL THE ADULT HEARTWORMS. EXCELLENT.
AND DO WE PROVIDE THE ADOPTER WITH SIX MONTHS WORTH OF HEARTWORM? THEY HAVE A FULL YEAR.
THEY HAVE A FULL YEAR BECAUSE OF THE SHOT, THE COHORT.
UM, HOW DO YOU GET INVOLVED WITH BONUS? I MEAN, I, THIS I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM BEFORE, WHICH IS KIND OF ROUGH SINCE I'VE BEEN AROUND FOREVER.
MAY, MAY I TAKE A SHOT AT THAT? YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I, I, IN TALKING TO WENDY, THEY, THEY ORIGINATED FROM JUST WANTING TO DO QUOTE THE EXTRAS, THE, THE THINGS THAT WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO DO.
AND PAUL AND I, UH, REALLY PRESSURED THEM TO THINK BIGGER AND TO TRY TO DO MORE.
AND SO THE WAY, THE WAY TO, AND I SAY PRESSURED IN A POSITIVE WAY, IT'S JUST LIKE, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE FRIENDS GROUPS CAN RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND, UH, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING FOR GREAT THINGS, BUT TO GET INVOLVED IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF WRITING TO WENDY.
AND, AND DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT YOU MEAN BY INVOLVEMENT, WHETHER IT'S FUNDRAISING FOR THEM OR OR, OR HELPING THEM WITH MARKETING, THERE'S LOTS OF WI HELP THAT THEY NEED.
UH, SO I, WE CAN JUST GIVE YOU THE CONTACT INFORMATION IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, I USED TO, DURING DECAF WE USED TO HAVE SPAY NEUTER WEEKENDS, AND I LOVED VOLUNTEERING FOR SPAY NEUTER WEEKENDS.
UM, I'M KNOWN AS THE CHIHUAHUA BURRITO
UH, SO I MEAN, IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LOVE IT.
CHIHUAHUAS ARE KIND OF A RARE THING WHEN YOU UN INTUBATE
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THEM, THEY BEGIN SCREAMING.I'M A CHIHUAHUA WHISPERER TOO, SO I YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, WE'LL TALK TO NATHAN, BUT WE WANTED TO, FOR A LONG TIME, EVEN IN OUR OWN SURGERY SUITE, OPEN IT UP TO VOLUNTEERS FOR RECOVERY, UH, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT AND WE OFTEN DON'T HAVE TIME TO RECOVER THE ANIMALS THE WAY IN WHICH WE'D REALLY LIKE TO, LIKE CHIHUAHUA BURRITO, INK
SO LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AFTER.
UH, WITHOUT, UH, I, I LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOMEONE WITH ME TO, YOU KNOW, TO A COUPLE OF THE CAMPS THAT I KNOW OF, UH, THAT MAY HAVE DOGS AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE HAVE, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU.
WE HAVE A HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM THAT WORKS WITH OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS AND THEY'VE FUNDED TWO POSITIONS THAT WE PROVIDE WITH ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS.
AND THOSE OFFICERS WHILE THEY'RE GOING INTO THESE CAMPS THAT ARE A PRIORITY, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THOSE ANIMALS.
BUT I KNOW THERE'S STILL MORE THAT WE CAN DO.
AND I ONE AND RAISED IN PLEASANT GROVE.
AND, UH, ANY, ANY UH, ADDRESSES OR LOCATIONS YOU THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT? YEAH, LET US KNOW.
MAY I ADD ONE THING TO THAT? UH, I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH, UH, TAMMY ON, ON HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND JUST IN GENERAL.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE TAUGHT ME IS, I FINISH, YOU CAN FINISH, YOU CAN
THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE THAT SHE TAUGHT ME.
NOT WHERE YOU LIVE, WHERE DO YOU STAY WHERE, AND, UH, AND THEN, AND THEN BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP.
AND ONCE WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, THEN WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS WE OFFER.
WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED IN THIS PROCESS IS THAT TRUST IS, IS, UH, THE NUMBER ONE BIGGEST PRIORITY IN GETTING PEOPLE TO WANT TO COOPERATE.
THE, THE LOVE OF THE DOGS IS, IS CRYSTAL.
AND SHOCKINGLY FOR ME THIS YEAR, CATS, WE'VE HAD FOUR, FOUR TAMMY, RIGHT? FOUR OR FIVE CATS IN THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER AND A SNAKE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE, IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION.
AND, BUT, BUT WHAT I'D ALSO DID SEE IS THAT PEOPLE, TO SOMEONE'S POINT ARE SOMETIMES BREEDING AND SOMETIMES BREEDING FOR MONEY TO SURVIVE.
AND SO THAT, THAT IS HOW DO WE HELP PEOPLE FIND OTHER WAYS TO AFFORD TO LIVE? AND SO WE CAN SPAY, SPAY NEW, THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
AND CHAIR, THAT WOULD BE YOU NEXT.
UM, ARE YOU GONNA START IT? YEAH.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS AND THEN A STATEMENT.
THE TABLE FOR 24,000, UM, THAT FRIENDS OF, UH, FOCUS GAVE.
SO THAT'S FOR NECROPSIES, BUT THE NECROPSIES ARE BEING DONE IN OPERATION KINDNESS.
NO, THEY'RE BEING DONE AT DAS.
SO THE VETERINARIANS COME DOWN, OUR VET, WE HAVE VETERINARIANS THAT COME TO OUR FACILITY WITH THEIR TECHS.
WE PROVIDED THEM SPACE AND THEY PERFORM ALL THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS FOR AWESOME.
THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP.
UM, WE, AT ONE POINT YOU, WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN.
I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE THIS B DALLAS 90, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT OUR COMMISSIONER CAME TOGETHER AND SAID WE'D LIKE SOME UPDATES.
SO NOW I ASSUME YOU ARE, UM, THE DIRECTOR, WHICH WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT.
THOSE WILL BE WORKED ON AND SOME KIND OF UPDATE WILL BE GIVEN TO US ON THOSE THEY'RE BEING WORKED ON.
WE'RE, WE'RE, CAN WE EXPECT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING MULTIPLE THINGS AT ONE TIME, BUT SURE.
UH, I ASKED WE A LITTLE PATIENCE BECAUSE I'M WORKING WITH MARLO ON THIS.
AND MARLO'S, UH, PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS SAVING LIVES.
SO, UH, BUT IS THE CITY HELPING YOU WITH THAT? NOW THAT THEY'VE DONE THE TOUR, THEY CAME TO THE LAST MEETING, THEY MET WITH THEM, WHAT IS THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT? THEY, THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, PER SE, IN PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
UH, BUT IN MY CONVERSATION WITH THEM TOMORROW, I COULD ASK IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN HELPING US PUT IT IN FINAL DRAFT.
BECAUSE I THINK MAR BUILT THE PLAT, THE, THE TEMPLATE FOR THE DRAFT BASED ON THE DIRECTION WE WERE GIVEN, UH, FROM THE VENDOR.
UH, BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S, THE ISSUE IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT IN LEADERSHIP ARE GONE.
SO IT'S UP TO ME TO TO TO AND THE WHOEVER'S LEFT TO TRY AND FACILITATE TO MARLOWE.
THIS WAS THE INTENT, THIS IS WHAT THAT MEANT.
SO, AND I STILL THINK THE IDEAS ARE THERE.
AND A LOT OF THEM I CAN SAY TOO, HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
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I MEAN, I HAVE JUST EVERY PERSON I ASK, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? THEY HAVE NO IDEA TO OUR COMMISSIONER.UM, AND OTHERS, LIKE IN TERMS OF MARKETING, IF YOU TELL SOMEONE B DALLAS 90, LIKE, AND, AND LONGVIEW HAS PAY IT FORWARD, THERE'S SO MANY OTHER IDEAS WE CAN PUT OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE SHELTER.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M COMMITTING TO YOU.
HOWEVER WE CAN HELP, EVEN JUST A SURVEY DONE FROM OUR CITIZENS, WHAT DOES B DALLAS 90 MEAN AND C AND THEN YOU'VE GOT DATA THAT REALLY BACKS IT UP.
UM, I WANNA THANK OUR AMAZING FIELD OFFICERS.
I AM SO PROUD OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE FIELD OFFICERS.
IT HAS BEEN FREEZING AND WELL, WE HAVE BEEN SITTING WARM AT HOME.
THEY HAVE BEEN CHECKING ON DOGS AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY CHECKING ON DOGS, THEY'RE DOING EDUCATION AND THEY'RE KILLING IT.
AND I'M SO PROUD OF THEM BECAUSE OTHER CITIES ARE NOT DOING AS GOOD.
SO THANK YOU DANIEL AND YOUR TEAM.
THANK YOU TO STEPHANIE HANSEN FOR CONTINUING TO MARKETING DOGS.
PAUL, YOUR TEAM IS DOING PHENOMENAL.
WHAT ELSE CAN WE SAY? THESE NUMBERS ARE BLOWING IT OUT OF THE WATER, SO WE JUST, WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.
SOMETIMES THERE'S A CON A DISCONNECT LIKE WITH COMMISSIONERS AND JILLIAN IS DEFINITELY KEEPING US ALL OUT OF TOOMA JAIL AND I APPRECIATE THAT
BUT LIKE, HERE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
AND RACHEL KIND OF OUTED HERSELF EARLIER BECAUSE SHE SAID, I HAVEN'T BEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU REQUIRE US TO GO, GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
LIKE YOU DON'T NEED TO BABYSIT US AND TELL US.
BUT SOMETHING LIKE GOING TO A SCHOOL WHERE COMMISSIONER HILL SAID IN THE BEGINNING, LIKE, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THAT.
HOW CAN WE GET THAT TO COMMISSIONERS TO HELP AGAIN SPREAD? BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES THERE'S A DISCONNECT TO NOBODY'S FAULT, BUT JUST AT THE END OF THE DAY, I GET THE, THE WALKING TOMA FINE.
BUT LIKE EVEN FOR COMMISSIONER HILL TO NOT KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING IN THEIR DISTRICT, HOW CAN I HELP AS CHAIR FACILITATE SO THAT JONATHAN KNOWS THAT THERE'S A FOOD BANK IN HIS DISTRICT THIS SATURDAY.
SHE KNOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO AN ENCAMPMENT TO HELP HOMELESS DOGS.
SO I'M JUST, I'M, I KNOW THIS HAS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WE WANNA HELP AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
AND I, I AM, I'M GOING TO LEAN ON JILLIAN TO TELL ME IF I CAN DO THIS OR NOT, BUT I THINK I HAVE A SOLUTION TO THAT.
AND IS THAT WHEN WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, WE INCLUDE THE COMMISSIONER IN THAT EMAIL? UM, IS THAT AN, IS ARE WE ABLE TO, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING AGAINST IT, BUT I MIGHT HAVE TO SPEAK WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SEE OKAY.
PREFERENCE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD HELP, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE SURE.
WE'RE LETTING THE COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW, AND THEN WE'RE, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO ADVISE YOU AS THE COMMISSIONER OF THAT.
THAT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
UM, TAKING BACK SOME OF MY TIME, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, THE, THE HIGH SCHOOLERS, WE'VE LOOKED INTO THIS, IT'S A LIABILITY ISSUE.
YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE SOMEONE WITH YOU IF IT'S UNDER 18, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING.
BUT ALSO, BOOKER C WASHINGTON, THEY WANNA DO THINGS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY CAN'T BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, FUNDING'S GOING DOWN FOR SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS ARE GETTING CUT.
BUT IF WE COULD BRING THE ARTS INTO THE SHELTER, MAYBE NOT GO OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT BRING THEM TO DS WOULD BE AWESOME.
I NEED SOME TIME, BECAUSE WE ARE IN A, IN A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SO I'M GONNA ASK FOR JUST ONE MORE MINUTE AT THE END.
WELL, WE'LL DO SECOND ROUNDS FOR SURE.
SO DON'T WORRY, YOU'LL GET MORE TIME.
AND, AND IF I COULD RESPOND TO THAT LAST COMMENT TOO, WE COULD, WE COULD HIT THE SENIORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AS PART OF THEIR GRADUATION.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD NO IN THE PAST, SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
BUT YOU WERE
UM, WELL FIRST I JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT OUR ELSE HAS SAID.
I MEAN, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THESE GREAT STORIES THAT ARE HAPPENING.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS THIS FABULOUS, ALL THESE FABULOUS THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND, AND, AND IT JUST MAKES ME SO ANGRY WHEN I SEE PEOPLE ON, I'VE BEEN GETTING IN FIGHTS WITH PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA LATELY ABOUT DIS AND I JUST, 'CAUSE IT JUST MAKES ME SO ANGRY THAT THERE'S SO MANY FABULOUS THINGS GOING ON.
I MEAN, THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, THE VACATION, AND THE, UM, THE MARKETING.
IT'S JUST ALL ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
UM, AND THE VOLUNTEERS LIKE STEPHANIE, WHO ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY, SPENDING ALL OF HER TIME BASICALLY AS A FULL-TIME UNPAID VOLUNTEER, GETTING DOGS ADOPTED.
UM, I LOVE THE MVP STUFF AS A SMALL RESCUE, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO COME DOWN THERE AND WALK THE KENNELS.
AND PLUS I JUST, I, I, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL DO IT, BUT IT'S, BUT THEN I CAN SEE THINGS ON THERE AND I CAN PULL LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE DOGS A MONTH OR SOMETHING BECAUSE, UM, YOU SEE THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE THE
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MOST IN NEED THAT I THINK ARE A GOOD FIT FOR MY RESCUE.AND I JUST HAVE TO AGAIN, SAY THAT THE RESCUE DESK IS INCREDIBLE.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY RESCUES ARE WE WORKING WITH NOW? WE HAVE 400.
SHE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE ALL ACTIVE.
BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH, WELL, I, I SEND A TAG OR I'LL SEND A QUESTION AND SAY, CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS? I GET A RESPONSE WITHIN 10 MINUTES.
AND I, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.
YOU GOT 400 AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE ASKING DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND SAYING, WELL, CAN I DO THIS? WELL, CAN I ACTUALLY JUST, CAN I WAIT TILL TOMORROW? CAN I TAG AT THE VERY END OF THE DAY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE LITTLE SPECIAL PAIN IN THE ASS REQUESTS.
AND THEY ARE ALWAYS LIKE, ABSOLUTELY.
THEY ALWAYS WANNA MAKE IT WORK.
WE HAD A DOG, WE GOT TO CANADA BACK IN, UM, WHEN WAS THAT? JANUARY? I THINK IT WAS JANUARY.
IT WAS ONE STEPHANIE'S HAD PUSHED THIS DOG.
AND THEN WE NEEDED, THEN WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO SAID THEY WOULD TAKE IT.
AND THEN I WAS COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH WITH RESCUE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, HERE'S A PERSON WHO SAID THEY'LL, WHAT? THEY'LL TAKE IT FOR FEW DAYS.
I MEAN, IT WAS ALL, IT'S ALL A TEAM EFFORT.
AND THEY JUST DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
AND THEN JUST TO WRAP UP, I CAN'T BELIEVE MARY'S ME LEAVING BECAUSE
SO THERE FOR PEOPLE WHEN YOU NEED THEM.
SHE NEVER GIVES YOU THE BUREAUCRATIC LINE.
SHE'S LIKE, LET ME SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
LET ME CHECK WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS.
AND SHE GIVES YOU AN ANSWER AND SHE DOES WHAT SHE SAYS SHE'S GONNA DO.
I, I REALLY HATE TO SEE YOU THOUGH, BUT ALSO I WANT YOU TO TELL US WHAT YOUR NEXT CHAPTER IS.
SO THAT'S, UM, SO, OH, AND ONE MORE THING.
JENNIFER POND, WHO, THE PERSON WHO AT LAKE HIGHLANDS, I KNOW HER, KNOW HER RESCUE.
I TOOK HER A PIG THAT I FOUND IN PLANO LAST YEAR, WALKING IN SOMEONE'S FRONT YARD.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, IT'S A MICRO PIG.
AND SHE CALLED ME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND SAYS, YOU WANT IT? AND ANYWAY, JENNIFER ENDED UP WITH IT.
'CAUSE SHE ALSO HAS FARM ANIMALS.
UM, AND SHE'S AN ART TEACHER, SO SHE'S PUTTING HER RESCUE WORK AND HER ART ALTOGETHER, WHICH I THINK IS JUST THE COOLEST THING EVER.
SO I'M, I'M THRILLED THAT, UM, THAT, THAT SHE AND THE KIDS ARE BEING HONORED FOR, FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
WHO'S BEATING US THOUGH? WHO'S FIRST AND SECOND
WE DON'T, BUT WHO'S HOUSTON? YOU TALKING ABOUT INTAKE? I THINK IT'S HOUSTON AND LA THINK IT'S, UH, ONE IS ON THE WEST COAST.
THE OTHER IS IS I THINK ON THE EAST COAST.
OH, IT'S REALLY, IT'S NOT, NOT HOUSTON.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE LOS ANGELES CITY AND COUNTY.
ONE THING, JENNIFER POND WAS VERY FUNNY THAT SHE DID THIS BECAUSE SHE WAS A LITTLE ANNOYED WITH US LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, WE MET WITH HER AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT WAS GREAT.
BUT SHE LOVES DIS YEAH, SHE DOES.
AND IT WAS A SUPER SWEET THING THAT SHE DID.
AND I'M SO GLAD JAY'S GONNA GO.
COMMISSIONER'S GONNA GO WITH US, UH, TOMORROW BECAUSE I, I DO WANNA SUPPORT THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS ANNOYED WITH US, SHE STILL DID THE THING.
WE'RE GONNA, IT'S FOR THE ANIMALS.
SO THAT, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
I ALSO WANTED TO ADD, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RESCUE, UH, TEAM, THEY ARE AMAZING.
BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT KIRSTEN HAS DONE WITH HER, THE VOLUNTEER, THE FOSTER TEAM, OR THE, I'M SORRY, THE ADOPTION TEAM IS TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE LASER FOCUSED ON OUT OF STATE ADOPTIONS.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED THAT WAS SO DIFFERENT WASN'T GOING ON WHEN I STARTED.
EITHER ONE OF US STARTED, WERE THESE OUT STATE ADOPTIONS, AND WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO DO NOTHING BUT SIT AT A COMPUTER AND ANSWER THOSE, THOSE REQUESTS ALL DAY LONG.
AND I DON'T KNOW, KIRSTEN, YOU, I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS, BUT WE ARE SENDING ANIMALS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
AND, UM, EVEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY, ONE'S IN SWITZERLAND.
NOW THAT WE ADOPTED FROM US, WE GOT SOME WONDERFUL FOSS.
WE'VE HAD SOME CATALOGS GO TO GERMANY TOO.
I JUST WANTED TO REALLY SHOUT HER OUT BECAUSE THAT, THAT IS, THAT WAS ALL NEW.
AND I SEE THEM, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING TO PEOPLE.
UM,
IT'S, UH, ALSO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT IT'S RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND IT'S A FOUR SHELTER SYSTEM, AND I'LL BE DIRECTING THE ALL FOUR SHELTERS.
BUT THEY GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
ONE OF THE SHELTERS ONLY HAS A 55% S RATE.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A SHOT, BUT I, I WILL MISS YOU ALL.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR OF MY LIFE TO BE HERE TOO.
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HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SITTING BETWEEN US.GEE, THERE'S NOT A LOT TO COVER WHEN YOU GET TO 13
UM, I JUST WANNA, THIS PRESENTATION PHENOMENAL.
THIS MY SECOND TERM AND IT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, I TAKE MY VOLUNTEER SERVICES SERIOUSLY.
UM, LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO JENNIFER'S, UH, PALMS BLOOD, UM, TOMORROW FOR THOSE CHILDREN THAT SUPPORT OUR MAIN COSTS, WHICH ARE ANIMALS.
UM, ALSO THERE WAS A, YOU MENTIONED THAT DANIEL HAD GONE TO LEGISLATION FOR ANIMAL, UH, DANGEROUS DOGS.
AND, UH, WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK THE CHAIR IS GOING TO SPEAK ON IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GO TO THE LEGISLATION.
IT'S LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON HOW IT IT WOULD IMPACT US OR HOW WE COULD SUPPORT IT.
SO I, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS I'VE GOT A PERSONAL ISSUE WITH, WITH SOME INCIDENT SURE.
AWARE OF, UH, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF THEY DO COME AND MAKE AN APPEAL THAT JUST DISSOLVED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
SO YOU DON'T WANT KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT SO THAT WE CAN LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS, UH, PRETTY MUCH IT.
UM, GREAT DEAL ON THE TRANSPORTATION.
I KNOW YOU GOT UP REALLY LATE TO KEEP THOSE DOGS OFF ON THAT PLANE.
IT IT, AND IF I COULD RESPOND MM-HMM
I GOT UP AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, DROVE FROM MIDLOTHIAN ALL THE WAY TO, TO FORT WORTH TO THE AIRPORT AND COLD.
I SUPPORTED MY ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, YELLOW JACKET.
SO, I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT SAID DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICE DIDN'T.
THE CI THE CITY PROVIDED US THE TRANSPORT VEHICLES, AND THE CITY'S BEEN GREAT ABOUT DOING THAT.
NOW KIRSTEN HAS A DIRECT LINE TO THEM, HEY, I NEED THREE, THREE VANS, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO, UH, IT'S GREAT AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
BUT IF I COULD SAY ONE THING, AND I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TO, BUT I'M, I'M, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NEXT ON THE, YOU'RE NEXT ON THE, ON THE LIST.
BUT I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN I'VE ALWAYS DONE.
THE TEAM IS WHAT'S DOING THE WORK.
THE ONLY CHARGE THAT I'VE GIVEN THE TEAM IS I DON'T CARE WHO WE'RE TALKING TO.
WE, WE CAN TURN A, A, A, A, A FOE INTO A FRIEND IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET TO THE SAME AVENUE.
THE OTHER THING I'VE TOLD THEM WAS THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
UH, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN VERY INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE MM-HMM
UH, AND HELPING ME THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO I I, I GIVE IT ALL TO THEM.
IT, IT'S, IT'S THEIR EFFORTS, THEIR HARD WORK, AND ALL THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABORS.
AND I WAS HOPING TO SHOW THAT VIDEO BECAUSE IT, IT, IT SHOWS THE, THE EMOTIONAL SIDE OF THE JOB AND, AND OUR MENTOR HERE.
BUT I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KAREN SANDERS.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF GOING LAST, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S ASKED ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMUNITY CATS.
ONE IS, ARE THERE ANY, UM, PARTNERS THAT OFFER, UM, SPAY NEUTER FOR CATS THAT ARE IN CARRIERS VERSUS INHUMANE TRAPS? UM, AND THE SECOND ONE IS, UM, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GET MEDS FOR COMMUNITY CATS THAT WE CANNOT TAKE TO THE VET? SO LIKE ANY FLEA OR TICK PREVENTION, A LOT OF CONS.
CATS WILL GET IN FIGHTS AND THEY NEED ANTIBIOTICS.
IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER FOR THE COMMUNITY CAREGIVERS TO GIVE THEM VERSUS TRYING TO TRAP THEM AND TAKE 'EM SOMEWHERE LIKE SNN THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DON'T WANT THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT I DON'T KNOW.
SO IS THERE ANYWHERE WE COULD GET MEDICINE FOR THAT? I THINK YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE THE ONE TO ASK THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER THING, SO I'LL JUST ASK THEM.
THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE DIEHARD VET SERVICES, THAT IS AMAZING THE THIRD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE, IT'S AMAZING THAT THEY'RE ALREADY BOOKED THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
IT JUST SHOWS THE NEED MM-HMM
SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO GET, UM, COMMUNITY BACK IN FOR MORE OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY THAT JUST SHOWS THAT WE NEED MORE OF THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING ABOUT, UM, SPAY NEUTER IS I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE SPAY NEUTER NETWORK ON THEIR NEW FACILITY IN DALLAS.
IF ANYBODY HASN'T BEEN THERE, PLEASE GO BY.
IT'S NEW IN THE SAME AREA, SO PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA GET CONFUSED, UM, ABOUT WHERE TO GO.
IT'S STILL OFF BUCKNER, BUT IT'S JUST ON A NICE BIGGER THING.
I WENT AND TOOK A GIRL CAT THERE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
WELL, I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK IT WAS
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EVEN OFFICIALLY OPEN.I THINK IT WAS LIKE JANUARY 15TH OR SOMETHING.
SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I MENTIONED THIS IN THE ELEVATOR, BUT TAMMY KLA IS LIKE NONSTOP POSTING ON NEXTDOOR AND ON FACEBOOK, AND YOU ARE JUST A ONE PERSON MACHINE.
AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND, UM, YEAH.
AND ALL THE OTHER, UM, PEOPLE WHO SPOKE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD LUCK ON YOUR, THAT, THAT ALL THE, EVERYBODY THAT THEY WANNA DO IS AMAZING.
I WISH I WOULD'VE GONE TO THE NEW YEAR'S THING.
ANYWAY, AND THEN VERY LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU TO MARY MARTIN.
SHE IS, UM, REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME AND THANK YOU.
LET ME, LET ME TALK ABOUT LIKE MAY PAUL, ABOUT DEFINITELY CAT STUFF.
AND WE WERE THINKING, I MEAN, THE CREW THAT ARE HERE AND ALL THAT, EVERYBODY DOES, BUT YOUR POINT ABOUT THE, THE TRAPS VERSUS THE CARRIERS HAS BEEN A REALLY, IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT.
AND I LOOK THE CORNER ON MY EYES.
SHE, KAREN, WHO I HAVE TO CALL HER OUT BECAUSE SHE TAKES TRAPS IN HER VEHICLE TO THE EVENTS AND SITS THERE AND HOLDS SPECIMEN YEAH.
IN THE TRAPS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN, BECAUSE IT IS, WE ALL AGREE IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR MANY PEOPLE.
JUST GO TO THE DOLLAR STORE AND PICK UP THE CHEAPEST CARRIER THEY CAN, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO, UH, I, WE'RE ALL WORKING ON THAT.
UH, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE, THE ANSWER, DIRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY WHO EXCEPT WHAT.
THAT'S WHAT I OH, THEY'LL, IT'S OKAY.
KAREN SPEAKS BECAUSE SHE, SHE'S WANTING THE SYSTEM.
OUR MONTHLY, UH, WITH OPERATION KINDNESS ALSO DOES HARD FAILURE.
OH, THE REALLY? BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BEFORE.
THEY WEREN'T BEFORE THE LAST TIME HEART FAILURE.
SO I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE VETERINARIAN THERE.
IS IT BECAUSE OF HOW THEY WOULD INJECT? WELL, IT'S HARD BECAUSE IF FER AND THEY HURT, THEY, THEY COULD HURT THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARDER TO GET THEM KNOCKED OUT.
BUT, BUT IT IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN, ACTUALLY MANY MORNINGS WHEN WE WERE DOING THEM RIGHT AT, UH, DAS AND KAREN WAS THERE WITH ME AND WE WERE TALKING TO PEOPLE, UH, WE DEFINITELY FOUND THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED, WERE PUTTING CATS INTO SOFT SIDED CARRIERS.
THAT THERE WERE THE PROFESSIONAL, I SAY PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEER TRAPPERS, AND THEN THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE HELPING GET IT MM-HMM
AND MOST OF THOSE WERE IN CARRIERS.
AND WE FIGURED OUT WE MADE IT HAPPEN.
BUT IT, IT, UH, IT IS A CHALLENGE.
AND IN TERMS OF THE MEDICATION, THAT'S A BIGGER QUESTION.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
IT, SOME OF THE THINGS ARE EASY.
BUT THE ANTIBIOTICS NOT AS IF YOU COULD SAY, YEAH.
I MEAN, MAYBE WITH TELEMEDICINE I WOULD BE SORRY.
WE CAN'T HAVE OH, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY.
WE'LL HAVE A YEAH, IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
CAN I JUST RECLAIM TWO MINUTES? YEAH.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE SECOND ROUNDS IF YOU WANNA GO IN THE SAME ORDER.
SO, UH, SECOND ROUNDS OF THREE.
WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OF THE COMMISSIONERS? UH, COMMISSIONER CASEY, GO AHEAD.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, BRING UP, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WHAT, ONE SEC FOR YOUR TIME, UM, WITH THE TRANSPORT RESCUE, UH, QUESTION IN GENERAL, ALSO DASS SORT OF DOING YOUR OWN TRANSPORTS, RIGHT? SOME, YES.
CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW, UM, AMANDA HAS BETTER DAYS AND WE HAVE A VAN NOW.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S LIKE YOU'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THAT YET, OR IT'S JUST KIND OF YOUR TRIAL AND THINGS.
BUT, BUT I DON'T WANNA TAKE IT AWAY FROM KIRSTEN.
'CAUSE I, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW HARD KIRSTEN HAS WORKED.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A HUMAN BEING WHO IS THERE EARLY AND VERY, VERY LATE MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
IT IS REALLY LIFE SAVING WORK AND HIS MOVED THE NEEDLE FOR US.
UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT IS FINDING THE RECEIVING, RESCUES, THE RESCUES.
THAT A TO SOMEONE'S POINT THAT WE CAN TRUST MM-HMM
THAT HAVE A, AT LEAST AS GOOD OR BETTER LIVE RELEASE RATE THAN WE HAVE.
WE DON'T WANNA SEND THEM THERE JUST TO BE EUTHANIZED.
AND SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ACCEPTING ANIMALS ARE EITHER, UH, LIMITED IGNITION SHELTERS OR, OR CLAIM TO BE NO KILL.
THAT'S ALWAYS SCARY WORDS TO USE.
BUT, UM, BUT NONETHELESS, KIRSTEN'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF CREATING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ALL THE WAY TO MAINE.
AND WE HAVE DRIVEN OUR OWN VAN, UM, TO, WELL, KIRSTEN, DO YOU WANNA TO SPEAK TO IT? YEAH.
I'M JUST SORT OF CURIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S ALL PARTNERS SO FAR.
AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THAT'S LIKE SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO
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DEVELOP MORE WHERE IT'S MORE WHERE DAS IS RUNNING THE WHOLE THING OR IT'S MORE ATTRACTIVE TO HAVE THE PARTNER RESCUES ESSENTIALLY TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.BUT WE'VE DRIVEN, UM, TO MARYLAND.
I'M FROM CHICAGO, SO I USUALLY WILL TAKE ANY EXCUSE TO TRANSPORT SOME DOGS OUT THERE.
I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S IT.
DID WE GO TO MAINE? WE HAVE NOT GONE TO MAINE.
I ALMOST THOUGHT I WAS GONNA HAVE TO GO TO MAINE, BUT WE, WE, OUR PARTNERS ARE STEPPING UP THIS AND STUFF.
UM, AND KIRSTEN, ARE YOU GUYS JUST, WHEN YOU SAY FILLING THE GAPS, SO YOU HAVE THE, THE RESCUES READY TO RECEIVE AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE, WELL, HOW DO WE GET THEM THERE? AND NOW WE HAVE A BIT MORE CAPABILITY IN-HOUSE.
OUR PARTNER, LIKE OUR, OUR TRANSPORT PARTNERS AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE DATE THAT I SEE.
BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT AMANDA BURKHART DID BUY THAT VAN AND PAYS FOR ALL OF ITS MAINTENANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING BUT GAS.
AND THAT'S BETTER DAYS' PROJECT.
THAT'S A NEW NONPROFIT TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT, ALTHOUGH NOT, NOT A NONPROFIT.
IT'S REALLY A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
AND, AND WE, I HAD HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, PHOTOS HELPING SUPPORT SOME, UH, MORE OF THAT TOO.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS? COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER HILL? YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, I'M GONNA GO START YOUR TIME NOW.
I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SAY ABOUT THE FERAL CATS IN CARRIERS SINCE I WORKED AT A CLINIC FOR 20 YEARS.
AND THE REAL REASON IS, IS THE COMMUNITY CATS.
WE HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY'VE EVER BEEN VACCINATED.
AND IT'S REALLY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE STAFF.
IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THE CATS
IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH MAKING SURE THE STAFF STAYS SAFE.
UM, BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE MARY AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S DONE FOR OUR CITY.
UM, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST HER, IT'S THE WHOLE TEAM.
BUT IT REALLY DOES HELP WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE THAT MARY HAS THAT SHE'S BROUGHT TO OUR CITY.
SO I WANTED TO THANK HER FOR THAT, UM, AMOUNT OF WORK.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUCCESS YOU GUYS ARE HAVING IN YOUR FOSTER PROGRAM AND THE INCREASE IN FOSTERS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
AND HAVING EVENTS LIKE YOU DID FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BRING IN MORE.
MAY I RESPOND JUST VERY QUICKLY? MM-HMM
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS TO ME PERSONALLY, BUT ALSO TO THE TEAM.
THIS, THIS HAS BEEN PARTNERING WITH PAUL TO BUILD A TEAM AND, AND DEVELOP THE EXISTING TEAM TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANT LIFESAVING.
THAT IS, PAUL KEEPS SAYING OUR, OUR TWO MAIN GOALS OF PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY AND SAVING LIVES, KEEP IT SIMPLE.
AND, UH, AND I, I JUST, I, AS PAUL SAID, I GIVE IT ALL TO THE TEAM BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SIT BACK AND JUST WATCH GREAT THINGS.
AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED ARE THE NEXT STEPS THE, WE CAN START TO REMEMBER.
LAST YEAR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST SPAY NEUTER FOR FERAL FATS.
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT Q WE GET MEDS FOR THEM, WE'RE GET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVE, KEEP PUSHING THE NEEDLE, WHICH IS SO GREAT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THA I WANNA THANK PAUL FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP.
WE'VE BEEN MOM AND DAD IN MANY WAYS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE KIND WORDS.
UM, AND WE DID STILL HAVE SOME TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF OUR STAFF HAS AN ANSWER.
I BELIEVE YOU HAD A QUESTION ON SLIDE EIGHT.
OH, THE ESTIMATE DISTRIBUTION, THE TNR VERSUS SNR.
WELL, AND I THINK ALSO IT WAS ABOUT THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION NUMBER.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL HAVE THAT ANSWER, BUT YES.
I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, WITH THE NUMBERS, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY OWNER BROUGHT FIVE ANIMALS, AN AVERAGE OF FIVE ANIMALS, WHICH, UM, SEEMS HIGH FOR THE AVERAGE PET OWNER.
UM, WANTING TO KNOW IF THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FACT, OR DO THEY BRING ANIMALS FOR OTHER PEOPLE? UM, GO AHEAD AND, AND IF I COULD, I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER THAT WE DIG DEEPER AND PROVIDE A WRITTEN RESPONSE VERSUS TRYING TO COME UP WITH ONE NOW WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT THE DATA.
UH, SO THAT WE'RE ACCURATE IN WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
'CAUSE I THINK JOHN HAD A REALLY GOOD QUESTION ON THAT PROGRAM TOO, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER TO.
ANYONE ELSE ONLINE? ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? I SEE COMMISSIONER HANSON.
IS SHE RAISING HER HAND? YEAH.
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WE CAN SEE YOU, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.I MEAN, ANSWERING MY CALLS FOR DOGS AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND STUFF IS JUST AMAZING.
THIS, YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR ANY ANIMAL, ANY PERSON.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, YOU'RE, YOU'RE REMARKABLE.
AND I'M SAD WE'RE LOSING YOU, BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE GONNA A PLACE THAT NEED, THAT REALLY NEED YOU.
UM, YOU'VE DEFINITELY MADE YOUR MARK HERE, AND PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH AND I'M GONNA CONNECT YOU WITH PEOPLE THERE TOO THAT CAN HELP RESCUE DOGS.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
UM, AND THEN NEXT I WANNA MOVE ON TO JENNIFER PON OF LOVE.
SHE GETS DOGS DUMPED OFF IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, SHE'S TAKEN IN SO MANY, I HAVE, WE HAVE ONE OF HERS RIGHT NOW THAT SHE THOUGHT WAS SHOT BY A BB GUN.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LOT OF PROPS TO HER.
AND THEN I WANNA, UM, ENCOURAGE EACH COMMISSIONER TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT IS A NEED IN YOUR DISTRICT.
'CAUSE THERE'S SOME DISTRICTS THAT YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A STRAIGHT DOG PROBLEM.
DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF ADOPTERS? SO MAYBE WE COULD BE TAKING THE DOGS.
SO I'M IN DISTRICT EIGHT, WE HAVE HUGE PROBLEMS WITH DOGS.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO ADOPTION EVENTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
WE NEED TO DO ADOPTION EVENTS IN DISTRICTS WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
SO MAYBE IF WE COULD COORDINATE ON THAT.
AND THEN IF YOU FIND LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, I'M IN A DISTRICT, PEOPLE LOVE THEIR PETS.
WE DON'T HAVE A STRAY PROBLEM, BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GETTING THE SPAY AND NEUTER AND THE VACCINATIONS AND STUFF.
SO THEN WE CAN TACKLE THAT AND HOLD SOME VACCINATION CLINICS AND SO FORTH THERE.
UM, SO JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS ON THAT AND THEN GET TO MY LIST REALLY QUICK.
UM, THE REST OH, ON FRIENDS OF DALLAS, Y'ALL ARE SAYING THEY WERE PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER 5 0 1 C3.
DO Y'ALL, WHICH ONE IS WHO? IS THAT WHAT, JUST DIDN'T HEAR QUESTION.
UH, FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES IS WORK IS WORKING WITH, UH, IT'S NOT A 5 0 1 C3.
IT'S A BETTER, IT WAS THROUGH A GRANT PROGRAM.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? OR, I'M CONFUSED.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE COURT COMMISSIONER.
YOU BROUGHT UP THAT, UM, THE FRIENDS OF DALLAS WAS PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER, UH, 5 0 1 C3.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHO THAT WAS.
OH, SHE TALKING ABOUT BETTER DAYS? NO, SHE'S ABOUT OPERATION.
IT'S WHAT, WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT MERGER.
THAT'S NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET.
LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AS ANOTHER NONPROFIT.
SO I MEAN, IT YOU'LL WE'LL BE BRIEFED AT THE NEXT YEAH.
UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO ANSWER SOME THESE QUE SO, UH, ON RESCUES, THEY'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COURTESY TAG.
WHEN A RESCUE TAGS A DOG, THAT MEANS THEY'RE TAKING IT INTO RESCUE AND IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PASS IT ON TO ANOTHER RESCUE.
Y YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION AND PAUL, BUT, BUT IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE I WAS EXPLAINING RESCUE TAGGING TO PAUL THIS MORNING MM-HMM
AND, AND THAT IT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT IS AGAINST ALL RULES TO DO RESCUE TAGGING.
MEANING THAT YOU, THERE'S A GENERAL PERSON WHO WANTS A DOG AND SOMEONE TAKES THE DOG AND THEIR RESCUE, BUT THEN HANDS IT OFF IMMEDIATELY.
AND, BUT THEN IT GETS VERY GRAY WHEN IT'S A, LET'S SAY A HEARTS AND BONES THAT THEN TAKES THAT DOG TO NEW YORK.
IS THAT A, A RESCUE TAG? I, I, WE PROBABLY HAVE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS.
AND I THINK THE, THE INTENT BEHIND THE RULE, IT'S JUST TO PROTECT THE ANIMALS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT GOING INTO PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE HOARDING WHAT HAPPENED UP IN THE COLONY RECENTLY.
SO, SO I THINK, UM, THE ANSWER TO YOUR DIRECT QUESTION IS CORRECT.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DIRECT, BUT I, BUT I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY MORE DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS THAT WOULD BE DOING THAT THROUGH LINE THAT I KIND OF OKAY.
JUST A REMINDER, YOU GUYS WE'RE NOT IN DISCUSSION.
THAT WAS THE END OF COMMISSIONER HANSEN TIME.
OH, ANYBODY ELSE? I PAUSE MY TIME FROM THE LA THAT I GAVE UP EARLIER.
UH, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND 36 SECONDS FROM THAT.
GIMME JUST ONE SECOND TO GET IT SET UP ON THE CALENDAR.
SO, UH, IN 2023, I PARTNERED WITH SPAN NETWORK AND, UH, DUCK TEAM SIX.
AND WE HOSTED IN THE, WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION, WE HOSTED THREE, UM, THREE OR FOUR FREE MICROCHIPPING AND VACCINATION CLINICS
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IN OUR DISTRICT.AND WE'RE GONNA START DOING THOSE AGAIN.
UM, I MEAN, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO JORDAN ABOUT PARTNERING, BUT I WANTED TO, WE'RE GONNA START, UM, IN DISTRICT EIGHT, THESE CLINICS AGAIN.
AND I WANTED TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT MAYBE ALSO PARTNERING WITH US, AND I KNOW Y'ALL WANTED DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER AND SO FORTH.
SO ANYWAY, IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED, LET ME KNOW.
UM, SO WE CAN GET THOSE GOING AGAIN.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ASK IS, PAUL, SINCE WE HAVE A, UM, THE TWO STAFF MEMBERS ON THE COM, THE HOMELESS CAMP PART, AND WE HAVE A VAN, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE THE HOMELESS, UH, PEOPLE'S PETS AND YOU GUYS USE YOUR OFFICERS IN YOUR VAN TO TAKE 'EM TO SPADER NETWORK FOR THOSE SERVICES? OR BRING, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN BRING 'EM INTO DAS AND DO IT OR NOT, BUT I KNOW SINCE SPANI NETWORK IS OFFERING THIS PROGRAM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN ASSIST WITH THE TRANSPORT? WE, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OFFLINE BECAUSE, UH, OF COURSE ES CANNOT PERFORM SERVICES ON OWNED ANIMALS.
UH, BUT, BUT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
UH, I, WE DON'T, UH, OUR HEART TEAM MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY UNDER THE, THE PURVIEW OF OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
THEY WORK THROUGH US FOR THEM.
UH, AND THEY'RE TARGETING SPECIFIC AREAS.
BUT YEAH, WE, WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER OFFLINE.
AND, UH, AS FAR AS PARTNERING, UH, KEVIN MUNDY IS ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT I'M VERY WELL CONNECTED WITH AT PARKS WHO CAME FROM CODE.
UH, HE DOES A LOT OF THE OUTREACH AND, AND UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO PARTNER AND TO GO OUT AND HAVE THOSE, WE'RE CURRENTLY PARTNERING WITH PARKS ON GOING TO THEIR DOG PARKS, UH, LIKE AT WHITE ROCK AND SO FORTH, TO DO SOME EDUCATION ON THE LEASH REQUIREMENTS,
AND SO, YEAH, UH, DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY.
ANY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN HAVE TO ENGAGE IT, IT JUST BENEFITS US.
YEAH, THE HOMELESS SOLUTIONS THEY CALL ME, UM, OFTEN AND WE'VE ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE OFFICERS ADOPTED A DOG FROM YOU GUYS AND THEN WE HELD HER, HELD 'EM FOR HER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHILE SHE MOVED.
BUT YEAH, SHE CAME AND SAVED A DOG WITH YOU GUYS AND Y'ALL WERE VERY HELPFUL.
COMMISSIONER HANSEN, GREAT QUESTIONS.
I JUST NEED JUST A COUPLE OF SECONDS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE.
I'M, I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR COMMISSIONERS REALLY BRINGING GREAT SOLUTIONS AND HELPING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I BROUGHT MY BOOK OF RULES BECAUSE I NEED TO KNOW WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T SAY WITH RESPECT TO LOBBYING AND THE CODE OF ETHICS.
BUT HERE'S WHAT I WANNA GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF.
DESPITE ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS WE ARE DOING, IF YOU CAN EFFECTUATE CHANGE THROUGH ONE LAW, YOU CAN HELP THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS, WE CAN HELP OUR FIELD OFFICERS, WE CAN DO SO MANY THINGS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT 13,000 PUPPIES ARE COMING INTO OUR STATE EVERY YEAR AND THEY ARE UNALTERED AND THERE'S A BILL TO STOP THAT.
AND SO I URGE EVERYONE TO GET INVOLVED, LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING.
THE CITY OF DALLAS ACTUALLY PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT SAID YOU CAN NO LONGER SELL PUPPIES AND PET STORES.
NOW, THAT IS A STATEWIDE BILL.
REGARDLESS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT, GET INVOLVED.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE RESCUES, YOU CAN PUT THIS OUT THERE.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE AND YOU ALL CAN BE A PART OF THAT.
IF YOU WANNA COME DOWN AND TESTIFY, PLEASE TALK TO OUR FABULOUS COMMISSIONER, RACHEL GEHRING.
SHE CAME LAST SESSION IN PLACE OF HER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND SHE TESTIFIED ON ONE OF THE BILLS.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY MAKE CHANGES.
PAUL JUST BROUGHT UP AT THE END, I'M SORRY, WE CAN'T WORK ON OWNED ANIMALS.
TEXAS IS ONE OF TWO STATES THAT HAS THAT LAW.
AND ALL OF YOU CAN BE A PART OF THIS.
UM, THERE IS A LOBBY DAY ON MARCH 25TH SPECIFICALLY FOR ANIMALS, FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.
YOU GUYS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE WITH RESPECT TO ALL OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE, AND THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
UM, JAY, YOU TALKED ABOUT DANGEROUS DOGS AND I KNOW STEPHANIE, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
I'M HAPPY TO SEND YOU THOSE BILLS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BUT I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME 40,000 FOOT PROBLEMS, UM, AND WE CAN SOLVE THEM THROUGH LEGISLATION.
SO, UM, PLEASE GET INVOLVED IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE LAWS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THERE IS SOME, THERE IS A BILL THAT WILL BE FILED VERY SHORTLY THAT SAYS THERE ARE AMAZING FIELD OFFICERS.
COULD BE CONSIDERED AS FIRST RESPONDERS.
THEY ARE ALREADY ACTING AS FIRST RESPONDERS.
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AGAIN, WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK.IF YOU SIT THERE AND WATCH THE NEWSCAST AND YOU ARE INSIDE AND IT IS 17 BELOW AND YOU SEE THE AMAZING DAS FIELD OFFICERS OUT THERE ACTING AS FIRST RESPONDERS, LET'S PUT IT IN WRITING.
SO ANYWAYS, UM, I DID WANNA THANK YOU, UH, TO, UM, DANIEL AND HIS TEAM.
'CAUSE THEY ARE ATTENDING CALLS WITH A LOT OF OTHER SHELTERS TRYING TO GET A HOLD ON THIS BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU WANNA BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION IF THERE ARE LAWS BEING WRITTEN ON WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO FOR YOUR JOB.
UM, I GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING AND IF EVERYBODY, IF WE COULD DO A QUICK PICTURE AND IF WE COULD SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARY.
'CAUSE IT WAS ALSO HER BIRTHDAY.