[00:00:01] YOU'RE WATCHING THE MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR ERIC L JOHNSON, MAYOR PRO TEM TENNELL ATKINS, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ADAM BAZALDUA, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAD WEST, JESSE MORENO, ZARIN D GRACEY, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, JAIME RESENDEZ, OMAR NARVAEZ, PAULA BLACKMON, KATHY STEWART. JAYNIE SCHULTZ, CARA MENDELSOHN, GAY DONNELL WILLIS, PAUL E RIDLEY, CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY BIZOR TOLBERT, CITY SECRETARY BILIERAE JOHNSON, AND CITY ATTORNEY TAMMY PALOMINO. [Call to Order ] ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. WE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. IT'S WONDERFUL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH, 2025 TIME IS 9:13 A.M.. AND I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. TODAY WE HAVE AS OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER, OUR GOOD FRIEND, RABBI ANDREW PALEY OF TEMPLE SHALOM, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A CHAPLAIN WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM NOW FOR OUR INVOCATION. GOOD MORNING. RABBI. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. ETERNAL SOURCE OF WISDOM. ETERNAL SOURCE OF JUSTICE. WE PAUSE IN THIS MOMENT OF DELIBERATION TO SEEK YOUR PRESENCE AMONG US. WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS GREAT CITY OF DALLAS. A CITY OF RESILIENCE, OF DIVERSITY, AND, OF COURSE, BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL. AS WE GATHER IN THE SPIRIT OF CIVIC DUTY, WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE SACRED RESPONSIBILITY ENTRUSTED TO US TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE. TO LIFT UP THE MARGINALIZED AND TO BE ALLIES TO THOSE WHO TOO OFTEN STAND ALONE. TEACH US, O GOD, TO BE WITH LEADERS WHO LISTEN WITH COMPASSION AND ACT WITH COURAGE. STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO SAFEGUARD THE DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON, TO UPHOLD FAIRNESS IN OUR POLICIES, AND TO BE VOICES OF JUSTICE AND HOPE IN A WORLD THAT TOO OFTEN TURNS AWAY FROM SUFFERING. MAY WE REMEMBER THE ANCIENT CALL OF OUR TRADITION TO DO JUSTICE. JUSTICE SHALL YOU PURSUE NOT JUSTICE FOR SOME, BUT FOR ALL. NOT FAIRNESS FOR THE PRIVILEGED, BUT FOR THE UNSEEN, THE UNHEARD AND THE OVERLOOKED. WE ASK TODAY THAT YOU WILL BLESS THIS COUNCIL WITH WISDOM AND HUMILITY. LET THEIR DISAGREEMENTS BE GROUNDED IN RESPECT. AND THEIR DEBATES, ALWAYS DRIVEN BY A SHARED LOVE FOR THIS CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. MAY THEY FIND THE STRENGTH TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT EASY, AND THE GRACE TO RECOGNIZE THE HUMANITY IN ONE ANOTHER. AND SO WE ASK, MAY THEIR WORK TODAY BRING GREATER KINDNESS, GREATER SAFETY, AND GREATER UNDERSTANDING TO OUR GREAT CITY. MAY WE ALL BE WORTHY OF THE TRUST PLACED IN US. AND MAY THIS COUNCIL, THROUGH THEIR SERVICE, MAKE THIS CITY A BEACON OF JUSTICE AND COMPASSION FOR ALL. AMEN. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES. FLAG FIRST AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU MAY BE SEATED. MEMBERS. WE HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS AT LEAST. [Special Presentations ] MAYBE ONE. I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE OR NOT, BUT WE'LL SEE. SO AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES OUR CHAIRWOMAN, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU. AND THIS MORNING, AS WE GATHER HERE IN THE CHAMBERS WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WHERE WE'RE CELEBRATING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE HISTORY AND THE THE STRUGGLE AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN. AND I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED TO TO ALSO ANNOUNCE THE THEME FOR THE MONTH, WHICH IS MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER WOMEN EDUCATING AND INSPIRING GENERATIONS. NOW, THAT IS THE THEME THAT IS POSTED ON THE INTERNET. AND I HAVE CREATED A THEME OF MY OWN AND IT'S CALLED BOOTS ON THE GROUND, BOOTS ON THE GROUND. AND IF SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE SONG WHERE THE FANS AT AND I'M SAYING WHERE THE WOMEN AT, THE WOMEN HERE THIS MORNING ARE HERE TO HELP US KICK OFF THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT. [00:05:03] AND I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY THAT THEY ARE HERE. MAYOR, I DID WANT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK IT AND GOING WITH THE FLOW. BUT I WANT FIRST OF ALL FOR THIS IS PAT WILLIAMS TO COME UP TO THE MIC. IF YOU IF SHE IF SHE WILL MISS PAT WILLIAMS. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. GO AHEAD. COME ON, MISS WILLIAMS. COME ON DOWN. MISS PAT WILLIAMS, WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR MISS PAT WILLIAMS. MISS PAT WILLIAMS HAS DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES, AND SHE HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY IN THIS CITY TO SUPPORT SENIORS, YOUTH, HELPING THEM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. HER BOOTS ON THE GROUND APPROACH HAS MADE IT A TANGIBLE AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS, FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND COMPASSION. SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD. DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WEDNESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH, DO HEREBY PRESENT THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO MISS PATRICIA WILLIAMS FOR HER SELFLESS SERVICE AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE. SHE IS ACCOMPANIED BY HER SISTERS. THE MEMBERS OF ALPHA PHI, ALPHA, KAPPA ALPHA AND OUR GOD. THEY KNOW. I KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS, AND. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE KNOWS THAT THROUGHOUT THIS CITY. AND SHE DOES A LOT FOR DISTRICT FOUR IN THE CITY. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. SO IF YOU WILL, IF YOU IF YOU WILL. MAYOR, I KNOW SHE ALSO WANTS TO MAKE AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT, BUT IF IF MISS PAT WILLIAMS AND HER SISTERS OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE. WE WILL DO THAT. BUT AT THIS TIME, SHE DOES HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR OUR CITY MANAGER. ABSOLUTELY. MISS WILLIAMS, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, FOR SUCH A GREAT RECOGNITION. I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. I WOULD LIKE FOR TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO COME AND STAND WITH ME. ONE REPRESENTATIVE BEING FROM ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED, OUR PRESIDENT, WHICH IS ROSEMARY BOLDEN, AND ALSO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELOISE LUNDY RECREATION CENTER. MISS JUANITA, IF YOU COULD STAND WITH ME. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON. THE HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBER, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD. AND THE ESTEEMED HONORABLE CITY DALLAS COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY BIZOR TOLBERT, AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF DALLAS. I AM PATRICIA ADAMS WILLIAMS, FOUNDER OF AMERICAN CARE FOUNDATION AND AMERICAN CARE ACADEMY, BOTH PROUDLY ROOTED IN THE 10TH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT. ON FEBRUARY 13TH, 2025, THREE ORGANIZATIONS AMERICAN CARE FOUNDATION, OUR ESTEEMED DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DISTRICT FOUR, AND THE DISTINGUISHED WOMEN OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED. ALPHA OMEGA CHAPTER CONVENED FOR OUR ANNUAL SENIOR SOCIAL. WE HAD PREPARED TO HONOR MISS TOLBERT DURING THIS EVENT. HOWEVER, DUE TO PRESSING CITY BUSINESS, SHE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TO ACCEPT AN AWARD. SO TODAY, WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WE GATHER TO HONOR THE MOMENTOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN OUR CITY'S NARRATIVE THE APPOINTMENT OF KIMBERLY BIZOR TOLBERT AS DALLAS FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. MRS. TOLBERT'S JOURNEY IS A TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION AND RESILIENCE THAT SHE HAS BEGINNING HER CAREER OVER THREE DECADES AGO AS AN INTERN WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS. SHE HAS ASCENDED THROUGH THE MARKS, EMBODYING EXCELLENCE AT EVERY STEP. HER RECENT APPOINTMENT NOT ONLY SHATTERS GLASS CEILINGS, BUT ALSO ILLUMINATES A PATH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN [00:10:01] LEADERS. SO JOINING ME IN THIS CELEBRATION ARE REPRESENTATIVES AGAIN FROM THE ESTEEMED DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE ESTEEMED WOMEN OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED. ALPHA CHI OMEGA CHAPTER. CHARTERED IN 1929, ALPHA OMEGA WAS THE FIRST GRADUATE CHAPTER ESTABLISHED IN DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND HAS BEEN UNWAVERING IN ITS COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE AND EMPOWERMENT. SO TOGETHER WE STAND UNITED TO SUPPORT MISS TOLBERT AND THE BELOVED CITY. EAGER TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUTURE WHERE LEADERSHIP REFLECTS THE RICH DIVERSITY AND STRENGTH OF DALLAS. ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF ALPHA ZETA OMEGA CHAPTER, IT IS AN HONOR TO AWARD THIS RECOGNITION, THIS THIS PLAQUE THAT REPRESENTS. THE HIGHEST HONOR THAT COULD BE BESTOWED UPON A THAT HAS BEEN BESTOWED UPON MRS TOLBERT IS PRESENTED TODAY TO KIMBERLY BIZOR TOLBERT, FIRST FEMALE AFRICAN AMERICAN CITY MANAGER OF DALLAS, AND IT READS. IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE YOUR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, PIONEERING ACHIEVEMENTS, AND STEADFAST DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE AMERICAN CITY MANAGER OF DALLAS. YOU LEAD A WORKFORCE OF OVER 13,300 EMPLOYEES AND MANAGE A BUDGET EXCEEDING $4.97 BILLION, SHAPING THE CITY'S FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. YOUR TRAILBLAZING CONTRIBUTIONS SERVE AS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENCE, INSPIRING OTHERS TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT CONTINUES TO ELEVATE THE STANDARDS OF SERVICE AND ACHIEVEMENT, MAKING AN INDELIBLE MARK IN DALLAS. THIS PLAQUE IS PRESENTED BY AMERICAN CARE FOUNDATION. CITY OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED. ALPHA ZETA OMEGA CHAPTER ON MARCH 5TH, 2025. GOOD MORNING. I NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AN AWARD OF RECOGNITION TO KIMBERLY BIZOR TOLBERT, THE FIRST FEMALE AFRICAN AMERICAN CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. IN HONOR OF YOUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, TRAILBLAZING TRAILBLAZING ACHIEVEMENTS, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. AS A CITY MANAGER, YOU LEAD A WORKFORCE OF OVER 13,300 EMPLOYEES AND OVERSEE A BUDGET EXCEEDING 4.97 BILLION. WOW. SHAPING THE FUTURE OF DALLAS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. YOUR DEDICATION CONTINUES TO INSPIRE AND ELEVATE THE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THIS IS PRESENTED BY AMERICAN CARE FOUNDATION. THE CITY OF DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE LADIES OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED ALPHA OMEGA CHAPTER AND THIS IS PRESENTED ON TODAY BUT ORIGINALLY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2025. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. AND SO, IF WE DON'T MIND COUNCIL, IF WE COULD I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY COMMENTS. THE MAYOR RUNS THIS MEETING, BUT I KNOW WE WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE. YEAH. SO IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MAYOR, AND WE CAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. WHAT IS THE REQUEST HERE? DO Y'ALL WANT I DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION. DID Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP IN FRONT OF THE TAKE. OH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YEAH, WE SAID THAT ALREADY. WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY TAKE A PHOTO. OKAY. SO SO YOU ALL WANT TO HOP UP HERE, LADIES, AND COME HERE. AND OF COURSE HAVING THE MAYOR HAVE YOU WANT TO DO IT? COUNCIL CAN DO THAT. I BET YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE. I'M LIKE, NO, OF COURSE. COME ON. COME ON. Y'ALL COME INSIDE THE AS WELL. COME INSIDE THE RAIL AND CENTER YOURSELF. I'M GOING TO STAY SEATED FOR A MINUTE SO YOU CAN KNOW WHERE TO CENTER YOURSELF. I'M WAITING FOR Y'ALL GOING ON AROUND. YOU WANT TO BALANCE? [00:15:11] THAT. SO Y'ALL HAVE SHOWN UP THE CAMPUS. THE CAMPUS AIN'T COME DOWN HERE AND DONE NOTHING FOR ME. NOTHING. I HOPE THEY HEARD THAT. I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M JUST KIDDING. Y'ALL DON'T COME DOWN HERE. Y'ALL DON'T COME DOWN HERE. ALL RIGHT, SO AS MEMBERS MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO THEIR SEATS, WE'RE GOING TO. YEP. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO, MADAM SECRETARY, WHEN YOU ARE READY, WE'LL HAVE OUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU, [Open Microphone Speakers ] MR. MAYOR. AND GOOD MORNING. THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW HEAR ITS FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS. I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES. SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM. FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE. FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN PERSON. SPEAKERS. YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. PLEASE STOP FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON. ONLY YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, RUFUS REDMOND. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. I WAS FRAUD AND SWINDLED BY MY BROTHER. GENEROUS CAUSE I GAVE HIM $150,000. THEN I WAS THROWN IN JAIL FOR HE COULD BREAK IN MY HOUSE AND STEAL ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND DEEDS THAT I HAD TO SHOW. AND THEN AFTER THAT, I GOT ROUGHED UP BY THE POLICE, THROWED UP AGAINST THE CAR, AND I WAS TRYING TO TELL HIM THAT I WAS THE OWNER OF JAN ROOS CARS. AND I WAS HOPING THAT SOMEWHERE THAT I. MY RIGHTS HAVE BEEN THROWN UP UNDER THE RUG, THAT I COULD GET SOME RELIEF, SOME TYPE OF WAY. I KNOW I DON'T HAVE NOTHING BUT THREE MINUTES, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU. IF YOU COULD HELP ME OR ANYONE IN THIS AT THIS MOMENT. I'VE BEEN CORRUPTED. I'VE BEEN THROWED UP AGAINST THE CAR. AND. AND I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT IT'S CORRUPTION ON THE POLICE FORCE SOME TYPE OF WAY. AND I CAN ALMOST PROVE SOME OF IT. I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND I HOPE THAT I COULD GET SOME RECOGNITION, SOME TYPE OF WAY. [00:20:08] THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, ALICE ROBINSON. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. ADDITIONAL COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALICE. I AM A WRITER AND TEACHER IN DALLAS, OBVIOUSLY, AND I LIVE ON NOEL ROAD. I'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2010 THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS, AND I WANTED TO STOP BY TO SHARE MY CONCERNS ABOUT A GUN SHOP THAT HAS OPENED ON NOEL AND ALPHA ROADS, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE GALLERIA. THIS GUN SHOP, CALLED COLLECTIONS GUN SHOP IS UNSIGHTLY IN MY MIND. IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW SINCE 2021, YOU DO NOT NEED AN ACTUAL LICENSE TO CARRY AROUND A FIREARM. THEREFORE, SOMEBODY COULD EASILY PLUNK DOWN $950 AT COLLECTIONS GUN SHOP, PURCHASE THEIR SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPON, AND WALK AROUND KEEPING IN MIND THAT THEY ARE A MILE AND A HALF FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS ANNE FRANK ELEMENTARY. IN ADDITION, THIS CORNER IS FREQUENTED BY FAMILIES, TEENAGERS, ALL MANNERS OF PEOPLE. AND I JUST BELIEVE THIS IS NOT THE BEST, NOT THE BEST PLACE FOR IT. ALSO, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST OF EVERYONE THIS MORNING IS A GREATER COGNIZANCE OF THE BUSINESSES WE ARE ALLOWING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION, A CITIZENS OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THIS BUSINESS TO BE SURE THAT THEY ARE STAYING ON THE UP AND UP. AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND MY EMAIL SHOULD BE WITH THE CITY SECRETARY IF ANYONE HAS A CHANCE TO RESPOND. SORRY, THIS MICROPHONE FEELS VERY CLOSE, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MICHELLE ZAVALA. MICHELLE ZAVALA IS NOT PRESENT. PATRICIA WILLIAMS IS ALREADY ADDRESSED. THE CITY COUNCIL. PRECIOUS SOULS HAS CANCELED TURTLE BORNE TURTLE BURNS. I'M SORRY. I. DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO MY CAR. YOU GOT A CAR? YOU MUST BE OKAY. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE THINGS CONCERNING COLONIAL HILLS. WE'RE HAVING SOME CLOSING OF STREETS. HOLLYWOOD HAS BEEN CLOSED OFF FROM OUR COMMUNITY. SO AS COLONIAL ALSO, WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT WE NEED HELP WITH THE DOG. WE WE WE'RE FROM 16 BUS STOPS TO SIX. AND ACTUALLY, THERE WAS THREE ON COLONIAL HILLSIDE AND THREE ON QUEEN CITY SIDE. SO WE WENT FROM 16 BUS STOPS TO 6 TO 3, ACTUALLY, AND THEY WAS TAKEN OUT OF COLONIAL. SO ALL THE SENIORS THAT ARE IN THAT COMMUNITY AND ALL THE WHEELCHAIR RIDERS IN THAT COMMUNITY, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN THAT COMMUNITY HAS TO MAKE THEIR WAY OUT TO 75 TO GET ON THE BUS. AND SO WE NEED SOME ASSISTANCE THERE. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT GO ON IN THIS CITY THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL. AND I JUST WONDER IF THAT'S SO NOW WITH THE TRAFFIC IN OUR COMMUNITY IS HORRIFIC TRYING TO GET OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE MORNING AT 6:00. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. I TRY TO GET OUT OF THE COMMUNITY ONE MORNING AND I WENT, YOU CANNOT GO DOWN THE SERVICE ROAD, YOU CANNOT GO DOWN 75 AND YOU CANNOT GO DOWN LAMAR. [00:25:06] AND IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. COLONY HILL IS THE OLDEST OF SOUTH DALLAS HISTORIC DISTRICTS. LOCATED TWO MILES FROM DOWNTOWN DALLAS, THE COLONIAL HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS BOUNDED BY CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY ON THE NORTH EAST AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45 ON THE SOUTH. LAMAR AND I HAVE TO REMIND YOU THIS THAT WHEN 45 WAS FIRST PUT IN THE DIVIDED SOUTH DALLAS COMMUNITY FROM ONE OR BOTH SIDES, MY CLASSMATE GOT KILLED ON 45. SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS THAT WITH THOSE THREE BUS STOPS ON EACH SIDE OF THAT HIGHWAY OVER THERE ON 75, PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WALK DOWN TO THE TO THE LIGHT AND WALK ACROSS. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET OFF THE BUS AND WALK ACROSS RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY ARE GETTING OFF THE BUS AT. I'M SORRY SIR. YOU CAN. WAIT. PLEASE CONTINUE. I'M SORRY. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR HELP IN THESE AREAS. AND THEN WHEN THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE NOT BEING NOTIFIED. WE'RE NOT BEING NOTIFIED OF THE CHANGES THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS NOW FOR TEN MINUTES. THE TIME IS NOW 938. WE WILL BE BACK AT 9:48 A.M.. WE'RE GOING TO RECESS. ALL RIGHT. IT'S 948, AND I'M RECONVENING THIS MEETING. FROM THE BRIEF RECESS WE JUST HAD I JUST LEARNED THAT A A GOOD FRIEND AND A A A GIANT, REALLY, OF TEXAS POLITICS. SOMEONE WHO SERVED A LONG TIME AND WITH GREAT DISTINCTION IN THE TEXAS HOUSE AND THEN SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON MOST RECENTLY AND WAS RECENTLY ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AFTER A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN TEXAS. JUST PASSED AWAY. THE HONORABLE SYLVESTER TURNER JUST PASSED AWAY. AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIM RIGHT NOW. AND JUST ASK IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR FOR MAYOR. AREA REPRESENTATIVE. CONGRESSMAN. BROTHER TURNER, JUST FOR A MINUTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY, WHERE ARE WE ON THE AGENDA? WE'RE STILL ON THE OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. WE HAVE ONE REMAINING SPEAKER. JAMES PRICE. IT'S OKAY. I'M TOLD IT'S NOT AVAILABLE. SO THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING. MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR VOTING AGENDA. [1. 25-444A Approval of Minutes of the February 19, 2025 City Council Meeting ] THANK YOU. WE'LL BEGIN WITH AGENDA ITEM ONE. AGENDA ITEM ONE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SECOND. I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. AGENDA ITEM TWO IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. [2. Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office) ] THIS MORNING YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL FULL COUNCIL AND OFFICER APPOINTMENTS. VICE CHAIR APPOINTMENTS YOUR NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ALTERNATE MEMBERS MEREDITH GRIFFIN IS BEING NOMINATED BY MAYOR JOHNSON, AND MICHAEL DORN IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST. YOUR NOMINEES FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 12 BOARD, DEEP ELLUM CORBIN ECKEL IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY, AND JEFFREY LLOYD IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY. YOUR VICE CHAIR APPOINTMENTS. GAYE REVIE IS BEING NOMINATED VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST AND ASWAD. SMITH IS BEING NOMINATED VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST. [00:30:07] THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOUR BRIEFINGS CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, [B. 25-813A Dallas Police Regional Training Academy Update ] MAYOR. AND GOOD MORNING TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY START WITH THE THE ITEM LISTED AS ITEM NUMBER B, WHICH IS THE UPDATE ON THE DALLAS REGIONAL TRAINING POLICE ACADEMY. WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING TO YOU TODAY THE REIMAGINED PLANS FOR THE DELIVERY OF THIS CRITICAL PROJECT. THESE PLANS ARE A RESULT OF COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS. OUR GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT HAS NOT CHANGED. WE ARE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING A WORLD CLASS, STATE OF THE ART, 21ST CENTURY POLICE FACILITY FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE. IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, OUR TEAM WILL PRESENT THE REFRESHED DETAILS OF THIS PROJECT. BUT BEFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN CRITICAL FOR HELPING MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE UNT DALLAS INTERIM PRESIDENT, WARREN VON ESCHENBACH, WHO'S ACTUALLY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY WITH HIS TEAM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MANY OF THE STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE THROUGHOUT THE FIRST BRAINSTORMING AROUND THIS PROJECT. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF OUR DALLAS LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT, AND DEFINITELY THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL. YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE NUMEROUS LEADERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH FUNDRAISING, WHETHER IN ENSURING THAT THEY'RE CHAMPIONING WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THIS PROJECT THROUGH PERSONAL TIME COMMITMENT AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTIONS. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE LYNN MCBEE, WHO I SEE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY WITH OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT BECOMES A REALITY. WE ARE TRULY FORTUNATE TO HAVE CIVIC AND ALSO CIVIC MINDED MEMBERS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY SUPPORTING THE VISION FOR THIS PROJECT. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO JENNY NISWANDER. SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, AND WE HAVE OUR INTERIM ASSISTANT DALLAS POLICE CHIEF, ISRAEL HERRERA, AND THEY WILL BEGIN TODAY'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AN UPDATED BRIEFING ON THE DPD REGIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY. BASED ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, SOME AS RECENTLY AS THIS WEEKEND. AND WE WANTED TO BE SURE TO PROVIDE THOSE UPDATES IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER OUR BACKGROUND, REVIEW THE PROJECT PLAN AND REVIEW THE DPD AND UNT COLLABORATION. WE'LL GO OVER NEXT STEPS AND A FUNDING PLAN. AND OF COURSE WE'LL END WITH QUESTIONS. SO I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE IS AWARE THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT WRITTEN ABOUT THE TRAINING ACADEMY OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE THE DETAILS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM WITH THIS BRIEFING. AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING NEXT STEPS AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THIS IS INTERIM ASSISTANT CHIEF ISRAEL HERRERA. I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND AND OUR EXISTING DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT FACILITIES. CURRENTLY, WE'RE OPERATING ON TWO LOCATIONS WITH 63 ACRES IN TOTAL. THE CLASSROOMS ARE MINIMAL AND IS NOT FITTING THE NEED OF OUR GROWING POLICE ACADEMY AND TRAINING NEEDS. THERE'S LIMITED REALITY BASED TRAINING SPACE RIGHT NOW AND THE LIMITED. THERE'S LIMITED HEALTH AND FITNESS AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS SPACE FOR OUR OFFICERS TO CONDUCT THEIR TRAINING. LIMITED ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE. WE DO HAVE AN OUTDOOR TRAINING, A FIREARMS TRAINING CENTER, AND THE CURRENT SPACE DOES HAVE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATIONS COURSE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE MISSING AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE, IS A CEREMONIAL SPACE SO THAT WE CAN HOST GRADUATIONS INSTEAD OF GOING ALL OVER THE CITY TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO HOST TO HOST THESE GRADUATIONS. OKAY, SO IN 2021, DPD AND UNT WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A NEW PLAN FOR THE TRAINING FACILITIES. THIS PLAN AIMED AT PROVIDING BASIC AND ADVANCED TRAINING FOR ACTIVE POLICE OFFICERS AND NEW RECRUITS, WHILE EXPOSING THEM TO THE UNT CAMPUS AND CLASSROOMS. THE PROPOSED PLAN CALLED FOR $140 MILLION INVESTMENT ON 20 ACRES. MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THAT PLAN INCLUDED CLASSROOMS, HEALTH AND FITNESS AREAS, AN INDOOR FIRING RANGE, CEREMONIAL SPACE. IT DID NOT INCLUDE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, OBSTACLE COURSE, OR AN EVOQUE OR AN OUTDOOR FIRING RANGE AND AN INCLUDED NO REALITY BASED TRAINING. NEXT SLIDE. SO WITH FUNDING FROM THE 2024 BOND, THE. [00:35:08] EXCUSE ME? THE PROGRAMING PHASE AS PART OF OUR ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2024. PROGRAMING WAS BUILT AROUND COLLABORATION WITH DPD LEADERS AND TRAINING STAFF TO IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS AS AN UPDATE FROM THE 2021 PLAN. SO PROGRAMING INPUT WAS PROVIDED BY THE THE STAFF THAT YOU SEE LISTED ON THE SLIDE. WE ALSO HAD BRIEFINGS WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS FOR THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE PROGRAMING DOCUMENT AND ITS DRAFT FORM. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE ALSO HAD EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION WITH THE UNT LEADERSHIP AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACULTY. NEXT SLIDE. SO IF I WILL INTRODUCE THE REIMAGINED DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING SYSTEM, IT WILL BE CALLED THE DALLAS PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING SYSTEM. IT IS 150. MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE WILL BE THE DALLAS OR DPD REGIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER AT UNT. I WANT TO FIRST CLEAR UP. THERE WERE SOME MISCONCEPTIONS, MISPERCEPTIONS ON WHAT KIND OF TRAINING THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE AT THIS LOCATION. AND SO I'LL CLEAR THAT UP HERE SHORTLY. SO THIS IS MOSTLY FOR THE THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ACTIVE OFFICERS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT THEN THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE OUR RECRUIT OFFICERS WHO ARE POST BPOC, WHICH STANDS FOR THE BASIC POLICE OFFICERS COURSE. ONCE THEY PASS TCOLE TO ATTEND THREE COURSES THAT ARE TAUGHT BY UNT PROFESSORS AT THE UNT CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER. WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER CLASSES, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY TO HAVE MORE CLASSES TAUGHT OUT THERE AS WELL. AGAIN, PHASE ONE ALLOWS US TO HAVE LARGER CLASSROOM SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE 50 PLUS STUDENTS. AGAIN, AS OUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO GROW, WE NEED BIGGER SPACE TO CONDUCT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR OUR OFFICERS. OUR CURRENT SPACE IS ABOUT 35 TO 40. IT'S STRETCHING IT AND IT'S A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE SPACE WITH VERY LIMITED STORAGE. AND AGAIN, THE PHASE ONE WILL HAVE A STATE OF THE ART RRT TRAINING EXPERIENCE TO INCORPORATE POLICE VEHICLE SCENARIOS. OUR CURRENT RRT SPACE IS CONSTRUCTED OF ABOUT 4000FT², WHERE OUR INSTRUCTORS HAVE TO MOVE WALLS. THERE'S NO INTRODUCTION OF A VEHICLE INTO THAT TRAINING, AND THIS GIVES US SO MANY POSSIBILITIES FOR THE PHASE TWO PORTION OF THIS. THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED OR CALLED THE CITY OF DALLAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. IT WILL INCORPORATE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATIONS COURSE. IT WILL HAVE AN OUTDOOR RRT TRAINING EXPERIENCE AND SIMULATED VILLAGE, AN OUTDOOR AND INDOOR PISTOL RANGE, ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND LOCKER FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE A GROWING RECRUIT CLASSES. CURRENTLY, OUR CLASSES, ONCE THEY DO CONDUCT THEIR DEFENSIVE TACTICS OR RT, THEY HAVE TO STAND IN LINE JUST TO FINISH TAKING A SHOWER SO THEY CAN EAT LUNCH AND THEN MAKE IT TO CLASS. AND ALSO, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CROSS TRAINING OF FIRST RESPONDERS, WHICH I WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL LATER. SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN OF THE DPD REGIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER. IT COVERS JUST OVER 14 ACRES AND CONSISTS OF TWO BUILDINGS. ONE BUILDING WILL HAVE THE DPD SECURITY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED, AND ONE BUILDING WILL HOUSE THE UNT FACULTY WITH ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM SPACE. IT'S LOCATED AT THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE UNT CAMPUS. WE HAVE EASY ACCESS OFF CAMP WISDOM AND IT HAS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO RUNYAN TRAIL. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE DPD. SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT IS APPROXIMATELY AN $80 MILLION INVESTMENT. AGAIN, ON THE 14 ACRES IT HAS THE LARGER CLASSROOMS. CHIEF FERREIRA SPOKE OF AN EXPANDED AND ENHANCED REALITY BASED TRAINING, HEALTH AND FITNESS. A CEREMONIAL SPACE, COMMUNITY SPACE. IT WILL HOUSE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER. AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING A GROUNDBREAKING IN THE SUMMER OF 26. SO LET'S GO OVER SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS. THE UPDATED PLAN ON THE DPD REGIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER AT UNT WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 40% MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND INCLUDE STATE OF THE ART AMENITIES THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE CURRENT FACILITY. THIS COMPLEX WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION TO NOT ONLY DPD NEW RECRUITS, BUT ALSO TO BE USED TO MEET CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR EXISTING AND FUTURE DPD OFFICERS. THE PLANNED FACILITY CAN ALSO ACCOMMODATE TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION NEEDS FOR OTHER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THROUGH STATE AND FEDERAL AND LOCAL DPD DEPUTIES TRAINING IS RECOGNIZED AGAIN AS ONE OF THE GOLD STANDARDS IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION, AND THIS FACILITY WILL ALLOW US TO EXTEND THESE BEST PRACTICES TO LOCAL AGENCIES AND ENHANCING TRAINING AND OUR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE REGION. AGAIN, WE OFFER SOME OF THE BEST TRAINING. WE ARE PROPOSING A FACILITY THAT CATCHES UP WITH THAT EXCELLENT TRAINING THAT WE ARE OFFERING. [00:40:10] OUR COLLABORATION WITH UNT BEGINS WITH AN IDEA, THE THE POSSIBILITY AND THE CONTINUED GROWTH TO ENHANCE OUR POLICE TRAINING THROUGH OUR ACADEMIC AND AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES. THE PARTNERSHIP I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE TIER ONE UNIVERSITY. UNT CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACULTY WILL COLLABORATE WITH DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING, INCLUDING THREE CORE CLASSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY TAUGHT TO NEW RECRUITS. WE CAN HAVE THOSE CLASSES AT THE UNT CAMPUS. THE CURRICULUM AND THE PARTNERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO GROW BETWEEN YOU AND DPD AND UNTD, AND WILL FOCUS ON CRITICAL AREAS PROMOTING 21ST CENTURY POLICING STRATEGIES. AND AGAIN, THE REAL WORLD IMPACT. OUR COMMUNITY IS BETTER AND SAFER AND ENSURES A WELL-EDUCATED POLICE WORKFORCE WHERE POLICE OFFICERS ARE POSITIONED TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF CONTEMPORARY POLICING ISSUES TODAY. THERE WILL BE IMPROVED POLICE TECHNIQUES. NEW RECRUITS AND OFFICERS WILL GAIN ACCESS TO CUTTING EDGE EDGE RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES. THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS, ENGAGED BY ENGAGING WITH UNTD STUDENTS AND FACULTY AND VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS WILL ENHANCE ENHANCE OUR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY. AS FAR AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP, OUR NEW RECRUITS AND OFFICERS WILL RECEIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND AND MAY EARN COLLEGE CREDIT TO SUPPORT THEIR CAREER ADVANCEMENT THROUGH THE UNT DEGREE PATHWAYS. AND ONE OF THE EXPECTED AND DESIRED OUTCOMES IS THAT LAW THAT WILL CREATE A LAW ENFORCEMENT PIPELINE WITH JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNT STUDENTS, INCLUDING SWORN AND NON-SWORN POSITIONS AND A MORE EFFICIENT, ETHICAL, AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED POLICE FORCE PREPARED FOR THE CHALLENGES OF MODERN DAY LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR IN THIS FIRST PHASE. SO THIS MONTH WE WILL BE COMPLETING OUR PROGRAMING PHASE. WE'LL ALSO BEGIN THE FIELD WORK SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM. WE'LL ALSO BE UPDATING A COMMUNICATION CADENCE TO ALIGN WITH THIS PHASE OF THE PROGRAM, SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE AND KEEP EVERYBODY INFORMED OF THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. AND AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT A SUMMER OF 2026 FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THIS THIS FACILITY. SO PHASE TWO WILL CONSIST OF WILL BEGIN WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY. THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE CITY OF DALLAS PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS CAMPUS THAT WILL INCLUDE THE REMAINING COMPONENTS OF THE DPD TRAINING AND THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE TRAINING. THE STUDY WILL EVALUATE AND IDENTIFY THE BEST SITE FOR THIS LOCATION SO THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE REMAINING COMPONENTS THE EVOQUE RELOCATING THE OUTDOOR GUN RANGE AND BUILDING A SIMULATED TACTICAL VILLAGE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH VFR TRAINING TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, AND THE STUDY WILL PROVIDE A STRATEGIC AND PHASED APPROACH TO MEETING THESE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING NEEDS. AND IF I COULD JUST IF I COULD JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE COLLABORATION AND BENEFITS THAT IT WOULD THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR TRAINING WITH VFR. CURRENTLY OUR RECRUITS GO THROUGH THE TRAINING PROCESS, AND WHEN THEY COME OUT OF TRAINING, THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY GET TO TRAIN WITH VFR IS ON A REAL LIVE CALL. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. WHERE CFR RECRUITS AND DPD RECRUITS CAN BE PRESENTED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND PUT THEM IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN ENHANCE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND WORK TO TO CONTINUE ACHIEVING ALL THE GOALS THAT BOTH BFR AND DPD HAS SET FORTH FOR THEIR RECRUITS. SO FINALLY, AND TO CLOSE OUT OUR FUNDING PLAN, CURRENTLY WE HAVE $50 MILLION COMMITTED FROM THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM. ANOTHER 20 MILLION HAS BEEN COMMITTED FROM THE STATE. WE HAVE 10 MILLION FROM THE CARRUTH FUND WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF TEXAS. AN ADDITIONAL 11.5 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PRIVATE FUNDRAISING COMMITMENTS, SO OUR TOTAL COMMITMENT TO DATE IS $91.5 MILLION. THAT LEAVES US A DELTA OF 58.5 TO TO RAISE TO GET US TO THE $150, $150 MILLION BUDGET THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS PROGRAM. AND WITH THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. LOOK, BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A QUESTION, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I SAY THIS TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, ACTUALLY, AND TO ALL THE THE STAFF HERE AT THE CITY AND TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS STAKEHOLDERS, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, THE VOTERS, EVERYONE. I THINK THIS I HAVE TO SAY THIS AND IT'S NOT A QUESTION. SO EVERYBODY CAN RELAX. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING TO ANSWER. [00:45:01] BUT YOU NEED TO HEAR ME SAY THIS. SOMETIMES THE STUFF WE DO AROUND HERE IS JUST BIGGER THAN US. THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR. IT'S BIGGER THAN US. SOMETIMES THE STUFF WE DO AROUND HERE DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE FUTURE OF THE CITY ITSELF, IN TERMS OF HOW IT IS VIEWED BY OUR PARTNERS, BY OUR RESIDENTS, BY OUR VOTERS, BY THE WORLD AND HOW PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE TO INTERACT WITH US. AND SO, AS IT RELATES TO THIS ENTIRE PROJECT, HERE'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY THAT I WANT EVERYONE TO KEEP IN MIND. WE WENT TO OUR VOTERS IN A BOND PROGRAM PROPOSING SOMETHING TO THEM, A VISION FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THEY TRUSTED US BY VOTING IN FAVOR OF A PROJECT THAT THEY BELIEVED WOULD DELIVER CERTAIN THINGS. SO WHATEVER WE DO NEEDS TO HONOR THAT COMMITMENT. FIRST AND FOREMOST. THOSE ARE LITERALLY THE PEOPLE WHO WE SERVE AND WHO WE MADE COMMITMENTS TO. AND WE HAVE TO ALWAYS HONOR THAT FIRST. IT'S ALSO THE CASE THAT WE MADE COMMITMENTS AND ASSERTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT US AT THE STATE LEVEL IN AUSTIN, AND WE ASKED THEM TO GO DOWN THERE AND FIGHT FOR THIS FOR US. WE HAVE TO HONOR THAT COMMITMENT, TOO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUAL ONE OF US OR ANY INDIVIDUAL ONE OF THEM. IT'S ABOUT HOW WE WILL BE PERCEIVED IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE TRUSTING THE CITY OF DALLAS. WE DON'T WANT THE CITY OF DALLAS TO SUFFER BECAUSE WE ARE PERCEIVED TO NOT BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR COMMITMENTS. AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT RELATIONSHIP. WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE DECISION MAKERS IN AUSTIN, WHO ARE OUR DELEGATION? WHO VOTED? OUR DELEGATION ALONE CAN'T CAN'T PASS ANYTHING IN AUSTIN. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS. IT TAKES THE ENTIRE LEGISLATURE TAKING A VOTE ON THINGS AND APPROPRIATIONS, PROCESSES AND THINGS. OTHER PEOPLE HAD A STAKE IN THIS AS WELL, AND TRUSTED US ENOUGH TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR US TO DO THINGS. SO, MR. MAYOR, WHAT'S YOUR POINT? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? I'M SAYING. THAT I'M NOT INTERESTED FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH PROTECTING ANYBODY'S FEELINGS OR PROTECTING ANYBODY'S REPUTATION. ANYTHING ELSE MORE THAN I'M CONCERNED WITH HONORING ALL OF THOSE COMMITMENTS? BECAUSE LONG AFTER I'M GONE, AND LONG AFTER ALL OF US ARE GONE, AND LONG AFTER EVERY MEMBER OF THE STAFF IS GONE, HOW THIS GOES DOWN. PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER IN TERMS OF HOW THEY TAKE THE CITY OF DALLAS WHEN THEY GO TO AUSTIN AND ASK FOR MONEY. IT'S HOW THE VOTERS WILL TAKE THE CITY OF DALLAS WHEN THEY GO TO THEM ASKING FOR BOND MONEY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT OUR CITY'S INTEREST AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HONEST AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT ANY CHANGES IN WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO. WHY THOSE CHANGES ARE TAKING PLACE. AND WHILE I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN TRYING TO PLAY NICE, NICE WHEN YOU CAN, SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO JUST TELL PEOPLE WHAT WENT DOWN. AND I'M ENCOURAGING US TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT WENT DOWN HERE AND TO BE FORTHCOMING ABOUT THAT, AND TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH TO DELIVER TO THE VOTERS AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO APPROPRIATED FUNDS IN AUSTIN TO HELP MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN, SOMETHING THAT IS AS CLOSE TO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE TRYING TO DO AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT THE CITY PUNISHED IN THE FUTURE, IN AUSTIN, OR BY ITS OWN VOTERS, BECAUSE WE SOMEHOW FAILED TO DELIVER ON THOSE PROMISES. NOW YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, I'M KIND OF IN AN EMOTIONAL STATE RIGHT NOW, AND SO I'M SORRY IF I'M NOT, YOU KNOW ADHERING TO DECORUM IN ANY WAY, BUT I JUST I HAVE TO GET OUT OF THIS Q&A MODE RIGHT NOW AND JUST GET TO, LIKE, WHY THE WHY WE'RE HERE MODE? AND THE BIGGER PICTURE, THE BIGGER PICTURE IS LET'S NOT MESS UP THE CITY'S REPUTATION FOR HONEST DEALING IN AUSTIN [00:50:01] AND WITH OUR VOTERS IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT ANYBODY'S REPUTATION OR ANY INTEREST OTHER THAN THOSE INTERESTS I JUST OUTLINED. THAT'S MY PRIORITY. AND WITH THAT IF OUR CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY WAS ON, I KNOW SHE HAS THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS. I'LL RECOGNIZE HER. IF NOT, I'M RECOGNIZING THE MAYOR PRO TEM. I DON'T SEE THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SO I RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO AUSTIN LAST YEAR, I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATURE AND WE ASKED THEM FOR $20 MILLION, AND THEY CAME UP WITH $20 MILLION TO DO THIS. FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, WE WAS THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA WITHOUT A UNIVERSITY. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CAREW FOUNDATION WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 21ST POLICING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR THE LAST DECADE. THE UNIVERSITY THAT SAID, IN ONE OF THE GREATEST CITIES IN AMERICA, DALLAS AND UNT, AND WE DO HAVE THE PRESIDENT HERE. SO I WANT TO ASK THE PRESIDENT TO COME DOWN. I WANT TO ASK HIM A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, PLEASE. I KNOW, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU'RE THE NEW PRESIDENT OF UNT DALLAS. I HAVE NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SPEAKING TO YOU AND TALKING TO YOU. AND YOU KNOW HOW PASSIONATE I AM WITH THIS POLICE TRAINING FACILITY AND HOW PASSIONATE YOU ARE AND THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. YES, SIR. AND I THINK WE WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST PARTNERSHIPS IN AMERICA WITH THIS TRAINING FACILITY TO EDUCATE THE BEST. COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A VISION OF WHAT YOU CONSIDER ABOUT THIS TRAINING FACILITY AT YOUR CAMPUS? THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. MY NAME IS WARREN VON ESCHENBACH, AND I'M SERVING AS THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF UNT DALLAS. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I THINK CHIEF HERRERA LAID OUT MANY OF THE THE BENEFITS THAT COME WITH THIS SYNERGY BETWEEN AND PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY, THE DALLAS POLICE AND THE CITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THIS IDEA OF A 21ST CENTURY POLICING AND THE NOTION THAT IT THAT IT'S EMBEDDED IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY, THE CO-LOCATION IS JUST THE BEGINNING. IT'S REALLY THE THE PARTNERSHIPS. IT'S THE PROGRAMING. IT'S CREATING, THE DEGREE PATHWAYS. IT'S LEVERAGING OUR EXPERIENCE AS A RESEARCH AND TEACHING INSTITUTION TO ENHANCE THE TRAINING, TO DO SOME OF THE RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYTICS, BUT ALSO PROVIDE GREATER VISIBILITY BOTH FOR DALLAS POLICE AND THE UNIVERSITY, SO THEY CAN RECRUIT OUR STUDENTS INTO JOBS, AND WE CAN RECRUIT SOME OF THE CADETS AND POLICE OFFICERS WHO WANT TO FINISH THEIR DEGREE. THAT'S THE REAL BENEFIT THAT I THINK DELIVERS ON WHAT WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT AND PROMISED TO THE GOAL THAT WE ALWAYS HAD. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO ASK LYNN, BABY, PLEASE COME DOWN AND AND AND THE MAYOR MADE A GOOD STATEMENT. WHEN YOU PROMISE SOMEONE YOU SHOULD ASK WHY YOU PROMISE AND WHY YOU ASK PEOPLE TO DELIVER A CERTAIN THING. LYNN, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND WITH ME. WE TALK ABOUT PHILANTHROPIES, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO, TO PUT MONEY IN THIS GREAT FACILITY AND UNT DALLAS. AND NUMBER ONE, POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY IS MY NUMBER ONE AGENDA AND I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SAFETY. WE GOT A SAFE CITY. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THERE WAY BACK IN 2008, AND WE WAS ON THE TOP THREE AND CRIME AND WENT DOWN REDUCED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. TELL ME, WHAT IS YOUR VISION IN THE PHILANTHROPY? WHO WRITE CHECKS, WHO WANT TO GIVE MONEY, WHO ALREADY PROMISE TO PUT MONEY AT THIS FACILITY, ESPECIALLY AT UNT? DALLAS. YEAH, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. AND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE COUNCILMAN ATKINS THAT WE HAVE ASKED TO JOIN IN THIS PROJECT HAS EMBRACED IT. THEY HAVE LOVED THE IDEA OF CO-LOCATING THE COLLABORATION GROW YOUR OWN CADETS HAVING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, IF THAT BE IT. IT IS. IT'S THE PERFECT BLEND OF PIECES COMING TOGETHER. I WILL TELL YOU, EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE ASKED HAS MADE A DONATION, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE STOPPED ASKING PEOPLE BECAUSE UNTIL WE HAVE CLARITY AROUND WHAT IS BEING DONE, I DO NOT FEEL LIKE WE CAN GO OUT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE AND ASK PEOPLE TO GIVE TO SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW IS CONCRETE. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THE PLAN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WE HAD A WONDERFUL MEETING ON SUNDAY TO IRON ALL THIS OUT. I FEEL LIKE ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE, HAVE HAVE VOICED WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, WHAT THEIR IDEAS ARE, WHAT THEIR ASPIRATIONS ARE. AND I THINK WE'VE LANDED ON SOMETHING VERY GOOD. AND ONCE WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN LOCK STEP AND HAVE THE BLESSING, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE WILL FINISH RAISING THE ADDITIONAL $15 MILLION THAT'S THERE. [00:55:09] SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS. THE PEOPLE WE'VE MET WITH HAVE CONTRIBUTED, BUT WE'VE STOPPED UNTIL WE HAVE YOU KNOW, THE CONCRETE PLAN AND EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE, WHICH I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ARRIVED AT THAT PLACE. SO I'M EXCITED TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE WHAT THIS PLAN NOW IS. DOES THAT ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION? NOT HERE. CHIEF AGO IS NOT HERE ON THIS. SOMEBODY FROM STAFF. I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING ON SUNDAY. I THINK WE WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AS A GROUP AND EVERYBODY COME TOGETHER. AND THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, FOR BEING THERE ON A SUNDAY TO GIVE UP YOUR TIME. I THINK IT WAS A GREAT TIME TO MEET ON SUNDAY BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAD CLEAR MINDS FROM CHURCH, YOU KNOW, IN FAITH. AND WE GO ON BEYOND FAITH. BUT ARTISTS CAN. CAN YOU TELL US WHEN YOU TRY TO WORK WITH PRIVATE PUBLIC? AND THIS IS NOT POLITICAL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY IF WE DO NOT HAVE A SAFE CITY. PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE HERE IF WE DON'T TRAIN THE BEST. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE BEST. BUT I BELIEVE IN EDUCATION. THE BETTER EDUCATION YOU HAVE, THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE. AND WHEN YOU AREN'T WITH A UNIVERSITY THERE WITH THE OFFICER, TELL ME WHAT IS. THE VISION IS NOT JUST BY TRAINING POLICE OFFICERS. IT'S TRAINING THAT EVERYONE WHO WANT TO BE IN THE SAFETY FIELD. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY, ONE THAT'S NOT LIKE ANY IN THE NATION, WHERE YOU SEE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S ABLE TO PARTNER WITH A TIER ONE UNIVERSITY, NOT ONLY WITH RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES OF POLICING 21ST CENTURY POLICING, BUT THE ABILITY TO HAVE YOUR WORKFORCE CREATE PATHWAYS TO DEGREES, CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THIS. THIS IS, I BELIEVE, ONE OF THE DYNAMIC PROGRAMS THAT WILL CREATE A REALLY A BEACON FOR THIS CITY TO ALLOW US TO BE THE SHINING STAR THAT CREATES THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER CITIES. ONCE WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD, I KNOW EVERYBODY IS EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU AND THE RECRUITS. WILL WILL SEE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RECRUITS TO GO TO CLASS WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS AND LEARN THE HISTORY OF POLICING OTHER GREAT CLASSES THAT UNT TEACHES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. I THINK THAT'S A PHENOMENAL PIECE TO CREATE A PIPELINE TO ALLOW THOSE THAT MAYBE NOT EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT BEING A POLICE OFFICER SIT NEXT TO A RECRUIT IN A CLASS AND LEARN ABOUT BEING A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER. SO THIS IS VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND WE'RE READY TO GO. AND CAN SOMEONE SPEAK ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT AND WHY? IT IS VERY CRUCIAL THAT HOW WE DESIGN THIS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DESIGN THIS FOR THE BEST, ALSO FOR THE UNIVERSITY, BUT ALSO FOR THE CADETS AND FOR THE ACADEMY? WE HAVE TO BLEND THIS IN AND SOME PEOPLE GET FALSE VISION, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE GOT A STUDENT HERE, YOU GOT ACADEMY HERE. IT'S CONFUSING. SO LET US KIND OF CLEAR THE AIR. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, FOR THAT QUESTION AND YOUR COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, AS JENNY MENTIONED, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE PROGRAMING PHASE, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TOUCHING ON EVERYTHING THAT'S NEEDED AT THIS FACILITY. YOU KNOW, THE THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU SAW TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE THOUGHTS AROUND SECURITY THAT'S NEEDED FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND, AND THAT COMPONENT, AS WELL AS THIS COLLABORATION SPACE WITH THE UNT STUDENTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY, WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT PUSHING THIS FORWARD. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR SOME TIME TO SEE THIS VISION THAT WE HAVE. AND WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THE THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE TRAINING. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMPLETE TRAINING PACKAGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DIGGING IN CLOSING OUT THE PROGRAMING PHASE. AND THEN AS YOU HEARD FROM JENNY, WE'RE READY TO DO THE SITE WORK AND GET STARTED ON DESIGN AND AND REALLY THINK ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW BREAKING GROUND AND OPENING A NEW FACILITY. MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU WAS AT THAT MEETING ON SUNDAY, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE MEETING. YOU HEARD FROM SENATOR ROYCE WEST. YOU HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT. [01:00:05] YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU HEAR FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS. WHAT DO YOU TAKE BACK FROM THE MEETING AND SHOW? WHAT'S YOUR GUIDANCE? WHAT IS YOUR VISION? AND THIS IS THE 100 YEAR, 100 100 DAY PLAN AND THE BUND AND THE AND THE VOTERS, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS. IT'S A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE. THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IS VERY UNIQUE. AND THE VISION FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER THIS, THAT IT IS AN ALIGNED VISION. THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. SUNDAY WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY SIT DOWN AND TO ENSURE THAT ALL COMPONENTS ARE TRULY BEING INCORPORATED AND THAT WE CAN DELIVER THIS WORLD CLASS FACILITY FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE. AND SO THE COMMITMENT IS THERE. NO ONE IS WAVERING ON THAT COMMITMENT. WE ALSO HEARD FROM OUR PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS THAT THEY'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AT THE TABLE WITH US. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A A FINANCIAL PIECE THAT WE STILL HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE CLOSED THE GAP AND THAT COMMITMENT IS THERE AS WELL. AND SO WE LEFT WITH A NOT ONLY A HOPE, BUT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE AT THE TABLE WORKING TOGETHER. SO I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING TIME, AS DEB HAS MENTIONED, THAT WE'VE COME THROUGH THIS REIMAGINING PROCESS AND EVERYONE'S PERSPECTIVES AROUND IT HAS BEEN SHARED AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NOW DELIVER A PLAN THAT TRULY WILL ALLOW FOR A THE SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY NOT ONLY OF THE CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS, BUT ALSO WITH THIS PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX THAT WILL ALLOW FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE DEPARTMENT AND MEET ALL THE FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL, AND FOR BEING A PART OF THAT MEETING AT UNT DALLAS ON SUNDAY. IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE A PLAN. WE HAVE A PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE, PROCESS, PROCEDURE. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK OR CONTRIBUTED TO US OVER $90 MILLION. WE CAN BUILD THE FIRST PHASE AND NOTHING STOP US NOW. LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND GET THESE NEW CADETS AND LET THE LIGHT SHINE ON THE CITY OF DALLAS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE THE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY CITY IN AMERICA. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BEST TRAINING FACILITY IN THE WORLD, IN THE NATION. WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO WANT TO COME TO THE FACILITY TO TRAIN FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN WEST, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE TOOK ITEMS OUT OF ORDER TODAY. WE'RE ON ITEM BRIEFING ITEM. BE ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE HERE, ALSO A FORMER COUNCILWOMAN GATES, WHO I KNOW HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS. THE MAYOR HAS MENTIONED THIS AS A PRIORITY AND CITY MANAGEMENT HAS AS WELL. I HAD A CANDIDATE FORUM JUST YESTERDAY AND WAS ASKED WHAT IS MY NUMBER ONE BOND PRIORITY? AND OF COURSE I LISTED OFF THE ONES IN MY DISTRICT, BUT LISTED OFF THIS AS WHAT I SAW AS OUR NUMBER ONE CITY PRIORITY CITYWIDE FOR THE BOND BECAUSE IT IS SO NEEDED. AND IF ANYONE WHO'S VISITED OUR POLICE TRAINING FACILITIES WILL SECOND THAT BECAUSE IT'S IT'S EMBARRASSING. I WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK FOR A MINUTE. BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED, AND I THINK BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE WEEDS ON THE PROJECT, LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND CERTAINLY NOT THE PEOPLE HERE AND LIKE THE PUBLIC. WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND HOW HAS THE PLAN CHANGED? IN SIMPLE TERMS, AS YOU CAN GIVE IT TO US. SO THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS BACK IN 2021, WAS ABOUT A 200 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT FACILITY THAT INCLUDED. IT WAS A BUILDING FOR DPD BASIC AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING, AND THEN THERE IS AN ADJACENT BUILDING FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT FOR UNTD AS WELL. I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL IF WE PUT UP SLIDE FOUR, WHICH IS THE SLIDE THAT SORT OF SHOWS THE EXISTING AND WHAT WAS REALLY ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED IN 2021. SLIDE FOUR. THANK YOU. SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE THE COMPONENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT. IT WOULD WHAT IT DID NOT INCLUDE WAS THE THE SPACE FOR THE VEHICLE TRAINING OR THE EVOC NO OUTDOOR FIREARMS, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS AN INDOOR FIRE RANGE THAT WAS INCLUDED AND IT DID NOT COVER ANY OF THE REALITY BASED TRAINING THAT THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS SO PROUD OF. SO. OKAY. SO, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO FLIP SLIDES. LET'S JUST FOCUS ON THAT MIDDLE COLUMN THERE. WHAT IS NOW DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT IN THE PROPOSED PLAN? THAT'S LESS ACREAGE, SO IT'S LESS ACREAGE. THE SQUARE, THE FOOTPRINT IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, [01:05:04] TOO. EXCUSE ME. I THINK WE'RE FOR THE DPD BUILDING THAT WAS SHOWN IN THE SITE PLAN. WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 70,000FT² OF THE FACILITY. SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE CLASSROOMS, A HEALTH AND FITNESS COMPONENT, THE ADMIN. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE AN INDOOR GUN RANGE. IT DOES INCLUDE REALITY BASED TRAINING. AND WE DO HAVE SOME CEREMONIAL SPACES AND PARKING LIKE THAT. BUT THE BIGGEST CHANGE I WOULD SAY IS THERE'S NO INDOOR GUN RANGE AND THAT'S BEEN REPLACED WITH THE REALITY BASED TRAINING. OKAY. AND THEN I'M SORRY. NO. GO AHEAD. INTERRUPT. AND THE NEW PLAN ALSO HAS THIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE BUILDING IN ADDITION TO. SO WE WERE AS WE GOT INTO THE PROGRAMING, WE STARTED TO TO TALK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE SECURITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE NEEDED AT THE FACILITY. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU SEE SEE TWO BUILDINGS. WHY DID WE. SO WE TOOK THIS PLAN TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 2024. CORRECT. I THINK THAT I'M NOT SURE THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN, SPECIFIC PLAN THAT WAS TAKEN TO THE VOTERS. THE BOND LANGUAGE REFERENCED A REGIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WERE SPECIFICS RELATED TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF THE FOOTPRINT OR ANY LEVEL OF DETAIL. I REMEMBER FROM OUR BOND BRIEFINGS THAT THIS MIDDLE COLUMN WAS WHAT WAS REALLY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL INTO OUR BOND TASK FORCE. AND EVERY CONVERSATION I'VE HAD WITH FUNDRAISERS AND THE PUBLIC HAS REALLY REFERENCED THIS. THIS PAGE HERE. SO WHY? AND I'M NOT SAYING THE NEW PLAN IS BAD, AND I WANT TO GET INTO IT AND BE POSITIVE HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S CHANGED. WHAT HAPPENED ABOUT IT THAT MADE US COME HERE TODAY WITH A WHOLE DIFFERENT PLAN. YOU KNOW, FROM FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT REALLY HAS BEEN THE THE WORKING WITH THE SITE PLAN AS WELL AS THE PROGRAMING PHASE, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE POLICE AGENCIES AND JENNY AND CHIEF HERRERA HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN IN THE WEEDS ON ALL OF THAT. AND SO WE'VE WE'VE TAKEN THE VISION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE VOTERS AND REALLY GOTTEN INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT HOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT. IF I COULD JUST ADD SOMETHING TO THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SO WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER DURING THE PROGRAMING PHASE, WE BROUGHT OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AT THE ACADEMY TO PROVIDE THIS INPUT FOR THE CURRENT PLAN THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU. WELL, ACTUALLY, THE PREVIOUS PLAN AND WHAT WE QUICKLY CAME TO A CONCLUSION OF IS THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS THAT WERE NOT CONSIDERED THAT WE NEEDED TO BRING BACK AT A FUTURE, FUTURE SPACE. THE OTHER THING THAT CAME TO LIGHT WAS THE NEEDS AND THE NEEDS FOR IF I CAN JUST GO BACK FOR A SECOND. I'VE I CAME ON THIS DEPARTMENT IN THE MID 90S. OKAY. THAT TRAINING FACILITY HAS NOT CAUGHT UP WITH THE TRAINING THAT WE'RE DOING IN 2025. SO WHEN WE BROUGHT THESE REQUESTS AND THESE ITEMS THAT OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS BROUGHT TO OUR DESIGNERS, I WOULD SAY IN THE REALITY BASED TRAINING SPACE THEY OVER DELIVERED, AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW US TO GROW, TO INCORPORATE OTHER COMPONENTS. AND SO THAT WAS THE NEED FOR THE CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH WHERE WE ARE TODAY VERSUS WHERE WE ARE WERE IN 2021. WHY WAS THE INDOOR FIREARMS TRAINING MOVED? SO TO HAVE THE RANGE COMPONENT THERE WOULD BE LOTS OF NOISE THAT WOULD NOT BE CONDUCIVE TO THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ON UNTD CAMPUS. AND SO WE NEEDED TO TO TABLE THAT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE FUTURE SOLUTION FOR THAT. AND I BELIEVE THE PHASE TWO PORTION OF THIS ADDRESSES IT BY HAVING BOTH AN INDOOR AND AN OUTDOOR RANGE TO DEAL WITH WEATHER ELEMENTS AND TO TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO BOTH RANGES, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR, ARE GOING TO BE AT THIS PHASE TWO SITE. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO WHAT'S THE SO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER, THAT'S A NEW ADDITION, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER? SO AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE CREATING THAT PIPELINE FOR BOTH UNTD AND DPD, THIS IS A PLACE FOR OUR OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS TO COME TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE AGAIN. THEY CURRENTLY TEACH THREE CLASSES AND WE'RE EXPLORING OTHER CLASSES FOR THEM. FOR YOU AND TD TO TEACH FOR OUR RECRUITS. WHY IS THAT? WHY IS THAT BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY? IT'S EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL AS WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING A MORE EDUCATED. [01:10:07] A LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION THAT FULFILLS THE 21ST CENTURY REQUIREMENTS. UNT HELPS US GET TO THAT POINT. GOT IT. OKAY. SO I WANT TO MOVE ON TO PHASE TWO. I'M GETTING MY SLIDES CONFUSED HERE. LOOKS LIKE SLIDE 12. SO FOR PHASE TWO, AND I APPRECIATE COMMITMENT BY OUR FUNDRAISING PARTNERS TO GO OUT AND RAISE MORE MONEY. WE'RE LOOKING AT 60 ACRES. DO WE HAVE DO WE ALREADY HAVE? WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF ACQUIRING MORE REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY. I HOPE CITY MANAGER, I THINK WE'VE GOT WE NEED TO BE ACTIVATING SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND TRY TO BUY MORE REAL ESTATE, ARE WE? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WEST. WE DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO LOOK AT FROM THE FEASIBILITY PERSPECTIVE. THERE IS EXISTING LAND THAT THE CITY DOES OWN. THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MEET THAT 60 ACRE REQUIREMENT. AND THROUGH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WOULD BE THE LAND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO ACTIVATE. SO THE PLAN WOULD NOT BE TO GO AND ACQUIRE 60 MORE ACRES. AND WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? I'M GOING TO DO IT FROM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I BELIEVE THAT THE ACREAGE THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN IS AT I-20 AND JJ LEMON, WHICH IS NEAR I-45. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THAT LAND IS CURRENTLY CITY OWNED AND I BELIEVE IT'S IN DISTRICT EIGHT. IS IT VACANT RIGHT NOW? YES, IT IS VACANT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I MAY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AFTER I HEAR MY COLLEAGUES. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWERS AND THE PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO GO TO SOMEONE REMOTE AND THEN COME BACK TO SOMEONE IN PERSON. SO, MISS BLACKMON, IF YOU'RE READY. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B. THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS. SO I'M KIND OF GOING ON WHAT MR. WEST WAS SAYING ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE FOR THE 20 MILLION FROM THE STATE? WHEN WE. WHEN WE SECURED THAT 20 MILLION. WHAT DID WE SAY IT WOULD GO TO? SO THE GRANT LANGUAGE SAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY ON THE UNT CAMPUS. OKAY. DOES IT GIVE ANY OTHER DEFINITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT? NO. AND DOES IT GIVE PARAMETERS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE AT UNT? IT JUST SPECIFIES THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE UNT CAMPUS. OKAY. SO THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHEN YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE PHASES AND THE ITEMS ON EACH I MEAN, WHY DO WE HAVE TWO HEALTH AND FITNESS AREAS? IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CLASSROOM ON BOTH SIDES. SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ON ON WHY WE ARE DUPLICATING FOR BOTH PHASE ONE AND TWO. I CAN ANSWER THAT IF YOU CAN. AGAIN, JUST LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY. WE HAVE A LEARNING SPACE PRIMARILY FOR OUR IN-SERVICE OFFICERS. AND THEN THE OTHER SPACE WOULD BE PRIMARILY FOR THE BASIC OR RECRUITS THAT COME INTO THE DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY ONCE THEY PASS THEIR TCOLE, OR THE COURSE IS CALLED BPOC, WHICH STANDS FOR BASIC BASIC POLICE OFFICERS COURSE. ONCE THEY COMPLETE THAT, THEN WE CAN MOVE THEM OVER TO THE PHASE ONE OF THIS PROJECT TO TAKE CLASSES. OKAY. SO THEN HEALTH AND FITNESS BOTH. I GUESS THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS THAT YOU'VE GOT 80 MILLION FOR PHASE ONE. AND THAT BASICALLY TAKES UP THE BOND MONEY, THE STATE MONEY AND THE CARRUTH. RIGHT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO THEN WHY? I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO GET THIS VALUED ENGINEER BECAUSE THIS 70 MILLION PLUS IS NOT GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A 100 TO 150, PROBABLY EVEN 200. I MEAN, I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT. WE'RE NEVER I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER GET TO PHASE TWO IN, IN, IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS, TO BE QUITE HONEST. AND I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO DO RIGHT NOW? IS IT TO TRAIN RECRUITS, OR IS IT TO DO THE REGIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY AND TO DO SOME VALUE ENGINEERING TO GET THIS 80 MILLION PHASE ONE INTO A, YOU KNOW, 50 TO 60? SO THAT WAY WE'RE KIND OF STARTING GOING FORWARD ON PHASE TWO IN ALMOST AN OVERLAPPING. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, WHY DO WE NEED TWO HEALTH AND FITNESS AREAS? WHY DO WE NEED, YOU KNOW, DUPLICATE OF OF OF OF CLASSROOMS I THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. COUNCIL MEMBER. CURRENTLY WE TEACH DEFENSIVE TACTICS TO BOTH OUR IN-SERVICE AND TO OUR RECRUITS. [01:15:04] WE DO UPDATES WITH TASERS. WE DO OTHER NON LESS LETHAL WEAPON TRAINING HANDS ON TRAINING. AND THOSE CURRENTLY HAPPEN IN TWO ENVIRONMENTS. THE OTHER THING TOO IS IT IS FROWNED UPON BY TCOLE TO CO-MINGLE OUR RECRUITS BEFORE THEY BECOME BPOC WITH ACTIVE POLICE OFFICERS. SO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT. I BEG YOUR PARDON? WE DO IT NOW. ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS WHERE? IN-SERVICE TRAINING. BEG YOUR PARDON? IT CAN BE DONE AFTER THEY BECOME BE PART OR THEY PASS THEIR TCOLE EXAM. WE CAN USE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE SOME OF OUR RECRUITS WHO ARE BIPOC AND MOVE THEM TO THE OTHER FACILITY, BUT IT CAN BE DONE, I GUESS. AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET BOTH THINGS IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME, BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT, I GUESS IT'S ALSO A STRATEGY. ARE WE LOOKING TO BE THE REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY FOR? AND SO I GUESS I ASK THE QUESTION IS WHO WILL USE THIS? IS IT ONLY DPD OR IS IT GOING TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE BRING IN REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO TRAIN? SO IT WILL BE PRIMARILY FOR DPD, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXERCISE REGIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ALERT TRAINING, WHICH IS A STATE MANDATED COURSE THAT'S THAT EVERYONE IN THE STATE HAS TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF THE THE ROB SHOOTING DOWN IN UVALDE, IT IS A 16 HOUR INTENSE COURSE THAT I WOULD. I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF YOUR SMALLER AGENCIES MAY NOT HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO CONDUCT THAT TRAINING. SO WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO CONDUCT THAT TRAINING, WE MAKE THE ENTIRE NORTH TEXAS REGION BETTER. OKAY. SO WHEN WE'RE IN THESE TWO FACILITIES, WILL THAT TAKE PLACE? THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PHASE ONE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE TRAINING IN PHASE ONE AT UNT. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. THAT IS AN INDOOR REALITY BASED TRAINING SPACE THAT WE USE. SIMUNITION. OKAY. SO THEN BACK TO THE SUNDAY MEETING. CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON THE DETAILS OF IT? THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF PROGRESS MADE WHEN IT WAS POSTED TO THE NEWS REPORTS TO HERE. CAN. CAN SOMEBODY ELABORATE ON THE DETAILS OF THE MEETING, WHAT HAPPENED, WHO ATTENDED, ETC.? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND I'LL ACTUALLY START THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON. WE ACTUALLY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT BEFORE TODAY'S BRIEFING THAT WE HAD A SIT DOWN, FACE TO FACE MEETING WITH ALL OF THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE NOT TALKING PAST EACH OTHER AND THAT WE WERE IN AGREEMENT ON HOW WE WERE MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT MEETING REALLY WAS A AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE AT THE TABLE. MY TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE UNT DALLAS OFFICIALS, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE SOME FACE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. FROM THAT MEETING, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WAS TO REALLY KIND OF TALK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH GETTING THE LEASE TERMS COMPLETED. SO OUR ATTORNEYS WERE THERE, AS WELL AS THE UNT DALLAS ATTORNEYS, SO THEY COULD CONTINUE THEIR ENGAGEMENT SO WE CAN GET A LEASE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. WE KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THAT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND WHAT WOULD BE BUILT. SO IT REALLY WAS A SIT DOWN TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, AND NO ONE WAS TALKING PAST EACH OTHER. THAT WAS REALLY THE INTENT OF THE MEETING, AND THE OUTCOME WAS WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE. AND EVERYBODY HAS AGREED THAT THIS PLAN THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE ONE THAT ALIGNS ALL OF OUR GOALS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. SO THE SO WE ARE AT 14 ACRES AT UNT DALLAS. YES, MA'AM. AS OF THE PLAN TODAY. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. AND OUR GOAL IS TO FINISH WORKING THROUGH THE FINAL DETAILS OF THE LEASE TERM AND TO BRING THAT TO CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH THE 26TH. GREAT. AND SO BACK TO MY FUNDING. I MEAN WHILE I MEAN, I GUESS IT'S THE DECISION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IS I MEAN, WHEN DOES THE RECRUITS GET STATE OF THE ART AND WHAT IS THE PHASING ON PHASE TWO? WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON YOU KNOW, AS WE INDICATED IN THE PRESENTATION, CONCURRENTLY WITH THE WITH THE DESIGN WORK THAT WILL BE HAPPENING WITH PHASE ONE, WE'LL BE DOING A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO TO SELECT THAT SECOND SITE LOCATION. AND THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY IS GOING TO INCLUDE A PHASED APPROACH TO HOW WE DEVELOP THAT NEXT PHASE. SO THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BASICALLY, THERE'S NOT A REALLY A TIMELINE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING OF SUMMER OF 2026 FOR THE UNTD CAMPUS. BUT THE BUT FOR PHASE TWO, IT'S WE'RE STILL STUDYING IT. [01:20:03] WE WILL BEGIN THE FEASIBILITY EFFORT FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PHASED APPROACH AS A RESULT OF THAT. THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN CONCURRENTLY. SO AS WE FINISH UP THE FACILITY ON THE UNT CAMPUS, WE'RE REALLY EXPECTING TO BE READY TO GO AND POTENTIALLY EVEN GROUNDBREAKING A PIECE OF THE SECOND COMPLEX. SO WHEN YOU SAY FINISHING UP THE PHASE ONE FINISHING UP COMPLETION OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU INDICATING THAT? CORRECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING ABLE. THAT'D BE 3 TO 4 MORE YEARS. THE TIMELINE FOR PHASE ONE IS GROUNDBREAKING IN THE SUMMER AND AN 18 MONTH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. OKAY. SO ABOUT TWO YEARS. SO 28, SUMMER 28. LET'S JUST I MEAN, WE ALWAYS THERE'S ALWAYS SIX MONTHS FOR DELAYS OF SUCH, WHETHER IT BE MATERIALS, WEATHER, ETC.. SO 28 IS WHEN WE WILL START PHASE TWO, HOPEFULLY FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO RECRUIT FOLKS TO COME TRAINING, TO COME TRAIN AND BE A PART OF OUR. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY. I MEAN, I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO VALUE ENGINEER THE 80 MILLION AND TRY TO TRY AND TRY TO DO BOTH FACILITIES. AND THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE BOTH IMPORTANT AND TO EVEN START IN 28, 29 FOR PHASE TWO. I THINK THAT I HAVE A HARD PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WORKING ON THIS AND FINDING A PATH FORWARD. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SOPHIE'S CHOICE HERE. I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO DO BOTH. THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN, THIS IS CHIEF ORTIZ. THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET THE IDEA THAT AS WE'RE WORKING ON THE UNT SITE, THAT THE SECOND SITE IS NOT GOING TO BE GETTING THE ATTENTION THAT IT NEEDS AS WE LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. THE PLAN IS TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS GETTING READY TO BUILD ON THAT SITE. AND UNDERSTANDING BETTER ALL THE PROGRAMING NEEDS THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR ON THAT SITE. AND AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN NOT WE'LL HAVE BETTER NEWS ABOUT THAT. BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL AS THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO BE NOT MOVING CONCURRENTLY ON BOTH SIDES AT ONCE. NO, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE WAITING TILL PROBABLY NORTH OF 2030 TO GET A THE THE CITY OF DALLAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. AND SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT MANAGING EXPECTATIONS VERSUS SETTING A UNREALISTIC GOALS. THAT WAS YOUR TIME. I DIDN'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN PERSON. I'M GOING TO CHAIRWOMAN STEWART FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I'M YOUR KIND OF NUTS AND BOLTS. I NEED YOU GUYS TO WALK ME THROUGH THIS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU, TO EVERYONE WHO'S WORKED ON THIS. THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT PROJECT, AS HAS BEEN ALREADY BEEN SAID. AND I KNOW IT'S VERY HARD TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM THE VISION TO THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION. AND I KNOW THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS AND YOU'RE IN THE WEEDS OF THAT. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU JUST TO STEP BACK FOR A MINUTE AND LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION FIRST. WHEN A BRAND NEW RECRUIT COMES TO TRAINING, WHERE WILL THEY GO IN 26, 27, 28? WHAT FACILITY WILL THEY SHOW UP AT? A NEW ONE OR THE EXISTING ONE? A BRAND NEW RECRUIT. WHERE DO THEY SHOW UP? WHERE DO THEY GO? START. IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, START WITH NOW AND THEN. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 26 AND THEN THE YEARS AFTER. NOW THEY WILL RETURN. THEY WILL BE AT THE BASIC PEACE. A PLACE WHERE THE CURRENT. THE CURRENT. CORRECT. CORRECT. UPON COMPLETION, WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT EXTENDING THE LEASE FOR THAT SPACE WHILE WE'RE COMPLETING THE CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. AFTER THOSE RECRUITS BECOME TCOLE CERTIFIED. NO. FIRST DAY. I'M SORRY. FIRST DAY. WHERE DID THEY SHOW UP? THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE REDBIRD LOCATION AND LOCATE THE EXISTING. CORRECT. OKAY. THAT I FIND TROUBLING. EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT THIS PROJECT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO, LOOK AT THE VIDEO THAT WAS MADE. AND I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY THAT RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A VIDEO THAT'S BEEN SHOWN MANY TIMES ABOUT WHAT THIS NEW TRAINING FACILITY NEEDS TO BE. [01:25:03] AND IT GOES. IT HAS SHOTS OF THE CURRENT EXISTING FACILITY AND HOW LACKING IT IS. RIGHT. AND SO THE WHOLE MESSAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR NEW RECRUITS. WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS AS A RECRUITING TOOL. WE'RE GOING TO BRING OUR NEW RECRUITS TO THIS FABULOUS NEW TRAINING FACILITY. THAT'S, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, THAT IS THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF THIS. I LOVE THE OTHER COMPONENTS. RIGHT. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER IS IS ICING ON THE CAKE. BUT THE CORE PURPOSE OF THIS TRAINING FACILITY WAS FOR THE NEW RECRUITS. AND FROM THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED SO FAR, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THEY'RE STILL ON HOLD, THAT THEY HAVE TO THEY WILL SHOW UP AT THE EXISTING FACILITY. SO ONCE THEY DO GRADUATE, I MEAN, HOW WILL YOU DO THAT WITH A CLASS? DOES A CLASS ALL? DO THEY ALL PASS OUT AT THE SAME TIME? EVERYBODY TAKE THE CLASS AND YOU TAKE 50 AND MOVE THEM OVER. YES, MA'AM. THEY ALL TAKE THE TCOLE EXAM AT THE SAME TIME. UPON COMPLETION OF THAT, THEY BEGIN THEIR PHASE THREE TRAINING PHASE. WHAT IF TEN OF THEM DON'T PASS? WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? THOSE WILL STAY BEHIND. THEY HAVE TWO OTHER CHANCES TO TAKE THE EXAM BEFORE THEY CAN PASS IT. BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN NOW. THEY STAY TOGETHER AS A CLASS RIGHT NOW. CORRECT. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND NEW. WE'LL, WE'LL SPLIT A CLASS. BUT POTENTIALLY IF THEY'RE NOT ALL PASSING THE TEST AT THE SAME TIME POTENTIALLY. BUT THAT THE RETEST TAKE PLACE PRETTY QUICKLY. YEAH I, I AM STRUGGLING WITH THIS. I AM STRUGGLING WITH THIS. I JUST WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP, I JUST I MEAN WHEN I ALSO WHEN YOU GO TO GRADUATION GRADUATION. EXCUSE ME YOU WATCH THE VIDEO THAT THEY HAVE. RIGHT. AND I SEE A LOT OF THE TRAINING IS OUTSIDE, SO THAT TRAINING IS AFTER THEY PASS TACKLE. CORRECT. IT GOES ON PRIOR TO AND DURING AND AFTER. YES, THAT'S WHAT THE TASERS AND ALL THE STUFF AND CLIMBING OVER EVERYTHING AND ALL THAT. YES, MA'AM. SO ALL THAT IS STILL AT. YOU'RE TELLING ME ALL OF THAT TRAINING? I MEAN, THAT'S THE PART THAT YOU IS HIGHLIGHTED AT GRADUATIONS AND AND THAT PART IS STILL GOING TO BE AT THE EXISTING TRAINING FACILITY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK CLARIFICATION. SOME OF THE TRAINING WAS NEVER GOING TO BE AT UNT. DALLAS. I THINK THAT WAS SOME OF THE MISCONCEPTION. ALL OF THE TRAINING FOR THE NEW RECRUITS WAS NOT ALL GOING TO BE AT UNT DALLAS. WELL, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS? WHAT WAS THE PLAN THEN? IT WAS THE THE EVOC TRAINING, THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATIONS TRAINING, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE RBT TRAINING WAS NOT POSITIONED TO BE ON THE CAMPUS AND WAS RHT. I'M SORRY. PLEASE SPELL THAT OUT. REALITY BASED TRAINING? YES. IT WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE ON THE ACADEMY. WHAT THIS ACTUAL LOOKING AT THIS NEW OR JUST LOOKING AT THE PROJECT IN GENERAL. THIS PROJECT TOOK ALL OF THAT INTO ACCOUNT TO TRY TO MAKE SOME, I GUESS, REALLY SOME SYNERGY BETWEEN THE TRAININGS WHERE THE GROUPS CAN STAY TOGETHER AND CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE EFFICIENCIES, WHERE YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL TO CERTAIN PLACES TO TRY TO GET THE TRAINING IN. SO YOU MAY LOSE A COUPLE OF DAYS OF TRAINING JUST OFF OF TRAVEL. THE WAY IT'S BUILT NOW IS THAT THE TRAVELING COMPONENTS WILL BE LESS WHICH WILL ALLOW MORE STREAMLINED TRAINING, WHICH WILL ALSO ALLOW THE RECRUITS TO BE ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. CHIEF ALLUDED TO BASIC PEACE. THE PEACE OFFICER COURSE, IF YOU THINK OF IT IN KIND OF SEMESTERS, THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE FIRST SEMESTER LEARNING HOW TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. AND THE SECOND SEMESTER, ONCE THEY PASS THE BPOC OF COURSE THEY'RE THERE ON THE UNT CAMPUS. THEY'RE LEARNING, DOING ALL THE OTHER SAME SIMILAR STUFF AND GOING BACK BETWEEN BOTH CAMPUSES, SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW, BUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SOME OF THE OTHER TRAINING THAT ON THE UNT CAMPUS IS JUST NOT CONDUCIVE TO DOING THAT ON THE UNT CAMPUS. AS FAR AS THE PEPPER SPRAY DOING SOME OF THE OTHER TRAININGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO, THE SIRENS GOING AROUND THE CAMPUS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU JUST CAN'T DO ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. YES, SIR. AND I UNDERSTAND. AND AND THE GUN RANGE AND THE PEPPER SPRAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS A THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. THAT NEEDS TO BE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. BUT THE OTHER TRAINING, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT CAN'T BE DONE. WHY CAN'T THE RECRUITS HAVE THAT FIRST PHASE OF TRAINING ON THE UNT CAMPUS? [01:30:05] WHY CAN'T THAT? WHY CAN'T WE TAKE REPLICATE? WHY CAN'T WE STOP USING THE EXISTING FACILITIES THAT WE'VE THROWN UNDER THE BUS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. RIGHT. AND WE'VE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO BETTER BY OUR RECRUITS. WHY CAN'T THAT TRAINING BE ON THE UNT CAMPUS? SOME. SOME OF IT IS. AS AS WELL AS YOU. THERE ARE TWO LOCATIONS AT THE REDBIRD CENTER. THE IN-SERVICE BUILDING AND THE BASIC BUILDING. THE IN-SERVICE BUILDING. THE RECRUITS RIGHT NOW DON'T REALLY GO OVER TO THAT BUILDING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT. THEY HAVEN'T PASSED THE BPOC. THEY'RE TAKING THE SAME STRATEGIES THAT THEY'RE USING RIGHT NOW WITH THE RECRUITS AND USING THEM JUST IN A DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO WHERE THE RECRUITS WILL GET THE EXACT TOUCH AND FEEL OF OF ALL THE THE AMENITIES THAT THE CAMPUS WOULD HAVE. BUT YOU'RE HAVING TO DO IT IN, IN A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS IT TO BE MORE STREAMLINED, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY. I CAN'T SAY WHY IT'S NOT STREAMLINED TO START THEM AT THE NEW SPACE. I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF OTHER TRAINING, BUT THAT'S THEIR CONCERNS. AND THEIR NEEDS, IN MY OPINION, ARE SECONDARY TO OUR NEW RECRUITS. OUR NEW RECRUITS SHOULD HAVE THE BOND MONEY AND THE STATE MONEY FOR THEIR FACILITY. THAT IS I BELIEVE, WAS THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING. AND I SEE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SHAKING THEIR HEAD, I COULD GET YOU KNOW, WE I KNOW THAT THAT'S THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION. I KNOW THAT'S THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION. AND I BELIEVE WE'RE RENEGING ON THAT. AND I KNOW I'M USING VERY STRONG LANGUAGE HERE, BUT IT FEELS THAT WAY. AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE WORKED HARD ON THIS, AND I AM SORRY TO DO THIS IN A, IN A, IN SUCH A PUBLIC SETTING. BUT THIS JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME. IT IS NOT THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS, THESE DOLLARS. IT WAS NOT WHAT WE WERE HEADED TO DO. AND I'VE USED MY TIME AND I'LL JUST SAY I RARELY USE ALL OF MY TIME. THANK YOU. THAT IS DULY NOTED AND CERTAINLY TRUE. I'M GOING TO GO TO GAY WILLIS, WHO'S REMOTE FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY. YES WE CAN. THANK YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR ABOUT A CHANGE IN THIS BECAUSE I DID FEEL LIKE WE WERE GOING DOWN A PATHWAY. HOWEVER, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THE FLAW IS IN THE FACT THAT THE DESIGN STAGE BECAME OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY. AND IT STARTED TO REVEAL THAT THE SCENARIO MAY NOT BE OPTIMAL. AND SO WHILE THAT TOOK A MINUTE TO GET MY HEAD AROUND, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO THINK ABOUT IS WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL SCENARIO FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. AND SO I, THE PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH THIS ACADEMY AND GO THROUGH THE ONGOING TRAINING, I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS IS A CALLING AND WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO FIND THIS CALLING TO SERVE AND PROTECT US. AND SO I THINK THAT THE WAY THINGS ARE SHAPING UP HERE IN THIS PLAN REALLY RESPECTS LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A CAREER, NOT JUST THE TIME IN THE ACADEMY. TO GO FROM RECRUIT TO OFFICER ON THE STREET. BUT IT SETS THEM UP FOR A LONG TERM COMMITMENT THAT THEY'RE ALREADY CALLED TO DO IN THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR. SO WE'RE ALSO VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE'VE HAD THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY. WE'VE HAD THE LEGISLATURE. WE'VE HAD OUR VOTERS SHOW A COMMITMENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THIS IS THE APPROACH WE NEED TO TAKE AND HAVE THE THE TRAINING STOOD UP AT UNT, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF ONGOING EDUCATION. I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS BECOME A MODEL FOR OTHER QUADRANTS OF THE STATE OR OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WHO MIGHT WANT TO FOLLOW DALLAS LEAD ON THIS. SO I MAYBE I'M MAKING LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS, BUT I CAN SEE HOW WHILE UNFORTUNATE IN THE FITS AND STARTS, THAT THIS COULD ULTIMATELY BE BEST. AND THERE HAVE BEEN I THINK I'VE GOT A DIFFERING OPINION NOW WITH THREE COLLEAGUES ON SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE THIS MOMENT. ON REAL ESTATE MRS CITY MANAGER, I WOULD SAY THIS IS AN UNUSUAL NEED. I MEAN, MOST DEPARTMENTS DON'T NEED TRACKS OR GUN RANGES. I MEAN, AS FAR AS I KNOW BUT THIS DOES SEEM UNUSUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY. AND IF WE HAVE TO GET INTO PURCHASING REAL ESTATE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS THE KIND OF PLACE WE WOULD DO IT IF IT WAS JUST STRAIGHT UP OFFICE SPACE. [01:35:04] I'D SAY NO. WE NEED TO LOOK AROUND AT WHAT WE'VE GOT AND NOT LOOK AT BUYING SOMETHING NEW. BUT IN THIS CASE, I THINK WE SHOULDN'T BE LIMITED BY THAT. I THINK THE SECOND ISSUE I WOULD DIFFER ON IS NOT DOING THE BOGO BUY ONE, GET ONE VALUE ENGINEER. I THINK WE SEE HOW LONG WE HAVE MADE THIS TRAINING FACILITY LAST AND THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY USE THIS TO ITS FULL LIFE EXPECTANCY AND PERHAPS BEYOND. AND SO I'D LOVE TO SEE US REALLY INVEST AND SET IT UP, BOTH OF THESE FACILITIES TO BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE WITH REGARD TO WHAT'S ON THE UNT CAMPUS AND FIT THE HIGH STANDARD THAT WE'VE SEEN OUT THERE, AND ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON, BUT THAT ALSO IN THE NEW RECRUIT FACILITY THAT THAT WE WOULD INVEST IN THAT TO, TO THE EXTENT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT WE COULD. AND, YOU KNOW, AS I'M SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT THIS, OUR NEW RECRUITS COME IN AND THEY'RE IN THAT FACILITY ONE TIME. IT'S THE ONGOING TRAINING AND THAT THAT WOULD BE AT THAT UNT CAMPUS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE THEIR LIFETIME IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO REALLY, THEY MAY HAVE MORE EXPOSURE THERE AND THAT MAY BE A GOOD INCENTIVE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DIMINISH THE FACT THAT THAT IS ALSO GOING TO BE A STRONG INCENTIVE. IT'S SAYING IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT YOU AND YOUR YOUR YOUR ACADEMY TRAINING AND FIELD TRAINING. WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE OVER THE LONG HAUL, AND HOW YOU TURN THIS INTO A CAREER THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO YOU. AND THEN I THINK FINALLY, ON PUBLIC PERCEPTION VERSUS THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE. I MEAN, THERE'S THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF WHAT THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED OF, WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED. AND, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE ADHERE TO THAT, YOU KNOW, IN FUNDRAISING, THAT'S WHAT YOUR COMMITMENT IS, IS YOU KNOW, WHAT DID WE WHAT DID WE SAY THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO? AND HAVING THIS FACILITY ON THE UNT CAMPUS AND HAVING THAT TRAINING, I THINK IS A RECRUITMENT TOOL. I THINK IT IS FULFILLING THE COMMITMENT TO HAVING STRONGER LAW ENFORCEMENT. I DON'T LOVE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND THAT THIS HAS CHANGED, BUT DOING A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND GETTING IT RIGHT ON SOMETHING THAT'S SO EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT I, I I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT VERY WATCHFUL. THANK YOU. NO WORRIES, CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE NEED A NEW BASIC TRAINING FACILITY FOR OUR RECRUITS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE. WE'VE SEEN IT PERSONALLY. WE NEED SOME MAJOR UPGRADES. NOT JUST UPGRADES, BUT A NEW FACILITY. I DO, THOUGH, BELIEVE THAT WHAT WAS PROMISED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO OUR OFFICERS, TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO THE VOTERS, WAS A BASIC ACADEMY. WE CAN GO DOWN THE TIMELINE OF WHEN WE FIRST STARTED HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A NEW POLICE ACADEMY. WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT IN 2021 IS WHEN WE STARTED MAKING SOME OF THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT WHEN DID THE CONVERSATIONS REALLY START ABOUT A NEW FACILITY? THERE'S BEEN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A NEW POLICE ACADEMY FOR YEARS. I MEAN, I THINK IT WAS PART OF THE 27 2012 BOND PROGRAM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE LAND IN CADILLAC HEIGHTS FOR THE TRAINING FACILITY THAT. ARE YOU REFERENCING THE ONE ON UNT CAMPUS? YES. OH, SORRY. SO THOSE DISCUSSIONS DID START IN 2021. AND AND WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOND PROGRAM, THAT'S WHEN THOSE DISCUSSIONS KIND OF SOLIDIFIED. SO WE'RE IN 2024, FOR 2025 ALREADY. WOW. HOW MUCH HAS BEEN EXPENSED ON PLANS AND DESIGNS TO DATE? SO WE CAME TO COUNCIL IN THE FALL FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT OF $9.9 MILLION. AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH OF THAT HAS BEEN EXPENDED. I HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. IF WE CAN GET THAT PROVIDED AND ANY RENDERINGS, ANY DESIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. NOW, WHEN DID STAFF BECOME AWARE THAT WE HAD CONSTRAINTS WITH THE ACREAGE AT UNT? DALLAS? I'D LIKE TO START THAT PIECE, AND I'LL HAVE THEM TO TO CLOSE IT OUT. SO, AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, DURING THE TIME THAT I CAME INTO THE INTERIM ROLE, WE STARTED TO LOOK AT A LOT OF PROJECTS WHERE WE WERE AND HOW THOSE PROJECTS WERE MOVING FORWARD. AND OF COURSE, THERE BEGAN TO HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND THE ACTUAL LEASE THAT HAD NOT BEEN SECURED PRIOR TO THE FORMER LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA. AND SO THE FALL, WE STARTED HAVING MORE INTENSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND TRYING TO GET THE LEASE DONE SO WE [01:40:03] COULD GET IT IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND I BELIEVE MY FIRST AWARENESS THAT SOME THINGS HAD POTENTIALLY CHANGED WAS PROBABLY EARLY DECEMBER OF 2024. SO I'LL HAVE STAFF TO KIND OF JUMP IN AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY DOING SINCE DECEMBER TO GET US TO TODAY. SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. SO IN IN DECEMBER, WE HAD DEVELOPED WHERE WE WERE AT THE STAGE IN THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMING PHASE, WHERE WE HAD DEVELOPED A SCHEMATIC THAT SHOWED WHERE WE WOULD BE ON, ON THE ACREAGE THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME. WE THEN REALIZED THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY NOT IDEAL FOR THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A LONG TERM FACILITY THAT COULD BE 40 OR PLUS MORE YEARS. SO AT THAT POINT, WE STARTED WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE UNT WANT TO TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL LAND ON THE ON THEIR CAMPUS. WHO MADE THE DECISION TO HAVE THE FACILITY AT UNT DALLAS THAT PREDATES, I THINK, MOST OF THE FOLKS HERE. THAT DEFINITELY DOES PREDATE THE TEAM. I THINK THAT THE COMMITMENT FOR HAVING THIS COLLABORATION OR PARTNERSHIP WITH UNT DALLAS IS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN 2021, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THEN THAT FED INTO THEN THE BOND PROGRAM IN 2024. SO I BELIEVE THE CONVERSATIONS BEGIN AROUND THAT 2021 TIME PERIOD. SO THAT'S WHEN I THINK THE FUNDRAISING AND A LOT OF THE THE, THE STAKEHOLDER EFFORTS BEGAN TO THEN SHAPE UP AROUND HOW TO DELIVER THIS ON THAT CAMPUS. THANK YOU. AND I DO BELIEVE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. AND SO WHEN WAS THAT DECISION MADE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A REDUCTION IN THE ACREAGE AT THE UNT CAMPUS? AND WHO WAS THAT MADE BY? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD ANSWER THAT. I THINK IT WAS IT WAS JUST AS THE PROGRAM DEVELOPED, IT WAS REALLY OUR PROGRAMING PHASE. I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY A MISSTEP FROM THE 2021 PROGRAM. WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GONE STRAIGHT INTO A PROGRAMING PHASE TO IRON OUT ALL THOSE DETAILS. SO OKAY. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT THIS BRIEFING SHOULD BE AT THE FULL COUNCIL LEVEL. BUT CHIEF ARTIST, I DON'T RECALL ANY BRIEFINGS AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE LEADING UP TO THIS ON STATUS OF THE CONSTRUCTION, STATUS OF THE PLANNING OF THE DESIGN. DO YOU I MEAN, AM I AM I WRONG? I'M NOT SURE. I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY PREVIOUSLY WHEN I WAS IN AN ADDITIONAL ROLE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID DO A PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFING. I KNOW, NOT RECENTLY. WE'VE DONE HAVE DONE ANY UPDATES ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT I KNOW THAT BEFORE IT HAS COME BEFORE PUBLIC SAFETY. SO I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT THE BASIC ACADEMY NEEDS TO BE ALL IN ONE LOCATION WITH, WITH PROBABLY THE EXCEPTION OF THE THE VEHICLE COURSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE DANGEROUS TO THE CAMPUS AND THE STUDENTS. THAT BEING SAID CHIEF HARRY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, A GUN RANGE WOULD BE A WOULD BE TOO LOUD TO HAVE ON THE, ON THE CAMPUS AND SAFETY REASONS AS WELL. WHAT OTHER CONCERNS, CONSTRAINTS DO WE HAVE WITH NOISE OR ACTIVITY AT THE UNT CAMPUS? IF THIS WERE AT A DIFFERENT SITE, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE IT ALL ON ONE SITE. SO LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED SITES, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME FREEWAY NOISE THAT WOULD ABSORB SOME OF THE TRAINING NOISE THAT WE WOULD CREATE WITH THE SCREECHING TIRES WITH THE PISTOL RANGE. SO, SO THOSE THINGS WOULD BE ABSORBED IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. I BELIEVE IF WE WERE TO HAVE THOSE COMPONENTS THERE WHICH WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN THEY WOULD NOT ONLY BE BAD NEIGHBORS TO UNTD, BUT WE'D ALSO BE BAD NEIGHBORS TO A AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT IS VERY CLOSE BY AND A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S JUST TO THE NORTH OF US. SO TAKING ALL THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION, THIS IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ALL THOSE COMPONENTS IN ONE SPACE AND TO BE ABLE TO FOLD IN DFR SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. SO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED EARLIER TRYING TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN ONE SITE. AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF LOUD NOISES THAT COME WITH WITH TRAINING. ARE THERE CONCERNS WITH UNT AND HOW THAT MIXES WITH THEIR STUDENT BODY? I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE LAYOUT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED THAT WE'RE, WELL, THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE ANGLE OF THE BUILDING, THAT SOME OF THAT TRAINING WILL THAT TRAINING WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT THE BACK SIDE OF THE BUILDING, SO THE WOODED AREA BEHIND IT WOULD ABSORB SOME OF THE SIMUNITION SOUND AGAIN. IT'S NOT QUITE AS LOUD AS LIVE FIRE OR WITH REAL AMMO, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME POP SOUNDS, BUT IT SHOULD NOT GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. [01:45:01] THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL REFERENCES TO A SUNDAY MEETING. WHO WAS AT THAT MEETING AND HOW DID IT GO? I'LL TAKE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY MY MEETING. THAT MEETING INCLUDED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS, HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS. MYSELF, THE CHIEF, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO'S ACTUALLY LEADING THE PROJECT THAT YOU SEE HERE, THIS TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR INTERIM POLICE CHIEF IGOE AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE STAFF AND THE UNT LEGAL STAFF. STATE SENATOR WEST ACTUALLY WAS A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS WAS AT THAT MEETING. THERE WERE PROBABLY SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE ROOM THAT I'M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER ALL THE NAMES, BUT WE WERE ALL THERE TOGETHER TO REALLY MAP OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT TODAY'S PRESENTATION, THAT WE WERE IN ALIGNMENT. THANK THANK YOU. ON PAGE FIVE, THERE'S STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE BRIEFED OR FEEDBACK THAT DALLAS POLICE ASSOCIATION, THE DALLAS BLACK POLICE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL LATINO POLICE ORGANIZATION, THE ASIAN POLICE, THE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION. WERE THEY PART OF THAT CONVERSATION? PART OF WHAT CONVERSATION? I'M SORRY. SORRY, THE SUNDAY MEETING THAT YOU REFERENCED. SO ON PAGE FIVE, IT TALKS ABOUT KNOW THE THE POLICE ASSOCIATIONS WERE NOT IN THE MEETING ON SUNDAY. THIS WAS ABOUT TODAY'S BRIEFING ON THE PLANS. I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS TO NOT ONLY RECEIVE INPUT. SOME OF THE PIECES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO BE DELIVERED ON THE UNT DALLAS CAMPUS WERE SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE ASSOCIATIONS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THOSE ADDITIONAL NEEDS BEING MET AT A DIFFERENT CAMPUS. I'LL LET THE TEAM SPEAK TO THE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY MANAGER. SO, ABSOLUTELY, WE HAD THREE PRIOR MEETINGS WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS TO INCLUDE THE PROGRAMING AND TO KIND OF LET THEM KNOW HOW THINGS WERE LAID OUT. THEY WERE MAINLY CONCERNED THAT WE INVOLVED FOLKS FROM THE ACADEMY, OUR TRAINING EXPERTS, TO TO TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. WE TOOK SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, AND WE TOOK THOSE BACK TO THE DESIGNERS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO FOLD THOSE INTO THIS PROJECT. WHAT WE DID LEARN IS, YOU KNOW, THIS AGAIN, THIS PREDATES US. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF MEETINGS TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO TO US TAKING OVER THIS PROJECT, BUT WHAT WE DID LEARN AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO FOLD THEM INTO THE NEXT PHASE, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S VOICES ARE HEARD IN THIS PROJECT. WELL, I THINK THAT THAT'S CRITICAL AS WE LOOK AT DESIGNING THE BUILDING AND THE ARCHITECT TEAM AND THE CONSULTANTS THAT WE HAVE, THE INDIVIDUALS, THE TRAINERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM FACILITATING THESE, THAT WE HAVE THEIR INPUT ON THE LAYOUT, THE DESIGN, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN HAVING TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE COMMON AREAS, WHETHER IT BE A GYM, WHETHER IT BE SHOWERS, WHETHER IT BE CLASSROOMS. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUNDING. I THOUGHT WE HAD SECURED 25 MILLION FROM THE STATE, NOT 20. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT STATE COMMENT. WE DEFINITELY KNOW ABOUT THE 20 MILLION THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN COMMUNICATED. AND THERE'S BEEN INFORMATION SHARED BACK AND FORTH. WE DID HAVE A VERBAL COMMITMENT LAST YEAR FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DURING THE DESIGN KICKOFF. AND I THINK THAT WAS ON OCTOBER THE 10TH. WE WERE WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED THAT ACTUAL AMOUNT IN WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE. Y'ALL CAN TELL ME WHAT SLIDE NUMBER IT IS, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THAT IN WRITING. BUT THERE HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL VERBAL COMMITMENT FOR 5 MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE TODAY. WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BOND DOLLARS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS IN THE FIRST TRANCHE OF BOND DOLLARS TO BE EXPENSED AND EXECUTED. WILL WE STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS FIRST TRANCHE TO GO OUT? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE WE GOING TO BE HOLDING THIS UP FOR YEAR THREE, YEAR FOUR AND DELAYING SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE DOWN THE ROAD? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BOND DOLLARS. WE WE HAVE SECURED THE FIRST 250 MILLION OF THE OF THE BOND PROGRAM. WE'VE ALLOCATED AND ENCUMBERED 50 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT. AND SO THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE AS QUICKLY AS WE NEED IT. WE WILL NOT BE DEFERRING THAT FUNDING FOR FUTURE YEARS. IT'S AVAILABLE AND WILL BE USED. OKAY, GREAT. THE NEW LAND THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE SECOND PHASE. [01:50:03] HAVE WE DONE ANY ENGINEERING PRELIMINARY ON FLOOD ZONES OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD THAT WE HAVE WOULD HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT? THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING THAT UP. WE ARE DOING A, A PROCUREMENT. WE WILL BE DOING A PROCUREMENT FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY. WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC LOCATION. WE DO HAVE SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN MIND. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT THE ACREAGE FROM THOSE LOCATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AS WE CONTEMPLATE THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY. WE'RE WE'RE KEEPING A LOCATION OPEN SO THAT YOU KNOW, WE WE WOULD ASK THEM TO LOOK FOR MAYBE ANOTHER LOCATION THAT WE HAVEN'T CONTEMPLATED. WELL, THAT'S MY CONCERN IS WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF DOLLARS ON DESIGN ENGINEERING, AND WE ALREADY HAVE A GAP OF HOW MUCH DOWN HERE, HOW MANY MILLIONS OF $10 MILLION GAP BETWEEN THE 2021, 140 MILLION TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING PHASE TWO, INCLUDING PHASE TWO. AND SO WHERE DO WE EXPECT TO GET THOSE DOLLARS? SO IF I COULD JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND. SO IN 2021, THE COMMITMENT FOR THE TOTAL PROJECT WAS ABOUT 140 MILLION. 70 MILLION OF THAT WAS GOING TO BE THROUGH PUBLIC DOLLARS. AND THEN THE OTHER 70 MILLION WAS GOING TO BE RAISED PRIVATELY FOR THE TO GET TO THE 140. THE PLANS THAT YOU SEE TODAY IS NOW GOING FROM 140 TO 150 MILLION. SO THAT'S WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE SAYS THAT $10 MILLION GAP. SO TECHNICALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS ALREADY ABOUT HOW DO WE CLOSE THAT GAP, INCLUDING SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATE. SO WE WOULD BE COMING BACK AND SHARING WITH THE COUNCIL HOW WE WOULD CONTINUE TO MEET THAT COMMITMENT. SO REALLY, IT'S A $10 MILLION GAP FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IN 2021 TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. BUT 70 MILLION WAS ALREADY PLANNED TO BE RAISED PRIVATELY, AND I'LL TRY TO FINISH ONE LAST ONE IN HERE. ARE THOSE THAT IS THAT $10 MILLION IN TODAY'S DOLLARS OR IN $2,028? RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING IS IN TODAY'S DOLLARS. IS THERE ANYONE REMOTE WHO WANTS TO GET IN BEFORE I GO TO CHAIRMAN RIDLEY? OKAY. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO BEGIN WITH AN OBSERVATION ABOUT THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THIS MORNING. I READ THE POWERPOINT BEFORE WE STARTED THE SESSION, AND THEN WE HAD THE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF. AND THROUGH BOTH, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT LACK OF CLARITY AS TO JUST WHAT FUNCTIONS WILL BE CONTAINED ON THE UNT CAMPUS. FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAGE SIX, IT DESCRIBES PHASE ONE OF THE DPD REGIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY AS RECRUITING OFFICERS POST BASIC TRAINING TO ATTEND THREE COURSES TAUGHT BY UNT AT A CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER. SECOND BULLET LARGER CLASSROOM SPACE 50 PLUS STUDENTS VERSUS CURRENT 35. IT DOESN'T TELL US WHAT KIND OF COURSES THEY WILL BE TAUGHT IN THOSE CLASSROOMS. AND THEN THE FINAL BULLET POINT IS JUST STATE OF THE ART RRT TRAINING EXPERIENCE TO INCORPORATE POLICE VEHICLE SCENARIOS. NOWHERE DOES IT SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BASIC TRAINING COURSE THERE, OR THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE BASIC TRAINING COURSE THERE. NOR DOES IT SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN-SERVICE TRAINING. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR CATEGORIES OF DPD TRAINING RECRUITS AND IN-SERVICE FOR THE EXPERIENCED OFFICERS. NOR DOES THIS PRESENTATION ANYWHERE ADDRESS THE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT THE MAYOR RAISED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS DISCUSSION, WHICH IS WHAT WAS PROMISED TO THE LEGISLATURE AND WHAT WAS PROMISED TO THE VOTERS WHEN THEY VOTED FOR THE BOND PROPOSITION. AND IS THIS PROPOSAL IN LINE WITH THOSE PROMISES? THAT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND WASN'T PRESENTED IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT LET ME CONFIRM WHAT I'M HEARING TODAY THAT THE BASIC ACADEMY WILL NOT BE IN THE UNT BUILDING. WE'RE GOING TO RETAIN THE EXISTING LEASED SPACE, THE SUBSTANDARD TRAINING ACADEMY, TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN RECRUITS. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YES, SIR. AND THAT'S THE PERMANENT PLAN. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO MOVE THE RECRUITS OUT OF THE LEASED SPACE. ONCE WE BUILD PHASE ONE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SPACE IN PHASE ONE FOR OFFICERS ONCE THEY PASS [01:55:06] TCOLE. SO THAT'S NOT THE RECRUIT TRAINING. NOW. THAT'S IN-SERVICE TRAINING. THAT IS RECRUIT. SO ONCE THEY PASS TCOLE, ONCE THE RECRUITS PASS TCOLE, THEY WILL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE OFF OF THE REDBIRD CAMPUS TO TAKE VARIOUS CLASSES AT PHASE ONE. YOU KEEP IN MIND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ACADEMIES, WE'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. I NEED TO HAVE THAT AS AN OPTION TO MOVE THESE FOLKS OVER THERE TO TAKE MORE THAN JUST THREE CLASSES. IN PHASE THREE, WE HAVE A SERIES OF CLASSES THAT WE OFFER TO THESE OFFICERS ONCE THEY TAKE PHASE THREE. SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THAT TEACHING NOW AT PHASE ONE AT UNT CAMPUS, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW OUR DEPARTMENT ON THE BACK END. WELL, WHY CAN'T WE CONDUCT ALL OF THE RECRUIT TRAINING AT THE UNT FACILITY? I COUNCILMAN I'LL TAKE THAT QUESTION. YOU ASKED TWO VERY, VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. SOME OF THE TRAINING THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ON THE UNT CAMPUS FOR RECRUITS. I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THE OTHER SECTION OF THAT IS THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO BOTH CAMPUSES. THEY WILL BE AT UNT AS WELL AS THE PHASE TWO CAMPUS OR AT THE OTHER CAMPUS FOR NOW, AS THEY CONTINUE, AS THEY BECOME BASIC PEACE OFFICERS TRAINED, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO OVER TO THE UNT CAMPUS AND TAKE COURSES THERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE UNT STAFF. AND SO THE IN-SERVICE WILL ALSO HAPPEN ON THAT CAMPUS FOR THE OFFICERS. THE OTHER 3100 OFFICERS, OTHER DEPARTMENT WILL BE GETTING THEIR IN-SERVICE TRAINING AT THAT CAMPUS ALSO. THEY WILL ALSO DO SOME OF THEIR OTHER TRAINING AT THE PHASE TWO SITE. ALSO, THE SIMULATED VILLAGE TRAINING, THE INDOOR SLASH OUTDOOR FIREARMS TRAINING THAT'S ALSO A PART OF THE REGULAR. OFFICERS WILL ALSO SEE A PART OF THAT ALSO. WELL, I'M SORRY, CHIEF ARTIST, THAT DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION. ALL YOU'VE DONE IS REPEAT WHAT YOUR PROPOSAL IS AS TO WHAT TRAINING IS CONDUCTED. WHERE. I STILL DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION WHY WE CAN'T CONDUCT ALL OF THE RECRUIT TRAINING AS WE PROMISED THE VOTERS AT THE UNT CAMPUS. SOME OF THE REQUIRED TRAINING FOR RECRUITS CANNOT BE HOUSED ON THE UNT CAMPUS. SOME OF THE TRAINING HAS TO BE IS NOT. WELL, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A GUN RANGE ON THE UNT CAMPUS. WE NEVER PROPOSED THAT IN 2021. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TRAINING THERE. YES, SIR. THAT'S GOT TO BE OFF SITE. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE TEACH AT THE CURRENT TRAINING ACADEMY FOR BASIC RECRUITS, WHY CAN'T THAT BE RELOCATED FROM THIS TERRIBLE RENTAL FACILITY TO A NEW FACILITY AT UNT? THE SIMULATED VILLAGE IS ALSO ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THAT. SOME OF THE REALITY BASED TRAINING THAT WE DO. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, NOT THE EXTERIOR STUFF THAT TAKES MORE SPACE. THE TRAINING ALSO. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT. YES, SIR. EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL OF THE CLASSROOM TRAINING BEFORE TICAL EXAMINATION. WHY CAN'T THAT BE AT UNT? CAN I TAKE PART OF THAT? SO AS WE TALK ABOUT OFFER OFFERING REGIONAL TRAINING. THE LAST THING I WANT IS TO HAVE AN OFFICER FROM AN OUTSIDE AGENCY IN THE PARKING LOT HANDING OUT BUSINESS CARDS TO OUR RECRUITS WHO ARE TRYING TO GO THROUGH OUR TRAINING AND ASKING THEM TO COME OVER TO THEIR DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SEPARATION BEFORE THEY BECOME BPOC. AND THEN THAT SCHEDULING PIECE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH AT A LATER DATE. YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE SOLICITING OUR RECRUITS DURING TRAINING AT THE UNT CAMPUS. THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. YES, SIR. AND WHY CAN'T THEY DO THAT AT THE EXISTING TRAINING ACADEMY? OR DOES THAT GO ON AT THE EXISTING ACADEMY? IT DOESN'T. WE HAVE A GATE AROUND OUR FACILITY, AND IT'S A YOU HAVE TO CART IN TO GET INTO IT. WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT AT UNT? THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT. WELL, OKAY, THAT SEEMS TO ME A VERY FLIMSY REASON NOT TO CONDUCT THE TRAINING FOR THE RECRUITS ALL IN ONE FACILITY. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T IN THE SECOND BUILDING AT UNT THAT I SEE ON THE SITE PLAN, CONDUCT IN-SERVICE TRAINING THERE? SO THE SECOND FACILITY THAT WE'RE SHOWING IS ABOUT 12,000FT² FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER. THAT SMALLER BOX, THE ENTIRE BLUE BOX THAT WE ARE SHOWING, IT WAS THE SPACE THAT WE'VE NEEDED THAT AND THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THE DPD TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE IN-SERVICE TRAINING COMPONENT OF THAT. AND SO AND WE'RE COMING OUT OF ABOUT 70,000FT², SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE JUST TO SIMPLY FLIP THOSE. I'M SURE YOU WOULD OR WOULD NOT. WE WOULD NOT. [02:00:02] NO, WE WOULD NEED THE 70,000FT² FOR THE IN-SERVICE. WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE COURSE OF STUDY. YOU SAY THAT THERE ARE ALREADY THREE COURSES BEING TAUGHT ON THE UNT CAMPUS, SO PRESUMABLY THEY ACCOMMODATE THAT IN THEIR EXISTING BUILDINGS. ARE YOU PROPOSING TO MOVE THAT TO OUR NEW ACADEMY BUILDINGS? SO THE COURSES THAT THEY HAVE NOW ARE TAUGHT AT REDBIRD. THEIR INSTRUCTORS COME OVER TO THE REDBIRD FACILITY RIGHT NOW WITH THIS OPTION WILL BE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE POST TCOLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES ON THE UNT CAMPUS AT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER. WELL, IF THOSE ARE UNT COURSES TAUGHT BY PROFESSORS, NOT JUST TO RECRUITS, BUT TO ANY STUDENT WHO WANTS TO ENROLL FOR THEM, WHY CAN'T THAT BE ACCOMMODATED IN THEIR EXISTING FACILITIES? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THAT FACILITY RIGHT NOW. WELL, SHOULDN'T WE KNOW THAT BEFORE WE PROGRAM IT INTO OUR FACILITY? NO ONE HAS LOOKED AT THAT ISSUE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IMPORTANT, AS WE WERE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER WAS THAT THOSE TWO COMPONENTS, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE AND THE ACADEMY THAT THEY AND THAT GOES BACK TO 2021, THAT THERE WAS SOME SYNERGY BETWEEN BETWEEN THOSE SPACES, THE CLASSROOMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT FACILITY THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE GOING TO BE OCCUPIED THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME, AND WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THREE CLASSES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. SO THAT'S WHEN WE'RE HAD THAT SEPARATE BUILDING FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACILITY. WELL, FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE NOTE OF THE FACT THAT TODAY OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS PUT ON HOLD THE $5 MILLION THAT OUR CITY MANAGER WAS DISCUSSING BECAUSE HE WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE CITY'S PLANS FOR A NEW ACADEMY FOR POLICE RECRUITS. THE MORNING NEWS REPORTED FRIDAY THAT THE BASIC POLICE ACADEMY WILL LIKELY NO LONGER BE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS. IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT WOULD BE YOUR LAST QUESTION FOR THIS ROUND, BUT PLEASE GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT, PLEASE. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO ANSWER IT THIS WAY. WE HAVE HAD ONGOING CONVERSATIONS OVER THESE LAST FEW WEEKS REGARDING THE PLANS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS TO SHARE THE THE VISION FOR WHAT WE NOW, BASED ON ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE DID NOT HAVE AVAILABLE TO US FROM 2021, WHERE WE ARE AS OF THIS MORNING, I'VE HAD A DIRECT CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE, AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO ALSO HAPPEN WITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH HIM DIRECTLY, BUT WE DEFINITELY ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE INVOLVING THE ENTIRE STATE DELEGATION WHO'S BEEN BEHIND THIS PROJECT AND SUPPORTING THE PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION. BUT WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS EVEN TODAY'S BRIEFING WAS SHARED WITH THE STATE DELEGATION LAST NIGHT, JUST SO THEY WOULD HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AS WELL. AND THEN I'LL HAVE TO WAIT. ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT ROUND? I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ALREADY WANT TO HAVE A SECOND ROUND, BUT I HAVE A FEW FIRST ROUNDERS. STILL, MISS SCHULTZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I ACTUALLY WANT TO START WITH THE POINTS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE, IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE, CLARIFY FOR ME WHERE WE ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH, AS THE MAYOR SAID, WHAT WE PROMISED THE STATE AND OUR VOTERS WHAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE PROMISED THEM? SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING NOW, I THINK THE FOCUS ISN'T NECESSARILY ON THE BASIC ACADEMY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE CONCERN HAS BEEN. SO WE PROMISED A BASIC ACADEMY AND NOW THEY'RE NOT. WE WE PROMISED A POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY. I DON'T WE? EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY SEPARATE THOSE TWO BETWEEN IN-SERVICE AND BASIC. I, I UNDERSTAND THE ASSUMPTION WAS ALWAYS THAT IT WOULD BE BASIC, BUT BUT IN THE LITERATURE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD OUT THERE, IT WAS THERE WAS NO DISTINCTION. IT WAS ALWAYS THE POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, MR. MAYOR, IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK IT'S INTENTIONAL OBFUSCATION, BUT DEFINITELY THAT LACK OF CLARITY HAS CAUSED REAL PROBLEMS WITH WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT WHEN THEY THINK OF A TRAINING ACADEMY. THEY THINK NEW RECRUITS. WE ALL DO. IT'S THE FIRST THING WE THINK OF. WE DON'T THINK OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. [02:05:03] AND SO I THINK PART OF IT IS IN THE COMMUNICATION AROUND WHAT DOES. WHAT IS A POLICE ACADEMY? WHO DOES IT INCLUDE AND WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMMATIC COMPONENTS OF THAT? SO I THINK ON THE BLAME GAME THAT WE LOVE TO PLAY AROUND HERE, IT'S REALLY A MISCOMMUNICATION ISSUE IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING. I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS INTENTIONAL. BECAUSE WHAT'S CLEAR IS AS THE PROGRAM MOVED ALONG, IT EVOLVED AND WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH WHAT PEOPLE WANTED OR THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET WITH WHAT IS ACTUALLY REALISTIC IN TERMS OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING AT THIS TIME. SO TO THAT POINT, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE UNT SIZE AND THIS NEED TO SHRINK THE THE ACREAGE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED. HOW BIG IS THE UNT CAMPUS, HOW MANY ACRES IS IT? AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS FOR HOUSING AND UNIVERSITY THINGS, BUT ISN'T IT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF ACRES? MAYBE I COULD ASK THE PRESIDENT. SO OUR CAMPUS IS AROUND 262 ACRES, I BELIEVE. AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN, OR WHAT WE HOPED FOR WAS 20 ACRES. 20 ACRES. AND THAT'S WE CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. THAT IN OUR MASTER PLAN THAT'S BEEN DEDICATED TO A SPACE THAT'S SOUTH OF THE DART LINE. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS PART OF THE ISSUE WAS THERE'S NO, NO ACCESS WAY CURRENTLY TO THAT PARCEL OF LAND. THE 20 THE 20 ACRES THAT OUR BOARD HAD APPROVED TO SET ASIDE FOR THIS PURPOSE. AND I'LL JUST JUMP IN AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR VON ESCHENBACH, THAT STAFF LOOKED AT THAT ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THAT SPACE. AND I THINK IN ORDER TO EVEN MOVE TOWARDS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A DEVELOPMENT PIECE FOR IT, I THINK THAT THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 20 MILLION. SO PLEASE JUMP IN, DEV, AND AND TALK ABOUT THE LOOK AT THAT SITE AND WHAT THE LIMITATIONS WOULD BE FOR IT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. AS YOU MENTIONED, THE THE INITIAL SITE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AT UNT WAS AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW. AND THE REASON WHY WE MOVED TO THIS LOCATION WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TO DEVELOP THAT. AND SO THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE FUNDING THAT WE HAD TO REALLY LEAN INTO THE POLICE ACADEMY. AND SO THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED EARLIER, WE WE LOOKED AT THIS SECONDARY LOCATION. WE THOUGHT THAT IT HAD SOME REAL ASSETS TO IT CONNECT, YOU KNOW ADJACENCY TO THE TRAIL, EASY ACCESS OFF CAMP WISDOM ROAD. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS WE WANTED TO TAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN AND PUT IT INTO THE ACADEMY ITSELF RATHER THAN THE ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR DESIGN PARTNERS, AS WELL AS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNT, TO KIND OF LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BEST ACCOMMODATE BUILDING PROGRAMING. ALL OF THAT GOES TOGETHER TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITE LOCATION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. THE OTHER THING IS, I REMEMBER VIVIDLY ONE OF THE EXCITING ASPECTS OF THIS WAS THAT IT WAS GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE AN INCOME GENERATOR FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER REGIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKE MONEY FROM THE OTHER CITIES IN THE REGION WHO DIDN'T HAVE ACADEMIES. AND NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PUTTING UP A PRETTY SERIOUS FIREWALL TO MAKE SURE NO ONE TOUCHES OUR OFFICERS. SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT CHANGE IN THINKING? SO I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER A CONVERSATION WHERE WE WOULD BE TRAINING THEIR NEW RECRUITS. THE OPTION WAS TO OFFER CONTINUING EDUCATION AND STATE MANDATED TRAINING, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE ALERT. SO WE'RE STILL PLANNING TO DO THAT AND USE THAT AS AN INCOME OPPORTUNITY. THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE'S TWO. WE HAVE TWO PROBLEMS, MR. MAYOR, WITH AS YOU OPENED IT UP, ONE IS WHAT A POLICE ACADEMY MEANS TO SOME VERSUS WHAT MEANS IT MEANS TO OTHERS. AND SO THE OBLIGATION TO CLARIFY WHAT THAT MEANS SO THAT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A BAIT AND SWITCH IS ON US AND ON THE LEADERSHIP. TO REALLY CLARIFY, KNOW WHAT WE MEANT WAS NOT THE NEW RECRUITS, BUT THESE I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH CHAIR STEWART THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE EVERYTHING THERE, BUT CERTAINLY FOR THE NEW RECRUITS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU BEGIN. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BUILD A SCHOOL, YOU START WITH THE PRESCHOOL AND THE ENTRY POINT, AND THEN YOU KEEP THEM BECAUSE OF YOUR QUALITY. YOU DON'T START AND SAY YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE IN A DUMP WHEN YOU'RE IN PRESCHOOL AND HAVE A GORGEOUS HIGH SCHOOL AND EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT PEOPLE. [02:10:07] SO TO ME, I THINK IT'S A IT'S A MARKETING MISTAKE POTENTIALLY, THAT'S BEING MADE IN THAT STRATEGY. THAT SAID, IT'S OVER. DEFINITELY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE IN DECIDING WHAT SHOULD BE AT A POLICE ACADEMY, THAT THE OTHER BIG PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE LETTING OUR MONEY DESIGN THE DESIGN WHAT WE NEED, RATHER THAN US SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE NEED? I THINK IT GIVES AN INCREDIBLE BURDEN ON OUR VALIANT AND HEROIC FUNDRAISERS, LYNN AND JENNIFER, TO GO OUT AND DO THAT, BECAUSE IF WE WERE ACTUALLY TO SAY FOR ANOTHER 20 MILLION, WE CAN GET EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT OR WHATEVER THE PRICE TAG IS, I'M JUST USING THE NUMBER YOU THREW OUT THAT I'M NOT SURE IT'S NOT REASONABLE. AND I THINK WE'RE LETTING OUR OWN BARRIERS, OUR OWN PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE CURRENTLY TO STOP US FROM HAVING WHAT SHOULD BE THE DREAM OF DALLAS. AND THAT'S HOW DALLAS HAS ALWAYS DONE IT IS WE'VE SAID THIS IS OUR GOAL. GOALS FOR DALLAS. WE LEARNED. BUILT CITY HALL, BUILT. THANKS-GIVING SQUARE BUILT. DART BUILT THE AIRPORT. THEY DIDN'T START WITH HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST. OH, IT'S TOO MUCH. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD DFW. THEY SAID WE NEED A REGIONAL AIRPORT. AND THEN THEY WENT AND GOT IT DONE. AND WE ARE GOING BACKWARDS. I THINK WE'RE THINKING SMALL, AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO GO BACK AND SAY WE WANT, WE WANT ON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEWHERE REMOTE IN THE 200 ACRES. WE WANT OUR GUN RANGE, MAYBE WE PUT THE GUN RANGE AND THE VEHICLE THING IN AN ENTIRELY OTHER PART OF DALLAS, WITH A PARK THAT'S NOT USED AND NEAR A HIGHWAY, I DON'T KNOW. BUT THE POINT, OTHER THAN THOSE TWO THINGS, I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD GET IN OUR WAY. SO WE NEED TO DO OUR DREAM AND THEN THE MONEY WILL COME. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN ARNOLD. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B. ARE Y'ALL PUSHING EACH OTHER'S BUTTONS AGAIN? OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY. OKAY, CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I THINK WE LOVE TO PUSH EACH OTHER'S BUTTONS ON THIS BODY ALL THE TIME. SO I WANT TO START WITH WHERE MY COLLEAGUE LEFT OFF COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ. AND THIS STARTED OFF AS A BIG DREAM PROJECT. AND I REMEMBER US SPEAKING ABOUT THIS BACK IN 2017 AND 18. AND IT WAS KIND OF A FAR FETCHED DREAM PROJECT, AND NOBODY WAS REALLY TAKING IT SERIOUSLY, I THINK, HERE AT THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE, WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. WE JUST PASSED THE 2017 BOND, SO WE KNEW IT'D BE A WHILE BEFORE WE GOT BACK TO IT. WHEN I BECAME THE CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MAYOR, WE DID BRIEF THIS ITEM IN INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THAT'S IT'S REAL ESTATE. IT'S WHERE IT GOES. AND JUST LIKE THE BUDGET FOR DFW AIRPORT GOES TO GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T REVIEW IT AND SEND IT ON TO COUNCIL. DFM DOES. AND WITH THIS ONE IT'S THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED. THAT'S WHERE IT WAS PLACED. NONE OF THESE FOLKS OVER HERE WERE PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE WERE FIRST SPEAKING ON IT. SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY HERE. AND I THINK WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ SAID, MR. MAYOR, IS, WE ALL HEARD THE POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY AND WE ALL WENT BASIC TRAINING, NEW RECRUITS, NEW SCHOOL FOR THEM. AND I THINK IT'S A WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW EVERY STEP OF TRAINING FOR A POLICE OFFICER. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HERE HAS GONE THROUGH AN ENTIRE POLICE TRAINING WHEN THEY'RE BRAND NEW ROOKIES. AND TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT TAKES AND WHAT YOU DO AND ALL OF THAT, I CAN TELL YOU I'VE ONLY DONE A VERY TINY PART OF FIRE, AND IT YOU DO IT FOR FIVE MINUTES AND THAT BIG OLD SUIT AND YOU'RE LIKE, I'M OUT OF HERE BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT. SO THANK YOU, FIREFIGHTERS, FOR WHAT YOU DO. BUT THEN THE SAME THING WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS, IT'S LIKE THERE'S CERTAIN PLACES THAT CERTAIN PARTS JUST AREN'T GOING TO BE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THAT WE JUST ALL ASSUMED AND THIS BIG OLD DREAM THAT IT WAS ALL GOING TO BE IN ONE SPOT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. BUT I DO LIKE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ SAID IS IF WE WANT TO DREAM BIG, THEN LET'S GO BIG AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND I WILL SAY THAT WE TALK ABOUT A PHASE ONE AND A PHASE TWO, AND I THINK THAT'S YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO IN ORDER TO GET IT ALL DONE. [02:15:01] WE DID TALK ABOUT THE CRIMINOLOGY COMPONENT BEING WRAPPED INTO THIS ACADEMY. IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH UNT DALLAS, I REMEMBER THAT VERY CLEARLY BECAUSE WE THOUGHT, OH, HOW COOL ALL THESE COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL BE TAKING CRIMINOLOGY CLASSES. WE MAY BE ABLE TO RECRUIT SOME TO GO INTO DPD. AND SO I DO REMEMBER THAT PART, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE LITERALLY FROM 2017, 1819 AND 2020. AND THEN FAST FORWARD, WE HAD A BOND AND WE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE POLICE ACADEMY. AND EVERYBODY WENT, WOOHOO! YAY! LET'S DO IT. LET'S GO FOR IT. BUT I DON'T THINK WE EVER DEFINED IT LIKE THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ISSUE. NOW I'M HEARING DEFINITIONS AND I'M LIKE, OH YEAH, YOU DIDN'T SAY BASIC TRAINING. YOU SAID POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY. THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. IT DOESN'T MEAN WHAT? LEVEL OF POLICE TRAINING. BUT I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ. YOU WANT TO GET HIM IN WITH THE NICE FANCY FACILITY. IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM BEFORE INSTEAD OF STARTING THEM IN THE THE CRAPPED OUT FACILITY. THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASON THAT WE SAID WE DON'T WANT THAT ANYMORE. BUT I GET IT. WE MAY HAVE TO KEEP IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIG GOAL OF OFFICERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIT AT SOME POINT. AND SO BUT I WOULD WANT TO START THEM OPPOSITE AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT TRAINING ALL GOES. SO I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT REALLY FITS IN CLASSROOM AT THE NEW BUILDINGS VERSUS OLDER BUILDINGS AND ALL OF THAT. SO I THINK MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THERE. THIS IS TOUGH, MR. MAYOR, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A BIG GIANT STUDY AHEAD OF TIME. WE JUST KIND OF GAVE AN IDEA TO THE VOTERS. SO THAT IS SHAME ON US BECAUSE WE APPROVED THAT TO GO ON THE BOND. AND WE THOUGHT WE, YOU KNOW, PULLED THE NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE NUMBER CAME ABOUT. I JUST REMEMBER THERE WAS A NUMBER AND WE WERE GOING TO GET A MATCH, AND THE MATCH CAME FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE VERBAL MATCH. AND WE STUCK 50 MILLION ON OUR BOND BECAUSE WE HAD TO WE HAD TO HAVE A MATCH. AND THEN WE ASKED OUR AMAZING TEAM BEING LED BY LYNN BIGBY AND THE HONORABLE JENNIFER STAUBACH GATES, WHO HAVE GONE OUT, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HAVE TO PAUSE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THIS POINT. AND THAT'S UNFAIR TO THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THEY CAN RAISE IT BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED THESE TWO PEOPLE RAISE A LOT OF MONEY. SO I THINK WE'VE STILL GOT TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. WE GOT A BETTER PLAN. WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I THINK WE CAN GET AN EVEN BETTER, BETTER, MORE ROBUST PLAN. LIKE COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ SAID. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, WE ARE ON ROUND TWO, AND I'M GOING REMOTE TO GAY WILLIS FOR THREE MINUTES ON ITEM B. THANK YOU. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WITH THE TRAINING FACILITY, THE RECRUIT TRAINING FACILITY ON HOLD FOR LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED, THE LEASE WILL NEED TO BE EXTENDED. AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE BOND FUNDS? A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THOSE TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, EVEN IN THAT LEASED SPACE, JUST TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE BETTER OR TO MAKE THE SPACE PLAN BETTER. ARE WE DOING ANYTHING IN THAT REGARD? SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENT PLANS FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LEASE SPACE? AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE BOND DOLLARS CANNOT BE USED ON FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT OWNED BY THE CITY. BUT I CAN CERTAINLY CONFIRM THAT AND GET BACK WITH YOU. WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE. ARE THERE SOME OF ANY OTHER DOLLARS, MISS CITY MANAGER, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PULL FROM, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE NOW OR IN LOOKING AT THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE DEVOTED TO IMPROVING THAT SPACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS. WE DO HAVE A MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUND. I WILL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW WITH SOME OF THE PLANNED DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, INCLUDING ROOF REPLACEMENTS AND A LOT OF THE FIRE STATIONS, WE'VE BEEN DOING HVAC WORK. A LOT OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE CURRENTLY TIED UP TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF OUR EXISTING FACILITIES. WHILE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIRE NEEDS CURRENTLY, SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO JUST LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY FUNDING THAT'S NOT BEEN ALLOCATED OR EARMARKED FOR OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD DO. I THINK THE GOAL FOR US WOULD BE, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH THE PLANS THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO DELIVER THESE IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES GOING FORWARD, AND THAT WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO USE UP A LOT OF FUNDS TO TO DO SOME, YOU KNOW, PATCHING HERE AND THERE, KNOWING THAT THAT IS NOT OUR PLAN LONG TERM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT MIGHT BE FEASIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SURE. WELL, SOME OF IT'S EVEN COSMETIC OR SOME OF IT IS IN THOSE THE CONDITIONS OF EVEN THE BATHROOM AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE MILDEW SMELL AND THAT SORT OF THING. I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE DONE IN THAT REGARD. AND THEN IF WE ARE EXTENDING THIS LEASE, WHETHER THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BE WILLING TO SHOW SOME FAVORABILITY OR DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP US IMPROVE IT, [02:20:05] WHETHER IT'S COSMETIC OR JUST ASSISTING US IN SOME WAY. I THINK THOSE ARE SOME GREAT POINTS, AND WE DEFINITELY WILL WILL MAKE THAT BE A PART OF OUR ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AS WE START TALKING ABOUT MAYBE THIS LEASE EXTENSION, AND ENSURE THAT SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD, IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET THOSE ADDRESSED WITH EITHER THE CURRENT LANDLORD OR IF THERE'S FUNDING THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH. SO WE DEFINITELY CAN REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. REGARDING YOUR YOUR REQUEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THAT. THANK YOU. WAS THAT ALL? MISS WILLIS? OKAY, I'M COMING BACK TO THE CHAMBER FOR CHAIRWOMAN STEWART FOR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST TO BE CLEAR, ON THE POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THAT. I DO BELIEVE FORMER CHIEF GARCIA ADVOCATED THIS IDEA WITH A VIDEO. AND HE WENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS SHOWING THAT VIDEO. AND IT SHOWS THE OLD RECRUITING FACILITY AND HOW WE NEED TO HAVE A NEW FACILITY FOR OUR RECRUITS. SO I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING THERE. I THINK THAT WAS THE MESSAGING WAS PRETTY CLEAR FROM OUR CHIEF OF POLICE DURING THAT SEASON OF TALKING ABOUT BOND DOLLARS AND THE BOND PROGRAM, HE WAS SELLING A NEW RECRUIT FACILITY, SO SOMETHING CHANGED SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT DAWNED ON ME UNTIL THIS MORNING. I MEAN, I BEGAN TO GET A SENSE OF IT, BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD CLEARED IT UP AND NOW WE WERE. I REALIZED THIS MORNING WE WERE WE WERE WHERE I FEARED WE WERE, WHICH WAS THAT THE RECRUITING PART OF THIS, THE RECRUITING FACILITY PART OF THIS IS NOT IS IN PHASE TWO. IT IS NOT IN PHASE ONE. SO I WOULD ASK ON THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED THE $20 MILLION. I IN ORDER TO HAVE THE, ALL OF IT MOVED TO THE CURRENT TO THE FIRST LOCATION THAT WE WANTED IS THAT ARE THERE ANY OTHER OBSTACLES OR THAT 20 ACRES NEAR THE DART STATION? IS THAT STILL A VIABLE OPTION? IF WE COULD FIND THE 20 MILLION TO HANDLE THE INFRASTRUCTURE? SO THERE WERE THERE WERE SOME OTHER ISSUES WITH THAT SITE. THERE'S WE ARE SOUTH OF THE DART RAILROAD TRACKS, SO WE WOULD BE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE CAMPUS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A CROSSING THERE. CORRECT. AND HOW FAR IS THE STATION? YEAH, IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE RAILROAD TRACKS. AND I WOULD GUESSING THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A MAJOR AND BUT YET THAT'S WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED AS THE AS THE SPOT IN 2021. THAT'S ALL THOSE FACTORS WERE STILL THERE. BUT YEAH. OKAY. AND HOW CRITICAL IS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER TO THE PHASE ONE? I THINK IT'S IT'S VERY CRITICAL TO PHASE ONE AND THE COLLABORATION WITH UNT. IT'S A FACILITY THAT WOULD HOUSE THEIR FACULTY. THE PROXIMITY WITH OUR OUR REGIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT. AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PIPELINE OF THEIR STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE. SO I THINK IT'S A CRITICAL COMPONENT, AND THERE ARE SAFETY RESTRICTIONS TO OUR FACILITY THAT WOULD ENCUMBER THAT COLLABORATION. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL FACILITY THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR EASE OF COLLABORATION. ARE THERE OBSTACLES TO BUILDING A BASIC TRAINING ACADEMY AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER ON THE CURRENT SITE? NOT THE GUN RANGE, NOT THOSE THINGS, JUST THE TRAINING FACILITY. I THINK WE'D HAVE TO TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT. AGAIN, THERE ARE ALWAYS DESIGN SOLUTIONS. WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SAY A FIRM YES OR NO? BUT IF THAT WAS OUR INITIAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY WAS GOING TO BE, THEN IT SEEMS LOGICAL THAT WE COULD PUT THAT THERE AS WELL AS THEN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER. THERE'S NOT A THERE NOT ANY BARRIERS TO THAT. AGAIN, I THINK THE, THE WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAMING PHASE, WORKING WITH THE TRAINERS THEIR PREFERENCE WAS TO HAVE THOSE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO [02:25:06] THESE OTHER TRAINING COMPONENTS THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER MANAGE AND EFFICIENTLY TRAIN OUR OFFICERS. SO, AS I SAID, I THINK THAT WE WOULD JUST NEED TO TO THINK ABOUT IT FURTHER. COULD YOU IDENTIFY WHAT TRAINING COMPONENTS WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE IN PHASE ONE? WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE EVOC TRAINING. THE REALITY BASED TRAINING, BUT THAT EVOC IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE OFF CAMPUS, SO TO SPEAK. I DON'T THINK IT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE 2021 PLAN. RIGHT. I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE SOLUTION? I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER SPACE THAT THEY CAN GO TO WHICH IT IS NOT RIGHT. I MEAN, THEY CAN THEY'LL HAVE THEY COULD HAVE BASIC TRAINING AT UNT AND THEN GO TO EVOC WHEREVER. YES, YES. SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT CRITICAL TO HAVE EVOC. SO WHAT WHAT COMPONENTS ARE CRITICAL THAT HAVE TO BE. SO THERE'S, SO THERE'S SOME SCHEDULING COMPONENTS THAT YOU KNOW WE NEED TO SECURE. SO TIME WASTED BETWEEN GOING FROM THE ACTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO THE SPACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT THE EVOC TRAINING AND THE REALITY BASED TRAINING, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE TRAVEL COMPONENTS THAT WE'D HAVE TO BUILD IN SOMEPLACE. AND AGAIN, AS I TALK ABOUT THE LARGER CLASSES. TRAINING THOSE FOLKS AND MOVING THOSE FOLKS IS QUITE, A QUITE A CHALLENGE, BUT THEY WILL NEED TO BE MOVED ANYWAY UNDER THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE. SO WHILE WHILE WE'RE BUILDING OUT, THEY CAN STILL UTILIZE THE SPACE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH A LEASE EXTENSION. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES CAN THEY CAN THEY CAN YOU CAN CONTINUE THAT LEASE REGARDLESS. AND THAT HAS TO BE IT. GO AHEAD. YOU CAN ANSWER THAT PLEASE. BUT THAT'S. YES, MA'AM. THAT WE COULD EXTEND THAT AND STILL UTILIZE THAT SPACE WHILE WE'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION. I AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT. AT THE CURRENT BASIC RECRUITING SITE, THE EVOQUE IS RIGHT THERE NEXT DOOR TO IT. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THE SYNERGY THEY WERE TRYING. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP TO WHERE THOSE ARE TOGETHER. NO, YOU CAN'T RESPOND RIGHT NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW. OKAY YOU HAVE ANOTHER ROUND. MAKE A NOTE OF YOUR FOLLOW UPS AND TRY TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS YOU CAN BY GETTING YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THAT MINUTE. I'M GOING TO GO REMOTE AGAIN TO PAULA BLACKMON. MRS BLACKMON YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. I'M GOING BACK ON THE BOND LANGUAGE. JENNY, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CITY MUST OWN THE FACILITY. YES. YES, MA'AM. TYPICALLY, WE I THINK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITION, THE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO A FACILITY NEEDS TO BE A CITY OWNED FACILITY. AND SO I MAY HAVE MISHEARD YOU. HOW CAN WE THEN ALLOCATE THIS 50 MILLION TO A FACILITY ON UNT CAMPUS? I BELIEVE THAT'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF IN THE LEASE LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. SO ARE WE LEASING IT? ARE WE GOING TO OWN IT? I'M SORRY. SO WHEN YOU SAY THE LEASE LANGUAGE, THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE RENTING THE LEASE. THE LEASE SPACE. SO THIS THE CITY WILL OWN THE BUILDING. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO OWN THE GROUND. WE WILL BE LEASING THE GROUND. THAT'S CORRECT. AND WE WILL HAVE THE LEASE FOR 40 YEARS WITH FOUR, TEN YEAR EXTENSIONS. SO IN TOTAL, WE. YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE IT FOR 80 YEARS. HOW MUCH WOULD WE BE LEASING THE LAND FOR? I BELIEVE IT'S A DOLLAR A YEAR. OKAY. SO THEN WHAT WAS THE BOND LANGUAGE AS WRITTEN THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED? THE BOND? I'D HAVE TO PULL IT UP, AND I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT WAS FOR THE PLANNING, DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, AND IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, INCLUDING FIRE STATIONS. IT LISTED A FEW A FEW OTHER TYPES OF BUILDINGS, AND IT DID INCLUDE POLICE, POLICE TRAINING AND FIRE STATION FIRE TRAINING FACILITIES. SO IT WAS VERY GENERAL LANGUAGE. OKAY. SO IT DID NOT SPECIFICALLY SAY. IT DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY FOR THIS TYPE OR THAT TYPE. NO, IT ONLY REFERENCED TRAINING FACILITIES WAS A SPECIFIC AS IT GOT. OKAY. AND SO WE'VE WE'VE GONE FROM 140 MILLION TO 115 MILLION. WE HAVE 91.5 MILLION. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO FIND THE DELTA WHICH IS ONE 58.5 MILLION PRIVATELY. [02:30:05] CORRECT. 58.5. YES, MA'AM. AND DO WE KNOW AND I GUESS THIS MAY BE FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR. LYNN OR JENNIFER, DO WE KNOW THE APPETITE FOR A 60 MILLION. AND I SAY 70 MILLION PLUS ON PHASE TWO. YEAH. AND THAT WILL BE IN 2030, WHICH YOU COULD PROBABLY CALL IT 100 MILLION JUST TO BE SAFE. SO WHAT IS THE APPETITE TO GET PHASE TWO FUNDRAISED FOR? IT SEEMS LIKE PHASE ONE IS IF I DO, THE MATH IS PRETTY MUCH DONE. CORRECT? YES. AND I SAID IN THE EARLIER REMARKS THAT WE PUT A STOP ON THE FUNDRAISING UNTIL WE HAD A CLEAR PLAN AND DIRECTION. WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF MEETINGS. WE HAVE HAD SUCH GOOD RESPONSE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ABSENT CLARITY, WE CAN'T ACTUALLY GO BACK OUT. BUT I FEEL VERY CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE A PLAN. WE HAVE PEOPLE, WE HAVE FOUNDATIONS, WE'VE HAD MANY MEETINGS. SO THERE HASN'T BEEN A LACK OF INTEREST. AND THAT ALLOWED US TO SECURE SOME VERY BIG GIFTS EARLY. BUT AGAIN, ABSENT A PLAN, WE JUST CANNOT GO ASK PEOPLE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GIVING TO. SO BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT IT. AND IT'S 53.5 MILLION. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER HALF A MILLION. AND THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATE WILL DO WITH THE 5 MILLION. SO WE COULD ACTUALLY EVEN BE UNDER 50 MILLION. SO. WELL THIS SLIDE SAYS 58.5. SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS WHICH. OKAY. IS IT 58. OKAY. WELL THEN BE 53 AND BE 53 MILLION. THEN THE ADDITIONAL FIVE. DELTA IS THE VERBAL COMMITMENT THAT WE RECEIVED ON OCTOBER THE 10TH FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. SO I THINK JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN IT. WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A SURE PLAN THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED. AND WITH EVERYTHING IN THE MEDIA, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS CONFUSED AND SO FEELING LIKE WE NEED TO GO BACK AND AND I'VE ACTUALLY DONE THAT, HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR TWO LARGEST GIFTS AND, YOU KNOW, ASSURED THEM THAT I WILL KEEP THEM UPDATED. AND THEY'RE WITH US AND THEY'RE COMMITTED AND THEY LOVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEY WANT TO BE WITH US. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WE AGAIN, CAN'T CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND RAISE FUNDS. AND WE NEED TO ASSURE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS SO THAT WE CAN FINISH THAT THAT GAP THAT'S THERE. OKAY. ALSO ALONG THE LINES OF THE THE MONEY PART OF IT, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR LIKE A 10% EXTRA FOR WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, ROOF NEEDS TO BE FIXED BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, WE BUILD THINGS AND WE NEVER, EVER UPKEEP THEM. AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME ENDOWMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITIES ARE STATE OF THE ART OR UPGRADED, THAT ARE MAINTAINED BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LOOK AT OUR OWN CITY HALL, WE'RE WE'RE STILL WAITING TO, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH THE HVAC ON THAT. SO THAT'S JUST MY THING IS, WHILE YOU MAY IT'S JUST MAYBE SET ASIDE A LITTLE ENDOWMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS TRAINING FACILITY STAYS STATE. STATE OF THE ART. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE COMING BACK TO THE CHAMBER TO CHAIRMAN MORENO FOR THREE MINUTES. MAYOR, PLEASE. CHAIR GRACEY HAS NOT HAD A FIRST ROUND. CHAIRMAN GRACEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'M NOT GOING TO TRY NOT TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. JUST SO I'M CLEAR, THE NEW RECRUITS GOING FORWARD WILL BE USING THE EXISTING FACILITY ON REDBIRD GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT, WHAT, TWO YEARS OR SO IS THAT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. OKAY. LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, I DO REMEMBER GOING AND DOING THE TOURS AND TALKING ABOUT THAT FACILITY AND REALLY BEING EXCITED AND HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICERS WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS, THIS UPGRADE TO THE FACILITY. THERE. SO I'M A I AM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE OF THINGS. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE. ENOUGH HAS BEEN SAID ON THAT. HOW DOES THIS IMPACT RECRUITING? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT'S IT'S NOT IMPACTING US RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY HELP US. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. IT COULD HELP US IN THE FUTURE. YES, SIR. NOW, AS A AS IT RELATES TO KIND OF THE RECRUITING PLANS, DID YOU ALL HAVE ANY ESTIMATES IN TERMS OF IF IT WENT LIKE I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO IN MY HEAD, AND THIS FACILITY ON REDBIRD WAS NOW GOING TO BE ON THE UNT DALLAS CAMPUS. DID WE HAVE ANY PROJECTIONS OF JUST ABOUT HOW MANY MORE RECRUITS WE WOULD GET AS A RESULT OF THAT? NO, SIR. THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED IN OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS. IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE PART OF IT GOING FORWARD, THOUGH. [02:35:03] DO YOU? OKAY. SO I GUESS WHILE WE WERE PLANNING ALL OF THIS AND GOING THROUGH THIS, THAT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RECRUITING MORE OFFICERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT DURING THIS PLANNING PHASE, BECAUSE I SEE WHERE I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER, PART OF THIS, THIS CLASSROOM PIECE IS TO HELP REMOVE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS OUT OF, I'M GONNA CALL IT BASIC TRAINING TO GET INTO THE TO DO THE CLASSROOM WORK, WHICH WILL HELP RELIEVE SPACE. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THOSE CLASSROOM FACILITIES WILL NOW BE REMOVED SO THAT THEY CAN DO MORE TRAINING OUT THERE? THEY CAN HAVE MORE SPACE TO TRAIN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS AN ISSUE TOO, RIGHT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER. SO WHAT IT CAN DO FOR US IS OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE, PERHAPS SQUEEZE IN ANOTHER ACADEMY CLASS ON THE FRONT END. OKAY, SO CURRENTLY WE DO SIX CLASSES. I COULD NOT ADD ANOTHER CLASS OUT THERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT. BUT IF WE WERE TO BE ABLE TO CHANNEL OR MOVE THAT SENIOR CLASS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN TOLD OUT. THAT CREATES A SPACE THEN TO BRING IN ANOTHER CLASS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT PUTTING WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH TOO. IS THAT PART OF THE PLAN, THOUGH? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WAS THAT. IS THAT PART OF THE PLAN OR. I DON'T SOUND LIKE A JERK, BUT ARE WE TAKING THESE IDEAS AS WE GO? SO AGAIN, THE BEGINNING PART OF THIS PROJECT PREDATES ME. BUT AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SITTING DOWN AND WE'RE TALKING THROUGH THESE THINGS, WE'RE WE'RE COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR OUR GROWING ACADEMIES. AND THIS PHASE WOULD ALLOW US TO EXERCISE THAT AS AN OPTION. OKAY. IS THAT IS THAT CLEAR? YEAH. IT DOES. OKAY. AND I'LL JUST STOP HERE. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THIS, BUT I'LL STOP HERE AND SAY, I THINK WHEN WE ALL HEARD THIS AND GIVEN EVERYTHING ABOUT RECRUITING MORE OFFICERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNT, DALLAS AND THESE OFFICERS, WHICH I WAS REALLY EXCITED. I'M STILL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT HELPS WITH COMMUNITY RELATIONS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. BUT THIS SEEMS LIKE A GLITCH THAT'S GOING TO. IT SEEMS LIKE A GLITCH THAT'S GOING TO GIVE MORE PEOPLE ROOM TO GRIPE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT. YOU KNOW, IT SLOWS OUR, OUR, OUR INTENTIONS, I GUESS. AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON SAID, AND FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT GIVES US KIND OF A BOTH END OPTION. I CAN APPRECIATE NEEDING TO BE ISOLATED AWAY FROM STUDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE SAYING STUDENTS, WE WANT TO INTEGRATE STUDENTS WITH THE RECRUITING CLASS TOO, I THINK IS WHAT I HEARD. SO I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S A WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO AT LEAST GET A PORTION OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN THE POLICE RECRUITING FROM THERE. SO I JUST I'LL STOP THERE. I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN SAID, SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT CHAIRMAN MORENO, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLASSROOMS, IS THAT GOING TO BE USED BY BOTH THE ACADEMY AND BY THE UNT SYSTEM? I THINK THE INTENT IS CERTAINLY TO HAVE A SHARED USE OF THAT FACILITY. SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT LEVEL OF SCHEDULING. BUT BUT THAT'S BEEN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING IS THAT THEY WOULD BE SHARED USE. AND WHO'S COVERING THE COST FOR THOSE CLASSROOMS FOR CONSTRUCTION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT $80 MILLION THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT? OKAY. HOW MANY? WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX CLASSROOMS AT THE BASIC ACADEMY. YES, SIR. I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. AND HOW MANY CLASSROOMS ARE PROPOSED AT THE UNT DALLAS CAMPUS? WE HAD EIGHT CLASSROOMS THAT WOULD HOUSE 50 STUDENTS. WE HAD ONE CLASSROOM THAT WAS AT 100. THAT WAS IN THE THE BLUE BUILDING. AND THEN THERE WAS. AN ADDITIONAL THREE CLASSROOMS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER. TWO OF THOSE WERE AT 50 PEOPLE AND ONE WAS AT 75. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE RECRUITMENT, HAVE IN-SERVICE AND HAVE A REGIONAL FACILITY. HOW ARE WE GOING TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY FOR NEW RECRUITS WHEN WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER VYING USES FOR THE CLASSROOM? SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW THE ACADEMY IT GIVES US THE POSSIBILITY TO SQUEEZE IN ANOTHER CLASS. I THINK IT'S A MARKETING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FEATURE WHAT'S COMING. AS SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE THE PHASE ONE PORTION IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WILL BE USED THROUGHOUT THE OFFICER'S CAREER. AND THEN THE PHASE TWO IS SOMETHING THAT THE RECRUIT WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND BEFORE THEIR I MEAN, [02:40:02] WHILE THEY'RE HIRED. AND SO IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TO LOOK INTO TO USE THAT FOR AS A RECRUITING TOOL. I KNOW THAT WE NOTED THAT THE 20 ACRES PRESENTED SOME CHALLENGES. HAVE WE IDENTIFIED A NEW PARCEL OF 20 ACRES WITHIN UNT CAMPUS, AND HOW HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS GONE? WELL, WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT THE CURRENT PARCEL THAT WAS THE THE THE LOCATION. WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT A THIRD LOCATION WITHIN THE CAMPUS BECAUSE THIS THIS SEEMED TO BE ONE THAT WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS OF ACCESS AND OTHER THINGS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE PROCEEDED. ASIDE FROM GETTING A DOLLAR LEASE AND HAVING STUDENTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GO INTO THE ACADEMY, WHAT OTHER ADVANTAGES DOES THE UNT CAMPUS OFFER? WELL, I THINK THAT THAT CERTAINLY THIS COLLABORATION HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATED SINCE 2021. AND AND THE STATE FUNDING IS CONTINGENT ON THE LOCATION AT UNT. YOU KNOW, WE WE OUTLINED A NUMBER OF BENEFITS THAT ARE SORT OF INTANGIBLE IN TERMS OF THE THE COMMUNITY POLICING PART. SO I THINK I THINK THE, THE WE SEE IMMEDIATE SYNERGIES AND LONG TERM SYNERGIES. JUST THE PIPELINE ALONE, I THINK IS CRITICAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR NEW RECRUITS. AND SO, AGAIN, THIS CONVERSATION AROUND COLLABORATING WITH UNT THIS DREAM OF HAVING YOU KNOW, HAVING THEM AS PARTNERS IN AND RESEARCH. AS WE KEEP MOVING TOWARDS 21ST CENTURY POLICING, I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WILL BE REALIZED BY HAVING A COMPONENT OF OUR TRAINING ALIGNED WITH UNT, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT A SECOND LOCATION WHERE SOME ASPECTS OF TRAINING, SUCH AS I'VE, OK, THE GUN RANGE AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF TRAINING WOULD HAVE TO BE AT A SECONDARY SITE SIMILAR TO THE WAY THEY'RE BEING TRAINED RIGHT NOW. WHAT DISCUSSIONS HAVE WE HAD WITH OUR DELEGATION NOW THAT THE STATE IS BACK IN SESSION AND POTENTIALLY BROADENING THE SCOPE FOR THAT 20 MILLION? THAT WOULD INCLUDE OTHER PARCELS OUTSIDE OF THE UNT CAMPUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO, WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH THE DELEGATION. I THINK WHAT WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO DO TODAY WAS ENSURE THAT COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF OUR CURRENT THINKING. I THINK TODAY'S CONVERSATION WAS REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET QUESTIONS. GET YOUR QUESTIONS GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND THEN GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO GO, AND THAT WE WILL COME BACK AND THEN LAY OUT. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED FOR A MORE, MORE OF A A MORE DETAILED ENGAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE FOR HOW WE GO BACK TO THE DELEGATION. BUT WE DEFINITELY DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT PIECE UNTIL WE GOT IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. TO GIVE YOU THE MOST RECENT UPDATE, TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, GET YOUR INPUT. AND THAT WAY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THE SAME PAGE. SO THAT DIRECT CONVERSATION HAS NOT HAPPENED AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING. I THINK WE HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US TO HAVE BOTH THE ACADEMY IN SERVICE ALL IN ONE LOCATION. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO GO TO THE STATE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO ALLOW THE CITY TO MOVE THOSE FUNDINGS OUT OF THE CURRENT SCOPE OF WORK THAT THAT'S BEEN APPROVED. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK EVERYONE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE IS SAYING, LET'S GET IT RIGHT. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT IT THAT WE GO BIG. AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. I AM GLAD TO SEE THE CITY AND OUR CITY MANAGER LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT RESOURCES WITHIN THE CITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND IN THE CITY THAT WE ALREADY OWN, FREE AND CLEAR. SO WE'LL SAVE A DOLLAR ON A LEASE THERE. BUT BUT ALL JOKES ASIDE IS WE HAVE PLENTY OF PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE, TO HAVE OUR ACADEMY BUILT ON CITY PROPERTY SO THAT WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO A 40 YEAR LEASE WITH RENEWALS. IT WILL BE ON CITY PROPERTY. MOVING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP TO COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO'S COMMENTS. AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN AN OPEN AND AN HONEST WAY, [02:45:01] SHARING THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING. DEFINITELY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OF COURSE, NOT GETTING AHEAD OF THE COUNCIL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS GIVEN INPUT ON WHERE WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET THIS MOVING? WE'RE NOT HAPPY THAT THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS SINCE 2021 AND WE'RE IN 2025, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE MADE THIS A PRIORITY. AND WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE ALL OF THE COMMENTS, ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM YOU TODAY. AND WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE, INCLUDING SOME OF THE THE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW DO WE DO EVERYTHING AT ONE SITE. BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING VERY AGGRESSIVELY TO GET PLANS IN PLACE FROM AN FROM AN FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, WE THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE CONCERNS, BUT DEFINITELY DID NOT WANT TO WITHHOLD THIS BRIEFING FROM YOU. WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE, AND THEN GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVES. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT TODAY. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON ITEM B. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. I THINK WE HAD JENNIFER GATE WANT TO CHIME IN AND I SAW HER ON. SO I WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO SPEAK IF. JENNIFER. PLEASE. JENNIFER. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS AND THANK YOU ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, I APOLOGIZE, I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON. I GOT TO DIVERTED ON A FLIGHT COMING BACK OVERSEAS AND ENDED UP IN EL PASO LAST NIGHT. BUT I'M ON THE GROUND NOW. YOU GUYS HAVE ALL ASKED GREAT QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD FROM LYNN MCBEE TODAY. LYNN AND I, YOU KNOW, WERE BRIEFED ON THESE PROPOSED CHANGES A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I KNOW THEY WERE PROPOSED BY THE CITY MANAGER. CAN YOU HEAR ME? SORRY, I LOST YOU. THE CITY MANAGER, TOLBERT, AT THAT TIME, I KNOW, WANTED TO BRING IT ALL TO YOU AND TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE AND AN AGREEMENT. I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COMMUNICATIONS HAS BEEN FUMBLED AND ALL THIS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE MOVING FORWARD. THEY'RE GREAT PARTNERS WITH UNT. AND THE CITY OBVIOUSLY NEEDS THIS FACILITY AS SOON AS WE CAN. AND WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH ALL THE PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS. AND TO MOVE BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS. MOVE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, BOTH KIND OF SIMULTANEOUSLY, BECAUSE TO THE POINT THAT MANY OF YOU MADE WE NEED THIS FOR THE RECRUITS AS WELL. SO I ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY TO BE NIMBLE AND TRY AND I BELIEVE WE CAN MEET ALL THE OBLIGATIONS ALREADY COMMITTED. AND BUT WE NEED A SOLIDIFIED PLAN AT THIS POINT THAT WE CAN TAKE TO THE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO GET THEM ON BOARD, AND THEY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. IT'S ALSO, I THINK, WHAT I HAVEN'T HEARD, I'VE BEEN LISTENING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR NOW, BUT WHAT I HAVEN'T HEARD IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE FACILITY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE BEGINNING AND THAT WE PROPOSED IT TO 2021, IN THE BOND PROGRAM, WAS THE BOTH NEW RECRUITS AS WELL AS IN-SERVICE. THE FORCE IS GOING TO BE BIGGER NOW. YOU GUYS HAVE ALL AGREED TO GROW THE FORCE TO 4000 OFFICERS, AND THAT FACILITY WAS GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN NEEDED, TO BE BIGGER NOW THAN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS WELL, BECAUSE THE IN-SERVICE OF ALL THOSE 4000 MOVING FORWARD. SO I THINK THIS IS I'M EXCITED THAT ALL THE COMPONENTS CAN BE BROUGHT TOGETHER, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE DOLLARS AND WE NEED TO JUST WORK ON OUR COMMUNICATION. WE'LL KEEP YOU GUYS INFORMED WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR MOVING FORWARD. AND I THINK WE NEED A DEFINED PROPOSAL IN HOW ALL THE COMPONENTS ARE TO WORK TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT TO THE PUBLIC MOVING FORWARD. SO AND A REAL WE NEED TO DO A MAP OF RALEIGH WITH THE CADETS AND WHAT THEIR JOURNEY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND I THINK THAT'S QUESTIONS I'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF YOU. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND MAYBE GETTING THIS FIRST BUILDING THE PHASE ONE OPEN COULD HELP GET THOSE CADETS IN THAT BUILDING AT SOME LEVEL. WOULD, I THINK, KIND OF REALLY HELP CONCERNS. I'VE HEARD YOU GUYS ADDRESS OR BRING UP TODAY, SO BUT I KNOW LYNN AND I ARE ON BOARD TO CONTINUE TO PRIVATELY FUND RAISE DOLLARS TO HELP THIS PROJECT GET OVER THE FINISH LINE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, AND I WISH I WAS WITH YOU IN PERSON TODAY, BUT NO THANK YOU FOR QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE. THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, SO NO THANK YOU FOR MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE. THANK YOU MAYOR. OF COURSE, AND THAT EXHAUSTED YOUR TIME FOR THIS ROUND. BUT YOU OF COURSE GET ANOTHER MINUTE. AND I SEE MISS BLACKMON. I SEE YOU THERE TOO. I THINK YOU'D BE ON A ROUND THREE ALSO. SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU. YOU HAVE YOU GOT YOUR THREE MINUTE ROUND SO YOU'D BE READY FOR ONE MINUTE SHORTLY. [02:50:03] I'M GOING TO CHAIRMAN RIDLEY NOW FOR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, IT APPEARS THAT WHAT IS DRIVING THIS BIFURCATION OF RECRUIT TRAINING INTO TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IS THAT WE ARE NOW DEALING WITH A SMALLER 14 ACRE SITE INSTEAD OF THE ORIGINAL 20 ACRE SITE. WE'RE DEALING WITH A 70,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING INSTEAD OF 200,000 THAT WAS PROPOSED IN 2021. ARE THOSE THE CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE DRIVING THIS DECISION TO HAVE THE JUNIOR RECRUIT TRAINING AT THE CURRENT LEASED FACILITY INSTEAD OF THIS NEW FACILITY, SO I. THAT'S PART OF THE REASON CERTAINLY FOR, FOR THE THE BIFURCATION, AS YOU MENTIONED. I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WITH DPD, IS AS WE. GOT TOGETHER, A SCHEMATIC PLAN WAS WE DO HAVE ONE CHANCE TO GET THIS RIGHT, AND THAT SEEMED TO BE A THEME THAT JUST KEPT COMING BACK AND COMING BACK. AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT BIFURCATION WAS DPD'S DESIRE TO LOOK AT THIS IN A, YOU KNOW, 15, 20, 30 YEARS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BUILDING FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. AND THE DESIRE AS WE TALK THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WAS REALLY TO HAVE BASIC CADETS IN AN AREA WHERE WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE OTHER COMPONENTS. THAT WAS THAT WAS REALLY A LARGE DRIVING FORCE. BUT BEHIND ALL OF THIS. AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO GET LOST IN IN PART OF THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL. WELL, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES AT THE UNT CAMPUS FOR THE RECRUITS, THEN WE OUGHT TO BE LOCATED THERE, IF THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE CONSTRAINED ON THE BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE. WHY CAN'T WE JUST BUILD A TALLER BUILDING? SO IN 2021, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WAS PLANNED. IT WAS, I THINK, A FOUR STORY BUILDING AND AN UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. THERE IS A SECURITY COMPONENT TO THAT. EVEN IN 2021, THEY DID SHOW THAT THE BUILDING WAS WAS SPLIT BETWEEN THE IN-SERVICE AND THE BASIC. SO IT WOULD BE A LARGER, YOU KNOW, TALLER BUILDING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TO BUILD TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. AND IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL LAND, I NOTICE FROM SLIDE SEVEN THAT THIS PROPERTY DIRECTLY ABUTS CITY OWNED PROPERTY IN THE BLUE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO THAT IS PARK PROPERTY THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE DID LOOK AT UTILIZING THAT EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, BUT THERE WAS SOME RESTRICTIONS ON THAT PROPERTY THAT IT AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT REALLY NEEDED TO BE AS MUCH FOR THE PARK AS IT, AS IT NEEDED TO BE FOR ANYTHING. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT INCLUDING SOME PARKING, SOME TRAILHEAD SPACES. BUT WE WE WALKED AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE IN THAT. AND WE'RE IN THE DOLLARS AND THEN THERE IS A PLANNING ZONING COMPONENT TO IT. SO IT IT WAS JUST CLEANER ALL THE WAY AROUND FOR US TO NOT INCLUDE THAT PIECE IN THIS. WELL, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE STATE PUT USE RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR DONATIONS SUCH THAT IT COULD NOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING BUT DEVELOPED PARK SPACE? THAT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. YES, SIR. WELL, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE HAVE A PARTIALLY BAKED PLAN HERE. IT NEEDS ADDITIONAL THOUGHT. I THINK THERE IS A CONSENSUS AMONG THE COUNCIL, FROM THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST THE BASIC TRAINING FACILITY ALL IN ONE LOCATION, AND PREFERABLY WITH THE IN-SERVICE TRAINING AT THE SAME LOCATION, SO THAT WE CAN ECONOMIZE AND NOT DUPLICATE THINGS LIKE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER DUPLICATION INVOLVED IN HAVING TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS AND TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS. SO PERHAPS THAT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AT THIS UNT SITE BY JUST HAVING TALLER BUILDINGS. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IS TO STAY TRUE TO WHAT WE PROMISED THE VOTERS, WHAT WE PROMISED THE LEGISLATURE AND LOCATE CO-LOCATE ALL OF THE ACADEMY TRAINING FACILITIES AT ONE LOCATION. IF THAT CAN'T BE DONE AT THIS UNT SITE, THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER SITES, SUCH AS THE ONE AT I-20 AND I-45 THAT THE CITY ALREADY OWNS, AND LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING THAT AS A UNIFIED FACILITY FOR ALL OF THESE OPERATIONS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CHAIR. WEST. ROUND TWO. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO I GUESS THIS IS FOR STAFF OR FOR OUR FUNDRAISERS. [02:55:07] POSSIBLY, BUT THE STATE AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THE ANSWER TO THIS. THIS HAS BEEN ON MY NOTES SINCE THE BEGINNING. SO THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS STARTED AS EARLY AS 2021. BUT WE DIDN'T REALIZE, AS MISS TOLBERT MENTIONED, UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH, IT'S LIKE THREE MONTHS AGO THAT OUR NEEDS WEREN'T BEING ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT PLAN. WHY? HOW DID WE JUST FIGURE THAT OUT? I'LL START. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER WEST. I THINK THAT THAT THE THE LEADERSHIP OF BOTH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, DALLAS CAMPUS, WHO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN SOME OF MAYBE THE ORIGINAL SCOPE AND PLANNING, AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP HERE AT THE CITY, THAT LEADERSHIP CHANGED. AND SO AS WE BEGIN TO WORK THROUGH TRYING TO MOVE, JUST GETTING TO THE FINAL LEASE TERMS FORWARD, I THINK, IS WHEN WE UNDERSTOOD IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO CHANGE AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO NOW STILL HONOR OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PARTNERSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS, AND AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING ALL OF THE NEEDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT MET. AND I THINK THAT'S WHEN WHEN WE GOT INTO SOME OF THE DETAILED PROGRAMING CONVERSATIONS THAT WE REALIZED THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO STOP AND JUST KIND OF REIMAGINE THE WAY WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, WHETHER IT WAS THE SPACE THAT WE NOW HAD, THE SITE THAT CHANGED THE ACREAGE, ALL OF THAT BECAME A PART OF THE EQUATION. AND SO THE DECEMBER TIME FRAME, I THINK, IS WHEN IT FINALLY MATERIALIZED AND THEN WE HAD SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT THEN WE COULD BEGIN TO RESPOND TO. AND SO THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION. AND IF I'VE MISSTATED ANY OF THAT, PLEASE ASK STAFF TO JUMP IN AND CORRECT ANYTHING THAT I'VE NOT COMMUNICATED CORRECTLY. NO THAT THAT IS EXACTLY CORRECT. THE, THE AS WE BEGAN TO BRING IN AN ARCHITECT THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM PROJECT, START LOOKING AT THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S PART OF THE REGIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY. THAT'S WHEN ALL OF THIS UNFOLDED. OKAY? MOST OF WHAT MISS TOLBERT, YOU JUST SAID, I'VE BEEN HEARING FOR THE LAST COUPLE HOURS. BUT THE PIECE THAT SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR NOW IS THAT THERE WERE SOME LEASE DISCUSSIONS AS WE WERE FINALIZING THE LEASE WITH UNT. WE HAVE LEADERSHIP CHANGES AND NOW UNT IS NOT INTERESTED IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL ISSUES YOU MENTIONED. OKAY, SO LET ME JUST ASK YOU THIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP BASED SITUATION. WE HAVE A UNT AS OUR PARTNER IN THE CITY AND WE WANT TO TREAT THEM RIGHT. WE HAVE STATE FUNDING TIED TO PLACING THE PART OF OUR PROJECT AT UNT, ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T GONE AS MR. MORENO DISCOVERED, TO TALK TO THE DELEGATION TO SEE IF THAT'S STILL THE CASE. AND I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK. YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES I'M HEARING WITH THE UNT SITE, WE CAN'T SECURE THE CAMPUS. WE CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM POTENTIALLY POACHING OUR RECRUITS. WE CAN'T PUT THE NEW RECRUITS THERE. WE HAVE TOPOGRAPHY CHALLENGES, WE HAVE COST CHALLENGES AND TO UNT'S BENEFIT. WE ARE BUILDING THEM A BRAND NEW BUILDING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO OWN. SO THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES TO DOING IT AT UNT. WHAT ARE WE GETTING AS A CITY? WHAT ARE OUR RECRUITS GETTING IN RETURN FOR THIS? MAYBE THAT'S FOR OUR FUNDRAISERS, I DON'T KNOW. OR ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THAT. THE BUILDING IS NOT A TRICK QUESTION. THE BUILDINGS WOULD BE WOULD BE OWNED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS. THEY WOULD NOT BE OWNED BY BY UNT. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE ARE SYNERGIES WITH AND AND RECRUITING OPPORTUNITIES WITH REALLY SHARING WITH OUR OFFICERS THAT THEY HAVE THIS PIPELINE FOR EDUCATION. FOR CONTINUOUS EDUCATION, FOR DEGREE PROGRAMS, CAREER ADVANCEMENT THAT I THINK REALLY WE'RE SEEKING TO DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES WITH THE POLICE FORCE THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP. OKAY. WELL, I'LL PICK UP WHERE MR. RIDLEY LEFT OFF. I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLORE ALL OPTIONS HERE. I MEAN, WE HAVE ACREAGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TOPOGRAPHY IS. I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE. I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT. YOU KNOW, UNT CAMPUS IS BEAUTIFUL. I THINK IT'D BE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN FOLKS THERE, BUT I THINK ALL OPTIONS SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE, [03:00:01] ASSUMING OUR FUNDING IS STILL SECURE. IF WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENT OPTION. THANK YOU. SO LET'S GO BACK TO COUNCILMAN. BLACKMON. ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. REAL QUICK, I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. DID RECEIVE A MEMO IN MARCH THAT OUTLINED 10 MILLION COMING FROM THE FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT. AND IT SAYS THE FUNDING THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT PROJECTS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FACILITY AT UNT DALLAS CAMPUS THAT WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY FACILITY, WHICH IS INADEQUATE TO AND CATER TO THE RISING NUMBER OF RECRUITS AND EVOLVING REGIONAL TRAINING NEEDS. SO MY QUESTION IS, I THINK WE GOT IN 24, WE GOT 200,000. IS THAT CORRECT? AND WE'RE ON TAPPED IN 22 IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO GET 9.8. WE HAD JEOPARDY OF LOSING THAT MONEY. SO WE'VE UTILIZED OUR ENCUMBERED 9 MILLION OF THE 10 MILLION GRANT MONEY WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT SO THAT THAT 9 MILLION IS SECURE. THERE IS A TWO YEAR TIME FRAME ON ON THE STATE FUNDS. BUT HAVE WE SO HAVE WE GOTTEN ALL OF THE STATE FUNDS? HAVE WE GOTTEN THE 10 MILLION? OR ARE WE JUST WE JUST WE RECEIVED 10 MILLION LAST YEAR. WE'RE SLATED TO TO GET ANOTHER 10 MILLION THIS YEAR. AND SO WITH THIS CURRENT PLAN, WE'RE NOT AT JEOPARDY OF THAT BEING REQUESTED BACK. CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT THAT MONEY IS TIED TO THE UNT CAMPUS. OKAY. AND WE'RE MANAGING THAT PHASE ONE OF. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION BECAUSE IT DOES SAY THAT IT IS A REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY. SO I MEAN, AND IT'S HERE ON A MARCH 5TH MEMO. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, IT ADDRESSES THESE SHORTCOMINGS BY EXPANDING AND MODERNIZING THE FACILITY. OKAY. SO THAT'S YOUR TIME. OKAY. STEWART. ONE MORE MINUTE. I. I JUST FIND THIS I FIND MYSELF MORE CONFUSED NOW THAN I WAS AT THE BEGINNING. I'LL BE VERY HONEST. I MEAN, WE'VE SPENT MONEY ON AN ARCHITECT. $9 MILLION, AND YET WE'RE STILL CONFUSED. I THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE. CITY MANAGER, I JUST GIVE IT BACK TO YOU. I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE, AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT THE BASIC TRAINING FOR OUR NEW RECRUITS BE PRIORITIZED. THAT THAT, TO ME, WAS THE MESSAGE TO OUR VOTERS. THAT HAS BEEN THE MESSAGE FOR A LONG TIME. AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE IN THE WEEDS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THIS, BUT WE NEED TO STOP, REFOCUS, RESET, AND WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THAT GROUP. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER, YOU WANT TO SEE. YES, YES. AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN STEWART, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I THINK THAT WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IS THAT WE DO NOT SHORT CHANGE THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT. OVERALL, I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME CURRENT IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT WE KNOW OF AS IT RELATES TO THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE THE BASIC ACADEMY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK WE HEARD FROM CHIEF HERRERA THAT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FUTURE PROOFED, THAT THE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR OFFICERS, ONCE THEY COME INTO THE TO THE DEPARTMENT. SO WE REALIZE THAT WE'VE GOT TWO GOALS THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE THAT WE'RE MEETING. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL TODAY. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE WANTED TO BE HERE. THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR SO WE CAN GO BACK CONTINUE TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS, WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT. AND SO WE WE WELCOME THE INPUT. THANK YOU FOR IT. WE UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AND DEFINITELY WILL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. TAKING INTO YOUR INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE COMMENTS, AND WE'LL COME BACK AND PROVIDE YOU WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE ONGOING NEEDS, INCLUDING WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS A PRIORITY OF MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN CREATE THIS KIND OF UNDER ONE ROOF ENVIRONMENT TO START WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR BASIC TRAINING ACADEMY. SO WE WILL BE BACK AND WE WE EVEN AFTER TODAY'S MEETING STAFF WILL ENGAGE EVEN FURTHER WITH SOME OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY ON SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE IF WE HAVEN'T ANSWERED IT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE COME BACK THAT ALL THOSE ANSWERS WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN RESENDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL BE QUICK. I ONLY HAVE LIKE TEN QUESTIONS SO WE CAN. NO, I'M TOTALLY KIDDING. [03:05:03] I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO UNT DALLAS FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS NEW TRAINING FACILITY. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FRUSTRATIONS REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE OFFERED. WITHOUT UNT DALLAS COOPERATION, THIS SITE WOULDN'T EVEN BE AN OPTION. PARTNERING WITH UNT DALLAS OFFERS THE CITY VALUABLE ACCESS TO THE UNIVERSITY'S RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE. FURTHERMORE, THE COLLABORATION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE RECRUITMENT BY EXPOSING STUDENTS TO POTENTIAL CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. WITH THE FACILITY SITUATED ON CAMPUS, MORE STUDENTS MAY BE ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A CAREER PATH, HELPING THE CITY BUILD A DIVERSE AND WELL-QUALIFIED PIPELINE OF FUTURE OFFICERS. THE FACILITY WILL PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF OFFICERS TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, SO I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH APPRECIATION AS OPPOSED TO DIVISION. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I SEE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TRYING TO REACH FOR HIS. I JUST WANTED TO SECOND. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ COMMENTS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANT TO SAY IN CLOSING THAT COUNCILMAN RESENDEZ. KIM TOBIN, THE CITY MANAGER. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU EVER START A PROJECT AT HOME TRYING TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE, WHETHER IT'S A VISION, AND WE HAD A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE ORDERS, LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE ORDERS COMING IN FOR HIM AND KIM, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP TRYING TO PULL EVERYBODY TOGETHER IN THIS BRIEFING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MESSAGE OUT THERE TO THE PHILANTHROPY, YOU KNOW, TO TO LYNN MCBEE AND JENNIFER GATES, WHO ARE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO, TO BRING TO THE UNIVERSITY. ALSO SENATOR ROYCE WEST AND TO THE STATE DELEGATION THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SAFE CITY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SAFE CITY. THEY'RE GOING TO COST MONEY. AND I THINK WE GOT A FINANCIAL PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT MONEY. BUT AS LONG AS WE GET OUR HOMEWORK DONE CORRECTLY AND EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND I THINK THIS WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION TO HEAR TODAY, TO GET EVERYTHING OUT THERE. AND THIS IS HOW WE AS POLICYMAKERS KNOW WE NEED TO KNOW THE WHOLE STORY, AND WE ALL CAN MAKE A CHANGE ORDER. SO IT COULD BE THE CHANGE ORDER TO BE MADE FOR THE BEST FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO THE PARTNERSHIP UN T DALLAS. AND I STILL SAY THE PARTNERSHIP WITH UN T DALLAS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE NEED. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT NUMBER ONE I REMEMBER WAS THE NINTH LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA. WE DIDN'T HAVE A UNIVERSITY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CRIME, WE WERE THE WORST CRIME IN THE TOP THREE. THE CREW FOUNDATION CAME IN AND SAID, GO TO UNT DALLAS. AND HEY, WHAT WE CAN DO UNDERSTAND THE CRIME MECHANISM WITH WITH LATE CHIEF KUNKEL, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU AND T DALLAS. SO WE'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THERE. SO IT'S A WAY WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO BUILD AROUND IT. AND I THINK THERE'S NO PROBLEM IN RAISING THE MONEY IF YOU WANT TO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY. WE GOT OVER 15 BILLIONAIRES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEIR MONEY IF THEY INVEST IN THE CITY OF SENSITIVE DALLAS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WANTED TO INVEST YOUR MONEY SAFE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, ALSO SAFE WITH YOU IN DALLAS. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE GOT OUR NEXT ITEM. WE'RE JUST GOING TO HEAR THE BRIEFING REAL QUICK. THEN WE'LL COME BACK FOR QUESTIONS. THEN WE GOT A A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 1245. READY? YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. THE NEXT BRIEFING WE HAVE IS AN UPDATE ON THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM AND THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY TO DELIVER THE [A. 25-802A 2024 Bond Program Quarterly Reporting ] PROGRAM. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE ACTUALLY KEY, AS WE KNOW, TO ENSURING THAT OUR INVESTMENTS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE WE ARE AND THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE TRANSPARENCY WITH HOW WE DELIVER THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM. FUNDING IS CRITICAL. WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC FACILITIES. AND SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT QUARTERLY REPORTS, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING IN FRONT OF YOU AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON HOW THE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY BEING USED AND WHAT'S AHEAD. SO TODAY IS REALLY JUST AN UPDATE ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL UPDATES, GIVE YOU SOME PROJECT MILESTONES, AND ENSURE THAT YOU'RE STAYING FULLY INFORMED WITH THE DELIVERY OF THE BOND PROGRAM AT THIS TIME. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JENNY NISWANDER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AND SHE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BOND QUARTERLY REPORT FOR 2024. THANK YOU. JENNY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO TODAY WE WILL BE REVIEWING OUR THE 2024 BOND QUARTERLY REPORT. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER A QUARTERLY REPORT FOR BOND PROGRAMS GOING BACK TO 2006. TODAY, WE'LL JUST FOCUS ON 2024. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY PASSING OUT THE THE LATEST QUARTERLY REPORT FOR ALL THE BOND PROGRAMS. WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT COUNCIL DISTRICT SPECIFIC FUNDING, GO OVER A REPORTING SCHEDULE AND THEN SHOW YOU WHERE THE INFORMATION IS LOCATED ONLINE. [03:10:01] THANK YOU. SO AGAIN TODAY WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT A NEW QUARTERLY REPORT THAT THAT THE BOND OFFICE HAS BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER WITH A FOCUS ON THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM. AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. SO WE'VE BEEN DELIVERING WE DELIVER QUARTERLY REPORTS. EXCUSE ME, JENNIFER MAYOR, CAN WE ASK THE CONVERSATIONS IN THE CHAMBER TO PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FLAG ROOM, PLEASE? THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. GO AHEAD. YOU CAN CONTINUE. THANK YOU. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER QUARTERLY REPORTS ON THE BOND PROGRAMS GOING BACK TO 2006. AND WE'LL BE REPORTING THOSE TO THE GFM COMMITTEE. THIS IS GOING TO BE USED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNER, WITH OUR PARTICIPATING INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE FIRST PAGE OF THE REPORT IS BROKEN UP INTO THREE SECTIONS. THERE'S A PROPOSITION OVERVIEW THAT WILL SHOW THE REPORT ACTUAL AND FORECASTED BY PROPOSITION. THERE'S AN OPEN AND CLOSED PROJECT. SO WE'LL GO OVER THAT DEFINITION IN A FEW MINUTES. AND THEN FOR THE 2024 REPORT THERE IS A COUNCIL DISTRICT OVERVIEW AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE FIRST PART OF THAT REPORT IS THE PROPOSITION OVERVIEW, WHERE WE SHOW YOU WHAT THE THE BOND AUTHORIZATION WAS BY BY THE VOTERS. THAT WILL ALSO SHOW YOU THE 25 FISCAL YEAR, 25 APPROPRIATIONS AND ENCUMBERED AND EXPENSES EXPENDITURES COLUMN. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT THROUGH THAT QUARTER. WE'LL PROVIDE YOU THE UNENCUMBERED BALANCE AND THEN A FORECAST BY THE DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN WE END WITH A FISCAL YEAR 26 UNENCUMBERED BALANCE. NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE WE HAVE A PIE CHART. AND FOR 2024 IT'S IT'S SMALL. IT PROBABLY MAKES MORE SENSE THAN THE OTHER BOND PROGRAMS. BUT WE SHOW YOU WHERE THE OPEN AND CLOSED PROJECTS ARE DOLLARS FOR. DOLLARS ARE FOR THE UNENCUMBERED PROJECTS OR OPEN PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. SO LIKE A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, IF IT COMES IN UNDER BUDGET, THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE HELD IN THAT LINE ITEM FOR A FUTURE CHANGE ORDER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. CLOSED PROJECTS SHOW THE REMAINING FUNDS THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS DEBT SERVICE, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, OR COVERING ANY OVERRUNS ON ONGOING PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS THE LAST PART OF THE OF THE REPORT THAT'S ON THAT FIRST PAGE WHERE WE SHOW THE BREAKDOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. WE HAVE MANY OF THE SIMILAR COLUMNS FROM THE THE FIRST PART OF THE REPORT. AND THIS DOES HIGHLIGHT THE FISCAL YEAR 25 QUARTERS TWO THROUGH FOUR. THE FORECAST BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE WE ARE SHOWING A BREAKDOWN OF THE TWO LARGEST PROPOSITIONS BY CATEGORY. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE THE BUCKETS OF MONEY ARE. WE WILL BE SHOWING THIS FOR STREETS AND FOR THE PARKS ON THE NEXT PAGE FOR THE STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION. PROPOSITION FOR QUARTER ONE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A ZERO BALANCE, BUT THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING HAPPENING IN JANUARY OF 25. SO IN Q2, THERE WAS 44 MILLION ENCUMBERED FOR THE RESURFACING PROGRAM. AND WE ARE EXPECTING A 95% ENCUMBRANCE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE THESE FORECASTS QUARTERLY. SO IF THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE, THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE WILL REFLECT THAT IN THESE REPORTS. NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN THIS IS A SIMILAR IS JUST THE PARKS PROPOSITION BY CATEGORY. THE ONE MAJOR COMPONENT WAS A LAND ACQUISITION FOR ADVENTURE LANDING AND PARKS DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTING TO ENCUMBER 78% OF THEIR APPROPRIATIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 25. SO HERE WE HAVE THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SPECIFIC FUNDS, AND WE'VE BROKEN THAT DOWN INTO 2024 AND 2017 FOR 2024. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, ALL THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPREAD OUT AMONGST VARIOUS PROPOSITIONS. AND WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS JUST WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR YEAR ONE. SO SO THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, FUTURE YEARS WITH THE REMAINING $65 MILLION OR SO, 2017. THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE ALL IN PROPOSITION I, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITION. NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE'S OUR REPORTING SCHEDULE. WE'VE ALREADY REPORTED TO GPM. WE HAVE A FUTURE REPORTS COMING UP IN MAY AUGUST AND THEN DECEMBER. AND ANY ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE UPON REQUEST. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PORTAL. SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE REPORT THAT WAS JUST HANDED OUT TO YOU IS ON OUR BOND WEBSITE. [03:15:03] AND THIS SHOWS YOU WHERE YOU CAN FIND THAT. WE ALSO HAVE A LINK AND A QR CODE. THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE IS THE ACTUAL SPREADSHEET THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD. THAT IS A PROJECT. HOW LONG CAN YOU HOLD ON? I THINK WE JUST BROKE A QUORUM. 1234. FIVE. SIX. OH. DO WE? OH, OKAY. OKAY. HOLD ON. JUST JUST HOLD FOR A SECOND. WE'RE GOOD NOW. GO AHEAD. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. WITH THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO WAIT. WE'RE GOING TO BREAK NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT WHAT, 145 OR 2:00. WHICH ONE? 2:00. 1:00. 145. 145. YOU KNOW. YOU GOTTA PRESS. EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. AND A PRESS CONFERENCE. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO READ. WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION. NO. WE'RE NOT. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS RIGHT NOW. ANY TIME IS 1237. WE'LL COME BACK AT 145. MR. MAYOR. SO WE'RE NOT GOING INTO EXEC AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE. I'M GOING TO COME BACK. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FOR QUESTION. DID WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? OKAY. THANK YOU. PRESS CONFERENCE? NO, SIR. MR. MAYOR, YOUR BRIEFING CONTINUES. COUNCILWOMAN SHOOT. FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. JUST VERY, VERY QUICKLY. I APPRECIATE THIS JAYNIE. I THINK I GOT THE QUESTION ANSWERED, BUT IF YOU'D RESTATE SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS QUESTION ON SLIDE ONE OF THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM, WHERE YOU HAVE AND THEN COMPARING THAT TO SLIDE FOUR FROM THE 2025 THAT HAS THE COLUMN FOR 2017. WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT BY DISTRICT. I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THE SLIDE NUMBERS? OKAY. SO DO YOU REMEMBER RIGHT AT THE BREAK I ASKED YOU WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SLIDE FOUR WHERE IT SAYS THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM UNENCUMBERED BALANCE. AND THEN SLIDE ONE OF THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM THAT SHOWS IT BY DISTRICT. ARE YOU WITH ME? SO THE WELL, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT PROPOSITION I, RIGHT? YES. SO YOU MAY HAVE MONEY. SO IN THE THE BOX THAT IS SUMMARIZED BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, THERE MAY BE SOME UNENCUMBERED FUNDS WITHIN WITHIN THAT BOX. THOSE FUNDS ARE SPREAD AMONGST ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS FOR THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SPECIFIC FUND CHART THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THOSE FOR 2017, THOSE BOND DOLLARS ARE ONLY IN PROPOSITION I. SO IF YOU HAVE $0 IN 2017 PROPOSITION I, YOU MAY STILL HAVE MONEY UNENCUMBERED IN OTHER PROPOSITIONS THAT WOULD BE SHOWING UP IN THAT FIRST CHART. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR THEN SO ON SLIDE I LET'S JUST LOOK AT DISTRICT 11. IT SHOWS ZERO UNENCUMBERED FUNDS ON SLIDE FOUR FROM PROPOSITION I. EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T SAY PROPOSITION I RIGHT FOR THE ON THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SPECIFIC CHART. WELL IF YOU THE ONE WITH 24, 20, 24 AND 2017, THOSE COLUMNS. YES, YES. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ZERO THERE. BUT IF YOU GO TO THE 2017 BOND UNENCUMBERED FOR DISTRICT 11, IT SHOWS THERE'S STILL 107,000. SORRY FOR 4 MILLION PLUS BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES ALL THE OTHER PROPOSITIONS, INCLUDING PROPOSITIONS. CAN WE GET A CHART UP SO WE CAN SEE WHICH WHICH YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CHART. THE SLIDE. SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHARTS ON SLIDE TEN. I HAVE IT ON OOPS. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT SLIDE IS THAT'S JUST PROPOSITION I FOR 2017. YES. AND WE HAVE A FOOTNOTE AT THE BOTTOM THAT THAT TALKS ABOUT WHERE THE FUNDING BREAKDOWN FOR BOTH 2017 AND 2024 ARE FOR THOSE FUNDS. BUT ON THE NEXT PAGE IS ACTUALLY THE IS THE TOTAL OF THE UNENCUMBERED. AND THEN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ON 2012 AND 22,006, THERE WAS NO DISTRICT SPECIFIC. SO DON'T ASK FOR IT. CORRECT. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. [03:20:04] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN WEST. THANK YOU MAYOR. NO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES THIS CAME THROUGH THE GFM COMMITTEE. AND YOU KNOW, JENNY NISWANDER HAD GIVEN ME THE HEADS UP. THIS WAS COMING, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT. I THINK THIS IS JUST A REALLY GREAT ACCOUNTABILITY TOOL FOR US AS AS COLLEAGUES TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AND ALSO HOLD THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE. SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR FOR THIS GREAT REPORT. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN RIDLEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I ECHO THAT THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. IT WILL BE MUCH EASIER TO TRACK THE USE OF BOND FUNDS. AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE ONE. THE UNENCUMBERED FUNDS FORECAST, IT SHOWS $75 MILLION FORECAST TO BE UNENCUMBERED BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. WHY IS THAT? AND SINCE WE'RE INTENDING TO SPEND 250 MILLION EACH OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OUT OF BOND PROCEEDS, IS THAT NUMBER GOING TO ACCUMULATE? AND WHEN DOES IT GET SPENT? SO THE 75 MILLION THAT WE'RE SHOWING IS THE UNENCUMBERED BALANCE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S THAT'S AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. CORRECT. THAT WOULD CARRY IT CORRECT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT. SO YES. SO THAT. SO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, THAT IS THE PROJECTION THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING TO US. I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH PROJECTS BEING DESIGNED AND THEN MOVING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. WE DID ASK THAT THEY TAKE A REALLY GOOD LOOK AT PROJECTS THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HIT CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR VERSUS BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. AND I THINK THAT THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT. AND SO SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT MAY HAVE GONE TO CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 25 ARE NOW BEING PROJECTED IN FISCAL YEAR 26. SO THOSE FUNDS WILL REMAIN. AND WHEN WE DO THE NEXT TRANCHE OF BOND DOLLARS, WE WILL UPDATE THIS TO INCLUDE THE THE ADDITIONAL 250 ON TOP OF THE 75 THAT WE'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW FOR THE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT AS THE PROJECTS UNDER DESIGN THIS FISCAL YEAR MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT WILL SPEND THAT 75 MILLION DOWN? YES, A PORTION OF IT AT LEAST. SO I THINK SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THOSE DOLLARS SPENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ALAN BAZALDUA. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. AND JAYNIE, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK WITH THE BOND OFFICE. IT TRULY HAS BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE. AND, AND AND YOUR COMMUNICATION, I BELIEVE, HAS BEEN REALLY SECOND TO NONE. SO. THANK YOU. FOR KEEPING US INFORMED. I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME CHART FOR THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SPECIFIC DOLLARS. AND, YOU KNOW, I DO APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF THIS EXERCISE. I REALLY DO, AND I DO BELIEVE ACCOUNTABILITY HAS TO BE HAD FOR ALL OF US. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, I MEAN, I'VE GOT YOU MAY LOOK AT THIS CHART AND SEE FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, WE'VE GOT 1.296 MILLION LEFT. UNENCUMBERED. I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD EMBARRASSINGLY, QUITE FRANKLY, SAY THAT I HAVE A LOT MORE THAN THAT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS. I MEAN, WITHIN DISTRICT SEVEN THAT HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED BUT HASN'T BEEN EXECUTED. AND I'M ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF WHERE THERE HAS BEEN PROGRAMS IDENTIFIED, APPROVALS ALREADY GIVEN, AND WE NEED TO GET THESE DOLLARS INTO THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE SOME REALLY AWESOME PROGRAMS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHILE WE'RE TALKING. ON RECORD. AND ONE OF THEM IS TO HELP PAY DOWN HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS FOR DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS. I'VE GOT ONE THAT'S A TRANSITION PROGRAM OF SMART THERMOSTATS FOR RESILIENCY IN SOME OF OUR OLDER HOMES IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I WANTED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAD WITH OUR DISTRICT SPECIFIC DOLLARS AND SEE IT BE SPREAD AS FAR OUT AS POSSIBLE. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SEE IT BE INVESTED IN PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IT'S BEEN HARD TO SELL TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS THAT THESE ARE EXCITING THINGS TO COME IF THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND. WE KNOW THAT OUR MCPS STAFF IS NOT EQUIPPED OR CAPABLE OF IMPLEMENTING THESE PROGRAMS. [03:25:04] SO IT IS. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SEE THAT THESE BE MADE A PRIORITY AND NOT CONTINUE TO BE PUT BY THE WAYSIDE AND PRIORITIZE THINGS THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS PRIORITIZED. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRIORITIZING THINGS TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR OUR CITY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT WHEN WE'RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS DEPLOYED IN THE WAY THAT WE FIND BEST FOR THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WE SERVE, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ACTUALLY MATERIALIZE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M GOING ON FIVE YEARS AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO SEE IT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA AND I RECEIVE IT IN THE SPIRIT THAT IT'S BEING GIVEN. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE OVER THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN NOT ONLY ELEVATE A LOT OF THOSE PRIORITY DISTRICT SPECIFIC PROJECTS, BUT BE ABLE TO LAY OUT FOR YOU PLANS THAT SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. THIS TEAM IS AWARE WE'VE MET ABOUT THE VERY ITEMS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED FOR YOUR DISTRICT, AND WE SHOULD BE COMING BACK TO YOU VERY SOON TO TELL YOU HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY MEETING THE OVERALL NEEDS FOR THE BROADER BOND PROGRAM, BUT HOW ARE WE DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY INVEST IN THE DISTRICTS? SO WE WILL COME BACK AND SHARE ALL THAT WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THANK YOU. AND NOW I WILL GIVE SOME GOOD NEWS AND SAY THAT THROUGH THESE, WE'VE SEEN SOME GAME CHANGING PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN, WHICH IS WHY I'M SO PASSIONATE AND ADAMANT ABOUT SEEING THE OTHER PROGRAMS MATERIALIZE. JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, I WENT AND WALKED WITH MISS GERRY AT HER HOME DOWN IN BONTON, AND SHE WAS A RECIPIENT OF A MAJOR HOME REPAIR FROM SOME THAT WE ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY TO THAT THE BEFORE PICTURES COLLEAGUES WOULD BLOW YOUR MIND THAT THERE ARE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY THAT ARE LIVING IN CONDITIONS THE WAY THAT SHE WAS IN HER HOME. SHE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE PLASTER ON HER CEILING. THE LEAKS THAT WENT THROUGH HER ROOF WERE ONLY NOT COMING INTO HER LIVING ROOM BECAUSE OF THE TARPS THAT SHE HAD AS HER QUASI CEILING. AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. BUT THESE WERE THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS HAS CHANGED NOT ONLY THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MISS GERRY IS GOING TO HAVE AT HOME. IT'S CHANGING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS HOME OWNERSHIP BEING A GENERATIONAL WEALTH OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF HER FAMILY. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO REALLY BE PRIORITIZING. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXECUTE. AND I KNOW THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE GAME CHANGERS, WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO SEE THESE OTHERS BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME. COLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING THAT WE ALL HOLD EACH OTHER JUST AS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN WE LOOK IN HERE AND WE SEE THAT THERE'S A TOTAL OF $28 MILLION THAT ARE UNENCUMBERED, WE CAN DO BETTER. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS THAT THAT THESE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN FURNISHING ACROSS THE CITY AND IN DISTRICTS, WE NEED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING IT ALLOCATED. TO ME, HAVING THIS MONEY SITTING ON THE SHELF AND LOOKING AT THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT WE TALK ABOUT ON A WEEK TO WEEK BASIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AS A BODY, SO IT'S NOT JUST ON STAFF. WE HAVE TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AND WE SHOULD ASK FOR SOME POLICY GBFM CHAIR, TO CONSIDER WHAT TO DO OR A TIMELINE. BECAUSE IF DECISIONS AREN'T BEING MADE, WE AS A BODY NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THESE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO TO HELP THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS. THANK YOU MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE. SO IT IS 203. ON MARCH [CLOSED SESSION ] 5TH, 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER THREE. THE CITY CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAD COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 501.071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT AT 02:30 P.M. ON MARCH 20TH. MARCH 5TH, 2025. WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION, MADAM SECRETARY. MR. MAYOR, THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT DURING OPEN MICROPHONE, JAMES PRICE WAS HERE IN PERSON AND I DID OVERLOOK HIM. I JUST CHECKED WITH OUR IT AND HE'S CURRENTLY NOT ON. [03:30:04] SO NO SPEAKERS. MR. MAYOR, IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? SEEING NONE IT'S NOW 231. YOU ARE ADJOURNED. AND Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.